FM Martić Ivan
(1) Spiric,Igor (2268) – Ivanisevic,Ivan (2517)
Serbian-ch Semifinal 2024 Paracin (1.1), 05.02.2024
[TA]
1.Nf3 d5 2.b3 c5 3.Bb2 f6 4.d3 e5 5.e4 d4 6.g3 Nc6 7.Bg2 Bg4 8.Nbd2 White is on the road to losing. Black is slightly better. 8…Qd7 Black is more active. 9.h3 Be6 10.Nh4 Bd6 11.0–0 Nge7 [11…Bxh3?! 12.Qh5+ Kd8 13.Ng6=] 12.Nc4 Bc7 [12…Bxh3? loses. 13.Bxh3 (13.Nxd6+ Qxd6 14.Bxh3 Kd8+-) 13…Qxh3 14.Nxd6++-] 13.f4 [13.Ba3µ was worth a try.] 13…exf4–+ [13…Bxh3 14.f5 Bxg2 15.Qh5+ g6 16.fxg6=] 14.gxf4 Bxh3 15.f5 [15.Bxh3 keeps fighting. 15…Qxh3 16.Ng2] 15…Bxg2 16.Nxg2 0–0–0 17.a4 [¹17.Bc1] 17…g6 Black is clearly winning. 18.Ba3 [¹18.Bc1 Rhg8 (18…gxf5? 19.Qh5–+) 19.Bf4] 18…gxf5 19.exf5 Rdg8 20.Qf3 Rg3 21.Qe4 Rhg8 22.Rf2 [#]
22…Nxf5! [%mdl 512] 23.Re1 Against Ne3 23…R3g4 24.Qe6 Qxe6 25.Rxe6 Nh4 26.Ree2 Bg3 27.Rxf6 [¹27.Rf1] 27…Nxg2 28.Rxg2 [#]
28…Bh2+! [%mdl 512] Weighted Error Value: White=0.72/Black=0.44. Mistake: White=4 — Inaccurate: White=3 — OK: White=1 Black=5 Best: — Black=1 0–1
(2) Tilicheev,Viacheslav (2487) – Todorovic,Goran N (2263)
Serbian-ch Semifinal 2024 Paracin (1.2), 05.02.2024
[TA]
1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 b6 3.Bg2 Bb7 4.c4 c5 5.0–0 g6 6.Nc3 Bg7 7.d4 cxd4 8.Qxd4 d6 9.Rd1 Nbd7 10.Be3 Rc8 11.b3 0–0 [%cal Yf6e4] …Ne4! is the strong threat. 12.Qh4 a6 [%cal Yb6b5] The position is equal. 13.Rac1 Re8 14.Bh3 Rc7 15.g4 [%cal Yg3g4,Yg4g5][%mdl 32] 15…Qa8 16.Nd2 b5 17.g5 Nh5 [#]
18.Nd5! Bxd5 19.cxd5 Rec8 Black is weak on the light squares 20.Rxc7 Rxc7 21.Ne4 Nf8 22.Bg4 [22.Ng3²] 22…Rc2= 23.a4 Ra2 24.Bxh5 gxh5 25.Ng3 Ng6 26.Qb4 bxa4 27.Nxh5 [27.bxa4= Qc8 28.Rc1] 27…axb3 [Much weaker is 27…Rxe2?! 28.Qc4 Rxe3 29.fxe3=; 27…Qc8µ Strongly threatening …Qh3. 28.Nxg7 Kxg7 29.bxa4 Rxe2] 28.Nxg7 Kxg7? [28…Qc8!= 29.Nh5 (29.Qxb3? is the wrong capture. 29…Qg4+ 30.Kf1 Qxe2+ 31.Kg1 Qg4+ 32.Kf1 Nh4–+) 29…b2] 29.Qxb3± Rxe2 [#]
