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Главная страница Справка Коды ЭШД A16

Коды ЭШД

A13 A14 A15

A16

A17 A18 A19

A16

Код энциклопедии шахматных дебютов (ЭШД)

Описание

RU: Английское начало: 1...Кf6 с ...d5
EN: English Opening: 1...Nf6 with ...d5

Ходы

1. c4 Кf6 2. Кc3 без 2. ... e6

Дебюты

Английское начало

[Event "SRB-chT"]
[Site "Vrnjacka Banja"]
[Date "2012.10.02"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Rusev, Krasimir"]
[Black "Atalik, Suat"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2544"]
[BlackElo "2603"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2012.09.29"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SRB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Pozega"]
[BlackTeam "Paracin"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SRB"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SRB"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 {Grьnfeld forever.} 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 {I knew
that he could go for this drawish line.} Nxc3 6. dxc3 Qxd1+ 7. Kxd1 f6 8. Be3
e5 9. Kc2 (9. Nd2 Nd7 (9... Be6 10. Bc4 Kf7 11. Kc2 Nd7 12. b4 a5 13. a3 Be7
$11) 10. Bc4 Bc5 11. Ke2 $11 {is another line.}) 9... Nd7 $1 {If Black wants
to try anything this is supposed to be the move.} (9... Be6) 10. Bc4 (10. Rd1
Nb6 (10... Nc5 11. Nd2 Bd7 12. f3 h5 13. Bc4 Ne6 $13) (10... Bc5 11. Rxd7 Bxe3
12. Rxc7 Bb6 13. Bb5+ Kf8 14. Rc4 Ke7 15. Rf1 a6 16. Ra4 Rb8 17. Bc4 Bd7 18.
Ra3 Rhd8 $44) 11. Nd2 Be6 {was of course tried by Ivan.}) (10. Nd2 Bc5 11. Bxc5
Nxc5 12. b4 Ne6 {also gives chances for Black.}) 10... Bc5 11. Bh6 $6 {This
ambitious move has been tried by many people. White changes his mind in some
way.} (11. Bxc5 Nxc5 12. Nd2 Ke7 $11) 11... Ke7 $1 (11... Bf8 $11) 12. b4 Bd6
$1 {The bishop shuts the d-file.} (12... Bxf2 13. Rhf1 Bb6 14. g4 $44) 13. Bb3
a5 (13... c5 $5 14. a3 Nb6 15. Nd2 Bd7 {is another way.}) 14. a3 b5 (14... c5
15. bxa5 (15. b5 Nb6 16. Nd2 (16. a4 c4 17. Ba2 Bc5) 16... a4 17. Ba2 Be6 18.
Bxe6 Kxe6 19. c4 Rhd8 20. Be3 Be7 $36) 15... Rxa5) 15. Bd5 Ra6 16. a4 $5 (16.
Be3 c6 17. Bb3 Bb7 18. Nd2 c5 $40) 16... bxa4 (16... axb4 17. axb5 Rxa1 18.
Rxa1 bxc3 19. Be3) 17. b5 Ra7 18. Ne1 $1 (18. Be3 Bc5) 18... Bb7 19. Nd3 Nb6 (
19... Bxd5 20. exd5 Nb6 21. Be3 a3 22. c4 e4 23. c5 exd3+ 24. Kxd3 Rb7 25.
cxd6+ Kxd6 26. Rxa3 Nxd5 27. Rxa5 Nxe3 28. fxe3 $15) 20. Bxb7 ({He could still
transform the game into} 20. Be3 Bxd5 21. exd5 a3 $15) 20... Rxb7 21. Be3 a3
22. Bc1 (22. Nc5 Rbb8 23. Kb3 c6 $1 $17) 22... Ra8 $1 {A very important move
in the game.} (22... Nc4 $6 23. Kb3 Nb2 24. Bxb2 Rxb5+ 25. Kc2 axb2 26. Nxb2
Ra8 27. Ra4 $15) 23. Bxa3 Nc4 24. Bxd6+ Nxd6 25. Ra4 Rxb5 $17 26. Rha1 $6 {
This makes White's job easier.} (26. c4 Rbb8 $1 (26... Rb6 $6 27. c5 Rc6 28.
Rb1 $132) (26... Rb7 27. f3) 27. f3 Rd8 28. Nc5 Nc8 29. Nb7 Nb6 30. Raa1 Rd4
31. Nxa5 Ke6 32. Kc3 Rad8 $17) 26... Rd8 (26... Nb7 27. Nb4 Kf7 $17) 27. c4
Rbb8 $1 (27... Rb6 28. c5 Rc6 29. Rb1 $132) 28. f3 $2 $138 {This is the real
mistake.} (28. Rxa5 Nxe4 29. Ra7 Rd7 (29... Rbc8 $2 30. f3 Nd6 31. Nb4 Ke6 32.
R1a6 $132) (29... Rdc8 $2 30. f4 $132) 30. f3 Nd2 31. Kxd2 Rb3 32. Ke2 Rbxd3
33. Rxc7 Rd2+ 34. Ke3 Rxg2 35. Rxd7+ Kxd7 36. Ra7+ Ke6 37. Rxh7 f5 $15 {
I still have some hopes in this rook endgame.} 38. f4 exf4+ (38... e4 $5 39.
Rh6 Kf6 40. c5 Rg1 (40... Rc2 41. Kd4 Rd2+ 42. Kc3) 41. Kd2 (41. Kd4 $2 Rd1+
$19) 41... Ke6 42. h4 Kd5 43. h5 gxh5 44. Rxh5 Kd4 45. Rxf5 e3+ 46. Ke2 Rg2+
47. Kf3 Rf2+ 48. Kg3 $11) 39. Kxf4 Rg4+ 40. Kf3 Rxc4 $15 {is defendable but he
still has to be careful.}) (28. Nc5 $2 Rb6 $19) 28... Nb7 29. Nc1 Rd6 30. Rb1
Rb6 31. Rb5 Nd6 32. Rc5 (32. Rb3 Rb4 $17) 32... Rb2+ $138 {I lost some time} ({
calculating} 32... c6 $2 33. Rcxa5 Rb2+ 34. Kc3 Rxg2 35. Ra7+ $132) 33. Kc3
R8b7 $5 ({Possibly even better is} 33... Kd7 $142 $19) 34. Rxc7+ Rxc7 35. Kxb2
Nxc4+ 36. Kb1 (36. Ka1 $4 Nb6 $19) 36... Rb7+ 37. Ka1 Ne3 38. Ra2 a4 ({My
technique almost betrayed me since} 38... Rc7 $142 39. Nd3 Rc3 40. Rd2 Nc4 41.
Rd1 Rc2 $19 {is simpler.}) 39. Re2 (39. Nd3 Rd7 $19 (39... a3 $5 {was what I
had intended.})) 39... Rc7 40. Rxe3 $1 {I failed to see that this is the only
move.} (40. Kb1 Rc3 41. Kb2 Nd1+ 42. Kb1 Re3 43. Rc2 Nc3+ 44. Kb2 Nb5 45. Rc5
a3+ $19) 40... Rxc1+ 41. Kb2 Rd1 $1 42. Kc2 Rg1 $1 ({I took into consideration
his counterplay.} 42... Rh1 43. h3 Rh2 44. Re2 h5 45. Kc3 h4 46. Kb4 Kf7 47.
Kxa4 Kg7 48. Kb5 Kh6 49. Kc6 Kg5 50. Kd6 Kf4 51. Ke6 Kg3 52. Kxf6 Rxg2 53.
Rxg2+ Kxg2 54. Kxe5 Kxh3 55. f4 Kg4 56. f5 gxf5 57. exf5 h3 $11) 43. Re2 h5 {
I think this is safer} ({than} 43... Kd6 44. Kc3 Kc5 45. Rd2 Rc1+ 46. Kb2 Rh1
47. Ka3 Kc4 48. h3 Ra1+ 49. Kb2 Rg1 50. Ka3 f5 51. Rd5 Rxg2 52. Rxe5 Rg3 $19)
44. Kc3 Rc1+ (44... h4 45. Ra2 h3 46. gxh3 Rf1 47. Rxa4 Rxf3+ 48. Kc4 g5 $19)
45. Kb4 Ra1 {Even if he played the best moves he would have lost due to his
king which should be cut off from the third rank.} 46. Rc2 ({I expected} 46. h4
$5 a3 (46... Rh1 47. Kxa4 Rxh4 48. Kb5 Rh2 49. Ra2 g5 50. Kc4 Kf7 51. Kd3 Kg6
52. Ke3 h4 53. Rf2 Kh5 54. Ra2 g4 55. fxg4+ Kxg4 56. Rf2 Kg3 57. Rxf6 Kxg2 58.
Rg6+ (58. Rf2+ Kg1 59. Rf5 Rh3+ 60. Ke2 Rg3 61. Rf1+ Kg2 62. Rf2+ Kh3 63. Rf5
Kg4 $19) 58... Kf1 59. Rg5 (59. Rh6 h3 60. Kd3 (60. Kf3 Rf2+ 61. Kg3 h2 $1 $19)
60... Ra2 $19) 59... Rh3+ 60. Kd2 Rg3 61. Rxe5 h3 $19) 47. Kb3 g5 48. hxg5 fxg5
49. Rc2 g4 50. fxg4 hxg4 51. Re2 Kd6 52. Rd2+ Ke6 53. Re2 Ke7 54. Re3 Kf6 55.
g3 Ke7 56. Kb4 a2 57. Kb3 Rf1 58. Kxa2 Rf3 59. Ra3 Kd6 $19) 46... g5 47. h3 Kf7
(47... Kd7 48. Rd2+ Ke6 49. Rc2) 48. Kc3 Rd1 $1 49. Ra2 Rd4 50. g4 (50. Rf2 Kg6
51. Rf1 g4 52. hxg4 hxg4 53. Rb1 Kg5 54. Rb6 a3 55. Ra6 a2 56. fxg4 Kxg4 57.
Rxa2 Rxe4 58. Kd3 Rd4+ 59. Ke2 Kg3 60. Kf1 Rd1+ 61. Ke2 Rg1 $19) 50... h4 ({
Even} 50... Rd1 {wins} 51. gxh5 Rf1 52. Rxa4 Rxf3+ 53. Kc4 Rxh3 54. Ra7+ Kg8
55. Kd5 Rxh5 56. Ke6 Rh7 $1 $19) 51. Ra1 Ke6 $22 52. Kc2 (52. Rb1 Rd6 53. Ra1
Ra6 54. Kc4 Ra8 55. Ra3 Kd6 56. Kb5 Rb8+ 57. Kc4 Rc8+ 58. Kb5 Rc2 59. Rxa4 Rc3
60. Ra6+ Ke7 61. Ra7+ Ke6 $19) 52... Rb4 {By playing a little bit faster than
I should have} ({I missed an immediate win.} 52... Rc4+ $142 53. Kd3 Rb4 $19)
53. Ra3 Kd6 54. Rc3 Rb6 $1 55. Ra3 Ra6 56. Rd3+ (56. Rc3 Rc6 $19) 56... Kc5 57.
Rd5+ Kc4 58. Kb2 Rb6+ 0-1

[Event "Paracin GM"]
[Site "Paracin"]
[Date "2018.07.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Raja, Rithvik R"]
[Black "Atalik, Suat"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2343"]
[BlackElo "2509"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2018.07.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SRB"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. h4 $5 {The newest approach.} Nxc3
$5 (5... Bg7 6. e4) 6. dxc3 (6. bxc3 Bg7 (6... Nc6 7. h5) 7. h5 Qd5 $5 (7...
Nc6 8. e4 $1 (8. d4 Bf5)) (7... c5 {is what I did not want to play.} 8. g3 Nc6
9. Bg2 Bd7 $14) (7... Bf5 $2 8. Qb3 $1) 8. g3 Bd7 9. Bg2 Bc6 $132) 6... Qxd1+
7. Kxd1 f6 (7... h5 8. e4 (8. Bf4 f6 9. Bxc7 Na6 10. Bg3 Nc5 $1 $44) 8... f6 9.
e5 Nc6 10. Bd3 Kf7 $14) 8. e4 (8. h5 g5 9. e4 e5 (9... Nd7) 10. Be3 Nd7) 8...
e5 (8... h5 9. e5 Nc6) 9. Bc4 (9. h5 g5 10. Be3 Nd7 $132) 9... h5 10. Be3 Bh6
11. Bxh6 Rxh6 12. Kc2 Nd7 13. Nd2 Nb6 (13... a5 14. a4 Nb6) 14. Bb3 Ke7 15. a4
a5 16. Nc4 Nxc4 17. Bxc4 Bd7 $11 18. f3 Rhh8 19. Rhd1 Rhd8 20. Rd2 b6 21. b3
Be6 (21... Be8 22. Rh1) 22. Rxd8 Rxd8 23. Bxe6 Kxe6 24. Rd1 Rxd1 {I felt like
I had to go to the king and pawns ending.} (24... Rg8 25. g4 $1 $132) (24...
Rh8 25. b4 $132) 25. Kxd1 Kd6 26. b4 axb4 (26... Kc6 27. Kc2 b5 28. Kb3 (28.
bxa5 bxa4 29. c4 Kb7 30. Kc3 c5 31. Kb2 Ka6 32. Ka3 Kxa5 33. g4 $11) 28... axb4
29. cxb4 bxa4+ 30. Kxa4 Kb6 31. g4 c6 32. Ka3 Kb5 33. Kb3 $11) 27. cxb4 c5 28.
Kc2 (28. b5 $142 g5 (28... c4 $2 29. Kd2 Kc5 30. Kc3 f5 31. g3 f4 32. gxf4 exf4
33. e5 $18) 29. g3 gxh4 30. gxh4 Ke6 31. Kc2 Kd7 32. Kb3 Kc7 33. Kc4 Kd6 $11)
28... cxb4 29. Kb3 g5 (29... Kc5 30. g4 $1 hxg4 $2 (30... Kd4 $2 31. gxh5 $18)
31. fxg4 $18) (29... f5 30. Kxb4 Kc6 (30... fxe4 $2 31. fxe4) (30... f4 $2 31.
Kb5 Kc7 32. a5 bxa5 33. Kxa5 Kc6 34. Ka6 Kc5 35. Kb7 $18) 31. Kc4 Kd6 32. Kb5
Kc7 $11) 30. hxg5 fxg5 31. Kxb4 $11 Kc7 32. Kb5 Kb7 33. Kc4 Kc6 34. Kb4 Kb7 35.
Kb5 Kc7 36. Kb4 Kc6 37. Kc4 Kd6 38. Kb5 Kc7 39. Kb4 Kd6 40. Kb5 Kc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lasker Memorial"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2000.05.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Loeffler, Stefan"]
[Black "Atalik, Suat"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2426"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2000.04.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. h4 $6 Bg7 6. h5 Nc6 7. Qb3 Nb6 8.
h6 (8. hxg6 hxg6 9. Ng5 e6 10. Rxh8+ Bxh8 11. Nce4 Qd4 $17) 8... Bf6 9. Ne4 O-O
(9... Be6 $5) 10. Nxf6+ exf6 11. e3 $6 (11. d3 Bg4) 11... Be6 12. Qd1 Nb4 13.
d3 Nxa2 14. Bd2 (14. Rxa2 $2 Bxa2 15. b3 Nd5 $17 (15... Qd5 $6 16. Nd2)) 14...
a5 15. Rh4 (15. Nd4 Nb4 16. Nxe6 (16. Rxa5 Rxa5 17. Bxb4 Qa8) 16... fxe6 17. d4
$15 (17. Rxa5 $2 Rxa5 18. Bxb4 Rb5 19. Bxf8 Qxf8 $17)) 15... Nb4 16. Rd4 (16.
Bxb4 axb4 17. Rxb4 (17. Rxa8 $2 Qxa8 18. Rxb4 Qa5 19. Qd2 c5 20. Rf4 Qa1+ 21.
Ke2 Ra8 $19) 17... Qe7 $17) 16... Qe7 17. Rxa5 Nc6 $1 (17... Rxa5 18. Bxb4 c5
19. Bxa5 cxd4 20. Nxd4 Ra8 $17) 18. Rxa8 Rxa8 19. Rh4 g5 20. Rh1 g4 $19 21. Rh5
(21. Nh2 Nd4) 21... gxf3 22. Qxf3 Ra1+ 23. Ke2 (23. Bc1 Qb4+) 23... Nd4+ (23...
Nd4+ 24. exd4 Bg4+ $19) 0-1

[Event "Continental op 45'"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "2000.07.29"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gufeld, Eduard"]
[Black "Atalik, Suat"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2443"]
[BlackElo "2549"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2000.07.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Big bad Gufy wants to have a positional afternoon game.} 1. g3 g6 2. Bg2 Bg7
3. Nf3 Nf6 4. O-O O-O 5. c4 d6 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. Rb1 d5 $5 (7... a5 8. a3 e5 9. d3
Nd4 {is normal.}) 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Re1 $146 (9. Nxd5 Qxd5 10. b3 {looks normal.}
) 9... a5 (9... Nb6 10. d3 (10. b4 $6 Bf5) 10... h6 11. Be3 e5 $13) 10. d4 Nb6
11. d5 $5 {Sac.} Nb4 (11... Bxc3 12. bxc3 Qxd5 (12... Nxd5 13. Qc2 Nb6 14. Bh6
Re8 15. Red1 Bf5 16. e4 Bd7 17. c4 $40) 13. Nd4 Qc4 $1 (13... Qxa2 14. Nxc6
bxc6 (14... Qxb1 $4 15. Nxe7+ Kg7 (15... Kh8 16. Bg5 $18) 16. Qd4+ $18) 15. Bh6
$16) 14. Nxc6 bxc6 15. Bh6 $44) 12. e4 c6 13. a3 Na6 14. dxc6 Qxd1 (14... bxc6
15. Qc2 Bg4 16. h3 Be6 (16... Bd7 17. Rd1 Qc8 18. Kh2 e5 $13) 17. Rd1 Qc8 18.
Kh2 $14) 15. Rxd1 bxc6 16. Bf1 $5 (16. Nd4 Bd7 17. e5 Rac8 18. f4 (18. Bf4 h6
$13) 18... c5 19. Nf3 Bf5 20. Ra1 Rfd8 $13) (16. Bf4 Nc4 17. Nd2 Nxa3 18. bxa3
Bxc3) 16... Bg4 17. Kg2 Nc5 (17... f5 18. Be2 (18. h3 fxe4 19. hxg4 exf3+ 20.
Kg1 Nc7) 18... Bxc3 19. bxc3 fxe4 20. Ng1 Bxe2 21. Nxe2 Nc4 $13) 18. h3 Bxf3+
19. Kxf3 Nb3 20. Be3 Rfb8 21. Bxb6 (21. Bxb6 Rxb6 22. Na4 Rbb8 23. Bc4 Nd4+ 24.
Kg2 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lasker Memorial"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2000.04.30"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Lechtynsky, Jiri"]
[Black "Atalik, Suat"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2371"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2000.04.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Qa4+ Bd7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 (6. Qxb7 $2 Nc6 {
threatens 7...a6.} 7. Nb5 Nd5 8. Nbd4 (8. Na3 Bg7 9. Qa6 Nb6) 8... Nxd4 9. Nxd4
Nb6 $17) 6... Nc6 $1 (6... Bg7 $6 7. e4) 7. g3 Bg7 8. Bg2 O-O 9. d3 (9. O-O Ne8
10. d4 Nd6 $132) 9... Ne8 $1 (9... Bg4 10. O-O Bxf3 11. Bxf3 Ne5 12. Qf4 Nxf3+
13. Qxf3 $14) 10. O-O Nd6 11. Qb3 Rb8 $1 12. h3 $6 (12. Bd2 Bg4 (12... e5 13.
Rfc1 Nd4 14. Nxd4 exd4 15. Ne4 Nxe4 16. Bxe4 $11) 13. Qd1 Qd7 $13) 12... e5 13.
e3 (13. Bg5 Qc8 14. Kh2 Be6 15. Qd1 f6) 13... Be6 14. Qd1 Re8 (14... f5 15. e4)
15. Ne1 Qd7 (15... e4 $6 16. Nxe4 Nxe4 17. Bxe4 Bxh3 18. Bg2) 16. Kh2 Red8 $1 (
16... Rbd8 17. Qa4) 17. Bd2 (17. f4 exf4 18. gxf4 Nf5 19. Ne4 b6 20. Ng5 Nb4
21. Nxe6 Qxe6 $40) 17... e4 $1 $17 (17... Nc4 18. dxc4 Qxd2 19. Qxd2 Rxd2 20.
Bxc6 bxc6 21. b3 $15) 18. dxe4 $2 (18. d4 Bc4 19. Rg1 f5 $17) (18. Nxe4 Nxe4
19. Bxe4 Bxb2 20. Rb1 Bg7 21. Qa4 Bxh3 22. Rh1 Bf5 $17) 18... Nc4 19. Nd5 N6e5
$1 (19... Bxb2 $6 20. Rb1 Ne7 (20... Bg7 21. Nd3) 21. Nd3 Nxd5 22. Nxb2 Nf4 (
22... Nxb2 23. Rxb2 Nb6 24. Qf3 Nc4 25. Bc3 $1 $40) 23. Bb4 $1 (23. Bc3 Nxg2
24. Qxd7 Rxd7 25. Kxg2 Nd6 $17) 23... Nxg2 24. Qxd7 Rxd7 25. Kxg2 c5 26. Bxc5
Nd2 27. Bxa7 Ra8 28. Bd4 Nxf1 29. Rxf1 $44) 20. Bb4 (20. Bc3 c6 21. b3 cxd5 22.
bxc4 dxe4 23. Qxd7 Rxd7 24. Bxe4 Nxc4 25. Bxg7 Nd2 26. Be5 Nxf1+ 27. Kg1 Re8
$17) (20. f4 c6 21. fxe5 cxd5 22. exd5 Bxd5 23. Bc1 Bxg2 24. Qxd7 Rxd7 25. Nxg2
Bxe5 26. Rb1 Nd6 $17) 20... c6 21. Nc3 (21. Be7 cxd5 22. Bxd8 Rxd8 23. exd5
Bxd5 $19) (21. Ne7+ Kh8 22. Qxd7 Rxd7 23. f4 Nxe3 24. fxe5 Nxf1+ 25. Bxf1 Bf8
$19) 21... Qc7 (21... Qc8 22. Qc1 c5 23. Ba3 b5 24. Nd5 Bxd5 25. exd5 b4 26. f4
bxa3 27. b3 Nxe3 28. Qxe3 Ng4+ 29. hxg4 Bxa1 30. Nd3 Bd4 $17) (21... Nxb2 22.
Qc2 Ned3 23. Nxd3 Nxd3 24. Ba3 b5 $19) 22. Qc1 Qb6 (22... c5 23. Ba3 b5 24. Nd5
Bxd5 25. exd5 b4 26. f4 bxa3 27. b3 Nxe3 28. Qxe3 Ng4+ 29. hxg4 Bxa1 30. Nc2
Re8 31. Qf3 Bb2 $17) 23. a3 (23. Ba3 Nxa3 24. bxa3 Qa5 $19) (23. Be7 Rd7 24.
Bg5 Qxb2 $19) 23... a5 $5 (23... c5 $2 24. Na4) (23... Nd2 24. Na4 Nxf1+ 25.
Bxf1 Qc7 26. Nc5 Bc8 $19) 24. Na4 (24. Be7 Rd7 25. Na4 Qb5 26. Nc3 Qxb2 $19)
24... Qb5 25. Nc3 Qa6 26. Bc5 Nd2 $19 27. Bd4 Nxf1+ 28. Kg1 Nd2 29. Qxd2 c5 30.
Nd5 cxd4 31. exd4 Nc4 32. Qc3 Bxd5 33. exd5 Nb6 0-1

[Event "Groningen op"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1998.12.21"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Miton, Kamil"]
[Black "Atalik, Suat"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "1998.12.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. a3 {A dubious move by Polish prodigy.Now black is not
supposed to put his knight on c6.} (3. Nf3 $142 Nc6 4. a3 $5) 3... d6 4. g3 g6
5. Bg2 Bg7 6. d3 O-O 7. Nf3 Re8 8. O-O c6 (8... e4 $5 9. dxe4 Nxe4 10. Nxe4
Rxe4 11. Ng5 (11. Qc2 Bf5 12. Ng5 Re8 13. Qb3 Nd7 14. Qxb7 Rb8 15. Qd5 Qe7 $44)
11... Re7 (11... Rd4 $6 12. Qb3) 12. Ne4 Qe8 13. Nc3 Bxc3 14. bxc3 Rxe2 $13) 9.
Nd2 $1 Nbd7 (9... d5 $6 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Qb3 d4 12. Nce4 Nc6 13. Nxf6+ Qxf6
14. Ne4 Qe6 (14... Qe7 $2 15. Bg5) 15. Qxe6 Rxe6 (15... Bxe6 $2 16. Nd6 $18)
16. Bd2 $16) 10. Nde4 Nxe4 11. Nxe4 $1 (11. dxe4 {appealed to me more in the
game.<->d.} Qe7 12. b3 a6 $1 $36) 11... Qe7 12. Nc3 h6 13. Rb1 (13. b4 a6 14.
Rb1 Nf6 {would have trnsposed to the game.}) 13... Nf6 14. b4 a6 15. a4 Be6 16.
a5 $1 (16. b5 axb5 17. axb5 d5 18. bxc6 bxc6 19. cxd5 cxd5 $15 {with so many
pieces out black should be better.}) 16... d5 17. cxd5 Nxd5 (17... cxd5 18. Na4
d4 (18... e4 19. Nc5 Bf5 $15) (18... Nd7 19. Bd2) (18... Rac8 19. Nc5 Bf5 20.
e4 dxe4 21. dxe4 Rcd8 22. Qb3 Bc8 $14) 19. Nb6 (19. Nc5 Bd5) 19... Rad8 $15)
18. Na4 Rad8 19. Bd2 Nc7 20. Qc1 Kh7 21. Nc3 Bd5 $5 22. Be3 (22. Nxd5 cxd5 $15
(22... Nxd5 $5)) 22... Bxg2 23. Kxg2 Nd5 24. Ne4 f5 25. Nc5 Nf6 (25... e4 26.
dxe4 fxe4 (26... Nxe3+ $6 27. fxe3 fxe4 28. Rf4) 27. Qc4 $1 (27. Qc2 Bc3 28.
Rfd1 Qg7 $1 (28... Nxe3+ 29. fxe3 Rxd1 30. Qxd1 Rd8 31. Qc2 Bd2 32. Qxe4 Qxe4+
33. Nxe4 Bxe3 34. Kf3 Ba7 35. Nc5 $14) 29. Nxe4 Nxe3+ 30. fxe3 Rxd1 31. Rxd1
Bxb4 32. Rd7 Re7 $17) 27... Rd6 $15) 26. Qc4 Rd5 (26... g5 27. h4) 27. Rbd1
Red8 (27... Qf7 $142) 28. Na4 $1 Re8 (28... Nd7 29. Bc5 (29. Nc3 Rd6 30. Bc5 $2
Nxc5 31. bxc5 Rd4) 29... Nxc5 30. Nxc5 e4 31. e3 exd3 32. Rxd3 Rxd3 33. Nxd3
Rd5 34. Nc5 Be5 35. Re1 Rd2 $1 (35... Bd6 $6 36. e4 Bxc5 37. exd5 Qxe1 38. Qxc5
(38. bxc5 $11) 38... Qe4+ 39. Kg1 Qxd5 40. Qe7+ Kg8 41. Qxb7 Qc4 42. Qe7 $14)
36. Re2 $11) 29. Bc5 Qe6 30. Be3 $6 (30. Nb6 Rdd8) (30. e4 $1 Rdd8 (30... fxe4
$2 31. dxe4 Rxd1 32. Qxe6 Rxe6 33. Rxd1 Kg8 $8 (33... Nxe4 $2 34. Rd7 $18) 34.
f3 (34. Nb6) (34. Bb6 Bf8) 34... Kf7 $14) 31. Qxe6 Rxe6 32. f3 $13) 30... Bf8
31. Nc5 Bxc5 32. bxc5 (32. Bxc5 e4 $40) 32... Rd7 33. Qxe6 (33. Qh4 Ng8) 33...
Rxe6 34. Rb1 Nd5 35. Rb3 $8 g5 36. Rfb1 Ree7 37. Bc1 Kg6 38. f3 e4 $1 (38... f4
39. g4 h5 40. h3 hxg4 41. hxg4 Nf6 42. Bb2 Ng8 $11) (38... h5 $15) 39. dxe4
fxe4 40. Kf2 $1 Nf6 $2 (40... exf3 41. exf3 Nf6 $17) 41. Bb2 exf3 42. Bxf6 Kxf6
43. Kxf3 $8 Rd5 (43... Ke5 44. g4 $1 (44. Rc1 h5 $1 $17 (44... Rf7+ 45. Ke3 Rd4
46. Rcb1 Re4+ 47. Kd2 Rf2 48. Re3 Rxh2 49. Rxb7 Rxe3 50. Kxe3 Kd5 51. Rb6 Kxc5
52. Rxa6 g4 $11)) 44... Kd4 45. Rc1 Rf7+ 46. Kg3 Rde7 47. Rd3+ Ke5 48. Rcd1) (
43... h5 $142) 44. g4 $1 (44. Rxb7 Rf5+ 45. Kg2 (45. Kg4 Re4+ 46. Kh5 (46. Kh3
g4+ 47. Kg2 Rxe2+ 48. Kg1 Rxc5 $19) 46... g4+ 47. Kxh6 (47. Kh4 Kg6 $19) 47...
Ree5 $3 $19) 45... Rxe2+ 46. Kg1 Rxc5 $17) 44... Rxc5 45. Rxb7 Rxa5 (45... Rc3+
46. Kf2 Re5 (46... Re4 47. R7b4) 47. Rh7 Rc2 $1 48. Rxh6+ Kg7 49. Rd6 Rcxe2+
50. Kf1 $11) 46. Rxe7 (46. R7b6 $2 Re6) 46... Kxe7 47. Rb7+ Kf6 (47... Kd6 48.
Rh7 Re5 49. Rxh6+ Kd5 50. h4 gxh4 51. Rxh4 a5 52. Rh8 Kd4 53. Rd8+ Rd5 54. e3+
Kc4 55. Ra8 $11) 48. Rb6 Rc5 49. Rxa6 {White offered a draw here.} Ke5 50. e3
Rc1 51. h3 Rf1+ 52. Ke2 Rf6 53. Ra5+ Ke6 (53... Ke4 54. Rc5) 54. Rc5 Kd6 55.
Ra5 Re6 56. Rf5 Re5 57. Rf6+ Re6 58. Rf5 Re5 1/2-1/2

[Event "SWE-ch"]
[Site "Linkoping"]
[Date "2001.07.11"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Akesson, Ralf"]
[Black "Barkhagen, Jonas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2463"]
[BlackElo "2456"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2001.06.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 085"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 {Hecht} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Qxd1+ 7.
Kxd1 Bg4 8. Kc2 Bxf3 9. gxf3 e6 10. Be3 Nd7 11. b4 h5 12. Rd1 Bh6 13. Bxh6 Rxh6
14. f4 h4 15. Be2 Ke7 16. h3 Rd8 17. Rd2 Rhh8 18. Rhd1 Nb6 19. Rxd8 Rxd8 20.
Rxd8 Kxd8 {Hecht: '[#] MiЯglьckte Verteidigungsleistung der Lдuferpartei.'} 21.
Kd3 Ke7 22. Kd4 f6 23. c4 Nd7 24. c5 {'?!' Hecht.} (24. e5 $142 $11 {Hecht})
24... e5+ 25. fxe5 fxe5+ 26. Kd5 c6+ 27. Kc4 Nf6 28. Bf3 g5 29. Kd3 g4 $1 {
[%cal Gh4h1] Opening the way for the h-pawn.} 30. hxg4 ({Or} 30. Bg2 gxh3 31.
Bxh3 Nh7 {/\Ng5}) 30... Nh7 $1 31. Ke3 Kf6 32. Be2 Kg5 33. Kf3 (33. f3 {Hecht}
h3 34. Kf2 Kf4 35. a4 Ng5 36. a5 Ne6 $11 (36... h2 $6 {Hecht} 37. Kg2 Ke3 38.
a6 bxa6 39. Bxa6 Nxf3 40. b5 $18)) 33... Nf6 34. Bc4 {'?!' Hecht.} (34. Bf1
$142 {Hecht}) 34... h3 35. Be6 {'?' Hecht.} (35. Bf1 {Hecht} Kh4 36. g5 Nh7 37.
g6 Ng5+ 38. Ke3 Ne6 39. Kf3 $11) {[%tqu "En","Black is pawn down, but his
passed pawn h3 yields him more than sufficient compenstation. Can you find a
winning combination for Black?","Try to deflect the white king.","Bring your
knight into action!","f6e4","The decisive blow. Now White is defenseless.",5]}
35... Nxe4 $1 {[%cal Ge4g3,Gh3h1] '-+!' Hecht.} 36. Bc8 (36. Kxe4 {fails to} h2
) {[%tqu "En","How would you conclude the game?","Try to support further
movement of your passed pawn.","Your knight is perfectly placed - improve the
position of your king!","g5h4","It is very simple and very neat.",4]} 36... Kh4
$1 {[%csl Ge4][%cal Gh4g3,Ge4g5] White cannot prevent promotion of Black's
passed pawn, as there is no defense against 38...Ng5+.} 37. Bxb7 Ng5+ {[%cal
Ge5e4,Gh3h1]} (37... Ng5+ {, and White resigned, as after} 38. Ke3 h2 39. Bxc6
e4 $1 {he cannot prevent the h-pawn's promotion.}) 0-1

[Event "Belgrade Investbank"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1997.11.21"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[Annotator "Baburin,A"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1997.11.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 062"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Qa4+ Bd7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 Nc6 7. d4 Bg7 8.
e4 O-O 9. e5 Be6 10. exf6 Bxc4 11. fxg7 Kxg7 12. Bxc4 Nxd4 13. Nxd4 Qxd4 14.
Be2 {This position is yet another example of how unusual material correlations
arise as a result of opening play. It is hard to assess this position and as I
am using this game just as an example of one particular theme I would like to
use the assessment, very popular among commentators - 'unclear'! Of course,
two extra pawns is a valuable addition to the black queen, but White has no
weaknesses and can target Black's pawns.} Rad8 15. O-O Qe5 16. Be3 Rd7 17. Rfe1
Qa5 18. a3 Rfd8 19. Bg4 f5 20. Bf3 e5 21. Bg5 (21. Bxb7 $1 c5 22. Bc6 Rd6 (
22... f4 23. Bxd7 Rxd7 24. Bc1 c4 25. h3 $1 $18 {Anand; /\ Re2, Bd2}) 23. Bb5
a6 24. Bf1 $18) 21... e4 22. Be2 c6 23. Bxd8 Qxd8 24. Red1 b5 25. Rxd7+ Qxd7
26. Rd1 Qe6 27. g3 a5 28. Rd2 e3 29. Rd3 exf2+ 30. Kxf2 Qe5 31. Bf3 Qc5+ 32.
Kf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-Cup9"]
[Site "Novgorod"]
[Date "1997.06.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shcherbakov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Yandemirov, Valeri"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "Baburin,A"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1997.06.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 060"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Nxc3 8.
bxc3 Nd7 9. Qc2 Nb6 10. a4 a5 11. Ba3 Bf5 12. d3 Bd7 13. Bc5 Qe8 14. Bxb6 cxb6
15. Ra2 b5 16. axb5 Bxb5 17. Nd4 Bxd4 18. cxd4 Qd7 19. Rb1 Bc6 20. Bxc6 bxc6
21. Qc5 Rfb8 22. Rxb8+ Rxb8 23. Rxa5 Rb5 24. Ra8+ Kg7 25. Qc3 Qh3 $1 {[%csl
Rg2] From here the queen serves two tasks: takes away the escape g2-square
from White's king, thus reminding White of the back rank weakness, and
prevents h2-h4 while preparing ...Rb5-h5.} 26. d5+ $11 {After 26...f6 27 Qc2
cxd5 chances are equal.} (26. Qc2 Rh5 27. Qxc6 Qxh2+ 28. Kf1 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg zt"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shcherbakov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Tseshkovsky, Vitaly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "Belov,I"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1993.01.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 034"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 {Ribli} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Qa4+ Bd7 (5... Nc6 6. Ne5
Ndb4 (6... Bd7 7. Nxf7 $1) 7. a3 Bg7 8. axb4 Bxe5 9. b5 Nb8 10. e3 O-O 11. d4
Bg7 12. Be2 a6 13. O-O c6 14. Rd1 $5 $14) 6. Qh4 (6. Qe4 $5 {Gurieli}) 6... Nf6
(6... Nxc3 7. dxc3 Nc6 8. e4 (8. Qg3 f6 9. e4 e5 10. h4 Qe7 11. h5 g5 $13) 8...
e5 9. Qxd8+ (9. Bg5 Be7 10. Qh6 Bxg5 11. Nxg5 Qe7 12. Bc4 f6 $10) 9... Rxd8 10.
Be3 f5 $1 $13) (6... Bc6 7. Qd4 f6 8. e4 Nxc3 (8... e5 $5 9. Nxe5 fxe5 10.
Qxe5+ Qe7 11. Qxh8 Nf6 $13) 9. bxc3 {/\ 9...Qd4 10.Nd4 Be4? 11.Ne6+-}) (6...
Nb6 {Ribli} 7. d4 Bg7 8. Bh6 $14 {Sorokin,M-Lhagvasuren,C Cheliabinsk 1991 CBM/
25}) 7. e4 (7. d4 Bg4 8. Bg5 Bxf3 9. gxf3 (9. exf3 {Ribli} Bg7 10. Bc4 h6 11.
Be3 Nbd7 12. d5 $14 {Vaganian,R-Sokolov,I Wijk 1989 CBM/11})) (7. g3 $6 {Ribli}
Nc6 8. Bg2 Bg7 9. h3 h6 10. O-O Qc8 11. d3 g5 12. Qa4 Nd8 13. Qc4 Be6 14. Qa4+
Bd7 $10 {Georgiev,Ki-Ehlvest,J Calcutta 1992 EXP/27}) 7... Bg7 (7... Bg4 $6 {
Ribli} 8. Ne5 Be6 9. f4 Bg7 10. Qf2 O-O 11. d4 $14 {Kasparov,G-Popovic,P
Belgrade 1989 CBM/16}) 8. Bc4 h6 (8... Nc6 $5) 9. Ne5 (9. d4 $2 g5 10. Qg3 Nh5
$19) 9... e6 10. d4 Nc6 11. Be3 Qe7 12. a3 (12. Nxd7 Qxd7 13. Rd1 $14) (12.
O-O-O $5 {Ribli}) 12... g5 13. Qh3 (13. Qg3 Nh5 14. Qg4 (14. Qf3 Nxe5 15. dxe5
Nf4 16. Bxf4 gxf4 17. Qxf4 Qc5 $15) 14... Nf6 15. Qf3 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Nh7) (13.
Qg3 $5 {Ribli}) 13... Nxe5 14. dxe5 Nh7 15. Qg3 Nf8 16. h4 $8 Ng6 17. hxg5 Bxe5
18. Qg4 (18. f4 {Ribli} Bxc3+ 19. bxc3 hxg5 $13) 18... hxg5 19. Rxh8+ Bxh8 20.
Qxg5 Bf6 (20... Qxg5 21. Bxg5 $14) 21. Qc5 $6 Qxc5 22. Bxc5 Bc6 23. f3 O-O-O
24. Rd1 Rg8 25. Bf1 Nf4 26. Rd2 a6 27. Be3 Be5 28. Kf2 f5 $1 $15 29. exf5 exf5
30. Ne2 Nxe2 31. Bxe2 f4 32. Bc5 (32. Bd4 $2 {Ribli} Rd8 33. Bc3 Rxd2 34. Bxd2
Bxb2 35. Bxf4 Bxa3 $17) 32... Rd8 33. Rxd8+ Kxd8 34. b3 Bd5 35. Bd1 b6 36. Bb4
c5 37. Bd2 (37. Be1 $5 b5) 37... b5 38. Bc1 Kd7 39. Ke1 Ke6 40. Kd2 Bd4 (40...
Kf5 $1 {Kg5-h4-g3}) (40... c4 $5 {Ribli}) 41. Kc2 Ke5 42. Be2 c4 43. bxc4 Bxc4
44. Bxc4 bxc4 45. Bd2 Kf5 46. Be1 Be5 47. Bf2 Ke6 48. a4 Kd5 49. Bb6 Ke6
1/2-1/2

[Event "Rostov on Don op"]
[Site "Rostov on Don"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Belov, Igor"]
[Black "Novik, Maxim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[Annotator "Belov,I"]
[PlyCount "144"]
[EventDate "1993.05.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 036"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qh4 Nxc3 7. Qd4 (7.
dxc3 Nc6 8. Qg3 (8. e4 e5 $10) 8... f6 9. h4 e5 10. h5 g5 11. e4 Bc5 12. Be2
Qe7 13. Nh2 Nd8 14. Ng4 Ne6 $10) 7... f6 8. Qxc3 e5 $5 $146 (8... Bg7 9. e3 (9.
d4 $1) 9... e5 10. b4 (10. d4 e4 11. Nd2 f5 12. Bc4 c5 13. Nb3 cxd4 14. exd4 {
1/2:1/2 Polgar,Z-Stohl,I Dortmund 1990/}) 10... e4 $6 11. Nd4 f5 12. Rb1 $1 $16
{Gurevich,D-Gurevich,I USA 1992 Inf 56/20/}) (8... Nc6 9. a3 e5 10. d3 a5 11.
b3 Bd6 12. e3 Qe7 $10) 9. Nxe5 (9. d3 Nc6 10. a3 a5 $10) 9... fxe5 10. Qxe5+
Qe7 11. Qxh8 Nc6 12. Qc3 (12. b3 Nb4 13. Kd1 O-O-O 14. Bb2 Bh6 15. Qe5 Bg4 $1
16. f4 $8 Qd7 $44) 12... O-O-O 13. e3 Bg7 14. Qc4 $2 (14. Qb3 $5 Nd4 15. Qd1
Bf5 16. d3 Qb4+ 17. Bd2 Qxb2 18. Rc1 $13 (18. exd4 Re8+ 19. Be2 Bxd3 20. Qc1
Qxd4 $17)) 14... Nd4 $1 15. Be2 b5 $1 (15... Bb5 16. Qxb5 Nxb5 17. Bxb5 Qb4 18.
Be2 $13) 16. Qc3 Nxe2 17. Qa5 Nf4 18. O-O Bc6 $6 (18... Nxg2 $1 19. Kxg2 Qg5+
20. Kh1 Bh3 21. Rg1 Qd5+ $19) 19. f3 $1 (19. exf4 Qe4 20. f3 Bd4+ 21. Kh1 Qe2
$19) 19... Nd3 $17 20. Qa6+ Bb7 21. Qxb5 Qh4 22. Qb3 Rd5 (22... Be5 23. Qe6+
Kb8 24. f4) 23. a4 a5 24. g3 Qh3 25. Qc4 Kb8 {/\Rh5/} 26. Qg4 Qxg4 27. fxg4 Rd7
(27... Nxc1 28. Raxc1 Rxd2 29. Rf2 Rxf2 30. Kxf2 Bxb2 31. Rc5 $17) 28. g5 Kc8
29. h4 Kd8 30. Rb1 Be4 31. Ra1 Ke7 32. Ra2 Be5 33. b3 $1 Bxg3 (33... c5 $5) 34.
Ba3+ Ke6 35. Rf6+ Kd5 36. Ra6 $1 Rf7 37. Rxa5+ Ke6 38. Ra6+ $1 c6 39. Ra8 Rf2
40. Re8+ Kf5 $8 41. Rf8+ Kg4 42. Rxf2 Bxf2+ 43. Kh2 Bg3+ 44. Kg1 Kf3 45. a5 Nf2
46. d3 $1 Bxd3 47. Bc5 Ba6 (47... Be4 48. a6 Nh3+ 49. Kh1 Kg4+ 50. Rg2 $13) 48.
b4 Bxh4 49. Rd2 Ne4 50. Rd8 Nxc5 51. bxc5 Bxg5 52. Rf8+ $1 Ke4 (52... Kxe3 53.
Ra8 $13) 53. Re8+ Kd5 54. e4+ $1 Kc4 55. Kf2 Bd2 $1 56. Ra8 $2 (56. e5 $5 Bb4 (
56... Bxa5 $2 57. Ra8 Kb5 58. e6 Bb4 59. Rb8+ $18) 57. e6 Bxc5+ 58. Kf3 Kd5 59.
e7 $10) 56... Bb5 $19 57. e5 Bb4 58. Kf3 Kxc5 59. Ke4 h5 60. a6 Kb6 61. Rg8 h4
$1 62. Rxg6 h3 63. Kf3 Bxa6 64. Rh6 Bf1 65. Kf2 Bg2 66. Rh7 c5 67. Rh6+ Kc7 68.
Ra6 Kd7 69. Rd6+ Ke7 70. Rh6 Bc3 71. e6 Bf6 72. Rh5 Kxe6 0-1

[Event "Wch U20"]
[Site "Gaziantep"]
[Date "2008.08.08"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Braun, Arik"]
[Black "Li, Chao B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2533"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Braun,A"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2008.08.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 125 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Nc6 8.
d3 O-O 9. Be3 (9. Bd2 $5) 9... Re8 (9... h6 $5 {is worth considering. Black
tries to avoid the exchange of bishops. Ist eine Ьberlegung wert. Schwarz
versucht den Lдufertausch zu vermeiden.} 10. Qd2 Kh7 11. Rfc1 e5 12. b4 Nd4 13.
Rab1 {[%cal Ga2a4,Ga4a5]} (13. Ne4 $6 Nd5 $1) 13... Be6 (13... Bg4 14. Ne1 Rb8)
14. Ne4 Nd5 15. Nc5 $13) 10. Qd2 e5 11. Bg5 {To provoke Black into ...f6. Um
f6 zu provozieren.} (11. Bh6 Bh8) 11... f6 12. Bh6 Be6 (12... Bh8 13. Rfc1 Be6
14. Ne4 $14 {It is not easy for Black to achieve counterplay. After Schwarz
hat es nicht leicht, Gegenspiel zu erlangen. Nach} f5 15. Nc5 $16 {White is
clearly better. steht WeiЯ deutlich besser.}) 13. Ne4 (13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. Ne4)
13... Qe7 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Rfc1 Bf7 (15... Rad8 16. Nc5 Bc8 (16... Nc4 $4 17.
Nxe6+ $1 {Check! Schach!}) 17. b4 Nd7 18. Qb2 $14) 16. b4 $1 $14 {White now
has a dangerous initiative. WeiЯ hat nun eine gefдhrliche Initiative.} (16. Nc5
$2 Nc4 $1 $15) 16... Nd4 (16... Nxb4 17. Nc5 a5 (17... N4d5 $2 18. e4 $16) (
17... Nc6 18. Nxb7 $14) (17... Na6 18. Nxa6 bxa6 19. Qa5 $14) 18. a3 (18. Nxb7)
18... Na6 19. Nxb7 $14) (16... Qxb4 $2 17. Qxb4 Nxb4 18. Rxc7 $16) (16... Rad8
$2 17. Nc5) 17. Nxd4 exd4 18. Qb2 $5 Rad8 19. a4 c6 $2 {After this Black's
position is clearly worse. He had to try 19...Qe5 or 19...f5. Danach ist die
schwarze Stellung deutlich schlechter. Der Nachziehende musste 19...Qe5 oder
19...f5 versuchen.} (19... Qe5 20. Nc5 (20. a5 Nd5 21. f4 $6 Qe7 22. Qxd4 Nxf4
$15) (20. Rc5 Nd5 21. Rac1 $14) 20... Qxe2 21. Qxe2 (21. Rc2 Qe5 22. Nxb7 Rd7
23. Na5 $5 (23. Bc6 $6 Bd5 $1) (23. Nc5 Rde7 $132 {[%cal Gb6d5,Gd5c3]})) 21...
Rxe2 22. Nxb7 Rd7 (22... Rc8 $2 23. a5 Nd5 24. Nd6 $16) 23. Nc5 (23. Re1 $5)
23... Rde7 24. Na6 $40) (19... f5 $5 20. Nc5 Qxe2 21. Rc2 (21. Qxe2 Rxe2 22.
Nxb7 Rd7 23. Nc5 Rde7 24. Na6 Rd2 $132) 21... Qe5 22. Nxb7 Rd7 23. Na5 $1 $14)
20. a5 $1 Nd5 (20... Nc8 21. a6 $16) 21. Qxd4 a6 (21... Nxb4 22. Qxa7 f5 23.
Nc3 $16) (21... Nf4 22. Qb2 Nxg2 23. Kxg2 Bd5 24. f3 $16) 22. Rab1 Nf4 23. Qb2
Nxg2 24. Kxg2 Bd5 25. f3 $16 {Black does not have sufficient compensation for
the pawn. Schwarz hat nicht genьgend Kompensation fьr den Bauern.} Kf7 (25...
g5 26. g4 h5 27. Ng3 (27. h3 Bxe4 28. dxe4)) 26. Rc2 h5 $6 (26... Bxe4 $142 27.
fxe4 $16 (27. dxe4)) 27. Nc5 h4 28. e4 Be6 29. g4 $5 Bc8 30. Qc1 Qd6 31. Qe3 f5
32. Rf2 (32. gxf5 gxf5 33. Kh1 $18 {is even simpler. Black can do nothing to
stem White's attack. ist noch einfacher. Schwarz hat dem weiЯen Angriff nichts
entgegenzusetzen.}) 32... h3+ 33. Kg1 Qd4 34. Qxd4 Rxd4 35. Kf1 $18 {Black has
absolutely no counterplay. Schwarz hat keinerlei Gegenspiel.} Kf6 36. Ke2 f4
37. Kd2 Red8 38. Kc3 Be6 $2 {hastens the end..  Beschleunigt das Ende.} 39. Rd2
Bc4 40. Nxb7 R8d7 41. Nc5 Rd8 42. e5+ 1-0

[Event "Porz Citroen-Cup"]
[Site "Cologne"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Smejkal, Jan"]
[Black "Grimm, Sascha"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2325"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1992.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 031"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Rb1 O-O $2
(7... Nd7 8. Bxb7 $140 $2 Bxb7 9. Rxb7 Nb6) 8. Rxb7 $1 (8. Bxb7 $4 Bxb7 9. Rxb7
Qd5 10. Rxb8 Qxh1 $19) 8... Bxb7 9. Bxb7 Nd7 10. Bxa8 Qxa8 11. Nf3 (11. f3 $16)
11... Ne5 12. O-O Nxf3+ 13. exf3 Qd5 14. Qe2 Bf6 (14... Qxa2 15. Qxe7 $16) 15.
d4 c5 16. dxc5 Qxc5 (16... Bxc3 $6 17. Qxe7 $18) 17. c4 Rc8 18. Bh6 Qxc4 19.
Qxc4 (19. Rc1 $5 Qe6 $1 (19... Qxc1+ 20. Bxc1 Rxc1+ 21. Kg2 $16) (19... Qxe2 $2
20. Rxc8#) 20. Qxe6 Rxc1+ 21. Bxc1 fxe6 $14) 19... Rxc4 20. Rb1 Rc8 21. Rb7 Ra8
(21... Bd4 22. Rxe7 $16) 22. Kf1 e6 23. Ke2 Bg7 (23... Bd4 24. Be3 Bxe3 25.
fxe3 $16) 24. Bxg7 Kxg7 25. a4 h5 (25... a5 26. f4 h5 27. Ke3 $16) 26. a5 g5
27. Kd3 Kf6 28. Rc7 Rd8+ 29. Kc3 Rd1 30. Rxa7 Ra1 (30... Rh1 31. a6 Rxh2 32.
Rxf7+ Kxf7 33. a7 $18) 31. a6 Ra2 32. Kb3 Ra1 (32... Rxf2 33. Rxf7+ Kxf7 34. a7
Rxf3+ 35. Kb4 $18) 33. h3 h4 34. Kb4 Ra2 35. Kb5 Rb2+ 36. Kc6 Rxf2 37. gxh4
gxh4 38. Rc7 Rxf3 39. a7 Ra3 40. Kb7 Rb3+ 41. Kc8 Ra3 42. Kb8 Kg5 $2 (42... e5
$1 43. a8=Q Rxa8+ 44. Kxa8 e4 45. Rc5 Kg6 $2 (45... Ke6 46. Rh5 e3 47. Rxh4 f5
48. Rh8 Ke7 (48... f4 49. Rf8 Ke5 50. h4 Ke4 51. h5 e2 52. h6 f3 53. h7 f2 54.
h8=Q $18) 49. Rh7+ Ke6 $10) 46. Kb7 f5 47. Kc6 f4 48. Kd5 e3 49. Ke4 $18) 43.
Rxf7 Rb3+ 44. Rb7 Ra3 45. Rb4 1-0

[Event "World-ch24 Petrosian-Botvinnik +5-2=15"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1963.05.18"]
[Round "21"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A16"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "19"]
[EventDate "1963.03.23"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "MainBase"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 (4. d4) 4... Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 (5... Nb4 6.
d4 Bg4 7. Qa4+) 6. dxc3 (6. bxc3) 6... Qxd1+ (6... Nd7 7. Bc4 Bg7 $2 8. Bxf7+
$1) 7. Kxd1 Bg4 8. Be2 Nd7 (8... Nc6 {/\ 9...0-0-0}) 9. Be3 e5 10. Nd2 (10. h3
Bxf3 11. Bxf3 Bc5 $10) 1/2-1/2

[Event "DDR-ch 38th"]
[Site "Zittau"]
[Date "1989.02.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Boensch, Uwe"]
[Black "Gauglitz, Gernot"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1989.02.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "DDR"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 012"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1989.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1989.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qc2 (6. Qh4 Bc6 7. g3
Bg7 8. Bg2 Nd7 {Kasparov,G-Sax,G/Brussels/1987/1/2-1/2/ -> CBM 2}) 6... Bc6 $2
{>= 6...Nb6; 6...Nb4} 7. e4 Nxc3 (7... Nb4 $2 8. Qb3 Nd3+ 9. Bxd3 Qxd3 10. Ne5
$18) 8. Qxc3 $1 f6 $18 9. Ng5 Bh6 10. Ne6 Qd6 11. Bc4 Bd7 (11... Bxe4 $2 12. d3
Bxg2 13. Bxh6 Bxh1 14. Bf4 $18) 12. Nc5 $1 Bc8 (12... Bc6 13. d4 Bxc1 14. Rxc1
b6 15. Ne6 Bxe4 $2 16. Nxc7+ Qxc7 $2 17. Bf7+ $18) 13. d4 Bxc1 14. Rxc1 Nc6 15.
Bd5 Nd8 16. O-O c6 17. Bb3 b6 18. Nd3 Be6 19. e5 fxe5 20. dxe5 Qd7 21. Nf4 Qc8
$1 (21... Bxb3 $2 22. e6 $1) 22. Nxe6 Nxe6 23. Qc4 Nd8 24. Rfd1 Qf5 25. Rc3 e6
26. Rf3 Qxe5 27. Qd3 Qg7 28. Qe4 Qe7 29. Bxe6 $1 {/\ 30.Bd7#} Qxe6 30. Qd4 Nf7
31. Re3 Qxe3 32. Qxe3+ Kf8 33. h4 Re8 34. Qa3+ Kg7 35. Qxa7 1-0

[Event "World U20-ch22"]
[Site "Belfort"]
[Date "1983.08.24"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Stohl, Igor"]
[Black "Schandorff, Lars"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2335"]
[BlackElo "2355"]
[Annotator "Bulletin/Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1983.08.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/9000:16/5400:0"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. Nf3 g6 5. h4 $5 h6 (5... Bg7 6. h5 $36) 6.
e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 (7. dxc3 Qxd1+ 8. Kxd1 Bg4 9. Kc2 Nd7 10. Be3 $14) 7... Bg7 8.
d4 {Laissant l'option de transposer dans une Gruenfeld} c5 9. Rb1 (9. Be3) 9...
Nd7 10. Be2 Nf6 11. e5 Nd5 12. Bd2 cxd4 13. cxd4 a6 14. Bd3 b5 15. a4 $1 bxa4
16. Qxa4+ Bd7 17. Qb3 Be6 18. Bxa6 O-O 19. Bc4 Rc8 20. h5 gxh5 21. Ra1 Qd7 $13
{[%csl Re1] Le K Blanc est bloqué au centre mais celui des Noirs est
également en insécurité} (21... Ne3 $1 22. Bxe6 Nc2+ 23. Ke2 Nxa1 24. Rxa1
$13) 22. Qb5 $1 Qxb5 {L'échange des Q soulage les Blancs} 23. Bxb5 Bg4 24. Bd3
f6 (24... Rfd8 $132 {[%csl Rd4]}) 25. Ra5 Rfd8 26. Bg6 fxe5 27. dxe5 Rb8 28.
Rh4 Rb1+ $4 {La fatigue commence à se faire sentir en fin de championnat.} (
28... Nb4 $11 {[%cal Gb4d3]}) 29. Bxb1 1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2007.11.30"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2007.11.24"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Qa4+ Bd7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 Bg7 7. e4 Bc6 8.
d3 O-O 9. Be2 Nbd7 10. O-O a5 11. e5 Ne8 12. d4 Nb6 13. Qc5 Qd7 14. Rd1 Nd5 15.
Bg5 b6 16. Qc4 h6 17. Be3 f5 18. Rac1 e6 19. h4 Rf7 20. Qb3 Bf8 21. Nxd5 Bxd5
22. Bc4 a4 23. Qc2 Ra5 24. Bxd5 Rxd5 25. Qc6 f4 26. Bd2 Ng7 27. Qxd7 Rdxd7 28.
Rc6 Be7 29. Rdc1 g5 30. hxg5 hxg5 31. Rxc7 Bd8 32. Rxd7 ({Keeping both rooks
would have made Black's task considerably more difficult. After} 32. Rc8 {
Black does not have square f7 for his king, and a move like} Rf8 {is bad in
view of} 33. Bb4) 32... Rxd7 33. Rc8 Kf7 34. g4 fxg3 35. Bxg5 Bxg5 36. Nxg5+ {
All this is only visually strong for White. In reality the exchange of pieces
and pawns reduces from White's advantage.} Kg6 37. Nf3 Nf5 38. fxg3 Nxd4 39.
Nh4+ Kg7 40. Kf2 Rf7+ 41. Ke3 Nf5+ 42. Kd3 Nxg3 43. Rc4 Kh6 44. Rg4 Nh5 45. Ke3
a3 46. bxa3 Ra7 47. a4 Ra5 48. Nf3 Ng7 49. Rb4 Nf5+ 50. Kd3 Ne7 51. Nd4 Kg6 52.
Rxb6 Rxa4 53. Rxe6+ Kf7 54. Rf6+ Ke8 55. Rf2 Nd5 56. Rb2 Rxa2 57. Rxa2 Nb4+ 58.
Kc4 Nxa2 59. Ne2 Ke7 60. Nf4 Kd7 61. Nd3 Ke6 62. Kd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 76th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2014.01.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2014.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 159"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Be2 c5 8.
O-O Nc6 9. Qa4 Bd7 10. Qa3 Qa5 11. Rd1 O-O 12. Rb1 b6 13. d4 Qxa3 14. Bxa3 Bg4
15. dxc5 Bxc3 16. Ba6 Rab8 17. Rdc1 Bxf3 $6 ({\/Der richtige Zug lautet} 17...
bxc5 {, allerdings muss man erkennen, dass} 18. Rxb8 {mit} Nxb8 $1 {
beantwortet wird, der Angriff auf den Bc3 wird mit Gegenangriff pariert.}) 18.
gxf3 {Jetzt hat WeiЯ ein Luftloch, die strukturelle Schwдche spielt vorerst
keine Rolle.} Bd2 19. Rd1 Bc3 20. Kg2 {WeiЯ mцchte Ba6-b5 spielen, aber gleich}
(20. Bb5 {trifft auf} Nd4 $1) 20... bxc5 ({Vielleicht ist abwarten besser, etwa
} 20... Kg7 $5 21. Bb5 Rfc8 22. cxb6 Rxb6 23. Bxc6 Rcxc6 24. Rxb6 Rxb6 25. Bxe7
Rb2 {und die Verwertung des Mehrbauern dьrfte nicht einfach sein.}) 21. Bxc5
Bb4 22. Be3 Bd6 23. Rbc1 Nb4 24. Bc4 Rfc8 25. f4 Kf8 26. a3 Nc6 27. Ba6 Bxa3 $1
{Nimmt wenigstens einen Bauern mit, nach} (27... Rc7 28. Rd3 $1 Na5 29. Rdc3
Rxc3 30. Rxc3 {steckt Schwarz nur in Schwierigkeiten.}) 28. Rc4 $1 Rd8 $6 {
Sieht logisch aus, denn} (28... Rc7 {geht ja in die Fesselung, und doch wдre
das der bessere Zug, Schwarz will ...Bd6 und ...Nb4 spielen.} {Mit} 29. Rd5 $1
{kann WeiЯ den Vorteil festhalten, denn auf} Bd6 {folgt} 30. e5 Nb4 31. exd6
Rxc4 32. dxe7+ Ke8 33. Bxc4 Nxd5 34. Bxd5 Kxe7 35. Bxa7 {mit guten
Gewinnchancen.}) 29. Ra1 Bb2 30. Raa4 $1 {Jetzt hat der Nd4 kein gutes Feld,
ihn zu decken ist auch schwierig.} Rd6 {Einzige Mцglichkeit.} 31. e5 Re6 32.
Rc2 Nd8 $6 {Das verpasst die allerletzte Chance, nach} (32... Rb4 33. Ra2 Bd4
34. Bc8 Nd8 35. Bxd4 Rxd4 36. Rd2 $1 Rc6 37. Rxd4 Rxc8 {wдre Schwarz wegen der
schlechten weiЯen Bauernstruktur nicht vцllig chancenlos.}) 33. Bxa7 Ra8 34.
Bb5 {Jetzt geht der Bb2 verloren.} Bxe5 35. fxe5 Rxe5 36. Be3 1-0

[Event "Kent County CA-19 Masters"]
[Site "Margate"]
[Date "1923.04.03"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Reti, Richard"]
[Black "Gruenfeld, Ernst"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A16"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1923.03.31"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 g6 4. c4 c6 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. O-O Bg7 7. d3 Nc6 8. Nc3
O-O 9. Qb3 b6 10. Bg5 Na5 11. Qa3 Bb7 12. Rac1 h6 13. Bf4 Nh5 14. Bd2 Nc6 15.
Rc2 Qd7 16. Rfc1 Rfc8 17. Qa4 Nf6 18. Qh4 g5 19. Nxg5 $2 (19. Qa4 $14) 19...
hxg5 20. Bxg5 Nd8 $1 21. Bh3 Ne6 22. Bf5 d4 $1 23. Ne4 (23. Bxf6 Bxf6 24. Qh7+
Kf8 $19) 23... Rxc2 24. Rxc2 Rc8 $1 25. Rxc8+ Qxc8 26. Bh6 (26. Nxf6+ exf6 $19)
26... Qc2 27. f3 Bxe4 28. fxe4 Qxe2 29. Bxe6 fxe6 30. Qg5 Qg4 31. Qxg7+ Qxg7
32. Bxg7 Kxg7 33. h3 Nd7 34. Kf2 Nc5 35. Ke2 Na4 0-1

[Event "URS-ch21 Final"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "1954.01.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Ilivitzki, Georgi A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A16"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1954.01.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. g3 Nxc3 5. bxc3 g6 6. Bg2 Bg7 7. h4 h6 8.
a4 O-O 9. Ba3 Nd7 10. Nh3 c5 11. Nf4 e5 12. Nd5 Rb8 13. Qc2 b6 14. h5 Nf6 15.
Nxf6+ Qxf6 16. Be4 g5 17. c4 Qd6 18. Bd5 {(>= 18.Bb2)} Be6 19. e4 Bxd5 20. cxd5
{[#]} Rfc8 (20... f5 $1 21. f3 g4 $1 {; 21.d3 Qd7 /\ ...g4, ...f4}) 21. Qc4 Qd7
22. Bb2 f6 23. f3 Bf8 24. f4 Bd6 25. Rf1 Rf8 26. O-O-O {(>= 26.fxe5)} b5 27.
axb5 Rxb5 28. fxe5 Qb7 29. Bc3 fxe5 30. Rxf8+ Kxf8 31. Kc2 Ke7 32. Ra1 Rb6 33.
Qf1 Qd7 34. g4 (34. Qf5 $1 Qxf5 35. exf5 a6 36. Kd3 e4+ 37. Kxe4 Bxg3 38. Be5
$18) 34... a6 $1 $10 35. Qf5 Qb5 $1 36. Bxe5 Qb3+ 37. Kc1 Qc4+ 38. Kd1 Bxe5 39.
Qxe5+ Kd8 40. Qf5 Rb4 41. Qf6+ Kd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-24"]
[Site "Valetta"]
[Date "1980.11.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Giardelli, Sergio Carlos"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2300"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1980.11.20"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "MLT"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Argentina"]
[BlackTeam "Soviet Union"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "URS"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. O-O O-O 6. Nc3 d5 7. cxd5 cxd5 8. d3
Nc6 9. Qb3 d4 10. Nb5 a6 11. Na3 b5 12. Bf4 Be6 13. Qc2 Rc8 14. Qd2 Bd5 15.
Rfc1 Nd7 16. Nc2 e5 17. Bh6 Qe7 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. e3 dxe3 20. Nxe3 Bxf3 21.
Bxf3 Nd4 22. Bg2 Nc5 23. Re1 h5 24. Rac1 Rfd8 25. Rc3 Qf6 26. Nc2 b4 $1 27.
Nxb4 $2 (27. Rc4 Nxc2 28. Rxc2 (28. Qxc2 Nxd3 29. Rxc8 Nxe1) 28... b3 $1 (28...
Rxd3 29. Qe2) 29. axb3 Nxb3 30. Qd1 Nd4 $16) 27... e4 $1 $19 28. Qe3 (28. Qf4
Qxf4 29. gxf4 exd3 $18) (28. Rec1 exd3 $1 29. Rxc5 (29. Nxd3 Nxd3 30. Qxd3 Nb5)
29... Ne2+ 30. Kf1 Nxc1 31. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 32. Qxc1 d2 33. Qd1 Qxb2 34. Nd5 Rxd5 $1
35. Bxd5 Qb5+ $18) 28... a5 $1 29. Nc2 (29. Rec1 Qb6 $1 30. Rc4 (30. Nc2 Nf5)
30... Nf5) 29... Nxd3 30. Rxc8 Rxc8 31. Qxd4 (31. Nxd4 Nxe1 32. Bxe4 Rc4 33.
Qxe1 Qxd4 34. Bg2 Rc2 $18) 31... Qxd4 32. Nxd4 Nxe1 (32... Nxe1 33. Bxe4 Rc4
$18) 0-1

[Event "URS-ch53"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gavrikov, Viktor"]
[Black "Tseshkovsky, Vitaly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1986.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Qa4+ Bd7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 Bg7 7. g3 O-O 8.
Bg2 Ne8 $1 9. d4 (9. h4 $6 Nd6 10. Qb3 c5 11. d3 Nc6 12. h5 c4 $1 13. dxc4 Na5
14. Qd1 Naxc4 15. hxg6 hxg6 $17 {Szilagyi,P-Mikhalchisin,A,Budapest Noviki 1988
}) 9... Nd6 10. Qd3 Na6 11. O-O (11. Bf4 c5 12. d5 Nb4 $17) 11... c5 12. Rd1
Rc8 13. e3 (13. dxc5 Nxc5 $17) (13. Bg5 h6 14. dxc5 Nxc5 15. Bxe7 $2 Nxd3 16.
Bxd8 Nxb2 17. Rxd6 Rfxd8 18. Nd5 Nc4 19. Nf6+ Kh8 $19 {Tseshkovsky}) 13... b5 (
13... cxd4 $5 $15) 14. Qe2 cxd4 15. exd4 Nc7 16. a3 Bg4 17. d5 $6 (17. Bf4 $142
$13) 17... Qd7 18. Bf4 Nc4 $17 19. h3 $6 (19. Rac1 Rfe8 $17) 19... Bxh3 20.
Bxh3 Qxh3 21. Bxc7 (21. Qxe7 Rfe8 $19 {/\Nb2}) 21... Bxc3 $1 (21... Rxc7 22.
Nxb5 Rc5 23. Nbd4 $13) 22. Qxe7 Rfe8 (22... Bxb2 23. d6 Bxa1 24. Rxa1 $146) 23.
Qc5 (23. Qxf7+ Kxf7 24. Ng5+ Kg8 $1 25. Nxh3 Bxb2 26. d6 Bxa1 27. Rxa1 Rxc7 28.
dxc7 Rc8 $17) 23... Ba5 (23... Be5 $2 24. d6 Bxg3 25. d7 Bxc7 26. Qxc7 $1 $18 {
Tseshkovsky}) 24. d6 Nxd6 $2 (24... Ne3 $1 25. Nh4 Nxd1 26. Rxd1 Qd7 27. Rc1
Bxc7 28. dxc7 Re7 $19) 25. Ng5 Qd7 26. Rxd6 Qxc7 27. Qd5 $15 Qc4 28. Qf3 {
/\b3+-} Re7 29. Rad1 Rce8 30. Rd7 h6 31. b3 (31. Nh3 $5) 31... Qc3 32. Qxc3 $8
(32. R7d3 $2 Qc8 $19) 32... Bxc3 33. Nf3 Bb2 34. a4 bxa4 35. bxa4 a5 36. R7d5
Bc3 37. Rc1 Bb4 38. Kg2 Re2 39. Rc7 Ra2 $2 (39... R8e7 40. Rxe7 Rxe7 41. Nd4
Rc7 42. Nb3 Rc2 {/\} 43. Nxa5 Bc5 $17 {Tseshkovsky}) 40. Ne5 $10 Re7 (40... Bd6
41. Rxd6 Rxe5 42. Rf6 Rf5 43. Rxf5 gxf5 44. Rc5 $10) 41. Rxe7 $10 (41. Rxe7
Bxe7 42. Rxa5 Bf6 43. Nc6) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Nalchik FIDE GP"]
[Site "Nalchik"]
[Date "2009.04.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "242"]
[EventDate "2009.04.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 130"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Qa4+ Bd7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 Bg7 {'Stohl
considers this natural development of the bishop to be inaccurate.' Stohl hдlt
die natьrliche Lдuferentwicklung fьr ungenau.} ({Actually, Tatsдchlich ist} 
6... a6 {'has clearly been the preferred move among the top players of late.'
in neuerer Zeit eindeutig der beliebtere Zug unter den Spitzenspielern.}) 7. e4
$1 ({Not Nicht} 7. d4 O-O 8. e4 b5 $1 $11) 7... O-O 8. e5 Ng4 9. d4 Na6 ({
The most frequently played move is Meistens wird} 9... Be6 {', because then
"WeiЯ has the pleasant choice between the enterprising, but very complex, 10.
d5 and the risk-free and comfortable 10.Qb5!?" (Stohl).' gespielt; dann "hat
WeiЯ die angenehme Wahl zwischen dem unternehmungslustigen, aber recht
komplexen 10.d5 sowie dem risikolosen und bequemen 10.Qb5!?" (Stohl).}) 10. h3
Nh6 11. Be2 c6 12. O-O Be6 (12... Nc7 13. Qb3 b6 14. Rd1 Kh8 15. Bf4 Be6 16.
Qa4 Nd5 17. Bd2 b5 18. Qc2 Nxc3 19. bxc3 Bd5 20. a4 a6 21. Qc1 Ng8 22. Ra3 e6
23. Bg5 Qc7 24. c4 bxc4 25. Bxc4 Qd7 26. Be2 Rfc8 27. h4 Bf8 28. Rc3 Bb4 29.
Rcd3 Kg7 30. h5 h6 31. Bf6+ Kf8 32. hxg6 fxg6 33. Nh4 Qf7 34. Rg3 g5 35. Qb1
Nxf6 36. Qxb4+ c5 37. dxc5 Rab8 38. Qd4 Nd7 39. Rc1 Ke7 40. Bxa6 {1-0
Chuchelov,V (2539)-Gormally,D (2492)/Cappelle la Grande 2001/CBM 080 ext}) 13.
Qa4 Nc7 14. Rd1 f6 15. Bc4 Bxc4 16. Qxc4+ Nf7 17. d5 $1 ({The engine's
suggestion of Der Engine-Vorschlag} 17. Qb3 {'is also good, because it is not
so easy to protect b7 (17...Rb8 18.Bf4!)' ist auch gut, weil b7 nicht so
einfach zu decken ist (17...Rb8 18.Bf4!)}) 17... cxd5 18. Nxd5 Nxd5 19. Rxd5
Qe8 20. exf6 Bxf6 21. Be3 {'White's advantage is already very clear.' Der
weiЯe Vorteil ist bereits recht deutlich.} b6 22. Rad1 Rc8 23. Qb3 Qc6 24. Rd7
Rc7 25. Rxc7 Qxc7 26. Ng5 Bxg5 27. Bxg5 Rd8 28. Re1 Rd7 29. Qe6 Kf8 30. Bf4 Qd8
31. Kh2 Rd4 32. Rc1 {'Black now decides to give up his queen for rook and
bishop, which soon leads to a lost position. In any case, after the
alternative moves White also has splendid prospects for a win.' Schwarz
entscheidet sich nun die Dame gegen Turm und Figur zu geben, was bald in einer
verlorenen Stellung mьndet. Allerdings hat WeiЯ auch nach den Alternativzьgen
prдchtige Gewinnaussichten.} Rxf4 33. Rc8 Rxf2 34. Rxd8+ Nxd8 35. Qd5 Nf7 36.
b4 Kg7 37. a3 Rf6 38. Qa8 e5 39. Qxa7 Re6 40. Kg1 e4 41. Kf1 e3 42. Ke2 b5 43.
Qd7 Re5 44. a4 bxa4 45. Qxa4 Kf6 46. Qd7 Ng5 47. Qd8+ Kf5 48. Qd3+ Kf6 49. Qd8+
Kf5 50. Qf8+ Ke4 51. Qa8+ Kf4 52. Qf8+ Ke4 53. Qa8+ Kf4 54. b5 Ne4 55. b6 {
'Leko sees that he will get the e3-pawn with check.' Leko sieht, dass er den
Bauern e3 mit Schach bekommt.} ({There is an easy win after Leicht gewinnt} 55.
Qf8+ $1 Rf5 56. Qb8+ Re5 57. b6 $18) 55... Nc3+ 56. Ke1 Rb5 57. Qf3+ Ke5 58.
Qxe3+ Ne4 {'This position, however, is now not a simple one to win. ' Aber
diese Stellung ist nun dennoch nicht einfach zu gewinnen.} 59. Ke2 Rb1 60. Qa3
Nd6 61. Qc5+ Ke6 62. Qc6 Rb2+ 63. Kd3 Rb3+ 64. Kc2 Rb4 65. Kc1 Rb3 66. Qc5 h6
67. Qd4 g5 68. Qc5 Kd7 69. Kc2 Rb5 70. Qc7+ Ke6 71. Qc6 Rb4 72. Kc1 Rb3 73. Qc5
Kd7 74. g4 Ke6 75. Qc7 {'Perhaps the final mistake.' Vielleicht der letzte
Fehler.} (75. Qd4 Rb5 76. Qg7 {'with good prospects of getting both black
pawns in exchange for the b6-pawn.' mit guten Aussichten beide schwarzen
Bauern im Tausch gegen den Bb6 zu bekommen.}) 75... Kd5 $1 76. Qa7 Kc6 77. Qc7+
Kd5 78. Kc2 Rb5 79. Qh7 Rxb6 80. Qxh6 Rc6+ 81. Kd3 Nf7 82. Qh7 Rf6 83. Qg8 Kd6
84. Qe8 Rf3+ 85. Kd4 Rf4+ 86. Kc3 Rf3+ 87. Kb4 Rf6 88. Kb5 Kd5 89. Qa8+ Ke6 90.
Kc5 Ke7 91. Qa7+ Kf8 92. Qa3 Kg8 93. Kd5 Kg7 94. Qg3 Kg6 95. h4 gxh4 96. Qxh4
Kg7 97. Qg3 Kg6 98. Qh4 Kg7 99. Ke4 Kg6 100. Qh5+ Kg7 101. Ke3 Re6+ 102. Kf4
Rf6+ 103. Kg3 Rd6 104. Qf5 Rf6 105. Qc5 Rd6 106. Qc3+ Kg6 107. Kh4 Kh7 108. Qc7
Kg7 109. Qe7 Rh6+ 110. Kg3 Rf6 111. Qb4 Rd6 112. Qb2+ Kg6 113. Qb8 Kg7 114. Kf4
Rf6+ 115. Ke4 Re6+ 116. Kf4 Rf6+ 117. Kg3 Rd6 118. Qb5 Kg6 119. Qb7 Kg7 120.
Qe7 Rf6 121. Kg2 Rd6 {Shipov: "Black did not equalize in the anti-Gruenfeld.
The novelty of the American grandmaster – 12...Be6 – seems weaker than the
usual 12...Nc7. In the subsequent game the e6-bishop became a problem for
Black due to the Nf3-g5 threat. Looking for the solution, Gata opened the
center (14...f6), but Peter replied with strong counterattack. The spectacular
17.d5! underscored Black's weaknesses. White's attack was parried at a high
cost of damaging the pawn structure. Leko maintained the tension and created
un-pleasant threats. No wonder that at some point Kamsky decided to give up
material to complicate things. He could probably abstain from the queen
sacrifice 32...Rxf4 and continue resisting by 32...Qd7 (or 32...Qd5), and it
is hard to suggest anything concrete for White. The game proceeded to an
end-game, which was objectively lost for Black; however, it ended in a draw.
Peter wasted a lot of time before the control and made a few mistakes,
eventually missing a well-deserved victory. On the other hand, Gata deserved
this draw, because he fought bravely and never lost his spirit."} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Khanty-Mansiysk FIDE GP (Women)"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2014.04.20"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Zhao, Xue"]
[Black "Batchimeg, Tuvshintugs"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2552"]
[BlackElo "2340"]
[Annotator "ChessBase Website"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2014.04.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]
[WhiteClock "1:30:00"]
[BlackClock "1:30:00"]

1. c4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:01:41]} 2. Nc3 {[%emt 0:01:16]} d5 {
[%emt 0:01:07]} 3. cxd5 {[%emt 0:00:26]} Nxd5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 4. Nf3 {[%emt 0:
02:47]} g6 {[%emt 0:01:52]} 5. e4 {[%emt 0:02:30]} Nxc3 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 6.
bxc3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 7. Ba3 {[%emt 0:03:47]} O-O {
[%emt 0:01:38]} 8. Bc4 {[%emt 0:05:43]} c5 {[%emt 0:06:28]} 9. O-O {[%emt 0:00:
35]} Bg4 {[%emt 0:10:37]} (9... Qc7 10. Rc1 Nc6 11. d4 b6 12. Qe2 Na5 13. Bd5
Rb8 14. h3 e6 15. Bb3 Bb7 16. c4 Ba6 17. Qe3 cxd4 18. Nxd4 Rfd8 19. Nb5 Bxb5
20. cxb5 Qe5 21. Qe2 h5 22. Kh1 Qf4 23. Rc2 Rd4 24. Re1 Rbd8 25. Bc1 Qh4 26.
Rc7 Be5 27. Rxa7 Bb8 28. Ra8 Nxb3 29. axb3 Rxe4 30. Be3 Re5 31. Rd1 Kh7 32.
Raa1 Red5 33. Bxb6 Qe4 34. Qxe4 Rxd1+ 35. Qe1 Rxe1+ 36. Rxe1 Rd5 37. b4 Rxb5
38. Bc5 Rb7 39. Rb1 {Gurevich,D (2575)-Tseitlin,M (2430) Beersheba 1993 1-0 
(67)}) 10. Bd5 $146 {[%emt 0:11:01]} (10. Rb1 Nc6 11. Bxc5 Bxf3 12. gxf3 Qc7
13. Be3 Rad8 14. Qe2 b6 15. d4 Na5 16. Ba6 e5 17. d5 f5 18. c4 Rf6 19. Bg5 Rdd6
20. Bxf6 Rxf6 21. c5 Bh6 22. d6 Qd8 23. Rfd1 Bf4 24. d7 Nc6 25. Qc4+ Kg7 26.
Qd5 Nd4 27. Rxd4 exd4 28. e5 Rf8 29. c6 Qc7 30. Re1 Bg5 31. e6 Be7 32. Qe5+
Qxe5 33. Rxe5 Bd6 34. Rd5 {1-0 (34) Vuitton,G (2093)-Pazeriene,D (2025) Rynia
2013}) 10... Nd7 {[%emt 0:17:57]} 11. d4 {[%emt 0:07:35]} Qa5 {[%emt 0:07:51]}
12. Qb3 {[%emt 0:01:06]} Bxf3 {[%emt 0:10:36]} 13. gxf3 {[%emt 0:00:08]} e6 {
[%emt 0:00:27]} 14. Bc4 {[%emt 0:08:35]} b5 {[%emt 0:05:59]} 15. Be2 {[%emt 0:
00:41]} Rfc8 {[%emt 0:01:36]} 16. Bb2 {[%emt 0:12:25]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:04:09]}
17. cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:16]} Qd2 {[%emt 0:00:40]} 18. Rfe1 {[%emt 0:02:09]} Nc5 {
[%emt 0:05:07]} 19. dxc5 {[%emt 0:04:11]} Bxb2 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 20. Rab1 {
[%emt 0:00:03]} Qg5+ {[%emt 0:03:18]} 21. Kh1 {[%emt 0:03:56]} Be5 $36 {
[%emt 0:00:18][%csl Re2,Ge5,Rf3,Rh1][%cal Gg5f4] Zhao Xue played a sharp
anti-Gruenfeld but Tuvshintugs was not intimidated in the least. She launched
her pawns forward and attacked in every flank, eventually winning one pawn on
the queenside and shattering her opponent's kingside pawn structure, exposing
the king. The combination of this and the opposite colored bishops, which
favors the attacker, gave Black a decisive advantage that she saw through with
no problems.} 22. Rg1 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Qh4 {[%emt 0:03:22]} 23. Rg2 {[%emt 0:
00:23]} Rxc5 {[%emt 0:00:23]} 24. Kg1 {[%emt 0:02:43]} a6 {[%emt 0:03:21]} 25.
a4 {[%emt 0:01:24]} bxa4 {[%emt 0:02:05]} 26. Qxa4 {[%emt 0:00:13]} a5 {
[%emt 0:00:31]} 27. Bf1 {[%emt 0:01:36]} Qf4 {[%emt 0:00:53]} 28. Rg3 {[%emt 0:
02:03]} Rc1 {[%emt 0:02:45]} 29. Rxc1 {[%emt 0:00:21]} Qxc1 {[%emt 0:00:04]}
30. Rg4 {[%emt 0:00:14]} h5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 31. Rg2 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Qc3 {
[%emt 0:01:10]} 32. Rg5 {[%emt 0:01:06]} Bf4 {[%emt 0:03:03]} 33. Rb5 {[%emt 0:
00:11]} Qxf3 {[%emt 0:00:32]} 34. h3 {[%emt 0:02:15]} Qc3 {[%emt 0:00:50]} 35.
Rb3 {[%emt 0:00:34]} Qf6 {[%emt 0:00:55]} 36. Rb5 {[%emt 0:00:42]} Bc7 {
[%emt 0:00:24]} 37. e5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Qg5+ {[%emt 0:01:11]} 38. Kh1 {[%emt 0:
01:01]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:00:35]} 39. Rc5 {[%emt 0:01:17]} Bxe5 {[%emt 0:01:14]} 40.
Qxa5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Rd1 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 41. Qa8+ {[%emt 0:00:08]} Kg7 {
[%emt 0:02:39]} 42. Qg2 {[%emt 0:01:04]} Qf4 {[%emt 0:02:00]} 43. Kg1 {[%emt 0:
00:04]} Bd4 {[%emt 0:01:04]} 44. Rc2 {[%emt 0:00:07]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:33]} 45.
Re2 {[%emt 0:01:12]} Qc1 {[%emt 0:00:31]} 46. h4 {[%emt 0:01:22]} Qf4 {[%emt 0:
03:04]} 47. Qh3 {[%emt 0:02:09]} e4 {[%emt 0:00:59]} 48. Kg2 {[%emt 0:00:26]}
Rd3 {[%emt 0:00:54]} 0-1

[Event "Oslo Schakselskaps Jubilee"]
[Site "Oslo"]
[Date "1984.04.22"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Huebner, Robert"]
[Black "Agdestein, Simen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[Annotator "ChessBase/Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "174"]
[EventDate "1984.04.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 {1) Hübner,Robert: 55 feiste Fehler.Stamsried.1990. Verlag Ernst Vögel.
Nr.16, 17, 38, 43, 44, 49, 53.} Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. g3 Nb6 5. Bg2 g6
6. d3 Bg7 7. Be3 h6 8. Qd2 c6 9. Nf3 Nd5 10. Bd4 Nf6 11. h3 O-O 12. O-O Nbd7
13. Rfd1 Kh7 14. b4 Re8 15. e4 e5 16. Be3 Qe7 17. Rab1 b6 18. d4 exd4 19. Bxd4
Bb7 20. e5 Nd5 21. Re1 Nxc3 22. Qxc3 Rad8 23. h4 Nf8 24. h5 Ne6 25. Be3 g5 26.
Nh2 Nc7 27. Bxc6 Bxc6 28. Qxc6 Bxe5 29. Ng4 Qd6 {[#]} 30. Qe4+ (30. Qxd6 $1
Rxd6 (30... Bxd6 31. Nf6+ $18) 31. Rbd1 $1 (31. Bxb6 axb6 32. Rxe5 $16) 31...
Nb5 (31... Rxd1 32. Rxd1 Re7 33. Nxe5 Rxe5 34. Rd7 Nd5 35. Bd4 $18) (31... Rde6
32. Rd7 R8e7 33. Rxe7 Rxe7 34. Bxb6 axb6 35. Rxe5 Rxe5 36. Nxe5 Kg7 37. a4 $18)
(31... Bc3 32. Rxd6 Bxe1 33. Nf6+ $18)) (30. Qc2+ $1 Kg8 (30... Kg7 $2 31. Rbd1
Qe6 (31... Nd5 32. Nxe5 Rxe5 33. Bd4 $18) 32. Rxd8 Rxd8 33. Bxg5 hxg5 34. h6+
Kh8 35. Nxe5 Nd5 36. Qd2 $18) 31. Rbd1 Qe6 (31... Nd5 32. Bxg5 $1 (32. Rxd5 $2
Qxd5 33. Nxh6+ Kg7 34. Bxg5 Bf6 35. Bxf6+ Kxf6 36. Ng4+ Kg5 37. Rxe8 Rxe8 38.
Ne3 Qf3 $15) 32... hxg5 33. Qf5 $18) 32. Rxd8 Rxd8 33. Bxg5 hxg5 34. Nxe5 Nd5
35. Qd2 $18) 30... Kg8 {[#]} 31. Bxg5 $2 (31. Rbd1 $142 $1 $18 Nd5 (31... Qe6
32. Rxd8 Rxd8 33. Qxe5 Qxg4 34. Qxc7 $18) (31... Bd4 32. Qxd4 Qxd4 33. Rxd4
Rxd4 34. Nf6+ Kf8 35. Nxe8 $18) (31... Qxd1 32. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 33. Kg2 Bg7 34. Qc6
Re7 35. Nxh6+ Bxh6 36. Qxh6 Ne6 37. Bxg5 Nxg5 38. Qxg5+ Kf8 39. h6 $18) 32.
Bxg5 hxg5 (32... Bg7 33. Qxe8+ Rxe8 34. Rxe8+ Kh7 35. Bxh6 Bxh6 36. Rxd5 $18)
33. Nxe5 Qe6 (33... Qxb4 34. Qf5 Qe7 35. Nf3 $18) 34. Qc4 $18) 31... Bg7 (31...
hxg5 $2 32. Nxe5 $18) 32. Be7 Qd7 33. Rbd1 {[#]} Nd5 $1 (33... Qxd1 34. Rxd1
Rxd1+ 35. Kg2 Rd4 $1 36. Nxh6+ Bxh6 $1 (36... Kh8 37. Nxf7+ Kg8 38. Nh6+ Kh8
39. Qg6 Rxe7 40. Nf5 $18) 37. Qxd4 Rxe7 38. Qd8+ Bf8 39. h6 f5 $13) 34. Qf3 (
34. Bxd8 Rxe4 35. Rxe4 f5 36. Ne5 Qxd8 37. Red4 Bxe5 38. Rxd5 Qf6 39. Rd8+ Kf7
40. f4 Bxf4 41. gxf4 Qh4 $10) 34... Rxe7 35. Rxe7 Qxe7 36. Rxd5 Rxd5 37. Qxd5
Qxb4 38. Ne3 Qe7 (38... Bd4 $142 $1 $10) 39. Nf5 Qc7 {[#]} 40. Qe4 $14 (40.
Qa8+ $142 $1 $18 Kh7 41. Qe8 $1 {/\Ne7} (41. Qe4 Bf8 $10) 41... Qc4 (41... Bb2
42. Qf8 $1 (42. Ne7 $6 Qc1+ 43. Kh2 Kg7 $13) 42... Qc1+ 43. Kh2 Qg5 44. Qxf7+
Kh8 45. Ne7 Qg7 46. Qe6 $18) 42. Ne7 f6 43. Qg6+ Kh8 44. Nf5 $18) 40... Bf8 {
[#]} 41. Qe8 (41. Qa8 Qc1+ 42. Kg2 Qg5 43. Qd5 Bc5 (43... Qxh5 $2 44. Ne7+ $18)
44. f4 Qf6 $14) (41. Kg2 $1 {/\Qa8} Qc1 42. g4 Qg5 43. Kg3 $16) 41... Qc1+ $15
{[#]} 42. Kg2 $2 (42. Kh2 $142 Qg5 (42... Qd2 43. Kh3 $1 (43. Kg2 $2 Qd5+ 44.
Kh2 Qxf5 $19) 43... Qxf2 44. g4 {-> 42...Qg5}) 43. g4 Qf4+ (43... Qxg4 $2 44.
Nxh6+ $18) 44. Kh3 Qf3+ 45. Kh4 Qxf2+ 46. Kh3 Qf3+ 47. Kh4 Qf4 {/\Qh2#} 48. Kh3
Qg5 49. Qb8 $10) 42... Qg5 $1 $15 {[#]} 43. Qc8 $6 (43. Qe5 $142 Kh7 44. Qe4 (
44. Qe8 $2 Qxf5 45. Qxf8 Qd5+ 46. Kg1 Qxa2 $19) 44... Qxh5 45. Ne7+ Kg7 (45...
Kh8 $2 46. Qd4+ Bg7 $2 47. Qd8+ Kh7 48. Qg8#) 46. Qd4+ f6 47. g4 $10) 43...
Qxh5 $15 44. Ne7+ Kg7 45. g4 Qc5 46. Nf5+ Kg6 47. Qa6 Qb4 48. Qe2 h5 49. Ne3
hxg4 50. Nxg4 Qf4 51. Ne5+ Kg7 52. Nd3 Qg5+ 53. Kf1 Qf5 54. a4 Bd6 55. Qe3 Kf8
56. Qd4 Ke7 57. Ke2 Ke6 58. Qc4+ Qd5 59. Qa6 Qe4+ 60. Kd2 Bb4+ 61. Nxb4 Qxb4+
62. Ke3 Qc3+ 63. Ke2 Qc7 64. Ke3 Ke5 65. f4+ Ke6 66. Kf3 Qd7 67. Qe2+ Kd6 68.
Qe5+ Kc6 69. Kg3 Qd3+ 70. Kg4 Qg6+ 71. Kf3 Qe6 72. Qb5+ Kb7 73. f5 Qc6+ 74. Kg4
a6 75. Qb4 Qf6 76. Qe4+ Ka7 77. Qd5 Qg7+ 78. Kf4 f6 79. Qe6 b5 80. a5 Qc7+ 81.
Kg4 Qd8 82. Kh5 Qd4 83. Qc6 b4 84. Qc7+ Ka8 85. Qc8+ Ka7 86. Qc7+ Ka8 87. Qc8+
Ka7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lisbon Masters"]
[Site "Lisbon"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Rocha, Sergio MC"]
[Black "Santos, Carlos Pereira Dos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2370"]
[BlackElo "2330"]
[Annotator "Costa,L"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POR"]
[EventCategory "4"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 051 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 Bg7 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nf3 d6 6. Rb1 (6. O-O $142) 6... c6
$146 7. b4 d5 $1 8. cxd5 cxd5 9. O-O Re8 10. Qb3 e5 (10... Bf5 $5) 11. d4 exd4
12. Nxd4 Nc6 13. Ncb5 Bg4 14. Be3 a6 15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. Nd4 Bd7 17. h3 Ne4 $6 {
O inнcio de um plano que serн contrariado por SЙrgio Rocha.} 18. Rfd1 Nd6 19.
Rbc1 Nc4 {[#]} 20. Rxc4 $1 dxc4 21. Qxc4 $14 Qc8 22. Kh2 a5 23. bxa5 Rxa5 24.
Nxc6 Bxc6 25. Bxc6 Rh5 $6 (25... Rd8 26. Rxd8+ Qxd8) 26. Rd7 $16 Re6 27. Bb5
Qa8 $1 28. h4 Bf6 29. Rc7 {[#]} Rxh4+ $2 30. gxh4 Be5+ 31. Bf4 Bxc7 32. Qxc7 {
+-} Qe4 33. Bd3 Qd5 $6 34. Qc8+ (34. Bc4 $142) 34... Kg7 35. Qc3+ Kg8 36. a4
Qh5 37. Bg3 g5 38. Qc8+ Kg7 39. Qc3+ Kh6 40. Qd2 $6 (40. Qh8 $142 $1 Rg6 41.
Qf8+ Rg7 42. Qd6+ Rg6 43. Bxg6 hxg6 44. Qf8+ Kh7 45. Qxf7+ Kh6 46. Qg8 $1 gxh4
47. Bf4+ g5 48. Bxg5+ Qxg5 49. Qxg5+ Kxg5 {tudo esta sequЙncia Й forЗada. Se
as negras delas se fastam levam mate de imediato.} 50. a5 {e as brancas vencem
facilmente.}) 1-0

[Event "Rubinstein Memorial 32nd"]
[Site "Polanica Zdroj"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Huebner, Robert"]
[Black "Kaminski, Marcin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "Dolmatov,S"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "1995.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 049"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 d5 (4... Bg7 $5 5. d4 d5 6. cxd5 cxd5 7.
Qb3 Nc6 $10) 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Qb3 e6 7. Nf3 Bg7 8. d3 (8. d4 O-O 9. Bg5 Nc6 $10)
8... O-O 9. e4 d4 (9... Nc6 10. e5 (10. O-O) 10... Nd7 11. d4 f6 12. exf6 Nxf6
13. O-O $14) 10. Ne2 Nc6 11. O-O e5 $10 12. Bd2 Nd7 (12... Qe7 13. Rac1 Be6 $10
) 13. Rfc1 (13. Rac1 Qb6 14. Qxb6 axb6 15. a3 Nc5 16. Ne1 Nb3 $15) 13... Qb6
14. Qa3 $6 (14. Rc4 Qxb3 15. axb3 Nb6 16. Rc5 Be6 17. b4 a6 $15) (14. Qxb6 axb6
15. b4 b5 $15) 14... a5 15. Rab1 Qa6 (15... Re8 $2 16. b4 Bf8 17. Qa4 $1 Nxb4
18. a3) 16. Qb3 Nb6 (16... a4 17. Qc2) 17. a4 Be6 18. Qb5 (18. Qa3 Rfc8 $17)
18... Qxb5 19. axb5 Nb4 20. Bxb4 axb4 21. Rc7 $17 Na4 (21... Rfc8 $5 22. Rxb7
Nd7 23. Ng5 Nc5 24. Rb6 Bd7) 22. b6 Ba2 (22... Bf6 23. Rxb7 Nc5 24. Rc7 Nxd3)
23. Ra1 Nxb2 24. Nc1 (24. Rxb7 Nxd3 $17) (24. Rc2 Bb3 25. Rxa8 Bxc2 26. Ra2 b3
27. Rxb2 Ra8 $17) 24... Be6 (24... b3 $5 25. Rxb7 Nd1 26. Nxa2 Nc3 27. Ra7 b2
$17) 25. Rb1 (25. Rxa8 Rxa8 26. Rxb7 Bh6 $17) 25... Na4 $6 (25... Nd1 $5 26.
Rxb4 Ra1 27. Rc2 Nc3 $19) 26. Rxb4 Nc3 27. Nb3 Rfb8 28. Ng5 Bf8 29. Nc5 Ba2 (
29... Ra1+ 30. Bf1) 30. f4 Rc8 (30... Bd6 31. fxe5 Bxc7 32. bxc7 Rc8 33. Rxb7
$132) 31. Bh3 Bxc5 32. Rb2 (32. Bxc8 Bxb4 33. Bxb7 Rb8 $17) 32... f5 (32...
Rxc7 33. bxc7 b5 34. c8=Q+ Rxc8 35. Bxc8 b4 36. Ba6 b3 37. Bc4 $10) 33. exf5
Bd6 34. Rxc8+ Rxc8 35. fxg6 Ra8 36. fxe5 (36. gxh7+ Kg7 37. fxe5 Be7 $17) 36...
Bxe5 37. gxh7+ Kg7 38. Bg2 Bf6 39. Ne4 Bd5 (39... Be7 $17) 40. Nxf6 Kxf6 41.
Bxd5 Nxd5 42. Re2 Rh8 43. Re4 Rxh7 44. Rxd4 Ke5 45. Re4+ Kd6 46. g4 Nxb6 47. g5
Nd7 48. Kg2 $17 b5 49. h4 Ne5 50. Rf4 Kd5 51. Kg3 Rh8 (51... Nxd3 52. Rf5+ Kc4
53. g6 Rg7 54. h5) 52. d4 Ng6 $10 53. Rf5+ Kc4 54. Rc5+ Kb4 55. Rc6 Nxh4 56.
Kg4 Ng2 (56... Ka3 57. g6 b4 58. g7 Rg8 59. Rc7 $10) 57. g6 Ne3+ 58. Kg5 Nd5
59. g7 Rg8 60. Kh6 Ne7 61. Rf6 Rd8 62. Rf7 Ng8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Grand Slam Final 4th"]
[Site "Sao Paulo/Bilbao"]
[Date "2011.10.07"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[Annotator "Edouard,R"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2011.09.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. h4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 h6 7. e4 Bg7 8.
d4 c5 {We reach a normal Grьnfeld setup... with h4 and ...h6 included.} 9. Bb5+
(9. Rb1 {would be like the main line, but my feeling is that the "h4-h6"
difference cannot help White.}) 9... Nc6 10. d5 Qa5 11. Rb1 a6 12. Bxc6+ bxc6
13. O-O Bg4 {Till here, things went more or less normally.} 14. d6 $5 (14. dxc6
Rc8 {is about equal.}) 14... Rd8 15. Bf4 exd6 (15... O-O 16. dxe7 Rxd1 17.
exf8=Q+ Kxf8 18. Rfxd1 Kg8 {is proposed by the engine, but since I doubt Black
has any winning chance here; it's better to go for the text move.}) 16. Bxd6
Bf8 (16... Bxf3 17. gxf3 Be5 $6 18. Rb8 $1 Rxb8 19. Bxe5 Rd8 20. Qc1 {is
unpleasant for Black.}) 17. e5 Bxd6 18. exd6 O-O 19. Qd2 Bxf3 20. gxf3 Rd7 21.
Rfd1 Rfd8 22. Qxh6 Qxc3 $6 {A bit over optimistic. Now Black will have to be
careful.} (22... Rxd6 23. Rxd6 Rxd6 {seems like a dead draw to me, though I
might be missing something.}) 23. Qf4 c4 24. h5 Qg7 $6 {The beginning of
Black's problems.} (24... Qa5 {(or maybe even 24...Qh8!)} 25. hxg6 Qh5 {
should be a draw, since Black's pieces are going to get free. Still, this is
already a purely computer defence, even if it is admittedly not entirely
anti-thematic.}) 25. Rb6 Rc8 (25... Kh7 $5 {might be a good defensive move. I
cannot see a good path for White:} 26. Rxc6 gxh5+ 27. Kf1 Qg6 28. Rd5 (28. Qxc4
Rxd6 29. Rcxd6 Rxd6 30. Rxd6 Qxd6 31. Qxf7+ Kh6 {should be drawn.}) 28... Qb1+
29. Kg2 Rg8+ 30. Rg5 Rxg5+ 31. Qxg5 Qg6 32. Qxg6+ Kxg6 33. Rxa6 Kf6 34. Rc6 Ke6
35. Rxc4 Rxd6 {with a probable draw.}) 26. h6 Qc3 $2 (26... Qf8 {was necessary.
} 27. Rxa6 c3 28. Qc1 c2 29. Qxc2 Qxh6 {and White is better, though Black has
good chances to hold.}) 27. Rd4 $6 (27. Kg2 $1 Kh7 28. Rd4 $18) (27. Rb4 $5 {
is not better than 27.Kg2, but I liked quoting it :) The idea of course is}
Qxb4 $4 28. Qf6 {and mate.}) 27... Qe1+ 28. Kg2 Qe6 {Black's only move.} 29.
Rxa6 c3 30. Ra3 Rcd8 31. Rxc3 Rxd6 32. Rxd6 (32. Rcd3 {seems better to me:}
Rxd4 33. Rxd4 Ra8 34. a4 {and Black still has problems to solve, though the
position is far from clear.}) 32... Qxd6 $2 (32... Rxd6 $1 {should hold:} 33.
Rc5 (33. a4 Rd5 34. Re3 Qf5 $11) 33... Qf6 34. Qxf6 Rxf6 35. Kg3 Rd6 {and
Black will stop the a-pawn, or at least keep the c-one. I guess it's an easy
draw.}) 33. Qxd6 $6 (33. h7+ $1 Kg7 (33... Kh8 34. Qxf7 Rf8 35. Rxc6 Rxf7 36.
Rxd6 $18) 34. h8=Q+ Kxh8 35. Qxf7 Rd7 36. Qe8+ Kg7 37. a4 {and I don't think
Black can draw this!}) 33... Rxd6 34. a4 Kh7 $2 (34... Rd5 35. Rxc6 (35. Ra3
Ra5 36. Kf1 Kh7 37. Ke2 Kxh6 38. Kd3 Kg5 39. Kc4 Kf4 40. Kb4 Ra6 41. Kc5 Ke5 $1
{and White cannot make progress. This setup is very important.}) 35... Ra5 (
35... Rd4 $5 {should also be a draw.}) 36. Rc4 Kh7 37. Kf1 Kxh6 38. Ke2 Kg5 39.
Kd3 Kf5 40. Kc3 Ra8 41. Kb4 Rb8+ 42. Ka3 Ra8 {and I believe the endgame is
drawn. I took a bit of time to look a bit deeper, and I believe White has no
way to advance his pawn. Actually, there might be clever plans like} 43. Rc7 f6
44. Rc6 g5 45. Rb6 {in order to prevent Black's king from going to f4 and take
the pawns, but even after a waiting move like} Ra7 {I cannot see a plan for
White, since} 46. Kb4 {is met by} Rf7 $1 {after what ...Kf4 is a threat and
White's rook is no longer able to defend; White can, for example, play} 47. Kc5
{in order to try to advance, but after} Kf4 48. Rb3 Rc7+ {Black will take the
f2-pawn, sac the rook against the a-pawn, push and make a draw. To be more
precise:} 49. Kd6 Rc2 50. Ra3 Rxf2 51. a5 f5 $1 (51... Rh2 $4 52. a6 Rh8 53.
Ke6 $1 $18) 52. a6 (52. Ke6 Re2+ 53. Kf6 g4 $11) 52... Rd2+ 53. Ke7 Rh2 $11)
35. a5 Kxh6 $6 (35... c5 {was probably the only way but after} 36. f4 (36. Ra3
$6 c4 37. f4 Ra6 38. Kf1 Re6 39. a6 c3 $11) 36... Ra6 (36... Kxh6 37. Ra3 c4
38. a6 c3 39. a7 c2 40. a8=Q c1=Q 41. Qh8#) 37. Rxc5 {Black got a much worse
version than 34...Rd5, which I guess should be lost. Still:}) 36. a6 {Now the
game seems to be over.} c5 (36... Rd5 37. Ra3 Rd8 38. a7 Ra8 39. f4 {and White
will just bring his king to the queenside and win:} Kg7 40. Kf3 Kf6 41. Ke4 Ke6
42. Ra6 Kd6 43. Kd4 {and zugzwang later on...}) 37. Ra3 Rd8 38. f4 Kg7 39. Kf3
Kf6 40. a7 Ra8 41. Ke4 Ke6 42. Ra6+ Kd7 43. Kd5 Kc7 44. Kxc5 Kb7 45. Kb5 $1
Rxa7 (45... Kc7 46. Rf6 $18) 46. Rxa7+ Kxa7 47. Kc6 1-0

[Event "Foros Aerosvit 3rd"]
[Site "Foros"]
[Date "2008.06.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2687"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[Annotator "Eljanov,P"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2008.06.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 125"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.07.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qb3 Nb6 7. d4 Bg7 8.
Bf4 $5 {One of the popular possiblities to escape the Grьnfeld nowadays. Eine
der beliebten Mцglichkeiten heutzutage, Grьnfeld zu entfliehen.} O-O 9. e3 Be6
10. Qa3 N8d7 11. Rd1 Nd5 $5 $146 {I calculated this move during my game
against Svidler 2 rounds earlier. Diesen Zug hatte ich zwei Runden zuvor in
meiner Partie gegen Svidler berechnet.} ({But Petya choose Petya wдhlte
allerdings ohne groЯes Nachdenken} 11... c6 {without much thinking and I
forgot completely about the 11...Nd5 move and did not analyse it during my
preparation for Shirov! , worauf ich die Mцglichkeit 11...Nd5 komplett vergaЯ
und wдhrend meiner Vorbereitung auf Shirov nicht analysierte!} 12. Ng5 Bd5 $5
13. e4 e5 $5 14. dxe5 Bxe5 15. Bxe5 Nxe5 16. h4 (16. f4 $5) 16... Qe8 17. h5 f6
18. Nf3 Nbc4 19. Bxc4 Nxc4 20. Qb3 Nd2 21. Qxb7 Rf7 22. Qb4 Rb8 23. Qd4 Bxe4
24. Rxd2 Bxf3+ 25. Kf1 Bxh5 26. Ne4 Qe5 27. Qxe5 fxe5 28. Rh4 Rf4 29. Rxf4 exf4
30. f3 Kf8 31. Rd7 Rxb2 32. Rxa7 Rb1+ 33. Kf2 Rb2+ 34. Kf1 Rb1+ 35. Kf2 Rb2+
36. Kg1 Rb1+ 37. Kh2 Rb2 38. Kg1 Rb1+ 39. Kh2 Rb2 40. Kg1 {1/2 Eljanov,P (2687)
-Svidler,P (2745)/Foros 2008}) 12. Nxd5 Bxd5 13. Be2 c6 14. O-O Re8 $1 {
The move e5 is coming, so Black is quite ok here. Der Zug e5 kommt, also steht
Schwarz hier ganz okay.} 15. Bg3 Qb6 16. b3 e5 {But this obvious move is a
little inaccuracy, Black is not forced yet to hurry and can try to put some
pressure on the queenside. Aber dieser offensichtliche Zug ist eine kleine
Ungenauigkeit; Schwarz braucht noch nichts zu ьberstьrzen und kann versuchen,
etwas Druck auf den Damenflьgel zu entfalten.} (16... a5 $5 17. Bc4 Qb4 18. Qc1
e6 19. a3 Qe7 $132) 17. Nxe5 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Bxe5 19. Bc4 $1 {Unfortunately for
him Alexei thought that the position was completely equal, but it is not
completely so. Zu seinem Pech hielt Alexei die Stellung fьr vцllig
ausgeglichen, das stimmt aber nicht ganz.} Bxc4 (19... Rad8 20. Bxd5 cxd5 21.
Bxe5 Rxe5 22. Rd4 Re4 23. Rfd1 Rxd4 24. Rxd4 Rc8 25. g4 $5 $14 {I remember
this move in a similar situation from... a game of Alexei against Naiditsch in
Khanty-Mansiysk 2005, that he won convincingly! An diesen Zug erinnere ich
mich in einer дhnlichen Situation aus... einer Partie von Alexei gegen
Naiditsch in Khanty-Mansiysk 2005, welche er ьberzeugend gewann.}) 20. bxc4
Bxg3 (20... Qc7 21. Bxe5 (21. Rd3 Bxg3 22. hxg3 b6 23. Rfd1 Rad8 $11) 21...
Rxe5 22. Rd4 $14 {/=}) 21. hxg3 Re4 $2 ({Alexei failed to find the precise way
to equalise: Alexei versдumte es, den prдzisen Ausgleichsweg zu finden:} 21...
Red8 $1 22. c5 (22. Qe7 Re8 23. Qf6 Re6 24. Qf4 Re7 $11) 22... Qb5 (22... Qc7
23. Rd6 $14) 23. Rxd8+ (23. Rd6 Rxd6 24. cxd6 Qd5 $1) 23... Rxd8 24. Qxa7 Kg7
25. Qa3 Rd5 26. Qc3+ Kg8 27. Rc1 Qe2 $1 $11 {- the key move! I cannot defend
from perpetual check - and the pawn on a2 is hanging. - der Schlьsselzug. Ich
kann das Dauerschach nicht verhindern - und der Bauer auf a2 hдngt.}) (21...
Rad8 22. c5 (22. Rb1 Qa6 23. Qxa6 bxa6 24. Rb7 Rd2 25. a4 Ra2 $11) 22... Qa6
23. Qxa6 bxa6 24. Rd6 Rxd6 25. cxd6 Rd8 26. Rd1 f5 (26... Rd7 27. e4 f6 28. f4
Kf7 29. f5 $14) 27. d7 c5 28. Kf1 Kf7 29. Rd5 c4 30. Rc5 Rxd7 31. Rxc4 $14) 22.
Rd7 $1 Rae8 (22... Rxc4 23. Qe7 $16) 23. c5 Qb5 24. Qxa7 Ra4 25. Qb6 $1 {
I believe that this move is the strongest! Dieser Zug ist meines Erachtens am
stдrksten!} ({as after , denn nach} 25. Qxb7 Qxb7 26. Rxb7 Rxa2 27. Rc1 (27.
Rd1 Re5 $1 $132) 27... Rd8 $1 28. Rb6 Rdd2 29. Rf1 Rdc2 30. Rxc6 Ra5 {the
endgame is theoretically drawn. ist das Endspiel theoretisch remis.}) 25...
Qxb6 26. cxb6 Rb8 27. Rb1 $1 {Another important decision. Noch eine wichtige
Entscheidung.} (27. Rfd1 Rb4 28. Re7 Rxb6 29. Rdd7 Rb1+ 30. Kh2 Rf8 31. g4 $14
{I have some pressure, but do not believe that it could be enough to win. Ich
habe etwas Druck, glaube aber nicht, dass das zum Sieg ausreichen kцnnte.} (31.
Rxb7 Rxb7 32. Rxb7 Ra8 33. Rb2 f5 $132)) 27... Rxa2 28. Rb4 c5 {Black's
position is rather unpleasant and even with the help of a silicon friend it's
hard to guess which move is better. Die Stellung von Schwarz ist ziemlich
unangenehm, und selbst mit der Hilfe eines Silikonfreundes ist es schwer zu
erraten, welcher Zug besser ist.} (28... Ra6 29. g4 $1 g5 (29... c5 30. Rf4 f5
31. gxf5 Rxb6 32. f6 $16) 30. Kh2 Kg7 (30... c5 31. Rb5 $16) 31. Kg3 Kf6 32.
Rc7 Kg6 33. Rb3 Kf6 34. e4 $16 {Practically it's lost for Black because of the
absence of counterplay. Dies ist praktisch verloren fьr Schwarz aufgrund der
vцlligen Abwesenheit von Gegenspiel.}) 29. Re4 (29. Rf4 $5 {was a good
alternative: war eine gute Alternative:} f5 30. g4 Rb2 31. gxf5 Rxb6 32. f6 $16
) 29... Rb2 30. Ree7 Rb1+ 31. Kh2 Rxb6 32. Rxf7 Rc6 $2 {Clearly the decisive
mistake! Eindeutig der entscheidende Fehler!} (32... h5 {was the best try,
where I need to find a correct concept and have to calculate deeply variations
like: war der beste Versuch, wonach ich erst noch ein korrektes Konzept finden
und tief Varianten berechnen muss, zum Beispiel:} 33. Rg7+ (33. g4 $1) 33...
Kf8 34. g4 $1 (34. Rh7 Kg8 35. Rdg7+ Kf8 36. Rc7 Kg8 37. Rhd7 Rf6 38. f4 b5 39.
Rxc5 b4 40. Rcc7 Re6 41. Rg7+ Kh8 42. Rh7+ Kg8 $132) 34... hxg4 35. Kg3 (35.
Rdf7+ Ke8 36. Rc7 Kf8 37. Kg3 Rc8 $1) 35... Rf6 (35... Rc8 36. Rh7 Kg8 37.
Rdg7+ Kf8 38. Kxg4 c4 39. Rxb7 Rxb7 40. Rh8+ Ke7 41. Rxc8 $16) (35... Rd8 36.
Rdf7+ Ke8 37. Rc7 Kf8 38. Kxg4 $16) 36. Rh7 Kg8 37. Rdg7+ Kf8 38. Rc7 Kg8 39.
Rxb7 Rxb7 40. Rxb7 Rc6 41. Kxg4 c4 42. Rb2 $16 {and there is still no
guarantee of anything! Rook endings are very tricky and in one of these lines
there could be a draw. und noch immer ist nichts garantiert! Turmendspiele
sind sehr knifflig, und in einem dieser Abspiele kцnnte sich ein Remis
verbergen.}) 33. Rg7+ Kf8 34. Rxh7 Ke8 (34... Kg8 35. Rhg7+ $1 Kh8 36. Rxb7
Rxb7 37. Rxb7 c4 38. Kg1 c3 39. Rb1 $18) 35. Rd5 $1 {I had something like 3
minutes on the clock, so it's a good practical decision as the endgame after
35...Rbc8 should be lost. Ich hatte noch etwa 3 Minuten auf der Uhr, daher ist
dies eie gute praktische Entscheidung, denn das Endspiel nach 35...Rbc8 sollte
verloren sein.} Rcc8 (35... Rbc8 36. Rxb7 c4 37. Rdd7 $1 Kf8 38. Rd2 (38. Rh7
Kg8) 38... c3 39. Rc2 $18) 36. Re5+ $5 {Again the safest way, which becomes
the quickest thanks to my opponent! Wieder der sicherste Weg, der auch der
schnellste wird, dank der Hilfe meines Gegners!} ({But computer engines are
uncompromising judges! After Aber Computerengines sind kompromisslose Richter!
nach} 36. e4 $1 {I'm simply mating: setze ich einfach matt:} c4 37. e5 c3 38.
Rd6 $1 (38. Rdd7 Rc5) 38... c2 (38... Rc6 39. Rh8+ Ke7 40. Rxb8 $18) 39. Rxg6
Kf8 40. e6 $18) 36... Kf8 37. Rxc5 $1 Rxc5 38. Rh8+ Ke7 39. Rxb8 {And here
Alexei strangely enough resigned! Und hier gab Alexei seltsamerweise auf!} ({
After nach} 39. Rxb8 b5 {I would have to demonstrate precise technique! I
don't know which move I'd have chosen with something like 1 minute per move.
Most likely I would have chosen between the logical moves 40.g4 and 40.f4.
hдtte ich noch prдzise Technik demonstieren mьssen! Ich weiЯ nicht, welche
Fortsetzung ich bei etwa einer Minute pro Zug gewдhlt hдtte.
Hцchstwahrscheinlich hдtte ich zwischen den logischen Zьgen 40.g4 und 40.f4
gewдhlt.} 40. f4 (40. Rb6 g5 (40... Kd7 41. Rxg6 b4 (41... Kc7 42. Rg4 Rc4 43.
Rg7+ Kb6 44. Rd7 b4 45. Rd1 Kb5 46. f4 b3 47. g4 Kb4 48. g5 b2 49. Rb1 Kb3 50.
Kg3 Kc2 51. Rxb2+ Kxb2 52. g6 $18) 42. Rb6 Rc4 43. f4 Kc7 44. Ra6 Rc3 45. Ra4
b3 46. e4 $18) 41. Kh3 Kd7 42. Kg4 Kc7 43. Ra6 Rc2 44. f4 gxf4 45. gxf4 Rxg2+
46. Kf5 Rg8 $132) (40. g4 Kd6 41. Kg3 (41. f4 $1) 41... Kc7 42. Ra8 b4 43. Ra1
b3 44. Rb1 Rb5 45. f4 Kd6 46. e4 Ke6 47. g5 Rb4 48. Kf3 b2 49. Ke3 Kd6 50. Kd3
Kc5 51. f5 gxf5 52. exf5 Kd6 53. Kc3 Rg4 54. Rxb2 Rxg5 $14) 40... Kd6 41. g4 ({
is maybe easiest (but I'm not sure that 40.f4 would have become my choice!)
ist vielleicht am einfachsten (wobei ich nicht sicher bin, ob 40.f4 meine Wahl
geworden wдre!)} 41. e4 $5 Kc7 42. Ra8 b4 43. Ra2 b3 44. Rb2 Rc3 45. Kh3 Re3
46. e5 Kc6 47. Kg4 Kd5 48. Kg5 $1 Rxg3+ 49. Kf6 $18) 41... Kc7 42. Ra8 b4 43.
Kg3 b3 44. Ra1 b2 $1 (44... Kd6 45. Rb1 Rb5 46. e4 b2 47. e5+ Ke6 48. Kh4 Kf7
49. Kg5 Rb8 50. g3 Rb3 51. Kh6 Rb6 52. g5 Rb8 53. Kh7 Rb7 54. g4 $18) 45. Rb1
Rc2 46. Kh4 Rxg2 47. Kg5 Kd6 {And here it looks study-like: Und hier wird es
studienmдЯig:} 48. Kf6 $1 {The only way to win. Der einzige Gewinnweg.} (48. e4
Ke6 49. e5 Rf2 50. Rd1 Rd2 $11) ({Amazingly, after} 48. Kxg6 Rxg4+ 49. Kf6 Rg2
50. e4 Rh2 51. e5+ Kd7 52. e6+ Ke8 53. f5 Rh6+ $1 54. Ke5 Rh2 {I don't see any
chances to win as my king cannot find a safe haven. Ich sehe keine
Gewinnchancen, denn mein Kцnig findet keinen sicheren Hafen.} 55. Rg1 Kf8 56.
f6 Re2+ 57. Kd5 Rd2+ 58. Kc6 Rc2+ 59. Kd7 Rd2+ 60. Kc6 Rc2+ 61. Kd5 Rd2+ 62.
Kc4 Rc2+ 63. Kb3 Re2 64. e7+ Kf7 65. Rf1 b1=Q+ 66. Rxb1 Kxf6 $11) 48... Kd5 49.
g5 Kc4 50. Kxg6 $18) 1-0

[Event "ISR-ch"]
[Site "Ramat Aviv/Modiin"]
[Date "2000.12.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Finkel, Alexander"]
[Black "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2467"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2000.12.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 20512]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. Nf3 g6 5. e4 $1 {Of course
this move is far from being that strong, but agains Emil it's allways better
to keep the queens of the board!} Nxc3 6. dxc3 Qxd1+ 7. Kxd1 f6 8. Bc4 e5 9.
Be3 Nd7 10. Ke2 (10. Kc2 Bc5 11. Rhe1 Ke7 12. Nd2 a5 13. Rad1 Bxe3 14. Rxe3 Nb6
15. Rd3 Bd7 $15 {Ernst,S-Mikhalevski,V/VAM Hoogeveen op 1998}) (10. Nd2 a5 11.
Kc2 Bc5 12. Bxc5 Nxc5 13. Rhd1 Ke7 14. b4 axb4 15. cxb4 Ne6 16. Nb3 Rd8 17.
Rxd8 Kxd8 18. a4 $14 {Panzalovic,S-Christ,R/Open 1999}) 10... Nc5 (10... Bc5
11. Nd2 (11. Rhd1 Bxe3 12. Kxe3 Ke7 13. g3 Nb6 14. Nd2 Rd8 15. Bb3 a5 16. Nc4
Nxc4+ 17. Bxc4 $11 {Vodicka,V-Pribyl,J/CZE-chT2 1995}) (11. Bc1 Nb6 12. Bb3 Ke7
13. a4 a5 14. Ne1 Be6 15. Bxe6 Kxe6 16. Nd3 Nd7 17. f4 $14 {Hansen,L-Peelen,P/
OHRA-B 1989}) 11... a5 (11... Bxe3 12. Kxe3 Ke7 13. Rhd1 a5 14. Be2 Nc5 15. Nb3
Na4 16. Rd2 c6 $11 {Drogoon,A-Yandemirov,V/Minsk 1995}) 12. a4 Ke7 13. h4 Bxe3
14. Kxe3 Nc5 15. Nb3 Nxb3 16. Bxb3 $11 {Shalimov,V-Vokarev,S/Komercni Banka op
1997}) 11. Nd2 Bd7 (11... Be6 12. f3 O-O-O 13. Bxe6+ Nxe6 $11) 12. f3 a5 $5 13.
Rhc1 $1 b5 (13... Na4 14. Rab1 Bc5 15. Bxc5 Nxc5 16. b4 axb4 17. cxb4 Na4 18.
Bb3 $14) 14. Bb3 Bd6 (14... Nxb3 15. axb3 {[%csl Ra5]} Bd6 16. Ra2 (16. c4 Kf7
17. Ra2 Bb4 $1 $15) 16... Ke7 17. Rca1 a4 18. bxa4 bxa4 19. Rd1 Rhb8 $13) (
14... a4 15. Bc2 Ne6 16. b4 c5 17. bxc5 Bxc5 18. Rab1 Bxe3 19. Kxe3 Ke7 20. Bd3
Rab8 $11) 15. Bxc5 $1 Bxc5 16. a4 Ke7 17. axb5 Bxb5+ 18. Bc4 Bc6 ({I was
expecting} 18... c6 $5 {, but also the move in the game is not bad at all.})
19. Ra2 a4 $6 {There was no need to give white an opportunity to change the
lightsquared bishops.} (19... Rhd8 $1) 20. Bd5 $1 Bxd5 21. exd5 Kd6 $2 {
This move is mistake after which black has to defend till the end of the game
and as shows the game - the success is far from being granted.} (21... Rhd8 22.
Ne4 Bb6 (22... Rxd5 $2 23. c4 $18) 23. Rca1 (23. c4 Bd4 24. Nc3 $1 Bxc3 (24...
Rdb8 25. Nb5 $1 $16 {[%cal Gb5d4,Gb5c7]}) 25. Rxc3 Kd6 26. Rca3 Kc5 $11) 23...
Rxd5 24. Rxa4 Rxa4 25. Rxa4 f5 26. Nd2 $11) 22. Ne4+ Kxd5 23. Nxf6+ Kc4 24. Ne4
$1 $16 Bb6 25. Rca1 $1 Kb5 26. Kd3 (26. b3 $6 axb3 27. Rxa8 b2 $1 {[%csl Ra1,
Ra8]}) 26... Rhd8+ 27. Kc2 Ra5 28. Rd1 Rxd1 29. Kxd1 Kc4 30. Kc2 Be3 31. h3 (
31. Rxa4+ $6 Rxa4 32. b3+ Kb5 33. bxa4+ Kxa4 34. Nf6 h5 35. Nd5 Bg1 (35... Bb6
36. Ne7 g5 37. Nc6 Bg1 38. h3 Bh2 39. g4 $14) 36. h3 c5 (36... c6 $2 37. Ne7)
37. c4 $14) 31... Kd5 32. Kd3 Bc1 33. c4+ $1 (33. Nf6+ $5 Ke6 34. Nxh7 Rd5+ 35.
Ke4 Rd2 36. Rxa4 Bxb2 37. Ra6+ Kf7 38. Ng5+ Kg7 $16) 33... Kc6 34. b4 Ra8 35.
Kc2 Be3 $6 (35... Bh6 $5 {[%csl Rb4]}) 36. Nc3 $1 a3 37. Nb1 $1 Rb8 38. Rxa3
Bd4 39. Ra6+ Kd7 40. b5 $18 e4 $5 41. fxe4 Rf8 42. Kd3 Be5 43. Nd2 $6 (43. Ra2
$1 Rf1 44. Nc3 $18) 43... Rf2 44. Nf3 Bg3 $1 45. Ng5 $1 Bh4 $1 46. Ne6 (46.
Nxh7 Rf7 $13) 46... Rxg2 47. Nc5+ Ke8 (47... Ke7 $5 48. e5 Bg3 49. Rc6 $1 Kd8
50. Ne6+ Kd7 51. Nxc7 Bxe5 52. Nd5 $18) 48. e5 Be7 49. Ne4 Rh2 50. c5 Rxh3+ 51.
Kc4 Bd8 52. Ra8 Ke7 53. Nd6 $1 {[%csl Rd8]} Rh1 (53... cxd6 54. exd6+ Kd7 55.
c6+ Kxd6 56. Rxd8+ Kc7 57. Rd7+ Kc8 58. Rg7 $18) 54. Nb7 Rc1+ 55. Kd4 Rd1+ 56.
Ke4 Re1+ 57. Kd5 Rd1+ 58. Kc6 h5 59. Nxd8 h4 (59... Rxd8 60. Rxd8 Kxd8 61. b6
cxb6 62. cxb6 Kc8 63. b7+ Kb8 64. e6 h4 65. e7 $18) 60. Kb7 $1 g5 (60... Rxd8
61. Rxd8 Kxd8 62. b6 c6 63. Ka8 h3 64. b7 $18) 61. Nc6+ Ke6 62. Rh8 1-0

[Event "Danzhou 6th"]
[Site "Danzhou"]
[Date "2015.07.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Wang, Yue"]
[Black "Wei, Yi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2724"]
[Annotator "Fischer,J"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2015.07.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 167"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. h4 Bg7 6. e4 Nxc3 7. dxc3 Qxd1+
8. Kxd1 b6 9. Bf4 Bb7 10. Bb5+ c6 11. Be2 Nd7 12. Kc2 e5 13. Be3 c5 14. Nd2 f5
15. f3 Nf6 16. Bd3 O-O 17. a4 {The queens are off the board but White manages
to keep Black under pressure and plays on both wings.} ({After} 17. exf5 {
Black plays} Nd5) 17... Rac8 18. a5 b5 19. a6 Ba8 20. Bxb5 fxe4 21. Bc4+ Kh8
22. h5 exf3 23. gxf3 gxh5 24. Rh4 ({Komodo prefers to set its sight on the
queenside and wants to play} 24. Ra5 {here - with a clear advantage for White.
After the textmove Black comes close to equality again.}) 24... Rfe8 25. Ne4
Nxe4 26. fxe4 Bf6 27. Rxh5 Bxe4+ 28. Bd3 Bxd3+ 29. Kxd3 {Black is a pawn up
but all his pawns are weak and White's king is much more active than Black's.
Komodo here recommends} Re6 ({Black is a pawn up but all his pawns are weak
and White's king is much more active than Black's. Komodo here recommends} 
29... c4+ 30. Ke4 Re7 31. Rh6 Rf7 32. Rf1 $14) 30. Kc4 Rcc6 $6 {Now Black gets
into trouble.} 31. Bxc5 Be7 32. b4 Bxc5 33. bxc5 e4 34. Kd5 $1 {White's king
has the two black rooks well under control.} e3 35. Rh3 e2 36. Rh2 Rg6 37. Rxe2
Rc8 38. Re5 Rd8+ 39. Kc4 Rg4+ 40. Kb5 Rb8+ 41. Kc6 Rg6+ 42. Kc7 Rb3 43. Rd1 1-0

