[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1993.01.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "144"]
[EventDate "1993.01.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 034"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Na6 8. Re1
Qe8 9. Bf1 Bg4 10. d5 $1 (10. Be3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Ng4 $1 $10) 10... Nb4 11. Be2
a5 12. Be3 Nh5 $5 $146 (12... b6 13. a3 Na6 14. b3 Nc5 15. h3 Bd7 16. Nd2 Qe7
17. b4 Nb7 18. Nb3 Rfb8 19. Qd2 Qf8 $14 {Kiselev-Krasenkov/Moscow-ch/1989}) 13.
a3 Na6 14. h3 Bd7 15. Nd2 Nf4 16. Bf1 Nc5 17. Nb3 $5 b6 18. Nxc5 bxc5 19. Kh2
Qc8 20. Nb5 f5 21. g3 fxe4 $1 (21... Nh5 22. exf5 $16) 22. gxf4 exf4 23. Bd2 e3
$6 (23... Bxb5 24. cxb5 Qf5 25. Bc3 $13) (23... Bxb2 $6 24. Ra2 Be5 25. Rxe4
f3+ 26. Rxe5 dxe5 27. Nc3 $16) 24. Bc3 $1 (24. fxe3 fxe3 25. Rxe3 Bxb2 26. Rb1
Be5+ $14) 24... exf2 (24... Qd8 25. fxe3 Qh4 26. exf4 $16) (24... Bh6 $5) 25.
Re7 $16 Bxc3 26. bxc3 Re8 27. Qe2 Rxe7 28. Qxe7 Qe8 29. Qxe8+ Rxe8 30. Ra2 Bxb5
31. cxb5 Re3 32. Rxf2 Rxc3 33. a4 f3 34. Kg3 Ra3 35. b6 $1 cxb6 36. Bb5 c4 37.
h4 Kg7 38. Rc2 $18 c3 39. Kxf3 Kh6 40. Ke3 Kh5 41. Kd3 h6 (41... Kxh4 42. Rh2+
Kg4 43. Rxh7 Kf5 44. Re7 {/\ Re6}) 42. Rh2 c2+ (42... g5 43. hxg5+ Kxg5 44. Re2
) 43. Kd2 Kg4 (43... Ra1 $4 44. Be2#) 44. Rg2+ Kf5 45. Rg1 g5 46. hxg5 hxg5 47.
Kxc2 g4 48. Bd7+ Ke5 49. Rxg4 Kxd5 50. Bb5 Rh3 51. Rg2 Kc5 52. Kb2 d5 53. Rc2+
Kd4 54. Rd2+ Kc5 55. Rd3 Rh6 56. Kc3 Rh4 57. Rg3 Rh6 58. Kb3 Kd4 59. Rc3 Rg6
60. Rd3+ Kc5 61. Kc3 Rg4 62. Rh3 Rg6 63. Kd3 Rf6 (63... Rg1 64. Rh6 Rg3+ 65.
Ke2 d4 66. Rc6+ $18) 64. Rh7 Rf3+ 65. Ke2 Rf6 66. Ke3 d4+ (66... Re6+ 67. Kd3
Rg6 68. Rc7+ Kb4 69. Rc6 $18) 67. Ke4 Re6+ 68. Kd3 Re3+ 69. Kd2 Re6 70. Rc7+
Kb4 71. Rc4+ Ka3 72. Rxd4 Rh6 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1993.01.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[Annotator "Hansen,Cu"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1993.01.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 034"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. d5 a5 8. Bg5 h6
9. Bh4 Na6 10. Nd2 Qe8 11. O-O Nh7 12. a3 (12. b3 h5 13. f3) 12... Bd7 13. Nb5
(13. Rb1 a4 14. Nb5 h5 15. f3 Bh6 16. Bf2 (16. b4 axb3 17. Nxb3 f5 18. exf5
Bxf5 19. Bd3 g5 20. Bf2 Qg6 $132 {Bukic-Portisch Skopje 1968}) 16... Qe7 17.
Qc2 (17. b4 c6 18. Nc3 Qg5 19. Rb2 Bh3 20. g3 Bxf1 21. Bxf1 f5 22. c5 $13 {
Georgadze-Kupreichik USSR 1979 29/622}) 17... h4 18. b4 Bf4 $13 {
Agamaliev-Sukhorukov Moscow Open Russian Winter 1991}) 13... h5 (13... Bf6 14.
