[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.12"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Mastrovasilis, Dimitrios"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2619"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Greece"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GRE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

{[%evp 16,61,5,-4,4,4,5,3,3,4,3,10,8,5,6,4,6,6,6,6,8,8,12,5,6,0,21,14,14,15,16,
6,5,0,5,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,5,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4
5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8. Bd2 O-O 9. O-O {The position is equal.}
Bxc3 {C47: Scotch Four Knights and Four Knights with 4 g3.} 10. Bxc3 dxe4 11.
Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Bxe4 Qxb2 13. Bxc6 Rb8 14. Rb1 Qxb1 15. Qxb1 Rxb1 16. Rxb1 $11 {
[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Rd8 17. Bf3 Kf8 18. Rb8 Re8 {[%cal Re8e1] [#]} 19.
h4 Ba6 20. Rb3 {[#]} Re1+ $146 ({Predecessor:} 20... Be2 21. Bxe2 Rxe2 22. Rc3
Re7 23. f3 Ke8 24. Kf2 Kd7 25. Ra3 Re5 26. Rxa7 Rc5 {1/2-1/2 (52) So,W (2765)
-Carlsen,M (2872) Wijk aan Zee 2020}) 21. Kh2 Re5 22. Rc3 Be2 23. Bxe2 Rxe2 {
KR-KR} 24. Kg3 Re4 25. Rxc7 Ra4 26. c4 Rxa2 27. c5 a5 28. Ra7 a4 29. c6 Rc2 30.
c7 {[#] Strongly threatening Ra8+.} Ke8 31. Rxa4 {An uneventful encounter. 
Weighted Error Value: White=0.02/Black=0.02} 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.12"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Alekseenko, Kirill"]
[Black "Banikas, Hristos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2592"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Greece"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GRE"]

{[%evp 24,87,29,24,25,22,0,0,0,0,29,31,49,0,0,12,26,14,14,14,25,0,0,0,17,0,0,0,
82,85,94,129,125,118,117,106,145,95,204,202,218,224,222,207,268,252,252,268,
277,251,278,289,291,287,283,277,267,264,352,365,558,528,779,725,721,721]} 1. e4
c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be3 Be7 9.
Qd2 Nbd7 10. g4 O-O 11. O-O-O b5 12. g5 Nh5 {is more profitable than 12...b4
at the moment.} 13. Nd5 Bxd5 {B90: Sicilian Najdorf: Unusual White 6th moves,
6 Be3 Ng4 and 6 Be3 e5.} 14. exd5 f6 {[%cal Rf6g5]} 15. gxf6 Rxf6 {The
position is equal.} 16. Na5 Qe8 17. Nc6 Nf4 18. Kb1 Bd8 19. c4 {[#]} Bb6 $146 (
{Predecessor:} 19... bxc4 20. Bxc4 Bb6 21. Bxb6 Nxb6 22. Bb3 Nd7 23. Ka1 Nc5
24. Bc2 Rf7 25. b4 Nd7 {1-0 (37) Nitin,S (2303)-Kottahachchy,K (1967) Teheran
2008}) 20. cxb5 axb5 21. Bxb5 Kh8 22. a4 Bxe3 23. Qxe3 Nc5 {White must now
prevent ...Qg6+.} 24. Qa3 Qg6+ 25. Ka2 Qf7 {[#]} (25... Ne2 $11 {remains equal.
} 26. Rhe1 (26. Bxe2 $2 Rxa4 27. Rd2 Rxa3+ 28. bxa3 Qg2 $19) 26... Rf4) 26.
Nxe5 $1 $16 {Black is now going downhill.} Qg8 (26... Qa7 27. Nc4) 27. Nd7 Nxd5
{( -> ...Nc3+!)} 28. Kb1 (28. Nxf6 $2 Nc3+ 29. Ka1 Nb3+ 30. Qxb3 Qxb3 $19)
28... Nxd7 29. Bxd7 Nb6 30. Bb5 ({Avoid the trap} 30. Rxd6 $2 Nc4 $19) 30...
Qf7 (30... Rf5 $16 {keeps fighting.} 31. Qb4 (31. Qxd6 $2 Rxb5 32. axb5 Qa2+
33. Kc2 Rc8+ 34. Qc6 Rxc6+ 35. bxc6 h6 $19) 31... d5) 31. Rhe1 $1 $18 (31. Rxd6
Qg6+ 32. Bd3 Nc4 $1 $11) 31... h6 32. Rd4 d5 33. Qe7 Rxf3 34. Qxf7 Rxf7 35. Re6
Rb8 36. b3 Na8 {[#]} 37. Re8+ $1 ({Weaker is} 37. Rxd5 Nc7 $15) 37... Rxe8 38.
Bxe8 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Rf1+ 39. Kc2 Nc7 40. Bg6 Rf6 41. Bd3 g5 (
41... Kg8 {was necessary.} 42. b4 Kf8) 42. b4 {[%cal Bb3b4,Bb4b5][%mdl 32]
White is clearly winning.} Rc6+ 43. Kd2 Rd6 44. b5 {Weighted Error Value:
White=0.04/Black=0.27} 1-0

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.12"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Kourkoulos-Arditis, Stamatis"]
[Black "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2524"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Greece"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GRE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

{[%evp 11,95,20,35,21,16,24,25,22,54,25,25,12,27,18,18,18,19,12,17,0,17,4,7,4,
9,0,0,0,0,4,26,23,57,2,8,10,11,15,14,0,0,0,0,-8,-9,0,0,0,0,0,4,0,2,0,0,0,0,0,0,
0,0,-11,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,14,18,16,14,74,2,20,22,59,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 d5 2.
c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg6 7. Be2 {D12: Slav Defence: 3
Nf3 Nf6 4 e3 Bf5.} Nbd7 8. O-O Bd6 9. g3 {White has an edge.} Qe7 10. Qb3 Rb8
11. Bd2 O-O 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. Qc2 {is the legacy move (13.Rfd1).} dxc4 14. Bxc4
{[#]} c5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... a6 15. Ne4 {1/2-1/2 (15) Lenic,L (2602)
-Matlakov,M (2603) Martuni 2010}) 15. Rfe1 Nb6 {[%cal Bd7b6,Bb6c8,Bc8e7,Be7d5]
[%mdl 32]} 16. Bf1 cxd4 17. exd4 Qd7 18. Nb5 Nc8 19. Qb3 a6 20. Nc3 {[%cal
Bb5c3,Bc3e4,Be4c5][%mdl 32]} Ne7 21. Bh3 Bc7 {[#]} 22. Rad1 (22. Rxe6 $1 $14
Nc6 23. Ne2 $1) 22... Ned5 ({But not} 22... Qxd4 $2 23. Be3 $18) 23. Bg5 Rfe8
24. Bxf6 gxf6 25. Ne4 Qb5 26. Qxb5 axb5 27. Nc5 Ba5 28. Re2 Red8 29. Bg2 Bb6
30. Red2 b4 31. Rd3 f5 32. Bf3 Ba5 33. Rb3 Rd6 34. Nd3 Rbd8 35. Ne5 Rc8 36. Nd3
Rcd8 37. Nc5 Rb8 38. Kg2 g5 39. h3 Kg7 40. Rc1 Kh7 41. Nd3 Rbd8 42. Rc5 b6 {[#]
} (42... Bb6 $11) 43. Rc1 (43. Rc2 $1 $16) 43... Kg7 $11 44. Ne5 f6 45. Nd3 ({
White should try} 45. Nc6 $1 $14 R8d7 46. Bxd5 Rxd5 47. Re3) 45... Ne7 {
The position is equal.} 46. Nxb4 Rxd4 47. Nc6 Nxc6 48. Rxc6 {Weighted Error
Value: White=0.09/Black=0.07} 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.12"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Black "Kelires, Andreas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B94"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Greece"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GRE"]

{[%evp 11,59,20,27,33,40,37,37,43,26,26,82,79,82,26,78,85,83,47,47,68,56,45,41,
35,59,24,69,70,86,49,92,13,58,30,77,92,644,641,658,650,906,900,1011,974,5002,
3500,2867,2774,2008,1767]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6
6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. Qe2 $1 {[%mdl 4] 7.Qe2 is the recent fashion. B94: Sicilian
Najdorf: 6 Bg5 Nbd7.} Qc7 8. O-O-O e6 9. g4 {White is slightly better.} h6 10.
Bd2 {[#]} e5 $146 (10... g6 $11 {keeps the balance.}) ({Predecessor:} 10... b5
11. a3 Bb7 12. f4 Qb6 13. Be1 g5 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. exd5 Bxd5 16. Nxe6 Bxh1 {
1/2-1/2 (36) Batrakov,A (2530)-Zuev,D (2504) ICCF email 2017}) 11. Nf5 $16 b5 {
[%cal Bb7b5,Bb5b4][%mdl 32]} 12. Bg2 (12. a3 $16) 12... g6 (12... b4 $1 $11 13.
Nd5 Nxd5 14. exd5 a5) 13. Ne3 Bb7 14. h4 b4 $1 {[%cal Rb4c3]} 15. Ncd5 Nxd5 16.
exd5 a5 $1 17. h5 Ba6 18. Qe1 Nc5 {[#] Strongly threatening ...Nd3+.} 19. Kb1
Bg7 20. Bf1 Bxf1 21. Nxf1 ({Better is} 21. Qxf1 $16 Rc8 22. Qg2) 21... Rc8 22.
Ng3 O-O 23. hxg6 Nd3 $4 {[%mdl 8192] Loses the game.} 24. cxd3 $18 {White is
clearly winning.} Qc2+ 25. Ka1 e4 {[%csl Gc2][%cal Rg7b2]} 26. Rb1 Qa4 27. Qxe4
Rfe8 28. gxf7+ Kxf7 29. Qf4+ {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} Kg8 30. Nf5 {
Weighted Error Value: White=0.18/Black=0.48} 1-0

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.12"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Vocaturo, Daniele"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E53"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Azerbaijan"]
[BlackTeam "Italy"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ITA"]

{[%evp 18,129,0,0,0,0,8,0,2,0,0,0,24,0,0,0,0,-24,21,19,35,16,65,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,
4,8,22,29,15,0,21,0,6,0,0,0,31,31,35,38,32,31,45,41,54,60,58,30,62,62,81,81,79,
80,78,78,122,94,92,76,78,69,75,39,144,127,132,135,143,145,150,150,161,157,143,
163,150,155,152,17,17,17,31,17,116,100,92,86,370,370,643,603,1159,887,2341,739,
29978,29979,29971,2558,2237,2009,1804,1733,29982,29983,29983,29984]} 1. d4 Nf6
2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 c5 9.
Nf3 Qc7 10. Be2 b6 {E53: Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein: Main Line (4...0-0 5 Nf3 d5
6 Bd3 c5 7 0-0).} 11. Bb2 Bb7 12. O-O Nc6 {The position is equal.} 13. c4 {[#]}
Rad8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... cxd4 14. exd4 Ne7 15. Ne5 Ng6 16. Nxg6 hxg6 17.
Qb3 Rac8 18. Rac1 Qf4 19. Rfe1 Rc7 20. Bf1 Rfc8 21. f3 Rd7 {1/2-1/2 (21)
Furman,S-Olafsson,F Bad Lauterberg 1977}) 14. Re1 Ne7 15. Qb3 Ng4 16. g3 Nf6
17. Rad1 Nc6 18. dxc5 bxc5 19. Qc2 Ne7 20. Rxd8 (20. Be5 $14 Qc8 21. Qb2) 20...
Rxd8 $11 21. Rd1 Rxd1+ 22. Qxd1 Nd7 23. Qd3 f6 24. Nd2 Qc6 {[%csl Gb7][%cal
Rc6h1] [#]} 25. f3 Qc7 26. Kf2 Bc6 (26... Nf5 {seems wilder.} 27. e4 Nd6 28.
Nb3 Nb6 29. Qc2 e5) 27. Bc3 Nf5 28. f4 Nd6 29. e4 Nb7 30. Bg4 Kf7 31. e5 f5 32.
Be2 Qd8 33. Nb3 g6 34. Bd2 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has some pressure.} Be4 35.
Qc3 Qc7 36. Be3 Bc6 37. g4 Qd8 {[#] And now ...Qh4+ would win.} 38. Kg3 fxg4
39. Bxg4 Qb6 40. h4 Be4 41. Nd2 Bf5 42. Bf3 Na5 43. h5 Nb8 (43... Nc6 $14) 44.
Ne4 $16 Bxe4 45. Bxe4 Nbc6 46. hxg6+ hxg6 47. Kg4 Ne7 48. Qd3 {Strongly
threatening Qd7.} Qc7 49. Qd6 Qc8 50. Qxc5 Nxc4 51. Qxa7 (51. Bd4 $16) 51...
Nxe3+ $11 52. Qxe3 {next Qh3 is good for White.} Qd8 53. Qh3 Qd1+ (53... Qd4
$11 {remains equal.} 54. Qh7+ Kf8) 54. Kg5 $16 Qg1+ 55. Bg2 Qf2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]
Loses the game.} (55... Qd1 $16 {keeps fighting.}) 56. Bf3 $18 Qg1+ $2 (56...
Qe3 57. Qh7+ Kf8) 57. Bg4 Ke8 58. a4 Kd7 59. a5 (59. Qd3+ $142 Ke8 60. Qa6)
59... Kc7 60. Qh7 Kd8 61. a6 (61. Qf7 $142 Qc5 62. Bxe6 Qb4 63. a6 Kc7 64. a7
Kb7 65. Kf6 Kxa7 66. Qxe7+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Qb7 67. Bd5) 61... Qb6 62.
Qh8+ Kc7 63. Qe8 Nf5 64. a7 Qxa7 65. Qf7+ {Weighted Error Value: White=0.12/
Black=0.51} 1-0

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.12"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Moroni, Luca Jr"]
[Black "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B62"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Italy"]
[BlackTeam "Azerbaijan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ITA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AZE"]

{[%evp 12,93,33,15,37,42,39,37,41,36,40,26,24,31,27,20,16,13,15,16,18,0,0,0,5,
0,0,8,0,0,-10,-41,-19,-16,-19,-5,-17,-41,-30,-31,-30,-30,-30,-39,-39,-33,-30,
-35,-4,-80,-80,-78,-77,-77,-77,-79,-79,-80,-77,-321,-306,-338,-326,-313,-318,
-333,-293,-339,-350,-502,-489,-29961,-29961,-29951,-11294,-29969,-29970,-29969,
-29970,-29967,-29968,-29967,-29969,-6099]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4.
Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd3 Qb6 {B62: Sicilian: Richter-Rauzer: 6...
e6: Unusual White 7th moves.} 8. O-O-O Qxd4 9. Qxd4 Nxd4 {White is slightly
better.} 10. Rxd4 a6 11. Be2 Bd7 12. Rhd1 Bc6 {[#]} 13. Bh4 $146 ({Predecessor:
} 13. f3 Be7 14. Bh4 O-O-O 15. Bg3 d5 16. exd5 Nxd5 17. Nxd5 Bxd5 18. c4 Bc6
19. Be5 {1/2-1/2 (47) Shirov,A (2656)-Stremavicius,T (2434) Viljandi 2017})
13... Be7 14. Bg3 e5 15. Rc4 h5 {[#] And now ...h4 would win.} 16. h3 h4 17.
Bh2 Rc8 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. exd5 {Hoping for Bg4.} Bd7 20. Rxc8+ Bxc8 21. c4 Bf5
22. b4 Kd7 23. Kb2 Rc8 24. f4 exf4 25. Bxf4 Be4 26. Kb3 f5 27. Bd3 Bxd3 28.
Rxd3 $15 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} g5 29. Be3 b5 30. c5 (30. cxb5 $11 {
remains equal.} axb5 31. Rc3) 30... dxc5 $17 31. bxc5 Bxc5 32. Bxg5 Rg8 33.
Bxh4 Rxg2 34. Bg3 Re2 35. h4 $2 {Loses the game.} (35. a4 $17) 35... a5 $19 36.
a4 Re4 37. Rc3 bxa4+ 38. Kc2 Bb6 {Strongly threatening ...f4.} 39. Rc6 {[#]}
Bd8 40. Rd6+ (40. Bd6 $142 Rxh4 41. Ba3) 40... Ke7 41. Re6+ (41. Rg6 $19 f4 42.
Rg4 Re2+ 43. Kd1) 41... Rxe6 42. dxe6 Kxe6 {KB-KB} 43. Kb2 Kf6 {Black mates.}
44. Ka3 Kg6 45. Kxa4 Kh5 46. Be1 f4 47. Kb5 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.62/
Black=0.03} 0-1

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.12"]
[Round "1.7"]
[White "Guseinov, Gadir"]
[Black "Valsecchi, Alessio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Azerbaijan"]
[BlackTeam "Italy"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ITA"]

{[%evp 9,65,0,-6,-16,31,29,29,36,39,29,33,29,29,15,46,45,37,22,37,20,28,14,52,
49,70,68,72,66,109,99,160,143,148,137,137,132,164,141,342,346,332,339,381,385,
385,383,378,362,367,345,360,359,356,352,378,377,447,405]} 1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3.
d3 dxe4 4. dxe4 Qxd1+ 5. Kxd1 Nf6 6. Nbd2 {B10: Caro-Kann: 2 d3 and 2 c4.} Nfd7
7. Nb3 e5 8. Be3 {White has an edge.} a5 9. a4 {[#]} Na6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 
9... b6 10. Nfd2 Ba6 11. Nc4 Bxc4 12. Bxc4 Na6 13. c3 Nac5 14. f3 Nxb3 15. Bxb3
Bc5 {1-0 (41) Caruana,F (2835)-Le,Q (2709) chess24.com INT 2020}) 10. Bc4 f6
11. Ke2 Nb4 12. Rhc1 b6 13. Nfd2 Bd6 14. c3 Na6 15. Be6 Bc7 16. Nc4 Ke7 17. Bh3
$36 {[%mdl 2048] White is more active.} Nab8 18. Nbd2 Rd8 19. b4 axb4 (19...
Bb7 $142) 20. cxb4 $16 b5 21. axb5 {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} Rxa1 22. Rxa1
{aiming for Ra7.} cxb5 {[#]} 23. Ra7 $1 Na6 {[#] A mistake that costs the game.
} (23... Bd6 $16) 24. Nb6 $1 $18 {[%cal Rb6c8]} Nxb6 25. Bxb6 Kd6 26. Bxc8 Bxb6
27. Rxa6 Kc7 28. Be6 Rd4 29. Ra3 Kd6 30. Bg8 Rxb4 31. Bxh7 Rb2 32. Rb3 Ra2 33.
Rxb5 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.04/Black=0.23} 1-0

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.12"]
[Round "1.8"]
[White "Sonis, Francesco"]
[Black "Abasov, Nijat"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2536"]
[BlackElo "2634"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Italy"]
[BlackTeam "Azerbaijan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ITA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AZE"]

{[%evp 16,69,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-7,0,-45,-36,-22,
-11,-71,-74,-74,-80,-82,-99,-103,-92,-122,-121,-121,-110,-127,-122,-132,-120,
-147,-101,-298,-292,-29997,-29998,-29998,-29999,-29999]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3.
Nc3 c6 4. e4 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Qxd4 7. Bxb4 Qxe4+ 8. Be2 Na6 9. Ba5 {
[%csl Ga5][%cal Rd1d8]} b6 {D31: Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Slav without ...
Nf6 (+ Marshall Gambit and Noteboom) and Exchange Variation lines without ...
Nf6.} 10. Qd6 $1 {0-0-0 is the strong threat.} Bd7 ({Don't blunder} 10... Ne7
$2 11. O-O-O $1 $18) 11. Bc3 f6 {The position is equal.} 12. O-O-O O-O-O 13.
Qa3 $1 Kb7 14. Bf3 Qf4+ ({Wrong is} 14... Qxc4 $2 15. Be2 $18) 15. Rd2 {
Strongly threatening Ne2.} Qc7 $1 ({Not} 15... Qxc4 $2 16. Be2 $18) 16. Ne2 {
aiming for Nd4.} e5 17. Rhd1 Nh6 18. b4 Nb8 19. b5 {[#]} Bg4 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8]
White should prevent ...Bxf3. An interesting novelty.} ({Predecessor:} 19...
Kc8 20. Bb4 c5 21. Bc3 Be6 22. Ng3 Rxd2 23. Bxd2 Nf7 24. Bd5 Bxd5 25. cxd5 Nd6
{1/2-1/2 (45) Nguyen,P (2438)-Dziuba,M (2550) Lublin 2017}) 20. bxc6+ Nxc6 21.
Bd5 Bxe2 22. Rxe2 Nf5 23. Red2 (23. Rc2 $1 $11) 23... Nfe7 $17 24. Bf3 Rxd2 25.
Rxd2 {[#]} Rd8 $1 26. Rxd8 Qxd8 27. Bb4 {Threatens to win with Bxe7.} Kc7 28.
c5 Nd5 29. cxb6+ axb6 30. Bd2 f5 31. Bd1 Qh4 32. Bb3 $2 {Loses the game.} (32.
Qd3 $17 {might work better.} Nde7 33. Be3) 32... Qd4 $19 {( -> ...Qa1+)} 33.
Qf8 $2 (33. Kc2 $19) 33... Qa1+ {Black mates.} 34. Kc2 Nd4+ 35. Kd3 Qf1# {
Weighted Error Value: White=0.48/Black=0.02} 0-1

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.12"]
[Round "1.9"]
[White "Ragger, Markus"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "2668"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Austria"]
[BlackTeam "France"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AUT"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

{[%evp 10,115,33,16,16,17,30,13,26,18,18,10,7,-1,71,16,14,0,9,11,27,2,45,43,36,
25,24,25,92,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-51,-22,-59,-65,-60,-64,-109,-114,-112,-118,
-168,-135,-257,-265,-250,-243,-273,-217,-423,-404,-383,-241,-329,-275,-336,
-231,-221,-207,-203,-193,-203,-178,-183,-179,-198,-150,-191,0,-209,-202,-183,
-196,-191,-191,-281,-280,-342,-339,-342,-327,-427,-421,-382,-394,-364,-375,
-386,-385,-453,-450,-681,-681,-645,-717,-2658,-2385,-2114,-1848,-1369]} 1. e4
c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 e6 6. Be2 d4 {B11: Caro-Kann: Two
Knights Variation.} 7. Nb1 Ne7 $5 {[%mdl 4] [#] Leaves trodden paths.} 8. h4
$146 ({Predecessor:} 8. d3 Ng6 9. O-O Bd6 10. Nd2 Nd7 11. g3 O-O 12. Qg2 a5 13.
f4 a4 14. a3 {0-1 (60) Schlotthauber,W (2075)-Amann,H (2195) GER email 2007})
8... h5 {The position is equal.} 9. d3 Ng6 10. Qh3 a5 11. f4 e5 {[#]} (11...
Nd7 $11) 12. fxe5 (12. f5 $1 $16 {[%cal Rf5g6]} Nf4 13. Qh2) 12... Nxe5 $11 13.
O-O Nbd7 14. Nd2 Bd6 15. a4 Nf6 16. Nf3 Neg4 17. Bg5 Qd7 18. Nd2 Nh7 (18...
Bh2+ $11 {remains equal.} 19. Kh1 Be5) 19. Nc4 (19. Bf4 $16) 19... Nxg5 20.
hxg5 Bh2+ 21. Kh1 Bc7 22. Bxg4 Qxg4 23. Rf3 O-O 24. e5 ({White should try} 24.
Kg1 $11) 24... Rae8 25. Qxg4 hxg4 26. Rg3 b5 27. Nd2 Rxe5 ({Of course not} 
27... Bxe5 $6 28. Rxg4 Bc7 29. Ne4 $11) 28. Rxg4 Re2 29. Nf3 c5 {And now ...
bxa4 would win.} 30. Rc1 (30. axb5 $17 Rxc2 31. g6) 30... bxa4 $19 31. Kg1 Rb8
32. Kf1 Re6 33. Nd2 $2 (33. b3) 33... Rxb2 34. Nc4 Rb8 35. Kf2 Rbe8 36. Rh4
Re2+ 37. Kf3 g6 38. Re4 R2xe4 39. dxe4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Rb8 {
...Rb4 is the strong threat.} 40. Ke2 Kg7 41. Ra1 Rh8 42. Kf3 Rb8 43. Ke2 $1
Rb4 44. Kd3 Kf8 45. Rf1 Ke7 46. Ra1 (46. Rf6 {was necessary.}) 46... Ke6 47.
Rf1 {and the idea Rf6+ leaves White hopeful.} Bd8 48. Ra1 Bxg5 49. Nxa5 f5 50.
exf5+ gxf5 {White must now prevent ...Kd5.} 51. Nc6 Rb6 52. Na5 Kd5 {Threatens
to win with ...Rb4.} 53. Nc4 Rg6 {Black is clearly winning.} 54. Rf1 (54. Rb1
$142 Bd8 55. Rf1) 54... f4 55. Rh1 {[#]} Bh4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 56. Rh3 (56. Rf1
a3) 56... Rxg2 57. Nb6+ Kc6 58. Rxh4 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.40/Black=0.
20} 0-1

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.12"]
[Round "1.10"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Dragnev, Valentin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2548"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "France"]
[BlackTeam "Austria"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AUT"]

{[%evp 9,83,0,0,-11,-17,-5,16,18,5,0,0,8,29,24,34,0,0,0,9,7,70,85,117,45,31,37,
55,6,12,0,18,26,35,23,36,6,26,6,14,14,6,0,25,30,33,16,16,14,13,0,62,53,55,38,
28,31,108,113,137,141,140,144,141,154,134,131,220,226,316,292,483,472,531,523,
456,438]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. h3 a6 5. a4 Nc6 6. d4 {B50:
Sicilian: 2...d6, Miscellaneous.} cxd4 7. Nxd4 g6 8. Be3 {The position is
equal.} Bg7 9. g3 O-O 10. Bg2 Bd7 11. O-O Ne5 {[#]} 12. g4 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8]
An interesting novelty.} ({Predecessor:} 12. Nde2 Nc4 13. Bc1 Rc8 14. b3 Ne5
15. Bb2 b5 16. axb5 axb5 17. Nd4 b4 18. Nd5 {1/2-1/2 (40) Nakamura,H (2769)
-Vachier Lagrave,M (2789) Paris 2018}) 12... Rc8 13. Nde2 b5 14. b3 Bc6 (14...
Nexg4 $11 15. hxg4 Nxg4) 15. axb5 $14 axb5 16. Nd5 ({White should try} 16. Nd4
$16) 16... e6 17. Nxf6+ Bxf6 18. f4 Nd7 19. Ra6 {Black must now prevent Rxc6!}
Nb8 (19... Nc5 $2 20. Rxc6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rxc6 21. e5 $18) 20. Ra7 Re8 21. Qd2
Re7 22. Rxe7 Bxe7 23. f5 exf5 24. exf5 Bxg2 25. Kxg2 Nd7 26. Nc3 Qa5 27. Nd5
Qxd2+ 28. Bxd2 Bd8 29. c3 Ra8 (29... Rc5 $11 30. Nb4 Bf6) 30. Be3 Bh4 31. Bd4
Ra2+ 32. Kf3 f6 (32... Rh2 $14) 33. Nc7 $16 Nc5 34. b4 (34. Nxb5 $6 Nxb3 35.
Rh1 d5 $11) 34... Nb3 {...Nd2+ is the strong threat.} 35. Be3 Nd2+ 36. Bxd2
Rxd2 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 37. Ke4 Kg7 {[#]} (37... Kf7 $16 {was
called for.}) 38. Rf3 $1 $18 ({Don't do} 38. Nxb5 $6 d5+ 39. Ke3 Bg5+ 40. Kf3
Bh4 $16) 38... Be1 39. Rd3 ({Resist} 39. Nxb5 Kf7 $18) 39... Re2+ $2 (39... d5+
40. Rxd5 Re2+ {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} 41. Kd4 Bf2+ 42. Kd3 Re3+ 43. Kc2
Rxh3 44. Rxb5 (44. Nxb5 h5 $16) 44... Bg3 45. Ne6+ Kg8) 40. Kd5 {White is
clearly winning.} gxf5 41. gxf5 Re5+ 42. Kc6 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.08/
Black=0.26} 1-0

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.12"]
[Round "1.11"]
[White "Blohberger, Felix"]
[Black "Lagarde, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C63"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2647"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "28"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Austria"]
[BlackTeam "France"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AUT"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

{[%evp 16,28,54,54,47,47,50,0,25,0,54,0,30,0,48]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 f5
4. d3 fxe4 5. dxe4 Nf6 6. O-O Bc5 7. Bxc6 bxc6 8. Nxe5 O-O 9. Nc3 d6 {C63: Ruy
Lopez: Schliemann/Jaenisch Defence.} 10. Nd3 $1 {The main line 10.Nd3 scores
better than 10.Na4.} Bd4 {[#]} 11. Nb4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Qe1 Re8 12. Be3
c5 13. f3 d5 14. Bf2 dxe4 15. Nxe4 Nxe4 16. fxe4 c4 17. Bxd4 Qxd4+ 18. Qf2 Rxe4
19. Nc5 Qxf2+ 20. Rxf2 Re8 21. Rf4 {1/2-1/2 (33) Santos Ruiz,M (2597)-Shirov,A
(2662) Linares 2021}) 11... Bc5 12. Nd3 Bd4 13. Nb4 Bc5 14. Nd3 Bd4 $1 {
White got outplayed after the opening.  Weighted Error Value: White=0.23/
Black=0.05} 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.12"]
[Round "1.12"]
[White "Moussard, Jules"]
[Black "Shengelia, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2513"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "France"]
[BlackTeam "Austria"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AUT"]

{[%evp 9,132,23,12,0,0,0,16,16,15,15,22,0,8,4,28,9,30,-15,-4,-20,-2,-10,0,-6,0,
0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-19,-17,-27,0,-36,-15,-32,-12,-57,-55,-49,-48,-78,-23,
-116,-116,-123,-96,-158,0,-6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,17,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,8,9,8,8,8,
8,8,6,0,23,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,
0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. Nf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Nxc6 {B12:
Caro-Kann: Advance Variation.} bxc6 7. Bd3 Qc7 8. Qe2 e6 9. O-O Ne7 10. Nd2 {
[#]} Ng6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... c5 11. c3 a5 12. Re1 a4 13. Bc2 Nc6 14. h4
c4 15. Rb1 Bd7 16. h5 Be7 {1-0 (58) Hameister,R (2418)-Voveris,S (2399) ICCF
email 2018}) 11. f4 Be7 12. b3 O-O 13. Bb2 a5 14. a4 c5 15. c4 d4 16. Rf3 f5
17. exf6 Rxf6 18. g3 Bb7 19. Be4 Ra6 20. Re1 Rb6 21. Bc1 Rf8 22. Qd3 Bxe4 23.
Rxe4 Rfb8 24. Qe2 Qc6 25. Rf1 Bf6 26. Re1 {[%cal Re4e6]} e5 27. Qg4 {[%cal
Rf4e5]} exf4 28. gxf4 Nf8 29. Qf3 Qd7 (29... Bh4 $17 30. R1e2 Bf6) 30. Ba3 (30.
Qh5 $11) 30... Qf5 $17 31. h3 d3 {And now ...Rxb3 would win.} 32. Bc1 (32. Qg4
$142 g6 33. Bc1) 32... Bc3 $2 (32... Bd4+ $17 33. Kh2 Rh6) 33. Qxd3 $11 Bxd2 (
33... Rxb3 {looks sharper.} 34. R4e3 Qxd3 35. Rxd3 Bd4+ 36. Rxd4 cxd4 37. Nxb3
Rxb3 38. Bd2 Rxh3 39. c5 Rh6) 34. Bxd2 Rxb3 35. Qd5+ Qxd5 36. cxd5 Rd3 37. Bxa5
Rxd5 38. Bc3 Rb3 39. R1e3 Ng6 40. Kf2 Kf7 41. a5 Ra3 42. Be1 Ra1 43. Rb3 Rd7
44. Rc4 Ra2+ 45. Kf3 Ra1 46. Bc3 Rf1+ 47. Ke3 Ne7 48. Ke2 Rh1 {The position is
equal.} 49. Rxc5 Rxh3 50. a6 {[#] Strongly threatening Rb7.} Nd5 51. Rb7 Nxc3+
52. Rxc3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} Rh2+ 53. Ke3 Rxb7 54. axb7 {KR-KR} Rb2
55. Rc7+ Kf6 56. Kd4 h5 57. Kc5 {[#] Black must now prevent Rc6+.} Kf5 58. Rf7+
Ke4 59. Rd7 {Threatens to win with Rd4+.} Rc2+ 60. Kb4 (60. Kb5 {seems wilder.}
h4 61. Re7+ Kf3 62. Rxg7 Rb2+ 63. Ka6) 60... Rc1 $1 61. Rxg7 (61. Re7+ {
is interesting.} Kf3 62. f5 Rb1+ 63. Kc5 Kf4 64. Rf7) 61... Rb1+ 62. Kc3 Kxf4
63. Rc7 Ke5 64. Kc2 Kd6 65. Rh7 Rb5 66. Rxh5 Rxb7 {Weighted Error Value:
White=0.12/Black=0.11} 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.12"]
[Round "1.13"]
[White "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"]
[Black "Hillarp Persson, Tiger"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2528"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Poland"]
[BlackTeam "Sweden"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SWE"]

{[%evp 12,63,18,30,33,33,41,30,20,32,25,29,39,22,34,16,65,54,57,29,94,47,158,
163,170,166,251,253,435,416,618,638,613,476,603,607,906,445,436,445,445,432,
426,432,450,451,441,433,452,445,646,454,421,378]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4
4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e6 7. g4 Be7 {B81: Sicilian Scheveningen: Keres
Attack.} 8. g5 Nfd7 9. Be3 b5 {White has an edge.} 10. a3 Bb7 11. h4 $1 {
11.h4 is better than 11.Qd2.} Nc6 12. Rg1 O-O 13. h5 Nc5 14. Qg4 Ne5 15. Qg2 {
[#]} Rc8 $146 (15... Rb8 $11) ({Predecessor:} 15... Rb8 16. O-O-O Qa5 17. f4
Nc6 18. g6 fxg6 19. hxg6 h6 20. Nxc6 Bxc6 21. Qg4 b4 22. Bxc5 bxc3 23. Qxe6+ {
1/2-1/2 (43) Duchardt,A (2321)-Hunger,H (2343) ICCF email 2017}) 16. f4 {
Threatens to win with h6. Black is now going downhill.} Nc4 (16... Nc6 $14) 17.
Bxc4 $16 bxc4 18. O-O-O Qb6 {[#]} (18... Qa5 {keeps fighting.} 19. f5 Nxe4) 19.
f5 $1 $18 Rb8 $2 (19... e5) 20. f6 $1 Bd8 (20... Ba8 $142 21. fxe7 Rfe8) 21.
fxg7 {White is clearly winning.} Kxg7 {intending ...Ba8.} 22. g6 Bf6 23. Rdf1 {
gxf7+ would kill now.} fxg6 {[#] Strongly threatening ...Bxe4!} 24. hxg6 (24.
Nxe6+ $142 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kg8 (24... Kf7 25. Nxf8) 25. Bxc5 Qxb2+ 26. Kxb2
Bxe4+ 27. Ka2 Bxg2 28. Rxg2 Bxc3 29. Rxf8+ Rxf8 30. Nxf8 dxc5 31. hxg6 hxg6 32.
Ne6) 24... Qxb2+ 25. Kxb2 {White wants to mate with Bh6+!} Bxe4+ 26. Ka2 Bxg2
27. gxh7 ({Weaker is} 27. Rxg2 hxg6 28. Rfg1 Kf7 $16) 27... Kh8 28. Rxg2 Bg7
29. Rfg1 Rb7 30. Nde2 Kxh7 (30... Rf3 $142 31. Bxc5 dxc5) 31. Bd4 {[%cal Rd4g7]
} Rff7 32. Rg4 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.37/Black=0.49} 1-0

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.12"]
[Round "1.14"]
[White "Blomqvist, Erik"]
[Black "Piorun, Kacper"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2542"]
[BlackElo "2634"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sweden"]
[BlackTeam "Poland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SWE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "POL"]

{[%evp 11,76,18,46,10,21,0,0,0,21,2,16,16,27,18,33,6,12,3,28,22,14,0,0,0,0,0,
-7,-18,-12,-12,-14,-18,-13,-45,-55,-131,-140,-199,-199,-264,-262,-331,-328,
-309,-204,-304,-285,-300,-272,-413,-416,-414,-400,-412,-420,-518,-483,-474,
-467,-1022,-1007,-2900,-1190,-1158,-983,-1095,-941]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5
cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Qc7 6. h3 g6 7. Nf3 {B13: Caro-Kann: Exchange Variation
and Panov-Botvinnik Attack.} Bf5 8. Be2 {is currently scoring better than 8.
0-0.} Nf6 9. O-O {The position is equal.} Bg7 10. Be3 h6 $5 {[%mdl 4] [#]
Exploring less charted territory.} 11. Re1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Nbd2 g5 12.
Nh2 e6 13. Nb3 Ne4 14. Nf3 Bf6 15. Nfd2 O-O-O 16. Nxe4 dxe4 17. Bh5 {1/2-1/2 
(59) Blomqvist,E (2535)-Kosteniuk,A (2474) Chess.com INT 2021}) 11... Rd8 12.
Nbd2 O-O 13. Rc1 g5 14. b4 a6 15. a4 e6 16. b5 axb5 17. axb5 Ne7 {[%cal Bc6e7,
Be7d5,Bd5f6,Bf6e4][%mdl 32]} 18. Ne5 Ne4 19. Nxe4 dxe4 20. Nc4 Nd5 21. Bd2 Bg6
22. Bf1 f5 23. Qb3 {Black converts the advantage convincingly.} (23. f3 $15)
23... f4 $1 $17 24. Qc2 {[#]} (24. Red1 $17 {was necessary.}) 24... Bh7 $1 $19
25. Rxe4 {[#]} (25. Qa2 {was worth a try.}) 25... Nf6 $1 {[%cal Rf6e4][%mdl 64]
Pin} (25... Bxe4 26. Qxe4 Rfe8 27. Bd3 $14) 26. Rce1 Nxe4 (26... Bxe4 27. Rxe4
Nxe4 28. Qxe4 $17) 27. Rxe4 Qd7 ({Weaker is} 27... Bxe4 28. Qxe4 Ra8 29. Qxe6+
Qf7 30. Qe1 $17) 28. Bd3 (28. Nb6 {might work better.} Qc7 29. Nc4) 28... Bxe4
29. Bxe4 Qxb5 30. Nb2 (30. Na3 $142 Qb6 31. Qd3) 30... Ra8 31. Nd3 Qa4 32. Qxa4
Rxa4 33. Bxb7 Bxd4 {Black is clearly winning.} 34. cxd4 Rxd4 35. Nc5 (35. Ba6
$142 Rfd8 36. Ba5 Rxd3 37. Bxd8 Rxd8 38. Kh2) 35... Rxd2 36. Nxe6 Re8 37. Nc5
Re1+ 38. Kh2 Kg7 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.63/Black=0.30} 0-1

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.12"]
[Round "1.15"]
[White "Moranda, Wojciech"]
[Black "Johansson, Linus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2623"]
[BlackElo "2479"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Poland"]
[BlackTeam "Sweden"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SWE"]

{[%evp 9,83,18,41,39,39,38,42,39,36,39,33,27,36,22,40,35,40,27,60,55,66,55,50,
9,23,22,49,18,37,20,55,35,45,0,0,-17,-8,-31,0,-62,-22,-58,37,37,37,37,37,7,0,0,
56,33,39,58,53,71,347,354,302,333,364,341,330,314,459,458,473,414,602,520,877,
753,794,750,746,734]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qc2 Bb4+ 6. Bd2
{E15: Queen's Indian: 4 g3 sidelines, 4 g3 Ba6 and 4 g3 Bb7 early deviations.}
Be7 7. e4 d5 8. cxd5 {White is slightly better.} Bxf1 $1 9. Kxf1 {aiming for
Nc3.} exd5 10. e5 Ne4 11. Nc3 Nxd2+ 12. Nxd2 {was the old line (12.Qxd2).} Qd7
13. f4 Nc6 14. Nf3 g6 {[#]} 15. Rc1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. Qa4 O-O 16. Kg2 a6
17. Rac1 Rfd8 18. Rhd1 b5 19. Qc2 Na5 20. Rd3 Rac8 21. Qe2 {1-0 (42) Ushenina,
A (2474)-Cmilyte,V (2467) Plovdiv 2008}) 15... Nd8 16. Ne2 c5 17. Kg2 h5 18.
dxc5 bxc5 19. Rhd1 Rb8 20. b3 d4 21. Qe4 (21. Nc3 $5) 21... h4 22. Kf2 Qg4 23.
Rc4 Ne6 24. Ra4 (24. Rg1 $1 $11) 24... Kf8 25. Rxa7 Ng5 26. Nxg5 $14 hxg3+ 27.
hxg3 Rh2+ 28. Ke1 Bxg5 29. e6 $1 {[%mdl 64] [#] Decoy} fxe6 (29... Be7 $11 30.
exf7 Bf6 {[%mdl 64] Remove Defender}) 30. Qe5 $1 $40 {[%cal Re5b8][%mdl 192]
Double Attack. White mounts an attack.} Rxe2+ $1 {[%mdl 64] Remove Defender}
31. Qxe2 Qxg3+ 32. Qf2 Qxf4 {[%mdl 8192] Loses the game.} (32... Qc3+ $16 33.
Rd2 (33. Kf1 Bh4 $14) 33... Bf6) 33. Qxf4+ $18 Bxf4 $16 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame
KRR-KRB} 34. Ke2 e5 35. Rh1 {[%cal Rh1h8] [#]} Kg8 36. Kd3 g5 (36... Re8 $142
37. Ke4 d3 38. Kxd3 c4+ 39. bxc4 Rd8+ 40. Kc2 Be3) 37. Rhh7 $18 Re8 {intending
...e4+.} 38. Ke4 Rd8 (38... Ra8 $142 39. Rxa8+ Kxh7) 39. a4 {a5 is the strong
threat.White is clearly winning.} g4 (39... Bd2 $142 40. Rag7+ Kf8 41. Rf7+ Kg8
) 40. Rag7+ Kf8 41. Rxg4 Rd6 42. Rgg7 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.10/
Black=0.44} 1-0

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.12"]
[Round "1.16"]
[White "Seo, Jung Min"]
[Black "Teclaf, Pawel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2543"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sweden"]
[BlackTeam "Poland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SWE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "POL"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb7 6. Bg2 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 a5 8. O-O
O-O 9. Nc3 d6 10. d5 Bxc3 11. Bxc3 e5 12. Nd2 b5 13. cxb5 Nxd5 14. Bb2 Qc8 15.
Nc4 Nf6 16. Bxb7 Qxb7 17. b6 d5 18. Nxe5 Qxb6 19. Qc2 c5 20. Nd3 Na6 21. Bxf6
Qxf6 22. Rac1 Rac8 23. Nf4 d4 24. Nd3 Nb4 25. Qd2 Qb6 26. Nxb4 axb4 27. e3 dxe3
28. Qxe3 Rfe8 29. Qf3 Qa6 30. Rc2 g6 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.12"]
[Round "1.17"]
[White "Christiansen, Johan-Sebastian"]
[Black "McShane, Luke J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2582"]
[BlackElo "2667"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Norway"]
[BlackTeam "England"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NOR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

{[%evp 12,69,10,15,50,50,58,51,48,62,71,29,193,181,178,179,119,64,116,113,152,
145,126,107,136,122,185,148,186,180,235,175,252,256,281,279,312,282,321,330,
333,323,356,356,487,453,520,512,544,542,622,620,1245,657,646,647,632,629,773,
664]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. c3 Nge7 7. Bc4
h5 {[#] 7...0-0 is a critical line. C45: Scotch Game.} 8. O-O $146 ({
Predecessor:} 8. Nc2 b6 9. Nd2 Ne5 10. Be2 g5 11. Nf3 Nxf3+ 12. Bxf3 Qg6 13. h3
Ba6 14. Qd2 Bxe3 15. Nxe3 {0-1 (48) Munoz,C (2033)-Murillo Tsijli,A (2286) San
Jose 2010}) 8... Ne5 9. Bb3 a6 {White is slightly better.} 10. Nd2 d6 $1 11.
Qe2 Ng4 $2 (11... Bg4 $11 12. f3 Bd7) 12. h3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is really
pushing.} Qg6 13. hxg4 hxg4 {( -> ...Qh7)} 14. Bf4 ({Weaker is} 14. Ba4+ b5 $17
) (14. f4 $16) 14... Nc6 {[#]} (14... Ba7 $14) 15. Qe3 $1 $16 Ne5 16. Rfd1 Bd7
{Threatening ...Qh7.} 17. Nf1 O-O-O 18. Ng3 f6 (18... Rde8 $16 19. a4 (19. Bxe5
dxe5 20. Rac1 f6 $17) 19... Bc6) 19. Qd2 ({And not} 19. Bxe5 fxe5 20. Ndf5 Qf6
$11) 19... Qh7 {[#] ...Bxd4 is the strong threat.} 20. Kf1 Bb6 (20... g5 $142)
21. Be6 g5 (21... Bxe6 $142 22. Nxe6 Rde8) 22. Bxd7+ $18 Rxd7 23. Be3 Nc4 24.
Qc2 Qf7 25. Ndf5 Nxe3+ 26. Nxe3 Qe6 27. Qb3 Qe5 28. Rd5 {White is clearly
winning.} Qe8 29. Nxg4 Rdh7 {White should prevent ...Rh1+.} 30. Ke2 Rh4 31.
Nxf6 Qg6 32. Rf5 {Strongly threatening Qe6+.} Kb8 33. Nd7+ Ka7 34. Qf7 Qh6 35.
Rf6 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.26/Black=0.44} 1-0

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.12"]
[Round "1.18"]
[White "Jones, Gawain C B"]
[Black "Urkedal, Frode Olav Olsen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C58"]
[WhiteElo "2654"]
[BlackElo "2569"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "England"]
[BlackTeam "Norway"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NOR"]

{[%evp 14,101,33,29,21,26,27,6,34,14,7,10,19,18,35,7,8,6,7,6,46,50,39,4,8,4,6,
4,16,7,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,3,0,4,4,4,4,5,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,10,66,
62,72,68,287,187,764,596,5481,5481,1640,935,928,923,854,799,916,453,720,901,
719,707,1262,1264,919,410]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5
Na5 6. Bb5+ c6 7. dxc6 bxc6 8. Bd3 $1 {[%mdl 4] is now more promising than 8.
Be2.} Nd5 {C58: Two Knights: 4 Ng5 d5 5 exd5 Na5 sidelines.} 9. Nf3 Bd6 10. O-O
Nf4 {The position is equal.} 11. Nc3 Nxd3 12. cxd3 O-O 13. Ne4 Re8 {[#]} 14. d4
$146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Qa4 Bf8 15. b4 Nb7 16. Qxc6 Rb8 17. Qc3 Nd6 18. Rb1
Nb5 19. Qa1 Qxd3 20. Re1 {0-1 (30) Hoffmann,J (1911)-Arndt,M (2120) Kiel 2018})
14... exd4 15. Nxd6 Qxd6 16. Qa4 Qd5 {[#] And now ...Bg4 would win.} 17. d3 Bf5
18. Bf4 Bxd3 19. Rfd1 Nc4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has the initiative.} 20. Qb3
Be2 {[%cal Re2d1]} 21. Rxd4 Qb5 22. h4 Qxb3 23. axb3 Nxb2 24. Ra2 c5 $1 {
[%cal Rc5d4]} 25. Rd5 (25. Rd6 {looks sharper.} Nd3 26. Be3 Bxf3 27. Rxd3 Be4
28. Rc3) 25... Nd3 26. Rxe2 Nxf4 27. Rxe8+ Rxe8 28. Rxc5 $11 {[%mdl 4096]
Endgame KRN-KRN} Rb8 29. Rc7 a5 30. Ra7 Ne2+ 31. Kh2 Nc1 32. Nd4 g6 33. h5 Kg7
34. f4 Rb6 35. h6+ Kxh6 36. Rxf7 Nxb3 37. Nf3 {Ng5 would kill now.} g5 38. Nxg5
Ra6 ({Black should play} 38... Kg6 $11 39. Rxh7 Ra6) 39. Nf3 $1 $14 {Black
must now prevent g4.} Nc5 {[#]} (39... a4 $2 40. g4 $18) 40. g4 $1 {[%cal
Rg4g5]} Ne4 {Loses the game.} ({Don't go for} 40... a4 $2 41. g5+ Kh5 42. Ne5
$18) ({Black should try} 40... Rb6 $1 $14) 41. Re7 Nf6 (41... a4) 42. Kg3 {
White is clearly winning.} Ng8 43. g5+ Kh5 44. Rxh7+ Kg6 45. Rb7 {aiming for
Nh4+.} Kf5 46. Rb5+ Ke4 47. Re5+ Kd3 48. Re8 a4 49. Ne5+ Ke4 50. Nc6+ Kf5 51.
Nd4+ {Weighted Error Value: White=0.13/Black=0.17} 1-0

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.12"]
[Round "1.19"]
[White "Hauge, Lars Oskar"]
[Black "Howell, David W L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2648"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Norway"]
[BlackTeam "England"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NOR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

{[%evp 9,127,12,0,-24,6,2,2,-4,3,0,0,-12,0,0,6,-8,0,0,0,0,13,10,12,11,39,41,25,
31,57,50,60,51,59,41,89,0,0,0,42,35,33,15,30,-27,65,0,0,3,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,
116,104,222,263,259,235,215,-22,477,464,564,541,516,507,664,643,642,579,687,
673,2029,1919,1848,1754,1756,1755,1641,1630,1538,1300,2052,1150,1112,1092,1468,
1266,12837,12838,12837,12837,12838,12838,12838,2243,12841,12842,12842,2630,
12843,12843,12844,12844,12845,12845,12845,6540,12846,12847,12847,12847,12849,
12849]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. g4 Be4 5. f3 Bg6 6. e6 {B12: Caro-Kann:
Advance Variation.} Qd6 7. exf7+ $1 Bxf7 8. Nc3 {The position is equal.} Nd7 {
[#]} 9. f4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. Be3 O-O-O 10. Qd2 g6 11. O-O-O Bg7 12. Bh3
Kb8 13. Qf2 Nb6 14. Bf1 Ka8 15. Nh3 {1-0 (29) Dudin,D (2165)-Mukhina,M (1861)
Saratov 2008}) 9... e6 10. Be3 h5 11. g5 Ne7 12. Qd2 Qc7 13. O-O-O Bg6 14. Nf3
Nf5 15. Bd3 Bb4 16. a3 Bxc3 (16... Ba5 {looks sharper.} 17. Rhe1 O-O 18. b4 Bb6
19. Na4 Qb8) 17. Qxc3 O-O 18. Bd2 b6 19. Rde1 Rfe8 20. Re2 Qd6 21. Rhe1 a5 22.
Ne5 (22. a4 $16) 22... Nxe5 $11 23. Rxe5 Kf7 24. Qb3 Rab8 25. c3 c5 {White
must now prevent ...c4.} 26. Qa4 (26. Qd1 $142) 26... Re7 (26... cxd4 $11 27.
Kb1 (27. cxd4 Nh4 $15) 27... b5 28. Qxa5 Ra8) 27. dxc5 (27. c4 $14 dxc4 28.
Qxc4) 27... bxc5 {[%cal Bb6c5,Bc5c4][%mdl 32]} 28. Qxa5 c4 29. Bxf5 Bxf5 30.
Be3 $1 {[%cal Re3c5] Hoping for Bc5.} Reb7 31. Re2 Kg6 32. Bd4 Rc8 33. Qa4 h4 {
[#]} (33... Kh7 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 34. Qd1 $1 $16 Ra8 (34... h3 $16 {
is a better defense.}) 35. Qe1 $18 Ra6 36. Qxh4 Qf8 37. Qe1 $2 {[#]} ({White
should try} 37. Qg3 $18) 37... Kh7 $2 {[%mdl 8192] Loses the game.} (37... Rxa3
$1 $11 {and Black is okay.} 38. bxa3 (38. Rxe6+ Kh5 $17) 38... Rb1+ 39. Kd2
Rxe1 40. Kxe1 Qxa3) 38. g6+ {White is clearly winning.} Bxg6 39. Qh4+ Kg8 40.
Rg5 ({And not} 40. Rxe6 Rxe6 41. Rxe6 Qf5 $11) 40... Rxa3 {Threatens to win
with ...Ra1+.} 41. Rxg6 Ra1+ 42. Kd2 Qf5 {[%csl Gc4][%cal Rf5d3]} 43. Qd8+ Kh7
{[%csl Gc4][%cal Rf5d3] [#]} 44. Rh6+ $3 {[%mdl 512]} gxh6 45. Qh8+ Kg6 46.
Rg2+ Kh5 47. Rg5+ $1 Qxg5 48. fxg5 Rxb2+ 49. Ke3 {Threatening mate with Kf3.}
Kg4 50. h3+ $1 {[%mdl 64] Decoy} Kxh3 51. Qxh6+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kg2
52. Qh4 Rf1 53. Qg4+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kh1 54. Qh3+ {[%mdl 64] Double
Attack} Kg1 55. Qxe6 (55. g6 $142 Rbf2 56. Qg4+ Rg2 57. Qxe6) 55... Rff2 56.
Qg4+ Kf1 57. Qd1+ Kg2 58. g6 Rb8 59. Qg4+ Kf1 60. Qh3+ Ke1 61. Qh1+ Rf1 62. Qh2
{[%csl Ge3][%cal Rh2e2]} Re8+ 63. Be5 {[%csl Ge3][%cal Rh2e2]} d4+ 64. cxd4 {
[%csl Ge3][%cal Rh2e2] Weighted Error Value: White=0.20/Black=0.41} 1-0

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.12"]
[Round "1.20"]
[White "Haria, Ravi"]
[Black "Notkevich, Benjamin Arvola"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2497"]
[BlackElo "2471"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "England"]
[BlackTeam "Norway"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NOR"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. Nc3 d5 6. exd5 exd5 7. d4 Bg4 8. h3
Bxf3 9. Qxf3 cxd4 10. Nxd5 Nxd5 11. Qxd5 Bb4+ 12. Bd2 Qb6 13. Qe4+ Be7 14. O-O
O-O 15. Rab1 Rac8 16. b4 Bf6 17. Rfe1 Rfd8 18. a4 Ne5 19. a5 Qb5 20. Qf5 d3 21.
c3 a6 22. Be4 h6 23. Re3 Kf8 24. Qh7 g6 25. Ree1 Bg7 26. Bxh6 Bxh6 27. Qxh6+
Kg8 28. Qd2 Nc4 29. Qf4 Nd6 30. Qd2 Nc4 31. Qf4 Rd7 32. Red1 d2 33. Bg2 Qe5 34.
Qg4 Rcc7 35. Bf1 Qxc3 36. Bxc4 Qxc4 37. Qxc4 Rxc4 38. Kf1 Rd5 39. Rb2 Kg7 40.
Ke2 Re4+ 41. Kf3 f5 42. Rdxd2 Rxd2 43. Rxd2 Rxb4 44. h4 Kf7 45. Rd7+ Ke6 46.
Rg7 Kf6 47. Rd7 Ke5 48. Re7+ Kf6 49. Rd7 g5 50. hxg5+ Kxg5 51. Rg7+ Kf6 52. Rc7
Ke6 53. Rc5 Kf6 54. Ke3 Kg5 55. f3 Kf6 56. Rd5 Ke6 57. Rc5 Ra4 58. Rc7 Rb4 59.
Rc5 Ra4 60. Rc7 Rxa5 61. Rxb7 Ra4 62. Rb8 Kf6 63. Rf8+ Ke6 64. Re8+ Kf6 65.
Rf8+ Ke6 66. Re8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.12"]
[Round "1.21"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2582"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Netherlands"]
[BlackTeam "Georgia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NED"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GEO"]

{[%evp 13,61,20,33,4,82,40,42,37,95,77,64,60,115,100,110,58,127,118,120,109,
126,91,93,114,114,93,138,115,134,129,175,162,168,181,227,230,286,208,757,756,
751,702,691,512,1645,1621,2494,2378,1969,1816]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4.
Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. Be3 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Ne7 8. O-O {next g4 is good for White.
B12: Caro-Kann: Advance Variation.} Nd7 (8... Nbc6 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 9.
g4 Bg6 10. f4 {[#] White is slightly better.} Nc6 $146 (10... h5 $1 $14) ({
Predecessor:} 10... Be4 11. Nd2 g6 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. c4 Nc6 14. Nxc6 bxc6 15.
Qa4 Qc7 16. Rad1 Bc5 17. Bxc5 Nxc5 {1-0 (36) Bryant,R (1947)-French,M (1790)
Coventry 2015}) 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. f5 Qb8 13. fxg6 $16 hxg6 14. Bf4 (14. Kg2 $16
) 14... Bc5+ {[#]} (14... Nxe5 $14 15. Qd4 Bd6) 15. Kg2 $1 Nxe5 16. Nc3 g5 {[#]
} 17. Bg3 f6 18. Na4 Bd6 19. c4 Ke7 20. Qc2 Rh6 21. Rac1 Qh8 22. cxd5 cxd5 {
[#] Black wants to play ...Nc4.} 23. Rf3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rd8 (23... Kf7 24. Rb3
) 24. Rb3 {Hoping for Nc5.} Rd7 {intending ...Nd3.} 25. Qc8 Qh7 $2 (25... Nf7)
26. Nc5 $18 {White is clearly winning.} Bxc5 27. Qxc5+ Kf7 28. Qc8 Qe4+ (28...
Qh8 $142 29. Qa6 Qh7) 29. Bf3 Qd4 30. Bxe5 Qd2+ 31. Kg1 {Weighted Error Value:
White=0.21/Black=0.34} 1-0

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.12"]
[Round "1.22"]
[White "Sanikidze, Tornike"]
[Black "Van Foreest, Jorden"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2458"]
[BlackElo "2701"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Georgia"]
[BlackTeam "Netherlands"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GEO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NED"]

{[%evp 10,114,14,0,0,-4,0,0,0,-7,0,0,-14,-12,-10,-32,-25,-31,-36,-37,-27,-41,
-27,-34,0,0,0,-35,-47,-52,-52,-59,-50,-74,-50,-52,-52,-52,-52,-52,-52,-52,-52,
-52,-52,-52,-52,-52,-52,-52,-52,-52,-52,-53,-53,-53,-54,-58,0,0,0,0,0,-114,-99,
-121,-121,-337,-296,-517,-490,-798,-789,-761,-702,-789,-602,-744,-686,-618,
-442,-560,-560,-1003,-560,-564,-465,-520,-475,-564,-533,-523,-435,-1749,-1656,
-29970,-29971,-29971,-29972,-29976,-29978,-29977,-29977,-29980,-29981,-29982,
-29982]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 a5 5. Nc3 b6 6. g3 Ba6 {E11:
Bogo-Indian.} 7. b3 O-O 8. Bg2 c6 {The position is equal.} 9. a3 Be7 {[#]} 10.
Bf4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. O-O d5 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. a4 Nc6 13. Re1 Rc8 14.
Rc1 Ba3 15. Ra1 Qe7 16. Qb1 {0-1 (36) Gleizerov,E (2492)-Gareyev,T (2579)
Kazan 2018}) 10... d5 11. Ne5 Nfd7 12. Nxd7 Nxd7 13. O-O Rc8 14. cxd5 cxd5 15.
Qd2 g5 16. Be3 f5 17. Rfc1 h6 18. f3 (18. h4 $5) 18... Bd6 19. Bf2 Qe7 20. Qb2
Nf6 21. Bf1 Rc7 22. e3 Bxf1 23. Kxf1 g4 24. f4 Qd7 25. a4 Rfc8 26. Nb5 Rc6 27.
Be1 Ne4 28. Rab1 $1 Bb4 29. Rxc6 $1 Rxc6 30. Rc1 $1 h5 31. Rxc6 Qxc6 32. Na7
Qd7 (32... Qb7 {seems wilder.} 33. Nb5 Bd6 34. Nc3 Nf6 35. Nb5 Be7) 33. Nb5 h4
(33... Qc8 $15) 34. gxh4 $11 Bxe1 (34... Qc8 {with more complications.} 35. Na7
Qc7 36. Nb5 Qc6 37. Na7 Qb7) 35. Kxe1 Qg7 36. Qg2 (36. Kd1 $11) 36... Kh7 $1
$17 {[%mdl 1024] Black has strong compensation.} 37. Kd1 Kh6 38. Kc1 $2 {
This move loses the game for White.} (38. Qa2 $17) 38... Kh5 $1 $19 39. Kb2 $2
(39. Kd1 {only move.} Kxh4 40. Ke1) 39... Qe7 40. Nc3 {[#]} (40. Qe2 $142 Qxh4
41. Qc2) 40... Nxc3 $1 41. Kxc3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame [#] KQ-KQ} Qb4+ $1 42. Kc2
Qa3 {( -> ...Qa2+)} 43. Qg3 {If White can now play Qg1 this consolidates a bit.
} Qa2+ 44. Kc3 Qe2 45. Qg1 Kxh4 46. Qg3+ Kh5 47. Qg1 {If only White now had
time for Qg3....} Qa2 48. Qg3 {and the idea Qg1 leaves White hopeful.} Qb1 49.
Qf2 Qa1+ 50. Kd3 Qc1 51. Qe2 (51. Ke2 $142 Qb1 52. Qg3) 51... Qg1 52. h3 Kh4 {
Black mates.} 53. hxg4 fxg4 54. e4 g3 55. exd5 g2 56. dxe6 Qb1+ {[%mdl 64]
Double Attack} 57. Kc4 g1=Q {Weighted Error Value: White=0.48/Black=0.13} 0-1

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.12"]
[Round "1.23"]
[White "Warmerdam, Max"]
[Black "Paichadze, Luka"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "2608"]
[BlackElo "2551"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Netherlands"]
[BlackTeam "Georgia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NED"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GEO"]

{[%evp 9,80,11,62,42,34,21,20,1,0,-24,20,22,21,21,25,21,44,27,35,40,39,17,17,
17,32,9,56,55,57,55,52,41,52,49,61,67,58,60,75,34,107,113,107,106,125,105,115,
0,0,-209,-153,-394,-396,-387,-385,-722,-718,-984,-979,-1141,-1146,-1111,-663,
-1048,-1062,-5021,-1047,-29991,-4790,-29992,-2725,-29964,-29964]} 1. e4 c6 2.
Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 g6 4. d4 Bg7 5. e5 Nh6 ({Black should play} 5... Bg4 $11) 6. h3 {
B15: Caro-Kann: 3 Nc3: 3...g6 and 3...dxe4 4 Nxe4 Nf6 5 Nxf6+ exf6.} O-O 7. Bd3
f6 8. Bf4 {The position is equal.} Nf7 9. exf6 exf6 10. O-O Re8 11. Qd2 Nd7 12.
Rae1 Nf8 13. Rxe8 Qxe8 14. Re1 Be6 {[#]} 15. Ne2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. Na4
b6 16. b3 Qd7 17. Nb2 Re8 18. a4 Nd6 19. a5 Bf7 20. Rxe8 Bxe8 21. axb6 axb6 {
0-1 (52) Muha,M (2365)-Pavasovic,D (2540) Slovenia 2018}) 15... Qd7 16. Ng3 b6
17. b3 c5 18. dxc5 bxc5 19. Qa5 Qc6 20. a4 f5 21. h4 c4 22. Bf1 cxb3 23. cxb3
d4 24. Bb5 Qc3 (24... Qb7 $14) 25. b4 $1 $16 d3 26. Bd2 Qb3 27. Qa6 Bd5 28.
Bxd3 (28. Nf1 $16) 28... Rd8 $11 {White must now prevent ...Rd6.} 29. Rb1 $2 (
29. Qb5 $1 $11 {and White has nothing to worry.}) 29... Qa2 $19 30. Bg5 $2 {
[#] Now White is beyond hope.} (30. Bf4 $17) 30... Rd6 $1 {[%cal Rd6a6]} 31.
Qb5 a6 32. Qe8 (32. Qc5 Bxf3 {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} 33. Qc2) 32... Bxf3
{[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} 33. gxf3 Rxd3 34. Re1 Nxg5 35. hxg5 Rxf3 36. Re2
Qd5 37. Re7 Rd3 38. Ne2 Rd1+ 39. Kh2 {[#]} f4 (39... Be5+ $142 $1 {[%mdl 512]}
40. Rxe5 Qf3 41. Ng1 Qxf2+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 42. Kh3 Rxg1 43. Qf7+ {
[%mdl 64] Decoy} Kxf7 44. Rxf5+ gxf5 45. g6+ hxg6 46. b5 Rh1#) 40. f3 Rd2 {
Weighted Error Value: White=1.18/Black=0.50} 0-1

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.12"]
[Round "1.24"]
[White "Pantsulaia, Levan"]
[Black "Van den Doel, Erik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2571"]
[BlackElo "2594"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Georgia"]
[BlackTeam "Netherlands"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GEO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NED"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. g3 Bg4 4. Bg2 e6 5. O-O Nf6 6. d3 Nbd7 7. cxd5 exd5 8. h3
Bh5 9. Nc3 Be7 10. Nh4 O-O 11. g4 Bg6 12. e4 dxe4 13. Nxg6 hxg6 14. dxe4 Nc5
15. Be3 Nfd7 16. Qe2 Ne6 17. Rad1 Qc7 18. f4 g5 19. fxg5 Rad8 20. Kh1 Bxg5 21.
Bxg5 Nxg5 22. Qe3 Ne6 23. Qxa7 Ndc5 24. Rxd8 Rxd8 25. b4 Rd2 26. Nb1 Re2 27.
Qa8+ Kh7 28. Qa3 Na6 29. Qb3 Qe5 30. a3 Nf4 31. Qxf7 Nxg2 32. Rf5 Re1+ 33. Kxg2
Qxe4+ 34. Kg3 Qd3+ 35. Kh4 Qd8+ 36. Kh5 Qd6 37. g5 Rg1 38. Nd2 Qg3 39. Qg6+ Kg8
40. Qe6+ Kh7 41. Re5 Qd3 42. Re4 Rxg5+ 43. Kxg5 Qxd2+ 44. Kh5 Qg2 45. Qg4 g6+
46. Kg5 Qd2+ 47. Kf6 Qf2+ 48. Rf4 Qb2+ 49. Rd4 1-0

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.12"]
[Round "1.25"]
[White "Bogner, Sebastian"]
[Black "Korobov, Anton"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2574"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Switzerland"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SUI"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

{[%evp 9,90,21,10,25,10,8,17,-2,1,-10,-2,-11,-6,-48,4,-47,-27,-60,10,0,10,-50,
-47,-137,-143,-146,-147,-139,-140,-146,-132,-156,-152,-151,-155,-151,-152,-180,
-171,-133,-86,-106,-89,-111,-64,-66,-66,-79,-60,-53,-60,-70,-33,-54,-26,-28,
-39,-29,-39,-29,-33,-101,-64,-64,-66,-169,-169,-97,-26,-239,-211,-431,-438,
-424,-417,-452,-367,-540,-529,-684,-682,-1184,-1089]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3.
Bb5+ Nd7 {[%cal Bb8d7,Bd7c5,Bc5d3][%mdl 32]} 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Ngf6 6. Bd3 {
B51: Sicilian: Moscow Variation (3 Bb5+) without 3...Bd7.} Nc5 7. Nc3 {[#]} g6
$146 ({Predecessor:} 7... a6 8. O-O g6 9. Nb3 Nxd3 10. cxd3 Bg7 11. a4 Bg4 12.
f3 Qb6+ 13. d4 Be6 {1/2-1/2 (32) Tari,A (2625)-Duda,J (2743) Wijk aan Zee 2021}
) 8. Nb3 {The position is equal.} Nxd3+ 9. Qxd3 Bg7 10. Bg5 O-O 11. O-O-O Be6 (
{Better is} 11... Ng4 $15 12. Bh4 Ne5) 12. f4 (12. Nd4 $11) 12... Rc8 13. Rhe1
Rxc3 14. Qxc3 $11 {aiming for Bxf6.} Nxe4 15. Qe3 (15. Qa5 $11 Qxa5 16. Nxa5
Nxg5 17. fxg5) 15... d5 $15 16. Qxa7 (16. Nd4 $15) 16... Qc7 $17 {And now ...
Rc8 would win.} 17. Rxe4 dxe4 18. Qc5 {[#]} Qb8 {Threatens to win with ...f6.}
19. Qe3 Rc8 20. Rd2 Qa8 21. Kb1 Qa6 22. a3 Qf1+ 23. Nc1 {[#]} Qb5 $1 {[%csl
Gg7][%cal Rb5b2]} 24. Nb3 f6 25. Bh4 Qc4 26. Nc1 h6 27. Bf2 f5 28. Qb6 g5 29.
g3 Qa6 30. Qxa6 bxa6 31. Ne2 Kf7 32. b3 gxf4 33. gxf4 Bf6 34. c4 Rg8 35. Ng3 (
35. Be3 $15) 35... Bc8 36. Be3 e5 37. Rd5 (37. Kc2 $15) 37... exf4 $19 38. Bxf4
Bg5 (38... Rg4 $17 39. Bxh6 Be6) 39. Bc1 {Now White is beyond hope.} (39. Bxg5
$11 {and White has nothing to worry.} Rxg5 40. Rc5) 39... e3 40. Kc2 $2 (40.
Bxe3 f4 41. h4 Bxh4 42. Bxf4 Bxg3 43. Bxh6) 40... f4 41. Ne4 Kg6 42. Rd6+ Kh5 {
Hoping for ...Bf5.} 43. Nxg5 (43. Nf6+ {might work better.} Bxf6 44. Rxf6)
43... hxg5 {Black is clearly winning.} 44. c5 Re8 45. Kd1 Bg4+ {Weighted Error
Value: White=0.48/Black=0.13} 0-1

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.12"]
[Round "1.26"]
[White "Volokitin, Andrei"]
[Black "Pelletier, Yannick"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2564"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "207"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Switzerland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SUI"]

{[%evp 9,207,18,18,18,18,16,18,18,18,17,29,27,35,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,
127,52,50,41,42,44,60,28,35,47,79,80,83,83,83,79,82,79,76,88,151,145,162,153,
154,133,156,145,203,184,166,86,120,57,63,17,19,0,8,8,8,8,8,13,17,8,8,8,22,20,
22,22,22,22,22,22,22,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
33,8,45,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,64,8,64,8,64,8,71,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
8,0,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,0,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
29986,29987,29987,29988,29991,8,29992,29993,29993,29994,29994,29995]} 1. e4 c5
2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. d4 d6 6. O-O {B31: Sicilian: 2...Nc6 3
Bb5 g6.} cxd4 7. Qxd4 f6 8. c4 {The position is equal.} c5 9. Qd3 Bg7 10. Nc3
Nh6 {[#]} 11. Bd2 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8] An interesting novelty.} ({Predecessor:} 
11. Nh4 Rb8 12. b3 O-O 13. Re1 Nf7 14. f4 f5 15. exf5 gxf5 16. Bb2 e6 17. Nf3 {
1/2-1/2 (64) Kovalev,V (2687)-Praggnanandhaa,R (2539) Wijk aan Zee 2019}) 11...
Nf7 12. b3 O-O 13. Nh4 e6 14. f4 f5 15. Nf3 fxe4 16. Qxe4 d5 17. cxd5 exd5 18.
Nxd5 {And now Ne7+ would win.} Ba6 (18... Re8 $1 $11 {keeps the balance.} 19.
Nf6+ {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} Bxf6 20. Qxa8 Bxa1 21. Rxa1 Re2) 19. Rfe1 (
19. Ne7+ $1 $16 Kh8 20. Rfe1) 19... Re8 $1 $14 {[%cal Re8e4]} 20. Qxe8+ Qxe8
21. Rxe8+ Rxe8 22. Bc3 Bb7 $1 {[%cal Rb7d5]} 23. Bxg7 Bxd5 24. Bc3 Bxf3 25.
gxf3 $16 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Re3 26. Rc1 Rxf3 27. Bd2 Rd3 28. Be1 Nd6
({Black should try} 28... Rd5) 29. Rxc5 Rd1 30. Kf1 Rd4 31. Bg3 $1 Rd2 32. Ra5
Rb2 (32... Nc8 $16 33. Bf2 Kf7) 33. Rxa7 $18 Ne4 34. Ke1 (34. Be1 $1 $18) 34...
h5 35. Ra8+ (35. f5 $16) 35... Kf7 $14 36. Ra6 Nc3 $1 37. Bf2 Nxa2 38. Bd4 Rxh2
39. Rf6+ Ke7 40. Rxg6 Nc1 41. f5 Nxb3 42. Be5 Rd2 43. Rb6 Rd5 44. f6+ Kf7 45.
Rb7+ Kg6 46. Rg7+ Kf5 47. Bc3 {Strongly threatening f7.} Nc5 $1 48. f7 Ne6 49.
Rg8 Rd7 50. f8=Q+ Nxf8 51. Rxf8+ $11 {KRB-KR} Ke4 52. Kf2 (52. Re8+ {looks
sharper.} Kd3 53. Bd2 h4 54. Re3+ Kc4 55. Rh3) 52... Rd5 53. Kg2 (53. Ke2 {
is more complex.} Rf5 54. Rd8 h4 55. Rd4+ Ke5 56. Rd2+) 53... Rg5+ 54. Kh3 Rf5
55. Re8+ Kd3 56. Be5 Rf3+ 57. Kh4 Rf5 58. Bd6 (58. Rd8+ {keeps more tension.}
Ke4 59. Bh2 Rf2 60. Bg3 Rf1 61. Rd2) 58... Rd5 59. Be7 (59. Be5 {looks sharper.
} Rb5 60. Bf4 Rb4 61. Re3+ Kd4 62. Ra3) 59... Re5 60. Rd8+ Kc4 61. Bg5 (61.
Rc8+ {is more complex.} Kd5 62. Bg5 Re1 63. Kh3 h4 64. Rc2) 61... Rd5 62. Re8
Kb5 63. Kxh5 Ka5 64. Kg4 Rd4+ 65. Bf4 Rd5 66. Be5 (66. Bc1 {with more
complications.} Ka4 67. Rc8 Kb4 68. Be3 Kb5 69. Kf4) 66... Ka4 67. Kf4 Rb5 68.
Ke4 Ka5 69. Kd4 Rb4+ (69... Ka4 $11) 70. Kd3 ({Better is} 70. Kc3 $14 Rb7 71.
Rg8) 70... Rb7 (70... Ka4 $11) 71. Bd4 (71. Kc4 $14) 71... Kb5 (71... Ka4 $11)
72. Rc8 ({White should play} 72. Kc3 $1 $14) 72... Rf7 (72... Ka4 $11) 73. Rc5+
(73. Rb8+ $1 $16 Kc6 74. Kc4) 73... Kb4 74. Rc6 Rb7 75. Ke4 (75. Rc8 {keeps
more tension.} Ka4 76. Ra8+ Kb3 77. Rg8 Kb4 78. Rg2) 75... Re7+ 76. Be5 Kb5 77.
Rc8 Rd7 78. Bf4 Kb4 79. Ke5 (79. Bc1 {with more complications.} Re7+ 80. Kd5
Rd7+ 81. Kc6 Rd3 82. Rb8+) 79... Rd3 80. Ke4 (80. Bc1 {is more complex.} Rd1
81. Be3 Rd7 82. Bc5+ Kc3 83. Bd6+) 80... Rd7 81. Be3 (81. Bc1 {looks sharper.}
Re7+ 82. Kd5 Rd7+ 83. Kc6 Rd3 84. Rb8+) 81... Kb5 82. Bc5 (82. Bg1 {seems
wilder.} Re7+ 83. Kd5 Rd7+ 84. Ke5 Re7+ 85. Kd6) 82... Kc4 83. Bd6+ Kb3 84. Rc6
(84. Kd5 {is more complex.} Rh7 85. Rb8+ Kc2 86. Kc6 Kc3 87. Re8) 84... Rb7 85.
Kd4 Ka4 86. Rc3 (86. Kc4 {seems wilder.} Rb4+ 87. Kd3 Rb2 88. Rc5 Rb3+ 89. Ke4)
86... Rb1 87. Kc5 (87. Bh2 {keeps more tension.} Kb4 88. Rc4+ Kb3 89. Kc5 Rh1
90. Be5) 87... Rb5+ 88. Kc6 {[%csl Gd6][%cal Rc3a3]} Rb6+ $1 89. Kc7 {
Intending Ra3+ and mate.} (89. Kd7 {with more complications.} Rb2 90. Kc8 Rb1
91. Rc5 Rb2 92. Be7) 89... Rb1 90. Kc6 {[%csl Gd6][%cal Rc3a3]} (90. Rd3 {
is more complex.} Ra1 91. Rd4+ Kb3 92. Rb4+ Ka2 93. Ra4+) 90... Rb6+ 91. Kd5
Rb1 92. Rd3 (92. Ra3+ {feels hotter.} Kb5 93. Rd3 Rb2 94. Rd4 Rb3 95. Be7)
92... Rb3 93. Rd1 Rb2 94. Bc5 (94. Kc6 {is interesting.} Rc2+ 95. Kd7 Rc4 96.
Ke8 Kb3 97. Rg1) 94... Kb3 95. Rd3+ Kc2 96. Kc4 Kb1 97. Rd1+ Ka2 98. Bb4 {
Bc3 would kill now.} Re2 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (98... Rb1 $11) 99. Bc3 $1 {
[%csl Gc3][%cal Rd1a1]} Ka3 100. Rd8 {[%cal Rd8a8]} Ka2 101. Ra8+ Kb1 {[#]}
102. Kd3 $1 {[%csl Gc3][%cal Ra8a1] White mates.} Ra2 103. Rb8+ Kc1 104. Re8 {
[%cal Re8e1] Weighted Error Value: White=0.07/Black=0.08} 1-0

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.12"]
[Round "1.27"]
[White "Georgiadis, Nico"]
[Black "Shevchenko, Kirill"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2553"]
[BlackElo "2647"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Switzerland"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SUI"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

{[%evp 13,107,14,22,9,23,4,25,18,11,0,16,27,31,17,35,29,26,12,18,0,13,13,14,9,
2,8,3,2,6,19,18,13,9,25,17,20,33,45,100,94,115,113,163,173,187,172,223,171,286,
166,165,135,151,131,124,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-526,-526,-477,-453,-393,0,0,0,
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. 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.} Nbd7 9. g4 h6 10. Qd2 {
White has an edge.} b5 11. O-O-O Nb6 12. f4 b4 13. Nd5 {[#]} Nbxd5 $146 ({
Predecessor:} 13... Nxe4 14. Qxb4 Nxd5 15. Qa4+ Qd7 16. Qxe4 Nxe3 17. Qxa8+ Qc8
18. Qxc8+ Bxc8 19. Re1 exf4 {1/2-1/2 (61) Zakhartsov,V (2391)-Kokarev,D (2650)
Izhevsk 2014}) 14. exd5 Nxd5 (14... Bxd5 $6 15. Bg2 $16) 15. Bg2 Nxe3 16. Bxa8
Nxd1 17. Bc6+ Bd7 $1 {[%cal Rd7c6]} 18. Bxd7+ Qxd7 19. Rxd1 Be7 20. Qxb4 exf4
21. Kb1 f3 22. Qf4 O-O 23. Qxf3 Bf6 24. Qd5 Re8 25. a3 Qa7 (25... Qa4 $14) 26.
Qc6 $1 $16 {[%cal Rc6e8]} (26. Qxd6 Rd8 $15) 26... Rb8 27. Rxd6 (27. Qxd6 Rd8
$15) 27... Be5 28. Rd7 Qg1+ 29. Ka2 Qh2 (29... Qf2 {is a better defense.} 30.
c3 Bf6) 30. Re7 Rd8 (30... Bf6 {might work better.} 31. Qc7 Qxc7 32. Rxc7 Rb6)
31. Re8+ (31. Qxa6 $142 Bf6 32. Qe2 Qxh3 33. Re8+ Rxe8 34. Qxe8+ Kh7 35. Qe4+ (
35. Qxf7 Qxg4 36. Qd5 h5 $11) 35... g6 36. a4) 31... Rxe8 $18 32. Qxe8+ Kh7 33.
Nc5 Qf4 34. Qa4 (34. Nd3 $16 Qc4+ 35. Kb1) 34... Qxa4 $11 35. Nxa4 {[%mdl 4096]
Endgame KB-KN} Kg6 {...Kg5 is the strong threat.} 36. Nc5 f5 $1 {[%cal Rf5g4]}
37. gxf5+ ({Not} 37. Nxa6 $2 fxg4 38. hxg4 Kg5 $19) 37... Kxf5 38. Nxa6 $2 {
[%mdl 8192]} (38. c4 $11) 38... g5 $19 39. Nc5 {[#]} h5 $1 40. Nd3 Bg3 $2 ({
Better is} 40... h4 $19 {White must now prevent ...Bg3.} 41. Nf2 (41. Nxe5 $2
Kxe5 42. c3 g4 $19) 41... Bd4) 41. a4 $1 $11 {[%cal Ra4a5] Strongly
threatening a5.The position is equal.} g4 42. hxg4+ Kxg4 43. a5 h4 {aiming for
...h3.} 44. a6 Bb8 45. Nf2+ Kg3 46. Nh1+ Kg2 47. c4 $1 {[%cal Rc4c5] Threatens
to win with c5.} Kxh1 {KB-K3P} ({But not} 47... h3 $6 {[#]} 48. c5 $1 $16) 48.
c5 $1 {[%cal Rc5c6] And now c6 would win.} h3 49. c6 $1 {[%cal Rc6c7]} h2 50.
c7 {[%mdl 64] Deflection} Bxc7 {( -> ...Kg1)} 51. a7 Kg1 52. a8=Q Bg3 $1 53.
Qf3 Bf2 54. Qg4+ {Weighted Error Value: White=0.26/Black=0.19} 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.12"]
[Round "1.28"]
[White "Onyshchuk, Volodymyr"]
[Black "Kurmann, Oliver"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A08"]
[WhiteElo "2622"]
[BlackElo "2458"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Switzerland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SUI"]

{[%evp 11,38,-34,-32,-54,11,12,20,16,29,9,25,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-17,0,0,0,-27,0,0,
0,-35,0]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. O-O e5 5. d3 d5 6. Bg5 Be7 7. a3 {
[#] A08: King's Indian Attack.} Ng8 $146 (7... Be6 $15) ({Predecessor:} 7...
O-O 8. Nfd2 Be6 9. Nc3 d4 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. Na4 Qa5 12. c3 dxc3 13. bxc3 Be7
14. Rb1 Qc7 {1-0 (107) Ghasi,A (2367)-Longson,A (2237) Sunningdale 2011}) 8.
Bxe7 $11 Ngxe7 9. b4 {The position is equal.} cxb4 10. axb4 Nxb4 11. Nxe5 Qc7 {
[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} 12. d4 Qxc2 13. Qe1 a5 14. Nc3 O-O 15. Rc1 Qb2 16.
Rb1 Qc2 17. Rc1 Qb2 18. Rb1 Qc2 19. Rc1 Qb2 {A rather calm draw.  Weighted
Error Value: White=0.05/Black=0.15} 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.12"]
[Round "1.29"]
[White "Anton Guijarro, David"]
[Black "Gretarsson, Hjorvar Steinn"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2669"]
[BlackElo "2574"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Spain"]
[BlackTeam "Iceland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISL"]

{[%evp 10,107,22,19,18,24,30,16,13,20,19,14,20,18,22,22,42,35,45,46,45,32,14,
17,52,27,40,49,66,45,123,134,85,93,102,83,109,89,102,116,116,116,116,116,100,
61,70,72,108,103,93,91,81,54,135,126,142,130,444,434,472,462,420,344,348,345,
341,331,300,94,88,93,91,110,185,97,186,185,184,172,356,250,444,462,1057,1011,
946,927,913,839,778,567,12682,10212,6506,5835,5685,5685,4631,1588]} 1. d4 Nf6
2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 {D35: Queen's Gambit
Declined: Exchange Variation.} 7. Bh4 Bb4 8. e3 g5 {The position is equal.} 9.
Bg3 Ne4 10. Nd2 Nxg3 11. hxg3 c6 12. Bd3 Nf6 13. a3 Be7 {[#]} 14. Nf3 $146 ({
Predecessor:} 14. Qb3 Qb6 15. Qc2 Be6 16. Na4 Qc7 17. Nc5 O-O-O 18. b4 Kb8 19.
Rc1 Ka8 20. a4 {1/2-1/2 (29) Alonso Rosell,A (2502)-Hammer,J (2638) La Massana
2012}) 14... Ng4 15. e4 dxe4 16. Bxe4 Kf8 17. Qc2 Bf6 18. O-O Kg7 19. Rad1 Qa5
(19... Re8 $14) 20. Na4 $1 $16 Rd8 21. b4 Qb5 22. Nc5 a5 23. Rb1 Qb6 ({But not
} 23... Bxd4 $2 24. Nxd4 (24. Rbd1 Bxf2+ 25. Rxf2 Rxd1+ 26. Qxd1 Nxf2 $11)
24... Qb6 25. bxa5 $18) 24. bxa5 Qxa5 25. Nxb7 Bxb7 26. Rxb7 {Hoping for Bg6.}
Ra7 27. Qxc6 Rxb7 28. Qxb7 Bxd4 29. Nxd4 $40 {[%mdl 128] Black is in trouble.}
Rxd4 30. Qb2 $1 {[%cal Rb2d4]} Qe5 31. Bf3 {Threatens to win with Bxg4.} (31.
Bc6 {keeps more tension.} h5 32. Qa1 h4 33. Bf3 f6 34. Re1) 31... Nf6 (31...
Nh2 $1 $14 32. Rb1 Nxf3+ 33. gxf3 Rd1+ 34. Kg2 Qxb2 35. Rxb2 Ra1) 32. a4 {
[%cal Ba3a4,Ba4a5,Ba5a6][%mdl 32]} g4 33. Bb7 {aiming for a5!} h5 $2 {[%mdl
8192]} (33... Rd5 $16 {is more resistant.} 34. Qxe5 Rxe5) 34. a5 $1 $18 Qc5 35.
a6 h4 {White should prevent ...hxg3.} 36. Qc1 Rc4 37. Qe3 Qxe3 38. fxe3 {
[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Ra4 39. Kh2 (39. gxh4 $18 {Rf4 is the strong
threat.} g3 40. Rc1) 39... h3 $16 40. Rf2 hxg2 41. Kxg2 Kg6 (41... Nh5 $16 42.
Bc8 Nf6) 42. e4 ({White should try} 42. Rf4 $1 $18 {[%cal Rf4a4]} Ra2+ 43. Kf1)
42... Ra3 {[#]} (42... Nh5 $16) 43. Rf4 $1 $18 Ra2+ 44. Kg1 Kg5 $2 (44... Ra3 {
keeps fighting.}) 45. Bc8 Rc2 $2 {[#]} (45... Ra3 46. Kf1 Nh5 47. Rxg4+ Kh6)
46. e5 $1 {White is clearly winning.} Rxc8 (46... Nd5 $142) 47. exf6 {KR-KR}
Ra8 48. Ra4 Ra7 49. Kf2 Kxf6 50. Ra5 Kg6 {Now ...Kf6 and Black clings on.} 51.
Ke3 f6 52. Ke4 f5+ 53. Kf4 Re7 54. Rxf5 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.16/
Black=0.41} 1-0

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.12"]
[Round "1.30"]
[White "Stefansson, Hannes"]
[Black "Santos Latasa, Jaime"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2519"]
[BlackElo "2633"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Iceland"]
[BlackTeam "Spain"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ESP"]

{[%evp 16,132,18,0,0,-15,-9,-14,0,-1,-3,-18,-23,-46,-49,-45,-53,-59,-45,-31,
-21,-20,-20,-45,-25,-80,-84,-85,-91,-91,-88,-100,-89,-112,-108,-103,-109,-130,
-54,-70,-72,-91,0,0,0,0,0,-72,-68,-78,-78,-79,-78,-79,-71,-157,-146,-129,-48,
-82,-64,-93,-93,-91,-91,-157,-157,-157,-157,-178,-171,-448,-425,-384,-383,-360,
-308,-304,-315,-286,-286,-325,-285,-356,-354,-336,-169,-384,-164,-228,-172,
-238,-172,-171,-140,-154,0,-213,0,-337,0,-134,-131,-168,-171,-272,-236,-471,
-450,-12834,-12835,-12836,-5522,-12831,-12202,-1495,-883,-12844,-12843]} 1. e4
c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O O-O
9. Kh1 Re8 {B92: Sicilian Najdorf: 6 Be2.} 10. f4 Nc6 11. Bf3 b5 {[#] The
position is equal.} 12. Nd5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. a4 Rb8 13. axb5 axb5 14.
f5 Nb4 15. Bg5 d5 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. exd5 Bxf5 18. Ne4 Nxd5 19. Qxd5 {1-0 (40)
Wu,X-Banik,S (1978) Al Ain 2013}) 12... a5 {[%cal Ba6a5,Ba5a4][%mdl 32]} 13.
Be3 a4 14. Nc1 Nxd5 15. exd5 Na5 {Strongly threatening ...Nc4.} 16. b3 {
With the idea fxe5.} axb3 17. cxb3 {White wants to play fxe5.} e4 18. Be2 Bf6
19. Rb1 b4 (19... Bd7 {is more complex.} 20. a3 Qc7 21. Na2 Nb7 22. b4 Rxa3 23.
Qd2 Rea8) 20. Bb5 (20. Qd2 $11 {remains equal.}) 20... Bd7 $17 21. Bxd7 Qxd7
22. Ne2 Nb7 23. Qd2 Qb5 $1 24. Rbc1 {[#]} Nc5 $1 25. Bxc5 dxc5 26. Rc4 Qa6 ({
Black should try} 26... e3 $17 27. Qc2 Ra5) 27. Rxc5 Qd3 28. Qc2 Bc3 (28...
Rad8 $17 29. Rc1 g6) 29. Rc1 $1 $11 {[%cal Re2c3]} Rac8 (29... Bd2 {keeps more
tension.} 30. Rd1 Qxe2 31. Qxd2 Rxa2 32. Qxe2 Rxe2 33. d6 Kf8) 30. Rxc8 Rxc8
31. Ng3 (31. a3 $11 Rc5 32. Qxd3 exd3 33. axb4 dxe2 34. bxc5) 31... Re8 $36 {
[%mdl 2048] Black is more active.} 32. Qe2 Qxd5 33. Rd1 Qc6 34. Nf5 g6 35. Nd6
(35. Ne3 $142) 35... Rd8 36. Nc4 Qf6 (36... Rxd1+ $17 37. Qxd1 Kg7) 37. g3 Rd4
38. Kg2 Qc6 39. Rxd4 Bxd4 40. Qd1 {[#]} (40. Ne3 $142) 40... e3+ $1 41. Qf3 Qa6
42. Qe2 Qa8+ 43. Kh3 $2 (43. Kg1 {only move.}) 43... Qe4 44. a3 bxa3 45. Nxa3
Qe6+ 46. g4 Qxb3 47. Nc2 Bb6 48. Kg3 h6 49. h4 Qd5 50. Ne1 Qe4 (50... g5 $142
51. hxg5 hxg5) 51. Ng2 (51. g5) 51... Bd4 (51... g5 $142 52. Qf3 Qe6 53. hxg5
hxg5 54. Qa8+ Kh7) 52. Kh2 (52. g5 {might work better.}) 52... Bc5 53. Kg3 (53.
g5 {is a better defense.}) 53... Kg7 54. Qb2+ Bd4 55. Qe2 Kg8 (55... Qb1 $17
56. Ne1 Bb6) 56. Kh2 $19 Bb6 (56... g5 $142 57. hxg5 hxg5 58. fxg5 Be5+ 59. Kg1
Kh7) 57. Kg3 Qd5 (57... g5 $19 58. Qf3 Qe6 59. hxg5 hxg5 60. Qa8+ Kh7) 58. Qb2
(58. Ne1 $1 $11 {was the only way to keep the balance.}) 58... Bd4 $17 59. Qc2
Bc5 60. Kh2 (60. Qa4 $142) 60... g5 $19 {And now ...gxf4 would win.} 61. hxg5
$2 (61. Kg3 {is the only way for White.}) 61... hxg5 {Black is clearly winning.
} 62. Kg3 (62. Qa4 $142 Kf8 63. Qb5) 62... Bd6 63. Qc8+ Kh7 64. Qc2+ Kh6 65.
Qc8 gxf4+ 66. Nxf4 Qe5 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.30/Black=0.33} 0-1

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.12"]
[Round "1.31"]
[White "Salgado Lopez, Ivan"]
[Black "Gretarsson, Helgi Ass"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2609"]
[BlackElo "2476"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Spain"]
[BlackTeam "Iceland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISL"]

{[%evp 10,110,34,21,21,15,14,9,21,24,16,17,95,85,174,165,159,179,176,179,175,
141,267,266,277,237,237,245,242,239,240,233,250,216,222,215,233,198,210,221,
221,221,220,216,210,200,206,206,338,351,297,276,261,52,57,0,0,0,0,-15,0,-7,14,
0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-1,-1,-1,-1,0,0,0,-8,-15,-15,-15,0,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,
0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 a6 5. Nc3 Bf5 6. Qb3 b5 {
D15: Slav Defence: 4 Nc3 a6 and gambit lines after 4 Nc3 dxc4.} 7. c5 a5 8. Ne5
g6 9. Nxb5 a4 10. Qb4 {[#]} Bg7 $146 (10... Nfd7 $11) ({Predecessor:} 10...
Nfd7 11. Nc3 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Nd7 13. Nxa4 Nxe5 14. Bd2 Nd7 15. Be2 {1/2-1/2 (15)
Ragger,M (2680)-Fressinet,L (2668) Chartres 2017}) 11. Nc3 $36 {[%mdl 2048]
White is on the roll.} a3 (11... O-O $16 {was necessary.}) 12. Qb7 $18 axb2 13.
Bxb2 Qa5 14. Nxc6 Nxc6 15. Qxc6+ {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} Nd7 (15... Bd7
$16 {keeps fighting.} 16. Qb6 Qxb6 17. cxb6 Rb8) 16. Qb5 (16. Qxd5 Be6 $16)
16... Qa7 17. Qb4 (17. Nxd5 $6 Rb8 $18) 17... O-O 18. Bb5 Rfb8 19. Rd1 Nf6 20.
a4 Qc7 21. Qb3 e6 22. f3 h5 23. h4 Qg3+ 24. Kf1 Rb7 25. Ne2 Qb8 26. Kf2 Ne8 27.
Nc3 Nc7 28. Rd2 e5 (28... Qf8 $142 29. c6 Rbb8) 29. c6 Rb6 30. dxe5 Be6 {
[#] aiming for ...d4.} 31. Qb4 ({Worse is} 31. Nxd5 Nxb5 32. c7 (32. axb5 Rxb5
33. Ne7+ Kh7 $11) 32... Qb7 $11) (31. Qc2 $18) 31... Rxc6 $1 $14 32. Rd4 (32.
Rhd1 $14) 32... Bf8 $11 {The position is equal.} 33. Qb3 Bc5 34. Rhd1 Bxd4 35.
Rxd4 Rb6 36. Qc2 Nxb5 37. Nxb5 Qc8 ({Don't blunder} 37... Qxe5 $2 38. Rb4 $18)
38. Qd2 Rc6 {And now ...Rc2 would win.} 39. Bc3 Rc4 40. Nd6 Rxd4 41. Qxd4 Qc6
42. a5 Rb8 $1 {[%cal Rb8b3] Strongly threatening ...Rb3.} 43. e4 (43. Kg3 {
is interesting.} Rb3 44. Bd2 g5 45. Kh2 Qc2 46. Qa4) 43... Rb3 $1 {[%cal Rb3c3]
} 44. exd5 Qxc3 45. Qxc3 Rxc3 46. dxe6 fxe6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KR-KN} 47. Ne4
Rc2+ 48. Kg3 Kf7 49. Nd6+ Kf8 50. a6 Ra2 51. Kf4 Rxa6 52. Kg5 Kg7 53. Ne8+ Kf7
54. Nd6+ Kg7 55. Ne8+ Kf7 {White really could win this.  Weighted Error Value:
White=0.14/Black=0.12} 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.12"]
[Round "1.32"]
[White "Kjartansson, Gudmundur"]
[Black "Santos Ruiz, Miguel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2443"]
[BlackElo "2603"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Iceland"]
[BlackTeam "Spain"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ESP"]

{[%evp 11,55,25,20,1,6,14,22,-2,0,0,0,0,0,0,16,0,-4,0,72,22,27,15,19,19,60,70,
76,64,62,60,82,76,208,208,270,270,1985,2005,29986,29987,29987,29988,29986,932,
1054,781]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. e3 O-O 7. Qc2
{D38: Queen's Gambit Declined: Ragozin Defence (4 Nf3 Bb4).} Re8 8. Bd2 Bf8 9.
a3 {The position is equal.} (9. Be2 {is more complex.} Nb4 10. Qb1 c5 11. dxc5
Bxc5 12. O-O) 9... e5 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. cxd5 Nxf3+ 12. gxf3 Nxd5 13. h4 {[#]}
a5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Nxc3 14. Bxc3 Qd5 15. Be2 Bf5 16. Qa4 Bd7 17. Rd1
Qxf3 18. Bxf3 Bxa4 19. Bxb7 Bxd1 20. Bxa8 {1/2-1/2 (41) Carlsen,M (2863)-Anand,
V (2753) chess24.com INT 2020}) 14. Bd3 g6 (14... h6 $11 {keeps the balance.})
15. O-O-O Nb4 16. axb4 axb4 {[#]} 17. h5 $1 {[%cal Rh5g6]} Ra1+ (17... bxc3 18.
Bxc3) 18. Nb1 {[%cal Rh5g6]} Qf6 {Threatening ...Re6.} 19. hxg6 hxg6 20. Rdg1
$1 {[%cal Rd3g6] And now Bxg6! would win.} Re6 $1 {[%cal Re6c6] [#] White must
now prevent ...Rc6.} 21. Be4 Bd7 {This move loses the game for Black.} (21...
Ra5 $16 {is a better defense.}) 22. Qxc7 $18 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} ({
But not} 22. Bxb7 $2 Bc6 $19) 22... Rxe4 23. fxe4 Qe6 (23... Bb5 24. Qc2 (24.
Qxb7 $2 Bd3 $19) 24... Ra6) 24. Qh2 {[%csl Gh1][%cal Rh2h8]} Rxb1+ 25. Kxb1 {
[%csl Gh1][%cal Rh2h8]} Qxe4+ 26. Ka1 {[%csl Gh1][%cal Rh2h8]} Bg7 27. Qb8+ (
27. Qh7+ $142 Kf8 28. Rh4 Qxh4 29. Qxh4 Bc3 30. Qd8+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack}
Kg7 31. bxc3 b3 32. e4) 27... Be8 28. Rh4 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.09/
Black=0.43} 1-0

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.12"]
[Round "1.33"]
[White "Pechac, Jergus"]
[Black "Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2562"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Slovakia"]
[BlackTeam "Germany"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SVK"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

{[%evp 14,101,25,29,35,33,52,16,14,6,35,0,0,7,74,18,30,21,38,29,32,25,66,54,70,
75,70,66,59,66,79,75,91,87,104,105,106,104,89,82,89,71,66,71,67,60,65,65,64,59,
72,22,49,56,64,29,40,34,31,30,34,18,36,23,47,18,29,1,11,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,
0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-1160]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6.
O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 h6 {[#] E05: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3 Be7.} 9. Rd1 $146 ({
Predecessor:} 9. Nbd2 Nc6 10. e3 Nb4 11. Qb1 c5 12. Nxc4 Rb8 13. Bd2 b5 14.
Bxb4 bxc4 15. Bxc5 Bxc5 16. dxc5 {1/2-1/2 (41) Schreiner,P (2464)-Van Foreest,
L (2531) Batumi 2019}) 9... Nc6 10. Qxc4 e5 11. Nc3 e4 {[#] Strongly
threatening ...Na5.} 12. Ne5 Na5 13. Qa2 Bd6 (13... Bf5 $11 {keeps the balance.
}) 14. b3 (14. b4 $16 Be6 15. Qb2) 14... Bf5 $11 15. Nc4 Nc6 16. Ba3 Nb4 17.
Qd2 a5 18. Nxd6 Qxd6 19. Nb5 Qd7 20. Bxb4 axb4 21. Qxb4 Rad8 22. Qc5 c6 {[#]}
23. Nd6 Bg4 (23... Qxd6 24. Qxf5) 24. Nxe4 Nxe4 25. Bxe4 Bxe2 26. Rd2 Qg4 27.
Qc2 Bf3 28. Bxf3 Qxf3 29. Qd3 Qd5 30. Qc4 Rfe8 31. Rad1 g6 32. Rd3 Re2 33. Qxd5
Rxd5 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} 34. Kf1 Rb2 35. R1d2 Rb1+ 36. Ke2 Kf8
37. Re3 h5 38. h4 Kg7 39. Rc3 f6 40. Kd3 g5 {The position is equal.} 41. hxg5
fxg5 42. Ke4 Kg6 43. Re3 h4 44. gxh4 gxh4 45. f4 Rg1 46. Rh3 Kh5 47. Rdh2 Rg4
48. Rd2 Rg1 49. Rdh2 Rg4 50. Rd2 Rg1 51. Rh1 $2 {[%mdl 40960] Weighted Error
Value: White=0.09/Black=0.09. An unexpected result.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.12"]
[Round "1.34"]
[White "Donchenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Druska, Juraj"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2508"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Germany"]
[BlackTeam "Slovakia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SVK"]

{[%evp 9,103,19,22,22,22,23,27,21,24,14,29,30,42,35,50,42,43,41,52,43,55,44,57,
38,50,53,53,51,58,62,57,54,45,42,38,30,89,86,99,91,105,58,123,107,151,136,243,
240,225,197,219,158,191,158,242,245,237,245,265,261,278,278,284,283,348,345,
358,353,331,345,329,318,321,322,418,395,383,371,364,342,369,360,396,373,379,
380,372,356,347,343,466,466,689,690,5684,5202]} 1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 h6 4.
cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 Nf6 6. e3 {D31: Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Slav without ...
Nf6 (+ Marshall Gambit and Noteboom) and Exchange Variation lines without ...
Nf6.} Bd6 7. Bxd6 Qxd6 8. Bd3 {White has an edge.} O-O 9. Nge2 {[#]} Be6 $146 (
{Predecessor:} 9... b6 10. Rc1 a6 11. O-O Be6 12. Nf4 Bc8 13. Bb1 Bb7 14. a3
Nbd7 {1/2-1/2 (41) Eperjesi,L (2395)-Hedke,F (2380) Budapest 1996}) 10. O-O
Nbd7 11. Qd2 c5 12. Rac1 Rac8 13. h3 a6 14. Bb1 b5 15. dxc5 Rxc5 16. Ng3 {
[#] aiming for Nce4!} Qe7 17. Nce2 Rfc8 18. Rcd1 Ne5 {Black wants to play ...
Bxh3!} 19. b3 R5c7 20. Nd4 Nc6 21. Nxe6 fxe6 22. e4 Qb4 (22... dxe4 $11 {
remains equal.} 23. Nxe4 Nd5) 23. Qe2 $16 dxe4 24. Nxe4 Nxe4 25. Bxe4 Ne5 (
25... Nd4 $14 26. Qg4 Rd8) 26. Rfe1 Nf7 27. Qg4 {[#] Hoping for Bh7+!} Qc3 (
27... Qe7 $16 28. Bd5 (28. Qg6 Qf6 $16) 28... e5) 28. Qxe6 $18 Qf6 29. Qg4 $40
{[%mdl 128] White attacks with force.} Rf8 30. Bb1 Ng5 31. Re2 Qf4 (31... Re7
$16 {is a better defense.}) 32. Qxf4 Rxf4 33. Bg6 {White threatens Rd8+ and
mate.} Rc8 34. Rd6 Rf6 35. Rxf6 gxf6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 36. f4 Nf7
37. Re6 Kg7 38. Bh5 Nd8 39. Rxa6 Nc6 40. Rb6 Nd4 41. Rd6 Rc1+ 42. Kh2 Nf5 43.
Rd7+ Kg8 44. Bf3 Ne3 45. Kg3 Rc2 46. Rd3 Nf5+ 47. Kg4 Ne7 48. a4 bxa4 49. bxa4
{[%cal Bb3a4,Ba4a5][%mdl 32]} Kf7 50. Ra3 {White is clearly winning.} Kg6 (
50... h5+ $142 51. Kxh5 Rc5+ 52. Kg4 Ra5) 51. a5 Nf5 {[%csl Gg6][%cal Rh6h5]}
52. Be4 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack.  Weighted Error Value: White=0.05/Black=0.26}
1-0

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.12"]
[Round "1.35"]
[White "Petenyi, Tamas"]
[Black "Bluebaum, Matthias"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2458"]
[BlackElo "2647"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Slovakia"]
[BlackTeam "Germany"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SVK"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

{[%evp 9,79,11,16,3,12,21,16,4,7,0,0,0,0,0,0,-4,0,-5,7,0,0,-16,-17,-13,-9,-12,
-17,-17,-19,-21,-21,-29,-25,-29,-15,-28,-19,-22,-20,-31,-25,-23,-11,-5,-8,-18,
-14,-20,-19,-25,-10,-17,-15,-25,0,-15,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4
e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. dxc5 Nf6 6. Ngf3 {C07: French Tarrasch:
3...c5, 4 Ngf3 and 4 exd5 Qxd5.} Qxc5 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. O-O Qc7 9. Qe2 Nc5 10.
Bb5+ Bd7 11. Ne5 (11. Bxd7+ {is interesting.} Ncxd7 12. c3 Be7 13. Ne4 Rd8 14.
Re1) 11... Bxb5 12. Qxb5+ Ncd7 13. Nxd7 Qxd7 {[#]} 14. Qxd7+ $146 ({
Predecessor:} 14. Qb3 Qd5 15. c4 Qc6 16. Nf3 Bc5 17. Ne5 Qc7 18. Qb5+ Ke7 19.
Nf3 Qb6 20. Qxb6 Bxb6 {0-1 (61) Schuster,M (2189)-Paul,J (2207) Magdeburg 2015}
) 14... Nxd7 15. Nf3 Rc8 16. c3 Nb6 17. Be3 Bc5 18. Bxc5 Rxc5 19. Rfd1 Ke7 20.
Rac1 Rhc8 21. Rc2 Nd5 (21... Ra5 {looks sharper.} 22. a3 h5 23. h4 g6 24. g3
Rb5) 22. Rcd2 b5 23. g3 Nb6 24. Nd4 Nc4 25. Re2 a6 26. f4 g6 27. Nf3 h6 28. Kg2
R8c7 29. h3 Rb7 30. g4 a5 31. Kg3 Nd6 32. Rd4 {The position is equal.} b4 33.
cxb4 Rxb4 34. Rxb4 axb4 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} 35. Ne5 Rc1 36. Nd3
Rc4 37. Ne5 Rc8 38. Nd3 Rc4 39. Ne5 Rc8 40. Nd3 {Not much happened in this
game.  Weighted Error Value: White=0.04/Black=0.03} 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.12"]
[Round "1.36"]
[White "Svane, Rasmus"]
[Black "Sahidi, Samir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E16"]
[WhiteElo "2628"]
[BlackElo "2432"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Germany"]
[BlackTeam "Slovakia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SVK"]

{[%evp 15,119,26,31,22,40,40,33,42,50,58,60,41,66,46,42,43,61,59,88,61,64,52,
62,62,43,34,39,37,42,36,63,39,112,106,110,103,189,121,310,307,285,310,307,300,
261,226,314,313,289,284,274,276,337,335,377,388,318,361,560,562,548,542,532,
509,549,539,532,487,563,558,515,459,398,395,635,604,769,756,720,839,805,774,
1807,1687,1173,658,768,776,765,742,672,625,29963,29962,29964,29972,29972,29973,
29974,29976,29976,29977,29976,29979,29978,29978]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6
4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Bxd2+ 7. Qxd2 O-O 8. O-O d6 9. Qf4 $1 {[%mdl 4]
outshines the older 9.Nc3. E16: Queen's Indian: 4 g3 Bb7 5 Bg2 Bb4+.} Nbd7 10.
Nc3 Re8 11. Rfe1 $5 {[%mdl 4] [#] White is slightly better. A promising side
line.} Qe7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Nf8 12. Rad1 Ng6 13. Qc1 Ne4 14. Nd2 Nxc3
15. Qxc3 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 e5 17. e4 Qg5 {1/2-1/2 (30) Navara,D (2705)-Matlakov,M 
(2700) Czech Republic 2013}) 12. e4 Nf8 13. Rad1 Rad8 14. Qe3 Ng6 15. d5 e5 16.
b4 c5 17. dxc6 Bxc6 18. a4 Qc7 19. Rc1 Qb8 20. h4 Bd7 21. Nd5 Nxd5 22. cxd5 Nf8
23. Bf1 f5 (23... h6 $14) 24. Bb5 $16 fxe4 {Hoping for ...Bxb5.} 25. Ng5 a5 {
[#]} (25... Bxb5 $16 26. axb5 h6 27. Nxe4 Ng6) 26. Bxd7 (26. Qxe4 $6 Bxb5 27.
axb5 h6 $16) (26. Nxe4 $6 axb4 27. Bc6 Re7 $16) (26. bxa5 $1 $18 {Black must
now prevent Rb1.} bxa5 27. Rb1 (27. Qxe4 Bxb5 28. axb5 Qxb5 $14) 27... Bxb5 28.
Rxb5 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack}) 26... Rxd7 $2 {Black cannot hold the game
after this.} (26... Nxd7 $16 {might work better.} 27. bxa5 (27. Qxe4 Nf6 $14) (
27. Nxe4 axb4 28. Rc4 b3 $14) 27... bxa5) 27. b5 $18 (27. Qxe4 h6 $14) (27.
Nxe4 axb4 28. Qb3 Ng6 $16) 27... Rdd8 28. Rc6 (28. Nxe4 $6 Nd7 $18) (28. Qxe4
h6 $16) 28... Nd7 29. Qxe4 (29. Nxe4 $6 Nc5 $18) 29... Nf6 30. Qe3 h6 31. Ne4 (
{Weaker is} 31. Rxb6 Qa7 $16) 31... Nxe4 32. Qxe4 Re7 33. Rec1 Rf7 34. Qg4 Qb7
35. Rc8 Rfd7 36. Qe6+ Kh8 (36... Kf8 $142) 37. Rxd8+ Rxd8 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame
KQR-KQR} 38. Rc6 Qb8 39. Qe7 Kh7 40. Rc7 {[%csl Gc7][%cal Re7g7] [#]} Rg8 41.
h5 Qf8 42. Qxf8 Rxf8 {KR-KR} 43. Kg2 e4 {intending ...Rf5.} 44. Rc6 Rf3 $2 (
44... Rf5 45. Rxd6 (45. Rxb6 Rxd5 46. Ra6 Rd2 $18) 45... Rxh5) 45. Rxd6 Ra3 46.
Rxb6 Rxa4 47. d6 Ra2 48. Kf1 Rd2 49. Rc6 a4 50. Ra6 a3 51. Rxa3 Rxd6 52. Rb3
Rb6 53. Ke2 g6 54. Ke3 {White mates.} gxh5 55. Kxe4 Kg6 56. Kd5 Kg5 57. Kc5 Rb8
58. b6 {[%cal Bb5b6,Bb6b7][%mdl 32]} h4 59. gxh4+ Kxh4 60. b7 {Weighted Error
Value: White=0.15/Black=0.46} 1-0

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.12"]
[Round "1.37"]
[White "Erdos, Viktor"]
[Black "Djukic, Nikola"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2519"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hungary"]
[BlackTeam "Montenegro"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "HUN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "MNE"]

{[%evp 11,69,8,26,1,5,0,0,-5,-5,0,43,38,39,30,93,86,84,-22,-14,-31,-34,-31,161,
67,49,0,19,0,95,101,127,148,130,48,47,44,58,0,557,72,115,54,748,0,793,441,530,
134,210,193,189,25,33,27,34,0,20,0,26,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4.
Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. O-O Nc6 6. c3 d5 7. d3 {B52: Sicilian: Moscow Variation with 3...
Bd7.} e6 8. Qe2 Nge7 9. Na3 {The position is equal.} Ng6 {[#]} 10. h4 $146 ({
Predecessor:} 10. e5 f6 11. exf6 gxf6 12. Ne1 O-O-O 13. f4 Bd6 14. Qh5 Nce7 15.
Nac2 Qc7 16. g3 {0-1 (51) Tatai,S (2334)-Shytaj,L (2451) Bratto 2007}) 10...
Be7 11. h5 $1 {[%cal Rh5g6]} Nf8 12. Bf4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is more active.
} O-O-O (12... f6 $1 $11) 13. Rfd1 f6 14. b4 ({Better is} 14. Bh2 $16) 14...
cxb4 $11 15. cxb4 Bxb4 16. Nc2 Be7 {[#]} (16... Bc3 $15 {keeps the upper hand.}
17. Rac1 d4) 17. Bg3 ({White has to play} 17. exd5 $1 $18 Qxd5 18. d4) 17...
Bd6 18. exd5 exd5 19. Bxd6 Qxd6 (19... Re8 $11 {keeps the balance.} 20. Ne3
Qxd6) 20. Ncd4 $16 Nxd4 21. Nxd4 Nd7 22. Nb5 (22. Qg4 $16) 22... Qb6 $14 {
[%cal Rb6b5]} 23. Rab1 {aiming for Qe7.} Kb8 $1 24. Qe7 (24. d4 $14 a6 25. Nc3)
24... Qc5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (24... Ne5 $1 $11) 25. Qxg7 $2 (25. Nd6 $18) 25...
d4 {White must now prevent ...Rhg8.} 26. Rdc1 (26. Re1 $16) 26... Qxh5 $2 {
[%mdl 8192]} (26... Rhg8 $14 27. Qf7 (27. Rxc5 Rxg7 28. Rd5 Rg5 $16) (27. Qxh7
Qe5 $14) 27... Qg5) 27. Nxd4 $2 (27. Qe7 $18 {White wants to mate with Qd6+.}
Qe5 28. Qa3) 27... Nb6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (27... Rhg8 $11 28. Qe7 Nb6) 28. Ne6
Rdg8 29. Qc7+ (29. Qxf6 {Threatening mate with Qf4+.} Nd5 30. Qd4 (30. Qb2
Rxg2+ 31. Kxg2 Rg8+ 32. Kf1 Qh3+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 33. Ke2 Qxe6+ 34.
Kd2 Qh6+ 35. Kd1 Qh5+ 36. Qe2 Rg1+ 37. Kd2 Qh6+ 38. Kc2 Qc6+ 39. Kd2 Qh6+ 40.
Kc2 Qc6+ 41. Kd2 Qh6+ $11)) 29... Ka8 $18 {[#]} 30. Qd6 $1 {White threatens
Nc7+ and mate.} Qe5 31. Nc7+ $2 (31. Rxb6 $18 {Intending Nc7+ and mate.} axb6
32. Qxb6) 31... Kb8 $14 32. Na6+ {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack (Double check)}
Ka8 33. Nc7+ Kb8 34. Na6+ {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack (Double check)} Ka8 35.
Nc7+ {Weighted Error Value: White=1.15/Black=0.58} 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.12"]
[Round "1.38"]
[White "Draskovic, Luka"]
[Black "Banusz, Tamas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2469"]
[BlackElo "2607"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Montenegro"]
[BlackTeam "Hungary"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "MNE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "HUN"]

{[%evp 10,90,13,11,11,12,25,21,18,19,19,17,23,1,15,8,7,2,9,0,0,0,0,-3,-2,-18,
-18,-69,-63,-55,-68,-58,-59,-87,-87,-70,-69,-82,-64,-66,-76,-161,-161,-157,
-160,-159,-151,-191,-191,-189,-142,-156,0,-187,-160,-154,-125,-189,-138,-134,
-141,-134,-74,-193,-180,-227,-225,-222,-220,-194,-176,-267,-262,-336,-336,-399,
-398,-420,-414,-407,-407,-406,-414]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5
5. O-O d6 6. c3 a5 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3.
} 7. h3 O-O 8. Re1 h6 {The position is equal.} 9. Nbd2 a4 10. Bb5 Bd7 11. Nc4
Nb8 12. Bxd7 Nbxd7 13. d4 Ba7 14. dxe5 dxe5 {[#]} 15. Qc2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 
15. Be3 Bxe3 16. Nxe3 a3 17. b4 Nxe4 18. Nf5 Ndf6 19. Qc2 Qd7 20. g4 Qa4 21.
Qxa4 Rxa4 {0-1 (42) Papp,G (2587)-Harikrishna,P (2768) Novi Sad 2016}) 15...
Qe7 16. Be3 Qe6 17. Bxa7 Qxc4 18. Be3 (18. Nd2 $11 Qa6 19. Be3) 18... Qxe4 $15
19. Qxe4 Nxe4 20. Bxh6 Ndc5 21. Be3 Nd3 {[%mdl 64] Threatens to win with ...a3.
Double Attack} 22. Reb1 b6 23. Ne1 Rfd8 24. Nxd3 Rxd3 25. Re1 (25. c4 $17)
25... a3 $19 26. Bc1 axb2 27. Bxb2 {[#]} Nc5 ({Don't play} 27... Nxc3 28. Bxc3
Rxc3 29. Rxe5 $15) 28. c4 f6 29. Re2 Na4 30. Rc1 Nc5 31. Ra1 $1 Rad8 32. Rae1
Rd1 33. Ba3 (33. Rxd1 $17 Rxd1+ 34. Kh2) 33... Na4 (33... Ne6 $19 {And now ...
Nd4 would win.} 34. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 35. Kh2 Rd3) 34. Rxd1 $17 Rxd1+ {[%mdl 4096]
Endgame KRB-KRN} 35. Kh2 {[#]} Kf7 (35... Rd3 $142 $1 {[%cal Rd3a3]} 36. Bb2
Kf7) 36. f4 (36. Rc2 $17) 36... Rd3 $19 ({Resist} 36... exf4 37. Re7+ Kg8 38.
Rxc7 $15) 37. Bb4 c5 ({Inferior is} 37... exf4 38. Re7+ Kg6 39. Rxc7 $11) 38.
Bd2 exf4 39. Bxf4 Rd4 40. Bc7 (40. Kg3 $142) 40... Rxc4 41. Bd6 Rd4 42. Re7+
Kg6 {Black is winning.} 43. Bg3 c4 44. Rc7 c3 45. Be1 Rd3 {Weighted Error
Value: White=0.20/Black=0.11} 0-1

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.12"]
[Round "1.39"]
[White "Gledura, Benjamin"]
[Black "Blagojevic, Dragisa"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2467"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hungary"]
[BlackTeam "Montenegro"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "HUN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "MNE"]

{[%evp 9,67,18,30,25,20,18,20,20,31,0,14,19,73,64,109,107,106,110,116,105,97,
94,105,105,99,106,130,113,118,118,122,109,174,156,163,155,170,158,188,179,198,
212,284,227,310,267,240,233,234,143,433,315,637,619,739,746,762,758,29997,236]
} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. O-O e6 5. h3 Bh5 6. c4 {A07: Réti Opening:
New York and Capablanca Systems.} c6 7. d4 Nbd7 8. cxd5 {The position is equal.
} exd5 9. Ne5 Bg6 10. Nc3 Bb4 (10... Be7 $11 {remains equal.}) 11. Qb3 $16 Qb6
{[#]} 12. Na4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. Rd1 O-O 14. Na4 Qa5 15. a3
Bd6 16. Bd2 Qc7 17. Rac1 Rad8 18. Qc2 {1-0 (45) Svane,R (2613)-Jumabayev,R 
(2654) chess.com INT 2020}) 12... Qb5 13. a3 Ba5 14. Qxb5 cxb5 15. Nxd7 Nxd7 {
[#]} 16. b4 $1 bxa4 17. bxa5 Nf6 18. Ra2 b5 19. axb6 $1 axb6 20. Rb2 Kd7 (20...
O-O $16 {was called for.}) 21. Bf4 ({Resist} 21. Rxb6 $6 Rhb8 $16) 21... Rhc8
22. Rxb6 Rc3 23. Bd6 Rac8 24. Bb4 R3c6 25. Rb5 Ke6 26. Ra5 Bc2 27. Rc1 Bb3 28.
Rxc6+ Rxc6 29. Ra7 Nd7 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (29... Ne4 $16 {was necessary.} 30.
Re7+ Kf6 31. Bxe4 dxe4 32. Rxe4 g5) 30. g4 g6 $2 (30... Nb6 31. e4 dxe4 32.
Bxe4 Nc8) 31. g5 $18 f6 32. gxf6 Rc1+ 33. Kh2 Nxf6 34. Re7+ {White took
control after the opening.  Weighted Error Value: White=0.13/Black=0.66} 1-0

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.12"]
[Round "1.40"]
[White "Nikcevic, Nebojsa"]
[Black "Kantor, Gergely"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D24"]
[WhiteElo "2385"]
[BlackElo "2566"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Montenegro"]
[BlackTeam "Hungary"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "MNE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "HUN"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e3 a6 6. a4 Bb4 7. Bxc4 O-O 8. O-O
b6 9. Qb3 a5 10. e4 Bxc3 11. bxc3 Nxe4 12. Re1 Bb7 13. Bd3 Nf6 14. Re3 Ng4 15.
Re2 Bxf3 16. gxf3 Nf6 17. Bf4 Nd5 18. Bg3 Nc6 19. Be4 Rc8 20. Rd1 Nce7 21. c4
Nf6 22. d5 exd5 23. cxd5 Qd7 24. Bxc7 Qxc7 25. d6 Qc5 26. dxe7 Rfe8 27. Qb5 g6
28. Bb7 Rc7 29. Qxc5 bxc5 30. Ba6 Rcxe7 31. Rxe7 Rxe7 32. Bb5 Kg7 33. Kf1 Re5
34. Rd8 Rf5 35. Ra8 Rxf3 36. Kg2 Rc3 37. Rxa5 Nd5 38. Ra7 Nf4+ 39. Kg1 Rc1+ 40.
Bf1 c4 41. f3 c3 42. Kf2 c2 43. Rc7 Nd5 44. Rc4 0-1

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.12"]
[Round "1.41"]
[White "Dardha, Daniel"]
[Black "Martirosyan, Haik M."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Belgium"]
[BlackTeam "Armenia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BEL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ARM"]

{[%evp 9,112,18,1,0,12,2,14,1,10,0,0,0,12,0,0,0,14,1,37,40,39,38,43,37,47,25,
22,8,52,54,102,93,93,97,87,100,117,76,87,71,93,44,47,23,57,0,0,0,0,0,0,-92,
-118,-99,-60,-202,-197,-175,-132,-214,-208,-225,-208,-213,-209,-325,-325,-325,
-325,-325,-321,-304,-297,-401,-397,-397,-395,-385,-389,-378,-365,-365,-281,
-268,-290,-290,-286,-347,-365,-531,-546,-537,-520,-583,-659,-661,-644,-579,
-656,-639,-635,-633,-633,-570,-552]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5.
Bf4 c5 6. Nc3 {E12: Queen's Indian: Unusual White 4th moves, 4 a3, 4 Nc3 Bb7 5
a3 and 4 Nc3 Bb7 .} cxd4 7. Qxd4 Nc6 {[%cal Bb8c6,Bc6d8,Bd8b7,Bb7c5][%mdl 32]}
8. Qd3 {The position is equal.} Nh5 9. Bg5 Be7 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Nb5 {aiming
for Nc7+.} O-O 12. Nd6 Nd8 13. Rd1 {[#]} Nf6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Bc6 14.
e3 Nf6 15. Be2 Nb7 16. O-O Nxd6 17. Qxd6 Qxd6 18. Rxd6 Bxf3 19. Bxf3 Rac8 {
1-0 (54) Shankland,S (2691)-Ding,L (2791) chess24.com INT 2021}) 14. e4 Bc6 15.
Be2 Ne8 16. Nb5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is under pressure.} Nb7 17. Nc3 Nc5 18.
Qe3 d6 19. Nd4 Bb7 20. b4 Nd7 21. O-O Rc8 22. f4 a6 23. Rc1 g6 24. Nf3 Nef6 25.
Bd3 Rc7 26. h3 Rfc8 27. Na4 (27. Rfd1 $14) 27... b5 $11 28. cxb5 axb5 29. Rxc7
Rxc7 30. Nb6 (30. Nb2 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 30... Nxb6 $1 $17 31. Qxb6 Nxe4
32. Qxb5 {[#] This move loses the game for White.} (32. Bxe4 $15 Bxe4 33. Qxb5)
32... Ng3 $1 $19 {[%cal Rg3f1]} 33. Rf2 Bd5 34. Qb8+ (34. Qb6 $17 {keeps
fighting.}) 34... Kg7 35. Qb6 {[#]} Rc3 $1 {[%csl LRa3,LRd3][%cal Rc3d3]} 36.
Qd4+ Qf6 37. Rd2 (37. Qxf6+ $142 Kxf6 38. Ne1) 37... Bxf3 ({Don't play} 37...
Rxa3 38. Kf2 $19) 38. Qxf6+ Kxf6 39. gxf3 Rxa3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN}
40. Kf2 Nh5 41. Ke3 Rb3 42. b5 Rb4 43. Bf1 Ng3 44. Bd3 d5 45. Rd1 Nf5+ 46. Kd2
Nd6 ({Don't do} 46... Rxf4 47. Rb1 $19) 47. Kc3 Rxf4 48. b6 Rxf3 49. Kb4 (49.
h4 $142) 49... Rxh3 {Black is clearly winning.} 50. Ba6 Rh2 51. Rb1 Rc2 52. b7
{[#]} Nxb7 53. Bxb7 h5 54. Rf1+ Ke7 55. Ba6 h4 56. Bd3 Rc8 {Weighted Error
Value: White=0.27/Black=0.07} 0-1

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.12"]
[Round "1.42"]
[White "Hovhannisyan, Robert"]
[Black "Docx, Stefan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B69"]
[WhiteElo "2622"]
[BlackElo "2432"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Armenia"]
[BlackTeam "Belgium"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BEL"]

{[%evp 25,57,58,64,15,18,22,21,16,54,54,68,58,261,158,162,179,179,185,179,179,
191,183,164,155,305,219,549,545,537,539,951,926,926,892]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3.
d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 Be7 10.
Nf3 b5 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. f5 Qb6 13. Kb1 O-O-O 14. a3 $5 {[%mdl 4] Exploring
less charted territory. B69: Sicilian: Richter-Rauzer: 7...a6 8 0-0-0 Bd7 9 f4
Be7 10 Nf3 b5 11 Bxf6.} Kb8 {[#]} 15. Nd4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. g3 Bc8 16.
Bh3 Rhe8 17. Rhf1 Bf8 18. Qf4 Na5 19. fxe6 fxe6 20. Qxf6 Qc7 21. Qg5 Nc4 {
1/2-1/2 (49) Barrientos Chavarriaga,S (2477)-Delgado Ramirez,N (2575) Bogota
2010}) 15... h5 16. h4 {The position is equal.} Ne5 17. Rh3 Rhg8 18. Qe1 Bf8 $2
{A mistake that costs the game.} (18... Rc8 $14) 19. Be2 Rxg2 20. Bxh5 Bh6 {[#]
} 21. Bxf7 {[%mdl 512]} exf5 22. Bb3 fxe4 {[#]} 23. Nd5 $1 {[%cal Rd5b6][%mdl
512]} Qa7 (23... Qb7 24. Rc3) 24. Rc3 {Rc7 is the strong threat.} Rc8 (24...
Rdg8 $16) 25. Nxf6 ({Weaker is} 25. Qxe4 Rd2 $18) 25... e3 $2 (25... Rxc3 {
is tougher.} 26. Qxc3 Bc8) 26. Nxd7+ $18 {White is clearly winning.} Nxd7 27.
Bd5 Rd2 {Threatens to win with ...Qxd4.} 28. Rxc8+ Kxc8 29. Rxd2 {Weighted
Error Value: White=0.12/Black=0.78} 1-0

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.12"]
[Round "1.43"]
[White "Beukema, Stefan"]
[Black "Ter-Sahakyan, Samvel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2408"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Belgium"]
[BlackTeam "Armenia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BEL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ARM"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e5 7. Nde2 h5 8. g3
Be7 9. a4 Nc6 10. Bg2 Nb4 11. O-O Be6 12. f4 Rc8 13. Be3 Qd7 14. Kh2 h4 15. f5
Bc4 16. g4 d5 17. exd5 Nbxd5 18. Bf2 Nxc3 19. Nxc3 Bxf1 20. Qxf1 Qc7 21. Kh1
Bc5 22. g5 Nh5 23. Nd5 Qd8 24. Bxh4 Nf4 25. Nxf4 Rxh4 26. Re1 Kf8 27. Rxe5 Rxf4
28. Qxf4 Bd6 29. f6 gxf6 30. gxf6 Bxe5 31. Qxe5 Rxc2 32. Qg5 Qd1+ 33. Kh2 Qd6+
34. Kh1 Rxb2 35. Qg7+ Ke8 36. Qg8+ Qf8 37. Qh7 Rb6 38. Bxb7 Rxf6 39. Qd3 Qe7
40. Bg2 Qe1+ 41. Kh2 Qe5+ 42. Kh1 Qa1+ 43. Kh2 Qxa4 44. Qd5 Qf4+ 45. Kh1 Re6
0-1

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.12"]
[Round "1.44"]
[White "Gabuzyan, Hovhannes"]
[Black "Verstraeten, Rein"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2598"]
[BlackElo "2386"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Armenia"]
[BlackTeam "Belgium"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BEL"]

{[%evp 12,61,-10,-16,-3,-12,-8,-25,36,37,29,33,37,37,34,37,42,36,42,38,41,16,
10,1,9,4,3,4,10,0,0,0,0,0,18,14,33,0,0,0,12,7,8,0,7,0,0,0,0,-32,-38,-42]} 1. c4
e6 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Qc2 O-O 6. d4 c5 7. cxd5 cxd4 {E06:
Closed Catalan: Early deviations.} 8. Nxd4 Nxd5 {[#] ...Nb4 is the strong
threat.} 9. O-O Bd7 {[#]} ({Better is} 9... Nb4 $11 10. Qd2 e5) 10. Nc3 $146 ({
Predecessor:} 10. Rd1 Nc6 11. Nxc6 Bxc6 12. Nc3 Nb4 13. Qb3 Qc7 14. Bf4 e5 15.
Bxc6 bxc6 16. Be3 {1-0 (82) Ponkratov,P (2628)-Weetik,V (2423) Chess.com INT
2020}) 10... Nc6 11. Nxc6 Bxc6 12. Nxd5 Bxd5 13. Rd1 {[#] Hoping for e4.} Rc8
14. Qb1 {Black must now prevent e4.} Qa5 15. Bxd5 exd5 16. Qd3 Bf6 17. Bd2 Qb6
18. Rab1 d4 19. b3 Qe6 20. Rbc1 h5 21. Qf3 h4 22. g4 g6 23. h3 b5 24. Qd3 a6
25. Rxc8 (25. Kf1 {is interesting.} Rfe8 26. Re1 Kg7 27. f4 Kh7 28. Kf2) 25...
Rxc8 26. Rc1 Re8 27. Re1 Qe5 28. Qf3 Bg5 29. Bxg5 Qxg5 30. Kf1 Qd2 31. a4 {
Weighted Error Value: White=0.05/Black=0.08} 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.12"]
[Round "1.45"]
[White "Nguyen, Thai Dai Van"]
[Black "Laurusas, Tomas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "2594"]
[BlackElo "2553"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Czech Republic"]
[BlackTeam "Lithuania"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "LTU"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 exd4 4. e5 Ne4 5. Qxd4 d5 6. exd6 Nxd6 7. Bd3 Nc6 8.
Qf4 g6 9. O-O Bg7 10. Re1+ Be6 11. Nc3 O-O 12. Be3 Qf6 13. Ng5 Bc4 14. Qh4 h6
15. Bxc4 Nxc4 16. Qxc4 hxg5 17. Nd5 Qxb2 18. Rab1 Ne5 19. Qa4 b5 20. Qe4 f5 21.
Nf6+ Bxf6 22. Qd5+ Nf7 23. Rxb2 Bxb2 24. Qxb5 Bf6 25. Qc4 Rfe8 26. Rb1 f4 27.
Bc5 Rad8 28. h4 gxh4 29. Qxf4 Kg7 30. Bxa7 g5 31. Qb4 Re2 32. Rc1 Ne5 33. Be3
c5 34. Qxc5 Ng4 35. Qc4 Rxe3 36. fxe3 Nxe3 37. Qe4 Nd1 38. Rb1 Bd4+ 39. Kh2 Nf2
40. Qe7+ Kg6 41. Qxd8 Ng4+ 42. Kh1 1-0

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.12"]
[Round "1.46"]
[White "Kazakouski, Valery"]
[Black "Krejci, Jan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Lithuania"]
[BlackTeam "Czech Republic"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "LTU"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CZE"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. b4 Bg4 4. Qb3 e6 5. Bb2 Nc6 6. b5 Na5 7. Qa4 Bxf3 8. exf3
b6 9. f4 Qd7 10. g3 Rd8 11. Bg2 Bc5 12. d3 a6 13. Nd2 axb5 14. cxb5 Ne7 15. Rc1
Bd6 16. O-O O-O 17. Qxd4 Nf5 18. Qa4 Be7 19. Bc3 Qxd3 20. Be4 Qd7 21. Bxa5 bxa5
22. Nb3 Nd4 23. Rfd1 Ne2+ 24. Kf1 Qxd1+ 25. Rxd1 Nc3 26. Qc4 Rxd1+ 27. Kg2 Nxe4
28. Qxe4 Bb4 29. Qc4 g6 30. a4 Rc8 31. Nd4 Ra8 32. Nf3 Bd6 33. Qc6 Rd8 34. Qc3
Rb1 35. Qxa5 Ra1 36. Qa7 Ra2 37. Ng5 Rd7 38. Ne4 Rd8 39. Ng5 h6 40. Ne4 e5 41.
b6 Rc2 42. b7 Rb2 43. a5 1-0

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.12"]
[Round "1.47"]
[White "Zilka, Stepan"]
[Black "Klabis, Rokas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E33"]
[WhiteElo "2593"]
[BlackElo "2353"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Czech Republic"]
[BlackTeam "Lithuania"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "LTU"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d6 7. Nf3 Nc6 8.
b4 e5 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Nxe5 dxe5 11. Qxe5 Re8 12. Qb2 a5 13. f3 Nh5 14. g3 Ra6
15. Kf2 Qe7 16. c5 f5 17. e4 Rg6 18. e5 f4 19. Bc4+ Kh8 20. Bxf4 Nxf4 21. gxf4
Qh4+ 22. Ke3 Rf8 23. Qd4 Rg2 24. Ra2 Rxa2 25. Bxa2 Rd8 26. Qc4 axb4 27. Rd1 Rf8
28. Qxb4 c6 29. e6 Qxh2 30. Bb3 Re8 31. Qe4 Qb2 32. Bc2 g6 33. e7 Qc3+ 34. Ke2
Kg7 35. Rd8 Bf5 36. Qe5+ Qxe5+ 37. fxe5 Rxe7 38. Bxf5 gxf5 39. f4 Kf7 40. Rd6
Re6 41. a4 Re8 42. Rf6+ Kg7 43. Rxf5 Ra8 44. e6 Rxa4 45. Kf3 Ra3+ 46. Ke4 Ra1
47. Ke5 Rd1 48. e7 Rd5+ 49. Ke6 Rxf5 50. e8=Q Rxf4 51. Qd7+ Kg6 52. Qd3+ 1-0

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.12"]
[Round "1.48"]
[White "Brazdzionis, Andrius"]
[Black "Plat, Vojtech"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2356"]
[BlackElo "2548"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Lithuania"]
[BlackTeam "Czech Republic"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "LTU"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CZE"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 Bf5 4. Nc3 c6 5. Nh4 Bc8 6. Nf3 g6 7. e4 Bg7 8. Be2
O-O 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Qc2 e5 11. d5 a5 12. Rd1 cxd5 13. cxd5 Nc5 14. Be3 b6 15.
Nd2 Ng4 16. Bxg4 Bxg4 17. f3 Bd7 18. Nc4 Qc7 19. a4 Rfc8 20. Nb5 Bxb5 21. axb5
Rab8 22. Na3 Qd7 23. Rac1 f5 24. exf5 gxf5 25. Qe2 e4 26. fxe4 fxe4 27. Rc4 Re8
28. Bxc5 bxc5 29. Rxe4 Rxe4 30. Qxe4 Bxb2 31. Nc4 Bd4+ 32. Kh1 a4 33. h3 Rxb5
34. Nxd6 Rb8 35. Nf5 Bf6 36. d6 a3 37. Qd5+ Kh8 38. Nh6 Qa4 39. Rd3 Qf4 40. Ng4
Rb1+ 41. Rd1 Rxd1+ 42. Qxd1 a2 43. d7 Qd4 44. Qxd4 cxd4 0-1

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.12"]
[Round "1.49"]
[White "Mehmeti, Dritan"]
[Black "Indjic, Aleksandar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2391"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Albania"]
[BlackTeam "Serbia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ALB"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SRB"]

{[%evp 9,103,19,29,15,16,11,25,10,12,11,31,14,47,33,41,33,59,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,
-20,0,0,0,-14,-14,-18,-11,-6,-13,-18,-6,-16,-6,-12,0,-7,0,0,0,-9,-9,-9,-7,-16,
-6,-7,-6,-8,-11,-123,-123,-123,-123,-123,-123,-123,-123,-123,-123,-123,-123,
-215,-154,-443,-419,-508,-489,-773,-564,-843,-788,-1005,-1005,-1005,-943,-976,
-684,-505,-781,-619,-467,-467,-255,-6593,-6452,-29981,-29982,-29983,-29979,
-29990]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 cxd4 5. exd4 b6 6. Bd3 {A46: 1 d4
Nf6 2 Nf3 e6: Torre, London and Colle Systems.} Ba6 7. O-O Be7 8. Re1 {White
has an edge.} O-O 9. c3 {[#]} d6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... Qc8 10. h3 Nc6 11.
Bxa6 Qxa6 12. Nbd2 b5 13. Nb3 Qb6 14. Nc5 d6 15. Ne4 Nd5 16. Bxd6 Bxd6 17. Nxd6
Nxd4 18. Qxd4 Qxd6 {0-1 (77) Meskovs,N (2568)-Indjic,A (2607) Lichess.org INT
2021}) 10. a4 Bb7 11. Nbd2 a6 12. Qe2 h6 13. Ne4 ({Better is} 13. Nc4 $14)
13... Nxe4 $11 14. Bxe4 Bxe4 15. Qxe4 Nd7 {[%cal Bb8d7,Bd7f6,Bf6d5][%mdl 32]}
16. Qd3 Nf6 17. Bg3 Nd5 18. Nd2 Qd7 19. Nc4 b5 20. axb5 axb5 21. Ne3 Nxe3 22.
fxe3 d5 23. e4 dxe4 24. Qxe4 Rac8 25. Rad1 Rfd8 26. Rd3 Qd5 27. Qxd5 Rxd5 28.
Re5 Rxe5 29. Bxe5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} f6 30. Bg3 Ra8 31. Rd2 Ra2 32.
Kf2 {[#]} (32. Re2 $11 {remains equal.}) 32... Ba3 $1 $17 {[%mdl 576] Pin} 33.
Ke2 (33. Ke3 Rxb2) 33... Rxb2 (33... Bxb2 34. Bf4 $16) 34. Rxb2 Bxb2 {KB-KB}
35. Kd3 Ba3 36. c4 bxc4+ 37. Kxc4 Kf7 38. Kd3 (38. Kb5 $17) 38... Ke7 $19 39.
h3 $2 {Now White is beyond hope.} (39. h4 $17) 39... Kd7 40. Bh2 Kc6 41. Kc4 (
41. Ke2 $142 Kd5 42. Kd3) 41... Bd6 42. Bg1 Bg3 43. Be3 g5 44. Bd2 h5 45. Bc1
Bf4 46. Ba3 f5 47. Bf8 Bg3 48. Bh6 g4 (48... Bh4 $142 49. g3 Bxg3 50. Bxg5 f4)
49. Bg7 $2 (49. Kd3) 49... f4 50. hxg4 h4 ({Weaker is} 50... hxg4 51. Be5 $17)
51. Kd3 f3 $1 {[%cal Rf3g2]} 52. Kc4 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.60/Black=0.
11} 0-1

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.12"]
[Round "1.50"]
[White "Ivanisevic, Ivan"]
[Black "Pasko, Llambi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E01"]
[WhiteElo "2604"]
[BlackElo "2417"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Serbia"]
[BlackTeam "Albania"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SRB"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ALB"]

{[%evp 15,67,37,60,55,50,40,58,23,2,0,0,0,0,0,6,0,0,-17,31,3,5,1,39,0,-3,-25,0,
0,0,0,0,-7,0,0,0,0,0,0,11,0,0,-23,-28,-22,-15,-15,-15,-15,-15,-20,-22,-33,-27,
-25]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. g3 Nbd7 6. Bg2 Bd6 7. O-O O-O
8. Nd2 Re8 9. e4 {E01: Catalan: Early deviations.} e5 10. exd5 cxd5 {[#]} 11.
cxd5 $146 {With the idea Nc4.White is slightly better.} ({Predecessor:} 11.
Nxd5 exd4 12. Nf3 Nxd5 13. cxd5 b6 14. Nxd4 Qf6 15. Nb5 Ba6 16. Nxd6 Qxd6 17.
Re1 {1-0 (32) Sundararajan,K (2442)-Prakash,G (2341) Kolkata 2008}) 11... exd4
12. Nce4 Bf8 13. Nxf6+ Nxf6 14. Nb3 Nxd5 15. Nxd4 Nf6 16. Be3 Bc5 17. Nf5 Bxf5
18. Bxc5 Be4 19. Bh3 Qa5 20. b4 Qa3 21. Qb3 Qxb3 22. axb3 a6 23. Rfd1 Bc6 24.
Bg2 Rac8 25. Bd4 Bxg2 26. Kxg2 Red8 27. Bb6 Rd5 28. Rac1 (28. Ba5 {with more
complications.} Re8 29. Rac1 Rxd1 30. Rxd1 h6 31. b5) 28... Rxc1 29. Rxc1 $11 {
[#] Rc8+ would kill now. KRB-KRN} h5 30. Rc8+ Kh7 31. Bc5 Kg6 32. Rb8 Rd7 33.
h3 Kf5 34. Kf3 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.07/Black=0.07} 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.12"]
[Round "1.51"]
[White "Ashiku, Franc"]
[Black "Markus, Robert"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E68"]
[WhiteElo "2419"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Albania"]
[BlackTeam "Serbia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ALB"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SRB"]

{[%evp 24,86,21,16,11,-11,0,8,0,-77,-77,-76,-68,-99,-78,-74,-77,-59,-64,-68,
-36,-66,-30,-27,-18,-18,-18,-15,-21,-33,-30,-210,-224,-222,-214,-213,-213,-214,
-210,-250,-250,-243,-243,-242,-228,-445,-430,-508,-500,-508,-501,-512,-405,
-714,-736,-703,-603,-706,-683,-1401,-1387,-1229,-1209,-1008,-1008]} 1. d4 Nf6
2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 Nbd7 4. Nf3 g6 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O e5 8. e4 exd4 9.
Nxd4 Re8 10. h3 Nc5 11. Re1 a5 12. Bg5 {12.Ndb5 is setting a new trend.} h6 13.
Bf4 a4 $5 {[%mdl 4] [#] A promising side line. E68: King's Indian: Fianchetto:
6...Nbd7 7 0-0 e5 8 e4.} 14. Qc2 $146 {[#]} ({Predecessor:} 14. Rb1 Nfd7 15.
Be3 Ne5 16. Qe2 Ncd3 17. Red1 Nb4 18. Nc2 Na6 19. Nd4 Bd7 20. Qd2 Kh7 21. Kh2 {
1-0 (50) Ramme,C (2154)-Kololli,K (2164) Germany 2016}) 14... Nfxe4 $1 15. Nxe4
(15. Bxe4 Bxd4) 15... Bxd4 {The position is equal.} 16. Red1 (16. Qd2 $11 {
keeps the balance.} Ne6 17. Bxh6) 16... Nxe4 $17 17. Rxd4 Ng5 18. Qd2 Qf6 19.
h4 Nh3+ 20. Kh2 Nxf4 21. Rxf4 Qg7 22. Bd5 Be6 23. Re1 a3 24. bxa3 Bxd5 25.
Rxe8+ Rxe8 26. cxd5 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} Qa1 27. Rc4 $2 {[#] This
move loses the game for White.} (27. Qc2 $11 {and White stays safe.} Re7 28.
Kg2) 27... Qf1 $1 $40 {[%cal Rf1c4][%mdl 128] White is in trouble.} ({Weaker is
} 27... Re1 28. Rxc7 Rh1+ 29. Kg2 $11) 28. Rc1 {[#]} Re2 $1 {[%mdl 576] Double
Attack} 29. Rxf1 Rxd2 {KR-KR} 30. Rc1 Rxf2+ 31. Kg1 Rxa2 32. Rxc7 Rxa3 33. Kf2
Rd3 34. h5 $2 (34. Rxb7 {was necessary.} Kg7 35. Rb6) 34... b5 35. hxg6 fxg6
36. Rb7 Rxd5 37. Kf3 Kf8 38. Kf4 (38. g4 $142) 38... h5 {Black is clearly
winning.} 39. Ke4 Re5+ 40. Kf4 Ke8 41. Rg7 g5+ 42. Kf3 Kd8 43. Rh7 Kc8 {
Weighted Error Value: White=0.65/Black=0.11} 0-1

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.12"]
[Round "1.52"]
[White "Perunovic, Milos"]
[Black "Seitaj, Ilir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C73"]
[WhiteElo "2541"]
[BlackElo "2351"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Serbia"]
[BlackTeam "Albania"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SRB"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ALB"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. Bxc6+ bxc6 6. d4 exd4 7. Qd2 d3 8.
Qxd3 c5 9. Nc3 Bb7 10. Bg5 Nf6 11. O-O-O Be7 12. Rhf1 O-O 13. Rfe1 Ng4 14. Bxe7
Qxe7 15. Qf1 Rab8 16. h3 Ne5 17. Nxe5 Qxe5 18. f4 Qe6 19. g4 Rfe8 20. Kb1 a5
21. e5 d5 22. f5 Qb6 23. Qf4 d4 24. Na4 Qb4 25. b3 Bd5 26. Ka1 Bc6 27. f6 h6
28. e6 Rxe6 29. Rxe6 Bxa4 30. Re2 Bb5 31. Rf2 g5 32. Qd2 Qa3 33. Rf5 Rb6 34.
Rxg5+ hxg5 35. Qxg5+ Kf8 36. Re1 1-0

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.12"]
[Round "1.53"]
[White "Brkic, Ante"]
[Black "Pancevski, Filip"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C72"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Croatia"]
[BlackTeam "Macedonia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CRO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "MKD"]

{[%evp 11,61,22,43,30,42,42,46,52,59,39,40,39,37,36,62,30,42,39,39,37,41,22,44,
40,60,46,68,59,97,91,98,98,98,103,266,266,278,271,841,833,826,797,833,833,832,
809,924,928,29996,29995,29997,29998]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6
5. O-O Bd7 6. c4 g6 7. Bxc6 $5 {[%mdl 4] Leaves trodden paths. C72: Ruy Lopez:
Deferred Steinitz: 5 0-0.} Bxc6 8. Nc3 Bg7 9. d4 {White is slightly better.}
Ne7 10. dxe5 dxe5 {[#]} 11. Qb3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Nd5 O-O 12. Bd2 Bxd5
13. cxd5 c6 14. dxc6 Nxc6 15. Be3 Qxd1 16. Rfxd1 Rfd8 17. Bb6 Rxd1+ 18. Rxd1 {
1-0 (58) Nakamura,H (2736)-Andriasian,Z (2611) Moscow 2019}) 11... O-O 12. Be3
Qc8 13. Rac1 Bd7 14. Bc5 Re8 15. Bxe7 Rxe7 16. Nd5 Re8 17. Rfd1 h6 18. Rd2 Be6
19. Qa3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is pushing.} Qb8 20. Qc5 $1 c6 21. Nb6 Qa7 {[#]}
22. Rcd1 $1 Bxc4 $2 {[#] Loses the game.} 23. b4 $1 $18 Be6 24. Nxa8 Rxa8 (
24... Qxc5 25. bxc5 Rxa8 26. Rd8+ Rxd8 27. Rxd8+ Bf8 28. Nxe5 Kg7) 25. Rd8+ Kh7
26. Qe7 Rxd8 27. Rxd8 ({Less strong is} 27. Qxd8 c5 $16) 27... Qb6 28. h4 Bxa2
29. Qe8 {[%csl Gd8][%cal Re8g8]} h5 30. Ng5+ Kh6 31. Qg8 {[%csl Gg5][%cal
Rg8h7] Weighted Error Value: White=0.04/Black=0.65} 1-0

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.12"]
[Round "1.54"]
[White "Nikolovski, Nikola"]
[Black "Bosiocic, Marin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2401"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Macedonia"]
[BlackTeam "Croatia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "MKD"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CRO"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Nf3 e6 5. O-O a6 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Nd5 d6 8. Ne3
Nf6 9. c3 Rg8 10. Bc2 g5 11. d4 g4 12. Nh4 cxd4 13. cxd4 Be7 14. d5 Nb4 15. Bb1
a5 16. a3 Na6 17. b4 Bd7 18. Bb2 axb4 19. axb4 Nxb4 20. dxe6 fxe6 21. Rxa8 Qxa8
22. Nc4 Qa6 23. e5 dxe5 24. Nxe5 Bb5 25. Re1 Nbd5 26. Qc1 Bd7 27. Bd3 Qa5 28.
Re2 Qb6 29. g3 Nb4 30. Bc4 Nbd5 31. Qa1 Rf8 32. Qa8+ Bd8 33. Nf5 Ne4 34. Bxd5
exf5 35. Nxd7 Qb5 36. Nf6+ Rxf6 37. Bxf6 Qxd5 38. Qxd8+ Qxd8 39. Bxd8 Kxd8 40.
Kg2 Kd7 41. f3 Nd6 42. fxg4 fxg4 43. Kf2 Nf7 44. Ke3 b5 45. Kf4 Nd6 46. Ke5 Kc6
47. Rc2+ Nc4+ 48. Kd4 Kd6 49. Rf2 Ke6 50. Kc5 Ne5 51. Re2 Kf5 52. Kxb5 h5 53.
Kc5 Nf3 54. Kc4 h4 55. Kd3 hxg3 56. hxg3 Ne5+ 57. Kd4 Nf3+ 58. Ke3 Ng5 59. Ra2
Nh3 60. Ra5+ Kg6 61. Ke4 Kf6 62. Ra8 Kg5 63. Ke5 1-0

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.12"]
[Round "1.55"]
[White "Stevic, Hrvoje"]
[Black "Lazov, Toni"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2581"]
[BlackElo "2393"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Croatia"]
[BlackTeam "Macedonia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CRO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "MKD"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. a4 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. h3
a5 9. Re1 Nb6 10. Ba2 Nfd7 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Be3 Qc7 13. Ng5 Nf6 14. Qd3 Bb4
15. Red1 Bd7 16. Ne2 Be8 17. Qb3 Nbd7 18. c3 Bc5 19. Bxc5 Nxc5 20. Qc4 Qe7 21.
Ng3 g6 22. Qe2 h6 23. Nf3 Nxa4 24. Nh4 Kh7 25. Ngf5 Qc7 26. Qe3 Ng8 27. Nxg6
fxg6 28. Bxg8+ Kxg8 29. Nxh6+ Kg7 30. Rxa4 Bf7 31. Ng4 Bb3 32. Qh6+ Kg8 33.
Qxg6+ Kh8 34. Nf6 Rxf6 35. Qxf6+ Kg8 36. Rd3 1-0

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.12"]
[Round "1.56"]
[White "Risteski, Emil"]
[Black "Martinovic, Sasa"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2315"]
[BlackElo "2542"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Macedonia"]
[BlackTeam "Croatia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "MKD"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CRO"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f3 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Be7 11. Kb1 Qc7 12. h4 b5 13. g4 O-O 14. Qd2 b4
15. Ne2 Rfc8 16. Ng3 Ba4 17. Bd3 Bb5 18. Nh5 Bxd3 19. Qxd3 Nxh5 20. gxh5 h6 21.
Bxe7 Qxe7 22. Qxd6 Qxd6 23. Rxd6 Rc5 24. Rc1 Rxh5 25. c4 bxc3 26. bxc3 Rxh4 27.
c4 Rh5 28. Rc3 Rc5 29. Kc2 a5 30. Kd3 Rac8 31. Rb6 e5 32. Rb5 h5 33. Rxc5 Rxc5
34. Rb3 h4 35. Rb5 Rxb5 36. cxb5 h3 37. b6 h2 38. b7 h1=Q 39. b8=Q+ Kh7 40.
Qxe5 Qb1+ 41. Kc4 Qxa2+ 42. Kb5 a4 43. Ka5 Qb3 44. Qf4 Kg8 45. Qh4 g6 46. Qd8+
Kh7 47. f4 a3 48. f5 Qc3+ 49. Kb5 Qe5+ 50. Kb4 a2 51. fxg6+ Kxg6 52. Qb6+ Kh7
53. Qb7 Qb2+ 0-1

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.12"]
[Round "1.57"]
[White "Subelj, Jan"]
[Black "Nabaty, Tamir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C72"]
[WhiteElo "2458"]
[BlackElo "2649"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Slovenia"]
[BlackTeam "Israel"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SLO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISR"]

{[%evp 9,61,26,35,37,45,26,44,43,64,58,66,61,69,65,92,97,87,91,89,100,87,93,
109,89,108,119,121,118,118,118,114,109,112,115,109,109,102,15,15,15,15,15,9,13,
9,4,8,0,13,10,10,8,8,6]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Be7 5. O-O d6 6.
c3 {C72: Ruy Lopez: Deferred Steinitz: 5 0-0.} Bf6 {[#]} 7. Bxc6+ $146 ({
Predecessor:} 7. d4 b5 8. Bb3 Bb7 9. a4 Nge7 10. Be3 O-O 11. Nbd2 Qd7 12. Qe2
Na5 13. Bc2 exd4 14. cxd4 {1-0 (37) Vasiesiu,D (2425)-Vajda,A (2477) Bucharest
2003}) 7... bxc6 8. d4 {White is slightly better.} exd4 9. cxd4 Bg4 10. Be3 Ne7
11. Nbd2 O-O 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Nxf3 {[#] Strongly threatening e5.} g6 14. Rc1 Qb8
15. Qc2 Qb5 16. Rfe1 Rab8 17. e5 Bg7 18. exd6 cxd6 19. Bf4 Nf5 {[#]} 20. g4 $1
{[%cal Rg4f5]} ({Of course not} 20. Qxc6 $6 Qxc6 21. Rxc6 Rxb2 $14) 20... Nxd4
21. Nxd4 Bxd4 22. Bxd6 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Qxb2 23. Re2 (23. Bxf8 $16
Kxf8 24. Re2) 23... Rfe8 $11 {The position is equal.} 24. Qxb2 Bxb2 25. Rxe8+
Rxe8 26. Rxc6 {KRB-KRB} a5 27. Ra6 Bc3 28. Bc7 Re1+ 29. Kg2 Re2 30. a4 Bd4 31.
Bg3 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.10/Black=0.04} 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.12"]
[Round "1.58"]
[White "Mikhalevski, Victor"]
[Black "Dobrovoljc, Vid"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A23"]
[WhiteElo "2559"]
[BlackElo "2414"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Israel"]
[BlackTeam "Slovenia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SLO"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 c6 3. Nf3 e4 4. Nd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d5 6. cxd5 Qb6 7. Nb3 a5 8. d3 a4
9. Nd2 cxd5 10. dxe4 Nxe4 11. Ndxe4 dxe4 12. Bg2 Bc5 13. Nxe4 Bd4 14. e3 Be5
15. f4 Bxb2 16. Qc2 Bxa1 17. Qxc8+ Qd8 18. Nd6+ Ke7 19. Qxb7+ Qd7 20. Qxa8 Bc3+
21. Kf2 Qxd6 22. Qxa4 Kf6 23. Rd1 Qc7 24. Qa3 1-0

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.12"]
[Round "1.59"]
[White "Tisaj, Domen"]
[Black "Postny, Evgeny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E43"]
[WhiteElo "2369"]
[BlackElo "2557"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Slovenia"]
[BlackTeam "Israel"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SLO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISR"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nf3 b6 6. Bd3 Bb7 7. O-O c5 8. Qe2
Bxc3 9. bxc3 Be4 10. Bxe4 Nxe4 11. Qd3 d5 12. Rd1 cxd4 13. cxd4 Nc6 14. Nd2
Nxd2 15. Bxd2 Rc8 16. Rac1 e5 17. dxe5 dxc4 18. Qxc4 Nxe5 19. Qb3 Rxc1 20. Bxc1
Qc7 21. Ba3 Rd8 22. h3 Rxd1+ 23. Qxd1 Qd7 24. Qc2 Nd3 25. Qc4 b5 26. Qe4 h6 27.
Qa8+ Kh7 28. Qe4+ f5 29. Qe7 Qxe7 30. Bxe7 a5 31. Kf1 b4 32. Ke2 Nc1+ 33. Kd2
Nxa2 34. Bd8 a4 35. Be7 Kg6 36. f3 Kf7 37. Bc5 g6 38. Kc2 Ke6 39. Kb2 b3 40.
Bf8 h5 41. Bg7 Nb4 0-1

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.12"]
[Round "1.60"]
[White "Boruchovsky, Avital"]
[Black "Brilej, Jaka"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2542"]
[BlackElo "2341"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Israel"]
[BlackTeam "Slovenia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SLO"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e4 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Bb4+ 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. Nf3 O-O 8.
Be2 c5 9. O-O cxd4 10. Nxd4 Qe7 11. Be3 e5 12. Nb3 Bf5 13. a3 Rd8 14. Qc1 Bxc3
15. Qxc3 Nc6 16. Rad1 h6 17. h3 Ne4 18. Qc1 Ng5 19. Rxd8+ Rxd8 20. Rd1 Ne6 21.
Rd2 Ncd4 22. Bd1 Be4 23. Qc3 Qf6 24. Bg4 Nxb3 25. Qxb3 Rxd2 26. Bxd2 Qg6 27.
Qg3 h5 28. Be2 Nd4 29. Bf1 Qxg3 30. fxg3 f5 31. Kf2 Kf7 32. Bc3 Ke6 33. Ke3
Nc2+ 34. Kd2 Nd4 35. Ke3 Nc2+ 36. Kd2 Nd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.12"]
[Round "1.61"]
[White "Lupulescu, Constantin"]
[Black "Agopov, Mikael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Romania"]
[BlackTeam "Finland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ROU"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FIN"]

{[%evp 9,66,-6,5,-12,-14,-15,-6,-16,-17,-15,-11,-10,-4,-4,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,
-20,-9,-31,-39,-51,-43,-54,-50,-56,-47,-41,-41,-51,-47,-95,-69,-62,-62,-93,-89,
-87,-82,-124,-115,-119,-97,-89,-64,-77,-62,-74,0,-59,0,-69,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. f4
d5 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. d3 Nc6 6. Nf3 {B21: Sicilian: 2 f4 and Morra
Gambit.} e6 7. O-O Bd6 8. Qe2 {The position is equal.} Nge7 9. Be3 {[#]} d4
$146 ({Predecessor:} 9... b6 10. c3 O-O 11. e5 Bc7 12. d4 Nf5 13. Bf2 c4 14.
Nbd2 b5 15. a3 a5 {1-0 (55) Gajewski,G (2271)-Mohammadi,A (2087) Hallsberg 2000
}) 10. Bc1 f5 11. Na3 O-O 12. Nc4 Bc7 13. a4 Rae8 14. Bd2 Ng6 15. e5 Nge7 16.
Rfb1 Rb8 17. c3 Rfd8 18. cxd4 Nxd4 19. Nxd4 Qxd4+ 20. Be3 Qd5 21. Ra3 Nc6 22.
Rc1 b6 23. Nd2 Rd7 24. Nf3 Bd8 25. Rcc3 Be7 26. Ra1 Rbd8 27. h3 Nb4 {[%cal
Rb4d3]} 28. Rd1 Qb7 29. b3 Qa6 {[%cal Rb4d3]} 30. Ne1 $1 Nd5 31. Rc4 Nb4 32.
Rc3 $1 Nd5 33. Rc4 Nb4 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.07/Black=0.09} ({Black
should play} 33... Nxe3 $15 34. Qxe3 Qa5) 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.12"]
[Round "1.62"]
[White "Koykka, Pekka"]
[Black "Parligras, Mircea-Emilian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2353"]
[BlackElo "2576"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Finland"]
[BlackTeam "Romania"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FIN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ROU"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8.
Bd2 O-O 9. O-O Rb8 10. exd5 cxd5 11. Be3 Bd6 12. Bxa7 Rb4 13. Be2 c5 14. a3 Rb7
15. Nb5 Qd7 16. b4 Rxb5 17. Bxb5 Qxa7 18. bxc5 Qxc5 19. Qe2 Bg4 20. Qd3 Bh5 21.
Ba4 Bg6 22. Qe2 Qd4 23. Bb5 Bxh2+ 0-1

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.12"]
[Round "1.63"]
[White "Jianu, Vlad-Cristian"]
[Black "Ronka, Erik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2522"]
[BlackElo "2321"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Romania"]
[BlackTeam "Finland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ROU"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FIN"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 cxd4 8.
cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 O-O 11. Bc4 Nd7 12. O-O b6 13. Rad1 Bb7 14.
Rfe1 Rc8 15. Bb3 Qf6 16. Re3 Qf4 17. Qe1 Nf6 18. g3 Qc7 19. Ne5 Nd7 20. Nd3 b5
21. f3 a5 22. a3 Rfd8 23. Nf4 Qb6 24. Kg2 Nf6 25. d5 a4 26. Ba2 g5 27. Nh3 h6
28. Red3 exd5 29. Bxd5 Nxd5 30. exd5 Rc2+ 31. R1d2 Qc5 32. Rxc2 Qxc2+ 33. Nf2
Qc5 34. Ne4 Qe7 35. Qc3 f5 36. d6 Qe6 37. Qc7 fxe4 38. Qxd8+ Kf7 39. Qc7+ Kg6
40. Qc2 exd3 41. Qxd3+ Kf7 42. d7 Qa2+ 43. Kh3 g4+ 44. Kh4 Qg2 45. Qh7+ Ke6 46.
d8=N+ Ke5 47. Qg7+ Kd5 48. Qxb7+ Kd4 49. Qe4+ Kc3 50. Qb4+ Kc2 51. Kxg4 Qxh2
52. Qxb5 1-0

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.12"]
[Round "1.64"]
[White "Kokkila, Tero"]
[Black "Gavrilescu, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2283"]
[BlackElo "2514"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Finland"]
[BlackTeam "Romania"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FIN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ROU"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 b5 10. Nxc6 Bxc6 11. Qe1 Be7 12. h4 b4 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Nb1
Qa5 15. Bc4 Rc8 16. Qe2 Bb5 17. Bxb5+ axb5 18. Rh3 Rc5 19. Nd2 Qxa2 20. Nb3 Rc4
21. Rd4 Qa6 22. Kb1 Rg8 23. g4 Qa7 24. Rd1 Kd7 25. g5 Rgc8 26. gxf6 Bf8 27. Qh5
Kd8 28. Qxb5 Rxe4 29. Na5 Qd7 30. Nb7+ Kc7 31. Qd3 d5 32. Na5 Ra8 33. Nb3 Bd6
34. f5 Qa4 35. Rf3 Be5 36. Kc1 Qa2 37. fxe6 Qxb2+ 38. Kd2 Bc3+ 39. Qxc3+ bxc3+
40. Rxc3+ Kd6 0-1

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.12"]
[Round "1.65"]
[White "Saraci, Nderim"]
[Black "Yilmaz, Mustafa"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2486"]
[BlackElo "2626"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Kosovo"]
[BlackTeam "Turkey"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "KOS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "TUR"]

{[%evp 11,86,22,26,15,22,10,23,2,11,8,17,14,20,11,18,18,34,-13,0,0,39,0,0,0,0,
0,0,-50,-33,-56,-67,-83,-72,-82,-48,-151,-158,-128,-46,-55,-56,-60,-60,-72,-39,
-43,-52,-58,8,-169,-176,-368,-374,-416,-390,-419,-420,-351,-305,-743,-481,-465,
-397,-883,-706,-677,-305,-643,-290,-284,-251,-302,-303,-563,-554,-497,-470]} 1.
d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 a6 6. O-O Nc6 7. Bg5 {E04: Open
Catalan: 5 Nf3.} Be7 8. e3 Bd7 9. Nfd2 {[#] White has an edge.} Na5 $5 $146 {
[%mdl 8] An interesting novelty.} ({Predecessor:} 9... e5 10. Nxc4 exd4 11.
exd4 O-O 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Ng4 14. Bf4 g5 15. Bd2 Nxe5 {1/2-1/2 (111)
Schreiner,P (2453)-Donchenko,A (2650) Germany 2019}) 10. Qc2 Rc8 11. Rd1 b5 12.
Nc3 O-O 13. a4 {Black must now prevent axb5.} c6 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Nce4 Qb6 16.
b4 cxb3 17. Nxb3 Nxb3 18. Qxb3 Rfd8 19. Rdc1 e5 {aiming for ...Be6.} 20. Nc5
Bf5 21. Qb2 a5 22. h4 Bf8 23. Qc3 (23. Be4 $15 Bxe4 24. Nxe4 exd4 25. Qe2)
23... b4 $17 24. Qb2 Bg7 (24... b3 $17 25. Rc4 Bxc5 26. Rxc5 Qb4) 25. Rc4 $1
$15 exd4 26. exd4 Rd6 27. Rac1 Be6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is more active.} 28.
Nxe6 fxe6 29. Qe2 $1 {next d5 is good for White.} Kh8 (29... b3 $15 30. d5 f5
31. Rxc6 Rcxc6 32. dxc6 b2) 30. g4 $2 {[#] Now White is beyond hope.} (30. d5
$11 {and White is okay.} exd5 31. Bxd5) 30... b3 $1 $19 31. Be4 $2 (31. Rb1)
31... f5 32. gxf5 exf5 33. Bxf5 Rf8 {[%cal Bc8f8,Bf8e8,Be8e1][%mdl 32]} 34. Bb1
{and the idea Qe4 leaves White hopeful.} Qb7 (34... Bxd4 35. Qe7 $19) (34...
Rxd4 35. Qh5 $17) 35. Qe4 $2 (35. d5 Rxd5 36. Re4) 35... Rg6+ 36. Kh1 Qd7 {
[%cal Rd7h3]} 37. R1c3 (37. R4c3 b2 38. Rd1) 37... Re8 ({Less strong is} 37...
Rxf2 38. Rxc6 Rf1+ 39. Kh2 $19) 38. Qf5 Re1+ 39. Kh2 {[#]} Qxf5 (39... Be5+
$142 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 40. Qxe5+ (40. dxe5 {gets mated.} Rh1+ {[%mdl 64] Decoy}
41. Kxh1 Qd1+ 42. Kh2 Qg1+ 43. Kh3 Qh1#) 40... Rxe5 41. dxe5 Rg8) 40. Bxf5 Rf6
41. Bd3 b2 ({Resist} 41... Rxf2+ 42. Kg3 $17) 42. Rxc6 $2 (42. Rb3 {was the
only defense.} Rd1 43. Be4) 42... Rxf2+ 43. Kg3 Rf8 {Weighted Error Value:
White=0.59/Black=0.36} 0-1

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.12"]
[Round "1.66"]
[White "Dastan, Muhammed Batuhan"]
[Black "Uruci, Endrit"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2572"]
[BlackElo "2322"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Turkey"]
[BlackTeam "Kosovo"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "TUR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "KOS"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Bf4 Nc6 5. e3 Bf5 6. Qb3 Qb6 7. Qxb6 axb6 8.
Nc3 e6 9. Rc1 Nf6 10. Bb5 Rc8 11. Nf3 Bb4 12. Nh4 Bg6 13. a3 Bxc3+ 14. Rxc3 Nh5
15. Bd6 Kd7 16. Bb4 Kd8 17. Kd2 Nf6 18. f3 Ne8 19. Rhc1 Kd7 20. e4 dxe4 21.
Nxg6 hxg6 22. fxe4 Nf6 23. Ke3 Rxh2 24. Bf1 Rh4 25. Bd3 Ng4+ 26. Kf3 Nf6 27.
Ke3 Rg4 28. R1c2 Rg3+ 29. Kf2 Rxd3 30. Rxd3 Nxb4 0-1

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.12"]
[Round "1.67"]
[White "Makolli, Perparim"]
[Black "Can, Emre"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B89"]
[WhiteElo "2245"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Kosovo"]
[BlackTeam "Turkey"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "KOS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "TUR"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Be3 Be7 8.
Qe2 a6 9. O-O-O Nxd4 10. Bxd4 b5 11. Bb3 O-O 12. e5 dxe5 13. Bxe5 Qb6 14. Ne4
Nxe4 15. Qxe4 Bg5+ 16. f4 Bb7 17. Qe2 Bh6 18. Rd6 Qc5 19. Rhd1 Bxg2 20. Kb1 Bh3
21. Rd7 Qc6 22. a4 Bf5 23. Rc7 Qb6 24. Rdd7 bxa4 25. Bxa4 Qa5 26. Bc6 Rad8 27.
Bc3 Qb6 28. Bd4 Qb8 29. Be5 Rxd7 30. Bxd7 Qb6 31. Rc6 Qb7 32. Rc7 Qh1+ 33. Ka2
f6 34. Bc6 Qc1 35. Bd6 Bxf4 36. Bxf8 Bxc7 37. Qxa6 Bxc2 38. Qc8 Qb1+ 39. Ka3
Qa1+ 0-1

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.12"]
[Round "1.68"]
[White "Gokerkan, Cem Kaan"]
[Black "Saraci, Korab"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2444"]
[BlackElo "2149"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Turkey"]
[BlackTeam "Kosovo"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "TUR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "KOS"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d3 Nf6 6. d4 d5 7. Bd3 Bd6 8.
Qe2+ Qe7 9. Qxe7+ Bxe7 10. O-O O-O 11. Bf4 c6 12. h3 Nbd7 13. Re1 Re8 14. Nbd2
Nf8 15. c3 Ng6 16. Bh2 Nh5 17. Ne5 Ngf4 18. Bf1 f6 19. Nd3 g5 20. Nxf4 Nxf4 21.
Bxf4 gxf4 22. Bd3 Bd7 23. Nf3 b5 24. Nh4 Bf8 25. Kf1 Rab8 26. Bf5 Bxf5 27. Nxf5
Re4 28. Rxe4 dxe4 29. Re1 Re8 30. f3 e3 31. g3 fxg3 32. Kg2 c5 33. Kxg3 cxd4
34. cxd4 e2 35. Kf2 Rd8 36. Ke3 Kf7 37. Rxe2 Re8+ 38. Kd3 Rxe2 39. Kxe2 Ke6 40.
Ne3 Bh6 41. d5+ Kd7 42. Kd3 Bf4 43. Ke4 Be5 44. b3 Kd6 45. Ng4 Bc3 46. Kf5 Kxd5
47. Nxf6+ Kd4 48. Nxh7 Kd3 49. h4 Bh8 50. f4 Kc2 51. Kg6 Kb2 52. f5 Bd4 53. f6
Kxa2 54. f7 Bc5 55. f8=Q Bxf8 56. Nxf8 a5 57. Ne6 1-0

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.12"]
[Round "1.69"]
[White "Andersen, Mads"]
[Black "Tate, Alan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E08"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2342"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Denmark"]
[BlackTeam "Scotland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "DEN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SCO"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. Qc2 b6 8. Rd1
Bb7 9. b3 Nbd7 10. Nc3 Rc8 11. e4 c5 12. exd5 exd5 13. Nh4 cxd4 14. Rxd4 Bc5
15. Rd2 Bb4 16. Bb2 b5 17. a3 Bxc3 18. Qxc3 bxc4 19. Nf5 Nb6 20. Qe3 Rc7 21.
Bd4 Ne8 22. Re1 Kh8 23. Rde2 Bc8 24. Qxe8 1-0

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.12"]
[Round "1.70"]
[White "Bremner, Adam"]
[Black "Thybo, Jesper Sondergaard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E16"]
[WhiteElo "2204"]
[BlackElo "2604"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Scotland"]
[BlackTeam "Denmark"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SCO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "DEN"]

{[%evp 17,130,30,42,36,34,0,11,-70,-70,-75,-54,-67,-68,-68,-79,-99,-71,-64,-59,
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-244,-380,-354,-557,-557,-714,-664,-9124,-7227,-29978,-29979,-29977,-29977,
-29969,-6065]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 a5 6. Bg2 Bb7 7.
O-O O-O 8. a3 Bxd2 9. Qxd2 {now supersedes 9.Nbxd2.} d6 {[#]} 10. Qc2 $146 {
E16: Queen's Indian: 4 g3 Bb7 5 Bg2 Bb4+.} ({Predecessor:} 10. Qd3 Be4 11. Qe3
Nbd7 12. Nc3 Bb7 13. Qd3 e5 14. e4 exd4 15. Nxd4 Nc5 16. Qc2 a4 17. Rad1 Re8 {
1-0 (43) Lysyj,I (2600)-Stupak,K (2459) Tallinn 2019}) 10... Nbd7 11. Nbd2 a4
12. b4 (12. e4 $11) 12... axb3 $1 $15 13. Nxb3 Be4 14. Qb2 Ra4 15. Rfc1 Qa8 16.
Rc3 e5 17. dxe5 Nxe5 18. Nbd2 Bc6 19. Nh4 Ne4 20. Nxe4 Bxe4 21. Qc1 Re8 22. h3
Qc6 {[%cal Re5c4]} 23. f3 (23. Nf3 $17) 23... Qc5+ $19 24. Qe3 {[#]} g5 $1 25.
Qxc5 bxc5 26. f4 Bxg2 (26... Rxc4 27. Rxc4 Nxc4 28. fxg5 $17) 27. fxe5 Bxh3 (
27... gxh4 28. Kxg2 Rxe5 29. Kf2) 28. Nf3 h6 (28... dxe5 29. Nxg5 Bg4 30. Ne4
$15) 29. Kf2 Be6 30. exd6 cxd6 31. Nd2 Bg4 32. Nf3 Rb8 33. Rd1 Rb6 34. Nd2 Bf5
35. Nf1 Be6 36. Ne3 Kg7 37. g4 Raa6 38. Nd5 Rb7 (38... Bxg4 $6 39. Nxb6 Rxb6
40. Rcd3 $15) 39. Ne3 Kg6 40. Rcd3 Rd7 41. Rh1 f6 ({Black should try} 41... Ra4
$19 42. Rb3 d5 43. cxd5 Bxd5 44. Nxd5 Rxd5) 42. Nf5 $17 Rh7 ({But not} 42...
Bxc4 $6 43. Rxh6+ Kf7 44. Rh7+ Ke8 45. Rh8+ Kf7 46. Re3 $11 (46. Rh7+ Ke8 $11))
43. e4 Bxc4 44. Rxd6 Rxd6 45. Nxd6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Bb3 46. Nf5 c4
47. Rh3 (47. Ke3 $17) 47... Bc2 $19 48. Nd6 Bd1 49. Rg3 Rc7 {And now ...c3
would win.} 50. Ke1 $2 {[#]} (50. Nb5 $17 {was the only defense.} Rd7 51. Nc3)
50... Bb3 (50... Bxg4 $142 $1 {[%mdl 512] Strongly threatening ...c3.} 51. Rxg4
c3) 51. Rc3 {[#]} (51. Nb5 $142 Re7 52. Nc3) 51... h5 $1 52. gxh5+ Kxh5 53. Nf5
Kg4 $2 (53... g4 $19 {and Black stays clearly on top. ...Kg5 is the strong
threat.} 54. Kf2 Rd7) 54. Ne3+ $17 Kh5 $2 (54... Kh4 $17 55. Kf2 Rc6) 55. Nf5
$1 $19 Rd7 56. Ke2 (56. a4 $142) 56... g4 57. Ke3 {[#]} Ra7 $2 (57... Rd1 $1
$19 {White must now prevent ...Kg5.} 58. Ke2 Ra1) 58. Nd6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (58.
Kf4 $11 {and White is okay.}) 58... Ra6 ({Worse is} 58... Rxa3 59. Nxc4 Ra4 60.
Nb6 $11) 59. Nf5 (59. Nb5 $142) 59... Kg5 60. Kd4 (60. a4 {was necessary.} Rxa4
61. Nd4) 60... Rxa3 61. Nd6 Ra1 62. Nf7+ Kf4 63. Nh8 Rd1+ {Black mates.} 64.
Kc5 g3 65. Ng6+ Kg4 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.55/Black=0.23} 0-1

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.12"]
[Round "1.71"]
[White "Rasmussen, Allan Stig"]
[Black "Muir, Andrew J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B65"]
[WhiteElo "2577"]
[BlackElo "2254"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Denmark"]
[BlackTeam "Scotland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "DEN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SCO"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8.
O-O-O O-O 9. f4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Qa5 11. Kb1 Rd8 12. h4 Bd7 13. Qe3 Bc6 14. Bd3 h6
15. Qh3 Rd7 16. g4 Kf8 17. f5 Qe5 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Rhf1 Kg7 20. Ne2 d5 21.
fxe6 fxe6 22. exd5 Bxd5 23. Nf4 Rad8 24. Rde1 Be4 25. Bxe4 Qxe4 26. a3 Rd1+ 27.
Rxd1 Rxd1+ 28. Rxd1 Qxf4 29. Rd7 Kf8 30. Rxb7 Qd4 31. Qf3 Ke8 32. Qc6+ Kf8 33.
Qxe6 1-0

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.12"]
[Round "1.72"]
[White "Morrison, Graham"]
[Black "Hansen, Sune Berg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2251"]
[BlackElo "2543"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Scotland"]
[BlackTeam "Denmark"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SCO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "DEN"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 a6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Bg5 Be6 7. e3 Nbd7 8.
Bd3 Bd6 9. O-O c6 10. Bf4 Qc7 11. Bxd6 Qxd6 12. h3 h6 13. Qc2 O-O 14. b4 Rfe8
15. Rab1 Nb6 16. a4 Nfd7 17. a5 Nc8 18. Na4 Qe7 19. Nc5 Nf8 20. Ne5 Nd6 21.
Rbe1 Rad8 22. f4 Bc8 23. g4 f6 24. Ng6 Nxg6 25. Bxg6 Rf8 26. f5 Qc7 27. Kg2 b6
28. axb6 Qxb6 29. Qa4 Qc7 30. Qa2 Kh8 31. h4 Qe7 32. Qc2 Qc7 33. Rf2 a5 34. Qa4
axb4 35. Qxb4 Qe7 36. Qb1 Bd7 37. Rb2 Ra8 38. Rb3 Bc8 39. Qc2 Ra5 40. Kg1 Rd8
41. Qg2 Nc4 42. Nd3 Qa7 43. Qg3 Nd6 44. Nc5 Ra2 45. Reb1 Nb5 46. g5 fxg5 47.
hxg5 Qe7 48. Qf4 hxg5 49. Qg4 Kg8 50. Ne6 Bxe6 51. fxe6 Qf6 52. Bf7+ Kf8 53.
Rf1 Ke7 54. Rxf6 gxf6 55. Qd1 Rda8 56. Qc1 Nd6 57. Rb2 Ra1 58. Rb1 R1a7 59. Qc5
f5 60. Qxc6 Rc8 61. Qxd5 Rc2 62. e4 Raa2 63. exf5 Nc4 64. f6+ Kxf6 65. Rf1+ 1-0

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.12"]
[Round "1.73"]
[White "Kanyamarala, Tarun"]
[Black "Borisek, Jure"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D28"]
[WhiteElo "2321"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ireland"]
[BlackTeam "Slovenia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IRL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SLO"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O Nc6 7. Qe2 a6 8. Nc3
b5 9. Bb3 Bb7 10. Rd1 Be7 11. d5 Nxd5 12. e4 Nd4 13. Nxd4 Nxc3 14. bxc3 cxd4
15. cxd4 O-O 16. Bb2 Re8 17. Rd3 Bf8 18. Rad1 Rc8 19. Rg3 g6 20. Rh3 Qg5 21.
Rg3 Qh4 22. Rg4 Qe7 23. Bc1 Bg7 24. Bg5 Qd7 25. Rf4 a5 26. e5 Rc3 27. h4 Rec8
28. d5 exd5 29. Rfd4 R3c5 30. Qe4 h6 31. Be3 Qe8 32. Bxd5 Bxd5 33. Rxd5 Rc4 34.
R1d4 a4 35. h5 g5 36. Qd3 Bxe5 37. Rd8 Bxd4 38. Rxe8+ Rxe8 39. Bxd4 Rd8 40. Qf5
Rcxd4 41. Qxb5 R8d5 42. Qb8+ Kg7 43. Qb2 g4 44. g3 Kf6 45. Qb8 Kg7 46. Qb2 Kf6
47. Qb8 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.12"]
[Round "1.74"]
[White "Skoberne, Jure"]
[Black "Jessel, Stephen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2562"]
[BlackElo "2297"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Slovenia"]
[BlackTeam "Ireland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SLO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IRL"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. g3 d5 2. Bg2 e5 3. d3 Nc6 4. a3 Be6 5. b4 Qd7 6. Bb2 f6 7. Nd2 h5 8. Ngf3 g5
9. h3 Nge7 10. Nb3 Ng6 11. h4 g4 12. Nfd2 b6 13. c4 Rd8 14. Qc2 d4 15. Ne4 Be7
16. Bc1 O-O 17. Bh6 Rf7 18. O-O Rc8 19. Bd2 Nf8 20. b5 Nd8 21. Bb4 Nh7 22. Bxe7
Qxe7 23. e3 f5 24. Ned2 dxe3 25. fxe3 f4 26. exf4 exf4 27. Rxf4 Rxf4 28. gxf4
Qxh4 29. d4 Qf6 30. Be4 Nf8 31. f5 Bd7 32. Bd5+ Nf7 33. Ne4 Qh6 34. Qd2 Qxd2
35. Nbxd2 Nh7 36. Be6 Bxe6 37. fxe6 Nfg5 38. d5 Kf8 39. Rf1+ Kg7 40. Ng3 Kg6
41. Nf5 Re8 42. a4 Nf6 43. Nh4+ Kg7 44. Rf5 Ngh7 45. Nf1 Kh6 46. Ng3 Rg8 47.
Re5 Ng5 48. Kg2 Nh3 49. Rf5 Kg7 50. Kh2 Rh8 51. Re5 Kh6 52. Ngf5+ Kh7 53. Kg3
Ng5 54. Re2 Nge4+ 55. Kf4 Nc5 56. Ke5 Ne8 57. e7 Rg8 58. d6 cxd6+ 59. Kd5 Nd3
60. Re3 Nf4+ 61. Kc6 Ng6 62. Re6 g3 63. Ng2 Ne5+ 64. Kb7 Nf7 65. Kxa7 Rg5 66.
Nfe3 Re5 67. Rxe5 Nxe5 68. Kxb6 Kg6 69. a5 Kg5 70. a6 Nd7+ 71. Ka5 1-0

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.12"]
[Round "1.75"]
[White "Nemeth, Zalan"]
[Black "Sebenik, Matej"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2163"]
[BlackElo "2509"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ireland"]
[BlackTeam "Slovenia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IRL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SLO"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 d4 5. O-O Be7 6. e3 Nc6 7. exd4 Nxd4 8. b3
O-O 9. Na3 Nxf3+ 10. Bxf3 e5 11. Bb2 e4 12. Bg2 Re8 13. Re1 Bg4 14. Qc2 Bf5 15.
Nb5 Bg6 16. Qc3 a6 17. Nd4 Qd7 18. h3 Bd6 19. Qe3 Bc5 20. b4 Bxb4 21. Nb3 Rad8
22. Rad1 b6 23. c5 bxc5 24. Nxc5 Qb5 25. Nb3 Nd5 26. Qe2 Qxe2 27. Rxe2 Bh5 28.
g4 Bg6 29. d4 f5 30. a3 Bf8 31. Nd2 Nf4 32. Re3 Nxg2 33. Kxg2 f4 34. Ree1 Rb8
35. Bc1 e3 36. fxe3 fxe3 37. Nc4 Be4+ 38. Kg3 Bc2 39. Bxe3 Bxd1 40. Rxd1 Rb3
41. Kf2 Rc3 0-1

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.12"]
[Round "1.76"]
[White "Janzelj, Tim"]
[Black "Kanyamarala, Trisha"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2474"]
[BlackElo "2089"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Slovenia"]
[BlackTeam "Ireland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SLO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IRL"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 O-O 8. e3
Bf5 9. Qb3 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 Nbd7 11. Be2 Rb8 12. O-O Re8 13. Rfd1 Qe7 14. a4 Qe6
15. c4 Be4 16. Rac1 Rec8 17. Nd2 dxc4 18. Bxc4 Bd5 19. Bxd5 Qxd5 20. Bg3 Qxb3
21. Nxb3 Ne8 22. Rc2 Nb6 23. a5 Nd5 24. Rdc1 b6 25. a6 Ra8 26. Rc4 f5 27. Kf1
Kf7 28. Ke2 Ke7 29. f3 f4 30. Bxf4 Nxf4+ 31. exf4 Kd7 32. d5 Nf6 33. Rd4 Re8+
34. Kd3 Rad8 35. Rd1 c5 36. dxc6+ Kxc6 37. Kc4 b5+ 38. Kb4 Nd5+ 39. Ka5 Re3 40.
Rc1+ Kd6 41. Rc5 Ke6 42. Rxb5 Re2 43. f5+ Ke5 44. f4+ Kxf5 45. Rdxd5+ Rxd5 46.
Nd4+ Ke4 47. Nxe2 Rxb5+ 48. Kxb5 Ke3 49. Ng3 1-0

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.13"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Navara, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "RUS"]
[BlackTeam "CZE"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CZE"]

{[%evp 16,62,23,0,8,-7,22,13,16,18,21,23,31,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,
0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O
Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. h3 Be7 {9...Bd7 is a
critical line. C67: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence: 4 0-0 Nxe4.} 10. Nc3 Nh4 11.
Nxh4 Bxh4 12. Be3 Ke8 13. Rad1 h5 14. Ne4 (14. Ne2 {is interesting.} Bf5 15.
Nd4 Bh7 16. c3 Rd8 17. b4) 14... Be7 {The position is equal.} 15. Rfe1 Bf5 16.
Bf4 Rd8 {aiming for ...Rxd1.} 17. Nd6+ cxd6 18. exd6 {[%mdl 64] [#] Pin} Be6 {
...Bf6 is the strong threat.} 19. dxe7 Kxe7 {[#]} 20. a4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 
20. h4 f6 21. f3 Kf7 22. Kf2 Rhe8 23. a3 c5 24. Rd2 Rxd2+ 25. Bxd2 Rd8 26. Be3
{1/2-1/2 (56) Ewert,H (2261)-Fakhrutdinov,T (2441) Mamaia 2017}) 20... Rxd1 21.
Rxd1 Rd8 22. Rxd8 Kxd8 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KB-KB} 23. a5 b6 24. axb6 axb6
25. b4 c5 26. bxc5 bxc5 27. Be3 Bf5 28. Bxc5 Bxc2 29. h4 Ke8 30. Be3 Bf5 31.
Bc1 Bc8 {Not much happened in this game.  Weighted Error Value: White=0.03/
Black=0.03} 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.13"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Nguyen, Thai Dai Van"]
[Black "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2594"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Czech Republic"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

{[%evp 17,80,28,59,10,31,11,21,12,12,19,39,-20,-10,-16,68,66,103,102,89,0,0,0,
0,0,7,0,0,0,0,0,0,-16,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,
0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4
{[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4a5][%mdl 32]} Rb8 8. c3 d6 9. d4 Bb6 10. a5 {C78: Ruy Lopez:
Archangelsk and Möller Defences.} Ba7 ({Avoid the trap} 10... Bxa5 $2 11. dxe5
(11. d5 Ne7 $18) 11... dxe5 12. Qxd8+ Kxd8 13. Bd5 $18 (13. Bxf7 Bb6 $16)) 11.
h3 O-O 12. Be3 exd4 13. cxd4 Ne7 14. e5 (14. Qc2 $14) 14... Nfd5 $11 15. Bg5 {
Hoping for Bxd5.} Bb7 (15... h6 $11 16. Nc3 hxg5 17. Nxd5 (17. Bxd5 $2 b4 $17)
17... g4 18. hxg4 Bxg4) 16. Nc3 $14 Qd7 {[#]} 17. Re1 $1 Rbe8 {[#]} 18. Bxe7
$146 (18. Qd2 $16 c6 19. exd6 Qxd6 20. Ne4) ({Predecessor:} 18. Ne4 Ng6 19. h4
Qg4 20. Nh2 Qxd1 21. Raxd1 h6 22. Bxh6 Nxh4 23. exd6 Nxg2 24. d7 {1-0 (42) Pap,
M (2431)-Kalogeris,I (2307) Belgrade 2021}) 18... Nxc3 $11 {The position is
equal.} 19. bxc3 Rxe7 20. Qd3 g6 21. Rad1 Kg7 22. c4 Rfe8 23. cxb5 axb5 24. Qc3
b4 25. Qxb4 Bxf3 26. gxf3 Qxh3 27. exd6 Re5 28. Rxe5 Rxe5 29. dxe5 Qg3+ {
[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} 30. Kh1 Qxf3+ 31. Kh2 Qxf2+ 32. Kh1 Qf3+ (32...
Qg3 $5 33. Qd2 $8 Qh3+ 34. Qh2 Qxb3 $11) 33. Kh2 Qf2+ 34. Kh1 Qg3 {[%cal Rg3h3]
} 35. Qd2 Bf2 {[%cal Rg3h3]} 36. Qd3 {Threatens to win with Qxg3.} Be3 {
( -> ...Qh3#)} 37. Qxe3 Qxe3 38. d7 Qxb3 39. d8=Q Qh3+ 40. Kg1 {Black must now
prevent Qf6+.} Qg3+ {Weighted Error Value: White=0.13/Black=0.08} 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.13"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Zilka, Stepan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2593"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Czech Republic"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CZE"]

{[%evp 9,86,20,21,14,14,14,11,10,9,12,30,17,11,22,2,5,29,29,38,27,27,29,34,27,
29,25,54,54,76,76,117,121,143,127,125,58,87,106,85,73,85,89,122,127,210,209,
200,197,205,205,216,201,193,206,258,258,217,251,255,248,235,235,251,256,241,
234,261,286,384,386,373,318,420,411,466,458,29998,29999,29999]} 1. c4 e6 2. g3
d5 3. Bg2 d4 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. d3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 {A13: English Opening: 1...e6.} a5 7.
O-O Nc6 8. e3 {The position is equal.} O-O 9. exd4 {[#]} Bxd2 $146 ({
Predecessor:} 9... Nxd4 10. Nc3 Nxf3+ 11. Qxf3 c6 12. Rfe1 e5 13. Rxe5 Bg4 14.
Qe3 h6 15. h3 Bd6 {1/2-1/2 (84) Donchenko,A (2646)-Fridman,D (2615) Playchess.
com INT 2020}) 10. Nbxd2 Nxd4 11. Nxd4 Qxd4 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 12. Qc2
Ra6 13. Nf3 Qa7 14. d4 Rd6 15. c5 Rdd8 16. Rfd1 Bd7 17. Ne5 Bb5 18. Qb3 c6 19.
a4 $1 {[%cal Ra4b5]} Ba6 20. Qc3 $1 Be2 21. Rd2 Bh5 {[#]} 22. Re1 (22. Nc4 $1
$16) 22... Rfe8 23. Nc4 Ra8 24. h3 Bg6 25. g4 Nd5 26. Qg3 Qb8 (26... b6 $16)
27. Nd6 $18 Rd8 {[#]} 28. h4 $1 {[%cal Rh4h5] Strongly threatening h5.} h6 29.
h5 Bh7 30. Bxd5 cxd5 31. Re3 Ra6 32. g5 hxg5 33. Qxg5 f6 34. Qg3 Raxd6 35. cxd6
$40 {[%mdl 128] White is out for blood.} Qxd6 36. Qxd6 Rxd6 {[%mdl 4096]
Endgame KRR-KRB} 37. Rc3 Bf5 38. Rc7 Bg4 39. h6 gxh6 40. Rxb7 e5 41. Ra7 e4 42.
Rc2 {Rcc7 is the strong threat.} f5 (42... Rd7 $18) 43. Rc8+ Rd8 44. Rxd8# {
Weighted Error Value: White=0.03/Black=0.39} 1-0

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.13"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Plat, Vojtech"]
[Black "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E52"]
[WhiteElo "2548"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Czech Republic"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

{[%evp 19,77,7,17,22,22,15,20,0,0,0,0,-16,-8,-27,-25,-41,-36,-29,-16,-62,-68,
-41,-71,-83,-75,-78,-59,-58,-37,-49,-43,-70,-38,-46,-39,-61,-45,-95,-95,-100,
-90,-88,-83,-82,-61,-105,-118,-82,-76,-299,-280,-260,-316,-2294,-2043,-29997,
-29998,-29998,-29999,-29999]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 d5 5. e3 O-O
6. Bd2 b6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Bd3 Bb7 9. Rc1 a6 10. O-O Bd6 11. Ne5 {E52:
Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein: 4...0-0 5 Nf3 d5 6 Bd3 b6.} c5 12. f4 Nc6 13. Be1 {
The position is equal.} cxd4 14. Nxc6 Bxc6 15. Ne2 Bd7 16. Nxd4 Re8 {[#]} 17.
Bd2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17. Qf3 Qe7 18. Bd2 Bc5 19. Rfe1 Bxd4 20. exd4 Ne4 21.
Bxe4 dxe4 22. Qe3 Qe6 23. a3 {1/2-1/2 (42) Ding,L (2791)-Firouzja,A (2728)
chess24.com INT 2020}) 17... Bc5 18. Re1 Ne4 19. b4 Bxd4 20. exd4 Bf5 21. Bf1
b5 22. Be3 Nd6 23. Rc5 Be4 24. a4 Qd7 25. a5 Re6 26. Bf2 Rae8 27. Bg3 Nf5 28.
Qd2 h5 ({Much weaker is} 28... Nxg3 29. hxg3 h5 30. Rec1 $11) 29. Rec1 h4 30.
Bf2 Rg6 {Strongly threatening ...Bxg2!} 31. R1c3 Qe6 32. Qe2 Qd6 33. Qd2 Ree6
34. g3 $2 {Now White is beyond hope.} (34. Rc8+ $17 Kh7 35. Ra8) 34... hxg3 $19
35. hxg3 Qe7 36. Bh3 $2 {[#]} (36. Bg2 Bxg2 37. Rc7) 36... Qh4 $1 {[%cal Rh4h3]
} 37. Kh2 {[#]} Qxh3+ $3 {[%mdl 512] Black mates.} 38. Kxh3 Rh6+ 39. Kg4 Reg6#
{Weighted Error Value: White=0.66/Black=0.04} 0-1

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.13"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Indjic, Aleksandar"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D32"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Serbia"]
[BlackTeam "Azerbaijan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SRB"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AZE"]