[Event "Match/Nation URS-YUG 42-22"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1957.07.13"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Pirc, Vasja"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A16"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "1957.07.03"]
[EventType "team-schev"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 Bg7 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 O-O 5. d3 d6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O a5 8. Rb1
Nh5 9. Ne1 $1 (9. Bd2 f5 $40 {Pirc-Boleslavsky, URS-JUG, Leningrad 1957}) 9...
f5 10. f4 e5 11. Bd2 Re8 $6 {(/\ ...Nf6, ...Be6, ...Qd7, ...Rae8)} 12. e3 Nf6
13. Nd5 Be6 14. b3 Qd7 15. Nc2 exf4 16. Nxf4 Bf7 17. Bc3 Rf8 18. Qd2 Rae8 19.
Nd5 Nxd5 20. cxd5 Ne5 21. Nd4 (21. Bxa5 Ra8 {/\ 21...Ra8, 22...b6/22...Nxd3})
21... Ng4 22. Rbe1 $2 (22. Rfe1 $1 Bh6 23. Nc2 Qb5 24. a4) 22... Bh6 23. Nc2
Qb5 24. h3 Ne5 25. d4 $2 (25. Rd1 $142) 25... Nd7 26. Qe2 Qxe2 27. Rxe2 Nf6 28.
Bxa5 b6 (28... Ra8 29. Bxc7 Ne8 30. Bb6 Ra6 31. Bd8 $1) 29. Bd2 Bxd5 30. Bxd5+
Nxd5 31. a4 Re4 32. Ree1 c5 $1 33. dxc5 dxc5 34. Kf2 c4 35. Rb1 cxb3 36. Rxb3
Rxa4 37. Rfb1 Rc8 38. Ne1 Bg7 39. Kg1 Rc5 40. Nf3 Bf6 41. Rb5 Be7 42. R5b3 Kf7
43. Be1 Bf6 44. Kf1 g5 45. Bd2 Kg6 46. Rd3 g4 47. hxg4 fxg4 48. Nd4 Bxd4 49.
exd4 Rc7 50. Re1 Rf7+ 51. Kg2 Ra2 52. Re6+ Rf6 53. Re5 $2 Nb4 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 13th"]
[Site "Plovdiv"]
[Date "2012.03.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Can, Emre"]
[Black "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2476"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2012.03.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 148"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Qc2 {This interesting move has
breathed fresh life into the famous line of English Opening. White players got
a bit tired of attempts to prove an advantage after the much tested 5.Qa4+.}
Nc6 6. d4 Ndb4 7. Qa4 Bd7 8. Qd1 e5 $5 {[%mdl 4] Black is trying to justify
his unusual development of the knights to b4 and c6. Opening the diagonals and
the d-file should help him to keep the initiative.} 9. dxe5 {The first player
is not prepared for the conflict so it is not surprising, that he will be
struggling to get any advantage at all.} (9. a3 exd4 10. axb4 (10. Nb5 a6 11.
Nbxd4 Nxd4 12. Nxd4 Nc6 13. Nf3 Be6 14. Qxd8+ Rxd8 15. Bg5 Be7 16. Bxe7 Kxe7
17. e3 Rd6 18. Rc1 Rhd8 19. Be2 Bf5 {1/2 (19) Dorfman,J (2578)-Vachier Lagrave,
M (2722) Caen 2011}) 10... dxc3 11. bxc3 Bg7 12. Bd2 O-O 13. e3 Bg4 14. Be2 Qd6
15. b5 Bxf3 16. gxf3 Ne5 17. Qc2 c6 18. f4 Nd7 19. O-O cxb5 20. Bxb5 Nc5 $11 {
1/2 (41) Alekseev,E (2673)-Kurnosov,I (2633) Taganrog 2011}) 9... Bf5 10. Bg5
Be7 {Sutovsky works hard on opening problems and he strives to get fighting
positions. Anybody in a more peaceful frame of mind could consider 10...Nc2+!?
robing White of chances to get an opening plus.} (10... Nc2+ $5 11. Qxc2 Bxc2
12. Bxd8 Rxd8 13. Rc1 Bf5 14. e4 Bh6 15. Rd1 Bg4 $11) (10... Qxd1+ 11. Rxd1 Bg7
(11... Nc2+ $2 12. Kd2 $16) 12. e4 Bg4 13. Bf6 $14) 11. Bxe7 {Black had to
fight harder for his share of equality after the more exact move 11.e4!} (11.
e4 $1 Bg4 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. a3 Bxf3 14. gxf3 Rd8 15. Qa4 Nd3+ 16. Bxd3 Rxd3 17.
Qb5 Rxf3 18. Qxb7 Nd8 19. Qb4 Qxe5 20. Rd1 $11 {1/2 (56) Vorobiov,E (2574)
-Sutovsky,E (2700) Khanty-Mansiysk 2011}) 11... Qxe7 12. e4 Rd8 13. Qa4 Bd7 14.
Qb3 $2 {Can had obviously not studied all the intricacies of this opening
variation in detail. The white queen has made enough moves in this game and it
was time for more resolute action. Black would be the party looking for
equality after the courageous move 14.0-0-0!} (14. O-O-O $1 Qc5 (14... Nxe5 15.
Qxa7 Nxf3 16. gxf3 O-O 17. a3 Nc6 18. Qxb7 Qf6 19. Qxc7 Nd4 20. Nd5 Qxf3 21.
Bc4 Ba4 22. Qg3 Bxd1 23. Rxd1 $14) 15. Kb1 Nd4 (15... Nxe5 16. Bb5 $14) 16. Qa3
Nxf3 17. gxf3 O-O 18. Rc1 Be6 19. Nd5 Rxd5 20. Be2 Qxf2 21. exd5 Bf5+ 22. Ka1
Nc2+ 23. Rxc2 Bxc2 24. Bc4 Qd4 25. Qc3 Qxc3 26. bxc3 $11) 14... Na5 15. Qd1 O-O
16. Be2 Bg4 {Good chess education was probably working against Sutovsky at
this moment. Some players would not be intimidated and would invest more
energy in the exotic move 16...Bh3!?, which was actually very unpleasant for
White.} (16... Bh3 $5 17. Nd2 (17. Qa4 Bxg2 18. Rg1 Bxf3 19. Bxf3 Nc4 $19)
17... Bxg2 18. Rg1 Bh3 19. a3 Nd3+ 20. Bxd3 Rxd3 21. Qe2 Rxd2 22. Qxd2 Nb3 23.
Qh6 Nxa1 24. Qxh3 Qxe5 $17) 17. Nd5 (17. Qa4 Bxf3 18. gxf3 Nac6 $17) (17. Qc1
Bxf3 18. gxf3 Qh4 $1 $17) 17... Nxd5 18. exd5 Bxf3 19. Bxf3 Qxe5+ {Nobody
could dream of denying Black victory in the opening duel. Unfortunately for
him winning the game itself is yet another story.} 20. Qe2 (20. Kf1 Qxb2 21. g3
Nc4 $17) 20... Qxe2+ (20... Rfe8 21. Qxe5 Rxe5+ 22. Kd1 Nc4 23. b3 Nb6 24. Re1
Re6 $15) 21. Kxe2 (21. Bxe2 Rxd5 $17) 21... Rfe8+ 22. Kd3 {The Turkish player
decides to dance with the king in the centre in order to complicate the
technical task for his opponent.} (22. Kf1 Nc4 23. g3 Nd2+ 24. Kg2 Nxf3 25.
Kxf3 Rxd5 $17) 22... Nc6 23. Rac1 (23. Kc3 Ne5 24. Rhe1 Kf8 25. Rad1 Nxf3 26.
Rxe8+ Kxe8 27. gxf3 Rd6 $17) 23... Ne5+ 24. Ke2 (24. Ke3 c5 $1 25. Rhd1 g5 $17)
(24. Kd4 Nxf3+ 25. gxf3 c6 26. Rc5 Re2 $17) 24... Nxf3+ $6 {Black grabs the
pawn, but it comes at the cost of a huge reduction in fighting forces. The
clever alternative 24...c5! would improve the chances of winning the pawn
under more favourable conditions.} (24... c5 $1 25. Rhe1 (25. dxc6 Nd3+ $19)
25... Kf8 26. Ke3 (26. Kf1 Nxf3 27. Rxe8+ Kxe8 28. gxf3 Rxd5 $17) 26... b6 $17)
25. Kxf3 Rxd5 26. Rxc7 Rd3+ 27. Kf4 Re2 28. Rxb7 {Fortunately for the stronger
side the defender has an unenviable task of chosing the most promising defence.
The activation of the second white rook for coordinated counterplay would be
more promising.} (28. f3 $1 Rxb2 29. Re1 Rd4+ 30. Kg3 Rdd2 31. Re8+ Kg7 32.
Ree7 Rxg2+ 33. Kh4 Rxh2+ 34. Kg3 Rhg2+ 35. Kh4 $15) 28... Rxf2+ 29. Ke4 Rdd2
30. g3 (30. Rxa7 Rxb2 31. g3 Rbe2+ 32. Kd3 Rxh2 $17) 30... a5 31. Rb5 Rde2+ 32.
Kd3 Rxb2 33. Rxa5 h5 {Black needs to take the pawn on the kigside in order to
play for the full point.} (33... Rxa2 $6 34. Rxa2 Rxa2 35. Ke3 $15) 34. a4 Rxh2
35. Rxh2 Rxh2 36. Ke3 h4 $1 {In spite of all the complications Sutovsky has
reached a rook endgame that is technically winning.} 37. gxh4 (37. g4 $2 h3 38.
Kf3 Ra2 39. Rd5 h2 40. Rd1 Rxa4 $19) 37... Rxh4 38. Ra7 Kg7 39. a5 (39. Ra8 g5
40. Ra6 Rb4 41. Kf3 f6 $17) 39... Ra4 40. a6 g5 {The two passed pawns are
rolling forward much more efficiently then White's isolated a-pawn.} 41. Kf3 (
41. Ra8 f5 42. a7 g4 43. Kf2 f4 $19) 41... Kg6 42. Kg3 Ra3+ 43. Kf2 f5 44. Kg2
f4 (44... f4 45. Ra8 Kf5 46. a7 Kg4 $19) 0-1

[Event "Capablanca Memorial Elite 46th"]
[Site "Havana"]
[Date "2011.05.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Black "Navara, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2687"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2011.05.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Qc2 {White has tried a number of
moves in this position, but this intriguing step by the queen was born only in
2011! The main idea is to support the centre and exclude some of Black's
possibilities from other lines.} Bg7 (5... Nb4 6. Qa4+ N4c6 7. d4 Bg7 8. Bf4
O-O 9. e3 Nd7 10. Rd1 Nb6 11. Qb3 a5 12. d5 Nb4 13. Be2 e6 14. dxe6 Bxe6 15.
Rxd8 Rfxd8 16. Qxe6 fxe6 17. Bxc7 N6d5 18. Bxd8 Nxc3 19. Be7 Nxe2 20. Kxe2 Bxb2
(20... Nd5 21. Ba3 b5 22. b3 b4 $11) 21. Rb1 Bg7 22. a4 $14 {1-0 Van Wely,L 
(2675)-Jens,J (2376)/Mulhouse 2011 (32)} (22. a3 Nd5 23. Rxb7 Nxe7 24. Rxe7 Bf8
$14)) (5... Nc6 6. d4 Bg4 7. Qd1 {1/2-1/2 Shchekachev,A (2528)-Bok,B (2497)/
Maastricht 2011}) 6. e4 Nb4 {Black is entering complications, as the equality
after the modest retreat to b6 is proving to be elusive.} (6... Nb6 7. d4 O-O
8. Be3 Bg4 9. Ne5 Bxe5 10. dxe5 Nc6 11. h3 Be6 12. Rd1 Qc8 13. f4 Rd8 14. b3
Nb4 (14... Rxd1+ 15. Qxd1 Qe8 16. Be2 Rd8 17. Qc1 Nd4 18. Bd1 c5 19. O-O $11 {
1-0 Gustafsson,J (2646)-Krassowizkij,J (2356)/Bonn 2011 (49)}) 15. Rxd8+ Qxd8
16. Qb1 f5 17. exf6 exf6 18. Be2 Qe7 19. O-O Bf7 20. Bf2 Rd8 21. Rd1 Rxd1+ 22.
Qxd1 $16 {1/2-1/2 Topalov,V (2775)-Kamsky,G (2732)/Kazan 2011 (58)}) 7. Qa4+
N8c6 8. d4 Bd7 {The second player must be very careful, as the simplistic
solutions are not good enough.} (8... Bxd4 $6 9. Nxd4 Qxd4 10. Be3 Nd3+ 11.
Bxd3 Qxd3 12. Rd1 $16) 9. Qb3 Bxd4 {Navara is prepared to play with fire, even
though it seems more logical to attack the centre also with the help of the
e-pawn.} (9... e5 10. d5 Nd4 11. Nxd4 exd4 12. Qxb4 dxc3 13. bxc3 c5 14. dxc6 (
14. Qb2 f5 $1 15. Bd2 (15. Bc4 Qa5 16. Bd2 b5 17. Be2 fxe4 $11) 15... fxe4 16.
Qxb7 e3 17. fxe3 O-O $11) 14... Bxc6 15. Bb5 Qd7 16. Rb1 O-O-O 17. O-O Bxb5 18.
Qxb5 Qxb5 19. Rxb5 Rd3 20. Be3 Re8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Khusnutdinov,R (2508)
-Kozganbayev,E (2168)/Astana 2011 (32)}) 10. Nd5 $1 a5 {This decision might
not be the best and in the future Black will surely contemplate the move 10...
Be6, that would help to tame down White's initiative.} (10... Nxd5 $2 11. exd5
Na5 12. Qa3 c5 13. Nxd4 cxd4 14. b4 Qc7 15. Qg3 $16) (10... Be6 11. Bc4 a5 12.
Nxb4 axb4 13. Bxe6 fxe6 14. Bh6 Bf6 15. Rd1 (15. Qxe6 Qd6 $17) 15... Qc8 $11)
11. a3 Na6 12. Nxd4 (12. Qxb7 Bb6 13. Be3 Bxe3 14. fxe3 O-O 15. Bxa6 e6 16. Rd1
exd5 17. exd5 Qe8 18. Be2 $16) 12... Nxd4 13. Qc3 e5 $6 {The Czech grandmaster
is a very courageous fighter. Navara decides to accept the wild complications
instead of a slightly worse position after the potentially symmetrical advance
13...c5.} (13... c5 14. Be3 Bc6 15. Bxa6 (15. Bxd4 cxd4 16. Qxd4 O-O 17. Rd1
Bxd5 18. Qxd5 Qc7 $11) 15... Rxa6 16. Rd1 Bxd5 17. Qxc5 Be6 18. Rxd4 Qa8 19.
O-O $14) 14. Bxa6 c6 $8 (14... bxa6 15. Nxc7+ Kf8 16. Nxa8 Qxa8 17. Qc5+ Kg8
18. Qxe5 Nc2+ 19. Kd1 f6 20. Qxf6 Qxe4 21. Bh6 $18) 15. Bxb7 Rb8 16. Be3 (16.
Bxc6 Bxc6 17. Be3 Bxd5 18. Bxd4 exd4 19. Qxd4 O-O 20. exd5 Re8+ 21. Kf1 Qc8 $11
) 16... Rxb7 17. Bxd4 cxd5 18. Bxe5 O-O 19. O-O {Le Quang can be quite
satisfied with the outcome of the opening battle. The diagonal a1-h8 will be
annoying for Black. The position is not equal.} (19. exd5 f6 20. Bd4 Bb5 21.
O-O-O Qxd5 $11) (19. Rd1 Qg5 20. O-O dxe4 21. Bf6 $14) 19... dxe4 20. Rfd1 Qc8
(20... Qg5 21. Bf6 Qf4 22. Rd5 $14) 21. Qe3 (21. Qxa5 Rb5 22. Qa4 Rxe5 (22...
Qc5 23. Qd4 Qxd4 24. Rxd4 Bc6 25. Rc1 $16) 23. Qxd7 Qb8 $14) 21... Ba4 $6 {
These clearly disharmonious moves can hardly aspire to the title of the best
solution. The defender should have accepted the worse prospects after the
natural 21...Bc6.} (21... Bc6 22. Bc3 Qe6 23. Qf4 $14) 22. Rd6 $1 Rd7 23. Rb6
$6 {White plays under the impression, that the opponent will suffer more when
pieces are kept on the board. It made a lot of sense to bring the last reserve
into play with 23.Rc1!.} (23. Rc1 $1 Qe8 (23... Qb7 24. Qh6 f6 25. Rxf6 $16) (
23... Qd8 $2 24. Bf6 $18) 24. Qf4 f5 25. Bc3 $16) 23... Qd8 (23... Rd5 $1 24.
Qxe4 (24. Bc3 Rfd8 25. Re1 Rd1 26. Bxa5 Qf5 $44) 24... Qc5 25. Bd6 Rxd6 26.
Rxd6 Qxd6 27. Qxa4 Rb8 $14) 24. h3 Rd3 (24... f6 25. Bc3 f5 26. Bxa5 $16) 25.
Qxe4 Re8 26. Ra6 (26. Rb7 Bc6 27. Qxc6 Rxe5 28. Qc4 Qd5 29. Qxd5 Rdxd5 $14) (
26. Qxa4 Rxe5 27. Rb5 Re2 $14) 26... Rd5 $1 {The defence is scoring a triumph
as the lion's share of White's advantage has gone down the drain.} 27. Qxa4
Rdxe5 28. Qb3 Qd4 (28... Qc7 29. Qc3) 29. Qc3 Qxc3 30. bxc3 Rc8 {[%mdl 4096]
Making the draw should be manageable for Black, but he still has to work for
it. It seems, that the active move 30...Rb8! would have robbed White of real
chances to play for a win.} (30... Rb8 $1 31. Rc6 Rb2 32. Rc4 Kg7 $11) 31. Rc1
Rc4 32. Kf1 (32. Rb6 Kg7 33. Kf1 $14) 32... Rec5 33. Ke2 Ra4 {The idea was not
to enter the difficult endgame with White's passed a-pawn.} (33... Rxc3 $6 34.
Rxc3 Rxc3 35. Rxa5 $16) 34. Kd3 Rxa3 (34... Rd5+ 35. Kc2 Rxa3 36. Kb2 Ra4 37.
Kb3 Rf4 38. c4 Rd3+ 39. Rc3 Rxc3+ 40. Kxc3 Rxf2 41. Ra8+ Kg7 42. c5 Rf1 $11)
35. Kd4 Rc8 36. Rc2 Ra1 (36... Rd8+ 37. Ke5 Kg7 38. c4 Re8+ 39. Kd5 Rd3+ $11)
37. c4 Rd1+ 38. Kc3 Rd5 {For better or worse Black has to slow down the
advance of the dangerous c-pawn.} (38... Rc5 39. Rb6 Rg5 40. f3 Rg1 41. Rbb2
Kg7 $11) 39. Ra2 Rd1 40. Rc2 Rd5 41. Rb6 h5 42. Kb3 Rd1 (42... Rdc5 43. Rb5 Kf8
$11) 43. Kb2 Rc5 44. Kc3 Rdd5 (44... Rg5 45. g3 Rf5 46. Rb5 Rf3+ 47. Kb2 $14)
45. Rcb2 Kf8 {The black king on the queenside will help to fight against the
advance of the c-pawn.} (45... Rd1 46. Rb1 Rxb1 47. Rxb1 Rg5 48. g3 Rf5 49. Rb2
Kf8 50. Re2 $14) 46. R6b5 Ke7 (46... Rxb5 $2 47. cxb5 Rc5+ 48. Kd4 Rc8 49. b6
$18) 47. Re2+ Kd6 48. Rb6+ Kc7 49. Reb2 (49. Rf6 Rd7 $11) 49... Rd1 (49... Rf5
50. Kd4 Rc6 $11) 50. Rb7+ Kc8 51. Rb8+ (51. Rxf7 Rc1+ 52. Rc2 Rxc2+ 53. Kxc2
Rxc4+ $11) 51... Kd7 52. R2b7+ Rc7 (52... Ke6 53. Re8+ Kf6 54. Re4 Rc1+ 55. Kd3
Rd1+ $11) 53. Rxc7+ Kxc7 54. Rf8 f5 {Navara is becoming tired of defending the
slightly worse position. We have all learned that it is more promising to
fight without creating additional weaknesses.} (54... Rd7 55. f4 Re7 56. Kd4
Kb6 $11) 55. Rg8 Rd6 56. c5 Ra6 (56... Re6 57. Kc4 Kc6 58. f3 a4 59. Ra8 Re2
60. Ra6+ Kb7 61. Rxg6 a3 62. Rb6+ Kc7 63. Ra6 a2 $11) 57. Rg7+ Kd8 58. Kb3 a4+
59. Ka3 f4 $2 {Much better drawing chances were tied to the immediate
elimination of the c5-pawn.} (59... Rc6 $1 60. Kxa4 (60. Kb4 Ra6 $11) 60...
Rxc5 61. Rxg6 Rc2 62. f3 Ke7 63. Kb3 Rf2 64. Kc3 $14) 60. f3 Ke8 (60... Rc6 $5
61. Kxa4 Rxc5 62. Rxg6 Ke7 63. Kb3 $14) 61. h4 Rc6 62. Kb4 Ra6 $6 (62... a3 63.
Ra7 Re6 64. Rxa3 Re2 65. Rd3 $16) 63. Kb5 a3 64. c6 $1 {A very cold shower for
Black, who must have hoped his defensive setup was sufficient for a draw.} (64.
Kxa6 $2 a2 $19) 64... Ra5+ (64... a2 65. c7 Ra5+ 66. Kc4 Ra4+ 67. Kb3 Ra3+ 68.
Kc2 Rc3+ 69. Kb2 $18) 65. Kb4 Ra4+ 66. Kb3 Kf8 (66... a2 67. c7 Ra3+ 68. Kc2
Rc3+ 69. Kb2 $18) 67. c7 Ra8 68. Rh7 {Le Quang has won a very fine endgame.} (
68. Rh7 Kg8 69. Rd7 a2 70. Rd8+ $18) 1-0

[Event "ISR-chT"]
[Site "Israel"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Avrukh, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2603"]
[Annotator "Gelfand,B"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1999.01.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Nb6 6. Nf3 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8.
d3 Nc6 9. Be3 e5 10. b4 {A rare move, but in my opinion the most logical one.
I found only one game in my database with it, but one of the great Leonid
Stein (I have to admit that it was not the best one of famous player)} Nd4 (
10... Re8 11. b5 Nd4 12. a4 a6 13. bxa6 (13. a5 $5 Nd7 14. bxa6 Rxa6 15. Nd2
$14) 13... Rxa6 14. Ng5 c6 15. Rc1 Qe7 16. Rb1 h6 17. Nge4 f5 18. Nd2 Be6 19.
Qc1 Rea8 20. a5 Nc8 21. Nc4 Bxc4 22. dxc4 Rxa5 23. Bd2 Ra3 {1/2-1/2 Stein,
Leonid-Savon,Vladimir A/URS-ch38 Riga (12) ;URS-ch 1970 (70)}) (10... e4 $2 11.
Nxe4 Bxa1 12. Qxa1) (10... Nxb4 11. Bc5) 11. a4 Be6 (11... c6 12. Nd2 (12. Rc1
Bg4) (12. a5 Nxf3+ 13. Bxf3 Nd5 14. Nxd5 cxd5 15. Rc1 Be6 16. Qa4 f5) 12... Be6
$13 (12... Bg4 13. a5 Nd5 14. Bxd4 exd4 15. Nxd5 cxd5 $14)) (11... Bg4 12. a5
Bxf3 13. exf3 Nc8 (13... Nd5 14. Nxd5 Qxd5 15. f4 Qb5 16. Bxd4 exd4 17. a6 $16)
14. a6 bxa6 $5 $13 (14... b6 15. f4 c6 16. Bxd4 Qxd4 17. Bxc6)) (11... Nxf3+ $5
12. Bxf3 c6) 12. Ng5 (12. Nd2 Nd5) 12... Bb3 (12... Bd5 13. Nxd5 Nxd5 14. Bd2)
13. Qb1 (13. Qd2 Bd5) 13... a5 (13... Bd5 14. Nge4 (14. Bxd4 Bxg2 (14... exd4
15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. Ne4 $14) 15. Bxb6 Bxf1 16. Be3 h6 17. Nxf7 Rxf7 18. Qxf1 e4
$1 19. d4 (19. Nxe4 Bxa1 20. Qxa1 Kh7 $13) 19... Qe7 $13 (19... Bxd4 20. Rd1
Rd7 21. Qh3 $1)) 14... f5 $5 (14... a5 15. b5 c6 {leads to a game}) 15. Bxd4
exd4 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. Qb3) 14. b5 c6 (14... Nxa4 15. Nxa4 Bxa4 16. Rxa4 Nxe2+
17. Kh1 Nc3 18. Qc2 Nxa4 19. Qxa4 $16) (14... Bd5 15. Nge4 c6) 15. Nge4 (15.
bxc6 bxc6 16. Bxd4 exd4 17. Qxb3 dxc3 18. Ne4 Nd5 $132) 15... Bd5 (15... cxb5
16. Bxd4 exd4 17. Qxb3 dxc3 18. Qxb5 Nd5 19. Rac1 Rc8 20. Nc5 $16) 16. Rc1 (16.
Qb2 $5) 16... Rb8 (16... Rc8 17. Qb2) (16... f5 17. Bxd4 (17. Bg5 Qb8 18. e3
fxe4 19. exd4 $13 exd3 20. Nxd5 cxd5 21. Qxd3 e4) 17... exd4 18. Nxd5 Nxd5 19.
Qb3) (16... Re8 17. Qb2 $5) 17. Qb2 Qe7 (17... f5 18. Bg5 (18. Bxd4 exd4 19.
Nxd5 Nxd5 (19... cxd5 20. Nc5) 20. Qb3) 18... Qd7 19. Nc5 Qf7 20. Nxd5 Nxd5 (
20... cxd5 21. e3 Ne6)) 18. Rab1 Bxe4 $6 (18... f5 $1 {Reqired precise
calculation, but looks like saving the game.} 19. bxc6 (19. Bxd4 exd4 20. Nxd5
cxd5 (20... Nxd5 21. Qb3 $13) 21. Nc5 Rfc8) 19... bxc6 (19... Bxe4 20. dxe4
bxc6 21. exf5 $16) 20. Bxd4 exd4 21. Nxd5 Nxd5 (21... cxd5 22. Nc5 Rfc8 23. Na6
$16) 22. Qxb8 Rxb8 23. Rxb8+ Bf8 24. Rxc6 (24. Nd2 Nc3 $13) 24... fxe4 25. Rcc8
Nc3 26. Bxe4 Nxe2+ (26... Nxa4 27. Bd5+) 27. Kg2 Nc3 28. Bc6 Qd6 $11) (18...
Kh8 19. bxc6 (19. Nxd5 cxd5 20. Nc3 Qd7) 19... bxc6 20. Bxd4 exd4 21. Nxd5 cxd5
22. Nc5 $16) 19. Bxe4 c5 20. Bd2 Rfd8 (20... f5 21. Bg2 $14) 21. Qa2 Qd7 $6
$138 (21... Kh8) 22. Bg2 (22. Bg5 $5) 22... Nc8 $2 (22... c4 23. dxc4 (23. Bg5
Rdc8) 23... Nxe2+ 24. Nxe2 Qxd2 25. Rc2 $16) 23. b6 $1 {White should never let
b7-b6!} Ne7 24. Bg5 $1 h6 25. Bxe7 Qxe7 26. e3 $18 Ne6 (26... Nc6 27. Bxc6 bxc6
28. Qc4) 27. Nd5 Qd6 28. Rb5 Ra8 29. Nc7 $1 Rab8 30. Nxe6 Qxe6 31. Qxe6 fxe6
32. Be4 (32. Rxa5) 32... Bf8 33. Rxa5 Ra8 34. Rxa8 Rxa8 35. Bxb7 Rxa4 36. Be4
Rb4 37. b7 Bd6 38. Ra1 Kf7 39. Ra7 Kf6 40. Ra8 g5 41. Rh8 Kg7 42. Rh7+ Kg8 43.
Rd7 1-0

[Event "Belgrade Investbank"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[Annotator "Gelfand,B"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1995.11.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 051"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 {Kortschnoj Ribli} Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Nxc3 {
Ich verstehe nicht, warum ein solcher Supergrossmeister wie Shirov eine
bekannte passive Variante waehlt?} (5... Nb6 $5 {Ribli}) 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Rb1 Nd7
8. Nf3 O-O 9. O-O Rb8 (9... Nb6 10. Qc2 (10. Ng5) (10. Ng5 $1 {Ribli} Bf5 (
10... Qd7 11. Qb3 Qg4 12. Nf3 Be6 13. Qc2 Qc4 14. Ng5 $36 {Ribli,Z-Gutman,L/
BRD/1987/INF44,14/}) 11. d3 Rb8 12. c4 Qe8 13. Bf4 e5 14. Bd2 f6 15. Ne4 Bd7
16. Nc3 Bc6 17. Nd5 Rf7 18. Qb3 $14 {Kallai,G-Liss,E/Budapest FS/1995/CBM49/}))
10. d4 b6 (10... Nb6 $5 {Kortschnoj}) 11. d5 $146 {Ribli: Eine bedeutende
Neuerung. Dieser Zug hat zwei Sinne: 1.Weiss gewinnt weiteren Raum. 2.Schwarz
kann c5 oder e5 nur mit grosser Muehe durchsetzen.} (11. e4 {Ribli} e5 12. Re1
c5 $5 13. a4 Ba6 14. d5 h6 15. Bf1 Bxf1 16. Rxf1 Nf6 17. Qe2 $1 (17. Nd2 $6 Qd7
$13 {Huebner,R-Gutman,L/BRD/1988/INF45,13/}) 17... Ne8 18. Nd2 Qd7 19. Ba3 Nd6
20. Nc4 $14 {Huebner}) 11... Bb7 {Ribli: Schwarz geraet nun in eine sehr
passive Stellung. Der Nachziehende sollte das Bauernopfer annehmen.} (11...
Bxc3 12. Nd4 Bb7 13. Bh6 (13. Rb3 Ba5 14. Bb2 Nc5 15. Re3 Bxd5 16. Nf5 gxf5 17.
Bxd5 e6 18. Qd4 f6 19. Rxe6 Nxe6 20. Bxe6+ Kg7 21. Qh4 $36) (13. Qd3 {Ribli}
Bxd4 14. Qxd4 Nf6 15. Rd1 $44) 13... Re8 14. Rb3 Ba5 $44) 12. Nd4 (12. c4 Ne5
$5) 12... Nc5 13. c4 e6 (13... e5 {Ribli} 14. Nb3 Nxb3 15. Qxb3 $14 (15. axb3
$14)) 14. e4 {Droht /\ Ba3.} c6 $5 {Ribli: Schwarz will nicht tatlos zuschauen,
wie Weiss seine Stellung deutlich verstaerkt.} (14... exd5 15. exd5 Qf6 16. Be3
$16) 15. Nxc6 Bxc6 16. dxc6 Qc7 (16... e5 17. Ba3 (17. Qxd8 {Ribli} Rbxd8 18.
Ba3 (18. Bh3 $5) 18... Rd6 19. Bxc5 bxc5 20. Rb7 Rxc6 21. Rxa7 Rd8 22. Rb1 $16)
17... Qc7 18. Bxc5 bxc5 19. Qd7 Rbc8 20. Rb7 Qxc6 21. Qxc6 Rxc6 22. Rxa7 $16)
17. e5 $1 {Ribli: [#] Zwecks Diagonaleoeffnung gibt Gelfand seinen Mehrbauern
zurueck und er hat jetzt einen gefaehrlichen Freibauern auf der c-Linie.} Rbd8
(17... Rfd8 $5) 18. Qc2 Bxe5 19. Bg5 f6 (19... Rd6 20. Rbd1 (20. Rfe1 f6) 20...
Bd4 $5 (20... Rxc6 $5 {Ribli} 21. Bxc6 Qxc6 22. Rfe1 $16 (22. Bh6 $5))) 20. Bh6
Rfe8 21. Rbd1 {Ribli: Weiss will beide Tuerme abtauschen und dann gewinnt der
c6-Bauern fast automatisch.} Bd4 $2 (21... Rxd1 $5 22. Rxd1 Rd8 23. Be3 Rxd1+
24. Qxd1 Qd6 $5 $14) 22. Bf4 e5 (22... Be5 23. Be3 $16) (22... Qc8 $5 {Ribli
Dieser Zug war die letzte Chance.} 23. Rd2 (23. c7 Rd7 24. Bc6 e5 $14) 23...
Kg7 24. Rfd1 e5 25. Be3 Ne6 26. Bd5 $16) 23. Bd5+ Kg7 (23... Ne6 {Ribli} 24.
Rxd4 exf4 25. Re4 $18) 24. Rxd4 $1 $16 {[#]} exf4 25. Rxf4 {Ribli: Weiss hat
einen riesigen Bauern auf c6 mehr, den er in der Folge zum Sieg verwertet.} Re5
26. Rd4 {Weiss will einfach das Quelitaetsopfer nicht mehr lassen..} Rde8 27.
Bf3 Rf5 (27... Re1 $5) 28. Qc3 Re7 (28... Qe5 29. Rfd1) 29. Rfd1 h5 30. h4 Qe5
$6 (30... Rfe5) 31. Qa3 Qe6 (31... Qc7 32. Rd7 $1) 32. Rd6 {Ribli: Eine kleine
, aber huebsche Kombination entscheidet die gut angelegte Partie.} Qxc4 33. Rd7
{[#]} Rfe5 (33... Nxd7 {Ribli} 34. Qxe7+ $18) (33... Rxd7 {Ribli} 34. cxd7 $18)
34. Rxa7 $1 Kh6 $6 35. Rxe7 Rxe7 36. Qb2 {Ribli: Jetzt droht alles ><f6,b6.} (
36. Qa8 $5 {Lazarevic,M}) 36... Ne4 37. Bxe4 Qxe4 38. Qxf6 1-0

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 1st"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2006.11.14"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[Annotator "Gelfand,B"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2006.11.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 {During recent years in my White games against Peter Svidler we have
had a theoretical discussion in the main Gruenfeld 8.Rb1 system. However,
during the recent European club cup, my friend and teammate Alexander
Khalifman had told me about some interesting ideas in the Anti-Gruenfeld,
which he published in his recent book "Opening for White according to
Kramnik-1a", which went out of print in August 2006. Unfortunately, I managed
to buy this book only just at the very end of the Tal Memorial... So, the day
before this game my second Alexander Khuzman and I had to work hard to develop
the ideas mentioned by Khalifman. In meinen WeiЯpartien gegen Peter Svidler in
den letzten Jahren hatten wir eine theoretische Diskussion im 8.Tb1-System der
Grьnfeld-Hauptvariante. Doch wдhrend der letzten europдischen
Clubmeisterschaft hatte mir mein Freund und Mannschaftskollege Alexander
Khalifman von ein paar interessanten Ideen im Anti-Grьnfeld erzдhlt, die er in
seinem aktuellen Buch "Opening for White according to Kramnik-1a"
verцffentlicht hatte, das im August 2006 in Druck ging. Leider konnte ich das
Buch erst kurz vor dem Ende des Tal-Memorials kaufen. Am Tag vor dieser Partie
mussten daher mein Sekundant Alexander Khuzman und ich hart arbeiten, um die
von Khalifman erwдhnten Ideen zu entwickeln.} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Qa4+
Bd7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 {The bishop on d7 is placed worse than on c8 and this
is a point of White's setup. Auf d7 steht der Lдufer schlechter als auf c8,
und das ist eine Pointe des weiЯen Aufbaus.} a6 7. d4 {The most natural
continuation in the main line of the Anti-Gruenfeld Die natьrlichste
Fortsetzung im Hauptabspiel des Anti-Grьnfeld.} ({I had tried an experimental
idea Vor 6 Jahren hatte ich gegen Peter die experimentelle Idee} 7. e4 b5 8.
Qe2 $5 {against Peter 6 years ago. You can still see this position from time
to time in tournament practice nowadays. erprobt. Diese Stellung ist
heutzutage noch immer von Zeit zu Zeit in der Turnierpraxis zu sehen.} c5 9. e5
Nh5 10. Ne4 Nc6 11. Nxc5 Bf5 12. d3 e6 13. Ne4 Bb4+ 14. Bd2 Nf4 15. Qe3 Nd5 16.
Qh6 Bf8 17. Nd6+ Qxd6 18. exd6 Bxh6 19. Bxh6 f6 $13 {Gelfand,B-Svidler,P/Haifa
rapid 2000}) 7... b5 8. Qb3 c5 ({Peter had shown the potential of Black's
position in the following game: In der folgenden Partie hatte Peter das
Potential der schwarzen Stellung gezeigt:} 8... Be6 9. Qc2 c5 10. dxc5 Bg7 11.
g3 $6 (11. e4 {transposes to the annotated game geht zur kommentierten Partie
ьber}) 11... Nc6 12. Bg2 Nb4 13. Qd1 Qxd1+ 14. Kxd1 O-O 15. Bd2 Rac8 16. Nd4
Ng4 17. Nxe6 Nxf2+ 18. Kc1 fxe6 {Van Wely,L-Svidler,P/Warsaw rapid 1999}) 9.
dxc5 Bg7 10. e4 O-O 11. Be2 Bc6 $5 {A new try. Ein neuer Versuch.} (11... Be6
12. Qc2 Nc6 13. O-O Qc7 14. h3 {leads to a favourable position for White which
was proven, for example, in Volkov,S-Khalifman in Dagomys 2005. fьhrt zu einer
gьnstigen Stellung fьr WeiЯ, was beispielsweise in Volkov,S-Khalifman in
Dagomys 2005 bewiesen wurde.}) 12. e5 $1 {I had to find this strong move over
the board, even though it is analysed in Khalifman's book. I had to understand
the difference in the bishop's position. The black bishop is on c6, while in
the theoretical line of the 5.Qb3 (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Qb3
dxc4 6.Qxc4 0-0 7.e4 a6 8.Be2 b5 9.Qb3 c5 10.dxc5 Bb7) variation it is on b7.
And it is an important difference. The B is taking the important c6 square
from his N and blocking its way to d4. Thus, Black has to develop his pieces
more passively and White has time to create weaknesses in his opponent's camp
by a2-a4. Diesen starken Zug musste ich am Brett finden, obwohl er in
Khalifmans Buch analysiert wird. Ich musste den Unterschied in der Postierung
des Lдufers versteht. Der schware Lдufer steht auf c6, wдhrend er im
theoretischen Abspiel der Variante 5.Qb3 (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7
5.Qb3 dxc4 6.Qxc4 0-0 7.e4 a6 8.Be2 b5 9.Qb3 c5 10.dxc5 Bb7) sich auf b7
befindet. Und dies ist ein wichtiger Unterschied. Der B nimmt seinem N das
wichtige Feld c6 und blockiert dessen Weg nach d4. Somit muss Schwarz seine
Figuren passiver entwickeln, und WeiЯ hat Zeit, durch a2-a4 im Lager seines
Gegners Schwдchen zu schaffen.} (12. O-O Nxe4 13. Nxe4 Bxe4 {transposes into
one of the main positions of the 5.Qb3 system, where I have only a general
knowledge. I think that it was Peter's idea to get me out of the lines which I
normally play. geht ьber zu einer der Hauptstellung des 5.Qb3-Systems, wo ich
nur allgemeine Kenntnisse besitze. Ich glaube, es war Peters Idee, mich aus
den Abspielen, die ich normalerweise anwende, herauszulotsen.}) 12... Nfd7 ({
Insufficient is Ungenьgend ist} 12... Nd5 $2 13. O-O Nd7 14. Nxd5 Nxc5 15. Qc2
Qxd5 16. Be3 $18 (16. Rd1 Qe4)) 13. Be3 {White is playing for his long term
trumps - the advanced c-pawn and the harmoniously placed pieces. WeiЯ spielt
auf seine langfristigen Trьmpfe - den vorgerьckten c-Bauern und die harmonisch
platzierten Figuren.} ({I even didn't consider Ich verschwendete keinen
Gedanken an} 13. e6 $2 Nxc5 14. exf7+ Rxf7 (14... Kh8 $5) 15. Qc2 Bxf3 $1 (
15... Nbd7 {is also fine ist ebenfalls gut.}) 16. Bxf3 Nc6 $1 17. Bxc6 $140
Nd3+) 13... Nxe5 (13... e6 14. O-O) 14. Nxe5 Bxe5 15. O-O e6 (15... Ra7 $5) (
15... Nd7 16. a4) (15... Qc7 16. f4 Bg7 17. a4 (17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. Qxd5 Nc6 $11 {
Yemelin,V}) 17... bxa4 18. Nxa4 Nd7 19. Nb6 Qb7 20. Rf2 {leads to a position,
similiar to the one, which occured in the game. fьhrt zu einer дhnlichen
Stellung wie in der Partie.} (20. Bf3 $5 {Yemelin,V})) 16. a4 $1 ({In his book
Khalifman gave this illustrative line:  In seinem Buch gab Khalifman dieses
Musterabspiel an:} 16. Rad1 Qc7 17. f4 Bg7 18. a4 bxa4 19. Nxa4 Nd7 20. Nb6
Nxb6 (20... Qb7 21. Rd6 Nxb6 22. Qxb6 Bxg2 23. Qxb7 Bxb7 24. c6 Bc8 25. c7 $16)
21. Qxb6 Qxb6 22. cxb6 a5 23. b3 $14 {I used the same ideas (they are the most
natural and obvious ones), but probably a bit more precise. Still, I am amazed
that such a deep analysis of an interesting novelty could be found in an
opening book. Well done, Alexander, and thanks! Ich nutzte dieselben Ideen 
(die die natьrlichsten und offensichtlichsten sind), aber womцglich ein wenig
genauer. Dennoch finde ich es verblьffend, dass eine derart tiefe Analyse
einer interessanten Neuerung in einem Erцffnungsbuch zu finden war. Gut
gemacht, Alexander, und danke!}) 16... bxa4 17. Nxa4 Qc7 (17... Nd7 18. Nb6
Nxb6 19. cxb6 $16 {and White has a clear advantage due to the advanced b-pawn.
However, it is hard to say if White's winning chances are bigger than Black's
defensive ones. und WeiЯ hat klaren Vorteil dank des vorgerьckten b-Bauern. Es
ist allerdings schwer zu sagen, ob die weiЯen Gewinn- grцЯer als die schwarzen
Verteidigungschancen sind.}) 18. f4 Bg7 19. Nb6 Ra7 20. Rfd1 {Here I had to
think over a plan. I decided not to hurry and to improve the position of my
pieces. I thought that I shouldn't hurry, as I didn't see a clear way how
Black can develop his N. Hier musste ich mir einen Plan ьberlegen. Ich
beschloss, nichts zu ьberstьrzen und meine Figurenstellung zu verbessern. Ich
dachte, dass ich mich nicht beeilen sollte, da ich keinen klaren Weg sah, wie
Schwarz seinen N entwickeln kann.} ({Premature is Voreilig ist} 20. Rad1 a5 21.
Bd4 Bxd4+ 22. Rxd4 Nd7 $14) 20... Re8 ({Black has no time to develop his
pieces comfortably: Schwarz hat keine Zeit, seine Figuren bequem zu entwickeln.
} 20... Qb7 21. Bf1 a5 22. Qa3 Nd7 23. b4 $1 Bxa1 24. Rxa1 {/\b5} Nxb6 25. cxb6
Raa8 26. bxa5 {and White is winning. und WeiЯ gewinnt.}) 21. Bc4 {White is
making a prophylactic move against the potential breakthrough e6-e5. WeiЯ
macht einen prophylaktischen Zug gegen den potentiellen Durchbruch e6-e5.} (21.
Rd6 Bf8 22. Rd2 e5) 21... Bh6 ({Weak is Schwach ist} 21... e5 22. Rf1 exf4 23.
Rxf4 {hitting the weak f7 square. mit Angriff auf den Schwachpunkt f7.}) 22.
Rf1 $6 ({More natural and precise was Natьrlicher und genauer war} 22. Rd6 Bf8
23. Rd2 e5 $140 24. Rf1 exf4 25. Rxf4) 22... Qb7 23. Rf2 Nd7 $2 {My opponent
didn't want to defend patiently and gives up a pawn in the hope of creating a
counterattack. Mein Gegner wollte sich nicht geduldig verteidigen und gibt
einen Bauern in der Hoffnung, einen Gegenangriff aufzuziehen.} ({White had to
find how to break through after the natural Nach dem natьrlichen} 23... Bg7 24.
Rd2 a5 $14 {hдtte WeiЯ einen Weg finden mьssen, um durchzubrechen.}) ({Bad is
Schlecht ist} 23... Rd8 $2 {wegen} {because of} 24. f5 $1 Bxe3 25. Qxe3 exf5
26. Rxf5 gxf5 27. Qg5+ $18) 24. Nxd7 ({Here Hier ist} 24. f5 $2 {is not so
convincing: nicht so ьberzeugend:} Bxe3 25. Qxe3 Nxb6 26. cxb6 exf5) (24. Bd4
$5) 24... Qxd7 25. Rxa6 Rxa6 26. Bxa6 Bg7 ({I was more worried about GrцЯere
Sorgen bereitete mir} 26... Ra8 27. Bf1 (27. Qb6 e5) 27... Bg7 ({or} 27... Ra1
28. Qb8+ Bf8 29. Rd2 Bd5 (29... Bb5 30. h3 $1 Rxf1+ 31. Kh2 Qc6 32. Rd8 $18)
30. Kf2 $16) 28. Rd2 $16 {when White still has to work to convert his extra
pawn into a victory. All the black pieces are ideally placed and I didn't
expect it to be an easy task. , wonach WeiЯ noch arbeiten muss, um seinen
Mehrbauern zum Sieg zu verwerten. Alle schwarzen Figuren stehen ideal, und ich
erwartete keine leichte Aufgabe.}) 27. Rd2 (27. Qb6 Qd5 28. Bb5 Bxb5 29. Qxb5
Ra8 30. Rd2 Qe4 $16) 27... Qa7 ({Hopeless is Hoffnungslos ist} 27... Bd5 28.
Qb5 Qxb5 29. Bxb5 Rb8 30. c6 Rc8 (30... Rxb5 31. Rxd5 Rxd5 32. c7) 31. Rc2) 28.
Qb6 Qa8 29. Bb5 $1 {White is exchanging an important barrier in the way of his
c-pawn. WeiЯ tauscht eine wichtige Barriere im Weg seines c-Bauern.} Bxb5 30.
Qxb5 Rb8 $2 ({During the game I noticed the possibility of Wдhrend der Partie
bemerkte ich die Mцglichkeit} 30... e5 $1 {but Peter made his move quickly and
I didn't have time to think it over, so I had to do it when annotationg the
game at home. Black is getting his R into the game. It was clearly Black's
best chance and it's far from clear if I would had managed to find a path to
victory over the board: , doch Peter machte seinen Zug schnell und ich hatte
keine Zeit, darьber nachzudenken, daher musste ich es tun, als ich die Partie
zu Hause kommentierte. Schwarz bringt seinen R ins Spiel. Es war eindeutig
seine beste Chance, und es bei weitem nicht klar, ob ich am Brett einen Weg
zum Sieg gefunden hдtte:} 31. h3 $5 (31. Rd1 Rd8 $1 (31... Bh6 32. c6 Bxf4 33.
Bxf4 exf4 34. c7) 32. Rxd8+ Qxd8 33. Kh1 exf4 34. Bg1 Qd1 {/\f3 with
counterplay /\f3 mit Gegenspiel} (34... Qd5 35. Qe2)) (31. fxe5 Bxe5) ({
A tempting try looks to be Ein verlockender Versuch scheint} 31. c6 exf4 32. c7
$1 Bf6 (32... fxe3 33. Qxe8+ Qxe8 34. Rd8) ({with the help of a computer you
can find mit der Hilfe eines Computers findet man} 32... Bf8 33. Bxf4 Qa1+ 34.
Kf2 Qe1+ 35. Kf3 Qe4+ 36. Kg3 Qe1+ 37. Kh3 Qe6+ 38. g4 h5 39. Qd7) 33. Rc2 (33.
Bb6 Kg7 34. Rd1 f3 35. Qd5 Qa6 (35... Re1+ 36. Rxe1 Qxd5 37. c8=Q Qd2 38. Bf2
Bd4 39. Bxd4+ Qxd4+ 40. Kh1 fxg2+ 41. Kxg2 Qd2+ 42. Kf1 Qf4+ 43. Ke2 Qxh2+ 44.
Kf3 Qxb2 45. Qc5 $18) 36. Bd4 Rc8 37. Rc1 fxg2 38. Qd8 Bxd4+ 39. Qxd4+ Kg8 40.
b4 Qe2 $132) 33... Rc8 (33... fxe3 34. Qxe8+ Qxe8 35. c8=Q Bd8 36. Re2) 34. Bb6
Qa1+ 35. Qf1 Qa4 {and things are far from clear und die Lage ist bei weitem
nicht klar}) 31... exf4 32. Bxf4 Qe4 33. Bg3 $18 {and White should convert the
extra pawn into the victory und WeiЯ sollte den Mehrbauern zum Sieg verwerten}
Qe3+ $140 $6 34. Kh2 Qxd2 $2 35. Qxe8+) 31. Qc4 $1 {Now White has complete
control and nobody can stop the c-pawn. Nun hat WeiЯ absolute Kontrolle und
niemand kann den c-Bauern aufhalten.} (31. Qd7 Qe4 32. Kf2 Bf6 $16 {would get
Black back into the game. wьrde Schwarz wieder in die Partie lassen.}) 31...
Qa1+ (31... Qc6 32. b4) 32. Kf2 Rxb2 (32... Bxb2 33. c6 Bf6 34. c7 Rc8 35. Qc6
$1 {is equally bad ist ebenfalls schlecht.} ({not so clear is nicht so klar ist
} 35. Qb5 Bh4+ 36. g3 Qh1 37. gxh4 Qxh2+ 38. Kf3 Qh1+ 39. Ke2 Qg2+)) 33. c6
Rxd2+ 34. Bxd2 Qa7+ 35. Ke2 Qc7 36. Ba5 $1 {The last finesse. The white pawn
gets to c7. Die letzte Feinheit. Der weiЯe Bauern erreicht c7.} Qc8 (36... Qxa5
37. c7 Qh5+ 38. Kf2 Qh4+ 39. Kf1) 37. c7 Bf8 38. Qc6 f5 39. Bc3 Kf7 40. Be5 Be7
41. Kd3 g5 42. g3 gxf4 43. gxf4 1-0

[Event "Tel Aviv Last Autumn"]
[Site "Tel Aviv"]
[Date "2002.11.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gerzhoy, Leonid"]
[Black "Tyomkin, Dimitri"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2389"]
[BlackElo "2482"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2002.11.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Qa4+ Bd7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 Bg7 7. e4 O-O 8.
e5 Ng4 9. d4 Na6 $146 {Usual 9...Be6 leads to unclear position. The last move
is a novelty which gives black good counterplay;} (9... Be6 $5 10. d5 Bf5 11.
Qe2 Nd7 12. Bf4 f6 $132) 10. Bf4 {Few rounds later Gerzhoy played here12.h3Nh6
13.Bf4 and game transposes to one of main lines of Grunfeld;} c5 11. d5 b5 (
11... Qb6) 12. Qe2 Nh6 $6 {In case of 12...Nc7 black would get counterplay.} (
12... Nc7 $5 13. Qd2 b4 14. Ne2 f6 15. e6 Bc8) 13. Qd2 Nf5 14. Nxb5 Nb4 15. Na3
(15. a3 $5 Bxb5 16. axb4 Bxf1 17. Rxf1 $16) 15... e6 $6 {15...Qb6 looks much
better;} (15... Qb6 $5 16. Bc4 Rad8 $132) 16. d6 Nd5 (16... Bc6 $5 17. Be2 f6)
17. Nc4 Nxf4 18. Qxf4 $16 {White has achieved clear advantage and leads the
game to win;} Bh6 19. Qe4 Bb5 20. Bd3 Rb8 21. O-O Ba6 22. b3 Rb4 23. Qe2 Bb7
24. Be4 Bd5 25. Qd3 Bxc4 26. bxc4 Nh4 27. Nxh4 Qxh4 28. g3 Qh5 29. f4 g5 30. f5
exf5 31. Rxf5 $18 Rb2 32. Bg2 Qe2 33. Qxe2 Rxe2 34. Bd5 Bg7 35. Raf1 Rxe5 36.
Rxf7 Rxf7 37. Bxf7+ Kf8 1-0

[Event "Vlissingen HZ op 04th"]
[Site "Vlissingen"]
[Date "2000.07.31"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Janssen, Ruud"]
[Black "Golod, Vitali"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2414"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2000.07.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 077 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Qa4+ Bd7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 Nc6 {[%mdl 4]
Besides,black has two principales alternatives:} (6... Bg7 $5) ({and} 6... a6
$5) 7. d4 ({After:} 7. e4 {black equalizes by means of:} e5) 7... Bg7 (7... Be6
$6 {Kramnik,V} 8. Qa4 $16) ({Very interestingly:} 7... a6 $5 8. d5 $140 Na7 9.
Bg5 Nb5 $132 {Gurevich,D-Yermolinsky,A/Salt Lake City, 1999(1/2-1/2)(68)}) 8.
e4 O-O ({A little worse is:} 8... Bg4 9. d5 Bxf3 10. gxf3 (10. dxc6 $143 b5 $1
$13 {[%csl Re1]}) 10... Ne5 11. Qa4+ Nfd7 12. Be2 O-O 13. f4 Nb6 14. Qb3 Ned7
15. Be3 {+/=/= Van Wely,L-Mikhalevski,V/Dieren,1999 (1-0)(67)}) 9. e5 Be6 ({
Perilously:} 9... Ng4 {in view of:} 10. Bf4 {[%csl Rg4] +/=/+/-} Na5 $2 11. Qe2
Kh8 (11... Be6 12. h3 Nh6 13. Qd2 {[%csl Rh6]} Nf5 14. g4 $18) 12. h3 Nh6 13.
Bxh6 $1 Bxh6 14. e6 $18 {[%csl Ra5,Rd7,Rh8][%cal Ge6d7,Ge2e5] Vaulin,A-Vokarev,
S/Novgorod,1999(1-0) (49)}) 10. exf6 Bxc4 11. fxg7 Kxg7 {It's best move.} ({
Badly:} 11... Bxf1 {Kramnik,V} 12. gxf8=Q+ Qxf8 (12... Kxf8 13. Rxf1 Nxd4 14.
Bh6+ Kg8 15. O-O-O $16) 13. Kxf1 Rd8 14. Be3 $16) 12. Bxc4 Nxd4 13. Nxd4 Qxd4
14. Be2 $14 {[%mdl 1024]} ({Dangerously:} 14. Bb3 $2 {in view of:} Qd3 $36 {
[%csl Gd3,Re1]}) 14... Rfd8 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8] This move was not played in the
next game:} (14... Rad8 15. O-O Qe5 $6 (15... c6 $5) 16. Be3 Rd7 17. Rfe1 $16 {
You can see comments to Kramnik,V-Ivanchuk,V/Belgrade,1997/CBM 62 (1/2-1/2)
(Baburin,A)(32)}) 15. O-O c6 {[%csl Ya7,Yb7,Rc3,Yc6]} 16. Be3 Qb4 17. Rab1 Rd7
{My plan is:Rad8 and Rd2(/\Greenfeld,A)} 18. Rfc1 Rad8 19. h3 Rd2 $1 20. a3 ({
Pretty dubious:} 20. Bxd2 Rxd2 21. b3 Qd4 $36 {[%csl Gd2,Gd4] with strong
pressure in the black's squares.}) 20... Qb3 21. Bd1 Qc4 22. b4 Qa6 $6 {
A little optimistic.More safely would be:} (22... R8d3 $5 {[%cal Gd3e3]} 23.
Bxd2 (23. Be2 $6 Rxe2 24. Nxe2 Qa2 {[%csl Ra3]} 25. Nf4 (25. Kf1 $5) 25... Rxa3
26. Bd4+ (26. b5 $2 e5 $1 {[%csl Rf4]} 27. bxc6 bxc6 28. Bc5 Rc3 $1 $19) 26...
f6 $15) 23... Rxd2 24. Bf3 $13) 23. a4 $1 R8d3 {[%cal Gd3e3]} ({After:} 23...
Rxd1+ $6 24. Nxd1 (24. Rxd1 $143 Rxd1+ 25. Rxd1 Qc4 26. b5 $1 {[%csl Ge3,Rg7]}
f6 27. Rc1 cxb5 28. axb5 a5 29. bxa6 bxa6 $44) 24... Qxa4 25. Nc3 Qa3 26. b5
Rd3 27. bxc6 $1 bxc6 28. Ne4 {white has a big advantage.} Rxe3 $140 $6 29. fxe3
Qxe3+ 30. Nf2 $16) 24. Bxd2 ({Another possibility is:} 24. Be2 Rxe2 $1 25. b5
$1 (25. Nxe2 $2 Rxe3 26. b5 $1 cxb5 27. fxe3 (27. axb5 $2 Qa2 $17) 27... bxa4
$15) 25... Qa5 (25... cxb5 $6 26. axb5 Qe6 27. Nxe2 {+/=/+/-} Rxe3 28. fxe3
Qxe3+ 29. Kf1 $16) 26. Nxe2 Qxa4 27. bxc6 bxc6 28. Ra1 $14) 24... Rxd2 25. Ne4
Rd4 26. Nc5 Qb6 27. a5 Qc7 ({Badly:} 27... Qb5 $2 {because of:} 28. Ba4 $16)
28. Bf3 Qf4 $1 ({After:} 28... b6 $6 {strongly:} 29. axb6 axb6 30. Na6 Qa7 ({
impossibly:} 30... Qc8 $2 {in view of:} 31. b5 c5 $140 32. Nxc5 $1 bxc5 33. b6
$18 {[%csl Gb6]}) 31. b5 cxb5 32. Nc7 Rc4 33. Nxb5 Rxc1+ 34. Rxc1 $14) 29. Nxb7
(29. b5 $143 cxb5 30. Nxb7 b4 $13) 29... Rxb4 30. Bxc6 $14 Rb2 $1 {[%csl Rf2]
[%cal Gf4f2]} 31. Rf1 ({In my opinion it deserves attention:} 31. Bf3 $5 Qd2
32. Rf1 $14) 31... Rxb1 ({Another alternative is:} 31... Rc2 $6 32. Bf3 h5 {
[%csl Gb7,Yc2]} 33. Rbe1 $14) 32. Rxb1 Qc4 33. Bf3 ({After:} 33. Bb5 $6 {
black equalizes:} Qc2 34. Rf1 $140 a6 $1 35. Bxa6 Qc6 {[%csl Ra6,Rb7]} 36. Ra1
(36. Be2 Qxb7 37. a6 Qb2 $1) 36... Qxa6 37. Nc5 Qf6 38. Nb3 Qa6 $11) 33... e5 {
[%cal Gc4c2,Ge5e4]} (33... f5 $5 {[%cal Ge7e5,Ge5e4] An interesting idea which
was mentioned by Mikhalevski,V after the game.}) 34. Rd1 ({Senselessly:} 34.
Re1 {because of:} f5 $36 35. Rxe5 $140 $4 Qc1+ 36. Kh2 Qf4+ {[%csl Re5,Rh2]})
34... Qc2 $1 {[%cal Ge5e4]} (34... e4 $2 {is refuted by:} 35. Nd6 Qa4 36. Nxe4
Qxa5 $16) 35. Nd6 f5 36. Nb5 (36. Kf1 Qa4 $1 37. Nb7 $140 $2 (37. Rd5 $142 $11)
37... Qb5+ {[%csl Rb7,Yf3][%cal Ge5e4]} 38. Kg1 e4 39. Nd6 Qa6 $17 {[%csl Ya6,
Rf3][%cal Ya6e2]}) 36... a6 $1 {Make made the game equal.} ({Also good enough
for equality:} 36... e4 $5 37. Nd4 Qa4 38. Be2 Qxa5 $11) 37. Rd7+ Kh6 {Is the
obligatory move.Differently after:} (37... Kf6 $6 38. Nc7 e4 39. Bd1 Qc5 (39...
Qc6 $4 40. Rd6+ Qxd6 41. Ne8+ $18) 40. Be2 {white has a advantage.}) 38. Nd6 (
38. Nc7 $2 Qa4 $1 $36 (38... e4 $143 39. Bd1 Qc6 40. Rf7 Qc4 41. Rd7 Qc6 $11))
38... Qc1+ 39. Kh2 Qf4+ $11 {[%csl Rf3,Rh2] For black is better to repeat
moves than go to another position:} (39... e4 40. Nf7+ Kg7 41. Be2 Qf4+ 42. Kg1
e3 43. Ng5+ Kh6 44. Nf3 (44. Nf7+ $11) 44... Qa4 45. Rd1 exf2+ 46. Kxf2 Qxa5 {
+/=/=}) 40. Kg1 $8 (40. g3 $4 Qxf3 41. Nf7+ Kh5 $19) 40... Qc1+ 41. Kh2 Qf4+
42. Kg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "ISR-ch"]
[Site "Ramat Aviv/Modiin"]
[Date "2000.12.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Golod, Vitali"]
[Black "Tseitlin, Mark D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2000.12.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Qa4+ Bd7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 Bg7 $5 {Besides,
white has two principales moves:} (6... a6 $5) ({and} 6... Nc6) 7. e4 O-O 8. e5
Ng4 9. d4 Be6 $5 (9... Nc6 $143 {See comments to Ivanchuk,V-Shirov,A/Polanica
Zdroj, 1998/CBM 67(1-0)(Ribli,Z) (53)}) 10. d5 (10. Qb5 $5 Qc8 11. h3 Nh6 12.
Bf4 c6 13. Qe2 f6 $13 {Mikhalevski,V-Odeev,H/Saint Vincent,2000 (0-1)(33)})
10... Bf5 11. Bf4 Nd7 12. Qe2 {[%csl Ye2][%cal Ye2e5]} f6 $1 {Mikhalevski,V:
Otherwise black pieces feel very uncomfortable on the kingside.} 13. e6 Nde5 ({
Badly:} 13... Nc5 {[%cal Gc5d3] because of:} 14. Qc4 g5 15. Bg3 Na6 16. h4 $16
{Volzhin,A-Valdes,L/Saint Vincent,2001(1-0) (31)}) 14. Rd1 Qd6 $5 (14... c6 $2
{Mikhalevski,V: Desisive mistake.Black should solve the problem of the knight
on g4.} 15. Nd4 $1 $16 {See comments to game: Rustemov,A-Zezulkin,J/Swidnica,
1999/CBM 71 (1-0)(Mikhalevski,V)(23)}) 15. h3 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8]} ({Another
possibility:} 15. Nd4 $5 {You can find in annotations to game:Rustemov,
A-Zezulkin,J/Swidnica,1999/CBM 71(1-0)(Mikhalevski,V) (23)}) 15... Nxf3+ $8 ({
Loses right away:} 15... Nh6 $2 16. Nxe5 fxe5 17. Bxh6 Bxh6 18. g4 {[%csl Rf5]}
) ({and} 15... Nd3+ $2 16. Rxd3 Bxd3 (16... Qxf4 $143 17. Rd4 Qc1+ 18. Rd1 $18
{[%csl Rc1,Rg4]}) 17. Qd2 {[%csl Rd3,Rd6,Rg4]} Ne5 18. Bxe5 fxe5 19. Bxd3 $18)
16. Qxf3 Ne5 17. Qe3 g5 $5 ({It seems, that is strong:} 17... Qb4 {but after
the correct answer} 18. Rd2 {[%cal Gg2g4] Black get in a strip of difficulties.
} (18. Bxe5 $6 fxe5 $140 19. g4 $4 Bc2 20. Rc1 Qxb2 21. Qd2 Bh6 $3 {[%csl Rc1,
Rc3,Yd2,Gh6][%cal Gb2c1,Gb2c3]} 22. Qxh6 Qxc3+ 23. Qd2 Qxd2+ 24. Kxd2 Rxf2+ 25.
Ke3 Raf8 26. Be2 Be4 $1 $17 {[%csl Rd5,Rh1]})) ({Also it deserves attention:} 
17... Qb6 $5) 18. Bxe5 Qxe5 $1 ({Differently at the queens black it will be
heavy to protect the royal flank} 18... fxe5 19. Bd3 $14) 19. Qxe5 fxe5 20. Bb5
$5 {In my opinion,this move better,than:} (20. Bd3 {that show the following
variants:} e4 $1 21. Nxe4 Rad8 (21... Bxb2 $6 22. Rb1 Bxe4 23. Bxe4 Bd4 24. f3
Rab8 25. g4 $1 $14 {[%cal Gh3h4]}) 22. Ng3 (22. Bb1 Bxb2 (22... c6 $5) 23. Nxg5
Bxb1 24. Rxb1 Rxd5 {[%csl Rg5]} 25. Rxb2 Rxg5 $13) (22. Nxg5 $143 Rxd5 23. Bxf5
Rfxf5 24. Nf3 Bxb2 25. Ke2 Bf6 {=/+/=}) 22... Bxd3 23. Rxd3 Bxb2 24. Ke2 Be5
$13) 20... e4 {[%csl Rf5,Gg7][%cal Gg7a1] One bishop opens,but another is
closed.} 21. O-O Bxc3 $6 {[%mdl 16384]} ({Can be recommended:} 21... Be5 $5 22.
Rfe1 Kg7 $11) 22. bxc3 Kg7 ({It deserves attention:} 22... c6 $5 23. dxc6 bxc6
24. Bxc6 Rac8 $132 {[%csl Rc3]}) 23. Rfe1 $14 Rad8 (23... Kf6 $142) 24. Bd7 {
Here bishop covers mine weakness and I can begin to attack queen side of the
black.} Kf6 25. c4 (25. Rd4 $5 {[%csl Ra7][%cal Gd4a4]}) 25... b6 26. Re3 Bg6
27. Rd2 {[%csl Yd2,Rf2][%cal Yd2f2]} Ke5 $2 {I waited for this move.Probably
Mark did not see my 29-th move.} ({It is necessary:} 27... h5 $5 {[%cal Gh5h4]}
) 28. Ra3 Kd6 29. c5+ $1 (29. Rxa7 $2 Ra8 30. Rxa8 Rxa8 $44) 29... bxc5 (29...
Kxc5 $143 30. Rc3+ Kd6 31. Rc6+ Ke5 32. Rxc7 $16) 30. Ra6+ Ke5 31. Rxa7 Be8 {
[%csl Yd7,Ge8] Black want to exchange of a source of their troubles.} (31... c4
$2 32. Rxc7 e3 33. fxe3 Bd3 34. d6 $1 $18 Kxd6 $140 35. Rxc4 $18 {[%csl Gd2,
Rd6]}) (31... Ra8 $5 32. Rxc7 Ra5 33. a4 {[%csl Rc5][%cal Gd7b5]} (33. d6 $2
exd6 34. e7 Rb8 $13) 33... Kd6 $14) 32. Rxc7 Bxd7 33. exd7 Kd6 34. Rc6+ Kxd7
35. Rxc5 $16 Rc8 36. Rb5 $1 ({Much worse is:} 36. Rxc8 Rxc8 37. Rd4 Rc1+ 38.
Kh2 Rc2 39. Kg3 Re2 $1 $14 {[%cal Gh7h5,Gh5h4]} (39... Rc3+ $2 40. Kg4 Rc2 41.
Rxe4 Rxf2 42. g3 Rxa2 43. Kxg5 $16)) 36... Rb8 37. Rxb8 $2 $138 {I saw the
correct plan but could not decide on him as on my hours there were only 2
minutes.} (37. a4 $1 Rxb5 38. axb5 Rb8 39. Rb2 Kd6 40. Kf1 Kxd5 41. Ke2 Rb6 (
41... Kc5 42. Ke3 Rxb5 43. Rxb5+ Kxb5 44. Kxe4 Kc4 45. Kf5 Kd3 46. Kxg5 Ke2 47.
f4 Kf2 48. g4 Kg3 49. h4 h6+ 50. Kxh6 Kxg4 51. h5 Kxf4 52. Kg6 e5 53. h6 $18)
42. Ke3 h5 43. Rb1 h4 (43... g4 44. h4) 44. Rb2 $22 Ke5 45. Rb4 Kd5 (45... Kf5
46. Kd4) 46. Rd4+ $18) 37... Rxb8 38. Rd4 Rb1+ 39. Kh2 Rb2 40. Kg3 Re2 $1 {
[%cal Gh7h5,Gh5h4]} 41. a4 h5 42. Rb4 (42. a5 h4+ 43. Kh2 Rxf2 44. Rxe4 Ra2 45.
Re5 Rxa5 46. Rxg5 Ra4 $1 {[%csl Ya4,Rh4][%cal Ya4h4,Ge7e6]}) 42... Kd6 43. a5
h4+ 44. Kh2 Rxf2 45. Rxe4 ({Also leads to draw:} 45. Ra4 e3 46. Kg1 Rf8 (46...
Rb2 $2 47. Kf1 Rf2+ 48. Ke1 Rxg2 49. a6 $18 {[%csl Ga6][%cal Ga6a7,Ga7a8]}) 47.
a6 e2 48. Ra1 Kxd5 49. Re1 $11) 45... Ra2 46. Re6+ (46. a6 $144 Kxd5 47. Rxe7
Rxa6 48. Rg7 Ra4 49. Rxg5+ Ke6 50. Rg4 Rxg4 51. hxg4 Kf6 52. Kh3 Kg5 $11) 46...
Kxd5 47. Rg6 Rxa5 48. Rxg5+ e5 49. Rg4 Ra1 (49... e4 $4 50. Rg5+) 50. Rxh4 e4
$11 {Black pawn "e4" costs two white pawns.} 51. Kg3 Rf1 52. Rh8 (52. Rf4 $4
Rxf4 53. Kxf4 Kd4 $19 {[%csl Ge4][%cal Ge4e3,Ge3e2,Ge2e1]}) 52... e3 53. Re8
Kd4 54. h4 (54. h4 Kd3 55. Rd8+ (55. h5 e2 56. Kg4 e1=Q 57. Rxe1 Rxe1 58. h6
Ke4 59. Kg5 $11) 55... Ke2 56. Re8 Kd2 57. Rd8+ Ke1 58. h5 e2 59. Kg4 Kf2 60.
Re8 e1=Q 61. Rxe1 Rxe1 62. h6 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2016.03.16"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Grandelius, Nils"]
[Black "Gupta, Abhijeet"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2634"]
[Annotator "Gupta,A"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2016.03.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Before this game I enjoyed a half point lead and Nils was the only one on
second spot. Generally Nils is a fighting player and goes for sharp lines
which suited me just fine.} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 {While preparing for this game I
checked that my opponent had played at least 5 different moves at the first
turning point. I wasn't quite spoilt for choices here - check over my entire
repertoire or just take a nap before the game? Of course I chose the latter :)}
g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. h4 {An interesting concept
which I have played myself as White.} h6 {In my opinion the most solid reply.}
(7... e5 {This is well met by the simple} 8. Nxd5 $1 (8. h5 Nxc3 9. bxc3 e4)
8... Qxd5 9. d3 Nc6 (9... h6 10. Be3 Qa5+ 11. Kf1 Nc6 12. Qc1 $40) 10. h5 Bg4
11. hxg6 hxg6 12. Rh4 {White has a typical attack.}) 8. O-O c5 9. Nxd5 Qxd5 10.
d4 {Technically a novelty but it's impossible to miss it as this is the first
line that engines suggest.} (10. d3 {is the other mainline here} Nc6 11. Be3
Qh5 $1 {I am sure this move has been analysed by many Grünfeld players but of
course it was first played by 'The Guru' Peter Svidler himself :)}) 10... cxd4
11. Be3 d3 $1 {A nice move to make especially when you remember that it also
has an exclamation mark in your notes :)} 12. Ne1 (12. Nd4 {is the most
testing continuation and probably on a better day Nils would have gone for it
instantly} Qd8 (12... dxe2 13. Qxe2 Qa5 14. Rac1 Nc6 $1 (14... e5 15. Nb3 Qxa2
16. Nc5 e4 17. Bxe4 Nd7 18. h5 Nxc5 19. Rxc5 g5 20. Bb1 Qxb2 21. Qd3 $1 f5 22.
Qc4+ Kh8 23. Rd1 {White is almost winning here thanks to much superior forces})
15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. Bxc6 Rb8 (16... Ba6 17. b4 Bxe2 18. bxa5 Bxf1 19. Bxa8 Rxa8
20. Kxf1 a6 21. Rc7 {White is still a bit better here}) 17. b4 Rxb4 18. Bc5 Rb2
19. Qxe7 Be6 20. a4 Rc8 21. Qxa7 Qxa7 22. Bxa7 Ra2 23. Bb5 Rxc1 24. Rxc1 Bb3 $1
{and finally Black is able to equalise}) 13. Qxd3 e5 14. Nb5 Qxd3 15. exd3 Nc6
16. Rfc1 Rd8 17. Bxc6 bxc6 18. Nxa7 Be6 19. Nxc6 Rxd3 {Having the two bishops
gives Black ample compensation for a pawn here.}) 12... Qd6 13. Nxd3 Nc6 14.
Rc1 Nd4 15. Re1 (15. Nc5 {This is what I had in my file but it also doesn't
give anything for White:} Rd8 16. Bxb7 Rb8 17. Bxc8 Rbxc8 $11) 15... Rd8 16.
Qa4 Bd7 17. Qb4 (17. Qa3 {is probably a better way to equalise} Qxa3 18. bxa3
Bg4 19. Bxd4 Rxd4 20. Rc7 Rad8 21. Rxe7 R4d7 22. Rxd7 Rxd7 $11) 17... Qxb4 18.
Nxb4 Nf5 $1 19. Bf4 $6 {From here on White starts to drift.} (19. Bc5 b6 {
practically forces a draw} 20. Bxe7 Nxe7 21. Bxa8 Rxa8 22. Rc7 Be6 23. Rxe7 Bf8
24. Nc6 Bxe7 25. Nxe7+ Kf8 26. Nc6 Bxa2 27. Ra1 Bc4 28. Rxa7 Rxa7 29. Nxa7 Bxe2
30. Nc8 $1 $11) 19... e5 20. Bd2 Bc6 21. Bc3 $6 {This is just being lazy now.}
(21. Nxc6 Rxd2 22. Na5 Rxb2 23. Nxb7 Nd4 24. Kf1 Rb8 25. Nd6 {I don't see how
Black can pose problems for White here.}) 21... Bxg2 22. Kxg2 e4 {Now I can
play for "two results" with an added bonus - almost 40 mins extra on the clock
:)} 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. Red1 Rac8 $1 {Although its an easy move to make it is
still somewhat pleasing to the eye.} 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 26. Rc4 a5 $6 (26... Rd2 27.
Rxe4 Nd6 $1 {Of course I hadn't seen this move and surprisingly after this its
not at all easy for White to hold on} 28. Re3 (28. Re7 Kf8 29. Rd7 Ke8 30. Rc7
Rxb2) 28... Rxb2 29. a3 a5 30. Nd5 a4 $17) 27. Nc2 Rd2 28. e3 Nd6 29. Rc5 (29.
Rc7 $2 {This runs into the beautiful} Ne8 $1 {with the idea Nf6-g4.}) 29... b6
30. Rc6 Nb7 31. b4 (31. Rxb6 Nc5 32. Ne1 Na4 33. Rc6 Nxb2 34. Rc2 Rxc2 35. Nxc2
Kf6 {and we have probably a slightly better version of what I had in the game.}
) 31... axb4 32. Nxb4 Na5 33. Rc2 $6 {With precise play White can probably
still hold on after this but this is already treading on very thin ice. White
had at least a couple of ways to hold this position without this move.} (33.
Rc7 b5 34. Rc2 $1 Rxc2 35. Nxc2 Nc6 36. f3 f5 (36... Kf6 37. fxe4 Ke5 38. Kf3
h5 39. Na3 Na7 40. Nc2 $11) 37. fxe4 fxe4 38. Nd4 $11) (33. Rc3 {The simplest
of all} b5 34. g4 Nc4 35. Kg3 Rb2 36. Rb3 $11) 33... Rxc2 34. Nxc2 Kf6 35. f3
$2 {Finally the clock had its say!} (35. g4 Ke5 36. Nd4 Nb7 (36... Kd5 37. h5
$1 gxh5 38. gxh5 Ke5 39. Kg3 f5 40. f4+ exf3 41. Kxf3 $11) 37. Kg3 Nc5 38. Nc6+
Kd6 39. Nd4 {Black can't really make progress here}) 35... Ke5 36. Nb4 Nc4 37.
Kf2 h5 38. g4 Nd2 39. gxh5 gxh5 40. Nc6+ Kd5 $2 {For some reason both of us
thought that Nd4 is the only move here.} (40... Kd6 41. Nd8 Nxf3 42. Nxf7+ Ke6
43. Nd8+ Ke7 44. Nc6+ Kd6 45. Nd4 Nxh4 $17) 41. Nd4 $2 {Played instantly.} (41.
Ne7+ Kd6 (41... Kc4 42. fxe4 Nxe4+ 43. Kf3 Nc3 44. Kf4 Nxa2 45. Kg5 b5 46. Kxh5
b4 47. Nc6 Kd3 48. Nxb4+ Nxb4 49. Kg5 $11) 42. Nf5+ Ke5 43. Ng7 Nxf3 44. Kg3 $1
$11) 41... Nxf3 42. Nxf3 {This loses by force but in any case White is much
worse now.} (42. Nf5 Ke5 43. Ng3 Nxh4 44. Nxh5 Ng6 $17) 42... exf3 43. Kxf3 Ke5
44. a4 f5 45. Ke2 Ke4 46. Kd2 Kf3 {During the game I had a feeling that I had
played a great game but alas that didn't last long :) So thanks to Nils I had
8/9 which looks impressive but last year Erwin L'Ami had 8.5/9 :) I drew the
last round without much of a goof-up and won the event with 8.5/10.   A
special thanks to the wonderful organisation led by Gunnar Bjornsson This is
one of the best organised opens with very friendly environment. Safe to say
that the weather in Reykjavik isn't as warm as its people! I have played here
many times and everytime it gets better. The playing conditions are superb and
the organisers ensure that its a very competitive field. There is something
for everyone while at Reykjavik and I am sure I will be back there to defend
my title next year!} 0-1

[Event "Asian Continental op 14th"]
[Site "Al Ain"]
[Date "2015.08.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Black "Gupta, Abhijeet"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2619"]
[Annotator "Gupta,A"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2015.08.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{The game was played in the 5th round of the Asian continental chess
championship 2015 and I was a half point below the leaders. It was an
important game as I had Black against the top seed and a draw would keep me
close to the leaders.} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. h4 {
An interesting idea for White which has been favoured by the Chinese players
recently. Wei Yi had faced this variation twice in the Danzhou GM tournament a
few weeks before this game.} Bg7 6. e4 (6. h5 Nc6 {has been known to be okay
for Black.}) 6... Nxc3 7. dxc3 {This is actually the latest trend.It might
seem paradoxical to exchange queens after an aggressive thrust like 5.h4 but
White can still use the pawn to annoy Black in the endgame.} Qxd1+ 8. Kxd1 Bg4
$6 (8... Nd7 {is probably the best for Black but more work is needed to prove
full equality for Black.} 9. Bc4 $1 (9. Be3 Nf6) (9. h5 Nc5 10. hxg6 (10. h6
Bf8 11. e5 Bf5 12. Be3 Nd3 13. Bxd3 Bxd3) 10... hxg6 11. Rxh8+ Bxh8 12. Ng5 f5
13. f3 (13. exf5 Bxf5) 13... fxe4 14. Be3 Bf6) 9... Nf6 10. Ng5 O-O 11. f3 {
White still retains some pressure.}) 9. Kc2 Nd7 10. Be3 Nf6 (10... Bxf3 11.
gxf3 {simply gives away the bishop pair and the ruined pawn structure only
helps White because of the increased central control.}) 11. Nd2 Be6 12. f3 Nh5
(12... O-O-O {was probably better but White is already a bit better -} 13. Nb3
b6 14. Ba6+ Kb8 15. Rad1 $14) 13. Bb5+ $1 c6 (13... Bd7 14. Bxd7+ (14. a4 $5)
14... Kxd7 15. g4 Nf6 16. h5 $16) 14. Bc4 Bxc4 15. Nxc4 f5 {This weakens
Black's position but is practically forced.} (15... Nf6 16. Na5 $16) (15... b6
16. g4 Nf6 17. h5 $14 {White's space advantage is very dangerous.}) 16. exf5
Ng3 17. Rhe1 Nxf5 18. Rad1 Bf6 ({Probably a better move was the direct} 18...
Rd8 19. Rxd8+ Kxd8 20. Bxa7 Nxh4 21. Re2 $14) 19. Bg5 Bxg5 20. hxg5 {Black is
really in deep trouble already.} Rd8 21. g4 $2 (21. Rxd8+ Kxd8 22. Rh1 $1 {
Maybe not an easy move to find but Black loses a pawn by force now:} Ng3 23.
Rh6 Nf5 24. Rh2 Nd6 25. Ne5 Ke8 26. Nxg6 $16) 21... Rxd1 22. Kxd1 (22. Rxd1 b5
23. gxf5 bxc4 {allows Black to enter a slightly defensible rook endgame.})
22... Ng7 23. Re4 Rf8 24. f4 Kd8 (24... Kd7 25. Ne5+ Kc7 26. Rd4 Ne6 27. Rd7+
Kc8 28. Rxe7 Nxf4 29. Rxh7 Re8 30. Nc4 Rd8+ 31. Kc2 Rd7 32. Rh8+ Kc7 33. Rf8
Nd5 (33... Nd3 34. Rf6 b5) 34. Rg8 Nf4 35. Ne5) (24... c5 {In order to play ...
Kd7 and ...Ne6} 25. b4 b6 26. bxc5 bxc5 27. Kd2 Kd7 28. Ne5+ Kd6 29. Ra4 a5 30.
Nd3 Ne6 31. Ke3 Ra8 {White is most definetely better but has no forced win.})
25. Ke2 Ne8 26. Rd4+ Kc8 27. Ne5 (27. Kf3 Nc7 28. Re4) 27... Nc7 28. Re4 Ne6
29. Ke3 Nc5 30. Rc4 Ne6 31. a4 Rd8 $6 (31... a5 {was probably better but I did
not want to wait for White to show his intentions and wanted to create
counterplay quickly.} 32. Nd3 Kc7 33. Re4 Kd6 $14) 32. a5 Rd1 33. a6 $16 Re1+
34. Kf2 Rb1 35. b4 c5 36. axb7+ Kxb7 37. bxc5 (37. Nd3 $1 {Practically and
objectively the best move} cxb4 38. cxb4 Rb3 (38... Nd8 39. f5 Nf7 40. Re4 Nxg5
41. Rxe7+ Kc6 42. Rxa7 $16) 39. Ke2 Ra3 40. Re4 Ra6 41. Nc5+ Nxc5 42. Rxe7+ Kc6
43. bxc5 Kxc5 44. Rxh7 $18) 37... a5 38. Nf3 ({It was important to play first} 
38. c6+ $1 Kc7 39. Nf3 Rb6 (39... Rb8 40. f5 gxf5 41. gxf5 Ng7 42. g6 hxg6 43.
fxg6 {White has good chances to win here}) 40. f5 Nd8 41. Nd4 Nf7 42. Rc5 Nxg5
43. Rxa5) 38... Kc6 39. Re4 Nxc5 40. Rxe7 Rb7 {Black has good practical
chances to hold the game now.} 41. Ne5+ Kd5 42. Rxb7 (42. Re8 Ne6 43. Ke3 Rb3
44. Rc8 a4 45. Nf3 (45. Nd3) 45... a3 46. Nd2 Rb1 $1 47. c4+ Kd6 48. Ra8 Ra1
49. Ra6+ Kd7 50. f5 Nxg5) 42... Nxb7 $11 {The endgame is a simply =/=/+ now,
White has no more chances to win here and he even has to be careful to hold.}
43. Ke3 a4 44. c4+ Kc5 45. Kd3 (45. f5 a3 $19) 45... Nd6 46. Kc3 Ne4+ 47. Kb2
Kb4 48. f5 gxf5 49. gxf5 Nxg5 50. f6 h5 51. f7 Nxf7 52. Nxf7 h4 53. Ng5 Kxc4
54. Ka3 Kd3 55. Kxa4 Ke3 56. Kb3 Kf4 57. Nh3+ Kg4 58. Ng1 h3 59. Nxh3 1/2-1/2

[Event "NED-chT playoff"]
[Site "Breda"]
[Date "1996.05.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Black "Nijboer, Friso"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[Annotator "Gurevich,M"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1996.05.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 053"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. d3 d6 6. Bg5 $5 {TN [/\7.Qd2]} h6
7. Bd2 c6 {[/\8...d5]} 8. e4 Nbd7 (8... d5 $6 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. exd5 e6 (10...
Nbd7 11. Nge2 Nb6 12. Nf4 $14) 11. dxe6 Re8 12. Nge2 Rxe6 13. O-O $16) 9. Nge2
e5 (9... Ne5 10. Bc1 Bg4 11. h3 Bf3 12. O-O $14 {[/\13.Bxf3 Nxf3 14.Kg2]}) 10.
h3 {[/\11.Be3,12.Qd2]} a6 {[/\11...b5<=><<]} 11. O-O b5 12. Be3 Rb8 (12... b4
13. Na4 c5 14. Qd2 Kh7 15. f4 $36) 13. cxb5 $5 axb5 14. b4 {[/\15.a4-><<]} Bb7
15. a4 (15. Qd2 $5 Kh7 16. a4 d5 $6 17. exd5 cxd5 18. Ba7 $16) 15... bxa4 16.
Rxa4 d5 $6 (16... c5 $1 17. b5 (17. bxc5 Nxc5 $10) (17. Qd2 $6 Nb6 18. Raa1
cxb4 19. Na2 d5 $1 $36) 17... Re8 18. Qd2 Kh7 $13 {(/\Nd7-f8-e6-d4)<=>}) 17.
Ba7 $5 (17. exd5 cxd5 18. d4 Bc6 $132) 17... Ra8 18. Ra5 $1 $14 {[/\Nc3-a4-c5]}
d4 $6 (18... Re8 $142 {(/\19...Bf8<=><<)}) 19. Na4 Ne8 {[/\Ne8-d6-b5]} 20. Qd2
Nd6 21. Nc5 Nxc5 22. Bxc5 $16 Re8 (22... Rxa5 $6 23. bxa5 Re8 24. f4 $36) 23.
f4 (23. Rxa8 $5 Bxa8 24. f4 $36) 23... Nb5 24. Qa2 $5 {[><f7]} Qd7 25. Kh2 {
[/\26.h4,17.Bh3]} (25. f5 $5 g5 26. f6 $40 {(/\27.h4)}) 25... Qe6 26. Qd2 exf4
27. Nxf4 Qb3 $6 (27... Qd7 $142 28. h4 Nc3 29. Bh3 Qc7 30. Rfa1 $16) (27... Qb3
{[#]}) 28. Qf2 $1 $40 {[/\29.Nd5]} Rxa5 (28... Rad8 $5 29. Raa1 $5 $16 (29. Nd5
Rd7 $13 (29... cxd5 30. Qxf7+ Kh8 31. Qxb7 $16))) 29. bxa5 Bc8 (29... Ra8 30.
Nd5 f5 (30... cxd5 31. Qxf7+ Kh8 32. Qxb7 $18) 31. Ne7+ $18 (31. exf5 cxd5 32.
fxg6 Kh8 33. Qf7 Bc6 34. Qe6 $18)) 30. a6 $1 $18 (30. Nd5 Be6 31. Nf6+ Bxf6 32.
Qxf6 Qxd3 $13) 30... Re5 $138 (30... Bxa6 31. Nd5 f5 32. Ne7+ (32. exf5 cxd5
33. f6 Rf8 $13) 32... Rxe7 33. Bxe7 Nc3 34. exf5 Bxd3 35. f6 $1 Bxf1 36. fxg7
Qf7 $8 37. Qxf7+ Kxf7 38. Bxf1 $18) (30... Qa4 31. Nxg6 Be6 32. Nf4 $40) 31. a7
Nxa7 (31... Qa4 32. Nxg6 fxg6 (32... Rxc5 33. Qxf7+ Kh7 34. Nf8+ Kh8 35. Qg6
$18) 33. Qf7+ Kh7 34. Rf6 $1 (34. Bf8 Qxa7 $13) 34... Rg5 $8 (34... Rxc5 35.
Rxg6 Qxa7 36. Rxg7+ Kh8 37. Rg8#) 35. Qe7 $1 $18 {(/\36.Rf7)}) 32. Bxa7 Ra5 33.
Bxd4 Ra2 34. Qe3 g5 (34... Qc2 35. Rf2 $18) 35. Nh5 Qe6 (35... Qc2 36. Rf2) 36.
Rf2 (36. Nxg7 $4 Qxh3+ 37. Kg1 Qxg2#) 1-0

[Event "FRA-chT"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Black "Sulypa, Oleksandr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2629"]
[BlackElo "2424"]
[Annotator "Gurevich,M"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1999.02.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. g3 Nxc3 5. bxc3 g6 6. Bg2 Bg7 7. Rb1 Nc6 8.
Qc2 $5 {TN} (8. Qa4 O-O 9. h4 h6 10. Nf3 e5 11. O-O e4 $5 12. Ne1 (12. Qxe4 Bf5
$19) 12... Re8 $132 {1/2-1/2 Cebalo,M-Nikolic,Z/Novi Sad 1985/MCL (42)}) 8...
O-O 9. Nf3 b6 $5 {[/\ 10...Bb7 11...Qd7]} 10. O-O Bb7 11. d4 $5 Na5 12. e4 Qd7
$5 13. Bf4 Rfd8 14. Rfe1 (14. Rbd1 Ba6 15. Rfe1 Bb5 $5 $132) 14... c5 15. d5
Nc4 16. Rbd1 e5 $5 17. Bg5 f6 18. Bf1 $1 (18. Bc1 b5 $132) 18... Nd6 (18... b5
19. Bxc4 fxg5 $5 (19... bxc4 20. Be3 $14 {/\21.Nd2}) 20. Bf1 h6 $13) 19. Be3
Rf8 (19... c4 20. a4 $1 {/\21.Rb1|^<<}) 20. c4 Rae8 21. a4 Bc8 $5 22. a5 f5 (
22... Qd8 $5 {/\23...f5}) 23. exf5 (23. Ng5 Qe7 24. axb6 axb6 25. Bh3 (25. Ne6
Bxe6 26. dxe6 f4 $132) 25... f4 $132) 23... Qxf5 24. Qxf5 gxf5 25. axb6 axb6
26. Bd2 $5 (26. Rb1 f4 27. gxf4 exf4 28. Bc1 Bg4 $132) 26... Ne4 27. Rb1 Nxd2
28. Nxd2 Bh6 $5 (28... Rf6 29. Rb3 $14) 29. Nf3 e4 30. Rxb6 Bg7 $2 $138 (30...
exf3 $1 31. Rxe8 Rxe8 32. Rxh6 Re1 $132 33. Rc6 Bd7 34. Rc7 (34. Rxc5 f4 $1 $19
) 34... Ba4 35. Rxc5 Bc2 36. Rc8+ (36. d6 Bd3 $19) 36... Kf7 37. Rc7+ Kf8 $11)
31. Ng5 $16 Bd4 32. Nh3 Rf7 33. Nf4 Ra7 34. Bh3 Ra2 (34... e3 35. fxe3 Rxe3 36.
Rxe3 Bxe3+ 37. Kg2 $16) 35. Re2 Ra1+ 36. Kg2 Ba6 37. Rxa6 $1 Rxa6 38. Bxf5 $18
Re5 39. Bxe4 Ra4 40. Ne6 Rxe4 (40... Rxc4 41. d6 $18) 41. Rxe4 Rxc4 42. d6 1-0

[Event "Lost Boys op"]
[Site "Antwerp"]
[Date "1999.08.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Black "Mikhalevski, Victor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2516"]
[Annotator "Gurevich,M"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1999.07.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Nb6 6. d3 Bg7 7. Be3 Nc6 8.
Nf3 O-O 9. Qc1 e5 10. Bh6 Bg4 $5 {TN} (10... Nd4 11. Bxg7 Nxf3+ 12. Bxf3 Kxg7
13. O-O c6 14. b4 Nd5 15. b5 $14 {1-0 Gheorghiu,F-Martz,W/Lone Pine 1975/MCD 
(29)}) 11. Bxg7 Kxg7 12. O-O (12. h3 Bf5 $5 $13) 12... Nd4 $6 (12... Qd7 13. b4
$5) 13. Nxd4 (13. Nxe5 Bxe2 14. Re1 Re8 $13) 13... exd4 14. Qf4 $1 h5 $5 (14...
dxc3 15. Qxg4 cxb2 16. Rab1 Qf6 17. Qb4 $14) (14... Qd7 15. Ne4 $5 Bxe2 16.
Rfe1 Bxd3 17. Nc5 Qb5 (17... Qf5 18. Qxd4+ Kg8 19. g4 $18) 18. Qxd4+ Kg8 19.
Nxb7 $14) 15. Nb5 $1 (15. h3 Bxh3 16. Bxh3 dxc3 17. bxc3 Re8 $13) 15... Kg8 (
15... Bxe2 16. Qe5+ $18) (15... c5 16. Qe5+ Kg8 17. Qxc5 Bxe2 18. Rfe1 Bxd3 19.
Nd6 $14) 16. f3 $6 (16. Rfe1 c5 17. Nd6 g5 18. Qe5 Nd7 19. Qd5 $14) (16. Nxd4
g5 (16... Re8 17. Bxb7 g5 18. Qc1 Qxd4 $16) 17. Qe5 Re8 18. Qc5 Bxe2 19. Rfe1
Na4 20. Qb4 c5 $11) 16... Bd7 $1 17. Nxd4 Re8 $1 $44 {[/\18...c5]} 18. Rfc1 $5
Ba4 $1 {[/\19...g5]} (18... Nd5 19. Qd2 Ne3 20. Nc2 $16) 19. Rxc7 f6 $1 20. Rc4
$5 (20. b3 g5 21. Nf5 Bd7 $1 $17 (21... gxf4 22. Nh6+ Kh8 23. Nf7+ $14)) 20...
Nxc4 (20... g5 21. Qc7 $14) 21. dxc4 Qb6 $5 (21... g5 22. Qd2 Rxe2 23. Qxe2
Qxd4+ 24. Qf2 (24. Kh1 Re8 $132) 24... Qxc4 25. f4 $14) 22. b3 g5 (22... Rxe2
23. c5 $1 Qxc5 24. Bf1 $13) 23. c5 $5 Qxc5 $2 (23... gxf4 24. cxb6 Bd7 (24...
Rad8 25. Rd1) 25. gxf4 $11) 24. Qxf6 Rad8 25. Qg6+ (25. Rd1 Rd6 $19) 25... Kf8
26. Rd1 Rd6 (26... Rxd4 27. Qf6+) (26... Qe5 27. f4 $36) (26... Rxe2 27. Bf1
Re5 28. Bc4 $18) 27. Qxh5 Kg7 28. e3 $1 Rh6 $2 $138 (28... Rxe3 $1 29. Nf5+
Qxf5 (29... Kf6 30. Qh6+ Kxf5 31. Bh3+ Ke5 32. Qxg5#) 30. Rxd6 Re1+ 31. Kf2
Qc2+ $3 32. Kxe1 Qc1+ 33. Kf2 (33. Rd1 Qe3+ 34. Kf1 Bb5+) 33... Qc5+ $11) 29.
Qg4 Bd7 $4 30. Qxd7+ 1-0

[Event "Lost Boys op"]
[Site "Antwerp"]
[Date "1997.08.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Black "Nijboer, Friso"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Gurevich,M"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1997.08.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 059 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.09.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. d3 d6 6. Rb1 $5 (6. Bg5 $5 h6 7.
Bd2 c6 $5 8. e4 Nbd7 (8... d5 $5 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. exd5 Na6 $5 $44) 9. Nge2 e5
10. h3 a6 11. O-O b5 12. Be3 Rb8 13. cxb5 $5 axb5 14. b4 $5 Bb7 15. a4 bxa4 16.
Rxa4 d5 $6 (16... c5 $142) 17. Ba7 $1 Ra8 18. Ra5 $14 {[/\ Nc3-a4-c5 Gurevich,
M-Nijboer,F Breda Dutch tch(play-off) 1-0(35) 1996]}) 6... c6 7. e4 d5 $5 (7...
e5) 8. exd5 cxd5 9. cxd5 (9. Nxd5 Nxd5 10. cxd5 (10. Bxd5 Nc6 $44) 10... Qa5+
11. Bd2 Qxa2 $13) 9... Na6 $5 {[/\10...Nb4,10...Nc7]} 10. Nge2 Bg4 $5 (10...
Nb4 11. Nf4 g5 12. a3 $5 gxf4 13. axb4 fxg3 14. hxg3 Bf5 15. Bh6 $14) 11. h3 (
11. O-O Nb4 12. Qb3 Bxe2 13. Nxe2 Nbxd5 $13 14. Qxb7 $6 Qa5 $1 $36) 11... Bxe2
12. Kxe2 $5 (12. Qxe2 Nb4 13. O-O Nfxd5 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 $13 15. Bg5 Qd7) 12...
Nc7 (12... Qd7 $5 13. Re1 Rfd8 14. Kf1 Nb4 $132) 13. Qb3 b5 $1 {[/\14...b4<=>]}
(13... e6 14. Bg5 $5 Ncxd5 15. Nxd5 exd5 16. Rhe1 $1 h6 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. Kf1
$14) (13... Rb8 14. Be3 $14) 14. Be3 $5 {[><d4 /\15.d6]} (14. Bf4 $5 b4 (14...
e5 15. Bg5 $1 (15. dxe6 Nxe6 16. Be3 Rb8 $36) (15. Bxe5 Re8 16. d4 b4 17. Qxb4
Ncxd5 18. Nxd5 Nxd5 $36) 15... h6 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. Ne4 Qb6 18. Rhc1 $14) 15.
Bxc7 Qxc7 16. Qxb4 (16. d6 Qxd6 17. Bxa8 bxc3 $44) (16. Ne4 Rac8 $44) 16...
Rab8 17. Qc4 Qe5+ 18. Kf1 Rfc8 $36) (14. d6 Ne6 15. Be3 Rb8 16. dxe7 (16. Bxa7
Qd7 17. Be3 (17. Bxb8 $4 Nd4+ $19) 17... Qxd6 $44) 16... Qxe7 17. Kf1 Rfd8 18.
Rd1 h5 $1 $36) 14... b4 $1 (14... a5 $6 15. d6 Qxd6 16. Bxa8 $16) (14... Rb8
15. Bxa7 Rb7 16. Bd4 $16) (14... b4 {[#]}) 15. d6 $1 (15. Qxb4 Ncxd5 16. Nxd5
Nxd5 17. Bxd5 (17. Qb7 Nxe3 18. Qxa8 (18. fxe3 Qd6 $1 $36) 18... Qa5 19. Qe4
Nxg2 20. Qxg2 Bxb2 $1 21. Rhd1 Qxa2 22. Kf1 Bd4 $15) 17... Qxd5 18. Qc4 Qd7 $1
$44 {(/\19...Rfc8<=>)}) 15... Qxd6 16. Bxa8 (16. Ne4 $6 Nxe4 17. dxe4 Qa6+ $1
$36) 16... bxc3 17. Bb7 $1 {[><a6]} (17. Bg2 Nfd5 18. d4 Qa6+ $1 19. Ke1 (19.
Kf3 Qf6+ 20. Ke2 Qa6+) 19... Nxe3 20. fxe3 Qd3 21. Kf2 Qd2+ 22. Kf3 Ne6 $17)
17... Nfd5 18. d4 cxb2 19. Bxd5 (19. Qxb2 e5 $1 20. dxe5 Bxe5 21. Bd4 Nf4+ $1
22. gxf4 Bxd4 $40) (19. Rxb2 Rb8 $5 20. Rc1 Nxe3 21. fxe3 Qxg3 $36) 19... Nxd5
20. Rxb2 Nxe3 $1 (20... e5 21. dxe5 Qxe5 22. Rd2 Nc3+ (22... Nxe3 23. Qxe3 Qb5+
24. Qd3 Re8+ 25. Kf3 $1 Qc6+ 26. Qd5 $16) 23. Kf1 Rb8 (23... Qe4 24. Kg1 $16)
24. Qc4 $16) 21. fxe3 Qxg3 (21... e5 $1 22. Rd1 (22. d5 $2 e4 $40) (22. dxe5
Qxe5 23. Rd2 Qxg3 24. Qd5 Re8 $36) (22. Kf3 $6 exd4 $13 23. exd4 $2 Qc6+ $1 24.
d5 Qf6+ $19) (22. Qb4 Qd5 23. Qb7 Qc4+ $1 24. Kf3 exd4 $36) 22... exd4 23. exd4
Bxd4 (23... Re8+ 24. Kf1 Bxd4 (24... Qc6 $6 25. d5 Qa6+ (25... Qf6+ 26. Rf2 $16
) 26. Qb5 Qc8 27. Rg2 $14) 25. Rbd2 (25. Qa4 Re4 26. Rbd2 Qxg3 $1 27. Rxd4 Qf3+
28. Kg1 Re2 29. Rd8+ Kg7 30. Qd4+ Kh6 31. Qh4+ Kg7 32. Qd4+ $11) 25... Qc6 $1
26. Rxd4 Qh1+ 27. Kf2 Qh2+ 28. Kf1 $11) 24. Rbd2 Re8+ 25. Kf1 Qc6 $11) 22. Qd5
e5 23. dxe5 Bxe5 24. Rb7 $36 Bc7 25. Rf1 $1 (25. Qf3 Qd6 26. Rxa7 (26. Rd1 Qa6+
27. Kf2 (27. Ke1 Bg3+ $1 $19) 27... Qxa2+ $17) 26... Rd8 $1 $36) 25... Qxh3 $1
(25... Bb6 $2 26. Rfxf7 Qxe3+ 27. Kd1 $18) 26. Rxa7 $1 (26. Rxc7 Qh2+ $19)
26... Qg4+ 27. Kd3 $1 Rd8 $2 $138 (27... Qc8 $6 28. Qc4 $1 (28. Qc6 $2 Rd8+ 29.
Kc2 (29. Ke2 Qg4+ 30. Qf3 Qc4+ $19) 29... Bb6 $19) 28... Bb6 (28... Qh3 29. Kc2
$1 Qg2+ 30. Kb3 Rb8+ 31. Ka4 $18) 29. Qxc8 Rxc8 30. Raxf7 (30. Rb7 $5) 30...
Rd8+ 31. Ke2 Ra8 32. Rb7 Rxa2+ 33. Kf3 Bc5 34. Rd1 $14) (27... Qg3 $5 28. a4
Kg7 {(/\29...Rd8)} (28... h5 $5) 29. Ra8 Bb8 30. a5 Qc7 31. a6 Rc8 (31... Rd8
32. Rxf7+ Qxf7 33. Qxd8 Qf1+ 34. Kc3 $16) 32. Rxf7+ Qxf7 33. Qxf7+ Kxf7 34. a7
Rd8+ 35. Ke2 Bxa7 36. Rxd8 $14) 28. Ra8 Rxa8 29. Qxa8+ Kg7 30. Qe8 $1 $18 (30.
Qd5 f6 $14) 30... Bf4 $2 (30... Qe6 31. Qxe6 fxe6 32. a4 h5 33. Rc1 Ba5 34. Rc5
$18) (30... Qg3 31. Rxf7+ Kh6 32. Qf8+ Kh5 (32... Kg5 33. Qe7+ $18) 33. Rxh7+
Kg4 34. Qc8+ $18) 31. exf4 1-0

[Event "ISR-ch"]
[Site "Tel Aviv"]
[Date "2002.11.24"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kreizberg, Michael"]
[Black "Mikhalevski, Victor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2346"]
[BlackElo "2524"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "147"]
[EventDate "2002.11.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Qxd1+ 7. Kxd1 f6
8. Kc2 e5 9. Be3 Nd7 10. Nd2 a5 11. f3 Bc5 12. Nc4 Ke7 13. a4 b6 14. Bh6 Nf8
15. h4 Ne6 16. b3 Kf7 17. Nb2 Bf8 18. Be3 h5 19. Bc4 Bh6 20. Bf2 Ke7 21. Rad1
Rb8 22. Bb5 Nf4 23. g3 Nh3 24. Be1 Be3 25. Rd3 Bc5 26. b4 axb4 27. cxb4 Bf2 28.
Rc3 Bd4 29. Rxc7+ Kd8 30. Rc6 Ke7 31. Nc4 Ng1 32. f4 Nf3 33. Bc3 Bg4 34. fxe5
fxe5 35. Rf1 Rbc8 36. Rxg6 Rhd8 37. Rg7+ Ke6 38. Rb7 Rd6 39. Kb3 Bxc3 40. Nxd6
Kxd6 41. Rxb6+ Ke7 42. Rb7+ Kd6 43. Rb6+ Ke7 44. Rb7+ Kd6 45. Rxf3 Bxb4 46.
Rf6+ Kc5 47. Bd3 Be1 48. Rb5+ Kd4 49. Rd6+ Ke3 50. Bc2 Be2 51. Rdd5 Bc4+ 52.
Kb2 Bxd5 53. exd5 e4 54. d6 Kd4 55. Rxh5 Bxg3 56. Rb5 Bxd6 57. h5 Bf4 58. Rb4+
Rc4 59. Rxc4+ Kxc4 60. Bxe4 {[#] Wenn Schwarz Remis machen will, dann gehцrt
der Kцnig nach h8, wдhrend sich der Lдufer gegen den a-Bauern zu opfern hat.}
Kb4 $2 (60... Kd4 61. a5 Ke5 62. a6 Be3 63. h6 Kf6 64. Kb3 Kf7 {[%cal Rf7g8]}
65. Bh7 Kf6 $11 {[%cal Rf6g5]}) 61. Bc2 (61. Bc6 Kc5 62. Bb5 Kd6 63. a5 Ke7 64.
a6 Bb8 65. h6 (65. Bc4 Kf6 $1 $11 (65... Kf8 $2 66. h6 $1 $18)) 65... Kf7 $1
$11 (65... Kf6 $2 66. Be8 $1 $18)) 61... Be3 (61... Kc5 62. Kb3 Kd6 63. a5 Ke7
64. a6 Bb8 65. h6 Kf7 66. Bh7 Kf6 $11) 62. Bd1 Kc4 (62... Bh6 63. Bb3 Bg5 64.
Kc2 Bh6 65. Kd3 Kxb3 66. a5 Bf4 67. a6 Bb8 68. h6 $18) 63. Kc2 Kd4 64. a5 Ke5
65. Kd3 Bg1 66. h6 Kf6 67. Bh5 $3 {Jetzt gelangt der Kцnig nicht in die
rettende Ecke h8.} Bh2 68. a6 Bb8 69. Ke4 Ba7 70. Kd5 Be3 71. Kc6 Bd4 72. Kb7
Ke7 73. h7 Kf8 74. a7 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch 54th"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "2001.05.07"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Korobov, Ilya"]
[Black "Feoktistov, Alexey A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2347"]
[BlackElo "2375"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2001.04.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Rb1 O-O 8.
Rxb7 Bxb7 9. Bxb7 Nd7 10. Bxa8 Qxa8 11. Nf3 Ne5 12. O-O Nxf3+ 13. exf3 Qd5 14.
Qa4 a5 15. Re1 e6 16. Kg2 c5 17. c4 Qd3 18. Qxa5 Qxc4 19. d3 Qxd3 20. Qxc5 Ra8
21. Qc6 Qd5 22. Qxd5 exd5 {[#] Thema: Entfernter weiЯer Freibauer} 23. a3 Rc8
24. Rd1 f5 25. Bd2 Kf7 26. a4 Rc4 27. a5 Rd4 $2 {Zeitverschwendung!} (27... Ra4
$142 28. Kf1 Ke6 29. Rb1 Bd4 $16) 28. Kf1 Rd3 29. Ke2 Ra3 30. Rc1 Be5 31. f4
Bf6 (31... Bd6 $142 32. Rc6 Be7 (32... Ke7 $2 33. Rxd6 Kxd6 34. Bb4+ $18) 33.
a6 Ke8 34. Be3 Kd7 35. Rb6 Ra2+ 36. Kd3 Kc8 $16) 32. Rc7+ Kg8 33. Rc8+ Kf7 34.
Rc7+ Kg8 35. Rc6 Kf7 36. a6 Bd4 $2 (36... Ra2 $142) 37. Be3 $18 Bf6 (37... Bxe3
38. fxe3 Ke7 39. Kd2 Kd7 40. Rf6 Ke7 41. Rb6 Kd7 42. h4 Kc7 43. Rf6 $18 {
[%cal Rh4h5]}) 38. Bc5 Ra2+ 39. Kd3 Bd8 40. a7 Ra5 41. Rc8 Be7 42. Rc7 1-0

[Event "Pamplona"]
[Site "Pamplona"]
[Date "1999.12.31"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "De la Villa Garcia, Jesus Maria"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2473"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "1999.12.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 075"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 e5 5. Nxe5 Qe7 6. d4 d6 7. Nf3 Nxe4 8. Nd5
Qd8 9. Bd3 O-O 10. Bxe4 Re8 11. Nc3 f5 12. Bg5 Qd7 13. O-O fxe4 14. Nd2 Qf5 15.
Ndxe4 h6 16. Bh4 Rxe4 17. Nxe4 Qxe4 18. Re1 Qf5 19. Re8+ Kh7 20. d5 g5 21. Bg3
Nd7 22. Qf3 Qxf3 23. gxf3 Bxb2 24. Rae1 Bf6 25. f4 Kg7 26. f5 Kf7 27. R8e6 Ne5
28. Bxe5 dxe5 29. Rb1 Bxe6 30. fxe6+ Ke7 31. Rxb7 Kd6 32. f3 a5 33. a4 {
[#] Schwarz versдumt, die weiЯe Bauernkette zu sprengen und dabei mit seinem
Kцnig aktiv zu werden. Stattdessen lдЯt er den weiЯen Kцnig kommen und gerдt
in Schwierigkeiten} h5 $6 {[%mdl 20480]} (33... Rc8 $1 34. Rb5 (34. Kf2 Kc5 35.
Ke3 Kxc4 36. Ke4 Be7 $19) 34... c6 35. Rxa5 cxd5 36. cxd5 Rc2 $1 {mit der Idee
g4} (36... Rc5 $6 37. Rxc5 Kxc5 38. a5 Kxd5 39. a6 Kc6 40. Kf2 Kb6 41. Ke3 Kxa6
42. Ke4 Kb6 43. Kf5 Be7 44. Kxe5 Kc6 45. Kf5 Kd5 46. h4 $1 $11)) 34. Kf2 Rc8
35. Ke3 g4 36. fxg4 hxg4 37. Ke4 Bg7 38. Rb5 Rf8 39. c5+ Ke7 40. Rb7 Rf4+ 41.
Ke3 Kf6 42. Rxc7 Rd4 (42... Rxa4 43. Rf7+ Kg6 44. d6 Bh6+ $13 {mit
wahrscheinlichem Remisschluss}) 43. e7 Bh6+ (43... Kf7 44. e8=Q+ (44. d6 $1 Bf6
45. Rc8 Bxe7 46. Rc7 {siehe Partie}) 44... Kxe8 45. Rxg7 Rxd5 46. c6 Kd8 47.
Rxg4 Rc5 48. Ke4 Rxc6 49. Kxe5 {und WeiЯ kann Gewinnversuche starten}) 44. Ke2
Kf7 45. d6 Bg5 46. Rc8 Bxe7 47. Rc7 Ke6 48. Rxe7+ Kd5 49. Rc7 Ke6 50. Ke3 Rd5
51. Re7+ Kf6 52. Re8 Rd4 53. c6 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT 06th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1999.05.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Meshkov, Yuri A"]
[Black "Yandemirov, Valeri"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2397"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "1999.05.16"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Smolensk TsEM"]
[BlackTeam "Kazan Sberbank-Tatarstan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Rb1 Nd7 8.
Nf3 O-O 9. c4 e5 10. d3 Rb8 11. h4 b6 12. h5 Bb7 13. hxg6 hxg6 14. Bh6 Bxh6 15.
Rxh6 Qf6 16. Rh4 Kg7 17. Qd2 Rh8 18. Rxh8 Rxh8 19. e4 Nc5 20. Qc3 Re8 21. Kf1
Qd6 22. Ne1 Rd8 23. Kg1 Bc6 24. Bf1 f6 25. Qc1 Ne6 26. Nf3 Nc5 27. Ne1 Bd7 28.
Qe3 Bg4 29. f3 Bd7 30. Rb2 Rh8 31. f4 Ne6 32. Rf2 Nd4 33. fxe5 fxe5 34. Nf3
Nxf3+ 35. Qxf3 Rf8 36. Qe3 Rxf2 37. Kxf2 Qd4 38. Qxd4 exd4 39. Be2 Kf6 40. a3
Ke5 41. Ke1 c5 42. Kd2 a6 43. Bd1 b5 44. cxb5 axb5 45. Bf3 c4 46. Be2 Be6 47.
Bf3 Kd6 48. Bd1 Kc5 49. Bc2 Kb6 50. Bd1 Ka5 51. Bc2 Bg4 {[#]} 52. Bd1 $2 (52.
Kc1 c3 53. Bb3 b4 54. axb4+ Kxb4 55. Bf7 g5 {was dem schwarzen Kцnig den
mцglichen Erfolgsweg via c5-d6-e5-f6 nach g5 verbaut. Nur so konnte WeiЯ auf
Ьberleben hoffen. Bitte nachprьfen!}) 52... c3+ 53. Kc1 Bxd1 54. Kxd1 {WeiЯ
kann zwar ein Damenendspiel erreichen, das aber bei zwei Minusbauern und den
ideal postierten schwarzen Hauptfiguren hoffnungslos ist.} Ka4 55. e5 Kxa3 (
55... Kxa3 56. e6 (56. Kc2 b4 57. e6 b3+ 58. Kb1 b2 59. e7 Kb3 60. e8=Q c2#)
56... Kb2 57. e7 c2+ 58. Ke2 c1=Q 59. e8=Q Qc2+ 60. Ke1 Qxd3 $19) 0-1

[Event "Pyramiden Franken Cup 4th"]
[Site "Fuerth"]
[Date "2001.08.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Lobron, Eric"]
[Black "Jansa, Vlastimil"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2524"]
[BlackElo "2466"]
[Annotator "Jansa,V"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2001.08.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Qa4+ Bd7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 Bg7 7. e4 O-O 8.
e5 Ng4 9. d4 Be6 {Verhindert h3.} 10. d5 Bf5 11. Bf4 Nd7 12. Qe2 g5 (12... f6
13. e6 Nde5 {Unklar.}) (12... e6 13. h3) 13. Bg3 (13. Bxg5 Ndxe5 (13... Ngxe5))
13... e6 14. O-O-O Qe7 15. h3 Nh6 16. Qe3 Bg6 17. dxe6 (17. Qxg5 Qxg5+ 18. Nxg5
Nf5) 17... fxe6 18. Qxg5 Rae8 (18... Qxg5+ 19. Nxg5 Nxe5 20. Nxe6 Nf5 21. Bf4
$16) (18... Qe8 19. Bd3 $16) 19. Qxe7 Rxe7 20. Bh4 Ref7 21. Ng5 Bxe5 22. Nxf7
Bf4+ 23. Rd2 Rxf7 24. Bg3 Bxd2+ 25. Kxd2 Nb6 {Beide Seiten sind hier schon in
Zeitnot.} (25... Nf5 26. Bxc7 Nc5) (25... Nc5 {Hier sind alle drei
Alternativen denkbar. Vermutlich war Sc5 die staerkste Fortsetzung. Schwer zu
sagen...} 26. Bc4 Rd7+ 27. Kc1 Nd3+ 28. Bxd3 Bxd3) 26. Be2 Nf5 27. Be5 Rd7+ 28.
Kc1 Nd4 29. Bg4 Kf7 30. Re1 Bf5 31. Bh5+ Bg6 32. Bxg6+ hxg6 33. Re4 Nc6 {
Der Laeufer muss von der langen Diagonale vertrieben werden. Weiss steht ein
bisschen besser.} 34. Bg3 Nd5 35. Rc4 Nxc3 36. Rxc3 e5 37. Re3 Kf6 38. Rf3+ Kg7
39. Rb3 b6 $14 40. Rc3 Rd6 41. b4 Kf6 {Der Weisse fer steht nicht gut. Nach b5
kommt Sd4. Die Stellungistausgeglichen.} 42. a3 Nd4 43. Rxc7 Ne2+ 44. Kc2 Nxg3
45. fxg3 {Der weisse Mehrbauer wird durch die Aktivitaet der weissen Figuren
kompensiert.} a6 (45... e4 46. b5 {Mit der Idee Tc6 und Weiss steht gut.}) 46.
a4 Kf5 (46... e4 47. b5 axb5 48. axb5 Ke6 49. Rc6 Rxc6+ 50. bxc6 b5 51. Kc3)
47. Rf7+ Ke4 48. Rf3 Rd4 49. Rf6 (49. Kc3 a5) 49... Rxb4 50. Rxg6 Ke3 51. h4
Rxa4 52. h5 Ra2+ 53. Kc3 Rxg2 54. h6 Rh2 55. g4 Kf4 56. g5 Rh3+ (56... a5) 57.
Kd2 Rh2+ 58. Kc3 Rh3+ 59. Kc2 Rh2+ 60. Kd1 a5 61. Rg7 a4 {Weiss ueberschreitet
in Unkenntniss der zeitlichen Turnierregularien die Zeit.} 0-1

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 19th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2013.11.08"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Jones, Gawain C B"]
[Black "Bulski, Krzysztof"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2648"]
[BlackElo "2538"]
[Annotator "Jones,G"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2013.11.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "England"]
[BlackTeam "Poland Goldies"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "POL"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. g3 Nb6 5. Bg2 g6 6. d3 Bg7 7. Be3 Nc6 {
This is supposed to be Black's best move order.} ({The first time I had this
position my opponent played the straightforward} 7... O-O {but after} 8. Qd2
N8d7 (8... Re8 {prevented the bishop exchange but after} 9. Bh6 Bh8 10. h4 N8d7
11. h5 {Tomashevsky,E (2524)-Vokarev,S (2491) Sochi 2005. White had a strong
initiative.}) 9. Bh6 Nf6 10. Nf3 c6 11. O-O Be6 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. Ng5 {I had a
pleasant edge in Jones,G (2568)-Samuelsen,C (2278) Klaksvik 2010 (37).}) 8.
Bxc6+ {This exchange is always double-edged. As a long time Dragon player I
value that bishop highly but in exchange White has an enduring strategic
advantage which he can hope to exploit so long as he doesn't get mated on the
light squares in the meantime!  Bulski had actually had this position twice
recently but neither of his GM opponents chose to trade. Over the next few
moves he started to consume a lot of time and so I presume his preparation
wasn't perfect.} bxc6 9. Qd2 h6 {Continuing to follow two of my earlier games.}
({The following game made a deep impression on me:} 9... h5 10. Nf3 Bh3 11. Ng5
Bg2 12. Rg1 Bd5 13. f3 {A bizarre series of moves but White appears to be
doing well as that bishop on d5 is actually short on squares while Black's
king doesn't have a safe place to hide. In the game he tried} O-O {but} 14. g4
$1 hxg4 15. Rxg4 f5 16. Rg2 Qd6 17. Rc1 Rad8 18. Kf1 Bf7 19. Qe1 Be8 20. Qh4 {
was already winning for White:} Rf6 21. b4 Qe5 22. Bc5 Rfd6 23. f4 Qf6 24. Qh7+
Kf8 25. Qh3 Kg8 26. e4 Nd7 27. e5 Nxe5 28. fxe5 Qxe5 29. Bxd6 Rxd6 30. Ne2 {
1-0 Short,N (2692)-Salem,A (2536) Al-Ain 2012.}) 10. Rc1 {My first foray into
this line was annotated in CVO (ChessVibes Openings - no longer running sadly).
They recommended the text move. It's obviously a generally useful move to take
possession of the semi-open c-file and take aim at the loose c-pawns and the
problem for Black is that it's not so easy to come up with a good move.} ({
The first time I tried} 10. Nf3 {but this doesn't work as well with the pawn
on h6 as} Bh3 {is now rather annoying. I continued} 11. Rg1 {when we had a
crazy game after} Rb8 $5 (11... Bg4 {looks comfortable for Black as White can
no longer castle kingside so the rook on g1 looks rather misplaced.}) 12. Bf4
g5 13. Ne5 $6 Bxe5 $6 (13... Rc8 $1 {is the computer's suggestion and appears
to refute my piece sacrifice.}) 14. Bxe5 f6 15. g4 fxe5 16. Rg3 Qd4 17. Rxh3
Qxg4 18. Rg3 Qf4 19. Qc2 {Jones,G (2644)-Alsina Leal,D (2511) Hastings 2013;
and I had great compensation thanks to Black's dreadful structure.}) 10... Be6
{And now I was on my own.} (10... Nd5 {was played last time but now I can
develop my kingside.} 11. Nf3 Nxe3 (11... Bh3 {can now be met with} 12. Bd4 $1
Nf6 {This was seen in Ruck-Nedev, Yerevan 2001 and now} 13. Rg1 $1 Bg4 14. Qe3
$16 {leaves White on top.}) ({Van Delft and Ris point out that} 11... Nxc3 {
can even be met by} 12. Rxc3 $5 {as} Bxc3 13. Qxc3 f6 14. Qxc6+ Bd7 15. Qc4 {
leaves White decent compensation for the exchange.}) 12. Qxe3 O-O 13. O-O {
Jones,G (2653)-Areshchenko,A (2720) Icelandic League 2013 (36). And Black
probably has a slightly worse version of the game. Black did a good job of
creating counterplay but in the end I managed to convert.}) 11. h4 {This had
been my plan against most of Black's moves. I simply prepare to develop my
kingside without allowing any annoying ...Bh3 ideas.} ({I see this position
had actually been reached a month earlier. That time White tried} 11. Bc5 {
when Black took the opportunity to win a couple of very hot pawns with} Bxa2 $6
12. Nxa2 Qd5 13. Nf3 Qxa2 14. O-O Qxb2 {but} 15. Rc2 Qb3 16. Bd4 O-O 17. Bxg7
Kxg7 18. Nd4 Qd5 19. Nxc6 Qd6 20. Ra1 a6 21. Ra5 {Yilmaz,M (2567)-Erdogdu,M 
(2437) Istanbul 2013; left White totally dominating the position.}) 11... Nd5 {
The game starts to resemble my previous game with Areshchenko.} (11... Bg4 {
looks illogical, moving the same piece twice in a row, but now at least I'd
have to allow a structural concession. However} 12. Nf3 Bxf3 13. exf3 {still
leaves Black with problems as he still has the worse structure and has to lose
yet more time to castle, for example:} h5 14. O-O O-O 15. Ne4 Qd5 16. b3 Rfd8
17. Rfd1 $16) 12. Nf3 Nxe3 13. Qxe3 O-O 14. O-O ({Houdini offers} 14. Ne5 $5
Qd6 15. f4 {which is definitely a viable alternative but I was grateful to be
able to castle.}) {So we've both been able to castle. Black has his usual
bishop pair but I think White's better structure outweighs it. Black has to
wrestle for the initiative as he'll suffer in any ending. White controls the
centre and has an easy plan to put pressure on Black's weak pawns while it's
not so obvious what Black should do.} 14... Qd6 {With ideas of ...f7-f5 so I
thought my next move was forced.} 15. Ne4 Qb4 16. b3 (16. Rxc6 $5 {is also
possible but I was loath to trade off his weak pawns.}) ({Meanwhile} 16. h5 $5
{should also be considered.}) 16... Bd5 17. Qf4 {Indirectly attacking the
black queen and trying to get the queens off the board.} Qa5 $6 (17... a5 $1 {
was Black's best.} 18. Ne5 {was my idea when the computer offers} g5 (18...
Bxe4 19. Rc4 $14) 19. hxg5 hxg5 20. Nxg5 Qxf4 21. gxf4 f6 22. Nxc6 Bxc6 23. Ne6
Ra6 24. Nxf8 Bxf8 {with a complex battle between the bishops and the rook and
two pawns.}) 18. Qd2 ({The computer slightly prefers} 18. Rc2 {but without
queens the position is very miserable for Black.}) 18... Qxd2 {Now I was very
happy.} (18... Qa3 {should probably have been preferred but it's clear that's
not an ideal square for the queen and} 19. Nc5 Bxf3 20. exf3 {is also much
more comfortable for White.}) 19. Nfxd2 a5 20. Nc5 f5 {The d5 bishop has
suddenly run out of squares.} 21. e4 Bf7 (21... fxe4 22. dxe4 Bf7 {was perhaps
the lesser evil but look at that structure.}) 22. Rfe1 fxe4 ({I expected} 22...
e5 {when White should play slowly as rushing with} 23. exf5 gxf5 24. Nd7 Rfe8
25. Rxc6 $6 e4 {allows Black some counterplay.}) 23. Rxe4 Bd5 (23... Bf6 24.
Ne6 Rfb8 25. Nxc7 (25. Rxc6 Rb6 $1 {gives Black some hope.}) 25... Ra7 26. Ne6
{also nets a pawn.}) 24. Rxe7 Bd4 {Black's bishops now look impressive but I
can play around them easily enough and one will soon be traded.} 25. Nde4 Rf7
26. Rxf7 Kxf7 27. Na4 Ke6 28. Kg2 Rf8 29. f3 Kd7 30. Nac3 Bg8 31. Rc2 Rf5 32.
f4 Bg7 33. Nd1 Bd4 34. Kf3 h5 35. Ne3 Rb5 36. Nc4 Be6 37. Ke2 a4 $2 {This
doesn't achieve the desired effect but Black was probably tired of defending
such a horrible position.} 38. bxa4 Bg4+ 39. Kd2 Rb1 40. Ne5+ Bxe5 41. fxe5 1-0

[Event "URS Young Masters-ch14"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "1981.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Chernin, Alexander"]
[Black "Dvoirys, Semen I"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2310"]
[Annotator "Kengis,E"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1981.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Nb6 6. d3 Bg7 7. Be3 O-O 8.
Qd2 N8d7 9. Bh6 Bxh6 10. Qxh6 Ne5 11. Nf3 Nxf3+ 12. Bxf3 Qd4 13. O-O c6 14.
Rfd1 Rd8 15. Rac1 Be6 16. b3 f6 17. e3 Qb4 18. h4 Nd7 19. d4 Bf7 20. h5 g5 21.
Be4 Nf8 22. f4 Qa5 23. Na4 Bd5 24. Rc5 $16 *