Bxf6 Nxf6 {1/2-1/2 Juferov-Gavrilov Moscow5-B 1991} 15. b4 Qe7 16. Qb3 (16. Rb1
c6 17. Nc3 axb4 18. axb4 c5 $10 {Yanvarjov-Yuferov Moscow5-B 1991}) 16... axb4
17. axb4 c5 18. dxc6 bxc6 19. Nc3 $14 {Piskov-Stefansson Kobenhavn 1991 52/635}
) 14. f3 Bh6 15. Qc2 (15. Kh1 Qb8 16. Rb1 Nc5 17. b4 axb4 18. axb4 Na4 19. Qc2
$14 {Yanvarjov-Loginov URS-OT Uzhgorod 1988}) 15... f5 (15... b6 16. Rad1 f5
$132 {Piskov-Hausner BL 1992 54/598}) 16. exf5 gxf5 17. Kh1 Nf6 (17... Qg6 $5 {
/\Kh8,Rg8}) 18. Rad1 Nxd5 $6 (18... Qg6) 19. Nxd6 cxd6 20. cxd5 $16 {/\Nc4,
><d6,><b6} b5 {/\Nc5<=>} 21. Nb3 $1 $8 b4 (21... a4 $6 22. Na5 Nc5 23. Nc6 {
/\Bxb5} Bxc6 24. dxc6 Qxc6 25. Be7 $16) 22. Nxa5 bxa3 23. Nc6 (23. bxa3 $2 Ba4
24. Nb3 Nc5 $17) 23... a2 (23... axb2 24. Qxb2 $16 {/\Be7} (24. Be7 $2 Bxc6 25.
Bxf8 Ba4 $19) 24... Bxc6 25. dxc6 Qxc6 26. Bb5 $1 Qc7 27. Qa2+ Kh8 28. Bxa6 $18
) 24. Bc4 (24. b4 $6 {פa6} Nxb4 $1 25. Nxb4 Ba4 26. Qb2 Bxd1 27. Rxd1 Qa4 $15)
24... Kh8 (24... Nc5 25. b4 $16) 25. Bxa2 Rc8 (25... Bxc6 $2 26. Qxc6 (26. dxc6
$2 Nb4) 26... Qxc6 (26... Nb4 27. Qxd6 $18) 27. dxc6 Nb4 28. Rxd6 $18) 26. Qe2
Nb8 (26... Bxc6 27. Qxa6 Bb5 28. Qxd6 $18) 27. Bc4 $1 (27. Be7 $2 Bxc6 28. Bxf8
Bb5 $19) (27. Nxb8 $2 Bb5 $1 $17) (27. b4 Nxc6 28. dxc6 Rxc6 $14) 27... Nxc6
28. dxc6 Rxc6 29. b3 {><d6,עg8} Qg6 $2 (29... Bg7 {/\Bf6}) 30. Be7 Re8 31.
Rxd6 $18 Qxd6 (31... Rxd6 32. Qxe5+ Bg7 33. Qxd6 $18) 32. Bxd6 Rxd6 33. Rd1 Rd4
34. f4 $1 Bc6 35. h3 (35. Qxh5 Rxd1+ 36. Qxd1 exf4 37. h3 $18) 35... Kh7 (35...
exf4 36. Qxe8+ Bxe8 37. Rxd4 $18) 36. fxe5 Rxd1+ 37. Qxd1 Rxe5 38. Qxh5 Be8 39.
Bf7 {Hansen,Cu} 1-0

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A17"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "1995.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 047"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 {Baburin Tischbierek} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3 6.
Qxc3 c5 7. b4 b6 8. g3 Bb7 9. Bg2 d6 10. O-O Nc6 (10... Nbd7 11. Bb2 Qc7 12. d3
$14 {Weiss hat einen kleinen Vorteil, wegen seines Laeuferpaars. Illescas
Cordoba,M -Karpov,A/Wijk m/1993/CBM34/INF56,21/}) 11. Bb2 Qc7 {Das ist
offenbar eine Neuerung.} (11... Re8 12. b5 Ne7 13. a4 a5 14. d3 d5 15. Qc2 $14
{Petrosian,T-Larsen,B/Vinkovci/1970/INF10,35/}) 12. d3 e5 {Droht /\ Nd4} 13. e3
Rfe8 14. Nh4 Ne7 15. e4 $5 {Richtige Entscheidung, Weiss sollte den Laeufer
nocht nicht tauschen.} Nc6 16. Qd2 Nd4 17. Bxd4 cxd4 18. Bh3 {Weiss will f4
durchsetzen. Sofortige 18.f4 wegen Sg4! waere unguenstig.} (18. f4 $2 Ng4 $13)
18... Bc8 19. Bxc8 Raxc8 20. f4 Nd7 (20... Ng4 $2 21. Ng2 $14) 21. fxe5 dxe5
22. Nf5 Nf8 $2 {Nach dieser sablonhaften und fehlerhaften Antwort erhaelt
Weiss einen schoenen Durchbruch am Damenfluegel.  Baburin: The last Black move
looks natural - he fortifies the K-side. Yet this move is a serious mistake,
which allowe White to establish an outpost on d6. From d6 the white N will
attack the critical f7-square and Black will be in trouble} (22... f6 $142 $5)
23. c5 $1 {Eine unangenehme Ueberraschung.} bxc5 (23... Rb8 {Tischbierek}) 24.
