[Event "13th Paracin Summer Open"] [Site "Paracin SRB"] [Date "2020.07.03"] [Round "1.13"] [White "Pasti, Aron"] [Black "Stojanovic, Mil SRB"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C94"] [WhiteElo "2325"] [BlackElo "1860"] [PlyCount "97"] [EventDate "2020.07.03"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "SRB"] [SourceTitle "TWIC 1341"] [Source "Mark Crowther"] [SourceDate "2020.07.20"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2020.07.20"] [SourceQuality "2"] {[%evp 0,97,25,23,43,10,12,12,30,-6,4,6,19,6,11,16,18,-28,-15,-8,8,11,10,-2,24, 14,16,34,19,19,29,36,72,27,82,43,98,16,31,18,54,55,56,38,65,55,48,20,32,14,15, 3,19,11,11,11,1,-40,43,20,20,27,13,28,20,20,29,-26,0,0,5,0,0,0,77,92,90,73,77, 86,117,122,255,235,242,223,269,244,285,280,1160,1243,1337,1337,1379,1379,29997, 29998,29999,-30000]} 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 {The solid Breyer} 10. a4 ({Relevant:} 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. Nf1 Bf8 14. Ng3 g6 15. b3 a5 16. a4 b4 17. cxb4 axb4 18. Bb2 Bh6 19. dxe5 dxe5 20. Bd3 Qe7 21. Qc2 Bf4 22. Ne2 Qc5 23. Nxf4 Qxc2 24. Bxc2 exf4 25. Rad1 Rad8 26. Ne5 Nxe5 27. Rxd8 Rxd8 28. Bxe5 Nh5 29. Rd1 Re8 30. Bxc7 Bxe4 31. Bxe4 Rxe4 32. a5 Re7 33. Bb6 Re6 34. a6 Rxb6 35. a7 Ra6 36. Rd8+ Kg7 37. a8=Q Rxa8 38. Rxa8 {1-0 (38) Harikrishna,P (2719)-Amin, B (2686) ICC INT 2020}) 10... Bb7 11. Bc2 c5 12. axb5 axb5 13. Rxa8 Bxa8 {[#]} 14. d4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Na3 Qa5 15. d4 Nbd7 16. Qe2 c4 17. Bd2 Bb7 18. Nh4 g6 19. Nf3 Re8 20. d5 Nc5 21. Ra1 Ra8 22. Bh6 Bc8 23. Nd2 Nh5 24. Be3 Bd7 25. Qe1 Qd8 26. b3 Nxb3 27. Nxb3 cxb3 28. Bxb3 Bg5 29. Nc2 Rxa1 30. Qxa1 Nf4 31. Qf1 Qa5 32. Qe1 Nd3 33. Qd2 Bxe3 34. Nxe3 Nc5 35. Bc2 Qa1+ {1/2-1/2 (35) Popov,V (2127)-Cvak,R (2292) ICCF email 2017}) 14... Qc7 15. d5 h6 16. Nbd2 Nh7 17. Nf1 b4 18. c4 {The pawn centre is reinforced} Bb7 19. Ng3 Re8 20. Nf5 Bf8 21. Nh2 {clearing the way for f4} Bc8 22. Ba4 Bd7 23. f4 Bxa4 24. Qxa4 Qd7 25. Qb3 {White of course is going for a middlegame kill} g6 26. Ng3 exf4 27. Bxf4 Bg7 28. Re2 f6 {Preventing e4-e5 kills the life of the Bg7} 29. Ngf1 g5 30. Bc1 f5 {Advancing the kingside pawns loosens the king shield} 31. Ng3 fxe4 32. Nxe4 Nf6 33. Qd3 Rxe4 34. Rxe4 Nxe4 35. Qxe4 Qf7 36. h4 {Starting to break down the pawn wall.