[Event "RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Khasin, Alexander"]
[Black "Yandemirov, Valeri"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "Kharitonov,A"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1994.09.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 044"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. g3 Nxc3 5. bxc3 g6 6. Bg2 Bg7 7. Rb1 (7.
Nf3 O-O 8. O-O Nd7 9. Qc2 Nb6 10. d3 Bd7 11. Nd4 $5 Qc8 12. Ba3 Re8 13. Rfc1 c5
14. Nb3 c4 15. Na5 cxd3 16. exd3 Rb8 17. Rab1 Na4 18. Rb4 b6 $2 (18... b5 $32
$13) 19. Rc4 $16 {Yusupov,A-Kharitonov,A/URS/1976/0,5/29/}) (7. Nf3 O-O 8. O-O
Nd7 9. d4 Nb6 10. Bf4 Nd5 11. Bd2 c5 $10 {Romanishin,O-Gutman,L/Riga/1975/0:1/
35/}) 7... Nd7 8. c4 (8. Bxb7 Bxb7 9. Rxb7 Nb6 {/\Qc8-/}) (8. Nf3 O-O 9. O-O
Nb6 10. Qc2 Bd7 11. d3 Ba4 12. Qd2 Bc6 (12... Re8 13. c4 Bc6 14. Bb2 $2 Bxf3
15. Bxf3 Nxc4 $19 {Podgaets,M-Gutman,L/URS/1972/}) 13. Bb2 Qd6 14. Qc1 Na4 15.
Ba1 e5 16. Qc2 Rfe8 17. Nd2 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Nc5 19. Kg1 Rad8 $15 {Gurevich,
M-Kharitonov,A/Tbilisi/1976/0:1/46/}) 8... O-O 9. Nf3 (9. d3 Nb6 10. Nf3 Bd7
11. Bb2 Bxb2 12. Rxb2 Bc6 13. O-O Rb8 14. Qc1 Nd7 15. Qh6 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 b6 17.
Rb5 e5 18. h4 $14 {Yasinsky,V-Yandemirov,V/Elista/1994/0:1/69/}) 9... Nb6 (9...
e5 $5) 10. d3 Bd7 11. Bb2 Bxb2 12. Rxb2 Bc6 13. Qc1 e5 14. O-O Qe7 15. Nd2 $14
Na4 (15... Bxg2 16. Kxg2 c6 17. Qc2 Rad8 18. Rfb1 Rd7 $14) 16. Bxc6 $5 (16. Rb1
Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Nc5 $10) 16... Nxb2 17. Bxb7 Rab8 18. Qxb2 c6 19. Rb1 f6 (19...
f5 20. Qc3 Rxb7 21. Rxb7 Qxb7 22. Qxe5 $14) (19... Rfd8 20. Qc3 Rxb7 21. Rxb7
Qxb7 22. Qxe5 {/\Ne4+/-/}) 20. Ne4 {/\c5,Nd6} f5 (20... Rf7 21. Qc1 Rxb7 (21...
f5 22. Bxc6 Rxb1 23. Qxb1 fxe4 24. Bd5 $16) 22. Rxb7 Qxb7 23. Nd6 $16) 21. Ng5
$1 e4 $6 (21... Qxg5 $5 22. Qxe5 Rfe8 23. Qc7 Qe7 24. Qxc6 Qxe2 $13) 22. h4 h6
23. Nh3 Rf7 (23... Kh7 24. dxe4 fxe4 25. Nf4 Rf7 26. Qc2 Rxb7 27. Rxb7 Qxb7 28.
Qxe4 Rf6 29. h5 $18) 24. Qc1 $1 Rxb7 25. Rxb7 Qxb7 26. Qxh6 Rg7 27. Nf4 $16
exd3 28. exd3 Qf7 29. a4 Qf6 30. Kg2 Rh7 (30... a5 31. Nh5 $18) (30... Qf7 31.
a5 Qe8 32. h5 gxh5 (32... g5 33. Ne6 $18) 33. Nxh5 Rg6 34. Nf6+ Kf7 35. Qxg6+
$18) 31. Qxg6+ Qxg6 32. Nxg6 Rb7 $2 (32... c5 $5 33. Kf3 Kf7 34. Ne5+ Ke6 35.
Kf4 Rb7 36. f3 $16) 33. c5 $1 $18 a5 (33... Rb4 34. a5 Rb5 35. d4 Rxa5 36. Ne7+
Kf7 37. Nxc6 Ra1 38. d5 a5 39. d6 Ke8 40. h5 $18) 34. d4 Rb4 (34... Kg7 35. Ne5
Rc7 36. Kf3 $18) 35. Ne7+ Kf8 36. Nxc6 Rxa4 37. d5 Ra1 (37... Rc4 38. d6 Ke8
39. d7+ $1 Kxd7 40. Ne5+ $18) 38. d6 Ke8 (38... Rd1 39. Nxa5) 39. h5 a4 40. h6
Kf8 41. d7 Rd1 42. d8=Q+ Rxd8 43. Nxd8 a3 44. Ne6+ (44. Ne6+ Kg8 45. Nd4 $18)
1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0203"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2002.12.14"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Black "Jansa, Vlastimil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2651"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "Kortschnoj,V"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2002.10.19"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Baden Oos"]
[BlackTeam "Forchheim"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. Nf3 {Postny} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Qa4+ Bd7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 Bg7 $2 {
Already - a grave mistake. The theory says black not wasting time has to start
counterplay in the centre, playing 6...Nc6 or 6...a6.} 7. e4 O-O {Here 7...Bc6
was suggested, as the most stubborn, preventing, in fact, for some time the
push e4-e5.} (7... Bc6 {Postny} 8. d3 O-O 9. Be2 Nbd7 10. O-O e5 11. b4 a6 12.
a4 Nb6 13. Qb3 Re8 14. Be3 $14 {1-0 Khalifman,A-Jansa,V/Germany 2002/EXT 2003 
(41)}) 8. e5 Ng4 {After 8...Be6 a queen sacrifice 9.exf6 had been played
several times with practical success. Still, a retreat to e8 would be more
prudent.} 9. d4 Be6 10. Qb5 $1 {This move was discovered recently.} ({Earlier
people played} 10. d5 Bf5 11. Qe2 Nd7 12. Bf4 f6 13. e6 Nde5 {with unclear
consequences.}) 10... Qc8 11. h3 Nh6 12. Bf4 Nd7 $6 {After this move, as it
turns out, the black position is hardly posssible to defend. Some pawn move
was called for - either 12...c5!? or 12...f6!? Postny: 'A bad novelty, which
should not find the followers.'} 13. Qe2 $1 {Now d4-d5 threatens in earnest -
to win a piece. Postny: 'After this strong move the game is practically over.
Besides threatening 14.d5, white is preparing to trap the black Nh6 with help
of 14.Qd2 and 15.g4. Black can not play 13...f6 vacating f7 square for the
knight, because after 14.exf6 the black Be6 is hanging. Now the drawbacks of
black's last move are clear.'} Nb6 {Postny: 'This and several following
black's moves are forced, not to lose the game immediatly.'} 14. Qd2 Nf5 15. g4
Bd5 $141 {This only way to save a piece.} 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. Bc4 $1 {Taking on
f5 was wrong: after 17...Qf5 black would recapture a piece. White is playing
simple and strong.} ({Less clear would be} 17. Bh2 Nh6 18. Bc4 Qd7) (17. gxf5
$4 {Postny} Qxf5 {[%csl Rf3,Rf4]}) (17. Bd3 {Postny} Nxf4 18. Qxf4 Nh6 19. g5
Nf5 20. Bxf5 Qxf5 21. Qxf5 gxf5 $14) 17... Nxf4 18. Qxf4 Nh6 {Postny: 'This
poor knight is the main source of black's troubles in this game.'} 19. d5 {
Now, and for very long time, the knight h6 cut off play.} Kh8 {'?' Postny.  
Black is preparing to play f7-f6. Instead 19...c6 would render more chances to
save the black position. Postny: 'This is too passive. It was necessary to
play 19...c6 trying to get some "air" for the pieces.'} (19... c6 {Postny} 20.
O-O $16) 20. O-O f6 ({Again} 20... c6 {(Postny) seems to be better practical
chance.}) 21. e6 $18 Qe8 22. Nd4 g5 {The only chance to release from
confinement both minor piece.} 23. Qe4 f5 {Postny: 'This is practically
necessary, otherwise black's kingside will be buried forever.'} (23... Qg6 {
Postny} 24. Nf5 {[%csl Rg7] with a strategically won position.}) 24. Nxf5 Nxf5
25. gxf5 Bxb2 26. Rab1 Ba3 {After a careful 26...Bf6 white would certainly
take on b7 and win the game on the queen side. Black wants to put his bishop
more actively, to d6 or c5, but then the black king loses his important
defender.} 27. f4 $1 {'?!' Postny. Beginning of the final assault. Postny:
'White could simply capture the Pb7, but Krasenkow decided to start the attack
on the kingside. However this move gives black some practical chances as well.'
} gxf4 {Or 27...Qh5 28.Rb3} 28. Rxf4 Bd6 {'?!' Postny.} ({More stubborn was} 
28... Bc5+ $1 {Postny} 29. Kh1 Qh5 30. Rh4 Qxf5 31. Bd3 Qxe4+ 32. Bxe4 Rad8 {
[%cal Gc7c6] and white still has to find a clear way for a win, for instanse:}
33. Rxh7+ Kg8 34. Rb2 Rf1+ 35. Kh2 Bd6+ 36. Kg2 Rdf8) 29. Rh4 {'->' Postny.}
Rf6 30. Kh1 Qf8 31. Bd3 c6 32. Rg1 cxd5 33. Qd4 {'!' Postny.} Rc8 {'?' Postny.
Postny: 'This is losing on the spot.'} ({The only way to organize a resistanse
was} 33... h6 {Postny} 34. Rg6 Kh7) 34. Rg6 $1 {The threat 35.Rxh7+ Kxh7 36.
Qh4+ is impossible to repel. Black resigned.} 1-0

[Event "Las Palmas"]
[Site "Las Palmas"]
[Date "1996.12.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[Annotator "Kramnik,V"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1996.12.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 {Dolmatov Hecht} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qh4
Nxc3 7. dxc3 (7. Qd4 $5 f6 8. Qxc3 Nc6 9. e4 e5 10. a3 Qe7 11. Bc4 O-O-O 12.
O-O {with mutual chances, Rahman-Isaev, 32 Chess Ol, Yerevan 1996}) 7... e5 (
7... Nc6 {Dolmatov} 8. g3 e5 9. Bg5 Be7 10. O-O-O h6 11. Bh3 Bxg5+ 12. Nxg5
Qxg5+ 13. Qxg5 hxg5 14. Bxd7+ Ke7 15. Rd5 $14) 8. Bg5 Be7 9. e4 Nc6 10. Bc4 h6
11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. Qg3 (12. Qxe7+ Kxe7 {Endgame is even, Skomorokhin,R-Huzman,A,
1996}) (12. O-O-O {Dolmatov} Qxh4 13. Nxh4 Rd8 14. Bd5 Ke7 15. Nf3 Kf6 16. Rd3
Be8 17. Rhd1 b6 18. b4 Nb8 19. Kb2 Bb5 20. R3d2 Ba4 $10 {Kramnik,V-Yudasin,L/
Wijk aan Zee/1995/}) 12... O-O-O (12... O-O $4 13. Qxg6+) 13. O-O (13. Bd5 h5
14. h4 Rde8 15. O-O-O Nd8 16. Rd2 Qf6 17. Ng5 c6 18. Bb3 Ne6 19. Qe3 a6 20.
Rhd1 Rd8 21. Rd6 Qe7 22. Bxe6 Bxe6 23. Qc5 Rxd6 24. Rxd6 Qf6 25. g3 {Vera,
R-Gonzalez Diaz,D/Aceimar op 1995/1-0 (64)}) 13... Qf6 (13... g5 {Dolmatov} 14.
Rfd1 f6 15. Nd2 Be6 16. Qf3 Rd6 17. b3 $14 a5 $6 18. Bxe6+ Qxe6 19. Nc4 Rxd1+
20. Rxd1 $16 {1/2-1/2 Kharitonov,A-Yandemirov,V/Kolontaevo/1994 (38) ><f5, a5})
(13... Be6 $2 {Dolmatov} 14. Bb5) (13... Rhe8 $5 {Dolmatov} 14. Rad1 Na5 15.
Be2 (15. Bd5 c6 16. Bb3 Nxb3 17. axb3 g5 18. Nd2 f6 19. Qe3 Kb8 20. Ra1 b6 21.
Nc4 Be6 $10) 15... f5 16. Qxg6 Rg8 17. Qxh6 fxe4 $132) (13... g5 $142 {/\
f7-f6, Bd7-e6}) (13... Rde8 $5 14. Rad1 Nd8 15. Rfe1 $14) (13... h5 14. b4 h4
15. Qg5 f6 16. Qe3 Kb8 17. Bd5 Rde8 18. Nd2 f5 19. exf5 gxf5 20. f4 Qg7 21. Nb3
Nd8 22. Nc5 Bc8 23. fxe5 Rxe5 24. Qd4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Wilhelmi,C-Vogel,R/BL2-N
9596/1996/ (44)}) 14. Rad1 Rhe8 (14... Be6 $2 15. Bd5) 15. Bd5 $1 Re7 {/\ Qf4}
16. Nd2 Qf4 17. Nc4 (17. Qd3 Bg4 18. f3 Be6 19. Nb3 Bxd5 20. exd5 Red7) 17...
Bg4 (17... Qxg3 {Dolmatov} 18. fxg3 $5 (18. hxg3 h5 19. f4 $14) 18... Rf8 (
18... Be6 19. Rf6 Bxd5 20. exd5 e4 $1 $14) 19. Rf6 Nd8 20. Rdf1 $16) (17... Be6
$1 18. Bxe6+ (18. Rd2 Bxd5 19. Qxf4 exf4 20. exd5 Ne5 $10) 18... Rxe6 19. Rxd8+
Nxd8 20. Qd3 $14) 18. Rd2 (18. f3 Qxg3 19. hxg3 Be6 20. Bxe6+ Rxe6 21. Rxd8+ (
21. g4 Rh8 $5 {/\ h6-h5}) 21... Nxd8 22. g4 {><h6} f6 23. Kf2) 18... Red7 (
18... Kb8) 19. f3 Qxg3 (19... Be6 $2 20. Bxe6 fxe6 21. Rxd7 Rxd7 22. Qxg6 $18)
20. hxg3 Be6 {Trotz der symmetrischen Bauernstruktur steht WeiЯ besser.} 21.
Rfd1 (21. Bxe6 {Dolmatov} fxe6 22. Rxd7 Rxd7 23. g4 (23. f4 $16) 23... b5 24.
Ne3 Rd2 25. Rf2 Rxf2 26. Kxf2 g5) 21... h5 (21... a5 22. a4 Bxd5 23. exd5 Ne7
24. Nxe5 Rxd5 25. Rxd5 Rxd5 26. Rxd5 Nxd5 27. Nxf7 $16) (21... Bxd5 22. exd5
Ne7 23. Nxe5 Rxd5 24. Rxd5 Rxd5 25. Rxd5 Nxd5 26. Nxf7 $16) 22. a3 {White
stays better} (22. Bxc6 {Dolmatov} Rxd2 23. Rxd2 Rxd2 24. Bxb7+ Kxb7 25. Nxd2
Bxa2 26. b3 $2 a5 $10) 22... Kb8 23. Kf2 a6 {><a6} (23... Re7 {Dolmatov} 24.
Bxc6 Rxd2+ 25. Rxd2 $18 (25. Rxd2 bxc6 26. Na5)) (23... Kc8 $5 24. Bxc6 $140
Rxd2+ 25. Rxd2 Rxd2+ 26. Nxd2 bxc6 27. f4 exf4 28. gxf4 Kd7 $14) 24. Bxc6 (24.
Ke3 $6 {Dolmatov} Re7 25. Bxc6 Rxd2 26. Rxd2 Bxc4 27. Rd8+ Ka7 28. Bd5 $14) (
24. Bxe6 Rxd2+ 25. Rxd2 Rxd2+ 26. Nxd2 fxe6 27. f4 $16 Kc8 28. Nf3 Kd7 $1 29.
Nh4 Ne7) 24... Rxd2+ 25. Rxd2 Rxd2+ 26. Nxd2 bxc6 {[#] Hecht starker Springer
bei schlechter schwarzer Bauernstruktur.} 27. f4 $1 {Dolmatov: Black cannot
protect his King-side. It is obvious that White Knight is clearly better than
Black Bishop, and Kramnik demonstrates an excellent technique} exf4 (27... Kc8
{Dolmatov} 28. fxe5 Kd7 29. Ke3 Ke7 30. Kf4 $18) (27... f6 28. fxe5 fxe5 29.
Nf3 $16) 28. gxf4 Kc8 (28... f6 29. Kg3 g5 30. fxg5 fxg5 31. Nf3 g4 32. Nd4 $16
) (28... h4 29. Nf3 h3 30. gxh3 Bxh3 31. Ng5 Be6 32. Nxe6 fxe6 33. Kg3 $18) 29.
Kg3 (29. Ke3) 29... Kd7 30. Kh4 f6 (30... Kd6 31. Kg5 Ba2 32. Kf6 $16) 31. e5
$1 fxe5 (31... Ke7 $5 {Dolmatov} 32. g3 (32. Ne4 fxe5 33. fxe5 Bd5 34. Nc5 Bxg2
35. Nxa6 (35. Kg5 Bf1 (35... Bh3 36. Kxg6 Bg4 37. Kg5) 36. a4 Be2 (36... a5 37.
b4 axb4 38. cxb4 $18) 37. a5 Bf1 (37... Bg4 38. Nxa6 Ke6 39. Nc5+ $18) 38. b3
Be2 39. c4 Bd1 40. b4 Be2 41. Nxa6 Bxc4 42. Nc5 $18) 35... Ke6 $10) 32... Bd5
33. c4 Bg2 34. exf6+ Kxf6 35. Nb3 Bf1 36. Na5 Be2 37. b3 Bd1) (31... f5 32. Kg5
Bf7 33. Kf6 Be8 34. Nf3 $18) 32. fxe5 Bd5 (32... Bf5 33. Nb3 $1 (33. Kg5 Ke6
34. Kf4 c5 35. g3 Bc2 $14) 33... Ke6 34. Nc5+ Kxe5 35. Nxa6 $16) 33. g3 Ke6 34.
Kg5 Kxe5 (34... Kf7 $5 {Dolmatov} 35. Nf1 Be4 36. Kf4 Bf5 37. Nd2 Ke6 38. Nf3
Kd5 39. Nd4) (34... Kf7 $142) 35. Kxg6 h4 (35... c5 36. b3 a5 37. Kxh5 $18) 36.
gxh4 Kf4 37. h5 {White is winning} Ke3 38. c4 $1 Bg2 (38... Be6 39. h6 Kxd2 40.
h7 $18) (38... Bg8 39. h6 Kxd2 40. Kg7 $18) 39. Nb3 (39. h6 $4 Kxd2 40. h7 Be4+
) 39... Bf1 40. h6 (40. Na5 {Dolmatov} Bd3+ 41. Kg7 c5 42. h6 Kd2 43. Nc6 Kc2
44. Ne5 $18) 40... Bxc4 41. Nc5 (41. h7 $2 Bd3+ 42. Kg7 Bxh7 43. Kxh7 Kd3 44.
Nc5+ Kc2 45. b3 Kb2 46. a4 Ka3 $132) 41... Ba2 42. Kg7 Bb1 43. Nxa6 (43. Ne6 {
/\ Ne6-f8-g6+-}) 43... Kd4 (43... Kd2 44. a4 Kc1 45. a5 Kxb2 46. Nc5 $18) 44.
Nxc7 Kc4 45. Ne6 (45. a4 Kb4 46. b3 $18) 45... Kb3 46. Nd4+ (46. h7 {Dolmatov}
Bxh7 47. Kxh7 Kxb2 48. a4 $18) 46... Kxb2 47. Nxc6 (47. Nxc6 {Dolmatov} Kxa3
48. Ne5 Kb4 49. Ng6 Bxg6 50. Kxg6) (47. a4 c5 48. Nb5 Kb3 49. a5 Kb4 50. a6
Kxb5 51. a7 $18) 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-A 73rd"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2011.01.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "L'Ami, Erwin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2628"]
[Annotator "Kramnik,V"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2011.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 141"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. d3 {A new attempt to get a long
game against the direct Grьnfeld which is so deeply analysed nowadays. Most
probably it is not the refutation of the opening, but who knows...} Nxc3 (5...
Bg7 6. Bd2 Nxc3 (6... O-O 7. g3) 7. Bxc3 {now it is possible to take with the
bishop; that is why my opponent decided to take on c3 earlier.}) 6. bxc3 Bg7 7.
Qc2 (7. Qd2 {Probably would be Magnus' choice here.}) 7... O-O (7... c5 {
I think this is more practical, just developing pieces and castling only after
White has played} 8. g3 b6 9. Bg2 Bb7 {and no need to worry about h4 here,
equalising comfortably.}) 8. g3 c5 9. Bg2 Nc6 10. h4 $1 {That was my idea
behind this d3 setup. Now Black has to think how to react to White's
aggression.} Nb4 {I do not like this move.} (10... Bf5 $1 {was a good choice,
planning c4:} 11. Nd2 (11. Qd2 Qa5 12. Bb2 Rad8 13. h5 c4 $13) 11... Nb4 12.
cxb4 Bxa1 13. bxc5 $13 Qd7) (10... h5 {stopping White's play once and for all,
but seriously weakening the g5-square.} 11. Ng5 $14) (10... h6 {is a half
solution, for example} 11. Rb1 b6 $140 12. h5 g5 13. Nxg5) 11. Qd2 Nd5 12. Bb2
{/\c4} Qa5 13. h5 $1 {The pawn on c3 is not really hanging!} Nb6 $1 (13... Bxc3
14. Bxc3 Qxc3 15. Qxc3 Nxc3 16. hxg6 hxg6 17. Kd2 {with powerful play for
White.} Nd5 18. Ng5 e6 19. Rh4 {Even without the queens this attack might be
very strong.}) 14. hxg6 hxg6 (14... fxg6 {the computer claims that it is not
as bad as it looks, but no human would go for it.}) 15. a4 $1 {The only way to
fight for an advantage, otherwise Black puts his knight to a4 and gets a
comfortable position.} (15. Kf1 Na4 $11 16. Rc1 Nxb2 17. Qxb2 Rd8) 15... Bd7 $2
(15... Nxa4 {looks scary, but good or bad, has to be played. In fact there is
nothing decisive for White here, and Black is fully in the game in all lines}
16. Ra3 $1 {a difficult move, probably the best one} (16. Qf4 {my opponent was
afraid of this move, but it does not seem to work in fact.} Qb6 $1 (16... Bxc3+
$2 17. Kf1 Bxb2 18. Qh6 Rd8 19. d4) 17. Qh4 Rd8 18. Bc1 Bxc3+ 19. Kf1 Bxa1 20.
d4 Qf6 21. Qh7+ Kf8 22. Bg5 Bxd4 23. Bxf6 Bxf6) (16. Rh4 Bd7 {Black's position
looks suspicious, but seems to be playable, according to the computer.} 17. Kf1
(17. Ng5 Rad8 18. Kf1 b5 19. Ra3 Qb6) 17... b5 18. Ne5 Rad8) (16. Kf1 $5 Qb5 $1
17. Bc1 $1 Nxc3 18. Qg5 Nxe2 $1 19. Qh4 Nxg3+ 20. fxg3 Qxd3+ 21. Kg1 g5 22.
Qxg5 Qg6 {no problem here}) 16... Bd7 (16... Qb5 $140 17. Bc1 {and c3 is
protected by the rook now}) 17. Kf1 {with good play for the pawn} Rfd8 (17...
Bc6 18. Bc1 c4 19. d4) 18. Bc1 c4 19. d4) 16. Kf1 $1 {Preparing to transfer
the queen to h4 and to attack for free.} Nxa4 {Suddenly Black is in real
trouble, so he decides that if he must suffer at least he will have a pawn.} (
16... c4 17. d4 Nxa4 18. Ne5 $1 Rad8 19. Qf4 {and mate will come in the near
future it seems.}) 17. Qg5 $1 {More accurate, not letting the opponent's queen
enter the game.} (17. Qf4 c4 $1) 17... Qb6 (17... Rfc8 {The computer is still
rather optimistic about Black's position, but after a couple of moves starts
to understand...} 18. Qh4 Kf8 19. c4 $1 f6 {and here anything wins} (19... Bxb2
20. d4) 20. Qh7 Qb6 21. Bc1 g5 22. Rh6 {for instance.}) 18. Qh4 {now even the
fearless metal box understands that something is wrong with Black's king here}
Rfe8 (18... f6 19. Bc1 {is similar to the game} Qb3 20. Bh6 g5 21. Bxg5 Rfd8
22. Bh6) 19. Bc1 $1 {Just mating.} e5 {Not the most resilient, but there was
already nothing acceptable anyway.} 20. Qh7+ Kf8 21. Bh6 Bxh6 22. Qxh6+ Ke7 23.
Nxe5 {Winning some material.} 1-0

[Event "Hastings 9394"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Black "Gurevich, Ilya"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1993.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 040"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qh4 Nxc3 7. dxc3 Nc6
8. Qg3 f6 9. e4 e5 10. h4 Qe7 11. h5 g5 12. Be2 Nd8 13. Nh2 Ne6 14. Bg4 O-O-O {
N} (14... Nc5) 15. O-O Qf7 16. Rd1 Bd6 17. Qf3 Kb8 18. g3 $14 Rhg8 (18... h6
$142) 19. Bf5 Nf8 20. Bxd7 Rxd7 21. Be3 Ne6 22. Ng4 Qxh5 $2 (22... Rf8) 23. Qf5
Qf7 24. Nxf6 Rf8 25. Nxd7+ Qxd7 26. Qh3 (26. Qxe5 Nf4 27. Qa5 (27. Bxf4 gxf4
28. Qh5 fxg3 29. fxg3 Rg8 $44) 27... b6 28. Qa6 Qg4 $44) 26... Qf7 27. Rd5 $6 (
27. Rf1 $1 {/\f3+/-}) 27... h5 28. Rad1 g4 29. Qh4 Be7 30. Qh2 Bf6 31. Qg2 h4
32. gxh4 Qh5 33. Qg3 $6 c6 34. Rd6 Bxh4 35. Qh2 Kc8 36. R1d2 Nf4 37. Bxf4 exf4
(37... Rxf4) 38. f3 Rh8 (38... gxf3 39. Qh3+ Kc7 40. Kf1) (38... Qg5 39. Kf1)
39. Kf1 $1 (39. Qxf4 gxf3 40. Qf5+ (40. Rd7 Rg8+ 41. Kf1 Bg3) 40... Qxf5 41.
exf5 Be7 42. R6d3 Bc5+ 43. Rf2 Rf8 (43... Rg8+ 44. Kf1 Bxf2 45. Kxf2 Rg2+ 46.
Kxf3 Rxb2 47. f6 Rb1 48. Kg2 $18) 44. Rdxf3 Kd7 45. b4 Rg8+ 46. Kf1 Bxf2 47.
Kxf2 Ke7 $14 {_|_}) 39... Qe5 40. Qg2 $2 {(+)} (40. Qg1 $1 Bg3 (40... Qb5+ 41.
R6d3 g3 (41... Bg3 42. Qxa7) 42. Qxa7 Rd8 43. c4 Qxc4 44. Qa8+ Kc7 45. Qa5+ b6
46. Qc3 $18) 41. Qxa7 Rh1+ 42. Kg2 Rh2+ 43. Kg1 Bf2+ 44. Rxf2 Qxd6 45. Kxh2 $18
) 40... Bg3 $1 41. fxg4 Rh2 (41... Rh2 42. Qg1 (42. Qf3 Qb5+ 43. Kg1 (43. Qd3
Rxd2 44. Rd8+ Kc7 45. Rd7+ Kc8) (43. c4 Qxc4+ 44. Qd3 Qc1+ 45. Rd1 Rh1+ 46. Kg2
Qxb2+ $1) 43... Qb6+ 44. Kf1 Qb5+ $10) (42. Rd8+ Kc7 43. Qg1 Qb5+ 44. R2d3 Rf2+
45. Qxf2 Bxf2 46. Kxf2 Qxb2+ 47. Rd2 Qxc3 48. R8d3 Qc1 $132 {_|_}) 42... Qb5+
43. R2d3 b6 $1 {Gurevich,I} 44. b3 (44. Qd4 f3) 44... Kb7 $5 $44 {->עf1})
1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-39"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2010.09.29"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "L'Ami, Erwin"]
[Black "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[Annotator "L'Ami,E"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2010.09.21"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Netherlands"]
[BlackTeam "Israel"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NED"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISR"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Qa4+ ({I had previously tried} 5.
h4 $5 {in this position, which looks attractive from a optical point of view.
The text move must be more critical however.}) 5... Nc6 $5 ({Perhaps we can
already call this the main line since many Grьnfeld-players have switched to
this move.} 5... Bd7 {is the old move, and the one Emil has most experience
with.}) 6. Ne5 Qd6 7. Nxc6 Qxc6 8. Qxc6+ bxc6 {We have reached an ending where
White has the better structure but difficulties disentangling his pieces. I
believe the first factor should outweigh the second, but for the moment I am
proven wrong.} 9. g3 Bg7 10. Bg2 Be6 11. b3 O-O-O (11... O-O $5 12. Bb2 Nb4 13.
O-O Rfd8 14. d3 Bg4 $13 {was tested in Andreikin-Hammer, Lubbock 2009.}) 12.
Bxd5 $2 ({I saw this being played by Malakhov and the concept attracted me.
Perhaps I ought to have checked this idea a bit before playing it! In
hindsight I should have opted for the more restrained} 12. Bb2) 12... cxd5 13.
Bb2 {Now if White could only exchange dark-squared bishops with Na4, place his
pawn on d4, knight on c5...} d4 14. Na4 Bd5 15. f3 e5 {A rude awakening took
place right about now. Black has two bishops, space, and is preparing to blow
me away through the centre.} 16. Nc5 f5 17. Rc1 Bh6 18. Rf1 Rhe8 19. Rc2 Rd6 $1
{Lack of space causes the simple threat of ...Rc6 to be hard to meet.} 20. Kd1
Rc6 21. Bc1 Bf8 22. Nd3 Ra6 $1 {Of course Black keeps rooks on the board.
White can barely move.} 23. f4 e4 24. Ne5 d3 $1 {Time to open the position!}
25. exd3 exd3 26. Nxd3 Be4 27. Rc3 Rxa2 28. Rf2 (28. Nc5 Bxc5 29. Rxc5 Bg2 30.
Rf2 Bh3 $1 {would be finished immediately.}) 28... Bd5 $6 ({I think it was
more precise to stop White from playing b4-Ra3 by} 28... a5 29. Nc5 Bc6 {
when ....Bg7 is an annoying threat.}) 29. b4 Re6 (29... Bg7 30. Ne5 $1 (30. Ra3
Rxa3 31. Bxa3 Bd4 {looks fantastic.}) 30... Bxe5 31. fxe5 Rxe5 32. Re2 {
is not that easy.}) 30. Ra3 (30. Nc5 Bxc5 (30... Rb6 $5) 31. bxc5 Kd7 {was
another way to fight.}) 30... Rxa3 31. Bxa3 a5 $2 {Presumably based on a
miscalculation, I now manage to exchange a-pawns which greatly relieves my
defensive tasks.} 32. Nc5 axb4 33. Bxb4 Rb6 34. Ba3 Rb1+ (34... Rb3 $2 35. Nxb3
Bxb3+ 36. Ke1 Bxa3 {fails to} 37. Rf3 $1) 35. Kc2 Ra1 36. Bb4 Ra2+ 37. Kc3 Bg7+
38. Kd3 Bc6 39. Kc4 Rc2+ 40. Kb3 Rc1 {Move 40 has been reached and despite
White still being clearly worse, it appears that a draw is the most likely
outcome.} 41. Bc3 Bf8 42. d4 Rb1+ 43. Rb2 $6 ({Why not just} 43. Bb2 {followed
by Kc2?}) 43... Bd5+ 44. Kb4 Rc1 45. Re2 Kd8 {Suddenly I am in trouble again,
my king is horribly placed. I decided to hurry the process...} 46. Bb2 $2 Rc4+
47. Kb5 Bd6 48. Rd2 Kc8 $1 {Building a mating web.} 49. Ba3 c6+ 50. Kb6 Rc3 51.
Bb2 Bc7+ 52. Ka7 Re3 53. Na6 Ba5 {Not my happiest moment in the olympiad!} 0-1

[Event "Corus-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2010.01.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "L'Ami, Erwin"]
[Black "Negi, Parimarjan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2621"]
[Annotator "L'Ami,E"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2010.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. h4 $5 {Bent Larsen has been
known for pushing a- and h-pawns throughout his career and of course he also
invented this system. In the nineties Jeroen Piket used it a few times, with
reasonable succes.} h6 ({The most common, alternatives are} 5... Bg7 {and}) (
5... h5) 6. e4 Nxc3 7. dxc3 $5 {No, no, I am not trying to make a quick draw
here. With the inclusion of the moves h2-h4 and h7-h6 it actually makes sence
to take with the d-pawn. In the ending after (1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.
cxd5 Nxd5) 5.e4 Nxc3 6.dxc3 Qxd1 7.Kxd1 Black has the solid move 7...f6
followed by e5. Here that plan runs into h4-h5!} Qxd1+ 8. Kxd1 Nd7 ({The next
round Arkadi Naiditsch -always a big fan of my play- decided to repeat this
line against Ni Hua. The Chinese played} 8... Bg4 {but after} 9. Kc2 Bxf3 10.
gxf3 h5 $5 {(otherwise White throws in h5 at some point)} 11. f4 Nd7 12. f5 $5
{White looked better to me, although Ni managed to draw.}) 9. Bf4 c6 10. Bc4
Bg7 11. Kc2 Nc5 ({I think} 11... e5 {might be stronger but after} 12. Be3 {
White keeps an annoying plus.}) 12. Nd2 Be6 ({The alternative was} 12... f5 13.
f3 (13. e5 $5 {might be interesting as well, if White manages to follow it up
with f4, locking up Black's Kingside.}) 13... fxe4 14. Be3 $1 {when White
manages to take the pawn without compromising his structure.}) 13. f3 b6 14. a4
Bxc4 15. Nxc4 O-O-O 16. h5 g5 ({Not a very happy advance, but} 16... Nd3 17.
Be3 g5 18. g3 $1 Ne5 19. Nxe5 Bxe5 20. f4 gxf4 21. gxf4 Bc7 22. Rhg1 {is not
much better, h6 is permanently weak.}) 17. Be5 $1 ({Much stronger than the
routine} 17. Be3 Nd7 {when it would be very difficult to break Black's
defences.}) 17... Rhg8 (17... f6 {is legal, but not more.}) 18. Bxg7 Rxg7 19.
Ne5 $1 {The point! The knight is on his way to g4 and without bishops the pawn
on h6 is more vulnerable.} Rd6 ({Black couldn't break free with} 19... g4 20.
b4 $1 gxf3 21. bxc5 fxg2 22. Rhg1 {winning.}) 20. b4 Nd7 21. Ng4 Re6 {Black
naturally wants to get rid of the knight on g4, but he is not in time.} 22. a5
$1 ({A good inclusion, the immideate} 22. Rad1 Ne5 23. Nxe5 Rxe5 24. Rd2 g4 25.
Rhd1 Rg8 {is less clear.}) 22... b5 23. Rad1 Ne5 24. Nxe5 Rxe5 25. Rd2 $1 {
Simple but very effective! Black's king is in serious danger.} f5 $6 ({Black
should have tried to get counterplay} 25... g4 26. Rhd1 Rg8 27. Rd7 ({During
the game I was planning} 27. f4 {but Black seems to hold;} Rxe4 28. Rd7 a6 (
28... Re2+ $5 29. Kb3 Re1 30. Rxa7 Rxd1 31. Ra8+ Kc7 32. Rxg8 $16) 29. Ra7 Kb8
30. Rdd7 Rd8 $1 31. Rdb7+ Kc8 32. Rxe7 Rxe7 33. Rxe7 Rd7 $1 34. Re8+ Rd8 35.
Rxd8+ Kxd8 {and this pawn-ending seems to be drawn} 36. Kd3 Kd7 37. Kd4 (37.
Ke4 Ke6 38. f5+ Kd6 39. Kf4 (39. Kd4 {- 37.Kd4}) 39... f6 40. Kxg4 Ke5 $11)
37... Kd6 38. f5 (38. g3 f5 39. c4 bxc4 40. Kxc4 Kd7 $11) 38... f6 39. c4 bxc4
40. Kxc4 Kc7 (40... Kd7 $2 41. Kc5 Kc7 42. g3 $18) 41. Kc5 g3 42. Kc4 Kd6 43.
Kd4 Kd7 44. Ke4 Kd6 45. Kf4 Kd5 $11) 27... gxf3 28. gxf3 Rxh5 {and here I
would have to find the 'ugly' solution:} 29. Rxa7 Rh2+ 30. Kb3 Rgg2 31. Rb1 {
which is probably winning.}) 26. Rhd1 e6 {The only way to stop White's rooks
from entering but the price is high.} 27. exf5 exf5 28. Rd6 c5 29. Rxh6 cxb4
30. Rc6+ Rc7 ({or} 30... Kb7 31. Rdd6 Rc7 32. a6+ Kc8 33. h6 Re2+ 34. Kb3 bxc3
(34... Rxg2 35. h7 Rh2 36. Rh6 {winning.}) 35. h7 Re8 36. Rxc7+ Kxc7 37. Rh6
Rh8 38. Kxc3 Kd7 39. Kb4 Ke7 40. Kxb5 Kf7 41. Kc6 Kg7 42. Rh1 {winning the
pawn-ending.}) 31. Rxc7+ Kxc7 32. cxb4 Re2+ 33. Kd3 Re6 (33... Rxg2 34. Rh1 {
and run!}) 34. Rc1+ Kd7 35. Rc5 {and Black resigned, another pawn will fall.}
1-0

[Event "Enghien les Bains 3rd"]
[Site "Enghien les Bains"]
[Date "1999.03.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2596"]
[BlackElo "2561"]
[Annotator "Lautier,J"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1999.03.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 070"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Mikhalevski,V.} 1. Nf3 {The theoretical fight begins with the first move.
With my adversary's trainer Azmaiparashvili a couple of meters away, it was
not difficult to foresee a Grunfeld as the most probable answer to my usual 1.
d4. I decided to short-circuit their preparation.} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4.
Qa4+ {Mikhalevski,V: 'This line is getting more and more popular these days.
One of its main ideas is to reach Gruenfeld defence positions with the black
bishop on d7.Thus advancing the e-pawn to e5 white forces Ng4 (the d7-square
is occupied by the bishop) where the knight fills very uncomfortable.'} Bd7 5.
Qb3 {One of the more promising Anti-Grunfeld weapons. I had been impressed by
Piket's dispatching of my opponent in this very line, a couple of months
before in the Andorre zonal.} dxc4 6. Qxc4 {I would like to digress here a
little, and share with the reader some thoughts about the so-called
"hypermodern" openings (the English with 1.c4 and the Reti with 1.Nf3).
Originally, the main purpose of the "hypermodern" move orders was to entice
the enemy into occupying the center with his pawns in order to target and
destroy them. Nowadays, not too many people are confident of actually
destroying those pawns, therefore 1.c4 and 1.Nf3 are more often than not a
prelude to a later d2-d4. In other words, White aims to reach Queen Pawn
openings without giving a definite shape to his pawn center. This pattern is
particularly noticeable in, let's say, Kramnik's favorite variation (1.Nf3 Nf6
2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2), the Neo-Catalan (1.c4 e6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 Nf6 4.Nf3)
and the present game, to name but a few examples. As a result, White can
choose between no less than four (!) different types of pawn center:  1) push
the pawns to e4/d4 2) put them on e3/d3 3) place them on e4/d3 or 4) on d4/e3.
Such a wealth of strategic possibilities makes these "chameleon" move orders
quite attractive to the White player and hard to handle for his opponent. In
our case, White has obtained a favorable version of the Russian variation of
the Grunfeld (the line with 5.Qb3), since he now has a choice between a center
with pawns on d3/e4, as in Piket-Bacrot below, or on d4/e3 as in the present
game. Let's now proceed with the game:} a6 {'!?' Mikhalevski,V. Mikhalevski,V:
'Very fresh idea.Black is intending to start counterplay on the queen side as
soon as possible not waiting for the e4-e5 advance.Another idea of the 6...a6
can be Be6 and Qb5+ is impossible.'} ({Etienne had previously replied with} 
6... Bg7 {against Piket, White gaining a slight edge after} 7. e4 Bc6 8. Be2
O-O 9. d3) 7. d4 {Black was obviously intending ...b5 and ...c5, hence d4
rather than e4. Mikhalevski,V: 'Most logical reaction.'} (7. Ne5 $6 {gives
nothing after} Be6 8. Qa4+ Nbd7 $11) (7. e4 {would have been clearly off the
mark after} b5 8. Qb3 c5 $132) ({In the origin game White has played} 7. g3 {
Mikhalevski,V but after} b5 (7... Nc6 {is another possibility which has been
checked out by Svidler only few days ago.} 8. Bg2 Bg7 9. O-O e5 10. d3 h6 11.
Rd1 Be6 12. Qa4 O-O 13. Be3 Nd5 14. Bc5 Nb6 15. Qa3 Re8 16. Rac1 Nd4 $11 {
1/2-1/2 Topalov,V-Svidler,P/Dos Hermanas ESP 1999 (38)}) 8. Qb3 c5 9. d3 Nc6
10. Bg2 Rc8 11. Qd1 Bg7 12. O-O O-O {1/2-1/2 Psakhis,L-Mikhalevski,V/Ramat
Aviv 1998/CBM 68 (25) all the problems are behind and Black can fight for an
advantage.}) 7... b5 8. Qb3 Nc6 9. Bf4 $1 {The best development: White intends
e3 to strengthen the d4-pawn, thus hemming in the Bg7.} (9. e4 $2 {loses a
pawn for no compensation after} b4 10. Nd5 (10. e5 bxc3 11. exf6 cxb2 12. Bxb2
Rb8 13. Qc2 exf6 $15) 10... Nxe4 11. Bf4 Nd6 $15) 9... Bg7 10. e3 O-O 11. Be2
Be6 $6 {A blank shot. Better was 11...Nh5} (11... Nh5 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4 g5 14.
Bg3 Nxg3 15. hxg3 g4 16. Nd2 e5 17. d5 (17. dxe5 Nxe5 18. Nde4 Be6 19. Qc2 Qe7
$132) 17... Na5 18. Qc2 $14 (18. Qb4 Nb7 $132)) 12. Qd1 Nb4 {The logical
follow-up to the previous move, but this plan leads to a dead end. '?!'
Mikhalevski,V.} (12... Nh5 {was still preferable} 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bh4 g5 15. Bg3
Nxg3 16. hxg3 $36) (12... Nd5 $5 {Mikhalevski,V}) {Mikhalevski,V: Now after}
13. e4 $1 {Prevents the jump of a knight on d5 and refutes Black's conception
in one stroke. Mikhalevski,V: 'White obtains clear positional advantage thanks
to the strong centre and the displaced Black's knight on b4. '} Bc4 $8 {
'?!' Mikhalevski,V.} ({After} 13... c5 $5 {Mikhalevski,V} 14. d5 {Black is
forced to sac a piece by} Nxe4 {but it looks like the only chance to justify
12...Nb4.} ({as in case of} 14... Bg4 15. a3 {[%csl Rb4] White wins a piece
without any compensation.}) 15. Nxe4 (15. dxe6 Nxc3 16. bxc3 Bxc3+ 17. Kf1 (17.
Bd2 Bxa1) 17... fxe6 18. Bh6 Bxa1 19. Qxa1 Rf6 $13) 15... Qxd5 $1 {with some
compensation.} (15... Bf5 $5)) 14. a3 $1 $16 {Precision is still required, as}
(14. O-O {would allow} c5 $1 15. a3 (15. dxc5 Qxd1 16. Rfxd1 Bxe2 17. Nxe2 Nxe4
$15) 15... cxd4 16. Nxd4 Nd3 $1 $36) 14... Nc6 (14... Bxe2 15. Nxe2 $1 (15.
Qxe2 Nc6 $14) 15... Nc6 16. Rc1 $16 {'+/-!' Mikhalevski,V.}) 15. Bxc4 bxc4 16.
O-O {'!' Mikhalevski,V.} ({After immediate} 16. d5 {Mikhalevski,V} Nh5 (16...
Na5 $5 17. Qa4 c6 18. dxc6 Qb6 19. c7 $1 Qxb2 20. Rc1 {[%csl Gc7]} Nb3 $140 $2
(20... Nh5 21. Bd2 Bxc3 22. Rxc3 Qb1+ 23. Rc1 Qxe4+ 24. Kd1 $1 {and White is
still better thanks to the strong pawn on c7.}) 21. Nd1 $1 Qa2 22. Rxc4) 17.
Be3 Ne5 18. Nxe5 Bxe5 {[%csl Rb2][%cal Ga8b8] Black obtains counterchances
along the b-file.}) 16... Rb8 (16... e6 $5 {Mikhalevski,V}) 17. d5 Nh5 {
'!' Mikhalevski,V.} (17... Na5 {Mikhalevski,V} 18. Qa4 Nh5 {leaves a pleasant
choise for White.} 19. Be5 $1 (19. Be3 $5) (19. Bg5 $5)) 18. Be3 Na5 $2 {
The game is practically over after this strategic mistake. Black will only
manage to rescue this stranded knight at the cost of the one on the other rim
of the board !} (18... Ne5 $8 {was the only way to stay in the game} 19. Nxe5
Bxe5 20. f4 Bg7 (20... Bxc3 21. bxc3 e6 $16 {'+/=!' Mikhalevski,V.}) 21. e5 $16
(21. Qe2 $16)) 19. Qa4 c6 (19... Nb3 {Mikhalevski,V} 20. Rad1 $18 {[%csl Ra6,
Rc4]}) 20. dxc6 e6 $6 {Mikhalevski,V: 'loses immediately.'} (20... Rxb2 $4 21.
Rad1 Qc7 22. Nd5 $18) (20... Bxc3 $8 21. bxc3 Qc7 22. Rab1 Rfc8 23. Rb4 Nxc6
24. Rxc4 $16) 21. e5 $1 {'+-!' Mikhalevski,V. Mikhalevski,V: 'Now it's over.22.
g4 is threatening and Black is helpless.'} (21. Bc5 {seemed less convincing}
Qc7 22. Bxf8 Bxf8 $16) 21... Qc7 (21... f5 {Mikhalevski,V doesn't save} 22. Bc5
Re8 23. Bd6 $18 {[%cal Gc6c7]}) 22. g4 (22. Bc5 $5 {[%cal Gc5d6] Mikhalevski,V}
) 22... Nxc6 23. Qxc4 {White wins a piece, and the rest requires no particular
commentary. '!' Mikhalevski,V.} (23. gxh5 {Mikhalevski,V would give some
counterchances.}) 23... Rfc8 24. gxh5 Nxe5 25. Nxe5 Qxe5 26. Qe2 (26. Qxa6 {
was also possible}) 26... Qf5 {with the threat of Rxb2.} 27. f3 gxh5 28. Kh1
Kh8 29. Qxa6 Rc7 30. Rad1 1-0

[Event "Groningen"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "Lautier,J"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1995.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 051"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 {Ribli} Nf6 2. Nc3 c6 3. e4 d5 4. cxd5 (4. e5 $5 {Ribli} Ne4 (4... d4 5.
exf6 dxc3 6. fxg7 (6. bxc3 $5 exf6 7. d4) 6... cxd2+ 7. Bxd2 Bxg7 8. Qc2 Nd7 9.
Ne2 Nf6 10. Ng3 Qc7 11. Bd3 Bd7 12. Bc3 O-O-O 13. O-O-O $14 {Keres,P-Smith,K/
San Antonio/1972/INF15,19/}) 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. h3 Bh5 7. Be2 $5 (7. e6 $6 fxe6 8.
Be2 Bxf3 9. Bxf3 Nd6 $15 {Christiansen,L-Rivas,Pastor,M/Hastings/1981/INF34,15/
})) 4... cxd5 5. e5 Nfd7 {Ribli: Nach diesem passiven Zug hat der Nachziehende
keine Chancen das Spiel auszugleichen.} (5... Ne4 $5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be2 (7. Qc2
g6 $1 8. Nxe4 dxe4 9. Qxe4 Bf5 10. Qf4 Bg7 $44 {Polugaevsky,L-Shamkovich,L/
USSR/1971/INF12,22/}) 7... Bg4 8. O-O e6 9. d4 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Rc8 11. Rb1 Qd7
12. Be3 Be7 13. Qa4 Rc7 14. Rfc1 O-O $13 {Hjartarson,J-Chernin,A/New York
PCA-gual/1995/EXP47/}) 6. d4 Nc6 (6... e6 $2 7. Bd3 $16 {Appel-Guimard/
Stockholm olm/1937/}) 7. Nge2 $1 (7. Nxd5 Ndb8 $1 $10) (7. Nf3 Nb6 {/\ Bg4} 8.
h3 Bf5 $10) 7... Nb6 8. Ng3 {>< Bc8} g6 $6 (8... e6 $2 9. Nh5 $16 (9. h4 Be7
10. Qg4 $36)) (8... Bd7 $142) 9. h4 h5 $8 10. Be2 Bd7 {Ribli: Dieser Zug
verstehe ich nicht.} (10... Bg7 $5 {/\ Be6, f6 +/=}) 11. Bg5 $5 (11. Be3) 11...
f6 {[#]} 12. Bd3 {Ribli: Diese Moeglichkeit geht, weil der Nachziehende den
Fluchtweg seines Koenigs gesperrt hat -siehe 10...Bd7-.} Kf7 13. Be3 $1 fxe5
14. Qf3+ Kg7 15. Nxd5 Nxd5 (15... Bg4 $2 16. Qe4 $18 {->}) (15... exd4 16. Qe4
Be8 17. Nf4 $40) 16. Qxd5 Be8 $1 $8 17. Qe4 (17. Qxd8 $6 Rxd8 18. d5 Rxd5 19.
Be4 Rd8 $10) 17... exd4 18. Bd2 {Ribli: Schwarz hat einen Mehrbauern, aber
sein Koenig steht auf unsicherem Posten. Auch in der Folge gelingt es ihm
nicht, seine Kraefte zu koordinieren.} Bf7 $6 (18... e6 $142 19. O-O Be7) 19.
O-O Kg8 (19... Qd5 20. Qe2 {/\ Ne4-g5+/-}) 20. f4 $1 Bg7 (20... e6 21. Bc4 Qf6
(21... Qxh4 22. Bxe6 Qxg3 23. Rf3 $18) 22. Rae1 Re8 23. f5 $16) 21. f5 (21. b4
$1 a6 22. a4 $16 {/\ b5}) 21... Ne5 $8 22. Bf4 Bd5 (22... Qd5 $2 23. fxg6 $18)
(22... Nxd3 23. Qxd3 Qb6 24. Rae1 Re8 25. Be5 $40) 23. Qe2 Nxd3 24. Qxd3 Bc6
25. Bg5 $6 (25. fxg6 $2 Qd5 26. Rf2 Rf8 $1 $17 {/\ e5}) (25. Rae1 Qd5 26. Rf2
Re8 (26... Bf6 27. fxg6 $40) 27. Bg5 $16 {/\} Be5 28. f6 $18) 25... Qd5 26. Rf2
Bb5 $6 (26... Qb5 27. Qd2 Be5 $132) 27. Qd2 Be5 (27... d3 28. Re1 Bd4 29. Be3
Bf6 30. fxg6 Bxh4 31. Nf5 $1 $40) 28. Rf3 $1 Bxg3 (28... Bc6 29. fxg6 $16) 29.
Rxg3 Qxf5 30. Qxd4 {Ribli: Schwarz hofft auf die ungleichfarbigen Laeufer,
aber dieses Remisfaktor greift nur im Endspiel-und auf dem Brett ist eindeutig
eine Mittelspielstellung.} Rh7 31. Re1 $16 {Droht /\ Re5.} Bc6 32. Bd2 {
Von hier an hat Schwarz staendig Aerger auf der Diagonale /^ c3-h8.} Rf7 $2 {
>< h8} (32... Rf8 33. Re5 Qb1+ 34. Kh2 $16) 33. Re5 $1 Qf1+ (33... Qb1+ {>< g6}
34. Kh2 Rf1 35. Qc4+ Kh8 36. Rxh5+ $1 gxh5 37. Bc3+ Rf6 38. Qf7 $18) 34. Kh2
Kh7 {[#]} 35. Qe3 $18 {Ribli: Eine unangenehme Ueberraschung, weil Schwarz nur
mit 35.Qc3 Qf6 gerechnet hat.} Rg7 36. Rxe7 Qf6 37. Qh6+ Kg8 38. Rxg7+ 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 13th"]
[Site "Plovdiv"]
[Date "2012.03.29"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Szabo, Gergely Andras"]
[Black "Petrisor, Adrian Marian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2553"]
[BlackElo "2383"]
[Annotator "Let's Check Training"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2012.03.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 148"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Qc2 Nb6 6. d4 Bg7 7. e4 O-O 8.
Be3 Bg4 9. Ne5 Be6 10. Rd1 Qc8 11. f4 c6 12. Be2 f5 13. O-O fxe4 14. Nxe4 Nd5
15. Bd2 Nd7 16. Ng5 Nxe5 17. Nxe6 Nf3+ 18. Rxf3 Qxe6 19. Bc1 Kh8 20. Bc4 Rad8
21. Bb3 Qd6 22. Qf2 b6 23. f5 gxf5 24. Rxf5 Rxf5 25. Qxf5 Rf8 26. Qd3 Nf4 27.
Bxf4 Rxf4 28. Qh3 $2 (28. d5 c5 29. g3 $17) {[%tqu "En","","","","d6d4","",10]}
28... Qxd4+ $1 $19 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 12th"]
[Site "Aix les Bains"]
[Date "2011.03.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Hammer, Jon Ludvig"]
[Black "Bok, Benjamin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2463"]
[Annotator "Marchand,A/Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2011.03.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. h4 $5 {Une ligne secondaire
agressive devenue assez populaire rйcemment et relativement inexplorйe par la
thйorie} (5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qh4) (5. e4 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Qxd1+ 7. Kxd1 f6 8. Be3) (5.
Qb3 Nb6 6. d4 Bg7) (5. Qc2 Nc6 6. d4 Ndb4 7. Qa4 Bd7 8. Qd1 $8 e5 9. dxe5 Bf5 {
[%csl Re1][%cal Gb4c2]} 10. Bg5 Be7 11. e4 Bg4 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. a3 Bxf3 14.
gxf3 Rd8 {Vorobiov,E (2574)-Sutovsky,E (2700) FIDE World Cup 2011 (1.1) 1/2})
5... Nf6 $5 {[%csl Gh5] Les Blancs dйcident de surcontrфler la case sensible
"h5" mais le N a dйjа jouй 03 fois en 05 coups. Malgrй la perte de temps,
c'est probablement une suite plus solide que le coup Bg7 jouй par le
nйerlandais deux mois plus tфt.} (5... h6 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 (7. dxc3 Qxd1+ 8.
Kxd1 Bg4 9. Kc2 Nd7 {Eljanov,P (2716)-Sutovsky,E (2675) Richard Riordan Blitz
2009 (10) 1-0}) 7... Bg7 8. d4 c5 9. Rb1 O-O 10. Be2 Nd7 11. O-O e5 12. h5 exd4
13. hxg6 (13. cxd4) 13... fxg6 14. cxd4 cxd4 15. Nxd4 Nc5 16. Be3 (16. Bc4+ Kh8
17. Bd5 $14) 16... Nxe4 {Ribli,Z (2580)-Smejkal,J (2565) Novi Sad 1982 1/2}) (
5... Bg7 $6 6. h5 $1 Nc6 (6... Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5 8. Qa4+ (8. d4) (8. e4 Nc6 9.
Rb1 $14 {Tosic,M (2517)-Atalik,S (2593) YUG Cup Herceg Novi 1999 0-1})) (6...
O-O $6 7. hxg6 (7. Qb3 $146 Nxc3 $6 (7... Nb6 $1 8. hxg6 (8. Ng5 e5 9. d3 c5
10. hxg6 hxg6 11. Be3 (11. Nh7 Be6 (11... Re8 12. Bg5) 12. Qb5 Nc6 13. Qxc5 Re8
14. Bd2 (14. Bg5) 14... Qd4) 11... Nc6) 8... hxg6 9. Ng5 (9. d4 Be6 $132) (9.
Qb4 {[%cal Gb4h4]} e5) 9... c5 10. e3 (10. a4 {[%cal Ga4a5]} c4) 10... Nc6 11.
Nxf7) 8. dxc3 $1 {[%csl Rf7][%cal Ge2e4,Gf1c4,Gf3g5,Gh5g6,Gc1h6,Ga1d1]} c5 (
8... Nc6 9. hxg6 hxg6) 9. hxg6 hxg6 10. Qc4 {[%cal Gc4c5,Gc4h4]}) 7... hxg6 8.
Qa4 $36 {Sumets,A (2440)-Moldovanenko,V (2346) Odessa-ch 2001 (11) 1-0}) 7. g3
(7. d4 Bg4 8. h6 Bf6 9. e4 $6 {Naiditsch,A (2712)-Volokitin,A (2695) San
Sebastian KO GpA 2011 (4) 0-1} (9. e3 O-O 10. Be2 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Na5 12. Nd2 {
Nepomniachtchi,I (2718)-Rodshtein,M (2641) EU-Cup 27th Rogaska Slatina 2011 (5)
1/2} (12. e4 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 e5 $11 {[%cal Ga5c4]}))) 7... Bg4 8. h6 Bxc3 (8...
Bf6 9. e4) 9. dxc3 (9. bxc3 Bxf3 10. exf3 Qd6 11. Be2 O-O-O 12. Qb3 f5 13. a4
e5 14. a5 e4 15. f4 Nf6 ({RR} 15... a6) 16. O-O Ng4 17. Ba3 Qxd2 18. a6 Na5 19.
axb7+ Kb8 20. Qb5 e3 21. Bc5 exf2+ 22. Rxf2) 9... Qd7 10. Bg2 f6 11. Ne5 Nxe5
12. Qxd5 Qxd5 13. Bxd5 O-O-O 14. Bb3 Bd7 15. Bf4 Bc6 16. f3 Bd5 17. Bxe5 fxe5
18. Rh4 Rhf8 19. Kf2 Rf6 20. Ke3 Rfd6 21. Bxd5 Rxd5 22. Re4 a5 23. c4 Rc5 {
Ivanisevic,I (2630)-Bok,B (2453)/Wijk aan Zee 2011/CBM 141/1-0 (45)}) (5... h5
{[%csl Gg5]}) 6. d4 Bg7 7. e4 {[%csl Gd4,Ge4]} O-O 8. Bc4 $6 $146 {Les Noirs
vont utiliser le mкme thиme tactique que dans la partie de Moscou 2003 mais la
diffйrence importante est le fait que le P"b" attaque le Bc4 et les Blancs
n'ont donc plus l'option de jouer e4e5} (8. Be2 $142 c5 9. d5 b5 $13 10. e5 {
Zvjaginsev,V (2671)-Najer,E (2585) Moscow Aeroflot op-A 2003 (5) 1/2}) (8. Bg5)
(8. h5 $5 $146 {Risquй mais les Blancs ont des compensations acceptables pour
le P} Nxh5 9. Be3 Bg4 10. Qb3 (10. Qd2 Nc6 11. d5 Bxf3 12. gxf3 Ne5 13. Be2 c6
(13... f5 14. f4 Ng4 15. Bxg4 fxg4 16. O-O-O (16. e5) 16... c6 17. Qe2 $13) 14.
f4 $44 {[%cal Ge2h5]}) (10. Be2 c5 {[%cal Gg7c3,Gd8d1]}) 10... Nc6 11. d5 (11.
O-O-O) 11... Na5 12. Qa3 c6 13. Rd1 (13. O-O-O)) 8... c5 (8... Bg4 {[%csl Rd4]
[%cal Gg4d1] Un coup candidat comme les Blancs n'ont pas jouй Be2} 9. Be3 Nc6)
9. d5 $6 (9. dxc5 $5 Qxd1+ 10. Kxd1 Nc6 (10... Bg4 11. Kc2) (10... Nbd7 11. Be3
(11. c6) 11... Ng4 12. Ke2 Nxe3 13. Kxe3 Nxc5 14. Rac1 (14. h5 Bxc3) 14... Bh6+
15. Ng5 $13) 11. Be3 Bg4 12. Kc2) (9. Bg5 $5 $32 cxd4 10. Qxd4 Nc6 (10... Qxd4
11. Nxd4 Nxe4 12. Nxe4 Bxd4 13. O-O-O Nc6 14. Bd5 (14. h5 Bf5) 14... e5 15. h5
$36 {[%csl Rg8,Gh1][%cal Gg5f6]}) 11. Qxd8 Rxd8 12. O-O Bg4 $11) (9. h5 $5 {
Un sacrifice tentant aprиs le oo des Noirs et les Blancs ont des bonnes
compensations.} cxd4 (9... Nxh5 10. dxc5 Qxd1+ 11. Nxd1 Nd7 12. Be3 Nhf6 13.
Nc3 $14 {[%csl Ra8,Rc8][%cal Ge1c1] Les Noirs ont un peu de mal а terminer le
dйveloppement de l'aile-dame}) 10. hxg6 hxg6 11. Qxd4 Qxd4 12. Nxd4 Nxe4 13.
Nxe4 Bxd4 14. Bh6 Rd8 15. Ng5 e6 16. O-O-O $32) 9... b5 $1 $132 {[%csl Rc4,Re1,
Re4]} 10. Nxb5 (10. Bxb5 Nxe4) 10... Nxe4 11. O-O (11. h5 $5 {Plus risquй mais
semble йgalement davantage dans l'esprit de la variante h4} Bg4 (11... Bf5) 12.
hxg6 hxg6 13. Qe2 {[%cal Ge2e4]} Qa5+ (13... Nd6 14. Bg5 Nxc4 15. Qxc4 {
[%cal Gc4g4]} Qd7 16. O-O-O $36) 14. Kf1 Nd6 15. Nxd6 exd6 16. Bf4 Nd7 17. Bxd6
Rfe8 18. Be7 $1 {[%cal Gd5d6]}) 11... a6 12. Nc3 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Bg4 $1 {[%csl
Rc3,Rh4][%cal Gg4d1] Aprиs le roque Blanc, il est difficile de justifer le
coup h2h4} 14. Bg5 {[%csl Re7][%cal Gf1e1]} h6 (14... Bxc3) 15. Be3 Nd7 16. Be2
Nb6 17. c4 Bxf3 (17... Bxa1 $6 18. Qxa1 $44 {[%csl Rg7,Rg8][%cal Ge3h6]}) 18.
gxf3 {[%csl Rc4,Rf3,Rh4] La partie commence а mal tourner pour les Blancs qui
doivent maintenant se battre pour la nulle} Qd6 (18... Bxa1 {Il йtait
peut-кtre possible а ce moment de prendre la qualitй} 19. Qxa1 Kh7 20. Bxc5
Nxc4 21. Bxc4 Qc7 (21... Rc8) 22. Qd4 Rfc8 23. Bxe7 Qxc4) 19. Rb1 Qf6 20. Bxc5
Qxh4 21. Bxb6 Be5 22. f4 Qxf4 23. Kg2 Qh2+ 24. Kf3 Qf4+ 25. Kg2 Qh2+ 26. Kf3
Qf4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 12th"]
[Site "Aix les Bains"]
[Date "2011.03.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sermier, Guillaume"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2428"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[Annotator "Marchand,A/Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2011.03.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 (5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qh4 Bc6 7. Qd4
f6 8. e3 Bg7 9. Be2 e5 10. Qc4 Nb6 11. Qe6+ Qe7 12. Qxe7+ Kxe7 13. b4 a6 14. a4
Rd8 15. Bb2 Nd5 16. Ba3 b5 {Vaganian,R (2595)-Yandemirov,V (2325) URS-chT
Nabereznye Chelny 1988 1-0} (16... Nxc3 $6 17. b5+ Ke8 18. bxc6 Nxe2 19. cxb7
Ra7 20. Kxe2 Rxb7 21. Rab1 $14 {Yanderimov})) 5... Nxc3 6. dxc3 {Une ligne
solide qui a rapportй beaucoup au point au GMI ANDERSSON dans les annйes 70-80}
Qxd1+ 7. Kxd1 f6 $1 (7... Bg7 $143 {Le coup naturel est imprйcis} 8. Bf4 $1 {
[%csl Rc7]} c6 9. Kc2 $14) (7... Nd7 8. Bf4 c6 9. a4 f6 (9... Bg7 $143 10. Bc4
O-O $6 (10... Nc5 $142 {Mednis}))) 8. Be3 (8. Bc4 e5 9. Be3) (8. h4 $5 h5 (8...
Bg4) 9. e5 Nc6 10. Bd3 Kf7 {Vera Gonzalez Quevedo,R (2495)-Arencibia Rodriguez,
W (2535) Capablanca Memorial-B 1992 (5) 1/2}) (8. Nd4 $143 e5 9. Nb5 Na6 10.
Be3 Be6 11. b4 c6 $11) 8... e5 9. Nd2 {Un thиme courant dans cette variante}
Nd7 $1 {[%cal Gf8c5] Le plus prйcis car si les Noirs peuvent йchanger le Bf8,
ils n'auront plus aucun problиme} (9... Be6 10. Bc4 Bxc4 11. Nxc4 Nd7 12. b4 {
[%csl Gc5]} Nb6 13. Na5 O-O-O+ 14. Kc2 Be7 (14... h5 $1 {[%cal Gf8h6]} 15. Rad1
Rxd1 16. Rxd1 Bh6 $132) 15. a3) (9... a5) 10. Kc2 Bc5 $11 11. Bxc5 Nxc5 12. f3
(12. b4) 12... a5 13. Nc4 $146 ({RR} 13. Bc4 Be6 14. Bxe6 Nxe6 15. a4 {1/2-1/2
Sharavdorj,D (2411)-Mikhalevski,V (2548)/Burbank 2003/CBM 097 ext}) 13... Ke7 (
13... Be6) 14. Ne3 c6 15. h4 h5 (15... a4 16. h5) (15... b5) 16. g3 Bd7 (16...
Be6) (16... Rd8 {Gagne un tempo si les Blancs jouent Bh3} 17. Bh3 Bxh3 18. Rxh3
Rd3 $32 {[%csl Rh3][%cal Ga8d8]}) 17. Bh3 Be8 (17... Bxh3 18. Rxh3 Rhd8 $11)
18. Rhd1 Bf7 19. b3 Ra7 20. Kb2 $6 (20. Rd2 $142 {Evite de perdre un tempo sur
la poussйe a4a3} a4 21. b4 {[%cal Ga1d1]} Ne6 22. Rad1) 20... b5 21. Rac1 a4
22. b4 a3+ $1 {[%cal Gc5a4]} 23. Kb1 (23. Kc2) 23... Na4 24. Rd3 Nb2 25. Rd2
Rd8 26. Rxd8 Kxd8 27. Rc2 Ke7 28. Rd2 Na4 $36 {[%csl Rc3]} 29. Rd3 c5 30. bxc5
Nxc5 31. Nd5+ Bxd5 32. Rxd5 Na4 33. Kc2 Rc7 34. Rxb5 $2 $138 Rxc3+ {Les Noirs
avaient plus d'une heure d'avance а la pendule!} 35. Kb1 Rxf3 36. Rb7+ Kd6 37.
Rb3 Rxb3+ 38. axb3 Nc3+ 39. Ka1 Nxe4 40. g4 hxg4 41. Bxg4 f5 0-1

[Event "World-ch Tournament"]
[Site "Mexico City"]
[Date "2007.09.25"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2007.09.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "MEX"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 120"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.10.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.10.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 {Actually, I started becoming afraid that
Svidler will not play the Grьnfeld at all in Mexico, especially since there
was nothing to complain about with his results in the Slav. Para decir verdad,
empezaba a temer que Svidler noiba a jugar la Grьnfeld en Mйxico.
Especialmente que no se puede quejar de los resultados obtenidos con la Eslava.
..} 4. cxd5 ({For decades, Gelfand has been one of the great (if not just the
greatest) specialists of the Rb1 system. However, in Dortmund 2006 Svidler
employed a quiet positional line against him and achieved an excellent
position. In Moscow 2006, Gelfand managed to defeat Svidler with this
Anti-Grьnfeld move order, only that he delivered the check one move earlier
with Durante largos aсos, Gelfand ha sido uno de los mas grandes (si no el
masgrande) especialistas dela variante Tb1. Sin embargo, en Dortmund 2006
Svidler empleу contra йl una lнnea tranquнla y obtuva una excelente posiciуn.
En moscъ 2006 Gelfand le ganу al mismo contrincante con este orden de jugadas
Anti-Grьnfeld, pero dando el jaque una jugada antes con} 4. Qa4+) 4... Nxd5 5.
Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qb3 Nb6 7. d4 Bg7 8. Bf4 Be6 {Finally, we have transposed to a
genuine Grьnfeld, true, a rare variation: 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7
5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.Qb3 Nb6 7.Bf4 Be6. In the GI, Black has an important alternative
in 6...Nxc3, which gives meaning to Gelfand's move order.} 9. Qa3 ({The main
alternative is} 9. Qc2 Nc6 10. Rd1 {This move was employed in a recent game.} (
{You can find a survey of this variation in the notes to} 10. e3 {Kholmov,R 
(2540)-Hort,V (2600)/Moscow 1975/MCL/[Gagarin] (1-0, 61), where Black was OK
after the opening.}) 10... Nb4 11. Qb1 N4d5 (11... O-O 12. e4 Bg4 13. a3 Nc6
14. d5 Bxf3 15. gxf3 Nd4 16. Bg2 e5 $10 {Gipslis/}) 12. Nxd5 Qxd5 {An
interesting way to activate Black'splay.} (12... Nxd5 13. Be5 $1 (13. Bg3 c5 $5
$132)) 13. e4 Qxa2 14. d5 Qxb1 15. Rxb1 Bd7 16. Bxc7 O-O 17. Bd3 f5 $132 {
Berkes,F (2511)-Lupulescu,C (2476)/Balatonlelle 2002/CBM 088 ext (0-1, 48)})
9... O-O 10. e4 $146 ({Against the more restrained} 10. e3 {, Black has
generally faced problems with obtaining adequate counterplay, at least in more
recent games.} {But maybe best is} N8d7 {, as played more than half a century
ago:} (10... Nd5 11. Nxd5 Bxd5 12. Be2 Nd7 13. O-O c6 14. Bg3 Nf6 15. Be5 Ne4
16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Rfd1 h5 18. Ne5 Qd6 $14 {Wang Yue (2626)-Areshchenko,A (2641)
/Lausanne 2006/CBM 115 (1/2-1/2, 45). Simplifications have made White's space
advantage less significant, but Black has not quite equalized completely.}) (
10... a5 11. Be2 c6 (11... Nc4 12. Bxc4 Bxc4 {is far from one-sided now,
because of} 13. Qc5 Ba6 14. Bxc7) 12. O-O N8d7 13. Rfd1 Nc4 14. Bxc4 Bxc4 15.
b3 Bd5 16. Nxd5 cxd5 17. Rac1 $16 {Granda Zuniga,J (2612)-Mikhalevski,V (2590)/
La Laguna 2007/CBM 117 ext (1-0, 60). and Black has problems with defending
his queenside. His bishop is very passive.}) ({Black could probably play as in
the game:} 10... c6 11. Rd1 Nc4) 11. Ng5 $6 (11. Rd1 a5 12. Be2 Nc4 13. Bxc4
Bxc4 {[%csl Ge1]}) 11... Bc4 12. Bxc4 Nxc4 13. Qb3 e5 14. Qxc4 Nb6 15. Qb3 exf4
$36 {Kottnauer,C-Richter,E/Chocen 1942/EXT 2001 (0-1, 60)}) 10... c6 {We have
a typical Grьnfeld position. White has built up a formidable centre, but is
slightly underdeveloped and his queen is far from optimally placed. En
realidad, esto se parece mucho a una Grьnfeld normal. Las blancas tienen un
centro impresionante de peones,pero estбn algo retrasadas con su desarrollo y
tienen la dama malamente colocada.} 11. Rd1 Nc4 12. Bxc4 (12. Qb4 b5 $1 {
[%csl Gb4]}) 12... Bxc4 {From a strategic point of view, this exchange should
favour White, because Black will not have sufficient forces to sustain the
thematic breaks ...c5 or ...e5. However, the fact that the king cannot castle
easily maintains the balance. desde unpunto de vista estratйgico, este cambнo
favorece a las blancas, porque las negras ya no disponen de fuerzas
suficientes para realizar na de las rupturas tнpicas ...c5 o ...e5. Sin
embargo, el hecho de que el rey no puede enrocarse facilmente mantiene la
posiciуn aproximadamente iguala.} 13. Ne5 Ba6 14. Be3 {This looks like a
signal to retreat.} (14. f3 $5 {[%cal Ye1f2,Yh1e1,Yf2g1] , intending to castle
artificially, deserves some attention.} Qd6 (14... Nd7 $2 15. Nxc6 $1 $16) (
14... Qb6 $6 15. Na4 Qb5 16. Rd2 {and Black's pieces are awkwardly placed.
White can choose between Nc5 and Nc3, while the developing move...Nd7 is not
possible yet.}) 15. Qxd6 $1 (15. Qb3 Nd7 {offers Black strong counterplay.
After} 16. Nd3 {, among others, he can sacrifice his quen with} Qxd4 17. Ne5
Qxd1+ 18. Kxd1 Nxe5 $44) 15... exd6 16. Ng4 f5 (16... Rd8 17. Kf2 $14) 17. exf5
gxf5 18. Ne3 $14 {White retains some strategic advantage.}) 14... Qd6 15. f4 ({
Now, after} 15. Qxd6 exd6 16. Nd3 {, there is no pressure on d6, allowing
Black develop easily.} Nd7 17. O-O Rfe8 $11) 15... Qxa3 16. bxa3 f6 17. Nf3 Nd7
18. d5 Nb6 19. dxc6 bxc6 20. Nd4 Rfc8 21. Ne6 Bh6 22. Kf2 {Black has a
comfortable position. His structure is better, while the e6-knight is not too
stable. Las negras tiene una cґmodoa posicion. Su estructura es mejor mientras
que el caballo enemigo no es demasiado estable en e6.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 9th"]
[Site "Plovdiv"]
[Date "2008.04.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Marin, Mihail"]
[Black "Ris, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2556"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2008.04.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 124"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Nb6 6. d3 Bg7 7. Be3 Nc6 8.
Rc1 {A useful half-waiting move. White maintains the positional threat Bxc6 in
reserve.} Nd4 {This is considered to be best, but we shall see that the knight
will eventually jump around a bit too much before Black has completed his
development..} (8... O-O 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. Qd2 {threatens to exchange the
dark-squared bishops, which would leave Black with chronic weaknesses and... a
king in danger.}) 9. Qd2 c6 {This "neutral" move does not allow to Black solve
his opening problems. Although it restricts the g2-bishop, it fails to put
pressure on the centre and allows the exchange of the dark-squared bishops.} (
9... O-O {has similar drawbacks.} 10. Bh6 e5 11. h4 f5 12. Nf3 c6 13. Bxg7
Nxf3+ 14. Bxf3 Kxg7 15. b4 $14 {Graf,A (2620)-Figura,A (2416)/Dresden 2007/CBM
118 (1-0, 42)}) ({The critical continuation is} 9... Nf5 {, but I believe that
White preserves the better chances.} 10. Bc5 {Switching to another favourable
diagonal.} O-O 11. Nf3 ({White should not delay his development. After} 11. e3
Nd7 12. Ba3 Ne5 13. Rd1 Rb8 14. Nf3 Nxf3+ 15. Bxf3 b6 16. O-O c5 17. b4 cxb4
18. Bxb4 a5 19. Ba3 b5 20. Bb2 b4 $132 {Grigorian,K-Gulko,B/Soviet Union 1974/
EXT 2001 (1/2-1/2, 45). Black's position is entirely viable.}) 11... c6 12. O-O
Re8 13. Qc2 {The queen was not placed well on d2 already. It deprived the
knight from an important square and it may get under an attack with ...Nc4 or .
..Bh6.} (13. e3 e5 14. Ba3 Be6 15. b3 Nd6 16. Rfd1 a5 {and now he played} 17.
Qc2 {anyway.} a4 $6 18. bxa4 $1 f5 $6 19. e4 $16 {Bischoff,K (2555)-Houhou,O 
(2247)/Bad Zwesten 2006/CBM 110 ext (1-0, 30)}) 13... Nd7 (13... e5 14. e4 $5
Nd6 15. Rfd1 {[%cal Gd3d4]} Bg4 16. h3 Bxf3 17. Bxf3 $14) 14. Ba3 Ne5 (14... e5
15. e4 Nd4 16. Nxd4 exd4 17. Ne2 $14) 15. Nxe5 Bxe5 16. e3 Bg7 17. d4 Be6 18.
b3 h5 19. Rfd1 $14 {Vilela,J (2460)-Pribyl,J (2420)/Trnava 1979/EXT 98 (1/2-1/
2, 27). Despite the exchange of one pair of knights, White maintains his
advantage of space.}) 10. Bh6 O-O 11. Bxg7 Kxg7 12. e3 $14 Nf5 $146 {A new
move, which does not change the assessment of the position.} (12... Ne6 13. Nf3
Nc7 14. O-O Bf5 15. d4 Ncd5 16. Rfe1 Nxc3 17. Qxc3 {[%cal Ge3e4]} Be4 18. d5+
$1 Kg8 19. dxc6 Bxc6 20. Red1 $16 {Schandorff,L (2520)-Holmsten,A (2383)/
Reykjavik 2000/CBM 079 (1-0, 48). In this symmetrical position, White's big
advance in development offers him considerable advantage.}) 13. Nf3 {Nothing
can prevent White from occupying the centre. Besides, the absence of the
g7-bishop makes it quite difficult for Black to launch his Grьnfeld-like
counterplay.} f6 {[%cal Ge7e5]} 14. d4 h5 (14... e5 15. dxe5 Qxd2+ 16. Nxd2 (
16. Kxd2 $6 fxe5 17. Nxe5 $6 Nxg3 $1) 16... fxe5 17. Nf3 Re8 18. O-O $14) 15.
h4 {Not the only adequate reaction to Black's "attack.} (15. e4 $5 Nd6 16. b3
$14) (15. h3 $5 $14) 15... Nh6 ({While my opponent was thinking I became
worried about} 15... Nc4 {until I found} 16. Qd3 $1 $14 (16. Qe2 Ncxe3 17. fxe3
Nxg3 18. Qf2 Nxh1 19. Bxh1 Bg4 $13) 16... Nxb2 $2 17. Qe2 Qb6 18. Rb1 $18) 16.
O-O Bg4 17. Qc2 Nf7 (17... Qc8 18. Ne2 $14) 18. Ne2 e5 {Black eventually
managed to question White's superiority in the centre, but his king will be
exposed now.} 19. dxe5 Bxf3 $2 (19... Nxe5 20. Nf4 $1 (20. Nxe5 fxe5 $13 {
[%cal Gg4d1]}) 20... Qe8 21. Nd4 $14) 20. Bxf3 $2 ({For some reasons, I
hesitated a bit before re-capturing on f3, which makes me believe that
somewhere deep inside a bell was ringing and calling for} 20. Nf4 $1 $18 {
, which I failed to see at a conscious level, though.}) 20... Nxe5 21. Be4 f5
$6 {[%csl Gf4,Gg5] The kingside weaknesses become chronic now.} (21... Qe7 22.
Nf4 Qf7 23. Rfd1 $14) 22. Nf4 Qf6 23. Bg2 Rad8 24. Rcd1 ({After having lost
two games in a row, I was not 100% sure about myself and preferred to keep a
rook close to the king, although intuitively I would have chosen} 24. Rfd1 $5 {
A possible difference can be seen after} Kh6 25. Rd4 Ng4 26. Qd2 $14 {when the
c4-square is over-defended.}) 24... Kh6 {Aiming to trade all rooks, which was
impossible before because of the fork on e6.} 25. Rd4 Rxd4 $6 {Making it
easier for White.} (25... Ng4 26. Re1 $5 {Now, it does not matter anymore
which rook has been played on d1.} ({In fact,} 26. Qd2 Nc4 27. Qb4 {may be
playable, too.}) 26... Rfe8 27. Rxd8 Rxd8 (27... Qxd8 28. Rd1 Qe7 29. Qd2) 28.
e4 $16) 26. exd4 Ng4 27. Re1 $40 {Black cannot hold the position now.} Qf7 (
27... Rd8 28. d5 $1) (27... Qxd4 28. Ne6 Qb4 29. Qc1+ $1 $18) 28. Qd2 (28. Qc1
Qc4 29. Qd2) 28... Re8 29. Ne6+ (29. Nxh5+ $16) 29... f4 30. Nxf4 Rxe1+ (30...
Nc4 31. Qc1 Rxe1+ 32. Qxe1 Nxb2 33. f3 Nf6 34. Ne6 $18) 31. Qxe1 Nd5 (31...
Qxa2 32. Qe8 Qb1+ 33. Bf1 Kg7 34. Qe7+ Kg8 35. Ne6 $18) 32. Bxd5 cxd5 33. Qe6 (
33. f3 Nf6 34. Ne6 $1 $18 (34. Qe6)) 33... Qxe6 34. Nxe6 Nf6 $6 (34... Kh7 35.
Kf1 Nf6 (35... Kg8 $2 36. Nf4 $18) 36. Ke2 Kg8 37. Kf3 b6 38. Kf4 $16) 35. f3
Kh7 36. Kf2 Kg8 37. Ke3 b6 38. Kf4 Kf7 39. Nd8+ Ke8 40. Nc6 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2007.01.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2007.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Qa4+ Bd7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 {This
Anti-Grьnfeld variation was recently brought into the limelight by Boris
Gelfand.} Bg7 ({Deviating from} 6... a6 7. d4 b5 8. Qb3 c5 {as played in
Gelfand-Svidler, Moscow 2006 and Topalov-Svidler, Morelia/Linares 2007.}) 7. e4
c6 $5 {A rare move, possibly played with the aim of taking out Kramnik of his
famously deep opening preparation.} ({If Black meets the threat e4-e5 with} 
7... Bc6 {, then} 8. d3 {leaves the bishop slightly misplaced on c6.}) ({
The more popular} 7... O-O {is strongly met by} 8. e5 {when the knight has to
go either to the passive e8-square or to the exposed g4-square, since the
intermediate} Be6 $6 {allows the promissing queen sacrifice} 9. exf6 Bxc4 10.
fxg7 Kxg7 11. Bxc4 {when three minor pieces are likely to overweight the black
queen.}) 8. d4 ({The hidden trick behind Black's last move is that after} 8. e5
{he has} Nd5 9. Nxd5 Be6 {for instance} 10. Qb4 Bxd5 11. Qxb7 Nd7 12. d4 O-O
13. Be2 a5 14. O-O Nb6 15. Rd1 c5 16. dxc5 Bxb7 17. Rxd8 Rfxd8 18. cxb6 Rac8
$15 {Korobov,A (2401)-Areshchenko,A (2335)/Evpatoria 2001/EXT 2003 (0-1, 48)
The material situation is balanced, but Black's development is superios.}) 8...
b5 $146 {Black immediately starts his queenside counterplay.} ({Previously,
only} 8... O-O {had been played.} 9. Be2 (9. h3 {looks like unnecessary
prophylaxis.} b5 10. Qe2 Be6 11. Qc2 Na6 12. a3 Ne8 13. Be3 Nd6 14. Rd1 Qa5
$132 {Vaulin,A (2547)-Palus,R (2341)/Swidnica 1999/EXT 2000 (1-0, 41) with
active play for Black, compensating White's advantage of space.}) 9... Na6 10.
O-O c5 $6 11. e5 $1 Ng4 12. h3 $16 cxd4 $2 13. Qxd4 Nh6 14. Bxh6 Bxh6 15. Bxa6
bxa6 16. Rfd1 Bc6 17. Qh4 $18 {Razuvaev,Y (2548)-Sarno,S (2391)/Saint Vincent
2000/CBM 074 ext (1-0, 31)}) 9. Qb3 a5 10. e5 {With his kingside
underdeveloped and the queen rather exposed, White decides to provoke the
stabilisation of the centre, in order to avoid an eventual counterplay based
on ...c5.} a4 (10... Be6 11. exf6 Bxb3 12. fxg7 Rg8 13. axb3 $16) 11. Qd1 Nd5
12. Nxd5 cxd5 13. Be2 Nc6 14. O-O O-O $13 {The position has become rather
static, bearing some similarity with certain lines of the Alekhine Defence and
the Pirc. Although Black has a solid position and is under no immediate danger,
in the long run the passivity of his g7-bishop and the weakness of the
c5-square might cause him problems.} 15. Be3 ({White has little interest in
allowing such structural modifications as} 15. Bxb5 $2 Nxe5 $1 16. Bxd7 Nxf3+
17. Qxf3 Qxd7 $15 {[%csl Gd4]}) 15... Na5 $6 {This premature display of
activity releases the pressure against the d4-pawn.} ({The developing move} 
15... Qb6 {looks better, for instance} 16. Ne1 f6 $132 {and Black's
counterplay seems to be sufficient to maintain the balance even.} ({Delaying
the thematical break ...f6 with a neutral move such as} 16... b4 {could be met
with} 17. Nd3 {because} Nxd4 {is very risky in view of} 18. Kh1 {, threatening
f4 and Ne1. For instance} f6 19. e6 $1 Bxe6 20. Ne1 f5 21. Nc2 $16)) 16. b3
axb3 17. axb3 Qb6 18. Ne1 $1 $14 {[%cal Ye1d3,Yd3c5] Suddenly, White's army
appears to be better coordinated, while the invasion of the c5-square is not
easy to prevent.} b4 {This move prepares the exchange of the light-squared
bishop, which favours Black in the French structures. However, as mentioned
before, the other bishop is a bigger problem for Black in this concrete
position. Besides, the b4-pawn will be weak now. However, it is hard to
suggest an adequate solution to Black's problems.} (18... Nc6 {does not prevent
} 19. Nd3 {because after} Nxd4 20. Kh1 {/\Nb4} b4 21. f4 {/\Ne1} f6 22. e6 Bxe6
23. Rxa8 Rxa8 24. Ne1 $16 {Black will only have two pawns for the piece.}) 19.
Nd3 Bb5 20. Nc5 Nb7 ({Preparing the activation of the g7-bishop with} 20... e6
21. Qd2 Bxe2 22. Qxe2 Rfc8 {is a slow but possibly viable plan:} 23. Rfc1 Nb7 (
23... Bf8 24. Nd7 Qd8 25. Nf6+ {offers White attacking chances.}) 24. Rxa8 Rxa8
25. Na4 Qd8 26. Qb5 Na5 $5 {/\Bf8} 27. Qxb4 Rb8 28. Nb6 Nxb3 $1 {(It is
important to open the b-file before capturing on b6)} 29. Qxb3 Rxb6 {and White
cannot take advantage of the weakness of the 8th rank with} 30. Qxb6 $4 Qxb6
31. Rc8+ Bf8 32. Bh6 {because his own back rank is undefended.}) 21. Rxa8 $6 {
White releases the tension too soon.} ({The immediate capture} 21. Bxb5 {
would have offered better chances for consolidating the advantage.} Rxa1 (21...
Qxb5 22. Qd3 $1 $14) 22. Qxa1 Nxc5 (22... Qxb5 23. Qa6 $1 Qxa6 24. Nxa6 Ra8 25.
Nxb4 e6 26. Nd3 Ra3 27. Rb1 $16) 23. dxc5 Qxb5 24. Qd4 e6 25. Rc1 $14) 21...
Rxa8 22. Bxb5 Qxb5 23. Qd3 Qc6 $2 {Black returns the favour.} (23... Qxd3 24.
Nxd3 Ra3 25. Nxb4 (25. Rb1 Na5 26. Nxb4 e6 $11) 25... e6 26. Rc1 Bf8 $11) 24.
Na4 $16 Nd8 25. Rc1 Qb7 26. Qc2 f6 27. f4 Bh6 28. g3 fxe5 29. dxe5 Ne6 30. Qc6
Qxc6 31. Rxc6 Kf7 32. Kf2 Rb8 33. Ke2 Bf8 34. Kd3 {Black's problem is that he
cannot activate his bishop and his knight at the same time. Opening the a3-f8
diagonal for the bishop would mean remove the knight from the best square
available.} Rb7 $4 (34... Rb7 35. Rxe6 $1 $18) 1-0

[Event "Morelia/Linares 24th"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares"]
[Date "2007.02.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2007.02.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Qa4+ Bd7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 a6 7. d4 b5 8.
Qb3 c5 9. dxc5 Bg7 10. e4 O-O 11. Be2 Bc6 12. e5 Nfd7 13. Be3 Nxe5 14. Nxe5
Bxe5 15. Rd1 ({Topalov deviates from} 15. O-O {as played in the game
Gelfand-Svidler, Moscow 2006, which was eventually won by White.}) 15... Qa5
16. O-O e6 17. f4 Bg7 18. a3 Qc7 19. Qc2 b4 $5 {The only way to prevent b2-b4.}
20. axb4 Qb7 21. Rd6 Qxb4 22. Rfd1 Ra7 23. R1d2 Rd7 24. Rxd7 Nxd7 25. Rd6 Qb7 {
In spite of White's activity, Black can maintain his stability on light
squares without problems.} 26. Qd2 Nf6 27. Bf1 Rb8 28. Rd8+ Bf8 29. Rxb8
1/2-1/2

[Event "Khanty-Mansiysk FIDE GP"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2015.05.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2015.05.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 167"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} g6 {
[%emt 0:00:04]} 3. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 4. cxd5 {[%emt 0:
00:06]} Nxd5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 5. g3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:45]} 6.
Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:10]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:50]} 7. h4 $5 {[%emt 0:00:04];Kramnik,V 
(2784)-L'Ami,E (2628) Tata Steel-A 73rd 2011 (9) 1-0 The plan based on h2-h4
is known in the fianchetto anti Grьnfeld, but in this concrete position it is
rather rare. White usually plays it in the lines with a delayed Ng1-f3, when
Black retreats with his knight to b6 at an early stage. A hybrid version of
this plan was successfully tried in} ({The main line does not offer White any
hopes for an advantage if he wants to avoid a transposition to the Grьnfeld:} 
7. O-O Nc6 8. Nxd5 (8. d4 Nb6 {transposes to a fianchetto Grьnfeld.}) 8... Qxd5
9. d3 Qb5 {The latest example did not change this evaluation:} 10. Rb1 a5 11.
Bd2 Be6 12. b3 Bd5 13. a4 Qa6 14. Re1 Rfd8 15. Qc1 Rd7 16. Bh3 Rd6 $11 {
Petran,P (2352)-Sturua,Z (2536) Eretria 2015 (1/2-1/2, 30)}) 7... e5 {[%emt 0:
04:41] Despite the reduced number of games with 7.h4, Black has tried a wide
range of replies.} (7... h6 {prepares meeting h4-h5 with ...g6-g5 and takes
the g5-square away from the white minor pieces. But many players may feel
uncomfortable about weakening their kingside so early and living with the
permanent fear of a sacrifice on g5.} 8. O-O Nc6 9. d3 Nb6 10. Bd2 e5 11. Ne4
Nd4 12. Rc1 c6 13. Nc5 ({The attempt to activate the bishop with} 13. Bb4 Re8
14. e3 {can be met with} Nd5 $5 {leaving the bishop short of stable squares
along the a3-f8 diagonal.} 15. exd4 Nxb4 16. a3 Nd5 17. dxe5 Bxe5 18. Nxe5 Rxe5
19. Qd2 Kg7 20. b4 {White's position is pleasant, but the stable d5-knight
makes Black's position quite stable.}) 13... a5 {with normal reversed Dragon
play in Matlakov,M (2685)-Jakovenko,D (2745) Khanty-Mansiysk 2014 (1/2-1/2, 43)
}) ({Exposing the c-pawn with} 7... c5 {when there are certain kingside
dangers already exposes Black to threats on both wings:} 8. h5 Nc6 9. hxg6 hxg6
10. Qa4 e6 ({It would make sense to prevent the queen's transfer to the h-file
with} 10... Ncb4 $5 11. Kf1 Bd7 12. Qd1 Be6 13. d3 $5 {A typical pawn
sacrifice for speeding up the attack.} Nxc3 14. bxc3 Bxc3 15. Bh6 Re8 16. Rc1
Bf6 17. Qd2 Nxa2 18. Bg5 Bg7 {White may have not much left than repeating the
moves with} 19. Bh6 $11 {and so on.}) 11. Kf1 Nb6 (11... Bd7 {Khenkin,I (2655)
-Olszewski,M (2532) Germany 2013 (1/2-1/2, 54), invites the queen into an
incursion which made part of White's plan anyway.} 12. Qg4 {[%cal Gg4h3]} e5
13. Qc4 {[%csl Gc5,Gd5]}) 12. Qh4 ({White willingly exchanges a piece which
has moved twice on its as yet undeveloped rival. Maybe it would make sense to
delay Qh4 for a while, for instance} 12. Qe4 $5 {[%cal Gd2d3,Gg3g4]} f5 13. Qh4
{[%csl Gg5]}) 12... Qxh4 13. Rxh4 Nd5 14. d3 Nxc3 15. bxc3 Bxc3 16. Rb1 Bg7 {
Kovalenko,I (2611)-Kantans,T (2437) Riga 2014 (1-0, 82)} 17. Ng5 $5 {[%csl Rc5,
Rc6][%cal Gg5e4,Gc1e3]} Nb4 18. Be3 Nxa2 19. Bxc5 Rd8 20. Ne4 $44) (7... h5 {
looks too rigid and hands in the control over the g5-square.} 8. O-O Nc6 9. d4
{Transposing to some sort of Grьnfeld.} Bg4 10. Nh2 Be6 11. e4 Nxc3 12. bxc3
Na5 13. Bg5 Bc4 14. Re1 c5 15. Nf3 Qd7 16. Qc1 Rac8 17. Bh6 cxd4 18. Bxg7 Kxg7
19. Qa3 b6 20. cxd4 Qd6 21. Qe3 (21. Qb2 $5 $14) 21... Nc6 (21... e6 22. e5 Qd7
23. Ng5 {with excellent play on the dark squares.}) 22. d5 {An impatient move,
opening the path for the knight to e5 and also g4.} ({The knight would have
had a much harder time after} 22. Bh3 Rc7 23. Rec1 Na5 24. d5 $14) 22... Ne5
23. Nd4 Kh7 $11 {Gritsak,O (2549)-Cheparinov,I (2700) Legnica 2013 (0-1, 65)})
({The first game in which this line was tried went} 7... Nf6 8. d3 ({Actually
this would be a good moment to transpose to a Grьnfeld type of position with} 
8. d4 {since the g7-bishop does not exert any pressure in the centre.}) 8...
Nc6 9. Bf4 Bg4 10. Qd2 Re8 11. Rc1 e5 12. Bg5 Nd4 13. Nh2 Bf5 (13... Bc8 14. h5
$14) 14. Bxb7 Rb8 15. Bg2 $16 {Cebalo,M-Kirov,N Sarajevo 1974 (0-1, 27)}) 8.
Nxd5 {[%emt 0:03:00] A well-timed exchange.} (8. h5 Nxc3 $1 9. bxc3 e4 10. Nh2
{Grandelius,N (2569)-Halldorsson,H (2221) Reykjavik 2015 (1-0, 30)} Re8 {
with active play for Black.}) 8... Qxd5 {[%emt 0:00:24]} 9. d3 {[%emt 0:00:06]}
Nc6 {[%emt 0:28:58]} ({With the queen exposed on d5,} 9... h6 10. Be3 {would
create the unpleasant threat Qc1, when it would be impossible to defend with ..
.Kh7 due to Ng5!+.} Qa5+ (10... Qb5 11. Qd2 Kh7 12. a4 Qe8 13. Rc1 Nc6 14. b4
$36) 11. Kf1 (11. Qd2 Qxd2+ 12. Nxd2 {would lead to a pleasant English ending,
but the main line is more ambitious.}) 11... Nc6 12. Qc1 Kh7 13. b4 $5 $14 Nxb4
$6 14. h5 g5 15. Bc5 $16 Re8 $2 16. Nxg5+ hxg5 17. h6 Bf6 18. Qc4 $18 {[%csl
Gb4,Gf7]}) 10. h5 {[%emt 0:04:33]} Bg4 {[%emt 0:03:51]} 11. hxg6 {[%emt 0:09:
04]} hxg6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 12. Rh4 $14 {[%emt 0:14:18] White has achieved a
typical position in which his uncastled king feels a lot safer than its rival.}
Qd7 {[%emt 0:03:53]} 13. Qa4 {[%emt 0:02:41]} Be6 {[%emt 0:06:19]} 14. Rh2 {
[%emt 0:12:43] Threatening Qh4. This move will eventually be crowned by
success, but White could have first played some generally useful moves.} (14.
Kf1 $5) (14. Be3 $5) 14... Ne7 $6 {[%emt 0:09:51] Offering White a pleasant
choice.} ({Black could have taken advantage of White's delay in development
with} 14... f6 {[%cal Gg8f7,Gf8h8] starting the fight for the h-file.} 15. Nd2
{This looks the most consistent plan, but Black will reach counterplay just in
time.} Kf7 16. Nb3 Rh8 17. Rxh8 Rxh8 18. Nc5 Qd4 19. Bxc6 bxc6 20. Qxc6 Qd6 $1
{When having an advance in development simplifying is a reliable method, even
with a pawn down.} 21. Qxd6 cxd6 22. Nxe6 Rh1+ {With the king on f1 (as in a
possible similar line after 14.Kf1) this resource would not be available.} 23.
Kd2 Kxe6 {All White's active pieces have vanished from the board and he is
left with the problem of how to complete his development.} 24. e3 (24. b3 Rf1
$11 25. f3 $6 Bh6+ 26. Kc2 Re1 27. e4 Be3 $36) 24... f5 $44 25. b4 f4 26. gxf4
(26. Bb2 $2 Rh2 $17) 26... exf4 27. d4 fxe3+ 28. fxe3 g5 29. Bb2 Rh2+ 30. Kc3
Re2 31. Rg1 Bf6 32. Rg3 Kf5 {[%cal Gg5g4,Gf6h4] White has nothing better than
using his only active piece to force a repetition:} 33. Rf3+ Kg6 34. Rg3) 15.
Qxd7 {[%emt 0:06:39] This is the simplest solution, as the endings tend to be
very pleasant for White.} (15. Qe4 $5 {[%csl Gb7,Ge5,Rg8] was a worthy
alternative, though.}) 15... Bxd7 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 16. Bh6 $6 {[%emt 0:00:47]
This should have led to simplifications and equality.} (16. Bd2 Bc6 17. Rc1 {
[%cal Gf3g5]}) 16... Bxh6 $2 {[%emt 0:03:47] A terrible blunder.} (16... f6 $1
17. Kd2 (17. Be3 Kf7 {[%cal Gf8h8]}) 17... Bxh6+ 18. Rxh6 Kg7 19. Rah1 Rh8 $11)
17. Nxe5 $1 $16 {[%emt 0:05:46] Winning a pawn without any compemnsation for
Black.} Bb5 {[%emt 0:05:49]} 18. Rxh6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Nf5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 19.
Rh2 {[%emt 0:14:39]} Rfe8 {[%emt 0:07:27]} 20. Ng4 {[%emt 0:03:37]} Nd4 {
[%emt 0:00:10]} 21. Nf6+ {[%emt 0:01:13]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 22. Nxe8+ {
[%emt 0:00:03]} Rxe8 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 23. Kf1 {[%emt 0:03:22]} Nxe2 {[%emt 0:
00:18]} 24. Bxb7 {[%emt 0:00:30]} (24. Rd1 $16) 24... Bxd3 {[%emt 0:03:08]} 25.
Kg2 {[%emt 0:01:08]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:00:31]} 26. Rd1 {[%emt 0:05:53]} Bf5 {
[%emt 0:01:28]} 27. Rd2 {[%emt 0:03:22]} Nxg3 {[%emt 0:04:21]} 28. Kxg3 {
[%emt 0:01:34]} Rxb7 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 29. Rh4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Be6 {[%emt 0:00:
59]} 30. b3 {[%emt 0:03:30]} c6 {[%emt 0:03:16]} 31. Rd8 {[%emt 0:00:46]} Rb5 {
[%emt 0:00:05]} 32. Ra4 {[%emt 0:01:53]} Rc5 {[%emt 0:01:40]} 33. Kf3 {[%emt 0:
07:59]} Bd5+ {[%emt 0:10:41]} 34. Ke3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Rc2 {[%emt 0:00:23]} 35.
Rxa7 {[%emt 0:00:09]} g5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 36. Rd6 {[%emt 0:03:59]} Rb2 {
[%emt 0:02:45]} 37. Ra4 {[%emt 0:01:20]} f6 {[%emt 0:06:12]} 38. b4 {[%emt 0:
00:14]} Kg6 {[%emt 0:00:58]} 39. a3 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Kf5 {[%emt 0:00:49]} 40.
Ra5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 19th"]
[Site "Rethymno"]
[Date "2003.10.04"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "McShane, Luke J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2619"]
[Annotator "McShane,L"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2003.09.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Tomsk 400"]
[BlackTeam "Werder Bremen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Qa4+ {Khalifman has a particularly impressive
record against the Grunfeld. I noticed that in the main line stuff, he hadn't
lost since 1989!} Bd7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 Nc6 7. d4 Bg7 8. e4 (8. Bf4 $5 Nh5 $5
) 8... O-O 9. e5 (9. h3 $5 {[%csl Rd7,Rf6][%cal Yh3g4] might be playable} a6 $5
$132 {[%cal Yb7b5] occurred to me during the game. (Nf6-d7 is not possible, as
in the position with the B on c8).}) 9... Be6 10. exf6 Bxc4 11. fxg7 Kxg7 12.
Bxc4 Nxd4 13. Nxd4 Qxd4 14. Be2 Rfd8 15. O-O c6 16. Be3 Qb4 17. Rab1 Rd7 18. a3
Qb3 19. Ne4 b6 {A necessary evil.} 20. Nd2 Qe6 {[%csl Re2][%cal Yd7d2,Ye6e2,
Ye3d2]} 21. Bc4 {It is very difficult for either side to make progress. The
rooks are strong on the d-file, but the minor pieces cover the entry squares.}
1/2-1/2

[Event "Metz op 30th"]
[Site "Metz"]
[Date "2012.04.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Donchenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Manolache, Marius"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2309"]
[BlackElo "2561"]
[Annotator "Metz Alekhine/Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2012.04.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. d3 a6 {[%cal
Gb7b5]} 8. Rb1 b5 9. b3 (9. Nd4 d5 {Kasimdzhanov,R (2603)-Al Modiahki,M (2553)
Groningen op 1999 (6) 1-0}) 9... Bb7 10. Bb2 Nbd7 11. e3 $146 (11. Nd2 d5 12.
d4 Rb8 13. c5 b4 14. Na4 a5 15. e4 dxe4 16. Nxe4 Nxe4 17. Bxe4 Ba6 18. Bxc6
Bxf1 19. Qxf1 Qc7 20. Bf3 e6 21. Qc4 Nf6 22. Bc1 Nd5 23. Bxd5 exd5 24. Qd3 Qc6
25. Bf4 Rbd8 26. Rd1 Rfe8 27. Bg5 Ra8 28. Nb6 Ra7 29. Be3 Bf6 30. Qf1 Bd8 31.
Na4 Rae7 32. Bg5 f6 33. Be3 Bc7 34. Nb2 Re4 35. Nd3 h5 36. Qg2 Kg7 37. Qf3 R8e7
38. Re1 Qe6 39. Kg2 h4 40. c6 h3+ {Taleb,M (2312)-Kuzmin,A (2587) Dubai 2000
0-1}) 11... Qb6 12. Qe2 a5 13. Nd2 Rab8 (13... a4 $5) 14. Rfc1 Rfe8 15. Nce4 d5
{Un coup naturel mais probablement prйmaturй car aprиs quelques йchanges, les
Blancs vont prendre un lйger avantage} (15... Nxe4 {Plus souple} 16. Nxe4 f5
17. Ng5 e5 18. cxb5 cxb5) 16. cxd5 cxd5 17. Bd4 $1 Qa6 18. Nxf6+ Bxf6 (18...
Nxf6 19. Bxf6) 19. Bxf6 Nxf6 20. d4 $1 $14 {[%csl Ra6,Rb7,Rd5][%cal Gc1c5,
Gb1c1]} Bc8 21. Rc5 $36 {Les piиces Noires sont mal coordonnйes pour empкcher
les Blancs d'attaquer sur la colonne "c"} Bg4 22. Qf1 Rec8 23. Rbc1 Kg7 24. Nb1
$1 {[%csl Rb5][%cal Gb1a3,Gb1c3]} (24. Bxd5 Nxd5 25. Rxd5 Bh3 $44 {[%csl Rd5,
Rg1][%cal Ga6b7]}) 24... Qb7 25. Qe1 Ra8 {[%cal Ga5a4]} 26. Rxc8 Rxc8 27. a3 b4
28. axb4 (28. a4 {Aurait йvitй de donner l'ouverture de la colonne "a"}) 28...
axb4 29. Rc5 Ra8 $132 (29... Rxc5 30. dxc5 Qb5) 30. Nd2 Ra2 31. h3 Be6 32. Kh2
Qa6 33. Rc1 Qd3 $15 34. Rd1 Qc3 35. Kg1 h5 36. Bf1 Bf5 (36... h4) 37. Bg2 Rb2
38. Bf1 Ne4 39. Nxe4 Bxe4 40. Rc1 Qxe1 41. Rxe1 Rxb3 0-1

[Event "Metz op 30th"]
[Site "Metz"]
[Date "2012.04.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Black "Aguettaz, Maxime"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2611"]
[BlackElo "2437"]
[Annotator "Metz Alekhine/Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "2012.04.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 Bg7 3. g3 d6 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bd2 Nc6 (7... e5
8. e4 c5 9. Nge2 Nc6 10. O-O Nh5 11. Nd5 Ne7 12. Nec3 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 Nf6 14.
Nxf6+ Qxf6 15. b4 Qe7 16. Rb1 Kh7 17. a4 Rb8 {1/2-1/2 (17) Gurevich,M (2617)
-Mamedov,N (2587) Konya 2011}) 8. Rb1 e5 9. b4 Re8 $146 (9... Ne7 10. e4 Nd7
11. Nge2 f5 12. Qc1 Kh7 13. O-O a5 14. a3 c6 15. exf5 gxf5 16. f4 axb4 17. axb4
Nf6 18. b5 Qc7 19. Kh1 Be6 20. Qe1 Ng6 21. Qf2 Nd7 22. bxc6 bxc6 23. Qf3 Rac8
24. Be3 exf4 25. Bxf4 Nde5 26. Qe3 Bd7 27. Ra1 Ng4 28. Qa7 Nxf4 29. Rxf4 Rfe8
30. Qxc7 Rxc7 31. Rb1 Ra7 32. Bh3 h5 33. Bxg4 hxg4 34. Rff1 Re3 35. d4 c5 36.
dxc5 Bxc3 37. Nxc3 Rxc3 38. cxd6 Rxc4 39. Rfe1 {Nishimura,H (2285)-Temirbaev,S
(2461) Kuala Lumpur 1993 0-1}) 10. e3 Bg4 11. Qc2 a5 12. a3 axb4 13. axb4 e4
14. Nxe4 Nxe4 15. Bxe4 Rxe4 $5 16. dxe4 {Suite illisible et gain Blanc au
32иme coup} 1-0

[Event "Metz op 31th"]
[Site "Metz"]
[Date "2013.04.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Donchenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Migot, Tangi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2428"]
[BlackElo "2311"]
[Annotator "Metz Alekhine/Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2013.04.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400:1800+30"]
[WhiteClock "1:30:00"]
[BlackClock "1:30:00"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. Bg2 g6 5. Nc3 Nb6 6. d3 (6. h4 $5 h6 {
Le Quang,L (2717)-Robson,R (2583) Lubbock SPICE Cup-A 5th 2011 (4) 1/2-1/2}) (
6. Nf3 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. d4 (8. b3 a5 9. Bb2 a4 10. Nxa4 Nxa4 11. Bxg7 Kxg7 12.
bxa4 Nc6 13. d3 e5 14. Rc1 Re8 15. Nd2 Nd4 16. e3 Nf5 {Cvetkovic,S (2352)
-Kozhuharov,S (2461) Arad op 2013 (9) 1/2} (16... Ne6 17. Qb3 $14 {Cvetkovic}))
8... Nc6 9. e3 (9. d5)) 6... Bg7 7. Be3 Nc6 8. Rc1 (8. Bxc6+ bxc6 9. Qc1 h5 10.
h4 Nd5 11. Bd2 $14 {Belous, V (2426)-Zabotin,A (2512) RUS-ch Higher League
62nd 2009 (7) 1-0}) 8... Nd4 9. Qd2 Nf5 10. Bc5 c6 (10... O-O 11. Nf3) 11. Nf3
O-O 12. O-O Re8 13. Ba3 $146 (13. Rfd1 a5 {Ornstein,A (2392)-Miron,L (2506)
Agneaux St Lo IM 14th 2012 (3) 1/2-1/2}) 13... a5 14. e3 Nd6 15. Qe2 Nd5 16. e4
Nb4 17. Rfd1 $14 {[%cal Gd3d4]} Be6 $5 18. Ra1 h6 19. d4 Bc4 20. Qd2 Ba6 {
[%csl Ra3,Ra6] Une position originale avec les 04 fous dans des positions
symétriques} 21. b3 Kh7 (21... c5 $5 22. e5 cxd4) 22. e5 Nc8 23. Ne4 Nd5 24.
h4 f5 25. Nc5 $36 {[%csl Gc5]} e6 (25... b6 26. Nxa6 Rxa6 27. h5) 26. Qc2 {
[%csl Rg6,Rh7][%cal Gh4h5,Gc2h7]} Kg8 27. Nd2 Bb5 $6 (27... Bf8 {[%cal Gf8c5]})
28. Nxb7 Qc7 29. Nc5 Qf7 30. Bb2 Rf8 31. Nc4 {Les Noirs n'ont pas de
compensations} Ra7 32. Bc1 f4 33. Be4 Nb4 34. Qd2 fxg3 35. fxg3 Bxc4 36. bxc4
Nb6 37. Qe2 Nxc4 38. Bf4 Nb6 39. Qg4 N6d5 40. Bxg6 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 1819"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.11.25"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Edouard, Romain"]
[Black "L'Ami, Erwin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2636"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[Annotator "Meyer,CD"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2018.11.10"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Werder Bremen"]
[BlackTeam "Solingen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

{EN AVANT !} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 c6 {Gegen das
sehr solide weiße Fianchetto-System ist der hiermit angestrebte Übergang zur
Grünfeld Indischen Verteidigung ein bewährter Ausgleichsweg. Allerdings
entstehen nach den nun zumeist gespielten 6.0-0 d5 und 6.d4 d5 in der Regel
recht trockene Positionen, bestenfalls mit Aussicht auf ein geringes weißes
Plus, während der Anziehende mit der folgenden, weniger bekannten und
unternehmungslustigen Alternative mehr möchte.} 6. e4 $5 d5 7. cxd5 cxd5 8. e5
Ne4 9. d4 Nc6 10. O-O (10. h3 $6 Be6 11. O-O Qd7 (11... f6 $1) 12. Kh2 f6 $1
$132 {0-1 (49) Farago,S (2385)-Sinkovics,P (2335) Hungary 1992}) 10... Nxc3 (
10... f6 $143 11. exf6 exf6 12. Re1 f5 (12... Be6 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Rxe4 Bd5
15. Re1 Qd7 16. Be3 Rad8 17. Rc1 $14) 13. h4 (13. Be3) 13... h6 14. Ne5 (14.
Be3 $14) 14... Nxe5 (14... g5 15. hxg5 hxg5 $13) 15. dxe5 Be6 16. Ne2 Bxe5 17.
Bxh6 Qb6 (17... Re8 18. Be3 $14) 18. Be3 Qxb2 19. Nd4 (19. Rb1 $142 Qxa2 20. h5
$1 gxh5 21. Nd4 $14) 19... f4 $2 (19... Bf7 $13) 20. gxf4 Bxf4 21. Re2 Qb6 22.
Rb1 Qa6 23. Bxf4 Rxf4 24. Nxe6 Qxe6 25. f3 $16 {1-0 (35) Pavlov,S (2433)
-Nechaev,A (2394) Khmelnitsky 2008}) 11. bxc3 {[#] In dieser Position, die
auch über andere Zugfolgen erreicht wird, verdient m. E. 11...Na5!? nebst
interessanten, komplexen Möglichkeiten den Vorzug gegenüber der folgenden
Partiefortsetzung.} Bg4 $6 ({I Zu} 11... Na5 $142 $5 {ein paar Anregungen:} 12.
Nd2 (12. Bf4 h6 13. Nd2 b6 14. Qe2 Be6 15. h3 (15. h4 $142) 15... Rc8 16. Rfc1
Qd7 17. g4 $6 f6 $1 18. exf6 exf6 19. Nf1 $6 (19. Re1 $142 Rfe8 20. Qf3 $13 {/=
}) 19... f5 $15 {0-1 (40) Apicella,M (2512)-Hamdouchi,H (2613) Nancy 2013}) (
12. Nh4 Nc4 (12... b6 13. f4 Ba6 $13) 13. f4 e6 14. Qe1 Bd7 15. g4 $13 {
0-1 (35) Vigus,J (2320)-Lechtynsky,J (2399) Germany 2010; 15...} f6 $5) 12...
Bf5 13. Nb3 (13. g4 Be6 (13... Bd7 $142 14. Qf3 (14. Nb3 Rc8) 14... Rc8) 14.
Nb3 Rc8 (14... Nxb3 15. axb3 Qc8 16. Qf3 Bxg4 17. Qxd5 Bh3 $13 {/=}) 15. Nc5 $6
(15. Nxa5 $142 Qxa5 16. Bd2 $13) 15... Rxc5 $6 (15... Bd7 $13) 16. dxc5 Bxe5 $6
(16... Qc8 17. h3 Rd8 18. Bf4 Nc4 19. Re1 Qxc5 20. Qd4 $14) 17. Bh6 Re8 (17...
Bxc3 18. Bxf8 Bxa1 19. Qxa1 Qxf8 20. Qc3 Nc6 21. h3 $16) 18. f4 Bxc3 19. f5 $16
{1-0 (25) Quist,V-Staal,J Netherlands 1991}) (13. Qf3 Be6 $6 (13... Rc8 $142 $1
) 14. Nb3 Nxb3 15. axb3 $14 {1/2-1/2 (70) Pacovsky,J (2335)-Reznicek,T (2325)
Czechia 2001}) 13... h5 $13 (13... Nc4 14. Nc5 (14. g4 Bc8) 14... b6 15. Nd3
Bxd3 16. Qxd3 e6 17. h4 Rc8 18. Bf3 Rc6 19. h5 (19. Bg5 f6) 19... f6 $5 $13)) (
{II} 11... f6 $6 12. Re1 $14 {, z.B.} fxe5 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Be6 15. Rb1
Rb8 16. Qb3 Qd7 17. Rd1 $1 $14) 12. h3 Bxf3 $2 ({Dieser bereitwillige Tausch
auf f3 mit Aufgabe des Läuferpaars, was auch in ein paar Vorgängerpartien
ausschließlich (und erfolglos) probiert wurde, scheint mir ein ungeeignetes
Mittel zu sein. Bessere Chancen bietet m.E.} 12... Bf5 $142 $5 {, z.B.} 13. Nh4
Bc8 14. Qf3 Na5 $5 15. Rb1 (15. Kh2 e6) 15... Qc7 $5 (15... e6 16. Qd3 b6 17.
Nf3 Qc7 18. Bg5 (18. Nh2 Qc4 19. Qc2 Ba6 20. Re1 Qd3 21. Qb2 Nc4 22. Qb4 Qf5
23. Ng4 Qc2) 18... h6 19. Bf6 Bxf6 20. exf6 Qd8 21. Qd2 Qxf6 22. Qxh6 Qg7) 16.
Qd3 (16. Qxd5 Be6) 16... b6 17. f4 (17. Bxd5 Bxh3) 17... e6 18. g4 Qc4 19. Qxc4
Nxc4 20. f5 Re8 $11) 13. Qxf3 e6 {Wonach die schwarze Stellung sehr an
Elastizität verloren hat, insbesondere weil der Hebel f7-f6 nun eine dubiose
Option wäre und Gegenspiel nur am Damenflügel (c-Linie) kreiert werden kann.
Hingegen hat Weiß Raumvorteil, und seine Angriffschancen am Königsflügel
scheinen recht konkret zu sein.} 14. h4 $1 {[#] Bei der vorliegenden Struktur
ist das Vorgehen des h-Bauern ein bekanntes Angriffsverfahren, um den
Schutzwall vor dem schwarzen Monarchen mit h5 anzurempeln, mit hxg6 zu lockern
oder evtl. mit h6 den Bauern weiter vorzustoßen. Im Weiteren kann Weiß ggf.
auch die geöffnete h-Linie für seine Schwerfiguren nutzen; dieses Prozedere
jedoch impliziert eine wohlorganisierte, getimte Umgruppierung von König und
Turm. Auf all diese Verfahren wird im Nachstehenden noch näher eingegangen.}
b5 $6 {Mit dieser Fixierung des rückständigen Bauern c3 verliert Schwarz
nicht nur Zeit, sondern schwächt sich auch. Allerdings fällt es schon schwer,
eine befriedigende Alternative zu finden, z.B.:} ({I} 14... Qc7 15. h5 Rfc8 16.
Bg5 b5 $6 (16... Na5) 17. Rfc1 Rab8 18. Qf4 Rb6 19. Bh3 Nb8 20. a4 $16 {
1-0 (47) Bacrot,E (2696)-Nataf,I (2535) Chartres 2017}) ({II} 14... Na5 15. h5
Re8 (15... Rc8 16. h6 $5 Bh8 17. Re1) 16. Rd1 $5 (16. hxg6 fxg6 (16... hxg6 17.
Rd1 Rc8 18. Rb1 Qc7 19. Bd2 Nc4 20. Bg5 $16) 17. Qd3 Rc8 18. f4 Rc6 19. g4 Qh4
20. f5 $14) 16... Rc8 17. Bf1 a6 18. Rb1 Qe7 (18... Rc6 19. c4 $1) (18... Rc7
19. Kg2 b5 20. Be2 {/\Rh1+/-}) 19. Kg2 b5 20. Bd3 $1 Rxc3 21. Bd2 Rxd3 22. Qxd3
Nc4 23. hxg6 fxg6 24. Rh1 $16) ({III} 14... Qd7 15. h5 Rfc8 16. Bg5 Na5 17.
hxg6 $5 fxg6 ({Bei der vorliegenden Konstellation mag diese
Strukturschwächung das geringere Übel sein, während} 17... hxg6 $143 {nach}
18. Kh2 $1 Nc4 19. Rh1 $40 {/\Kg1 eine mächtige Königsattacke provoziert.})
18. g4 $1 {mit einem kompromißlosen Plan} Rc4 19. Rac1 Rac8 20. Qe3 $1 {
Der Hebel f4-f5 soll das schwarze Bauernzentrum entwurzeln.} Qc7 21. f4 Rxc3 (
21... h6 22. f5 $1 hxg5 23. fxe6 $40 {+-}) 22. Rxc3 Qxc3 23. Qxc3 Rxc3 24. f5
Kf7 25. Bd2 Ra3 26. Rb1 b6 27. fxe6+ Kxe6 28. Rb5 $16) ({IV} 14... h5 $2 15.
Bh3 Ne7 16. Rb1 Qd7 17. g4 hxg4 18. Bxg4 {/\h5+/-}) 15. Bg5 Qa5 16. h5 Rfc8 17.
hxg6 $5 hxg6 ({Nach dem schwächenden} 17... fxg6 $6 {kann hier das weiße
Läuferpaar seine volle Kraft entfalten:} 18. a4 Rab8 (18... bxa4 19. Qg4 Re8
20. c4 $1) (18... b4 19. Qg4 bxc3 20. Qxe6+ Kh8 21. Qxd5 Qxd5 22. Bxd5) 19. Qg4
Re8 20. axb5 Qxb5 21. Rfc1 a5 22. Bf1 Qb2 23. Be3 {/\c4! jeweils mit großem
Vorteil.}) 18. Bf6 $1 {[#] Weiß verschwendet keine Zeit mit prophylaktischen
Aktionen am Damenflügel (etwa a3 oder Tfc1) und nimmt sofort die feindliche
Königsseite ins Visier.} Nb8 $6 {Der Rappe soll via d7 wieder eingreifen,
indes übersieht Schwarz hierbei einen taktischen Schlag.} ({Andererseits ist
es erstaunlich, dass sich auch scheinbar bessere Alternativen in der
häuslichen Analyse am Ende als unzureichend erweisen. Hier ein etwas tieferer
Blick in die enormen Komplikationen, freilich mit Unterstützung unserer
coolen und äußerst spitzfindigen Silikon-Freunde: I} 18... Bxf6 19. exf6 {
lässt einen brandgefährlichen Sargnagel zu, z.B.:} Nb8 (19... Qd8 $2 20. Bh3
(20. g4 g5 21. Rfd1 Nb8 22. a4 $13) 20... Nb8 21. Rfe1 Rc6 (21... Nd7 $2 22.
Bxe6 $1 fxe6 23. Rxe6 Qf8 24. Rae1 $16) 22. Bf1 (22. g4)) (19... b4 $2 20. Qf4
Qd8 21. c4 $1 dxc4 (21... Nxd4 22. Qxd4 Rxc4 23. Qe5 $18) 22. d5 exd5 23. Bxd5
Rcb8 24. Qg5 $18) 20. g4 $3 {Um den Kollegen auf f6 schnellstens zu befestigen.
} (20. Rfc1 {ist vermutlich etwas zu langsam, z.B.} Nd7 21. g4 (21. a4 b4 22.
cxb4 Rxc1+ 23. Rxc1 Qxb4 $11) 21... b4 22. cxb4 Qxb4 23. Qf4 $14 {, und weiter
könnte folgen:} Rxc1+ 24. Rxc1 e5 25. Qg5 Qd6 (25... Qxd4 $143 26. Rc7 Nf8 27.
Rc6 Rb8 28. Qh6 Rb1+ 29. Kh2 Qf4+ 30. Qxf4 exf4 31. Bxd5 $16) 26. dxe5 Qxe5 27.
Qxe5 Nxe5 28. Bxd5 Rd8 29. Bb3 (29. Rd1 g5 30. Kf1 Rd6 31. Bb3 Rxd1+ 32. Bxd1
Nd7 33. Ke2 Nxf6 34. Kd3 Kf8 35. Kd4 Ke7 36. f3 Kd6 37. Bb3 Ke7 38. Ke5 Nd7+
39. Kd5 (39. Kf5 f6 $11) 39... f5 40. gxf5 Kf6 $11) 29... Rd6 30. Rc7 Rxf6 31.
Rxa7 Nf3+ 32. Kg2 Ne1+ 33. Kf1 Nd3 $11) 20... Rxc3 (20... Qxc3 21. Rac1 Qxc1
22. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 23. Kh2 Nd7 24. g5 $18 Rc2 25. Qf4 Kf8 (25... Rxa2 26. Qh4 {
/\Qh6-g7#}) 26. Qd6+ Kg8 27. Qxd7) (20... Nd7 21. g5 Rxc3 22. Qf4 {geht über
zur 20...Rxc3-Variante}) 21. Qf4 Nd7 22. g5 Qa3 (22... Rac8 23. Qh4 Qa3 24.
Rfe1 Rc2 25. Reb1 R2c3 26. Bf1 e5 27. Rb3 Qd6 28. Bh3 $18) 23. Qh4 Rac8 (23...
Nb6 24. Kh2 $1 Qd6+ 25. f4 Nc4 26. Rh1 $18 Qa3 27. Rae1 Re3 28. Rd1 Re2 29. Kg1
Qe3+ 30. Kf1) (23... Qd6 $2 24. Be4 $3 dxe4 25. Kg2 {/\Rh1+-}) 24. Rfe1 $5 Qd6
25. Bf1 Rf3 (25... a6 $2 26. Kg2 $1 $18 {/\Be2/Bd3/Bxb5 nebst Turmschwenk nach
h1 und Einbruch auf der h-Linie}) 26. Rac1 Rxc1 27. Rxc1 Nb6 28. Rc7 Rf4 29.
Qh6 Qf8 30. Qxf8+ Kxf8 31. Rb7 Kg8 32. Rb8+ Kh7 33. Rf8 $18 Rg4+ (33... Rxd4
34. Rxf7+ Kg8 35. Rg7+ Kf8 36. Rxg6) 34. Kh2 Rxg5 35. Rxf7+ Kh6 36. Bh3) ({II} 
18... b4 19. Bh3 $3 {Wow! Auf diesen Kandidaten muß man erst einmal kommen.
Tatsächlich bildet er den Auftakt einer brillanten Widerlegung, wo am Ende
der Blitz auf der h-Linie einschlägt .} Bxf6 (19... bxc3 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21.
Bxe6 fxe6 22. Qf6+ Kg8 23. Kg2 Qc7 24. Rh1 Qg7 25. Qxe6+ Kf8 26. Rh4 g5 27. Rh6
Ne7 28. Qa6 (28. Rah1 $2 Rc6 $8) 28... Rc7 29. Rah1 $18) (19... Qb6 20. Qf4 Nb8
(20... bxc3 21. Bxg7 Kxg7 22. Bxe6 $1 $18) 21. Kg2 Nd7 22. Rh1 $40 {+-} Nxf6
23. exf6 Qc7 (23... Bf8 24. Qh4) 24. Qh4 Qd8 25. Bxe6) (19... Re8 20. Kg2 Bxf6
21. exf6 Qd8 22. Qf4 Nb8 (22... e5 23. Qh4 {/\Rh1+-}) 23. Rh1 Nd7 24. Bxe6 Qxf6
25. Bxd7 Qxf4 26. gxf4 $18) 20. exf6 bxc3 21. Qf4 Qb4 (21... Qd8 $2 22. Kg2 $1
{/\Rh1, Bxe6 +-}) 22. Bxe6 $1 Qxd4 (22... fxe6 23. Qh6 Rc7 24. Qxg6+ Kf8 25.
Rae1 $18 Qxd4 26. Qh6+ Ke8 27. Rxe6+ Kd7 28. Rfe1 Kc8 29. f7 Kb7 30. Rb1+) (
22... Nxd4 23. Kg2 $18 Rab8 24. Bxc8) 23. Qg5 Ne5 24. Qh6 Nf3+ 25. Kg2 Qxf6 (
25... Nh4+ 26. gxh4 Qxf6 27. Bxc8) 26. Bxc8 Rxc8 27. Rh1 Ng5 28. f4 $18 Qd4 29.
Qxg5 Qe4+ 30. Kh3 Kg7 31. Qe5+ Qxe5 32. fxe5 d4 33. Kg2 d3 34. Kf2 {usw.}) 19.
Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Qf6+ Kg8 21. Bxd5 $1 {[#]} Nd7 ({Kommt zu der Einsicht, dass nach
} 21... exd5 $2 22. e6 $1 {die Königsfeste aus den Angeln gehoben wird.
Hierzu ein paar sehenswerte Varianten:} Rf8 (22... Qc7 23. Kg2 $1 fxe6 24. Rh1
$18 Qg7 25. Qxe6+ Kf8 (25... Qf7 26. Rh8+ Kg7 27. Rh7+) 26. Qxc8+) (22... fxe6
23. Qxe6+ (23. Kg2 Qd8 24. Qxg6+ Kf8 25. Rae1 $1 $18 Qe8 26. Qh6+ Kf7 27. Rh1)
23... Kg7 24. Qxc8 $18) 23. exf7+ Rxf7 24. Qxg6+ Kf8 (24... Rg7 25. Qe8+ Kh7
26. Kg2 $18) 25. Rae1 $40 {+-, z.B.} Nd7 26. Qh6+ Kg8 (26... Rg7 27. Qd6+ Kg8
28. Qxd5+) 27. Qg5+ Kf8 (27... Kh8 28. Kg2 Nf6 29. Rh1+ Nh7 30. Re7 Raf8 31.
Qf6+ Kg8 32. Qg6+ Kh8 33. Rxh7+ Rxh7 34. Rxh7#) 28. Re6 Rg7 29. Qxd5 Qd8 30.
Rh6 Rg8 31. Qf5+ Ke8 32. Re1+) 22. Qe7 Re8 23. Qd6 Rad8 24. Bc6 Nb8 {Einmal
mehr stellt dieser Rückzug Probleme, diesmal forciert er den Tausch der
weißen Dame gegen beide schwarzen Türme.} 25. Bxe8 Rxd6 26. exd6 {[#]} Kf8 $6
({Anstatt den gefährlichen d-Bauern zu beseitigen, verzettelt sich der
ansonsten zähe Verteidiger und gerät in eine fatale Passivität. Bessere
praktische Chancen bot} 26... b4 27. c4 $1 (27. cxb4 $143 Qd8 28. Bb5 Qxd6 29.
Rfc1 $1 (29. Rfd1 $143 Qxb4 30. Rab1 Qd6 31. Bc4 Nd7 32. d5 e5) 29... Nd7 30.
Bxd7 Qxd7 31. Rd1 $14) 27... Kf8 (27... Qd8 $2 28. Bb5 a6 29. Ba4 Qxd6 30. Rfd1
$16) 28. d7 Ke7 29. Rfb1 $1 f5 (29... Nxd7 30. Bxd7 Kxd7 31. a3 $16 bxa3 32.
Rb3) 30. Bxg6 (30. a3 f4 $1 31. axb4 Qf5 $1 32. Rb3 Qe4 $1 $132) 30... Nxd7 (
30... f4 31. gxf4 Nxd7 32. Re1) 31. Re1 Kf6 32. Bh5 $16 f4 33. c5 $1 fxg3 34.
fxg3 Nxc5 35. Re5 Qd8 (35... Qa3 36. Rf1+ Ke7 (36... Kg7 $143 37. Kh1 $1 $18)
37. Rf7+ Kd6 38. Rxc5 Qxg3+ 39. Kf1 Qd3+ 40. Be2 Qxd4 41. Ra5 $16) (35... Qc7
$4 36. Rf1+ Kg7 37. Rf7+) (35... b3 36. Rxc5 Qa4 37. Rf1+ Ke7 38. Kh2 bxa2 (
38... Qxd4 $4 39. Rc7+ Kd6 40. Rd1) 39. Rcc1 $16) 36. Rf1+ Kg7 37. Rd1 Nd7 38.
Rxe6 $16) 27. d7 {[#]} Nc6 {Härteren Widerstand leisten die folgenden
Alternativen, z.B.:} ({I} 27... Qd8 28. a4 $1 bxa4 29. Rxa4 Nxd7 30. Bxd7 Qxd7
31. Rfa1 $16 {/+-, und da der a-Bauer kompensationslos fallen wird, ist dieses
Endspiel für Schwarz auf Dauer hoffnungslos.}) ({II} 27... Ke7 28. a4 $1 b4 (
28... bxa4 $2 29. Rxa4 Qc7 (29... Qxa4 $2 30. d8=Q+ $18) 30. d5 $1 Nxd7 (30...
exd5 31. Re1+ Kd8 32. Bxf7 $18) 31. d6+ $1 Qxd6 (31... Kxd6 32. Rd1+) 32. Rd4
Qxd4 33. cxd4 Kxe8 34. Ra1 $18) 29. cxb4 Qd5 30. b5 Nxd7 31. Bxd7 Kxd7 32. Rab1
Qa2 33. b6 $1 axb6 34. Rxb6 f5 (34... Qxa4 35. Rb7+ Kd6 36. Rxf7 $18) 35. Re1
Qxa4 36. Rbxe6 $16 {/+-}) 28. a4 $2 {[#]} ({Seine Glanzpartie wäre perfekt,
hätte Werder Bremens Franzose Romain Edouard davor den Hebel} 28. d5 $1 {
angesetzt. Man sehe:} exd5 (28... Nd8 29. dxe6 Nxe6 30. Rfd1 Nd8 (30... Ke7 31.
Rd3) 31. Rd3) 29. a4 $1 {Hebel hüben und drüben!} bxa4 (29... b4 30. cxb4
Qxb4 31. Rac1 Nd8 (31... Qd6 32. Rxc6 $18) 32. Rc8 $18) 30. Rxa4 Qc5 (30...
Qxc3 31. Rxa7) (30... Qxa4 $4 31. d8=Q) 31. Rd1 Ke7 32. Rf4 f6 33. Bxg6 Kxd7
34. Bf7 $18) 28... bxa4 $2 ({Postwendend revanchiert sich der holländische
Großmeister und verpasst seine letzte, unverhoffte Chance. Indes ist die
vorliegende studienartige Stellung eher ein Fall für die Engines. Der zu
entdeckende Kandidat war} 28... b4 $3 {nebst erstaunlich zähen
Verteidigungsressourcen:} 29. cxb4 ({Oder} 29. Rab1 {und nun:} Ke7 $1 (29...
bxc3 $2 30. Rb5 Qxa4 31. Rb8 Qa5 32. Rc8 Nd8 33. Rc1 Qb6 34. d5 $1 $18 (34.
R1xc3 $2 Qxd4 $11) {und falls noch} 34... e5 {so} 35. R1xc3 Qd4 36. d6 Qd1+ 37.
Kg2 Qd5+ 38. Rf3 e4 39. Rxf7+ Nxf7 40. Bxf7+ Kxf7 41. d8=Q) (29... Qd5 $2 30.
c4 $1 Qxd4 31. Rfd1 Qe4 32. Rxb4 Nd8 33. Rc1 $16) 30. d5 (30. cxb4 Qd5 31.
d8=Q+ Nxd8 32. Bb5 $14) 30... Qxd5 (30... Ne5 31. Rfd1 $1 Nxd7 (31... bxc3 32.
Rb5 $1 (32. Rb8 $2 c2 33. d6+ (33. Rc1 $4 Nxd7) 33... Kf8 $1 34. Rc1 Nf3+ (
34... Qd2) (34... Nc6) 35. Kg2 Nh4+ 36. gxh4 Qd5+ 37. Kg1 Qd1+ 38. Kg2 Qg4+ $11
) 32... Qd8 33. d6+ Kf6 34. Rc5 Nxd7 35. Bxd7 Qxd7 36. Rxc3 $18) 32. cxb4 Qa6
33. b5 Qxa4 34. Bxd7 Kxd7 35. d6 $18) 31. Rfd1 Qe5 $1 (31... Qf3 32. cxb4 Nd8
33. b5) 32. cxb4 Nd4 33. Bxf7 (33. Rb3 $143 Qd5 $1 34. Rbd3 e5) 33... Kd8 34.
Bxg6 Ne2+ 35. Kg2 Nc3 36. Rbc1 Nxd1 37. Rxd1 $14 {und Schwarz scheint sich
behaupten zu können!}) 29... Qd5 $3 (29... Qxb4 $4 30. Rac1) 30. Rac1 (30.
d8=Q $143 Nxd8 31. Bb5 Nb7 32. Rac1 Qxd4) 30... Nxd4 {und mit einer geballten
Zentralisation seiner Kräfte nimmt Schwarz eine schwer zu knackende
Auffangstellung ein:} 31. Rc5 Nf3+ 32. Kh1 Qd3 33. Kg2 Nd2 34. Re1 g5 $1 {
/\...g4} 35. Rxg5 (35. Rc8 $2 Qd5+ $11 {, z.B.} 36. Kg1 Nf3+ 37. Kg2 Nxe1+ 38.
Kf1 Qh1+ 39. Ke2 Qe4+ 40. Kd1 Qd4+ 41. Ke2 Qd3+ 42. Kxe1 Qe4+ 43. Kd2 Qxb4+ 44.
Kd3 Qb3+ 45. Kd2 Qb4+) 35... Qf3+ 36. Kh3 Ke7 37. Rge5 Qd3 38. R5e3 Qd5 39.
d8=Q+ Kxd8 40. Bxf7 Nf3 41. Bxe6 Qh5+ 42. Kg2 Nxe1+ 43. Rxe1 Qg6 $1 $14 {
und über kurz oder lang wird einer der weißen Damenflügelbauern fallen.})
29. Rxa4 $1 {mit einem hochgiftigen, verkappten Visavis. Nun ist bei Weiß
wieder alles im Lot.} Qxc3 ({I} 29... Qxa4 $4 30. d8=Q $18) ({II} 29... Qd5 30.
Ra6 Nd8 31. Rxa7 $18) 30. d5 $1 {[#] Jetzt aber doch entscheidet dieser
Patenthebel, der den weißen Türmen vitale Angriffswege öffnet.} ({Die
Variante} 30. Rxa7 $2 Qxd4 31. Ra8 Ke7 {zeigt einen gravierenden Unterschied
zur Partiefortsetzung auf.}) 30... exd5 (30... Nd8 31. dxe6 Nxe6 32. Rf4 Nd8 (
32... f5 33. Bxg6 $18 Ke7 34. Rd1) 33. Bxf7 $18) 31. Rxa7 Nd8 ({I} 31... Qd2
32. Ra8 Qg5 33. Rc8 Nd8 34. Rxd8 Qxd8 35. Rc1 {/\Rc8+-}) ({II} 31... Ke7 32.
Rc7 d4 33. Rxc6 Qxc6 34. d8=Q+ $18) 32. Ra8 Ke7 33. Rc8 Qa5 {[#] Kontrolliert
zwar die Brennpunkte d8 und e1, aber vergebens!} 34. Rxd8 $1 Qxd8 (34... Kxd8
35. Rc1 Ke7 36. Rc8 $18) 35. Rc1 d4 36. Rc8 d3 37. Kf1 $1 $18 {Der König
macht alles klar.} (37. Rxd8 $4 d2 $11) 37... d2 38. Ke2 {- eine spannende,
gehaltvolle Kampfpartie!} 1-0

