🔸CRO-chT 1A-Liga 2017
🔸Round 6
⚪️Ivanisevic,Ivan (2611)
⚫️Predojevic,Borki (2614)
🔸0-1

📘 8.h4!? is an interesting alternative to 8.c4. This move has been introduced by Van Der Wiel and is in repertoire of Nepom and Morozevich. This year, Darini won Bruzon by this move in Stars Blitz Tournament. The idea of this move gaining space on the kingside and the possibility of a rook lift in some lines. White can also consider Bg5 in some cases.

🔸CRO-chT 1A-Liga 2017
🔸Round 7
⚪️Palac,Mladen (2535)
⚫️Vukelic,Tomislav (2226)
🔸 1-0

📘 74...Qf7?? gets checkmated in three moves. Black could put up more resistance by playing Kf8.

🔸CRO-chT 1A-Liga 2017

⚪️Srbis,Jurica (2421)
⚫️Cheparinov,Ivan (2695)
🔸Round 1
🔸0-1

🔸CRO-chT 1A-Liga 2017

⚪️Fedorchuk,Sergey A (2640)
⚫️Bosiocic,Marin (2607)
🔸Round 1
🔸1-0

🔸CRO-chT 1A-Liga 2017

⚪️Bosiocic,Marin (2607)
⚫️Ivanchuk,Vassily (2727)
🔸Round 3
🔸1-0

🔸CRO-chT 1A-Liga 2017

⚪️Malakhov,Vladimir (2691)
⚫️Predojevic,Borki (2614)
🔸Round 4
🔸1-0

🔸CRO-chT 1A-Liga 2017

⚪️Ivanisevic,Ivan (2611)
⚫️Predojevic,Borki (2614)
🔸Round 6
🔸0-1

🔸GM Elshan Moradiabadi game analysis of the Croatian League 1A 2017

🔸Ponkratov,Pavel (2591)
🔸Bosiocic,Marin (2607)
🔸Round 8

White to Move

📗6.e5 An interesting line. To my knowledge this line should not pose so much trouble to black but things are far from clear if black does not know this opening in depth.

White to Move

📗12.Ne2!? An interesting novely which aims at using the e5 pawn to develop initiative on the kingside.

White to Move

📗17.dxc5 black is down a pawn and is dominated by white as well! A crushing victory for Ponkratov in only 17 moves!

Malakhov is a master of beating 2500s and lower 2600s. In my opinion he is one of the best technical players of our time. Only if he could be better at the openings, he could have become an elite player.