} Nd7 37. hxg5 hxg5 {[#]} 38. Nf3 {White clearly has the safe king and easy targets to aim at} Nf6 39. Qf5 g4 40. Ng5 Qh5 41. Qe6+ Kh8 42. Qxd6 g3 43. Qxg3 Qd1+ 44. Kh2 Qxc1 45. Qh3+ Kg8 46. Qe6+ Kh8 47. Qc8+ Ng8 48. Nf7+ Kh7 49. Qf5# 1-0 [Event "13th Paracin Summer Open"] [Site "Paracin SRB"] [Date "2020.07.04"] [Round "2.13"] [White "Petkovic, Jovan"] [Black "Pasti, Aron"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B22"] [WhiteElo "1980"] [BlackElo "2325"] [PlyCount "92"] [EventDate "2020.07.03"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "SRB"] [SourceTitle "TWIC 1341"] [Source "Mark Crowther"] [SourceDate "2020.07.20"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2020.07.20"] [SourceQuality "2"] {[%evp 0,15,42,25,64,-6,17,3,14,13,18,25,18,26,20,-4,19,-19]} 1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nf3 e6 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 d6 {The small centre is a popular defensive formation} 7. Qb3 Nc6 8. Bc4 ({Relevant:} 8. Nc3 dxe5 9. dxe5 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Be7 11. Be2 O-O 12. O-O b6 13. Qc4 Qc7 14. Bd3 Bb7 15. Qe4 g6 16. Qf4 Na5 17. Bb2 Bxf3 18. gxf3 b5 19. Rae1 Rad8 20. Qe4 Rd5 21. f4 Rfd8 22. Re3 Qc6 23. Be2 Bc5 24. Rg3 Rd2 25. Qxc6 Nxc6 26. Bxb5 Rxb2 27. Bxc6 Rdd2 28. Rf3 Rxa2 29. Kg2 a5 30. Rb1 Bxf2 31. Rb8+ Kg7 {0-1 (31) Zenker,U (2218)-Nisipeanu,L (2691) Wunsiedel 2014}) 8... dxe5 9. dxe5 Bb4+ 10. Bd2 {[#]} Bxd2+ $146 ({ Predecessor:} 10... a5 11. O-O a4 12. Qd1 O-O 13. Nc3 Nxc3 14. bxc3 Be7 15. Qe2 Qc7 16. Qe4 Rd8 17. Rad1 b6 18. Bd3 g6 19. Bh6 Bb7 20. Qe3 Rd7 21. Bb5 Ba6 22. Rxd7 Qxd7 23. Qxb6 Bxb5 24. Qxb5 Ra5 25. Qe2 Rd5 26. h3 Qc7 27. Qc4 Rc5 28. Qxa4 Rxc3 29. Rb1 Rd3 {1-0 (29) Jahn,C-Rieks,A Suhl 1979}) 11. Nbxd2 O-O 12. O-O Rb8 13. Rac1 Nf4 {intending to target the e5-pawn for one} 14. Qe3 Ng6 15. Bb5 Bd7 16. Bxc6 Bxc6 {White pays a big price to reduce the pressure on e5} 17. Nd4 Bd5 18. f4 Qb6 19. b3 Rfd8 20. Nc4 Bxc4 21. Rxc4 a6 22. Qf2 Rd5 23. Nf3 Qa5 24. Rfc1 Rbd8 {Simple chess. Both sides have an open file but Black has the safer king} 25. Qc2 b5 26. Re4 h6 {A useful precaution} 27. a4 Qb6+ 28. Kh1 Ne7 29. Re2 Nf5 $1 {The knight has a better future than its counterpart} 30. Ree1 Rd3 {The invasion begins} 31. axb5 Qxb5 32. Qc4 Qb6 33. b4 Qb7 34. Qe4 Qb6 { Insisting on keep the queens on for maximum pressure} 35. Qc6 Qxb4 36. Qxa6 { [#]} Ne3 (36... Qxf4 $2 37. Rc4 $1 {wins the queen} Rxf3 {Black gets enough material for the queen to even keep an advantage but this was not the optimal way to convert the advantage} 38. Rxf4 Rxf4 $17 {Black can do better than this} ) (36... Re3 {is possibly best} 37. Rxe3 Nxe3 38. Re1 Qxf4 $17) 37. Qa2 Qxf4 38. Qe2 Nxg2 39. Kxg2 Rxf3 40. Qxf3 Rd2+ 41. Re2 Rxe2+ 42. Qxe2 Qxc1 43. Qb5 Qg5+ 44. Kf2 Qf5+ 45. Kg3 Kh7 46. Qc5 f6 0-1 [Event "13th Paracin Summer Open"] [Site "Paracin SRB"] [Date "2020.07.04"] [Round "3.2"] [White "Pasti, Aron"] [Black "Ernst, S."] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C92"] [WhiteElo "2325"] [BlackElo "2540"] [PlyCount "24"] [EventDate "2020.07.03"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "SRB"] [SourceTitle "TWIC 1341"] [Source "Mark Crowther"] [SourceDate "2020.07.20"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2020.07.20"] [SourceQuality "2"] 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. Ng5 Rf8 11. Nf3 Re8 12. Ng5 Rf8 1/2-1/2 [Event "13th Paracin Summer Open"] [Site "Paracin SRB"] [Date "2020.07.06"] [Round "4.5"] [White "Stankovic, Milo"] [Black "Pasti, Aron"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D02"] [WhiteElo "2454"] [BlackElo "2325"] [Annotator "Yip"] [PlyCount "73"] [EventDate "2020.07.03"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "SRB"] [SourceTitle "TWIC 1341"] [Source "Mark Crowther"] [SourceDate "2020.07.20"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2020.07.20"] [SourceQuality "2"] 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 {The London System} c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. Nbd2 Nh5 6. Be5 ({Relevant:} 6. dxc5 Nxf4 7. exf4 Qa5 8. Bd3 Qxc5 9. O-O g6 10. Nb3 Qd6 11. Qd2 Bg7 12. c3 O-O 13. Rfe1 Bg4 14. Qe3 Bxf3 15. Qxf3 e6 16. h4 h5 17. g3 Rfe8 18. Rad1 a6 19. Nd2 b5 20. Ne4 Qd7 21. Ng5 Rad8 22. Bc2 b4 23. Ba4 bxc3 24. bxc3 Qc8 25. f5 gxf5 26. c4 Nd4 27. Rxd4 Bxd4 28. Bxe8 Rxe8 29. Qxh5 Qc7 30. cxd5 Re7 31. dxe6 f6 32. Qg6+ Kf8 33. Nf3 Bc3 34. Rc1 Rxe6 35. Nd4 Rb6 {Carlsen,M (2863)-Caruana,F (2835) Lichess.org INT 2020 1-0}) 6... f6 7. Bg3 Bg4 {[#]} 8. Be2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8. c3 Qd7 9. Qa4 cxd4 10. exd4 Qe6+ 11. Be2 g5 12. Kf1 Nf4 13. Bb5 Kf7 14. h4 Bh6 15. Re1 Qf5 16. hxg5 Bxg5 17. Bxc6 bxc6 18. Qxc6 Qd3+ 19. Kg1 Ne2+ 20. Rxe2 Qxe2 21. Qxd5+ Kg6 22. Nxg5 Qe1+ 23. Nf1 fxg5 24. f4 Qe2 25. Rh6+ Kg7 26. fxg5 {1-0 (26) Rosen,E (2342)-Cameron,A (2102) Adelaide 2018}) 8... Nxg3 9. hxg3 cxd4 10. exd4 Qd7 11. Nf1 e6 12. Ne3 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 g6 14. c3 Bd6 15. Qe2 O-O 16. O-O Rae8 17. Rad1 {It is hard to believe that White has any advantage} Ne7 (17... f5 $6 {turns out to be a tough nut to crack} 18. Nc2 Re7 19. Ne1 Nd8 20. Nd3 Nf7 21. Qe3 $11) (17... Kg7 {maybe Black can make a passing move} 