bxc5 Rcd8 (24... Qxc5 $2 {Sofort verliert.} 25. Rfc1 Qb6 26. Rxc8 Rxc8 27. Ne7+
$18) (24... Rb8 {Tischbierek} 25. Nd6 Re7 26. Qa2 Ng6 27. Qd5 Rd7 28. Rab1 $16)
25. Nd6 Re7 26. Qa2 Qd7 (26... Ng6 27. Rab1 $16 {Schwarz befindet sich in
gosser Not, weil droht /\ Rb7 oder Rf7,Rb7.}) (26... h6 {Tischbierek} 27. Rab1
{/\Rb7}) 27. Rxf7 $1 {Eine kleine, aber huebsche Kombination.} Rxf7 28. Rf1 Qe6
29. Qxe6 Nxe6 30. Nxf7 Rc8 31. Nxe5 Rxc5 32. Nc4 {Im Endergebnis hat der
Anziehende einen Bauern erobert, jetzt soll noch der spanische Grossmeister
zeigen wie stark seine Technik ist.} Rb5 33. Rf5 Rb3 (33... Rxf5 34. exf5 Nc5
35. Ne5 Kf8 36. Kf2 Ke7 37. Ke2 $18) 34. Re5 $1 Kf7 (34... Nf8 35. Re8 $1 Rxd3
36. e5 $1 $18 {/\ e6,e7}) 35. Ra5 Kf6 (35... Rxd3 $4 36. Ne5+ $18) 36. Ne5 h5
37. h4 a6 38. Kf2 Nc7 39. a4 Ne6 40. Ke2 Rb2+ 41. Ke1 Rb1+ 42. Kf2 Rb2+ 43. Kf1
Rb1+ 44. Kf2 Rb2+ 45. Kf1 Rb1+ 46. Ke2 Rb2+ 47. Ke1 Rb1+ 48. Kd2 $1 Rb2+ 49.
Kc1 Rg2 50. Nc6 Rxg3 51. Rf5+ (51. Rxa6 $2 Nc5 $13) 51... Kg6 52. Ne7+ Kh6 53.
Ra5 {Droht /\ Nf5 oder Ra6} Rg1+ (53... Kh7 $4 54. Rxh5#) 54. Kc2 g6 55. Rxa6
Rg2+ 56. Kd1 Nc5 57. Ra7 $1 {Droht /\ Ng8 Matt.} g5 58. hxg5+ Rxg5 (58... Kxg5
59. Ra5 Kf6 60. Nd5+ $18) 59. Nf5+ Kg6 60. Rg7+ Kf6 61. Rxg5 Kxg5 62. a5 Kg4
63. Ke2 h4 64. Kf1 Kf3 65. Nxd4+ Ke3 66. Nb3 $1 {Sehr huebsch.} Na6 (66... Nxb3
67. a6 Nd2+ 68. Kg2 $18) 67. e5 Nc7 68. d4 Ke4 69. Kg2 Kd5 70. Kh3 Kc4 71. Kxh4
Kxb3 72. d5 $1 Nxd5 73. a6 (73. a6 Nc7 74. a7 Kc4 75. e6 Kd5 76. e7 Kc6 77.
e8=Q+ Nxe8 78. a8=Q+ $18) 1-0

[Event "Madrid"]
[Site "Madrid"]
[Date "1996.05.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "1996.05.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 053"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Ftacnik} Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 b6 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 Bb7 7.
e3 O-O 8. Be2 d6 9. O-O Nbd7 10. b4 Ne4 11. Qd3 (11. Qc2) 11... f5 12. Bb2 Rf6
(12... Qf6 13. Nd2 Rae8 14. f3 Ng5 15. a4 Qg6 16. Qc2 c5 17. bxc5 bxc5 18. Kh1
Qh6 19. a5 Nf6 20. dxc5 Nh5 21. Kg1 dxc5 22. f4 Ne4 23. Bf3 $16 {Gelfand,
B-Ionov,S/URS-FL56 Klaipeda 1988}) (12... a5 13. d5 e5 14. Nd2 $14 (14. Nd2
Nxd2 15. Qxd2 Qe7 16. Bc3 axb4 17. axb4 Nf6 18. f3 b5 19. Ra5 bxc4 20. Bxc4 Nd7
21. e4 fxe4 22. fxe4 Qh4 23. Rxf8+ Rxf8 24. Qe1 Qg4 25. Ra7 Rb8 26. Qe2 {
1-0 Kishnev,S-Lukov,V/Cappelle op (05)/1993/ (45)})) (12... Qe7 13. Nd2 (13.
Rad1 Ndf6 (13... Rf6 $6 14. d5 e5 15. Nh4 $1 g6 16. f3 Ng5 17. f4 Nf7 (17...