And now …Qc8 would win. 30.Kf1! [30.Qc4 Rxe3 31.fxe3 a5±] 30…Rxe3 31.Qxe3 Qc8 Inhibits Qc3+. 32.Qd4+ [32.Rd4±] 32…Kg8² 33.Rb1 Qh3+ 34.Ke2! Rb8+ would kill now. 34…Qxh2? [%mdl 8192] [34…Qh5+² 35.Ke1 h6] 35.Rb8+ Weighted Error Value: White=0.12 (very precise) /Black=0.45. Loses game: — Black=1 Mistake: White=3 Black=2 Inaccurate: — Black=1 OK: White=9 Black=11 Best: White=3 Black=1 Strong: White=2 — 1–0
(3) Nestorovic,Nikola (2465) – Gagic,Milan A (2241)
Serbian-ch Semifinal 2024 Paracin (1.4), 05.02.2024
[TA]
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Bd7 6.Be2 Nge7 7.Na3 cxd4 8.cxd4 Nf5 9.Nc2 Be7 10.0–0 0–0 11.Bd3 h6 12.Bd2 a5 13.g4 Nh4 14.Nxh4 Bxh4 15.f4 f6 16.Kh1 fxe5 17.dxe5 g5 18.Ne1 gxf4 19.Nf3 Bg5 20.Qe1 Qe8 21.h4 Be7 22.a3 Qf7 23.Rc1 Kh8 24.Qf2 [24.Nh2!?] 24…Qg7 25.Rg1 Be8! [25…Nxe5? 26.Nxe5 Bf6 (26…Qxe5? 27.Bc3+-) 27.Nxd7 Qxd7 28.Bxf4+- (28.Qxf4 Bg7+-) ] 26.g5 Bh5 [26…Nxe5? 27.gxh6 Qxh6 28.Nxe5+-] 27.Rce1 [27.gxh6³ Bxf3+ (27…Qxh6 28.Ng5³) 28.Qxf3 Qxh6 29.Rg4] 27…Bc5µ [27…Bxf3+ 28.Qxf3 Bc5 (28…Nxe5? 29.Rxe5 Qxe5 30.Qh5+-; 28…hxg5? 29.Qh5+ Kg8 30.Rxg5+-) 29.Qh5 Bxg1 30.Rxg1=] 28.Qxc5 Bxf3+ 29.Kh2 Be4 [29…Nxe5? 30.Bc3 Rfc8 31.gxh6 (31.Bxe5 Rxc5 32.Bxg7+ Kxg7=) 31…Rxc5 32.hxg7+ (32.Bxe5 Qxe5 33.Rxe5 Rac8±) 32…Kg8 33.Rxe5+- (33.Bxe5 b6+-) ; 29…d4!µ …Bd5 is the strong threat. 30.Rgf1 Bd5 (30…b6 31.Qc2=) 31.Bxf4 (31.Rxf4? Nxe5 32.Be4 hxg5–+) 31…Rac8] 30.Bxe4= dxe4 31.Rxe4 f3 [31…hxg5= 32.Rxf4 (32.Rxg5? too greedy. 32…Qh7–+) 32…gxf4 33.Rxg7 Kxg7] 32.gxh6± Qh7 [#]
33.Reg4 [33.Qc4!±] 33…Qd3!² [Don’t go for 33…f2? 34.Rf1+-] 34.Qe3 [34.Be1²] 34…Rad8= 35.Qxd3 Rxd3 36.Bc3 b5 37.Rf1 Re3 38.Kg3 b4 [38…f2+= 39.Kg2 Re2] 39.axb4² axb4 40.Bxb4 Nxb4 41.Rxb4 Rxe5? [41…Kh7²] 42.Rxf3+- Rg8+ [#]