{[%evp 12,80,31,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-12,-8,-7,29,-47,0,-85,-74,-102,-36,-35,-28,
-33,-28,-40,-33,-51,-35,-43,-44,-117,0,0,12,8,9,9,8,0,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,33,0,0,7,
27,0,0,0,0,0,0,-186,-196,-434,-180,-434,-417,-923,-874,-29977,-3779,-29975,
-29974]} 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c5 3. c4 e6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 f6 6. Bf4 Nc6 7. Nc3
g5 {D32: Tarrasch Defence: Sidelines and lines without g3.} 8. Bg3 g4 9. Nd2
cxd4 {The position is equal.} 10. Nb5 Kf7 11. e4 dxe3 12. fxe3 {[#]} Nh6 $146 (
{Predecessor:} 12... Ne5 13. Be2 a6 14. O-O Kg7 15. Nd4 Bd6 16. Rc1 Ne7 17.
Bxe5 fxe5 18. Rxc8 Qxc8 19. Bxg4 {1-0 (33) Jacob,V (2280)-Lindoerfer,K (2217)
Imperia 2006}) 13. e4 (13. Bf4 $11) 13... dxe4 14. Qb3+ (14. Bc4+ $11 Kg6 15.
O-O (15. Nc7 Bb4 $15)) 14... Kg7 $1 $17 {Hoping for ...a6.} 15. O-O-O {[#]} Nd4
(15... Bb4 $1 $17 {...Nf5 is the strong threat.} 16. Nc4 Qf8) 16. Qa4 $15 Nxb5
17. Nxe4 Qe7 18. Bxb5 Bf5 19. Rd7 Bxd7 20. Bxd7 Rd8 21. Rd1 {[#]} (21. Bh4 $1
$15 Ng8 22. Rd1) 21... Qb4 (21... b5 $1 $17 {[%cal Rb5a4]} 22. Bxb5 Rxd1+ 23.
Kxd1 Nf5) 22. Qc2 $11 {And now Ng5! would win.} Be7 23. a3 Qa5 24. Kb1 Qh5 $1
25. Bc7 Qg6 26. Ka1 Nf7 27. Qe2 {Threatens to win with Ng3.} Ne5 28. Bxd8 Rxd8
({Reject} 28... Bxd8 29. Ng3 $16) 29. Ng3 Kf8 30. Bf5 Rxd1+ 31. Qxd1 Qh6 32.
Be6 (32. Qc2 $5 {[%cal Rc2c8]} Nc6 33. Bxh7 $11) 32... Qxh2 {[%mdl 64] Double
Attack} 33. Nf5 Qf4 (33... Qxg2 $5 34. Qc1 $8 Qc6 35. Qh6+ Ke8 $11) 34. Qc2 {
Threatening mate with Qc8+.} Nc6 {Strongly threatening ...Bxa3!} 35. Qd1 $2 {
[#]} (35. Qd3 $11) 35... Bxa3 $1 $19 {[%mdl 512] aiming for ...Qe5!} 36. Qb3 $2
(36. Bc8 Bc5 37. Bxb7) (36. Bd7 Be7) 36... Qc1+ 37. Ka2 Bc5 38. Qxb7 (38. Qc3
$142 Nb4+ 39. Kb3 Qd1+ 40. Kc4) 38... Nb4+ 39. Kb3 Qc2+ 40. Ka3 Nd5+ {Weighted
Error Value: White=0.59/Black=0.10} 0-1

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.13"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Ivanisevic, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D51"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2604"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Azerbaijan"]
[BlackTeam "Serbia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SRB"]

{[%evp 11,94,17,14,5,25,25,26,31,32,32,35,35,45,50,48,33,22,22,28,18,27,28,18,
28,31,29,55,56,106,107,110,56,122,113,136,46,31,32,39,49,84,12,11,-8,-8,-8,-7,
-7,-6,-5,-8,-8,-8,-8,-3,-3,-4,-5,-6,-8,-8,-8,0,-8,-4,-8,-3,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,0,0,
0,0,0,0,0,0,8,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. cxd5 exd5
6. Bg5 c6 7. Qc2 {D51: Queen's Gambit Declined: 4 Bg5 Nbd7 sidelines.} h6 8.
Bh4 g5 9. Bg3 {White has an edge.} Nh5 10. O-O-O Nxg3 11. hxg3 Nb6 12. e4 Be6
13. Bd3 Qf6 14. e5 Qg7 15. Nh2 g4 16. Ne2 O-O-O 17. Nf4 {[#]} h5 $146 ({
Predecessor:} 17... Qg5 18. Kb1 h5 19. Nf1 Rh6 20. Ne3 Kb8 21. Nf5 Bxf5 22.
Bxf5 h4 23. Ne2 hxg3 24. Rxh6 Bxh6 25. Nxg3 {1-0 (52) Carlsen,M (2876)-Kuzubov,
Y (2636) Douglas 2019}) 18. Nf1 Qg5 19. Bh7 c5 20. Rxh5 Qe7 21. dxc5 (21. Ne3
$16) 21... Qxc5 (21... Nc4 $1 $14) 22. Ne3 $16 Nc4 {[#]} 23. Nfxd5 Kb8 $14 {
[%cal Rd8d5]} 24. Qxc4 Qxc4+ 25. Nxc4 Bxd5 {[#]} 26. Nd6 (26. a3 $1 $16) 26...
Bxa2 $11 {The position is equal.} 27. Rhh1 (27. f4 {with more complications.}
gxf3 28. gxf3 Bxd6 29. exd6 Rc8+ 30. Kd2) 27... Bg7 28. Bb1 Rxh1 29. Rxh1 Bxe5
{next ...Bd5 is good for Black.} 30. Bxa2 Rxd6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB}
31. f4 gxf3 32. gxf3 Rc6+ 33. Kb1 Rb6 34. Rh2 Bxg3 35. Rg2 Be5 36. Bxf7 a5 37.
Re2 Bd4 38. Ka2 Ka7 39. f4 Rf6 40. Bd5 Rf5 41. Bg2 b5 42. Re4 Bf6 43. Bf1 Rh5
44. Re6 Bd4 45. Bd3 a4 46. f5 Rh2 47. Re2 Rxe2 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.
10/Black=0.06} 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.13"]
[Round "2.7"]
[White "Markus, Robert"]
[Black "Guseinov, Gadir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2609"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "SRB"]
[BlackTeam "AZE"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SRB"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AZE"]

{[%evp 10,91,24,21,25,25,25,34,17,21,28,17,17,14,18,25,37,29,41,20,39,14,0,4,8,
-7,0,-14,39,45,59,47,32,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,3,0,0,0,3,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,
0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6
4. e3 Bf5 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Qb3 Nc6 {D10: Slav Defence: 3 cxd5 (without early
Nf3) and 3 Nc3.} 7. Qxb7 Bd7 $1 {Threatening ...Rb8.} 8. Qb3 Rb8 {White is
slightly better.} 9. Qd1 e5 10. Nf3 Bd6 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Be2 O-O 13. O-O Qe7
14. a4 $1 {[%mdl 4] now scores much better than the old 14.Nd4.} Rfc8 {[#]} 15.
g3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. Nd4 Bb4 16. Bd2 Nc4 17. Bxc4 dxc4 18. Qc2 Bd6 19.
h3 a6 20. Rae1 Bc5 21. Bc1 {1-0 (38) Mamedyarov,S (2782)-Van Foreest,J (2698)
Chess24.com INT 2021}) 15... Bh3 16. Re1 Bb4 17. Nxe5 Qxe5 18. Bd2 Ne4 (18...
Bc5 $11) 19. Nxe4 $14 dxe4 20. Bxb4 Rxb4 21. Rb1 (21. b3 {looks sharper.} g6
22. Ba6 Rcb8 23. Bc4 Be6 24. Rc1) 21... Rxb2 {The position is equal.} 22. Rxb2
Qxb2 23. Bg4 Bxg4 24. Qxg4 {[%cal Rg4c8][%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} Rc1 25.
Rxc1 Qxc1+ $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQ-KQ} 26. Kg2 Qc6 $1 27. Qf4 {White
threatens Qb8+ and mate.} Qb7 28. Qd6 {[%cal Rd6d8] [#]} (28. g4 {seems wilder.
} g6 29. Qd6 h6 30. Qd8+ Kh7 31. Qd4) 28... h5 29. h3 (29. a5 {is interesting.}
a6 30. Qd8+ Kh7 31. Qb6 Qc8 32. Qb3) 29... a6 30. Qe5 (30. Qd8+ {is more
complex.} Kh7 31. Qh4 Qd5 32. g4 Kh6 33. gxh5 Qg5+ 34. Qg4) 30... Qc6 31. a5 g6
32. Qb8+ Kg7 33. Qb6 Qc4 34. Qd6 Kh7 35. Qf6 Kg8 36. Qe5 Kh7 37. g4 hxg4 38.
hxg4 Kg8 39. Kg3 Kh7 40. g5 Kg8 41. Kf4 Qc2 42. Kg3 Qc4 43. Qe8+ Kg7 44. Qe5+
Kg8 45. Kf4 Qc2 46. Kg3 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.03/Black=0.04} 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.13"]
[Round "2.8"]
[White "Abasov, Nijat"]
[Black "Perunovic, Milos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2634"]
[BlackElo "2541"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "AZE"]
[BlackTeam "SRB"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SRB"]

{[%evp 14,85,31,31,35,35,30,25,42,35,49,46,47,29,32,29,37,44,36,29,26,21,28,16,
15,0,54,48,39,19,68,69,56,60,55,64,92,94,92,49,114,112,126,139,192,181,192,165,
150,161,191,189,176,191,180,157,216,183,220,218,239,214,266,201,265,268,305,
265,331,295,452,400,455,427]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Bc4 Be7 5. d3 d6
6. Nd2 Nf6 7. Nf1 O-O 8. Ne3 Nd7 {B30: Sicilian: 2...Nc6 3 Bb5, lines without .
..g6.} 9. O-O Nb6 10. Ned5 Nxc4 {White has an edge.} 11. dxc4 Bg5 {[#]} 12. Qd3
$146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Qh5 Bxc1 13. Raxc1 f5 14. f4 fxe4 15. fxe5 Rxf1+ 16.
Rxf1 Nxe5 17. h3 Be6 18. Nxe4 h6 19. b3 Bxd5 20. cxd5 Qe7 {1/2-1/2 (20) Xu,Y 
(2485)-Nataf,I (2569) Moscow 2004}) 12... Be6 13. a4 Kh8 14. b3 Nd4 15. Bxg5
Qxg5 16. f4 exf4 17. Nxf4 a6 18. Nce2 Nxe2+ 19. Qxe2 Rae8 (19... Bd7 $11) 20.
Qd3 $14 Qe5 21. h3 Bd7 22. Rad1 Bc6 23. Qxd6 Qxe4 24. Rf2 Qe3 25. Nd3 Rd8 26.
Qf4 (26. Qc7 {feels hotter.} f6 27. Re1 Qd4 28. Re7 Rg8 29. Kh2) 26... Qd4 (
26... Qxf4 $14 27. Rxf4 Kg8) 27. Qxd4 $16 cxd4 28. Ne5 f5 (28... f6 $16 29. Nf3
(29. Nxc6 bxc6 30. Rf5 Rd6 $16) 29... Kg8) 29. c3 $18 d3 ({Don't go for} 29...
dxc3 $2 {[#]} 30. Nf7+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kg8 31. Nxd8 $18) 30. Rxd3 Rxd3 31. Nxd3
{[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} g6 32. Ne5 Be4 33. Rd2 Kg7 34. Kf2 g5 (34... Re8
$16) 35. Rd6 f4 36. Nf3 h6 37. Re6 Bb1 38. c5 Rf7 39. Nd4 Bd3 40. Kf3 h5 41.
Rb6 Bg6 (41... Kg8 {might work better.} 42. a5 Rd7) 42. a5 Re7 43. Ne6+ {
Weighted Error Value: White=0.12/Black=0.28} 1-0

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.13"]
[Round "2.9"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Saric, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "France"]
[BlackTeam "Croatia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CRO"]

{[%evp 11,63,28,39,22,28,26,24,19,29,2,32,26,41,40,35,0,0,0,0,0,0,-2,4,0,0,0,0,
0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,2,0,0,0,0,4,0,0,2,0,0,0,8,2,4,8,8,8]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3.
d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 g6 7. g4 {B90: Sicilian Najdorf: Unusual
White 6th moves, 6 Be3 Ng4 and 6 Be3 e5.} Nc6 8. Be3 Nxd4 9. Qxd4 {White has
an edge.} Bg7 $1 10. O-O-O {10.e5 is a critical line.} O-O 11. Qb4 {[#]} a5
$146 ({Predecessor:} 11... b5 12. e5 Ne8 13. Bg2 Rb8 14. Ba7 a5 15. Qd4 Bb7 16.
Bxb8 Bxg2 17. Qa7 Bxh1 18. Rxh1 Bxe5 {1/2-1/2 (57) Karthikeyan,M (2606)
-Sardana,R (2437) Caleta 2020}) 12. Qa3 Bd7 13. e5 Ne8 {The position is equal.}
({But not} 13... dxe5 $2 14. Bb5 $18) 14. Nd5 {[#] aiming for Bb6.} Bc6 $1 {
Hoping for ...e6.} 15. Bg5 Bxd5 16. Rxd5 Bxe5 {[#]} 17. Rxe5 $1 dxe5 18. Bxe7
Qd5 19. Rg1 Qd4 20. Qe3 Qxe3+ 21. fxe3 Nc7 22. Bxf8 Kxf8 $11 {[%mdl 4096]
Endgame KRB-KRN} 23. Bg2 Rb8 24. Rd1 Ke7 25. g5 b6 26. h4 Rd8 27. Rxd8 Kxd8 28.
c4 Ke7 29. Kc2 f6 30. gxf6+ Kxf6 31. Kb3 {With the idea Ka4.} Ke6 32. Ka4 {
Weighted Error Value: White=0.04/Black=0.03} 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.13"]
[Round "2.10"]
[White "Brkic, Ante"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Croatia"]
[BlackTeam "France"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CRO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

{[%evp 23,72,35,32,23,29,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,7,36,26,30,33,
95,100,102,104,108,109,115,70,72,66,89,15,31,12,23,24,12,16,24,2,2]} 1. e4 c5
2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3 Be7 9.
Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O Nbd7 11. g4 b5 12. g5 Nh5 $1 {[%mdl 4] is now more promising
than 12...b4.} 13. Kb1 {B90: Sicilian Najdorf: Unusual White 6th moves, 6 Be3
Ng4 and 6 Be3 e5.} Nb6 14. Nd5 (14. Na5 $5 {[%cal Ra5c6]} Rc8 15. Rg1 $11)
14... Nxd5 15. exd5 Bf5 16. Na5 f6 17. Nc6 Qd7 18. h4 fxg5 {was the old line 
(18...Ng3).} 19. hxg5 Ng3 20. Rh2 Nxf1 21. Rxf1 Rf7 22. Rhf2 Raf8 {[#]} 23. Qa5
$146 ({Predecessor:} 23. Rc1 Bg6 24. Rcf1 Bd8 25. b3 Qh3 26. Kb2 Bh5 27. Qb4
Bc7 28. a4 bxa4 29. Qxa4 {1/2-1/2 (37) Anokhin,Y (2397)-Florea,M (2462) ICCF
email 2016}) 23... Qc8 24. b3 Bd7 25. Nxe7+ Rxe7 26. Qb6 Bf5 (26... Qb8 $14)
27. Qxd6 $16 Rc7 {[%cal Rc7c2]} 28. Rc1 ({Much worse is} 28. Qxe5 $6 Re8 $11)
28... Re8 29. Qb4 Rd7 30. Rd2 Qb7 31. Rcd1 Red8 {[%cal Rd7d5]} 32. Kb2 (32. Qc5
$16) 32... Rxd5 $11 33. Rxd5 Rxd5 34. Rxd5 Qxd5 35. Qe7 {[%cal Re7e8] [#]} Qe6
36. Qxe6+ Bxe6 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.13/Black=0.08} 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.13"]
[Round "2.11"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Bosiocic, Marin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2647"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "France"]
[BlackTeam "Croatia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CRO"]

{[%evp 9,119,22,18,-14,20,0,13,11,16,16,14,14,16,20,16,7,6,0,12,-10,-8,-10,-11,
-17,-20,-18,-8,-16,-14,-16,-15,-25,0,-6,20,6,30,3,12,0,59,45,40,42,66,43,47,42,
83,65,79,61,96,46,58,4,79,76,95,80,83,82,213,193,212,195,212,190,183,0,58,0,
192,199,202,196,169,187,964,1035,1018,1029,906,952,774,757,885,731,575,538,
1437,1228,1408,1300,841,702,12835,12836,12834,12835,12849,12849,12850,27999,
27999,27999,27999,27999,27999,27999,27999,27999]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 c6
4. h3 Bh5 5. c4 e6 6. O-O {A07: Réti Opening: New York and Capablanca Systems.}
Nf6 7. d3 Be7 8. Qb3 {The position is equal.} Qb6 9. Be3 Qxb3 10. axb3 {[#]}
Bxf3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... a6 11. g4 Bg6 12. Ne5 Nbd7 13. Nxg6 hxg6 14.
Nc3 O-O 15. d4 Ne8 16. f4 Nd6 {1/2-1/2 (37) Mikhalevski,V (2565)-Sargissian,G 
(2682) Chess.com INT 2020}) 11. Bxf3 Na6 {[%cal Bb8a6,Ba6c7,Bc7e6,Be6g5][%mdl
32]} 12. Nc3 O-O 13. cxd5 exd5 14. d4 Nc7 15. Bd2 Ne6 16. e3 Ng5 17. Bg2 h5 18.
f3 Ne6 19. Ne2 {[%cal Bc3e2,Be2c1,Bc1b3][%mdl 32]} Rfd8 20. Kf2 Ne8 (20... h4 {
is interesting.} 21. g4 a6 22. Kg1 Ne8 23. Ba5 Rdc8) 21. Nc1 c5 22. dxc5 Nxc5
23. b4 Ne6 24. Rd1 f5 ({Black should try} 24... Bf6 $11) 25. Nb3 Nf6 26. Bc3 h4
27. gxh4 f4 28. e4 Rac8 29. Nd4 ({Don't play} 29. Rxa7 $6 dxe4 30. Rxd8+ Bxd8
$11) (29. e5 {seems wilder.} Nh5 30. Bf1 a6 31. Bd3 Kf7 32. Ra5) 29... Nxd4 30.
Rxd4 a6 31. Kg1 Kf7 32. Rad1 (32. e5 $14 Nh5 33. Bf1) 32... Ke6 (32... Rc4 $1
$11 {keeps the balance.}) 33. h5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is really pushing.}
dxe4 34. fxe4 {Strongly threatening e5!} Rxd4 35. Rxd4 {Black must now prevent
e5!} Rd8 (35... a5 $16) 36. Rxd8 $18 Bxd8 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBB-KBN} 37. Bf3
$1 Bc7 38. Bg4+ Kf7 39. Bf3 (39. e5 $1 $18 {[%cal Re5f6]} Nd5 40. e6+ Kf8 41.
Bd4) 39... Ke6 $14 40. Bg4+ (40. e5 $14 Nd5 41. Bg4+ Ke7 42. Bd4) 40... Kf7 $1
$18 {Black is now going downhill.} 41. e5 $1 {[%cal Re5f6]} Nd5 {[#]} 42. e6+
$1 Kf8 {[#]} 43. Bd4 Bb6 $2 (43... Bd6) 44. Bxb6 Nxb6 {KB-KN} 45. Bf3 Ke7 46.
Bxb7 Kxe6 47. Bxa6 Kd6 48. Kf2 Nd5 49. b5 Nf6 50. h6 gxh6 51. Kf3 Nd5 52. Bb7
Nb4 53. Kxf4 Nd3+ 54. Kf5 Nxb2 55. Kg6 Ke7 56. Kxh6 Kf6 {White mates.} 57. Bd5
Na4 58. h4 Nb6 59. Bb3 Nd7 60. h5 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.13/Black=0.15}
1-0

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.13"]
[Round "2.12"]
[White "Martinovic, Sasa"]
[Black "Lagarde, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "2542"]
[BlackElo "2647"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Croatia"]
[BlackTeam "France"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CRO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

{[%evp 12,36,34,32,44,44,44,31,37,34,43,30,45,43,62,62,67,25,39,16,24,0,47,0,
17,0,56]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. h3 O-O 6. Be3 c5 7. Nf3 Qa5
{E90: King's Indian: Classical: Early deviations and 6 h3.} 8. Bd3 cxd4 9. Nxd4
Nc6 {White is slightly better.} 10. O-O Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Be6 12. Rc1 Rfc8 13. b3
a6 14. Qe2 {[#]} Rab8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Nh5 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Qe3 Qc5
17. Qxc5 Rxc5 18. f4 b5 19. f5 bxc4 20. Na4 Re5 21. fxe6 cxd3 22. Nb6 Rf8 23.
Nd7 Ng3 24. Nxe5 dxe5 25. exf7 Nxe4 {1-0 (50) Jacobson,B (2452)-Korley,K (2447)
Charlotte 2019}) 15. Ba7 Ra8 16. Bd4 Rab8 17. Ba7 Ra8 18. Bd4 Rab8 {Weighted
Error Value: White=0.15/Black=0.04} 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.13"]
[Round "2.13"]
[White "Nabaty, Tamir"]
[Black "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Israel"]
[BlackTeam "Poland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "POL"]

{[%evp 9,49,0,0,0,0,0,-19,-27,0,0,2,7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,
0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. Nbd2 Qb6 6.
dxc5 {D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4.}
Qxb2 7. Rb1 Qc3 8. Bb5 g6 $1 {[%mdl 4] is currently scoring better than 8...e6.
} 9. e4 {The position is equal.} dxe4 {[#]} 10. Be5 $1 Qa5 (10... Qxc5 11. Bxf6
exf6 12. Nxe4 $14) 11. O-O exf3 12. Qxf3 Qxb5 {[#]} 13. Bxf6 $146 ({
Predecessor:} 13. Rxb5 Nxe5 14. Qe2 Nc6 15. Nc4 Bh6 16. Nd6+ Kf8 17. Nxc8 Rxc8
18. Rxb7 Kg7 19. f4 {1-0 (51) Tristan,L (2535)-Bok,B (2619) Chess.com INT 2021}
) 13... Qxf1+ 14. Kxf1 exf6 15. Qxf6 Rg8 16. Ne4 $1 Be7 17. Nd6+ Bxd6 18. cxd6
Rb8 19. Re1+ Be6 20. Rxe6+ fxe6 21. Qxe6+ {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} Kf8 {
And now ...Rg7 would win.} 22. Qf6+ Ke8 23. Qe6+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kf8
{Strongly threatening ...Rg7.} 24. Qf6+ Ke8 {Threatens to win with ...Kd7.} 25.
Qe6+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack. Not much happened in this game.  Weighted Error
Value: White=0.01/Black=0.02} 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.13"]
[Round "2.14"]
[White "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Black "Mikhalevski, Victor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2559"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Poland"]
[BlackTeam "Israel"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISR"]

{[%evp 9,55,30,43,35,36,25,25,12,26,0,0,0,0,8,7,9,21,-16,-25,-16,-24,-2,-12,
-30,-30,-18,-21,-34,-32,-35,-4,-10,-7,-30,-4,-17,152,137,184,204,149,141,728,
701,2547,2453,1885,1863]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. h4 Nxc3
6. bxc3 {A16: English Opening: 1...Nf6 with ...d5.} c5 7. h5 Bg7 $1 8. Qa4+ {
White has an edge.} Bd7 {[#]} 9. Qf4 $146 {Ng5 is the strong threat.} ({
Predecessor:} 9. Qh4 Bf6 10. Qh2 Qa5 11. hxg6 fxg6 12. Ne5 Be6 13. Qf4 Nd7 14.
Nc4 Bxc4 15. Qxc4 {1-0 (38) Brodowski,P (2435)-Delega,T (2094) Szklarska
Poreba 2013}) 9... Nc6 $1 10. e4 Qb8 11. Qe3 Qd6 $1 12. Ba3 b6 13. h6 Bf6 14.
Bb5 O-O 15. Bxc6 Qxc6 ({Don't play} 15... Bxc6 $6 16. e5 $16) 16. e5 Bh8 17.
O-O $1 Qa4 18. c4 Qxc4 {aiming for ...Bc6.} 19. d4 {[%cal Rd4c5]} cxd4 20. Nxd4
Rfe8 21. Rfd1 Ba4 22. Rd2 e6 $2 {[#]} (22... Rac8 $11) 23. Nf3 $1 $16 {[%mdl
1024] White has strong compensation.} Rac8 {[#]} 24. Rd4 $1 {[%cal Rd4c4]} Qa6
25. Ng5 {Hoping for Qf4!} Red8 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (25... Bc6 $16) 26. Qf4 $18 {
[%csl Gg5][%cal Rf4f7] White is clearly winning.} Be8 27. Rxd8 Rxd8 28. Qb4 {
[%csl Ga3][%cal Rb4f8] Weighted Error Value: White=0.05/Black=0.22} 1-0

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.13"]
[Round "2.15"]
[White "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Black "Piorun, Kacper"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2616"]
[BlackElo "2634"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Israel"]
[BlackTeam "Poland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "POL"]

{[%evp 9,61,7,16,14,22,12,17,0,0,0,22,11,18,14,14,18,20,7,11,9,1,0,14,37,20,30,
25,16,12,10,16,27,17,10,27,20,22,0,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,26,10,8,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5
2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 d5 6. exd5 {C65: Ruy Lopez: Berlin
Defence (3...Nf6), unusual lines and 4 0-0 Bc5.} Qxd5 {[#] Threatens to win
with ...Bxf2+!} 7. Bc4 Qd6 8. b4 Bb6 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. O-O Bf5 11. Qc2 Rad8 {
[%cal Rf5d3]} 12. a4 a5 13. b5 Ne7 {[%cal Rf5d3,Bc6e7,Be7g6,Bg6f4,Bf4d5,Bd5b4]
[%mdl 32]} 14. Qb3 {Threatening Ba3.} Ng6 15. d4 {[#] Strongly threatening Ba3.
} exd4 16. Ba3 Bc5 17. Bxc5 Qxc5 18. cxd4 Qd6 19. Rfe1 Nf4 {[#]} 20. Rac1 $146
({Predecessor:} 20. Ne5 N4d5 21. Ndf3 h6 22. Rac1 Rfe8 23. h3 Be6 24. Nd3 Nd7
25. Qd1 N7b6 26. Bb3 {1/2-1/2 (45) Grandelius,N (2673)-Eljanov,P (2650) Wijk
aan Zee 2020}) 20... h6 21. Ne5 {[%cal Re5f7]} N4d5 ({Don't go for} 21... Qxd4
$2 22. Ndf3 $18) 22. Qf3 Be6 23. Nb3 b6 24. h3 Rde8 25. Nd2 Nb4 26. Ne4 Nxe4
27. Rxe4 ({Wrong is} 27. Qxe4 $2 Bxc4 28. Rxc4 f6 $19) 27... Bxc4 28. Rxc4 Re7
{The position is equal.} 29. Re3 Qd5 {Hoping for ...Rxe5!} 30. Qe2 Rfe8 31. Ng4
{A rather calm draw.  Weighted Error Value: White=0.03/Black=0.02} 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.13"]
[Round "2.16"]
[White "Moranda, Wojciech"]
[Black "Boruchovsky, Avital"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D50"]
[WhiteElo "2623"]
[BlackElo "2542"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Poland"]
[BlackTeam "Israel"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISR"]

{[%evp 11,70,-7,35,40,37,33,45,41,41,19,22,26,34,24,53,41,38,33,29,35,54,5,14,
-7,-17,-10,0,-3,0,-16,0,0,0,0,0,-2,0,0,0,0,0,-8,-10,-10,-7,-101,-108,-450,-447,
-440,-440,-440,-440,-440,-440,-668,-636,-1015,-985,-1667,-1590]} 1. d4 Nf6 2.
c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. Bg5 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Be7 (6... e5 {is more complex.}
7. Bxf6 gxf6 8. Nb3 d4 9. Nd5 Bf5) 7. cxd5 {D50: Queen's Gambit Declined:
Dutch-Peruvian Gambit.} Nxd5 8. Bxe7 Qxe7 9. Nxd5 {White is slightly better.}
exd5 10. Rc1 O-O 11. e3 Nc6 12. Be2 {[#]} Qf6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Qb4+
13. Qd2 Qxd2+ 14. Kxd2 Nxd4 15. exd4 Bd7 16. Bf3 Be6 17. Rhe1 Rac8 18. b4 Rc4
19. Rxc4 dxc4 {1-0 (42) Kirch,D-Kirsch,S Oberhaching 2003}) 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14.
b3 a5 15. O-O Bd7 16. Qd2 a4 17. Rc3 axb3 18. axb3 Ra3 19. Rfc1 Rfa8 20. Bf1 h5
21. e4 Ra2 22. R3c2 Rxc2 23. Qxc2 d4 24. Rd1 Be6 25. f3 Qg5 26. Rxd4 Qe3+ 27.
Qf2 Qxb3 28. Rd3 (28. Rd6 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 28... Qb1 $17 {[#]
Threatens to win with ...Bc4.} 29. Rc3 {[%mdl 8192] This move loses the game
for White.} (29. Qc5 $17) 29... Ra2 $19 {Black is clearly winning.} 30. Qe3 Ra1
{[%csl Ga1][%cal Rb1f1]} 31. Qe2 Qb6+ 32. Qf2 Qb5 33. Re3 (33. e5 $142) 33...
Qa5 34. Qc2 {Now Qc3 and White clings on.} Qa7 35. Qc3 {[#]} Bc4 $1 {[%csl Gc4]
[%cal Ra1f1][%mdl 576] Pin.  Weighted Error Value: White=0.63/Black=0.05} 0-1

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.13"]
[Round "2.17"]
[White "Korobov, Anton"]
[Black "Deac, Bogdan-Daniel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Romania"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ROU"]

{[%evp 10,81,0,0,4,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,9,5,7,7,8,5,11,13,33,29,43,27,20,0,0,0,0,0,0,
0,0,-16,-8,-40,-43,-37,-22,-27,-27,-24,-22,-29,0,-20,-42,-27,-12,-43,-10,-29,
-27,-44,-29,-31,-20,-20,-20,-35,0,0,0,0,3,0,0,0,8,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3
e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nf6 {A28: English Opening: Four
Knights Variation.} 7. h3 Bc5 8. Be3 $1 {[%mdl 4] is more profitable than 8.
Be2 at the moment.} Bb6 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O Qe7 11. Na4 Rd8 12. Nxb6 axb6 13.
Qc1 {[#]} Ne8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Nd7 14. Qc3 Nc5 15. Rfc1 Ne6 16. Bf1
Qd6 17. a3 Bd7 18. b4 Ncd4 19. Nd2 Bb5 {1/2-1/2 (57) Vitiugov,N (2747)
-Grigoriants,S (2542) Moscow 2019}) 14. Qc3 b5 15. a3 Nd6 16. Rac1 f6 17. Nd2
Be6 18. Qc5 Ra5 19. Qc2 Raa8 20. Nb3 Bf7 21. Rfd1 b4 22. d4 bxa3 23. bxa3 Rxa3
24. dxe5 $1 fxe5 25. Nd2 Ra2 26. Qb1 Raa8 27. Rc5 h6 28. Rdc1 $1 Ra5 29. Nf3
Rda8 30. Rxa5 Rxa5 31. Bc5 Qd7 32. Bxd6 cxd6 33. Qb6 $1 Ra8 34. Rb1 Bg6 35.
Bc4+ {The position is equal.} Kh7 36. Bd5 Qd8 37. Qxd8 (37. Qxb7 $2 {[#]} Rb8
$1 $19) 37... Nxd8 38. Nh4 Ra5 39. Nxg6 Kxg6 40. Bxb7 Nxb7 41. Rxb7 {Weighted
Error Value: White=0.05/Black=0.06} 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.13"]
[Round "2.18"]
[White "Lupulescu, Constantin"]
[Black "Kuzubov, Yuriy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Romania"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ROU"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

{[%evp 9,60,10,19,19,22,0,23,29,31,6,6,-6,-7,-8,-7,-1,-2,-6,0,0,0,0,0,-1,0,0,0,
0,0,0,0,0,0,-4,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3.
d4 Nxe4 4. dxe5 d5 5. Nbd2 Qd7 (5... Nxd2 {seems wilder.} 6. Bxd2 c5 7. Bd3 Nc6
8. c3 Be7) 6. Nxe4 {C43: Petroff Defence: 3 d4.} dxe4 {[#]} 7. Nd4 $146 ({
Predecessor:} 7. Qxd7+ Nxd7 8. Nd2 Nxe5 9. Nxe4 Bf5 10. f3 Bxe4 11. fxe4 O-O-O
12. Bd2 Bc5 13. h3 {0-1 (50) Kruglyakov,P (2363)-Gordievsky,D (2559) chess.com
INT 2020}) 7... Nc6 8. Bb5 $1 {White has an edge.} Bc5 9. Be3 {aiming for e6!}
(9. Nxc6 {keeps more tension.} bxc6 10. Qxd7+ Bxd7 11. Ba4 Bd4 12. e6) 9...
Bxd4 {[#]The position is equal.} 10. Qxd4 Nxd4 11. Bxd7+ Bxd7 12. Bxd4 O-O-O
13. O-O-O Rhe8 14. Bc3 Bc6 15. Rxd8+ Rxd8 16. Rd1 Rxd1+ (16... g6 {feels
hotter.} 17. b3 b6 18. Rxd8+ Kxd8 19. e6 fxe6 20. Be5 b5) 17. Kxd1 $11 {
[%mdl 4096] Endgame KB-KB} g6 18. Ke2 Kd7 19. Ke3 h5 20. h4 Ke6 21. g3 Bd5 22.
b3 b6 23. Bb2 Bb7 24. c4 c5 25. Kf4 Bc6 26. Bc3 Bb7 27. Ba1 Bc6 28. Bb2 Bb7 29.
Bc3 Bc6 30. Bb2 Bb7 {A rather calm draw.  Weighted Error Value: White=0.02/
Black=0.02} 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.13"]
[Round "2.19"]
[White "Shevchenko, Kirill"]
[Black "Parligras, Mircea-Emilian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2647"]
[BlackElo "2576"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Romania"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ROU"]

{[%evp 16,86,9,10,18,12,13,21,21,10,8,4,13,0,0,0,35,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,
0,0,17,14,5,26,40,38,27,30,37,20,24,16,15,0,0,0,16,9,46,21,50,35,325,320,394,
347,720,720,713,702,664,641,606,598,725,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3.
Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Nxe5 7. Rxe5+ Be7 8. Bf1 O-O 9. d4 Ne8 {
C67: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence: 4 0-0 Nxe4.} 10. d5 Bc5 11. Re1 d6 12. Nc3 Bf5
13. Bd3 Qf6 14. Ne4 Bxe4 15. Rxe4 Qxf2+ 16. Kh1 {Strongly threatening Rf4.} Qf6
{[#]} 17. c3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17. Rf4 Qe5 18. Bd2 g6 19. Qf3 Ng7 20. Bc3
Qe3 21. Qg4 f5 22. Qh4 Nh5 23. Rf3 Qh6 24. Re1 Rae8 25. Rxe8 {1/2-1/2 (25)
Blake,M (2325)-Gnilka,T (2357) ICCF email 2018}) 17... g6 18. a4 {aiming for
Bh6.} a6 19. Bh6 Ng7 20. Qe2 {And now Rf1 would win.} Qd8 $1 21. Rf1 {Black
must now prevent Re7.} Re8 22. Qf3 Qd7 23. Rh4 {Intending Qf6 and mate.} Re5
24. b4 Ba7 (24... Nf5 $6 25. bxc5 Qe7 26. Rh3 $16 (26. Bxf5 Qxh4 27. Bc8 {
[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} Qxh6 $11)) 25. Bf4 $1 ({Much weaker is} 25. Bxg7
Kxg7 26. Qf6+ Kg8 $17) 25... Rh5 26. Rxh5 Nxh5 27. Bh6 Qe7 28. g4 {[%mdl 1024]
White has compensation.} Ng7 {[#]} 29. Bg5 $1 Qd7 ({Stronger than} 29... Qxg5
30. Qxf7+ Kh8 31. Qf8+ $3 {[%mdl 512]} Rxf8 32. Rxf8#) 30. Bh6 Qe7 31. Bg5 Qd7
({Weaker is} 31... Qxg5 32. Qxf7+ Kh8 33. Qf8+ $3 {[%mdl 512]} Rxf8 34. Rxf8#)
32. Qf6 Ne8 33. Qf4 Ng7 34. Bf6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has some pressure.} Ne8
$2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (34... c6 $14) 35. Bf5 $1 $18 {[%cal Rf5d7][%mdl 512]}
Qxa4 (35... gxf5 36. Qg5+) 36. Be7 {White wants to mate with Be6!} gxf5 (36...
Be3 37. Qxe3 Ng7) 37. Qxf5 f6 38. Qe6+ Kh8 {[#]} 39. Qf7 $1 {[%cal Rf7f8]} h6 {
[#]} 40. g5 $1 {[%cal Rg5g6]} Qc2 {( -> ...Qe4+)} 41. Rxf6 $2 (41. Bxf6+ $18
Nxf6 42. Qxf6+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kh7 43. Qf7+ Kh8 44. g6 Qe4+ 45. Rf3
Qb1+ 46. Kg2 Qxg6+ 47. Qxg6) 41... Qe4+ $11 {The position is equal.} 42. Rf3 {
Hoping for Bf6+.} hxg5 {Threatens to win with ...Ng7.} 43. Qh5+ {[%mdl 64]
Double Attack} Kg8 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.14/Black=0.22} 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.13"]
[Round "2.20"]
[White "Jianu, Vlad-Cristian"]
[Black "Onyshchuk, Volodymyr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E62"]
[WhiteElo "2522"]
[BlackElo "2622"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Romania"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ROU"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

{[%evp 19,67,36,50,28,20,40,54,53,56,56,53,41,50,18,34,19,17,12,10,4,29,20,34,
18,34,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,17,10,6,18,19,0,7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6
2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. c4 Nc6 7. Nc3 e5 8. dxe5 dxe5 9.
Bg5 h6 10. Qxd8 Rxd8 11. Bxf6 {E62: King's Indian: Fianchetto: 6...c6 and
Panno Variation (6...Nc6) without ...a6.} Bxf6 12. Nd5 Kg7 13. Nxc7 {White is
slightly better.} Rb8 14. e4 {[#]} Be6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Be7 15. Rfd1
Be6 16. Nxe6+ fxe6 17. Ne1 g5 18. Bh3 Kf6 19. Bg4 Bc5 20. Rxd8 Rxd8 {1/2-1/2 
(32) Harikrishna,P (2719)-Lagarde,M (2640) Legnica 2021}) 15. Rac1 Be7 16. a3
a5 17. Nd5 Bc5 18. b4 (18. Rb1 {looks sharper.} a4 19. Rfd1 Rbc8 20. h3 f6 21.
Bf1) 18... axb4 19. axb4 Bxb4 (19... Nxb4 {feels hotter.} 20. Nxe5 Ra8 21. Rcd1
Bd6 22. Nf3 Nc6) 20. Nxb4 Nxb4 21. Nxe5 f6 {[#]} 22. Rb1 $1 {next Nxg6 is good
for White.} Na6 {[#]The position is equal.} 23. Rb6 $1 Nc5 24. Nf3 Bxc4 25. Rc1
Na4 $1 {[%cal Ra4b6]} 26. Rb4 b5 27. Bf1 Nb6 28. Rcb1 g5 29. Bxc4 Nxc4 30. Rxb5
Rxb5 31. Rxb5 Re8 32. e5 Nxe5 33. Nxe5 Rxe5 34. Rb7+ {Weighted Error Value:
White=0.06/Black=0.02} 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.13"]
[Round "2.21"]
[White "Yilmaz, Mustafa"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2626"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Turkey"]
[BlackTeam "Spain"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "TUR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ESP"]

{[%evp 9,60,30,31,22,18,20,28,6,11,11,31,26,71,53,55,36,36,43,46,20,33,0,0,0,0,
0,23,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-1,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6
3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Bf4 Nc6 5. e3 Nf6 6. Bd3 {D10: Slav Defence: 3 cxd5 (without
early Nf3) and 3 Nc3.} (6. Nc3 a6 7. Be2 b5 8. a4 b4 9. Na2 e6 10. Nf3 Be7 11.
Nc1 Na5 12. Nd3 O-O 13. Rc1 Ra7 14. O-O Bd7 15. Nc5 Bxc5 16. Rxc5 Ne4 {1-0 (32)
Yilmaz,M (2630)-Shirov,A (2662) Chess.com INT 2021}) 6... Bg4 7. f3 Bh5 8. Qb3
{White has an edge.} Qd7 9. Nc3 Bg6 10. Bb5 {[#]} a6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10...
e6 11. Rc1 Be7 12. Na4 Nh5 13. Ne2 O-O 14. Nc5 Bxc5 15. Rxc5 Nxf4 16. Nxf4 Rfc8
{1/2-1/2 (31) Sorokin,A (2521)-Akopian,V (2638) Las Vegas 2021}) 11. Bxc6 Qxc6
12. Nge2 Bd3 13. Rc1 Bc4 14. Qd1 e6 15. Ng3 Qb6 16. b3 Bb5 17. Nxb5 Qxb5 (17...
axb5 {with more complications.} 18. O-O Ba3 19. Rc2 O-O 20. Be5 Be7) 18. Qe2
Ba3 {The position is equal.} 19. Qxb5+ axb5 20. Rc7 Bb4+ {[%mdl 64] [#]
Discovered Attack} 21. Kf2 Rxa2+ 22. Ne2 {Hoping for Rc8+.} O-O 23. Rxb7 Rb2
24. Rxb5 Rxb3 {Threatens to win with ...Be1+!} 25. Bd6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White
has the initiative.} Be1+ {[%mdl 64] [#] Discovered Attack} 26. Rxe1 Rxb5 27.
Bxf8 Kxf8 28. Nf4 Rb2+ 29. Re2 Rxe2+ 30. Kxe2 Ke7 {Weighted Error Value:
White=0.05/Black=0.04} 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.13"]
[Round "2.22"]
[White "Anton Guijarro, David"]
[Black "Dastan, Muhammed Batuhan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2669"]
[BlackElo "2572"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Spain"]
[BlackTeam "Turkey"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "TUR"]

{[%evp 11,127,1,18,17,12,9,8,16,9,12,32,31,37,22,27,31,27,18,52,46,37,38,62,39,
44,47,37,36,37,0,22,0,27,27,29,29,48,33,35,11,95,91,124,127,144,117,112,118,
157,134,117,117,182,178,262,229,267,215,311,311,302,306,391,358,375,369,372,0,
357,357,390,386,414,427,431,431,431,431,805,778,726,716,529,830,1315,1266,1239,
1165,972,505,907,931,741,794,4810,3575,2172,1410,1399,1410,1379,1367,951,520,
1400,1327,1319,1301,29965,29967,29969,29970,29967,29968,29969,29970,12797,4610]
} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. Qd3 Nf6 7. c4 {
B53: Sicilian: 2...d6: Lines with Qxd4.} g6 8. Nc3 Bg7 9. O-O {The position is
equal.} O-O 10. h3 Rc8 11. Be3 a6 12. Bxc6 Bxc6 13. Nd4 Nd7 14. Rac1 Ne5 15.
Qe2 Bd7 16. b3 Nc6 17. Qd2 Nxd4 18. Bxd4 Bxd4 19. Qxd4 Bc6 {[#]} 20. f4 $146 ({
Predecessor:} 20. Nd5 Bxd5 21. exd5 Qa5 22. Rfe1 Rfe8 23. Re2 Qd8 24. h4 h5 25.
g4 Qd7 26. gxh5 gxh5 27. Rc3 Kh7 28. Rg3 {1-0 (28) Stevic,H (2610)-Gabelica,D 
(2015) Zagreb 2016}) 20... Qa5 21. f5 (21. a4 {is interesting.} Rfe8 22. Nd5 b5
23. axb5 Bxd5 24. exd5 axb5 25. f5) 21... Qc5 (21... Qe5 {is more complex.} 22.
Qd2 b5 23. Nd5 bxc4 24. bxc4 Ba8) 22. Qxc5 dxc5 23. Nd5 Rfe8 24. g4 f6 25. Rce1
Bxd5 (25... Kf7 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 26. exd5 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame
KRR-KRR} ({Don't play} 26. cxd5 gxf5 27. gxf5 (27. exf5 Kf7 $11) (27. Rxf5 e6
$11) 27... Kf7 $11) 26... Rcd8 {[#]} 27. Re6 $1 Kg7 28. Rb6 Rd7 29. Kg2 Rf8 30.
h4 gxf5 31. Rxf5 h6 (31... Rb8 $16) 32. Kg3 Kg6 (32... Ra8 $142 33. Rf2 Rh8)
33. Rf2 Kf7 34. Kf4 Kg6 (34... Ke8 $142 35. Re2 Kd8) 35. Rg2 Rg8 36. a4 {
[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4a5][%mdl 32]} Rg7 37. a5 Rg8 38. Rg3 Rg7 39. Rg2 Rg8 40. Re2 Rh8
41. Rbe6 Rh7 42. R2e3 Rg7 43. g5 hxg5+ 44. hxg5 Kf7 (44... Rh7 $142 45. Rg3
Rh4+ 46. Ke3 Kf7) 45. gxf6 $18 exf6 46. d6 Rg1 47. Re7+ Rxe7 48. Rxe7+ {KR-KR}
({Worse is} 48. dxe7 Rg8 $11) 48... Kg6 49. Rxb7 Rd1 50. Rb6 Rd4+ (50... Kf7
$142 51. Rxa6 Ke6) 51. Kf3 Kf5 52. Rxa6 Rd3+ 53. Ke2 Ke4 54. d7 Rxd7 55. Rxf6
Kd4 56. a6 Rh7 57. Rb6 Ke4 (57... Rf7 $142 58. Rb7 Rf8) 58. Kd2 Rh2+ 59. Kc3
Rh3+ 60. Kb2 Rh2+ 61. Ka3 Kd4 62. Rg6 Rh1 63. Ka4 Rb1 64. Rg3 {Weighted Error
Value: White=0.36/Black=0.23} 1-0

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.13"]
[Round "2.23"]
[White "Can, Emre"]
[Black "Santos Latasa, Jaime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2633"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Turkey"]
[BlackTeam "Spain"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "TUR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ESP"]

{[%evp 14,65,14,5,16,14,25,0,4,0,2,11,31,23,47,0,0,0,24,21,0,0,0,0,6,0,0,8,52,
-2,-4,0,73,63,64,62,90,92,93,97,98,100,100,2,2,2,2,2,2,0,2,0,0,0]} 1. d4 d5 2.
c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. Nbd2 b6 8. Qc2 c5 {E06:
Closed Catalan: Early deviations.} 9. dxc5 bxc5 10. cxd5 exd5 {[#]} 11. b3 $146
({Predecessor:} 11. e4 Nc6 12. a3 Ba6 13. Re1 dxe4 14. Nxe4 Bd3 15. Nxf6+ Bxf6
16. Qxc5 Na5 17. Bf4 {0-1 (53) Petrosyan,M (2569)-Vallejo Pons,F (2716) Batumi
2018}) 11... Nc6 12. Bb2 Re8 13. a3 a5 14. Rfe1 Bf8 15. Rad1 Bg4 {[#]} 16. Nc4
$1 Rc8 (16... a4 17. bxa4) 17. Ne3 {aiming for Bxf6.} Nd4 18. Qd3 Rxe3 {
[%mdl 64] Remove Defender, Decoy} 19. Qxe3 Nc2 20. Qf4 Bxf3 21. Bxf3 ({White
should play} 21. Qxf3 $14 Nxe1 22. Rxe1) 21... Nxe1 $11 22. Rxe1 c4 (22... d4
$1 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 23. bxc4 $16 dxc4 {Threatening ...c3.} 24. Rc1 c3
25. Rxc3 Rxc3 26. Bxc3 Qd1+ 27. Kg2 {Black must now prevent Qg5.} Nd5 28. Qd2 (
28. Bxd5 $16 Qxd5+ 29. Qf3) 28... Nxc3 $11 {The position is equal.} 29. Qxc3
Qa4 30. Bd5 {And now Qc7 would win.} Qxa3 31. Qc7 Qe7 32. Qxa5 Qxe2 33. Qc7 {
Weighted Error Value: White=0.15/Black=0.15} 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.13"]
[Round "2.24"]
[White "Santos Ruiz, Miguel"]
[Black "Sanal, Vahap"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2603"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "153"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Spain"]
[BlackTeam "Turkey"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "TUR"]

{[%evp 11,153,-8,11,-3,7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-30,44,43,44,39,46,45,38,
27,32,31,24,36,33,14,16,15,32,35,36,33,31,27,27,31,52,27,19,21,46,39,62,60,78,
79,80,81,81,73,77,64,55,58,80,80,81,81,89,85,120,81,81,81,81,81,81,81,81,81,81,
81,81,63,62,76,111,104,104,104,104,104,104,104,111,81,81,81,79,58,58,58,58,58,
53,31,59,21,31,33,27,30,63,52,63,63,63,63,63,63,63,63,63,51,50,54,52,37,37,37,
37,37,96,96,96,96,96,96,124,8,8,8,8,8,8,8]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4.
Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nb3 Bb6 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. Qe2 {C45: Scotch Game.} O-O 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bh4
a5 10. a4 Nd4 11. Qd3 Nxb3 12. cxb3 c6 13. O-O-O {Hoping for e5.} d5 14. exd5
cxd5 15. Qc2 (15. Nxd5 {looks sharper.} g5 16. Qf3 Nxd5 17. Rxd5 Qc7+ 18. Bc4)
15... Be6 {[#]} (15... d4 $11) 16. Nxd5 $1 $14 Bxd5 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. Rxd5 Qxf2
19. Bc4 Be3+ 20. Kb1 Qxc2+ 21. Kxc2 b6 22. b4 axb4 23. Kb3 {[#]} Bc5 $146 ({
Predecessor:} 23... Rfd8 24. Rhd1 Rxd5 25. Rxd5 Ra7 26. Kxb4 g6 27. g4 Kg7 28.
b3 Bf2 29. h3 Kf6 {1/2-1/2 (47) Gabuzyan,H (2619)-Oparin,G (2644) Saint Louis
2019}) 24. Rd7 Rae8 25. Rhd1 Re3+ 26. R1d3 Rxd3+ 27. Bxd3 $11 {[%mdl 4096]
Endgame KRB-KRB} g6 28. Kc4 {[%mdl 1024] White has compensation.} Ra8 29. b3
Kg7 30. Kb5 Bg1 31. h3 Re8 32. Bc4 Re5+ 33. Kxb4 Rf5 34. Bd5 Kf8 35. Kc4 Ke8
36. Rb7 g5 37. b4 Rf4+ 38. Kb5 Rf5 39. Kc6 Bf2 40. a5 bxa5 41. bxa5 Rf6+ {[#]}
42. Kb5 $1 Rf5 43. Kc4 {aiming for a6.} Rf4+ 44. Kb3 {And now a6 would win.}
Rf6 45. Bc4 Kd8 46. Kc2 Rc6 47. Kd3 f5 48. a6 {Threatens to win with a7.} Rc7
49. Rb8+ Rc8 50. Rb5 f4 51. Rf5 Kc7 52. Rf6 Rd8+ 53. Ke2 Be3 54. Bd3 Rd6 55.
Rf7+ Rd7 56. Rf5 Rd6 57. Ra5 {Black must now prevent a7.} Kb8 58. Be4 Ka7 59.
Bb7 Rg6 60. Rf5 Rg7 61. Rf8 h5 62. Rh8 h4 63. Kf3 Re7 64. Kg4 Re5 65. Ra8+ Kb6
66. Bf3 Ra5 67. Be2 Ra2 68. Rb8+ Kc7 69. Rb7+ Kd6 70. Bf3 Ra5 ({Black should
play} 70... Rxa6 $14 71. Kxg5 Bf2) 71. Rg7 $16 Bf2 72. Rxg5 Rxg5+ 73. Kxg5 Kc7
74. g4 (74. a7 $16 Bxa7 75. Kxf4) 74... fxg3 $11 {The position is equal.} 75.
Bg2 Kb6 76. Kxh4 Kxa6 77. Kg4 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.05/Black=0.08}
1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.13"]
[Round "2.25"]
[White "Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter"]
[Black "Andersen, Mads"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2651"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Germany"]
[BlackTeam "Denmark"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "DEN"]

{[%evp 11,75,30,32,32,27,0,0,0,6,0,0,0,0,-5,0,-18,7,0,44,0,42,36,134,122,150,
129,137,72,68,83,96,71,218,149,182,95,185,187,176,189,171,177,175,179,196,210,
258,249,260,263,246,216,257,250,312,250,366,359,700,700,1448,1427,4986,720,
1110,894]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6 7. Re1
{Recently 7.b3 got a lot of attention. D27: Queen's Gambit Accepted: Classical
main line: 7 e4!? and 7 a4.} Nc6 8. Nc3 b5 9. Bd3 {The position is equal.} cxd4
10. exd4 Nb4 11. Bb1 Bb7 {[#]} 12. Ne5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. a4 bxa4 13. Ne5
Be7 14. Qxa4+ Kf8 15. Qd1 Qb6 16. Be3 Rd8 17. Qe2 Qc7 18. Rc1 {1-0 (32) Palac,
M (2521)-Mazi,L (2327) Split 2021}) 12... Be7 13. a3 Nbd5 14. Qd3 O-O 15. Qh3
Qd6 16. Nxd5 Bxd5 (16... Qxd5 $14 17. Bg5 g6) 17. Bg5 $1 $16 {[%cal Rg5f6]}
Rfc8 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Bxh7+ ({White should try} 19. Qxh7+ Kf8 20. Qh8+ Ke7 21.
Qh5) 19... Kf8 20. Bd3 $40 {[%mdl 128] White goes for the king.} Bb7 21. Rad1
Ke7 (21... Rc7 $16) 22. Qh5 $18 Rf8 23. Rc1 (23. a4 $18) 23... Rad8 {[#]} (
23... Rac8 $16) 24. Be4 $1 {[%cal Re4b7]} Bxe4 25. Rxe4 {aiming for Nc6+.} g6
26. Qf3 {And now Nc6+ would win.} Rc8 27. Rce1 Bxe5 28. dxe5 ({Stronger than} 
28. Rxe5 Qxd4 29. g3 Rc2 $11) 28... Qd5 29. h3 ({Less strong is} 29. Rd1 Rfd8
$16) 29... f5 30. exf6+ $1 Rxf6 31. Qe2 Rd8 32. Qe3 Rd7 33. Re5 Qc4 (33... Qd6
$142 34. Qg5 Kf7) 34. Qh6 Kd6 $2 (34... Rd6 35. Qg7+ Rf7 36. Qxg6 Rf6 37. Qg7+
Rf7) 35. Qh8 {White is clearly winning.} Rf5 36. R5e4 Qb3 37. Qd4+ (37. Qe8
$142 e5 38. Qb8+ Kd5 39. Qg8+ Rdf7 {[#]} 40. Rxe5+ $3 {[%mdl 576] Deflection}
Rxe5 41. Qxf7+ Kd6 42. Qf8+ Kd7 43. Qg7+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kc6 44. Qxe5
) 37... Kc7 38. Qa7+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack.  Weighted Error Value: White=0.
16/Black=0.49} 1-0

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.13"]
[Round "2.26"]
[White "Thybo, Jesper Sondergaard"]
[Black "Donchenko, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D14"]
[WhiteElo "2604"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Denmark"]
[BlackTeam "Germany"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "DEN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

{[%evp 15,104,8,17,20,9,8,5,6,16,8,8,13,6,10,8,-8,-15,-7,-8,-8,-6,-15,-16,-33,
-11,-12,-5,-36,-22,-22,-22,-22,-22,-22,-22,-22,-22,-22,-22,-22,0,-64,-64,-75,
-75,-75,-75,-75,-75,-76,-61,-64,-61,-61,-61,-61,-61,-61,-61,-61,-61,-61,-61,
-61,-61,-61,-40,-40,-39,-39,-39,-39,-39,-39,-39,-39,-39,-39,-39,-39,-39,-39,
-39,-39,-39,-39,-39,-39,-39,-39,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 cxd5
5. Bf4 Nc6 6. Nf3 Bf5 7. e3 e6 8. Qb3 Bb4 9. Ne5 $1 {[%mdl 4] And now Nxc6
would win. is currently scoring better than 9.Bb5. D14: Slav Defence: Exchange
variation with ...Bf5.} Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 Nxe5 11. Bxe5 {The position is equal.}
O-O 12. Be2 Rc8 13. O-O Ne4 14. Rfc1 Qa5 15. Qb4 Qxb4 16. cxb4 Rc3 17. f3 {[#]}
Rfc8 $1 18. Rxc3 (18. Re1 Nf6) 18... Nxc3 19. Bf1 {[#]} Bc2 $146 ({Predecessor:
} 19... f6 20. Bd6 Bc2 21. Bc5 b6 22. Bd6 Ba4 23. Bg3 Kf7 24. Be1 Nb5 25. Bxb5
Bxb5 {0-1 (62) Dao,T (2490)-Nguyen,N (2621) Sharjah 2014}) 20. Kf2 f6 21. Bg3
Nd1+ 22. Ke2 Nb2 23. Kd2 {aiming for Rc1.} Bg6 24. Rc1 Rxc1 25. Kxc1 {[#]} Bd3
$1 26. Kxb2 Bxf1 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KB-KB} 27. Bb8 Bxg2 28. f4 (28. Bxa7
$11 Bxf3 29. b5) 28... a6 $15 29. a4 Kf7 30. Kc3 Kg6 31. Kd2 Kf5 32. Ke2 h5 33.
Kf2 {Black is slightly better.} Be4 (33... a5 {looks sharper.} 34. bxa5 Be4 35.
Kg3 Bc2 36. Bd6 Bxa4 37. h4 Ke4) 34. a5 h4 35. Bd6 g5 36. fxg5 fxg5 37. Be7 Kg4
38. Bd8 Kh5 39. Be7 Bf5 40. Bd8 g4 41. Be7 g3+ 42. hxg3 h3 43. Kg1 Bg4 44. Kh2
Kg6 45. Bf8 Kf5 46. Bg7 Ke4 47. Bh6 Kd3 48. Bg5 Kc3 49. Be7 Kc4 50. Bf8 Kd3 51.
Bh6 Ke4 52. Bg5 Kd3 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.05/Black=0.02} 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.13"]
[Round "2.27"]
[White "Keymer, Vincent"]
[Black "Bjerre, Jonas Buhl"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E51"]
[WhiteElo "2639"]
[BlackElo "2569"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Germany"]
[BlackTeam "Denmark"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "DEN"]

{[%evp 13,68,0,4,5,0,0,0,0,0,0,4,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,
0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-306,-313,-280,-280,-304,-296,-29995,-29996,-29996,
-29997,-29997,-90]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd2 b6
7. cxd5 exd5 8. Rc1 {E51: Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein: 4...0-0 5 Nf3 d5.} Re8 9.
Bd3 Bb7 10. O-O {The position is equal.} Bf8 11. Ne5 c5 12. f4 Nc6 13. Ne2 Rc8
14. Be1 {[#]} Ne4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... cxd4 15. exd4 Ne4 16. Bb5 Re6 17.
h3 f6 18. Nxc6 Bxc6 19. Ba6 Rc7 20. f5 Re8 {1-0 (47) Vidit,S (2726)-Dominguez
Perez,L (2758) chess24.com INT 2021}) 15. Bxe4 dxe4 16. Nxf7 Kxf7 17. Qb3+ c4
$1 {[%cal Rc4b3]} (17... Kg6 18. Ng3 $17) 18. Qxc4+ Kg6 {...Nb4 is the strong
threat.} 19. f5+ Kh6 {aiming for ...Nb4.} 20. Bg3 {Black must now prevent Qf7.}
Ne5 21. Qg8 Be7 $1 22. Rxc8 Bxc8 23. Bf4+ Bg5 24. Bxg5+ Qxg5 {[%mdl 64] [#]
Double Attack} 25. Qxe8 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Qxe3+ {[%mdl 64] Double
Attack} 26. Kh1 $1 (26. Rf2 $2 Nd3 $19) 26... Qxe2 {[%cal Re2f1][%mdl 64]
Double Attack} 27. Rc1 Nd3 $40 {[%mdl 128] Black is up to no good.} 28. Rc6+ (
28. Qxc8 $2 Ne1 $19) 28... Kg5 {[%cal Re2f1]} 29. Qe7+ $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (
29. h3 $1 $11 {and White stays safe.} Qf1+ 30. Kh2 Qf4+ 31. Kg1 Qf2+ 32. Kh2
Bxf5 33. Qe7+ Kf4 34. Qxg7) 29... Kf4 $1 $19 {[%cal Re2f1]} (29... Kh5 30. Qf7+
Kh4 31. Qe7+ Kh5 32. Qf7+ Kh4 33. Qe7+ Kh5 $11) 30. h3 ({Much worse is} 30.
Qc7+ Ke3) 30... Qe1+ ({Stronger than} 30... Bxf5 31. Qh4+ Ke3 32. Qg5+ Kxd4 33.
Qxf5 $14) 31. Kh2 Qg3+ ({Don't go for} 31... Bxf5 $2 32. Qxg7 Ke3 33. Qg5+ Kxd4
34. Rd6+ Kc5 35. Rf6 $18) 32. Kh1 $2 (32. Kg1 $19 Qf2+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack
} 33. Kh1 Bxf5 34. Qxa7) 32... Nf2+ {Black mates.} 33. Kg1 Nxh3+ $1 34. Kh1
Qe1+ {Weighted Error Value: White=0.44/Black=0.00} 0-1

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.13"]
[Round "2.28"]
[White "Rasmussen, Allan Stig"]
[Black "Svane, Rasmus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2577"]
[BlackElo "2628"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Denmark"]
[BlackTeam "Germany"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "DEN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

{[%evp 15,80,20,21,8,29,34,33,18,33,0,1,-46,-18,-33,-25,-86,-22,-76,-78,-75,
-56,-49,-54,-65,-37,-46,-38,-70,-66,-68,-52,-72,-69,-75,-64,-130,-43,-47,-49,
-56,-51,-58,-6,-19,-22,-12,-12,-13,22,20,28,2,53,6,22,-162,-163,-170,-169,-220,
-214,-207,-215,-474,-494,-584,-572]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6
5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. a4 {9.h3 is a critical line. C84:
Closed Ruy Lopez: Unusual White 6th moves.} Bd7 10. Bc2 b4 11. Re1 {White is
slightly better.} Rb8 {[#]} 12. Bg5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Nbd2 Re8 13. h3 d5
14. a5 Bf8 15. Bb3 bxc3 16. bxc3 dxe4 17. Ng5 Re7 18. Ba3 {1/2-1/2 (35)
Erenburg,S (2589)-So,W (2765) Chess.com INT 2019}) 12... h6 13. Bh4 Nh5 14.
Bxe7 Qxe7 15. Nbd2 (15. g3 $1 $11 {remains equal.}) 15... Qf6 (15... Nf4 $17
16. d4 Qf6) 16. Nf1 (16. g3 $11) 16... Bg4 $17 17. Re3 bxc3 18. bxc3 Nf4 19. h3
Bd7 20. d4 Rb2 21. a5 Rfb8 22. Ng3 h5 23. d5 Ne7 24. Ne1 Qg5 25. Kh2 (25. Nf3
$15 Qh6 26. Ne1) 25... h4 (25... f5 $17 {...h4 is the strong threat.} 26. c4 h4
) 26. Ne2 $15 Neg6 27. Ng1 Qf6 28. Rf3 Qd8 ({Black should try} 28... c6 $1 $15
29. dxc6 Bxc6) 29. g3 $11 Nh5 30. Nd3 R2b7 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black fights for
an advantage.} 31. Nb4 hxg3+ 32. fxg3 Bb5 33. Bd3 Nf6 (33... Ra8 $11) 34. Ra2
Ne7 {Black wants to play ...c5.} 35. Ne2 $2 {[#] Now White is beyond hope.} ({
Don't play} 35. Nxa6 Bxa6 36. Bxa6 Rb2+ 37. Rxb2 Rxb2+ 38. Be2 Nxe4 $17) (35.
Raf2 $11 {and White has nothing to worry.}) 35... c5 $1 $19 {[%cal Rc5b4]} 36.
dxc6 Nxc6 {[%cal Be7c6,Bc6a5,Ba5b3][%mdl 32]} 37. Nd5 (37. Bxb5 {might work
better.} Nxb4 38. cxb4 Rxb5 39. Nc3 Rxb4 40. Qe2) 37... Nxd5 ({Weaker is} 37...
Nxa5 38. Nxf6+ gxf6 39. Nc1 $11) 38. exd5 {Strongly threatening Bxb5.} Nxa5 39.
Be4 $2 {[#]} (39. g4 {was worth a try.}) 39... Bc4 40. Rd2 {Now Nc1 and White
clings on.} Nb3 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.31/Black=0.16} 0-1

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.13"]
[Round "2.29"]
[White "Lenic, Luka"]
[Black "Erdos, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2633"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Slovenia"]
[BlackTeam "Hungary"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SLO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "HUN"]

{[%evp 19,79,0,0,0,18,4,8,4,4,6,4,0,4,5,4,6,16,4,4,1,20,11,16,8,24,26,13,8,11,
7,5,4,24,5,54,61,65,60,58,49,62,12,32,32,32,32,32,32,32,32,32,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,5,
5,32,32]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7.
Nf3 c5 8. Bb5+ Nc6 9. O-O O-O 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. Qc2 $1 {[%mdl 4] 11.Qc2 is the
recent fashion. D85: Exchange Grünfeld: Unusual White 7th moves and lines with
7 Nf3.} Qa5 {[#]} 12. Bg5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. a4 Ba6 13. Re1 Rac8 14. Bb2
Rfd8 15. Rad1 cxd4 16. cxd4 Qb4 17. Bc3 Qc4 18. Rc1 c5 19. d5 Qxc3 20. Qxc3
Bxc3 21. Rxc3 c4 22. Ne5 e6 23. dxe6 fxe6 {1/2-1/2 (23) Mary,P (2537)-Barria,V
(2461) ICCF email 2011}) 12... Re8 13. Rab1 {The position is equal.} Bg4 {
[#] Threatens to win with ...cxd4.} 14. Ne5 cxd4 15. cxd4 {aiming for Bd2.}
Bxe5 16. dxe5 Qxe5 17. Be3 Qa5 18. a4 Be6 19. h3 Qa6 20. Rb4 Rab8 21. Rfb1 Rxb4
22. Rxb4 f6 23. Qc5 (23. Bc5 {looks sharper.} Kf7 24. f4 Rd8 25. f5 Bc8 26.
Qb3+) 23... Kf7 24. Qxa7 Qxa7 25. Bxa7 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Rd8
26. Bd4 c5 27. Bxc5 Rd1+ 28. Kh2 Rc1 29. Be3 Rc4 30. Rb7 Rxa4 31. Bc5 Rxe4 32.
Rxe7+ Kg8 33. f3 Re2 34. Bd4 Bc4 35. Rc7 Bd5 36. Kg3 Re6 37. h4 h5 38. Kf2 Rd6
39. Bc3 Rc6 40. Rxc6 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.06/Black=0.06} 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.13"]
[Round "2.30"]
[White "Berkes, Ferenc"]
[Black "Skoberne, Jure"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D70"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2562"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hungary"]
[BlackTeam "Slovenia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "HUN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SLO"]

{[%evp 9,125,25,32,21,25,21,21,21,21,30,25,20,40,25,37,0,5,26,23,-44,-45,-70,
-51,-63,-58,-67,-67,-47,-50,-62,-52,-62,-54,-59,-61,-60,-70,-65,-53,-66,-27,
-21,0,-21,-25,-36,0,-139,-135,-165,-92,-181,0,-185,-186,-97,-70,-70,287,270,
279,219,212,205,195,137,143,58,395,345,541,541,504,531,491,481,457,432,404,166,
1331,1310,1307,1195,518,0,29974,29975,29975,29976,29976,29977,29977,29978,
29978,29979,29979,29980,29982,29983,29983,29984,29984,29985,29985,29986,29986,
29987,29987,29988,29989,29990,29990,29991,29991,29992,29992,29993]} 1. d4 d5 2.
Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nbd2 g6 5. e3 Bg7 6. b4 {D70: Grünfeld: Unusual White 3rd
moves (met by ...d5).} O-O 7. a4 a5 {is more profitable than 7...Nbd7 at the
moment.} 8. b5 {The position is equal.} Nbd7 $5 {[%mdl 4] Leaves trodden paths.
} 9. Bb2 c5 10. Rc1 {[#]} Re8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... cxd4 11. Bxd4 b6 12.
cxd5 Nxd5 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. Nc4 N7f6 15. Be2 Bf5 16. Qd4 Rc8 {0-1 (43)
Ushenina,A (2442)-Muzychuk,M (2563) Hengshui 2019}) 11. cxd5 cxd4 12. e4 (12.
exd4 Nxd5 13. Be2 Nf4 $15) 12... e6 13. dxe6 (13. Bxd4 exd5 14. e5 Nxe5 $1 $17)
13... Rxe6 14. Qc2 (14. Bxd4 Nxe4 15. Nxe4 Rxe4+ 16. Be3 Bh6 $15) (14. Bc4 $11
Ne5 15. Nxe5 (15. Bxd4 Nxf3+ 16. Nxf3 Rxe4+ 17. Be3 Qxd1+ 18. Kxd1 Be6 $17) (
15. Nxd4 Rd6 $15) (15. Bxe6 Nd3+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 16. Kf1 Bxe6 $17)
15... Rxe5 16. f3) 14... Nb6 $15 15. Nxd4 Re8 16. Be2 Nh5 {[%mdl 1024] Black
has compensation.} 17. N2f3 Nf4 18. O-O Bg4 19. Rfd1 Rc8 20. Nc6 {[%mdl 64]
Double Attack} Qc7 {[%mdl 64] Pin} 21. Bxg7 Kxg7 22. Qb2+ Kg8 23. Ncd4 Nxa4 24.
Qd2 Nxe2+ 25. Nxe2 Qb6 26. Nf4 {Black must now prevent Rxc8.} Rxc1 ({But not} 
26... Rxe4 $2 27. Rxc8+ Bxc8 28. Nd5 $18) (26... Qxb5 27. Nd5 $16) 27. Rxc1
Rxe4 28. Ng5 (28. Nd5 $11 Qd8 29. Rc7) 28... Rd4 $17 29. Qe3 {Threatening mate
with Qe8+.} Qd8 (29... Kg7 $1 $19 {aiming for ...Rd1+.} 30. Ne4 (30. Qe5+ $2
Qf6 $19) 30... h5) 30. h4 (30. h3 $17 Bf5 31. g4) 30... Nb2 $2 (30... Nb6 $19 {
Strongly threatening ...a4.} 31. Qg3 Qf6 $1 32. Qxg4 Rxf4) 31. f3 $2 {[#]} (31.
Nxf7 $1 $11 Rd1+ {[%mdl 64] Zwischenzug} 32. Rxd1 Qxd1+ 33. Kh2 Kxf7 34. Qe5)
31... Nc4 $1 $19 {[%cal Rc4e3]} 32. Qe2 Rxf4 33. Rxc4 Qb6+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (
33... Rd4 $15 34. Rxd4 (34. fxg4 $2 Rd1+ 35. Kf2 Rd2 $19) 34... Qxd4+ 35. Kh1
Bd7 {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack}) 34. Kh1 $1 $18 ({Avoid the trap} 34. Kf1 $2
Bd7 $19) 34... Qf6 35. Rxf4 Qxf4 36. fxg4 {And now Qe7 would win.} a4 37. g3 (
37. Qe7 $18) 37... Qf6 38. Qf3 ({Better is} 38. Ne4 $1 $16 {[%cal Re4f6]} Qd4
39. g5) 38... Qxf3+ {[%mdl 8192]} (38... Qa1+ $1 $14 39. Kh2 Qa2+ 40. Kh3 a3)
39. Nxf3 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KN-KP} a3 {[#]} (39... Kg7 $142 40. g5 f6)
40. Nd2 $1 $18 a2 41. Nb3 Kg7 42. Kg2 Kf6 43. Kf3 Ke5 44. Ke3 h5 $2 (44... f5)
45. gxh5 gxh5 46. Na1 Kd5 47. Kf4 $2 (47. Kd3 $18) 47... Kd4 $2 {[%mdl 8192] 
[#]} (47... f5 $11) 48. g4 $1 {[%cal Rg4h5] White mates.} hxg4 49. h5 g3 50.
Kxg3 {KN-K3P} Ke5 51. Kg4 Kf6 52. b6 Kg7 53. Kg5 f6+ 54. Kf5 Kh6 55. Kxf6 Kxh5
{KN-KPP} 56. Ke5 Kg4 57. Kd6 Kf3 58. Kc7 Ke2 59. Kxb7 Kd2 60. Kc6 Kc3 61. b7
Kb2 62. b8=Q+ Kxa1 63. Kb5 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.31/Black=0.45} 1-0

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.13"]
[Round "2.31"]
[White "Sebenik, Matej"]
[Black "Banusz, Tamas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2509"]
[BlackElo "2607"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Slovenia"]
[BlackTeam "Hungary"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SLO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "HUN"]

{[%evp 9,60,30,30,31,34,13,15,20,23,12,13,16,19,18,8,0,0,5,17,5,6,0,0,0,0,-6,
-6,-39,-35,-22,-42,-39,-30,-39,-25,-37,-43,-25,-8,-8,-8,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,
0]} 1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 {D37: Queen's
Gambit Declined: 5 Bf4.} Be6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8. Qb3 Ra7 9. g3 Bd6 10. Bg2 ({
Don't blunder} 10. Nxd5 $2 Qf5 $19) 10... O-O 11. O-O Qd8 {[#]} 12. Rad1 $146 (
{Don't play} 12. Nxd5 b5 $17) ({Predecessor:} 12. Qc2 Nd7 13. e4 dxe4 14. Nxe4
Nf6 15. Ne5 Nxe4 16. Bxe4 g6 17. f4 c5 18. f5 gxf5 19. Bxf5 Bxe5 20. dxe5 {
1/2-1/2 (28) Kantor,G (2527)-Praggnanandhaa,R (2608) Biel 2021}) 12... Nd7 13.
Qc2 (13. Nxd5 $2 c6 $19) 13... Re8 14. Ne5 c6 15. Nxd7 Bxd7 16. e4 dxe4 17.
Bxe4 g6 18. Qb3 Bg4 19. Rde1 Bf8 20. d5 c5 21. a4 b6 22. Bg2 {With the idea
Rxe8.} Rxe1 23. Rxe1 Re7 (23... Bg7 {with more complications.} 24. Qc4 h5 25.
h4 Bd4 26. b4 Re7) 24. Rxe7 {The position is equal.} Bxe7 25. Bf1 Bc8 26. Ne4
Bf5 27. Nd2 Bc8 28. Ne4 Bf5 29. Nd2 Bc8 30. Ne4 Bf5 {Weighted Error Value:
White=0.04/Black=0.03} 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.13"]
[Round "2.32"]
[White "Gledura, Benjamin"]
[Black "Janzelj, Tim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2474"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hungary"]
[BlackTeam "Slovenia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "HUN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SLO"]

{[%evp 12,117,16,18,14,0,0,0,0,4,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,19,0,0,0,23,0,0,0,0,-24,-2,
-16,28,0,-6,-12,-16,-2,28,21,21,21,21,29,64,62,58,63,58,52,71,64,74,72,91,91,
98,98,98,98,98,98,98,98,117,120,191,186,193,168,289,282,275,275,268,254,244,
313,397,365,390,380,347,363,343,343,328,320,295,279,276,245,230,228,217,206,
407,396,388,370,896,814,1506,1402,1291,1264,29983,29984,29984,29985]} 1. d4 d5
2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 c5 7. Rb1 $1 {[%mdl 4] is
now more promising than 7.Nf3.} Be7 {D35: Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange
Variation.} 8. Nf3 O-O 9. Bc4 Nc6 {The position is equal.} 10. O-O b6 11. Bb2
$5 {[%mdl 4] Leaves trodden paths.} Bb7 12. Qe2 Qc7 {[#]} 13. Rfe1 $146 ({
Predecessor:} 13. Rbc1 Rfd8 14. Rfd1 Rac8 15. Qe3 h6 16. h4 Na5 17. Bd3 Qb8 18.
h5 cxd4 19. cxd4 Rxc1 20. Rxc1 {1/2-1/2 (86) Nikolov,M (2549)-Stoyanov,T (2389)
Primorsko 2020}) 13... Na5 14. Bd3 Rac8 15. h4 h6 16. h5 Qf4 17. Ne5 {[#] g3
is the strong threat.} Bd6 18. g3 Qg5 19. Bc1 Qe7 20. Ng4 f6 21. Ne3 cxd4 22.
cxd4 Nc6 23. Nc2 f5 (23... Kh8 {keeps more tension.} 24. Bb2 Nb4 25. Nxb4 Bxb4
26. Rec1 Ba3) 24. exf5 exf5 25. Qxe7 Nxe7 26. Bf4 Bxf4 27. Rxe7 Be4 28. Bxe4
fxe4 29. Ne1 $1 Bd2 30. Rxe4 Rc4 31. Kg2 Bxe1 32. Rbxe1 $16 {[%mdl 4096]
Endgame KRR-KRR} Rd8 33. Re7 Rcxd4 34. Rxa7 {Hoping for Ree7.} R4d7 35. Ra6 Rb8
36. Re2 Rd5 37. g4 Ra5 (37... Rd7 $16 {might work better.} 38. Ra4 Rc7) 38.
Rxa5 $18 bxa5 {KR-KR} 39. Kf3 Rb4 (39... Rf8+ {was necessary.} 40. Kg3 Rc8) 40.
Re4 {Black must now prevent Rxb4.} Rb2 41. a4 Ra2 42. Rf4 g5 43. hxg6 Kg7 44.
Re4 Kxg6 45. Kg3 Ra3+ 46. f3 Kf6 47. Rf4+ Kg6 48. Rd4 Kf6 49. Kf4 Ke6 50. Re4+
Kf6 {[#]} 51. Rc4 $1 Ra1 52. Ke4 Re1+ $2 (52... Ra3 53. f4 Ra1) 53. Kd5 Re3 54.
Rf4+ Kg5 $2 (54... Kg7 55. Kc4 Re5) 55. Rf5+ Kh4 56. Kc4 Kg3 57. Kb5 Rxf3 58.
Rxf3+ Kxf3 59. Kxa5 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.03/Black=0.32} 1-0

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.13"]
[Round "2.33"]
[White "Sargissian, Gabriel"]
[Black "Christiansen, Johan-Sebastian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2582"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Armenia"]
[BlackTeam "Norway"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NOR"]

{[%evp 19,71,30,68,80,47,0,0,0,16,0,8,0,2,-6,-2,-12,-12,-12,-16,-23,-13,-12,
-13,-15,-10,-31,-43,-37,-38,-56,0,0,37,31,219,211,217,214,256,263,291,291,2128,
1737,1789,1289,29949,5612,29977,29978,29978,29979,29975,29975]} 1. d4 Nf6 2.
Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O exd4 8. Nxd4 Re8 9. f3 c6
10. Kh1 d5 11. cxd5 {E94: King's Indian: Classical: 6 Be2 e5 7 0-0: Various
Black 7th moves.} cxd5 {[#]} 12. Bf4 $1 $146 {[%mdl 8] An important novelty.} (
{Predecessor:} 12. Bg5 Nc6 13. Bb5 h6 14. Bh4 Qb6 15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. Bxf6 Bxf6
17. Nxd5 cxd5 18. Bxe8 Bb7 {1-0 (29) So,W (2772)-Van Foreest,J (2688) chess24.
com INT 2021}) 12... Nc6 {[%cal Rf6e4]} 13. Ndb5 {[%cal Rc3d5] The position is
equal.} d4 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. exd5 Ne7 {[%cal Re7d5]} 16. Bc4 {Black must now
prevent Nc7.} Nf5 $1 (16... Nxd5 $6 17. Bxd5 Qxd5 18. Nc7 $16) 17. Nc7 {[#]}
Bh6 $1 {[%cal Rh6f4]} 18. Bxh6 (18. Nxe8 Bxf4 19. g3 Be5 $19) 18... Qxc7 19.
Rc1 {next Bb5 is good for White.} Nxh6 20. Bb5 Qd8 {Hoping for ...Re5.} 21.
Bxe8 Qxe8 22. Re1 Qd8 23. Qxd4 Nf5 24. Qf4 h5 (24... b6 $15) 25. Qc7 $11 Qd7
26. d6 {Threatens to win with Re7!} a5 $2 {[#] This move loses the game for
Black.} ({Don't blunder} 26... Nxd6 $2 27. Red1 $18) (26... Kh7 $1 $14) 27. Re7
$1 $18 {[%cal Re7d7][%mdl 512]} Qxc7 ({Wrong is} 27... Nxe7 $2 28. dxe7 Qe8 29.
Rd1 $18) 28. Re8+ Kg7 29. dxc7 ({Stronger than} 29. Rxc7 Nxd6 30. Rd8 Ra6 $15)
29... f6 30. Rce1 Kf7 $2 (30... h4 31. Kg1 g5) 31. g4 hxg4 32. fxg4 b5 33. gxf5
{[%csl Ge8][%cal Re1e7]} Bb7+ 34. Kg1 {[%csl Ge8][%cal Re1e7] White mates.}
Rxe8 35. fxg6+ Kf8 36. g7+ $1 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.04/Black=0.58} 1-0

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.13"]
[Round "2.34"]
[White "Urkedal, Frode Olav Olsen"]
[Black "Hovhannisyan, Robert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2569"]
[BlackElo "2622"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Norway"]
[BlackTeam "Armenia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NOR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ARM"]

{[%evp 18,143,34,27,24,23,24,24,22,18,25,20,24,19,42,30,42,34,41,52,77,72,72,
72,78,72,88,88,88,81,76,79,107,102,102,106,103,96,119,115,118,25,44,35,31,25,
30,27,42,43,63,43,43,28,30,28,50,47,41,18,22,21,30,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,
0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,
0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6
6. e3 Bf5 7. Qf3 Bg6 8. Bxf6 Qxf6 9. Qxf6 gxf6 10. h4 h5 $1 {10...h5 is better
than 10...Nd7. D35: Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation.} 11. Nh3 Bd6
12. O-O-O Nd7 {White has an edge.} 13. Bd3 Nb6 14. Ne2 {[#]} Kd7 $146 ({
Predecessor:} 14... Bxd3 15. Rxd3 Kd7 16. Nhf4 Nc4 17. Rdd1 Rag8 18. g3 Bxf4
19. Nxf4 Nd6 20. Nd3 Ne4 {1/2-1/2 (43) Koczo,K (2161)-Inskeep,B Budapest 2006})
15. Nhf4 Rhg8 16. Rhg1 Nc8 17. Bxg6 fxg6 18. g4 $1 hxg4 19. Rxg4 g5 {[#]} 20.
Rdg1 $1 {[%cal Rh4g5]} Be7 21. hxg5 Rxg5 22. Rxg5 fxg5 23. Nh3 Nd6 24. Nxg5 Rh8
25. Nf3 Bf6 26. Nf4 Ne4 27. Nd3 Rh3 28. Nfe5+ Kc7 29. f3 (29. Kd1 $16) 29...
Bxe5 $11 30. Nxe5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} Nd6 31. Rg2 Rh1+ 32. Kd2 Rb1
33. Kd3 Rd1+ 34. Rd2 Re1 35. Re2 Rd1+ 36. Kc2 Ra1 37. a3 a5 38. Nd3 Rf1 39. Rf2
Rh1 40. Re2 Rf1 {The position is equal.} 41. Ne1 (41. f4 {is interesting.} Nf5
42. b3 Rh1 43. Nb2 Ra1 44. a4) 41... Nf5 42. Kd2 Nh4 43. f4 Rh1 44. e4 dxe4 45.
Rxe4 Nf5 46. Nd3 Rh2+ 47. Re2 Rxe2+ 48. Kxe2 {KN-KN} Kd6 49. Ne5 {aiming for
Nc4+.} Nxd4+ 50. Kd3 Kd5 51. Nc4 Ne6 52. Ne3+ Kd6 53. Ke4 {Threatening Nc4+.}
Nc5+ 54. Kf5 Nd3 55. b3 Kc5 56. Nc2 a4 57. bxa4 Kc4 58. Nb4 (58. a5 {looks
sharper.} Kc3 59. Nb4 c5 60. Nd5+ Kb3 61. Ke6) 58... c5 59. Nxd3 Kxd3 {K3P-KPP}
60. Ke5 c4 61. f5 c3 62. f6 c2 63. f7 c1=Q 64. f8=Q {KQ-KQ} Qb2+ (64... Qc3+ {
with more complications.} 65. Kf5 Qa5+ 66. Ke6 Qxa4 67. Qf1+ Kd2) 65. Ke6 Qb3+
66. Ke5 Qc3+ 67. Ke6 Qc4+ 68. Kd6 {[#] And now Qf1+ would win.} Qc6+ 69. Ke5
Qc3+ 70. Ke6 Qb3+ 71. Ke5 Kc3 72. Qf3+ {Weighted Error Value: White=0.07/
Black=0.03} 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.13"]
[Round "2.35"]
[White "Ter-Sahakyan, Samvel"]
[Black "Hauge, Lars Oskar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B76"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Armenia"]
[BlackTeam "Norway"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NOR"]

{[%evp 25,128,35,45,46,45,50,50,44,60,63,69,37,43,43,64,65,58,58,59,53,48,58,
58,57,55,55,55,43,62,58,77,54,51,43,48,48,48,48,48,48,48,48,42,39,45,40,79,32,
67,65,67,9,8,8,8,3,8,8,8,8,8,0,0,0,17,17,17,17,17,17,26,8,7,7,8,8,8,8,8,0,8,0,
0,0,17,0,0,0,17,17,17,17,17,17,17,17,17,17,17,17,17,8,8,8,8]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3
d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. O-O-O d5
10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Bd4 e5 13. Bc5 Re8 14. Ne4 {B76: Sicilian
Dragon: Yugoslav Attack, 9 g4 and 9 0-0-0.} Qc7 {14...Be6 is vanishing.} 15. h4
f5 16. Nd6 {White is slightly better.} Rd8 17. Nxc8 Raxc8 18. h5 Nb6 $1 19.
Bxb6 Rxd2 20. Bc4+ Kf8 21. Bxc7 Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 Bh6+ 23. Kb1 Rxc7 24. hxg6 hxg6
$14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 25. Rd6 Kg7 {[#]} 26. Re6 $146 ({Predecessor:
} 26. b4 Bf4 27. Re6 Rb7 28. a3 a5 29. Kb2 axb4 30. a4 Ra7 31. Kb3 c5 32. Bb5 {
1-0 (59) Swiercz,D (2647)-Naroditsky,D (2623) Saint Louis 2021}) 26... Bg5 27.
a4 Bf6 28. Ka2 c5 29. a5 Re7 30. Rc6 e4 31. fxe4 fxe4 32. Rxc5 e3 {Black wants
to play ...e2.} 33. Be2 Rd7 34. Rc6 Rd2 35. Bd3 Rxg2 36. Kb3 ({Of course not} 
36. Rc7+ Kf8 $11) 36... e2 37. Re6 Rg5 38. Rxe2 (38. a6 $1 $14) 38... Rxa5 $11
39. c3 Re5 40. Rh2 Rh5 41. Rg2 Rg5 42. Rd2 Re5 43. Kc4 g5 44. Rh2 g4 45. Rh7+
Kf8 46. Rxa7 Re1 47. Bg6 Be7 {[#] White must now prevent ...g3.} 48. b4 (48.
Rd7 {seems wilder.} g3 49. Rd2 Bg5 50. Rg2 Bf4 51. Bf5) 48... g3 {Strongly
threatening ...g2.The position is equal.} 49. Ra2 Bf6 50. Rg2 Re3 51. Bd3 Ke7
52. Rc2 Kd6 53. Ra2 Kc7 54. Ra8 Re7 55. Ra2 Re3 56. Ra8 Re7 57. Rg8 Rg7 58.
Rxg7+ Bxg7 {KB-KB} 59. Be4 Kb6 60. Kb3 Bf8 61. Bg2 Be7 62. c4 Bd6 63. c5+ Bxc5
$1 64. bxc5+ Kxc5 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.05/Black=0.04} 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.13"]
[Round "2.36"]
[White "Notkevich, Benjamin Arvola"]
[Black "Gabuzyan, Hovhannes"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2471"]
[BlackElo "2598"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Norway"]
[BlackTeam "Armenia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NOR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ARM"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Qd2
Nc6 9. O-O-O Qxd4 10. Qxd4 Nxd4 11. Rxd4 Bd7 12. Be2 Bc6 13. Rhd1 Be7 14. Bf3
h6 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. f5 h5 17. h4 Bf8 18. Kb1 Rd8 19. Ne2 Ke7 20. Nf4 Bh6 21.
Nxh5 Be3 22. R4d3 Bf2 23. fxe6 fxe6 24. Nf4 Be8 25. h5 Bf7 26. g4 Bg3 27. Ng2
Be5 28. Rb3 b5 29. Ne1 f5 30. Nd3 fxg4 31. Bxg4 Rdg8 32. Bf3 Bxh5 33. Bxh5 Rxh5
34. Nb4 Rg4 35. Nxa6 Rxe4 36. Rxb5 Reh4 37. c3 Rh1 38. Rxh1 Rxh1+ 39. Kc2 Rh2+
40. Kb3 Bf4 41. Nb4 e5 42. a4 Bc1 43. Nd3 Bd2 44. a5 e4 45. a6 Rh8 46. Nb4 e3
47. Kc2 Ra8 48. Rb7+ Ke6 49. a7 Be1 50. Nc6 e2 51. Rb8 Rxa7 52. Nxa7 Bh4 53.
Re8+ 1-0

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.13"]
[Round "2.37"]
[White "Toczek, Grzegorz"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "2296"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Wales"]
[BlackTeam "Netherlands"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "WLS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NED"]

{[%evp 14,52,36,22,19,13,49,24,31,35,62,27,31,0,29,-33,-34,-39,0,0,0,0,54,-42,
-35,-229,-219,-245,-224,-262,-257,-437,-419,-1368,-1379,-1372,-1363,-1548,
-1522,-1385,-1452]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ exf6 6.
c3 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. Qc2 Re8+ {B15: Caro-Kann: 3 Nc3: 3...g6 and 3...dxe4 4
Nxe4 Nf6 5 Nxf6+ exf6.} 9. Ne2 h5 (9... f5 $5) 10. Be3 Nd7 {[%cal Bb8d7,Bd7b6,
Bb6d5][%mdl 32] White has an edge.} 11. O-O-O b5 {[%cal Bb7b5,Bb5b4,Bb4c3,
Bc3b2][%mdl 32]} 12. Ng3 Nb6 13. Kb1 Nd5 14. Bc1 {[#]} (14. Nxh5 Bg4 $17) ({
Better is} 14. Bd2 $1 $11) 14... Rb8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Nf4 15. Bxf4
Bxf4 16. Nxh5 Bd6 17. Rhe1 Bg4 18. Ng3 Bxd1 19. Rxd1 Bxg3 20. hxg3 Re7 {
1-0 (50) Guliyev,N (2538)-Alavi,S (2445) Europe Echecs INT 2021}) 15. Rde1 b4 {
Strongly threatening ...Rxe1.} 16. Rxe8+ ({But not} 16. Nxh5 $2 Rxe1 17. Rxe1
bxc3 $19) 16... Qxe8 17. Ne4 Bc7 (17... Be7 $11) 18. Re1 ({White should play} 
18. c4 $14 b3 19. Qe2 (19. axb3 Nb4 $11) 19... bxa2+ 20. Ka1) 18... Qd8 $15 19.
Qe2 $2 {This costs White the game.} (19. c4 $15 b3 20. Qe2 (20. axb3 Nb4 $17)
20... bxa2+ 21. Ka1) 19... bxc3 $19 20. Qxh5 {Ng5! would kill now.} cxb2 21.
Bd2 {[#] White threatens Ng5! and mate.} g6 $1 {[%cal Rg6h5]} 22. Qf3 (22. Qd1
{keeps fighting.}) 22... Ba5 {White must now prevent ...Bxd2.} 23. Bc2 (23. Qg3
$142 Rb7 24. Qd6) 23... Bxd2 {Black is clearly winning.} 24. Nxd2 Qa5 25. Re8+
Kg7 26. Nb3 Qa3 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.68/Black=0.11} 0-1

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.13"]
[Round "2.38"]
[White "Van Foreest, Lucas"]
[Black "Pleasants, Allan J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2532"]
[BlackElo "2001"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Netherlands"]
[BlackTeam "Wales"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NED"]
[BlackTeamCountry "WLS"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Nf3 c6 5. Be3 Nf6 6. Qd2 b5 7. Bd3 O-O 8. Bh6
Nbd7 9. a4 Bb7 10. Bxg7 Kxg7 11. e5 dxe5 12. dxe5 Ng4 13. e6 Nde5 14. Nxe5 Nxe5
15. Qe3 Nxd3+ 16. cxd3 f5 17. O-O a6 18. Ne2 Qd6 19. Rfc1 Rad8 20. Qb6 Rb8 21.
axb5 cxb5 22. Qxd6 exd6 23. Rc7+ Kf6 24. Nd4 Ke5 25. e7 Rfe8 26. Nb3 Kf6 27.
Re1 Bd5 28. Na5 Rb6 29. f4 b4 30. Nc4 Bxc4 31. dxc4 a5 32. Ra7 a4 33. Rxa4 Rxe7
34. Rxe7 Kxe7 35. Kf2 d5 36. cxd5 Kd6 37. Ra5 b3 38. Ke3 h6 39. Kd3 g5 40. fxg5
hxg5 41. Kc4 f4 42. h3 Rb8 43. Ra6+ Ke5 44. Re6+ Kf5 45. Re2 g4 46. hxg4+ Kxg4
47. d6 1-0

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.13"]
[Round "2.39"]
[White "Garcia, Jason"]
[Black "Van Foreest, Jorden"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2028"]
[BlackElo "2701"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Wales"]
[BlackTeam "Netherlands"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "WLS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NED"]

{[%evp 9,104,29,45,32,30,34,22,21,27,18,23,20,20,-8,-12,-22,-16,-8,0,-40,-43,
-40,-31,-102,-100,-94,-99,-98,-97,-129,-84,-92,-34,-129,-116,-121,-116,-113,
-113,-107,-20,-134,-138,-145,-128,-131,-146,-247,-263,-329,-302,-323,-252,-431,
-427,-473,-299,-647,-656,-704,-727,-724,-711,-700,-731,-712,-714,-690,-711,
-681,-681,-1435,-1433,-1420,-1278,-5281,-5023,-1049,-888,-29980,-29981,-29981,
-29982,-29984,-29981,-29981,-29982,-29982,-29983,-29983,-29984,-29984,-29985,
-29985,-29986,-29985,-29985]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nd7 3. d4 Nb6 4. Bg2 Bf5 5. Nbd2
Nf6 6. O-O {D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3
Bf4.} e6 7. c4 c6 8. b3 {The position is equal.} Be7 9. Bb2 h5 {[#]} 10. Re1
$146 ({Predecessor:} 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. a4 a5 12. Re1 h4 13. Nxh4 Bg4 14. Nhf3
Bxf3 15. exf3 g5 16. Qe2 {1/2-1/2 (66) Matamoros Franco,C (2525)-Riazantsev,A 
(2631) Chess.com INT 2020}) 10... Ne4 11. Nxe4 Bxe4 12. Nd2 Bxg2 13. Kxg2 dxc4
14. Nxc4 Bb4 15. Nd2 h4 16. a3 ({White should play} 16. e4 $15) 16... Bxd2 $17
17. Qxd2 Qd5+ 18. e4 Qxb3 19. Qc3 Qb5 20. Rab1 {With the idea d5.} O-O-O (20...
Qh5 $17 {White must now prevent ...hxg3.} 21. Bc1 Rd8) 21. Qc5 ({Better is} 21.
d5 $1 $15) 21... Qxc5 22. dxc5 Nc4 23. Bxg7 h3+ ({Inferior is} 23... Nxa3 24.
Bxh8 h3+ 25. Kh1 $14) 24. Kg1 Rh5 ({Don't play} 24... Nxa3 $6 25. Rb3 $11) ({
Black should try} 24... Rhg8 $17 25. Bf6 Rd3) 25. Rb3 {Black keeps a firm grip
on the game.} (25. Rbc1 $1 $11 Nxa3 26. Kf1) 25... Nd2 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White
is under strong pressure.} (25... Rxc5 26. Rc3 $17) 26. Rbe3 Rxc5 27. Bf6 Rg8
28. f4 {[#]} (28. Bc3 $17 Nc4 29. Rf3) 28... Rc2 $1 $19 29. e5 c5 30. Bg5 Nc4
31. Rd3 (31. Rf3 {was worth a try.}) 31... Nb2 32. Rde3 c4 {Strongly
threatening ...Nd3.} 33. g4 $2 (33. R3e2 Rxe2 34. Rxe2) 33... Nd3 34. Rf1 Rg2+
35. Kh1 Nf2+ 36. Rxf2 Rxf2 {[%cal Rf2f1]} 37. Rxh3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRB
} b5 38. Rc3 Kd7 39. h4 a5 40. a4 b4 41. Rxc4 Rc8 42. Rd4+ Ke8 {( -> ...Rc1+)}
43. Rd1 b3 {Threatens to win with ...Rfc2.} 44. h5 b2 {Black mates.} 45. f5
Rfc2 46. h6 Rc1 47. Bxc1 Rxc1 48. h7 Rxd1+ {KR-KP} 49. Kg2 {[#]} Rh1 $3 {
[%mdl 576] Decoy, Promotion} 50. Kxh1 b1=Q+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 51. Kg2
Qe4+ 52. Kf2 Qxe5 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.65/Black=0.11} 0-1

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.13"]
[Round "2.40"]
[White "Van den Doel, Erik"]
[Black "Davis, Lee"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2594"]
[BlackElo "1972"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Netherlands"]
[BlackTeam "Wales"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NED"]
[BlackTeamCountry "WLS"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. h3 d6 5. Bd3 Nd7 6. O-O Qc7 7. c4 e5 8. d5 Ne7
9. Nc3 O-O 10. Be3 a6 11. Rb1 c5 12. b4 b6 13. Qc1 cxb4 14. Rxb4 Nc5 15. Bc2
Bd7 16. Qb2 Rfb8 17. Rb1 Nc8 18. Qc1 Be8 19. Ne1 f6 20. R4b2 Bf8 21. Nd3 Bd7
22. Nxc5 dxc5 23. Ba4 Bd6 24. Qd1 Bxa4 25. Nxa4 Rb7 26. h4 Rab8 27. h5 Kg7 28.
Qg4 b5 29. cxb5 axb5 30. Nxc5 Bxc5 31. h6+ Kf8 32. Rc1 Bxe3 33. Rxc7 Rxc7 34.
fxe3 Nd6 35. Qe6 Rc1+ 36. Kh2 Nxe4 37. d6 Re8 38. Qd7 1-0

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.13"]
[Round "2.41"]
[White "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2582"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Georgia"]
[BlackTeam "England"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GEO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

{[%evp 11,84,6,6,0,0,0,0,0,14,18,17,21,21,6,15,-16,0,-20,17,12,25,8,9,16,5,12,
0,4,35,30,36,28,24,25,34,20,55,29,60,0,48,53,57,52,49,0,7,0,48,38,48,34,48,50,
45,41,42,25,37,0,0,0,288,285,275,279,264,252,318,312,5014,2226,2012,1364,828]} 
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. e5 d5 $1 {[%cal Rd5c4]}
7. Be2 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3.} Ne4 8.
cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 {The position is equal.} Bxd2+ 10. Nbxd2 O-O 11. O-O Bf5 12.
Rc1 {[#]} Qe7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... f6 13. Bb5 Bg4 14. Bxc6 bxc6 15. Qc2
Nxd2 16. Nxd2 fxe5 17. dxe5 Qg5 18. Qc3 Rae8 {0-1 (36) Zacharia,A (1334)
-Mihailidou,M (1530) Achaia 2016}) 13. Nb3 f6 {[%cal Rf6e5]} 14. Re1 Kh8 15.
Bb5 Nd8 16. exf6 Qxf6 17. Ne5 ({Don't go for} 17. Rxc7 $2 Qb6 $19) 17... c6 18.
Bf1 Nf7 19. f3 Ned6 20. Rc3 Rae8 {[%cal Rf7e5]} 21. Rce3 Qd8 22. Qc1 Kg8 23.
Qc5 Nc8 24. a3 h5 25. Qb4 (25. a4 $14) 25... Qb6 26. Qc3 Nxe5 27. dxe5 Ne7 28.
e6 {next Nc5 is good for White.} Rf6 29. Nc5 {[#] Black must now prevent Nd7.}
Rh6 30. b4 Qc7 31. Re5 Rf6 32. Bd3 Bxd3 $1 33. Qxd3 {aiming for Nd7.} Ng6 $1 {
[%cal Rg6e5]} 34. Rxh5 b6 35. Nd7 Rfxe6 36. Nf6+ $1 gxf6 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (
36... Kf7 $11 {and Black stays safe.} 37. Nxe8 (37. Rxe6 Rxe6 38. Ng4 Qe7 $11)
37... Rxe1+ 38. Kf2 Rxe8 39. Qf5+ Ke7 40. Qxg6 Kd8) 37. Rxe6 $18 ({Less strong
is} 37. Qxg6+ Qg7 $16) 37... Rxe6 38. Qxg6+ $11 {KQR-KQR} Qg7 {[#]} 39. Qf5 {
[%cal Rf5e6]} Re1+ 40. Kf2 Re2+ (40... Re8 41. b5 c5 42. Qxd5+ Kf8) 41. Kxe2
$18 Qxg2+ 42. Kd3 {Qc8+ would kill now.} Qf1+ {[%mdl 32768] Weighted Error
Value: White=0.09/Black=0.27. An unexpected result.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.13"]
[Round "2.42"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Sanikidze, Tornike"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2458"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "173"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "England"]
[BlackTeam "Georgia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GEO"]

{[%evp 13,172,2,8,0,18,11,37,37,32,35,36,14,45,43,45,45,45,19,12,14,27,18,45,
29,34,8,25,8,65,58,68,44,50,59,67,72,85,85,85,79,85,85,85,68,82,67,83,29,61,18,
18,18,18,16,24,19,48,18,81,91,69,51,53,15,15,15,18,20,156,162,167,156,157,166,
194,148,268,268,268,268,315,252,227,217,485,337,270,319,317,314,312,312,262,0,
0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
8,8,8,8,8,8,0,0,0,8,0,8,0,8,0,8,0,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6
3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nxc6 Qf6 6. Qf3 Qxf3 7. gxf3 bxc6 8. Nc3 {C45:
Scotch Game.} Ne7 9. h4 h5 10. Be3 {White is slightly better.} Bxe3 11. fxe3 d6
{[#]} 12. Bd3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Be2 Ng6 13. f4 Bg4 14. Bxg4 hxg4 15. h5
Ne7 16. Rh4 Ng6 17. Rh1 Ne7 18. Rh4 Ng6 19. Rh1 {1/2-1/2 (19) Radjabov,T (2751)
-Akopian,V (2679) Elista 2008}) 12... a5 13. O-O-O Ba6 14. Rdg1 g6 15. Rg5 Bxd3
16. cxd3 f6 17. Rg2 Kf7 18. d4 a4 19. Ne2 Ra5 20. Nf4 Rg8 (20... c5 $11) 21.
Nd3 $14 Rh8 22. Rhg1 Rg8 23. Rh2 Rh8 24. Kd2 Rb5 25. Rc1 Ra8 26. Rc3 Rab8 27.
Rc4 Ra5 28. Kc3 Ke6 29. Kc2 Kd7 30. Rc3 (30. Kd2 $16) 30... Rh8 31. Nf4 g5 32.
hxg5 Rxg5 33. Kd3 h4 34. Rc1 Rg3 35. Rf1 Ng6 (35... f5 $11) 36. Ne2 $16 Rg5 37.
f4 (37. Nc3 {is more complex.} a3 38. bxa3 c5 39. f4 Rg3 40. dxc5 dxc5 41. Ne2)
37... Rg4 38. Rg1 Rxg1 39. Nxg1 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} d5 40. Nf3
Rb8 (40... a3 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 41. e5 $1 $16 ({Worse is} 41. Nxh4 Nxh4
42. Rxh4 Rxb2 $11) 41... Ke6 42. Nxh4 Nxh4 43. Rxh4 Rxb2 $18 {KR-KR} 44. Rh6
Rxa2 45. Rxf6+ Kd7 46. Rf7+ $1 Kd8 47. Rf8+ Ke7 48. Ra8 a3 $2 (48... Ra3+ {
might work better.} 49. Kd2 Ke6) 49. Ra7 Kd7 50. f5 Rf2 51. f6 $1 ({Not} 51.
Rxa3 Rxf5 52. Ra1 Rh5 $11) 51... a2 {[#]} 52. Ra6 $1 Ke8 {[#]} ({Reject} 52...
Ke6 53. Rxc6+ Kf5 54. f7) 53. Kc3 $2 ({Only move:} 53. e4 $1 $18) 53... Kf7 $11
{The position is equal.} 54. Kb3 c5 55. dxc5 Rf5 56. Kc3 {Strongly threatening
Kd4.} Rxe5 57. Kd4 Re6 58. Ra7 (58. Rxa2 {looks sharper.} c6 59. Kd3 Kxf6 60.
Ra6 Kf5 61. Ra7) 58... Kxf6 59. Kxd5 Rxe3 60. Rxa2 Re6 $1 61. Ra7 c6+ 62. Kd4
Re1 63. Rc7 Re6 (63... Ke6 {keeps more tension.} 64. Rxc6+ Ke7 65. Kd5 Kd7 66.
Rh6 Rd1+) 64. Kc3 {Black should prevent Kb4.} Re5 65. Kd4 Re1 66. Rxc6+ Ke7 $1
67. Rc7+ Kd8 68. Ra7 (68. Rg7 {looks sharper.} Re7 69. Rg5 Kc7 70. Kc4 Re1 71.
Kb5) 68... Rh1 (68... Re7 {looks sharper.} 69. Ra1 Kc7 70. Kd5 Rd7+ 71. Kc4 Rd8
) 69. Kc4 Kc8 70. Re7 Rg1 71. Kb5 Rg6 72. Ra7 Kb8 73. Rd7 Kc8 74. Rh7 $1 Kb8
75. Kc4 (75. Rh8+ {with more complications.} Kb7 76. Rh2 Kc8 77. Rh3 Kb8 78.
Rh5) 75... Kc8 76. Kd5 Rg5+ 77. Kc4 (77. Kd6 {is interesting.} Rg6+ 78. Ke7 Kc7
79. Kf7 Rg4 80. Ke8+) 77... Rg6 78. Re7 Rg4+ 79. Kb5 Rg6 80. Rh7 Kb8 81. Rd7 (
81. Rf7 {is more complex.} Kc8 82. Rf8+ Kc7 83. Rf1 Kb7 84. Re1) 81... Kc8 82.
Rd6 (82. Re7 {seems wilder.} Kb8 83. Rf7 Kc8 84. Rf8+ Kc7 85. Rf1) 82... Rxd6
83. cxd6 {White threatens Kc6 and mate.} Kd7 84. Kc5 Kd8 85. Kc6 $1 {Intending
d7 and mate.} Kc8 86. d7+ Kd8 87. Kd6 {Black defended with fortune.  Weighted
Error Value: White=0.13/Black=0.18} 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.13"]
[Round "2.43"]
[White "Paichadze, Luka"]
[Black "Jones, Gawain C B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2551"]
[BlackElo "2654"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Georgia"]
[BlackTeam "England"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GEO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

{[%evp 11,80,-2,0,-25,-26,-26,-21,-26,-26,-26,-24,-39,-20,-27,-23,-25,-18,-26,
-34,-33,-29,-21,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-10,-9,-37,-37,-37,-37,-39,-37,-37,-37,-37,
-37,-37,-37,-37,-37,-40,-7,-16,-16,-18,0,0,0,0,0,-8,0,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]
} 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bc4 Nc6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Nf3 d6 6. h3 Na5 7. a3 {C50:
Hungarian Defence and Giuoco Pianissimo.} Nxc4 8. dxc4 Be6 {[#]} 9. b4 $146 ({
Predecessor:} 9. Qd3 h6 10. b3 a6 11. Be3 Bxe3 12. Qxe3 Qe7 13. Nd5 Bxd5 14.
cxd5 O-O 15. c4 {0-1 (43) Schmidt,D (1836)-Kahlert,T (1620) Playchess.com INT
2020}) 9... Bb6 10. Qd3 a5 11. Rb1 axb4 12. axb4 c6 13. O-O h6 14. Rd1 O-O 15.
Be3 Bxe3 16. Qxe3 Bxc4 17. Nxe5 $1 {[%mdl 64] [#] Pin} Be6 18. Nf3 Ra3 19. Rd3
Bc4 20. Rd4 b5 21. Qd2 Qe7 22. Re1 c5 23. Rxd6 {[#] Black must now prevent e5.}
cxb4 24. Nb1 Nxe4 25. Nxa3 bxa3 26. Ra6 {Hoping for Qd4.} Nxd2 27. Rxe7 Nxf3+
28. gxf3 $15 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRB} a2 29. Rea7 Bd5 {[%mdl 1024] Black
has compensation.} 30. Ra5 {The position is equal.} Rb8 31. Kg2 g5 32. Kg3 Kg7
33. f4 Kg6 34. R5a6+ Kf5 35. fxg5 hxg5 36. Rxa2 Bxa2 37. Rxa2 $11 {KR-KR} Re8
38. Ra7 f6 39. Rc7 Re5 40. c4 bxc4 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.04/Black=0.03
} 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.13"]
[Round "2.44"]
[White "Howell, David W L"]
[Black "Quparadze, Giga"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2648"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "England"]
[BlackTeam "Georgia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GEO"]

{[%evp 13,59,0,0,0,0,0,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-19,-13,-46,0,-6,12,8,15,6,13,7,20,18,
120,121,151,147,167,123,133,129,139,151,130,105,373,367,369,369,461,459,443,
443]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. e4 d5 6. e5 Ne4 7. Bd3 c5 8.
Nf3 {E32: Nimzo-Indian: Classical (4 Qc2): 4...0-0.} cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nd7 10. Bf4 {
The position is equal.} Qh4 {The main line 10...Qh4 scores better than 10...
Ndc5.} 11. g3 Qh5 12. O-O Bxc3 13. bxc3 g5 14. Be3 $5 {[%mdl 4] Leaves trodden
paths.} Nxe5 15. cxd5 exd5 {Black wants to play ...Ng4.} (15... Ng4 $5 16. Nf3
$8 exd5 $11) 16. f3 $132 {[%mdl 2048] White is not holding back} Nxd3 17. Qxd3
Nd6 18. g4 Qg6 19. Qxg6+ fxg6 20. Bxg5 {aiming for Be7.} Re8 {[#]} (20... Rf7
$11) 21. Bf4 $1 $16 {[%cal Rf4d6] [#]} Rd8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 21... Nc4 22.
Nb5 Rf8 23. Bh6 Rf7 24. Rae1 Bd7 25. Nc7 Rd8 26. Nxd5 Bb5 27. Rd1 Rd6 {1-0 (50)
Basso,P (2541)-Thorfinnsson,B (2439) Reykjavik 2021}) 22. Rfe1 {Hoping for
Bxd6.} Nf7 23. Re7 Kf8 24. Rc7 Re8 25. a4 Re7 26. Nb5 {[#] And now Rxe7 would
win.} Be6 $2 {[%mdl 8192] This costs Black the game.} (26... Rd7 $16) 27. Rxe7
$18 Kxe7 28. Re1 Nd8 29. Bg5+ ({Not} 29. Nc7 Rc8 $16) 29... Kd7 30. Nd4 {
Weighted Error Value: White=0.05/Black=0.28} 1-0

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.13"]
[Round "2.45"]
[White "Dardha, Daniel"]
[Black "Mastrovasilis, Dimitrios"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2619"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Belgium"]
[BlackTeam "Greece"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BEL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GRE"]

{[%evp 10,68,4,0,0,0,0,6,18,-2,0,-34,-50,-50,-43,-75,-63,-95,-96,-128,-124,
-133,-143,-135,-105,-88,-84,-98,-90,-106,-87,-142,-54,-51,-44,-56,-53,-53,-36,
-103,-89,-96,-100,-88,-65,-176,-181,-248,-256,-280,-262,-602,-588,-861,-859,
-2302,-989,-5497,-1183,-29994,-29995]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 c5
5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e3 cxd4 {D41: Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Tarrasch with 5
cxd5.} 7. exd4 Nxc3 8. bxc3 Qc7 {The position is equal.} 9. Rb1 {[#]} Bd6 $146
({Predecessor:} 9... Nd7 10. Bd3 Qxc3+ 11. Kf1 Be7 12. h4 O-O 13. Rh3 Nf6 14.
Ne5 Qa5 15. Rg3 Kh8 16. Bg5 h6 17. Bxh6 gxh6 18. Qf3 {1-0 (18) Carlsen,M (2855)
-Duda,J (2756) chess24.com INT 2021}) 10. Bd3 Qxc3+ 11. Kf1 Nd7 12. h4 Qc7 13.
Ng5 {[#]} Nf6 $1 14. h5 h6 15. Ne4 Nxe4 16. Bxe4 f5 17. Bf3 O-O 18. Qb3 Bd7 19.
g3 Bc6 20. d5 (20. Kg2 $142) 20... Bxd5 ({Better is} 20... exd5 $17 21. Bb2 Kh8
) 21. Bxd5 $15 exd5 22. Qxd5+ Rf7 23. Rh4 Rd8 {Threatens to win with ...Bxg3.}
24. Rc4 (24. Rd4 $15 Be7 25. Rc4 Rxd5 26. Rxc7) 24... Qe7 $17 {White must now
prevent ...Bb4.} 25. Qf3 Qe6 26. Rc2 b6 27. Re2 (27. Rb3 $15) 27... Qc4 $36 {
[%mdl 2048] Black is really pushing.} 28. Kg2 (28. Bf4 {is a better defense.})
28... f4 29. g4 Bf8 30. Kh2 $2 (30. Rd2 Rxd2 31. Bxd2) 30... Rd1 31. g5 hxg5
32. h6 gxh6 (32... g4 $142 33. h7+ Kh8) 33. Qh5 f3 {( -> ...Bd6+)} 34. Re8 {[#]
} Rh1+ $1 {[%mdl 576] Skewer.  Weighted Error Value: White=1.01/Black=0.47} 0-1

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.13"]
[Round "2.46"]
[White "Banikas, Hristos"]
[Black "Docx, Stefan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2592"]
[BlackElo "2432"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Greece"]
[BlackTeam "Belgium"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GRE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BEL"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. b3 Bb4 6. Bb2 Ne4 7. Qc2 e5 8. a3 exd4
9. axb4 dxc3 10. Bxc3 O-O 11. Bd3 Nxc3 12. Qxc3 dxc4 13. bxc4 Na6 14. Ne2 Qe7
15. c5 Nc7 16. O-O Nd5 17. Qa3 Rd8 18. Rfe1 Qf6 19. Nd4 h5 20. b5 cxb5 21. Bxb5
Ne7 22. Be2 Bg4 23. Bf1 Nc6 24. Nxc6 Qxc6 25. Qb4 g6 26. Reb1 Bf5 27. Rb2 a5
28. Qa3 Rd5 29. Rc1 Rc8 30. Rb5 Rcd8 31. Rxa5 Bd3 32. Ra8 Bxf1 33. Rxd8+ Rxd8
34. Rxf1 Rc8 35. Qb2 Qd5 36. h3 Rxc5 37. Ra1 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.13"]
[Round "2.47"]
[White "Beukema, Stefan"]
[Black "Pavlidis, Antonios"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "2408"]
[BlackElo "2536"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Belgium"]
[BlackTeam "Greece"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BEL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GRE"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. f4 g6 2. Nf3 Bg7 3. d3 c5 4. g3 Nc6 5. Bg2 e6 6. O-O Nge7 7. c3 O-O 8. e4 d6
9. a4 b6 10. Be3 Ba6 11. Na3 d5 12. e5 d4 13. cxd4 cxd4 14. Bf2 Qd7 15. Nb5 Nf5
16. Re1 Rfd8 17. Rc1 Bxb5 18. axb5 Nce7 19. Qa4 Rac8 20. Rxc8 Rxc8 21. Nxd4
Nxd4 22. Bxd4 Nf5 23. Bf2 Qxd3 24. Qxa7 Qxb5 25. g4 Nh6 26. Qxb6 Qxb6 27. Bxb6
Rb8 28. Bc7 Rxb2 29. Rd1 Bf8 30. Rd8 Kg7 31. h3 Bc5+ 32. Kh2 Be3 33. Kg3 Bf2+
34. Kh2 Be3 35. Kg3 Bf2+ 36. Kh2 Be3 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.13"]
[Round "2.48"]
[White "Kelires, Andreas"]
[Black "Verstraeten, Rein"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2386"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Greece"]
[BlackTeam "Belgium"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GRE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BEL"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 b5 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. Bg5 c5 6. O-O d5 7. Nc3 b4 8. Na4
cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nbd7 10. c4 bxc3 11. Nxc3 h6 12. Bxf6 Nxf6 13. Qa4+ Qd7 14. Ncb5
Rc8 15. Rac1 a6 16. Rxc8+ Bxc8 17. Nc7+ Ke7 18. Nc6+ Kd6 19. Rc1 e5 20. Qb4+
Kxc7 21. Qb8# 1-0

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.13"]
[Round "2.49"]
[White "Vocaturo, Daniele"]
[Black "Laurusas, Tomas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2553"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Italy"]
[BlackTeam "Lithuania"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ITA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "LTU"]

{[%evp 15,60,47,53,11,26,22,33,28,23,29,35,31,25,22,28,13,23,0,10,0,0,-13,55,0,
29,22,20,25,14,17,14,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3.
Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1 Bf5 9. Nbd2 $1 {
[%cal Rd2e4][%mdl 4] outshines the older 9.c4. C42: Petroff Defence: 3 Nxe5
and unusual White 3rd moves.} Nd6 $1 10. Nf1 Nd7 11. Bf4 {[#] And now Bxd6
would win.White is slightly better.} Bxd3 12. Qxd3 Re8 13. Re2 c6 14. Rae1 {
Black must now prevent Bxd6.} Nf6 15. Ng3 Bf8 16. Rxe8 Ndxe8 {[#]} 17. h4 $146
({Predecessor:} 17. Ne5 Qa5 18. c3 Qxa2 19. Nf5 Qxb2 20. Qg3 g6 21. Bh6 Qc2 22.
Bxf8 Qxf5 23. Bh6 {0-1 (38) Muzychuk,M (2540)-Ju,W (2575) St Petersburg 2018})
17... Qa5 18. a3 Qb5 (18... Qb6 $11) 19. Qc3 (19. Qxb5 $14 cxb5 20. Nf5) 19...
Nd6 20. Bxd6 Bxd6 21. Nf5 Ne4 22. Nxd6 {The position is equal.} ({Much worse is
} 22. Rxe4 dxe4 23. Nxd6 Qd5 $17) 22... Nxd6 23. Nd2 Re8 24. Rxe8+ Nxe8 25. Qe3
{[%cal Re3e8] [#]} Kf8 26. b3 Qa5 27. a4 Qd8 28. Nf3 Qe7 29. Qf4 Nd6 30. Kf1
Ke8 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.08/Black=0.09} 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.13"]
[Round "2.50"]
[White "Kazakouski, Valery"]
[Black "Moroni, Luca Jr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D71"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Lithuania"]
[BlackTeam "Italy"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "LTU"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ITA"]

{[%evp 9,60,0,0,0,0,0,16,0,3,0,30,14,27,14,15,7,2,12,15,-8,0,-3,0,-1,14,0,6,6,
10,0,6,0,15,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3
c6 4. Bg2 d5 5. Qa4 Nfd7 6. cxd5 {D71: Fianchetto Grünfeld: 3 g3 d5 sidelines
and 5 cxd5 (without Nf3).} Nb6 {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} 7. Qd1 cxd5 8. e3
Nc6 9. Ne2 Bg4 10. Nbc3 {[%cal Bb1c3,Bc3e2,Be2f4][%mdl 32] [#]} Bxe2 $146 ({
Predecessor:} 10... Bg7 11. a4 Bxe2 12. Qxe2 e6 13. O-O O-O 14. b3 Rc8 15. Bd2
a6 16. Rfb1 Qe7 {1/2-1/2 (40) Andersen,M (2601)-Pultinevicius,P (2503) Batumi
2019}) 11. Nxe2 Rc8 {The position is equal.} 12. Nf4 e6 13. O-O Bd6 14. e4 {
[%cal Re4d5]} dxe4 15. Bxe4 O-O 16. d5 exd5 17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18. Qxd5 Be5 19. Bh6
Re8 20. Qxd8 Nxd8 21. Rae1 Bg7 22. Bf5 Ne6 23. Bxe6 Rxe6 24. Bxg7 Kxg7 25. Rxe6
fxe6 $11 {KR-KR} 26. Rd1 Rc7 27. Kg2 Kf6 28. Rd2 h5 29. h4 b6 30. Kf3 Kf5 {
Not much happened in this game.  Weighted Error Value: White=0.04/Black=0.04}
1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.13"]
[Round "2.51"]
[White "Valsecchi, Alessio"]
[Black "Klabis, Rokas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E48"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2353"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Italy"]
[BlackTeam "Lithuania"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ITA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "LTU"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Nge2 Re8 8.
Bd2 b6 9. Rc1 Bf8 10. O-O Bb7 11. Nf4 Nbd7 12. f3 c5 13. g4 h6 14. Rf2 a6 15.
h4 Bd6 16. Nce2 Nf8 17. Rg2 N6h7 18. Qe1 Ne6 19. Qf2 Nhf8 20. Nxe6 Nxe6 21. f4
Rc8 22. f5 Nf8 23. g5 hxg5 24. hxg5 cxd4 25. exd4 Rxc1+ 26. Bxc1 Bc8 27. Qh4
Bd7 28. f6 Ng6 29. Bxg6 fxg6 30. Rf2 Bf5 31. fxg7 Qe7 32. Qh8+ Kf7 33. Rxf5+
gxf5 34. g6+ Kxg6 35. g8=Q+ Rxg8 36. Qxg8+ Kh5 37. Bf4 1-0

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.13"]
[Round "2.52"]
[White "Brazdzionis, Andrius"]
[Black "Lodici, Lorenzo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A79"]
[WhiteElo "2356"]
[BlackElo "2529"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Lithuania"]
[BlackTeam "Italy"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "LTU"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ITA"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Nd2 Bg7 8. e4
O-O 9. Be2 Na6 10. O-O Nc7 11. a4 b6 12. Nc4 Re8 13. f3 Ba6 14. Kh1 Qd7 15. Bg5
Rab8 16. Qd2 Bxc4 17. Bxc4 a6 18. Be2 Ra8 19. g4 b5 20. a5 Qe7 21. Rae1 Qf8 22.
Bd1 Nd7 23. Bc2 Rac8 24. f4 b4 25. Nd1 Nb5 26. e5 dxe5 27. f5 Qd6 28. Ne3 Nd4
29. Be4 c4 30. f6 Bxf6 31. Bxf6 Nxf6 32. Bg2 Nd7 33. Qf2 f6 34. Rc1 c3 35. bxc3
bxc3 36. Qa2 Kg7 37. Qa4 Nb5 38. g5 Rf8 39. gxf6+ Rxf6 40. Rxf6 Nxf6 41. Nc4
Qc5 42. Nb6 Qe3 43. Qa1 Ng4 44. h3 Nf2+ 45. Kh2 Rf8 46. d6 Qf4+ 47. Kg1 Nd3 48.
Rxc3 Qd4+ 0-1

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.13"]
[Round "2.53"]
[White "Mehmeti, Dritan"]
[Black "Dragnev, Valentin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D04"]
[WhiteElo "2391"]
[BlackElo "2548"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Albania"]
[BlackTeam "Austria"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ALB"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AUT"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nbd2 d5 4. e3 Bg7 5. Bd3 O-O 6. O-O c5 7. c3 Nfd7 8. e4
cxd4 9. cxd4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Nc6 11. Bb5 Nb6 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. h3 Be6 14. Re1 Nc4
15. b3 Nd6 16. Ba3 Bd5 17. Ned2 Re8 18. Bc5 Nb7 19. Qc2 Nxc5 20. Qxc5 Bf8 21.
Qc2 Rc8 22. Rad1 a5 23. a4 Qb6 24. Nc4 Qa7 25. Nfe5 Red8 26. Qd2 Ra8 27. Qf4
Rab8 28. Rd3 Rb4 29. Rc1 Rdb8 30. Ne3 f6 31. Nxc6 Bxc6 32. Rxc6 Rxb3 33. Rxb3
Rxb3 34. Rc8 Qd7 35. Ra8 Rb1+ 36. Kh2 Rb4 37. Qh6 Qd6+ 38. g3 Rb8 39. Rxb8 Qxb8
40. Qf4 Qxf4 41. gxf4 e6 42. Kg3 Bd6 43. Kf3 Kf7 44. Nc4 Bc7 45. Ke4 h5 46. f3
Ke7 47. d5 f5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.13"]
[Round "2.54"]
[White "Blohberger, Felix"]
[Black "Pasko, Llambi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2417"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Austria"]
[BlackTeam "Albania"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AUT"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ALB"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 e6 6. Nd2 Bd6 7. d4 dxe4 8.
Nxe4 Nf6 9. Nxd6+ Qxd6 10. c3 Nbd7 11. Be2 O-O 12. O-O e5 13. Rd1 Rfe8 14. dxe5
Qxe5 15. Bf1 Nf8 16. Be3 Ne6 17. Re1 Qd5 18. Qxd5 Nxd5 19. Bd2 Rad8 20. Rad1 b6
21. g3 Rd7 22. Bc1 Red8 23. h4 Nf6 24. Rxd7 Rxd7 25. Bg2 c5 26. Bf1 Kf8 27. a4
Re7 28. Bc4 Nd8 29. Kf1 Rxe1+ 30. Kxe1 Ne6 31. f3 Ke7 32. Be3 Kd6 33. Ke2 Nd5
34. Bd2 f5 35. Bd3 g6 36. h5 Ke5 37. hxg6 hxg6 38. Bb5 Ndc7 39. Bc4 a6 40. Bd3
b5 41. f4+ Kf6 42. axb5 axb5 43. b3 Ke7 44. Kf3 Kf6 45. g4 Nd8 46. Be1 Nb7 47.
Bh4+ Ke6 48. Bf2 Kf6 49. Bf1 Ke6 50. Be2 Kf6 51. Bd3 Ke6 52. Bf1 Kf6 53. Bg2
Na5 54. gxf5 gxf5 55. Bxc5 Nxb3 56. Bd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.13"]
[Round "2.55"]
[White "Ashiku, Franc"]
[Black "Shengelia, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2419"]
[BlackElo "2513"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Albania"]
[BlackTeam "Austria"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ALB"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AUT"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. Qc2 Bb7 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Qxc3 d6 8. e3
Nbd7 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O Ne4 11. Qc2 a5 12. Ne1 f5 13. f3 Ng5 14. Nd3 e5 15. c5
dxc5 16. dxc5 e4 17. c6 exd3 18. Qxd3 Bxc6 19. Qc4+ Kh8 20. Qxc6 Nc5 21. Qb5 a4
22. Qb4 Nb3 23. Rb1 Ne6 24. Rd1 Qf6 25. Bd2 Nxd2 26. Qxd2 Nc5 27. Qd4 Qe7 28.
Bb5 Rad8 29. Qc3 Rf6 30. Qe5 Re6 31. Rxd8+ Qxd8 32. Qxf5 Rxe3 33. Kf2 g6 34.
Qf7 Qe7 35. Qxe7 Rxe7 36. Rd1 Re5 37. Bc6 Re6 38. Bd7 Re7 39. Bc6 Re6 40. Bd7
Re7 41. Bc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.13"]
[Round "2.56"]
[White "Horvath, Dominik"]
[Black "Seitaj, Ilir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2469"]
[BlackElo "2351"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Austria"]
[BlackTeam "Albania"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AUT"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ALB"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nb3 Bb6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Qe2 Nge7 8.
Be3 O-O 9. O-O-O f5 10. f4 fxe4 11. Bxb6 axb6 12. Qxe4 Bf5 13. Qf3 Kh8 14. a3
Be6 15. Ne4 Qd7 16. Nf2 Bxb3 17. cxb3 Nf5 18. Bc4 Nfd4 19. Qh3 Qxh3 20. Nxh3 b5
21. Bd5 Ne2+ 22. Kb1 Nxf4 23. Nxf4 Rxf4 24. Rc1 Rf2 25. Bxc6 bxc6 26. Rxc6 Rxg2
27. Rxc7 h5 28. Rc2 Rxc2 29. Kxc2 Kh7 30. Kc3 g5 31. Kb4 Rb8 32. Rd1 Kg6 33.
Rxd6+ Kf5 34. Rd2 h4 35. Kc5 g4 36. a4 bxa4 37. bxa4 Ra8 38. Kb4 Rb8+ 39. Kc5
Ra8 40. Kb4 Rb8+ 41. Ka3 g3 42. hxg3 hxg3 43. b4 Rg8 44. Rg2 Ke5 45. b5 Kd6 46.
Kb4 Rg4+ 47. Ka5 Kc7 48. Rc2+ Kb7 49. Rg2 Ka7 50. b6+ Kb7 51. Kb5 Rg5+ 52. Kc4
Kxb6 53. Kd4 Rg4+ 54. Ke3 Rxa4 55. Rxg3 Ra3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.13"]
[Round "2.57"]
[White "Hillarp Persson, Tiger"]
[Black "Pancevski, Filip"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E71"]
[WhiteElo "2528"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sweden"]
[BlackTeam "Macedonia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SWE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "MKD"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. h3 O-O 6. Be3 e5 7. d5 Na6 8. g4 Nc5
9. f3 h5 10. Qd2 Nh7 11. O-O-O h4 12. Nge2 Bf6 13. Kb1 Bg5 14. f4 exf4 15. Nxf4
Re8 16. Bg2 Nf6 17. Nh5 Nh7 18. Nf4 Nf6 19. Nd3 Bxe3 20. Qxe3 Nxd3 21. Rxd3 Nd7
22. Rd2 Ne5 23. Bf1 a6 24. g5 f6 25. gxf6 Qxf6 26. Rf2 Qe7 27. Qh6 Qh7 28. Qg5
Qe7 29. Qh6 Bd7 30. Rf4 Qg7 31. Qg5 Rf8 32. Qxh4 Nf3 33. Qg3 Rxf4 34. Qxf4 Rf8
35. Qe3 Qd4 36. Qxd4 Nxd4 37. h4 Rf2 38. Bd3 Nf3 39. Be2 Nd4 40. Bd1 Kg7 41.
Kc1 Kh6 42. Re1 Rf4 43. e5 dxe5 44. Rxe5 Nf5 45. Re4 Rxh4 46. Rxh4+ Nxh4 47.
Ne4 g5 48. Nf6 Bf5 49. Kd2 Bg6 50. b4 Kg7 51. Nd7 Bf5 52. Nc5 Bc8 53. Ne4 g4
54. Ke3 b6 55. Kd4 Nf5+ 56. Ke5 g3 57. Bf3 Ne3 58. Nxg3 Nxc4+ 59. Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.13"]
[Round "2.58"]
[White "Nikolovski, Nikola"]
[Black "Blomqvist, Erik"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "2401"]
[BlackElo "2542"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Macedonia"]
[BlackTeam "Sweden"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "MKD"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SWE"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. f4 d5 4. Nf3 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nc6 6. Bb5 Bd7 7. Qe2 Nf6 8. f5
e5 9. O-O Be7 10. c3 Qc7 11. Nxf6+ Bxf6 12. d3 O-O-O 13. Ng5 Bxg5 14. Bxg5 f6
15. Be3 Ne7 16. Bxd7+ Rxd7 17. Rad1 Rhd8 18. d4 cxd4 19. cxd4 exd4 20. Rc1 Nc6
21. Bf4 Qa5 22. Qd3 Re8 23. a3 Qd5 24. b4 Kd8 25. Qg3 d3 26. Rcd1 Nd4 27. Kh1
Nxf5 28. Qh3 Re2 29. Rg1 h5 30. Bb8 b6 31. Bf4 g5 32. Qxh5 gxf4 33. Qh8+ Kc7
34. Rc1+ Rc2 0-1

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.13"]
[Round "2.59"]
[White "Johansson, Linus"]
[Black "Risteski, Emil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2479"]
[BlackElo "2315"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sweden"]
[BlackTeam "Macedonia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SWE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "MKD"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 e5 7. Be3 exd4 8. Nxd4
Re8 9. f3 c6 10. Bf2 d5 11. exd5 cxd5 12. O-O Nc6 13. c5 Nh5 14. Qd2 Be5 15. g3
Ng7 16. Rfe1 Be6 17. Rad1 Nxd4 18. Bxd4 Bxd4+ 19. Qxd4 Nf5 20. Qf4 Qe7 21. b4
a5 22. a3 axb4 23. axb4 d4 24. Ne4 Red8 25. g4 Ne3 26. Rd2 f5 27. Nd6 Qg7 28.
Rc1 fxg4 29. fxg4 Ra2 30. Rxa2 Bxa2 31. b5 Rf8 32. Qg3 Be6 33. c6 bxc6 34. bxc6
Qf6 35. g5 Qg7 36. c7 Nf5 37. Nxf5 Bxf5 38. Qd6 h6 39. Bc4+ Kh7 40. Be6 Bxe6
41. Qxe6 d3 42. c8=Q d2 43. Qc7 dxc1=Q+ 44. Qxc1 hxg5 45. Qh3+ Kg8 46. Qc4+ Qf7
47. Qxf7+ Kxf7 48. Qh7+ Kf6 49. Qd7 g4 50. Kg2 Rf7 51. Qd4+ Kg5 52. Qh8 Rf4 53.
Qd8+ Kf5 54. Qe7 Re4 55. Qd7+ Kf6 56. Kg3 Re5 57. Qd4 Kf5 58. Qf4+ Ke6 59. Qf8
Rh5 60. Qg7 Kf5 61. Qf7+ 1-0

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.13"]
[Round "2.60"]
[White "Mihov, Filip"]
[Black "Seo, Jung Min"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E48"]
[WhiteElo "2255"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Macedonia"]
[BlackTeam "Sweden"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "MKD"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SWE"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 d5 5. a3 Be7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. cxd5 exd5 8.
Nge2 c6 9. O-O Nbd7 10. f3 c5 11. Nf4 Nb6 12. Qc2 Bd6 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. Nb5
Nbd7 15. Rd1 Qb6 16. Qf2 Re8 17. b4 Bxe3 18. Bxe3 Qxe3 19. Qxe3 Rxe3 20. Nc7
Rb8 21. Nfxd5 Nxd5 22. Nxd5 Re5 23. Rac1 Nf8 24. Nf4 Be6 25. Nxe6 Nxe6 26. Be4
a5 27. Bxb7 axb4 28. axb4 Rb5 29. Rc8+ Rxc8 30. Bxc8 Rxb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.13"]
[Round "2.61"]
[White "Subelj, Jan"]
[Black "Bogner, Sebastian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2458"]
[BlackElo "2574"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Slovenia"]
[BlackTeam "Switzerland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SLO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SUI"]

{[%evp 9,61,18,14,0,0,0,2,-5,0,-22,-2,0,0,0,7,10,4,5,21,15,6,8,21,15,21,13,14,
15,22,14,26,-12,0,-33,0,-18,-26,-32,0,-14,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,27,0,0,0,22,0]} 1. e4
c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d3 g6 4. Nbd2 Bg7 5. d4 {[#]} c5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 5... Nh6
6. h3 O-O 7. c3 Nd7 8. Bd3 e6 9. O-O f6 10. Re1 Nf7 11. a4 a5 12. b4 axb4 13.
cxb4 dxe4 14. Nxe4 {0-1 (46) Pulpan,J (2617)-Fedoseev,V (2913) Chess.com INT
2019}) 6. Bb5+ {B10: Caro-Kann: 2 d3 and 2 c4.} Bd7 7. Bxd7+ Nxd7 8. dxc5 Nxc5
9. Qe2 Nxe4 10. Nxe4 dxe4 11. Qxe4 Qa5+ 12. c3 Qa6 ({Avoid the trap} 12...
Bxc3+ $2 13. bxc3 Qxc3+ 14. Ke2 $18) 13. Qe2 Qxe2+ 14. Kxe2 Nf6 15. Rd1 O-O 16.
Be3 Rfc8 17. a4 {[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4a5,Ba5a6][%mdl 32]} e6 18. a5 Nd5 19. Bd4 Rc7
20. a6 b5 21. Ra5 Rb8 (21... b4 {keeps more tension.} 22. cxb4 Nxb4 23. Be5
Rc2+ 24. Rd2 Rac8) 22. Bxg7 (22. g4 {looks sharper.} b4 23. c4 Nf4+ 24. Ke3
Ng2+ 25. Ke2) 22... Kxg7 23. Nd4 Rc5 (23... b4 $5 {[%cal Rb4c3]} 24. Nb5 Rc5
$15) 24. Nc2 Rc6 25. Rd4 Rbb6 26. Nb4 Nxb4 27. Rxb4 Rc5 28. Rd4 Rcc6 29. Rb4
Rc5 30. Rd4 {Rd7 is the strong threat.} Rcc6 31. Rb4 {A rather calm draw. 
Weighted Error Value: White=0.08/Black=0.07} 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.13"]
[Round "2.62"]
[White "Georgiadis, Nico"]
[Black "Tisaj, Domen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B69"]
[WhiteElo "2553"]
[BlackElo "2369"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Switzerland"]
[BlackTeam "Slovenia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SUI"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SLO"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 Be7 10. Nf3 b5 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. f5 Qb6 13. Kb1 O-O-O 14. Ne2
Kb8 15. Nf4 Bc8 16. Bd3 Na5 17. fxe6 fxe6 18. Qe2 Rhe8 19. h3 d5 20. exd5 e5
21. Nh5 Rxd5 22. Bxh7 Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 Rh8 24. Bg6 Nc4 25. g4 Qc5 26. Bf7 Bb7 27.
Bxc4 bxc4 28. Nd2 Rd8 29. Ng3 Qd4 30. Nf5 Qd7 31. Nxe7 c3 32. bxc3 Qxe7 33. Nb3
Rc8 34. Kb2 Qc7 35. Qe3 a5 36. a4 Ka8 37. Rf1 Qc6 38. g5 fxg5 39. Qxe5 Qb6 40.
Qxg5 Rc4 41. Rf6 1-0

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.13"]
[Round "2.63"]
[White "Brilej, Jaka"]
[Black "Kurmann, Oliver"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C22"]
[WhiteElo "2341"]
[BlackElo "2458"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "170"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Slovenia"]
[BlackTeam "Switzerland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SLO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SUI"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. Qxd4 Nc6 4. Qd3 Nf6 5. Nc3 d5 6. Bf4 Be6 7. O-O-O Nxe4
8. Nxe4 dxe4 9. Qxe4 Bd6 10. Nf3 Bxf4+ 11. Qxf4 Qe7 12. Bb5 O-O 13. Bxc6 bxc6
14. Rhe1 Qc5 15. Qd4 Qa5 16. a3 Rab8 17. Re3 Rb5 18. Ne5 c5 19. Qc3 Qa4 20. Nd3
Rd8 21. Rde1 Qd4 22. Qxd4 cxd4 23. Re5 Rdd5 24. b4 Kf8 25. Nc5 Rxe5 26. Rxe5
Ke7 27. Re4 a5 28. Rxd4 axb4 29. axb4 Rb8 30. Re4 Kd6 31. Nxe6 fxe6 32. c3 Ra8
33. Kb2 Rf8 34. f3 Rf6 35. Rg4 g6 36. Kb3 Rf5 37. Kc4 g5 38. h4 gxh4 39. Rd4+
Kc6 40. Rxh4 h5 41. Re4 Kd6 42. Kd3 Rg5 43. Re2 h4 44. c4 Rh5 45. c5+ Kd7 46.
Kc4 c6 47. Kd4 h3 48. gxh3 Rxh3 49. Ke4 Rh4+ 50. f4 Rh1 51. Ra2 Re1+ 52. Kd4
Rd1+ 53. Ke5 Re1+ 54. Kd4 Rd1+ 55. Ke4 Re1+ 56. Kf3 Rb1 57. Ra4 Rf1+ 58. Kg4
Rg1+ 59. Kh5 e5 60. fxe5 Re1 61. Kg6 Rxe5 62. Kf6 Re4 63. Kf5 Re1 64. Ra7+ Kc8
65. Rh7 Re2 66. Rh4 Kd7 67. Rd4+ Kc7 68. Re4 Rf2+ 69. Ke6 Rh2 70. Ke5 Rh1 71.
Kd4 Rd1+ 72. Kc3 Rd7 73. Rh4 Kb7 74. Rh6 Kc7 75. Kb3 Rd1 76. Rh7+ Kc8 77. Kc4
Rc1+ 78. Kd4 Rb1 79. Ke5 Rxb4 80. Kd6 Rg4 81. Kxc6 Rg6+ 82. Kb5 Rf6 83. Ra7 Rh6
84. Ra6 Rxa6 85. Kxa6 Kc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.13"]
[Round "2.64"]
[White "Baenziger, Fabian"]
[Black "Stevanic, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2403"]
[BlackElo "2318"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "173"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Switzerland"]
[BlackTeam "Slovenia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SUI"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SLO"]

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108,96,100,100,114,130,78,171,178,182,161,172,-3050,314,291,550,536,531,530,
766,729,962,775,1018,1350,1364,1348,1328,1263,1281,1219,1141,952,1258,1179,
1436,1305,1363,1309,1195,1154,887,0,1330,1022,11208,7224,29952,12354,29959,
29965,29945,29948,12820,12820,29964,29961,29953,29949,29962,29950,29949,5131,
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2822,29979,29980,29980,29981,29981,29980,29980,29981,29981,0,29974,0,29981,
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29977,29978,29985,29979,29985,29986,29986,29987]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7
4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Bg4 8. d5 a5 9. Be3 {E94: King's Indian:
Classical: 6 Be2 e5 7 0-0: Various Black 7th moves.} Na6 10. a3 Bd7 11. Nd2 {
White has an edge.} h5 12. f3 Nh7 {[#]} 13. Kh1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Rb1 f5
14. b4 b6 15. c5 axb4 16. axb4 bxc5 17. bxc5 Nxc5 18. Bxc5 dxc5 {0-1 (31)
Yankelevich,L (2416)-Kotronias,V (2522) Belgrade 2021}) 13... f5 14. Rg1 f4 15.
Bf2 g5 16. g3 (16. b4 $14) 16... fxg3 17. Rxg3 Kh8 18. Be3 Bh6 19. Rb1 b6 20.
b4 axb4 21. axb4 Rg8 22. Nf1 h4 (22... Qf6 $14) 23. Rg1 $16 Nf6 24. Bd2 Nh5 25.
Ne3 Qf6 26. Ng4 Bxg4 27. Rxg4 Nf4 28. Bf1 Nb8 29. Nb5 $1 Qf7 (29... c6 $16 {
was worth a try.}) 30. Qb3 ({Better is} 30. Bxf4 $18 exf4 31. Bh3) 30... Nh5
31. Bh3 Nf6 32. Rgg1 {Black must now prevent Be6.} g4 33. Bxh6 gxh3 34. Qe3 (
34. Bg5 $142 {And now Nxc7! would win.} Na6 35. Qe3 (35. Bxh4 Nh5 $16)) 34...
Nh5 (34... Rg2 $16 {keeps fighting.}) 35. Rxg8+ $18 Qxg8 {[%csl Gh3][%cal
Rg8g2] [#]} 36. Rg1 $36 {[%cal Rg1g8][%mdl 2048] Black is under strong
pressure.} Ra1 {[%csl Gh3][%cal Rg8g2]} 37. Bg5 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (37. Qg5 $18
Rxg1+ 38. Kxg1) 37... Rxg1+ $19 38. Qxg1 Ng3+ $2 (38... Na6 39. Bxh4 Qf7) 39.
hxg3 $18 Qxg5 {[#]} 40. gxh4 Qxh4 41. Nxc7 Nd7 42. Ne6 {[%csl Ge6][%cal Rg1g7]}
Qh6 43. Qg5 Qxg5 44. Nxg5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KN-KN} Kg7 45. Ne6+ Kf6 46. Kh2
Nb8 47. Kxh3 Na6 48. b5 Nb8 49. Nd8 Nd7 50. Nc6 Nc5 51. Na7 Ke7 52. Nc6+ $2 ({
Not} 52. Nc8+ Kd7 $16) (52. Kg4 $18 {Strongly threatening f4.} Kd7 53. Nc6)
52... Kd7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (52... Kf6 $11) 53. Kg4 Nb3 54. f4 exf4 55. Kxf4 Nd2
56. e5 dxe5+ 57. Nxe5+ Kd6 {[#]} 58. Ke3 $1 Nb3 (58... Nf1+ 59. Kf4) 59. Nd3
Ke7 60. Nf2 Kd6 61. Kd3 Nc5+ 62. Kd4 (62. Kc3 $142 Kd7 63. Nd3 Nb7 64. Kd4 Nd6
65. Nf2 Nf5+ 66. Kd3 Kd6 67. Ne4+ Ke5 68. c5 bxc5 69. b6 Kxd5 70. b7 c4+ 71.
Kc3 Kxe4 72. b8=Q) 62... Nb3+ 63. Kc3 Nc5 64. Nd3 Ne4+ 65. Kd4 Nd2 66. Ne1 Nb3+
67. Kc3 Nc5 68. Nf3 Ne4+ 69. Kd4 Ng3 70. Nd2 {White wants to mate with Ne4+.}
Ne2+ 71. Ke3 Nc1 72. Ne4+ Kc7 73. Kd2 Nb3+ 74. Kc3 Nc1 75. Kd2 Nb3+ 76. Kc3 Nc1
$1 77. Ng3 {White mates.} Kd6 78. Kc2 Na2 79. Ne4+ Ke5 {[#]} 80. d6 $1 Ke6 81.
Kb2 Nb4 82. Kc3 Na2+ 83. Kd4 Nc1 84. c5 bxc5+ 85. Kxc5 Nb3+ 86. Kc4 Na5+ 87.
Kb4 {White used his chance.  Weighted Error Value: White=0.54/Black=0.24} 1-0

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.13"]
[Round "2.65"]
[White "Gretarsson, Hjorvar Steinn"]
[Black "Agopov, Mikael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2574"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Iceland"]
[BlackTeam "Finland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FIN"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. b3 Nf6 2. Bb2 c5 3. Nf3 g6 4. c4 Bg7 5. g3 d6 6. Bg2 Nc6 7. d4 Ne4 8. O-O
O-O 9. e3 Bg4 10. Qd3 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 Ng5 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. f4 Ne6 14. Nd2 cxd4
15. exd4 c5 16. Nf3 d5 17. Ne5 dxc4 18. Qxc4 cxd4 19. Nxf7 Kxf7 20. f5 gxf5 21.
Rxf5+ Bf6 22. Re1 Qb6 23. Rb5 Qa6 24. a4 Rfb8 25. Qd5 Rxb5 26. axb5 Qc8 27. Ba3
Rb8 28. Re4 Rb6 29. Qf5 d3 30. Rg4 Qc3 31. Qh5+ Kf8 32. Qh6+ Bg7 33. Qxh7 Qe1+
34. Kg2 Qe2+ 35. Kh3 Qf1+ 36. Kh4 Bf6+ 0-1

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.13"]
[Round "2.66"]
[White "Koykka, Pekka"]
[Black "Hjartarson, Johann"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2353"]
[BlackElo "2483"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Finland"]
[BlackTeam "Iceland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FIN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISL"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 c5 5. d5 d6 6. e4 exd5 7. cxd5 O-O 8. Nge2
Nbd7 9. Ng3 Re8 10. Be2 a6 11. O-O Rb8 12. Bg5 h6 13. Be3 b5 14. Qd2 c4 15. Nf5
Ne5 16. g4 Ba5 17. Bd4 Bb6 18. b4 Bxf5 19. gxf5 Nd3 20. Bxb6 Qxb6+ 21. Kg2 Nxb4
22. a3 Nd3 23. Bxd3 cxd3 24. Qxd3 Rbc8 25. Rfc1 Nd7 26. Ne2 Qd8 27. Qe3 Rxc1
28. Rxc1 Ne5 29. Rc3 Nc4 30. Qd4 Qh4 31. Ng3 Qg5 32. Kf2 h5 33. Qd1 g6 34. Qc1
Qxc1 35. Rxc1 h4 36. Ne2 gxf5 37. exf5 Re5 38. Nc3 Rxf5 39. a4 Ne5 40. Ke2 bxa4
41. Ne4 Rxf3 42. Nxd6 Rh3 43. Rc8+ Kh7 44. Ra8 Rxh2+ 45. Kf1 a3 0-1

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.13"]
[Round "2.67"]
[White "Gretarsson, Helgi Ass"]
[Black "Nyysti, Sampsa"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2476"]
[BlackElo "2325"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "148"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Iceland"]
[BlackTeam "Finland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FIN"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd2 c5 6. Nf3 b6 7. Bd3 d5 8. a3
Bxc3 9. Bxc3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Ba6 11. Bxa6 Nxa6 12. Qe2 cxd4 13. Bxd4 Nc5 14. Bxc5
bxc5 15. O-O Rb8 16. Rfc1 Qb6 17. Rc2 Qb5 18. Kf1 Qxe2+ 19. Kxe2 Rb7 20. Ne5
Rfb8 21. Nd3 Nd7 22. Rd1 Kf8 23. Rdd2 Ke8 24. Rc4 Rb3 25. Ra4 R8b7 26. Rc2 Ke7
27. Rd2 h5 28. Rc4 g6 29. Rcc2 R3b6 30. Kd1 Rd6 31. h4 Rb3 32. Nc1 Rb7 33. Nd3
Rb3 34. Ke2 Rb7 35. f3 Rb3 36. g3 Rb7 37. Rc3 Rb5 38. Kd1 Rb7 39. Kc1 Rb5 40.
Rdc2 c4 41. Nf2 Nb6 42. e4 Rd4 43. Nd1 f5 44. exf5 gxf5 45. Re3 Nd5 46. Re1 Kf6
47. Rce2 Rb6 48. Kc2 Rd3 49. Ne3 Nxe3+ 50. Rxe3 Rdb3 51. Rxb3 Rxb3 52. Rf1 e5
53. Rf2 Ke6 54. Rf1 Kd5 55. Rd1+ Kc5 56. g4 Rxf3 57. gxf5 Rxf5 58. Rd7 a5 59.
Ra7 Kd4 60. Rxa5 Rf2+ 61. Kc1 e4 62. Ra8 e3 63. Rd8+ Ke4 64. Re8+ Kd3 65. Rd8+
Ke2 66. Re8 Rf5 67. Kc2 Kf2 68. a4 e2 69. Kc3 e1=Q+ 70. Rxe1 Kxe1 71. Kxc4 Rf4+
72. Kb5 Rxh4 73. a5 Rh2 74. b4 Ra2 0-1

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.13"]
[Round "2.68"]
[White "Kokkila, Tero"]
[Black "Kjartansson, Gudmundur"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2283"]
[BlackElo "2443"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "202"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Finland"]
[BlackTeam "Iceland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FIN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISL"]

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0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-40,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3
Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 gxf6 7. Nf3 f5 8. Ned2 c5 {C13: French:
Classical System: 4 Bg5 Be7, Alekhine-Chatard Attack.} 9. Nc4 Nc6 {[%cal Rc5d4]
} 10. dxc5 {[#]} Bxc5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Qxd1+ 11. Rxd1 Bxc5 12. c3 O-O
{0-1 (12) Bozic,D (1725)-Ochoa Ramirez,J ICCF email 2012}) 11. Qxd8+ Kxd8 12.
c3 Bd7 13. Be2 Ke7 14. O-O Rhc8 15. Rfe1 b5 16. Nce5 Nxe5 17. Nxe5 Be8 18. a3
a5 19. Bf3 Rab8 20. Nd3 Bd6 21. g3 Kf6 22. Rad1 Rb6 23. Rd2 Bf8 24. Red1 Bh6
25. Nf4 ({Better is} 25. Re2 $15) 25... Bxf4 $17 26. gxf4 b4 $1 {[%cal Rb4c3]}
27. Rd8 (27. axb4 $17 axb4 28. Rd8) 27... Rxd8 $19 28. Rxd8 bxc3 29. bxc3 {
[%mdl 4096] Endgame [#] KRB-KRB} Ke7 {[%cal Re7d8]} 30. Ra8 {[#]} a4 31. Ra7+
Kd6 32. h4 (32. Kg2 $142) 32... Rb3 33. Bh5 Rxc3 34. Bxf7 Bd7 35. h5 Rxa3 36.
Kg2 Bc6+ 37. Kh2 Rf3 38. h6 (38. Kg1 $142) 38... Rxf2+ 39. Kh3 Rf3+ 40. Kh4
Rxf4+ 41. Kg5 Rg4+ 42. Kf6 f4 43. Bh5 Rg8 44. Rxh7 Ra8 45. Re7 Bd7 {White must
now prevent ...a3.} 46. h7 Rh8 ({Worse is} 46... a3 47. Be8 $11) 47. Bg4 {
[%cal Rg4e6]} f3 $2 ({Black should play} 47... a3 $19 48. Bxe6 Bxe6 49. Rxe6+
Kd5) 48. Bxf3 $11 a3 49. Bg4 $1 a2 50. Rxd7+ $1 {[%mdl 64] Remove Defender}
Kxd7 51. Bxe6+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack. KR-KB} Kd6 52. Bxa2 Rxh7 53. Bb3 Rh3
54. Bc2 Rf3+ 55. Kg7 Ke7 56. Bh7 Rf7+ 57. Kh8 Kf6 58. Bc2 Rf8+ (58... Ra7 {
is interesting.} 59. Bh7 Ke5 60. Bc2 Kd4 61. Bh7 Kc5) 59. Kh7 Rd8 (59... Rf7+ {
is interesting.} 60. Kg8 Rg7+ 61. Kh8 Rg2 62. Bh7 Rg1) 60. Bb3 Rd7+ (60... Rd2
{feels hotter.} 61. Bc4 Ke5 62. Kg8 Kd6 63. Kg7 Kc5) 61. Kh8 Kg6 (61... Rd2 {
is more complex.} 62. Kh7 Rd8 63. Bc4 Kg5 64. Be6 Kf4) 62. Bc2+ Kh6 {[%cal
Rd7d8]} (62... Kg5 {is interesting.} 63. Bh7 Kh5 64. Kg8 Rd2 65. Kh8 Kg5) 63.
Bb3 Rh7+ (63... Rd2 {keeps more tension.} 64. Kg8 Rd8+ 65. Kf7 Kg5 66. Kg7 Kf4)
64. Kg8 Rb7 65. Bc2 Rg7+ 66. Kf8 Rg2 67. Bd3 Rg3 68. Bc2 Rc3 69. Bb1 Rc7 70.
Bd3 Kg5 71. Kg8 (71. Bb1 {looks sharper.} Rc1 72. Ba2 Kf4 73. Bf7 Ra1 74. Kg7)
71... Kf6 (71... Rc1 {with more complications.} 72. Kh8 Kf4 73. Kh7 Ke3 74. Bg6
Kf4) 72. Kh8 Kf7 (72... Rc1 {with more complications.} 73. Kh7 Rh1+ 74. Kg8 Ke6
75. Bh7 Ke5) 73. Be4 (73. Bb1 {feels hotter.} Ke7 74. Bh7 Kd8 75. Bg8 Ke7 76.
Bh7) 73... Re7 (73... Rc1 {seems wilder.} 74. Bd3 Rh1+ 75. Bh7 Kf6 76. Kg8 Rg1+
) 74. Bc2 Kf8 (74... Re1 {looks sharper.} 75. Bd3 Rh1+ 76. Bh7 Kf6 77. Kg8 Rg1+
) 75. Bd3 Rc7 (75... Re1 {looks sharper.} 76. Kh7 Ke7 77. Bc4 Rh1+ 78. Kg8 Kf6)
76. Be4 Rc4 (76... Rc8 {feels hotter.} 77. Bf5 Rc1 78. Kh7 Ke7 79. Bg6 Rc8) 77.
Bd3 (77. Bh7 {feels hotter.} Rh4) 77... Rh4+ 78. Bh7 Rg4 (78... Rh1 {seems
wilder.}) 79. Bc2 Kf7 (79... Rg1 {seems wilder.} 80. Bd3 Ke7 81. Kh7 Kd6 82.
Bc4 Kc5) 80. Bb3+ (80. Bb1 {feels hotter.} Rg1 81. Bc2 Kf6 82. Kh7 Kf7 83. Kh8)
80... Kg6 81. Bc2+ (81. Bd1 {seems wilder.} Rg1 82. Bc2+ Kf6 83. Kh7 Kf7 84.
Kh8) 81... Kh6 82. Bb3 (82. Bb1 {looks sharper.} Rg1 83. Be4 Kh5 84. Bf3+ Kg5
85. Bc6) 82... Rg7 (82... Rg1 {is interesting.} 83. Bd5 Kg6 84. Be4+ Kh5 85.
Bf3+ Kg5) 83. Bc4 Kg6 (83... Rg1 {looks sharper.} 84. Bb3 Kg6 85. Bc2+ Kf6 86.
Kh7 Kf7) 84. Bd3+ Kf6 85. Bc2 Rc7 (85... Rg1 {is interesting.} 86. Kh7 Kf7 87.
Kh8 Kf6) 86. Bb1 Rc8+ 87. Kh7 Rc1 88. Bd3 Kf7 {[%cal Rc1h1]} (88... Ra1 {
seems wilder.} 89. Bc4 Rh1+ 90. Kg8 Kg5 91. Bd3 Kh4) 89. Bg6+ (89. Kh8 {
with more complications.} Rh1+ 90. Bh7 Kf6 91. Kg8 Rg1+ 92. Kh8) 89... Kf6 {
( -> ...Rh1+)} 90. Bd3 Rd1 (90... Ra1 {feels hotter.} 91. Bc4 Rh1+ 92. Kg8 Kg5
93. Bd3 Kh4) 91. Bc2 Rd7+ (91... Ra1 {keeps more tension.} 92. Bd3 Rg1 93. Be4
Ke6 94. Bc2 Rh1+) 92. Kh8 Rd2 93. Be4 Kf7 (93... Rd1 {looks sharper.} 94. Bh7
Rh1 95. Kg8 Rg1+ 96. Kh8 Kg5) 94. Bb1 Rh2+ (94... Rg2 {is more complex.} 95.
Bf5 Kf6 96. Bh7 Rg1 97. Bc2 Ke5) 95. Bh7 Kf6 {The position is equal.} 96. Kg8
Rg2+ (96... Ra2 {seems wilder.} 97. Kh8 Ra8+ 98. Bg8 Ke7 99. Kh7 Kd7) 97. Kh8
$1 Kf7 98. Bd3 Rg8+ 99. Kh7 Rg4 {[%cal Rg4h4]} 100. Kh8 Rh4+ 101. Bh7 Kf8 {
Black had all chances to win.  Weighted Error Value: White=0.36/Black=0.06}
1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.13"]
[Round "2.69"]
[White "Saraci, Nderim"]
[Black "Pechac, Jergus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2486"]
[BlackElo "2562"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Kosovo"]
[BlackTeam "Slovakia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "KOS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SVK"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nc6 3. d4 Bf5 4. Bg2 e6 5. O-O Nb4 6. Na3 Nc6 7. c4 Bxa3 8.
bxa3 Be4 9. Qa4 Nge7 10. Bd2 O-O 11. Rfc1 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 Nxd4 13. cxd5 Nxf3+ 14.
exf3 Nxd5 15. Rab1 b6 16. Qc6 Qf6 17. Kg2 Rad8 18. Bb4 Rfe8 19. Bc3 Qf5 20. Rb2
f6 21. Re2 Qg6 22. Qc4 c5 23. a4 a5 24. Rce1 Qf5 25. Bd2 Kf7 26. g4 Qg6 27. Re4
h5 28. h3 Re7 29. Bf4 hxg4 30. fxg4 Nxf4+ 31. Rxf4 Qd3 32. Qb3 Qxb3 33. axb3
Rd3 34. Rf3 Red7 35. Rfe3 e5 36. h4 R7d4 37. Kg3 Kg6 38. f3 Rd2 39. Rf1 Ra2 40.
f4 exf4+ 41. Rxf4 Rg2+ 42. Kxg2 Rxf4 43. Kg3 Rb4 44. Rd3 Kf7 45. h5 Kg8 46. Rf3
Kh7 47. Rd3 Kh6 48. Kh4 g6 49. hxg6 Kxg6 50. Kg3 Rd4 51. Rf3 c4 52. bxc4 Rxc4
53. Rf4 Rxf4 54. Kxf4 Kf7 55. Ke3 Ke6 56. Ke4 Kd6 57. Kf5 b5 0-1

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.13"]
[Round "2.70"]
[White "Druska, Juraj"]
[Black "Uruci, Endrit"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2508"]
[BlackElo "2322"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Slovakia"]
[BlackTeam "Kosovo"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SVK"]
[BlackTeamCountry "KOS"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. Re1 e5 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. h3 Nh6 8. d3
f6 9. Be3 b6 10. a4 O-O 11. a5 Be6 12. Nbd2 Nf7 13. axb6 axb6 14. Rxa8 Qxa8 15.
b4 cxb4 16. Bxb6 Rb8 17. Be3 Bf8 18. Qb1 c5 19. Qb2 Qa3 20. Rb1 Ra8 21. Kf1 Nd8
22. Ke1 Nc6 23. Nb3 c4 24. dxc4 Bxc4 25. Bc1 Qa6 26. Ra1 Qb7 27. Rxa8 Qxa8 28.
Qa1 Qb7 29. Be3 Qd7 30. Qa4 Bf7 31. Nfd2 Qc8 32. Kd1 Be8 33. Qa2 Qc7 34. Qa8
Qd8 35. Qa6 Qc7 36. Nc5 Qa5 37. Qc8 Qa1+ 38. Ke2 Nd4+ 39. Bxd4 Bb5+ 40. Nd3
Qxd4 41. Qb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.13"]
[Round "2.71"]
[White "Makolli, Perparim"]
[Black "Petenyi, Tamas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C46"]
[WhiteElo "2245"]
[BlackElo "2458"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Kosovo"]
[BlackTeam "Slovakia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "KOS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SVK"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Be3 Nc6 5. Qd2 e5 6. Nf3 exd4 7. Nxd4 Nf6 8.
Nxc6 bxc6 9. Bh6 Bxh6 10. Qxh6 Be6 11. f3 Rb8 12. O-O-O Nd7 13. Qe3 O-O 14. h4
Qf6 15. f4 Rfe8 16. Qg3 Nc5 17. Bd3 h5 18. f5 Bd7 19. Bc4 Nxe4 20. Qxg6+ Kf8
21. Qxf6 Nxf6 22. Bd3 Rb4 23. Rdf1 Rg4 24. Rf2 Re5 25. Be2 Rg3 26. Bd3 c5 27.
Ne2 Rg4 28. b3 Bc6 29. Nf4 Bd7 30. Ne2 d5 31. c3 d4 32. cxd4 cxd4 33. Kd2 Bb5
34. Rc1 Bxd3 35. Kxd3 Re3+ 36. Kc4 d3+ 37. Nf4 d2 38. Rxd2 Rxf4+ 39. Kb5 Rxf5+
40. Ka6 Re6+ 41. Kxa7 Ra5+ 42. Kb7 Ne8 43. Kc8 Ra7 44. Kd8 Re7 0-1

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.13"]
[Round "2.72"]
[White "Mazur, Stefan"]
[Black "Saraci, Korab"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B76"]
[WhiteElo "2433"]
[BlackElo "2149"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Slovakia"]
[BlackTeam "Kosovo"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SVK"]
[BlackTeamCountry "KOS"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. Qd2 Nf6 8. f3
O-O 9. O-O-O d5 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Bh6 Be6 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. e5 Nd7 14. h4 h5
15. g4 Rh8 16. gxh5 Rxh5 17. f4 Qh8 18. Bg2 Qh6 19. Bf3 Rf5 20. Ne2 Nxe5 21.
Qc3 Kf8 22. h5 Nxf3 23. hxg6 Rh5 24. Rxh5 Qxh5 25. Ng3 Qxg6 26. f5 Qxg3 27.
fxe6 Qg5+ 28. Kb1 Qf6 29. Qxc6 Rb8 30. b3 fxe6 31. Qc7 Rb4 32. Qxa7 Rf4 33. a4
Ng5 34. Rg1 Rf1+ 35. Rxf1 Qxf1+ 36. Kb2 Qf6+ 37. Ka3 Ne4 38. Qg1 Qc3 39. Qf1+
Ke8 40. Qb5+ Kd8 41. Qb6+ Kd7 42. Qb5+ Kd6 43. a5 Qc5+ 0-1

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.13"]
[Round "2.73"]
[White "Djukic, Nikola"]
[Black "Tate, Alan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2519"]
[BlackElo "2342"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Montenegro"]
[BlackTeam "Scotland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "MNE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SCO"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 Qe7 7. Nc3 g5 8. Bg3
d6 9. d4 exd4 10. Nxd4 Bd7 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. O-O h5 13. e5 h4 14. Re1 O-O-O 15.
exf6 Qxf6 16. Be5 dxe5 17. Ne4 Qe7 18. Nxc5 Qxc5 19. Nb3 Qb6 20. Rxe5 Be6 21.
Qe2 Rd5 22. c4 Rxe5 23. Qxe5 Rd8 24. Nc5 Bxc4 25. b3 Rd5 26. Qe8+ Rd8 27. Qe7
Bd5 28. Rc1 Rg8 29. Qe5 Qa5 30. Qf5+ Be6 31. Qe4 Bd5 32. Qg4+ Kb8 33. Qe2 Rd8
34. Qe7 Rg8 35. a4 h3 36. b4 1-0

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.13"]
[Round "2.74"]
[White "Bremner, Adam"]
[Black "Draskovic, Luka"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2204"]
[BlackElo "2469"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Scotland"]
[BlackTeam "Montenegro"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SCO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "MNE"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Nf3 Bf5 4. Bg2 e6 5. O-O Be7 6. c4 O-O 7. Qb3 Nc6 8. Qxb7
Na5 9. Qa6 Nxc4 10. b3 Nb6 11. Ne5 Bd6 12. Ba3 Qc8 13. Qxc8 Rfxc8 14. Nc6 Kf8
15. Bb2 Nbd7 16. Na3 Nb8 17. Rfc1 Nxc6 18. Rxc6 Rcb8 19. Ra6 Bb4 20. Rc6 Bd6
21. Ra6 Ke8 22. Bf1 Kd7 23. Rc1 Rb6 24. e3 c6 25. Nb1 Ne8 26. Rxb6 axb6 27. a4
Nc7 28. Nc3 Na6 29. Na2 Nb4 30. Nxb4 Bxb4 31. Bc3 Bxc3 32. Rxc3 Kd6 33. Bd3
Bxd3 34. Rxd3 f6 35. Rd2 e5 36. Kg2 c5 37. dxc5+ bxc5 38. e4 d4 39. Ra2 Kc6 40.
Kf3 Kb6 41. Rc2 Rd8 42. Rc1 Rb8 43. Ke2 Kc6 44. Rb1 Rb4 45. Kd2 c4 46. Rc1 Kc5
47. bxc4 Rxa4 48. Rc2 Ra3 49. Rb2 Kxc4 50. Rc2+ Rc3 51. Rb2 d3 52. Rb7 Rc2+ 53.
Ke1 Re2+ 54. Kd1 Rxf2 55. Rxg7 Kd4 56. Rxh7 Ke3 57. Ke1 d2+ 0-1

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.13"]
[Round "2.75"]
[White "Blagojevic, Dragisa"]
[Black "Morrison, Graham"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E25"]
[WhiteElo "2467"]
[BlackElo "2251"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Montenegro"]
[BlackTeam "Scotland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "MNE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SCO"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
dxc5 Qa5 9. e4 Ne7 10. Be3 O-O 11. Qb3 Nec6 12. Bb5 e5 13. Ne2 Be6 14. Bc4 Bxc4
15. Qxc4 Qa6 16. Qxa6 Nxa6 17. O-O Na5 18. Rfb1 Nb8 19. Nc1 Rd8 20. Na2 Nbc6
21. Nb4 Nc4 22. Bf2 N6a5 23. Nd5 Rd7 24. Ra2 f6 25. Kf1 Kf7 26. Ke2 Rad8 27.
Rb4 Ke6 28. a4 f5 29. Kd3 Rxd5+ 30. exd5+ Kxd5 31. Ke2 Kc6 32. Rb1 Rd7 33. Rb5
Rd5 34. h3 Rd7 35. Rb1 g6 36. g4 f4 37. g5 Rd8 38. h4 Re8 39. Rd1 Nb3 40. Kd3
Nba5 41. Kc2 e4 42. fxe4 Rxe4 43. Kd3 Re7 44. Re2 Ne5+ 45. Kc2 Nac4 46. Re4 Rf7
47. Rdd4 f3 48. Rxc4 Nxc4 49. Rxc4 Re7 50. Kd3 Re2 51. Be3 1-0

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.13"]
[Round "2.76"]
[White "Gordon, Frederick"]
[Black "Nikcevic, Nebojsa"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "1739"]
[BlackElo "2385"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Scotland"]
[BlackTeam "Montenegro"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SCO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "MNE"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. d4 Bg7 6. Na3 cxd4 7. Nb5 Na6 8.
Nbxd4 Nf6 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. Bxa6 bxa6 11. O-O O-O 12. Re1 e6 13. h3 Rac8 14. Bf4
Qb7 15. Qb3 Qb6 16. Ne5 Rfd8 17. Rad1 Be8 18. Nc4 Qc5 19. Nd6 Rxd6 20. Bxd6
Qxd6 21. Nxe6 Qb8 22. Nxg7 Kxg7 23. Re7 a5 24. Qxb8 Rxb8 25. Rxa7 Rxb2 26. Rxa5
Ne4 27. Re1 Bc6 28. f3 Nxc3 29. Rc5 Ne2+ 30. Rxe2 Rxe2 31. Rxc6 Rxa2 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.14"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Spain"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

{[%evp 16,62,28,0,5,-18,-7,-7,0,0,0,-8,-5,-7,0,-47,-40,-45,-45,-67,-69,-70,-42,
-41,-39,-42,-5,-26,-16,-60,-51,-49,-53,-50,-41,-36,-47,-76,-70,-79,-26,-35,-23,
-23,-22,-23,-23,-35,-37]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6
6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. h3 Bd7 {C67: Ruy Lopez: Berlin
Defence: 4 0-0 Nxe4.} 10. Rd1 Be7 11. Nc3 Kc8 {The position is equal. 11...b6
is a critical line.} 12. g4 Nh4 13. Nxh4 Bxh4 14. Ne4 h6 15. Nc5 Be8 {[#]} 16.
e6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16. c4 b6 17. Ne4 c5 18. Nc3 Bd7 19. Kg2 Re8 20. Bf4 f6
21. Re1 Kb7 22. Rad1 {1/2-1/2 (80) Halvax,G (2360)-Schachinger,M (2439) St
Johann im Pongau 2016}) 16... b6 17. Nd3 fxe6 18. Re1 Rf8 19. Rxe6 Bf7 20. Re2
Kb7 21. b3 h5 22. Bb2 Bd5 23. Ne5 hxg4 24. hxg4 Bf6 25. c4 Bxe5 26. Bxe5 Bf3
27. Re3 Bxg4 (27... g5 $17) 28. Rg3 $11 Bf5 29. Rxg7 Rg8 {[#] Strongly
threatening ...Rxg7+.} 30. Rxg8 Rxg8+ 31. Kh2 c5 {Weighted Error Value:
White=0.09/Black=0.07} 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.14"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Black "Anton Guijarro, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2669"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Spain"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ESP"]

{[%evp 9,49,0,7,6,25,9,19,8,21,12,9,0,0,0,12,5,7,12,14,5,9,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,
0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 h5 5. Bd3 Bxd3 6.
Qxd3 {B12: Caro-Kann: Advance Variation.} Qa5+ 7. Nd2 {Threatening e6!} e6 {
The position is equal.} 8. Ngf3 Nh6 9. O-O Nf5 10. Nb3 $1 {[%mdl 4] outshines
the older 10.c4.} Qa6 11. Qd1 b6 12. Bg5 c5 13. dxc5 Bxc5 {[#]} 14. c3 $146 ({
Predecessor:} 14. Nxc5 bxc5 15. b3 Nc6 16. Re1 Rb8 17. c3 Qa5 18. Bd2 Qc7 19.
Qe2 a5 20. g3 {0-1 (45) Diaz Rosas,J (2367)-Cori,J (2652) Villahermosa 2021})
14... Nc6 15. Nxc5 bxc5 16. Re1 Rc8 17. b3 Rc7 18. Rc1 Qxa2 19. Ra1 Qb2 20. Bd2
O-O 21. Rb1 Qa2 22. Ra1 Qb2 23. Rb1 Qa2 24. Ra1 Qb2 25. Rb1 {A rather calm
draw.  Weighted Error Value: White=0.03/Black=0.03} 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.14"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Santos Latasa, Jaime"]
[Black "Alekseenko, Kirill"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2633"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Spain"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

{[%evp 9,75,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,16,0,13,0,0,0,0,0,-3,-16,-8,-20,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,4,0,
0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,8,17,17,17,17,17,20,21,19,19,23,15,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,
0,0,0,-27]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 b6 3. c4 dxc4 4. Qa4+ Nd7 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. Qxc4 {
[#] Ng5! is the strong threat. A07: Réti Opening: New York and Capablanca
Systems.} e6 7. O-O Ngf6 8. d3 Bd6 {[#]} 9. Qc2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. Nc3 a6
10. Qb3 O-O 11. a4 c5 12. Rd1 Qc7 13. e4 Ne5 14. Ne1 Nc6 15. Ne2 {0-1 (30)
Pascual Gras,E (2456)-Mrugala,A (2442) ICCF corr 2001}) 9... O-O 10. Nc3 c5 11.
b3 a6 12. Bb2 b5 13. Rfd1 Qb6 14. Ne4 Be7 15. Nxf6+ Nxf6 16. Rac1 Rac8 17. e3
Rfd8 18. Qe2 h6 19. Ne5 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Nd7 {[%cal Bf6d7,Bd7b6,Bb6d5][%mdl 32]}
21. Nf3 Qb7 22. Kg1 Bf6 23. Rd2 Bxb2 24. Rxb2 Qd5 25. Rbc2 Nb6 26. Kg2 g5 {
[#] Strongly threatening ...g4.} (26... Qd6 {keeps more tension.} 27. e4 Rd7
28. Qd2 Rdc7 29. Qf4 Qd8) 27. h3 Qxd3 28. Qxd3 Rxd3 29. Rxc5 Rxc5 30. Rxc5 $11
{[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} Nd5 31. Rc6 Nb4 32. Rc8+ {The position is equal.}
Kg7 33. a3 Nd5 34. Nd4 Rd2 {Threatens to win with ...Nxe3+.} 35. Kf3 h5 {
White should prevent ...g4+!} 36. Rc2 Rxc2 37. Nxc2 f5 38. Ke2 {An uneventful
encounter.  Weighted Error Value: White=0.02/Black=0.02} 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.14"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Black "Salgado Lopez, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E09"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Spain"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ESP"]

{[%evp 20,81,40,6,7,0,1,6,14,8,-6,-12,-19,-16,-14,-16,-6,-10,4,0,-27,-14,0,0,0,
0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,3,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,13,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]
} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Qc2 c6 7. O-O Nbd7 8.
Nbd2 b6 9. e4 Bb7 {9...dxc4 is the hot move.} 10. e5 Ne8 11. b3 Nc7 {E09:
Closed Catalan: Main Line: 7 Qc2 c6 8 Nbd2.} 12. Re1 Rc8 13. Bb2 c5 14. Rad1 a5
15. Qb1 {[#]} h6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... b5 16. dxc5 Nxc5 17. Nd4 Qe8 18. f4
bxc4 19. bxc4 g6 20. N2b3 a4 21. Nxc5 Bxc5 {1-0 (64) Chlpik,M (2185)-Obona,J 
(2213) Slovakia 2019}) 16. cxd5 Nxd5 17. dxc5 Nxc5 18. Nd4 a4 19. Ba1 axb3 20.
axb3 Ba6 {The position is equal.} 21. Nc4 {Nf5! is the strong threat.} Nxb3 $1
22. Bxd5 Nxd4 ({Don't blunder} 22... Qxd5 $2 23. Nxb6 Nxd4 24. Nxd5 $18) 23.
Bxd4 Bxc4 ({Worse is} 23... Qxd5 24. Nxb6 Qa5 25. Nxc8 $16) 24. Bb7 Rb8 25.
Bxb6 Rxb7 26. Rxd8 Bxd8 {[#]} 27. Qc2 $1 {aiming for Bxd8.} Bd5 28. Bxd8 Rxd8
29. h3 Rdb8 30. Rc1 Rb2 31. Qd3 R2b3 32. Qd1 Be4 33. Kh2 Rb1 34. g4 (34. Rxb1 {
looks sharper.} Rxb1 35. Qd8+ Kh7 36. g4 Rh1+ 37. Kg3) 34... R1b2 35. Qd4 Bd5
36. Rc8+ Rxc8 37. Qxb2 Rc4 38. Qb8+ Kh7 39. Qb1+ Kg8 40. Qb8+ Kh7 41. Qb1+ {
A rather calm draw.  Weighted Error Value: White=0.03/Black=0.02} 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.14"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D39"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Azerbaijan"]
[BlackTeam "Germany"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

{[%evp 15,63,13,14,18,19,18,14,14,29,5,11,8,33,40,44,38,79,80,80,80,80,64,100,
87,79,77,65,41,24,33,29,21,71,80,71,79,167,117,117,125,158,158,158,158,158,162,
252,225,469,445]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 Bb4 6. Bg5 h6
7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8. Bxc4 c5 9. e5 {D39: Queen's Gambit Declined: Ragozin Defence
with 5 Bg5 dxc4.} Qd8 10. O-O cxd4 11. Ne4 {The position is equal.} Be7 12. Qe2
Nc6 13. Rfd1 {[#]} Qa5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... a6 14. Ng3 O-O 15. Qe4 Bd7
16. h4 Na5 17. Bd3 g6 18. h5 Bc6 19. Qg4 g5 20. Nxd4 {1-0 (57) Sarana,A (2657)
-Maghsoodloo,P (2676) Europe Echecs INT 2020}) 14. Ned2 {[%mdl 1024] White has
compensation.} Bd7 15. a3 Bg5 16. b4 {[%cal Bb2b4,Bb4b5][%mdl 32]} Qc7 17. b5
Na5 18. Bd3 Rc8 19. Nxg5 hxg5 20. g3 Ke7 21. Re1 f5 22. Nf3 Nb3 23. Rab1 g4 24.
Rxb3 gxf3 25. Qxf3 Qa5 (25... a6 $16) 26. Rb4 {[%cal Bb3b4,Bb4d4,Bd4a4][%mdl
32]} Qxa3 27. Rxd4 {Black must now prevent Rd1.} Rc1 {[#]} 28. Rxc1 Qxc1+ {[#]}
29. Bf1 $1 Rc8 30. Qxb7 Rc7 (30... Qc7 $142 31. Qa6 Qc5) 31. Qb8 $18 Bc8 $2 (
31... Kf7 32. h4 Qa1) 32. Ra4 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.04/Black=0.27} ({
Less strong is} 32. b6 axb6 33. Qxb6 Kf7 $16) 1-0

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.14"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "Donchenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Germany"]
[BlackTeam "Azerbaijan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AZE"]

{[%evp 16,65,24,15,13,8,12,12,11,5,23,11,21,12,16,28,26,28,23,29,31,0,13,-1,0,
0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-2,-6,0,-11,-6,-8,-16,-17,0,0,0,-10,0,-7,0,0,0,-8,0,-10]} 1. d4
Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 c5 5. g3 Ne4 6. Qd3 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Qa5 {7...Bxc3+
is more fashionable.} 8. Nb3 Nxc3 9. Nxa5 Ne4+ {[#] E20: Nimzo-Indian: 4 g3
and 4 f3.} 10. Bd2 $1 Bxd2+ {[#]} 11. Qxd2 $1 Nxd2 12. Kxd2 Na6 13. Bg2 Rb8 14.
Rhc1 b6 15. Nb3 Bb7 16. Bxb7 Rxb7 17. Nd4 Ke7 18. a3 {[#]} Rc8 $146 {The
position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 18... h5 19. b4 Rc8 20. Rc3 d6 21. Rac1 Rd7
22. e4 Nb8 23. f4 a6 24. Ke3 Rdc7 {1/2-1/2 (48) Radev Iordanov,N (2360)-Lukov,
V (2430) Pamporovo 1981}) 19. b4 Rbc7 20. Nb5 Rb7 21. Nd4 Rbc7 22. Nb5 Rb7 23.
Rc3 d6 24. Rac1 Nb8 25. Rd3 Rd7 26. f4 a6 27. Nd4 Nc6 28. e3 Rdc7 29. Rdc3 g6
30. Nb5 Rd7 31. Nd4 Rdc7 32. Nb5 Rd7 33. Nd4 {A rather calm draw.  Weighted
Error Value: White=0.04/Black=0.04} 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.14"]
[Round "3.7"]
[White "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Black "Keymer, Vincent"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2639"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Azerbaijan"]
[BlackTeam "Germany"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

{[%evp 24,123,0,14,27,27,21,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-22,-14,-7,-14,-13,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,
0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,
0,0,0,30,33,297,243,284,245,280,273,633,596,582,569,421,133,462,416,380,77,
1220,1175,1226,1065,1394,1360,1229,766,601,0,1087,0,640,0]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5
3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. Nf3 Nd7 7. h4 h6 8. h5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3
10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bd2 Ngf6 12. O-O-O Be7 13. Ne4 Qb6 {B19: Classical Caro-Kann:
4...Bf5 main line.} 14. Nxf6+ Nxf6 15. Qe2 c5 {The position is equal.} 16. dxc5
Bxc5 17. Bc3 {[#]} O-O $146 ({Predecessor:} 17... Bxf2 18. Nd4 Bxd4 19. Bxd4
Qa5 20. Bxf6 gxf6 21. Rh3 Rd8 22. Rxd8+ Qxd8 {0-1 (60) Hambartsumian,Y (2355)
-Saltaev,M (2484) Kallithea 2008}) 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Rd3 Rad8 20. Rhd1 Rxd3 21.
Rxd3 {next Ne5! is good for White.} Rd8 22. Ne1 Rxd3 23. Nxd3 Bd6 24. Qg4+ Kh7
25. Qh4 (25. a3 {seems wilder.} f5 26. Qc4 Kg7 27. Qc3+ Kg8 28. Kb1) 25... Kg7
26. Qg4+ Kh7 27. Qa4 f5 28. g4 fxg4 29. Qe4+ Kg8 30. Qxg4+ Kf8 31. Qe4 Qb5 32.
Qd4 Ke7 33. Qxa7 Qg5+ 34. f4 Bxf4+ 35. Kb1 Qd5 {( -> ...Qh1+)} 36. a4 Bd6 (
36... Bc7 {looks sharper.} 37. b4 Bd6 38. a5 Qc6 39. Kc1 e5) 37. a5 {And now
a6 would win.} Qh1+ 38. Ka2 $1 {Hoping for a6.} Qc6 39. Kb1 Qh1+ 40. Ka2 $1
Qd5+ 41. Kb1 $1 Qc6 42. Qg1 Qb5 43. Qa7 $1 Bc7 44. b4 {Threatening Qc5+.} Bd6
45. c4 Qc6 {Strongly threatening ...Qe4!} 46. Qd4 Qh1+ 47. Kc2 Qxh5 $2 {
[%mdl 8192]} (47... Qg2+ $14 48. Kb3 Qf3) 48. Qe4 $18 Kf8 49. Qxb7 Qe2+ 50. Kc3
Be7 $2 (50... Qe3) 51. Qb8+ Kg7 {aiming for ...Bf6+.} 52. Qg3+ Bg5 53. a6 $2 (
53. c5 $18 {and White stays clearly on top.}) 53... e5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (53...
Qa2 $16 {is a better chance.}) 54. Qf2 ({Wrong is} 54. Qxe5+ $2 Bf6 $19) 54...
Qd1 55. a7 $2 (55. Nc5 $18 {and the rest is easy.}) 55... e4 $2 {[%mdl 8192] 
[#]} (55... Qa4 $16) 56. Ne5 $1 Qa1+ 57. Kb3 Qd1+ 58. Qc2 Qa1 59. Qc3 Qd1+ 60.
Qc2 ({Stronger than} 60. Ka3 Bd2 $11) (60. Kb2 $142 Qa4 61. b5) 60... Qa1 61.
Qc3 Qd1+ {[#]} 62. Qc2 $2 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.34/Black=0.34} ({
Worse is} 62. Ka3 Bd2 $11) (62. Kb2 $1 $18 Qa4 63. b5) 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.14"]
[Round "3.8"]
[White "Bluebaum, Matthias"]
[Black "Abasov, Nijat"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E03"]
[WhiteElo "2647"]
[BlackElo "2634"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "193"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Germany"]
[BlackTeam "Azerbaijan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AZE"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Nbd7 6. Qxc4 a6 7. Be3 Bd6 8.
Nh3 O-O 9. Qc2 Rb8 10. Nc3 c5 11. Ng5 cxd4 12. Bxd4 b6 13. O-O Qc7 14. Rfd1 h6
15. Nge4 Nxe4 16. Bxe4 Rd8 17. Rac1 e5 18. Be3 Nf6 19. Bg2 Qe7 20. Nd5 Nxd5 21.
Bxd5 Bc5 22. Bxc5 bxc5 23. b3 Be6 24. Bxe6 Qxe6 25. Qxc5 Rxd1+ 26. Rxd1 Rc8 27.
Qd6 Rc2 28. Qxe6 fxe6 29. a4 Rxe2 30. Rd6 Rb2 31. Rb6 Kf7 32. f3 a5 33. Rb5 Kf6
34. h4 h5 35. Kf1 g6 36. Ke1 Ke7 37. Rxe5 Rxb3 38. Kf2 Rb2+ 39. Ke3 Rb3+ 40.
Kf4 Kf6 41. Rxa5 Rb4+ 42. Ke3 Rb3+ 43. Ke2 Rb2+ 44. Ke1 Rb1+ 45. Kd2 Rg1 46.
Ra8 Rxg3 47. a5 Kg7 48. Ke3 Rg1 49. a6 Ra1 50. f4 Ra4 51. Kf3 Kh7 52. Ra7+ Kh6
53. Ke3 Ra1 54. Kd4 Ra4+ 55. Ke5 Ra5+ 56. Kxe6 Ra4 57. Ke5 Ra5+ 58. Kd6 Ra4 59.
Ke5 Ra5+ 60. Kd6 Ra4 61. Ra8 Kg7 62. Kc5 Ra1 63. Ra7+ Kh6 64. Kb6 Rb1+ 65. Kc7
Rc1+ 66. Kd6 Ra1 67. Ke7 Ra4 68. Ra8 Kg7 69. a7 Ra1 70. Kd6 Rd1+ 71. Ke5 Re1+
72. Kd4 Rd1+ 73. Kc3 Ra1 74. Kb2 Ra6 75. Kb3 Ra1 76. Kc3 Ra6 77. Kd4 Ra1 78. f5
gxf5 79. Ke5 Ra4 80. Kxf5 Ra5+ 81. Ke6 Ra1 82. Kd7 Rd1+ 83. Kc6 Rc1+ 84. Kd5
Rd1+ 85. Ke6 Ra1 86. Re8 Rxa7 87. Re7+ Rxe7+ 88. Kxe7 Kg8 89. Kf6 Kh8 90. Kg6
Kg8 91. Kh6 Kh8 92. Kxh5 Kh7 93. Kg5 Kg7 94. h5 Kh7 95. h6 Kg8 96. Kg6 Kh8 97.
h7 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.14"]
[Round "3.9"]
[White "Erdos, Viktor"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hungary"]
[BlackTeam "France"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "HUN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

{[%evp 11,112,2,4,15,15,14,25,11,12,12,17,16,12,8,38,43,39,24,58,25,58,22,33,
24,42,-26,0,-34,-29,-44,-15,-66,-59,-107,-23,-37,-17,-50,-20,-22,-22,-65,-39,
-89,-61,-61,-61,-71,-83,-56,-34,-41,-39,-39,-25,-42,-21,-52,-52,-121,-120,-120,
-50,-58,-52,-57,-66,-135,-139,-141,-141,-144,-120,-119,-112,-104,-104,-104,
-104,-104,-104,-170,-177,-167,-178,-166,-162,-136,-31,-224,-224,-314,-301,-355,
-349,-329,-332,-495,-337,-487,-481,-12175,-7452]} 1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 Bg4
4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 e6 6. d4 Nf6 7. exd5 {B11: Caro-Kann: Two Knights Variation.
} cxd5 8. Bd3 Nc6 9. Ne2 {White has an edge.} h6 $5 {[%mdl 4] 9...Bd6 is
becoming the main line. Exploring less charted territory.} 10. c3 Bd6 {[#]} 11.
Bc2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. O-O O-O 12. Ng3 Re8 13. Bd2 e5 14. Nh5 Nxh5 15.
Qxh5 e4 16. Bc2 Bc7 17. Rae1 {0-1 (65) Skawinski,A (2358)-Livaic,L (2514)
Pardubice 2021}) 11... Rc8 12. g4 Kd7 13. g5 hxg5 14. Bxg5 Kc7 15. O-O-O Kb8
16. Rdg1 b5 {[%cal Bb7b5,Bb5b4][%mdl 32]} 17. a3 a5 18. Qd3 (18. h4 $14) 18...
Qb6 $11 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. Rg7 Qb7 21. Rhg1 (21. Rh7 $11) 21... b4 $15 22. a4
Bf8 ({Black should try} 22... f5 $17) 23. Rh7 $1 $11 {[%cal Rh7h8]} Bh6+ 24.
Kd1 f5 25. Rxh8 Rxh8 26. Rg3 Rc8 27. Ke1 bxc3 28. bxc3 Ne7 29. Kf1 Ka7 30. Rg1
Qa6 (30... Qc6 {looks sharper.} 31. Kg2 Rb8 32. h4 Rb2 33. h5 Qc4) 31. Qxa6+
Kxa6 32. Bd3+ Ka7 33. Bb5 Ng8 34. Rg3 Nf6 35. Rd3 (35. f3 $15) 35... Ne4 $17
36. Rd1 Nxc3 (36... Rb8 $17 37. h4 Rh8) 37. Nxc3 $15 Rxc3 $17 {[%mdl 4096]
Endgame KRB-KRB} 38. Be8 $1 Rc7 39. h4 ({White should play} 39. Ke2 $15) 39...
Kb7 40. Rb1+ Kc8 41. h5 Bg7 42. Ke2 {[#]} Kd8 $1 {[%cal Rd8e8]} (42... Bxd4 $6
43. h6 $11) 43. Rb8+ Ke7 {aiming for ...Rc2+.} 44. Bb5 Kf6 ({Of course not} 
44... Bxd4 $6 45. h6 $11) 45. Kd3 Kg5 46. Ra8 (46. Rg8 $17 Kh6 47. Ra8) 46...
Kxh5 $19 47. Rxa5 Kg4 48. Ra6 Kf3 49. Rc6 {[#]} Rb7 50. Rc2 $2 {Loses the game.
} (50. Rd6 $1 $15) 50... Bf6 51. Rb2 (51. Ra2 $142) 51... Bd8 52. Rc2 Ba5 53.
Rc5 {If White can now play Ba6 this consolidates a bit.} Be1 ({Don't take} 
53... Kxf2 54. Ba6 $19) 54. Bc6 (54. Rc1 $142 Bxf2 55. Rc5) 54... Ra7 55. Rb5 (
55. Rc2 {was necessary.}) 55... Rxa4 56. Rxd5 (56. Be8 $142 Ra7 57. Rb2) 56...
Ra3+ {Weighted Error Value: White=0.39/Black=0.15} ({Stronger than} 56... exd5
57. Bxa4 Kxf2 58. Bc6 $11) 0-1

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.14"]
[Round "3.10"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Berkes, Ferenc"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "France"]
[BlackTeam "Hungary"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "HUN"]

{[%evp 11,75,14,22,15,33,18,22,16,29,20,21,8,16,20,26,15,19,20,11,12,31,20,27,
10,0,9,33,26,30,0,6,0,0,0,7,7,7,5,0,0,0,0,11,13,20,2,10,7,7,7,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,
0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O a6 6. c3 Ba7
7. a4 $1 {[%mdl 4] is recently more successful than 7.Bb3. C54: Giuoco Piano:
4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3.} O-O 8. Re1 d6 9. h3 Re8 10. Nbd2 Be6
{[#]} 11. Qc2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Bxe6 Rxe6 12. b4 d5 13. Bb2 Nh5 14. b5
Nf4 15. bxc6 Rg6 16. d4 Rxg2+ 17. Kh1 {1/2-1/2 (31) Anand,V (2757)-Giri,A 
(2776) Bucharest 2019}) 11... Qd7 12. Bxe6 Qxe6 13. Nf1 d5 14. Be3 Bxe3 15.
Nxe3 dxe4 16. dxe4 Na5 17. c4 c5 18. Rad1 h6 19. Nd5 {next Nc7 is good for
White.} Rac8 20. Nxf6+ Qxf6 {The position is equal.} 21. Rd7 b6 22. Red1 Nc6
23. R1d6 Re6 24. Qd3 Nd4 25. Rxe6 Qxe6 26. Rd5 Re8 27. Nxe5 {aiming for a5!} f6
28. Ng4 Qxe4 29. Qxe4 Rxe4 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} 30. Ne3 Kf7 31. a5
bxa5 32. Rxc5 Nb3 33. Rc7+ Re7 34. Rc6 Re6 $1 {[%cal Re6c6]} 35. Rc7+ Re7 36.
Rc6 Re6 $1 {[%cal Re6c6]} 37. Rc8 Re8 38. Rc7+ {A rather calm draw.  Weighted
Error Value: White=0.05/Black=0.04} 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.14"]
[Round "3.11"]
[White "Gledura, Benjamin"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2647"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hungary"]
[BlackTeam "France"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "HUN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

{[%evp 11,75,27,36,15,11,22,22,22,25,29,18,21,21,21,26,25,20,20,29,20,17,11,32,
6,6,0,12,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,59,59,59,56,66,78,69,74,75,74,75,74,
86,71,75,88,227,251,239,220,249,233]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6
5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6 7. Be2 {7.b3 is a critical line. D27: Queen's Gambit
Accepted: Classical main line: 7 e4!? and 7 a4.} Nbd7 8. Nc3 b5 9. d5 {The
position is equal.} exd5 10. Nxd5 Bb7 11. Nxf6+ Qxf6 12. a4 b4 13. Qc2 $5 {
[%mdl 4] Exploring less charted territory.} Be7 14. e4 {[#]} h6 $146 ({
Predecessor:} 14... Qe6 15. Re1 O-O 16. Bc4 Qg6 17. Bf4 Nb6 18. Bf1 a5 19. Bc7
Rac8 20. Bxb6 Qxb6 {1-0 (46) So,W (2776)-Huschenbeth,N (2589) Douglas 2018})
15. Be3 O-O 16. Nd2 a5 17. Rac1 Rfd8 18. f3 Qe6 19. Bb5 Ne5 20. Nc4 Ba6 21.
Bxa6 Rxa6 22. Nxe5 Qxe5 23. b3 Qe6 24. Rfd1 Rad6 25. Rxd6 Rxd6 26. Kf2 ({
Don't blunder} 26. Bxc5 $2 Rc6 $19) 26... Rd8 27. Qc4 Qxc4 ({Black should play
} 27... Qe5 $11) 28. Rxc4 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Rd3 29. Bxc5 Bf6
30. f4 g5 31. e5 Bg7 32. Bb6 Rxb3 33. Bxa5 Rb2+ 34. Kf3 b3 35. Rb4 {aiming for
Rb8+.} Rb1 (35... Ra2 $16 {was called for.}) 36. Rb8+ $18 Kh7 {[#]} 37. Bc3 $1
Rf1+ 38. Ke3 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.02/Black=0.10} 1-0

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.14"]
[Round "3.12"]
[White "Lagarde, Maxime"]
[Black "Kantor, Gergely"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2647"]
[BlackElo "2566"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "France"]
[BlackTeam "Hungary"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "HUN"]