18. Rfe1 $11) 18. c4 $5 dxc4 19. Qxc4 b5 20. Qb3 $11 (20. Qe2 a5 $14) 20... a5 21. Rfe1 a4 (21... h5 {looks a bit loose but GM Stockfish likes it}) 22. Qd3 Kg7 (22... Rb8 $14) (22... Rc8 $14) 23. Rc1 {Should not be anything serious} (23. b3 $5) 23... Rc8 {Challenging for c-file control is understandable} (23... h5 $13) 24. Be2 b4 {Taking more space concedes the c4-square} (24... Rxc1 25. Rxc1 Rb8 $11) 25. Qa6 Bb8 $2 {The first real mistake leaves the a4-pawn dangling} (25... Ra8 26. Bb5 Qd8 27. Qb7 a3 $11) 26. Rxc8 (26. Bb5 Qd6 27. Qxd6 Bxd6 28. Rxc8 Nxc8 29. Bxa4 $16) 26... Rxc8 27. Bb5 Qxd4 28. Qxe6 {Black is clearly worse now} Qd6 29. Qe4 Qe5 $2 $18 (29... Rc7 30. Rd1 Qe5 31. Qxe5 fxe5 32. Bxa4 $16) 30. Qxb4 {Black cannot recover now} Bd6 31. Qd2 Qc5 32. Bxa4 Bb8 33. Ng4 Nd5 34. Bb3 Nb6 35. Qh6+ Kh8 36. Nxf6 Qc7 37. Ne8 1-0 [Event "13th Paracin Summer Open"] [Site "Paracin SRB"] [Date "2020.07.07"] [Round "5.14"] [White "Pasti, Aron"] [Black "Konyves, Almos"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A15"] [WhiteElo "2325"] [BlackElo "2090"] [PlyCount "63"] [EventDate "2020.07.03"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "SRB"] [SourceTitle "TWIC 1341"] [Source "Mark Crowther"] [SourceDate "2020.07.20"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2020.07.20"] [SourceQuality "2"] {[%evp 0,63,25,-26,13,13,43,12,3,9,24,15,37,25,45,40,43,48,32,50,59,53,60,79, 57,47,51,44,87,35,70,67,80,63,116,105,115,86,136,28,65,67,77,59,56,29,120,17, 53,45,44,42,63,82,100,94,144,86,346,357,363,383,387,385,385,381]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d6 3. g3 e5 4. d4 e4 5. Nfd2 c6 6. Bg2 Bf5 7. Nc3 d5 8. f3 exf3 9. Bxf3 { [#]} dxc4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... Na6 10. O-O Bh3 11. Re1 Qb6 12. c5 Nxc5 13. dxc5 Bxc5+ 14. Kh1 Bf2 15. e4 Bxe1 16. Qxe1 O-O 17. exd5 cxd5 18. Nxd5 Nxd5 19. Bxd5 Rad8 20. Bg2 Rfe8 21. Qf1 Bxg2+ 22. Kxg2 Qc6+ 23. Nf3 Qc2+ 24. Kh3 Re2 25. Bg5 h5 26. Qxe2 Qxe2 27. Bxd8 Qxf3 28. Bc7 Qf5+ 29. Kg2 Qc2+ {0-1 (29) Havelka, O (1999)-Bakalarz,M (2309) Frydek Mistek 2017}) 10. Nxc4 Bb4 11. O-O Be6 12. Ne5 h6 13. e4 Nbd7 14. Bf4 g5 15. Nxd7 Nxd7 16. Be3 Nb6 17. d5 Bh3 18. Rf2 Qe7 19. Qb3 Bc5 20. Bxc5 Qxc5 21. Ne2 cxd5 22. Rc1 Qd6 23. exd5 O-O {The castle is well ventilated} 24. Nc3 Rac8 25. Rd1 Rfe8 26. Ne4 Qg6 27. d6 Be6 28. Qd3 Bf5 29. Bh5 Bxe4 30. Bxg6 {White wins the eating contest} Bxd3 31. Bxf7+ Kg7 32. Bxe8 1-0 [Event "13th Paracin Summer Open"] [Site "Paracin SRB"] [Date "2020.07.07"] [Round "6.9"] [White "Aleksic, Nev"] [Black "Pasti, Aron"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E10"] [WhiteElo "2169"] [BlackElo "2325"] [PlyCount "77"] [EventDate "2020.07.03"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "SRB"] [SourceTitle "TWIC 1341"] [Source "Mark Crowther"] [SourceDate "2020.07.20"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2020.07.20"] [SourceQuality "2"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 {The Exchange variation} 5. Nc3 c6 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 Bf5 8. Qb3 g5 9. Bg3 Qb6 10. e3 Nbd7 ({Relevant:} 10... Na6 11. Qxb6 axb6 12. Ne5 b5 13. Bd3 Ne4 14. f3 Nxg3 15. hxg3 Be6 16. f4 Bg7 17. Kd2 Nb8 18. a3 Nd7 19. Nf3 f6 20. e4 dxe4 21. Nxe4 O-O-O 22. Rae1 Bd5 23. Nd6+ Kc7 24. Nf5 Bf8 25. fxg5 fxg5 26. Ne7 Bxe7 27. Rxe7 Kd6 28. Rg7 Rdf8 29. g4 Bxf3 30. gxf3 Rxf3 31. Bf5 Nb6 32. Rxb7 Nc4+ 33. Ke2 Re3+ 34. Kf2 Re7 35. Rxe7 Kxe7 36. Re1+ Kd6 37. Re2 h5 38. Re6+ Kd5 39. Rg6 hxg4 40. Bxg4 {Valerga,D (2452) -Mareco,S (2644) Buenos Aires 2017 1/2-1/2 (81)}) 11. Be2 Be7 12. Nd2 {[#]} O-O $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... h5 13. h4 g4 14. Na4 Qxb3 15. axb3 Bb4 16. Nc3 Rg8 17. Bf4 Nf8 18. Be5 N6d7 19. Bg3 Ne6 20. Na2 Bf8 21. b4 a6 22. Nb3 Bh7 23. Nc5 Ndxc5 24. bxc5 Be7 25. Nc1 Bd8 26. Bd3 Bxd3 27. Nxd3 Bc7 28. Bxc7 Nxc7 29. Nf4 Rh8 30. f3 gxf3 31. gxf3 Ke7 32. Kf2 Ne6 33. Nxe6 {1/2-1/2 (33) Littleton,M (1914)-Blake,J (1765) Bournemouth 2016}) 13. O-O Rfe8 14. Rfe1 Nf8 15. Rac1 Ng6 16. f3 Bf8 17. Bf1 Rac8 18. a3 h5 {Black is trying to force the issue} 19. Qxb6 axb6 20. h3 g4 21. hxg4 hxg4 22. e4 {White has ambitions too} dxe4 (22... Be6 $11) 23. fxe4 Be6 {The ending remains quite equal} 24. Nc4 (24. Bf2 $11) 24... Nh5 (24... Rcd8 25. Rcd1 b5 26. Ne3 Bh6 27. Bf2 $11 (27. Bc7 $6 Rd7 28. Bb6 $15 )) 25. Bf2 Bxc4 $6 {Giving up the nice bishop is an unnecessary concession} ( 25... b5 $5 {Keep the balance} 26. Na5 b4 27. axb4 Bxb4 28. Nxb7 g3 29. Be3 Rb8 30. Ba6 Bc8 31. Nc5 Bxc5 32. Be2 Nhf4 33. dxc5 Rxb2 34. Bf1 $11) 26. Bxc4 g3 $6 {this aggressive followup makes matters worse. The g3 pawn is weaker still and Black is not close to accomplishing anything} (26... b5 27. Bb3 Bh6 28. Rcd1 Bf4 $16) 27. Be3 b5 $18 (27... Ngf4 28. Rf1 Bh6 29. Rf3 b5 30. Bb3 Kg7 $16 31. Rcf1 {is close to lost for Black}) 28. Bb3 b4 29. axb4 Bxb4 30. Rf1 Rf8 (30... Rc7 {is also losing} 31. e5 Bxc3 32. Rxc3 $18) 31. e5 Bxc3 32. bxc3 c5 33. Bd5 (33. Bh6 $18) (33. Bd2 $18) 33... b5 {[#]} 34. e6 $1 {Best but is not the only