[Event "Croatia GCT"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2019.07.01"]
[Round "6"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[Annotator "Mikhalchishin,A"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2019.06.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 e5 5. Nxe5 {It is necessary to take the
pawn.} ({Black obtained a great central counterattack after} 5. d4 exd4 6. Nxd4
O-O 7. Be2 Re8 8. f3 c6 9. Nc2 d5 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Nxd5 Nxd5 12. Qxd5 Qc7 $1
13. Qc4 Nc6 14. Ne3 Be6 15. Qc2 Be5 16. g3 Bxg3+ 17. hxg3 Qxg3+ 18. Kd1 Rad8+
19. Bd2 Nd4 20. Nf1 Nxc2 21. Nxg3 Nxa1 22. e5 Bxa2 23. f4 Nb3 24. Ne4 Rxd2+ {
0-1 (24) Santasiere,A-Marshall,F New York,NY 1941}) 5... O-O ({Not logical is
regaining the pawn with} 5... Nxe4 6. Nxe4 Bxe5 7. d4 (7. g3 Qe7 8. d4 Bg7 9.
Bg2 f5 $2 (9... Qb4+ $142 10. Nd2 O-O 11. O-O d6 12. a3 Qb6) 10. Bg5 Qe6 11.
O-O fxe4 12. Bxe4 c6 13. d5 Qe5 14. Bxg6+ hxg6 15. Re1 {1-0 (15) Epishin,V 
(2590)-David,A (2525) Montpellier 1998}) 7... Bg7 8. Bg5 (8. Be3 d5 9. cxd5
Qxd5 10. Nc3 Qa5 11. Bc4 O-O 12. O-O Qb4 13. Bb3 Be6 14. Bxe6 fxe6 15. Qg4 Qd6
16. Ne4 Qd5 17. Ng5 {with a slight advantage, Fridman,D (2660)-Mamedyarov,S 
(2747) Jurmala 2012.}) 8... f6 9. Be3 O-O 10. Nc3 (10. Qd2 d5 11. Nc3 c6 12.
cxd5 cxd5 13. g3 Nc6 14. Bg2 Be6 15. O-O Qd7 16. Rfe1 Rfe8 {and Black is just
slightly worse, Franco Ocampos,Z-Ricardi,P/Buenos Aires 1988.}) 10... f5 (10...
d6 11. g3 Bd7 12. Bg2 Qc8 13. Nd5 Nc6 14. O-O Rf7 15. Rc1 Ne7 16. Nxe7+ Rxe7
17. Qb3 c6 18. Bf4 {with strong pressure, Keene,R-Miles,A Hastings 1974.}) (
10... Nc6 11. Qd2 ({White got a better position after} 11. d5 {in the game
Timman,J-Aronian,L /FIDE-Wch 1999/CBM 72 [Mikhalevski V.]}) 11... a6 (11... f5
12. d5 (12. g3 $5) 12... Ne5 13. Be2 $14) (11... d6 {will probably lead to a
same position in the game.}) 12. Be2 d6 13. h4 f5 ({In case of} 13... h5 {
white will castle queenside} 14. O-O-O {/\ f3 and g4 creating an attack. Black
will have to play f5 anyway.}) 14. g3 ({Possible was} 14. d5 Ne5 15. h5 Ng4 16.
Bxg4 fxg4 17. hxg6 hxg6 18. O-O-O $14) 14... h5 15. O-O-O Kh7 ({Attention
deserved} 15... b5 {- a typical pawn sacrifice in the King's Indian opening.}
16. cxb5 axb5 17. Bxb5 Bb7 {Black has some compensation for a pawn, however,
White should be better in this case as well.}) 16. Nd5 {White keeps central
initiative, Lopez Martinez,J (2474)-Mamedyarov,S (2503) Leon 2001}) 11. g3 Nc6
12. Qd2 $5 b6 13. O-O-O Bb7 14. Bg2 Na5 15. Bxb7 Nxb7 16. Rhe1 Nd6 17. Bg5 Nxc4
18. Bxd8 Nxd2 19. Be7 Nf3 20. Bxf8 Kxf8 21. Re2 Nxd4 {with equal play,
Chekhover,V-Lisitsin,G Moscow (Russia) 1936}) ({Dubious was} 5... Qe7 $6 6. Nf3
Nxe4 7. Nd5 Qd8 8. d3 (8. Qe2 $2 O-O) 8... Nf6 9. Qe2+ Kf8 10. Nxf6 Bxf6 11.
Bh6+ Bg7 12. Qd2 $16 {1-0 Sorokin,M-Alonso,S/Buenos Aires 1998}) 6. Nf3 ({
Weaker was} 6. Be2 Re8 7. Nf3 (7. d4 d6 8. Nf3 Nxe4 9. Nxe4 Rxe4 10. O-O Bg4
11. Be3 Nc6 12. h3 Bd7 13. d5 Ne5 14. Nxe5 Bxe5 15. Qd2 Bg7 16. Bd3 Re8 17. Bg5
Bf6 {and Black equalised, Saric,A (2533)-Ragger,M (2687) Skopje MKD 2018.})
7... Nxe4 8. O-O d6 9. Nxe4 Rxe4 10. d3 Re8 11. d4 Nc6 12. Be3 Bg4 13. h3 Bxf3
14. Bxf3 Qh4 {with real counterplay, Cheparinov,I (2709)-Dubov,D (2703) St
Petersburg RUS 2018}) 6... Re8 7. Bd3 $5 {New way,as stubbornly keeping the
pawn promises Black serious counterplay in the center,} (7. d3 d5 8. cxd5 Nxd5
9. Nxd5 Qxd5 10. Be2 Qd6 11. O-O c5 (11... Bg4 12. Ng5 Bxe2 13. Qxe2 Nc6 14.
Be3 Rad8 15. Rfd1 h6 16. Nf3 f5 17. Qc2 $16 {Lenic,L (2648)-Bertagnolli,A 
(2343) Civitanova Marche 2015}) 12. Qc2 Nc6 13. Be3 b6 14. Rad1 (14. a3 Bg4 15.
Ng5 Be6 16. Nxe6 Qxe6 17. Kh1 Rad8 18. f4 Bd4 19. f5 Qe7 {The control over the
d4 square guarantees compensation for the pawn, Aronian,L (2784)-Grischuk,A 
(2752) chess.com INT 2016.}) 14... Be6 15. Qb1 h6 16. Rfe1 Rad8 17. h3 Kh7 18.
Bf1 Re7 19. Bd2 Red7 20. Bc3 Qf8 21. Qc2 Nd4 22. Nxd4 Bxd4 {with the same
compensation, Svane,R (2591)-Duzhakov,I (2441) Riga LAT 2018.}) 7... Nxe4 ({
There were two more natural active options:} 7... b5 $5) ({and} 7... d5 8. cxd5
Bf5 9. Qe2 c6 10. d6 Qxd6 11. O-O b5) 8. Bxe4 Bxc3 9. dxc3 Rxe4+ 10. Be3 d6 {
[#]} 11. c5 ({Another way was promising not too much:} 11. Qd5 Bf5 12. Qxb7 Nd7
13. O-O Rb8 14. Qxa7 Ra8 15. Qb7 Rb8 16. Qc6 Rg4 $1) 11... d5 ({A lot of
problems were with isolani} 11... Nc6 12. cxd6 cxd6 13. O-O Bg4 14. h3 Bxf3 15.
Qxf3 d5 16. Rad1) 12. h3 $1 {So is known for very technical prophylactical
play.} ({Serious counterplay was after careless} 12. O-O Bg4 13. Qb3 Bxf3 14.
gxf3 Re5 15. Qxb7 Nd7 16. b4 Rf5) 12... b6 13. O-O Bb7 14. Re1 ({Or} 14. Nd2
Re8 15. b4) 14... Nd7 15. Nd2 (15. b4) 15... Re8 16. Nb3 Qh4 17. Qd2 f6 ({
More logical was} 17... Qa4) 18. f4 Qh5 19. Bf2 g5 {[#]} ({Probably it was
necessary to sacrifice a pawn, hoping for opposite-coloured bishops:} 19... d4
20. Qxd4 Nxc5 21. Nxc5 Qxc5 22. Qxc5 bxc5 23. Bxc5) 20. c6 $1 {So starts a
little combination with a pawn sacrifice.} Bxc6 21. Nd4 Bb7 22. Nb5 Rxe1+ ({
A very difficult ending for Black would arise after} 22... Rac8 23. Nxa7 Rcd8
24. fxg5 Qxg5 25. Qxg5+ fxg5 26. Nb5 c5 27. Rxe8+ Rxe8 28. Nd6 Rb8 29. Re1) 23.
Rxe1 Re8 24. Nxc7 Rxe1+ 25. Qxe1 d4 (25... Qf7 26. Ne8 {did not help.}) 26. Qe7
{Now Black is helpless.} Qf7 27. Qd8+ Nf8 28. Bxd4 gxf4 29. Ne8 Ne6 {Material
losses are inevitable.} 1-0

[Event "KasparovChess GP g/60"]
[Site "Internet"]
[Date "2000.02.18"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2633"]
[BlackElo "2672"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2000.02.09"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. h4 $5 {It's important to
surprise your opponent in the opening, especially if you play "active chess".
Piket's 5.h4 was a real surprise for Peter and he spent 10-15 minutes for his
next move.} Nf6 {It's strange enough, but this move has never been played yet.
In the preceding games Black tried 5...Bg7;5...h6 and 5...h5.} ({The following
game is one of the examples showing that 5.h4!? is not a joke :} 5... Bg7 6. h5
Nc6 7. g3 Bg4 8. h6 Bxc3 9. bxc3 Bxf3 10. exf3 Qd6 11. Be2 O-O-O 12. Qb3 f5 13.
a4 e5 14. a5 e4 15. f4 Nf6 16. O-O Ng4 17. Ba3 Qxd2 18. a6 Na5 19. axb7+ Kb8
20. Qb5 e3 21. Bc5 exf2+ 22. Rxf2 {1-0 Piket,J-Shirov,A/Monte Carlo 1998/CBM
63 ext (22)}) (5... h6) (5... h5) 6. d4 Bg7 7. e4 O-O 8. Be2 c5 9. d5 e6 10. h5
Nxh5 11. g4 $2 {According to Shipov this move is a mistake. He writes that
White could develop an initiative with 11.Ng5.} (11. Ng5 $5 $36 {[%cal Ge2h5]
Shipov}) 11... Nf6 12. Bg5 Qb6 $6 (12... Qa5 $1 {[%cal Gf6e4] Shipov"leads to
Black's advantage"}) 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Qd2 {[%cal Gd2h6]} Bg7 15. O-O-O Nd7 16.
g5 c4 $2 {[%mdl 16384] (Shipov) Now 16...Qa5 with the threat B:c3 was
necessary. The most important is that the knight on d7 could use the b6-square
and exchange on d5 would become possible.} (16... Qa5 $5 {[%cal Gd7b6] Shipov})
17. Rh2 {[%cal Gd1h1]} Re8 18. d6 {White closes the centre in order to start
direct attack against Black's king.} Rd8 19. Qf4 {[%cal Gh2h7]} Qa5 $2 {
[%mdl 8192] Too late.Black should make up his mind and to exchange his
black-squared bishop immediately.} ({With} 19... Bxc3 $1 {Svidler could put
much more difficult problems than in the game.In all the lines White would
have to calculate unnumerable amount of variations.} 20. bxc3 Qa5 21. Rxh7 $1 (
21. Kb2 e5 22. Qh4 Nf8 $14) 21... Qxc3+ 22. Kb1 Qb4+ 23. Kc2 Qa4+ 24. Kd2 $1 {
White shouldn't afraid.} Qa5+ $1 (24... Qxa2+ 25. Ke1 $3 Kxh7 26. Qxf7+ Kh8 27.
Kf1 $1 {[%cal Gf1g2,Gd1h1]} Rf8 28. Qxg6 Rxf3 (28... Qb2 29. Qh6+ Kg8 30. Qxe6+
Rf7 (30... Kg7 31. Qh6+ Kg8 32. Bxc4+ $18) 31. Bxc4 Qg7 32. g6 $18) 29. Bxf3
Qb2 30. Qh6+ Kg8 31. Qxe6+ Kg7 32. Qh6+ Kg8 33. e5 $1 $18 {[%cal Gf3d5]}) 25.
Ke3 $1 Qc3+ $1 {[]} (25... Qa3+ 26. Bd3 Qc5+ 27. Ke2 $1 (27. Nd4 $2 Qxd4+ $1
28. Kxd4 e5+ 29. Qxe5 Nxe5 30. Rdh1 Nf3+ 31. Ke3 Bh3 $3 32. R7xh3 Nxg5 33. Rh8+
Kg7 34. Rxd8 Rxd8 35. Bxc4 Rxd6 $15) 27... cxd3+ 28. Kf1 Rf8 (28... Kxh7 $2 29.
Qxf7+ Kh8 30. Kg2 {[%cal Gd1h1]}) 29. Qh4 {[%cal Gh7h8]} Qc3 30. e5 $18) (25...
Qc5+ 26. Nd4 f5 (26... Qa3+ 27. Bd3 $18) 27. Qh2 Qa3+ (27... f4+ 28. Qxf4 Qa3+
29. Bd3 Rf8 30. Qh2 $18) 28. Bd3 f4+ 29. Qxf4 Rf8 30. Qh2 $18) 26. Bd3 $1 f5 $1
{[]} (26... Rf8 27. Qh4 {[%cal Ge4e5]} cxd3 28. Rh1 $1 {[%csl Rg8][%cal Gh7h8]}
d2+ 29. Kf4 $18) 27. gxf6 Qxf6 (27... Nxf6 $2 28. Rh6 $1) (27... Kxh7 $2 28.
Qh6+ $1 Kxh6 29. Rh1#) 28. Rdh1 $5 (28. Rxd7 $5 Qxf4+ 29. Kxf4 Bxd7 30. Bxc4
$36 {[%csl Re6]}) 28... Qxf4+ 29. Kxf4 Nf8 30. Rh8+ Kg7 31. Bxc4 Rxd6 32. e5
$36) 20. Rxh7 $1 $18 {Now it's over.} f5 (20... Rf8 21. Rdh1 Bxc3 22. e5 $1 {
[%cal Gh7h8]} Bxb2+ 23. Kb1 $1 Bxe5 24. Qxe5 $1 {and mate in seven.}) (20...
Bxc3 $2 21. Qxf7#) (20... Kxh7 21. Qxf7 {[%cal Gd1h1]}) 21. gxf6 Nxf6 (21...
Kxh7 22. Rh1+ Kg8 23. fxg7 $18 {[%cal Gh1h8]}) (21... Bxf6 22. Rxd7 Rf8 23. Qh6
$5 Bxd7 24. Qxg6+ Bg7 25. Rg1 Rf7 26. Ng5 $18) 22. Rxg7+ $1 Kxg7 23. e5 {
Shipov says: "Piket acted brilliantly.He cutted Black's position on two parts
and then finished the right one."} (23. e5 {The following variations confirm
that Black resigned just in time:} Nh5 (23... Nd7 24. Rh1 {[%cal Gf4h6]} Rh8
25. Rxh8 Kxh8 26. Qh6+ Kg8 27. Qxg6+ Kf8 28. Ng5 $18) (23... Nh7 24. Rh1 {
[%cal Gf4h6]} Kg8 25. Rxh7 Kxh7 26. Qf7+ Kh6 27. Nh4 {[%csl Rg6]} Kg5 28. Qxg6+
Kxh4 29. Qg4#) 24. Qg5 Rf8 25. Rg1 Nf4 26. Rh1 Nxe2+ 27. Nxe2 Qd8 28. Qh6+ Kf7
29. Ng5+ Ke8 30. Qxg6+ Kd7 31. Qxe6+ Kc6 32. d7+ Kb5 33. Nd4+ Ka5 34. Qd5+ Kb6
35. Qd6+ Ka5 36. Qc5+ Ka6 37. Qb5#) 1-0

[Event "Cutro 06th"]
[Site "Cutro"]
[Date "2000.04.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Timoscenko, Gennadij A"]
[Black "Ristic, Nenad"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2519"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2000.04.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 077"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Qa4+ Bd7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 Bg7 $6 {Perhaps
this natural move is an inaccuracy.In my opinion Black should look for
equality developing queen side.} (6... a6 $5) (6... Nc6 $5) 7. e4 $1 O-O (7...
Bc6 {is a playable alternative,but black is a bit passive.}) 8. e5 Ng4 (8...
Ne8 {was also played,but black wasn't very successful with it.}) 9. d4 Nc6 {
This Shirov's attempt to improve on black's play seems to be insufficient for
equality.} (9... Be6 10. d5 Bf5 11. Bf4 Nd7 12. Qe2 f6 13. e6 Nde5 (13... Nc5
$6 14. Qc4 b6 15. Nd4 Ne5 16. Bxe5 fxe5 17. Nc6 Qe8 18. b4 Nb7 19. Nb5 Rc8 20.
Nbxa7 Ra8 21. Nb5 Rc8 22. Rc1 Nd6 23. Nxd6 cxd6 24. Be2 $18 {1-0 Drogoon,
A-Vorobiov,E/RUS-Cup02/1998 (30)}) 14. Rd1 $1 {This seems to be the
key-position of 6...Bg7 See Rustemov-Zezulkin Swidnica 1999/CBM71[Mikhalevski]}
) 10. h3 $146 ({In the origin-game White obtained a clear edge after} 10. Bf4
Na5 (10... a5 $5 {Ftacnik} 11. h3 Nb4 12. Rc1 Nh6 13. d5 c6 $132) 11. Qe2 $1 c5
12. h3 cxd4 (12... Nh6 {Ribli} 13. dxc5 (13. d5 {Ftacnik})) 13. Nxd4 Nh6 14.
Rd1 $1 {Ivanchuk-Shirov,Rubinstein mem 1998/CBM67[Ribli]}) 10... Nh6 11. Bf4
Na5 (11... Nf5 12. d5 Na5 (12... Nb8 13. O-O-O) 13. Qd3 $1 {[%csl Ra5,Rf5]
[%cal Gb2b4,Gg2g4]} c5 $8 (13... b6 14. g4 Bh6 (14... Nh6 15. Qe3 {[%csl Rh6]})
15. Bh2 $1 Ng7 16. g5 $18) 14. g4 Nd4 (14... Bh6 15. Bxh6 Nxh6 16. Qe3 {
[%csl Rc5,Rh6]} Kg7 17. Qxc5 b6 18. Qd4 $18) (14... Nh6 15. Qe3 $18 {[%csl Rh6]
}) 15. Nxd4 cxd4 16. Qxd4 f6 17. Rd1 $1 $16 {[%cal Ge5e6]}) 12. Qe2 f6 $2 {
[%mdl 16384]} (12... c5 {would transpose to a bad edition of Ivanchuk-Shirov.}
13. dxc5 {Ribli} (13. d5 {Ftacnik})) ({I think} 12... Bc6 {was the only chance
to create some counterplay} 13. Rd1 $1 {[%cal Gd4d5]} e6 $5 (13... Bd5 14. Nxd5
Qxd5 15. b4 Nc6 16. b5 Nd8 (16... Nb4 17. a3 Na2 18. Qc2 $1) 17. Qc2 Ne6 18.
Bc4 Qd7 19. Bh2 $16) 14. d5 $5 exd5 (14... Bxd5 15. Nxd5 exd5 16. Qd2 $18 {
[%csl Ra5,Rh6]}) 15. b4 Nc4 16. b5 Bd7 17. Bxh6 (17. Nxd5 c6 18. Qxc4 cxd5 19.
Qxd5 Be6 20. Qxb7 Qa5+ 21. Bd2 Qxa2) 17... Bxh6 18. Nxd5 {[%csl Rc4][%cal
Gd5f6]} Bxb5 $1 (18... Nb6 19. Nf6+ Kh8 (19... Kg7 20. Qb2) 20. Rd4 Qe7 21. Rh4
Qa3 (21... Kg7 22. Qe3 $18) 22. Qe3 $3 Qxe3+ 23. fxe3 Kg7 24. Ng4 $1 $18 {
[%csl Rh6]}) 19. Nf6+ Qxf6 20. exf6 Rfe8 $132) 13. O-O-O $5 (13. d5 $5 fxe5 14.
Bxe5 $16 {[%csl Ra5,Re7,Rg8]} (14. Bxh6 Bxh6 15. b4 {[%csl Ra5]} c5 $1 16. bxa5
Qxa5 17. Qb2 e4 18. Nd2 e3 $13)) 13... fxe5 14. Bxe5 Bf6 15. d5 {[%csl Ra5]
[%cal Gb2b4]} b6 16. Nd4 $16 {White is clearly better as all his pieces
dominate on their contraries.} Qc8 17. Qe3 $1 Nf7 (17... Bxe5 $142) 18. Bxf6
exf6 19. Ne6 Bxe6 $8 (19... Re8 20. Ne4 $18 {[%csl Rf6]}) 20. dxe6 Nd6 21. e7
Rf7 ({More stubborn was} 21... Re8 {but after} 22. Nd5 Kg7 23. g4 $1 $16 {
[%csl Rg7] White's win is only a matter of time.}) 22. Rxd6 $1 {[%mdl 64] With
the help of this simple tactical blow White wins at least a piece.} (22. Bb5 $5
) 22... cxd6 23. Bb5 $18 Qb7 (23... Nc6 24. e8=Q+ Qxe8 25. Qxe8+ Rxe8 26. Bxc6
$18 {[%csl Rf7,Rg8][%cal Gc6d5]}) 24. e8=Q+ Rxe8 25. Qxe8+ {The rest doesn't
deserve any comments.} Kg7 26. Qe4 Qc8 27. Rd1 a6 28. Be2 Qc5 29. Qd4 b5 30.
Qxc5 dxc5 31. Rd6 1-0

[Event "Ubeda op 5th"]
[Site "Ubeda"]
[Date "2000.01.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gallego Jimenez, Victoriano"]
[Black "Yandemirov, Valeri"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2359"]
[BlackElo "2472"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2000.01.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 075"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qh4 Nxc3 7. dxc3 Nc6
8. e4 e5 9. Bg5 Be7 10. Bc4 Bxg5 $2 {[%mdl 8192] Unfortunate reaction.Black
gets an endgame a pawn down by force.So far 10...h5!(A.Greenfeld) leads to an
equal endgame.} (10... h5 $1 {See Piket-Mikhalevski,V Belgrad 1999/CBM69
[Mikhalevski V]}) (10... h6 $5) 11. Nxg5 (11. Qxg5 $6 Qxg5 12. Nxg5 Nd8 13.
O-O-O f6 14. Nf3 Ke7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Grunberg,M-Szeberenyi,A/Budapest 1998/EXT
2000 (44)}) 11... h6 12. Bxf7+ Kf8 13. O-O-O $1 {The most simple way to refuse
Black's idea.} (13. Be6 {is also interesting and probably sufficient for
recieving an adge.} Kg7 14. Rd1 $1 (14. Bxd7 hxg5 15. Qg4 Rh4 16. Qe6 Rxe4+ 17.
Kf1 Qe7 18. Qxe7+ Nxe7 19. f3 Rf4 20. Kf2 Raf8 21. Rhe1 e4 22. Kg1 Nd5 23. Rad1
exf3 24. gxf3 c6 25. Be6 Rxf3 26. Bxd5 cxd5 27. Rxd5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Sebenik,
M-Zvan,Z/Rogaska Slatina 1998/EXT 2000 (33)}) 14... Nd4 15. Qg3 $1 Nc2+ 16. Ke2
Bb5+ 17. c4 Qxg5 18. cxb5 Qxg3 19. hxg3 Nd4+ 20. Rxd4 exd4 21. Rc1 Kf6 22. Bd5
c6 23. bxc6 Rac8 24. b4 bxc6 25. Bxc6 Rc7 26. b5 Rb8 27. a4 a6 28. Rc4 axb5 29.
axb5 $16 {1-0 Belotelov,D-Szeberenyi,A/Budapest 1999/EXT 2000 (45)}) ({But not
} 13. Ne6+ $4 Bxe6 14. Qxd8+ Nxd8 $19 {[%cal Gd8e6]}) 13... Qxg5+ $8 (13... Kg7
$2 {is impossible in view of} 14. Ne6+ $18 {[%csl Rd8][%cal Gd1d8]}) (13...
hxg5 $2 {also can't satisfy black.} 14. Qxh8+ Kxf7 15. Rxd7+ (15. Qh7+ $5)) 14.
Qxg5 hxg5 15. Rxd7 Rh7 16. Be6 Rxd7 17. Bxd7 $16 {Is this the position Black
was striving to?White is a pawn up and has good chances to convert his
advantage into a full point.} Ne7 18. Be6 (18. h4 $5 $16 {seems to be the
right way of making use of an extra pawn on the king side}) 18... Rd8 19. Rd1
$6 {[%mdl 16384] I think White should keep the rooks as after the exchange it
will not be simple to break through on the king side.} ({After} 19. Re1 {
[%cal Ge1e3,Ge3g3] the following play is possible} Rd6 20. Bb3 Rf6 21. Re2 {
[%cal Gc1d2,Gd2e1,Ge2e3,Ge3g3]} Rd6 22. Re3 Rf6 {and it's difficult to make
progress}) (19. h4 $5 {is still looks promising}) 19... Rxd1+ 20. Kxd1 Kg7 21.
b4 {It's useful to take some space on the queen side,but I think it was more
important to try solving the problem of the king side.For this purpose plan
Ke2-e3(f3-g4 if necessary),then g3 and h4 following by f4 seems to be the
right one.Certainly the realization of this plan is not so simple,but White
should try it as soon as possible.} Kf6 22. Bd7 Ng8 $1 {[%cal Gf6e7,Gg8f6]
Preparing Ke7 following by Nf6 Black makes the advances h4 and f4 more
difficult.} 23. Bc8 b6 24. Ke2 Ke7 {[%cal Gg8f6] Bringing the knight into play}
25. Kd3 (25. Ke3 $5) 25... Nf6 26. f3 ({I would prefer} 26. h3 {following by
g3 and h4 and leaving the f3 square available for the white king}) 26... c6 27.
Bb7 (27. Ke3 $5 {[%cal Ge3f2,Gf2g3,Gh2h4]}) 27... Kd7 28. Ba6 Ne8 29. Bc4 Nd6
30. Bb3 Ke7 {Now it becomes clear that advance b2-b4 was an inaccuracy as
white king is linked to the c3 pawn and can't help on the king side(Ke3 will
be met by Nb5)} 31. g3 Kf6 32. Ba4 c5 33. bxc5 (33. Bd1 $1 {[%cal Gd1e2] was
probably the right plan with the idea 34.Be2 taking under control squares c4
and b5 and preparing Ke3 following by h4 and finally f4 creating an extra pawn.
}) 33... bxc5 34. Bb3 Ke7 35. Bd5 Kf6 36. Bc6 (36. Kc2 {[%cal Gc2b3,Gb3a4,
Ga4a5,Ga5a6] with the idea Kc2-b3-a4 was interesting,but Black can stop white
king with} Nc8 $1 {[%csl Ga4][%cal Gc8b6] with the idea Nb6 covering the
a4-square}) 36... Ke7 37. Ba4 Kf6 38. Bd7 Ke7 39. Bc6 Kf6 40. Bd5 Ke7 41. h3 $6
{Strange decision.White pawns should stay on the black squares.In my opinion
he was still able to go back to above mentioned plan(Bd5-b3-d1-e2 and so on).}
Kf6 42. Bc4 Ke7 43. Ba6 Kd7 {Black is careful.White was preparing Kd3-c2-b3-a4.
} (43... Kf6 44. Kc2 Ke7 45. Kb3 Kd7 46. Ka4 Kc6 47. Ka5) 44. Kc2 {I think
White still should bring his bishop to e2.} c4 {[%csl Ra6][%cal Gd7c6,Gc6b6]
Suddenly White's bishop gets in a serious danger.Black is threatening Kc6-b6.
So next white moves are obligatory.} 45. a4 $8 Kc6 46. a5 Kd7 47. Kb2 Kc6 48.
Ka3 Kc5 49. Ka4 {Black finally must free White's bishop.} Ne8 ({An attempt of} 
49... g4 50. hxg4 g5 {looks dangerous as White can bring his king back to e3
and prepare f4.} 51. Ka3 {[%cal Ga3b2,Gb2c2,Gc2d2,Gd2e3,Gf3f4]}) 50. Bc8 Nf6 {
[%cal Gf6h5]} 51. g4 {The result of inaccuracy on the 41-th move.Look on the
White's king side pawns.This is the example where the pawns shouldn't be.
(Pawns should stand on the squares of the opposite to your bishop colour)} Ne8
{[%csl Ge5,Gg5]} 52. Bd7 ({Or} 52. Be6 Nc7 {[%cal Gc7b5]} 53. Bd7 Kd6 54. Bc8
Kc5 $11) 52... Nc7 53. Ka3 Kd6 54. Ba4 Kc5 55. Bd7 Nb5+ 56. Bxb5 (56. Bxb5 {
Now draw is inevitable.For instance} Kxb5 57. a6 Ka5 58. Kb2 Kxa6 59. Ka3 Kb5
60. Kb2 Ka4 61. Ka2 {and waiting on the squares b2 and a2 White keeps the
position.}) (56. Kb2 Nc7 $11 {[%cal Gc5d6]}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Elgoibar 09th"]
[Site "Elgoibar"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ubilava, Elizbar"]
[Black "Fernandes, Antonio ETG"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2556"]
[BlackElo "2438"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1999.11.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 075"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Qa4+ c6 ({In my opinion} 5... Bd7
{is better.}) 6. Qd4 {This move has been known from the distant 1937.Alekhin
as white was trying to make use of the not best 5-th and 6-th black's moves.
See the game below.} f6 (6... Nf6 $6 {Not very fortunate alternative of 6...f6}
7. Qxd8+ Kxd8 8. d4 b6 9. e4 Nfd7 10. Bc4 Ke8 11. Bf4 Ba6 12. Bb3 e6 13. O-O-O
{with clear adge for White.1/2-1/2 Alekhine,A-Rellstab,L/Kemeri 1937/HCL (50)})
7. e4 {The idea of the previous move.White is aiming to get a better endgame
thanks to the strong pawn center.} e5 {The most general reaction as the
endgame is clearly in the White's favour.} ({Almost all knight retreats were
also tried on practice,but can't be recommended:} 7... Nb6) (7... Nc7) (7...
Nxc3) 8. Nxe5 ({The very rare} 8. Qd3 {is another option.}) 8... Nxc3 9. Qxc3 (
9. Qxd8+ $2 Kxd8 10. Nf7+ Ke8 11. Nxh8 Nxe4 12. Bc4 Nd6 13. Bb3 Bg7) 9... Qe7
$1 10. Nf3 (10. Nc4 Qxe4+ 11. Kd1 (11. Ne3 $5 {0-1 Truta,S-Dobos,J/Budapest
1993/EXT 97 (38)}) 11... Kf7 12. b3 Be6 13. Bb2 Nd7 14. Bd3 Qd5 15. Re1 b5 16.
Be4 Qc5 17. d4 Qh5+ 18. g4 Bxg4+ 19. f3 $36 {1-0 Mohr,G-Kozul,Z/Maribor 1993/
CBM 36 (30)}) 10... Qxe4+ 11. Be2 Nd7 {[%cal Gf8b4]} (11... Bg7 12. O-O O-O 13.
Bc4+ Kh8 14. Re1 Qg4 15. Re7 Qh5 16. d4 Nd7 17. Qa3 Nb6 18. Rxg7 $1 {1-0 Kuzev,
J-Dovramadjiev,T/Shumen 1997/EXT 98 (18)}) 12. O-O (12. a3 $5 {deserves a
serious attention.Preventing Bb4 White develops strong initiative.} Be7 13. d3
Qd5 14. Bh6 Qf7 15. O-O Nb6 16. Ng5 Qg8 17. Bf3 fxg5 18. Bg7 Be6 19. Bxh8 O-O-O
20. Be5 $18 {1-0 Horvath,G-Thiel,T/Balatonbereny 1994/EXT 97 (28)}) (12. d4 Nb6
13. O-O Qd5 14. Re1 Kf7 15. Bd1 Qd6 16. Bb3+ Nd5 17. Nd2 Be6 18. Qf3 Qb4 19.
Re4 Re8 20. a3 Qb5 21. Nc4 Bg4 22. Qxg4 Rxe4 23. Qxe4 Qxb3 $15 {1-0 Ivanov,
M-Krupkova,P/Aaland-Stockholm 1997/EXT 98 (41)}) 12... Bb4 13. Qb3 (13. d3 $5
Qe7 14. Qc2 Nb6 15. Bh6 Be6 16. Nd4 O-O-O 17. Nxe6 Qxe6 18. Bf3 g5 $13 {
0-1 Kohlweyer,B-Kozul,Z/Frankfurt 1990/CBM 20/[Ribli] (54)}) (13. Qc4 Qxc4 14.
Bxc4 Nb6 15. Re1+ Kf8 16. Bb3 Kg7 17. a3 Bd6 18. d3 Bg4 19. Nd4 Rhe8 20. Be3
Rad8 21. h3 Bc8 22. Nf3 Bb8 $15 {1/2-1/2 Giemsa,S-Roese,O/Germany 1991/GER-chT
(64)}) (13. Qe3 Qxe3 14. dxe3 Nb6 15. Rd1 Be6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Franco Ocampo,
Z-Krupkova,P/Montecatini Terme 1998/EXT 2000 (56)}) 13... Nc5 14. Qd1 {I was
very surprised when I found out that all this has already been played.Maybe
Ubilava was not less surprised than me checking the line after the game!} Nd3
$1 $146 {Only this move is new and seems to be very strong novelty.Black
blockes the development of the queen side and forces White to exchange his
white-squared bishop to free himself.} ({In the only previous game Black tried
} 14... Be6 15. d3 Qd5 16. Be3 Nd7 17. Qa4 Be7 18. Nd4 Bf7 19. Bf3 Nb6 20. Qc2
Qd7 21. Rfe1 O-O 22. Nb3 Bd5 23. Bxb6 axb6 24. Bxd5+ cxd5 25. Nd4 Bc5 26. Ne6
Rfe8 27. Nxc5 Rxe1+ 28. Rxe1 bxc5 29. Qxc5 Rxa2 30. h3 Kf7 $11 {1-0 Horvath,
G-Gorjatschkin,W/St Ingbert 1991/EXT 97 (56)}) 15. Bxd3 (15. Ne1 $5 {Looks
better in order to exchange undeveloped bishop instead of remaining with the
necessity of its development.} Nxc1 16. Rxc1 Be6 17. Bf3 {[%cal Ge1c2,Ge1d3,
Gd1e2]}) 15... Qxd3 16. Re1+ Kf7 17. b3 Bf5 $17 {[%csl Gb4,Rd2,Gf5] The pair
of bishops and a weakness on d2 allow to evaluate the position as clear
advantage for Black.} 18. Bb2 Rhe8 19. a3 Rxe1+ 20. Qxe1 Re8 21. Qc1 Ba5 22.
Qc5 Bb6 23. Qc3 Qxc3 24. Bxc3 {Queens exchange doesn't bring relief.} Rd8 25.
Re1 g5 $1 {Taking space on the king side.} 26. h3 h5 27. Nh2 {[%cal Gh2f1,
Gf1e3]} Rd3 28. Nf1 Be6 29. b4 f5 {[%csl Rf1][%cal Gf5f4]} 30. Ne3 f4 31. Nd1 {
Despite Black's advantage is clear White's position is still very firm.} Bb3 (
31... Rd7 $5 32. Re5 $140 Rd5) 32. Nb2 Rd6 33. h4 Kg6 $2 {[%mdl 16384]
Following play can be explained by time-trouble.} (33... gxh4 $142 34. Re4 f3
$1 35. Rf4+ (35. Rxh4 Rg6 {[%cal Gb3d5]}) 35... Ke7 36. Rxf3 Bd5 37. Rh3 Rg6
38. Rh2 h3 $1 $17) 34. hxg5 Kxg5 35. Re7 Re6 36. Rg7+ Kh6 {[%cal Ge6e1]} 37.
Nd3 (37. Kf1 $5) 37... Bc2 38. Ne5 $4 {[%mdl 8192] Very annoying blunder
especially if we take in cosideration the fact that White is already in
possession of initiative.} (38. Ne5 $4 Kxg7 $19) ({After} 38. Nxf4 Re1+ 39. Kh2
Bxf2 40. Rxb7 {White is better}) 0-1

[Event "Dov Porath Memorial"]
[Site "Givataim"]
[Date "2004.10.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Lerner, Konstantin Z"]
[Black "Mikhalevski, Victor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2504"]
[BlackElo "2566"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2004.10.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Rb1 Nd7 {
The main line.} 8. Qc2 $5 {A rare, but very unpleasant for Black move.
Protecting the rook and bringing the queen into play White creates a threat of
Bxb7. That's the reason for my next move.} c6 {Frankly speaking I didn't like
this move, but couldn't find anything better.} (8... O-O {which was played
early looks dangerous in view of} 9. Bxb7 Bxb7 10. Rxb7 Nb6 11. Qe4 {For some
reason White never played 9.Bxb7.}) (8... Nb6 {deserves serious attention.}) 9.
Nf3 Qa5 {with the idea to meet d4 with e5.} (9... O-O {was an alternative.})
10. O-O O-O 11. c4 {Black has a problem with development of the queenside.} Nc5
$5 12. d3 e5 $5 {Showing presence in the centre.} ({In the only preceding game
Black tested} 12... Qa4 $6 13. Qd2 $5 Bf5 $6 (13... Rd8 $5) 14. a3 $1 {[%cal
Gd2b4]} b5 $2 15. cxb5 (15. Rb4 $5 Qa5 16. cxb5 cxb5 17. Nh4 $16 {[%csl Ra8,
Rf5]}) 15... cxb5 16. Nh4 Nb3 $1 17. Qe3 Be6 $2 (17... Bd4 $142 18. Qxe7 Rae8
19. Qg5 Bd7 $16) 18. Bxa8 $18 {1-0 Banas,J-Blazkova,P/Litomysl 1997/EXT 99 (50)
}) 13. Bd2 Qa4 (13... Qc7 $2 14. Bb4 $1 {[%csl Rc5][%cal Gb4f8]}) 14. Qxa4 Nxa4
15. Rfc1 $1 {[%cal Gc4c5] White wants to cut the a4-knight off the game.} Re8
$1 {My only counter chance is e4.} 16. c5 {[%csl Ra4]} e4 $1 ({In case of} 
16... Bf8 17. Be3 e4 18. Nd2 $1 (18. dxe4 Rxe4) 18... exd3 19. exd3 {I would
have to sacrifice an exchange without sufficient compensation.} Rxe3 20. fxe3
$16) 17. dxe4 Rxe4 18. e3 Bf8 {Now White obtains pressure along the
a8-h1-diagonal.} ({Fritz 8 recommends} 18... Bb2 $5 19. Rc2 Bg7 $13 {with the
idea to exploit white rooks on c2 and b1.}) 19. Nd4 Re8 20. Nxc6 $1 (20. Bb4
Bd7) 20... Nxc5 ({Certainly not} 20... bxc6 $2 21. Bxc6 {and too many pieces
are hanging.}) 21. Nd4 $1 {White finds the most unpleasant moves. The
queenside is still the main problem for Black.} (21. Na5 Bf5 $1 22. Rb5 Rad8 $1
) 21... Rb8 $5 22. Bb4 $1 Ne6 $1 23. Nb5 $5 {[%csl Ra7] Putting even more
pressure on my queenside.} ({Probably} 23. Bxf8 $1 {was even better} Nxd4 24.
Bd6 $1 Ne2+ 25. Kf1 Nxc1 26. Bxb8 Nxa2 27. Bxa7 b5 $5 $14 {/+/- and White is
better thanks to a bishop pair.}) 23... Bxb4 24. Rxb4 a5 25. Rb2 $1 {And again
Lerner chooses the best move.} ({After} 25. Rbc4 Rd8 $1 26. Nd6 Rxd6 27. Rxc8+
Rd8 $1 28. Rxd8+ Nxd8 $1 $14 {Black keeps all his pieces together.}) (25. Nd6
$5 axb4 26. Nxe8 Nd8 $1 {also looks playable for Black.}) 25... b6 (25... Rd8
$6 {is strongly met by} 26. Na7 $1 $16 {[%csl Rb7,Rb8,Rd8][%cal Ga7c6,Ga7c8]})
26. Nd6 {[%csl Rb6][%cal Gc1c6,Gd6c8]} ({Also strong was simple doubling of
rooks along the b-file.} 26. Rcb1 $5 Rd8 27. Na7 Bd7 28. Rxb6 $16) 26... Rd8
27. Nc4 $6 {First inaccuracy, which allows me to get counter chances.} (27. Rc6
$142 $1 {is enough for an extra pawn without counterplay.} b5 28. Nxc8 Rbxc8
29. Rxc8 Rxc8 30. Rxb5 Rc1+ 31. Bf1 a4 32. Rb4 Nc5 33. Rc4 $16 {with good
chances for a win.}) 27... Ba6 $1 28. Rxb6 Rxb6 $1 (28... Bxc4 29. Rxb8 Rxb8
30. Rxc4 $16) 29. Nxb6 Rd2 {The rook penetrates to the second rank, which
promises some counterplay.} 30. Bd5 $6 ({It wasn't easy to find the best move
here. Probably White is still better after} 30. a3 $1 {inviting the rook to a2.
} Ra2 $140 {and only then} 31. a4 $1 $16 {and this time} Nc5 $2 {doesn't work
in view of} 32. Bd5 $1 Nd3 33. Rc7 $1 (33. Bxa2 $5 Nxc1 34. Bd5 $16) 33... Ra1+
(33... Rxf2 34. Ra7 $1 {[%csl Ra6]}) 34. Kg2 Ne5 35. h3 {with a decisive
advantage.}) 30... Ng5 $1 {[%cal Gg5h3] I think Lerner missed this idea.} 31.
Kg2 Bd3 $1 {[%cal Gg5e4,Gd3e4]} 32. Nc4 $1 {Bringing the knight to d6 White
also creates some threats.} ({Now} 32. a3 {wouldn't be enough for any
advantage. Activity of black pieces compensates the pawn.} Be4+ (32... Ne4 $5
33. Bxe4 Bxe4+ 34. Kg1 Ra2) 33. Bxe4 Nxe4 34. Rf1 Rc2 $1 $11) 32... Rxa2 33.
Nd6 (33. Ne5 $2 {is bad in view of} Be4+ $1) 33... Rd2 $5 {Preparing a
discovered check.} (33... Rc2 $5 34. Ra1 $1 Rc5 35. e4 {is still better for
White.}) 34. h4 Ne6 $1 {The only move again.} (34... Bf5 $2 {loses to} 35. Nxf5
gxf5 36. Rc5 Ne4 37. Bxe4 fxe4 38. Rxa5 $18 {and Black loses another pawn.})
35. Rc8+ $6 {White misses his last chance.} (35. Ra1 $1 {preserved chances for
a win.} Bf1+ 36. Kxf1 Rxd5 37. Nc4 $16 {and Black needs to trade the knights
to reach a theoretically drawish position.}) 35... Kg7 36. Ne8+ Kf8 $1 {
As you can see below discovered checks bring no fruits and so a draw was
agreed. A tough game!} (36... Kh6 $6 {is dangerous as the black king can find
itself in the net.} 37. g4 $1 g5 38. Bxe6 fxe6 39. hxg5+ Kxg5 40. Rc5+ $1 Kg6 (
40... Kxg4 41. Nf6+ Kh4 42. Rh5#) 41. Rxa5 $16 {and White is a pawn up.}) (
36... Kf8 $1 37. Nf6+ {Now Black can choose between repetition of moves and}
Ke7 $5 {which, in fact, also leads to equality.} (37... Kg7 {leads to a draw
after} 38. Ne8+ Kf8 $11) 38. Nxh7 Bf5 $5 {[%csl Rc8,Rd5][%cal Ge6f4]} 39. Bxe6
$8 Bxe6 40. Rc7+ Kd6 41. Ra7 Bd5+ 42. Kh3 Rxf2 43. Rxa5 Be6+ (43... Rf1 $5) 44.
g4 Rf3+ 45. Kg2 Rxe3 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Capablanca Memorial Elite 35th"]
[Site "Varadero"]
[Date "2000.05.07"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Stefansson, Hannes"]
[Black "Bruzon Batista, Lazaro"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2566"]
[BlackElo "2568"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2000.05.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 077"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. Nf3 g6 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qb3 Nb6 7. Ng5 e6 8.
d3 $146 ({RR} 8. d4 Bg7 9. Bf4 Nc6 10. e3 Ne7 11. Nf3 O-O 12. Rc1 Rc8 13. Be2
h6 14. h3 Ned5 15. Be5 c5 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. O-O cxd4 18. Nxd4 Nxc3 19. Rxc3 Qe7
$11 {Shetty,R-Vakhidov,T/Calcutta IND 2000/0-1 (65)}) 8... Bg7 (8... Nc6 9. Be3
Bg7 10. Nf3 O-O 11. Bc5 Re8 12. e3 Nd5 13. Rc1 b6 14. Ba3 Na5 15. Qc2 c5 16.
Be2 Rc8 17. O-O Bc6 18. Nxd5 Bxd5 19. Qb1 e5 20. b4 e4 21. Nd2 exd3 22. Qxd3 c4
23. Qc2 {Speelman,J-Ricardi,P/Las Vegas 1999/CBM 72/[Pein]/1-0 (43)}) 9. Nge4
h6 $146 (9... O-O 10. Bg5 f6 11. Bd2 {1/2-1/2 Laketic,G-Konopka,M/Prague 1989/
EXT 97 (11)}) 10. g3 Nc6 11. Bg2 Qe7 12. O-O O-O 13. a4 Nd4 14. Qd1 Nd5 15. e3
Nf5 16. d4 Bc6 17. Nc5 Rfd8 18. Ne2 b6 19. Nd3 Nb4 {It seems that Black has
solved opening problems.} 20. Bxc6 Nxc6 21. Qc2 Qd7 22. b4 Bxd4 $2 {Too
optimistic.} ({Dubious is} 22... e5 $6 23. b5 e4 24. Ndf4 {[%csl Re4]}) ({
However} 22... Nce7 {deserved attention}) 23. exd4 Ncxd4 24. Nxd4 Nxd4 25. Qb2
$4 {[%mdl 8192] Awful blunder.Instead of position with an extra piece White
loses immediately.} ({Necessary was} 25. Qd1 Qd5 (25... e5 26. Be3 Qf5 27. Ne1)
26. f3 (26. Ne1 Qc4 $36) 26... Nc6 27. Nf2 Qxd1 28. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 29. Nxd1 Nxb4
30. Bxh6 $16) 25... Nf3+ 26. Kg2 (26. Kh1 e5 $1 {[%csl Rh1][%cal Gd7h3]} (26...
Qxd3 27. Bxh6 Nd4 28. f3 $17) 27. Nxe5 $140 $2 (27. Nf4 $142 exf4 28. Bxf4 Qh3
29. g4 Rd4 $19) 27... Qh3 28. Nxf3 Qxf1+ 29. Ng1 Rd1 $19) 26... Qc6 $1 $19 {
Perhaps White has missed this move.Otherwise he would play 25.Qd1 with clear
edge.} ({White's play was built on} 26... Qxd3 $2 27. Ra3) 27. Qf6 $2 {loses
on spot.} (27. Kh3 {was better, but certainly it couldn't save.} Rxd3 28. Bxh6
e5 $19) 27... Rxd3 $6 (27... Ne1+ $142 {wins by force:} 28. Kh3 Qg2+ 29. Kg4 (
29. Kh4 Qxh2+ 30. Kg4 Qh5+ 31. Kf4 Qf3+ 32. Ke5 Nxd3#) 29... Rd4+ $1 {[%mdl
512]} 30. Qxd4 (30. Bf4 Nf3 $3 {[%csl Rg4][%cal Rh6h5]}) (30. f4 Qxh2 $1 {
[%csl Rg4][%cal Rh2h5]}) (30. Nf4 Nf3 $3 {[%cal Rh6h5]}) 30... f5+ 31. Kf4 $8
g5+ 32. Ke5 (32. Ke3 Nc2+ {[%csl Rd4,Re3]} 33. Kd2 Nxd4 {[%csl Ra1,Rd2,Rf1]
[%cal Gd4b3]}) 32... Nf3+ 33. Kf6 Nxd4 $19) 28. Kh3 (28. Bb2 {doesn't change
much:} Ne1+ 29. Kh3 Qg2+ 30. Kg4 (30. Kh4 $2 Qxh2+ 31. Kg4 Qh5+ 32. Kf4 Rf3+
33. Ke4 Qd5#) 30... e5 $3 {[%mdl 64]} (30... Qf3+ $19) 31. Bxe5 (31. Raxe1 Rf3
$3 {[%mdl 64]} 32. Rg1 (32. Qxf3 h5+) 32... Rf4+ $1 33. Qxf4 f5+ 34. Qxf5 (34.
Kh4 Qxh2#) 34... gxf5+ 35. Kh5 ({After} 35. Kxf5 {Black mates in 10 by means of
} Qf3+ (35... Qxf2+ $19 {[%csl Rb2,Rf5]})) 35... Qh3+ 36. Kg6 Qg4+ 37. Kf6 Re8
$1 {[%csl Rf6][%cal Gg8h7,Gg4g6,Rg4g5]}) 31... Qf3+ 32. Qxf3 (32. Kh3 Qh5+ 33.
Qh4 Qxh4+ 34. Kxh4 Nf3+ {[%csl Re5,Rh4]}) 32... Nxf3 $19 {[%csl Rf1,Rg4][%cal
Gf3h2,Gf3e5]}) 28... Qd5 {[%cal Gd5h5,Gh5h2]} 29. Rh1 $8 (29. Be3 Rxe3 $1 {
[%mdl 64]} 30. fxe3 Ng5+ 31. Kh4 Qg2 $1 {[%csl Rh4][%cal Gg2h3]} 32. Kg4 Qe2+
33. Kf4 (33. Rf3 Nxf3 $19) 33... Qc4+ 34. Qd4 (34. Ke5 Qe4#) 34... e5+ $1 35.
Kxe5 (35. Kg4 Qe2+) 35... Qe6+ 36. Kf4 Qf5#) 29... h5 $2 {Black doesn't find
mating mechanism.} (29... Ng5+ $1 {is winning on the spot} 30. Bxg5 (30. Kh4
Qe4+ 31. Bf4 Qf3 {[%csl Rh4][%cal Gf3h5]}) 30... hxg5 {[%cal Gg5g4,Gd5h5]} 31.
f3 (31. Kg4 Qe4+ 32. f4 (32. Kh3 g4+ 33. Kh4 Rd5 $1 {[%cal Gd5h5]}) 32... Qf3+
33. Kh3 Qh5+ 34. Kg2 Rd2+ 35. Kg1 Qe2) 31... Rxf3 $19 {[%cal Gg5g4]}) 30. Bb2 (
{Better was} 30. Bh6 {forcing exchange of queens} Qe5 31. Qxe5 Nxe5 {[%cal
Ge5g4]}) 30... Qf5+ $2 (30... e5 $142 {[%csl Rh3][%cal Gd3d2,Gg6g5]}) 31. Kg2
$1 {[%csl Rg8] Instead of position with mating attack Black finds himself in
the endgame with two extra pawns where some accuracy required as his king is
feeling unsecure.} e5 $6 (31... Qxf6 $142 32. Bxf6 g5 $3 {[%cal Gg8h7,Gh7g6,
Gg5g4] I believe this was the right plan.Black liberates his king while
creating mating net near the rival's monarch.} (32... Nd2 $143 33. Rhd1 Rd5 34.
b5 $1 {[%csl Rc7]} a6 35. a5 $1 (35. Rac1 $5) 35... bxa5 (35... Nb3 $2 36. axb6
$1 Nxa1 $140 $2 37. b7 $1 $18) 36. Rxa5 Nc4 37. Rxa6 $1 $132) 33. Rhd1 (33.
Rac1 Rc8 $1 {[%cal Gg8h7,Gh7g6]}) 33... Rxd1 34. Rxd1 g4 35. b5 $1 (35. Rd7 Rc8
$1 (35... Kh7 36. Rxc7 Kg6 37. Be7 $1)) 35... a6 $1 36. Rd8+ Rxd8 37. Bxd8 axb5
38. axb5 Nd2 $1 39. Bxc7 Nc4 40. Kf1 Kf8 41. Ke2 Ke7 42. Kd3 Kd7 43. Bf4 Na3
44. Be3 Kc7 45. Bf4+ Kb7 $19) 32. Qxf5 gxf5 33. Rac1 (33. Rhc1 $5 Rb3 34. Ra3
$1 Nh4+ $1 35. gxh4 Rxb2 36. Rg3+ Kf8 37. Rxc7 Rxb4 38. Rg5 Rg4+ 39. Kh3 $1 {
with chances for escape}) 33... Rb3 34. Bc3 $5 $132 Ng5 (34... e4 35. Rhd1 {
[%cal Gd1d7,Gd1d5]}) 35. Bxe5 Rxb4 36. Rxc7 Rxa4 37. Rd1 $6 (37. Rhc1 $142 $5 {
was better creating some threats along the 8-th rank.} Re8 (37... Re4 38. f4 $1
$132 {[%cal Gc7c8]}) 38. Rc8 Rxc8 (38... Rf8 $4 39. Rxf8+ Kxf8 40. Bf6 $18 {
[%csl Rf8,Rg5][%cal Gc1c8]}) 39. Rxc8+ Kh7 40. Rh8+ Kg6 41. Rg8+ Kh6 42. h4 f6
$1 (42... Ne6 43. Rh8+ Kg6 44. Rg8+ $11) 43. Bxf6 $132 (43. hxg5+ $5 Kh7 44.
Re8 fxe5 45. Rxe5 f4 $1 46. Re6)) 37... Re8 38. Bf6 (38. Ra1 $5 Rxa1 39. Bxa1
Ra8 40. Rd7 {[%cal Gd7d5]}) 38... Ne4 39. Rdd7 $2 (39. Ra1 $5) 39... Nxf6 {
Now Black is simply a piece up.} 40. Rxf7 Rf8 (40... Re6 $5 41. Rg7+ Kf8) 41.
Rg7+ Kh8 42. h3 Ne8 43. Rh7+ Kg8 44. Rce7 Rf6 (44... f4 $5) 45. Rxh5 Ng7 46.
Rg5 Rf7 47. Re8+ Kh7 48. Rb8 Rb4 {[%cal Ga7a5]} 49. h4 Ne6 {White has no
compensation for the piece.} (49... a5 $5) 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 1st"]
[Site "Saint Vincent"]
[Date "2000.07.12"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Mikhalevski, Victor"]
[Black "Odeev, Handszar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2532"]
[BlackElo "2442"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2000.07.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Qa4+ {The choice of this line wasn't very
surprising as I have already lost with it two games as Black earlier at the
tournament and wanted to look at the position from the other side of the board.
} Bd7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 {In both those games I played 6...a6,but Odeev shows
that he is ready to follow another my game(Goldin-Mikhalevski,Rishon-Lezion
1997).See below.} Bg7 7. e4 {[%cal Ge4e5] I didn't mind.} O-O 8. e5 Ng4 9. d4
Be6 (9... Nc6 {was tried in the game Ivanchuk-Shirov,Rubinstein mem 1998/CBM67
[Ribli]} {but after} 10. Bf4 Na5 11. Qe2 $1 $14 {White is better in view of
unfortunate position of black knights.}) 10. Qb5 $5 {Unfortunately I wasn't
very curious to know what my opponent prepared after 10.d5.} ({In case of} 10.
d5 Bf5 11. Bf4 Nd7 12. Qe2 f6 13. e6 Nde5 {unclear position with mutual
chances arises.} (13... Nc5 $2 14. Qc4 b6 15. Nd4 Ne5 16. Bxe5 fxe5 17. Nc6 Qe8
18. b4 Nb7 19. Nb5 Rc8 20. Nbxa7 Ra8 21. Nb5 Rc8 22. Rc1 Nd6 23. Nxd6 cxd6 24.
Be2 $18 {1-0 Drogoon,A-Vorobiov,E/Moscow 1998/EXT 99 (31)}) 14. Rd1 $1 $146 (
14. Bxe5 fxe5 15. h3 Nf6 16. Rd1 e4 17. Ne5 c6 18. dxc6 Qc7 19. cxb7 Rad8 $1
$36 {0-1 Goldin,A-Mikhalevski,V/Rishon Le Ziyyon 1997/CBM 62 ext (30)}) 14...
c6 $2 (14... Qd6 $5) (14... Nxf3+ $5) 15. Nd4 $1 $16 {Rustemov-Zezulkin,
Swidnica 1999/CBM71[Mikhalevski]}) 10... Qc8 $5 $146 {Looks better than b6.} ({
In the only preceding game Black prefered} 10... b6 {but after} 11. h3 Nh6 12.
Be2 c6 13. Qa4 f6 14. exf6 exf6 15. O-O Nf5 16. Bf4 b5 17. Qd1 b4 18. Ne4 Bd5
19. Bd3 {White got a better play.1-0 Koerholz,L-Wiedenkeller,M/Bonnevoie 1999/
EXT 2000 (29)}) (10... Nc6 $2 11. d5 a6 12. Qc5 $18 {[%csl Rc6,Re6]}) 11. h3
Nh6 12. Bf4 (12. Be2 $5 {Odeev}) 12... c6 13. Qe2 {[%csl Rh6][%cal Ge2d2]
Trying to catch the knight with Qd2 and g4} f6 {Preparing retreat of the
knight to f7 and maybe even g5 in some cases.} ({An attempt to prevent Qd2
with the help of tactics by means of} 13... Rd8 $6 {is suspicious in a view of}
14. g4 $1 {[%csl Rh6][%cal Ge2e3] and Black has to move the f-pawn anyway
while the move Rd8 is not necessary.} (14. Qd2 $140 $6 Nf5 15. g4 $2 (15. Rd1
$142) 15... Nxd4 16. Nxd4 c5 $17)) (13... Qd7 $2 {is bad in view of
above-mentioned threat:} 14. Qd2 Nf5 15. g4 {and} Bd5 {doesn't help:} 16. Nxd5
Qxd5 17. Bg2 {[%csl Rf5] winning the knight.}) 14. O-O-O $6 {[%mdl 16384] A
bad move which was made after a prolonged thought.The idea was to keep all the
options open,in particular in case of Nd7 ef White forces N:f6.The only,but
very seriou s drawback is vulnerable position of White's king.} (14. Qd2 $5 Nf7
(14... g5) 15. Qe3 {and then developing the f1-bishop White completes
development getting slightly better position.}) 14... b5 $1 {[%cal Gb8a6,Ga6b4]
Black starts with the attack immediately.The main attacking resource is Na6-b4
and then in case of Kb1-Bf5 or after a3 Black opens the position with b4.} 15.
Kb1 (15. Re1 Re8 $1 16. Kb1 Na6 {is similar to the game as including Re1 Re8
doesn't help against Black's plan.}) 15... Na6 $1 {[%cal Ga6b4,Ge6f5]} 16. Rc1
(16. g4 $1 {deserved a serious attention in order to meet} Nb4 $2 {with} (16...
Nf7 17. exf6 exf6 18. d5 $1) (16... Rd8 $142 17. Bg2 Nb4 18. exf6 exf6 19. Rhe1
$13) 17. exf6 exf6 18. Bd6 {[%csl Rb4,Rf8] with double attack.Now} Re8 {
doesn't help in a view of} 19. Bxb4 Bxa2+ 20. Nxa2 Rxe2 21. Bxe2 $18) 16... Nb4
{[%csl Rd3][%cal Ge6f5]} 17. Qd2 (17. exf6 exf6 18. Qd2 Nf7 {leads to the game}
) 17... Nf7 18. exf6 exf6 19. Nxb5 $2 {[%mdl 16384] Another serious blunder.} (
19. a3 {was necessary} {and after} Nd5 (19... Bf5+ 20. Ka1 a5 21. g4 $5 (21.
Nxb5 Nc2+ $1 22. Rxc2 Bxc2 23. Nc7 $1 Be4 24. Nxa8 Qxa8 $14) 21... Be6 22. Nxb5
Nd5 $1 {[%cal Gd5f4,Gg7h6] creating a threat along the c1-h6 diagonal} 23. Be3
$14) (19... g5 $5) 20. Nxd5 Bxd5 21. Bxb5 {White wins a pawn with better
position.}) 19... Bxa2+ 20. Ka1 a5 $15 {/-/+ Now Black gets the position from
the 19.a3 line with an extra pawn.} 21. Bc4 $2 $138 {Being short of time I
allow very unpleasant pin along the a2-e6 diagonal.Now after} Bxc4 22. Rxc4 Qe6
$17 23. Na3 {White has very serious difficulties.} g5 $5 24. Bg3 Rfe8 {
Preparing doubling the rooks along the e-file.} 25. d5 $2 $138 {I was shocked
by the way game continued.That may be probably the only explanation of this
move.} (25. Re1 $142 {was the very last chance.} Qd5 26. Rxe8+ (26. Re3 $5)
26... Rxe8 27. b3) 25... Qxd5 (25... cxd5 $143 26. Nd4) 26. Qxd5 cxd5 $19 {
Now Black is just a pawn up.} 27. Rcc1 f5 {[%csl Rb2,Rf2,Rg3][%cal Gf5f4,Gb4d3]
} 28. Rcd1 f4 29. Bh2 Re2 30. Nd4 ({Or} 30. Rd2 Rxd2 31. Nxd2 Nd3 {[%csl Rb2,
Rf2]}) 30... Rxf2 31. g3 Bxd4 $1 {wins by force:} 32. Rxd4 fxg3 33. Bxg3 Rf3 {
[%csl Ra1,Rd4,Rg3][%cal Gf3a3] Fortunately the game is over.} (33... Rf3 34.
Bc7 Rxa3+ 35. bxa3 Nc2+ {[%csl Ra1,Rd4]}) 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup-B"]
[Site "Shenyang"]
[Date "2000.09.01"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Black "Ye, Jiangchuan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "199"]
[EventDate "2000.09.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 079"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nb6 6. d3 Bg7 7. Be3 Nc6 8.
Nf3 O-O 9. Qc1 {An interesting idea.White is not in hurry to castle,but tries
to exchange dark-squared bishops as soon as possible.This looks more flexible
than Qd2.} (9. O-O {is the main line.}) 9... e5 (9... Re8 10. Bh6 Bh8 11. h4 e5
12. h5 $36 {0-1 Toikka,J-Holmsten,A/Helsinki 1993/EXT 98 (30)}) 10. Bh6 Re8 (
10... Nd4 11. Bxg7 Nxf3+ 12. Bxf3 Kxg7 13. O-O c6 14. b4 Nd5 15. b5 $14 {
1-0 Gheorghiu,F-Martz,W/Lone Pine 1975/MCD (29) Gurevich,M: '1-0 Gheorghiu,
F-Martz,W/Lone Pine 1975/MCD (29)'}) (10... Qe7 11. Bxg7 Kxg7 12. O-O $14 {
1/2-1/2 Gheorghiu,F-Bellon Lopez,J/Zuerich 1984/MCD (42)}) (10... Bg4 $5 {TN}
11. Bxg7 Kxg7 12. O-O (12. h3 Bf5 $5 $13) 12... Nd4 $6 {1-0 Gurevich,
M-Mikhalevski,V/Antwerp 1999/EXT 2000/[Gurevich,M] (30)} (12... Qd7 13. b4 $5))
11. Bxg7 ({It's intereting to try making use of the rook on h1 by means of} 11.
h4 {[%cal Gh4h5]} Nd4 (11... f6 $5) (11... Bg4 $5) 12. h5 $1 Bxh6 13. Qxh6 Nf5
(13... Nc2+ $2 14. Kd2 (14. Kd1 $5) 14... Nxa1 15. hxg6 $18 {[%csl Rg8]}) 14.
Qd2 $14) 11... Kxg7 12. O-O Nd4 13. Re1 {Necessary prophylaxis.The e2-pawn has
to be protected.} (13. b4 Bg4 $1 {[%csl Re2,Rf3]} 14. Nxd4 exd4 15. Qf4 Qd7 $5
(15... dxc3 16. Qxg4 {[%csl Rb7,Rc3]}) (15... Bxe2 $6 16. Nxe2 Rxe2 17. Bxb7
Rb8 18. Bf3 $14) 16. Nb5 Bxe2 17. Nxc7 Bxf1 18. Rxf1 Rac8 19. Nxe8+ Rxe8 $11)
13... a5 $1 {Aimed against b4.} 14. Nxd4 exd4 15. Ne4 f6 {Covering Black
squares.} 16. Qc2 (16. Nc5 $5 c6 17. e3 {would put more pressure on Black.})
16... c6 17. Rab1 Nd5 {[%cal Gd5b4] Black has been improving the position of
his pieces,creating on the way the threat of Nb4.} 18. a3 {[%csl Gb4]
Preventing Nb4 and preparing b4.} Re7 {In the search for harmony.} 19. Qc5 Nc7
{Now after b4 the knight will occupy a brilliant parking place on b5 where he
will attack the a3-pawn looking at the same time on the weak square on c3.} 20.
b4 $6 {[%csl Ra3,Rc3] I don't like this move.White creates problems to himself.
} (20. e3 $142 dxe3 (20... Ne6 21. Qc4) 21. fxe3) 20... a4 $1 {[%csl Ra3,Rc3]
[%cal Gc7b5] Fixing the weakness on a3.} 21. e3 dxe3 (21... Nb5 $5 22. exd4
$140 Nxd4 23. Nc3 Rd7 $13) 22. Rxe3 {I think White should prefer 22.fe at
least covering the d4-square.} (22. fxe3 Nb5 {[%csl Ra3]} 23. Ra1 Bf5 {and
Black has no problems.}) 22... Re5 23. Qc1 Nb5 $15 {[%csl Ra3,Rd4] Now White
has to think about equalizing.} 24. Qb2 Qd4 $1 {[%mdl 32] Exchanging the main
defender Black seizes initiative.The weakness on a3 will create serious
problems for White.} 25. Qxd4 Nxd4 {[%csl Ra3][%cal Gd4c2] Now we see the
results of b4.} 26. Nd6 $6 ({I think White should've covered the c2-square:} 
26. Rc1 {[%csl Gc2]} Nb5 27. Ra1) 26... Nc2 $1 {Perhaps Gurevich
underestimated this strong resource.Now Black wins a pawn and gets good
chances to win the game.} ({But not} 26... Rxe3 $143 27. fxe3 Nc2 28. Rb2 $1
Nxa3 29. Nxc8 Rxc8 30. Ra2 Nb5 31. Rxa4 $11 {equalizing}) 27. Rxe5 fxe5 28. Nc4
$1 {White prefers to give up the d3-pawn saving the a-pawn.} ({Now} 28. Rb2 {
doesn't help as after} Nxa3 29. Ra2 Nb5 30. Nxc8 Rxc8 31. Rxa4 Rd8 32. Be4 Rd4
$17 {[%csl Rb4] with the idea Kf6 followed up with Nc3 Black wins the b4-pawn.}
) 28... Be6 29. Rb2 Bxc4 30. Rxc2 Bxd3 31. Rd2 Bf5 $17 {Black is a pawn up,but
some technical problems still must be solved.} 32. Kf1 Rc8 $5 {Black has been
planning to create a pass pawn by means of b5 and then c5.} 33. Ke1 b5 {
[%cal Gc6c5]} 34. Rd6 $6 {Putting the rook behind the pawns,but allowing to
win nicely.} (34. Bf1 $5 {was probably the last chance.}) 34... c5 35. bxc5
Rxc5 36. Rb6 ({Bad is} 36. Rc6 $2 Rxc6 37. Bxc6 {in a view of} b4 $1 38. axb4 (
38. Kd2 $142 bxa3 39. Kc3) 38... a3 39. Bd5 Bb1 40. b5 a2 41. Bxa2 Bxa2 42. b6
Bd5 $19) 36... Rc3 $2 {Fortunately for White Black misses a nice idea.} (36...
Rc1+ $1 {was much stronger:} 37. Kd2 Rc2+ 38. Ke1 (38. Ke3 $142 Rc3+ {winning
a tempo comparing to the game.}) 38... e4 $1 {[%cal Ge4e3]} (38... Bd3 $5 39.
Bf1 e4 $1 40. Bxd3 exd3 41. Rxb5 Re2+ 42. Kd1 Rxf2 43. Rd5 Rxh2 44. Rxd3 Ra2 {
and Black has to win.}) 39. Rb7+ (39. Rxb5 e3 $1 $19 {[%csl Rg2][%cal Ge3f2]})
39... Kh6 40. Re7 b4 $1 41. axb4 a3 42. Ra7 a2 $19 {winning}) 37. Rxb5 Rxa3 38.
Rb7+ $6 (38. Rxe5 $142) 38... Kh6 (38... Kf6 $5) 39. Bd5 Rd3 40. Bg8 Rd7 {
Now Black is winning again.} 41. Rb5 ({Bishops ending also doesn't leave many
chances:} 41. Rxd7 Bxd7 42. Kd2 Kg7 43. Bd5 Kf6 $19) 41... Bg4 {[%csl Re1]
[%cal Gd7d1]} (41... e4 $5 {[%csl Re1][%cal Gf5g4] was interesting trying to
combine mating threats with advancing a pass pawn.}) 42. f3 $8 Bxf3 43. Rxe5
Kg7 44. Bc4 Rd4 (44... Rc7 45. Re3 $1) 45. Rc5 {In the folowing 15 moves the
position wasn't changed much until Black played 60...h5?} Bg4 46. Kf2 Re4 47.
Bd3 Re7 48. Ra5 Bd1 49. Bb5 Re4 50. Ra7+ Kf6 51. Bd3 Re7 52. Ra5 Re5 53. Ra7
Bb3 54. h4 h6 55. Ra6+ Re6 56. Ra5 Bd1 57. Bb5 Re4 58. Bd3 Re5 59. Ra6+ Re6 60.
Ra5 h5 $6 {Serious inaccuracy.Now White can exchange the rook for the a-pawn
and bishop reaching a theoretically drawish position.That's why Black should
refrain from playing h5 and try to bring the king to the queen side.} 61. Bb5
$1 {Now Black can't prevent B:a4.} Kg7 $2 {Black takes his king away from the
check on a6 in case of B:a4 Re2+ K~ Ra2 Ra6+ and Bb5.Now Black wins an
exchange,but allows White to reach above-mentioned drawish position.} (61...
Re4 {could be the last chance as losing the a4-pawn means draw.} 62. Ra6+ {
[%cal Gb5d3]}) 62. Bxa4 $1 $11 Re2+ 63. Kg1 Ra2 64. Bxd1 Rxa5 65. Bf3 {With
the bishop on the long diagonal White keeps the draw.} Ra2 66. Kf1 Rb2 67. Kg1
Kh6 68. Kf1 Kg7 69. Kg1 Kf6 70. Kf1 Ke5 71. Kg1 Kd4 72. Bc6 Rd2 73. Bb7 Ke3 74.
Bc6 Rd6 75. Bb7 Rb6 76. Ba8 Rb1+ 77. Kg2 Rb2+ 78. Kg1 Rb6 79. Kg2 Rb2+ 80. Kg1
Rb8 81. Bc6 Rc8 82. Bb7 Rc7 83. Ba8 g5 {There is no other way to break through
the White's fortress.} 84. hxg5 Rg7 85. Kg2 $1 {[%cal Gg2h3,Gh3h4] White is in
hurry to attack the h-pawn.} Rxg5 86. Kh3 {[%cal Gh3h4]} Rg4 87. Bc6 {[%csl
Rh5][%cal Gc6e8] The rest wasn't necessary.} Kf2 88. Be8 Rxg3+ 89. Kh4 Kf3 90.
Kxh5 Kf4 91. Kh6 Kf5 92. Kh7 Kf6 93. Bc6 Rg5 94. Be4 Kf7 95. Kh8 Re5 96. Bd3
Re3 97. Bc2 Rc3 98. Be4 Rh3+ 99. Bh7 Rxh7+ 100. Kxh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 1st"]
[Site "Saint Vincent"]
[Date "2000.07.11"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Black "Mikhalevski, Victor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2532"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2000.07.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Qa4+ Bd7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 a6 7. e4 $5 {
Interesting Gelfand's novelty introduced earlier this year in an active chess
game against Peter Svidler(see below).In the previous games White tried 7.d4
and 7.g3.White's idea is to push e5,which is especially strong after Bg7 as
Black wouldn't be able to meet it with Be6 because of ef!At the same time the
e2 square is now available for the White's queen in case of b5.} (7. d4) (7. g3
) 7... Bc6 $6 {An attempt to deviate from the games Krasenkow-Mikhalevski,V,
played few days ago,and Gelfand-Svidler,Haifa 2000.The idea of the move is
quite clear:I want to meet e5 with Nd5,but a serious drawback is underlined by
White's reply.} (7... b5 8. Qe2 c5 (8... Nc6 $6 {Very risky.} 9. e5 Nb4 10.
exf6 Nc2+ 11. Kd1 Nxa1 12. b3 Bf5 $2 (12... Be6 $142 {[%cal Ga1b3]}) 13. Bb2
Nc2 14. g4 Bxg4 15. Kxc2 e6 16. Qxb5+ {1-0 Krasenkow,M-Mikhalevski,V/Saint
Vincent ITA 2000 (16)/CBM78[Mikhalevski,V]}) (8... b4 $5 9. e5 $1 bxc3 10. exf6
$13 {Tsesarsky-Kanstler,Israel 2000.}) 9. e5 Nh5 10. Ne4 Nc6 11. Nxc5 Bf5 12.
d3 e6 13. Ne4 Bb4+ 14. Bd2 Nf4 15. Qe3 Nd5 16. Qh6 Bf8 17. Nd6+ Qxd6 18. exd6
Bxh6 19. Bxh6 $14 {1-0 Gelfand,B-Svidler,P/Haifa ISR 2000 (55)}) 8. d3 $1 {
After this quiet move I understood that idea of a6-Bc6 is unfortunate.Black
can get a similar position with Bg7 played instead of a6.} Bg7 9. Be2 O-O 10.
h3 {[%csl Gg4]} (10. O-O $5) 10... b5 {Earlier or later I'll have to make this
move as there is no another counterplay.} 11. Qb3 (11. Qc5 $143 Nfd7 12. Qg5 e5
$13) 11... Nbd7 {[%cal Gd7c5]} 12. Be3 $1 {[%cal Ge4e5] Most solid.Now White
is threatening e5.} (12. e5 {is not as strong as it looks like as after} Nc5
13. Qc2 ({Doesn't work} 13. exf6 $2 Nxb3 14. fxg7 Nxa1 15. gxf8=Q+ Qxf8 $19 {
[%cal Ga1c2,Gb5b4,Gb4b3] with not sufficient compensation.}) 13... Nfd7 $1 (
13... Nd5 $143 $6 14. Ne4 $1 Na4 $8 {[%cal Gd5b4]} (14... Nxe4 $2 15. dxe4 $1 (
15. Qxc6 Nb4 16. Qxe4 Nc2+ 17. Kf1 Nxa1 18. d4 $16) 15... Nb4 16. Qc5 a5 17. a3
$18 {[%csl Rc6]}) 15. Qxc6 $140 $2 (15. a3 $142 $1 $14 {[%csl Rc6][%cal Gb2b3]
/+/-}) 15... Nb4 16. Qb7 Rb8 17. Qa7 Nc2+ 18. Kd1 Nxa1 $13) 14. d4 b4 $8 15.
Nb1 Be4 16. Qc4 Ne6 $13 {[%cal Gc7c5] Black gets counterplay with c5.}) 12...
e6 13. a4 $1 {Just in time.} ({Now} 13. e5 {is senseless in view of} Nd5) (13.
O-O {would be slow as after} Qe7 {Black is ready to meet} 14. a4 $6 {with} b4)
13... bxa4 ({An attempt to ignore the threat of ab doesn't work:} 13... Qe7 14.
axb5 axb5 15. Rxa8 Rxa8 16. Nd4 $1 $16 {[%csl Rb5]} Ra1+ $140 17. Bd1) (13...
Rb8 {[%cal Gb5b4] was interesting:} 14. axb5 axb5 (14... Bxb5 {is similar to
the game}) 15. Ba7 $5 Rb7 $1 (15... Ra8 $6 16. O-O $1 {[%cal Gc3b5,Gf3d4]}) (
15... b4 $2 16. Bxb8 bxc3 17. Ba7 cxb2 18. Rb1 $18) 16. Nd4 {[%csl Rc6]} Nb8 $1
{[]} 17. Bc5 Re8 18. Ra8 Qd7 19. O-O b4 $13) 14. Nxa4 Bb5 {I want to stabilize
position preventing on the way short castling.} (14... Qb8 $5 15. Qxb8 (15. Qc2
Qb4+ 16. Bd2 Qd6 {[%cal Gc6b5]}) 15... Rfxb8 {[%csl Rb2][%cal Gc6a4]} 16. Bd1
$1 $14 Bxa4 $140 17. Bxa4 Rxb2 18. e5 {[%csl Rd7,Rf6]} Nxe5 $8 19. Nxe5 Nd5 20.
d4 (20. Nc6 $5 Nxe3 21. fxe3 Rxg2 22. d4) 20... Nxe3 21. fxe3 Bxe5 22. dxe5
Rxg2 $140 $4 23. Bc6) 15. Nc3 {[%cal Ge1g1]} (15. Qc2 {[%cal Ge1g1] Looks
better leaving the knight on a4 where it's more active.}) (15. O-O $2 Nxe4 {
[%csl Re2]}) 15... c5 $1 {covering weaknesses on the queen side.} 16. O-O ({
Dubious} 16. Nxb5 $6 axb5 17. Rxa8 $6 Qxa8 18. Qxb5 $2 Rb8 19. Qc4 Rxb2) 16...
Rb8 17. Qa3 (17. Qc2 $5) 17... Re8 $1 {[%mdl 544] Positional sacrifice of a
pawn.} 18. Rfd1 {The sacrifice is understandably refused.} ({In case White
accept it Black gets strong compensation on the dark squares.} 18. Nxb5 axb5
19. Bxc5 Nxc5 20. Qxc5 Nd7 21. Qb4 Ne5 $1 $44 {[%csl Re2,Gg7]}) 18... Bf8 19.
Qa2 Qc7 20. Rac1 Qb7 {At this moment I felt Black should be OK,but after} 21.
Nd2 {I have commited decisive mistake.} Ne5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} 22. Nxb5 $1 {
White has been waiting with this exchange for so long,that I had completely
forgotten it can be dangerous.} Qxb5 ({After} 22... axb5 23. Bxc5 {White is
just a pawn up.}) 23. d4 $1 {[%csl Rb5,Re5] Now my position is lost
strategically.} Qxe2 (23... Nd3 {was probably the last chance to complicate
the position,but after cool} 24. Ra1 $1 {Black is in trouble.} (24. Rc3 $2 Qxb2
$1)) 24. dxe5 Nd7 25. Nc4 $16 {[%csl Ra6,Rc5,Rd6,Rd7] Now everything is clear.}
Nb6 26. Rd2 Qh5 27. Nd6 Red8 (27... Bxd6 28. exd6 Nd7 29. Qxa6 {also doesn't
leave many hopes.}) 28. f4 {Another solid move.Weaknesses on the queen side
are undefencible.} (28. Rxc5 $5 Nd7 29. Nxf7 $1 Kxf7 (29... Nxc5 30. Nxd8 Nb3
31. Rd7 $18 {[%csl Ra6,Re6]}) 30. Rc7 Qxe5 31. Rcxd7+ Rxd7 32. Rxd7+ Kg8 33.
Qxa6 {was interesting but not necessary.}) 28... Nd7 (28... g5 $5) 29. Qxa6 g5
$138 (29... Rb3 {would leave more practical chances.} 30. Rc3 $5 (30. Nb7 $6
Rb8 31. Rxd7 Rxe3 {with some counterplay.}) (30. Nc4 $5)) 30. Nb7 $1 $18 gxf4
31. Bxf4 (31. Nxd8 $5 Rxd8 (31... fxe3 32. Rxd7 Rxb2 33. Rxf7) 32. Bxf4 Nb8 33.
Qb5 Rxd2 34. Bxd2 Qxe5 35. Bc3 $5 $18) 31... Qh4 (31... Bh6 {doesn't help:} 32.
Bxh6 Qxh6 33. Rcd1 $1) 32. g3 Qxh3 (32... Qe7 33. Rcd1 $1 $18) 33. Nxd8 c4 {
[%cal Gf8c5]} (33... Rxd8 34. Qb5 $18 {[%csl Rd7]}) 34. Rxc4 Rxd8 35. Qa7 Rb8
36. Qxd7 Rb3 37. Rc8 {[%cal Gc8f8]} 1-0

[Event "Leonid Stein Memorial-B"]
[Site "Lvov"]
[Date "2000.05.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Chernin, Alexander"]
[Black "Atalik, Suat"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2583"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2000.05.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 077"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. Nf3 g6 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2 Nc6 7. O-O Nb6 8.
d3 O-O 9. Be3 e5 10. Qd2 Re8 11. Bg5 (11. Bh6 {is much more popular}) 11... f6
12. Bh6 Bxh6 $146 (12... Bh8 13. h4 Ne7 14. d4 Nf5 15. dxe5 Nxh6 16. Qxh6 Bg7
17. Qc1 fxe5 18. Ng5 $14 {Zhachev,A-Beshukov,S/Moscow 1990/TD/1-0 (41)}) (12...
Nd4 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. Ne1 c6 $11 {Suba,M-Ermenkov,E/Graz 1972/MCD/0-1 (75)})
13. Qxh6 Nd4 14. Rac1 Be6 15. Nxd4 exd4 16. Ne4 Bd5 ({After greedy} 16... Bxa2
{White obtains strong initiative:} 17. h4 $1 {[%csl Rf6][%cal Gh4h5]} (17. Nc5
Rxe2) 17... c6 18. h5 Bf7 19. f4 $1 {[%csl Rf6][%cal Gf4f5]} Nd5 20. hxg6 Bxg6
(20... hxg6 21. f5 g5 22. Nxg5 fxg5 23. f6 Nxf6 24. Rxf6 $18) 21. f5 Bf7 22.
Rc5 {[%cal Gc5d5]} (22. Kf2 Ne3 $1 {[%csl Rf2,Rh6][%cal Ge3g4]} (22... Re5 23.
g4 $1 (23. Bf3 Rxf5 24. Rh1 Bg6) 23... Ne3 24. Bf3 Rxe4 25. dxe4 Nxf1 26. Rxf1
$13) 23. Bf3 (23. Nxf6+ $2 Qxf6 24. Qxf6 Ng4+ {[%csl Rf2,Rf6]}) 23... Rxe4 $1
24. dxe4 (24. Rh1 $2 Re5 $19) 24... Nxf1 25. Rxf1 Qe7 26. Rh1 Bb3 27. e5 $1 $36
{[%csl Rg8]}) (22. Rf4 $5 {[%mdl 64]} Nxf4 23. Nxf6+ Qxf6 24. Qxf6 Nxe2+ 25.
Kh2 Nxc1 26. Qg5+ $13 {[%csl Rc1,Rg8]}) 22... Kh8 (22... Rf8 23. Rf4 Kh8 (23...
Nxf4 24. Nxf6+ Qxf6 25. Qxf6 Nxg2 26. Qxd4 $1 {[%csl Rg2]} Ne1 27. Qg4+ Kh8 28.
Qb4 $1 $18 {[%csl Re1,Rh8]}) 24. Rg4 Rg8 25. Rxd5 Bxd5 26. Nxf6 Qe7 27. Nxg8 (
27. Rh4 Rg7 (27... Qe3+ $4 28. Qxe3 dxe3 29. Rxh7#) 28. Nxd5 Qxe2 {[%csl Rg3]
[%cal Ge2e1,Ge1g3]}) (27. Nxh7 Qe3+ $1 (27... Qxh7 28. Qf6+ Rg7 29. Rh4))) 23.
Rxd5 Bxd5 24. Nxf6 Re7 25. Nxd5 cxd5 26. Qf6+ Rg7 (26... Kg8 27. Bxd5+ $1 {
[%csl Re7]}) 27. Qxd4 $36) 17. h4 {[%csl Rf6][%cal Gh4h5]} f5 18. Ng5 Re7 19.
h5 Qf8 (19... Bxg2 $5 20. Kxg2 ({Intermediate} 20. hxg6 $2 {is refuted by} Bd5
({but not} 20... Bxf1 $4 21. gxh7+ Kh8 22. Qf6+ Rg7 23. Nf7+ $18 {[%csl Rd8,
Rh8]})) 20... Qf8 {is similar to the game}) 20. Qxf8+ Rxf8 21. hxg6 hxg6 22.
Rfe1 (22. Bxd5+ Nxd5 23. Rfe1 $14 {[%csl Rd4]}) 22... Rfe8 $6 {Probably this
natural move is an inaccuracy.The rook has nothing to do on e8.} (22... Rd8 $5
{[%cal Gd8d4] supporting the weakness on d4.}) 23. Bxd5+ $1 {Inviting the
knight to close the d-file in order to make defending of the d4-pawn more
difficult.} Nxd5 24. Kf1 $14 {[%csl Rd4]} b6 $2 {[%csl Rc6][%cal Gc7c5][%mdl
16384] This is already a serious position mistake.Black weakens the c6-square
putting himself in very unpleasant situation.} (24... Rd8 $142 {It's better
later than never!}) 25. Rc6 {[%csl Rc7,Rd4,Rg6]} Kg7 {[%csl Re1][%cal Gd5b4,
Gb4d3]} 26. a3 $1 f4 (26... Rh8 {was worth a try:} 27. Kg2 Rhe8 28. Rh1 $1 {
[%csl Rg6][%cal Gh1h7]} (28. Kf3 $143 Kh6 $1 29. Nh3 Re6 {[%cal Gg6g5]}) 28...
Nf6 $8 29. Rh4 $1 {[%csl Rd4]} (29. Kf3 $5 Rxe2 30. Rxc7+ R2e7 $14) 29... Rxe2
30. Rxc7+ R8e7 31. Rxe7+ Rxe7 32. Rxd4 Re2 {with some counterchances}) 27. g4
$1 f3 $5 {An interesting resource.Black is looking for escape in the rook
endgame saying"All rook endings are drawish!".} ({Now} 27... Rh8 {doesn't work}
28. Kg2 Rhe8 29. Rh1 {[%csl Rg6][%cal Gh1h7]} Nf6 $8 30. Kf3 $1 Rxe2 31. Rxc7+
R8e7 32. Rhc1 $1 (32. Rxe7+ Rxe7 33. Kxf4 Re2) 32... Nd5 33. Rxe7+ Rxe7 34. Rc6
$16 {[%csl Rd4,Rf4][%cal Gg5e6]}) 28. Nxf3 Nf4 29. Nxd4 Nxd3 30. Ne6+ $1 (30.
Rd1 Ne5 {[%csl Rc6,Rg4]} 31. Rc2 c5) 30... Rxe6 31. Rxe6 (31. Rxc7+ $4 Kf6)
31... Rxe6 32. exd3 {[%mdl 4096]} Rc6 {[%cal Gg6g5]} 33. f4 $1 {[%cal Gf1f2]
Preventing g5.} Kf6 34. Kf2 Rc2+ 35. Re2 Rc1 36. Re1 Rc2+ 37. Re2 Rc1 38. Kf3
Rf1+ 39. Ke4 g5 (39... c5 $5) 40. fxg5+ Kxg5 41. d4 $1 {[%csl Rc7]} Kxg4 42.
Rg2+ {White is better thanks to the active king.} Kh3 $6 {Black moves his king
away with no need.} ({Better was} 42... Kh5 $142 {keeping some chances for
escape.}) 43. Rg7 Rc1 {[%cal Ga7a5]} 44. b4 $1 a6 45. a4 $5 {[%cal Gb4b5]} Rc4
46. b5 Rxa4 47. Rxc7 $1 {Black king is too far away and White is staking on
his d-pawn.} (47. bxa6 $2 c5 $11 {[%cal Gc5d4,Gb6b5]}) 47... axb5 48. Ke5 $18
Rc4 (48... b4 49. d5) 49. Rb7 Rc1 50. Rxb6 Re1+ ({In case of} 50... Rb1 51. d5
b4 {The d-pawn supported by his king is quicker.} (51... Kg4 52. d6 Re1+ 53.
Kf6 Rf1+ 54. Ke7 Re1+ 55. Kd8 $18) 52. d6 b3 53. d7 Re1+ 54. Kd6 Rd1+ 55. Kc7
Rc1+ 56. Kb8 Rd1 57. Rxb3+ $18 {[%csl Rh3]}) 51. Kd5 ({Why not} 51. Kd6 $5)
51... Kg4 (51... Rb1 52. Kc5 Kg4 53. Rxb5) 52. Rxb5 Kf5 53. Kd6+ Kf6 54. d5 Ra1
({An attempt to bring the king closer doesn't help:} 54... Kf7 55. Rb7+ Ke8 56.
Rb8+ Kf7 57. Kc6 $1 Rc1+ 58. Kd7 Ra1 59. d6 Ra7+ 60. Kc6 Ra6+ 61. Kc7 Ra7+ 62.
Rb7 Ra8 {with the very last trap} 63. Rb1 $1 ({But not} 63. d7 $4 Ke7 $11)
63... Ra7+ 64. Kb6 Ra2 65. Re1 $1 {[%csl Gd6,Rf7] Cutting Black's king.} Rd2
66. Kc7 Rc2+ 67. Kd8 $18) (54... Rd1 55. Rb2 $1 {[%cal Gb2e2]}) 55. Rb2 $1 Ra6+
(55... Kf7 56. Re2 $1 {Black king is on the long side that doesn't allow to
attack white king.} Ra5 (56... Ra6+ 57. Kc7 {This side is too short.}) 57. Kc6
Ra6+ 58. Kc7 ({Inaccurate} 58. Kb7 $4 {leads to a draw:} Rd6 59. Re5 (59. Rd2
Ke7 60. Kc7 Rd7+ $11) 59... Kf6 60. Rh5 Ke7 61. Kc7 Rd7+ 62. Kc6 Rd6+ 63. Kc5
Ra6 $1 $11 ({But not} 63... Rg6 $4 64. d6+ $1 Kd7 65. Rh7+ Kd8 66. Kc6 $18))
58... Ra7+ 59. Kb6 Ra8 (59... Rd7 60. Kc6 Ra7 61. d6 $18) 60. d6 $18) 56. Kc7
$1 Ke5 (56... Ra7+ {was more stubborn,but couldn't save:} 57. Rb7 (57. Kc6 Ra6+
(57... Ke7 58. d6+ Kd8 $140 59. Rb8#) 58. Kc7 (58. Rb6 Ra7 59. Rb8 Ra6+ 60. Kb5
Ra1 61. Re8 $1)) 57... Ra8 58. Kd7 (58. d6 $4 Ke6 59. d7 Ke7 $11) (58. Rb6+ Kf7
59. d6 Ra7+ 60. Rb7 (60. Kc6 Ke6 $11) 60... Ra8 61. Rb1 Ra7+ 62. Kb6 Ra2 63.
Re1 $1 $18) 58... Ke5 59. d6 Kf6 60. Rb1 Ra7+ 61. Kc8 Ra8+ (61... Ke6 62. d7
Ra8+ 63. Kb7 Rd8 64. Kc6 $18) 62. Kb7 Ra2 63. Rd1 Rb2+ 64. Kc8 Rc2+ 65. Kd8 $18
) 57. Rd2 (57. d6 $5 {was also sufficient for a win:} Ra7+ 58. Kb6 $1 (58. Kc6
Ra6+ 59. Kc5 $4 (59. Kc7 Ra7+ 60. Kb6 $1 {see 58.Kb6} Rd7 61. Kc5 $1 $18 {
[%cal Gb2e2]}) 59... Ke6 $11)) 57... Ra7+ 58. Kb6 Ra8 (58... Rd7 59. Kc6 $1
Rd6+ 60. Kc5 Rd8 61. Re2+ $18) 59. d6 Ke6 60. d7 Ke7 61. Kb7 (61. Kb7 Rh8 (
61... Rd8 62. Kc7 $22) 62. Kc7 Rd8 63. Re2+) 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 1st"]
[Site "Saint Vincent"]
[Date "2000.07.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Black "Mikhalevski, Victor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2532"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "2000.07.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Qa4+ Bd7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 a6 7. e4 $5 {
After the game Gelfand-Svidler,Haifa 2000 this move becomes a serious problem
for Black.In the recent Europe-ch 1-st I tried to defend Black's position,but
lost both games.See current game and also Smirin-Mikhalevski/CBM 78
[Mikhalevski,V]} ({In the earlier games White tried other moves:} 7. d4 {
Lautier-Bacrot,Chess Masters 3-rd 1999/CBM70[Lautier;Mikhalevski,V]}) (7. g3 {
Topalov-Svidler,Dos Hermanas 1999/CBM71[Mikhalevski,V]}) 7... b5 (7... Bc6 $6
8. d3 $1 Bg7 9. Be2 O-O 10. h3 b5 11. Qb3 Nbd7 12. Be3 e6 13. a4 $1 $14 {
1-0 Smirin,I-Mikhalevski,V/Saint Vincent ITA 2000/CBM78[Mikhalevski,V] (37)})
8. Qe2 Nc6 $6 $146 {Too risky to be true.The idea of this move is Anti-Human.
Black wins an exchange,but places his knight on a1 and hopes to rescue it with
the help of b4-b3 or sacrificing it for two pawns opening the position of
White's king.} (8... c5 $5 9. e5 Nh5 10. Ne4 Nc6 11. Nxc5 Bf5 12. d3 e6 13. Ne4
Bb4+ 14. Bd2 Nf4 15. Qe3 Nd5 16. Qh6 Bf8 17. Nd6+ Qxd6 18. exd6 Bxh6 19. Bxh6
$14 {1-0 Gelfand,B-Svidler,P/Haifa ISR 2000 (55)}) (8... b4 $5 9. e5 $1 bxc3
10. exf6 $13 {Tsesarsky-Kanstler,Israel 2000.You can find it in the Informant
78.}) 9. e5 {Most logical.Certainly White accepts the challenge that wasn't
difficult to predict as other moves don't promise much.} (9. d4 $6 Bg4 {
[%csl Rd4]}) 9... Nb4 {The point of previous move.} 10. exf6 $1 {Computer
wouldn't choose this move,but Krasenkow is not a computer!} (10. d3 {is too
careful:} Bf5 11. Qd2 (11. exf6 $2 Nxd3+) 11... Nfd5 (11... Ng4 {[%csl Rd3]
[%cal Gf8h6] looks dangerous in view of} 12. h3 (12. Nxb5 e6 $1) {but after}
12... Nh6 (12... Bxd3 13. hxg4 Nc2+ 14. Kd1 Bxf1 15. Rxf1 Nxa1 $13 {/+/-}) (
12... Bh6 13. Qd1 Bxd3 14. hxg4 Nc2+ 15. Qxc2 Bxc2 16. Bxh6 b4 17. Ne2 $14 {
/+/-}) 13. Nxb5 $1 c5 14. Nbd4 Qa5 $1 $13 {Black has his chances.})) 10... Nc2+
11. Kd1 Nxa1 12. b3 $1 {[%cal Gc1b2]} (12. b4 $6 {would allow to create
counterplay on the queen side:} e6 (12... Bf5 $2 13. Bb2 Nc2 14. g4 $1 Bxg4 15.
Kxc2 e6 $140 16. Qxb5+ $1 axb5 17. Bxb5+ Qd7 18. Bxd7+ Kxd7 19. Ne5+ Ke8 20.
Nxg4 $18) 13. Bb2 a5 $1 $132 {That's why Whites shouldn't play b4.}) 12... Bf5
$2 {[%mdl 8192] Simple tactical blunder which leads to immediate disaster.} (
12... Be6 {[%cal Ga1b3] was necessary and the position is still not so clear.}
13. Bb2 Nxb3 14. axb3 Bxb3+ 15. Ke1 (15. Kc1) 15... e6 16. Nxb5 $140 Bd5 $1 (
16... Rb8 $5 17. Qe5 (17. Nc3 Bd5 $132) 17... Rb7 18. Nbd4 $140 $6 (18. Na3 $5)
(18. Nc3 $5) 18... Bd5 19. Bxa6 $1 Rb6 (19... Rxb2 20. Nxe6 $1 Rb1+ $1 21. Ke2
fxe6 22. Rxb1 Bd6 23. f7+ Ke7 $1 $13 (23... Kxf7 $4 24. Ng5+ Kg8 25. Qxh8+ $1
Kxh8 26. Nf7+ $18 {[%csl Rd8,Rh8]})) 20. Bb5+ c6 21. Bxc6+ Bxc6 22. Nxe6 Qd6 $1
23. Ng7+ Kd8 $8 $13)) 13. Bb2 Nc2 (13... Nxb3 14. axb3 Be6 {was more stuborn.})
14. g4 $1 $18 {Instead of taking a and b-pawns for the knight I capture only
an unsignifical pawn on g4.} Bxg4 15. Kxc2 e6 $2 {[%mdl 8192] Another blunder.}
(15... Qd7 {would leave some practical chances while the text loses at once.})
16. Qxb5+ $1 {An awful game from my point of view and an easy win for
Krasenkow who needn't be 2700-player to win it.} (16. Qxb5+ $1 axb5 17. Bxb5+
Qd7 18. Bxd7+ Kxd7 19. Ne5+ {[%csl Rd7,Rg4]}) 1-0

[Event "Aars get2net Cup GM"]
[Site "Aars"]
[Date "1999.10.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nielsen, Peter Heine"]
[Black "Bekker Jensen, Simon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2436"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1999.10.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 074"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O c6 6. Nc3 d6 (6... d5 $5) 7. d3
(7. d4 {Transports to King's Indian,but White decides to play more flexible.})
7... Qa5 $6 {[%cal Ga5h5] Rare and not very fortunate continuation.Black
prepares Qh5 following by Bh3,but after simple h3 he just loses important time
as 8...Qh5 is dangerous in view of 9.Ng5!} ({Common lines starts with} 7...
Nbd7) (7... a6) ({or} 7... e5) 8. h3 $1 e5 $146 {Black recognizes mistakeness
of his last move.His queen will have to come back.} ({In the previous games
black tried other continuations:} 8... Qh5 9. Ng5 Na6 10. Rb1 Bh8 11. g4 $16 {
1-0 Schussler,H-Backwinkel,P/FRG 1982/GER-chT (48)}) (8... h6 9. Bd2 (9. Rb1 $5
{[%cal Gb2b4]}) 9... Qc7 10. b4 $14 {0-1 Agudelo,A-Suarez,L/COL-ch 1988/TD (75)
}) 9. Rb1 {[%cal Gb2b4]} Nbd7 10. b4 Qd8 {Black is two tempo down in
comparision with 7...Nbd7 or 7...e5.} 11. Nd2 Re8 12. Nde4 {In my opinion
exchange of all knights relieves the defence.So 12.b5 seems to be more logical.
} (12. b5 $5) 12... Nxe4 13. Nxe4 Nf6 14. Nxf6+ Bxf6 15. b5 c5 {[%csl Rd5]
Very risky decision.Black weakens a big diagonal and in particular the
d5-square.His following actions will be directed for realizing advance d6-d5
or e5-e4.All following play will be concentrated on this points and I think
Black's chances to solve this problem are very low.} (15... Qc7 $5) 16. h4 Qe7
17. Be3 Be6 18. Qd2 Rad8 {[%cal Gd6d5]} 19. Rfc1 $1 {[%csl Rc5] Making advance
d6-d5 difficult.} h5 (19... b6 {[%cal Gd6d5] renewing the idea of d6-d5 seems
to be logical continuation of the previous strategy.For example} 20. Bc6 ({
Bad is} 20. Bd5 $2 Bxd5 21. cxd5 Qb7 {[%csl Rd5]}) 20... Rf8 21. Bd5 $6 Bxd5
22. cxd5 Qb7 23. Bh6 Bg7 24. Bxg7 Kxg7 25. e4 f5 {and Black is on top.}) 20.
Bg5 Kg7 $2 {[%mdl 16384] Serious strategical blunder.After this inaccurate
move Black gets under strong pressure while after simple 20...B:g5 or 20...b6
White should prove his priority.} (20... Bxg5 $142) (20... b6 $142) 21. Bxf6+
Kxf6 {Sad necessity.} (21... Qxf6 {loses a pawn}) 22. Qh6 $1 {Now it's not so
simple to get back.} (22. b6 $5 a6 $140 23. Qh6) 22... Qd7 (22... Rh8 $4 {
loses to} 23. Qg5+) 23. f4 $1 {[%csl Rf6]} ({Again} 23. b6 $5 {was interesting,
but Nielsen decides to start decisive offensive.}) 23... exf4 24. Rf1 $1 Rh8 {
Finally Black forces White's queen to leave,but White has already developed
strong initiative and leaves Black's king in peace only for a while.} 25. Qxf4+
({Dubious is} 25. Rxf4+ $6 Bf5 26. Qg5+ Kg7 {[%csl Rg5][%cal Rf7f6] and White
has to take care of his queen.}) 25... Kg7 26. Qf6+ Kh7 27. Rf4 {[%cal Gb1f1]
Bringing another rook into play White strengthens the pressure.} Rhe8 28. Rbf1
Qe7 {Black is working hard to drive White's queen out first from h6 and then
from f6,but she is leaving not for long.} 29. Qc3 Rf8 30. Rf6 Bg4 31. R1f2 $1 {
[%mdl 32] Such quiet moves are most unpleasant ones for the defending side.
White is conrolling all the board while Black is lack of useful moves and
makes a decisive blunder.Maybe he should retreat to e6 with the bishop,but the
position is already very difficult.} Kh6 $2 {[%mdl 8192] loses at least a pawn.
} (31... Qe3 {is not much better.For example} 32. Kh2 {[%cal Gf6f7]} Bf5 (32...
Be6 33. Bxb7 $16) 33. R2xf5 $1 gxf5 34. Rxf5 f6 (34... Qd4 35. Qc1 $1 $18) 35.
Qc2 $1 $16 {[%csl Rb7,Rh5,Rh7]}) (31... Be6 $5) 32. Bd5 $1 {[%csl Rf7]} (32.
Qd2+ $143 Kg7 33. Qg5 Qe5 $1 34. Qxe5 dxe5 35. Bxb7 Bxe2 $1 {[%csl Rf6]}) 32...
Be6 $8 33. Be4 {[%cal Gc3c1,Gc1g5]} (33. Qd2+ {leads by force to the winning
queen ending with an extra pawn.} Kh7 (33... Kg7 34. Qg5 $1 {[%csl Re7,Rg7]
[%cal Rf6g6,Rd5e6]}) 34. Qe3 Rde8 35. Bxe6 fxe6 36. Rxf8 Rxf8 37. Rxf8 Qxf8 38.
Qxe6 $16) 33... Kh7 $8 (33... d5 {loses to} 34. Bxg6 $1 fxg6 35. Qe5 $1 {
[%cal Re5g5,Gf6e6]} Rxf6 (35... Qg7 36. Qf4+ {[%cal Gf6f8]}) 36. Rxf6 Qg7 37.
Qe3+ (37. Qg5+ $5 Kh7 38. Rxe6 Rd7 39. cxd5 $18) 37... Kh7 38. Qxe6 {[%cal
Gf6f7]} Re8 39. Qxe8 Qxf6 40. Qd7+ Kh6 41. Qxd5 $18) 34. Bg2 {[%cal Gc3c1,
Gc1g5]} (34. Qc1 {can be met by} d5 {so first White takes away his bishop
preparing Qc3-c1-g5.}) 34... Kg8 (34... d5 {allows decisive penetration of
White's queen into the centre.} 35. Qe5 $1 dxc4 36. Be4 $1 {[%cal Re5h5]} cxd3
37. Qxh5+ Kg7 38. Bxg6 Rh8 39. Qe5 $1 $18) 35. Qc1 $1 $18 {[%cal Gc1g5]
Decisive manoeuvre.White brings his queen up to g5 and Black is unable to
defend his monarch against straight attack.} Kg7 (35... d5 {is late as after}
36. Qg5 {White is unstopable.} Qd7 37. Bf3 $1 {[%csl Rg8][%cal Rf3h5]} Kh7 (
37... dxc4 38. Be4 $1 $18 {[%cal Re4g6]} (38. Bxh5 Qd5 $1)) 38. Bxh5 $1 {
[%cal Rh5g6]} Rg8 39. Bg4 Rg7 40. Bxe6 fxe6 41. h5 $18) 36. Qg5 {[%csl Re7]
[%cal Rf6g6,Gg2e4] White's threats are too strong.} Rd7 (36... Qe8 {doesn't
save as after simple} 37. Bxb7 $18 {[%cal Rb7c6] with the idea Bc6 Black has
to give up all his cental pawns or an exchange.} (37. Be4 {[%csl Rf8][%cal
Re4g6]} Rh8 38. Bxb7 $18)) 37. Be4 {[%csl Rg7][%cal Re4g6] Now Black is
defenceless against B:g6.} Qe8 38. Bxg6 fxg6 39. Rxf8 Qe7 40. Qxe7+ {White's
queen worked very good and can be changed.} Rxe7 41. Rd8 1-0

[Event "Swidnica"]
[Site "Swidnica"]
[Date "1999.03.24"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Rustemov, Alexander"]
[Black "Zezulkin, Jurij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2539"]
[BlackElo "2473"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1999.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 071"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 {Yakovich} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Qa4+ {An interesting idea to swich
to good Gruenfeld(5.Qb3 with black bishop on d7)} Bd7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 Bg7
7. e4 {'!' Yakovich.} O-O 8. e5 {The idea of early e4.White is making use of a
fact that black's knight can't retreat to d7(see previous comment).After 8.
d4?! black can swich to normal Gruenfeld after 8...Bg4(Smyslov variation),but
much better is 8...b5! solving the opening problems at once.} Ng4 (8... Be6 $6
9. Qh4 (9. exf6 $5) 9... Nd5 10. Ng5 (10. Be2 c5 11. Ne4 Nd7 12. Neg5 h6 13.
Nxe6 fxe6 14. d4 cxd4 15. O-O Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Bxe5 17. Bxh6 Bg7 18. Bd3 Qe8 19.
Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Qxd4+ $16 {1/2-1/2 Boersma,P-Peek,M/Groningen 1988/EXT 97 (41)})
10... h6 11. Nxe6 fxe6 12. Qe4 Nxc3 13. dxc3 Qd5 14. Qxg6 Qxe5+ 15. Be3 $16 {
1-0 Adamski,J-Vujic,B/Valjevo 1984/MCD (41)}) (8... Ne8 {[%csl Rd5][%cal Gc7c6,
Ge8c7] looks passive,but maybe not so bad} 9. d4 c6 10. Be2 Nc7 11. h4 Bg4 12.
Ng5 Bxe2 13. Kxe2 c5 $1 $132 14. dxc5 Nc6 15. f4 Qd4 $1 16. Qxd4 Nxd4+ 17. Kf2
f6 $1 18. exf6 exf6 19. Nf3 Nc2 $1 20. Rb1 Na6 21. Ne1 Nxe1 22. Rxe1 Nxc5 23.
Rd1 f5 24. Be3 Rac8 25. Bd4 $11 Bxd4+ 26. Rxd4 Ne6 27. Rd7 Nc5 {1/2-1/2
Biriukov,O-Yandemirov,V/St. Petersburg 1998/EXT 99 (27)}) 9. d4 Be6 (9... Nc6 {
was tried in the game Ivanchuk-Shirov,Rubinstein mem 1998} {but after} 10. Bf4
Na5 11. Qe2 $1 $14 {White is better in view of unfortunate position of black
knights.}) 10. d5 Bf5 11. Bf4 {[%cal Gh2h3]} Nd7 12. Qe2 {[%csl Rf5,Rg4][%cal
Gh2h3]} f6 {Otherwise black pieces feel very uncomfortable on the kingside.}
13. e6 Nde5 (13... Nc5 $6 14. Qc4 b6 15. Nd4 Ne5 16. Bxe5 fxe5 17. Nc6 Qe8 18.
b4 Nb7 19. Nb5 Rc8 20. Nbxa7 Ra8 21. Nb5 Rc8 22. Rc1 Nd6 23. Nxd6 cxd6 24. Be2
{1-0 Drogoon,A-Vorobiov,E/RUS-Cup02/1998 (30)}) 14. Rd1 $1 $146 {[%mdl 8]} ({
In the origin game black has got good counterchances after} 14. Bxe5 fxe5 15.
h3 Nf6 16. Rd1 e4 17. Ne5 c6 $1 18. dxc6 Qc7 19. cxb7 Rad8 $1 $36 {0-1 Goldin,
A-Mikhalevski,V/Rishon Le Zion 1997/CBM 62 ext (30);71/12}) 14... c6 $2 {
Desisive mistake.Black should solve the problem of the knight on g4.} (14...
Nxf3+ $5 15. Qxf3 Ne5 16. Qg3 {'+/-' Yakovich.} (16. Qe3 $16 {Yakovich}) 16...
Qd6 $13) (14... Qd6 $5 15. Nd4 (15. h3 $5 Nxf3+ 16. gxf3 (16. Qxf3 Ne5) 16...
Ne5 (16... Qxf4 $2 17. hxg4 $18 {[%csl Rf5]}) 17. Bg3 {[%csl Re5][%cal Gf3f4]}
g5 $13) 15... Bd3 $1 16. Qd2 (16. Rxd3 $2 Nxd3+ 17. Qxd3 Qxf4) (16. Bxe5 $2
fxe5) (16. Qxg4 Bxf1 17. Kxf1 (17. Bxe5 fxe5) 17... Nxg4 (17... Qa6+ $4 18. Qe2
) 18. Bxd6 cxd6 {[%cal Gf6f5] and black is OK.} {For example following
variation is possible:} 19. h3 Ne5 20. b3 {[%csl Re5][%cal Gf2f4]} Rac8 21.
Nce2 Rc5 $5 22. f4 Rxd5 23. Nc3 Rc5 24. Ne4 Rd5 (24... Rcc8 25. fxe5 fxe5+ 26.
Nf3 d5 $13) 25. Nc3 $11) 16... Bxf1 (16... f5 {is interesting,but not necessary
} {For instance:} 17. h3 $5 Bxf1 $8 (17... Nf6 $2 18. Ndb5 {[%csl Re5]} Bxb5
19. Nxb5 Qb6 20. Bxe5 Ne4 21. Bd4 $1 Nxd2 22. Bxb6 Nxf1 23. Bd4 $18 {[%csl Rf1]
}) 18. Kxf1 (18. Rxf1 Nf6 19. Ndb5 Nd3+ $1 (19... Nc4 $2 20. Bxd6 $1 (20. Qd4
Qb4 21. b3 Nxd5 $1 22. Qxd5 Bxc3+ 23. Nxc3 Qxc3+) 20... Nxd2 21. Bxe7 Nxf1 22.
Bxf8) 20. Qxd3 Qxf4 $13) 18... Nf6 $5 (18... Qa6+ 19. Qe2 Qxe2+ 20. Kxe2 Nh6
21. b3 {[%csl Re5,Rh6][%cal Gh1e1] doesn't look too good for Black.}) 19. Qe2 (
19. Ndb5 Nc4 $13) 19... Nh5 $1) 17. Kxf1 (17. Rxf1 Nd3+ $5 18. Qxd3 Qxf4) 17...
Nc4) 15. Nd4 $1 $16 {Now Black is in big troubles.} Bd3 {An attempt to
complicate the play leads to immediate disaster,but what else?} 16. Rxd3 Nxd3+
17. Qxd3 cxd5 18. Be2 Ne5 19. Qb5 $18 {[%csl Rd5] Now the d5-pawn is falling}
g5 (19... a6 {doesn't help} 20. Qxd5 Qxd5 21. Nxd5 Rfd8 22. Nb6 $1 ({but not} 
22. Nxe7+ $2 Kf8 {[%csl Re7]}) 22... Rxd4 $140 (22... Rab8 $142) 23. Bxe5 $18)
20. Be3 f5 21. Bxg5 f4 22. O-O Ng6 (22... h6 23. Bh4 Ng6 24. Nf3 {doesn't
bring relief}) 23. Rd1 (23. Rd1 {after} h6 24. Bh5 {Black is helpless}) 1-0