{[%evp 9,86,0,12,8,4,5,2,0,19,14,15,0,0,0,14,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,5,50,54,47,20,13,
0,0,0,0,0,0,-3,-7,-11,-14,-16,-25,-26,-25,-77,-87,-143,-150,-192,-185,-200,
-200,-200,-200,-200,-200,-193,-195,-193,-194,-192,-194,-191,-191,-194,-195,
-262,-281,-6247,-6495,-6095,-6168,-6260,-6216,-6125,-6123,-6083,-5518,-6079,
-5310]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Nc3 {[%cal Bb1c3,Bc3d1,
Bd1e3][%mdl 32]} Be7 6. Bxc6 {C77: Ruy Lopez: 3...a6 4 Ba4 Nf6, unusual lines.}
dxc6 7. a3 O-O 8. d3 {[#] The position is equal.} Qd6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8...
Bg4 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Nd7 11. Be3 Nc5 12. Qg3 f6 13. Qg4 Qc8 14. O-O-O Qxg4
15. hxg4 {1/2-1/2 (31) Bartel,M (2639)-Esipenko,A (2654) Prague 2020}) 9. Qe2
c5 10. Nd1 b5 11. Ne3 c4 12. dxc4 Nxe4 13. O-O c6 14. cxb5 axb5 15. Nc4 bxc4
16. Qxe4 Qd5 17. Qxe5 Bf6 18. Qg3 c3 19. b3 Bf5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has
good play.} 20. Bg5 Bxg5 21. Qxg5 Bxc2 22. Qxd5 (22. Qe3 {looks sharper.} Rfd8
23. Rfe1 Qxb3 24. Nd4 Qa4 25. Nxc2 Qxc2 26. Rac1) 22... cxd5 23. Nd4 Bg6 24.
Rfc1 Rfc8 25. h4 h5 26. Ra2 (26. f3 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 26... c2 $17 {
Black keeps a firm grip on the game.} 27. Ne2 {[#]} (27. f3 $142) 27... Rab8 $1
{[%cal Rb8b3]} 28. Rb2 {[#]} Rc4 $3 {[%mdl 512]} 29. bxc4 Rxb2 30. cxd5 $19 {
[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Rb1 31. d6 {[#]} Kf8 $1 32. f3 Bd3 33. Kf2 Ke8 34.
Ke3 Bxe2 35. Rxc2 {KRB-KR} Ba6 36. Rc7 Rd1 37. Rc6 (37. Rc5 $142) 37... Rd3+
38. Ke4 $2 (38. Kf4 Rxa3 39. Rc7) 38... Bb7 {Black is clearly winning.} 39.
Kxd3 Bxc6 40. Kd4 f6 41. Ke3 Kd7 42. Kf4 g6 43. g4 Kxd6 {Weighted Error Value:
White=0.45/Black=0.02} 0-1

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.14"]
[Round "3.13"]
[White "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"]
[Black "Deac, Bogdan-Daniel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Poland"]
[BlackTeam "Romania"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ROU"]

{[%evp 21,99,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,17,11,5,13,13,33,17,19,19,20,13,14,17,17,21,18,15,
20,12,14,0,0,0,7,0,16,10,17,20,25,15,8,6,8,0,24,13,38,29,36,0,0,0,31,2,12,0,0,
0,0,0,16,16,22,20,35,22,36,8,22,12,33,0,0,0,0,0,5,0,0,0]} 1. d4 {Dautov,R} Nf6
2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8. f3 h6 9.
Bh4 d5 10. cxd5 exd5 11. e3 Re8 12. Bb5 {was the old line (12.Bf2). E32:
Nimzo-Indian: Classical (4 Qc2): 4...0-0.} c6 13. Ba4 Nbd7 14. Ne2 Qe7 15. Bf2
Ba6 {[#]} 16. Qd2 $146 ({Of course not} 16. Bxc6 Rac8 $17) ({Predecessor:} 16.
b4 Rec8 17. Qb2 Bc4 18. Bb3 b5 19. Bxc4 bxc4 20. O-O a5 21. Nc3 Rcb8 22. Rab1
axb4 23. axb4 {1/2-1/2 (42) Seirawan,Y (2630)-Topalov,V (2700) Amsterdam 1996
CBM 052 [Dautov,R]}) 16... c5 17. Bd1 Rac8 18. Rc1 Bc4 19. O-O cxd4 20. exd4
Bxe2 21. Rxc8 Bxf1 22. Rxe8+ Nxe8 23. Kxf1 Nd6 24. Qc3 Nf8 25. a4 Qd7 26. Bc2
Ne6 27. b3 Kf8 28. Bg3 Ke7 29. Bd3 Qc7 30. Qe1 Qc6 31. Bf2 Kd7 32. Qd2 g5 33.
Kg1 Kc7 34. Bf1 Kb7 35. a5 b5 36. h4 Ka6 37. hxg5 hxg5 38. Bg3 Nb7 39. b4 Nd6
40. Qd3 {[#] Hoping for Bxd6.} Nc4 41. Qf5 Qd7 42. Qf6 Nd6 43. Bd3 Kb7 $1 44.
Qh8 Nc4 45. Qb8+ Ka6 46. Qg8 Nf4 {The position is equal.} 47. Bf1 Ne6 48. Bd3
Nf4 49. Bf1 Ne6 50. Bd3 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.07/Black=0.04} 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.14"]
[Round "3.14"]
[White "Lupulescu, Constantin"]
[Black "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Romania"]
[BlackTeam "Poland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ROU"]
[BlackTeamCountry "POL"]

{[%evp 14,44,11,13,6,8,8,8,15,15,15,15,15,23,25,13,20,15,15,16,20,15,17,13,16,
0,0,0,15,0,0,0,24]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. a4
e5 7. Nf3 Be7 $1 {The main line 7...Be7 scores better than 7...Qc7.} 8. Bg5 Be6
{B90: Sicilian Najdorf: Unusual White 6th moves, 6 Be3 Ng4 and 6 Be3 e5.} 9.
Bxf6 Bxf6 10. Nd5 Nc6 11. Bc4 Rc8 {[#]} 12. Ne3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. c3 Ne7
13. Ba2 Bxd5 14. Bxd5 Nxd5 15. Qxd5 Qb6 16. O-O Qxb2 17. Rab1 Qxc3 18. Rxb7 {
0-1 (125) Kramnik,V (2753)-Grischuk,A (2776) Lichess.org INT 2021}) 12... Nd4
13. Bxe6 fxe6 14. c3 Nxf3+ {The position is equal.} 15. Qxf3 O-O {[#] White
must now prevent ...Bh4.} 16. O-O Bg5 17. Qe2 Qb6 18. a5 Qc5 19. Nc2 Bd8 20.
Ne3 Bg5 ({Avoid the trap} 20... Bxa5 $2 21. b4 $18) 21. Nc2 Bd8 22. Ne3 Bg5 {
Not much happened in this game.  Weighted Error Value: White=0.03/Black=0.01} (
{Don't go for} 22... Bxa5 $2 23. b4 $18 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.14"]
[Round "3.15"]
[White "Piorun, Kacper"]
[Black "Parligras, Mircea-Emilian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E07"]
[WhiteElo "2634"]
[BlackElo "2576"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "153"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Poland"]
[BlackTeam "Romania"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ROU"]

{[%evp 18,153,-10,0,5,11,26,40,41,23,27,33,54,65,100,114,100,103,94,101,103,
109,87,101,95,109,106,77,85,73,70,82,75,67,80,75,78,78,86,90,119,112,130,101,
105,113,105,91,113,95,104,73,166,135,170,89,139,141,196,186,193,182,174,176,
249,170,159,161,150,158,154,132,141,137,295,287,243,272,343,329,342,323,302,
306,664,650,644,613,558,564,597,359,359,360,677,927,796,829,840,701,631,612,
884,816,617,617,843,816,711,691,643,443,1076,1076,945,945,736,728,1259,626,988,
997,1016,958,1229,1221,1059,1059,2091,1903,29967,29966,29970,29971,29973,29973,
29972,29972]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7.
O-O c6 8. Bf4 Nbd7 9. Nc3 dxc4 {9...Nh5 is vanishing.} 10. e4 b5 {E07: Closed
Catalan: Main Line (5 Nf3 0-0 6 0-0 Nbd7).} 11. d5 $1 {[%cal Rd5d6] Hoping for
d6.} cxd5 12. exd5 exd5 {White is slightly better.} 13. Nxd5 Nxd5 14. Qxd5 {
[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Ba6 15. Nd4 Bf6 16. Nc6 Bb7 17. Rad1 {[#]} ({But not} 
17. Qxb5 Qb6 $14) 17... Rc8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17... Nb6 18. Qf5 Qc8 19. Qxf6
gxf6 20. Ne7+ Kg7 21. Nxc8 Bxg2 22. Nxb6 axb6 23. Kxg2 Rxa2 {1-0 (30) Ftacnik,
L (2570)-Gulamali,K (2350) Charlotte 2011}) 18. Qxb5 Qb6 {[#]} 19. Nxa7 {
[%mdl 512]} Qxb5 20. Nxb5 Bxg2 21. Kxg2 Ne5 22. Nd6 Rc6 23. b3 cxb3 24. axb3
Ng6 25. Be3 Rb8 26. Nc4 Rc7 27. Rd3 Rcb7 28. Rb1 Rb4 {Strongly threatening ...
Rxc4!} 29. Na5 {Nc6 is the strong threat.} Rc8 30. Rc1 Rxc1 31. Bxc1 Rb5 32.
Nc4 h5 33. f4 Ne7 34. Be3 Rb8 (34... Nf5 $16 {was called for.}) 35. Nb6 Nf5 36.
Bf2 (36. Bc5 $18) 36... Bd8 37. Nd5 Ne7 (37... Ba5 $16 {is a better defense.}
38. h3 Rb5) 38. b4 $18 h4 39. Nc3 hxg3 40. hxg3 Bb6 (40... Nc6 {keeps fighting.
} 41. b5 Na5) 41. Rd7 Bxf2 42. Kxf2 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} Kf8 43. b5
Ke8 44. Rd3 Nc8 45. Ke3 Nb6 $2 {This move loses the game for Black.} (45... Ke7
$16 {might work better.} 46. g4 Nd6) 46. Nd5 Nd7 47. Kd4 Kd8 48. Kc4 Rc8+ 49.
Kb4 Ke8 50. Ra3 Nb8 $2 (50... f6 51. Re3+ Kf8) 51. Ra7 Rd8 52. Kc4 Rc8+ 53. Kd4
Rd8 54. g4 Nd7 55. Kc4 Rc8+ $2 (55... f6 56. b6 Rc8+ 57. Kb4 Rc1) 56. Kb4 Rd8
57. g5 Nb8 58. Kc4 Rc8+ 59. Kd4 Rd8 60. Rc7 Nd7 61. Kc4 Rb8 62. Kb4 Kd8 63. Ra7
Ke8 64. Ra1 Rd8 (64... Kd8 $142 65. Ra7 Ke8) 65. Re1+ Kf8 66. Rh1 {[%cal Rh1h8]
} Ke8 67. b6 {[%cal Bb5b6,Bb6b7][%mdl 32]} Nb8 68. Kc5 (68. Rh8+ $142 Kd7 69.
Rxd8+ Kxd8 70. b7) 68... Kd7 69. b7 Re8 70. Rh7 Re1 71. Rxg7 Rc1+ 72. Kb5 Ke6 {
[#]} 73. Rg8 $1 Nd7 {[#]} (73... Nc6 74. Nb4) 74. Rd8 $1 {White mates.} Rc5+
75. Kb4 Rc1 76. Nc3 Rc2 77. Kb3 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.15/Black=0.28}
1-0

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.14"]
[Round "3.16"]
[White "Gavrilescu, David"]
[Black "Teclaf, Pawel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "2514"]
[BlackElo "2543"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Romania"]
[BlackTeam "Poland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ROU"]
[BlackTeamCountry "POL"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. Nxe5 Nxe5 6. dxe5 Nc5 7. Bc4 c6 8.
O-O d5 9. exd6 Be6 10. Bxe6 Nxe6 11. Qh5 Bxd6 12. Rd1 O-O 13. Nc3 Qc7 14. Ne4
Be5 15. c3 Rad8 16. Be3 Bf4 17. Bxf4 Qxf4 18. Qe2 Qe5 19. Qf3 Ng5 20. Nxg5 Qxg5
21. Rxd8 Rxd8 22. Rd1 g6 23. g3 Rd2 24. Rxd2 Qxd2 25. Qe4 Qxb2 26. Qe8+ Kg7 27.
Qe5+ Kg8 28. Qe8+ Kg7 29. Qe5+ Kg8 30. Qe8+ Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.14"]
[Round "3.17"]
[White "Christiansen, Johan-Sebastian"]
[Black "Volokitin, Andrei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A17"]
[WhiteElo "2582"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Norway"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NOR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

{[%evp 9,84,11,29,18,20,0,13,15,16,19,15,10,16,23,21,0,0,-14,0,-67,-69,-62,-34,
-20,-22,-15,-16,-33,-19,-87,-101,-112,-111,-106,-102,-110,-116,-89,-81,-143,
-134,-334,-338,-322,-335,-428,-418,-393,-395,-653,-652,-601,-602,-665,-666,
-651,-625,-633,0,-620,-604,-671,-660,-627,-617,-793,-784,-737,-711,-820,-814,
-799,-778,-685,-700,-29977,-29977]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5
5. e3 e6 6. Nxd5 {A17: English Opening: 1...Nf6 with ...Bb4.} exd5 7. b4 c4 8.
Bb2 {The position is equal.} Bxb4 9. Bxg7 Rg8 10. Bb2 Nc6 11. Qc2 Rg6 12. h4 {
[#]} h5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Bg4 13. h5 Rh6 14. Ne5 Nxe5 15. Bxe5 Bd6 16.
Bg7 Rxh5 17. Rh3 Rh4 18. Rxh4 Bh5 19. Qf5 Qxh4 20. Qxd5 Rd8 21. Qxc4 Bb4 22.
Qb5+ Rd7 23. Qe5+ Be7 24. Rc1 {1-0 (24) Gordon,S (2528)-Hill,A (2186) England
2018}) 13. Be2 Bg4 ({Don't play} 13... Rxg2 $6 14. Ng5 $16) 14. Nd4 (14. Kf1
$11) 14... Qd7 $15 15. g3 Bc5 {[#] ...Nb4 is the strong threat.} 16. Nxc6 Rxc6
17. Bxg4 Qxg4 18. Be5 O-O-O 19. Qh7 (19. a4 $11 {remains equal.}) 19... d4 $17
{[#] Hoping for ...dxe3.} 20. O-O Qg6 21. Qxg6 fxg6 ({But not} 21... Rxg6 $6
22. Rfc1 $11) 22. a4 Rd5 23. Bg7 Bb4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has strong
initiative.} 24. Bxd4 ({White should try} 24. e4 Rd7 25. Bh6) 24... Bxd2 25.
Bb2 $2 (25. Ra2 $17 c3 26. Rc2) 25... c3 $19 26. Bc1 c2 27. Kg2 Bxc1 28. Rfxc1
{[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} Rd2 29. e4 $2 (29. Kf3) 29... Rc3 30. Ra2 Kd7 31.
a5 Ke6 32. Rb2 Ke5 33. Rb5+ Ke6 34. Rb2 $1 Kd6 35. Ra2 Ke5 36. Rb2 Kxe4 37.
Rb4+ Kd3 38. Rxb7 Rd1 39. Rd7+ Ke2 40. Re7+ Kd2 41. Rxc2+ Rxc2 42. Rxa7 Ke1 {
Weighted Error Value: White=0.50/Black=0.14} 0-1

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.14"]
[Round "3.18"]
[White "Kuzubov, Yuriy"]
[Black "Urkedal, Frode Olav Olsen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D59"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2569"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Norway"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NOR"]

{[%evp 22,64,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,4,6,6,14,7,12,10,17,12,15,0,25,0,7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,
0,0,0,0,0,3,-16,-5,-6,-14,-15,-14,-10,-10]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3
Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 b6 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Nxd5 exd5 11.
Be2 Be6 12. O-O Nd7 {D59: Queen's Gambit Declined: Tartakower Defence: Main
line (8 cxd5 Nxd5).} 13. Ne1 c5 14. dxc5 bxc5 15. Nd3 {[#]} Rab8 $146 ({
Predecessor:} 15... Rfb8 16. b3 a5 17. Nf4 Nf6 18. Qc2 a4 19. h3 axb3 20. axb3
Qd6 21. Rfc1 Rxa1 22. Rxa1 {1/2-1/2 (37) Agdestein,S (2600)-Short,N (2635)
Reykjavik 1990}) 16. b3 Rfd8 17. Rc1 Rbc8 18. Qd2 Nf6 19. Nf4 Bf5 20. Ba6 Rc6
21. Bd3 Bxd3 {The position is equal.} 22. Qxd3 d4 23. exd4 Rxd4 24. Qf3 Qe4 25.
Qxe4 Nxe4 26. f3 Nf6 27. g3 g5 28. Ng2 Nd5 29. Rfe1 c4 30. Rxc4 Rdxc4 31. bxc4
Rxc4 32. Ne3 Nxe3 {A rather calm draw.  Weighted Error Value: White=0.02/
Black=0.02} 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.14"]
[Round "3.19"]
[White "Hauge, Lars Oskar"]
[Black "Shevchenko, Kirill"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2647"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Norway"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NOR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

{[%evp 9,89,8,7,7,0,0,-9,-20,-22,-33,0,0,0,0,10,0,-16,-16,-25,-35,-13,-12,-17,
-16,-13,-11,21,20,21,24,11,13,48,53,56,53,63,68,71,77,108,107,97,64,103,102,93,
109,108,104,148,129,143,154,154,87,114,111,99,81,83,62,72,73,66,47,58,8,85,74,
120,60,115,105,104,0,40,0,0,0,30,-18]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7
5. d3 d6 6. Bxc6+ {B30: Sicilian: 2...Nc6 3 Bb5, lines without ...g6.} (6. O-O
{is interesting.} Bd7 7. Re1 Nf6 8. Nd5 O-O 9. Bg5) 6... bxc6 7. O-O e5 8. Ne1
{The position is equal.} Rb8 9. Rb1 Nf6 10. f4 {[#]} exf4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 
10... Bg4 11. Nf3 exf4 12. Bxf4 Nh5 13. Be3 O-O 14. h3 Bxf3 15. Qxf3 Be5 16.
Ne2 Qa5 {1-0 (23) Hengelbrock,J (2319)-Rapoport,V (2278) Germany 2005}) 11.
Bxf4 O-O 12. Nf3 Nh5 13. Be3 f5 14. e5 Re8 15. Bg5 Qd7 16. exd6 Qxd6 17. Qd2
Be6 (17... c4 $5) 18. b3 Bd5 19. Nxd5 cxd5 20. Rbe1 f4 21. Rxe8+ Rxe8 22. Re1
Rxe1+ 23. Qxe1 h6 24. Be7 Qc6 25. Qa5 c4 26. Qc5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has
some pressure.} ({Don't play} 26. Qxa7 cxd3 27. cxd3 (27. Qb8+ $2 Kh7 $19)
27... Qc1+ 28. Kf2 Qc2+ 29. Kg1 Qb1+ 30. Kf2 Qxd3 $15) 26... Qe6 27. dxc4 dxc4
28. Qxc4 Qxc4 29. bxc4 $16 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBN-KBN} Kf7 30. Bc5 a6 31. Kf1
g5 32. Bd4 (32. Ke2 $142) 32... Ke6 33. c3 g4 34. Nd2 (34. Ne1 {feels hotter.}
a5 35. Ke2 Be5 36. Nd3 Bc7 37. Nf2) 34... Be5 35. Ke2 Nf6 36. Kd3 h5 37. Bg1 h4
38. c5 Bc7 (38... f3 $11 39. gxf3 g3 40. hxg3 Bxg3) 39. Nb3 Ke5 40. Nd4 ({
White should play} 40. h3 $16) 40... Nd7 $14 {[#]} 41. Nc6+ $1 Ke6 42. Nd4+ ({
Better is} 42. c4 $16) 42... Ke5 $1 43. Ne2 Kf5 {Threatening ...Ne5+.} 44. Nd4+
Ke5 45. Bf2 {Blacks defense is rewarded with a draw.  Weighted Error Value:
White=0.10/Black=0.12} 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.14"]
[Round "3.20"]
[White "Onyshchuk, Volodymyr"]
[Black "Notkevich, Benjamin Arvola"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2622"]
[BlackElo "2471"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Norway"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NOR"]

{[%evp 21,126,18,36,0,21,0,7,7,9,9,9,-10,-16,-22,-8,0,-9,-58,0,-43,-36,-57,-41,
-49,-39,-35,-18,-41,0,-27,-28,-104,8,9,87,75,80,0,0,0,0,0,93,82,89,74,87,79,
130,57,53,50,186,168,174,186,250,263,240,255,276,266,233,135,152,53,71,59,58,9,
8,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,41,42,45,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 Nc6 6. Nc3 g6 7. d4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Bg7 9. Be3 Nf6 10. f3 O-O 11. O-O a6 12. a4 {12.Qd3 gains popularity. B52:
Sicilian: Moscow Variation with 3...Bd7.} e6 13. Rc1 Ne5 14. b3 d5 15. exd5
exd5 {[#]} 16. c5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16. cxd5 Rad8 17. Nc2 Nxd5 18. Nxd5 Qxd5
19. Qxd5 Rxd5 20. Nb4 Rd7 21. Rfd1 Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 {1/2-1/2 (32) Pospisil,L 
(2518)-Sochor,F (2475) ICCF email 2013}) 16... Rfe8 17. Bf2 Rac8 18. b4 Bh6 19.
Ra1 Nh5 (19... a5 $15) 20. Nde2 Rcd8 21. Kh1 Nc4 22. Qd3 Ne3 23. Rfe1 f5 24.
Bh4 Rc8 25. Rab1 Qf7 26. Bf2 {[#]} (26. Qd2 $1 $11 {remains equal.}) 26... Rcd8
(26... d4 $1 $17 {[%cal Rd4c3]} 27. Bxe3 (27. Nxd4 Nf4 $17 {[%mdl 64] Double
Attack}) (27. Qxd4 $2 Nc2 $19) 27... Bxe3) 27. g3 $1 $11 d4 (27... Nf6 $11) 28.
Nxd4 $16 {[%cal Rf2e3]} f4 {aiming for ...Rxd4!} 29. Bxe3 (29. Ne4 $16 Rxd4 30.
Qxd4 fxg3 31. Rxe3 Bxe3 32. Qxe3 gxf2 33. Rf1) 29... fxe3 $11 30. Kg2 Bg7 31.
Nce2 Rd5 (31... Rf8 $11) 32. Rbd1 $16 Bf6 33. Qc2 Red8 {[%cal Rf6d4]} 34. Nb3
Ng7 (34... Rxd1 $142 35. Rxd1 Rxd1 36. Qxd1 Qc4) 35. Nf4 ({Better is} 35. Rxd5
$16 Qxd5 36. Nf4) 35... Rxd1 $14 36. Rxd1 Rxd1 (36... Rf8 $1 $14) 37. Qxd1 $18
Nf5 {Black wants to play ...e2!} 38. Qd3 Kg7 (38... Bg7 {was necessary.} 39.
Qd8+ Bf8) 39. b5 axb5 40. axb5 Be5 41. Ne2 h5 42. f4 (42. b6 $18) 42... Bf6 43.
Kf1 ({White should play} 43. c6 $16) 43... Qe6 44. Na5 Qa2 45. Nb3 {Strongly
threatening c6.} ({But not} 45. Nxb7 $2 Qa1+ 46. Kg2 Qe1 $19) 45... Qa4 46. Kg2
Qb4 47. Kf1 Kh6 48. c6 bxc6 49. bxc6 Qb6 50. Qc4 Qd8 51. Kg2 Qd1 $1 {[#] And
now ...Nd6 would win.The position is equal.} 52. c7 Nd6 53. Qa6 Qd5+ 54. Kg1
Qd1+ 55. Kg2 Qd5+ 56. Kg1 Qxb3 57. Qxd6 Qb1+ 58. Kg2 Qe4+ 59. Kg1 Qf3 60. c8=Q
{White wants to mate with Qdf8+.} Qf2+ 61. Kh1 {Qdf8+ would kill now.} Qf3+ 62.
Kg1 {Intending Qdf8+ and mate.} Qf2+ 63. Kh1 {Threatening mate with Qdf8+.}
Qf3+ {Black defended with fortune.  Weighted Error Value: White=0.19/Black=0.19
} 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.14"]
[Round "3.21"]
[White "Nabaty, Tamir"]
[Black "Sargissian, Gabriel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Israel"]
[BlackTeam "Armenia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ARM"]

{[%evp 25,140,12,14,0,0,8,6,-6,27,37,30,0,0,0,0,-25,-16,-23,-10,-28,0,-68,-72,
-61,-55,-55,-68,-131,-138,-135,-130,-139,-122,-144,-103,-123,-120,-129,-150,
-141,-147,-142,-136,-140,-140,-140,-140,-166,-161,-168,-165,-173,-179,-180,
-180,-180,-180,-237,-237,-256,-250,-322,-323,-695,-700,-685,-683,-677,-670,
-1435,-1455,-1405,-1320,-1462,-1424,-1539,-1523,-1422,-1412,-1519,-1515,-1535,
-1512,-1445,-1256,-1335,-1324,-1236,-1229,-432,-303,-1929,-1368,-2926,-2710,
-2159,-1705,-11234,-7031,-6601,-5671,-5664,-5469,-29963,-29961,-29969,-29970,
-29969,-29970,-29970,-29971,-29973,-29969,-29974,-29975,-29975,-29976]} 1. d4
d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. Qc2 h6 7. Bh4 Be7 8. e3 O-O 9.
Bd3 Re8 10. Nge2 Nbd7 11. O-O Nh5 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. a3 Nb6 14. Rae1 {D36:
Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation: Main line (5 Bg5 c6 6 Qc2).} Bd7
15. Nc1 Rad8 {[#]} 16. b4 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 16. Nb3
Nc8 17. Nc5 Nd6 18. Nxd7 Qxd7 19. b4 Nf6 20. Rc1 Nc4 21. Qe2 b5 22. a4 a6 23.
Ra1 Qe7 24. Rfb1 g6 25. Qe1 Kg7 26. Ra2 Nd7 27. Qd1 Ndb6 28. Qc2 h5 {1/2-1/2 
(28) Celestini,M (2263)-Johnston,A (2394) ICCF email 2018}) 16... Nf6 17. Nb3
Ne4 18. Bxe4 dxe4 19. Nd2 {[%cal Rc3e4]} f5 $1 20. f3 exf3 21. Nxf3 Nc4 22. e4
f4 23. Qc1 ({White should try} 23. Qa2 $11 Qf7 24. Nd2 Nxd2 25. Qxd2) 23... Bg4
$15 24. Nd2 Rxd4 25. Nxc4 Rxc4 26. Qxf4 {Black converts the advantage
convincingly.} (26. Rxf4 $15 Qg5 27. g3) 26... Rxc3 $17 27. Qxg4 Rxa3 28. e5
Qe6 29. Rf5 Rd3 30. Ref1 {Rf8+! is the strong threat.} Re3 31. Rf8+ Kh7 32.
Qxe6 Rxe6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} 33. R8f7 b5 ({Don't take} 33... R3xe5
34. Rxb7 a6 35. Rff7 $15) 34. Rxa7 R3xe5 35. Rff7 Rg6 36. Ra2 Re4 37. Rb2 Rc4
38. h3 Rf6 39. Rc7 h5 40. Kh2 h4 41. Re7 (41. Rb1 $142) 41... Rf1 $19 {White
must now prevent ...Rcc1.} 42. Re5 g6 43. Rd2 Rxb4 44. Re6 $2 (44. g3) 44...
Rbb1 $1 {[%csl Gb1][%cal Rf1h1]} 45. g4 Rh1+ 46. Kg2 Rbg1+ 47. Kf2 Rh2+ 48.
Kxg1 Rxd2 49. Rxc6 {KR-KR} Rd3 50. Kg2 Rg3+ 51. Kh2 Kh6 $1 52. Rc5 b4 {[%cal
Bb5b4,Bb4b3][%mdl 32]} 53. Rd5 b3 54. Rb5 Rc3 {( -> ...Rc2+)} 55. Kg2 Rd3 56.
Rc5 Rd2+ 57. Kf3 Rh2 58. g5+ $2 (58. Rb5 Rxh3+ 59. Kg2 Rg3+ 60. Kf2) 58... Kh5
59. Rc8 Kxg5 ({Avoid the trap} 59... Rxh3+ $2 60. Kf4 $18) 60. Rc5+ Kf6 61. Kg4
b2 62. Rb5 Ke6 63. Kxh4 Kd6 64. Kg5 Rg2+ {Black mates.} 65. Kf6 g5 66. Kf5 {[#]
} Kc6 $1 67. Rb8 {[#]} Kd5 $1 {[%cal Rd5c4]} 68. Kf6 Kd4 69. Rb5 Kc3 70. Kf5
Rg3 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.66/Black=0.05} 0-1

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.14"]
[Round "3.22"]
[White "Martirosyan, Haik M."]
[Black "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E62"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Armenia"]
[BlackTeam "Israel"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISR"]

{[%evp 19,61,49,52,51,51,51,52,58,54,54,60,39,52,45,61,49,42,2,27,28,22,14,44,
32,34,33,56,68,60,-6,-9,-10,8,0,0,0,0,0,61,62,87,0,0,-1]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3.
Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Nc6 7. Nc3 {[%cal Bb1c3,Bc3d5,Bd5c7][%mdl
32]} e5 8. dxe5 dxe5 9. Bg5 h6 10. Qxd8 Rxd8 11. Bxf6 {E62: King's Indian:
Fianchetto: 6...c6 and Panno Variation (6...Nc6) without ...a6.} Bxf6 12. Nd5
Kg7 13. Nxc7 {White is slightly better.} Rb8 14. e4 Be7 15. Nd5 Bc5 {[#]} 16.
Ne1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16. Rfd1 Be6 17. b3 a5 18. Rd2 a4 19. bxa4 Ra8 20. Nc7
Rxd2 21. Nxd2 Rxa4 22. Nxe6+ fxe6 {1/2-1/2 (92) Giri,A (2780)-Dubov,D (2710)
chess24.com INT 2021}) 16... Nb4 17. a3 Nxd5 18. exd5 Bf5 19. b4 Bd4 20. Ra2 {
With the idea Nf3.} a5 21. Nf3 Bc3 $1 22. bxa5 {Rc1 is the strong threat.} Rbc8
23. Rc1 Rxc4 24. Nh4 ({Better is} 24. a6 $1 $14 bxa6 25. Nxe5 $1 {[%mdl 64] Pin
}) 24... Bd3 $11 {Black wants to play ...e4.} 25. Bf1 $1 {[%cal Rf1d3]} Rxd5
26. Bxd3 Rxd3 27. Rac2 Rc6 $1 28. a6 $1 {[%cal Ra6b7]} Bd4 ({Of course not} 
28... bxa6 $6 29. Kf1 $16) (28... Bb2 $1 $11 29. axb7 Rb6) 29. axb7 $14 Rb6 {
[#]} 30. Rc7 (30. Nxg6 $1 $16 Rxb7 31. Nh4) 30... Rdb3 $11 31. R1c2 {Weighted
Error Value: White=0.12/Black=0.13} 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.14"]
[Round "3.23"]
[White "Postny, Evgeny"]
[Black "Hovhannisyan, Robert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2557"]
[BlackElo "2622"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Israel"]
[BlackTeam "Armenia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ARM"]

{[%evp 11,119,16,12,24,15,7,11,0,24,-10,-9,-10,-13,-8,2,-14,-7,-24,-21,-15,-8,
-5,-6,-7,-6,-8,-1,-12,-5,-8,-7,-4,0,-17,-13,-44,-6,-10,-6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,
0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-2,-2,0,0,17,9,16,8,10,10,14,5,13,5,6,13,42,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,
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]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3.
Nf3 Nf6 4. Qb3 e6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. Nc3 h6 {Recently 6...Qa5 got a lot of
attention.} 7. Bh4 {D43: Semi-Slav: 5 Bg5 h6.} dxc4 8. Qxc4 a6 9. e3 c5 10. Be2
b5 11. Qb3 {[#]} Bb7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Be7 12. O-O O-O 13. Rfd1 Bb7
14. Rac1 cxd4 15. Nxd4 Qb6 16. a4 b4 17. Nb1 Ne5 {1-0 (34) Dydyshko,V-Smagin,S
(2270) Ivano Frankivsk 1982}) 12. O-O Rc8 13. a3 Bd6 14. Rfd1 Qc7 {...Bxf3 is
the strong threat.} 15. Bg3 Bxg3 16. hxg3 O-O 17. Rac1 Rfd8 18. dxc5 Nxc5 19.
Qb4 Nce4 20. Nxe4 Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1 {[#] Threatens to win with Nxf6+.} Bxe4 22.
Qd2 Bd5 23. Bd3 (23. Qd4 {with more complications.} Bb3 24. Re1 Qc6 25. Qb4 Bd5
26. Rd1) 23... Qb7 24. Rc1 Rxc1+ 25. Qxc1 Be4 26. Be2 Qd5 27. Ne1 Kh7 28. Qd1
Qe5 29. Qd2 Bg6 30. Nf3 Qf5 31. Qc1 Qd5 32. Ne1 Nd7 (32... e5 {looks sharper.}
33. Nf3 Bh5 34. a4 bxa4 35. Qc2+ Bg6) 33. Qd1 Qxd1 34. Bxd1 $11 {[%mdl 4096]
Endgame KBN-KBN} Nb6 35. Bb3 e5 36. Kf1 f6 37. Ke2 Be4 38. f3 Bc6 39. Nd3 a5 {
[%cal Ba6a5,Ba5a4][%mdl 32]} 40. Nc5 h5 41. Be6 Kg6 42. Nb3 (42. e4 {is
interesting.} b4 43. axb4 Bb5+ 44. Kd1 axb4 45. Kc2) 42... a4 {The position is
equal.} 43. Na5 Bd5 44. Bxd5 Nxd5 {KN-KN} 45. Nb7 f5 46. Nd6 Nc7 47. e4 fxe4
48. Nxe4 Kf5 49. Nc3 Ke6 50. Kd3 Kd6 51. Ke4 g6 52. f4 exf4 53. gxf4 h4 54. Nb1
Ne6 55. Nd2 g5 56. fxg5 Nxg5+ 57. Kf4 h3 58. gxh3 Nxh3+ 59. Ke3 Kc5 60. Ke4 {
An uneventful encounter.  Weighted Error Value: White=0.04/Black=0.03} 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.14"]
[Round "3.24"]
[White "Ter-Sahakyan, Samvel"]
[Black "Boruchovsky, Avital"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2542"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Armenia"]
[BlackTeam "Israel"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISR"]

{[%evp 32,69,16,20,18,20,20,27,30,0,4,8,37,12,28,57,47,34,25,28,32,25,42,29,35,
25,41,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5.
O-O 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. Bg5 h6 16. Bd2 Bg7 17. a4 Nb6 {[%cal Bd7b6,
Bb6c4,Bc4d2][%mdl 32] C95: Closed Ruy Lopez: Breyer Variation with 10 d4.} 18.
b3 {[%cal Bb2b3,Bb3a4][%mdl 32]} bxa4 19. bxa4 Nc4 {White has an edge.} 20. Rb1
Nxd2 21. Qxd2 {[#]} Rb8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 21... Bc6) 22. Bd3 Bc6 23. Rxb8
Qxb8 24. Qa2 exd4 25. cxd4 Qa8 {[%cal Rf6e4]} 26. Bc4 Re7 27. Nh4 d5 ({Don't
blunder} 27... Nxe4 $2 28. Nxg6 Rd7 29. Nxe4 $18) 28. Bb3 Nxe4 29. Nxe4 (29.
Rxe4 $5 dxe4 30. Nxg6 $11) 29... Kf8 {The position is equal.} 30. Re2 {Nc3 is
the strong threat.} dxe4 31. Bxf7 $1 {[%mdl 64] [#] Remove Defender} Rxf7 32.
Nxg6+ Kg8 {Hoping for ...Bd5.} 33. Ne7+ Kf8 34. Ng6+ Kg8 {[#] Threatens to win
with ...Bd5.} 35. Ne7+ $1 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.07/Black=0.04} 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.14"]
[Round "3.25"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Saric, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Netherlands"]
[BlackTeam "Croatia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NED"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CRO"]

{[%evp 9,71,15,29,17,28,29,18,13,16,8,24,9,56,64,66,60,61,76,112,104,108,95,
100,98,112,39,36,-18,89,79,212,195,194,189,355,241,363,303,420,385,377,361,628,
628,615,613,727,646,693,701,713,709,710,697,846,916,985,983,875,922,879,851,
845,811]} 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. Nd5 Bc5 4. e3 Nf6 5. b4 Be7 6. Nxe7 {A21:
English Opening: 1...e5 2 Nc3.} Qxe7 7. Bb2 O-O 8. Ne2 $5 {[%mdl 4] [#] The
position is equal. A promising side line.} Re8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... d6 9.
Ng3 c5 10. bxc5 dxc5 11. Be2 Nc6 12. O-O Bd7 13. f4 Ne8 14. Bd3 g6 {1/2-1/2 
(27) Vaibhav,S (2575)-Anton Guijarro,D (2642) Moscow 2019}) 9. a3 a5 10. b5 c5
11. Ng3 d6 12. Bd3 Nbd7 13. O-O Nf8 14. f4 b6 15. Qc2 Ra7 16. h3 Ng6 17. fxe5 (
17. Rae1 $16) 17... dxe5 $14 18. Rf2 ({White should try} 18. Bf5 $14) 18... Qd8
(18... e4 $11 {keeps the balance.} 19. Bf1 Qc7) 19. Raf1 $16 Nh4 {[#] Loses
the game.} (19... Rc7 $16) 20. Rxf6 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]} gxf6 21. Bxh7+ Kf8 $2 (
21... Kg7 {was necessary.}) 22. Bc3 Bb7 (22... f5 {keeps fighting.}) 23. Be4
Ba8 24. Rf2 Bxe4 25. Qxe4 Ng6 (25... f5 26. Nxf5 Nxf5) 26. h4 {White is
clearly winning.} Re6 27. h5 Ne7 28. Qh7 {Threatens to win with Qh8+.} Ke8 29.
Ne4 f5 30. Ng5 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kd7 31. Qxf7 Rh6 32. Rxf5 Qe8 33. g4
Qxf7 34. Rxf7 Ra8 35. Bxe5 Rg8 36. Bg7 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.13/
Black=0.50} 1-0

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.14"]
[Round "3.26"]
[White "Brkic, Ante"]
[Black "Van Foreest, Lucas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2532"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Croatia"]
[BlackTeam "Netherlands"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CRO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NED"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d5 7. exd5 Qxd5 8.
Bc4 Qd8 9. Nbd2 a6 10. a4 h6 11. Re1 Re8 12. b4 Bd6 13. Ne4 Be6 14. Qb3 Bxc4
15. Qxc4 Be7 16. Nxf6+ Bxf6 17. Nd2 Qd7 18. Nb3 Be7 19. Be3 Bd6 20. Bc5 Ne7 21.
a5 Rad8 22. Rad1 Nc6 23. h3 Qe6 24. Qxe6 Rxe6 25. Kf1 Kf8 26. d4 exd4 27. Rxe6
fxe6 28. Nxd4 Nxd4 29. Bxd4 Kf7 30. Ke2 Be7 31. Rd3 Rd5 32. f4 Bd6 33. c4 Rf5
34. Bc3 Ke8 35. g3 Be7 36. c5 Bf6 37. Bxf6 gxf6 38. Ke3 Rd5 39. g4 c6 40. h4
Kf7 41. h5 Rxd3+ 42. Kxd3 f5 43. g5 hxg5 44. fxg5 e5 45. Ke3 Kg7 46. Kf3 Kh7
47. Ke3 Kg7 48. Kf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.14"]
[Round "3.27"]
[White "Van Foreest, Jorden"]
[Black "Stevic, Hrvoje"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D26"]
[WhiteElo "2701"]
[BlackElo "2581"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "163"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Netherlands"]
[BlackTeam "Croatia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NED"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CRO"]

{[%evp 12,163,26,30,22,29,22,33,25,26,15,0,78,1,54,44,52,54,99,116,162,106,120,
87,193,189,197,203,195,124,136,58,50,50,52,66,53,34,37,34,34,34,35,17,17,17,17,
17,17,17,17,17,18,18,19,22,28,27,47,17,40,32,36,36,37,37,48,13,40,25,36,37,40,
25,47,34,41,43,43,44,44,44,74,0,44,17,61,0,62,25,27,14,27,17,25,25,50,34,47,40,
55,55,55,55,55,55,62,35,58,25,29,25,69,69,69,62,69,69,69,69,69,69,77,69,69,69,
69,79,98,19,69,32,69,0,69,69,79,70,92,35,43,0,0,0,0,0,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8]} 1. d4
d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 a6 6. O-O b5 7. Be2 $1 {[%mdl 4] is
now more promising than 7.Bd3.} Bb7 {D26: Queen's Gambit Accepted: 4 e3 e6 5
Bxc5 c5 sidelines.} 8. a4 b4 9. Nbd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2c4,Bc4b6][%mdl 32]} Nbd7 {
White is slightly better.} 10. Nc4 c5 11. dxc5 Nxc5 {[#]} (11... Bxc5 $11 {
remains equal.} 12. b3 O-O) 12. Bd2 {[#]} (12. Qxd8+ $1 $16 Rxd8 13. Nd4) 12...
Rb8 $146 ({Black should play} 12... a5 $11) ({Predecessor:} 12... Nce4 13. a5
Nxd2 14. Qxd2 Qxd2 15. Nfxd2 Rd8 16. Rac1 Be7 17. Nb3 Nd5 18. Bf3 Ba8 {1-0 (67)
Papp,B (2028)-Vishwa,V (1824) Harkany 2018}) 13. Nd4 $14 Bd5 14. a5 Be7 15. Nb6
b3 16. f3 (16. Bb4 $18) 16... O-O 17. Bc3 Rxb6 (17... Qc7 $16) 18. axb6 $18
Qxb6 19. Kh1 Rc8 20. Ra3 (20. e4 $18) 20... h6 21. e4 (21. Ba5 $16 Qb8 22. e4)
21... Ncxe4 $1 $14 22. fxe4 Bxa3 23. exd5 Nxd5 24. Nxb3 {And now Bd4 would win.
} Nxc3 25. bxc3 Rxc3 26. Nd2 Rc1 27. Qb3 Rxf1+ 28. Bxf1 Qd6 29. Ne4 Qf4 {
[%cal Rf4f1]} 30. Ng3 Qc1 31. Qa4 Bc5 32. Qxa6 g6 33. Ne4 {next Qc4 is good
for White.} Bd4 {( -> ...Qe3)} 34. Qd3 Qa1 35. Qf3 Be5 36. g3 Kg7 37. Kg2 Qb2+
38. Be2 Qc1 39. h4 {Threatening Qd3.} h5 40. Bd3 Qb2+ 41. Kh3 Qd4 42. Bb5 (42.
Bb1 {is more complex.} Qc4 43. Qd1 Qd4 44. Qe1 Qd5 45. Ng5) 42... Qd8 43. Bc4 (
43. Bc6 {with more complications.} Qc7 44. Nc3 Qe7 45. Ne2 Qf6 46. Qe3) 43...
Qe7 44. Qe3 Qb7 45. Be2 {aiming for Bxh5!} (45. Qd3 {is interesting.} Qb4 46.
Ba2 Qb7 47. Qe3 Ba1 48. Qe1) 45... Qb1 {[%cal Rb1h1]} 46. Qf3 (46. Kg2 {
with more complications.} Qb2 47. Ng5 Qd4 48. Qf3 Bf6 49. Bd3) 46... Qb4 47.
Bd3 (47. Ng5 $16 Bf6 48. Ne4) 47... Qb7 (47... Qd4 {looks sharper.}) 48. Qe2 (
48. Qf1 {feels hotter.} Qb4 49. Qe2 Qb2 50. Bc2 Qc1 51. Bd1) 48... Qb2 49. Qf3
(49. Qe1 $14) 49... Qb7 (49... Qd4 $11) 50. Qe3 (50. Qd1 {looks sharper.} Qd7
51. Qe2 Qd5 52. Bc4 Qa8 53. Qd3) 50... Qd5 51. Be2 {White wants to play Qd3.}
Bd4 52. Qf3 Be5 53. Qg2 Qd4 54. Bf3 Qe3 55. Qf1 Bd4 56. Bg2 Be5 57. Qb5 Qd4 58.
Bf3 Qb2 59. Qd7 {Intending Ng5! and mate.} Qd4 60. Qe7 {White threatens Ng5!
and mate.} Qg1 61. Qg5 Bd4 62. Bg2 {Hoping for Qe7.} Qe3 63. Qb5 Qa3 64. Qb8
Qa7 65. Qd6 Qb6 66. Qf4 Qb2 67. Nd6 Qf2 68. Qg5 Bb2 69. Qb5 Bd4 70. Ne4 (70.
Qb8 $16) 70... Qe3 71. Qb8 {Threatens to win with Qd6.} Qa3 72. Qf4 (72. Ng5
$14 Bf6 73. Ne4) 72... Qe7 (72... Qb2 $1 $11) 73. Bf3 (73. Qd2 {keeps more
tension.} Qd7 74. Qd1 Qd5 75. Kh2 Qc4 76. Ng5) 73... Bb2 74. Qe3 (74. Qd2 {
seems wilder.} Ba1 75. Bg2 Qa7 76. Qf4 Qd7 77. Kh2) 74... Be5 75. Nf2 ({
White should try} 75. Qg5 $16 Bf6 76. Qe3 (76. Nxf6 Qxf6 77. Qe3 Qf5+ 78. Kg2
Qc2+ 79. Be2 Kg8 $16)) 75... Qd6 76. Nd3 (76. Be2 {is interesting.} Qd4 77. Qe4
Qxe4 78. Nxe4 Bb2 79. Kg2) 76... Bxg3 {The position is equal.} 77. Bxh5 Bxh4
78. Bxg6 Qg3+ 79. Qxg3 Bxg3 {[#]} 80. Bxf7 $1 Kxf7 81. Kxg3 e5 82. Nxe5+ {
Weighted Error Value: White=0.16/Black=0.16} 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.14"]
[Round "3.28"]
[White "Martinovic, Sasa"]
[Black "Warmerdam, Max"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D24"]
[WhiteElo "2542"]
[BlackElo "2608"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Croatia"]
[BlackTeam "Netherlands"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CRO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NED"]

{[%evp 9,111,21,38,36,42,39,35,35,47,25,29,19,52,22,29,28,45,39,28,18,22,16,22,
14,19,0,0,0,0,0,58,54,58,26,29,31,37,36,58,31,32,31,48,32,54,0,0,-11,-30,-92,
-89,-118,-121,-112,-8,-205,-145,-343,-93,-247,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,16,191,0,389,
385,378,350,387,371,468,449,477,496,399,387,637,653,622,643,6319,597,2124,1653,
1636,1523,1493,1525,1505,1190,1197,1213,1541,1615,1475,1391]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6
3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 b5 6. e5 {D24: Queen's Gambit Accepted: 3 Nf3 Nf6
4 Nc3.} Nd5 7. Nxb5 Nb6 8. Be2 {White is slightly better.} Nc6 {[%cal Bb8c6,
Bc6a5,Ba5b3][%mdl 32] 8...Nc6 is better than 8...Be7.} 9. Be3 Bb4+ 10. Nc3 {[#]
} a5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... O-O 11. O-O Bb7 12. Qc2 Be7 13. Qe4 Kh8 14.
Rfd1 Rb8 15. Qg4 Nb4 16. Rac1 N4d5 {0-1 (38) Santiago,Y (2427)-Perez Ponsa,F 
(2577) Buenos Aires 2016}) 11. a3 Bxc3+ 12. bxc3 a4 13. Nd2 Na5 $1 14. Bf3 Rb8
15. Ne4 Bb7 16. Bg5 Qc8 17. h4 Nb3 18. Ra2 Bd5 19. Rh3 Kd7 ({Black should play
} 19... Qb7 $11 20. Qe2 h6) 20. h5 h6 21. Bh4 Qf8 22. Kf1 Kc8 23. Kg1 Nd7 24.
Rg3 Rb5 25. Rg4 Kb8 26. Rf4 Nb6 27. g3 (27. Bg3 $14) 27... Ba8 $11 28. Nc5 (28.
Qf1 {seems wilder.} Bc6 29. Bg2 Rg8 30. Qd1 Nd5 31. Rg4) 28... Nxc5 29. dxc5 (
29. Bxa8 $11 {keeps the balance.} Nd3 30. Bc6) 29... Bxf3 $17 (29... Rxc5 30.
Bxa8 Kxa8 31. Qf3+ Rd5 32. Rxf7 $16) 30. Qxf3 Qxc5 31. Rxf7 {[#]} Rb3 (31...
Qxe5 $6 32. Re2 $11) (31... Nd5 $1 $17 32. Kh2 Rb1) 32. Rxg7 $2 (32. Be7 $1 $11
Qb5 33. Bf8) 32... Nd5 (32... Qxe5 33. Bf6 $14) 33. Qg4 $2 (33. Kg2 $17) 33...
Qc6 $2 (33... Nxc3 34. Ra1 $19) (33... Rb1+ $19 34. Kh2 Nxc3 {[%mdl 64]
Discovered Attack}) 34. Kh2 $2 (34. Ra1 $17 {was forced.}) 34... Rxc3 $2 (34...
Rf8 $19 35. Rg6 Rxa3) 35. Rg6 $11 Re8 36. Rxh6 Rb3 {And now ...c3 would win.}
37. Bg5 c3 {Threatens to win with ...Rb1.} 38. Bc1 $1 Rb1 39. Rc2 Rf8 $2 (39...
Qa6 $1 $11 {and Black stays safe.}) 40. Qxe6 $2 (40. Rxe6 $18 Qb5 41. Qe4)
40... Qb5 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (40... Qc4 $11 {and Black has nothing to worry.}
41. Rg6 (41. Rf6 Rh8 $11) 41... Qd3) 41. Qa6 $1 $18 Qc5 42. Kh3 Qd4 {Strongly
threatening ...Qe4.} 43. Qe2 Re8 44. e6 Nf6 45. Qf3 Ne4 {aiming for ...Rxc1!}
46. Re2 Qd1 $2 (46... Nxf2+ 47. Rxf2 Rxc1) 47. Qxe4 {White is clearly winning.}
Rxc1 48. e7 c2 {intending ...Qh1+.} 49. Rc6 (49. Qxa4 $142 c6 {[%mdl 64] Decoy}
50. Rxc6 Qd7+ 51. Ree6 Rh1+ 52. Kg2 Rg1+ 53. Kh2 Rh1+ {[%mdl 64] Decoy} 54.
Kxh1 c1=R+ 55. Kh2) 49... Rxe7 50. Qxe7 Qh1+ 51. Kg4 Qxc6 52. Qe8+ Qxe8 53.
Rxe8+ Kb7 54. Re2 Kc6 55. h6 Kd5 {[#]} 56. Rxc2 $3 {[%mdl 576] Promotion.
Quite a comeback for White.  Weighted Error Value: White=0.35/Black=0.57} 1-0

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.14"]
[Round "3.29"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "Djukic, Nikola"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2519"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Czech Republic"]
[BlackTeam "Montenegro"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "MNE"]

{[%evp 9,79,27,45,40,48,25,31,27,63,46,54,72,131,130,137,113,153,150,164,175,
190,182,174,178,187,168,168,158,168,176,170,179,193,185,283,277,324,324,315,
295,390,316,293,200,386,316,323,290,328,317,317,317,308,313,270,280,250,0,7,6,
14,18,5314,5314,29985,29985,29985,5314,29983,5314,29988,29988]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2.
c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. h4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 {A16: English Opening: 1...Nf6
with ...d5.} Bg7 7. h5 c5 8. Qa4+ {White is slightly better.} Nc6 9. Ba3 Qd6
10. d4 {[#]} b6 $146 (10... Qc7 $142) ({Predecessor:} 10... Bd7 11. Qc4 b6 12.
h6 Bf6 13. e4 e5 14. dxc5 Qe7 15. Qa6 Qd8 16. Rd1 Qc7 {1-0 (23) Santos Latasa,
J (2635)-Roseneck,J (2403) Tegernsee 2021}) 11. h6 $1 $16 {[%cal Rh6g7]} Bf6
12. e4 {And now e5 would win.} Bd7 {[%cal Rc6d4] Threatens to win with ...Nxd4.
} 13. Bb5 O-O {With the idea ...a6.} 14. e5 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Bxb5 16. Qxb5 (16.
exd6 $2 Bxc3+ 17. Nd2 Bxa4 $19) 16... Bxe5 17. Bb2 Bf6 18. Qe2 Rad8 19. c4 Bxb2
20. Qxb2 {[%csl Gh6][%cal Rb2g7]} f6 21. O-O e5 (21... Qf4 $142 22. Qa3 Rd7)
22. Rfd1 $18 Qe7 23. Rd5 Rxd5 24. cxd5 c4 25. Rd1 Qc5 26. a4 a6 $2 (26... Rd8
27. Qc2 Rd6) 27. Rb1 Rb8 28. Nxe5 {aiming for Nd7!} c3 29. Qb3 {d6+ would kill
now.} ({Weaker is} 29. Qe2 Re8 $14) 29... fxe5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR}
30. d6+ $1 Kf8 31. Qe6 {Intending Qf6+ and mate.} Rb7 {[#]} 32. Qf6+ $1 ({
Inferior is} 32. d7 Qe7 $11) 32... Kg8 {[#]} 33. Qd8+ $2 ({White must play} 33.
d7 $1 $18 Rxd7 34. Rxb6) 33... Kf7 $11 34. d7 $40 {[%mdl 128] Threatening mate
with Qe8+. White is up to no good.} Qe7 35. Qh8 Qxd7 {[%mdl 8192] This move
loses the game for Black.} (35... c2 $11 36. Qxh7+ (36. Rc1 Qxd7 37. Qxh7+ Kf6
$11) 36... Kf6 37. Qxe7+ Kxe7) 36. Qxh7+ $18 Ke8 37. Qh8+ Kf7 38. Qg7+ (38. h7
$142 c2 39. Qg8+ Ke7 40. Re1 c1=Q 41. Rxc1 Rc7 42. Qg7+ {[%mdl 64] Double
Attack} Kd6 43. Qxg6+ Kd5 44. Rxc7) 38... Ke8 39. Qxe5+ (39. Qg8+ $142 Ke7 40.
h7 c2 41. Re1 Qe6 42. Qxe6+ Kxe6 43. h8=Q Kd7 44. Qxe5) 39... Kf8 40. Qh8+ {
Weighted Error Value: White=0.21/Black=0.78} 1-0

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.14"]
[Round "3.30"]
[White "Draskovic, Luka"]
[Black "Nguyen, Thai Dai Van"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2469"]
[BlackElo "2594"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Montenegro"]
[BlackTeam "Czech Republic"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "MNE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CZE"]

{[%evp 15,102,18,14,25,17,20,10,6,43,44,47,43,39,41,40,42,50,38,77,75,68,59,60,
60,77,28,45,45,60,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-108,-102,-142,-132,-184,-160,-174,
-154,-157,-79,-133,-24,-40,-12,-12,-12,-19,-10,-25,0,-10,0,-13,0,-14,0,-10,0,
-16,-10,-10,-17,-10,0,0,0,0,0,-17,-17,-17,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6
3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. b3 c5 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Bb2 Nc6 9. e3 {A14:
English Opening: 1...e6 with b3 by White.} Bg4 10. h3 Bh5 {[#]} 11. Nc3 $146 ({
Predecessor:} 11. Na3 Rc8 12. Nc2 b5 13. Nce1 Qb6 14. g4 Bg6 15. d3 Rfd8 16.
Nh4 Ne8 17. Nxg6 hxg6 {0-1 (51) Caceres,C (1864)-Pedersen,G (2244) Esbjerg 2005
}) 11... Ne4 12. Ne2 Bf6 13. Bxf6 Nxf6 ({But not} 13... gxf6 $6 14. Nf4 $16)
14. Nf4 Bxf3 15. Qxf3 {[%cal Rf4d5]} Ne7 16. Rfd1 h6 17. d4 Rc8 18. dxc5 Rxc5
19. Rd4 Qc8 20. Rad1 Re8 21. Qe2 Nc6 22. Nxd5 (22. Ra4 $14) 22... Nxd4 $11 {
[%mdl 64] [#] Pin} 23. Nxf6+ gxf6 24. Rxd4 b6 25. h4 Rd8 26. Rf4 Qe6 27. Qf3 f5
28. e4 (28. Qe2 $11) 28... Qd7 29. exf5 {[#]} Qd1+ $1 30. Qxd1 (30. Kh2 $17)
30... Rxd1+ $17 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRB} 31. Kh2 Rd2 {[%mdl 1024] Black
has strong compensation.} 32. a4 h5 ({Black should play} 32... Rcc2 33. Kg1 Rc3
) 33. Be4 (33. f6 $142) 33... f6 (33... Rc3 $17 34. Kg2 Rxb3) 34. Rf3 $11 Re5
35. Bd3 Kf8 36. Bc4 Ke7 37. Kh3 Rd4 38. Kg2 {The position is equal.} Rd2 39.
Kh3 Kf8 40. Rf4 Ke7 41. Kg2 Kf8 42. Be6 Rb2 43. Bc4 Kg7 44. Rf3 Kh6 45. Rf4 Rd2
46. Be6 Re1 47. Rc4 Ree2 48. Rf4 Rb2 49. Bc4 Rec2 50. Bf7 Rd2 51. Rf3 Rdc2 {
Weighted Error Value: White=0.12/Black=0.14} 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.14"]
[Round "3.31"]
[White "Krejci, Jan"]
[Black "Blagojevic, Dragisa"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C64"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2467"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Czech Republic"]
[BlackTeam "Montenegro"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "MNE"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Bc5 5. O-O Nge7 6. c3 Ba7 7. d4 Ng6 8. Bg5
f6 9. Be3 O-O 10. Nbd2 d6 11. Re1 Kh8 12. h3 exd4 13. cxd4 Nce7 14. d5 Bxe3 15.
Rxe3 f5 16. Rc1 Nf4 17. Bb3 Bd7 18. Nf1 fxe4 19. Rxe4 c6 20. dxc6 Bxc6 21. Rxf4
Rxf4 22. Ng5 Ng6 23. Nf7+ Rxf7 24. Bxf7 Nf4 25. Rc4 Qf6 26. Qg4 Nxg2 27. Qe6
Qf3 28. Nd2 Qd1+ 29. Nf1 Ne1 30. f4 Nf3+ 31. Kf2 Nd2 32. Nxd2 Qxd2+ 33. Kg3
Qg2+ 34. Kh4 Qxb2 35. f5 Qf2+ 36. Kg5 Qg3+ 37. Rg4 Qxh3 38. Bh5 h6+ 39. Kf4
Qf3# 0-1

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.14"]
[Round "3.32"]
[White "Potpara, Nikola"]
[Black "Zilka, Stepan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2374"]
[BlackElo "2593"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Montenegro"]
[BlackTeam "Czech Republic"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "MNE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CZE"]

{[%evp 20,126,14,18,20,0,0,0,2,-5,22,27,37,39,41,50,43,39,95,91,97,106,167,106,
106,104,108,108,102,96,93,103,96,105,100,79,100,101,110,39,47,43,51,41,157,143,
277,0,4,0,0,0,17,-47,0,-39,-36,-41,-36,-40,-7,-13,-5,-26,-18,-18,-15,-91,-74,
-87,-83,-166,-174,-223,-235,-229,-238,-231,-177,-247,-244,-459,-455,-466,-435,
-466,-458,-455,-467,-570,-506,-519,-513,-508,-486,-556,-555,-555,-543,-5872,
-5891,-29952,-11760,-6191,-5850,-29977,-29978,-29975,-29976]} 1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5
3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. d4 dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10.
Bg5 a5 {10...Nbd7 is a critical line.} 11. Nc3 Ra6 {[%cal Ba8a6,Ba6b6,Bb6b4]
[%mdl 32] E05: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3 Be7.} 12. Rad1 Rb6 13. Qa2 Rb4 {The
position is equal.} 14. e3 {[#]} Qe8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Nd5 15. Bxe7
Qxe7 16. Ne5 Nxc3 17. bxc3 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Rb6 19. Rb1 Rxb1 20. Rxb1 b6 {1-0 (40)
Gozzoli,Y (2724)-Martinez Reyes,P (2332) Chess.com INT 2016}) 15. Ne5 Bxa4 16.
Ra1 {[%cal Rc3a4]} Bb3 17. Qxa5 Rb6 18. Rfc1 h6 (18... Qd8 $14) 19. Bxf6 $16
gxf6 20. Nd3 Bc4 (20... Qd8 $16 {keeps fighting.}) 21. Nc5 (21. Nf4 $1 $18)
21... Nc6 22. Qa4 Rb4 23. Bxc6 Rxa4 24. Bxe8 Rxa1 {[#]} 25. Bxf7+ $1 Kxf7 26.
Rxa1 b6 27. N5e4 Rc8 28. Ra7 Ke8 29. g4 (29. Kg2 $16) 29... Kd7 $14 30. Kg2 Rg8
31. Kf3 Bf1 (31... f5 $14 32. gxf5 exf5) 32. d5 $16 Bh3 {[#]} (32... h5 $16)
33. Ke2 $2 (33. d6 $1 $18 Bxg4+ 34. Kg2 Be2+ 35. Ng3) 33... Bxg4+ $11 34. f3
Bh3 35. Ng3 Bd8 36. e4 (36. Ra4 $11) 36... Kc8 (36... h5 {seems wilder.} 37.
Nxh5 Rg2+ 38. Ke3 e5 39. Na4 Kd6) 37. dxe6 Bxe6 38. Kd3 Kb8 39. Ra1 c6 40. Nce2
$1 Bc7 41. Rc1 Kb7 42. Nd4 $1 {[%cal Rd4e6]} Bd7 43. Nh5 {[#]} (43. Ke3 $11 {
keeps the balance.}) 43... Rd8 $1 $17 {White must now prevent ...c5.} 44. Ke3
Be5 {Hoping for ...Bxd4+.} 45. Ng7 (45. Nf4 $17 {was called for.}) 45... c5 $19
({Stronger than} 45... Bxh2 46. f4 $11) 46. Ndf5 Bb5 {Strongly threatening ...
Rd3+.} ({Don't do} 46... Bxh2 47. Rd1 $17) ({Much less strong is} 46... Bxb2
47. Rb1 $17) 47. Rc2 Rd3+ 48. Kf2 Bxh2 49. Nxh6 (49. Nh5 $142) 49... Ba4 50.
Re2 (50. Rc3 Rxc3 51. bxc3) 50... Bd1 51. Re1 Bf4 52. Nhf5 Rd2+ 53. Kf1 Bxf3
54. Ne8 Be5 55. Re3 Bg4 56. b3 Rd1+ 57. Kg2 Bxf5 58. exf5 Rd8 59. Rxe5 fxe5 {
KR-KN} 60. Nf6 Rf8 61. Ne4 Kc6 62. f6 Kd5 63. Kf3 Kd4 {What a bad dream for
White.  Weighted Error Value: White=0.59/Black=0.15} 0-1

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.14"]
[Round "3.33"]
[White "Hillarp Persson, Tiger"]
[Black "Indjic, Aleksandar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2528"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sweden"]
[BlackTeam "Serbia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SWE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SRB"]

{[%evp 12,99,0,-16,29,21,41,43,20,29,19,21,45,37,47,23,33,22,56,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,
0,0,54,-18,0,-2,0,2,0,6,54,30,80,66,81,0,0,0,56,0,107,107,117,85,72,18,17,-16,
-16,-16,-16,-16,-16,-20,-26,-79,-78,-79,-67,-71,-60,-58,-47,-82,-72,-71,-71,
-87,-105,-93,-75,-199,-200,-214,-199,-304,-304,-473,-473,-466,-358,-1082,-961,
-607]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Bg2 dxc4 7. O-O
Bd7 {E20: Nimzo-Indian: 4 g3 and 4 f3.} 8. Ne5 Bc6 9. e4 Bxc3 {White is
slightly better.} 10. Nxc6 Nxc6 11. bxc3 e5 {[%cal Re5d4]} 12. d5 {[%mdl 1024]
White has compensation.} Ne7 {[#]} 13. Qa4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. f4 Nd7 14.
Ba3 Re8 15. Qf3 c6 16. Bd6 Ng6 17. Rad1 cxd5 18. Rxd5 Nf6 19. fxe5 Nxd5 20.
Qxf7+ {0-1 (25) Radovanovic,M (2483)-Skuhala,J (2276) Koper 2019}) 13... c6 14.
Rd1 {Threatening dxc6.} b5 15. Qa3 (15. Qa6 $14) 15... h6 $11 {[%cal Rc6d5]}
16. Be3 {Bc5 is the strong threat.} cxd5 17. exd5 {Threatens to win with Bc5.}
Nf5 ({Avoid the trap} 17... Nexd5 $2 18. Bxd5 Nxd5 19. Qc5 $18) 18. Bc5 Re8 19.
Qa6 Nd7 ({Black should play} 19... e4 $11) 20. Qxb5 (20. Bb4 $1 $14) 20... Rb8
21. Qc6 ({But not} 21. Qxc4 Qc8 $17) 21... Nxc5 22. Qxc5 {[%mdl 64] Black
should prevent d6. Double Attack} Nd6 23. Qxa7 e4 (23... Ra8 $5 {[%cal Ra8a7]}
24. Qc5 Ra5 $11) 24. a4 Rb2 25. Rab1 Rc2 26. Rbc1 (26. Rdc1 $16 Rd2 27. a5)
26... Ra2 27. Ra1 Rc2 (27... Rb2 $11) 28. Rac1 (28. Rdc1 $14 Rb2 29. a5) 28...
Rxc1 (28... Ra2 $11) 29. Rxc1 $16 Qg5 30. Rd1 Qh5 31. Rd2 (31. Qd4 $16) 31...
Qe5 $11 32. Qd4 Qxd4 33. Rxd4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Ra8 34. Bxe4 {
And now Bc2 would win.} Rxa4 35. Kf1 Ra3 36. Bc2 (36. Bf3 $11 {remains equal.})
36... Rxc3 $17 37. Rd2 Kf8 38. Re2 Ra3 39. Ke1 Ra5 40. Re5 f6 41. Re3 Rxd5 42.
Bg6 Re5 43. Kd2 {[#]} Ke7 $1 44. f4 {Loses the game.} (44. Ra3 $17) 44... Rxe3
$19 45. Kxe3 {[#] KB-KN} Nb5 46. g4 (46. Ke4 $142) 46... Kd6 47. h4 (47. g5 {
is a better defense.}) 47... Kc5 48. g5 Nd6 49. Bb1 $2 (49. Bc2) 49... Kb4 50.
Kd4 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.36/Black=0.17} 0-1

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.14"]
[Round "3.34"]
[White "Ivic, Velimir"]
[Black "Blomqvist, Erik"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B76"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2542"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Serbia"]
[BlackTeam "Sweden"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SRB"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SWE"]

{[%evp 25,122,54,44,60,60,60,67,59,69,82,76,58,54,54,59,62,60,66,63,63,64,60,
60,60,63,63,63,47,62,46,61,61,90,89,114,73,80,89,84,78,71,75,89,89,82,65,65,65,
65,65,72,55,65,64,65,0,65,65,65,65,65,65,61,40,40,40,41,41,68,68,68,68,68,68,
68,68,68,68,68,75,316,316,316,316,314,316,316,292,292,292,292,292,292,292,292,
292,292,292,292]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3
Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. O-O-O d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Bd4 e5 13.
Bc5 Re8 14. Ne4 {B76: Sicilian Dragon: Yugoslav Attack, 9 g4 and 9 0-0-0.} Qc7
{14...Be6 is vanishing.} 15. h4 f5 16. Nd6 {White is slightly better.} Rd8 17.
Nxc8 Raxc8 18. h5 Nb6 $1 19. Bxb6 Rxd2 20. Bc4+ Kf8 21. Bxc7 Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1
Rxc7 23. hxg6 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Bh6+ 24. Kb1 hxg6 25. Rd6 Kg7 {
[#]} 26. c3 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8] An interesting novelty.} ({Predecessor:} 26. b4
Bf4 27. Re6 Rb7 28. a3 a5 29. Kb2 axb4 30. a4 Ra7 31. Kb3 c5 32. Bb5 {1-0 (59)
Swiercz,D (2647)-Naroditsky,D (2623) Saint Louis 2021}) 26... Bf4 27. Re6 Rd7
28. a4 {[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4a5][%mdl 32]} c5 29. a5 g5 30. Re8 g4 31. fxg4 fxg4 32.
Rg8+ Kf6 33. Rxg4 Rg7 34. Rxg7 Kxg7 $16 {KB-KB} 35. Bd5 Kf6 36. Kc2 Kf5 37. Kd3
Bc1 38. b3 Bb2 39. Kc2 Ba1 40. Kd3 Bb2 41. Kc4 e4 42. b4 cxb4 43. Kxb4 Ke5 44.
Bb7 Bc1 45. Kb5 Bg5 46. c4 e3 47. Bf3 Kd6 48. c5+ Kc7 49. a6 Bh6 50. Kc4 Kd7
51. Kd5 Kc7 52. Ke5 {[#] And now g4 would win.} Kd7 $2 {A mistake that costs
the game.} (52... Bf8 $16 {was necessary.}) 53. g4 $18 {White has a decisive
advantage.} Kc7 54. Kf6 e2 55. Bxe2 Kc6 56. g5 Bxg5+ 57. Kxg5 {Kf6 would kill
now.} Kxc5 {KB-KP} 58. Kf6 {White threatens Ke7 and mate.} Kd6 59. Bg4 Kc7 60.
Ke7 Kb8 {[#]} 61. Kd8 {[%cal Rd8d7]} Ka8 62. Kc7 {Weighted Error Value:
White=0.05/Black=0.13} 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.14"]
[Round "3.35"]
[White "Johansson, Linus"]
[Black "Ivanisevic, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2479"]
[BlackElo "2604"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sweden"]
[BlackTeam "Serbia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SWE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SRB"]

{[%evp 13,103,10,11,11,12,1,12,10,29,43,37,-4,0,-15,10,-27,-33,-23,-24,-75,-35,
-49,-12,-61,-42,-95,-84,-119,-114,-110,-2,-72,-51,-54,-46,-40,-33,-58,-38,-39,
-47,-48,0,0,54,64,58,27,17,10,108,108,108,108,137,144,248,238,244,244,236,236,
236,236,236,236,236,236,316,316,316,316,316,316,316,316,316,316,316,316,316,
316,316,289,316,316,316,316,316,0,316,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3
c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Be2 dxc4 7. a4 Bb4 8. Bxc4 {D45: Semi-Slav: 5 e3.} O-O 9. O-O
b6 $5 {[%mdl 4] Exploring less charted territory.} 10. Qe2 {The position is
equal.} Bb7 11. e4 c5 {[#]} 12. d5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. e5 Nd5 13. Bg5 Nxc3
14. bxc3 Bxf3 15. Qe3 cxd4 16. cxd4 Qc8 17. Rac1 Bc6 18. Bb5 {1-0 (26) Molenda,
M (2362)-Jankowiak,T (2133) Chorzow 2021}) 12... exd5 13. Nxd5 Nxd5 (13... h6 {
is interesting.} 14. Nxb4 cxb4 15. e5 Re8 16. Rd1 Qc7) 14. Bxd5 (14. exd5 {
with more complications.} Re8 15. Qd3 h6 16. Bf4 Qf6 17. Bg3) 14... Bxd5 15.
exd5 Re8 16. Qc2 (16. Qa6 $11) 16... Nf6 17. Rd1 Qd7 18. Bg5 Ne4 ({But not} 
18... Nxd5 $2 19. Qb3 $18) 19. Bf4 ({Better is} 19. h3 $15) 19... Qf5 $17 20.
Bc7 Rac8 21. Nh4 Qd7 (21... Qf6 $17 22. d6 {[#]} Nxd6 $1 23. Bxd6 Qxh4) 22. Bg3
(22. d6 $1 $11) 22... c4 23. Rd4 $1 {[%cal Rd4e4]} Nxg3 24. hxg3 Bc5 25. Rd2 g6
26. Rad1 a6 27. Nf3 Qd6 28. Ng5 Qe5 {[#]} (28... Qe7 $11 29. Nf3 Qd6) 29. d6 $1
$14 {Nf3 is the strong threat.} Rcd8 30. Nf3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White fights for
an advantage.} Qe6 {[%cal Rd8d6]} 31. Re1 Qxe1+ (31... Qd7 $1 $11) 32. Nxe1 $16
Rxe1+ 33. Kh2 Bxd6 34. Qxc4 {Threatens to win with Rxd6!} h5 ({Wrong is} 34...
Bxg3+ $2 35. Kxg3 Rxd2 36. Qc8+ Kg7 37. Qc3+ Kg8 38. Qxd2 $18) (34... b5 $16
35. axb5 axb5) 35. f4 ({Less strong is} 35. Qxa6 Bxg3+ 36. Kxg3 Rxd2 $11) 35...
a5 36. Qc6 Be7 37. Rxd8+ Bxd8 $18 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQ-KRB} 38. Qd6 Be7 39.
Qxb6 Bb4 40. f5 gxf5 41. Qd8+ Kg7 42. Qg5+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kf8 43.
Qxf5 Kg7 44. Qg5+ Kf8 45. Qxh5 Kg7 46. Qg5+ Kf8 47. Qf5 Kg7 48. g4 Re6 49. g5
Kg8 50. Qd5 Kg7 51. Qf5 Kg8 $1 52. Qd5 $2 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.18/
Black=0.17} (52. Kg3 $18) 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.14"]
[Round "3.36"]
[White "Markus, Robert"]
[Black "Seo, Jung Min"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2609"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Serbia"]
[BlackTeam "Sweden"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SRB"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SWE"]

{[%evp 20,62,0,0,0,0,0,0,10,-6,-8,-6,-7,-19,-1,-4,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,
0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2
O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qa4 a6 8. Qxc4 b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Bd2 Be4 11. Qc1 {The
position is equal.} c6 {Nowadays more popular than 11...Bb7. E05: Open Catalan:
5 Nf3 Be7.} 12. Be3 Nbd7 13. Nc3 Bg6 14. Bg5 {[#]} h6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 
14... Rc8 15. Rd1 Qb6 16. Ne5 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Ng4 18. Rf1 f6 19. exf6 gxf6 20.
Bd2 b4 {0-1 (53) Stefansson,H (2602)-Vocaturo,D (2588) Reykjavik 2015}) 15.
Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Rd1 Rc8 17. Qe3 Qb6 18. Ne4 Bxe4 19. Qxe4 c5 20. Ne5 Rc7 21. Nxd7
Rxd7 22. dxc5 Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 Qxc5 24. b3 a5 25. h4 h5 (25... b4 {keeps more
tension.} 26. Rd7 g6 27. Bf3 h5 28. Qd3 Re8) 26. e3 Rd8 27. Rxd8+ Bxd8 28. Qb7
b4 29. Bf1 g6 30. Bc4 Qe7 31. Qxe7 Bxe7 {Not much happened in this game. 
Weighted Error Value: White=0.01/Black=0.01} 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.14"]
[Round "3.37"]
[White "Mastrovasilis, Dimitrios"]
[Black "Yilmaz, Mustafa"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2619"]
[BlackElo "2626"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Greece"]
[BlackTeam "Turkey"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GRE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "TUR"]

{[%evp 13,119,20,27,14,14,13,25,34,24,22,14,13,14,14,16,17,31,37,36,31,34,34,
35,34,27,31,31,28,29,35,33,17,108,109,110,102,112,110,115,128,194,186,180,189,
179,188,354,353,353,329,344,347,279,176,183,187,155,162,229,243,276,250,243,
239,250,246,279,8,8,8,9,8,8,8,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-68,-68,-68,-68,-72,
-64,-63,-59,-67,-43,-37,-8,-8,-8,-26,-26,-26,-26,-26,-26,-26]} 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.} Be7 9. f4 Nc6 {
[%cal Bb8c6,Bc6b4,Bb4c2,Bc2e3][%mdl 32]} 10. f5 {White has an edge.} Bxb3 11.
axb3 Nb4 12. g3 d5 13. exd5 Qc7 14. d6 {[%mdl 64] Decoy} Bxd6 {[#]} 15. Nb5 $1
{[%cal Rb5c7]} Nxc2+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 16. Ke2 Qc6 {[%mdl 64] Double
Attack} 17. Nxd6+ Ke7 $1 {[#]} 18. Rc1 $5 {[%cal Rc1c2][%mdl 4] An interesting
side line.} Nxe3 19. Rxc6 Nxd1 20. Nxb7 Rhb8 $1 {[%cal Rb8b7]} 21. Rc7+ Kf8 22.
Bg2 {[#]} e4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 22... Nxb2 23. Nd6 e4 24. Rhc1 Rd8 25. Nxf7
Rd3 26. Ng5 Rxg3 27. Ne6+ Kg8 28. Rc8+ Rxc8 29. Rxc8+ Kf7 30. Rc7+ Kg8 31. Rc8+
{1/2-1/2 (31) Stukopin,A (2580)-Dragun,K (2591) Saint Louis 2018}) 23. Rxd1 $16
Ra7 {[#]} 24. Bxe4 $1 {[%mdl 64] Deflection} Nxe4 (24... Re8 25. Kf3) 25. Rdd7
$36 {[%mdl 2048] White is on the roll.} Nxg3+ 26. Kf3 $1 Nh5 (26... Nxf5 $16
27. Rxf7+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kg8) 27. Rxf7+ $18 Kg8 28. b4 $1 Raa8 29.
Kg4 $1 {[%cal Rg4h5]} Nf6+ (29... g6 {is a better defense.} 30. Kg5 Rf8) 30.
Kg5 Ne8 31. Rce7 Ra7 32. h4 Rc8 33. Nc5 Rxe7 34. Rxe7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame
KRN-KRN} Nd6 35. Re6 ({Resist} 35. Nxa6 $6 Rf8 $14) 35... Nf7+ (35... Rd8 {
keeps fighting.} 36. Nxa6 Nb5) 36. Kf4 h5 37. Nxa6 Rc4+ 38. Re4 Rc2 {[#]} 39.
b5 $1 Rf2+ {[#]} 40. Ke3 $2 (40. Kg3 $1 $18 {[%cal Rg3f2]} Rxb2 41. Rb4 Rxb4
42. Nxb4) 40... Rxb2 $11 41. Re8+ Kh7 42. Nc7 {And now Rf8 would win.} Nd6 {
[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 43. Rf8 {Ne6 is the strong threat.} Rb4 44. Ne6 {
Ng5+ would kill now.} (44. Kd3 {is more complex.} Rxh4 45. f6 g5 46. b6 Rb4 47.
Nd5) 44... g6 $1 45. Ng5+ Kg7 $1 {[%cal Rg7f8]} 46. Ne6+ Kh7 47. fxg6+ (47. Kd3
{seems wilder.} Nxf5 48. Ng5+ Kh6 49. Ne6 Kh7) 47... Kxg6 48. Nf4+ Kg7 49. Ne6+
Kg6 50. Rd8 ({White should play} 50. Kf3 $11) 50... Re4+ $15 {[%mdl 64] Double
Attack} ({Much weaker is} 50... Nxb5 51. Nf4+ Kf5 52. Rd5+ Kg4 53. Nxh5 $11 (
53. Rxh5 Nd6 $11)) 51. Kd3 Rxe6 {KRN-KR} 52. Rg8+ Kf7 53. Rg5 Rh6 54. b6 Ke6
55. Kd4 Rh8 (55... Kd7 $5 {[%cal Rd7c6]} 56. Rc5 Rh8 $11) 56. Rg6+ Kd7 {
Hoping for ...Ra8.} 57. Ke5 Re8+ {Black has an edge.} 58. Kd5 Nf5 59. Rg5 Nxh4
60. Rxh5 {Blacks defense is rewarded with a draw.  Weighted Error Value:
White=0.15/Black=0.14} 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.14"]
[Round "3.38"]
[White "Dastan, Muhammed Batuhan"]
[Black "Banikas, Hristos"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2572"]
[BlackElo "2592"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Turkey"]
[BlackTeam "Greece"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "TUR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GRE"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Rg1 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. g4
d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Bg5 f6 11. Nxd5 Qxd5 12. Qxd5 Bxd5 13. Be3 Nc6 14. O-O-O
O-O-O 15. Bb6 Rd6 16. Rg3 Be6 17. Nc5 Rxd1+ 18. Kxd1 Bxc5 19. Bxc5 Rd8+ 20. Kc1
h6 21. h3 Kd7 22. Bb6 Rc8 23. Rd3+ Ke8 24. Rc3 Nb4 25. Rxc8+ Bxc8 26. Bc4 h5
27. gxh5 Bxh3 28. f3 Nc6 29. Bd5 Kd7 30. Bc5 Be6 31. Be4 f5 32. Bxc6+ Kxc6 33.
Bf8 Bf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.14"]
[Round "3.39"]
[White "Pavlidis, Antonios"]
[Black "Can, Emre"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2536"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Greece"]
[BlackTeam "Turkey"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GRE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "TUR"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Rg1 h5 6. Bc4 Be7 7. a4 c6 8. Qe2
O-O 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Bd2 Qc7 11. Ng5 Nc5 12. h3 Bd7 13. g4 h4 14. Nxf7 Rxf7 15.
g5 Be6 16. gxf6 Bxf6 17. Be3 Bxc4 18. Qxc4 Nd7 19. O-O-O Nf8 20. Rg4 Qc8 21. a5
Qe6 22. Qxe6 Nxe6 23. Na4 Be7 24. Rd7 Bb4 25. Rxf7 Kxf7 26. Rxh4 Bxa5 27. Nc5
Bd8 28. Rg4 Nxc5 29. Bxc5 Bf6 30. Rg3 b6 31. Be3 Rh8 32. Kd2 Ke6 33. Bg5 a5 34.
Bxf6 gxf6 35. Rc3 Kd6 36. Rf3 Ke6 37. Rc3 Kd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.14"]
[Round "3.40"]
[White "Sanal, Vahap"]
[Black "Kourkoulos-Arditis, Stamatis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2524"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Turkey"]
[BlackTeam "Greece"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "TUR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GRE"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4
g5 9. Bg3 d6 10. a4 Bg4 11. c3 Rb8 12. axb5 axb5 13. h3 Bh5 14. Nbd2 O-O 15. h4
Bg4 16. hxg5 hxg5 17. Qc2 Nh5 18. d4 Bb6 19. Bh4 gxh4 20. Rxh4 Nf6 21. Qc1 Re8
22. Nf1 Kf8 23. Qh6+ Ke7 24. Qg7 Be6 25. Bxe6 Kxe6 26. d5+ Kd7 27. Rh6 Ne7 28.
Rxf6 Kc8 29. Rxf7 Kb7 30. Qg5 b4 31. N1d2 Ra8 32. Rxa8 Qxa8 33. Rxe7 Rh8 34.
Nh4 Qa6 35. Rf7 Qd3 36. Rf3 Qc2 37. cxb4 Qxb2 38. Ke2 Qc1 39. Rb3 Bxf2 40. Kxf2
Rxh4 41. Rb1 1-0

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.14"]
[Round "3.41"]
[White "Andersen, Mads"]
[Black "Pechac, Jergus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2562"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Denmark"]
[BlackTeam "Slovakia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "DEN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SVK"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 c5 3. b3 Nc6 4. Bb2 e6 5. Bb5 Nge7 6. c4 a6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Bd3
Nb4 9. Bc2 Bg4 10. a3 Nxc2+ 11. Qxc2 Rc8 12. Qd1 Qb6 13. Nc3 d4 14. Ne4 Nc6 15.
exd4 Nxd4 16. Bxd4 cxd4 17. O-O Be7 18. Re1 O-O 19. b4 h6 20. Qb3 a5 21. Rab1
axb4 22. axb4 Be6 23. Qb2 Rfd8 24. Nc5 Bf5 25. Rxe7 Bxb1 26. Rxb7 Qg6 27. Ne5
Re8 28. Qxd4 Rxe5 29. Qxe5 Be4 30. f3 Bxf3 31. g3 Qb1+ 32. Kf2 Bxb7 33. Nxb7
Qxb4 34. Qd5 Qb6+ 35. Kf3 Rc6 36. Nd8 Rf6+ 0-1

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.14"]
[Round "3.42"]
[White "Druska, Juraj"]
[Black "Thybo, Jesper Sondergaard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2508"]
[BlackElo "2604"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Slovakia"]
[BlackTeam "Denmark"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SVK"]
[BlackTeamCountry "DEN"]

{[%evp 9,81,11,14,8,11,3,15,11,11,8,19,10,10,8,10,8,8,6,8,6,7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,
0,0,0,7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,3,-27,38,14,24,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,363,232,308,308,304,
302,298,293,429,429,424,424,566,565,557,445,555,544]} 1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d3
g6 4. Nbd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2c4,Bc4e5][%mdl 32]} Bg7 5. d4 {[#]} c5 $146 ({
Predecessor:} 5... Nh6 6. h3 O-O 7. c3 Nd7 8. Bd3 e6 9. O-O f6 10. Re1 Nf7 11.
a4 a5 12. b4 axb4 13. cxb4 dxe4 14. Nxe4 {0-1 (46) Pulpan,J (2617)-Fedoseev,V 
(2913) Chess.com INT 2019}) 6. exd5 {B10: Caro-Kann: 2 d3 and 2 c4.} cxd4 7.
Bb5+ Nd7 8. Nc4 {The position is equal.} Ngf6 9. Qxd4 O-O 10. O-O a6 11. Bxd7
Nxd7 12. Nce5 b5 13. b3 Bb7 14. c4 $1 e6 15. Bf4 exd5 $1 16. c5 g5 $1 {[%cal
Rg5f4]} 17. c6 Bxc6 18. Qd2 Nxe5 19. Bxe5 f6 20. Bd4 Rf7 21. Rac1 Rc8 22. Ne1
Bd7 23. Nc2 Bf5 24. Ne3 Be4 25. h4 h6 (25... gxh4 $11 26. f3 Bg6) 26. hxg5 (26.
h5 {with more complications.} Rxc1 27. Rxc1 Rc7 28. f3 Bh7 29. a4) 26... hxg5
27. Qb2 Rxc1 28. Rxc1 Rc7 29. Rxc7 Qxc7 30. f3 Bg6 31. Nxd5 {[%mdl 64] [#]
Double Attack} Qg3 32. Qc3 {Hoping for Qc8+.} b4 $2 {[%mdl 8192] A mistake
that costs the game.} (32... Qd6 $1 $11 {and Black has nothing to worry.} 33.
Bxf6 (33. Nxf6+ $2 Kf7 $17) 33... Qxd5 34. Bxg7 b4) 33. Qxb4 {And now Qe7
would win.} g4 34. Bf2 ({Weaker is} 34. Nxf6+ Bxf6 35. Bxf6 gxf3 $11) 34... Qe5
35. Ne7+ {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} ({Much less strong is} 35. Qxg4 $6 Bf7
$18) 35... Kh7 {next ...g3 is good for Black.} 36. Nxg6 ({Less strong is} 36.
fxg4 Bb1 $16) 36... Qa1+ (36... Kxg6 $142 37. Qxg4+ Kh6) 37. Kh2 $18 {White is
clearly winning.} Kxg6 38. Qxg4+ Kh7 39. Qf5+ Kg8 40. Qc8+ Kh7 41. Qxa6 {
Weighted Error Value: White=0.12/Black=0.34} 1-0

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.14"]
[Round "3.43"]
[White "Bjerre, Jonas Buhl"]
[Black "Petenyi, Tamas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2569"]
[BlackElo "2458"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Denmark"]
[BlackTeam "Slovakia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "DEN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SVK"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 Nc6 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 g6 5. Be3 Bg7 6. Qd2 Bg4 7. h4 Bxf3 8.
gxf3 e5 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. O-O-O Qxd2+ 11. Rxd2 a6 12. Bc4 Nd4 13. f4 Ng4 14. Nd5
O-O-O 15. c3 Nxe3 16. fxe3 Ne6 17. h5 exf4 18. exf4 Bh6 19. hxg6 hxg6 20. Rdh2
Bg7 21. f5 Rxh2 22. Rxh2 gxf5 23. exf5 Ng5 24. f6 Bf8 25. Rh5 c6 26. Ne3 Bd6
27. Rxg5 Bf4 28. Rg7 Bxe3+ 29. Kc2 Rd6 30. Rxf7 Bh6 31. Bd3 Kb8 32. Bf5 c5 33.
Be4 c4 34. a4 Re6 35. Rxb7+ Kc8 36. Bf5 Kxb7 37. Bxe6 Kb6 38. Bxc4 a5 39. Kd3
Kc5 40. f7 Bf8 41. Ba2 Bg7 42. Bb3 Bf8 43. Ke4 Kd6 44. Kf5 Bg7 45. Kg6 Bf8 46.
Kh7 Ke7 47. Kg8 Bh6 48. Bc4 Bf8 49. b4 axb4 50. cxb4 1-0

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.14"]
[Round "3.44"]
[White "Sahidi, Samir"]
[Black "Hansen, Sune Berg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2432"]
[BlackElo "2543"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Slovakia"]
[BlackTeam "Denmark"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SVK"]
[BlackTeamCountry "DEN"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. O-O d6 8. c3 h6
9. Re1 O-O 10. Nbd2 Bb6 11. Nf1 Ne7 12. h3 Ng6 13. Ng3 Re8 14. a4 Rb8 15. a5
Ba7 16. d4 c5 17. Be3 Qc7 18. Bc2 Bd7 19. Qd2 Kh7 20. b4 cxd4 21. cxd4 Qb7 22.
Nf5 Bxf5 23. exf5 Ne7 24. dxe5 Bxe3 25. Rxe3 dxe5 26. Nxe5 Rbd8 27. Nd3 Kg8 28.
Rae1 Qc7 29. Qc1 Nxf5 30. Rxe8+ Nxe8 31. Nc5 Nd4 32. Bd3 Qc6 33. Be4 Qf6 34.
Qe3 Nd6 35. Bd3 g6 36. Qxh6 Nc6 37. Nxa6 Qc3 38. Qc1 Qxd3 39. Qxc6 Rc8 40. Qb6
Nf5 41. Qb7 Rd8 42. Qe4 Qc3 43. Nc5 Nd6 44. Qb1 Nc4 45. Ne4 Qd4 46. Qa1 Nb2 47.
Rb1 Na4 48. Qxd4 Rxd4 49. Nc5 Nc3 50. Ra1 Rd8 51. Ra3 Nb1 52. Rd3 1-0

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.14"]
[Round "3.45"]
[White "Agopov, Mikael"]
[Black "Lenic, Luka"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2633"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Finland"]
[BlackTeam "Slovenia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FIN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SLO"]

{[%evp 15,46,24,47,22,21,18,39,25,27,4,15,12,14,7,18,17,10,8,7,3,18,8,26,20,12,
10,16,0,0,0,34,0,0]} 1. e4 {Marin,M} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O
b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8 8. axb5 axb5 9. Nxe5 {[%mdl 64] [#] Remove Defender 9.
Nxe5 scores better than 9.c3. C78: Ruy Lopez: Archangelsk and Möller Defences.}
Nxe5 10. d4 Bxd4 11. Qxd4 {White is slightly better.} d6 12. f4 Nc6 13. Qd3 O-O
14. Nc3 Nb4 15. Qd2 Be6 16. Bxe6 fxe6 17. Qe2 Qe8 18. Be3 Qh5 {[#] White must
now prevent ...Qxe2.} 19. Rf3 Nc6 20. Ra6 {[#]} Nb4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 20...
b4 21. Nd1 Ne7 22. Nf2 Qb5 23. Qxb5 Rxb5 24. Bd4 Nh5 25. Nh3 Ng6 26. Ra7 Rc8
27. Rf1 e5 28. fxe5 Nxe5 29. Bxe5 dxe5 30. Nf2 {1/2-1/2 (55) Naiditsch,A (2684)
-Leko,P (2734) Dortmund 2010 CBM 138 [Marin,M]}) 21. Ra1 Nc6 22. Ra6 Nb4 23.
Ra1 Nc6 {A rather calm draw.  Weighted Error Value: White=0.07/Black=0.02}
1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.14"]
[Round "3.46"]
[White "Borisek, Jure"]
[Black "Koykka, Pekka"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2353"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Slovenia"]
[BlackTeam "Finland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SLO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FIN"]

{[%evp 9,57,20,13,18,17,14,11,14,8,3,37,32,23,25,23,14,18,37,7,16,17,-13,0,0,0,
-14,29,-14,103,110,296,137,298,167,174,181,164,166,149,165,464,460,638,634,610,
608,599,599,498,484]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. dxc5 e6 5. Nf3 Bxc5 6. Bd3
{B12: Caro-Kann: Advance Variation.} Ne7 7. O-O Ng6 8. c3 $5 {[%mdl 4] The
position is equal. 8.Nbd2 is setting a new trend. A promising side line.} Nc6
9. Re1 Qc7 {[%cal Rg6e5]} 10. Qe2 a6 11. h4 {[#]} f6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11...
Qd8 12. g3 b5 13. Nbd2 Bb6 14. Nf1 Bc7 15. Bxg6 hxg6 16. N1h2 Bb7 17. Bg5 Qd7 {
1/2-1/2 (40) Niebling,F (2127)-Spitzner,F (1794) Bad Sooden 2014}) 12. exf6
gxf6 13. c4 {Threatens to win with cxd5.} d4 14. a3 a5 15. h5 Nf4 {[%cal Rf4e2]
} 16. Bxf4 Qxf4 17. Nbd2 e5 18. Be4 Bg4 (18... O-O $11) 19. Qd3 $16 {Strongly
threatening g3.} Bxh5 $2 {[#]} (19... Ra6 $16) 20. g3 (20. Qb3 $1 $18 {[%cal
Rb3b7] and the rest is easy.} Rc8 21. Qb5) 20... Qh6 $2 {Black cannot hold the
game after this.} (20... Qg4 $16) 21. Bxc6+ (21. Qb3 $142) 21... bxc6 $18 22.
Nxe5 fxe5 23. Rxe5+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Be7 24. Rae1 $36 {[%mdl 2048]
Keeping Black busy.} ({Don't play} 24. Qxd4 $6 Rd8 $11) 24... Ra7 (24... O-O
25. Rxe7 Rad8) 25. Qxd4 {White is clearly winning.} Rd7 {[#]} 26. Rxe7+ $1 {
[%mdl 576] Discovered Attack} Rxe7 27. Qxh8+ Kf7 28. Rxe7+ Kxe7 29. Qe5+ {
Weighted Error Value: White=0.19/Black=0.59} 1-0

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.14"]
[Round "3.47"]
[White "Nyysti, Sampsa"]
[Black "Sebenik, Matej"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2325"]
[BlackElo "2509"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Finland"]
[BlackTeam "Slovenia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FIN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SLO"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Bc4 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8.
Bb3 Nc6 9. Re1 Bd7 10. Bg5 Re8 11. Qd2 Nxd4 12. Qxd4 Bc6 13. Qe3 b5 14. Nd5 a5
15. Bxf6 exf6 16. Qd3 a4 17. Nb4 axb3 18. Nxc6 Qd7 19. Nb4 bxa2 20. c3 f5 21.
Qd5 Qe6 22. Qxe6 Rxe6 23. f3 fxe4 24. Rxe4 Rxe4 25. fxe4 Re8 26. Rxa2 Rxe4 27.
Ra8+ Bf8 28. Kf2 Kg7 29. Rb8 Re5 30. Nc6 Rf5+ 31. Ke2 Rh5 32. h3 Rg5 33. Kf3
Rf5+ 34. Ke2 Rg5 35. Kf3 Rf5+ 36. Ke2 Rg5 37. Kf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.14"]
[Round "3.48"]
[White "Janzelj, Tim"]
[Black "Ronka, Erik"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2474"]
[BlackElo "2321"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "201"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Slovenia"]
[BlackTeam "Finland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SLO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FIN"]

{[%evp 9,201,9,9,2,6,8,12,-33,-21,-36,10,10,13,0,11,11,20,8,32,9,29,25,77,35,
34,31,30,0,0,0,0,-2,0,-2,0,0,6,0,0,4,22,20,26,7,25,0,0,0,0,-9,-12,-13,-7,-3,18,
0,0,0,0,0,0,-14,-4,-30,29,-104,-104,-119,-131,-117,-102,-116,-112,-378,-219,
-224,-245,-239,-238,-241,-189,-306,-100,-280,-45,-133,-85,-123,-100,-111,-82,
-229,-195,-226,-204,-163,-189,-172,-184,-191,-207,-204,0,0,182,195,187,178,199,
202,183,190,194,195,178,181,173,0,0,0,49,0,147,0,181,169,304,299,289,252,204,
33,33,34,36,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,
0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-28000,-28000,-28000,-28000,-28000,
-28000,-28000]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. b3 a6 4. Bb2 Nc6 5. c4 Nf6 6. e5 {
B40: Sicilian: 2...e6, Unusual lines.} Ng4 7. h3 Nh6 8. g3 {[#] The position
is equal.} d6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... Nf5 9. Bg2 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. g4 Nfd4
12. Bxd4 cxd4 13. d3 d6 14. exd6 Bxd6 {1/2-1/2 (41) Colas,J (2285)-Fogarasi,T 
(2367) Budapest 2019}) 9. exd6 f6 10. d4 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Nxd4 12. Qxd4 {With the
idea c5.} Nf5 13. Qd2 Bxd6 14. Bg2 Qb6 15. Nc3 {[%cal Bb1c3,Bc3a4,Ba4b6][%mdl
32]} O-O (15... Bd7 $1 $11 {remains equal.}) 16. Na4 Qc7 17. c5 Be5 (17... Bxc5
$2 18. Rc1 $18) 18. Nb6 Rb8 19. Rc1 Rd8 20. Qe2 Bxb2 21. Qxb2 Bd7 22. Nxd7 Rxd7
23. O-O Nd4 24. b4 Qe5 25. Kh1 h5 26. Rce1 Qc7 27. Re4 Rbd8 $1 28. Rd1 {
[%cal Re4d4]} e5 29. Rde1 g6 30. Qc3 Kh7 31. a3 Nf5 32. Qc4 Rd2 33. R4e2 R2d4
34. Qe6 Kg7 35. Be4 Nh6 36. Bg2 h4 (36... R8d7 $142) 37. Be4 (37. gxh4 $11 {
keeps the balance.} Rxh4 38. Re4) 37... hxg3 $17 38. fxg3 f5 39. Bg2 e4 40. g4
{White wants to play gxf5.} Rd1 41. g5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (41. Qb3 $17 R1d3 42.
Qb2+ Kh7 43. Qf6) 41... Ng8 (41... Nf7 $142 {And now ...Qg3! would win.} 42.
Qb3 R1d3 43. Qb2+ Kf8) 42. Qb3 R1d3 {[%cal Rd3b3]} 43. Qb2+ Kh7 44. Rf1 Rd1 45.
Qb3 (45. Ref2 $142) 45... Rxf1+ $1 $19 46. Bxf1 Rd7 $2 (46... Qf4 $1 $19 {
[%cal Rf4f1]} 47. Re1 Qxg5) 47. Qe3 (47. Rf2 $15) 47... Rd3 $17 48. Qf2 Rf3 (
48... Rxa3 $6 49. Rd2 $11) 49. Qh4+ Kg7 50. Kg2 (50. Rf2 $17 Rxa3 51. Rd2)
50... Qd8 ({Resist} 50... Rxa3 51. Rd2 $15) 51. Rf2 Qd4 ({Weaker is} 51... Rxa3
52. Qf4 $15) 52. Be2 Rxa3 53. Qf4 Qc3 54. Qc7+ Kh8 55. Qh2 e3 $2 ({Black
should play} 55... Ne7 $19 56. h4 Kg7) 56. Rf4 $1 $11 {[%cal Rf4h4] Intending
Rh4+ and mate.} Qd2 $2 (56... Qe1 $11 {and Black is okay.} 57. Rh4+ Qxh4 58.
Qe5+ Nf6 59. Qxf6+ Kh7 60. Qf7+ Kh8 61. Qf6+ Kh7 62. Qf7+ Kh8 63. Qf6+) 57.
Rh4+ $18 Kg7 58. Qc7+ Kf8 59. Qb8+ Kg7 60. Qxb7+ Kf8 61. Qb8+ Kg7 62. Qc7+ Kf8
{[#]} 63. Qc8+ $2 (63. Qd6+ $1 $18 Kg7 64. Qxd2 exd2 65. Rd4) 63... Kg7 $11 64.
Qb7+ Kf8 65. Qb8+ (65. Qa8+ $14 Kg7 66. Qa7+ Kf8 67. Qa8+ Kg7 68. Qb7+) 65...
Kg7 $16 66. Qc7+ Kf8 {[#]} 67. Qd6+ $1 Qxd6 (67... Kg7 {keeps fighting.} 68.
Qxd2 exd2) 68. cxd6 $18 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Ra2 69. Kf3 Rd2 70. Rc4
$2 ({Don't do} 70. Kxe3 $6 Rxd6 71. Bc4 Ne7 $14) (70. Bxa6 $18 Rxd6 71. Bc4)
70... Rxd6 $14 71. Rc8+ Kg7 72. Re8 {Black must now prevent Bc4.} Rd4 73. Kxe3
Rxb4 74. Bxa6 Kf7 75. Rc8 {Hoping for Bc4+.} Re4+ 76. Kf3 {Bc4+ is the strong
threat.} Ne7 77. Bc4+ Kg7 78. Rc7 Kf8 79. Bd3 Rd4 80. Bc4 Ke8 81. Bb5+ Kd8 82.
Ra7 (82. Rc1 {looks sharper.} Nd5 83. Rc6 Nf4 84. h4 Ke7 85. Rc7+) 82... Rd5
83. Ba4 (83. Ra8+ {is more complex.} Kc7 84. Be8 Rd3+ 85. Kg2 f4 86. Ra4) 83...
Nc8 84. Rg7 (84. Rb7 {is interesting.} Rd3+ 85. Ke2 Rd4 86. Bc6 Ne7 87. Bg2)
84... Ne7 85. Kg3 Rd3+ 86. Kg2 Re3 87. Bd1 Kd7 88. h4 Ke6 89. Bf3 Rc3 90. h5
gxh5 91. Bxh5 f4 92. Bg4+ Kd6 {Threatens to win with ...Rg3+.} 93. Kf2 Rg3 94.
Bf3 Nf5 95. Rg8 Ke6 96. Re8+ Kf7 97. Re4 Rxg5 98. Rxf4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (98.
Ra4 $11) 98... Kf6 {Mate.} 99. Be4 Ke5 100. Rxf5+ Rxf5+ 101. Bxf5 {[%mdl 32768]
What a fight!  Weighted Error Value: White=0.25/Black=0.28. An unexpected
result.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.14"]
[Round "3.49"]
[White "Bogner, Sebastian"]
[Black "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2574"]
[BlackElo "2582"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Switzerland"]
[BlackTeam "Georgia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SUI"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GEO"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 Be6 9. Nc4 Rb8 10. a4 Be7 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Nxd6+ Kf8 13. Nc4 Bg5 14. Bd3
h5 15. O-O h4 16. Re1 Rh6 17. Bf1 h3 18. g3 Qxd1 19. Raxd1 Bxc4 20. Bxc4 Nd4
21. f4 Rc6 22. Bb3 Nxb3 23. cxb3 exf4 24. gxf4 Bxf4 25. Rd3 Rg6+ 26. Kh1 Rg2
27. Rxh3 Rxb2 28. Nd5 Bh6 29. Rf3 Rc8 30. e5 Rd2 31. Nb6 Rcc2 32. e6 Rxh2+ 33.
Kg1 f6 34. e7+ Ke8 35. Nd5 Rcg2+ 36. Kf1 Rh1+ 37. Kxg2 Rxe1 38. Rh3 Kf7 39. Rd3
Re2+ 40. Kf3 Rd2 41. Rxd2 Bxd2 42. Ke4 a5 43. Kf5 g6+ 44. Ke4 Bg5 45. Kd4 f5
46. Kc5 Bxe7+ 47. Kb6 g5 48. Kxa5 Ke6 0-1

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.14"]
[Round "3.50"]
[White "Paichadze, Luka"]
[Black "Pelletier, Yannick"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2551"]
[BlackElo "2564"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Georgia"]
[BlackTeam "Switzerland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GEO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SUI"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. a3 c4 7. Nbd2 f6 8. Be2 fxe5
9. Nxe5 Nxe5 10. dxe5 Bc5 11. O-O Ne7 12. b4 cxb3 13. Nxb3 O-O 14. Nxc5 Qxc5
15. Bd2 Qc7 16. c4 Qxe5 17. Bb4 Rf7 18. Bf3 d4 19. Re1 Qc7 20. Qxd4 Nf5 21. Qe4
Rb8 22. Rad1 Bd7 23. Bh5 g6 24. Bg4 Re8 25. Bc3 Bc6 26. Qe2 h5 27. Bh3 Qf4 28.
Be5 Qg5 29. Rd3 Qh4 30. Qd2 Kh7 31. Bxf5 exf5 32. f4 Qe7 33. Rd6 Qf8 34. Re3
Rfe7 35. Red3 Qf7 36. Qc3 Rd7 37. Rf6 Qe7 38. Rxd7 Qxd7 39. h3 Re6 40. Rf8 Re8
41. Rf6 Re6 42. Rxe6 Qxe6 43. Kh2 Kg8 44. Qd3 Qd7 45. Qg3 Kf7 46. Qg5 Qe7 47.
Qh6 Qe6 48. c5 Bd5 49. Qh8 Ke7 50. Qb8 Bc6 51. Bd6+ Kd7 52. Qc7+ Ke8 53. Qg7 a6
54. Bc7 Qf7 55. Qh8+ Qf8 56. Qd4 Qe7 57. Bd6 Qe6 58. Qg7 Bd5 59. Qf8+ Kd7 60.
Qg7+ Ke8 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.14"]
[Round "3.51"]
[White "Georgiadis, Nico"]
[Black "Pantsulaia, Levan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2553"]
[BlackElo "2571"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Switzerland"]
[BlackTeam "Georgia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SUI"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GEO"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 b5 6. Bd3 Bb7 7. O-O Nc6 8.
Nxc6 Bxc6 9. Re1 Ne7 10. Bf1 Ng6 11. Be3 Qc7 12. Nd5 Bxd5 13. exd5 Bc5 14. c4
Bxe3 15. Rxe3 bxc4 16. dxe6 dxe6 17. Qa4+ Qd7 18. Qa3 Ne7 19. Bxc4 O-O 20. Rd3
Qc7 21. b3 a5 22. Qd6 Rfc8 23. Rad1 Qxd6 24. Rxd6 g5 25. a4 Ng6 26. Rb6 Ne5 27.
Bf1 Kg7 28. Rb5 Kf6 29. Rd4 Ng6 30. g3 Rc2 31. Rc4 Rb2 32. Rc3 h6 33. Kg2 g4
34. Re3 Ne7 35. Re2 Rb1 36. Re4 h5 37. Rxh5 Rxb3 38. Rxg4 Nf5 39. Bb5 Rd8 40.
Rf4 Kg6 41. g4 Rd2 42. Rhxf5 exf5 43. Rxf5 Rd6 44. h4 Rf6 45. Rg5+ Kh7 46. Be2
Rb2 47. Bf3 Ra6 48. Rc5 Kg7 49. Bc6 Ra7 50. Bb5 Rb4 51. Kg3 Re7 52. Rg5+ Kf8
53. Rf5 Kg7 54. Rg5+ Kf8 55. Rf5 Kg7 56. g5 Re1 57. h5 Rg1+ 58. Kf3 Rbg4 59.
h6+ Kf8 60. h7 Rh4 61. Bd3 Rxh7 62. Rxa5 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.14"]
[Round "3.52"]
[White "Quparadze, Giga"]
[Black "Baenziger, Fabian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2403"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Georgia"]
[BlackTeam "Switzerland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GEO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SUI"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Nb3 g6 7. Be2 Bg7 8. Be3
Nc6 9. Nd5 O-O 10. Bb6 Qd7 11. f3 e6 12. Nxf6+ Bxf6 13. c3 Bh4+ 14. g3 Bd8 15.
Be3 b5 16. Qd2 Ne5 17. Bh6 Re8 18. O-O-O Nc4 19. Bxc4 bxc4 20. Qd4 e5 21. Qxc4
Rb8 22. h4 a5 23. Rh2 a4 24. Nc5 Qe7 25. Bg5 Qc7 26. Qxa4 Bxg5+ 27. hxg5 Qe7
28. Rxd6 Bh3 29. Qd1 Red8 30. Rxd8+ Rxd8 31. Qg1 Qxg5+ 32. Kc2 Bc8 33. a4 f5
34. Qc1 Qe7 35. b4 fxe4 36. fxe4 Bb7 37. Qf1 Bc8 38. Qc4+ Kg7 39. a5 Qd6 40.
Qd3 Qf6 41. Qe3 Qf7 42. Kb2 1-0

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.14"]
[Round "3.53"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Vocaturo, Daniele"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B91"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "England"]
[BlackTeam "Italy"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ITA"]

{[%evp 13,60,9,19,10,18,19,24,13,26,0,0,0,0,-20,-4,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,
0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-12,0,0,0,0,9,7,6,0,5,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4.
Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Bg2 {B91: Sicilian Najdorf: 6 g3.} h5
9. Bg5 Nbd7 {[#]} 10. f4 $146 {White has an edge.} ({Predecessor:} 10. Qd2 Be7
11. O-O-O b5 12. f4 Qc7 13. Nd5 Bxd5 14. exd5 O-O 15. Na5 Rfe8 16. Nc6 exf4 17.
gxf4 {0-1 (30) Tsaruk,M (2324)-Dobrov,V (2478) Chess.com INT 2021}) 10... Rc8
11. Qd2 Be7 {The position is equal.} 12. O-O-O b5 13. Rde1 Nb6 14. Rhf1 Qc7 15.
Nd5 $1 {[%cal Rd5c7]} Nfxd5 16. exd5 Nxd5 17. Bxd5 Bxd5 18. Bxe7 Kxe7 19. fxe5
dxe5 {Threatens to win with ...f6.} 20. Rf2 Bxb3 {[%mdl 64] [#] Pin} 21. Qg5+
$1 (21. axb3 f6 $17) 21... Kf8 22. axb3 Re8 23. Rf5 {[%cal Rf5e5]} e4 24. Rf4
e3 25. Rf3 e2 26. Rf2 Rh6 ({But not} 26... Re5 27. Rfxe2 Rxe2 28. Rxe2 $16) 27.
Rfxe2 Rxe2 28. Rxe2 Rf6 {[#] Strongly threatening ...Rf1+.} 29. Qe3 {[%csl Ge2]
[%cal Re3e8]} Rf1+ 30. Re1 Rxe1+ {Not much happened in this game.  Weighted
Error Value: White=0.03/Black=0.04} 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.14"]
[Round "3.54"]
[White "Moroni, Luca Jr"]
[Black "Jones, Gawain C B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2654"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Italy"]
[BlackTeam "England"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ITA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

{[%evp 9,61,0,10,0,21,22,20,19,29,20,28,-8,-1,-37,-10,-14,14,-32,-18,-25,-32,
-35,-22,-31,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4
e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 {C65: Ruy Lopez: Berlin
Defence (3...Nf6), unusual lines and 4 0-0 Bc5.} Nd4 7. Nxd4 Bxd4 8. c3 Bb6 9.
Nd2 {[#]} O-O $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... c6 10. Ba4 O-O 11. O-O d5 12. Kh1 Bc7
13. Qf3 g5 14. Bg3 Bg4 15. Qe3 Nh5 {0-1 (31) Schiavon Vendramini,C (1758)
-Vicente,C (1500) Altinopolis 2013}) 10. Nc4 d5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is more
active.} 11. Nxe5 c6 12. Ba4 dxe4 (12... Qe7 $5 {[%cal Re7e5]} 13. d4 c5 $11)
13. O-O exd3 (13... g5 $5 14. Bg3 $8 exd3 $11) 14. Bb3 g5 15. Bg3 Bf5 {With
the idea ...h5.} 16. Re1 d2 17. Re2 {The position is equal.} Ne4 18. Bc2 Nxg3
19. hxg3 Qf6 {[#] Hoping for ...Rfe8.} 20. Bxf5 Qxf5 21. Nc4 Rfd8 (21... Bc7 {
feels hotter.} 22. Qxd2 Rad8 23. Qe1 Qd7 24. a4 Rfe8) 22. Nxb6 axb6 23. Rxd2
Qf6 24. a4 Kg7 25. Rd7 c5 26. Rxd8 Rxd8 27. Qc2 Qe6 28. Rd1 Rxd1+ 29. Qxd1 Qa2
30. b3 Qb2 31. c4 {Not much happened in this game.  Weighted Error Value:
White=0.05/Black=0.05} 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.14"]
[Round "3.55"]
[White "Howell, David W L"]
[Black "Sonis, Francesco"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "2648"]
[BlackElo "2536"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "156"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "England"]
[BlackTeam "Italy"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ITA"]

{[%evp 14,156,33,25,37,35,34,35,43,39,43,32,38,44,47,37,43,30,87,73,83,41,64,
14,2,12,40,-31,-34,-106,-105,-114,-116,-106,-114,-181,-187,-180,-194,-183,-172,
-172,-181,-266,-275,-271,-276,-275,-268,-279,-279,-289,-276,-299,-284,-299,
-295,-292,-262,-264,-218,-214,-202,-228,-228,-250,-250,-245,-242,-228,-212,
-213,-181,-213,-175,-146,-150,-130,-102,-250,-250,-339,-339,-325,-333,-298,
-274,-351,-355,-480,-480,-480,-480,-480,-480,-480,-480,-480,-476,-480,-480,
-550,-528,-534,-534,-527,-480,-480,-444,-480,-480,-480,-480,-461,-439,-550,
-604,-655,-605,-597,-583,-593,-581,-547,-507,-550,-533,-629,-533,-533,-533,
-503,-492,-696,-691,-745,-745,-706,-681,-770,-770,-740,-733,-763,-711]} 1. e4
c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ exf6 6. c3 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. Qc2
Re8+ {B15: Caro-Kann: 3 Nc3: 3...g6 and 3...dxe4 4 Nxe4 Nf6 5 Nxf6+ exf6.} 9.
Ne2 h5 10. O-O h4 {White is slightly better.} 11. h3 Nd7 {[%cal Bb8d7,Bd7f8,
Bf8e6,Be6c5,Bc5d3,Bd3f4][%mdl 32]} 12. Be3 Nf8 13. c4 Bd7 {[#]} 14. Rfe1 $146 (
{Predecessor:} 14. a3 Rc8 15. b4 Bb8 16. Qd2 Qc7 17. g3 Bxh3 18. Rfe1 Qd7 19.
Nf4 Bf5 20. Qc2 Bxd3 21. Qxd3 {0-1 (39) Vidruska,R (2000)-Gunina,V (2446)
Chess.com INT 2021}) 14... Qc8 15. Nf4 Qc7 (15... Ne6 $11 {keeps the balance.}
16. Nh5 Nf8) 16. Nh5 $16 Ne6 17. Qd2 Qd8 18. d5 cxd5 19. cxd5 Nc5 {[#]} 20. Bd4
(20. Bh6 $1 $14 Bf8 21. Rxe8 Bxe8 22. Bb1 $1) 20... Nxd3 $15 21. Rxe8+ (21.
Bxf6 $15 Rxe1+ 22. Rxe1 gxf6 23. Qh6) 21... Qxe8 $17 22. Nxg7 Qe4 {[%mdl 64]
And now ...Bxh3 would win. Double Attack} (22... Kxg7 23. Qg5+ Kh7 24. Qxh4+
Kg6 25. Qxf6+ Kh5 26. Be3 $18) 23. Nh5 {White threatens Qh6! and mate.} Be7 $1
(23... Qxd4 $2 24. Qh6 $18) 24. Bxf6 {[#]} (24. Nxf6+ $17 {is a better defense.
} Bxf6 25. Bxf6) 24... Nf4 $1 $19 {[%csl Gf4][%cal Re4g2][%mdl 512]} 25. f3
Bc5+ (25... Qxd5 26. Qxd5 Nxd5 27. Bxe7 $14) 26. Kh1 Qe3 27. Qxe3 Bxe3 28. Nxf4
(28. Bg5 $142 Nxh5 {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} 29. Bxe3) 28... Bxf4 29. Bxh4
Rc8 30. Bf6 Rc2 31. Rd1 Kh7 32. Bc3 Kg6 33. a3 f6 34. Re1 Bg3 35. Rb1 Kf5 36.
Kg1 Be5 37. Bxe5 Kxe5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KR} 38. h4 Kxd5 39. Kh2 Ke6 40.
Kg3 Kf5 41. b4 Kg6 42. Rd1 Bc6 43. Rd4 Ra2 44. Rg4+ Kf7 45. h5 Ra1 46. Kh2 {
This costs White the game.} (46. h6 $17 {was necessary.}) 46... Rd1 $1 ({
Weaker is} 46... Rxa3 47. h6 $15) 47. h6 {[#]} Rd7 $1 48. Rg7+ Kf8 49. Rg6 ({
But not} 49. Rxd7 Bxd7 50. g4 Kg8 $19) 49... Rf7 50. Kg3 {[#]} Ke7 $1 51. Rg4
Rh7 {Black is clearly winning.} 52. Rh4 ({And not} 52. Rg7+ Rxg7+ 53. hxg7 Kf7
$19) 52... Kf7 53. Kf4 Kg6 54. Rg4+ Kxh6 55. Rg8 Rg7 56. Rh8+ Kg6 57. Rc8 Rd7
58. Ke3 Re7+ 59. Kf2 Kf5 60. Rh8 Ke5 61. Ke3 a6 62. Rh5+ Ke6 63. Rc5 Rg7 64. g4
Rh7 65. Kf4 Rd7 66. Rc3 Rd4+ 67. Ke3 Rd1 68. Kf4 Kd5 69. Ke3 Re1+ 70. Kd2 Re8
71. Rc5+ Kd6 72. Rf5 Re6 73. Rf4 (73. f4 $142) 73... Ke7 74. Rf5 Re5 75. Rf4
Kf7 76. a4 Bxa4 77. Rc4 Bc6 78. Rc3 Kg6 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.19/
Black=0.07} 0-1

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.14"]
[Round "3.56"]
[White "Lodici, Lorenzo"]
[Black "Haria, Ravi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2529"]
[BlackElo "2497"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Italy"]
[BlackTeam "England"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ITA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Nce2 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Nf3 Be7 8. a3
O-O 9. Nf4 Qa5 10. Bd3 Nxd4 11. Nxd4 cxd4 12. Qh5 f5 13. O-O Nxe5 14. cxd4 Nxd3
15. Nxd3 Bd7 16. Re1 Qb6 17. Bg5 Bd6 18. Qh4 Rf7 19. Bd2 f4 20. Bb4 Qxd4 21.
Bxd6 Qxd3 22. Rac1 f3 23. Rc7 fxg2 24. Rxb7 Bb5 25. Rxb5 Qxb5 26. Kxg2 Qd7 27.
Bc5 Qc7 0-1

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.14"]
[Round "3.57"]
[White "Dragnev, Valentin"]
[Black "Kanyamarala, Tarun"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2548"]
[BlackElo "2321"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Austria"]
[BlackTeam "Ireland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AUT"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IRL"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Ng6 7. Be3 Be7 8.
c3 O-O 9. Nd2 Nxd4 10. cxd4 d5 11. e5 Qb6 12. Qb3 f6 13. f4 Nh4 14. Bf2 fxe5
15. dxe5 Qa5 16. Be1 Bb4 17. Bxh4 Qxb5 18. a3 Bc5+ 19. Bf2 Qa5 20. Bxc5 Qxc5+
21. Kh1 b6 22. Qd3 Bd7 23. Rac1 Qb5 24. Qd4 Rac8 25. h4 Qe2 26. Kh2 Qg4 27. g3
Bb5 28. Rfe1 h6 29. Qe3 g5 30. Qf3 Qf5 31. Nb3 Rc2+ 32. Rxc2 Qxc2+ 33. Kg1 Qxb2
34. hxg5 hxg5 35. Qh5 Rf7 36. Qxg5+ Rg7 37. Qd8+ Kh7 38. Qh4+ Kg8 39. Qd8+ Kh7
40. Qh4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.14"]
[Round "3.58"]
[White "Jessel, Stephen"]
[Black "Blohberger, Felix"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2297"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ireland"]
[BlackTeam "Austria"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IRL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AUT"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. g3 d6 6. Bg2 e5 7. O-O c6 8. d3 Re8
9. Nbd2 Nbd7 10. Qc2 b6 11. b4 Bb7 12. Rfc1 Qe7 13. a4 c5 14. b5 e4 15. dxe4
Nxe4 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Nxe4 Bxe4 18. Qc3+ Qf6 19. a5 d5 20. cxd5 Bxd5 21. e3
Rab8 22. axb6 axb6 23. Ra7 Rb7 24. Ra6 Qxc3 25. Rxc3 Nf6 26. Nd2 Bxg2 27. Kxg2
Ne4 28. Rd3 Nxd2 29. Rxd2 Re6 30. Rd8 h5 31. Kf3 Kf6 32. h4 Ke7 33. Raa8 Rd6
34. Rxd6 Kxd6 35. Rc8 Kd5 36. e4+ Kc4 37. e5 Kxb5 38. Ke4 Kc4 39. e6 Re7 0-1

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.14"]
[Round "3.59"]
[White "Shengelia, David"]
[Black "Nemeth, Zalan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2513"]
[BlackElo "2163"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Austria"]
[BlackTeam "Ireland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AUT"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IRL"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6 3. e4 Bb7 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Nb4 6. Nc3 Nxd3+ 7. Qxd3 d5 8.
cxd5 exd5 9. exd5 Nf6 10. Ne5 a6 11. Nc6 Bxc6 12. dxc6 Bb4 13. O-O O-O 14. Bg5
Bxc3 15. bxc3 Re8 16. Rae1 Qd6 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. d5 a5 19. c4 Rad8 20. Qg3 Re7
21. Re3 Rde8 22. Qxc7 1-0

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.14"]
[Round "3.60"]
[White "Kanyamarala, Trisha"]
[Black "Horvath, Dominik"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E51"]
[WhiteElo "2089"]
[BlackElo "2469"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ireland"]
[BlackTeam "Austria"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IRL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AUT"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd2 d5 6. Nf3 b6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Bd3
Re8 9. O-O Bd6 10. h3 c5 11. Nb5 Bf8 12. Ne5 Ba6 13. a4 Bb7 14. f4 Nc6 15. Rc1
Ne4 16. Bxe4 dxe4 17. Nxf7 Kxf7 18. Qb3+ Kg6 19. f5+ Kh6 20. f6 Qd7 21. Rf4 g5
22. Rg4 Nd8 23. Qg8 Ne6 24. f7 Red8 25. h4 Bg7 26. hxg5+ Kg6 27. Qxh7+ Kxh7 28.
g6+ Kh6 29. Kf2 Ng5 0-1

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.14"]
[Round "3.61"]
[White "Toczek, Grzegorz"]
[Black "Mehmeti, Dritan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2296"]
[BlackElo "2391"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Wales"]
[BlackTeam "Albania"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "WLS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ALB"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. dxc5
Nxc5 9. Qd2 b5 10. Qf2 Na4 11. Nxa4 bxa4 12. c3 Be7 13. Bd3 Bd7 14. O-O O-O 15.
g4 Qc7 16. Rae1 f6 17. exf6 Rxf6 18. g5 Rf7 19. g6 Rf6 20. Ng5 h6 21. Nh7 a3
22. bxa3 Raf8 23. Nxf8 Bxf8 24. Qg2 Qa5 25. Qc2 Qxa3 26. Qb3 Qd6 27. Re2 Na5
28. Qb6 Qa3 29. Bd4 e5 30. Qd8 Bh3 31. Qxd5+ Kh8 32. Bxe5 Bxf1 33. Kxf1 Rb6 34.
Bxg7+ 1-0

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.14"]
[Round "3.62"]
[White "Pasko, Llambi"]
[Black "Pleasants, Allan J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2417"]
[BlackElo "2001"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Albania"]
[BlackTeam "Wales"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ALB"]
[BlackTeamCountry "WLS"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. b6 d6 6. e4 Nbd7 7. Nd2 Qxb6 8. Ne2
g6 9. Nc3 Bg7 10. Nc4 Qa7 11. Be2 O-O 12. O-O Nb6 13. Ne3 Rb8 14. a4 Nfd7 15.
f4 Na8 16. Nc4 Qc7 17. Be3 Nab6 18. Na5 Bxc3 19. bxc3 Nxd5 20. exd5 Qxa5 21.
Bd2 c4 22. Be1 Bb7 23. Bxc4 Qc5+ 24. Qd4 Qxd4+ 25. cxd4 Nb6 26. Bd3 Nxd5 27.
Bd2 Bc8 28. Bc4 Nb6 29. Bd3 Nd5 30. Bc4 Nb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.14"]
[Round "3.63"]
[White "Garcia, Jason"]
[Black "Ashiku, Franc"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2028"]
[BlackElo "2419"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Wales"]
[BlackTeam "Albania"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "WLS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ALB"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. g3 Na6 7. Bg2 e5 8. dxe5
dxe5 9. Qxd8 Rxd8 10. Bxe5 Nb4 11. Na3 Ne4 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. O-O Nc3 14. e3 a6
15. Nd4 c5 16. Ndc2 Nbxa2 17. Nb1 Nxb1 18. Raxb1 Rd2 19. Na1 Nc3 20. Rbe1 Rb8
21. f4 b5 22. cxb5 axb5 23. Rf2 Rxf2 24. Kxf2 Be6 25. e4 Ra8 26. Bf3 b4 27. g4
Ra2+ 28. Ke3 f6 29. f5 Bf7 30. h4 Ra3 31. g5 gxf5 32. exf5 Nb5 33. Kf4 Nd4 34.
Bg4 Ra7 35. Rc1 c4 36. bxc4 b3 37. Nxb3 Nxb3 38. Rd1 Ra6 39. Rd7 Nc5 40. Rc7
Nd3+ 41. Ke3 Ne5 42. Bh5 Ra3+ 43. Ke4 Rh3 44. Bxf7 Rxh4+ 45. Kd5 Nxf7 46. gxf6+
Kxf6 47. c5 Rf4 48. c6 Rxf5+ 49. Kd4 Ke6 50. Ra7 Kd6 51. Ke4 Rf6 52. Ra6 Ng5+
53. Ke3 Rf5 54. Ra4 Kxc6 55. Rd4 Rd5 56. Rf4 Kd7 57. Ke2 Ke6 0-1

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.14"]
[Round "3.64"]
[White "Seitaj, Ilir"]
[Black "Weatherlake, John P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2351"]
[BlackElo "1890"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Albania"]
[BlackTeam "Wales"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ALB"]
[BlackTeamCountry "WLS"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 d6 7. Bc4 e6 8. O-O
Be7 9. Qe2 O-O 10. exd6 Qxd6 11. Nc3 Nb6 12. Nb5 Qd8 13. Bb3 a6 14. Nc3 Nxd4
15. Nxd4 Qxd4 16. Rd1 Qh4 17. Be3 Nd5 18. Bxd5 exd5 19. Nxd5 Bg5 20. Rd4 Qh6
21. f4 Bf6 22. Rb4 Qg6 23. Rf1 Bf5 24. Qf2 b5 25. Bd4 Bd8 26. Rb3 Qc6 27. Rg3
f6 28. Ne3 Be6 29. a3 Bc7 30. Ng4 Bxg4 31. Rxg4 Rad8 32. Kh1 Rfe8 33. h3 Rd6
34. Bc3 Bb6 35. Qg3 Qd7 36. f5 Rd1 37. Rxg7+ Qxg7 38. Qxg7+ Kxg7 39. Rxd1 Rd8
40. Rxd8 Bxd8 41. g4 h5 42. g5 1-0

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.14"]
[Round "3.65"]
[White "Laurusas, Tomas"]
[Black "Stefansson, Hannes"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2553"]
[BlackElo "2519"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Lithuania"]
[BlackTeam "Iceland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "LTU"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISL"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 d5 6. Bg5 Be7 7. Qa4+ c6 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Nxd5 exd5 11. e3 O-O 12. Rc1 c5 13. dxc5 bxc5 14. Qh4 Qd6
15. Bd3 h6 16. O-O Nd7 17. Rfd1 a5 18. Qg3 Qb6 19. Nh4 Rfb8 20. b3 Nf6 21. Nf5
Ne8 22. a4 Kf8 23. Qe5 Qe6 24. Qf4 Rc8 25. h4 Ba6 26. Bb1 Ra7 27. Ng3 Rcc7 28.
Bf5 Qc6 29. e4 d4 30. e5 Qd5 31. Ne4 Qxb3 32. Rb1 Qd5 33. Nd6 Re7 34. Rb8 g5
35. hxg5 Qxe5 36. Qxe5 Rxe5 37. gxh6 Rae7 38. f4 Re3 39. Bg4 d3 40. Nf5 Re1+
41. Kf2 R7e2+ 42. Bxe2 Rxe2+ 43. Kg3 1-0

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.14"]
[Round "3.66"]
[White "Hjartarson, Johann"]
[Black "Kazakouski, Valery"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2483"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Iceland"]
[BlackTeam "Lithuania"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "LTU"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. e3 O-O 7. Qc2 Re8 8. Bd2
a6 9. h3 Bd6 10. a3 h6 11. Rd1 Rb8 12. b4 dxc4 13. Bxc4 e5 14. O-O Qe7 15. Bc1
Bd7 16. Bb2 exd4 17. exd4 Qf8 18. Ba2 Ne7 19. Rfe1 Bf5 20. Qc1 Ng6 21. Ne2 c6
22. Ng3 Bxg3 23. fxg3 Rxe1+ 24. Rxe1 Nd5 25. g4 Be6 26. Bb1 Qd6 27. Ne5 Nf8 28.
Qc2 Re8 29. Qf2 f6 30. Nd3 b6 31. Ba2 Bf7 32. Rxe8 Bxe8 33. Bc4 b5 34. Bb3 Ne6
35. Nc5 Nxc5 36. dxc5 Qe6 37. Bc2 Qe3 38. Qxe3 Nxe3 39. Be4 Nd5 40. Bf5 Ne7 41.
Be6+ Kf8 42. Kf2 Bf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.14"]
[Round "3.67"]
[White "Klabis, Rokas"]
[Black "Gretarsson, Helgi Ass"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2353"]
[BlackElo "2476"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Lithuania"]
[BlackTeam "Iceland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "LTU"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISL"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. c3 d6 6. Nbd2 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8. Bb3
O-O 9. h3 Nh5 10. Nc4 Be6 11. Re1 a5 12. Ne3 Bxb3 13. Qxb3 Qd7 14. Nd5 a4 15.
Qxb7 Ne7 16. Qxc7 Qxc7 17. Nxc7 Rab8 18. Na6 Rb5 19. Nb4 d5 20. a3 g5 21. Bd2
Nf4 22. Bxf4 exf4 23. exd5 Nxd5 24. d4 Nb6 25. Nd2 Rc8 26. Re2 Bf8 27. Rae1 Kg7
28. Re8 Rc7 29. Nd3 Bd6 30. Ne4 Be7 31. Rb8 Rb3 32. Re2 Nc4 33. Rxb3 axb3 34.
Nec5 Na5 35. Kf1 Kf8 36. Ke1 Bd6 37. Kd1 Ra7 38. Kc1 Rc7 39. Kb1 Ra7 40. Ne4
Be7 41. Nd2 Bd6 42. Nc1 Rb7 43. f3 1-0

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.14"]
[Round "3.68"]
[White "Kjartansson, Gudmundur"]
[Black "Brazdzionis, Andrius"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D32"]
[WhiteElo "2443"]
[BlackElo "2356"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Iceland"]
[BlackTeam "Lithuania"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "LTU"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 c5 4. cxd5 cxd4 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qxd4 exd5 7. Qxd5 Nf6
8. Qb3 Na6 9. e3 Nc5 10. Qd1 Nce4 11. Bd3 Bb4 12. Nge2 Qa5 13. O-O Nxc3 14.
bxc3 Bd6 15. h3 Rd8 16. Nd4 Qxc3 17. Nb5 Bxb5 18. Bxb5+ Ke7 19. Qb3 Ne4 20. Rb1
Qxb3 21. Rxb3 a6 22. Be2 b5 23. Rd1 Bc5 24. f3 Rxd1+ 25. Bxd1 Rd8 26. Be2 Ng3
27. Bd3 f5 28. Kh2 Bd6 29. Kg1 Bc5 30. Kf2 f4 31. Rc3 Nh1+ 32. Ke2 Ng3+ 33. Kf2
Nh1+ 34. Ke1 fxe3 35. Bxh7 Bd4 36. Rd3 Nf2 37. Rxd4 Rxd4 38. Bxe3 Nd3+ 39. Kd2
Ra4 40. Kxd3 Rxa2 41. g4 a5 42. Bc5+ Kf7 43. Be4 Rh2 44. Bc6 Rxh3 45. Ke3 b4
46. Bb6 Ke6 47. Bxa5 b3 48. Bc3 Rh2 49. Bxg7 b2 50. Be4 Rg2 51. Bc3 Kf7 52. Kf4
Re2 53. Bd3 Rf2 54. g5 Rg2 55. g6+ Ke6 56. g7 1-0

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.14"]
[Round "3.69"]
[White "Pancevski, Filip"]
[Black "Subelj, Jan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2458"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Macedonia"]
[BlackTeam "Slovenia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "MKD"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SLO"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. c4 c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. a3 e6 6. Rb1 Nge7 7. b4 cxb4 8. axb4
O-O 9. Ba3 a6 10. Qa4 Ra7 11. c5 b5 12. cxb6 Qxb6 13. Nf3 d5 14. O-O d4 15. Ne4
e5 16. Rfc1 Rd8 17. d3 Be6 18. Nfd2 Bd5 19. Nc4 Qb8 20. Bh3 f5 21. Nc5 Qb5 22.
Qd1 Raa8 23. Na4 Bh6 24. f4 exf4 25. Ncb6 fxg3 26. Rc5 Be3+ 27. Kf1 gxh2 28.
Bg2 h1=Q+ 29. Bxh1 Bxh1 30. Rxb5 axb5 31. Nxa8 Rxa8 32. Bc1 Rxa4 33. Bxe3 dxe3
34. Qc1 Rxb4 35. Rxb4 Nxb4 36. Qxe3 Nbc6 37. Qe6+ Kg7 38. e4 b4 39. Kg1 Bf3 40.
Kf2 fxe4 41. dxe4 b3 42. e5 b2 43. Qf6+ Kg8 44. e6 Ne5 45. Qxe7 b1=Q 46. Qd8+
Kg7 47. Qe7+ Kh6 48. Qh4+ Bh5 49. Qf4+ g5 50. Qxe5 Qc2+ 51. Kg3 Qd3+ 52. Kf2
Qe2+ 53. Qxe2 Bxe2 0-1

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.14"]
[Round "3.70"]
[White "Dobrovoljc, Vid"]
[Black "Nikolovski, Nikola"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B77"]
[WhiteElo "2414"]
[BlackElo "2401"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Slovenia"]
[BlackTeam "Macedonia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SLO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "MKD"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2
O-O 9. Bc4 Nxd4 10. Bxd4 Be6 11. Bb3 Qa5 12. h4 Bxb3 13. cxb3 Rac8 14. a3 Rfd8
15. h5 e5 16. Be3 d5 17. b4 Qa6 18. exd5 Nxh5 19. Bg5 Rd7 20. Ne4 Qc4 21. Rd1
Nf4 22. d6 f5 23. b3 Qxb3 24. Nc5 Rxc5 25. bxc5 Ne6 26. O-O Nxc5 27. Qd5+ Qxd5
28. Rxd5 b6 29. Be3 Nb7 30. f4 e4 31. g4 fxg4 32. f5 gxf5 33. Rdxf5 Rxd6 34.
Rg5 Nc5 35. Rxg4 Nd3 36. Rxe4 Ne5 37. Bf4 Rg6+ 38. Kh1 Ng4 39. Re8+ Kf7 40. Ra8
a5 41. Be5+ Bf6 42. Bxf6 Rxf6 43. Ra7+ Ke6 44. Re1+ Kd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.14"]
[Round "3.71"]
[White "Lazov, Toni"]
[Black "Brilej, Jaka"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2393"]
[BlackElo "2341"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Macedonia"]
[BlackTeam "Slovenia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "MKD"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SLO"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. g4 Be4 5. f3 Bg6 6. e6 Qd6 7. exf7+ Bxf7 8. f4
Nf6 9. Nc3 Nbd7 10. Bh3 O-O-O 11. Nf3 Ne4 12. O-O Nxc3 13. bxc3 e6 14. Qe2 Be7
15. a4 Qc7 16. f5 Nf8 17. Ng5 Bg8 18. fxe6 Ng6 19. a5 Bxg5 20. Bxg5 Re8 21. a6
b5 22. e7 h6 23. Bd2 Qxe7 24. g5+ Be6 25. Qxe6+ Qxe6 26. Bxe6+ Rxe6 27. Rf7 Re2
28. Rxa7 Kb8 29. Rb7+ Ka8 30. Be1 hxg5 31. Rxg7 Nf4 32. Bg3 Rxc2 33. Bxf4 gxf4
34. Rf1 Rcxh2 35. Rxf4 R2h7 36. Rg6 Rh6 37. Rff6 Rxg6+ 38. Rxg6 Rc8 39. Rg7 c5
40. dxc5 Rxc5 41. Rb7 Rxc3 42. Rxb5 Ra3 43. Rxd5 Rxa6 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.14"]
[Round "3.72"]
[White "Stevanic, David"]
[Black "Mihov, Filip"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2318"]
[BlackElo "2255"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Slovenia"]
[BlackTeam "Macedonia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SLO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "MKD"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 cxd4 8.
Qxg7 Rg8 9. Qxh7 Qc7 10. Ne2 Nbc6 11. f4 dxc3 12. h4 d4 13. h5 Bd7 14. Qd3
O-O-O 15. Rb1 Kb8 16. Rg1 Nd5 17. Nxd4 Nxd4 18. Qxd4 Bc6 19. Bd3 Qa5 20. h6
Nxf4 21. Qxf4 Rxd3 22. cxd3 Qd5 23. Be3 Rxg2 24. h7 Rxg1+ 25. Bxg1 Qh1 26. Qh2
1-0

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.14"]
[Round "3.73"]
[White "Tate, Alan"]
[Black "Saraci, Nderim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2342"]
[BlackElo "2486"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Scotland"]
[BlackTeam "Kosovo"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SCO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "KOS"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Qc2 d6 7. a3 Bxc3 8.
Bxc3 Nbd7 9. e4 e5 10. d5 Nc5 11. Nd2 Bd7 12. Be2 Ne8 13. b4 Na4 14. O-O f5 15.
exf5 Nxc3 16. Qxc3 Bxf5 17. a4 Nf6 18. Nb3 b6 19. a5 Rac8 20. Qe3 Qf7 21. Nd2
Qg6 22. Ra3 Rf7 23. Nf3 h6 24. Nh4 Qh7 25. Nxf5 Qxf5 26. Qf3 Qg6 27. Qh3 Rcf8
28. Bd3 e4 29. Be2 Qg5 30. Qe3 Qf5 31. Qd4 Re7 32. h3 Rfe8 33. Re3 Qg5 34. Re1
h5 35. Bd1 h4 36. Ba4 Rf8 37. Bc2 Nh5 38. Bd1 Ref7 39. Rf1 Ng3 40. Bg4 Nxf1 41.
Rxe4 Qc1 42. Bd1 Nd2 0-1

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.14"]
[Round "3.74"]
[White "Uruci, Endrit"]
[Black "Muir, Andrew J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2322"]
[BlackElo "2254"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Kosovo"]
[BlackTeam "Scotland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "KOS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SCO"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. d3 Nf6 6. Nc3 O-O 7. h3 a6 8. Bxc6
dxc6 9. Be3 b6 10. Qd2 e5 11. Bh6 Qd6 12. Qg5 Re8 13. Nh4 Nh5 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15.
Ne2 Qe7 16. Qxe7 Rxe7 17. a4 a5 18. b3 h6 19. Kh2 Nf4 20. Nxf4 exf4 21. g3
fxg3+ 22. Kxg3 f5 23. Rae1 f4+ 24. Kh2 g5 25. Nf3 Be6 26. Rg1 Kf6 27. Nd2 Bf7
28. h4 Rg8 29. hxg5+ hxg5 30. Kg2 Rh8 31. Rh1 Ree8 32. Rb1 g4 33. Nc4 Bxc4 34.
bxc4 Rxh1 35. Rxh1 Ke5 36. Rh6 Re6 37. Rh4 Rg6 38. c3 g3 39. Rh5+ Ke6 40. d4
f3+ 41. Kg1 cxd4 42. cxd4 g2 43. d5+ cxd5 44. cxd5+ Kd6 45. Rf5 Rg4 46. Rf6+
Ke5 47. Rxf3 Kxe4 48. Rf6 Kxd5 49. Rxb6 Rxa4 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.14"]
[Round "3.75"]
[White "Morrison, Graham"]
[Black "Fejzullahu, Afrim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2251"]
[BlackElo "2250"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Scotland"]
[BlackTeam "Kosovo"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SCO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "KOS"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8.
Bb5+ Bd7 9. Bxd7+ Qxd7 10. O-O cxd4 11. cxd4 Nc6 12. Be3 O-O 13. d5 Na5 14. Bd4
Rfd8 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Rc1 Kg8 17. Qd4 f6 18. Qb4 b6 19. Nd4 Rdc8 20. g3 Kf7
21. Ne6 Rxc1 22. Rxc1 Rc8 23. Qd2 Rxc1+ 24. Qxc1 Qb5 25. h4 Qe2 26. Qh6 Qe1+
27. Kh2 Qxf2+ 28. Kh3 Qf1+ 29. Kh2 Qf2+ 30. Kh3 Qf1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.14"]
[Round "3.76"]
[White "Saraci, Korab"]
[Black "Gordon, Frederick"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2149"]
[BlackElo "1739"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Kosovo"]
[BlackTeam "Scotland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "KOS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SCO"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 a6 5. Bg2 dxc4 6. Ne5 c5 7. e3 cxd4 8. exd4
Bb4+ 9. Nc3 O-O 10. O-O Nd5 11. Nxc4 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Bxc3 13. Rb1 a5 14. Qb3 Bb4
15. a3 Be7 16. Nb6 Ra7 17. Be3 a4 18. Qc3 Nd7 19. d5 Ra6 20. d6 Bxd6 21. Qxc8
Qxc8 22. Nxc8 Rxc8 23. Bxb7 Rcc6 24. Bxc6 Rxc6 25. Rfd1 Nf8 26. Rd3 e5 27. Rb6
Rxb6 28. Bxb6 Be7 29. Ba5 e4 30. Rc3 f5 31. Bb4 Ng6 32. Bxe7 Nxe7 33. Rc4 Nd5
34. Rxa4 1-0

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.15"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Erdos, Viktor"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hungary"]
[BlackTeam "Azerbaijan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "HUN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AZE"]

{[%evp 16,62,8,0,15,14,10,0,2,0,3,17,47,56,50,48,58,49,72,47,43,35,54,29,36,36,
50,29,49,49,49,49,49,49,49,49,49,49,56,50,50,50,52,54,51,0,52,42,52]} 1. e4 e5
2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8. Bd2 O-O
9. O-O a5 {9...Rb8 is becoming the main line. C47: Scotch Four Knights and
Four Knights with 4 g3.} 10. Re1 {[#]} Bg4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Be6 11.
a3 Bc5 12. h3 Nd7 13. Qh5 g6 14. Qf3 Qf6 15. Qxf6 Nxf6 16. Bf4 Rfc8 17. Rac1 {
1/2-1/2 (42) Csonka,B (2496)-McShane,L (2674) Douglas 2021}) 11. Qc1 Re8 {
The position is equal.} 12. a3 Bxc3 13. Bxc3 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 dxe4 15. Qf4 Bh5 16.
Rxe4 f6 17. Rxe8+ Bxe8 18. Re1 a4 19. Qe4 Qd5 20. h3 Bg6 21. Qe6+ Qxe6 22. Rxe6
$11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Ra6 23. Re7 Bxc2 24. Rxc7 h5 25. g4 hxg4 26.
hxg4 Be4 27. f4 Ra8 28. g5 Rf8 29. Ra7 Bc2 30. Rc7 Be4 31. Kf2 Rf7 {Weighted
Error Value: White=0.08/Black=0.06} 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.15"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Berkes, Ferenc"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Azerbaijan"]
[BlackTeam "Hungary"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "HUN"]

{[%evp 9,60,29,24,18,20,21,26,17,21,21,14,27,21,10,13,5,11,-3,12,0,1,0,0,1,2,5,
14,10,17,17,20,20,13,10,14,11,18,22,22,10,23,16,43,43,35,0,0,0,35,0,0,0,27]} 1.
d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. e3 Bf5 6. Bd3 {D15: Slav Defence: 4 Nc3
a6 and gambit lines after 4 Nc3 dxc4.} (6. c5 {looks sharper.} h6 7. b4 Nbd7 8.
Be2 e6 9. a4) 6... Bxd3 7. Qxd3 e6 8. O-O {White has an edge.} Bb4 9. Bd2 {
Threatening Nxd5.} O-O 10. Rfd1 {10.Rfd1 has lost popularity.} Ba5 11. Rac1
Nbd7 12. b3 Re8 13. h3 {[#]} h6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Rc8 14. cxd5 exd5
15. Na4 Bc7 16. b4 Ne4 17. Nc5 Ndxc5 18. bxc5 Bb8 19. Rb1 Rc7 {0-1 (61) Ben
Artzi,I (2419)-Postny,E (2658) Berlin 2015}) 14. Be1 Rc8 15. a3 Bc7 16. e4 dxe4
17. Nxe4 Nxe4 18. Qxe4 Qe7 19. Bb4 Bd6 20. Bxd6 Qxd6 21. c5 Qe7 22. Ne5 Rcd8
23. Nc4 Nf6 24. Qe2 Rd5 25. Rd3 Red8 26. Rcd1 h5 27. Ne5 Nd7 28. Nc4 Nf6 29.
Ne5 Nd7 {White should prevent ...Nxe5.} 30. Nc4 Nf6 {Weighted Error Value:
White=0.06/Black=0.03} 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.15"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Banusz, Tamas"]
[Black "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "2607"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hungary"]
[BlackTeam "Azerbaijan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "HUN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AZE"]

{[%evp 20,72,18,0,9,12,2,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-46,0,-4,14,14,47,15,25,0,0,0,0,
-10,0,-120,-123,-371,-363,-356,-357,-372,-333,-576,-491,-597,-595,-578,-567,
-637,-641,-656,-651,-626,-618,-628,-621,-666,-572]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3
Bg7 4. Bg2 d5 5. c4 c6 6. b3 dxc4 7. bxc4 c5 8. O-O O-O 9. Bb2 cxd4 10. Nxd4
Qb6 11. Qc1 {is now more promising than 11.Qb3.} Bd7 {A49: 1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 g6 3
g3: Anti-King's Indian systems.} 12. Nd2 Nc6 13. Nc2 Rac8 {The position is
equal.} 14. Bc3 Be6 15. Rb1 Qa6 16. Qb2 Rfd8 17. Ne3 b6 {[#]} 18. Bf3 $146 ({
Predecessor:} 18. Nd5 Ne8 19. Bxg7 Nxg7 20. Rfc1 Nf5 21. Nb3 Nd6 22. Nd2 Nxc4
23. Nxc4 Bxd5 24. Bxd5 Rxd5 {0-1 (56) Giri,A (2785)-So,W (2815) Chess.com INT
2017}) 18... Nb8 {[%cal Bc6b8,Bb8d7,Bd7c5,Bc5a4,Ba4b2][%mdl 32]} 19. Nd5 Bxd5
20. cxd5 Nbd7 21. Rbc1 Nc5 22. Bd4 Bh6 23. Bxf6 exf6 24. Rfd1 f5 25. Rc2 {[#]}
(25. Kg2 $11) 25... Na4 $1 $17 {[%cal Ra4b2]} 26. Rxc8 $2 {Loses the game.} (
26. Qf6 $17 Nc3 {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} 27. Rxc3) 26... Nxb2 $19 27.
Rxd8+ Kg7 28. Rb1 Qxa2 29. e3 $2 (29. Rxb2 Qxb2 30. Nf1) 29... Na4 {Black is
clearly winning.} 30. Rc8 {[#]} Bxe3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 31. fxe3 {Black must now
prevent Rd1.} Qxd2 32. Rd1 Qxe3+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 33. Kg2 {intending
d6.} Nb2 34. Rf1 Nd3 35. Rc2 Ne5 36. d6 {and the idea Re2 leaves White hopeful.
} Qd3 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.47/Black=0.07} 0-1

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.15"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Guseinov, Gadir"]
[Black "Gledura, Benjamin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Azerbaijan"]
[BlackTeam "Hungary"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "HUN"]

{[%evp 13,77,32,27,25,13,14,37,35,21,9,23,0,0,0,3,-22,-10,-26,-44,-78,-74,-72,
-73,-67,-64,-80,-61,-64,-68,-55,-32,-28,-28,-29,-27,-28,-30,-43,-29,-55,-55,
-80,-80,-95,-97,-193,-193,-321,-193,-193,-193,-193,-179,-179,-179,-1489,-1468,
-6183,-6162,-6162,-6157,-5666,-5585,-5377,-5210,-2121]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3.
d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. Nxe5 Nd7 6. Nxd7 Bxd7 7. O-O Bd6 8. c4 {8.Nc3 is more
advanced technology. C43: Petroff Defence: 3 d4.} O-O 9. cxd5 f5 10. Nc3 {
White is slightly better.} Qf6 11. Qf3 Ng5 {[#]} 12. Bxg5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 
12. Qh5 h6 13. Bb5 Rad8 14. Bxd7 Rxd7 15. Re1 Ne4 16. f3 g6 17. Nxe4 fxe4 18.
Qg4 exf3 {1/2-1/2 (34) Hyde,N (2223)-Robertshaw,A (2075) ICCF email 2017})
12... Qxg5 13. Bb5 Bc8 14. Rad1 (14. Qe3 {feels hotter.} Bf4 15. Qh3 Bd6 16.
Ba4 a6 17. Qe3) 14... a6 15. Ba4 (15. Be2 {is more complex.} Qf6 16. Qe3 g5 17.
Bd3 Bd7 18. Qd2) 15... Qh6 {[%csl Gd6][%cal Rh6h2] [#]} 16. Qh3 Qxh3 17. gxh3
b5 18. Bb3 Bd7 19. Rfe1 Rfe8 20. Kg2 Rxe1 21. Rxe1 Re8 22. Rxe8+ Bxe8 $15 {
[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBB-KBN} 23. a4 Kf7 24. axb5 axb5 {[%cal Ba6b5,Bb5b4][%mdl
32]} 25. Bc2 Kf6 26. Bd3 b4 27. Nb5 Kg5 28. Nxd6 cxd6 $17 {KB-KB} 29. h4+ (29.
Kf3 $17 {was called for.}) 29... Kf4 $19 30. f3 (30. Kf1 $142) 30... Bh5 31.
Kf2 Bxf3 32. Bxf5 h6 33. Be6 Bh5 34. Bg8 $2 {[#]} (34. Ke1) 34... Ke4 {Black
is clearly winning.} 35. Kg3 Kxd4 36. Kf4 g6 37. Be6 Kc4 38. Ke4 Kb3 39. Kd4 {
Weighted Error Value: White=0.58/Black=0.09} 0-1

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.15"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Poland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "POL"]

{[%evp 14,61,38,12,9,18,18,10,10,0,22,16,19,10,12,16,21,8,28,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,11,
0,29,22,39,54,33,6,7,6,9,8,23,20,19,6,6,5,5,2,7,3,2,2]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3.
Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bf5 {6...Bd6 is setting a new trend.} 7.
O-O Be7 8. c4 dxc4 {C42: Petroff Defence: 3 Nxe5 and unusual White 3rd moves.}
9. Bxc4 O-O 10. Nc3 Nc6 {[%cal Bb8c6,Bc6b4,Bb4d3][%mdl 32]} 11. Re1 Nd6 12. Bd5
Nb4 {Black wants to play ...Nc2.} 13. Bb3 Nd3 {[#]} 14. Re3 $146 ({Predecessor:
} 14. Re2 Nxc1 15. Qxc1 c6 16. Qf4 Bf6 17. Rae1 Bd3 18. Re3 Bc4 19. Bc2 g6 20.
h4 {1-0 (91) Grischuk,A (2766)-Duda,J (2737) Chess.com INT 2018}) 14... Nxc1
15. Rxc1 Bg4 (15... c6 {is interesting.} 16. Qf1 Bf6 17. Ne5 a6 18. Rce1 g6)
16. h3 (16. Qd3 {with more complications.} Nf5 17. Re5 g6 18. Nd2 Bg5 19. h3)
16... Bxf3 17. Rxf3 ({Of course not} 17. Qxf3 Bg5 $17) 17... Bg5 18. Rc2 c6 19.
Na4 Re8 20. g3 Qe7 21. Kg2 Qe1 22. Qxe1 Rxe1 23. Nc5 {[#] Strongly threatening
Nxb7!} Re7 24. Rd3 Rc8 25. d5 {dxc6 is the strong threat.} Rec7 26. dxc6 Rxc6 {
The position is equal.} 27. Re2 Rxc5 28. Rxd6 {Threatens to win with Rd7.} Kf8
29. Rd7 R5c7 30. Rxc7 Rxc7 31. Rc2 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.05/Black=0.05
} 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.15"]
[Round "4.6"]
[White "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Black "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Poland"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

{[%evp 9,54,21,47,20,19,12,17,23,24,10,16,7,7,0,8,12,17,5,4,14,12,7,0,7,21,33,
38,12,17,0,0,0,0,-13,0,0,0,0,0,-539,-523,-522,-531,-516,-520,-516,-505]} 1. d4
Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bd2 c5 6. e4 {D85: Exchange Grünfeld:
Unusual White 7th moves and lines with 7 Nf3.} Nxc3 7. Bxc3 cxd4 8. Bxd4 {
The position is equal.} e5 9. Bc3 {[#]} Bd6 $146 (9... Qe7 {with more
complications.} 10. Bb5+ Nc6 11. a3 Bg7 12. Bb4 Qe6) ({Predecessor:} 9... Qxd1+
10. Rxd1 Nc6 11. Bb5 f6 12. f4 Bd7 13. Nf3 Be7 14. g3 a6 15. Bc4 Bg4 {1/2-1/2 
(37) Erigaisi,A (2626)-Puranik,A (2568) Plovdiv 2021}) 10. Bb5+ Nc6 11. Nf3 {
Threatening Bxc6+.} O-O 12. O-O Qe7 13. h3 f6 14. Bxc6 bxc6 15. Qa4 Be6 16.
Rfd1 a5 17. Qxc6 Bc5 18. Qa4 Rfc8 19. Rac1 Qf7 20. b3 Qb7 21. Be1 Kf7 22. Rc2
Ke7 {Strongly threatening ...Bd7.} 23. Kh2 ({Don't blunder} 23. Bxa5 $2 {[#]}
Rxa5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 24. Qxa5 Bb4 $19) 23... g5 24. Bxa5 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (
24. Rcd2 $11) 24... Rxa5 $1 $19 {[%mdl 576] Remove Defender. Black is clearly
winning.} 25. Qxa5 Bb4 {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} 26. Qa4 {Threatens to win
with Rxc8.} Rxc2 27. a3 Bd6 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.44/Black=0.03} 0-1

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.15"]
[Round "4.7"]
[White "Alekseenko, Kirill"]
[Black "Piorun, Kacper"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2634"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Poland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "POL"]

{[%evp 16,61,15,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,12,16,14,0,31,21,20,0,37,15,22,8,10,23,20,12,21,
16,6,5,35,30,24,25,25,8,7,5,10,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4
4. e5 c5 5. a3 Ba5 6. b4 cxd4 7. Nb5 Bc7 8. f4 Bd7 9. Nf3 Bxb5 {C18: French: 3
Nc3 Bb4: Main line: 7 h4 and 7 Qg4.} 10. Bxb5+ Nc6 {10...Nc6 scores better
than 10...Nd7.} 11. O-O Nge7 12. Bd3 Nf5 13. Bxf5 exf5 14. Bb2 ({Not} 14. Nxd4
$2 Nxd4 15. Kh1 Ne6 $19) 14... Qd7 15. Kh1 Bb6 16. Qd3 {[%cal Rb2d4] [#]} a6
$146 ({Predecessor:} 16... Rc8 17. Rad1 O-O 18. Rd2 Ne7 19. Re1 Qa4 20. e6 f6
21. Bxd4 Rc4 22. Bxb6 axb6 {1-0 (48) Padmini,R (2243)-Van Leent,D (2192)
Dieren 2009}) 17. Rad1 {[%cal Rf3d4]} O-O 18. Bxd4 Nxd4 19. Nxd4 Bxd4 20. Qxd4
{Black must now prevent c4.} Qa4 21. Qxd5 Qxa3 22. Qxb7 Qc3 23. Rd7 {[#]
Hoping for Rxf7!} Qc4 {[%cal Rc4f1]} 24. Rfd1 {And now Qxa8! would win.} Qxc2
25. e6 Rae8 {The position is equal.} 26. R7d2 Qe4 {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack}
27. exf7+ Rxf7 28. Qxa6 Qxb4 29. Rd8 Rfe7 30. Qa2+ Kf8 {( -> ...Re1+)} 31.
Rxe8+ {[%mdl 64] Back Rank. A rather calm draw.  Weighted Error Value: White=0.
05/Black=0.05} 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.15"]
[Round "4.8"]
[White "Teclaf, Pawel"]
[Black "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B54"]
[WhiteElo "2543"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Poland"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

{[%evp 16,42,-10,-19,14,15,34,38,35,9,20,0,2,-10,12,0,7,0,25,22,22,24,39,0,30,
0,41,0,29]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. d4 cxd4 7.
Nxd4 Bg7 8. O-O Nc6 9. Be3 O-O {B54: Sicilian: 2...d6 3 d4 cxd4 4 Nxd4,
Unusual Lines .} 10. f3 a6 11. Bxc6 bxc6 {White is slightly better.} 12. c5 Qb8
{[#]} 13. cxd6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Qd2 Rd8 14. cxd6 exd6 15. Rfd1 Be8 16.
Rac1 d5 17. exd5 Nxd5 18. Nxd5 Rxd5 19. Qc2 {0-1 (63) Maze,S (2582)-Al Sayed,M
(2520) Berlin 2015}) 13... exd6 14. Qd2 Re8 15. Bf4 Nh5 16. Be3 a5 17. Rad1 Nf6
18. Bf4 Nh5 {[#] aiming for ...Bxd4+.} 19. Be3 Nf6 20. Bf4 Nh5 21. Be3 Nf6 {
Weighted Error Value: White=0.15/Black=0.11} 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.15"]
[Round "4.9"]
[White "Korobov, Anton"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Spain"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ESP"]

{[%evp 22,71,17,2,27,21,8,0,30,29,108,108,105,117,105,106,115,62,84,28,0,0,0,0,
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,-261]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6
3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Nxg5 hxg5 10.
Bxg5 Nbd7 11. exf6 Bb7 12. h4 Nxf6 {[#] D44: Semi-Slav: Botvinnik System.} 13.
Rh3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Qf3 Be7 14. Be2 Nd5 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. Nxd5 exd5
17. Qf4 Kf8 18. Kf1 Re8 19. Bf3 Kg7 20. Qg4+ Kf8 21. Qf4 Kg7 22. Qg4+ {1/2-1/2
(22) Voll,A (2553)-Serban,F (2623) ICCF email 2012}) 13... Be7 14. g4 Qd7 15.
Qe2 $1 {[%cal Re2e5] And now Qe5 would win.} b4 {[#]} (15... Rd8 $11 {remains
equal.}) 16. Qe5 $1 $16 bxc3 17. bxc3 Rg8 {aiming for ...Nd5.} 18. Bxf6 Rxg4
19. Bxe7 ({Wrong is} 19. Bxc4 $2 Rg1+ 20. Bf1 Ba6 $19) (19. Bg5 $16) 19... Qxe7
$14 20. Rb1 ({Avoid the trap} 20. Bxc4 $2 Rg1+ 21. Bf1 Ba6 $19) (20. h5 $16)
20... O-O-O $1 $11 21. Rg3 {The position is equal.} Qxh4 22. Bg2 {Hoping for
Rxb7.} Rxg3 23. fxg3 Qe7 24. Rb4 Qc7 25. Qxc7+ Kxc7 26. Rxc4 {[%mdl 4096]
Endgame KRB-KRB} Rg8 27. Kf2 Rg5 28. Be4 Ra5 29. a4 Rh5 30. g4 Rg5 31. Kf3 a5
32. Kf4 f6 33. Bf3 Kd6 34. Be4 Ba8 35. Bf3 Bb7 36. Ke4 $2 {[%mdl 40960]
Weighted Error Value: White=0.06/Black=0.09. An unexpected result.} (36. Bg2
$11 {and White has nothing to worry.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.15"]
[Round "4.10"]
[White "Anton Guijarro, David"]
[Black "Volokitin, Andrei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D04"]
[WhiteElo "2669"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Spain"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

{[%evp 9,66,12,11,14,17,20,10,11,22,16,25,16,13,14,30,9,33,8,17,11,3,12,30,12,
16,-10,-10,-20,-7,-27,-23,-30,0,0,0,-15,23,18,25,29,65,69,89,87,116,35,33,15,
23,27,19,4,72,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 c5 4. Be2 Nc6 5. O-O Bg4
6. h3 {D04: Colle System.} Bh5 7. dxc5 e6 8. a3 Bxc5 9. b4 Bd6 {[#]} 10. Nbd2
$146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Bb2 O-O 11. Nbd2 Rc8 12. c4 Qe7 13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. Ne4
Bb8 15. Rc1 Bg6 16. Nc3 {0-1 (74) Kantor,J (1900)-Hidegh,L (1889) Hungary 2018}
) 10... a5 11. b5 Ne5 12. Bb2 Bxf3 (12... Ned7 {seems wilder.} 13. c4 Qe7 14.
cxd5 exd5 15. a4 O-O) 13. Bxf3 Rc8 14. Be2 O-O 15. Rc1 Bb8 16. c4 Qd6 17. f4 (
17. g3 {is interesting.} h5 18. cxd5 Rxc1 19. Qxc1 exd5 20. h4) 17... Ned7 18.
cxd5 exd5 19. Rxc8 Rxc8 20. Bg4 Rd8 (20... Re8 {is more complex.} 21. Bxd7 Nxd7
22. Qg4 g6 23. Bd4 f5) 21. Bxd7 Nxd7 22. Kh2 Nf8 23. Nf3 Qg6 24. Qd2 Bc7 25.
Rc1 Ne6 26. Nd4 {[#] Threatens to win with Nxe6.} Nxd4 27. Bxd4 (27. Rxc7 $16
Nf5 28. g4 (28. Rxb7 h5 $14)) 27... Bb6 $14 28. a4 h5 29. Bxb6 Qxb6 30. Qd4 Qg6
(30... Qe6 $1 $11) 31. Rc5 (31. Qe5 $16) 31... h4 $11 {The position is equal.}
32. Rxd5 Qg3+ 33. Kh1 Qe1+ {Weighted Error Value: White=0.08/Black=0.13}
1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.15"]
[Round "4.11"]
[White "Kuzubov, Yuriy"]
[Black "Salgado Lopez, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D53"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Spain"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ESP"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e3 c5 8. dxc5
Qxd1+ 9. Rxd1 Nbd7 10. c6 bxc6 11. Bxc4 Nd5 12. Bxe7 Kxe7 13. Rc1 Bb7 14. O-O
N5b6 15. Be2 c5 16. Rfd1 Rhc8 17. Nd2 a5 18. Nde4 Bxe4 19. Nxe4 a4 20. Bb5 a3
21. Bxd7 axb2 22. Bxc8 bxc1=Q 23. Rxc1 Nxc8 24. Rxc5 Rxa2 25. g3 Nd6 26. Nxd6
Kxd6 27. Rb5 Ke7 28. h4 g6 29. Kg2 h5 30. Rb7+ Kf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.15"]
[Round "4.12"]
[White "Santos Ruiz, Miguel"]
[Black "Onyshchuk, Volodymyr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2603"]
[BlackElo "2622"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Spain"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

{[%evp 21,73,13,22,9,25,14,27,33,19,13,20,10,16,13,20,18,21,21,18,18,31,18,21,
13,32,32,37,35,45,45,47,54,59,47,68,55,70,63,71,71,71,71,71,49,71,55,58,56,71,
71,79,71,71,0]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Nf6 6. Nf3 Bg4
7. h3 Bh5 8. Bf4 e6 9. Nbd2 Bd6 10. Bxd6 Qxd6 11. O-O O-O 12. Re1 {B13:
Caro-Kann: Exchange Variation and Panov-Botvinnik Attack.} Nd7 13. Qb1 Bg6 14.
Bxg6 {White has an edge.} hxg6 {[#]} 15. a4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. Qd3 b5 16.
Rac1 a5 17. Rc2 Rfb8 18. b3 a4 19. b4 Ra7 20. a3 Rc7 21. Nb1 {0-1 (50)
Nesovanovic,M (1987)-Dodic,D (2147) Belgrade 2009}) 15... a6 16. Qd3 Rfe8 17.
Re3 Ne7 18. a5 Qc7 19. Re2 Rac8 20. Nb3 Qf4 21. Qd2 Qxd2 22. Nbxd2 Nf5 23. Ra4
Nd6 24. h4 Rc6 25. Ne1 Rec8 26. Nd3 Kf8 27. g3 Nb5 28. Re1 Nd6 29. Kg2 Nc4 30.
Nxc4 Rxc4 31. Ra3 Ke7 32. f4 Kd6 33. Kf3 Rb8 34. Rea1 Rbc8 35. Rb3 {White is
better.} Kc7 36. Raa3 Rh8 37. Ra1 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.05/Black=0.08}
({White should try} 37. Ke3 $16) 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.15"]
[Round "4.13"]
[White "Sargissian, Gabriel"]
[Black "Donchenko, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Armenia"]
[BlackTeam "Germany"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

{[%evp 12,71,18,10,8,22,16,13,15,7,16,14,7,13,12,16,16,13,14,7,19,-49,-58,-37,
78,79,86,81,80,85,75,80,102,57,62,57,45,54,496,512,529,527,525,456,478,471,466,
464,470,473,462,472,478,464,485,487,486,453,449,457,480,467]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4
e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 $1 {7.Bh4 scores better
than 7.Bxf6.} O-O {D38: Queen's Gambit Declined: Ragozin Defence (4 Nf3 Bb4).}
8. e3 Bf5 9. Qb3 Bxc3+ {The position is equal.} 10. bxc3 Nbd7 11. Be2 c5 12.
dxc5 Nxc5 13. Qb4 Rc8 14. O-O g5 15. Bg3 Nfe4 {[#]} 16. Rad1 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8]
New and interesting.} (16. Be5 $11) ({Predecessor:} 16. Rfd1 a5 17. Qa3 Re8 18.
Rac1 h5 19. c4 Qf6 20. Rxd5 Be6 21. Rdd1 Bf5 22. Rd5 Be6 23. Rdd1 Bf5 24. Rd5 {
1/2-1/2 (24) Grischuk,A (2777)-Firouzja,A (2728) Chess.com INT 2020}) 16... a5
$1 $15 {[%cal Ra5b4]} (16... Nxg3 17. hxg3 a5 18. Qa3 $14) 17. Qa3 {[#]} Qf6 (
17... Nxg3 18. hxg3 Ne4 19. Nd4 $14) (17... Na4 $1 $15 {stays ahead.}) 18. Be5
$16 Qe6 {Hoping for ...g4.} 19. Bd4 (19. Qxa5 $2 g4 $19) 19... b6 20. c4 dxc4 {
[#]} 21. Ba1 $1 {Strongly threatening Nd4.} Bg6 22. Nd4 {[%mdl 1024] White has
strong compensation.} Qd7 23. f3 {aiming for Nf5!} Nd6 24. e4 Rfd8 $2 {[%mdl
8192] Loses the game.} ({Better is} 24... f6 $14) 25. Nf5 $18 {White is
clearly winning.} Nb5 26. Qb2 {[%csl Ga1][%cal Rb2h8]} ({Less strong is} 26.
Rxd7 Nxa3 27. Ne7+ (27. Nxh6+ Kh7 $11) 27... Kf8 $16) 26... c3 27. Qxb5 (27.
Rxd7 cxb2 28. Ne7+ Kf8 $11) 27... Qxb5 28. Ne7+ (28. Bxb5 Bxf5 29. exf5 c2 $18)
28... Kf8 29. Nxg6+ ({Not} 29. Bxb5 Kxe7 30. Rxd8 (30. Bxc3 Rxd1 31. Rxd1 Nxe4
$11) 30... Rxd8 $11) 29... fxg6 30. Bxb5 c2 31. Rxd8+ Rxd8 32. Bb2 Nd3 33. Bxd3
Rxd3 34. Kf2 Rd2+ 35. Ke3 Rxg2 36. Rf2 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.06/
Black=0.38} 1-0

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.15"]
[Round "4.14"]
[White "Keymer, Vincent"]
[Black "Martirosyan, Haik M."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2639"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Germany"]
[BlackTeam "Armenia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ARM"]

{[%evp 22,93,28,25,25,26,30,-10,27,22,37,37,44,15,37,22,22,15,28,19,36,40,34,
26,27,0,0,0,0,0,17,17,16,19,72,76,94,83,90,60,66,59,61,59,59,26,64,58,101,92,
183,179,191,184,191,183,277,273,380,402,390,376,366,330,710,705,704,648,1880,
1587,29965,29966,5727,5691]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. cxd5
exd5 6. Qc2 c6 7. Bg5 Be7 8. e3 h6 9. Bh4 O-O 10. Bd3 Re8 11. O-O Ne4 12. Bxe4
({Wrong is} 12. Nxe4 $2 dxe4 13. Bxe4 (13. Bxe7 $2 Qxe7 14. Bxe4 Qxe4 $19)
13... Bxh4 $19) 12... Bxh4 {D36: Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation:
Main line (5 Bg5 c6 6 Qc2).} 13. Bh7+ Kf8 14. Bf5 Kg8 {The position is equal.}
15. b4 Nb6 16. Bh7+ Kh8 {With the idea ...g6.} 17. Bd3 Bf6 {[#]} 18. b5 $146 ({
Predecessor:} 18. a4 Be6 19. Ne2 Qd6 20. Rfc1 a6 21. Qc5 Qc7 22. Qc3 Bg4 23.
Nd2 Nc8 24. h3 Bxe2 25. Bxe2 Qe7 26. Bd3 {1/2-1/2 (67) Fleetwood,D (2578)
-Wilczek,T (2597) ICCF email 2012}) 18... cxb5 19. Nxb5 Bg4 20. Rfc1 a6 21. Nc3
Rc8 22. Qb3 Re7 23. Rab1 Rc6 24. Nd2 Rec7 {Hoping for ...Qc8.} 25. h3 Be6 {
Threatens to win with ...Qc8.} 26. Ne2 Nc4 27. Qd1 Bc8 (27... Nxd2 $11 {
keeps the balance.} 28. Rxc6 Nf3+ 29. gxf3 bxc6) 28. Nxc4 $16 dxc4 29. Be4 Rd6
30. Nc3 Be7 31. Qh5 Bf8 32. a4 b6 33. Bd5 f5 34. Qf3 g5 35. Rb4 {[%cal Bb1b4,
Bb4c4,Bc4c7][%mdl 32]} g4 (35... Rg7 $16 {is a better defense.}) 36. hxg4 $18 {
[%mdl 64] Overworked Piece} fxg4 {[#]} 37. Qe4 Rf6 38. Rxc4 $40 {[%mdl 128]
White attacks with force.} Bf5 {[#]} (38... Rxc4 $142 39. Bxc4 Bf5) 39. Rxc7 $1
Bxe4 40. Nxe4 Rg6 41. Bf7 Rg7 {[#]} 42. Rc8 Qe7 (42... Qxc8 43. Rxc8 Rxf7) 43.
Bd5 Qb4 {[#]} 44. Nc5 $1 {[%mdl 576] Pin} Kh7 (44... Re7 45. Rxf8+) 45. Rxf8
Re7 46. Ne6 {[%mdl 64] Overworked Piece} Rxe6 47. Rf7+ {Weighted Error Value:
White=0.07/Black=0.45} ({Not} 47. Bxe6 Qxf8 48. Rc7+ (48. Bxg4 Qa3 $16) 48...
Kg6 $16) 1-0

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.15"]
[Round "4.15"]
[White "Hovhannisyan, Robert"]
[Black "Bluebaum, Matthias"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2622"]
[BlackElo "2647"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Armenia"]
[BlackTeam "Germany"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. Be3 Qb6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. O-O
Qxb2 9. Qe1 cxd4 10. Bxd4 Nxd4 11. Nxd4 Bb4 12. Rb1 Bxc3 13. Rxb2 Bxe1 14. Rxe1
b6 15. h4 h5 16. Nxf5 exf5 17. c4 Ne7 18. Rd1 O-O-O 19. c5 bxc5 20. Rb5 c4 21.
Rc5+ Kd7 22. Rxc4 Rb8 23. Ra4 Rb7 24. Ra6 Rh6 25. Rxh6 gxh6 26. f4 Ke6 27. Rd2
f6 28. exf6 Kxf6 29. Bxh5 Rb4 30. g3 Ke6 31. Kf2 Ng8 32. a3 Ra4 33. Re2+ Re4
34. Rxe4+ dxe4 35. Ke3 Nf6 36. Bg6 Ng4+ 37. Kd4 Nh2 38. Ke3 Ng4+ 39. Ke2 Nf6
40. Ke3 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.15"]
[Round "4.16"]
[White "Svane, Rasmus"]
[Black "Ter-Sahakyan, Samvel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E08"]
[WhiteElo "2628"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Germany"]
[BlackTeam "Armenia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ARM"]

{[%evp 23,133,0,0,0,18,12,23,25,52,38,60,0,0,0,12,7,0,6,34,34,35,39,34,29,48,
44,36,39,93,83,85,89,98,98,164,23,22,23,28,16,18,16,22,14,24,22,24,16,16,16,25,
18,38,37,41,37,43,0,47,38,39,31,27,24,37,0,52,0,37,39,40,41,43,47,117,43,32,23,
21,9,33,0,0,0,13,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4
Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Qc2 c6
9. Bf4 b6 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Rc1 Bb7 12. Bc7 Qe8 13. Qb3 {E08: Closed Catalan:
Main Line: 7 Qc2.} Nb8 14. a4 Na6 15. Bf4 {[#] White has an edge.} Rc8 $146 ({
Predecessor:} 15... Ne4 16. Nc3 Nxc3 17. bxc3 Rc8 18. a5 b5 19. Rcb1 Nc7 20. a6
Bc6 21. Ne5 Bd6 22. Nxc6 Qxc6 {1/2-1/2 (44) Shafigullina,Z (2302)-Pogonina,N 
(2475) Sochi 2020}) 16. Nc3 Nh5 17. a5 (17. Bg5 $14) 17... Nxf4 $11 18. gxf4
Rc4 19. e3 Rb4 20. Qc2 Qd8 21. axb6 Rxb6 22. Ne5 Nb4 23. Qd1 f6 24. Nd3 Nxd3
25. Qxd3 f5 (25... Rxb2 $14 26. f5 e5) 26. Na4 $1 $16 ({Don't play} 26. Rxa7 $6
Rxb2 27. Na4 Qb8 $11) 26... Rb4 27. Nc5 Bc8 28. Rxa7 Rxb2 {[#]} (28... Bd6 $16)
29. Qc3 ({Only move:} 29. Nb3 $1 $18 Qb6 30. Rxe7) 29... Rb8 $11 30. Nd3 Bd6
31. Ne5 Bxe5 32. dxe5 {Threatening Qc7.} Rf7 33. Qa3 Bd7 34. Qd6 Rb6 {[#]} 35.
Ra8 $1 Qxa8 36. Qxb6 Qe8 37. Qa6 Re7 38. Rc7 h6 39. h3 Rf7 40. Bf1 Re7 41. Qd6
{aiming for Bb5!} Kh7 42. Be2 Rf7 $1 43. Rb7 Qc8 44. Rc7 Qe8 45. Qa6 ({White
should play} 45. Qc5 $14) 45... g6 (45... Qg8 $5 {[%cal Rd7b5]}) 46. Qa7 {
Bb5! is the strong threat.} Kg7 47. Qc5 Qa8 48. Qd6 Be8 {[#]} (48... Qe8 $14)
49. Rc1 ({Better is} 49. Ba6 $1 $16 d4 50. Bc4 (50. exd4 Qf3 $14)) 49... Bd7
$14 50. Bf1 Qf8 51. Qb6 Qe8 52. Qa6 Qb8 {The position is equal.} 53. Qa5 Be8
54. Qa6 Bd7 55. Rc5 g5 56. Bb5 {Hoping for Bxd7.} gxf4 57. Bxd7 Qb1+ 58. Qf1 $1
{[%cal Rf1b1]} Qxf1+ 59. Kxf1 Rxd7 60. exf4 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KR-KR} Ra7
61. Rc6 Kf7 62. Rb6 Ra4 63. Rb7+ Kf8 64. Rb6 Ke7 65. Rb7+ Ke8 66. Rb6 Ke7 67.
Rb7+ {Weighted Error Value: White=0.12/Black=0.10} 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.15"]
[Round "4.17"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Yilmaz, Mustafa"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2626"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "France"]
[BlackTeam "Turkey"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "TUR"]

{[%evp 15,71,0,21,0,18,-12,-9,-12,41,39,77,79,58,35,23,31,85,75,77,37,55,62,65,
44,36,44,44,6,34,28,23,10,87,0,251,256,263,262,231,245,261,283,318,319,281,291,
473,463,470,447,458,455,454,449,560,521,573,477]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4
4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Qd2 Nbd7 9. O-O-O {B90: Sicilian
Najdorf: Unusual White 6th moves, 6 Be3 Ng4 and 6 Be3 e5.} Be7 10. h3 b5 11. g4
{The position is equal.} Rc8 (11... O-O $11) 12. Kb1 $14 Nb6 {[#]} 13. g5 $1 {
[%cal Rg5f6] [#]} Nh5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Nfd7 14. f4 exf4 15. Bxf4 Ne5
16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. exd5 O-O 18. h4 Nec4 19. Qd4 Na4 {1-0 (35) Tukhaev,A (2520)
-Popilski,G (2506) Paleochora 2013}) 14. h4 Nc4 15. Bxc4 Rxc4 (15... bxc4 $14
16. Nc1 Qd7) 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. Qxd5 Qc7 18. Nd2 Rc6 19. Rc1 O-O 20. c3 g6 21.
Rc2 Rb8 22. Rhc1 a5 23. b4 Rc8 (23... Nf4 $11 {remains equal.} 24. Bxf4 exf4)
24. a4 (24. Qxb5 $16 Rb8 25. Qa4) 24... axb4 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (24... bxa4
$11 {and Black has nothing to worry.} 25. b5 Qb8) 25. Qxc6 $3 $18 {[%mdl 512]}
Qxc6 26. cxb4 {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} Qxc2+ 27. Rxc2 Rb8 28. a5 {[%cal
Ba4a5,Ba5a6,Ba6a7][%mdl 32]} Nf4 29. Rc7 Bd8 30. Rd7 Nd3 $2 (30... Ng2 {
was worth a try.} 31. Kb2 (31. Rxd6 Nxe3 32. fxe3 Be7 $18) 31... Nxh4) 31. a6 {
White is clearly winning.} Nxb4 32. a7 Ra8 33. Rxd6 Bc7 34. Rd7 Na6 35. Rd5 Ba5
36. Nb3 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.12/Black=0.37} 1-0

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.15"]
[Round "4.18"]
[White "Dastan, Muhammed Batuhan"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2572"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Turkey"]
[BlackTeam "France"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "TUR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

{[%evp 15,74,20,14,12,22,19,22,20,10,11,16,0,0,5,17,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,13,13,0,0,
0,0,-17,-25,-18,-15,-17,16,0,0,-108,-100,-87,0,0,0,0,0,-503,-514,-499,-505,
-477,-342,-512,-485,-422,-419,-831,-837,-1746,-1226,-29995,-29996]} 1. d4 Nf6
2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Be7 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. Nge2 h6 {
8...Nf8 is the modern continuation.} 9. Bh4 {D35: Queen's Gambit Declined:
Exchange Variation.} Nh5 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. g4 {The position is equal.} Nhf6 12.
Ng3 Nb6 13. Nf5 {[#]} Qf8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Bxf5 14. gxf5 Nc8 15. Rg1
Nd6 16. Rxg7 O-O-O 17. Qc2 Rhg8 18. Rg3 h5 19. O-O-O h4 {1/2-1/2 (46) Kozak,A 
(2380)-Hrbek,S (2126) Prague 2020}) 14. Qf3 g6 {[#]} 15. Nxh6 Qxh6 16. Qxf6
Bxg4 17. Qe5+ Be6 18. Qc7 Qf8 19. Qxb7 Qd6 20. Qa6 Rxh2 21. Rxh2 Qxh2 22. Na4
Bc8 23. Qa5 Rb8 {[%cal Ba8b8,Bb8b7,Bb7e7][%mdl 32]} 24. b3 Rb7 25. Nc5 Re7 26.
Qd2 {[#]} (26. Bf1 $11) 26... Bg4 $1 $17 {Hoping for ...f5.} 27. Bf1 {[#]} f5 (
27... Nc8 $1 $17 28. Nd3 Nd6) 28. Nd3 $1 $11 Nd7 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White must
now prevent ...f4. Black is pushing.} 29. Rc1 Re6 {With the idea ...f4.} 30.
Nc5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (30. Nb4 $11 {and White stays safe.} Nb8 31. Nd3) 30...
Nxc5 $19 31. Rxc5 f4 {Threatens to win with ...fxe3.} 32. Rc3 Qg1 33. f3 (33.
b4 $142) 33... Bxf3 34. Qf2 Qg3 35. Ba6 (35. Be2 $142 Be4 36. Rc1) 35... g5 36.
b4 Rh6 {aiming for ...Rh1+.} 37. exf4 Re6+ {Weighted Error Value: White=0.81/
Black=0.05} 0-1

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.15"]
[Round "4.19"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Can, Emre"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2647"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "France"]
[BlackTeam "Turkey"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "TUR"]

{[%evp 16,110,49,32,33,12,24,9,25,29,47,18,18,22,28,20,37,41,87,67,77,67,93,93,
121,97,120,75,107,93,106,108,91,54,46,11,20,-24,-15,-5,-14,-21,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,
0,0,0,0,15,-304,-299,-275,-279,-608,-602,-592,-589,-537,-233,-231,-237,-230,
-234,-232,-233,-240,-141,-157,-96,-189,-183,-179,-170,-190,-119,-1225,-1085,
-29972,-12369,-6015,-5895,-29951,-29945,-6206,-12797,-6207,-6079,-5065,-5057,
-1719,-1688]} 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7.
Re1 c6 8. a4 h6 {8...a5 is the modern continuation.} 9. a5 Rb8 {C41: Philidor
Defence.} 10. Bb3 Re8 11. h3 exd4 {[#] The position is equal.} 12. Nxd4 $146 ({
Predecessor:} 12. Qxd4 Nc5 13. Bf4 Be6 14. Bxe6 Nxe6 15. Qd2 Nxf4 16. Qxf4 Qc7
17. Nd4 Bf8 18. Nf5 {1-0 (58) Gabrielian,A (2456)-Sanal,V (2563) Chess.com INT
2021}) 12... Nc5 13. Bf4 Nxb3 14. Nxb3 Be6 15. Nd4 Bf8 16. a6 Nd7 17. b3 Qc7
18. axb7 Qxb7 19. Qd3 g5 20. Bg3 Nc5 21. Qf3 Rbd8 22. e5 {Black must now
prevent exd6.} d5 23. b4 Na6 24. Reb1 (24. Nxe6 $6 Rxe6 25. Reb1 Nxb4 $11)
24... Nxb4 25. Nd1 Qc8 26. Nxe6 Qxe6 27. c3 Nc2 28. Rxa7 d4 29. Rbb7 {[%cal
Rb7f7]} Re7 30. Rxe7 Bxe7 31. Qd3 Na3 {Strongly threatening ...dxc3.} 32. cxd4
Nb5 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 33. Ra4 Bc5 {[%cal Rb5d4]} 34. Kh2 Bxd4 35. Ra6
$2 {[%mdl 8192]} (35. Ne3 $11 {and White stays safe.}) 35... Qc8 $19 36. Ra4 {
[#]} Bxf2 $1 {[%mdl 576] Discovered Attack} 37. Qf1 (37. Qf3 Bxg3+ 38. Kxg3)
37... Bxg3+ 38. Kxg3 Qe6 39. Re4 f5 (39... Qb3+ $142 40. Re3 Qxd1 41. Qxd1 Rxd1
) 40. Re1 Rd5 41. Qe2 Nd4 42. Qb2 Kh7 43. Qb8 Nc2 (43... Qe7 $19 {...g4! is
the strong threat.} 44. Nf2 c5) 44. Re2 $17 Rd3+ ({Black should try} 44... f4+
45. Kh2 Nd4) 45. Kh2 (45. Kf2 $17 Rxd1 46. Rxc2) 45... Nd4 $36 {[%mdl 2048]
Black has strong initiative.} 46. Re1 Rd2 {Threatens to win with ...Nf3+.} 47.
Qb4 {[#]} Nf3+ ({Better is} 47... Qd7 $1 $19 {[%mdl 512]} 48. Rf1 (48. Qxd2 $2
{loses.} Nf3+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack, Discovered Attack} 49. Kh1 Qxd2 $19)
48... Kg6 $1) 48. Kg3 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (48. Kh1 $17) 48... h5 $1 $19 49. Qa5 {
[#]} (49. Re2 Rxe2) 49... Rd5 $1 50. Qa7+ (50. Qc3 Nxe1) 50... Rd7 51. Qxd7+
Qxd7 52. Kxf3 Qd2 {( -> ...g4+). Black is clearly winning.} 53. Rf1 g4+ 54. Kg3
Qe2 55. Rxf5 Qxd1 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.69/Black=0.24} 0-1

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.15"]
[Round "4.20"]
[White "Sanal, Vahap"]
[Black "Moussard, Jules"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Turkey"]
[BlackTeam "France"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "TUR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

{[%evp 23,58,14,24,4,10,8,12,5,6,12,8,6,0,0,0,0,22,0,0,0,0,0,6,-12,-16,-13,-22,
-30,-31,-25,-28,-24,0,0,0,-31,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5.
d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bb4+ 7. c3 Bd6 8. O-O O-O 9. c4 c6 10. Nc3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 dxc4 12.
Bxc4 Bf5 13. Bd3 {C42: Petroff Defence: 3 Nxe5 and unusual White 3rd moves.}
Bxd3 {13...Bxd3 has lost popularity.} 14. Qxd3 Nd7 {[%cal Bb8d7,Bd7f8,Bf8g6]
[%mdl 32]} 15. c4 {The position is equal.} Re8 16. Rb1 b6 {[#]} 17. Bb2 $146 ({
Predecessor:} 17. Bg5 Qc7 18. Rfe1 Nf8 19. g3 Qd7 20. Kg2 Rxe1 21. Rxe1 Re8 22.
Rd1 Qe6 23. Be3 Qe4 24. Qxe4 Rxe4 {1/2-1/2 (47) Karthikeyan,M (2606)-Banusz,T 
(2631) Biel 2021}) 17... Qf6 18. Rfe1 Qg6 19. Qb3 Nf8 20. d5 cxd5 21. cxd5 Rac8
22. g3 Qg4 23. Be5 Bc5 24. Kg2 Ng6 25. h3 Qf5 {[%cal Rg6e5]} 26. Bd4 Red8 27.
Be5 Re8 {[%cal Rg6e5]} 28. Bd4 Red8 29. Be5 Re8 {Not much happened in this
game.  Weighted Error Value: White=0.05/Black=0.03} 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.15"]
[Round "4.21"]
[White "Lenic, Luka"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D19"]
[WhiteElo "2633"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Slovenia"]
[BlackTeam "Netherlands"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SLO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NED"]

{[%evp 16,29,18,5,25,22,27,0,0,0,25,0,0,0,36,0]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6
4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. O-O O-O 9. Qe2 h6 {D19: Slav
Defence: 5 a4 Bf5 6 e3: Main line with 9 Qe2.} 10. e4 Bg6 11. Na2 Be7 12. Nc3 {
[#]} Bb4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Bh5 13. Rd1 Nbd7 14. h3 Re8 15. Bf4 Bb4 16.
Bh2 a5 17. Rac1 Nh7 18. g4 Bg6 19. h4 Nhf6 20. Ne5 Bh7 21. f3 Nxe5 22. Bxe5 {
1-0 (54) Souto,E (2214)-Abdulmanov,E (2237) ICCF email 2017}) 13. Na2 Be7 14.
Nc3 Bb4 15. Na2 {A rather calm draw.  Weighted Error Value: White=0.11/Black=0.
03} 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.15"]
[Round "4.22"]
[White "Van Foreest, Jorden"]
[Black "Borisek, Jure"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2701"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Netherlands"]
[BlackTeam "Slovenia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NED"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SLO"]

{[%evp 17,119,0,-13,-24,0,0,9,7,8,-8,13,8,12,0,7,8,19,0,0,-8,-10,-8,-13,-13,
-12,-15,0,0,0,0,17,0,17,8,8,11,4,2,7,21,11,0,0,7,0,4,0,0,0,0,5,0,38,36,36,36,
158,52,36,36,139,168,29952,29953,29954,29955,29954,29956,29958,29959,29959,
29960,29959,29961,29961,29962,29961,29962,29960,29964,29963,0,29963,0,0,0,0,0,
0,0,29963,29965,29972,29973,29973,29974,29973,29968,29988,29989,29989,29990,
29990,29991]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7
7. Qe2 Nd5 8. c4 Ba6 9. Nd2 g6 10. Nf3 {[#] C45: Scotch Game.} Bg7 $1 11. Bg5
Qb4+ 12. Qd2 {The position is equal.} Qxd2+ 13. Kxd2 Nb6 14. b3 O-O 15. Re1 d5
{[%cal Rd5c4]} 16. exd6 cxd6 17. Bd3 {[#]} d5 $146 {[%cal Rd5c4]} ({
Predecessor:} 17... Rfe8 18. Bf4 Red8 19. Bg5 Rd7 20. Re2 c5 21. Re7 Rad8 22.
Rxd7 Rxd7 23. Ke2 d5 {1/2-1/2 (44) Onslow,A (2006)-Hilwerda,J (2135) Paisley
2018}) 18. cxd5 Bxd3 19. Kxd3 Nxd5 20. Bd2 a5 21. a4 $1 Rfd8 22. Kc2 Bf8 23.
Re2 Bb4 24. Rd1 f6 25. Ne1 Re8 26. Rxe8+ Rxe8 27. Kd3 Bxd2 28. Kxd2 $11 {
[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} Nf4 29. Nd3 Re2+ 30. Kc3 Nxd3 (30... Nxg2 $6 31.
b4 $16) 31. Rxd3 Rxf2 {KR-KR} 32. b4 axb4+ ({Much worse is} 32... Rxg2 $6 33.
bxa5 Rg5 34. Rd8+ Kg7 35. Kb4 $16) 33. Kxb4 Rxg2 34. a5 {[%cal Ba4a5,Ba5a6,
Ba6a7][%mdl 32]} Rxh2 35. a6 {aiming for a7.} Ra2 36. Ra3 Rb2+ 37. Kc5 {
a7 is the strong threat.} Rb8 $1 38. a7 ({Much less strong is} 38. Kxc6 Kf7 $16
) 38... Ra8 39. Kxc6 h5 $2 (39... Kf7 $18) 40. Kb7 Rxa7+ 41. Rxa7 {KR-K3P} ({
Not} 41. Kxa7 Kf7 $16) 41... Kf7 42. Kc6+ Ke6 43. Kc5 $1 {[%cal Rc5d4]} Ke5 44.
Kc4 $1 {[%cal Rc4d3]} Ke4 45. Kc3 $1 {[%cal Rc3d2]} g5 46. Kd2 $1 {[%cal Rd2e1]
} Kf3 47. Ke1 $1 Kg2 48. Ra2+ Kg1 49. Ke2 $2 (49. Ra4 $1 Kg2 50. Ke2 Kg3 51.
Kf1 g4 52. Ra5 h4 53. Rh5 Kh3 54. Kf2 g3+ 55. Kf3) 49... Kg2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (
49... g4 $11) 50. Ke3+ $2 (50. Ra4 $1 {mates} Kg3 51. Kf1 f5 52. Ra3+ Kg4 53.
Kg2 Kf4 54. Ra4+ Ke3 55. Rb4) 50... Kg3 51. Ra1 {Strongly threatening Rh1.} Kg2
52. Ra2+ Kg3 53. Ke2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (53. Ra4 $11 h4 54. Ke4) 53... Kg2 $1 {
[#]} 54. Ra4 $1 {[%cal Ra4c4] White mates.} f5 55. Ra5 h4 56. Rxf5 g4 57. Rf2+
Kg1 {[#]} 58. Rf4 $1 g3 59. Rxh4 g2 60. Rg4 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.02/
Black=0.18} 1-0

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.15"]
[Round "4.23"]
[White "Skoberne, Jure"]
[Black "Warmerdam, Max"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2562"]
[BlackElo "2608"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Slovenia"]
[BlackTeam "Netherlands"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SLO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NED"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. Nbd2 Qb6 6. dxc5 Qxb2 7. Rb1 Qc3 8.
Bd3 g6 9. O-O Bg7 10. Rb5 a6 11. Nb1 Qa1 12. Rb3 Nd7 13. Qe2 Qxa2 14. Ra3 Qb2
15. Rb3 Qa2 16. Ra3 Qb2 17. Rb3 Qa2 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.15"]
[Round "4.24"]
[White "Van den Doel, Erik"]
[Black "Sebenik, Matej"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2594"]
[BlackElo "2509"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Netherlands"]
[BlackTeam "Slovenia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NED"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SLO"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. d4 d5 6. c3 Bf5 7. Qb3 Qc8 8. Bg5
c6 9. c4 dxc4 10. Qxc4 h6 11. Bf4 g5 12. Be5 Nbd7 13. Nc3 g4 14. Nh4 Be6 15.
Qb4 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Nd7 17. Qxe7 Qd8 18. Qa3 Nxe5 19. Rad1 Nc4 20. Rxd8 Nxa3 21.
Rxa8 Rxa8 22. Na4 Nb5 23. Nc5 Bxa2 24. Nxb7 Rb8 25. Ra1 Bd5 26. Bxd5 cxd5 27.
Nc5 Bxb2 28. Ra4 Bd4 29. Na6 Rb6 30. Kg2 h5 31. Nf5 Bf6 32. Nc5 Bg5 33. Ra5 Kh7
34. Nd7 Rb7 35. Nc5 Rb6 36. Nd7 Rb7 37. Nc5 Rb6 38. Nd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.15"]
[Round "4.25"]
[White "Indjic, Aleksandar"]
[Black "Navara, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Serbia"]
[BlackTeam "Czech Republic"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SRB"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CZE"]

{[%evp 13,116,0,15,16,18,0,20,0,21,-4,-14,-21,-13,-21,-27,-30,-14,-13,-9,-8,
-16,-33,-24,-37,-29,-40,-33,-39,0,0,0,0,0,-9,0,-16,-17,-63,-63,-54,0,-43,-18,
-34,-26,-53,-34,-49,-47,-55,-53,-69,-53,-63,-53,-81,-66,-96,-67,-137,-112,-142,
-142,-139,-135,-221,-170,-151,-130,-333,-320,-316,-313,-315,-311,-325,-316,
-334,-328,-333,-317,-331,-317,-335,-275,-276,-288,-290,-275,-492,-477,-462,
-456,-583,-597,-579,-563,-935,-947,-933,-893,-908,-885,-910,-899]} 1. d4 Nf6 2.
c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 Bd7 8. cxd5 {
D38: Queen's Gambit Declined: Ragozin Defence (4 Nf3 Bb4).} exd5 9. Qc2 Na5 10.
Bg5 {The position is equal.} h6 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 {[#]} 12. Ne5 $146 ({Predecessor:
} 12. e3 O-O 13. Bd3 c5 14. Ne5 Be6 15. Qa4 b6 16. O-O Bf5 17. Bb5 Rac8 18.
Rac1 {0-1 (62) Vechet,S (2250)-Juricek,S (2270) Czech Republic 1998}) 12... Bf5
13. Qa4+ Nc6 14. e3 O-O 15. Nf3 a6 16. Be2 b5 17. Qd1 Na5 18. O-O Nc4 19. Nd2
Rfe8 20. Nb3 Qg5 (20... Nb2 $5 {[%cal Rb2d1]} 21. Qd2 Na4 $15) 21. Nc5 Bh3 {
[%csl Gh3][%cal Rg5g2] [#]} 22. Bf3 h5 23. Ra2 Bg4 24. Kh1 a5 25. h3 Bxf3 26.
gxf3 Reb8 (26... Qf5 $15 27. Kh2 a4) 27. Qe2 Rb6 {( -> ...Rg6)} 28. Rg1 Qf5 $40
{[%cal Rf5h3][%mdl 128] White needs to defend precisely.} 29. Kh2 Re8 30. f4
Rg6 31. Rxg6 Qxg6 32. Ra1 Qf5 33. Nd3 f6 34. Kg2 c6 35. Kh2 g6 36. h4 ({
White should try} 36. a4 $15) 36... Kh7 37. Kg3 Kh6 38. Kh2 a4 39. Kg2 (39. Ra2
$17 {keeps fighting.}) 39... Qe4+ 40. Kh2 Re7 41. Kg3 $2 {White does not
recover from this.} (41. Qd1 $17 {was worth a try.}) 41... Nd6 $19 42. Kh3 Nf5
43. Rg1 Qe6 44. Kh2 Nxh4 45. Rg3 Nf5 46. Rg1 Qe4 47. Qd1 {If White can now
play Nc5 this consolidates a bit.} Nd6 48. Nb4 Nc4 49. Nxc6 Rc7 50. Nb4 Nxa3 {
[%mdl 64] [#] Discovered Attack} 51. f3 $2 (51. Qf1 {is a better defense.})
51... Qf5 {Black is clearly winning.} 52. Qc1 Nc4 53. Re1 Re7 {Strongly
threatening ...Rxe3!} 54. Kg2 g5 {aiming for ...g4.} 55. Nxd5 Qxd5 56. e4 Qd6
57. e5 fxe5 58. fxe5 Qg6 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.30/Black=0.08} 0-1