Ne4 18. g4 $1 Rf7 19. gxf5 Qxh4 20. fxg6) 18. e4 $1 fxe4 19. Qxe4 Re8 20. Bd3
Qd8 21. f5 g5 22. Ng6 $1 Nh6 23. Bc1 hxg6 24. Bxg5 {1/2-1/2 Browne,
W-Zlochevskij,A/Philadelphia/1991/ (40)}) 14. Nd2 Rae8 (14... Rae8 15. f3 Ng5
16. Rde1 h5 17. Bd1 h4 18. e4 h3 19. g3 fxe4 20. fxe4 Nfh7 21. Qe3 Rxf1+ 22.
Rxf1 Rf8 23. Rf4 e5 24. dxe5 dxe5 25. Rxf8+ Nxf8 26. Bg4 {1/2-1/2 Browne,
W-Rohde,M/USA-op (08)/1987/ (38)})) 13... e5 (13... Nxd2 14. Qxd2 Rf6 (14... e5
$10) 15. f3 Rh6 16. Rf2 Qh4 (16... Rf8 17. a4 e5 18. a5 f4 19. exf4 exf4 20.
axb6 axb6 21. Ra7 Qh4 22. h3 Bc8 23. Rxc7 Qg3 24. c5 Rxh3 {0-1 Yakovich,
Y-Izeta,F/Sevilla op (05)/1994/ (31)}) 17. g3 Qe7 18. Rc1 a5 19. c5 Bd5 20.
cxb6 cxb6 21. bxa5 bxa5 22. Bc3 Qd8 23. Bd3 Rf6 24. Rcf1 Qb6 25. e4 Bb3 {
Petrosian,A-Reshevsky,S/Palma de Mallorca GMA (05)/1989/1/2-1/2 (65)}) 14. d5
Nxd2 15. Qxd2 $14 (15. Qxd2 {Ftacnik} f4 16. exf4 Rxf4 17. g3 Rff8 18. Bg4 Kh8
19. f4 c6 20. Rae1 cxd5 21. cxd5 a5 22. Rf2 axb4 23. axb4 Rae8 24. Rfe2 Nf6 25.
Bf3 {1/2-1/2 Browne,W-Larsen,B/Naestved (03)/1985/ (33)})) (12... Ng5 {Ftacnik}
13. Nxg5 Qxg5 14. d5 Rae8 15. f4 Qe7 16. Bh5 Rd8 17. Bf3 Nf6 18. Rae1 Rfe8 19.
e4 fxe4 20. Bxe4 Nxe4 21. Rxe4 Qf7 22. Rxe6 Rxe6 23. dxe6 Qxe6 24. f5 Qf7 25.
Rf4 {1/2-1/2 Haritakis,T-Tzoumbas,A/GRE-ch94 Glyfada (08)/1995/ (42)}) 13. d5
Rg6 $1 (13... e5 $2 14. Nh4 $1 {/\Nxf5} g6 15. f3 Ng5 16. f4 Ne4 17. Nf3 Qe7
18. Nd2 Nxd2 19. Qxd2 Rf7 20. e4 $1 fxe4 (20... exf4 21. exf5 Rxf5 22. Bg4 $18)
21. Bg4 Nf8 22. fxe5 Rxf1+ 23. Rxf1 dxe5 24. Qe3 $6 $16 {Miles,A-Mascarinas,R/
Lugano 1986} (24. Re1 $1 Bc8 25. Bd1 $1 Bf5 26. g4 {/\ Re4 +-})) 14. dxe6 (14.
Rad1 {Ftacnik} e5 15. Nd2 Qh4) (14. Ne1 $5 {Ftacnik} Qh4 15. f4 $13) (14. Nd4 {
Ftacnik} Ne5 (14... exd5 15. Nxf5 dxc4 16. Qxc4+ d5 17. Qc2 Qg5 18. Bg4 $1 Qxg4
19. Ne7+ Kf7 20. Nxg6 (20. f3 Qxg2+ 21. Qxg2 Rxg2+ 22. Kxg2 Kxe7 23. fxe4 dxe4)
20... Qxg6 21. Qxc7 Bc6 22. Rfc1 Ba4 23. Qb7 $14) (14... Qg5 15. g3 exd5 16.
cxd5 Ne5 17. Qc2 Bxd5 18. f4 Qf6 19. fxe5 Nxg3 20. Bf3 $1 (20. exf6 Nh1+ 21.
Bg4 Rxg4+ 22. Qg2 Rxg2+ 23. Kxh1 Rxb2+ $17) 20... Qxe5 21. Bxd5+ Qxd5 22. hxg3
Rxg3+ 23. Kh2 $16) (14... Qf6 15. Rac1 (15. dxe6 $2 Rxg2+) (15. g3 $5) 15... e5
16. Ne6 Qh4 $13) 15. Qc2 exd5 (15... Qg5 16. g3 exd5 17. f4 Qh6 18. Nxf5 Qh3
19. fxe5 Nxg3 20. Ne7+ $16) 16. Nxf5 dxc4 17. Bxc4+ (17. Bxe5 Rxg2+ $1 18. Kxg2
Qg5+ 19. Bg3 Nxg3+ 20. Kh3 $13) 17... Nxc4 18. Qxc4+ d5 19. Qc2 Qg5 20. Ng3
Nxg3 21. hxg3 c6 $10) 14... Nf8 15. c5 $1 {N} (15. Ne1 Nxe6 (15... Qh4 16. f3
Rh6 17. fxe4 Qxh2+ 18. Kf2 fxe4 (18... Bxe4 19. Qc3 Qh4+ 20. Kg1 $10) (18...