[Event "USA-ch Gr-A"]
[Site "Salt Lake City"]
[Date "1999.08.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gurevich, Dmitry"]
[Black "Yermolinsky, Alex"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2537"]
[BlackElo "2588"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "1999.08.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 073"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Qa4+ {Popularity of this line is not
accidental.Despite rather big ammount of games played in this line black still
can't find a clear way to equality.So the current game can be considered as an
attempt to revive dying Anti-Gruenfeld.} Bd7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 Nc6 ({As
practice shows} 6... Bg7 {is dangerous in view of} 7. e4 {following by} Z0 8.
e5) (6... a6 {is the third possible continuation which remains almost
unexplored one.}) 7. d4 {The best.Other moves are weaker:} (7. g3 Bg7 8. Bg2
O-O 9. O-O Bg4 (9... e5 10. d3 Rb8 11. Qh4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Soltau,A-Rabe,K/BL2-N
1984/EXT 97-B (29)}) 10. Qa4 (10. d3 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 Ne5 12. Qf4 Nxf3+ 13. Qxf3
c6 14. Bd2 Nd5 15. Rfc1 Qd7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Lechtynsky,J-Leko,P/Nettetal 1992/CBM
28 (25)}) 10... Qd7 11. d3 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 Nd4 13. Bxb7 Nxe2+ 14. Kg2 Qxa4 15.
Nxa4 Rab8 16. Bf3 Nd4 17. Bd1 Nd5 $15 {1/2-1/2 Ibragimov,I-Vokarev,S/Novgorod
RUS 1999 (20)}) (7. Ng5 e6 8. d4 $13 {1-0 Schaller,S-Voigt,U/Gruenheide 1997/
EXT 98 (25)}) 7... a6 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8] An interesting novelty.Black combines
ideas both 6...Nc6 and 6...a6 lines.The effect of this surprise turns out very
strong for Dmitri Gurevich.He doesn't find a good reply and from the very
beginning fights for a draw.} (7... Bg7 {All preceding games continiued this
way} 8. e4 O-O ({An attempt of immediate attack of the white's centre also
deserves some attention:} 8... Bg4 9. d5 Bxf3 10. gxf3 Ne5 11. Qa4+ Nfd7 12.
Be2 O-O 13. f4 Nb6 14. Qb3 Ned7 15. Be3 c6 $1 16. dxc6 bxc6 17. h4 Rb8 18. Qc2
e5 19. h5 exf4 20. Bxf4 Ne5 {and black is probably not worse.1-0 Van Wely,
L-Mikhalevski,V/Dieren 1999 (67)}) 9. e5 Ng4 {transposes into 6...Bg7} (9...
Be6 10. exf6 $1 Bxc4 11. fxg7 Kxg7 12. Bxc4 Nxd4 13. Nxd4 Qxd4 14. Be2 Rad8 15.
O-O Qe5 16. Be3 Rd7 17. Rfe1 Qa5 18. a3 Rfd8 19. Bg4 f5 20. Bf3 e5 21. Bg5 (21.
Bxb7 $1 c5 22. Bc6 Rd6 (22... f4 23. Bxd7 Rxd7 24. Bc1 c4 25. h3 $1 $18 {
Anand; /\ Re2, Bd2}) 23. Bb5 a6 24. Bf1 $18) 21... e4 22. Be2 c6 23. Bxd8 Qxd8
24. Red1 b5 25. Rxd7+ Qxd7 26. Rd1 Qe6 27. g3 a5 28. Rd2 e3 29. Rd3 exf2+ 30.
Kxf2 Qe5 31. Bf3 Qc5+ 32. Kf1 {1/2-1/2 Kramnik,V-Ivanchuk,V/Belgrade 1997/CBM
62/[Baburin] (32)}) 10. Bf4 Na5 11. Qe2 c5 (11... Kh8 $2 {loses to} 12. h3 Nh6
13. Bxh6 Bxh6 14. e6 $1 Bc6 15. Qe5+ $18 {[%cal Re5h8,Re5a5] 1-0 Vaulin,
A-Vokarev,S/Novgorod RUS 1999 (49)}) 12. h3 cxd4 13. Nxd4 Nh6 14. Rd1 Qb6 15.
Qd2 Nf5 16. Nxf5 Bxf5 17. Nd5 Qd8 18. Qb4 $1 $16 {Ivanchuk-Shirov 35-th
Rubinstein mem Polanice Zdroj 1998 CBM67[Ribli]}) 8. d5 $6 {This attempt to
punish Black for the slow play in the opening (6...Nc6,7...a6) only helps him
to create dangerous counterplay.} (8. e4 {deserved serious attention as} Bg4 9.
Be3 {leads into Smyslov variation of Gruenfeld with useless a7-a6 included.})
8... Na7 {[%cal Gc7c6,Ga7b5] Suddenly the d5-pawn becomes an object of attack.}
9. Bg5 (9. e4 c6 10. Ne5 b5 $1 (10... cxd5 $6 11. Nxd5 $1 Nxd5 12. Qxd5 {
[%cal Rd5f7,Rd5b7]}) 11. Qb3 cxd5 12. exd5 (12. Nxd5 $2 Be6) 12... Bg7 $11 {
[%cal Ge8g8]}) 9... Nb5 {[%csl Rb2][%cal Gf8g7] Hidden idea of Black's setup.
Yermolinsky immediately makes use of inaccurate play of White.} 10. Rd1 (10. e4
$5) 10... Bg7 11. Na4 $2 {[%mdl 16384] Very strange decision.White gives up
the e4-square for nothing of his own free will.} ({Now} 11. e4 {was necessary}
Nxc3 (11... O-O 12. e5 Nxc3 13. bxc3 (13. Qxc3 Ne4 14. Qe3 Nxg5 15. Nxg5 $13))
12. Qxc3 (12. bxc3 b5 13. Qb4 (13. Qe2) 13... Bg4 14. Be2 Qd6 $13) 12... O-O
13. Qc2) 11... Nd6 12. Qb3 Nfe4 $15 {[%csl Ra4]} 13. Be3 (13. Bf4 $5) 13... O-O
{[%cal Gd8e8] preparing very unpleasant Qe8} 14. Bd4 (14. Nc5 Nxc5 15. Bxc5 Qe8
16. Rc1 e6 $1 $36) 14... Qe8 $1 15. Nc3 $8 (15. Bxg7 $4 Bxa4) (15. Nc5 $2 Nxc5
16. Bxc5 Ba4 $19) 15... Nxc3 $1 (15... e5 16. dxe6 (16. Be3 f5) 16... Bxe6 17.
Qc2 Nxc3 18. bxc3) 16. Qxc3 $8 (16. Bxg7 $2 Nxd1 17. Bxf8 Ba4 $1 $19) 16... Nb5
{[%cal Rb5c3,Rb5d4]} 17. Qc2 Nxd4 18. Nxd4 e6 $5 (18... c6 {seems to be even
stronger} 19. dxc6 Bxc6 20. e3 (20. Nxc6 Qxc6 $1 21. Qxc6 bxc6 $17 {[%csl Rb2,
Re1]}) 20... Rc8 21. Nxc6 Qxc6 22. Qxc6 Rxc6 23. Rd7 Rc2 24. Rxb7 Rd8 $1 {
[%csl Ra2,Rb2,Re1,Rf2]}) 19. dxe6 ({After} 19. Qxc7 {White's king is in big
danger.} exd5 20. Qxb7 Rb8 21. Qxa6 Rxb2 22. Qa3 Bxd4 23. Rxd4 Rb1+ 24. Rd1 Qe4
$1 $36) 19... Bxe6 20. e3 Bd5 {[%csl Rg2] making normal development difficult}
(20... Rd8 21. Be2 Qe7 {[%cal Ge6a2]} (21... Bxd4 22. exd4 c6 $15) 22. a3 Bd5
23. O-O $15) 21. Nf3 {[%cal Gf1e2,Ge1g1]} (21. Qxc7 {is dangerous in view of}
Bxd4 $1 22. Rxd4 Rc8 23. Qa5 (23. Qf4 Rc1+ 24. Rd1 Rxd1+ 25. Kxd1 Qc6 $40 {
[%csl Ra2,Rd1,Rg2]}) 23... Rc1+ 24. Kd2 Qc6 $40 {[%csl Rd2][%cal Gc6c2]}) 21...
Qe4 $1 {[%csl Rb2] Despite exchange of queens Black keeps positional
initiative thanks to the development advantage and pair of bishops.} 22. Qxe4
Bxe4 23. Nd2 (23. b3 $2 Bc3+ 24. Ke2 Rad8 $1) (23. Bd3 $5 Bxf3 24. gxf3 Bxb2
25. Be4) 23... Bc6 24. b3 (24. Nc4 Rfd8 25. Rc1 Rd7 $17 {[%csl Gc6,Rg2,Gg7]
and it's difficult for White to complete development.}) 24... Rfd8 {[%cal
Gg7c3,Gd8d7]} 25. Rc1 ({If White doesn't prevent Bc3 he loses at least a pawn:
} 25. Rg1 Bc3 {[%cal Gd8d2]} 26. Ke2 $8 Rd7 27. Nc4 $8 Rxd1 $1 (27... Rad8 $143
28. Rxd7 (28. Rc1 Rd3 $1 $19 {[%cal Gb7b5,Gd3d2]}) 28... Rxd7 {[%cal Gb7b5]}
29. g3 $1 b5 30. Bh3 $1 {[%cal Gg1c1]}) 28. Kxd1 b5 29. Kc2 $8 (29. Na3 Rd8+
30. Kc2 Bb4 31. Nb1 Be4+ 32. Kc1 Be1 $1 $19 {[%csl Re3,Rf2]}) 29... Be1 $1 30.
Be2 Bxf2 31. Rf1 Bh4 $17) 25... Rd7 $1 $17 {[%cal Ga8d8]} 26. Nf3 $5 {Gurevich
is looking for chances in the endgame with the bishops of opposite colours.} (
26. Nc4 $5) 26... Bxf3 (26... Rad8 $143 27. Be2) 27. gxf3 Rad8 28. f4 $1 {
preparing escape of his king} c6 {[%cal Gd7d2]} ({in case of} 28... Rd2 29.
Rxc7 Rd1+ 30. Ke2 R8d2+ 31. Kf3 {which was impossible before 28.f4!}) 29. Rc2
$1 {White has to reduce Black's attacking potential.} (29. Be2 Rd2 30. a4 Rb2
31. Rd1 Bc3+ 32. Kf1 Bd2 33. Bc4 $140 b5 {[%csl Rb3]}) 29... Rd2 30. Rxd2 Bc3
31. Bh3 Rxd2 32. O-O Rxa2 33. Rd1 Bf6 {[%csl Gd8][%cal Gf6h4]} (33... Rb2 34.
Rd8+ Kg7 35. Rd7 Rxb3 36. Be6 Rb2 37. Rxf7+ Kh6 38. Kg2 a5) 34. Bc8 b5 (34...
Bh4 35. Bxb7 Bxf2+ 36. Kg2 Bxe3+ 37. Kf3 Bb6 38. h3 Ra3 39. Rd3 c5 40. Bd5) 35.
Rd6 Bh4 {[%csl Re3,Rf2]} 36. Rxc6 Bxf2+ 37. Kg2 Bxe3+ 38. Kf3 Bg1 $6 {Makes
the win more difficult.} (38... Bd2 $1 {[%csl Rb3,Gc3][%cal Ga2b2] was much
simplier:} 39. Bxa6 (39. f5 a5 $1 40. Rc5 Bb4 41. Rxb5 Rxh2 $19) 39... Rb2 40.
f5 (40. Bxb5 Rxb3+ 41. Ke2 Rxb5 (41... Bxf4 $5 $19) 42. Kxd2 Rb2+ $19) 40...
Rxb3+ 41. Ke2 (41. Ke4 gxf5+) 41... Rb2 42. f6 h6 43. Kd3 Bg5 44. Rc8+ Kh7 45.
Rf8 Bxf6 46. Rxf7+ Bg7 $19 {[%csl Rh2] and presence of rooks makes Black's win
possible.}) 39. Bxa6 Rf2+ (39... Rb2 40. Rc3 $1 (40. Bxb5 $2 Rxb3+ 41. Kg2 Rxb5
42. Kxg1 Rb4 43. f5 Rg4+ 44. Kh1 g5 $1 45. f6 h6 $19 {[%cal Gg8h7,Gh7g6,Gg4f4]}
)) 40. Kg3 (40. Ke4 Bxh2 $19 {[%csl Rf4]}) 40... Rb2 41. Rc3 $8 (41. Bxb5 Rxb3+
42. Kg2 Rxb5 43. Kxg1 Rb4 $1 $19 {see 39...R:b2 40.B:b5?}) 41... b4 42. Rc8+
Kg7 43. Bc4 {[%csl Rf7][%cal Gc8c7]} Bxh2+ 44. Kf3 f5 $2 {[%mdl 16384]
Decisive mistake.Now White escapes attacking Black's king.} (44... Bg1 $3 {
was necessary preventing both 45.Rc7 and 45.Rb8 and preparing Ra2-a7.} 45. Rd8
$1 {[%cal Gd8d7]} (45. Rc7 Rf2+ 46. Kg3 Rxf4 $1 47. Kxf4 $140 Bh2+) (45. Rb8 {
[%cal Gb8b7]} Rf2+ 46. Kg3 Rxf4 $1 $19) 45... Ra2 $1 46. Rd1 (46. Rd7 Ra7 47.
Rxa7 Bxa7 $19 {and Black wins thanks to the pawns on the queen side.}) 46...
Bc5 47. Rd5 (47. Rd7 Ra7 $19 {see 46.Rd7}) 47... Ra5 $1 {and Black probably
wins.} (47... Be7 $143 48. Rd7 Kf6 49. Rb7 $1 Ra1 (49... Ra8 50. Rb6+ Kg7 51.
Rb7 Kf8 52. f5 $1 {[%cal Gf5f6]}) 50. Rb6+ Kg7 51. Rb7 Re1 52. Kf2 Re4 53. Kf3)
) 45. Rc7+ Kh8 46. Rc8+ Kg7 47. Rc7+ Kf8 (47... Kf6 $4 48. Rf7#) (47... Kh6 48.
Bg8 g5 49. Rxh7+ Kg6 50. fxg5 Bg1 (50... Kxg5 51. Rg7+ Kf6 52. Rg2 $11) 51. Rd7
$11) 48. Rf7+ $1 Ke8 49. Rxh7 Rc2 $1 {[%cal Gc2c3]} 50. Rb7 {[%cal Gc4f7]} (50.
Bf7+ $5 Ke7 51. Bxg6+ Kf6 52. Bf7 Rc3+ $15) 50... Kf8 51. Rf7+ Kg8 52. Rb7+ (
52. Rxf5+ $4 Rxc4 $19) 52... Kh8 53. Bf7 (53. Rxb4 $5 Rc3+ 54. Ke2 Bxf4 55. Bf7
Kg7 56. Bxg6 Bd6 $140 57. Rb6) 53... Rc3+ 54. Ke2 Kg7 (54... Bxf4 55. Bxg6 Rxb3
56. Bxf5 $11) 55. Bd5+ (55. Be8+ $5 {[%csl Rg6]}) 55... Kh6 56. Rxb4 Kh5 57.
Rc4 $5 Rxb3 58. Rc7 (58. Rc8 $5 Rb4 59. Rc4 Rxc4 60. Bxc4 Bxf4 $11 {see 59...R:
c4 instead of 59...Rb5}) 58... Rb4 (58... Rb5 59. Bf3+ Kh4 60. Rc6 {and draw
is inevitable.}) 59. Rc4 $1 Rb5 (59... Rxc4 60. Bxc4 Bxf4 {leads into
theoretically drawish position.}) 60. Bc6 Rb6 ({or} 60... Rb2+ 61. Kf3 Rb3+ 62.
Kg2 Bg3 63. Be8 $11) 61. Kf3 Kh4 62. Be8 Rb3+ 63. Kg2 Rb2+ 64. Kf1 (64. Kf3
$143 Bg1 $1 {[%cal Gb2f2,Gg1b6]}) 64... Kg4 65. Bxg6 $11 Rb5 (65... Bxf4 66.
Rc5 Kf3 67. Bxf5 $11) 66. Kg2 Bxf4 67. Bh5+ Kg5 68. Be2 Be5 (68... Be5 69. Rg4+
fxg4 70. Bxb5 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Vlissingen HZ op 03rd"]
[Site "Vlissingen"]
[Date "1999.08.15"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Mikhalevski, Victor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2516"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1999.08.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qh4 Nxc3 7. dxc3 Nc6
8. Bf4 $5 {[%csl Ge5] Rare,but interesting continuation.White prevents e7-e5
which is possible in case of 8.e4.In order to make e5 possible anyway Black
has to weaken his pawn structure on the king side by means of f6.} (8. e4 {
is the main line.}) 8... f6 {[%cal Ge7e5]} (8... Bg7 $143 {[%cal Ge7e5]} 9. Bh6
$1 (9. e4 {looks strange as White loses time after} e5 10. Qxd8+ Rxd8 11. Bg5
f6 12. Be3 Be6 13. Bb5 Kf7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Van den Berg,A-Van Dop,A/Leeuwarden
1972/MCD (44)}) (9. Qg3 $5 {[%csl Ge5][%cal Gf4c7] is interesting preventing
e5 and attacking the c7 pawn.} O-O $6 10. Bxc7 Qc8 11. e4 Bg4 12. Be2 Bxf3 13.
Bxf3 e5 14. Bd6 Rd8 15. Ba3 Na5 16. Be7 Re8 17. Bg5 Qc4 18. Qh4 Rac8 19. Be2
Qa4 20. O-O Qc2 21. Bb5 Qxb2 22. Bxe8 Rxe8 23. Qh3 Re6 24. Rfd1 Bf8 25. Rab1
Qxa2 26. Ra1 Qe2 27. Rd2 Qxe4 28. Rd8 Rb6 29. Qh6 Rb1+ 30. Rxb1 Qxb1+ 31. Bc1 {
1-0 Yegiazarian,A-Zezulkin,J/Czestochowa 1992/TD (31)}) 9... Kf8 (9... O-O 10.
O-O-O (10. e4 $5) (10. Rd1 $5) ({or} 10. Ng5 $6 f6 11. Bxg7 fxg5 12. Qh6 Rf7)
10... e5 $140 11. Ng5 {[%cal Gh6g7]} f6 12. Ne6 $1) 10. g4 $1 {Vaganian} (10.
Rd1 e5 11. Rxd7 $140 $2 Qxd7 12. Qf6 Rg8 $1 $19) 10... e5 11. g5 $1 {[%csl Rf6,
Rh6] fixing weak black squares.}) 9. Bh6 (9. e4 e5 10. Be3 Qe7 11. Nd2 Qf7 12.
f3 Be7 13. Bc4 Be6 14. Bxe6 Qxe6 15. Qf2 O-O 16. Qe2 a6 17. O-O {1/2-1/2
Marjanovic,S-Smejkal,J/Trnava 1989/CBM 12 (17)}) 9... e5 10. Bxf8 Kxf8 11.
O-O-O $1 (11. Qh6+ $143 {seems to be just a loss of time as king feels better
on f7 and White's queen is more useful on h4 in particular g4 can be supported
from there.} Kf7 12. O-O-O $5 (12. Rd1 Qe7 13. g3 Rad8 14. Bh3 e4 15. Ng1 f5
$15 {0-1 Heyken,E-Gutman,L/Bad Woerishofen 1989/TD (42)}) (12. e4 Be6 13. Be2
Qf8 $11 {1-0 Zemerov,V-Apro,A/Szeged 1993/EXT 97 (47)}) 12... Qe7 {[%cal Gd7e6]
} 13. g3 Rad8 14. Bg2 Qc5 $6 15. Rd5 Qc4 16. Rhd1 Be6 17. Rxd8 Nxd8 18. Nh4 Rg8
19. Qxh7+ Rg7 20. Qh8 Rg8 21. Qh7+ Rg7 22. Qh6 Nc6 23. Bxc6 Qxc6 $14 {1/2-1/2
Petrakov,A-Zezulkin,A/Minsk 1994/EXT 97 (59)}) 11... Kg7 12. g4 $1 {[%cal
Gg4g5] /\g5} h6 (12... g5 $5 13. Qg3 Qe7 14. h4 h6 15. Bg2 {/\Nd2-f1-e3}) 13.
Qg3 Qe7 (13... g5 $5) 14. Nh4 $1 {[%csl Rd7][%cal Gh4g6,Gh4g2,Gg2e3] After the
game I had suddenly realised all this had been already played before.By the
way Vaganian was White.See below.} g5 $146 (14... Rhd8 $5 15. Bg2 (15. Rg1 Be6
16. Bg2 Rxd1+ 17. Rxd1 Rd8) (15. e3 $5 Be8 16. Bd3 e4 17. Bc2) 15... Be8 16.
Rxd8 Rxd8 17. Be4 Qd6 18. Qe3 $13) (14... Rad8 15. Bg2 g5 16. Nf5+ Bxf5 17.
gxf5 Rxd1+ 18. Rxd1 Rd8 19. Bd5 $16 {[%csl Rc6,Rg6,Rg7] 1-0 Vaganian,R-Wegner,
H/BL9394 1994/GER-chT (41)}) 15. Ng2 $1 {[%csl Rf5][%cal Gg2e3,Yf1g2,Yg2e4,
Ge3f5,Ge3d5] /\Ne3;><f5,d5} ({Exchange sacrifice doesn't bring sufficient
compensation:} 15. Rxd7 $2 Qxd7 16. Nf5+ Kf8 {[%cal Ga8d8,Gc6e7]}) (15. Qd3 {
looks dangerous,but in fact is not sufficient for getting advantage.} Rad8 $1 {
Now both 16.Qg6 and 16.Ng6 can't be dangerous for Black thanks to the tactical
resources of the position.} 16. Qg6+ (16. Ng6 e4 $1 {The point of 15...Rad8}
17. Qxd7 $1 (17. Nxe7 exd3 18. Nf5+ Bxf5 19. gxf5 dxe2 20. Bxe2 Ne5 {and
Black's problems are behind.}) 17... Rxd7 18. Nxe7 Rxe7 {and Black is OK.} ({or
} 18... Rxd1+ $5 19. Kxd1 Nxe7 20. Bg2 f5 $1 21. gxf5 e3 $1 $132)) 16... Kf8
17. Nf5 Bxf5 (17... Qf7 18. Qxf7+ Kxf7 19. Bg2 h5 $11) 18. Rxd8+ Nxd8 19. Qxf5
Qe6 $11) (15. Ng6 {[%csl Rd7][%cal Rg6e7,Rg6h8,Gg3d3] is also not dangerous}
Kxg6 16. Qd3+ Kg7 17. Qxd7 Rad8 18. Qxe7+ Nxe7 $11) 15... Qe6 $1 {[%cal Gc6e7,
Gd7c6] This regrouping allows Black to take under control the f5-square and
big diagonal.At the same time the a2-pawn is attacked.} 16. Ne3 Ne7 17. Bg2 Bc6
(17... Rad8 $5) (17... Bb5 $5) 18. Rd2 $5 {Vaganian supposes that the d-file
is more important than the a2-pawn.I'm not sure White's idea is correct,but
it's for sure interesting.} (18. Bxc6 $5 Qxc6 19. h4 (19. Rd2 $4 Qxh1+)) 18...
Qxa2 $1 {I think the pawn must be taken.} (18... Rad8 $5 {is also sufficient
for keeping balance.} 19. Rhd1 Rxd2 ({Vaganian} 19... Rd6 $6 20. Bxc6 Rxd2 21.
Rxd2 Qxc6 22. Qg1 $1 {/\Qd1}) 20. Rxd2 Qxa2 21. Bxc6 bxc6 {[%cal Gh8b8,Ga2a1]}
22. Rd7 Qa1+ 23. Kc2 Rb8 $1 {[%csl Rb2,Rc2]} 24. b4 (24. Rxe7+ $2 Kf8 $19) (24.
Nd1 Kf8 {/\Ke8}) 24... Kf8 25. Qf3 Qa2+ 26. Kc1 Qa1+ $11) 19. Nc2 $1 {First of
all White has to take care of his king.} ({Hasty} 19. Bxc6 $2 bxc6 {[%cal
Ga8b8,Ga2a1] /\Rab8,Qa1} 20. Rd7 $2 {is refuted by simple} Qa1+ 21. Kc2 Qxh1 (
21... Qa4+ 22. Kb1 Qe4+ 23. Ka2 Qa4+ $11) 22. Rxe7+ Kf8 23. Rxc7 Qe4+ 24. Kc1
h5 $1 $19 (24... Rh7 $143 25. Rxh7 Qxh7 26. Qf3)) 19... Rhd8 20. Rhd1 Rxd2 (
20... Qg8 $6 21. Bxc6 bxc6 22. Rd7 $1 Qe8 23. Qd3 $1 {winning the d-file White
gets better play.} (23. Rxc7 $4 Rxd1+ 24. Kxd1 Qd8+) 23... Qxd7 24. Qxd7 Rxd7
25. Rxd7 Kf7 26. Ne3 Ke6 27. Rxc7 $16) 21. Rxd2 Ba4 $6 $138 {Right idea,but
wrong execution.Time-trouble starts to play its role.} (21... Be8 $142 {
[%cal Ga7a5,Ga5a4,Ga4a3] The a-file had to be given for the march of the
a-pawn.That's why Be8 is better.} 22. Be4 (22. Qe3 Qa5 {[%cal Ga5b6]}) 22...
Qe6 (22... a5 23. Qe3) 23. Qf3 a5 24. Ne3 (24. Bxb7 $5) 24... a4 25. Nf5+ Nxf5
26. Bxf5 Qa2 $1 {Queen has to be as close to the king as possible.} (26... Qb6
$143 27. Be4 a3 28. Qf5 a2 29. Qh7+ Kf8 30. Qh8+ Ke7 31. Qg7+ Bf7 32. Rd7+ $1
Kxd7 33. Qxf7+ $18) 27. Bb1 Qa1 {[%cal Ga4a3]} 28. Qf5 (28. Qxb7 a3 $1) 28...
a3 29. Qh7+ Kf8 30. Qxh6+ Ke7 31. Qg7+ Bf7 32. Rd7+ $11 {with perpetual check.}
) (21... Rb8 $5) 22. Be4 {[%cal Gg3e3,Ge3c5]} Qg8 $2 {[%mdl 16384] Serious
strategical blunder.I had to meet Qe3 with Qb6.} (22... Qe6 $142 $1 23. Qe3
$140 {[%cal Ge6b6]}) 23. Qe3 $1 {[%cal Ge3c5]} Rd8 $6 (23... Bxc2 $142 24. Kxc2
Rd8 25. Rxd8 Qxd8 26. Bxb7 $16) 24. Qc5 $1 Kf7 $4 {[%mdl 8192] Final accord.} (
24... Qe8 {would leave some practical chances.} 25. Rxd8 Qxd8 26. Bxb7 Bxc2 27.
Kxc2 Qd7 $16) 25. Qc4+ {[%cal Rc4f7,Rc4a4]} 1-0

[Event "Dos Hermanas 10th"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1999.04.10"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1999.04.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 071"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Qa4+ Bd7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 a6 $1 {I has
found this idea during my preparation to the match against Psakhis.It worked
very well and after several moves White had to be careful to equalize(The game
you can find below).} ({After natural} 6... Bg7 {black has to solve serious
problems.For example:} 7. e4 $1 O-O 8. e5 $1 Ng4 9. d4 {[%csl Rg4] and black
has to choose between} Nc6 {tried in the game Ivanchuk-Shirov,Rubinstein mem
1998} ({and} 9... Be6 10. d5 Bf5 11. Bf4 {[%cal Gh2h3]} Nd7 12. Qe2 {[%csl Rf5,
Rg4][%cal Gh2h3]} f6 {Otherwise black pieces feel very uncomfortable on the
kingside.} 13. e6 Nde5 14. Rd1 $1 $146 ({In the origin game black has got good
counterchances after} 14. Bxe5 fxe5 15. h3 Nf6 16. Rd1 e4 17. Ne5 c6 $1 18.
dxc6 Qc7 19. cxb7 Rad8 $1 $36 {0-1 Goldin,A-Mikhalevski,V/Rishon Le Zion 1997/
CBM 62 ext (30);71/12}) 14... c6 $2 (14... Nxf3+ $5) (14... Qd6 $5) 15. Nd4 Bd3
16. Rxd3 Nxd3+ 17. Qxd3 cxd5 18. Be2 Ne5 19. Qb5 g5 20. Be3 f5 21. Bxg5 f4 22.
O-O Ng6 23. Rd1 {1-0 Rustemov,A-Zezulkin,J/Swidnica POL 1999 (23)My analysis
of this game you can find in CBM 71.}) {but after} 10. Bf4 Na5 11. Qe2 $1 $14 {
White is better in view of unfortunate position of black knights.}) 7. g3 {
Strange enough that Topalov chooses this inoffensive move.} (7. d4 {Looks more
logical and puts much more problems.} b5 8. Qb3 Nc6 9. Bf4 Bg7 10. e3 O-O 11.
Be2 Be6 12. Qd1 Nb4 $6 (12... Nd5 $5) 13. e4 $1 Bc4 14. a3 Nc6 15. Bxc4 bxc4
16. O-O Rb8 17. d5 Nh5 18. Be3 Na5 19. Qa4 c6 20. dxc6 e6 21. e5 Qc7 22. g4 $18
{1-0 Lautier,J-Bacrot,E/Enghien-les-Bains FRA 1999 (30).See my comments in
CBM70.}) 7... Nc6 {Another surprise.} ({Why not} 7... b5 8. Qb3 c5 9. d3 Nc6
10. Bg2 Rc8 {solving all opening problems easily?} 11. Qd1 Bg7 12. O-O O-O 13.
Be3 Nb4 14. h3 Nfd5 15. Bd2 Nb6 16. Qc1 c4 17. dxc4 Rxc4 18. Bh6 N4d5 19. Bxg7
Kxg7 20. Ne5 Rc5 21. Bxd5 Nxd5 22. Nxd7 Qxd7 23. Rd1 Qc6 24. Rxd5 Rxd5 25. Nxd5
Qxd5 {1/2-1/2 Psakhis,L-Mikhalevski,V/Ramat Aviv 1998/CBM 68 (25)}) 8. Bg2 Bg7
9. O-O e5 10. d3 h6 {Similar position with White's queen on d1 can be reached
by 1.c4 Nf62.Nc3 d5 3.cd N:d5 4.g3g6 5.Bg2 Nb6 6.Nf3 Bg7 and so on.The
position of queen on c4 is in the Black's favour as he can win few tempos by
the means of Be6 and then Nd5 and Nb6.} 11. Rd1 Be6 12. Qa4 O-O 13. Be3 Nd5 14.
Bc5 Nb6 (14... Re8 $5 {leaving the idea of Nb6 for later use.} 15. d4 Nxc3 (
15... exd4 16. Nxd4 Nxd4 17. Bxd4 Nxc3 (17... Bxd4 18. Bxd5 $1) 18. Bxc3 {
with some pressure.}) 16. bxc3 e4 (16... exd4 17. Nxd4 Nxd4 18. Bxd4 $14 (18.
cxd4 Bd5)) 17. Ne5 (17. Ne1 f5 18. d5 $140 $2 Bxd5 19. c4 b5 $1) 17... Bd5 (
17... Nxe5 $5 18. dxe5 Qg5) 18. c4 (18. Qc2 $5 {[%cal Gd1d8,Gc3c4]}) 18... b5 {
and Black is OK.}) 15. Qa3 Re8 16. Rac1 Nd4 {[%cal Gd4b5] White's queen life
doesn't promise to be very quite in this game.} 17. Nd2 Nb5 18. Qb4 (18. Qa5
$143 Nd5 $1 {[%cal Gb7b6]} (18... Nd7 19. Nxb5 b6 20. Qa3 $1) 19. Nxb5 $140 $2
b6 $1 20. Qa3 (20. Bxd5 $142) 20... axb5) 18... c6 {[%cal Ga6a5]} 19. Qa5 Nd7
20. Qxd8 {A big relief for White.His main problem has finally gone.} Raxd8 $11
21. Bb4 Nf6 ({Of course not} 21... Nxc3 22. bxc3 Bxa2 $4 23. c4 {and Black has
to look for an escape by} a5) (21... c5 $2 22. Nxb5 cxb4 (22... axb5 23. Bxc5)
23. Nc7 (23. Nd6 $5)) (21... Nd4 $5 {in order to meet Ba5 with b6.} 22. e3 Nf5)
22. Ba5 Rb8 {[%csl Ra5][%cal Gb7b6] Creating a threat of b6 catching White's
bishop.} 23. Nc4 Nd5 {[%cal Gb5c3,Gd5c3][%mdl 2048] Look at this knight.That's
its second loop.} 24. Nxd5 {This knight should be killed.} cxd5 25. Nb6 {
[%csl Rd5]} e4 $5 {An interesting decision.Black chooses immediate
counterattack.} (25... Rbd8 26. Na4 $1 {[%cal Ga4c5]}) (25... Nd4 $5 26. Kf1
Nc6 27. Bc3 Rbd8 $11) 26. e3 {[%csl Gd4] restricting Black's knight.} ({After} 
26. dxe4 dxe4 {Black's bishops are too active.}) 26... Bxb2 27. Rc2 Bg7 28. a4
exd3 (28... Na3 $6 {is dangerous in view of} 29. Ra2 Bf8 30. Rda1 exd3 31. Rxa3
Bxa3 32. Rxa3) 29. Rcc1 (29. Rxd3 $2 Bf5) 29... Na7 {[%cal Ga7c6]} (29... Nd6 {
[%cal Gd6c4]} 30. Nxd5 {[%cal Ga5c7,Gd5c7]} b6 31. Bb4 $1 $14 {[%cal Gd5c7]} (
31. Bxb6 $2 Bxd5) (31. Nxb6 Bf5 $13)) 30. Rxd3 Nc6 31. Bc3 Ne5 {This knight
has worked not worse than its colleague and also is killed on its second loop.}
32. Bxe5 Bxe5 33. Bxd5 Rbd8 ({After} 33... Bxd5 34. Rxd5 {White is slightly
better.}) 34. e4 Re7 {[%cal Ge5c7]} 35. Kg2 Bc7 36. Rb1 Kg7 {[%cal Gc7b6]
Preparing series of exchanges.} (36... Bxd5 $2 37. Nxd5 Rxe4 $140 $2 38. Nf6+
Kg7 39. Rxd8 $18) 37. Nc4 Bd7 38. Rxb7 (38. a5 Bb5) (38. Rxb7 {Here are the
variations which show possible developing of the play:} Bxa4 (38... Bc6 $143
39. Ra7 Bxa4 (39... Rxe4 40. Bxc6 Rxc4 41. Rxd8 Bxd8 42. Rxa6 $14 (42. Bd5 $5
Rc7 43. Rxa6 $14)) 40. Rxa6 Bb5 (40... Bc2 41. Re3) 41. Ra7 Bxc4 (41... Rxd5 $2
42. Rxd5 Bxc4 43. Rc5 Bd6 44. Rxe7 Bxc5 45. Rc7) 42. Bxc4 Rxd3 (42... Rxe4 $2
43. Rxd8 (43. Rxc7 $2 Rxc4 $1 44. Rxf7+ Kxf7 45. Rxd8 $11) 43... Bxd8 44. Rxf7+
Kh8 45. Bd3 $18) 43. Bxd3 $14) 39. Nb6 (39. Rc3 Be8) 39... Bb5 (39... Bc6 $6
40. Bxc6 $1 Rxd3 41. Nc8 $1 Red7 (41... Re6 $2 42. Bd5 $1) 42. Bxd7 (42. e5 a5
$3 43. Bxd7 Rxd7 {see 42.B:d7}) 42... Rxd7 43. e5 $1 {[%cal Gc8b6,Gb6d5]} (43.
Nb6 Rd6) 43... a5 $1 44. Nd6 (44. Nb6 Re7 45. Nd5 Rxe5 46. Nxc7 Re7 47. Ra7 a4
$1 $11) (44. Na7 {[%cal Ga7b5]} Re7 45. Nc6 Rd7 $1 (45... Rxe5 $5 46. Nxe5 (46.
Rxc7 Rc5 $11) 46... Bxe5 $14) 46. Nxa5 Rd5 47. Rxc7 Rxa5 48. e6 Kf6 49. exf7
Kg7 $11 {[%cal Gh6h5]}) (44. Ra7 $5 {[%cal Gc8b6,Gb6d5]} a4 $1 45. Nb6 (45. Nd6
Re7 $1) 45... Re7 46. Nxa4 $14) 44... Rxd6 (44... Re7 $2 45. Rxc7 $18) 45. exd6
Bxd6 $14) 40. Rc3 Bd6 41. Rxe7 Bxe7 42. Rc7 Kf8 $11 {[%cal Gb5e8]}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "ISR-ch op"]
[Site "Ramat Aviv"]
[Date "1999.03.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Berkovich, Mark A"]
[Black "Mikhalevski, Victor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2428"]
[BlackElo "2531"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1999.03.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 070"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Nb6 6. Nf3 Bg7 7. O-O Nc6 8.
d3 O-O 9. Be3 e5 (9... h6 {is a possible alternative.}) 10. Qd2 Rb8 $5 $146 {
An interesting novelty.Black defends the b7 pawn that can be important in one
of the variations preparing to meet 11.Bh6 with Bg4 exchanging the
light-squared bishop for a knight and then Nd4 with a tempo.I have already
tried a similar idea in my game against Nikolaevsky in the 1-th Platonov's
memorial in Kiev in 1995.That was one of my favourite games in this setup.So I
decided to give it another chance.} (10... Re8) (10... Nd4 11. Bh6 Re8 12. Bxg7
Kxg7 13. Rfc1 c6 14. b4 Nc4 15. Qe1 Nd6 16. Nd2 a5 17. bxa5 Qxa5 18. e3 Ne6 19.
Nb3 Qa3 20. Qd2 Rd8 21. Nb1 Qa4 22. Qb2 f6 23. N1d2 Qa3 24. Qc2 Bd7 25. Nb1 Qa4
26. Nc3 Qa3 27. Nb1 Qa4 28. Nc3 Qa3 {1/2-1/2 Wohl,A-Rogers,I/Sydney AUS 1999 
(28)}) 11. Bh6 Bg4 $5 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. Ng5 {[%cal Gh2h3] White makes an
attempt to punish Black for his "long" idea trying to make use of the bishop
on g4.} ({After} 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 Nd4 {becomes clear why 10...Rb8 was
played.}) 13... Nd4 $1 {[%csl Rg5][%cal Gg4e2,Gd4e2]} (13... Nc4 {is senceless
in view of} 14. Qc1) 14. f4 $1 {Defending the knight White has been preparing
to drive away Black's active pieces.At this moment I have sank into a deep
thoughts and finally the right idea had been found.} (14. h3 $2 Nxe2+ $1 15.
Nxe2 Bxe2 16. Qxe2 Qxg5) 14... h6 $1 15. Nge4 f5 16. Nf2 Bh5 $1 {The most
difficult move I couldn't find for a long time.} 17. fxe5 Nc4 $1 {[%mdl 2048]
The point of 14...h6.Black has been bringing a knight into play and now all
his pieces occupy good points.The only problem can be Black's bishop on h5.}
18. Qc1 (18. dxc4 $2 Nf3+) 18... Nxe5 19. Kh1 $3 {White made this strong move
very quickly and suddenly I felt that not everything is so clear I had been
expecting it to be.Actually at this moment I have spend all my time trying to
find an answer for the question how do I meet 20.e3 and 21.d4 and didn't find
it.In the post-mortem I couldn't believe that I had been worse and we tried
all possible continuations. Suddenly my brother came with a fantastic idea
which frankly speaking I even didn't consider during the game...} Rf6 $2 {
[%mdl 16384] Sometimes a long thinking brings moves like this.} (19... c5 $1
20. e3 {During the game I had been checking only retreats of this knight,but...
} Bf3 $3 {[%mdl 640] Mikhalevski,A.The bishop which has been considered as the
main problem exchanges for the strong bishop on g2 and Black develops strong
initiative thanks to the weakened position of the White's king.} (20... Ndc6
21. Nd5 {[%csl Re6,Rh5][%cal Gd5f4,Gc1c5,Gc1c3]}) 21. exd4 Bxg2+ 22. Kxg2 cxd4
{[%csl Rg2][%cal Gd8d5] Now the idea has become clear.In the following scuffle
Black's chances are at least not worse.} 23. Re1 $1 {This is much stronger
than 23.Qf4 as the second one is not always obligatory.} (23. Qf4 $143 Qd6 $1 (
23... Re8 24. Rfe1 $1 (24. Rae1 Qd6 25. Ne2 Qd5+ 26. Kh3 Nf3 27. Qc7+ Kg8 28.
Nf4 Ng5+ 29. Kh4 Nf3+ $11) 24... Qd6 25. Ne2 Qd5+ 26. Kf1 Nf3 27. Qc7+ Kg8 28.
Nf4 Nxh2+ 29. Kg1 Nf3+ 30. Kh1) 24. Rfe1 (24. Ne2 $2 Qd5+ 25. Kh3 g5 $1 26.
Qxd4 g4+ 27. Kh4 Qe6 28. Nxg4 fxg4 {[%cal Ge6e7]} 29. Qc5 Rbc8 $19) 24... Rbe8
$1 (24... Rfe8 25. Ne2 {see 23...Re8}) 25. Ne2 (25. Rxe5 Qxe5 26. Qxe5+ Rxe5
27. Ncd1 Rc8 $15) 25... Qd5+ 26. Kf1 Nf3 27. Qc7+ $1 (27. Rec1 Nxh2+ 28. Kg1 (
28. Ke1 g5 $19) 28... Nf3+ 29. Kf1) 27... Rf7 28. Nf4 $1 Nxh2+ 29. Kg1 Nf3+ (
29... Qf3 30. Qd6 Qxg3+ 31. Kh1 Qf3+ 32. Kxh2 $1 (32. Kg1) 32... Qxf2+ 33. Ng2
Rxe1 34. Rxe1 $16 {[%cal Ge1e6,Ge6e7]}) 30. Kh1 $1 Qxa2 $1 (30... Rxc7 31. Nxd5
Rc2 $3 32. Rf1 (32. Rxe8 $2 Rxf2 {[%cal Gf2h2]}) 32... Re5 (32... Ree2 33. Kg2
{[%cal Gd5f4,Gf4e6]} Nh2 $1 $11) 33. Kg2 $1 Nd2 34. Rfc1 $1 Rxc1 35. Rxc1 Rxd5
36. Rd1 Ra5 37. Rxd2 Rxa2 $13 {[%csl Rd4][%cal Gf2h3,Gh3g1,Gg1f3,Gg1e2]}) 31.
Rf1 (31. Rxa2 Rxe1+ 32. Kg2 Rxc7 33. Kxf3 g5 $19) (31. Qd6 Rxe1+ 32. Rxe1 Nxe1
33. Qxg6+ Kh8 34. Ne6 $140 Qd5+) 31... Rxc7 (31... Qxb2 32. Qd6 {[%cal Gd6d5]})
32. Rxa2 g5 33. N4h3 $15 (33. Nd5 Rc5 34. Nb4 $140 a5 $19 {[%csl Rb4]})) ({
Certainly} 23. Ne2 $2 Qd5+ 24. Kh3 g5 {can't satisfy White.} (24... Nf3 $5 {
[%cal Gf3g5]})) 23... Qd6 $1 (23... Re8 $2 24. Qf4 Qd6 25. Ne2 {see 23.Qf4
Rfe8?}) 24. Ne2 $1 Rbc8 $1 (24... Qd5+ $2 25. Kf1 Rbc8 (25... Nf3 26. Nf4 Nxh2+
27. Kg1 Nf3+ 28. Kh1 $18) 26. Nf4 $1 $18 {[%cal Gc1d1]}) 25. Qf4 $1 (25. Qd1
Qc6+ 26. Kf1 Nf3 27. Rc1 Nxh2+ (27... Qa6 28. Nf4 Nxe1 (28... Rxc1 29. Re7+ $18
) 29. Rxc8 Rxc8 30. Qxe1 $14) 28. Kg1 Nf3+ 29. Kh1 Qa6 30. Rf1 $13 (30. Nf4 $2
Nxe1 (30... Rxc1 $2 31. Re7+) 31. Rxc8 Rxc8 32. Qxe1 Qc6+ $17)) 25... Qd5+ 26.
Kf1 Nf3 27. Nxd4 $5 (27. Rec1 Nxh2+ 28. Ke1 (28. Kg1 Nf3+ 29. Kf1 {see 28.Ke1})
28... Nf3+ 29. Kf1 (29. Kd1 $2 g5 30. Rc7+ Rf7 (30... Kg8 31. Qc1 Qa5 $1 {
[%cal Ga5e1,Ga5c7]}) 31. Rxf7+ (31. Qxf3 Qxf3 32. Rxc8 Qxf2 $19) 31... Kxf7 {
[%csl Rf4]}) 29... g5 (29... Nh2+ $11) 30. Rc7+ Kh8 (30... Rf7 31. Qxf3 $1 Qxf3
32. Rxc8) 31. Qc1 Nh2+ $11) 27... Nxd4 (27... Nxe1 28. Rxe1 $16) 28. Re7+ Rf7
$8 (28... Kf6 $2 29. Rae1 $18) 29. Rxf7+ Kxf7 30. Qxh6 $13 {[%csl Gc8,Gd4,Gd5,
Rf1] Maybe all these variations can be strengthened,but the only thing that is
absolutely clear I had to play it.}) (19... Nxe2 $2 20. Nxe2 Bxe2 21. Re1 $18 (
21. Qe3 $5) 21... Nxd3 $140 22. Qc3+) (19... Bxe2 $2 20. Nxe2 Nxe2 21. Qe3) 20.
e3 Ne2 (20... Ndf3 21. d4 {[%csl Rh5][%cal Gf2d3,Gd3f4]}) 21. Qc2 (21. Qd2 Nc4
22. Qe1 $13) 21... Nxc3 22. Qxc3 Qe7 23. d4 Ng4 {Making a good work knight
passes away.} 24. Nxg4 Bxg4 25. Rae1 $1 $16 {[%csl Rg4]} (25. h3 $143 Be2 26.
Rf2 Ba6) 25... Re8 {Being in a severe time-trouble I decided to give up a pawn
to liven somehow my bishop.} 26. h3 Bh5 27. Bxb7 g5 {freeing the bishop.} 28.
Bc6 Rb8 29. Bg2 (29. e4 $5) 29... c6 $2 30. d5 $1 $18 cxd5 31. Rxf5 Bf7 $8 32.
Ref1 Rbb6 33. h4 gxh4 34. gxh4 d4 {What else?} 35. Qxd4 Bxa2 36. Rxf6 Rxf6 37.
Rxf6 Qxf6 38. Qxa7+ Kg6 $1 (38... Bf7 {[%csl Rb2,Rh4] can't be recommended in
view of} 39. Qd4) 39. Qd4 $1 {Now the advancing of the b-pawn decides} ({
Of course not} 39. Qxa2 $2 Qxh4+ 40. Kg1 Qe1+ 41. Kh2 Qh4+ 42. Bh3 Qf2+ 43. Kh1
Qe1+ 44. Kg2 Qe2+ $11) 39... Qf2 40. b4 Be6 41. b5 Kh5 42. b6 $1 Bg4 {Black
loses developing maximum activity.} 43. Qe5+ $1 {Last precise move.} Bf5 (43...
Kxh4 44. Qh2+ Kg5 45. Qf4+ Qxf4 46. exf4+ Kxf4 47. b7 $18) 44. Qf4 Qe1+ 45. Kh2
{[%cal Gb6b7,Gb7b8]} Be4 (45... Bg4 46. Qe5+ Kxh4 47. b7) 46. Qe5+ {Very good
game of Mark Berkovich.} (46. Bxe4 $4 {would save the day} Qg1+ $1 47. Kh3 Qg3+
) 1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "1999.08.03"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Timman, Jan H"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2518"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "1999.07.31"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 072"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 e5 $6 {A dubious attempt to avoid King's
Indian.If we take statistics of this line,we'll find out that black lost
almost all the games.Maybe 4...e5 is not as bad as statistics shows,but
definitely it can't be recommended.} 5. Nxe5 $1 ({In case of} 5. d4 {Black's
idea can start working:} exd4 6. Nxd4 O-O 7. Be2 c6 8. O-O d5) 5... Nxe4 6.
Nxe4 Bxe5 7. d4 Bg7 8. Bg5 f6 9. Be3 O-O 10. Nc3 $1 (10. Be2 d6 (10... d5 $5)
11. Qd2 Re8 12. Nc3 Nc6 13. d5 Ne5 14. O-O f5 15. Rad1 a6 16. h3 Qe7 17. Rfe1
Qf8 18. Qc1 h6 19. Bf1 Re7 20. c5 Rf7 21. Ne2 g5 22. f4 Ng6 23. g3 Bd7 24. c6
bxc6 25. dxc6 Bc8 26. fxg5 hxg5 27. Bxg5 Rb8 28. b3 Rb4 29. Nf4 Nxf4 30. gxf4
Bd4+ 31. Kg2 d5 32. a3 {1-0 Summerscale,A-Berry,N/Aberdeen 1998/EXT 99 (32)})
10... Nc6 $146 (10... d6 11. g3 (11. Be2 Nc6 12. d5 Ne7 13. O-O Nf5 14. Bf4 Bd7
15. Bg4 a6 16. a4 h5 17. Bxf5 Bxf5 18. Re1 Qd7 19. Qb3 Rab8 20. c5 g5 21. Be3
Rfe8 22. a5 Bf8 23. Qc4 dxc5 24. Bxc5 Bxc5 25. Qxc5 Rxe1+ {Sanguinetti,
R-Garcia Palermo,C/Caseros 1974/EXT 98/1/2-1/2 (47)}) 11... Bd7 12. Bg2 Qc8 13.
Nd5 Nc6 14. O-O Rf7 15. Rc1 Ne7 16. Nxe7+ Rxe7 17. Qb3 c6 18. Bf4 $16 {Keene,
R-Miles,A/Hastings 1973/EXT 98/1-0 (49)}) 11. d5 Ne7 12. Bd3 d6 13. O-O Nf5 14.
Bf4 $14 {The same position with the white's bishop on e2 instead of d3 has
occured in the game Sanguinetti,R-Garcia Palermo,C/Caseros 1974/EXT 98/1/2-1/2
(47) see above.} Nh6 15. Rc1 f5 16. Qd2 Nf7 {[%cal Gg6g5]} 17. Be3 Bd7 $6 {
Too slowly.Black should try to create counterplay by means of 17..g5.} (17...
g5 $5 18. f4 gxf4 19. Bxf4 Ne5 $14 {[%cal Gd8f6]}) 18. f4 $1 {[%mdl 32] Now
Black men are lack of space and White can strengthen his position with no
obstacles from the opponent's side.} Re8 19. Bf2 a6 20. Ne2 $1 {[%cal Ge2d4,
Gd4f3]} Qf6 (20... b5 $6 {[%csl Rc7][%cal Gc1c7] is senceless as opening of
the c-file is in the White's favour.}) 21. b3 b6 22. Nd4 Bh6 23. Bb1 {White
has all time in the world for his manoeuvres.} Bf8 24. Nf3 Qh8 25. h3 Qf6 26.
Bd4 Qd8 27. Qc3 $1 {Step by step White took all the space and makes Black to
create new weaknesses in his position as he can't wait anymore.} c5 {Sad
necessity.} 28. dxc6 Bxc6 29. Rce1 $14 {[%csl Rd6,Rf7,Rf8]} (29. Bf6 Be7 $1 (
29... Qc7 $6 30. Nd4 {[%csl Rg8][%cal Gd4c6,Gd4f5]})) 29... Qc7 30. Bf6 {
[%cal Gf3d4,Gd4f5]} Qb7 31. Nh4 $5 {[%cal Gc3g3,Rh4f5]} Nh6 $8 (31... Rxe1 $2
32. Rxe1 Re8 {doesn't bring relief as after} 33. Rxe8 Bxe8 {White wins a pawn.}
34. Nxf5 (34. Bxf5 $5)) 32. Bc2 (32. Bd3 $5) 32... b5 33. Bd3 bxc4 (33... Rxe1
$5 34. Rxe1 Re8 {trying to make his life easier with the aid of exchanges}) 34.
Rxe8 Bxe8 $5 (34... Rxe8 35. Qxc4+ {[%cal Rc4g8,Rc4a6]} d5 36. Qxa6 Qxa6 37.
Bxa6 Ra8 38. Bd3 Rxa2 39. Rc1 Be8 40. Nf3 $14) 35. Qxc4+ Bf7 (35... Nf7 $5 {
[%cal Gd6d5,Gf7d6,Gd6e4,Ge8b5]}) (35... d5 $142 $5 36. Qd4 Rc8) 36. Qd4 Re8 37.
Nf3 a5 {[%cal Gb7b4]} 38. Rd1 (38. Rc1 $5 Bd5 $140 39. Ba6 $1 Qa8 40. Bc4 $1
Bxc4 41. Qxc4+ $14 {[%csl Ra5,Rd6]}) 38... Qb4 39. Qxb4 (39. Rc1 $5 $14) 39...
axb4 40. Ng5 Bg7 $2 {[%mdl 8192] loses a pawn by force.} (40... Ra8 {[%csl Ra2]
was necessary with worse,but playable position.} 41. Rd2 Bg7 42. Bxg7 Kxg7 43.
Kf2 $14 {[%csl Rb4,Rd6]}) 41. Bxg7 Kxg7 42. Bf1 $1 $16 {[%csl Rb4,Rd6]} (42.
Ba6 $5) 42... d5 {At least annoying knight on g5 will be exchanged.} (42... Ra8
43. Rxd6 Rxa2 44. Rd7 $1 $18 {Now Black's knight is in trouble.It can find a
rest only on h8:} Ra1 45. Kf2 Ra2+ 46. Kf3 Kf6 47. Nxf7 $1 Nxf7 48. Bc4 Nh8 49.
Rxh7 Ra8 50. Rb7 $18) (42... Rd8 43. Rd4 Ra8 44. Rxd6 {see 42...Ra8}) 43. Nxf7
Nxf7 44. Rxd5 Kf6 45. Bc4 $1 {[%cal Gd5d7]} Rd8 {Black signs capitulation,but
a good advice is already very expensive.} 46. Rxd8 Nxd8 47. Bd5 $1 {[%csl Rd8]}
g5 (47... Ke7 48. Kf2 Kd6 (48... h5 49. Ke3 Kd6 50. Kd4 $18) 49. Bg8 Ke7 50.
Ke3 Nc6 51. Kd3 $18) 48. fxg5+ Kxg5 49. Kf2 Kf4 50. Ke2 Ke5 51. Bg8 Ne6 {
Last chance.Black obtain some chances in the pawn ending after 52.B:e6,but...}
(51... h6 52. Kd3 Nc6 53. Kc4 Kd6 54. Bh7 f4 55. Be4 $18) 52. Bxh7 {Most
simple.} (52. Bxe6 {Black could look for a draw in the following variations:}
Kxe6 53. Kd3 Kd5 $1 (53... Ke5 54. Kc4 Kf4 55. Kxb4 Kg3 56. a4 Kxg2 57. a5 f4
58. a6 f3 59. a7 f2 60. a8=Q+ $18) 54. Kc2 (54. g3 h6) 54... f4 55. Kb2 (55.
Kb1 Kd4 $1 (55... Ke4 56. a4 $1 bxa3 57. b4 $1 $18) 56. a4 bxa3 57. Ka2 (57. b4
$4 Kc4) 57... Ke3 58. b4 Kf2 59. b5 Kxg2 60. b6 f3 61. b7 f2 62. b8=Q f1=Q 63.
Qg8+ $11) 55... Ke4 56. a4 bxa3+ 57. Kxa3 Ke3 58. b4 Kf2 59. b5 Kxg2 60. b6 f3
61. b7 f2 62. b8=Q f1=Q $11) 52... Nf4+ 53. Kf3 Nd5 54. h4 Nc3 55. Bg8 Kf6 (
55... Nxa2 56. h5 Kf6 57. h6 (57. Kf4 $5 Nc3 58. Bc4) 57... Nc3 58. h7 Kg7 59.
Kf4 Nd1 60. g3 $18) 56. g3 Nxa2 57. Kf4 Nc3 58. Bc4 $1 {(.)} Ne4 (58... Kg6 59.
Ke5 Ne4 60. g4 $18) 59. g4 Nd6 60. g5+ 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 14th final"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1999.01.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Mikhalevski, Victor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2618"]
[BlackElo "2531"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "210"]
[EventDate "1999.01.11"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sarajevo Bosna"]
[BlackTeam "Beer-Sheva Chess Club"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BIH"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISR"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qh4 Nxc3 7. dxc3 Nc6
8. e4 e5 9. Bg5 Be7 10. Bc4 h5 $1 {N A very strong novelty of A.Greenfeld. He
had showed it to me two days before the game and I couldn't find anything
better than the well-known endgame with the black pawn on h5 instead of h6
that doesn't look very essential.} ({After} 10... h6 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 {White has
two options at his disposal:1) 12.0-0-0 with a very slight adge in the endgame
or 2)more poisonous 12.Qg3 which is senceless after 10...h5.}) 11. Bxe7 ({
An attempt to refuse 10...h5 by} 11. O-O-O {doesn't look very promising:} f6
12. Rxd7 (12. Be3 $2 g5 13. Qg3 h4 {The point of 10...h5.}) (12. Be6 $2 fxg5
13. Bxd7+ Qxd7 {-+}) 12... Qxd7 13. Bxf6 Rf8 $1 {and White can't get more than
some compensation after} 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. Qg3 (15. Qh3)) 11... Qxe7 12. O-O-O
Qxh4 13. Nxh4 Rf8 {preparing 0-0-0,Ne7 and f6 if necessary.} 14. Bd5 (14. Rd2
$5) 14... O-O-O 15. Rd3 (15. Nf3 f6) 15... Ne7 16. Bb3 f6 (16... c6 $5 {
/\Kc7;f6 and then Bc8 or Bg4 reaching full equality.} 17. Rd6 (17. Rhd1 Kc7)
17... f6 18. Be6 (18. Rhd1 Kc7 19. Be6 Bxe6 20. Rxe6 Rxd1+ 21. Kxd1 Rf7 $1 (
21... Kd7 $4 22. Rxe7+ {+-})) 18... Bxe6 19. Rxe6 Rf7 (19... Kd7 $2 20. Rxe7+
Kxe7 21. Nxg6+ {+/-}) 20. g3 $5 Kd7 21. Rd1+ Kc7 $5 (21... Kxe6 22. Rxd8 g5 23.
Nf3 g4) 22. Rxd8 (22. Rf1 Kd7 23. Rd1+ {=}) 22... Kxd8 23. Rd6+ Kc7 {=}) 17.
Rhd1 Bg4 (17... c6 {preparing Kc7 and Bg4 is more accurate.} 18. Rxd7 {leads
to an equal knight endgame.} Rxd7 19. Be6 Rfd8 {=}) 18. Nf5 $1 {I have
completely overlooked this nice idea.Fortunately it's not as dangerous as it
looks like.} ({or} 18. f3 Rxd3 19. Rxd3 Bd7 20. g3 {=}) 18... Bxf5 {Again
inaccuracy.} (18... Bxd1 $4 19. Nxe7+ Kb8 20. Rxd8+ Rxd8 21. Bxd1 {+-}) (18...
gxf5 $4 19. Rxd8+ Rxd8 20. Be6+ {+-}) (18... Rxd3 {was much simplier.} 19.
Nxe7+ Kd7 20. Rxd3+ Kxe7 {=}) 19. exf5 Rxd3 20. Rxd3 Nxf5 21. Be6+ Kb8 22. Bxf5
gxf5 23. g3 $1 ({or} 23. Rd7 f4 24. Rh7 Rg8 25. g3 (25. Rxh5 Kc8 26. g3 {
see 25.g3}) 25... fxg3 26. fxg3 Kc8 27. Rxh5 (27. Kd2 Rg5) 27... Kd7 (27... Rg7
$5 28. Rh6 (28. Rf5 Rg6) 28... f5 29. Rf6 f4 30. gxf4 exf4 31. Rxf4 Rg1+ 32.
Kc2 Rg2+ {=}) 28. Rh7+ Kd6 29. Rf7 Rg6 30. Kd2 Rh6 31. h4 (31. Ke3 $140 {?!}
Rxh2 32. Rxf6+ Kd5 33. Rf2 Rxf2 $1 34. Kxf2 Ke4 35. Ke2 b5 $1) 31... Rg6 {=})
23... h4 $1 24. Rf3 hxg3 (24... f4 {is more dangerous.} 25. gxf4 Rg8 $1 (25...
e4 26. Rh3 Rh8 27. f5 Rh5 28. Kd2 Kc8 (28... Rxf5 29. Rxh4 Kc8 {see 28...Kc8} (
29... Rxf2+ $4 30. Ke3 {+-})) 29. Ke3 Rxf5 30. Rxh4 Rf3+ 31. Ke2 {+=} f5 $140 (
31... Kd7 $5 32. Rxe4 Rh3) 32. Rh7) 26. fxe5 fxe5 27. Rf5 Kc8 $1 28. Rxe5 Rg1+
$1 (28... Rg2 29. h3 Rh2 30. Re3 {+=}) 29. Kd2 Rh1 30. Re7 Rxh2 {=}) 25. hxg3 (
25. fxg3 f4 26. gxf4 Rg8 $1 {=}) 25... f4 $6 {Another inaccuracy.} ({After} 
25... Kc8 26. Rxf5 Kd7 27. Kd2 Ke6 28. Rh5 {Black is very close to reaching a
draw.}) (25... Rh8 $5 {was probably the most exact way to an equality.} 26.
Rxf5 Rh6 27. g4 Kc8 28. Rh5 ({In case of} 28. Kd2 Kd7 29. Rh5 (29. g5 fxg5 30.
Rxe5 Rf6 $1 31. Ke3 Re6 $1 32. Ke4 Kd6 $1 {=}) 29... Rxh5 30. gxh5 Ke6 {
very interesting pawn endgame with unclear evaluation turns out.}) 28... Rg6
29. f3 e4 {=}) 26. gxf4 exf4 (26... e4 27. Rh3 {+=}) 27. Rxf4 {+= Now White is
slightly better thanks to the more active rook.Despite it seems very simple
Black has to be very careful to equalize.} Kc8 28. Kd2 Kd7 29. Kd3 Ke6 30. Re4+
Kf7 $6 {Now time-pressure is playing a bad trick on me.} (30... Kd6 $5 31. Ke3
Rh8 $1) 31. a4 Rh8 (31... Rd8+ 32. Rd4 $1 (32. Ke3 Rd5 {=}) 32... Rxd4+ 33.
Kxd4 {+=}) 32. Rc4 Rh3+ (32... c6 33. a5 Rh3+ (33... Rh5 34. a6 Rb5 35. b4 bxa6
36. Rxc6 {+/-}) 34. Ke4 {see the game.}) 33. Ke4 c6 34. a5 Ke6 35. a6 $1 f5+
36. Kf4 $1 {Only now I realized that the rook on c4 is inviolable.} Rh7 $2 ({
Anyway} 36... Rh4+ {was necessary.} 37. Ke3 (37. Kg5 $4 Rxc4 38. axb7 Rg4+)
37... Rh7 38. b4 (38. axb7 Rxb7 39. Rxc6+ Kd5 40. Ra6 {+/-}) 38... Kd6 39. Rc5
$5 {+/-}) 37. b4 $1 bxa6 (37... Rh4+ 38. Ke3 Rh3+ 39. f3) 38. Rxc6+ Kd5 39.
Rc5+ Kd6 40. f3 $5 (40. Ra5 $5) 40... Rf7 41. Ra5 Rc7 42. Rxa6+ Kd5 43. Ra5+ $1
Kd6 (43... Kc4 44. Rxf5 {+-}) 44. Kxf5 Rxc3 45. f4 {+- Now White wins simply.}
Rc7 46. Kg6 ({Why not} 46. Kf6) 46... Ke7 47. f5 Kf8 48. f6 Rc4 49. Rb5 $2 {
Now White is starting to make mistakes.} ({After} 49. b5 Rg4+ (49... Rc7 50. b6
) (49... Rc1 50. Rxa7 Rg1+ 51. Kf5 Rb1 52. Ke6 $1 Re1+ 53. Kd6 {+-}) 50. Kf5
Rb4 51. Rxa7 Rxb5+ 52. Kg6 {everything is over.}) 49... Rg4+ 50. Kf5 Rc4 51.
Rb8+ Kf7 52. Rb7+ Kf8 53. b5 $2 {Decisive mistake. Suddenly Black escapes!} (
53. Ke6 Rc6+) (53. Ke5 $1 {was necessary 1) bringing the king to c5(in case of
Rf4 f7 can be played) and 2)White surrounds the a-pawn(rook comes from a7 and
king from a5 if necessary).}) 53... Ra4 $1 {Now White can't strenghten his
position.The defencive line is very clear:1)In case White brings his king to
g6 or e6 check from g or e-file is coming;2)Kb8 has to be met by Ra5 and
Black's king is waiting;3)If White's king doesn't control the g6-square then
Black's rook can wait along the b-file to limit the mobility of White's rook.}
54. Ke6 Re4+ 55. Kf5 Ra4 56. Ke6 Re4+ 57. Kd5 Rb4 58. Kc6 Rc4+ 59. Kd6 Rd4+ 60.
Kc7 Ra4 $8 61. Kd6 Rd4+ 62. Ke5 Ra4 63. Rb8+ Kf7 64. Rh8 Ra1 (64... Rb4 $5 65.
Rh7+ Kf8 (65... Kg8 $2 66. Rxa7 Rxb5+ 67. Ke6) 66. Ke6 Re4+ 67. Kf5 Ra4 $1) 65.
Rh7+ Kf8 66. Ke6 Re1+ 67. Kd6 Rd1+ 68. Ke5 Ra1 69. Rc7 Ra2 70. Kd6 Rd2+ 71. Ke6
Re2+ 72. Kd7 Ra2 73. Kd8 Ra1 74. Kc8 Ra5 75. Rb7 Ra1 76. Kc7 Ra2 77. Kb8 Ra5 $8
78. Ka8 Kg8 79. f7+ Kg7 80. Kb8 Kf8 81. Kc7 Ra1 $1 ({It wasn't late to lose.} 
81... Kxf7 $4 82. b6 $1 axb6 83. Kxb6+) 82. Kd8 Ra5 83. Kc7 Ra1 84. Kd6 Rd1+
85. Kc5 Rc1+ 86. Kd5 Rd1+ 87. Kc4 Rc1+ 88. Kb3 Rb1+ 89. Kc3 Kg7 90. Kc4 Ra1 91.
Rd7 Kf8 92. Kc5 Rc1+ 93. Kd6 Ra1 94. Kc6 Ra2 95. Kc7 Ra5 96. Kc6 Ra2 97. Kc5
Ra1 98. Rd6 Kxf7 99. Ra6 Rxa6 {Here I felt a big relief.Game is saved.} 100.
bxa6 Ke7 101. Kc6 Kd8 102. Kb7 Kd7 103. Kxa7 Kc7 104. Ka8 Kc8 105. a7 Kc7
1/2-1/2

[Event "Asia-ch 4th"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2003.03.02"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kostenko, Petr"]
[Black "Isaev, Jamshed"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2497"]
[BlackElo "2438"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2003.02.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nc3 Nb6 6. d3 Bg7 7. Be3 O-O $6 {
Despite this move has already been played for many years I think that it's
premature and Black has to wait for White's castle. Usually it leads to a free
attack started with Qd2 and Bh6 and followed by h4. This is already at least
the third unfortunate attempt of Isaev to revive this suspicious line.} (7...
Nc6 $142) 8. Qd2 $1 {[%csl Rg8][%cal Ge3h6]} Re8 9. Bh6 Bh8 10. h4 {[%csl Rg8]
[%cal Gh4h5]} c5 {Probably Isaev is trying to improve his game against Lerner.
You can find it below. It seems that after a crushing loss to Xu Yun Black
doesn't want to repeat 10...c6} (10... c6 11. h5 Nd5 12. hxg6 hxg6 13. Nf3 Nxc3
14. bxc3 Qa5 15. Rc1 Be6 16. Rc2 Rd8 17. Bg5 $1 f6 $2 {Black misses a
beautiful combination.} ({However even after the best} 17... Rd7 {White has a
clear positional advantage.}) 18. Rxh8+ $3 Kxh8 19. Bxf6+ $1 exf6 20. Qh6+ {
and White picks up all 6th rank.} Kg8 21. Qxg6+ Kf8 22. Qxf6+ Bf7 23. Ne5 $18 {
1-0 Xu Jun-Isaev,J/Udaipur 2000/EXT 2001 (30). (29)}) (10... N8d7 {was tested
in the origin-game:} 11. h5 Nf6 12. Nf3 Ng4 13. hxg6 hxg6 14. Bg5 $5 {with a
strong attack along the h-file.} (14. Rh4 {1-0 Ribli,Z-Adorjan,A/Budapest 1973/
EXT 2000 (50). (49)})) (10... Nc6 11. Bxc6 $5 {Typical for Nb6- variation
exchange. Giving up a strong bishop white creates weak pawns on the open
c-file.} bxc6 12. h5 Nd5 13. hxg6 fxg6 (13... hxg6 $5) 14. Nf3 Rb8 15. Rc1 $16
{[%csl Rg8] with a clear positional edge. 1-0 Macieja,B-Murawski,G/Zakopane
2000/CBM 78 ext (33). (32)}) 11. Nf3 {White doesn't want to check out Isaev's
improvement over 11. Be3 and simply develops pieces.} (11. Be3 {Lerner- Isaev,
2002 CBM88 [Postny]}) 11... Nc6 12. h5 c4 13. hxg6 hxg6 14. O-O-O $1 {
Beginning of the end. White's threats along the h-file are too strong.} cxd3
15. Bf8 $3 $40 {[%cal Gh1h8][%mdl 512] Brilliant move. With Bf8 White opens
the h-file for his rook and the d2-h6 diagonal for the Queen creating on the
way a threat of mate in three.} Bf6 $8 {Only defense which allows to prolong
the fight. However it can't change the evaluation.} (15... Rxf8 16. Qh6 {
leads to immediate mate.}) 16. Qh6 {[%cal Gd1d3,Gf3g5]} Nc4 $2 {Mistake in a
difficult position. It wasn't easy to find 16...Qc7!} (16... Nb4 $2 17. Ng5 $1
{[%cal Rh6h7,Rh7f7]} Bxg5+ 18. Qxg5 {[%csl Rg8][%cal Gh1h8]}) (16... Qc7 $3 {
This cool move could allow to continue the fight for a while.} 17. Rxd3 $1 {
[%cal Gc3e4] Important resource. Removing the d-pawn White creates a fantastic
threat Ne4 having in mind that a discovered check is met by Rc3.} ({After
direct} 17. Ng5 Bxg5+ (17... Be6) 18. Qxg5 {[%cal Gh1h8]} Qe5 $1 {Only defense
again.} 19. Qh4 dxe2 20. Rde1 Qh5 $1 {White still has to prove his superiority.
}) 17... Bf5 $1 {[%csl Ge4] Against Ne4!.} (17... Nb4 $2 18. Ng5 $1 {[%cal
Gh6h7]} Qc4 {[%csl Rf7]} (18... Bxg5+ 19. Qxg5 {[%cal Gh1h8]} Nxd3+ 20. exd3
$18 {[%cal Gh1h8]}) 19. Bxe7 $3 {[%csl Rd8,Rh8][%cal Gd3d8,Gh6h8]} Nxd3+ 20.
exd3 $18) (17... Be6 18. Ne4 $3 {[%csl Rg7,Rh8][%cal Ge4f6]} ({After} 18. Ng5 {
[%cal Gg5e6] Black is able to keep the position for a while with} Qe5 $1 {
[%cal Ge5e6,Gf6g5]} (18... Bxa2 $2 19. Bd5 $3 {[%csl Rf7][%cal Gh6h7]} (19. Rd5
$5 {[%csl Rf7][%cal Gh6h7]}) 19... Bxd5 20. Rxd5 $1 Nd8 21. Rxd8 $1 Bxg5+ 22.
Qxg5 $18 {[%cal Gh1h8]}) (18... Bc4 $2 19. Bd5 $3 {[%csl Rf7][%cal Gh6h7] see
18...Bxa2}) (18... Bxg5+ 19. Qxg5 Qe5 20. Qh6) 19. Nge4)) 18. Ng5 $1 {[%csl
Rf7][%cal Gh6h7,Gh7f7]} Ne5 $5 {[%csl Gf7] It's hard to believe, but Black is
still fighting here. However it won't continue for long. Next smashing blow
decides the game.} (18... Bxg5+ {Probably the best defense. Black exchanges
the Queens here, but position remains hopeful.} 19. Qxg5 Qe5 20. Re3 Qd4 21.
Rh4 $1 {Finall the Queen has to return to f6.} Qf6 22. Bxe7 $1 {Small
combination in Capablanca's style. White wins a pawn transposing to a winning
endgame.} Qxg5 23. Bxg5 $18 {[%cal Gg5f6]}) 19. f4 $3 $18 {[%csl Rf7] Removing
defense from the f7-square.} (19. Rf3) 19... Nxd3+ (19... Bxd3 20. fxe5 Bxg5+
21. Qxg5 {[%cal Gh1h8]}) 20. exd3 e6 21. Bd6 $1 {[%cal Gh6h7] with mate in
three.}) 17. exd3 $1 $18 {[%cal Gd3c4] Removing the last hope. dc is
threatening. If the knight moves Ne4 decides the game since Black can't avoid
exchange of the dark-squared bishop.} (17. Ng5 $2 {would throw the win.} d2+
18. Kb1 Na3+ $1 19. Ka1 (19. bxa3 $6 Bf5+ 20. Be4 Qb6+ 21. Kc2 Nd4+ $40) 19...
Nc2+ $11) 17... Qa5 (17... Nxb2 18. Ne4 $3 {[%csl Rg8][%cal Ge4f6,Gh6g7,Gh6h8]}
) (17... Qb6 18. dxc4) 18. dxc4 $1 Bxc3 {loses on the spot, but Black's
already a piece down.} 19. Nd4 $1 {[%cal Rh6g7,Rh6h8] Beautiful move again.
Black's bishop can't control dark squares anymore. Time to resign.} Bxb2+ (
19... Qe5 20. bxc3) 20. Kxb2 Qe5 21. Qh7+ Kxf8 22. Qh8+ Qxh8 23. Rxh8+ {
[%mdl 1] Brilliant game by Kostenko.} (23. Rxh8+ Kg7 24. Rxe8 $18) 1-0

[Event "GRE-GER m"]
[Site "Corfu"]
[Date "1999.10.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Grivas, Efstratios"]
[Black "Naumann, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2514"]
[BlackElo "2478"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "191"]
[EventDate "1999.10.12"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 074"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 {Hecht} Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. Nf3 g6 5. e4 Nxc3 6. dxc3 (6. bxc3
{after} Bg7 7. d4 {leads to Gruenfeld defence.}) 6... Qxd1+ ({Bad is} 6... Nd7
7. Bc4 Bg7 $2 {because of} 8. Bxf7+ $1 {winning a queen}) 7. Kxd1 Bg4 8. Bf4 (
8. Be2 Nd7 (8... Nc6 {/\ 9...0-0-0}) 9. Be3 e5 10. Nd2 {1/2-1/2 Petrosian,
T-Botvinnik,M/Moscow 1963/MainBase/[Bulletin] (10)} (10. h3 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 Bc5
$10)) 8... c6 9. Bc4 ({White also tried} 9. Kc2 Nd7 10. Nd2 e5 11. Bg3 f6 12.
Bc4 Nb6 13. Bb3 Bc5 14. a4 a5 15. h3 Bd7 16. f4 exf4 17. Bxf4 Ke7 18. Rae1 Rhe8
19. g4 Be6 20. e5 Nd7 $2 21. exf6+ Kxf6 22. Bxe6 Rxe6 23. Bg5+ $1 $18 {1-0
Sambuev,B-Turov,M/St Petersburg RUS 1998 (37)}) 9... Nd7 10. Kc2 Bxf3 11. gxf3
e5 12. Bg3 $5 $146 {In the previous games White tried other retreats:} (12. Bd2
Bd6 13. Rad1 Ke7 14. Be3 f6 15. Rd2 Rhd8 16. Rhd1 Bc7 17. Bg8 Bb6 18. Bxh7 Nf8
19. Rxd8 Rxd8 20. Rxd8 Kxd8 21. Bg8 g5 22. Bf7 Ke7 23. Bh5 Kd6 24. Bg4 Ng6 25.
a4 Nf4 26. b4 Ng2 $11 {Krivonosov,O-Moberg,K/Oerebro 1995/EXT 98/1/2-1/2 (39)})
(12. Be3 Bc5 13. Bh6 Bxf2 (13... Bf8 14. Bd2 h5 15. Rad1 Nb6 16. Bb3 Bh6 17.
Bxh6 Rxh6 18. h4 Rh7 19. Kd3 a5 20. a3 Nd7 21. Ke3 Nc5 22. Ba2 Ke7 23. f4 exf4+
24. Kxf4 Rhh8 25. Rd4 Rhd8 26. Rhd1 Rxd4 27. cxd4 Rd8 28. Ke3 {Vaganian,
R-Lerner,K/Odessa 1989/URS-ch/1-0 (42)}) 14. Rad1 Rd8 15. Rhf1 Bc5 16. f4 Bf8
17. Bg5 Be7 18. Bh6 Rg8 19. Rxd7 Rxd7 20. fxe5 Bf8 21. e6 fxe6 22. Bxe6 Bxh6
23. Bxg8 Bg5 24. Rf2 Rg7 25. Bc4 Re7 26. Kd3 {1/2-1/2 Sufiev,R-Turov,M/
Pardubice 1997/CBM 59 ext (26)}) 12... h5 13. h4 Bh6 14. Rad1 {[%csl Rd7][%cal
Gc4f7]} Rf8 {Probably first inaccuracy.Black gives away the d6-square in the
full White's possession that brings first problems very soon.} (14... Rh7 $5 {
is interesting in order to meet} 15. Rd6 {with} Bf8) 15. Rd6 Rc8 $6 {One
inaccuracy pulls another and finally White can take the initiative.} ({Better
was} 15... O-O-O $5 16. Rhd1 Kc7 {keeping the position.}) 16. Rhd1 Rc7 17. Bf1
$1 {[%csl Re5][%cal Gf1h3][%mdl 32] Perhaps Black had missed this srong
manoeuvre.Otherwise he would probably play 15...0-0-0.} Bf4 $2 {This is
already bad as the pawn on f4 will be lost in few moves.} (17... f6 {was the
only defence and despite White is better anyway he has to find a way how to
prove his superiority.} 18. Re6+ Kd8 (18... Kf7 $2 19. Bc4 $1 $18) 19. Bh3 Rf7
20. a4 $14 {with reliable,but a bit passive position for Black.}) 18. Bh3 Nb6
19. Bxf4 exf4 20. b3 $1 {[%csl Rf4] White restricts mobility of black knight
while the pawn on f4 has to wait for its fate.} Ke7 21. c4 {[%cal Gc4c5]
Creating another unpleasant threat of c5 following by Rd7.} Nd5 ({Not better is
} 21... c5 22. a4 $1 {[%cal Ga4a5]}) 22. e5 $16 {White is already obtaining
clear positional advantage.} Nb6 (22... Nb4+ {was slightly better} 23. Kb1 $1
c5 {[%cal Gb4c6]} 24. Rd7+ Rxd7 25. Rxd7+ Ke8 26. Rxb7 Nd3 27. Rxa7 Nxe5 28.
Bg2 $16) 23. R1d4 $6 {winning a pawn Grivas transfers the game into the
technical position where white's chances to win seems to be much higher than
black's to keep the position.But look what happens.} (23. Kd3 $1 {[%cal Gd3e4]
was stronger} f5 $1 {The only sensible defence.} 24. Rxg6 Rd7+ 25. Ke2 Rxd1 26.
Kxd1 Nd7 {The point of 23...f5} 27. Rg7+ $1 Ke6 28. Ke2 $16 {[%csl Ra7,Rb7,Rf4,
Rf5,Rh5] and Black is lack of moves.}) 23... c5 24. Rxf4 Nd7 25. Bxd7 Rxd7 26.
Rxd7+ Kxd7 27. Rf6 {[%cal Gf3f4,Gf4f5][%mdl 4096] White is a pawn up and
prepares decisive advance f3-f4-f5.} Ke7 28. f4 (28. Rd6 {preventing possible
counterplay is met by} f6 $1 29. Rxf6 Rxf6 30. exf6+ Kxf6 31. Kd3 Ke5 $1 32.
Ke3 Kf5 {with most likely draw.}) 28... Rd8 {looking for counterplay along the
d-file.} 29. f5 gxf5 $1 {Only chance.} ({In case of} 29... Rd4 30. fxg6 fxg6
31. Rxg6 Rxh4 32. Kd3 $1 {two united pass pawns in the centre are decisive.})
30. Rxf5 Rd4 31. f4 Ke6 32. Rf6+ Ke7 33. Kc3 Rd1 {Again the only defence as
pawn moves on the queen side would make the situation even more unpleasant.}
34. Rf5 Rf1 ({Worse is} 34... Rd4 35. b4 {creating additional weaknesses.}) 35.
Kd3 Ke6 36. Rf6+ Ke7 37. Rf5 Ke6 38. Rf6+ Ke7 39. Ke4 Rh1 {Precise defence
gives its fruits.Black wins back a pawn.However White is still better thanks
to the strong lump in the centre.} 40. Rh6 Rxh4 41. Rh8 Rh2 42. Rb8 Rxa2 ({Or} 
42... b6 43. Rb7+ Kf8 44. Rxa7 h4 45. Kf3 {and White wins.}) 43. Rxb7+ Kf8 44.
Kf5 {[%cal Gf5f6]} Rg2 $8 45. Rxa7 h4 (45... Rg3 $5) 46. Ra1 (46. e6 {is not
sufficient for a win as Black save his skin with the aid of beautiful defence:}
fxe6+ 47. Kf6 Kg8 $1 (47... Ke8 48. Kxe6 Rg6+ 49. Kd5 Rh6 50. Kxc5 h3 51. Ra1
h2 52. Rh1 {and White probably wins.}) 48. Rc7 h3 49. Rxc5 Rg7 $1 {[%cal Gh3h2]
} 50. Rh5 Rf7+ $1 51. Kxe6 Rh7 52. Rg5+ Rg7 53. Rh5 Rh7 $11) 46... h3 47. Rh1
Rg3 48. Ke4 Kg7 49. f5 Rxb3 {Black is probably has good chances to escape.} 50.
Rg1+ Kf8 51. Rg4 $1 {Only chance is to make white rook active.It has to be
behind the black pass pawn.} Rb1 $1 {[%cal Gh3h2]} 52. Rh4 Rd1 $1 53. Rxh3 Rd4+
54. Ke3 Rxc4 $11 {Finally Black gets theoretically drawish position.His pawn
on c5 doesn't change much.The draw can be reached even without this pawn.} 55.
Rh8+ Kg7 ({White wins beautifully after inaccurate} 55... Ke7 56. Rc8 Kd7 $2
57. e6+ $1 fxe6 58. f6 Rc3+ 59. Kf2 $1 (59. Ke4 Rc4+ 60. Ke5 Rc1 61. f7 $140 $4
Re1+ 62. Kf6 Rf1+) 59... Rc2+ 60. Kg3 Rc3+ 61. Kg4 Rc4+ 62. Kg5) 56. Rc8 Rc1
57. Rc7 Kg8 58. Kf4 {[%cal Gf4g5,Gg5f6]} Rg1 $1 {Black gives up his c-pawn as
it's more important to prevent penetration of white king.} 59. Rxc5 {Hecht: '
[#] Schwarz verteidigt sich lange erfolgreich in einer Stellung, die in der
einschlдgigen Literatur recht stiefmьtterlich bedacht wird. Klar ist
jedenfalls, dass die weiЯen Gewinnaussichten steigen, wenn die weiЯen Bauern,
wie hier, bereits auf der 5. Reihe stehen. Die Stellungsbeurteilung liegt
irgendwo zwischen klarem Vorteil und Gewinn. FRITZ6 zeigt zwar stдndig Gewinn
an, kommt aber nicht auf den Punkt. Fьr Hinweise zu diesem Endspiel wдre ich
dankbar. WeiЯ gelingt es weder, seinen Kцnig nach f6 zu transportieren, noch
den schwarzen Kцnig vom f-Bauern zu trennen. Letzteres kommt erst nach Aufgabe
des Be5 zustande. Dort sehen wir dann weiter. '} ({In case of} 59. Rc8+ Kh7 (
59... Kg7 60. f6+ Kh7 61. Rf8 Rf1+ 62. Ke4 Re1+ 63. Kd5 Rd1+ 64. Kxc5 Kg6 $11)
60. e6 fxe6 61. fxe6 Re1 62. Kf5 Kg7 $11 {the draw is simple.}) 59... Kg7 60.
Rc7 Rf1+ 61. Ke4 Re1+ 62. Kd5 Rd1+ 63. Kc6 Kg8 (63... Rf1 $2 {loses to} 64. e6
Rxf5 65. e7 Re5 66. Kd7 Rd5+ 67. Kc8 Re5 68. Kd8 {winning} (68. Kd8 {Hecht} Kg6
69. e8=Q Rxe8+ 70. Kxe8 f5 71. Ke7 Kg5 72. Ke6 f4 73. Ke5 Kg4 74. Ke4 $18)) 64.
Rd7 Rf1 (64... Re1 {Hecht} 65. Kd6 Kf8 66. Rd8+ Kg7 67. e6 fxe6 68. fxe6 Rd1+
69. Ke7 Ra1 70. Ke8 Kf6 71. e7 Ra7 72. Rd6+ Kg7 73. Re6 {[%cal Re8d8]}) 65. f6
({An attempt to win by means of} 65. Rd8+ Kg7 66. e6 Kf6 67. Rf8 Rxf5 (67...
Rc1+ $2 68. Kd7 Rd1+ 69. Ke8 Kxf5 70. Kxf7 $18) 68. Kd6 $1 {also doesn't work:}
Ra5 $1 {The only,but sufficient defence.} 69. Rxf7+ Kg6 70. Rf8 (70. Rc7 Kf6
$11) 70... Ra6+ $11 {with theoretical draw.}) (65. e6 fxe6 66. fxe6 Kf8) 65...
Ra1 66. Rb7 Rd1 67. Rb5 Ra1 68. Rb7 Ra6+ 69. Rb6 Ra1 70. Kd6 Kh7 71. Rb2 Kg6
72. Rg2+ Kf5 73. Rf2+ Kg6 74. Rg2+ Kf5 75. Ke7 {The only attempt to fight for
win.} Ra7+ 76. Kf8 Kxe5 77. Kg7 {Hecht: '[#] Dies ist die fragliche Stellung,
in der WeiЯ unter Opfer des Be5 seine Kцnigsstellung erheblich verbessert und
den schwarzen Kцnig vom Bf7 getrennt hat. FRITZ6 kommt hier nach lдngerer
Rechenzeit zum Resultat Remis. Deutlicher wird die Sache, wenn man in die
Varianten geht. Ich gebe in meinen Anmerkungen auch schlechtere Verteidigungen
an, komme aber beim Zug 84 zur Sache. '} Kf5 (77... Rb7 {Hecht} 78. Re2+ Kd6 $2
79. Kf8 {[%csl Rf7][%cal Re2e7]}) 78. Re2 Ra5 (78... Ra6 $5 79. Rf2+ Ke6) 79.
Rb2 (79. Kxf7 Ra7+ 80. Re7 Ra6 {'=' Hecht.}) 79... Ra7 80. Rb5+ Ke6 81. Rb8 Kf5
82. Rb6 Rc7 83. Rb5+ Ke6 84. Rb1 Kf5 (84... Ra7 {Hecht} 85. Re1+ Kf5 86. Re7
Ra6 87. Rxf7 {[#] Hier liegt eine Remisstellung vor, weil sich der weiЯe Kцnig
aus seiner beengten Position nicht befreien kann, ohne den f-Bauern aufzugeben.
.} Kg5 $1 88. Rf8 Rd6 89. f7 Rg6+ 90. Kh7 Rh6+ $11) 85. Rf1+ Kg5 86. Re1 Kf5
87. Re7 Rc1 (87... Rc6 $5 88. Ra7 (88. Rxf7 Kg5 $11) 88... Ke6 89. Ra1 Rc7 90.
Re1+ Kf5 91. Re7 Rc6 $11) ({oder} 87... Rc6 {Hecht}) 88. Ra7 {[%cal Gg7f7]
Last trap.White creates the threat of K:f7.Black's defence is very simple he
has to prevent the only White's threat.} (88. Rxf7 Rg1+ 89. Kf8 Ra1 $11) (88.
Kxf7 Rc6 $11) 88... Rh1 $4 {[%mdl 16384] '?' Hecht. Very pity mistake.Black is
tired after a long defence and makes decisive mistake when draw was almost
inevitable. Hecht: 'Das ist der einzige fьr mich klar erkennbare Fehler in
diesem Endspiel, mit dem sich Naumann um den Lohn seiner zдhen Verteidigung
bringt. Schade!. '} (88... Rc6 89. Rxf7 (89. Ra1 Rc7 $11) (89. Ra5+ {Hecht} Ke6
90. Ra7 Kf5 $11) 89... Kg5 $11) (88... Ke6 $2 {Hecht} 89. Ra6+ Kf5 90. Kxf7
Rc7+ 91. Kg8 Kg6 92. f7+ $18 {mit Schach!}) 89. Ra5+ Ke6 90. Ra6+ Kf5 91. Kxf7
$18 {Now White wins easily as the pass pawn is unstopable. Hecht: 'Der Kцnig
kann unter gьnstigen Umstдnden f7 nehmen. '} Rh7+ 92. Kg8 Rh6 93. Kg7 Rg6+ 94.
Kf7 Kg5 95. Ke7 Kh6 96. Re6 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0203"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2003.03.09"]
[Round "12.4"]
[White "Appel, Ralf"]
[Black "Seger, Ruediger"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2503"]
[BlackElo "2406"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2002.10.19"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Wattenscheid"]
[BlackTeam "Godesberg"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. Nf3 (1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Qb3 Nb6 6. Nf3 Be6 7. Qc2
Nc6 8. e3 Bg7 9. a3 O-O 10. b4 a6 11. Bd3 Qd7 12. O-O Rfd8 13. Ne4 Bd5 14. Nc5
{1-0 Weinmann,S-Ziegler,P/Nuremberg 2000/EXT 2001 (61). (60) with a nice
position for White.}) 1... Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6.
Qb3 {Poisonous variation.White forces black to return to b6 and the takes
centre.} (6. Qh4 {is the main alternative.}) (6. Qd4 {is a side ,put possible
line.}) 6... Nb6 ({In case of} 6... Nxc3 $2 7. Qxc3 {[%csl Rh8] Black would
have to weaken his position with f6 or to forget about the short-castle.}) 7.
d4 Be6 (7... Bg7 {is the main line.}) 8. Qc2 Nc6 $6 {Probably Black mises 9.e4
which for some reason wasn't playerd.} 9. e3 $6 {Passive reply. It wasn't
necessary to defend the d4-pawn.} (9. e4 $1 $16 {This move is much more
logical taking in consideration that Nxd4 is bad.} Nb4 (9... Nxd4 $2 {loses
right away:} 10. Nxd4 Qxd4 11. Nb5 $18 {[%csl Rc7,Rd4]} Qb4+ $140 12. Bd2) 10.
Qd1 Bg4 11. d5 Bxf3 12. gxf3 Bg7 13. Qb3 a5 14. Be3 O-O 15. h4 Qd6 16. a3 Na6
17. Rd1 a4 18. Qc2 e6 19. Nb5 Qe5 20. f4 Qxb2 21. Qxb2 Bxb2 22. Rb1 Bg7 23. d6
$1 $18 {[%csl Rb6][%cal Gd6c7] White wins the c-pawn creating on the way a
strong passer. Greenfeld-Groszpeter,2001}) 9... Nb4 $6 (9... Bg7 {would be a
normal developing move which occuried in the game 1-0 Weinmann,S-Ziegler,P/
Nuremberg ( See 1.d4) Starting from this point Black's been breaking the rules.
}) 10. Qd1 c6 $6 {Black's wasting time for unnecessary moves.} ({Again} 10...
Bg7 {was better.}) 11. e4 $1 {[%csl Rb4,Gd4,Ge4][%cal Ge4d5] Finally White
seizes the centre. Despite a lost tempo for e2-e3-e4 White has a clear edge.}
Bc4 $2 {[%mdl 16384] Instead of continuation of development with 11...Bg7
Black makes second move with the bishop. This is a typical strategical blunder.
} ({You won't be surprised if I say that} 11... Bg7 $142 {would give more
chances.}) 12. Bxc4 Nxc4 13. O-O $1 $16 {[%csl Rb4,Rc4][%cal Gd1b3] Moving the
king form a possible check after Qb3. Now White has a clear edge thanks to a
develoment advantage and a strong centre.} ({Of course not} 13. Qb3 $2 Nd3+ {
[%csl Rc1,Re1] That's why 13. 0-0 is necessary.}) 13... Qa5 $2 {After this
inaccurate move White wins by force.} (13... Qb6 $5 {would be the best way to
avoid immediate disaster.}) 14. Qb3 b5 $6 {Weakening the Queen side pawn
structure.} (14... Nb6 $8 {was the very last chance to stay in the game.} 15.
Ne5 $1 {[%csl Rf7]} e6 16. a3 Na6 (16... Be7 17. Bd2 Na6 18. Rfd1 $18 {[%csl
Ra5]}) 17. Nc4 $1 Nxc4 18. Qxb7 {[%csl Ra8,Rc4,Re8][%cal Gb7a8,Gb7c6]} Nb6 19.
Bf4 $1 {[%csl Ra6][%cal Gb2b4]}) (14... Nd6 15. Bd2 $1 {[%csl Ra5,Rb4]}) 15. a4
$1 {Certainly White won't wait for Black to finish development.} e6 ({In case
of} 15... Nd3 16. axb5 Qxa1 (16... Qb4 $142) 17. Qxc4 {[%csl Rc6,Rd3] and
White wins.}) 16. Bh6 $1 {[%cal Ga4b5] Protecting the rook on a1 and
developing bishop White creates a threat of ab.} Bxh6 17. axb5 Qc7 {It would
be better not to get under pin,but to play 17...Qb6} (17... Qb6 $142 18. Qxc4)
18. Qxc4 {[%csl Rb4,Rc6][%cal Gc4c7]} Bf8 ({Doesn't help} 18... a5 19. d5 $1 {
[%csl Rc7][%cal Gc4c7]}) 19. Ra4 $1 {[%csl Rb4][%cal Ga4b4] Materialistic
approach. White's threatening Rxb4.} a5 20. bxc6 $18 {It turns out that the
c6-pawn can't be taken back.} Be7 (20... Qxc6 $2 21. Rxb4 $1 $18) (20... Nxc6
$2 21. d5 $1 $18) 21. d5 {[%csl Gc6,Gd5] This pawns pair( d5-c6) is more than
enough for decisive advantage.} exd5 22. exd5 O-O 23. Nb5 {[%cal Gd5d6]} Qb8
24. Rd1 {[%cal Gd5d6] Insisting on d6.} (24. Rfa1 $5 {[%csl Ra5]}) 24... Bd6
25. g3 {[%cal Gg1g2] White doesn't forget about prophylaxis.} Re8 26. Raa1 {
[%cal Gd1e1] Black's hopeless. So he resigned.} 1-0

[Event "Lost Boys"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1999.08.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Reinderman, Dimitri"]
[Black "Avrukh, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2588"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "1999.08.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 073"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 64]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2 Nb6 7.
h4 $6 {Very rare (and rightly so) continuation which can be recommended only
in the case you want to surprise your opponent.White loses an important tempo
in the opening while Black makes a useful move.Besides the g4 square is now in
the Black's possession.} h6 {There is no need in weakening the g5 square by
means of 7...h5.} 8. d3 Nc6 ({In the only game where 7.h4 was played Black
tried another plan:} 8... N8d7 $5 9. Bf4 c6 10. Rc1 Nf6 11. Qd2 Ng4 12. h5 g5
13. Nxg5 $2 (13. Be3) 13... hxg5 $19 {0-1 Jordan,J-Anic,D/Val Thorens 1990/EXT
99 (36)}) (8... O-O $5 {deserved attention in order to avoid possible doubling
pawns which occuried in the game.} {Now in case of} 9. h5 g5 {sacrifice on g5
doesn't look too dangerous.}) 9. Nd2 $5 {White wants to justify his last move.
After capture on c6 inclusion moves h4 and h6 would be at least sensible.} ({
In case of} 9. O-O e5 {Black solves opening problems easily.}) 9... e5 {
Black can't prevent B:c6,but it's certainly not very dangerous for him.The
same kind of positions arises in case of early Be3 while white's knight is
still on g1 and then B:c6 in case of almost forced Nc6.} (9... Bd7 $6 {is
silly in view of Nd2-e4-c5.}) (9... O-O $5 {leaving a big diagonal open for
the bishop on g7 deserved a serious attention.}) 10. Bxc6+ bxc6 11. Nb3 {
[%csl Rc5]} O-O 12. e4 {Very crucial move.White is trying to restict mobility
of Black's bishops pair,but at the same time he weakens the d3-pawn and the
d4-square.The following advantures will show if White's idea is correct or not.
} f5 $5 {[%cal Gf5f4] preparing f4 which chases two main purposes:1)making use
of the weakened king side and 2)restriction of the White's bishop.Next White's
move is almost forced.} ({The direct attack of the d3-pawn by means of} 12...
Qd6 13. Be3 Rd8 14. Qf3 (14. h5 $5 g5 15. Nc5 Nd7 16. N3a4) 14... h5 {[%cal
Gc8g4] proposed by Avrukh deserved serious attention.} (14... Qxd3 $4 15. Rd1)
{Nevertheless White manages to keep his weaknesses with the help of} 15. Nc5
Nd7 16. N3a4 Rb8 {[%cal Gb8b5,Gd7c5]} 17. b3 (17. Qe2 $5) 17... Rb5 18. Nxd7 ({
But not} 18. Rc1 $2 Nxc5 19. Nxc5 $2 (19. Bxc5 Bg4 $1 $17) 19... Bg4 20. Qg2
Rxc5 $1 21. Bxc5 Qxd3 22. f4 Bf3 $19) 18... Bxd7 19. Qe2 $5 $13) 13. Be3 f4 14.
gxf4 (14. Bc5 Rf7) 14... exf4 15. Bc5 Rf7 {[%csl Rc3,Gg7][%cal Ga7a5,Ga5a4,
Ga4a3]} 16. Qe2 $5 (16. Rg1 Kh7 (16... Qxh4 17. Rxg6 Kh7 18. Rg1 Qh2 19. Kd2
Nd7 20. Rh1 Qg2 21. Qf1 $13) 17. h5 g5 18. d4 a5 $132) (16. d4 f3 {[%cal Ga7a5,
Ga5a4]}) 16... a5 {[%csl Rc3][%cal Ga5a4,Ga4a3]} (16... Nd7 $5 {[%csl Rd3]
[%cal Gd7e5,Gc8g4] preventing the e4-e5 advance and creating unpleasant threat
of Ne5.As the result of it White would have to change his bishop.} 17. d4 (17.
O-O-O Nxc5 18. Nxc5 Qd6) 17... a5 $36 (17... Nxc5 $5)) 17. e5 $1 (17. Ba3 $5)
17... a4 (17... Nd5 {would also lead to unclear complications.} 18. e6 Bxc3+ (
18... Bxe6 19. Qxe6 Nxc3 20. bxc3 Bxc3+ 21. Ke2 $1 (21. Kf1 Qxd3+ 22. Kg2 Bxa1
23. Rxa1 Qd5+ 24. Qxd5 cxd5 $15) 21... f3+ 22. Ke3 Qf6 (22... Qe8 23. Qe4) 23.
Qxf6 Rxf6 {[%cal Ga8e8]} 24. Nd2 $1 $13) 19. bxc3 Rf6 20. e7 Qe8 21. Nd4 $5 (
21. Kd2 a4 22. Nd4 Ra5 23. Ba3 (23. Bb4 $2 Nxb4 24. cxb4 Rd5 $40 {[%csl Rd2]})
23... c5 {[%csl Re7]} 24. c4 $1 $13) 21... Nxc3 22. Qe5 Nd5 $13) 18. Nd4 a3 $1
{The idea of the previous move.Black is trying to make use of a temporary
unsteadity of White's pieces weakening very crowded a1-h8 diagonal.} 19. b4 $1
Qe8 $1 {The same strategy.} 20. Rg1 $2 (20. Nf3 $8 {was necessary}) 20... f3 $2
{Given in answer courtesy.Black doesn't find a moment to stop complications.} (
{After simple} 20... Qxe5 $1 {with the threat of Nd7 Black gets clear
advantage.His battery along the big diagonal lets him hope on the material
acquisitions.} 21. Rxg6 (21. Qxe5 Bxe5 22. Rxg6+ Kh7 {[%csl Ra1,Rc3,Rd4,Rg6]
[%cal Gb6d7]} 23. Rxc6 (23. h5 Nd7 24. Nde2 (24. Nce2 f3 $19 {[%csl Rd4]})
24... Nxc5 25. bxc5 Re7 26. Kd2 Bf5 27. Rxc6 Rd8 28. Nc1 Red7 $19) 23... Bd7
$17 {[%csl Rc6]} (23... Nd7 $5 {[%csl Rc3,Rd4]} 24. Ncb5 Nb8 {[%csl Rc6]} 25.
Rd1 Nxc6 26. Nxc6 Bf6 $17)) 21... Nd7 $1 {[%csl Rc3,Rd4]} 22. Rd1 (22. Kd2
Qxe2+ 23. Ndxe2 (23. Ncxe2 Nxc5 24. bxc5 f3 25. Ng1 Kh7 26. Rxg7+ Rxg7 27.
Ngxf3 Rb8 $1 $17) 23... Ne5 24. Rxg7+ (24. Rg2 f3) (24. Rgg1 Nf3+) 24... Rxg7
25. Nxf4 Nf3+ 26. Ke3 Nxh4 $17) 22... Kh7 $1 (22... Nxc5 $4 23. Qxe5 {[%cal
Gg6g8]}) 23. Qxe5 Nxe5 $1 24. Rg1 Nd7 $1 {[%csl Rc3,Rd4]} 25. Nce2 Nxc5 26.
bxc5 f3 $19) 21. Qe4 $2 ({It was necessary to take on f3 as the move in the
game lets Black to return to the unused idea of the previous move.} 21. Nxf3
Rxf3 22. Qxf3 Qxe5+ 23. Kd1 Qxc3 24. Rc1 Qe5 $13 25. Bxb6 cxb6 26. Qxc6 $36)
21... Nd5 $2 {Again Black passes by capture on e5.Maybe he missed strong
White's reply?} (21... Qxe5 $1 22. Rxg6 (22. Qxe5 Bxe5 {[%csl Ra1,Rc3,Rd4]
[%cal Gb6d7]}) 22... Nd7 $1 23. Rd1 $1 Qxe4+ 24. dxe4 Kh7 25. Rxc6 (25. Rg1 Be5
$1 {[%csl Rc3,Rd4][%cal Gd7c5,Gf7d7]} 26. Nb1 Nxc5 27. Nxc6 (27. bxc5 Ra4 $19)
27... Nd7 28. Rxd7 Rxd7 29. Nxe5 Re7 $19) 25... Nb8 $1 $17 {[%csl Rc6]}) 22.
Kd2 $3 ({But not} 22. Nxd5 $6 cxd5 23. Qxd5 Qxe5+ 24. Qxe5 Bxe5 {and Black is
again on top.}) 22... Qxe5 (22... Bf5 23. Nxf5 Rxf5 (23... gxf5 24. Qxf3 (24.
Qd4 $5 Rd8 25. Rae1 $1) 24... Nxc3 25. Kxc3 Qxe5+ 26. d4 Qd5 27. Qxd5 cxd5 28.
Rae1 $16) 24. d4 $1 $16 (24. Nxd5 $6 cxd5 (24... Rxe5 25. Ne7+ $5 (25. Nf6+
Bxf6 26. Qxg6+ Qxg6 27. Rxg6+ Kf7 28. Rxf6+ Kxf6 29. Bd4 $14) 25... Kh7 26.
Qxf3 Rxe7 27. Bxe7 (27. h5 $5 Bxa1 28. hxg6+ Kh8 29. Rxa1 Re6 30. g7+ $1 Kg8
31. Qf8+ Qxf8 32. gxf8=Q+ Rxf8 33. Rg1+ Kf7 34. Bxf8 Kxf8 $14) 27... Bxa1 28.
Bf6 $5 (28. Qe4 {[%cal Gh4h5,Gg1a1]} Qf7 $1 $132) 28... Qf7 $1 29. Rxa1 Rf8 30.
h5 $1 $14) 25. Qxd5+ Kh7 $132)) 23. Rxg6 $1 Qf4+ $6 {Black should leave
White's king on the d-file in order to meet possible in future Bd4 with Rd8.} (
23... Qxe4 $1 24. dxe4 (24. Nxe4 $5) 24... Nf4 $1 25. Rg3 Ne6 $1 26. Nxe6 $140
Bxe6 27. Bd4 Rd8 {Now we can see the difference between the game and immediate
23...Q:e4} 28. Ke3 Rxd4 29. Rxg7+ Kxg7 30. Kxd4 Rd7+ 31. Ke3 (31. Ke5 Kf7 $1)
31... Bc4 $132) 24. Kc2 $1 Qxe4 (24... Nxc3 $2 {is refuted by elegant} 25.
Rxg7+ $1 Kxg7 26. Rg1+ Kh8 27. Qe8+ Rf8 (27... Kh7 28. Qg8#) 28. Bxf8 $1 {
[%cal Gf8g7]} Bg4 (28... Bb7 29. Bg7+ Kh7 30. Qg6+ Kg8 31. Bxh6+ Kh8 32. Qg7#)
29. Qxa8 $18) 25. dxe4 (25. Nxe4 Kh7 26. Rag1 Nxb4+ $140 $2 (26... Bh8 $142 $3
$13) 27. Bxb4 Bxd4 28. Bd2 $1 Bg7 29. Nf6+ $1 $18) 25... Nf4 $1 {[%cal Gf4e6]
exchanging more active knight} ({After} 25... Nxc3 26. Kxc3 $16 {[%csl Rc6,Rc7,
Rf3,Rg8] White gains stable advantage.}) 26. Rg3 Ne6 27. Nxe6 Bxe6 28. Bd4 $1
$14 {Now it's much stronger than in case of immediate Q:e4 as king is on c2.}
Rd8 (28... Kh7 29. Bxg7 Rxg7 30. Rxf3 $16) 29. Bxg7 Rxg7 30. Rag1 $1 (30. Rxf3
Rd4 $1 {[%cal Gg7d7,Gd4b4]} 31. Rf6 Bf7 32. Rxc6 Rg2 $1 33. Rf1 Bc4 $1 (33...
Rxb4 34. Kd3 Rb2 35. Ra6 $1 $16) 34. Rd1 Rxf2+ 35. Kc1 Bd3 $1 {[%cal Gf2c2]} (
35... Rxd1+ 36. Nxd1 {[%csl Rc4,Rf2]} Rxa2 37. Rxc4 Ra1+ 38. Kc2 a2 39. Kb3
Rxd1 40. Kxa2 $16) 36. Nd5 Rc4+ 37. Rxc4 Bxc4 $132) 30... Rdd7 $5 (30... Rxg3
$5 {deserved serious attention} 31. Rxg3+ Kf7 32. Rxf3+ Ke7 {[%cal Gd8d4]} 33.
Na4 $1 (33. Rd3 Rb8 34. Rd4 Rf8 35. Rd2 Rf3 $1 {with full compensation}) 33...
Rd4 34. Nc5 $1 Rc4+ $1 (34... Rxb4 35. Rxa3 Rc4+ (35... Bxa2 36. Rxa2 Rc4+ 37.
Kd3 Rxc5 38. Rc2 $18) 36. Rc3 Rxc3+ 37. Kxc3 Bxa2 38. f4 {and White wins.}) 35.
Kd2 Rd4+ $1 36. Ke1 Bg4 37. Rd3 Rxb4 38. f3 (38. Rxa3 Rc4 39. Ra5 Bf3 {with
good chances to equlize.}) 38... Bh5 39. Rxa3 Rb2) 31. Rxg7+ (31. Na4 $2 Bxa2
32. Nc5 Rdf7 33. Rxg7+ Rxg7 34. Ra1 {is refuted by} Rg2 $1) 31... Rxg7 32.
Rxg7+ Kxg7 33. Kd3 Kg6 $5 (33... Kf6 $5 34. Ke3 (34. Kd4 $5 {[%cal Gc3b1]
preventing possible counterplay in case of 34.Ke3} Kg6 35. Ke3 {see 33...Kg6})
34... Ke5 35. Nb1 $1 (35. Kxf3 $143 $2 Kd4 36. Nb1 (36. Ne2+ Kc4) 36... Bxa2
37. Nxa3 Kc3 {[%csl Ra3]}) 35... Bxa2 36. Nxa3 h5 $22 37. b5 (37. Kxf3 Kd4 38.
Nc2+ Kc3 39. Ne3 Kxb4 40. Kf4) 37... cxb5 38. Nxb5 c5 39. Nc3 Bc4 40. Na4 $1
Kd6 41. Kxf3 $16) 34. Ke3 Kh5 35. Kxf3 Kxh4 36. Nb1 Bxa2 37. Nxa3 Bb3 $6 {
Black gives up an important tempo.Such kindness can be punishable.} (37... h5
$142 {with good chances for a draw.For instance:} 38. Nc2 (38. Kf4 Kh3 39. Nc2
(39. Kg5 Kg2 40. f4 h4 $1 41. Kxh4 Kf3) 39... Kg2 40. f3 (40. Ke3 h4 41. Ne1+
Kf1 42. Nd3 (42. Nf3 $2 h3 43. Nd4 h2 44. Nf5 Kg2 45. Ng3 Bc4 $1 46. e5 Bd5 $1
$19) 42... h3 43. f4 h2 44. Nf2 Kg2 45. f5 Bb1) 40... h4 41. Ne3+ (41. Ne1+ Kg1
42. Kg4 h3 43. Kxh3 Kf2 44. Nd3+ Kxf3 $11) 41... Kg1 42. Kg4 h3 $1 43. Kxh3 Kf2
44. Ng4+ Kxf3 45. Ne5+ Kxe4 46. Nxc6 $11) 38... Kh3 39. Nd4 h4 40. Nxc6 Bf7 {
[%cal Gf7h5]} 41. Nd4 Kh2 $1 42. Kg4 h3 43. Ne2 Kg2 44. Nf4+ Kxf2 45. Nxh3+ Ke3
46. Ng5 (46. Kf5 Bg6+ $1 47. Kxg6 Kxe4 $11) 46... Bd5 $3 47. exd5 (47. Kf5
Bxe4+ 48. Nxe4 Kd4 $11) (47. e5 Kd4 48. Kf5 Kc4 $11) 47... Kd4 48. Ne6+ Kxd5
49. Nxc7+ Kc4 50. b5 Kc5 51. Kf5 Kb6 $11) (37... Kg5 $6 38. Kg3) 38. Nb1 Bd1+
$2 {Again Black loses important time.} (38... Kh3 $142 39. Nd2 Be6 40. Kf4 Kg2
41. Ke3 h5 $132 {For example} 42. f4 $6 (42. Nf3 $142) 42... h4 43. f5 Ba2 44.
e5 h3 45. Ne4 (45. Nf3 Bd5) 45... Bb1) 39. Kf4 Kh3 40. Nc3 Bb3 41. Ne2 $1 h5 (
41... Kg2 42. Ke3 $1 {[%cal Ge2f4]}) 42. Kg5 Kg2 (42... h4 $2 43. Nf4+ Kh2 44.
Kxh4) 43. Nd4 Bc4 44. f4 Kf2 (44... h4 $5 {was an interesting chance to put
some resistance.} 45. Kxh4 Kf2 $1 {[%csl Rd4,Re4,Rf4][%cal Gf2e3]} 46. Nxc6 Ke3
47. Kg5 Kxe4 48. f5 Kd5 {and White still has to prove he is winning.}) 45. Nf5
$1 ({It wasn't late to make a mistake:} 45. e5 $2 h4 $1 46. Kxh4 (46. Kg4 h3 $1
) 46... Ke3) 45... Kf3 46. e5 Bd5 47. Nh4+ (47. e6 $1 {wins immediately} Bxe6
48. Nd4+ Kg3 49. Nxe6 h4 50. Nd4 h3 51. Ne2+ Kf2 52. Kg4 $1 h2 53. Ng3 $18)
47... Ke4 48. Ng6 $6 {[%cal Gf4f5]} (48. Nf5 $142 {[%cal Gf5g3]} Kf3 49. e6 $18
) 48... Bc4 $2 ({Much tougher was} 48... Be6 $142 $1 {and White has to create
a study to win:} 49. Nf8 $1 (49. Nh4 Bg4) (49. Kxh5 Kf5 50. Kh6 Bf7 51. Ne7+
Kxf4 52. Kg7 Kxe5 53. Kxf7 c5 $1 54. bxc5 c6 $1 $11) 49... Bc4 50. e6 h4 $1 51.
e7 Bf7 52. Ne6 $1 h3 53. Kf6 Be8 54. Ng5+ Kxf4 55. Nxh3+ Ke4 (55... Ke3 56. Ng5
c5 (56... Kd4 57. Ne6+ Kc4 58. Nxc7 {see 55...Ke4,57...Kc4}) 57. bxc5 Kd4 58.
Ne6+ Kc4 59. Nxc7 Bc6 (59... Ba4 60. Na6 {[%cal Gf6e6]} Kd5 61. c6 $1) 60. Na6
$1 Kb5 61. Nb8 Be8 62. c6 Kb6 63. Kg7 $1 Kc7 64. Kf8 Bh5 65. Nd7 Kxc6 (65...
Kd6 66. Ne5 {[%cal Ge5f7]}) 66. Ne5+ $18 {[%cal Ge5f7]}) 56. Ng5+ Kd5 57. Ne6
Kd6 (57... Kc4 58. Nxc7 Bh5 (58... Bd7 59. Ke5 $1 {[%cal Ge5d6]} c5 60. Kd6 Ba4
61. b5 $18) 59. Ne6 {[%cal Ge6g7]} Be8 60. Ng7 Bd7 61. Ke5 $1 {[%cal Ge5d6]} c5
62. Kd6 Ba4 63. bxc5 $18) 58. Ng7 Bd7 59. Kf7 Ke5 (59... c5 60. Ne8+ $1 Ke5 $8
61. bxc5 Kd4 62. Nf6 Bb5 63. c6 $1 Bxc6 64. Ke6 {[%cal Gf6d7]} Ba4 65. Nd7 Bb3+
66. Kf6 $18)) 49. Nh4 $1 (49. f5 {would give unnecessary counterplay.} h4 50.
e6 h3 51. e7 Bf7 52. Nh8 Be8 53. f6 h2 54. f7 Bxf7 55. Nxf7 h1=Q 56. e8=Q+ Kd4
{[%csl Rb4]}) 49... Bg8 ({or} 49... Bd5 50. Nf5 {[%cal Gf5g3]} Kf3 51. e6 $1)
50. Nf5 {[%cal Gf5g3]} Kf3 51. e6 $1 $18 {Finally White finds the correct idea.
} Ke4 (51... Bxe6 52. Nd4+ Kg3 53. Nxe6 h4 54. Nd4 h3 55. Ne2+ Kf2 56. Kg4 h2
57. Ng3 $18) 52. e7 Bf7 53. Ng7 (53. Ng7 {Black resigned as White is just in
time to stop the h-pawn.} h4 54. e8=Q+ Bxe8 55. Nxe8 h3 56. Nf6+ {[%cal Gf6g4]}
) (53. Ng3+ $5 Kd5 54. f5 $1 $18 {[%cal Gf5f6,Gg3h5]} (54. Nxh5 $2 Kd6 $1 {
[%csl Re7,Rh5]} (54... Ke6 $2 55. e8=Q+ Bxe8 56. Ng7+ $18))) 1-0

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2003.02.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Black "Najer, Evgeniy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2671"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2003.02.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. Nf3 g6 5. h4 {[%cal Gh4h5] Relatively rare,
but interesting variation. White is starting offensive on the king side right
away.} Nf6 {[%csl Gh5] Aimed against h5. Although the main drawback is that
black has to move the same piece twice.} (5... h6) (5... h5) (5... Bg7 6. h5
Nc6 7. g3 Bg4 8. h6 Bxc3 (8... Bf6 $5) 9. bxc3 Bxf3 10. exf3 Qd6 11. Be2 O-O-O
12. Qb3 f5 13. a4 e5 14. a5 e4 (14... a6 $5) (14... Rhe8 $5) 15. f4 Nf6 (15...
a6 $5) 16. O-O Ng4 (16... Nd7 $5) 17. Ba3 Qxd2 $4 ({necessary was} 17... Qd7)
18. a6 $1 $18 {[%csl Rc6,Rc8]} Na5 $8 19. axb7+ Kb8 20. Qb5 {[%csl Ra5]} e3 21.
Bc5 $1 {[%csl Ra5,Rb8][%cal Gc5a7]} exf2+ 22. Rxf2 {1-0 Piket,J-Shirov,A/Monte
Carlo 1998/CBM 63 ext (22).}) 6. d4 Bg7 7. e4 O-O 8. Be2 c5 9. d5 b5 $5 {
[%csl Re4][%cal Gb5b4][%mdl 8] A new interesting idea. Probably Najer prepared
it at home.} ({In the origin game Black tested} 9... e6 {but without any
success.} 10. h5 Nxh5 11. g4 (11. Ng5 $5 $36 {[%cal Ge2h5] Shipov}) 11... Nf6
12. Bg5 Qb6 (12... Qa5 $1 {[%cal Gf6e4] Shipov"leads to Black's advantage"})
13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Qd2 {[%csl Rh7][%cal Gd2h6]} Bg7 {[%csl Gh6]} 15. O-O-O Nd7
16. g5 c4 (16... Qa5 $5 {[%cal Gd7b6] Shipov}) 17. Rh2 Re8 18. d6 Rd8 19. Qf4
Qa5 ({With} 19... Bxc3 $1 {Svidler could put much more difficult problems than
in the game.In all the lines White would have to calculate unnumerable amount
of variations.}) 20. Rxh7 $1 {and so on 1-0 Piket-Svidler CBM76 [Mikhalevski,V]
}) 10. e5 ({In case of} 10. Bxb5 {Black has prepared a typical blow} Nxe4 $1
11. Nxe4 Qa5+ {[%csl Rb5,Re1]} 12. Nc3 {It's useful to trade black's
dark-squared bishop.} Bxc3+ 13. bxc3 Qxb5 {[%csl Rc3,Re1][%cal Gb5c4] and
Black obtains counterplay thanks to uncastled position of White's king.} 14. h5
Qc4 {[%csl Rc3][%cal Gc4c3]}) 10... Ng4 {[%csl Re5][%cal Gg4e5]} 11. Bxb5 Nd7
$5 {Another surprise from Najer.} (11... Nxe5 12. Nxe5 Bxe5 13. h5 $1) 12. e6 (
{It was interesting to play} 12. Ng5 $5 {[%cal Gd1g4] trying to trap Black's
knight} Ndxe5 (12... Ngxe5 $2 13. f4 $1 {[%csl Re5] traping the e5-knight at
the centre of the board.} h6 14. Nh3 $18 {[%csl Re5]}) 13. f4 {[%csl Re5,Rg4]
however Black is alive after} f6 $8 {[%cal Ge5f7]} ({After} 13... h6 $2 14. Nh3
{[%csl Re5,Rg4] Black loses a piece.}) 14. Ne6 $5 ({Also in case of} 14. Nxh7
Kxh7 15. fxe5 f5 $1 {[%cal Gg7e5]} 16. h5 (16. Bf4 $5) 16... Bxe5 $132 {
The position remains unclear.}) 14... Bxe6 15. dxe6 {[%csl Re5] and it looks
that Black's knight is traped,but} Qd4 $1 {[%csl Re1][%cal Gd4f2]} ({After
inaccurate} 15... Qxd1+ $2 {Black loses a piece.} 16. Nxd1 Rad8 17. Rh3 $1 {
[%csl Rd3]} (17. fxe5 Rxd1+ 18. Kxd1 Nf2+ 19. Ke1 Nxh1) 17... Rxd1+ 18. Kxd1
Nf2+ 19. Ke1 Nxh3 20. fxe5 $1 {[%csl Rh3] and the other knight is traped.}) 16.
Qxd4 ({Or} 16. Rf1 Rfd8 17. fxe5 Qxe5+ 18. Qe2 Qg3+ 19. Rf2 f5 $1 $44) (16. Qe2
$2 a6 $1 {[%csl Rd3]}) 16... cxd4 17. Nd1 (17. Na4 Rab8 18. Be2 {[%csl Re5,Rg4]
} d3 19. Bd1 {[%csl Re5,Rg4]} d2+ $1 20. Kxd2 Rfd8+ 21. Ke2 Nc6 {[%cal Gf6f5]
and despite an extra pawn the position remains unclear.}) 17... Rfb8 18. Be2 d3
19. Bf1 Nc6 20. Bxd3 f5 $44 {[%csl Rb2,Re1,Re6]}) 12... fxe6 13. dxe6 Nde5 {
[%csl Re6][%cal Gc8e6] Black wants to return the e6-pawn.} 14. Qxd8 {This is
better than 14.Nxe5} ({After} 14. Nxe5 Qxd1+ $1 15. Nxd1 Nxe5 {[%cal Gc8e6]
Black obtains a better version of 14. Qxd8.} 16. f4 $140 $6 Rb8 $1 {[%csl Rd3]
[%cal Ge5c6]} 17. Be2 (17. Nc3 Nf3+ $1 {[%csl Rb5][%cal Gg7c3]}) 17... Nc6 {
[%cal Gc6d4,Gc6b4,Gc8e6]}) 14... Rxd8 15. Nxe5 Nxe5 {[%cal Gc8e6,Ge5d3]} 16.
O-O $1 a6 $1 {Important intermediate move.Now activity of black pieces
compensates pawn weaknesses.} (16... Bxe6 17. Re1 $1 {[%cal Gf2f4]}) 17. Be2
Bxe6 ({It was interesting to fight for initiative with the help of} 17... Rb8
$1 {[%csl Rb2] and White has development problems.}) 18. Re1 Bf7 ({Also} 18...
Bc4 $5 {was enough for equality} 19. Bf4 Bxe2 20. Bxe5 Bxe5 21. Rxe2 $11) 19.
Bf4 Nc6 (19... Nd3 $5 {symplifying position was also a good way to equalize:}
20. Bxd3 Bxc3 $1 21. bxc3 Rxd3 $11 {[%csl Rc3]}) 20. Bf3 Rac8 21. Bg4 Ra8 {
[%csl Ra6,Rc5,Re7,Gf7,Gg7] and White has decided not to take chances. Strong
bishops on g7 and f7 and also potentionally dangerous knight fully compensate
pawn weaknesses.} 22. Bf3 Rac8 23. Bg4 {Very interesting and important from
the theoretical point of view game.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Beersheba-St Petersburg"]
[Site "Beersheba"]
[Date "1998.03.13"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Sakaev, Konstantin"]
[Black "Mikhalevski, Victor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "1998.03.03"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 064"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "St Petersburg"]
[BlackTeam "Beer Sheva"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISR"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qh4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 $5 (
7. dxc3 {is much more populare.}) (7. Qd4) 7... Bg7 (7... c5 8. g3 (8. Rb1 Qc7
9. Qg3 Qxg3 10. hxg3 b6 11. e4 Bc6 12. Ne5 Ba4 13. Bc4 e6 14. Bb3 Bxb3 15. Rxb3
Nd7 16. Nc4 Rb8 17. a4 a6 18. Ke2 b5 19. axb5 axb5 20. Na3 b4 21. Nc4 Bg7 22.
Bb2 O-O 23. cxb4 cxb4 24. Bxg7 Kxg7 25. d4 Rfc8 26. Ne3 e5 27. Rd1 {1/2-1/2
Milos,G-Fernandez Garcia,J/Buenos Aires 1990}) 8... Nc6 (8... Bg7 9. Bg2 Bc6
10. O-O Nd7 (10... O-O 11. d4 cxd4 12. cxd4 Nd7 13. Re1 e6 14. Bg5 f6 15. Bh6
Nb6 16. e4 Qd7 17. Bh3 Qf7 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Rad1 g5 20. Qg4 Rae8 21. e5 h6 22.
d5 Bxd5 23. Nd2 f5 24. Qe2 Rc8 25. Rc1 Bxa2 26. Bg2 Rfd8 27. Rxc8 Rxc8 28. Ra1
Rc2 29. Qd3 Qc7 30. Bxb7 Nd5 31. Ba8 Qc5 32. Kg2 Bc4 33. Rxa7+ Kg6 {0-1
Muhtarov,L-Konopka,M/Decin op 1996}) 11. d4 h6 12. dxc5 Bxc3 13. Rb1 Qa5 14.
Be3 Qxa2 15. Bd4 g5 16. Qh3 Bxd4 17. Nxd4 Bxg2 18. Qxg2 Nxc5 19. Rbc1 Rc8 20.
Nf5 f6 21. Qf3 Rc7 22. Rfd1 h5 23. Rd5 g4 24. Qf4 Qxd5 25. Qxc7 Qxf5 26. Qb8+
Kf7 27. Qxh8 Ne4 28. Rf1 Ng5 29. f3 gxf3 30. exf3 Ne6 31. Kg2 a5 32. Qa8 Qd5
33. Qa7 Nd4 34. Rf2 h4 35. gxh4 Nf5 36. Qb6 Nxh4+ 37. Kg3 Qg5+ 38. Kh3 Ng6 39.
Qb3+ Kf8 40. f4 Nxf4+ {0-1 Rajkovic,D-Krasenkow,M/Ptuj 1989}) (8... Qa5 9. Ne5
Bg7 10. Nxd7 Nxd7 11. Bh3 Rd8 12. O-O O-O 13. Rb1 b6 14. a4 Ne5 15. Rb5 Qa6 16.
Qe4 f5 17. Qc2 Nf7 18. d3 e5 19. c4 Nd6 20. Rb1 e4 21. Bf4 Rfe8 22. Rfd1 exd3
23. exd3 Bd4 24. Bg2 $16 {Urday,H-Sion Castro,M/Palma de Mallorca op 1991/1-0 
(66)}) (8... Bc6 9. Bg2 Nd7 10. O-O e6 11. Qxd8+ Rxd8 12. c4 Bg7 {1/2-1/2
Winkeler,U-Loehr,M/NRW-Liga II 1996}) 9. Bg2 e5 10. Qc4 Be7 11. O-O O-O 12. d3
Rc8 13. Bh6 Re8 14. h4 Be6 15. Qb5 Qd7 16. Ng5 a6 17. Qb6 Bg4 18. Rfe1 Bd8 19.
Qb2 b5 20. Ne4 Be7 21. Bg5 Kg7 22. Bxe7 Qxe7 23. Qa3 Nb8 24. Rab1 Bd7 {1/2-1/2
Spassov,L-Webb,S/Concordia 1977}) ({Ribli} 7... Nc6 $146 8. e4 (8. d4 $5 {
/\ e4 oder Bh6 auch d5}) 8... e5 9. Qxd8+ Rxd8 10. Rb1 b6 $8 11. d4 (11. Bb5)
11... Bg7 (11... exd4 12. cxd4 Bb4+ 13. Bd2 Bxd2+ 14. Kxd2 O-O 15. Rc1 $36 {
>< c7}) 12. Bg5 $1 {Mit diesem starken Zug will der Anziehende den schwarzen
Druck gegen den d4-Bauern entschaerfen.} Rb8 13. Rd1 exd4 14. cxd4 O-O 15. Be2
Rbe8 $1 16. e5 $8 f6 17. exf6 Bxf6 18. Be3 Nb4 {[#] Schwarz hat die Eroeffnung
zufriedenstellend geloest, die Chancen sind etwa gleich.} 19. O-O $1 $8 Be6 (
19... Nxa2 $4 20. Bc4+ Be6 21. d5 $18) (19... Nc2 20. Bc4+ Kg7 21. Bf4 Bg4 22.
Rd2 Bxf3 23. Rxc2 Bxd4 24. Bxc7 Bg4 $10) 20. a4 Nd5 21. Rc1 Bf7 22. Bb5 Re4 (
22... Nxe3 23. Bxe8 Nxf1 24. Bxf7+ Rxf7 25. Kxf1 Rd7 $10) 23. Bh6 $1 Rd8 24.
Rfd1 Be8 25. g3 a5 {Schrwarz hofft, dass er gegen den d4-Bauern seinen Druck
versterken kann, aber ...} 26. Bd3 Re7 27. Bc2 Nb4 28. Bb3+ Bf7 29. Bxf7+ Kxf7
30. Bf4 $1 Nd5 31. Be5 $1 Red7 32. Rc6 $1 {Tunik,G-Tseitlin,M/Beersheba 1996/1/
2-1/2 (70) [#] Der d4-Bauer ist nicht mehr so schwach, aber Weiss hat einen
Riesenlaeufer auf e5 und er uebernimmt jetzt die Initiative. /\ Bxf6, Ne5}) 8.
Rb1 $1 Bc6 (8... b6 $5) 9. e4 $1 (9. d4 Qd5) (9. Nd4 Bd5 10. e4 Bxa2 11. Rxb7 (
11. Rb2 e5 $5) 11... O-O $13) 9... O-O (9... e5 $2 10. Qxd8+ Kxd8 11. Ng5 $1 {
[%csl Rf7]}) (9... e6 $142 $5 10. Qxd8+ Kxd8) 10. d4 e6 11. Bg5 $1 f6 12. Be3
$14 {/+/-.White has got very comfortable position from the opening.Black is
very passive and doesn't have a good plan.} (12. Bc4 $5 Qe8 $5 (12... fxg5 $4
13. Bxe6+ Kh8 14. Nxg5 h6 15. Nf7+ Rxf7 16. Qxd8+ $18) 13. Be3 {See 12.Be3})
12... Qe8 $1 {[%csl Re4] /\13...g5 14.Qg4 h5 ><e4} 13. Bd3 (13. Bc4 $5 {
[%csl Re6]}) 13... Nd7 14. O-O Rd8 {[%csl Rd3][%cal Gd7c5]} 15. Rfd1 Nb6 {
[%csl Rc3][%cal Gb6a4,Gb6c4] /\Na4 Black is looking for counterplay.} 16. Rd2
$5 Na4 17. Rb3 (17. d5 $2 exd5 18. exd5 Bxd5 $1 (18... Rxd5 $2 19. Bc4 {
[%cal Gc4g8]}) 19. Bb5 (19. Bc4 Nxc3) 19... Qe4 $1 {[%cal Ge4b1]}) 17... b5 $5
{[%csl Rc4][%cal Ga4b6]} 18. Qg3 $5 Rf7 19. h4 {[%cal Gh4h5]} Rfd7 {[%csl Rd3]
[%cal Ga4c5] /\Nc5} 20. Bc2 Nb6 {[%csl Rc4][%cal Gb6c4]} 21. Re2 Nc4 22. Bf4 e5
$5 $138 23. Bc1 {[%csl Rb5,Rf5][%cal Gd4d5,Gh4h5]} Rf7 {In order to free "d7"
square for the bishop in case of24. h5 gh25. Nh4.} (23... a6 $5) 24. Rb1 Kh8 {
Black has to take his king out of a2-g8 diagonal.} 25. Bd3 Nd6 26. Ba3 {
[%cal Ga3f8]} a6 27. Rbe1 Rf8 28. Bc2 {[%cal Gc2b3,Gb3g8,Ga3f8]} Bd7 29. Bb3
Be6 (29... a5 $5 {[%cal Ga5a4]}) 30. Bc5 a5 31. Nd2 Bc8 32. Nf3 {White is
waiting for the mistake in the black's hard time-trouble.} (32. a3 $5) 32... a4
33. Bc2 Rg8 34. Bd3 $6 (34. Rd1 $5) 34... c6 (34... Nb7 $1 35. Ba3 c5 {[%csl
Rd3][%cal Gc5d4,Ge5d4]} 36. Rb1 $140 b4) 35. Ba3 Nf7 36. Bc1 Be6 {[%cal Ge6a2]}
37. Rd1 Rd6 38. Be3 Rd8 39. Red2 Qe7 $1 {[%cal Ge7a3,Gg8e8]} 40. Bb1 Rge8 41.
d5 $5 {White was in a strong shock.With a second on the clock Black had
completied the moves and improved his position.After about a half an hour
think White decides to make his first active move in the game.} Bc8 $1 {
There is no need to open b1-h7 diagonal for the white's bishop.} (41... cxd5 $6
42. exd5 {[%cal Gb1g6]} Bc8 43. h5 {[%csl Rf5] /^b1-h7}) (41... Bd7 $6) 42. h5
{[%csl Rf5]} (42. Bb6 Rd7 43. h5 $5) 42... g5 $5 (42... gxh5 43. Bb6 Rd7 $13)
43. Bb6 Rd7 44. Nh2 $1 {[%csl Rf5][%cal Gh2g4,Gg4e3,Ge3f5,Yh2f1,Yf1e3]} (44.
dxc6 Rxd2 45. Nxd2 (45. Rxd2 Qe6) 45... Qd6) 44... c5 $5 {[%csl Rb6]} (44...
cxd5 $1 45. exd5 (45. Rxd5 Rxd5 46. exd5 (46. Rxd5 Qa3) 46... f5) 45... Nd6 $5
(45... Rd6 46. Qd3 $1 {[%cal Gd3h7,Gd3b5]} (46. Bc5) (46. Bc5 $6 f5 $1 $44)
46... f5 (46... e4) 47. Qxb5) 46. Bc5 Qf7 (46... Rc7 47. Bb4) 47. Bxd6 $5 (47.
Qh3 Rc7) 47... Rxd6 48. Qd3 Qxh5 49. Qxb5 f5 $1 {[%cal Gd6h6]} 50. Qe2 $15) 45.
d6 $5 Rxd6 46. Rxd6 (46. Bxc5 $4 Rxd2) 46... Nxd6 47. Bxc5 Nxe4 $4 {Terrible
move.Black had overlooked 49 move of white.} (47... Rd8 $8 {leads to unclear
position after} 48. Qd3 Bf8 $13) 48. Bxe7 Nxg3 49. fxg3 $1 $18 {This simple
move came as a big surprise for me.The weakness of the 8-th rank decide the
game.} (49. h6 $2 {During the game I was checking only this stupied move.} Ne2+
50. Kf1 Nxc3 51. hxg7+ Kxg7 52. Rc1 Nxb1 53. Bb4 Bf5 $19) 49... Be6 50. Rd8
Rxd8 51. Bxd8 e4 52. h6 Bxh6 53. Bxf6+ Bg7 54. Bxg7+ Kxg7 55. a3 1-0

[Event "Berlin East AdW 4th"]
[Site "Berlin East"]
[Date "1987.09.06"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Moehring, Guenther"]
[Black "Szitkey, Milan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2360"]
[BlackElo "2360"]
[Annotator "Moehring,G"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1987.08.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "DDR"]
[EventCategory "6"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qh4 Nf6 7. d4 Nc6 8.
d5 Nb8 9. e4 c6 {0.26/0.39} 10. Bh6 Qb6 {0.42/0.42} 11. O-O-O Bxh6+ 12. Qxh6
Qxf2 13. d6 Qc5 14. dxe7 Qxe7 {1.16/1.10} 15. Bc4 Be6 16. Bxe6 fxe6 17. e5 Nd5
18. Ne4 Na6 19. Nd6+ Kd7 {1.26/1.26} 20. Ng5 Nc5 21. Ngf7 Rhf8 22. Rhf1 Kc7 23.
Rf3 Nd7 24. Rdf1 b5 25. Qd2 a5 {1.45/1.46} 26. Qd4 a4 27. Kb1 g5 28. Rc1 Rfb8
29. Qd3 Ra5 30. Rf2 Rb6 {1.52/1.52} 31. Qd4 (31. Qxh7 Nxe5 $140 32. Qh8 {
[%cal Rh8e5,Rh8c8]}) 31... a3 32. b3 h5 33. Rfc2 Nb8 34. Qd2 Raa6 35. Rf1 Nd7 {
1.55/1.58} 36. Qd4 g4 37. g3 Qf8 38. Rcf2 Qg8 39. Qd3 Nc5 40. Qc2 Nd7 {1.59/1.
59} 41. Re1 (41. Ne4 $5) 41... Rb8 {2.33/2.03} 42. Rc1 Qg7 43. Qe2 Qg6+ 44. Ka1
Rab6 45. Qd2 Ra6 {2.40/2.16 R 2.42/} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Asztalos Memorial Group A"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1984.03.21"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Navarovszky, Laszlo"]
[Black "Moehring, Guenther"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2370"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[Annotator "Moehring,G"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1984.03.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "6"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. Rb1 c6 6. e4 d5 7. cxd5 cxd5 8. e5
Ne4 9. d4 Qa5 10. Nge2 (10. Bd2 Nxc3 11. Bxc3 Qxa2 $2 12. Bf1 $1 {/\Ra1} Bg4
13. f3 $18) 10... Nc6 11. O-O Bg4 12. f3 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Bc8 14. Qb3 {R} Bf5 15.
Rb2 Bd3 16. Re1 Rfc8 17. Rd2 Bc4 18. Qb2 e6 19. f4 Bf8 20. g4 Qd8 21. Ng3 b5
22. Rf2 b4 23. Bd2 Rab8 24. Qa1 Qa5 25. f5 Qxa2 26. Qd1 b3 27. Qf3 b2 28. fxg6
fxg6 29. Qf7+ Kh8 30. Nh5 gxh5 31. Be4 dxe4 32. gxh5 Be7 33. Rg2 Rg8 34. h6
Rxg2+ 35. Kxg2 Rg8+ {2:21-2:20} 0-1