43.Kf2! Re8 44.Rf6 Rc5 45.Kf3 Rc1 46.Ke2 Rh1 47.Rf7 Rg1? [47…Rg8 48.Kd3 Rh3+ 49.Kc2 Rc8+ 50.Kd1 Rh1+ 51.Kd2 Rg8] 48.Rbb7+- Rc8 49.Kf2 [¹49.b4 Rc2+ 50.Ke3] 49…Rg6 [¹49…Rcc1 50.Rf8+ Rg8] 50.Rh7++- Kg8 51.Rhg7+ Rxg7 52.hxg7 [Weaker is 52.Rxg7+ Kh8+-] 52…Rc4 53.Kg3 e5 54.h5 Rc6 55.b4 Rh6 56.Kg4 e4 57.Re7 [¹57.Kg5 Rd6 58.h6 Rd5+ 59.Kf4 Rd8 60.Kxe4 Re8+ 61.Kf5 Rd8 62.Rb6] 57…e3 58.Rxe3 Kxg7 59.b5 Kf6 60.b6 1–0
(4) Kovacevic,Aleksandar (2453) – Rabrenovic,Vladan (2199)
Serbian-ch Semifinal 2024 Paracin (1.6), 05.02.2024
[TA]
1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 e5 4.e3 Nf6 5.a3 d6 6.h3 h6 [6…d5=] 7.d4² e4 8.d5 White is slightly better. 8…exf3 9.dxc6 bxc6 10.Qxf3 Bd7 11.e4 Be7 [11…g5= was preferrable.] 12.Bf4 0–0 13.0–0–0 Ne8 14.e5 dxe5 15.Bxe5 Bf6 16.Qe3 White is much more active. 16…Qe7 17.Re1 [17.f4±] 17…Be6= 18.Bd3 Rd8 [#]
White must now prevent …Bxe5. 19.Rd1 Bxe5 [19…Nd6!?] 20.Qxe5 Nf6 21.Bf5‚ [%mdl 128] White has some attack. 21…Nd7 [Black should play 21…Rd4= ] 22.Qe3² Qf6 Black is now going downhill. [22…Ne5!² 23.Qxe5 (23.Rxd8 Rxd8 24.Bxe6 Qxe6=) 23…Qg5+ 24.f4 Qxf5] 23.Bxe6± fxe6 24.Rhe1 e5 25.Ne4 Qe7 26.b3 Rb8 [%cal Yd8b8,Yb8b7,Yb7c7][%mdl 32] 27.Rd3 Rb7 28.Red1 Rfb8 29.Kc2 Kh8 [29…Rf8 was worth a try. 30.f3 Kh8] 30.g4+- a5 [%cal Ya5a4] 31.a4 Rf8 32.Nd6 Rc7 33.Nf5 Qe8 34.f3 Kh7 35.Rd6 Rf6 36.Qd2 [%csl Ya5,Yd7][%cal Rd6d7] 36…Rxf5? [36…Rxd6 37.Qxd6 (37.Nxd6 Qa8+-) 37…Ra7 38.Qxc6 h5] 37.gxf5 Nf6 38.Qxa5 Re7 39.Qxc5 e4 [%cal Ye5e4,Ye4f3,Yf3f2][%mdl 32] 40.Qxc6 Qh5 41.Rxf6 exf3 42.Rf8 f2 [#]
43.Qg6+ Weighted Error Value: White=0.14 (very precise) /Black=0.47. Mistake: White=1 Black=6 Inaccurate: White=4 Black=1 OK: White=8 Black=4 Best: White=5 Black=2 1–0
5) Atalik,Suat (2439) – Mijatovic,Dusan (2165)
Serbian-ch Semifinal 2024 Paracin (1.8), 05.02.2024
[TA]