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.15"]
[Round "4.26"]
[White "Nguyen, Thai Dai Van"]
[Black "Ivic, Velimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2594"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Czech Republic"]
[BlackTeam "Serbia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SRB"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4
Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bf4 Bd6 11. Nc3 Bxf4 12. gxf4 a5 13. Ne5 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 Na6
15. e3 c6 16. Qe2 Qe7 17. Rfd1 Nb4 18. h3 Ne8 19. Kh2 Nd6 20. Rg1 f6 21. Nf3
Nd5 22. Rg2 b5 23. Qc2 Nb4 24. Qe2 Nd5 25. Qc2 Nb4 26. Qe2 Nd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.15"]
[Round "4.27"]
[White "Ivanisevic, Ivan"]
[Black "Krejci, Jan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2604"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Serbia"]
[BlackTeam "Czech Republic"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SRB"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CZE"]

{[%evp 10,63,11,0,7,12,13,-16,-29,-18,-27,-10,-16,-37,-34,-37,19,17,18,25,26,
27,58,0,0,0,0,-23,39,31,68,0,0,20,103,51,71,55,65,0,0,0,316,330,306,228,868,
829,791,740,730,728,708,694,29992,29993]} 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 Bf5 4. e3
e6 5. Nbd2 Bd6 6. Ne5 Nfd7 {D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3
g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4.} 7. g4 Bg6 8. h4 Bxe5 {The position is equal.} 9. dxe5 {
[#] Threatens to win with h5.} h6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... h5 10. c3 Nc6 11.
gxh5 Bxh5 12. Qb3 Nb6 13. a4 a5 14. Bb5 Qd7 15. Bg5 Nc8 {1-0 (39) Odintsev,A 
(1808)-Ishenov,B (2050) Cholpon Ata 2016}) 10. h5 Bh7 11. Rg1 Nc6 12. g5 hxg5 (
{Better is} 12... Ncxe5 $15 13. gxh6 gxh6) 13. Bxg5 $11 Ne7 14. Bf4 $36 {
[%mdl 2048] White has good play.} Rg8 15. Nf3 {[%cal Bd2f3,Bf3d4,Bd4b5][%mdl
32]} c6 16. a4 (16. Qd2 $14) 16... Qb6 17. Ra2 a5 18. Nd4 c5 (18... O-O-O $11)
19. Nb5 $14 Nc6 {Black wants to play ...Nb4.} 20. c3 Ncxe5 ({Much worse is} 
20... Ndxe5 21. h6 $14) 21. b3 f6 {[#]} (21... Ke7 $11 {keeps the balance.})
22. Rd2 (22. c4 $1 $16) 22... g5 23. hxg6 Bxg6 24. Bxe5 (24. c4 $14 O-O-O 25.
Bg2 (25. cxd5 Bc2 $11)) 24... Nxe5 $11 25. f4 $1 {[%cal Rf4e5]} Nd7 {[%mdl
8192] [#]} (25... c4 $11 {and Black has nothing to worry.} 26. Kf2 Nd3+ 27.
Bxd3 cxd3) 26. Rxg6 $1 $18 {[%mdl 576] Remove Defender} Rxg6 27. Qh5 Kf7 (27...
Nf8) 28. f5 {[%mdl 64] Overworked Piece} exf5 29. Rxd5 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack
} Qe6 {[#]} 30. Rxd7+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qxd7 31. Qh7+ Ke6 32. Bc4+ {Weighted
Error Value: White=0.15/Black=0.58} 1-0

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.15"]
[Round "4.28"]
[White "Zilka, Stepan"]
[Black "Markus, Robert"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2593"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Czech Republic"]
[BlackTeam "Serbia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SRB"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bd7 5. Nf3 Bc6 6. Bd3 Nd7 7. O-O Ngf6 8.
Ng3 Be7 9. Re1 O-O 10. c3 a5 11. h4 a4 12. h5 h6 13. Bc2 Re8 14. Qd3 Bxf3 15.
Qxf3 c6 16. Bf4 Qa5 17. Rad1 Qd5 18. Qd3 Qxa2 19. Ra1 Qd5 20. c4 Qa5 21. Bd2
Qc7 22. Ne4 b5 23. c5 Nxe4 24. Rxe4 Nf6 25. Rg4 Bxc5 26. Bf4 e5 27. Bxh6 Bf8
28. Qf5 Qc8 29. Rg5 Qxf5 30. Rxf5 exd4 31. Bg5 Ne4 32. Bh4 Nc5 33. Rd1 Re2 0-1

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.15"]
[Round "4.29"]
[White "Pechac, Jergus"]
[Black "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2562"]
[BlackElo "2582"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Slovakia"]
[BlackTeam "Georgia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SVK"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GEO"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 b5 6. Be2 Bg4 7. h3 Bxf3 8. Bxf3
e5 9. Be3 Nbd7 10. a4 Bb4 11. O-O a6 12. d5 Bxc3 13. bxc3 cxd5 14. exd5 O-O 15.
d6 e4 16. Bg4 Ne5 17. Qd4 Nexg4 18. hxg4 Nxg4 19. axb5 axb5 20. Bf4 Rxa1 21.
Rxa1 Qf6 22. Qxe4 g5 23. Bg3 Qe6 24. Qxe6 fxe6 25. Ra7 h5 26. Rc7 h4 27. Rc5
hxg3 28. Rxg5+ Kf7 29. Rxg4 gxf2+ 30. Kxf2 e5 31. Ke3 Rd8 32. Ke4 Rxd6 33. Rg5
Rd1 34. Kxe5 Rd3 35. Ke4 Rxc3 36. Rxb5 Rg3 37. Rc5 Rxg2 38. Rxc4 Rg4+ 39. Kd5
Rxc4 40. Kxc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.15"]
[Round "4.30"]
[White "Paichadze, Luka"]
[Black "Druska, Juraj"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2551"]
[BlackElo "2508"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Georgia"]
[BlackTeam "Slovakia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GEO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SVK"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 d6 7. Bc4 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Qe2 a6 10. Nc3 dxe5 11. Nxe5 Nc6 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Ne4 a5 14. Rd1 Qb6
15. Bg5 Bxg5 16. Nxg5 Nf6 17. Rac1 Rd8 18. Nf3 Bb7 19. Rc3 a4 20. Bd3 g6 21.
Qd2 Ra5 22. Rdc1 Rad5 23. Qc2 Ra5 24. a3 Qa7 25. Rc5 Rxc5 26. Qxc5 Qxc5 27.
Rxc5 Nd7 28. Ra5 c5 29. Rxa4 Nb6 30. Ra5 Bxf3 31. gxf3 Rxd4 32. Bf1 c4 33. Rc5
Rd2 34. Rb5 Na4 35. Bxc4 Nxb2 36. Bf1 Nd1 37. a4 Ra2 38. a5 Nxf2 39. Rb1 h5 40.
a6 Kg7 41. a7 Nh3+ 42. Bxh3 Rxa7 43. Bf1 Kf6 44. Kf2 Kg5 45. Rb4 Kf5 46. h4 Ke5
47. Kg3 Kf6 48. Rb5 Kg7 49. Bd3 Kf6 50. Be4 Rc7 51. Rb7 Rxb7 52. Bxb7 e5 53.
Bd5 Kg7 54. Kf2 f6 55. Ke3 g5 56. Be6 g4 57. Bxg4 hxg4 58. fxg4 Kh6 59. h5 Kh7
60. Ke4 Kh6 61. Kf5 Kg7 62. h6+ Kf7 63. g5 fxg5 64. Kxg5 Kg8 65. Kf5 Kh7 66.
Kxe5 Kxh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.15"]
[Round "4.31"]
[White "Mazur, Stefan"]
[Black "Pantsulaia, Levan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2433"]
[BlackElo "2571"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Slovakia"]
[BlackTeam "Georgia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SVK"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GEO"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Ne7 6. O-O g6 7. Be3 Bg7 8. f4
Nbc6 9. c3 O-O 10. Nd2 d6 11. N2f3 Qc7 12. Qe1 Nxd4 13. cxd4 d5 14. e5 Bd7 15.
Rc1 Qb6 16. Qh4 Nf5 17. Bxf5 exf5 18. Qe7 Bc6 19. Qc5 Qxb2 20. Rf2 Qb5 21. Rfc2
Rfe8 22. Bd2 Bf8 23. Qc3 a5 24. Qe3 Rac8 25. Rc5 Bxc5 26. dxc5 d4 27. Nxd4 Qb2
28. Rc2 Qb1+ 29. Bc1 Red8 30. Rb2 Qe4 31. Qxe4 Bxe4 32. Be3 Rxc5 33. Nxf5 Rd1+
34. Kf2 Rc2+ 35. Rxc2 Bxc2 36. Nd6 Ra1 37. g4 Rxa2 38. Ke1 Bd3 0-1

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.15"]
[Round "4.32"]
[White "Quparadze, Giga"]
[Black "Sahidi, Samir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2432"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "163"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Georgia"]
[BlackTeam "Slovakia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GEO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SVK"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. c3 d6 8. O-O
O-O 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 Rb8 11. Nbd2 Qe7 12. Re1 Kh8 13. Nf1 g5 14. Bg3 Bg4 15.
Qe2 Rg8 16. Ne3 Bxe3 17. Qxe3 Nh5 18. d4 Nf4 19. h3 Bh5 20. Nh2 Na5 21. Ng4
Bxg4 22. hxg4 c5 23. dxc5 dxc5 24. Rad1 Rbd8 25. Bxf4 exf4 26. Qh3 Kg7 27. Bd5
Nc4 28. Bxc4 bxc4 29. Qf3 Rge8 30. b3 Qe6 31. b4 cxb4 32. cxb4 Rxd1 33. Qxd1
Qe5 34. a3 Qc3 35. Kf1 Kg8 36. Qd5 f3 37. Qd1 Qxa3 38. gxf3 Qxb4 39. Kg2 c3 40.
Qd7 Qf8 41. e5 Re6 42. Qc7 Qb4 43. Re4 Qb2 44. Rc4 Qb6 45. Qd7 Rxe5 46. Rc7 Qf6
47. Rxc3 Kg7 48. Rc8 Re1 49. Rc7 Re2 50. Rb7 a5 51. Rb8 Rb2 52. Rb5 Rxb5 53.
Qxb5 Qa1 54. f4 gxf4 55. g5 h5 56. Qc6 a4 57. g6 fxg6 58. Qc7+ Kh8 59. Qxf4 Kh7
60. Qb4 Qa2 61. Qe7+ Kg8 62. Qe8+ Kg7 63. Qd7+ Kh6 64. Qd4 Kh7 65. Qd7+ Kg8 66.
Qe8+ Kg7 67. Qe5+ Kf7 68. Qf4+ Ke6 69. Qe4+ Kd6 70. Qf4+ Kc5 71. Qc7+ Kb4 72.
Qb6+ Ka3 73. Qd6+ Kb2 74. Qd2+ Kb3 75. Qd5+ Ka3 76. Qd6+ Kb2 77. Qd2+ Kb1 78.
Qd1+ Kb2 79. Qd2+ Ka3 80. Qd6+ Kb3 81. Qd5+ Kb2 82. Qd2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.15"]
[Round "4.33"]
[White "Saric, Ivan"]
[Black "Nabaty, Tamir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2649"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Croatia"]
[BlackTeam "Israel"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CRO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISR"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8.
Nbd2 Bf5 9. Re1 Nxd2 10. Qxd2 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 O-O 12. c3 h6 13. Re2 Bd6 14. Bd2
Re8 15. Rxe8+ Qxe8 16. Qb5 Ne7 17. Qxb7 Rb8 18. Qxa7 Rxb2 19. Qa6 Rb6 20. Qe2
Qa4 21. Qd1 Qxd1+ 22. Rxd1 Nc6 23. Ra1 Na5 24. Be1 Nc4 25. Nd2 Na3 26. Nb3 Ra6
27. Rc1 Bf4 28. Bd2 Bxd2 29. Nxd2 Nb5 30. Rc2 Rc6 31. Nb3 Rxc3 32. Rxc3 Nxc3
33. a3 Kf8 34. f3 f5 35. Kf2 f4 36. Nc5 Nb5 37. Ne6+ Ke7 38. Nxf4 Kd6 39. Ke3
Nxa3 40. Kd3 Nc4 41. h4 g5 42. hxg5 hxg5 43. Nh3 g4 44. fxg4 c5 45. g5 cxd4 46.
Kxd4 Ne5 47. Nf4 Nc6+ 48. Ke3 Ke5 49. g4 Ne7 50. Kf3 d4 51. Nd3+ Kd5 52. Kf4
Ng6+ 53. Kf5 Nh4+ 54. Kf6 Ke4 55. Nc5+ Kf3 56. g6 Nxg6 57. Kxg6 Kxg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.15"]
[Round "4.34"]
[White "Mikhalevski, Victor"]
[Black "Brkic, Ante"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2559"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Israel"]
[BlackTeam "Croatia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CRO"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 Nf6 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 c6 7. a4 Be6 8. a5 Na6
9. Qb3 c5 10. Ng5 Bg4 11. f3 Bd7 12. cxd5 cxd4 13. e4 h6 14. Nh3 e6 15. Nf4
exd5 16. e5 Ne8 17. Qxd5 Nec7 18. Qxd4 Bb5 19. Qxd8 Raxd8 20. Re1 Bxe5 21. Nc3
Bd4+ 22. Be3 Bc6 23. Nfd5 Bxe3+ 24. Nxe3 Nb4 25. Rad1 Ne6 26. Nc4 Nc2 27. Rxd8
Rxd8 28. Rd1 Rxd1+ 29. Nxd1 f6 30. f4 Ned4 31. Bxc6 Nxc6 32. Nc3 N2b4 33. Ne4
Nd5 34. Kf2 Kf8 35. Nc5 Nxa5 36. Nxa5 b6 37. Ncb3 bxa5 38. Nxa5 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.15"]
[Round "4.35"]
[White "Stevic, Hrvoje"]
[Black "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2581"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Croatia"]
[BlackTeam "Israel"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CRO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISR"]

{[%evp 11,61,19,20,19,30,29,37,30,31,27,27,12,12,12,16,8,19,-5,0,0,0,0,0,-13,2,
0,19,27,24,37,50,-25,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,8,8,8,8,8,10,10,10,0,0,0]} 1. e4 {
Almasi,Z} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. Re1 Nd4 6. Nxd4 cxd4 7. d3 {
B30: Sicilian: 2...Nc6 3 Bb5, lines without ...g6.} Ng6 8. Qh5 {[#]} Qc7 $146 (
{Predecessor:} 8... e5 9. Bc4 Be7 10. c3 dxc3 11. Nxc3 O-O 12. Be3 d6 13. d4
Kh8 14. Nd5 f5 15. exf5 Bxf5 16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. Nxe7 Qxe7 {1/2-1/2 (65) Almasi,
Z (2695)-Moiseenko,A (2698) Legnica 2013 CBM 155 [Almasi,Z]}) 9. Ba4 {White is
slightly better.} Qc5 10. Qxc5 Bxc5 11. Nd2 a6 12. Nf3 b5 13. Bb3 Bb7 14. c3
dxc3 15. bxc3 O-O 16. Bd2 Ba3 17. Rab1 f5 18. c4 fxe4 19. dxe4 Rac8 20. cxb5
axb5 21. Ba4 {[#]} Bxe4 $1 22. Rxe4 {The position is equal.} bxa4 23. Rxa4 Ra8
24. Rxa8 Rxa8 25. Rb7 Be7 26. Rxd7 Rxa2 27. g3 Bf6 28. Be3 Ne5 29. Nxe5 Bxe5
30. Ra7 Rxa7 31. Bxa7 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.10/Black=0.05} 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.15"]
[Round "4.36"]
[White "Boruchovsky, Avital"]
[Black "Martinovic, Sasa"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2542"]
[BlackElo "2542"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Israel"]
[BlackTeam "Croatia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CRO"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. d4 d5 6. c4 c6 7. a4 Be6 8. a5 Na6
9. Qb3 Qc8 10. Na3 Ne4 11. Ne5 dxc4 12. Naxc4 Nd6 13. Qa4 Nxc4 14. Nxc4 Rd8 15.
Ne5 c5 16. Be3 Bxe5 17. dxe5 Bd5 18. Rfd1 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Qc7 20. Qe4 Kg7 21. h4
Qc6 22. Qxc6 bxc6 23. Rac1 Rd5 24. Rxd5 cxd5 25. Bxc5 Nxc5 26. Rxc5 Rb8 27.
Rxd5 Rxb2 28. e3 Ra2 29. g4 e6 30. Rc5 h5 31. g5 a6 32. Kg3 Kf8 33. f4 Ke7 34.
Rc7+ Kf8 35. Rc5 Ke7 36. Kf3 Ra4 37. Rc7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.15"]
[Round "4.37"]
[White "Deac, Bogdan-Daniel"]
[Black "Ragger, Markus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2651"]
[BlackElo "2668"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Romania"]
[BlackTeam "Austria"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ROU"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AUT"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 d5 6. Nbd2 dxe4 7. dxe4 O-O 8.
O-O a5 9. a3 Qe7 10. Rb1 Rd8 11. Qc2 Bd7 12. b4 Bd6 13. Be2 axb4 14. axb4 Nb8
15. Bc4 b5 16. Be2 Na6 17. Nb3 h6 18. h3 Bc6 19. Nfd2 Be8 20. Nf3 Bc6 21. Nbd2
Bd7 22. Re1 Rab8 23. Ra1 Ra8 24. Ra5 c6 25. Nb3 Bc7 26. Ra3 Bb6 27. Bb2 Ra7 28.
Bf1 Rda8 29. Raa1 Bc7 30. Rab1 c5 31. bxc5 Nxc5 32. Nxc5 Qxc5 33. Nd2 Bb6 34.
Nb3 Qe7 35. c4 bxc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.15"]
[Round "4.38"]
[White "Dragnev, Valentin"]
[Black "Lupulescu, Constantin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B61"]
[WhiteElo "2548"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Austria"]
[BlackTeam "Romania"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AUT"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ROU"]

{[%evp 24,105,77,32,31,36,50,26,216,222,224,230,212,216,214,225,197,201,268,17,
17,43,52,49,25,0,41,37,37,0,0,-38,262,188,214,0,0,0,0,0,23,24,101,96,88,46,59,
64,61,67,65,0,85,64,76,72,132,154,137,117,173,212,266,267,240,249,266,216,270,
240,297,250,418,360,566,583,2908,2399,29975,29976,29976,29977,29983,29982]} 1.
e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 Bd7 7. Qd2 h6 8. Bxf6
gxf6 9. O-O-O Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Qa5 11. f4 Rc8 12. Kb1 Qc5 13. Qd2 f5 {B61:
Sicilian: Richter-Rauzer: 6...Bd7 7 Qd2.} 14. exf5 Bxf5 15. Bb5+ {[#]} Bd7 $146
{[#]} (15... Kd8 $11 {and Black stays safe.}) ({Predecessor:} 15... Kd8 16. Ba4
Qa5 17. Qe3 Bg7 18. Rd5 Rxc3 19. Rxa5 Rxe3 20. Rxf5 Rf8 21. Bb5 e6 {1/2-1/2 
(53) Cabrera Trujillo,J (2410)-Cifuentes Parada,R (2532) Lugo 2009}) 16. Rhe1
$1 $18 Kd8 {[#]} ({Don't go for} 16... Bxb5 $2 17. Ne4 $18) 17. Re5 $3 {
[%mdl 512]} Qb6 18. Bxd7 Kxd7 19. Rb5 Qa6 20. Qd5 Rc7 21. Qxf7 (21. Qe5 $18)
21... Rxc3 $1 $11 22. Qf5+ e6 23. Qf7+ Be7 24. Re5 Rc7 {...Qc4 is the strong
threat.} 25. Rxe6 Kd8 26. Qg7 {[%mdl 1024] White has compensation.} Re8 27. Qg6
{[%cal Rd1d6]} Rh8 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (27... Qa4 $15 {stays ahead.}) 28. a3 ({
And not} 28. Rdxd6+ Bxd6 29. Rxd6+ Rd7 $11) 28... Kc8 29. Qg7 $2 (29. Qe4 $18)
29... Re8 30. Qxh6 {Threatens to win with Rde1.} Qc4 31. Qg6 Rf8 32. g3 Rd8 (
32... Rf6 $11 {keeps the balance.} 33. Rxf6 Bxf6) 33. Rde1 Bf8 34. Re8 $40 {
[%mdl 128] Threatening mate with Rxd8+. White mounts an attack.} Qf7 35. Qg4+
Rcd7 36. R8e6 Kb8 37. f5 (37. Qg6 $14) 37... Rc8 (37... Bg7 $11 {remains equal.
}) 38. Qf3 Rdc7 39. R1e2 Qd7 (39... Be7 $142) 40. g4 $16 Qb5 41. R6e3 Bh6 {[#]}
(41... Bg7 $16 {keeps fighting.} 42. f6 Bh6) 42. Rb3 $1 $18 {[%cal Rb3b5]} Qa6
43. h4 Bf4 {intending ...Be5.} 44. g5 Be5 45. f6 {Hoping for f7.} Rc4 46. Rb4
Rxb4 47. axb4 Qc4 $2 (47... Rf8 48. c3 Qc4) 48. f7 Rf8 {[#]} (48... Bg7 $142
49. c3 Qb5) 49. Rxe5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} dxe5 (49... Rxf7 50. Rf5) 50. g6 Qd4 51.
Qf6 {White mates.} Qd1+ 52. Ka2 Qd5+ 53. b3 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.25/
Black=0.61} 1-0

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.15"]
[Round "4.39"]
[White "Parligras, Mircea-Emilian"]
[Black "Blohberger, Felix"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2576"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Romania"]
[BlackTeam "Austria"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ROU"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AUT"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Bf4 c5 6. d5 exd5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Bg3
Be7 9. e4 Nf6 10. e5 Ne4 11. Nc3 Nxg3 12. hxg3 d5 13. exd6 Qxd6 14. Qxd6 Bxd6
15. Nb5 Ke7 16. O-O-O Bxf3 17. gxf3 Be5 18. Re1 a6 19. Nc7 Ra7 20. Rxe5+ 1-0

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.15"]
[Round "4.40"]
[White "Shengelia, David"]
[Black "Jianu, Vlad-Cristian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2513"]
[BlackElo "2522"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Austria"]
[BlackTeam "Romania"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AUT"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ROU"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 c6 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8.
Nge2 h6 9. Bh4 Nh5 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Qc2 Nb6 12. Rb1 O-O 13. O-O Be6 14. Rfe1
Rfe8 15. Na4 Nxa4 16. Qxa4 Qg5 17. b4 a6 18. Qc2 Bg4 19. a4 Bf3 20. Ng3 Nxg3
21. hxg3 Be4 22. Bxe4 Rxe4 23. b5 axb5 24. axb5 Rc8 25. bxc6 bxc6 26. Rb5 Re6
27. Rc5 h5 28. e4 Qg4 29. Rxd5 h4 30. gxh4 Rh6 31. Re5 Qxh4 32. Kf1 Qh1+ 33.
Ke2 Qxg2 34. Kd3 Rd8 35. Re3 Rhd6 36. Rg3 Rxd4+ 37. Kc3 Qf1 38. Re8+ Rxe8 39.
Kxd4 Qe1 40. Re3 c5+ 41. Kc4 Qb4+ 42. Kd3 Qb5+ 43. Kd2 Qf1 44. Re2 Ra8 45. Ke3
Qh3+ 46. Kf4 Ra6 47. Qxc5 Rf6+ 48. Ke5 Qh5+ 49. Kd4 Qxe2 50. Qc8+ Kh7 51. Qh3+
Kg6 52. Qg3+ Kh6 0-1

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.15"]
[Round "4.41"]
[White "Vocaturo, Daniele"]
[Black "Christiansen, Johan-Sebastian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C63"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2582"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Italy"]
[BlackTeam "Norway"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ITA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NOR"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 f5 4. d3 fxe4 5. dxe4 Nf6 6. O-O Bc5 7. Bxc6 bxc6 8.
Nxe5 O-O 9. Nc3 d6 10. Na4 Qe8 11. Nd3 Bd4 12. c3 Bb6 13. Nxb6 axb6 14. f3 Be6
15. a3 Qf7 16. Bg5 Nd7 17. Qd2 Bc4 18. Rf2 c5 19. Rd1 Bxd3 20. Qxd3 Ne5 21. Qd5
Qxd5 22. Rxd5 c4 23. Rd4 Ra5 24. Be3 Rb5 25. Rfd2 Rf7 26. f4 Ng4 27. Bf2 Rxf4
28. Bg3 Rf7 29. h3 Ne5 30. Bxe5 Rxe5 31. Rxc4 Rfe7 32. Rdd4 c5 0-1

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.15"]
[Round "4.42"]
[White "Urkedal, Frode Olav Olsen"]
[Black "Moroni, Luca Jr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2569"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Norway"]
[BlackTeam "Italy"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NOR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ITA"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. c5 c6 8. Bd3
b6 9. b4 a5 10. a3 Ba6 11. O-O Qc8 12. h3 Qb7 13. Rb1 axb4 14. axb4 Bxd3 15.
Qxd3 Ra3 16. Qc2 Rfa8 17. Rfc1 b5 18. Nd2 h6 19. Nb3 Bd8 20. Qb2 R3a7 21. Ra1
Nf8 22. Rxa7 Rxa7 23. Ra1 Ng6 24. Bd6 h5 25. Rxa7 Qxa7 26. Qa2 Qb7 27. f3 h4
28. e4 Kh7 29. Qe2 Qa6 30. Qa2 Qb7 31. Kf2 Kg8 32. Qe2 Qa7 33. Qa2 Qb7 34. Na5
Qa6 35. Nb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.15"]
[Round "4.43"]
[White "Valsecchi, Alessio"]
[Black "Hauge, Lars Oskar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Italy"]
[BlackTeam "Norway"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ITA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NOR"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. c3 d6 6. Nbd2 g6 7. a4 a5 8. Qb3 Qe7
9. Nf1 Bg7 10. Ne3 O-O 11. h4 h5 12. Ng5 Nd8 13. d4 exd4 14. cxd4 Nc6 15. Qd1
Nb4 16. f3 d5 17. Bb3 dxe4 18. O-O exf3 19. Qxf3 c6 20. Bd2 Nbd5 21. Rae1 Qd8
22. Nxd5 Nxd5 23. Kh1 Bf5 24. Qg3 Qd7 25. Nf3 Qc7 26. Qxc7 Nxc7 27. Re7 Nd5 28.
Bxd5 cxd5 29. Rxb7 Rfc8 30. Bc3 Rc4 31. Ra1 Bc2 32. Rb5 Bxa4 33. Rxa5 Rxa5 34.
Bxa5 Bxd4 35. Nxd4 Rxd4 36. Be1 f6 37. Kg1 Kf7 38. b4 Bb5 39. Ra7+ Ke6 40. Rb7
Rd1 41. Kf2 Bc4 42. Rc7 Rc1 43. b5 Rc2+ 44. Kg1 Rc1 45. Kf2 Rb1 46. Rc6+ Ke5
47. Bc3+ Ke4 48. b6 Ba6 49. Re6+ Kd3 50. Bxf6 d4 51. Rd6 Rb4 52. Kf3 Bb7+ 53.
Kf4 Bxg2 54. Be5 Bb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.15"]
[Round "4.44"]
[White "Notkevich, Benjamin Arvola"]
[Black "Sonis, Francesco"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2471"]
[BlackElo "2536"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Norway"]
[BlackTeam "Italy"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NOR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ITA"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bb7 7. d3 Bc5 8. Nc3
O-O 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 Be7 11. a3 d6 12. Re1 Nd7 13. Bg3 Bf6 14. Nd5 Ne7 15.
Nxf6+ Nxf6 16. h3 Ng6 17. c3 c5 18. Nh2 d5 19. exd5 Nxd5 20. Ng4 Ndf4 21. Nxe5
Nxe5 22. Rxe5 Nxd3 23. Rh5 Re8 24. Qd2 c4 25. Ba2 Qf6 26. Rh4 Rad8 27. Kh2 g5
28. Rg4 Bc8 29. Rd4 Rxd4 30. cxd4 Qxd4 31. Rb1 Bf5 32. Qa5 Re6 33. Rd1 Qxb2 34.
Bxc4 bxc4 35. Qxf5 Qb5 36. Qf3 f5 37. a4 Qc5 38. Bb8 Rb6 39. Qa8 Qc6 40. Qxc6
Rxc6 41. Ba7 Kf7 42. Bd4 Ke6 43. a5 Rd6 44. Bg7 Nxf2 45. Rc1 Kf7 46. Bh8 Rd8
47. Rxc4 Rxh8 48. Rc7+ Ke6 49. Rc6+ Kd5 50. Rxa6 Ne4 51. Ra7 Rc8 52. a6 Rc1 53.
Rd7+ Ke5 0-1

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.15"]
[Round "4.45"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Mehmeti, Dritan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2391"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "England"]
[BlackTeam "Albania"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ALB"]

{[%evp 14,69,48,46,44,56,54,53,47,47,41,13,43,27,57,54,54,51,68,44,30,35,95,72,
121,120,115,77,100,108,104,93,174,128,135,76,164,177,193,178,194,144,160,154,
139,131,191,197,478,480,479,440,571,379,787,744,752,716]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3.
e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. Be2 Bd7 7. O-O Rc8 {7...Nh6 is the modern
continuation.} 8. dxc5 Bxc5 {C02: French: Advance Variation.} 9. b4 Bf8 10. Na3
Nge7 {White is slightly better.} 11. Be3 Qd8 12. Bg5 {And now Nb5 would win.}
Qb6 {[#]} 13. Rb1 $146 {[%mdl 2048] White has some pressure.} ({Predecessor:} 
13. Bd3 Ng6 14. Qe2 Be7 15. Bd2 O-O 16. g3 a6 17. h4 Qc7 18. Rae1 f6 19. exf6
gxf6 {1-0 (40) Koepke,C (2164)-Wehner,R Bad Homburg 2000}) 13... Nf5 14. Bd3 h6
15. Bd2 Be7 16. c4 Nfd4 {Black wants to play ...Nxf3+.} 17. Re1 O-O (17... Qa6
$14 18. Nxd4 Nxd4) 18. c5 Nxf3+ 19. Qxf3 Qd8 20. Qh5 {aiming for Bxh6!} f5 {[#]
} 21. Nb5 $1 Qe8 22. Qf3 g5 (22... a5 $16) 23. h4 Qg6 24. Qg3 (24. hxg5 $142
hxg5 25. Nd6) 24... Kg7 (24... Qg7 $16) 25. Nd6 $18 {[%mdl 64] [#] Double
Attack} Rb8 26. b5 Nd8 27. Rbc1 gxh4 28. Qxg6+ Kxg6 29. a4 Nf7 (29... Rg8 $16)
30. f4 a6 $2 (30... Bc8 {was necessary.} 31. Be3 h5) 31. c6 bxc6 32. bxc6 {
[%cal Bb5c6,Bc6c7][%mdl 32]} Bc8 33. c7 Rb6 (33... Bxd6 34. cxb8=N (34. exd6
Rb6 $18) 34... Bxb8) 34. Nxc8 Rxc8 35. Ba5 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.19/
Black=0.38} 1-0

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.15"]
[Round "4.46"]
[White "Pasko, Llambi"]
[Black "McShane, Luke J"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2417"]
[BlackElo "2667"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Albania"]
[BlackTeam "England"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ALB"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

{[%evp 23,78,0,42,42,37,35,42,17,30,-58,-59,-104,-120,-102,-79,-99,-111,-289,
-164,-149,-164,-186,-190,-223,-219,-210,-206,-218,-207,-282,-245,-295,-291,
-274,-300,-354,-254,-472,-484,-632,-641,-654,-656,-653,-627,-656,-650,-646,
-628,-29973,-29942,-29976,-29978,-29979,-29979,-29977,-29977]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4
g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Na6 8. d5 Nc5 9. Qc2 a5 10.
Bg5 h6 11. Be3 b6 12. Nd2 Bg4 13. Bxg4 {E94: King's Indian: Classical: 6 Be2
e5 7 0-0: Various Black 7th moves.} Nxg4 14. Bxc5 bxc5 {[#]} 15. a3 $146 {
White is slightly better.} ({Predecessor:} 15. a4 h5 16. Ra3 Bh6 17. Nf3 Nf6
18. Rb3 Nd7 19. Rb7 Nb8 20. Rb5 Na6 21. Qe2 {1/2-1/2 (34) Kempinski,R (2583)
-Moranda,W (2572) Polanica Zdroj 2013}) 15... h5 16. b4 (16. h3 $11 Nf6 17. Nf3
) 16... axb4 $40 {[%mdl 128] Black is up to no good.} 17. axb4 Rxa1 ({Don't
play} 17... cxb4 $6 18. Na2 $11) 18. Rxa1 {And now bxc5 would win.} cxb4 19.
Nb5 c6 $1 20. h3 $2 {[#] This move loses the game for White.} cxb5 (20... Nxf2
$142 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 21. Nxd6 (21. Na7 cxd5) 21... Nxh3+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 22.
gxh3 Qxd6) 21. hxg4 $19 hxg4 22. cxb5 Qb6 23. Nc4 Qd4 24. Rd1 Qc5 25. Ne3 Qxb5
26. Qc6 Qb8 27. g3 b3 {[%cal Bb4b3,Bb3b2][%mdl 32] aiming for ...Rc8.} 28. Rb1
{[#]} Qb4 29. Qc4 Rb8 30. Qd3 $2 (30. Kf1) 30... Bh6 31. Nxg4 Bg5 32. Kg2 b2
33. Qc2 Kg7 34. Nh2 Bc1 35. Nf3 Ra8 36. Ng1 Ra1 {Black mates.} 37. Ne2 Rxb1 38.
Qxb1 Qe1 39. Ng1 Qa5 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.61/Black=0.06} 0-1

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.15"]
[Round "4.47"]
[White "Jones, Gawain C B"]
[Black "Ashiku, Franc"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2654"]
[BlackElo "2419"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "England"]
[BlackTeam "Albania"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ALB"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Nc3 g6 5. O-O Bg7 6. e5 Ng4 7. Re1 O-O 8.
Bxc6 dxc6 9. h3 Nh6 10. d3 Nf5 11. Ne4 b6 12. c3 Ba6 13. e6 h6 14. Bf4 Qxd3 15.
Ne5 Bxe5 16. exf7+ Kxf7 17. Bxe5 Qxd1 18. Raxd1 Rad8 19. Nd2 Rd7 20. g4 Nh4 21.
Bg3 Rfd8 22. Bxh4 g5 23. Bg3 Rxd2 24. Rxd2 Rxd2 25. Bb8 Rxb2 26. Bxa7 Bc4 27.
a4 Bd5 28. Ra1 c4 29. Kf1 e6 30. Bb8 Bf3 31. Be5 Kg6 32. Kg1 Be4 33. a5 bxa5
34. f3 Bxf3 35. Rxa5 Rb5 36. Bc7 Rxa5 37. Bxa5 h5 38. gxh5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.15"]
[Round "4.48"]
[White "Seitaj, Ilir"]
[Black "Haria, Ravi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2351"]
[BlackElo "2497"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "150"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Albania"]
[BlackTeam "England"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ALB"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

{[%evp 16,150,-2,0,-13,-13,-17,-17,0,0,8,18,26,31,40,0,3,0,0,0,0,0,4,2,60,17,
18,18,29,23,16,13,23,9,22,0,9,0,23,23,79,41,59,15,83,40,45,47,45,35,39,29,35,8,
8,4,8,8,18,8,8,12,12,8,52,0,0,0,0,0,33,10,14,0,22,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,
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0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6.
Bxf6 gxf6 7. g3 f5 8. Nc3 Bf6 9. Nge2 Nc6 {[%cal Rc6d4] C13: French: Classical
System: 4 Bg5 Be7, Alekhine-Chatard Attack.} 10. d5 Ne5 {[%cal Re5f3] [#]} 11.
Bg2 c6 12. dxc6 {[#]} Nxc6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Qxd1+ 13. Rxd1 Nxc6 14.
Nb5 Ke7 15. c3 a6 16. Na3 Bd7 17. Nc4 Rhd8 18. Nb6 Rab8 {0-1 (47) Jakubiec,A 
(2455)-Somlai,L (2360) Kecskemet 1997}) 13. Qxd8+ Kxd8 14. O-O-O+ Ke7 15. Rhe1
(15. Bxc6 $5 bxc6 16. Nd4 $14) 15... Rd8 16. Rxd8 Kxd8 17. Nb5 Bd7 18. Nf4 Be7
19. Rd1 a6 (19... Ne5 $11) 20. Nd6 (20. Bxc6 $5 bxc6 21. Nd6 $11) 20... Bxd6
21. Rxd6 Ke7 22. Rd2 Rc8 23. b3 Rc7 24. Kb2 Ne5 25. Re2 f6 26. a4 Kf7 27. Rd2
Ng6 (27... Ke7 $11 {remains equal.}) 28. Ne2 Ke7 29. f4 (29. a5 {keeps more
tension.} Bc6 30. Bh3 Bd7 31. f4 e5 32. Nc3) 29... Bc6 (29... e5 $11) 30. Bxc6
(30. Nd4 {with more complications.} Be4 31. Re2 Kd6 32. a5 Nf8 33. b4) 30...
Rxc6 $16 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} 31. Nd4 Rd6 32. c4 Kd7 33. Kc3 Ne7 34.
b4 e5 35. Nb3 {Strongly threatening Nc5+.} Rxd2 36. Kxd2 $11 {KN-KN} Ng6 37.
Nc5+ Kc6 38. Nd3 Kd6 39. Kc3 Nf8 40. a5 (40. Nc5 $14) 40... Nd7 41. Ne1 Nf8 42.
Ng2 Ng6 43. Kd3 Ke6 {The position is equal.} 44. h4 h5 45. c5 Ne7 46. Kc4 Nd5
47. Ne1 Ne3+ 48. Kd3 Nd5 49. Kc4 Ne3+ 50. Kd3 Nf1 (50... exf4 {looks sharper.}
51. gxf4 Nd5 52. Kc4 Nxf4 53. Nf3 Ng6) 51. Kc4 Nxg3 52. b5 {Hoping for fxe5.}
axb5+ ({Wrong is} 52... exf4 $2 53. c6 $18) 53. Kxb5 Kd7 ({Don't go for} 53...
exf4 $2 54. c6 $18) 54. Kb6 Kc8 55. c6 bxc6 56. a6 Kb8 57. Nd3 {White
threatens Nc5 and mate.} Ne4 58. fxe5 fxe5 59. Nxe5 f4 60. Nxc6+ (60. Nf3 {
keeps more tension.} Nc3 61. Kxc6 Ka7 62. Kd6 Nd1 63. Ke5) 60... Ka8 61. Nd4 {
Ne6 would kill now.} Nc3 (61... Nd2 {feels hotter.} 62. a7 Nc4+ 63. Kb5 Ne3 64.
Ka6 Nd5) 62. Nf3 Nd5+ 63. Kc5 Ne3 64. Nd4 Ka7 65. Kb5 Nd5 66. Ka5 Ka8 67. Nf3
Ka7 68. Ne5 Ka8 69. Kb5 Ka7 70. Nc6+ (70. Nf3 {seems wilder.} Ne3 71. Nd4)
70... Ka8 71. Kc4 (71. Nd4 {is more complex.} Ka7) 71... Ne3+ 72. Kd3 Nf5 73.
Ke4 {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} Nxh4 74. Kxf4 Ng6+ 75. Kf5 Ne7+ {Weighted
Error Value: White=0.08/Black=0.11} 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.15"]
[Round "4.49"]
[White "Andersen, Mads"]
[Black "Hillarp Persson, Tiger"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2528"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Denmark"]
[BlackTeam "Sweden"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "DEN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SWE"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 b6 8. Bg5
Nd5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Nbd2 Ba6 11. Nxc4 c5 12. Nce5 f6 13. Nd3 Nd7 14. Qd2 Rad8
15. Rfd1 Bb7 16. Rac1 cxd4 17. Nxd4 Nc5 18. Nxc5 bxc5 19. Nb3 Nb6 20. Qe3 Rxd1+
21. Rxd1 Bxg2 22. Kxg2 Rc8 23. Qe4 e5 24. Na5 c4 25. g4 g6 26. Nc6 Qc5 27. Nd8
Qc7 28. Ne6 Qf7 29. Nd8 Qc7 30. Ne6 Qf7 31. Nd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.15"]
[Round "4.50"]
[White "Blomqvist, Erik"]
[Black "Thybo, Jesper Sondergaard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2542"]
[BlackElo "2604"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sweden"]
[BlackTeam "Denmark"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SWE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "DEN"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d5 7. exd5 Qxd5 8.
Bc4 Qd8 9. Nbd2 Bf5 10. b4 Be7 11. Qc2 a6 12. a4 Nd5 13. Ne4 Bg4 14. Ne1 Qd7
15. Ng3 Nf4 16. h3 Be6 17. Bxe6 Nxe6 18. Nf3 Rfd8 19. Rd1 Bd6 20. Bb2 b6 21.
Qe2 f6 22. Re1 Kh8 23. Qe4 Re8 24. h4 Rad8 25. Rad1 Bf8 26. Qc4 Nf4 27. Bc1 Qd5
28. Qxd5 Nxd5 29. Bd2 b5 30. axb5 axb5 31. Kf1 Re7 32. c4 bxc4 33. dxc4 Ndxb4
34. Bxb4 Rxd1 35. Rxd1 Nxb4 36. Rd8 Kg8 37. Nf5 Re6 38. h5 Nc6 39. Rd7 Ne7 40.
N3h4 Nxf5 41. Nxf5 g6 42. hxg6 hxg6 43. Nh4 Rc6 44. Nxg6 Bd6 45. Nh4 Kf8 46.
Nf5 Ke8 47. Rh7 Rxc4 48. Ke2 Rc2+ 49. Kf3 Bc5 50. Rxc7 Kd8 51. Rf7 Rxf2+ 52.
Ke4 Rf4+ 53. Kd5 Rxf5 54. Kxc5 Ke8 55. Ra7 Kf8 56. Kd5 Rf2 57. g4 Kg8 58. g5
fxg5 59. Kxe5 Rf7 60. Rxf7 Kxf7 61. Kf5 Ke8 62. Kxg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.15"]
[Round "4.51"]
[White "Bjerre, Jonas Buhl"]
[Black "Johansson, Linus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2569"]
[BlackElo "2479"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Denmark"]
[BlackTeam "Sweden"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "DEN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SWE"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Bb5 Bd7 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8.
Bd3 Bd6 9. Qe2 e5 10. O-O Qe7 11. exd5 cxd5 12. c4 e4 13. Re1 Kf8 14. Bc2 Rc8
15. Bb3 Qe5 16. g3 Nf6 17. cxd5 Bg4 18. Qa6 Bb4 19. Qb7 a5 20. d6 Bd7 21. Rxe4
Nxe4 22. Nxe4 Qe8 23. Bd5 Rb8 24. Qa7 Rb5 25. Bh6 Rxd5 26. Nf6 gxh6 27. Nxe8
Bxe8 28. Qe7+ Kg7 29. Qe4 Bc6 30. Qg4+ Kf6 31. Rc1 Ba8 32. d7 Ke7 33. Rc8 Re5
34. Re8+ Rxe8 35. dxe8=Q+ Kxe8 36. Qc8+ Ke7 37. Qxa8 Bd6 38. Kf1 h5 39. Qh8 h4
40. Qxh7 hxg3 41. hxg3 Rb5 42. Qe4+ Re5 43. Qb7+ Ke6 44. a3 Rd5 45. Qc6 Rc5 46.
Qe4+ Kd7 47. b4 axb4 48. axb4 Re5 49. Qb7+ Bc7 50. b5 Re6 51. f4 Rd6 52. Ke2 f5
53. Kf3 Rf6 54. b6 1-0

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.15"]
[Round "4.52"]
[White "Seo, Jung Min"]
[Black "Rasmussen, Allan Stig"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2577"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "214"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sweden"]
[BlackTeam "Denmark"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SWE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "DEN"]

{[%evp 13,214,35,35,-33,-29,-18,-33,-16,-29,0,0,0,0,-75,-71,-106,-109,-93,-90,
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-1900,-2042,-1497,-1323,-29949,-29954,-29960,-29962,-29960,-29961,-29953,
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-140,-8,-155,-12,-29977,-29978,-29977,-29979,-29978,-29980,-29980,-29981,
-29981,-29982,-29982,-29983,-29983,-29984]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5
b5 5. Bg5 exd5 6. cxd5 h6 {Nowadays more popular than 6...d6.} 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8.
e4 {E10: Blumenfeld Gambit.} (8. Qc2 $14) 8... Qxb2 $15 9. Nbd2 c4 10. Rb1 {
Black is slightly better.} Qxa2 11. Rxb5 c3 12. Nc4 a5 13. d6 (13. Bd3 $11 c2
14. Qxc2 Qxc2 15. Bxc2) 13... Nc6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has strong initiative.
} 14. Bd3 Ba6 15. Rc5 {[#]} Bxc4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... c2 16. Qxc2 Bxc4
17. Rxc4 Qxc2 18. Bxc2 Bxd6 19. Ke2 Ke7 20. Rd1 Rhc8 21. Ba4 Rab8 22. Nd4 Nxd4+
23. Rcxd4 Rb6 24. Rd5 Rc4 25. Rxa5 Rxe4+ 26. Kf1 Reb4 {1/2-1/2 (26) Gelfand,B 
(2741)-Vallejo Pons,F (2703) Leon 2010}) 16. Bxc4 {[#]} c2 $1 17. Bxa2 cxd1=Q+
18. Kxd1 {With the idea e5.} Bxd6 19. Rd5 Ke7 20. e5 Bc7 21. Bc4 (21. Re1 $17)
21... Rhd8 22. Ke2 Rab8 23. Rhd1 Rb2+ 24. Kf1 Bb6 25. Nd2 (25. Rb5 $17 {
was necessary.} Rxf2+ 26. Ke1) 25... a4 $1 $19 26. Bb5 Nb4 27. Rd6 Bc5 {
And now ...a3 would win.} 28. Ne4 (28. Bxa4 $142 Bxd6 29. exd6+ Kf8 30. Nc4)
28... Bxd6 29. exd6+ Kf8 30. Bxa4 Na6 31. Rd5 Rb4 32. Bc2 Rb2 33. Ba4 Rb4 34.
Bc2 Rc4 35. Bd3 Rc1+ 36. Ke2 Nb4 37. Rb5 Nxd3 38. Kxd3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame
KRR-KRN} Rg1 39. g3 g6 40. Re5 Re8 41. Nf6 Rd1+ 42. Kc2 Rxe5 43. Nxd7+ Kg7 44.
Nxe5 (44. Kxd1 $142 Rd5+ 45. Ke2) 44... Rxd6 {KR-KN} 45. h4 $2 (45. h3) 45...
Re6 46. Nd3 Kf6 47. Kd2 Kf5 48. f3 h5 49. Nf4 Re7 $2 (49... Ra6 50. Ke3 Ra3+
51. Kf2 Ra4) 50. Ng2 $2 (50. Ne2) 50... Ra7 {( -> ...Ra2+)} 51. Ne3+ Ke5 52.
Kd3 Ra3+ 53. Ke2 Ra2+ 54. Kd3 Rf2 55. Nc4+ Kd5 56. Ne3+ Ke6 57. Ke4 Ra2 58. Kf4
Ra4+ 59. Kg5 Ra5+ 60. Kf4 f6 (60... g5+ $142 61. Ke4 Ra4+ 62. Kd3 gxh4 63. gxh4
Rxh4 64. Ke2 Rh2+ 65. Kd3 h4 66. f4 Rf2 67. Ke4 h3 68. f5+ Kd6 69. Nd1 Rf1 70.
Nc3 h2 71. Kd4 h1=Q 72. Nb5+ Kd7 73. Nc3 Rf4+ 74. Kd3 Qf3+ 75. Kd2 Rd4+ 76. Kc2
Rc4 77. Kc1 Qxc3+ 78. Kd1 Re4 79. f6 Re1#) 61. g4 Ra4+ 62. Kg3 Ra3 63. Ng2 hxg4
64. Kxg4 Ke5 65. Kg3 Ra4 66. Ne1 Rd4 67. Nc2 Rd3 68. Ne1 Rc3 69. Ng2 f5 (69...
Rc1 $142 70. Kf2 Rh1 71. Ne1 Rxh4 72. Nd3+ Kf5 73. Kg3 g5 74. Ne1 Rh1 75. Nc2
Rg1+ 76. Kf2 Rc1 77. Nb4 Rc4 78. Nd3 Rc3 79. Nb4 Rc4 80. Nd3 g4 81. fxg4+ Kxg4
82. Ne1 Rc3 83. Ke2 Kf4 84. Kd2 Rg3 85. Kc2 Ke4 86. Kd2 Rg1 87. Nc2 Rg2+ 88.
Kd1 Rxc2 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 89. Kxc2 f5 90. Kd2 Kf3 91. Kd3 f4 92. Kd4 Kg3 93. Ke4
f3 94. Kd4 f2 95. Kd5 f1=Q 96. Kc5 Kf4 97. Kb4 Ke4 98. Kc5 Ke5 99. Kc6 Qc4+
100. Kb6 Kd6 101. Kb7 Qb3+ 102. Kc8 Qb1 103. Kd8 Qb8#) 70. Nf4 Rc6 71. Nd3+ Kd4
72. Nf4 Rd6 73. h5 gxh5 74. Nxh5 Ke5 75. Nf4 Rd4 76. Ng6+ Kf6 77. Nf4 Rd8 78.
Kf2 Rd6 79. Ke3 Ra6 80. Kf2 Kg5 81. Kg3 Rd6 82. Nh3+ Kf6 83. Kf4 Ra6 84. Kg3
Ke5 85. Nf4 Rd6 86. Ne2 Rd1 $2 (86... Rd8 87. Kf2 f4) 87. f4+ Ke6 88. Kf2 Rd3
89. Ng3 Ra3 90. Kg2 Ra2+ 91. Kf3 Ra5 92. Kf2 Rd5 93. Kf3 Kd6 94. Kg2 Kc5 (94...
Ra5 $19 95. Kf3 Ke6) 95. Kf2 (95. Kh3 $17 {is a better defense.}) 95... Kd4 ({
Black should play} 95... Kc6 $19 {Hoping for ...Ra5.} 96. Nf1 Rd4) 96. Ke2 (96.
Kf3 $17 {was worth a try.}) 96... Ra5 ({Black should try} 96... Kc4 $1 $19 {
...Kc5 is the strong threat.} 97. Nf1 Kd4) 97. Kf2 Kd3 {Threatens to win with .
..Rd5.} (97... Ra2+ $2 98. Kg1 $19) 98. Kf3 Kd2 {Strongly threatening ...Rb5.}
99. Kf2 Kd1 (99... Ra4 $2 100. Kf3) (99... Rd5 $17 {White must now prevent ...
Kd3.} 100. Nf1+ Kc3) 100. Ke3 (100. Kf3 $1 $11 Rd5 101. Ke3) 100... Ke1 (100...
Ra3+ $2 101. Kf2) (100... Rb5 $17 {aiming for ...Ke1.} 101. Kf3 Kd2 102. Ne4+
Kd3) 101. Nxf5 $2 {[%mdl 8192] White does not recover from this.} Rxf5 $11 {
KR-KP. Black mates.} 102. Ke4 Rf8 $1 103. f5 Ke2 $1 104. Kf4 {[#]} Kf2 $1 105.
Ke5 Kg3 106. f6 Kg4 107. Ke6 {[#]} Kg5 $1 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.81/
Black=0.39} 0-1

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.15"]
[Round "4.53"]
[White "Djukic, Nikola"]
[Black "Mastrovasilis, Dimitrios"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2519"]
[BlackElo "2619"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Montenegro"]
[BlackTeam "Greece"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "MNE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GRE"]

{[%evp 15,62,27,25,15,16,15,24,8,25,25,24,22,31,18,10,20,18,16,19,20,26,25,16,
7,21,13,13,16,21,6,22,4,4,0,0,0,0,0,18,0,0,0,0,-7,-1,-7,-7,-8,-8]} 1. e4 e5 2.
Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5 8. Rxe5 O-O
9. Nc3 {C67: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence: 4 0-0 Nxe4.} Bf6 10. Re1 Re8 11. Nd5 {
White has an edge.} Rxe1 12. Qxe1 b6 13. Nxf6+ Qxf6 14. d3 Bb7 15. Qd2 Re8 16.
Qf4 Qf5 17. Bd2 h6 18. Qxf5 Nxf5 {[#]} 19. c3 $146 {The position is equal.} ({
Predecessor:} 19. b4 Re6 20. f3 Ne3 21. Bxe3 Rxe3 22. Kf2 Re6 23. d4 Kf8 24. c4
Ke8 25. Rb1 {1-0 (107) Naiditsch,A (2731)-Georgiev,K (2628) Zuerich 2014})
19... Re6 20. Re1 g5 21. f3 c5 22. Kf2 Kg7 23. d4 cxd4 24. cxd4 Rxe1 25. Bxe1
$11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBB-KBN} Bd5 26. b3 Kf6 (26... f6 {feels hotter.} 27.
Bc3 Ne7 28. g4 h5 29. Bd3 hxg4 30. fxg4 a5) 27. Bd3 (27. g4 {is more complex.}
Ne7 28. Bd2 Kg7 29. Bb5 Be6 30. f4) 27... Ke6 28. Bxf5+ Kxf5 29. g4+ Kg6 30.
Ke3 f5 31. gxf5+ Kxf5 {A rather calm draw.  Weighted Error Value: White=0.06/
Black=0.03} 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.15"]
[Round "4.54"]
[White "Pavlidis, Antonios"]
[Black "Draskovic, Luka"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2536"]
[BlackElo "2469"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Greece"]
[BlackTeam "Montenegro"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GRE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "MNE"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. g4 h6 6. Rg1 c6 7. a4 Be7 8. Be3
Qa5 9. Qd2 exd4 10. Nxd4 Ne5 11. f4 Nexg4 12. O-O-O Nxe3 13. Qxe3 g5 14. Nf3
gxf4 15. Qxf4 Be6 16. Nd4 Qe5 17. Qxe5 dxe5 18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. Bc4 Kf7 20. Rgf1
Rad8 21. Rf3 Rxd1+ 22. Kxd1 Rg8 23. Ne2 Rg2 24. h3 Bc5 25. c3 a5 26. b3 Ke7 27.
Bd3 h5 28. Rg3 Rxg3 29. Nxg3 h4 30. Nf1 Nh7 31. Nd2 Kf6 32. Bf1 Kg5 33. Nc4 b6
34. Nxe5 Nf6 35. Nf3+ Kf4 36. Nxh4 Nxe4 37. Kc2 Kg5 38. Nf3+ Kf4 39. Nd2 Nxd2
40. Kxd2 Bf2 41. Bg2 c5 42. Bc6 e5 43. Kd3 Be1 44. c4 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.15"]
[Round "4.55"]
[White "Blagojevic, Dragisa"]
[Black "Kourkoulos-Arditis, Stamatis"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E68"]
[WhiteElo "2467"]
[BlackElo "2524"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Montenegro"]
[BlackTeam "Greece"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "MNE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GRE"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. Nc3 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. e4
exd4 9. Nxd4 Re8 10. h3 Nc5 11. Re1 Bd7 12. Bf4 h6 13. Kh2 a5 14. Qc2 Nfxe4 15.
Nxe4 Bxd4 16. Qd2 Bg7 17. Bxh6 Bxh6 18. Qxh6 Nxe4 19. Bxe4 Qf6 20. Qd2 Re5 21.
Bg2 Rae8 22. Rxe5 Qxe5 23. Rc1 b6 24. Rc3 Qe2 25. Rc2 Qxd2 26. Rxd2 Re1 27. g4
Kg7 28. Kg3 g5 29. f4 Re3+ 30. Kf2 gxf4 31. Rd4 Be6 32. Rxf4 Re5 33. Bf1 d5 34.
a3 c5 35. cxd5 Rxd5 36. Ke1 Rd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.15"]
[Round "4.56"]
[White "Kelires, Andreas"]
[Black "Potpara, Nikola"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2374"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Greece"]
[BlackTeam "Montenegro"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GRE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "MNE"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Bb4+ 5. Nd2 O-O 6. Ngf3 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. Ne5
Be7 9. b3 a5 10. Bb2 c5 11. dxc5 bxc5 12. Re1 Nbd7 13. Nxd7 Qxd7 14. cxd5 exd5
15. e4 d4 16. a4 Rfe8 17. Nc4 Ra6 18. Qd3 Bf8 19. f3 Qd8 20. Bc1 Nd5 21. Bd2
Nb4 22. Bxb4 cxb4 23. f4 Qa8 24. Ra2 Bc5 25. e5 Bxg2 26. Rxg2 g6 27. Rc2 Rc6
28. Kg2 Rcc8+ 29. Qf3 Qa6 30. Rd2 Red8 31. Re4 Ra8 32. f5 gxf5 33. Qxf5 Qe6 34.
Rg4+ Kh8 35. Qxe6 fxe6 36. Rf4 Rd5 37. Rd3 Kg7 38. Kf3 Ba7 39. Ke4 Rf8 40. Rdf3
Rxf4+ 41. gxf4 Rd7 42. Nxa5 Bb6 43. Nc4 Ba7 44. Nd6 Rd8 45. Rg3+ Kf8 46. Nb5
Bb6 47. Rd3 1-0

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.15"]
[Round "4.57"]
[White "Laurusas, Tomas"]
[Black "Bogner, Sebastian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2553"]
[BlackElo "2574"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Lithuania"]
[BlackTeam "Switzerland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "LTU"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SUI"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 cxd4 6. Qa4+ Bd7 7. Qxd4 exd5 8.
Bg5 Nc6 9. Bxf6 Nxd4 10. Bxd8 Nxf3+ 11. gxf3 Rxd8 12. O-O-O Bc6 13. e3 d4 14.
exd4 Bb4 15. Bb5 Bxb5 16. Nxb5 Rc8+ 17. Kb1 a6 18. Nc3 Bxc3 19. Rc1 Kd7 20.
bxc3 Rhe8 21. Rhg1 g6 22. Rg4 Re2 23. Rc2 Rce8 24. Rf4 f5 25. Rh4 h5 26. a4 b5
27. axb5 axb5 28. d5 Rxc2 29. Kxc2 Re2+ 30. Kd3 Rxf2 31. Ke3 Rc2 32. Kd3 Rb2
33. Rh3 Rg2 34. Rh4 Rb2 35. Rh3 Kd6 36. Rg3 Rxh2 37. Rxg6+ Kxd5 38. Rb6 Ke5 39.
Ke3 Rb2 40. Rh6 Rb3 41. f4+ Kd5 42. Rxh5 b4 43. Rxf5+ Kc4 44. Rf8 Rxc3+ 45. Ke4
b3 46. Rb8 Rc2 47. f5 Re2+ 48. Kf4 b2 49. f6 Kc3 50. Kf5 Kc2 51. f7 b1=Q 52.
Rxb1 Kxb1 53. Kg6 Rf2 54. Kg7 Rxf7+ 55. Kxf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.15"]
[Round "4.58"]
[White "Pelletier, Yannick"]
[Black "Kazakouski, Valery"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2564"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Switzerland"]
[BlackTeam "Lithuania"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SUI"]
[BlackTeamCountry "LTU"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. d4 dxc4 5. Bg2 Bd7 6. O-O Bc6 7. Qc2 b5 8. Nc3
Be7 9. Rd1 b4 10. Na4 Qd5 11. Nc5 Bxc5 12. dxc5 Qe4 13. Qd2 Qd5 14. Qe1 Qxc5
15. Be3 Qe7 16. Rac1 Na6 17. Rxc4 Bd5 18. Ne5 c5 19. Nd3 Nd7 20. Rg4 f6 21. a3
f5 22. Bg5 Nf6 23. Bxd5 exd5 24. Rf4 O-O 25. Rxf5 bxa3 26. bxa3 c4 27. Nf4 Nc7
28. Bxf6 Rxf6 29. Rxf6 Qxf6 30. Qa5 Qb6 31. Rxd5 Qb1+ 32. Kg2 Qb7 33. e4 Nxd5
34. Nxd5 Re8 35. f3 Rc8 36. Qc3 Kh8 37. h4 Qb3 38. Qe5 c3 39. h5 Qb8 40. Qf5
Rf8 41. Qg5 Qb2+ 42. Kh3 c2 43. h6 gxh6 44. Qe7 Qg7 0-1

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.15"]
[Round "4.59"]
[White "Klabis, Rokas"]
[Black "Georgiadis, Nico"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B68"]
[WhiteElo "2353"]
[BlackElo "2553"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Lithuania"]
[BlackTeam "Switzerland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "LTU"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SUI"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 Be7 10. Be2 h6 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Nf3 Be7 13. Rdf1 b5 14. Nd1
Qa5 15. Qxa5 Nxa5 16. g4 g5 17. f5 Nc6 18. Kb1 Bf6 19. h4 Ke7 20. Nf2 gxh4 21.
Nxh4 Ne5 22. Ng2 Bg5 23. Nh4 Bc6 24. Nf3 Nc4 25. Bxc4 bxc4 26. Rh3 Bf4 27. Nd4
Bb7 28. Ne2 Be5 29. Nc3 Rag8 30. Ncd1 h5 31. fxe6 fxe6 32. gxh5 Bf4 33. Nc3 Be5
34. Nfd1 Bd4 35. a4 Rg4 36. Re1 Rh6 37. Ne3 Bxe3 38. Rexe3 Rg5 39. Reg3 Rxg3
40. Rxg3 Kf6 41. Rh3 Ke5 42. Rh4 Bc6 43. b4 cxb3 44. cxb3 a5 45. Kc2 Be8 46.
Kd3 Bxh5 47. Ke3 Rh7 48. Nb1 Bg6 49. Rxh7 Bxh7 50. Nd2 d5 51. exd5 exd5 52.
Nf3+ Kd6 53. Kd4 Bc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.15"]
[Round "4.60"]
[White "Kurmann, Oliver"]
[Black "Brazdzionis, Andrius"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2458"]
[BlackElo "2356"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Switzerland"]
[BlackTeam "Lithuania"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SUI"]
[BlackTeamCountry "LTU"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. g4 h6 7. Rg1 Nc6 8. Be3
Be7 9. Qe2 Nxd4 10. Bxd4 e5 11. Be3 a6 12. h4 Qa5 13. Bd2 Qc5 14. g5 hxg5 15.
hxg5 Nh5 16. g6 Be6 17. gxf7+ Bxf7 18. O-O-O Rc8 19. Kb1 Nf4 20. Qg4 Bf6 21.
Be3 Qc6 22. Rd2 Be6 23. Qd1 Ke7 24. Be2 Nxe2 25. Qxe2 Qc4 26. Qd1 b5 27. f3 b4
28. Nd5+ Bxd5 29. Rxd5 Rh2 30. Rd2 Rxd2 31. Qxd2 a5 32. Rd1 Qc6 33. Rc1 Qc4 34.
Rd1 Qc6 35. Rc1 Qc4 36. c3 b3 37. Rd1 bxa2+ 38. Ka1 Rc6 39. Qd5 Qe2 40. Rd3
Qxf3 41. c4 Qe2 42. Kxa2 Kd7 43. c5 Qc2 44. Rb3 Bd8 45. Qf7+ Be7 46. Bg5 1-0

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.15"]
[Round "4.61"]
[White "Agopov, Mikael"]
[Black "Saraci, Nderim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C76"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2486"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "164"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Finland"]
[BlackTeam "Kosovo"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FIN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "KOS"]

{[%evp 13,164,30,45,19,18,0,12,15,13,-6,0,0,0,-2,-1,-13,-2,-13,-8,-26,-46,-40,
4,0,0,-38,16,12,14,3,0,-13,-16,-30,0,-16,-11,0,0,-25,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,33,36,
43,30,30,30,30,15,16,15,53,53,53,53,53,16,53,39,96,66,40,40,72,39,39,8,8,22,
102,91,93,94,89,73,66,67,75,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,
0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,0,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,
0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 Bd7 6. d4 g6 7. Bg5 Be7 8.
h4 {C76: Ruy Lopez: Deferred Steinitz: 5 c3 Bd7 6 d4 g6.} Nf6 {[#]} 9. Qe2 $146
({Predecessor:} 9. Nbd2 h6 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. d5 Ne7 12. Bxd7+ Qxd7 13. h5 Bg7
14. Qe2 g5 15. Nh2 f5 {1/2-1/2 (27) Ernst,T (2455)-Balashov,Y (2550) Malmo 1987
}) 9... O-O 10. d5 Nb8 11. Bxd7 Nbxd7 12. Bh6 Re8 13. c4 c6 14. Nc3 cxd5 15.
cxd5 Rc8 16. O-O Ng4 17. Bg5 h6 18. Bxe7 Qxe7 19. Rac1 Rc7 ({Better is} 19...
f5 $15) 20. g3 $11 Ngf6 21. Nd2 Rec8 22. Qe3 Kg7 23. Ne2 Ng4 24. Qf3 h5 25.
Rxc7 Rxc7 26. Rc1 (26. Nc3 {seems wilder.} b5 27. Qe2 Qd8 28. Kg2 Nb6 29. f3)
26... Nb6 (26... Nc5 {with more complications.} 27. b3 Qd8 28. Nc3 Nd7 29. Kg2
b5) 27. Qb3 Rxc1+ 28. Nxc1 Qc7 29. Nd3 Nf6 30. Kg2 Nbd7 31. f3 Qa5 32. Nc4 {
[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} Qc7 33. Qb4 b5 34. Ne3 Qb6 35. Kf2 (35. Nc2 {
seems wilder.} Nc5 36. Nf2 a5 37. Qd2 Nfd7 38. b3) 35... Nc5 36. Nxc5 dxc5 37.
Qc3 Nd7 38. b3 Kg8 39. Kg2 Qc7 40. Nc2 Nf6 ({Black should try} 40... Qb6 $14)
41. Ne1 Nd7 42. Nd3 Qd6 43. Kf2 f5 44. Kg2 fxe4 45. fxe4 Kg7 (45... Qc7 $11 {
keeps the balance.}) 46. Nf4 $16 Nf8 47. Nh3 Nh7 48. a4 Qc7 49. axb5 axb5 50.
Nf4 (50. Kf2 $16) 50... Nf8 $11 {The position is equal.} 51. Qa1 c4 52. bxc4
bxc4 53. Ne2 Nd7 54. Nc3 Qb6 55. Qa3 Kf7 56. Qa4 Qb2+ 57. Kh3 Nf6 58. Qxc4 (58.
Qa5 {keeps more tension.} Ng4 59. Qc7+ Kg8 60. Qd8+ Kh7 61. Qe7+) 58... Ng4 {
[%csl Gg4][%cal Rb2h2]} 59. Ne2 {d6+ is the strong threat.} (59. Qc7+ {is
interesting.} Kg8 60. Qd8+ Kg7 61. Qe7+ Kg8 62. Qe8+) 59... Qb1 {[%cal Rb1h1]}
60. Qc7+ (60. d6+ {is more complex.} Kg7 61. Nc1 Qb2 62. Ne2 Qb1) 60... Kg8 {
[%cal Rb1h1]} 61. Qc8+ Kg7 {[%cal Rb1h1]} (61... Kh7 $5 62. Qc7+ $8 Kh8 $11)
62. Qc7+ Kh6 {[%cal Rb1h1]} 63. Qc1+ Qxc1 64. Nxc1 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KN-KN}
Nf2+ 65. Kg2 Nxe4 66. Nd3 Kg7 67. Nxe5 {Threatening Kf3.} Kf6 68. Nd3 Kf5 69.
Kf3 g5 70. hxg5 Nxg5+ 71. Ke3 Nf7 72. Kd4 Nd6 73. Nf2 (73. Kc5 {looks sharper.}
Nf7 74. Nf2 Ne5 75. Kd6 Nc4+ 76. Kc6) 73... Nf7 74. Kc5 Ke5 75. Nh3 Kf5 76. Kc6
(76. d6 {looks sharper.} Kg4 77. Ng1 Kxg3 78. Kd5 Kf2 79. Nh3+) 76... Kg4 {
[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} 77. Nf4 h4 78. gxh4 {Strongly threatening Ng2.}
Kxf4 79. d6 Nxd6 80. Kxd6 Kg4 81. h5 {Intending h6 and mate.} Kg5 82. Ke7 (82.
h6 $5 Kxh6 $11) 82... Kxh5 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.09/Black=0.11}
1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.15"]
[Round "4.62"]
[White "Uruci, Endrit"]
[Black "Nyysti, Sampsa"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2322"]
[BlackElo "2325"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Kosovo"]
[BlackTeam "Finland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "KOS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FIN"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 c5 4. f3 Qa5+ 5. c3 Nf6 6. Nd2 cxd4 7. Nb3 Qd8 8.
cxd4 d5 9. e3 e6 10. Rc1 Bb4+ 11. Kf2 O-O 12. a3 Be7 13. g4 Nc6 14. Bd3 Nd7 15.
Ne2 e5 16. dxe5 Ndxe5 17. Nbd4 Nxd3+ 18. Qxd3 Qb6 19. Nb5 Be6 20. Bc7 Qa6 21.
Nf4 Rac8 22. Nxd5 Bxd5 23. Qxd5 Rxc7 24. Nxc7 Qb6 25. Nb5 Rd8 26. Qb3 Na5 27.
Qa4 Rd2+ 28. Kg3 Qxe3 29. Rc8+ Bd8 30. Qe4 Qf2+ 31. Kf4 g5+ 32. Kf5 Qb6 33. Nd6
Rxd6 34. Qe8+ Kg7 35. Qe5+ f6 36. Qc5 Nc6 37. Qxb6 Bxb6 38. Re8 Kf7 39. Rh8
Rd5+ 40. Ke4 Rd4+ 0-1

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.15"]
[Round "4.63"]
[White "Ronka, Erik"]
[Black "Fejzullahu, Afrim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2321"]
[BlackElo "2250"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Finland"]
[BlackTeam "Kosovo"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FIN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "KOS"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Be7 7. Re1 O-O 8. a4
b4 9. d4 d6 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Nbd2 Bc5 12. Qe2 Bg4 13. c3 Na5 14. Bc2 Qe7 15.
h3 Bh5 16. g4 Bg6 17. Nf1 Rfd8 18. Nh4 b3 19. Bb1 Nd7 20. Nf5 Qe6 21. N1e3 Bxf5
22. exf5 Qc6 23. g5 Bxe3 24. Bxe3 Nc4 25. Bd3 Nd6 26. Qg4 e4 27. Be2 Ne5 28.
Qf4 Re8 29. Bd4 f6 30. gxf6 gxf6 31. Kh2 Kh8 32. Bh5 Re7 33. Qh4 Nxf5 34. Qxe4
Qxe4 35. Rxe4 Nxd4 36. cxd4 Nc6 37. Rf4 Rd8 38. Rxf6 Nxd4 39. Rxa6 c5 40. Rc1
Re5 41. Bg4 Rf8 42. Kg2 Nc2 43. Rc6 Ne1+ 44. Kg3 Nc2 45. a5 h5 46. Rh6+ Kg7 47.
Rxh5 Rxh5 48. Bxh5 c4 49. Bd1 Nb4 50. Rxc4 Nd3 51. Bxb3 Nxb2 52. Rc7+ Kg6 53.
a6 1-0

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.15"]
[Round "4.64"]
[White "Saraci, Korab"]
[Black "Kokkila, Tero"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2149"]
[BlackElo "2283"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Kosovo"]
[BlackTeam "Finland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "KOS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FIN"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. cxd4 d6 7. Bc4 Nb6 8. Bb5
Bd7 9. Nc3 dxe5 10. dxe5 a6 11. Be2 Be6 12. O-O Qxd1 13. Rxd1 g6 14. Ng5 Nxe5
15. Nxe6 fxe6 16. f4 Nc6 17. Be3 Nd5 18. Nxd5 exd5 19. Rxd5 e6 20. Rd2 Bb4 21.
Rd3 Rd8 22. Rad1 Ke7 23. a3 Rxd3 24. Rxd3 Bd6 25. Bf3 Rc8 26. b4 Nd8 27. g3 Nc6
28. h4 Rd8 29. Kg2 Rd7 30. Be4 Ke8 31. Kh3 Ke7 32. h5 e5 33. hxg6 hxg6 34. f5
Nd4 35. Bg5+ Kf8 36. fxg6 Be7 37. Bh6+ Kg8 38. Rc3 Ne6 39. Bf5 1-0

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.15"]
[Round "4.65"]
[White "Subelj, Jan"]
[Black "Toczek, Grzegorz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "2458"]
[BlackElo "2296"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Slovenia"]
[BlackTeam "Wales"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SLO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "WLS"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Bd3 c6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. O-O e6 6. c4 Be7 7. Nc3 a6 8. h3 Bh5
9. Ne2 c5 10. d5 exd5 11. cxd5 Bxf3 12. gxf3 O-O 13. Ng3 g6 14. a4 Nbd7 15. f4
Ne8 16. b3 Bf6 17. Ra2 Rb8 18. Re1 Bc3 19. Bd2 Bg7 20. Bf1 h5 21. Bg2 Qh4 22.
Qf3 Nc7 23. b4 b5 24. axb5 Nxb5 25. Ne2 cxb4 26. Bxb4 Nd4 27. Nxd4 Rxb4 28. Nc6
Rc4 29. Qg3 Qf6 30. e5 Qxf4 31. Qxf4 Rxf4 32. exd6 Ra8 33. Re7 Nf6 34. d7 Bf8
35. Rxa6 Bxe7 36. Nxe7+ Kg7 37. Rxa8 Nxd7 38. Ra7 Nf6 39. Nc6 Ne8 40. Nd8 Kf8
41. Rd7 Rf5 42. d6 Rf6 43. Rxf7+ Rxf7 44. Nxf7 Kxf7 45. d7 Ke7 46. dxe8=N Kxe8
47. h4 Ke7 48. Be4 1-0

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.15"]
[Round "4.66"]
[White "Pleasants, Allan J"]
[Black "Dobrovoljc, Vid"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2001"]
[BlackElo "2414"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Wales"]
[BlackTeam "Slovenia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "WLS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SLO"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. O-O c5 6. Na3 Nc6 7. Nxc4 Be7 8. b3
O-O 9. Bb2 Qc7 10. Rc1 Rd8 11. Qc2 b6 12. Qb1 Bb7 13. d4 cxd4 14. Nce5 Qd6 15.
Nxc6 Bxc6 16. Rxc6 Qxc6 17. Nxd4 Qe8 18. Bxa8 Rxa8 19. Rd1 Rc8 20. Nf3 b5 21.
Ng5 h6 22. Ne4 Nd5 23. Rc1 b4 24. Rc4 f5 25. Nd2 Nc3 26. Bxc3 bxc3 27. Rxc8
Qxc8 28. Qc2 Bf6 29. Nc4 Qc6 30. Qd3 h5 31. f3 Qc5+ 32. Kg2 Kh7 33. e3 Kh6 34.
Kf2 h4 35. Ke2 Qc7 36. Qd6 Qxd6 37. Nxd6 Kh5 38. Ne8 Be5 39. f4 c2 40. Kd2 Ba1
41. gxh4 g6 42. Kxc2 e5 43. Ng7+ Kxh4 44. Ne6 Kg4 45. Kd2 Kf3 46. b4 Bb2 47. a4
e4 48. b5 Ba3 49. Nd4+ Kf2 50. Nc2 Bd6 51. a5 Bc7 52. a6 Ba5+ 53. Kd1 Bb6 54.
Kd2 Ba5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.15"]
[Round "4.67"]
[White "Tisaj, Domen"]
[Black "Davis, Lee"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E44"]
[WhiteElo "2369"]
[BlackElo "1972"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Slovenia"]
[BlackTeam "Wales"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SLO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "WLS"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Nge2 Bb7 6. a3 Be7 7. d5 O-O 8. e4 e5
9. g3 d6 10. Bg2 a5 11. O-O Na6 12. Rb1 Re8 13. h3 Bf8 14. b4 axb4 15. axb4 h6
16. Be3 Kh7 17. Qd3 g6 18. f4 Nd7 19. Qc2 Qe7 20. Nc1 Bg7 21. f5 g5 22. Nd3 f6
23. Ra1 Bf8 24. Ra2 Qd8 25. Rfa1 Qc8 26. Bf3 Be7 27. Qd2 Rg8 28. Bd1 Kh8 29.
Ra3 Kh7 30. R1a2 Kg7 31. Kh2 Kh7 32. Bh5 Kg7 33. Ra4 Rh8 34. Qd1 Nf8 35. Qa1
Nd7 36. Be2 h5 37. Ne1 h4 38. g4 Rd8 39. Nc2 Rh8 40. Kg2 Rd8 41. Ne1 Rh8 42.
Nf3 Rd8 43. Nd2 Rh8 44. Nd1 Rd8 45. Nb2 Kh7 46. Kf2 Bf8 47. c5 dxc5 48. Bxa6
Bxa6 49. Rxa6 Rxa6 50. Rxa6 cxb4 51. Ra7 Nc5 52. Na4 Qb8 53. Nxc5 bxc5 54. Qa5
Rd7 55. Ra8 1-0

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.15"]
[Round "4.68"]
[White "Weatherlake, John P"]
[Black "Stevanic, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "1890"]
[BlackElo "2318"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Wales"]
[BlackTeam "Slovenia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "WLS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SLO"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. e3 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. c4 O-O 5. Be2 d6 6. Nc3 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. Qc2
Ne8 9. Rd1 f5 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. c5 c6 12. b4 Qe7 13. Nd2 Ndf6 14. f4 exf4 15.
exf4 Nd5 16. Nxd5 Qxe2 0-1

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.15"]
[Round "4.69"]
[White "Kanyamarala, Tarun"]
[Black "Dardha, Daniel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2321"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ireland"]
[BlackTeam "Belgium"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IRL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BEL"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Ng6 7. Be3 Be7 8.
Be2 O-O 9. c4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 b6 11. Qd2 Bb7 12. f3 Bc5 13. Rd1 Bc6 14. b4 Be7
15. a3 Qb8 16. Nc3 Bf6 17. Bd4 Bd8 18. Kh1 Bc7 19. Bg1 Rd8 20. Rab1 Bf4 21. Qe1
Be5 22. Bf1 h5 23. b5 Bb7 24. Na4 d6 25. Nb2 Qc7 26. Nd3 Bf6 27. a4 Rab8 28. a5
h4 29. Nf2 d5 30. exd5 exd5 31. Ng4 dxc4 32. Nxf6+ gxf6 33. axb6 axb6 34. h3
Bd5 35. Qc3 Qe5 36. Bd4 Qf5 37. Bxf6 Rd6 38. Bd4 Rbd8 39. Rbc1 Bxf3 40. gxf3
Qf4 41. Bh8 Nxh8 42. Rxd6 Rxd6 43. Bxc4 Ng6 44. Rg1 Kh7 45. Bf1 Rd2 46. Bg2 Ne5
47. Qc7 Nd3 48. Qxf4 Nxf4 49. Bf1 f5 50. Bc4 Nxh3 51. Rg8 Nf4 52. Rb8 Nh5 53.
Rb7+ Kh6 54. Rxb6+ Kg5 55. Bf7 Ng3+ 56. Kg1 h3 0-1

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.15"]
[Round "4.70"]
[White "Docx, Stefan"]
[Black "Jessel, Stephen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2432"]
[BlackElo "2297"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "147"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Belgium"]
[BlackTeam "Ireland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BEL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IRL"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6 3. a3 Bb7 4. Nc3 f5 5. d5 Nf6 6. g3 Na6 7. b4 c5 8. dxc6 dxc6
9. Qxd8+ Rxd8 10. Bg2 Bd6 11. Bb2 Rd7 12. Rd1 Ke7 13. e4 c5 14. b5 Nc7 15. f4
Rhd8 16. Nh3 Nce8 17. O-O Nxe4 18. Nxe4 Bxe4 19. Bxe4 fxe4 20. Rde1 Nf6 21. Ng5
h6 22. Nxe4 Nxe4 23. Rxe4 Kf7 24. Rfe1 Re7 25. R4e2 Rdd7 26. Kg2 Bc7 27. h4 h5
28. a4 g6 29. Kf3 Rd3+ 30. Re3 Red7 31. Ke4 Rxe3+ 32. Kxe3 Bd8 33. Be5 Bf6 34.
a5 Bxe5 35. fxe5 bxa5 36. Ra1 g5 37. Rf1+ Kg7 38. hxg5 Rd4 39. Rf6 Rxc4 40.
Rxe6 Rg4 41. Ra6 Rb4 42. Rxa5 Kg6 43. e6 Kf5 44. Rxa7 Rxb5 45. e7 Rb3+ 46. Kf2
Rb8 47. Rc7 Kxg5 48. Rxc5+ Kf6 49. Rxh5 Kxe7 50. Rf5 Ke6 51. Rf4 Rb3 52. Kg2
Ke5 53. Rf8 Ke6 54. Kh3 Ke7 55. Rf4 Ke6 56. Rf1 Rb8 57. g4 Rh8+ 58. Kg3 Rg8 59.
Rf5 Rh8 60. Kf4 Rh1 61. Kg5 Rg1 62. Rf4 Rh1 63. Kg6 Ke5 64. Rf5+ Ke6 65. Rf2
Ke7 66. g5 Rg1 67. Kh6 Rh1+ 68. Kg7 Rg1 69. Re2+ Kd6 70. g6 Kd7 71. Kf7 Rf1+
72. Kg8 Rg1 73. g7 Rh1 74. Re4 1-0

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.15"]
[Round "4.71"]
[White "Nemeth, Zalan"]
[Black "Beukema, Stefan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "2163"]
[BlackElo "2408"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ireland"]
[BlackTeam "Belgium"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IRL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BEL"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. Nf3 d6 2. d4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Qe8 8. d5
Na6 9. Rb1 Ng4 10. Nd4 Ne5 11. b3 Bd7 12. e4 fxe4 13. Nxe4 h6 14. Bb2 c5 15.
dxc6 bxc6 16. f4 Ng4 17. Re1 Qd8 18. Nxc6 Qb6+ 19. c5 Nxc5 20. Nxe7+ Kh7 21.
Nd5 Qb5 22. Nxd6 Qa6 23. Re7 Rg8 24. Bxg7 Rxg7 25. Rxg7+ Kxg7 26. Qd4+ Kh7 27.
Qxc5 Qd3 28. Re1 Qd2 29. Re7+ Kg8 30. Rxd7 1-0

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.15"]
[Round "4.72"]
[White "Verstraeten, Rein"]
[Black "Kanyamarala, Trisha"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2386"]
[BlackElo "2089"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Belgium"]
[BlackTeam "Ireland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BEL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IRL"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. Qa4 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 Nd5 8.
Bxb4 Ndxb4 9. O-O Rb8 10. Na3 O-O 11. Qb5 b6 12. Qxc4 Qe8 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. Qxb4
Nd7 15. Qa4 a6 16. Bc6 Qe7 17. Rac1 Nf6 18. Nc2 e5 19. Rfd1 e4 20. Ne3 Rd8 21.
Qa3 Qxa3 22. bxa3 Bd7 23. d5 Ne8 24. Rd4 Nd6 25. g4 f6 26. a4 g6 27. Kg2 Kf8
28. Kg3 Bc8 29. Nc4 Nxc4 30. Rcxc4 f5 31. Kf4 Ke7 32. h4 Rf8 33. g5 Kd6 34. Rc1
Bb7 35. h5 Rg8 36. Rdd1 Bc8 37. Rh1 b5 38. a5 b4 39. hxg6 hxg6 40. Ba4 Bb7 41.
Rh7 Rbd8 42. Bc6 Bxc6 43. Rxc6+ Kxd5 44. Rhxc7 Rb8 45. Rc5+ Kd6 46. R7c6+ Kd7
47. Rxa6 b3 48. axb3 Rxb3 49. Ke5 Re8+ 50. Kd5 Rb7 51. Rxg6 Re7 52. Rb6 Ra7 53.
a6 Ke8 54. Rcc6 e3 55. fxe3 Rad7+ 56. Rd6 Kf7 57. Rxd7 Rxd7+ 58. Ke5 Re7+ 59.
Kxf5 Rxe3 60. Rb7+ Ke8 61. a7 1-0

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.15"]
[Round "4.73"]
[White "Gretarsson, Hjorvar Steinn"]
[Black "Nikolovski, Nikola"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A67"]
[WhiteElo "2574"]
[BlackElo "2401"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Iceland"]
[BlackTeam "Macedonia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "MKD"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6 7. f4 Bg7 8. Bb5+
Nfd7 9. a4 O-O 10. Nf3 Na6 11. O-O Nb4 12. Be3 a6 13. Bc4 Nb6 14. Bb3 Bg4 15.
a5 Nd7 16. Kh1 Re8 17. h3 Bxf3 18. Qxf3 Rc8 19. e5 dxe5 20. f5 e4 21. Nxe4 Ne5
22. Qg3 Ned3 23. Bg5 f6 24. Nd6 Re5 25. Nxc8 Qxc8 26. Bd2 gxf5 27. d6+ Kh8 28.
Bc3 Re4 29. Bxb4 Nxb4 30. Rae1 Nc6 31. Bd5 Re5 32. Bxc6 bxc6 33. Rxe5 fxe5 34.
Qg5 e4 35. Qe7 Bf8 36. d7 1-0

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.15"]
[Round "4.74"]
[White "Lazov, Toni"]
[Black "Stefansson, Hannes"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2393"]
[BlackElo "2519"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Macedonia"]
[BlackTeam "Iceland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "MKD"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISL"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 a6 6. a4 d6 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 Ba7
9. Nbd2 Qe7 10. h3 g5 11. Bg3 Nh5 12. Bh2 Nf4 13. Bxf4 gxf4 14. O-O Rg8 15. Kh1
Qf6 16. Qe2 Kf8 17. b4 Nd8 18. b5 a5 19. Rac1 Bb6 20. Rc2 Ne6 21. Bxe6 Bxe6 22.
d4 exd4 23. cxd4 d5 24. Rg1 Rd8 25. e5 Qg6 26. Nb3 Qh5 27. Nc5 Bxc5 28. Rxc5
Rc8 29. Kh2 Ke7 30. Rc3 Kd7 31. Qd2 Qf5 32. Ne1 c6 33. b6 Ke7 34. Rf3 c5 35.
Rxf4 Qh5 36. dxc5 Rxc5 37. Nf3 Rc6 38. Rh4 Qg6 39. Qxa5 Qd3 40. Qb4+ Kd7 41.
Nd4 Rc4 42. Qd6+ 1-0

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.15"]
[Round "4.75"]
[White "Hjartarson, Johann"]
[Black "Risteski, Emil"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E73"]
[WhiteElo "2483"]
[BlackElo "2315"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Iceland"]
[BlackTeam "Macedonia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "MKD"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Be3 e5 7. d5 Na6 8. g4 Nc5
9. f3 a5 10. h4 h5 11. g5 Nh7 12. Nh3 f6 13. Qd2 Bxh3 14. Rxh3 fxg5 15. hxg5
Rf4 16. Rg3 b6 17. Bxf4 exf4 18. Rg2 a4 19. Rc1 Be5 20. Nb5 Nxg5 21. Kd1 Kh7
22. Kc2 Nf7 23. Rcg1 g5 24. Rh2 h4 25. Bf1 Qf6 26. Bh3 Bxb2 27. Bf5+ Kh8 28.
Qg2 Bd4 29. Rd1 Ba1 30. Kb1 a3 31. Qg4 Ra4 32. Qh5+ Kg7 33. Qg6+ Qxg6 34. Bxg6
Kxg6 35. Kxa1 Ne5 36. Rf1 Rxc4 37. Nxc7 Nxf3 38. Rhh1 Nd2 0-1

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.15"]
[Round "4.76"]
[White "Mihov, Filip"]
[Black "Kjartansson, Gudmundur"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E53"]
[WhiteElo "2255"]
[BlackElo "2443"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Macedonia"]
[BlackTeam "Iceland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "MKD"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISL"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 dxc4 8.
Bxc4 c5 9. Nf3 Qc7 10. Ba2 b5 11. O-O Bb7 12. Ne5 Nbd7 13. Nxd7 Nxd7 14. Qe2 a5
15. e4 b4 16. Rd1 bxc3 17. d5 exd5 18. exd5 Nb6 19. Be3 Rfd8 20. Qh5 c4 21.
Bxb6 Qxb6 22. Rab1 Qc7 23. Rd4 c2 24. Rc1 Rxd5 25. Rxd5 Bxd5 26. Rxc2 Be6 27.
Qe2 Rc8 28. Rc3 Qc5 29. h3 Qd4 30. Qc2 g6 31. Qc1 Rd8 32. Kf1 Kg7 33. Qe1 h5
34. Qc1 Rc8 35. Kg1 Rc5 36. Kf1 Bf5 37. Kg1 Bd3 38. Qd2 Qe5 39. f4 Qd4+ 40. Kh2
Qe4 41. h4 Rf5 42. Kg3 Rxf4 43. Qxf4 Qe1+ 44. Kh2 Qxc3 45. Qc7 a4 46. Qc5 Qf6
0-1

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.16"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D75"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Azerbaijan"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

{[%evp 23,61,1,0,0,4,4,0,0,18,0,0,0,0,0,10,0,0,10,18,0,0,0,29,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,
0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2
g6 7. O-O Bg7 8. d4 Nxc3 9. bxc3 cxd4 10. cxd4 Nxd4 11. Nxd4 Qxd4 12. Rb1 O-O
13. Be3 {D75: Fianchetto Grünfeld: Main Line with 7...c5.} Qc4 14. Bd5 Qa6 15.
Qb3 {[#]} Bf6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... Qxe2 16. Rfe1 Qa6 17. Bc5 Bf5 18. Rbd1
Bf6 19. Bxb7 Qa5 20. Bb4 Qc7 21. Bxa8 Rxa8 22. Rc1 Qd7 23. Red1 Qb7 {1/2-1/2 
(109) Vidit,S (2722)-Ding,L (2801) Kolkata 2019}) 16. Bh6 Bg7 {[%cal Rg7h6]}
17. Be3 Bf6 18. Bh6 Bg7 {[%cal Rg7h6]} 19. Bf4 Be6 20. Bxe6 fxe6 21. Qxb7 Qxe2
22. Qxe7 Rae8 23. Qxa7 (23. Qd7 {keeps more tension.} Rd8 24. Qc7 Rc8 25. Qd6
Bf6 26. Bh6) 23... Rxf4 {The position is equal.} 24. gxf4 Qg4+ {[%mdl 64] [#]
Double Attack} 25. Kh1 {Strongly threatening Qe3.} Qf3+ 26. Kg1 {aiming for
Qe3.} Qg4+ 27. Kh1 {Hoping for Qe3.} Qf3+ 28. Kg1 Qg4+ 29. Kh1 {[#] Threatens
to win with Qe3.} Qf3+ 30. Kg1 {And now Qe3 would win.} Qg4+ 31. Kh1 {An
uneventful encounter.  Weighted Error Value: White=0.06/Black=0.03} 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.16"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D55"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Azerbaijan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AZE"]

{[%evp 14,61,16,19,7,16,17,12,18,21,18,1,6,-1,-1,-6,-6,-6,11,2,22,24,25,28,24,
19,31,34,33,14,23,13,27,0,4,0,0,0,0,0,0,-5,0,0,12,12,12,10,12,12]} 1. d4 Nf6 2.
c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. e3 O-O 8. Rc1 dxc4 {
D55: Queen's Gambit Declined: 4 Bg5 Be7: Lines without ...h6 and 6...h6 7 Bxf6.
} 9. Bxc4 Nd7 10. Ne4 c5 11. Nxf6+ Qxf6 12. O-O Rd8 13. Bb5 cxd4 14. Qxd4 Qxd4
15. Nxd4 {[#]} Nf6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... e5 16. Nb3 Nf6 17. Rfd1 Be6 18.
Kf1 Rxd1+ 19. Rxd1 Rc8 20. Rc1 Rxc1+ 21. Nxc1 Kf8 {0-1 (49) Radjabov,T (2763)
-Nakamura,H (2736) chess24.com INT 2021}) 16. Be2 Bd7 17. f4 Nd5 18. Kf2 Rac8
19. Bf3 Nb4 20. Ke2 Nd5 21. g3 Kf8 22. a3 Ke7 23. e4 Nc7 {The position is
equal.} 24. Ke3 Nb5 {[#] Strongly threatening ...Nxd4.} 25. Nxb5 Bxb5 26. Be2
Bxe2 27. Kxe2 f5 28. Ke3 Kf6 29. e5+ Ke7 30. h4 h5 31. Rfe1 {Weighted Error
Value: White=0.05/Black=0.04} 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.16"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Black "Alekseenko, Kirill"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Azerbaijan"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

{[%evp 11,103,0,0,-23,0,-6,0,0,0,-7,7,27,16,13,53,51,58,16,49,0,7,4,12,18,0,0,
0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,5,2,5,4,15,0,0,0,16,16,44,24,33,33,47,48,48,48,48,49,
49,49,49,49,49,45,76,76,76,76,76,76,76,76,76,0,0,0,76,76,76,76,76,76,76,76,76,
76,76,76,76,76,76,8,12,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4
6. cxd4 Bb4+ 7. Nbd2 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5
d3.} Nxe4 8. d5 Ne7 9. O-O Bxd2 10. Nxd2 Nf6 11. Nf3 {[#]} O-O $146 ({
Predecessor:} 11... h6 12. b4 O-O 13. Bb2 Nf5 14. Qc2 Nd6 15. Bb3 b6 16. Rfe1
Bb7 17. Qd3 Re8 18. Rxe8+ Ndxe8 {1/2-1/2 (39) Nataf,I (2534)-Degraeve,J (2555)
Montpellier 2015}) 12. Bg5 d6 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Nd4 f5 15. Nf3 {[%mdl 1024]
White has compensation.} Ng6 16. Qd4 Re8 17. Rfe1 Bd7 18. Bd3 (18. Rxe8+ {
is more complex.} Qxe8 19. Rc1 Qe7 20. Bd3 c5 21. dxc6 Bxc6 22. Re1) 18...
Rxe1+ 19. Rxe1 c5 20. dxc6 $1 Bxc6 21. Bxf5 Bxf3 22. Bxg6 hxg6 ({Much worse is
} 22... Qg5 $6 {[#]} 23. Bxh7+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kxh7 24. Qd3+ Kg7 25. Qxf3 $16)
23. gxf3 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} Qg5+ 24. Kf1 Rc8 25. Qxd6 Qb5+ 26.
Kg2 Qxb2 27. Qd5 b6 28. Qd7 Rf8 (28... Rc5 {keeps more tension.} 29. Re8+ Kg7
30. Qe7 Rf5 31. Qh4 Rh5) 29. Qxa7 Kg7 30. Re4 Qf6 31. Qc7 Ra8 32. Rf4 Qg5+ 33.
Kh1 Rf8 34. Qc3+ Kg8 35. Rg4 Qc5 36. Qb3 {[#] Black must now prevent Rxg6+.}
Qc6 37. h4 Rd8 38. h5 Rd6 39. Kg2 Kg7 40. h6+ Kxh6 41. Qxf7 {White threatens
Rh4+ and mate.} Rf6 42. Rh4+ (42. Qb3 {is interesting.} Rf5 43. Qe3+ Kg7 44.
Rg3 Qd6 45. Qc3+) 42... Kg5 {( -> ...Qxf3+)} 43. Rg4+ Kh6 44. Qb3 Rf5 45. Qe3+
Kg7 46. a4 Qf6 47. Qd3 Kh7 48. Qd7+ Kh6 49. Rg3 Rh5 50. Qe8 Kg7 51. f4 ({
White should try} 51. Qe4 $16) 51... Qf5 52. Qe5+ {Weighted Error Value:
White=0.09/Black=0.05} 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.16"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Black "Guseinov, Gadir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Azerbaijan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AZE"]

{[%evp 21,61,20,30,18,32,1,22,22,22,0,20,22,14,16,49,57,52,14,16,16,13,13,10,5,
9,17,20,1,9,8,17,7,16,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 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 $1 {[%mdl 4] is now more promising than 12.a4. B52: Sicilian:
Moscow Variation with 3...Bd7.} Rab8 13. a4 {[#]} Qc7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 
13... Rfd8 14. Rfd1 e6 15. Qe2 Qe8 16. Rac1 d5 17. Nxc6 bxc6 18. e5 Nd7 19. f4
Bh6 {1/2-1/2 (52) Fecker,N (2309)-Stijve,T (2263) Flims 2021}) 14. b3 e6 15.
Rac1 Qa5 16. Rfd1 Rfd8 17. Qd2 d5 18. cxd5 exd5 19. exd5 Nxd5 {The position is
equal.} 20. Nxc6 bxc6 21. Nxd5 Qxd5 22. Qxd5 cxd5 23. Rd3 d4 24. Bf2 h5 25. Kf1
Rdc8 26. Rxc8+ Rxc8 27. Ke2 ({Don't blunder} 27. Bxd4 $2 Rd8 $19) 27... Rc2+
28. Rd2 Rc3 29. Rd3 Rc2+ $1 30. Rd2 Rc3 31. Rd3 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.
08/Black=0.07} 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.16"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Erdos, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Spain"]
[BlackTeam "Hungary"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "HUN"]

{[%evp 23,91,0,27,15,39,6,15,6,22,27,21,27,27,16,38,32,94,80,114,107,100,60,43,
67,156,16,14,21,23,25,13,26,24,18,18,21,17,15,22,2,7,9,15,9,105,116,194,167,
313,331,328,325,301,274,409,406,626,602,5920,1371,12840,12839,12838,5420,12841,
12841,29988,29989,29991,29992]} 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 Re8 10. d4 Bb7 11. Ng5 Rf8 12. Nf3 Re8
13. a3 {13.Bc2 is the modern continuation. C92: Closed Ruy Lopez: 9...Be6,
Karpov and Flohr-Zaitsev Variations.} h6 14. Ba2 $5 {[%mdl 4] Exploring less
charted territory.} Bf8 15. d5 {[#] The position is equal.} Nb8 $146 ({
Predecessor:} 15... Ne7 16. b3 c5 17. c4 bxc4 18. bxc4 Ng6 19. Bb3 Bc8 20. Ba4
Bd7 21. Nc3 Rb8 22. Bd2 Nh5 23. g3 Re7 {0-1 (49) Firouzja,A (2759)-Le,Q (2709)
chess24.com INT 2021}) 16. c4 c6 17. Nc3 {[%cal Bb1c3,Bc3d5,Bd5f6][%mdl 32]}
bxc4 18. dxc6 Bxc6 19. Bxc4 Qc7 (19... Nbd7 $14) 20. Nh4 $16 Bd7 {[#]} 21. Nd5
$1 {[%cal Rd5c7]} Qxc4 22. Nxf6+ gxf6 23. Qh5 f5 (23... Kh7 $1 $14) 24. Bxh6 (
24. exf5 $16 {Hoping for Re3.} Kh7 25. Rd1) 24... Bxh6 $11 (24... fxe4 $2 25.
Qg5+ Kh7 26. Bxf8 $18) 25. Qxh6 f4 {White should prevent ...Qe6.} ({Not} 25...
fxe4 $2 26. Re3 $18) 26. Nf5 Bxf5 27. exf5 {Intending f6 and mate.} f6 $1 28.
Qg6+ $40 {[%mdl 192] Double Attack. White attacks.} Kf8 {...Qf7 is the strong
threat.} 29. Qxf6+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Qf7 30. Qxd6+ Qe7 $1 {[%cal Re7d6]
} 31. Rad1 {aiming for Qh6+.} (31. Qh6+ {seems wilder.} Qg7 32. Qb6 Nd7 33. Qc6
Rec8 34. Qb7) 31... Qxd6 32. Rxd6 Ra7 33. g4 Rh7 (33... fxg3 $11 34. fxg3 a5)
34. Kg2 $16 {[%mdl 1024] White has strong compensation.} Nd7 {[#]} (34... Rhe7
$16 {was necessary.} 35. h4 e4 36. Rf6+ Kg8) 35. b4 $1 $18 (35. Rxa6 $6 Nc5 $14
) 35... Rc8 (35... Nb8 $142 36. Rf6+ Kg7 37. Rg6+ Kf8 38. Rf6+ Kg7 39. Rg6+ Kf8
) 36. Red1 (36. Rxa6 Rc3 $16) 36... Rc7 37. g5 ({Much less strong is} 37. Rxa6
$6 e4 $18) 37... e4 {[#] intending ...Ne5.} 38. g6 $1 {[%cal Rg6h7]} (38. Rxa6
Rh5 $11) 38... Rg7 (38... Re7 $142 39. f6 (39. Rxa6 Re5 $14) 39... Nxf6 {
[%mdl 64] Remove Defender}) 39. h4 Ne5 (39... Re7 $142 40. f6 Nxf6) 40. h5 Nd3
41. h6 {Threatens to win with Rd8+.} Rgd7 42. Rxd7 Rxd7 43. h7 (43. f6 $142 f3+
44. Kg3) 43... Kg7 44. f6+ Kh8 45. Rh1 f3+ 46. Kg3 {Weighted Error Value:
White=0.08/Black=0.58} 1-0

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.16"]
[Round "5.6"]
[White "Berkes, Ferenc"]
[Black "Anton Guijarro, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2669"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "150"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hungary"]
[BlackTeam "Spain"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "HUN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ESP"]

{[%evp 9,150,0,10,4,7,4,7,0,0,0,0,0,0,-10,0,0,0,0,0,0,4,0,17,0,0,0,0,-11,0,0,0,
-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,8,11,10,12,0,0,0,0,-8,0,-28,-28,-49,-22,-68,
-68,-68,-68,-77,-43,-43,-43,-69,0,-34,-34,-34,-12,-12,-12,-12,-12,-12,-12,-12,
-12,-12,-12,-12,-12,-12,-12,-12,-12,-12,-12,-12,-12,-12,-12,-12,-12,-12,-12,
-12,-12,-12,-12,-23,-12,-12,-12,-23,-12,-12,-12,-12,-12,-12,-12,-12,-12,-12,
-12,-22,-12,-12,-12,-23,-23,-52,-8,-19,-8,-8,-8,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 d5
2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 Bd6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nbd2 O-O 6. Bd3 {D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3
sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4.} Bxf4 7. exf4 b6 8. Qe2 c5
9. c3 a5 10. O-O Ba6 11. Rfe1 Bxd3 12. Qxd3 Nc6 13. f5 exf5 14. Qxf5 {[#]} cxd4
$146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Qd7 15. Qf4 Rfe8 16. dxc5 bxc5 17. Nb3 Ne4 18. Rad1
a4 19. Nc1 Rad8 20. c4 Nf6 21. Rxe8+ Qxe8 22. cxd5 {1/2-1/2 (67) Tang,A (2538)
-Bjerre,J (2553) Chess.com INT 2020}) 15. cxd4 Qc8 (15... Rc8 {is more complex.
} 16. a3 Ne7 17. Qd3 g6 18. Nf1 Nf5) 16. Qxc8 Rfxc8 17. a3 a4 18. Rac1 Na5 19.
Ne5 b5 20. Nd3 Rxc1 21. Rxc1 Ne4 22. Nb1 Nb3 {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} 23.
Rd1 f6 24. f3 Nd6 25. Nc3 Rd8 26. Kf2 Kf7 27. g4 g5 28. h4 gxh4 29. Rh1 h5 30.
Rxh4 hxg4 31. Rxg4 Rh8 32. Nxd5 Nf5 33. Nc5 Nbxd4 {Strongly threatening ...Rc8.
} 34. Ne4 Rh3 35. Nexf6 Rxf3+ 36. Ke1 Rb3 37. Rg2 Ke6 {aiming for ...Nd6.} 38.
Kd1 Rd3+ 39. Rd2 Rb3 ({Black should try} 39... Rf3 $1 $15 40. Ke1 Ke5) 40. Kc1
(40. Rg2 {looks sharper.}) 40... Rf3 41. Rd1 Nb3+ 42. Kb1 Nfd4 43. Re1+ Kd6 44.
Rd1 Rf5 45. Nc3 Rxf6 46. Ne4+ Ke5 47. Nxf6 Kxf6 48. Re1 Kf5 49. Re7 Kf4 50. Re8
Kf3 51. Re7 Nd2+ 52. Kc1 Ne4 53. Rh7 Ke3 54. Rh3+ Ke2 55. Rh2+ Kd3 56. Rh3+ Kc4
57. Rh4 Ng5 58. Rh5 Ngf3 (58... Ne2+ {is interesting.} 59. Kd1 Ne6 60. Rh3 N2f4
61. Rg3 Nd3) 59. Rh3 Kd3 60. Kd1 Ke4 61. Rh5 Ke3 62. Rc5 Kd3 63. Rc3+ Ke4 64.
Rc8 Kd5 65. Kc1 Ke5 66. Re8+ Kd6 67. Rd8+ Kc5 68. Rc8+ Nc6 69. Kc2 {The
position is equal.} Nfe5 70. b3 Nd7 71. bxa4 bxa4 72. Kd3 Nb6 73. Rc7 Nd5 74.
Rc8 Nb6 75. Rc7 Nd5 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.04/Black=0.04} 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.16"]
[Round "5.7"]
[White "Santos Latasa, Jaime"]
[Black "Gledura, Benjamin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2633"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Spain"]
[BlackTeam "Hungary"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "HUN"]

{[%evp 18,136,36,17,65,10,8,0,0,0,20,0,0,0,12,28,28,25,22,-125,-133,-133,-133,
-114,-122,-118,-112,-135,-118,-120,-86,-89,-81,-160,-169,-165,-160,-162,-52,
-48,-30,-51,-33,-41,-46,-42,-38,-72,0,-23,0,0,0,-26,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,
0,0,-31,-38,-86,-72,-123,-68,-93,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-12841,-12841,-12841,-12842,
-12842,-12843,-12843,-12841,-12841,-12837,-12841,-12835,-1970,0,-12840,0,
-12841,-12841,-12842,-12843,-12843,-12843,-12844,-12844,-12845,-12841,-12845,
-12846,-12847,-12846,-12848,-12848,-12849,0,-12850,-12850]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6
3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. c4 c6 9. Re1 Bf5 10.
Qb3 Qd7 {The modern move. C42: Petroff Defence: 3 Nxe5 and unusual White 3rd
moves.} 11. c5 ({Better is} 11. Nc3 $14) 11... Bc7 $11 12. Nbd2 {[%cal Rd2e4]}
Re8 {The position is equal.} 13. Nh4 Be6 14. Qc2 {[#]} f5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 
14... Na6 15. a3 f5 16. Nhf3 Qe7 17. b4 Nb8 18. Ne5 Nd7 19. Ndf3 Nxe5 20. Nxe5
a5 {0-1 (69) Satosuo,R (2015)-Freire,D (2043) ICCF email 2014}) 15. f3 Qd8 16.
g3 Nxg3 17. hxg3 Bxg3 {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} 18. Ng2 (18. Rxe6 $1 $11
Rxe6 19. Nxf5) 18... Bxe1 $17 19. Nxe1 Qh4 $1 $36 {[%cal Rh4e1][%mdl 2112]
Double Attack. Black is on the roll.} 20. Ng2 Qxd4+ 21. Kf1 Nd7 22. Nb3 Qf6 23.
Be3 Re7 24. Bd4 Qh6 25. Kf2 (25. Qf2 $142) 25... f4 26. Qc1 Rf8 {And now ...
Bf5 would win.} 27. Qh1 {White wants to play Qxh6.} Qxh1 (27... Bh3 $1 $19 {
Strongly threatening ...Ne5.} 28. Re1 Rxe1 29. Kxe1 Qh5) 28. Rxh1 $15 Bf5 29.
Nxf4 Ne5 (29... Bxd3 {keeps more tension.} 30. Nxd3 Rf5 31. Rg1 h6 32. Bc3 Nf6)
30. Bxf5 Rxf5 31. Bxe5 Rexe5 32. Ne2 g5 (32... g6 $17) 33. Rg1 (33. Nbd4 $5 {
[%cal Rd4f5]}) 33... Kh8 34. Nbd4 Rf6 35. b4 a6 36. a4 h5 37. b5 axb5 38. axb5
cxb5 39. Rb1 g4 40. Rxb5 Rf7 41. Rb6 Kh7 42. Rb1 h4 43. Rg1 Re4 44. Rh1 Kg6 45.
Rd1 ({White should try} 45. Rg1) 45... Kg5 ({Black should play} 45... h3 $17
46. f4 Rf8) 46. f4+ Rfxf4+ (46... Kh6 $17 47. Rb1 Rxd4 $1 {[%mdl 64] Decoy} 48.
Nxd4 Rxf4+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 49. Ke3 Re4+ 50. Kd3 h3) 47. Nxf4 $11
Rxf4+ $17 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KR} (47... Kxf4 {feels hotter.} 48. Kg2 Re5
49. c6 bxc6 50. Nxc6 Re2+) 48. Kg2 {Black must now prevent Ne6+.} Re4 (48...
Rf6 {is more complex.} 49. Ne2 Rf3 50. Rxd5+ Kf6 51. Rh5 h3+) 49. c6 bxc6 50.
Nxc6 h3+ 51. Kf1 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#] Black converts the advantage convincingly.
} (51. Kh1 $11) 51... Kh4 $1 $19 52. Nd4 g3 53. Kg1 Kg4 54. Kh1 Re3 55. Kg1 Kf4
56. Kf1 Ke5 57. Kg1 Kf4 (57... Ke4 $142 58. Nb5 Ke5) 58. Kf1 $1 Kg4 59. Kg1 Re5
60. Kf1 Re4 61. Kg1 h2+ 62. Kg2 Rf4 63. Ne6 Rf2+ 64. Kh1 Rf6 65. Re1 Rf5 66.
Kg2 Rf2+ 67. Kh1 g2+ 68. Kxh2 Rf1 {[%csl Gf1][%cal Rg2g1] Weighted Error Value:
White=0.28/Black=0.32} 0-1

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.16"]
[Round "5.8"]
[White "Kantor, Gergely"]
[Black "Santos Ruiz, Miguel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D39"]
[WhiteElo "2566"]
[BlackElo "2603"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hungary"]
[BlackTeam "Spain"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "HUN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ESP"]

{[%evp 15,64,22,23,16,38,16,18,27,24,10,20,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-17,0,-16,-14,-14,
-12,-21,-17,-29,-14,-33,-9,-12,-2,-33,-31,-23,-25,-70,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,
0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 Bb4 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6
8. Bxc4 c5 9. O-O {Threatens to win with Nb5. D39: Queen's Gambit Declined:
Ragozin Defence with 5 Bg5 dxc4.} cxd4 {[#]} 10. e5 $1 {10.e5 is better than
10.Nb5.} Qd8 11. Ne4 Nc6 12. Qe2 a6 13. Rfd1 b5 14. Bd3 Bb7 {[#]} 15. Rac1 $146
({Predecessor:} 15. Ng3 Qb6 16. Rac1 O-O-O 17. Be4 Kb8 18. a3 Be7 19. Ne1 d3
20. Rxd3 Nd4 21. Qd1 {1-0 (34) Lazavik,D (2438)-Potapova,M (2277) Lichess.org
INT 2021}) 15... Rc8 16. Ng3 Be7 17. Bb1 d3 18. Qe3 Nb4 19. Rxc8 Qxc8 20. a3
Nd5 21. Qxd3 Qc4 22. Qd2 O-O 23. Rc1 Qf4 24. Qc2 {[%csl Gb1][%cal Rc2h7]} (24.
Qe1 {is more complex.} h5 25. Ne2 Qh6 26. Be4 b4 27. a4) 24... g6 25. Ne2 Qa4
26. Qd2 b4 ({Better is} 26... Rd8 $1 $15 27. Bc2 {[#]} (27. Qxh6 Nf4 $17) 27...
Nf4 $1 28. Bxa4 (28. Qxf4 $2 Qxc2 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 29. Nfd4 Qxb2 $19)
28... Rxd2 29. Nxf4 Bxf3 30. Rc8+ Kg7 31. gxf3 bxa4) 27. Qxh6 {Bxg6! is the
strong threat.The position is equal.} Rc8 28. Rf1 bxa3 {Strongly threatening ..
.Bf8.} 29. bxa3 Bf8 (29... Qxa3 $2 30. Bxg6 fxg6 31. Qxg6+ Kh8 32. Qh6+ Kg8 33.
Qxe6+ Kf8 34. Qg6 $18) 30. Qg5 {Black should prevent Bxg6!} Be7 ({Of course not
} 30... Qxa3 $6 31. Bxg6 Qe7 32. Bh5+ Qxg5 33. Nxg5 $16) 31. Qh6 {Hoping for
Bxg6!} Bf8 ({Don't blunder} 31... Qxa3 $2 32. Bxg6 fxg6 33. Qxg6+ {[%mdl 64]
Double Attack} Kh8 34. Qh6+ Kg8 35. Qxe6+ Kf8 36. Qg6 $18) 32. Qg5 {With the
idea Bxg6!} Be7 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.06/Black=0.06} ({Don't play} 
32... Bxa3 33. Bxg6 Be7 34. Qh6 $14) 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.16"]
[Round "5.9"]
[White "Sargissian, Gabriel"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D19"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Armenia"]
[BlackTeam "France"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

{[%evp 23,110,12,25,5,1,3,1,13,8,11,14,0,29,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-4,-31,-47,-19,
-45,-40,-56,-29,-28,-23,-117,-104,-155,-154,-206,-116,-170,-169,-152,-104,-111,
-105,-99,-96,-142,-144,-197,-189,-184,-202,-181,-168,-200,-155,-152,-123,-214,
-219,-200,-191,-345,-337,-418,-418,-732,-479,-477,-469,-465,-465,-495,-460,
-642,-646,-646,-640,-625,-600,-538,-521,-499,-480,-480,-473,-391,-381]} 1. d4
d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. O-O O-O 9.
Qe2 Bg6 10. Ne5 Nbd7 11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. Rd1 Qc7 $1 {[%mdl 4] is recently more
successful than 12...Qa5.} 13. e4 {D19: Slav Defence: 5 a4 Bf5 6 e3: Main line
with 9 Qe2.} e5 14. d5 Bxc3 $5 {[%mdl 4] A promising side line.} 15. d6 {
The position is equal.} Qa5 {...Bd4 is the strong threat.} 16. bxc3 b5 17. Ba2
bxa4 {[#]} 18. Ba3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 18. Bg5 Nc5 19. f3 Rab8 20. Qc4 Nb3 21.
Bxb3 Qb6+ 22. Kf1 axb3 23. Ra6 Qb7 24. Rxc6 {1/2-1/2 (54) Lekic,D (2433)
-Anurag,M (2405) Anogia 2014}) 18... Qxc3 19. f3 Rab8 20. Rdc1 Qd4+ 21. Kh1 c5
22. Rd1 Qc3 23. Rdc1 Qa5 24. Rd1 Qb5 25. Bc4 Qc6 26. Rac1 Rb6 27. Qf2 Qc8 28.
Qg3 (28. h3 $11) 28... Qb8 $17 29. Ba2 ({White should try} 29. Qf2) 29... Rxd6
30. Qxg6 (30. Qe1 $17 {was necessary.}) 30... Rxd1+ 31. Rxd1 Qb5 32. Qg5 Qe2 {
[%cal Re2d1]} 33. Qd2 Qxd2 34. Rxd2 Rc8 $1 35. Kg1 c4 36. Rc2 (36. Rb2 $17)
36... Nb6 $19 37. Kf2 Nfd7 38. Ke3 Nc5 39. Bb2 Nd3 {aiming for ...Nb4.} 40. Bc3
a3 41. Bd2 (41. Bxc4 $17 Nf4 42. Bb3) 41... Rc5 42. Ke2 Nf4+ 43. Kf1 $2 (43.
Kd1 {was called for.}) 43... Rb5 $1 44. Bc1 {[#]} Rb3 45. Rxc4 (45. Rd2 $142
Kh7 46. Rc2 (46. Bxb3 $2 cxb3 47. Bxa3 Nc4 $19 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack}))
45... Nxc4 46. Bxb3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame [#] KBB-KNN} Nd3 $1 47. Bg5 {[#]} Na5
{[%cal Ra5b3]} 48. Ba2 Nb4 49. Bd2 Nxa2 50. Bxa5 {KB-KN} Nc1 51. Bc3 {
intending Ke1.} a2 52. Bxe5 Nb3 53. Ke2 a1=Q 54. Bxa1 Nxa1 55. Kd3 {With the
idea Kc3.} Nb3 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.30/Black=0.11} 0-1

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.16"]
[Round "5.10"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Martirosyan, Haik M."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "France"]
[BlackTeam "Armenia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ARM"]

{[%evp 18,53,3,8,25,4,11,10,19,12,33,4,19,15,14,14,14,15,15,12,12,7,11,0,0,0,
24,21,22,7,15,0,0,0,6,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4
Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. h3 Ke8 {9...Bd7 might become the
main line.} 10. Nc3 {[%cal Bb1c3,Bc3e2,Be2d4][%mdl 32]} h5 {C67: Ruy Lopez:
Berlin Defence: 4 0-0 Nxe4.} 11. Bf4 Be7 12. Rad1 Nh4 13. Nd4 Nf5 14. Nce2 (14.
Nde2 {looks sharper.} b6 15. Rfe1 Be6 16. b3 Rd8 17. Ne4) 14... Nxd4 15. Nxd4
g5 16. Bh2 Rh6 17. f4 gxf4 18. Bxf4 Rg6 {next ...Bxh3 is good for Black.} 19.
Kh2 Bd7 20. Be3 {[#]} Rd8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 20... a5 21. Rd2 a4 22. c4 Rd8
23. Rdf2 Be6 24. Rc2 c5 25. Nxe6 fxe6 26. Rf3 Rd1 {1/2-1/2 (34) Vriens,H (2084)
-Peetoom,F (2011) ICCF email 2018}) 21. Nf5 Bg5 22. Bxg5 ({Of course not} 22.
Bxa7 b6 $17) 22... Rxg5 {The position is equal.} 23. Nh6 {[%cal Rh6f7]} Rg7 24.
Nf5 Rg5 25. Nh6 {[%cal Rh6f7]} Rg7 26. Nf5 Rg5 27. Nh6 $1 {[%cal Rh6f7] An
uneventful encounter.  Weighted Error Value: White=0.05/Black=0.03} 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.16"]
[Round "5.11"]
[White "Hovhannisyan, Robert"]
[Black "Lagarde, Maxime"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B69"]
[WhiteElo "2622"]
[BlackElo "2647"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "173"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Armenia"]
[BlackTeam "France"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

{[%evp 25,173,46,48,18,24,20,42,33,44,44,48,30,67,16,22,19,28,0,22,31,61,43,58,
58,58,58,58,58,102,90,114,114,102,114,114,123,120,69,266,83,252,83,83,83,83,83,
83,83,83,82,82,39,82,39,82,58,58,39,82,82,82,82,82,82,82,82,82,82,82,82,82,82,
82,82,82,82,82,82,82,82,82,82,648,613,604,82,82,82,82,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,0,8,0,0,
0,0,0,0,0,8,8,8,8,8,8,12623,12385,576,2375,12833,523,12841,12830,12843,12846,
12842,12850,29937,82,29952,29953,29949,12850,29949,29955,12837,12231,5285,5181,
29958,29958,29972,29973,29973,29972,29972,29971,29973,29975,29975,29976,29976,
29976]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2
a6 8. O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 Be7 10. Nf3 b5 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. f5 Qb6 13. Kb1 O-O-O 14.
a3 $5 {[%mdl 4] Leaves trodden paths. B69: Sicilian: Richter-Rauzer: 7...a6 8
0-0-0 Bd7 9 f4 Be7 10 Nf3 b5 11 Bxf6.} Kb8 {[#]} 15. Nd4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 
15. g3 Bc8 16. Bh3 Rhe8 17. Rhf1 Bf8 18. Qf4 Na5 19. fxe6 fxe6 20. Qxf6 Qc7 21.
Qg5 Nc4 {1/2-1/2 (49) Barrientos Chavarriaga,S (2477)-Delgado Ramirez,N (2575)
Bogota 2010}) 15... d5 16. exd5 {White is slightly better.} Nxd4 17. Qxd4 Qxd4
18. Rxd4 exd5 19. Rxd5 (19. a4 $14) 19... Bc6 $11 20. Rxd8+ Bxd8 21. Bd3 Re8
22. Rd1 Bb6 23. Be2 Bxg2 24. Rd6 $1 {[%cal Rd6b6]} Kc7 25. Rxf6 Bd4 $1 {
[%cal Rd4f6]} 26. Rxf7+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kc6 {Hoping for ...Bxc3.} 27.
f6 $1 Bxc3 28. Re7 {[%cal Re7e8]} Rxe7 29. fxe7 Kd7 {aiming for ...Be5.} 30.
bxc3 Kxe7 $16 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KB-KB} 31. c4 (31. a4 $16) 31... Bc6 $2 (
31... bxc4 $1 $14 32. Bxc4 a5) 32. Kc1 $2 (32. cxb5 $18 axb5 33. Kb2) 32... Kd6
(32... bxc4 $16 {was worth a try.} 33. Bxc4 a5) 33. Kd2 $2 (33. cxb5 $18 {
has better winning chances.} axb5 34. Kd2) 33... bxc4 34. Bxc4 a5 35. Ke3 Ke5
36. Be2 h6 37. h4 Be8 38. Bd3 Bd7 39. Bf1 Be8 40. Ba6 Kd5 41. Bd3 Ke5 42. Bc4
Bg6 43. c3 Be8 44. Bg8 Bb5 45. Bf7 Bc6 46. Kd3 Bb5+ 47. c4 Bc6 48. Bg6 Bd7 49.
Be4 Be6 50. Bb7 Bf7 51. Bf3 Be6 52. c5 Bc8 53. Ke3 Bf5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (53...
Be6 $16 54. Bb7 Bh3) 54. Bb7 $1 $18 {[%cal Rb7f3]} Be6 55. Kd3 (55. Kf3 $1 $18
{and the rest is easy.} Bf5 56. Ke3) 55... Bd5 $16 56. Ba6 Bg2 {White must now
prevent ...Bf1+.} 57. Bc4 (57. Kc3 $1 $16) 57... Bc6 $11 58. Bf7 {With the
idea Kc4.} Bb5+ 59. Ke3 Bc6 60. Bc4 Be8 61. Kd3 Bc6 62. Kc3 Ke4 63. Bf7 Bb5 $1
64. Be6 Ke5 $1 {[%cal Re5e6]} 65. Bc4 (65. Bg8 {looks sharper.} Ke4 66. Be6)
65... Bc6 66. Kd3 Be4+ 67. Ke3 Bc6 $1 68. Bf7 Kf6 $2 {[%mdl 8192] Black is on
the road to losing.} (68... Bb5 $11) 69. Bh5 $1 $18 {[%cal Rh5f3]} Ke5 70. Bf3
Be8 71. Ba8 (71. Bb7 $142 Bg6 72. Bf3) 71... Ba4 72. Bb7 Bb3 73. Kf3 $1 {
[%cal Rf3g4]} Be6 74. Kg3 $1 {[%cal Rg3f3]} Bf5 75. Bf3 $2 (75. Bg2 {mates} Bc8
76. Bf3 Bf5 77. Bg2 Bg6 78. Kg4 Ke6 79. Kf4 Bc2 80. Bf3) 75... Be6 $2 {[%mdl
8192]} (75... Bc8 $16 76. c6 Kd6) 76. Bg4 $1 Bb3 77. Bd7 Bf7 78. Kg4 Bg6 {[#]}
79. c6 $1 {[%cal Rc6c7]} Kd6 80. Bf5 Be8 {[#]} 81. Be4 $1 {White mates.} h5+
82. Kg5 Kc7 83. Bg2 Kd6 84. Bf3 Kc7 85. Bxh5 Bxc6 86. Bg6 Kd6 87. Kf6 {
Weighted Error Value: White=0.28/Black=0.34} 1-0

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.16"]
[Round "5.12"]
[White "Moussard, Jules"]
[Black "Ter-Sahakyan, Samvel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "France"]
[BlackTeam "Armenia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ARM"]

{[%evp 13,54,23,21,0,14,9,32,35,45,43,50,47,27,30,46,46,62,54,69,83,57,0,63,0,
0,-26,-22,-59,-56,-59,-59,-59,-65,-65,-58,-64,-31,-72,-74,-619,-605,-593,-581]
} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8.
h3 {B90: Sicilian Najdorf: Unusual White 6th moves, 6 Be3 Ng4 and 6 Be3 e5.} h6
9. Qd2 Be6 10. O-O-O {White is slightly better.} Nbd7 11. g4 Rc8 12. Kb1 b5 13.
f4 exf4 14. Bxf4 Ne5 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. exd5 Bd7 {[#]} 17. Bd3 $146 (17. Bxe5 $14
dxe5 18. Qe3) ({Predecessor:} 17. Qg2 Bf6 18. Nd4 O-O 19. Bc1 Re8 20. Bd3 Nc4
21. Nf5 Bxf5 22. Bxf5 Rc7 23. Rhe1 {0-1 (29) Seyb,A (2412)-Safarli,E (2628)
Doha 2014}) 17... Bf6 ({Black should try} 17... Nxd3 $11 18. Qxd3 O-O) 18. Nd4
(18. Qb4 $14 Qb6 19. Qe4) 18... O-O $11 19. Rhf1 Re8 20. Nf3 Nxd3 21. Qxd3 b4 {
[#] Threatens to win with ...Bb5.} 22. Nd4 Rc5 23. Qf3 Bxd4 24. Rxd4 Bb5 25.
Rc1 Qf6 26. Re4 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} ({But not} 26. Rxb4 $2 g5 $19) (26. Qd1 $17)
26... Rxe4 $19 27. Qxe4 Rc4 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.41/Black=0.09} 0-1

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.16"]
[Round "5.13"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Indjic, Aleksandar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Netherlands"]
[BlackTeam "Serbia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NED"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SRB"]

{[%evp 19,103,11,11,10,16,19,13,9,9,19,16,5,23,8,9,0,41,40,43,20,72,33,69,76,
77,75,85,81,87,87,100,89,135,112,112,119,131,127,122,123,133,130,125,105,104,
100,102,99,100,104,110,101,117,117,105,91,89,72,72,69,69,69,95,95,125,62,62,56,
40,47,54,8,16,7,70,23,23,23,23,7,7,7,8,8,8,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4.
Nc3 Nbd7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Qc2 c6 7. Bg5 Be7 8. e3 Nh5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. O-O-O Nb6
11. Bd3 $1 {[%mdl 4] now scores much better than the old 11.h3. D36: Queen's
Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation: Main line (5 Bg5 c6 6 Qc2).} Bg4 12. Kb1 (
{Much weaker is} 12. Bxh7 g6 $17) 12... g6 13. Rc1 Bxf3 14. gxf3 Qh4 {[#]} 15.
Rcg1 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8] New and interesting.} ({Predecessor:} 15. f4 O-O 16. f5
Kh8 17. Rhg1 Rg8 18. Qe2 Nf6 19. Qf3 Rae8 20. Ka1 Nc8 21. Rg3 {1/2-1/2 (31)
Fressinet,L (2633)-Kuzubov,Y (2652) Hungary 2019}) 15... Ng7 16. Rg4 Qe7 17. f4
f5 18. Rg2 Qh4 19. Ne2 {[%cal Bc3e2,Be2g1,Bg1f3][%mdl 32]} Nd7 (19... O-O-O $11
{keeps the balance.}) 20. Ng1 O-O-O 21. Rg5 Ne6 22. Nf3 Qh6 23. Rgg1 Qf8 24. h4
Kb8 25. h5 Qf6 26. b4 Rc8 27. a3 Ng7 28. Ne5 Nxe5 29. fxe5 Qf7 30. hxg6 hxg6
31. f4 {Black must now prevent Rxh8.} Ne6 32. Qg2 {aiming for Rxh8.} Rxh1 33.
Rxh1 a6 34. Rh6 Rg8 35. Qh2 Ka7 36. Kb2 Rg7 37. Bc2 Nf8 38. Qh4 Qe7 39. Qxe7 (
39. Qe1 {looks sharper.} Rh7 40. Rxh7 Nxh7 41. Bd3 Nf8 42. Kb3) 39... Rxe7 $16
{[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 40. Rh8 Rf7 41. Rg8 Kb6 42. a4 ({White should
play} 42. Kb3 $16) 42... Kc7 $14 43. b5 {[#] Threatens to win with bxa6.} a5
44. Bd3 Kd7 $1 45. Rh8 Ke8 46. Rh2 {With the idea Rc2.} Rc7 (46... Rh7 $11 47.
Rc2 Kd7) 47. bxc6 bxc6 48. Kc3 Rb7 49. Rb2 Rxb2 {The position is equal.} 50.
Kxb2 Ne6 51. Kc3 Kd7 52. Kd2 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.10/Black=0.10}
1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.16"]
[Round "5.14"]
[White "Ivic, Velimir"]
[Black "Van Foreest, Lucas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B28"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2532"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Serbia"]
[BlackTeam "Netherlands"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SRB"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NED"]

{[%evp 17,111,17,25,25,26,21,22,20,31,20,24,16,18,18,18,16,17,23,15,12,26,20,
15,0,0,0,1,5,20,0,0,-7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,37,30,31,0,0,0,627,-8,0,-23,7,-56,0,-59,
-63,-66,-66,-66,-66,-70,-66,-90,-115,-216,-16,-24,0,0,0,-46,0,0,0,-41,-45,-49,
-50,-50,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-33,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 a6 3. c4 Nc6 4.
d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Nc3 e5 7. Nf5 d5 8. cxd5 Bxf5 9. exf5 Nd4 10. Bd3 {
B28: Sicilian: 2 Nf3 a6 (O'Kelly Variation).} Be7 11. O-O O-O $1 12. Re1 Nxd5
13. Nxd5 Qxd5 14. Qg4 {With the idea Bh6!} Bf6 {[#]} 15. h4 $146 ({Predecessor:
} 15. Bh6 Kh8 16. Bxg7+ Bxg7 17. f6 Bh6 18. Be4 Qe6 19. Qh4 Nf5 20. Bxf5 Qxf5
21. Qxh6 Rg8 22. f3 Rg6 23. Qe3 Qh3 24. Qf2 Rag8 25. g4 h5 26. Kh1 {1/2-1/2 
(26) Molina Mendoza,O (2177)-Hernandez Morales,D (1761) Mexico City 2021})
15... Rac8 16. Be4 Qd7 17. Bh6 Kh8 18. Bg5 Qe7 19. Rad1 h6 20. Bxf6 Qxf6 21.
Qh5 Rcd8 22. Rd3 Kh7 23. Kh1 Rd6 24. Qg4 Kh8 25. Rc1 Rfd8 26. g3 Nb5 27. Rxd6
Nxd6 28. Kg2 Rd7 29. Rc5 Qe7 30. f6 gxf6 31. Bb1 Qe6 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (
31... Rd8 $11) 32. Qe2 $2 ({White must play} 32. Bf5 $1 $18 {[%cal Rf5e6][%mdl
512]} Qxf5 {[#]} 33. Rc8+ $3 {[%mdl 576] Deflection} Nxc8 34. Qxf5) 32... Kg7 (
32... e4 {with more complications.} 33. Bc2 f5 34. Qe3 Kg7 35. a4 Re7) 33. a4
b6 34. Rc1 (34. Rc6 $11) 34... b5 (34... f5 $15) 35. Rd1 (35. axb5 $11 Nxb5 36.
Qc2) 35... Nc4 $15 ({Much weaker is} 35... bxa4 $6 36. Qxa6 f5 37. Bc2 $14) 36.
axb5 {Hoping for Rxd7.} Rxd1 37. Qxd1 axb5 38. b3 Nd6 39. Qc2 e4 40. b4 (40.
Qc3 $17 {is a better defense.}) 40... Qe5 $2 (40... Qg4 $19 41. Kh2 Qf3) 41.
Qc5 $11 Kf8 42. Qe3 Kg7 43. Qc5 Qb2 {Strongly threatening ...e3.} 44. Qxd6 Qxb1
{[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQ-KQ} 45. Qc5 Qd3 46. Qh5 Qd7 47. Qc5 Qe8 48. Qf5 Qc6 {
...e3+ is the strong threat.} 49. Kh2 Qc2 50. Qg4+ Kf8 {And now ...e3 would
win.} 51. Qf4 Ke7 52. h5 Qc4 53. Qxh6 {The position is equal.} Qe2 54. Kg1 Qd1+
55. Kh2 Qe2 56. Kg1 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.29/Black=0.30} 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.16"]
[Round "5.15"]
[White "Van Foreest, Jorden"]
[Black "Ivanisevic, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2701"]
[BlackElo "2604"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Netherlands"]
[BlackTeam "Serbia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NED"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SRB"]

{[%evp 11,83,5,13,10,28,23,32,14,17,8,47,14,12,20,18,34,45,48,37,35,53,33,37,
19,0,4,29,12,54,10,52,13,54,54,64,50,143,138,139,138,136,124,488,498,493,470,
495,495,657,657,650,652,643,642,610,587,697,674,1168,1035,830,585,577,552,555,
538,608,525,501,506,29963,29964,29962,29964]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4.
d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Nc3 d6 7. a4 {7.a3 is setting a new trend. C55: Two
Knights: 4 d3, 4 d4 exd4 5 e5 and Max Lange Attack.} a5 8. Re1 {[#]} Nb4 $146 (
{Predecessor:} 8... h6 9. h3 Re8 10. Be3 Bf8 11. d4 exd4 12. Nxd4 Ne5 13. Bb3
c6 14. f4 Ng6 15. Qd3 {1/2-1/2 (61) Grischuk,A (2773)-Le Goff,R (2288) Chess.
com INT 2021}) 9. Ne2 {White is slightly better.} Bg4 10. Ng3 c6 11. c3 d5 12.
exd5 Bxf3 13. gxf3 cxd5 14. Bb5 Nc6 15. f4 $1 {[%cal Rf4e5]} exf4 16. Bxf4 Bd6
17. Qf3 (17. Bd2 {keeps more tension.} Bc7 18. d4 Qd6 19. Qf3 Rae8 20. Bd3)
17... Bxf4 18. Qxf4 Ne7 19. Qd4 Ng6 20. Re3 Qc7 21. Rae1 Rad8 22. Nf5 Kh8 23.
Kh1 Qc8 {[#]} (23... b6 $14) 24. Rf3 $1 $16 {Black must now prevent Nxg7!} Nh5
25. Qg4 Nf6 26. Qg5 h6 $2 {[%mdl 8192] This move loses the game for Black.} (
26... Ne8 $16) 27. Nxh6 $1 $18 {Hoping for Rxf6.} Nh7 28. Qh5 gxh6 29. Qxh6
Rde8 30. Bxe8 ({Weaker is} 30. Rxe8 Rxe8 31. Bxe8 (31. Rxf7 $2 {gets mated.}
Re1+ 32. Kg2 Qg4#) 31... Qxe8 $16) 30... Rxe8 31. Rg1 Re7 32. Rh3 {[%csl Gh3]
[%cal Rh6h7]} Qg8 33. f4 d4 34. f5 Re2 35. fxg6 fxg6 36. Qf4 Qd5+ 37. Qf3 Qxf3+
38. Rxf3 Rxb2 39. Rxg6 dxc3 40. Rfg3 {[%csl Gg3][%cal Rg6g8]} Nf8 (40... Rb1+
$18 41. Kg2 Nf8 42. Rg8+ Kh7 43. R3g7+ (43. Rxf8 c2 $16) 43... Kh6) 41. Rg8+ {
[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} Kh7 42. Rxf8 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.16/
Black=0.58} 1-0

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.16"]
[Round "5.16"]
[White "Markus, Robert"]
[Black "Warmerdam, Max"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A08"]
[WhiteElo "2609"]
[BlackElo "2608"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Serbia"]
[BlackTeam "Netherlands"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SRB"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NED"]

{[%evp 18,48,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-44,0,2,12,-4,12,-17,-7,-33,-22,-40,-24,-35,-39,
-101,-39,-116,-87,-146,0,-123,0,-160,0]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 g6 4. O-O
Bg7 5. d3 d5 6. Nbd2 Nc6 7. e4 O-O 8. Re1 e5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nc4 {[%cal Rf3e5]
} f6 {A08: King's Indian Attack.} 11. Nfd2 Be6 12. Ne4 Qe7 {[#] The position
is equal.} 13. c3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. f4 exf4 14. gxf4 Rad8 15. Qf3 Nd4
16. Qf2 Nb4 17. Na3 h6 18. Be3 f5 19. Ng3 {0-1 (37) Venkatesh,M (2464)
-Sethuraman,S (2651) Thiruvarur 2015}) 13... Rfd8 14. Qe2 Bf7 15. a4 h6 16. g4
Rd7 17. a5 Rad8 18. Ng3 Qf8 19. Be4 Nce7 20. Ra4 (20. h4 $15) 20... Kh8 ({
Better is} 20... Nf4 $17 21. Bxf4 exf4) 21. Bg2 (21. Qf3 $15) 21... Nc6 22. Be4
(22. Qe4 $142) 22... Nce7 23. Bg2 $1 Nc6 24. Be4 $1 {[#]} Nce7 $2 {Weighted
Error Value: White=0.13/Black=0.29} (24... Nf4 $1 $17 {[%cal Rf4e2]} 25. Bxf4
exf4 26. Bxc6 bxc6) 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.16"]
[Round "5.17"]
[White "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Black "Korobov, Anton"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2582"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Georgia"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GEO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

{[%evp 9,115,23,25,17,35,15,8,0,25,-5,16,20,23,18,30,0,0,3,14,18,15,6,12,15,23,
23,58,73,77,79,81,74,112,106,172,160,140,58,29,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,51,51,43,32,
50,21,50,42,60,63,65,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,256,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,
0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-10,-8,-8,-10,-10,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+
Nd7 4. c3 Ngf6 5. Bd3 b6 6. O-O {B51: Sicilian: Moscow Variation (3 Bb5+)
without 3...Bd7.} Bb7 7. Qe2 Qc7 8. Bc2 Rc8 9. d3 e6 {[#]} 10. a4 $146 ({
Predecessor:} 10. Bg5 Be7 11. Nbd2 h6 12. Bh4 O-O 13. Rac1 Ne5 14. d4 Ng6 15.
Bg3 Nh5 16. Qe3 cxd4 17. Nxd4 {1/2-1/2 (64) Efimenko,Z (2602)-Korobov,A (2688)
Chess.com INT 2020}) 10... Be7 11. Na3 a6 12. d4 cxd4 13. cxd4 d5 14. e5 Bxa3
15. Bd3 Be7 {White must now prevent ...Ne4.} 16. exf6 Nxf6 17. Ne5 Qd6 18. Bxa6
Bxa6 19. Qxa6 O-O 20. Qb5 Ra8 {[#]} 21. Bf4 $1 Ra5 {[#]} (21... Rfc8 $16 {
was necessary.}) 22. Qe2 $1 $18 Rfa8 23. Rfc1 (23. g3 $16) 23... b5 $1 $14 24.
Nxf7 Qxf4 25. Qxe6 Ne4 26. Ne5+ Kh8 27. Rc2 Qf6 28. Qxd5 Nd6 (28... Ng5 $11)
29. b4 {[%mdl 1024] White has compensation.} R5a6 30. a5 h6 31. Re1 Kh7 32. g3
Qf5 33. Rc3 Bg5 {Threatening ...Bd2.} 34. Kg2 (34. Qa2 $14 Bf6 35. Rc5) 34...
Bd2 $11 ({Of course not} 34... Rf8 $6 35. Rf3 $16) 35. Rf3 Qc2 $36 {[%mdl 2048]
Black has some pressure.} 36. Re2 {Threatens to win with Rd3.} Qd1 37. Re4 Nxe4
38. Qxe4+ Kh8 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (38... Kg8 $1 $11 {and Black has nothing to
worry.}) 39. d5 $2 (39. Ng6+ $18 Kg8 40. Qd5+ Kh7 41. Nf8+ Rxf8 42. Rxf8 Bxb4
43. Qf5+ Rg6 44. h4) 39... Bxb4 {The position is equal.} 40. d6 Bxd6 41. Nf7+
Kg8 {Hoping for ...Bc5.} 42. Nxh6+ gxh6 43. Qg6+ Kh8 44. Qxh6+ Kg8 45. Qe6+ Kh8
46. Qh6+ Kg8 47. Qg6+ Kh8 {Strongly threatening ...Bf4!} 48. Rf5 {Threatening
mate with Qh6+.} Bf8 ({Not} 48... Rxa5 49. Qh6+ Kg8 50. Rg5+ Kf7 51. Rg7+ Ke8
52. Qe6+ Kf8 53. Rg8#) 49. Rh5+ Qxh5 $1 50. Qxh5+ Kg8 51. Qxb5 (51. Qd5+ {
keeps more tension.} Kh8 52. Qe5+ Bg7 53. Qh5+ Kg8 54. Qd5+) 51... Rxa5 52.
Qc4+ Kh8 53. h4 Bg7 54. f4 Ra3 55. Qc5 Rd3 56. Kh3 Raa3 57. Qh5+ Kg8 58. Qe8+ {
Weighted Error Value: White=0.14/Black=0.15} 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.16"]
[Round "5.18"]
[White "Volokitin, Andrei"]
[Black "Sanikidze, Tornike"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2458"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Georgia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GEO"]

{[%evp 26,69,21,33,26,46,44,25,90,47,170,154,196,183,304,304,299,292,308,300,
516,511,522,514,715,738,707,813,795,779,778,777,1644,1652,1235,1653,1404,1506,
1653,1679,1647,1462,1880,1756,29976,29977]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5
c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 Qc7 8. Qxg7 Rg8 9. Qxh7 cxd4 10. Ne2 Nbc6 11.
f4 dxc3 12. Nxc3 a6 13. Qd3 Bd7 14. Ne2 Na5 {C18: French: 3 Nc3 Bb4: Main line:
7 h4 and 7 Qg4.} 15. Nd4 Nec6 {Threatening ...Nxd4.} 16. Nf3 O-O-O (16... Ne7
$11 {remains equal.}) 17. Rb1 {[#]} f6 $146 (17... Na7 $14) ({Predecessor:} 
17... Ne7 18. Ng5 Rdf8 19. Nh7 Rd8 20. Nf6 Rg6 21. h4 Bb5 22. Rxb5 axb5 {
0-1 (75) Kovar,V (2252)-Pilar,M (2259) Czech Republic 2009}) 18. exf6 $18 e5 {
...e4 is the strong threat.} 19. Qxd5 Bg4 {[#]} (19... exf4 $142 20. f7 Rgf8)
20. Qc5 $1 ({Not} 20. f7 Rgf8 $16) 20... Bxf3 21. gxf3 Qh7 {White should
prevent ...Qh4+.} 22. h4 Qg6 $2 (22... e4 {is a better defense.} 23. f7 Qxf7)
23. fxe5 ({Weaker is} 23. Bh3+ Kb8 $16) 23... Qg3+ 24. Ke2 Rge8 25. f4 ({
Don't blunder} 25. Bh3+ $2 Kb8 $19) 25... Kb8 26. Be3 Qg4+ 27. Kf2 Rg8 28. Rh3
Rd4 29. f7 Rxf4+ 30. Bxf4 Qxf4+ 31. Rf3 Qxh4+ 32. Ke3 Qh6+ 33. Ke2 Rf8 34. Bh3
Qg7 35. Rg1 {Black got outplayed after the opening.  Weighted Error Value:
White=0.04/Black=0.63} 1-0

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.16"]
[Round "5.19"]
[White "Paichadze, Luka"]
[Black "Kuzubov, Yuriy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C28"]
[WhiteElo "2551"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Georgia"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GEO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

{[%evp 9,50,-7,-7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,19,-15,-6,-17,-17,-17,-15,-17,-14,-12,0,0,0,0,
-2,-5,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,2]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3
Na5 5. a3 Nxc4 {The position is equal.} 6. dxc4 {C28: Vienna Game: 2...Nf6 3
Bc4 Nc6.} d6 7. Nge2 Be6 8. Qd3 {[#]} Nd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... c6 9. b3
Be7 10. Bg5 Qb6 11. O-O Rd8 12. Ng3 Qd4 13. h3 Qxd3 14. cxd3 O-O {1-0 (29)
Dgebuadze,A (2524)-Geenen,M (2258) Charleroi 2017}) 9. b3 Be7 10. Ng3 g6 11.
Bh6 Bg5 12. Bxg5 Qxg5 13. h4 Qe7 14. h5 Nc5 15. Qd2 O-O-O 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. cxd5
Rdf8 18. O-O-O Rhg8 19. hxg6 hxg6 20. Rh7 Nd7 21. Rdh1 Nf6 22. R7h4 Nd7 23. Rh7
Nf6 24. R7h4 Nd7 25. Rh7 Nf6 {An uneventful encounter.  Weighted Error Value:
White=0.02/Black=0.02} 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.16"]
[Round "5.20"]
[White "Shevchenko, Kirill"]
[Black "Pantsulaia, Levan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A67"]
[WhiteElo "2647"]
[BlackElo "2571"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Georgia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GEO"]

{[%evp 16,45,52,10,41,30,35,41,42,35,26,22,13,16,75,33,26,26,27,26,26,0,0,0,0,
0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6 7.
f4 Bg7 8. Bb5+ Nfd7 9. a4 Na6 {A67: Modern Benoni: Taimanov Variation.} 10. Nf3
Nb4 11. O-O a6 {White is slightly better.} 12. Be2 O-O {[#]} 13. f5 $146 ({
Predecessor:} 13. Re1 f5 14. e5 dxe5 15. d6 e4 16. Bc4+ Kh8 17. Ng5 Nb6 18.
Nf7+ Rxf7 19. Bxf7 {0-1 (57) Flom,G (2474)-Haring,F (2376) Tornelo INT 2021})
13... Ne5 14. Bf4 Re8 (14... Nxf3+ $11 15. Bxf3 (15. gxf3 gxf5 16. Kh1 Kh8 $15)
15... gxf5) 15. Qd2 gxf5 16. Nxe5 Bxe5 17. Bxe5 Rxe5 18. Qh6 {aiming for Rf3.}
(18. Rf3 $5 {[%cal Rf3g3]} Qh4 19. Rh3 $11) 18... Qf8 $1 {[%cal Rf8h6] The
position is equal.} 19. Qg5+ Qg7 $1 {[%cal Rg7g5]} 20. Qd8+ {[%mdl 64] [#]
Double Attack} Qf8 21. Qg5+ Qg7 $1 {[%cal Rg7g5]} 22. Qd8+ {[%mdl 64] Double
Attack} Qf8 23. Qg5+ {Weighted Error Value: White=0.11/Black=0.12} 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.16"]
[Round "5.21"]
[White "Donchenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Deac, Bogdan-Daniel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Germany"]
[BlackTeam "Romania"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ROU"]

{[%evp 9,86,18,30,17,21,31,25,18,31,24,25,0,0,0,0,-31,-44,-42,-31,-31,-37,-70,
-56,-88,-60,-95,-83,-93,-75,-113,-119,-89,-80,-90,-52,-60,-45,-57,-21,-31,-25,
-117,0,-122,-25,-22,-20,-12,-15,-22,-21,-24,-23,-26,-32,-43,0,-61,-73,-142,
-122,-147,-156,-272,-265,-245,-251,-277,-278,-384,-358,-599,-583,-2133,-6022,
-6022,-5497,-1635,-1483]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. e3 c5 5. d5 e6 6.
Nc3 {E60: King's Indian: Unusual lines and Fianchetto Variation without Nc3.}
O-O 7. Bd3 d6 8. h3 {White has an edge.} exd5 9. cxd5 Na6 10. a4 Nb4 11. Bb1 {
[#]} Nd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... b6 12. O-O Re8 13. Re1 Ba6 14. e4 Nd7 15.
Be3 Ne5 16. Nxe5 Bxe5 17. f4 Bg7 {1-0 (31) Radkov,B (2192)-Sheynin,I (1939) St
Petersburg 2017}) 12. O-O f5 13. Qb3 Ne5 14. Nxe5 Bxe5 15. Ne2 a5 16. Bd2 b6
17. Bc3 Ba6 18. Re1 Qh4 19. Qd1 Rae8 $1 20. Qd2 g5 21. Ra3 Bc4 22. Rc1 Bxe2 (
22... Nxd5 23. Bxe5 dxe5 24. Rxc4 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]} (24. g3 Qxh3 25. Rxc4 Nf6
$16)) 23. Qxe2 f4 ({Not} 23... Nxd5 $2 24. Ba2 $18) 24. Bxe5 Rxe5 25. Rc4 {[#]}
(25. e4 $11 {remains equal.}) 25... Nxd5 (25... f3 $1 $17 {[%cal Rf3e2]} 26.
Qf1 (26. gxf3 Qxh3) 26... fxg2 27. Kxg2 Qh5) 26. Qd3 (26. Re4 $11 {keeps the
balance.} Rxe4 27. Bxe4) 26... Qh6 (26... Kh8 $17 {...g4 is the strong threat.}
27. Re4 (27. e4 $2 f3 $19) 27... Rxe4 28. Qxe4 fxe3 29. Qxh4 gxh4 30. fxe3 Rf6)
27. Re4 $1 $11 {[%cal Re4e5]} Nb4 28. Qb3+ Kg7 29. Rxe5 $1 dxe5 30. Be4 Rd8 {
And now ...g4! would win.} 31. Ra1 Qf6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is under
pressure.} 32. Qc3 h5 33. Re1 (33. Qe1 $11) 33... g4 $15 34. hxg4 (34. b3 $142)
34... hxg4 $17 35. exf4 exf4 ({But not} 35... Qxf4 $6 36. g3 $11) 36. Bf5 (36.
Bb1 $17 {is a better defense.} Qxc3 37. bxc3) 36... Qxc3 $19 37. bxc3 {[%mdl
4096] Endgame [#] KRB-KRN} Na2 38. c4 g3 39. Bg4 Rd4 40. Rb1 $2 (40. Bd1) 40...
Rxc4 {Black is clearly winning.} 41. Be6 Rc1+ 42. Rxc1 Nxc1 43. Bc4 Kf6 {
Weighted Error Value: White=0.50/Black=0.14} 0-1

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.16"]
[Round "5.22"]
[White "Parligras, Mircea-Emilian"]
[Black "Keymer, Vincent"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2576"]
[BlackElo "2639"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Romania"]
[BlackTeam "Germany"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ROU"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

{[%evp 26,69,13,14,4,0,25,2,14,6,5,5,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,12,9,5,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,
0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5
Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 cxd4 8. cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 O-O 11. Bc4 Nd7
12. O-O b6 13. Rad1 Bb7 14. Rfe1 Rc8 {D41: Queen's Gambit Declined:
Semi-Tarrasch with 5 cxd5.} 15. Bb3 h6 16. h3 Nf6 {The position is equal.} 17.
Qf4 Qc7 18. Qxc7 Rxc7 19. d5 exd5 20. exd5 {[#] Hoping for d6.} Rd7 {[%cal
Rb7d5]} 21. Ne5 Rd6 {[%cal Rb7d5]} 22. Nc4 Rxd5 23. Ne5 Ra5 {[#]} 24. Nd7 $146
({Predecessor:} 24. Rd6 Ne4 25. Rd7 Rxe5 26. Rxb7 {1/2-1/2 (26) Isigkeit,H 
(2387)-Klapp,H (2326) ICCF email 2017}) 24... Nxd7 25. Rxd7 Bc6 26. Rc7 Bd5 27.
Bxd5 Rxd5 28. Rxa7 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} Rc8 29. a4 Rf5 30. Rae7
Rc2 31. Re8+ Kh7 32. R8e2 Rxe2 33. Rxe2 Rf4 34. Rb2 Rxa4 35. Rxb6 {An
uneventful encounter.  Weighted Error Value: White=0.02/Black=0.02} 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.16"]
[Round "5.23"]
[White "Bluebaum, Matthias"]
[Black "Jianu, Vlad-Cristian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2647"]
[BlackElo "2522"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Germany"]
[BlackTeam "Romania"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ROU"]

{[%evp 15,120,8,9,8,25,8,32,0,0,0,0,-9,-7,-7,-6,-39,-6,-13,-5,-4,-9,-22,-20,
-29,10,0,32,0,0,0,11,9,31,31,23,29,25,25,46,42,41,50,40,43,54,64,55,60,91,94,
104,51,59,23,34,22,42,7,37,10,51,52,132,16,14,0,0,0,0,0,27,16,26,20,44,27,27,
18,18,18,18,18,18,18,18,18,18,23,51,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-2,-2,0,0,29989]
} 1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. d4 O-O 6. Nc3 {[%cal Bb1c3,Bc3d1,
Bd1e3,Be3c4,Bc4e5][%mdl 32]} dxc4 7. Ne5 c5 8. dxc5 Qxd1+ 9. Nxd1 {E06: Closed
Catalan: Early deviations.} Bxc5 10. Ne3 Nc6 {[#]} (10... c3 {is more complex.}
11. bxc3 Nbd7 12. Nd3 Rb8 13. O-O b6) 11. Nxc6 $146 {White is slightly better.}
({Predecessor:} 11. N3xc4 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 Nd5 13. Bd2 Bd4 14. Nd3 Bd7 15. Bxd5
exd5 16. Rc1 Rfe8 17. Bc3 {0-1 (62) Grachev,B (2621)-Kryvoruchko,Y (2669) Mali
Losinj 2019}) 11... bxc6 12. Nxc4 Ba6 13. Ne5 Nd5 14. Bd2 {With the idea Nd7.}
Rfc8 15. Rb1 (15. Rc1 $5 {[%cal Rc1c5]} Bd4 16. Nxc6 Bxb2 17. Bxd5 Bxc1 18.
Ne7+ Kf8 19. Bxa8 Kxe7 20. Bxc1 Rxc1+ 21. Kd2 $11) 15... Bd6 (15... Bd4 $5 {
[%cal Rd4e5]} 16. Nf3 Bf6 $15) 16. f4 Rab8 17. Kf2 f6 18. Nf3 Bc5+ 19. e3 Bb4
20. Rbd1 Kf7 21. Bf1 (21. b3 {seems wilder.} Be7 22. Nd4 Bb7 23. Bh3 f5 24. Nf3
) 21... Bxf1 22. Rhxf1 c5 23. e4 Nb6 24. Rc1 a5 25. Rc2 c4 26. Rfc1 Na4 27.
Rxc4 Rxc4 28. Rxc4 {And now b3 would win.} Nxb2 29. Rc7+ Kf8 30. Ke2 Bxd2 31.
Nxd2 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} Na4 32. Nb3 Rb5 {[#]} 33. Kd3 (33. Nd4
$1 $16 {[%cal Rd4b5]} Rb6 34. Ke3) 33... e5 34. f5 h5 35. Rc8+ Kf7 36. h3 Rb4
37. Rc7+ Kg8 38. Nxa5 Rd4+ {[#]} (38... Rb1 $14) 39. Ke3 (39. Kc2 $1 $16) 39...
Nb2 $11 40. Rc2 Rd3+ 41. Kf2 Na4 42. Nb7 h4 43. Rc8+ Kh7 44. gxh4 Rxh3 45. Nd6
{Nf7 is the strong threat.} Ra3 46. Nf7 {[%csl Gf7][%cal Rc8h8]} g6 $1 47. Rc7
{Threatens to win with Nxe5+.} gxf5 $1 48. exf5 {Black must now prevent Ng5+.}
Nc3 49. Nxe5+ Kh6 50. Ng4+ Kh5 51. Nxf6+ Kxh4 52. Rf7 (52. Nh7 $14) 52... Kg5 {
The position is equal.} 53. Nh7+ Kf4 54. f6 Rxa2+ 55. Ke1 Ra1+ 56. Kd2 Ne4+ 57.
Kc2 Kf5 58. Rc7 Nxf6 59. Rf7 Ra6 60. Rxf6+ Ke5 $2 {[%mdl 40960] Weighted Error
Value: White=0.11/Black=0.07. An unexpected result.} (60... Rxf6 $11 61. Nxf6)
1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.16"]
[Round "5.24"]
[White "Gavrilescu, David"]
[Black "Svane, Rasmus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "2514"]
[BlackElo "2628"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Romania"]
[BlackTeam "Germany"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ROU"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

{[%evp 10,72,27,20,26,17,21,1,30,25,29,16,52,0,0,0,22,0,0,13,23,5,22,20,24,13,
19,19,10,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,0,0,0,0,-9,-7,-11,0,-11,-5,-8,-6,-16,-6,-19,-14,
-16,-14,-20,-5,-6,-5,-5,-10,-17,-20]} 1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3
5. Qxf3 e6 6. Be2 Bc5 {B11: Caro-Kann: Two Knights Variation.} 7. O-O Nd7 8.
Na4 {[#]} Bd4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... Bd6 9. d4 Ne7 10. exd5 exd5 11. c4 O-O
12. Nc3 dxc4 13. Bxc4 Ng6 14. g3 c5 15. dxc5 Bxc5 {1/2-1/2 (41) Pichot,A (2630)
-Alekseenko,K (2699) Biel 2021}) 9. c3 Bf6 {Hoping for ...b5.} 10. d4 Qa5 {
And now ...dxe4 would win.} 11. Nc5 {[%mdl 64] [#] Decoy} Nxc5 12. b4 dxe4 13.
Qe3 (13. bxa5 $2 {is the wrong capture.} exf3 14. Bxf3 Na6 $19) 13... Qa4 {
aiming for ...Nd7.} 14. bxc5 Ne7 15. Qxe4 O-O 16. Rb1 b5 17. cxb6 axb6 {
The position is equal.} 18. Bd3 {[%csl Gd3][%cal Re4h7] [#]} g6 19. Qf3 Bg7 20.
Bg5 Nd5 21. c4 Nc3 22. Rxb6 Bxd4 23. Rxc6 Nxa2 24. Bh6 Bg7 25. Bxg7 Kxg7 26.
Ra1 Qa5 27. Bf1 Qe5 28. Rd1 Rfd8 29. Rxd8 Rxd8 30. Ra6 Nb4 31. Ra7 Qf6 32.
Qxf6+ Kxf6 33. g3 Rd2 34. c5 $1 Nc6 35. Rc7 Nd4 36. Kg2 Rc2 {Weighted Error
Value: White=0.05/Black=0.05} 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.16"]
[Round "5.25"]
[White "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Black "Christiansen, Johan-Sebastian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2582"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Poland"]
[BlackTeam "Norway"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NOR"]

{[%evp 11,62,40,31,30,28,22,25,15,22,32,22,25,30,27,25,22,32,4,14,9,9,11,11,10,
9,12,8,19,15,19,19,20,13,6,5,0,0,0,6,0,3,0,9,0,9,-2,-2,-8,0,0,0,-12,0]} 1. d4
d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 e5 4. Bxc4 exd4 5. exd4 Bd6 6. Nf3 Nf6 7. Qe2+ {D20:
Queen's Gambit Accepted: 3 e3 and 3 e4.} Qe7 8. Qxe7+ Bxe7 9. Nc3 {White has
an edge.} c6 10. O-O {Black must now prevent Re1.} Nbd7 11. Re1 {Hoping for
Ng5.} Nb6 12. Bb3 Nfd5 13. Bd2 Be6 14. Ne4 O-O {The position is equal.} 15. Nc5
Bxc5 16. dxc5 Nd7 17. Rac1 Nc7 18. Nd4 Rfe8 19. Nxe6 Nxe6 20. Bxe6 Rxe6 21.
Rxe6 fxe6 $11 {[%mdl 4096] [#] Endgame KRB-KRN} 22. Be3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 
22. Kf1 Nf6 23. Ke2 Rd8 24. Rc4 Nd5 25. Ra4 a6 26. Rh4 Rd7 27. Rh3 Nf6 28. Re3
{1/2-1/2 (40) Berkes,F (2645)-Stevic,H (2602) Hungary 2016}) 22... Nf6 23. Kf1
Rd8 24. Ke2 Kf7 25. Rc4 e5 26. f3 Ke6 27. Ra4 a6 28. g3 Rd7 29. Rc4 Rd5 30. Rb4
Rd7 31. Rc4 Rd5 {A rather calm draw.  Weighted Error Value: White=0.04/Black=0.
02} 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.16"]
[Round "5.26"]
[White "Urkedal, Frode Olav Olsen"]
[Black "Piorun, Kacper"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2569"]
[BlackElo "2634"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Norway"]
[BlackTeam "Poland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NOR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "POL"]

{[%evp 13,92,21,44,21,24,18,18,0,0,0,4,6,6,0,0,0,15,-5,0,-5,9,-5,0,-5,0,-29,-7,
-29,0,-29,-29,-46,-8,-10,46,37,42,39,64,47,59,62,84,107,107,52,93,86,141,143,
191,112,118,49,52,66,47,63,55,45,89,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 
1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6 3. Nf3 Bb7 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Bxf3 6. exf3 Bxd2+ 7. Qxd2 d5 8.
Nc3 {A40: Unusual replies to 1 d4.} Ne7 9. f4 O-O 10. Bg2 c6 11. b3 Nd7 12. O-O
Nf6 13. Rfd1 Nf5 14. Rac1 {[#]} Qe7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Qd7 15. c5 bxc5
16. dxc5 Rab8 17. Na4 Qc7 18. Nb2 Rfd8 19. Nd3 a5 20. Qc3 d4 {1-0 (73)
Bernasek,J (2402)-Gajewski,G (2456) Balatonlelle 2003}) 15. Ne2 (15. c5 $5)
15... h5 16. c5 Rfc8 17. Rc2 g6 18. Rdc1 Qb7 19. h3 Kg7 20. Qd3 Rc7 21. Kh1 a5
22. Qc3 Kg8 23. Ng1 a4 ({Black should play} 23... bxc5 $11 24. dxc5 Nd7) 24. b4
$1 $14 a3 25. Nf3 Ne4 26. Qe1 bxc5 27. dxc5 Rb8 28. Rb1 Qa6 29. Ne5 (29. Rb3
$16) 29... Nf6 30. Qc3 Rcb7 (30... Nd7 $142) 31. Rb3 $16 Ne4 32. Rxa3 (32. Bxe4
$18 dxe4 33. Kg2) 32... Qb5 33. Qe1 ({Better is} 33. Bxe4 $16 dxe4 34. Kg2)
33... Qxb4 $14 34. Qxb4 Rxb4 35. Nxc6 Rb1+ 36. Kh2 {aiming for Bxe4.} Rc8 {[#]}
37. Ra6 (37. Ne5 $1 $16) 37... Kg7 $11 {The position is equal.} 38. Rb6 Ra1 {
Strongly threatening ...Rxc6!} 39. Na7 Ra8 40. Nb5 R8xa2 41. Rxa2 Rxa2 42. Bxe4
dxe4 {KRN-KRN} 43. Kg1 $1 e3 44. fxe3 Nxe3 45. c6 Rg2+ 46. Kh1 Rf2 {Weighted
Error Value: White=0.13/Black=0.13} ({Avoid the trap} 46... Rxg3 $2 47. c7 $18)
1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.16"]
[Round "5.27"]
[White "Moranda, Wojciech"]
[Black "Hauge, Lars Oskar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2623"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Poland"]
[BlackTeam "Norway"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NOR"]

{[%evp 9,73,0,17,0,0,0,12,9,15,9,13,10,16,14,24,18,14,10,8,8,23,15,29,22,44,26,
40,41,80,89,103,100,83,91,103,102,106,115,107,61,69,78,78,45,63,42,44,49,64,52,
45,58,39,32,50,30,78,56,58,20,40,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4.
O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. a4 {C67: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence: 4 0-0 Nxe4.} Be7 7.
Nc3 O-O 8. d4 e4 9. Nxe4 Nxe4 10. Rxe4 d5 11. Re1 Bd6 12. Ne5 Ne7 {[%cal Bc6e7,
Be7g6,Bg6h4][%mdl 32]} 13. Bf1 {[#]} Bf5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... f6 14. Nd3
a5 15. c3 c6 16. Qf3 Ng6 17. g3 Qc7 18. h4 Bd7 19. h5 Nh8 {1/2-1/2 (100)
Kollars,D (2607)-Sjugirov,S (2663) Tornelo INT 2021}) 14. a5 a6 15. Nd3 Ng6 16.
Nc5 Rb8 17. b4 Qf6 18. c3 Nh4 19. Qh5 h6 20. g3 Ng6 21. Qf3 Ne7 22. Bg2 Qg6 23.
Bf4 Rfe8 24. h3 Bxc5 25. bxc5 Be4 26. Qg4 {Strongly threatening Qxg6.} Qc6 27.
Bf1 Ng6 28. Bd2 Re7 29. f3 Bc2 30. Rxe7 Nxe7 31. Re1 Re8 32. Qf4 g5 33. Qe3 f6
34. c4 {aiming for cxd5.} Bg6 35. cxd5 Nxd5 36. Qb3 Rxe1 37. Bxe1 {Weighted
Error Value: White=0.08/Black=0.07} 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.16"]
[Round "5.28"]
[White "Notkevich, Benjamin Arvola"]
[Black "Teclaf, Pawel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2471"]
[BlackElo "2543"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Norway"]
[BlackTeam "Poland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NOR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "POL"]

{[%evp 12,107,24,28,40,27,19,0,18,19,24,20,29,21,23,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,8,0,0,
0,6,14,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,-8,-8,4,0,0,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-9,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,8,8,
8,8,8,8,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,8,8,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1.
d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 c5 4. d5 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Bxc4 exd5 7. Nxd5 Be6 $1 {
[%mdl 4] outshines the older 7...Nxd5. D20: Queen's Gambit Accepted: 3 e3 and
3 e4.} 8. Bg5 {[#] Threatens to win with Nxf6+.} Be7 9. Nxf6+ Bxf6 (9... gxf6 {
with more complications.} 10. Qxd8+ Bxd8 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. Be3 Be7) 10. Qxd8+
Bxd8 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. Bxd8 Kxd8 {[#]} 13. Nf3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. O-O-O+
Ke7 14. f4 Nc6 15. Nf3 Rad8 16. a3 Rhf8 17. g3 e5 18. f5 g6 19. g4 gxf5 20.
exf5 {1-0 (41) Kukhmazov,A (2466)-Iskusnyh,S (2473) Chess.com INT 2021}) 13...
Nc6 {The position is equal.} 14. Ke2 Ke7 15. Ke3 Rhd8 16. Rhd1 Rac8 17. Rac1 b6
18. Rxd8 Rxd8 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} 19. a3 a5 20. h4 Kf6 21. g4 e5
22. g5+ Ke6 23. a4 Nb4 {next ...Rd3+ is good for Black.} 24. Rc3 Rd1 25. Nd2
Re1+ 26. Kf3 Nc6 27. Nc4 Nd4+ 28. Kg2 Rxe4 {Strongly threatening ...Ne2.} 29.
Nxb6 Rxh4 30. Rxc5 Nb3 31. Rb5 Nd2 32. f3 e4 33. fxe4 Rxe4 34. Rxa5 Rb4 35. Nd5
Rxb2 36. Nf4+ Kd6 37. Ra6+ Kc7 38. Ne6+ Kb7 39. Nc5+ Kb8 {[#] aiming for ...
Nb3+.} 40. Kh3 Rc2 41. Rc6 (41. Ne6 {seems wilder.} Rc3+ 42. Kg4 Rc4+ 43. Kf5
Nf3 44. Nxg7 Rc5+ 45. Kf4) 41... Rc4 42. a5 Ka7 43. Ra6+ Kb8 44. Rb6+ Ka7 {
...Rc3+ is the strong threat.} 45. Rb5 (45. Rb7+ {keeps more tension.} Ka8 46.
Rb5 h6 47. g6 Nf3 48. Ne6) 45... Nf3 46. Ne6 Nd4 47. Nxd4 Rxd4 {KR-KR} 48. Re5
{Hoping for Re7+.} Rd7 49. Re6 g6 50. Kg4 Rd1 51. Kf4 Rh1 52. Ke5 h6 53. Rxg6
hxg5 54. Rxg5 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.02/Black=0.02} 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.16"]
[Round "5.29"]
[White "Pechac, Jergus"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D58"]
[WhiteElo "2562"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Slovakia"]
[BlackTeam "England"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SVK"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

{[%evp 24,64,16,15,20,20,16,16,15,6,13,13,4,0,16,1,20,0,0,0,33,31,37,40,23,26,
32,27,21,31,53,42,27,26,36,25,84,84,81,12,20,14,10]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3
d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. Nf3 b6 8. Be2 Bb7 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. cxd5
exd5 11. b4 c6 12. O-O Qd6 13. Rb1 Nd7 {D58: Queen's Gambit Declined:
Tartakower Defence.} 14. a4 a5 15. bxa5 Rxa5 {[#]} 16. Re1 $146 ({Predecessor:
} 16. Qb3 Bd8 17. Rfc1 Bc7 18. Qc2 Qe7 19. Nd2 Bb8 20. Bf3 f5 21. g3 Bd6 22.
Qb3 {0-1 (71) Ulko,J (2482)-Usmanov,V (2414) Moscow 2015}) 16... Re8 17. Qc2 c5
18. Bb5 Rd8 19. Red1 Bc6 20. h4 Nf8 {[%cal Bd7f8,Bf8e6,Be6c5,Bc5a4,Ba4c3][%mdl
32]} 21. Qb3 cxd4 22. Nxd4 Bxd4 23. Rxd4 Ne6 24. Rd2 Qc5 25. Rbd1 Bxb5 26. Nxb5
{[%cal Rd2d5]} Qc6 27. Nc3 {[%cal Rc3d5]} Nc5 28. Qa2 {[%cal Rc3d5]} Nxa4 29.
Nxd5 {[#] Threatens to win with Ne7+.} Re8 (29... Kh8 $1 $11 {remains equal.})
30. Qb3 $16 Rc5 31. Qb4 ({White should try} 31. Nb4 $16 Qa8 32. Rd7) 31... b5
$11 32. Rd4 Nc3 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.11/Black=0.11} 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.16"]
[Round "5.30"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Druska, Juraj"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B41"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2508"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "England"]
[BlackTeam "Slovakia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SVK"]

{[%evp 11,134,25,31,18,46,52,62,32,58,13,18,12,20,23,27,21,14,13,15,13,13,18,
30,21,24,12,12,13,20,9,23,25,12,7,17,8,8,8,2,0,4,7,50,0,0,0,0,-16,0,0,0,-58,0,
0,0,0,0,-47,-47,-55,-47,-47,-58,-47,-47,-55,-58,-66,-80,-80,-55,-91,-80,-108,0,
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,
0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. c4 Nf6 6.
Nc3 Bb4 7. Qd3 {B41: Sicilian: Kan Variation: 5 c4.} d6 {7...0-0 is the modern
continuation.} 8. Nc2 Bxc3+ 9. Qxc3 {White is slightly better.} O-O 10. Bd3 {
[#]} d5 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8] An interesting novelty.} ({Predecessor:} 10... e5 11.
O-O Be6 12. f4 exf4 13. Bxf4 Nc6 14. Bg5 Nxe4 15. Bxd8 Nxc3 16. Bc7 Na4 {
0-1 (54) Giri,A (2768)-Caruana,F (2829) London 2014}) 11. exd5 exd5 12. O-O
dxc4 13. Bxc4 Nc6 14. b3 Ne4 15. Qf3 Nd2 16. Bxd2 Qxd2 17. Ne3 Ne5 18. Qg3 Nxc4
19. Nxc4 Qb4 20. Rad1 Be6 21. Nd6 Rad8 22. Rd3 Rd7 23. Rfd1 Rfd8 24. h3 b6 25.
Rd4 Qc5 26. b4 Qh5 27. a3 Qg6 {[#] White must now prevent ...Qxg3.} 28. Qh4 h6
29. R1d3 Qg5 {Hoping for ...Qxh4.} 30. Qe4 Bxh3 31. f4 (31. Rxh3 $11 Rxd6 32.
Rxd6 Rxd6 33. Qe8+ Kh7 34. Qxf7) 31... Qf6 ({Black should try} 31... Qg4 $15)
32. gxh3 $11 Rxd6 33. Rxd6 Rxd6 34. Rxd6 (34. Qe8+ {keeps more tension.} Kh7
35. Rxd6 Qxd6 36. Qxf7 a5 37. Qc4) 34... Qxd6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQ-KQ} 35.
Qa8+ $1 Kh7 36. Qxa6 Qxf4 {Threatens to win with ...Qg3+.} 37. Qxb6 Qg3+ 38.
Kf1 Qxh3+ 39. Ke2 Qxa3 40. b5 {[%cal Bb4b5,Bb5b6,Bb6b7][%mdl 32]} Qb2+ 41. Kd3
h5 {aiming for ...h4.} 42. Qc6 f5 (42... Qb1+ $17 43. Ke3 Qg1+ 44. Ke2 Qh2+ 45.
Kf1 Qf4+ 46. Kg2 Qg4+ 47. Kh1 Qa4) 43. b6 {The position is equal.} h4 {[#] And
now ...h3 would win.} 44. b7 $1 {Strongly threatening Qc7.} h3 45. Qe8 Qb3+ (
45... Qxb7 $5 46. Qh5+ $8 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kg8 47. Qe8+ Kh7 48. Qh5+ {
[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kg8 49. Qe8+ Kh7 $11) 46. Kd2 $1 Qd5+ (46... h2 $5 47.
Qh5+ $8 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kg8 $11) 47. Kc3 Qc5+ (47... Qxb7 $5 48. Qh5+
$8 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kg8 49. Qe8+ Kh7 50. Qh5+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack
} Kg8 51. Qe8+ Kh7 $11) 48. Kd3 Qd6+ 49. Kc4 Qc7+ 50. Kd3 Qg3+ (50... h2 $5 51.
Qh5+ $8 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kg8 $11) 51. Kc2 Qf2+ (51... h2 $5 52. Qh5+
$8 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kg8 $11) 52. Kc3 Qc5+ 53. Kd3 Qa3+ 54. Kc2 Qa2+
55. Kc3 Qa1+ 56. Kc2 {White wants to mate with Qh5+!} Qa2+ 57. Kc3 {White
threatens Qh5+! and mate.} Qa5+ 58. Kc2 Qc7+ 59. Kd3 Qd6+ (59... h2 $5 60. Qh5+
$8 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kg8 $11) 60. Kc4 Qa6+ 61. Kc5 Qa3+ (61... Qxb7 $5
62. Qh5+ $8 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kg8 63. Qe8+ Kh7 64. Qh5+ {[%mdl 64]
Double Attack} Kg8 65. Qe8+ Kh7 $11) 62. Kc4 Qc1+ 63. Kd3 Qd1+ 64. Kc3 Qf3+ (
64... h2 $5 65. b8=Q $8 Qc1+ 66. Kd4 Qg1+ 67. Kd3 Qf1+ 68. Kd4 Qf2+ 69. Kd3
Qf1+ 70. Kd4 Qg1+ 71. Kd3 Qd1+ 72. Kc4 Qf1+ 73. Kd4 $11) 65. Kc2 Qf2+ (65...
Qxb7 $5 66. Qh5+ $8 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kg8 67. Qe8+ Kh7 68. Qh5+ {
[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kg8 69. Qe8+ Kh7 $11) 66. Kd3 {Qh5+ would kill now.}
Qg3+ 67. Kc2 Qc7+ {Weighted Error Value: White=0.07/Black=0.06} (67... h2 $5
68. Qh5+ $8 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kg8 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.16"]
[Round "5.31"]
[White "Petenyi, Tamas"]
[Black "Howell, David W L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2458"]
[BlackElo "2648"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Slovakia"]
[BlackTeam "England"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SVK"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

{[%evp 10,129,15,12,33,25,31,-24,-23,-31,-30,-25,-34,-75,-68,-82,-77,-82,-81,
-105,-80,-85,-81,-100,-81,-73,0,-98,-42,-106,-104,-110,-101,-100,-33,-97,-95,
-95,-41,-53,-43,-36,75,68,64,70,71,24,187,166,153,23,26,24,385,383,322,271,231,
201,198,14,191,-166,-166,-166,-166,-166,-166,-162,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,
0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nd2 e6 5. Nb3 Nd7 6. Nf3 h6 {B12: Caro-Kann:
Advance Variation.} 7. Be2 a5 {[#]} 8. Bd2 $146 (8. a4 $14) ({Predecessor:} 8.
a4 Ne7 9. O-O g5 10. Ne1 Bg7 11. f4 Ng6 12. Bd3 Bxd3 13. Nxd3 gxf4 14. Nxf4
Nxf4 15. Bxf4 {0-1 (47) Niemann,H (2592)-Adly,A (2683) Riga 2021}) 8... a4 $11
{Black has an edge.} 9. Nc1 c5 10. Bb5 Ne7 11. O-O Nc6 $1 12. c4 dxc4 13. Bc3
Nb6 14. Ne2 Be4 15. Nf4 Be7 16. Qe2 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 cxd4 (17... O-O $1 $17 18.
dxc5 (18. Bxc6 bxc6 19. dxc5 Bxc5 $15) 18... Bxc5 19. Bxc6 bxc6 20. Qxc6 Qc8
21. Qxc8 Rfxc8) 18. Rad1 d3 (18... Qc7 $1 $17 19. Bxd4 O-O 20. Bxc6 bxc6) 19.
Bxc6+ (19. Qe4 $15) 19... bxc6 $17 20. Qxc6+ Kf8 21. Rfe1 Rc8 (21... g6 $17 22.
Re4 Rb8 23. Rxc4 Nxc4 24. Qxc4 a3 25. Rxd3 Qc8 26. Qxc8+ Rxc8) 22. Qf3 (22.
Nxe6+ $15 fxe6 23. Qxe6) 22... Kg8 23. b3 axb3 (23... Nd5 $17 24. Nxd5 Qxd5 25.
bxc4 Qxf3 26. gxf3 Rxc4 27. Rxd3 Kh7) 24. axb3 $15 Nd5 25. Nxd5 exd5 (25...
Qxd5 $15 {stays ahead.} 26. bxc4 Qxf3 27. gxf3 Rxc4 28. Rxd3 Kh7) 26. bxc4 $16
dxc4 27. e6 f6 28. h4 {[%mdl 1024] White has strong compensation.} Kh7 $2 (
28... Qd6 $11 {and Black stays safe.}) 29. Qe4+ $1 $18 g6 30. h5 (30. Rb1 $16)
30... Rg8 $11 31. Rb1 {Threatens to win with Rb7.} Qe8 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (31...
d2 $1 $11 32. Red1 Qd3 33. hxg6+ Rxg6 34. Qxd3 cxd3 35. Bxd2 Rcg8) 32. Rb7 $1
$18 Rg7 33. g3 Rc5 34. Ra1 {Rd7 is the strong threat.} Rxh5 35. Qxc4 $2 (35.
Raa7 $18 Rb5 36. Rd7 (36. Qxc4 Rxb7 37. Rxb7 Bd6 $16)) 35... Rc5 {[#]} (35...
d2 $11 {and Black is okay.}) 36. Qxd3 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (36. Qd4 $1 $18 {
was the only winning move.}) 36... Qc6 $1 $36 {[%csl LRb7,LRc3,LRe6][%mdl 2112]
Double Attack. Black is really pushing.} 37. Rxe7 Rxe7 38. Bxf6 {[#]} Rh5 $1 {
[%csl Gc6][%cal Rh5h1][%mdl 512]} 39. f3 {[#]} Qxe6 ({Black should play} 39...
Rd5 $1 $19 {[%mdl 512]} 40. Qe4 Qb6+ 41. Kg2 Qxe6 42. Qxe6 (42. Bxe7 Rd2+ 43.
Kf1 Qh3+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 44. Ke1 Rb2 $19) 42... Rxe6 43. Ra7+ Kg8)
40. Bxe7 $11 {The position is equal.} Qb6+ 41. Bc5 $1 Qxc5+ {[%mdl 4096]
Endgame KQR-KQR} 42. Kg2 {Threatening mate with Qd7+.} Rd5 43. Ra7+ Qxa7 44.
Qxd5 {KQ-KQ} h5 45. g4 (45. Qe4 {is more complex.} Kh6 46. Qe5 Kh7 47. Qe6 Kh6
48. Qe5) 45... hxg4 46. fxg4 Qe3 47. g5 Qe7 (47... Kg7 {looks sharper.} 48.
Qb7+ Kg8 49. Qd5+ Kg7) 48. Kf3 Kg7 49. Qd4+ Kf7 50. Qf6+ (50. Qc4+ {is more
complex.} Kg7 51. Qd4+) 50... Qxf6+ 51. gxf6 {KP-KP} Ke6 52. Kg4 Kxf6 {KP-K}
53. Kf4 g5+ 54. Kg4 Kg6 (54... Ke6 {keeps more tension.} 55. Kf3 Kf5 56. Kg3 g4
57. Kg2 Kg5) 55. Kg3 Kh5 (55... Kf5 {is interesting.} 56. Kf3 g4+ 57. Kf2 Kf4
58. Kg2 Ke4) 56. Kh3 g4+ 57. Kg3 (57. Kg2 {seems wilder.} Kh4 58. Kh2 Kg5 59.
Kg2 Kf4 60. Kf2) 57... Kg5 58. Kg2 Kf4 59. Kf2 g3+ (59... Kf5 {feels hotter.}
60. Kg3 Kg5) 60. Kg2 Kg4 61. Kg1 Kf4 62. Kg2 Kg4 63. Kg1 Kf3 {( -> ...g2)} (
63... Kh3 $5 64. Kh1 $8 Kh4 $11) 64. Kf1 g2+ 65. Kg1 Kg3 {Weighted Error Value:
White=0.37/Black=0.36} 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.16"]
[Round "5.32"]
[White "Haria, Ravi"]
[Black "Sahidi, Samir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2497"]
[BlackElo "2432"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "144"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "England"]
[BlackTeam "Slovakia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SVK"]

{[%evp 21,144,7,10,0,14,6,15,14,3,3,16,16,27,26,22,20,19,27,19,18,20,24,25,27,
37,33,35,36,36,36,51,32,17,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,25,0,27,26,51,41,41,39,53,53,77,0,0,0,
1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,
0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,8,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 {CB}
d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. c4 O-O 6. d4 dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 Bd7 9.
Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bg5 Bd5 {10...Nbd7 gains popularity.} 11. Qc2 Be4 12. Qd1 {
E05: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3 Be7.} h6 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Nc3 Bxf3 15. Bxf3 c6 16.
Qb3 Qc7 17. Rfd1 Rd8 18. Ne4 Be7 19. a5 Nd7 {[#]} 20. Nd2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 
20. e3 Rab8 21. Nd2 Nf6 22. Nc4 Ne8 23. Nb6 Nd6 24. Rac1 Nb5 25. Be2 Qd6 26.
Qa2 Bf6 27. Bc4 Qb4 28. Bb3 {1/2-1/2 (50) Aronian,L (2783)-Wang,H (2724)
Shanghai 2010 CBM 138 [CB]}) 20... Rab8 21. Nc4 g6 22. Rac1 Bf8 23. Kg2 Nf6 {
[%cal Bd7f6,Bf6e8,Be8c7,Bc7b5][%mdl 32]} 24. e4 Qe7 25. Rd3 Ne8 26. h4 h5 27.
e5 Nc7 28. Rcd1 Nb5 29. Qc2 Bh6 30. Be4 Kg7 31. Qb3 Rh8 32. Nb6 {[%cal Bc4b6,
Bb6a4,Ba4c5][%mdl 32]} Rbd8 33. Qc4 Kh7 34. Na4 Bf8 35. Nc5 Qc7 {[#]} 36. b4 (
36. Nxe6 $1 $16 fxe6 37. Rf3) 36... Bxc5 $11 {The position is equal.} 37. dxc5
Rxd3 38. Rxd3 Rd8 39. f4 Rxd3 40. Qxd3 Kg7 41. Kf3 Qe7 42. Ke3 Kf8 43. Kf3 Ke8
44. Ke3 Qd7 45. Qxd7+ Kxd7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KB-KN} 46. Kd3 Nc7 47. Kc4 Nd5
48. Bd3 Ke7 49. Kb3 Kf8 50. Kc4 Kg7 51. Kb3 f6 52. exf6+ Nxf6 53. Kc4 Nd5 54.
Be4 Kf7 55. Kb3 Nf6 56. Bd3 Ne8 57. Kc4 Kf6 58. Be4 Nc7 59. Bd3 Nd5 60. Be4 Ne7
61. Kd3 e5 62. fxe5+ Kxe5 63. Ke3 (63. Bg2 {feels hotter.} Nd5 64. Bh3 Ne7 65.
Bd7 Kd5 66. g4) 63... Nf5+ 64. Bxf5 Kxf5 {KP-KP} (64... gxf5 $5 65. Kf3 $8 Ke6
$11) 65. Kf3 g5 66. hxg5 Kxg5 67. Ke3 Kf5 (67... Kg4 $5 68. Kf2 $8 Kf5 $11) 68.
Kf3 Ke5 69. Ke3 Kf5 $1 70. Kf3 $1 Ke5 71. Ke3 Kf5 $1 72. Kf3 $1 Ke5 {Weighted
Error Value: White=0.05/Black=0.04} 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.16"]
[Round "5.33"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "Mikhalevski, Victor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2559"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "186"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Czech Republic"]
[BlackTeam "Israel"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISR"]

{[%evp 9,185,29,22,20,34,25,27,31,30,25,34,33,28,28,33,28,38,22,28,18,23,4,50,
20,21,14,23,26,50,50,51,50,50,50,50,50,50,55,50,47,54,54,57,60,68,50,55,19,24,
19,33,12,14,0,14,10,15,-2,-2,-6,-7,-3,0,0,-4,-55,-55,-55,-55,-55,-54,-59,-54,
-95,-95,-95,-95,-95,-95,-95,-95,-95,-95,-95,-95,-95,-95,-96,-95,-95,-95,-95,
-95,-95,-95,-95,-95,-95,-95,-95,-95,-95,-95,-95,-95,-95,-95,-95,-95,-95,-95,
-95,-95,-95,0,0,0,-95,0,-95,-95,-95,-95,-95,0,-95,0,-95,0,0,0,-95,-95,-95,0,
-95,-95,-95,-62,-62,-62,-95,-95,-95,-95,-95,-95,-95,-95,-95,-62,-62,-62,-69,
-76,-76,-77,-77,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,-8,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 e6
3. c4 a6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Bg5 {D37: Queen's Gambit Declined: 5 Bf4.}
Be6 7. e3 Nbd7 8. h3 {White has an edge.} c6 9. Bd3 Bd6 10. Bf4 Qc7 11. Qd2 O-O
12. O-O {[#]} Nb6 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8] An interesting novelty.} ({Predecessor:} 
12... Rfe8 13. Rac1 Bxf4 14. exf4 Ne4 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Bxe4 Bxa2 17. Rfe1 Nf6
18. Bf5 Rxe1+ 19. Rxe1 {0-1 (83) Goryachkina,A (2608)-Hou,Y (2658) Chess.com
INT 2021}) 13. b3 Rae8 14. a4 Nc8 15. Be5 Kh8 16. Qc2 Bxe5 17. Nxe5 Nd6 18.
Rfc1 a5 {[#]} 19. Nb5 $1 Qe7 20. Nxd6 Qxd6 21. Qd2 Ra8 22. Rc5 Qc7 23. b4 axb4
24. Qxb4 Nd7 25. Nxd7 Bxd7 26. Rb1 Qd6 27. Bc2 Ra7 28. Qb6 Rfa8 {[#]} 29. Rbb5
$1 Qb8 (29... Qf8 30. Ra5) 30. Ra5 g6 31. Bd1 Kg8 32. Rxa7 Qxa7 33. Qc7 b6 34.
Qxa7 Rxa7 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 35. Rc1 h5 36. Rb1 Ra6 37. Be2 (37.
Bf3 $11) 37... Rxa4 $15 38. Rxb6 Ra1+ 39. Kh2 Ra2 40. Bf3 Rxf2 41. e4 dxe4 42.
Bxe4 Rf4 43. Bxc6 Bxc6 44. Rxc6 Rxd4 $17 {KR-KR} 45. Kg3 h4+ 46. Kf3 Kg7 47.
Rc7 g5 48. Rc6 Rf4+ 49. Ke3 f6 50. Rc8 Kg6 51. Rg8+ Kf5 52. Ra8 Re4+ 53. Kf3
Rd4 54. Ra5+ Ke6 55. Ra6+ Ke5 56. Ra5+ Rd5 57. Ra3 Rc5 58. Ke3 Rb5 59. Kf3 Rd5
60. Ke3 Rc5 61. Kf3 Kd4 (61... Rc2 $17 62. Ra5+ Ke6 63. Ra6+ Kf7) 62. Ra4+ $11
Kd5 63. Ra3 (63. Kg4 $1 $11) 63... Rb5 (63... Rc2 $17 64. g3 Rc4 65. Rd3+ Ke5
66. Re3+ Kd6 67. gxh4 Rxh4) 64. Re3 (64. Kg4 $1 $11 {remains equal.}) 64... Rb4
$17 {...Rf4+ is the strong threat.} 65. Rd3+ Rd4 66. Ra3 Rd1 ({Black should try
} 66... f5 $17 67. Ra8 Ke6 68. Re8+ Kf7) 67. Ra5+ (67. Kg4 $11 {keeps the
balance.}) 67... Kd4 (67... Ke6 $1 $17 68. Ra3 f5) 68. Ra4+ (68. Rf5 $11) 68...
Kd3 (68... Ke5 $1 $17 69. Kg4 Rd2 70. Ra5+ Ke6 71. Ra6+ Kf7 72. Ra7+ Kg6) 69.
Ra3+ $11 Kd4 ({Black should play} 69... Kc2 $11 70. Kg4 Rd6) 70. Ra4+ $17 {[#]}
Ke5 $1 71. Ra5+ Rd5 72. Ra3 $1 f5 73. Re3+ Kd4 74. Re8 Rc5 75. Rd8+ Ke5 76.
Re8+ Kf6 77. Rf8+ Kg7 78. Ra8 Rc3+ 79. Kf2 Kf6 80. Ra6+ Ke5 81. Ra5+ Ke4 82.
Ra4+ {[#]} Kd5 $1 83. Ra8 Ke4 ({Better is} 83... Rc2+ $17 84. Kf3 Rc3+ 85. Kf2
Ke6 86. Ra6+ Kf7 87. Ra7+ Kf6 88. Ra6+ Kf7 89. Ra7+ Kg6 90. Ra6+ Kh5) 84. Ra4+
$11 {The position is equal.} Kd3 85. Ra5 $1 g4 {( -> ...Rc2+)} (85... f4 {
looks sharper.} 86. Rxg5 Ke4 87. Rg4 Rc2+ 88. Kg1 Rc1+) 86. Rxf5 Rc2+ 87. Kg1
$1 Rc1+ 88. Rf1 Rxf1+ 89. Kxf1 g3 90. Ke1 Ke3 91. Kf1 $1 Kd2 92. Kg1 Ke2 93.
Kh1 Kf2 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.06/Black=0.03} 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.16"]
[Round "5.34"]
[White "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Black "Nguyen, Thai Dai Van"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2616"]
[BlackElo "2594"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Israel"]
[BlackTeam "Czech Republic"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CZE"]

{[%evp 9,58,16,8,8,10,12,10,0,0,3,6,4,0,6,14,8,4,4,10,4,20,24,20,8,10,10,10,8,
15,5,5,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6
4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. c4 Nc6 6. d3 {C42: Petroff Defence: 3 Nxe5 and unusual White
3rd moves.} Nf6 7. d4 Be7 8. Nc3 O-O 9. d5 Ne5 10. Be2 Nxf3+ 11. Bxf3 Bf5 12.
O-O Nd7 13. Be4 Bxe4 14. Nxe4 {[#]} Nc5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... f5 15. Ng3
f4 16. Nh5 Bg5 17. Qd4 Bf6 18. Nxf6+ Qxf6 19. Qxf6 Rxf6 20. Re1 Rff8 21. b3 g5
{1/2-1/2 (21) Strautins,V (2550)-Lockwood,A (2353) ICCF email 2014}) 15. Nxc5
dxc5 16. Bf4 {The position is equal.} Bd6 17. Qd2 Bxf4 18. Qxf4 Qd6 19. Qxd6
cxd6 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} 20. Rfe1 Rfe8 21. f3 Kf8 22. Kf2 a6 23.
Rxe8+ Kxe8 {KR-KR} 24. a4 Rb8 25. g4 Kd7 26. h4 Kc7 27. Re1 {[#] Black must
now prevent Re7+.} Kd7 28. Ra1 Kc7 29. Re1 {aiming for Re7+.} Kd7 {Not much
happened in this game.  Weighted Error Value: White=0.02/Black=0.01} 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.16"]
[Round "5.35"]
[White "Krejci, Jan"]
[Black "Postny, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2557"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Czech Republic"]
[BlackTeam "Israel"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISR"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. b3 d5 4. e3 Be7 5. Bb2 O-O 6. Nc3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 a6 8. Qc2
c5 9. d4 b5 10. Be2 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Bb7 12. O-O Nbd7 13. Rac1 Rc8 14. Qb1 Nc5 15.
Bf3 Qb6 16. Bxb7 Qxb7 17. Nf3 Rfd8 18. Rfd1 Rxd1+ 19. Rxd1 b4 20. Ne2 Nce4 21.
Ne5 a5 22. Nc4 Qa6 23. Ng3 Nxg3 24. hxg3 Nd5 25. Qd3 h6 26. e4 Nf6 27. Bxf6
Bxf6 28. e5 Be7 29. Qf3 Qb5 30. Rd4 Bc5 31. Rd3 a4 32. Qd1 axb3 33. axb3 Qa6
34. Rd7 Qc6 35. Rd8+ Rxd8 36. Qxd8+ Kh7 37. Qd3+ Kg8 38. Qd8+ Kh7 39. Qd3+ Kg8
40. Qd8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.16"]
[Round "5.36"]
[White "Boruchovsky, Avital"]
[Black "Zilka, Stepan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2542"]
[BlackElo "2593"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "234"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Israel"]
[BlackTeam "Czech Republic"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CZE"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Bf5 7. Qf3 Bg6 8.
Bxf6 Qxf6 9. Qxf6 gxf6 10. Nf3 Nd7 11. Nh4 Be7 12. Ne2 f5 13. g3 Nb6 14. Nf4
Nc8 15. Bd3 Nd6 16. Nf3 h6 17. Ne5 Bh7 18. Rc1 a5 19. Rg1 Bg5 20. Be2 Rg8 21.
Ned3 Ke7 22. Kf1 Ne4 23. Rc2 Rge8 24. a3 a4 25. Kg2 Kf8 26. Nc5 Nxc5 27. Rxc5
Ke7 28. Kf3 Kd7 29. Rgc1 Be7 30. R5c3 Bd6 31. Bd3 Bg6 32. h3 Ke7 33. Rh1 Kf6
34. h4 Re7 35. h5 Bh7 36. Ng2 Ree8 37. Ke2 Rg8 38. Rh4 Rg5 39. Rc1 Rg7 40. Ne1
Bg8 41. Nf3 Ke6 42. Nd2 Rg5 43. Rh3 Bh7 44. Nb1 Rgg8 45. Nc3 Rgb8 46. Rhh1 Bg8
47. Kd2 Bc7 48. Kc2 Ra5 49. Kb1 Bd6 50. Ne2 Bh7 51. Nc3 Kf6 52. Na2 Kg7 53. Ka1
Rg8 54. Nb4 Kh8 55. Rc3 Raa8 56. Bc2 f4 57. Bxh7 Kxh7 58. gxf4 Bxb4 59. axb4
Rg2 60. Rc2 Re8 61. Kb1 Kg7 62. Kc1 Kf6 63. Kd1 Reg8 64. Ke2 Rg1 65. Rc1 Rxh1
66. Rxh1 Ra8 67. Ra1 Kf5 68. f3 Rg8 69. Kf2 Ra8 70. Ra3 Ra6 71. Ke2 Ra8 72. Kd3
Ra6 73. Ra1 Ra8 74. Ra3 Ra6 75. Ra2 Ra8 76. Ra1 Ra6 77. Kc2 Ra8 78. Rg1 a3 79.
Ra1 a2 80. Kc3 b5 81. Kc2 f6 82. Kc3 Ra7 83. Kb3 Re7 84. e4+ dxe4 85. fxe4+
Rxe4 86. Kc3 Re3+ 87. Kd2 Ke4 88. Rxa2 Rd3+ 89. Ke2 Rxd4 90. Ra6 Rxb4 91. Rxc6
Rxb2+ 92. Kd1 Kf5 93. Rb6 Rb4 94. Ke2 Re4+ 95. Kd3 Re6 96. Rxb5+ Kxf4 97. Rb1
Kg4 98. Rg1+ Kxh5 99. Rh1+ Kg5 100. Rg1+ Kf5 101. Rh1 Kg6 102. Rg1+ Kf7 103.
Kd4 h5 104. Rg2 Re5 105. Rg1 Ke6 106. Rh1 Kf7 107. Rg1 Re6 108. Rg2 Re1 109.
Rg3 h4 110. Rg4 f5 111. Rxh4 Kg6 112. Rh8 Kg5 113. Kd3 Kg4 114. Kd2 Re7 115.
Ra8 f4 116. Rg8+ Kh3 117. Rf8 Kg3 0-1