[Event "Seville op 38th"]
[Site "Seville"]
[Date "2013.01.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Campora, Daniel Hugo"]
[Black "Barrero Garcia, Carlos"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[Annotator "Montecatine,R"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2013.01.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 152 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.02.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.02.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O d5 5. c4 O-O 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Nc3 Nb6 8.
d3 Nc6 9. Be3 h6 10. Qc1 Kh7 11. Rb1 e5 12. Nd2 Nd4 13. Qd1 a5 14. b3 c6 15.
Nc4 Nd5 16. Bd2 Bg4 17. f3 Be6 18. Kh1 (18. e3) 18... f5 $15 19. e3 Nb5 20. Na4
Nb4 (20... Qe7) 21. Nc5 Bc8 22. Qe1 $6 (22. a3 Nxd3 23. Bxa5 Rxa5 24. Qxd3 Qxd3
25. Nxd3 $11) 22... b6 $6 (22... Qe7 23. Na4 Be6 $15) 23. Na4 Nxd3 $6 (23...
Ra6 $11) 24. Qe2 $14 Be6 25. Ncxb6 Ra6 26. Rbd1 e4 27. fxe4 fxe4 28. Bxe4 Ne5 {
Diagrama #} (28... Rxf1+ 29. Rxf1 Ne5 30. Rf4 $16) 29. Rxf8 $6 (29. Bc3 $1 Nxc3
(29... Rxf1+ 30. Qxf1 Qc7 31. Bxe5 Qxe5 32. Qd3 Qh5 33. Rc1 $18) 30. Rxd8 Nxe2
31. Rdxf8 Bxf8 32. Rxf8 $18) 29... Qxf8 30. Rf1 Qd8 31. Nc4 (31. Rf4 $16) 31...
Nxc4 32. bxc4 Nd6 $2 (32... Na3 33. Bc3 Ra7 (33... Bxc4 34. Bxg6+ Kh8 (34...
Kxg6 35. Qg4+ Qg5 36. Qe4+ Kh5 37. Qe8+ $18) 35. Rd1 $18) 34. c5 Bc4 35. Rd1
$14) 33. Bd3 $6 (33. Bxg6+ Kxg6 34. Qd3+ Kh5 35. Nc5 $18) 33... Ra7 $14 34. Nc5
$6 (34. Rf4 $14) 34... Bf7 $2 (34... Bxc4 $11) 35. Qg4 (35. e4 Re7 36. Bf4 $16)
35... Qe8 (35... Nf5) 36. h4 (36. Kg2) 36... Kg8 $14 37. Qf3 $2 (37. Kg2) 37...
Bxc4 (37... Nxc4 38. Qxf7+ Rxf7 39. Bxc4 Qe5 40. Bxf7+ Kh7 $17) 38. Bxc4+ $6 (
38. e4 $15) 38... Nxc4 $17 39. Bc1 Rf7 $2 (39... Re7 40. Re1 Bc3 41. Re2 Rf7
$17) 40. Qxf7+ Qxf7 41. Rxf7 Kxf7 42. Kg2 h5 43. e4 Bd4 44. Nd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Buenos Aires Clarin International"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1979.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Black "Franco Ocampos, Zenon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2360"]
[Annotator "Notkin,M"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1979.11.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Qxd1+ 7. Kxd1 f6
8. Be3 e5 9. Nd2 Be6 10. Bc4 Bxc4 (10... Kf7 $1 11. Kc2 Nd7 12. Rhd1 Be7 13. a4
Rhd8 14. b4 a5 15. Kb3 c6 $10 {Suba,M-Svidler,P/Linares/1994/0:1/43/}) 11. Nxc4
Nd7 {/\Bc5/} 12. b4 Nb6 (12... h5 13. Kc2 Bh6 14. Bxh6 Rxh6 15. Rhd1 O-O-O 16.
Na5 Rhh8 17. Rd3 $16 {Loginov,V-Sideif Sade,F/Aktiubinsk/1985/1:0/43/}) 13. Na5
O-O-O+ 14. Kc2 Be7 15. a3 f5 $6 16. Bxb6 $1 axb6 17. Nc4 Bf6 $2 (17... fxe4 18.
Rae1 Rhf8 19. Rhf1 Bh4 20. Rxe4 (20. g3 Bg5 21. Rxe4 b5 $1 22. Ne3 Bxe3 23.
Rxe3 $14) 20... Rxf2+ 21. Rxf2 Bxf2 22. Rxe5 $14) 18. a4 $1 Bg7 19. Rhe1 Rhe8
20. b5 f4 $6 21. a5 bxa5 22. Rxa5 b6 23. Ra7 Bf6 24. Rea1 Re6 25. R1a6 {
/\Na5-c6/} Rde8 26. Kb3 $1 Bd8 27. Ra8+ Kd7 28. Ra2 $1 Bf6 29. Rd2+ Ke7 30. Ra7
Rc8 31. Rd5 Ke8 32. h3 $1 Ke7 33. Nb2 Ke8 34. Nd3 Bg7 (34... c6 35. Rdd7 cxb5
36. Nb4 $18) 35. c4 Bf6 36. c5 bxc5 37. Nxc5 Re7 38. Ra6 Bh8 39. Kc4 Bg7 40. f3
Rb8 41. Ne6 Bf6 42. Rc6 (42. Rc6 Rc8 43. b6 $18) 1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "1999.08.01"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Speelman, Jonathan S"]
[Black "Ricardi, Pablo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2597"]
[BlackElo "2474"]
[Annotator "Pein,M"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1999.07.31"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 072"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 {Mikhalevski,V} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Qa4+ {An Anti
Gruenfeld weapon} Bd7 6. Qb3 {This is something of a rarity and it got Ricardi
thinking.} (6. Qh4 {Mikhalevski,V is more popular.}) 6... Nb6 7. Ng5 {'?!'
Mikhalevski,V. Mikhalevski,V: 'Very rare continuation which suits to Speelman
who tries to get out of the theory on the early stages of his games.' This has
been played a few times but its not very good if only because after Black's
next 8.d4 Bc6 is good} ({After} 7. d4 {Mikhalevski,V} Bg7 8. e4 (8. Bf4 O-O 9.
Rd1 a5 10. e4 Bg4 11. d5 a4 12. Qc2 f5 $5 {leads to interesting complications}
13. Nb5 Na6 14. Nxc7 fxe4 15. Ne6 Bxe6 16. dxe6 Nd5 17. Qxe4 Rxf4 18. Qxd5 Qxd5
19. Rxd5 Nb4 20. Rd7 Bxb2 21. Rxe7 Rc8 22. Rxb7 Re4+ 23. Kd1 a3 24. e7 Nxa2 25.
Rd7 Bf6 26. Ba6 Re8 27. Nd2 Nc3+ 28. Kc2 R4xe7 29. Rd3 Ne2 30. Rxa3 Kg7 31.
Bxe2 Rxe2 32. Rf1 Bg5 33. Ra7+ Kg8 34. Rd7 Rf8 35. h4 Bxh4 36. g3 Bg5 37. f4
Re7 38. Rd5 Bf6 39. Kd3 Rc7 40. Ne4 Bg7 41. Ke3 {1/2-1/2 Krasenkow,M-Nijboer,F/
Koszalin 1998/CBM 65 ext (41)}) 8... O-O (8... Bg4 9. Be3 O-O 10. Rd1 a5 $6 (
10... Nc6 {see 8...0-0}) 11. Be2 a4 12. Qc2 Nc6 13. Ne5 $1 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Qc8
15. f3 $1 Be6 16. f4 Nc4 17. Bf2 c6 18. O-O b5 19. Bc5 $16 {1-0 Piket,
J-Sutovsky,E/ICC Internet 1999 (29)}) 9. Be3 Nc6 10. Rd1 Bg4 {arises
well-known position of Smyslov variation of Gruenfeld defence.} 11. d5 Ne5 12.
Be2 Nxf3+ 13. gxf3 Bh5 {1-0 Orsag,M-Walek,M/Trinec CZE 1998 (47)}) 7... e6 8.
d3 Nc6 9. Be3 (9. Nge4 $5 {Mikhalevski,V} Nd4 10. Qd1 Bg7 11. Bg5 (11. e3 $5
Nf5 12. d4) 11... f6 12. Bd2 Qe7 13. e3 Nf5 14. d4 e5 15. d5 $13 {0-1
Rodriguez Gonzales,J-Castro Rojas,O/Quito 1975/MCD (36)}) 9... Bg7 10. Nf3 {
a sad necessity but if} (10. g3 Nd4 11. Qd1 Bc6) 10... O-O {Mikhalevski,V:
'The results of the dubious strategy of White can be seen with the naked eye.
Black has already comleted development of his pieces while White has been
losing two tempos on the manoeuvre Nf3-g5-f3. '} 11. Bc5 {'?!' Mikhalevski,V.
Mikhalevski,V: 'White doesn't feel danger and loses important time on the
dubious manoeuvres this time on the queen side instead of comleting
development by the means of 11.g3 and Bg2'} (11. g3 $142 {Mikhalevski,V}) 11...
Re8 12. e3 Nd5 {'!' Mikhalevski,V. Mikhalevski,V: 'preparing b6 following by
Na5 and c5 conquering space on the queen side.'} 13. Rc1 b6 14. Ba3 Na5 15. Qc2
c5 {'=/+' Mikhalevski,V. Mikhalevski,V: 'Black is already better.White's
bishop is situated very badly on a3 losing on its way there three tempos while
its colleague on g7 is very strong and creates unpleasant pressure along the
a1-h8 diagonal strengthened by the knight on d5.' Well its classic Speelman,
he's a bit worse with white - but there is noone better with a bad position .
There's somehting about Speelman , he needs to get wound up} 16. Be2 Rc8 17.
O-O Bc6 (17... Nb4 $5 {Mikhalevski,V} 18. Qd2 (18. Qb1 e5 {[%csl Re2]}) 18...
e5 {[%cal Ga5c6]} 19. d4 exd4 20. exd4 Bg4 $1 (20... cxd4 $143 21. Nxd4 (21.
Bxb4 dxc3 22. Bxc3 Bxc3 23. bxc3 Be6 $15) 21... Nc4 $140 22. Bxc4 Rxc4 23. Ndb5
$1) 21. dxc5 (21. Bxb4 cxb4 22. Nb5 a6 23. Rxc8 Bxc8 24. Na7 Bb7 $19 {[%csl
Ra7][%cal Gd8a8]}) (21. Rfd1 $5) 21... Qxd2 22. Nxd2 Bxe2 (22... Bxc3 23. Bxg4
Bxd2 24. Bxc8 Bxc1 25. Rxc1 $13) 23. Nxe2 Nd3 $1 24. cxb6 Nxc1 25. Nxc1 axb6
$19) (17... Nc6 $5 {[%csl Gb4,Gd4] Mikhalevski,V}) (17... Nxc3 $5 {Mikhalevski,
V} 18. bxc3 e5) 18. Nxd5 {'!' Mikhalevski,V. Mikhalevski,V: 'creating
opportunities for counterplay by the means of b4.'} Bxd5 19. Qb1 (19. b3 {
Mikhalevski,V} e5 $15 {[%cal Ga5c6]} (19... Nc6 $4 20. e4 Nb4 21. Bxb4 cxb4 22.
Qxc8 $18)) 19... e5 {'!' Mikhalevski,V. Mikhalevski,V: 'Black prepares to meet
b2-b4 with the counterblow in the centre.'} (19... Nc6 $4 {Mikhalevski,V} 20.
e4 {[%csl Rd5]}) 20. b4 {Speelman recommended instead 20.Nd2 intending Bf3
when White is only slightly worse} (20. Nd2 $15 Nc6) ({After} 20. e4 {
Mikhalevski,V} Bb7 21. b4 {Black is slightly better ought to the weakness on
d3.}) 20... e4 $1 {Mikhalevski,V: 'The idea of the previous move.'} (20... cxb4
{Mikhalevski,V}) 21. Nd2 (21. bxa5 $5 {Mikhalevski,V} exf3 22. Bxf3 $1 (22.
gxf3 Qg5+ 23. Kh1 Qh5 $17 {[%cal Gg7e5,Gd5f3]}) 22... Bxf3 23. gxf3 Qg5+ 24.
Kh1 Qh5 25. Kg2 Re5 (25... Qg5+ $11) 26. Rg1 $1 {and it's still not so simple
as it seems.} (26. f4 Qg4+ 27. Kh1 Qf3+ 28. Kg1 Rh5 $19 {[%cal Gf3g4,Gf3h3,
Gh5h4]})) (21. dxe4 $4 {Mikhalevski,V} Bxe4 {[%csl Rb1] The point of e5-e4.
White's queen is traped.}) 21... exd3 {Mikhalevski,V: 'It's difficult to
decide which move should be preffered as both ones(21...ed and 21...cb) lead
to the similar variations.For example 21...ed makes impossible intermediate de
and 21...cb makes line 21...ed 22.Q:d3 cb 23.R:c8 Q:c824.Q:d5 impossible.'} (
21... cxb4 $5 {Mikhalevski,V} 22. Rxc8 (22. Bxb4 exd3 23. Qxd3 (23. Bxd3 Bxa2
$3 24. Rxc8 (24. Qxa2 {Mikhalevski,V} Qxd3 25. Bxa5 (25. Rxc8 Rxc8 26. Bxa5
bxa5 $17 27. Qxa5 $140 Bc3 $19) 25... bxa5 26. Nc4 (26. Nb3 $142 $5) 26... a4
$3 27. Qxa4 $140 $2 (27. Rfd1 Qb3) 27... Re4 28. Ne5 (28. Rfd1 Rcxc4 $1 29.
Rxd3 (29. Rxc4 Qxc4) 29... Rxa4 $19) (28. Nb2 Rxc1 29. Rxc1 Bxb2 $19) 28...
Qxf1+ $1 (28... Rxc1 $4 29. Qe8+ Bf8 30. Qxf7+ Kh8 31. Qxf8#)) 24... Bxb1 25.
Rxd8 Rxd8 26. Bxb1 Nc6 $1) (23. Rxc8 {see 22.R:c8}) 23... Nc6 {[%cal Gd5a2]}) (
22. Qxb4 $2 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 exd3 24. Bxd3 Bxg2 {'!' Mikhalevski,V.} 25. Bb5 Bh3
$1) (22. dxe4 Bxa2 23. Qxa2 bxa3 24. Rxc8 Qxc8 25. Qxa3 Qc2 {'-/+' Mikhalevski,
V. -22.Rc8} (25... Qc2 $17 26. Qc1 $140 Rc8 {[%csl Ga7,Gb6]})) 22... Qxc8 23.
Bxb4 (23. dxe4 Bxe4 $2 (23... Bxa2 $1 24. Qxb4 $2 Bc3 25. Qd6 Rd8 $19) 24. Nxe4
(24. Qxb4 Bc3 25. Qd6 Nb7 $1 26. Nxe4 Nxd6 27. Nxd6 Qb8 $17) 24... bxa3 25. Nd6
{[%cal Rd6c8,Rd6e8]}) 23... exd3 24. Bxd3 (24. Qxd3 $6 Bxa2 25. Qa3 Be6 (25...
Bd5 $5 26. Bxa5 bxa5 27. Qxa5 {[%cal Ga5d5]} Qc6 $1 28. e4 (28. Bb5 Qc5) 28...
Bxe4 29. Bb5 Qd5) 26. Ne4 (26. Bxa5 bxa5 27. Qxa5 $140 $2 Bc3 $19) 26... Qc2
$17 {[%cal Gc2b3]}) 24... Nc6 $15) 22. Qxd3 c4 (22... cxb4 23. Rxc8 Qxc8 24.
Qxd5 bxa3 {'!' Mikhalevski,V.} (24... Rd8 25. Qb5 (25. Qe4 Rxd2 26. Rc1 Qd8 $19
) 25... Rxd2 {'=/+!?' Mikhalevski,V.} (25... bxa3 $5 $15 {[%csl Ra2,Ga3]
Mikhalevski,V}) 26. Rc1 $11 (26. Bxb4 Rxa2 27. Bg4 $1 $36) (26. Bg4 $5)) 25.
Nc4 {and if the knights come off White will be OK}) 23. Qc2 $2 (23. Qb1 {
was better , White would not fear Bxg2} Bxg2 (23... c3 $1 {is better} 24. bxa5
cxd2 25. Rxc8 Qxc8 26. Qd3 Rd8 27. Qxd2 Bxg2 28. Rc1 $17) 24. Kxg2 Qxd2 25. Bf3
Nc6 $4 (25... Qd6 26. Rfd1 Qf8 27. bxa5 Qxa3 28. axb6 {and again opposite
bishops are White's salvation}) 26. Rfd1) 23... Nc6 $1 24. Nf3 {'?'
Mikhalevski,V. Mikhalevski,V: 'Speelman decides to avoid complications which
could arise in case of accepting pawn sacrifice on c4.The variations show that
after 24.N:c4 black obtain slight advantage,but after 24.Nf3? Black's pressure
is much more dangerous.By the way other moves are unacceptable for White.'} (
24. Rfd1 $2 {Mikhalevski,V} Nd4 $1 25. exd4 Rxe2 $19) (24. Bxc4 $2 {
Mikhalevski,V} Ne5 (24... Bxc4 25. Nxc4 Ne5 26. Qb3) 25. Qb3 Nxc4 26. Nxc4 b5
$19) (24. Nxc4 $1 {Mikhalevski,V} Ne5 (24... b5 $143 25. Nd2 Nd4 26. Qd1 Rxc1
27. Bxc1 Nxe2+ 28. Qxe2 Bxa2 29. Qxb5) 25. Rfd1 (25. Qb3 b5) 25... b5 $1 (25...
Nxc4 26. Bxc4 Rxc4 27. Qd3 $1 (27. Qxc4 $2 Bxc4 28. Rxd8 Rxd8 29. Rxc4 Rd1#) (
27. Qd2 Rxc1 28. Bxc1 Re5 29. f4 Rh5 30. e4 (30. g4 Qh4 $1 $40) 30... Qh4 31.
exd5 Qxh2+ 32. Kf2 Rh3 $1 $13) 27... Rxc1 28. Bxc1 Qe7 29. Qxd5 Qxb4 $11) 26.
e4 $1 Nxc4 27. Rxd5 Qe7 28. Qd3 (28. Bxc4 $143 Rxc4 29. Qd3 Rxe4 30. Qxb5 (30.
Rxb5 Re1+ 31. Rxe1 Qxe1+ 32. Qf1 Qc3 $19 {[%cal Ge8e1,Gc3a3]}) 30... a5 $3 {
[%csl Ra2]}) 28... Qxe4 29. Qxe4 (29. Bf1 Qxd3 30. Rxd3 $15) 29... Rxe4 30. Bd3
Ree8 31. Bxc4 bxc4 $15 {[%csl Ra3,Gc4]}) 24... Be4 $2 {'?!' Mikhalevski,V. The
turning point} (24... b5 $1 25. Rfd1 Be4 $3 {was diabolically strong} (25...
Rc7 {[%cal Gc7d7] Mikhalevski,V} 26. Rd2 Rd7 27. Rcd1 Re6 $1 $17 {[%cal Ge6d6]}
) 26. Rxd8 Rcxd8 27. Qd1 (27. Bd3 Rxd3 {hardly bears thinking about} 28. Bb2
Rxe3 29. Qd2 Rd3 30. Qe2 Bxb2 31. Qxb2 Bxf3 32. gxf3 Nd4) 27... Rxd1+ 28. Rxd1
Bf8) (24... Bxf3 $5 {Mikhalevski,V} 25. Bxf3 b5 $15 {[%csl Ra3,Rb4]}) 25. Qa4
$1 {Played quickly by a man who sensed his opponent had lost the plot} (25.
Qxc4 Nd4 26. Qa6 Nxe2+ 27. Qxe2 Bd3 28. Rxc8 Bxe2 29. Rxd8 Rxd8 30. Rc1 Rd3)
25... Ne5 {'?' Mikhalevski,V. Mikhalevski,V: 'Black loses control.'} ({After} 
25... a6 $1 {Mikhalevski,V he is probably still better.}) 26. Nxe5 Bxe5 (26...
Rxe5 27. Rxc4) 27. Rxc4 Rxc4 28. Bxc4 Bxh2+ {'?' Mikhalevski,V. Mikhalevski,V:
'Dispair.' Mistakenly thinking he was baleing out for a perpetual} ({After} 
28... Qe7 $1 {Mikhalevski,V White is just a pawn up,but certainly is not
winning yet.}) (28... a6 {[%cal Gb6b5] Mikhalevski,V was interesting,but not
sufficient:} 29. Rd1 $1 (29. Bxa6 Qa8 $1 {[%cal Ge4g2,Ge4d3]}) (29. Qxa6 Bxh2+
30. Kxh2 Qh4+ 31. Kg1 Bxg2 32. Kxg2 Qg4+ $11) 29... Bxh2+ (29... b5 30. Rxd8
Rxd8 31. Qxa6 Rd1+ (31... bxc4 32. f4 $1) 32. Bf1 Bd3 33. g4 Bxf1 34. f4 $18 (
34. Qc8+ $5 Kg7 35. Qc2 Ra1 36. Bc1)) 30. Kxh2 Qh4+ 31. Kg1 b5 32. Bxb5 (32.
Bxf7+ $5) 32... axb5 (32... Re5 33. Bf1) 33. Qxb5 Ra8 34. Rd4 $1 Rxa3 35. Qe8+)
29. Kxh2 Bxg2 (29... Qh4+ {Mikhalevski,V} 30. Kg1 Bxg2 31. Qxe8+ Kg7 32. Qxf7+
Kh6 33. Qf8+ (33. Qf4+) 33... Kh5 34. Be2+ $18) (29... b5 {Mikhalevski,V} 30.
Qxb5 ({But not} 30. Bxb5 $4 Qh4+ 31. Kg1 Bxg2 $1 {and Black suddenly wins.}))
30. Rd1 $1 {'+-' Mikhalevski,V.} (30. Kxg2 $4 {Mikhalevski,V} Qg5+ 31. Kh2 (31.
Kf3 Qh5+ 32. Kg3 Qg5+ 33. Kf3 $11) 31... Qh4+ 32. Kg2 Qg4+ 33. Kh2 Re5 34.
Bxf7+ $1 Kg7 $1 35. Bb2 Qh4+ $11) 30... Qh4+ 31. Kxg2 Qg4+ 32. Kf1 Qxc4+ 33.
Ke1 Qc3+ 34. Rd2 {Mikhalevski,V: 'The rest is clear.'} b5 (34... Rd8 35. Qc2)
35. Qb3 (35. Qxb5 Rd8) 35... Qa1+ 36. Rd1 Qe5 37. Bb2 Qh2 38. Qd5 Qg1+ 39. Ke2
Qg4+ 40. Kf1 Qh3+ 41. Qg2 Qf5 42. Qc6 Qh3+ 43. Ke1 {Speelman intended 43...Rc8
44.Rd7 for a clean kill} 1-0

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2005.02.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2662"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2005.02.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d5 (4... O-O 5. d4 d6 6. O-O {- leads to
King's Indian defense E62-E69.}) 5. O-O (5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Nc3 (6. O-O Nc6 (6...
Nb6 7. Nc3 c5 8. d3 O-O {1/2-1/2 Stohl,I-Sutovsky,E/Leon 2001/CBM 86 [Postny,E]
(37)}) 7. Nc3 Nb6 8. d3 O-O 9. Be3 e5 10. a4 (10. Qd2 Re8 11. Bh6 Nd4 12. Bxg7
Kxg7 13. Nxd4 exd4 14. Ne4 {1-0 Pigusov,E-Miroshnichenko,E/Halkidiki 2002/CBM
92 [Postny,E] (41)}) 10... a5 11. Bxb6 cxb6 12. Nb5 Be6 13. Nd2 {1-0 Vaganian,
R-Nedev,T/Yerevan 2001/CBM 86 [Postny,E] (49)}) 6... Nxc3 7. bxc3 O-O 8. O-O e5
{1-0 Ribli,Z-Berndt,S/Germany 2003/CBM 95 [Postny,E] (32)}) 5... O-O (5... d4 {
leads to Benoni defense with reversed sides, when white has an extra tempo.})
6. cxd5 (6. d4 {transposes to Gruenfeld defense D74-D79.}) 6... Nxd5 7. Nc3 Nb6
(7... Nc6 8. Ng5 Nb6 9. d3 h6 10. Nge4 e5 {0-1 Paunovic,D-Saldano,H/Elgoibar
2003/CBM 99 [Postny,E] (41)}) 8. d3 (8. d4 {leads to the fashionable variation
of Gruenfeld defense - D76.}) 8... Na6 {Very rare continuation. Usually the
move 8...Nc6 is automatically executed here. In my opinion, the move in the
text is perfectly playable as well. Black is intending to play c7-c6, which
will create a barrier against the white light-squared bishop. In future,
black's queenside might be transfered to the centre by Na6-c7-e6-d4 or
Na6-b4-d5.} 9. Be3 h6 (9... c6 10. Qd2 Bg4 11. Bh6 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 Qd4 13. Bxg7
Kxg7 14. Rfd1 Rad8 15. Bg2 e5 16. Rac1 Nc5 17. Qc2 Ne6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Ballmann,
M-Villamayor,B/Gausdal 1986/EXT 97 (49)}) 10. Qc1 $146 (10. Rc1 Kh7 11. a3 c5
12. Qc2 Be6 13. h4 Qd7 14. Rfd1 Bf5 15. Bf4 $14 {0-1 Meyer,H-Zitin,Y/Tallinn
1997/CBM 059 ext (44)}) 10... Kh7 11. Rd1 c6 12. d4 {Sooner or later, white
has to make this push to seize some space.} Be6 13. Bf4 Qc8 14. Be5 f6 {
Of course, black should avoid the exchange of dark-squared bishops, even at a
price of this ugly move.} 15. Bf4 Bh3 16. Qc2 $6 ({I think, it was preferable
to keep the light-squared bishops on the board by} 16. Bh1) 16... Bxg2 17. Kxg2
Nb4 18. Qb3 N4d5 19. Bd2 f5 {Black has now good play on the light squares.} 20.
Nxd5 Nxd5 ({Worse is} 20... cxd5 $6 21. Bf4 $14 {[%csl Ge5]}) 21. Bf4 g5 $1 22.
Be5 g4 23. Ne1 Bxe5 24. dxe5 f4 {Black is consequent in his correct plan of
the kingside offensive.} 25. Qd3+ Kg7 26. Qe4 Qf5 27. Rd4 h5 28. Qxf5 Rxf5 {
This endgame is approximately equal.} 29. Nd3 Raf8 30. Rd1 f3+ 31. Kf1 fxe2+
32. Kxe2 e6 33. Rc1 Rf3 34. h3 $1 {Getting a target on the kingside.} gxh3 35.
Rh1 c5 36. Rc4 Rxd3 $1 {Without this sacrifice black could face problems.} (
36... b6 $6 37. Rxh3 Kg6 38. Rch4 R3f5 39. f4 {and white is better.}) 37. Kxd3
Rxf2 38. Rxh3 Rxb2 39. Rxh5 Kg6 40. Rh8 Rxa2 41. Rf8 $1 {It is important to
cut the black king off the centre.} (41. Rxc5 Kf5 {[%csl Gf5]}) 41... Ra3+ 42.
Kd2 Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "GER-ch 73th"]
[Site "Altenkirchen"]
[Date "2001.12.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Wahls, Matthias"]
[Black "Gutman, Lev"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2488"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2001.11.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 087"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. e4 Nc6 6. Nge2 a6 {The beginning
of unusual and probably not the best plan in this kind of King's Indian
defence. Normal is 6...d6.} 7. O-O Rb8 {Again 7...d6 seems to me the better
choice, but then 6...a6 may be a waste of time.} 8. d4 b5 $6 {GM L.Gutman is
consistantly playing this system, which is dubious from my point of view.} (
8... d6) 9. e5 (9. d5 $143 Ne5 10. c5 d6 11. c6 b4 12. Na4 e6 13. f4 Nc4 14. b3
Na3 15. Bb2 exd5 16. exd5 Qe7 $132 {0-1 Siebrecht,S-Gutman,L/Berlin 1995/CBM
47 ext (34)}) 9... Ne8 10. c5 $1 $16 {[%csl Gc5,Gd4,Ge5,Re8,Rg7]} (10. cxb5
axb5 11. f4 Na5 12. b3 b4 13. Na4 d6 14. Be3 c6 15. Rc1 Nc7 16. h3 Be6 17. g4
Bd5 18. Ng3 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Nd5 20. Bd2 Qd7 $15 {0-1 Saam,E-Gutman,L/Weilburg
1995/EXT 97 (36)}) 10... b4 $146 (10... Na5 11. Bf4 d6 12. Qc1 Bd7 13. Rd1 Qc8
14. Nd5 Qd8 15. Nb4 $16 {1-0 Miezis,N-Kersten,U/Munich 1996/EXT 99 (24)}) (
10... Bb7 11. Bf4 d6 12. exd6 exd6 13. d5 $16) 11. Nd5 e6 ({The attempt to
break white's pawncentre will not make black's life easier, for instance:} 
11... d6 12. Ne3 Qd7 13. exd6 exd6 14. d5 Ne5 15. c6 Qe7 16. h3 $16 {[%cal
Gf2f4]}) 12. Ne3 Ne7 13. Qa4 d6 14. Rd1 d5 (14... Bd7 15. c6 Bc8 16. Bd2 dxe5
17. dxe5 Bxe5 18. Bxb4 {and white is totally dominating.}) 15. Ng4 Bd7 16. Qc2
({Of course not} 16. Qxa6 $4 Bb5 $19 {[%csl Re2]}) 16... Nc6 (16... f6 17. Bh6
$16) 17. h4 f6 {The only chance to achieve any counterplay.} 18. exf6 {This
makes black's life a little easier.} (18. Bh6 $5 Bxh6 19. Nxh6+ Kg7 20. Ng4 {
[%csl Re8] with clear advantage for white.}) 18... Nxf6 19. Bg5 Qe8 20. Nxf6+
Bxf6 21. Bxf6 Rxf6 22. Qd2 {The immideate 22.f4 probably would be a bit better,
since white is going to play this move anyway.} Qf7 23. f4 h6 ({Deserved
attention} 23... Ne7 {[%cal Yd7b5]}) 24. Nc1 $6 {This manoeuvre turns out to
be a serious inaccuracy. Firstly white should regroup his heavy pieces, for
example: 24.Qe3 and then something like Rf1 and Rae1.This should prevent
black's counterplay starting with g6-g5 strike.} Qg7 25. Qe3 {[%cal Yc1d3,
Yd3e5]} g5 $1 $132 {It's clear visible, that white did not prepare properly to
meet this strike. Now the position becoming double-edged.} 26. hxg5 hxg5 27.
Ne2 (27. fxg5 Rf5 28. Ne2 Rxg5 $132) 27... gxf4 28. Nxf4 Rh6 29. Rd2 Rf8 30.
Re1 Ne7 {[%cal Ge7f5]} 31. Qe5 Qg4 $4 {The decisive mistake, probably in
time-trouble.} ({The right move was:} 31... Qxg3 $1 32. Nxd5 Qxe5 33. Nxe7+ Kf7
34. Rxe5 Kxe7 35. c6 Bc8 $11) {[%tqu "En","Find the winning move for white.",
"","","g2h3","",10]} 32. Bh3 $1 $18 Rxh3 33. Nxh3 Rf5 ({The alternatives are
not better:} 33... Rf3 34. Qg5+ Qxg5 35. Nxg5 Rxg3+ 36. Rg2 $18) (33... Qxh3
34. Qg5+ Kf7 35. Rh2 $18) 34. Qxc7 Kf7 (34... Qxh3 35. Qxd7 $18) 35. Nf2 Qf3
36. Nd3 Kf6 37. Qxd7 e5 38. dxe5+ Kf7 39. c6 (39. e6+ Kf6 40. Qd8 {was more
precise.}) 39... Qxg3+ 40. Rg2 Qxd3 {threatening 41...Qd4+} 41. e6+ Kf6 42. Qa7
$1 {[%csl Yd4]} Qc4 43. Qe3 {White's Q finally got back into the centre and
the game is over.} Qh4 44. c7 d4 45. Qe4 1-0

[Event "Sigeman & Co 11th"]
[Site "Malmo"]
[Date "2003.05.06"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Hillarp Persson, Tiger"]
[Black "McShane, Luke J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2474"]
[BlackElo "2592"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2003.04.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qh4 Nxc3 7. Qd4 {
More popular is 7.dxc3, which leads to approximate equality.} f6 8. Qxc3 Nc6 9.
a3 {A rare move in this position.} (9. d4 e5 10. a3 exd4 11. Nxd4 Nxd4 12. Qxd4
Bc6 $11 {1-0 Rahman,Z-Isaev,J/Moscow 1994/CBM 44 ext (54)}) (9. e4 e5 10. a3
Bd6 11. Bc4 Qe7 12. d3 Nd8 13. b4 Be6 14. Be3 O-O 15. O-O Nf7 $11 {0-1 Giemsa,
S-Bagirov,V/Germany 1995/GER-chT2 (94)}) (9. b4 {This is the most popular
continuation. However black gets a nice game in this case too.} a6 10. e3 (10.
e4 e5 11. a3 Bg4 12. Bb2 Bh6 13. Rd1 Nd4 14. Be2 Bxf3 15. Bxf3 Qd7 16. Qc4
O-O-O $15 {0-1 Sulava,N-Vakhidov,T/Bled 2002/EXT 2003 (39)}) 10... e5 11. a3
Bd6 12. Qc2 Qe7 13. Bb2 e4 14. Nd4 Rf8 15. Nxc6 Bxc6 16. Rc1 f5 $15 {0-1
Poluljahov,A-Zezulkin,J/Krasnodar 1998/EXT 2000 (33)}) 9... e5 10. d3 Bg4 (
10... Be6 {is a good alternative.}) 11. Nd2 $1 $146 {Good manoeuvre. White is
also moving the knight out of possible exchange on f3. On the other hand it
can not change the evaluation of the position as good for black.} (11. e3 Bxf3
12. gxf3 Qd5 13. Be2 a5 14. Bd2 Bd6 15. Rc1 a4 16. Qc4 Qxc4 17. Rxc4 Kd7 $11 {
1/2-1/2 Dzindzichashvili,R-Gurevich,I/San Francisco 1999/CBM 69 ext (22)})
11... Qe7 {Preparing the castling to queenside.} (11... Qd7 $6 12. Ne4 {
[%cal Ye4c5,Ge4f6]}) 12. e3 ({Comes into consideration:} 12. b4 a5 13. b5 Nd4
14. Rb1 $13) 12... O-O-O 13. h3 Be6 14. b4 Qf7 {Setting free the e7 square for
the knight against possible b4-b5 advance.} 15. Be2 Kb8 16. b5 $6 {This move
only helps black to transfer his knight to a better pastures.} ({More logical
is} 16. Ne4 {[%cal Ye4c5]}) ({or} 16. Bb2) 16... Ne7 17. e4 $6 {[%csl Rd4,Ye7,
Rf4] Restricting the black knight, but weakening the squares d4 and f4.} ({
Again possible was} 17. Bb2) 17... g5 18. Nf3 $2 {This is a wrong route for
the knight. Probably white was intending to carry out the d3-d4 advance, but
then realized, that this is quite risky.} (18. Nc4 Ng6 19. g3 {would be more
to the point.}) 18... Ng6 19. a4 (19. d4 $6 exd4 20. Nxd4 Bd6 $36 {[%csl Ra1,
Rc3,Rd4][%cal Gd6e5]}) 19... h5 20. Be3 Bd6 21. a5 {White is consequently
developing his initiative on the queenside, however black's chances on the
other side of the board appeares to be far more reliable.} (21. d4 Nf4 22. Bxf4
exd4 $1 23. Nxd4 Bxf4 $17) 21... Qe7 {[%cal Gd6b4]} 22. O-O g4 23. Nd2 (23. a6
b6 (23... gxf3 $4 {[%tqu "En","Find the best and forced continuation.","","",
"e3a7","",10]} 24. Bxa7+ $1 Kxa7 25. axb7+ {[%cal Rc3c6] mating.}) 24. Qc6 Bc8
{and white's threats are parried, while black's attack just begins.}) 23... Nf4
24. Bxf4 exf4 25. d4 (25. b6 f3 ({Also good for black is} 25... Be5 26. bxc7+
Qxc7 27. Qxc7+ Bxc7) 26. gxf3 Rdg8 $40) 25... Bb4 $5 {McShane does not want to
go for the direct attack and wants to prevent the white's one first.} ({
Not so clear is} 25... gxh3 $6 26. b6 Rhg8 27. bxa7+ Kxa7 28. a6 Rxg2+ 29. Kh1
b6 30. Bf3 {[%csl Ra7,Gf3][%cal Gc3c6,Ge4e5]}) ({A serious alternative is} 
25... f3 26. gxf3 Rdg8 {and black's attack looks very promising.}) 26. Qd3 Rxd4
$1 27. Qxd4 Rd8 {Now white must sacrifice his queen.} 28. Nb3 (28. Qb2 Rxd2 $19
{[%csl Rb2,Re2]}) 28... Rxd4 29. Nxd4 {Materially speaking, the position is
balanced, however black has decisive positional advantage.} Bc8 30. a6 $5 (30.
Ra4 f3 31. gxf3 gxh3 32. Kh1 Bd6 $19) 30... Qxe4 31. Rfd1 Bd6 $2 {Allowing
white to come back into the game.} (31... Bc3 32. axb7 Kxb7 $1 $19 {It looks
like both players missed this reply. White is not able to create any serious
threat against the black king, and heavy material losses are inevitable.} (
32... Bxb7 $2 33. Nc6+ Bxc6 34. bxc6)) 32. Ra4 $1 {[%cal Gd4c6]} Qe5 {[%cal
Gf4f3,Ge5h2]} (32... Ka8 $5) 33. axb7 Bxb7 $6 ({Risky, but probably correct was
} 33... Kxb7 34. Rxa7+ $6 Kb6) 34. hxg4 hxg4 35. Bxg4 {Now it's clear, that
black has spoiled his advantage. White is getting strong play on the white
squares. Black has to be careful.} Qg5 36. Bh3 f3 37. Nc6+ Bxc6 38. bxc6 a5 (
38... Qe5 $5 39. Rb1+ Ka8 40. g3 Bc5 41. Rf4 Qe2 42. Rf1 a5 $13) 39. Re4 f5 40.
Rc4 Qg6 $6 {Another dubious move. Black's king will be in danger now.} (40...
fxg2 $142) 41. Rd5 Ka7 42. Rb5 $2 {White should have simply capture the pawn.}
(42. Rxa5+ Kb6 43. Ra8 $1 Bc5 44. Ra1 $1 {and black is in trouble.}) 42... Qe6
43. Rc1 Ka6 44. Rxf5 Qh6 45. Ra1 Bb4 {Now the black king is safe and the
position is getting balanced.} 46. Rxf3 Qxc6 {[%mdl 1024]} 47. Rd3 Kb6 48. Bd7
Qc2 49. Rdd1 Qe2 50. Rdc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2005.12.03"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Areshchenko, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2724"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2005.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d5 (4... O-O 5. d4 d6 {leads to the
King's Indian defence.}) 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Nc3 Nb6 7. d3 Nc6 8. Be3 O-O 9. Qd2 {
Another option is 9.Qc1, keeping the d2 square available for a knight transfer.
} (9. Qc1 e5 10. Bh6 Re8 11. Bxg7 Kxg7 12. O-O a5 13. b3 Nd4 14. Re1 c6 15. Qb2
f6 16. Nd2 Nd5 $11 {1-0 Gurevich,M (2694)-Ye Jiangchuan (2671)/Cannes 2001/CBM
082 (48)}) 9... e5 (9... Re8 $6 10. Bh6 Bh8 11. h4 Bg4 12. h5 $1 $36 {1/2-1/2
Serper,G (2420)-Shmuter,L/Pula 1990/EXT 2000 (42)}) 10. h4 {Aronian does not
hurry with castling, while trying to harass black's kingside at the first
place.} (10. Bh6 Nd4 11. Bxg7 Nxf3+ 12. Bxf3 Kxg7 13. h4 h6 14. b4 c6 15. Qb2
Qd4 $11 {1/2-1/2 Ribli,Z (2625)-Pribyl,J (2405)/Germany 1989/GER-chT (31)})
10... h5 11. Bg5 $146 {Provoking some concession on black's kingside.} (11. Ng5
Nd4 12. Nge4 c6 13. Qd1 Qe7 14. Bg5 f6 15. Bd2 Bg4 16. O-O Rad8 $11 {1/2-1/2
Bukal,V (2400)-Leko,P (2255)/Dortmund 1991/CBM 022 ext (37)}) 11... f6 {
Black should play this ugly-looking move, as there is no really good square to
put the queen.} 12. Be3 Be6 ({Another possible continuation is:} 12... Bg4 13.
O-O Nd4 14. Bxd4 exd4 15. Nb5 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 c6 17. Na3 f5 $11) 13. Ne4 {
[%cal Ge4c5]} Bd5 14. O-O Bxe4 $6 {This decision is quite controversial. Black
exchanges his good bishop, but spoiles white's pawn structure. In my opinion,
black should refrain from this exchange, since the light squares in his camp
will become vulnerable, while his pawns majority on the queenside won't give
black any real benefits.} (14... Nc4 $2 15. Nxf6+ $1 Qxf6 16. dxc4 Bxc4 17. Qc2
$16) (14... Ne7 {[%cal Ge7f5] was playable.}) 15. dxe4 Qxd2 16. Bxd2 $1 (16.
Nxd2 Kh7 {[%cal Gg7h6] If black manages to exchange his passive bishop, his
position won't be worse.}) 16... Nc4 17. Rfc1 (17. Bc3 Nd6 {[%cal Gd6b5,Gd6e4]}
18. Nd2 Nb5 19. Rfc1 Rfd8 20. Nb3 {is similar to the continuation in the game.}
) 17... Nxd2 (17... Nxb2 $4 18. Rab1 $18 {[%cal Gb1b7]}) (17... Nd6 18. Ne1 $14
{[%cal Ge1d3,Gd3c5]}) 18. Nxd2 Rfd8 (18... Bh6 $6 19. e3) 19. Nb3 Bf8 20. Bh3
$6 {It was possible to play 20.e3 immediatly transfering the bishop to a
better pastures. The move in the text is a waste of tempo.} (20. e3 $142 {
[%cal Gg2f1]}) 20... Kf7 21. e3 a5 {Areshchenko is striving for active
counterplay, but probably he overestimated his chances a bit.} ({Possible was} 
21... Bd6 22. Bf1 Ne7 {keeping solid position.}) 22. Bf1 (22. a4 $2 {[%csl Rb4]
would have been strategically bad.}) 22... a4 23. Nc5 Bxc5 24. Rxc5 Rd2 25. Rb5
(25. Rd5 $2 Rxb2 26. Rd7+ Ke8 27. Rxc7 Rd8 $15 {[%cal Gd8d2]}) 25... Nd8 (25...
Ra7 26. Rd5 Rxb2 27. Rd7+ Ne7 28. Rxc7 $14) 26. Rd5 $1 Rxd5 {Black is forced
to exchange white's active rook, even if it repairs white's pawn structure.} (
26... Rxb2 $2 27. Rd7+ Ke8 28. Rh7 $1 {[%cal Oh7c7,Ga1d1,Gd1d7]} (28. Rxc7 $2
Ne6 29. Rh7 Rc8 30. Bh3 (30. Rd1 Rc7 $1 $15) 30... Rc6 31. Rd1 Nf8 32. Bd7+
Nxd7 33. Rdxd7 Rc1+ 34. Kg2 Rcc2 $11) 28... Rc2 (28... b5 29. Rd1 Nf7 30. Bh3
Rd8 31. Rc1 c5 32. Rxc5 Rd1+ 33. Kg2 Rdd2 34. Rc8+ Nd8 35. Rcc7 Rxf2+ 36. Kg1
$18) 29. Rh8+ (29. Rd1 $2 Nf7 30. Bh3 Rd8 31. Rxd8+ Nxd8 32. Bd7+ Kf8 33. Bxa4
Rxa2 34. Rh8+ Kg7 35. Rxd8 Rxa4 36. Rd7+ Kh6 37. Rxc7 $11) 29... Ke7 30. Rd1 g5
(30... Rxa2 31. Bh3 $18) 31. hxg5 fxg5 32. Rd5 (32. Rxh5 $6 Nf7) 32... Rxa2 33.
Rxe5+ Kf6 34. Ree8 $18) 27. exd5 {[%csl Rd8]} a3 (27... Ke7 $6 28. Bd3 f5 (
28... g5 29. Bg6 $16 {[%csl Rh5]}) 29. e4 $16) 28. bxa3 Rxa3 29. Rc1 c6 30.
dxc6 Nxc6 $2 {Surprisingly enough, but this is probably the decisive mistake.}
({It was necessary to recapture with the pawn:} 30... bxc6 {Black's knight
remains passive on d8 for a while, but black will be able to consolidate his
forces soon. For example:} 31. Bc4+ Ke7 32. Bb3 Ra5 {followed by c6-c5,
Nd8-f7-d6 and black is only slightly worse.}) 31. Rb1 {[%csl Rb7] Now black is
forced to put his rook or knight into a total passivity.} Na5 $6 (31... Ra7 32.
Bc4+ Ke7 33. Bd5 {Black is nearly in zugzwang. Still, this seems to me better
than the move in the text.}) 32. Bg2 Kg7 33. Bd5 $18 {[%csl Ra5,Gd5] A classic
example of a bishop's domination over a knight.} f5 34. e4 $1 {Breaking
black's pawn chain on the kingside.} fxe4 35. Bxe4 Ra4 (35... Rxa2 36. Rb6 Re2
37. Bxg6 Nc4 38. Re6 $18) 36. Bd5 (36. f3 $6 Rxa2 37. Rb6 Nc4 38. Rxg6+ Kf7 39.
Rg5 (39. Rh6 Ne3 40. Bxb7 Rg2+ 41. Kh1 Rxg3 42. Rxh5 $14) 39... b5 {and black
might survive.}) 36... Rd4 37. Bg2 $1 {Aronian is playing for a maximum.} (37.
Bxb7 $2 Nxb7 38. Rxb7+ Kf6 {would be selling position short for white.}) 37...
Rd2 $6 ({It was better for black to keep the e4 square under control by} 37...
Ra4 {.} {Still, after} 38. Rb2 {followed by Bg2-d5, f2-f3 and Bd5-e4 gives
white good winning chances.}) 38. a3 Rd3 39. Be4 $1 Rxa3 (39... Rd4 40. f3 {
followed by 41.Rb6 should win for white.}) 40. Rb6 $18 {[%csl Rg6]} Ra4 41.
Rxg6+ Kf7 42. Bf5 b5 (42... Nc6 43. Rg5 Nd4 44. Rxh5 b5 (44... Nxf5 45. Rxf5+
Ke6 46. Rf8 $18) 45. Kg2 b4 46. Be4 $18) 43. Rb6 Ra1+ $2 {After this check
black is not able to protect his Pb5.} ({Black's last practical chance is
connected with the passed "b" pawn:} 43... b4 44. Bg6+ Kg7 45. Bxh5 b3) 44. Kg2
Nc4 45. Rxb5 Ra2 46. Bd3 {[%mdl 4096]} 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 13th"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2001.11.07"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Stohl, Igor"]
[Black "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2534"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2001.11.06"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Slovakia"]
[BlackTeam "Israel"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SVK"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISR"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. O-O Nb6 7. Nc3 c5 {
Usually black plays in this position 7...0-0 and then 8...Nc6 and 9...e5.} 8.
d3 O-O 9. Be3 c4 $6 $146 {A dubious idea.} (9... Na6 10. Qd2 Be6 11. Bh6 Qd7
12. Qf4 f6 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. d4 cxd4 15. Rfd1 Rad8 16. Rxd4 Qc8 17. Rc1 Bf7 18.
Nb5 Rxd4 19. Nbxd4 Qd7 20. Qd2 Rd8 21. Nb3 Nc4 22. Qc3 Nb6 $11 {1-0
Nikolaevsky,Y-Abakarov,J/Kiev 1970/EXT 2001 (45)}) 10. d4 $14 {Now white has
more space in the centre.} Nc6 11. Qd2 Bg4 12. Rad1 Qc8 $6 (12... Qd7 $6 {
wasn't better} 13. d5 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 Ne5 15. Bg2 Ng4 16. Bd4 $16) ({In case of} 
12... e6 $6 13. Ne1 {[%csl Rg4] is an unpleasant move for black.}) ({Probably
the best option for black is:} 12... Bxf3 13. Bxf3 e6 14. Bxc6 bxc6 15. Bh6 $14
) 13. d5 Ne5 ({After} 13... Nb4 14. Bh6 {white has strong initiative.}) 14.
Nxe5 Bxe5 15. Bd4 {After the exchange of black's dark-squared B black's K will
feel unsafe.} Bxd4 16. Qxd4 Bh3 (16... Rd8 17. a4 $1 {[%cal Ga4a5]} Nxa4 $5 18.
Nxa4 Bxe2 19. Rde1 Bxf1 20. Bxf1 b5 21. Nc3 $16) 17. e4 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 {White's
total control over the centre makes his position clearly better.} f6 {[%cal
Ge7e5]} 19. f4 Nd7 20. e5 fxe5 (20... Qc5 $6 21. e6 Qxd4 22. Rxd4 Nb6 23. a4 a5
24. f5 {and it's hard to believe, that black can hold this position.}) 21. fxe5
Qc5 22. Qg4 $1 Nb6 (22... Nxe5 $2 {was losing to} 23. Qe6+ Nf7 24. Ne4 {
[%csl Rf7][%cal Ge4g5]} Qb6 25. Qxe7 Qxb2+ 26. Rf2 {following by 27.Rdf1.}) 23.
Qe6+ Kh8 24. d6 exd6 25. exd6 Qc6+ {Black's only chance is to "hunt" his
opponent king.} 26. Kh3 (26. Nd5 $2 Rae8 27. Rxf8+ Rxf8 28. Qe5+ Kg8 29. Kg1
Qc5+ 30. Rd4 Nxd5 31. Qxd5+ Qxd5 32. Rxd5 Kf7 $11) 26... Rae8 27. Rxf8+ Rxf8
28. Qe5+ Kg8 29. Ne4 Qd7+ (29... Nd7 $2 30. Qe6+ Kh8 31. Ng5 $18) 30. Kg2 Qg4
31. Re1 Qf3+ 32. Kg1 Qf5 33. Qd4 $2 {White dissipates most of his advantage
after this "logical and obvious" move. After the less obvious but stronger
exchange 33.Qf5 white would get a big, possibly winning advantage in the
endgame.For many chessplayers this moment becomes a psychological obstacle.
They find it very difficult to exchange queens in "an attacking position".} (
33. Qxf5 Rxf5 34. g4 $1 Rf4 35. Kg2 $1 (35. g5 $6 Nd7 36. Nf6+ Nxf6 37. gxf6
Rd4 $11) 35... Nd7 36. Kg3 Rf8 37. Ng5 h6 38. Re7 Nc5 39. Ne6 Nxe6 (39... Ne4+
40. Kg2 Rf2+ 41. Kg1 $18) 40. Rxe6 Kf7 (40... Kg7 41. Re7+ Rf7 42. d7 $18) 41.
Re7+ Kf6 42. Rxb7 Rd8 43. d7 $18) 33... Qe6 34. Re2 (34. Rf1 Rxf1+ 35. Kxf1 Nd7
$14) 34... Nd7 35. Nc3 Qf7 36. Re1 $6 {Allows black to force a draw on the
spot.} (36. Qd5 Nb6 37. Qxf7+ Rxf7 38. Ne4 {still keeping some pressure in the
endgame.}) {[%tqu "En","How can black force a draw?","","","d7e5","",5]} 36...
Ne5 $1 {[%csl Rf3][%mdl 256]} 37. Qxe5 (37. Qxe5 Qf2+ 38. Kh1 Qf3+ $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Pinamar Masters 1st"]
[Site "Pinamar"]
[Date "2001.03.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Giardelli, Sergio Carlos"]
[Black "Roselli Mailhe, Bernardo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2438"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2001.03.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 082"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. b4 $5 {White wants to get space on
the queenside, before finishing his kingside development.} d6 6. Rb1 e5 7. d3
Nc6 ({Other possible plan:} 7... h6 8. Nf3 Be6 9. O-O Qc8 10. Re1 Bh3 11. Bh1
Re8 12. Nd2 Nbd7 13. a4 c6 14. Ba3 Qc7 15. a5 a6 16. Nb3 h5 17. b5 axb5 18.
cxb5 Be6 19. Qd2 Bxb3 20. b6 Qb8 21. Rxb3 Rxa5 22. Ne4 Ra6 23. Bxd6 Nxe4 24.
dxe4 Qc8 25. Reb1 $13 {1-0 Hertneck,G-Socko,B/Germany 1999/EXT 2000 (47)}) 8.
b5 Ne7 9. Qb3 (9. Nf3 a6 10. a4 axb5 11. axb5 h6 12. O-O Be6 13. Bb2 Qc8 14.
Ra1 Rb8 15. c5 Bh3 16. Qb3 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Nd7 18. cxd6 cxd6 19. Ba3 Nc5 20. Qc4
$14 {1-0 Goldin,A-Tunik,G/Moscow 1994/CBM 45 ext (42)}) 9... Nd7 10. Ba3 $6
$146 {White is holding the knight on g1 for too long.} (10. Nf3 a6 11. a4 Nc5
12. Qc2 h6 13. O-O Be6 14. Nd2 axb5 15. axb5 c6 16. Nde4 Nxe4 17. Nxe4 f5 18.
Nc3 d5 19. bxc6 bxc6 20. cxd5 cxd5 21. Nb5 Qd7 22. Qc7 Rfb8 23. Ba3 Rxb5 24.
Qxd7 Bxd7 25. Bxe7 e4 26. Rxb5 Bxb5 27. Rb1 {1/2-1/2 Portisch,L-Spassky,B/
Tilburg 1980/MCD (27)}) 10... a6 {[%csl Ra2,Ga8][%cal Ga8a2] White cann't play
now 11.a4 like in the game Portisch-Spassky or Goldin-Tunik (10.Ba3?!); this
means, that white's pawn on a2 will be a weakness. Black's position is already
preferable.} 11. Nf3 axb5 12. Nxb5 Nc5 13. Bxc5 ({Doesn't look good for white
the following variant:} 13. Qc2 $6 c6 14. Bxc5 cxb5 15. Bb4 bxc4 16. dxc4 Nc6
17. Bc3 d5) 13... dxc5 14. O-O Bd7 15. Nc3 (15. Nd2 $5) 15... b6 16. Nd2 Nc6 {
[%csl Yd4,Yd5]} (16... Ra5 $142 $15 17. Nd5 $6 Ba4 18. Qc3 Nxd5 19. cxd5 e4 20.
Qc4 exd3 21. Qxd3 Bd7 $17 {[%csl Ra2,Gg7][%cal Yb6b5,Yc5c4]}) 17. e3 {[%csl
Yd4][%cal Ge3d4]} f5 ({Again} 17... Ra5 {was preferable.}) 18. Nd5 {[%csl Gd5]}
Rf7 19. Rfe1 $6 {Wasting time.It was the right moment to go into complications
by 19.f4.} (19. f4 $142 $13 {[%cal Gd2f3]}) 19... Ra7 20. a3 (20. f4 exf4 21.
gxf4 Ne7 $15 {[%csl Rb3][%cal Gd7a4]}) 20... Be8 21. Rb2 (21. f4 $2 Qa8 $17 {
[%csl Ra3]}) 21... Ne7 (21... e4 {was possible as well;} 22. Ra2 exd3 23. Qxd3
Ne5 $15) 22. Ra2 Nc8 {[%csl Yb6][%cal Yc8b6,Gc7c6]} 23. Qc2 Ba4 {Illogical
move.Bishop on a4 is doing nothing.} ({Why not to play} 23... c6 {and drive
away white knight from strong central square?} {After} 24. Nc3 {I evaluate
this position as =/+.}) 24. Qb1 Bc6 $6 {[%csl Rc6]} ({It was not late to come
back and drive out white knight from d5.} 24... Be8 {[%cal Yc7c6]}) 25. f4 (25.
Nxb6 $2 {doesn't work because of} Rb7 26. Bxc6 Rxb6 27. Bb5 c6) 25... Kh8 (
25... exf4 26. exf4 (26. gxf4 $2 Bb7 $1 {[%cal Gc7c6]} 27. Qc2 Rd7 $17 {
[%csl Rd3][%cal Gc7c6]}) 26... Ba8 $5 {[%cal Gc7c6]} 27. Nf3 c6 28. Ne3 {
with complicated position.}) 26. Nf3 Qd6 $2 (26... exf4 27. gxf4 Be8 28. Ng5 c6
29. Ne6 Qd6 30. Nxg7 Rxg7 31. Nc3 {with chances from both sides.}) 27. Kh1 $2 (
{White missed a chance to win a pawn:} 27. fxe5 Bxe5 28. Nxb6 $1 cxb6 29. Nxe5
Qxe5 30. Bxc6) 27... h6 $6 {[%csl Yg5]} (27... exf4) 28. e4 $1 $36 {Strong
breakthrough, probably underrated by black.} fxe4 (28... exf4 $142 29. e5 Qd8
30. Nxf4 Ne7) 29. dxe4 Qe6 (29... Bxd5 30. exd5 exf4 31. Re6 $40) 30. Qc1 Ra4
$6 {Ignoring completely white's ideas, however it's hard to give any good
advice.For instanse:} (30... exf4 31. Nxf4 $16) (30... Kh7 31. f5 $1 $16) (
30... Ne7 31. Nxe5 Bxe5 32. fxe5 $16) 31. Nxe5 Bxe5 32. fxe5 {[%csl Rh6]} Kg7
33. Qc3 {creating deadly threat...} b5 $2 {Final mistake.The only move was 33..
.Kg8 or 33...Kh7, though black's position is very bad.} {[%tqu "En","Find the
winning move for white.","","","g2h3","",8]} 34. Bh3 $1 {This decisive blow
was certainly overlooked by black.} Bxd5 (34... Qxh3 35. e6+ $18) 35. exd5 1-0

[Event "RUS-CHN Summit Juniors 2nd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2004.08.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Zhou, Jianchao"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2385"]
[BlackElo "2476"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2004.08.10"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 103"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "China"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CHN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. Nf3 g6 5. Qa4+ {A common way to avoid the
main lines of Gruenfeld defence, though white usually achieves only equality
in this line.} (5. e4 Nxc3 6. dxc3 (6. bxc3 Bg7 7. d4 {transposes to the main
Grunfeld - D85.}) 6... Qxd1+ 7. Kxd1 {--> 0-1 Bauer,C-Sutovsky,E/Leon 2001/CBM
86 [Postny,E] (79)}) (5. Qb3 Nb6 6. d4 {--> 1-0 Eljanov,P-Kovchan,A/Kharkov
2002/CBM 89 [Postny,E] (50)}) 5... Bd7 (5... Nc6 {--> 1-0 Sturua,
Z-Goloshchapov,A/Batumi 2002/CBM 90 [Postny,E] (51)}) 6. Qh4 Nxc3 7. dxc3 ({
Leads to more complicated game:} 7. Qd4 f6 8. Qxc3 {--> 1/2-1/2 Hillarp
Persson,T-McShane,L/Malmo 2003/CBM 95 [Postny,E] (50)}) 7... Nc6 8. e4 e5 9.
Bg5 Be7 10. Bc4 h6 ({A good way to equalize is:} 10... h5 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12.
O-O-O Qxh4 13. Nxh4 Rf8 14. Rd2 Na5 15. Rhd1 O-O-O 16. Be2 {1/2-1/2 Onischuk,
A-Svidler,P/Poikovsky 2003/CBM 95 (16)}) 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. O-O-O {After the
exchange of queens the position will be completely equal, so white should
prefer to keep the queens on the board.} (12. Qg3 {--> 1-0 Ghaem Maghami,
E-Odeev,H/Calcutta 2001/CBM 85 [Postny,E] (47)}) 12... Qxh4 13. Nxh4 Rd8 14.
Nf3 $146 (14. Bd5 Ke7 15. Nf3 Kf6 16. Rd3 Be8 17. Rhd1 b6 18. b4 Nb8 19. Kb2
Bb5 20. R3d2 Ba4 21. Bb3 Rxd2+ 22. Nxd2 Bc6 23. f3 Rd8 24. a4 Ke7 25. Nc4 {
1/2-1/2 Kramnik,V-Yudasin,L/Wijk aan Zee 1994/CBM 39 (25)}) 14... Ke7 15. h3
Kf6 $1 {Defending the Pe5 with the king, black will be able to regroup his
knight.} 16. Bd5 b6 17. Rhe1 Ne7 18. Re3 {It was more natural to retreat with
the bishop, but white hopes that the rook on the third rank might be useful...}
Bb5 19. Nh2 {[%cal Gh2g4]} Kg7 20. Nf3 {Both sides does not have any concrete
plan. The position has strong drawish tendencies.} f6 21. c4 $5 {A bit risky
advance, but does not really change the evaluation of the position.} Bd7 {
[%csl Rd5][%cal Gc7c6]} 22. c5 Bb5 23. Ra3 $6 {This is already too optimistic.}
({Much safer would have been} 23. Be6 $11) 23... Nxd5 24. Rxd5 $6 {After this
exchange white gets in serious troubles.} ({The least of the evils for white
was} 24. exd5 a6 {[%csl Rd5][%cal Gd8d7,Gh8d8] Black has slight advantage,
since his bishop is better than the white knight and the Pd5 might be a target.
}) 24... Rxd5 25. exd5 a6 26. Rc3 Rd8 27. d6 {The only way to avoid a loss of
the pawn.} cxd6 28. cxb6 Kf7 ({Of course not} 28... Rb8 $4 29. Rc7+ Kf8 30. b7
$18 {[%csl Gb7]}) 29. b3 $1 Rb8 30. a4 (30. Rc7+ $2 Ke6 31. b7 d5 {and black's
pawns are rolling.}) 30... Bf1 {Black wins a pawn, but white's passed pawn
will be defended now , which certainly gives him counterchances.} 31. a5 {
[%csl Ga5,Gb6]} Bxg2 32. Ne1 Bb7 33. Nd3 Rc8 $2 {The exchange of rooks spoiles
black's winning chances.} (33... Ke6 34. b4 f5 $1 35. b5 axb5 36. Nb4 f4 37. a6
Bxa6 38. Nxa6 Rxb6 39. Nc7+ Kf5 40. Nd5 Rb7 {and with 4 pawns for the knight
black keeps good winning chances.}) 34. Rxc8 Bxc8 35. b4 Ke6 (35... e4 36. Nf4
g5 37. Nd5 h5 38. b5 axb5 39. Nc7 Ke7 (39... g4 40. hxg4 h4 41. a6 Bxa6 42.
Nxa6 {Both white's and black's pawns queens, but white has an extra piece...})
40. a6 Kd7 41. a7 Bb7 42. a8=Q Bxa8 43. Nxa8 Kc6 44. Nc7 Kxb6 45. Nd5+ Kc5 46.
Nxf6 $11) 36. b5 $1 axb5 37. Nb4 {Black will have to sacrifice his bishop for
white's connected passed pawns.} Kd7 38. a6 Bxa6 39. Nxa6 Kc6 40. Nb4+ Kxb6 41.
Nd5+ Kc5 42. Nxf6 {This endgame is drawish.} Kd4 43. h4 h5 44. Kc2 e4 45. Nd7
$1 {[%cal Gd7f8]} Kd5 46. Nf8 g5 47. hxg5 Ke5 48. Kc3 d5 49. Ng6+ Kf5 50. Ne7+
Kxg5 51. Nxd5 {Great work by white's knight!} h4 52. Ne3 Kf4 (52... h3 53. Nf1
Kf4 54. Nh2 e3 55. fxe3+ Kg3 56. e4 (56. Nf1+ $2 Kg2 $19 {The Pe3 obstructs
the knight.}) 56... Kxh2 57. e5 Kg3 58. e6 h2 59. e7 h1=Q 60. e8=Q $11) 53.
Ng2+ Kg4 54. Nxh4 Kxh4 55. Kd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-36"]
[Site "Mallorca"]
[Date "2004.10.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Wells, Peter K"]
[Black "Kristjansson, Stefan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2504"]
[BlackElo "2444"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2004.10.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "England"]
[BlackTeam "Iceland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISL"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 (4. d4 {leads to the main variations of
the Gruenfeld defense.}) 4... Nxd5 5. Qa4+ {A common way to avoid long, forced
lines of the Gruenfeld defense.} Bd7 (5... Nc6 {1-0 Sturua,Z-Goloshchapov,A/
Batumi 2002/CBM 90 [Postny,E] (51)}) 6. Qc2 {Relatively rare line, which
frequently leads to a sharp play.} ({The alternatives are:} 6. Qb3) ({and} 6.
Qh4 {which is the most popular one.}) 6... Nb4 ({Another playable move is} 6...
Nb6) 7. Qb3 c5 (7... N8c6 {1-0 Kortschnoj,V-Tseitlin,M/Beersheba 1997/CBM 58 
[Ribli] (55)}) 8. Ne4 {White must play decisively. If black will manage to
complete the development by Bg7 and N8c6 he will be simply better thanks to
space advantage.} Qa5 (8... Bf5 9. d3 b6 10. Neg5 Be6 11. Nxe6 fxe6 12. a3 Nd5
13. g3 $16 {1-0 Wells,P-Rowson,J/Scarborough 2004/CBM 101 ext (41)}) 9. a3 (9.
Nfg5 N8c6 (9... Qa4 10. Qxf7+ Kd8 11. b3 Nc2+ 12. Kd1 Nxa1 13. bxa4 Bxa4+ 14.
Ke1 Nc2+ 15. Kd1 Ne3+ $11) 10. e3 Ne5 11. a3 b6 12. f4 h6 13. fxe5 hxg5 14. Bc4
Ba4 15. Bxf7+ Kd8 16. axb4 Bxb3 17. bxa5 Bxf7 18. axb6 Bd5 19. Nxg5 $18 {
1-0 Tunik,G-Yandemirov,V/Nabereznye Chelny 1988/TD (26)}) 9... N8c6 $146 {
Very interesting novelty, which leads to immense complications.} (9... N8a6 10.
e3 Bg7 11. Be2 O-O 12. O-O Be6 13. Qd1 Rfd8 14. Neg5 Bd7 15. d4 Nc6 16. Qb3 Be8
17. Qxb7 Nc7 18. Bd2 Qb6 19. Qxb6 axb6 20. dxc5 bxc5 21. Rab1 Rdb8 22. b4 cxb4
23. axb4 Nd5 24. b5 Na7 25. Bc4 Nb6 26. Bd3 h6 27. Ne4 Nbc8 28. Rb3 Bxb5 {
1/2-1/2 Zilberstein,V-Yandemirov,V/Voronezh 1988/EXT 99 (28)}) 10. Qc3 ({
Deserves further investigation:} 10. Rb1 Na6 11. e3) 10... O-O-O $2 {A brave
sacrifice, which does not work out properly.} ({The right move is:} 10... Bf5
$1 11. b3 {[%csl Ya1,Rb4,Rh8][%cal Yc3a1]} (11. Nfg5 $6 Nd4) 11... Nd4 $1 12.
Nxd4 (12. axb4 Qxa1 13. Qxa1 Nc2+ 14. Kd1 Nxa1 $17) 12... cxd4 13. axb4 Qd5 14.
Qc4 (14. Qg3 $6 Qxe4 15. Rxa7 Rc8 $40) 14... Qxe4 15. d3 $11) 11. b3 $1 (11.
Qxh8 $4 Nc2+ 12. Kd1 Qa4 {[%csl Rd1][%cal Gc2e3]} 13. e3 ({Very neat is} 13.
Nc3 Ne3+ 14. Ke1 {[%tqu "En","Can you find a mate in two?","","","a4d1","",3]}
Qd1+ $1 15. Nxd1 Nc2#) 13... Nxe3+ 14. Ke2 Qd1+ 15. Kxe3 Bh6+ $19 {[%csl Rh8]
[%cal Gd8h8]}) ({Good as well is} 11. Rb1 $1 Bg7 12. Qxg7 Nc2+ 13. Kd1 Qa4 14.
b3 Qxe4 15. d3 $18 {[%csl Rc2,Re4]}) 11... Bg7 {The idea of black's previous
move.} 12. Qxg7 f6 {Locking the queen for a while, black hoping to create
threats against the white monarch.} ({Objectively stronger is} 12... Nc2+ 13.
Kd1 Nxa1 14. Qxa1 $16) 13. Rb1 Bf5 $5 {Black is sacrificing another piece!
Frankly speaking, black is lost, so the move in the text seems to be the best
practical chance.} 14. axb4 cxb4 15. Qf7 $6 (15. d3 Bxe4 16. dxe4 Qa2 17. Rb2
Qa1 18. Rc2 Qb1 19. Rc4 Qxb3 20. Nd2 Rxd2 (20... Qa2 21. Qxe7 $18) 21. Bxd2
Qxc4 22. Qxh8+ Kc7 23. e3 $18) 15... Kb8 (15... Bxe4 $2 16. Qe6+ $18) 16. d3 $6
(16. Qc4 Rc8 17. d3 Rhd8 18. Ned2 Nd4 19. Qxd4 $1 Rxd4 20. Nxd4 $18) 16... Bxe4
17. dxe4 Qa2 18. Bf4+ (18. Rb2 Qa1 19. Rc2 Rc8 $1 20. e3 Ne5 (20... Na5 21. Bc4
Nxc4 22. O-O $18) 21. Rxc8+ Rxc8 22. Nxe5 Rxc1+ 23. Ke2 Qxe5 24. Kf3 {Looks a
bit frightening for white, but probably winning.}) 18... e5 19. Rc1 exf4 20.
Qxf6 Rhf8 21. Qa1 Qxb3 {White is still a full piece up, but he has serious
problems to complete the development and his king might be in danger.} 22. h4
$6 ({More logical is the attempt to develop the bishop finally:} 22. g3) 22...
Qe6 {The position is completely irrational, and i am already not sure, that
white has the advantage!} 23. h5 b3 24. hxg6 hxg6 25. Rh7 Qd6 $6 (25... Qxe4
26. Qc3 Qb4 27. Qxb4 Nxb4 {getting the same position as in the game, but
without white's Pe4.}) 26. Qc3 Qb4 27. Qxb4 Nxb4 {Black's queenside passed
pawns gives him sufficient compensation in this wild endgame.} 28. e3 Nc2+ 29.
Ke2 fxe3 30. fxe3 a5 31. Ne1 (31. Rb1 a4 32. Ne5 Rfe8 33. Nd7+ Rxd7 34. Rxd7
Na3 {with sufficient compensation.}) 31... b2 $2 (31... a4 32. Nxc2 Rc8 33. Kd2
bxc2 $132 {[%cal Ga4a3,Ga3a2]} (33... Rf2+ 34. Be2 Rxc2+ $2 35. Rxc2 bxc2 36.
Rh1 a3 37. Rc1 a2 38. e5 $18)) 32. Rb1 Nxe1 (32... Nxe3 33. Rxb2 Nxf1 34.
Rbxb7+ Ka8 35. Nf3 Ng3+ 36. Ke3 $16) 33. Rxb2 $2 {Missing the win again.} (33.
Kxe1 Rc8 34. Bd3 Rc1+ 35. Ke2 Rxb1 36. Bxb1 Rc8 37. e5 Rc1 38. Bxg6 b1=Q 39.
Bxb1 Rxb1 40. e6 Kc8 41. Rh8+ Kc7 42. e7 $18) 33... Nd3 34. Rbxb7+ Ka8 35. Ra7+
Kb8 36. Rhb7+ Kc8 37. Rc7+ {Obviously, white has no more than a perpetual
check.} Kb8 38. Rcb7+ Kc8 39. Rc7+ Kb8 40. Rcb7+ Kc8 41. Rc7+ Kb8 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 4th"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2003.06.12"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Tratar, Marko"]
[Black "Areshchenko, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2464"]
[BlackElo "2546"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2003.05.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 096"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Qa4+ Bd7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 Bg7 ({Other
options are:} 6... a6) (6... Nc6) 7. e4 O-O 8. e5 Ng4 9. d4 Be6 10. d5 (10. Qb5
{- see the commented game Krasenkow,M-Jansa,V/Bundesliga 2002/CBM 93 [Postny]})
10... Bf5 11. Bf4 Nd7 12. Qe2 f6 $1 {This is the only reasonable way for black
to get counterplay.} (12... g5 13. Bg3 e6 14. O-O-O Qe7 15. h3 Nh6 16. Qe3 Bg6
17. dxe6 fxe6 18. Qxg5 $16 {0-1 Lobron,E-Jansa,V/Fuerth 2001/EXT 2002 (61)})
13. e6 Nde5 (13... Nc5 $6 14. Qc4 g5 15. Bg3 Na6 16. h4 Nh6 17. hxg5 fxg5 18.
Nxg5 $16 {1-0 Volzhin,A-Valdes,L/Saint Vincent 2001/CBM 80 ext (31)}) 14. Bxe5
(14. Rd1 {- see the game Golod,V-Tseitlin,M/ISR-ch 2000/CBM 81 [Golod,V]})
14... fxe5 15. Rd1 $146 (15. h3 Nf6 16. Rd1 (16. g4 e4 17. Nd2 Nxd5 18. gxf5
gxf5 19. Qc4 Nxc3 20. bxc3 Qd6 21. O-O-O $16 {1-0 Zeliakov,N-Singh,S/FIDE.com
2002/EXT 2003 (88)}) 16... e4 17. Ne5 (17. Ng5 c6 18. g4 Nxd5 19. gxf5 Qa5 {
1/2-1/2 Bacrot,E-Sutovsky,E/Albert 2001/CBM 86 (19)}) 17... c6 18. dxc6 Qc7 19.
cxb7 Rad8 20. Nd7 Nxd7 21. exd7 Qxb7 22. Qb5 Rxd7 23. Bc4+ Kh8 24. Qxb7 Rxb7
25. Bb3 Rc8 $15 {0-1 Goldin,A-Mikhalevski,V/Rishon-le-Zion 1997/CBM 62 ext (42)
}) 15... e4 16. Ng5 Ne5 {[%cal Gf5g4,Ge5d3]} 17. Qe3 Ng4 18. Qe2 c6 {Black
decided to avoid the repetition and continue the battle.} 19. h3 (19. dxc6 Qa5
$36) 19... Ne5 20. Ngxe4 Bxe4 $6 {There was no reason to give the bishop.} (
20... Qb6 $5) 21. Qxe4 cxd5 ({Again} 21... Qb6 {should be considered.}) 22.
Nxd5 Qa5+ 23. b4 Qxa2 24. Be2 $16 {White is completing the development with
following castle and his obvious benefits in the position will tell...} Nc6 25.
O-O ({More principle was} 25. b5 $1 Qa5+ 26. Kf1) 25... Qb2 (25... a6 $142 $16)
26. b5 Nd4 27. Nxe7+ Kh8 28. Bc4 Rae8 29. Nxg6+ $1 {[%mdl 640] Nice sacrifice.
White is getting a long lasting attack with approximate material equality.}
hxg6 30. Qxg6 $1 (30. Qh4+ Kg8 31. e7+ Rf7 {is also in white's favour, but
white is playing for a maximum.}) 30... Re7 (30... Ne2+ 31. Kh1 Nf4 32. Qg4 $18
) 31. Bd3 Bf6 32. Qh6+ Kg8 33. Rde1 {Intending to add the rook to the attack
via 3rd or 4th rank. With an approximate material equality white's attack is
decisive.} Rd8 34. Re3 (34. Qxf6 $4 Ne2+ $19 {[%csl Rf6][%cal Gb2f6]}) 34...
Bg7 35. Bh7+ Kh8 36. Qh4 Qb4 37. Re4 Qd6 38. Rfe1 $1 (38. Bg6+ $6 Kg8 39. Qh7+
Kf8 40. Bf7 Rxf7 41. exf7 Kxf7) 38... Rc8 39. Bg6+ Kg8 40. Qh7+ Kf8 41. Bf7
Rec7 (41... Rxf7 42. exf7 Kxf7 43. Re7+ $18) 42. Qg8+ Ke7 43. Qxg7 Rc4 44. Bh5+
1-0

[Event "North Sea Cup 18th"]
[Site "Esbjerg"]
[Date "2003.06.07"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Black "McShane, Luke J"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2609"]
[BlackElo "2592"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2003.06.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 096"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Qa4+ Bd7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 Bg7 ({Another
theoretical alternatives are:} 6... Nc6) ({and} 6... a6) 7. e4 Bc6 {This move
obstructs somewhat the development of Nb8, but not allows white to advance his
pawn centre.} ({The main and sharper line is} 7... O-O) 8. d3 (8. Bd3 Nbd7 9.
Bc2 e5 10. O-O O-O 11. Rd1 Nb6 12. Qe2 Qe7 13. d4 exd4 14. Nxd4 Bd7 15. Bf4 c6
16. Nf3 Rfc8 17. Bd6 Qe8 18. h3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Gozzoli,Y-Mamedyarov,S/Baku 2002/
CBM 89 ext (34)}) 8... O-O 9. Be2 Nbd7 10. O-O a5 $2 {Just a bad move ignoring
white's threat.} ({More solid is} 10... e5 11. b4 a6 12. a4 Nb6 13. Qb3 Re8 14.
Be3 Nh5 15. Ng5 Qf6 16. Bxh5 gxh5 17. b5 axb5 18. Nxb5 $16 {1-0 Khalifman,
A-Jansa,V/Germany 2002/EXT 2003 (41)}) 11. e5 $1 $146 {[%mdl 8]} (11. Rd1 $2 e5
12. d4 Nxe4 13. dxe5 Nxc3 14. bxc3 Bxf3 15. Bxf3 Nxe5 16. Rxd8 Nxc4 17. Rxa8
Rxa8 18. Rb1 Re8 19. Bf4 Na3 20. Rd1 c6 $17 {1/2-1/2 Janssen,R-De Vreugt,D/
Wijk aan Zee 1999/CBM 69 (54)}) 11... Nb6 $6 (11... Ne8 12. d4 Nb6 {This
position is definitely better for white, but it was the least of the evils for
black.}) 12. exf6 Nxc4 13. fxg7 Kxg7 14. dxc4 Bxf3 15. Bxf3 {[%mdl 1024] White
has big advantage in the arised position. He has pair of strong bishops and he
can easily find optimal squares for his pieces, while black's extra pawn is
not really a factor here.} c6 16. b3 Qc7 17. Bb2 Kg8 18. Rae1 $1 {Correct plan.
White is intending to double his rooks on the "e" file, and put a pressure on
th Pe7. If black will be forced to play e7-e6, he will irreparable holes in
his camp.} Rad8 19. Re2 Rd7 20. Rfe1 Rfd8 21. Ba3 $18 Qf4 (21... e6 22. Ne4 $18
) (21... Re8 22. Ne4 Kg7 23. Bg4 Rdd8 (23... f5 24. Nc5 $18) 24. Bb2+ Kf8 25.
Ng5 Kg8 (25... h5 26. Nh7+ Kg8 27. Nf6+ $18) 26. Be5 Qb6 27. Nxf7 $1 Kxf7 28.
Be6+ Kf8 29. Re3 $18) 22. Bxe7 $18 Re8 23. Ba3 $4 {I guess, this was a turning
point in the game.} (23. Re4 $1 Qd2 $8 (23... Qc7 24. Ba3 $18) (23... Qb8 24.
Bg5 $18) 24. Rd1 Qxd1+ 25. Nxd1 f5 26. Re1 Rexe7 27. Rxe7 Rxe7 28. Kf1 $18)
23... Rxe2 24. Rxe2 f5 25. Re3 (25. Bb2 Rd2) 25... Qd4 $1 26. g3 (26. Bb2 $2
Qd2 27. Re2 Qd1+ $19) 26... Qd2 27. Be2 Kf7 28. c5 $2 {[%csl Ra3] Big mistake.
Now the white dark-squared bishop is miserable.} (28. Bc5 $13) 28... Re7 29.
Bc4+ Ke8 30. Rd3 Qc2 31. Kg2 g5 $1 {White's pieces are completely tied up. The
main problem is the Ba3 and there is no reasonable way to liberate it. A
dramatic turnaround!} 32. Nd1 Rd7 33. Nb2 Rxd3 34. Nxd3 Qxa2 35. Bc1 a4 36.
Bxg5 Qe2 (36... a3 $2 37. Ne5 Qc2 38. Bf7+ Kf8 39. Bh6+ Ke7 40. Bg5+ $11) 37.
Bf6 axb3 38. Nb2 Qe4+ 39. Kg1 f4 {The decisive move.} 40. Bxb3 Qe1+ (40... fxg3
$19) 41. Kg2 Qe4+ 42. Kg1 fxg3 {[%csl Rb3,Rf6][%cal Ge4f3]} 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 6th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2005.06.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Black "Areshchenko, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "171"]
[EventDate "2005.06.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Qa4+ (4. d4 {leads to the main Gruenfeld
stuff.}) 4... Bd7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 ({Bad for white:} 6. Qxb7 $2 Nc6 7. Nb5
Nd5 {[%cal Ga8b8]}) 6... Nc6 ({Black has two alternatives:} 6... Bg7 7. e4 Bc6
(7... O-O 8. e5 Ng4 9. d4 Be6 10. d5 Bf5 11. Bf4 Nd7 12. Qe2 {- 1-0 Tratar,
M-Areshchenko,A/Istanbul 2003/CBM 96 [Postny,E] (44)}) 8. d3 O-O 9. Be2 Nbd7
10. O-O a5 11. e5 Nb6 12. exf6 Nxc4 13. fxg7 Kxg7 14. dxc4 {- 0-1 Krasenkow,
M-McShane,L/Esbjerg 2003/CBM 96 [Postny,E] (42)}) (6... a6 7. e4 b5 8. Qe2 {
- 1-0 Kortschnoj,V-Tseitlin,M/Beer Sheva 2004/CBM 101 (27)}) 7. d4 (7. e4 e5 8.
d4 exd4 9. Nxd4 Ne5 10. Qe2 Bg7 11. Nf3 Qe7 12. Bg5 O-O-O 13. Nd5 Qd6 14. Nxe5
Qxe5 15. f4 Qd6 16. Nc3 Bg4 17. Qc2 Rhe8 $40 {0-1 Gerzhoy,L-Sutovsky,E/Tel
Aviv 2001 (25)}) 7... Bg7 8. e4 {As usual for Gruenfeld defense, white is
occupying the centre, while black is playing for a quick development.} O-O 9.
d5 ({The main line leads to an unusual material balance with approximately
equal chances:} 9. e5 Be6 10. exf6 Bxc4 11. fxg7 Kxg7 12. Bxc4 Nxd4 13. Nxd4
Qxd4 14. Be2 Qb4 (14... Rad8 15. O-O Qe5 16. Be3 Rd7 17. Rfe1 Qa5 18. a3 Rfd8
19. Bg4 f5 20. Bf3 e5 21. Bg5 e4 22. Be2 c6 23. Bxd8 Qxd8 $13 {1/2-1/2 Kramnik,
V-Ivanchuk,V/Belgrade 1997 (32)}) (14... Rfd8 15. O-O c6 16. Be3 Qb4 17. Rab1
Rd7 18. a3 Qb3 19. Ne4 b6 20. Nd2 Qe6 21. Bc4 {1/2-1/2 Khalifman,A-McShane,L/
Rethymnon 2003}) 15. a3 Qb3 16. Bd1 Qc4 17. Be2 Qb3 18. Bd1 Qc4 19. Be2 Qb3 20.
Bd1 {1/2-1/2 Aronian,L-Sutovsky,E/Reykjavik 2004}) 9... Na5 10. Qb4 c6 11. Be3
$146 (11. Be2 Rc8 12. Be3 cxd5 13. exd5 Rxc3 14. Qxc3 Nxd5 15. Qd2 Nxe3 16.
Qxe3 Bxb2 17. Rd1 Qc7 18. O-O Bf6 19. Qxa7 Nc6 20. Qa3 $14 {0-1 Damljanovic,
B-Krnic,Z/Vrnjacka Banja 1984 (41)}) 11... Ng4 ({Comes to consideration} 11...
b6 12. h3 $140 c5 13. Qa3 e6 $132) 12. Bd4 {It's recommended for white to
exchange black's strong bishop.} Bxd4 13. Qxd4 cxd5 14. exd5 Qb6 $6 {The idea
of exchanging white's active queen is certainly not that bad, by it's
definitely not the most principled one. Black could try to create a
counterplay in the middlegame, using the time that white will need to complete
his development.} (14... Re8 {[%cal Ge7e5]} 15. Be2 e5 {and black is not worse.
}) 15. Qxb6 axb6 16. h3 Nf6 17. Rd1 Rfc8 18. Rd4 Rc5 19. Kd2 {After the
exchange of queens white does not have to castle, his king can feel
comfortable in the centre.} Rac8 20. Ne5 Be8 21. f4 $6 ({Stronger would have
been} 21. Ng4 $1 $14 {[%csl Ge3][%cal Yg4e3] transfering the knight to e3,
where it will protect the Pd5. After that white's rook will be able to go to
b4 attacking black's doubled pawns.}) 21... b5 (21... Rd8 $2 22. b4 Nc6 23.
dxc6 Rxd4+ 24. Ke3 Rxb4 25. cxb7 Rxc3+ 26. Bd3 Re4+ 27. Kd2 Rxe5 28. fxe5 Rxd3+
29. Kxd3 Nd7 30. Rc1 $18) 22. Bd3 $6 ({Again} 22. Ng4 {should have been
prefered.}) 22... b4 $1 {Now, black is exchanging one of his weak pawns for a
white's central one.} 23. Rxb4 Nxd5 24. Nxd5 Rxd5 25. Ke3 b5 26. Rd4 $2 {
After this careless exchange black gets a strong initiative.} ({White should
bring his only unemployed piece into play:} 26. Re1 {with approximately equal
chances.}) 26... Rxd4 27. Kxd4 f6 28. Nf3 Nc4 $1 29. b3 Rd8+ (29... e5+ 30.
fxe5 fxe5+ 31. Kd5 $8 (31. Kc3 $2 Nd6+ $19 {[%cal Ge5e4]}) (31. Nxe5 $2 Rd8+
$19) 31... Bc6+ 32. Ke6 Re8+ 33. Kf6 Ne3 34. Rc1 {White's king seems to be in
a real danger, but I don't see any winning continuation for black.}) 30. Kc5 $1
(30. Kc3 Ne3 31. g3 Nd5+ 32. Kb2 Nxf4 $19) 30... Rxd3 31. bxc4 Rc3 32. Nd2 Rc2
33. Rd1 bxc4 34. g4 {Moving the pawn from 2nd rank.} Bf7 (34... Rxa2 35. Nxc4
Bf7 $17) 35. a4 Ra2 36. Kb4 c3 37. Ne4 c2 38. Rc1 h5 39. a5 (39. Nc5 $142 {
preventing Bf7-e6.}) 39... hxg4 40. hxg4 Be6 41. Nc5 (41. g5 $2 Bf5 {[%csl Gc2]
[%cal Yf5c2,Ga2b2,Gb2b1]}) 41... Bxg4 42. Na4 Bd7 $2 {After this move black is
losing the Pc2.} (42... Bf5 43. a6 Bc8 44. Kb3 Be6+ 45. Kb4 g5 46. fxg5 fxg5
47. a7 Bd5 48. Nc3 Rb2+ 49. Kc5 Ba8 {with good winning chances.}) 43. Nc3 Rb2+
44. Ka3 Rb8 45. Rxc2 Kf7 {White eliminated black's "c" pawn, but still in
touigh fight for a draw. The king is cut off on the "a" file which is white's
main problem.} 46. Re2 Be6 {[%cal Gb8b3]} 47. Re3 Bc4 48. Ne4 Bd5 49. Nc3 Bc6
50. Rd3 g5 51. fxg5 fxg5 52. Rd4 Ke6 53. Rc4 Kd7 54. Rd4+ Kc7 55. Rg4 Rg8 56.
Ne4 Bxe4 57. Rxe4 Kd6 58. a6 e5 (58... g4 59. a7 g3 {Now white has two options,
both lead to theoretically drawish position:} 60. Rg4 (60. Kb3 g2 61. a8=Q Rxa8
62. Rg4 Rc8 63. Rxg2 e6 (63... e5 64. Rc2 $1 $11) 64. Rd2+ Ke5 65. Re2+ Kf5 66.
Rf2+ Kg4 67. Re2 Rc6 68. Re1 $1 $11) 60... Ra8 61. Rxg3 Rxa7+ 62. Kb3 Rc7 63.
Rd3+ Ke5 64. Rd1 $1 $11 {[%cal Gd1e1]}) 59. a7 Ra8 60. Ra4 Ke6 (60... g4 61.
Kb3 g3 62. Kc4 g2 63. Ra6+ Ke7 64. Rg6 Rxa7 65. Rxg2 $11) 61. Kb3 g4 62. Kc3 g3
63. Kd3 Kf5 (63... g2 64. Rg4 Rxa7 65. Rxg2 Ra3+ 66. Ke4 $11) 64. Ke2 {Now
it's a clear draw. Black can not achieve any progress, since his rook is
passive.} e4 65. Ke3 Kg4 66. Rxe4+ Kh3 67. Re7 g2 68. Rh7+ Kg3 69. Rg7+ Kh2 70.
Rh7+ Kg1 71. Ke2 Rf8 (71... Re8+ 72. Kd2 Kf2 73. Rf7+ Kg3 74. Rg7+ Kh2 75. Rh7+
$11) 72. Ke1 Rf1+ 73. Kd2 ({It was also possible to stay with the king on the
"e" file:} 73. Ke2 Ra1 74. Rf7) 73... Ra1 74. Kc3 Kf2 75. Rf7+ Ke3 76. Re7+ Kf3
77. Rf7+ Ke2 78. Re7+ Kf1 79. Rf7+ Kg1 80. Kb4 Kh2 81. Rh7+ Kg3 82. Rg7+ Kf3
83. Rf7+ Ke4 84. Rg7 Kf3 85. Rf7+ Ke3 86. Rg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 18th"]
[Site "Kallithea"]
[Date "2002.09.23"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Pigusov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Miroshnichenko, Evgenij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2622"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2002.09.22"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Tomsk 400"]
[BlackTeam "Momot Alexander"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Bg2 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. O-O Nc6 7. Nc3 Nb6 8.
d3 O-O 9. Be3 e5 ({Another common possibility is} 9... h6 {[%cal Yg8h7]}) 10.
Qd2 {[%csl Gg7][%cal Ye3h6] This is the most popular continuation. The same
idea can be realized by 10.Qc1, while white keeping the d2 square for the
possible knight transfer.} ({Another line is} 10. a4 {- see the commented game
Vaganian,R-Nedev,T/Yerevan 2001/CBM 86 [Postny]}) 10... Re8 11. Bh6 Nd4 $6 {
Inaccuracy. Black should avoid the exchange of the dark-squared BB.} (11... Bh8
12. Rac1 Nd4 13. Nxd4 (13. b4 c6 14. Rfe1 a5 15. bxa5 Rxa5 16. Rb1 Ra7 17. Rb4
Na8 18. Ra4 Rxa4 19. Nxa4 Nc7 $11 {1-0 Ubilava,E-Danailov,S/Zaragoza 1994/TD 
(50)}) 13... exd4 14. Ne4 Nd5 15. Bg5 f6 16. Bh6 c6 17. e3 (17. Rfe1 Rb8 18. b4
Be6 19. Qb2 a6 20. a4 Qb6 21. Bd2 Rbd8 22. a5 Qc7 23. Nc5 f5 24. Nxe6 Rxe6 25.
Qb3 Qf7 26. Rc5 Nc7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Kuporosov,V-Zezulkin,J/Pardubice 1994/EXT 97 
(36)}) 17... f5 18. Bg5 dxe3 19. fxe3 Qc7 20. Nc5 Qd6 21. Kh1 Bf6 22. e4 Bxg5
23. Qxg5 Qe7 $11 {0-1 Arkhipov,S-Leko,P/Nettetal 1992/CBM 28 (60)}) 12. Bxg7
Kxg7 13. Nxd4 $146 ({More precisely seems to me} 13. b4 $1 c6 14. Nxd4 exd4 15.
Ne4 Nd5 16. Qb2 Qb6 (16... Nf6 $5 $14) 17. a3 Kg8 18. Rac1 $16 {1-0 Romanishin,
O-Whiteley,A/Hastings 1976/EXT 99 (36)}) 13... exd4 14. Ne4 c6 (14... a5 $5 {
preventing the advance b2-b4.}) 15. Rfe1 ({Stronger would be} 15. b4 $1 {
transposing to the above mentioned game Romanishin-Whiteley.}) 15... a5 {
Black has got a reasonable position without many problems, although white's
position is more flexible and his king is more safe, than his counterpart.} 16.
Rac1 Nd5 ({A logical alternative is} 16... Be6 {[%cal Ye6d5]}) 17. a3 h5 $6 {
This move should not be recommended, since it weakens dark squares in black's
camp. Almost any other move would be preferable.} 18. Qc2 ({Comes into
consideration} 18. Rc4 Nb6 19. Rc5) 18... Nc7 19. h4 ({Dubious is} 19. e3 $6 {
as after} Ne6 {there is no clear continuation for white.}) 19... Re5 20. Ng5 a4
21. Qd2 Ne6 $6 {[%csl Rc8] After this move the black bishop remains passive.} (
{Possible was} 21... Bf5) 22. Nf3 Rb5 ({Can be recommended} 22... Qa5 $1 {
The exchange of queens is in black's favour, because his king is less safe,
than the white one.}) 23. Rc4 Qb6 24. Rb1 Bd7 25. Qc2 Raa5 26. Bh3 $1 {Forcing
the following concession.} f5 (26... Rd5 27. Rxa4 Rxa4 28. Bxe6 Bxe6 29. Qxa4 {
and white is a pawn ahead.}) 27. Rxa4 $1 {[%mdl 32] The most clear way to get
the advantage. The decision is based on great positional understanding.} Rxa4
28. Qxa4 Rxb2 29. Rxb2 Qxb2 {It looks like black can be satisfied with his
position, but in fact white keeps a serious advantage here, mainly because of
numerous weak fields in black's camp.} 30. Bf1 Qb6 31. Ne5 Qc7 32. f4 {[%csl
Ge5]} Bc8 $6 {Once again in this game black remains his bishop on passive
position.} (32... Be8 $1 {[%csl Rg6][%cal Ye8g6] The best square for the
bishop.} 33. Bg2 Kf8 34. Qa8 Ke7 {and black can successfully defend his
position.}) 33. Bg2 Kf6 34. Qa7 Bd7 35. a4 Be8 {Black finally executed the
right defensive manoeuvre, on the other hand white has achieved optimum
activity for his pieces.} 36. a5 Qc8 $2 {The last mistake in a tough position.}
({Possible was} 36... Ke7 37. a6 bxa6 38. Qxa6 {with big advantage for white.})
37. a6 $1 bxa6 {[%tqu "En","Find the best move.","","","g2c6","Now black's
position falls apart.",10]} 38. Bxc6 $1 {Now black's position falls apart.} Qc7
(38... Bxc6 $2 39. Qf7#) 39. Qxa6 Bxc6 40. Qxc6 Qa5 ({The endgame after} 40...
Qxc6 41. Nxc6 {[%csl Gc6,Rd4,Rg6] is hopeless. There is nothing to do against
the white's K march to c4, while black's K manoeuvre to d7 will be met by Ne5+
winning the Pg6.}) 41. Kf2 {[%csl Rf6][%cal Rc6e8]} (41. Kf2 Qd8 42. Nxg6 $18)
1-0

[Event "EU-ch 3rd"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "2002.06.22"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Sturua, Zurab"]
[Black "Goloshchapov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2543"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2002.06.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. Nf3 g6 5. Qa4+ Nc6 {Another main line is 5.
..Bd7.} 6. Ne5 Ndb4 {The best continuation. Other moves are worse:} (6... Nb6
$2 7. Nxc6 Nxa4 8. Nxd8 Nxc3 9. Nxf7 Kxf7 10. dxc3 $16 {1-0 Krasenkow,
M-Azmaiparashvili,Z/Groningen 1997/CBM 63 (49)}) (6... Nxc3 $6 7. bxc3 Bd7 8.
Nxd7 Qxd7 9. g3 Bg7 10. Bg2 $14 {1-0 Vekshenkov,N-Korniushin,N/Tomsk 2001/CBM
82 ext (46)}) 7. a3 Bg7 8. axb4 Bxe5 9. b5 Nb8 10. g3 ({Another way of
development is} 10. e3 {, which is more popular. The examples you can find in
CBM 29 Survey Opening A16 [Ribli].}) 10... O-O 11. Bg2 c6 (11... Bg7 12. O-O c6
13. d3 a6 14. bxc6 Nxc6 15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. Qh4 Rb8 17. Na4 h5 $132 {1-0 Timman,
J-Tseshkovsky,V/Bled 1979/MCL (64)}) (11... Nd7 12. O-O Nc5 13. Qc2 Bf5 14. d3
a6 15. Be3 Nxd3 16. exd3 Bxd3 17. Qb3 Bxf1 18. Rxf1 axb5 19. Qxb5 $16 {1-0
Sherbakov,R-Pribyl,M/Belgorod 1991/TD (30)}) 12. O-O a6 13. bxc6 Nxc6 14. e3
$146 {[%cal Gd2d4] White is intending to play d2-d4 gaining more space, on the
other hand this move restricts the possibilities of white's dark-squared B.} (
14. Bxc6 bxc6 15. d3 Rb8 16. Re1 c5 17. Qa5 Bd4 {1/2-1/2 Sturua,Z-Turov,M/Open,
Dubai 2002 (17)}) ({The most natural continuation is:} 14. d3 Rb8 15. Bf4 Bxf4
16. Qxf4 $14 {1-0 Lopez Martinez,J-Moor,R/Zug 2001/CBM 86 no vc (42)}) 14...
Bxc3 15. bxc3 $1 {This recapture seems to be better, than 15.dc. White is
intending to build up a strong pawn centre, and the "b" file is opened for
white's heavy pieces as well.} (15. dxc3 Qc7 16. Qh4 Ne5 17. e4 Nd3 18. Bg5 f6
19. Bh6 Rd8 $132) 15... b5 $1 16. Qa3 Bb7 17. d4 Qd7 18. Bb2 $6 {[%csl Rb2]
This move is not really sound, the B is too passive on b2.} (18. e4 Rfc8 (18...
b4 $2 {is strongly met by} 19. Qb3 $1 bxc3 20. Be3 $16 {[%csl Gd4,Ge3,Ge4,Gg2]}
) 19. Bg5 $14 {[%csl Gg5]}) 18... Rfc8 $11 19. e4 a5 $1 20. Rfe1 a4 {[%cal
Yc6a5,Ya5c4]} 21. Bf1 b4 $6 {This decision is illogical, since white's
dark-squared B is becoming active now.} ({More consequent is} 21... Na5 22. Qb4
Nc4 {and the position is about equal.}) 22. cxb4 Nxd4 23. Rad1 (23. Red1 $143
e5 {[%csl Re4]}) 23... e5 24. b5 $1 Rd8 25. Bxd4 exd4 26. Bd3 {[%csl Ra4,Yb5,
Gd3,Rd4,Ye4][%cal Yd3b5,Yd3e4] From the first look white's B can be considered
as a passive one, but it provides important defensive facilities like the
protection of Pb5 and Pe4. On the other hand black's a4 and d4 pawns can not
be protected by B and may become weak.} Qd6 (26... Rdc8 $5 27. Qb4 {[%csl Ra4]
[%cal Gd1a1]} a3 28. Ra1 Rc3 29. Bf1 $14) 27. Ra1 Qxa3 28. Rxa3 Rdc8 $6 {
Connected with the wrong idea.} (28... Re8 29. Kf1 f5 30. e5 (30. exf5 $6 Bg2+
31. Kxg2 Rxe1 32. fxg6 hxg6) 30... Bd5 $14) 29. Rea1 Rc3 30. Rxc3 dxc3 31. Ra3
Kf8 (31... Rc8 32. Bc2 Rc5 $1 (32... Rc4 33. f3 f5 34. exf5 Bxf3 35. fxg6 hxg6
36. Rxa4 Rxa4 37. Bxa4 Be4 38. b6 $18) (32... f5 33. exf5 gxf5 34. Rxa4 Be4 35.
b6 Kf7 36. Bxe4 fxe4 37. b7 Rb8 38. Rxe4 Rxb7 39. Rc4 {and white should win
this endgame.}) 33. Rxa4 Rxb5 34. Rc4 $16) 32. f3 Ke7 $2 {After this moment
black's position can not be saved.} ({The only chance was:} 32... Rc8 33. Bc2 (
33. Ra2 $2 Rd8) 33... Rc5 34. Rxa4 Rxb5 35. Rc4 {almost like after 31...Rc8.})
33. Kf2 $18 {[%csl Ra4,Rc3,Gf2]} Kd6 (33... Rc8 34. Ra2 $1 (34. Bc2 Rc5 35.
Rxa4 Rxb5 36. Rc4 $16) 34... Rd8 35. Ke3 $18 {That's the main difference
between this variation and the variation in the previous comment [32...Rc8] -
The white K has joined the battle and black's passed PP are doomed.}) 34. Ke3
Kc5 (34... Rc8 35. Ra2 $1) 35. Rxc3+ Kb4 36. Rc7 a3 37. Bc4 Rc8 (37... f6 38.
Ba2 $18) 38. Rxc8 Bxc8 39. Bxf7 {This is also winning but requires some
calculation.} ({Simplier is} 39. Kd4 f6 40. f4 a2 41. Bxa2 Kxb5 42. e5) 39...
Kxb5 40. Kd4 Kb4 41. Ba2 Bd7 42. e5 Ba4 43. e6 Bb3 44. e7 {Just in time! The
rest is simple - white organize the second passed pawn on the "f" file.} Ba4
45. f4 h5 46. h3 Be8 47. g4 hxg4 48. hxg4 Kb5 49. Kd5 Kb4 50. Kd6 Kc3 51. Kc7
Kd4 (51... Kd4 52. Be6 Ke4 53. Kd8 Bb5 54. Bd7 $18) 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT 12th"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2005.04.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sorokin, Maxim"]
[Black "Areshchenko, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2005.04.19"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Samara Yunilain"]
[BlackTeam "Togliatti Lada"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Nb6 6. d3 Bg7 7. Be3 Nc6 $5 (
7... O-O {is the main and safe alternative.}) 8. Qd2 ({A principled
continuation is} 8. Bxc6+ {- see the annotated game Ruck,R-Nedev,T/Yerevan
2001/CBM 86 (1-0,25) [Postny,E]}) ({A solid alternative is} 8. Nf3 O-O 9. Qc1)
8... Nd4 $1 {At this point Black has to move the knight from c6.} ({Dubious is
} 8... O-O $6 {due to} 9. Bxc6 $1 bxc6 10. Bh6 {exchanging Black's key
defender. See the annotated game Lerner,K-Bagirov,R/Moscow 2002/CBM 88 [Postny,
E]}) 9. Nf3 (9. Rc1 e5 (9... Nf5 10. Bc5 O-O 11. e3 Re8 12. Nge2 e5 13. O-O c6
14. b3 a5 15. Rfd1 Nd7 16. Ba3 Nb6 17. Bc5 Nd7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Gritsak,O-Zezulkin,
J/Zakopane 2000 (41)}) 10. Bh6 O-O 11. Bxg7 Kxg7 12. e3 Ne6 13. Nf3 f6 14. O-O
c6 15. Rfd1 Qe7 16. b3 a5 17. Qb2 a4 18. Nd2 Rd8 19. Nc4 Qb4 20. Nxb6 Qxb6 21.
b4 $14 {1-0 Bischoff,K-Seger,R/Gladenbach 1997 (62)}) 9... e5 10. Rc1 (10. h4
h5 11. Rc1 c6 12. O-O Bg4 13. Ng5 O-O 14. Kh2 Qe7 15. Rce1 Rad8 16. Qc1 Nd7 17.
Nge4 Nc5 18. Nxc5 Qxc5 19. Bh6 Nb5 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Conquest,
S-Areshchenko,A/Coventry 2005 (42)}) 10... O-O 11. O-O (11. Bh6 Re8 (11... Bxh6
12. Qxh6 f6 13. h4 c6 14. Qd2 Bg4 15. Nh2 Be6 16. h5 g5 17. e3 Nf5 18. g4 Nh4
19. Be4 f5 20. gxf5 Bxf5 21. Rg1 h6 22. Qe2 $13 {0-1 Redpath,J-Navara,D/
Balatonlelle 2001 (64)}) 12. h4 Bxh6 13. Qxh6 Nf5 14. Qd2 h5 15. Qg5 Qxg5 16.
hxg5 Nd6 17. Nd2 $14 {1-0 Talla,V-Dvorak,T/Czechia 2004 (50)}) 11... Re8 12.
Bh6 Bh8 {Actually, the exchange of the dark-squared bishops is not a disaster
for black in this position. Still, the continuation in the text is objectively
safer.} (12... Nxf3+ 13. Bxf3 c6 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Rfd1 Be6 16. b4 a6 17. Qb2
f6 18. a4 Qe7 19. a5 Nd7 20. e3 Rad8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Teske,H-Tyomkin,D/Tarragona
2003 (31)}) 13. Nh4 $5 $146 {An odd-looking move. White opens the long
diagonal for his light-squared bishop, while the knight covers the f5 square
against black's possible Nf5 kicking the Bh6. Still, the move in the text does
not seems to be the best one, since white's awkwardly placed knight might be
exploited by Black in the long run.} (13. Nxd4 exd4 14. Ne4 c6 15. Rc2 Qe7 16.
Qa5 Be6 17. Qc5 Nd7 18. Qa5 Bd5 19. Qc7 Be5 20. Qxb7 a5 21. Nc5 Qxc5 22. Rxc5
Nxc5 23. Qb6 Na4 24. Qb7 Nc5 25. Qb6 Na4 {1/2-1/2 Grabinsky,V-Zezulkin,J/
Swidnica 2000}) 13... Ne6 14. b4 {Starting a typical plan of advancing the
pawn majority on the queenside.} c6 15. b5 Bd7 16. bxc6 Bxc6 17. Bxc6 bxc6 {
White created a weakness in black's camp (Pc6), but he had to concede the
exchange of the light-squared bishops, which seriously weakened the defence
near the white monarch.} 18. Ne4 ({Possible was} 18. Ng2 {transfering the
knight to better pastures.}) 18... f5 19. Ng5 Bf6 (19... e4 20. Nxe6 (20. Rxc6
$2 Nd4 21. Rc5 Qd6 {and suddenly White's rook is trapped.} 22. Rcc1 exd3 $19 {
[%csl Rc1,Rg1][%cal Gd4e2]}) 20... Rxe6 21. dxe4 Qxd2 22. Bxd2 Rxe4 $11) 20.
Nhf3 Rc8 21. h4 Nd4 22. Rc5 $6 {White is trying to play actively, but the rook
on c5 is vulnerable.} ({Safer would have been} 22. Nxd4 exd4 23. Nf3) 22... e4
$1 {The right time for the breakthrow in the centre. Black's pieces are placed
far more harmoniously than the white ones.} 23. dxe4 fxe4 24. Nh2 $2 {The
exchange on d4 was called for. After the move in the text White's position
becomes critical.} (24. Nxd4 Bxd4 25. Qf4 Qe7 26. Rc2 Nd5 27. Qg4 {Black
should be better, but the matters are far from clear.}) 24... Be7 $1 (24... Qd6
25. Ng4 Bxg5 26. Qxg5 (26. Rxg5 $2 Nf3+ 27. exf3 Qxd2 28. Rxg6+ hxg6 29. Bxd2
Nd5 $17) 26... Nxe2+ 27. Kg2 $44) 25. Rcc1 Nf5 26. Qxd8 Bxd8 27. Ng4 Nd5 28.
Nh3 (28. Rc4 e3 29. Rfc1 exf2+ 30. Kxf2 Bb6+ 31. Ke1 Nxg3 32. R1c2 (32. e4 Be3
$1 33. Nxe3 Nxe3 34. Rxc6 (34. Nxh7 Ng4 $19) 34... Rxc6 35. Rxc6 Ng4 $19 {
[%csl Rh6]}) 32... Be3 33. Ne4 Rxe4 34. Rxe4 Nxe4 35. Nxe3 $17) 28... Nxh6 ({
After} 28... Nd4 29. Kg2 (29. Rfe1 $2 Ba5 $19) 29... Nxe2 30. Rc4 {White has
reasonable compensation for the pawn.}) 29. Nxh6+ Kg7 30. Ng4 Bb6 31. Rfd1 h5
32. Nh2 Rcd8 33. Ng5 e3 34. f4 Nc3 35. Rxd8 (35. Re1 $2 Ba5 $19 {[%csl Rc1,Re1]
[%cal Gc3a2]}) 35... Nxe2+ 36. Kf1 Rxd8 37. Re1 (37. Ne6+ Kh6 38. Nxd8 Nxc1 39.
Nxc6 Nxa2 $19) 37... Nd4 $2 {Areshchenko goes for a safe move, which is not
enough for a win.} ({The critical continuation was:} 37... Nxg3+ 38. Kg2 Nf5
39. Ne6+ Kf7 40. Nxd8+ Bxd8 41. Nf3 (41. Rc1 Nxh4+ 42. Kf1 Bc7 {[%csl Rf4]})
41... Bxh4 42. Nxh4 Nxh4+ 43. Kf1 Nf5 44. Rc1 {On practice, this kind of
endgame is risky for both sides, but Fritz shows convincingly that Black's
knight + pawns overcome White's rook.} h4 45. Rxc6 h3 46. Rc2 Ng3+ 47. Kg1 e2
48. Rc1 Nh5 $19 {[%csl Ge2,Gh3][%cal Gh5f4]}) 38. Rxe3 Nf5 39. Ne6+ Kf6 40.
Nxd8 Nxe3+ 41. Ke2 Bxd8 $6 {The exchange of knights makes White's task easier.}
(41... Nf5 42. Nxc6 Nxg3+ 43. Kd3 Nf5 44. Nf3 Bf2 $15) 42. Kxe3 Kf5 43. Kf3 {
This endgame is equal.} Bf6 44. Nf1 Bd4 45. Nd2 Ke6 46. Ke4 Bf2 47. Kf3 Be1 48.
Ke4 {[%csl Rd2] Obviously a mistake in the scoresheet.} (48. Nc4 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2002.02.10"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Lerner, Konstantin Z"]
[Black "Bagirov, Rufat"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2569"]
[BlackElo "2471"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2002.02.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Nb6 6. d3 Bg7 7. Be3 O-O 8.
Qd2 Nc6 $6 {This is quite risky continuation from the strategical point of
view, since this move allows white to spoil black's pawnstructure by capturing
the Nc6. As practice shows it's very hard for black to exploit weak white
squares in opponents camp after the exchange. The alternatives are: 8...Re8, 8.
..N8d7, 8...e5.} 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. Bh6 c5 11. h4 (11. Bxg7 Kxg7 12. Nf3 Bb7 13.
Qe3 c4 14. O-O-O Bxf3 15. exf3 cxd3 16. Rxd3 Qe8 17. h4 $16 {1-0 Serper,
G-Alterman,B/Manila 1992/TD (34)}) 11... Bb7 12. Rh2 Qd4 $6 $146 {Not such a
good idea, because black's Q is vulnerable here.} ({More playable is:} 12...
Bxh6 13. Qxh6 f6 {[%cal Yf8f7]} 14. Qe3 Qd4 15. Qe6+ Rf7 16. O-O-O Qd6 17. Qb3
a5 18. Ne4 Qc6 19. Nd2 a4 20. Qc2 a3 21. b3 Nd5 22. Kb1 $14 {1-0 Roos,
L-Bernard,J/Vichy 2000/EXT 2001 (51)}) 13. h5 $16 Rad8 (13... c4 14. Rh4 $16)
14. hxg6 hxg6 $6 ({Better practical chance for black is} 14... fxg6 {to open
the "f" file.}) 15. Rh4 Qf6 16. Bxg7 Qxg7 17. Qe3 {[%mdl 16] The Pc5 is doomed.
} c4 $1 {Black wants to open the "d" file in order to prevent from white
queenside castling.} 18. dxc4 e5 19. Nf3 e4 (19... Bxf3 20. Qxf3 (20. exf3 $6
Rd4 $1) 20... g5 {[%csl Rc4] an attempt to win a pawn back.} 21. Rh5 Nxc4 22.
Qg4 {[%csl Rc4,Rg5]} ({less clear is} 22. Ne4 $6 f6 23. Qb3 Rd4) 22... Rd4 23.
Qxg5 $16) 20. Nd2 {If white will successfully complete his development by
castling, black's position will be hopeless. Objectively speaking, there is
not much, that black can do anyway.} Rd4 (20... f5 21. O-O-O $18) 21. Ndxe4
Rxc4 (21... Nxc4 $2 22. Nf6+ Qxf6 23. Qxd4) 22. Qg5 $2 {Strange move.} (22.
O-O-O $18) 22... Rc6 $2 ({After} 22... f6 {black could get a counterplay.}) 23.
O-O-O $2 {Giving black another chance to get back into the game.} (23. Nc5 $18
Re8 $5 24. Re4 $1 (24. Nxb7 $2 Rxc3) 24... Rxe4 25. Qd8+ Kh7 26. N5xe4) 23...
f6 $2 {This just loses without a fight.} ({After} 23... f5 $1 {black could
come back into the game:} 24. Nd2 (24. Rd8 fxe4 25. Rf4 Rxc3+ 26. Kb1 Rc6 27.
Rdxf8+ Qxf8 28. Rxf8+ Kxf8 $15) 24... Nd5 $132) 24. Qb5 $1 {[%csl Rg8][%cal
Gb5b3,Gd1h1]} Re8 25. Qb3+ (25. Qb3+ Kf8 (25... Qf7 26. Rh8+ $1 $18 {[%csl Rf7]
}) 26. Rdh1) 1-0

[Event "WchT 5th"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2001.10.19"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Ruck, Robert"]
[Black "Nedev, Trajce"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2582"]
[BlackElo "2514"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2001.10.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hungary"]
[BlackTeam "Macedonia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "HUN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "MKD"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nb6 6. d3 Bg7 7. Be3 Nc6 8.
Bxc6+ $5 {This exchange is a subject for a discussion for many years...On the
one hand black's pawnstructure on the queenside is irreparable, on the other
hand weak light squares in white's camp on the kingside will become a target
for black's pieces. Normal alternative is 8.Nf3.} bxc6 9. Qd2 {This obvious
move is quite a rare guest in practice. The main line is 9.Qc1 and it's
considered by theory to be the most flexible move.White's Q from c1 takes the
immideate care of the diagonal c1-h6 and the "c" file, and the d2 square may
be used by the white's kingside N.The examples you can find in Survey Opening
CBM 46.} h6 $6 {The idea of this move is not quite clear.} (9... h5 $142 {
- see the game Alterman,B-Mikhalevski,V /Rishon Le Ziyon 1995/CBM 46 [Ribli]})
10. Rc1 $146 {[%mdl 8]} (10. f3 $6 Nd5 11. Bc5 Rb8 12. Rc1 a5 13. Nd1 a4 14. f4
Bg4 15. Rc2 O-O 16. h3 Be6 17. Nf3 Rb5 18. Ne5 Qa8 19. Rh2 Re8 $13 {1/2-1/2
Luce,S-David,P/Prague 1989/EXT 97 (61)}) (10. Nf3 Bg4 $132) 10... Nd5 11. Nf3
Bh3 12. Bd4 Nf6 $6 (12... f6 {Looks a bit awkward, but it's the best.} 13. Rg1
{[%csl Rg2]} O-O {and then e7-e5. White position seems to me preferable, but
black have some chances as well.}) 13. Bxf6 $1 {Now black has an unpleasant
choice.} exf6 {This is the least of the evils.} (13... Bxf6 14. Ne4 $16 {
[%cal Ge4f6,Gc1c6]}) 14. Qe3+ Kf8 15. Qc5+ Kg8 $2 {Black decided to sacrifice
a pawn, hoping to get a counterplay in the middlegame, but fails...} ({The
only reasonable continuation was:} 15... Qd6 16. Ne4 Qxc5 17. Rxc5 Bg2 18. Rg1
Bxf3 19. exf3 {now white's pawn structure is not perfect as well.} Rb8 20. b3
f5 $14) 16. Nd4 $1 ({Possible was} 16. Qxc6 Rb8 17. Nd1 {,but the move in the
text is even stronger.}) 16... Kh7 {The alternative aren't better:} (16... Bf8
17. Qxc6 Rb8 18. Nb3 $16) (16... Qd7 17. Qxc6 Qxc6 18. Nxc6 Bg2 19. Ne7+ Kf8
20. Rg1 {and white's position is technically winning.}) 17. Nxc6 Qd7 {[%cal
Gh3g2]} 18. f3 Rhe8 19. Kf2 f5 (19... Re6 20. Nd5 $16 {[%cal Gd5f4] /+-}) (
19... Bf8 20. Qd5) 20. Qd5 Qc8 $2 {Black's position is very bad, but there is
no reason to collapse so fast.} (20... Rad8 {should have been tried and
setting a small trap as well.} 21. Nxd8 $4 Bd4+ $1 22. Ke1 Bxc3+ $19 {[%csl
Rd5][%cal Gd7d5] White should play 21.Qd7 and enjoy the endgame with a pawn up.
}) 21. Qxf7 Qb7 22. Nd5 Qxb2 (22... Rf8 23. Qxc7 {the simplest} Qxb2 24. Rb1
$18) 23. Nf4 {In addition to all black's troubles the Bh3 is doomed.} Qb6+ (
23... g5 24. Rb1 $18) 24. d4 g5 25. Nxh3 1-0

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2004.02.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Popov, Valerij"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2477"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "162"]
[EventDate "2004.02.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 100"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Qa4+ Bd7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 a6 {This move
saw his light only in the late 90ies and was successfully employed by Svidler,
among others.} ({Other theoretical replies are:} 6... Bg7) ({and} 6... Nc6) 7.
d4 {Also appeared in practice 7.e4 and 7.g3. However, white can not really
claim an advantage in this opening line.} b5 8. Qd3 (8. Qb3 Be6 (8... Nc6 9.
Bf4 Bg7 10. e3 O-O 11. Be2 $14 {1-0 Lautier,J-Bacrot,E/Enghien les Bains 1999/
CBM 70 [Lautier] (30)}) 9. Qc2 c5 10. dxc5 Bg7 11. g3 (11. e4 $5) 11... Nc6 12.
Bg2 Nb4 13. Qd1 Qxd1+ 14. Kxd1 O-O 15. Bd2 Rac8 16. Nd4 Ng4 17. Nxe6 Nxf2+ 18.
Kc1 fxe6 19. Rf1 Rxc5 $17 {0-1 Van Wely,L-Svidler,P/Warsaw 1999/EXT 2002 (29)})
8... Bg7 9. g3 $146 {Popov is improving his own play.} (9. Bf4 O-O 10. Rc1 c5
11. dxc5 b4 12. Nd1 Nc6 13. Nd4 Qa5 14. Nb3 Qa4 15. e4 Be6 16. Qc2 Rfd8 $36 {
0-1 Popov,V-Svidler,P/Krasnoyarsk 2003/CBM 98 [Stohl] (22)}) 9... b4 $1 (9...
Bc6 $6 {It's not recommended for black to block his own Pc7.} 10. Bg2 b4 11.
Nb1 $14) 10. Ne4 (10. Nb1 {is too passive to be correct.}) 10... Nxe4 11. Qxe4
Bc6 12. Qf4 $1 (12. d5 $2 Bxd5 13. Qxb4 Nc6 {with strong initiative.}) 12...
O-O ({After} 12... Bxd4 $2 13. Nxd4 Bxh1 14. f3 {[%csl Rh1] black's position
looks quite miserable.}) 13. Bg2 Bxd4 14. O-O e5 $1 {The only way to maintain
the balance.} (14... Bc5 $6 15. Be3 Bd6 16. Qh6 Bxf3 17. Bxf3 c6 18. Rfd1 $36)
15. Nxe5 Bxe5 16. Qxe5 Re8 (16... Bxg2 $2 17. Bh6 f6 18. Qe6+ Rf7 19. Kxg2 $16)
17. Qc5 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Rxe2 19. Bh6 {White is correctly trying to make use of
weak dark squares in opponent's camp.} Nd7 {Black is completing the
development, since he can not hold his extra pawn anyway.} (19... a5 $4 20.
Rfd1 Qe8 21. Qd4 $18) 20. Qxb4 Ne5 21. Rad1 Qf6 22. Qb7 Re8 23. Rde1 c6 $2 {
[%csl Rf3]} (23... Rxe1 24. Rxe1 g5 25. f4 (25. Bxg5 Qxg5 26. f4 Qd8 27. Rxe5
Qd2+ 28. Kh3 Rxe5 29. fxe5 Qh6+ $11) 25... Qxh6 26. Rxe5 Rxe5 27. fxe5 Qg6 $11)
24. Qb3 {White must cover the f3 square.} Rxe1 25. Rxe1 g5 26. Qc3 $2 {Wrong
choice.} (26. Bxg5 $2 Qxg5 27. f4 Qd8 $1 28. Rxe5 Rxe5 (28... Qd2+ $2 29. Kh3
Rxe5 30. Qb8+ $18) 29. fxe5 Qd2+ 30. Kh3 Qh6+ 31. Kg4 Qxh2 $11) ({The right
move was} 26. f4 $1 {and after} Qxh6 (26... gxf4 27. Bxf4 Qd6 28. Re2 $16) 27.
Rxe5 Rxe5 28. Qb8+ $1 Qf8 29. Qxe5 gxf4 30. Qg5+ Qg7 31. Qd8+ $1 Qf8 32. Qxf8+
Kxf8 33. g4 $1 {white is getting won pawn endgame.}) 26... Qxh6 27. Rxe5 Rxe5
28. Qxe5 Qg6 {White has slight advantage in this endgame, thanks to superior
pawn structure, but it's not enough for win, if black plays accurately.} 29.
Qe2 ({Comes to consideration} 29. h3 {not allowing black the move that now
follows...}) 29... g4 30. Qxa6 Qe4+ 31. Kg1 Qb1+ 32. Kg2 Qe4+ 33. Kg1 Qb1+ 34.
Qf1 Qxa2 (34... Qxb2 $6 35. Qc4 $14) 35. Qe2 Qb1+ 36. Kg2 Qg6 $11 37. Qe5 f5 $6
{Strange move. Why to weaken the king with no reason? The Pf5 may be a target
as well. Or maybe black is playing for a win...} 38. Qe7 Qf7 39. Qg5+ Kh8 40.
Qd8+ Kg7 41. h4 Qe6 42. Qd4+ Kg6 43. Kf1 c5 44. Qf4 (44. Qxc5 Qa6+ 45. Kg2 (45.
Kg1 Qa1+ $11) 45... Qb7+ $11 {[%csl Rb2]}) 44... h6 45. Qa4 c4 46. Qa8 f4 47.
gxf4 Kf5 $2 {After this active move black is in trouble.} (47... Kh5 48. Kg1
Qf5 $11 (48... Kxh4 $4 49. Qh1#)) 48. Qf8+ Ke4 49. f5 $1 Qa6 (49... Qxf5 $2 50.
Qxh6 $16) 50. Kg2 Qc6 51. Kg1 $2 {The king goes the wrong way.} (51. Kg3 $1 h5
(51... Qc7+ 52. Kxg4 Qf4+ 53. Kh5 $18) 52. Qe7+ Kxf5 53. Qf7+ Ke4 54. Qxh5 {
with good winning chances.}) 51... Qb6 $1 {[%cal Gg4g3]} 52. Qf7 {[%csl Rc4]}
Qxb2 53. Qxc4+ Kxf5 54. Qc8+ Kg6 $8 (54... Kf4 $2 55. Qf8+ Ke4 56. Qxh6 {
with good winning chances, since the Pg4 is a target.}) 55. Qxg4+ Kh7 {White
has won a pawn, but it's still insufficient for a win against careful defense.}
56. Qf5+ Kg7 57. Qg4+ Kh7 58. h5 Qb1+ 59. Kh2 Qb8+ 60. Qg3 Qb1 61. Qc7+ Kh8 62.
Qc6 Kh7 63. f3 Qb2+ 64. Kh3 Qd2 65. Qe4+ Kh8 66. Qe8+ {If white will occupy
with his queen the g6 square, the black will use the idea of stalemate.} Kh7
67. Qe7+ Kg8 68. Kg3 Qc1 69. Kg4 Qc4+ 70. Qe4 Qc8+ 71. Qf5 Qc4+ 72. Qf4 Qe6+ {
Black does not allow the white king to come towards his counterpart.} 73. Kh4
Qb6 74. Qc4+ Kh8 75. Qc3+ Kg8 76. Qe5 Kh7 77. Kg4 Qg1+ 78. Kf5 Qg5+ 79. Ke6
Qg8+ 80. Kd7 Qf7+ 81. Qe7 Kh8 $1 (81... Kh8 82. Qxf7 {Stalemate!}) ({Draw as
well after} 81... Kg8 82. Qxf7+ Kxf7 83. f4 Kf6 84. Ke8 Kf5 85. Kf7 Kxf4 86.
Kg6 Ke5 87. Kxh6 Kf6) 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 21st"]
[Site "Saint Vincent"]
[Date "2005.09.19"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Black "Hermansson, Emil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2666"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2005.09.18"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Skopje"]
[BlackTeam "Stockholm"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "MKD"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SWE"]

1. Nf3 {Kortschnoj} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Qa4+ Bd7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 Bg7
7. g3 {This continuation was popular in the 70's and 80's, but nowadays
considered as harmless for black.  Kortschnoj: 'According to the modern theory,
the most active move here is 7.e4. But some people prefer to play familiar,
strategic set-ups.'} O-O 8. Bg2 Bc6 (8... Nc6 9. O-O Ne8 (9... Bg4 10. d4 Bxf3
11. Bxf3 Nxd4 12. Bxb7 Rb8 13. Bg2 $14 {1-0 Tal,M (2615)-Tseshkovsky,V (2560)/
Minsk 1979/URS-ch (43)}) 10. d4 Nd6 11. Qd3 Bg4 12. d5 Nb4 13. Qd1 c6 14. Qa4
c5 15. a3 Bd7 16. Qd1 Na6 17. Bf4 Qb6 18. Qc2 c4 $132 {1-0 Mochalov,E (2455)
-Tseshkovsky,V (2595)/Krasnodar 1980/EXT 2002 (60)}) 9. O-O a6 (9... Nbd7 10.
e4 e5 11. b4 a6 12. Bb2 Nb6 13. Qe2 Ne8 14. Rfd1 Na4 15. Nxa4 Bxa4 16. Rdc1 Qe7
17. a3 Nd6 18. Rc5 b6 19. Rxe5 Bxe5 20. Nxe5 $36 {[%csl Gb2,Rg8] 1-0
Miroshnichenko,E (2617)-Khmelniker,I (2454)/Bad Wiessee 2004/EXT 2005 (34)})
10. Re1 b5 11. Qb3 Nbd7 $146 {Kortschnoj: 'In one old game 11...Ne4 had been
played. But Black has now something else in mind. '} (11... Ne4 12. Nxe4 Bxe4
13. d3 Bd5 14. Qc2 Bb7 15. Be3 Nd7 16. Rab1 Rc8 17. b4 $14 {1-0 Smejkal,J 
(2550)-Ghinda,M (2455)/Warsaw 1979/MCD (43)}) 12. d4 {White is trying to
occupy the centre with his pawns.} Bb7 {Preparing the programming c7-c5
advance.} 13. e4 {Kortschnoj: 'Stubbornness! Three moves before white played
with his rook to e1. Certainly with the idea to continue e2-e4. But the
situation changed! 13.a4 leads to a win of the pawn b5, whereas to push the
central pawns looks dangerous. Well, since the move with the rook to e1 had
been already played, let us not change the plan! '} c5 14. e5 $6 {White does
not want to accept the equality and is going for "all of nothing". Objectively
speaking, white does not have enough ground to claim any advantage.} (14. d5
Ng4 $13 {[%cal Gg4e5]}) 14... Ng4 ({Another possible way to play was} 14... c4
15. Qd1 Nd5 {with about equal chances. (Kortschnoj)}) 15. e6 cxd4 16. exf7+ (
16. exd7 dxc3 $17) 16... Kh8 17. Ne4 {White is practically forced to sacrifice
an exchange.} Bxe4 18. Rxe4 Nc5 19. Qc2 Nxe4 20. Qxe4 {Kortschnoj: 'Exactly
this position white had to see and to assess, playing 13.e4.'} Nf6 (20... Qd7 {
Kortschnoj} 21. Ng5 d3 22. Ne6 Nf6 23. Qe1 Rac8 24. Bh3 Rc2 25. Bd2 $15 {
with a rather unclear position.}) 21. Qh4 $1 {Kortschnoj: 'The threat is Ne5,
what is not easy to repel.'} Qb6 $6 {After this mistake white is on top.
Kortschnoj: 'The best in an already difficult situation was 21...Qd7'} (21...
Rc8 22. Ne5 {[%csl Rg6]} (22. Bf4 d3 $17) (22. Nxd4 $2 Rc4 $19) 22... Nh5 $8
$17 {In all cases white does not get sufficient compensation for the exchange.}
) 22. Ne5 Nh5 $2 {This loses.} ({The only reasonable way was:} 22... Nd5 $3 23.
Bg5 $1 (23. Bxd5 $2 Rad8 {[%csl Rd5,Re5]} 24. Nxg6+ Qxg6 25. Be4 Bf6 $17) 23...
Bxe5 24. Bxd5 Bf6 25. Bxa8 Rxa8 26. Rd1 Rf8 27. Bxf6+ Qxf6 28. Qxf6+ exf6 29.
Rxd4 Rxf7 30. Rd8+ Kg7 31. Ra8 Rd7 32. Rxa6 Rd2 {and black might hold the
endgame.}) 23. Bxa8 Qe6 (23... Rxa8 24. Qxe7 $18) 24. Qxd4 Rxa8 (24... Bxe5 25.
Bd5 Bxd4 26. Bxe6 Ng7 27. Bb3 e6 28. Bf4 Rxf7 29. Rd1 Bf6 30. Rd6 {with a
winning advantage.}) {[%tqu "En","Please enter the best move for White.","","",
"c1h6","White's passed pawn on f7 will cost black dearly.",10]} 25. Bh6 $1 $18
{White's passed pawn on f7 will cost black dearly.} Qxe5 (25... Bxh6 $2 26.
Nxg6#) (25... Bxe5 26. Qe4 Rd8 27. f8=Q+ Rxf8 28. Bxf8 Nf6 29. Qe2 $18) ({After
} 25... Nf6 26. Bxg7+ Kxg7 27. f4 $18 {black has no chance to capture the Pf7.}
) 26. Qxe5 Bxe5 27. f8=R+ Rxf8 28. Bxf8 Bxb2 29. Re1 Kg8 30. Bxe7 Kf7 31. Bd6
1-0