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.g3 Bxc3+ 5.bxc3 0–0 6.Bg2 d6 7.Nf3 [%cal Yg1f3,Yf3e5,Ye5d3,Yd3f4][%mdl 32] 7…e5 8.dxe5 dxe5 White is slightly better. 9.Qxd8 Rxd8 10.Nxe5 Re8 [%cal Yd8e8,Ye8e2,Ye2c2][%mdl 32] 11.Bf4 [%cal Yc1f4,Yf4c7,Yc7e5,Ye5f6][%mdl 32] White is more active. 11…Na6 12.0–0 Nc5 [12…Nh5=] 13.Nd3± White now steadily converts the win. 13…Na4 [%cal Yc5a4,Ya4c3,Yc3e4][%mdl 32] 14.Bxc7 Rxe2 15.Nf4 Rc2 16.Be5 Nxc3 17.Rfe1 Bf5 18.Bxb7 This pair of bishops is nice. 18…Rd8 19.c5‚ [%cal Yc4c5,Yc5c6][%mdl 160] Threatens to win with c6. White has strong attack. 19…Nce4 20.c6 Hoping for c7. 20…g5? [20…Re8] 21.Bxf6 Rdd2 [#]
[21…Nxf6 22.Ng2 (22.Re5 gxf4 23.Rxf5 Ne8+-) 22…Ng4] 22.Rxe4!+- Bxe4 23.Re1 gxf4 24.Rxe4 [%cal Re4e8] 24…h5 25.Rxf4 Kh7 26.Bd4 Kg6 27.Bxa7 Rc1+ 28.Kg2 [#]
Black must now prevent Be3. 28…Rxa2 29.Be3 Rc3 30.Bd4 Rc4 31.Rf6+ Kg7 32.Rf4+ Kg6! 33.Be5 Rc5 34.c7 Weighted Error Value: White=0.14 (very precise) /Black=0.63. Mistake: — Black=3 Inaccurate: White=1 Black=1 OK: White=9 Black=5 Best: White=3 — Brilliant: White=1 — 1–0
6) Gusev,Mikhail (2117) – Cabarkapa,Novak (2434)
Serbian-ch Semifinal 2024 Paracin (1.9), 05.02.2024
[RC]
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.Nc3 0–0 5.e4 d6 6.Be2 Nbd7 7.0–0 e5 8.d5 Nc5 9.Qc2 a5 10.Ne1 Nfd7 11.Be3 f5 12.f3 f4 13.Bf2 g5 14.Nd3 b6 15.a3 Nxd3 16.Qxd3 a4 17.Kh1 Nf6 18.Rg1 Nh5 19.Rae1 Rf6 20.Nd1 Bd7 21.Qd2 Qe7 22.g4 fxg3 23.Bxg3 Nf4 24.Bxf4 Rxf4 25.Nf2 h6 26.Rg3 Raf8 27.Reg1 Kf7 28.Qe3 Ke8 29.Nd3 Bf6 30.Qf2 Rh4 31.Ne1 h5 32.Ng2 g4 33.Nxh4 Bxh4 34.Qg2 Bxg3 35.Qxg3 h4 36.Qg2 Qh7 37.Rf1 g3 38.Bd1 Rg8 39.Re1 h3 40.Qd2 gxh2 41.f4 Rg2 42.Qe3 exf4 43.Qxf4 Qg6 44.Qe3 Rxb2 45.Bf3 Rg2 46.Qd4 Ke7 47.Rf1
47…Rg1+ 48.Rxg1 Qxg1+ 49.Qxg1 hxg1Q+ 50.Kxg1 Kf6 51.Kf2 Ke5 52.Ke3 Bc8 53.Bh5 Ba6 54.Be2 Bxc4 0–1
7) Radovanovic,Nikola (2446) – Krstic,Andrija Marko (2113)
Serbian-ch Semifinal 2024 Paracin (1.10), 05.02.2024
[TA]
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Qxd4 Nf6 5.Be2 Nc6 6.Qe3 g6 7.0–0 Bg7 8.h3 The position is equal. 8…0–0 9.Rd1 Nd7 10.Nc3 b6 11.a3 Bb7 12.Qg5 Nce5 13.Nd4 Rc8 14.Qh4 Re8 15.Bg5 Bf6 16.Bxf6 Nxf6 17.f4 Nc4 18.e5 And now Bxc4 would win. 18…Ne4 [18…dxe5? 19.Ne6 fxe6 20.Rxd8 Rexd8 21.fxe5 Nxe5 22.Qa4+-; 18…Nxb2= keeps the balance. 19.exf6 Rxc3] 19.Nxe4± Bxe4 [#]