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.16"]
[Round "5.37"]
[White "Mastrovasilis, Dimitrios"]
[Black "Saric, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2619"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Greece"]
[BlackTeam "Croatia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GRE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CRO"]

{[%evp 24,85,-9,-4,-7,-12,-4,-12,0,-8,-8,-11,-9,-39,-9,-38,8,20,5,6,22,0,0,8,
35,37,25,25,32,27,32,18,18,17,30,39,66,66,60,29,32,28,18,20,104,70,212,187,187,
176,191,155,718,706,29982,29983,29980,792,679,537,535,533,657,650]} 1. e4 c5 2.
Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. O-O Nf6 6. Qe2 Nc6 7. c3 e6 8. d4 cxd4 9.
cxd4 d5 10. e5 Ne4 11. Nbd2 Nxd2 12. Bxd2 Be7 13. Rac1 {13.g3 deserves study.}
O-O {B52: Sicilian: Moscow Variation with 3...Bd7.} 14. Rc3 Rfc8 15. h4 {[#]}
a5 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 15... Bb4 16. Rxc6 Qxc6 17.
Bxb4 Qc4 18. Qxc4 Rxc4 19. Bc3 Kf8 20. Nd2 Rc6 21. Rb1 Ke7 {1-0 (48) Arribas
Robaina,M (2296)-Dewi,A (2143) Istanbul 2012}) 16. a3 a4 17. h5 h6 18. Rd3 Kh8
19. Ne1 f5 20. exf6 Bxf6 21. Bc3 Na7 22. Nf3 Nb5 23. Bb4 Nd6 24. Bxd6 Qxd6 25.
Re3 Ra6 26. Re1 {[%cal Re3e6]} Rcc6 27. Ne5 Bxe5 28. Rxe5 Qf8 29. Qg4 {[%cal
Re5e6]} Qf6 30. f4 {Threatens to win with f5.} Ra8 31. f5 {[%cal Rf5e6]} Rf8 {
[%cal Re6f5]} 32. Rf1 Kg8 33. Rf3 {[%cal Rf5e6]} Rc1+ (33... Rc4 $1 $11 34.
Rxe6 Qxd4+ 35. Qxd4 Rxd4) 34. Kh2 $16 Qe7 (34... Rc4 $14 35. Kh3 Qxe5 36. dxe5
Rxg4 37. Kxg4 exf5+ 38. Rxf5 Rd8) 35. Rxe6 Qc7+ 36. Rg3 {[#] aiming for f6.}
Rf1 37. Re5 g5 $2 {A mistake that costs the game.} (37... Rf6 $16 38. Rxd5 Rf4)
38. fxg6 $18 {Intending g7 and mate.} R8f4 39. Qe6+ Kg7 40. Qe7+ (40. Rc3 $142
Qd8 41. Rxd5 Qh4+ 42. Rh3 Rh1+ {[%mdl 64] Decoy} 43. Kxh1 Rf1+ 44. Kh2 Qf4+ 45.
Rg3) 40... Qxe7 {White is clearly winning.} 41. Rxe7+ Kg8 42. Re8+ Kg7 43. Rc3
{Weighted Error Value: White=0.09/Black=0.52} 1-0

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.16"]
[Round "5.38"]
[White "Brkic, Ante"]
[Black "Pavlidis, Antonios"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2536"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Croatia"]
[BlackTeam "Greece"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CRO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GRE"]

{[%evp 13,117,31,45,50,57,54,59,43,51,47,46,43,35,38,68,37,21,22,39,27,50,36,
37,11,10,6,12,33,27,-54,-68,-65,-71,-104,-98,-114,-115,-163,-164,-166,-155,
-180,-177,-176,-183,-176,-166,-218,-218,-218,-200,-201,-167,-199,-205,-195,
-203,-393,-196,-873,-235,-855,-868,-2166,-840,-929,-899,-853,-506,-506,-487,
-555,-496,-476,-464,-397,-404,-404,-404,-885,-893,-913,-905,-871,-783,-654,
-380,-1515,-1501,-1491,-1338,-5982,-5982,-5982,-5975,-5975,-5967,-5941,-5733,
-5960,-5960,-5953,-5854,-5494,-5129,-911]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4
Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 Be7 7. Re1 b5 8. Rxe4 {[#] Threatens to win with Bb3.
C84: Closed Ruy Lopez: Unusual White 6th moves.} d5 9. Nxe5 Nxe5 10. Rxe5 {
Black must now prevent Bb3.White is slightly better.} bxa4 11. Qe2 {is now
more promising than 11.Nc3.} Be6 12. f4 $1 Kf8 13. f5 Bd7 14. Nc3 f6 15. Re3
Bxf5 16. Bd2 {[#]} Bb4 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8] An interesting novelty.} ({
Predecessor:} 16... c6 17. Rf1 Bg6 18. Qg4 Qc8 19. Qf3 Bd6 20. Be1 Qc7 21. Bh4
Re8 22. Rxe8+ Kxe8 {1/2-1/2 (37) Parkhov,Y (2424)-Banusz,T (2631) Tornelo INT
2021}) 17. Nxa4 Bd6 18. c4 Qd7 19. b3 dxc4 20. Re1 Rd8 21. Nb2 (21. Nc5 $11
Bxc5 22. dxc5) 21... cxb3 $15 22. axb3 h5 23. Kh1 {Black keeps a firm grip on
the game.} Kg8 24. Nc4 Bf8 25. Ba5 h4 ({Resist} 25... Qxd4 26. Bxc7 Rd7 27. Ba5
$15) 26. h3 {[#]} Bg6 $1 ({Inferior is} 26... Qxd4 27. Bxc7 Rd7 28. Bd6 $11)
27. Rf1 Rh5 28. Rf4 Bf7 29. Be1 c5 30. d5 (30. Bxh4 {was worth a try.} cxd4 31.
Rd3) 30... Qxd5 $19 31. Rxh4 Rxh4 32. Bxh4 Qd4 33. Bg3 Qa1+ 34. Kh2 Rd1 {
[%csl Ga1][%cal Rd1h1]} 35. Bc7 $2 (35. Be1 {was called for.}) 35... Qc1 (35...
Rh1+ $142 36. Kg3 Qg1) 36. Qb2 $2 (36. Rd3 Rh1+ 37. Kg3) 36... Rh1+ 37. Kg3 Qg1
38. Bf4 g5 (38... Qh2+ $142 39. Kf3 Rf1+ 40. Qf2 Rxf2+ 41. Kxf2 Qxf4+ {[%mdl
64] Double Attack} 42. Rf3 Qd4+ 43. Ne3 Bxb3) 39. Qxf6 Qh2+ 40. Kg4 Qxf4+ 41.
Qxf4 gxf4 42. Re5 Bxc4 43. bxc4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KR} a5 {[%cal Ba6a5,
Ba5a4][%mdl 32]} 44. Rg5+ Kf7 45. Rf5+ Ke8 46. Rxf4 (46. Rf6 $142) 46... a4 47.
Rf6 Rc1 48. Ra6 Rxc4+ 49. Kf5 Rh4 50. g4 $2 (50. Ra7) 50... Rxh3 {Black is
clearly winning.} 51. Rxa4 Kf7 52. g5 Rf3+ 53. Kg4 Rf1 54. Ra7+ Kg6 55. Ra6+
Kg7 56. Rc6 Be7 57. Rc7 Rg1+ 58. Kf5 Kf7 59. Ke4 {Weighted Error Value:
White=0.92/Black=0.29} 0-1

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.16"]
[Round "5.39"]
[White "Kourkoulos-Arditis, Stamatis"]
[Black "Stevic, Hrvoje"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2524"]
[BlackElo "2581"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Greece"]
[BlackTeam "Croatia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GRE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CRO"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 e5 4. Nf3 exd4 5. Bxc4 Bb4+ 6. Nbd2 Nc6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
e5 Nd5 9. Nb3 Nb6 10. Bb5 Bd7 11. Bxc6 Bxc6 12. Nfxd4 Bd5 13. Qg4 Qd7 14. e6
fxe6 15. Nxe6 Qxe6 16. Qxb4 O-O-O 17. Bg5 Bxg2 18. Bxd8 Bxf1 19. Bxc7 Kxc7 20.
Kxf1 Re8 21. Qf4+ Qe5 22. Rc1+ Kb8 23. Qg3 Re7 24. Nd4 Qxg3 25. hxg3 Rd7 26.
Nf3 Rd5 27. Ke2 a5 28. Ke3 Rb5 29. b3 Nd5+ 30. Ke4 Nf6+ 31. Kd3 Rf5 32. Ke2 Ng4
1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.16"]
[Round "5.40"]
[White "Martinovic, Sasa"]
[Black "Kelires, Andreas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2542"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "154"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Croatia"]
[BlackTeam "Greece"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CRO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GRE"]

{[%evp 9,154,27,36,40,45,45,41,31,34,33,43,7,41,38,41,52,49,30,32,33,57,62,58,
30,38,37,54,55,34,27,29,32,26,15,11,0,0,-2,-4,-55,-60,-37,-21,-98,-100,-156,
-156,-156,-153,-152,-159,-159,-152,-192,-165,-205,-166,-185,-177,-256,-196,
-245,-224,-243,-128,-211,-170,-273,-241,-245,-248,-277,-256,-247,-166,-147,0,
-304,-271,-318,-317,-274,-266,-191,-234,-225,-210,-177,-200,-463,-402,-589,
-549,-498,-445,-680,-656,-604,-77,-85,-59,-580,-580,-580,-580,-580,-580,-580,
-568,-564,-553,-29954,-29959,-29958,-29957,-29956,-29954,-29948,-1301,-29985,
-29986,-29987,-29982,-29982,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1.
Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nd7 3. d4 Nb6 4. Nbd2 Nf6 5. Bg2 Bf5 6. Nh4 {D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3
sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4.} e6 7. Nxf5 exf5 {[#]} 8.
O-O $146 {White is slightly better.} ({Predecessor:} 8. c4 c6 9. cxd5 cxd5 10.
Qb3 Ne4 11. a4 Qd7 12. a5 Nxd2 13. Bxd2 Nc4 14. Bc1 {1/2-1/2 (46) Nenezic,M 
(2532)-Kacharava,N (2443) Tornelo INT 2021}) 8... Be7 9. c4 c6 10. cxd5 cxd5
11. Nb3 Ne4 12. Nc5 Rb8 13. Be3 O-O 14. Rc1 Bg5 15. Bxg5 Qxg5 16. a4 Qe7 17.
Qd3 Rbc8 18. b3 Rc7 19. a5 Nc8 20. Nxe4 dxe4 21. Qb5 Nd6 22. Rxc7 Qxc7 23. Qc5
Rc8 24. Qb4 (24. Rd1 $11) 24... g6 $15 25. e3 Ne8 26. d5 (26. Rd1 $11) 26...
Nd6 $17 27. Rd1 (27. Qa4 $142) 27... Qc5 28. Qd2 Qc3 29. Bf1 Qxd2 30. Rxd2 {
[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Kg7 31. Rd4 Kf6 32. Kg2 Ke5 33. b4 Rc2 34. h3 (34.
b5 {keeps fighting.}) 34... h6 35. Rd1 g5 36. h4 Rb2 ({Better is} 36... f4 $19
{And now ...fxe3 would win.} 37. exf4+ gxf4 38. gxf4+ Kxf4) 37. b5 (37. a6 $17)
37... Rc2 (37... Nxb5 $2 38. Bxb5 Kd6 39. Bc4 $18) 38. a6 (38. Rb1 {was
necessary.}) 38... b6 $1 $19 39. hxg5 hxg5 40. Kg1 Rc5 41. Kg2 Nc8 ({Don't take
} 41... Rxd5 42. Rc1 $17) (41... Nxb5 $2 42. Bxb5 Rxd5 43. Rxd5+ Kxd5 44. Bd7
$18) 42. Be2 Nd6 (42... Rc2 $17 43. Kf1 Nd6) 43. Rh1 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (43. Bf1
$1 $11) 43... Nxb5 ({Weaker is} 43... Rxd5 44. Rc1 $17) 44. Bxb5 Rxb5 {KR-KR}
45. Rh7 Ra5 ({Stronger than} 45... Rxd5 46. Rxf7 Ra5 47. Rxa7 $11) 46. Rxf7
Rxa6 47. d6 {White threatens d7 and mate.} Ra5 48. d7 Rd5 49. Re7+ $2 (49. g4 {
was the only defense.} fxg4 50. Re7+ Kf5 51. d8=B Rxd8 52. Rxa7) 49... Kf6 50.
d8=Q (50. Re8 $142 Rxd7 51. Rf8+ Rf7 52. Rb8) 50... Rxd8 51. Rxa7 Rb8 52. Ra4 (
52. Ra6 $142 Ke5 53. Kf1) 52... b5 53. Rb4 Ke5 $2 (53... g4 $1 $19 {has better
winning chances.} 54. Kf1 Ke5) 54. g4 $17 f4 {...fxe3 is the strong threat.}
55. exf4+ {[%mdl 8192]} (55. Kf1 $1 $15) 55... gxf4 $19 56. f3 e3 57. Kf1 {
intending Ke2.} Kd5 58. Ke2 {[#]} Kc5 $1 {[%cal Rc5b4]} 59. Rxf4 b4 60. Rf7 b3
61. Rc7+ Kd4 62. Rc1 b2 63. Rb1 Rb3 (63... Rb5 $142 64. f4 Rb7 65. g5 Ke4 66.
g6 Kxf4 67. Rf1+ Ke4 68. Rb1 Kd4 69. Rd1+ Kc3 70. Kxe3 Rg7 71. Rg1 Rg8 72. Kf4
{[#]} Rxg6 $3 {[%mdl 576] Deflection, Promotion} 73. Rxg6 b1=Q 74. Rf6 Kd4 75.
Rd6+ Kc5 76. Rd2 Qe1 77. Rd3 Qh4+ 78. Ke5 Qg5+ 79. Ke4 Qg4+ 80. Ke3 Kc4 81. Rd2
Qh3+ 82. Ke4 Qh1+ 83. Ke3 Qe1+ 84. Re2 Qg3+ 85. Kd2 Qf4+ 86. Kc2 Qd4 87. Rd2
Qe4+ 88. Kb2 Kb4 89. Rc2 Qe1 90. Rc8 Qe5+ 91. Kc1 Kb3 92. Kd2 Qd5+ 93. Ke3 Qe6+
94. Kf3 Qxc8 95. Kf4 Qe6 96. Kf3 Qf5+ 97. Kg3 Kc3 98. Kh2 Kd3 99. Kg3 Ke3 100.
Kh4 Qg6 101. Kh3 Kf3 102. Kh4 Qh6#) 64. f4 Ke4 65. f5 Rb8 66. f6 Rh8 $2 (66...
Rb7 {mates} 67. Kf1 Kf3 68. f7 Rxf7 69. Rxb2 Rd7 70. Ke1 Rh7 71. Kd1 Rh1+ 72.
Kc2 e2 73. Rb3+ Kf2 74. Kd3 e1=Q 75. Kd4 Qd2+ 76. Rd3 Qb4+ 77. Ke5 Rh6 78. Rd4
Qc5+ 79. Ke4 Re6+ 80. Kd3 Re3+ 81. Kd2 Re2+ 82. Kd3 Qc2#) 67. f7 $11 {The
position is equal.} Rh2+ 68. Kf1 $1 Rh1+ 69. Kg2 $1 {[%cal Rg2h1]} Rxb1 70.
f8=Q {White wants to mate with Qf5+.} Rg1+ {[%mdl 64] Decoy} 71. Kxg1 {
Intending Qb4+ and mate.} b1=Q+ {KQ-KQ} 72. Qf1 Qb8 {White must now prevent ...
Qg3+.} (72... Qa2 {seems wilder.} 73. Qf5+ Kd4 74. g5 Qd2 75. Qf4+ Kc3) 73.
Qf5+ Kd4 74. Kf1 Qg3 75. Qd7+ Ke4 {[%csl Ge3][%cal Rg3f2]} 76. Qf5+ Kd4 77.
Qd7+ Ke4 {[%csl Ge3][%cal Rg3f2] White happily takes the draw.  Weighted Error
Value: White=0.59/Black=0.27} 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.16"]
[Round "5.41"]
[White "Yilmaz, Mustafa"]
[Black "Andersen, Mads"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2626"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Turkey"]
[BlackTeam "Denmark"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "TUR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "DEN"]

{[%evp 9,52,49,36,56,108,3,14,-6,24,31,32,24,35,35,29,26,23,16,29,18,25,4,5,7,
6,6,6,7,5,4,10,5,3,3,3,2,10,0,0,0,7,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 b5 4.
a4 c6 5. axb5 cxb5 6. Nc3 {D20: Queen's Gambit Accepted: 3 e3 and 3 e4.} Qb6 ({
Black should play} 6... a6 $14) 7. Be3 (7. b3 $16) 7... e6 $11 {[#]} 8. d5 $146
({Predecessor:} 8. Qh5 a6 9. Nxb5 Bb7 10. Bxc4 Nf6 11. Qe5 axb5 12. Rxa8 Bxa8
13. d5 {0-1 (27) Azzola,O (1305)-Bottoni,C (1046) IECC email 2002}) 8... Bc5 9.
Bxc5 Qxc5 10. Nf3 {[#] Black must now prevent Qd4.} a6 11. dxe6 Ra7 12. Qd4
Qxd4 13. Nxd4 Rc7 14. Nd5 Rb7 15. exf7+ Kxf7 {The position is equal.} 16. b3
cxb3 17. Nxb3 {With the idea Nc5.} Be6 18. Nc5 Bxd5 19. Nxb7 Bxb7 {[#]} 20.
Bxb5 $1 {aiming for Bc4+.} Bxe4 21. Bc4+ Kg6 22. f3 Bc6 23. Bd3+ Kf7 24. Bc4+
Kg6 25. Bd3+ Kf7 26. Bc4+ Kg6 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.12/Black=0.05}
1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.16"]
[Round "5.42"]
[White "Thybo, Jesper Sondergaard"]
[Black "Can, Emre"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2604"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Denmark"]
[BlackTeam "Turkey"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "DEN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "TUR"]

{[%evp 13,131,19,33,33,30,22,28,26,32,18,33,19,20,18,23,18,17,10,57,4,17,0,0,0,
0,-11,0,-18,-14,-16,-14,-81,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-12,8,8,8,8,10,-33,-4,-7,0,-9,0,-1,0,
0,0,0,41,29,40,25,156,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,
0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4
e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 c5 6. O-O Nc6 7. dxc5 $1 {[%mdl 4] is more
profitable than 7.Qa4 at the moment.} Bxc5 8. Qxd8+ {E04: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3.}
Kxd8 9. Nbd2 Ke7 10. Nxc4 {White has an edge.} Bd7 11. b3 Rac8 12. Bb2 Rhd8 13.
Rfd1 Be8 {[#]} 14. Rxd8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. e3 Rxd1+ 15. Rxd1 b5 16. Nce5
Nxe5 17. Nxe5 Bd6 18. Rd2 a5 19. Nd3 Bc6 20. Rc2 {1/2-1/2 (58) Chan,K (2245)
-Piesik,P (2417) Stockholm 2019}) 14... Rxd8 15. Rc1 b6 (15... Ne4 {seems
wilder.} 16. e3 Nb4 17. Nd4 f5 18. Bxe4 fxe4 19. Ba3 Nd3) 16. a3 (16. Ne1 $14)
16... Bd4 17. b4 Bxb2 18. Nxb2 Nd5 19. Nd3 Kf8 20. b5 Nce7 21. a4 $1 Rc8 22.
Ra1 {[#]} (22. Rxc8 $11 {remains equal.} Nxc8 23. Kf1) 22... f6 ({Black should
play} 22... Nc3 $1 $17 23. Kf1 Rc4) 23. Bh3 $11 Bd7 24. e4 Nc3 25. Nf4 Kf7 26.
Nd4 f5 27. exf5 exf5 28. Nf3 {Threatening Ne5+.} Kf6 29. Re1 {[#] And now Nh5+
would win.} Ng6 {Strongly threatening ...Nxf4.} 30. Nh5+ Kf7 31. Bf1 h6 32. Nd4
Nf8 33. Bd3 g6 34. Nf4 Nxa4 35. Ra1 Nc5 36. Bc4+ Nce6 (36... Ke7 $1 $11) 37.
Rxa7 $2 (37. Bxe6+ $16 Nxe6 38. Nfxe6 Bxe6 39. Rxa7+ Kf6 40. Nxe6 Kxe6 41. Rb7)
37... Rxc4 {The position is equal.} 38. Ndxe6 Nxe6 39. Rxd7+ $16 {[%mdl 4096]
Endgame KRN-KRN} Ke8 40. Rd6 Nxf4 41. gxf4 $11 {KR-KR} Kf7 42. Rxb6 Rxf4 43.
Rc6 Rb4 44. b6 h5 45. Kf1 Rb2 46. h4 Rb4 47. Rc7+ Ke6 48. b7 Rb2 49. Ke1 Kd6
50. Rg7 Ke5 51. Kd1 Kf4 52. Kc1 Rb6 (52... Rb5 {is interesting.} 53. Kd2 Rb3
54. Ke2 Rb6 55. Kd3 Kf3) 53. Kc2 Kf3 54. Rd7 {aiming for Rd3+.} (54. Kc3 {
keeps more tension.} f4 55. Kc4 Kxf2 56. Kc5 Rb1 57. Kc6) 54... Kg4 55. Kc3 {
Black must now prevent Rd4+.} (55. Kd3 {with more complications.} Kf3 56. Kc4
Kxf2 57. Kc5 Rb1 58. Kc6) 55... f4 56. Rf7 g5 57. hxg5 Kxg5 58. f3 h4 59. Kc4
h3 60. Kc5 Rb1 61. Kc6 h2 62. Rh7 Rc1+ 63. Kd6 $1 Rb1 64. Kc6 Rc1+ 65. Kd6 Rb1
66. Kc6 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.09/Black=0.08} 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.16"]
[Round "5.43"]
[White "Sanal, Vahap"]
[Black "Bjerre, Jonas Buhl"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2569"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Turkey"]
[BlackTeam "Denmark"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "TUR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "DEN"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Ngf6 6. Bd3 Nc5 7. Nc3 e6 8.
O-O Be7 9. Re1 Nxd3 10. Qxd3 O-O 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bh4 Qb6 13. a4 Bd7 14. a5 Qa6
15. Ncb5 Rfc8 16. c4 b6 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Nxd6 Rd8 19. N4b5 Bxb5 20. cxb5 Qc8
21. e5 Qd7 22. Rad1 Be7 23. a6 Bxd6 24. exd6 Rac8 25. b4 f6 26. h3 e5 27. f4
Qe6 28. fxe5 fxe5 29. Qd5 Qxd5 30. Rxd5 Rd7 31. Rexe5 Kf7 32. Rd3 Rcd8 33. Rf3+
Kg8 34. Re6 Kh7 35. Rd3 Kg8 36. Re7 Kh7 37. Kh2 h5 38. Rxd7 Rxd7 39. Kg3 Kg6
40. Kf4 Kf6 41. h4 g6 42. Rd2 1-0

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.16"]
[Round "5.44"]
[White "Rasmussen, Allan Stig"]
[Black "Gokerkan, Cem Kaan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2577"]
[BlackElo "2444"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "243"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Denmark"]
[BlackTeam "Turkey"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "DEN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "TUR"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Nc3 dxc4 7. Ne5 Qd6 8. O-O
Qa6 9. a4 Nc6 10. Nb5 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Rd8 12. Qc2 Nd5 13. Qxc4 Bd7 14. Bd2 Rac8
15. Rfd1 Be8 16. e3 c6 17. Na3 Qxc4 18. Nxc4 Nb6 19. Nxb6 axb6 20. Bc3 Rxd1+
21. Rxd1 c5 22. a5 bxa5 23. Bxb7 Rb8 24. Be4 a4 25. Ra1 c4 26. Bc2 Ra8 27. Kf1
Bc6 28. Ke2 Kf8 29. f4 g6 30. Bd4 Ke8 31. Bd1 Bb4 32. Bc2 Kd7 33. g4 Kc7 34. h4
Bb5 35. Kf3 Bc6+ 36. Ke2 Bb5 37. Kf3 Bc6+ 38. Kg3 Be7 39. h5 a3 40. bxa3 Rxa3
41. Rxa3 Bxa3 42. f5 exf5 43. gxf5 gxf5 44. Bxf5 h6 45. e6 Be8 46. exf7 Bxf7
47. Bg6 Bd6+ 48. Kf2 Be6 49. Bg7 Bg4 50. Bxh6 c3 51. Bg7 c2 52. Bb2 Bf8 53. Bc1
Bh6 54. Ke1 Kd6 55. Kd2 Bd1 56. Bb2 Kd5 57. Kd3 Bg5 58. Bf7+ Kd6 59. Ke4 Ke7
60. Bg6 Ke6 61. Kd3 Bh6 62. Kd2 Bg5 63. Kd3 Bh6 64. Bc1 Ke5 65. Kc3 Bg5 66. Kb2
Bh6 67. Bd2 Bg5 68. Kc1 Bh6 69. Bc3+ Kd5 70. Bd4 Bg5 71. Kb2 Bh6 72. Bf7+ Ke4
73. Bg6+ Kd5 74. Kc1 Bg5 75. Kd2 Bh6 76. Bb2 Bg5 77. Kd3 Bh6 78. Bf7+ Kd6 79.
Ke4 Ke7 80. Bg6 Ke6 81. Bc1 Bg5 82. Kd4 Bh6 83. Kc3 Ke5 84. Be8 Ke4 85. Bg6+
Ke5 86. Kd2 Bg5 87. Ba3 Bh6 88. Bc5 Bg5 89. Ba7 Ke6 90. Bb6 Bh6 91. Bd4 Bg5 92.
Bxc2 Bxh5 93. Kd3 Bxe3 94. Kxe3 Kd6 95. Be4 Bf7 96. Bg7 Bd5 97. Bd3 Ba2 98. Kd4
Ke6 99. Be5 Bb3 100. Bh7 Ke7 101. Bg3 Ba2 102. Ke5 Be6 103. Be4 Bh3 104. Bc6
Be6 105. Bb5 Bb3 106. Bh4+ Kf7 107. Be2 Kg6 108. Bd3+ Kf7 109. Bf6 Ba2 110. Kf5
Be6+ 111. Kg5 Bb3 112. Bf5 Ba2 113. Bg4 Bb3 114. Bd7 Be6 115. Bc6 Bb3 116. Kf5
Bc2+ 117. Ke5 Bb3 118. Bf3 Kg6 119. Be2 Ba2 120. Bd1 Bc4 121. Kd4 Kxf6 122.
Kxc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.16"]
[Round "5.45"]
[White "Lenic, Luka"]
[Black "Subelj, Jan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E45"]
[WhiteElo "2633"]
[BlackElo "2458"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Slovenia"]
[BlackTeam "Slovenia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SLO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SLO"]

{[%evp 13,51,25,36,27,35,14,15,12,9,13,16,15,17,14,14,12,143,131,144,141,164,
158,181,195,182,194,203,171,160,181,168,164,338,312,373,366,343,244,440,437]} 
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Nge2 Ba6 6. a3 Be7 7. Nf4 d5 8. cxd5
{[#] And now Bxa6 would win. E45: Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein: 4...b6 5 Ne2 Ba6.}
Bxf1 9. dxe6 Ba6 $1 10. exf7+ {The position is equal.} Kxf7 11. e4 {
Threatening Qb3+.} Bc4 12. Be3 {[#] White wants to play e5.} Nbd7 $146 ({
Predecessor:} 12... Nc6 13. b3 Ba6 14. b4 Bc4 15. Rc1 Qd7 16. e5 Nxe5 17. dxe5
Qf5 18. exf6 Bxf6 {1-0 (27) Gorodetzky,D (2483)-Soffer,R (2490) Jerusalem 2019}
) 13. b3 Ba6 14. e5 Nxe5 15. dxe5 $16 Qxd1+ 16. Rxd1 Ng4 17. e6+ Kf8 18. Rd7
Nf6 19. Rxc7 Ne8 20. Ncd5 Nxc7 21. Nxc7 Bb7 22. Nxa8 {[#] aiming for Nc7.} Bxa8
(22... g5) 23. O-O $18 {Threatens to win with Rc1.} Bd6 24. Nh5 Ke7 25. Re1 {
Strongly threatening Bg5+.} Kxe6 $2 (25... Be5 26. Bg5+ {[%mdl 64] Discovered
Attack} Kd6) 26. Bf4+ {Weighted Error Value: White=0.09/Black=0.39} 1-0

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.16"]
[Round "5.46"]
[White "Dobrovoljc, Vid"]
[Black "Skoberne, Jure"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2414"]
[BlackElo "2562"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Slovenia"]
[BlackTeam "Slovenia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SLO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SLO"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Bf4 Nc6 5. Bb5 a6 6. Bxc6+ bxc6 7. Qd2 Be6 8.
Nge2 Rb8 9. b3 Nf6 10. Bh6 O-O 11. h4 Bxh6 12. Qxh6 Ng4 13. Qf4 Bd7 14. Qg3 e5
15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. h5 Kh8 17. f4 Ng4 18. hxg6 fxg6 19. O-O-O Qe7 20. Rh4 Nf6 21.
Rdh1 Rf7 22. e5 dxe5 23. fxe5 Nh5 24. Qe3 Re8 25. g4 Nf6 26. Nf4 Rg7 27. Qd3
Nh5 28. gxh5 Bf5 29. Nxg6+ 1-0

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.16"]
[Round "5.47"]
[White "Sebenik, Matej"]
[Black "Tisaj, Domen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2509"]
[BlackElo "2369"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Slovenia"]
[BlackTeam "Slovenia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SLO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SLO"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Bf4 dxc4 6. e3 Nd5 7. Bxc4 Nxf4 8.
exf4 Nb6 9. Bb3 g6 10. h4 Bg7 11. h5 Bd7 12. Ne5 Qe7 13. a4 a5 14. Kf1 O-O-O
15. Ne2 Bxe5 16. fxe5 Qg5 17. Qc1 Qxc1+ 18. Nxc1 Bc6 19. Ne2 Rhg8 20. f3 Bd5
21. Bxd5 Rxd5 22. Kf2 Rgd8 23. b3 R5d7 24. Rac1 Nd5 25. Rc4 b6 26. h6 Ne7 27.
g4 Kb7 28. Rhc1 Ng8 29. Rh1 Ne7 30. Kg3 Nd5 31. Kh4 Rf8 32. Kg3 f5 33. exf6
Rxf6 34. Rcc1 Rdf7 35. Ng1 Rf4 36. Rd1 Kc8 37. Rh2 R4f6 38. Re1 Nf4 39. Re5 Kd7
40. Rc2 Kd6 41. Rd2 Rf8 42. Rc2 R8f7 43. Rd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.16"]
[Round "5.48"]
[White "Brilej, Jaka"]
[Black "Janzelj, Tim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2341"]
[BlackElo "2474"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Slovenia"]
[BlackTeam "Slovenia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SLO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SLO"]

{[%evp 13,115,0,16,24,21,28,30,6,24,-20,-5,-10,39,34,31,13,62,60,55,-84,170,
114,192,130,241,226,219,200,195,208,236,156,247,241,262,241,272,266,265,243,
243,236,248,250,253,244,363,363,363,358,356,361,362,354,535,535,627,460,547,
408,383,345,443,366,660,652,689,512,612,655,792,390,510,418,431,411,368,352,
411,405,389,390,470,438,447,457,428,368,337,301,458,420,543,535,487,444,586,
567,620,598,733,720,671,626]} 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nge2 c6 5. f3 Be7
6. Be3 O-O 7. Qd2 Nbd7 8. Ng3 {B07: Pirc Defence: Miscellaneous Systems.} b5 9.
Nf5 b4 10. Na4 {White has an edge.} exd4 11. Qxd4 c5 12. Qd2 Ne5 {[#]} (12...
Nb6 $5 {[%cal Rb6a4]} 13. Nxe7+ Qxe7 $11) 13. Nxe7+ $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. a3
Bxf5 14. exf5 a5 15. Be2 Qc7 16. axb4 axb4 17. b3 d5 18. O-O Bd6 19. Kh1 {
0-1 (36) Wernert,W (2300)-Orsag,M (2405) Germany 1998}) 13... Qxe7 14. a3 $36 {
[%mdl 2048] White is more active.} Rb8 (14... b3 $5) 15. axb4 Rxb4 16. b3 {[#]}
(16. Be2 $14 {keeps the upper hand.}) 16... Ned7 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (16...
Rxe4 $1 $17 {and life is bright.} 17. O-O-O (17. fxe4 Nxe4 18. Qd1 Nf2 $17 {
[%mdl 64] Decoy}) 17... Nxf3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 18. Qxd6 Qxd6 19. Rxd6 Rxe3 20.
gxf3 Re1+ 21. Rd1 Rxd1+ 22. Kxd1 Bb7) 17. Bc4 {White leaves nothing to chance
now.} (17. Nc3 $1 $18) 17... Rb8 (17... Ne5 $16 {was called for.}) 18. O-O (18.
O-O-O $18) 18... Rd8 {[#]} (18... Ne5 $16 19. Rfd1 Nxc4 20. bxc4 Ne8) 19. Rfd1
$1 $18 Nb6 {[#]} 20. Bxc5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Nxc4 21. bxc4 {[%cal Rc5d6]} Ne8 22.
Nc3 {And now Nd5 would win.} a6 {[#]} (22... Be6 $16 {is a better defense.})
23. Nd5 $1 Qe6 (23... Qb7 24. Bb6) 24. Bd4 Rd7 25. Qc3 f6 26. c5 dxc5 27. Qxc5
Bb7 {[%cal Rb7d5]} 28. c4 Nd6 29. Nb6 Rf7 (29... Rdd8 {might work better.} 30.
Be3 Nf7) 30. Bf2 Nxe4 31. fxe4 Qxe4 {[%csl Gb7][%cal Re4g2]} 32. Nd5 Rc8 {[#]}
33. Re1 $1 Qg4 {[#]} (33... Qxe1+ {was worth a try.} 34. Rxe1 Rxc5) 34. h3 $1
Qg6 (34... Qg5 35. Qd6) 35. Qe3 h6 36. Rac1 Kh7 37. Qg3 Qh5 38. Nf4 Qa5 (38...
Qg5 39. Qd3+ f5) 39. c5 Qa4 40. Ne6 Kg8 41. Nd4 f5 42. Qb3 (42. c6 $142 Ba8 43.
Qg6) 42... Qd7 43. Qe6 Be4 44. Qxd7 Rxd7 45. Ne2 Rf7 46. Nc3 Bc6 47. Rcd1 f4
48. Nd5 Kf8 49. Nb6 Re8 50. Rxe8+ Kxe8 51. Rd6 Rc7 (51... Rf6 {was necessary.}
52. Rxf6 gxf6) 52. Bd4 Bb7 53. Nc4 {White is clearly winning.} Ke7 54. Na5 Bc8
55. Kf2 h5 56. Kf3 g5 57. Rg6 {aiming for Rg7+.} g4+ 58. hxg4 {Weighted Error
Value: White=0.37/Black=0.61} 1-0

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.16"]
[Round "5.49"]
[White "Moroni, Luca Jr"]
[Black "Agopov, Mikael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B44"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Italy"]
[BlackTeam "Finland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ITA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FIN"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. e4 Bb4 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8.
Bd3 e5 9. O-O O-O 10. h3 Re8 11. Qc2 Bc5 12. Re1 d6 13. Be3 Bd4 14. Bxd4 exd4
15. Ne2 c5 16. Ng3 Bb7 17. f4 Qc7 18. Qf2 Re6 19. Re2 Rae8 20. Rae1 Bc6 21. b4
cxb4 22. Qxd4 Nd7 23. Nf5 f6 24. c5 dxc5 25. Qf2 Kf8 26. e5 Bd5 27. Qh4 fxe5
28. Nxg7 c4 29. Nxe6+ Rxe6 30. Bf5 e4 31. Bxe6 Qb6+ 32. Kh2 Qxe6 33. Qxh7 Nc5
34. Qc7 Nd3 35. Qb8+ Ke7 36. Qxa7+ Kd6 37. Rb1 Bc6 38. Qb8+ Kc5 39. Reb2 Nxb2
40. Rxb2 b3 41. axb3 c3 42. Qa7+ Kb5 43. Ra2 Qxb3 44. Ra5+ Kc4 45. Qc5+ Kd3 46.
Qxc6 e3 47. Rd5+ Ke2 48. Rb5 Qa4 49. Qf3+ Kd3 50. Rd5+ Kc4 51. Qe4+ Kb3 52.
Qxe3 1-0

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.16"]
[Round "5.50"]
[White "Koykka, Pekka"]
[Black "Valsecchi, Alessio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "2353"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Finland"]
[BlackTeam "Italy"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FIN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ITA"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Qd3 a6 7. Nxc6 Qxc6 8.
Qg3 b5 9. a3 Ne7 10. Bd3 Ng6 11. f4 b4 12. axb4 Bxb4 13. Bd2 O-O 14. O-O f6 15.
Kh1 Bb7 16. Qf2 a5 17. Qe2 Kh8 18. Rf3 f5 19. Rh3 Rf6 20. Bb5 Qb6 21. e5 Bxc3
22. bxc3 Nxe5 23. fxe5 Rg6 24. Rg3 Rxg3 25. hxg3 Qc7 26. Ra4 Be4 27. Rxe4 fxe4
28. Qxe4 Rf8 29. Bd3 g6 30. Bh6 Kg8 31. Bxf8 Kxf8 32. Qf4+ Kg8 33. Qd4 Qb7 34.
Kh2 Kf7 35. Qf4+ Kg8 36. Qc4 Qb8 37. Qb5 Qc7 38. c4 Qd8 39. c5 Qc7 40. Qb6 Qxe5
41. Qd8+ 1-0

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.16"]
[Round "5.51"]
[White "Sonis, Francesco"]
[Black "Nyysti, Sampsa"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2536"]
[BlackElo "2325"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Italy"]
[BlackTeam "Finland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ITA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FIN"]

{[%evp 14,118,26,26,31,25,33,12,24,16,36,10,56,27,42,51,77,79,77,81,86,110,112,
110,123,108,123,43,59,0,32,39,27,31,90,79,91,120,89,84,129,141,144,148,229,135,
239,256,490,480,643,641,634,631,714,702,548,144,132,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,
0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-40,-40,-174,-145,-230,-207,-257,-243,-346,-351,-360,
-349,-352,-320,-1018,-1044,-1047,-1042,-1011,-1023,-741,-716]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4
b6 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O e6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Re1 Be7 8. e4 e5 {A30:
Symmetrical English: Double Fianchetto and Hedgehog.} 9. d3 Nc6 10. Nd5 O-O {
The position is equal.} 11. a3 {[#]} Nxd5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Bc8 12. b4
Bg4 13. Ne3 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 cxb4 15. axb4 Nxb4 16. Bb2 Nc6 17. Qa4 Qc8 18. Nd5
Re8 19. Reb1 Qb7 20. Bd1 Nd7 21. Bc1 Nc5 22. Qa3 Qd7 {1/2-1/2 (22) Marquez
Abreu,C (2367)-Morales Pecino,B (2312) ICCF email 2011}) 12. cxd5 Nb8 13. Nd2
Nd7 14. b4 Bg5 15. Nc4 {Strongly threatening Bxg5.} Bxc1 16. Rxc1 (16. Nxd6 Bb2
$17) 16... Qc7 17. f4 exf4 18. gxf4 Rae8 19. d4 Ba6 20. Nd2 ({White should play
} 20. Ne3 $1 $16) 20... Qd8 $1 $14 21. Nf3 (21. Qa4 $14 Qf6 22. dxc5 (22. Qxa6
Qxd4+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 23. Kh1 Qxd2 $17) 22... Qd4+ {[%mdl 64] Double
Attack} 23. Kh1 Nxc5 24. Nf3 Nxa4 25. Nxd4) 21... cxb4 22. axb4 Nf6 23. Nd2 Bb5
(23... g6 $14) 24. Qf3 $16 {And now e5 would win.} Re7 25. e5 Ne8 26. f5 f6 {
[%cal Rd6e5]} 27. e6 g6 28. Ne4 Kh8 (28... Rg7 $16 {was called for.} 29. Qf4
Kh8) 29. Qh3 (29. fxg6 $18 Rg8 30. gxh7 (30. Nxf6 Rf8 $17) 30... Rxh7 31. Re3)
29... g5 (29... gxf5 $16 {keeps fighting.} 30. Qxf5 Rg7) 30. Qh6 $18 {[%cal
Rh6f8]} Ng7 $2 (30... Rg7 31. e7 Qxe7) 31. Bh3 Bd3 {Now ...Bxe4 and Black
clings on.} 32. Nxf6 {[%csl Gf6][%cal Rh6h7]} Bxf5 33. Rf1 Bg6 {intending ...
Rc7.} 34. Bg4 Rc7 {[#]} 35. Rxc7 $2 (35. Nxh7 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512] is the
precise move to win. White threatens Nf6+ and mate.} Rxf1+ 36. Rxf1 Bxh7 37.
Bh5 Nxh5 38. Rf8+ Qxf8 39. Qxf8+ Bg8 40. Qxd6 Rc1+ 41. Kf2) 35... Qxc7 $16 36.
Qh3 (36. Qxg5 $16 {Hoping for Rc1.} Ne8 37. Nxe8 Rxe8 38. Be2) 36... Qe7 $11
37. Nd7 Rxf1+ 38. Qxf1 Ne8 39. Qf3 Kg7 40. Qe3 h6 41. Bf3 Nf6 42. Nxf6 Qxf6 43.
Qc3 Be8 44. Qc7+ Kg6 45. Be4+ (45. Qc2+ {is more complex.} Kg7 46. Kg2 g4 47.
Bxg4 Qg5 48. Qf5) 45... Kh5 46. Qc3 {[%cal Rc3h3]} Qf4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black
has the initiative.} 47. Qh3+ Qh4 48. Qd3 Qg4+ 49. Kf2 {White wants to mate
with Bf3!} Qf4+ 50. Kg2 (50. Qf3+ $15 Qxf3+ 51. Kxf3) 50... g4 $19 51. b5 {[#]}
(51. h3 $17 {was worth a try.}) 51... Kg5 $1 52. Kg1 h5 ({Weaker is} 52... Bxb5
53. Qxb5 Qxe4 54. Qb4 $15) 53. e7 {[#]} (53. Qe2 $142) 53... h4 $1 ({Not} 53...
Kf6 54. Bg6 $17) 54. Bg2 g3 55. hxg3 hxg3 56. Bf3 $2 {[#]} (56. Qe2) 56... Bxb5
$1 {[%mdl 512] Black is clearly winning.} 57. Qc3 Kf6 58. Qe1 Qxd4+ 59. Kg2
Qf2+ {Never resign too early!  Weighted Error Value: White=0.37/Black=0.16} 0-1

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.16"]
[Round "5.52"]
[White "Ronka, Erik"]
[Black "Lodici, Lorenzo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2321"]
[BlackElo "2529"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Finland"]
[BlackTeam "Italy"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FIN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ITA"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Ng5 Ngf6 6. Bd3 e6 7. N1f3 Bd6 8.
Qe2 h6 9. Ne4 Nxe4 10. Qxe4 Qc7 11. O-O b6 12. Qg4 g5 13. Qh3 Rg8 14. Re1 g4
15. Qxh6 gxf3 16. Rxe6+ fxe6 17. Qxe6+ Be7 18. Qxg8+ Nf8 19. Bg6+ Kd7 20. Bf5+
Ke8 21. Bg6+ Kd7 22. Bf5+ Ke8 23. Bg6+ Kd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.16"]
[Round "5.53"]
[White "Ragger, Markus"]
[Black "Laurusas, Tomas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2668"]
[BlackElo "2553"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Austria"]
[BlackTeam "Lithuania"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AUT"]
[BlackTeamCountry "LTU"]

{[%evp 25,93,42,45,43,34,52,37,34,35,31,41,30,54,50,56,27,21,24,32,27,35,41,57,
9,18,14,55,38,54,25,33,25,25,0,32,47,72,32,34,33,39,0,0,0,0,0,31,0,0,0,0,-25,0,
0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4
5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. Nbd2 Bf5 9. Re1 Nxd2 10. Qxd2 Bxd3 11. Qxd3
O-O 12. c3 Qd7 13. Bf4 a6 14. Re2 {C42: Petroff Defence: 3 Nxe5 and unusual
White 3rd moves.} Rae8 15. Rae1 Bd8 16. h4 {White is slightly better.} Rxe2 17.
Qxe2 {[#]} Qf5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17... Qg4 18. Bg3 f6 19. b4 Na7 20. c4 Qd7
21. c5 Rf7 22. Qc2 Re7 23. Rb1 c6 {1/2-1/2 (40) Langeveld,R (2679)-Hall,M 
(2602) ICCF email 2017}) 18. Bg3 f6 19. Nd2 Rf7 $1 20. Nf1 Qd7 21. Ne3 Ne7 22.
Qf3 c6 23. h5 Bc7 24. h6 Bxg3 $1 25. Qxg3 f5 26. hxg7 Ng6 {[#] aiming for ...
f4.} 27. Nc2 f4 28. Qg5 Kxg7 29. Nb4 h6 30. Qh5 Re7 31. Rxe7+ (31. Nd3 {
feels hotter.} Rxe1+ 32. Nxe1 Qe6 33. Kf1 a5 34. a4) 31... Qxe7 32. Nd3 Qe4 33.
Qh3 h5 34. Kf1 Kh6 35. Qf3 Qf5 (35... Qxf3 {with more complications.} 36. gxf3
a5 37. Nc5 b6 38. Ne6 a4) 36. Ke2 Kg5 37. g3 a5 38. Kd2 fxg3 39. Qe3+ {The
position is equal.} Kf6 {[#] And now ...g2 would win.} 40. fxg3 b6 41. a4 Qf1
42. Qe2 (42. Kc2 {is more complex.} Qf5 43. b3 Qe4 44. Qf2+ Qf5 45. Qe2) 42...
Qxe2+ 43. Kxe2 b5 44. b3 bxa4 45. bxa4 Ne7 46. Nc5 Nc8 47. Nb3 {Weighted Error
Value: White=0.10/Black=0.05} 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.16"]
[Round "5.54"]
[White "Kazakouski, Valery"]
[Black "Dragnev, Valentin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D71"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2548"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Lithuania"]
[BlackTeam "Austria"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "LTU"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AUT"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 d5 5. Qa4 Bg7 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Nf3 Nb6 8. Qa3
Bxd4 9. Nxd4 Qxd4 10. Be3 Qd6 11. Bc5 Qc7 12. Nd2 Na6 13. Be3 Be6 14. O-O f6
15. Bf4 Qc8 16. e4 Bh3 17. e5 Bxg2 18. exf6 Nd5 19. Rfe1 c5 20. Rxe7+ Nxe7 21.
Re1 Bd5 22. Rxe7+ Kd8 23. Ne4 Rb8 24. Qa5+ b6 25. Qd2 Qf5 26. Re5 1-0

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.16"]
[Round "5.55"]
[White "Blohberger, Felix"]
[Black "Klabis, Rokas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E25"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2353"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Austria"]
[BlackTeam "Lithuania"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AUT"]
[BlackTeamCountry "LTU"]

{[%evp 14,101,-5,-12,8,4,6,6,8,25,11,-13,-17,-20,0,0,28,31,31,24,21,-2,32,-39,
-42,-42,0,0,0,0,0,-103,-66,-177,-174,-238,-132,-118,0,0,130,-135,0,0,122,105,
115,116,179,175,175,170,174,75,417,433,431,407,377,214,193,0,364,0,142,7,5,0,
137,137,124,143,128,121,160,150,143,91,658,501,658,652,646,637,954,943,906,897,
827,810]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. cxd5
exd5 8. e3 c4 {is currently scoring better than 8...0-0. E25: Nimzo-Indian:
Sämisch: 5...c5 6 f3 d5 7 cxd5.} 9. Ne2 Nc6 10. g4 O-O {The position is equal.}
11. Bg2 Na5 12. Nf4 Nb3 {[#]} 13. Ra2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Rb1 b6 14. O-O
h6 15. Qc2 Nxc1 16. Rbxc1 Qd6 17. h4 Bb7 18. g5 Nh7 19. g6 Nf6 20. Bh3 Bc8 21.
Bxc8 Raxc8 22. a4 Rce8 23. Rce1 {1/2-1/2 (23) Heinke,R (2144)-Reinecke,R (2127)
GER email 2011}) 13... a5 14. O-O Rb8 15. e4 Nxc1 16. Qxc1 dxe4 17. fxe4 b5 18.
e5 (18. g5 $14 Ne8 19. Ne2) 18... Nxg4 $15 19. Bf3 Qh4 20. Rg2 Nh6 21. Nh5 {
White wants to mate with Qxh6.} Nf5 22. Kh1 (22. Rg4 $1 $11 {remains equal.}
Qxh5 23. Rxg7+ Nxg7 24. Bxh5 Nxh5 25. Qg5+ Ng7 26. d5) 22... Rb6 23. Rfg1 ({
White should play} 23. Nf6+ $1 $15 Kh8 24. Nd5) 23... Rg6 $19 24. Nf4 (24. Qf4
$142) 24... Rh6 (24... Rxg2 $19 25. Rxg2 b4 26. axb4 axb4) 25. Qd2 $17 Qe7 (
25... Kh8 $17 26. Be4 b4) 26. Nd5 $11 Qh4 (26... Qe6 $1 $11) 27. Nf4 $2 {
[%mdl 8192]} (27. Rg4 $1 $16 {[%cal Rg4h4] is forced if you want to stay
better.} Qh3 28. Qf2) 27... Qe7 {[%mdl 8192]} (27... Kh8 $17 28. Be4 b4) 28.
Nd5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is under pressure.} Qh4 29. Rg4 $1 {[%cal Rg4h4]}
Qh3 30. Qf2 {Hoping for Nf4.} Bb7 (30... Rg6 $16 {was necessary.}) 31. Nf6+ $18
{[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} ({Not} 31. Ne7+ Nxe7 32. Bxb7 (32. Rxg7+ $2 Kh8
$19) 32... Rg6 $15) 31... Kh8 32. Bxb7 {Threatens to win with Be4.} gxf6 33.
Be4 (33. R1g2 $18 Ne7 34. exf6) 33... Ne7 {[%mdl 8192]} (33... Ne3 $16 {
is a better chance.} 34. Rf4 f5) 34. exf6 Ng6 35. R1g3 Qh5 36. Rg5 (36. Bf5
$142) 36... Qh4 37. R5g4 (37. Bd5 $1) 37... Qh5 38. Rg5 $2 (38. Bf5 $18 {
and White stays clearly on top.}) 38... Qh4 $16 {[#]} 39. Bxg6 ({White should
try} 39. Bd5 $1 $16) 39... Rxg6 $11 40. Rxb5 (40. Qe3 {is interesting.} Rxg5
41. Qxg5 Qe4+ 42. Rg2 Qb1+ 43. Rg1) 40... Qxf6 (40... Rxf6 $11 {keeps the
balance.} 41. Qe2 Re6) 41. Qxf6+ $16 Rxf6 42. Rxa5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR
} Re8 43. Rc5 h6 44. Rxc4 Rf2 {intending ...Re1+.} 45. d5 (45. Rc6 $142 {
[%cal Rc6h6]} Kh7 46. Kg1) 45... Re1+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (45... Rd2 $16 {is
tougher.}) 46. Rg1 $18 {White is clearly winning.} Ree2 {[%csl Ge2][%cal Rf2h2]
} 47. Rh4 {[%cal Rh4h6]} Kh7 48. Rd1 f5 {[#] If only Black now had time for ...
f4....} 49. d6 $1 {[%cal Rd6d7] d7 would kill now.} Re8 50. d7 Rd8 51. Rc4 {
What a fight!  Weighted Error Value: White=0.42/Black=0.63} 1-0

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.16"]
[Round "5.56"]
[White "Brazdzionis, Andrius"]
[Black "Horvath, Dominik"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2356"]
[BlackElo "2469"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Lithuania"]
[BlackTeam "Austria"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "LTU"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AUT"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5
9. Be2 Nbd7 10. Ne5 Bb7 11. O-O Nxe5 12. Bxe5 Rh7 13. a4 b4 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15.
e5 Qg6 16. Bxc4 bxc3 17. Bd3 Qg7 18. bxc3 Rh8 19. Qb3 Bc8 20. Be4 Bd7 21. Qb7
Rc8 22. Qxa7 f5 23. exf6 Qxf6 24. Rab1 Qf4 25. Rfe1 Bd6 26. g3 Qd2 27. Red1 Qe2
28. Re1 Qd2 29. Red1 Qe2 30. Re1 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.16"]
[Round "5.57"]
[White "Mehmeti, Dritan"]
[Black "Bogner, Sebastian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2391"]
[BlackElo "2574"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Albania"]
[BlackTeam "Switzerland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ALB"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SUI"]

{[%evp 15,108,0,0,-16,-11,-14,9,5,0,0,0,0,8,2,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,6,2,0,2,0,0,0,0,-5,
0,-4,0,0,10,16,10,-7,-7,-7,-7,-12,-6,-5,0,-24,-24,-24,-24,-24,-24,-25,-24,-25,
-25,-25,-32,-39,0,-108,-91,-170,-186,-249,0,0,0,-229,-207,-127,-83,-1120,-987,
-1247,-976,-1001,-339,-933,-889,-1249,-1229,-1604,-1491,-1749,-1839,-2704,
-2424,-2717,-1985,-4614,-5110,-5109,-5069,-1318,-2233]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3.
Bf4 d5 4. e3 Bd6 5. Bg3 O-O 6. Bd3 c5 7. c3 Qc7 $1 {[%mdl 4] is currently
scoring better than 7...Nc6.} 8. Nbd2 Nbd7 9. O-O {D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3
sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4.} Bxg3 10. hxg3 e5 {
[#] Threatens to win with ...e4.} 11. e4 {The position is equal.} dxe4 12. Nxe4
Nxe4 13. Bxe4 Nf6 14. Qc2 Nxe4 15. Qxe4 exd4 16. cxd4 cxd4 17. Ng5 {[%csl Gg5]
[%cal Re4h7]} g6 18. Qxd4 Bf5 {[#]} 19. Rfe1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 19. Rac1 Qe7
20. Qh4 h5 21. Nf3 Qxh4 22. gxh4 Rac8 23. Nd4 Bd7 24. a3 Kg7 25. g3 {0-1 (44)
Audi,A (2378)-Maly,A (2371) chess.com INT 2020}) 19... Rfd8 20. Qh4 h5 21. Rac1
Qd6 22. Ne4 Bxe4 23. Qxe4 Rd7 (23... b5 {is interesting.} 24. g4 hxg4 25. Qxg4
Qf6 26. Qe2 Rd5) 24. Qa4 Re7 25. Rxe7 Qxe7 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR}
26. Rd1 Qe2 27. Qd4 Rc8 28. a3 b6 29. b4 Rc4 (29... Rc2 {looks sharper.} 30. a4
Kh7 31. b5 Kg8 32. Rf1 Rc4) 30. Qd3 (30. Qa1 {looks sharper.} Qe7 31. Re1 Qd8
32. Rd1 Qc7 33. Re1) 30... Qxd3 31. Rxd3 {KR-KR} Rc1+ 32. Kh2 Ra1 33. f3 Kg7
34. g4 hxg4 35. fxg4 Kf6 36. Kg3 Ke5 37. Re3+ (37. Kh4 $11) 37... Kd4 $17 38.
Rf3 {[#]} (38. Rb3 $17 {might work better.}) 38... g5 $1 $19 39. Kh3 (39. Rxf7
$142 Rxa3+ 40. Kf2) 39... Rh1+ 40. Kg3 Ra1 41. Kh3 $1 Kc4 42. g3 b5 43. Rxf7 $2
{[%mdl 8192] This move loses the game for White.} (43. Kg2 $17) 43... Rxa3 44.
Rf5 Kxb4 45. Rxg5 Ra6 $2 (45... a5 46. Rf5 Rd3) 46. Rf5 $2 (46. Kh4 Rc6 47. Rf5
) 46... Rh6+ {Black is clearly winning.} 47. Rh5 Rg6 48. g5 a5 {[%cal Ba7a5,
Ba5a4,Ba4a3,Ba3a2][%mdl 32]} 49. Kg4 a4 50. Kf5 Rg8 51. g6 a3 52. Kf6 a2 53.
Rh1 Ka3 54. Kf7 Rb8 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.96/Black=0.18} 0-1

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.16"]
[Round "5.58"]
[White "Pelletier, Yannick"]
[Black "Pasko, Llambi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D52"]
[WhiteElo "2564"]
[BlackElo "2417"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Switzerland"]
[BlackTeam "Albania"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SUI"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ALB"]

{[%evp 19,135,33,33,30,38,38,38,44,35,37,30,21,16,28,29,26,26,26,20,17,16,19,
25,0,0,0,0,0,12,2,8,10,13,14,14,0,10,0,6,0,0,-8,0,0,0,0,0,-23,-21,-24,-19,-30,
0,0,0,0,0,-80,-10,-10,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,
0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6
3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 Qa5 7. Nd2 Bb4 8. Qc2 dxc4 9. Bxf6 Nxf6
10. Nxc4 Qd5 11. O-O-O {D52: Queen's Gambit Declined: Cambridge Springs
Variation.} Bxc3 12. Qxc3 O-O 13. f3 {White is slightly better.} c5 14. e4 cxd4
15. Qxd4 (15. exd5 dxc3 16. Ne3 Nxd5 $17) 15... Qxd4 16. Rxd4 Bd7 17. Nd6 Bc6 {
[#]} 18. Bb5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 18. Bc4 Rfd8 19. Rhd1 Ne8 20. Nxe8 Rxe8 21.
e5 Rac8 22. Kd2 Kf8 23. Ke3 Ke7 24. Rg4 {1-0 (51) Peskov,A (2362)-Kosikov,A 
(2158) Alushta 2005}) 18... Bxb5 19. Nxb5 Rfc8+ 20. Kb1 Kf8 21. Ra4 a6 22. Nd6
{[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} Rc7 23. Rc1 Rd7 24. e5 Ne8 25. Ne4 Rad8 26. g3
Ke7 27. b3 Rc7 28. Rxc7+ Nxc7 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} 29. Nd6 b5 30.
Rg4 Rg8 31. Ne4 {White wants to play Nf6!} h5 32. Rh4 g6 33. g4 Nd5 34. gxh5
gxh5 35. Ng3 b4 36. Rxh5 Nc3+ 37. Kc2 Nxa2 {...Rc8+ is the strong threat.} 38.
Ne4 (38. Rh4 $11) 38... Nc3 (38... Rc8+ $17 39. Kd1 Nc3+ 40. Kd2 Nxe4+ 41. fxe4
Rc3) 39. Nd6 {The position is equal.} ({Reject} 39. Nxc3 Rc8 $17) 39... Nb5 (
39... Rg2+ {keeps more tension.} 40. Kd3 Na2 41. f4 Nc1+ 42. Kc4 Rg4) 40. Nxb5
axb5 {KR-KR} 41. Rh4 Rc8+ 42. Kd2 Rc3 43. Rxb4 Rxf3 44. Rxb5 Rh3 45. Rb7+ Kf8
46. b4 Kg7 47. Rc7 Kg6 48. b5 Rxh2+ 49. Kc3 Rh1 {[#] Hoping for ...Rc1+.} 50.
b6 {And now Rc4 would win.} (50. Kc2 {keeps more tension.} Kf5 51. Rxf7+ Kxe5
52. Rd7 Ke4 53. b6) 50... Rb1 51. b7 f6 52. exf6 Kxf6 53. Kd4 Kf5 54. Rf7+ Kg6
55. Rd7 Kf5 56. Kc5 e5 57. Kc6 Rc1+ 58. Kd6 (58. Kb5 {looks sharper.} Rb1+ 59.
Kc4 Ke6 60. Rh7 e4 61. Rh6+) 58... Rd1+ 59. Kc7 (59. Kc5 {with more
complications.} Rb1) 59... Rc1+ 60. Kd8 (60. Kb6 {feels hotter.} Rb1+ 61. Ka6
Ra1+ 62. Kb5 Rb1+ 63. Kc4) 60... Rb1 61. Kc8 (61. Rc7 {seems wilder.} Kg4 62.
Re7 Kf4 63. Rf7+ Kg3 64. Rg7+) 61... e4 62. b8=Q (62. Rd1 {is more complex.}
Rb3 63. Kb8 e3 64. Re1 Ke4 65. Kc7) 62... Rxb8+ 63. Kxb8 {KR-KP} e3 64. Re7 Kf4
65. Kc7 Kf3 66. Kd6 e2 67. Rxe2 Kxe2 68. Kd5 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.05/
Black=0.04} 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.16"]
[Round "5.59"]
[White "Ashiku, Franc"]
[Black "Kurmann, Oliver"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D21"]
[WhiteElo "2419"]
[BlackElo "2458"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Albania"]
[BlackTeam "Switzerland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ALB"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SUI"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 c5 4. e3 cxd4 5. Bxc4 Qc7 6. Bb3 dxe3 7. Bxe3 e6 8.
O-O Nf6 9. Nc3 Nc6 10. Nb5 Qa5 11. Nfd4 Bd7 12. Bf4 Rc8 13. Rc1 a6 14. Nd6+
Bxd6 15. Bxd6 Ne4 16. Ba3 Qd2 17. Bxe6 fxe6 18. Qh5+ g6 19. Qh4 Qg5 20. Qxe4
Qd5 21. Qxd5 exd5 22. Ne2 Kf7 23. Rfd1 Be6 24. Bc5 Rhd8 25. Nf4 d4 26. Bb6 Rd6
27. Nxe6 Kxe6 28. Kf1 Kd7 29. Rd2 d3 30. b3 Nb4 31. Rxc8 Kxc8 32. Ba5 Nc2 33.
g3 Kd7 34. Rd1 b5 35. Bd2 Kc6 36. Kg2 Kc5 37. Kf3 Kd4 38. Rc1 Rf6+ 39. Kg2 Re6
40. Kf3 b4 41. h4 Rf6+ 42. Kg2 h5 43. Kf1 a5 44. Rb1 Re6 45. Rc1 a4 46. bxa4
Ra6 47. Rb1 Rxa4 48. Rb2 Kc4 49. Kg2 Nd4 50. g4 Ne2 51. gxh5 gxh5 52. f4 Nc3
53. f5 Ra5 54. f6 Rf5 55. Bxc3 bxc3 56. Rf2 Rxf6 57. Rxf6 d2 58. Rd6 c2 59.
Rxd2 c1=Q 60. Rf2 Qe3 61. Rf3 Qe4 0-1

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.16"]
[Round "5.60"]
[White "Baenziger, Fabian"]
[Black "Seitaj, Ilir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D61"]
[WhiteElo "2403"]
[BlackElo "2351"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "151"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Switzerland"]
[BlackTeam "Albania"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SUI"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ALB"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. Qc2 h6 8. Bh4
c6 9. a3 Re8 10. Rd1 a6 11. Be2 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Nd5 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. O-O Nxc3
15. Qxc3 c5 16. dxc5 Qxc5 17. Rc1 Nf6 18. Rfd1 b5 19. Bb3 Qxc3 20. Rxc3 Bb7 21.
Rc7 Bd5 22. Bxd5 Nxd5 23. Rb7 Reb8 24. Rxb8+ Rxb8 25. Rc1 Nb6 26. Kf1 Nc4 27.
Rc2 Rd8 28. Ke2 Kf8 29. a4 Nd6 30. axb5 Nxb5 31. Rc6 Rd6 32. Ne5 Rd5 33. Nc4 a5
34. Nxa5 Nd4+ 35. exd4 Rxa5 36. Kd3 Rf5 37. Rc2 Ke7 38. b4 Kd6 39. f3 Rb5 40.
Kc4 Rb8 41. Kb3 g5 42. Rc5 f5 43. Kc4 Ra8 44. Ra5 Rc8+ 45. Rc5 Ra8 46. d5 exd5+
47. Rxd5+ Ke6 48. b5 Ra4+ 49. Kb3 Ra5 50. Kc4 Ra4+ 51. Kc5 Ra2 52. Rd6+ Ke5 53.
Rd5+ Ke6 54. Rd6+ Ke5 55. Rd4 Rxg2 56. b6 Rb2 57. Rb4 Rc2+ 58. Rc4 Rb2 59. Rb4
Rc2+ 60. Kb5 Kd6 61. Rd4+ Ke5 62. Rc4 Rb2+ 63. Rb4 Rd2 64. b7 Rd8 65. Kc6 Rg8
66. b8=Q+ Rxb8 67. Rxb8 Kf4 68. Rf8 Kxf3 69. Rxf5+ Kg2 70. Kd5 Kxh2 71. Ke4 Kg2
72. Rf6 g4 73. Rxh6 g3 74. Ke3 Kg1 75. Rg6 g2 76. Ke2 1-0

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.16"]
[Round "5.61"]
[White "Saraci, Nderim"]
[Black "Dardha, Daniel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E52"]
[WhiteElo "2486"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Kosovo"]
[BlackTeam "Belgium"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "KOS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BEL"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. c4 b6 2. Nc3 Bb7 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. e3 Bb4 6. Bd2 O-O 7. Bd3 d5 8. O-O
dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nbd7 10. Qe2 a6 11. a3 Bd6 12. e4 e5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Bxe5
15. Rad1 Qe7 16. Rfe1 b5 17. Ba2 Rad8 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. exd5 Rfe8 20. Be3 Bd6
21. g3 Qd7 22. Qf3 Ng4 23. Bd4 Ne5 24. Qc3 Qg4 25. Bxe5 Rxe5 26. Rxe5 Bxe5 27.
Qc2 Bxb2 28. h3 Qa4 29. Bb3 Qxa3 30. Rd3 Qa1+ 31. Rd1 Qa3 32. Rd3 Qa1+ 33. Rd1
Qa3 34. Rd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.16"]
[Round "5.62"]
[White "Docx, Stefan"]
[Black "Uruci, Endrit"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2432"]
[BlackElo "2322"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Belgium"]
[BlackTeam "Kosovo"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BEL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "KOS"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O b6 8. b4
dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nd5 10. Qb3 Nxc3 11. Qxc3 Bb7 12. Bb2 c5 13. bxc5 Bxf3 14. gxf3
bxc5 15. Rfd1 cxd4 16. Qc2 e6 17. Bxd4 Qg5+ 18. Kh1 Bxd4 19. Rxd4 Nc6 20. Rg4
Qf6 21. Rd1 Qxf3+ 22. Rg2 Nb4 23. Qe2 Qxe2 24. Bxe2 Nxa2 25. Ra1 Nb4 26. Bf3
Nd5 27. Bxd5 exd5 28. Rg4 Rfd8 29. Rga4 Rd7 30. Kg2 Kf8 31. Kf3 Ke7 32. Ra6 Kd8
33. Kf4 Kc8 34. Ke5 Kb7 35. Kd4 h6 36. R1a2 Re7 37. Kxd5 Rd8+ 38. Rd6 Rxd6+ 39.
Kxd6 Re6+ 40. Kd5 Ra6 41. Rc2 Rb6 42. Ra2 g5 43. h3 Rb5+ 44. Kd6 Kb6 45. e4 a5
46. e5 Rb3 47. Ke7 Rf3 48. Rd2 a4 49. Rd6+ Kb5 50. Rxh6 a3 51. Rh8 a2 52. Ra8
Rxf2 53. e6 fxe6 54. Kxe6 Kc4 55. Ke5 Kb3 0-1

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.16"]
[Round "5.63"]
[White "Makolli, Perparim"]
[Black "Verstraeten, Rein"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B96"]
[WhiteElo "2245"]
[BlackElo "2386"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Kosovo"]
[BlackTeam "Belgium"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "KOS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BEL"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Nbd7 8. Qf3
Qc7 9. O-O-O b5 10. e5 Bb7 11. Qh3 dxe5 12. Nxe6 fxe6 13. Qxe6+ Be7 14. Bxb5
axb5 15. Nxb5 Qc6 16. Nd6+ Kd8 17. fxe5 Kc7 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Qxe7 Rxa2 20.
Nxb7 Ra1+ 21. Kd2 Qxg2+ 22. Ke3 Qg5+ 23. Ke2 Qg2+ 24. Ke3 Qg5+ 25. Ke2 Qg2+
1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.16"]
[Round "5.64"]
[White "Hovhannisyan, Mher"]
[Black "Saraci, Korab"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2419"]
[BlackElo "2149"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Belgium"]
[BlackTeam "Kosovo"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BEL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "KOS"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. e3 Be7 5. Bd3 O-O 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Nc3 c6 8. b3
Re8 9. Bb2 b6 10. Qe2 Bd6 11. Rfd1 Qe7 12. e4 e5 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Bb5 exd4 15.
Nxd4 Qe5 16. Nf3 Qh5 17. Nxd5 Rxe4 18. Nxf6+ Nxf6 19. Qd3 Bb7 20. Qxd6 Qxb5 21.
Bxf6 Re6 22. Qd8+ Re8 23. Qc7 Bxf3 24. Qg3 1-0

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.16"]
[Round "5.65"]
[White "Grandelius, Nils"]
[Black "Djukic, Nikola"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2669"]
[BlackElo "2519"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sweden"]
[BlackTeam "Montenegro"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SWE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "MNE"]

{[%evp 19,103,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,28,-20,-17,-20,-8,-2,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-11,-6,-37,
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-128,0,-318,-112,-107,-107,-106,-100,-117,-73,-60,-62,-47,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]
} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. c3 d6 6. e4 c5 7. dxc5 dxc5 8.
Be2 Nc6 9. O-O Qc7 10. Qc2 h6 {10...b6 deserves study.} 11. Bh4 {A48: 1 d4 Nf6
2 Nf3 g6: Torre, London and Colle Systems.} Nh5 12. Nc4 b6 13. Rfe1 Bb7 14. a4
g5 15. Bg3 Nxg3 16. hxg3 {[#]} e6 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8] An interesting novelty.} ({
Predecessor:} 16... Rfd8 17. Nfd2 Rab8 18. Na3 e6 19. Ndc4 Ba8 20. Rad1 Rxd1
21. Rxd1 Rd8 22. Nb5 Qe7 {1/2-1/2 (42) Kovalenko,I (2615)-Yilmazyerli,M (2428)
Cesme 2014}) 17. a5 Nxa5 (17... b5 {is interesting.} 18. a6 Bc8 19. Na3 b4 20.
Nb5 Qb6) 18. Nxa5 bxa5 19. Nd2 Rab8 20. Nc4 Ba6 21. Ra3 Bb5 22. b3 a4 23. bxa4
Bxc4 24. Bxc4 Rfd8 25. Qe2 Qd6 26. Rc1 Qd2 27. Qxd2 Rxd2 28. Ra2 Rxa2 29. Bxa2
$17 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Rb2 30. Bc4 Be5 31. g4 a5 (31... Bf4 $142 $1
{[%cal Rf4c1]} 32. Rd1 Bd2) 32. g3 Kg7 33. Kg2 Kg6 34. Kf3 h5 $1 35. gxh5+ Kxh5
36. Ke3 g4 37. Rh1+ Kg5 38. Rh7 (38. Rc1 $17 {was necessary.}) 38... Rc2 (38...
Bxc3 $19 39. Rxf7 Bd4+ 40. Kd3 Rxf2 41. Bxe6 Rxf7 42. Bxf7 Be5) 39. Bb5 (39.
Be2 $17) 39... Rxc3+ $19 40. Ke2 (40. Kd2 {only move.}) 40... Kg6 (40... Rc2+
$19 {has better winning chances.} 41. Ke1 Bc3+ 42. Kf1 Kf6 43. Rh6+ Ke5 44.
Rh5+ Kxe4 45. Rxc5 Rxf2+ $3 {[%mdl 576] Decoy} 46. Kxf2 Bd4+ {[%mdl 64] Double
Attack} 47. Ke2 Bxc5 48. Bc6+ Ke5) 41. Rh4 $17 Kg5 (41... Rc2+ $17 42. Kd1 Rxf2
43. Rxg4+ Kf6) 42. Rh7 $1 $19 f5 $2 (42... Rc2+ $19 {is more deadly.} 43. Ke1
Bc3+ 44. Kf1 Kf6 45. Rh6+ Ke5 46. Rh5+ Kxe4 47. Rxc5 {[#]} Rxf2+ $3 {[%mdl 576]
Decoy} 48. Kxf2 Bd4+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 49. Ke2 Bxc5 50. Bc6+ Ke5) 43.
exf5 $17 exf5 44. Rf7 Rc2+ 45. Kf1 c4 {Hoping for ...Bd4.} 46. Bd7 Bf6 {
Strongly threatening ...c3.} 47. Rf8 {White wants to play Rg8+.} Kg6 (47... c3
$5 {[%cal Rc2c1]} 48. Rg8+ Bg7 49. Rxg7+ Kf6 $15) 48. Be8+ {The position is
equal.} Kg7 49. Rf7+ Kg6 {And now ...Kg5 would win.} 50. Rf8+ Kg7 51. Rf7+ Kg6
{aiming for ...Kg5.} 52. Rf8+ {Black had all chances to win.  Weighted Error
Value: White=0.14/Black=0.21} 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.16"]
[Round "5.66"]
[White "Draskovic, Luka"]
[Black "Hillarp Persson, Tiger"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2469"]
[BlackElo "2528"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Montenegro"]
[BlackTeam "Sweden"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "MNE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SWE"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bc4
O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. Bb3 Na5 11. Qe2 h6 12. Rfd1 Nxb3 13. axb3 Qe8 14. h3 Be6 15.
Nh2 Qc6 16. Qf3 Nh7 17. Qg3 Ng5 18. Bxg5 Bxg5 19. Qd3 Rad8 20. Nf3 Be7 21. Rac1
f5 22. exf5 Bxf5 23. Nd5 Qe8 24. Qe3 Rd7 25. Nxe7+ Qxe7 26. Rd2 Rc7 27. c3 Bxh3
28. Nxe5 dxe5 29. Qxh3 Qg5 30. Rcd1 Rcf7 31. Re2 Kh8 32. Qe3 Rf4 33. Rd5 Qg6
34. g3 e4 35. Rd4 Rf3 36. Qxe4 Qf7 37. Rdd2 Qxb3 38. Re3 R3f7 39. f4 Qb6 40.
Kg2 a5 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.16"]
[Round "5.67"]
[White "Blomqvist, Erik"]
[Black "Blagojevic, Dragisa"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C70"]
[WhiteElo "2542"]
[BlackElo "2467"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sweden"]
[BlackTeam "Montenegro"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SWE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "MNE"]

{[%evp 9,110,22,59,21,38,21,33,20,29,33,18,38,32,22,22,17,35,39,47,38,60,61,62,
41,66,54,50,41,40,22,26,9,10,20,11,4,10,9,8,7,28,26,18,18,18,18,21,24,23,3,27,
2,15,0,28,39,29,31,36,8,10,0,0,-32,-46,-165,-150,-161,-31,-38,-29,-46,-35,-305,
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-29981,-29981,-29981,-29982,-29982,-29983]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4.
Ba4 Bc5 5. c3 Nge7 6. d4 {C70: Ruy Lopez: 3...a6 4 Ba4, Norwegian and Delayed
Schliemann.} exd4 7. cxd4 Bb4+ 8. Bd2 {White is slightly better.} Bxd2+ 9. Qxd2
d5 10. exd5 Qxd5 11. O-O Be6 12. Nc3 Qh5 13. Ne5 O-O 14. Bxc6 Nxc6 15. Nxc6
bxc6 {[#]} 16. Rfe1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16. Na4 Rad8 17. Qc3 Rd6 18. Rae1 Bd5
19. f4 Qg4 20. Rf2 Re6 21. Nc5 Rxe1+ 22. Qxe1 {1/2-1/2 (51) Bologan,V (2684)
-Tkachiev,V (2639) France 2010}) 16... Rfd8 17. Qf4 Qa5 18. Rad1 Qb4 19. Rd2 c5
{[%cal Rd8d4]} 20. Re4 Rxd4 21. Rexd4 cxd4 22. Qxd4 Qxd4 23. Rxd4 $11 {[%mdl
4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Kf8 24. Kf1 Rb8 25. b3 c5 26. Ra4 Rb6 27. Ke2 Ke7 28.
Ke3 Rc6 29. Ra5 f5 30. h4 g6 31. Ne2 Kf6 32. Kd2 g5 33. hxg5+ Kxg5 34. Kc3 Bd5
35. g3 Kg4 36. Nf4 Be4 37. Ra4 (37. Nd3 $1 $15 Bxd3 38. Kxd3) 37... Kf3 $19 38.
Nd3 {[#] Strongly threatening Ne5+.} Bxd3 (38... Ke2 $1 $19 39. Ne5 Rd6) 39.
Kxd3 {KR-KR} Rd6+ 40. Kc3 $1 {White wants to play Rf4+.} Kxf2 41. g4 {[%mdl
8192] White does not recover from this.} (41. Rf4+ $15 Kxg3 42. Rxf5) 41...
fxg4 42. Rxg4 h5 43. Rg5 (43. Rh4 Rh6 44. Kc4) 43... Rh6 44. Rxc5 h4 45. Kb4 h3
46. Rc2+ Ke3 47. Rh2 {[#]} Rh5 $1 48. Kc4 Kf3 {Black mates.} 49. b4 Kg3 50. Rh1
h2 51. a4 Kg2 52. Ra1 h1=Q 53. Rxh1 Kxh1 54. b5 Rh4+ 55. Kc5 Rxa4 {Weighted
Error Value: White=0.58/Black=0.07} ({Stronger than} 55... Rh5+ 56. Kb6 $11)
0-1

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.16"]
[Round "5.68"]
[White "Nikcevic, Nebojsa"]
[Black "Johansson, Linus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E16"]
[WhiteElo "2385"]
[BlackElo "2479"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Montenegro"]
[BlackTeam "Sweden"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "MNE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SWE"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. g3 Bb4 6. Bd2 O-O 7. Bg2 a5 8. O-O
d6 9. Bg5 Bxc3 10. bxc3 Nbd7 11. Ne1 Qc8 12. Qd3 Re8 13. e4 e5 14. f3 h6 15.
Bxf6 Nxf6 16. Nc2 Qd7 17. Ne3 Qa4 18. Rf2 Rad8 19. Re1 Ba6 20. f4 exd4 21. cxd4
b5 22. d5 bxc4 23. Qd4 Qb4 24. Nc2 Qb6 25. Rd2 Rb8 26. Qxb6 Rxb6 27. Re3 Rb2
28. Ra3 Rb1+ 29. Kf2 Nxe4+ 30. Bxe4 Rxe4 0-1

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.16"]
[Round "5.69"]
[White "Gretarsson, Hjorvar Steinn"]
[Black "Toczek, Grzegorz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A67"]
[WhiteElo "2574"]
[BlackElo "2296"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Iceland"]
[BlackTeam "Wales"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "WLS"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6 7. f4 Bg7 8. Bb5+
Nfd7 9. a4 Qh4+ 10. g3 Qd8 11. Nf3 O-O 12. O-O Nf6 13. Kg2 a6 14. Bc4 Bg4 15.
h3 Bxf3+ 16. Qxf3 Nbd7 17. Bd2 Ne8 18. h4 h5 19. Rae1 Rb8 20. Qd3 Qc7 21. Rf3
Rd8 22. Nd1 Rb8 23. Bc3 Bxc3 24. Nxc3 Nb6 25. e5 Nxc4 26. Qxc4 b5 27. axb5 axb5
28. Qd3 c4 29. Qd2 Rb6 30. Ne4 dxe5 31. d6 Rxd6 32. Nxd6 Qxd6 33. Qxd6 Nxd6 34.
Rxe5 Rb8 35. Rc5 b4 36. Rc6 c3 37. Rxd6 c2 38. Rc6 b3 39. Rfc3 Kg7 40. Kf2 Rb7
41. Ke2 Re7+ 42. Kd2 Rd7+ 43. Rd3 1-0

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.16"]
[Round "5.70"]
[White "Garcia, Jason"]
[Black "Stefansson, Hannes"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A12"]
[WhiteElo "2028"]
[BlackElo "2519"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Wales"]
[BlackTeam "Iceland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "WLS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISL"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. O-O Bf5 5. b3 e6 6. c4 Be7 7. Bb2 O-O 8. d3 h6
9. Nbd2 Bh7 10. a3 a5 11. Qb1 c5 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Ne5 Re8 14. Qc2 Bd6 15. Ndf3
Na6 16. Rfe1 Qc7 17. Qd2 b5 18. d4 Ne4 19. Qc1 f6 20. Ng4 c4 21. bxc4 dxc4 22.
Nd2 Rac8 23. Nxe4 Bxe4 24. Bxe4 Rxe4 25. f3 Rxg4 26. fxg4 c3 27. Rb1 cxb2 28.
Qxb2 Rb8 29. Rbc1 Qd7 30. Qc3 Bc7 31. Qc6 Qxd4+ 32. e3 Qa7 33. Qe6+ Kf8 34. Rc6
Nc5 35. Qf5 Be5 36. Rc1 Nd7 37. Kf2 Nb6 38. R1c5 Qd7 39. Rxb6 Qxf5+ 0-1

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.16"]
[Round "5.71"]
[White "Gretarsson, Helgi Ass"]
[Black "Davis, Lee"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A65"]
[WhiteElo "2476"]
[BlackElo "1972"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Iceland"]
[BlackTeam "Wales"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "WLS"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Nge2 c5 7. d5 e6 8. Ng3
exd5 9. cxd5 Re8 10. Be2 Na6 11. O-O Nc7 12. a4 b6 13. Bf4 a6 14. Qd2 Rb8 15.
Rfb1 b5 16. axb5 Nxb5 17. Bxb5 axb5 18. b4 cxb4 19. Rxb4 Nd7 20. Rab1 Ne5 21.
Nxb5 Ba6 22. Kh1 Qd7 23. Bxe5 Bxe5 24. Nd4 Rxb4 25. Rxb4 Ra8 26. f4 Bc4 27. Nc2
Qa7 28. h3 Bxf4 29. Qxf4 Qa2 30. Ne3 Bd3 31. Rb7 1-0

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.16"]
[Round "5.72"]
[White "Weatherlake, John P"]
[Black "Kjartansson, Gudmundur"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "1890"]
[BlackElo "2443"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Wales"]
[BlackTeam "Iceland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "WLS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISL"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. f4 Bb4 8. Qd3
Nf6 9. Bd2 Bxc3 10. bxc3 d5 11. e5 Ne4 12. c4 Nxd2 13. cxd5 Nb4 14. Qxd2 Nxd5
15. c4 Ne7 16. Be2 O-O 17. Qe3 Bd7 18. a4 Rac8 19. O-O Rfd8 20. Qf2 Qa5 21.
Rfb1 Rb8 22. Nf3 Be8 23. Qb6 Nc6 24. Rb3 Rbc8 25. Ng5 Qd2 26. Qf2 Nd4 27. Re3
Nc2 28. Rh3 Nxa1 29. Qh4 0-1

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.16"]
[Round "5.73"]
[White "Bremner, Adam"]
[Black "Kanyamarala, Tarun"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B73"]
[WhiteElo "2204"]
[BlackElo "2321"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Scotland"]
[BlackTeam "Ireland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SCO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IRL"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 g6 7. Be3 Bg7 8.
O-O O-O 9. Qd2 Bd7 10. Rfd1 a6 11. a4 Rc8 12. Nb3 Ne5 13. f3 Be6 14. Nd4 Bd7
15. a5 Qc7 16. Na4 Bxa4 17. Rxa4 d5 18. exd5 Nxd5 19. Bf2 Rfd8 20. c3 Qd7 21.
Raa1 Qe8 22. Qe1 Nc4 23. Bxc4 Rxc4 24. Nc2 Rcc8 25. Qe4 Qb5 26. Rab1 Qxa5 27.
c4 Qa4 28. Rxd5 Rxd5 29. b3 Qc6 30. Nb4 Re5 31. Nxc6 Rxe4 32. Na7 Rexc4 33.
bxc4 Rxc4 34. Be3 b5 35. Nxb5 axb5 36. Rxb5 f5 37. Rb7 Bf6 38. Rb1 Rc2 39. Rd1
Be5 40. Re1 Kf7 41. Rd1 Re2 42. Bc5 Rc2 43. Be3 Bd6 44. f4 Re2 45. Bd2 Bc5+ 46.
Kh1 Rf2 47. g3 h6 48. Bc3 Bd6 49. Bd2 Ke6 50. Be3 Re2 51. Bd2 Kd5 52. Bc3+ Ke4
53. Bd4 Kf3 54. Kg1 Rg2+ 55. Kh1 Rc2 56. Kg1 Kg4 57. Re1 g5 58. fxg5 hxg5 59.
Re6 f4 60. gxf4 gxf4 61. Bf2 Kf3 62. Bh4 Bc5+ 63. Kf1 Rxh2 0-1

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.16"]
[Round "5.74"]
[White "Jessel, Stephen"]
[Black "Muir, Andrew J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2297"]
[BlackElo "2254"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "183"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ireland"]
[BlackTeam "Scotland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IRL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SCO"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Qc2 c5 6. Ne5 Nbd7 7. Nxc4 Nd5 8.
Nc3 N7f6 9. O-O Be7 10. a3 O-O 11. e4 Nc7 12. d3 b5 13. Na5 Bd7 14. Be3 Ng4 15.
Bd2 Na6 16. Ne2 Rc8 17. h3 Ne5 18. f4 Nc6 19. Nxc6 Bxc6 20. Be3 Qd7 21. Rfd1 b4
22. a4 b3 23. Qxb3 Rb8 24. Qc4 Rxb2 25. d4 Qb7 26. d5 Bd7 27. e5 exd5 28. Bxd5
Bc6 29. Nc3 Nb4 30. Bxc6 Qxc6 31. Nd5 Nxd5 32. Qxd5 Qg6 33. Qf3 Rfb8 34. f5 Qb6
35. Rd7 Bf8 36. e6 fxe6 37. f6 Rb1+ 38. Rxb1 Qxb1+ 39. Kg2 Qb2+ 40. Bf2 Qxf6
41. Rxa7 c4 42. Qxf6 gxf6 43. Rc7 Rb4 44. Rc8 Rb2 45. Rxc4 Bb4 46. Rc8+ Bf8 47.
Rc6 Ra2 48. Rxe6 Bc5 49. Rxf6 Bxf2 50. Rxf2 Rxa4 51. Rf4 Ra3 52. Rg4+ Kh8 53.
h4 h6 54. Rg6 Kh7 55. Re6 h5 56. Kf2 Rb3 57. Re3 Rb4 58. Kf3 Kg6 59. Re6+ Kg7
60. Re4 Rb3+ 61. Kf4 Kg6 62. Re6+ Kg7 63. Re3 Rb6 64. Kf5 Rb5+ 65. Re5 Rb3 66.
Kf4 Kg6 67. Re6+ Kg7 68. Re3 Rb6 69. Re5 Kg6 70. Rg5+ Kh6 71. Rg8 Rf6+ 72. Ke4
Rf1 73. Rh8+ Kg6 74. Rg8+ Kh6 75. Rg5 Ra1 76. Rd5 Ra3 77. Rd6+ Kg7 78. Kf4 Ra4+
79. Kf5 Ra5+ 80. Ke4 Ra3 81. Rd3 Ra5 82. Re3 Kg6 83. Kf4 Ra4+ 84. Re4 Ra3 85.
Re6+ Kg7 86. Re5 Kg6 87. Rg5+ Kh6 88. Kf5 Ra5+ 89. Kf6 Ra6+ 90. Kf5 Ra5+ 91.
Kf6 Ra6+ 92. Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.16"]
[Round "5.75"]
[White "Morrison, Graham"]
[Black "Nemeth, Zalan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2251"]
[BlackElo "2163"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Scotland"]
[BlackTeam "Ireland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SCO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IRL"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. b6 Qxb6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Nf3 g6 8. e4 Bg7
9. Be2 O-O 10. Nd2 Nbd7 11. a4 Rb8 12. O-O Qd8 13. Nc4 Ne8 14. Qc2 Nb6 15. Bg5
f5 16. f3 Bd4+ 17. Kh1 Nxc4 18. Bxc4 Nf6 19. Rab1 fxe4 20. Nxe4 Nxe4 21. fxe4
Rxf1+ 22. Bxf1 Qf8 23. Bc4 h6 24. Bh4 Qf4 25. Bg3 Qg5 26. b3 h5 27. Rf1 h4 28.
Bf4 Qh5 29. Be2 Bg4 30. Bxg4 Qxg4 31. h3 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.16"]
[Round "5.76"]
[White "Kanyamarala, Trisha"]
[Black "Gordon, Frederick"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2089"]
[BlackElo "1739"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "150"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ireland"]
[BlackTeam "Scotland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IRL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SCO"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Be7 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. h3
h6 9. Bf4 Nb6 10. Nf3 Be6 11. Qe2 Bd6 12. Ne5 Qc7 13. Bg3 a6 14. O-O O-O 15. f4
Rfe8 16. Rfe1 Rad8 17. Rac1 Ne4 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. Bxe4 f6 20. Nf3 Bxa2 21. Bg6
Bf7 22. Bb1 Bb4 23. Rf1 Nd5 24. e4 Nxf4 25. Qe3 Ne2+ 26. Qxe2 Qxg3 27. e5 fxe5
28. dxe5 Qf4 29. Qc2 g6 30. Kh1 Bf8 31. Nh2 Qd2 32. Qe4 Bg7 33. Qf3 Bd5 34. Qg4
Qg5 35. Qxg5 hxg5 36. Ng4 Re6 37. Rcd1 Rf8 38. Rxf8+ Kxf8 39. Re1 a5 40. Kg1 b5
41. Kf2 a4 42. Bc2 Ke7 43. g3 c5 44. h4 gxh4 45. gxh4 Ra6 46. Ne3 Bf7 47. h5
gxh5 48. Nf5+ Kf8 49. Kf3 b4 50. Kf4 c4 51. Rd1 Be8 52. Rd8 Re6 53. Bxa4 Bxe5+
54. Kf3 Bxb2 55. Bd7 Re5 56. Kf4 Re1 57. Rc8 c3 58. Nd4 Kf7 59. Bf5 Bc1+ 60.
Kf3 Re3+ 61. Kg2 Re5 62. Bd3 Be3 63. Nc2 Bc5 64. Kg3 b3 65. Bc4+ Kf6 66. Bxb3
Kg5 67. Rd8 h4+ 68. Kh3 Bg6 69. Rg8 Rf5 70. Ne1 Kf6 71. Bc2 Rg5 72. Nf3 Bf5+
73. Bxf5 Rxg8 74. Nxh4 Rh8 75. Bc2 Bf2 0-1

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.18"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Berkes, Ferenc"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Hungary"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "HUN"]

{[%evp 16,67,13,24,45,38,29,14,34,14,8,2,10,19,17,10,0,0,0,-6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,
0,0,0,0,11,0,9,11,11,0,0,0,11,11,10,10,19,20,26,23,21,0,0,0,36,0]} 1. e4 e5 2.
Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3 Bb7 9. d3 d5
{C88: Closed Ruy Lopez: Anti-Marshall Systems.} 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nbd2 {
Recently 11.a4 got a lot of attention.} Nd4 {The position is equal.} 12. c3
Nxb3 13. Nxb3 c5 14. Nxe5 Qc7 15. Bd2 Bd6 {[#]} 16. d4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16.
Nf3 Rfe8 17. a4 Rxe1+ 18. Qxe1 Nf6 19. Qd1 Re8 20. axb5 axb5 21. c4 bxc4 22.
dxc4 {0-1 (63) Mazur,S (2386)-Timoscenko,G (2502) Banska Stiavnica 2011}) 16...
c4 17. Nc5 Bxc5 18. dxc5 Rae8 19. Nf3 Qxc5 20. Nd4 Rxe1+ 21. Qxe1 Nb4 22. cxb4
Qxd4 23. Bc3 Qe4 {[%csl Gb7][%cal Re4g2] [#]} (23... Qb6 {feels hotter.} 24.
Qe2 Rd8 25. Qe7 f6 26. Re1 Bd5) 24. f3 Qxe1+ (24... Qg6 {looks sharper.} 25.
Qe3 h6 26. Re1 f6 27. Kh1 Qf7) 25. Rxe1 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} f6
26. Re6 Rf7 27. Kf2 Rc7 28. g4 Kf7 29. Rb6 Ke8 30. h4 Kd8 31. h5 h6 32. Rd6+
Ke7 33. Rb6 Kd8 34. Rd6+ {Weighted Error Value: White=0.04/Black=0.03} 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.18"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Banusz, Tamas"]
[Black "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2607"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hungary"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "HUN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

{[%evp 9,80,0,38,0,10,0,15,12,15,6,0,0,6,21,20,14,25,-6,0,-14,-14,-18,-8,-17,
-6,-11,-9,-18,0,-38,-45,-96,-96,-95,-86,-89,-86,-119,-104,-112,-102,-106,-108,
-118,-119,-109,-114,-112,-77,-77,-77,-168,-138,-173,-147,-344,-333,-610,-602,
-583,-544,-1726,-1131,-2106,-1544,-1704,-1923,-1563,-1550,-1468,-1452,-5409,
-5081]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b5 3. e3 a6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O g6 6. b3 {A05: Réti
Opening: 1 Nf3 Nf6.} Bg7 7. Bb2 O-O 8. c4 {The position is equal.} c5 {[#]} 9.
d4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. Nc3 bxc4 10. bxc4 Nc6 11. Rb1 Rb8 12. Ba1 e6 13. Na4
d6 14. d4 cxd4 15. exd4 {0-1 (40) Kuzubov,Y (2644)-Aleksandrov,A (2574) Skopje
2019}) 9... cxd4 10. exd4 bxc4 11. bxc4 d5 12. c5 Nc6 13. Nbd2 Ne4 14. Re1 Rb8
(14... Nxc5 $2 15. dxc5 Bxb2 16. Rb1 $18) 15. Rb1 Bc8 16. Nxe4 dxe4 17. Ne5 (
17. Rxe4 $2 Bf5 $17) 17... Bxe5 18. dxe5 Bf5 {...Qxd1 is the strong threat.}
19. Qxd8 (19. Bc3 {keeps more tension.} Rxb1 20. Qxb1 Qd5 21. Bxe4 Bxe4 22.
Qxe4 Rd8 23. Kg2) 19... Rfxd8 20. g4 ({Avoid the trap} 20. Bxe4 $2 Bxe4 21.
Rxe4 Rd2 $19) (20. Ba1 $15) 20... Bxg4 $17 21. Bxe4 {[#]} Bf5 $1 {[%cal Rf5e4]}
22. Bxf5 ({Don't blunder} 22. Bxc6 $2 Bxb1 23. Rxb1 Rd2 $19) 22... gxf5 23. Ba1
Rb5 24. Rbc1 Rd5 25. Re3 Rbxc5 26. Rxc5 Rxc5 27. Rc3 Rxc3 28. Bxc3 {[%mdl 4096]
Endgame KB-KN} f6 29. exf6 e5 30. Kf1 (30. Kg2 $17 {is a better defense.})
30... Kf7 $19 31. Ke2 Kxf6 32. Kd3 $2 {[#] This costs White the game.} (32. f4
$17) 32... Ke6 $1 {[%cal Re6d5]} 33. Kc4 (33. f3 Kd5 34. Bd2) 33... e4 {
Black is clearly winning.} 34. Kc5 Ne5 35. Kb6 f4 36. Kxa6 f3 37. Bd2 Nc4 38.
Be1 Na3 39. Bd2 Kd5 40. Bc1 {[#]} Kc6 $1 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.73/
Black=0.13} 0-1

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.18"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Gledura, Benjamin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Hungary"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "HUN"]

{[%evp 11,65,28,39,12,25,21,24,25,22,25,31,18,32,27,22,24,33,24,34,39,43,35,36,
42,43,35,37,34,29,16,16,15,23,14,14,12,22,22,17,19,20,12,25,4,4,4,8,9,14,6,6,5,
6,0,4,4]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg6 7. Be2 {
D12: Slav Defence: 3 Nf3 Nf6 4 e3 Bf5.} Nbd7 8. O-O Bd6 9. g3 {White has an
edge.} O-O 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. Qc2 Qe7 12. Rd1 a6 13. Bd2 dxc4 14. Bxc4 c5 15.
dxc5 Bxc5 {[#]} 16. Bf1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16. Ne4 Rac8 17. Rac1 Ne5 18. Be2
Bxe3 19. Qxc8 Bxd2 20. Qc7 Qxc7 21. Nxf6+ {1-0 (21) Hartl,D (2273)-Pierecker,M
(2197) Austria 2018}) 16... Rac8 17. Be1 Ne5 18. Bg2 b5 19. Qe2 Rfd8 20. h3
Rxd1 21. Rxd1 Rd8 22. Rxd8+ Qxd8 23. Qd1 Qd3 24. Bb7 a5 25. Qxd3 Nxd3 26. Bd2
Bb4 27. Ba6 {Black should prevent a3.} (27. a3 {looks sharper.} Bxc3 28. Bxc3
b4 29. axb4 axb4 30. Bd2) 27... Nxb2 {The position is equal.} 28. Bxb5 Nd5 29.
Nxd5 Bxd2 30. Nb6 Bb4 31. Kf1 Nd1 32. Na4 Nc3 33. Nxc3 {Weighted Error Value:
White=0.05/Black=0.04} 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.18"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Kantor, Gergely"]
[Black "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E36"]
[WhiteElo "2566"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hungary"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "HUN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

{[%evp 15,43,18,17,10,8,20,17,20,21,17,32,35,7,6,2,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,
0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 O-O 7. Nf3 dxc4
8. Qxc4 b6 9. Bg5 {E36: Nimzo-Indian: Classical: 4...d5 5 a3.} Ba6 10. Qa4 c5
11. dxc5 bxc5 12. Rd1 Qb6 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Rd2 {Black should prevent Qg4+.The
position is equal.} Nc6 15. Qg4+ Kh8 16. Qh4 Kg7 17. Qg4+ Kh8 18. Qh4 Kg7 {
[#] White must now prevent ...Rfd8.} 19. Qg4+ Kh8 {Threatens to win with ...
Rfd8.} 20. Qh4 Kg7 {[#] aiming for ...Rfd8.} 21. Qg4+ $146 ({Predecessor:} 21.
Qg3+ Kh8 {1/2-1/2 (19) Malakhov,V (2699)-Fedorchuk,S (2673) Bol 2014}) 21...
Kh8 {Strongly threatening ...Rfd8.} 22. Qh4 {A rather calm draw.  Weighted
Error Value: White=0.01/Black=0.00} 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.18"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Sargissian, Gabriel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Azerbaijan"]
[BlackTeam "Armenia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ARM"]

{[%evp 11,61,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,10,2,4,4,-11,14,-17,10,0,18,17,12,13,12,
14,10,15,12,6,12,8,13,10,9,11,7,4,4,4,9,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6
3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. e4 d5 6. e5 Ne4 $1 {The position is equal.} 7. Nf3 {
E32: Nimzo-Indian: Classical (4 Qc2): 4...0-0.} c5 $1 8. Bd3 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nd7
10. Bxe4 dxe4 11. Qxe4 Qa5 12. O-O Qxe5 13. Qh4 a6 14. Nf3 {[#]} Qf5 $146 ({
Predecessor:} 14... Qf6 15. Bg5 Qg6 16. Be7 Bxc3 17. bxc3 Re8 18. Rad1 f6 19.
Bd6 e5 20. c5 Nf8 21. Bxf8 Rxf8 {1/2-1/2 (98) Li,C (2687)-Tomashevsky,E (2733)
St Petersburg 2012}) 15. Rd1 Re8 16. Ne4 e5 17. c5 Bxc5 (17... Nxc5 $2 18. Nd6
$18) 18. Nxc5 {aiming for Ne4.} e4 $1 {[%cal Re4f3] [#]} ({Avoid the trap} 
18... Nxc5 $2 {[#]} 19. Qe7 $3 $18 {[%mdl 512]}) 19. Nxe4 Qxe4 20. Qxe4 Rxe4
21. h3 Re8 22. b3 Nf8 23. Be3 Be6 24. Nd4 Bd7 25. Rac1 Rac8 26. Rxc8 Rxc8 27.
Rc1 Rxc1+ 28. Bxc1 Ne6 29. Nxe6 Bxe6 30. f3 f6 31. Kf2 {A rather calm draw. 
Weighted Error Value: White=0.03/Black=0.03} 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.18"]
[Round "6.6"]
[White "Martirosyan, Haik M."]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Armenia"]
[BlackTeam "Azerbaijan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AZE"]

{[%evp 11,51,26,29,33,33,1,38,31,41,35,27,33,37,33,35,33,33,33,43,27,46,0,0,0,
0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-6,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5
5. cxd5 cxd4 6. Qxd4 exd5 7. e4 {D41: Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Tarrasch
with 5 cxd5.} dxe4 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Ng5 {White is slightly better.} Be6 10.
Nxe6+ fxe6 11. Bg5 h6 $1 {[%mdl 4] 11...h6 is the modern continuation.} 12.
O-O-O+ Ke7 $1 13. Bxf6+ gxf6 14. Nxe4 Bg7 15. Bb5 f5 {[#]} 16. Ng3 $146 (16.
Nd6 $5 {[%cal Rh1e1]} Nc6 17. Rhe1 $11 (17. Nxb7 Rhc8 $17)) ({Predecessor:} 16.
Nd6 Nc6 17. Rhe1 Rhf8 18. Bxc6 bxc6 {1/2-1/2 (18) Cade,S (2280)-Babychuk,V 
(2216) ICCF email 2016}) 16... Rc8+ {The position is equal.} 17. Kb1 Rc5 $1 {
[%cal Rc5b5]} 18. Ba4 Nc6 19. Rhe1 Rd8 20. Rxd8 Nxd8 21. f4 a5 22. Bc2 Kf7 23.
Rd1 Ke7 24. Re1 Kf7 25. Rd1 Ke7 26. Re1 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.04/
Black=0.01} 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.18"]
[Round "6.7"]
[White "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Black "Hovhannisyan, Robert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2622"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Azerbaijan"]
[BlackTeam "Armenia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ARM"]

{[%evp 11,96,11,12,6,13,3,4,2,6,7,21,10,35,35,35,35,38,31,51,51,43,39,41,8,60,
56,71,72,57,58,64,20,32,11,12,11,41,41,41,37,40,31,95,43,60,31,29,21,21,21,21,
21,23,21,21,21,28,28,31,14,14,14,37,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,
0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. d3 h6 6. a3 a6 7. Be3 {
C50: Hungarian Defence and Giuoco Pianissimo.} d6 8. Nd5 {[#]} O-O $146 ({
Predecessor:} 8... Bxe3 9. fxe3 Be6 10. Qd2 Bxd5 11. exd5 Ne7 12. e4 Qd7 13.
O-O O-O 14. Nh4 Qg4 15. Nf5 Nxf5 16. Rxf5 Nh7 17. Qf2 g6 18. h3 {1-0 (18)
Raabe,S (1924)-Jacobi,N (1842) Gelsenkirchen 2018}) 9. Qe2 (9. Bxc5 {is more
complex.} dxc5 10. O-O Rb8 11. a4 Re8 12. Re1) 9... Nxd5 (9... Ba7 {with more
complications.} 10. O-O Nxd5 11. exd5 Bxe3 12. Qxe3 b5) 10. Bxd5 Bxe3 11. fxe3
Be6 12. Bxe6 fxe6 13. O-O-O Rf7 14. h4 d5 15. g4 g6 16. g5 {[#] Hoping for h5.}
h5 $1 17. d4 (17. Nd2 {is interesting.} Qd6 18. Rhf1 Raf8 19. Rxf7 Kxf7 20.
Rf1+) 17... exd4 ({Don't play} 17... dxe4 $6 18. Nxe5 Nxe5 19. dxe5 $16) (17...
Qd6 $11) 18. Nxd4 $14 Nxd4 19. Rxd4 c6 20. exd5 exd5 21. c4 Qd6 22. cxd5 cxd5
23. Rhd1 Qc5+ 24. Kb1 Re8 25. Qd3 Kh7 26. Qb3 Rfe7 {[#]} (26... Rg7 $14) 27.
Rc1 ({White should try} 27. R1d3 $1 $16) 27... Qd6 $1 28. Rxd5 Qg3 29. Rd4 Qxe3
30. Qxe3 Rxe3 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} 31. Rc7+ R8e7 32. Rdd7 Rxd7 33.
Rxd7+ {KR-KR} Kg8 34. Rxb7 Re4 35. Rb6 (35. b4 {keeps more tension.} Rxh4 36.
Rb6 a5 37. b5 Rh3 38. Ka2) 35... a5 $1 36. b4 Rxh4 37. bxa5 Ra4 $1 {The
position is equal.} 38. a6 ({Resist} 38. Rxg6+ $6 Kf7 $16) 38... Rxa3 39. Kb2 (
39. Kc2 {feels hotter.} Ra5 40. Kd2 h4 41. Ke3 Kf7 42. Kf4) 39... Ra5 40. Kb3
h4 41. Rxg6+ Kf7 42. Rh6 {And now Kb4 would win.} h3 43. Kb4 Ra2 44. Rh7+ Kg8
45. Rxh3 Rxa6 46. Rh6 Rxh6 47. gxh6 Kh7 48. Kc4 Kxh6 {Weighted Error Value:
White=0.07/Black=0.07} 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.18"]
[Round "6.8"]
[White "Ter-Sahakyan, Samvel"]
[Black "Abasov, Nijat"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2634"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Armenia"]
[BlackTeam "Azerbaijan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AZE"]

{[%evp 24,62,53,30,35,43,41,23,29,33,21,36,43,37,44,27,20,13,10,7,17,0,0,0,34,
0,0,0,0,0,0,0,4,4,4,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 {Mikhalevski,V} 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 Nc5 10. c3 d4 11.
Bxe6 Nxe6 12. cxd4 Ncxd4 13. a4 Bb4 {C80: Open Ruy Lopez: Sidelines and 9 Nbd2.
} 14. axb5 Nxb5 ({Reject} 14... axb5 $6 15. Rxa8 Qxa8 16. Nxd4 $18) 15. Qa4
Bxd2 {White has an edge. 15...c5 is more fashionable.} 16. Bxd2 O-O 17. Be3 c5
18. Rfd1 Qe7 {[#]} 19. h4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 19. Qe4 h6 20. h4 Rfe8 21. Re1
Kh8 22. Ra4 Qd7 23. Rea1 Nbc7 24. Qf5 Rab8 25. Qh5 {1/2-1/2 (37) Jakovenko,D 
(2742)-Mikhalevski,V (2625) Novi Sad 2009 CBM 133 [Mikhalevski,V]}) 19... Rfe8
20. h5 h6 21. Qg4 Kh8 22. Nd2 Ned4 23. Nc4 f6 (23... f5 {keeps more tension.}
24. exf6 Qxf6 25. Rac1 Re6 26. Nd2 Qe7) 24. Nd6 (24. f4 {with more
complications.} f5 25. Qh3 Qe6 26. Ra4 Ne2+ 27. Kh2) 24... Nxd6 {The position
is equal.} 25. exd6 Qxd6 26. Bxd4 cxd4 27. Rxd4 Qe6 28. Qxe6 Rxe6 29. b4 Rb8
30. Ra5 Reb6 31. f3 Rxb4 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.07/Black=0.04} 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.18"]
[Round "6.9"]
[White "Korobov, Anton"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Netherlands"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NED"]

{[%evp 12,72,15,14,19,21,27,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,12,20,22,26,8,8,8,8,8,7,8,8,8,8,8,
8,9,15,15,15,12,18,18,18,19,24,19,19,19,14,16,29,8,10,8,8,8,12,11,45,8,8,8,8,8,
8,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4
$1 {7.Bh4 is better than 7.Bxf6.} O-O {D38: Queen's Gambit Declined: Ragozin
Defence (4 Nf3 Bb4).} 8. e3 Bf5 9. Ne5 c5 10. Bd3 cxd4 11. exd4 Bxd3 12. Qxd3
Qd6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. O-O Bxc3 15. Qxc3 Re8 {[#]} 16. Rfe1 $146 ({Predecessor:
} 16. Rac1 Nc6 17. Nxc6 Qxc6 18. Qxc6 bxc6 19. Rxc6 Re2 20. Ra6 Rxb2 21. g3 Re8
22. Rxa7 {1/2-1/2 (36) Topalov,V (2740)-Carlsen,M (2845) Shamkir 2019}) 16...
Nc6 17. Nxc6 Qxc6 18. Qxc6 bxc6 19. Rxe8+ Rxe8 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KR-KR}
20. Kf1 a5 21. Rc1 Rb8 22. b3 {[%cal Bb2b3,Bb3a4][%mdl 32]} Rb6 23. Rc5 a4 24.
bxa4 Rb1+ 25. Ke2 Rb2+ 26. Kd3 Rxa2 27. Rxc6 Ra3+ 28. Rc3 Rxa4 29. Rc5 Ra3+ 30.
Ke2 Ra2+ 31. Kf3 Ra3+ 32. Kg4 h5+ 33. Kf4 Ra2 {The position is equal.} 34. Kg3
h4+ 35. Kf3 Ra3+ 36. Ke2 Ra2+ {An uneventful encounter.  Weighted Error Value:
White=0.04/Black=0.03} 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.18"]
[Round "6.10"]
[White "Van Foreest, Jorden"]
[Black "Volokitin, Andrei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2701"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Netherlands"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NED"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

{[%evp 10,78,40,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,6,15,11,2,0,8,18,21,19,20,17,21,25,23,32,35,34,
35,81,81,90,22,27,27,27,6,6,6,24,0,23,0,26,0,0,0,56,8,11,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,
0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,0]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nb4
6. Bc4 Nd3+ {A34: Symmetrical English: 2 Nc3, lines with ...d5.} 7. Bxd3 Qxd3
8. Ne5 Qd4 9. f4 ({Wrong is} 9. Qh5 $2 g6 $19) 9... Nc6 10. Nxc6 bxc6 {[#]} 11.
Qa4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. b3 Ba6 12. Qf3 Rd8 13. e5 Rd7 14. Qe3 e6 15. Ba3
Be7 16. Rc1 O-O 17. Ne4 {1/2-1/2 (44) Koolsbergen,N (1965)-Mccorry,R (2061)
IECC email 2003}) 11... Qxa4 (11... Bd7 {with more complications.} 12. Qc2 c4
13. b3 e5 14. Bb2 Bb4) 12. Nxa4 e5 13. fxe5 c4 14. b3 Be6 15. Bb2 Rd8 16. Rf1
cxb3 17. axb3 Bxb3 18. Rf3 Be6 {[#]} 19. Ba3 $1 {[%cal Ra3f8] Bxf8 is the
strong threat.} Rd4 {[#]} 20. Nc3 (20. Nc5 $1 $16) 20... Bxa3 $1 $11 21. Rxa3
O-O 22. Rxa7 Rfd8 23. Rf2 Rc4 24. h3 h5 25. Ra5 Kh7 26. Ra6 Rc5 27. Rf3 Rc4 ({
Better is} 27... Rd4 $11) 28. Rb6 Rcd4 {The position is equal.} 29. Rb2 c5 30.
Re3 Bc4 31. Na4 Re8 32. e6 Rxe6 33. d3 {[%mdl 64] Decoy} Bxd3 34. Nxc5 {
[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Red6 35. e5 R6d5 36. Nxd3 Rxd3 37. Rxd3 Rxd3 38. Re2
Rd8 39. e6 fxe6 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.09/Black=0.08} 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.18"]
[Round "6.11"]
[White "Shevchenko, Kirill"]
[Black "Warmerdam, Max"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D32"]
[WhiteElo "2647"]
[BlackElo "2608"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Netherlands"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NED"]

{[%evp 12,93,31,49,39,39,39,45,44,37,43,34,36,31,57,38,38,20,32,31,31,31,29,25,
31,23,23,23,13,24,18,25,12,23,24,7,20,11,22,6,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,
0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,2,0,0,0,0,0,2,2,2,2,29,29,33,0]} 1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5
3. d4 c5 4. cxd5 cxd4 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qxd4 exd5 7. Qxd5 Nf6 $1 {[%mdl 4] is now
more promising than 7...Nc6. D32: Tarrasch Defence: Sidelines and lines
without g3.} 8. Qb3 Na6 {[%cal Bb8a6,Ba6c5,Bc5e4][%mdl 32]} 9. e3 ({Avoid the
trap} 9. Qxb7 $2 Nb4 $19) 9... Nc5 {[#]} 10. Qd1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Qc2
Rc8 11. Nf3 Bd6 12. Be2 O-O 13. O-O Qe7 14. Rd1 Nce4 15. Bd2 Rc7 16. Be1 {
1-0 (54) Chernobay,A (2490)-Riehle,M (2347) Chess.com INT 2020}) 10... Nce4 11.
Nge2 Rc8 12. g3 Bb4 13. Bg2 $1 Bb5 {[#] Hoping for ...Qxd1+.} 14. Qxd8+ Rxd8
15. a3 Bxc3+ 16. Nxc3 Nxc3 17. bxc3 Nd7 18. Rb1 Bc4 19. Bf3 ({Reject} 19. Bxb7
Nc5 $17) 19... Ne5 {[%cal Re5f3] [#]} 20. Be2 Bd5 21. O-O Nf3+ 22. Bxf3 Bxf3
23. e4 Rd7 24. Re1 O-O 25. Be3 Bxe4 26. Rb4 f5 27. Bxa7 Ra8 28. Bc5 Rc7 29. Bd4
Rxa3 30. Rb5 h6 31. g4 Rf7 32. h3 Ra6 33. Kh2 Rg6 34. Re5 h5 35. g5 h4 36. Ra5
Rd7 37. f3 Bxf3 38. Rxf5 Bc6 39. Re8+ Kh7 {...Rxd4! is the strong threat.} 40.
Ree5 Rdd6 41. Rf7 Rd5 42. Rxd5 Bxd5 43. Rf5 Rd6 44. Rf4 Kg6 45. Rxh4 Kxg5 46.
Rg4+ Kf5 47. Kg3 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.02/Black=0.02} 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.18"]
[Round "6.12"]
[White "Van den Doel, Erik"]
[Black "Onyshchuk, Volodymyr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2594"]
[BlackElo "2622"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Netherlands"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NED"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

{[%evp 9,120,42,43,42,45,41,53,43,96,51,49,64,48,55,66,29,68,72,89,112,91,83,
116,125,121,119,157,118,137,140,144,124,240,235,242,247,304,310,276,247,260,
256,288,220,231,221,245,247,235,108,113,106,172,128,129,128,132,128,150,145,
150,141,138,133,149,138,167,158,144,106,102,77,69,58,63,37,36,34,209,60,210,
204,195,148,157,118,203,199,202,197,200,145,145,145,145,8,8,8,13,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,
0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be3 a6 5. h3 Nbd7 6. Nf3 {
B07: Pirc Defence: Miscellaneous Systems.} e5 7. dxe5 dxe5 8. Bc4 {[#] White
is slightly better.} h6 $146 (8... Bg7 $14) ({Predecessor:} 8... Bg7 9. a4 O-O
10. O-O Qe7 11. Qe2 Nc5 12. Nd2 a5 13. Rfd1 c6 14. Ba2 Ne6 {1-0 (47) Venkatesh,
M (2460)-Jones,G (2671) Caleta 2015}) 9. a4 (9. Qd3 {looks sharper.} Bd6 10.
Bb3 b5 11. a4 b4 12. Nd5) 9... Bb4 10. O-O Qe7 11. Nd2 g5 12. Re1 Kf8 13. Qf3
Bxc3 14. bxc3 {[%cal Bb2c3,Bc3c4][%mdl 32]} Ne8 15. Nf1 Ndf6 16. Bc1 Nd6 {[#]}
17. Ba3 $1 Bd7 (17... a5 18. Rab1) 18. Bd3 Rc8 19. c4 c5 20. Bb2 g4 (20... Bc6
$16 21. Ne3 Nd7) 21. Qg3 $18 Re8 22. hxg4 h5 23. g5 Ng4 24. Qh4 f6 25. gxf6
Nxf6 26. f4 Nf7 27. Ne3 Ng4 28. Qxe7+ Kxe7 29. fxe5 (29. Nd5+ $18 {is the
precise move to win.} Kd6 30. Be2) 29... Nxe3 $16 30. Rxe3 {aiming for e6!} Be6
(30... Rhg8 $16) 31. Rb1 Kd7 32. Bc3 Kc8 33. Rf3 Nd8 34. Kf2 Nc6 35. Rh1 Bg4
36. Rf6 Rhg8 37. Rd6 Nxe5 38. Bxe5 Rxe5 39. Rd5 Reg5 40. Ke3 Bd7 41. Rxh5 Rg3+
42. Kf4 R3g4+ 43. Ke5 Re8+ $2 (43... b6 $14) 44. Kf6 (44. Kd6 $18) 44... Rf8+ (
{Better is} 44... Rxg2 $14 45. Rxc5+ Kd8) 45. Ke7 $18 Re8+ 46. Kd6 b6 {[%cal
Rg4g6]} 47. Rdg5 Rf4 (47... Rd8 $16) 48. Rh6 {Strongly threatening a5!} Bxa4
49. Rg7 Rf2 50. Ra7 Rd8+ 51. Ke5 Re8+ {[#]} 52. Re6 (52. Kd5 $1 $16 Rd8+ 53.
Rd6 Rxd6+ 54. Kxd6 Rxg2 55. Rxa6 Rg6+ 56. Ke5) 52... Rxe6+ $11 {The position
is equal.} 53. Kxe6 Rxg2 54. e5 Bxc2 55. Bxc2 Rxc2 {KR-KR} 56. Kd5 b5 57. e6
Kd8 58. e7+ Ke8 59. Kd6 {Threatening mate with Ra8+.} Rd2+ 60. Kxc5 bxc4 {
Blacks defense is rewarded with a draw.  Weighted Error Value: White=0.20/
Black=0.24} 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.18"]
[Round "6.13"]
[White "Deac, Bogdan-Daniel"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2651"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Romania"]
[BlackTeam "Spain"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ROU"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ESP"]

{[%evp 17,76,47,39,4,38,4,28,10,10,-22,-24,-14,-11,-25,-16,-37,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,
0,0,0,0,0,-22,0,0,43,45,46,32,343,337,313,-414,-428,-574,-528,-564,-559,-539,
-501,-497,-497,-505,-498,-897,-857,-793,-533,-630,-606,-596,-567,-646,-621]} 1.
e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8 8. c3 d6
9. d4 Bb6 10. a5 {C78: Ruy Lopez: Archangelsk and Möller Defences.} Ba7 ({
Wrong is} 10... Bxa5 $2 11. dxe5 (11. d5 Ne7 $18) 11... dxe5 12. Qxd8+ Kxd8 13.
Bd5 $18 (13. Bxf7 Bb6 $16)) 11. h3 Bb7 12. Be3 {White has an edge.} Nxe4 13.
Nbd2 exd4 14. cxd4 Nxd2 15. Qxd2 O-O 16. Rfe1 Qd7 (16... Re8 {feels hotter.}
17. Qd3 d5 18. Qd2 Qd7 19. Bf4 f6) 17. d5 Bxe3 {[#]} 18. Rxe3 $146 ({
Predecessor:} 18. Qxe3 Ne5 19. Nxe5 dxe5 20. Qxe5 Rbd8 21. Rac1 Rfe8 22. Qd4
Rxe1+ 23. Rxe1 Qd6 24. Qe3 {1/2-1/2 (48) Vachier Lagrave,M (2763)-Shirov,A 
(2659) Riga 2021}) 18... Ne7 {[%cal Bc6e7,Be7f5,Bf5h4][%mdl 32]} 19. Rae1 Nf5
20. Rc3 Rfe8 21. Rec1 Rbc8 22. Nd4 Nh4 23. Rg3 Re4 24. Qd3 Qe7 {[#]} 25. Ne6 $1
Nf5 {[#]} 26. Rf3 Rb4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (26... Re5 $1 $14 27. Rxf5 Rxf5 28. Qxf5
fxe6 29. dxe6 (29. Qxe6+ Qxe6 30. dxe6 Kf8 $15) 29... c6) 27. Rxf5 $18 {
Strongly threatening Nxg7!} fxe6 {[#]} 28. dxe6 {[%mdl 8192]} (28. Re1 $1 $18)
28... Be4 $19 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 29. Rf7 {Intending Qg3! and mate.Black
is clearly winning.} Qg5 {[%csl Ge4][%cal Rg5g2][%mdl 64] Double Attack} ({
Stronger than} 29... Bxd3 30. Rxe7 Rxb3 31. Rcxc7 $11) 30. Qf1 Rxb3 31. Rcxc7
Rxc7 32. Rxc7 {Threatening mate with Rc8+.} Kf8 33. f3 Qe3+ 34. Kh1 (34. Qf2
$142 Qxf2+ 35. Kxf2 Rxb2+ 36. Ke3) 34... Bd3 35. Qa1 Qxe6 36. Qc1 Bc4 {...Re3
is the strong threat.} 37. Qf4+ Ke8 38. Qh4 Rxb2 {Weighted Error Value:
White=0.56/Black=0.33} 0-1

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.18"]
[Round "6.14"]
[White "Anton Guijarro, David"]
[Black "Lupulescu, Constantin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2669"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Spain"]
[BlackTeam "Romania"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ROU"]

{[%evp 9,141,27,31,15,18,20,20,25,25,22,35,33,38,29,39,16,56,53,55,54,67,55,85,
47,56,57,72,68,99,118,147,122,119,114,109,97,122,133,118,112,102,118,186,127,
120,125,125,116,146,119,110,102,91,89,97,93,95,74,77,31,114,58,66,35,46,0,61,0,
44,39,37,38,70,60,52,67,75,77,77,70,77,77,579,568,560,44,553,561,539,514,350,
21,24,21,23,31,32,20,66,66,66,66,66,66,59,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8]} 1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 a6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 c6 6.
Bf4 {D31: Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Slav without ...Nf6 (+ Marshall Gambit
and Noteboom) and Exchange Variation lines without ...Nf6.} Bd6 7. Bxd6 Qxd6 8.
e3 Ne7 9. Bd3 Nd7 10. Qc2 Nf6 11. h3 {[#]} g6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... O-O
12. O-O-O Be6 13. g4 Ng6 14. g5 Nd7 15. Rdg1 c5 16. dxc5 Nxc5 17. h4 Rfc8 {
1/2-1/2 (54) Vorontsov,P (2540)-Kambrath,Y (2375) Lichess.org INT 2020}) 12. g4
c5 13. dxc5 Qxc5 14. O-O-O O-O 15. Kb1 Bd7 16. Nd4 b5 17. f3 b4 18. Nce2 Qb6
19. Nf4 Bb5 20. Qd2 Bxd3+ 21. Nxd3 a5 22. h4 h5 23. gxh5 Nxh5 24. Nf4 Nxf4 25.
exf4 Rfd8 (25... Qf6 $16 {keeps fighting.}) 26. h5 (26. Rde1 $18 Re8 27. h5)
26... Nf5 $16 27. Nxf5 gxf5 28. Qd3 b3 29. Qxf5 bxa2+ 30. Ka1 Rab8 {[%csl Gb8]
[%cal Rb6b2]} 31. Rh2 {Threatens to win with Rg2+.} Qe6 32. Rg2+ Kh8 33. Qxe6
fxe6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} 34. Rg6 Rb4 ({Black should play} 34... Rdc8
$1 $14) 35. Rdg1 (35. Rxe6 $16 Rxf4 36. Re5 (36. Kxa2 Rf5 $14)) 35... Kh7 $14
36. Rg7+ Kh8 $1 37. R7g6 {[%cal Rg6h6]} (37. Rf7 {keeps more tension.} Rdb8 38.
h6 Rc8 39. h7 Rcb8 40. Rg2) 37... Kh7 38. Rg7+ Kh8 $1 39. Re7 Rxf4 40. Rxe6 {
[%cal Re6h6]} Kh7 41. Re7+ Kh6 42. Re5 Rxf3 43. Rg6+ Kh7 44. Re7+ {[%mdl 1024]
White has strong compensation.} Kh8 45. Rgg7 {White threatens h6 and mate.} Rh3
$2 {[%mdl 8192]} (45... Rf6 $16 {holds on.}) 46. Rh7+ $18 Kg8 47. Reg7+ Kf8 {
[#]} 48. Rg6 $1 Re8 {[#]} 49. h6 $1 Re7 50. Rh8+ (50. Rf6+ $18 Ke8 51. Rh8+ Kd7
52. Ra8) 50... Kf7 $11 51. Ra6 {Black must now prevent Rh7+.} Re6 52. Ra7+ Kf6
53. h7 {aiming for Rf8+.} Ke5 54. Rd8 Reh6 55. Rxa5 Rxh7 56. Raxd5+ Ke4 57.
R5d7 (57. Rd1 $14) 57... Rxd7 $1 {The position is equal.} 58. Rxd7 {KR-KR} Rh8
59. Kxa2 Ra8+ 60. Kb1 Rb8 61. Rd2 Ke3 62. Kc1 (62. Rh2 {seems wilder.} Kd4 63.
Rc2 Rb6 64. Ka2 Kd3 65. Rc5) 62... Rc8+ 63. Rc2 Rb8 64. Rc4 {Kc2 is the strong
threat.} (64. Rh2 {feels hotter.} Kd3 65. Rh5 Kc4 66. Kc2 Kb4 67. Rh6) 64...
Kd3 65. Ra4 Rc8+ $1 66. Kb1 Rc4 $1 {[%cal Rc4a4]} 67. Ra5 Rb4 68. Rc5 Kd4 69.
Rh5 Kc4 70. Kc2 Rb8 71. Rh4+ {Blacks defense is rewarded with a draw. 
Weighted Error Value: White=0.18/Black=0.22} 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.18"]
[Round "6.15"]
[White "Parligras, Mircea-Emilian"]
[Black "Santos Latasa, Jaime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2576"]
[BlackElo "2633"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Romania"]
[BlackTeam "Spain"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ROU"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ESP"]

{[%evp 22,85,18,8,23,18,10,8,13,0,3,-18,-3,-15,-9,-76,-37,-50,-46,-39,-31,-40,
-46,-60,-2,-17,0,0,0,-14,-8,-10,-14,-19,-17,-18,-20,-22,-22,-23,-16,-16,-11,
-27,-27,-24,-18,-18,-21,-29,-26,-23,-15,-19,0,-2,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4
Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O dxc4
9. Bxc4 b5 10. Be2 Bb7 11. Rd1 Qc7 12. Bd2 b4 {D46: Semi-Slav: 5 e3 Nbd7 6 Bd3,
Black avoids the Meran.} 13. Na4 c5 14. dxc5 a5 {[%cal Rd7c5]} 15. Rac1 Rac8 {
[%cal Rd7c5] [#]} 16. Be1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16. a3 Nxc5 17. Nxc5 Qxc5 18.
Qxc5 Bxc5 19. axb4 axb4 20. Ne5 Bd6 21. Nc4 Bc5 22. Na5 {1-0 (22) Tassone,R 
(2196)-Perez Ferris,M (2189) ICCF email 2014}) 16... Nxc5 17. Nxc5 Bxc5 18. Rd4
Qb8 ({But not} 18... Bxd4 $6 19. Qxc7 Rxc7 20. Rxc7 $11) 19. Rc4 Bd6 20. Qa4
Rxc4 21. Rxc4 Bd5 22. Rc1 Qa8 (22... Rc8 $15 23. Rxc8+ Qxc8) 23. a3 $11 h6 24.
h3 Rb8 25. Ra1 Qb7 26. axb4 axb4 27. Qa6 Qc7 28. Qd3 Ne4 29. Nd4 Bh2+ 30. Kh1
Be5 31. Kg1 Rc8 32. Bf3 ({Wrong is} 32. Bxb4 $2 Bh2+ 33. Kf1 {[#]} Nxf2 $1 $19
{[%mdl 512]}) 32... Qb7 33. Qd1 Nf6 34. Bxd5 Nxd5 35. Qd3 Qb6 36. Rd1 Qc5 37.
Qb3 {The position is equal.} Bxd4 38. Rxd4 Qc1 39. Rd1 Qc2 40. Qxc2 Rxc2 41. e4
Nf6 42. Rd4 Rxb2 {[#] aiming for ...Rb1.} 43. Bxb4 {Weighted Error Value:
White=0.07/Black=0.06} 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.18"]
[Round "6.16"]
[White "Santos Ruiz, Miguel"]
[Black "Gavrilescu, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2603"]
[BlackElo "2514"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Spain"]
[BlackTeam "Romania"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ROU"]

{[%evp 23,63,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,21,7,13,37,40,-12,-23,-43,-10,-53,-45,-87,
-83,-116,-100,-105,-8,-21,0,0,0,0,-1,-6,-5,-7,-11,-8,-4,-8]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3
Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. b3 b6 7. Bb2 Bb7 8. e3 dxc4 9. bxc4 c5
10. Qe2 Nc6 11. Rd1 Qc7 12. Nc3 a6 13. Ne1 {A14: English Opening: 1...e6 with
b3 by White.} Na5 {[#]} 14. d3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. f4 Bxg2 15. Nxg2 Rab8
16. g4 Ne8 17. a4 Nd6 18. d3 f5 19. gxf5 Nxf5 20. Ne4 Nc6 {1/2-1/2 (36)
Iturrizaga Bonelli,E (2637)-Koustav,C (2404) Bhubaneswar 2019}) 14... Bxg2 15.
Nxg2 Rfd8 16. f4 Qb7 17. a4 Ne8 18. f5 exf5 19. Rf1 Nd6 20. g4 ({White should
play} 20. Nd5 $14) 20... b5 $11 21. axb5 axb5 22. cxb5 c4 $1 {[%cal Rc4d3] ...
cxd3 is the strong threat.} 23. Rad1 ({Avoid the trap} 23. gxf5 $2 cxd3 24. Qg4
Bf6 $19) 23... cxd3 24. Rxd3 Ndc4 {[#] White must now prevent ...Rxd3.} 25. Ba1
Rxd3 (25... fxg4 $17 {Hoping for ...Ne5.} 26. Rxd8+ Rxd8 27. Qxg4 Qd7 28. Qxd7
Rxd7) 26. Qxd3 {The position is equal.} Rd8 (26... Ne5 {with more
complications.} 27. Qxf5 Nac4 28. Ne4 Qxb5 29. g5 Ra5) 27. Qxf5 Qxg2+ {[%mdl
64] [#] Remove Defender, Decoy} 28. Kxg2 Nxe3+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 29.
Kf3 Nxf5 30. gxf5 Nb3 {aiming for ...Nd2+.} 31. Ne4 Rb8 32. Bxg7 {Weighted
Error Value: White=0.10/Black=0.09} 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.18"]
[Round "6.17"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Mastrovasilis, Dimitrios"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2619"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "France"]
[BlackTeam "Greece"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GRE"]

{[%evp 11,99,32,31,22,25,28,27,27,29,14,33,10,9,-11,12,0,28,14,29,23,44,33,35,
37,43,34,43,31,29,32,25,21,33,35,28,27,33,31,29,15,13,3,10,0,7,0,15,13,15,15,
19,0,13,6,26,19,24,18,22,50,50,33,32,-24,-16,-30,0,0,339,338,336,322,306,309,
268,261,691,689,681,660,600,584,6087,6070,5389,5409,2126,1947,1272,684]} 1. e4
c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 a6 7. Nxc6 {B47:
Sicilian: Taimanov: 5 Nc3 Qc7 6 f4, 6 g3 and 6 Be2.} bxc6 8. Qd3 $1 {[%mdl 4]
is currently scoring better than 8.0-0.} Nf6 9. Qg3 {White has an edge.} Qxg3
10. hxg3 d5 11. exd5 cxd5 {[#]} 12. Bf4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Be3 Bb7 13.
O-O-O Rc8 14. g4 Bc5 15. Bxc5 Rxc5 16. Rd4 a5 17. g5 Ne4 18. Bb5+ {1/2-1/2 (45)
Van Bommel,T (1824)-Luers,C (1860) LSS email 2009}) 12... Bb4 13. Be5 Ke7 14.
g4 Bb7 15. a3 Bd6 16. Bxd6+ Kxd6 17. g5 Nd7 18. O-O-O h6 19. gxh6 Rxh6 20. Rxh6
gxh6 21. g3 f5 22. Rd4 Nf6 23. Rb4 Kc7 24. Rh4 Rh8 25. f3 e5 26. Na4 a5 27. Nc5
Bc6 28. f4 e4 29. Nb3 Kb6 30. Nd4 Bd7 31. Bh5 Rg8 32. Bf7 Rg7 33. Be6 Bxe6 34.
Rxh6 Bd7 $1 {aiming for ...Rf7.} 35. Rxf6+ $11 {[%mdl 4160] Endgame Double
Attack. KRB-KRN} Kc5 36. Nb3+ Kc4 37. Nxa5+ (37. Kd2 $14 a4 38. Na5+ Kb5 39. b4
Rxg3 40. Rd6 Rxa3 41. Rxd7 e3+ 42. Kd1) 37... Kd4 $1 38. Rd6 Bb5 (38... Ke3 {
looks sharper.} 39. Rxd5 Kf2 40. Nb3 e3 41. Nd4 Kxg3 42. c4 Kxf4 43. Kd1 Rh7)
39. Rb6 Be8 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (39... Bf1 $11 {and Black has nothing to worry.})
40. Kd2 $1 $18 {White wants to mate with Nb3+.} e3+ 41. Ke1 {Threatens to win
with Nb3+.} Ke4 42. Re6+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kf3 {[#]} 43. Nb3 $1 {
[%cal Rb3d4]} ({Avoid the trap} 43. Rxe8 $2 Rh7 $19) 43... Bg6 $2 (43... Rg8
44. Nd4+ Kxg3) 44. Nd4+ {White is clearly winning.} Kxg3 45. Rxe3+ Kxf4 46. Kf2
{And now Ne6+ would win.} Bf7 47. Ne2+ Kg5 48. Rg3+ Kf6 49. Rxg7 Kxg7 50. Ke3 {
Weighted Error Value: White=0.06/Black=0.36} 1-0

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.18"]
[Round "6.18"]
[White "Banikas, Hristos"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2592"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Greece"]
[BlackTeam "France"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GRE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

{[%evp 13,80,23,23,22,29,2,0,0,0,0,0,10,29,31,31,31,31,31,33,21,22,17,21,0,0,0,
0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-16,-16,-36,-18,-20,-14,-16,-16,-34,-13,-21,0,0,0,0,0,0,
0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-5,0]} 1. d4 {Moradiabadi,E} d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5
4. Bf4 Nc6 5. e3 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bf5 7. Qb3 Na5 8. Qa4+ {D10: Slav Defence: 3 cxd5 
(without early Nf3) and 3 Nc3.} Bd7 9. Qd1 e6 10. Nf3 Rc8 {10...Bb4 is the
modern continuation.} 11. Bd3 Nc4 12. Qe2 Qa5 {[#]} 13. O-O $146 ({Predecessor:
} 13. Bxc4 Rxc4 14. O-O Bb4 15. Ne5 Rc8 16. Qf3 h6 17. Rfc1 Bxc3 18. bxc3 Rxc3
19. g4 {1-0 (48) Mamedyarov,S (2761)-Rapport,R (2752) Baku 2016 CBM 175 
[Moradiabadi,E]}) 13... Nxb2 14. Qxb2 {[#] Black must now prevent Nb5.} Qxc3
15. Qe2 Be7 16. Ne5 O-O 17. Rab1 Bc6 18. Rb3 Qa5 19. Nxc6 bxc6 20. Rb7 Qd8 21.
Rxa7 c5 22. Ba6 Ra8 23. Rxa8 Qxa8 24. dxc5 {White wants to play Rc1.} Ne4 25.
Bd3 {Black should prevent Bxe4.} Nxc5 26. Bb1 Qa3 27. Be5 Ra8 28. h3 (28. Bd4 {
is interesting.} g6 29. h3 Nd7 30. Qb5 Qd6 31. Qb2) 28... g6 29. Rd1 Qb4 30.
Bd4 {The position is equal.} Nd7 31. Bd3 Bf6 32. Bb5 Bxd4 33. Rxd4 Qd6 34. Bxd7
Qxd7 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} 35. Qb2 Qc7 36. Rb4 Rc8 37. g3 Qc1+ 38.
Qxc1 Rxc1+ 39. Kg2 Kg7 40. a4 Rc2 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.04/Black=0.03}
1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.18"]
[Round "6.19"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Pavlidis, Antonios"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2647"]
[BlackElo "2536"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "France"]
[BlackTeam "Greece"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GRE"]

{[%evp 9,87,21,15,25,28,14,12,-48,-7,-15,-11,-11,-14,-23,-5,0,0,0,11,11,10,11,
17,22,16,16,17,16,13,13,35,16,33,50,63,63,67,54,170,182,168,168,312,310,298,
312,290,291,462,462,462,462,462,462,430,235,241,232,464,422,422,422,496,496,
502,465,539,532,948,890,1716,1647,2050,1152,1055,1032,7232,6299,2615,1751]} 1.
Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nd7 3. d4 Nb6 4. Nc3 Bf5 5. Bg2 e6 6. O-O {D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3
sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4.} Be7 {[#]} 7. Bf4 $146 ({
Predecessor:} 7. a4 a5 8. Re1 Nf6 9. Nh4 Bg4 10. h3 Bh5 11. g4 Ne4 12. Nxe4
dxe4 13. gxh5 Bxh4 14. Bxe4 Bxf2+ 15. Kxf2 {1/2-1/2 (21) Malikentzos,S (2430)
-Galopoulos,N (2381) Larisa 2021}) 7... c6 8. Nd2 (8. Ne5 $11) 8... Nf6 (8...
g5 $5 {[%cal Rg5f4]} 9. Be3 h5 $11) 9. e4 dxe4 10. Ndxe4 O-O 11. Re1 Nxe4 12.
Nxe4 Nd5 13. Bc1 Nf6 14. Nxf6+ Bxf6 15. c3 a5 16. Qb3 Qd7 17. a4 h6 18. Bf4
Rfd8 19. Rad1 Qe7 20. h3 Rd7 21. g4 Bh7 22. d5 $1 cxd5 {[#]} 23. Rxd5 exd5 {
White stays focused until the end.} (23... Rxd5 $14 24. Bxd5 {[%mdl 64] Pin}
Rd8 25. Bxb7 g5) 24. Rxe7 $18 Rxe7 25. Bxd5 Be4 (25... Rd8 $142) 26. Bxe4 Rxe4
27. Qxb7 Rae8 {[#]} 28. Qb5 $1 Bg5 (28... Bh4 $142 29. Be3 R4e5) 29. Bxg5 R4e5
30. Qd7 hxg5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQ-KRR} 31. b4 R5e7 32. Qd2 (32. Qd4 $142)
32... Re4 33. Qd6 ({Worse is} 33. Qxg5 axb4 34. cxb4 Rxb4 $14) (33. bxa5 Rxa4
34. Qd5 (34. Qxg5 Ra8 $14) 34... Rc8 $14) 33... R4e6 $2 (33... g6 34. Kg2 (34.
bxa5 Rxa4 35. Qc5 Ra8 $14) 34... Rf4) 34. Qc7 {White is clearly winning.} axb4
35. cxb4 Re4 36. Qa5 Re1+ 37. Kg2 Rb1 38. b5 Rb2 39. Qb6 Kh7 40. Qd4 Ree2 41.
b6 Red2 42. Qc5 g6 43. a5 Rdc2 44. Qd4 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.12/
Black=0.34} 1-0

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.18"]
[Round "6.20"]
[White "Kelires, Andreas"]
[Black "Moussard, Jules"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Greece"]
[BlackTeam "France"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GRE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

{[%evp 13,142,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-1,-6,0,0,4,5,26,42,45,32,31,0,0,0,17,-65,-51,-58,
-58,-78,-13,-20,0,-51,-35,-63,-33,-17,-13,-13,-13,-13,-13,-13,-13,-13,-16,-12,
-2,-7,0,-17,-22,-27,-15,-17,-4,-7,-14,-27,0,-4,-4,-5,0,-17,11,11,8,12,109,0,0,
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,
0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,0,0,0,-8,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3
d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Nc3 dxc4 6. Bg2 Nc6 7. O-O O-O 8. Qa4 {E20: Nimzo-Indian: 4
g3 and 4 f3.} Nd5 9. Qc2 Be7 10. Rd1 Rb8 11. e4 Ndb4 12. Qe2 Nd3 13. Be3 a6 14.
b3 b5 15. Rab1 {Threatens to win with bxc4.} Bd7 {[#]} 16. h3 $146 ({
Predecessor:} 16. d5 Na5 17. dxe6 Bxe6 18. Ne1 Qe8 19. Nxd3 cxd3 20. Rxd3 c5
21. Nd5 c4 22. Rdd1 Bxd5 23. Rxd5 cxb3 24. axb3 {1-0 (49) Niemann,H (2329)
-Adamson,R (2210) Charlotte 2018}) 16... Na5 17. bxc4 bxc4 18. Ne5 (18. Ne1 $11
) 18... Rxb1 $15 19. Rxb1 Nxe5 20. dxe5 c5 (20... Qa8 $17) 21. f4 $11 Qc7 22.
Kh2 (22. Qf2 $11) 22... Rb8 $15 23. Rd1 Rd8 24. Bf1 Be8 (24... h6 {seems
wilder.} 25. Qf2 Rb8 26. Kg1 Be8 27. Rd2 Rb4) 25. Rxd8 Bxd8 26. Qc2 Be7 27. Qb2
Bc6 28. Be2 Bb7 29. h4 h6 30. h5 f6 31. Qd2 (31. Bg4 $5 {[%cal Rg4e6]} f5 32.
Bh3 $11) 31... fxe5 32. f5 Qd6 (32... exf5 $5 33. Nd5 $8 c3 $1 34. Nxe7+ Qxe7
35. Qxc3 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Qc7 $11) 33. fxe6 Qxd2 34. Bxd2 Kf8 35. Kg2
Bd6 36. Kf2 Nc6 37. Bxc4 Nd4 38. Ke3 Bc8 39. Nd5 Ke8 40. a4 Bb7 {[#]} (40...
Bxe6 $11 41. Bxa6 Bg4) 41. Nc3 ({White must play} 41. Nb6 $1 $16) 41... Ke7 $11
{The position is equal.} 42. Kd3 Nxe6 43. Nd5+ Ke8 44. Nb6 Nc7 45. Bb3 (45. g4
{looks sharper.} Kd8 46. Bc3 Ne8 47. Bd5 Bxd5 48. Nxd5 Kd7 49. Kc4) 45... Kd8
46. Ba5 Ne8 {With the idea ...Bc7.} 47. Bd5 Bxd5 48. Nxd5+ {[%mdl 4096]
Endgame KBN-KBN} Kd7 49. Bc3 Bb8 50. Bb2 Ke6 51. Ba3 Ba7 52. g4 Nd6 53. Ne3 Kf6
54. Bc1 Ke6 55. Nc4 Ne8 {next ...Nf6 is good for Black.} 56. g5 hxg5 57. Bxg5
Bb8 58. Ne3 Bd6 59. h6 gxh6 60. Bxh6 Nf6 61. Bg5 Nh5 62. Nf5 Bf8 63. Kc4 Nf4
64. Bh6 Bxh6 65. Nxh6 {KN-KN} Ne2 66. Kxc5 (66. Nf5 {keeps more tension.} a5
67. Kxc5 Nc3 68. Kb6 Nxa4+ 69. Kxa5 Nc3 70. Ng3) 66... Nc3 67. Ng4 Nxa4+ 68.
Kb4 Nb6 69. Ka5 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Nc4+ 70. Kxa6 Nd6 71. Nxe5 Nxe4 {
Weighted Error Value: White=0.09/Black=0.09} 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.18"]
[Round "6.21"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Czech Republic"]
[BlackTeam "Poland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "POL"]

{[%evp 13,107,37,42,47,87,29,16,29,29,25,22,25,31,31,31,31,31,26,31,31,25,35,
35,27,25,25,43,43,43,43,43,43,43,43,43,43,43,43,43,43,43,43,43,43,43,43,43,43,
43,43,43,43,43,43,43,43,43,43,43,43,43,43,43,43,43,43,43,43,43,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6
5. Be2 c5 6. Be3 Qb6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. O-O {aiming for dxc5. B12: Caro-Kann:
Advance Variation.} Qxb2 9. Qe1 {The main line 9.Qe1 scores better than 9.Nb5.}
(9. Nb5 $16) 9... cxd4 $11 10. Bxd4 Nxd4 ({Not} 10... Qxc2 $2 11. Rc1 $18) ({
Don't go for} 10... Bxc2 $2 11. Nb5 $18) 11. Nxd4 Bb4 {[#]} 12. Rb1 $1 {
[%cal Ba1b1,Bb1b2,Bb2d2][%mdl 32]} Bxc3 (12... Qxc3 13. Rxb4) 13. Rxb2 Bxe1 14.
Rxe1 b6 15. h4 {White wants to play g4.} h5 16. Nxf5 exf5 17. c4 Ne7 18. Rd2 {
[%mdl 1024] White has compensation.} O-O-O 19. Red1 {[%cal Rc4d5]} d4 20. f4
Ng6 21. g3 Nf8 22. Rxd4 Rxd4 23. Rxd4 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Ne6 24.
Rd6 g6 25. Bf3 Rd8 $1 26. Rc6+ Kd7 $1 27. Bd5 Rc8 {[#]} 28. Rxc8 $146 ({
Predecessor:} 28. Rd6+ Ke7 29. Kf2 Rc5 30. a4 Ra5 31. Bc6 Nc5 32. Rd5 Ra6 33.
Ke3 Ra5 34. Kd4 {1-0 (47) Kuybokarov,T (2549)-Song,R (2485) Chess.com INT 2021}
) 28... Kxc8 {KB-KN} 29. Kf2 Kd7 30. c5 Ke7 31. cxb6 axb6 32. Ke3 {[#]
Strongly threatening Bxe6.} Nc7 {[%cal Rc7d5]} 33. Kd4 Nb5+ 34. Kd3 Nc7 35. Bc4
Ke8 36. Kc3 Ke7 37. Kb3 Ke8 38. Kb4 Kf8 39. Bb3 Ke8 40. a4 Kf8 41. a5 bxa5+ {
The position is equal.} 42. Kxa5 Ke7 43. Kb6 Ne8 44. Kc6 f6 45. Bd5 (45. Kd5 {
keeps more tension.} fxe5 46. fxe5 Nf6+ 47. exf6+ Kxf6 48. Bd1) 45... fxe5 $1
46. fxe5 Nf6 47. exf6+ Kxf6 $11 {KB-K3P} 48. Kd6 f4 49. gxf4 {Intending Be6
and mate.} Kf5 50. Bf7 Kxf4 51. Bxg6 Kg4 52. Ke5 Kxh4 53. Kf4 Kh3 54. Bxh5 {
Weighted Error Value: White=0.02/Black=0.02} 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.18"]
[Round "6.22"]
[White "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Black "Nguyen, Thai Dai Van"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D32"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2594"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Poland"]
[BlackTeam "Czech Republic"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CZE"]

{[%evp 12,60,29,33,44,41,47,24,22,16,18,22,29,40,42,45,37,1,18,0,0,-14,-6,-33,
0,-2,2,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3.
d4 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. dxc5 d4 7. Na4 Bxc5 $1 {[%mdl 64] [#] Decoy.
D32: Tarrasch Defence: Sidelines and lines without g3.} 8. Nxc5 {Nb3 is the
strong threat.} Qa5+ 9. Bd2 Qxc5 {White has an edge.} 10. Rc1 Qb6 11. e3 dxe3
12. Bxe3 Qxb2 13. Bc4 {[#] Black must now prevent 0-0.} Nge7 14. O-O {
Threatens to win with Re1.} (14. Ng5 $5 {[%cal Rc4f7]} O-O 15. Qh5 $14 {
[%mdl 64] Double Attack}) 14... O-O $1 15. Nd4 {Hoping for Rc2.} Bf5 {[#]} 16.
Nxc6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16. Nxf5 Nxf5 17. Bc5 Rfe8 18. Rb1 Qf6 19. Rxb7 Ne5
20. Bb5 Rec8 21. Ba3 Rd8 22. Qa4 a6 23. Be2 Rd2 24. Rb2 Rd4 25. Qb3 Qg5 26. f4
{1-0 (26) Radovanovic,N (2420)-Pecelj,N (2182) Novi Sad 2015}) 16... Nxc6 17.
Qf3 Bg6 18. Bd5 {The position is equal.} Rad8 {Strongly threatening ...Bd3.}
19. Bxc6 bxc6 20. Qxc6 Qxa2 21. Ra1 Qd5 22. Qxd5 Rxd5 23. Rxa7 Rfd8 24. h3 h6
25. Raa1 Bf5 26. Kh2 Be6 27. Rfe1 R5d7 28. Rac1 Rd5 29. Rc3 Rd3 30. Rxd3 Rxd3 {
Weighted Error Value: White=0.05/Black=0.02} 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.18"]
[Round "6.23"]
[White "Zilka, Stepan"]
[Black "Piorun, Kacper"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E36"]
[WhiteElo "2593"]
[BlackElo "2634"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Czech Republic"]
[BlackTeam "Poland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "POL"]

{[%evp 11,60,0,15,0,0,-5,3,-8,-14,-5,0,8,19,12,12,12,5,5,16,18,12,8,18,18,4,0,
20,0,10,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,2,1,1,1,1,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3
Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 O-O {The position is equal.} 7. e3 {E36:
Nimzo-Indian: Classical: 4...d5 5 a3.} b6 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Nf3 Nf6 {
[#]} 11. b4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Be2 Nbd7 12. O-O c5 13. dxc5 Nxc5 14. b4
Nce4 15. Bb2 Rc8 16. Qa4 Nd5 17. Qxa7 {0-1 (31) Bredenhof,B (2230)-Yakovlyev,S
(2269) ICCF email 2017}) 11... Be4 12. Bd3 Bxd3 13. Qxd3 Qd5 14. O-O c5 15.
bxc5 bxc5 16. Bb2 Nbd7 {[%cal Bb8d7,Bd7b6,Bb6c4][%mdl 32]} 17. Qe2 cxd4 18.
Nxd4 Nb6 19. Rfd1 Rfc8 20. Nb5 Qc4 21. Qxc4 Nxc4 22. Bxf6 gxf6 23. h3 Rab8 24.
Nxa7 Rc7 {[#]} 25. Rac1 $1 Rbb7 26. Rd8+ Kg7 {[#]} 27. Rc8 $1 Rxa7 28. Rxc4
Rxc8 29. Rxc8 Rxa3 30. g3 f5 {A rather calm draw.  Weighted Error Value:
White=0.03/Black=0.04} 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.18"]
[Round "6.24"]
[White "Moranda, Wojciech"]
[Black "Plat, Vojtech"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B34"]
[WhiteElo "2623"]
[BlackElo "2548"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Poland"]
[BlackTeam "Czech Republic"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CZE"]

{[%evp 20,95,32,54,34,33,56,55,54,38,62,57,58,59,46,60,53,11,24,29,47,47,77,33,
36,37,104,0,96,66,107,81,166,147,224,132,133,140,139,153,179,97,110,68,95,49,
132,120,159,154,229,149,158,127,154,147,163,166,257,254,432,431,412,386,416,
406,512,436,923,908,927,912,1130,834,838,814,742,714]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3.
d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. e5 Nd5 9. Nxd5 cxd5
10. Qxd5 Rb8 11. O-O-O Bb7 {B34: Sicilian: Accelerated Dragon with 5 Nc3:
sidelines.} 12. Qd2 $5 {[%mdl 4] Exploring less charted territory.} Bxe5 {[#]}
13. Bxa7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Bd4 Bxd4 14. Qxd4 O-O 15. Qxd7 Qa5 16. a3
Rfd8 17. Qg4 Rxd1+ 18. Qxd1 Qe5 19. c3 {1-0 (34) Butolo,A (1752)-Tikhonov,V 
(2274) Chess.com INT 2021}) 13... Ra8 {White is slightly better.} 14. Qe3 {
[%cal Re3e5]} Qc7 {Hoping for ...Bf4.} 15. Bb6 Qb8 16. Kb1 Bf4 17. Qb3 O-O 18.
Be3 Bxe3 19. Qxe3 Qc7 $1 20. a3 e5 21. c4 Rfb8 22. h4 Bc6 ({Better is} 22... d5
$14) 23. Rd2 ({White should play} 23. h5 $16) 23... Qb7 (23... Qa5 $11) 24. f3
h5 25. Be2 $1 (25. Qxe5 $2 Rxa3 26. Rd3 Raa8 $19) 25... Ra6 (25... Ra5 $16) 26.
Rc1 $18 (26. Qxe5 $2 Rxa3 27. Rd3 Raa8 $19) 26... e4 (26... d6 $16 27. c5 Bb5
28. Bxb5 (28. cxd6 Rxd6 29. Bxb5 Rxd2 $16) 28... Qxb5) 27. f4 (27. c5 $1 $18)
27... Rb6 {[%cal Rb6b2]} 28. b4 d5 {White must now prevent ...Rxb4+!} 29. Rb2
dxc4 30. Bxc4 (30. f5 $1 $18) 30... Bd7 31. Bb3 Ra6 32. Rc5 Qa7 {[#]} (32...
Bf5 $1 $14) 33. Rc3 $1 $16 ({Worse is} 33. Qxe4 Re8 $17) 33... Qxe3 34. Rxe3
Rd6 (34... Kf8 $16 {keeps fighting.}) 35. Rc2 Kf8 36. Rc7 ({Much worse is} 36.
Rxe4 $6 Bf5 $11) 36... f5 37. Kc2 Ke8 38. Rc5 Ra8 {[#]} (38... Kd8 {was
necessary.} 39. Bc4 Rb7) 39. b5 $1 $18 Kd8 $2 (39... Be6 {is a better defense.}
40. Bxe6 Rxe6) 40. a4 {[%cal Ba3a4,Ba4a5,Ba5a6][%mdl 32]} Be6 41. Bxe6 Rxe6 {
[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} 42. Rd5+ Ke7 43. Kb3 {White is clearly winning.}
Rc8 (43... Rd8 $142) 44. a5 Rc1 45. a6 Rb6 46. Kb2 Rc7 47. Rc3 Ra7 48. Ka3 {
Weighted Error Value: White=0.16/Black=0.34} 1-0

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.18"]
[Round "6.25"]
[White "Indjic, Aleksandar"]
[Black "Agopov, Mikael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Serbia"]
[BlackTeam "Finland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SRB"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FIN"]

{[%evp 15,79,23,31,3,6,14,17,0,0,-20,23,7,85,75,82,77,75,70,68,0,47,51,73,49,
67,79,78,48,168,158,161,165,168,165,174,161,187,195,181,194,178,190,181,177,
181,180,160,133,162,140,158,123,97,103,172,173,182,175,300,273,552,571,1157,
1139,1397,870]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Ba6 5. Qc2 Bb7 6. Nc3 c5 7.
e4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bc5 9. Nf3 {E12: Queen's Indian: Unusual White 4th moves, 4 a3,
4 Nc3 Bb7 5 a3 and 4 Nc3 Bb7 .} Nc6 10. b4 Bd6 11. Bb2 {The position is equal.}
a5 {[#]} 12. Nb5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. b5 Ne5 13. O-O-O Qc7 14. Kb1 Rc8 15.
Nd2 Neg4 16. Nb3 a4 17. Nd4 O-O 18. Ka1 {0-1 (33) Sorensen,H (2382)-Beerdsen,T
(2454) Braganca 2021}) 12... Bb8 13. e5 Ng4 (13... Nh5 $1 $11) 14. Nd6+ $1 $16
Bxd6 15. exd6 f6 16. b5 $36 {[%cal Rb5c6][%mdl 2048] White has good play.} Nce5
17. Be2 (17. Nxe5 $14 Nxe5 18. f4) 17... Nxf3+ (17... Bxf3 $5 18. gxf3 Nh6 $11)
18. gxf3 Ne5 {[#]} 19. Rg1 $1 {[%cal Rg1g7]} O-O 20. Rg3 Rc8 21. O-O-O {
aiming for Rdg1.} Rc5 (21... Ng6 $1 $14) 22. Rdg1 $18 Rf7 23. Bd4 Qc8 24. f4 ({
Much worse is} 24. Bxc5 $6 Qxc5 25. f4 Ng6 $11) 24... Ng6 {[#]} 25. Rh3 $1 {
Rxg6 is the strong threat.} ({Don't play} 25. Bxc5 $6 Qxc5 26. Qd2 Nh4 $14)
25... Rf5 26. Be3 (26. Bxb6 Nxf4 27. Rb3 a4 $11) 26... Qb8 27. Rd1 (27. Bxb6
Qxd6 28. Bxa5 Nxf4 $15) 27... Bg2 28. Rg3 Ba8 29. Bd3 Rh5 30. Bxg6 hxg6 31. h3
Rh4 32. Kb2 Qc8 33. Rdg1 g5 34. Rg4 Rxg4 (34... Rh8 $16) 35. hxg4 Qb8 36. fxg5
Qxd6 (36... fxg5 $142 37. Qd2 Qb7) 37. g6 Rf8 (37... Qe5+ {might work better.}
38. Qc3 Rf8 39. Qxe5 (39. Bxb6 Qe2+ 40. Kb3 Bd5 $16) 39... fxe5 40. Bxb6 Be4)
38. f4 {Hoping for Rd1.White is clearly winning.} Rc8 {Black hopes to continue
with ...Bf3.} 39. Rd1 Bd5 40. Qd3 {[%mdl 64] Pin.  Weighted Error Value:
White=0.07/Black=0.31} 1-0

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.18"]
[Round "6.26"]
[White "Koykka, Pekka"]
[Black "Ivic, Velimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2353"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Finland"]
[BlackTeam "Serbia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FIN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SRB"]

{[%evp 9,80,8,21,14,27,26,22,22,29,0,0,0,0,-1,0,-13,-18,-23,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,
-6,-6,-16,-5,-39,-39,-45,-38,-38,-41,-44,-46,-46,-46,-47,-30,-66,-75,-141,-134,
-165,-175,-169,-167,-165,-165,-332,-332,-325,-308,-478,-470,-544,-455,-454,
-451,-468,-458,-1296,-1290,-1360,-1337,-5514,-1386,-29978,-3024]} 1. d4 d5 2.
c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Bb4 6. Qa4+ {D35: Queen's Gambit Declined:
Exchange Variation.} Nc6 7. e3 h6 8. Bxf6 {The position is equal. 8.Bh4 is
vanishing.} Qxf6 9. Bb5 {[#] Hoping for Qxb4.} O-O 10. Nge2 a5 {[#]} 11. a3
$146 ({Predecessor:} 11. O-O Ne7 12. Bd3 c6 13. e4 dxe4 14. Nxe4 Qg6 15. Qc2
Nd5 16. N4c3 Qf6 17. Nxd5 cxd5 {1/2-1/2 (37) Gareyev,T (2587)-Bora,S (2423)
Indianapolis 2021}) 11... Bxc3+ 12. Nxc3 Qg6 13. g3 Bh3 14. Bf1 Bxf1 15. Kxf1
Qe6 16. Kg2 Ne7 17. Qb5 Rfb8 18. Rhc1 c6 19. Qd3 Nf5 20. Qc2 (20. Re1 {feels
hotter.} Nd6 21. Qc2 h5 22. h4 Re8 23. Na4) 20... Re8 21. Kg1 h5 22. Qd1 Qg6
23. Ne2 Qg5 24. Nf4 g6 25. Rc3 Kg7 26. Ng2 h4 27. Qf3 (27. g4 $142 Nd6 28. Qf3)
27... Re4 28. Nf4 hxg3 29. hxg3 Rh8 30. Qg2 Qh6 31. Rd3 $2 (31. Ne2 {is a
better defense.}) 31... g5 $19 32. Ne2 Re6 {...Qh7 is the strong threat.} 33.
Kf1 (33. Rad1 {might work better.} Qh7 34. g4) 33... Qh7 34. Rc3 {White hopes
to continue with g4.} Rh6 35. g4 Nd6 36. Ng3 {[#]} Rh1+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 37. Ke2
(37. Nxh1 $142 Qxh1+ 38. Qg1) 37... Rxa1 38. Nh5+ Kf8 {Threatens to win with ..
.Qb1.} 39. Qg3 Qg6 40. Qe5 Rxh5 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.77/Black=0.04}
0-1

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.18"]
[Round "6.27"]
[White "Ivanisevic, Ivan"]
[Black "Nyysti, Sampsa"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E41"]
[WhiteElo "2604"]
[BlackElo "2325"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Serbia"]
[BlackTeam "Finland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SRB"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FIN"]

{[%evp 21,71,27,20,18,20,0,18,0,0,-5,0,0,0,0,0,-8,0,0,0,0,8,-12,27,0,7,12,12,0,
0,0,0,0,20,20,30,23,28,0,0,0,95,96,696,704,918,913,29984,29985,29985,29986,
29982,9633]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nge2 d5 7.
cxd5 cxd4 8. exd4 Qxd5 9. O-O Qh5 10. Ne4 Nxe4 11. Bxe4 Nc6 12. Bf4 {E41:
Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein: 4...c5 5 Bd3, including Hübner Variation.} Rd8 {[#]}
13. Bf3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Rc1 Bd7 14. Bf3 Qb5 15. a3 Be7 16. b4 Be8 17.
d5 Bf6 18. Bc7 Rxd5 19. Bxd5 Qxd5 20. Rc5 Qa2 21. b5 Ne7 22. Bd6 Nd5 23. Rc2
Qb3 24. Rc8 Qxd1 25. Rxa8 Nc7 26. Rxe8+ {1-0 (26) Yashtylov,A (2319)
-Kolomensky,V (2257) Orsk 2000}) 13... Qa5 14. a3 {The position is equal.} Bd6
15. b4 Qc7 16. Bg3 Bxg3 17. hxg3 Qb6 {[%cal Rc6d4]} 18. Qa4 Bd7 19. b5 Ne7 {
[%cal Bc6e7,Be7f5,Bf5d6][%mdl 32]} 20. Qb4 Nf5 21. Rab1 Rab8 22. Rfd1 a6 {
[%cal Rb6b5]} 23. a4 Be8 24. Be4 Nd6 25. Bd3 axb5 26. axb5 Ra8 27. Nf4 g6 28.
Re1 Nf5 29. Bxf5 (29. d5 $5 {[%cal Rd5e6]}) 29... Rxd4 30. Qc3 {[%cal Rf5e6]
aiming for Bxe6!} gxf5 {[#]} (30... exf5 $11 31. Rbd1 Rxd1 32. Rxd1 Qa5) 31.
Nh5 $1 $40 {[%mdl 128] Threatens to win with Qe3! Black is in trouble.} h6 $2 {
[%mdl 8192] Black cannot hold the game after this.} (31... Qd6 $16) 32. Qe3 $18
Kh7 {[#]} 33. Rb4 $3 {[%mdl 576] Pin} Rd6 (33... Qd8 34. Rxd4) 34. Qe5 {
[%csl Gh5][%cal Re5g7] White mates.} f6 35. Nxf6+ Kg6 {[#]} 36. Nh5 $1 {
[%mdl 512] Weighted Error Value: White=0.06/Black=0.66} 1-0

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.18"]
[Round "6.28"]
[White "Ronka, Erik"]
[Black "Perunovic, Milos"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2321"]
[BlackElo "2541"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Finland"]
[BlackTeam "Serbia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FIN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SRB"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. N1c3 a6 7. Na3 Be6 8.
Nc4 Rb8 9. Nd5 Nf6 10. Nxf6+ Qxf6 11. Nxd6+ Bxd6 12. Qxd6 Rd8 13. Qa3 Qg6 14.
Be3 Qxe4 15. Bd3 Qb4+ 16. Qxb4 Nxb4 17. Ke2 f5 18. f3 O-O 19. a3 Nc6 20. c3 e4
21. fxe4 fxe4 22. Bc2 Bc4+ 23. Ke1 Ne5 24. Bd4 Nd3+ 25. Bxd3 exd3 26. Kd2 Rde8
27. Rhe1 Re2+ 28. Rxe2 dxe2 29. b3 Rf1 30. Re1 Rxe1 31. Kxe1 Bxb3 32. Kxe2 Kf7
1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.18"]
[Round "6.29"]
[White "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Black "Yilmaz, Mustafa"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2582"]
[BlackElo "2626"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Georgia"]
[BlackTeam "Turkey"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GEO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "TUR"]

{[%evp 9,87,9,9,6,6,0,3,0,0,0,-3,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,20,0,0,-3,-11,-63,-33,-54,
7,-60,-52,-65,-25,-67,-74,-42,0,0,81,7,79,12,102,98,159,142,354,356,356,344,
358,353,356,339,314,319,358,356,355,362,456,456,510,500,1067,1047,1052,1030,
1025,1003,959,887,1193,826,5226,5206,5206,2505,1819,1655]} 1. c4 e5 2. d3 Bb4+
3. Nd2 Nf6 4. Ngf3 Qe7 5. e3 {[#]} c5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 5... O-O 6. a3 Bxd2+
7. Bxd2 c5 8. Be2 Nc6 9. O-O d5 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Qc2 Bd7 12. Rfc1 b6 13. Qc4
Be6 14. Qa4 Bd7 15. Qc4 Be6 16. Qa4 Bd7 {1/2-1/2 (16) Csom,I (2455)-Ruck,R 
(2460) Hungary 1995}) 6. Be2 {A20: English Opening: 1...e5.} Nc6 7. O-O Ba5 8.
a3 {The position is equal.} O-O 9. b4 cxb4 10. Nb3 Bc7 11. axb4 Nxb4 12. Ba3 {
Black must now prevent Qd2.} a5 13. Qb1 Ra6 14. d4 e4 15. Nfd2 Re8 16. Rc1 d5
17. cxd5 {[#]} (17. g3 $11) 17... Bxh2+ $1 $15 18. Kf1 $1 Ra8 {[#]} ({Black
should play} 18... Rb6 $15 19. Nc4 Ra6) 19. Nxa5 $1 Nfxd5 {Threatens to win
with ...Qh4.} (19... Rxa5 20. Bxb4 Rxa1 21. Bxe7 $16) 20. Bxb4 Qh4 (20... Nxb4
$2 21. Nc6 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]}) (20... Qxb4 21. Qxb4 Nxb4 22. Bb5 $14) 21. Nf3
exf3 22. Bxf3 Nf6 23. Be7 Be6 (23... Rxe7 $11 {keeps the balance.} 24. Nc6 bxc6
25. Rxa8 Re8) 24. Qb4 (24. Bxf6 $16 Qxf6 25. Nxb7 (25. Qxb7 Qf5 $14)) 24...
Rac8 (24... Rxa5 $11 25. Rxa5 Bd6 $1 26. Bxd6 Qh1+ 27. Ke2 Qxc1) 25. Ke2 ({
Don't play} 25. Nxb7 $6 Rxc1+ 26. Rxc1 Bd6 $11) ({But not} 25. Qxb7 $6 Bg3 $11)
(25. Bxb7 $2 Rxc1+ 26. Rxc1 Bd6 $1 $19) ({Better is} 25. Nb3 $16) 25... Qg5 (
25... Bg1 $1 $11 {remains equal.} 26. g3 (26. Rxg1 Rc2+ 27. Kd1 Qxf2 $17 {
[%mdl 64] Double Attack}) 26... Rxc1 27. Rxc1 Qh2) 26. Nxb7 Qg6 ({Black should
try} 26... Rb8) 27. Bxf6 $16 Rc2+ {Loses the game.} (27... gxf6 $16 {was worth
a try.} 28. Nc5 Bf5) 28. Rxc2 $18 Qxc2+ {[#]} 29. Qd2 $1 {[%cal Rd2c2]} Qc4+
30. Ke1 gxf6 31. Rc1 Qa6 32. Nc5 Qa3 33. g3 Bh3 {Now ...Bxg3 and Black clings
on.} 34. Qc3 Qa7 35. Ra1 {White is clearly winning.} Qb8 36. Kd2 f5 (36... Kg7
$142 37. Rh1 Bxg3) 37. Ra8 Qxa8 38. Bxa8 Rxa8 39. Qb3 Bg2 40. Nd3 Ra5 41. Nf4
Be4 42. Qb8+ Kg7 43. Nh5+ Kh6 44. Qb6+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack.  Weighted
Error Value: White=0.17/Black=0.30} 1-0

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.18"]
[Round "6.30"]
[White "Dastan, Muhammed Batuhan"]
[Black "Paichadze, Luka"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2572"]
[BlackElo "2551"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "156"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Turkey"]
[BlackTeam "Georgia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "TUR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GEO"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. e4 d5 6. e5 Ne4 7. Bd3 c5 8. Nf3
cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nd7 10. Bf4 Qh4 11. g3 Qh5 12. O-O g5 13. cxd5 Bxc3 14. Be3 exd5
15. bxc3 Nxe5 16. Bxe4 dxe4 17. Qxe4 Ng4 18. Nf3 f6 19. Qd5+ Qf7 20. Qxf7+ Kxf7
21. Bc5 Re8 22. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 23. Rxe1 Be6 24. a4 b6 25. Bd4 Bd5 26. Nd2 Nh6 27.
f3 Nf5 28. Bf2 Rc8 29. a5 Rxc3 30. axb6 axb6 31. Bxb6 Rd3 32. Re2 Bxf3 33. Nxf3
Rxf3 34. Rf2 Rxf2 35. Kxf2 g4 36. Ke2 Ke6 37. Kd3 Ne7 38. Ke4 h5 39. Bd8 Nc6
40. Bc7 Ne5 41. Kf4 Nc4 42. Bd8 Nd2 43. Bb6 Nc4 44. Bd8 Ne5 45. Bc7 Nf7 46. Ba5
Ng5 47. Bb6 Nh3+ 48. Ke4 f5+ 49. Ke3 Kf6 50. Bd8+ Kg6 51. Bc7 Ng5 52. Bf4 Ne6
53. Be5 Kg5 54. Bd6 Kf6 55. Bb8 Ke7 56. Be5 Kf7 57. Bd6 Kf6 58. Bb8 Nf8 59. Bd6
Ng6 60. Bc7 Kf7 61. Bd8 Ke6 62. Bc7 Ke7 63. Bb8 Kf6 64. Bc7 Kg5 65. Bd8+ Kh6
66. Bc7 Nf8 67. Bf4+ Kg6 68. Bd6 Nh7 69. Bc7 Ng5 70. Bf4 Nh3 71. Bc7 Kf6 72.
Bd8+ Ke6 73. Bc7 Ng1 74. Bb8 Kf6 75. Bc7 Kg6 76. Bf4 h4 77. gxh4 Kh5 78. Kf2
Nh3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.18"]
[Round "6.31"]
[White "Pantsulaia, Levan"]
[Black "Can, Emre"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2571"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Georgia"]
[BlackTeam "Turkey"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GEO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "TUR"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 c6 3. d4 e4 4. Nc3 d5 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Qb3 Nc6 7. Qxd5 Qxd5 8.
Nxd5 Nxd4 9. Bg5 Be6 10. Nc7+ Kd7 11. Nxe6 Bb4+ 12. Bd2 Bxd2+ 13. Kxd2 Kxe6 14.
e3 Nc6 15. Bc4+ Ke7 16. Ne2 Nf6 17. Rhc1 Rac8 18. Nc3 Rhd8+ 19. Ke1 Nb4 20. Be2
Rc6 21. h3 h5 22. a3 Nd3+ 23. Bxd3 exd3 24. Rd1 g5 25. Rd2 g4 26. hxg4 hxg4 27.
Rad1 Rcd6 28. Nb5 Rb6 29. Nd4 Rh8 30. Nf5+ Ke6 31. Nh4 Rd8 32. b4 Rbd6 33. Ng2
Ke5 34. Nf4 Ke4 35. b5 Nh7 36. Rc1 Ng5 37. Rc4+ Kf3 38. Rd4 Rxd4 39. exd4 Ke4
40. Rxd3 Nf3+ 41. Ke2 Rxd4 42. Re3+ Kf5 43. Rc3 Rd2+ 44. Ke3 Ra2 45. Nd3 f6 46.
b6 axb6 47. Nb4 Rb2 48. Nd3 Rb1 49. a4 Ne5 50. Nxe5 fxe5 51. Rc7 b5 52. a5 Ra1
53. Rf7+ Ke6 54. Rxb7 Rxa5 55. f3 Ra3+ 56. Ke4 Ra4+ 57. Ke3 Rb4 58. fxg4 Rb1
59. Rb6+ Kf7 60. Ke4 b4 61. Kxe5 b3 62. Kf5 Rf1+ 63. Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.18"]
[Round "6.32"]
[White "Sanal, Vahap"]
[Black "Quparadze, Giga"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B24"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Turkey"]
[BlackTeam "Georgia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "TUR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GEO"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 g6 5. d3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nd4 7. Nce2 d5 8. c3
Nxe2 9. Nxe2 dxe4 10. dxe4 Qc7 11. b4 c4 12. Nd4 Bd7 13. f4 Ne7 14. O-O O-O 15.
a4 e5 16. fxe5 Bxe5 17. Bh6 Bg7 18. Bf4 Be5 19. Bh6 Bg7 20. Bf4 Be5 21. Qd2 a6
22. Nf3 Bxf4 23. gxf4 Rad8 24. Nd4 Nc6 25. f5 f6 26. fxg6 hxg6 27. Qh6 Ne5 28.
Qh4 Qd6 29. a5 Kg7 30. Qg3 Rh8 31. Rf5 Rdf8 32. Raf1 Rh7 33. h4 Kh8 34. R5f2
Qe7 35. Bh3 Nd3 36. Rg2 Bxh3 37. Qxh3 Qxe4 38. Rg4 Qe8 39. Qg3 Rh6 40. Nf3 Qe6
41. Ng5 Qc8 42. Ne4 Qe6 43. Ng5 Qc8 44. Ne4 Qe6 45. Ng5 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.18"]
[Round "6.33"]
[White "Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter"]
[Black "Subelj, Jan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2651"]
[BlackElo "2458"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Germany"]
[BlackTeam "Slovenia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SLO"]

{[%evp 12,47,23,22,25,18,29,20,20,16,20,14,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,5,13,-29,-31,-51,-10,
-23,-25,-72,-29,-34,329,319,319,313,682,663,1553,1529]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3.
Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nbd2 Nbd7 6. b3 Bd6 7. Bb2 Qe7 {D30: Queen's Gambit
Declined: Systems without Nc3.} 8. Ne5 Ba3 9. Qc1 $5 {[%mdl 4] Exploring less
charted territory.} Bxb2 {The position is equal.} 10. Qxb2 O-O 11. Bd3 {[#]} c5
$146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Nxe5 12. dxe5 Nd7 13. O-O dxc4 14. Nxc4 b6 15. Nd6
c5 16. f4 Rb8 17. Rad1 Bb7 {1-0 (70) Petrosyan,M (2628)-Nguyen,D (2406)
Lichess.org INT 2020}) 12. O-O cxd4 13. exd4 b6 14. f4 Bb7 15. Rae1 g6 16. b4
dxc4 17. Ndxc4 Rfd8 18. b5 Rac8 19. Ne3 Qd6 20. Bc4 Nf8 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]
Loses the game.} (20... Ne4 $15 {keeps the upper hand.} 21. Rd1 Qf8) 21. f5 $1
$18 {[%cal Rf5e6]} gxf5 {[#]} 22. Rxf5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} exf5 (22... Qxd4 23.
Qxd4 Rxd4 24. Rxf6 Re4) 23. Nxf5 ({And not} 23. Nxf7 Qxd4 24. Qxd4 (24. Nxd8+
$2 Rxc4 25. Qxd4 Rxd4 $19) 24... Rxd4 $11) 23... Qc7 24. Qd2 {Weighted Error
Value: White=0.08/Black=0.77} 1-0

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.18"]
[Round "6.34"]
[White "Tisaj, Domen"]
[Black "Keymer, Vincent"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E16"]
[WhiteElo "2369"]
[BlackElo "2639"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Slovenia"]
[BlackTeam "Germany"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SLO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

{[%evp 17,92,9,9,4,17,19,12,9,8,2,23,27,56,39,71,66,78,-10,0,-4,0,-13,14,0,0,
-19,-26,-41,-47,-93,-87,-97,-77,-80,-106,-209,-180,-186,-122,-125,-93,-172,
-166,-265,-185,-177,-197,-257,-270,-343,-309,-447,-358,-483,-465,-421,-442,
-406,-398,-472,-446,-515,-508,-1586,-1578,-2188,-2050,-1450,-835,-1772,-1544,
-1158,-1025,-29984,-29985,-29991,-29984]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2
Bb4+ 5. Nd2 O-O 6. Ngf3 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. a3 Be7 9. cxd5 {The main line 9.cxd5
scores better than 9.b4.} exd5 10. b4 {[%cal Bb2b4,Bb4b5][%mdl 32] E16:
Queen's Indian: 4 g3 Bb7 5 Bg2 Bb4+.} a5 11. b5 c6 12. Qa4 {[#] The position
is equal.} Bd6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... cxb5 13. Qxb5 Ba6 14. Qb2 Nc6 15. Ne5
Rc8 16. Ndf3 Ne4 17. Bf4 Nxe5 18. Nxe5 f6 {1-0 (40) Ferreira,J (2516)
-Cheparinov,I (2659) Ciudad Real 2021}) 13. Ne5 Qe8 14. Rb1 Bc7 15. Qc2 c5 16.
Nd3 Bd6 17. Nf3 (17. dxc5 $16 bxc5 18. e4 (18. Nxc5 Qc8 $17) 18... dxe4 19.
Nxc5 Bxc5 20. Qxc5) 17... Qe7 18. a4 Nbd7 19. Bf4 Rac8 20. Bxd6 Qxd6 21. Rfd1
cxd4 22. Qb2 Ne4 23. Ra1 Nc3 24. Rd2 Qf6 {Hoping for ...Rc4.} 25. Bh3 Rfd8 26.
Kg2 (26. Nf4 $17 {was worth a try.}) 26... h6 27. Ra3 Ne4 (27... Rc4 $19 28.
Bxd7 Rxd7) 28. Rd1 $17 Rc3 29. Bxd7 Rxd7 30. Nde1 (30. Nf4 $142) 30... g5 {
...g4 is the strong threat.} 31. h3 h5 {Strongly threatening ...g4.} 32. Nd3 (
32. Rxd4 $142 Rc8 33. e3) 32... Rdc7 $19 33. Re1 Bc8 34. h4 (34. Qa2 $142)
34... Bf5 35. hxg5 Nxg5 36. Nxg5 Qxg5 37. Rxc3 dxc3 ({Don't play} 37... Rxc3
38. Rd1 $19) 38. Qa3 Be4+ ({Less strong is} 38... Qg4 39. Qd6 $19) 39. Kf1 c2
40. Nf4 (40. Qd6 $142 Rc3 41. Nc1) 40... h4 41. Rc1 h3 42. Nxh3 Qh6 43. Ng1 {
[#]} Rc3 $3 {[%mdl 512]} 44. Qa1 Rb3 45. e3 Rb1 46. Qa3 Qh5 {Weighted Error
Value: White=0.66/Black=0.34} 0-1

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.18"]
[Round "6.35"]
[White "Bluebaum, Matthias"]
[Black "Brilej, Jaka"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2647"]
[BlackElo "2341"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Germany"]
[BlackTeam "Slovenia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SLO"]

{[%evp 24,51,15,20,45,40,47,33,71,86,90,68,64,50,45,30,122,128,335,337,427,424,
564,530,517,292,1820,1761,1642,1628]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5
Nxd5 5. d4 e6 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 cxd4 8. cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 O-O
11. Bc4 Nc6 12. O-O b6 13. Rad1 Ne7 {D41: Queen's Gambit Declined:
Semi-Tarrasch with 5 cxd5.} 14. Rfe1 Bb7 15. h4 $5 {[%mdl 4] Exploring less
charted territory.} Rc8 {White is slightly better.} 16. Bb3 Qd6 17. h5 h6 $1
18. Ne5 Rcd8 19. Qe3 {[#]} Ba6 $146 {[#]} (19... Ba8 $11) ({Predecessor:} 19...
Qb4 20. Re2 Nc8 21. Ng4 Nd6 22. Qg3 Nxe4 23. Rxe4 Bxe4 24. Nf6+ Kh8 25. Nxe4
Rxd4 26. Rxd4 Qxd4 {1/2-1/2 (44) Delemarre,J-Donk,M Groningen 1994}) 20. Ng4 $1
$16 Rd7 $2 {Loses the game.} (20... Kh7 $16) 21. Nxh6+ $18 Kh7 22. Ng4 f5 23.
exf5 Nxf5 24. Qxe6 Nxd4 $2 {[#]} (24... Qxe6 25. Bxe6 Rd6) 25. Qe4+ Kh8 26. Ne5
{Weighted Error Value: White=0.18/Black=0.56} 1-0

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.18"]
[Round "6.36"]
[White "Stevanic, David"]
[Black "Svane, Rasmus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2318"]
[BlackElo "2628"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Slovenia"]
[BlackTeam "Germany"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SLO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

{[%evp 9,80,-6,4,-23,-20,-20,-10,-43,-20,-22,-10,-39,-39,-43,-31,-89,-88,-108,
-110,-121,-110,-145,-131,-143,-142,-120,-143,-126,-106,-180,-180,-172,-170,
-168,-8,-16,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-316,-466,-453,-467,-445,-453,-405,-400,-668,
-661,-660,-659,-820,-771,-29975,-29977,-29976,-29977,-29954,-12704,-29991,
-29992,-29994,-29995,-29995,-29996,-29996,-29997]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. f3 e6
4. Nc3 Nd7 5. Be3 Bb4 6. Qd2 {B12: Caro-Kann: Advance Variation.} dxe4 7. fxe4
Ngf6 {[#]} 8. Qd3 $146 {The position is equal.} (8. e5 $5 {[%cal Re5f6]} Nd5 9.
a3 Bxc3 10. bxc3 $11) ({Predecessor:} 8. O-O-O Nxe4 9. Qd3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Ba3+
11. Kd2 O-O 12. Nf3 Qc7 13. Ng5 Nf6 14. Ke2 {0-1 (34) Scheiwe,C-Lehmann,R
Germany 2005}) 8... c5 9. Nf3 Qa5 10. Nd2 cxd4 11. Bxd4 e5 $1 {[%cal Re5d4]}
12. Bf2 (12. Be3 $15) 12... O-O $17 13. Be2 Nc5 14. Bxc5 Qxc5 ({Reject} 14...
Bxc5 $6 15. Nb3 $11) 15. Nd5 Bxd2+ 16. Kxd2 Nxd5 17. exd5 Rd8 18. c4 b5 {
Hoping for ...Bb7.} 19. b3 (19. Qe3 $17 {might work better.} Qb4+ 20. Qc3)
19... bxc4 $19 20. bxc4 {[#]} e4 $1 {[%cal Re4d3]} 21. Qxe4 Bd7 $2 ({Black
should play} 21... Qa5+ $19 22. Ke3 f5) 22. Qe3 $11 Qd6 23. Qd4 $1 Re8 {
Threatens to win with ...Qb4+.} 24. Bd3 Qb4+ 25. Qc3 $1 {[%cal Rc3b4]} Qc5 $36
{[%mdl 2048] Black has some pressure.} 26. Rae1 Qf2+ 27. Re2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (
27. Kc1 $11) 27... Rxe2+ $19 28. Bxe2 Re8 29. Re1 Bg4 {[%cal Rg4e2]} 30. Qd3
Qf4+ 31. Kd1 (31. Kc3 $142) 31... Re3 32. Qd2 {Black must now prevent Bxg4.}
Qe4 33. Qb2 {aiming for Qb8+.} h5 34. d6 Rd3+ 35. Kc1 Qe3+ 36. Kb1 Rd2 {
[%mdl 64] [#] ( -> ...Bf5+). Double Attack} 37. Qb8+ Kh7 {Black mates.} 38. Qb3
Bf5+ 39. Kc1 Rc2+ 40. Kb1 Rxe2+ {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack.  Weighted Error
Value: White=0.74/Black=0.09} 0-1

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.18"]
[Round "6.37"]
[White "Bogner, Sebastian"]
[Black "McShane, Luke J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2574"]
[BlackElo "2667"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Switzerland"]
[BlackTeam "England"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SUI"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

{[%evp 12,85,19,22,37,29,26,30,33,26,32,36,31,22,31,23,52,48,62,46,42,56,56,43,
56,37,80,81,119,116,110,122,104,122,119,119,119,119,120,117,122,112,122,116,
225,225,214,208,229,206,231,153,127,8,4,0,0,0,0,0,31,0,2,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,10,0,0,
0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7.
Bf1 Nf5 {C67: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence: 4 0-0 Nxe4.} 8. Nf3 d5 9. d4 O-O {
White has an edge.} 10. a4 {[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4a5][%mdl 32] [#]} Nd6 $146 ({
Predecessor:} 10... Re8 11. Na3 a6 12. c3 Bd6 13. Rxe8+ Qxe8 14. b4 Bd7 15. Nc2
Nce7 16. Nce1 a5 {1-0 (56) Vachier Lagrave,M (2763)-So,W (2778) chess24.com
INT 2021}) 11. c3 Ne4 12. a5 a6 13. Qb3 f5 14. c4 Bf6 15. cxd5 Nxd4 16. Nxd4
Bxd4 17. Be3 Bxe3 18. Rxe3 Kh8 19. Nc3 Nd2 20. Qb4 Qd6 21. Qxd6 cxd6 22. Re7
Rb8 {[#]} 23. Na4 $1 $40 {[%mdl 128] Black is in trouble.} f4 {[#]} 24. Bd3 $1
Bf5 25. Bxf5 Rxf5 26. Nb6 Kg8 27. b4 Re5 (27... Rg5 $16) 28. Rxe5 $18 dxe5 {
[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} 29. Re1 Kf7 30. f3 ({But not} 30. Rxe5 $6 Re8 $16)
30... Re8 31. Rc1 e4 32. fxe4 (32. Kf2 $16) 32... Nxe4 $11 33. Rc7+ Re7 34. Rc4
g5 35. Nc8 Re8 36. Rxe4 {aiming for Nd6+.} Rxc8 $14 {KR-KR. The position is
equal.} 37. d6 {Threatens to win with Re7+.} Re8 38. Rc4 Ke6 39. Rc7 {[%mdl 64]
Double Attack} Kxd6 40. Rxb7 Re4 41. Rxh7 Rxb4 42. Rh6+ Ke5 43. Rxa6 {White
really could win this.  Weighted Error Value: White=0.09/Black=0.10} 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.18"]
[Round "6.38"]
[White "Jones, Gawain C B"]
[Black "Pelletier, Yannick"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2654"]
[BlackElo "2564"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "England"]
[BlackTeam "Switzerland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SUI"]

{[%evp 9,76,9,34,26,41,49,100,110,109,110,118,104,144,127,137,150,123,54,68,82,
60,62,68,43,68,30,64,15,19,7,15,8,10,0,14,0,0,0,0,-32,0,-22,12,0,0,2,0,0,128,
99,106,63,161,111,797,767,793,770,29945,262,387,0,12804,12794,5214,5210,29998,
29999,29999]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. g4 Bd7 5. Nc3 c5 6. dxc5 {[#] B12:
Caro-Kann: Advance Variation.} ({But not} 6. Nxd5 $2 Bc6 $19) 6... Nc6 $146 ({
Predecessor:} 6... e6 7. Be3 Qc7 8. Nb5 Bxb5 9. Bxb5+ Nc6 10. c3 Nge7 11. f4
O-O-O 12. Nf3 f6 13. Bxc6 Nxc6 14. Nd4 Qd7 15. Nf3 Qc7 16. Bd4 g5 17. Qd2 gxf4
18. Qxf4 Bg7 19. Qg3 fxe5 {1/2-1/2 (19) Damianou,I (1945)-Florentiades,M (2052)
Larnaca 2018}) 7. Qxd5 {Threatens to win with Qe4.} Bxg4 (7... e6 $14 8. Qe4
Bxc5) 8. Qg2 $16 {White is better.} Qd7 9. Bb5 O-O-O {( -> ...Qd1+!)} 10. Nge2
f6 11. Be3 {Strongly threatening Nd4!} fxe5 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. Rd1 (13. b4 $16)
13... Qe6 $14 14. Rxd8+ Kxd8 15. Ng3 {aiming for h3.} g6 16. f3 Bf5 17. O-O Nf6
18. Rd1+ Ke8 $1 19. Qd2 Kf7 20. Bg5 Bg7 21. Bxf6 Bxf6 22. Nce4 h5 23. Nxf6 Kxf6
24. h4 Kg7 25. Qg5 Rf8 26. Nxh5+ Kh7 27. Ng3 {With the idea c3.} Bxc2 28. Re1
e4 (28... Rxf3 $11 29. Rxe5 Qf7) 29. fxe4 Bd3 30. h5 Rf6 ({Black should try} 
30... gxh5 $1 $14 31. Qxh5+ (31. Re3 Bb5 $16) 31... Qh6) 31. Re3 Qc4 {[%mdl
8192]} (31... Bb1 $16) 32. hxg6+ $18 Rxg6 33. Qxe7+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack}
Kh6 34. Qh4+ $2 (34. Kf2 {mates} Qc2+ 35. Re2 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qxe2+ 36. Nxe2
Bxe2 37. Kxe2 Rg2+ 38. Ke3 Rg7 39. Qd6+ Kh7 40. Qxc6 Rg3+ 41. Kf4) 34... Kg7
35. Qe7+ $2 (35. Kg2 Qd4 {[#]} 36. Kh1 $1 {[%mdl 512]} (36. Qe7+ Kg8 $11))
35... Kh6 36. Kf2 {White wants to mate with Nf5+.} Qc2+ {[#]} 37. Re2 $1 {
Nf5+ would kill now.} Bxe2 (37... Bxe4 38. Rxc2) 38. Nf5+ Kh5 39. Qh4# {
Weighted Error Value: White=0.62/Black=0.68} 1-0

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.18"]
[Round "6.39"]
[White "Georgiadis, Nico"]
[Black "Howell, David W L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2553"]
[BlackElo "2648"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Switzerland"]
[BlackTeam "England"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SUI"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

{[%evp 9,87,20,16,16,16,12,32,12,12,12,22,22,25,22,17,18,33,28,35,28,37,37,31,
37,30,37,31,37,37,25,25,0,25,21,27,27,97,80,80,80,75,83,75,75,83,81,101,100,89,
96,97,91,120,129,133,111,110,80,200,21,100,94,96,0,79,0,97,105,83,107,72,36,29,
11,11,11,14,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6.
O-O {C65: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence (3...Nf6), unusual lines and 4 0-0 Bc5.}
Nd7 7. c3 $1 {[%mdl 4] is more profitable than 7.Nbd2 at the moment.} h6 8. d4
{White is slightly better.} Bd6 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Nc4 {[%cal Rd4e5]} exd4 11.
Nxd4 {[#]} Re8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Nc5 12. f3 Re8 13. Be3 Bf8 14. Qc2 a5
15. Rad1 Qe7 16. Bf2 f6 17. b3 Qf7 {0-1 (76) Ponomariov,R (2631)-Howell,D 
(2658) Riga 2021}) 12. Re1 Ne5 13. Nxd6 cxd6 14. Bf4 Ng6 15. Bg3 d5 16. exd5
Rxe1+ 17. Qxe1 Qxd5 18. Qe8+ Kh7 {[#] Strongly threatening ...Bh3!} 19. f3 a6
20. Nc2 c5 21. a4 b5 22. Ne3 Qb7 (22... Bf5 $11 23. Qxb5 (23. Nxd5 Rxe8 24. Nc7
Re2 $14) 23... axb5 24. Nxd5 bxa4) 23. axb5 $16 axb5 24. Rxa8 Qxa8 {[#]} 25. h4
$1 Qb7 26. h5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is in control.} Nh8 27. Qe5 c4 28. Nd5 f6
29. Qe4+ f5 30. Qd4 Nf7 31. Qc5 Ng5 32. Ne7 Be6 33. Ng6 ({Reject} 33. Nxf5
Nxf3+ 34. Kf2 (34. gxf3 $2 Qxf3 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 35. Qf2 Qxf5 $19)
34... Ng5 $15) 33... Qc8 (33... Bf7 $16) 34. Qe7 $2 ({White should try} 34.
Qxb5 $18 {Bf4 is the strong threat.} Qa8 35. Nf4) 34... Bg8 (34... Bf7 $11 {
remains equal.}) 35. Nf8+ Kh8 36. Ng6+ (36. Be5 {with more complications.} Bf7
37. Ng6+ Kg8 38. Qa7 Qe8 39. Ne7+) 36... Kh7 37. Nf8+ (37. Bd6 {is more
complex.} Ne6 38. Nh4 Qa8 39. Nxf5 Qd5 40. Ng3) 37... Kh8 38. Be5 {[%csl Ge7]
[%cal Re5g7]} Bf7 39. Ng6+ Kg8 40. Kh2 {Hoping for Qxg5!} Ne6 41. Bd6 Qe8 {
The position is equal.} 42. Qxe8+ Bxe8 43. Ne7+ Kh7 44. Nxf5 {Weighted Error
Value: White=0.19/Black=0.16} 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.18"]
[Round "6.40"]
[White "Haria, Ravi"]
[Black "Kurmann, Oliver"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2497"]
[BlackElo "2458"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "England"]
[BlackTeam "Switzerland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SUI"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. O-O a6 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Nd5 Bd6 8. Ne3
Bc7 9. c3 d5 10. exd5 exd5 11. Re1 Nge7 12. b4 c4 13. Bc2 O-O 14. d3 b5 15.
dxc4 dxc4 16. Qe2 Qd6 17. a4 Rb8 18. axb5 axb5 19. Rd1 Qf6 20. Nd5 Nxd5 21.
Rxd5 Nxb4 22. Rd4 Nxc2 23. Qxc2 h6 24. Be3 Bb7 25. Rd7 Qc6 26. Rad1 Rbe8 27.
R7d4 Re4 28. Rxe4 Qxe4 29. Qxe4 Bxe4 30. Nd4 Rb8 31. f3 Bd3 32. Nc6 Ra8 33. Na7
Rb8 34. Nc6 Re8 35. Kf2 Bxh2 36. Nb4 Bg3+ 37. Kxg3 Rxe3 38. Kf4 Re2 39. Kg3 Re3
40. Kf4 Re2 41. Kg3 Bg6 42. Rd8+ Kh7 43. Rb8 Rb2 44. Nd5 Bd3 45. Rb7 Bf5 46.
Ne3 Be6 47. f4 g6 48. Kf3 Rb3 49. g4 Rxc3 50. Ke4 Kg7 51. f5 Rxe3+ 52. Kxe3
gxf5 53. gxf5 Bxf5 54. Rxb5 Kg6 55. Kf4 Bd3 56. Rc5 f6 57. Rc7 Kh5 58. Rc6 f5
59. Rc7 Kh4 60. Rd7 h5 61. Rg7 Kh3 62. Ke3 h4 63. Rg8 Kh2 64. Rh8 h3 65. Kf2 c3
66. Rc8 c2 67. Rc7 Be4 68. Rc5 Bd3 69. Rc7 Be4 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.18"]
[Round "6.41"]
[White "Christiansen, Johan-Sebastian"]
[Black "Pechac, Jergus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2582"]
[BlackElo "2562"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "146"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Norway"]
[BlackTeam "Slovakia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NOR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SVK"]