Qh4+ 19. Kg1 fxe4 20. Qb3 Nxe6 21. Rf5 $1 $8 Qh1+ 22. Kf2 Qh4+ $10) 19. Qb3
Nxe6 20. Bd1 $1 $8 Rf8+ 21. Ke2 Rf3 $5) 16. f3 Qg5 $1 17. f4 Qh4 18. Qc2 Rh6
19. Nf3 Qh5 20. c5 bxc5 21. Rad1 g5 22. h3 g4 23. Nh2 Qh4 $19 {Twardon,
M-Nikolenko,O/Katowice op 1993} (23... Qh4 {Ftacnik} 24. Nxg4 fxg4 25. Bxg4 Rg6
26. f5 Rxg4 27. fxe6 Qg3 28. Rde1 Nd2 {0-1 Twardon,M-Nikolenko,O/Katowice op/
1993/})) 15... Nxe6 16. cxd6 cxd6 (16... Nxd6 {Ftacnik}) 17. Rad1 (17. Rfd1
N6g5 (17... Kh8 $5) 18. Qb3+ Kh8 19. Ne5 (19. Nxg5 Nxg5 $40) (19. Kf1 Nxf3 20.
Bxf3 Qh4 $40) 19... dxe5 $1 20. Rxd8+ Rxd8 21. Rd1 Nd2 22. e4 f4 $40 23. h4 $2
f3 24. Bc4 Nh3+ 25. Kh2 Rdd6 $19) (17. a4 {Ftacnik} a5 18. bxa5 Rxa5 19. Rfc1
f4 $40) 17... Kh8 18. Ne1 $4 (18. Nd4 $4 Rxg2+ 19. Kxg2 Qg5+ $19 (19... N4c5+
$19)) (18. Kh1 Rc8 19. Ne1 $2 Qh4 20. Kg1 N6g5 $19) (18. Qb5 $1 f4 $1 $132 (
18... N4g5 19. Nxg5 Nxg5 (19... Rxg5 20. f3 $14) (19... Qxg5 20. g3 Qh6 (20...
Rh6 21. f4 $16) (20... f4 21. Qd7 $16) 21. Qxf5 Rf8 22. Qh5 Ng5 23. Qxh6 Rxh6
24. h4 Nh3+ 25. Kh2 Nxf2 26. Rc1 $16) 20. Qxf5 Be4 21. Qg4 Nf3+ 22. Bxf3 Rxg4
23. Bxg4 $14)) 18... N6g5 $19 {/\Nh3} (18... Qh4 $2 {Ftacnik} 19. f4 $1) 19.
Kh1 Nh3 $1 (19... Nh3 20. gxh3 Nxf2#) 0-1

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1996.05.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[Annotator "Blatny,P"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1996.05.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 053"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c6 4. f4 d5 5. e5 Nh6 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. h3 Bxf3 8. Qxf3
f6 (8... Nf5 9. Ne2 e6 10. g4 Ne7 11. Be3 Qa5+ 12. c3 Nd7 13. Ng3 f6 14. exf6
Bxf6 15. Bd3 O-O-O 16. O-O h5 $132 {Motwani,P-Petursson,M/Clichy op (07)/1991/}
) 9. g4 (9. Bd3 e6 10. exf6 Qxf6 11. Ne2 Nf5 12. c3 Nd7 13. Bd2 O-O-O 14. O-O-O
Nd6 15. Kb1 Kb8 $13 16. g4 $2 e5 $1 17. dxe5 Nxe5 18. Qg3 Nxd3 19. Qxd3 Rhe8
$17 {><e4 Vehi Bach,V-Nevednichy,V/Groningen op (10)/1993/}) (9. Be3 fxe5 (9...
e6 10. exf6 Qxf6 11. O-O-O Nf5 12. Bf2 Nd7 13. Kb1 O-O-O 14. g3 Nd6 15. Qe2 Kb8
16. Bg2 Rhe8 17. Rhe1 $14 {><e5 Hagarova,Z-Lomineishvili,M/WchJW-U18 Szeged 
(06)/ 1994/}) 10. fxe5 Nf5 11. Bf2 O-O 12. Qe2 e6 13. O-O-O c5 $1 14. dxc5 Qg5+
15. Kb1 Ng3 16. Bxg3 Qxg3 $15 {Pribyl,M-Karlik,V/Ceske Budejovice op (02)/1995/
}) 9... Qb6 $146 (9... fxe5 10. dxe5 e6 11. h4 Rf8 12. Qg3 Qb6 13. Bd2 Nd7 14.