way} Rcd8 35. exf7+ Kh7 36. Be6 Ng7 37. d5 Nxe6 38. dxe6 Rc8 39. Rf5 1-0 [Event "13th Paracin Summer Open"] [Site "Paracin SRB"] [Date "2020.07.08"] [Round "7.16"] [White "Pasti, Aron"] [Black "Nikolic, Zo2"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C98"] [WhiteElo "2325"] [BlackElo "2167"] [Annotator "Yip"] [PlyCount "103"] [EventDate "2020.07.03"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "SRB"] [SourceTitle "TWIC 1341"] [Source "Mark Crowther"] [SourceDate "2020.07.20"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2020.07.20"] [SourceQuality "2"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Na5 {The Chigorin Variation} 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Nc6 (11... Qc7) 12. Nbd2 Qc7 13. d5 Nd8 14. Nf1 Ne8 {Rubinstein's arrangement. The idea is cement the kingside with ..g6,Ng7,Nf7 and wait for White to overextend on ghe kingside } 15. Ng3 (15. a4 Rb8 16. b4 c4 17. g4 g6 18. Ng3 Ng7 19. Be3 f6 20. Kh2 Nf7 21. Rg1 Kh8 22. Nd2 Bd7 23. Qe2 Rg8 24. f3 Rb7 25. h4 Rf8 26. Rg2 Rbb8 27. h5 g5 28. h6 Ne8 29. Rgg1 Nxh6 30. Rh1 Rf7 31. Kg2 Bf8 32. Nf5 Ng8 33. axb5 axb5 34. Ra7 Qc8 35. f4 gxf4 36. Bxf4 Rb7 37. Rxb7 Qxb7 38. Be3 Ne7 39. Nf3 Nxf5 40. gxf5 Qa6 41. Nh2 Qa3 42. Qd2 h5 43. Nf3 Rh7 44. Nh4 Ng7 45. Bd1 Be8 46. Bf3 Kg8 47. Kh3 Be7 48. Rg1 Bd8 49. Rb1 Qa6 50. Qb2 Bb6 51. Ra1 Qb7 52. Qf2 Bxe3 53. Qxe3 Bd7 54. Qg1 Be8 55. Ra7 Qb8 56. Ra6 Bd7 57. Qg6 Qf8 58. Ra7 Qd8 59. Qg1 Rh6 60. Rb7 Rh7 61. Kh2 Kh8 62. Qa7 Ne8 63. Rb8 Bc8 64. Ng6+ Kg8 65. Qa8 { 1-0 (65) Negi,P (2662)-Spraggett,K (2568) Linares ESP 2013}) (15. g4 g6 16. Ng3 Ng7 17. Kh2 f6 18. Rg1 Nf7 19. Ne1 Qd7 20. Ng2 h5 21. f4 exf4 22. Nxf4 h4 23. Nf5 gxf5 24. gxf5 Ng5 25. Rg4 Kf7 26. Rxh4 Bb7 27. Ng6 Rg8 28. Bxg5 fxg5 29. e5 Ke8 30. e6 Qc7 31. Rh7 Bf6 32. Be4 c4 33. Qg1 Rc8 34. h4 gxh4 35. Nf4 Qe7 36. Qg6+ Kd8 37. Nh5 Be5+ 38. Kh3 Bxd5 39. Bxd5 Qa7 40. Qg5+ {1-0 (40) Tukhaev,A (2541)-Hansen,M (2446) Stockholm SWE 2017}) 15... g6 16. Nh2 {Clearing the way for the f-pawn is a standard idea in the Closed Spanish} (16. a4 Rb8 17. Be3 Ng7 18. Nh2 f6 19. Qd2 Nf7 20. axb5 axb5 21. f4 Bd7 22. f5 Ra8 23. Rab1 g5 24. Qe2 Be8 25. h4 gxh4 26. Nh5 Nxh5 27. Qxh5 Kh8 28. Qxh4 Rg8 29. Nf3 Ng5 30. Nxg5 fxg5 31. Qh6 Bf8 32. Qf6+ Qg7 33. Qxg7+ Rxg7 34. Ra1 Rb8 35. Ra6 b4 36. c4 h6 37. Kf2 Rgb7 38. Ba4 Bxa4 39. Rxa4 Kg7 40. Kf3 Be7 41. Kg4 h5+ 42. Kxh5 Rh8+ 43. Kg4 Rh4+ 44. Kf3 Rb8 45. Ra7 Kf6 46. Rxe7 Rf4+ 47. Bxf4 {1-0 (47) Rozum,I (2590)-Bargandzhiya,Z (2094) Sochi RUS 2017}) 16... f6 17. f4 exf4 