[Event "Asia-ch"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2001.08.16"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ghaem Maghami, Ehsan"]
[Black "Odeev, Handszar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2509"]
[BlackElo "2479"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2001.08.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 085"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qh4 Nxc3 7. dxc3 {
The main line.The alternatives 7.bc and 7.Qd4 are quite a rare guests in
practice.} Nc6 8. e4 e5 9. Bg5 Be7 10. Bc4 h6 (10... h5 $1 {This interesting
idea seems to be the safest way to equalize.} 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. O-O-O Qxh4 13.
Nxh4 Rf8 14. Bd5 O-O-O $11 {see the game Piket,J-Mikhalevski,V /EUCup final
14th 1999/CBM 69[Mikhalevski V.]}) 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. Qg3 $1 {The alternative
12.0-0-0 is less poisonous for black.} O-O-O 13. O-O g5 (13... Rh7 $5 14. Bd5
Re8 15. Rfe1 Rg7 16. a4 f5 17. Nd2 f4 18. Qd3 g5 19. a5 Nd8 20. b4 Rg6 21. b5
g4 22. b6 a6 23. bxc7 Kxc7 24. Rab1 $16 {1-0 Savchenko,S-Mikhalevski,V/Berlin
1997/CBM 59 ext/ChessInf.70 (53)}) 14. Rfd1 f6 15. Nd2 h5 16. Qe3 $146 (16. Bd5
Bg4 (16... Kb8) 17. f3 Be6 18. Nb3 Bxd5 $6 (18... Rd6) 19. exd5 Nb8 20. Qf2 b6
21. c4 Na6 22. Rac1 Nc5 23. Nxc5 Qxc5 24. Qxc5 bxc5 25. Rc3 $16 {1-0 Berebora,
F-Veroci,Z/HUN 1997/EXT 99 (60)}) 16... Kb8 17. Bd5 (17. b4 Be6 $11) 17... h4
18. b4 Rdf8 $6 {Not the best manoeuvre.} ({A move, that deserves close
attention is:} 18... Qe8 $1 {[%cal Yc6e7,Ye8h5] The Bd5 is the pride of
white's position and black should try to attack it.} 19. Nb3 Ne7 20. Nc5 (20.
Bc4 Qh5 21. Nc5 Bc8 22. Be2 g4 $132) 20... Nxd5 21. exd5 Bg4 22. f3 Bf5 $132)
19. b5 Nd8 20. a4 g4 (20... Ne6 $6 {[%csl Yc5]} 21. Nb3 (21. a5 $6 Qc5 $13 ({
dangerous for black is:} 21... Bxb5 $6 22. Bxb7 $1 Kxb7 23. Rdb1 $40)) 21...
Rd8 ({bad is immideate} 21... Nf4 $2 {due to} 22. Bxb7 $1 Kxb7 23. Rxd7 Qxd7
24. Nc5+ $18) 22. c4 $36 {[%cal Gc4c5] <<}) 21. Nb3 g3 (21... Ne6 22. c4 $40 {
[%cal Gc4c5]}) 22. Nc5 ({Of course, the pawn shouldn't be taken:} 22. fxg3 $2
hxg3 23. Qxg3 f5 $44) 22... gxf2+ 23. Qxf2 Bg4 ({Deserved attention} 23... Bc8
24. Rdb1 b6 $1 ({but not} 24... Ne6 $2 25. Na6+ {The Bc8 is blocking the way
to escape for the black's K.} Ka8 26. b6 cxb6 27. a5 $40)) 24. Rdb1 f5 25. a5
fxe4 26. Qe3 {White is ready for the decisive strike on the queenside, however
black's position is still defendable...} Rf6 $2 {The decisive mistake. The
continuation of the game shows, that black's R on the 6th rank doesn't help
much in the defense.Only the queen exchange might have helped...} (26... Qd6 $8
27. Bxe4 (27. Bxb7 $2 Nxb7 28. Nxb7 Kxb7 29. Qxe4+ Kb8 30. Qxg4 Qc5+ 31. Kh1 h3
$1 $132 {[%csl Rh1]}) 27... Qh6 28. Qxh6 (28. Qd3 $6 Qd6) 28... Rxh6 29. Rf1
$14) 27. b6 $1 cxb6 28. axb6 Rxb6 (28... a6 29. Nxa6+ bxa6 30. Rxa6 Nb7 31.
Rba1 $18) 29. Rxb6 axb6 {[%tqu "En","How to continue the attack?","","","c5a6",
"",15]} 30. Na6+ $3 {[%mdl 128] The "nightmare" for black's K just begins...} (
{Much less convincing} 30. Nxb7 Nxb7 31. Qxb6 Bc8) 30... bxa6 31. Qxb6+ Nb7 (
31... Kc8 32. Qxa6+ Kd7 33. Qb5+ $18) 32. Rxa6 Bc8 (32... Qc5+ 33. Qxc5 Nxc5
34. Ra8+ Kc7 35. Rxh8 e3 36. Bf3 $18) 33. Qa7+ Kc7 34. Rc6+ Kd7 35. Qb6 Qd8 36.
Be6+ Ke7 37. Qb4+ $1 {This key check should have been seen before white's
playing 30.Na6!} Nd6 38. Rxc8 {[%csl Rd8] Black queen is trapped.} Kxe6 ({
A little bit more stubborn was} 38... Qxc8 39. Bxc8 Rxc8 {[%csl Yc4] keeping
the c4 stronghold.}) 39. Rxd8 Rxd8 40. Qb3+ Kf5 41. Qd5 {This move paralises
all black's pieces.The rest of the game is an easy job for white.} e3 42. Kf1
Kf6 43. Ke2 Nf7 44. Qf3+ Ke7 45. Qxe3 Rg8 46. Qe4 Ke6 47. Qc4+ 1-0

[Event "Elgoibar 13th"]
[Site "Elgoibar"]
[Date "2003.12.11"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Paunovic, Dragan"]
[Black "Saldano Dayer, Horacio"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2504"]
[BlackElo "2424"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2003.11.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. c4 O-O (5... d4 {transposes to
Benoni with reversed colours, where white has an extra tempo.}) 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7.
Nc3 Nc6 8. Ng5 {This is a rare continuation. Other lines lead to an
approximately equal game as well.} (8. Nxd5 Qxd5 9. d3 Qb5 10. Rb1 a5 11. b3 a4
12. Bb2 Bxb2 13. Rxb2 Be6 14. Qd2 axb3 15. axb3 Qb4 16. Qxb4 Nxb4 17. Nd4 Bd5
$11 {1/2-1/2 Andersson,U-Olafsson,F/Wijk aan Zee 1976/MCD (28)}) (8. d4 Nb6 {
- leads to one of the variations of Grunfeld defense - D76.}) ({Also appeared
in practice} 8. Qb3) ({and} 8. Qa4) 8... Nb6 (8... e6 9. d3 (9. Nge4 f5 10.
Nxd5 exd5 11. Nc5 Qd6 12. d4 Nxd4 13. Nb3 Nxb3 14. Bxd5+ Be6 15. Bxb3 Qe7 $15 {
1-0 Thompson,I-Lalic,B/Groningen 1999/CBM 73 ext (39)}) 9... b6 10. Rb1 Nce7
11. Nge4 c5 12. Bg5 f6 13. Bd2 Bb7 14. a3 Qd7 15. b4 cxb4 16. axb4 f5 17. Nxd5
Bxd5 18. Ng5 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 h6 20. Nf3 $13 {1/2-1/2 Cebalo,M-Kozul,Z/Zlatibor
1989/EXT 2000 (34)}) 9. d3 h6 (9... e5 10. Bd2 h6 11. Nf3 Be6 12. Qc1 Kh7 13.
Ne4 Nd7 14. b4 Rc8 15. b5 Nd4 16. Nxd4 exd4 17. Nc5 Nxc5 18. Qxc5 $14 {1-0
Cebalo,M-Samaritani,F/Bratto 1998/EXT 2000 (54)}) 10. Nge4 e5 11. a4 $146 {
[%cal Ga4a5]} (11. Nc5 Qe7 12. Be3 Rd8 13. Rc1 Kh7 14. a3 a5 15. N5a4 Nxa4 16.
Qxa4 Nd4 17. Bxd4 Rxd4 18. Qc2 c6 $132 {0-1 Ek,H-Enklaar,B/Eksjo 1975/EXT 2001
(44)}) 11... a5 12. Be3 {White is trying to put pressure on black's queenside.}
Nd4 13. Nb5 Nd5 $6 (13... c6 $6 14. Nbd6 $14 f5 $6 15. Bxd4 exd4 16. Qb3+ Kh7
17. Nxc8 Nxc8 18. Nc5 $16) ({Possible was} 13... f5 14. Nc5 c6 {with
double-edged position.}) 14. Bd2 $2 {Missing much more attractive continuation.
} (14. Bxd4 exd4 15. Ned6 $1 cxd6 (15... Nb4 16. Nxb7 Qe7 17. N7d6 $16) 16.
Bxd5 $14) 14... c6 15. Nxd4 (15. Nbd6 $2 f5 16. Nxc8 fxe4 17. dxe4 Nf6 18. e3
Ne6 $19) 15... exd4 16. Qc1 {[%csl Rh6]} Kh7 17. Qc4 Qe7 {[%csl Re2][%cal
Gf7f5] White has no clear plan, and black gradually grabs the initiative,
using his advantage in space.} 18. Bf3 ({Deserved attention the attempt to
exchange queens:} 18. Qc5) 18... Bh3 19. Rfc1 $6 {It seems, that white
underestimated the danger to his position.} ({Safer would have been} 19. Rfe1)
19... f5 20. Nc5 f4 21. Ne4 (21. Nb3 $2 fxg3 22. hxg3 Rxf3 $1 23. exf3 Qe2 {
with decisive attack.}) 21... fxg3 22. hxg3 Qe5 23. Qc5 $2 {White has
certainly underestimated black's reply.} ({Necessary was} 23. Bg2 {. For
instanse:} Bxg2 24. Kxg2 Nf6 25. Bf4 Qf5 26. Nd6 Qg4 27. f3 Qd7 $17) {[%tqu
"En","How should black continue?","","","f8f3","Very strong and well
calculated sacrifice.",12]} 23... Rxf3 $1 {[%mdl 512] Very strong and well
calculated sacrifice.} 24. exf3 Qf5 25. Kh2 $8 (25. f4 Qh5 $19 {[%csl Rg1]
[%cal Rh5f3]}) 25... Qxf3 $1 26. Kxh3 Rf8 {[%cal Gf8f5] White is not able to
parry black's threats in a satisfactory way.} 27. Qxf8 (27. Nd6 Rf4 (27... g5
$40) 28. Qxd5 Rh4+ 29. Kxh4 Qxd5 30. Kh3 Qxd6 $19 {[%csl Gd6]}) (27. Kh2 Rf5
28. Bg5 hxg5 29. Rh1 Ne3 30. Kg1+ Kg8 $19) 27... Bxf8 28. Kh2 Qxd3 {Black has
two extra pawns and extremely active pieces, which makes his position totally
winning.} 29. Re1 Bb4 30. Rad1 (30. Bxb4 axb4 31. Rad1 Qb3 $19) 30... Qb3 31.
Bxb4 Qxb4 32. b3 d3 33. f3 Qxb3 34. Nf2 Qxa4 {White's queenside belongs to
history. The rest of the game needs no comments.} 35. Rxd3 Qc2 36. Kg1 g5 37.
Rdd1 Qc3 38. Rb1 b5 39. Kg2 Ne3+ 40. Kg1 Nf5 41. Kg2 Nd4 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg-ch 78th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2005.03.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ionov, Sergey"]
[Black "Klimov, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2509"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2005.03.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 (4. d4 {would lead to main variation of
Gruenfeld defense.}) 4... Nxd5 5. Qa4+ {A common check, avoiding the main
lines of Gruenfeld.} (5. e4 Nxc3 6. dxc3 (6. bxc3 Bg7 7. d4 {transposes to the
main Gruenfeld - D85.}) 6... Qxd1+ 7. Kxd1 {--> 0-1 Bauer,C-Sutovsky,E/Leon
2001/CBM 86 [Postny,E] (79)}) (5. Qb3 Nb6 6. d4 {--> 1-0 Eljanov,P-Kovchan,A/
Kharkov 2002/CBM 89 [Postny,E] (50)}) 5... Bd7 ({Less popular is} 5... Nc6 {
1-0 Sturua,Z-Goloshchapov,A/Batumi 2002/CBM 90 [Postny,E] (51)}) 6. Qb3 (6. Qh4
Nxc3 7. dxc3 (7. Qd4 f6 8. Qxc3 Nc6 {1/2-1/2 Hillarp Persson,T-McShane,L/Malmo
2003/CBM 95 [Postny,E] (50)}) 7... Nc6 8. e4 e5 9. Bg5 Be7 10. Bc4 h6 11. Bxe7
Qxe7 {1/2-1/2 Zhou Jianchao-Nepomniashchy,Y/Moscow 2004/CBM 103 [Postny,E] (55)
}) ({A rare move is:} 6. Qc2 Nb4 7. Qb3 c5 8. Ne4 {1/2-1/2 Wells,
P-Kristjansson,S/Mallorca 2004/CBM 104 [Postny,E] (41)}) 6... Nb6 7. d4 (7. Ng5
$5 e6 8. d4 Bc6 9. Be3 Bg7 10. Rd1 N8d7 11. Nf3 Qf6 12. d5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 Bxd5
14. Rxd5 exd5 15. Bd4 Qf5 16. Bxg7 Rg8 17. Bc3 Qb1+ 18. Qd1 Qxa2 19. e3 $14 {
1-0 Kortschnoj,V-Rowson,J/Port Erin 2004/CBM 102 ext (49)}) 7... Bg7 8. Bg5 (8.
e4 O-O 9. Be3 Nc6 10. Rd1 Bg4 {leads to well-known Smyslov variation of
Gruenfeld defense.}) ({Another playable continuation is} 8. Bf4) 8... O-O 9. e3
(9. Rd1 a5 10. e3 Nc6 11. a3 a4 12. Qc2 Ra5 13. Be2 Be6 14. Qb1 Bb3 15. Rc1 Qc8
16. O-O e5 17. dxe5 Nxe5 18. Nxe5 Bxe5 19. Be7 Re8 20. Bb4 Ra8 21. Ne4 Nd5 22.
Nd6 Bxd6 23. Bxd6 Qd7 24. Bg3 $14 {1-0 Huzman,A-Odeev,H/Bled 2002/EXT 2003 (73)
}) 9... a5 {A typical move for this opening variation. Black is intending to
harass the opponent queen and seize some space on the queenside.} 10. Be2 Be6
11. Qc2 Nc6 $146 (11... Bf5 12. Qd2 N8d7 13. e4 Bg4 14. O-O a4 15. Rac1 c6 16.
a3 Bxf3 17. Bxf3 Nc4 18. Qe2 Ndb6 19. d5 Qc7 $13 {1-0 Dekker,A-Mirumian,V/
Trinec 1998/EXT 2000 (37)}) 12. O-O a4 13. Rfd1 Bf5 $6 {Provoking e3-e4, to
weaken d4 square, but probably too optimistic.} (13... Nb4 {should have been
prefered.}) 14. Qc1 $6 {Missing more attractive possibility.} (14. e4 Bg4 15.
Ne5 $1 Bxe2 (15... Nxd4 16. Rxd4 Qxd4 17. Nxg4 $16) 16. Nxe2 Nb4 17. Qc3 Na6
18. Bf4 {with obvious advantage.}) 14... Nd5 15. h3 {Covering g4 square.} a3
16. Nxd5 Qxd5 (16... axb2 $2 17. Nxe7+ {winning a pawn.}) 17. bxa3 Qa5 $2 {
Allowing the move that now follows...} ({It was necessary to block the central
squares by} 17... Be4) {[%tqu "En","How would you suggest for White?","","",
"d4d5","A strong move and a typical exchange sacrifice in a Gruenfeld type
position.",12]} 18. d5 $1 {[%mdl 512] A strong move and a typical exchange
sacrifice in a Gruenfeld type position.} Bxa1 {Otherwise, black simply stands
worse without any material compensation.} 19. Qxa1 Nb8 {Trying to transfer the
knight to d7, to cover some critical dark squares.} (19... Nd8 20. Bxe7 (20.
Bh6 f6 21. Bxf8 Kxf8 22. Nd4 $16) 20... Re8 21. Bf6 $40) 20. Bxe7 Re8 21. Bf6
$40 Nd7 (21... Qxa3 22. d6 Qxa2 23. Qxa2 Rxa2 24. dxc7 Nc6 (24... Rxe2 $2 25.
Rd8 $18) 25. Bc4 $1 Ra4 (25... Raa8 26. Ng5 Rf8 27. e4 $18) 26. Bb5 Ra5 27. Nd4
Bd7 28. Nxc6 bxc6 29. Rxd7 cxb5 30. Rd8 Ra8 31. Rxe8+ Rxe8 32. Bd8 $18) 22. Bh8
f6 23. Bxf6 Nxf6 24. Qxf6 {The position is materialIy balanced and it's clear
that white's attack is very dangerous.} Qxa3 $2 {This loses by force.} ({
The only reasonable defensive possibility was} 24... Qc5 {covering the c4
square.}) 25. d6 $1 {[%cal Ge2c4] Opening the a2-g8 diagonal for the bishop.}
Qxa2 26. Ng5 h6 (26... Rf8 27. Qe7 $18 {[%csl Rh7]}) 27. Rd4 $4 {White had
numerous winning continuations, and he probably got confused.} (27. Bf3 {
[%csl Ra2,Rg8][%cal Gf3d5]} Bd3 (27... c6 28. Bd5+ $1 cxd5 29. Qf7+ Kh8 30.
Qh7#) 28. d7 $1 (28. Rxd3 Qa1+ 29. Qxa1 Rxa1+ 30. Kh2 hxg5 31. dxc7 Rc1 32. Rd7
$18) 28... Rf8 29. Qe6+ Qxe6 30. Nxe6 $18) (27. Rc1 {[%cal Ge2c4]} Bc2 (27...
Rf8 28. Qe7 $18 {[%cal Ge7h7,Ge2c4]}) 28. Bc4+ $1 Qxc4 29. Rxc2 $18) 27... Qa1+
28. Kh2 hxg5 29. Bc4+ Kh7 30. dxc7 $2 {White got carried away and with the
last move missed even a draw.} (30. d7 Red8 31. Qe7+ Kh6 32. h4 (32. Rh4+ gxh4
33. Qxh4+ Kg7 34. Qe7+ Kh8 35. Qh4+ $11) 32... g4 33. Qg5+ Kg7 34. Qe7+ $11)
30... Qa5 31. Qxg5 Qxc7+ 32. g3 Kg7 {White's attack is parried and black is
just a rook up.} 33. Rf4 Rf8 34. e4 Qxc4 35. exf5 Qc6 36. Rg4 Ra1 37. Qxg6+ {
White is forced to exchange queens. In the endgame white has no chance to
survive.} Qxg6 38. Rxg6+ Kh7 39. g4 Ra6 40. Rg5 b5 {[%csl Gb5]} 0-1

[Event "WchT 5th"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2001.10.13"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Nedev, Trajce"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2514"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2001.10.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Armenia"]
[BlackTeam "Macedonia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"]
[BlackTeamCountry "MKD"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. O-O Nc6 {Another
theoretical possibility is 6...c5.} 7. Nc3 Nb6 8. d3 O-O 9. Be3 e5 10. a4 {
[%cal Ga4a5] Interesting is 10.b4, see the game Gelfand,B-Avrukh,B /ISR-chT
Israel 1999/CBM 69 [Gelfand]} a5 11. Bxb6 ({The alternative is:} 11. Nb5 Nd5
12. Bc5 Re8 13. Rc1 Bg4 $6 (13... h6 $142 {/\} 14. e4 Ndb4 15. d4 exd4 16.
Nfxd4 Nxd4 17. Bxd4 Bxd4 18. Nxd4 c6 $10) 14. h3 Be6 15. e4 $1 Nf6 (15... Ndb4
$5 16. d4 exd4 17. Nfxd4 Nxd4 18. Nxd4 $14) 16. Ng5 $36 {1-0 Dvoretzky,M-Gulko,
B /URS-ch42 1974 [ChessBase]}) 11... cxb6 12. Nb5 $146 {In the preceding games
white played the most natural move: 12.Nd2.For instanse:} (12. Nd2 Be6 13. Nc4
Re8 14. Qb3 Ra6 15. Ne4 Re7 16. Rac1 Nd4 17. Qd1 Rd7 18. Nc3 f5 (18... Bxc4 19.
dxc4 Nf3+ 20. Bxf3 Rxd1 21. Rfxd1 $44 {[%csl Ra6]}) 19. Nb5 Nc6 20. Qd2 Bf8 21.
Rfd1 Bc5 22. e3 Ra8 23. Qe2 Qf6 24. f4 Bxc4 {1/2-1/2 Ree,H-Benko,P/Wijk aan
Zee 1970/MCD (24)}) 12... Be6 13. Nd2 {The position is approximately equal. On
the one hand white has superior pawn structure,on the other hand black has
pair of good bishops.} Qe7 14. Rc1 Rac8 15. Nc4 Nd4 16. Nbd6 (16. Nxb6 $4 Rxc1
{[%csl Re2][%cal Rd4e2]}) (16. Nxd4 exd4 17. Nxb6 (17. Qd2 $5 $11) 17... Rxc1
18. Qxc1 Qb4 19. Nc4 Qxa4 20. Bxb7 Qb4 21. Bf3 Rc8 $11) 16... Rcd8 $2 {After
this passive move black is in trouble. Black could get a counterplay only
after the Q sacrifice.} (16... Qxd6 $1 17. Nxd6 Rxc1 18. Qd2 Rc2 19. Qd1 Nxe2+
20. Kh1 Bb3 21. Nc4 (21. Bxb7 Bxa4 22. Bd5 Nd4 $15) 21... Rxb2 (21... Rd8 $5
22. Qb1 f5 {[%cal Ge5e4]}) 22. Qa1 Ra2 23. Qb1 Nd4 24. Nxb6 $13) 17. e3 Nf5 18.
Nb5 Qb4 $6 (18... Qd7 $6 19. Be4 Bxc4 20. Rxc4 Rc8 21. Qf3 $16) ({The least of
the evils for black was} 18... Bxc4 19. Rxc4 Rc8) 19. Bxb7 Ne7 20. Bg2 $1 (20.
Nxb6 $6 Bb3 (20... Rb8 $6 21. Rc7) 21. Qe1 Qxe1 22. Rfxe1 Rxd3 23. Rc7 Nf5 $14)
20... Bxc4 21. Rxc4 Qxb2 {Black won the pawn back, but the Q on b2 is not safe.
} 22. Re1 {[%csl Rb2][%cal Ge1e2]} Qa2 $8 23. Bf1 (23. Re2 $4 Qxc4 $19 {
[%cal Gd8d1]}) 23... Qxc4 {It's hard to suggest something better...} 24. dxc4
Rxd1 25. Rxd1 Nc6 (25... Rc8 26. Rd7 $16) 26. Rd6 Rc8 27. Bg2 e4 {This pawn
sacrifice is probably the best practical chance.} (27... Nb4 28. Bd5 Nxd5 29.
cxd5 Rc4 30. Rxb6 Rxa4 31. d6 Ra1+ 32. Kg2 Rd1 33. Rb7 (33. Ra6 $6 Bf8 34. Rxa5
Bxd6 35. Nxd6 Rxd6 36. Rxe5) 33... Bf6 34. Ra7 {with good winning chances.})
28. Bxe4 Ne5 {At least black's pieces "got some air".} 29. Bd5 $1 Nxc4 30. Rd7
Ne5 31. Rb7 Rc5 ({Deserved attention} 31... Rd8 32. e4 Nd7 {[%csl Ra4][%cal
Gd7c5]}) 32. e4 Rc2 33. Nd6 Rd2 34. Rxb6 Bf8 35. Ra6 h5 $2 {This move, that
otherwise would have been useful for black proves to be a mistake, that
simplifies the winning process for white. It should be very useful for the
reader to study carefully Vaganian's method of transforming his advantage to a
simple technical win...} (35... Rd1+ 36. Kg2 Rd2 {Black's only chance is to
prevent the devastating f2-f4 advance.} {After} 37. Kf1 $1 Rd4 (37... Ng4 38.
Ke1) 38. f4 Ng4 39. Ke2 {white should win the endgame.} ({less clear is} 39.
Bxf7+ Kg7 40. Bd5 Ne3+)) {[%tqu "En","Find the most convincing way for white.",
"","","d6f7","",10]} 36. Nxf7 $1 $18 {[%mdl 6144]} Nxf7 (36... Rxd5 37. exd5
Kxf7 38. Rxa5 $18 {[%csl Ga4]}) 37. Rxg6+ Bg7 38. Rg5 {[%csl Rf7][%cal Gg5f5]}
Rc2 ({Of course} 38... Rxd5 39. Rxd5 {is completely hopeless for black.}) 39.
Rxh5 Rc7 40. Rf5 Kf8 41. Kg2 Bd4 (41... Ke8 42. Bxf7+ Rxf7 43. Rxf7 {Even
stronger, then 43.Ra5;} Kxf7 44. h4 Ke6 45. f4 Kd6 46. g4 Kc5 47. h5 Kb4 48. g5
Kxa4 49. h6 Bh8 50. f5 $18) 42. h4 Kg7 43. Rxf7+ Rxf7 44. Bxf7 Kxf7 45. f4 Ke6
46. g4 {The march of the white pawn phalanxe is quite unstoppable...} Kd6 47.
g5 Kc5 48. h5 Kb4 49. h6 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 13th"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2001.11.14"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Bauer, Christian"]
[Black "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2576"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "158"]
[EventDate "2001.11.06"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "France"]
[BlackTeam "Israel"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISR"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 {Other main options are: 5.g3
and the most popular 5.Qa4+.} Nxc3 6. dxc3 {After the more ambitious recapture
6.bc the game may transpose to a main variation in Grunfeld defense.} Qxd1+ 7.
Kxd1 f6 {This is the most popular move in this position.The examples for the
other continuations you can find in the game Ricardi,P-Alonso,S /ARG-ch 1998/
Buenos Aires/CBM 65 [Ribli]} 8. Be3 e5 9. Nd2 Nd7 ({Less accurate is} 9... Be6
10. Bc4 Bxc4 11. Nxc4 Nd7 {[%cal Gf8c5]} 12. b4 $14) 10. Bc4 Bc5 $11 11. Bxc5
Nxc5 12. b4 Ne6 13. Kc2 a5 14. a3 Ke7 15. Nb3 a4 $146 (15... b6 16. Rhd1 a4 17.
Nd2 Bd7 18. Nf1 b5 19. Ba2 Ng5 20. f3 Be6 21. Ne3 Bxa2 22. Rxa2 c6 23. Kc1 Rad8
24. Rad2 Rxd2 25. Rxd2 Ne6 26. Kb2 Rd8 27. Rxd8 Nxd8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Lev,
R-Mikhalevski,V/Israel 1996/CBM 52 ext (50)}) 16. Nc1 Nf4 {trying to provoke a
weaknesses in white's camp.} 17. g3 Nh3 18. Nd3 Bg4 19. Rhe1 Rhd8 20. Re3 Ng5
21. f3 Be6 {Both captures of Pf3 were losing to: 22.h3 if the knight takes and
22.h4 if the bishop takes.} 22. Bxe6 Nxe6 23. Rd1 {In such positions many
chessplayers would have sign the blanks with a draw agreement, but Emil
Sutovsky is a great "fighter". He plays until all the resources will be
exhausted.} Rd6 24. Ree1 ({Possible is} 24. Nb2) 24... Ng5 25. f4 Nf7 26. fxe5
fxe5 27. Nb2 Rxd1 28. Rxd1 Nd6 29. Rd5 Ke6 30. Nd3 Nc4 {[%csl Ra3] Black's
chance for a win is the weakness of the Pa3.} 31. Nc5+ (31. Rc5 $6 b5 $15)
31... Kf6 32. Kd3 c6 (32... Nxa3 $2 33. Nxb7 $16 {[%csl Ra3]}) 33. Rd7 b5 {
Now the Pa3 is doomed, but white's active pieces produce a sufficient
compensation.} 34. h4 (34. Rxh7 Rd8+ 35. Ke2 Rd2+ 36. Kf3 Nxa3 37. Nd7+ Ke6 38.
Nc5+ Kf6 $11) 34... h5 (34... Nxa3 35. g4 {[%csl Rf6][%cal Gg4g5]} h6 36. Rh7
$11) 35. Ke2 $6 ({Why not} 35. Rh7 {drawing with the same "mechanism"
Nc5-d7-c5.}) 35... g5 $6 {Wasting time.} ({After} 35... Nxa3 {there is not
easy to find "clear draw" for white. For example:} 36. Rh7 $6 (36. Rc7 Rd8 37.
Rxc6+ Kf7 38. Rc7+ Ke8) 36... g5 37. Rh6+ Kg7 38. hxg5 Nb1 39. Rxc6 a3 40. Rc7+
Kg8 41. Nd7 (41. g6 {[%cal Gc5e6]} Ra6) 41... Ra6 42. Nf6+ Kf8 43. Nh7+ Ke8 44.
Nf6+ Kd8) 36. Rc7 gxh4 37. gxh4 Nxa3 38. Rxc6+ $2 {It's hard to believe, but
after this obvious move white's position is very hard to save.} (38. Nd7+ Ke6
39. Nc5+ Kf6 $11 (39... Kd6 $4 40. Rd7#)) 38... Kf7 39. Rc7+ Kg8 {Black's K
finally escaped from white's pieces.} 40. Rb7 (40. Nd7 Nc4 41. Nf6+ Kf8 42.
Nh7+ Ke8 43. Nf6+ Kd8 {[%csl Ga4]}) 40... Nb1 41. Kd3 a3 42. Kc2 (42. Rxb5 a2
43. Nb3 Ra3 44. Na1 Rxc3+ 45. Ke2 Rh3 $17) 42... a2 43. Nb3 Rf8 $1 ({Worse is} 
43... Rc8 44. Kb2 Nxc3 45. Na1 $1 (45. Re7 Rc4 $19) (45. Nc5 Ra8 46. Ka1 Rf8
$19) 45... Rc4 46. Kb3) 44. Na1 Rf2+ 45. Kb3 Nd2+ 46. Kxa2 Nxe4+ 47. Kb3 Nd2+
48. Kc2 Nc4+ 49. Kd3 Rd2+ {Black's piece coordination is quite an amazing.} 50.
Ke4 Nd6+ 51. Ke3 Ra2 52. Rb8+ Kf7 53. Nb3 {White hardly managed to avoid a
lost of piece.} Ra3 $19 54. Nc5 Rxc3+ {Black is a pawn up, but there is not
much material left on the board-this means, that black has to produce a good
technic to convert his advantage into a full point.} 55. Kf2 Rc2+ 56. Ke1 Rc4 {
[%csl Rb4,Rh4]} 57. Rd8 Rd4 58. Ke2 Kf6 59. Rf8+ Nf7 60. Ke3 Rxh4 {This is
slightly better than 60...Rb4, because the advance of black's "h" pawn will be
supported by the K.} 61. Ne4+ Ke6 62. Rb8 Rh3+ 63. Ke2 Rh2+ 64. Kf3 Rh3+ {
The repetition of moves is especially useful in circumtances of the modern
time-control.} 65. Ke2 Kf5 66. Nf2 Rb3 67. Rxb5 Rb2+ 68. Ke3 h4 69. Rb7 Ng5 70.
Rb8 Rb3+ 71. Ke2 Ne6 72. Rh8 Nf4+ 73. Kd2 Rxb4 74. Rf8+ (74. Rxh4 Rb2+ {
and white is losing a R or N.}) 74... Kg6 75. Ng4 Re4 76. Nxe5+ Rxe5 77. Rxf4 {
White won a pawn back, but... now he may abandon his last hope for a draw, as
his K can not help to stop black's passed pawn.} Kg5 78. Rf8 h3 79. Rh8 Kg4 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 0203"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2003.03.29"]
[Round "14.3"]
[White "Ribli, Zoltan"]
[Black "Berndt, Stephan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2574"]
[BlackElo "2482"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2002.10.19"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Tegernsee"]
[BlackTeam "Neukoelln"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Nc3 Nxc3 {The main
alternatives are: 6...0-0 and 6...Nb6.} 7. bxc3 O-O 8. O-O e5 ({Much more
popular is} 8... c5 {which may lead to a Gruenfeld defense by a transposition.}
) 9. Qc2 (9. Rb1 e4 $5 10. Ne1 Re8 11. Qc2 Qe7 12. d3 exd3 13. exd3 Nc6 14. Bf4
Nd8 15. Nf3 Ne6 16. Rfe1 Qd8 $11 {Frois,A-Turov,M/Linares 2000/CBM 75}) 9...
Re8 10. d3 h6 $6 $146 {Seems to me like a waste of time.} (10... c6 11. Be3 Qc7
12. d4 Bf5 13. Qb3 Nd7 14. Rac1 Be6 15. Qc2 Bc4 16. Rfe1 Bd5 17. Nxe5 Nxe5 {
1/2-1/2 Nuenchert,E-Feustel,P/Potsdam 1974/EXT 98 (17)}) 11. Rb1 Nd7 12. Nd2 $1
{Good manoeuvre. White is starting to put a pressure on black's queenside.} Rb8
13. Nc4 Nb6 14. Na5 $1 $14 c6 15. c4 (15. Bxc6 $2 bxc6 16. Nxc6 Qc7 17. Nxb8
Qxb8 {In this case two pieces are stronger, than rook + two pawns, because of
weakness of white's king.}) 15... Qc7 16. Be3 Bf5 17. Qb3 e4 18. d4 $1 {
[%csl Gc4,Gd4][%cal Ge3f4]} (18. Bxb6 $6 axb6 19. Qxb6 Qxb6 20. Rxb6 exd3 21.
exd3 Bxd3 {and black is at least not worse.}) (18. Bf4 $6 Be5 19. Bxh6 exd3 20.
exd3 Nd7 $44) 18... g5 19. Rfd1 Nd5 $2 {Black wants to release a pressure from
the position, but this combination is unsuccessful.} (19... Nc8 $5 $14) 20.
cxd5 Qxa5 21. dxc6 bxc6 22. Qxb8 {Of course. This obvious exchange gives white
clear advantage.} Rxb8 23. Rxb8+ Kh7 24. g4 $1 (24. Rd2 $4 {[%tqu "En","How
should black play in this case?","","","g7d4","",10]} Bxd4 $1 25. Bxd4 (25.
Rxd4 Qe1+ 26. Bf1 Bh3 $19) 25... Qxd2 26. Rh8+ Kg6 27. Rg8+ Kh5 $19) 24... Bg6
$6 ({Very risky, but practically the best for black was:} 24... Bxg4 25. Bxe4+
f5 (25... Bf5 $2 26. Bd2 $18 {[%csl Ra5,Rf5]}) 26. Bd3 $1 $36 (26. Bb1 $2 Bxe2
27. d5 {[%csl Rf5]} Be5 28. Bxf5+ Kg7 29. Rb7+ Kf6)) 25. Rd2 h5 $6 {Black is
trying to get counterplay at any price, but fails. However in case of waiting
strategy, white will gradually prove the strengh of his rooks. White's
position is very solid and black's queen has no objects to attack.} (25... Qd5
26. Rb3 $5 $16 {[%cal Yb3c3,Yc3c5]}) 26. gxh5 Bxh5 27. Bxe4+ f5 28. Bb1 Kh6 29.
f4 Bxd4 {Desperation...} (29... g4 $142 30. Rc8 $18) 30. fxg5+ Kg6 31. Rxd4 Qe5
(31... Qe1+ 32. Kg2 Qxe2+ 33. Bf2 $18) 32. Rb3 1-0

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2002.02.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Lerner, Konstantin Z"]
[Black "Isaev, Jamshed"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2569"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2002.02.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Nb6 6. d3 Bg7 7. Be3 O-O 8.
Qd2 {[%cal Ge3h6] White is aiming to exchange the dark-squared bishops by
Be3-h6. Black should avoid this, otherwise the defence around his K will be
seriously weakens.} Re8 {Black also tried 8...N8d7, 8...Nc6, 8...e5.} 9. Bh6
Bh8 10. h4 $1 {Black has already suffered several crushing defeats after this
attacking move.} c5 $6 $146 (10... c6 11. h5 Nd5 12. hxg6 hxg6 13. Nf3 Nd7 (
13... Nxc3 14. bxc3 Qa5 15. Rc1 Be6 16. Rc2 Rd8 17. Bg5 f6 $2 18. Rxh8+ $1 Kxh8
19. Bxf6+ exf6 20. Qh6+ Kg8 21. Qxg6+ Kf8 22. Qxf6+ Bf7 23. Ne5 $18 {1-0 Xu
Jun-Isaev,J/Udaipur 2000/EXT 2001 (30)}) 14. Ng5 N7f6 15. Bf3 Bg4 16. Rh4 Bxf3
17. Nxf3 Nxc3 18. bxc3 Qa5 19. Rc1 Rad8 20. Kf1 Rd5 21. Kg2 Rh5 $11 {0-1 Koshy,
V-Krasenkow,M/Dhaka 1995/CBM 48 (50)}) (10... N8d7 11. h5 Nf6 12. Nf3 Ng4 13.
hxg6 hxg6 14. Rh4 Nxh6 15. Qxh6 Bg7 16. Qd2 Nd5 17. Ne4 b6 18. O-O-O Bb7 19.
Rdh1 $16 {1-0 Ribli,Z-Adorjan,A/Budapest 1973/EXT 2000 (50)}) 11. Be3 c4 12. d4
Nc6 ({After} 12... h5 {white can play} 13. g4 $5 e5 (13... hxg4 14. h5 $40) (
13... Bxg4 14. Bxb7 $14) 14. gxh5 exd4 15. Rd1 $14) 13. d5 Ne5 14. h5 Bf5 (
14... Ng4 $142 $14) 15. hxg6 Bxg6 16. Nh3 $1 {White has clear advantage. Black
just has no compensation for the weakness of his K.} Ng4 17. Nf4 Qd6 $6 ({
White's dark-squared B should have been exchanged. After} 17... Nxe3 18. Qxe3
Bg7 {black's position is still playable.}) 18. Nxg6 hxg6 19. Bd4 e5 20. Ne4
Qxd5 {This is not a "happy choice" for black, but he is very short on
alternatives...} (20... Qd8 21. Bxb6 Qxb6 22. d6 {[%csl Gd6,Rg4][%cal Gg2f3]}
Qd4 23. Bf3 $16) 21. Nf6+ Bxf6 22. Bxd5 exd4 {From "first glance" it may look,
that black has certain compensation for the Q. In reality black can't use any
of his apparent advantages, such as strong central pawns, an open "e" file etc.
..} 23. Bxb7 Rab8 24. Bc6 Re6 25. Qf4 Ne5 26. Be4 {In spite of the fact, that
white has seemingly little space, he still has enough good squares for his
heavy pieces.} Na4 27. Kf1 $1 {Moving the K out of the knight check.} Rxb2 28.
Bd5 Rd6 29. Qxd4 $18 {Black can not exploit the strength of his B along the
h8-a1 diagonal.} Rbb6 30. Rc1 Kg7 31. Kg2 Ra6 32. e4 Nb6 33. Rc2 Ra5 34. Qd2
Raxd5 {A last desperate attempt to muddy the waters. Obviously it does not
work.} (34... Rc5 35. Qh6+ Kg8 36. f4 $18) 35. exd5 Rxd5 36. Qh6+ Kg8 37. Rd2
Nd3 38. Re2 {Of course black can not prevent the penetration of white's heavy
pieces. White's material advantage is too big.} Rd8 39. Re7 $1 Bg7 40. Qe3 Kf8
41. Rxa7 Nd5 42. Qg5 Nf6 43. Qa5 Re8 44. Qc7 Ne5 45. Re1 1-0

[Event "Skopje op 18th"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2002.01.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Efimov, Igor"]
[Black "Ivanisevic, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2444"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2002.01.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nc3 O-O 5. d3 {This setup frequently appeares
in the games of GM Mikhail Gurevich.} c6 {[%cal Gd7d5]} (5... d6 6. e3 Nc6 7.
Nge2 e5 8. Rb1 a5 9. b3 Re8 10. O-O Ne7 11. e4 Nc6 12. h3 Nd7 13. Be3 Nc5 14.
d4 exd4 15. Nxd4 Bd7 16. Ndb5 Na7 17. Bd4 Nxb5 18. cxb5 $14 {1-0 Gurevich,
M-Nataf,I/France 2001/EXT 2002 (63)}) 6. e4 d6 7. Nge2 a6 {Other possibility
of play is 7...e5.} 8. O-O b5 9. a3 Nbd7 $146 (9... bxc4 10. dxc4 a5 11. Rb1
Na6 12. b4 Nd7 13. b5 Nac5 14. bxc6 Ne5 15. Nd4 Ra6 16. Nd5 e6 17. Ne3 Nxc6 18.
Nxc6 Rxc6 $11 {0-1 Mandekic,I-Hulak,K/Pula 1999/EXT 2000 (34)}) 10. h3 Nb6 $6 {
This is not the best square for the N.} ({Black should better open the "b"
file after} 10... bxc4 11. dxc4 Rb8) 11. b3 $14 {Simply defending the Pc4 and
keeping the Nb6 restricted. Black can not exploit the visible weakness of the
h8-a1 diagonal.} e5 ({Comes into consideration} 11... Nfd7) 12. f4 exf4 13.
gxf4 ({Worse is} 13. Bxf4 Nh5) 13... Nh5 14. Be3 {White is intending to play
f4-f5 somewhere and get strong initiative on the kingside.} d5 {Logical
attempt to harass white's pawncentre.} 15. e5 f6 16. c5 {Exploiting the bad
placement of the Nb6, white closes the centre in his favour.} fxe5 17. fxe5 ({
The position after} 17. cxb6 $2 d4 {does not looks good for white.}) 17... Nd7
18. d4 {It should be noticed, that from the first 18 moves white did 13 with
his pawns! However his development is very good and static centre as well as
space advantage yields him an advantage.} Rxf1+ 19. Qxf1 Ra7 $1 {[%cal Yd7f8,
Ya7f7]} 20. Nf4 $6 {The Nh5 stands quite bad and now black has got a chance to
exchange it without any damage.} ({More troublesome for black is:} 20. Bf3 Nf8
(20... Qh4 $6 21. Bg4 $16) 21. Qg2 Rf7 22. Bxh5 gxh5 23. Bg5 Qd7 24. Nf4 $14)
20... Nxf4 21. Qxf4 Nf8 22. Rf1 (22. Qg3 $142) 22... Bf5 (22... Qa5 23. Nxd5 $6
(23. Nb1) 23... cxd5 24. Bxd5+ Be6 25. Qe4 Bxd5 26. Qxd5+ Kh8 $15) 23. Qg5 $6 (
{Interesting is} 23. Na2 $5 {[%csl Rc6][%cal Ga2b4] and if black plays 23...a5,
the move Qa5 will be no more possible.}) 23... Qa5 24. Bd2 {[%cal Gc3d5]} Ne6
$6 ({More of principle is:} 24... Qxa3 25. Nxd5 $5 cxd5 26. Bxd5+ Kh8 (26...
Be6 27. Rxf8+ Kxf8 28. Qd8+ (28. Bxe6 $2 Qa1+ 29. Kg2 Qxd4 $17) 28... Kf7 29.
Bxe6+ Kxe6 30. Qd6+ Kf5 31. Qd5 Qa1+ 32. Kg2 Qa2 33. e6+ Kf6 34. Qe5+ Ke7 $11)
27. Bc3 {[%csl Ra3][%cal Gf1a1]} Qa2 {In this irrational position the main
question is - what white's central pawns are really worth?}) 25. Nxd5 Nxg5 ({
Again Fritz fearlessly suggests the capture of the Pa3 and it's hard to refute
it:} 25... Qxa3 26. Ne7+ (26. Nf6+ $2 Bxf6 27. Qxf6 Qxb3 28. Bxc6 Qxh3 29. Rxf5
Qxf5 30. Qxf5 gxf5 31. Be3 {[%cal Gd4d5]} Kf8 $1 32. d5 f4 $1 33. Bc1 Nd8 $19)
(26. Qh4 $5) 26... Kf7 $1 {[%csl Re7,Rg5]} 27. Rxf5+ gxf5 28. Qh5+ Kxe7 29.
Bxc6 {[%cal Gh5e8]} Qa1+ 30. Kg2 Bxe5 {and black is fine.}) 26. Bxa5 cxd5 27.
Bb6 $1 {Good intermediate move before capturing the Pd5. Black's R is lack of
safe square.} Rf7 $2 {This natural move is a decisive mistake.} (27... Re7 28.
Bd8 {This move was probably the reason, why black rejected 27...Re7. However
the matters are completely unclear. The game could continue:} Kf8 29. Bxe7+
Kxe7 30. Bxd5 Nxh3+ 31. Kh2 Ng5 {with double-edged endgame.}) 28. Bxd5 Be6 (
28... Ne6 $2 29. Rxf5 $18 {[%csl Gd5,Re6,Rf7,Rg8]}) 29. Bxe6 Nxe6 30. c6 {
Perhaps Ivanisevic did not evaluated properly this position before playing 27..
.Rf7.} Re7 31. d5 {The white passed pawns are doing the job. Black has to give
a piece back.} Bxe5 32. dxe6 Kg7 $2 {Loses on the spot.} ({More stubborn
resistance after} 32... Rxe6 33. Rc1 Re8 34. c7 Rc8 35. Kg2 Kf7 36. Rd1 Ke6 37.
Rd8 Rxc7 38. Bxc7 Bxc7 {and white still has to produce some technic.}) {
[%tqu "En","Please enter a move for white.","","","f1f7","",5]} 33. Rf7+ $1
Rxf7 34. exf7 Kxf7 35. c7 {That's it. White remains with a piece up. The rest
is easy.} Bxc7 36. Bxc7 Ke6 37. Kf2 Kd5 38. Ke3 g5 39. Bd8 h6 40. Kf3 Kd4 41.
Kg4 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 13th"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2001.11.11"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Lopez Martinez, Josep Manuel"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2474"]
[BlackElo "2503"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2001.11.06"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Spain II"]
[BlackTeam "Azerbaijan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AZE"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 e5 $6 {A dubious continuation to avoid
King's Indian defense.} 5. Nxe5 {This is the critical line.The alternative 5.
d4 may lead to one of the variations of King's Indian defense.} Nxe4 (5... Qe7
$6 6. Nf3 Nxe4 7. Nd5 Qd8 8. d3 (8. Qe2 $2 O-O) 8... Nf6 9. Qe2+ Kf8 10. Nxf6
Bxf6 11. Bh6+ Bg7 12. Qd2 $16 {1-0 Sorokin,M-Alonso,S/Buenos Aires 1998/CBM 65
(32)}) 6. Nxe4 Bxe5 7. d4 Bg7 8. Bg5 f6 9. Be3 O-O 10. Nc3 (10. Qd2 d5 11. Nc3
c6 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. g3 Nc6 14. Bg2 Be6 15. O-O Qd7 16. Rfe1 Rfe8 17. Bh6 Bf7
18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. h3 $14 {1-0 Franco Ocampos,Z-Ricardi,P/Buenos Aires 1988/EXT
97 (45)}) 10... Nc6 11. Qd2 $146 ({White got a better position after} 11. d5 {
in the game Timman,J-Aronian,L /FIDE-Wch 1999/CBM 72 [Mikhalevski V.]}) 11...
a6 (11... f5 12. d5 (12. g3 $5) 12... Ne5 13. Be2 $14) (11... d6 {will
probably lead to a same position in the game.}) 12. Be2 {White has advantage
in space as well as white's K has the option to castle to both sides-this
makes white's position more flexible.} d6 13. h4 f5 ({In case of} 13... h5 {
white will castle queenside} 14. O-O-O {/\ f3 and g4 creating an attack. Black
will have to play f5 anyway.}) 14. g3 ({Possible was} 14. d5 Ne5 15. h5 Ng4 16.
Bxg4 fxg4 17. hxg6 hxg6 18. O-O-O $14) 14... h5 15. O-O-O Kh7 ({Deserved
attention} 15... b5 {- a typical pawn sacrifice in King's Indian opening.} 16.
cxb5 axb5 17. Bxb5 Bb7 {Black has some compensation for a pawn, however white
should be better in this case as well.}) 16. Nd5 (16. Rhe1 $6 f4 $1 17. Bxf4
Nxd4) 16... b5 17. Nf4 ({No good for white is} 17. cxb5 $2 axb5 18. Bxb5 Bb7 {
[%csl Ra2,Rd5,Rh1]}) 17... Qd7 {This move looks a bit awkward, but it's hard
to suggest something better.} (17... bxc4 18. Bxc4 Rb8 19. Rhe1 $16) 18. c5 (
18. d5 $6 Ne5 19. Ne6 Re8 $13) 18... dxc5 19. dxc5 Qf7 $6 {This move is too
optimistic.} ({Better was} 19... Ne5 {and black is only slightly worse.}) 20.
Qd5 $2 {This careless move spoiles all white's advantage.} (20. Bf3 Rd8 (20...
Qxa2 21. Bxc6 Qa1+ 22. Kc2 Qxb2+ 23. Kd3 Rd8+ 24. Nd5 $18) 21. Bd5 Qf6 22. Qe2
Bb7 23. Rd2 $16) 20... Qf6 {This move was probably overlooked or underrated by
white.The Q on d5 is quite vulnerable.} 21. Qb3 {White actually lost two
tempoes-the consequence of bad previous move.} (21. Rd2 $2 Rd8 22. Qb3 Rxd2 23.
Bxd2 Nd4 $17) 21... Bb7 22. Rhe1 (22. Ne6 $6 Na5 $1 23. Nxf8+ Rxf8 $36) 22...
Rfd8 23. Ne6 Na5 24. Ng5+ (24. Qb4 $6 Qxe6 25. Qxa5 Be4 $15) 24... Qxg5 (24...
Kh8 $6 25. Qa3 $14 {[%csl Gg5]}) 25. Bxg5 Nxb3+ 26. axb3 {The position from
complicated middlegame transformed into relatively calm endgame.} Rd5 $11 27.
b4 (27. Rxd5 Bxd5 28. Bd1 Rf8 29. Re7 Rf7 $11) 27... Re8 28. Bf1 Rxd1+ 29. Rxd1
Bc6 (29... Bf3 $2 {looks attractive, but it turns out to be in white's favour
after} 30. Rd7 Re1+ 31. Kc2 Rxf1 32. Bf6) 30. Bd3 Bf3 31. Rf1 c6 32. Kc2 Bd4
33. Be3 $1 {Black's BB become very active-white has to change one of them.}
Bxe3 34. fxe3 Bd5 (34... Rxe3 $4 35. Kd2 $18 {[%csl Re3,Rf3]}) 35. Kd2 Kg7 36.
Ra1 Ra8 {Despite the fact, that all black's pawns are on the "wrong colour
squares", black's position is not worse, since white's kingside pawns are
vulnerable.} 37. Kc3 Kf6 38. Kd4 {[%cal Gd3b5]} Bg2 (38... g5 $2 39. Bxb5) 39.
Bc2 g5 40. Rg1 Rd8+ 41. Kc3 Bf3 42. Ra1 ({More precise was} 42. Rf1 g4 {
and now, when there is no pressure on the kingside white plays} 43. Ra1 ({
but not} 43. e4 $2 Re8 44. exf5 Re3+ 45. Kd4 Re2 46. Kc3 Rg2 $17) {Black has
to give a perpetual after} 43... Re8 44. Kd2 Rd8+ $11) 42... Re8 43. Kd2 gxh4
44. gxh4 Rd8+ 45. Kc3 Re8 46. Kd2 Rd8+ {The moves repetition is very useful,
when the time-control contains an increment of time after each move.} 47. Kc3
Re8 48. Kd2 Rg8 49. Rxa6 Rg4 50. Ra8 {[%csl Rf5][%cal Ga8f8]} (50. e4 $2 Rxh4
51. Rxc6+ Ke5 52. Rb6 Rh2+ $17) (50. Bd1 $6 Rg2+) 50... Rxh4 ({Wrong is} 50...
Rxb4 $2 51. Rf8+ Ke6 52. Rxf5 Bg4 53. Rg5 $16 Rxb2 $2 54. Kc3 {[%csl Rb2]}) 51.
Rf8+ Ke6 (51... Ke7 52. Rxf5 Rh2+ 53. Kd3 $1 Rxc2 54. Rxf3 Rxb2 $11) 52. Bxf5+
(52. Rxf5 $2 Rh2+ {[%csl Rf5]} 53. Ke1 $8 Re2+ 54. Kf1 Bg4 55. Rf2 Rxe3 $17)
52... Ke7 53. Rc8 Rxb4 54. e4 Bxe4 (54... Rxb2+ $6 55. Kc3) 55. Bxe4 Rxe4 56.
Rxc6 {Now all the resources exhausted.} Rd4+ 57. Ke3 Rb4 58. Rh6 h4 59. Kd3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Sautron op 11th"]
[Site "Sautron"]
[Date "2011.10.29"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ivanov, Jordan"]
[Black "Le Roux, Jean Pierre"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2402"]
[BlackElo "2522"]
[Annotator "Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2011.10.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]
[WhiteClock "1:30:00"]
[BlackClock "1:30:00"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Qc2 $5 {Une étonnante idée de
Topalov} Nc6 (5... Bg7 $143 6. e4 Nxc3 7. dxc3 O-O (7... Nd7 8. h4 $5) 8. Bf4 {
[%cal Ga1d1]} c5 9. Bc4 Nc6 10. h3 $14 {Diaz Hollemaert,N (2418)-Lujan,M (2366)
ARG-ch 87th Villa Martelli 2013 (6) 1/2} (10. Rd1 Qa5 11. O-O Bg4 $132)) (5...
Nb4 6. Qa4+ (6. Qb3)) 6. d4 (6. e4 Ndb4 7. Qa4 (7. Qb1 Bg4 8. a3 Bxf3 9. axb4
Bg4 10. Bb5 Qd6 11. d4 Bd7 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. Be3) 7... Bd7 {[%cal Gd7a4]} 8.
Qb3) 6... Ndb4 7. Qa4 Bd7 8. Qd1 e5 9. dxe5 Bf5 (9... Bg4 10. Bg5 Be7 (10...
Qxd1+ 11. Rxd1 Bxf3 12. gxf3 (12. Bf6 Bg4 13. Bxh8))) 10. Bg5 {89} Be7 {84} (
10... Nc2+ 11. Qxc2 Bxc2 12. Bxd8 {So,W (2653)-Gupta,A (2644) Asian
Continental op 2012 (7) 1/2}) 11. Bxe7 (11. e4 {Probablement une simple
transposition par rapport à la suite de la partie}) 11... Qxe7 12. e4 Bg4 (
12... Rd8 13. Qa4 (13. Qb3) 13... Bd7 14. Qb3 {Can,E (2476)-Sutovsky,E (2700)
EU-ch 13th Plovdiv 2012 (1) 0-1} (14. O-O-O)) 13. a3 Bxf3 14. gxf3 Rd8 $1 {
[%csl Gd8][%cal Gd8d1,Gb4d3] Gagnant un tempo important} 15. Qa4 {82} Nd3+ {64}
16. Bxd3 Rxd3 17. Qb5 {[%cal Gb5b7,Gb5d3]} (17. f4 $5 $146 {Renforce le centre
et renonce au oo qui semble assez risqué} O-O 18. Rd1 {L'idée de cette
nouveauté f4} Rxd1+ (18... Rfd8 19. Nd5) (18... Rxc3 19. bxc3 Qh4 {[%csl Rf4]}
20. e6 $5 fxe6 21. Qb3 Qxf4 22. Qxe6+ Kh8 23. O-O Ne5 $44 {[%cal Ge5f3]}) 19.
Kxd1 $1 {Roquant "à la main"} Rd8+ 20. Kc1 {[%cal Gc3d5,Gh1d1,Gd5f6]} Rd4 21.
Qb5 Qh4 22. Nd5 {[%cal Gd5f4,Gd5f6] Avec des chances réciproques}) 17... Rd4 (
17... Rxf3 18. Qxb7 Nd8 $132 {Arnaudov,P (2476)-Cheparinov,I (2664) BUL-ch
Panagyurishte 2012 (9) 0-1}) 18. f4 {71} (18. O-O $143 Qg5+ 19. Kh1 Qf4 {
[%csl Rf3,Rh1]}) (18. Nd5 $5 {[%cal Gd5e7] Permettait une variante
"romantique" avec double sacrifice de R} Qxe5 19. Qxb7 Rxe4+ $1 20. fxe4 Qxe4+
21. Ne3 Qxh1+ 22. Kd2 Qxa1 23. Qxc6+ Kf8 (23... Ke7 24. Qc5+ Kf6 25. Qc3+) 24.
Qf6 Rg8 25. Nd5 $44 {Le couple N+ Q est toujours redoutable}) 18... O-O {55}
19. Qxb7 {58} (19. h4 Qe6 20. Qe2 Rfd8 21. h5 Qb3 22. hxg6 hxg6 23. Rh3 Rd2 24.
Qg4 R2d3 25. Rxd3 Rxd3 26. Rd1 Rxd1+ 27. Nxd1 Nd4 28. Qd7 Qd3 29. Qd8+ Kg7 30.
Qf6+ Kg8 31. Qd8+ Kg7 {1/2-1/2 (31) Zhao,J (2577)-Gao,R (2427) Ho Chi Minh
City 2012}) 19... Qe6 $1 $36 {[%cal Ge6g4,Ge6c6]} 20. O-O (20. Qxc7 $6 Rc8 21.
Qb7 Rb8 22. Qa6 Rxb2 $36) 20... Qg4+ 21. Kh1 Qf3+ 22. Kg1 Rc4 23. Qb5 $2 {
[%cal Gb5c4] Un coup naturel mais le GMI va trouver une belle réponse} (23.
Nd5 {[%cal Gd5f4,Gd5f6]} Nd4 {[%cal Gd4e2]} 24. Rae1 Qg4+ (24... Ne2+ 25. Rxe2
Qxe2 26. Ne3) 25. Kh1 Qh3 26. Qa6 Nf3 27. Ne7+ Kg7 28. Qf6+ Kh6 29. Nf5+ Kh5
30. Ng7+ Kh6 {Spectaculaire mais il n'y a probablement pas plus que la nulle})
23... Qxf4 $3 {[%csl Rg1]} 24. Ne2 (24. f3 Nxe5 25. Kh1 Rd8 26. Nd5 Rxd5 27.
Qxd5 Rc2 {[%csl Rh2]}) 24... Qg4+ 25. Ng3 Nd4 $1 26. f3 (26. Qxc4 Nf3+ 27. Kg2
Nh4+ 28. Kg1 Qf3) 26... Qxg3+ 27. hxg3 Nxb5 28. Rfc1 Rxc1+ 29. Rxc1 Rd8 0-1

[Event "FRA-chT Top 16 Gp Basse"]
[Site "Guingamp"]
[Date "2010.06.03"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Colin, Vincent"]
[Black "Lagno, Kateryna"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2428"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[Annotator "Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2010.06.03"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Deauville"]
[BlackTeam "Cannes"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. e4 (4. Nf3 {Il est plus souple de retarder
la poussйe e4 pour jouer le coup naturel 4.Nf3} g6 5. h4 $5 (5. e4 Nxc3 6. dxc3
$5 {Contrairement aux apparences, la finale n'est pas si facile а jouer pour
les noirs qui doivent кtre prйcis pour йgaliser et le GMI Andersson avait
rйaliser un grand score avec cette variante au dйbut des annйes 80.} Qxd1+ 7.
Kxd1 f6 8. Be3 {[%cal Gd1c2]} e5 {Andersson,U (2560)-Franco Ocampos,Z (2360)
Clarin Buenos Aires 1979 (8) 1-0}) 5... h6 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 (7. dxc3 Qxd1+ 8.
Kxd1 Bg4 9. Kc2 $14) 7... Bg7 8. d4 c5 9. Rb1 O-O 10. Be2 Nd7 11. O-O e5 12. h5
exd4 13. hxg6 fxg6 14. cxd4 cxd4 15. Nxd4 Nc5 16. Be3 $16 {Ribli,Z (2580)
-Smejkal,J (2565) Novi Sad 1982 1/2} (16. Bc4+ Kh8 17. Bd5 Nxe4 18. Bxe4 Bxd4
19. Bxh6 Rxf2 20. Rxf2 Bxf2+ 21. Kxf2 Qh4+ 22. Kg1 Qxh6 23. Qd8+ Kh7 24. Qe7+
Qg7 25. Qd6 $40 {[%csl Rh7] Siebrecht,S})) 4... Nxc3 5. bxc3 (5. dxc3 $5 Qxd1+
6. Kxd1 e5 $11 {A la difffйrence de la variante Andersson, les noirs n'ont pas
encore jouй g6}) 5... g6 6. h4 $5 {Une ligne secondaire} (6. d4 {Retombe sur
une Gruenfeld}) 6... h5 {[%csl Rg5] L'affaiblissement de la case "g5" n'est
pas nйgligeable} (6... Bg7 $143 7. h5 $36) (6... h6 $5 {Plus souple}) 7. d4 (7.
Nf3 Bg7 8. d4 c5 9. Be3 $14 {Morozevich,A (2755)-Mamedyarov,S (2752) Wch Blitz
Moscow 2007 (30) 1/2}) 7... Bg7 8. Be3 $146 (8. Bc4 Nd7 9. Nf3 Nb6 10. Bb3 Bg4
11. Qd3 O-O 12. Ng5 $1 {[%csl Rf7][%cal Gf2f3]} c5 13. f3 cxd4 14. fxg4 dxc3
15. Qe3 Qd4 16. gxh5 Be5 17. Nf3 Bg3+ 18. Kf1 Qc5 19. e5 Nc4 20. Bxc4 Qxc4+ 21.
Qe2 Rac8 22. Qxc4 Rxc4 {Murey,J (2403)-Vaugeois,S (2094)/France 2009/EXT 2010/
1-0}) 8... c5 9. Bb5+ $5 {Force, les noirs а jouer Bd7 oщ le B n'est pas trйs
actif et il va gкner la Q dans la pression sur "d4" mais la perte de temps
dans une position ouverte n'est pas nйgligeable} (9. Qd2 Nc6 10. Rd1 {[%csl
Gd4]}) 9... Bd7 10. Be2 {[%cal Gg2g4]} (10. Bxd7+ Qxd7 11. Nf3 (11. Qd2) 11...
Nc6 12. Qd2 Qg4 {[%csl Rg2,Rh5]}) 10... Qa5 11. Kf1 $13 {La suite logique du
plan des blancs d'attaquer а l'aile-roi mais au risque d'un retard de
dйveloppement} (11. Qd2 Nc6 12. Nf3 Bg4 13. Rb1 {[%csl Rb7]} Bxf3 14. gxf3 cxd4
15. cxd4 Qxd2+ 16. Kxd2 Nxd4 (16... Bxd4 17. Rxb7 $14 {[%csl Gb7]}) 17. Rxb7
Nxf3+ $1 {C'est la diffйrence entre prendre en "d4" avec le B ou le N} 18. Bxf3
(18. Kc1 {[%csl Rc1]} Rc8+ $17 {[%cal Ge8g8]}) 18... O-O-O+) 11... O-O $32 12.
g4 $5 {Risquй mais c'est la seule chance pratique des blancs} (12. Nf3 {
[%csl Rf1]} Nc6 $15) (12. Nh3) 12... hxg4 (12... Bxg4 13. Bxg4 hxg4 14. h5 $36
{[%cal Gd1g4,Gg4h4,Gh5g6]}) 13. h5 $1 {Les blancs doivent jouer l'attaque а
tous prix sans compter le matйriel} cxd4 {Rйaction classique au centre а une
attaque а l'aile} 14. cxd4 gxh5 $1 {[%cal Ga5h5]} 15. e5 {[%cal Gh1h5]} Qd5 {
[%cal Gd5h1] Un coup multifonction qui gagne un tempo sur la Q tout en
empкchant Bc4 afin de jouer f5} (15... f5 16. Bc4+ (16. Qb3+ e6 17. Bc4 Qb6 {
[%cal Gb6b3,Gb6e6]} 18. Qxb6 axb6 19. Ne2 {[%cal Ge2f4]} Nc6 20. Nf4 Rfe8 21.
Rxh5) (16. Rb1 $5 {Cette variante devait donner des compensations acceptables
pour les blancs} Qxa2 17. Rxh5 Nc6 (17... Bc6) 18. Rxb7 Qf7 (18... Rfd8 $2 19.
Qc1 $40 {[%csl Rg5,Rg7,Rg8][%cal Ge3h6,Gc1g5]}) 19. Rg5 Be6 20. d5 $1 Bxd5 21.
Rxf5 $3 Qxf5 22. Qxd5+ e6 23. Qxc6) 16... e6 17. Rxh5 (17. Qb3) 17... Bb5 {
[%cal Gb5f1]}) 16. Rxh5 f5 $1 {[%cal Gg8f7]} 17. Qd2 $2 (17. Bd3 $142 Qf7 (
17... f4 $2 18. Bh7+ Kf7) 18. Rg5 $44) 17... Qf7 $6 {Laisse les blancs revenir
dans la partie} (17... f4 $1 18. Bxf4 Qf7 $19 {[%cal Gf7f4,Gf7h5]}) 18. Rh4 f4
(18... Nc6) 19. Bd3 $1 {[%csl Rg8][%cal Gd3h7]} Bf5 20. Bxf4 Nc6 21. Ne2 $44 {
[%cal Ge2f4,Ge2d4,Gf1g2,Ga1h1]} Rad8 22. Bxf5 (22. Qe3 $5 {[%cal Ge3d4]}) 22...
Qxf5 23. Qe3 Rf7 24. Qg3 (24. Rc1) 24... Nxd4 25. Rd1 {[%cal Gd1d8]} Ne6 26.
Rxd8+ Nxd8 27. Rxg4 Ne6 28. Bh6 Qh7 (28... Qh5 $142 $5 {[%cal Gh5h1]}) 29. Bxg7
(29. Rg6 $1 {[%cal Gg6e6,Gh6g7]}) 29... Rxg7 30. Qb3 $1 {[%csl Rg8][%cal Gb3g8,
Gb3e6,Ge6g4]} Qh1+ 31. Rg1 (31. Ng1 $142 {Les blancs devaient avoir des
meilleures chances pratiques en gardant les R} Qh6 (31... Rxg4 32. Qxe6+) 32.
Rxg7+ Qxg7 33. Qxb7 Qxe5 34. Qxe7 Qa1+ 35. Kg2 Qxa2 36. Nf3 $11) 31... Rxg1+
32. Nxg1 Qc6 33. Qf3 $2 {[%csl Ga7,Gb7] les noirs ont une forte majoritй а
l'aile-dame et le Pe5 est assez faible.} (33. Ne2 $142 $11) 33... Qxf3 34. Nxf3
Kf7 {[%csl Re5][%cal Gf7g6,Gg6f5]} 35. Ke2 Kg6 36. Nd2 (36. Kd3 Kf5 37. Kc4 Ke4
$17) 36... Kf5 37. Nc4 b5 38. Na5 Nd4+ 39. Kd3 Kxe5 40. f4+ Kd5 $19 41. a3 Ne6
42. Ke3 Nc5 43. f5 a6 44. Kf4 Kd6 0-1

[Event "Cappelle op 31st"]
[Site "Cappelle la Grande"]
[Date "2015.03.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Iturrizaga Bonelli, Eduardo"]
[Black "Kanep, Meelis"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2509"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "170"]
[EventDate "2015.02.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 c6 (5... d5) 6. b3 {Cette
variante ne sembe pas poser de problèmes aux Noirs pour égaliser} (6. d4 $142
d5 7. cxd5 cxd5 8. Ne5 b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. Bf4 Nc6 11. Qa4 Rc8 12. Rac1 a6 13.
Nxc6 Rxc6 14. Be5 e6 15. Nxd5 Rxc1 16. Nxf6+ Bxf6 17. Rxc1 Bxe5 18. Bxb7 Qxd4
19. Qxd4 Bxd4 20. Bxa6 Bxb2 21. Rc8 Rxc8 22. Bxc8 Kg7 23. e3 h5 24. Kg2 Kf6 25.
Bd7 Kg7 26. Ba4 Kf6 27. Kf3 Ke7 28. Bb3 Bc3 29. Ke2 Ba5 30. Kd3 Be1 31. Ke2 Ba5
32. Kd3 Be1 33. Ke2 Ba5 {1/2-1/2 (33) Svidler,P (2732)-Caruana,F (2801) Bilbao
2014}) (6. e4 d6 7. d4 {Transposant dans une Est-Indienne}) 6... Ne4 $1 {
Une nouveauté dans cet ordre de coups mais en fait, c'est une simple
transposition.} 7. Bb2 (7. Qc2 d5 8. Bb2 Bf5 9. Nh4 Nxg3 10. Nxf5 Nxf5) 7... d5
8. d4 Nxc3 9. Bxc3 dxc4 10. bxc4 c5 $11 11. Rc1 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Qb6 $1 13. e3
$146 (13. Rb1 Qc5 14. Rb5 Qxc4 15. Qb3 Qxb3 16. Rxb3 Rd8 17. e3 Nc6 18. Nxc6
bxc6 19. Ba5 Be6 20. Bxd8 Bxb3 21. axb3 Rxd8 22. Bxc6 Rc8 23. Bf3 Bc3+ 24. Ke2
Bb4 25. Be4 e6 26. Rd1 Rc3 27. Rd3 Rc2+ 28. Kf1 Rb2 29. Bc6 a5 30. h4 h5 31.
Ba4 Kg7 32. Rd7 Kf8 33. Rd8+ Ke7 34. Rd7+ Kf8 35. Rd8+ Kg7 36. Rd7 Kf8 37. Rd8+
{1/2-1/2 (37) Miron,L (2500)-Nevednichy,V (2577) Baile Herculane 2010}) 13...
Nc6 14. O-O Rd8 15. Qe2 Bd7 (15... Nxd4 16. exd4 Bxd4 17. Bxd4 Qxd4 18. Qxe7)
16. c5 $1 {Les Blancs doivent trouver des ressources tactiques pour garder
l'égalité} Qc7 17. Nb5 Qc8 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Rfd1 Kg8 (19... a6 $6 20. Qb2+
Kg8 21. Nc3 $14 {[%cal Gc3d5,Gd5b6]}) 20. Qb2 Be6 21. Nd4 Bd7 22. Nb5 Be6 23.
Nd4 Bd7 {Les Noirs ne sont pas opposés à une répétition de position.} 24.
Rb1 Na5 25. Rdc1 Rb8 26. Qa3 $1 {Les Blancs ont réussi à activer leurs
pièces} Qc7 27. c6 $1 Nxc6 28. Qxe7 Qa5 29. Bxc6 Bxc6 30. h4 (30. Nxc6 bxc6
31. Rxb8 Rxb8 32. h4 Qxa2 33. h5 Rb1 (33... Rb2 34. h6) 34. Rxb1 Qxb1+ 35. Kg2
Qb8 36. h6 Qf8 37. Qxa7 Qxh6 38. Qa8+ Kg7 39. Qxc6 {Et les adversaires signent
la feuille}) 30... Qxa2 31. Ra1 Qd5 32. Nxc6 bxc6 33. Rxa7 Rbc8 (33... Qf3 $142
$5 {[%csl Rf2][%cal Gf3f7,Gf3h5,Gd8d2] Plus actif} 34. Rd7 (34. Rc7 Rd2 35. Rf1
Rxf2 $1 {[%cal Gb8b1]}) (34. h5 Rd2)) 34. e4 $1 Qb3 35. Rxc6 Qf3 36. Rd7 $1 Re8
37. Rxc8 Rxc8 38. Rd8+ Rxd8 39. Qxd8+ Kg7 40. Qd4+ f6 (40... Kg8) 41. Qd7+ Kg8
42. Qd8+ Kg7 43. Qc7+ (43. Qe7+) 43... Kg8 44. Qf4 Qc3 45. g4 h6 46. Kg2 Qc6
47. Qb8+ Kg7 48. Qa7+ Kf8 49. Qa3+ Kf7 50. Qa7+ Ke6 51. f3 Qc2+ 52. Kg3 Qd2 53.
Qb6+ Ke7 54. Qc5+ Ke6 55. Qc6+ (55. Qd5+ Qxd5 56. exd5+ Kxd5 57. Kf4 Ke6 58. h5
g5+ 59. Ke4 f5+ $1 {[%cal Ge6f6] Et les Noirs doivent tenir la finale de P})
55... Ke7 56. Qb7+ Ke6 57. Qa6+ Ke7 58. Qa7+ Ke6 59. Qb6+ Ke7 60. Qf2 Qc3 61.
Qa7+ Kf8 62. Qa8+ Ke7 63. Qa7+ Kf8 64. Qa2 Qe1+ 65. Qf2 Qc3 66. Kg2 Qd3 67. Qb2
Ke7 68. g5 $1 (68. e5 $6 {Ne donne rien non plus} fxe5 (68... Ke6 69. exf6) 69.
Qxe5+ Kf7 $132) 68... hxg5 69. hxg5 fxg5 70. Qg7+ Kd8 71. Qf6+ Kd7 72. Qf7+ Kd8
73. Qf6+ Kd7 74. Qg7+ Kd8 {Les Noirs continuent d'évite de faire monter le K
qui aurait donné un tempo important sur la prise} 75. Qxg6 Qd2+ 76. Kh3 Qd7+
77. Kg3 Qc7+ 78. Kg2 Qc2+ 79. Kg1 Qc1+ 80. Kf2 Qc2+ 81. Kg3 Qc7+ 82. Kh3 Qc8+
83. Qf5 Qxf5+ 84. exf5 Ke7 85. Kg3 Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "POL-chT 66th"]
[Site "Katowice"]
[Date "2010.09.09"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Tazbir, Marcin"]
[Black "Rutkowski, Maciej"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2523"]
[BlackElo "2402"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2010.09.04"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Wroclaw"]
[BlackTeam "Gorzow Wielkopolski"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "POL"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. d3 c6 6. e4 d6 7. Nge2 a6 8. O-O (
8. a4 a5 9. h3 Na6 10. O-O e5 11. Be3 {1/2-1/2 (11) Zvjaginsev,V (2654)
-Khalifman,A (2668) St Petersburg 2004}) 8... b5 9. Rb1 e5 10. h3 b4 11. Na4 c5
12. f4 Nc6 $146 (12... Nfd7 13. f5 Nc6 14. g4 Rb8 15. g5 Re8 16. h4 Nd4 17. Ng3
Bb7 18. h5 Nf8 19. b3 Bc6 20. Rb2 Rb7 21. Rbf2 a5 22. Be3 Qb8 23. hxg6 hxg6 24.
Nb2 a4 25. Qg4 axb3 26. axb3 Qd8 27. f6 Bh8 28. Qh4 Nde6 29. Bh3 Nf4 30. Bg4
Nh5 31. Nxh5 gxh5 32. Qxh5 Ng6 33. Rh2 {1-0 (33) Gomez,J (2511)-Nolte,R (2447)
Tagaytay City 2013}) 13. Be3 Nd7 14. f5 $14 {[%cal Gd1d2,Ge3g5]} h6 15. Qd2 (
15. h4 $5 {[%csl Rg5,Rh6][%cal Gd1d2]}) 15... g5 16. h4 f6 (16... gxh4 $6 17.
Bxh6) 17. Bf3 Nb6 $6 18. Nxb6 Qxb6 {[%csl Rb6] La Qb6 est mal placée pour
défendre l'aile-roi} 19. Bh5 $1 {[%cal Gh5g6,Gh4g5,Ge3g5]} Bd7 20. g4 (20. Kg2
$5 {[%cal Gf1h1]}) 20... Be8 21. Ng3 Qd8 {Reconnaissant que la Qb6 était mal
placée} 22. Kg2 {[%cal Gf1h1,Gh4g5]} Bxh5 23. Nxh5 $16 {[%csl Rg7,Gh5]} Kf7
24. Rh1 Rg8 25. Rh3 $1 {[%cal Gb1h1] Il vaut mieux doubler les R avant de
prendre en g5} Ra7 {[%cal Ga7g7]} 26. Rbh1 Ke8 27. hxg5 $36 hxg5 28. Ng3 {
[%cal Gh3h7]} Rf7 $1 {[%cal Gg7f8]} 29. Kf3 Kd7 30. Qh2 (30. Rh7 Kc8) 30... Bf8
31. Rh7 Rxh7 (31... Rgg7) 32. Qxh7+ Be7 (32... Rg7 33. Qh8 Rf7 (33... Kc7 34.
Nh5)) 33. Rh6 Kc7 $2 {[%csl Rf6] Le K Noir a réussi à se mettre à l'abri
mais les faiblesses de l'aile-roi sont difficiles à défendre} (33... Rf8 $8
34. Nh5 Kc8 {Le Be3 aura du mal à participer à l'attaque et il y a encore du
travail pour les Blancs}) 34. Nh5 {[%cal Gh5f6]} Kb6 35. Nxf6 {[%csl Gf5]} Bxf6
36. Rxf6 Qxf6 37. Qxg8 Qh6 38. Kg2 Qh4 39. Qxg5 Qe1 40. Bf2 Qe2 41. Qh4 Qxd3
42. g5 $18 {[%csl Gf5,Gg5][%cal Gh4e4]} Nd4 43. Qg4 Ne2 44. g6 Nf4+ 45. Kh2 Qd2
46. Qg3 Nh5 47. Qh4 Qe2 48. f6 Qf3 49. g7 Nxf6 50. Kg1 Ng8 51. Qd8+ Kc6 52.
Qc8+ Kb6 53. Qxg8 Qg4+ 54. Kh2 Qh5+ 55. Kg3 Qg5+ 56. Kf3 Qf4+ 57. Ke2 Qxe4+ 58.
Kd2 Qf4+ 59. Be3 Qh2+ 60. Kd3 e4+ 61. Kxe4 Qe5+ 62. Kd3 1-0

[Event "Plancoet op-A 10th"]
[Site "Plancoet"]
[Date "2013.07.30"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kukov, Velislav"]
[Black "Vovk, Yuri"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2370"]
[BlackElo "2608"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2013.07.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Qa4+ (4. cxd5) 4... Bd7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4
Bg7 (6... a6 7. d4 b5 8. Qb3 c5 9. dxc5 Bg7 10. e4 O-O 11. Be2 Be6 12. Qc2 Nbd7
13. Be3 Rc8 14. Rd1 b4 15. Nd5 Bxd5 16. exd5 Nxc5 17. O-O a5 18. h3 Nce4 19.
Qb3 Qd6 20. Bb5 Nc5 21. Qc4 Na4 22. Qb3 Nc5 {1/2-1/2 (22) Ivanchuk,V (2766)
-Wang Hao (2737) Beijing 2012}) 7. Ne5 (7. d4) (7. e4) 7... Be6 8. Qb5+ Nbd7 9.
Nxd7 Qxd7 10. Qxd7+ $146 (10. Qxb7 O-O 11. e3 Nd5 12. Bb5 Qd6 13. Qc6 Rab8 14.
Qxd6 exd6 15. Ba4 Nb4 16. O-O c5 17. b3 d5 18. Ba3 d4 19. exd4 Bxd4 20. Rac1
Rfd8 21. Bxb4 cxb4 22. Ne2 Bf5 23. Rfd1 Bb2 24. Rc7 Bd3 25. Nc1 Bf5 26. h3 Rbc8
27. Rxc8 Rxc8 28. Ne2 Rc2 29. Bb5 Bf6 30. Ng3 Rxa2 31. Nxf5 gxf5 32. d4 Kf8 33.
d5 f4 34. Rd3 Bc3 35. d6 Rd2 36. Rxd2 Bxd2 {1/2-1/2 (36) Georgiev,K (2637)
-Neverov,V (2566) Budva 2003}) 10... Kxd7 11. e4 {[%cal Gd2d4]} c5 12. Bb5+ Kc7
13. d3 Ng4 14. f3 Ne5 15. Bf4 Kb6 16. Bxe5 (16. O-O-O Nxf3 $1 {[%cal Gg7c3,
Gb6b5]}) 16... Bxe5 17. Bc4 Bxc4 18. dxc4 Ka5 (18... Bxc3+ $5 19. bxc3 Rad8 20.
Rb1+ (20. Ke2 Rd7 21. Rhd1 Rhd8) 20... Kc7 21. Ke2) 19. O-O-O Rhd8 20. Kc2 e6
21. a3 a6 22. g3 b5 23. f4 Bd4 24. cxb5 axb5 25. e5 {[%csl Rf7,Rh7][%cal Gc3e4,
Ge4d6,Ge4g5]} b4 26. axb4+ Kxb4 27. Ra1 (27. Ne4 Ra2 {[%csl Rb2]}) 27... Kc4
28. Ne4 Rdb8 29. Nd6+ Kd5 30. Rxa8 Rxa8 31. Nxf7 c4 32. Ng5 Rb8 $132 {[%csl
Rb2]} 33. Rb1 Rb3 $2 (33... h6 $142 {Le coup naturel mais les Noirs étaient
peut-être en zeitnot} 34. Nf3 Rb3 35. Nxd4 Kxd4 36. Rd1+ Ke4 37. Rd6 g5 38.
Rxe6 gxf4 39. gxf4 Kxf4 40. Re8 Rh3 41. e6 Ke5 $1 42. e7 Ke6 $11) 34. Nxh7 Ke4
35. Ng5+ Kf5 36. Nf7 Ke4 37. Nd6+ Kd5 38. Ne8 Ke4 39. Nd6+ Kd5 40. Ne8 Ke4 41.
Nd6+ Kd5 42. Nc8 Ke4 43. Ne7 Re3 44. Rd1 Rb3 45. Rb1 Re3 46. Rd1 c3 47. bxc3
Rxc3+ 48. Kd2 Rc7 49. Nxg6 Be3+ 50. Ke1 Rc2 $1 $44 {[%csl Gc2,Re1] Le gain
Blanc n'est pas facile à réaliser} 51. Nh4 {suite illisible - les blancs
gagnent en 61 coups} 1-0

[Event "POL-chT 66th"]
[Site "Katowice"]
[Date "2010.09.10"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Schmidt, Wlodzimierz"]
[Black "Dragun, Kamil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2394"]
[BlackElo "2392"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2010.09.04"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Poznan Pocztowiec"]
[BlackTeam "Gorzow Wielkopolski"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "POL"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Qa4+ (5. h4 Bg7 6. h5 Nc6 7. h6 (
7. d4) 7... Bf6 8. Ne4 O-O 9. Nxf6+ exf6 10. e3 Ndb4 11. d3 Bf5 12. e4 Bg4 $132
{[%csl Rc2,Rd3,Rd4];Nisipeanu,L (2648)-Areshchenko,A (2702) Burgas Black Sea
2012 (1) 1/2}) 5... Nc6 6. Ne5 Qd6 (6... Ndb4 7. a3 Bg7 8. axb4 Bxe5 9. b5) 7.
Nxc6 Qxc6 8. Qxc6+ bxc6 9. g3 (9. b3 Bg7 10. Bb2 Nxc3) 9... Bg7 10. Bg2 Be6 11.
b3 (11. a3 Rb8 12. e3 O-O 13. Na4 Bc8 14. O-O Nb6 15. Bxc6 Nxa4 16. Bxa4 Ba6
17. Re1 Bd3 18. Ra2 Bb1 19. Ra1 Bd3 20. Ra2 c5 21. Bd1 c4 22. Be2 Rb3 23. a4 a5
24. Bd1 Rb4 25. Be2 Rb3 26. Bd1 Rb6 27. Be2 Rfb8 28. f4 e5 29. fxe5 Bxe5 30.
Bxd3 cxd3 31. b3 Rxb3 32. Ba3 Rc8 33. Kf2 Rc7 34. Kf3 f5 35. h3 h5 36. Rg1 Kf7
37. Rc1 Rxc1 38. Bxc1 Rb1 39. Ba3 Ke6 40. e4 Bd4 {Petrosian,T (2661)-Gupta,A 
(2627) Kavala 2012 0-1}) 11... O-O-O 12. Bb2 Nxc3 13. Bxc3 Bxc3 14. dxc3 Rd6
15. Rd1 Rhd8 16. Rxd6 Rxd6 17. Be4 c5 18. Bc2 Ra6 (18... Bf5 19. e4 Bg4 20. f3
Bxf3 21. Rf1 Bxe4 22. Bxe4 Re6 23. Rxf7 Rxe4+ 24. Kd2 h5 25. Kd3 Re6 26. a4 Kd7
27. Rf8 Rf6 28. Ra8 Rd6+ 29. Kc4 e5 30. Rf8 Ke7 31. Rf2 Ke6 32. Kxc5 e4 33. Rf8
g5 34. Re8+ Kf5 35. Re7 h4 36. gxh4 gxh4 37. Rxc7 Re6 38. Kd5 Re8 39. Kc5 Re6
40. Kd5 Re8 {0-1 (40) Markos,J (2585)-Li,C (2669) Shenzhen 2011}) 19. a4 Rb6
20. c4 Rd6 21. Bd3 Rb6 {Forçant la nulle avant que les Blancs n'aient le
temps de développer la R} 22. Bc2 Bf5 23. Kd2 Bxc2 24. Kxc2 Re6 25. Kd3 Rd6+
26. Kc3 Re6 27. Kd3 Rd6+ 28. Kc3 Re6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Reggio Emilia 54th"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia"]
[Date "2012.01.06"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2011.12.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. g3 Nxc3 5. bxc3 g6 6. Bg2 Bg7 7. Rb1 Nc6 8.
h4 h6 9. Nf3 O-O 10. O-O e5 11. d3 Kh7 12. Nd2 f5 13. Ba3 Rf6 14. Qc2 Qe8 15.
e3 b6 16. d4 Ba6 17. Rfe1 e4 18. c4 Rc8 19. Qa4 Nb8 20. Qxe8 Rxe8 21. Rec1 Nd7
22. Nb3 Rf7 23. Bb4 c5 24. Bd2 g5 25. hxg5 hxg5 26. a4 cxd4 27. exd4 f4 28. a5
f3 29. Bf1 Kg6 30. axb6 Bf6 31. Re1 Rh8 32. Rxe4 Rfh7 33. Rh4 gxh4 34. Bd3+ Kg7
35. Bxh7 Kxh7 36. Ra1 Bxc4 37. Rxa7 Bxb3 $2 (37... Rd8 38. Na5 Bd5 $19) 38.
Rxd7+ $14 Kg6 39. Bf4 hxg3 40. Bxg3 Ba4 41. Rd6 Rg8 42. b7 Kf5 43. Ra6 Bxd4 44.
b8=Q Rxb8 45. Bxb8 Bc2 46. Kh2 Bd3 $2 (46... Ke4 47. Kg3 Bb3 $16) 47. Ra4 $18
Be5+ 48. Bxe5 Kxe5 49. Kg3 Be2 50. Kg4 Kf6 51. Kf4 Bd1 52. Ra6+ Kf7 53. Ke5 Be2
54. Rf6+ Kg7 55. Kf5 Bd3+ 56. Kg5 Be2 57. Rf4 Kg8 58. Kh6 Bd1 59. Rd4 Be2 60.
Rd7 Kf8 61. Kg5 Ke8 62. Ra7 Kf8 63. Kf4 Kg8 64. Ra3 Kf7 65. Rxf3 Bxf3 66. Kxf3
Kf6 67. Kf4 1-0

[Event "Rohde op 12th"]
[Site "Sautron"]
[Date "2012.11.02"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Marholev, Dimitar"]
[Black "Le Roux, Jean Pierre"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2326"]
[BlackElo "2563"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2012.10.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]
[WhiteClock "1:30:00"]
[BlackClock "1:30:00"]

1. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} g6 {
[%emt 0:01:01]} 3. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:11]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:38]} 4. Qa4+ $5 {
[%emt 0:00:21]} (4. Qb3) (4. cxd5 {L'ancienne ligne qui est moins jouйe
aujourd'hui que Qb3} Nxd5 5. Qa4+) 4... Bd7 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 5. Qb3 {[%emt 0:
00:07]} dxc4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 6. Qxc4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:34]} (
6... Bg7 7. e4 $14 (7. d4)) 7. e4 {[%emt 0:00:25]} (7. d4 Be6 8. Qa4+ b5 9. Qd1
Bg7 {Tratar,M (2449)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2476) Ljubljana op 15th 2004 (9) 1/2} (
9... Bc8 {Rowson})) 7... b5 {[%emt 0:00:40]} 8. Qe2 {[%emt 0:00:08] Une idйe
sophistiquйe de B. GELFAND} c5 {[%emt 0:00:22]} (8... Nc6 {[%cal Ge7e5]} 9. e5
Nb4 10. exf6 Nc2+ 11. Kd1 Nxa1 $13 {Sadorra,J (2470)-Kazhgaleyev,M (2641)
Manila Pichay Cup 4th 2008 (2) 0-1}) (8... Bc8) 9. e5 {[%emt 0:00:35]} Nh5 {
[%emt 0:00:16][%cal Gh5f4]} 10. d4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} (10. Qe3 $5 {Kortschnoj,V 
(2579)-Tseitlin,M (2455) Beersheba g/30' rapid 2004 (10) 1-0}) (10. d3) 10...
cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:03] Changeant le premier sur la partie de rйfйrence du bulgare
} (10... Bf5 11. dxc5 Nc6 12. Be3 Qa5 13. Nd4 (13. Rd1 $5) 13... Nxd4 14. Bxd4
Rd8 15. Rd1 Bh6 16. g3 b4 17. Qxa6 Qxa6 18. Bxa6 bxc3 19. Bxc3 Rxd1+ 20. Kxd1
Ng7 21. Ke2 Ne6 22. Bb5+ Kd8 23. Rd1+ Kc8 24. b4 Rd8 25. Rxd8+ {Marholev,D 
(2364)-Dourerassou,J (2460)/Dieppe 2012/EXT 2013/0-1 (41)}) 11. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:
00:35]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 12. Nxc6 $6 $146 {[%emt 0:05:52]} (12. Nb3 $142 b4
(12... Qc7 13. f4 $14) 13. Nd5 Bg7 14. Be3 Bxe5 15. Nb6 Rb8 16. Nxd7 Qxd7 17.
Rd1 Bd6 18. Qxa6 Qb7 19. Qxb7 Rxb7 20. Rc1 Nd8 21. g3 O-O 22. Bg2 Rb5 23. O-O
Ne6 24. Rfd1 Nf6 25. h3 h5 26. Nd4 Nxd4 {Ovetchkin,R (2519)-Shivananda,B (2387)
/Mumbai 2010/CBM 136 Extra/1-0 (81)}) 12... Bxc6 $132 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 13. Be3
{[%emt 0:00:14][%cal Ga1d1]} (13. e6 $6 f5) 13... Qc7 $1 {[%emt 0:20:24]} 14.
f4 {[%emt 0:00:51]} (14. Rc1 Qxe5 15. Na4 $13) 14... b4 $36 {[%emt 0:01:10]}
15. Nb1 $6 {[%emt 0:06:31] La position Blanche ne parait pas trйs saine} (15.
Nd1 $142 $5 Bh6 16. Rc1 $1 {[%cal Gc1c7]} Qb7 17. Qc2 Bd5 (17... Rc8 18. Bc4
O-O 19. O-O Bb5 20. Qe2 (20. Qb3)) 18. f5 {[%cal Gd1e3]} Bf4 $15) 15... Bh6 $32
{[%emt 0:03:36] Les Noirs ont maintenant un bon jeu de piиces et cette
variante Qb3 qui йtait sensй donner un centre fort aux Blancs, a
paradoxalement crйй des faiblesses centrales.} 16. Qc4 {[%emt 0:07:20]} Qb7 $36
{[%emt 0:01:55]} 17. Rg1 {[%emt 0:01:18]} O-O {[%emt 0:13:04]} 18. g3 {[%emt 0:
16:37]} Bd5 {[%emt 0:05:58][%csl Rc4]} (18... Ng7 {[%csl Re3][%cal Gg7f5]}) 19.
Qd4 {[%emt 0:09:12]} f6 $1 {[%emt 0:14:28][%csl Re1] Il faut ouvrir le jeu} 20.
exf6 {[%emt 0:03:33]} Nxf6 {[%emt 0:02:00]} 21. Bc4 $2 {[%emt 0:01:10]} e5 $19
{[%emt 0:01:37]} 22. Qd3 {[%emt 0:04:10]} exf4 {[%emt 0:01:12]} 23. Bxf4 {
[%emt 0:00:43]} Bxf4 {[%emt 0:03:04]} 24. gxf4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Rfe8+ {[%emt 0:
02:01]} 25. Kd1 {[%emt 0:00:55]} Bxc4 {[%emt 0:06:26]} 26. Qxc4+ {[%emt 0:00:
08]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 27. Nd2 {[%emt 0:00:26]} Rad8 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 28.
Rc1 {[%emt 0:01:35]} Qf3+ {[%emt 0:00:31]} 29. Kc2 {[%emt 0:00:17]} Rxd2+ {
[%emt 0:00:04]} 30. Kxd2 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Qf2+ {[%emt 0:00:25]} 0-1

[Event "Astrakhan FIDE GP"]
[Site "Astrakhan"]
[Date "2010.05.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[Annotator "Radjabov,T"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2010.05.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 c6 4. e4 d5 5. cxd5 cxd5 {Yes, a few guys started to
joke around; come on man, is it a thematic tournament that you are playing in
or what? 4th time in a row as Black I got the same g3-line. Well, it was
getting to something principal already :)} 6. e5 Ne4 7. Bg2 Nc6 8. d4 Nxc3 9.
bxc3 Bf5 {Development, White has his weaknesses on the queen's flank, but
Black's bishop is nearly trapped and to exploit the c3-pawn is far from easy.
Now both sides develop their pieces and Ivanchuk immediately starts to press
against the f5-bishop.} 10. Ne2 e6 11. Nf4 h5 12. h3 Bh6 $5 (12... Qa5 $5 13.
Bd2 Bh6 14. Ne2 Bxd2+ 15. Qxd2 Qa6 {Pure equaliser!} (15... Qa3 $5 {If Black
is looking for more, he can try it.} 16. O-O Na5 $15) 16. O-O Bd3 17. Rfe1 Bxe2
18. Rxe2 Na5 $11) 13. Ne2 (13. O-O Qa5 (13... Rc8 $5 {Very interesting too.
Now c3 is attacked in many lines and it is not sure how White should play here.
} 14. Nd3 Bf8 $5 (14... Bxc1 15. Rxc1 Bxd3 16. Qxd3 Na5 $15)) 14. Qb3 Qa6 $11 (
14... Qb6 $11)) 13... Bf8 (13... Bxc1 $1 {seems to be better.} 14. Rxc1 Qa5 $13
(14... Na5 15. O-O g5 $15)) 14. f3 g5 $5 15. h4 (15. g4 hxg4 $1 (15... Bg6 16.
O-O Be7 17. f4 hxg4 18. hxg4 gxf4 19. Nxf4 Be4 20. Nh5 Bxg2 21. Kxg2 Qa5 $13 (
21... Kd7 $5 {with some tricks :)} 22. Rxf7 Rxh5 $19)) 16. fxg4 Bg6 $11) 15...
gxh4 16. Rxh4 Be7 {Black develops naturally and gets a very good position.} 17.
Rh2 Qa5 18. Bh3 Bxh3 (18... Bh7 $5 19. Bd2 O-O-O 20. Nf4 h4 21. g4 Kb8 {
with Qc7-Na4-c4 to follow, Black is great!}) 19. Rxh3 O-O-O 20. Qd3 Kb8 {
Logical, especially if Black wants to play on the c-file or in the centre.} 21.
Kf2 Qa4 $5 (21... h4 22. g4 Qa4 23. Be3 Na5 24. Kg2 Nc4 25. Bf2 Rc8 {and
Rc6-b6-b2 for example} 26. f4 Rc6 27. g5 Rb6 $15) 22. Be3 Rc8 {h5-h4 still
deserved attention here too.} 23. Rah1 (23. Qd1 Qa6 24. Qh1 h4 25. gxh4 f6 26.
exf6 Bxf6 27. Bg5 Bd8 28. Bxd8 Rcxd8 29. h5 e5 30. h6 Rde8 $15) 23... Qxa2 24.
Rxh5 Rxh5 25. Rxh5 a5 {Very logical again, the a-pawn now keeps all the white
pieces busy with defence. But Ivanchuk follows his initial plan and goes for
the f7-pawn.} 26. Rh7 a4 27. Rxf7 a3 28. Rh7 {The rook has to come back,
otherwise the a-pawn will be promoted to queen:)} Qb2 $6 (28... Qa1 $5 29. Bc1
a2 {and Qb1 next taking the h7-rook.}) 29. Bc1 Qb3 30. Bxa3 Bxa3 {Black has
won a piece but to win this position is very hard, as White has easy pawn
pushes and there is no clear plan for Black. Ivanchuk played quickly:} 31. g4
Na5 $5 (31... Na7 $5 {An interesting suggestion by the computer, attacking c3
and redeploying the knight, but g5-g6 looks strong, still doesn't work, so
objectively it was the best probably.} 32. g5 Nb5 33. g6 Nxc3 $17) 32. Qg6 Qb2
(32... Bb2 $3 33. Qxe6 Bxc3 {and due to bad coordination and no defensive
pieces, White is under mega pressure. Normally 0-1 here.} 34. Qd6+ Ka7 35. Nxc3
(35. Rc7 Rxc7 36. Qxc7 Nc6 $19) 35... Rxc3) 33. Qxe6 Rxc3 34. Qxd5 (34. Qg8+ $5
{was maybe stronger.} Ka7 35. Qxd5 Nc6 36. Qe4 Rc2 37. Kg3 (37. Rd7 Bb4 $17)
37... Be7 38. Rh2 Rd2 39. Qe3 Ka6 $15) 34... Nc6 35. e6 (35. Qd7 Rc2 36. Kg3
Qb1 37. d5 Qe1+ 38. Kf4 Na5 $17) 35... Rc2 36. Qe4 Qxd4+ 37. Qxd4 Nxd4 38. Ke3
Nxe6 39. f4 Rc4 40. Rf7 Rc7 41. Rf6 Re7 {A few very strong moves by Black and
now the position looks winning! There followed:} 42. Kf3 b5 43. Rg6 (43. Rf5
Bc5 44. Re5 b4 $19) 43... Bc5 $1 {And White is lost!} 44. f5 Nf8 $4 {Doesn't
spoil anything probably, but complicates everything really badly. ...Nc7 was
just killing in one.} (44... Nc7 $1 $19 {The difference between this and ...
Nf8 is, that after Rc6 that was played in the game, Black has ...Re3+, then
after Kf4 just ...Nd5+ followed by ...Be7! and Black wins!} 45. Rc6 Re3+ 46.
Kf2 (46. Kf4 Nd5+ 47. Kg5 Be7+ $19) 46... Re5+ 47. Kf3 b4 {and it's not a pawn
- it's a queen.}) 45. Rc6 Nd7 46. Re6 b4 $6 (46... Ne5+ $1 47. Ke4 (47. Kf4
Rxe6 48. fxe6 Nc6 {which looks to be winning after Kc7-d6 comes and eats up
all the pawns.}) 47... Rxe6 48. fxe6 Nxg4 49. Kd5 Bf8 {And this seems to be
winning!} 50. Nd4 b4 51. Kc4 Kc7 $19) 47. g5 b3 48. Nc3 Ne5+ $2 $11 (48... Rh7
$1 49. g6 Rh3+ 50. Kg4 Rh1 $19) (48... b2 $6 49. Rxe7 Bxe7 50. f6 Bd6 51. Nb1
Be5 52. Ke4 Kb7 53. Kd3 Kc6 54. Kc2 Kb5 55. Nd2 Kc5 56. Kb3 Nb6 {retaining
practical chances!}) 49. Ke4 Nf7 50. Rxe7 Bxe7 51. g6 Nd6+ 52. Kd3 {The rest
is simple, draw by force.} Nxf5 53. Kc4 b2 54. Kb3 Bf6 55. Kxb2 Ne7 56. Kc2
Bxc3 57. Kxc3 Nxg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "2011.05.08"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,A"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2011.05.05"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "7200"]

{The Topalov-Kamsky match has been, without a doubt, the most exciting match
in in the first round of the Candidates. The match started with an interesting
draw when Kamsky introduced a novelty as early as move seven in the Najdorf;
it was followed by an absolutely wild game with kings castled on opposite
sides (or rather, one castled and one non-castled) that ended with Gata taken
the full point with a vicious and perfectly executed attack, and in the third
game we saw Topalov pull out all his strategic tricks to try to take the point
from Kamsky. Of course, these great players would not let us down in the final
game.} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Qc2 {Topalov reveals a
surprise as early as move five! 5.Qa4+ has been played thousands of times, so
it's interesting that the Bulgarian tries to change the course of the game so
quickly.} Bg7 6. e4 Nb6 {This isn't the only move but I like it as a practical
decision; it allows Black to keep using familiar themes and strategies as
opposed to radically changing the pawn structure and having to come up with
ideas in a less familiar environment.} (6... Nxc3 7. dxc3 {must be the idea of
White's system. This pawn structure is slightly better for White, as Black's
bishop is quite passive (nothing a Grьnfeld player wants to hear about...).
The game would've taken a much different direction than normal Grьnfeld waters.
Normally White doesn't go for this as the exchange of queens favors Black, who
usually ends up having a little bit less space.}) 7. d4 O-O 8. Be3 Bg4 9. Ne5 {
This is the other point of White's system. With the queen on c2, and out of
harms way, the knight can move to e5 to control the g7 bishop. This doesn't
come for free though, as now White is saddled with an inferior pawn structure
and his development is not looking too advanced.} Bxe5 (9... Be6 {was worth
considering, with the idea of c6 and N8d7 eventually.}) 10. dxe5 Nc6 {Black
tries to immediately take advantage of White's aggression. However, it seems
that Topalov has just enough time to kick back Black's pieces and not only
defend all his weaknesses, but start rolling an initiative of his own with his
central pawn majority.} 11. h3 Be6 12. Rd1 Qc8 13. f4 (13. Be2 $5 Nxe5 14. b3
Rd8 15. O-O {also gives White plenty of compensation. This might be the future
of this variation - the idea of playing f4 in a near future might be very,
very strong. Black's pieces are very controlled and an attack on the queenside
might be strong. Who knows, Topalov's Qc2 might be more poisonous than it
looks.}) 13... Rd8 14. b3 Nb4 15. Rxd8+ Qxd8 16. Qb1 {White's space avantage
coupled with his pair of bishops promise him a bright future. Kamsky already
must look for something creative and fast so that he can break through and
disrupt White's coordination.} f5 $5 {Maybe not the strongest move, but Black
had to do something. At least now the position is getting opened while White's
king remains in the centre.} 17. exf6 exf6 18. Be2 Qe7 19. O-O Bf7 20. Bf2 Rd8
21. Rd1 Rxd1+ 22. Qxd1 {The dust has cleared a little, as White has finished
his development. Black hasn't achieved much of anything tangible, but at least
his position remains solid and he has enough space for all his pieces as he
has managed to take the rooks out of the game.} c5 {Black is trying to grab as
much space as he can. Currently he is trying to obtain control of d4, or at
least use it to trade off some pieces. It's hard to conceive of a plan, so
this at least gives him some direction.} 23. Bf1 Nc6 24. g3 Kg7 25. Bg2 h5 26.
Nb5 Nc8 27. Qd2 {White has slowly built up his forces, without creating any
special threats. However, all his pieces are slightly better placed, which
makes any break all the more dangerous. Black can sit back and wait until
White threatens a breakthrough, which may be now or in twenty moves, but Gata
is just not that type of player.} c4 {Opening the position increases the value
of the pair of bishops, but reducing the pawns favours Black.} 28. bxc4 Bxc4
29. Nd4 Qb4 30. Qc1 $1 {It is important to understand the power of this move.
The queen is the last remaining major piece in the game, and without it White
will not be able to generate a strong enough initiative to overwhelm his
opponent. For this reason he retreats the queen to a place where it cannot be
easily bothered. Also key to note is that the queen is still on a black square,
which potentially allows it to quickly target the weak king on g7.} (30. Qxb4
Nxb4 31. a3 Nd3 $1 {and Black's pieces are just as active as their
counterparts. Black will very likely hold this endgame without any problem.})
30... N8e7 31. a3 Qa4 32. Qb2 {With every move White's position gains more and
more strength.} b6 33. Kh2 $1 {Another important move. This prophylactic move
frees him from the responsibilities of worrying about Qd1+, and secures the
kingside pawn structure.} Kf7 {Not a particularly useful move, but Black is
quickly running out of moves. Now White must find a way to strike.} 34. Qc3 Ba2
35. f5 {And here it is. This move was played, in my opinion, at the exact
right time. With 5 moves to go it is still difficult to make the time control
seeing that Gata only had one minute and thirty seconds at this point, while
Topalov had a full eleven minutes. It is difficult to react to a challenging
move with such a short amount of time.} Qc4 36. Qb2 Ne5 37. Qd2 $1 g5 38. Ne6 {
Topalov has played a flawless game. His knight and queen will create very
deadly threats.} N7c6 $2 (38... Bb3 {defending d1, is an extremely hard move
to find, but might have been the only way to defend.}) 39. Qd6 $1 $18 {The
decisive penetration. Black simply does not have enough glue to keep his
entire position together.} Ke8 40. Nc7+ (40. Bd4 $1 {was the cleanest, with
the idea of Bxe5, while the bishop cannot be taken because of Qd8+ and Qf8#.
However, Topalov had nearly no time by this point, and his move is almost as
strong.}) 40... Kf7 41. Nd5 {...and f6 falls, and with it the game... or so it
seems!} Qe2 $1 {Kamsky does not give up! He sees that his only hope now is the
somewhat weak position of White's bishops, which cannot move because they must
stay to defend the king. Resourceful, but it should be insufficient.} 42. Qxf6+
Ke8 {This is a bizarre position. White is up a pawn, has more checks than he
can count, and is to move. It would seem that there must be something here
that wins. However it is very difficult to find, if it exists at all! White's
king is unfortunately too weak, and Black's pieces are just perfectly placed
to defend against all the threats and create strong ones at the same time.
Truly bizarre.} 43. Qe6+ Kf8 44. Kg1 $6 {And here Topalov beings to falter!
After spectacularly and masterfully conducting his attack, he is not able to
execute the coup de grвce by adequately removing the counterplay from Black's
position.} (44. Qh6+ Kf7 45. Qf6+ Ke8 46. Qh8+ Kf7 47. Bg1 {and now that the
queen takes h5 with check against most Nf3+ variations, White should be
winning.}) 44... Qd1+ 45. Bf1 $2 {This move now gives Black real chances to
jump back into the game. It almost seems that Black's king is too weak to
really come up with any resources, but the contrary is true!} Bxd5 $1 {
Eliminating the knight is, of course, first on the order of business.} 46. exd5
(46. Qxd5 Qxd5 47. exd5 Ne7 48. Be2 Nxf5 49. Bxh5 Ke7 {is not much better for
White, as Black's knights miraculously control the white bishops. However this
position can be squeezed.}) 46... Nd4 $11 {The position is already drawn.
White does not have enough resources to defend his own position, and he is
just missing one piece in the attack to finish off the black king. Amazing!}
47. Qf6+ Kg8 48. Qxg5+ (48. Bxd4 {did not solve White's problems, as too many
simplifications arise and his king is too weak.} Qxd4+ 49. Kh1 Qxd5+ 50. Bg2
Qd1+ 51. Kh2 Nf3+ $1 52. Bxf3 Qxf3 {with a clear draw.}) 48... Kf7 49. Qd8 Qc2
$1 {The key move! The white king is completely controlled, and the threat is
Ndf3+ followed by Ne1+, with a perpetual.} 50. Bg2 Qc1+ 51. Kh2 Qc2 52. Bg1
Ndf3+ 53. Kh1 Ne1 54. Bf2 Qxf2 55. Qc7+ Kf6 56. Qd6+ Kf7 {White is in time to
give a perpetual and not lose, but that is all. A fantastic struggle. It is
easy to blame Topalov for not calculating properly or for breaking down
nervously. It is easy to say this when you have a computer that is throwing
numbers such as +3 and +4 after 42.Qxf6+. However, I challenge the readers to
calculate that position. With or without a computer! It is extremely complex,
Black's resources plentiful and White's continuation unclear. In most cases in
chess, the position is as natural as it seems. Black's weak king, pawn deficit,
etc. seemed to clearly indicate he was easily lost, but that might not have
been the case. Again, a fantastic save by the American grandmaster, but thanks
to both players for providing us with unbelievably exciting chess.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "YUG-ch"]
[Site "Kladovo"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kosic, Dragan"]
[Black "Ilincic, Zlatko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "1990.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. Ne5 Ndb4 7. a3 Bg7 8.
axb4 Bxe5 9. b5 Nb8 10. e3 O-O 11. d4 Bg7 12. Be2 c6 13. O-O a6 {13...cxb5 14.
Qxb5, Nc6 15.Bf3, a6 16.Qb3 +/= Timman-Sax Rio de Janeiro 1979} 14. bxc6 Nxc6
15. Rd1 $1 {15.Qb3!?, a5?! (15...b5!) 16.Bd2, Nb4 17.Nb5, Be6 18.Qa4, Nc6 19.
Rfc1 +/= Zsidkov-Ohotnik UDSSR 1982} Bd7 16. Qb3 b5 17. Bd2 e5 18. d5 Na5 19.
Qa3 Nb7 20. b4 $5 f5 21. Qb3 Qb6 22. Bc1 Nd6 23. Bb2 Rae8 {23...Rfc8 ><c4} 24.
Nb1 g5 25. Nd2 g4 26. Qa3 $1 Bc8 27. Qa5 Qb7 28. Rac1 Qf7 29. Qc7 $1 Rd8 30.
Qxf7+ Rxf7 31. Nb3 e4 32. Bxg7 Kxg7 33. Na5 Kf6 34. Rc6 Ke5 35. Rb6 Bb7 36. Rc1
Bxd5 37. Rc5 $1 {+/-} Rdd7 38. Rxa6 Nb7 39. Nc6+ Ke6 40. Nd4+ Ke7 41. Rxb5 Rd6
42. Rxd6 Kxd6 43. Rb6+ Ke5 44. Rh6 Nd6 45. g3 Ne8 46. Ra6 Nd6 47. Ra5 Rc7 48.
Kg2 h5 49. h4 Rc1 50. Ba6 Rb1 51. Ne2 Rb2 52. Nf4 Rd2 53. Kf1 1-0

[Event "Platonov Memorial"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nikolaevsky, Yuri V"]
[Black "Mikhalevski, Victor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 051"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Nb6 6. d3 Bg7 7. Nf3 (7. Be3
$5) 7... Nc6 8. Bd2 (8. Be3 $5) 8... O-O 9. Qc1 $146 Rb8 $5 {Dieser Zug ist
fuer derartige Stellungen ungewoehnlich. Der Nachziehende braucht fuer seine
neue Idee den b7-Bauern zu decken.} 10. Bh6 (10. h4 $5) 10... Bg4 $5 11. Bxg7
Kxg7 12. h3 $6 {Dieser Zug hat zwei Nachteile: 1. Unnoetig verliert Weiss ein
Tempi. 2.Weiss schwaecht sienen Koenigsfluegel.} (12. b4 $5 {/\ Qb2}) 12...
Bxf3 $1 13. Bxf3 Nd4 $1 {Jetzt ist schon klar, warum Schwarz 9...Rb8 spielt.}
14. Bg2 e5 15. O-O Qe7 16. Kh2 $6 (16. Qd2 c6 17. Rad1 $13) 16... c6 17. Qd2
Rbd8 $1 18. Rac1 $2 {Ich verstehe nicht was dieser Turm auf die c-Linie sucht.}
(18. Rad1 $5) 18... f5 19. f4 $2 {Immer noch zu optimistisch.} (19. e3 $2 Nc4
$1 20. Qe1 Nxb2 21. exd4 Nxd3 22. Qe3 Nxc1 23. Rxc1 Rxd4 24. f4 Re8 25. Re1 Qc5
26. fxe5 Rc4 $19) (19. Rce1 $5) 19... Nc4 $1 {[#] Fuer Weiss war dieser Zug,
wie der Blitzstrahl aus heiterm Himmel.} 20. Qe1 (20. dxc4 Nf3+ 21. Bxf3 Rxd2
$19 {Wegen dieser Drohung sollte der Anziehende seine Dame schon vorher decken.
}) 20... Ne3 21. Rf2 exf4 22. gxf4 (22. Rxf4 g5 23. Rf2 Qe5 {Droht /\ einfach
h5-h4.}) 22... Qh4 23. Kh1 Rfe8 24. Rf1 Qh6 25. Qg3 {Weiss will mit diesem
Qualiatetsopfer erleichteren.} Nxg2 $1 {[#] Schwarz lehnt das Opfer ab, weil
sein Angriff jetzt unaufhaltsam voranrollt.} 26. Qxg2 (26. Kxg2 Nxe2 27. Nxe2
Rxe2+ 28. Rf2 Rxf2+ (28... Rde8 $5) 29. Kxf2 Rxd3 $1 30. Qxd3 Qxf4+ 31. Kg2
Qxc1 $19) 26... Re3 27. Kh2 Ne6 $1 28. Rf3 Nxf4 29. Qg3 {Ribli} (29. Qg3 Rxf3
30. Qxf3 Nxh3 $1 31. Qxh3 Qxc1 $19) 0-1

[Event "Madrid"]
[Site "Madrid"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Granda Zuniga, Julio E"]
[Black "Epishin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1992.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 030"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Qa4+ Bd7 (5... Nc6 6. Ne5 Ndb4 7.
a3 Bg7 8. axb4 Bxe5 9. b5 Nb8 10. e3 O-O 11. d4 Bg7 12. Be2 $14 {Franco,
Z-Martinez S,F Sevilla 1992 CBM/29}) 6. Qc2 (6. Qb3 $5 Nb6 7. d4 Bg7 8. Bg5 Be6
9. Qc2 O-O 10. Rd1 c6 11. e4 Bg4 12. Qd2 Qc7 13. Be2 Re8 14. O-O $14 {Savon,
V-Lhagvasuren,C Cheliabinsk 1991 CBM/25}) (6. Qh4 Nxc3 7. dxc3 Nc6 8. e4 e6 $6
9. Qg3 f6 10. e5 fxe5 11. Bg5 Be7 12. h4 $14 {Ye Rongguang-Lputian,S PRC-CIS
Bejing 1991 CBM/28}) 6... Nb6 (6... Bc6 $6 7. e4 Nxc3 8. Qxc3 f6 9. Ng5 $1 Bh6
10. Ne6 Qd6 11. Bc4 Bd7 12. Nc5 Bc8 13. d4 $14 {Boensch,U-Gauglitz,G DDR-ch
Zittau 1989 CBM/12}) (6... Nb4 7. Qb3 c5 8. Ne4 Bf5 9. Nfg5 (9. d3 $1 $14) 9...
Qd5 10. Qxd5 Nxd5 11. Nxc5 e5 12. e4 Bxc5 13. exf5 gxf5 14. Bc4 Nb4 $13 {
Barle,J-Miralles,G Voskresensk 1990 CBM/19}) 7. d4 Bg7 8. Bf4 (8. Bg5 $5) (8.
e4 $5 O-O 9. Be3 $14) 8... O-O 9. Rd1 Nc6 10. e3 Nb4 11. Qb1 N4d5 12. Be5 Nxc3
13. bxc3 Ba4 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Rd2 Qd5 16. Bd3 a6 $1 17. Rb2 Bb5 18. Bxb5 axb5
19. Rxb5 Qxa2 20. O-O Qxb1 21. Rfxb1 Na4 22. R5b3 (22. R1b3 $2 Nxc3 $19) 22...
b5 $1 $10 23. Nd2 (23. Kf1 $5) 23... c5 24. g3 Rfd8 25. Ra1 e5 26. Nf3 exd4 27.
exd4 Rac8 1/2-1/2

[Event "ARM-ch"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Minasian, Ara"]
[Black "Khachiyan, Melikset"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "1995.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 050"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Qa4+ {In letzten Zeit erreicht
Weiss mit dieser Fortsetzung keinen grossen Vorteil.} (5. g3 $5) (5. e4 $5)
5... Bd7 $1 6. Qd4 $6 (6. Qh4 Nxc3 7. Qd4 (7. dxc3 Nc6 8. e4 e5 9. Bg5 Be7 $10
{Khalifman,A-Svidler,R/RUS-ch Elista/1995/CBM50/}) 7... f6 8. Qxc3 e5 $1 9. e4
(9. Nxe5 fxe5 10. Qxe5+ Qe7 11. Qxh8 Nc6 12. Qc3 O-O-O 13. e3 Bg7 $44 {Belov,
I-Novik,M/Rostov/1993/INF58,15/: Nach meiner Meinung sollte man sehr genau
untersuchen, ob der Nachziehende wirklich genug Kompensation fuer das
geopferte Material hat. Gefьhlsmдssig bestreite ich dieses Urteil.}) 9... Nc6
10. a3 a5 11. Bc4 Bc5 12. d3 $13 {Kortschnoj,V-Ivanchuk,V/Moscow PCA/1995/
EXP46/}) 6... Nf6 7. Qh4 Nc6 {Eine Neuerung.} (7... Bg7 8. e4 $2 (8. d3 $5 $10)
8... h6 9. e5 Ng4 10. Qg3 Nc6 11. d4 Nb4 12. h3 Nc2+ 13. Kd1 Nxd4 $1 14. hxg4
Ba4+ $1 $17 {Andersson,U-Uhlmann,W-Skopje ol/1972/INF14,33/}) 8. e4 (8. d3 $5)
8... Bg7 9. e5 Ng4 10. d4 {Weiss droht einfach mit h3, aber jetzt ist noch
Schwarz am Zug.} Nb4 11. Bc4 Nc2+ 12. Ke2 (12. Kd1 Nxa1 {Schwarz droht im
Notfall auch mit Nxe5, weil der weisse Koenig auf der d-Linie sehr unguenstig
steht.}) 12... Bf5 $1 {Dieser kraftvolle Zug widerlegt das weisse Spielkonzept.
} (12... Nxa1 $6 13. h3 $13) 13. h3 {[#]} Nxd4+ $1 {Eine huebsche Kombination!}
14. Nxd4 Qxd4 15. Bb5+ c6 16. hxg4 Bc2 $1 {Der Schluesselzug!} 17. Be3 Qb4 18.
Rhc1 (18. Rac1 Qxb2 19. Bd3 Bb1+ $19 {Ungefahr wie die Partie.}) (18. Bd3 Qxb2
$19) 18... Qxb2 $1 {Jetzt gewinnt Schwarz die Figur zurueck.} 19. Bd3 Bb1+ $1
20. Kf3 (20. Bd2 Bxd3+ $1 21. Kxd3 Rd8+ $19) 20... Bxd3 21. Bc5 O-O-O 22. Bxe7
Be2+ $1 23. Kf4 (23. Nxe2 Rd3+ 24. Kf4 Qxe5#) 23... Qd2+ 0-1

[Event "Daugavpils"]
[Site "Daugavpils"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Rausis, Igors"]
[Black "Terentiev, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2360"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1990.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Qa4+ c6 $6 6. Qd4 f6 7. e4 Nb6 8.
Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. d4 Be6 {9...Bg4 10.Be2, Bxf3 11.gxf3!, N8d7 12.h4, e5 13.dxe5,
Nxe5 14.h5, +/- Gheorghiu-Kirov Varna 1971} 10. Bf4 g5 11. Bg3 h5 12. d5 $1 Bd7
{12...cxd5 13.exd5, Bxd5 14.Nxd5, Nxd5 15.0-0-0 +/-} 13. h4 g4 14. Nd4 $1 c5
15. Nb3 e5 16. dxe6 Bxe6 17. O-O-O+ Kc8 18. Nb5 Rh7 19. Bxb8 $1 {+/-} Bxb3 20.
axb3 Bh6+ 21. Kc2 Kxb8 22. Rd8+ Nc8 23. e5 $1 a6 24. Bd3 axb5 25. Bxh7 fxe5 26.
Rhd1 1-0

[Event "Serbian-ch 29th"]
[Site "Sabac"]
[Date "1998.04.27"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Cabrilo, Goran"]
[Black "Solak, Dragan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2380"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1998.04.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 g6 (2... c6 {Nach meiner Meinung bietet dieser Zug Schwarz
ausgezeichnete Ausgleichschancen. Ribli.} 3. Bg2 (3. Nf3 d5 4. b3) 3... d5 4.
Qc2 (4. b3 dxc4 5. bxc4 Qd4 {[%cal Rd4a1,Rd4c4]} 6. Nc3 Qxc4 $15)) 3. Bg2 Bg7
4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 (5. d4 {Dieser Zug fьhrt nach 5...d6 zur Kцnigsindischen
Verteidigung, aber Schwarz kann mit 5...c6 nebst 6...d5 auch einen relativ
passiven Aufbau der Grьnfeld-Indischen Verteidigung anstreben.}) 5... d6 6.
Nge2 c6 7. O-O (7. d4 $5) 7... a6 8. a4 (8. d3 b5 (8... Nfd7 9. Be3 b5 10. Qd2
(10. h3 Nb6 11. c5 dxc5 12. Bxc5 N8d7 13. Bd4 Bxd4 14. Nxd4 Ne5 15. Nce2 c5 16.
f4 Nxd3 17. Qxd3 cxd4 18. Qxd4 Qxd4+ 19. Nxd4 Bb7 20. b3 Rfd8 {Schaffarth,
P-Valkyser,S/NRW-II 1992/1/2-1/2 (59)}) 10... Re8 11. f4 Bb7 12. Rae1 c5 13. b3
b4 14. Nd1 Nc6 15. d4 cxd4 16. Nxd4 Nxd4 17. Bxd4 Bxd4+ 18. Qxd4 Qc7 {1/2-1/2
Pevzner,A-Kaminski,M/Warsaw op 1993 (42)}) (8... Nbd7 9. h3 e5 10. a4 a5 11.
Kh2 Nc5 12. Be3 h6 13. Qc2 Kh7 14. Rad1 Qe7 15. Rd2 Bd7 16. Rfd1 Na6 17. d4 Nb4
18. Qb1 Be6 19. b3 {1-0 Schneider,L-Da Silva,L/WchS 1993 (37)}) 9. Rb1 bxc4 10.
dxc4 Nbd7 (10... a5 11. h3 Nfd7 12. Be3 Na6 13. Qd2 Nac5 14. b3 Qc7 15. Rfd1
Rb8 16. Nd4 Re8 17. Kh2 Bb7 18. f4 Rbd8 19. Nde2 Ba6 20. Qc2 {Hole,O-Dannevig,
O/NOR-ch 1993/1-0 (56)}) 11. b3 Rb8 12. Bb2 Qc7 13. Qd2 Nc5 14. Rbd1 a5 15. Ba3
Nfd7 16. Nd4 Ba6 17. Rfe1 Rbd8 {Eidinger,H-Ballmann,M/Weihnachts Open 1996/1/
2-1/2 (60)}) (8. Rb1 b5 9. cxb5 axb5 10. b4 $14) 8... a5 {Schwarz verliert ein
Tempo, sichert sich aber einen dauerhaften Vorposten auf b4.} 9. h3 (9. d3 Na6
10. h3 Nb4 11. Na2 Nxa2 (11... Nd7 12. d4 e5 13. Nxb4 axb4 14. Be3 exd4 15.
Bxd4 Nc5 16. b3 Re8 17. Bxc5 dxc5 18. Qxd8 Rxd8 19. Rad1 Be6 20. Nf4 Bd4 21.
Nxe6 fxe6 {0-1 Knoedler,D-Mikavica,M/Weihnachts Open 1996 (35)}) 12. Rxa2 e5
13. d4 exd4 14. Nxd4 Re8 15. Re1 d5 16. cxd5 cxd5 17. exd5 Rxe1+ 18. Qxe1 Nxd5
19. Nc2 Be6 {Hofland,L-Van der Vliet,F/NLD-ch 1977/0-1 (61)}) 9... Na6 {
[%cal Ga6b4,Ga6c5]} 10. d4 e5 11. Be3 {WeiЯ kontrolliert mehr Raum, aber
Schwarz hat eine feste Stellung.} (11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Qxd8 Rxd8 13. Be3 {
[%csl Yb6]} Nb4 $11) 11... Re8 (11... Qe7 12. Re1 Nb4 13. Rc1 exd4 14. Bxd4 Be6
15. b3 Rfd8 16. Nf4 g5 17. Nfd5 Bxd5 18. exd5 Qd7 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Ne4 Qf5 21.
h4 Kg7 22. g4 Qf4 23. Ng3 {1-0 Miezis,N-Reschke,S/Schwaebisch Gmuend op 1994})
12. b3 {WeiЯ verbessert seine Bauernstellung am Damenflьgel.} (12. dxe5 dxe5
13. Qxd8 Rxd8 14. Bb6 Rd2 15. b3 (15. Rad1 Rxd1 16. Rxd1 Be6 17. b3 (17. Rd8+
$6 Rxd8 18. Bxd8 Bxc4 19. Bxa5 Nc5 $15) 17... Nd7 (17... Nb4 18. Rd8+ Rxd8 19.
Bxd8 $16 {[%csl Ra5][%cal Rd8a5]}) 18. Bxa5 Nac5 19. b4 Nb3 $13) (15. Bxa5 Rxb2
$11) 15... Nd7 16. Bxa5 Nac5 $13 {[%cal Ra8a5,Rc5b3]}) 12... Qc7 13. Ra2 $14 {
[%cal Ya2d2] WeiЯ kontrolliert mehr Raum und bereitet die Verdoppelung in der
d-Linie vor. Die Schwдche des Punktes b4 ist ohne bedeutung.} Bd7 14. Rd2 Rad8
{Schwarz hat eine sehr feste Stellung ohne Schwдchen. WeiЯ steht wegen seines
Raumvorteils theoretisch immer ein wenig besser, aber es ist sehr schwierig
voranzukommen.} 15. Qb1 (15. Kh2 Bc8 16. f4 exd4 17. Nxd4 Nc5 {[%csl Re4]} 18.
Qc2 Qe7) 15... Bc8 16. Rfd1 h5 {Ein guter prophylaktischer Zug. Schwarz
verhindert die Mцglichkeit g3-g4 und gewinnt Raum am Kцnigsflьgel.} 17. d5 {
Endlich schlieЯt WeiЯ das Zentrum. So war allerdings die Turmverdoppelung in
der d-Linie ьberflьssig.} Bf8 (17... c5 {Danach erlangt WeiЯ freie Hand am
Kцnigsflьgel.} 18. Nb5 Qb8 19. f4 $14) (17... Kh7 $5) 18. Nc1 {Der Springer
strebt nach d3, wo er die Punkte b4 und c5 kontrolliert, sowie den eventuellen
Durchbruch f2-f4 vorbereitet.} Kh7 19. Nd3 {[%csl Gd3]} Nb4 $1 20. Rf1 Nd7 21.
Nxb4 axb4 22. Na2 {[%cal Ra2b4]} c5 {In dieser geschlossenen Stellung besitzt
WeiЯ etwas Raumvorteil. Die praktisch einzige Durchbruchsmцglichkeit ist f2-f4,
aber die schwarze Stellung ist dann sehr verteidigungsfдhig.} 23. Nc1 {[%cal
Gc1d3] Der Springer mцchte wie zuvor (18.Nc1) das ideale Feld d3 besetzen. Das
ist in dieser geschlossenen Zentrumsformation ein gдngiges Standardmanцver.}
Bg7 24. Nd3 Rf8 25. f4 $6 $13 {Prinzipiell ist dieser Zug nicht schlecht, aber
ich glaube, WeiЯ kann den VorstoЯ noch durch vorherige Verbesserung seiner
Figurenstellung vorbereiten.} (25. g4 $5 hxg4 26. hxg4 $14 {[%csl Rh7]}) 25...
exf4 (25... f6 $2 26. f5 $16) (25... exf4) 26. Bxf4 (26. gxf4 f5 (26... Rde8
$11) 27. exf5 gxf5 (27... Rxf5 28. Be4 $16 {[%cal Gb1h7]}) 28. Qd1 Nf6 $11)
26... Rde8 {[%csl Ye5]} 27. Kh1 Ne5 $15 {[%csl Gc8,Rg2,Gg7] Der schwarze
Springer steht phantastisch auf e5. Schwarz kann das Spiel spдter mit ...f5
цffnen.} 28. Rdf2 f5 $36 29. Nxe5 Bxe5 30. h4 (30. exf5 Bxf5 31. Qd1 $5) 30...
Qg7 $1 {Die schwarze Dame steht ausgezeichnet auf der langen Diagonalen und
auf den schwachen schwarzen Feldern im Lager des Anziehenden gibt es allerlei
Mцglichkeiten einzudringen (z.B. c3/d4). WeiЯ kann nur abwarten.} 31. Qc2 Re7
32. Kh2 Bxf4 33. Rxf4 Rfe8 {[%csl Gc8,Ge7,Ge8,Rg2]} 34. Qe2 $2 (34. Qd1 $15)
34... Qc3 {[%csl Rb3,Gc3]} 35. R1f3 (35. Qd1 fxe4 36. Rf7+ Kg8) 35... Rxe4 $1
$17 36. Rxe4 (36. Rxc3 Rxe2 $17 {Schwarz besitzt einen Mehrbauern, aber noch
bedeutender ist seine Herrschaft ьber die e-Linie.}) 36... Rxe4 {Die weiЯe
Lage ist sehr schwierig, aber ich glaube, er kцnnte vielleicht noch ein paar
Zьge machen. Ich denke, er ьberschritt hier die Bedenkzeit.} (36... Rxe4 37.
Qf2 $17 {[%csl Gc3,Ge4]} (37. Qf1 $17) (37. Qxe4 fxe4 38. Rxc3 bxc3 39. Bxe4
Bf5 40. Bxf5 gxf5 $19)) 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch m1-2"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1997.05.20"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Ibragimov, Ildar"]
[Black "Yandemirov, Valeri"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1997.05.19"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 059"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 {Petursson} Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Nxc3 (5... Nb6 $5)
6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Rb1 {[%csl Gb1,Gg2][%cal Rg2b7,Rb1b7]} Nd7 (7... O-O 8. Rxb7 (8.
Bxb7 $4 Bxb7 9. Rxb7 Qd5)) 8. c4 (8. Nf3 $5 O-O 9. O-O Rb8 10. d4 b6 11. d5 $1
Bb7 (11... Bxc3 12. Nd4 $44) 12. Nd4 Nc5 13. c4 e6 14. e4 c6 $5 15. Nxc6 Bxc6
16. dxc6 Qc7 17. e5 $1 {1-0 Gelfand,B-Shirov,A/Belgrade Invest 1995 (37)}) (8.
Bxb7 $2 Bxb7 9. Rxb7 Nb6 {[%csl Rb7]}) 8... O-O 9. Nf3 {In dieser Variante hat
WeiЯ eine besonders massive Bauernstruktur sowie die halboffene b-Linie.
Aufgrund dieser Faktoren besitzt er potentiell Initiative am Damenflьgel.Ribli.
} Rb8 (9... e5 10. d3 h6) 10. O-O b6 (10... e5 11. d3 b6 12. Nd2 Re8 13. Nb3
Ba6 14. Qc2 Nf6 15. a4 Qc8 16. c5 Qg4 17. Re1 Rbd8 18. a5 Qh5 19. axb6 axb6 20.
Nd2 Bc8 21. cxb6 cxb6 22. Rxb6 {1-0 Heinbuch,D-Gutman,L/BL8586 1986 (36)}) (
10... c5 11. d3 b6 12. Bf4 e5 13. Bd2 Bb7) 11. d4 $14 {WeiЯ hat Raumvorteil
und freie Hand im Zentrum, wдhrend Schwarz vor dem Problem steht, sein
Gegenspiel zu organisieren.Ribli.} Bb7 $6 (11... e5 $5 12. Ba3 Re8 13. dxe5 Bb7
$1 14. Qc2 Nxe5 15. Rfd1 Qc8 16. Nxe5 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Rxe5 {/\Rh5} 18. Rd5 Qe6
19. Rxe5 Bxe5 20. Rd1 Re8 21. Qe4 Bf6 22. Qxe6 Rxe6 23. Kf3 $10 {Botvinnik,
M-Smyslov,V/Wch22-Moscow 1958/1-0 (68)}) 12. d5 (12. Bf4 h6 13. Qd2 Kh7 14.
Rfd1 Nf6 15. Be5 Ne4 16. Qc2 Ng5 17. Bxg7 Nxf3+ 18. Bxf3 Kxg7 19. d5 $14 {
Delaune,R-Acosta,M/Saint John op-2 1988/1-0 (79)}) 12... c6 $6 (12... Ne5 $5)
13. Bf4 Rc8 14. Nd4 cxd5 15. cxd5 {[%csl Rc6] Schwarz hat eine ewige Schwдche
auf c6. Wenn WeiЯ den Punkt c6 mit einer Figur besetzt und Schwarz sich zum
Abtausch seines Bb7 verleiten lдЯt, ist der resultierende weiЯe Freibauer auf
c6 eine Macht.Ribli.} Nf6 (15... Nc5 16. Nc6 Bxc6 (16... Qd7 17. Nxa7) 17. dxc6
{[%csl Gc6]} e5 18. Be3 e4 19. Bxc5 $16) 16. Nc6 Qd7 17. Rc1 (17. Nxa7 $6 Rc5
18. Nc6 (18. e4 Ba6) 18... Nxd5 19. Bxd5 Bxc6 $11 (19... Rxd5 $2 20. Qxd5 Qxd5
21. Nxe7+)) 17... e6 (17... Nxd5 $4 18. Qxd5 Bxc6 19. Rxc6) 18. Ne5 Rxc1 19.
Qxc1 Qb5 20. a4 $1 {Ein sehr wichtiger Zwischenzug.Ribli.} (20. dxe6 $2 Bxg2
21. exf7+ Kh8 22. Kxg2 g5 23. Bxg5 (23. a4 Qd5+ $17) 23... Qxe5 $17) 20... Qxa4
(20... Qxe2 21. dxe6 Bxg2 22. exf7+ Kh8 23. Kxg2 g5 24. Re1 $16) 21. dxe6 Bxg2
22. exf7+ Kh8 23. Kxg2 Nd5 (23... Qe4+ 24. Nf3 (24. f3 Qxe2+ 25. Rf2 Qb5 $13)
24... Rxf7 {Das fьhrt zu einer дhnlichen Stellung wie in der Partie.Ribli.})
24. Bh6 $1 Qe4+ 25. Nf3 Rxf7 26. Bxg7+ Kxg7 {Schwarz hat zwei entfernte
Freibauer in unserer Stellung. Aber - da wir noch die Damen auf dem Brett
haben - ist das nicht allzu relevant. Wichtiger ist, daЯ die schwarze
Kцnigsstellung viel schwacher als die von WeiЯ ist. D.h. der Anziehende ist
hier im Vorteil.Ribli.} 27. Qb2+ $36 Nf6 28. Rd1 {[%cal Gd1d8,Gb2f6]} Re7 29.
Rd6 Re6 30. Rd2 (30. Rd7+ Re7) 30... Qc6 31. Kg1 {Die Fesselung war unangenehm
fьr WeiЯ. Nun kann auch sein Springer in den Angriff eingreifen.Ribli.} Rd6 32.
Nd4 {Natьrlich tauscht WeiЯ nicht.Ribli.} Qd7 (32... Qd5 $2 33. Nf5+ $16) (
32... Qc5 {Petursson}) 33. e4 $16 {[%cal Re4e6,Rb2g7,Rd2d8] WeiЯ mobilisiert
seine ganze Kraft. Ich sehe nicht,wie Schwarz sich verteidigen kцnnte. Ribli.}
Qe7 (33... Nxe4 $2 34. Nf5+ $18) 34. e5 Qxe5 35. Nf5+ gxf5 (35... Qxf5 36. Rxd6
{[%csl Gd6][%cal Yb2g7] Die FeЯlung ist sehr unangenehm fьr Schwarz, er
befindet sich in einer aussichtslosen Lage.Ribli.}) 36. Qxe5 Rxd2 {Die
schwarze Stellung ist kaum mehr zu halten. Es gibt ganz kleine praktische
Gegenchancen,aber der weiЯe Angriff setzt sich fort.Ribli.} 37. Qxf5 Rd5 38.
Qe6 {[%csl Ge6] Droht 39.Qe7 mit erneuetem Bauerngewinn, und nach 38...a5
hдngt Pb6.Ribli.} Rd7 39. g4 $1 {Der Marsch des weiЯen Bauern entscheidet die
Partie.Ribli.} Rf7 40. f4 Ng8 41. f5 {Schwarz kann zu seinem Unglьck keine
verteidigungsfдhige Stellung erreichen, da sich die weiЯen Bauern gut und
schnell mobilisieren lassen.Ribli.} Nh6 42. h3 a5 43. Qe5+ (43. Qxb6 $2 Nxf5
44. gxf5 Rxf5 {Und Schwarz hat gute Remischancen.Ribli.}) 43... Kf8 44. f6 Rd7
45. Qe6 Rd1+ 46. Kf2 Ng8 47. g5 Rd8 48. Qxb6 $18 Rd7 49. Qc5+ {Und Schwarz gab.
} (49. Qc5+ {Nach} Kf7 50. Qf5 Rd2+ {gewinnt} 51. Ke3 {leicht.}) 1-0