{[%evp 9,146,21,20,-9,-14,-7,-4,-5,-16,-11,0,-5,0,0,26,-15,25,2,2,0,0,0,66,52,
72,62,66,62,135,172,197,192,239,231,236,237,270,279,256,268,349,349,336,340,
443,278,268,295,260,286,343,339,472,462,504,526,517,505,442,377,453,470,419,
415,522,490,466,0,454,453,566,551,530,538,571,533,681,655,566,476,596,564,647,
536,608,594,604,596,614,593,696,515,696,668,808,805,804,803,800,786,763,758,
825,825,809,793,835,739,883,854,1031,1005,991,981,919,846,784,618,1144,1134,
1105,1053,1102,1089,1036,1024,1274,1214,1150,1183,1151,1144,1076,816,927,895,
1217,1295,12843]} 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nb5 Qb6 6. a4 {
B01: Scandinavian Defence.} (6. Nf3 {is more complex.} Bg4 7. Na3 Nbd7 8. c3 e5
9. Nc4) 6... a6 7. Na3 {[#]} e5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7... Bf5 8. Nf3 Nbd7 9.
Be2 c6 10. O-O Qc7 11. Nc4 h6 12. g3 Nd5 13. Ne3 Nxe3 14. Bxe3 {1/2-1/2 (40)
Tjurin,A (2339)-Pogromsky,M (2413) Khanty-Mansiysk 2008}) 8. Nf3 {The position
is equal.} exd4 9. Nc4 $1 {[%cal Rc4b6]} Bb4+ 10. Bd2 Qe6+ 11. Be2 Bc5 (11...
d3 {looks sharper.} 12. cxd3 Nc6 13. d4 Qe7 14. Bc3 Nd5) 12. O-O (12. b4 {
is interesting.} Ba7 13. O-O O-O 14. Re1 Qd5 15. Nce5) 12... O-O 13. b4 Ba7 14.
Bd3 Qd5 15. Re1 Nbd7 ({Better is} 15... Bg4 $11) 16. Bg5 $14 {[%mdl 1024]
White has compensation.} h6 17. Bh4 c6 18. Qd2 b5 {Black is now going downhill.
} ({Black should play} 18... c5 $14) 19. Nce5 $1 $16 Nxe5 20. Nxe5 {aiming for
Bxf6.} (20. Rxe5 Qd6 $14) 20... Ng4 {[#]} 21. Nxc6 {[%mdl 512]} Qxc6 {[#]} 22.
Be4 {[%cal Re4c6]} Qb6 {[#] And now ...Rb8 would win.} 23. a5 $1 {[%cal Ra5b6]}
({Inferior is} 23. Bxa8 Qb8 $11) 23... Qd6 24. Bg3 Qf6 25. Bxa8 Bf5 26. Be4 Rc8
27. h3 Ne3 28. Bxf5 (28. fxe3 Bxe4 29. Qf2 Qg6 $17) 28... Nxf5 29. Be5 Qg6 30.
Qd3 Rc3 31. Qe4 Rxh3 32. Rad1 Rh4 33. Qf3 Kh7 34. Re4 f6 35. Bc7 Rh5 36. Rg4
Qe8 37. Rf4 Qg6 38. Rg4 Qe8 39. Qe4 {White is clearly winning.} Qd7 40. Bb6 Bb8
41. Rxd4 Qf7 {[#]} 42. Rh4 {[%mdl 512]} Rg5 {intending ...Qg6.} (42... Rxh4 43.
Qxf5+) 43. Rd8 Qg6 44. Rh3 ({Less strong is} 44. Rxb8 Nxh4 45. Qxg6+ (45. Qxh4
$2 Rxg2+ 46. Kf1 Rg1+ 47. Ke2 Qxc2+ 48. Kf3 Qd1+ 49. Ke4 Qc2+ 50. Kf3 Qd1+ 51.
Ke4 Qc2+ 52. Kf3 $19) 45... Kxg6 $16) 44... Bd6 45. Bc5 Bc7 46. Rc8 Rg4 47. Qa8
{[%csl Ga8][%cal Rc8h8]} Qf7 48. Qf3 Rg5 49. Qb3 Qd7 {[%cal Rd7d1]} 50. Qg8+
Kg6 {[%cal Rd7d1]} 51. Rd3 Qc6 {[%csl Gg5][%cal Rc6g2]} 52. Qe8+ Qxe8 53. Rxe8
Rg4 54. Re6 Rc4 55. c3 Be5 56. Rxa6 Bxc3 57. Rb6 Bxb4 58. Bxb4 Rxb4 $18 {
[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRN} 59. a6 {[%cal Ba5a6,Ba6a7][%mdl 32]} Ra4 60. Rd7
Nd4 61. a7 Ne2+ 62. Kf1 Nf4 63. Ke1 Ra1+ 64. Kd2 Ra2+ 65. Kc1 Ne2+ 66. Kd1 Nc3+
67. Ke1 Ra1+ 68. Kd2 Ne4+ 69. Ke3 Nc5 70. Rc7 Ra3+ 71. Ke2 Ra2+ 72. Kd1 Nd3 73.
Rb8 Rb2 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.19/Black=0.36} 1-0

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.18"]
[Round "6.42"]
[White "Druska, Juraj"]
[Black "Urkedal, Frode Olav Olsen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C58"]
[WhiteElo "2508"]
[BlackElo "2569"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Slovakia"]
[BlackTeam "Norway"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SVK"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NOR"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Na5 6. Bb5+ c6 7. dxc6 bxc6 8.
Bd3 Nd5 9. Nf3 Bd6 10. O-O Nf4 11. Re1 Nxd3 12. cxd3 O-O 13. Nxe5 c5 14. d4
cxd4 15. d3 Re8 16. Nf3 Bg4 17. Rxe8+ Qxe8 18. Nbd2 Nc6 19. h3 Bh5 20. Ne4 Bc7
21. Ng3 Bxg3 22. fxg3 Ne5 23. g4 Bg6 24. Ne1 Qb5 25. Qb3 Qxb3 26. axb3 Nxd3 27.
Nxd3 Bxd3 28. Ra4 Bc2 29. Rxd4 Bxb3 30. Rb4 Be6 31. Bd2 h6 32. Bc3 Rd8 33. Kf2
Rd1 34. Ra4 Rc1 35. Rd4 Rc2+ 36. Rd2 Rxd2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.18"]
[Round "6.43"]
[White "Hauge, Lars Oskar"]
[Black "Petenyi, Tamas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B82"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2458"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Norway"]
[BlackTeam "Slovakia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NOR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SVK"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 a6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 d6 6. f4 Nf6 7. Qf3 Be7 8. Be3
Qc7 9. Bd3 Nbd7 10. O-O b5 11. a3 Bb7 12. Rae1 g6 13. Qh3 e5 14. fxe5 Nxe5 15.
Kh1 Nfg4 16. Bg1 O-O 17. Nde2 Bg5 18. Nf4 Rae8 19. Nfd5 Qc8 20. Rd1 h5 21. Qg3
h4 22. Qe1 f5 23. h3 Nf6 24. Be3 Nxd5 25. Bxg5 Nxc3 26. bxc3 Bxe4 27. Qxh4 Bxd3
28. cxd3 Rf7 29. d4 Rh7 30. Qg3 Nc4 31. Rde1 Rf7 32. Rxe8+ Qxe8 33. Re1 Qd7 34.
Bf4 Rf6 35. d5 Nb6 36. Bg5 f4 37. Qf2 Rf5 38. Re7 Rxg5 39. Rxd7 Nxd7 40. Qa7
Nf8 41. Qxa6 Rxd5 42. Qc6 Rd1+ 43. Kh2 Rd2 44. Kg1 Kf7 45. Qxb5 Ne6 46. a4 Kf6
47. a5 Nc5 48. Qb1 g5 49. c4 Re2 50. a6 Nxa6 51. Qa1+ Ke6 52. Qxa6 Re5 53. Kf2
Rc5 54. Kf3 Ke5 55. Kg4 Ke6 56. Qa8 Kf6 57. Qd8+ Ke6 58. Qxg5 Rxg5+ 59. Kxg5
1-0

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.18"]
[Round "6.44"]
[White "Sahidi, Samir"]
[Black "Notkevich, Benjamin Arvola"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2432"]
[BlackElo "2471"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Slovakia"]
[BlackTeam "Norway"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SVK"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NOR"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 c6 4. Nbd2 Nd7 5. g3 f5 6. Bg2 Ngf6 7. O-O Bd6 8. b3
a5 9. a4 Ne4 10. Ba3 Bb4 11. Bxb4 axb4 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Ne1 c5 14. f3 exf3 15.
exf3 Qb6 16. d5 e5 17. Ra2 O-O 18. Nd3 f4 19. Bh3 fxg3 20. hxg3 Qh6 21. Be6+
Kh8 22. Qe1 b6 23. Bxd7 Bxd7 24. Rh2 Qf6 25. Nxe5 Bf5 26. f4 Rae8 27. Qf2 Kg8
28. g4 Be4 29. Nd7 Qc3 30. Nxf8 Rxf8 31. Qe1 Qd4+ 32. Rhf2 Rxf4 33. Kh2 Rf6 34.
Rxf6 gxf6 35. Qf2 Qe5+ 36. Qf4 Qb2+ 37. Rf2 Qb1 38. Qxf6 Qh1+ 39. Kg3 Qg1+ 40.
Kh4 Qh1+ 41. Kg5 h6+ 42. Qxh6 Qc1+ 43. Rf4 Bc2 44. d6 1-0

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.18"]
[Round "6.45"]
[White "Saric, Ivan"]
[Black "Laurusas, Tomas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2553"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Croatia"]
[BlackTeam "Lithuania"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CRO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "LTU"]

{[%evp 22,99,39,34,43,37,47,22,42,33,40,43,41,43,68,61,70,36,35,41,89,45,46,40,
49,47,64,37,41,39,44,47,52,20,40,0,13,14,18,0,0,5,3,12,9,4,14,10,22,17,90,19,
31,25,35,45,139,139,131,138,147,157,152,148,151,147,148,139,161,147,144,156,
512,512,512,508,492,492,440,431]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5.
d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. Nbd2 Bf5 9. Re1 Nxd2 10. Qxd2 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 O-O
12. c3 h6 {C42: Petroff Defence: 3 Nxe5 and unusual White 3rd moves.} 13. Bf4
Bd6 14. Ne5 Bxe5 {The position is equal.} 15. dxe5 Qd7 16. Rad1 Rad8 {[#]} 17.
Bg3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17. Qg3 Kh7 18. e6 fxe6 19. Bxc7 Rde8 20. Qd3+ Kg8 21.
Bg3 Rd8 22. h3 a6 23. Re2 {1-0 (59) Nihal,S (2612)-Zarnicki,P (2514) Moscow
2019}) 17... Ne7 18. f4 Rfe8 19. Qf3 Qf5 20. h3 Ng6 21. Bh2 Qc2 22. Qf2 Qxf2+
23. Kxf2 Ne7 24. g4 c5 25. h4 d4 26. cxd4 cxd4 27. Rd3 Nc6 28. a3 Rd5 29. h5
Rb5 30. Re2 f6 {[%cal Rf6e5]} 31. e6 f5 32. Kf3 Kf8 33. gxf5 Rxf5 34. Kg4 Rd5
35. Bg3 Ne7 (35... Ke7 $11) 36. Be1 ({White should play} 36. Re5 $16) 36... g6
$11 37. hxg6 h5+ 38. Kf3 {Strongly threatening Ke4.} Nxg6 (38... Nf5 $1 $14)
39. Bf2 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is under strong pressure.} Red8 {[#]} 40. Re4 $1
{[%cal Re4d4]} Ke7 41. Rdxd4 ({Not} 41. Bxd4 $2 Nh4+ 42. Kf2 Nf5 $19) 41...
Rxd4 42. Bxd4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame f5 is the strong threat. KRB-KRN} Nh4+ 43.
Kf2 b6 44. Bc3 a5 45. Ke2 Nf5 {Threatens to win with ...Ng3+.} 46. Re5 Nd6 {
This costs Black the game.} (46... Ng7 $16 {is tougher.} 47. Kf3 Rf8) 47. Be1
$18 {Hoping for Bh4+.White is clearly winning.} Rf8 48. Bh4+ Ke8 49. Rd5 Rxf4 {
[#]} 50. Bg3 $1 {[%cal Rg3f4] Weighted Error Value: White=0.10/Black=0.23} ({
Inferior is} 50. Rxd6 Rxh4 51. Rxb6 Ke7 $11) 1-0

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.18"]
[Round "6.46"]
[White "Kazakouski, Valery"]
[Black "Brkic, Ante"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D71"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Lithuania"]
[BlackTeam "Croatia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "LTU"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CRO"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 d5 5. Qa4 Nfd7 6. cxd5 Nb6 7. Qd1 cxd5 8. e3
Bg7 9. Nc3 h5 10. a4 a5 11. h4 Nc6 12. Nge2 Bf5 13. Nf4 Nb4 14. O-O O-O 15. Qe2
Nc2 16. Ra2 Nb4 17. Ra1 Rc8 18. Bd2 Qd7 19. Rfc1 e5 20. dxe5 Bxe5 21. e4 dxe4
22. Nxe4 Nc2 23. Rab1 Nd4 24. Qd1 Qxa4 25. Rxc8 Rxc8 26. Qxa4 Nxa4 27. Nd3 Nb3
28. Bxa5 Bd4 29. Bb4 Rc2 30. Ba3 b5 31. Re1 Kg7 32. Bf3 Bg4 33. Bd1 Bxd1 34.
Rxd1 Nb6 35. Nd6 Nc4 36. Nxb5 Bb6 37. Nd6 Nxa3 38. bxa3 Nd4 39. Rb1 Rc6 40.
Nxf7 Ne2+ 41. Kg2 Nc3 42. Rb3 Nd5 43. Nfe5 Re6 44. Nc4 Bc7 45. Rb5 Ne7 46. a4
Kh6 47. a5 Nf5 48. Rb7 Bd8 49. Nb4 Be7 50. a6 Bxb4 51. a7 Ra6 52. Nb6 Nd6 53.
Rd7 1-0

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.18"]
[Round "6.47"]
[White "Bosiocic, Marin"]
[Black "Klabis, Rokas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A17"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2353"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Croatia"]
[BlackTeam "Lithuania"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CRO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "LTU"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3 6. Qxc3 d6 7. b4 a5 8. Bb2
Nbd7 9. e3 b6 10. Be2 Bb7 11. O-O Qe7 12. d4 Ne4 13. Qc2 f5 14. d5 e5 15. Nd2
Ndf6 16. f4 Nxd2 17. Qxd2 Ne4 18. Qc2 c6 19. Rad1 cxd5 20. cxd5 exf4 21. Rxf4
axb4 22. axb4 Ba6 23. Bxa6 Rxa6 24. Rdf1 g6 25. g4 Nf6 26. Qc3 Qe5 27. Qb3 Qxd5
28. Qc3 b5 29. e4 Qc6 30. Qb3+ Qc4 31. Qxc4+ bxc4 32. exf5 Ra2 33. Bxf6 Rxf6
34. Rxc4 gxf5 35. gxf5 Rb2 36. Rcf4 d5 37. Rc1 Rb6 38. f6 Rb8 39. Re1 Kf8 40.
f7 d4 41. Kh1 R2xb4 42. Rg1 Rb1 43. Rxd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.18"]
[Round "6.48"]
[White "Brazdzionis, Andrius"]
[Black "Martinovic, Sasa"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2356"]
[BlackElo "2542"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Lithuania"]
[BlackTeam "Croatia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "LTU"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CRO"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 a6 4. Nc3 d5 5. c5 Nc6 6. h3 Ne4 7. Bf4 g5 8. Bh2 Bg7
9. e3 O-O 10. Be2 f5 11. O-O Bd7 12. Nd2 Nxd2 13. Qxd2 f4 14. Rad1 Qf6 15. Bg4
Rad8 16. b4 Kh8 17. b5 axb5 18. Nxb5 e5 19. Bxd7 Rxd7 20. dxe5 Nxe5 21. exf4
gxf4 22. Rfe1 d4 23. Kh1 d3 24. Re4 Qc6 25. Nc3 Qxc5 26. Rxf4 Rxf4 27. Bxf4 Nc4
28. Ne4 Qf5 29. Qc1 b5 30. Nc3 Qc5 31. Ne4 Qf5 32. Nc3 c6 33. f3 d2 34. Bxd2
Nxd2 35. Rxd2 Bh6 36. Qc2 Qxc2 37. Rxc2 Bf4 38. g3 Bxg3 39. Ne4 Bf4 40. Rxc6
Ra7 41. Rc2 Kg7 42. Kg2 Kg6 43. Rb2 Be5 44. Rxb5 Rxa2+ 45. Kf1 Bf4 46. h4 Rh2
47. h5+ Rxh5 48. Rxh5 Kxh5 49. Nf6+ Kg6 50. Nxh7 Kxh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.18"]
[Round "6.49"]
[White "Mikhalevski, Victor"]
[Black "Vocaturo, Daniele"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "2559"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Israel"]
[BlackTeam "Italy"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ITA"]

{[%evp 17,117,5,8,-6,3,-18,-15,-29,-13,-14,0,-24,-16,-35,-30,-40,-32,-37,-20,
-40,-40,-57,-47,-54,-26,-54,-52,-104,-103,-96,-92,-83,-89,-95,-55,-111,-111,
-185,-110,-218,-51,-200,-205,-332,-283,-409,-408,-444,-384,-419,-409,-352,-165,
-175,-161,-170,-170,-161,-160,-160,-160,-176,-150,-153,-129,-119,-133,-125,
-112,-154,-138,-179,-155,-175,-71,-70,-66,-114,-66,-66,-66,-187,0,-69,-67,-67,
-67,-226,-66,-66,-66,-66,-62,-59,-52,-52,0,-52,-52,-45,0,-44]} 1. Nf3 c5 2. g3
Nc6 3. Bg2 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. d3 e5 6. Nc3 Nge7 7. e4 d6 8. Nd2 O-O 9. Nc4 Be6
10. Ne3 {B25: Closed Sicilian: 3 g3, lines without early Be3.} Qd7 11. Ned5
Rae8 12. Be3 {[#]} Nd4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... f5 13. Qd2 Nd4 14. Nxe7+ Rxe7
15. f4 b5 16. a3 Ref7 17. Bxd4 cxd4 18. Ne2 Bh6 19. exf5 Rxf5 {0-1 (36)
Roussel,S (2020)-Rakotomaharo,F (2424) Agneaux 2017}) 13. Nxe7+ Rxe7 14. Qd2 b5
15. a3 a5 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. exd5 a4 (17... Qa7 {is interesting.} 18. Rae1 f5 19.
Bg5 Ree8 20. Be3 a4) 18. Rfe1 f5 19. Bxd4 cxd4 20. c3 Qa7 21. Rac1 dxc3 22.
Rxc3 (22. bxc3 $15 Rc8 23. Rc2) 22... e4 $1 $17 {[%cal Re4e3] White must now
prevent ...e3.} 23. Rc2 {[%cal Rd3e4]} Bd4 $1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has
strong initiative.} 24. Kh1 {[%cal Rd3e4]} e3 25. fxe3 Bxe3 26. Qd1 (26. Qc3
$15) 26... Qd4 27. Rc6 (27. Bf3 $17) 27... Qf6 (27... Qxb2 $19 28. Rxd6 Qxa3)
28. b3 (28. Rc2 $17) 28... f4 $2 ({Better is} 28... b4 $1 $19 29. axb4 a3) 29.
Rf1 (29. bxa4 $15 bxa4 30. Rf1) 29... b4 $1 $19 30. Rc4 (30. axb4 $142 a3 31.
Rc2) 30... bxa3 31. Rxa4 (31. d4 {was the only defense.}) 31... Qb2 32. gxf4
Bd4 33. Qg4 {intending f5.} Bg7 34. Be4 a2 ({Resist} 34... Qxb3 35. Qd1 $19) (
34... Rc7 $142 {Strongly threatening ...Rc1.} 35. Qg1 Rc2) 35. Qg2 Qxg2+ ({
And not} 35... Qxb3 36. Rxa2 Ref7 37. Raf2 $14) 36. Kxg2 a1=Q 37. Rfxa1 Bxa1 ({
Weaker is} 37... Rxf4 38. Rb1 $14) 38. Rxa1 Rxf4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRB}
39. Ra6 Rf6 40. Rb6 Ra7 41. b4 Kf8 42. Kg3 Kg7 43. h4 Ra1 44. b5 {[#]} Rg1+ $1
45. Kh2 {[#]} Rb1 (45... Rg4 $1 $19 {is more deadly. Threatens to win with ...
Kh6.} 46. Rb7+ Rf7) 46. Kg3 $17 Rb2 47. Kg4 Rbf2 48. Kg3 Rf1 49. Kg2 (49. Rc6
$15) 49... Rb1 (49... R1f4 $19 50. Kh3 Kh6) 50. Kg3 $1 $15 Kh6 51. Rb7 $1 Rg1+
52. Kh3 $2 (52. Bg2 $1 $15) 52... Rgf1 $2 (52... Rf2 $19 {...Re2 is the strong
threat.} 53. Rd7 Re2 54. Rxd6 Re3+ 55. Kh2 Rb1) 53. Rd7 Rb1 54. Rb7 Rb3 {
aiming for ...Rf4.} 55. Kg3 Rb2 56. Kg4 Rb1 57. Kh3 Rg1 58. Rd7 $1 Rb1 59. Rb7
{And White is the lucky defender.  Weighted Error Value: White=0.29/Black=0.31}
1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.18"]
[Round "6.50"]
[White "Moroni, Luca Jr"]
[Black "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Italy"]
[BlackTeam "Israel"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ITA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISR"]

{[%evp 9,78,16,29,0,14,14,50,-8,0,-20,-6,-24,0,0,0,0,0,-36,0,0,0,-30,-27,-51,
-15,-8,-24,-45,-34,-44,-50,-135,-110,-123,-89,-127,-139,-129,-151,-174,-179,
-120,-117,-322,-345,-444,-431,-439,-413,-430,-378,-328,-166,-185,-178,-535,
-505,-1203,-537,-790,-788,-774,-756,-770,-763,-739,-708,-675,-576,-637,-635]} 
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h4 {B90: Sicilian
Najdorf: Unusual White 6th moves, 6 Be3 Ng4 and 6 Be3 e5.} Nc6 (6... e5 $5 {
[%cal Re5d4]} 7. Nb3 Be7 $11) 7. h5 e5 $5 {[%mdl 4] Leaves trodden paths.} 8.
Nb3 {[#]} ({White should try} 8. Nxc6 $14 bxc6 9. h6) 8... Be7 $146 ({
Predecessor:} 8... Be6 9. Bg5 Be7 10. h6 g6 11. Qd2 b5 12. Rd1 b4 13. Bxf6 Bxf6
14. Nd5 Bg5 {1/2-1/2 (46) Alekseenko,K (2637)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2780) Chess.
com INT 2019}) 9. Be2 Be6 10. Bf3 a5 11. a4 Nb4 12. h6 g6 13. Bg5 Rc8 14. O-O
O-O 15. Re1 b6 16. Nd2 Nd7 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. Nf1 f5 19. Ne3 Nf6 20. Qd2 {[#]} (
{Better is} 20. exf5 $15 gxf5 21. g3) 20... f4 $1 $17 {[%cal Rf4e3]} 21. Ned5
Bxd5 22. Nxd5 Nbxd5 (22... Nfxd5 23. c3 $15) 23. exd5 g5 24. b4 Kh8 25. bxa5 (
25. Qe2 $19) 25... bxa5 26. Qxa5 $2 {This costs White the game.} (26. g4 $17)
26... g4 $19 ({Weaker is} 26... Rxc2 27. Rac1 $15) 27. Bd1 Rg8 28. Ra3 Qf8 29.
Qb6 Rd8 30. a5 Qxh6 (30... Rb8 $142 31. Qa7 Qxh6) 31. a6 f3 ({But not} 31...
Nxd5 32. Qb7 $11) 32. a7 $2 (32. Qe3 Qh4 33. g3) 32... Nxd5 {Black is clearly
winning.} 33. Qc6 (33. Qxd8 $142 Rxd8 34. a8=Q Rxa8 35. Rxa8+ Kg7 36. Ra3)
33... Nf4 (33... Qd2 $142 {( -> ...g3)} 34. Qc4 Qxe1+ 35. Qf1 Qb4) 34. g3 Nh3+
({Less strong is} 34... Qh3 35. Bxf3 gxf3 36. Qxf3 $17) 35. Kf1 Ng5 {[%cal
Rh6h1] [#]} 36. Kg1 Qh3 {[%csl Gf3][%cal Rh3g2]} 37. Rxf3 gxf3 38. Bxf3 Nxf3+
39. Qxf3 {Intending Qf6+ and mate.} Rdf8 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.58/
Black=0.23} 0-1

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.18"]
[Round "6.51"]
[White "Postny, Evgeny"]
[Black "Sonis, Francesco"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2557"]
[BlackElo "2536"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Israel"]
[BlackTeam "Italy"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ITA"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8.
Qc2 c6 9. Rc1 b6 10. a4 a5 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Nc3 Bb7 13. Nb5 Rc8 14. Qd1 Rxc1
15. Rxc1 Qa8 16. e3 Rc8 17. Bf1 Rxc1 18. Qxc1 Qc8 19. Qxc8+ Bxc8 20. Ne1 Ne4
21. Bc1 Nb8 22. Nc2 Bd7 23. b3 Nc6 24. f3 Nf6 25. Bd2 Ne8 26. Kf2 Nb4 27. Nxb4
Bxb4 28. Bxb4 axb4 29. e4 Bxb5 30. Bxb5 Nd6 31. Bc6 dxe4 32. fxe4 f6 33. Ke3 e5
34. Bd5+ Kf8 35. Kd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.18"]
[Round "6.52"]
[White "Lodici, Lorenzo"]
[Black "Boruchovsky, Avital"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2529"]
[BlackElo "2542"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Italy"]
[BlackTeam "Israel"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ITA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISR"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 c5 5. d5 b5 6. e4 d6 7. Bd2 a6 8. a4 Ba5 9.
Kf2 bxc4 10. Bxc4 O-O 11. Nge2 Nbd7 12. dxe6 Ne5 13. exf7+ Kh8 14. b3 Nxc4 15.
bxc4 Rxf7 16. Kg1 Nd7 17. h4 Ne5 18. Bg5 Qf8 19. Nd5 Rb8 20. h5 Bd8 21. Bd2
Nxc4 22. Bc3 h6 23. Qc1 Kg8 24. Rb1 Rxb1 25. Qxb1 Be6 26. Qd3 Nb6 27. Nxb6 Bxb6
28. Qxa6 Qb8 29. Kf2 c4+ 30. Bd4 Rb7 31. Rd1 Bf7 32. a5 Bc7 33. Kg1 Kh7 34. Nc3
Rb3 35. Nd5 Bxd5 36. exd5 Rb1 37. Rxb1 Qxb1+ 38. Kh2 Qd3 39. Qa7 c3 40. Bxg7
Qc4 41. Qd4 Qxd4 42. Bxd4 Bxa5 43. Be3 Bb4 44. Bc1 Bc5 45. Kg3 Bd4 46. f4 Kg7
47. Kf3 Bf6 48. Ke4 Bh4 49. g4 Kf6 50. Kd3 Be1 51. Be3 Ke7 52. f5 1-0

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.18"]
[Round "6.53"]
[White "Dardha, Daniel"]
[Black "Thybo, Jesper Sondergaard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E25"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2604"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Belgium"]
[BlackTeam "Denmark"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BEL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "DEN"]

{[%evp 24,133,0,12,5,7,6,7,20,10,10,21,21,21,33,19,33,28,32,28,28,8,8,8,8,6,8,
8,18,17,25,25,23,7,12,3,20,7,22,10,10,10,10,3,15,5,5,0,20,20,20,20,20,20,20,20,
20,20,20,12,24,10,14,7,7,7,21,21,35,34,58,43,50,0,0,0,0,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,0,
0,0,-8,0,0,0,-12,0,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,62,62,1562,1531,2107,2167,1932,1734,29969,
29968,29963,11593]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3
c5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. dxc5 Qa5 9. e4 Nf6 10. Be3 O-O 11. Qb3 Qc7 12. a4 {[%cal
Ba3a4,Ba4a5][%mdl 32]} Nfd7 13. Qa3 b6 {E25: Nimzo-Indian: Sämisch: 5...c5 6
f3 d5 7 cxd5.} 14. a5 bxc5 15. a6 c4 {The position is equal.} 16. Qa5 Qxa5 17.
Rxa5 Bxa6 18. Ne2 Rc8 {[#]} 19. Kf2 $146 {[%mdl 1024] White has compensation.}
({Predecessor:} 19. Nd4 Nc5 20. Be2 Nbd7 21. O-O Rab8 22. Rfa1 Rb6 23. Nc2 Rb2
24. Bd1 Bb7 25. Rxa7 {1-0 (43) Utnasunov,A (2444)-Bykov,E (2324) Sochi 2017})
19... Bb7 20. Nd4 Nc5 21. Be2 ({Don't play} 21. Bxc4 Nxe4+ 22. fxe4 Rxc4 $15)
21... Nd3+ $1 22. Kg3 Nc6 23. Nxc6 Bxc6 24. Rha1 Rc7 25. Bxa7 f6 26. Be3 Rxa5
27. Rxa5 Kf7 28. Ra6 e5 29. h4 Bd7 30. Rb6 Bc8 31. Rb8 Be6 32. Bd1 Bd7 33. Kh2
Bc6 34. Bc2 Ne1 35. Bd1 Rb7 36. Rxb7+ Bxb7 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBB-KBN}
37. Ba4 Bc8 38. Bb5 Be6 39. Kg1 h5 40. Kf1 Nd3 41. g3 Ke7 42. Ke2 Bf7 43. f4
Kd6 44. fxe5+ Nxe5 45. Bd4 g5 46. Bb6 gxh4 47. gxh4 Be6 48. Ke3 Bd7 49. Ba6 Kc6
50. Bd8 Be6 51. Kd4 Nf3+ 52. Ke3 Ne1 53. Ba5 $1 ({But not} 53. Bxf6 $2 Kb6 $19)
53... Nc2+ 54. Kf4 Ne1 {[#] White must now prevent ...Nd3+.} 55. Ke3 Nc2+ 56.
Kf4 Na1 {...Nb3 is the strong threat.} 57. e5 Nb3 58. Bb4 Kb6 59. exf6 Kxa6 60.
Kg5 Nd2 61. Kxh5 Nf3 (61... Bf7+ $1 $11 62. Kh6 Nf3) 62. Bd6 $14 {And now Bg3
would win.} Kb5 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#] Black cannot hold the game after this.} (
62... Bf7+ $14 63. Kg4 Nxh4 64. Kxh4 Kb5) 63. Bg3 $1 $18 Nd2 64. Kg6 Ne4 65.
Be5 Nxf6 66. Bxf6 Bd5 67. h5 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.04/Black=0.04} 1-0

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.18"]
[Round "6.54"]
[White "Bjerre, Jonas Buhl"]
[Black "Beukema, Stefan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A81"]
[WhiteElo "2569"]
[BlackElo "2408"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Denmark"]
[BlackTeam "Belgium"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "DEN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BEL"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. O-O Bg7 6. Nbd2 Nc6 7. Re1 O-O 8. e4
fxe4 9. Nxe4 Nxe4 10. Rxe4 Bf5 11. Re1 e5 12. c3 exd4 13. Bg5 Bf6 14. Qb3+ Kh8
15. Bh6 dxc3 16. bxc3 Re8 17. Rxe8+ Qxe8 18. Re1 Qd7 19. Ng5 Nd8 20. Qc4 c6 21.
g4 d5 22. Qf4 Bxc3 23. gxf5 Nf7 24. Nxf7+ Qxf7 25. Re3 Ba1 26. Qd6 gxf5 27. Qe7
Qg6 28. Bf4 Rg8 29. Rg3 Qh5 30. Be5+ 1-0

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.18"]
[Round "6.55"]
[White "Verstraeten, Rein"]
[Black "Rasmussen, Allan Stig"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A88"]
[WhiteElo "2386"]
[BlackElo "2577"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Belgium"]
[BlackTeam "Denmark"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BEL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "DEN"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. O-O Bg7 6. c4 O-O 7. Nc3 c6 8. b4 e5
9. dxe5 dxe5 10. e4 f4 11. Qb3 Qe8 12. b5 Bg4 13. Ba3 Rf7 14. Bd6 Bf8 15. Rad1
Nbd7 16. bxc6 bxc6 17. Qa3 h6 18. c5 g5 19. Bxf8 Qxf8 20. Rd6 Ne8 21. Rxd7 Bxd7
22. Nxe5 f3 23. Nxd7 Rxd7 24. Bh3 Re7 25. Qa4 Qf6 26. e5 Rxe5 27. Bd7 Rd8 28.
Bxc6 Kh8 29. Nd5 Qf7 30. Ne3 Rxc5 31. Bxe8 Qxe8 32. Qxa7 Rdc8 33. h3 R8c7 34.
Qb6 R7c6 35. Qb4 Qe6 36. Qd4+ Qf6 37. Qe4 Re5 38. Qd4 Re8 39. Qd5 Qd6 40. Qxf3
Qf6 41. Nf5 Rce6 42. Kg2 Qe5 43. Rd1 Rf6 44. g4 Qe4 45. Qxe4 Rxe4 46. Rd8+ Kh7
47. Rd7+ Kh8 48. Rd8+ Kh7 49. Rd7+ Kh8 50. Rd8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.18"]
[Round "6.56"]
[White "Hansen, Sune Berg"]
[Black "Hovhannisyan, Mher"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2543"]
[BlackElo "2419"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Denmark"]
[BlackTeam "Belgium"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "DEN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BEL"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 c6 4. e3 e6 5. Nbd2 Nbd7 6. h3 Be7 7. Bd3 O-O 8. c3
b6 9. g4 c5 10. g5 Nh5 11. Bh2 g6 12. h4 a5 13. a4 Ba6 14. Bxa6 Rxa6 15. Qe2
Ra8 16. Qb5 Qc8 17. O-O-O Qb7 18. Kb1 Rac8 19. Rhg1 Qc6 20. Qxc6 Rxc6 21. e4
Rd8 22. exd5 exd5 23. Nf1 Bd6 24. Ne3 Bxh2 25. Nxh2 Rd6 26. Nf3 Kg7 27. c4 dxc4
28. Nxc4 Rd5 29. Ne3 Rd6 30. d5 Nf8 31. Ne5 Rb8 32. N3c4 Re6 1-0

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.18"]
[Round "6.57"]
[White "Ragger, Markus"]
[Black "Lenic, Luka"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2668"]
[BlackElo "2633"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Austria"]
[BlackTeam "Slovenia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AUT"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SLO"]

{[%evp 25,64,11,8,9,11,7,11,5,11,11,4,6,6,6,6,7,7,6,11,5,5,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,
0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 Bg7 5. Bg5 Ne4 6. Bf4
Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5 8. e3 O-O 9. cxd5 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qxd5 11. Be2 Qa5+ 12. Qd2 Qxd2+
13. Kxd2 Nc6 {The position is equal.} 14. Rhc1 {D80: Grünfeld: Unusual White
4th moves and 4 Bg5.} Rd8 15. Bd3 e5 16. Nxe5 Bxe5 17. Bxe5 ({Not} 17. dxe5 $2
Bf5 $19) 17... Nxe5 18. dxe5 Bf5 19. Rc3 Rd5 {[#] White must now prevent ...
Rad8.} 20. Ke2 {White wants to play Bxf5.} Bxd3+ 21. Rxd3 Rxe5 $11 {[%mdl 4096]
Endgame KRR-KRR} 22. Rc1 Rae8 {[#]} 23. Rc7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 23. h4 h5 24.
Rc7 R8e7 25. Rdd7 Rxd7 26. Rxd7 Rb5 27. a4 Rb4 28. g3 Kg7 29. Kf3 Kf6 30. a5
Ke6 31. Rc7 a6 32. e4 {1/2-1/2 (32) Lamawansa,Y (2012)-Kavinda,A (1986)
Colombo 2016}) 23... R8e7 $1 {[%cal Re7c7]} 24. Rdd7 (24. Rc2 {is interesting.}
Kg7 25. h3 h5 26. g4 b6 27. Kf3) 24... Rxd7 25. Rxd7 {KR-KR} Ra5 26. Rxb7 Rxa2+
27. Kf3 h5 28. h4 Kg7 29. Kg3 Ra3 30. Kf4 Ra2 31. Kg3 Ra3 32. Kf4 Ra2 {An
uneventful encounter.  Weighted Error Value: White=0.00/Black=0.00} 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.18"]
[Round "6.58"]
[White "Borisek, Jure"]
[Black "Dragnev, Valentin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2548"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Slovenia"]
[BlackTeam "Austria"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SLO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AUT"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Be3
h6 9. Qd2 Qc7 10. g4 Nbd7 11. O-O-O b5 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. exd5 Nb6 14. Na5 Bd7
15. Bg2 Nc4 16. Nxc4 Qxc4 17. b3 Qc7 18. Be4 Qd8 19. Rdg1 Bg5 20. h4 Bxe3 21.
fxe3 Qb6 22. Bf5 O-O-O 23. e4 Kb8 24. Kb1 f6 25. Rg3 Rhe8 26. Bg6 Rf8 27. Bf5
Rf7 28. Rc3 Rc8 29. Rhh3 b4 30. Rxc8+ Bxc8 31. Kb2 a5 32. Qe3 Qb5 33. Qd3 Qb6
34. Qe3 Qb5 35. Qd3 Qb6 36. Qe3 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.18"]
[Round "6.59"]
[White "Blohberger, Felix"]
[Black "Skoberne, Jure"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2562"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Austria"]
[BlackTeam "Slovenia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AUT"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SLO"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. Re1 a6 6. Bf1 d5 7. exd5 Nxd5 8.
d4 Nf6 9. Be3 Nd5 10. Bg5 f6 11. Bc1 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Nxd4 13. Qxd4 Bd6 14. g3 O-O
15. Bg2 Nb4 16. Na3 Qc7 17. Qe4 Nc6 18. Nc4 Bc5 19. Be3 Bxe3 20. Qxe3 e5 21.
Nb6 Rb8 22. Nxc8 Rfxc8 23. c3 Rd8 24. Red1 Rxd1+ 25. Rxd1 Rd8 26. Rd5 g6 27.
Qc5 Kg7 28. b4 Rd7 29. Rxd7+ Qxd7 30. Bxc6 bxc6 31. Kg2 g5 32. h3 h5 33. a4 e4
34. c4 Qd3 35. Qxc6 Qf3+ 36. Kg1 Qd1+ 37. Kh2 e3 38. Qb7+ Kh6 39. fxe3 Qd2+ 40.
Qg2 Qxb4 41. Qc2 h4 42. gxh4 gxh4 43. c5 Qb8+ 44. Kh1 Qc8 45. Kg2 Qg8+ 46. Kf1
Qe6 47. Kg2 Qg8+ 48. Kh1 Qc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.18"]
[Round "6.60"]
[White "Sebenik, Matej"]
[Black "Shengelia, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2509"]
[BlackElo "2513"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "144"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Slovenia"]
[BlackTeam "Austria"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SLO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AUT"]

{[%evp 10,144,8,9,25,26,29,24,70,29,33,5,21,11,18,16,27,10,12,15,52,56,73,60,
62,64,81,67,83,77,89,94,91,87,96,90,88,78,91,85,85,85,104,104,92,90,85,54,116,
0,100,52,116,116,116,132,116,0,120,0,112,88,161,157,158,158,152,155,144,153,
175,110,88,82,73,63,73,67,83,58,85,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,102,0,0,0,849,854,813,790,
780,768,726,730,719,515,713,669,672,631,592,499,408,8,8,0,0,0,0,0,4574,2530,
12793,6977,4638,8,897,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 b6 3. Bf4 Bb7
4. c4 e6 5. a3 Be7 6. Nc3 d5 {E12: Queen's Indian: Unusual White 4th moves, 4
a3, 4 Nc3 Bb7 5 a3 and 4 Nc3 Bb7 .} 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Nxd5 Qxd5 {White has an
edge.} 9. e3 O-O 10. Rc1 Bd6 11. Bxd6 Qxd6 {[#]} 12. Qc2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 
12. Be2 Nd7 13. O-O Rfd8 14. Qc2 c5 15. Ng5 h6 16. Qh7+ Kf8 17. Nxf7 Be4 18.
Qxg7+ Kxg7 19. Nxd6 {1/2-1/2 (38) Galin,I (2267)-Nozdrin,A (2379) Ufa 2009})
12... Rc8 13. Bd3 g6 14. Be4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is under pressure.} Bxe4
15. Qxe4 Qd5 16. Qxd5 exd5 17. Ke2 a5 18. Ne5 a4 19. Nc6 Nxc6 20. Rxc6 $16 {
[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} Ra5 21. Rhc1 Rb5 22. R1c2 (22. Rxc7 $6 Rxc7 23.
Rxc7 Rxb2+ 24. Kf3 Rb3 $11) 22... Kf8 23. Kd2 ({Much weaker is} 23. Rxc7 $6
Rxc7 24. Rxc7 Rxb2+ 25. Kf3 Rb3 $11) 23... Ke8 24. Kc1 ({Much worse is} 24.
Rxc7 $6 Rxc7 25. Rxc7 Rxb2+ 26. Rc2 Rb3 $11) 24... Kd7 25. g4 Rb3 26. g5 Rb5
27. h4 Rb3 28. Kb1 Kd8 (28... Rd3 $14) 29. Kc1 Kd7 30. h5 Rb5 (30... gxh5 $14
31. Rf6 Rf8) 31. h6 Rb3 32. Rf6 $1 {[%cal Rf6f7]} Ke7 33. Rfc6 Kd7 34. Rf6 Ke7
35. Rcc6 Kd7 (35... Rb5 $16) 36. Kc2 $18 Rb5 37. Rc3 Ke7 38. Rfc6 Kd7 39. f4
Kd8 40. Rf6 (40. f5 $1 $18) 40... Ke7 $16 41. e4 dxe4 42. Re3 Re8 43. Rxe4+ Kf8
44. Re5 Rexe5 45. dxe5 $14 {KR-KR} (45. fxe5 $16 Ke7 46. Rc6) 45... Rc5+ $1 $11
46. Kb1 Kg8 $1 47. b3 (47. e6 {seems wilder.} fxe6 48. Rxe6 Kf7 49. Rf6+ Kg8
50. Re6) 47... axb3 48. Kb2 Rc4 49. Kxb3 b5 (49... Rc5 $11) 50. Ra6 (50. e6 $16
fxe6 51. Rxe6) 50... Kf8 51. Rf6 Re4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (51... Kg8 $11) 52. e6 $1
$18 Ke7 53. Rxf7+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kxe6 54. Rxh7 c5 55. Rg7 {Black
must now prevent h7.} Kf5 56. Rf7+ Kg4 57. Rf6 Re3+ 58. Kb2 Re2+ 59. Kc1 Rh2
60. Rxg6 $2 ({Better is} 60. Kb1 $18 Rh3 61. Kb2 (61. Rxg6 Kxf4 62. Rg8 Rh1+
63. Kb2 Rh2+ 64. Kb3 Rh3+ 65. Kc2 Rh2+ 66. Kd1 Rh1+ 67. Kd2 Rh2+ 68. Ke1 Rh1+
69. Kf2 Rh2+ 70. Kg1 Rh5 $11)) 60... Kxf4 $11 61. Rg7 Rh1+ 62. Kd2 {Strongly
threatening h7.} Rh2+ 63. Ke1 {h7 is the strong threat.} Ke3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (
63... Rh1+ $11 64. Kf2 b4) 64. Kf1 $18 Kf3 65. Rf7+ Kg4 {[#]} 66. Kg1 $2 (66.
Rf2 $1 $18 {[%cal Rf2h2]} Rh1+ 67. Kg2) 66... Rh5 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (66...
Rh4 $11) 67. Rg7 $2 ({White has to play} 67. g6 $1 $18 {[%cal Rg6g7] White
wants to mate with g7.} Rxh6 68. g7) 67... b4 $11 {The position is equal.} 68.
axb4 cxb4 69. h7 {And now g6 would win.} b3 70. g6 Kg5 71. Rb7 {Intending g7
and mate.} Kxg6 72. Rxb3 Rxh7 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.33/Black=0.13}
1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.18"]
[Round "6.61"]
[White "Grandelius, Nils"]
[Black "Gretarsson, Hjorvar Steinn"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2669"]
[BlackElo "2574"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sweden"]
[BlackTeam "Iceland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SWE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISL"]

{[%evp 9,62,7,10,0,14,8,11,8,10,14,6,-21,-22,-12,-20,-34,-24,-20,-29,-24,-18,
-31,-16,-17,-17,-17,-13,-14,-14,-17,-16,-28,0,0,0,0,43,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,
0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. O-O a6 5. Bxd7+ Bxd7 6. c4 {
B51: Sicilian: Moscow Variation (3 Bb5+) without 3...Bd7.} Nf6 7. Nc3 g6 8. d4
cxd4 9. Nxd4 Rc8 {[#]} 10. b3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Qd3 Bg7 11. h3 O-O 12.
Be3 Qa5 13. Rab1 Qb4 14. b3 b5 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. cxd5 {1/2-1/2 (38) Slettebo,J 
(2006)-Verstraeten,R (2312) Helsingor 2015}) 10... b5 11. Nd5 Bg7 12. Nxf6+
Bxf6 13. cxb5 axb5 14. Qd2 Qb6 15. Bb2 b4 16. Ne2 {Black should prevent Bxf6.}
Bxb2 17. Qxb2 {[%cal Rb2h8] [#]} O-O 18. Nf4 Bc6 19. e5 Be4 20. Rac1 d5 21. Qd2
d4 22. Rfe1 Bb7 23. Rcd1 Rfd8 {The position is equal.} 24. e6 {[#] aiming for
exf7+.} f6 25. Nxg6 $1 hxg6 26. Qh6 {Hoping for Rd3.} Qd6 27. Qxg6+ Kh8 28.
Qh6+ Kg8 29. Qg6+ Kh8 30. Qh6+ Kg8 31. Qg6+ Kh8 {An uneventful encounter. 
Weighted Error Value: White=0.04/Black=0.05} 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.18"]
[Round "6.62"]
[White "Stefansson, Hannes"]
[Black "Blomqvist, Erik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2519"]
[BlackElo "2542"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Iceland"]
[BlackTeam "Sweden"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SWE"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 dxc4 4. e3 b5 5. a4 b4 6. Ne4 Qd5 7. Nd2 c3 8. bxc3
bxc3 9. Nb1 Qa5 10. Qc2 Na6 11. Ba3 Rb8 12. Nxc3 Nf6 13. Bxa6 Bxa6 14. Nge2 Nd5
15. Qd2 Nxc3 16. Qxc3 Qxc3+ 17. Nxc3 e6 18. Bxf8 Rxf8 19. Ne4 Ke7 20. Nc5 Bc4
21. Kd2 e5 22. Kc3 Bd5 23. dxe5 Bxg2 24. Rhg1 Bh3 25. Rxg7 Rfd8 26. e4 h5 27.
f4 a5 28. f5 Rb4 29. f6+ Kf8 30. Rag1 Bg4 31. R1xg4 hxg4 32. e6 1-0

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.18"]
[Round "6.63"]
[White "Johansson, Linus"]
[Black "Hjartarson, Johann"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2479"]
[BlackElo "2483"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sweden"]
[BlackTeam "Iceland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SWE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISL"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb7 6. Bg2 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 c5 8. O-O
O-O 9. Nc3 cxd4 10. Nb5 Be7 11. Bg5 a6 12. Nbxd4 d6 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Qc2 Qc7
15. Rac1 Nd7 16. h4 g6 17. Rfd1 e5 18. Nf5 gxf5 19. Qxf5 Rab8 20. Rc2 Bg7 21.
Rcd2 Nf6 22. Rxd6 Be4 23. Qg5 h6 24. Qd2 Rfe8 25. Qe3 Bc2 26. R1d2 Ng4 27. Qc3
Bf5 28. e4 Bxe4 29. Nh2 Nf6 30. Rxf6 Bxg2 31. Ng4 Ba8 32. Nxh6+ Bxh6 33. Rxh6
Qb7 34. Rd5 Qe7 35. Qd3 f6 36. Rg6+ Kh8 37. Qf5 Bxd5 38. cxd5 Rf8 39. Qh5+ Qh7
40. Rh6 Rb7 41. Rxh7+ Rxh7 42. Qf5 Rc7 43. Kg2 Rc5 44. Qd7 Kg8 45. d6 Rc2 46.
Qe7 Rd2 47. d7 e4 48. h5 1-0

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.18"]
[Round "6.64"]
[White "Kjartansson, Gudmundur"]
[Black "Seo, Jung Min"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2443"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Iceland"]
[BlackTeam "Sweden"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SWE"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Bf4 dxc4 6. e3 Nd5 7. Bxc4 Nxf4 8.
exf4 Nb6 9. Bb3 g6 10. h4 Bg7 11. h5 Bd7 12. Ne5 Qe7 13. Qe2 O-O-O 14. O-O-O
Rhf8 15. Kb1 Kb8 16. hxg6 hxg6 17. d5 g5 18. Nxd7+ Rxd7 19. dxe6 Rxd1+ 20. Nxd1
fxe6 21. Qxe6 Qxe6 22. Bxe6 gxf4 23. Rh4 c6 24. Rg4 Be5 25. Rg5 Bd4 26. Rg8
Rxg8 27. Bxg8 Kc7 28. g3 fxg3 29. fxg3 Kd6 30. Kc2 Ke5 31. Kd3 Nd7 32. b4 Nf6
33. Bb3 Nh5 34. g4 Nf4+ 35. Kd2 Nh3 36. Kd3 Bb6 37. a4 Nf4+ 38. Kd2 Bd8 39. Ne3
Be7 40. Nc2 Ke4 41. Bf7 Kf3 42. Kc3 Kxg4 43. Kc4 Kf5 44. Nd4+ Ke5 45. Be8 Kd6
46. Nf5+ Ke6 47. Nd4+ Kd6 48. Nf5+ Ke6 49. Nd4+ Kd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.18"]
[Round "6.65"]
[White "Djukic, Nikola"]
[Black "Saraci, Nderim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2519"]
[BlackElo "2486"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Montenegro"]
[BlackTeam "Kosovo"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "MNE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "KOS"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bf4 e5 8.
Bg5 a6 9. Na3 b5 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Nd5 Bg7 12. Bd3 O-O 13. c3 Ne7 14. Qh5 f5
15. Nxe7+ Qxe7 16. Nc2 f4 17. g3 Qf6 18. Nb4 Qg6 19. Qe2 Bb7 20. gxf4 exf4 21.
O-O-O Qh6 22. Rhg1 Kh8 23. Kb1 Be5 24. Bc2 Rg8 25. f3 Rxg1 26. Rxg1 Rg8 27.
Rxg8+ Kxg8 28. Qf2 a5 29. Nd3 Bc8 30. Qb6 Be6 31. Nxe5 dxe5 32. Qb8+ Kg7 33.
Qxe5+ Kg8 34. Qb8+ Kg7 35. Qe5+ Kg8 36. Qb8+ Kg7 37. Qxb5 Qxh2 38. Qg5+ Kf8 39.
Qc5+ Kg8 40. Qg5+ Kf8 41. Qd8+ Kg7 42. Qd4+ Kg8 43. b4 axb4 44. cxb4 Bxa2+ 45.
Kb2 Be6 46. Qd8+ Kg7 47. Qg5+ Kh8 48. Qc5 Kg8 49. b5 Qe2 50. b6 Qa6 51. Qb4 Bc8
52. Qd4 Qb5+ 53. Ka3 Bb7 54. Ba4 Qa5 55. Kb2 h5 56. Bb3 h4 57. Qd7 Qe5+ 58. Kb1
Bxe4+ 59. fxe4 Qxe4+ 60. Kb2 Qe5+ 61. Ka3 Qa5+ 62. Qa4 Qxb6 63. Qe8+ Kg7 64.
Qxf7+ Kh6 65. Qxf4+ Kg7 66. Qf7+ Kh6 67. Qf8+ Kg5 68. Qe7+ Qf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.18"]
[Round "6.66"]
[White "Uruci, Endrit"]
[Black "Draskovic, Luka"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2322"]
[BlackElo "2469"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Kosovo"]
[BlackTeam "Montenegro"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "KOS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "MNE"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. c4 a6 5. Ba4 Ngf6 6. Nc3 g6 7. d4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Bg7 9. Be3 O-O 10. f3 Nc5 11. Bc2 Bd7 12. O-O Rc8 13. Qd2 Ne6 14. Bb3 Nxd4
15. Bxd4 Be6 16. Rac1 Bxc4 17. Bxc4 Rxc4 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Nd5 Rxc1 20. Rxc1 e6
21. Nxf6+ Qxf6 22. Rc7 Rd8 23. Rxb7 d5 24. exd5 Rxd5 25. Rb8+ Kg7 26. Qb4 Qd4+
27. Qxd4+ Rxd4 28. Ra8 Rd2 29. Rxa6 Rxb2 30. a4 Ra2 31. h4 h6 32. Kh2 Kf6 33.
a5 g5 34. h5 Ra4 35. Ra8 g4 36. fxg4 Rxg4 37. Kh3 Ra4 38. a6 Ra5 39. Kh4 Ra4+
40. g4 Ra3 41. Ra7 Kg7 42. Ra8 Kf6 43. Ra7 Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.18"]
[Round "6.67"]
[White "Blagojevic, Dragisa"]
[Black "Makolli, Perparim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2467"]
[BlackElo "2245"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Montenegro"]
[BlackTeam "Kosovo"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "MNE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "KOS"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 c6 2. c4 b5 3. c5 d6 4. cxd6 exd6 5. g3 Nf6 6. Bg2 d5 7. Nf3 Nbd7 8. O-O
Be7 9. Bg5 O-O 10. Nbd2 a5 11. Nb3 a4 12. Nc1 c5 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. Nd3 Be7 15.
Nd4 Qb6 16. Nf5 Bd6 17. Be3 Qb8 18. Nxd6 Qxd6 19. Bd2 Re8 20. Bb4 Qb8 21. Nf4
Nb6 22. Qd4 Be6 23. Rac1 Qb7 24. Rc5 Nbd7 25. Nxd5 Nxd5 26. Bxd5 Bxd5 27. Rxd5
Nf6 28. Rd6 Re4 29. Rd8+ Rxd8 30. Qxd8+ Re8 31. Qd2 Qd5 32. Qxd5 Nxd5 33. Bc5
Rxe2 34. Rd1 Nf6 35. Rd8+ Re8 36. Rxe8+ Nxe8 37. f3 Nc7 38. a3 Ne6 39. Bb4 f5
40. Kf2 Nd8 41. Ke3 Nc6 42. Bc3 h5 43. g4 hxg4 44. fxg4 fxg4 45. Ke4 Ne7 46.
Be1 Kf7 47. Kd4 b4 48. axb4 Ke6 49. Kc5 Kd7 50. Kb5 Nf5 51. Kxa4 Kc6 52. b5+
Kb7 53. Kb4 Nd4 54. Bg3 Ne6 55. Kc4 Ng5 56. Bf4 Ne6 57. Be3 g5 58. Kd3 Nf4+ 59.
Ke4 Ne2 60. Bf2 Nc1 61. Kf5 1-0

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.18"]
[Round "6.68"]
[White "Saraci, Korab"]
[Black "Nikcevic, Nebojsa"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2149"]
[BlackElo "2385"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Kosovo"]
[BlackTeam "Montenegro"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "KOS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "MNE"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Nxe5 d6 5. Nf3 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Bg4 8. c4
Nf6 9. cxd5 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Qxd5 11. Re1+ Be7 12. Qg3 Qxd4 13. Nc3 Rd8 14. Bb5
O-O 15. Be3 Qb4 16. Rab1 Bd6 17. Qf3 Nd4 18. Bxd4 Qxd4 19. Qxb7 Ng4 20. Qf3
Bxh2+ 21. Kh1 Rd6 22. Ne4 Rh6 23. Qxg4 f5 24. Qe2 fxe4 25. Qc4+ Qxc4 26. Bxc4+
Kh8 27. Re2 Rf5 28. Rxe4 Be5+ 29. Kg1 Rfh5 30. f4 Rh1+ 31. Kf2 Rxb1 32. fxe5
Rxb2+ 33. Kg1 Rb4 34. e6 Rxc4 35. Rxc4 Rxe6 36. Rxc7 h5 37. Rxa7 Kh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.18"]
[Round "6.69"]
[White "Pancevski, Filip"]
[Black "Kanyamarala, Tarun"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2321"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Macedonia"]
[BlackTeam "Ireland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "MKD"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IRL"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. d3 Nc6 3. f4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 e6 6. O-O Nge7 7. c3 d6 8. Be3 f5
9. Na3 O-O 10. Qd2 a6 11. Rae1 b5 12. Bd1 Qc7 13. Bf2 fxe4 14. dxe4 e5 15. Be3
Bd7 16. Nc2 Rad8 17. fxe5 Nxe5 18. Nxe5 Bxe5 19. Rxf8+ Rxf8 20. Bg5 Be6 21. Ne3
Qd7 22. Bb3 c4 23. Bd1 Rf7 24. Bf3 Nc8 25. Rd1 Nb6 26. Qe2 h5 27. Nd5 Nxd5 28.
exd5 Bf5 29. Qe3 Qb7 30. a3 Qa7 31. Qxa7 Rxa7 32. h3 Rb7 33. Kf2 a5 34. Be2 Be4
35. g4 hxg4 36. Ke3 Bf3 37. hxg4 Bxe2 38. Kxe2 Rh7 39. Rf1 Rb7 40. Bd8 Ra7 41.
Ke3 Ra8 42. Bb6 Re8 43. Kd2 a4 44. Be3 Bg7 45. Bf4 Rf8 46. Ke2 Re8+ 47. Kd2 Be5
48. Be3 Kg7 49. Rh1 Bf6 50. Bh6+ Kg8 51. Rf1 Be5 52. Be3 Re7 53. Bh6 Rf7 54.
Rxf7 Kxf7 55. Bg5 Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.18"]
[Round "6.70"]
[White "Jessel, Stephen"]
[Black "Nikolovski, Nikola"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2297"]
[BlackElo "2401"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "146"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ireland"]
[BlackTeam "Macedonia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IRL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "MKD"]

{[%evp 9,146,15,46,62,63,53,57,58,72,57,71,23,69,75,78,68,70,57,86,89,76,77,82,
66,118,57,35,57,77,51,75,73,88,79,97,62,83,39,47,51,58,22,25,19,22,16,25,27,19,
6,59,66,70,62,59,49,70,71,146,141,135,71,245,263,248,237,216,215,265,265,261,
267,296,296,290,288,288,277,289,286,315,218,219,200,209,187,267,274,346,346,
328,321,577,565,578,549,473,500,447,409,593,593,593,593,593,0,364,364,330,234,
558,0,382,0,213,0,281,242,284,276,250,237,368,374,355,339,323,212,200,0,304,
274,214,0,112,0,179,0,923]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. b4 g5 4. Qa4+ c6 5. Qb3 Bg7
6. Nxg5 {A09: Réti Opening: 1 Nf3 d5 2 c4.} e5 7. Qg3 Ne7 {[#] Strongly
threatening ...Nf5.} 8. Ne6 $1 {White is slightly better.} Bxe6 9. Qxg7 {[#]}
Ng6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... Rg8 10. Qxe5 Qb6 11. e3 dxe3 12. fxe3 Qxb4 13.
Ba3 Qb6 14. Nc3 Nd7 15. Qh5 c5 {0-1 (37) Mueer,S (2253)-Hector,J (2479)
Germany 2017}) 10. d3 (10. h4 $5 {[%cal Rh4h5]} Qe7 11. h5 $14) 10... Nd7 11.
h4 h5 12. Bg5 $1 {[%cal Rg5d8]} Qb6 13. Nd2 {Hoping for a3.} Qxb4 14. Rb1 Qf8
15. Qxf8+ Kxf8 16. Ne4 Kg7 (16... b5 $14) 17. g3 (17. Rxb7 $16 Rhb8 18. Rxb8
Rxb8 19. Ng3) 17... b5 $14 18. cxb5 Rab8 19. Bg2 cxb5 20. a3 f5 21. Nd2 Rhc8
22. O-O Rc3 23. Ra1 Nc5 24. Bf3 Rh8 25. Rfe1 a5 26. Reb1 Bd7 27. Bd5 Re8 28.
Nb3 Nxb3 29. Bxb3 ({Of course not} 29. Rxb3 Ne7 $15) 29... f4 (29... a4 $11 30.
Bd5 Nf8) 30. Bd5 Rc2 31. Bf3 Rh8 32. Kf1 Rc5 33. Ke1 Bf5 (33... Bg4 $142) 34.
Rc1 $16 Rc3 35. Kd2 (35. Kd1 $142) 35... Bg4 $2 (35... Rhc8 $16) 36. Bxg4 $1
$18 ({Don't take} 36. Rxc3 $6 dxc3+ 37. Kxc3 Bxf3) 36... hxg4 37. Rxc3 dxc3+
38. Kxc3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Rc8+ 39. Kd2 fxg3 40. fxg3 Nf8 41. Rb1
Rb8 42. Be7 Nd7 43. Bd6 Rb7 44. Rc1 Rb6 45. Bc5 Rb7 46. Be3 Kf7 47. Rc6 Nf6 (
47... b4 $142) 48. Bg5 Ne8 49. Bd8 a4 50. Rb6 Rxb6 (50... Rd7 {was necessary.}
51. Bg5 (51. Rxb5 Rxd8 52. Rxe5 Nf6 $11) 51... Nd6) 51. Bxb6 {KB-KN} Nf6 52. e4
Ke6 53. Kc3 Kd6 54. Kb4 Kc6 (54... Nh5 $142 55. Kxb5 Nxg3 56. Kxa4 Kc6) 55. Bf2
Nh5 {Black hopes to continue with ...Nf6.} 56. Be1 Kb6 57. Bf2+ Kc6 58. Kc3 Nf6
59. Be1 Nh5 $2 (59... Kc5 {is tougher.} 60. Bf2+ Kd6) 60. Kb4 Kb6 $1 61. Bf2+ (
61. Bc3 $142 Nxg3 62. Bxe5) 61... Kc6 62. Kc3 Nf6 63. Kb2 Nh5 64. Kc2 Nf6 65.
Kc3 Kd6 (65... Kc7 {might work better.} 66. Be1 Kc6) 66. Kb4 Kc6 67. Be1 Nh5
68. Kc3 Nf6 69. Bf2 (69. Kc2 $142) 69... Kd6 70. Ba7 Nh5 {[#]} 71. Bf2 ({
White must play} 71. Kb4 $1 $18) 71... Nf6 $16 72. Kb4 (72. Kb2 $16) 72... Kc6
$18 {[#]} 73. Be1 $2 ({White has to play} 73. Ba7 $1 $18 {[%cal Ra7b8] And now
Bb8 would win.} Nh5 74. Bf2) 73... Kd6 $2 {[%mdl 40960] Weighted Error Value:
White=0.23/Black=0.28. An unexpected result.} (73... Nh5 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.18"]
[Round "6.71"]
[White "Lazov, Toni"]
[Black "Nemeth, Zalan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "2393"]
[BlackElo "2163"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "157"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Macedonia"]
[BlackTeam "Ireland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "MKD"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IRL"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 b6 2. d4 Bb7 3. Bd3 e6 4. Nf3 d5 5. e5 c5 6. c3 Qd7 7. h4 Ba6 8. Bxa6
Nxa6 9. h5 h6 10. Qe2 Nc7 11. O-O Ne7 12. Na3 Nc6 13. Nc2 c4 14. Nh2 O-O-O 15.
b3 Na5 16. Ne3 cxb3 17. axb3 Nxb3 18. Rxa7 Na5 19. Qb2 Qc6 20. Bd2 Nc4 21. Nxc4
dxc4 22. Ng4 Be7 23. Ne3 b5 24. Rfa1 Bg5 25. Nf1 Be7 26. Ne3 Bg5 27. Nf1 Be7
28. Rxc7+ Qxc7 29. Qxb5 Qb7 30. Qxc4+ Kd7 31. Qd3 Ra8 32. Rb1 Qa6 33. Qf3 Rhb8
34. Re1 Ke8 35. d5 Qb7 36. c4 Ra6 37. Qg4 exd5 38. cxd5 Qxd5 39. Qxg7 Bf8 40.
Qg4 Qd7 41. Qf4 Rb2 42. Be3 Rb4 43. Qf3 Qg4 44. Qd5 Qd7 45. Qf3 Qg4 46. Qxg4
Rxg4 47. Rc1 Kd7 48. f4 f6 49. exf6 Rxf6 50. Kf2 Rh4 51. Ng3 Bd6 52. Ne4 Re6
53. Nc5+ Bxc5 54. Rxc5 Rg4 55. Ra5 Ke7 56. Kf3 Rg8 57. Ra7+ Kd6 58. f5 Rxe3+
59. Kxe3 Rxg2 60. Kf4 Rf2+ 61. Ke4 Re2+ 62. Kf3 Rb2 63. f6 Ke6 64. f7 Rb8 65.
Kg4 Rb4+ 66. Kg3 Rb3+ 67. Kf4 Rb4+ 68. Kf3 Rb3+ 69. Ke4 Rb4+ 70. Ke3 Rb3+ 71.
Kd4 Rb4+ 72. Kc3 Rf4 73. Ra6+ Kxf7 74. Rxh6 Kg7 75. Rd6 Rf5 76. h6+ Kh7 77. Kd4
Rh5 78. Ke4 Rxh6 79. Rxh6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.18"]
[Round "6.72"]
[White "Kanyamarala, Trisha"]
[Black "Risteski, Emil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2089"]
[BlackElo "2315"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ireland"]
[BlackTeam "Macedonia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IRL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "MKD"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. d5 Na6 8. Nd2
Bd7 9. g4 c6 10. h4 cxd5 11. cxd5 Qc8 12. g5 Nh5 13. Bxh5 gxh5 14. Nf1 f5 15.
gxf6 Rxf6 16. Bg5 Bg4 17. Qd2 Rf7 18. Ne3 Nc5 19. Rg1 a5 20. Nxg4 hxg4 21. h5
b5 22. Qe2 b4 23. Nd1 h6 24. Bc1 Kh7 25. Ne3 Qa6 26. Nc4 Nd7 27. Rxg4 Rc8 28.
b3 a4 29. Rb1 axb3 30. axb3 Nc5 31. Bd2 Nxb3 32. Nxd6 Qxd6 33. Rxb3 Ra7 34. Rb1
b3 35. Rg6 Qa3 36. Qg4 b2 37. Qxc8 Qd3 38. Rxg7+ Rxg7 39. Qf5+ Kg8 40. Qc8+ Kh7
41. Qf5+ Kh8 42. Qf8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.18"]
[Round "6.73"]
[White "Toczek, Grzegorz"]
[Black "Tate, Alan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C56"]
[WhiteElo "2296"]
[BlackElo "2342"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Wales"]
[BlackTeam "Scotland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "WLS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SCO"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. e5 d5 6. Bb5 Ne4 7. Nxd4 Bd7 8.
Bxc6 bxc6 9. O-O Bc5 10. f3 Ng5 11. Be3 Ne6 12. c3 Bb6 13. f4 c5 14. Nxe6 fxe6
15. f5 exf5 16. Qxd5 Bb5 17. Qe6+ Qe7 18. Qxe7+ Kxe7 19. Rxf5 Rad8 20. Na3 Rd3
21. Rf3 Ba6 22. Nc2 Ke6 23. Rg3 Rhd8 24. Rxg7 Rd1+ 25. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 26. Kf2 Rf1+
27. Kg3 Bd3 28. Na3 Kxe5 29. Rg5+ Kf6 30. Rd5 Be4 31. Rd2 Ke6 32. Bf4 Kf5 33.
Rd7 Rg1 34. Rd2 Rf1 35. Be3 Ke6 36. Nc4 Bd5 37. b3 c6 38. Bf4 Bd8 39. Ne3 Bh4+
40. Kg4 Be4 41. Nxf1 1-0

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.18"]
[Round "6.74"]
[White "Bremner, Adam"]
[Black "Pleasants, Allan J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E91"]
[WhiteElo "2204"]
[BlackElo "2001"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Scotland"]
[BlackTeam "Wales"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SCO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "WLS"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. e4 Nf6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 c6 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Qc2
Qc7 9. h3 e5 10. d5 c5 11. a3 Qd8 12. b4 Nh5 13. g3 h6 14. Kh2 Nhf6 15. Be3 Ne8
16. Nh4 b6 17. Bd3 Ndf6 18. Rg1 Nh7 19. Kg2 Kh8 20. Rh1 Nef6 21. Rab1 Ng8 22.
Qd2 Bd7 23. Nb5 Qe7 24. a4 h5 25. Nf3 f5 26. Nh4 Rf6 27. exf5 gxf5 28. Bg5 Nxg5
29. Qxg5 Qf7 30. Be2 Be8 31. Qd2 Bh6 32. f4 Qe7 33. Bd3 exf4 34. gxf4 Bd7 35.
Rbe1 Qf7 36. Kh2 a6 37. Nc7 Ra7 38. Ne6 Bxe6 39. dxe6 Rxe6 40. Nxf5 Rf6 41.
Nxh6 Nxh6 42. Rhf1 Re7 43. Rxe7 Qxe7 44. bxc5 dxc5 45. Bc2 Rd6 46. Qg2 Qe3 47.
Rf2 Rd8 48. Rf3 Qd2 49. Rf2 Qe3 50. Qg3 Qxg3+ 51. Kxg3 Kg7 52. Kh4 Kf6 53. Rg2
Nf5+ 54. Bxf5 Kxf5 55. Rg5+ Kxf4 56. Rg6 Rb8 57. Rc6 a5 58. Re6 Rb7 59. Kxh5
1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.18"]
[Round "6.75"]
[White "Garcia, Jason"]
[Black "Muir, Andrew J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2028"]
[BlackElo "2254"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Wales"]
[BlackTeam "Scotland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "WLS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SCO"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. c4 O-O 6. b3 c5 7. e3 Nc6 8. Bb2 d4
9. exd4 cxd4 10. Re1 Ne8 11. Ne5 Nxe5 12. Rxe5 f6 13. Re1 e5 14. d3 Nc7 15. Ba3
Rb8 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. f4 Bf5 18. Nd2 Rfe8 19. fxe5 fxe5 20. Be4 Bd7 21. Qh5 g6
22. Qh6 b6 23. Nf3 Qg7 24. Qg5 Qe7 25. Qh6 Qg7 26. Qg5 Qe7 27. Qh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.18"]
[Round "6.76"]
[White "Gordon, Frederick"]
[Black "Davis, Lee"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "1739"]
[BlackElo "1972"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Scotland"]
[BlackTeam "Wales"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SCO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "WLS"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 e6 6. Be2 Nd7 7. d4 dxe4 8.
Nxe4 Ngf6 9. O-O Nxe4 10. Qxe4 Nf6 11. Qd3 Be7 12. c3 O-O 13. Bf4 Bd6 14. Bg5
h6 15. Bh4 Be7 16. f4 Nd5 17. Bg3 Bd6 18. c4 Nf6 19. Bh4 Be7 20. f5 Qd7 21.
fxe6 Qxe6 22. Rae1 Qd7 23. Bg4 Qd8 24. Bd1 Nd5 25. Bc2 g6 26. Re6 Qe8 27. Rxe7
Nxe7 28. Bf6 Qd7 29. Qe3 1-0

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.19"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Volokitin, Andrei"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

{[%evp 20,60,21,14,16,0,33,12,22,25,14,21,40,25,21,27,18,11,11,10,11,18,25,23,
38,40,41,40,38,26,18,17,25,25,17,0,0,0,20,0,0,0,18]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3
Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Qb6 9. Qd2 Qxb2 10. Rb1
Qa3 11. Bb5 $1 Nxd4 {C11: French: Classical System: 4 e5 and 4 Bg5 dxe4.} 12.
Bxd4 ({Much worse is} 12. Qxd4 a6 $17) 12... a6 13. Bxd7+ Bxd7 14. Rb3 Qe7 15.
Rxb7 Qh4+ 16. Bf2 {16.g3 is the fancy move.} Qd8 17. Bb6 Qc8 18. Rc7 Qd8 19.
Qd4 Ba3 20. Nb1 Be7 21. c4 O-O 22. cxd5 exd5 23. Nc3 ({But not} 23. Qxd5 Bf5
$15) 23... Rc8 24. Rxc8 (24. Nxd5 {looks sharper.} Bh4+ 25. g3 Be6 26. Rxc8
Qxc8 27. O-O) 24... Qxc8 25. O-O Qc6 26. Nxd5 Ba3 {[#]} 27. Rf3 $5 $146 {
[%mdl 8] [#] Rc3 is the strong threat.The position is equal. An interesting
novelty.} ({Predecessor:} 27. Ne3 Rb8 28. Ba7 Rb7 29. Qd3 Qa4 30. Bd4 Bb5 31.
Qc3 Bf8 32. Rd1 Rd7 33. Rd2 h6 34. Nf5 Bb4 35. Nxh6+ gxh6 36. Qc8+ Bf8 37. Bc5
Qxf4 38. Qxf8+ Kh7 {0-1 (38) Kulaots,K (2548)-Martinovic,S (2548) Krasnaya
Polyana 2021}) 27... Qc1+ 28. Rf1 Qc6 29. Rf3 {Threatens to win with Rc3.} Qc1+
30. Rf1 Qc6 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.04/Black=0.04} 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.19"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Black "Kuzubov, Yuriy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

{[%evp 9,78,0,11,5,32,2,17,18,14,16,12,4,8,10,17,22,14,19,24,24,24,21,23,23,21,
25,23,21,21,20,22,6,8,14,14,12,13,6,6,6,6,6,6,4,7,7,7,8,8,8,12,0,0,0,0,0,8,0,0,
0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Qc2 c5 6.
cxd5 {D37: Queen's Gambit Declined: 5 Bf4.} Nxd5 7. g3 {[#]} cxd4 $146 ({
Predecessor:} 7... Nb4 8. Qd1 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nf6 10. Ndb5 Nbd5 11. Bg2 a6 12. Nd4
Bb4 13. Bd2 O-O {1-0 (40) Rahman,Z (2520)-Bhogal,R (1705) Mumbai 2012}) 8. Nxd5
{[#] Nc7+ is the strong threat.} Qa5+ 9. Qd2 Qxd5 10. Qxd4 Qxd4 11. Nxd4 Bb4+
12. Bd2 Bxd2+ 13. Kxd2 Ke7 14. Bg2 Rd8 {Strongly threatening ...Nb6.} 15. Rhd1
Nf6 16. Ke1 $1 Bd7 17. Nb3 Rab8 18. Rac1 Ne8 {The position is equal.} 19. f4 b6
20. Nd4 Rbc8 21. Bc6 Nd6 22. e4 f6 23. Bxd7 Rxc1 24. Rxc1 Rxd7 $11 {[%mdl 4096]
Endgame KRN-KRN} 25. e5 Nf7 26. Nc6+ Ke8 27. exf6 gxf6 28. Ke2 Rc7 {[#] aiming
for ...Nd8.} 29. Rc2 e5 30. fxe5 Nxe5 31. Nd4 Rxc2+ 32. Nxc2 {KN-KN} Kd7 33.
Nd4 a6 34. Nf3 Ke6 35. Nxe5 Kxe5 36. Ke3 b5 37. b4 Kd5 {White must now prevent
...Kc4.} 38. Kd3 Ke5 39. Ke3 Kd5 {Not much happened in this game.  Weighted
Error Value: White=0.02/Black=0.02} 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.19"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Shevchenko, Kirill"]
[Black "Alekseenko, Kirill"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "2647"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

{[%evp 9,59,16,18,0,26,27,16,18,17,32,25,0,25,0,6,0,0,-8,21,29,58,75,85,0,82,
-31,71,47,112,85,110,68,110,110,319,314,293,212,428,429,420,353,605,585,566,
600,612,611,620,614,617,585]} 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. Nd5 a5 4. a3 Bc5 5. Nf3 d6
6. e3 {A21: English Opening: 1...e5 2 Nc3.} Nd7 7. d4 Ba7 8. Be2 {The position
is equal.} c6 9. Nc3 Ngf6 10. g4 {[#]} O-O $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Nxg4 11.
Rg1 Nf8 12. dxe5 Ng6 13. Qxd6 Bd7 14. Ne4 Bb8 15. Qc5 N4xe5 16. Nxe5 Nxe5 17.
Rxg7 {1/2-1/2 (89) Shevchenko,K (2633)-Ivanisevic,I (2582) Struga 2021}) 11. g5
$36 {[%mdl 2048] White has some pressure.} Ne8 12. Qc2 Nc7 13. h4 Qe7 14. Bd2
b5 15. dxe5 dxe5 16. Bd3 ({White should try} 16. h5 $16) 16... bxc4 (16... f5
$1 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 17. Bxc4 (17. Bxh7+ $16 Kh8 {[#]} 18. Ne4 $1)
17... Ba6 (17... Nc5 $1 $15 {stays ahead.}) 18. Ne4 $16 Bxc4 (18... Nc5 $14)
19. Qxc4 Ne6 20. O-O-O Nb6 21. Qc2 ({But not} 21. Qxc6 $2 Rfc8 $19) 21... f5 $2
{[#] This costs Black the game.} (21... Nd7 $16) 22. gxf6 $1 $18 gxf6 23. Bc3 (
23. Bxa5 Nd5 $16) 23... Bb8 $2 (23... Nd5 24. Rhg1+ (24. Bxa5 Kh8 $16) 24...
Ng7) 24. h5 Nd5 25. Nh4 f5 $2 (25... Ra7 26. Nf5 Qb7 27. Rdg1+ Kh8) 26. Rdg1+ {
White is clearly winning.} Kh8 27. Ng3 Nxc3 28. Qxc3 Qc5 29. Qxc5 Nxc5 30.
Ngxf5 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.22/Black=0.47} 1-0

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.19"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Onyshchuk, Volodymyr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2622"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

{[%evp 12,46,18,23,21,20,30,10,12,14,20,0,29,0,0,3,37,34,46,29,93,97,97,95,97,
0,-18,-18,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O
d6 6. Nc3 Nbd7 7. a4 a5 {A49: 1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 g6 3 g3: Anti-King's Indian
systems.} 8. b3 Re8 9. Bb2 {[#]} c6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... e5 10. dxe5 dxe5
11. e4 Qe7 12. Re1 c6 13. Qd2 Nf8 14. Rad1 Bg4 15. Qd6 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 {0-1 (24)
Perasin,M (1888)-Zuberec,M (2081) Tatranske Matliare 2008}) 10. e4 e5 11. Qd2
Qb6 12. Rfe1 exd4 13. Nxd4 Ne5 14. Kh1 h5 15. h3 h4 {[#]} (15... Nfd7 $11 {
keeps the balance.}) 16. g4 $1 $16 Nfxg4 17. hxg4 Bxg4 {aiming for ...h3.} 18.
Re3 ({White should play} 18. f3 $16 Bd7 19. Red1) 18... Bh6 $11 {The position
is equal.} 19. Rg1 $1 Qc5 20. Bf1 Bf3+ 21. Bg2 (21. Nxf3 $2 Nxf3 22. Qe2 Nxg1
$19) 21... Bg4 ({But not} 21... Bxe3 $6 22. Qxe3 Bg4 23. Nce2 $16) 22. Bf1 Bf3+
23. Bg2 ({Don't go for} 23. Nxf3 $2 Nxf3 24. Qe2 Nxg1 $19) 23... Bg4 {Weighted
Error Value: White=0.11/Black=0.10} ({Reject} 23... Bxe3 $6 24. Qxe3 Bg4 25.
Nce2 $16) 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.19"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Netherlands"]
[BlackTeam "Azerbaijan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NED"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AZE"]

{[%evp 12,73,6,20,32,23,22,12,38,44,43,39,39,38,36,29,33,31,33,27,28,32,31,26,
58,48,54,47,45,16,5,12,34,17,18,15,26,0,8,0,11,12,24,2,68,71,41,50,50,0,0,0,0,
0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6.
Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 Be7 {The modern move. C50: Hungarian Defence and Giuoco
Pianissimo.} 8. Bg3 d6 9. a4 g6 10. h3 Kg7 {[#]} 11. a5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 
11. Re1 Na5 12. Ba2 c5 13. c3 Be6 14. Bxe6 fxe6 15. d4 exd4 16. cxd4 Nc6 17.
dxc5 dxc5 {1-0 (30) Supi,L (2570)-Gustafsson,J (2640) chess24.com INT 2020})
11... a6 12. Nc3 Be6 13. Bxe6 fxe6 14. d4 Nh5 15. Bh2 {[%cal Rd4e5]} exd4 16.
Nxd4 Qd7 17. f4 Nxd4 18. Qxd4+ Kh7 19. Qd3 Rf7 20. Rf3 Raf8 {[%cal Rh5f4]} 21.
Raf1 Ng7 22. g4 c6 23. Ne2 d5 24. c4 dxe4 25. Qxe4 Qd2 26. Kh1 Qxa5 27. Nc1 Bf6
(27... Bd6 $11) 28. Nd3 $1 $14 Rd7 {With the idea ...Rd4.} 29. Bg1 Rfd8 30. Ne5
Bxe5 {The position is equal.} 31. fxe5 {Strongly threatening Rf6.} Rd1 32. Rf6
Rxf1 33. Qxg6+ {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} Kg8 $1 34. Qf7+ {[%mdl 64] Double
Attack} Kh7 35. Qg6+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kg8 $1 {( -> ...Rxg1+)} 36. Qf7+
{[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kh7 37. Qg6+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack.  Weighted
Error Value: White=0.06/Black=0.08} 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.19"]
[Round "7.6"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Van Foreest, Jorden"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2701"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Azerbaijan"]
[BlackTeam "Netherlands"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NED"]

{[%evp 11,59,32,25,24,33,-5,25,27,44,17,29,14,21,16,9,9,19,9,9,17,17,10,10,10,
9,9,7,8,9,4,14,10,13,8,10,5,6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6
3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 cxd4 6. Qxd4 exd5 7. e4 {[%cal Re4d5] D41: Queen's
Gambit Declined: Semi-Tarrasch with 5 cxd5.} dxe4 $1 {[%mdl 4] now scores much
better than the old 7...Nc6.} 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Ng5 {White has an edge.} Be6 10.
Bd2 {[#]} Bb4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Nc6 11. Nxe6+ fxe6 12. Rd1 Ke7 13. Bb5
Nd4 14. Ba4 e5 15. O-O a6 16. Rde1 b5 {0-1 (57) Rajkovic,D (2215)-Nonkovic,B 
(2061) Belgrade 2014}) 11. Nxe6+ (11. g3 {is more complex.} Ke7 12. a3 Bxc3 13.
Bxc3 Bd5 14. Bg2) 11... fxe6 {The position is equal.} 12. Nxe4 Bxd2+ 13. Nxd2
Nc6 14. Rc1 Rc8 15. Bb5 Nd4 {[%cal Rc8c1] [#]} 16. Rxc8+ Kxc8 17. Bd3 Kd7 18.
Ne4 Nxe4 19. Bxe4 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Nf5 20. Ke2 Nd6 21. Bd3 h6
22. h4 Rc8 23. g4 Rc5 24. f4 e5 25. fxe5 Rxe5+ 26. Kf3 Rd5 27. Ke3 Re5+ 28. Kf3
Rd5 29. Ke3 Re5+ 30. Kf3 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.04/Black=0.01} 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.19"]
[Round "7.7"]
[White "Warmerdam, Max"]
[Black "Guseinov, Gadir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B62"]
[WhiteElo "2608"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Netherlands"]
[BlackTeam "Azerbaijan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NED"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AZE"]

{[%evp 13,111,29,28,0,23,28,27,0,35,25,41,37,30,0,58,49,65,31,109,97,106,26,
110,105,118,115,118,114,142,100,85,101,109,111,103,95,129,56,71,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,
0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,116,123,182,168,164,150,179,180,163,121,
343,332,270,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-28000,-28000]} 1. e4 c5
2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Bb5 Bd7 8. Qd3 $1 {
[%mdl 4] outshines the older 8.Bxc6. B62: Sicilian: Richter-Rauzer: 6...e6:
Unusual White 7th moves.} h6 9. Bh4 g5 10. Bg3 {White has an edge.} (10. Bxc6
$5 bxc6 11. Bg3 $11) 10... Nh5 11. O-O-O Nxg3 12. hxg3 Qb6 {[#]} 13. Kb1 $146 (
{Predecessor:} 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14. f4 gxf4 15. gxf4 Rg8 16. g3 O-O-O 17. Nb3 c5
18. Rd2 Kb8 19. Rhd1 {1-0 (38) Sychev,K (2563)-Soumya,S (2369) Moscow 2020})
13... a6 ({Black should try} 13... Nxd4 $11 14. Qxd4 Qxd4 15. Rxd4 Rd8) 14.
Bxc6 $14 bxc6 15. Nf3 Be7 {[#]} (15... c5 $14) 16. Ne5 $1 $16 {[%mdl 512]} dxe5
17. Qxd7+ Kf8 {With the idea ...Rd8.} 18. Na4 $1 {[%cal Ra4b6]} Qb5 19. b3 Rb8
20. Nb2 Ba3 21. Qd3 Bxb2 22. Kxb2 Qxd3 23. Rxd3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} (
23. cxd3 Rd8 $14) 23... Ke7 24. g4 Rbd8 25. Rc3 (25. Rxd8 $16 Kxd8 26. f3)
25... Rd2 26. Rxc6 (26. f3 $16) 26... Rxf2 $11 27. g3 a5 28. a4 Kf6 29. Rc5 Rf3
30. Rxa5 Rxg3 31. Rb5 Rxg4 32. a5 {a6 is the strong threat.} Rxe4 33. a6 Ra8 $1
{[%cal Ra8a6]} 34. Ra1 {Hoping for a7.} Rd4 $1 35. Rb7 g4 36. a7 {Black must
now prevent Rb8.} Rdd8 37. Rf1+ Kg5 38. Rbxf7 h5 (38... Rg8 $1 $11) 39. b4 $1
$16 {[%mdl 1024] White has strong compensation.} h4 (39... Rg8 $16 {might work
better.}) 40. Rg7+ $18 Kh5 41. Re1 $1 Rd4 {[#]} 42. c3 {[%cal Rc3d4]} ({
Don't take} 42. Rxe5+ $6 Kh6 $16) 42... Rd2+ 43. Kb3 h3 $2 (43... g3 $16 {
was worth a try.}) 44. Rxe5+ Kh4 {[#]} 45. Rxe6 $2 (45. Re4 $1 $18 {[%cal
Re4g4]} Kh5 46. Rgxg4) 45... h2 $1 $11 46. Rh6+ Kg3 47. b5 {aiming for b6.} Rd6
{[%cal Rd6h6]} 48. Rhh7 ({Reject} 48. Rxd6 h1=Q $17) 48... Rd1 49. Kc4 {
Strongly threatening b6.} ({Don't play} 49. Rxh2 Kxh2 50. Kc2 Rd6 $17) 49...
h1=Q 50. Rxh1 Rxh1 51. b6 {Threatens to win with b7.} Ra1 52. Kc5 $2 {[%mdl
8192]} (52. Rf7 $11) 52... Kf3 53. c4 g3 54. b7 R1xa7 55. bxa8=Q+ Rxa8 56. Kb6
{[%mdl 32768] Quite a comeback for Black.  Weighted Error Value: White=0.11/
Black=0.16. An unexpected result.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.19"]
[Round "7.8"]
[White "Abasov, Nijat"]
[Black "Van den Doel, Erik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2634"]
[BlackElo "2594"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Azerbaijan"]
[BlackTeam "Netherlands"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NED"]

{[%evp 21,107,7,14,8,12,5,8,7,6,6,6,6,10,7,5,8,4,10,8,0,0,0,11,4,7,5,2,0,11,0,
9,0,0,0,6,3,5,6,7,0,0,0,4,4,11,10,18,18,20,4,22,21,20,9,9,9,17,12,15,28,22,0,
13,13,14,0,87,87,87,80,134,100,80,80,131,80,855,754,1281,980,964,825,12828,
2147,12839,9273,12842,12839]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. d3
a6 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8. Nd5 Qd8 9. c3 d6 10. d4 Ba7 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5
{C50: Hungarian Defence and Giuoco Pianissimo.} dxe5 13. Qh5 O-O $1 14. Qxe5 {
aiming for 0-0-0.The position is equal.} Re8 15. Qf4 Qd6 16. Qxd6 Rxe4+ {
[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} 17. Ne3 cxd6 18. Bd5 Re7 19. O-O-O Be6 20. Rhf1
Bxe3+ 21. fxe3 {[#]} Rd8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 21... Rae8 22. Bf3 Bxa2 23. Rxd6
Bc4 24. Re1 f5 25. g3 b5 26. Kd2 Re6 27. Bd5 Bxd5 28. Rxd5 {1/2-1/2 (40)
Sermek,D (2530)-Jovanic,O (2543) Sibenik 2009}) 22. Bxe6 Rxe6 $11 {[%mdl 4096]
Endgame KRR-KRR} 23. Rd3 Kf8 24. Kd2 Ke7 25. Rf4 Re5 26. Ke2 Rd7 27. Rfd4 Rg5
28. Kf3 Rf5+ 29. Rf4 Re5 30. Rc4 Rf5+ 31. Ke2 Rg5 32. g3 Kd8 33. a4 Rh5 34. h4
Re5 35. b4 Re6 36. a5 Rde7 37. Rcd4 Kc7 38. c4 Re4 39. Kf3 (39. g4 {with more
complications.} R4e6 40. b5 Rf6 41. Rd5 Re4 42. g5) 39... Rxd4 40. Rxd4 {KR-KR}
Kc6 41. Rg4 f6 42. Re4 Rc7 43. Kf4 g6 (43... b6 $11 {remains equal.}) 44. g4
$16 Rf7 45. h5 gxh5 46. gxh5 Rg7 47. Re6 Rg5 48. c5 (48. Rxf6 $142 Rxh5 49. c5)
48... Kd7 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#] Loses the game.} (48... Rxh5 $16 49. Rxd6+ Kc7)
49. Rxf6 $18 {White is clearly winning.} Rxh5 50. cxd6 Rh4+ 51. Ke5 Rxb4 52.
Rf7+ Kd8 53. e4 h5 54. Kd5 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.05/Black=0.09} 1-0

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.19"]
[Round "7.9"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Sargissian, Gabriel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Spain"]
[BlackTeam "Armenia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ARM"]

{[%evp 15,81,14,10,11,5,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,7,0,14,4,8,8,12,-12,20,7,15,-26,
-26,-26,-29,-27,-35,-37,-23,-17,-16,-20,-19,-15,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,
0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7
6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4 Bd7 $1 {8...Bd7 scores better than 8...b4.} 9. Be3 {
C84: Closed Ruy Lopez: Unusual White 6th moves.} O-O 10. axb5 axb5 11. Nc3 Rxa1
12. Qxa1 Nb4 {[#]} 13. Na2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Bd2 c5 14. Qa3 c4 15. dxc4
bxc4 16. Qxb4 cxb3 17. Qxb3 Qc7 18. Bg5 Be6 19. Qa4 Rb8 20. Bxf6 Bxf6 21. h3 {
1/2-1/2 (32) Calonge Gonzalez,A (2290)-Rubio Doblas,R (2222) ICCF email 2012})
13... Nc6 14. Nc3 Nb4 15. Qa5 c5 16. Ra1 Qxa5 17. Rxa5 Rb8 18. Bg5 Bd8 19. Ra7
{[#] aiming for Bxf6.} Nc6 20. Ra6 Nb4 21. Rxd6 {Hoping for Bxf6.} (21. Ra1 {
with more complications.} Kf8 22. Bxf6 Bxf6 23. Nd5 Nxd5 24. Bxd5 Bd8 25. Ra7)
21... Bc7 22. Rxf6 gxf6 23. Bxf6 Be6 24. Bxe6 ({Much weaker is} 24. Nxe5 Bxb3
25. cxb3 Rb6 $17) 24... fxe6 25. Bxe5 Bxe5 {The position is equal.} 26. Nxe5
Nxc2 $15 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KNN} 27. f4 c4 28. dxc4 bxc4 29. Kf2 Rxb2 {
[#] White must now prevent ...Nb4+.} 30. Nxc4 Rb3 31. Ne2 Rb4 32. Nd2 Nd4 (
32... Kf7 {is interesting.} 33. g4 Ra4 34. h4 Nb4 35. Nc4 Nc6) 33. Nxd4 Rxd4
$11 {KR-KN} 34. Ke3 Ra4 35. g4 Ra3+ 36. Kf2 h5 37. gxh5 Kg7 38. Nf1 Rh3 39. Ng3
Rxh2+ 40. Kf3 Rh4 41. e5 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.02/Black=0.02} 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.19"]
[Round "7.10"]
[White "Martirosyan, Haik M."]
[Black "Anton Guijarro, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D24"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2669"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Armenia"]
[BlackTeam "Spain"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ESP"]

{[%evp 9,75,32,41,43,42,34,43,43,54,26,56,20,22,20,24,20,34,27,23,34,32,2,67,
62,72,10,25,5,81,0,60,24,44,52,44,45,53,48,56,45,54,58,55,51,59,53,41,26,39,38,
45,8,20,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-21,-24,-18,0,-33,-30,-43]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3
d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 b5 6. e5 {D24: Queen's Gambit Accepted: 3 Nf3 Nf6 4 Nc3.}
Nd5 7. Nxb5 Nb6 8. Be2 {White is slightly better.} Nc6 $1 {8...Nc6 scores
better than 8...Be7.} 9. Be3 Be7 10. a3 Bb7 11. Qc2 Na5 12. Rd1 Qd7 13. Nc3 Rb8
14. h4 Bc6 {[#]} 15. h5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. Rh3 h6 16. Rg3 g6 17. d5 Bxd5
18. Nxd5 Nxd5 19. Bxa7 Rb7 20. Bd4 Qc6 21. Rg4 {1-0 (55) Yilmaz,M (2624)
-Bogner,S (2574) Sharjah 2021}) 15... Ba4 (15... O-O $11) 16. Nxa4 $14 Qxa4 {
[#]} 17. Rc1 (17. Qe4 $1 $16) 17... Nb3 $11 18. Rb1 Na5 {[#]} (18... O-O $11)
19. Qc1 (19. Qe4 $1 $16) 19... Nd5 ({Black should play} 19... Nb3 $11 20. Qc2
h6) 20. Bd2 c5 21. dxc5 O-O 22. O-O c3 23. bxc3 {Threatens to win with Rxb8.}
Nc4 24. Bxc4 Rxb1 25. Qxb1 Qxc4 26. h6 g6 27. c6 Qxc6 28. Qb3 Rc8 {[%cal Rd5c3]
} 29. Rb1 Nb6 30. Be3 Bf8 31. Rd1 Nd5 32. Bd2 Nb6 33. Re1 Qc4 34. Rb1 Qe4 35.
Qb5 Rc5 36. Qf1 Rc8 37. Rb5 Nc4 {[%mdl 1024] Black has compensation.} 38. Bc1 {
Weighted Error Value: White=0.13/Black=0.14} 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.19"]
[Round "7.11"]
[White "Santos Latasa, Jaime"]
[Black "Hovhannisyan, Robert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D77"]
[WhiteElo "2633"]
[BlackElo "2622"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Spain"]
[BlackTeam "Armenia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ARM"]

{[%evp 16,83,2,1,18,0,29,18,6,10,23,13,67,60,59,18,22,22,68,35,43,27,31,34,30,
27,45,43,46,0,1,0,27,0,6,10,13,20,7,6,6,6,6,6,6,0,64,68,72,41,55,55,55,55,63,
55,57,55,55,55,72,34,40,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 Nf6
5. O-O O-O 6. c4 dxc4 7. Na3 c5 8. Nxc4 Be6 {8...Be6 is better than 8...cxd4.}
9. b3 {[#]} Nbd7 $146 {D77: Fianchetto Grünfeld: 6 0-0: Replies other than 6...
c6.} ({Predecessor:} 9... Nc6 10. Bb2 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 b6 13. Ne5
Bd5 14. Nc6 Bxc6 15. Bxc6 Rc8 16. Bf3 Ne8 17. Bxg7 Nxg7 {1-0 (48) Fedoseev,V 
(2687)-Brkic,A (2592) Tornelo INT 2021}) 10. Ne3 Nd5 11. Nxd5 Bxd5 12. Be3 Rc8
13. dxc5 Nxc5 ({Black should play} 13... Bxa1 $11 14. Qxd5 Bg7) 14. Rc1 $14 Qd6
15. Ng5 (15. Qc2 $5 {[%cal Re3c5]} b6 16. b4 $14) 15... Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Qe5 17.
Nf3 Qf5 18. Rxc5 Rxc5 19. Bxc5 Qxc5 20. Qd7 b5 21. Rd1 e6 22. Nd4 Bxd4 23. Rxd4
$11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} a5 24. Rd6 a4 25. bxa4 bxa4 26. Ra6 Qc4 27.
Rxa4 Qxe2 28. Qb7 Kg7 29. Ra7 Qc4 30. a4 {[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4a5][%mdl 32]} Qd5+ (
30... e5 $11) 31. Qxd5 $14 exd5 {KR-KR} 32. a5 Rd8 33. Kf1 d4 34. Ke2 {aiming
for a6.} d3+ 35. Kd2 Rd5 36. a6 {Hoping for f3.} Rd6 $1 37. Ra8 {a7 is the
strong threat.} Kf6 38. h4 {[#] Threatens to win with g4.} h5 39. g4 hxg4 {
The position is equal.} 40. h5 $1 {[%cal Rh5h6]} Kg7 41. a7 {Black must now
prevent h6+!} Ra6 42. hxg6 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.10/Black=0.11} ({
Don't go for} 42. Kxd3 $2 gxh5 43. Ke4 h4 $19) 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.19"]
[Round "7.12"]
[White "Ter-Sahakyan, Samvel"]
[Black "Salgado Lopez, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Armenia"]
[BlackTeam "Spain"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ESP"]

{[%evp 12,94,30,-4,23,19,28,7,14,22,20,20,12,12,12,12,12,15,17,16,14,17,12,0,0,
0,0,0,0,-64,-63,-82,-82,-81,-68,-79,-70,-77,-70,-80,-82,-84,-83,-93,-82,-85,
-69,-68,-68,-77,-77,-79,-79,-79,-79,-79,-79,-79,-77,-79,-79,-79,-79,-78,-69,
-74,-35,-35,-35,-35,-35,-40,-35,-35,-35,-35,-35,-35,-35,-35,-34,-34,-34,-34,
-41]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. Bg5 Ne7 {
C65: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence (3...Nf6), unusual lines and 4 0-0 Bc5.} 8. d4 {
Threatens to win with Bxf6.} Bb6 {[#]} 9. dxe5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. Bxf6
gxf6 10. Nbd2 Ng6 11. Re1 exd4 12. Nxd4 d5 13. exd5 Bxd4 14. cxd4 Qxd5 15. Qa4
{1-0 (43) Perunovic,M (2614)-Wang,H (2712) Baku 2015}) 9... dxe5 {The position
is equal.} 10. Qxd8 ({Reject} 10. Nxe5 {[#]} Bxf2+ $1 11. Kxf2 Nxe4+ 12. Kg1
Nxg5 $17) 10... Rxd8 11. Nxe5 Nxe4 12. Bxe7 Rd5 {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack}
13. Nc4 Rxb5 14. Nba3 Rd5 15. Nxb6 axb6 16. Rfd1 Be6 17. Rxd5 Bxd5 18. Rd1 Bxa2
19. Rd7 Rc8 20. f3 ({White should play} 20. Nb5 $11) 20... Nc5 $1 $15 {[%cal
Rc5d7]} 21. Rd8+ Rxd8 22. Bxd8 $17 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBN-KBN} Ne6 23. Bh4 f6
24. Nb5 Bc4 25. Nd4 Nc5 26. Bg3 c6 27. Bc7 b5 28. Bd6 Nd7 29. Kf2 Kf7 30. b4
Nb6 31. Bf4 Nd5 32. Bd2 g6 33. h4 Ke7 34. Nc2 Bd3 35. Ne3 Nb6 36. g4 Ke6 37.
Ng2 {Nf4+ is the strong threat.} Bc2 38. Be3 Nd5 (38... Nd7 {feels hotter.} 39.
Nf4+ Kd6 40. Ke1 b6 41. Bf2 Ne5) 39. Nf4+ {Black is slightly better.} Nxf4 40.
Bxf4 $15 {KB-KB} Bd1 41. Be3 f5 42. Kg3 fxg4 43. fxg4 Ke5 44. Bd4+ Ke4 45. Bc5
h5 46. gxh5 gxh5 47. Bd4 Bg4 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.07/Black=0.04}
1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.19"]
[Round "7.13"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2582"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "France"]
[BlackTeam "Georgia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GEO"]

{[%evp 11,91,26,29,20,25,20,37,41,35,47,52,50,67,70,68,63,63,55,56,37,39,42,41,
22,41,0,0,-8,0,0,3,6,12,-19,0,0,28,16,37,8,11,8,15,0,39,34,41,49,49,48,70,64,
65,16,63,39,44,21,103,114,96,103,97,108,87,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,337,325,321,302,380,
372,629,541,958,916]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. O-O
h6 {6...h6 is the recent fashion.} 7. Nbd2 {B12: Caro-Kann: Advance Variation.}
Nd7 8. Nb3 Bh7 9. a4 {White is slightly better.} a6 10. Bd2 Qc7 11. Rc1 {[#]}
Rd8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Nc8 12. Ne1 Be7 13. Bd3 Bxd3 14. Nxd3 O-O 15.
Qg4 Kh7 16. f4 c5 17. f5 exf5 18. Qxf5+ {1-0 (30) Groszpeter,A (2446)-Bakos,B 
(2413) Hungary 2015}) 12. Ba5 b6 13. Bb4 a5 14. Bd6 Qb7 15. Qd2 Nc8 16. Bxf8
Nxf8 17. Ne1 Ne7 18. Nd3 Nd7 19. Nf4 O-O 20. Rfe1 Rc8 21. c3 Rc7 22. g4 Qb8 23.
Qe3 Qd8 24. h3 Kh8 25. Nd2 c5 26. Bb5 Nc6 27. Kh2 cxd4 28. cxd4 Nb4 {White
must now prevent ...Nc2.} 29. Rxc7 Qxc7 30. Qc3 Rc8 31. Rc1 $1 Bc2 32. Qg3 Qd8
33. Bxd7 Qxd7 34. g5 $1 {White wants to play gxh6.} hxg5 (34... Bxa4 35. gxh6
Rg8 36. hxg7+ Rxg7 37. Qh4+ Kg8 38. Qh6 $18) (34... Qe7 $1 $11 {remains equal.}
) 35. Qxg5 $16 {Hoping for Rg1.} Qd8 36. Qh5+ Kg8 37. Nf3 $1 g6 38. Rg1 ({
Better is} 38. Qh6 $16 {And now Ng5 would win.} Qf8 39. Qh4) 38... Nc6 39. Qh6
$40 {[%mdl 128] White wants to mate with Nh5. White attacks.} Qf8 40. Qh4 Qg7
41. Nh5 Qh6 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (41... Qh8 $1 $11 {and Black has nothing to
worry.}) 42. Rg4 $1 $18 {aiming for Nf6+.} ({And not} 42. Nf6+ Kg7 $11) 42...
Kf8 {[#]} 43. Qf6 $1 {Threatens to win with Ng5!} Nd8 {[#]} ({Of course not} 
43... Qxh5 $6 44. Rh4 $18) (43... Kg8 44. Ng5) 44. Rh4 $1 Kg8 $2 {[#]} (44...
Qxh5 45. Kg3 (45. Rxh5 gxh5 46. Kg3 Bg6 $18) 45... Ke8) 45. Ng5 $1 Bd1 {[#]} (
45... Qxh5 46. Rxh5) 46. Qxd8+ $1 {[%mdl 576] Clearance.  Weighted Error Value:
White=0.12/Black=0.42} 1-0

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.19"]
[Round "7.14"]
[White "Sanikidze, Tornike"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2458"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Georgia"]
[BlackTeam "France"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GEO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

{[%evp 18,60,37,21,36,16,51,29,52,17,12,20,16,12,14,19,19,0,0,-26,-14,-27,-3,
-7,-15,-18,23,11,11,8,20,16,34,35,16,17,43,37,85,84,112,60,98,61,57]} 1. d4 Nf6
2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 g5 8. Bg3 Ne4 9.
Nd2 Nxg3 {9...Nxc3 is vanishing.} 10. hxg3 c6 {D38: Queen's Gambit Declined:
Ragozin Defence (4 Nf3 Bb4).} 11. a3 Bf8 12. Qc2 Bg7 {White has an edge.} 13.
e3 {[#]} Nd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Be6 14. f4 Bg4 15. Nf3 Nd7 16. O-O-O
Qe7 17. e4 dxe4 18. Qxe4 Qxe4 19. Nxe4 gxf4 20. gxf4 {1/2-1/2 (35) Renet,O 
(2497)-Sanikidze,T (2524) Mulhouse 2011}) 14. Bd3 Nf6 15. O-O-O Be6 16. Kb1 Qe7
17. Nf3 O-O-O 18. Ne5 Kb8 19. Rhe1 Ng4 20. Nxg4 Bxg4 21. Rc1 c5 22. Bf5 Bxf5
23. Qxf5 cxd4 24. exd4 Qd7 25. Qxd7 Rxd7 26. Rcd1 b6 27. Kc2 h5 28. Kd3 h4 29.
Rh1 (29. Re3 $16) 29... Bf6 30. gxh4 gxh4 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.12/
Black=0.15} 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.19"]
[Round "7.15"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Paichadze, Luka"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2647"]
[BlackElo "2551"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "France"]
[BlackTeam "Georgia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GEO"]

{[%evp 13,43,12,21,14,27,32,25,21,32,13,10,5,4,12,19,22,22,24,18,4,5,4,23,0,0,
0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Bxd2+ 5. Qxd2 O-O 6. Nc3
d5 7. e3 b6 8. cxd5 {E11: Bogo-Indian.} Nxd5 9. Rc1 Bb7 10. Nxd5 {[#] White
has an edge.} Qxd5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Bxd5 11. Bc4 Bxf3 12. gxf3 Nd7
13. Bb5 c5 14. dxc5 Nxc5 15. Qxd8 Rfxd8 16. Ke2 a5 {0-1 (54) Cardoso Cardoso,J
(2307)-Arenas Vanegas,D (2480) Cartagena 2019}) 11. b4 Qd6 12. Be2 a5 13. b5
Nd7 14. O-O c6 15. bxc6 Bxc6 16. Rb1 Rfc8 17. Rfc1 Rc7 18. h3 Rac8 {The
position is equal.} 19. Ba6 Ra8 20. Be2 Rac8 21. Ba6 Ra8 22. Be2 {A rather
calm draw.  Weighted Error Value: White=0.04/Black=0.02} 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.19"]
[Round "7.16"]
[White "Quparadze, Giga"]
[Black "Lagarde, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C74"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2647"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Georgia"]
[BlackTeam "France"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GEO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

{[%evp 21,87,0,23,27,25,29,33,24,33,2,5,7,7,0,12,14,41,60,47,13,16,22,23,22,26,
0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,2,4,3,1,0,5,0,9,0,0,0,18,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,
0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 f5 6. exf5 Bxf5 7. O-O
Bd3 8. Re1 Be7 9. Bc2 Bxc2 10. Qxc2 Nf6 11. d4 Qd7 (11... e4 {is more complex.}
12. Ng5 d5 13. f3 h6 14. Nh3 O-O) 12. dxe5 {C74: Ruy Lopez: Deferred Steinitz:
5 c3 f5.} Nxe5 13. Nxe5 dxe5 14. Nd2 {White is slightly better.} ({Don't play} 
14. Rxe5 Ng4 $11) 14... O-O-O 15. Ne4 Qd3 16. Qxd3 Rxd3 17. Bg5 {[#]} Nxe4 $146
({Predecessor:} 17... Re8 18. Ng3 Ng4 19. Bxe7 Rxe7 20. f3 Nh6 21. Re2 g5 22.
h3 Nf7 23. Rae1 Re6 {1/2-1/2 (44) Sittenfeld,J (2220)-Hartman,C (2350)
Sollentuna 1995}) 18. Bxe7 Nd6 19. Rxe5 Nc4 20. Re2 (20. Rg5 {looks sharper.}
g6 21. b3 Re8 22. Bb4 Red8 23. h4) 20... Re8 21. b3 Nd6 {[#] Strongly
threatening ...Kd7.} 22. Kf1 Rxc3 23. Bxd6 (23. Rae1 {feels hotter.} Rd3 24. g4
Rd5 25. Bh4 Rxe2 26. Rxe2 h5 27. h3) 23... Rxe2 {The position is equal.} 24.
Kxe2 {Hoping for Kd2.} cxd6 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KR-KR} 25. Kd2 Rc6 26. Re1
Kd7 27. Re4 Rc5 28. Rh4 Rg5 29. g3 h6 30. Rf4 Ke6 31. Re4+ Kd7 32. h4 Rf5 33.
Ke3 h5 34. g4 hxg4 35. Rxg4 Rf7 36. h5 Kc6 37. Rc4+ Kd5 38. f3 Rf5 39. Rc7 Rxh5
40. Rxb7 Rh2 41. a4 Rb2 42. Rb6 g5 43. a5 Ra2 44. Rxa6 {Weighted Error Value:
White=0.05/Black=0.03} 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.19"]
[Round "7.17"]
[White "Erdos, Viktor"]
[Black "Indjic, Aleksandar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hungary"]
[BlackTeam "Serbia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "HUN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SRB"]

{[%evp 9,73,9,8,12,14,0,0,0,0,-2,0,-7,0,-11,-3,-15,-22,-10,-12,-41,-22,-28,-8,
-19,-22,-17,-34,-34,-18,-17,-5,-20,-5,-5,-5,-3,0,-6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,
0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-6,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. Qe2
e5 6. O-O {B40: Sicilian: 2...e6, Unusual lines.} Be7 7. c3 O-O 8. Na3 Re8 9.
d3 h6 10. Nc4 Bf8 11. Ne3 d5 12. Nxd5 Nxd5 13. exd5 Qxd5 {[#]} 14. Rd1 $146 ({
Predecessor:} 14. Nd2 Qd8 15. Nc4 Bf5 16. Be4 Qd7 17. a4 Rad8 18. a5 Bg4 19.
Qc2 Be6 20. Qa4 {1/2-1/2 (81) Abdusattorov,N (2627)-Vokhidov,S (2529) Tashkent
2021}) 14... Qd8 15. Be3 Nd4 16. Bxd4 exd4 17. Qc2 dxc3 18. Qxc3 Be6 19. d4 {
The position is equal.} Qb6 20. d5 Bg4 21. Re1 Bxf3 22. Bxf3 Bd6 23. b3 Qc7 {
Hoping for ...Be5.} 24. Rxe8+ Rxe8 25. Re1 Rxe1+ 26. Qxe1 Kf8 27. Qe4 g6 28. a4
h5 29. Kg2 a6 30. Be2 Qd8 31. h4 Qf6 32. Qe3 Qb2 33. Bc4 Qf6 34. Kg1 Qf5 35.
Kg2 Qf6 36. Kg1 Qf5 37. Kg2 {A rather calm draw.  Weighted Error Value:
White=0.03/Black=0.03} 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.19"]
[Round "7.18"]
[White "Ivic, Velimir"]
[Black "Berkes, Ferenc"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Serbia"]
[BlackTeam "Hungary"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SRB"]
[BlackTeamCountry "HUN"]

{[%evp 18,96,6,14,4,0,22,12,27,15,13,2,23,29,43,20,24,25,27,16,17,-14,-29,-31,
-14,-14,-10,-18,-6,-14,0,0,4,-65,-13,-10,-17,-43,-24,-24,-17,-37,-30,-33,-46,
-49,-21,-25,0,-18,0,-18,-16,-14,0,-33,-5,-64,-19,-34,0,-181,-169,-375,-367,
-447,-432,-399,-190,-190,-183,-197,-189,-213,-197,-453,-449,-401,-380,-29981,
-29982]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6
8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 {C55: Two Knights: 4 d3, 4 d4 exd4 5 e5 and Max
Lange Attack.} 11. d4 {is recently more successful than 11.Re1.} Qc7 12. d5 Nc4
{The position is equal.} 13. b3 Nb6 14. Be3 {[#]} Bd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 
14... Re8 15. Nbd2 h6 16. Ne1 Rb8 17. Nd3 a5 18. c4 bxc4 19. bxc4 Bd7 20. Rb1
Rb7 {1-0 (37) Silva,C (1727)-Fonseca,C (1831) Foz do Iguacu 2012}) 15. Nfd2 g6
16. c4 b4 17. Nf3 Nh5 18. Nbd2 a5 19. Kh2 a4 20. Rc1 axb3 21. axb3 Ra3 22. Ng1
Qd8 23. Bh6 Ng7 24. f4 exf4 25. Ndf3 (25. Bxf4 $11 Nh5 26. Bh6) 25... Bf6 ({
Better is} 25... g5 $1 $15) 26. Bxf4 Qe7 27. Bh6 Bc8 28. Ne2 Nd7 {[%cal Bb6d7,
Bd7e5,Be5f3][%mdl 32]} 29. Nf4 Ne5 30. Nd3 Nxf3+ 31. Qxf3 ({Avoid the trap} 31.
gxf3 $2 Bc3 $19) 31... Bd4 32. Rce1 Bd7 33. Re2 f6 34. Kh1 Re8 35. g4 Ra2 36.
Qg2 Ra1 37. Bb1 (37. Rxa1 $11 Bxa1 38. Bf4) 37... Ra3 (37... f5 $5 38. gxf5
Bxf5 $1 $17 {[%mdl 64] Pin}) 38. Bc2 Ra1 {next ...Rxf1+ is good for Black.} 39.
Bc1 $2 {[#]} (39. Bb1 $11 {and White is okay.}) 39... f5 $1 $19 {[%cal Rf5g4]}
40. gxf5 {[#]} (40. Qg3 {was the only chance.}) 40... Nxf5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 41.
Ree1 {[#]} (41. Rd1 Rxc1) 41... Rxc1 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 42. Nxc1 {[#]} Ne3 (42...
Qh4 $142 $1 {...Ng3+ is the strong threat.} 43. exf5 (43. Ne2 Ne3) 43... Rxe1
44. fxg6 hxg6 45. Bxg6 Kh8) 43. Rxe3 Bxe3 44. Ne2 Rf8 45. Rxf8+ Qxf8 46. Ng1 $2
(46. Kh2 {might work better.}) 46... Qh6 47. Bd1 Bxg1 48. Bg4 $2 (48. Kxg1 $19
Bxh3 49. Qf3) 48... Bd4 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.47/Black=0.16} ({And not
} 48... Bxg4 49. Qxg4 Qf8 50. Kxg1 $11) 0-1

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.19"]
[Round "7.19"]
[White "Gledura, Benjamin"]
[Black "Ivanisevic, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E48"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2604"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hungary"]
[BlackTeam "Serbia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "HUN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SRB"]

{[%evp 19,56,7,14,15,12,7,4,11,59,0,0,0,11,0,-9,-100,-92,-207,-197,-200,-208,
-208,-212,-322,-334,-629,-350,-343,-343,-392,-420,-425,-417,-660,-637,-728,
-600,-595,-436]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 cxd4 6. exd4 d5
7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Nge2 Nc6 9. O-O O-O 10. a3 Bd6 $1 {10...Bd6 scores better than
10...Be7.} 11. Re1 {E48: Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein: 5 Bd3 d5 including 6 Ne2,
but excluding 6 a3.} Nxc3 $5 {[%mdl 4] Leaves trodden paths.} 12. bxc3 {[#]} e5
$5 $146 {[%mdl 8] An interesting novelty.} ({Predecessor:} 12... Qc7 13. Ng3
Ne7 14. Bd2 Ng6 15. Qh5 f5 16. c4 Nf4 17. Qf3 Nxd3 18. Qxd3 b6 {1/2-1/2 (49)
Hildebrand,G (2304)-Huzita,S (2180) ICCF email 2015}) 13. Ng3 {The position is
equal.} f5 14. Bb1 ({White should play} 14. dxe5 $1 $14 Nxe5 15. Bc2) 14... Kh8
15. Ra2 Bc7 16. Rd2 e4 $1 17. c4 {[#]} (17. Rb2 $11) 17... Ba5 $1 $17 18. Bb2 {
[#]} (18. d5 $17 Ne5 19. c5) 18... Ne5 $1 $19 {[%cal Re5c4,Bc6e5,Be5d3,Bd3e1]
[%mdl 544]} 19. Ba2 Bxd2 20. Qxd2 Nd3 21. Bc3 (21. Rb1 {might work better.})
21... Nxe1 22. d5 $2 (22. Qxe1 b6 23. d5) 22... Qh4 23. Qxe1 Bd7 24. Qa1 Qh6
25. c5 Rae8 26. Nh5 (26. d6 $142 e3 27. f4) 26... Rf7 {Black is clearly
winning.} ({Less strong is} 26... Qxh5 27. Bxg7+ Kg8 28. Bxf8 $17) 27. c6 bxc6
28. dxc6 Qxh5 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.72/Black=0.23} 0-1

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.19"]
[Round "7.20"]
[White "Perunovic, Milos"]
[Black "Kantor, Gergely"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2541"]
[BlackElo "2566"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Serbia"]
[BlackTeam "Hungary"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SRB"]
[BlackTeamCountry "HUN"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a3
Na5 9. Ba2 c5 10. Nc3 Be6 11. Nh4 O-O 12. Nf5 Bxf5 13. exf5 d5 14. g4 b4 15.
Na4 h6 16. Kh1 Qe8 17. axb4 cxb4 18. Rg1 Qxa4 19. Bxh6 Nh7 20. g5 Qc6 21. f6
gxh6 22. fxe7 Rfe8 23. Qh5 hxg5 24. Rxg5+ Nxg5 25. Qxg5+ Kh7 26. Rg1 Qg6 27.
Qxe5 Nc6 28. Qf4 Qh6 29. Qxf7+ Kh8 30. Bxd5 Rac8 31. Rg6 Qc1+ 32. Kg2 Rxe7 33.
Rg8+ 1-0

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.19"]
[Round "7.21"]
[White "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"]
[Black "Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Poland"]
[BlackTeam "Germany"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

{[%evp 16,49,29,35,67,60,68,68,55,56,75,62,55,60,66,70,56,69,66,58,92,43,244,
241,231,229,283,275,290,270,370,372,391,384,921,852]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4
cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. e5 Nd5 8. Ne4 Qc7 9. f4 Rb8 {
B45: Sicilian Four Knights.} 10. c4 Bb4+ 11. Ke2 $1 O-O $1 {White is slightly
better.} 12. a3 Be7 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Nd6 f6 15. Nxc8 Rfxc8 16. exf6 Bxf6 17.
Rb1 {[#]} g5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17... Qc4+ 18. Kf2 Bd4+ 19. Kf3 Rb3+ 20. Kg4
Qa4 21. Bd3 Bf6 22. g3 e5 23. Bf5 Rc5 {1-0 (38) Can,I (2380)-Tilicheev,V (2503)
Europe Echecs INT 2021}) 18. Qd3 (18. fxg5 $2 Qe5+ 19. Be3 Bxg5 $19) 18... Qxc1
$2 {This move loses the game for Black.} (18... gxf4 $14 19. g3 Qe5+ 20. Kd1
Bg5) 19. Rxc1 $18 Rxc1 {[#]} 20. Kf3 $1 Bxb2 {Threatens to win with ...Rc3.}
21. Kg4 ({And not} 21. fxg5 Rc3 $17) 21... gxf4 22. g3 ({Worse is} 22. Kxf4
Rf8+ 23. Kg4 Rc4+ 24. Kh5 Rf5+ 25. Qxf5 exf5 $17) 22... Kh8 23. Qd2 fxg3 24.
hxg3 Ra1 $2 {[#]} (24... a5 25. Qh2 (25. Qxa5 Be5 $18) 25... Rg8+ 26. Kf3 Rf8+
27. Ke3 d4+ 28. Kd2 Rf7) 25. Qc2 {[%csl Gh1][%cal Rc2h7] Weighted Error Value:
White=0.03/Black=0.41} 1-0

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.19"]
[Round "7.22"]
[White "Donchenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Germany"]
[BlackTeam "Poland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "POL"]

{[%evp 11,143,8,0,0,0,0,2,0,25,0,0,0,16,0,0,-14,0,0,0,0,0,0,34,15,0,0,8,0,0,16,
25,16,29,31,17,29,19,13,28,22,51,25,27,33,43,43,76,77,74,73,74,80,102,70,84,81,
78,75,69,29,33,36,30,33,111,32,45,40,38,40,41,56,46,51,29,37,95,102,89,92,90,
100,104,117,119,107,100,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,140,140,165,161,163,165,165,
0,8,0,165,165,165,172,172,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,0,0]} 1.
d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd2 d5 6. a3 Be7 7. Nf3 {E46:
Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein: 4 e3 0-0 5 Ne2 without early Bd3.} c5 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9.
Qc2 Nc6 10. Rd1 {[#]} Qe7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... a6 11. Be2 Qe7 12. O-O
dxc4 13. Bxc4 b5 14. Bd3 Bb7 15. b4 Bb6 16. Ne2 Rac8 {1/2-1/2 (23) Loktayev,V 
(1479)-Barrilete,P (1359) LSS email 2012}) 11. b4 Bd6 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Be2 Be6
14. Nb5 Bb8 15. Bc3 Ne4 16. Ba1 a6 {[#]} 17. Qb2 $1 {[%csl Ga1][%cal Rb2g7]} f6
18. Nbd4 Nxd4 19. Nxd4 Bf7 20. O-O Qc7 {[%csl Gb8][%cal Rc7h2]} 21. g3 Qd7 22.
Bf3 Be5 23. Qe2 Rfe8 24. Bb2 Nd6 25. Nb3 Qb5 26. Bxe5 Qxe2 27. Bxe2 fxe5 28.
Bf3 d4 29. Nc5 Ra7 30. exd4 e4 31. Bg4 h5 32. Bh3 b6 33. Nd7 Nc4 34. Rfe1 Nxa3
35. d5 Nc2 36. Re2 (36. Nxb6 $2 Nxe1 37. Rxe1 Rb8 $19) 36... Nxb4 37. d6 Rb7 (
37... Nd5 $1 $14) 38. f4 (38. Rc1 $1 $16) 38... Nd5 $1 $14 {[%cal Rd5c3]} 39.
Rc1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has some pressure.} Rd8 40. Ne5 Rxd6 41. Rc8+ ({
Don't play} 41. Rxe4 Ne7 $15) 41... Kh7 42. Bf5+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} ({
Much worse is} 42. Rxe4 Nf6 $11) 42... g6 $1 {[%cal Rg6f5]} 43. Bxe4 {
Threatens to win with Rd2.} Kg7 (43... Be6 $14 44. Bxg6+ {[%mdl 64] Double
Attack} Kg7) 44. Rd2 $16 Ne7 45. Rxd6 Nxc8 46. Rxg6+ ({Of course not} 46. Bxb7
Nxd6 47. Bxa6 Be6 $11) 46... Bxg6 47. Bxb7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBN-KBN} Nd6
48. Bxa6 b5 49. Nxg6 (49. Kf2 $16) 49... Kxg6 {KB-KN} 50. Kf2 Kf5 51. Kf3 Ke6
$1 52. h3 Kd5 53. g4 hxg4+ 54. hxg4 Ke6 $1 55. Ke3 {Hoping for Kd4.} Kf6 (55...
Kd5 $1 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 56. Kd3 Ke7 57. Kc3 Kf6 {[#]} 58. Kd4 $1 Ke6
59. Ke3 $2 (59. Kc5 $18 Ne4+ 60. Kxb5) 59... Kf6 $11 60. Kd4 $2 (60. Ke2 $11
Ke6 61. Kf3) 60... Ke6 $1 $18 61. Kc5 Ne4+ 62. Kxb5 {Kc4 is the strong threat.}
Nf2 {[#]} 63. Bc8+ $2 (63. Kc6 $1 $18 {Strongly threatening Bc8+.} Nh3 64. f5+
Kf6 65. Be2) 63... Kf6 $11 {The position is equal.} 64. g5+ Kg6 65. Bd7 Ne4 66.
Be8+ Kf5 67. g6 Nd6+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 68. Kc6 Nxe8 69. g7 Nxg7 70. Kd5
Ne6 71. Kd6 Kxf4 72. Kxe6 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.13/Black=0.10} 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.19"]
[Round "7.23"]
[White "Piorun, Kacper"]
[Black "Keymer, Vincent"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B18"]
[WhiteElo "2634"]
[BlackElo "2639"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Poland"]
[BlackTeam "Germany"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

{[%evp 12,100,24,-9,0,-6,-20,-11,-12,-9,4,-22,10,0,50,50,54,11,47,36,73,37,34,
50,44,34,43,33,83,81,72,79,78,84,67,73,68,66,69,68,66,80,73,79,100,93,69,104,
91,92,106,113,115,114,103,91,79,79,105,131,112,22,29,18,44,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,
0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5.
Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. f4 Nf6 {B18: Classical Caro-Kann: 4...Bf5 sidelines.} 8. h5
Bh7 9. Nf3 e6 10. Bd3 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 Be7 12. Bd2 c5 {[#]} 13. f5 $146 {[%cal
Rf5e6] Black must now prevent fxe6.} ({Predecessor:} 13. O-O-O Nc6 14. f5 Nxd4
15. Nxd4 Qxd4 16. fxe6 Qxd3 17. exf7+ Kxf7 18. cxd3 Rad8 19. Bc3 {0-1 (48)
Semenova,E (2212)-Luo,T (2124) chess.com INT 2021}) 13... Qc7 14. Ne4 Nc6 15.
fxe6 ({Much weaker is} 15. dxc5 Rd8 $15) ({Don't play} 15. Nxc5 Bxc5 16. dxc5
e5 $15) 15... fxe6 16. Nxc5 Qg3+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 17. Kf1 Bxc5 18.
dxc5 O-O {And now ...Ng4 would win.} 19. Rh3 Qc7 20. Qc4 Qf7 21. Re1 Rae8 22.
b4 a6 23. a4 e5 24. Qxf7+ Rxf7 25. b5 axb5 26. axb5 Na7 27. c4 ({Weaker is} 27.
Nxe5 Rxe5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 28. Rxe5 Ng4+ 29. Ke2 Nxe5 $17) 27... e4 28. Nd4 Nd7+
29. Kg1 Nxc5 {[#]} 30. Bb4 $1 {[%cal Rb4c5]} b6 31. Ra3 Nc8 32. Bxc5 bxc5 {[#]}
33. Nc2 Nb6 34. Ne3 Rd7 35. Ra6 Rb8 36. Nf5 (36. Re2 $16) 36... Nxc4 $11 37.
Rxe4 Nd2 38. Rg4 Rxb5 {The position is equal.} 39. Rag6 {[%cal Rf5g7]} Rbb7 40.
Nxh6+ Kh7 41. Nf5 Rf7 42. Nd6 Rf1+ 43. Kh2 Re7 44. R6g5 c4 45. Nxc4 Ne4 46. Re5
(46. Ra5 {feels hotter.} Nf6 47. Rh4 Ree1 48. Re5 Rh1+ 49. Kg3) 46... Rxe5 47.
Nxe5 Nf6 48. Rg5 Ne4 49. Rg4 Nf6 {Threatens to win with ...Rf5.} 50. Rg5 Ne4 {
Weighted Error Value: White=0.08/Black=0.07} 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.19"]
[Round "7.24"]
[White "Bluebaum, Matthias"]
[Black "Moranda, Wojciech"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A17"]
[WhiteElo "2647"]
[BlackElo "2623"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Germany"]
[BlackTeam "Poland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "POL"]

{[%evp 9,88,0,23,0,13,0,11,6,7,8,9,22,20,11,17,6,20,13,20,18,18,18,22,0,4,-8,
-8,-16,-16,-15,-12,-26,-21,-15,-21,-60,-57,-62,-59,-60,-32,-34,-43,-37,-16,-83,
-95,-108,-102,-102,-107,-117,-125,-160,-157,-172,-179,-350,-364,-367,-189,-196,
-260,-194,-166,-316,-315,-549,-549,-1221,-1202,-1661,-1606,-1628,-1744,-1629,
-1491,-3360,-2391,-1807,-1341]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5
Nxd5 6. Qc2 {A17: English Opening: 1...Nf6 with ...Bb4.} Be7 7. b3 Nxc3 8. dxc3
{The position is equal.} Nd7 9. Bd3 h6 10. Bb2 Qc7 {[#]} 11. Rd1 $146 ({
Predecessor:} 11. O-O-O b6 12. Bc4 O-O 13. h4 Bb7 14. Ng5 Nf6 15. Bd3 Rfd8 16.
c4 e5 17. f3 {1-0 (30) Ganguly,S (2622)-Wagner,D (2572) Douglas 2018}) 11... b6
12. Be4 Bb7 13. c4 {And now Bxb7 would win.} O-O 14. O-O Rad8 15. Bxb7 Qxb7 16.
e4 Nb8 {[%cal Bd7b8,Bb8c6,Bc6b4,Bb4d5][%mdl 32]} 17. e5 Nc6 18. Bc3 b5 19. cxb5
Qxb5 20. Qe4 Qa6 21. h4 Nb4 22. a4 Nd5 23. Bd2 Rb8 24. Rb1 Rb7 25. Qg4 {
Hoping for Bxh6.} Kh8 26. Qc4 $1 {[%cal Rc4a6]} Rb6 27. a5 (27. Rfc1 $11 {
keeps the balance.}) 27... Rb5 $17 {White is on the road to losing.} 28. Qc1
Kh7 29. Qc2+ Kg8 30. Rfe1 Rfb8 31. Re4 Qb7 32. a6 Qb6 33. Bxh6 $2 (33. Rg4 h5
34. Ra4) 33... gxh6 $19 34. Rg4+ Kf8 (34... Kh8 $142 {[%cal Rb5b3]} 35. Nd2 Rb4
) 35. Qh7 {[%cal Rh7h8]} Ke8 36. Nd2 Qxa6 {Threatens to win with ...Qa2.} 37.
Nc4 {[#]} (37. Rg7 $142) 37... Kd7 $1 ({Less strong is} 37... Rxb3 38. Rg8+ Kd7
39. Rxb8 $17) 38. Rd1 $2 (38. Qc2) 38... Rxb3 {Black is clearly winning.} 39.
Ne3 {[#]} Rxe3 40. fxe3 (40. Qxf7 Rxe5) 40... Qe2 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 41.
Rxd5+ exd5 42. Qf5+ Kc7 43. e4 Rb1+ 44. Kh2 Rf1 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.
54/Black=0.21} 0-1

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.19"]
[Round "7.25"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Deac, Bogdan-Daniel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "England"]
[BlackTeam "Romania"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ROU"]

{[%evp 11,79,16,25,12,23,19,16,11,25,24,12,12,22,10,29,28,64,64,56,37,37,37,47,
23,48,38,83,93,79,0,8,-23,0,30,23,25,66,41,74,-40,0,0,35,57,64,58,108,71,68,81,
65,-37,-29,-391,-386,-646,-641,-610,-646,-645,-634,-566,-582,-678,-676,-1013,
-990,-5497,-5285,-29999]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6
6. Bd3 g6 7. f3 {B90: Sicilian Najdorf: Unusual White 6th moves, 6 Be3 Ng4 and
6 Be3 e5.} Qb6 {[#]} 8. a3 $1 Nc6 {[#]} (8... Qxd4 $2 9. Bb5+ $1 {[%mdl 512]}
axb5 10. Qxd4 $18) (8... e5 9. Nb3) 9. Be3 {The position is equal.} e5 {[#]} ({
Much weaker is} 9... Nxd4 $6 10. Bxd4 Qa5 11. b4 $16) ({But not} 9... Qxb2 $2
10. Na4 $18) 10. Nf5 Qd8 ({Wrong is} 10... Qxb2 $2 11. Na4 $18) 11. Ng3 Be6 12.
Qd2 h5 13. O-O-O {[#]} Be7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Rc8 14. Kb1 Bg7 15. Bf1
Qa5 16. Qxd6 Bf8 17. Qd2 Bxa3 18. Nd5 Bb4 19. c3 Be7 {1-0 (28) Swiercz,D (2667)
-Gabuzyan,H (2613) Chicago 2019}) 14. Kb1 Rc8 15. Nge2 b5 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. exd5
Na5 18. Nc3 Nc4 19. Bxc4 Rxc4 {[#]} 20. b3 (20. f4 $1 $16 {[%cal Rf4e5]}) 20...
Rc8 $11 21. Rhg1 Qa5 ({Better is} 21... Qc7 22. Kb2 Nd7) 22. Kb2 Nd7 23. a4 b4
24. Na2 Rb8 25. Qe1 (25. g4 $16) 25... Nf6 26. Qd2 Bd8 27. Rge1 O-O 28. Kb1 Nd7
29. g4 hxg4 30. fxg4 Nc5 31. Bf2 (31. Bh6 $14 Re8 32. Nc1) 31... Nxa4 32. Re3 {
[%mdl 8192] [#] Loses the game.} (32. bxa4 $11 {and White has nothing to worry.
} b3 33. cxb3 Rxb3+ 34. Ka1) 32... Bg5 $1 $19 {[%mdl 64] Skewer} 33. bxa4 $2 (
33. Qe2 Bxe3 34. Qxe3) 33... Qxa4 34. Nc1 Rfc8 35. Rde1 Rc3 {[%mdl 64] Pin} 36.
Nb3 Bxe3 37. Rxe3 Rbc8 38. Na1 R8c5 {( -> ...Ra5!)} 39. Qc1 b3 {[%csl Gb3]
[%cal Ra4a2][%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} 40. Rxc3 Qa2# {Weighted Error Value:
White=0.88/Black=0.09} (40... Rxc3 $2 41. Nxb3 Qxg4 42. Qd2 $17) 0-1

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.19"]
[Round "7.26"]
[White "Lupulescu, Constantin"]
[Black "McShane, Luke J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2667"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Romania"]
[BlackTeam "England"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ROU"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

{[%evp 9,124,8,4,0,14,11,7,8,14,9,17,12,18,9,14,16,16,10,14,16,14,0,24,26,27,
21,24,22,23,21,27,25,22,22,37,-8,0,0,21,18,18,16,19,14,22,7,43,45,37,44,54,46,
52,28,80,77,83,69,89,74,72,79,94,75,83,80,78,74,105,106,127,114,164,172,169,
180,247,193,232,175,220,202,182,196,191,181,220,220,220,220,337,268,310,279,
278,295,279,107,98,90,106,91,91,91,104,91,91,91,100,67,67,67,70,28,28,24,25]} 
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e4 Bb4 5. d3 d6 6. a3 {A28: English Opening:
Four Knights Variation.} Bc5 {With the idea ...Ng4.} 7. b4 Bb6 8. Be3 {The
position is equal.} O-O 9. Be2 Bg4 10. O-O Bxf3 11. Bxf3 Nd4 12. Na4 {[#]} Qd7
$146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Nxf3+ 13. Qxf3 Nd7 14. c5 dxc5 15. bxc5 Ba5 16. Rab1
Rb8 17. d4 exd4 18. Bxd4 c6 {0-1 (53) Leitao,R (2592)-Ibrahimli,M (2424) Chess.
com INT 2021}) 13. Nxb6 Nxf3+ 14. Qxf3 axb6 15. h3 Qe6 16. a4 Nd7 17. Ra3 Rfb8
18. Rfa1 Nf8 19. Qe2 Qd7 20. d4 exd4 21. Bxd4 Ng6 22. Rg3 Qe7 23. a5 bxa5 24.
bxa5 Re8 25. Qb2 f6 $1 ({Much worse is} 25... Qxe4 $6 26. Bxg7 Qe2 27. Qc3 $16)
26. Re3 Reb8 27. Qc2 Qd7 28. Rb3 Qc6 29. Rb5 Nf4 30. Be3 Ne6 31. Rab1 Kh8 (
31... Ra6 $11 {remains equal.}) 32. f3 $16 h6 33. Kh2 Nd8 34. Qc3 Nf7 35. Bd4 {
And now Bxf6! would win.} Kg8 36. Qb3 Nd8 37. c5+ Kh8 38. Kh1 Rc8 39. cxd6 Qxd6
40. Rd5 Qe7 {[#]} 41. e5 $1 {[%cal Re5f6] aiming for exf6.} f5 42. Bc3 Ra6 (
42... Ne6 $142 43. Qxb7 Qe8) 43. Rbd1 Qe8 44. Qb1 f4 45. Qb4 Ne6 46. Qxb7 Rc6 {
Threatens to win with ...Rb8.} 47. Qb2 Qg6 48. Rc1 Ra8 49. Be1 Raa6 (49... Rca6
{keeps fighting.} 50. Qe2 Qe8) 50. Rdd1 Kh7 51. Rxc6 Rxc6 52. Rc1 Ra6 53. Qb1 (
53. Qc3 $18 {is more deadly.}) 53... Qxb1 54. Rxb1 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN
} Kg6 55. Kg1 Kf5 56. Bc3 Rc6 57. Rb3 Nc5 {[#]} 58. Ra3 Ra6 59. Kf1 Ke6 60. Ra1
Kd5 61. Rd1+ Kc4 62. Bd2 g5 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.12/Black=0.10}
1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.19"]
[Round "7.27"]
[White "Jones, Gawain C B"]
[Black "Parligras, Mircea-Emilian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2654"]
[BlackElo "2576"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "England"]
[BlackTeam "Romania"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ROU"]

{[%evp 11,77,18,10,20,10,9,20,18,22,17,26,9,16,23,20,26,26,16,59,68,65,68,97,
99,108,106,102,107,158,135,214,216,210,231,225,229,228,227,236,230,228,229,219,
219,249,223,340,305,360,348,288,245,242,242,239,239,937,935,917,922,907,893,
876,875,741,734,727,716]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6.
O-O d6 7. Re1 {C65: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence (3...Nf6), unusual lines and 4
0-0 Bc5.} Ne7 8. d4 Bb6 9. a4 $5 {[%mdl 4] Strongly threatening a5.The
position is equal. Leaves trodden paths.} a6 10. Bf1 Ng6 11. Nbd2 Re8 12. h3
Ba7 13. b4 {[#]} Bd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... c6 14. Qc2 Be6 15. Bb2 a5 16.
b5 Qc7 17. bxc6 bxc6 18. Rad1 Rab8 19. Ba3 d5 20. exd5 Bxd5 {1/2-1/2 (45)
Carlsen,M (2847)-Radjabov,T (2765) chess24.com INT 2021}) 14. Bb2 b5 15. axb5
axb5 16. c4 bxc4 {Black is on the road to losing.} 17. dxe5 (17. Bxc4 exd4 18.
Qb3 (18. Nxd4 Ne5 $11) (18. Bxd4 Bxd4 19. Nxd4 Ne5 $11) 18... Be6 $11) 17...
Nxe5 18. Nxe5 dxe5 19. Nxc4 Bc6 (19... Bd4 $142) 20. Nxe5 $16 Qxd1 (20... Bxe4
$16 {was worth a try.} 21. Ng4 Qxd1 22. Nxf6+ (22. Raxd1 Nxg4 23. hxg4 Bb6 $11)
22... gxf6 23. Rexd1 (23. Raxd1 Bb6 $16) 23... Bb6) 21. Rexd1 $18 ({And not} 
21. Raxd1 Nxe4 22. Nxc6 Bxf2+ 23. Kh2 Bg3+ 24. Kg1 Bf2+ 25. Kh2 Bg3+ 26. Kg1
Bf2+ $11) 21... Bxe4 22. Bc4 Kf8 23. Nd7+ Nxd7 24. Rxd7 {[%mdl 64] [#] Double
Attack} Bg6 25. Rxc7 Bb6 26. Rxa8 Rxa8 {[#]} 27. Rb7 {[%cal Rb7b6]} Bd8 28. Bd4
h5 (28... Bf6 {might work better.}) 29. Bd5 Rc8 30. Bc5+ Kg8 31. Rd7 Bf6 32. f4
h4 33. Kf2 Rxc5 $2 (33... Bc3 34. f5 Bh5) 34. bxc5 {KRB-KB. White is clearly
winning.} Bd4+ 35. Kf3 Bh5+ 36. Ke4 Bxc5 37. Kf5 Kf8 38. Kg5 Bg6 39. f5 {
Weighted Error Value: White=0.03/Black=0.20} 1-0

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.19"]
[Round "7.28"]
[White "Gavrilescu, David"]
[Black "Howell, David W L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "2514"]
[BlackElo "2648"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Romania"]
[BlackTeam "England"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ROU"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

{[%evp 10,37,32,25,32,32,32,32,32,28,28,22,25,25,21,21,24,19,46,29,29,29,32,32,
31,0,0,0,34,0]} 1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Qe2 Nxe4 6. Qxe4
Be6 {B11: Caro-Kann: Two Knights Variation.} 7. b3 Nd7 8. Bb2 Nf6 9. Qe3 Bf5
10. c4 e6 {[#]} 11. Be2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. h3 h6 12. Be2 Be7 13. O-O O-O
14. Rfe1 Bh7 15. Ne5 Ne4 16. d3 Bc5 17. d4 {0-1 (39) Hansen,E (2629)-Lenderman,
A (2626) Saint Louis 2018}) 11... Bb4 12. O-O O-O 13. h3 Bg6 14. d4 Nd7 15.
Rfd1 Bc2 16. Rdc1 Bg6 17. Rd1 Bc2 18. Rdc1 Bg6 19. Rd1 {Weighted Error Value:
White=0.04/Black=0.03} 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.19"]
[Round "7.29"]
[White "Yilmaz, Mustafa"]
[Black "Christiansen, Johan-Sebastian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2626"]
[BlackElo "2582"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Turkey"]
[BlackTeam "Norway"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "TUR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NOR"]

{[%evp 11,135,31,25,12,25,0,20,13,42,0,0,2,17,14,12,0,0,9,54,18,16,20,15,10,20,
11,9,0,0,4,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,24,24,24,24,24,24,27,21,23,23,23,23,23,24,37,38,
47,24,24,24,25,25,58,37,37,37,37,0,227,0,37,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,
0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 
1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 a6 6. O-O c5 7. Re1 {Recently
7.b3 got a lot of attention. D27: Queen's Gambit Accepted: Classical main line:
7 e4!? and 7 a4.} Nc6 8. Nc3 Be7 9. dxc5 Bxc5 {[#]} 10. Qc2 $146 ({Predecessor:
} 10. Bd3 O-O 11. e4 Ng4 12. Re2 Nb4 13. Bb1 Qxd1+ 14. Nxd1 Rd8 15. Nc3 b5 16.
a3 {0-1 (63) Pantzar,M (2424)-Badelka,O (2427) Chess.com INT 2020}) 10... O-O
11. a3 Qc7 12. Bd3 Bd6 13. Ne4 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 h6 15. Bd2 Bd7 16. Rac1 Rfd8 17.
Qb3 Be8 18. Bc3 Rac8 19. h4 Na5 20. Qa2 Bc6 21. Bxa5 Qxa5 22. Bxc6 Rxc6 23.
Rxc6 bxc6 24. Qc4 Qb5 25. Qxb5 axb5 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 26. Nd4
Rc8 27. Rc1 Be5 28. Nxc6 Kh7 29. Rc2 Bxb2 $1 30. Rxb2 Rxc6 31. Rxb5 {KR-KR} Ra6
$1 32. Rb3 Ra4 33. g3 g5 34. hxg5 hxg5 35. Kf1 Kg6 36. Ke2 g4 37. Kd3 Kf5 38.
Kc2 {aiming for Rb5+.} Ra7 39. Kb2 {Rb4 is the strong threat.} Rd7 $2 {[#]} (
39... Ke4 $1 $11) 40. Kc2 $2 (40. Rb4 $1 $18) 40... Ra7 $14 41. Kb2 Ke4 {
next ...Kf3 is good for Black.The position is equal.} 42. Rb4+ Kf3 43. Rf4+ Ke2
44. e4 e5 45. Rf5 Ra4 46. Kb3 ({Much worse is} 46. Rxe5 Kxf2 47. Re7 (47. Kb3
Ra7 $17) 47... f6 $17) 46... Rxe4 47. a4 Rd4 48. a5 e4 49. a6 Rd7 50. Kc4 Kf1
$1 51. Rf4 Re7 52. Kd4 {[#] Hoping for Ke3.} ({But not} 52. Rxg4 Kxf2 53. a7
Rxa7 $17) 52... e3 {Threatens to win with ...e2.} 53. fxe3+ Kg2 $1 54. Rxg4 (
54. e4 {is more complex.} Kxg3 55. Ke3 Ra7 56. Rf6 Kh2 57. Rh6+) 54... Ra7 55.
Rf4 {Black must now prevent Rf6.} (55. Rg7 {keeps more tension.} Rxa6 56. g4
Kf3 57. g5 Ra7 58. Kc4) 55... Rxa6 56. Rxf7 Kxg3 57. e4 Kg4 58. e5 Kg5 59. Kd5
(59. Re7 {is more complex.} Kf5 60. Rf7+ Kg5) 59... Kg6 (59... Ra1 {seems
wilder.} 60. e6 Ra5+ 61. Kc6 Kg6 62. Rf3 Ra6+) 60. Rd7 (60. e6 {with more
complications.} Ra5+ 61. Kc4 Ra4+ 62. Kd5 Ra5+) 60... Kf5 (60... Ra1 {is
interesting.} 61. e6 Ra5+ 62. Kd6 Kf6 63. Rf7+ Kg6) 61. Rf7+ (61. e6 {feels
hotter.} Ra5+ 62. Kd6 Ra6+ 63. Kd5) 61... Kg6 62. Re7 {Intending Re6+ and mate.
} (62. e6 {seems wilder.} Ra5+ 63. Kc4 Ra4+ 64. Kd5 Ra5+) 62... Ra5+ 63. Ke6
Ra6+ 64. Kd7 {White threatens Re6+ and mate.} Ra7+ 65. Kd6 Ra6+ 66. Kd5 {
White wants to mate with Re6+.} Ra5+ 67. Kd6 Ra6+ 68. Kd5 {Weighted Error
Value: White=0.14/Black=0.11} 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.19"]
[Round "7.30"]
[White "Urkedal, Frode Olav Olsen"]
[Black "Dastan, Muhammed Batuhan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2569"]
[BlackElo "2572"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Norway"]
[BlackTeam "Turkey"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NOR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "TUR"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Nc3 b5 6. b3 Bg4 7. a4 bxc4 8. bxc4
Nbd7 9. Be2 e6 10. c5 a5 11. O-O Be7 12. Bd2 O-O 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 e5 15.
Be2 Ne8 16. Na2 Nc7 17. Nc1 Ne6 18. Nb3 Qc7 19. Bc3 exd4 20. exd4 Ng5 21. Bd3
f5 22. Qe1 Rae8 23. Bxa5 Qb8 24. Qd1 Rf6 25. Bd2 Ne4 26. a5 f4 27. f3 Nxd2 28.
Qxd2 Qxb3 29. Rfb1 Nxc5 30. dxc5 Bxc5+ 31. Kh2 1-0

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.19"]
[Round "7.31"]
[White "Can, Emre"]
[Black "Hauge, Lars Oskar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C28"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Turkey"]
[BlackTeam "Norway"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "TUR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NOR"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Na5 5. Nge2 Be7 6. a4 Nxc4 7. dxc4 O-O 8.
O-O d6 9. Ng3 Be6 10. b3 Ne8 11. Be3 Bg5 12. Qd2 h6 13. Rad1 Bxe3 14. Qxe3 Qg5
15. Qd3 c6 16. a5 a6 17. Na4 Rd8 18. Qd2 Qe7 19. Rfe1 Kh7 20. h3 f6 21. Re3 g6
22. Nb6 h5 23. Ne2 f5 24. exf5 Bxf5 25. Ng3 Ng7 26. Ne4 Bxe4 27. Rxe4 Ne6 28.
b4 Nf4 29. Qe3 Qg5 30. Qg3 Qf5 31. Rde1 Rfe8 32. Qe3 Qg5 33. Qg3 Qf5 34. Qe3
Qg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.19"]
[Round "7.32"]
[White "Notkevich, Benjamin Arvola"]
[Black "Sanal, Vahap"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2471"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Norway"]
[BlackTeam "Turkey"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NOR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "TUR"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Bxd2+ 5. Qxd2 d5 6. Nf3 c6 7. Bg2 Nbd7 8.
O-O b6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Qc2 Ba6 11. Qa4 Bxc4 12. b3 Ne4 13. Rfc1 Nxc3 14. Rxc3
Bb5 15. Qb4 a5 16. Qd6 c5 17. e3 Qb8 18. Qf4 a4 19. Rac1 axb3 20. axb3 Be2 21.
Qh4 Qd8 22. Qf4 Qb8 23. Qh4 h6 24. e4 Bxf3 25. Rxf3 cxd4 26. exd5 Ne5 27. dxe6
Nxf3+ 28. Bxf3 Ra7 29. exf7+ Kh8 30. Bh5 Qd6 31. Re1 g6 32. Bd1 Kg7 33. Qg4 Ra1
34. Re4 d3 35. Rf4 Qd5 36. Ra4 h5 0-1

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.19"]
[Round "7.33"]
[White "Andersen, Mads"]
[Black "Navara, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Denmark"]
[BlackTeam "Czech Republic"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "DEN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CZE"]

{[%evp 20,42,20,10,14,22,20,14,17,13,13,10,7,14,14,6,29,27,27,0,20,0,27,0,10]} 
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4
Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bg5 Nbd7 $1 {[%mdl 4] outshines the older 10...Bd5.} 11.
Nc3 a5 {E05: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3 Be7.} 12. Rfd1 h6 13. Bxf6 Nxf6 14. Qb3 Qb8 {
[#]} 15. Ne5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. e3 Bd5 16. Qc2 Bxf3 17. Bxf3 c6 18. h4
Bb4 19. Na2 Bd6 20. Kg2 Qc7 21. Rab1 {1-0 (62) Dutra,A (2411)-Jørgensen,B 
(2360) ICCF email 2017}) 15... Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Rd8 17. Nc4 Bb4 18. Na2 Bf8 19.
Nc3 Bb4 20. Na2 Bf8 21. Nc3 Bb4 {An uneventful encounter.  Weighted Error
Value: White=0.09/Black=0.02} 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.19"]
[Round "7.34"]
[White "Nguyen, Thai Dai Van"]
[Black "Thybo, Jesper Sondergaard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E37"]
[WhiteElo "2594"]
[BlackElo "2604"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Czech Republic"]
[BlackTeam "Denmark"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "DEN"]

{[%evp 17,108,29,37,35,31,24,34,25,20,18,22,23,36,5,7,5,6,0,7,0,17,0,6,0,0,6,0,
4,8,0,0,3,15,0,7,11,12,0,8,0,21,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,
0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6
3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 Ne4 7. Qc2 c5 8. dxc5 Nc6 9. Nf3 {
Nowadays more popular than 9.cxd5.} Qa5+ 10. Bd2 {E37: Nimzo-Indian: Classical:
4...d5 5 a3 Bxc3+ 6 Qxc3 Ne4.} Qxc5 11. e3 Nxd2 12. Nxd2 {White is slightly
better.} dxc4 13. Bxc4 O-O 14. b4 Qe7 {[#]} 15. Qb2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15.
O-O Bd7 16. Qb2 Rfd8 17. Be2 Be8 18. Rfd1 Rac8 19. Rac1 Nb8 20. h3 Ba4 21. Rxc8
Rxc8 {1/2-1/2 (40) Dreev,A (2662)-Predke,A (2650) Izhevsk 2019}) 15... b6 {
The position is equal.} 16. O-O Bb7 17. Rfd1 Rfd8 18. Be2 Rac8 19. Bf3 Nb8 20.
Rac1 Bxf3 21. Nxf3 Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 Nd7 23. h3 h6 24. Rc1 Qd8 25. Qd2 Rxc1+ (
25... Rc7 {feels hotter.} 26. Rd1 Qc8 27. b5 Nf6 28. Ne5 Ne4) 26. Qxc1 Nf6 27.
Nd4 Qd7 28. b5 Nd5 29. Qc6 Qxc6 30. Nxc6 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KN-KN} Kf8 $1
31. Nxa7 Ne7 32. Kf1 Ke8 33. Ke2 Kd7 34. Kd3 Kc7 35. Kc4 Kb7 36. Nc6 {[%cal
Rc6e7]} Nxc6 37. bxc6+ Kxc6 {KP-KP} 38. a4 h5 39. h4 f6 40. f3 Kc7 41. g4 g6 $1
42. Kb5 Kb7 43. gxh5 gxh5 44. f4 f5 $1 45. Kc4 {With the idea Kd4.} Ka6 46. Kb4
Ka7 47. a5 Ka6 {[#] White must now prevent ...b5.} 48. axb6 Kxb6 {K3P-K3P} 49.
Kc4 Kc6 50. Kd4 {Hoping for Ke5.} Kd6 51. e4 $1 fxe4 52. Kxe4 Ke7 53. Ke5 Kf7
$1 54. f5 exf5 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.03/Black=0.02} 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.19"]
[Round "7.35"]
[White "Bjerre, Jonas Buhl"]
[Black "Krejci, Jan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "2569"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Denmark"]
[BlackTeam "Czech Republic"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "DEN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CZE"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. Nxe5 Nd7 6. Nc3 Nxe5 7. dxe5 Bb4 8.
O-O Nxc3 9. bxc3 Bxc3 10. Rb1 O-O 11. Bxh7+ Kxh7 12. Qd3+ Kg8 13. Qxc3 Qd7 14.
Qg3 b6 15. h3 Qf5 16. Bg5 Re8 17. f4 Kh8 18. Rb3 d4 19. Qf2 c5 20. Rg3 Re6 21.
Rg4 Bb7 22. Qh4+ Qh7 23. f5 Rxe5 24. Bf6 1-0

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.19"]
[Round "7.36"]
[White "Plat, Vojtech"]
[Black "Rasmussen, Allan Stig"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2548"]
[BlackElo "2577"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Czech Republic"]
[BlackTeam "Denmark"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "DEN"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d3 g6 4. e5 Bg7 5. d4 f6 6. exf6 exf6 7. Bd3 Ne7 8. O-O
Bf5 9. Bxf5 Nxf5 10. Re1+ Kf7 11. c4 Re8 12. Rxe8 Qxe8 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Nc3
Qd7 15. Qd3 Nc6 16. Bd2 Rc8 17. Rd1 Bf8 18. Qb5 a6 19. Qxd5+ Qxd5 20. Nxd5 Rd8
21. Nc3 Nfxd4 22. Nxd4 Rxd4 23. Be3 Rxd1+ 24. Nxd1 Bd6 25. Kf1 Ke6 26. h3 Nb4
27. a3 Nc2 28. Ke2 Kd5 29. Kd2 Nxe3 30. Nxe3+ Kd4 31. Nd1 f5 32. Nc3 Bc5 33. f3
Kc4 34. Kc2 Kd4 35. Kd2 Bd6 36. Ne2+ Kc4 37. Kc2 b5 38. g4 a5 39. gxf5 gxf5 40.
b3+ Kd5 41. Nc3+ Kc6 42. a4 bxa4 43. Nxa4 Be5 44. Kd3 Kb5 45. Kc2 Bg7 46. Kd3
Kb4 47. Kc2 Bd4 48. Nb2 Bxb2 49. Kxb2 Kc5 50. Kc3 Kd5 51. Kd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.19"]
[Round "7.37"]
[White "Subelj, Jan"]
[Black "Banikas, Hristos"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B44"]
[WhiteElo "2458"]
[BlackElo "2592"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Slovenia"]
[BlackTeam "Greece"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SLO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GRE"]

{[%evp 15,61,13,13,0,8,-15,-10,-10,-6,-12,11,10,18,7,20,0,8,-7,0,0,0,0,0,0,19,
0,13,0,11,13,20,0,26,0,0,0,0,-5,18,0,0,0,15,0,0,0,22,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3.
d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 Nf6 7. N1c3 a6 8. Nd4 Bd7 9. Be2 {B44:
Sicilian: Taimanov: 5 Nb5.} Rc8 10. Nb3 Ne5 {[%cal Bc6e5,Be5g6,Bg6f4,Bf4e2]
[%mdl 32]} 11. Nd2 Ng6 12. O-O {[#]} Nf4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Bc6 13. Re1
Be7 14. Bf1 O-O 15. Nb3 b6 16. a4 Ba8 17. Nd4 Qc7 18. f3 Ne5 {1/2-1/2 (28)
Velicka,P (2435)-Krejci,J (2490) Czech Republic 2016}) 13. Re1 Nxe2+ 14. Qxe2
Qa5 15. Rb1 Be7 16. Nf3 O-O 17. Bd2 Qh5 18. a4 Rfd8 19. b3 Be8 20. Rbd1 Nd7 21.
Bf4 Nf8 22. Be3 Qa5 23. Bd4 Rd7 24. Qb2 Ng6 {The position is equal.} 25. Ne2
Bf8 26. Bc3 Qc5 27. Bd4 Qa5 28. Bc3 Qc5 29. Bd4 Qa5 30. Bc3 Qc5 31. Bd4 {
A rather calm draw.  Weighted Error Value: White=0.08/Black=0.05} 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.19"]
[Round "7.38"]
[White "Pavlidis, Antonios"]
[Black "Dobrovoljc, Vid"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2536"]
[BlackElo "2414"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Greece"]
[BlackTeam "Slovenia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GRE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SLO"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 h6 6. O-O d6 7. Re1 O-O 8. h3
Bb6 9. Nbd2 Ne7 10. d4 Nc6 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 dxe5 13. Qf3 Be6 14. Bf1 c6
15. Nc4 Bc7 16. Rd1 Nd7 17. Nd6 Qe7 18. Nf5 Qf6 19. Be3 Rfd8 20. Nxh6+ gxh6 21.
Rxd7 Qxf3 22. Rxd8+ Rxd8 23. gxf3 f5 24. exf5 Bxf5 25. Bxh6 Kf7 26. Be3 Be6 27.
c4 a6 28. a3 Rh8 29. Kh2 Kf6 30. Re1 Kf5 31. b3 Bc8 32. Bc1 Kg6 33. Kg3 Bd8 34.
Bb2 Bh4+ 35. Kh2 Bxf2 36. Rxe5 Rf8 37. Bd3+ Kf7 38. Bf5 Bh4 39. Bxc8 Rxc8 40.
Rh5 Be7 41. f4 Kg6 42. Re5 Kf7 43. Kg3 Rd8 44. Kf3 Rd1 45. Re2 Bd6 46. a4 Rf1+
47. Rf2 Rxf2+ 48. Kxf2 Bxf4 49. Kf3 Bh6 50. h4 Ke6 51. Ke4 Bf8 52. Bc1 Kf6 53.
Bg5+ Kg6 54. Ke5 b5 55. Ke6 bxa4 56. bxa4 Bb4 57. Kd7 c5 58. Kc6 Kh5 59. Kb6
1-0

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.19"]
[Round "7.39"]
[White "Tisaj, Domen"]
[Black "Kourkoulos-Arditis, Stamatis"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E62"]
[WhiteElo "2369"]
[BlackElo "2524"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Slovenia"]
[BlackTeam "Greece"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SLO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GRE"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 c6 7. O-O Bf5 8. Nh4
Be6 9. d5 cxd5 10. cxd5 Bd7 11. Be3 Na6 12. Rc1 Qa5 13. Nf3 Rfc8 14. a3 Nc7 15.
Ne1 Nb5 16. Na2 Rxc1 17. Bxc1 Rc8 18. Bd2 Qd8 19. a4 Nc7 20. Ba5 Qe8 21. b3 Na6
22. Nd3 Bf5 23. Bc3 Qf8 24. Bd4 Bxd3 25. Qxd3 Nc5 26. Qd1 Nfd7 27. Be3 a5 28.
Bh3 f5 29. Bd2 b6 30. b4 axb4 31. Nxb4 Ra8 32. Re1 Rxa4 33. Nc6 Ne5 34. Nxe5
Bxe5 35. Qb1 Ne4 36. Qb3 Qa8 37. Be3 Ra1 38. Rxa1 Qxa1+ 39. Kg2 Bd4 40. Qb5 Kf7
41. Qd3 Bxe3 42. Qxe3 Nc5 43. g4 fxg4 44. Bxg4 Qf6 45. Qh6 Kg8 46. e3 b5 0-1

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.19"]
[Round "7.40"]
[White "Kelires, Andreas"]
[Black "Stevanic, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2318"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Greece"]
[BlackTeam "Slovenia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GRE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SLO"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 d5 5. e3 O-O 6. Be2 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. c3
Ne4 9. Bh4 Nd7 10. a4 a5 11. Nxe4 dxe4 12. Nd2 h6 13. f3 g5 14. Bg3 Nf6 15.
fxe4 Nxe4 16. Nxe4 Bxe4 17. Bf3 Bxf3 18. Qxf3 e6 19. Qc6 Rc8 20. e4 Qe8 21. Qc4
Qe7 22. Rad1 h5 23. h3 h4 24. Bh2 f6 25. Kh1 Kh7 26. Rd2 f5 27. exf5 exf5 28.
Qd3 Qd7 29. Re2 Rf7 30. Be5 Bxe5 31. Rxe5 Kg6 32. Rfe1 Rcf8 33. b3 Rf6 34. c4
Rd8 35. d5 c6 36. Qd4 cxd5 37. Rxd5 Rd6 38. Ree5 Qc6 39. Qd3 Kh6 40. Qxf5 Rg8
41. Rxd6+ 1-0

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.19"]
[Round "7.41"]
[White "Agopov, Mikael"]
[Black "Nabaty, Tamir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2649"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Finland"]
[BlackTeam "Israel"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FIN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISR"]

{[%evp 10,128,20,29,43,31,24,26,30,-11,0,0,0,-41,-21,-43,-36,-37,-45,-45,-39,
-50,-41,-39,-27,-81,-59,-69,-59,-111,-39,-48,-40,-59,-41,-56,-46,-25,-28,-26,
-28,-31,-44,-87,39,49,35,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,0,-8,29995,1505,972,8,
12,-1210,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,
-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,0,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,
-8,-8,-8,-8]} 1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Be3 a6 5. h4 Nf6 6. f3 b5 {
B07: Pirc Defence: Miscellaneous Systems.} 7. Qd2 h5 {7...Nbd7 is more
fashionable.} 8. O-O-O b4 {[#] White has an edge.} 9. Nd5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 
9. Nce2 a5 10. Kb1 Nbd7 11. Nf4 e5 12. Nfh3 Qe7 13. d5 Nb6 14. Ng5 Nh7 15. Nxh7
Rxh7 {0-1 (98) Tugarin,A (2247)-Zabotin,A (2506) Cheboksary 2021}) 9... Nxd5
10. exd5 c6 $1 11. dxc6 Nxc6 12. d5 Ne5 13. f4 Ng4 14. Bd4 Bxd4 15. Qxd4 O-O
16. Nf3 Qa5 17. Bc4 (17. Kb1 $11) 17... Bf5 18. Rhe1 Rac8 19. Bb3 {[#]} (19.
Rd2 $15) 19... Nh6 (19... Rxc2+ $1 $17 {[%mdl 512]} 20. Bxc2 Rc8) 20. Qd2 $15 (
{Don't go for} 20. Rxe7 $2 Bxc2 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 21. Bxc2 Nf5 $19) 20... Bg4 21.
a3 Bxf3 22. gxf3 Rb8 23. Re4 $1 Nf5 24. Kb1 {[%cal Ra3b4]} Nxh4 25. axb4 Qb6
26. c3 {[#]} Nf5 ({Inferior is} 26... Nxf3 27. Qd3 $16) (26... a5 $1 $17 27.
Qe1 (27. Rxe7 axb4 28. c4 Rbe8 $19) 27... Nf5) 27. Bc2 $14 a5 $1 28. Ree1 (28.
Bd3 {is more complex.} axb4 29. Rxb4 Qe3 30. Rxb8 Rxb8 31. Bxf5 Qxd2 32. Rxd2
gxf5 33. Re2) 28... Ng7 {[%cal Ra5b4]} 29. f5 $1 axb4 {Threatens to win with ..
.Qa5.} 30. fxg6 {White wants to mate with Qh6.} bxc3 $40 {[%csl Gb8,Gc3][%cal
Rb6b2][%mdl 128] White needs to defend precisely.} 31. gxf7+ Rxf7 {[%csl Gb8,
Gc3][%cal Rb6b2]} 32. Qxc3 {[#]} Rxf3 $1 33. Rd3 Rxd3 34. Bxd3 Qb4 {( -> ...
Qxc3)} (34... Qa7 {keeps more tension.} 35. Re2 Qa4 36. Qc2 Ra8 37. Qxa4 Rxa4
38. Rxe7 Rf4) 35. Qxb4 Rb7 {[%mdl 8192]} 36. Qb5 Rxb5 $18 37. Rxe7 $2 {[%mdl
4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} ({Only move:} 37. Bxb5 $18 {aiming for Bd7.} Nf5 38. Bd7
) 37... Rb4 $11 38. Re5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} h4 $2 (38... dxe5 $19 39. Bf1 h4) 39.
Re4 {The position is equal.} Rxe4 40. Bxe4 {KB-KN} Kf7 41. Kc2 Ne8 42. Kd3 Kf6
43. Ke3 Ke5 44. Kf3 Nf6 45. Bd3 Kxd5 46. Kf4 Kc5 47. Bf1 Nd5+ (47... d5 {
feels hotter.} 48. Kg5 Ne4+ 49. Kxh4 Kb4 50. Kg4 d4) 48. Kg5 Ne3 49. Bh3 d5 {
Strongly threatening ...d4.} 50. Kxh4 d4 {...d3 is the strong threat.} 51. Kg3
d3 52. Kf2 $1 {[%cal Rf2e3]} d2 53. Bg4 Kd4 (53... Nc4 {is more complex.} 54.
Be2 Kb4 55. Bh5 Kb3 56. Be2 Nxb2 57. Ke3 Kc3) 54. Bh5 Kd3 55. b4 Nd5 56. b5 Kc3
57. Bf3 Nb6 58. Bh5 Nd5 59. Bf3 $1 Kc2 60. Bh5 Kb2 61. Bf3 {[#]} Kc1 $1 62. Bh5
(62. b6 Nxb6) 62... Nf6 63. Bf3 {[#]} Ne4+ $1 64. Kg2 Nc5 {Weighted Error
Value: White=0.27/Black=0.26} 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.19"]
[Round "7.42"]
[White "Mikhalevski, Victor"]
[Black "Koykka, Pekka"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2559"]
[BlackElo "2353"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Israel"]
[BlackTeam "Finland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FIN"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 Nbd7 7. Nxc4 Nb6 8.
Ne5 a5 9. f3 Nfd7 10. Nxd7 Bxd7 11. e4 e6 12. Be3 Bd6 13. Be2 O-O 14. Qb3 Qc7
15. Rc1 Bf4 16. Bxf4 Qxf4 17. Kf2 Qc7 18. e5 f6 19. Rhe1 fxe5 20. dxe5 Rf4 21.
Bd3 Rb4 22. Qc2 h6 23. Rcd1 Rf8 24. b3 Qb8 25. g3 Nd5 26. Bc4 Qa7+ 27. Kg2 Be8
28. Qd2 Bh5 29. g4 Bg6 30. Na2 Rb6 31. Qf2 Kh8 32. Rd2 Rd8 33. Nc3 Rf8 34. Ne2
Ra8 35. Nd4 Bf7 36. Bxd5 exd5 37. e6 Bg6 38. e7 Rb4 39. Re6 Bf7 40. Rd6 Re8 41.
Rd8 Kh7 42. Nf5 1-0

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.19"]
[Round "7.43"]
[White "Nyysti, Sampsa"]
[Black "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2325"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Finland"]
[BlackTeam "Israel"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FIN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISR"]

{[%evp 16,91,32,-2,0,0,62,67,70,73,84,83,92,0,93,91,160,43,53,43,71,34,73,68,
76,71,80,80,69,75,88,88,78,47,47,57,58,47,47,47,58,34,34,27,58,58,58,58,58,58,
58,12,12,12,12,12,12,8,8,8,8,8,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2.
Nf3 e6 3. c3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 b6 7. Nc3 Nxc3 8. bxc3 Qc7 9. Be2
Bb7 {B22: Sicilian: 2 c3.} 10. O-O d6 ({Black should play} 10... Qxc3 $11 11.
Bf4 Nc6) 11. Bb5+ $14 Nd7 {[#] White is slightly better.} 12. c4 $146 ({
Predecessor:} 12. Bf4 Be7 13. exd6 Bxd6 14. Bxd6 Qxd6 15. Ne5 Rd8 16. Bxd7+
Rxd7 17. Nxd7 Qxd7 18. Qg4 {1-0 (41) Osmak,I (2438)-Prohorov,O (2086) Chess.
com INT 2020}) 12... a6 13. Bxd7+ Qxd7 14. Rb1 (14. Ba3 $16) 14... b5 (14... d5
$1 $11) 15. d5 $1 $16 Rc8 {[#]} ({But not} 15... bxc4 $2 16. exd6 Bxd6 17. dxe6
$18) ({Better is} 15... Be7) 16. dxe6 ({Only move:} 16. Ba3 $1 $16) 16... fxe6
$14 17. cxb5 axb5 18. Ba3 {[%cal Re5d6]} (18. Nd4 {seems wilder.} b4 19. Re1
Bd5 20. Bf4 dxe5 21. Nxe6 Bxe6 22. Qh5+) 18... Rc3 {Strongly threatening ...
Bxf3.} 19. Bxd6 Bxf3 20. gxf3 Bxd6 21. Qxd6 ({Much weaker is} 21. exd6 O-O $11)
21... Qxd6 22. exd6 $16 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} Rc5 {[#]} 23. a4 $1 Kd7
24. Rxb5 Rxb5 25. axb5 {KR-KR} Rb8 26. Ra1 Kxd6 27. Ra7 g6 28. Rxh7 Rxb5 29. f4
g5 30. Rf7 gxf4 31. Rxf4 Rg5+ 32. Kf1 e5 33. Rf3 (33. Ra4 {keeps more tension.}
Ke6 34. f3 Rg7 35. Rg4 Ra7 36. Kf2) 33... Ke6 {The position is equal.} 34. h3
Rg8 35. Ke2 Ra8 36. h4 Rh8 37. Rh3 Kf5 38. Kf3 Ra8 39. Rh2 e4+ 40. Kg2 e3 {
And now ...e2 would win.} 41. fxe3 {Kf3 is the strong threat.} Kg4 42. h5 Ra2+
43. Kg1 Ra1+ 44. Kg2 Ra2+ 45. Kg1 Ra1+ 46. Kg2 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.
13/Black=0.13} 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.19"]
[Round "7.44"]
[White "Postny, Evgeny"]
[Black "Kokkila, Tero"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A12"]
[WhiteElo "2557"]
[BlackElo "2283"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Israel"]
[BlackTeam "Finland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FIN"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. e3 d5 4. b3 Bg4 5. Bb2 e6 6. h3 Bh5 7. Be2 Nbd7 8. d3
Qa5+ 9. Nbd2 Ba3 10. Bxa3 Qxa3 11. O-O a5 12. Nd4 Bxe2 13. Qxe2 e5 14. Nb1 Qf8
15. Nf3 Qe7 16. d4 O-O 17. Nc3 Ne4 18. Rac1 Nxc3 19. Rxc3 exd4 20. Nxd4 Nf6 21.
Qb2 Rfe8 22. Rc2 Qe5 23. Rfc1 Rad8 24. Qa3 dxc4 25. bxc4 Ne4 26. c5 Rd5 27.
Qxa5 f5 28. Qb4 g5 29. Qxb7 Nxf2 30. Rxf2 Qxe3 31. Nb3 g4 32. hxg4 fxg4 33.
Qf7+ Kh8 34. Qf4 g3 35. Qxe3 Rxe3 36. Rf3 Re2 37. a4 Rb2 1-0

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.19"]
[Round "7.45"]
[White "Saric, Ivan"]
[Black "Ragger, Markus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2668"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "149"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Croatia"]
[BlackTeam "Austria"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CRO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AUT"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 d5 6. exd5 Qxd5 7. Bc4 Qd6 8.
Nbd2 Bf5 9. b4 Bb6 10. Ng5 O-O 11. Nde4 Nxe4 12. dxe4 Qxd1+ 13. Kxd1 Bg4+ 14.
Ke1 h6 15. h3 Bd7 16. Nf3 Rfe8 17. a4 a6 18. Ke2 Be6 19. Bxe6 Rxe6 20. Rd1 Ree8
21. Ra2 a5 22. b5 Nd8 23. Rd5 f6 24. Ba3 Ne6 25. g3 Rac8 26. Nh4 c6 27. Rd7 Rc7
28. bxc6 bxc6 29. Rxc7 Bxc7 30. Rb2 Rb8 31. Rxb8+ Bxb8 32. Nf5 Kf7 33. h4 h5
34. Ne7 Nd8 35. f3 Ba7 36. g4 g6 37. Nc8 Bg1 38. Kf1 Bh2 39. gxh5 gxh5 40. Nd6+
Ke6 41. Nf5 Nb7 42. Kf2 Bf4 43. Ke2 Bh2 44. Kf1 Bf4 45. Ke1 Bh2 46. Ke2 Bg1 47.
Ng7+ Kf7 48. Nxh5 Bc5 49. Bc1 Bb6 50. Ba3 Bc5 51. Bc1 Bb6 52. Ng3 Nc5 53. h5
Nxa4 54. Kd3 Bc5 55. Kc4 Bf2 56. Nf5 Nb6+ 57. Kb3 Bc5 58. Be3 a4+ 59. Ka2 Bxe3
60. Nxe3 Kg7 61. Nf5+ Kh7 62. Ka3 Nc4+ 63. Kxa4 Nd2 64. Ka5 Nxf3 65. Kb6 Nd2
66. Ng3 f5 67. exf5 e4 68. Kxc6 e3 69. Kd5 Kg7 70. c4 Kf6 71. h6 Nf1 72. Ne2
Nh2 73. c5 Ng4 74. h7 Kg7 75. Ke4 1-0

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.19"]
[Round "7.46"]
[White "Dragnev, Valentin"]
[Black "Bosiocic, Marin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "2548"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Austria"]
[BlackTeam "Croatia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AUT"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CRO"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Ncb5 Qb8 7. Bd3 a6 8.
Nxc6 bxc6 9. Nd4 Bd6 10. Nf3 Ne7 11. O-O Ng6 12. Re1 f6 13. b3 O-O 14. Bb2 e5
15. c4 Bc5 16. a3 a5 17. Bc3 Nf4 18. Bc2 d6 19. Qd2 Bg4 20. Nh4 Qe8 21. b4 axb4
22. axb4 Rxa1 23. Bxa1 Ba7 24. Qxd6 Qh5 25. c5 Re8 26. g3 Nh3+ 27. Kg2 Nf4+ 28.
Kg1 Ne2+ 29. Rxe2 Bxe2 30. Bb3+ Kh8 31. Qd7 Ra8 32. Nf5 Qg5 33. h4 Qg4 34. Qb7
Rd8 35. Qe7 Ra8 36. Nh6 Bxc5 37. Nf7+ Kg8 38. Nd8+ 1-0

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.19"]
[Round "7.47"]
[White "Stevic, Hrvoje"]
[Black "Blohberger, Felix"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2581"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Croatia"]
[BlackTeam "Austria"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CRO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AUT"]

{[%evp 16,107,17,20,8,17,22,0,14,-25,-27,-56,-59,-54,-52,-52,-52,-52,-52,-52,
-52,-52,-54,-87,-62,-83,-83,-102,-102,-102,-102,-102,-102,-130,-116,-122,-125,
-203,-37,-208,-202,-236,-118,-112,-119,-112,-110,-110,-115,-120,-119,-114,-115,
-117,-116,-116,-101,-151,-150,-164,-130,-143,-127,-160,-108,-101,-59,-112,0,0,
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. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+
Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Nxd7 5. O-O Ngf6 6. Qe2 e6 7. c3 Be7 8. d4 O-O 9. Rd1 cxd4 {
B52: Sicilian: Moscow Variation with 3...Bd7.} 10. cxd4 Nb6 11. Nc3 Rc8 12. Bg5
d5 13. e5 {[#]} Ne4 $146 {[%cal Re4c3]} ({Predecessor:} 13... Nfd7 14. Bxe7
Qxe7 15. Nb5 Qb4 16. b3 a5 17. Qd3 f6 18. a3 Qe7 19. Re1 a4 20. bxa4 Nxa4 21.
exf6 Qxf6 {1-0 (42) Kobalia,M (2596)-Najer,E (2654) Bryansk 2021}) 14. Bd2 Nxd2
15. Rxd2 Bb4 16. Rd3 Bxc3 17. bxc3 Na4 18. Qc2 $1 {[%cal Rc2a4]} b5 19. Re1 Qe7
20. Nd2 {[#]} Qb4 $1 {[%cal Ra4c3]} 21. Rh3 {[%csl Gh3][%cal Rc2h7] [#]} (21.
Nb1 Qb2) 21... h6 {[%cal Ra4c3][%mdl 512]} 22. Rc1 Qb2 23. Qxb2 Nxb2 24. Rb1
Na4 25. Rb3 b4 26. cxb4 (26. Rxb4 $17 {might work better.} Nxc3 27. Rb7) 26...
Rc1+ $19 27. Nf1 Rfc8 $1 {[%mdl 1024] Black has strong compensation.} 28. g4
R8c4 (28... R8c2 $1 $19 {...Nc3 is the strong threat.} 29. Kg2 Nc3) 29. Rhd3
$17 Nc3 30. Rb2 Nb5 31. Kg2 Rxd4 32. Rxd4 Nxd4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN}
33. Nd2 Rc2 34. Rxc2 Nxc2 {KN-KN} 35. b5 Na3 36. Kf3 Nxb5 37. Ke3 f6 38. f4 Kf7
39. Kd3 {[#]} g5 ({Black should try} 39... Na3 $1 40. Kc3 g5 41. fxg5 hxg5) 40.
fxg5 hxg5 41. a4 Na3 (41... Nc7 $17 42. Kd4 Na6 43. exf6 Kxf6) 42. Kc3 $1 $11 {
The position is equal.} f5 (42... fxe5 $5 43. Kb3 $8 {[#]} e4 $1 44. Kxa3 Kf6
$11) 43. Kb3 Nc4 44. Nxc4 dxc4+ 45. Kxc4 {KP-KP} Ke7 46. h3 Kd7 47. Kc5 Kc7 48.
a5 a6 49. Kd4 Kc6 {Threatens to win with ...fxg4.} 50. Kc4 Kd7 {White must now
prevent ...fxg4.} (50... f4 $5) 51. Kc5 Kc7 52. Kd4 Kc6 {aiming for ...fxg4.}
53. Kc4 Kd7 {Strongly threatening ...fxg4.} (53... f4 $5) 54. Kc5 {Whites
escaped into a draw.  Weighted Error Value: White=0.09/Black=0.09} 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.19"]
[Round "7.48"]
[White "Horvath, Dominik"]
[Black "Martinovic, Sasa"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2469"]
[BlackElo "2542"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Austria"]
[BlackTeam "Croatia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AUT"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CRO"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Be2 Nge7 7. O-O cxd4 8. cxd4
Nf5 9. Nc3 Rc8 10. Bg5 Qb6 11. Na4 Qa5 12. Bd2 Qd8 13. Bg5 Be7 14. Bxe7 Qxe7
15. a3 O-O 16. Re1 Kh8 17. Nc3 a6 18. Qd2 Qd8 19. Bd1 Nh4 20. Nxh4 Qxh4 21. Ne2
f6 22. g3 Qg5 23. f4 Qh6 24. Nc1 g5 25. Nd3 Nxd4 26. Nf2 fxe5 27. Rxe5 Nf5 28.
fxg5 Qg7 29. Ng4 Rc4 30. Nf6 Bc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.19"]
[Round "7.49"]
[White "Laurusas, Tomas"]
[Black "Lenic, Luka"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D23"]
[WhiteElo "2553"]
[BlackElo "2633"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Lithuania"]
[BlackTeam "Slovenia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "LTU"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SLO"]

{[%evp 18,83,0,-12,-19,-11,8,0,0,0,0,0,14,8,26,27,27,27,33,30,30,21,25,21,23,
21,29,21,27,0,33,26,27,29,30,21,41,25,26,26,27,0,25,12,32,27,29,14,29,33,38,34,
38,26,20,31,34,-11,-7,-95,-102,-97,-101,-86,-75,-97,-96,-125]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4
c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qc2 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bf5 6. g3 e6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Nc3
Nbd7 10. Qb3 Qb6 {D23: Queen's Gambit Accepted: 3 Nf3 Nf6 sidelines.} 11. Nd2
Rfd8 12. Nc4 Qa6 {The position is equal.} 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bxf6 Nxf6 15. Rfd1 Bc2
16. Qxc2 {[#] And now Ne4 would win.} Qxc4 17. e3 {[#]} a5 $146 ({Predecessor:
} 17... Qa6 18. Na4 Qa5 19. a3 Rac8 20. b4 Qc7 21. Rac1 Qb8 22. Rd2 Nd5 {
1-0 (93) Dzagnidze,N (2557)-Gvetadze,S (2330) Konya 2011}) 18. a3 Qa6 19. Na4
Nd7 20. Rac1 Rac8 21. h4 h5 22. Nc3 Nf6 23. Na4 Nd7 24. Bf1 Qa7 25. Bh3 Nf6 26.
Qb3 Rc7 27. Bg2 g6 28. Nc5 Kg7 29. Nd3 Rcc8 30. Rd2 Bd6 31. Rdc2 Rb8 32. Bf3
Re8 33. Qc3 Nd5 34. Qd2 Nf6 35. Ne5 Rbd8 {[#] aiming for ...Bxe5.} 36. Nc4 Bc7
37. b4 {[%cal Rc4a5]} (37. Qc3 {is interesting.} Nd5 38. Qe1 a4 39. Rd1 Rd7 40.
Rb1) 37... e5 {[%cal Re5d4]} 38. dxe5 (38. Rd1 $11 {remains equal.}) 38... Rxd2
$17 {Black is better.} 39. exf6+ Kxf6 40. Nxd2 axb4 41. axb4 Be5 42. Kg2 {
Weighted Error Value: White=0.12/Black=0.05} 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.19"]
[Round "7.50"]
[White "Borisek, Jure"]
[Black "Kazakouski, Valery"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Slovenia"]
[BlackTeam "Lithuania"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SLO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "LTU"]

{[%evp 28,119,27,0,13,9,39,32,45,54,53,53,62,54,74,58,89,98,85,33,38,40,39,40,
44,49,36,46,46,27,65,34,142,143,161,150,158,152,151,137,146,129,116,30,42,18,
23,3,2,3,67,67,52,37,62,65,66,64,77,53,53,53,53,53,82,82,82,82,82,82,82,82,82,
82,82,82,82,82,82,82,82,82,82,82,82,82,82,79,89,89,89,89,89,89]} 1. e4 e5 2.
Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3 d6 9. h3 Nb8
10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. Nf1 Bf8 14. Ng3 g6 15. b3 a5 {C95:
Closed Ruy Lopez: Breyer Variation with 10 d4.} 16. a4 c6 17. Bg5 h6 {White is
slightly better.} 18. Be3 {[#]} Qc7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 18... Kh7 19. Nd2 b4
20. cxb4 axb4 21. f4 c5 22. dxe5 dxe5 23. Nc4 Qe7 24. Qf3 Ra6 {1-0 (44)
Stefansson,H (2514)-Navalgund,N (2359) Graz 2019}) 19. Qd2 Kh7 20. Bd3 bxa4 21.
Rxa4 exd4 22. cxd4 ({Of course not} 22. Bxd4 $6 c5 $11) 22... c5 23. Qc2 (23.
d5 $16) 23... Bc6 $1 $14 24. Ra2 cxd4 25. Nxd4 {Threatens to win with Bb5.} Nc5
26. Nxc6 Nxd3 27. Qxd3 Qxc6 28. Bd2 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has some pressure.}
a4 29. Rc1 (29. Qc3 {keeps more tension.} Qxc3 30. Bxc3 Nd7 31. bxa4 Nc5 32. a5
) 29... Qb7 ({Better is} 29... Qd7 $1 $14) 30. bxa4 $16 {[%cal Bb3a4,Ba4a5]
[%mdl 32]} Nxe4 31. Nxe4 Qxe4 32. Qxe4 Rxe4 {[#]} 33. a5 Ra6 34. Rb2 Ra7 35.
Rb5 (35. f3 $16 Ra4 36. Rcc2) 35... Ra4 $11 36. g4 Bg7 37. Rcb1 Ra2 38. Rd5 Rc7
(38... Be5 $11) 39. Rxd6 $14 Bc3 $1 {[%cal Rc3d2] [#]} 40. Rc1 $1 Bxa5 (40...
Be5 41. Rxc7) 41. Rxc7 Bxc7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 42. Rd7 {Black must
now prevent Bc3.} Ba5 43. Rxf7+ (43. Be3 {feels hotter.} Kg8 44. Kg2 Bc3 45.
Bxh6 Bf6 46. Be3) 43... Kg8 44. Ra7 Rxd2 45. Rxa5 {KR-KR} Rd3 46. Kg2 {White
is better.} Kg7 47. h4 Rb3 48. f3 Rb4 49. Kg3 Rc4 50. Ra7+ Kg8 51. Re7 Ra4 52.
Re4 Ra7 53. Kf4 Kf7 54. Rd4 Rb7 55. Rd5 Rb4+ 56. Ke5 Rb7 57. h5 Re7+ 58. Kf4
g5+ 59. Kf5 Ra7 60. Rb5 {Black defended with fortune.  Weighted Error Value:
White=0.09/Black=0.12} 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.19"]
[Round "7.51"]
[White "Klabis, Rokas"]
[Black "Skoberne, Jure"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2353"]
[BlackElo "2562"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Lithuania"]
[BlackTeam "Slovenia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "LTU"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SLO"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Nd5 Nxd5 8.
exd5 Ne7 9. c4 Ng6 10. Qa4 Bd7 11. Qb4 Qb8 12. h4 h5 13. Bd3 a6 14. Nc3 Be7 15.
Bg5 Nf4 16. Bxf4 exf4 17. Ne2 f3 18. gxf3 b5 19. cxb5 axb5 20. Nc3 O-O 21. Kf1
Bf6 22. Ne4 Be5 23. f4 Ra4 24. Qd2 f5 25. fxe5 fxe4 26. Bc2 Qb6 27. Rh2 e3 28.
Qe1 Raf4 29. e6 Be8 30. Rc1 Rxf2+ 31. Rxf2 Rxf2+ 32. Kg1 Qd4 33. Bd1 Qf4 0-1

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.19"]
[Round "7.52"]
[White "Sebenik, Matej"]
[Black "Brazdzionis, Andrius"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2509"]
[BlackElo "2356"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Slovenia"]
[BlackTeam "Lithuania"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SLO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "LTU"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c3 e6 4. Bf4 Bd6 5. e3 O-O 6. Nbd2 b6 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4
Nbd7 9. Bb5 Bb7 10. O-O c6 11. Bd3 c5 12. a4 Qc7 13. Qb1 Ng4 14. Bg3 Bxg3 15.
hxg3 e5 16. Bf5 Ndf6 17. dxe5 Nxe5 18. a5 Nc6 19. b4 bxa5 20. bxc5 Ba6 21. Rc1
Ne7 22. Bc2 Qxc5 23. Qa2 Nc6 24. Nd4 Bc8 25. Qa3 Qxa3 26. Rxa3 Bd7 27. N2b3
Rfc8 28. Nc5 Ne5 29. Nxd7 Nexd7 30. Rxa5 Rc5 31. Rca1 Rxc3 32. Rxa7 Rxa7 33.
Rxa7 g6 34. Kf1 Ne5 35. Ke2 Rc8 36. Ra6 Ne4 37. Bxe4 dxe4 38. f3 Rc3 39. Ra8+
Kg7 40. Re8 exf3+ 41. gxf3 Nc6 42. Nxc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.19"]
[Round "7.53"]
[White "Pechac, Jergus"]
[Black "Vocaturo, Daniele"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E21"]
[WhiteElo "2562"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Slovakia"]
[BlackTeam "Italy"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SVK"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ITA"]

{[%evp 10,65,16,8,16,11,18,11,18,0,10,-8,-4,0,0,0,13,-3,12,8,16,14,17,8,13,0,7,
6,5,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4
e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 O-O 5. Bg5 c5 6. Rc1 {The position is equal.} cxd4 {
E21: Nimzo-Indian: 4 Nf3.} 7. Nxd4 h6 8. Bh4 d5 9. cxd5 Bxc3+ {[#]} 10. bxc3
$146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Rxc3 g5 11. Bg3 Ne4 12. Ra3 Qxd5 13. e3 e5 14. Nb5
Qxd1+ 15. Kxd1 Nc6 16. Bd3 Rd8 17. Ke2 Bf5 {1/2-1/2 (17) Vullhorst,W-Kyhos,A 
(1701) ICCF email 2007}) 10... Qxd5 11. e3 Nc6 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Qg4+ (13. Nb5
{looks sharper.} Qxa2 14. Ra1 Qb2 15. Bc4 Rd8 16. Qg4+) 13... Qg5 14. Qxg5+
fxg5 15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. Rb1 Bd7 17. Kd2 Rfb8 18. Bd3 Rb6 19. h4 Rab8 20. hxg5
hxg5 21. Rxb6 Rxb6 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 22. Kc2 c5 23. Rh5 f6 24.
f4 Rd6 {[#] Threatens to win with ...Ba4+.} 25. c4 gxf4 26. exf4 f5 27. g4 {
[%cal Rg4f5]} Rd4 28. gxf5 exf5 29. Bxf5 Bxf5+ 30. Rxf5 {Strongly threatening
Kc3.} Rxc4+ 31. Kb3 Rb4+ 32. Ka3 Rc4 33. Kb3 {A rather calm draw.  Weighted
Error Value: White=0.02/Black=0.02} 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.19"]
[Round "7.54"]
[White "Valsecchi, Alessio"]
[Black "Druska, Juraj"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2508"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "155"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Italy"]
[BlackTeam "Slovakia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ITA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SVK"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. Qc2 h6 7. Bh4 O-O 8. e3
Re8 9. Bd3 c6 10. Nge2 Nh5 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. h3 Nd7 13. O-O-O b5 14. Kb1 Nb6
15. g4 Nf6 16. Ng3 a5 17. Rde1 Be6 18. f4 b4 19. Nce2 b3 20. Qxb3 Nc4 21. Qc3
Reb8 22. Bxc4 dxc4 23. e4 a4 24. f5 Bc8 25. Nc1 a3 26. b3 Ra4 27. Ka1 Rab4 28.
Rhg1 Ba6 29. Nh5 c5 30. dxc5 cxb3 31. axb3 Bc4 32. Nxf6+ gxf6 33. e5 Qxc5 34.
exf6 Rxb3 35. Nxb3 Rxb3 36. Qd2 Be2 37. Rxe2 Qxg1+ 38. Re1 Rd3 39. Rxg1 Rxd2
40. h4 Rd6 41. g5 hxg5 42. hxg5 Rd5 43. Rf1 a2 44. Kxa2 Rd2+ 45. Kb3 Rg2 46.
Kc4 Rxg5 47. Kd5 Rg2 48. Ke5 Re2+ 49. Kf4 Rg2 50. Re1 Rf2+ 51. Ke5 Ra2 52. Rg1+
Kf8 53. Rc1 Ra8 54. Rc7 Rd8 55. Ra7 Kg8 56. Ra1 Kf8 57. Rh1 Kg8 58. Rh4 Ra8 59.
Rc4 Ra5+ 60. Ke4 Ra6 61. Rc8+ Kh7 62. Ke5 Ra5+ 63. Kf4 Ra4+ 64. Kg5 Ra1 65. Rf8
Ra4 66. Rxf7+ Kg8 67. Rb7 Kf8 68. f7 Ra6 69. Rc7 Rb6 70. Ra7 Rc6 71. Kf4 Rb6
72. Rc7 Rb4+ 73. Kg5 Rb6 74. Ra7 Rc6 75. Ra5 Kxf7 76. f6 Rc1 77. Ra7+ Kf8 78.
Ra8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.19"]
[Round "7.55"]
[White "Mazur, Stefan"]
[Black "Sonis, Francesco"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2433"]
[BlackElo "2536"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Slovakia"]
[BlackTeam "Italy"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SVK"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ITA"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e5 7. Nb3 h5 8. Bg5
Be7 9. Qd3 Nbd7 10. a4 b6 11. Be2 Bb7 12. Bf3 Rc8 13. O-O O-O 14. Rfd1 Re8 15.
Qe2 g6 16. Rd3 Qc7 17. Rad1 Qc4 18. Qe3 Qb4 19. Qd2 Rc4 20. Re3 Bf8 21. Be2
Rcc8 22. Rg3 Rc7 23. Bd3 Rxc3 24. bxc3 Qxa4 25. Ra1 Qc6 26. Bxf6 Nxf6 27. Qe2
Ra8 28. Nd2 Qxc3 29. Rb1 Qc7 30. Bc4 Kg7 31. Rgb3 b5 32. Bd3 d5 33. Re1 d4 34.
Ra1 Nd7 35. Rbb1 Nc5 36. Nb3 Na4 37. Rf1 Nc3 38. Qe1 Bb4 39. Nd2 Rd8 40. Qc1 a5
41. h4 Be7 42. g3 a4 43. Qe1 Bd6 44. f3 Qd7 45. Qf2 Bc7 46. Kh2 f5 47. Nb1 Ba5
48. Nxc3 Bxc3 49. Rab1 b4 50. exf5 gxf5 51. Qe2 Qe6 52. Rfe1 Bxe1 53. Qxe1 b3
54. cxb3 axb3 55. Qc1 Rd7 56. Bc4 Qh6 57. Qd1 Qe3 58. Rxb3 Qf2+ 59. Kh3 f4 0-1

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.19"]
[Round "7.56"]
[White "Lodici, Lorenzo"]
[Black "Sahidi, Samir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E49"]
[WhiteElo "2529"]
[BlackElo "2432"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Italy"]
[BlackTeam "Slovakia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ITA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SVK"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 O-O 7. cxd5 exd5 8.
e3 b6 9. Bd3 c5 10. Ne2 Nc6 11. O-O Re8 12. Ra2 Qd6 13. g4 Be6 14. Qe1 h6 15.
Ng3 Rac8 16. Rg2 Rc7 17. Kh1 Na5 18. Nf5 Bxf5 19. gxf5 cxd4 20. Qh4 Kf8 21.
exd4 Rxc3 22. Bf4 Qd8 23. Bb5 Nc6 24. Rxg7 h5 25. Bh6 Qd6 26. Rg6+ Ke7 27. Rxf6
1-0

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.19"]
[Round "7.57"]
[White "Bogner, Sebastian"]
[Black "Djukic, Nikola"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E62"]
[WhiteElo "2574"]
[BlackElo "2519"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Switzerland"]
[BlackTeam "Montenegro"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SUI"]
[BlackTeamCountry "MNE"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. d5 Na5 8. b3 c5
9. Bb2 a6 10. Nd2 Rb8 11. O-O b5 12. Qc1 e5 13. dxe6 fxe6 14. Rb1 bxc4 15. bxc4
Bb7 16. Bxb7 Rxb7 17. Ba1 Rxb1 18. Qxb1 d5 19. Qd3 Nc6 20. cxd5 exd5 21. Qxa6
Nb4 22. Qb5 Qd6 23. Rd1 Rb8 24. Qa4 Qe6 25. a3 d4 26. axb4 dxc3 27. Bxc3 Qxe2
28. Rf1 cxb4 29. Bxb4 Ng4 30. Bd6 Rb2 31. Qa8+ Kf7 32. Nf3 h6 33. Bc5 Qc4 34.
Re1 Re2 35. Qb7+ 1-0