18. Bxf4 Nf7 19. a4 Rb8 20. axb5 axb5 21. Qe2 Ne5 22. h4 Ng7 23. h5 {Continuing with the attack} Rd8 24. Rf1 Qd7 25. Bxe5 $5 $13 {Giving the good bishop for the good knight leaves White with a passive Spanish bishop} (25. Bd1 $16 {Keeps the tension on the kingside while improving the passive bishop}) (25. h6 {Closing the kingside keeps a space advantage but does not seem like the right plan} Ne8 26. Ra2 $14) 25... fxe5 {The open f-file helps White} (25... dxe5 26. hxg6 (26. b3 $11) 26... hxg6 27. Qe3 c4 $11 (27... Rb6 $14)) 26. Qe3 (26. hxg6 hxg6 27. Qe3 $16) 26... Bh4 (26... Nxh5 $1 {Black should call the bluff and challenge White to show something tangible} 27. Nxh5 gxh5 28. Qh6 Qe8 $13) 27. Bd1 { The bishop needs a new life but this is an unconvincing plan} (27. hxg6 hxg6 28. Nh1 $5 $14 {White can keep hopes alive on the kingside with this unlikely retreat}) 27... Qe7 $13 28. Bg4 (28. hxg6 hxg6 29. Bg4 Bxg4 30. Nxg4 Rf8 $11) 28... Bg5 29. Qf3 Bf4 30. Bxc8 Rbxc8 31. hxg6 Qh4 {An aggressive gesture that concedes the 7th rank} (31... hxg6) 32. Ra7 $2 $19 {This should lose but somehow White wins} (32. Ng4 Rf8 (32... Qxg3 $2 33. Qxg3 Bxg3 34. Nh6+ Kh8 35. Rf3 Nh5 36. Ra7 hxg6 37. Rff7 $16) (32... Bxg3 $2 33. Ra7 Rf8 34. Rf7 $1 $18) 33. gxh7+ Kxh7 34. Nh1 Bh2+ 35. Nxh2 Rxf3 36. Rxf3 Kg8 37. Rg3 Rf8 38. Ra7 Rf7 39. Ra8+ Rf8 40. Ra7 Rf7 $11 {w/repetition would a fittind finish}) 32... Rf8 33. Qg4 Qxg3 34. gxh7+ Kh8 35. Rxf4 exf4 36. Rxg7 Qxg4 $2 $17 {Black is still better but is definitely not winning} (36... Ra8 $1 37. Nf1 Qxg4 38. Rxg4 Ra1 39. Kf2 Kxh7 $19 {wins easily for Black}) 37. Rxg4 Rce8 38. Rg6 Rd8 $2 $11 { A new game begins} (38... Rxe4 39. Rxd6 Re1+ (39... Re2 $15) (39... Kxh7 $15) 40. Kf2 Rb1 41. Kf3 Rxb2 42. Rc6 Kxh7 43. Ng4 $15 {White has some drawing chances}) 39. Rh6 (39. Nf3 $11) 39... Kg7 40. Rh4 Kh8 41. Nf3 Rde8 42. Ng5 Rf6 43. Kf2 Re5 $2 $18 (43... Ra8 $11) 44. Rh5 $13 (44. Rg4 $1 Re8 45. Kf3 Ref8 46. Ne6 Re8 47. Rxf4 Rh6 48. Ng5 Rh1 49. Nf7+ Kxh7 50. Nxd6 $18 {Three pawns for the exchange wins quite easily}) 44... Re7 $6 (44... b4 $11) 45. Kf3 b4 $6 46. cxb4 (46. Rh4 $16) 46... cxb4 47. Rh4 $11 Ra7 48. Rxf4 Rxf4+ 49. Kxf4 Ra2 50. Kf5 $4 (50. b3 Rb2 51. e5 dxe5+ 52. Kxe5 $11) 50... Rxb2 $19 51. e5 dxe5 $4 ( 51... Rf2+ 52. Ke6 b3 $19) 52. Kg6 {threatening Nf7 mate} (52. Kg6 Rxg2 53. d6 {the d-pawn beats the b-pawn} b3 54. d7 b2 55. d8=Q#) 1-0 [Event "13th Paracin Summer Open"] [Site "Paracin SRB"] [Date "2020.07.09"] [Round "8.11"] [White "Durak, Can"] [Black "Pasti, Aron"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D35"] [WhiteElo "1847"] [BlackElo "2325"] [PlyCount "104"] [EventDate "2020.07.03"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "SRB"] [SourceTitle "TWIC 1341"] [Source "Mark Crowther"] [SourceDate "2020.07.20"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2020.07.20"] [SourceQuality "2"] {[%evp 0,22,25,18,22,1,8,-5,-5,-7,2,4,21,21,8,9,29,4,4,-27,-13,-8,19,14,0]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3 Re8 8. Qc2 h6 9. Bh4 c5 10. Nge2 ({Relevant:} 10. dxc5 d4 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Ne4 dxe3 13. fxe3 Bg5 14. O-O-O Bxe3+ 15. Kb1 Qc7 16. Nf3 Be6 17. Rhe1 Bf4 18. g3 f5 19. gxf4 fxe4 20. Rxe4 Qf7 21. Rxe6 Rxe6 22. Bc4 Nc6 23. f5 {1-0 (23) Gustafsson,J (2639)-Buhmann,R (2573) Magdeburg 2019}) 10... c4 11. Bf5 Nc6 12. a3 {[#]} a6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Nh5 13. Bxe7 Nxe7 14. Bxc8 Rxc8 15. O-O Nf6 16. h3 Qd7 17. Qa4 Rc6 18. b3 Qc7 19. bxc4 Rxc4 20. Qb3 Nf5 21. Rac1 Nd6 22. Nb1 Qa5 23. Rxc4 dxc4 24. Qb4 Qxb4 25. axb4 Nd5 26. Na3 Nxe3 27. fxe3 Rxe3 28. Nxc4 Nxc4 29. Nc1 Kf8 30. Kf2 Rc3 31. Re1 g6 32. Ke2 Re3+ 33. Kf2 Rxe1 34. Kxe1 Ne3 {0-1 (34) Pihlajamaeki,J (1716)-Arppi,H (2281) ICCF email 2017}) 13. O-O Nh5 14. Bg3 Nxg3 15. hxg3 Bg5 16. Bxc8 Rxc8 17. Qf5 Ne7 18. Qf3 Qd7 19. b3 b5 20. b4 Red8 21. a4 Ra8 22. Rfb1 Qb7 23. Ra2 Kf8 24. Rba1 bxa4 25. Rxa4 Kg8 26. Rb1 Rd6 27. Ra5 Rf6 28. Nf4 Bxf4 29. gxf4 Rd6 30. Kh2 Rb8 31. Na4 Qc8 32. Qh3 f5 33. Nc3 Qd7 34. Qf3 Qd8 35. g3 Rxb4 36. Rxb4 Qxa5 37. Rb7 Qxc3 38. Rxe7 Qc2 39. Kg2 Kh7 40. Qh5 Rg6 41. Re8 Qa4 42. Re7 Rf6 43. Rc7 Qb5 44. Qf3 Rc6 45. Rd7 c3 46. Rxd5 Qb1 47. Rd7 Qe4 48. d5 Qxf3+ 49. Kxf3 Rc8 50. d6 c2 51. Rc7 Rxc7 52. dxc7 c1=Q 0-1 [Event "13th Paracin Summer Open"] [Site "Paracin SRB"] [Date "2020.07.09"] [Round "9.5"] [White "Pasti, Aron"] [Black "Damjanovic, Vuk"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B15"] [WhiteElo "2325"] [BlackElo "2208"] [PlyCount "32"] [EventDate "2020.07.03"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "SRB"] [SourceTitle "TWIC 1341"] [Source "Mark Crowther"] [SourceDate "2020.07.20"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2020.07.20"] [SourceQuality "2"] 1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ exf6 6. d4 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O Bg4 9. h3 Bh5 10. Be2 Re8 11. Be3 f5 12. Re1 Nd7 13. Nh2 Bg6 14. Bh5 f4 15. Bd2 Qb6 16. Bxg6 hxg6 1/2-1/2
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