O-O-O O-O-O 15. Be2 Ng8 16. Rh3 Nc5 17. Be3 d4 18. Rxd4 Rxd4 19. Bxd4 Nb3+ 20.
axb3 Qxd4 21. Bc4 Rxf4 22. Bxe6+ Kc7 23. Qe1 Rf8 24. Re3 $16 {o^e5,פg8 Almasi,
Z-Hodgson,J/Groningen (01)/1994/}) 10. e6 $5 f5 (10... Qxd4 11. Be3 Qb4 12.
O-O-O f5 13. a3 $5 (13. g5 Bxc3 (13... Ng8) 14. bxc3 Qxc3 15. Rd3 (15. gxh6 $2
Qa3+ 16. Kb1 (16. Kd2 d4) 16... Qb4+ $10) 15... Qa1+ 16. Kd2 Qxa2 17. gxh6 Qa5+
18. Kd1 Na6 19. Bd4 $14) 13... Qd6 14. g5 Ng8 (14... Bxc3 15. bxc3 Qxa3+ 16.
Kd2 $16) 15. Nxd5 $1 cxd5 16. Bc4 $1 $40) 11. g5 Qxd4 $5 (11... Ng8 12. Bd3
Bxd4 13. Bd2 {/\0-0-0,Rhe1~/= פg8,Rh8} Qxb2 (13... Na6 14. Na4 Qc7 15. Bxa6
bxa6 16. Bc3 (16. Qd3) 16... c5 $8 17. O-O-O Rc8 18. Qxd5 Bxc3 (18... Qxf4+ 19.
Kb1 Qd6 (19... Kf8 20. Qc4 $1 Qc7 21. Rxd4 cxd4 22. Qxd4 $18) 20. Qc4 $18) 19.
Nxc3 (19. Qd7+ Kf8 20. Qxc7 Bxb2+) 19... Qxf4+ 20. Kb1 Qc7 21. Qd7+ Kf8 22. Ne4
Qb8 (22... fxe4 $4 23. Rhf1+ Nf6 24. Rxf6+ exf6 25. e7+ $18) 23. Rhf1 h6 24.
Nd6 Rc7 25. Nxf5 $3 Rxd7 (25... gxf5 26. Rxf5+ Kg7 (26... Nf6 27. Rxf6+ $18)
27. Rf7+ Kg6 28. Qd3+ $18) 26. exd7 Qd8 27. Nd4+ $18) 14. Rb1 Qa3 15. Ne2 $1
Bg7 16. Bb4 Qxa2 $8 17. Kd2 $44 {ףa2} b5 (17... d4 18. Rb3 Qa4 (18... b5 $2
19. Bxb5 $18) 19. Rhb1 Na6 20. Ra3 Qxb4+ 21. Rxb4 Nxb4 22. Bxf5 $3 gxf5 23.
Qh5+ Kd8 24. Qf7 Bh6 25. Nxd4 $18) 18. Nc3 Qa6 19. Nxd5 Qc8 $8 20. Ba5 Na6 21.
Nc7+ Nxc7 22. Qxc6+ Kf8 23. Bxc7 a6 24. Qb6 h6 25. h4 $44) 12. gxh6 Bxh6 13.
Be3 Qf6 14. O-O-O Qxe6 (14... O-O 15. h4 Qxe6 16. h5 $40) 15. Bd4 (15. h4 $142
{/\h5->}) 15... O-O $8 16. Bg2 Qf7 17. h4 (17. Qf2 Nd7 18. Qh4 Bg7 $13) 17...
Nd7 18. Kb1 Rae8 19. h5 g5 $8 20. fxg5 (20. Qg3 e5 $5 $132) 20... Bxg5 21. Qg3
h6 22. Qc7 (22. Bxa7 $5 Ra8 (22... e5 23. Nxd5 f4 24. Qb3 $1 Ra8 25. Ne7+ Bxe7
26. Rxd7 $18) 23. Bf2 f4 $132) 22... e5 23. Bxa7 Nf6 24. Qd6 (24. Qxf7+ $6 Rxf7
$15 {Pf5,e5,d5>B _|_}) 24... d4 25. Bxd4 $8 (25. Ne2 $4 Ra8 26. Qc5 b6 $19)
25... exd4 26. Qxd4 Ng4 $15 (26... Nxh5 27. Bf1 $1) 27. Rdf1 Ne3 (27... Rd8 28.