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.19"]
[Round "7.58"]
[White "Draskovic, Luka"]
[Black "Georgiadis, Nico"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2469"]
[BlackElo "2553"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Montenegro"]
[BlackTeam "Switzerland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "MNE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SUI"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. g3 dxc4 4. Qa4+ Bd7 5. Qxc4 c5 6. Bg2 Bc6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
b3 Nbd7 9. Bb2 Rc8 10. d3 b5 11. Qc2 Bd6 12. Nbd2 O-O 13. e4 e5 14. Nh4 g6 15.
Bh3 Nh5 16. Ng2 Qc7 17. Rae1 Rce8 18. Bg4 Ng7 19. f4 exf4 20. gxf4 f5 21. exf5
Rxe1 22. Rxe1 Bxf4 23. Nf3 Nf6 24. Ne5 Bxh2+ 25. Kxh2 Nxg4+ 26. Kg1 Nxe5 27.
Bxe5 Qd7 28. fxg6 Nf5 29. g7 Rf7 30. Rf1 Qd5 31. Bb2 Qxg2+ 32. Qxg2 Bxg2 33.
Rc1 Bb7 34. Rxc5 a6 0-1

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.19"]
[Round "7.59"]
[White "Kurmann, Oliver"]
[Black "Blagojevic, Dragisa"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2458"]
[BlackElo "2467"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Switzerland"]
[BlackTeam "Montenegro"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SUI"]
[BlackTeamCountry "MNE"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

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 Nd7 10. d4 Bb7 11. Nbd2 exd4 12. cxd4 Bf6 13. Nf1 Na5 14. Bc2 c5 15.
d5 Nc4 16. Rb1 Re8 17. b3 Nce5 18. N3h2 Ng6 19. Ng3 Be5 20. Ne2 Bf6 21. Ng4 Be7
22. f4 Nf6 23. Nh2 Bf8 24. Ng3 a5 25. Nf3 Ba6 26. Be3 Nd7 27. Nf5 Nf6 28. Ng3
Nd7 29. Nf5 Nf6 30. Ng3 Nd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.19"]
[Round "7.60"]
[White "Nikcevic, Nebojsa"]
[Black "Baenziger, Fabian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2385"]
[BlackElo "2403"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Montenegro"]
[BlackTeam "Switzerland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "MNE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SUI"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg6 7. Nxg6 hxg6 8. Bd2
Nbd7 9. Rc1 a6 10. a3 Bd6 11. c5 Bc7 12. f4 Ne4 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Qc2 g5 15.
Qxe4 Nf6 16. Qd3 gxf4 17. exf4 Qd5 18. Rc4 Rh4 19. Kd1 Ne4 20. Be1 Rxf4 21. Be2
O-O-O 22. Rf1 Rxf1 23. Bxf1 Bxh2 24. Kc2 Bc7 25. Be2 f5 26. Rb4 e5 27. Bc3 exd4
28. Rxd4 Qxc5 29. Rxd8+ Bxd8 30. Bg4 Kc7 31. Bf3 Qf2+ 32. Kb1 Nxc3+ 33. Qxc3
Bf6 34. Qc2 Qg1+ 35. Ka2 Qd4 36. Be2 a5 37. Bc4 Kd6 38. Bf7 g5 39. Bg6 f4 40.
Bh5 Kc7 41. Bf3 Qe5 42. Kb1 Qe1+ 43. Qc1 Qxc1+ 44. Kxc1 Kd6 45. b3 Kc5 46. Kc2
Kd4 47. Kd2 Be7 48. a4 Bb4+ 49. Kc2 Ke3 50. Kd1 Kf2 51. Be4 0-1

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.19"]
[Round "7.61"]
[White "Mehmeti, Dritan"]
[Black "Grandelius, Nils"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2391"]
[BlackElo "2669"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Albania"]
[BlackTeam "Sweden"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ALB"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SWE"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 g6 3. Bxf6 exf6 4. e3 d5 5. Ne2 Nd7 6. g3 h5 7. Bg2 Nb6 8. Nd2
h4 9. c4 dxc4 10. Nxc4 Nxc4 11. Qa4+ c6 12. Qxc4 Be6 13. Qc3 Bg4 14. Rc1 Bd6
15. a3 Kf8 16. Nf4 Kg7 17. O-O g5 18. Nd3 Qc8 19. f3 Be6 20. f4 hxg3 21. hxg3
Bh3 22. Nf2 Bxg2 23. Kxg2 Qe6 24. Rh1 Rxh1 25. Rxh1 Re8 26. fxg5 fxg5 27. e4
Qg6 28. Qf3 Bc7 29. Qc3 f6 30. g4 Bb6 31. a4 Rd8 32. Rd1 Qf7 33. a5 Bc7 34. a6
Bb6 35. axb7 Qxb7 36. e5 fxe5 37. dxe5 Rxd1 38. Nxd1 Bd4 39. Qf3 Bxe5 40. b3
Qd7 41. Nf2 a5 42. Ne4 Qd4 43. Qe2 Kg6 44. Qc2 Qb2 45. Qxb2 Bxb2 46. Kf3 Bc1
47. Nc5 Kf6 48. Ke4 Ba3 49. Nd7+ Ke6 50. Ne5 c5 51. Nc4 Bb4 52. Ne5 Bd2 53. Nc4
Be1 54. Ne5 Bg3 55. Nc4 Bc7 56. Ne3 Kd6 57. Nd5 Bd8 58. Nc3 Bf6 59. Nd5 Bd4 60.
Nb6 Kc6 61. Nc4 Kb5 62. Kd3 Kb4 63. Nd2 Bf6 64. Kc2 Be7 65. Kd3 Bd6 66. Kc2 Bf4
67. Ne4 c4 68. bxc4 Kxc4 69. Kb2 Kd3 70. Nc5+ Ke3 71. Kb3 Kf3 0-1

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.19"]
[Round "7.62"]
[White "Hillarp Persson, Tiger"]
[Black "Pasko, Llambi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2528"]
[BlackElo "2417"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sweden"]
[BlackTeam "Albania"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SWE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ALB"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. b3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bb2 O-O 8. Be2
Qe7 9. O-O a6 10. d4 b5 11. e4 dxe4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Qxe4 Bb7 14. Rfe1 Ba3 15.
Bc3 Bb4 16. Bxb4 Qxb4 17. Qc2 Rfd8 18. a3 Qd6 19. c5 Qf4 20. g3 Qf6 21. Qc3 Nf8
22. Ne5 Ng6 23. Rad1 Ne7 24. Qa5 Nf5 25. Bf1 Qe7 26. Qc3 Qc7 27. Bg2 Ne7 28. h4
Nd5 29. Qd2 Re8 30. h5 Rad8 31. h6 f6 32. Ng4 Bc8 33. hxg7 Qxg7 34. Ne3 Qc7 35.
Nxd5 exd5 36. Re3 Re6 37. Rxe6 Bxe6 38. Re1 Re8 39. Bh3 Qf7 40. Qe2 f5 41. Qd2
Qg6 42. Qf4 Rf8 43. b4 Bc8 44. Re7 Rf7 45. Re8+ Rf8 46. Rxc8 Rxc8 47. Bxf5 1-0

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.19"]
[Round "7.63"]
[White "Ashiku, Franc"]
[Black "Johansson, Linus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2419"]
[BlackElo "2479"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Albania"]
[BlackTeam "Sweden"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ALB"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SWE"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 d6 5. Qc2 Nbd7 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Qxc3 b6 8.
e3 Bb7 9. Be2 a5 10. b3 Qe7 11. O-O O-O 12. Bb2 Rfe8 13. Rad1 e5 14. d5 b5 15.
cxb5 Nxd5 16. Qc2 a4 17. b4 N7b6 18. Nd2 Qh4 19. Bf3 Re6 20. g3 Qe7 21. Rc1 Rb8
22. e4 Nf6 23. Qxc7 Qxc7 24. Rxc7 Ree8 25. Re1 Rec8 26. Rec1 Kf8 27. Bg2 Ne8
28. Rxc8 Rxc8 29. Rxc8 Bxc8 30. Nb1 Be6 31. Nc3 Ke7 32. Bc1 Nf6 33. Be3 Nfd7
34. Bf1 Kd8 35. f3 Kc7 36. Kf2 Bb3 37. Bd3 Kb7 38. Ke1 Kc7 39. Kd2 Kb7 40. h4
Kc7 41. Bf1 Kb7 42. Be2 Kc7 43. Ke1 Kb7 44. Bd1 Bxd1 45. Kxd1 Nc4 46. Bc1 Ncb6
47. Ke2 Kc7 48. Kd3 Kb7 49. Be3 Kc7 50. g4 Kb7 51. h5 Kc7 52. h6 g6 53. g5 Kd8
54. Bxb6+ Nxb6 55. Nd5 Nxd5 56. exd5 Kc7 57. b6+ Kxb6 58. Kc4 Ka6 59. b5+ Ka5
60. b6 Ka6 61. b7 Kxb7 62. Kb5 Kc7 63. Kxa4 Kd7 64. Kb4 f6 65. gxf6 g5 66. Kc3
1-0

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.19"]
[Round "7.64"]
[White "Seo, Jung Min"]
[Black "Seitaj, Ilir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2351"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sweden"]
[BlackTeam "Albania"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SWE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ALB"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 d6 7. a4 Be6 8. Nbd2
Qd7 9. c3 Kh8 10. a5 a6 11. Qb3 Rab8 12. Nf1 Bxc4 13. Qxc4 Nh5 14. Ne3 Bd8 15.
d4 exd4 16. cxd4 Ne7 17. b3 Qc6 18. d5 Qxc4 19. bxc4 Nf4 20. Ra3 Neg6 21. g3
Nh5 22. Nf5 Ne7 23. N5d4 c5 24. Nb3 Nc8 25. e5 f5 26. Ra2 b5 27. axb6 Rxb6 28.
Na5 dxe5 29. Nxe5 Nf6 30. Ba3 Be7 31. Nac6 Bd6 32. Rea1 Ne7 33. Nxe7 Bxe7 34.
Nc6 Bd6 35. Bb2 Ne8 36. Bc3 Rb3 37. Be5 Rb6 38. f4 Bxe5 39. fxe5 Nc7 40. Ra5 f4
41. Rxc5 fxg3 42. hxg3 Rb3 43. Kg2 Rb2+ 44. Kh3 Ne8 45. Nd4 h5 46. Ne6 Rff2 47.
Rh1 Kg8 48. d6 Rbd2 49. Rd5 1-0

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.19"]
[Round "7.65"]
[White "Gretarsson, Hjorvar Steinn"]
[Black "Dardha, Daniel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2574"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Iceland"]
[BlackTeam "Belgium"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BEL"]

{[%evp 9,116,25,37,40,39,37,40,-27,39,31,37,33,37,0,0,0,0,-28,-39,-25,0,0,0,0,
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-369,-369,-372,-372,-331,-365,-361,-350,-415,-411,-403,-405,-455,-441]} 1. c4
e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 h6 4. Bf4 Nf6 5. e3 Bd6 6. Bxd6 {D31: Queen's Gambit
Declined: Semi-Slav without ...Nf6 (+ Marshall Gambit and Noteboom) and
Exchange Variation lines without ...Nf6.} Qxd6 7. c5 Qe7 8. f4 {[#]} (8. Nf3
$14) 8... a5 $146 ({Better is} 8... O-O $11) ({Predecessor:} 8... O-O 9. Bd3 a5
10. Nf3 b6 11. cxb6 cxb6 12. O-O Ba6 13. Rc1 Rc8 14. Ne5 Bxd3 15. Nxd5 {
1-0 (15) Baidetsky,V (2403)-Jablonicky,M (2298) Piestany 2021}) 9. Nf3 O-O 10.
Rc1 b6 11. Na4 Bd7 12. Bd3 Ng4 13. Ke2 Qe8 14. b3 Na6 {[%cal Bb8a6,Ba6b4,Bb4a2]
[%mdl 32]} 15. h3 Nf6 16. cxb6 Nb4 17. b7 Rb8 18. Nc3 ({Much worse is} 18. Rxc7
Nxd3 19. Kxd3 Ne4 $17) 18... Rxb7 19. Ne5 a4 20. Nxd7 Nxd7 21. Nxa4 Nxa2 22.
Ra1 Nb4 23. Bb1 Qe7 (23... c5 {looks sharper.} 24. dxc5 Nf6 25. Kf2 Qe7 26. Rf1
Rfb8) 24. Qd2 c5 (24... Ra7 {with more complications.} 25. Rc1 Rb8 26. Kf1 g6
27. Kg1 Nf6) 25. Nxc5 Nxc5 26. dxc5 Qxc5 27. Rc1 Qd6 28. Ra4 g6 29. Qc3 Rfb8
30. h4 d4 31. Qxd4 Qxd4 32. exd4 Nd5 33. Ba2 (33. Be4 $15) 33... Nxf4+ $17 34.
Kf3 Nd3 35. Rc3 Nb4 36. Re3 (36. Ke2 $17 {might work better.}) 36... Rc7 $19
37. Kg3 Rc1 38. h5 g5 39. Kh2 Ra1 40. Re2 Rb7 (40... Rxa2 41. Rexa2 Nxa2 42.
Rxa2) 41. Rb2 {[#] intending Bb1.} Rd1 ({Much less strong is} 41... Nxa2 42. b4
$17) 42. Bb1 Rxd4 43. Re2 Rdd7 44. Be4 Rb6 45. Re3 (45. Rb2 $142) 45... Rc7 46.
Ra8+ Kg7 47. Rd8 Na6 48. Rd4 Nb4 49. Rd8 $1 Na2 50. Bf3 Nc3 51. Red3 (51. Rdd3
{was necessary.} Rxb3 52. Kg3) 51... Rxb3 52. Ra8 Rb4 53. Rdd8 Rh4+ 54. Kg1 Ne4
55. Rg8+ Kf6 56. Ra1 Ng3 {[#] ( -> ...Rc2)} 57. Kf2 Nxh5 58. Rf1 Rc2+ {
Weighted Error Value: White=0.19/Black=0.14} 0-1

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.19"]
[Round "7.66"]
[White "Docx, Stefan"]
[Black "Stefansson, Hannes"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2432"]
[BlackElo "2519"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Belgium"]
[BlackTeam "Iceland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BEL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISL"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Be2 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. b3
b6 9. Bb2 Bb7 10. Bd3 h6 11. Re1 dxc4 12. bxc4 c5 13. d5 Ne5 14. Nb5 Nxd3 15.
Qxd3 Bb8 16. e4 a6 17. Nc3 e5 18. Rab1 Re8 19. Na4 Nd7 20. Bc3 Bc8 21. Qd2 b5
22. Ba5 Bc7 23. Bxc7 Qxc7 24. Nc3 b4 25. Nd1 a5 26. Qd3 a4 27. Nd2 Ra6 28. a3
Qa5 29. Ne3 Rb6 30. Red1 g6 31. h3 Kg7 32. Ndf1 Nf6 33. g4 Bd7 34. Ng3 Reb8 35.
Qd2 Qa7 36. Ra1 bxa3 37. Rxa3 Rb3 38. Rda1 Ne8 39. Qc2 Qb6 40. Kg2 Nd6 41. R1a2
Qb4 42. Qc1 Rb1 43. Qc3 Qxc3 44. Rxc3 R8b3 45. Rcc2 a3 46. Kf3 Ba4 47. Ngf1
Rxf1 0-1

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.19"]
[Round "7.67"]
[White "Gretarsson, Helgi Ass"]
[Black "Beukema, Stefan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A88"]
[WhiteElo "2476"]
[BlackElo "2408"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Iceland"]
[BlackTeam "Belgium"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BEL"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 d6 4. Bg2 g6 5. O-O Bg7 6. c4 O-O 7. Nc3 c6 8. Re1
Ne4 9. Qc2 Nxc3 10. bxc3 e5 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Ba3 Re8 13. e4 Na6 14. Rad1 Qa5
15. Bd6 Nc5 16. Nd2 f4 17. Nb3 Nxb3 18. axb3 Bg4 19. f3 Be6 20. b4 Qa6 21. c5
Qa2 22. Qxa2 Bxa2 23. Bf1 g5 24. c4 a5 25. bxa5 Rxa5 26. Rd2 Rea8 27. Rb2 R5a7
28. Rd1 Kf7 29. Kf2 Kf6 30. Rb4 h6 31. Rd2 Ra4 32. Rxb7 Bxc4 33. Bxc4 Rxc4 34.
Bxe5+ Kxe5 35. Rxg7 Rxc5 36. Rg6 Ra3 37. Kg2 g4 38. Rxg4 fxg3 39. hxg3 Rcc3 40.
Rf4 Rd3 41. Rxd3 Rxd3 42. Rf5+ Kd4 43. Rf6 Ke3 44. e5 c5 45. e6 Rd2+ 46. Kh3
Kf2 47. Rf4 Rd8 48. Kg4 Re8 49. Re4 h5+ 50. Kf4 Rf8+ 51. Ke5 Kxg3 52. f4 Kg4
53. f5+ Kg5 54. f6 1-0

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.19"]
[Round "7.68"]
[White "Verstraeten, Rein"]
[Black "Kjartansson, Gudmundur"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2386"]
[BlackElo "2443"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Belgium"]
[BlackTeam "Iceland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BEL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISL"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. b3 Ne4 6. Bd3 Bb4+ 7. Nbd2 f5 8. O-O
Nd7 9. Bb2 Qf6 10. g3 O-O 11. a3 Bd6 12. b4 g5 13. Nb3 h5 14. Ne5 g4 15. f3
gxf3 16. Qxf3 Qh6 17. Qf4 Qg7 18. Bxe4 dxe4 19. Nc1 Nxe5 20. dxe5 Be7 21. h4 a5
22. b5 cxb5 23. cxb5 a4 24. Ne2 Bd7 25. Nd4 Qg6 26. Bc3 Rfc8 27. Bb4 Bxb4 28.
axb4 a3 29. Rfc1 Rxc1+ 30. Rxc1 Qg4 31. Kf2 Qxf4+ 32. gxf4 a2 33. Ra1 Kf7 34.
Ke1 Ra3 35. Kd2 Ke7 36. Nc2 Ra8 37. b6 Bb5 38. Kc3 Bd3 39. Nd4 Rc8+ 40. Kb2 Bb1
41. Kb3 Rc1 42. Ne2 Re1 43. Nc3 Rxe3 44. Kc4 Rxc3+ 45. Kxc3 e3 46. Rxa2 Bxa2
47. Kd3 Kd7 48. b5 Bc4+ 0-1

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.19"]
[Round "7.69"]
[White "Tate, Alan"]
[Black "Pancevski, Filip"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2342"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Scotland"]
[BlackTeam "Macedonia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SCO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "MKD"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. g4 g6 6. g5 Nh5 7. Be3 Bg7 8. Qd2
c6 9. O-O-O Qa5 10. Kb1 O-O 11. Be2 Re8 12. h4 Nf8 13. Nh2 b5 14. Bxh5 gxh5 15.
f3 b4 16. Ne2 Be6 17. d5 cxd5 18. exd5 Bf5 19. Ng3 Bg6 20. Ne4 Rec8 21. Nf1
Rab8 22. Nfg3 Qd8 23. Rc1 a5 24. Qe2 a4 25. Qa6 b3 26. cxb3 axb3 27. a3 f5 28.
gxf6 Bxf6 29. Rxc8 Rxc8 30. Rg1 Ra8 31. Qc4 Kh8 32. Qxb3 Bxh4 33. Ka1 Rb8 34.
Qd1 Qd7 35. Qd2 Rb3 36. Ne2 Qh3 37. Bh6 Qxf3 38. Ng5 Bxg5 39. Bxg5 Rd3 40. Qc1
Qxe2 41. Bf6+ Kg8 42. Qc7 Nd7 43. Qd8+ Nf8 44. Qc7 Nd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.19"]
[Round "7.70"]
[White "Nikolovski, Nikola"]
[Black "Bremner, Adam"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2401"]
[BlackElo "2204"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Macedonia"]
[BlackTeam "Scotland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "MKD"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SCO"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Qc7 6. Ne2 Bg4 7. O-O e6 8. Qe1
Bd6 9. f3 Bh5 10. Qh4 Bg6 11. Bxg6 fxg6 12. Bf4 Nge7 13. Bxd6 Qxd6 14. f4 Nf5
15. Qh3 Qd7 16. Nd2 Nd8 17. Nc1 Nf7 18. Nd3 O-O 19. Nc5 Qc8 20. Rae1 Re8 21. g4
N5d6 22. Qe3 b6 23. Nxe6 Nd8 24. f5 gxf5 25. gxf5 Nxe6 26. fxe6 Ne4 27. Nxe4
Rxe6 28. Qf3 dxe4 29. Rxe4 Rg6+ 30. Kh1 Rf6 31. Rf4 Rxf4 32. Qd5+ Kh8 33. Rxf4
h6 34. Rf7 Qe8 35. Qf3 Qe1+ 36. Qf1 Qe4+ 37. Qg2 Qe1+ 38. Rf1 Qe8 39. Rf7 Qxf7
40. Qxa8+ Kh7 41. Qe4+ Kh8 42. Qe2 Qxa2 43. c4 a5 44. Qe8+ Kh7 45. Qe4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.19"]
[Round "7.71"]
[White "Morrison, Graham"]
[Black "Lazov, Toni"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2251"]
[BlackElo "2393"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Scotland"]
[BlackTeam "Macedonia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SCO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "MKD"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. Be3 Ng4 8. Bg5
f6 9. Bh4 g5 10. Bg3 Nh6 11. c5 Nc6 12. cxd6 cxd6 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. Bc4+ Kh8
15. h3 Nd4 16. O-O Nxf3+ 17. Qxf3 g4 18. hxg4 Bxg4 19. Qd3 Qe8 20. f3 Bc8 21.
Bh2 f5 22. Rad1 fxe4 23. Nxe4 Bf5 24. Bd5 Rd8 25. Qb3 b6 26. Qa3 a5 27. Nd6 Qg6
28. Nxf5 Qxf5 29. Qb3 Qf6 30. Rfe1 Rfe8 31. g4 Bf8 32. Kg2 Bc5 33. Re4 Bd4 34.
Bc4 Kg7 35. Rde1 Nf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.19"]
[Round "7.72"]
[White "Mihov, Filip"]
[Black "Gordon, Frederick"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A31"]
[WhiteElo "2255"]
[BlackElo "1739"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Macedonia"]
[BlackTeam "Scotland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "MKD"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SCO"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. e3 Nf6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 O-O 7. Nc2 b6 8. Be2
Bb7 9. O-O Na6 10. f3 Nc5 11. e4 a5 12. Be3 d6 13. Qd2 Bc6 14. b3 Qc8 15. Rab1
Rd8 16. Bg5 Qb7 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. exd5 Be8 19. Nd4 Bxd4+ 20. Qxd4 f6 21. Bh6 Nd7
22. f4 b5 23. cxb5 Qb6 24. Rfd1 Rdc8 25. a4 Bf7 26. Bf3 Rc3 27. h4 f5 28. Bg7
Rc2 29. Kf1 Rac8 30. Qxb6 Nxb6 31. Bb2 Kf8 32. Ba3 R8c3 33. Bb2 Rc8 34. Rd3 Ke8
35. Bg7 Rc1+ 36. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 37. Kf2 Rc5 38. Bd4 Rc2+ 39. Ke3 Nxd5+ 40. Bxd5
Bxd5 41. Bb6 Be4 42. Rd4 Rxg2 43. Bxa5 Rg3+ 44. Kd2 Rxb3 45. Rxe4 fxe4 46. Kc2
Rg3 47. b6 Rg2+ 48. Kc3 Rg3+ 49. Kc4 d5+ 50. Kc5 Rb3 51. Kc6 d4 52. b7 d3 53.
Bd2 Kd8 54. Ba5+ Ke8 55. Bd2 Kd8 56. a5 Rb2 57. a6 Rc2+ 58. Kb6 Rb2+ 59. Kc6
Rc2+ 60. Kb6 Rb2+ 61. Ka7 e3 62. Bxe3 Kc7 63. Bd2 1-0

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.19"]
[Round "7.73"]
[White "Kanyamarala, Tarun"]
[Black "Toczek, Grzegorz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2321"]
[BlackElo "2296"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "163"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ireland"]
[BlackTeam "Wales"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IRL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "WLS"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 O-O 8.
Be2 c5 9. O-O Qc7 10. Be3 Nd7 11. Qb3 e6 12. a4 b6 13. Rab1 Bb7 14. Nd2 Kh8 15.
a5 Rab8 16. axb6 axb6 17. Bb5 Nf6 18. f3 Ng8 19. Rfd1 Rfd8 20. Nc4 f5 21. exf5
gxf5 22. Qa3 cxd4 23. cxd4 Nf6 24. Ne5 Bf8 25. Qb2 Qe7 26. Bg5 Bg7 27. Qf2 Kg8
28. Qh4 h6 29. Bxh6 Bxh6 30. Qxh6 Qg7 31. Qh4 Bd5 32. Ba6 Nd7 33. Nxd7 Rxd7 34.
Qf4 Qf8 35. Rdc1 Qd6 36. Qe5 Ba2 37. Rb2 Bd5 38. Rcb1 Kf7 39. Be2 Ba8 40. Rb4
Rc8 41. Qe3 Rh8 42. h3 Bd5 43. Qe5 Rb8 44. Kf2 Ba8 45. R1b2 Qxe5 46. dxe5 Rd5
47. f4 Rc5 48. Rxb6 Rg8 49. Bh5+ Ke7 50. Bf3 Bxf3 51. Kxf3 Rc3+ 52. Kf2 Rgc8
53. Rb7+ Kf8 54. Rb8 Rxb8 55. Rxb8+ Kf7 56. Rb7+ Kf8 57. Rd7 Ra3 58. Rd2 Kf7
59. Re2 Kg6 60. Re3 Ra4 61. Kg3 Kh5 62. Rb3 Rc4 63. Rb8 Rc3+ 64. Kf2 Rc2+ 65.
Kf3 Rc3+ 66. Ke2 Rc2+ 67. Kd3 Rc6 68. Rg8 Kh4 69. Kd4 Ra6 70. Kc5 Ra4 71. Kd6
Ra6+ 72. Ke7 Rb6 73. Kf6 Ra6 74. Rg6 Kh5 75. g4+ fxg4 76. hxg4+ Kh4 77. Kf7 Kg3
78. f5 Ra7+ 79. Kxe6 Kf4 80. Kf6 Ke4 81. e6 Kd5 82. Rg8 1-0

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.19"]
[Round "7.74"]
[White "Pleasants, Allan J"]
[Black "Jessel, Stephen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2001"]
[BlackElo "2297"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Wales"]
[BlackTeam "Ireland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "WLS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IRL"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nc6 3. d4 Bf5 4. Bg2 Nb4 5. Na3 e6 6. c3 Nc6 7. O-O Bxa3 8.
bxa3 Be4 9. Re1 Nge7 10. Bf1 Bxf3 11. exf3 O-O 12. Bd3 Nf5 13. Bf4 Nd6 14. Bc2
Qd7 15. Qd3 f5 16. Ba4 Nc4 17. Rab1 Rab8 18. Rb3 a6 19. Bxc6 Qxc6 20. Be5 Rf7
21. h4 a5 22. Reb1 b6 23. Rb5 Rc8 24. R5b3 a4 25. Rb4 Nxa3 26. Re1 Nc4 27. Kg2
Ra8 28. Bf4 Re8 29. h5 Ra8 30. h6 g6 31. Re2 Re7 32. Rb1 Rae8 33. Rbe1 Rf7 34.
Bc1 Qd7 35. Bf4 Qc8 36. Qd1 b5 37. Qb1 c6 38. Qb4 Qd7 39. Qc5 Ree7 40. Bg5 Re8
41. a3 Qc8 42. Bf4 Rb7 43. Bc1 Qd7 44. Bf4 b4 0-1

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.19"]
[Round "7.75"]
[White "Nemeth, Zalan"]
[Black "Garcia, Jason"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2163"]
[BlackElo "2028"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ireland"]
[BlackTeam "Wales"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IRL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "WLS"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. c4 c5 2. g3 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. O-O Be7 7. b3 d6 8. Bb2
Nbd7 9. d4 cxd4 10. Qxd4 a6 11. Rac1 O-O 12. e4 Qc7 13. Ne1 Rac8 14. Nc2 Rfe8
15. Ne3 Bf8 16. Qd2 Qb8 17. Rfd1 Bc6 18. Ba3 Nc5 19. Qc2 Ncxe4 20. Nxe4 Nxe4
21. Bxe4 Bxe4 22. Qxe4 d5 23. cxd5 Bxa3 24. Rxc8 Qxc8 25. d6 Rd8 26. Nc4 Bc5
27. Qf3 f6 28. Qe4 e5 29. Qd5+ Kf8 30. Rd3 Bd4 31. a4 Qd7 32. Rf3 b5 33. axb5
axb5 34. Nxe5 Bxe5 35. Qxe5 Qxd6 36. Qxb5 Rb8 37. Qf5 Kf7 38. Rd3 Qe5 39. Qxh7
Qa1+ 40. Kg2 Qa8+ 41. f3 Rxb3 42. Qh5+ Kg8 43. Rd7 Rb2+ 44. Kh3 Qf8 45. Qd5+
Kh7 46. Rd8 Qe7 47. Qh5# 1-0

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.19"]
[Round "7.76"]
[White "Weatherlake, John P"]
[Black "Kanyamarala, Trisha"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "1890"]
[BlackElo "2089"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Wales"]
[BlackTeam "Ireland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "WLS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IRL"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 b5 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Kb1 Qb6 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. f5 b4 14. Ne2 e5
15. Ng3 h5 16. h4 Be7 17. Bd3 a5 18. Qe2 a4 19. Bc4 Qc5 20. Nxh5 Rc8 21. b3
axb3 22. cxb3 Rxh5 23. Bxf7+ Kxf7 24. Qxh5+ Kg7 25. Qg4+ Kf8 26. h5 Qe3 27. Rh4
Bb5 0-1

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.20"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Korobov, Anton"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Azerbaijan"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

{[%evp 16,49,15,15,18,18,16,16,27,19,25,25,25,22,25,27,27,27,27,27,23,25,27,27,
26,26,27,22,23,0,15,0,33,0,28,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5.
Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 O-O 8. Rc1 dxc4 9. Bxc4 c5 {D38: Queen's Gambit
Declined: Ragozin Defence (4 Nf3 Bb4).} 10. Qb3 cxd4 11. Qxb4 Nc6 {The
position is equal.} 12. Ne4 Nxb4 13. Nxf6+ gxf6 14. Nxd4 e5 15. Nc2 Nxc2+ 16.
Rxc2 Bf5 17. Rc1 {[#]} Rac8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17... Rfc8 18. Ke2 {1/2-1/2 
(18) Medina,M (2308)-Engelen,J (2381) ICCF email 2018}) 18. Ke2 Rfd8 {[#] ...
Rxc4! is the strong threat.} 19. Rhd1 Rxd1 20. Kxd1 $11 {KRB-KRB} Rd8+ 21. Ke2
Rc8 22. Kd1 Rd8+ 23. Ke2 Rc8 {[#] aiming for ...b5!} 24. Kd1 Rd8+ 25. Ke2 {
An uneventful encounter.  Weighted Error Value: White=0.05/Black=0.01} 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.20"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Volokitin, Andrei"]
[Black "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Azerbaijan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AZE"]

{[%evp 17,60,40,36,14,38,8,28,0,11,5,9,4,18,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,
0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O
b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8 8. c3 d6 9. d4 Bb6 10. Qd3 {C78: Ruy Lopez:
Archangelsk and Möller Defences.} O-O 11. axb5 axb5 12. Bg5 {White has an edge.
} exd4 {The position is equal.} 13. cxd4 h6 14. Bh4 g5 {[#]} 15. e5 $1 {
Threatens to win with Qg6+.} gxh4 16. Qg6+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kh8 17.
Qxh6+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Nh7 18. Bc2 {[%csl Gc2][%cal Rh6h7]} f5 19.
exf6 $1 {[%csl Gc2][%cal Rh6h7]} Rf7 20. Ng5 Qxf6 {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack}
21. Nxf7+ Qxf7 22. Bxh7 Qxh7 23. Qf8+ Qg8 24. Qh6+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack}
Qh7 25. Qf8+ Qg8 26. Qh6+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Qh7 27. Qf8+ Qg8 28. Qh6+ {
[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Qh7 29. Qf8+ Qg8 {[#]} 30. Qh6+ $146 {[%mdl 64]
Double Attack} ({Predecessor:} 30. Qf6+ Qg7 31. Qxh4+ Qh7 32. Qf6+ Qg7 33. Qh4+
Qh7 34. Qf6+ Qg7 35. Qh4+ {1/2-1/2 (31) Dudas,E (2276)-Papp,P (2305) Heviz 2013
}) 30... Qh7 {Not much happened in this game.  Weighted Error Value: White=0.
04/Black=0.00} 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.20"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Guseinov, Gadir"]
[Black "Kuzubov, Yuriy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Azerbaijan"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

{[%evp 11,51,29,22,0,0,0,0,0,0,-9,21,0,0,0,11,25,13,6,19,24,14,16,10,7,26,0,0,
0,9,23,16,-25,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5.
Nxe5 Nd7 6. Nxd7 Bxd7 7. Nc3 {C43: Petroff Defence: 3 d4.} (7. O-O {seems
wilder.} Bd6 8. Qh5 Qf6 9. Nc3 Qxd4 10. Be3) 7... Nxc3 8. bxc3 Bd6 {8...Qe7+
is not played anymore.} 9. Qh5 Qe7+ 10. Be3 Be6 11. O-O O-O-O 12. Rab1 Kb8 {[#]
} 13. Ba6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Rfe1 g6 14. Qh6 Qf8 15. a4 Qxh6 16. Bxh6 Bd7
17. a5 Rhe8 18. Rxe8 Rxe8 19. c4 dxc4 20. Bxc4 {1/2-1/2 (111) Jones,G (2670)
-Kuzubov,Y (2643) Chess.com INT 2020}) 13... b6 14. a4 {[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4a5]
[%mdl 32]} Qd7 15. Qe2 f5 16. Bg5 Rde8 17. a5 Qf7 $1 18. Qf3 {Hoping for c4!}
h6 19. Bf4 Bxf4 20. Qxf4 {[#] White threatens axb6 and mate.} g5 $1 {[%cal
Rg5f4]} 21. Qd2 Bc8 22. Bb5 {The position is equal.} Bd7 23. Ba6 Bc8 24. Bb5
Bd7 25. Ba6 Bc8 26. Bb5 {An uneventful encounter.  Weighted Error Value:
White=0.05/Black=0.03} 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.20"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Shevchenko, Kirill"]
[Black "Abasov, Nijat"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2647"]
[BlackElo "2634"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Azerbaijan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AZE"]

{[%evp 13,53,0,0,-25,-22,-17,16,6,26,0,0,0,-4,0,0,-7,-12,-16,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,
0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. e4
d5 6. e5 Ne4 7. Bd3 c5 8. a3 {E32: Nimzo-Indian: Classical (4 Qc2): 4...0-0.}
Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Nc6 10. Ne2 cxd4 11. cxd5 exd5 {Black wants to play ...dxc3.The
position is equal.} 12. cxd4 Bg4 13. f3 Bxf3 14. gxf3 Qh4+ 15. Ng3 $1 {[#]}
Nxd4 $146 (15... Nxg3 $5 16. Qf2 $8 {[%mdl 64] Pin} (16. Bxh7+ $2 Kh8 $19)
16... Nxd4 17. Qxg3 Nxf3+ 18. Kf2 Qd4+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 19. Be3 Qxd3
20. Qxf3 Qc2+ 21. Kg3 Rfe8 $11) ({Predecessor:} 15... Nxg3 16. Qf2 Nxd4 17.
Qxg3 Nxf3+ 18. Ke2 Qxg3 19. hxg3 Nxe5 20. Bxh7+ Kh8 21. Be4+ Kg8 {0-1 (62)
Hartmann,G-Felczer,K (2173) Frankfurt 2000}) 16. Qg2 Nc5 17. Bb1 Ncb3 18. Bb2
Nxa1 19. Bxa1 f6 $1 20. Ba2 ({Of course not} 20. f4 fxe5 21. Qxd5+ Kh8 $15)
20... Rac8 21. O-O {[#] Black must now prevent exf6.} Rc2 22. Bxd5+ Kh8 23. Rf2
Rc1+ 24. Rf1 Rc2 25. Rf2 Rc1+ 26. Rf1 Rc2 27. Rf2 {A rather calm draw. 
Weighted Error Value: White=0.04/Black=0.03} 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.20"]
[Round "8.5"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "171"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "France"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

{[%evp 16,170,48,6,7,9,11,0,0,3,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-22,27,39,37,36,62,61,81,
65,70,62,72,54,78,57,53,42,59,43,68,79,87,68,94,45,47,45,67,31,45,24,53,31,53,
43,95,95,95,95,95,68,68,68,68,75,76,31,31,31,31,31,31,31,31,31,31,0,31,31,31,
31,31,31,31,31,31,31,31,31,31,31,31,31,31,31,31,31,31,31,32,32,32,32,32,31,31,
31,32,31,31,31,31,31,31,31,31,31,31,31,31,31,31,31,31,31,31,31,31,31,31,31,32,
32,32,32,32,32,32,32,32,32,32,32,32,32,32,32,32,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 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. Be3 O-O
{9...0-0 scores better than 9...Bg4. C78: Ruy Lopez: Archangelsk and Möller
Defences.} 10. Nbd2 Rb8 11. h3 Re8 12. Re1 Bb7 {[#]} 13. Ng5 $146 ({
Predecessor:} 13. Bc2 h6 14. a3 a5 15. Nf1 Na7 16. Ng3 exd4 17. Bxd4 c5 18.
Bxf6 Qxf6 19. Nh5 {1-0 (35) McShane,L (2674)-Erdos,V (2622) Douglas 2021})
13... Re7 {[%cal Re5d4]} 14. d5 {[#] And now Bxb6 would win.} Bxe3 15. Rxe3 Na7
16. a4 Nc8 17. axb5 (17. Ngf3 {is interesting.} c6 18. dxc6 Bxc6 19. a5 Rc7 20.
Nf1) 17... axb5 18. c4 (18. Ngf3 {keeps more tension.} c6 19. dxc6 Bxc6 20. Ne1
b4 21. c4) 18... c6 (18... h6 {is more complex.} 19. Ngf3 c6 20. dxc6 Bxc6 21.
Rc1 bxc4 22. Nxc4 Bxe4 23. Ncxe5 Bxf3 24. gxf3 Na7) 19. dxc6 Bxc6 20. cxb5 Bxb5
21. Bxf7+ $1 Rxf7 22. Qb3 {[%mdl 64] [#] Pin} d5 $1 23. Nxf7 Kxf7 24. exd5 Qxd5
25. Qxd5+ Nxd5 26. Rxe5 Nf6 27. Ne4 Nd7 28. Rd5 Bc6 29. Rd2 Ne5 30. Re1 (30.
Ng5+ {seems wilder.} Kg6 31. f4 Nc4 32. Rd4 N4b6 33. Re1) 30... Bxe4 31. Rxe4
Nc6 32. Rd3 {Hoping for Rf3+.} N8e7 33. b3 Kg8 34. g3 Nf5 35. Kg2 Nfd4 36.
Rexd4 $16 Nxd4 37. Rxd4 Rxb3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KR-KR} 38. Rd7 h5 39. Rd5 g6
40. Rd7 Kf8 41. g4 hxg4 42. hxg4 Ra3 43. f3 Rb3 44. Kg3 Rb4 45. Kh4 Rb5 $1 46.
Kg3 Rb4 47. f4 Rb3+ 48. Kf2 Ra3 49. Rd5 Kf7 50. Re5 Kf6 51. Re3 Ra4 52. Kf3 Ra1
53. Rb3 Rf1+ 54. Ke3 Re1+ 55. Kf2 Re7 56. Kg3 Ra7 57. Rb5 Ra3+ 58. Kh4 Ra7 59.
Rb6+ Kg7 $1 60. Re6 Kf7 61. Rd6 {Black must now prevent Kg5.} Kg7 62. Rd3 Kf6
63. Kg3 Rb7 64. Kf3 Re7 65. Rd5 Kf7 66. Rd6 Kg7 67. Rc6 Kf7 68. Rc4 Kf6 69. Re4
{Rxe7 is the strong threat.} Ra7 70. Rd4 Re7 71. Rd3 Kf7 72. Ra3 Kf6 73. Kg3
Kf7 74. Kh4 Rb7 75. Kg5 {aiming for Ra6.} Kg7 $1 76. Ra5 Rc7 77. Ra6 Rc5+ 78.
f5 gxf5 79. gxf5 {Strongly threatening Ra7+.} Rc7 $1 80. Rg6+ Kf7 81. Rh6 {
Rh7+ would kill now.} Kg7 82. f6+ Kg8 {The position is equal.} 83. Kg6 Rg7+ 84.
Kf5 Ra7 85. Kg6 Rg7+ 86. fxg7 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.08/Black=0.06}
1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.20"]
[Round "8.6"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "France"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

{[%evp 13,125,45,39,19,25,15,43,37,30,32,39,38,39,34,36,33,45,40,38,32,37,12,
31,21,29,-14,0,0,0,-26,-22,-19,-36,-45,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,6,0,0,0,13,12,19,14,27,
25,30,25,25,36,29,36,19,29,41,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,
0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6
3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 d6 7. a4 Be6 8. Nc3 {[#] C55: Two
Knights: 4 d3, 4 d4 exd4 5 e5 and Max Lange Attack.} a5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 
8... Qd7 9. a5 a6 10. Nd5 Bxd5 11. Bxd5 Nxd5 12. exd5 Nd4 13. Nxd4 exd4 14. h3
Bf6 15. Qf3 Qb5 {0-1 (58) Harikrishna,P (2744)-Wang,H (2709) Huaian 2017}) 9.
Nd5 Nb4 {[%cal Rb4d5]} 10. Nxf6+ {White is slightly better.} Bxf6 11. Bxe6 fxe6
12. c3 Nc6 13. Bd2 Qe8 14. b4 Qg6 15. b5 Nb8 16. Be3 Nd7 17. h3 h6 18. Nh2 Kh7
19. g3 Bg5 20. Ra2 Rf7 21. Qg4 Bxe3 22. Qxg6+ Kxg6 23. Rxe3 Nb6 24. Kg2 Kf6 25.
Nf3 Ke7 26. Nd2 Raf8 27. Nb3 Ra8 28. Re1 Rff8 29. Nd2 Rfd8 30. h4 Rac8 31. d4
c5 32. bxc6 Rxc6 33. Rb1 Rd7 34. Rb5 {[#] Strongly threatening d5.} Nc4 35.
Nxc4 Rxc4 36. dxe5 dxe5 37. Rxe5 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} b6 $1 {
The position is equal.} 38. Rb5 Rd6 39. e5 Rdc6 40. Rab2 Rxc3 41. Rxb6 Rxb6 42.
Rxb6 {KR-KR} Rc4 43. Rb7+ Kf8 44. h5 Rxa4 45. f4 Rb4 46. Ra7 a4 47. Kf3 Rb3+
48. Kf2 Rb4 (48... a3 {with more complications.} 49. Ra8+ Kf7 50. Ra7+ Kg8 51.
g4 Kf8) 49. Ke3 Rb3+ 50. Kd4 Rxg3 51. Rxa4 Rg1 52. Kc5 {[#] Hoping for Kd6.}
Rd1 53. Ra8+ Ke7 54. Ra7+ Kf8 $1 55. Kc6 (55. Ra3 {is interesting.} Rd5+ 56.
Kc6 Rd1 57. Ra7 Rd5 58. Ra6) 55... Rd2 56. Rd7 Ra2 57. Rb7 Rd2 58. Rd7 Ra2 59.
Rc7 {Kd7 is the strong threat.} Rd2 60. Ra7 Rd1 61. Ra8+ Ke7 62. Ra7+ Kf8 63.
Ra8+ {Weighted Error Value: White=0.04/Black=0.03} 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.20"]
[Round "8.7"]
[White "Alekseenko, Kirill"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B69"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2647"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "France"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

{[%evp 23,81,26,41,35,65,62,73,70,74,68,81,79,76,26,25,32,95,91,102,98,111,55,
66,56,87,45,126,-46,-44,-40,-32,-41,-30,-33,-37,-46,-25,-28,-40,-50,-8,-27,0,0,
0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5.
Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 Be7 10. Nf3 b5 {[%cal Bb7b5,
Bb5b4][%mdl 32]} 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. Bd3 Qa5 {Threatening ...b4.} 13. Kb1 $1 {
B69: Sicilian: Richter-Rauzer: 7...a6 8 0-0-0 Bd7 9 f4 Be7 10 Nf3 b5 11 Bxf6.}
b4 14. Ne2 Qc5 15. f5 {White is better.} a5 16. Nf4 a4 17. Rhe1 Ne5 18. fxe6
fxe6 19. Be2 {[#]} Rb8 $146 (19... a3 $14) ({Predecessor:} 19... O-O 20. Nd4
Qc8 21. Bb5 Bxb5 22. Nxb5 Nc4 23. Qd3 Kh8 24. Qh3 Rg8 25. Nxe6 b3 26. cxb3 axb3
27. axb3 Nxb2 28. Kxb2 {0-1 (35) Hartman,C (2315)-Schneider,L (2425) Stockholm
1987}) 20. Nd4 $16 Kf7 21. Rf1 Rhg8 22. Bh5+ (22. Qe3 $1 $16 {[%cal Re3h3]})
22... Ng6 $14 23. g4 a3 $1 24. Nb3 Qb5 {[#]} (24... Qe5 $14 25. Nd3 {[%mdl 64]
Double Attack} Qxe4) 25. g5 $2 ({White must play} 25. h4 $1 $16 {g5! is the
strong threat.} Rgf8 26. Nd4) 25... Qxg5 $15 26. Nxg6 {Black must now prevent
Qxg5.} Qxh5 27. Nxe7 Qe5 {[%csl Ga3][%cal Re5b2][%mdl 64] Double Attack} 28.
Nd4 Kxe7 29. Qh6 Qg5 30. Qxh7+ Rg7 31. Qh3 axb2 32. Qd3 {And now Nf5+! would
win.} Rb6 33. h4 {The position is equal.} Qxh4 34. e5 fxe5 35. Qf3 {[%csl Gf1]
[%cal Rf3f8]} Rb8 ({Don't go for} 35... Qf4 $2 {[#]} 36. Qa8 $1 $18) 36. Nc6+
Bxc6 37. Qxc6 Rd8 38. Rxd6 Rxd6 39. Qc7+ Rd7 40. Qc5+ Rd6 41. Qc7+ {Weighted
Error Value: White=0.19/Black=0.10} 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.20"]
[Round "8.8"]
[White "Lagarde, Maxime"]
[Black "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2647"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "France"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

{[%evp 16,93,0,0,6,10,21,2,10,10,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,5,0,0,
0,0,-29,0,0,5,0,0,0,0,1,87,72,81,81,100,12,14,30,27,22,25,0,531,554,546,533,
515,393,354,318,426,0,335,0,512,505,891,843,808,743,1117,1139,920,903,12333,
6170]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7.
Bd3 O-O 8. O-O d5 9. Bd2 Rb8 {is the new trend. C47: Scotch Four Knights and
Four Knights with 4 g3.} 10. Re1 Bg4 11. Qc1 Re8 {The position is equal.} 12.
exd5 Rxe1+ 13. Qxe1 cxd5 14. h3 Be6 {[#]} 15. b3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. a3
Bf8 16. b3 c5 17. Bf4 {1-0 (16) Frick,A (2227)-Kunz,P (2292) GER email 2005})
15... c5 16. Na4 Bxd2 17. Qxd2 Qc7 18. Qe3 Nd7 19. Rd1 h6 20. c3 c4 21. Bc2 a5
22. Qd4 Rb5 23. f4 {f5 is the strong threat.} Nf8 24. f5 Bd7 25. Kh1 Qc6 26. b4
{White wants to play a3.} Nh7 27. a3 Nf6 28. Nc5 axb4 $1 29. cxb4 Qc7 (29...
Qa8 $1 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 30. Ba4 Rxc5 31. Bxd7 Ne4 {[#]} 32. Kg1 $1
Qxd7 (32... c3 33. bxc5) 33. bxc5 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQN} c3 $1 (
33... Qxf5 $2 34. c6 $18 (34. Qxd5 Qf2+ 35. Kh1 Nc3 $16)) 34. Rc1 (34. Qxd5 $2
Qxd5 35. Rxd5 c2 $19) (34. Qxe4 $2 dxe4 35. Rxd7 c2 $19) 34... Qxf5 35. c6 {
Strongly threatening c7.} Qe6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (35... Qg5 $1 $11 36. Rxc3 Nxc3
37. Qxc3 d4) 36. c7 $18 Qc6 37. Qe5 c2 38. Kh2 {Threatens to win with Rxc2!} ({
Not} 38. Qxd5 Qb6+ 39. Kh2 Qxc7+ 40. Kg1 Ng3 $11) 38... Kf8 39. Kh1 Nf2+ 40.
Kh2 {Hoping for Rxc2!} Ne4 $1 {[#] intending ...f6.} ({Avoid the trap} 40...
Nd3 $2 41. Rxc2 $3 {[%mdl 512]} Qxc2 42. Qd6+ Kg8 43. Qd8+ Kh7 44. c8=Q $18)
41. Kh1 $2 (41. Qxd5 $3 $18 {[%mdl 512]} Qxc7+ 42. Kg1 Qb6+ 43. Kh1 Nf2+ 44.
Kh2 Qb8+ 45. g3) 41... Qc5 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (41... Nf2+ $11 42. Kg1 Ne4 43.
Qxd5 Qb6+ 44. Kh1 Nf2+ 45. Kh2 Qxc7+ 46. g3 Qc8) 42. Qxd5 $3 {[%cal Rd5d8]
[%mdl 512] White is clearly winning.} Nf2+ (42... Qxd5 $142 43. c8=Q+ {[%mdl
64] Double Attack} Ke7) 43. Kg1 {[%cal Rd5d8]} Nxh3+ 44. Kh2 {[%cal Rd5d8]}
Qxd5 45. c8=Q+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Ke7 46. Qxh3 Qd2 47. Qh4+ {Weighted
Error Value: White=0.31/Black=0.43} 1-0

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.20"]
[Round "8.9"]
[White "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Poland"]
[BlackTeam "Spain"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ESP"]

{[%evp 13,63,45,43,33,39,27,35,34,36,34,22,35,33,18,31,33,29,29,29,16,33,25,25,
25,36,33,34,41,34,38,32,27,51,21,21,22,28,16,12,14,12,12,20,14,77,7,8,0,20,20,
40,-5]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. O-O d5 7. exd5
Nxd5 8. a4 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3.} a5 9.
Re1 Bg4 10. Nbd2 Nb6 11. Bb5 Bd6 12. Ne4 Na7 13. h3 Bh5 14. d4 Nxb5 15. axb5
exd4 16. Nxd6 Qxd6 17. Qxd4 {[#]} Bxf3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17... Qxd4 18. Nxd4
Bg6 19. f4 f5 20. Re5 Rfe8 21. Rc5 Rac8 22. Kf2 Nd7 23. Rd5 Nb6 24. Rc5 Nd7 25.
Rd5 Nb6 26. Rc5 {1/2-1/2 (26) Esipenko,A (2720)-Alekseenko,K (2710) Ufa 2021})
18. Qxd6 cxd6 19. gxf3 Rfd8 20. Re7 Rd7 21. Rxd7 Nxd7 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame
KRB-KRN} 22. Bf4 Nb6 23. b3 a4 24. bxa4 Rxa4 25. Re1 {[%cal Re1e8] [#]} h6 26.
Bxd6 Ra5 27. Rb1 {Hoping for Bc7.} Nc4 28. Bg3 Na3 (28... f6 $11 {keeps the
balance.}) 29. Rb3 ({White should play} 29. Ra1 $16) 29... Nxb5 30. Kg2 Na3 31.
Rxb7 Rc5 32. Bd6 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.07/Black=0.08} 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.20"]
[Round "8.10"]
[White "Anton Guijarro, David"]
[Black "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E51"]
[WhiteElo "2669"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Spain"]
[BlackTeam "Poland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "POL"]

{[%evp 12,36,3,0,0,0,0,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,16,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,0]} 1. d4 Nf6
2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd2 Nbd7 7. a3 {The position is
equal. Recently 7.Rc1 got a lot of attention.} Be7 {E51: Nimzo-Indian:
Rubinstein: 4...0-0 5 Nf3 d5.} 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Bd3 c6 10. O-O {[#]} Bd6 $146 ({
Predecessor:} 10... Re8 11. Qc2 g6 12. b4 a6 13. Na4 Bd6 14. Nc5 b6 15. Nxd7
Bxd7 16. Bc3 Ne4 {1/2-1/2 (55) Everet,A (2253)-Mantovani,R (2377) Bratto 1999})
11. Qc2 Re8 12. Rfe1 h6 13. h3 Qc7 14. Rac1 a6 15. Na4 Qd8 16. Nc3 Qc7 17. Na4
Qd8 18. Nc3 Qc7 {Not much happened in this game.  Weighted Error Value:
White=0.02/Black=0.01} 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.20"]
[Round "8.11"]
[White "Piorun, Kacper"]
[Black "Santos Latasa, Jaime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2634"]
[BlackElo "2633"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Poland"]
[BlackTeam "Spain"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ESP"]

{[%evp 18,60,18,8,9,8,17,8,9,12,17,0,10,0,16,16,19,11,28,8,20,13,18,10,6,3,8,0,
18,0,8,0,0,6,2,0,0,0,7,0,12,0,12,0,8]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Be7
5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bg5 Nbd7 $1 {
[%mdl 4] is now more promising than 10...Bd5. E05: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3 Be7.}
11. Rd1 a5 {[#]} 12. Qc1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Nc3 h6 13. Bf4 Bb4 14. Qd3
Nb6 15. Qc2 Qe7 16. Nb5 Rfc8 17. Rdc1 Be4 18. Qd1 {1/2-1/2 (41) Ponkratov,P 
(2589)-Ovetchkin,R (2501) Izhevsk 2012}) 12... h6 13. Bxf6 Nxf6 14. Nbd2 Bb4
15. Nc4 Bxf3 (15... Rc8 {is more complex.} 16. Nfe5 Bd5 17. Bf3 c5 18. dxc5
Rxc5 19. b3 Qc7) 16. Bxf3 c6 17. h4 Qe7 18. Rd3 Rfd8 {The position is equal.}
19. Qd1 h5 20. Rc1 g6 21. Rc2 Nd7 22. Qc1 Kg7 23. Qf4 Rac8 24. Kg2 Re8 25. Rc1
Red8 26. Qe3 Re8 27. Qf4 Red8 28. Qe3 Re8 29. Qf4 Red8 30. Qe3 Re8 {An
uneventful encounter.  Weighted Error Value: White=0.08/Black=0.04} 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.20"]
[Round "8.12"]
[White "Salgado Lopez, Ivan"]
[Black "Moranda, Wojciech"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D24"]
[WhiteElo "2609"]
[BlackElo "2623"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Spain"]
[BlackTeam "Poland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "POL"]

{[%evp 9,44,29,50,45,55,51,51,45,47,51,56,18,22,25,20,19,30,19,30,13,34,45,47,
32,44,24,37,24,20,0,14,0,39,0,11,0,27]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3
dxc4 5. e4 b5 6. e5 {D24: Queen's Gambit Accepted: 3 Nf3 Nf6 4 Nc3.} Nd5 7.
Nxb5 Nb6 8. Be2 {White is slightly better.} Be7 9. Be3 Nc6 10. a3 Qd7 11. Nc3
Na5 12. Qc2 Bb7 13. Rd1 Rb8 14. h4 h6 15. Rh3 Bc6 {[#]} 16. h5 $146 ({
Predecessor:} 16. Rg3 g6 17. d5 Bxd5 18. Nxd5 Nxd5 19. Bxa7 Rb7 20. Bd4 Qc6 21.
Rg4 h5 22. Re4 {1-0 (55) Yilmaz,M (2624)-Bogner,S (2574) Sharjah 2021}) 16...
Ba4 17. Nxa4 Qxa4 18. Rc1 Nb3 19. Rd1 Na5 20. Rc1 Nb3 21. Rd1 Na5 22. Rc1 Nb3 {
Weighted Error Value: White=0.10/Black=0.05} 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.20"]
[Round "8.13"]
[White "Sargissian, Gabriel"]
[Black "Indjic, Aleksandar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D24"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Armenia"]
[BlackTeam "Serbia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SRB"]

{[%evp 10,113,-9,-12,-3,0,0,-7,-13,-18,-15,-23,0,0,0,0,0,-2,0,-30,-25,-15,-18,
-27,-24,-27,-30,-43,-51,-51,-51,-68,-51,-51,-51,-56,-47,-53,-59,-56,-55,-55,
-48,-49,-49,-52,-52,-54,-54,-50,-49,-51,-48,-53,-32,-52,-48,-59,-58,-83,-81,
-81,-81,-93,-90,-127,-122,-133,-125,-156,-127,-120,-119,-118,-113,-150,-155,
-154,-154,-154,-130,-129,-116,-108,-106,-102,-60,-60,-60,-60,0,-8,-8,-12,-8,-8,
-8,-8,0,-8,0,0,0,0,8,8]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. Bg5 a6 6.
a4 Nc6 {D24: Queen's Gambit Accepted: 3 Nf3 Nf6 4 Nc3.} 7. e3 Na5 8. Nd2 Bb4 9.
Bxf6 Qxf6 10. Nxc4 {[#]} O-O $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... b6 11. Nxa5 bxa5 12.
Bd3 c5 13. O-O cxd4 14. Ne4 Qh4 15. exd4 Bb7 16. Qf3 O-O {1/2-1/2 (42)
Cramling,P (2447)-Javakhishvili,L (2457) Mulhouse 2017}) 11. Nxa5 Bxa5 12. Bd3
g6 13. O-O e5 14. d5 Qe7 15. Qb3 Kg7 16. Rfd1 Rd8 17. Ne4 Qb4 18. Qxb4 Bxb4 19.
Be2 f5 20. Ng5 e4 21. Rac1 Bd6 22. g3 Bd7 23. Ne6+ Bxe6 24. dxe6 Kf6 25. Bc4
Ke7 26. Kf1 c6 27. Ke2 Be5 28. Ba2 Rxd1 (28... Bxb2 $6 29. Rb1 $14) 29. Rxd1
$15 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Rd8 (29... Bxb2 $6 30. Rd7+ Ke8 31. Rxb7 $16)
30. Rc1 g5 ({Much weaker is} 30... Bxb2 $6 31. Rb1 $14) 31. h4 gxh4 ({Much
worse is} 31... Bxb2 $6 32. Rb1 $16) 32. gxh4 Rg8 ({Not} 32... Bxb2 33. Rb1 $16
) 33. b4 Bd6 34. b5 axb5 35. axb5 cxb5 36. Rd1 Rc8 37. h5 b4 38. Bd5 Rc3 39.
Rb1 Rc2+ 40. Kf1 Rd2 41. Bxb7 Kxe6 42. Ke1 Rc2 43. Rd1 Rc5 44. Rb1 Be5 45. Ke2
Rc2+ 46. Kd1 Rxf2 {[#] Strongly threatening ...Bc3.} 47. Rxb4 Kf6 48. Rb6+ Kg5
49. Rb5 {[#]} Kf6 (49... Rb2 $1 $15 50. Rxb2 Bxb2) 50. Rb6+ $1 $11 {The
position is equal.} Ke7 51. Rh6 Bc3 {aiming for ...Rd2+.} 52. Rxh7+ Kf6 {
And now ...Rd2+ would win.} 53. Rd7 Kg5 54. Rd5 $1 Kxh5 55. Rc5 $1 Bd2 56. Bxe4
$1 Bxe3 57. Rxf5+ {White happily takes the draw.  Weighted Error Value:
White=0.05/Black=0.06} 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.20"]
[Round "8.14"]
[White "Ivanisevic, Ivan"]
[Black "Martirosyan, Haik M."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E49"]
[WhiteElo "2604"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Serbia"]
[BlackTeam "Armenia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SRB"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ARM"]

{[%evp 17,106,0,0,-5,6,0,12,26,27,27,29,30,27,-19,-5,-7,-5,0,13,-16,-14,-20,0,
-14,-13,-12,-15,-15,-12,-38,-36,-38,-50,-45,-45,-64,-55,-72,-51,-52,-32,-65,
-60,-64,-57,-73,-63,-77,-72,-69,-76,-78,-80,-82,-76,-85,-85,-91,-82,-135,-83,
-84,-71,-87,-56,-56,-56,-63,-56,-90,-108,-143,-138,-128,-80,-80,-80,-80,-80,
-80,-80,-80,-80,-219,-222,-343,-329,-609,-591,-672,-659]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3.
Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 c5 9. Ne2 Nc6 10.
Ng3 {E49: Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein: 5 Bd3 d5 6 a3 Bxc3+ 7 bxc3.} Nd5 {[#]} 11.
Qc2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Bd2 b6 12. O-O Bb7 13. e4 Nf6 14. e5 Ne8 15. Be3
Na5 16. Ba2 c4 17. Qg4 Qd5 {1-0 (26) Gehlert,K (2030)-Reichenbacher,G (1826)
Bayern 2004}) 11... cxd4 12. cxd4 {The position is equal.} e5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14.
Be2 Bg4 15. f3 Be6 16. O-O Rc8 17. Qe4 Qf6 {White must now prevent ...Nxf3+!}
18. Qd4 Nc3 {Strongly threatening ...Rfd8.} 19. f4 Nd7 {[%cal Be5d7,Bd7f6,
Bf6e4][%mdl 32]} (19... Nxe2+ {is interesting.} 20. Nxe2 Ng4 21. Qxf6 Nxf6 22.
Nd4 Rfe8) 20. Qxf6 Nxe2+ ({Of course not} 20... gxf6 21. Bf3 $14) 21. Nxe2 Nxf6
22. Nd4 Rfe8 23. Bb2 Bd7 24. Rfe1 b6 25. h3 Ne4 26. Rad1 f6 27. Kh2 Re7 28. Rc1
Nc5 29. Rc3 Rce8 30. Bc1 Kf7 31. Rf1 g6 32. g4 h6 33. Rc2 Ba4 34. Rg2 Rc8 35.
h4 Bc6 36. Rg3 Ne4 37. Rgg1 Bd7 38. h5 {[#]} (38. Rg2 $142) 38... Rc3 (38...
gxh5 $142 $1 39. gxh5 Rc5) 39. hxg6+ $17 Kxg6 40. Rg2 Re8 41. Rd1 Ba4 42. Rh1
Rd3 43. f5+ Kf7 44. Ne2 Rc8 45. Nd4 Rdc3 46. Bb2 Rxe3 47. Rc1 Rxc1 48. Bxc1 Rd3
49. Ne6 Bd1 50. Rg1 {[#] This costs White the game.} (50. Bxh6 $17 {was worth
a try.} Bf3 51. Rc2) 50... Nf2 $1 $19 51. Nf4 (51. Rg3 $142) 51... Rc3 52. Kg2
$2 (52. Bd2 Rc2 53. Be1) 52... Rc2 ({Not} 52... Rxc1 53. Kxf2 Ra1 54. Ne2 $17)
53. Kf1 Nxg4 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.23/Black=0.07} 0-1

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.20"]
[Round "8.15"]
[White "Hovhannisyan, Robert"]
[Black "Markus, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2622"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Armenia"]
[BlackTeam "Serbia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SRB"]

{[%evp 13,105,56,57,55,62,30,42,42,46,46,49,11,11,9,11,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,21,17,19,
15,17,16,16,9,9,8,11,11,8,8,14,13,16,8,8,6,8,0,8,8,11,0,0,0,7,7,7,0,0,0,8,8,39,
42,47,16,16,12,12,12,12,12,12,12,12,12,12,0,0,0,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,53,53,
29964,29964,29965,29966,12839,9605]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bd7
5. Nf3 Bc6 6. Bd3 Nd7 7. c3 Ngf6 8. Nxf6+ {C10: French with 3 Nc3: Unusual
Black 3rd moves and 3...dxe4.} Nxf6 9. Bf4 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 {White is slightly
better.} c6 11. O-O Bd6 12. Be5 Bxe5 $1 13. dxe5 Nd7 14. Rfe1 Qg5 {[#]} 15. Qe2
$146 ({Predecessor:} 15. Qg3 Qxg3 16. hxg3 O-O-O 17. Rad1 Nc5 18. Bc2 Rxd1 19.
Rxd1 Rd8 20. Rxd8+ Kxd8 21. f4 {1/2-1/2 (43) Teixeira,R (2342)-Di Berardino,D 
(2021) Rio de Janeiro 2000}) 15... O-O-O 16. Rad1 Nc5 17. g3 g6 18. h4 Qh6 19.
Bc4 Rxd1 $1 20. Rxd1 Rd8 21. Kg2 (21. Rxd8+ {is more complex.} Kxd8 22. f4 Qf8
23. Qe3 a5 24. Kf2) 21... Rxd1 22. Qxd1 Nd7 23. f4 Qf8 24. Qd4 a6 25. Be2 h5
26. b4 Qd8 27. Kf2 Qc7 28. Qe3 a5 29. a3 Kd8 30. Qa7 axb4 31. axb4 Qb6+ 32.
Qxb6+ Nxb6 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KB-KN} 33. Ke3 Nd5+ 34. Kd4 b6 35. f5 Ne7
36. fxg6 fxg6 {next ...Nf5+ is good for Black.} 37. Ke4 Nd5 $1 {[%cal Rd5c3]}
38. Bd3 Ke7 39. Kd4 Kf7 40. Be4 {Bxd5 is the strong threat.} Ne7 41. Ke3 Nd5+
42. Kd3 Ne7 $1 43. c4 Kg7 44. Ke3 Kh6 45. c5 bxc5 46. bxc5 g5 47. Kd4 gxh4 $1
48. gxh4 Kg7 49. Kc3 Ng6 50. Bxc6 {aiming for Kd4.} Kf7 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (
50... Nxe5 $14 51. Bb5 Kf6) 51. Kd4 $1 Ke7 {[#]} 52. Be4 $1 Nh8 53. Ke3 {
Weighted Error Value: White=0.04/Black=0.20} 1-0

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.20"]
[Round "8.16"]
[White "Perunovic, Milos"]
[Black "Ter-Sahakyan, Samvel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2541"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Serbia"]
[BlackTeam "Armenia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SRB"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ARM"]

{[%evp 14,90,0,0,0,0,2,9,13,0,0,0,0,0,20,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,5,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,
0,-11,-11,-10,0,0,0,-110,-33,-31,-11,-76,-6,-10,-10,-10,-7,-6,0,-198,-224,-203,
-220,-299,-293,-431,-427,-483,-446,-482,-468,-432,0,-419,-398,-637,-627,-617,
-531,-509,-476,-467,-445,-405,-231]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6
5. Nc3 a6 6. Bd3 e5 7. Nde2 Be7 8. O-O Be6 {B90: Sicilian Najdorf: Unusual
White 6th moves, 6 Be3 Ng4 and 6 Be3 e5.} 9. f4 exf4 10. Nxf4 Nc6 {The
position is equal.} 11. Kh1 O-O 12. Be3 Ne5 {[#]} 13. Bd4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 
13. a4 Rc8 14. Bd4 Nfd7 15. h3 h6 16. a5 Bg5 17. Ncd5 Re8 18. b4 Nxd3 19. cxd3
{1-0 (36) Paravyan,D (2653)-Sarana,A (2654) Lichess.org INT 2020}) 13... Nfd7
14. Qe2 Bg5 15. Ncd5 Re8 16. Nxe6 fxe6 17. Ne3 Qe7 18. Ng4 Nxg4 19. Qxg4 Bf6
20. c3 Bxd4 21. cxd4 Nf6 22. Qh3 {aiming for e5.} e5 23. d5 Rac8 24. Rac1 Rxc1
25. Rxc1 Qd8 26. Qe3 Ng4 27. Qe2 {[#]} (27. Qg3 $1 $11 Qg5 28. Rc2) 27... Qg5 (
27... Qh4 $1 $17 {[%csl Gg4][%cal Rh4h2]} 28. g3 Qh3) 28. Rf1 $1 $15 Rc8 29.
Qf3 (29. Qe1 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 29... Qf4 $40 {[%mdl 128] Black attacks.
} ({Better is} 29... h5 $17) 30. g3 $11 Qxf3+ 31. Rxf3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame
KRB-KRN} Rc1+ 32. Kg2 Rd1 33. Bf1 $2 (33. Be2 $1 $11 {and White has nothing to
worry.} Rd2 34. Rb3) 33... Rd2+ $19 {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} 34. Kg1 Rxb2
({Stronger than} 34... Rxh2 35. Bg2 $14) 35. Rc3 Rxa2 ({Inferior is} 35... Rxh2
36. Rc8+ Kf7 37. Rc7+ Kg6 38. Bg2 $11) 36. Bh3 (36. h4 {was worth a try.})
36... h5 37. Rc8+ Kh7 38. Rd8 Ra1+ 39. Kg2 Ra2+ 40. Kg1 a5 {[%cal Ba6a5,Ba5a4,
Ba4a3,Ba3a2][%mdl 32]} 41. Rxd6 $2 (41. Rb8) 41... a4 42. Rb6 Rd2 43. Rxb7 a3
44. Ra7 a2 {Threatens to win with ...Rd1+.} 45. Bf1 Ne3 {Weighted Error Value:
White=0.31/Black=0.21} (45... Nf6 $142 46. d6 Kh6) 0-1

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.20"]
[Round "8.17"]
[White "Erdos, Viktor"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D55"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hungary"]
[BlackTeam "Netherlands"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "HUN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NED"]

{[%evp 16,66,28,0,7,7,7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,2,0,0,-16,-7,-14,-11,-8,-10,-14,-13,-2,
-7,-12,-8,-15,-19,-23,-18,0,-6,-4,5,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,329,56,46,50,22,32,17]} 
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 h6 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. Nf3 O-O 8. Rc1
a6 9. Bd3 dxc4 {D55: Queen's Gambit Declined: 4 Bg5 Be7: Lines without ...h6
and 6...h6 7 Bxf6.} 10. Bxc4 Nd7 11. Ne4 b6 {The position is equal.} 12. Nxf6+
{[#]} Qxf6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Nxf6 13. O-O Bb7 14. b4 Qe7 15. a3 a5 16.
Rb1 axb4 17. axb4 Ra3 18. Qe2 Be4 {0-1 (27) Richard,A (1056)-Cousins,E (1274)
IECC email 1998}) 13. Bd3 c5 14. Be4 Ra7 15. O-O a5 16. Qa4 cxd4 17. Qxd4 e5
18. Qc3 Nc5 19. Bd5 Re8 20. Rfd1 Bg4 21. h3 Bh5 22. Rd2 Rd7 23. Rcd1 Kh7 24.
Qc2+ Bg6 25. Qc3 Kh8 26. b3 Bh5 27. a3 Rxd5 {[%mdl 64] [#] Remove Defender} 28.
Rxd5 Ne4 29. Qc2 Bxf3 30. gxf3 Ng5 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (30... Qxf3 $11 31. Rd8
Rxd8 32. Rxd8+ Kh7) 31. f4 $2 ({White must play} 31. Rd6 $1 $18 {[%cal Rd6f6]}
Nxf3+ 32. Kf1) 31... exf4 $14 32. Qf5 {[%cal Rf5f6]} Qxf5 33. Rxf5 {h4 is the
strong threat.} fxe3 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.19/Black=0.20} 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.20"]
[Round "8.18"]
[White "Van Foreest, Lucas"]
[Black "Berkes, Ferenc"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2532"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Netherlands"]
[BlackTeam "Hungary"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NED"]
[BlackTeamCountry "HUN"]

{[%evp 12,115,32,15,33,37,40,23,40,20,26,18,28,25,22,0,8,0,0,-10,0,0,4,0,0,0,6,
0,0,0,0,0,0,0,6,0,0,-7,0,-4,-2,-2,-7,-3,0,-11,0,0,25,20,25,0,43,42,40,10,24,31,
64,38,24,30,114,102,78,78,74,77,160,160,168,160,175,183,170,0,160,160,160,160,
249,189,245,226,224,214,129,159,354,343,384,381,1310,1270,1303,1329,1291,691,
29964,29964,29963,29966,29950,6327,1564,1450]} 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4.
Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. a4 $1 {[%mdl 4] outshines the older 7.Re1.}
h6 {C41: Philidor Defence.} 8. h3 Re8 9. Be3 {[#]} exd4 $146 {White has an
edge.} ({Predecessor:} 9... c6 10. Qd3 Bf8 11. Bb3 Nh5 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Ne2
Qe7 14. Qc4 Ndf6 15. Qd3 Be6 16. Bxe6 Qxe6 {1-0 (34) Savchenko,B (2633)
-Gelazonia,P (2350) Poti 2016}) 10. Bxd4 Nf8 11. Re1 Be6 12. Qd3 c6 13. a5 Qc7
14. Be3 N6d7 15. Ne2 Ne5 16. Nxe5 dxe5 17. Qc3 Bxc4 18. Qxc4 Ne6 19. Red1 b5
20. axb6 axb6 21. Ng3 Kh7 22. Nf5 {Threatening Rxa8.} Bf8 23. Qe2 g6 24. Nh4
Nd4 25. Bxd4 {Strongly threatening Be3.} Rxa1 26. Rxa1 {Hoping for Be3.} exd4
27. Nf3 Bg7 28. Re1 b5 29. h4 Qd7 30. e5 c5 31. Qe4 Re6 32. h5 Kg8 33. Ra1 g5
34. b4 cxb4 35. Ra8+ Re8 36. Nxd4 Rxa8 (36... Bxe5 $11 37. Rxe8+ Qxe8) 37.
Qxa8+ $16 Bf8 38. Qe4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is in control.} Bg7 39. g3 Qc8 (
39... Qe8 $142) 40. Nxb5 Qe6 41. Nd4 ({Don't do} 41. Qxb4 $6 Qxe5 42. Qc4 Qe1+
43. Qf1 Qe5 $16) 41... Qc4 42. Kg2 Kh8 43. Kg1 Kg8 44. Qa8+ Kh7 45. Nf5 Bxe5 ({
Worse is} 45... Qxc2 46. Ne7 Bf8 47. Qxf8 Qd1+ 48. Kg2 Qf3+ 49. Kxf3 g4+ 50.
Kg2 b3 51. Qg8#) (45... Qe6 $16 {is a better defense.} 46. Nxg7 Kxg7) 46. Qf8
$18 Qe6 {[#]} 47. Ne7 {[%csl Ge7][%cal Rf8g8]} f6 {aiming for ...Bd6.} 48. Ng6
{[%csl Gg6][%cal Rf8h8]} f5 49. Qxb4 {Intending Qb7+ and mate.} Bg7 $2 {
[#] Loses the game.} (49... Bd6 $16 {might work better.} 50. Qd4 Kg8 51. Qh8+
Kf7) 50. Qe7 $1 {[%cal Re7e6]} Qc8 51. Qf7 f4 $2 (51... Qxc2 52. Ne7 Qd1+ 53.
Kg2 Qd8 54. Qg6+ Kh8) 52. Ne7 Qf8 53. Qf5+ Qxf5 54. Nxf5 fxg3 55. fxg3 Bf8 56.
g4 Kg8 57. Kg2 Kf7 58. Kf3 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.08/Black=0.30} 1-0

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.20"]
[Round "8.19"]
[White "Gledura, Benjamin"]
[Black "Van Foreest, Jorden"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2701"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hungary"]
[BlackTeam "Netherlands"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "HUN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NED"]

{[%evp 9,34,6,7,0,11,6,29,0,0,0,6,7,17,12,15,30,20,27,33,22,34,0,24,0,28,0,0]} 
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. e3 Nf6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bb5+ {D30: Queen's
Gambit Declined: Systems without Nc3.} Nbd7 7. dxc5 {With the idea b4.} a6 8.
Be2 {White has an edge.} Nxc5 9. O-O {[#]} Be7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... Bd6
10. b3 O-O 11. Bb2 Bg4 12. Nc3 Rc8 13. Rc1 {1/2-1/2 (13) Ratkovic,M (2431)
-Perunovic,M (2569) Subotica 2019}) 10. b3 O-O 11. Bb2 Bf5 12. Nc3 Rc8 13. Rc1
Qd7 14. Nd4 Bg6 15. Nf3 Bf5 16. Nd4 Bg6 17. Nf3 Bf5 {Not much happened in this
game.  Weighted Error Value: White=0.10/Black=0.02} 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.20"]
[Round "8.20"]
[White "Warmerdam, Max"]
[Black "Kantor, Gergely"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C85"]
[WhiteElo "2608"]
[BlackElo "2566"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Netherlands"]
[BlackTeam "Hungary"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NED"]
[BlackTeamCountry "HUN"]

{[%evp 13,127,10,19,14,6,-8,0,-3,-8,-10,8,0,24,16,26,0,0,0,0,0,0,-3,0,0,0,0,18,
-17,-21,-35,-16,-13,-18,-26,0,-7,14,9,14,17,17,18,21,19,27,20,36,36,36,36,33,
10,0,0,26,35,43,8,30,26,37,28,25,18,29,21,23,23,23,0,0,0,31,0,0,0,28,22,43,15,
44,25,43,20,41,28,50,50,50,50,50,50,50,50,50,50,50,50,50,50,89,31,115,31,63,31,
63,31,63,31,63,0,56,31,63,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O
Be7 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. d3 Nd7 8. Be3 {C85: Closed Ruy Lopez: Deferred Exchange
Variation.} O-O 9. Nc3 Re8 10. a4 {[#] The position is equal.} a5 $146 ({
Predecessor:} 10... Bf6 11. h3 Nf8 12. Ne2 Ne6 13. Kh1 a5 14. Nd2 b6 15. b3 c5
16. Rc1 g6 {1/2-1/2 (25) Motylev,A (2654)-Bu,X (2722) Harbin 2019}) 11. Ne2 Bf8
12. Nd2 c5 13. Nc4 b6 14. Ng3 Nb8 15. Qd2 Nc6 16. f4 exf4 17. Bxf4 Be6 18. b3
Nd4 19. Kh1 c6 20. Rab1 b5 21. Ne3 Ra7 22. Qf2 f6 23. Nef5 Rd7 24. Be3 Kh8 25.
Ra1 Bf7 26. Nxd4 cxd4 27. Bd2 b4 28. Qf3 Bd6 29. Nf5 Be5 30. Rf2 Be6 31. g4 c5
32. Qh3 Rf7 33. Bf4 Qc7 34. Raf1 Bd7 35. Nh4 {[#] Strongly threatening Ng6+.}
Kg8 {With the idea ...Bxf4.} 36. Bxe5 Qxe5 37. Nf3 Qf4 38. Rg2 Ref8 39. Qh5 Qd6
40. Nd2 Be6 41. h3 Qe5 {[#] And now ...Qxh5 would win.} 42. Qh4 Qd6 (42... g5
$5 {[%cal Rg5h4]} 43. Qg3 Qxg3 44. Rxg3 h5 $11) 43. Qh5 Qe5 44. Qh4 Qd6 45. Rf3
Qe5 46. Kg1 Qd6 47. Qh5 Qc7 48. Rgf2 Qc6 49. Qh4 Qc7 50. Kf1 Qd6 51. Ke1 Qc7
52. Kd1 Qd6 53. Kc1 Qc7 54. Rg2 Qe7 55. Qg3 Qd8 56. h4 Qd7 57. h5 ({White
should play} 57. g5 $16) 57... Qc7 (57... h6 $14) 58. Qf2 (58. g5 $16 {Hoping
for gxf6.} Qxg3 59. Rfxg3 (59. Rgxg3 fxg5 60. Rxf7 Rxf7 $14)) 58... Qe5 59. Rh3
(59. h6 $5) 59... Qd6 60. Kb1 Qc7 61. Rg1 Qd6 62. Rg2 Qc7 63. Rh1 Qd6 64. Rh3 {
Weighted Error Value: White=0.12/Black=0.13} (64. h6 $14) 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.20"]
[Round "8.21"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Andersen, Mads"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "England"]
[BlackTeam "Denmark"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "DEN"]

{[%evp 15,86,0,0,0,0,7,8,2,6,2,11,0,2,6,13,0,13,0,24,-14,10,0,0,0,2,0,0,0,0,1,
8,4,8,0,0,0,1,3,4,3,2,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-6,-6,-6,-6,-6,0,-20,-20,-16,-17,
-20,-14,-15,-18,-18,-15,-19,-22,-24,-21]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6
dxc6 5. O-O Bd6 6. d4 exd4 7. Qxd4 f6 8. Nbd2 Be6 9. e5 {C68: Ruy Lopez:
Exchange Variation, sidelines.} fxe5 10. Nxe5 Ne7 11. Ndf3 {The position is
equal.} O-O 12. Re1 Bd5 13. Bg5 {[#]} h6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Bxf3 14.
Bxe7 Bxe7 15. Nxf3 Qxd4 16. Nxd4 Bf6 17. Ne6 Bxb2 18. Rab1 Bc3 19. Re3 Rfe8 20.
Rxb7 {1-0 (40) Dolzhikova,K (2267)-Arnaudov,P (2474) Fornebu 2016}) 14. Bxe7
Bxe7 15. Rad1 Bf6 16. Qb4 Qc8 17. b3 a5 18. Qc5 Qf5 {...b6 is the strong
threat.} 19. g4 Qc8 20. Rxd5 Bxe5 21. Nxe5 cxd5 22. Qxd5+ Kh7 23. Qe4+ Kg8 24.
Qd5+ Kh7 25. Qe4+ Kg8 26. Ng6 {[#] Hoping for Ne7+.} Re8 {[%cal Re8e4]} 27.
Qc4+ Kh7 28. Ne7 $1 Qd7 29. Re6 Red8 30. Qe4+ Kh8 31. Ng6+ Kg8 32. Ne7+ Kh8 {
[#] White must now prevent ...Qd1+.} 33. Ng6+ (33. Kg2 {looks sharper.} Ra6 34.
Ng6+ Kg8 35. Re5 Rf6 36. h4) 33... Kg8 34. Re7 (34. Kg2 {feels hotter.} Ra6 35.
Re5 Rf6 36. h4 Qd1 37. Ne7+) 34... Qc6 35. Qxc6 bxc6 36. Rxc7 $11 {[%mdl 4096]
Endgame KRR-KRN} a4 37. Kg2 Rd2 38. Rxc6 axb3 39. axb3 Ra2 40. Rc8+ Kf7 41.
Ne5+ Kf6 42. Nc4 Rdxc2 43. Rf8+ $1 Ke7 {Not much happened in this game. 
Weighted Error Value: White=0.04/Black=0.03} 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.20"]
[Round "8.22"]
[White "Thybo, Jesper Sondergaard"]
[Black "Jones, Gawain C B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E99"]
[WhiteElo "2604"]
[BlackElo "2654"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Denmark"]
[BlackTeam "England"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "DEN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

{[%evp 23,74,46,60,57,54,52,70,50,55,47,101,73,77,9,25,16,111,80,105,80,105,22,
43,40,26,51,88,33,27,0,0,0,0,0,51,71,125,118,455,8,8,8,8,-29974,-29974,-29987,
-29988,-29988,-29989,-29993,-29994,-29995,-29996]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3
Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. Ne1 Nd7 10. Nd3 f5
11. f3 f4 12. b4 {is now more promising than 12.Bd2.} g5 {12...Nf6 is not
played anymore.} 13. c5 {E99: King's Indian: Classical Main Line: 9 Ne1 Nd7 10
f3 f5.} Nf6 14. a4 h5 15. a5 {White is slightly better.} Ng6 16. Nf2 {[#]} Kh8
$1 $146 {[%mdl 8] An important novelty.} ({Black should try} 16... Rf7 $14) ({
Predecessor:} 16... Rf7 17. Kh1 Bf8 18. c6 bxc6 19. dxc6 Be6 20. b5 Ne7 21. Rg1
Rg7 22. g3 Qe8 {1-0 (49) Firouzja,A (2682)-Aryan,C (2553) Xingtai 2019}) 17. a6
bxa6 18. c6 (18. Bd2 $16) 18... Rb8 $11 19. Bxa6 g4 (19... Rxb4 $11 {remains
equal.} 20. Nd3 Rb8) 20. Bxc8 $16 Qxc8 21. b5 Bh6 22. Rxa7 ({White should play
} 22. fxg4 $16 hxg4 23. g3 (23. Rxa7 Rf7 $16)) 22... Nh4 $11 23. fxg4 {
Strongly threatening g3.} Rg8 $1 24. Kh1 hxg4 {And now ...g3 would win.} 25. g3
(25. Nd3 $1 $16) 25... Nf3 {[#]} 26. Nxg4 $1 Nxh2 $1 27. Nxh2 {Hoping for Rf3.}
(27. Nxh6 {gets mated.} Qh3 28. Nf7+ Kh7 29. Qh5+ Nxh5 30. Ng5+ Rxg5 31. Rxc7+
Kg8 32. Rg7+ Rxg7 33. Kg1 Qxf1+ 34. Kxh2 fxg3#) 27... Qh3 28. Rf3 {Threatens
to win with Qf1.} (28. Rxc7 {is a self mate.} fxg3 29. Rh7+ Kxh7 30. Rf2 gxf2
31. Qf1 Qxf1+ 32. Nxf1 Rg1+ 33. Kh2 Rh8 34. Ng3 Bxc1 35. Kh3 Kg8+ 36. Nh5 Rxh5#
) 28... fxg3 {[#]} (28... Rxg3 $11 29. Ra2 Rbg8 30. Rxg3 fxg3 {[%mdl 64] Pin}
31. Bxh6 Ng4 {[%mdl 64] Pin} 32. Bg7+ Rxg7) 29. Ra2 $1 $14 Ng4 {[%mdl 64] Pin}
30. Bxh6 Qh4 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (30... Qxh6 $16 31. Rxg3 Nf2+ 32. Rxf2 Rxg3)
31. Bf4 $1 exf4 $11 32. Rxf4 Rbf8 $1 $36 {[%cal Rf8f4][%mdl 2048] [#] Black is
pushing.} 33. Qd4+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]} ({But not} 33. Rxg4 $2 Rxg4 34. Rg2 Rgf4
$19) (33. Qf3 $1 $11 Rxf4 34. Qxf4 gxh2 35. Rxh2 Qxh2+ 36. Qxh2+ Nxh2 37. Kxh2)
33... Kh7 {Black mates.} 34. e5 gxh2 35. Qd3+ Kh8 36. Rxf8 Rxf8 37. Qd1 Qh3 {
Weighted Error Value: White=0.66/Black=0.28} 0-1

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.20"]
[Round "8.23"]
[White "Howell, David W L"]
[Black "Bjerre, Jonas Buhl"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2648"]
[BlackElo "2569"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "England"]
[BlackTeam "Denmark"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "DEN"]

{[%evp 9,92,16,19,0,0,0,0,0,6,0,20,20,20,16,25,6,6,7,14,12,14,0,0,0,0,0,14,7,
13,7,7,7,14,7,7,14,10,10,25,25,25,25,25,0,25,16,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,
0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3
Nf6 4. e3 e5 5. d4 e4 6. d5 {With the idea Nd2. A34: Symmetrical English: 2
Nc3, lines with ...d5.} exf3 7. dxc6 dxc6 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. gxf3 g6 10. b3 Bg7
11. Bb2 b6 {[#]} 12. Ne2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. O-O-O+ Ke7 13. Bd3 Bh3 14.
Rhg1 Rad8 15. f4 Ng4 16. Ne4 Bxb2+ 17. Kxb2 Nxh2 18. Be2 {1-0 (58) Svane,R 
(2613)-Preotu,R (2487) Chess.com INT 2021}) 12... Nh5 13. O-O-O+ Kc7 14. Bxg7
Nxg7 15. Nf4 a5 16. a4 Bd7 17. h4 h5 18. Be2 Rad8 19. Kc2 (19. Nh3 {with more
complications.} Ne6 20. Bd3 Rhe8 21. Kb2 Re7 22. Kc3) 19... Bf5+ 20. Kc3 Rxd1 (
20... Rde8 {seems wilder.} 21. Rd2 Rhf8 22. Rhd1 Bc8 23. Bd3 Rd8) 21. Rxd1 Rd8
22. Rg1 Kd6 23. Nd3 Bxd3 24. Bxd3 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Ke7 25. f4
Kf6 26. Kc2 Rd7 27. Bf1 Nf5 {The position is equal.} 28. Bh3 Rd6 29. Bxf5 Kxf5
{KR-KR} 30. f3 f6 31. Rg2 Rd8 32. Rg3 Rd7 33. Rh3 Rd8 34. Rh2 Rd7 35. Rh1 Rd8
36. Rh3 Rd7 37. Rh2 Rd8 38. Rg2 Rd7 39. Rg1 Rd8 40. Kc3 Rd7 41. Rh1 Rd8 42. Kc2
Rd7 43. Rh2 Rd8 44. Rd2 Rxd2+ 45. Kxd2 Ke6 46. e4 f5 {Not much happened in
this game.  Weighted Error Value: White=0.04/Black=0.03} 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.20"]
[Round "8.24"]
[White "Hansen, Sune Berg"]
[Black "Haria, Ravi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E48"]
[WhiteElo "2543"]
[BlackElo "2497"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Denmark"]
[BlackTeam "England"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "DEN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nge2 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b6 8.
O-O Bb7 9. a3 Bd6 10. Ng3 c5 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. Qe2 Nbd7 13. Rd1 Qe7 14. b4 Bd6
15. Bb2 a6 16. b5 a5 17. Na4 Rab8 18. Nh5 Ba8 19. Bd3 Be5 20. Nxf6+ Bxf6 21.
Bxh7+ Kxh7 22. Qd3+ Kg8 23. Qxd7 Bd5 24. Qxe7 Bxe7 25. Be5 Rb7 26. Rdc1 Bb3 27.
Nb2 f6 28. Rc7 Rxc7 29. Bxc7 a4 30. Bxb6 Rb8 31. Bd4 Rxb5 32. h3 e5 33. Bc3 Rb7
34. Nd3 Rd7 35. Bb4 Rxd3 36. Bxe7 Kf7 37. Bb4 Rd1+ 38. Rxd1 Bxd1 39. Kf1 Bb3
40. Ke2 e4 41. h4 g6 42. Kd2 f5 43. Kc3 Ke6 44. Kd4 Bd1 45. Bc3 Be2 46. Ba5 Bd1
47. Bd8 Be2 48. Kc5 Bd1 49. Kc6 Be2 50. Bg5 Bf1 51. Bf4 Be2 52. Kc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.20"]
[Round "8.25"]
[White "Mastrovasilis, Dimitrios"]
[Black "Deac, Bogdan-Daniel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2619"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Greece"]
[BlackTeam "Romania"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GRE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ROU"]

{[%evp 15,61,-2,2,0,8,13,10,5,15,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,18,16,18,15,15,7,7,
7,7,7,7,7,10,6,6,5,5,0,0,0,0,0,5,0,10,10]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4
exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O d5 {The position is equal.} 9.
exd5 {C47: Scotch Four Knights and Four Knights with 4 g3.} Bg4 10. f3 Bh5 11.
Bg5 cxd5 12. Nxd5 Qxd5 13. Bxf6 {[#] Hoping for Bxh7+!} Qc5+ 14. Kh1 gxf6 15.
a3 $1 Ba5 {Strongly threatening ...Bb6.} 16. b4 Bxb4 17. axb4 Qxb4 18. Ra6 Qc3
19. Qa1 Qxa1 20. Rfxa1 Bg6 21. Rxa7 Rxa7 22. Rxa7 Bxd3 23. cxd3 $11 {[%mdl
4096] Endgame KR-KR} Rb8 {[%cal Rb8b1] [#]} 24. h3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 24. g4
Rb3 25. Rxc7 Rxd3 26. Kg2 Kg7 27. Kg3 h6 28. h4 Rd4 29. Rc5 Rb4 30. g5 fxg5 31.
hxg5 hxg5 32. Rxg5+ {1/2-1/2 (40) Popov,I (2608)-Motylev,A (2659) Yaroslavl
2018}) 24... Rb3 25. Rxc7 Rxd3 26. Kh2 Kg7 27. Kg3 Rd4 28. Rc5 Kg6 29. Kf2 Rd2+
30. Kg3 f5 31. Rc6+ {An uneventful encounter.  Weighted Error Value: White=0.
03/Black=0.02} 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.20"]
[Round "8.26"]
[White "Lupulescu, Constantin"]
[Black "Pavlidis, Antonios"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2536"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Romania"]
[BlackTeam "Greece"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ROU"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GRE"]

{[%evp 12,75,27,23,37,41,66,15,22,23,16,20,31,3,0,2,25,13,55,0,0,0,0,0,110,106,
107,106,108,94,109,100,99,53,141,80,135,124,131,134,139,136,107,110,129,129,
131,133,204,161,170,172,164,131,199,210,453,338,443,414,401,445,1002,985,877,
-816]} 1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Bb4 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 g5
{D35: Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation.} 8. Bg3 Ne4 9. Qc2 (9. Nge2
$14) 9... h5 $11 {The position is equal.} 10. f3 Nxg3 11. hxg3 {[#]} Be6 $146 (
{Predecessor:} 11... c6 12. O-O-O Be6 13. Bd3 Nd7 14. Nge2 Nb6 15. Kb1 Qe7 16.
g4 h4 17. Na4 Nxa4 18. Qxa4 {1-0 (40) Mamedyarov,S (2772)-Motylev,A (2640)
Moscow 2019}) 12. O-O-O Nd7 13. e4 c6 14. Bd3 Qa5 15. a3 (15. exd5 $14 cxd5 16.
Nge2) 15... Bxc3 16. Qxc3 Qxc3+ 17. bxc3 c5 (17... dxe4 $11 {remains equal.}
18. fxe4 f6) 18. exd5 $16 Bxd5 19. c4 Bc6 20. d5 Ba4 21. Re1+ Kf8 22. Ne2 Nb6 (
22... b5 $14) 23. Kb2 (23. Kd2 $142) 23... Bd7 (23... Re8 $142) 24. g4 Na4+ 25.
Kc2 h4 {[#]} 26. Ng3 $1 {[%mdl 576] Pin} b5 27. cxb5 c4 28. Bxc4 Rc8 {[#]} 29.
Kb3 Nb6 {[#]} (29... a6 $16) 30. Re4 $1 Rb8 (30... Kg7 31. Nh5+) 31. Nf5 Nxc4
32. Kxc4 {Threatens to win with Nd4.} Rxb5 {[#]} (32... Bxb5+ $16 {was called
for.} 33. Kd4 Bd7) 33. Rhe1 $1 $18 {Hoping for Re7.} h3 $2 (33... Rb8 {was
worth a try.} 34. Nd6 Rh6) 34. gxh3 {Strongly threatening Re7.} Rxh3 35. Re7
Rb7 36. R1e3 Rc7+ (36... Rh1 $142 37. Rxf7+ {[%mdl 64] Decoy} Kxf7 38. Nd6+ {
[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kf6 39. Nxb7 Rb1) 37. Kd4 Rh1 38. Ke4 $4 {[%mdl 40960]
Weighted Error Value: White=0.17/Black=0.35. Sensor Board Error (Ke4/e5)?} (38.
Ke5 $18 Rb7 39. d6) 1-0

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.20"]
[Round "8.27"]
[White "Kourkoulos-Arditis, Stamatis"]
[Black "Jianu, Vlad-Cristian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2524"]
[BlackElo "2522"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Greece"]
[BlackTeam "Romania"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GRE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ROU"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4
Bd7 9. Rd1 Bc6 10. Nc3 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 Nc6 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. a5 Rb8 14. Ra4 Rb4
15. Na2 Rxa4 16. Qxa4 Qd5 17. Nc3 Qh5 18. Qxc6 Qxa5 19. Qxc4 Rb8 20. e4 Rb4 21.
Qc6 Qb6 22. Qa8+ Bf8 23. d5 e5 24. Be3 Qb7 25. Qxb7 Rxb7 26. Ra1 Rxb2 27. Rxa6
Rb3 28. Rc6 Bd6 29. Kg2 Kf8 30. Kf3 Ke8 31. g4 h5 32. h3 hxg4+ 33. hxg4 Kd7 34.
Ne2 Bb4 35. g5 Ne8 36. g6 Ke7 37. Ng3 Bd6 38. gxf7 Kxf7 39. Nf1 Ke7 40. Nd2 Rb4
41. Nc4 Kf7 42. Ke2 Nf6 43. f3 Nh5 44. Bd2 Ra4 45. Nxd6+ cxd6 46. Rxd6 g6 47.
Rc6 Ra3 48. Rc2 Kf6 49. Kf2 Rb3 50. Bc1 Rb1 51. Rc6+ Kf7 52. Rc7+ Ke8 53. Bg5
Rb2+ 54. Ke3 Rb3+ 55. Ke2 Rb6 56. Re7+ Kf8 57. Rxe5 Rb2+ 58. Kd3 Rb3+ 59. Kc4
Rxf3 60. d6 1-0

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.20"]
[Round "8.28"]
[White "Gavrilescu, David"]
[Black "Kelires, Andreas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2514"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Romania"]
[BlackTeam "Greece"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ROU"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GRE"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. a4 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bg5
Be6 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. Nd5 Nd7 11. Bc4 Rc8 12. b3 Qa5+ 13. b4 Qd8 14. Bb3 a5 15.
b5 Nc5 16. Qe2 Nxb3 17. cxb3 Bxd5 18. exd5 O-O 19. Nd2 e4 20. Rd1 Bc3 21. O-O
f5 22. Nc4 Bb4 23. f3 Qe7 24. Kh1 Rce8 25. fxe4 fxe4 26. h3 g6 27. Rb1 h5 28.
Rbd1 Kh7 29. Rc1 Kg8 30. Rcd1 Rxf1+ 31. Rxf1 Rf8 32. Rxf8+ Kxf8 33. g4 h4 34.
Kg2 Kg7 35. Qb2+ Kg8 36. Qe2 Bc5 37. Nd2 e3 38. Nf3 Qe4 39. Qc4 Qb1 40. Qc3
Qa2+ 41. Kh1 Qb1+ 42. Kg2 e2 43. Ne1 Qe4+ 44. Qf3 Qe5 45. Qd3 Kg7 46. Kf3 Bb4
47. Qb1 Bd2 48. Kf2 Qe3+ 0-1

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.20"]
[Round "8.29"]
[White "Christiansen, Johan-Sebastian"]
[Black "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2582"]
[BlackElo "2582"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Norway"]
[BlackTeam "Georgia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NOR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GEO"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bf4 Qa5+ 12. Bd2 Qc7 13. O-O-O Ngf6 14. Ne4
O-O-O 15. g3 Nxe4 16. Qxe4 Nf6 17. Qe2 Bd6 18. Rh4 a6 19. c4 c5 20. Bc3 Rhe8
21. dxc5 Bxc5 22. Rxd8+ Rxd8 23. Ne5 Bd6 24. Nd3 Qc6 25. Kc2 Rd7 26. Rd4 Bc7
27. Rxd7 Kxd7 28. b3 b5 29. c5 Qd5 30. Bxf6 gxf6 31. Qd2 Ke7 32. Qxh6 Qf3 33.
Qe3 Qxh5 34. Qe4 f5 35. Qh4+ Qxh4 36. gxh4 a5 37. h5 e5 38. c6 e4 39. Nc5 Bb6
40. Nb7 Bxf2 41. c7 Kd7 42. Nd6 Kxc7 43. Nxf5 Be1 44. h6 b4 45. h7 Bc3 46. Nh6
f5 47. Nxf5 Kd7 48. Nh4 1-0

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.20"]
[Round "8.30"]
[White "Sanikidze, Tornike"]
[Black "Urkedal, Frode Olav Olsen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C58"]
[WhiteElo "2458"]
[BlackElo "2569"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Georgia"]
[BlackTeam "Norway"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GEO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NOR"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Na5 6. Bb5+ c6 7. dxc6 bxc6 8.
Bd3 Nd5 9. Nf3 Bd6 10. O-O Nf4 11. Nc3 Nxd3 12. cxd3 O-O 13. Ne4 c5 14. b3 Nc6
15. Re1 Re8 16. Ba3 Bf8 17. Rc1 Nb4 18. Bxb4 cxb4 19. Ng3 Bb7 20. Nxe5 f6 21.
Nc4 Qd5 22. Re4 Qxd3 23. Rxe8 Rxe8 24. Qf1 Qd7 25. Rd1 f5 26. d4 f4 27. Ne5 Qe6
28. Nh5 f3 29. Nf4 fxg2 30. Qb5 Qc8 31. Qc4+ Qxc4 32. bxc4 a5 33. Nfd3 g5 34.
f3 a4 35. Kxg2 g4 36. Kf2 gxf3 37. Rg1+ Bg7 38. Nxb4 Kf8 39. Nbd3 Rd8 40. Rg4
a3 41. Nc5 Bc8 42. Rf4+ Kg8 43. Nc6 Re8 44. Rxf3 Bg4 45. Rxa3 1-0

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.20"]
[Round "8.31"]
[White "Hauge, Lars Oskar"]
[Black "Paichadze, Luka"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2551"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Norway"]
[BlackTeam "Georgia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NOR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GEO"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Nf6 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. Bf4 e6 8.
Nbd2 Bd6 9. Bxd6 Qxd6 10. O-O O-O 11. Qe1 Nd7 12. Qe3 Ne7 13. Rfe1 Bf5 14. Ne5
Nxe5 15. dxe5 Qc7 16. Bf1 Bg6 17. Nb3 Nf5 18. Qd2 Qb6 19. Bd3 Ne7 20. Bf1 a5
21. Nd4 a4 22. Rac1 Nc6 23. Re3 Rfc8 24. Nb5 Ra5 25. c4 dxc4 26. Nd6 Rd8 27.
Qc3 Rxe5 28. Nxc4 Rxe3 29. Nxb6 Rxc3 30. Rxc3 Rd4 31. a3 h5 32. Rc1 Na5 33. Bb5
Nb3 34. Re1 Nc5 35. Rc1 Rd2 36. f3 Nb3 37. Rc8+ Kh7 38. Nc4 Rd1+ 39. Kf2 Rc1
40. Bxa4 Nd4 41. Ke3 Nf5+ 42. Kf2 Ne7 43. Rc5 Bd3 44. Bb3 Nd5 45. Kg3 g5 46.
Rc8 h4+ 47. Kg4 f6 0-1

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.20"]
[Round "8.32"]
[White "Pantsulaia, Levan"]
[Black "Notkevich, Benjamin Arvola"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D73"]
[WhiteElo "2571"]
[BlackElo "2471"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Georgia"]
[BlackTeam "Norway"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GEO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NOR"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 c6 6. d4 d5 7. Ne5 dxc4 8. Nxc4
Be6 9. b3 Nd5 10. Ne4 Nb6 11. Ne5 Bd5 12. O-O f6 13. Nc4 f5 14. Ng5 Bxg2 15.
Kxg2 Bxd4 16. Rb1 Qd5+ 17. f3 Bf6 18. Qc2 Na6 19. a3 Rfd8 20. Be3 c5 21. Nxb6
axb6 22. Rbd1 Bd4 23. Bc1 h6 24. e4 Qd7 25. Qc4+ e6 26. Qxe6+ Kg7 27. Qxd7+
Rxd7 28. Ne6+ Kh7 29. Bb2 Nc7 30. Nxd4 cxd4 31. Rxd4 Rxd4 32. Bxd4 Rxa3 33.
exf5 gxf5 34. Re1 Nb5 35. Re7+ Kg8 36. Be5 Rxb3 37. Rg7+ Kf8 38. Rxb7 Na3 39.
Bg7+ Ke8 40. Bxh6 Nc2 41. h4 Ne1+ 42. Kf2 Nxf3 43. Bf4 Nh2 44. Ke2 Ng4 45. Rg7
Nf6 46. Be5 Ng4 47. Bf4 Nf6 48. Be5 Ng4 49. Bf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.20"]
[Round "8.33"]
[White "Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter"]
[Black "Bogner, Sebastian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E54"]
[WhiteElo "2651"]
[BlackElo "2574"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Germany"]
[BlackTeam "Switzerland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SUI"]

{[%evp 17,95,0,12,0,0,0,0,-24,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,2,5,10,10,214,6,10,8,5,8,
44,7,13,-4,0,0,28,23,25,20,33,-12,-14,-19,-14,-26,-14,-22,-14,-14,-5,-7,-5,-5,
-4,-4,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3.
Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nf3 d5 7. O-O cxd4 8. exd4 dxc4 9. Bxc4 b6 10.
Qa4 {E54: Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein: Main Line: 7...dxc4 8 Bxc4.} Bxc3 11. bxc3
Qc7 {[#]} 12. Ba3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Ne5 Bb7 13. Bf4 Rc8 14. Rac1 Nc6 15.
Be2 Nd5 16. Bg3 Qd8 17. Nc4 Nxc3 18. Rxc3 Nxd4 {1/2-1/2 (26) Berkes,F (2673)
-Halkias,S (2567) Tornelo INT 2021}) 12... Rd8 13. Ne5 Bb7 14. Rfe1 Nd5 15.
Bxd5 Bxd5 16. c4 Bc6 17. Qb4 Bb7 18. d5 exd5 19. cxd5 Bxd5 20. Rac1 Qb7 (20...
Nc6 $11 21. Nxc6 Bxc6) 21. Bb2 $2 (21. Ng4 $1 $18 h5 22. Bb2) 21... f6 $1 $11 {
[%cal Rf6e5]} 22. Ng4 Nc6 ({Don't go for} 22... Bxa2 $2 23. Re7 $18) 23. Qf4 {
Nxf6+! is the strong threat.} Rf8 ({But not} 23... Bxa2 $2 24. Nxf6+ Kh8 25.
Qe4 $1 $18) 24. Re3 {[%cal Rg4f6][%mdl 1024] Hoping for Nxf6+! White has
compensation.} (24. Ne3 $5 {[%cal Re3d5]} Qf7 25. Red1 $16) 24... Qf7 25. Rce1
Kh8 26. Qf5 Ne5 27. Rh3 {[%csl Gh3][%cal Rf5h7]} Qg8 {And now ...Be6 would win.
} 28. Bxe5 {[%cal Rg4f6] Strongly threatening Nxf6!} Be6 29. Qh5 {aiming for
Bc3.} (29. Qxf6 $5 Bxg4 {[#]} 30. Qxg7+ $1 Qxg7 31. Bxg7+ Kxg7 32. Rg3 $11)
29... Bxg4 30. Qxg4 {Threatens to win with Bc3.} fxe5 31. Qe4 (31. Ra3 {
with more complications.} Qf7 32. Qg3 Rae8 33. h3 e4 34. Ra4) 31... Rae8 32. a3
{The position is equal.} h6 33. Rhe3 Re7 34. h3 Qa2 35. R1e2 Qa1+ 36. Kh2 Ref7
37. f3 Rf5 38. Rd3 Qc1 39. Red2 Qc5 40. Rd8 Rf4 41. Rxf8+ Rxf8 {[%mdl 4096]
Endgame KQR-KQR} 42. Rd7 Qxa3 43. Qxe5 {[%csl Gd7][%cal Re5g7]} Rg8 44. f4 Qc5
45. Rxa7 Qxe5 46. fxe5 Re8 47. Rb7 Rxe5 48. Rxb6 {Weighted Error Value:
White=0.11/Black=0.11} 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.20"]
[Round "8.34"]
[White "Pelletier, Yannick"]
[Black "Donchenko, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2564"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "155"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Switzerland"]
[BlackTeam "Germany"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SUI"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

{[%evp 9,155,27,23,14,36,0,58,18,31,37,39,38,44,29,21,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-26,
-29,-8,-15,-17,0,0,0,0,0,0,-6,-14,0,0,1,0,0,0,2,8,25,2,4,9,57,67,59,50,52,38,
38,56,50,25,108,108,124,114,151,108,131,85,101,89,89,96,98,97,97,96,87,66,70,
70,65,68,67,66,65,66,61,65,61,66,80,69,93,93,96,39,61,27,27,27,41,31,47,27,27,
27,27,27,27,27,37,37,50,0,34,27,27,8,8,0,29,14,20,20,41,31,33,27,36,0,33,34,42,
14,14,16,18,11,13,13,16,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 a6
5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 {D37: Queen's Gambit Declined: 5 Bf4.} Be6 7. Qb3 Ra7 (7...
Nbd7 $11) 8. e3 {White is slightly better.} (8. e4 $5) 8... Nbd7 9. Qc2 Bd6 10.
Bd3 c6 11. O-O Qc7 12. e4 dxe4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 h6 15. Bh4 O-O {[#]} 16.
Rfe1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16. Rac1 Nb6 17. Bg3 Raa8 18. Ne5 Rad8 19. Rfe1 Rfe8
20. a3 Nd5 21. Bh7+ Kf8 22. Bf5 {0-1 (57) Sarana,A (2636)-Maghsoodloo,P (2671)
Chess.com INT 2019}) 16... Raa8 17. Re3 Nb6 18. Rae1 Nd5 ({But not} 18... Bxa2
$2 19. b3 $18) 19. Bxd5 cxd5 20. Qb3 Qc4 21. Bg3 Bb4 22. Rd1 Qb5 23. a4 Qc4 (
23... Qb6 {is interesting.} 24. Ne5 Rac8 25. f4 a5 26. Be1 Bf5) 24. Ne5 $1 {
[%cal Re5c4]} Qxb3 25. Rxb3 a5 26. Nd3 Bd7 27. Ra1 Rfc8 28. h3 Rc4 29. Ne5 Rd8
30. Nxc4 dxc4 31. Re3 Bc6 32. Rc1 Rxd4 33. Be5 Rd5 {White should prevent ...
Bd2.} 34. Rxc4 f6 (34... Rd1+ $1 $11 {remains equal.} 35. Kh2 f6) 35. Bd4 $16
Kh7 36. b3 h5 37. h4 Bd2 38. Rd3 Bb4 39. f3 Rd6 40. Kf2 Bd7 41. Ke2 {aiming
for Bc3.} Bf5 {[#]} 42. Re3 $1 {Hoping for Bc3.} b6 43. Bc3 Bc5 {[#]} 44. Rxc5
bxc5 45. Bxa5 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Bc2 46. Rc3 Bd1+ 47. Ke3 c4 48.
bxc4 {Threatens to win with Ra3.} Bxa4 49. Ra3 Bc6 50. Bc3 g5 51. hxg5 fxg5 52.
Ra6 (52. Ra7+ $16 Kg6 53. Rg7+ Kf5 54. Rf7+ Ke6 55. Rg7) 52... Kg6 53. Be5 Re6
54. Kd4 Kf5 55. Ra5 Kg6 56. Ra7 h4 57. Rg7+ Kf5 58. Rf7+ Kg6 59. Rf8 Bb7 60.
Rg8+ Kf5 61. Rf8+ Kg6 62. c5 Bc6 63. Rg8+ Kf5 64. Rf8+ (64. Bb8 {keeps more
tension.} Re2 65. Rc8 Bd7 66. Rf8+ Ke6 67. g3) 64... Kg6 65. Rc8 Kf5 66. Bd6
Ba4 67. Rf8+ Kg6 68. Rg8+ Kf5 69. Rf8+ Kg6 $1 70. Ra8 Bc6 71. Ra6 (71. Rg8+ {
feels hotter.} Kf6 72. Rf8+ Kg7 73. Rc8 h3 74. gxh3 Bxf3 75. Be5+) 71... h3 {
The position is equal.} 72. gxh3 Bxf3 73. Ra3 Re4+ 74. Kd3 Rh4 75. Rc3 Rxh3 76.
Kd2 Bg2 77. Rxh3 Bxh3 78. Ke3 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.08/Black=0.10}
1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.20"]
[Round "8.35"]
[White "Keymer, Vincent"]
[Black "Georgiadis, Nico"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D32"]
[WhiteElo "2639"]
[BlackElo "2553"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Germany"]
[BlackTeam "Switzerland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SUI"]

{[%evp 12,73,32,33,37,35,35,35,27,5,6,7,8,-2,0,-5,7,7,11,12,30,12,21,18,55,49,
54,47,49,48,49,50,49,62,87,44,47,38,142,142,204,204,197,200,387,377,528,566,
650,536,606,537,5106,5098,1021,376,376,370,356,354,354,320,29984,29985]} 1. c4
e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. dxc5 d4 7. Na4 Bxc5 {[%mdl 64]
Decoy. D32: Tarrasch Defence: Sidelines and lines without g3.} 8. Nxc5 Qa5+ 9.
Bd2 Qxc5 {White is slightly better.} 10. e3 dxe3 11. Bxe3 Qb4+ 12. Bd2 $5 {
[%mdl 4] A promising side line.} Qxb2 13. Bc4 {[#]} Nge7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 
13... Bg4 14. Rb1 Qf6 15. Rxb7 Nge7 16. Be2 Rd8 17. O-O O-O 18. Qc1 h6 19. Be3
Rb8 20. Rxb8 Rxb8 {1-0 (37) Zawierucha,A (2057)-Wieczorek,J (1593) Orlova 2008}
) 14. Rb1 Qf6 15. O-O {Threatens to win with Bg5.} h6 16. Qb3 O-O 17. Rfe1 Bg4
18. Bc3 (18. Qxb7 $2 Bxf3 19. Rb3 (19. gxf3 $2 Rab8 $19) 19... Rfb8 $1 $19)
18... Qg6 {[#] White must now prevent ...Bxf3.} 19. Rxe7 $1 Nxe7 20. Ne5 Qf5
21. h3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has some pressure.} Bxh3 22. gxh3 Rac8 23. Re1 {
[%cal Bb1e1,Be1e3,Be3f3][%mdl 1056] White has strong compensation.} Ng6 24. Re3
{Strongly threatening Nxg6.} Nf4 (24... Nxe5 $14 25. Bxe5 Rfd8) 25. Rf3 $16 b5
{[#]} (25... Nxh3+ $16 {was worth a try.} 26. Kf1 Nf4) 26. Bxf7+ $1 $18 (26.
Qxb5 $6 Nxh3+ 27. Kh2 Nf4 $16) (26. Bxb5 Rc5 $11) 26... Rxf7 27. Nxf7 Rc4 $2 (
27... Qg6+ 28. Rg3 (28. Ng5+ Rc4 $11) 28... Rxc3 29. Nxh6+ {[%mdl 64]
Discovered Attack (Double check)} (29. Qxc3 Ne2+ {[%mdl 64] Pin} 30. Kg2 Nxg3
$11) 29... Kh7 30. Qg8+ Kxh6 31. Rxg6+ (31. Qh8+ $2 Qh7 $19) 31... Nxg6) 28.
Ne5 {[%mdl 64] Pin} Qg5+ (28... Qe4 {keeps fighting.} 29. Nxc4 Qxf3 30. Ne5+
Qd5) 29. Kf1 {Rg3 is the strong threat.} Qg2+ 30. Ke1 {Hoping for Rxf4.} Kh7
31. Qb1+ g6 32. Qxb5 {White threatens Qd7+ and mate.} Re4+ 33. Kd2 $2 (33. Kd1
Rxe5 34. Qb7+ (34. Qxe5 Qxf3+ 35. Kc2 Qe2+ 36. Qxe2 Nxe2 $11) 34... Kg8 35. Kc2
Qxf3 36. Qxf3) 33... Re2+ 34. Qxe2 $1 Nxe2 35. Kxe2 Qh1 36. Ng4 {Rf7+ would
kill now.} Qc1 $2 (36... g5 $18 37. Rf7+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kg6) 37.
Nf6+ {Weighted Error Value: White=0.23/Black=0.58} 1-0

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.20"]
[Round "8.36"]
[White "Kurmann, Oliver"]
[Black "Svane, Rasmus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2458"]
[BlackElo "2628"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "236"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Switzerland"]
[BlackTeam "Germany"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SUI"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

{[%evp 9,236,0,5,0,4,10,20,17,20,0,0,-4,-7,-13,0,0,0,0,10,0,0,0,2,2,2,2,2,6,6,
7,7,4,12,6,7,0,0,0,0,-12,0,0,0,-16,0,-8,-10,-4,-5,-11,0,-8,0,0,0,-8,-8,-8,-9,
-9,-9,-19,-3,-16,-3,-12,0,-13,-3,-3,-3,-3,-3,-3,-3,-9,0,-53,0,-9,-11,-49,-14,
-40,-35,-27,-29,-20,-25,-36,-31,-17,-21,-17,-17,-43,-14,-14,-14,-14,-15,-60,
-60,-177,-43,-174,-43,-43,-44,-158,-60,-56,0,-15,-16,-30,-8,-15,0,0,0,0,0,-7,
-7,-7,0,0,0,0,0,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-30,0,-30,-30,-30,-30,-30,0,-30,
-8,-30,0,-30,-30,-30,0,-30,-30,-30,-30,-30,-30,-30,-30,-30,-30,-30,-30,-30,-30,
-30,-30,-30,-30,-30,-30,-30,-30,-30,-30,-30,-30,-30,-30,-30,-30,-30,-30,-30,
-30,-30,-30,-30,-30,-30,-30,-30,0,0,0,-30,-30,-30,-30,-30,0,-6,0,-14,-14,-15,
-22,-30,-8,-8,0,-30,-30,-30,-30,-30,-30,-30,-30]} 1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d3 dxe4
4. dxe4 Qxd1+ 5. Kxd1 Nf6 6. Nbd2 {B10: Caro-Kann: 2 d3 and 2 c4.} g6 7. Ne1
Bh6 8. f3 {The position is equal.} Be6 9. a4 {[#]} Nbd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 
9... a5 10. b3 Nfd7 11. Bb2 f6 12. Bc4 Nc5 13. Bxe6 Nxe6 14. Nc4 Na6 15. Bc3 b5
16. Nxa5 {1-0 (34) Carlsson,L (2258)-Pantzar,M (2421) Helsingborg 2021}) 10.
Nc4 (10. Nd3 {is more complex.} O-O-O 11. b3 Nh5 12. g3 f5 13. a5) 10... Bxc1
11. Kxc1 Bxc4 12. Bxc4 Ne5 13. Be2 g5 (13... O-O-O {with more complications.}
14. a5 Kc7 15. f4 Ned7 16. e5 Nd5) 14. Nd3 Nxd3+ 15. Bxd3 h5 16. h4 Rg8 17.
hxg5 Rxg5 18. Rh2 e6 19. Kd2 Ke7 20. Ke3 Rag8 21. Bf1 a5 22. Rd1 Nd7 23. Kf2
Rc5 24. Rd2 Nb6 25. b3 Nd7 26. Rh3 Nf6 27. Ke3 b5 28. axb5 cxb5 29. Bd3 Rcg5
30. Rh1 b4 31. Rh2 Nd7 32. Kf2 Rc5 33. g3 Ne5 34. Be2 Rgc8 35. Bd1 Nd7 36. Ke3
Rg8 37. Kf2 Rgc8 38. Ke3 Rg5 39. Rh3 Nf6 40. Be2 Rc3+ 41. Kf2 Rgc5 42. Bd1 Nd7
43. Kg2 (43. Rh1 $11) 43... Nf6 44. Kf2 Ne8 45. Re2 a4 46. bxa4 Ra3 47. Rd2 Nd6
48. Be2 Rxa4 49. Rh1 Ra2 50. Rb1 Nc4 51. Bxc4 Rxc4 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame
KRR-KRR} 52. Ke3 Rc3+ 53. Kf4 Raa3 54. Rf2 Rc4 55. Rd2 Kf6 {[%csl Gf6][%cal
Re6e5] [#]} 56. g4 ({Only move:} 56. Rb3 $1 $15) 56... e5+ $19 57. Kg3 Rxe4 (
57... h4+ $1 $19 58. Kxh4 Rxf3 59. Rd6+ Kg7) 58. gxh5 $15 Kg5 59. Rh2 ({
White should try} 59. Rd8 $15) 59... Rf4 (59... Rg4+ $1 $17 60. Kf2 Rc4) 60.
Rb3 Ra6 (60... Kh6 $15) 61. c3 bxc3 62. Rxc3 Rh6 63. Rc8 Rd4 64. Rg8+ Kf5 65.
Rg7 f6 66. Rg8 (66. Rh1 {feels hotter.} Rd8 67. Rg4 Ra8 68. Rb4 Rg8+ 69. Kf2)
66... Rd3 67. Rg4 Rd8 68. Rh1 Rc8 69. Ra4 Rg8+ 70. Rg4 Rgh8 71. Rgh4 R8h7 72.
R1h2 Rb7 73. Rh1 Rb8 74. Rg4 Rbh8 75. Rgh4 Ke6 76. R1h2 f5 77. Rh1 (77. f4 {
seems wilder.} e4 78. Rh1 Kf7 79. Kf2 Ra6 80. Rb1) 77... Kf6 78. Ra1 f4+ 79.
Kf2 Kf5 80. Ra7 Rb8 81. Ra2 Rb1 82. Re2 (82. Ke2 {looks sharper.} Rb3 83. Ra8
Re3+ 84. Kf2 Rb6 85. h6) 82... Rb8 83. Ra2 Rg8 84. Ra7 Rc8 85. Ra2 Rd8 86. Rb2
Rg8 87. Rb7 Rg5 88. Rf7+ Ke6 89. Ra7 {[#] Threatens to win with Ra6+.} Rhxh5
90. Rxh5 Rxh5 $11 {KR-KR} 91. Ra6+ Kf5 92. Kg2 Rh8 93. Ra7 Rc8 (93... Rb8 {
is interesting.} 94. Ra5 Rb2+ 95. Kf1 Rd2 96. Ke1 Rc2) 94. Ra2 Ke6 95. Rd2 Rc5
96. Kf2 Rd5 97. Ra2 Kd6 98. Rc2 Rc5 99. Rd2+ Kc6 100. Kg2 Rc1 101. Ra2 Kd5 102.
Rd2+ Kc4 103. Re2 Kd4 104. Re4+ Kd5 105. Re2 Rc5 (105... Rc3 {with more
complications.} 106. Rd2+ Kc4 107. Kf2 Rd3 108. Ra2 Kd5) 106. Rd2+ Kc4 107. Kf2
Rd5 (107... Rb5 {keeps more tension.} 108. Ke2 Rb3 109. Rd8 Rb2+ 110. Kf1 Kc5)
108. Rc2+ Kd3 109. Rc8 Kd2 110. Ra8 (110. Rc4 {is interesting.} Rd8 111. Re4
Re8 112. Kg2 Kd3 113. Kh3) 110... Kd1 111. Re8 Rc5 112. Re7 Kc2 113. Re8 Kd3
114. Rd8+ Kc4 115. Ke2 Rb5 {Black has an edge.} 116. Rc8+ Kd5 117. Rd8+ Ke6
118. Rd2 Kf5 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.12/Black=0.11} 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.20"]
[Round "8.37"]
[White "Lenic, Luka"]
[Black "Nabaty, Tamir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D26"]
[WhiteElo "2633"]
[BlackElo "2649"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Slovenia"]
[BlackTeam "Israel"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SLO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISR"]

{[%evp 11,82,25,44,24,34,7,16,18,19,5,4,7,0,7,16,0,0,-7,-25,-22,-10,-11,0,-22,
-22,-18,-8,-8,-17,-11,-4,-12,-12,-12,-12,-16,-4,-20,-20,-13,-5,0,12,-8,-12,-48,
0,-6,0,0,0,-11,0,-16,-14,-16,-8,-91,-97,-236,-171,-184,-50,-50,-14,-12,0,0,0,0,
0,-10,-10]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 dxc4 4. e3 Nf6 5. Bxc4 a6 6. O-O Be7 7.
Be2 {D26: Queen's Gambit Accepted: 4 e3 e6 5 Bxc5 c5 sidelines.} O-O {[#]} 8.
b3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8. Nbd2 c5 9. dxc5 Nbd7 10. a3 Nxc5 11. Qc2 b5 12. b4
Na4 13. Nd4 Bb7 14. N2b3 Rc8 {0-1 (28) Perera Borrego,M (2065)-Picazo Lopez,J 
(2269) Malaga 2010}) 8... Nbd7 9. Bb2 b6 10. Nbd2 Bb7 11. Rc1 c5 12. dxc5 Bxc5
13. Bd3 Qe7 14. e4 Rfd8 15. Qe2 Nf8 16. Ne5 N6d7 17. Ndf3 Nxe5 18. Nxe5 f6 19.
Nc4 Ng6 {Threatens to win with ...Nf4.} 20. g3 Rac8 21. Rfd1 b5 22. Ne3 {
[%cal Bc4e3,Be3c2,Bc2d4][%mdl 32]} Ba3 23. Rxc8 Rxc8 24. Ba1 Qc7 25. Bb1 Qc6
26. Nc2 Bc5 27. Nd4 Qb6 28. Nf3 Ba3 29. Bd4 Qc6 30. Be3 e5 31. h4 Ne7 32. Rd2
Qe6 33. Ne1 f5 34. exf5 (34. Qd1 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 34... Nxf5 $17 35.
Rc2 (35. Bxf5 $17 Qxf5 36. Kh2) 35... Rf8 36. Qd3 {[#] intending Rc7.} Nxe3 (
36... Bd6 $1 $19 37. Bc5 e4) 37. Rc7 $15 {[%csl Gb1][%cal Rd3h7] [#]} e4 $1 38.
Qxe3 {The position is equal.} Bd5 39. Qd4 {[%csl Gc7][%cal Rd4g7]} Rf6 40. Ng2
{Hoping for Nf4.} Bd6 41. Rc1 Be5 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.15/Black=0.15}
1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.20"]
[Round "8.38"]
[White "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Black "Borisek, Jure"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2616"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Israel"]
[BlackTeam "Slovenia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SLO"]

{[%evp 9,81,15,30,-17,0,-11,-9,-10,6,0,40,41,49,39,41,42,53,21,28,29,24,12,16,
0,26,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-10,-5,-23,-12,-20,-12,-26,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,
0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-31,441,-7,2,13,16,9,420,437,383,383]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3.
Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Ba4 {C67: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence: 4 0-0
Nxe4.} (6. Bxc6 $5 bxc6 7. dxe5 $14) 6... e4 7. Re1 Be7 8. Ne5 {The position
is equal.} O-O 9. Nc3 Bg5 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. Rxe4 Bxc1 12. Rxc1 Ne7 13. Qh5 {[#]
} g6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... d6 14. Nf3 h6 15. Bb3 d5 16. Ree1 c6 17. c3 Ng6
18. Bc2 Qf6 19. Ne5 Nf4 {1/2-1/2 (33) Schnider,G (2419)-Velicka,P (2420)
Austria 2017}) 14. Qh6 {Rh4 would kill now.} Nf5 15. Qf4 d6 16. Nf3 Be6 17. Bb3
Bxb3 18. axb3 d5 19. Re5 f6 20. Re6 Ng7 21. Re2 Qd7 22. Rce1 {With the idea
Re7.} Rae8 23. Rxe8 Nxe8 24. c4 c6 25. cxd5 cxd5 26. Rc1 Nd6 27. h4 Nb5 28. Nh2
b6 29. Ng4 Qe6 30. Kf1 h5 31. Ne3 Kg7 32. f3 Rd8 33. g4 hxg4 34. Nxg4 {Hoping
for Qh6+.} Rh8 35. Re1 Qf7 36. Ne3 {Nxd5! is the strong threat.} Qd7 {[%mdl
8192] [#]} (36... Qc7 $15 {stays ahead.} 37. Qxc7+ Nxc7) 37. Kf2 $2 ({Only
move:} 37. Nxd5 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]} Qd6 38. Re7+ Kf8 39. Qe4) 37... Qh3 38. Rg1
Kf7 ({Don't blunder} 38... Qxh4+ $2 39. Qxh4 Rxh4 40. Nf5+ Kf7 41. Nxh4 $18)
39. Rg4 g5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (39... Rd8 $1 $11 {and Black stays safe.}) 40. Qf5
$18 Qh2+ 41. Ng2 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.24/Black=0.39} 1-0

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.20"]
[Round "8.39"]
[White "Skoberne, Jure"]
[Black "Postny, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2562"]
[BlackElo "2557"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Slovenia"]
[BlackTeam "Israel"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SLO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISR"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 e6 4. e3 Bd6 5. Nbd2 Bxf4 6. exf4 O-O 7. c3 b6 8. h4
c5 9. h5 Ba6 10. Bxa6 Nxa6 11. Qe2 Nb8 12. Ne5 Nfd7 13. h6 g6 14. Ndf3 f6 15.
Nxg6 hxg6 16. Qxe6+ Kh7 17. O-O-O Qe8 18. f5 Qxe6 19. fxe6 c4 20. Rde1 Re8 21.
Nh2 b5 22. Ng4 f5 23. exd7 Nxd7 24. Ne5 Nf6 25. Nf7 Ne4 26. Re2 Rf8 27. Ne5 g5
28. Rh3 g4 29. Rh4 Rg8 30. f3 gxf3 31. gxf3 Rg1+ 32. Kc2 Ng3 33. Rd2 Rf8 34.
Rd1 Rg2+ 35. Rd2 Rg1 36. Rd1 Rg2+ 37. Rd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.20"]
[Round "8.40"]
[White "Boruchovsky, Avital"]
[Black "Janzelj, Tim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2542"]
[BlackElo "2474"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Israel"]
[BlackTeam "Slovenia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SLO"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Bd3 c6 8.
Qc2 h6 9. Bh4 Nh5 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Nge2 Nb6 12. O-O O-O 13. Rae1 Bd7 14. Nc1
f5 15. Be2 Nf6 16. Nd3 Nc4 17. b3 Nd6 18. Ne5 Be8 19. Bd3 Nd7 20. f4 Nxe5 21.
fxe5 Ne4 22. Qb2 Bd7 23. b4 a5 24. bxa5 Be6 25. a6 bxa6 26. Na4 a5 27. Qc2 Rac8
28. Rc1 Qa3 29. Qb3 Qe7 30. Bxe4 dxe4 31. Qc3 Qb4 32. Qxb4 axb4 33. Nb6 Rb8 34.
Rxc6 Bxa2 35. Rf2 b3 36. Rb2 f4 37. Kf2 f3 38. g3 Rfe8 39. e6 Kh7 40. d5 Kg6
41. e7+ Kf7 42. d6 Rh8 43. Nd7 Rb5 44. Rc5 Rxc5 45. Nxc5 Rb8 46. Nxe4 Ke6 47.
Kxf3 Kd7 48. Ke2 Rc8 49. Kd3 Rc6 50. Kd4 Rc2 51. Nc5+ Ke8 52. Ne6 1-0

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.20"]
[Round "8.41"]
[White "Vocaturo, Daniele"]
[Black "Yilmaz, Mustafa"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B91"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2626"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Italy"]
[BlackTeam "Turkey"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ITA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "TUR"]

{[%evp 19,118,0,2,3,21,5,16,0,6,16,18,0,15,15,15,15,15,24,14,0,0,0,35,19,61,55,
51,28,47,37,55,50,71,77,89,22,22,25,51,42,22,22,44,41,48,9,41,26,34,0,22,0,0,0,
0,-15,8,0,0,0,0,-35,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,0,-8,
-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-11,-11,-11,-11,-12,-11,-11,-11,-91,-91,-91,-91,-91,-91]} 1. e4
c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Bg2 O-O 9.
O-O Be6 10. a4 Nbd7 11. Re1 {B91: Sicilian Najdorf: 6 g3.} Qc7 12. h3 Rfc8 13.
Be3 {The position is equal.} h6 {[#]} 14. Kh2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Nd2 Qc6
15. Nb3 Bd8 16. Re2 Bb6 17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. exd5 Qc7 19. Bc1 Nh5 20. Kh2 {0-1 (67)
Hong,A (2453)-Hakobyan,A (2598) Las Vegas 2021}) 14... Rab8 15. f4 Nb6 16. Nd2
Nc4 17. Nxc4 Qxc4 18. a5 Bd7 19. Qd3 Qxd3 20. cxd3 Bc6 21. d4 exd4 22. Bxd4 Nd7
23. Red1 Re8 24. Rd2 Bf6 25. Rad1 Bxd4 26. Rxd4 Nc5 27. Rc4 (27. b4 $16 Na4 28.
Nb1) 27... Nb3 $11 28. Rxd6 Nxa5 29. Rcd4 Nb3 30. Rb4 Nc5 31. Rc4 Ne6 32. Nd5
Kf8 33. e5 Bb5 34. Rc3 Red8 35. Nb6 Rxd6 36. exd6 Rd8 37. Nc8 Rd7 38. Kg1 Ke8
39. Kf2 Nd4 40. Rc7 Rxc7 41. dxc7 $15 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBN-KBN} Kd7 {
[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} 42. Nd6 Kxc7 43. Nxf7 Bc6 44. Bf1 Bd5 45. Ne5 Kd6
46. Bd3 a5 47. Ke3 Nc6 48. Nxc6 Bxc6 $11 {KB-KB} 49. Kd4 b5 50. g4 g5 51. f5 a4
52. Be4 {[#] Bxc6 is the strong threat.} Bd7 53. Kc3 {Threatening Kb4.} Kc5 54.
b4+ $1 axb3 55. Kxb3 b4 56. Bd3 $1 Bc6 57. Bc4 (57. Bf1 $1 $11) 57... Bf3 {
Black is better.} 58. f6 {Hoping for f7.} Bd1+ 59. Kb2 Kd6 {Weighted Error
Value: White=0.11/Black=0.07} ({Don't blunder} 59... Kxc4 $2 60. f7 $18)
1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.20"]
[Round "8.42"]
[White "Dastan, Muhammed Batuhan"]
[Black "Moroni, Luca Jr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2572"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "354"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Turkey"]
[BlackTeam "Italy"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "TUR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ITA"]

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-52,-52,-52,-52,-52,-52,-52,-22,-52,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,
0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,
0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,
0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,
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,
0,0,0,0,0,-40,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. Nbd2 Nh5
6. dxc5 {D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3
Bf4.} Nxf4 7. exf4 Qa5 8. c4 {White is slightly better.} e6 9. cxd5 exd5 {[#]}
10. Bd3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. a3 Qxc5 11. Bd3 Qe7+ 12. Be2 Qf6 13. O-O Qxf4
14. Re1 Be7 15. Bb5 Be6 16. g3 {1-0 (44) Tabatabaei,M (2629)-Ter Sahakyan,S 
(2640) Chess.com INT 2021}) 10... Bxc5 11. O-O Be7 12. Re1 O-O 13. Rc1 {
Rxc6! is the strong threat.} Bf6 14. Ne5 $1 Qb4 15. Nxc6 ({Of course not} 15.
Qh5 g6 $17) 15... bxc6 16. Rxc6 Qxf4 17. g3 Qd4 18. Nb3 Qg4 19. Qc2 h6 20. Re3
Bd7 21. Rc7 Ba4 22. Bh7+ Kh8 23. Bf5 Qb4 24. Qc5 Qb6 25. Rd3 Bxb2 26. Rxd5 Rfe8
27. Rd6 $2 (27. Qc4 $14 {keeps the upper hand.}) 27... Qxc5 $17 28. Nxc5 {[#]}
Be5 $1 {[%mdl 64] Skewer} 29. Nxa4 (29. Rxf7 Bxd6) 29... Bxd6 30. Rxf7 Rf8 31.
Rxf8+ Rxf8 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KBN} 32. Be6 Rf3 33. Bb3 Rd3 34. Nb2 Rd2
35. Nc4 Rd4 36. h4 Bc7 37. Kf1 a5 38. Nb2 Re4 39. Bc2 Re6 40. Bb3 Rf6 41. Ke2
Bb6 42. Nd3 Bd4 43. h5 g5 44. hxg6 Rxg6 45. Nf4 Rf6 46. Bc2 Rb6 47. Nd3 Re6+
48. Kf3 Kg7 49. Bb3 Re8 50. Ba4 Rc8 51. Bb3 Kf6 52. Ke2 Ke7 53. Kf3 Kd6 54. Ke2
Kc6 55. Ba4+ Kb6 56. Nf4 Rc1 57. Nd3 Ra1 58. Bb3 a4 59. Bc4 a3 60. Kd2 Rh1 61.
Bf7 Kc6 62. Ke2 Kd6 63. Bc4 Rb1 64. Kf3 Rb8 {Strongly threatening ...Rc8.} 65.
Ke4 {[#]} (65. Ke2 $142) 65... Ba7 $1 66. f4 Rb1 67. g4 Ke7 68. g5 hxg5 69.
fxg5 Bb8 70. g6 {Black must now prevent g7.} Kf6 71. Bf7 {[#]} Rb2 $1 72. Kd4 (
72. Kf3 Rb5) 72... Bd6 73. Ke4 Re2+ 74. Kd4 Bf8 {And now ...Rh2 would win.} 75.
Nf4 Rh2 {Hoping for ...Rh4.} (75... Re1 {looks sharper.} 76. Nh5+ Ke7 77. Nf4
Bg7+ 78. Kd3 Bb2) 76. Kc3 Rh4 77. Nd5+ Ke5 78. Nc7 Rh3+ 79. Kc4 Rh2 80. Kd3 Bh6
81. Ne8 Rd2+ 82. Kc3 {aiming for g7.} Rd8 {White should prevent ...Rb8.} (82...
Rg2 {feels hotter.} 83. Kb3 Bf8 84. Kc3 Kf5 85. Kd4 Kf4) 83. Kb3 Bf8 (83...
Rd3+ $15 84. Ka4 Rg3) 84. g7 $11 Rb8+ 85. Ka4 Bxg7 86. Nxg7 Rb7 87. Bb3 Rxg7
88. Kxa3 {KR-KB} Kd4 89. Kb2 Rg5 90. Bf7 Rg2+ 91. Kb3 Rg7 92. Be6 Re7 93. Bf5
Re5 94. Bg6 Re3+ 95. Kc2 Rc3+ 96. Kb2 Rc6 97. Bf7 Kd3 98. Bg8 Rb6+ 99. Kc1 Kc3
100. Kd1 (100. Bb3 {is more complex.} Rb4 101. Bd1 Rb7 102. Bc2 Rb4 103. Bh7)
100... Rb8 101. Bb3 Re8 102. Bf7 Re7 103. Bb3 Kd3 (103... Re3 {is more complex.
} 104. Bf7 Rh3 105. Bg6 Kb2 106. a4 Rh1+) 104. Bc2+ Ke3 105. Bb3 Rc7 106. Be6
Rc5 107. Bf7 Rc6 108. Bg8 Rg6 109. Bb3 Rg2 110. Be6 Rd2+ (110... Kd4 {keeps
more tension.} 111. Bb3 Rf2 112. Kc1 Kc5 113. Bd1 Rxa2 114. Bf3 Kb6) 111. Ke1
Rf2 112. Bb3 Rh2 {[%cal Rh2h1]} (112... Rb2 {feels hotter.} 113. Kf1 Rh2 114.
Bd5 Rh5 115. Bb3 Rf5+) 113. Kd1 Re2 (113... Rh1+ {feels hotter.} 114. Kc2 Rh5
115. a4 Ra5 116. Kc3 Ra8) 114. Bc4 Rd2+ 115. Kc1 $1 Rd4 116. Bb3 Kd3 117. Kd1
Rh4 {[%cal Rh4h1]} (117... Kc3+ {is interesting.} 118. Kc1 Rf4 119. Bd1 Rf1
120. a4 Rf5) 118. Bc2+ Ke3 {[%cal Rh4h1]} (118... Kd4 {seems wilder.} 119. Bb3
Re4 120. Kc2 Re2+ 121. Kd1 Re7) 119. Bb3 Rh2 120. Bc4 Rf2 121. Bg8 Rd2+ (121...
Rg2 {seems wilder.} 122. Bb3 Rh2) 122. Kc1 $1 Kd3 123. Bc4+ Kc3 124. Bb3 Rd4 (
124... Rg2 {feels hotter.} 125. Bd1 Rg5 126. Bb3 Re5 127. Bd1 Re1) 125. Bd1 $1
Rf4 126. Be2 Rh4 (126... Kb4 {seems wilder.} 127. Kd2 Rf2 128. Ke1 Rf5 129. Bd1
Kc3) 127. Bf3 Rh3 128. Bc6 (128. Bd1 {is interesting.} Rh1 129. a3 Kd4 130. a4
Kc5 131. a5) 128... Rh6 (128... Rg3 {with more complications.} 129. Ba4 Kb4
130. Bc2 Ra3 131. Kb2 Ra5) 129. Bd5 Rg6 {[%cal Rg6g1]} (129... Kb4 {is more
complex.} 130. Bb3 Kb5 131. Bc2 Kc5 132. Kb2 Rd6) 130. Bb3 Rg1+ 131. Bd1 Re1
132. a4 Re5 133. Bg4 (133. a5 {keeps more tension.} Re6 134. a6 Rxa6 135. Kb1
Rb6+ 136. Ka2) 133... Re4 134. Bf3 Re1+ 135. Bd1 Rg1 (135... Kd3 $5) 136. a5
Rg5 (136... Rf1 {with more complications.} 137. a6 Rg1 138. a7 Rg8 139. Bf3
Rg1+) 137. Bf3 (137. a6 {is interesting.} Rf5 138. Bg4 Ra5 139. Kb1 Kd3 140. a7
) 137... Rf5 (137... Rg1+ {with more complications.} 138. Bd1) 138. Bg4 Rg5 (
138... Rf1+ {looks sharper.} 139. Bd1 Rf6 140. a6 Rxa6 141. Kb1 Rb6+) 139. Bf3
Rxa5 {[%cal Ra5a1]} (139... Rg3 {is interesting.} 140. Bh5 Rh3 141. Bd1 Rh6
142. a6 Rxa6 143. Kb1 Rb6+) 140. Kb1 Re5 141. Bg4 $1 Rb5+ (141... Re1+ {
feels hotter.} 142. Ka2 Re5 143. Kb1) 142. Ka2 Re5 (142... Rb2+ {is
interesting.} 143. Ka1 Rb6 144. Bd7 Kb3 145. Kb1 Kc3+) 143. Kb1 Rg5 (143...
Re1+ {with more complications.} 144. Ka2 Re5) 144. Be6 (144. Bh3 {feels hotter.
} Rg6 145. Ka2 Ra6+ 146. Kb1 Rh6 147. Bd7) 144... Rg6 (144... Rg1+ {is more
complex.} 145. Ka2 Rg2+ 146. Ka1 Kc2 147. Bc4 Rh2) 145. Bf7 Rb6+ (145... Rg1+ {
with more complications.} 146. Ka2 Rg2+ 147. Ka1 Rf2 148. Be6 Kc2) 146. Ka1 Rc6
(146... Rb2 {with more complications.} 147. Be6 Kc2 148. Bg8 Rb1+ 149. Ka2 Rb8)
147. Kb1 Rf6 (147... Rc5 {seems wilder.} 148. Be6 Rc7 149. Ka2 Rc6 150. Bf7 Rb6
) 148. Bg8 Rg6 (148... Rf1+ {keeps more tension.} 149. Ka2 Rf8 150. Be6 Rf6
151. Bg8 Rh6) 149. Bf7 Rg3 (149... Rg1+ {keeps more tension.} 150. Ka2 Rg2+
151. Ka1 Rf2 152. Be6 Kc2) 150. Be6 Rg7 (150... Rg1+ {looks sharper.} 151. Ka2
Rg2+ 152. Kb1 Rg3 153. Bf7 Rg1+) 151. Ka2 Rg2+ 152. Kb1 Re2 (152... Rg1+ {
is interesting.} 153. Ka2 Rg2+) 153. Bf7 (153. Bg8 {keeps more tension.} Re1+
154. Ka2 Re2+ 155. Kb1) 153... Re5 (153... Re1+ {seems wilder.} 154. Ka2 Rf1
155. Bd5 Rf6 156. Kb1 Rd6) 154. Ka2 Re7 (154... Re1 {feels hotter.} 155. Bd5
Re2+ 156. Ka1 Rb2 157. Bf7 Rd2) 155. Bg8 Kc2 {[%cal Re7a7]} (155... Re2+ {
is more complex.} 156. Kb1 Re1+ 157. Ka2 Re2+) 156. Ka1 (156. Bb3+ {feels
hotter.} Kd3 157. Bd5 Re5 158. Bf7 Rb5 159. Ka3) 156... Rg7 (156... Re1+ {
seems wilder.} 157. Ka2 Kc3 158. Bd5 Re2+ 159. Ka1 Rb2) 157. Be6 (157. Bc4 {
is interesting.} Rc7 158. Bd5 Rc5 159. Bf7 Rg5 160. Be6) 157... Rg2 158. Bf7
Rg4 (158... Rg1+ {looks sharper.} 159. Ka2 Rg7 160. Bb3+ Kd2 161. Kb2 Rb7) 159.
Be6 Rg7 (159... Rg1+ {keeps more tension.} 160. Ka2 Re1 161. Bb3+ Kc3 162. Bf7
Rf1) 160. Bf5+ (160. Bd5 {looks sharper.} Rg5 161. Be6 Rh5 162. Bf7 Rg5 163.
Be6) 160... Kc1 {[%cal Rg7a7]} 161. Be6 (161. Bb1 {is interesting.} Rg2 162.
Ba2 Rb2 163. Bc4 Rd2 164. Ba2) 161... Ra7+ (161... Rg1 {with more
complications.} 162. Bf7 Rg2 163. Bd5 Re2 164. Bg8 Rh2) 162. Ba2 Rb7 (162...
Ra3 {is more complex.}) 163. Bd5 (163. Bc4 {with more complications.} Rb8 164.
Bf7 Kc2 165. Bd5 Rb1+ 166. Ka2) 163... Rb5 (163... Rb1+ {feels hotter.} 164.
Ka2 Rb2+ 165. Ka3 Rd2 166. Bc6 Rd6) 164. Bc4 Rb6 (164... Rb1+ {seems wilder.}
165. Ka2 Rb4 166. Bb3 Rb6 167. Bd5 Kc2) 165. Bd5 Kc2 (165... Rb1+ {is
interesting.} 166. Ka2 Rb2+ 167. Ka3 Rd2 168. Bc6 Rd6) 166. Be4+ Kc3 (166...
Kd2 {feels hotter.} 167. Bf5 Ra6+ 168. Kb1 Rb6+ 169. Ka2 Kc3) 167. Bd5 Rb2 168.
Bf7 Rf2 (168... Kc2 {is interesting.} 169. Bg8 Rb1+ 170. Ka2 Rb8 171. Bd5 Rb5)
169. Bg8 Rg2 (169... Rf1+ {with more complications.} 170. Ka2 Rf8 171. Be6 Rf6
172. Bg8 Rh6) 170. Be6 (170. Bf7 {is more complex.} Rf2) 170... Rg5 (170...
Rg1+ {is interesting.} 171. Ka2 Rg2+) 171. Kb1 Rb5+ (171... Rg1+ {looks
sharper.} 172. Ka2 Rg2+) 172. Ka1 Kc2 173. Bf7 Rb6 174. Bd5 Ra6+ 175. Ba2 Rb6 {
The position is equal.} 176. Bd5 Rb4 177. Bf7 Rb6 {Black had all chances to
win.  Weighted Error Value: White=0.11/Black=0.05} 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.20"]
[Round "8.43"]
[White "Sonis, Francesco"]
[Black "Can, Emre"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E62"]
[WhiteElo "2536"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "146"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Italy"]
[BlackTeam "Turkey"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ITA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "TUR"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. d4 d6 6. Nf3 c6 7. O-O Qb6 8. h3
Qa6 9. Qb3 Nbd7 10. Be3 Nb6 11. Nd2 e5 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. a4 Be6 14. Nb5 Rac8
15. Rfc1 Nfd7 16. Nxa7 Qxa7 17. a5 f5 18. axb6 Qb8 19. Nf3 h6 20. Bd2 c5 21. e4
Rc6 22. Nh4 Rxb6 23. Qc2 Qe8 24. exf5 gxf5 25. Ba5 Rd6 26. Bxb7 e4 27. Rd1 Qb8
28. Rxd6 Qxd6 29. Bc3 Bxc3 30. Qxc3 Qd4 31. Bd5 Bxd5 32. cxd5 Ne5 33. Qe3 Qxe3
34. fxe3 Rb8 35. Ra2 Rf8 36. Ra5 Rb8 37. Ra2 Rf8 38. Ra5 Nd3 39. Rb5 Kg7 40.
Rb7+ Kf6 41. Rb6+ Kg7 42. d6 Ne5 43. Rb5 Kf6 44. Rxc5 Rd8 45. Rd5 Ke6 46. Rd4
Rb8 47. d7 Nxd7 48. Nxf5 Kxf5 49. Rxd7 Rxb2 50. Rd5+ Kf6 51. Rh5 Kg6 52. Rh4
Rb4 53. Rf4 Rb1+ 54. Kf2 Rb2+ 55. Ke1 Rg2 56. Rg4+ Kf5 57. Kf1 Ra2 58. Rf4+ Ke5
59. Rh4 Ra1+ 60. Ke2 Ra2+ 61. Kd1 Ra1+ 62. Kd2 Ra2+ 63. Kc1 Ra1+ 64. Kb2 Re1
65. Rh5+ Ke6 66. Rxh6+ Kd5 67. Rg6 Rxe3 68. Kc2 Kd4 69. Rd6+ Ke5 70. Rg6 Kd4
71. Rd6+ Ke5 72. Rg6 Kd4 73. Rd6+ Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.20"]
[Round "8.44"]
[White "Sanal, Vahap"]
[Black "Lodici, Lorenzo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2529"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Turkey"]
[BlackTeam "Italy"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "TUR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ITA"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 Bg4 3. Bb2 e6 4. g3 a5 5. Bg2 a4 6. O-O Nf6 7. c4 c6 8. bxa4
Nbd7 9. cxd5 exd5 10. d3 Be7 11. Bc3 O-O 12. Nbd2 Ne8 13. a5 Nd6 14. Nb3 Bf6
15. Qd2 Re8 16. Rfe1 c5 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. Rac1 c4 19. Nbd4 Nc5 20. Qb4 Rac8 21.
Nb5 Nxb5 22. Qxb5 c3 23. h3 Bxf3 24. Bxf3 Red8 25. Bg2 Qd4 26. Rc2 Qf6 27. h4
g6 28. Rb1 Rc7 29. Rb4 Na6 30. Rf4 Qe5 31. d4 Qd6 32. Qb3 Qb4 33. Bxd5 Rxd5 34.
Qxd5 Qb1+ 35. Kg2 Qxc2 36. Qd8+ Kg7 37. d5 f5 38. d6 Rf7 39. Qe8 Qxa2 40. Rd4
Qxa5 41. d7 c2 42. d8=Q Qxd8 43. Rxd8 c1=Q 44. Qg8+ Kf6 45. Rd6+ Ke5 46. Qd8
Nc7 47. f4+ Ke4 48. Re6+ Nxe6 49. Qd3# 1-0

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.20"]
[Round "8.45"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "Gretarsson, Hjorvar Steinn"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2574"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Czech Republic"]
[BlackTeam "Iceland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISL"]

{[%evp 9,81,0,9,10,13,3,12,2,13,0,53,53,75,25,24,37,39,32,41,12,16,23,42,0,0,0,
0,0,0,23,0,0,0,0,0,0,41,48,44,41,45,43,158,167,147,143,143,143,362,336,360,209,
206,206,220,214,212,212,211,144,144,78,311,294,415,402,397,381,561,555,682,659,
702,678]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 {[%cal Bb8d7,Bd7c5,Bc5e6,Be6d4][%mdl
32]} 4. d4 Ngf6 5. O-O cxd4 6. Qxd4 {B51: Sicilian: Moscow Variation (3 Bb5+)
without 3...Bd7.} a6 7. Be2 e5 8. Qe3 {The position is equal.} Nc5 9. Nc3 {[#]}
Be6 $146 ({Better is} 9... Be7 $11) ({Predecessor:} 9... Be7 10. Rd1 Ng4 11.
Qd2 Nf6 12. Qe3 Bd7 13. a4 Ng4 14. Qd2 Nf6 15. Qe3 Ng4 16. Qd2 Nf6 {1/2-1/2 
(18) Lupulescu,C (2645)-Navara,D (2691) Legnica 2021}) 10. Ng5 $14 Rc8 11. Nxe6
(11. b4 $5 {[%cal Rb4c5]} h6 12. Nxf7 $1 (12. bxc5 hxg5 13. Nd5 Bxd5 $11) (12.
Nxe6 Nxe6 13. Bd2 Be7 $11) 12... Bxf7 13. bxc5 $14) 11... Nxe6 12. Rd1 Be7 13.
a4 O-O 14. Bd2 Re8 15. Bd3 g6 16. b3 Nd4 17. Rac1 Ng4 18. Qh3 Bg5 19. Bxg5 Qxg5
20. Nd5 h5 21. Qg3 {Strongly threatening f3.} f5 22. h4 Qd8 (22... Qh6 $5 {
[%cal Rf5e4]} 23. f3 fxe4 24. fxg4 exd3 25. Qxd3 hxg4 26. Nf6+ {[%mdl 64]
Double Attack} Kg7 27. Nxe8+ Rxe8 $11) 23. f3 f4 24. Qe1 $36 {[%mdl 2048]
White is pushing.} Nf6 25. Bc4 {Black must now prevent Nxf6+.} Kg7 {[#]} (25...
Nxd5 $14 26. Bxd5+ Kh7) 26. Rxd4 $1 $16 {[%mdl 576] Deflection} exd4 27. Nxf4 {
Qg3! is the strong threat.} d5 28. Bxd5 (28. Nxd5 $6 Nxd5 29. Bxd5 b5 $14)
28... Qb6 $2 (28... Nxd5 $16 29. Nxd5 Re5) 29. a5 $18 Qc5 30. Ne6+ ({Don't play
} 30. Bxb7 d3+ 31. Kh1 Rc7 $18) (30. Qg3 $142 d3+ 31. Kh1 Nxd5 32. Qxg6+ (32.
exd5 d2 $11) 32... Kf8 33. Qf5+ (33. exd5 d2 $11) (33. Nxd3 Qe7 $16) 33... Kg8
34. Qg5+ (34. exd5 d2 $11) (34. Nxh5 Kh8 $11) 34... Kf8 35. Qf5+ (35. Nxd3 Qe7
$18) 35... Kg8 36. Qg5+ (36. exd5 d2 $11) (36. Nxh5 Kh8 $11) 36... Kf8 37. Qf5+
(37. Nxh5 Qe7 $11)) 30... Rxe6 31. Bxe6 d3+ {[#]} 32. Kh1 $1 Qc3 {[#]} 33. Qxc3
({Inferior is} 33. Bxc8 d2 $11) 33... Rxc3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 34. e5
Ne8 35. Kg1 (35. Bd5 $142) 35... Rxc2 $2 (35... Nc7 $16 36. Bc4 dxc2) 36. Rd1
Rc5 (36... d2 {was necessary.} 37. Kf2 Nc7) 37. f4 Nc7 38. Bc4 Nd5 (38... Rxa5
{is a better defense.} 39. Rxd3 Rc5 40. Rd7+ Kf8) 39. Rxd3 {White is clearly
winning.} Nxf4 40. Rd7+ Kh6 41. g3 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.10/Black=0.41
} 1-0

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.20"]
[Round "8.46"]
[White "Stefansson, Hannes"]
[Black "Nguyen, Thai Dai Van"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2519"]
[BlackElo "2594"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Iceland"]
[BlackTeam "Czech Republic"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CZE"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 cxd4 6. Qxd4 exd5 7. e4 dxe4 8.
Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Ng5 Be6 10. Nxe6+ fxe6 11. Bg5 Nc6 12. O-O-O+ Ke8 13. Bb5 Rc8 14.
Kb1 Be7 15. Rhe1 Kf7 16. Bh4 Rhd8 17. Rxd8 Nxd8 18. Nxe4 Nxe4 19. Rxe4 Bxh4 20.
Rxh4 Rc5 21. Bd3 h6 22. Ra4 a6 23. h4 Ke7 24. Rg4 g5 25. Be4 Rc4 26. hxg5 hxg5
27. f3 Kf6 28. Rg3 Rc7 29. Rh3 Nf7 30. Rh1 Nd6 31. Bd3 Nf5 32. Re1 a5 33. g4
Nd4 34. Rf1 Ke5 35. Re1+ Kf6 36. Rf1 Ke5 37. Re1+ Kd6 38. Be4 b5 39. Rh1 Ke5
40. Rh8 Ne2 41. a3 Rc1+ 42. Ka2 a4 43. b3 Rf1 44. bxa4 bxa4 45. Bc6 Nc3+ 46.
Kb2 Kd4 47. Rd8+ Kc4 48. Bd7 Rf2+ 49. Kc1 Re2 50. Rb8 Re1+ 51. Kc2 Re2+ 52. Kc1
Kd3 53. Bb5+ Nxb5 54. Rxb5 Kc3 55. Rc5+ Kb3 56. Rxg5 Kxa3 57. Rb5 Ka2 58. f4
Re4 59. f5 exf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.20"]
[Round "8.47"]
[White "Zilka, Stepan"]
[Black "Hjartarson, Johann"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2593"]
[BlackElo "2483"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Czech Republic"]
[BlackTeam "Iceland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISL"]

{[%evp 12,125,33,34,53,53,44,41,40,33,35,33,32,31,42,20,33,25,58,0,0,0,0,0,69,
39,54,50,68,59,110,0,18,-89,-68,-76,60,8,101,114,123,95,104,110,100,0,0,-57,
-55,-71,89,-237,-252,-285,-293,-339,-338,-264,-307,-256,-13,-11,-8,-55,-42,-85,
-79,-68,0,-38,0,-56,-50,-212,-186,-537,-270,-262,-181,-203,-201,-184,-158,-158,
-185,-178,-201,-193,-179,-163,-143,-8,170,173,175,159,359,0,0,33,545,535,1965,
4778,2007,5127,5127,5127,5079,5062,4930,4930,1958,1932,1696,1543]} 1. e4 g6 2.
d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Be3 a6 5. Qd2 b5 6. f3 Nd7 7. h4 Ngf6 {B06: Modern Defence.
} 8. g4 h6 9. O-O-O Nb6 {White is slightly better.} 10. b3 h5 11. g5 Nfd7 12.
f4 Bb7 {[#]} 13. Bg2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. d5 b4 14. Nce2 a5 15. Bd4 Bxd4
16. Nxd4 O-O 17. Bg2 Nc5 18. f5 e5 19. dxe6 fxe6 20. fxg6 {1/2-1/2 (31)
Burnham,J (2076)-Moujan,P (1905) ICCF email 2019}) 13... b4 14. Nce2 c5 15. Ng3
(15. Nh3 $1 $14) 15... Qc7 $11 16. N1e2 O-O 17. f5 cxd4 (17... a5 $11) 18. Bxd4
(18. Nxd4 $5 {[%cal Rf5g6]} Nc5 19. Rhf1 $11 (19. Qxb4 Be5 $11)) 18... Bxd4 19.
Nxd4 d5 20. e5 Qxe5 21. Rh3 (21. Nge2 $16) 21... Qd6 22. Kb1 (22. Qe2 $11 {
remains equal.}) 22... e5 $17 23. Nde2 Rac8 {[#]} (23... a5 $17 24. c4 Nc5) 24.
Ne4 $1 $14 {[%cal Re4d6]} Qc6 (24... Qc7 $1 $11 25. Nf6+ Kg7) 25. Nf6+ $1 $16
Nxf6 26. gxf6 Kh7 27. Rg3 Qxf6 28. Bh3 ({White should try} 28. Rg5 $16) 28...
d4 $1 $11 ({Don't take} 28... Qxh4 29. fxg6+ fxg6 30. Bxc8 $17) ({Wrong is} 
28... gxf5 $2 29. Rg5 $18) 29. fxg6+ (29. Rdg1 $11 Be4 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack
} 30. Rxg6 Bxc2+ 31. Kb2 fxg6 32. Rxg6 Qxg6 33. fxg6+ {[%mdl 64] Discovered
Attack} Bxg6 34. Bxc8 Rxc8 35. Qxb4 Rc2+ 36. Ka3 Rxe2 37. Qxb6) 29... fxg6 $15
{aiming for ...Rc7.} 30. Bxc8 Rxc8 (30... Bxc8 $17 {and life is bright.} 31.
Qxb4 Nd5) 31. Qxb4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (31. Qd3 $1 $16 {is necessary to keep the
advantage.}) 31... Be4 $19 32. Rc1 Nd5 $1 {[%cal Rd5b4]} 33. Qa4 {White wants
to play Qd7+.} Rc7 34. Qa5 Qf2 35. Qxa6 Rxc2 $2 36. Rxc2 $11 Bxc2+ 37. Kb2 {
Black must now prevent Qb7+.} (37. Ka1 $5 {[%cal Ra6b7]} Qf1+ 38. Kb2 $17)
37... Be4 {[%mdl 1024] Black has compensation.} 38. Ka3 Qf8+ 39. Kb2 Qf2 40.
Ka3 Qf8+ 41. Kb2 Qe7 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has some pressure.} 42. Rg5 $2 ({
White should play} 42. a4 $1 $15) 42... Nb4 $1 $19 {[%cal Rb4a6]} 43. Qc8 (43.
Qa5 {is tougher.}) 43... Nd3+ 44. Ka1 Qb4 {Hoping for ...Qe1+.} 45. Rg1 Qd2 {
[%csl Gd3][%cal Rd2b2]} 46. Rb1 Nb4 $1 {[%csl Gb4][%cal Rd2a2][%mdl 64]
Discovered Attack} ({Worse is} 46... Qxe2 47. Qd7+ Kg8 48. Qe8+ Kh7 49. Qf7+
Kh8 50. Qe8+ Kh7 51. Qf7+ Kh8 52. Qe8+ Kh7 $11) 47. Qc7+ Kh6 {[%csl Gb4][%cal
Rd2a2]} 48. Qc1 Qxc1 49. Rxc1 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KBN} d3 $1 {[%cal Rd3e2]
} 50. Ng3 Bf3 {...d2 is the strong threat.} 51. Nf1 Nc2+ (51... g5 $11 52.
hxg5+ Kxg5) 52. Kb2 $18 g5 {[#]} 53. Kc3 $1 e4 $2 (53... gxh4 $16 54. Kxd3 Nb4+
55. Ke3 Nxa2) 54. b4 $2 ({White has to play} 54. Nd2 $18) 54... gxh4 $14 55. b5
{Threatens to win with Nh2.} h3 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (55... e3 $1 $14 56. Kxd3
e2 57. Kxc2 exf1=N 58. Rxf1 Bg2 59. Rf6+ Kg5) 56. Nh2 $1 $18 {And now b6 would
win.White is clearly winning.} Nb4 57. Kxb4 d2 58. Rg1 Bg2 59. Kc3 Kg5 60. b6
e3 61. b7 d1=Q 62. Rxd1 Bxb7 63. Rd4 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.45/Black=0.
47} 1-0

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.20"]
[Round "8.48"]
[White "Kjartansson, Gudmundur"]
[Black "Plat, Vojtech"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2443"]
[BlackElo "2548"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Iceland"]
[BlackTeam "Czech Republic"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CZE"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. Nc3 e6 4. Nf3 Ne7 5. Bf4 a6 6. Qd2 h6 7. Bd3 d6 8. h3
Nbc6 9. Ne2 e5 10. Be3 f5 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. O-O-O Qd6 13. Qc3 Qb4 14. Qxb4 Nxb4
15. Bc4 b5 16. Bb3 fxe4 17. Nd2 Bb7 18. Nc3 Nbd5 19. Nxd5 Nxd5 20. Rhe1 Nxe3
21. fxe3 Ke7 22. c3 Rad8 23. Bc2 Bd5 24. Bxe4 Bf7 25. Nb3 Rd6 26. Nc5 a5 27. b3
a4 28. Kc2 axb3+ 29. axb3 Rhd8 30. Rd3 Bf8 31. Ra1 Kf6 32. Ra7 Rxd3 33. Nxd3
Bd6 34. Bc6 Be8 35. Bxe8 Rxe8 36. Ra5 Kf5 37. Nf2 Rb8 38. Kd3 Be7 39. Ke2 h5
40. Kf3 Bd6 41. Ne4 Ke6 42. Ra6 Rf8+ 43. Ke2 Rb8 44. c4 bxc4 45. bxc4 Kf5 46.
Kf3 h4 47. Nxd6+ cxd6 48. Rxd6 Rc8 49. e4+ Kg5 50. Rd5 Rxc4 51. Rxe5+ Kf6 52.
Ra5 Rc3+ 53. Kf4 Rg3 54. e5+ Ke7 55. Ra7+ Ke6 56. Ra6+ Ke7 57. Ra2 Ke6 58. Ke4
Ke7 59. Rb2 Ke6 60. Rc2 Ke7 61. Rb2 Ke6 62. Rd2 Rg5 63. Rd6+ Ke7 64. Kf3 Rf5+
65. Kg4 Rf2 66. Rxg6 Rxg2+ 67. Kf5 Rxg6 68. Kxg6 Ke6 69. Kg5 Kxe5 70. Kxh4 Kf6
71. Kg3 Kg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.20"]
[Round "8.49"]
[White "Grandelius, Nils"]
[Black "Saric, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2669"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sweden"]
[BlackTeam "Croatia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SWE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CRO"]

{[%evp 9,94,14,33,37,21,23,23,16,23,24,22,38,52,60,64,64,71,68,95,46,47,50,83,
71,64,62,81,66,82,64,72,43,43,50,50,37,52,27,23,23,92,89,162,127,382,76,70,49,
47,45,56,36,32,50,38,12,12,12,21,8,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,
0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Bc4 Nb6 5. Bb3 c4 6. Bc2 {B22:
Sicilian: 2 c3.} d6 7. exd6 Qxd6 8. Na3 {White has an edge.} Nc6 9. Nf3 Qe6+
10. Kf1 {[#]} Bd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... f6 11. b3 Qf7 12. Qe2 cxb3 13.
axb3 e6 14. Nc4 Nxc4 15. bxc4 Bd6 16. d4 O-O {1/2-1/2 (68) Leisner,J (2139)
-Aykent,S (2245) ICCF email 2014}) 11. b3 Ne5 12. Nxe5 cxb3 13. axb3 ({Don't
play} 13. Nxd7 bxc2 14. Nxc2 Qxd7 $11) 13... Qxe5 14. Qe2 (14. d4 {feels
hotter.} Qc7 15. c4 g6 16. h4 h5 17. Qf3) 14... Qxe2+ 15. Kxe2 e5 16. Be4 O-O-O
17. Nc4 Nxc4 18. bxc4 a6 19. Rb1 b5 20. Ra1 bxc4 21. Rxa6 f5 22. Bc6 Kc7 23.
Bxd7 Kxd7 24. Rd1 Bd6 (24... Bc5 $11) 25. d4 $16 e4 {[#]} (25... Rhe8 $16) 26.
Ra7+ $1 $18 Ke6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (26... Kc8 $16 27. Bg5 (27. Rxg7 Rhg8 $16)
27... Rd7 28. Ra8+ Bb8) 27. Rxg7 $2 (27. Bg5 $18) 27... Rhg8 $16 28. Rxg8 (28.
d5+ {keeps more tension.} Kf6 29. Rxg8 Rxg8 30. g3 Ra8 31. Bf4) 28... Rxg8 $14
{[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 29. g3 Kd5 30. Bd2 {Threatens to win with Ra1.}
Ra8 $1 31. Rb1 Kc6 $1 32. f3 exf3+ {The position is equal.} 33. Kxf3 Ra2 34.
Be1 Rxh2 35. Bf2 h5 36. Ra1 h4 37. Ra6+ Kd7 38. gxh4 Rh3+ 39. Kg2 Rxc3 40. h5 {
[#] Strongly threatening h6.} Ra3 41. Rxa3 Bxa3 $11 {KB-KB} 42. h6 Bf8 43. h7
Bg7 44. Kf3 Ke6 45. Kf4 Bh6+ 46. Kf3 Bg7 47. Kf4 Bh6+ {Weighted Error Value:
White=0.19/Black=0.16} 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.20"]
[Round "8.50"]
[White "Brkic, Ante"]
[Black "Hillarp Persson, Tiger"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2528"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Croatia"]
[BlackTeam "Sweden"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CRO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SWE"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Ngf6 6. O-O e5 7. Nf5 a6 8.
Ba4 b5 9. Bb3 Nc5 10. Nc3 Bxf5 11. exf5 Be7 12. Bg5 O-O 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Nd5
e4 15. c3 a5 16. a3 Re8 17. Bc2 Re5 18. f4 Re8 19. Qe2 a4 20. Rad1 Rb8 21. g4
h6 22. Kh1 Na6 23. Bb1 Nc7 24. Ba2 Nxd5 25. Bxd5 Rc8 26. Rg1 Rc5 27. Qe3 Bh4
28. Rg2 Qc8 29. Ba2 Qc6 30. Rgd2 Be7 31. Bd5 Qc8 32. Qxe4 Kf8 33. Qd3 Qc7 34.
Re1 Bf6 35. Rxe8+ Kxe8 36. Rg2 Kd8 37. g5 hxg5 38. fxg5 Be5 39. f6 gxf6 40.
gxf6 Bxf6 41. Rg8+ Ke7 42. Qe3+ Be5 43. Qg5+ Bf6 44. Qh5 Rxd5 45. Qxd5 Qb6 46.
Qa8 Be5 47. Re8+ Kf6 48. Qd8+ 1-0

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.20"]
[Round "8.51"]
[White "Blomqvist, Erik"]
[Black "Stevic, Hrvoje"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2542"]
[BlackElo "2581"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sweden"]
[BlackTeam "Croatia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SWE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CRO"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

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. c3 Be7 10. Nbd2 Nc5 11. Bc2 d4 12. Nb3 d3 13. Nxc5 dxc2 14. Qxd8+ Rxd8
15. Nxe6 fxe6 16. Be3 Rd5 17. Rfc1 Nxe5 18. Nxe5 Rxe5 19. Rxc2 Kf7 20. c4 b4
21. Rd1 Rd8 22. Rxd8 Bxd8 23. Rd2 Ke8 24. g3 Bg5 25. Bxg5 Rxg5 26. Kg2 Ra5 27.
b3 Re5 28. f4 Re3 29. Kf2 Rc3 30. Ke2 Ke7 31. Rd3 Rc2+ 32. Rd2 Rc3 33. Rd3 Rc2+
34. Rd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.20"]
[Round "8.52"]
[White "Martinovic, Sasa"]
[Black "Seo, Jung Min"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E39"]
[WhiteElo "2542"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Croatia"]
[BlackTeam "Sweden"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CRO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SWE"]

{[%evp 15,140,10,17,1,19,18,18,16,21,15,37,37,77,69,73,74,51,67,53,44,60,55,61,
52,87,64,99,106,113,106,106,98,105,93,129,129,112,108,96,75,75,68,58,61,138,
123,132,77,74,67,127,130,128,158,136,161,193,191,181,181,235,221,229,227,199,
150,135,108,177,144,185,159,113,97,87,97,103,0,0,0,19,19,19,19,19,19,19,19,19,
19,19,19,104,104,104,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,
0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. Nf3 c5 6. dxc5 Na6 7. g3
Nxc5 8. Bg2 b6 9. O-O {White wants to play Nb5. E39: Nimzo-Indian: Classical:
4...c5 5 dxc5 0-0.} Bb7 (9... Bxc3 $5 10. Qxc3 Bb7 $11) 10. Nb5 {Black must
now prevent a3.} Be4 11. Qd1 Nb7 12. a3 $1 {The main line 12.a3 scores better
than 12.Bf4.} Be7 13. Bf4 a6 14. Nc3 Bc6 15. b4 $1 Rc8 16. Qd3 a5 17. Rab1 {[#]
} axb4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17... d5 18. cxd5 Bd7 19. Nd4 e5 20. Bxe5 axb4 21.
axb4 Ng4 22. Bf4 g5 23. Nc6 Bxc6 24. dxc6 gxf4 {1-0 (32) Jarecki,M (2176)
-Owens,J (2173) ICCF email 2017}) 18. axb4 d5 19. cxd5 Nxd5 20. Nxd5 Bxd5 21.
Rfd1 Qe8 22. Ne5 Bxg2 23. Kxg2 Bd6 24. Qe4 Bxe5 25. Bxe5 Qe7 26. Ra1 {Ra7 is
the strong threat.} Rfd8 27. Rxd8+ Nxd8 28. Ra6 f6 29. Bf4 $40 {[%mdl 128]
White mounts an attack.} b5 (29... f5 $14 30. Qd3 Qxb4) 30. Rb6 $16 Qd7 31. Qd3
(31. Be3 $142) 31... Qxd3 32. exd3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} e5 (32... Kf7
$14) 33. Be3 Nc6 34. Rxb5 Rd8 35. Rb6 Ne7 36. Bc5 Nd5 {[#]} 37. Rb7 Nc3 (37...
h5 $142 38. b5 Kh7) 38. b5 $18 Rxd3 39. b6 {aiming for Rb8+.} Na4 40. Be3 Rb3
41. g4 h6 (41... h5 $16) 42. Kf3 Rb4 43. h3 Kh7 44. h4 h5 45. gxh5 f5 46. Rc7 (
46. Bg5 $16 {Hoping for h6.} Rb3+ 47. Kg2 Rxb6 48. Re7) 46... f4 $1 $11 47. Bc5
Rb3+ (47... e4+ {feels hotter.} 48. Kxf4 Nxc5 49. Rxc5 Rxb6 50. Re5 Rb2) 48.
Kg4 Nxc5 49. Rxc5 {Strongly threatening Rc6.} Rxb6 50. Rxe5 {KR-KR} Rb2 51. f3
Rg2+ 52. Kxf4 Kh6 53. Rg5 (53. Rb5 {is more complex.} Ra2 54. Kg3 Ra1 55. Rb6+
Kxh5 56. Rb5+) 53... Rh2 {[#]} (53... Ra2 $1 $11) 54. Kg3 $1 $16 {[%cal Rg3h2]}
Rh1 55. f4 (55. Ra5 $16) 55... Rg1+ $11 {The position is equal.} 56. Kf3 (56.
Kf2 {with more complications.} Rb1 57. Ke2 Rb3 58. Rg6+ Kh7 59. f5) 56... Ra1
57. Kg4 Kh7 58. Re5 Rg1+ 59. Kf3 Rh1 60. Kg3 Rg1+ 61. Kf2 Rg4 62. Kf3 (62. Rf5
{seems wilder.} Rxh4 63. Kg3 Rh1 64. Kg2 Rh4 65. Kg3) 62... Rxh4 63. Kg3 Rh1
64. Kg4 Rg1+ 65. Kf5 Rh1 66. Ke6 (66. h6 {is interesting.} Kxh6 67. Re6+ Kh7
68. Kg5 Rg1+ 69. Kh4) 66... Kh6 67. Kf7 Rxh5 68. Rxh5+ Kxh5 69. Kxg7 {f5 would
kill now.} Kg4 70. f5 Kxf5 {Blacks defense is rewarded with a draw.  Weighted
Error Value: White=0.10/Black=0.11} 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.20"]
[Round "8.53"]
[White "Agopov, Mikael"]
[Black "Ragger, Markus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2668"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Finland"]
[BlackTeam "Austria"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FIN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AUT"]

{[%evp 33,109,33,75,74,83,70,71,70,120,98,156,143,142,145,175,175,251,230,239,
241,237,237,220,145,137,133,134,131,196,192,188,167,200,181,177,181,181,158,
255,90,322,324,271,172,163,174,208,209,206,119,147,147,310,306,286,302,309,308,
304,296,247,70,70,70,68,8,8,8,8,8,8,0,0,0,8,8,8,8]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5
a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5
Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12. d4 Bd6 13. Re1 Qh4 14. g3 Qh3 15. Be3 Bg4 16. Qd3 Rae8 17.
Nd2 f5 18. Qf1 {C89: Closed Ruy Lopez: Marshall Attack.} Qh5 19. f3 Bh3 20. Qf2
{White is better.} g5 {With the idea ...f4.} 21. f4 Kh8 ({Better is} 21... Rf6)
22. Bxd5 $16 ({But not} 22. fxg5 $2 f4 $19) 22... cxd5 {[#]} 23. fxg5 $146 ({
Predecessor:} 23. Nb3 Re4 24. Nc5 gxf4 25. Bxf4 Rxf4 26. Qxf4 Bxf4 27. Ne6 Bxg3
{0-1 (28) Dogan,U (1693)-Nazli,S (1731) Konya 2018}) 23... f4 24. Bxf4 Rxe1+ (
24... Rc8 {was necessary.} 25. Nf1 Bxf4 26. gxf4 Qg4+ 27. Qg3 Rxf4) 25. Rxe1
$18 Bxf4 26. gxf4 Qg4+ 27. Qg3 $1 {[%cal Rg3g4] Strongly threatening Qxg4.}
Rxf4 28. Qxg4 Rxg4+ {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 29. Kf2 Rg2+ 30. Ke3 Rxh2 (
30... Kg7 $16) 31. Re2 Rh1 32. Kf4 Rg1 33. Rh2 Bc8 34. Nf3 Rg4+ 35. Ke5 Kg7 (
35... Rg3 $16 {is a better defense.}) 36. Rh6 $2 (36. Kd6 $18 {and White stays
clearly on top.}) 36... Re4+ $2 (36... Rxg5+ $16 {was called for.} 37. Nxg5
Kxh6) 37. Kxd5 Re2 {Threatening ...Bb7+.} 38. Ne5 Rxb2 39. Kc5 Rxa2 40. Rc6 Bh3
41. d5 (41. g6 $1 $18 {Threatens to win with Rc7+.} Kg8 42. gxh7+ Kxh7 43. d5)
41... Rc2 $16 42. Kb6 Rd2 $2 (42... Rg2 $16) 43. d6 $1 $18 ({And not} 43. Kxa6
Rxd5 44. Rc7+ Kg8 $11) 43... Kf8 {[#]} 44. Kc7 $1 ({Weaker is} 44. Kxa6 Rd5 $11
) 44... a5 45. d7 Bxd7 46. Nxd7+ {KRN-KR} Ke7 {[#]} 47. Nf6 (47. Nc5 $1 $18)
47... b4 $1 $14 48. cxb4 axb4 49. Nxh7 (49. Rb6 $14) 49... b3 $11 {The
position is equal.} 50. Nf6 Rc2 51. Nd5+ Kf7 52. Nc3 b2 {...Rxc3! is the
strong threat.} 53. Nb1 Rxc6+ 54. Kxc6 Kg6 55. Kc5 {Blacks defense is rewarded
with a draw.  Weighted Error Value: White=0.27/Black=0.25} 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.20"]
[Round "8.54"]
[White "Dragnev, Valentin"]
[Black "Koykka, Pekka"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "2548"]
[BlackElo "2353"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Austria"]
[BlackTeam "Finland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AUT"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FIN"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Qe2 Bf5 6. Nxf6+ gxf6 7. d3 Nd7
8. g3 Ne5 9. Nxe5 Qa5+ 10. Bd2 Qxe5 11. Qxe5 fxe5 12. Bg2 Bg7 13. a4 Be6 14.
O-O Bd5 15. Rae1 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Kd7 17. Re4 f6 18. Rfe1 Rae8 19. Rg4 Reg8 20.
Rh4 h5 21. d4 Bf8 22. dxe5 Rg4 23. Rxg4 hxg4 24. Bc3 Rh6 25. Rd1+ Kc7 26. e6 f5
27. Rd7+ Kc8 28. Ba5 b6 29. Rxa7 Rxe6 30. Ra8+ Kb7 31. Rxf8 bxa5 32. Rxf5 Re2
33. Rc5 Kb6 34. Rc4 1-0

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.20"]
[Round "8.55"]
[White "Nyysti, Sampsa"]
[Black "Shengelia, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2325"]
[BlackElo "2513"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Finland"]
[BlackTeam "Austria"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FIN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AUT"]

{[%evp 15,136,21,24,19,17,15,20,14,10,12,16,6,15,10,39,38,31,33,44,30,41,43,41,
38,51,36,26,22,44,12,27,24,52,25,38,35,33,26,19,17,8,12,11,18,10,0,0,0,0,0,22,
16,54,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,6,8,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,14,0,0,0,0,0,0,
0,0,0,0,0,0,-5,0,0,0,-86,-69,-69,-69,-69,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,0,-8,-8,-8,-8,
-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6.
Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. c3 Bg4 8. Be2 e6 9. Ne5 {B17: Caro-Kann: Modern Line (4...Nd7).}
Bxe2 10. Qxe2 Be7 11. Bf4 Qd5 12. O-O O-O {[#]} 13. a4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13.
Rfe1 Rad8 14. Rad1 Qxa2 15. Qc2 c5 16. d5 c4 17. Ra1 Qb3 18. Qxb3 cxb3 19. dxe6
fxe6 20. Rxa7 {1/2-1/2 (20) Christensen,T (2149)-Hochgraefe,M (2327) Hamburg
2013}) 13... Rad8 (13... c5 {seems wilder.} 14. Be3 Qd6 15. Rfe1 Nd5 16. Nd3
cxd4 17. Bxd4 Rfd8) 14. Rfd1 Qe4 15. Qxe4 Nxe4 16. a5 a6 17. f3 Nd6 18. Nd3 Nb5
19. Kf2 f6 20. Bg3 Kf7 21. Rac1 Rd7 22. b4 Rfd8 23. Ke2 Bf8 24. Be1 g6 25. h3
Bd6 26. Bf2 (26. f4 {with more complications.} h6 27. Bd2 Re7 28. Be3 Bb8 29.
g4) 26... e5 27. dxe5 Bxe5 28. Nxe5+ fxe5 29. Rxd7+ Rxd7 $11 {[%mdl 4096]
Endgame KRB-KRN} 30. Be3 Ke6 31. g4 e4 32. c4 exf3+ 33. Kxf3 Rf7+ 34. Ke2 ({
White should play} 34. Ke4 $14 Nc7 35. Bc5) 34... Nd6 35. Bg1 Rf4 36. Kd3 h5
37. Re1+ Kd7 $1 38. gxh5 gxh5 39. Bc5 Rh4 40. Re3 Nxc4 41. Re7+ Kd8 42. Rxb7
Ne5+ 43. Ke3 Rxh3+ 44. Ke4 Nd7 45. Bd6 Rh4+ 46. Kd3 {Black should prevent Ra7.}
Rh3+ 47. Kc2 {[#] aiming for Ra7.} Nf6 48. Ra7 {Strongly threatening Be7+.} Ne4
49. Bc7+ Kd7 50. Bb6+ Kd6 51. Rxa6 Rc3+ 52. Kb2 Rc4 53. Kb3 Rc3+ 54. Ka4 Rf3
55. Bd4 Kd5 {[#] And now ...Nd6 would win.} 56. Bb2 Rf2 57. Ba3 (57. Ka3 $11 {
keeps the balance.}) 57... h4 {White must now prevent ...h3.} (57... Rf4 {
keeps more tension.} 58. Kb3 Rf3+ 59. Kb2 Nc3 60. Kc2 h4) 58. Ra8 Kc4 $1 {
[%cal Re4c3]} 59. a6 Ra2 ({Better is} 59... Nc3+ $1 $15 60. Ka5 Rf5+ 61. Kb6
Nd5+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 62. Kxc6 Rf6+ 63. Kb7 Rb6+ 64. Ka7 Kb5) 60. Rh8
{The position is equal.} Nc3+ 61. Ka5 Rxa3+ {KRN-KR} 62. Kb6 Nd5+ 63. Kb7 Kxb4
64. a7 c5 65. Rxh4+ c4 66. a8=Q Rxa8 67. Kxa8 Kb3 68. Rxc4 Kxc4 {Weighted
Error Value: White=0.08/Black=0.06} 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.20"]
[Round "8.56"]
[White "Horvath, Dominik"]
[Black "Ronka, Erik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2469"]
[BlackElo "2321"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Austria"]
[BlackTeam "Finland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AUT"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FIN"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g4 h6 7. Rg1 Nc6 8. Be3
a6 9. h4 h5 10. gxh5 Nxh5 11. Qd2 Bd7 12. O-O-O Qc7 13. f4 Nf6 14. Nf3 b5 15.
e5 dxe5 16. fxe5 Nxe5 17. Nxe5 Qxe5 18. Bf4 Qc5 19. Ne4 Qa7 20. Bg2 Nd5 21.
Nd6+ Bxd6 22. Bxd6 Bc6 23. Bxd5 Bxd5 24. Rxg7 Qb6 25. Be5 O-O-O 26. Rxf7 Bc4
27. Rd7 Rhf8 28. Bc7 Qxc7 29. Rxc7+ Kxc7 30. Qa5+ 1-0

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.20"]
[Round "8.57"]
[White "Subelj, Jan"]
[Black "Pechac, Jergus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C60"]
[WhiteElo "2458"]
[BlackElo "2562"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Slovenia"]
[BlackTeam "Slovakia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SLO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SVK"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nge7 4. d4 Nxd4 5. Nxd4 exd4 6. Qxd4 Nc6 7. Qe3 Be7
8. O-O O-O 9. Nc3 Re8 10. Bd2 Bf6 11. Rab1 a6 12. Ba4 b5 13. Bb3 Nd4 14. Nd5
Nxb3 15. axb3 Bb7 16. Qd3 Bxd5 17. exd5 Be5 18. c3 Qf6 19. b4 c6 20. Be3 a5 21.
bxa5 Rxa5 22. Rbd1 Qg6 23. dxc6 Qxd3 24. Rxd3 dxc6 25. Rfd1 h6 26. g3 Ra2 27.
R1d2 b4 28. cxb4 Rxb2 29. Rxb2 Bxb2 30. b5 cxb5 31. Rb3 Bf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.20"]
[Round "8.58"]
[White "Druska, Juraj"]
[Black "Dobrovoljc, Vid"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2508"]
[BlackElo "2414"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Slovakia"]
[BlackTeam "Slovenia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SVK"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SLO"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. a4 Bd7 10. Bc2 b4 11. a5 Rb8 12. Nbd2 Re8 13. Re1 Bf8 14. Bb3 h6 15. Nh4
Bg4 16. Ndf3 d5 17. h3 Be6 18. Ba4 Qd6 19. Nf5 Bxf5 20. exf5 Nd7 21. d4 e4 22.
Nh2 Na7 23. Re3 Nb5 24. Rg3 Nf6 25. Bxh6 Qd7 26. Ng4 Nh5 27. Ne5 Rxe5 28. Qxh5
Rxf5 29. Qg4 g6 30. Bxf8 Kxf8 31. f3 bxc3 32. bxc3 Qe6 33. fxe4 dxe4 34. Re3
Nd6 35. Bc2 Re8 36. Qe2 Qc4 37. Qxc4 Nxc4 38. Rxe4 Rb8 39. Rh4 Rh5 40. Rxh5
gxh5 41. Bd3 Ne3 42. Bxa6 Nd5 43. Be2 Nxc3 44. Bf3 1-0

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.20"]
[Round "8.59"]
[White "Brilej, Jaka"]
[Black "Petenyi, Tamas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2341"]
[BlackElo "2458"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Slovenia"]
[BlackTeam "Slovakia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SLO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SVK"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bg4 5. Be3 Nbd7 6. h3 Bxf3 7. Qxf3 g6 8.
Be2 Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. Qg3 e5 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Rad1 Qe7 13. a3 Nc5 14. Bxc5
Qxc5 15. Rd3 Rfd8 16. Rfd1 Rd4 17. Qe3 Nd7 18. R3d2 Nb6 19. Na2 Qf8 20. g4 Qe7
21. c3 Rxd2 22. Qxd2 Qh4 23. Kg2 Bf8 24. Nb4 Bc5 25. Nd3 Nc4 26. Qc1 Bb6 27.
Bf3 Rd8 28. Qc2 Kg7 29. a4 f6 30. b3 Nd6 31. a5 Bc7 32. Nc5 Re8 33. Nxb7 Nxb7
34. Rd7+ Kf8 35. Rxc7 Nd8 36. Qd2 Ne6 37. Qd6+ Kg8 38. Qd7 Nxc7 39. Qxc7 Qh6
40. Qxa7 Qf8 41. b4 Qd6 42. a6 Re7 43. Qb6 Qc7 44. Qxc7 Rxc7 45. c4 Ra7 46. b5
g5 47. Kf1 c5 48. Ke2 Kf8 49. Kd3 Ke7 50. Kc3 Kd6 51. Bd1 Kc7 52. Be2 Kb6 53.
Bd1 Rd7 54. Be2 Rd4 55. Bd3 h6 56. Bc2 Rd7 57. Bd3 Rh7 58. Be2 Rd7 59. Bd3 Rh7
1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.20"]
[Round "8.60"]
[White "Sahidi, Samir"]
[Black "Stevanic, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2432"]
[BlackElo "2318"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Slovakia"]
[BlackTeam "Slovenia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SVK"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SLO"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O exd4 8. Nxd4
Re8 9. f3 Nc6 10. Be3 Nh5 11. f4 Nf6 12. Bf3 Bd7 13. Nc2 a5 14. c5 Nb4 15. cxd6
cxd6 16. Re1 Bg4 17. Nd4 Bxf3 18. Qxf3 Qc8 19. Rad1 Ng4 20. Ndb5 Ra6 21. Re2 d5
22. e5 Nxe3 23. Qxe3 f6 24. a3 d4 25. Qxd4 fxe5 26. fxe5 Nc6 27. Qd5+ Kh8 28.
Nd6 Qe6 29. Nxe8 Qxe8 30. Nb5 Qe7 31. Nd6 Nxe5 32. Rxe5 Bxe5 33. Qxe5+ Qxe5 34.
Nf7+ Kg7 35. Nxe5 Kf6 36. Nc4 b5 37. Rd6+ Rxd6 38. Nxd6 b4 39. Nc4 1-0

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.20"]
[Round "8.61"]
[White "Laurusas, Tomas"]
[Black "Kanyamarala, Tarun"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2553"]
[BlackElo "2321"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Lithuania"]
[BlackTeam "Ireland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "LTU"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IRL"]

{[%evp 17,127,16,8,0,42,36,46,44,35,34,32,31,32,25,74,74,81,45,87,88,86,84,85,
77,79,79,79,79,84,77,80,60,75,0,92,80,87,69,84,81,82,82,89,82,97,78,79,0,96,86,
87,89,89,81,92,93,98,97,97,93,95,99,145,124,145,128,137,127,132,129,153,153,
138,135,124,123,143,139,152,144,146,173,154,167,476,468,443,425,5383,5289,4134,
4048,3853,3761,8993,6534,29973,29973,29973,29975,29976,29972,29982,29983,29983,
29984,29984,29985,29985,29986,29989,29986]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3
Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 O-O 8. Qb3 c5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. dxc5 {D38:
Queen's Gambit Declined: Ragozin Defence (4 Nf3 Bb4).} Nc6 (10... Bxc3+ $5 11.
Qxc3 Qxc3+ 12. bxc3 Be6 $11) 11. Bb5 d4 {[%mdl 64] Pin} 12. Bxc6 {White is
slightly better.} dxc3 13. Qxb4 cxb2 14. Rb1 {Black must now prevent Be4.} Qxc6
15. O-O {[#]} b6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... Be6 16. Nd4 Qe4 17. Qa3 Bd5 18. f3
Qe5 19. Rxb2 Rfe8 20. Rd1 f5 21. Rbd2 Bf7 {1/2-1/2 (75) Miedema,D (2397)
-Donchenko,A (2612) Riga 2018}) 16. cxb6 $1 ({Much weaker is} 16. Rxb2 bxc5 17.
Qa5 Ba6 $11) (16. Qxb2 Qxc5 17. Rfc1 Qe7 $11) 16... axb6 17. Nd4 Qd5 18. Rxb2
Bb7 {[%csl Gb7][%cal Rd5g2]} 19. f3 Rxa2 20. Qxb6 Rxb2 21. Qxb2 Qe5 22. Re1 Rb8
{Black wants to play ...Bxf3.} 23. Qf2 Rd8 24. Qh4 Rd6 25. Qf2 (25. Qg4 $16)
25... Rd7 (25... Rd8 $1 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 26. Rc1 Rc7 27. Qd2 Rd7 28.
Rc3 Qg5 29. Qc1 Re7 30. Qa3 Qh4 {[%cal Rh4e1]} 31. Rc1 Qg5 32. Rc3 Qh4 $1 {
[%cal Rh4e1]} 33. Qa1 {aiming for Nf5!} Qg5 34. Qc1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is
under strong pressure.} Qe5 35. Qc2 Re8 36. Qf5 Qxf5 37. Nxf5 $16 {[%mdl 4096]
Endgame KRB-KRN} Bd5 38. Kf2 Be6 39. Nd4 Rd8 40. h4 Rd5 41. Ra3 Kf8 42. Ra7 Bd7
43. g4 f5 44. gxf5 Bxf5 45. Kg3 Bd7 46. Kf4 {Threatens to win with Ke4.} Ke8
47. Ke4 Rh5 {[#]} 48. f4 $1 g6 49. Ra6 Kf7 {[#]} 50. Nf3 $1 {[%cal Rf3e5] And
now Ne5+ would win.} Be8 $2 (50... Bc8 51. Ra7+ Kf6) 51. Ne5+ $18 Kg7 52. Re6
Kf8 (52... Ba4 $142 53. Rxg6+ Kh7) 53. Nxg6+ Bxg6+ 54. Rxg6 Rxh4 {KR-KR} 55.
Ke5 Kf7 56. Ra6 Rh1 57. f5 {White mates.} h5 58. Ra7+ Kg8 59. e4 h4 60. Kf6 Re1
61. e5 h3 62. Ra8+ Kh7 63. Ra4 Re3 64. Rg4 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.07/
Black=0.28} 1-0

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.20"]
[Round "8.62"]
[White "Jessel, Stephen"]
[Black "Kazakouski, Valery"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2297"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "194"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ireland"]
[BlackTeam "Lithuania"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IRL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "LTU"]