20.f5! d5! 21.e6 Threatens to win with exf7+. 21…f6 22.fxg6 Bxg6 23.Bd3 Hoping for Bxg6. 23…Ne5 [23…Nxb2 24.Bxg6 hxg6 25.Qh6 Qd6 26.Qxg6+ Kh8 27.Nf5 Qc5+ 28.Kh1] 24.Bxg6!‚ [%mdl 128] White wants a kill. 24…Nxg6 25.Qh5 [White should play 25.Qh6± Intending Nf5 and mate. 25…Kh8 26.Rf1] 25…Qd6 26.c3 Kh8 27.Rd2 [27.Rf1±] 27…Rg8 28.Rf1 [%cal Ya1f1,Yf1f5,Yf5h5][%mdl 32] 28…Rcd8 [28…Ne5= remains equal.] 29.Kh1 [Better is 29.Qh6± ] 29…Nf8? [29…Ne5²] 30.Re2 Rg5 [#]
31.Qh6 [%cal Yf1f6] 31…Rg6 32.Qh4 Re8 33.Rf5 Qc5 34.Rh5 Qc4 35.Rf2 b5 36.Rf4 Qa2 [#] [36…a5± was worth a try.] 37.Kh2? Active counter play! [37.Nxb5? Qxb2 38.Qf2 Qxb5–+; White should try 37.Rg4!+- aiming for Nf5. 37…Rxg4 38.Qxg4 (38.hxg4 Qxb2 39.g5 fxg5=) ] 37…Qxb2= 38.Rg4 [38.Rxd5? Qxg2#] 38…Qb1 [%mdl 8192] [38…Rxg4= 39.Qxg4 Qxc3] 39.Nf5+- [39.Rxd5 Qc1²] 39…Rxg4 40.Qxg4 [Stronger than 40.hxg4 Qe4 41.Nd4 (41.Nxe7? Qf4+ 42.Qg3 Qxg3+ 43.Kxg3 Rxe7–+) 41…a6µ (41…Nxe6? perishes. 42.Nxe6 Rc8 43.g5+-) ] 40…Nxe6 41.Qg6 Weighted Error Value: White=0.21 (precise) /Black=0.40. Loses game: — Black=2 Missed win: White=1 — Mistake: White=3 Black=3 Inaccurate: White=2 Black=5 OK: White=9 Black=8 Best: White=3 Black=1 Strong: White=1 Black=1 Brilliant: White=1 — 1–0
8) Mitrovic,Marjan (2138) – Pap,Misa (2422)
Serbian-ch Semifinal 2024 Paracin (1.11), 05.02.2024
[RC]
1.Nf3 f5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 d6 4.d4 g6 5.c4 Bg7 6.Nc3 0–0 7.0–0 c6 8.Qc2 Qc7 9.b3 Na6 10.Rd1 Nb4 11.Qd2 a5 12.a3 Na6 13.Bb2 e5 14.b4 e4 15.Ne1 d5 16.b5 cxb5 17.cxb5 Nb8 18.Rdc1 Qd8 19.Na4 Nbd7 20.Rc2 Ne8 21.e3 Nd6 22.Bf1 Nf6 23.Rac1 g5 24.Nc5
24...f4 25.exf4 gxf4 26.Ng2 Bh6 27.Qe1 Nf5 28.Rd1 f3 29.Ne3 Nxe3 30.fxe3 Ng4 31.Qc3 Nxe3 32.Rdd2
32…Nxf1 33.Kxf1 Bh3+ 34.Kg1 e3 0–1