Qc5 Be3 $36) 28. Rfg1 Rd8 29. Qc5 Kh8 $6 (29... Qg7 $142 30. Rh3 (30. Bf3 Rd2)
30... Qd4 (30... f4 31. Be4) 31. Bd5+ $140 Rxd5 32. Qxd4 Rxd4 33. Rxe3 Rg4 $17)
30. Bf3 $1 Rfe8 31. Be2 $1 {/\Bd3} Qe7 (31... Rd2 $5 32. Bd3 Qd7 {/\Rxd3} 33.
a3 $1 (33. Na4 $4 Rxd3 34. cxd3 Qxd3+ 35. Ka1 Nc2+ 36. Kb1 Ne1+ $19) (33. Qb6
$4 Rxd3 34. cxd3 Qxd3+ 35. Ka1 Nc2+ 36. Kb1 Na3+ 37. Ka1 Qb1+ 38. Nxb1 Nc2#)
33... Qe7 $13) 32. Qa5 b5 $5 (32... Ra8) 33. Bd3 Rxd3 $5 34. cxd3 Qd6 35. a3 $8
Qxd3+ 36. Ka1 (36. Ka2 Qc4+ 37. Kb1 Qd3+ $10) 36... Nc4 (36... Nc2+ 37. Ka2 Bd8
38. Qa6 Qc4+ 39. Kb1 Qd3 40. Ka2 Qc4+ 41. Kb1 Qd3 42. Rd1 Nxa3+ 43. Ka1 Nc2+ (
43... Qb1+ 44. Nxb1 Nc2+ 45. Ka2 Nb4+ 46. Kb3 Nxa6 47. Rd6 $36 {_|_}) 44. Kb1
$10) 37. Qc7 (37. Qa6) 37... Qc2 $2 $138 (37... Nxa3 $1 38. Rd1 $1 (38. Rh2
Nc2+ 39. Rxc2 Qxc2 40. Qxc6 Rf8 $17) 38... Nc2+ (38... Bd2 39. Rxd2 $1 Qxd2 40.
Qf7 $1 Nc2+ 41. Kb1 Re1+ 42. Rxe1 Nxe1 43. Qf8+ Kh7 44. Qxf5+ Kg7 45. Qg6+ Kf8
46. Qf6+ Kg8) 39. Kb1 Na3+ 40. Ka2 (40. Ka1 $10) 40... Qc4+ 41. Ka1 Nc2+ 42.
Kb1 Na3+ $1 43. Ka1 Nc2+ $10) 38. Rh2 Qb3 $2 (38... Nd2 $8 39. Qxc6 Rg8 40. Qc7
$1 (40. Rxd2 $5) 40... b4 $5 (40... Nb3+ 41. Ka2 Nc1+ 42. Rxc1 Qxc1 43. Qe5+
Rg7 44. Qxf5 b4 45. Qf8+ $18) 41. Qe5+ Rg7 (41... Kh7 42. Rxd2 $1 Qxd2 $8 43.
Qxf5+ Kh8 44. Qe5+ Kh7 45. Ne4 $18 {_|_}) 42. Qb8+ Rg8 43. Rxd2 $1 Qxd2 44.
Qxb4 $16 {_|_}) 39. Qxc6 $18 Re3 (39... Re5 40. Rxg5 $3 hxg5 (40... Re1+ 41.
Nb1 Rxb1+ (41... hxg5 42. Qc8+ Kh7 43. Qxf5+ Kh8 44. h6 Rxb1+ 45. Kxb1 Qd1+ 46.
Ka2 Qd6 47. Re2 $18) 42. Kxb1 Nxa3+ 43. Ka1 Qd1+ 44. Ka2 Qb1+ 45. Kxa3 Qa1+ 46.
Kb4 Qa4+ 47. Kc5 Qc4+ 48. Kb6 $18) 41. Qf6+ $1 Kg8 (41... Kh7 42. Ne4 $3 Qd1+ (
42... fxe4 43. Qf7+ Kh8 44. h6 $18) 43. Ka2 Rxe4 44. Qxf5+ Kh8 45. Qf6+ Kh7 46.
Qg6+ Kh8 47. Qh6+ Kg8 48. Rf2 Qd6 49. Qxg5+ Kh8 50. Rf7 $18) 42. h6 Re1+ 43.
Nb1 Rxb1+ 44. Kxb1 Nxa3+ 45. Ka1 Qd1+ 46. Ka2 $18) 40. Qc8+ Kg7 (40... Kg7 41.
Qxf5 (41. Rxg5+ hxg5 42. h6+ Kf6 43. Nd5+ $18) 41... Kh8 $8 (41... Nxa3 42.
Rxg5+ hxg5 43. h6+ Kg8 44. h7+ Kh8 45. Qf6#) 42. Rxg5 $1 Re1+ 43. Nb1 hxg5 44.