{[%evp 9,194,0,0,0,0,4,19,-2,2,-25,5,14,18,14,12,-31,3,0,9,-5,0,-31,0,-17,-10,
-62,-49,-74,-81,-81,-120,-227,-210,-218,-227,-227,-242,-221,-225,-425,-419,
-584,-573,-573,-551,-684,-674,-658,-360,-339,-199,-197,-181,-280,-227,-351,
-319,-365,-265,-258,-245,-395,-386,-394,-387,-375,-374,-372,-323,-291,-191,
-324,-328,-302,-303,-289,-289,-289,-216,-215,17,14,12,0,0,0,91,-202,-170,-211,
-219,-269,-253,-263,-260,-256,-247,-240,-239,-289,-273,-452,-429,-579,-547,
-605,-569,-499,-479,-29974,-29974,-29976,-11353,-29981,-29981,-29981,-29974,
-29973,-358,-29974,-29976,-29973,-29977,-29977,-29978,-29978,-29978,-29979,
-29980,-29980,-29981,-29981,-29982,-29982,-29983,-29984,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-999,
-947,-465,0,-29980,-29981,-29981,8,-29978,-29979,-29983,-29984,-29984,-29985,
-29985,-29986,-29986,-29987,-29989,-29990,-29990,-29991,-29991,-29992,-29992,
-29993,-29993,-29991,-29991,-29992,-29992,-29993,-29993,-29994,-29994,-29992,
-29992,-29993,-29993,-29992,-29997,-29998,-29998,-29999]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6
3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. O-O c6 6. a4 {A13: English Opening: 1...e6.} Na6 7. Na3
Bxa3 8. Rxa3 {The position is equal.} O-O {[#]} 9. a5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9.
Qc2 Qd5 10. Re3 Nb4 11. Qc3 Na2 12. Qa3 Nxc1 13. Rxc1 Rd8 14. d4 cxd3 15. Rxd3
{1-0 (27) Aronian,L (2785)-Bok,B (2598) Doha 2016}) 9... Qd5 10. b3 cxb3 11.
Bb2 Rd8 12. d3 Qh5 13. Qa1 Ne8 $1 14. Rxb3 f6 15. d4 Nd6 16. Rc1 Bd7 17. e3 (
17. Ba3 $11 Nb5 18. e4) 17... c5 $15 18. Ne1 Bc6 19. Bxc6 bxc6 20. Nd3 (20. Ba3
$17) 20... c4 $1 $19 {[%cal Rc4b3][%mdl 64] Double Attack} 21. Nf4 Qf3 22. Ra3
Ne4 23. Rf1 Rab8 24. Bc3 $2 (24. Qc1) 24... Nc7 25. Ra4 g5 26. Ng2 Nd5 27. Rxc4
Qe2 (27... Ndxc3 $2 28. Rxc3 Nxc3 29. Qxc3 $19) 28. Rxc6 Qb5 (28... Nexc3 29.
Rxc3 Nxc3 30. Qxc3 $17) 29. Rc5 Nxc5 (29... Qd3 $142 30. Bb2 Nd2) 30. dxc5 Kf7
(30... Qxc5 31. Bxf6 Nxf6 32. Qxf6 $17) 31. Rc1 (31. h4 {was necessary.}) 31...
Rbc8 32. e4 (32. Be1 {keeps fighting.}) 32... Nxc3 33. Qxc3 Qd3 34. Qb4 Qd2 35.
Qb7+ (35. Qc4 $142) 35... Rd7 36. Qb1 {[#]} Rb8 $3 {[%mdl 512]} 37. Qa1 Rb2 38.
Rf1 {Now Ne3 and White clings on.} Rc7 39. Qa3 Qb4 40. Qf3 (40. Qd3 $142) 40...
Rb1 (40... Qxc5 41. Qh5+ Kg7 42. Ne3 $17) 41. Ne3 {intending e5.} Rxf1+ (41...
Rxc5 42. Rxb1 Qxb1+ 43. Kg2 $19) 42. Kxf1 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQN} Kg6 (
42... Qxc5 43. Qh5+ Kg8 44. Qe8+ Kg7 45. Qxe6 $19) 43. Qg4 Qb1+ (43... Qxc5 44.
Qxe6 Qe5 45. Qg8+ Rg7 46. Qc4 $11) 44. Kg2 f5 $2 {[#]} (44... Qb3 $19 {Hoping
for ...h5.} 45. h4 h5) 45. Nxf5 $1 $11 Rxc5 ({Don't blunder} 45... exf5 $2 46.
Qxf5+ Kg7 47. Qxg5+ (47. Qe5+ Kf8 $16) 47... Kf7 48. Qf4+ Kg8 49. Qxc7 $18) 46.
Nh4+ {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} Kf7 (46... Kf6 $5 47. Nf3 $8 h5 48. e5+ Rxe5
49. Qxh5 Rxa5 $11) 47. Nf3 Qb5 (47... Rxa5 $11 48. Nxg5+ Rxg5 49. Qxg5 Qxe4+
50. Kf1 Qf5) 48. e5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} ({But not} 48. Nd4 $6 Qd7 $15) (48. Qh3
$16) 48... h6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is in control.} 49. h4 {[#]} Rc1 $1 50.
Nxg5+ hxg5 51. Qh5+ Kf8 52. Qh6+ Ke8 53. Qxe6+ Kd8 54. Qf6+ Kc8 55. Qf8+ $2 (
55. Qe6+ {was the only chance.} Qd7 56. Qg8+ Kb7 57. a6+ Kb6 58. Qxg5 Qd5+ 59.
Kh3) 55... Kb7 56. Qe7+ Ka6 {( -> ...Qf1+)} 57. Qf6+ Kxa5 {aiming for ...Qf1+.}
58. Qd8+ Ka6 {And now ...Qf1+ would win.} 59. Qd6+ (59. Qf6+ $19 Ka5 60. Qd8+
Ka4 61. Qd4+ Kb3 62. Qe3+ Rc3 63. Qxg5) 59... Qc6+ 60. Qxc6+ Rxc6 61. hxg5 {
KR-KP} Kb7 62. f4 a5 63. f5 a4 $2 (63... Kc7 64. g6 Kd7 65. g4 a4 66. Kg3 a3
67. e6+ Kd6 68. e7 Kxe7 69. g7 Rc8 70. g5 a2 71. Kg4 Rc4+ 72. Kh5 Kf7 73. g8=R
a1=Q 74. Rf8+ Kxf8 75. f6 Qh1+ 76. Kg6 Qb1+ 77. Kh6 Rh4#) 64. g6 $2 (64. f6 $19
a3 65. f7) 64... a3 65. g7 Rc8 66. f6 a2 67. f7 a1=Q 68. f8=Q Qa2+ 69. Kh3 Qe6+
{[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 70. Kg2 Rc2+ 71. Kf3 Qc6+ 72. Kf4 Rf2+ $2 (72... Qh6+
73. Kf3 Qh5+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 74. Ke4 Qg6+ 75. Qf5 Re2+ 76. Kf3 Qxf5+
77. Kxe2 Qxe5+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 78. Kf2 Qxg7 79. Kf3 Kc6 80. g4 Kd5
81. Kf4 Qe5+ 82. Kf3 Qg5 83. Kg2 Qxg4+ 84. Kf2 Ke4 85. Ke1 Qg2 86. Kd1 Kd3 87.
Ke1 Qg1#) 73. Kg5 $11 Qc1+ 74. Kg6 Qc2+ 75. Kg5 Qd2+ 76. Kg6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]
Black converts the advantage convincingly.} (76. Kg4 $11 Qe2+ {[%mdl 64]
Double Attack} 77. Kg5 Qd2+ 78. Kg4 Qe2+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 79. Kg5 Qe3+
80. Kg4 Qe4+ 81. Kg5 Qxe5+ 82. Kg4) 76... Qd3+ $19 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack}
77. Kh5 Qe2+ $2 (77... Rh2+ $19 78. Kg4 Qd4+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 79. Qf4
(79. Kf5 Rh5+ 80. Kg6 Qg4+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 81. Kf7 Rf5+ 82. Kg8 Rxf8+
83. Kxf8 Qf5+ 84. Ke8 Qxe5+ 85. Kf8 Qf5+ 86. Ke8 Qe5+ 87. Kf7 Qf5+ 88. Ke8 Qg6+
89. Kf8 Qf6+ 90. Kg8 Kc6 91. g4 Kd6 92. Kh7 Qh4+ 93. Kg6 Qxg4+ 94. Kf6 Qe6+ 95.
Kg5 Ke5 96. Kh4 Kf4 97. Kh5 Qf7+ 98. Kh6 Kf5 99. g8=Q Qxg8 100. Kh5 Qh8#) 79...
Qd7+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 80. e6 Qxg7+ 81. Kf3 Kc6 82. Qc4+ Kd6 83. Qa6+
Kd5) 78. Kh6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (78. Kg5 $11 Qxe5+ 79. Kg4) 78... Rh2+ 79. Kg6
Qe4+ $2 (79... Qh5+ {mates} 80. Kf6 Rf2+ 81. Ke6 Qg4+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack}
82. Kd6 Qd4+ 83. Ke6 Qc4+ 84. Kd7 Qc6+ 85. Kd8 Qc8+ 86. Ke7 Qc5+ 87. Ke8 Qc8+
88. Ke7 Qc5+ 89. Ke6 Rxf8 90. gxf8=N Qxf8 91. Kd5 Qf3+ 92. Kc5 Qxg3 93. Kd6 Kb6
94. Kd5 Qd3+ 95. Ke6 Kc6 96. Kf6 Kd5 97. e6 Qf3+ 98. Kg6 Kxe6 99. Kh7 Qg3 100.
Kh8 Kf7 101. Kh7 Qh4#) 80. Kf7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (80. Qf5 $11 Rh6+ 81. Kxh6 Qxf5
82. g8=Q Qh3+ 83. Kg7 Qxg3+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 84. Kh8 Qxe5+ 85. Qg7+
Qxg7+ 86. Kxg7) 80... Rf2+ {Black mates.} 81. Ke6 Qc4+ 82. Ke7 Qc5+ 83. Ke8
Qb5+ 84. Kd8 {[#]} Rd2+ $1 85. Ke7 Qxe5+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 86. Kf7 Rf2+
87. Kg6 Qxg3+ 88. Kh7 Qh3+ 89. Kg6 Qg4+ 90. Kh7 Qh5+ 91. Kg8 Qd5+ 92. Kh7 Rh2+
93. Kg6 Qh5+ 94. Kf6 Rf2+ 95. Ke6 Qh6+ 96. Ke7 Re2+ 97. Kd7 Qc6+ {Weighted
Error Value: White=0.62/Black=0.26} 0-1

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.20"]
[Round "8.63"]
[White "Klabis, Rokas"]
[Black "Nemeth, Zalan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "2353"]
[BlackElo "2163"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Lithuania"]
[BlackTeam "Ireland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "LTU"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IRL"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 b6 2. d4 Bb7 3. Bd3 e6 4. Nf3 d5 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. Nc3 Qd8 7. Qe2 Nf6 8.
O-O Nbd7 9. Bf4 Bd6 10. Ne5 O-O 11. Rad1 h6 12. Rfe1 Nd5 13. Nxd5 exd5 14. Bxh6
Bxe5 15. dxe5 gxh6 16. Qg4+ Qg5 17. Qxd7 Rae8 18. Re3 Kh8 19. h4 Qg7 20. Rde1
Rg8 21. Rg3 Qf8 22. Rxg8+ Kxg8 23. Re3 Kh8 24. Qf5 Qg7 25. Rg3 Bc8 26. Qf4 Qf8
27. Qf6+ 1-0

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.20"]
[Round "8.64"]
[White "Kanyamarala, Trisha"]
[Black "Brazdzionis, Andrius"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E51"]
[WhiteElo "2089"]
[BlackElo "2356"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "200"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ireland"]
[BlackTeam "Lithuania"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IRL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "LTU"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd2 d5 6. Nf3 b6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Bd3
Bd6 9. O-O Re8 10. Qb1 c5 11. e4 cxd4 12. Nxd5 Nxd5 13. exd5 h6 14. Nxd4 Bxh2+
15. Kxh2 Qh4+ 16. Kg1 Qxd4 17. Bc3 Qxd5 18. Re1 Re6 19. Be4 Rxe4 20. Qxe4 Qxe4
21. Rxe4 Be6 22. Rd1 Nc6 23. a3 Rc8 24. f4 Rc7 25. Kf2 Ne7 26. Red4 Kh7 27. Rd8
h5 28. Rh1 Kg6 29. Rhd1 Nf5 30. g3 f6 31. Re1 Bb3 32. Ree8 Ba4 33. Re4 Bc2 34.
Re1 Ba4 35. Rg1 Nh6 36. Ke2 Bd7 37. Ke3 Nf7 38. Rb8 Bg4 39. Re1 Nd6 40. Rd8
Nf5+ 41. Kf2 Rc4 42. Rh1 Re4 43. Re1 Rc4 44. Ree8 h4 45. gxh4 Rxf4+ 46. Ke1
Nxh4 47. Kd2 Rf1 48. Kc2 Nf5 49. Ra8 Nd6 50. Re7 a5 51. Rb8 a4 52. Rg8 Nf5 53.
Rb7 Bd1+ 54. Kd2 Bf3 55. Rgxg7+ Nxg7 56. Rxb6 Bd5 57. b4 axb3 58. a4 Nh5 59. a5
Ng3 60. Bd4 Ne4+ 61. Ke3 Ng5 62. a6 Ne6 63. Bc3 Rf3+ 64. Kd2 Nc5 65. Ba1 Rf2+
66. Ke3 Ra2 67. Bxf6 Rxa6 68. Rxa6 Nxa6 69. Bh8 Kf5 70. Kd2 Nc5 71. Bd4 Na4 72.
Bg7 Be4 73. Bh8 b2 74. Bxb2 Nxb2 75. Kc3 Nd3 76. Kd4 Kf4 77. Kc4 Ke5 78. Kc3
Kd5 79. Kb3 Kd4 80. Ka2 Kc3 81. Ka1 Bd5 82. Kb1 Bc4 83. Ka1 Ne1 84. Kb1 Nc2 85.
Kc1 Ba2 86. Kd1 Nd4 87. Kc1 Ne2+ 88. Kd1 Kd3 89. Ke1 Ke3 90. Kd1 Bb3+ 91. Ke1
Bc2 92. Kf1 Nf4 93. Kg1 Kf3 94. Kf1 Ng2 95. Kg1 Kg3 96. Kh1 Bd3 97. Kg1 Be2 98.
Kh1 Nf4 99. Kg1 Nh3+ 100. Kh1 Bf3# 0-1

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.20"]
[Round "8.65"]
[White "Pancevski, Filip"]
[Black "Dardha, Daniel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Macedonia"]
[BlackTeam "Belgium"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "MKD"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BEL"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Bc4 Be7 5. d3 d6 6. Nd2 Nf6 7. Nf1 Bg4 8. f3
Be6 9. Ne3 O-O 10. O-O a6 11. a4 Nb4 12. Kh1 d5 13. exd5 Nfxd5 14. Nexd5 Nxd5
15. Qe1 Qd6 16. Nxd5 Bxd5 17. Bxd5 Qxd5 18. Qe4 Rfd8 19. Be3 Rac8 20. b3 b6 21.
Kg1 Rd7 22. Rfd1 Bf8 23. Kf1 Rcd8 24. Qxd5 Rxd5 25. Ke2 R5d7 26. Bd2 f6 27.
Rab1 Rc8 28. f4 Re8 29. Kf3 b5 30. axb5 axb5 31. fxe5 Rxe5 32. Bf4 Rf5 33. g4
Rfd5 34. Re1 h5 35. h3 Bd6 36. Bxd6 R7xd6 37. Ra1 Rg5 38. Ra7 hxg4+ 39. hxg4 f5
40. Re8+ Kh7 41. gxf5 Rxf5+ 42. Ke3 Rg6 43. Ree7 Rg3+ 44. Ke4 Rf2 45. c4 bxc4
46. bxc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.20"]
[Round "8.66"]
[White "Docx, Stefan"]
[Black "Nikolovski, Nikola"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A96"]
[WhiteElo "2432"]
[BlackElo "2401"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "170"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Belgium"]
[BlackTeam "Macedonia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BEL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "MKD"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Nxe4
fxe4 9. Ne1 d5 10. Be3 Nc6 11. Rc1 Na5 12. c5 Bd7 13. b3 b6 14. b4 Nc6 15. Qd2
Be8 16. Nc2 a5 17. a3 axb4 18. axb4 bxc5 19. dxc5 e5 20. b5 Na5 21. Qb4 Bg6 22.
Ra1 Nb7 23. Rxa8 Qxa8 24. Ra1 Qb8 25. b6 d4 26. bxc7 Qxc7 27. Ra7 Rb8 28. Nxd4
Qxc5 29. Qb3+ Bf7 30. Rxb7 Rxb7 31. Qxb7 exd4 32. Bxd4 Qxd4 33. Qxe7 Qd1+ 34.
Bf1 Qd5 35. Qh4 h6 36. Qf4 Bg6 37. h4 Kh7 38. Qe3 Qf5 39. Bg2 Kh8 40. Kh2 Qd5
41. Qf4 Kh7 42. f3 exf3 43. Bxf3 Qc5 44. Kg2 Bf5 45. g4 Bc2 46. Qd2 Bg6 47. h5
Bb1 48. Qb2 Bc2 49. Qc1 Qc4 50. Qe3 Bb1 51. Qe5 Bc2 52. Kg3 Qb4 53. Bd5 Qe1+
54. Kg2 Bd3 55. Bf3 Bc2 56. Qe6 Qb4 57. Bd5 Qb8 58. e4 Kh8 59. Qe7 Bb1 60. Kf3
Bc2 61. e5 Qc8 62. Qb4 Qd8 63. Qd6 Qc8 64. Qb4 Qd8 65. Qc5 Bh7 66. Qd6 Qc8 67.
Qc6 Qf8+ 68. Kg2 Qb8 69. e6 Qb2+ 70. Kh3 Qa3+ 71. Kh4 g5+ 72. hxg6 Qe7+ 73. Kg3
Bxg6 74. Qd7 Qf6 75. Qc8+ Kg7 76. Qc7+ Kf8 77. Qd6+ Kg7 78. Bf3 Bf7 79. Bd5
Qc3+ 80. Bf3 Qf6 81. Bd5 Qc3+ 82. Kf2 Qd2+ 83. Kf3 Qd3+ 84. Kf4 Qd4+ 85. Kf3
Qd3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.20"]
[Round "8.67"]
[White "Risteski, Emil"]
[Black "Verstraeten, Rein"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2315"]
[BlackElo "2386"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Macedonia"]
[BlackTeam "Belgium"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "MKD"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BEL"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. h3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be3
Be7 9. Qf3 Nbd7 10. g4 Nb6 11. g5 Nfd7 12. h4 Rc8 13. Bh3 Nc4 14. O-O-O Nxe3
15. fxe3 Rxc3 16. bxc3 a5 17. Bxe6 fxe6 18. Rhf1 Qc7 19. Qf7+ Kd8 20. Qxe6 a4
21. Rf7 Re8 22. Nd2 Qxc3 23. Qc4 Qa3+ 24. Kb1 Nc5 25. Qb5 Qxe3 26. Nc4 Qe2 27.
Rxd6+ Bxd6 28. Qb6+ Kc8 29. Nxd6+ Kb8 30. Rxb7+ Nxb7 31. Qxb7# 1-0

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.20"]
[Round "8.68"]
[White "Hovhannisyan, Mher"]
[Black "Mihov, Filip"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A85"]
[WhiteElo "2419"]
[BlackElo "2255"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Belgium"]
[BlackTeam "Macedonia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BEL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "MKD"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. Nf3 d6 2. d4 f5 3. e3 Nf6 4. c4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be2 O-O 7. b4 c6 8. Bb2 Na6
9. b5 Nc7 10. bxc6 bxc6 11. O-O h6 12. Qa4 g5 13. c5 g4 14. cxd6 exd6 15. Nh4
Bd7 16. Ng6 Re8 17. Nf4 Ne6 18. Nxe6 Rxe6 19. Qc2 Ne8 20. d5 cxd5 21. Nxd5 Rc8
22. Qd2 Nf6 23. Nxf6+ Bxf6 24. Rac1 Kg7 25. Bd4 a5 26. Rxc8 Bxc8 27. Bc4 Re8
28. Bxf6+ Qxf6 29. Qxa5 Be6 30. Bxe6 Qxe6 31. g3 Rc8 32. Qa7+ Kg6 33. Rd1 Rc2
34. Qb6 Kf7 35. a4 Qe4 36. Qxd6 Qxa4 37. Qd5+ Kf6 38. Qd8+ Ke6 39. Rd6+ Kf7 40.
Rf6+ 1-0

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.20"]
[Round "8.69"]
[White "Tate, Alan"]
[Black "Mehmeti, Dritan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2342"]
[BlackElo "2391"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Scotland"]
[BlackTeam "Albania"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SCO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ALB"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e5 7. Nde2 Be6 8. g4
h5 9. g5 Nfd7 10. Be3 Be7 11. Nd5 Nc6 12. Nec3 Rc8 13. h4 g6 14. Qd2 O-O 15.
O-O-O Re8 16. Nxe7+ Nxe7 17. Qxd6 Qa5 18. a3 Nc5 19. Bxc5 Rxc5 20. Bh3 Nc6 21.
Nd5 Bxd5 22. Rxd5 Rxd5 23. Qxd5 Qb6 24. Qd2 Nd4 25. Qe3 Qc7 26. c3 Rd8 27. Rd1
Nb3+ 28. Kc2 Rxd1 29. Kxd1 Qd6+ 30. Kc2 Na1+ 31. Kc1 Nb3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.20"]
[Round "8.70"]
[White "Pasko, Llambi"]
[Black "Bremner, Adam"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2417"]
[BlackElo "2204"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Albania"]
[BlackTeam "Scotland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ALB"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SCO"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. e3 Be7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 a6 8. a4
c5 9. O-O Nc6 10. Qd3 Qc7 11. Rd1 Rd8 12. Qe2 b6 13. d5 exd5 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15.
Bxd5 Bb7 16. e4 Bf6 17. Bg5 Nd4 18. Nxd4 Bxg5 19. Bxb7 Qxb7 20. Nf5 g6 21. Nd6
Qe7 22. Nc4 Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 Rd8 24. Rxd8+ Qxd8 25. e5 Be7 26. g3 b5 27. axb5
axb5 28. Na3 b4 29. Nc4 Qd5 30. b3 h5 31. Qd2 Qe4 32. Qe3 Qd5 33. h4 Kg7 34.
Kf1 Qd1+ 35. Kg2 Qd5+ 36. Qf3 Qd4 37. Qb7 Kf8 38. Qc6 Kg7 39. Qf3 Kg8 40. Qe3
Qd5+ 41. Qf3 Qd4 42. Kf1 Qa1+ 43. Ke2 Qa2+ 44. Nd2 Qa1 45. Qd5 Qa6+ 46. Kf3 Qc8
47. Kg2 Qf5 48. Nc4 Kg7 49. Ne3 Qc8 50. f4 Qa6 51. Kf3 Qa1 52. f5 gxf5 53.
Nxf5+ Kf8 54. Kg2 Qa2+ 55. Kh3 Qa6 56. Qf3 Qa1 57. g4 hxg4+ 58. Kxg4 Bd8 59.
Qe3 Qd1+ 60. Kg3 Be7 61. Nxe7 Kxe7 62. Qxc5+ Ke8 63. Qc6+ Ke7 64. Qd6+ Qxd6 65.
exd6+ Kxd6 66. Kf4 Ke6 67. Kg5 f6+ 68. Kg6 f5 69. Kg5 1-0

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.20"]
[Round "8.71"]
[White "Muir, Andrew J"]
[Black "Ashiku, Franc"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E83"]
[WhiteElo "2254"]
[BlackElo "2419"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Scotland"]
[BlackTeam "Albania"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SCO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ALB"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 a6 7. Qd2 Nc6 8. Nge2
Bd7 9. Nc1 Nh5 10. Nb3 f5 11. exf5 gxf5 12. Be2 a5 13. a4 Kh8 14. O-O f4 15.
Bf2 Bh6 16. Bh4 Qe8 17. g4 Qg6 18. Qd3 Bf5 19. Ne4 Nb4 20. Qb1 Bxg4 21. fxg4 f3
22. Ng5 fxe2 23. Rxf8+ Rxf8 24. Qxg6 hxg6 25. gxh5 Bxg5 26. Bxg5 Nc2 27. Rc1
e1=Q+ 28. Rxe1 Nxe1 29. Bxe7 Rf7 30. Bd8 gxh5 31. Nxa5 c6 32. Bb6 Nd3 33. b3
Kg7 34. Bd8 Kg6 35. Kg2 Ne1+ 36. Kg1 Nf3+ 37. Kg2 Nxd4 38. b4 Nc2 39. b5 Nd4
40. b6 Ne6 41. Bc7 Nxc7 42. Nxb7 Na6 43. Nxd6 Rd7 44. Nc8 Rd4 45. Ne7+ Kf6 46.
Nxc6 Rxc4 0-1

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.20"]
[Round "8.72"]
[White "Seitaj, Ilir"]
[Black "Morrison, Graham"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2351"]
[BlackElo "2251"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Albania"]
[BlackTeam "Scotland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ALB"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SCO"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Bb5+ Bd7 5. Bxd7+ Nbxd7 6. Qe2 e6 7. O-O Be7 8.
d4 cxd4 9. cxd4 d5 10. e5 Ne4 11. Nbd2 Nxd2 12. Bxd2 Qb6 13. Qd3 O-O 14. Bg5 f6
15. exf6 gxf6 16. Bh4 Bd6 17. Rfe1 Bf4 18. Re2 Rf7 19. Rae1 Nf8 20. Rc2 Re8 21.
Bg3 Bxg3 22. hxg3 Rc7 23. Ree2 Rec8 24. g4 Rxc2 25. Rxc2 Rxc2 26. Qxc2 h6 27.
g3 Qc6 28. Qd2 Kg7 29. Kg2 b6 30. Qf4 Ng6 31. Qb8 Qd7 32. a3 Ne7 33. b4 Nc6 34.
Qf4 Qe7 35. Nh4 Qd7 36. Qd2 Qd6 37. Qc2 Ne7 38. Qa4 Qc7 39. Qe8 e5 40. Nf3 Ng6
41. Qa8 e4 42. Nh2 Qd7 43. Nf1 Qxg4 44. Qxa7+ Kf8 45. Qb8+ Kf7 46. Ne3 Qf3+ 47.
Kg1 Ne7 48. Qxb6 Nf5 49. Qc7+ Kg6 50. Nxf5 Qxf5 51. Qc3 Qd7 52. Qb3 f5 53. b5
f4 54. gxf4 e3 55. fxe3 Qg4+ 56. Kf2 Qh4+ 57. Ke2 Qg4+ 58. Kd2 Qg2+ 59. Kc3 Qe2
60. Qc2+ 1-0

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.20"]
[Round "8.73"]
[White "Saraci, Nderim"]
[Black "Toczek, Grzegorz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2486"]
[BlackElo "2296"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Kosovo"]
[BlackTeam "Wales"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "KOS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "WLS"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. O-O Ngf6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Qxd4 e5 7. Qd3 Be7 8.
Bg5 O-O 9. Bxd7 Nxd7 10. Be3 Nf6 11. c4 Ng4 12. Nc3 f5 13. h3 fxe4 14. Nxe4
Nxe3 15. fxe3 Be6 16. Rad1 Rc8 17. b3 Rc6 18. Rd2 h6 19. Nc3 Qe8 20. Rdf2 Bd8
21. Ng5 Bf5 22. Qd5+ Kh8 23. Ne6 g6 24. Nxf8 1-0

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.20"]
[Round "8.74"]
[White "Pleasants, Allan J"]
[Black "Uruci, Endrit"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D04"]
[WhiteElo "2001"]
[BlackElo "2322"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Wales"]
[BlackTeam "Kosovo"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "WLS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "KOS"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 Bg4 4. h3 Bh5 5. c4 e6 6. Qb3 Bxf3 7. gxf3 Qc8 8. Nc3
c6 9. Bd2 Bd6 10. Rg1 O-O 11. c5 Bc7 12. Bd3 e5 13. dxe5 Bxe5 14. f4 Bc7 15.
Ne2 Nbd7 16. Qc2 Qd8 17. Bc3 Nxc5 18. Bxh7+ Kh8 19. O-O-O Na4 20. Qxa4 Kxh7 21.
f5 Ne8 22. f6 g6 23. Qh4+ Kg8 24. Ng3 Bxg3 25. Rxg3 c5 26. Qh6 d4 27. exd4 Nxf6
28. Rxg6+ fxg6 29. Qxg6+ Kh8 30. Qh6+ Kg8 31. Rg1+ Kf7 32. Rg7+ Ke6 33. Qe3+
Kd5 34. Qe5+ Kc4 35. Qxc5+ Kd3 36. Qb5+ Ke4 37. Qe5+ Kd3 38. Rg3+ Kc4 39. Qc5#
1-0

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.20"]
[Round "8.75"]
[White "Makolli, Perparim"]
[Black "Garcia, Jason"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2245"]
[BlackElo "2028"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Kosovo"]
[BlackTeam "Wales"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "KOS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "WLS"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e6 7. Be3 b5 8. Bd3
Nbd7 9. a4 b4 10. Nce2 Bb7 11. Ng3 d5 12. Bg5 Be7 13. exd5 Bxd5 14. O-O O-O 15.
Re1 h6 16. Be3 Nc5 17. Bf1 Nce4 18. Nxe4 Bxe4 19. Bd3 Bxd3 20. Qxd3 Qc7 21.
Rad1 Rfc8 22. Re2 Qc4 23. Nb3 Nd5 24. Bc1 Bf6 25. Na5 Qc5 26. Nb3 Qc4 27. g3
Nb6 28. Re4 Qxc2 29. Rxb4 Qxd3 30. Rxd3 Nd5 31. Rb7 Rc2 32. Rd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.20"]
[Round "8.76"]
[White "Davis, Lee"]
[Black "Saraci, Korab"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D79"]
[WhiteElo "1972"]
[BlackElo "2149"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Wales"]
[BlackTeam "Kosovo"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "WLS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "KOS"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 c6 7. cxd5 cxd5 8. Nc3
Nc6 9. Ne5 Bf5 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Bf4 Nh5 12. Be3 Rb8 13. b3 Nf6 14. Na4 Ng4 15.
Bf4 Rb4 16. e3 e5 17. dxe5 Nxe5 18. Rc1 Qa8 19. Nc5 Rb5 20. Bxe5 Bxe5 21. g4
Bc8 22. a4 Rb8 23. h3 a5 24. Qc2 Qa7 25. Rb1 Rb6 26. Rfc1 Qe7 27. Qd2 Bc7 28.
Nd3 f5 29. Nf4 fxg4 30. Bxd5+ cxd5 31. Nxd5 Qe4 32. Rxc7 Qxb1+ 33. Rc1 Qe4 34.
Rxc8 Rxc8 35. Nxb6 gxh3 36. Qd5+ Qxd5 37. Nxd5 Rc5 38. Nf4 Rc3 39. Kh2 Rxb3 40.
Ne6 Rb2 41. Kxh3 Rxf2 42. Kg3 Rc2 0-1

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.21"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "France"]
[BlackTeam "Azerbaijan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AZE"]

{[%evp 14,101,18,14,18,12,33,4,7,0,5,8,12,11,9,6,12,0,42,0,0,0,0,0,31,50,109,
98,112,97,93,62,72,25,24,0,0,0,81,81,81,80,80,80,80,86,86,85,85,83,76,75,80,73,
71,95,102,102,102,102,102,102,102,102,102,102,102,61,61,61,61,61,61,61,61,61,
61,61,61,61,639,397,632,632,632,599,587,543,531,456]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3.
Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 h6 6. c3 d6 7. Re1 O-O 8. h3 a5 {outshines the older
8...a6. C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3.} 9. Nbd2
Be6 10. Bxe6 fxe6 {The position is equal.} 11. Nb3 {[#]} Ba7 $146 ({
Predecessor:} 11... Bb6 12. a4 Qe8 13. Be3 Bxe3 14. Rxe3 Qg6 15. Nbd2 Nh5 16.
Kh2 Qf7 17. Qb3 Rab8 {0-1 (56) Demchenko,A (2651)-Kollars,D (2621) Riga 2021})
12. Be3 Bxe3 13. Rxe3 a4 14. Nbd2 d5 15. Re2 b5 16. exd5 Nxd5 17. a3 Nf4 18.
Re3 $1 Qe8 (18... Nd5 $5 {[%cal Rd5e3]} 19. Re4 Nf6 $11) 19. g3 Nxh3+ (19...
Ng6 $14) 20. Kg2 $1 $16 {[%cal Rg2h3]} Ng5 21. Nxg5 hxg5 22. Qg4 Rf5 23. Nf3
Qf7 24. Qe4 Rf8 {aiming for ...Ne7.} 25. Rh1 {Black must now prevent g4.} g6
26. Qxc6 g4 {[%cal Rf5f3] [#]} 27. Kg1 $1 Rxf3 28. Rxf3 Qxf3 {[%csl Gf8][%cal
Rf3f2]} 29. Qxe6+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Qf7 30. Qxf7+ Rxf7 {[%mdl 4096]
Endgame KR-KR} 31. Rh4 Rd7 32. Rxg4 Rxd3 33. Rxg6+ Kf7 34. Rc6 Rd2 35. c4 Rxb2
36. Rxc7+ Ke6 {...b4 is the strong threat.} 37. Rc6+ Kf5 {With the idea ...b4.}
38. cxb5 Rb3 39. b6 Rxa3 40. b7 (40. Rc4 {feels hotter.} Rb3 41. Rxa4 Rxb6 42.
f3 Rb2 43. Re4) 40... Rb3 41. Ra6 Rxb7 42. Rxa4 e4 43. Ra5+ Kf6 44. Kf1 Rb3 45.
Ke2 Rc3 46. Ra8 Rb3 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#] Loses the game.} (46... Ke5 $14) 47.
Rf8+ $1 $18 Ke5 {[#]} (47... Ke6 $142 48. Kf1 Rf3) 48. Kf1 $1 {White is
clearly winning.} Kd4 49. Kg2 Rb7 50. Kh3 Ke5 51. g4 {Weighted Error Value:
White=0.05/Black=0.30} 1-0

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.21"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Azerbaijan"]
[BlackTeam "France"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

{[%evp 22,43,-2,0,0,-5,0,-9,-6,-17,0,-10,0,0,0,-8,0,0,0,-16,0,0,0,-23]} 1. Nf3
c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. a3 Nge7 7. O-O O-O 8. Ne1 d6 9.
Nc2 Be6 10. Ne3 Qd7 11. Ned5 Bh3 12. d3 {The position is equal.} Bxg2 {A37:
Symmetrical English vs ...g6: 4 Bg2 Bg7 5 Nf3.} 13. Kxg2 f5 14. f3 Nxd5 15.
Nxd5 {[#]} e4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... Ne7 16. Nc3 Rad8 17. e4 f4 18. g4 g5
19. Bd2 Rf6 20. Rh1 h5 21. h3 Kf7 {1/2-1/2 (82) Ai,F (1922)-Jayawarna,N (1720)
Coventry 2015}) 16. Rb1 exf3+ 17. exf3 Rae8 18. Be3 Bd4 19. Bh6 Bg7 20. Be3 Bd4
21. Bh6 Bg7 22. Be3 {A rather calm draw.  Weighted Error Value: White=0.04/
Black=0.04} 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.21"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Lagarde, Maxime"]
[Black "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B62"]
[WhiteElo "2647"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "France"]
[BlackTeam "Azerbaijan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AZE"]

{[%evp 12,81,39,4,31,39,47,6,8,6,16,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,16,0,10,-116,-106,-107,
15,14,18,-32,-22,-17,-22,-97,-18,-19,-31,-14,-23,-47,-41,-23,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,
0,0,0,8,0,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4.
Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd3 Bd7 {B62: Sicilian: Richter-Rauzer: 6...
e6: Unusual White 7th moves.} 8. O-O-O {And now Ndb5 would win.} a6 9. Qg3 h6
10. Be3 Nxd4 11. Rxd4 e5 12. Rb4 b5 13. Be2 Rc8 14. Bd2 {[#]} Qc7 $146 ({
Predecessor:} 14... g6 15. h4 Be6 16. a3 d5 17. exd5 Bxb4 18. axb4 Nxd5 19.
Qxe5 Qf6 20. Qxf6 Nxf6 {1/2-1/2 (51) Saxena,A (2271)-Horchler,P (2312) ICCF
email 2011}) 15. Bd3 Be6 16. Kb1 Be7 17. Qxg7 (17. h4 $11) 17... Rg8 $17 18.
Qxh6 {[#]} Rg6 ({Better is} 18... Qc5 $1 $17 {...Ng4 is the strong threat.} 19.
Nd1 Ng4) 19. Qe3 $1 $11 (19. Qh8+ $2 Kd7 $19) 19... Qc5 $1 {[%cal Rc5b4]} 20.
Nd5 Rxg2 21. Nxe7 Kxe7 22. a4 {[#]} (22. h3 $11 {remains equal.}) 22... Rcg8 ({
Weaker is} 22... Rxf2 23. axb5 axb5 24. Rxb5 $16) ({Black should try} 22... Ng4
$1 $17 {[%cal Rg4e3]} 23. Qh3 Rxf2 24. Qh4+ Kd7) 23. Qe1 {[%cal Ra4b5]} Qxf2
24. Qxf2 Rxf2 25. Be1 Rfg2 {Hoping for ...Rg1.} 26. Bg3 Nh5 (26... Bd7 {
looks sharper.} 27. Rb3 Nh5 28. axb5 Nxg3 29. hxg3 Bxb5 30. Bxb5 axb5 31. Rxb5
Re2) 27. axb5 {The position is equal.} Nxg3 28. hxg3 R2xg3 29. Rc1 axb5 30.
Rxb5 Kd7 31. b4 Kc6 {White must now prevent ...Rxd3!} 32. Ra5 Rb8 33. Ra6+ (33.
b5+ {keeps more tension.} Kc5 34. Ra7 d5 35. Re1 dxe4 36. Rxe4 Kd5 37. Rea4)
33... Rb6 34. Rxb6+ (34. Kb2 {with more complications.} d5 35. Re1 Rxa6 36. b5+
Kb6 37. bxa6 f6 38. Rf1) 34... Kxb6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 35. Rf1 Rg4
36. Kb2 Rh4 37. c4 Rh2+ 38. Kc3 Rh3 39. Kc2 Rh2+ 40. Kc3 Rh3 41. Kc2 {Weighted
Error Value: White=0.16/Black=0.12} 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.21"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Abasov, Nijat"]
[Black "Moussard, Jules"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "2634"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Azerbaijan"]
[BlackTeam "France"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

{[%evp 14,64,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-11,0,-14,7,-18,-13,-17,0,-11,0,-8,10,-20,-4,-9,0,
-23,0,-23,-16,-20,-25,-16,0,-25,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-9,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4
e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. Nxe5 Nd7 6. Nc3 Nxc3 7. bxc3 Nxe5 8. dxe5
Bc5 {8...Bc5 scores better than 8...Be7. C43: Petroff Defence: 3 d4.} 9. O-O
O-O 10. Rb1 {[#]} Re8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Qe7 11. Bf4 c6 12. Qh5 g6 13.
Qh6 f6 14. Rbe1 fxe5 15. Bxe5 Qf7 16. h4 Bg4 {1-0 (31) Reefat,B (2458)
-Wijesurija,G (2146) Sri Lanka 2001}) 11. Re1 c6 12. Qf3 b6 13. h3 Qh4 14. Be3
Bxe3 15. Rxe3 Qg5 16. Qe2 c5 17. Rg3 (17. Bb5 $5 {[%cal Rb5e8]} Re6 18. Re1 $11
) 17... Qf4 ({But not} 17... Qxe5 $2 18. Re3 $18) 18. Rf3 Qg5 {[#] Threatens
to win with ...c4.} (18... Qxe5 $2 19. Re3 $18) 19. Rg3 $1 {[%cal Rg3g5]} Qf4 {
White must now prevent ...c4.} ({Don't go for} 19... Qxe5 $2 20. Re3 $18) 20.
Rf3 Qh6 ({Not} 20... Qxe5 $2 21. Re3 $18) 21. c4 Be6 22. a4 dxc4 23. Bxc4 Bxc4
(23... Rad8 {keeps more tension.} 24. Bb5 Rd2 25. Qe1 Red8 26. Bd3 c4) 24. Qxc4
{The position is equal.} Qe6 25. Qxe6 Rxe6 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR}
26. a5 g6 27. Re3 Rd8 28. axb6 axb6 29. Kf1 Kg7 30. h4 Rd5 31. Rb5 Kf8 32. g3
Rdxe5 {Not much happened in this game.  Weighted Error Value: White=0.03/
Black=0.06} 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.21"]
[Round "9.5"]
[White "Korobov, Anton"]
[Black "Sargissian, Gabriel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E36"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Armenia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ARM"]

{[%evp 15,45,13,6,7,16,0,0,0,0,0,9,0,27,33,26,30,29,22,112,53,43,41,31,41,172,
169,149,151,558,558,538,527]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. Nf3
d5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Qxc3 dxc4 8. Qxc4 b6 9. Bg5 {E36: Nimzo-Indian: Classical: 4.
..d5 5 a3.} Bb7 10. Rd1 $1 {[%mdl 4] now scores much better than the old 10.
Rc1.} Nbd7 11. e3 $5 {[%mdl 4] The position is equal. An interesting side line.
} h6 12. Bh4 {[#]} Rc8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Qc8 13. Be2 c5 14. O-O Bd5
15. Qa4 a6 16. Rc1 Qb7 17. Bxf6 Nxf6 18. dxc5 bxc5 19. Rxc5 Qxb2 {1/2-1/2 (82)
Gordievsky,D (2559)-Le,Q (2709) Lichess.org INT 2020}) 13. Ne5 g5 14. Bg3 c5
15. Nxd7 Qxd7 16. dxc5 Qc6 (16... Qxd1+ $1 $11 {keeps the balance.} 17. Kxd1
Rxc5) 17. Be5 (17. f3 $16) 17... Nd7 $14 18. Bc3 {[#] Threatens to win with
Qd4.} Nxc5 19. f3 Qa4 ({Black should play} 19... Qc7 $14) 20. Qxa4 $18 Nxa4 21.
Bf6 {aiming for h4.} Rc2 $2 {[#]} (21... e5 $16 {is tougher.}) 22. h4 g4 23.
Rd4 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack.  Weighted Error Value: White=0.05/Black=0.62} 1-0

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.21"]
[Round "9.6"]
[White "Martirosyan, Haik M."]
[Black "Volokitin, Andrei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Armenia"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

{[%evp 9,86,14,18,4,1,0,11,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-5,-12,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,9,18,
16,22,16,24,24,39,0,0,0,20,0,0,0,0,-8,-32,-31,-27,0,0,-43,0,-552,-529,-655,
-650,-1024,-1025,-1055,-1035,-1027,-1020,-718,-690,-669,-681,-938,-938,-3604,
-2829,-29982,-29983,-29988,-29989,-29989,-29990,-29990,-29991]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4
e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bf4 {D38: Queen's Gambit Declined:
Ragozin Defence (4 Nf3 Bb4).} Ne4 7. Rc1 Nc6 8. Nd2 {The position is equal.} g5
9. Be3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Ba3 11. Rb1 f5 $1 {[%cal Rf5f4] White should prevent ...
f4.} 12. g3 Bd6 13. Nf3 f4 14. Bc1 O-O 15. Rb5 g4 16. Nh4 Ne7 17. e3 {[%cal
Re3f4] [#]} c6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17... f3 18. Bd3 a6 19. Rb1 Nf5 20. Nxf5
Bxf5 21. c4 b5 22. cxd5 Qd7 23. Qc2 Rae8 {1-0 (51) Martirosyan,H (2637)
-Petrosyan,M (2625) Tornelo INT 2021}) 18. Rb3 {[%cal Re3f4]} f3 19. Bd3 Ng6
20. Nxg6 hxg6 21. Qc2 Qe7 22. Bxg6 b5 23. Kd1 Kg7 24. Bd3 Be6 25. Re1 Rh8 26.
e4 dxe4 27. Rxe4 Rxh2 {Hoping for ...Rh1+.} 28. Qd2 $1 Qf6 {Strongly
threatening ...Bf5.} 29. Qe3 $1 Bf5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] ...Rah8 is the strong
threat. Black has the initiative.} 30. c4 $1 Rah8 31. Re5 {[%mdl 8192]} Bxd3
$19 32. Rxd3 bxc4 33. Ba3 {[#] Threatening Bxd6!} Rxf2 $3 {[%mdl 512]} 34. Qxf2
Bxe5 35. dxe5 Rh1+ 36. Kd2 Qh6+ 37. Kc3 {[#]} Rc1+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 38. Kb4 (38.
Bxc1 Qxc1+) 38... cxd3 39. Qxa7+ Kg6 {( -> ...Qd2+)} 40. Bxc1 d2 {Black mates.}
41. Qe7 dxc1=Q 42. Qf6+ Kh7 43. Qf7+ Qg7 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.64/
Black=0.04} 0-1

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.21"]
[Round "9.7"]
[White "Shevchenko, Kirill"]
[Black "Hovhannisyan, Robert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2647"]
[BlackElo "2622"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Armenia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ARM"]

{[%evp 9,41,-8,-12,-15,-9,-16,14,8,17,15,13,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,3,0,0,0,0,0,
0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. c4 dxc4 4. Na3 Bg7 5. Nxc4 Nc6 {The
position is equal.} 6. d3 {A09: Réti Opening: 1 Nf3 d5 2 c4.} e5 7. Bd2 Nf6 8.
Ncxe5 Nxe5 9. Nxe5 O-O $1 {[#]} 10. Bg2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Nf3 Re8 11.
Bc3 Bf5 12. d4 Qe7 13. Bg2 Ne4 14. Nh4 Bg4 15. Nf3 c5 16. e3 Nxf2 17. Kxf2
Qxe3+ {0-1 (23) Banusz,T (2631)-Can,E (2569) Tornelo INT 2021}) 10... Re8 $1 {
[%cal Re8e5]} 11. Bc3 Nd5 12. d4 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Bxe5 14. dxe5 Qe7 $1 15. f4 Rd8
16. Qb3 Qc5 17. Qb4 Qe3 {And now ...Rd2! would win.} 18. Qe4 Qc5 19. Qb4 Qe3 {
Threatens to win with ...Rd2!} 20. Qe4 Qc5 21. Qb4 {Not much happened in this
game.  Weighted Error Value: White=0.02/Black=0.02} 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.21"]
[Round "9.8"]
[White "Ter-Sahakyan, Samvel"]
[Black "Onyshchuk, Volodymyr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2622"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Armenia"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

{[%evp 17,103,21,3,0,0,11,23,23,22,23,23,22,31,25,37,-5,0,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,
0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,
13,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6
4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O d6 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Na4 Bb6 8. c3 Ne7 9. Nxb6 axb6 10. Bg5 {
C48: Four Knights: 4 Bb5, replies other than 4...Bb4.} Ng6 11. Nh4 h6 12. Nxg6
{White has an edge.} fxg6 13. Bc4+ Kh8 14. Be3 {[#]} g5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 
14... Qe7 15. f4 Ng4 16. Qe2 Nxe3 17. Qxe3 exf4 18. Rxf4 Rxf4 19. Qxf4 Be6 20.
Bxe6 Qxe6 {1-0 (57) Carlsen,M (2567)-Papa,S (2397) Lausanne 2004}) 15. f3 Qe7
16. d4 g4 {The position is equal.} 17. Bd3 gxf3 18. Qxf3 Be6 19. a3 Ng4 20. Qg3
Nxe3 21. Qxe3 Rxf1+ 22. Rxf1 Rf8 23. Rxf8+ (23. d5 {is more complex.} Bd7 24.
g3 g5 25. Rf2 Kg7 26. Kf1) 23... Qxf8 24. Qf2 Qe7 25. h4 Kg8 26. Kh2 Qe8 27.
dxe5 dxe5 28. Be2 Qg6 (28... Qd8 {seems wilder.} 29. Qg3 Qf6 30. Bg4 Kf7 31.
Bxe6+ Kxe6 32. Qg4+ Kd6) 29. Qf3 Qf7 30. Qxf7+ Kxf7 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame
KB-KB} 31. Kg3 Bd7 32. Kf3 Ke7 33. Ke3 Kd6 34. Bc4 b5 35. Be2 b6 36. b4 c5 37.
Kf2 Bc6 38. Kg3 Ke7 39. Kf3 Kd6 40. Ke3 Bd7 41. Bh5 cxb4 42. axb4 Ke7 43. Be2
Kd6 44. Kf3 Ke7 45. Kg3 Bc6 46. Kf2 Kd6 47. g3 Bd7 48. Kf3 Ke7 49. Bf1 Kd6 50.
Ke3 Ke7 51. Be2 Kd6 52. Bd3 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.01/Black=0.01}
1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.21"]
[Round "9.9"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B77"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Spain"]
[BlackTeam "Netherlands"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NED"]

{[%evp 23,69,29,19,0,0,0,7,4,15,15,15,15,16,16,16,16,14,14,12,12,19,0,0,0,7,10,
9,7,14,8,8,9,22,16,34,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,6,6,6,6,6,6]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nge2
g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8. Bb3 d6 9. f3 Qa5 10. Qd2
Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Be6 12. O-O-O b5 13. Nd5 {B77: Sicilian Dragon: Yugoslav Attack,
9 Bc4 sidelines.} (13. Kb1 {looks sharper.} Rfc8 14. Rhe1 Bxb3 15. cxb3 b4 16.
Bxf6 bxc3 17. Bxc3 Bxc3 18. bxc3 Qxc3 19. Qxc3 Rxc3 20. Rc1) 13... Qxd2+ 14.
Rxd2 Bxd5 {[#]} 15. Bxf6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. Bxd5 Nxd5 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17.
Rxd5 a6 18. Rhd1 Rfc8 19. c3 Kf6 20. Kc2 Ke6 21. Kb3 {1-0 (35) Knudsen,
J-Williams,D USA 1979}) 15... Bxf6 16. Rxd5 Rab8 17. a3 Rfc8 18. c3 Rc5 19.
Rhd1 Rxd5 20. Rxd5 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Be5 21. g3 g5 22. Kc2 e6
23. Rd2 Kg7 24. Rf2 Kf8 25. f4 gxf4 26. gxf4 Bg7 27. Rf3 a6 28. Rh3 h6 29. f5
Ke7 {The position is equal.} 30. fxe6 fxe6 31. Rg3 Bf6 32. Rg6 h5 33. Rh6 {
Threatens to win with Rh7+.} Rh8 34. Rxh8 Bxh8 35. Kd3 {An uneventful
encounter.  Weighted Error Value: White=0.04/Black=0.02} 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.21"]
[Round "9.10"]
[White "Van Foreest, Lucas"]
[Black "Anton Guijarro, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D26"]
[WhiteElo "2532"]
[BlackElo "2669"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Netherlands"]
[BlackTeam "Spain"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NED"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ESP"]

{[%evp 18,87,31,31,31,31,31,31,31,31,31,31,31,30,18,21,31,0,0,-3,-6,-27,0,-8,0,
0,0,-6,-8,-26,-20,-45,-38,-46,-25,-35,-33,-22,-12,-11,0,-2,0,-5,0,-22,-10,-124,
-116,-148,-139,-174,-166,-314,-321,-344,-312,-319,-326,-347,-347,-347,-338,
-330,-322,-465,-439,-527,-541,-29986,-29987,-29999]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5
cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Re1 Nc6 10. a3
b6 {D26: Queen's Gambit Accepted: 4 e3 e6 5 Bxc5 c5 sidelines.} 11. d5 Na5 12.
Ba2 {Threatens to win with b4.} Nxd5 {White is slightly better.} 13. Nxd5 exd5
14. Qxd5 Be6 15. Qxd8 Raxd8 16. Bxe6 fxe6 17. b4 Bf6 {[#]} 18. Rb1 $146 ({
Predecessor:} 18. Ra2 Nc4 19. b5 Bc3 20. Rf1 Nd6 21. a4 Ne4 22. h3 Rc8 23. Ng5
Nxg5 24. Bxg5 {0-1 (32) Vaisser,A (2573)-Galdunts,S (2485) Nancy 2006}) 18...
Nc4 19. a4 Rd3 20. Rxe6 Na3 21. Bxa3 Rxa3 22. b5 Rxa4 23. Rc6 Ra2 24. Rc7 Re8
25. g3 Ree2 26. Re1 $1 Rxe1+ 27. Nxe1 $15 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Bd4 28.
Nc2 Bc5 29. Ne3 h5 30. Nf5 g6 31. Ne7+ Kf7 32. Nc6+ (32. Nd5+ $11 Ke6 33. Nf4+
Kd6 34. Rc6+ Ke5 35. Rxg6) 32... Ke6 {Strongly threatening ...a5.} 33. Nxa7
Bxf2+ 34. Kf1 {[#]} Bc5 $1 35. Rc6+ {[#]} (35. h3 {was worth a try.}) 35... Kf5
$1 $19 36. Nc8 Rf2+ ({Weaker is} 36... Rxh2 37. Nxb6 Bf2 38. Nc4 $17) 37. Ke1 {
Black must now prevent Rxc5+!} Rxh2 38. Nxb6 Bf2+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 39.
Kf1 Bxg3 40. Nd5 g5 41. Ne3+ (41. Rc3 {is a better defense.} h4 42. Rb3) 41...
Ke4 42. Ng2 h4 {...h3 is the strong threat.} 43. Rc4+ Kd3 {[%cal Rh2h1]} 44.
Rg4 Rh1# {Weighted Error Value: White=0.46/Black=0.04} 0-1

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.21"]
[Round "9.11"]
[White "Salgado Lopez, Ivan"]
[Black "Van Foreest, Jorden"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2609"]
[BlackElo "2701"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Spain"]
[BlackTeam "Netherlands"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NED"]

{[%evp 13,107,22,26,18,25,20,23,9,14,16,41,28,38,46,28,9,13,10,34,24,34,34,34,
34,34,34,34,34,27,29,37,34,53,22,22,22,22,22,33,20,56,64,77,77,77,81,103,77,95,
77,95,77,95,64,64,64,64,64,64,64,64,8,8,8,30,8,31,8,8,8,43,0,8,8,13,13,13,8,13,
8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,7,7,0,8,0,8,8,8,0]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 g6 5.
Nc3 Bg7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O Re8 {7...dxc4 is a critical line.} 8. h3 {D94:
Grünfeld: 4 Nf3 Bg7 5 e3.} e6 9. b3 Nbd7 {[#]} 10. a4 $146 {White has an edge.}
({Predecessor:} 10. Bb2 b6 11. Qc2 Bb7 12. Rad1 Qc7 13. Ne5 Rac8 14. f4 c5 15.
Nb5 Qb8 16. dxc5 Nxc5 {0-1 (45) Mamedyarov,S (2733)-Wang,H (2736) Beijing 2011}
) 10... e5 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Nxd5 cxd5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nd4 Nc6 15. Bb2 Qb6
16. Bb5 Bd7 17. a5 {[%cal Ba4a5,Ba5a6][%mdl 32]} Qd8 18. a6 Nxd4 19. Bxd7 Qxd7
20. Bxd4 Bxd4 21. Qxd4 bxa6 22. Rxa6 Qb5 23. Rxa7 Rxa7 24. Qxa7 Qxb3 $14 {
[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} 25. Qd4 Qc4 26. Qd2 Qe4 27. Rd1 Rb8 28. Qxd5 Qxd5
29. Rxd5 $16 {KR-KR} h5 30. g3 Kg7 31. Kg2 Rb2 32. Kf3 Ra2 33. e4 Ra3+ 34. Kf4
h4 35. gxh4 Rxh3 36. Kg4 Rh1 37. h5 ({Better is} 37. f3 $14) 37... f5+ $11 38.
exf5 gxh5+ 39. Kf4 h4 40. Rd7+ Kf6 41. Rd6+ Kf7 (41... Ke7 $5 {[%cal Re7d6]}
42. Rh6 h3 $11) 42. Rd7+ Kf6 {The position is equal.} 43. Rh7 h3 44. Rh6+ Kg7
45. Rh5 Kf6 46. Rh7 Rf1 47. f3 Rh1 $1 48. Rh6+ Kg7 49. Rh5 Kf7 50. Kg4 Rg1+ 51.
Kf4 Rh1 $1 52. Rh6 Kg7 53. Rg6+ Kf7 54. Rh6 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.10/
Black=0.07} 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.21"]
[Round "9.12"]
[White "Warmerdam, Max"]
[Black "Santos Ruiz, Miguel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2608"]
[BlackElo "2603"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Netherlands"]
[BlackTeam "Spain"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NED"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ESP"]

{[%evp 15,87,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,26,11,16,8,10,6,18,20,45,9,62,64,40,54,43,0,44,
43,91,56,58,36,42,46,49,20,17,16,17,24,14,10,13,9,25,25,31,17,31,31,31,31,45,
31,31,31,31,14,14,14,14,14,14,14,14,14,58,58,58,58,58,58,58,57]} 1. e4 e5 2.
Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. Bd3 d5 7. exd5 cxd5 8. O-O Be7
9. Re1 {C45: Scotch Game.} O-O 10. h3 {10.Bg5 is vanishing.} c5 11. b3 {
The position is equal.} Bb7 12. Nc3 {[#]} Ne4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Kh8
13. Bb2 d4 14. Ne4 Nd5 15. Ng3 Bd6 16. Qh5 g6 17. Qf3 f5 {1-0 (54) Balazs,T 
(2185)-Rozgonyi,A (2162) Hungary 2003}) 13. Bxe4 dxe4 14. Bb2 f5 15. Qe2 Bf6
16. Rad1 Qe8 17. Ba3 Bxc3 (17... Rf7 $11 18. Nd5 Bd4) 18. Qc4+ $14 {[%mdl 64] 
[#] Double Attack} Rf7 19. Qxc3 f4 20. Rd6 Rd8 21. Qxc5 Rfd7 22. Rxd7 Rxd7 23.
Qg5 Qf7 24. g3 Rd2 {[#] Strongly threatening ...e3.} 25. Bb4 (25. gxf4 e3 $17)
(25. Bc1 {feels hotter.} Rxc2 26. Bxf4 h6 27. Qa5 Qd5 28. Qxd5+ Bxd5 29. Ra1)
25... h6 26. Qxf4 Qxf4 27. gxf4 Rxc2 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 28. a3
Bd5 29. Re3 Rb2 30. Bc5 Rxb3 31. Bxa7 Rxe3 32. fxe3 {KB-KB} Bc6 33. h4 h5 34.
Kf2 Kf7 35. Bd4 g6 36. f5 gxf5 37. Kg3 Ke6 38. Kf4 Ba4 39. Kg5 Bd1 40. Kg6 Kd7
41. Kxf5 {White is slightly better.} Bf3 42. a4 {[%cal Ba3a4,Ba4a5][%mdl 32]}
Kc8 43. a5 Kb7 44. Bb6 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.07/Black=0.10} 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.21"]
[Round "9.13"]
[White "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Black "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2582"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Georgia"]
[BlackTeam "Poland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GEO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "POL"]

{[%evp 11,84,0,0,10,19,-52,-49,-61,-44,-54,-53,-60,-56,-59,-59,-80,-74,-79,-55,
-65,-47,-109,-120,-108,-110,-160,-159,-160,-154,-181,-175,-169,-153,-206,-200,
-195,-202,-202,-200,-203,-191,-179,-179,-200,-193,-202,-197,-226,-198,-268,
-175,-256,-254,-439,-428,-484,-483,-635,-630,-604,-608,-595,0,0,0,-536,-511,
-774,-721,-654,-466,-754,-376,-451,-441]} 1. e4 {Knaak,R} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3
Bb4 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. O-O {C01: French: Exchange Variation.
} Nge7 8. Ne2 (8. a3 $11 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 Nxd4 10. Qg4 Bxc3 11. bxc3) 8... Bxf3 $15
9. gxf3 {Black is slightly better.} Qd7 10. c3 Bd6 11. Ng3 {[%cal Be2g3,Bg3f1,
Bf1e3,Be3d5][%mdl 32]} h5 12. Re1 O-O-O {[#]} 13. a4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13.
Qc2 g6 14. Kg2 h4 15. Nf1 Rdg8 16. h3 Nd8 17. Ne3 f5 18. c4 Ne6 19. Nxd5 Nxd4 {
1/2-1/2 (39) Larsen,B (2545)-Kosten,A (2510) Hastings 1990 CBM 022 [Knaak,R]})
13... Rdg8 14. a5 h4 15. Nf1 Qh3 16. a6 (16. f4 $1 $15) 16... g5 $1 $17 {
[%cal Rg5g4]} 17. axb7+ Kb8 18. Rxe7 Bxe7 19. Ne3 {Black must now prevent Ng4.}
g4 $1 {[%cal Rg4f3]} (19... Bd6 $2 20. Ng4 $18) 20. Bf1 (20. fxg4 $2 Bd6 $19)
20... gxf3+ 21. Kh1 Qe6 {Threatens to win with ...Rh5.} 22. Qxf3 (22. Bd3 $17 {
is a better defense.} Bg5 23. Qxf3) 22... Qg6 $1 $19 {[%csl Gg8][%cal Rg6g1]}
23. Qg2 Qf6 24. Nxd5 Qf5 $40 {[%mdl 128] Black has strong attack.} (24... Rxg2
25. Nxf6 Rxf2 26. Nd7+ Kxb7 27. Be3 $15) 25. Ne3 (25. Nxe7 $2 Nxe7 26. Qh3 Qxf2
$19) 25... Rxg2 26. Nxf5 Rxf2 27. Bd3 Bd6 ({Inferior is} 27... Kxb7 28. Be3 $16
(28. d5 Ne5 $14)) 28. Nxd6 cxd6 29. b4 h3 ({Less strong is} 29... Kxb7 30. b5
$15) 30. b5 (30. Bc4 {might work better.}) 30... Nd8 31. b6 (31. Ba3 $142 d5
32. c4) 31... a5 32. Ba3 $2 (32. Rxa5 {was called for.} Re8 33. Rg5) 32... Nxb7
33. Re1 Rf3 34. Ba6 {Re7 is the strong threat.} Rxc3 35. Re7 Rxa3 36. Rxb7+ {
[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRB} Ka8 37. Ra7+ Kb8 38. Rb7+ {[#]} Kc8 $1 39. Ra7+ {
[#]} (39. Rxf7+ $142 Kd8 40. b7 Ra1+ 41. Bf1) 39... Kd8 $1 40. Bf1 Re8 41. Kg1
(41. Ra8+ $142 Ke7 42. b7) 41... Rb3 (41... Re1 $142 {( -> ...Rf3)} 42. Rxf7
Rb1) 42. Ra8+ Ke7 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.42/Black=0.32} 0-1

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.21"]
[Round "9.14"]
[White "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Black "Sanikidze, Tornike"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2458"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Poland"]
[BlackTeam "Georgia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GEO"]

{[%evp 17,73,-7,19,21,18,22,29,10,58,49,45,14,20,30,56,-7,0,0,0,-10,-16,-12,0,
0,33,24,31,24,28,21,17,18,39,43,33,38,45,39,95,91,170,165,183,168,154,147,469,
324,644,416,624,595,1261,1244,29992,2589,5606,5606]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3
Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8. a3 O-O 9. b4 a6 10. d3 {
A29: English Opening: Four Knights Variation with 4 g3.} Re8 11. Bb2 Bf8 12.
Rc1 {White has an edge.} Nd4 13. Nxd4 exd4 14. Ne4 c6 15. Nc5 {[#]} a5 $146 ({
Predecessor:} 15... Qe7 16. Bxd4 Qxe2 17. Qxe2 Rxe2 18. Nxb7 Bxb7 19. Bxb6 Ra2
20. Ra1 Rxa1 21. Rxa1 Re8 {1-0 (34) Dicks,D-McCarthy,M Lichess.org INT 2021})
16. Re1 (16. b5 $14) 16... axb4 $11 17. axb4 Nd5 18. Bxd4 Nxb4 19. Be3 Ra3 20.
Bd2 Nd5 21. d4 b6 22. Nd3 {[%cal Bc5d3,Bd3e5,Be5c6][%mdl 32]} Ba6 23. Ne5 c5 {
[#]} 24. Bg5 $1 Nf6 (24... Qxg5 25. Bxd5) 25. Nc6 Qd6 26. Bf4 Qd7 27. d5 Ne4 (
27... b5 $14) 28. Ne5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is on the roll.} Qf5 (28... Qa4
$16 {is a better defense.}) 29. Qc2 $18 Rxe5 30. Bxe5 Qxf2+ 31. Kh1 f5 {
[%mdl 8192] Loses the game.} (31... Nd6 $16 {is a better chance.} 32. Bf4 h6)
32. Rf1 Qe3 (32... Qxe2 33. Qxe2 (33. Rxf5 Qxc2 34. Rxc2 Bd3 $11) 33... Bxe2)
33. Rxf5 Nf2+ {[#]} (33... g6 $142) 34. Rxf2 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qxf2 (34... Qxe5
35. Rcf1) 35. Rf1 Qxe2 {[#]} 36. Qf5 (36. Rxf8+ $142 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kxf8 37.
Qf5+ Ke8 38. Qe6+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kd8 39. Qg8+ {[%mdl 64] Double
Attack} Ke7 40. d6+ Kd7 41. Qf7+ Kd8 42. Qe7+ Kc8 43. Qe8#) 36... Qxg2+ 37.
Kxg2 {[%csl Gf1][%cal Rf5f8] Weighted Error Value: White=0.20/Black=0.78} 1-0

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.21"]
[Round "9.15"]
[White "Paichadze, Luka"]
[Black "Piorun, Kacper"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2551"]
[BlackElo "2634"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Georgia"]
[BlackTeam "Poland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GEO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "POL"]

{[%evp 19,104,0,0,0,0,0,0,-11,-10,-14,-12,-12,-10,-16,-9,-12,-10,-21,-6,-18,0,
-4,0,0,0,-31,-27,-31,-44,-27,-47,-98,-95,-160,-142,-150,-152,-153,-143,-239,
-231,-311,-292,-298,-275,-290,-290,-264,-259,-383,-385,-367,-312,-302,-313,
-295,-295,-481,-456,-468,-277,-575,-573,-552,-589,-562,-595,-533,-605,-600,
-600,-541,-381,-390,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4.
c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. a3 c4 7. Nbd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2f1,Bf1g3][%mdl 32]} Na5 8.
Be2 Bd7 9. O-O Ne7 10. Rb1 Qc7 11. Re1 {C02: French: Advance Variation.} Nc8
12. Nf1 h6 13. Ng3 Nb6 14. Qd2 Ba4 15. Bd1 Bxd1 16. Qxd1 O-O-O {[#]} 17. h4
$146 ({Predecessor:} 17. h3 Kb8 18. Nh2 g6 19. Qf3 Bg7 20. Ngf1 Rdf8 21. Ng4
Qd8 22. Bf4 g5 23. Bc1 {1-0 (49) Overton,D (2438)-Santamaria Perez,T (2295)
ICCF email 2006}) 17... Be7 18. h5 Qd7 19. Nh2 Nc6 20. Qg4 Rhg8 21. Qh3 Kb8 22.
f4 f5 23. exf6 gxf6 24. f5 e5 25. Ng4 (25. Ne2 $15) 25... exd4 $17 26. Bf4+ (
26. Nxh6 $142 Rgf8 27. Bd2) 26... Ka8 27. Nxh6 Rgf8 28. cxd4 Nxd4 29. Rbd1 (29.
Ng4 $17 {was called for.}) 29... Nb3 $19 30. Qg4 Na4 31. Qe2 Bc5+ 32. Kh2 Bd4
33. Ng4 Bxb2 34. Qc2 (34. Bh6 $142 Rg8 35. Qf3) 34... Nd4 35. Qb1 Nb5 36. Qc2
Nxa3 37. Qf2 c3 38. Re6 $2 (38. Rd4 {was worth a try.}) 38... c2 39. Rde1 Nc3 (
39... Qb5 $142 40. R6e2 Qb4) 40. Nxf6 $2 {[#]} (40. Qf3) 40... Rxf6 $1 {
[%mdl 512]} 41. Rxf6 {Threatens to win with Rd6.} Nd1 {[%mdl 64] Discovered
Attack} 42. Qf3 {Hoping for Rd6!} Bxf6 43. Qxa3 Qg7 {And now ...Qg4 would win.}
44. Qf3 Bg5 {[#] Strongly threatening ...Bxf4.} 45. Re2 Rc8 46. f6 Qxf6 ({
Black should try} 46... Bxf6 $19 {...Qd7 is the strong threat.} 47. Qxd5 Qg4)
47. Bxg5 $1 $11 {The position is equal.} Qxg5 48. Rxc2 $1 {[%cal Rc2c8]} Qh4+
49. Kg1 {[%cal Rc2c8]} Qd4+ 50. Kh1 {[%cal Rc2c8]} Qh4+ 51. Kg1 {[%cal Rc2c8]}
Qd4+ 52. Kh1 {[%cal Rc2c8]} Qh4+ {And White is the lucky defender.  Weighted
Error Value: White=0.24/Black=0.21} 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.21"]
[Round "9.16"]
[White "Moranda, Wojciech"]
[Black "Quparadze, Giga"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2623"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Poland"]
[BlackTeam "Georgia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GEO"]

{[%evp 13,77,0,0,0,-7,-6,-10,0,-6,0,3,0,16,33,29,65,111,17,52,31,37,16,23,28,
108,125,137,142,169,135,268,127,241,231,219,231,233,247,234,175,273,198,239,
239,316,307,288,283,377,391,336,382,681,672,733,720,1276,1253,2445,2545,3092,
1984,29953,29948,6113,6091]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2
Re8 6. a3 Bf8 7. Ng3 d5 8. Be2 {E46: Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein: 4 e3 0-0 5 Ne2
without early Bd3.} b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. cxd5 {The position is equal. now
supersedes 10.b4.} exd5 11. b4 c6 12. Rb1 {[%cal Ba1b1,Bb1b2,Bb2g2][%mdl 32]}
Nbd7 {[#]} 13. f3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Bf3 a5 14. b5 c5 15. dxc5 Nxc5 16.
Nf5 a4 17. Nd4 Nfe4 18. Bb2 Qg5 19. Nxe4 dxe4 {1-0 (39) Fier,A (2562)-Derraugh,
G (2169) Chess.com INT 2020}) 13... Bd6 14. Nf5 Bc7 15. g4 (15. e4 $16) 15...
Kh8 16. Bd3 Nf8 17. Rb2 (17. g5 $5 {[%cal Rg5f6]} Ng8 18. f4 $11) 17... Ne6 18.
f4 Rb8 (18... a5 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 19. g5 $16 {Black is now going
downhill.} Ng8 20. Rg2 c5 21. Nb5 Ba6 (21... c4 $16) 22. Qa4 (22. Nxa7 Bxd3 23.
Qxd3 c4 $14) (22. dxc5 $18 {and White stays clearly on top.} bxc5 23. Nxc7 (23.
Nxa7 Bxd3 24. Qxd3 Qd7 $11) 23... Bxd3 24. Qxd3 (24. Nxe8 Bxf5 25. Nxg7 Kxg7
$15) 24... Qxc7 25. Bb2 (25. Qxd5 cxb4 26. Bb2 Ne7 $16)) 22... Bc8 (22... Bb7
$16 {was necessary.}) 23. Nxc7 ({Less strong is} 23. Qxa7 c4 $16) ({Weaker is} 
23. Nxa7 Ra8 $14) 23... Nxc7 24. dxc5 $40 {[%mdl 128] White is out for blood.}
bxc5 25. bxc5 Bxf5 26. Bxf5 Qe7 (26... Ne6 $142 27. Rc2 (27. Qxa7 Ne7 $18)
27... Ne7) 27. Qxa7 Ra8 28. Qb6 Ra6 29. Qb1 Qxc5 30. Bxh7 d4 31. exd4 Qxd4+ 32.
Kh1 Rd6 $2 (32... Rb6) 33. Bb2 $18 Qd5 {[#] And now ...Re2 would win.} 34. Be5
Ra6 35. Be4 Qd7 36. Qe1 {Qh4+ would kill now.} Rxe5 37. fxe5 g6 38. Qh4+ Kg7
39. Rgf2 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.17/Black=0.70} 1-0

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.21"]
[Round "9.17"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "England"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

{[%evp 9,74,17,29,0,0,-6,22,19,19,18,22,25,15,18,25,19,5,2,43,4,49,35,79,-50,
41,39,15,14,16,27,23,28,62,52,55,61,60,0,0,0,0,-40,0,0,44,0,0,0,0,-11,35,20,58,
48,64,43,89,23,15,22,109,0,0,0,89,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7
5. Bf4 O-O 6. a3 {D37: Queen's Gambit Declined: 5 Bf4.} b6 7. Qc2 c5 8. Rd1 Bb7
9. cxd5 exd5 10. e3 c4 {[#]} 11. Ne5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Be2 a6 12. Ne5 b5
13. g4 Ne4 14. Kf1 f6 15. Nf3 Nxc3 16. Qxc3 a5 17. Nd2 {0-1 (30) Rauk,T (2256)
-Luik,H (2234) Parnu/Tallinn 2001}) 11... a6 $1 12. g4 b5 13. Bg2 Nc6 14. O-O
Na5 15. h4 Ne8 16. e4 (16. g5 $16) 16... Nc7 (16... f6 $15 17. Nf3 dxe4 18.
Nxe4 Qc8) 17. h5 f6 18. Nf3 dxe4 19. Nh4 {Threatens to win with d5.} Nd5 20.
Nxd5 Bxd5 21. Bxe4 Bxe4 22. Qxe4 {aiming for Nf5.} Qd7 23. Qf5 (23. Qf3 $14)
23... Rfd8 $11 24. Rfe1 Bf8 25. d5 Qxf5 26. Nxf5 Rd7 27. Re6 {Hoping for h6.}
Nb7 28. Be3 Kf7 29. Rc6 Nd6 30. Bf4 {[%cal Rf4d6]} Ne8 31. Kg2 g6 32. Ng3 {
And now hxg6+ would win.} Bd6 33. Kf3 (33. Bxd6 $16 Nxd6 34. f3) 33... Bxf4 34.
Kxf4 Nd6 (34... Rad8 $11) 35. Re1 (35. Ne4 $16 Nxe4 36. Kxe4) 35... Ne8 36. Rd1
(36. Ne4 $11) 36... Nd6 $16 37. Re1 (37. Kf3 $16) 37... Ne8 {Weighted Error
Value: White=0.26/Black=0.18} 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.21"]
[Round "9.18"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "England"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

{[%evp 9,141,18,29,22,22,37,20,14,25,14,14,6,12,0,7,0,11,0,23,0,0,-35,-28,-32,
-27,-34,-29,-70,-62,-114,-117,-133,-120,-123,-116,-119,-114,-131,-143,-117,
-118,-125,-110,-118,-114,-145,-150,-151,-112,-143,-129,-141,-125,-147,-147,
-176,-172,-176,-180,-195,-189,-200,-186,-181,-180,-227,-234,-302,-343,-324,
-343,-330,-344,-345,-337,-334,-331,-259,-125,-109,-30,-441,-357,-1658,-1533,
-1333,-1291,-1067,-823,-781,-361,-337,-324,-302,-169,-145,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,
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]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6
3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Qf6 6. d4 {C68: Ruy Lopez: Exchange Variation,
sidelines.} exd4 7. Bg5 Qd6 8. Nxd4 Be7 9. Be3 Nh6 10. h3 Qg6 11. Qf3 {[#]} Bd7
$146 ({Predecessor:} 11... O-O 12. Nc3 Bd6 13. Rfe1 Ng4 14. Bf4 Ne5 15. Qg3
Qxg3 16. Bxg3 Bd7 17. Rad1 Rad8 {1-0 (66) Kerigan,D (2277)-Lobzhanidze,D (2433)
Groningen 2014}) 12. Nc3 O-O-O 13. Rfe1 Rhe8 14. Bxh6 gxh6 15. Re2 Bc5 16. Nf5
Re5 {[%cal Rd7f5]} 17. Rd1 $1 Rg8 {[%cal Rd7f5]} 18. Rxd7 Kxd7 19. Nb1 ({
White should try} 19. Nxh6 $15 Rf8 20. Nf5) 19... Kc8 20. Nd2 Rge8 21. Nb3 {
[%cal Bd2b3,Bb3c1,Bc1d3][%mdl 32]} Bf8 22. Nc1 Qe6 {[%cal Re5e4]} 23. Ng3 Ra5
24. a3 Bg7 25. Nd3 Be5 26. Nh5 Qg6 27. b4 Rxa3 28. Nxe5 Ra1+ (28... Rxe5 29.
Qxa3 Qxh5 30. Qe3 $15) 29. Kh2 Rxe5 30. Qc3 {[#]} Qd6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 31. f4
Rxh5 {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} 32. Qh8+ Kd7 33. Qxa1 Qxf4+ $19 {[%mdl 4096]
Endgame KQR-KQR} 34. g3 Qe5 35. Rd2+ Kc8 36. Qd1 {[%csl Gd1][%cal Rd2d8]} Kb8
$1 37. Rd8+ (37. Qf3 {is a better defense.}) 37... Ka7 38. Rd7 Rh4 39. Qg1+ b6
40. Qd4 Qxd4 ({Not} 40... Rxe4 41. Qxe5 Rxe5 42. Rxc7+ Kb8 43. Rxc6 $17) 41.
Rxd4 {[#] KR-KR} Rh5 42. Rd7 Kb7 43. Rxf7 a5 (43... Rb5 $19 {has better
winning chances.} 44. Rxh7 c5 45. bxc5 Rxc5) 44. g4 Rb5 (44... Re5 $17 45. bxa5
bxa5 46. Rxh7 Re6) 45. Rxh7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (45. bxa5 $11 bxa5 46. Kg3) 45...
axb4 46. Rxh6 $2 (46. Rf7 c5 47. h4) 46... Rc5 47. Rf6 Rxc2+ 48. Kg3 b3 49. Rf1
b2 (49... c5 $142 50. g5 Rd2) 50. Rb1 c5 51. g5 c4 (51... Rd2 $142 {White must
now prevent ...c4.} 52. g6 Rd6) 52. g6 {[#]} c3 (52... Rd2 $1 $17 {[%cal Rd2d3]
} 53. g7 Rd8 54. Rxb2 Rg8) 53. g7 $11 {The position is equal.} Rd2 {( -> ...c2)
} (53... Rc1 $5 54. g8=Q $8 Rxb1 55. Qd5+ Kc8 56. Qa8+ (56. Qf5+ $2 Kb8 $19)
56... Kd7 57. Qd5+ Kc8 58. Qa8+ (58. Qf5+ $2 Kb8 $19) 58... Kd7 59. Qd5+ Kc8
$11) 54. g8=Q c2 55. Rxb2 {Threatening mate with Ra2!} Rd3+ 56. Kg2 {Intending
Ra2 and mate.} c1=Q 57. Ra2 {[%csl Ga2][%cal Rg8a8]} Rd2+ 58. Rxd2 Qxd2+ {KQ-KQ
} 59. Kf3 {Hoping for Qd5+.} Qd3+ (59... Qc3+ {seems wilder.} 60. Kf4 b5 61. e5
b4 62. Qd5+ c6) 60. Kf4 {Threatens to win with Qd5+.} Qxh3 61. e5 Qh2+ (61...
b5 {with more complications.} 62. Qd5+ c6 63. Qf7+ Kb6 64. e6 b4) 62. Ke4 Qe2+
63. Kf4 Qd2+ (63... b5 {keeps more tension.} 64. Qd5+ c6 65. Qd7+ Kb6 66. Qd8+
Kc5) 64. Kf5 Qf2+ 65. Ke4 Qe2+ (65... Qc2+ {feels hotter.} 66. Kf4 Qc1+ 67. Kf5
Qc2+ 68. Kf4) 66. Kf4 b5 (66... Qf1+ {is more complex.} 67. Ke4 Qe1+ 68. Kf5
Qf2+) 67. Qd5+ Kc8 68. Qa8+ Kd7 {...Qc4+ is the strong threat.} 69. Qd5+ Kc8
70. Qa8+ Kd7 {And now ...Qc4+ would win.} 71. Qd5+ {White happily takes the
draw.  Weighted Error Value: White=0.33/Black=0.27} 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.21"]
[Round "9.19"]
[White "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Howell, David W L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2648"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "England"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

{[%evp 15,81,13,25,15,23,20,31,0,0,0,0,0,10,8,12,8,15,20,4,3,32,20,22,0,26,12,
36,54,57,50,64,62,65,54,49,56,53,60,81,78,70,74,70,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,4,5,5,4,5,4,4,
3,12,3,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6
6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5 8. Rxe5 O-O 9. Nc3 {C67: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence: 4
0-0 Nxe4.} Ne8 10. Nd5 Bd6 11. Re2 {White is slightly better.} c6 12. Ne3 Be7
13. c4 Nc7 14. d4 d5 15. cxd5 Nxd5 16. Nxd5 cxd5 17. Qb3 {[#]} a5 $146 ({
Predecessor:} 17... Qd6 18. g3 Be6 19. Rc2 Qd7 20. Bb5 Qd6 21. Bd3 Qd7 {
1/2-1/2 (21) Booij,R (2364)-Hernandez,A (2389) ICCF email 2017}) 18. Bf4 a4 19.
Qe3 Bf6 20. Rc1 {[%cal Ba1c1,Bc1c7,Bc7b7][%mdl 32]} Bf5 21. Rc7 b5 22. Re1 b4
23. Rb7 a3 24. Rxb4 axb2 25. Rxb2 Qa5 {Threatening ...Bxd4!} 26. Bd6 {aiming
for Rb5.} Bxd4 27. Qxd4 Qxe1 28. Bxf8 Rxf8 29. Qxd5 ({White should play} 29. a4
$14) 29... Be6 $11 {The position is equal.} 30. Qb5 {Strongly threatening a4.}
Qa1 $1 31. a4 {Black must now prevent Rb1.} Bd7 $1 {[%cal Rd7b5]} 32. Rb1 Qa2 {
[#]} 33. Bc4 Bxb5 (33... Qc2 34. Qb3) 34. Bxa2 Bxa4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame
KRB-KRB} 35. Rb7 g5 36. Rc7 h6 37. f3 Bb5 38. Kf2 Bd3 39. Bb3 Bg6 40. Bc2 Kg7
41. g4 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.06/Black=0.04} 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.21"]
[Round "9.20"]
[White "Haria, Ravi"]
[Black "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "2497"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "England"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

{[%evp 10,64,31,8,7,2,2,13,0,-12,26,22,22,24,31,8,10,11,8,11,16,9,8,8,10,6,16,
0,0,0,33,0,-10,-21,-19,-13,-9,-68,-70,-66,-45,-42,-63,-38,-42,-43,-43,-56,-38,
-99,-86,-141,-145,-193,-193,-227,-212]} 1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 Bg4 4. h3
Bxf3 5. Qxf3 e6 6. g3 Bc5 {B11: Caro-Kann: Two Knights Variation.} 7. Bg2 Nf6
8. O-O O-O {The position is equal.} 9. Rd1 Bd4 {[#]} (9... d4 $5 {[%cal Rd4c3]}
) 10. exd5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. d3 Nbd7 11. Ne2 Bb6 12. g4 dxe4 13. Qg3 Bc7
14. Bf4 e5 15. Bg5 exd3 16. Rxd3 {1/2-1/2 (74) Lagno,K (2546)-Gunina,V (2431)
Chess.com INT 2020}) 10... cxd5 11. Ne2 Nc6 12. Nxd4 Nxd4 13. Qd3 e5 14. c3 Nc6
15. Qb5 Qd7 16. d3 h6 17. Be3 Rfe8 18. a4 a6 19. Qb3 Re6 20. a5 d4 21. cxd4
exd4 22. Bd2 Re2 23. Bf3 (23. Rac1 $11) 23... Rae8 $15 24. Kg2 $1 (24. Bxe2 $2
Rxe2 25. Kf1 Re8 $17) 24... R2e5 25. Re1 $1 Rb5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has the
initiative.} 26. Rxe8+ Qxe8 27. Qc2 Ne5 28. Be2 Qe6 29. Rc1 ({White should play
} 29. b4 $15) 29... Qd5+ $17 30. f3 (30. Kg1 $142) 30... Nc6 {Black is clearly
better.} 31. Kf2 Qd7 32. Bf1 Nd5 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.14/Black=0.04}
0-1

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.21"]
[Round "9.21"]
[White "Indjic, Aleksandar"]
[Black "Mastrovasilis, Dimitrios"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2619"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Serbia"]
[BlackTeam "Greece"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SRB"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GRE"]

{[%evp 19,145,7,5,7,4,0,0,0,21,0,0,0,0,-10,0,0,0,0,19,29,20,8,4,11,11,11,12,0,
14,15,22,16,32,12,23,19,52,31,45,-19,-20,-117,27,23,32,32,68,66,65,56,66,69,54,
14,33,33,52,8,8,8,31,31,50,50,67,67,78,78,123,123,123,123,123,123,123,123,123,
122,122,122,162,162,162,162,162,162,162,128,162,128,162,123,128,123,128,122,
123,99,122,99,99,29,123,122,112,122,122,126,312,312,29980,29981,29981,29982,
29982,29983,29983,29984,29984,29985,29985,29986,29989,29989,29989,29990,29991,
29992]} 1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. b3 b6 7. Bb2 Bb7
8. cxd5 exd5 9. d4 Nbd7 10. Nc3 Ne4 11. Rc1 {E17: Queen's Indian: 4 g3 Bb7 5
Bg2 Be7.} Nxc3 12. Bxc3 a5 13. Qc2 {[#] The position is equal.} Re8 $146 ({
Predecessor:} 13... Bd6 14. Bb2 c6 15. Ne5 Rc8 16. Bh3 Bxe5 17. dxe5 Qe7 18. e4
c5 19. exd5 Bxd5 {1-0 (45) Hungaski,R (2504)-Dolezal,C (2400) Buenos Aires 2017
}) 14. Rfd1 c6 15. Bb2 Bd6 16. e4 dxe4 17. Ne5 Nf6 18. Nxc6 Bxc6 19. Qxc6 Rc8
20. Qb5 e3 21. fxe3 Rxe3 22. Qf5 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 Re8 24. Bc6 Re7 25. Bb5 {
Black must now prevent Rc8!} Rc7 26. Bc4 Qe8 27. Rf1 h6 28. Bc1 Qe4 29. Bxh6
Qxd4+ $11 30. Kg2 (30. Kh1 $11) 30... Qe4+ ({Black should try} 30... b5 $1 $17
{[%cal Rb5c4]} 31. Bxg7 Qe4+ 32. Rf3 (32. Qxe4 $2 Nxe4 33. Bd3 Nc5 $19) 32...
Qxf5 33. Rxf5 Kxg7 34. Rxb5 a4 35. Rg5+ Kf8) 31. Qxe4 Nxe4 32. Be3 b5 33. Bxb5
Rc2+ 34. Kh3 Rxa2 35. Bc4 Nf6 36. Bf4 Be7 37. g4 Nh7 38. Kg3 (38. Be3 $5 {
[%cal Rf1f7]} Bf6 39. Rf2 Rxf2 40. Bxf2 $14) 38... a4 39. h4 axb3 40. Bxb3 Ra3
41. Rf3 {g5 is the strong threat.} Nf6 42. Kh3 Ra1 43. Bg3 {And now g5 would
win.} Ra3 44. g5 Ne4 45. Bxf7+ Kh7 46. Rxa3 Bxa3 $16 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame
KBB-KBN} 47. Be5 Bd6 48. Ba1 g6 49. Kg4 Ng3 50. Bd4 Nh5 51. Bc4 Bc7 52. Bf2 Bd6
53. Kf3 Bc7 54. Be6 Bd6 55. Bg4 Ng7 56. Ke4 Bc7 57. Kd5 Kg8 58. Kc6 Be5 59. Kd7
Kf7 60. Be1 (60. Be2 $16 Nh5 61. Bc4+ Kg7 62. Ke6) 60... Bd4 (60... Nf5 $11 {
remains equal.}) 61. Be2 Nh5 62. Bc4+ Kg7 63. Ke8 {aiming for Bb4.} Be5 $2 {
[#] A mistake that costs the game.} (63... Nf4 $16 {might work better.} 64. Bg3
Be3) 64. Bb4 $1 $18 {[%cal Rb4f8] Hoping for Bf8+.} Bg3 $2 (64... Nf6+ $18 65.
gxf6+ Kxf6 66. Be7+ Kg7) 65. Bc3+ {White mates.} Kh7 66. Kf8 {[%csl Gf8][%cal
Rc4g8]} Bd6+ 67. Kf7 Nf4 68. Bb3 Nd3 69. h5 {[%csl Gf7][%cal Rh5g6]} Ne5+ 70.
Ke6 {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} Nf3 71. Kxd6 Nxg5 72. Bc2 Kh6 73. hxg6 {
Weighted Error Value: White=0.17/Black=0.15} 1-0

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.21"]
[Round "9.22"]
[White "Banikas, Hristos"]
[Black "Ivic, Velimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2592"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Greece"]
[BlackTeam "Serbia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GRE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SRB"]

{[%evp 12,65,22,10,34,36,44,44,47,44,50,33,45,53,52,43,55,52,50,48,54,18,23,16,
16,12,12,14,18,20,20,0,0,0,15,12,28,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1.
d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 a5 6. Bg2 O-O 7. Qc2 c5 {E11:
Bogo-Indian.} 8. cxd5 $1 {8.cxd5 is better than 8.dxc5.} cxd4 9. Nxd4 Qb6 {
White is slightly better.} 10. e3 exd5 11. O-O Nc6 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Rc1 Rb8
14. Nc3 h5 15. Na4 Qd8 {[#]} 16. a3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16. Bxb4 Rxb4 17. b3
h4 18. Qxc6 h3 19. Bh1 d4 20. Qc7 dxe3 21. fxe3 Qe8 22. Re1 {0-1 (34) Vidit,S 
(2726)-Giri,A (2764) chess24.com INT 2020}) 16... Bxd2 17. Qxd2 h4 18. Qd4 ({
Of course not} 18. Rxc6 h3 $17) 18... h3 19. Bf3 Bd7 20. Nc5 Bf5 21. b4 axb4
22. axb4 Qb6 23. Qf4 Bg6 24. Qh4 (24. g4 $5 {[%cal Rg4g5]}) 24... Qxb4 {
The position is equal.} 25. Qxh3 {Threatens to win with Na6.} Ra8 {[#] White
must now prevent ...Rxa1.} 26. Nd7 Qb2 27. Nxf6+ Qxf6 28. Rxa8 Rxa8 29. Kg2 Bd3
30. Qd7 Ra1 31. Qc8+ (31. Qxc6 $2 Qxc6 32. Rxa1 Kf8 $19) 31... Kh7 32. Qh3+ ({
Don't go for} 32. Qxc6 $2 Qxc6 33. Rxa1 Qc3 $19) 32... Kg8 33. Qc8+ {Weighted
Error Value: White=0.04/Black=0.04} 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.21"]
[Round "9.23"]
[White "Ivanisevic, Ivan"]
[Black "Kourkoulos-Arditis, Stamatis"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2604"]
[BlackElo "2524"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Serbia"]
[BlackTeam "Greece"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SRB"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GRE"]

{[%evp 18,122,37,47,48,29,40,46,47,70,63,30,87,79,89,100,94,97,126,24,16,23,69,
54,70,41,67,67,73,74,71,63,65,59,107,96,113,115,112,104,145,123,126,115,140,
141,123,114,155,155,158,77,69,70,198,189,222,196,423,409,407,403,602,552,1000,
635,619,595,1150,1154,1082,1080,913,0,0,0,0,8,331,308,349,360,368,344,304,0,
299,-382,-385,-346,-386,-391,-389,-358,-324,-663,-608,-755,-736,-904,-883,
-1214,-1211,-1060,-1030,-29988,-29988]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6
5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O exd4 8. Nxd4 Re8 9. f3 c6 10. Kh1 Nbd7 {E94:
King's Indian: Classical: 6 Be2 e5 7 0-0: Various Black 7th moves.} 11. Be3 d5
12. cxd5 Nxd5 {White is slightly better.} 13. Nxd5 cxd5 14. Nb5 $1 {[#]} Nf8
$146 (14... Nb6 $11) ({Predecessor:} 14... Nb6 15. Re1 a6 16. Nd4 dxe4 17. fxe4
Rxe4 18. Bf3 Bg4 19. Bxg4 Bxd4 20. Bh6 Rxe1+ 21. Qxe1 {1/2-1/2 (36) Nyvlt,Z 
(2429)-Bochev,K (2415) ICCF email 2016}) 15. Rc1 $16 (15. Nxa7 $6 Be6 $11) (15.
Bxa7 b6 $17) 15... Bxb2 16. Nc7 Bxc1 17. Qxc1 Bd7 {...Rc8 is the strong threat.
} 18. Nxa8 (18. Nxe8 $6 Qxe8 19. exd5 Qe5 $11) (18. Nxd5 $16 {And now Bd4
would win.} Re6 19. Qb2) 18... Qxa8 $11 19. exd5 Qd8 20. Bc4 Ba4 {White should
prevent ...b5.} 21. Bh6 Qf6 22. h3 Rc8 {[#]} 23. Qa3 $1 Qh4 24. Qxa4 {aiming
for Bxf8.} Qxh6 25. f4 Qg7 26. Bb3 a6 27. Qb4 Qf6 28. Qxb7 Rd8 29. Qc7 Rd6 30.
Qc1 Kg7 31. Qe3 Nd7 32. Rc1 Nb6 33. Rc5 h5 34. g3 (34. Kh2 $142) 34... Nd7 $16
35. Rc7 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has good play.} Qf5 (35... a5 $14) 36. Kg2 $18
Nf6 37. Qe5 Qd3 $2 (37... Qe4+ {might work better.} 38. Qxe4 Nxe4) 38. g4 $1 (
38. Qxd6 Qe2+ 39. Kh1 Qe1+ 40. Kh2 Qf2+ 41. Kh1 Qe1+ 42. Kh2 Qf2+ 43. Kh1 Qe1+
$11) 38... hxg4 39. hxg4 (39. Qxd6 $2 gxh3+ 40. Kg1 Qf3 $19) 39... Qd2+ (39...
Qe4+ $142 40. Kg1 Qb1+ 41. Kf2 Kg8) 40. Kg1 Qa5 41. Re7 (41. Qxd6 Qe1+ 42. Kh2
Qf2+ 43. Kh1 Qf1+ 44. Kh2 Qf2+ 45. Kh1 Qf1+ 46. Kh2 Qf2+ $11) 41... Qc5+ 42.
Kg2 Qb4 43. g5 {[%mdl 64] Pin} Qd2+ 44. Kg3 Qd3+ 45. Kh4 $2 ({White should play
} 45. Kf2 $18 Qd2+ 46. Kf1 Qd3+ 47. Ke1 Qg3+ 48. Kd2 Qf2+ 49. Kc3 Qc5+ 50. Bc4
Qa5+ 51. Kc2) 45... Qf3 $11 {[%csl Gf6][%cal Rf3g4]} 46. gxf6+ Rxf6 47. f5 Qf2+
$4 {[%mdl 8192]} (47... Kg8 $1 $11 {and Black has nothing to worry.}) 48. Kg5
$1 $18 Qg2+ 49. Kf4 Kh6 50. Ke3 ({Not} 50. Qxf6 Qf2+ 51. Ke4 Qe2+ 52. Kf4 Qf2+
53. Kg4 Qg2+ 54. Kh4 (54. Kf4 Qf2+ $11) 54... Qh2+ 55. Kg4 Qg2+ 56. Kf4 Qf2+
$11) 50... Rxf5 51. Qh8+ Kg5 52. Kd3 $4 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (52. Qd8 $1 $18 {
Threatens to win with Rxf7+.} Qg1+ 53. Kd3) 52... Rf3+ $19 53. Kc4 {Strongly
threatening Qe5+.} Qf1+ 54. Kc5 {Hoping for Bc4.} Qb5+ 55. Kd6 {[#] Black must
now prevent Re5+.} Rf6+ $1 56. Qxf6+ $2 ({Don't blunder} 56. Kc7 $2 Qc5+ 57.
Kd8 Qd6+ 58. Kc8 Qxe7 $19) (56. Re6 Qb6+ 57. Kd7 fxe6 58. dxe6 Qd4+ 59. Kc8
Qc5+ 60. Kb7 Qb4+ 61. Kc6 Qe4+ 62. Kd7 Qd4+ 63. Kc8 Qc5+ 64. Kb7 Qb4+ 65. Kc6
Qc3+ 66. Kd7 Qd4+) 56... Kxf6 {KQ-KRB} 57. Rc7 g5 58. Rc6 Qb7 {[%csl Gf6][%cal
Rb7e7]} 59. Kc5+ Ke5 {[%csl Ga6][%cal Rb7b5]} 60. Bc4 Qa7+ 61. Rb6 Qc7+ {
Weighted Error Value: White=0.63/Black=0.35} 0-1

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.21"]
[Round "9.24"]
[White "Kelires, Andreas"]
[Black "Markus, Robert"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Greece"]
[BlackTeam "Serbia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GRE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SRB"]

{[%evp 16,92,85,49,41,34,37,34,50,34,51,52,72,58,64,45,63,43,60,38,62,57,47,0,
0,0,40,41,33,-8,-2,-22,-25,-56,-57,-70,-66,-67,-47,-91,-55,-52,-52,-67,-54,
-145,-150,-160,-152,-147,-121,-317,-309,-476,-484,-547,-493,-533,-535,-460,
-324,-467,-457,-440,-431,-708,-696,-862,-800,-979,-959,-974,-993,-1075,-1095,
-1090,-979,-1345,-1341]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. e4 g6 6.
Be2 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. Be3 c6 9. Qc2 exd4 {E94: King's Indian: Classical: 6 Be2
e5 7 0-0: Various Black 7th moves.} 10. Nxd4 a5 $5 {[%mdl 4] Exploring less
charted territory.} 11. Rad1 Qe7 {White is slightly better.} 12. f3 Nc5 13. Qd2
Ne8 14. Rfe1 {[#]} a4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Bd7 15. Nb3 Be6 16. Nxc5 dxc5
17. Na4 Be5 18. f4 Bd4 19. Bxd4 cxd4 20. Qxd4 Ng7 {1-0 (32) Lutz,C (2445)
-Wolter,K (2270) Biel 1990}) 15. Bf1 Qc7 16. Kh1 Qa5 17. Bf2 Nc7 18. Nc2 Rd8
19. e5 Bf5 20. exd6 N7e6 21. Na3 {g4 is the strong threat.} g5 22. Bg3 Rd7 23.
Qe3 Rad8 24. Rd2 Bg6 {[%mdl 1024] Black has compensation.} 25. Red1 f5 26. Be5
f4 27. Qe2 Re8 {aiming for ...Nf8.} 28. Bxg7 Nxg7 29. Qf2 Nf5 30. Re1 (30. g3
$1 $15) 30... Ne3 $17 ({Inferior is} 30... Rxd6 31. Rxe8+ Bxe8 32. Rxd6 $16) ({
But not} 30... Nxd6 31. Rxe8+ Nxe8 32. Rxd7 $15) 31. Nc2 Bxc2 32. Rxc2 Rxd6 33.
a3 $2 {This costs White the game.} (33. Rd2 $17 Rde6 34. Rb1) 33... Qd8 $19 34.
Rcc1 (34. h3 {might work better.}) 34... Rd2 35. Re2 {[#]} Nd3 $1 {[%mdl 512]}
36. Rxd2 Nxf2+ 37. Rxf2 Re7 38. Ne4 (38. h3 {was necessary.}) 38... Rd7 {
Black is clearly winning.} 39. Be2 {[#]} Rd2 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 40. c5 (40. Nxd2
$142 Qxd2 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 41. Rb1) 40... Rxb2 41. g3 Qd4 42. gxf4
gxf4 43. Rg1+ Kf8 44. Ng5 Ke7 45. Ne4 Ra2 46. Nd6 Qxc5 {Weighted Error Value:
White=0.59/Black=0.08} 0-1

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.21"]
[Round "9.25"]
[White "Yilmaz, Mustafa"]
[Black "Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2626"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Turkey"]
[BlackTeam "Germany"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "TUR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

{[%evp 11,79,34,35,26,33,-8,30,31,35,28,33,29,38,37,29,31,31,26,41,28,89,89,83,
70,85,79,85,87,80,78,81,89,93,77,87,91,89,88,83,80,85,22,53,0,84,79,139,127,
127,134,148,148,141,139,203,216,179,8,8,8,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4
e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 cxd4 6. Qxd4 exd5 7. e4 {D41: Queen's Gambit
Declined: Semi-Tarrasch with 5 cxd5.} dxe4 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Ng5 {White has an
edge.} Be6 10. Nxe6+ fxe6 11. Bg5 h6 $1 {[%mdl 4] 11...h6 is setting a new
trend.} 12. O-O-O+ Ke7 $1 13. Bxf6+ gxf6 14. Nxe4 Bg7 15. Bb5 $36 {[%mdl 2048]
[#] Black is under pressure.} a6 $146 (15... f5 $11 16. Nd6 Nc6) ({Predecessor:
} 15... f5 16. Nd6 Nc6 17. Rhe1 Rhf8 18. Bxc6 bxc6 {1/2-1/2 (18) Cade,S (2280)
-Babychuk,V (2216) ICCF email 2016}) 16. Ba4 $16 f5 17. Ng3 Rc8+ 18. Kb1 {
Rhe1 is the strong threat.} Nc6 19. Rhe1 Nd4 {[#]} 20. Rxd4 $1 {[%mdl 64]
Remove Defender, Decoy} Bxd4 21. Nxf5+ $1 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kf7 22. Bb3
(22. Nxd4 $6 Rc4 $11) 22... Be5 23. Nxh6+ Kg7 24. Rxe5 Kxh6 25. Rxe6+ {[%mdl
4096] Endgame KRR-KRB} Kg5 26. Re5+ (26. Bd5 $16 Rc7 27. Be4) 26... Kf6 $11 27.
Re6+ (27. f4 {keeps more tension.} Re8 28. Bd5 Rxe5 29. fxe5+ Kxe5 30. Bxb7 Rh8
31. h3) 27... Kg5 $1 28. Bd5 {Threatens to win with f4+!} Re8 {[#]} ({Better is
} 28... Rc7) 29. Rxe8 $1 $16 Rxe8 30. Bxb7 {KR-KB} Re1+ 31. Kc2 Re2+ 32. Kc3
Rxf2 33. a4 a5 {[%cal Ba6a5,Ba5b4][%mdl 32] [#]} 34. b4 $2 (34. Bf3 $1 $18)
34... axb4+ $11 {The position is equal.} 35. Kb3 {Strongly threatening a5.} Rf1
$1 36. a5 Rb1+ 37. Kc4 {aiming for a6.} Rc1+ 38. Kb3 Rb1+ 39. Ka2 Rc1 40. Kb3 {
Weighted Error Value: White=0.16/Black=0.05} 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.21"]
[Round "9.26"]
[White "Keymer, Vincent"]
[Black "Can, Emre"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2639"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Germany"]
[BlackTeam "Turkey"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "TUR"]

{[%evp 9,107,0,0,0,0,0,0,4,0,17,8,0,25,0,8,11,39,47,51,34,74,35,69,71,108,107,
99,84,89,81,104,75,80,25,33,26,30,25,28,27,25,31,52,18,18,-12,29,6,12,0,0,0,0,
0,6,0,0,0,0,0,2,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,7,0,8,0,24,0,14,24,26,3,1,0,0,0,8,8,8,8,8,0,
8,0,0,0,10,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nbd2 b6 5. b3 Bd6 6. Bb2
{D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4.} O-O
7. Bd3 Bb7 8. O-O c5 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. a3 Nbd7 11. c4 Be7 12. Qe2 Nc5 13. Bc2
dxc4 14. Nxc4 {[#]} Be4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Qd5 15. b4 Nce4 16. Nce5 Qd8
17. Rfd1 Qe8 18. Nd4 Rc8 19. Rac1 Bd6 20. Nb5 Bb8 {1-0 (56) Shomoev,A (2570)
-Bukavshin,I (2517) Moscow 2012}) 15. Nce5 Qc7 16. b4 Bxc2 17. Qxc2 {[%mdl 64]
[#] Pin} Na6 18. Rac1 Qxc2 19. Rxc2 Bd6 20. Rd1 Rad8 21. Rcd2 (21. g3 $16 {
aiming for Nc6.} Nb8 22. Rdc1) 21... Bxe5 $11 22. Bxe5 Rxd2 23. Rxd2 Rc8 {
[#] ( -> ...Rc1+)} 24. h3 Kf8 25. g4 h6 26. Rd1 Nb8 27. Nd4 a6 (27... Nbd7 $5 {
[%cal Rd7e5]} 28. Bd6+ Ke8 $11) 28. b5 axb5 29. Nxb5 Nbd7 30. Bd6+ Kg8 31. Rd4
Nc5 32. f3 Nb3 {Threatens to win with ...Rc1+.} 33. Rd3 Nc5 34. Rd1 Ra8 35. e4
Nfd7 36. Kf1 g5 37. Ke2 Kg7 38. Bg3 Ra5 39. Rb1 Kg6 40. Be1 Ra8 41. Rd1 Kf6 42.
Bc3+ Ke7 43. h4 f6 44. h5 Ne5 {The position is equal.} 45. Rd6 (45. Rd4 {
keeps more tension.} Nc6 46. Rd6 Rc8 47. Ke3 Na4 48. Rd3) 45... Rxa3 46. Rxe6+
Nxe6 47. Nxa3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBN-KNN} Kd6 48. Bb4+ Kd7 49. Ke3 Nc7 50.
Nc2 Ne6 51. Na3 Nc7 52. Nb1 Nb5 53. Nd2 Ke8 54. Nb3 {Weighted Error Value:
White=0.07/Black=0.05} 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.21"]
[Round "9.27"]
[White "Sanal, Vahap"]
[Black "Bluebaum, Matthias"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2647"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Turkey"]
[BlackTeam "Germany"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "TUR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

{[%evp 9,88,-4,2,-12,-9,-16,-10,-20,7,0,7,7,10,-24,-27,-26,-8,-10,0,0,0,-2,-4,
-34,-6,-42,0,-7,73,0,7,-18,-13,-11,-9,-10,-6,-12,-5,-56,0,0,0,7,16,0,0,0,0,-8,
-7,-18,-8,-17,40,-143,-141,-130,-142,-185,-96,-90,-109,-722,-707,-719,-731,
-731,-704,-723,-698,-730,-703,-719,-719,-718,-713,-768,-766,-768,-768]} 1. Nf3
d5 2. b3 Bf5 3. Bb2 Nf6 4. d3 c5 5. Nbd2 Nc6 6. g3 {A06: Réti Opening: 1 Nf3
d5.} Qc7 7. Bg2 e5 8. O-O {The position is equal.} Be7 {[#]} 9. e4 $146 ({
Predecessor:} 9. Re1 Rd8 10. c4 d4 11. Ng5 O-O 12. a3 Bg6 13. h4 h6 14. Nh3 a6
15. Qc2 {0-1 (24) Almeida,A (1843)-Cunha,A (1983) Maraba 2019}) 9... dxe4 10.
dxe4 Be6 11. Ng5 Bg4 12. f3 Bd7 13. Nc4 b5 14. Ne3 c4 15. Kh1 h6 16. Nh3 Rd8 {
...Bxh3 is the strong threat.} 17. Qe1 Be6 18. f4 Bb4 (18... O-O $11) 19. c3 (
19. Bxe5 $16 Qxe5 20. fxe5 Bxe1 21. exf6) 19... Bc5 20. a4 bxa4 21. f5 Bd7 22.
b4 Bxe3 23. Qxe3 Ne7 24. Nf2 Qb6 ({Black should play} 24... Nc8 $15) 25. Qe2
$11 O-O 26. Bc1 a5 27. bxa5 Qxa5 28. g4 $1 Nh7 $1 29. h4 Qxc3 30. Ra3 {[%cal
Ra3c3]} Qb4 {Hoping for ...Bb5.} 31. g5 c3 (31... hxg5 $11 32. Rh3 Nxf5 33.
exf5 Bxf5) 32. Rg1 $2 (32. gxh6 $14 {stays ahead.} Bb5 33. Qg4) 32... Nxf5 $17
33. exf5 Qxh4+ 34. Nh3 {Threatening gxh6.} Bxf5 ({Better is} 34... hxg5 $19 35.
Qxe5 Rc8) 35. Rxc3 Nxg5 36. Qxe5 $2 {[%mdl 8192] This costs White the game.} (
36. Bxg5 $17 hxg5 37. Qxe5) 36... Nxh3 $19 {[%mdl 64] Overworked Piece. Black
is clearly winning.} ({Not} 36... Bxh3 37. Bxh3 f6 38. Qh2 $15) 37. Bxh3 Be4+
38. Kh2 Qf2+ 39. Bg2 {[#]} Rd5 $1 {[%cal Rd5e5]} 40. Qxe4 (40. Qf4 Rh5+) 40...
Rh5+ 41. Rh3 Rxh3+ {[%mdl 64] Overworked Piece} 42. Kxh3 Qxg1 43. Bb2 Qb6 44.
Qe5 Qe6+ {Weighted Error Value: White=0.40/Black=0.14} 0-1

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.21"]
[Round "9.28"]
[White "Svane, Rasmus"]
[Black "Gokerkan, Cem Kaan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2628"]
[BlackElo "2444"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Germany"]
[BlackTeam "Turkey"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "TUR"]

{[%evp 21,91,7,4,3,10,8,8,3,6,2,1,4,12,9,10,9,14,9,4,0,0,0,0,0,0,-16,0,0,0,0,
14,18,10,13,16,0,0,0,0,8,98,98,100,100,102,102,204,197,433,432,420,408,483,483,
475,468,468,468,429,229,229,233,1674,1714,1429,1249,29980,29981,29991,29992,
29993,29994]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7.
Qc2 a6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bg5 Nbd7 11. Nc3 h6 12. Bxf6 {E05: Open
Catalan: 5 Nf3 Be7.} Nxf6 13. Rfd1 $1 {[%mdl 4] is currently scoring better
than 13.b4.} Bd5 14. Qd3 {The position is equal.} Bxf3 15. Bxf3 c6 16. e3 a5
17. h4 {[#]} Qb6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17... h5 18. e4 g6 19. Qe3 Re8 20. Kg2
Kg7 21. Rd3 Qb6 22. Rad1 Rad8 23. e5 Nd7 {1-0 (47) Grischuk,A (2759)-Dominguez
Perez,L (2763) Khanty Mansiysk 2019}) 18. Qe2 Rfd8 19. Rac1 Rd7 20. Rd2 Rad8
21. Rcd1 Bb4 22. Kg2 g6 23. Rd3 Kg7 24. Qc2 Qc7 25. Na2 e5 (25... Bd6 {with
more complications.} 26. Nc1 h5 27. R3d2 Nd5 28. Nb3 Bb4) 26. dxe5 Qxe5 {
Black wants to play ...Rxd3.} 27. Rxd7 Rxd7 28. Rxd7 Nxd7 29. Nxb4 axb4 30. Qd2
Nc5 (30... Qe7 $11 {remains equal.}) 31. Qxb4 $16 {White leaves nothing to
chance now.} Nd3 32. Qd2 {[%cal Rd2d3]} Nxb2 33. Qc2 g5 {[#]} (33... h5 $16 {
is a better defense.} 34. Qb3 c5) 34. h5 $1 $18 b5 $2 (34... g4) 35. a5 {
[%cal Ba4a5,Ba5a6,Ba6a7][%mdl 32]} Nc4 {[#]} 36. Qa2 Qc3 37. a6 b4 {Black
hopes to continue with ...b3.} 38. a7 b3 39. Qa6 b2 40. Be4 (40. a8=Q $142 {
Intending Q6c8 and mate.} b1=Q 41. Q8xc6 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Nxe3+ 42.
fxe3 Qbc2+ 43. Kh3 Qxc6 44. Qxc6) 40... Nxe3+ 41. fxe3 Qd2+ $2 (41... Qxe3 42.
Qc4 (42. Qxc6 Qe2+ 43. Kg1 Qd1+ 44. Kf2 Qd2+ 45. Kf1 Qd1+ 46. Kf2 Qd2+ 47. Kg1
Qd1+ 48. Kf2 $11) 42... Qxa7 43. Qc3+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kg8) 42. Kf3
g4+ 43. Kxg4 f5+ 44. Kh3 {White mates.} b1=Q 45. Bxb1 Qc1 46. Qa1+ {Weighted
Error Value: White=0.09/Black=0.43} 1-0

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.21"]
[Round "9.29"]
[White "Nabaty, Tamir"]
[Black "Erdos, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D82"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Israel"]
[BlackTeam "Hungary"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "HUN"]

{[%evp 15,61,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-9,-8,-10,-10,-14,-16,-13,-13,-6,0,0,
0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4.
Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 c5 6. dxc5 Qa5 7. Qa4+ Qxa4 8. Nxa4 Bd7 {The position is equal.}
9. Nc3 {D82: Grünfeld: 4 Bf4.} Ne4 10. Nxd5 {[#] Hoping for Nc7+.} Na6 11. f3
Nexc5 12. O-O-O e6 13. Nc7+ Nxc7 14. Bxc7 Rc8 15. Bd6 b5 $1 16. b3 Nb7 17. Kb1
Nxd6 18. Rxd6 Ke7 19. Rd1 bxc4 20. Bxc4 Rxc4 21. bxc4 Rb8+ 22. Kc1 {[#]} Ba4
$146 {[#] White must now prevent ...Bb2+.} ({Predecessor:} 22... Bb2+ 23. Kd2
Ba4 24. Nh3 Bxd1 25. Rxd1 Bf6 26. Rc1 Kd7 27. Nf2 Kc6 28. Nd3 Bg7 29. h3 e5 30.
Ke2 f5 31. e4 Rd8 {1/2-1/2 (31) Wachinger,D (1699)-Hiller,S (1983) Lingen 2012}
) 23. Rd2 Rb4 24. Ne2 Rxc4+ 25. Kb1 Rb4+ 26. Kc1 Rc4+ 27. Kb1 Rb4+ 28. Kc1 Rc4+
29. Kb1 Rb4+ 30. Kc1 Rc4+ 31. Kb1 {Not much happened in this game.  Weighted
Error Value: White=0.01/Black=0.00} 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.21"]
[Round "9.30"]
[White "Berkes, Ferenc"]
[Black "Mikhalevski, Victor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2559"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hungary"]
[BlackTeam "Israel"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "HUN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISR"]

{[%evp 10,95,10,4,3,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,14,0,25,2,14,3,4,0,0,0,19,19,19,19,19,19,18,
29,23,31,28,33,31,42,46,59,70,67,51,23,37,37,37,37,45,53,47,52,53,35,39,25,75,
80,81,88,95,93,99,78,197,188,612,616,706,692,683,690,660,333,394,0,651,606,
1416,1133,1117,1117,5385,5310,2484,1117,3566,3776,5522,2511]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3
g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. c3 c5 5. e3 Qb6 6. Qb3 d6 {A48: 1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 g6: Torre,
London and Colle Systems.} 7. Nbd2 Be6 8. Bc4 Bxc4 {The position is equal.} 9.
Nxc4 Qa6 10. O-O Nbd7 11. a4 {[#]} O-O $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Rc8 12. Nfd2
O-O 13. Qb5 Nb8 14. h3 Nd5 15. Qxa6 Nxa6 16. Bg3 f5 17. Rfe1 Nf6 {1/2-1/2 (60)
Grachev,B (2649)-Lagno,K (2523) Moscow 2015}) 12. Rfd1 Qc6 13. h3 Qd5 14. Nfd2
Rfc8 15. Re1 Ne4 16. Nxe4 Qxe4 17. Nd2 Qc6 18. d5 Qa6 19. Nc4 Nb6 20. Nxb6 Qxb6
21. Qc2 c4 22. e4 Re8 23. a5 Qa6 24. Qa4 e6 25. Qb4 Rad8 26. Rad1 e5 27. Be3 f5
28. exf5 gxf5 29. f4 Rd7 30. Bf2 Bf6 31. Kh1 Rde7 32. fxe5 {White leaves
nothing to chance now.} Bxe5 33. Bd4 Bg3 34. Rxe7 Rxe7 35. Rf1 f4 {[#]} (35...
Rf7 $16 {was worth a try.}) 36. Qa4 $1 $18 {[%cal Ra4d1] Strongly threatening
Qd1.} b5 $2 (36... Kf8 37. Qd1 Qb5) 37. Qd1 Qc8 38. Qh5 {Threatens to win with
Qg5+.} Rf7 39. Qg5+ Kf8 40. Qh6+ Ke7 41. Qg5+ $2 (41. Bxa7 Qf5 42. a6) 41...
Kf8 $1 {[#]} 42. Bxa7 $1 {[%mdl 512] White is clearly winning.} Rxa7 (42... Qc7
43. Qh6+) 43. Qxg3 $1 {KQR-KQR} Rf7 44. Rxf4 Qc5 45. Rxf7+ Kxf7 46. Kh2 (46.
Qf4+ $142 Ke7 47. Qh4+ Ke8 48. Qf6) 46... b4 47. a6 b3 48. Qg4 {Weighted Error
Value: White=0.25/Black=0.26} (48. Qf3+ $142 Kg7 49. Qg4+ Kf8 50. Qf5+ Kg8 51.
Qe6+ Kf8 52. Qf6+ Kg8 53. Qd8+ Kf7 54. Qd7+ Kf8 55. Qd8+ Kf7 56. Qh8 Qxd5 57.
Qxh7+ Ke8 58. Qh8+ Kf7 59. Qh7+ Ke8 60. Qh8+ Kd7 61. a7) 1-0

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.21"]
[Round "9.31"]
[White "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Black "Banusz, Tamas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C90"]
[WhiteElo "2616"]
[BlackElo "2607"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Israel"]
[BlackTeam "Hungary"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "HUN"]

{[%evp 25,97,9,6,0,0,15,19,14,39,39,39,39,39,39,50,45,50,50,51,48,44,46,50,0,
58,54,63,59,58,50,58,0,47,45,45,53,56,45,94,39,39,39,46,18,23,18,43,51,124,131,
171,173,174,168,200,139,160,0,200,236,317,345,360,284,589,554,764,753,734,695,
1059,1097,1138,1054]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6.
Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4 Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. c3 Na5 11. Bc2 c5 12. Nbd2 {[%cal
Bb1d2,Bd2f1,Bf1g3][%mdl 32]} Re8 13. Nf1 h6 {was the old line (13...Bf8).} 14.
Ng3 {C90: Closed Ruy Lopez with 7...d6: Early deviations.} Bf8 15. d4 exd4 16.
cxd4 {The position is equal.} b4 17. d5 g6 18. b3 Bg7 19. Rb1 {[#]} Bc8 $146 ({
Predecessor:} 19... Nd7 20. Bf4 Qe7 21. Bd3 Qf8 22. Re2 h5 23. Qc1 Bf6 24. Bg5
Bxg5 25. Qxg5 Qe7 {1-0 (63) Gromotka,H (2316)-Cooper,N (2069) ICCF email 2016})
20. h3 Nh7 21. Bd2 Ra7 22. Qc1 h5 23. Bf4 Bc3 24. Bd2 Bg7 25. Bd3 Rae7 26. Qc2
Bb7 27. Ng5 Nf8 28. Nf3 (28. Red1 $1 $14) 28... Rc7 29. Bg5 Bf6 30. Bf4 Bc3 31.
Red1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is pushing.} Qd7 32. Nd2 (32. Qe2 $16) 32... Qe7
$14 33. Ne2 Bg7 34. Bh2 Nd7 35. f4 Nb6 36. f5 g5 ({Better is} 36... gxf5 $14
37. Ng3 Bc8) 37. Ng3 $16 Bd4+ 38. Kh1 f6 39. Nxh5 Qf7 40. Bxd6 Rcc8 {[#]} 41.
Nf3 $2 Red8 $2 (41... Qxh5 $11 {and Black is okay.} 42. Nxd4 cxd4) 42. Nxd4 $18
Rxd6 43. Nc6 {[%mdl 64] Deflection} Bxc6 44. dxc6 Rdxc6 $2 (44... Rcxc6 45. Be2
Qe7 46. Bxa6 Rxd1+ 47. Rxd1 Rd6) 45. Bxa6 {White is clearly winning.} R8c7 46.
Rd8+ Kh7 47. Qe2 Nxb3 {[#]} 48. Rxb3 {[%mdl 512]} Qxb3 {[#]} (48... Rd7 49.
Rxd7) 49. Nf4 $1 {[%mdl 576] Clearance.  Weighted Error Value: White=0.15/
Black=0.30} 1-0

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.21"]
[Round "9.32"]
[White "Gledura, Benjamin"]
[Black "Postny, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2557"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hungary"]
[BlackTeam "Israel"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "HUN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISR"]

{[%evp 9,73,0,0,10,20,26,23,17,20,33,35,14,11,9,10,9,14,18,15,13,14,6,0,0,0,0,
0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,37,0,27,0,0,-12,-6,-14,-3,-44,-41,-48,-13,-24,-3,0,-1,-59,-4,
-5,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. e3 b6 5. b3 Bb7 6.
Bb2 {E14: Queen's Indian: Classical Variation (4 e3).} dxc4 7. Bxc4 Be7 8. O-O
{White has an edge.} O-O {[#]} 9. Nc3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. Qe2 c5 10. Rd1
Qc7 11. Nc3 a6 12. Rac1 b5 13. Bd3 Qb6 14. dxc5 Bxc5 15. Ng5 {1-0 (30) Puranik,
A (2589)-Agmanov,Z (2404) Veliko Gradiste 2021}) 9... c5 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Qe2
Nbd7 12. Rfd1 Qb8 13. Ba6 Bxa6 14. Qxa6 Qc8 15. Qa4 Qb7 16. b4 Be7 17. Nd4 Rfc8
18. Qb3 Bf8 19. a4 Ne5 20. b5 a6 21. Nce2 axb5 22. axb5 (22. Nxe6 $5 Nc4 23.
Bxf6 (23. Nxf8 bxa4 24. Qb4 Nxb2 $11) 23... fxe6 24. Bc3 $11) 22... Nc4 23.
Rxa8 Qxa8 24. Ra1 Qd5 25. Rc1 {[#] Threatening Nf4.} Na5 $1 26. Qd1 (26. Qxd5 {
feels hotter.} Rxc1+ 27. Bxc1 Nxd5 28. e4 Nb4 29. Nc3) 26... Rxc1 27. Qxc1 Qc4
{White must now prevent ...e5.} 28. Nc3 Nb3 29. Nxb3 Qxb3 30. g3 ({White
should try} 30. Qb1 $11) 30... h6 (30... Ne8 $15) 31. Ba1 {The position is
equal.} Qc4 32. Qf1 Qb3 33. Qb1 Qxb1+ 34. Nxb1 Nd5 35. Be5 f6 36. Bb8 Bb4 37.
Kf1 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.09/Black=0.07} 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.21"]
[Round "9.33"]
[White "Christiansen, Johan-Sebastian"]
[Black "Navara, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B94"]
[WhiteElo "2582"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Norway"]
[BlackTeam "Czech Republic"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NOR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CZE"]

{[%evp 11,69,12,22,38,33,39,27,35,38,40,27,33,45,4,10,23,8,0,78,44,108,128,118,
112,135,150,117,0,125,0,128,0,104,112,92,95,68,43,33,35,41,40,156,160,272,183,
172,179,456,229,225,248,246,243,229,0,169,0,218,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4
cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. Qe2 $1 {[%mdl 4] 7.Qe2 is the recent
fashion. B94: Sicilian Najdorf: 6 Bg5 Nbd7.} Qc7 8. O-O-O e6 9. g4 {White has
an edge.} h6 10. Bd2 b5 11. a3 {[#]} Rb8 $146 {[%cal Ba8b8,Bb8b4,Bb4a4][%mdl
32]} ({Predecessor:} 11... Bb7 12. f4 Qb6 13. Be1 g5 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. exd5 Bxd5
16. Nxe6 Bxh1 17. Nc7+ Kd8 18. Nxa8 Bxa8 {1/2-1/2 (36) Batrakov,A (2530)-Zuev,
D (2504) ICCF email 2017}) 12. f4 b4 13. axb4 Rxb4 14. Nb3 Nb6 (14... Be7 $11)
15. Kb1 e5 (15... Be7 $14) 16. g5 $1 $16 {[%cal Rg5f6]} hxg5 17. fxg5 Nh5 18.
Na2 Ra4 19. Nc3 Rb4 20. Na2 Ra4 21. Nc3 ({White should try} 21. Qf2 $16) 21...
Ng3 22. hxg3 Rxh1 23. Nxa4 Nxa4 24. Qf3 Rh2 25. Bd3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has
good play.} g6 26. Rf1 Bh3 ({Black should play} 26... Be6 $14) 27. Ba5 $1 {
[%cal Ra5c7]} Qa7 {[#]} (27... Qd7 $16) 28. Bxa6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Bxf1 29. Qxf1
{Threatening mate with Bb5+.} Nb6 $2 (29... Be7 {might work better.}) 30. Bb5+
(30. Qb5+ $142 Nd7 31. Qc6 Rh1+ 32. Nc1) 30... Nd7 $18 31. Qc4 $1 {[%cal Rc4c8]
[%mdl 1024] Qc8+ would kill now. White has strong compensation.} Qb7 32. Ba6
Qa8 33. Bb5 {aiming for Qc7.} Qb7 34. Ba6 Qa8 {[#]} 35. Bb5 $2 {Weighted Error
Value: White=0.37/Black=0.30} ({White must play} 35. Qc7 $1 $18 Be7 36. Bb5)
1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.21"]
[Round "9.34"]
[White "Nguyen, Thai Dai Van"]
[Black "Urkedal, Frode Olav Olsen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2594"]
[BlackElo "2569"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Czech Republic"]
[BlackTeam "Norway"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NOR"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. a3 dxc4 7. e3 Nbd7 8.
Bxc4 c5 9. O-O Nb6 10. Ba2 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Nbd5 12. Nxd5 Nxd5 13. Be5 Qb6 14. Rc1
Bf6 15. Bxf6 Nxf6 16. Qb3 Qxb3 17. Bxb3 Bd7 18. Rc7 Rab8 19. Rfc1 Rfd8 20. h3
Ne8 21. R7c5 Rbc8 22. Kf1 Kf8 23. Rxc8 Rxc8 24. Rxc8 Bxc8 25. Ba4 Nd6 26. Nb5
Nxb5 27. Bxb5 e5 28. Ke2 Ke7 29. Bc4 b6 30. h4 Bb7 31. g3 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.21"]
[Round "9.35"]
[White "Hauge, Lars Oskar"]
[Black "Krejci, Jan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Norway"]
[BlackTeam "Czech Republic"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NOR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CZE"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 O-O
8. O-O d5 9. exd5 cxd5 10. Bg5 c6 11. Qf3 Re8 12. h3 Be7 13. Rfe1 h6 14. Bf4
Be6 15. Ne2 Qb6 16. b3 c5 17. Ng3 c4 18. Bf5 Bc5 19. bxc4 Rad8 20. Rab1 Qa6 21.
Be5 Bxf5 22. Qxf5 Re6 23. cxd5 Rxd5 24. Qf4 g5 25. Rb8+ Bf8 26. Qb4 Nd7 27.
Rxf8+ Nxf8 28. Bc3 Rxe1+ 29. Bxe1 Qd6 30. Qc4 Qe6 31. Qc3 Qe5 32. Qb4 Rb5 33.
Qd2 Rb1 34. Kf1 Ne6 35. Ne2 Qb5 36. Kg1 Qc4 37. Kh2 Nf4 38. Qd8+ Kh7 39. Bc3 f6
40. Qe7+ Kg8 41. Qxf6 Ne6 42. Be5 Rb7 43. Qh8+ Kf7 44. Qh7+ Ke8 45. Qxb7 Qxe2
46. Qb8+ Kf7 47. Qxa7+ Kg6 48. Qe3 Qxc2 49. Qf3 Qf5 50. Qxf5+ Kxf5 51. Bd6 Ke4
52. a4 Kd5 53. Bb4 Kc4 54. Be1 Nf4 55. Kg3 h5 56. Bd2 Ne2+ 57. Kf3 Nd4+ 58. Ke4
g4 59. h4 Ne2 60. g3 1-0

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.21"]
[Round "9.36"]
[White "Zilka, Stepan"]
[Black "Notkevich, Benjamin Arvola"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2593"]
[BlackElo "2471"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Czech Republic"]
[BlackTeam "Norway"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NOR"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d6 7. f3 d5 8. Bg5
c5 9. cxd5 cxd4 10. Qxd4 Nc6 11. Qh4 exd5 12. e3 Qb6 13. Rd1 Re8 14. Ne2 Qxb2
15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. Qg3+ Kh8 17. Qf4 Re6 18. Rxd5 Qxa3 19. Kf2 Qe7 20. Qh6 f5 21.
Qf4 Re5 22. Nc3 f6 23. Bb5 Nb4 24. Rd4 a5 25. Ra1 Nc2 26. Rc1 Nxd4 27. exd4
Rxb5 28. Nxb5 Bd7 29. Nc7 Rc8 30. Nd5 Qf7 31. Rxc8+ Bxc8 32. Qd6 Kg7 33. Ne7
Qe8 34. Qc7 Qd7 35. Nxf5+ Kf7 36. Qxc8 Qxc8 37. Nd6+ Ke6 38. Nxc8 Kd5 39. Ke3
b5 40. Kd3 a4 41. Ne7+ Kd6 42. Nf5+ Kc6 43. Kc3 a3 44. Ne3 1-0

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.21"]
[Round "9.37"]
[White "Deac, Bogdan-Daniel"]
[Black "Saric, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D51"]
[WhiteElo "2651"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Romania"]
[BlackTeam "Croatia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ROU"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CRO"]

{[%evp 12,123,30,19,44,39,55,30,28,24,29,22,24,23,18,19,67,54,153,79,143,137,
128,135,147,140,141,98,212,212,217,226,191,144,162,156,162,153,152,153,156,165,
194,200,217,181,166,169,193,195,197,195,193,154,202,160,175,137,215,215,208,
230,210,211,248,241,303,276,299,294,300,302,286,295,319,305,368,391,368,372,
410,405,374,293,312,283,364,335,371,343,503,513,514,507,493,492,658,641,638,
651,692,660,902,894,979,966,1142,915,956,929,1149,1247,1398,1397]} 1. Nf3 {
Postny,E} d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 g5 {
D51: Queen's Gambit Declined: 4 Bg5 Nbd7 sidelines.} 8. Bg3 Nh5 9. Be5 Nhf6 {
White has an edge.} 10. Bd3 {[#]} g4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Nxe5 11. Nxe5
Nd7 12. Nxd7 Bxd7 13. Qh5 Bg7 14. h4 c5 15. cxd5 cxd4 16. Ne4 Qa5+ {1/2-1/2 
(35) Postny,E (2616)-Artemiev,V (2658) Novi Sad 2016 CBM 176 [Postny,E]}) 11.
Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Nd2 h5 13. Qe2 Bh6 14. h3 g3 ({Black should try} 14... Qg7 $14)
15. f4 ({Reject} 15. fxg3 $6 Qg5 $11) (15. O-O $142) 15... b6 {[#]} (15... h4
$142) 16. O-O $1 $16 Bb7 17. Qxh5 O-O-O 18. Qe2 Kb8 19. Nf3 c5 (19... dxc4 $16
{keeps fighting.} 20. Bxc4 c5) 20. cxd5 $18 exd5 21. Ba6 Ba8 22. Bb5 cxd4 23.
Nxd4 Nc5 24. Rf3 Bb7 25. Rxg3 a6 26. Bd3 Rde8 {With the idea ...Bxf4.} 27. Rf1
b5 28. a3 Ne6 29. Qf2 Bf8 30. Nce2 Bc5 31. Kh2 Bb6 32. b4 Rc8 33. Rd1 Rhe8 34.
Rg4 Rc7 (34... Nxd4 $16 {is a better defense.} 35. exd4 (35. Nxd4 Rc3 $16)
35... Re6) 35. Qh4 Qxh4 36. Rxh4 Nxd4 37. exd4 ({But not} 37. Nxd4 Rc3 $14)
37... Bc8 38. Rh5 f5 39. Rd2 Rce7 40. Kg1 Bd7 41. Kf2 Rf8 42. Rh6 Kb7 43. Bc2
Bc6 44. Bb3 Rfe8 45. Rc2 Re6 46. Rxe6 Rxe6 47. Rd2 a5 48. Nc3 Rd6 49. g4 axb4
50. axb4 Bc7 (50... fxg4 $142 51. hxg4 Bc7) 51. g5 {White is clearly winning.}
Rd8 52. Kg3 Bd6 53. Nxd5 Bf8 54. Nf6 Bxb4 55. Rd1 Kb6 56. h4 Ra8 57. h5 Ra3 58.
Rb1 Bf8 59. h6 b4 60. Kh4 Bb5 61. Kh5 Bd3 62. Rb2 {Weighted Error Value:
White=0.10/Black=0.29} 1-0

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.21"]
[Round "9.38"]
[White "Brkic, Ante"]
[Black "Lupulescu, Constantin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Croatia"]
[BlackTeam "Romania"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CRO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ROU"]

{[%evp 10,143,57,64,60,33,30,27,36,29,27,27,27,27,27,27,27,30,29,30,33,37,38,
41,32,27,34,34,34,35,38,41,43,10,6,7,45,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,6,3,60,60,70,61,59,63,67,
59,88,88,97,81,97,70,92,84,79,0,91,0,68,68,74,75,102,48,162,170,199,170,180,
190,205,220,227,227,227,227,227,64,64,62,154,152,263,252,259,221,170,8,8,8,8,8,
2486,1136,2486,2295,458,8,1795,1366,12814,12637,12788,12713,12651,12350,10763,
6164,3600,0,2957,531,531,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,29973,29974,29974,29974,29973,29972]
} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bxf6 Qxf6 6. exd5 Bb4 {C12: French:
Classical System: McCutcheon Variation.} 7. Bc4 $5 {[%mdl 4] A promising side
line.} exd5 8. Bxd5 O-O {White has an edge.} 9. Nge2 Rd8 10. O-O Bxc3 11. Nxc3
Nc6 12. Bxc6 bxc6 {[#]} 13. Re1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Ne4 Qxd4 14. c3 Qxd1
15. Rfxd1 Bf5 16. Nc5 Rd5 17. Rxd5 cxd5 18. f3 Kf8 19. Rd1 {1-0 (37) Aronian,L
(2767)-Abdusattorov,N (2690) Riga 2021}) 13... Rxd4 {[#]} 14. Ne4 $1 Qe5 15.
Qf3 ({But not} 15. Nd2 $2 Qd6 $19) 15... Be6 16. c3 Rdd8 17. b3 a5 18. c4 a4
19. Nc3 Qa5 20. Nxa4 Bxc4 $1 21. Qc3 (21. Qe3 {is more complex.} Qf5 22. Qe4
Qxe4 23. Rxe4 Bb5 24. Nc3) 21... Qxc3 22. Nxc3 Rd3 23. Rac1 (23. Na4 {feels
hotter.} Bb5 24. Nc5 Rc3 25. Ne4 Rc2 26. a4) 23... Be6 24. Red1 (24. Rc2 {
keeps more tension.} c5 25. f3 c4 26. b4 Ra3 27. Nb5) 24... Rxd1+ 25. Rxd1 $11
{[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} c5 26. Rc1 Ra3 27. Kf1 c4 (27... g5 $11) 28. b4
$14 Kf8 29. Ke2 Ke7 30. Kd2 Ra8 31. Kc2 Bf5+ 32. Kb2 Rb8 33. a3 Kd6 34. Re1 g5
35. Na4 Ra8 36. Nc3 (36. Rd1+ {seems wilder.} Ke5 37. Nc3 c6 38. a4 Rb8 39. Ka3
) 36... Rb8 37. Na4 Ra8 38. Rd1+ $1 Kc6 39. Nc3 Re8 40. Rd4 (40. Rd5 $16 Bg6
41. a4) 40... Bd3 (40... Re1 $1 $14) 41. a4 $18 Re1 42. b5+ Kb6 43. Rd7 f5 44.
Ka3 Ka5 45. Rxc7 Ra1+ 46. Kb2 Rf1 47. Nd5 (47. f3 $18) 47... Kxa4 $14 48. b6
Rb1+ {[#]} (48... Be4 $1 $14 49. Ne3 (49. Rxc4+ Ka5 $11) 49... Rb1+ 50. Kc3
Rxb6) 49. Kc3 $1 $16 Be4 (49... Ka5 $16) 50. Kxc4 $18 {[%cal Rc7a7]} Bxd5+ 51.
Kxd5 Rxb6 {KR-KR} 52. Rc6 $2 (52. g3 $18) 52... Rb2 $1 $11 53. Rxh6 Rxf2 54. g3
{Black should prevent h4.} g4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (54... f4 $11) 55. Ke5 $18 Kb5
56. Rf6 Kc5 57. Ke6 $2 ({Only move:} 57. Rxf5 $18 Rxh2 58. Rf4) 57... Kd4 $2 {
[%mdl 8192]} (57... Rxh2 $11 58. Kxf5 Rf2+ 59. Kg5 Rf3) 58. Rxf5 Rxh2 59. Rf4+
Ke3 {[#]} 60. Kf5 $1 Rh8 61. Kxg4 Ke2 62. Rf7 Ke3 63. Rf4 Ke2 $1 64. Rf6 (64.
Rf5 $142 Ke3 65. Kg5) 64... Ke3 65. Kf5 $2 ({White should try} 65. Rf5 $18 Ke4
66. Rh5) 65... Kf3 $11 66. g4 {Hoping for g5.} Ra8 67. g5 {aiming for g6.} Ra5+
68. Ke6+ Kg4 $1 69. g6 {Strongly threatening g7.} Ra6+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (69...
Ra7 $11) 70. Kf7 {White mates.} Ra7+ 71. Kg8 Kg5 72. Rb6 {Weighted Error Value:
White=0.32/Black=0.13} 1-0

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.21"]
[Round "9.39"]
[White "Parligras, Mircea-Emilian"]
[Black "Stevic, Hrvoje"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2576"]
[BlackElo "2581"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Romania"]
[BlackTeam "Croatia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ROU"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CRO"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6 7. Nbd2 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Bd7 9. b3 Nc6 10. N4f3 Be7 11. Bb2 O-O 12. Rc1 Rc8 13. a3 b5 14. Bd3 Qb6
15. Ne4 Nxe4 16. Bxe4 Rfd8 17. Bb1 f6 18. Ng5 fxg5 19. Qh5 e5 20. Bxh7+ Kf8 21.
h4 gxh4 22. f4 Bf6 23. fxe5 Qxe3+ 24. Kh1 Nxe5 25. Rce1 Qxe1 26. Rxe1 Bg4 0-1

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.21"]
[Round "9.40"]
[White "Martinovic, Sasa"]
[Black "Gavrilescu, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D39"]
[WhiteElo "2542"]
[BlackElo "2514"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Croatia"]
[BlackTeam "Romania"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CRO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ROU"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 h6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8.
Bxc4 c5 9. O-O cxd4 10. e5 Qd8 11. Ne4 O-O 12. Qc1 Qc7 13. Rd1 Be7 14. Rxd4 Rd8
15. Nf6+ Bxf6 16. exf6 Rxd4 17. Nxd4 gxf6 18. Qxh6 Qe5 19. Rd1 Qg5 20. Nxe6
fxe6 21. Rd8+ Kf7 22. Qh7+ Qg7 23. Qxg7+ 1-0

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.21"]
[Round "9.41"]
[White "Ragger, Markus"]
[Black "Andersen, Mads"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2668"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Austria"]
[BlackTeam "Denmark"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AUT"]
[BlackTeamCountry "DEN"]

{[%evp 17,117,34,53,14,6,6,22,12,12,8,10,0,13,14,20,19,2,0,0,-27,27,21,45,62,
86,88,54,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,40,0,6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,35,35,
33,57,72,36,31,54,34,29,37,26,31,0,33,0,0,0,0,-4,-4,-18,-17,-121,-127,-174,
-158,-216,-200,-182,-110,-100,-70,-127,-137,-141,-39,-92,-50,-49,0,-54,0,-70]} 
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. c3 d6 8. a4
Rb8 9. d4 Bb6 10. a5 {C78: Ruy Lopez: Archangelsk and Möller Defences.} Ba7 (
10... Bxa5 $2 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Qxd8+ Kxd8 13. Bd5 $18 (13. Bxf7 Bb6 $16)) 11.
h3 Bb7 12. Be3 {Strongly threatening d5.} Nxe4 13. Re1 exd4 14. cxd4 Ne7 15.
Nc3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black must now prevent Ng5. Black is under pressure.} d5
$1 16. Nxe4 dxe4 17. Ng5 Bd5 18. Nxe4 O-O {[#]} ({Black should try} 18... Bxe4
19. Qg4 Bd5) 19. Bg5 $146 {aiming for Bxd5.} ({Predecessor:} 19. Bf4 Rc8 20.
Bc2 Qd7 21. Nf6+ gxf6 22. Rxe7 Qxe7 23. Qg4+ Kh8 24. Qf5 {1-0 (24) Chen,Q 
(2479)-Arjun,K (2532) Tornelo INT 2021}) 19... f6 20. Bf4 Rf7 21. Rc1 Rc8 22.
Bd6 cxd6 {[%mdl 64] [#] Discovered Attack} 23. Rxc8 Qxc8 24. Bxd5 Nxd5 25. Nxd6
Qd7 26. Nxf7 Kxf7 27. Qh5+ Kf8 28. Qxh7 Ne7 29. Qh8+ Kf7 30. Qh5+ $1 Kf8 31.
Qf3 Kf7 32. d5 Bc5 33. Rc1 Bd6 34. Qh5+ Kg8 35. Qf3 Be5 36. Rd1 Qd6 ({Not} 
36... Bxb2 $2 37. d6 $18) 37. b3 g5 38. g3 Kg7 39. Qg4 Kh6 ({Don't blunder} 
39... Nxd5 $2 40. Qe4 $18) 40. h4 gxh4 $1 41. Qxh4+ Kg7 42. Qg4+ Kf7 43. Qh5+
Kg7 44. Qg4+ Kf7 45. Qe4 Bc3 46. Rd3 Bxa5 47. Qh7+ Ke8 48. Rf3 Bb6 49. Qg7 (49.
Qh8+ $11 Kd7 50. Qxf6 Qxf6 51. Rxf6 Nxd5 52. Rf7+ Ke6 53. Rf8) 49... Bd4 $17
50. Qh8+ Kd7 51. Qa8 (51. Qh3+ $17 f5 52. g4) 51... Nxd5 $19 ({And not} 51...
Qxd5 52. Qxd5+ Nxd5 53. Rd3 $16) 52. Qb7+ Kd8 (52... Nc7 $19 53. Rf4 Qc5) 53.
Kh2 $17 Nc7 54. Rf4 {[#]} (54. Rd3 $15) 54... Be5 $1 {[%cal Re5f4]} 55. Rh4 Qe7
({Better is} 55... Qc5 $17 56. Rh8+ Kd7) 56. Qe4 (56. Qc6 $15) 56... Qe8 57.
Qb7 {Threatens to win with Rh7.} Qe7 58. Qe4 Qe8 (58... f5 $5 59. Qd3+ Qd7 $15)
59. Qb7 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.14/Black=0.13} 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.21"]
[Round "9.42"]
[White "Bjerre, Jonas Buhl"]
[Black "Dragnev, Valentin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2569"]
[BlackElo "2548"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Denmark"]
[BlackTeam "Austria"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "DEN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AUT"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Ngf6 6. Bd3 Nc5 7. Nc3 a6 8.
Nb3 Nxd3+ 9. Qxd3 e6 10. Bf4 b5 11. a3 Bb7 12. O-O-O Be7 13. Bxd6 Bxd6 14. Qxd6
Qxd6 15. Rxd6 Nxe4 16. Nxe4 Bxe4 17. Nc5 Bxg2 18. Rg1 Bf3 19. Rxg7 Rc8 20. Rg3
Bd5 21. Nxa6 h5 22. Rb6 h4 23. Rg4 Bb3 24. Nb4 Bc4 25. Kd2 h3 26. b3 Bf1 27.
Rg1 Bg2 28. Rxb5 Ke7 29. Nd3 Rhg8 30. Rh5 Rg4 31. f4 Bf3 32. Rxg4 Bxg4 33. Rc5
Ra8 34. Ne5 1-0

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.21"]
[Round "9.43"]
[White "Blohberger, Felix"]
[Black "Rasmussen, Allan Stig"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2577"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Austria"]
[BlackTeam "Denmark"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AUT"]
[BlackTeamCountry "DEN"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Qe2 Bg4 6. h3 Bh5 7. Nxf6+ gxf6
8. d3 Na6 9. Bd2 Qb6 10. O-O-O O-O-O 11. g4 Bg6 12. Qe3 Nc7 13. Qxb6 axb6 14.
Nh4 e6 15. f4 f5 16. gxf5 exf5 17. Be2 Ne6 18. Rde1 Bd6 19. Ng2 Rhg8 20. Bd1 h6
21. Ref1 Bh7 22. Nh4 Rg3 23. Be1 Rgg8 24. Bd2 Rg3 25. Be1 Rgg8 26. Bd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.21"]
[Round "9.44"]
[White "Hansen, Sune Berg"]
[Black "Horvath, Dominik"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2543"]
[BlackElo "2469"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Denmark"]
[BlackTeam "Austria"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "DEN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AUT"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. Be2 cxd4 6. exd4 Bf5 7. c3 e6 8. Qb3
Bd6 9. Qxb7 Bxf4 10. Qxc6+ Kf8 11. O-O h5 12. c4 g5 13. Nc3 Rc8 14. Qa6 dxc4
15. Rad1 g4 16. Ne5 h4 17. Bxc4 g3 18. Qb7 Qc7 19. Qxc7 Rxc7 20. Bd3 gxf2+ 21.
Kxf2 Bxe5 22. Bxf5 Bxh2 23. Bd3 Kg7 24. Be2 Rb8 25. Rb1 Rcb7 26. b3 Rd8 27.
Rbd1 Rc7 28. Bc4 Rcd7 29. Ne2 Be5 30. Kf3 Bxd4 31. Rh1 e5 32. Rxh4 e4+ 33. Kf4
Be3+ 34. Kxe3 Rxd1 35. Ng3 Kg6 36. Rf4 Nd5+ 37. Bxd5 R8xd5 38. Nxe4 f5 39. Nf2
Re1+ 40. Kf3 Rd2 41. Nh3 Rf1+ 42. Ke3 Rdd1 43. Ra4 Rde1+ 44. Kd2 Re7 45. Nf4+
Kg5 46. Nh3+ Kf6 47. Ra6+ Ke5 48. Ke2 Rc1 49. Ra4 Rc2+ 50. Kf3 Rec7 51. Kg3
Rg7+ 52. Kf3 Rcxg2 0-1

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.21"]
[Round "9.45"]
[White "Lenic, Luka"]
[Black "Moroni, Luca Jr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2633"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Slovenia"]
[BlackTeam "Italy"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SLO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ITA"]

{[%evp 11,60,15,15,13,20,25,17,16,17,26,32,20,29,27,26,33,30,33,35,31,30,23,29,
24,25,27,36,18,24,20,18,18,18,7,7,7,7,7,7,6,6,0,7,0,31,31,32,10,32,32,32]} 1.
d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. a3 {D37: Queen's
Gambit Declined: 5 Bf4.} c5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nxd5 {The position is equal.} exd5
10. dxc5 Nxc5 11. Be5 Bf6 {11...Bf5 is the modern continuation.} 12. Bxf6 Qxf6
13. Qd4 Qxd4 14. Nxd4 Bd7 15. f3 Rfc8 16. Kd2 Ne6 17. Bd3 Nxd4 18. exd4 {[#]}
g6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 18... Kf8 19. Rhe1 h6 20. Rac1 Rxc1 21. Rxc1 Rc8 {
1/2-1/2 (21) Radjabov,T (2724)-Harikrishna,P (2737) Geneva 2017}) 19. Rac1 Be6
20. Rc5 b6 21. Rxc8+ Rxc8 22. Rc1 Rxc1 23. Kxc1 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KB-KB}
Kf8 24. Kd2 Ke7 25. Ke3 h6 26. h4 Bd7 27. Be2 f5 28. f4 h5 29. b4 b5 30. g3 a6
{Weighted Error Value: White=0.03/Black=0.04} 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.21"]
[Round "9.46"]
[White "Valsecchi, Alessio"]
[Black "Borisek, Jure"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Italy"]
[BlackTeam "Slovenia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ITA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SLO"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. h3 a6 8. Ba4
Ba7 9. Re1 Ne7 10. Nbd2 Ng6 11. Nf1 d5 12. Ng3 c6 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. d4 exd4 15.
Nxd4 Be6 16. Bc2 Qc7 17. Ne4 Rae8 18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. c4 Bb8 20. g3 Nh4 21. cxd5
Nf3+ 22. Kh1 cxd5 23. Ng5 Nxg5 24. Bxg5 Rxf2 25. Bxh7+ Kh8 26. Bf4 Rxf4 27. Qh5
1-0

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.21"]
[Round "9.47"]
[White "Skoberne, Jure"]
[Black "Sonis, Francesco"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2562"]
[BlackElo "2536"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Slovenia"]
[BlackTeam "Italy"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SLO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ITA"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Nb5 Na6 7. Be2 c6 8. Nc3
Qb6 9. Rb1 c5 10. O-O cxd4 11. exd4 Bf5 12. a3 Rac8 13. h3 Rfd8 14. Ne5 Ne4 15.
f3 Nec5 16. dxc5 Qxc5+ 17. Kh1 Bxe5 18. Bxe5 d4 19. Bxd4 Rxd4 20. Qe1 Nc7 21.
Rf2 Nd5 22. Nxd5 Rxd5 23. Rc1 Qe3 24. Bd3 Rxd3 0-1

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.21"]
[Round "9.48"]
[White "Lodici, Lorenzo"]
[Black "Sebenik, Matej"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A65"]
[WhiteElo "2529"]
[BlackElo "2509"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Italy"]
[BlackTeam "Slovenia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ITA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SLO"]

{[%evp 18,128,28,29,17,21,31,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-52,-53,-59,0,0,0,-20,-32,-24,-27,
-24,0,0,0,-83,-49,-60,-84,-77,-78,-87,-73,-211,-121,-124,-111,-168,-174,-219,
-209,-260,-263,-354,-337,-373,-308,-361,-347,-332,-237,-236,-242,-229,-231,
-251,-244,-235,-235,-235,-214,-220,-190,-237,-236,-399,-399,-399,-358,-443,
-443,-440,-325,-444,-433,-829,-505,-505,-505,-875,-814,-918,-906,-899,-899,
-899,-899,-899,-899,-899,-819,-932,-885,-877,-574,-870,-858,-1245,-1245,-29975,
-29976,-29976,-29977,-4622,-4622,-29981,-29982,-29985,-29986]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4
g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Nge2 c5 7. d5 e6 8. Ng3 exd5 9. cxd5 a6 10.
a4 h5 {A65: Modern Benoni: 6 e4.} 11. Be2 Nh7 {is the legacy move (11...h4).}
12. Bf4 Qe7 {The position is equal.} 13. Qd2 h4 14. Nf1 {[#]} g5 $146 ({
Predecessor:} 14... Nd7 15. Bh6 Ne5 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Ne3 f5 18. f4 Nf7 19.
exf5 Bxf5 20. Nxf5+ gxf5 {1/2-1/2 (57) Coleman,T (2393)-Liang,A (2248)
Mashantucket 2014}) 15. Be3 f5 16. exf5 (16. g3 $11) 16... Bxf5 $15 17. g3 Nd7
(17... h3 $1 $15 18. g4 Bg6) 18. gxh4 $11 gxh4 19. Rg1 {aiming for Bh6.} Kh8
20. Rxg7 Qxg7 21. Bh6 $1 {[%cal Rh6g7]} Qe5 {White must now prevent ...Rf7.}
22. Bxf8 Rxf8 23. O-O-O (23. f4 $11 {keeps the balance.} Qg7 24. O-O-O) 23...
Bg6 $1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black fights for an advantage.} 24. Qh6 Qg5+ 25. Qxg5
Nxg5 26. Nd2 Ne5 $1 27. Nc4 (27. Rf1 $17) 27... Nxc4 ({Weaker is} 27... Nexf3
28. Nxd6 b6 29. a5 $14) ({Black should play} 27... Ngxf3 $19 28. Rf1 Nxc4 29.
Bxc4 Kg7) 28. Rg1 Bd3 29. Bxd3 (29. Rxg5 $17 Bxe2 30. Nxe2) 29... Nxf3 $19 30.
Rf1 Ne3 {[%cal Re3f1]} 31. Rf2 {Threatens to win with Be2.} Ng4 {[%mdl 64]
Double Attack} 32. Rg2 Nfxh2 (32... Ngxh2 $2 33. Ne4 $19) 33. Be2 {[#]} Rf2 $1
34. Rxg4 (34. Rxf2 Nxf2) 34... Nxg4 35. Bxg4 Rh2 36. Ne4 {[#]} h3 $1 37. Nxd6 {
[#]} Rh1+ $1 38. Kd2 h2 {Strongly threatening ...Rf1.} 39. Bf3 Rf1 {[%mdl 1024]
Black has strong compensation.} 40. Be4 Rf4 {...Rxe4! is the strong threat.}
41. Bh1 b6 42. a5 bxa5 43. Ne4 $2 (43. Nb7) 43... Rf1 44. Bg2 {[#] intending
d6.} Kg7 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 45. Kc3 (45. b3 Rb1) 45... Rg1 46. Bf3 Kf7 47. Kc4
Rc1+ 48. Nc3 (48. Kd3 $142) 48... a4 49. Kd3 Ke7 50. Ne4 (50. Nxa4 $142 Kd6 51.
Nc3) 50... c4+ 51. Kd4 Rb1 52. d6+ Kd8 53. Nc3 Rxb2 54. Nxa4 Rd2+ 55. Kxc4 Rxd6
56. Kc5 Rd3 57. Be4 Re3 58. Bg2 Kc7 59. Nb6 Rc3+ 60. Kb4 Rg3 61. Na8+ Kb8 62.
Bc6 Rg1 63. Ka5 Ka7 64. Nb6 Rg5+ {Weighted Error Value: White=0.80/Black=0.19}
0-1

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.21"]
[Round "9.49"]
[White "Druska, Juraj"]
[Black "Pelletier, Yannick"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2508"]
[BlackElo "2564"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Slovakia"]
[BlackTeam "Switzerland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SVK"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SUI"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. f3 e6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. e5 Nfd7 6. f4 c5 7. Nf3 Nc6 8. Be3 a6
9. Be2 b5 10. a3 Be7 11. Qd2 O-O 12. O-O Bb7 13. Nd1 cxd4 14. Nxd4 Qc7 15. Nf2
Nc5 16. Rac1 Rfd8 17. Rfd1 Ne4 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. Qc3 Rdc8 20. Nxc6 Bxc6 21. Qd4
Bd5 22. c3 Rab8 23. Qa7 Rb7 24. Qd4 Rd8 25. Bf2 Bb3 26. Qxe4 Bxd1 27. Rxd1
Rxd1+ 28. Bxd1 Bc5 29. Bf3 Rb8 30. h4 Rd8 31. h5 g6 32. Kf1 Bxf2 33. Kxf2 Kg7
34. Kg3 Rd2 35. Qb4 Qd8 36. b3 g5 37. Qe4 gxf4+ 38. Qxf4 h6 39. Bb7 Rd3+ 40.
Kh2 Rxc3 0-1

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.21"]
[Round "9.50"]
[White "Georgiadis, Nico"]
[Black "Petenyi, Tamas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C60"]
[WhiteElo "2553"]
[BlackElo "2458"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Switzerland"]
[BlackTeam "Slovakia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SUI"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SVK"]

{[%evp 11,117,35,45,29,31,27,49,56,64,32,35,18,15,0,40,35,37,22,109,41,133,131,
114,112,105,107,106,103,107,75,143,159,125,147,130,147,142,134,142,129,204,172,
197,203,210,198,231,216,206,191,191,189,172,187,181,177,175,135,150,123,149,
101,137,135,167,182,190,196,542,508,507,254,476,444,705,684,833,806,759,733,
711,599,592,273,592,842,3003,3481,29953,29950,29952,29952,11301,5612,29953,
29954,29956,29957,29965,29969,29977,29978,29984,29985,29990,29991,29992,29993]
} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nge7 4. Nc3 Ng6 5. d4 exd4 6. Nxd4 Bc5 {6...Nxd4
injects fresh life into this line.} 7. Nf5 {C60: Ruy Lopez: Unusual Black 3rd
moves and 3...g6.} O-O 8. Be3 Bxe3 9. Nxe3 {White is slightly better.} d6 10.
Qd2 a6 {[#]} 11. Bxc6 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8] An interesting novelty.} ({Predecessor:
} 11. Bf1 Nge7 12. O-O-O f5 13. f4 Kh8 14. g3 fxe4 15. Nxe4 Nf5 16. Ng5 Nxe3
17. Qxe3 {0-1 (34) Bronstein,L (2380)-Bernat,M Buenos Aires 1976}) 11... bxc6
12. g3 f5 (12... Ne5 $5 {[%cal Re5f3]} 13. Qe2 Rb8 $11) 13. exf5 Bxf5 14. f4
Rb8 (14... Bh3 $11) 15. O-O-O (15. Nxf5 $16 {Strongly threatening Ne3.} Rxf5
16. O-O-O) 15... Qf6 (15... Bd7 $14) 16. Nxf5 $16 Qxf5 17. Qd4 Qf7 18. Rhe1 Ne7
19. b3 Nf5 20. Qe4 Qh5 ({Black should play} 20... c5) 21. Qxc6 Qxh2 22. Qc4+
Kh8 23. g4 Nh6 24. f5 Qh4 25. Rg1 c5 (25... a5 $16 26. Kb1 (26. Qxc7 Rbc8 $16)
26... Nxf5) 26. Rxd6 $18 Qg5+ 27. Kb2 Nxf5 28. Qxc5 {[%mdl 64] Pin} Qe3 29.
Qxe3 Nxe3 30. Rd3 Nc4+ 31. Kc1 Ne5 32. Re3 Nc6 33. g5 Rf2 34. Rge1 Kg8 35. R1e2
Rxe2 36. Rxe2 $16 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} Kf7 37. Nd5 Nb4 38. Nxb4 Rxb4
$18 {KR-KR} 39. c4 h5 $2 (39... Rb6 40. Kc2 Rc6) 40. gxh6 $1 gxh6 41. Kc2 Rb6
$2 (41... Rb8 {was worth a try.} 42. Kd3 h5) 42. c5 Rg6 (42... Rb5 $142 43. Re5
Kf6) 43. b4 {[%cal Bb3b4,Bb4b5][%mdl 32]} h5 44. a4 h4 45. Kd3 h3 46. b5 $1 Rg2
{...Rxe2 is the strong threat.} 47. Re5 (47. bxa6 Rxe2 48. Kxe2 h2 49. Kd2 h1=Q
50. a7 Qd5+ 51. Ke2 Qc4+ 52. Kd2 Qxa4 53. Kc3 Qxa7 54. Kb4 Ke6 55. Kc4 Ke5 56.
c6 Ke4 57. Kb4 Qb6+ 58. Kc4 Qxc6+ 59. Kb3 Kd3 60. Kb4 Qb6+ 61. Ka4 Kc4 62. Ka3
Qb3#) 47... h2 $2 (47... Kg6 {is more resistant.}) 48. Rh5 axb5 49. axb5 Rg5
50. Rh7+ $1 Ke6 51. Kc4 Rg4+ 52. Kb3 (52. Kc3 $142 Rg2 53. Kb4) 52... Kd5 {[#]}
53. Rh5+ $1 {White mates.} Kd4 {[#]} 54. Kb4 $1 Rg2 55. c6 Rb2+ 56. Ka5 Kc4 57.
c7 Rxb5+ 58. Rxb5 Kd4 59. c8=Q {Weighted Error Value: White=0.13/Black=0.62}
1-0

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.21"]
[Round "9.51"]
[White "Mazur, Stefan"]
[Black "Kurmann, Oliver"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2433"]
[BlackElo "2458"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Slovakia"]
[BlackTeam "Switzerland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SVK"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SUI"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bf4 e5 8.
Bg5 a6 9. Na3 b5 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Nd5 f5 12. Bd3 Be6 13. c3 Bg7 14. Nxb5 axb5
15. Bxb5 Rc8 16. Qa4 Bd7 17. exf5 O-O 18. O-O e4 19. Qxe4 Re8 20. Qa4 Re5 21.
Rad1 Rxf5 22. f4 Rh5 23. h3 Kh8 24. Rfe1 Rh6 25. Qe4 Re6 26. Qd3 Nb8 27. a4
Bxb5 28. Qxb5 Nd7 29. Rxe6 fxe6 30. Ne3 Nc5 31. a5 Qc7 32. f5 exf5 33. Nxf5 Be5
34. Qc4 Rf8 35. Ne3 Qa7 36. Kh1 Rf4 37. Qb5 Ne4 38. Re1 Qg7 39. Kg1 Qg3 40.
Qe8+ Kg7 41. Qd7+ Kh6 42. Qe6+ Kh5 43. Qe8+ Kh6 44. Qe6+ Kg7 45. Qe7+ Kg8 46.
Qe6+ Kf8 47. Qc8+ Kf7 48. Qd7+ Kg8 49. Qe6+ Rf7 50. Qg4+ Kf8 51. Qc8+ Kg7 52.
Qg4+ Kf8 53. Qc8+ Kg7 54. Qg4+ Kf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.21"]
[Round "9.52"]
[White "Baenziger, Fabian"]
[Black "Sahidi, Samir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E18"]
[WhiteElo "2403"]
[BlackElo "2432"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Switzerland"]
[BlackTeam "Slovakia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SUI"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SVK"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 d5 8. Ne5
Nbd7 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Qa4 Nb8 11. Rd1 Re8 12. Bg5 c6 13. Rac1 a5 14. Bxf6 Bxf6
15. e4 b5 16. Qb3 a4 17. Qc2 Bxe5 18. dxe5 d4 19. Ne2 Rxe5 20. Nxd4 Qb6 21. Nf5
Na6 22. Qc3 Rae8 23. Nd6 Rc5 24. Qf3 Rf8 25. Nxb7 Rxc1 26. Rxc1 Qxb7 27. e5 Nb8
28. Qe3 Qd7 29. a3 Rd8 30. Bf3 Qe6 31. Kg2 g6 32. Rc5 Kg7 33. Qc3 Rc8 34. h4 h5
35. Qc2 Rd8 36. Qc3 Rc8 37. Qc1 Re8 38. Qc3 Rc8 39. Qc1 Re8 40. Qc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.21"]
[Round "9.53"]
[White "Laurusas, Tomas"]
[Black "Grandelius, Nils"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2553"]
[BlackElo "2669"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Lithuania"]
[BlackTeam "Sweden"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "LTU"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SWE"]

{[%evp 15,60,18,30,28,27,0,4,10,16,12,10,0,9,18,10,16,10,0,0,0,-1,0,0,0,0,0,4,
3,3,3,20,17,10,0,0,0,4,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 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. Nd2 {D85: Exchange
Grünfeld: Unusual White 7th moves and lines with 7 Nf3.} cxd4 {[#] 9...Nd7 is
setting a new trend.} 10. Nc4 Qa6 {The position is equal.} (10... Qxc3+ $2 11.
Bd2 $18) (10... Qd8 11. cxd4) 11. cxd4 O-O 12. Rb1 b5 13. Nd2 Bd7 14. Qb3 {
[%cal Rf1b5]} Rc8 {[#]} 15. Be2 $146 ({Avoid the trap} 15. Bxb5 $2 Bxb5 16.
Qxb5 Qxb5 $19) ({Predecessor:} 15. Nf3 Qb7 16. Bxb5 Bxb5 17. Qxb5 Qxe4 18. O-O
a6 19. Qb3 e6 20. d5 Qxd5 21. Qxd5 exd5 {1/2-1/2 (31) Nguyen,N (2638)
-Grandelius,N (2691) Douglas 2019}) 15... Qa5 16. O-O {[%cal Re2b5]} ({Wrong is
} 16. Bxb5 $2 Qxb5 17. Qa3 (17. Qxb5 $2 Bxb5 18. f3 Bd3 $19) 17... Qa6 $19)
16... Bxd4 {[%mdl 64] [#] Decoy} 17. Bxd4 {Threatens to win with Nf3.} Qxd2 18.
Bd3 Be6 19. Qxb5 {aiming for Qe5.} Nc6 20. Be3 a6 {And now ...Qxe3 would win.}
21. Bxd2 axb5 22. Bxb5 Bxa2 23. Bxc6 Rxc6 24. Rbc1 (24. Rb7 {is interesting.}
Bc4 25. Re1 Rd8 26. Bf4 Kf8 27. Ra1) 24... Rxc1 25. Rxc1 $11 {[%mdl 4096]
Endgame KRB-KRB} Rb8 26. f3 Rb1 27. Rxb1 Bxb1 28. h4 h5 29. Bb4 Kf8 30. Kf2 Ke8
{Not much happened in this game.  Weighted Error Value: White=0.01/Black=0.02}
1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.21"]
[Round "9.54"]
[White "Hillarp Persson, Tiger"]
[Black "Kazakouski, Valery"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2528"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sweden"]
[BlackTeam "Lithuania"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SWE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "LTU"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 e6 3. Bg2 d5 4. O-O Be7 5. c4 O-O 6. d4 c6 7. Nbd2 b6 8. Qc2
Bb7 9. e4 Na6 10. a3 c5 11. exd5 exd5 12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. b4 Nce4 14. Bb2 Nxd2
15. Nxd2 Qc8 16. Rfe1 Re8 17. Rac1 Qd7 18. Qd3 Rad8 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. cxd5 Bxd5
21. Bxd5 Qxd5 22. Qxd5 Rxd5 23. Nf1 Kf8 24. Ne3 Re5 25. Red1 a5 26. Nd5 axb4
27. axb4 Rd8 28. Nxb6 Rb5 29. Rxd8+ Bxd8 30. Rc8 Ke7 31. Nc4 Rxb4 32. Ne3 Rb5
33. Kg2 f5 34. Kf3 Kd7 35. Ra8 Bc7 36. Rh8 f4 37. Ng4 fxg3 38. hxg3 Rf5+ 39.
Ke4 Rg5 40. Nf6+ Ke6 41. Nxh7 f5+ 42. Kf3 Rg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.21"]
[Round "9.55"]
[White "Klabis, Rokas"]
[Black "Blomqvist, Erik"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2353"]
[BlackElo "2542"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Lithuania"]
[BlackTeam "Sweden"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "LTU"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SWE"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Qd2 Nf6 8. f3
Be7 9. O-O-O b5 10. Kb1 Bb7 11. Bf4 e5 12. Nf5 exf4 13. Nd5 Qb8 14. Nxg7+ Kf8
15. Nf5 Qe5 16. Nxf4 h5 17. Nd3 Qc7 18. e5 Nd5 19. f4 Na5 20. Nxe7 Nc4 21. Qf2
Kxe7 22. f5 Rac8 23. Re1 Qa5 24. e6 dxe6 25. fxe6 f6 26. Nf4 Nd2+ 27. Kc1 Nxf4
28. Qxf4 Nb3+ 29. Kd1 Rhd8+ 30. Bd3 Rxd3+ 31. cxd3 Qxa2 32. Qb4+ Ke8 33. Ke2
Qxb2+ 34. Ke3 Qe5+ 35. Kf2 Rc2+ 0-1

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.21"]
[Round "9.56"]
[White "Johansson, Linus"]
[Black "Brazdzionis, Andrius"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A32"]
[WhiteElo "2479"]
[BlackElo "2356"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sweden"]
[BlackTeam "Lithuania"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SWE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "LTU"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Nxd5 7. e4 Nxc3 8.
bxc3 a6 9. Qf3 Qc7 10. Be2 Bd6 11. h4 Nd7 12. h5 h6 13. O-O Nf6 14. a4 Qa5 15.
g3 Bd7 16. Rd1 Qc7 17. a5 Rc8 18. Bd2 Be5 19. Rdb1 O-O 20. Rb6 Bxd4 21. cxd4
Qc2 22. Bb4 Rfe8 23. Bd3 Qb2 24. Rd1 Ba4 25. Rd2 Qa1+ 26. Kh2 Nh7 27. Bc5 Ng5
28. Qe2 Qc1 29. Kg2 e5 30. f3 f5 31. Rb1 Qc3 32. Bb4 Qxd4 33. Bxa6 fxe4 34. f4
exf4 35. Rxd4 f3+ 36. Kf2 fxe2 37. Bxb7 e3+ 38. Kxe2 Bb5+ 39. Ke1 Bc6 40. Bxc6
Rxc6 41. Ke2 Rc2+ 42. Kd3 Ra2 43. Kc3 Rb8 44. Kb3 Rxa5 45. Rb2 Ne6 46. Rc4 Rxh5
47. Kc3 Rhb5 48. Ra2 Nc7 49. Rxc7 Rxb4 50. Re7 e2 51. Ra3 Rb2 52. g4 R8b7 53.
Re4 R2b4 54. Rxe2 Rxg4 0-1

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.21"]
[Round "9.57"]
[White "Gretarsson, Hjorvar Steinn"]
[Black "Saraci, Nderim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2574"]
[BlackElo "2486"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Iceland"]
[BlackTeam "Kosovo"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "KOS"]

{[%evp 21,115,29,35,29,36,22,33,28,26,15,14,14,18,8,9,0,-4,0,8,0,0,0,0,-36,-27,
-89,-88,-89,-72,-70,-70,-74,-74,-74,-74,-74,-77,-74,-47,-53,-46,-45,-47,-55,
-64,-64,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,29,29,29,29,29,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,
0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4
5. Nxd4 g6 6. e4 Bg7 7. Be3 O-O 8. Be2 d6 9. h3 Bd7 10. O-O Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bc6
12. Qc2 {B38: Sicilian: Maroczy Bind with 5...Bg7 and 7...0-0.} a5 13. Rad1 Nd7
14. Be3 {White is slightly better.} a4 15. Nd5 {[#]} e6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 
15... Rc8 16. Nb4 Qa5 17. Nxc6 Rxc6 18. Rd5 Nc5 19. Rb1 Ra8 20. f4 Qc7 21. Kh1
e6 {1-0 (49) Glavina,P (2394)-Moreno Gracia,D (2309) Aragon 2018}) 16. Nb4 Qc7
17. Rd2 Nc5 18. Bf3 Be5 19. Rfd1 Rfc8 20. h4 Be8 21. Bd4 Bf4 22. Re2 Nd7 23. b3
(23. Nd3 $11 {keeps the balance.} Be5 24. Nxe5 Nxe5 25. Bxe5 dxe5 26. Rc1)
23... Ne5 $17 24. Qc3 axb3 25. axb3 b5 $1 {[%cal Rb5c4]} 26. g3 Bh6 27. Bxe5
dxe5 28. Nd3 bxc4 29. bxc4 Qxc4 30. Qxc4 Rxc4 31. Nxe5 Rc3 {[#] And now ...Bg7
would win.} 32. Bg2 Bg7 33. Ng4 h5 (33... Ra4 $15) 34. e5 $11 {Hoping for Nf6+.
} Rac8 35. Nf6+ Bxf6 36. exf6 Ba4 37. Rd4 Rc1+ 38. Kh2 Bc6 39. Red2 Bd5 40.
Bxd5 exd5 41. Rxd5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} R8c6 42. Rd6 Kh7 43. Kg2 (43.
f3 {seems wilder.} R1c5 44. g4 Rxd6 45. Rxd6 g5 46. hxg5 Rxg5 47. gxh5 Rxh5+
48. Kg3) 43... Kh6 44. f3 g5 45. hxg5+ Kxg5 46. f4+ (46. R2d5+ {is more
complex.} Kg6 47. Rxc6 Rxc6 48. f4 Rxf6 49. Rg5+) 46... Kg4 {The position is
equal.} 47. R6d5 {[%csl Gf4][%cal Rd5g5] [#]} R1c5 48. Rxc5 Rxc5 {KR-KR} 49.
Kf2 Kf5 50. Rd6 Kg6 51. Kg2 Rf5 52. Kh3 Rxf6 53. Rd8 Rf5 54. Kh4 Ra5 55. Rg8+
Kf6 56. Kh3 Rb5 57. Rc8 Kg6 58. Ra8 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.06/Black=0.
03} 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.21"]
[Round "9.58"]
[White "Uruci, Endrit"]
[Black "Stefansson, Hannes"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2322"]
[BlackElo "2519"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Kosovo"]
[BlackTeam "Iceland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "KOS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISL"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f3 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Be7 11. h4 Bc6 12. g4 h5 13. gxh5 Nxh5 14. Bxe7
Qxe7 15. Bh3 Rd8 16. Bg4 e5 17. Qe3 g6 18. Ne2 d5 19. exd5 Rxd5 20. Rxd5 Bxd5
21. Bxh5 Rxh5 22. Ng3 Rxh4 23. Rxh4 Qxh4 24. Qxe5+ Kf8 25. Qxd5 Qxg3 26. b3 Qc7
27. Kb2 Ke7 28. c4 f5 29. b4 Kf6 30. Kb3 g5 31. Qd4+ Kg6 32. b5 axb5 33. cxb5
g4 34. fxg4 Qf7+ 35. Kb4 f4 36. Qe4+ Kg5 37. Qf3 Qe7+ 38. Kc4 Qe6+ 39. Kd3 Qd7+
40. Kc4 b6 41. a4 Qd2 42. Qh3 Qe2+ 43. Kd4 f3 44. Qh5+ Kf4 45. g5 Qe4+ 46. Kc3
f2 47. Qh4+ Ke3 48. Qg3+ Ke2 49. Qh2 Qe3+ 50. Kc2 Qxg5 51. a5 Ke1 0-1

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.21"]
[Round "9.59"]
[White "Gretarsson, Helgi Ass"]
[Black "Makolli, Perparim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "2476"]
[BlackElo "2245"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Iceland"]
[BlackTeam "Kosovo"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "KOS"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 g6 5. e3 Bg7 6. d4 cxd4 7. exd4 d6 8. Nge2
Bd7 9. h3 Na5 10. b3 Bc6 11. d5 Bd7 12. O-O a6 13. Be3 b5 14. cxb5 axb5 15. Nd4
b4 16. Nce2 O-O 17. Qd2 Rb8 18. Rac1 Ne8 19. Rfe1 Nc7 20. Bg5 Re8 21. Nc2 Na6
22. Ned4 Qb6 23. Bxe7 Nc7 24. Qf4 Be5 25. Qh4 Nb5 26. Nxb5 Qxb5 27. Nxb4 f6 28.
Rxe5 fxe5 29. Bxd6 Rbc8 30. Rxc8 Bxc8 31. Qf6 Qb6 32. Be4 Nb7 33. Bxg6 Nxd6 34.
Bf7+ 1-0

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.21"]
[Round "9.60"]
[White "Saraci, Korab"]
[Black "Kjartansson, Gudmundur"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B18"]
[WhiteElo "2149"]
[BlackElo "2443"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Kosovo"]
[BlackTeam "Iceland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "KOS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISL"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nh3 Nf6 8. c3
e6 9. Nf4 Bh7 10. Nfh5 Nbd7 11. Bc4 Nxh5 12. Nxh5 Nf6 13. Bf4 Nxh5 14. Qxh5 Bd6
15. Qg4 Bxf4 16. Qxf4 O-O 17. Rh3 a5 18. Rd1 a4 19. Rg3 Kh8 20. Qg4 Rg8 21. Bd3
Bxd3 22. Rdxd3 Qd5 23. a3 Qa2 24. Rd2 Qb1+ 25. Qd1 Qe4+ 26. Qe2 Qxh4 27. Qe5 f6
28. Qc7 e5 29. dxe5 Rae8 30. Re2 Qh1+ 31. Kd2 Qb1 32. f4 Qxb2+ 33. Ke1 Qc1+ 34.
Kf2 Qxf4+ 35. Rf3 Qh4+ 36. Kg1 Rxe5 37. Rxe5 fxe5 38. Qxe5 Qc4 39. Rf4 Qb3 40.
Rh4 Qd1+ 41. Kh2 Kh7 42. Qe4+ g6 43. Qxa4 Qxa4 44. Rxa4 g5 45. Ra7 Rg7 46. a4
Kg6 47. a5 Rf7 48. Kg3 h5 49. Kh2 Rf5 50. Kg3 Rb5 51. Ra8 Rc5 52. c4 Rxc4 53.
Rg8+ Kf6 54. Rf8+ Ke6 55. Rg8 Rc3+ 0-1

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.21"]
[Round "9.61"]
[White "Djukic, Nikola"]
[Black "Pancevski, Filip"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2519"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Montenegro"]
[BlackTeam "Macedonia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "MNE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "MKD"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

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 Bg7 16. Bd3 c6 17. Bg5 Nf8 18. Qd2 Ne6 19. Be3 Nd7 20. Red1 Qc7 21. Bf1 Rad8
22. axb5 cxb5 23. d5 Nec5 24. Qc2 Nb6 25. Nd2 Ncd7 26. c4 Rc8 27. Rdc1 bxc4 28.
Bxc4 Nxc4 29. Nxc4 f5 30. exf5 Bxd5 31. b3 Qb7 32. fxg6 Bxg2 33. gxh7+ Kh8 34.
Qf5 Rxc4 35. Rxc4 Rf8 36. Qg6 Rf6 37. Qg4 Bf3 38. Rb4 Bxg4 39. Rxb7 Bxh3 40.
Rxa6 Rg6 41. Kh2 Bg4 42. f3 1-0

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.21"]
[Round "9.62"]
[White "Nikolovski, Nikola"]
[Black "Draskovic, Luka"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2401"]
[BlackElo "2469"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Macedonia"]
[BlackTeam "Montenegro"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "MKD"]
[BlackTeamCountry "MNE"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nge2 Be7 5. g3 c6 6. a4 Na6 7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O
Nb4 9. h3 d5 10. exd5 exd4 11. Nxd4 Nfxd5 12. Nxd5 Nxd5 13. a5 a6 14. c3 Bf6
15. Re1 Re8 16. Rxe8+ Qxe8 17. Kh2 Bd7 18. Bxd5 cxd5 19. Be3 Bxd4 20. Bxd4 Qe6
21. Qf1 Re8 22. Be3 Qf5 23. Re1 h5 24. Rd1 Rxe3 25. fxe3 Qc2+ 26. Kg1 Bxh3 27.
Rc1 Qxb2 28. Rb1 Qa2 29. Ra1 Qb2 30. Rb1 Qc2 31. Rc1 Qd2 32. Rd1 Qxe3+ 33. Qf2
Qxc3 34. Rxd5 Bg4 35. Kh2 Qc7 36. Qd4 Qc2+ 37. Kg1 Bf3 38. Rd8+ Kh7 39. Qd2
Qc5+ 40. Kh2 Be4 41. Rd4 Qf5 42. Qe2 Bc6 43. Rf4 Qd5 44. Qf1 Kg8 45. Rf5 Qd2+
46. Kg1 Bb5 47. Qf4 Qd1+ 48. Kh2 Bc6 49. Qf1 Qxf1 50. Rxf1 g6 51. Kg1 Kg7 52.
Rf4 f5 53. Rd4 Kf7 54. Rd6 Be8 55. Rd8 Ke7 56. Rb8 Bc6 57. Kf2 Kf6 58. Ke3 Kg5
59. Rg8 Be4 60. Rg7 Kf6 61. Rg8 Bd5 62. Rd8 Bc6 63. Rd6+ Kg5 64. Re6 Be4 65.
Rd6 Bc2 66. Rb6 Be4 67. Rd6 Bc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.21"]
[Round "9.63"]
[White "Blagojevic, Dragisa"]
[Black "Lazov, Toni"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2467"]
[BlackElo "2393"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Montenegro"]
[BlackTeam "Macedonia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "MNE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "MKD"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 Nc6 6. Nc3 Bxc3 7. Bxc3 Ne4 8.
Qc2 Nxc3 9. Qxc3 O-O 10. Bg2 d6 11. d5 Nb8 12. dxe6 fxe6 13. Nd4 e5 14. Nc2 Nc6
15. Rd1 Bg4 16. Rd2 Rae8 17. O-O Kh8 18. b4 e4 19. Ne3 Qg5 20. b5 Nd8 21. Qd4
b6 22. Bxe4 Bh3 23. Bg2 Bxg2 24. Kxg2 Ne6 25. Qg4 Qh6 26. Rd5 g6 27. h4 Qg7 28.
h5 gxh5 29. Qxg7+ Nxg7 30. Rfd1 h4 31. g4 Ne6 32. Rf5 Rxf5 33. Nxf5 Nf4+ 34.
Kf3 Nxe2 35. Nxh4 Nc3 36. Rd3 Ne4 37. Nf5 h5 38. gxh5 Re5 39. Kf4 Nxf2 40. Re3
Kh7 41. Rxe5 Nd3+ 42. Ke4 Nxe5 43. Kd5 Kh8 44. Nd4 Kh7 45. Ne6 Kh6 46. Nxc7
Kxh5 47. Ne8 Kg5 48. Nxd6 Kf4 49. Nc8 Nd3 50. Nxa7 Nb4+ 51. Kd4 Nxa2 52. Nc8
Kf5 53. Nxb6 Ke6 54. c5 Ke7 55. c6 Kd6 56. Nc4+ 1-0

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.21"]
[Round "9.64"]
[White "Risteski, Emil"]
[Black "Potpara, Nikola"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C26"]
[WhiteElo "2315"]
[BlackElo "2374"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Macedonia"]
[BlackTeam "Montenegro"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "MKD"]
[BlackTeamCountry "MNE"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. g3 Bc5 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O a6 7. d3 Be6 8. h3 h6
9. Kh2 Qd7 10. Nd2 h5 11. Nd5 Bxd5 12. exd5 Ne7 13. Ne4 Nxe4 14. dxe4 h4 15. g4
Ng6 16. Qf3 Qe7 17. c3 c6 18. b4 Bb6 19. dxc6 bxc6 20. Rd1 O-O 21. Bf1 a5 22.
b5 cxb5 23. Bxb5 Rfc8 24. Ba4 Nf8 25. Bb3 Ra7 26. Rb1 Bc5 27. Bd2 Ne6 28. Kg2
g6 29. Bd5 Kg7 30. Rb2 Ng5 31. Bxg5 Qxg5 32. Rdb1 Qf6 33. Rb7 Rc7 34. Rb8 Qxf3+
35. Kxf3 Kf6 36. Rh8 Kg5 37. Rbb8 Ba3 38. c4 Bc1 39. Rbg8 Ra6 40. Rh5+ Kf6 41.
Rxh4 Rc5 42. Rh7 Rxd5 43. cxd5 g5 44. Rc8 1-0

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.21"]
[Round "9.65"]
[White "Kanyamarala, Tarun"]
[Black "Mehmeti, Dritan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2321"]
[BlackElo "2391"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ireland"]
[BlackTeam "Albania"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IRL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ALB"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3 Re8 8. h3
Nbd7 9. Nf3 Nf8 10. Qc2 h6 11. Bf4 Ne6 12. Be5 c5 13. dxc5 Nxc5 14. O-O a6 15.
Rfd1 Be6 16. Rac1 Rc8 17. Qe2 Qa5 18. Bb1 Nce4 19. Nd2 Nxc3 20. Bxc3 Qa4 21.
Bc2 Qh4 22. Qf1 b5 23. g4 Nxg4 24. hxg4 Qxg4+ 25. Qg2 b4 26. Ba4 bxc3 27. Bxe8
cxd2 28. Qxg4 dxc1=Q 29. Bxf7+ Kxf7 30. Qh5+ g6 31. Qf3+ Bf6 32. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 33.
Kg2 Rc4 34. b3 Rg4+ 35. Kf1 h5 36. Qe2 h4 37. Qxa6 h3 38. Qb7+ Be7 39. Qc7 d4
40. exd4 Rxd4 41. Ke2 Rh4 42. Qh2 g5 43. Kd3 Rf4 44. Qg3 Kf6 45. Ke2 Bd6 46.
Kf1 Be5 47. a4 Bd4 48. Qd3 h2 49. Qh7 Rh4 0-1

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.21"]
[Round "9.66"]
[White "Pasko, Llambi"]
[Black "Jessel, Stephen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2417"]
[BlackElo "2297"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Albania"]
[BlackTeam "Ireland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ALB"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IRL"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6 3. e4 Bb7 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qc2 Qh4 6. Bd3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 f5 8. g3
Qh5 9. f3 Ne7 10. Ba3 Nbc6 11. O-O-O fxe4 12. fxe4 d6 13. Rf1 O-O-O 14. Nf3
Rhf8 15. Be2 Na5 16. Kb1 Qg6 17. Nd2 c5 18. d5 Kb8 19. Nb3 Nxb3 20. axb3 Bc8
21. b4 e5 22. bxc5 dxc5 23. g4 Qd6 24. Bc1 Ng6 25. Bg5 Rde8 26. Qd2 Nf4 27.
Bxf4 exf4 28. Bf3 Qe5 29. Qd3 Rf6 30. Rf2 Re7 31. Ra2 Bd7 32. Rd1 Rd6 33. Ka1
Be8 34. h4 Bd7 35. g5 Bc8 36. Rb1 Rd8 37. Rf1 Rf7 38. g6 hxg6 39. Rg1 Qd6 40.
Rg5 Re8 41. h5 Rf6 42. hxg6 Re5 43. Rxe5 Qxe5 44. Rh2 Rxg6 45. Rh5 Rg5 46. Rxg5
Qxg5 47. d6 Be6 48. e5 Qxe5 49. d7 Bxd7 50. Qxd7 Qxc3+ 51. Kb1 Qb3+ 52. Ka1
Qa3+ 53. Kb1 Qxf3 54. Qd8+ Kb7 55. Qd7+ Ka6 56. Qb5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.21"]
[Round "9.67"]
[White "Nemeth, Zalan"]
[Black "Ashiku, Franc"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2163"]
[BlackElo "2419"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ireland"]
[BlackTeam "Albania"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IRL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ALB"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. d3 e5 6. Rb1 a5 7. a3 d6 8. b4 axb4
9. axb4 c6 10. e4 Be6 11. Nge2 d5 12. exd5 cxd5 13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. O-O Nc6 15.
b5 Nce7 16. Ne4 Qb6 17. Nd2 Nf5 18. Nc4 Qc7 19. Bb2 Rfd8 20. Rc1 Qb8 21. Ra1
Qc7 22. Qb1 Nd4 23. Re1 Qc5 24. Rxa8 Rxa8 25. Nc3 Nxc3 26. Bxc3 e4 27. Bxe4
Ne2+ 28. Rxe2 Bxc3 29. Ra2 Re8 30. Rc2 Bd4 31. Na5 Qh5 32. Bxb7 Bh3 33. Be4
Rxe4 0-1

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.21"]
[Round "9.68"]
[White "Seitaj, Ilir"]
[Black "Kanyamarala, Trisha"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2351"]
[BlackElo "2089"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "160"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Albania"]
[BlackTeam "Ireland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ALB"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IRL"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. g3 d6 5. d4 cxd4 6. exd6 Qxd6 7. Bg2 Nc6 8. Ne2
Bg4 9. f3 Bf5 10. Nxd4 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 e5 12. Qa4+ Bd7 13. Qb3 Nb6 14. a4 Qc5 15.
Qc2 Nd5 16. Qe2 Be7 17. Nd2 Ne3 18. Ne4 Nxg2+ 19. Qxg2 Qc8 20. Be3 f5 21. Nd2
O-O 22. Qe2 Be6 23. Qb5 Qc7 24. f4 Bd6 25. Rf1 Rfe8 26. O-O-O e4 27. Rfe1 b6
28. Kc2 Rf8 29. Bd4 Rac8 30. b3 Qf7 31. Kb2 Rfd8 32. Be3 Bc5 33. Bxc5 bxc5 34.
Nf1 Qc7 35. Qa6 Bf7 36. Ne3 Rb8 37. c4 Rxd1 38. Rxd1 Rb6 39. Qxb6 axb6 40. Nxf5
h6 41. h4 e3 42. Nxe3 Qe7 43. Nd5 Qe2+ 44. Kc1 Bxd5 45. cxd5 Kf8 46. d6 Ke8 47.
d7+ Kd8 48. Rd6 Qe3+ 49. Kc2 Qxg3 50. Rxb6 Kxd7 51. a5 Qf2+ 52. Kd3 Qd4+ 53.
Kc2 Kc7 54. h5 Qxf4 55. Rg6 Qe4+ 56. Kc3 Qb4+ 57. Kc2 Qxa5 58. Rxg7+ Kc6 59.
Rg6+ Kb5 60. Rxh6 Kb4 61. Rg6 Qa2+ 62. Kd3 Qxb3+ 63. Ke4 Qf7 64. Rb6+ Kc3 65.
h6 c4 66. Ke5 Kd2 67. Rd6+ Kc2 68. Rf6 Qh5+ 69. Ke6 c3 70. Ke7 Kb2 71. Rb6+ Ka3
72. Rc6 Kb4 73. Rb6+ Kc5 74. Ra6 Qh4+ 75. Kd7 Qh3+ 76. Kc7 Qh2+ 77. Kd7 c2 78.
Rc6+ Kb5 79. Rc8 Qxh6 80. Rxc2 Qh7+ 0-1

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.21"]
[Round "9.69"]
[White "Agopov, Mikael"]
[Black "Tate, Alan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2342"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Finland"]
[BlackTeam "Scotland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FIN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SCO"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. Nc4 Nd7 8.
Be3 Bxe3 9. Nxe3 Re8 10. O-O Nf8 11. Kh1 a5 12. a4 c5 13. g3 Ra6 14. Qe1 Rf6
15. Nd2 Rh6 16. f3 b6 17. Ndc4 Bb7 18. Rf2 Rg6 19. Qd2 h6 20. Raf1 Nh7 21. b3
Ng5 22. Nf5 Nh3 23. Rg2 Rf6 24. Nce3 h5 25. Re2 g6 26. Nh4 Kh7 27. Ree1 Rfe6
28. Nhg2 R6e7 29. Qd1 Rd7 30. Qe2 Ng5 31. h4 Ne6 32. Kh2 Kg8 33. Qf2 Ng7 34. f4
exf4 35. Nxf4 Rf8 36. Re2 Ba8 37. g4 hxg4 38. Nxg4 Kh7 39. e5 Rd4 40. Nf6+ Kh8
41. Qg3 Nf5 42. Qg5 1-0

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.21"]
[Round "9.70"]
[White "Bremner, Adam"]
[Black "Nyysti, Sampsa"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2204"]
[BlackElo "2325"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Scotland"]
[BlackTeam "Finland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SCO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FIN"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nge2 a6 4. g3 b5 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. O-O Nc6 7. f4 Qb6 8. d3 h5
9. h3 Nge7 10. f5 exf5 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. exd5 Ne7 13. c4 g6 14. Bg5 f6 15. Be3
bxc4 16. dxc4 Bh6 17. Nf4 Kf7 18. b4 Rae8 19. bxc5 Qd8 20. Rb1 Ba8 21. Rb6 Nc8
22. Rxa6 Rxe3 23. Rxa8 Qc7 24. d6 Qxc5 25. Qd5+ Qxd5 26. Bxd5+ Kg7 27. c5 Rxg3+
28. Kh2 Rc3 29. c6 Bxf4+ 30. Rxf4 dxc6 31. Bxc6 Rxc6 32. d7 Rd8 33. dxc8=Q
Rdxc8 34. Ra7+ R8c7 35. Ra8 Rc2+ 36. Kg1 R7c3 37. h4 Rg3+ 38. Kh1 Rg4 39. Rxg4
hxg4 40. a4 Ra2 41. a5 f4 0-1

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.21"]
[Round "9.71"]
[White "Ronka, Erik"]
[Black "Muir, Andrew J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B65"]
[WhiteElo "2321"]
[BlackElo "2254"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Finland"]
[BlackTeam "Scotland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FIN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SCO"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8.
O-O-O O-O 9. f4 h6 10. Bh4 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Qa5 12. Bc4 e5 13. fxe5 dxe5 14. Qd3
Be6 15. Bxe6 fxe6 16. Qh3 Qb6 17. Bg3 Bb4 18. Bxe5 Bxc3 19. Bxc3 Nxe4 20. Bd4
Qc6 21. Rhe1 Rae8 22. Qe3 Nf6 23. Re2 Nd5 24. Qe5 Rf7 25. g3 a6 26. b3 b5 27.
Bb2 Ree7 28. Rde1 b4 29. Qe4 a5 30. a4 Re8 31. Bd4 Rfe7 32. Qd3 Qd7 33. Kb2 Rc8
34. Be5 Rc6 35. Qb5 Nc3 36. Bxc3 bxc3+ 37. Ka2 Qc7 38. Re5 Rd7 39. Rxe6 Rxe6
40. Rxe6 Rd2 41. Qe8+ Kh7 42. Qg6+ 1-0

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.21"]
[Round "9.72"]
[White "Gordon, Frederick"]
[Black "Kokkila, Tero"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "1739"]
[BlackElo "2283"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Scotland"]
[BlackTeam "Finland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SCO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FIN"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. d4 c5 6. dxc5 Nc6 7. Bf4 Be7 8. Be2
Nxc5 9. a3 O-O 10. Qd2 a6 11. O-O f5 12. exf6 Bxf6 13. Bg5 d4 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15.
Na2 e5 16. b4 Ne4 17. Bc4+ Kh8 18. Qe2 Nd6 19. Nd2 Nxc4 20. Nxc4 Be6 21. Nd2
Rac8 22. Nc1 Ne7 23. Ne4 Qg6 24. Nd3 Bd5 25. Rae1 Nc6 26. f3 Rce8 27. Qf2 h6
28. Qg3 Qxg3 29. hxg3 Re7 30. Rf2 Rc8 31. Rfe2 a5 32. Nd6 Rd8 33. Nf5 Rf7 34.
g4 axb4 35. axb4 e4 36. fxe4 Bc4 37. e5 Rff8 38. Nd6 Bxd3 39. cxd3 Nxb4 40.
Nxb7 Rd7 41. Nc5 Rd5 42. Ne6 Rf7 43. Rb1 Nxd3 44. Rb8+ Kh7 45. Nf8+ Rxf8 46.
Rxf8 Rxe5 47. Rd2 Nc5 48. Rxd4 Re4 49. Rxe4 Nxe4 50. Rf4 Nf6 51. Kf2 Kg6 52.
Ra4 Kf7 53. Ra7+ Kf8 54. Kf3 g5 55. g3 Kg8 56. Ke3 Kf8 57. Kd4 Nxg4 58. Ke4 Ke8
59. Kf5 Ne3+ 60. Kg6 Nf1 61. g4 Ne3 62. Ra4 1-0

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.21"]
[Round "9.73"]
[White "Dardha, Daniel"]
[Black "Toczek, Grzegorz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A61"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2296"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Belgium"]
[BlackTeam "Wales"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BEL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "WLS"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nf3 g6 7. Bf4 a6 8. a4
Bg7 9. h3 O-O 10. e3 Re8 11. Nd2 Nbd7 12. Be2 Ne5 13. Bh2 g5 14. Qc2 Nfd7 15.
O-O Nf8 16. f4 Neg6 17. f5 Ne5 18. Nce4 Bf6 19. Nxf6+ Qxf6 20. Ne4 Qd8 21. f6
h6 22. Qc3 Rb8 23. Kh1 b5 24. axb5 axb5 25. b4 Nc4 26. Nxd6 Rxe3 27. Nxf7 Qxd5
28. Bxc4 Qxg2+ 29. Kxg2 Bxh3+ 30. Kg1 Rxc3 31. Ra7 Bxf1 32. Bxf1 Rb6 33. Be5
Rf3 34. Nxh6+ Kh8 35. Bg2 Rfxf6 36. Ng4 Nh7 37. Be4 1-0

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.21"]
[Round "9.74"]
[White "Pleasants, Allan J"]
[Black "Docx, Stefan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E69"]
[WhiteElo "2001"]
[BlackElo "2432"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Wales"]
[BlackTeam "Belgium"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "WLS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BEL"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. d4 d6 4. Bg2 Nd7 5. O-O e5 6. e4 Ngf6 7. Re1 O-O 8. h3
Re8 9. c4 c6 10. Nc3 a5 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Be3 a4 13. b4 axb3 14. axb3 Rxa1 15.
Qxa1 Qe7 16. Rb1 Nc5 17. Ne1 Rd8 18. b4 Ne6 19. Bb6 Re8 20. Nd3 Nd7 21. Be3 Nd4
22. Qa5 Qe6 23. Nb2 Bf8 24. b5 Nc5 25. Nca4 cxb5 26. Nxc5 Bxc5 27. cxb5 Qb3 28.
Bxd4 Bxd4 29. Qa4 Qc3 30. Nd1 Qe1+ 0-1

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.21"]
[Round "9.75"]
[White "Beukema, Stefan"]
[Black "Garcia, Jason"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2408"]
[BlackElo "2028"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Belgium"]
[BlackTeam "Wales"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BEL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "WLS"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e6 7. g4 b5 8. Bg2
Bb7 9. a3 Nfd7 10. Be3 Nb6 11. b3 N8d7 12. Qd2 Rc8 13. Nde2 Be7 14. O-O O-O 15.
Rad1 Qc7 16. g5 Rfd8 17. f4 Nf8 18. f5 d5 19. Qd4 e5 20. Qxb6 d4 21. Qxc7 Rxc7
22. f6 Bxa3 23. Bf2 Rdc8 24. Nd5 Bxd5 25. exd5 Rxc2 26. Ng3 gxf6 27. gxf6 Ng6
28. Nf5 Kf8 29. Bg3 R8c3 30. Rf3 Rb2 31. d6 Ke8 32. d7+ Kd8 33. Nxd4 Bc5 34.
Rxc3 Bxd4+ 35. Rxd4 exd4 36. Rd3 Kxd7 37. Bd5 1-0

[Event "23rd ETCC Open 2021"]
[Site "Catez"]
[Date "2021.11.21"]
[Round "9.76"]
[White "Davis, Lee"]
[Black "Hovhannisyan, Mher"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "1972"]
[BlackElo "2419"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Wales"]
[BlackTeam "Belgium"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "WLS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BEL"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 e6 4. Bg2 b5 5. Ne5 Bb7 6. c4 bxc4 7. Nxc4 Nc6 8. Qa4
Nd7 9. Na5 Nxa5 10. Qxa5 c5 11. Qb5 Qb6 12. Nc3 cxd4 13. Qxb6 axb6 14. Nb5 Bb4+
15. Bd2 Bxd2+ 16. Kxd2 Ke7 17. Nxd4 Ra4 18. e3 Rha8 19. a3 Nc5 20. b4 Nd7 21.
Nc2 Ne5 22. Rhc1 Nc4+ 23. Kc3 b5 24. Kb3 e5 25. Rd1 Ke6 26. f4 f5 27. fxe5 Kxe5
28. Rd4 Nxe3 29. Re1 Rxa3+ 30. Nxa3 Kxd4 31. Nxb5+ Kd3 32. Bf1+ Nxf1 33. Rxf1
g6 34. Nd6 Rb8 35. b5 d4 36. Rd1+ Ke3 37. Kc4 Bf3 38. Rd3+ Kf2 39. Rxd4 Kg2 40.
Rd2+ Kh3 41. Nf7 Bg2 42. Ng5+ Kxh2 43. Nxh7 Kxg3 44. Rd6 Rg8 45. Nf6 Rc8+ 46.
Kd4 g5 47. b6 f4 48. Ne4+ Bxe4 49. Kxe4 Re8+ 50. Kd5 f3 51. Rg6 g4 52. Rf6 f2
53. b7 Kg2 54. Re6 Rb8 0-1