h6 $1 Rxb1+ 45. Kxb1 Qd1+ 46. Ka2 Qd6 47. Re2 $18) 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-41"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2014.08.06"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Black "Rapport, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A89"]
[WhiteElo "2618"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[Annotator "Meulders,R"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2014.08.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Spain"]
[BlackTeam "Hungary"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "HUN"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 f5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne5 9. Qb3 {The overwhelming majority of games continues with 10.Nxe5. It is
the sharpest and most-analysed variation and also the one that is most likely
to yield White an advantage.} Ned7 ({The simple and straightforward} 9... Nxf3+
{looks like a safe alternative to equalise quickly. There are few examples in
grandmaster practice, but two games are interesting here:} 10. exf3 (10. Bxf3
a6 11. Bg2 Rb8 12. a4 e5 13. dxe6 Bxe6 14. Bg5 h6 15. Bd2 c6 16. a5 Qd7 $6 (
16... b5 $1 17. axb6 Qxb6 18. Qxb6 Rxb6 19. Na4 Rb3 20. Rac1 Ne4 21. Rfd1 Rd8
22. Bf4 Rb4 23. b3 Bf7 24. Bxe4 fxe4 25. Nc5 d5 26. Bd2 Rbb8 27. Ba5 Re8 28.
Bc3 Ra8 $11) 17. Qb4 {1-0 (36) Guevara Pijoan,J-Larsen,B (2520) Mondariz 1996})
10... e5 11. dxe6 Bxe6 12. Re1 Qd7 13. Be3 c6 14. Rad1 Rfd8 15. Bf4 Qf7 16.
Bxd6 Bxc4 17. Qa3 Re8 18. Rxe8+ {1/2-1/2 (18) Relange,E (2472)-Vaisser,A (2556)
Marseille 2001}) 10. Qc2 (10. Be3 Nc5 11. Qa3 Nce4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Bd4 (13.
Ng5 Nxg5 14. Bxg5 h6 15. Bd2) 13... Bh6 14. b3 e5 15. dxe6 Bxe6 16. Rad1 Qe7
17. Ba1 Rf7 18. Qb2 Bg7 $11 {1/2-1/2 (30) Olafsson,H (2460)-Miton,K (2516)
Panormo 2001}) 10... a5 {The standard move to secure the position of a knight
on c5 by preventing b4.} 11. Bg5 Nc5 12. Rad1 Bd7 $6 (12... e5 $1 13. dxe6 Bxe6
14. Nd4 Bf7 (14... Bxc4 $2 15. Na4 $18) 15. Nd5 c6 16. Nxf6+ Bxf6 $11) 13. Nd4
Qe8 14. Rfe1 $146 (14. Be3 h6 15. Nb3 b6 16. Nd4 Rc8 17. Bc1 (17. b3 Kh7 18.
Bc1 e5 19. dxe6 Nxe6 20. Nxe6 Qxe6 21. Bb2 $14) 17... Kh7 18. b3 e5 19. dxe6
Bxe6 20. Nxe6 Qxe6 21. Bb2 Nfe4 22. Nxe4 Nxe4 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. Rd4 Rce8 25. e3
Rf7 26. Rfd1 h5 27. Re1 {1/2-1/2 (27) Gavrikov,V (2580)-Avshalumov,A (2475)
Nimes 1991}) 14... Ng4 15. h3 h6 16. Bc1 Nf6 17. e4 fxe4 18. Nxe4 Nfxe4 19.
Bxe4 Bxh3 $2 ({In fact one should never let such a bishop live on principle:} 
19... Nxe4 $1 20. Rxe4 Bxh3 21. Rde1 Qf7 22. Rxe7 Rae8 $1 23. Rxf7 Rxe1+ 24.
Kh2 Rxf7 25. Be3 Bf5 26. Nxf5 gxf5 $11) 20. Bxg6 $16 Qd7 21. Bh5 $6 (21. b3 Rf6
22. Bh7+ Kh8 23. Bb2 Raf8 24. Ne6 Nxe6 25. Bxf6 Rxf6 26. dxe6 Bxe6 27. Be4 c6
28. Rd3 Bg4 29. f3 Be6 30. Kg2 $16) 21... Rf6 22. Be3 Raf8 23. b3 (23. Qe2)
23... c6 (23... Bg4 $1 24. Bxg4 Qxg4 $11) 24. Be2 $14 Kh8 25. a3 cxd5 26. cxd5
Qe8 27. b4 axb4 28. axb4 Nd7 29. f4 $16 Qf7 $2 ({More tenacious was} 29... Qg6
{but after} 30. Kh2 Bg4 31. Qxg6 Rxg6 32. Bxg4 Rxg4 33. Rc1 {White still has a
clear advantage.}) 30. Kh2 Bf5 {The only move but it costs the exchange.} 31.
Nxf5 Rxf5 32. Bg4 $18 Rh5+ 33. Bxh5 Qxh5+ 34. Kg2 Nf6 35. Rh1 $2 (35. Qd3 $18)
35... Nxd5 $1 36. Qd2 Nxe3+ 37. Qxe3 Qg6 38. Rde1 $16 e5 39. fxe5 dxe5 40. Qe4
$1 Qb6 (40... Qxe4+ 41. Rxe4 Rc8 42. Rd1 $18) 41. Rhf1 Rd8 42. Rd1 Rd4 43. Rxd4
exd4 44. Rc1 Qxb4 45. Rc8+ Bf8 46. Qe5+ 1-0