[Event "Warsaw"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Goldin, Alexander"]
[Black "Epishin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "1990.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O e5 {
7...Nc6 8.Ng5 Cebalo,M-Kozul,Z Jug-ch 1989 CBM/13} 8. Nxd5 {8.d4, exd4 9.Nxd4,
Nxc3 10.bxc3, c5 11.Nb3, Na6 12.Qxd8 = Ribli,Z-Vaganian,R UDSSR-World London
1984} Qxd5 9. d3 Qd6 10. Be3 Na6 $5 {10...Nc6 11.Qa4, Nd4 12.Nxd4, exd4 13.Bf4,
Qe7 = Mecking,E-Kortschnoj,V Augusta (m) 1974} 11. Nd2 Qe7 12. Rc1 c6 13. Qa4
Rd8 14. a3 Nc7 15. Bc5 Qe6 16. Qc2 Nd5 17. Nc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1990.01.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Polgar, Zsuzsa"]
[Black "Peelen, Piet"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2380"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1990.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qh4 Bc6 7. Qd4 f6 8.
e4 $1 {8.e3!? Beaumont,C-Nicholson,J BCF-ch 1989  CBM/15} Nxc3 9. bxc3 e5 {
9...Qxd4 10.Nxd4, Bxe4? 11.Ne6 +/-} 10. Qe3 Qe7 11. a4 $1 Nd7 12. Bb5 Qc5 13.
d4 Qb6 14. Bc4 exd4 15. cxd4 Qb4+ 16. Nd2 Nb6 17. Be6 Rd8 18. d5 Nc4 19. Qf3
Bh6 20. O-O $1 Nxd2 21. Bxd2 Bxd2 22. dxc6 bxc6 23. e5 $1 Rf8 24. Qxc6+ Ke7 25.
Rab1 Qc3 26. Bc4 Qxe5 27. Rb5 Qd4 28. Qe6# 1-0

[Event "Warsaw"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Chekhov, Valery A"]
[Black "Jasnikowski, Zbigniew"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1990.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qh4 Nxc3 7. dxc3 Nc6
8. e4 e5 9. Qxd8+ Rxd8 10. Be3 f6 11. O-O-O $5 a6 12. Bc4 Bd6 13. b4 b5 $6 {
13...Ke7 14.Kb2, Be6 15.Nd2} 14. Be2 Be6 15. Kb2 Nb8 16. Ra1 $1 Nd7 17. a4 {+/=
} c5 18. Rhd1 $1 Ke7 19. axb5 cxb4 {19...axb5 20.Ra6 +/-} 20. Rxa6 bxc3+ 21.
Kxc3 Rc8+ 22. Kb2 Bc5 23. Nd2 Bxe3 24. fxe3 Rc7 25. Rc1 Nc5 26. Ra3 Rhc8 27.
Kb1 $1 Rd7 28. Rc2 Rdc7 29. h3 Kd6 30. Bg4 $1 f5 31. exf5 gxf5 32. Be2 f4 33.
Bg4 $1 Bxg4 34. hxg4 fxe3 35. Rxe3 Na4 36. Ne4+ Ke6 37. Rxc7 Rxc7 38. Ra3 Nc5
39. Rc3 Kd5 40. b6 $1 Rb7 41. Nxc5 Rxb6+ 42. Kc2 e4 43. Nb3 Ke5 44. g3 Rg6 45.
Rc5+ Kd6 46. g5 h6 47. Kd2 1-0

[Event "Tan Chin Nam Cup 1st"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Boensch, Uwe"]
[Black "Xie, Jun"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "1995.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 049"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nb6 6. d3 Bg7 7. Be3 (7. Bd2
$5 Nc6 8. Qc1 Nd4 9. Nf3 c5 10. Ne4 Bf5 11. Nxd4 cxd4 12. Bh6 Rc8 13. Qd2 O-O
14. h4 $16 {Polugaevsky,L-Sax,Gy/Hilversum/1973/INF15,24/}) 7... Nc6 $5 {
Die Weltmeisterin hat keine Angst vor dem Doppelbauer auf der c-Linie.} 8.
Bxc6+ bxc6 9. Qc1 (9. Qd2 h5 10. h3 Bf5 11. Rc1 a5 12. b3 a4 $13 {Alterman,
B-Mikhalevski,V/Rishon le Zion/1995/CBM46/}) 9... h6 $5 10. Nf3 Bh3 11. Rg1 Bg4
12. Nd2 Nd5 13. Nxd5 Qxd5 {Eine interessante Neuerung. Schwarz will mit
aktivem Figurenspiel seine schlechte Bauernstruktur kompensieren.} (13... cxd5
14. Nb3 Qd6 15. f3 Bd7 16. d4 $14 {Petrosian,T-Schmidt,Wl/Skopje ol/1972/INF14,
34/}) 14. f3 Bd7 15. Kf2 g5 16. Qc4 {Weiss opfert einen Bauern, die Initiative
zu uebernehmen.} (16. Nc4 $5) 16... Bxb2 17. Rab1 Be5 $5 {Richtig! Schwarz
soll den c7-Bauer decken.} 18. Rb7 (18. Rgc1 $5 O-O 19. Qa4 $44) 18... a5 19.
Rgb1 Be6 (19... O-O 20. Bc5 Rfe8 21. d4 Bf6 22. Qxd5 cxd5 23. Rxc7 $14) 20. Qa4
O-O 21. Nc4 Bc8 22. Rb8 Rxb8 23. Rxb8 Bc3 {Sonst nimmt Weiss den a5-Bauer und
steht besser.} 24. Qc2 (24. Qa3 $5 Bb4 25. Qb2 $1 $44 {Droht a3 und Ra8.}) (24.
Rb3 Bb4 25. a3 Qb5 $1 26. Qxb5 cxb5 27. axb4 bxc4 28. dxc4 axb4 29. Rxb4 Be6
$10) 24... Bd4 25. Qd2 (25. Ra8 $5) 25... Be6 26. Rxf8+ Kxf8 27. a4 (27. Qxa5
Bxe3+ 28. Kxe3 Qxa5 29. Nxa5 Bxa2 30. Nxc6 $10) 27... Qc5 $1 28. Bxd4 Qxd4+ 29.
e3 Qa1 30. Qb2 Qxb2+ (30... Qxa4 $4 31. Qh8#) 31. Nxb2 {Weiss hat einen Bauer
weniger im Endspiel, trotzdem steht er nicht schlechter.} Ke8 32. Ke2 Kd7 33.
Kd2 Kd6 34. Kc3 c5 35. f4 f6 36. h4 gxh4 37. gxh4 Bf7 38. Nc4+ Bxc4 39. Kxc4 e6
(39... c6 $2 40. h5 f5 41. e4 e5 42. fxe5+ Kxe5 43. exf5 Kxf5 44. Kxc5 Kg4 45.
Kxc6 Kxh5 46. d4 Kg6 47. d5 h5 48. d6 h4 49. d7 h3 50. d8=Q $18) (39... Kc6 $2
40. f5 Kd6 41. e4 Kc6 42. h5 Kd6 43. Kb5 c6+ 44. Kxa5 c4 45. dxc4 Kc5 46. Ka6
Kxc4 47. Kb6 c5 48. a5 Kd4 49. a6 c4 50. a7 c3 51. a8=Q $18) 40. Kb5 Kd5 41.
Kxa5 c4 42. dxc4+ Kxc4 43. Ka6 c5 44. Kb6 Kb4 45. a5 c4 46. a6 c3 47. a7 c2 48.
a8=Q c1=Q 49. Qe4+ (49. Qf8+ $5 Kb3 50. Qxf6 Qxe3+ 51. Kc6 $14) 49... Qc4 $1
50. Qb1+ Kc3 (50... Qb3 $2 51. Qxb3+ Kxb3 52. Kc5 Kc3 53. Kd6 Kd3 54. Kxe6 Kxe3
55. f5 Kf4 56. Kxf6 Kg4 57. Kg6 Kxh4 58. f6 h5 59. f7 $18) 51. Qa1+ Kd2 52.
Qxf6 Kxe3 53. Qxh6 Qxf4 54. Qxe6+ Qe4 55. Qh3+ Kf4 56. h5 Kg5 {Ribli} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Nettetal"]
[Site "Nettetal"]
[Date "1992.02.15"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Winants, Luc"]
[Black "Lanka, Zigurds"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[EventDate "1992.02.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 028"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Rb1 Nd7 8.
Nf3 O-O 9. O-O Nb6 (9... Re8 10. d4 c5 11. Qa4 Nb6 12. Qa3 Bf5 13. Rb5 cxd4 14.
cxd4 Be4 15. Bf4 a6 16. Rc5 Nd5 $13 {Poldauf,D-Feldmann,V Budapest Spring op
1990 EXP/17}) (9... Rb8 10. d4 b6 11. e4 e5 12. Re1 c5 13. a4 Ba6 14. d5 h6 15.
Bf1 Bxf1 16. Rxf1 $14 {Huebner,R-Gutman,L BRD 1988 45/13}) 10. Ng5 (10. Qc2 Bd7
11. d3 Ba4 12. Qd2 Bc6 13. Ne1 (13. c4 $5) 13... Qd7 14. c4 Rfd8 15. Qa5 Na4
16. Bd2 b6 17. Bxc6 Qxc6 18. Qb5 Qxb5 19. Rxb5 e5 20. Rb4 Nc5 21. Be3 a5 22.
Rb5 Na4 23. Ng2 Rab8 $6 (23... Nc3 $5) 24. Rb3 $1 Bf8 $13 {Psakhis,L-Pfeiffer,
H Vienna op 1991 EXP/25}) 10... Rb8 (10... Qd7 11. Qb3 Qg4 12. Nf3 Be6 13. Qc2
Qc4 14. Ng5 $1 Bg4 15. Bxb7 Rab8 16. Bf3 Bxf3 17. exf3 h6 18. Nh3 Nd5 19. Rb3
$1 $16 {Ribli,Z-Gutman,L  BRD 1987  44/14}) 11. Ne4 (11. Qc2 $5 h6 12. Ne4 Bf5
13. d3 $14) 11... Bf5 12. Qc2 Qd7 13. d3 Na4 14. Bd2 (14. c4 Bxe4 15. Bxe4 Nc3
16. Rxb7 Rxb7 17. Bxb7 c6 18. Ba6 Rb8 $44) 14... c5 15. c4 a6 16. Nc3 (16. Bf4
$5 e5 (16... Rbc8 $2 17. Rxb7 $1 $18) 17. Be3 $13) 16... Bxc3 $5 17. Bxc3 b5
18. Ba1 Bh3 $1 19. Bxh3 Qxh3 20. Qd2 Qe6 21. Rbc1 Rfd8 22. Qc2 Qc6 23. Rfd1 f6
24. e3 Rbc8 25. Rb1 b4 26. Qe2 Rd7 27. Rbc1 Nb6 28. Qg4 Kf7 29. d4 $2 cxd4 30.
exd4 h5 $1 31. Qf4 Nxc4 $17 32. Qh6 Rg8 33. Qh7+ Rg7 34. Qh8 a5 35. Rc2 Qd5 36.
Rdc1 Rd8 37. Qh6 Rc8 38. Re2 e6 39. Rce1 Rc6 40. Qh8 a4 41. Qb8 Nb6 42. Bb2 a3
43. Bc1 Qd7 44. Qh8 Rc8 45. Qh6 Re8 46. Qd2 Nd5 47. Qd3 h4 48. Bd2 Rh7 49. Qa6
Rhh8 50. Qd3 h3 51. f3 Re7 52. Rb1 Qd6 53. Re4 f5 54. Re5 Rc7 55. Rbe1 Re8 56.
g4 Qc6 57. Rc1 Qb6 58. Rce1 Rd7 59. Bg5 Nf6 60. Be3 Rd5 61. Bf2 Qa5 62. Qd2
Rxe5 63. dxe5 Qd5 64. Qe2 Nxg4 $1 65. Bg3 b3 $1 66. fxg4 bxa2 67. Qf1 Qd4+ 68.
Kh1 Qxg4 69. Qd3 Rd8 $1 70. Qxa3 a1=Q 0-1

[Event "ARG-ch"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1998.04.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ricardi, Pablo"]
[Black "Alonso, Salvador"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2390"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "1998.04.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 {Das ist die sogenannte Anti-Grьnfeld-Indische
Zugfolge.Wenn Schwarz jetzt 3.Bg7 spielt, kann er nach 4.e4 nur noch in die
Kцnigsindische Verteidigung gelangen. Ribli.} d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 (5. Qb3) (
5. Qa4+) (5. g3) 5... Nxc3 6. dxc3 {Diese Fortsetzung ist meines Erachtens fьr
Schwarz nicht so gefдhrlich.} (6. bxc3 Bg7 7. d4 c5 8. Rb1 {fьhrt zu einer
aktuellen Hauptvariante der Grьnfeld-Indischen Verteidigung.}) 6... Qxd1+ 7.
Kxd1 {Der weiЯe Kцnig steht in der Mitte ausgezeichnet und strebt nach c2.} Nd7
{Schwarz hat leichte Entwicklungsprobleme, aber die symmetrische
Bauernstellung bietet ihm gute Ausgleichschancen.} (7... f6 8. Be3 (8. Kc2 e5
9. Be3 Be6 10. Nd2 Nd7 11. a4 a5 12. Bc4 Bxc4 13. Nxc4 Bc5 14. Rhd1 Bxe3 15.
Nxe3 Nb6 16. b4 Ke7 {1/2-1/2 Ribli,Z-Ftacnik,L/BL9293 1993 (25)}) 8... e5 9.
Nd2 Be6 10. Bc4 Kf7 $5 (10... Bxc4 11. Nxc4 Nd7 12. b4 h5 13. Kc2 Bh6 14. Bxh6
Rxh6 15. Rhd1 O-O-O 16. a4 $14 {Schlosser,P-Smejkal,J Altensteig 1991 CBM/25})
11. Kc2 Be7 $1 (11... h5 12. Rhd1 Bh6 13. Bxh6 Rxh6 14. a4 a5 15. Bxe6+ Kxe6
16. Nb3 Nd7 17. Rd5 b6 18. Rad1 Rh7 19. c4 $16 {Cehov-Jasnikowski Bydgoszcz
1990 50/10}) 12. b4 a5 $1 13. a3 Rd8 14. Bxe6+ Kxe6 15. Nb3 a4 16. Na5 (16.
Nc5+ Bxc5 17. bxc5 Na6 18. Rab1 Rab8 19. Rb5 Kd7 $1 $10) 16... b6 17. Nc4 Nc6
18. Rad1 (18. Rhd1 $5) 18... Na7 $1 19. Rxd8 Rxd8 20. Rd1 Rxd1 21. Kxd1 Nb5 22.
Kc2 Nd6 23. Kd3 Kd7 24. Nd2 b5 $1 $10 25. f3 c6 26. Bc5 Nb7 {1/2-1/2 Ribli,
Z-Epishin,V/Vienna 1991}) (7... Bg7 {Diese natьrliche Lдuferentwicklung ist
nicht gut.} 8. Bf4 {[%csl Gf4][%cal Rf4c7]} c6 9. Kc2 Nd7 10. Nd2 $14 {und
wenn Schwarz die Bewegungsfreiheit des Bf4 einschrдnken will, wird auch sein
eigener Lдufer auf g7 eingeschlossen.}) (7... Bg4 8. Bf4 c6 9. Kc2 Nd7 10. Bc4
Bxf3 11. gxf3 e5 12. Be3 Bc5 13. Bh6 Bf8 14. Bd2 $14 {Der weiЯe Doppelbauer
ist nur scheinbar schlecht, denn WeiЯ kann f3-f4 mit aktiver Stellung spielen.}
) 8. Bf4 (8. Be3 e5 9. Nd2 (9. Bc4 $5) 9... Bc5 10. Nc4 Ke7 11. Kc2 (11. Bxc5+
Nxc5 12. Nxe5 Nxe4 $11) 11... Bxe3 12. Nxe3 c6 13. f3 $11) (8. Bc4 Nc5 9. Re1
$5 (9. Nd2 Bh6 10. f3 Be6 $11)) 8... c6 (8... Nc5 9. Nd2 (9. Bxc7 $6 Nxe4 $15 {
[%csl Ge4][%cal Re4f2,Rf2d1,Rf2h1]}) 9... c6 10. Be3 e5 11. b4 Na4 12. Kc2 b5
13. a3 Be6 14. Nb3 a6 $11) 9. Nd2 (9. Kc2 f6 10. Bc4 (10. Nd2 e5 11. Be3 Bc5
12. Re1 Ke7 13. Bc4 b5 14. Bd3 Rd8 15. Nb3 Bxe3 16. Rxe3 a5 17. Rd1 a4 18. Nc1
Nc5 19. Be2 Be6 20. Rxd8 Rxd8 21. b4 axb3+ 22. axb3 {Nasybullin,V-Lin Weiguo/
Manila olm 1992/1-0 (57)}) 10... e5 11. Be3 Bc5 12. Rae1 Bxe3 13. Rxe3 Nb6 14.
Bb3 a5 15. a4 Nd7 16. Bc4 Nc5 17. Ra1 Ke7 18. Nd2 Rd8 19. Nb3 Nxb3 20. Bxb3 Be6
21. Bxe6 {1/2-1/2 Har Zvi,R-Liss,E/Biel op 1993}) 9... e5 10. Be3 Bc5 (10... a5
$5 11. Nc4 b5 12. Nd2 Nc5 $11 (12... Bc5 13. a4 Bxe3 14. fxe3 $13 {Auf den
ersten Blick sind die weiЯen Doppelbauern auf e3 und e4 schwach, aber auch
Schwarz hat seine Sorgen am Damenflьgel.})) 11. Bxc5 Nxc5 12. b4 Na4 $6 {
Dieser Springerzug gefдllt mir nicht. Schwarz spielt zu optimistisch und
spдter steht sein Springer weder auf a5 noch auf b6 besonders glьcklich.} (
12... Ne6 13. Nc4 f6 14. Kc2 Ke7 15. Na5 Rd8 16. Bc4 Rd6 17. Rhd1 Rb8 18. a4 b6
19. Rxd6 Kxd6 20. Nb3 Nf4 21. g3 Be6 22. Nd2 Nh3 23. f3 Bxc4 24. Nxc4+ Kc7 25.
Rd1 Rd8 26. Rxd8 Kxd8 27. Kd3 Kd7 28. Ke3 Ng5 {Mishuchkov,N-Beshukov,S/
Smolensk op 1991/1/2-1/2 (63)}) 13. Kc2 $14 f6 (13... Be6 $5 14. Nc4 Bxc4 15.
Bxc4 Ke7 {WeiЯ hat einen guten Lдufer und kann 16.Bb3 spielen, aber die
schwarze Stellung erscheint mir haltbar.}) 14. Nc4 Nb6 (14... Be6 $2 15. Nd6+
Ke7 16. Nxb7 $16) (14... Ke7 15. Na5) 15. Na5 {[%csl Ga5] Der gut postierte
weiЯe Springer auf a5 ьbt positionellen Druck gegen den schwarzen Damenflьgel
aus.} (15. Nxb6 $6 axb6 16. Bc4 $11) 15... Kd8 (15... Rb8 16. Rd1 Ke7) 16. c4 {
Der schwarze Springer steht schlecht auf b6, so daЯ jetzt alles mit Tempo
kommt.} Kc7 17. c5 Nd7 18. Bc4 {Ein nьtzlicher Befreiungszug.} b6 19. cxb6+
axb6 20. Nb3 (20. Nxc6 Bb7 (20... Kxc6 $2 21. Bd5+ $16 {[%cal Rd5a8]}) 21. b5
Nb8 $1 (21... Ra4 22. Bd5 Rha8 $44 {[%csl Ga4,Ga8]}) 22. Nxb8 (22. Rhd1 Nxc6
23. bxc6 Bxc6 24. Bd5 Ba4+ 25. Bb3 $11) 22... Bxe4+ 23. Bd3 Bxd3+ 24. Kxd3 Rd8+
$15) 20... Ra4 $6 {Wie zuvor der Springerzug nach a4 (12...Na4) ist auch das
zu optimistisch. In Wirklichkeit steht der Turm auf a4 nicht glьcklich.} (20...
Ba6 21. Bxa6 Rxa6 22. a4 Rha8 23. a5 $14) (20... Ra3 $2 {Dieser Zug gibt dem
WeiЯen ein klares Tempo.} 21. Kb2 {[%cal Yh1c1,Yc1c7]}) 21. a3 {[%csl Ra4]} Nf8
22. Kb2 {Durch den Kцnigszug befreit WeiЯ seinen Turm von der Verteidigung des
Bauern a3 und bereitet Rc1 vor.} Be6 23. Rac1 Bxc4 24. Rxc4 {[%csl Rc6,Rc7]
[%cal Rh1c1,Rc1c7]} b5 25. Rc3 Ne6 (25... Ra6 26. Nc5 Ra7 27. Rf3 $16 {[%csl
Rf6][%cal Rf3f6]}) 26. Na5 {[%csl Ra4,Rc6,Rc7]} c5 $8 (26... Nd4 27. Rhc1 {
[%csl Rc6]} Ne2 28. Rxc6+ $18) 27. Rd1 $1 {WeiЯ hдlt die Spannung und bereitet
28.Rd5 vor. Der schwarze Turm steht auf a4 sehr schlecht.} (27. Nb3 c4 $13)
27... c4 (27... Rd8 28. Rxd8 Kxd8 (28... Nxd8 29. Rxc5+ $16) 29. Nb7+ $16 {
[%cal Rb7d8,Rb7c5]}) 28. Rd5 {[%cal Rd5b5]} Nd4 (28... Rb8 $5 29. Nxc4 (29. g3
{WeiЯ beabsichtigt 30.Rf3 und verteidigt sich gegen 30...Nf4.} Nd4 30. f4 Re8
$13) (29. Rf3 $6 Nf4 30. Rc5+ Kd7 $15 {[%cal Rf4d3,Rd3b2,Rd3c5]}) 29... bxc4
30. Rxc4+ Kb7 (30... Kb6 31. Rd6+ Kb5 32. Rcc6 {[%csl Rb5]} Nd4 $2 33. Rc5#)
31. Rd7+ Ka8 32. Rc6 $13) 29. f4 Rd8 $2 (29... Re8 $5 30. Rh3 Re7) {[#]} 30.
Nxc4 $1 $16 {[%csl Gc3,Rc7] Dieses unerwartete Springeropfer erschьttert die
schwarze Stellung.} Rxd5 (30... bxc4 31. Rxc4+ Nc6 32. Rxd8 Kxd8 33. Rxc6 exf4
34. Rxf6 $18) 31. Ne3+ Kd6 32. Nxd5 Ra7 (32... f5 33. fxe5+ Kxe5 34. Rc5 $16 {
[%cal Gc5e5]} fxe4 (34... Kxe4 35. Nc3+ $18 {[%cal Rc3e4,Rc3a4]}) 35. Nc3+ $18
{[%cal Rc5e5,Rc3a4]}) 33. Nxf6 exf4 {Schwarz hat einen Minusbauern, aber seine
Stellung ist recht aktiv, so daЯ WeiЯ noch vorsichtig sein muЯ.} 34. Rc5 {
[%csl Gc5][%cal Rc5d5,Rd5d4,Rd5d6]} Ke6 35. Nd5 Rf7 (35... Ke5 36. Nc3+ Ke6 37.
Nxb5 Nxb5 38. Rxb5 $16) 36. Nc7+ Kd6 (36... Kf6 37. Kc3 $16) 37. Nxb5+ Nxb5 38.
Rxb5 {Die beiden Mehrbauern bieten dem WeiЯen gute Gewinnchancen, aber Schwarz
entfaltet noch etwas Initiative am Kцnigsflьgel.} f3 39. gxf3 Rxf3 40. Rd5+ Kc6
$5 {Es ist verstдndlich, daЯ Schwarz mit seinem Kцnig die weiЯen Freibauern
aufzuhalten versucht.} 41. Rc5+ Kb6 42. Rc3 Rf4 (42... Rxc3 $2 43. Kxc3 $18) (
42... Rf2+ 43. Rc2 $18) 43. Re3 {[%cal Re4e5,Re5e6,Re6e7,Re7e8]} Rf2+ 44. Kc3
Rxh2 45. e5 Rf2 (45... Kc7 46. e6 Kd8 47. e7+ Ke8 48. b5 $18 {WeiЯ ist viel
schneller.}) 46. e6 Rf8 47. e7 Re8 48. Kc4 Kc6 49. a4 $18 {Der schwarze Turm
steht sehr passiv und die weiЯen Freibauern entscheiden die Partie.} g5 50. b5+
Kd6 (50... Kb6 51. Kd5 h5 52. Kd6 $18) 51. a5 g4 52. a6 h5 53. a7 {und Schwarz
gab diese chancenlose Stellung auf.} (53. a7 h4 54. a8=Q Rxa8 55. e8=Q Rxe8 56.
Rxe8 h3 (56... g3 57. Rg8 $18) 57. Rh8 $18) 1-0

[Event "Dortmund op-A"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2385"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1992.04.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 029"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2 Nc6 7. O-O Nb6 8.
d3 O-O 9. Be3 e5 (9... h6 10. Qc1 Kh7 11. Rd1 e5 12. d4 (12. Bc5 $5) 12... Nxd4
13. Nxd4 exd4 14. Bxd4 Bxd4 15. e3 Qe7 16. Rxd4 c6 17. Ne4 Be6 18. Qc5 $14 {
Hansen,LB-Peek,M Oostende op 1991 EXP/26}) 10. Qc1 $5 (10. Qd2 Re8 11. Bh6 Bh8
12. Rac1 Nd4 13. Nxd4 exd4 14. Ne4 Nd5 15. Bg5 f6 16. Bh6 c6 $13 {Arkhipov,
S-Leko,P Nettetal 1992 CBM/28}) 10... Re8 11. Bh6 Bh8 12. Ne4 (12. Re1 Ne7 13.
Ne4 Be6 14. Nc5 Bd5 15. e4 Bc6 16. Qc3 Qd6 17. Rac1 $14 {Moldobaev,E-Teske,H
Frunze 1989 CBM/15}) 12... Nd4 13. Re1 $1 Nxf3+ 14. Bxf3 c6 15. b4 $1 Qe7 16.
Rb1 Be6 17. a3 Bd5 (17... Ba2 $5 18. Rb2 Bd5) 18. Qc5 Na4 19. Qc2 Nb6 20. Qc5
Na4 21. Qxe7 $1 Rxe7 22. Bg5 Re6 23. Rec1 f6 24. Be3 $14 Re7 25. b5 f5 26. Bg5
Rf7 (26... Rd7 27. bxc6 bxc6 28. Nf6+ Bxf6 29. Bxf6 $14) 27. Nd6 Rd7 28. Nxb7
$1 cxb5 (28... Rxb7 $2 29. bxc6 $18) 29. Bxd5+ Rxd5 30. Rc7 Bg7 31. Rbc1 Nb6
32. Nc5 Rc8 33. Ne6 Rxc7 34. Rxc7 Rd7 35. Be3 $1 Rxc7 36. Nxc7 Na4 37. Nxb5 $18
a6 38. Nd6 Nc3 39. Kf1 a5 40. Ke1 a4 41. Kd2 Nd5 42. Bc5 1-0

[Event "Rishon Le Ziyyon YM"]
[Site "Rishon Le Ziyyon"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Alterman, Boris"]
[Black "Mikhalevski, Victor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1995.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 046"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Nb6 6. d3 Bg7 7. Be3 (7. h4 $5
{Diese agressive Fortsetzung kommt auch in Frage.} h6 (7... h5 $6 8. Nh3 Nc6 9.
Ng5 Nd4 10. O-O O-O 11. e3 Nf5 12. d4 $14 {Weiss hat Raumvorteil. Bukal,
V-Schwartzman,G/Dortmund-D/1991/EXP22/}) 8. Be3 N8d7 9. a4 Nf6 10. a5 Nbd5 11.
Bd4 Nf4 12. gxf4 Qxd4 13. Qa4+ Qxa4 14. Rxa4 $14 {Weiss besitzt die Initiative.
Seirawan,Y-Kortschnoj,V/Wijk aan Zee/1983/}) 7... Nc6 (7... O-O 8. Qc1 Re8 9.
Bh6 Bh8 10. h4 Nc6 11. h5 Nd4 12. Nf3 Nxf3+ 13. Bxf3 $16 {Weiss hat
Angriffchancen und Entwicklungsvorteil.Seirawan,Y-Sokolov,I/Sarajevo 1987/
CBM05/INF44,14/}) 8. Bxc6+ {Schwarz hat fuer den Doppelbauern Laeuferpaars.
Sichere Fortsetzung ist 8.Qc1 oder 8.Nf3.} (8. Qc1 $5 Nd4 9. Nf3 e5 10. O-O h6
11. Re1 c6 12. Ne4 $14 {Weiss hat einen kleinen Vorteil. Gheorghiu,F-London,D/
New York/1984/INF37,18/}) 8... bxc6 9. Qd2 $6 {Das ist eine zweifelhafte
Neuerung.} (9. Qc1 $5 h5 10. Nf3 Bg4 11. Ng5 Nd5 12. Nxd5 Qxd5 13. f3 Rb8 14.
Rb1 Bd7 15. b3 $14 {Smyslov,V-Robatsch,K/Sochi/1974/INF18,18/}) 9... h5 10. h3
$2 {Warum nicht 10.Nf3.} Bf5 11. Rc1 a5 12. b3 a4 13. b4 a3 14. Nf3 Qd7 15. h4
{Weiss verliert ein Tempo wegen 10.h3?.} Bg4 16. Ng5 $6 (16. O-O Bxf3 17. exf3
O-O 18. Rfd1 $13) 16... Nd5 $1 17. Nxd5 {Was sonst.} cxd5 18. d4 O-O 19. O-O
Rfb8 $1 {Weiss hat in der Eroeffnung ungenau gespielt. Schwarz steht schon
leicht besser, weil er am Damenfluegel starken Druck erreicht hat.} 20. Rc5 c6
21. Rb1 Rb6 22. Rb3 Qb7 23. Nf3 Bxf3 $1 24. exf3 Ra4 25. Qc3 Rbxb4 26. Rxb4
Rxb4 27. Rxc6 (27. Qxa3 {Hilft nicht.} Bxd4 28. Bxd4 Rxd4 29. Qc3 (29. Qc1 Rb4
$19 {Weiss ist hilflos.}) 29... Qb1+ 30. Kg2 Rd1 31. Rxc6 Rg1+ 32. Kh2 Rh1+ 33.
Kg2 Qf1# {Schwarz war schneller!}) 27... Rb1+ 28. Kh2 Kh7 $1 {Sehr kluger Zug!}
29. Rc5 (29. Rc7 Qb5 30. Rxe7 Qf1 $19) 29... Qb2 30. f4 (30. Qxb2 axb2 31. Rb5
e5 $19) 30... Qxa2 $1 (30... Qe2 $2 {Jetzt kann Weiss seine Stellung mit
schoenen taktischen Moeglichkeiten und mit Beihilfe des Schwarzes retten.} 31.
Qxa3 Bxd4 $1 32. Rc1 (32. Bxd4 Qd1 $19) 32... Bb2 $2 (32... Rxc1 $1 33. Qxc1
Bxe3 34. Qxe3 Qxa2 35. Qxe7 Qxf2+ $2 (35... d4 $1 {Schwarz hat noch Chancen
die Partie zu gewinnen.}) 36. Kh3 Qf1+ 37. Kh2 $10) 33. Qxe7 $1 Rxc1 34. Qxf7+
Bg7 35. f5 $1 {[#]} (35. Bxc1 $2 Qxf2+ 36. Kh3 Qf1+ 37. Kh2 Qxc1 $19) (35. Bd4
Rh1+ $1 36. Kxh1 Qd1+ 37. Kg2 Qxd4 $19) 35... Rc6 36. Bd4 Rf6 37. Bxf6 Qxf2+
38. Kh1 Qf1+ 39. Kh2 Qf2+ $10) 31. f5 Qe2 32. fxg6+ fxg6 33. Qxa3 Qf1 34. Rc1
Rxc1 35. Qxc1 Qxc1 36. Bxc1 Bxd4 {Das Endspiel ist fuer Weiss verloren. Der
Rest der Partie bedarf keines Kommentars.} 37. Kg2 Kg7 38. Bg5 e5 39. Kf3 Kf7
40. Ke2 Ke6 41. Bd2 Kf5 42. f3 e4 43. Be1 Bb6 44. Bb4 d4 45. fxe4+ Kxe4 46. Bd6
d3+ 47. Kd2 Ba5+ 48. Kd1 Bc3 {Ribli} 0-1

[Event "Nettetal"]
[Site "Nettetal"]
[Date "1992.02.13"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Arkhipov, Sergey"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2385"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "1992.02.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 028"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. d3 Nc6 8.
Be3 O-O 9. O-O (9. Qd2 $5 Re8 10. Bh6 Bh8 11. h4 $1 Nd5 12. h5 Nf6 13. hxg6
hxg6 14. Qg5 Nd4 15. Ne5 Nh7 16. Qh4 Bf6 17. Qh2 Nf8 18. f4 Qd6 19. Ne4 Qb4+
20. Kf2 Nf5 21. Nxf6+ exf6 22. Bg7 Qd4+ 23. Ke1 Qb4+ 24. Kd1 Ne3+ 25. Kc1 Qc5+
26. Kd2 $18 {Novopashin-Muhin URS 1975}) 9... e5 $5 (9... h6 10. Qc1 Kh7 11.
Rd1 e5 12. d4 (12. b4 $5) (12. Bc5 $5 Re8 13. e3) 12... exd4 13. Nxd4 Nxd4 14.
Bxd4 Bxd4 15. e3 c6 16. Rxd4 Qe7 17. Ne4 Be6 18. Qc5 Rae8 $10 {Hansen,LB-Peek,
M Ostende op 1991  EXP/26}) 10. Qd2 (10. Qc1 Re8 11. Bh6 Bh8 12. Re1 Ne7 13.
Ne4 Be6 14. Nc5 Bd5 15. e4 Bc6 16. Qc3 Qd6 17. Rac1 $13 {Moldobaev,E-Teske,H
Frunze 1989 CBM/15}) 10... Re8 $1 (10... Nd4 11. Bh6 Re8 $2 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13.
b4 $1 c6 14. Nxd4 exd4 15. Ne4 Nd5 16. Qb2 $16 {Romanishin-Whiteley Hastings
1976/77  24/19}) 11. Bh6 Bh8 $1 12. Rac1 Nd4 13. Nxd4 exd4 14. Ne4 Nd5 15. Bg5
f6 16. Bh6 c6 17. e3 (17. Rfe1 $5) 17... f5 18. Bg5 dxe3 19. fxe3 Qc7 20. Nc5 (
20. Nc3 Nxc3 21. bxc3 Be6 22. c4 $13) 20... Qd6 21. Kh1 Bf6 22. e4 Bxg5 23.
Qxg5 Qe7 $1 24. Qd2 (24. Qxe7 Nxe7 25. d4 fxe4 26. Nxe4 Nd5 27. Nd6 Rd8 28.
Bxd5+ cxd5 29. Nxc8 Raxc8 $10) 24... Nf6 25. Rfe1 fxe4 26. dxe4 Nd7 $1 27. Nd3
Ne5 28. Nxe5 Qxe5 29. b4 Be6 30. Rc5 Qg7 31. e5 Rad8 32. Qe3 Qd7 33. a4 Qd4 $15
34. Qxd4 Rxd4 35. b5 cxb5 36. Rxb5 (36. axb5 Re7 $15) 36... Rxa4 37. Bxb7 Rd8
38. Rb2 a5 39. Kg2 Rb8 40. Reb1 Rb4 $1 41. Rxb4 axb4 42. Be4 b3 43. Rb2 Rb5 44.
Kf3 Rxe5 45. h4 Kg7 46. Bd3 Ra5 47. Re2 Kf6 48. g4 Ra4 49. g5+ Kf7 50. Re5 b2
$1 51. Ke2 (51. Rb5 Ra3 52. Ke2 Rxd3 $1 53. Kxd3 b1=Q+ 54. Rxb1 Bf5+ $19) 51...
Rb4 52. Bb1 Bf5 53. Ba2+ Kf8 54. Ra5 Rb7 55. Ra8+ Ke7 56. Rh8 Kd6 57. Rd8+ Ke5
58. Ke3 b1=Q 59. Re8+ Kd6 60. Bxb1 Bxb1 0-1

[Event "Budapest FS06 GM"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kallai, Gabor"]
[Black "Liss, Eran"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1995.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 049"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 {Hecht} Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Nxc3 $6 {Dieser Zug
gefaellt mir nicht.} (5... Nb6 $5) 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Rb1 $1 {Droht Rxb7!} Nd7 8.
Nf3 O-O 9. O-O Nb6 10. Ng5 $1 (10. Qc2 Bd7 {Beim,V-Liss,E/Budapest FS AprGM/
1994/EXP42/}) 10... Bf5 {Eine Neuerung.} (10... Qd7 11. Qb3 Qg4 12. Nf3 Be6 13.
Qc2 Qc4 14. Ng5 $36 {Ribli,Z-Gutman,L/Bundesliga 8687/INF44,14/}) 11. d3 Rb8
12. c4 $14 {Weiss steht besser, weil seine Figuren (Rb1,Bg2,Ng5) aktiv stehen
und seine Bauernstruktur ist auch guenstiger.} Qe8 {Droht /\ Na4} 13. Bf4 $1 {
Sehr stark, provoziert die schwarze Antwort.} e5 {Jetzt hat der g7-Laeufer nur
beschrenkte Moeglichkeiten ins Spiel zu kommen.} 14. Bd2 f6 15. Ne4 Bd7 16. Nc3
Bc6 17. Nd5 $1 Rf7 18. Qb3 f5 19. Nxc7 $1 {Ausgezeichnet gespielt. Weiss
erreicht nun forciert ein besseres Spiel.} Rxc7 20. c5+ Qf7 21. cxb6 axb6 22.
Rfc1 $5 (22. Qxb6 Bxg2 23. Kxg2 Rc2 24. Rb2 Rxb2 25. Qxb2 Qd5+ 26. Kg1 e4 $14 {
Der Nachziehende hat einige Remischancen.}) 22... Qxb3 23. axb3 Rbc8 24. Be3
Bxg2 (24... b5 25. Bb6 Rd7 26. Rc5 $16 {Droht /\ Rbc1}) 25. Kxg2 b5 26. Rxc7
Rxc7 27. Rc1 Rc6 28. Rc5 $1 Rxc5 (28... Rb6 $4 29. Rc8+ $18) (28... b4 29. Rb5
$18) 29. Bxc5 {Hecht: In diesem Endspiel hat Weiss praktisch einen Mehrbauern,
weil beide schwarzen b-Bauern nicht mehr Wert als einer sind. L-L bei 6-6
Bauern, schlechterem sL und schlechterer s Bauernstruktur, ideeller weiЯer
Mehrbauer, Technik} Kf7 30. e4 Ke6 31. f4 h5 32. Kf3 Bh6 33. Be3 $1 {Droht
fxe5 mit gewonnenem Bauernendspiel.} Bf8 34. fxe5 Kxe5 35. d4+ Ke6 36. d5+ Kd6
(36... Ke5 {Hecht} 37. Bf4+ Kd4 38. exf5 gxf5 39. d6 Kd5 40. d7 Be7 41. Bc7 $18
) 37. Bf4+ Kc5 38. Be3+ Kd6 39. Bf4+ Kc5 40. b4+ $1 {Eine kleine, aber
huebsche Kombination entscheidet die positionell gut ange- legte Partie.} Kxb4
(40... Kb6 41. e5 Bxb4 42. e6 $18) 41. d6 Kc4 42. d7 Be7 43. exf5 gxf5 44. h4
Bd8 (44... b4 45. Bg5 b3 46. Bxe7 b2 47. d8=Q b1=Q 48. Qc7+ $18) 45. Bg5 Bc7
46. d8=Q Bxd8 47. Bxd8 b4 48. Kf4 b3 49. Bf6 b5 50. Kxf5 Kd3 51. g4 {Ribli} (
51. g4 hxg4 52. Kxg4 Kc2 53. h5 b2 54. Bxb2 Kxb2 55. h6 b4 56. h7 b3 57. h8=Q+
$18) 1-0

[Event "Lvov zt"]
[Site "Lvov"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Azmaiparashvili, Zurab"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1990.02.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nf3 d6 6. O-O a6 7. Rb1 c6 8. d3 b5
9. e4 Nbd7 10. a3 {10.b3!?} bxc4 11. dxc4 Ng4 12. Qc2 Rb8 13. b4 Nge5 14. Na4
c5 15. b5 $6 {15.Nxe5} axb5 16. cxb5 Qa5 17. Bd2 Qa7 {/\ Ra8} 18. Nc3 $2 Nc4 $1
19. a4 Na3 20. Qa2 Nxb1 21. Rxb1 Nb6 22. a5 Be6 $1 23. Nd5 Nxd5 24. exd5 Bf5
25. Rb3 c4 26. Rb4 Qc5 27. Qa4 c3 28. Be3 c2 29. Bc1 Bc3 30. Rb3 Qxd5 31. Rxc3
Qd1+ 32. Bf1 Qxc1 33. Nd4 Bh3 34. Qc4 Rfc8 $1 35. Nc6 Rxc6 $1 36. bxc6 Qxf1+
37. Qxf1 Rb1 0-1

[Event "FRA-NED"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Kouatly, Bachar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1990.02.??"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qc2 $5 Nb4 7. Qb3 c5
8. Ne4 N8a6 {8...Qa5 9.Nfg5, f6!? 10.Nxf6+, exf6 11.Qf7+, Kd8 12.Qxf6+, Kc7 13.
Qxh8, N8c6 -/+ Franco,Z-Sion Castro,M Salamanca 1989 CBM/13 8...Qa5 9.Nfg5,
N8c6 10.e3, Ne5 11.a3! +/- Kalinicenko-Petrov 1987 i 44/(13)} 9. e3 Qa5 10. Ne5
$1 Be6 11. Bc4 Bxc4 12. Qxc4 e6 13. O-O Be7 14. b3 $1 {/^ b2,g7 +/=} Nd5 15.
Bb2 f6 16. Ng4 Rf8 $2 {16...b5 17.Qe2, Rf8 18.a4, b4 +/=} 17. Bxf6 $1 {17.
Ngxf6+! +/-} b5 {17...Nxf6 18.Ngxf6+, Rxf6 (18...Bxf6? 19.Qxe6+, Be7 20.Nd6+,
Kd8 21.Nxb7+ +/-) 19.Nxf6+, Bxf6 20.Qxe6+ +/-} 18. Bc3 $1 Nxc3 19. Qxc3 Qxc3
20. dxc3 Nc7 21. c4 bxc4 22. bxc4 Rb8 23. Rab1 Rb4 24. a3 $1 Ra4 {24...Rxc4?
25.Rb8+, Bd8 26.Nd6+ +/-} 25. Ne5 Na6 26. Rb7 Rf5 27. f4 Rxa3 28. Rxa7 Rxe3 29.
Ra8+ Bd8 1-0

[Event "Minsk"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Rotstein, Arkadij"]
[Black "Zaitsev, Igor A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1993.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 036"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O Nc6 7. d3 (7. Rb1 $5
{Bojczuk,Z-Gavrilov,A/Moscow-B/1991/EXP24/}) 7... a6 (7... Nh5 $5 {Roos,
Th-Sieglen,J/Bonn/1993/CBM34/}) 8. Rb1 Bd7 $5 (8... Rb8 $6 9. b4 b5 10. cxb5
axb5 11. a4 $14) 9. b4 b5 10. Nd2 Rb8 11. a3 (11. cxb5 axb5 12. a4 bxa4 13. b5
Nd4 14. Qxa4 Nxb5 15. Nxb5 Qe8 16. Nxc7 Bxa4 17. Nxe8 Rfxe8 $10) 11... e5 12.
Bb2 Ne7 13. Ba1 Qc8 14. a4 bxc4 15. dxc4 Bh3 16. e4 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Nc6 (17... c6
$5) 18. b5 axb5 19. cxb5 Nd4 20. Nb3 Ne6 $6 (20... c5 $5 21. bxc6 $6 (21. Nd5
$5) 21... Nxb3 22. Rxb3 Qxc6 $13) 21. Na5 Ng5 22. f3 Qh3+ 23. Kg1 $16 d5 24.
exd5 e4 25. Nxe4 Ngxe4 26. fxe4 Ng4 27. Qe2 Ra8 28. Bxg7 Kxg7 29. Qb2+ f6 (
29... Kg8 30. Nc6 $18) 30. Nb3 $1 Rxa4 31. Nc5 Rfa8 32. Nxa4 Rxa4 33. d6 $1
cxd6 34. Qd2 Ra8 35. Rb2 Ne5 36. Qxd6 Ra7 37. Qxf6+ 1-0

[Event "Voskresensk"]
[Site "Voskresensk"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Mohr, Georg"]
[Black "Miralles, Gilles"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "25"]
[EventDate "1990.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qc2 Nb4 7. Qb3 a5 $5
8. a3 Be6 9. Qd1 Nd5 10. Qa4+ Bd7 11. Qc2 Nb6 12. d4 Bg7 13. Bf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Odorheiu Secuiesc"]
[Site "Odorheiu Secuiesc"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Schwartzman, Gabriel"]
[Black "Neverov, Valeriy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "1993.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 036"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Rb1 Nd7 (
7... O-O $2 8. Rxb7 $1 $16 {Smejkal,J-Grimm,S/Porz/1992/CBM31/}) 8. Nf3 c5 (
8... O-O 9. O-O Nb6 $5 {Winants,L-Lanka,Z/Nettetal/1992/CBM28/}) 9. O-O O-O 10.
c4 (10. d4 $5 Nb6 11. e4 Bg4 12. dxc5 Qxd1 13. Rxd1 Na4 14. Rxb7 $16 {
Timman-Kramer/Leeuwarden/1969/}) 10... Nb6 (10... Qc7 11. Qc2 Rb8 12. Bb2 $14 {
Averbach-Bagirov/USSR-ch/1970/}) 11. d3 Bd7 12. Qc2 Qc7 13. Be3 (13. Bb2 $5)
13... Rab8 14. Nd2 Na4 15. Rb3 a6 16. Ne4 Rfc8 17. Rc1 b5 $5 (17... f5 18. Ng5
e6 19. Bf4 $16) (17... h6 $5) 18. cxb5 axb5 19. Nxc5 (19. Bxc5 $2 f5 $1 $19)
19... Nxc5 20. Bxc5 Bd4 21. Qb1 (21. Qd2 $2 Bxc5 22. d4 Qd6 $19) 21... Be6 $1 (
21... Bxc5 22. d4 Qa7 23. dxc5 Rxc5 $10) 22. Ba3 Qa7 (22... Qa5 $5 23. Rxc8+
Rxc8 24. Bb4 Qb6 25. Ra3 Bxf2+ 26. Kh1 $15) 23. Rxb5 $1 Bxf2+ 24. Kh1 Be3 25.
Rc2 Rxb5 26. Rxc8+ Bxc8 27. Qxb5 Qxa3 28. Qe8+ Kg7 29. Qxc8 Qb2 30. Bf1 $8 Qf6
31. Qh3 $8 h5 32. Qg2 Qb6 33. Qe4 e6 34. a4 f5 35. Qa8 g5 36. a5 Qb1 37. Qg2 g4
38. a6 Kg6 39. h4 $1 $8 Qe1 40. Kh2 Kf6 41. Qa8 f4 42. Qd8+ Ke5 43. Qc7+ Kf6
44. Qd8+ Ke5 45. Qc7+ Kd5 46. Bg2+ f3 47. Qd7+ Ke5 48. Qc7+ Kf6 49. Qd8+ Kf7
50. Qd7+ Kf6 51. Qd8+ Kf5 52. Qf8+ Ke5 53. Qb8+ Kf5 54. Qf8+ Ke5 55. Qb8+ Kd5
56. Qb7+ Kd6 57. Qb8+ Kd7 58. Qb7+ Kd6 59. Qb8+ Ke7 60. Qc7+ Kf6 61. Qd8+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Buenos Aires Najdorf"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Milos, Gilberto"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1993.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 035"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qh4 Bc6 7. Ne5 (7.
Qd4 $5 f6 8. e4 $5 (8. e3 Bg7 9. Be2 e5 10. Qc4 Nb6 11. Qb3 $14 {Cifuentes
Parada,R-Leko,P/Wijk-op/1993/CBM34/INF56,(20)/}) 8... Nxc3 9. bxc3 e5 (9...
Qxd4 $2 10. Nxd4 Bxe4 11. Ne6 $16) 10. Qe3 $14 {Polgar,Zsu-Peelen,P/Wijk-B/
1990/CBM17/}) 7... Bg7 8. Nxc6 Nxc6 9. e3 O-O 10. Be2 e6 $5 11. Qe4 Nce7 12.
O-O c5 13. Qc2 Rc8 (13... Qa5 $5 $13 {Banas,I-Herbrechtsmeier,C/Viernheim/1992/
EXP33/}) 14. d3 Qd7 15. a3 Nxc3 16. bxc3 b5 17. Bb2 Rfd8 18. Rfd1 a5 19. c4
Bxb2 20. Qxb2 b4 21. axb4 axb4 22. d4 Qc7 23. Rd2 Rd6 24. Rad1 Rcd8 25. g3 R6d7
26. Bf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Voskresensk"]
[Site "Voskresensk"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Belov, Igor"]
[Black "Khenkin, Igor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "1990.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qh4 Nxc3 7. dxc3 Nc6
8. e4 e5 9. Qxd8+ Rxd8 10. Bc4 f6 11. Be3 (11. b4 Ra8 (11... a5 12. a3 Ra8 13.
Rb1 Bd6 14. Be3 Ke7 15. Nd2 axb4 16. axb4 Ra3 17. Nb3 Rha8 18. Bc1 R3a4 {
Gomez Esteban-Krasenkov Palma de Mallorca GMA 1989 48/10}) 12. Rb1 Nd8 13. Be3
a5 14. a3 Be6 15. Nd2 axb4 16. axb4 Ra3 17. Bb3 Bd6 18. Kd1 Ke7 19. Kc2 Nc6 {
Gomez,M-Sion Castro,M Salamanca 1989 CBM 13}) 11... Na5 12. Be2 Be6 13. Nd2 b6
14. b4 Nb7 15. Bb5+ Kf7 16. Bc4 Be7 17. Bxe6+ Kxe6 18. Ke2 Rd7 {Ribli} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Voskresensk"]
[Site "Voskresensk"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Barle, Janez"]
[Black "Miralles, Gilles"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "1990.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qc2 Nb4 7. Qb3 c5 8.
Ne4 Bf5 (8... N8a6 9. e3 Qa5 10. Ne5 Be6 11. Bc4 Bxc4 12. Qxc4 e6 13. O-O $14 {
Piket,Je-Kouatly,B Cannes FRA-NLD 1990 CBM/18}) 9. Nfg5 (9. d3 $5) 9... Qd5 10.
Qxd5 Nxd5 11. Nxc5 e5 12. e4 (12. Nxb7 Nb4) 12... Bxc5 13. exf5 gxf5 14. Bc4
Nb4 15. Kd1 O-O 16. f4 e4 17. a3 N4c6 18. d3 h6 19. Nxf7 Rxf7 20. dxe4 fxe4 21.
Re1 Nd7 22. Rxe4 Nf6 23. Bxf7+ Kxf7 24. Rc4 Rd8+ $15 25. Ke1 Bb6 26. Bd2 Nd4
27. b4 Re8+ 28. Kd1 Re2 (28... Ng4 $5) 29. Bc3 Rxg2 30. Rxd4 $8 Bxd4 31. Bxd4
Rxh2 32. Rc1 Rh1+ 33. Kd2 Ne4+ 34. Kc2 Rxc1+ 35. Kxc1 a6 36. a4 Ke6 37. Kd1 Kf5
38. Be5 b5 39. axb5 axb5 40. Ke2 h5 41. Kf3 Nf6 42. Kg3 Nd5 43. Bd6 Ke6 44. Bc5
Kf6 45. Kh4 Nxf4 46. Bd6 Kf5 47. Bb8 Ke4 48. Kg5 Nd3 49. Kxh5 Kd5 50. Kg4 Nxb4
51. Bf4 Na2 52. Bd2 Kc4 53. Ba5 Kb3 54. Kf3 Nb4 55. Ke4 Ka4 56. Bc7 Na6 57. Bd6
b4 58. Bxb4 {Ribli} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Voskresensk"]
[Site "Voskresensk"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Belov, Igor"]
[Black "Miralles, Gilles"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "24"]
[EventDate "1990.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qh4 Nxc3 7. dxc3 Nc6
8. g3 $5 h6 9. Bg2 Bg7 10. O-O e5 11. Rd1 Qxh4 12. Nxh4 O-O-O 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens op"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1993.01.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Cifuentes Parada, Roberto"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "1993.01.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[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 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qh4 Bc6 7. Qd4 f6 8.
e3 (8. e4 $5 Nxc3 9. bxc3 e5 (9... Qxd4 10. Nxd4 Bxe4 11. Ne6 $44) 10. Qe3 Qe7
11. a4 Nd7 12. Bb5 Qc5 13. d4 $14 {Polgar,Zsu-Peelen,P Wijk-B 1990 CBM/17})
8... Bg7 9. Be2 e5 10. Qc4 Nb6 (10... Qd6 11. O-O Nd7 12. d4 Nxc3 (12... f5 $5)
13. bxc3 O-O-O 14. Qb3 Nb6 15. Ba3 Qd7 16. c4 $36 {Levitina,I-Qin Kanying
Shanghai ctW 1992 CBM/33}) 11. Qb3 Qe7 12. O-O (12. d4 $5) 12... Qf7 13. Qxf7+
Kxf7 14. d4 e4 15. Nd2 f5 16. b4 Bd7 $1 17. Nb3 Nc6 18. a3 Ne7 19. Na5 Rab8 20.
Bb2 Ned5 21. Rfc1 c6 22. g3 Nxc3 23. Bxc3 Nd5 24. Bd2 Be6 25. Rab1 Rhc8 26. a4
Bf6 27. b5 cxb5 28. axb5 Rxc1+ 29. Rxc1 Bd8 30. Nc4 Bc7 31. Ra1 Bb6 $10 32. Ba5
Ke7 33. Bxb6 axb6 34. Bf1 Rc8 35. h4 Bd7 36. Ne5 Be8 37. Bc4 Nc3 38. Ra3 Nxb5
39. Bxb5 Bxb5 40. Rb3 Rc1+ 41. Kh2 Bc6 42. Rxb6 Kd6 43. Nxc6 Kc7 $1 (43... bxc6
44. Rb7 $16) 44. Rb2 Rxc6 45. Kg2 Rb6 46. Ra2 h5 47. Kf1 Rd6 48. Ke2 b5 49. Kd2
Kb6 50. Rc2 Ka5 51. Kc1 Kb4 52. Kb2 Ra6 1/2-1/2

[Event "LAT-ch"]
[Site "Latvia"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Miezis, Normunds"]
[Black "Savko, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2365"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 041"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 c6 (5... Nb6) (5... Nxc3 $5)
6. d3 (6. Nf3 $5 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. d4 Nd7 9. Nxd5 cxd5 10. Bf4 Qb6 11. Qb3 $14
{Schwartzman,G-Leko,P/Dortmund-D/1991/EXP22/}) 6... Bg7 7. Bd2 O-O 8. h4 (8.
Qc1 $5) 8... h6 9. Qc1 Kh7 10. Nh3 e5 11. f4 Bxh3 (11... exf4 12. Nxd5 cxd5 (
12... Bxh3 $5) 13. Nxf4 $14) 12. Rxh3 exf4 13. gxf4 (13. h5 Qb6 $5) 13... h5 $1
14. Qc2 Nxc3 15. bxc3 (15. Bxc3 Nd7 $13) 15... Qe7 16. e4 c5 17. Kf2 (17. O-O-O
Nc6 18. f5 b5 $36) 17... Nc6 18. Rf1 b5 19. Kg1 b4 $1 20. e5 Rac8 21. Be4 Kh8
22. Qd1 bxc3 23. Bxc3 Nd4 24. Bxd4 cxd4 25. Rg3 Rb8 (25... Qxh4 26. Kg2 $44)
26. Rg2 Rb6 (26... Qxh4 $5 27. Rh2 Qg3+ 28. Kh1 Kg8 29. Rf3 Qg4 $15) 27. Qe1
Rfb8 28. Qf2 Rb1 29. Rxb1 Rxb1+ 30. Kh2 Bh6 (30... Qc7 $5) 31. Qg3 Qc7 32. Rf2
Qc1 33. e6 $1 Qc7 (33... fxe6 34. Qxg6 Bxf4+ 35. Kh3 Qe3+ 36. Kg2 $18) 34. f5
$1 Qxg3+ 35. Kxg3 Bf8 36. fxg6 Bd6+ 37. Kg2 fxe6 38. Rf6 Rb2+ 39. Kf1 Rxa2 40.
Rxe6 Bf8 41. Re5 Bh6 42. Re7 $1 Ra1+ 43. Ke2 Kg8 44. Bd5+ Kf8 45. Rf7+ 1-0

[Event "WchT 3rd"]
[Site "Luzern"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Yermolinsky, Alex"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "1993.10.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 038"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Armenia"]
[BlackTeam "US of America"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. O-O e5 8.
Nxd5 (8. d4 $5) 8... Qxd5 9. d3 Nc6 (9... Qd6 {Goldin,A-Epishin,V/Warsaw/1990/
CBM17/}) 10. Be3 Qd6 $1 (10... Qd8 $6 11. Qd2 $14 {Taimanov,M-Kortschnoj,V/
Titograd/1984/INF38,15/} (11. b4 $5)) 11. Rc1 (11. Qa4 Nd4 12. Nxd4 exd4 13.
Bf4 Qe7 14. Rfe1 c6 15. b4 a6 16. Qa5 Be6 $10 {Mecking,H-Kortschnoj,V/Augusta/
1974/INF17,29/}) 11... Nd4 12. Nxd4 exd4 13. Bf4 Be5 14. Bxe5 Qxe5 15. b4 c6
16. Rc5 Qd6 17. Qd2 Bd7 18. Rfc1 Rad8 19. Bf3 (19. a4 Rfe8 20. h4 Bg4 $13)
19... Rfe8 20. h4 (20. a4 $5) 20... Re5 21. Rxe5 (21. a4 $5) 21... Qxe5 22. Rc5
(22. Qg5 $5) 22... Qf6 23. Qg5 (23. Qc1 $5) 23... Kg7 24. b5 $2 b6 25. Re5 h6
26. Qf4 Qxf4 27. gxf4 c5 28. Rd5 (28. Bc6 Bxc6 29. bxc6 Rc8 $17) 28... Kf8 29.
a4 Ke7 30. e3 Be6 31. Rxd8 Kxd8 $17 32. Bd1 Ke7 33. Kf1 Kd6 34. Ke1 c4 $1 35.
dxc4 (35. exd4 Kd5 36. dxc4+ Kxd4 $19) 35... Bxc4 36. Kd2 Kc5 37. e4 f6 38. Be2
Bf7 $1 39. Bd1 g5 40. fxg5 fxg5 41. hxg5 hxg5 42. Kc2 Be6 43. Bh5 Kd6 44. Kd3
Ke5 45. Bd1 Bf7 46. f3 Be6 $1 47. Bc2 (47. Be2 Bb3 $19) 47... g4 48. fxg4 Bxg4
49. Kc4 Be2+ 50. Bd3 Bf3 51. Kb4 Bxe4 52. Bf1 Kf4 53. a5 Ke3 54. axb6 axb6 55.
Kc4 d3 0-1

[Event "Interzonal-16"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Gurevich, Ilya"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1993.07.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 037"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qh4 Bc6 7. Qd4 f6 8.
e3 Bg7 (8... e5 $2 9. Nxe5 $1 $16 {Vaganian,R-Kouatly,B/Marseille/1987/}) 9.
Be2 e5 (9... Qd6 $6 10. Ne4 $14 {Morovic,F-Kortschnoj,V/Vina del Mar/1988/
INF46,(16)/}) 10. Qc4 Qd6 (10... Nb6 $6 11. Qb3 $14 {Cifuentes-Leko/Wijk op/
1993/CBM34/INF56,(20)/}) 11. O-O Nd7 12. d4 f5 13. Qb3 $1 e4 (13... O-O-O 14.
a4 $1 $16 {Chekhov-Lputian/Harkov/1985/}) (13... O-O-O $2) (13... exd4 $1 14.
Nxd4 Bxd4 15. exd4 O-O-O $13) 14. Nd2 a5 (14... h5 15. Nc4 Qe6 16. Na5 $14) (
14... O-O 15. Nc4 Qe6 16. Na5 $16) (14... N7b6 15. Nc4 (15. a4 $5) 15... Nxc4
16. Bxc4 O-O-O 17. Bd2 $36) 15. a4 h5 (15... O-O 16. Nb5 Qe6 17. Bc4 Rfc8 18.
f3 $1 $16 {/\} N7b6 19. Nxc7 $1 Rxc7 20. Qxb6) (15... N7b6 16. Nc4 Nxc4 (16...
Qb4 17. Qa2 $16) 17. Bxc4 Rd8 18. Bd2 $16) 16. Nb5 Qe7 (16... Qe6 $2 17. Qxd5
$1 $16) 17. Nc4 (17. Qxd5 $6 Bxd5 18. Nxc7+ Kf8 19. Nxd5 $44) 17... Nf8 (17...
O-O 18. Bd2 b6 19. Rfc1 Bb7 20. Nxa5 bxa5 21. Rxc7 $18) (17... h4 18. Bd2 h3
19. g3) 18. Bd2 Ne6 19. Nxa5 Rxa5 (19... f4 20. Bc4 $1 $16 (20. Nxc6 bxc6 21.
Nc3 f3 22. gxf3 $18) 20... Rxa5 21. Bxd5 Bxd5 22. Qxd5 $18) 20. Bxa5 f4 21. Bc4
$1 f3 (21... Qg5 22. exf4 Ndxf4 23. Qg3 $18) 22. Bxd5 Qg5 23. Bxc6+ Ke7 24. g3
bxc6 (24... Qg4 25. Bb4+ Kf6 26. Bd7 Re8 $5 27. Bxe6 Rxe6 28. Nxc7) 25. Nxc7
Nd8 (25... Nxc7 26. Bxc7 Qg4 27. Kh1) 26. Qb4+ Kd7 (26... Kf7 27. Qc4+) 27. d5
$1 Qg4 28. dxc6+ Nxc6 29. Rfd1+ Kc8 30. Qb6 1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1997.12.19"]
[Round "4.7"]
[White "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Black "Azmaiparashvili, Zurab"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 {Das ist der Anti-Grьnfeld-Aufbau. Wenn Schwarz
jetzt 3...Bg7 spielt, kann er nach 4.e4 mit 4...c5 die Maroczy-Variante der
Sizilianischen Verteidigung, oder nach 4...d6 5.e4 0-0 die Kцnigsindische
Verteidigung spielen. Ribli.} d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Qa4+ {Durch das Damenschach
soll die Entwicklung des schwarzen Damenflьgels gestцrt werden.} (5. Qb3) (5.
d4 {Das fьhrt zu Grьnfeld-Indisch-Hauptvarianten.}) 5... Nc6 6. Ne5 Nb6 $2 {
[#] Ein unglaublicher Fehler! Zwar wurde diese Partie als neunte in diesem
Miniwettkampf im Blitztempo gespielt, aber ich verstehe nicht, wie es mцglich
ist, daЯ dem Sekundanten des Weltmeisters diese Variante nicht bekannt ist.} (
6... Ndb4 7. a3 Bg7 8. axb4 Bxe5 9. b5 Nb8 10. e3 O-O 11. d4 Bg7 12. Be2 c6 13.
O-O a6 14. bxc6 Nxc6 15. Bd2 Be6 16. Bf3 Bd7 17. Qa3 Rb8 18. Rfd1 Re8 19. Rac1
Bf8 20. Qb3 Na7 21. Ne4 Be6 22. Qd3 Bd5 23. Be1 Nc6 {Ionov,S-Gubanov,A/St.
Petersburg-ch 1997/1/2-1/2 (44)}) (6... Nxc3 7. bxc3 Bd7 8. Nxd7 Qxd7 9. Rb1
$14 {WeiЯ besitzt durch das Lдuferpaar und die halboffene b-Linie kleinen
Erцffnungsvorteil.}) 7. Nxc6 Nxa4 8. Nxd8 Nxc3 9. Nxf7 $16 {Auf diese Weise
gewinnt WeiЯ gewinnt einen Bauern. Schwarz hat dafьr keine Kompensation.} Kxf7
10. dxc3 e5 (10... Bg7 11. e4 Be6 12. Bf4 c6 13. Kd2 a5 14. Kc2 a4 15. Be2 b5
16. a3 Bb3+ 17. Kc1 Rhd8 18. Bd1 c5 19. Bxb3+ axb3 20. Rd1 Rxd1+ 21. Kxd1 b4
22. Bd2 bxc3 23. Bxc3 Bxc3 24. bxc3 Ra4 25. f3 e5 26. Kc1 Ke6 27. c4 Rxc4+ 28.
Kb2 Rd4 29. Kxb3 Kd6 30. a4 Kc6 31. a5 Kb7 32. a6+ Ka7 33. Kc3 Rd8 34. Kc4 Rd2
35. Kxc5 {Bang,A-El Kher,H/Koge op 1997/1/2-1/2 (60)}) 11. e4 {Die weiЯe
Bauernmehrheit ist nicht so einfach zu verwerten, denn es gibt noch keinen
Freibauern und die Realisierung einer Kцnigsflьgelmehrheit ist immer schwierig.
} Be6 12. Bb5 {[%cal Rb5a4,Ra4b3,Rb3f7] WeiЯ mцchte die weiЯfeldrigen Lдufer
tauschen.} (12. Be3) 12... a5 13. a4 (13. Be3 a4 {[%csl Rb5]}) 13... c6 14. Bd3
Bc5 {[%csl Gc5]} 15. Bb1 {WeiЯ mцchte um jeden Preis den e6-Lдufer tauschen.} (
15. Ke2) 15... b5 16. Ba2 Bc4 (16... bxa4 17. Bxe6+ Kxe6 18. Rxa4 Rhb8 19. Kd1
$16 {[%cal Rd1c2]}) 17. Bxc4+ bxc4 {Schwarz ist aktiv am Damenflьgel, ohne
jedoch etwas Konkretes zu haben.} 18. Bd2 Ke6 (18... Rab8 19. O-O-O Rb3 (19...
Bxf2 $4 20. Rhf1 $16) 20. Kc2 Rhb8 21. Bc1 $16) 19. f3 Rhd8 20. O-O-O Rd3 {
[%csl Gd3] Der Turm steht wirklich schцn auf d3, aber WeiЯ kann ihn abtauschen.
} 21. Kc2 Rad8 22. Bg5 R8d7 (22... Rxd1 23. Rxd1 Rxd1 24. Kxd1 $16) 23. Rxd3
Rxd3 (23... cxd3+ 24. Kd2 {[%csl Rd3] Der Bauer d3 ist eine neue Schwдche im
schwarzen Lager.}) 24. Rd1 Rxd1 25. Kxd1 Bb6 {WeiЯ hat nicht nur einen klaren
Mehrbauern. Auch die schwarzfeldrig festgelegten Bauern a5 und e5 sind schwach.
} 26. Ke2 h5 27. g4 Kf7 28. Kd1 Ke8 29. Kc2 {WeiЯ bereitet b4 vor, was ihm
entweder einen a-Freibauern verschafft oder seinen Kцnig eindringen lдЯt.} Kd7
30. b4 Ke6 (30... cxb3+ 31. Kxb3 Ke6 32. Kc4 Kd7 33. Bc1 Ke6 34. Ba3 Kd7 35.
Bc5 Bc7 36. Be3 {Jetzt droht Kc5.} Kd6 (36... Bd6 37. Bb6 $18) 37. gxh5 gxh5
38. f4 $16) 31. Kd2 Kd7 32. Be3 Bd8 33. Bc5 h4 $6 {Eine neue Schwдche im
schwarzen Lager.} 34. bxa5 Bxa5 35. h3 {[%csl Rh4]} g5 {WeiЯ hat die viel
bessere Bauernstellung.} 36. Be3 Bd8 37. a5 Be7 (37... Bxa5 38. Bxg5 $18) 38.
a6 Kc7 39. a7 {[%csl Ga7] Der entfernte Freibauer bindet den schwarzen Kцnig.}
Kb7 40. Bb6 Bf6 (40... Kxb6 $2 41. a8=Q $18) 41. Kc2 Ka8 42. Kb2 {[%csl Rc4]
[%cal Rb2a3,Ra3b4]} Be7 43. Bc7 Kxa7 (43... Bf6 44. Bb8 Kb7 45. Ka3 Ka8 46. Kb4
$18) 44. Bxe5 Kb6 45. f4 gxf4 46. Bxf4 $18 {Der weiЯe g4-Freibauer sichert den
Partiegewinn und Krasenkows Qualifikation fьr die nдchste Runde.} c5 47. g5 Kc6
48. g6 Bf6 49. Bh6 {Und Schwarz gab auf. Er muЯ den Lдufer geben. Ribli.} 1-0

[Event "WchT 3rd"]
[Site "Luzern"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Kengis, Edvins"]
[Black "Lin, Weiguo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "1993.10.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 038"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Latvia"]
[BlackTeam "China"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "LAT"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CHN"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qh4 Nxc3 7. Qd4 Rg8 (
7... f6 $14 {Greenfeld,A-Stohl,I/Pardubice/1993/CBM37/}) 8. Qxc3 Bg7 9. d4 Bc6
(9... c5 10. Qxc5 Na6 11. Qa3 Qb6 12. Bd2 $14 {Chernov-Tsaturian,V/USSR/1977/
INF23,25/}) 10. Ne5 $5 Bxe5 11. dxe5 Qd5 12. f3 Nd7 13. Bf4 g5 14. e4 Qc5 (
14... Qe6 15. Bc4 $16) 15. Qxc5 Nxc5 16. Be3 Nd7 17. Bd4 O-O-O (17... f6 18.
Bc4 $16) 18. Bc4 $1 e6 (18... Rgf8 19. Rd1 $16) 19. Be2 Nf8 20. Bc3 Ng6 21. g3
a5 22. Kf2 b6 23. Ke3 Bb7 24. a3 h6 25. b4 axb4 26. axb4 Ne7 27. Rhc1 Kb8 28.
Rd1 Rxd1 29. Rxd1 Kc8 30. Rd2 Ng6 31. Bb5 h5 32. Bd7+ Kb8 33. Ba4 Kc8 34. Rd1
Ba6 35. Bc6 Bb7 36. Bb5 c6 $6 (36... h4 $5) 37. Be2 Kc7 38. Ra1 h4 39. Bd4 hxg3
40. hxg3 Rh8 41. Ra7 Ra8 42. Rxa8 Bxa8 43. f4 gxf4+ 44. gxf4 c5 45. bxc5 bxc5
46. Bxc5 Kd7 47. Bd3 Bc6 48. Kf3 Ke8 49. Kg4 Bd7 50. Kg5 Bc6 51. Bd6 Bd7 52. f5
$1 exf5 53. exf5 Ne7 54. Bc5 Nd5 55. Be2 Ne7 56. e6 $1 Bxe6 (56... fxe6 57.
Bh5+ Kd8 58. f6 $18) 57. fxe6 fxe6 58. Kf6 Nd5+ 59. Ke5 Kd7 60. Bb5+ Kc8 61.
Kd6 Nc7 62. Bd7+ Kb7 63. Bc6+ Kc8 64. Bb6 Nd5 65. Ba5 Ne3 66. Bd7+ Kb7 67. Bxe6
Nc2 68. Kc5 Ne3 69. Bd2 Nd1 70. Bd5+ Ka6 71. Bf3 Nf2 72. Kd4 Kb5 73. Bh6 (73.
Bh6 Kb4 74. Ke3 Nh3 75. Bg4 Ng1 76. Kf2 $18) 1-0

[Event "Alushta3"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Savon, Vladimir A"]
[Black "Beshukov, Sergei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 041"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. Nf3 Nxc3 5. bxc3 g6 6. a4 $6 (6. Ba3 $5 {
Hertneck,G-Muse,M/Kecskemet/1990/CBM20/}) (6. h4 $5) (6. g3 $5) 6... Bg7 7. a5
O-O 8. g3 c5 9. Bg2 Nc6 10. Qa4 (10. a6 b6 11. Ne5 Bxe5 12. Bxc6 Rb8 $13) 10...
Bd7 11. Ng5 b5 12. Qh4 (12. Qxb5 $2 Nb4 $19) (12. axb6 axb6 13. Qxa8 Qxa8 14.
Rxa8 Rxa8 15. O-O $10) 12... h6 13. Ne4 g5 14. Qh5 Ne5 $1 15. f3 (15. h3 f5 16.
Nxc5 Be8 $19) 15... f5 (15... Rc8 16. h4 $13) 16. Nxc5 (16. Nf2 $15) 16... Be8
17. Qh3 g4 18. fxg4 (18. Qh4 $2 Ng6 19. Qh5 Nf4 $19) 18... fxg4 19. Qh4 Rf5 20.
Ne6 (20. Bxa8 Qxa8 21. Rf1 (21. Rg1 Nf3+ $1 22. exf3 Qxf3 $19) 21... Rxf1+ 22.
Kxf1 Qh1+ 23. Kf2 Bc6 $44) 20... Nd3+ 21. Kd1 $2 (21. exd3 $1 Re5+ (21... Qxd3
$2 22. Nf4 $18) 22. Kd1 Bf7 23. d4 (23. Nd4 $4 Qxd4 24. cxd4 Bb3#) 23... Rxe6
24. Qxg4 $16) 21... Bf7 22. exd3 Bxe6 23. Be4 (23. Bxa8 Qxa8 $19) 23... Re5 24.
Re1 Bb3+ 25. Ke2 h5 0-1

[Event "Porz Citroen-Cup"]
[Site "Cologne"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Jackelen, Thomas"]
[Black "Schoen, Wolfram"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2365"]
[BlackElo "2380"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "1990.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Qxd1+ 7. Kxd1 f6
8. Be3 (8. Kc2 e5 9. Nd2 Bc5 10. f3 Be6 11. Bc4 Ke7 12. Bxe6 Kxe6 13. Nc4 a5
14. Rd1 Nc6 15. a4 $10 {Noguairas,J-Arenciba,W Cuba-ch 1989 48/9}) 8... e5 9.
Bc4 Nd7 10. Nd2 (10. Ke2 Bc5 $10 {Hansen,LB-Peelen,P Amsterdam OHRA-B 1989 CBM/
15}) (10. Be6 Nc5 11. Bxc8 Rxc8 12. Nd2 $10 {Vera,R-Arencibia,W Bayamo 1989 48/
(9)}) 10... Bc5 11. Bxc5 Nxc5 12. b4 Ne6 13. Kc2 Ke7 14. f3 Bd7 15. Nb3 Rad8
16. a4 Bc8 17. a5 Rd6 18. Rad1 Rhd8 19. Rxd6 Rxd6 20. h4 Nf4 21. Rg1 Be6
1/2-1/2

[Event "Geneve"]
[Site "Geneve"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Rogers, Ian"]
[Black "Miralles, Gilles"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1990.11.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Qxd1+ 7. Kxd1 f6
8. Be3 (8. e5 Nc6 9. exf6 exf6 10. Bb5 Be6 11. Be3 O-O-O+ 12. Ke2 Bd5 $10 {
Vaganian-Doncev Haifa 1989 48/(9)}) 8... e5 9. Nd2 a5 10. a4 Be6 11. Bc4 Bxc4
12. Nxc4 Nd7 13. Kc2 Bc5 14. Rhd1 Bxe3 15. Nxe3 Nc5 16. f3 Rf8 17. Rd5 b6 18.
Rad1 Rf7 19. b3 h5 20. h4 Re7 21. Rxc5 $6 bxc5 22. Rd5 Re6 23. Rxc5 Kd7 24. Nc4
Rea6 25. Kb2 Rg8 26. Rd5+ Ke7 27. Rc5 Kd7 28. Rd5+ Kc8 29. Kc2 g5 30. hxg5 Rxg5
31. Ne3 Kb7 32. Rd7 Rd6 33. Rf7 Rc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Pardubice"]
[Site "Pardubice"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Greenfeld, Alon"]
[Black "Stohl, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1993.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 037"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qh4 Nxc3 7. Qd4 $5 (
7. dxc3 {Ovseevich,S-Neverov,V/Nikolaev zt/1993/CBM35/}) 7... f6 8. Qxc3 Bg7 9.
e3 e5 10. b4 $1 (10. d4 e4 11. Nd2 f5 $13 {Polgar,Zsu-Stohl,I/Dortmund/1990/
CBM18/}) 10... O-O (10... e4 11. Nd4 f5 12. Rb1 $1 $16 {Gurevich,D-Gurevich,I/
USA-ch/1992/INF56,20/}) 11. Bc4+ Kh8 12. Bb2 a6 13. O-O-O $1 $36 Bb5 14. Bb3
Qd3 15. h4 $1 Qxc3+ $6 (15... h5 $5) 16. dxc3 h5 17. Rh3 $1 (17. g4 Bc6 $1 $13)
17... Nd7 18. Rg3 e4 (18... Kh7 19. Bc2 f5 20. Ng5+ $16) 19. c4 $1 Bc6 (19...
exf3 20. cxb5 Ne5 21. gxf3 axb5 22. Bxe5 fxe5 23. Rxg6 Rxf3 24. Rd7 $18) 20.
Nd4 Ne5 21. Nxc6 bxc6 22. Bxe5 fxe5 23. Rxg6 $18 Rf6 (23... Rxf2 24. Rd7 Rg8
25. c5 $18) 24. Rg5 Bh6 25. Rxh5 Kg7 26. g4 1-0

[Event "Akureyri"]
[Site "Akureyri"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Danielsen, Henrik"]
[Black "Thorhallsson, Throstur"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1994.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 040"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. e4 $6 (4. g3 $5) 4... Nb4 5. Qa4+ (5. d3 e5
6. Nf3 Bc5 7. a3 N4c6 8. Bg5 f6 9. Be3 Bb6 10. Rc1 O-O $10 {Rossetto-Schweber/
Argentina/1963/ECO/}) 5... N8c6 6. Bb5 a6 7. Bxc6+ Nxc6 8. Nf3 Bd7 9. d4 e5 $5
10. dxe5 (10. d5 Nd4 11. Qd1 Nxf3+ (11... Bg4 $5) 12. Qxf3 Bd6 13. O-O O-O $13)
10... Nxe5 11. Qd1 Bd6 12. Nxe5 (12. O-O Bg4 $15) 12... Bxe5 13. Be3 O-O 14.
O-O Bc6 15. Qg4 $6 (15. Qc2 Qe7 $13) 15... Qe7 16. Rac1 Rad8 17. Rfe1 Qb4 $1
$15 18. Bf4 (18. Re2 f5 $1) 18... f5 $1 19. Qg3 Bxf4 20. Qxf4 fxe4 21. Qe3 Qxb2
22. Re2 Qa3 23. Nxe4 Rd3 $1 24. Qc5 (24. Qg5 h6 $19) 24... Bxe4 25. Qxa3 Rxa3
26. Rxe4 Rxa2 $19 27. f3 Rd8 28. h4 Rd7 29. Rb1 b6 30. Rc1 Rad2 31. Kh2 c5 32.
Re8+ Kf7 33. Rb8 R2d6 34. Ra8 a5 35. Ra6 Rc7 36. Rc4 Ke6 37. Kg3 Kd5 38. Rc1
Rg6+ 39. Kf2 c4 40. h5 Re6 0-1

[Event "Interpolis"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1992.10.09"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Kosten, Anthony C"]
[Black "Blees, Albert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "1992.10.08"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 032"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d6 5. e4 e5 6. Nge2 h5 $5 (6... O-O 7. O-O
c6 8. d3 a6 9. h3 b5 10. Be3 Nbd7 11. f4 Bb7 12. Qd2 Re8 13. Rac1 Rb8 14. f5 d5
$13 {Hassapis,D-Henningan,M Oakham 1992 CBM/30}) 7. h4 O-O 8. d3 c6 9. O-O Na6
10. Rb1 Bg4 11. f3 Be6 12. Bg5 Qb6+ 13. Kh2 Nh7 14. Na4 Qc7 15. Be3 f5 16. Bh3
Qd7 17. Nac3 Rf7 18. Ng1 Nc7 19. exf5 Bxf5 (19... gxf5 20. f4 Nf6 21. Nf3 Ng4+
22. Bxg4 fxg4 23. Ng5 $14) 20. Ne4 d5 21. Nc5 Qe7 22. Nxb7 dxc4 23. Bxf5 gxf5
24. dxc4 f4 $44 25. gxf4 Ne6 26. Nd6 Rxf4 (26... Rd8 $5) 27. Nh3 Qxh4 28. Qe1
Nhg5 $1 29. Qg3 Raf8 $1 30. Bxf4 Rxf4 31. Ne4 Nxh3 32. Qxh4 (32. Qxh3 Qe7 $44)
32... Rxh4 33. Kg3 Rxe4 34. fxe4 Nhg5 35. Rbe1 Kh7 36. b4 Nd4 37. Rf2 Kg6 38.
a4 Nge6 39. b5 Bf6 40. Rb2 Bd8 41. bxc6 Nxc6 42. Rb5 Kg5 43. Rd1 h4+ 44. Kh2
Kf4 45. Rd6 Ncd4 46. Rb7 a5 47. c5 Nf3+ 48. Kh1 Nxc5 49. Rf7+ Kg3 50. Rxd8 Nxe4
51. Rg8+ Kf2 52. Rg2+ Ke3 53. Rb2 Nf2+ 54. Kg2 h3+ 55. Kg3 Nh1+ 56. Kg4 e4 57.
Rb3+ Ke2 58. Rb2+ Ke3 59. Rb3+ Ke2 60. Rb2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Capablanca Memorial-A"]
[Site "Cienfuegos"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Armas, Jorge"]
[Black "Neverov, Valeriy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2395"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 026"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qb3 Nb6 7. h4 $6 (7.
d4 Bg7 8. Bg5 $5 Be6 9. Qc2 O-O 10. Rd1 c6 11. e4 Bg4 12. Qd2 Qc7 13. Be2 Re8
14. O-O N8d7 15. h3 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 Nf8 17. b3 $14 {Savon,V-Lhagvasuren,C
Cheliabinsk 1991 CBM/25}) 7... h6 8. d4 Bg7 9. e4 Bg4 $1 10. Be3 Bxf3 11. gxf3
Bxd4 12. Rd1 e5 13. f4 N8d7 $1 14. h5 Qe7 15. hxg6 fxg6 16. Rxd4 (16. Bxd4 exd4
17. Rxd4 O-O-O $15) 16... exd4 17. Bxd4 Rf8 18. a4 O-O-O 19. a5 Nc5 $1 20. Bxc5
Qxc5 21. axb6 Rxf4 $44 22. Qe6+ Kb8 23. bxc7+ Qxc7 24. Qxg6 Qd7 25. Be2 (25.
Nd5 Rxe4+ 26. Qxe4 Re8 27. Bd3 Rxe4+ 28. Bxe4 Qa4 $44) 25... Qd2+ 26. Kf1 Rdf8
27. Qg3 Ka8 $1 28. Rh5 a6 29. Rf5 R8xf5 30. exf5 Rxf5 31. Qg8+ Ka7 32. Nd1 Qf4
33. Qe6 Re5 34. Qd7 h5 35. Qd3 h4 36. Bf3 h3 37. Bh1 h2 38. Ne3 Rb5 39. Qc4 0-1

[Event "CHN-CIS"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ye, Rongguang"]
[Black "Lputian, Smbat G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 028"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. Nf3 g6 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qh4 Nxc3 (6... Nb6 $6
7. d4 Bg7 8. Bh6 Bf6 9. Qg3 Nc6 10. O-O-O e6 11. e4 $16 {Sorokin,M-Lhagvasuren,
C Cheliabinsk 1991 CBM/25}) (6... Nf6 $6 7. e4 Bg4 8. Ne5 Be6 9. f4 $14 {
Kasparov,G-Popovic,P Belgrade 1989 CBM/16 48/10}) 7. dxc3 (7. bxc3 c5 8. Rb1
Qc7 9. Qg3 Qxg3 10. hxg3 b6 11. e4 Bc6 12. Ne5 Ba4 $1 13. Bc4 e6 14. Bb3 Bxb3
15. axb3 Nd7 $10 {Milos,G-Fernandez Garcia,J EXP/20  49/(15)}) 7... Nc6 8. e4
e6 $6 (8... e5 $1 9. Qxd8+ Rxd8 10. Be3 f6 11. Nd2 $10 {Hauchard,A-Miralles,G
FRA-ch 1991 CBM/27}) 9. Qg3 f6 10. e5 $1 fxe5 11. Bg5 $1 (11. Nxe5 Bd6 12. Nxc6
Bxc6 13. Qh3 Qe7 $13) 11... Be7 12. h4 Bxg5 13. hxg5 (13. Nxg5 Qf6 14. O-O-O
O-O-O 15. Bc4 $146) 13... Qe7 14. Nxe5 (14. O-O-O O-O-O 15. Bb5 $146) 14...
O-O-O 15. O-O-O Nxe5 16. Qxe5 Rhf8 17. f4 Rf5 18. Qe3 Kb8 19. g3 Re8 20. Rh2 a6
21. Rhd2 (21. Bd3 Ra5 22. a3 $14) 21... Bc8 22. Bh3 Ra5 23. Kb1 (23. a3 $5)
23... Rd5 $1 24. a3 (24. Rxd5 exd5 25. Qxe7 Rxe7 26. Bxc8 Kxc8 27. Rxd5 Re3 28.
g4 Rg3 $10) 24... Qf7 25. Qe4 Red8 26. Kc1 R8d6 27. Bg2 Rxd2 28. Rxd2 Qd7 29.
Rd4 Rxd4 30. Qxd4 Qxd4 31. cxd4 c6 $10 32. b4 Kc7 33. Bf1 Kd6 34. Bc4 Bd7 35.
Kd2 Bc8 36. Ke3 Bd7 37. g4 Bc8 38. Bf1 Bd7 39. a4 Bc8 40. a5 Bd7 41. Ke4 Be8
42. Bc4 Bd7 43. Bf1 Bc8 44. Bd3 Bd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmunder Schachtage-A 18th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1990.04.15"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Polgar, Zsuzsa"]
[Black "Stohl, Igor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "1990.04.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qh4 Nxc3 7. Qd4 $5 {
7.dxc3, Nc6 8.e4, e5 9.Qxd8+ Greenfeld,A-Ftacnik,L Beershaba 1990 CBM/17} f6 8.
Qxc3 Bg7 9. e3 e5 10. d4 e4 11. Nd2 f5 12. Bc4 {12.Qb3!?} c5 13. Nb3 cxd4 14.
exd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Beersheba"]
[Site "Beersheba"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Greenfeld, Alon"]
[Black "Ftacnik, Lubomir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1990.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qh4 Nxc3 7. dxc3 Nc6
8. e4 e5 9. Qxd8+ Rxd8 10. b4 $5 (10. Bc4 f6 11. b4 Ra8 {Gomez,M-Sion Castro,M/
Salamanca 1989}) 10... f6 11. Be3 Ra8 12. Bc4 a5 13. b5 Nd8 14. a4 Be6 15. Bd5
(15. Nd2 $5) 15... Bxd5 16. exd5 b6 17. Nd2 Nb7 18. Ke2 f5 19. f3 Rd8 20. c4
Bc5 21. Nb3 Bxe3 22. Kxe3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Muenster"]
[Site "Muenster"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Libeau, Rene"]
[Black "Gauglitz, Gernot"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1992.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 031"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Qxd1+ 7. Kxd1 Bg7
$2 (7... Nc6 8. Be3 e5 9. Bc4 f6 10. Kc2 Nd8 11. a4 Nf7 12. Nd2 Nd6 13. Bd5 c6
14. Bb3 Ke7 15. f4 $1 $14 {Timman,J-Kozul,Z Belgrade 1989 CBM/16}) (7... f6 $1
8. Be3 e5 9. Nd2 Be6 10. Bc4 Kf7 $1 11. Kc2 Be7 $1 12. b4 a5 13. a3 Rd8 14.
Bxe6+ Kxe6 $10 {Ribli,Z-Epishin,V Vienna 1991 CBM/26}) 8. Bf4 c6 9. Kc2 Nd7 10.
Bc4 e5 11. Be3 h6 12. Rad1 a5 13. a4 $14 Bf8 14. Rd2 f5 15. exf5 gxf5 16. Re1
Be7 17. Rde2 e4 18. Nd2 Bg5 19. Bd4 $1 Rh7 20. f3 c5 21. Bg1 Be7 22. fxe4 Ne5
23. exf5 Bxf5+ 24. Kb3 Nxc4 25. Nxc4 Bd3 26. Rd2 O-O-O 27. Red1 Bxc4+ 28. Kxc4
b6 29. b4 axb4 30. cxb4 Rxd2 31. Rxd2 cxb4 32. Bxb6 Rg7 33. h3 Rg3 34. a5 Rc3+
35. Kb5 Ra3 36. a6 b3 37. Re2 Bf6 38. Kc6 1-0

[Event "Cheliabinsk"]
[Site "Cheliabinsk"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sorokin, Maxim"]
[Black "Lhagvasuren, Cedendemberel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qh4 Nb6 $6 (6... Nf6
$6 7. e4 Bg4 8. Ne5 Be6 9. f4 Bg7 10. Qf2 O-O 11. d4 Nc6 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. h3
Qb8 14. Bd3 $14 {Kasparov,G-Popovic,P Belgrade 1989 48/10 CBM/16}) (6... Bc6 $6
7. Qd4 f6 8. e4 Nxc3 9. bxc3 e5 10. Qe3 Qe7 11. a4 Nd7 12. Bb5 $14 {Polgar,
Zsu-Peelen,P Wijk-B 1990 CBM/17}) (6... Nxc3 $1 7. dxc3 Nc6 8. e4 e5 9. Qxd8+ (
9. Bg5 $1 Be7 10. Bc4 h6 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. Qxe7+ Kxe7 13. O-O-O Rhd8 14. Bd5
Kf6 15. Rd2 Rab8 16. Rhd1 Be8 17. Ne1 Ne7 18. Bb3 Rxd2 19. Rxd2 Nc6 20. Rd5 Ke7
21. Nc2 Bd7 22. Ba4 a6 23. Nb4 b5 24. Nxa6 bxa4 25. Nxb8 Nxb8 26. Rxe5+ $14 {
Neverov,V-Krasenkov,M Moscow op 1990 EXP/19}) 9... Rxd8 10. Be3 f6 11. Nd2 h5
12. O-O-O Bh6 13. Bxh6 Rxh6 14. Nb3 b6 15. Bb5 Ne7 $10 {Barbero,G-Epishin,V
Frankfurt 1990 CBM/20}) 7. d4 Bg7 8. Bh6 $1 Bf6 9. Qg3 Nc6 10. O-O-O e6 11. e4
$16 Rg8 12. h4 Bg7 13. Bf4 Rc8 14. h5 Ne7 15. hxg6 hxg6 16. Ne5 Nc6 17. Bg5 Bf6
18. Bxf6 Qxf6 19. Ng4 Qe7 20. e5 1-0

[Event "Dhaka"]
[Site "Dhaka"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Serper, Grigory"]
[Black "Sevillano, Enrico"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "BAN"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 048"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Nb6 6. d3 Bg7 7. Be3 {Diese
Variante gibt einen kleinen aber dauerhaften Vorteil fuer den Anziehenden 
(siehe SURVEY,CBM46).} c6 $6 (7... Nc6 $5) (7... O-O $5) 8. Qd2 h6 9. Nf3 Be6 (
9... Nd5 10. Bd4 Nf6 11. h3 O-O 12. O-O Nbd7 13. Rfd1 Kh7 14. b4 $14 {Huebner,
R-Agdestein,A/Oslo/1984/}) 10. O-O Na6 11. Rab1 g5 $6 {Dieser Zug gefaellt mir
nicht, weil Schwarz nur seinen Koenigsfluegel schwaecht.} (11... Nc7 12. b4
Ncd5 13. Bd4 $14) 12. b4 $1 Nc7 13. b5 Nbd5 (13... Nxb5 14. Nxb5 cxb5 15. Rxb5
$16) 14. Bd4 Nf6 15. bxc6 bxc6 {>< c6} 16. Be5 Ncd5 17. Nd4 Bd7 18. Na4 $1 {
Schwarz ist positionell ueberspielt.} O-O 19. Rfc1 Rc8 20. Rb7 a5 21. Nc5 Bg4 (
21... Be8 22. Nde6 $1 fxe6 23. Nxe6 $18) 22. h3 Bh5 23. Nf5 $1 Bg6 24. Nxg7
Kxg7 25. e4 Nc7 26. Qxa5 {Weiss gewinnt mindestens noch einen P. Dieses
typische Beispiel zeigt, wie einfach man gewinnen kann, wenn der Gegner keine
Ahnung ueber die Variante hat.} (26. Qxa5 Nce8 27. Qxd8 Rxd8 28. Rxe7 $18) 1-0

[Event "Kecskemet"]
[Site "Kecskemet"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Arkhipov, Sergey"]
[Black "Muse, Mladen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1990.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. Nf3 g6 5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. Ne5 Ndb4 7. a3 Bg7 8.
axb4 Bxe5 9. b5 Nb8 10. e3 O-O 11. Be2 (11. d4 Bg7 12. Be2 c6 13. O-O a6 14.
bxc6 Nxc6 {Kosic,D-Ilicnic,Z JUG-ch 1990 CBM/17}) 11... Nd7 12. d4 Bg7 13. O-O
Nb6 14. Qc2 Bd7 15. Bf3 $14 Bf5 16. e4 Bd7 17. Rd1 c6 18. bxc6 Bxc6 19. d5 Bd7
20. Bf4 Nc4 21. Be2 b5 22. Bxc4 bxc4 23. Ra6 Qc8 24. Rda1 Bd4 25. Qd2 Bb6 26.
h4 $1 f6 27. Be3 Qb7 28. d6 exd6 29. Bxb6 axb6 30. Rxa8 Rxa8 31. Rxa8+ Qxa8 32.
Qxd6 Qc6 33. Qb8+ Kg7 34. Nd5 b5 35. h5 Qe6 36. h6+ $1 1-0

[Event "San Martin"]
[Site "San Martin"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Scarella, Enrique Alejandro"]
[Black "Sanchez Almeyra, Jorge"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1994.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 042"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qh4 Bc6 (6... Nxc3 7.
Qd4 $1 (7. dxc3 Nc6 8. e4 e5 9. Bg5 Be7 10. Bc4 h6 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. O-O-O $5
$10 {Kramnik,V-Yudasin,L/Wijk cm/1994/CBM39/}) 7... f6 8. Qxc3 Bg7 9. e3 e5 10.
b4 $14 {Greenfeld,A-Stohl,I/Pardubice/1993/CBM37/}) 7. Qd4 f6 8. e4 $5 (8. e3
$1 a5 9. Be2 Qd6 10. Ne4 Qb4 11. a3 $14 {Ribli,Z-Mikhalchishin,A/BL9394/1994/})
8... Nxc3 (8... e5 9. Nxe5 $1 $16 {Pogorelov,R-Dekic,J/Budapest Spring/1990/})
9. bxc3 Nd7 (9... e5 10. Qe3 Qe7 11. a4 $1 Nd7 12. Bb5 $14 {Polgar,Zsu-Peelen,
P/Wijk-B/1990/CBM17/}) (9... Qxd4 10. Nxd4 Bxe4 $2 11. Ne6 $18) 10. Qe3 e5 11.
d4 (11. a4 Nc5 $13) 11... Bd6 (11... exd4 12. Nxd4 $1 $14) 12. a4 b6 13. a5 (
13. Bb5 $1 Bxb5 14. axb5 $14) 13... Qe7 14. Bd3 O-O 15. O-O Rae8 16. Re1 Qg7
17. axb6 axb6 18. d5 (18. Ba3 $5) 18... Bb7 19. Bb5 (19. Ra7 Nc5 $10) 19... Ra8
20. Bb2 Nc5 21. Nd2 Qe7 22. Nc4 Nb3 23. Rxa8 Rxa8 24. Nxd6 Qxd6 25. c4 Qb4 26.
Bc3 Qc5 27. Qxc5 Nxc5 28. f3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Donner Memorial-A"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Van der Sterren, Paul"]
[Black "Xie, Jun"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "1994.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 043"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 {Hecht} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. O-O
Nc6 8. Nxd5 $6 (8. d4 $5) 8... Qxd5 9. d3 Qb5 $1 (9... Qh5 $6 10. Qb3 $1 $14 {
Ribli,Z-Honfi,K/HUN-ch/1974/}) 10. Rb1 a5 11. Be3 (11. b3 a4 12. Bb2 Bxb2 13.
Rxb2 Be6 $13 {Bertholee,R-Hellers,F/Amsterdam Ohra-B/1990/CBM20/}) 11... a4 12.
Qd2 Be6 13. a3 (13. b3 axb3 14. axb3 Ra3 $17) 13... Na5 14. Bh6 (14. Nd4 $5
Bxd4 15. Bxd4 Nb3 $15) 14... Nb3 15. Qe3 Rfd8 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. d4 Rd7 18. Qc3
Qa5 $15 19. Rfe1 f6 20. Qxa5 Rxa5 21. Rbd1 Rb5 22. e3 Na5 23. d5 (23. Re2 Nc4
$17) 23... Bf7 (23... Bxd5 $2 24. Nd4 Rc5 25. e4 $1 Bf7 26. Nf5+ gxf5 27. Rxd7
$16) (23... Rbxd5 $2 24. Nd4 $16) 24. Rd4 Rxb2 25. Rxa4 Rxd5 26. e4 (26. Nd4
Rc5 $17) 26... Rdb5 27. Bf1 Rc5 28. e5 (28. Rb4 Ra2 $19) 28... Nc6 29. exf6+
exf6 30. Nd4 b5 $1 31. Nxb5 Rbxb5 32. Bxb5 Rxb5 33. Rc1 Bd5 34. Ra6 Nd4 $19 35.
Rxc7+ Kh6 36. f4 Rb2 37. Raa7 Nf3+ 38. Kf1 Bc4+ 39. Rxc4 Nd2+ 40. Ke2 Nxc4+ 41.
Kd3 Nd6 42. Rd7 Rb3+ 43. Kc2 Rb6 44. a4 Ne4 45. a5 Ra6 46. Rd5 Nd6 47. Kc3 Nb7
48. Kb4 f5 49. Rb5 Nxa5 $1 50. Rxa5 Rxa5 51. Kxa5 g5 (51... Kh5 {Hecht} 52. h3
g5 (52... h6 53. Kb4 g5 54. fxg5 hxg5 55. Kc3 g4 (55... f4 56. gxf4 gxf4 57.
Kd2 Kh4 58. Ke2 Kg3 59. Kf1 $10) 56. h4 (56. hxg4+ Kxg4 57. Kd2 Kxg3 58. Ke2 f4
59. Kf1 Kf3 $19) 56... f4 57. Kd3 (57. gxf4 g3 $19) 57... fxg3 58. Ke2 Kxh4 59.
Kf1 Kh3 60. Kg1 g2 61. Kf2 Kh2 $19) 53. fxg5 Kxg5 54. Kb4 f4 $2 (54... h5 55.
Kc3 h4 56. gxh4+ Kxh4 57. Kd2 Kg3 $2 (57... Kxh3 $1 58. Ke3 Kg3 59. Ke2 f4 60.
Kf1 Kf3 $19) 58. Ke2 Kg2 59. Ke3 Kg3 60. Ke2 f4 61. Kf1 $10) 55. h4+ $1 Kg4 56.
gxf4 Kxf4 57. h5 Kg5 58. Kc3 Kxh5 59. Kd3 Kg4 60. Ke2 Kg3 61. Kf1 $10) 52. Kb4
(52. fxg5+ Kxg5 53. h3 (53. Kb4 Kg4 54. Kc4 Kh3 55. Kd4 Kxh2 56. Ke5 Kxg3 57.
Kxf5 h5 58. Kg5 h4 $19) 53... h5 $1 (53... f4 {Hecht} 54. h4+ Kg4 55. gxf4 Kxf4
56. h5 Kg5 57. Kb4 Kxh5 58. Kc3 Kg4 59. Kd2 Kf3 60. Ke1 Kg2 61. Ke2 h5 $19) 54.
Kb4 h4 55. gxh4+ Kxh4 56. Kc3 Kxh3 $19) 52... gxf4 53. gxf4 Kh5 54. Kc4 Kg4 55.
Kd3 Kf3 $1 (55... Kh3 $2 {Hecht} 56. Kd4 Kxh2 57. Ke5 Kg3 58. Kxf5 h5 59. Kg5
$10) (55... Kxf4 {Hecht} 56. Ke2 Ke4 57. Kf2 f4 58. Ke2 f3+ 59. Kf2 Kf4 60. Kf1
Ke3 61. Ke1 f2+ 62. Kf1 Kf3 63. h4 h6 64. h5 Ke3 $19 {nach Studien von N.
Grigorieff(1920) und A.Bauer(1911)}) (55... Kf3 {Hecht} 56. Kd2 (56. Kd4 Kxf4
$19) (56. h3 Kxf4 57. Ke2 Kg3 $19) 56... Kg2 57. Ke3 Kxh2 58. Kd4 Kg3 59. Ke5
Kg4 $19) 0-1

[Event "OHRA-B"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bertholee, Rob"]
[Black "Hellers, Ferdinand"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2360"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1990.07.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nf3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. O-O Nc6 8.
Nxd5 (8. Ng5 e6 $5 (8... Nf6 $6 9. d3 Bd7) 9. d3 b6 10. Rb1 Nce7 11. Nge4 c5
12. Bg5 h6 13. Bd2 Bb7 $10 {Cebalo-Kozul JUG 1989 48/8}) 8... Qxd5 9. d3 Qb5
10. Rb1 a5 11. b3 a4 12. Bb2 Bxb2 13. Rxb2 Be6 14. Qc1 (14. Qd2 axb3 15. axb3
Qb4 16. Qxb4 Nxb4 $10 {Andersson-Olafsson Wijk aan Zee 1976}) 14... axb3 15.
axb3 Ra3 16. b4 Ra2 17. Qh6 f6 18. Rfb1 Rxb2 19. Rxb2 Ra8 20. h4 Ra4 21. Qe3
Bd5 22. Qc5 Qxc5 23. bxc5 Rb4 24. Rxb4 Nxb4 25. Nd2 Bxg2 26. Kxg2 Kf7 27. Kf3
e5 28. Nb3 Nc6 29. e4 $2 (29. Ke3) 29... Nd4+ 30. Nxd4 exd4 31. Ke2 Ke6 32. Kd2
Kd7 33. Kc2 Kc6 34. f4 h5 35. Kb3 Kxc5 36. Ka4 b6 37. Kb3 c6 38. Ka4 Kd6 39.
Kb4 b5 40. Kb3 c5 41. Kb2 c4 42. dxc4 bxc4 43. Kc2 c3 44. Kd3 Kc5 0-1

[Event "Lee Cup 4th"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "1997.08.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Yakovich, Yuri"]
[Black "Qin, Kanying"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2370"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1997.08.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 061"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Qa4+ {Die sogenannte
Anti-Grьnfeld Variante. 5.d4 Bg7 6.e4 fьhrt zu Grьnfeldindischen
Hauptvarianten.Ribli.} Bd7 (5... Nc6 6. Ne5 Ndb4 7. a3 Bg7 8. axb4 Bxe5 9. b5
$14 {Diese Variante wurde in letzter Zeit selten gespielt.Ribli.}) 6. Qh4 (6.
Qd4 Nf6 $11) 6... Bc6 7. Qd4 f6 8. e3 (8. e4 $5 Nxc3 9. bxc3 e5 10. Qe3 Qe7 11.
a4 Nd7 12. Bb5 Qc5 13. d4 $14 {Polgar,Zsu-Peelen,P Wijk-B 1990 CBM/17}) 8...
Bg7 (8... a5 9. Be2 Qd6 10. Ne4 Qb4 11. a3 Qb6 12. O-O Nd7 13. Qc4 e6 14. d4
Be7 15. Bd3 g5 16. Qc2 Bb5 17. Nc3 $14 {1-0 Ribli,Z-Mikhalchishin,A/BL 1993 
(59)}) 9. Be2 e5 10. Qc4 Qd6 (10... Nxc3 11. Qe6+ (11. bxc3 $5) 11... Qe7 12.
Qxe7+ Kxe7 13. bxc3 Nd7 14. d4 Rhd8 15. h4 exd4 16. cxd4 h5 17. Rg1 f5 18. Ng5
Bd5 19. Ba3+ Ke8 20. Bf3 Nf8 21. Ke2 Bh6 22. Bxf8 Bxf8 23. Rgc1 Rac8 {
Grebenkin-Yandemirov,V/RUS-Cup5 1997/EXP 57/0-1 (71)}) (10... Nb6 $6 11. Qe6+ (
11. Qb3 $5 Qe7 12. O-O (12. d4 $5) 12... Qf7 13. Qxf7+ Kxf7 14. d4 e4 15. Nd2
f5 16. b4 Bd7 17. Nb3 Nc6 18. a3 Ne7 19. Na5 Rab8 20. Bb2 Ned5 21. Rfc1 $14 {
+/= Cifuentes Parada,R-Leko,P/Wijk aan Zee (open) 1993}) 11... Qe7 12. Qxe7+
Kxe7 13. b4 $1 $14 a6 14. a4 Rd8 15. Bb2 $5 Nd5 16. Ba3 $5 b5 $1 $8 17. axb5
Nxc3 18. bxc6 $14 {1-0 Vaganian,R-Yandemirov,V/USSR 1988 (51)}) 11. O-O Nd7 (
11... a6 12. d4 Nd7 $14 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Qxe5 15. f4 Qd6 16. Rd1 O-O-O
17. Bf3 Nb6 18. Qf7 Rd7 19. Qb3 Qc5 20. Rxd7 Bxd7 21. Bd2 Rd8 22. Rc1 Qc4 23.
Qd1 Qd3 24. Be2 Qd6 25. Ne4 Qd5 26. Nc3 Qd6 27. Ne4 Qd5 28. Nc3 {1/2-1/2 Stohl,
I-Konopka,M/Czech tt 1993}) 12. d4 O-O-O (12... f5 13. Nb5 (13. Qb3 e4 (13...
O-O-O 14. a4 Qb4 (14... exd4 15. exd4 Rhe8 16. Bb5 Nxc3 17. bxc3 Bxf3 18. gxf3
c6 19. Bc4 Nb6 20. Bf7 Re2 21. Qd1 Qe7 22. Ba3 Qg5+ 23. Kh1 Rd2 24. Bc1 Rxd1
25. Bxg5 Rxf1+ 26. Rxf1 Rf8 27. Be6+ $14 {1-0 Wu Wenjin-Qin Kanying/ST Lee Cup
4th 1997 (39)}) 15. Qa2 Qd6 16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. Nb5 Nxf3+ 18. Bxf3 Qc5 19. Qa3
Qb6 20. Be2 Bf8 21. Qa2 a6 22. Nd4 Nf4 $13 {1/2-1/2 Chekhov,V-Lputian,S/URS-FL
Kharkov 1985/MCL 05 (32)}) 14. Nd2 a5 15. a4 h5 16. Nb5 Qe7 17. Nc4 Nf8 18. Bd2
Ne6 19. Nxa5 Rxa5 20. Bxa5 f4 21. Bc4 f3 22. Bxd5 Qg5 23. Bxc6+ Ke7 24. g3 bxc6
25. Nxc7 Nd8 26. Qb4+ Kd7 27. d5 Qg4 28. dxc6+ Nxc6 29. Rfd1+ Kc8 30. Qb6 {
1-0 Kramnik,V-Gurevich,I/Biel izt 1993/CBM 37/[Ribli]}) 13... Qe7 14. dxe5 Nxe5
15. Nxe5 Bxe5 16. Nd4 Bxd4 17. Qxd4 Qf6 18. Qxf6 Nxf6 19. Rd1 Ne4 20. f3 Nd6
21. a4 a5 22. b3 O-O-O 23. Ba3 Rhe8 24. Kf2 Re6 25. Rac1 Rde8 26. Rd3 Kd7 27.
h4 {Donchev,D-Ghinda,M/Bratislava 1983/MCD-r8/1-0 (54)}) (12... Nxc3 13. bxc3
O-O-O 14. Qb3 Nb6 15. Ba3 Qd7 16. c4 exd4 17. Nxd4 Ba4 18. Qb4 Kb8 19. Qa5 f5
20. Bb2 Rhg8 21. Rac1 Nc8 22. Bf3 Bxd4 23. exd4 b6 24. Qa6 $36 {Levitina,I-Qin
Kanying/Shanghai ctW 1992/CBM 33/1/2-1/2 (60)}) 13. a4 $36 {Mit diesem Zug
bereitet WeiЯ 14.Nb5 vor. Nach 14...Bxb5 wдre 15.axb5 mцglich.Ribli.} Kb8 (
13... Rhe8) (13... Qb4 $2 14. Nxd5) (13... N7b6 14. Qb3) 14. Nb5 Qb4 (14...
Bxb5 15. axb5 {[%cal Ga1a7]}) 15. Qc2 {Natьrlich will WeiЯ die Damen auf dem
Brett halten.} (15. Qxb4 Nxb4 $15 {[%csl Gb4]}) 15... f5 (15... a6 16. Bd2 Qe7
17. Nc3 (17. e4 Nb4 (17... Nf4 18. Bxf4 exf4 19. Nc3 {[%csl Gd4,Ge4]} (19. d5
$14)) 18. Qb3) 17... Nb4 18. Qb3) 16. b3 {[%csl Rb4][%cal Rc1a3]} Bxb5 $8 17.
axb5 exd4 18. exd4 N7b6 19. Bc4 (19. Ba3 Qc3) (19. Bd2 Qe7 20. Rfe1 $14) 19...
Nxc4 $6 (19... Rhe8 20. Qa2 Nc8) 20. bxc4 $36 Nb6 21. Qa2 a5 $6 (21... Nc8 22.
Bd2 $14 (22. Ba3 Qa4 23. Bb2 (23. Rfd1) (23. Rfc1 $2 Bxd4 24. Nxd4 Rxd4 25. Bb2
(25. Qb2 Rhd8) 25... Qxa2 26. Rxa2 Rd2 $17) 23... Qxa2 24. Rxa2 Rhe8 $11) (22.
Bf4 Rhe8 (22... b6 23. Be5 {[%csl Rc6]}) 23. Rfb1 Qf8 24. b6 Nxb6 25. Rxb6 $18)
) 22. c5 (22. bxa6 Qxc4 (22... bxa6 23. Rb1 $18 {[%cal Rb1b8]}) 23. a7+ Ka8 24.
Bg5 Rd7) (22. Qxa5 Qxa5 23. Rxa5 Nxc4 $11) 22... Nd5 23. Bg5 {[%csl Rb4]} (23.
Bd2 Qxb5 (23... Nc3 24. Bxc3 (24. Qc2 Ne2+ 25. Kh1 Qxb5 (25... Nxd4)) 24...
Qxc3 25. Rfc1 $16 Qb4 26. Rab1) 24. Rfb1 Qa6) 23... Nc3 (23... Bf6 24. Rfb1 {
[%csl Rb4]}) 24. Qxa5 (24. Qc2 Rde8 $13) 24... Qxa5 25. Rxa5 $16 {WeiЯ hat
einen Bauern gewonnen und besitzt aktives Spiel.} b6 $8 (25... Rde8 26. Rfa1)
26. cxb6 cxb6 27. Ra6 (27. Bxd8 $5 bxa5 28. Bxa5 Ne2+ (28... Nxb5 29. Rb1 $18)
29. Kh1 Nxd4 30. Bc3 Ne6 (30... Rd8 31. Rd1) 31. Bxg7 Nxg7 32. Rc1 $16) 27...
Ne2+ 28. Kh1 Rc8 29. Rxb6+ Kc7 30. Rc6+ Kb8 31. Re1 Rhe8 (31... Nxd4 $2 32.
Bf4+ Ka8 (32... Kb7 33. Re7+ $18) 33. Ra6+ Kb7 34. Re7+ $18) 32. Rxc8+ Kxc8 33.
Bd2 $18 {WeiЯ hat zwei Bauern mehr. Wegen der FeЯlung des Ne2 sind weitere
Vereinfachungen gьnstig fьr WeiЯ.Ribli.} Kd7 (33... Re4 34. Ng5 Re8 35. d5 $18)
(33... Kb7 34. Ng1 $18) 34. b6 Bxd4 (34... Nxd4 35. Rxe8 Kxe8 36. b7 (36. Nxd4
Bxd4 37. b7 Ba7 (37... Be5 38. g3 $18) 38. Bf4 $18) 36... Nc6 37. Bf4 $18) 35.
Nxd4 Nxd4 36. Rxe8 Kxe8 (36... Kxe8 37. b7 Nc6 38. Bf4 $18) 1-0

[Event "Kecskemet"]
[Site "Kecskemet"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Hertneck, Gerald"]
[Black "Muse, Mladen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1990.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. Nf3 Nxc3 5. bxc3 g6 6. Ba3 Bg7 7. e3 O-O 8.
Be2 b6 9. h4 $5 c5 10. h5 Bb7 11. Qa4 e5 12. hxg6 hxg6 13. Qg4 e4 14. Ng5 Re8
15. O-O-O Nd7 16. Bc4 Re7 17. d4 Nf6 18. Nxf7 Rxf7 19. Qxg6 Bd5 20. dxc5 Rd7 $2
(20... Bxc4 $5 21. Rxd8+ Rxd8) 21. Rxd5 $1 Rxd5 22. Qf5 bxc5 23. Qe6+ 1-0

[Event "Kecskemet"]
[Site "Kecskemet"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Videki, Sandor"]
[Black "Reeh, Oliver"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "1990.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 Bg7 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nf3 d6 6. O-O Nc6 7. Rb1 a5 8. a3
Nh5 9. Qc2 (9. d4 $1) 9... f5 10. b4 axb4 11. axb4 e5 12. d3 Nd4 13. Qd2 f4 14.
b5 Bg4 15. Nxd4 exd4 16. Nd5 Be5 17. Qc2 fxg3 18. hxg3 Nxg3 19. fxg3 Rxf1+ 20.
Bxf1 Bxg3 21. Bf4 Bxf4 22. Nxf4 Qg5 23. Ng2 Rf8 24. Qc1 Qe5 25. Qe1 g5 26. e4
Rf6 27. Qd2 Rh6 28. Kf2 Rh3 29. Be2 Qg3+ 30. Kg1 Qh2+ 31. Kf2 Qg3+ 32. Kg1 Be6
33. Rf1 Qh2+ 34. Kf2 Re3 35. Qa2 Bh3 36. Ke1 $1 Qg3+ 37. Kd1 Rxd3+ 38. Bxd3
Qxd3+ 39. Ke1 Qxe4+ 40. Qe2 Bxg2 41. Rg1 Qxe2+ 42. Kxe2 Be4 43. Rxg5+ Kf7 44.
Rg4 d3+ 45. Ke3 Bf5 46. Rg2 b6 47. Ra2 Ke6 48. Ra7 Kd7 49. Ra8 Bg6 50. Rg8 Bf5
51. Rg7+ Kc8 52. Rg8+ Kb7 53. Rg7 Bg6 54. Re7 h6 55. Rg7 Bf5 56. Rg2 h5 57. Rg5
Be6 58. Kxd3 h4 59. Kd4 c5+ 60. bxc6+ Kxc6 61. Rg6 Bd7 62. Rh6 h3 63. Rh5 Be6
64. Rh7 Bd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lee Cup 4th"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "1997.08.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Yin, Hao"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1997.08.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 061"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. g3 Nb6 (4... g6 5. Bg2 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7.
Rb1 $14) 5. Bg2 g6 6. h4 $5 (6. d3 Bg7 7. h4 h5 8. Nh3 Nc6 9. Ng5 Nd4 (9... Bg4
10. Qb3 O-O 11. Be3 Nd4 12. Bxd4 Qxd4 13. Rc1 c6 14. Be4 Qd6 15. Bf3 Bc8 16.
O-O Nd7 17. Nge4 Qb8 18. Bg2 Ne5 19. d4 Ng4 20. Rfd1 $14 {1-0 Giorgadze,
G-Menendez Rey,J/Mondariz op 1994 (30)}) 10. O-O O-O 11. e3 Nf5 12. d4 c6 13.
Qb3 e6 14. a4 Nd5 15. a5 $14 {Bukal,V-Schwartzman,G/Dortmund-D 1991/1-0 (41)})
6... Bg7 $6 {Meiner Meinung nach muЯ Schwarz auf 6.h4 mit 6...h6 oder 6...h5
reagieren.Ribli.} (6... h6 7. d3 Bg7 8. Be3 O-O (8... N8d7 9. a4 Nf6 10. a5
Nbd5 11. Bd4 Nf4 12. gxf4 Qxd4 13. Qa4+ Qxa4 14. Rxa4 $14 {1-0 Seirawan,
Y-Kortschnoj,V/Wijk 1983/MCD-r8 (39)}) 9. Qd2 Kh7 10. Nh3 (10. Nf3 $5) 10...
N8d7 11. Ne4 e6 12. Nc5 Nd5 13. Nxd7 Bxd7 14. Bc5 Re8 $13 {Rozhkovan-Baby,A/
Vladivostok op 1995/EXP 46/0-1 (55)}) (6... h5 7. d3 Bg7 8. Be3 N8d7 9. a4 Nf6
10. a5 Nbd5 11. Nxd5 Nxd5 12. Bd4 $1 Nf6 13. Qa4+ c6 14. a6 O-O 15. Nf3 $14 {
1-0 Paehtz,T-Doncevic,D/BL9091 1991 (41)}) 7. h5 $14 {Mit dem Textzug bekommt
WeiЯ freie Hand am Kцnigsflьgel, und das ist unangenehm fьr Schwarz.} Nc6 (7...
c6 8. d3 a5 9. Nf3 Na6 10. a3 Nc7 11. Na4 Nxa4 12. Qxa4 Nb5 13. hxg6 hxg6 14.
Rxh8+ Bxh8 15. Qh4 $36 {Alster,L-Holas,J/CSR-ch Podebrady 1956/MCD-ch/1-0 (53)}
) 8. Nf3 Ne5 (8... O-O 9. d3 {Und Weiss hat einen klaren Plan: Be3,Qd2,Bh6.
Der Nb6 steht schlecht und fehlt am Kцnigsflьgel.Ribli.}) 9. d3 Nxf3+ 10. Bxf3
{[%csl Gf3]} c6 11. Be3 Be6 $6 (11... Nd5 $5 12. Nxd5 cxd5 13. Qb3 e6 (13... d4
14. Bg5 Qa5+ 15. Bd2 $14) 14. hxg6 (14. Rc1 $5) 14... hxg6 15. Rxh8+ Bxh8 16.
Rc1 $14) 12. Qd2 {WeiЯ nutzt den schwarzen Tempoverlust und wird am
Kцmigsflьgel aktiv.} Nd5 13. Bh6 Bxh6 14. Qxh6 {[%csl Gh6]} Qa5 (14... Nb4 15.
O-O (15. Rc1 Nxa2 16. Nxa2 Bxa2 17. hxg6 fxg6 18. Qxg6+ hxg6 19. Rxh8+ Kd7 20.
Rxd8+ Kxd8 (20... Rxd8 21. Ra1 {[%csl Ra7]}) 21. Kd2 $14) 15... Nc2 16. Rac1
Nd4 17. hxg6 (17. Bg2 Nf5) 17... Nxf3+ 18. exf3 fxg6) 15. hxg6 fxg6 (15... Nxc3
16. gxf7+ Bxf7 17. Qd2 {mit Bauernvorteil fьr WeiЯ.Ribli.}) 16. Bxd5 $1 {
Nach diesem Tausch bleibt Schwarz ohne Gegenspiel.Ribli.} cxd5 (16... Bxd5 17.
Qxg6+ hxg6 18. Rxh8+ Kd7 19. Rxa8 Qb4 20. O-O-O $16) 17. Qg7 {[%csl Gg7]} (17.
Qxg6+ $2 hxg6 18. Rxh8+ Kd7 19. Rxa8 d4 $19) 17... Kd7 18. Qd4 {[%csl Gd4,Rd7]
WeiЯ hat eine gut zentraslisierte Dame, wдhrend der gegnerische Kцnig in der
Mitte steht. Zudem hat WeiЯ die viel bessere Bauernstruktur.} (18. Rxh7 $2 Rxh7
19. Qxh7 d4) 18... Qb6 19. Qxb6 axb6 20. Rh6 {[%csl Gh6,Rh7]} Kc6 $6 (20... d4
21. Nb5 Rxa2 22. Rxa2 Bxa2 23. Nxd4 $16) 21. a3 Raf8 22. Rc1 {[%csl Rc6] Bei
reduziertem Material hat WeiЯ gefдhrliche Initiative, wдhrend Schwarz kein
Gegenspiel bekommt.} d4 23. Ne4+ Kd7 (23... Kd5 24. Rc7 $16) 24. Ng5 Bd5 (24...
Bg8 25. Nf3 $16 {[%csl Rd4]}) 25. Rxh7 $16 Rc8 (25... Rxh7 26. Nxh7 Rh8 27. Ng5
Rh1+ 28. Kd2 Rh2 29. e4 dxe3+ (29... Rxf2+ 30. Ke1 $18) 30. Kxe3 $16) 26. Rxc8
Rxc8 27. Rh4 (27. Kd2 $16) 27... e5 28. f4 {Praktisch alle schwarzen Bauern
sind schwach.Ribli.} Kd6 29. Rh6 exf4 (29... Rg8 30. f5 $16) 30. gxf4 Rg8 31.
Kf2 $18 {Und Schwarz gab auf, da er seine Schwдchen nicht halten kann.Ribli.} (
31. f5 $18) 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Yasinsky, Vladimir"]
[Black "Yandemirov, Valeri"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2360"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "1994.09.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 044"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Rb1 Nd7 8.
c4 (8. Nf3 O-O 9. O-O Nb6 10. Ng5 Qd7 11. Qb3 Qg4 12. Nf3 Be6 13. Qc2 Qc4 14.
Ng5 $36 {Ribli,Z-Gutman,L/Bundesliga/1986-87/INF44,14/}) 8... O-O 9. d3 (9. Nf3
Rb8 10. O-O b6 11. d4 e5 12. Ba3 Re8 13. dxe5 Bb7 14. Qc2 Nxe5 15. Rfd1 Qc8 $10
{Botvinnik-Smyslov/Moscow m/1958/}) 9... Nb6 (9... Rb8 10. Qa4 Nb6 11. Qa5 $14
(11. Qxa7 $4 Ra8 $19)) 10. Nf3 (10. Bb2 e5 11. Nf3 $6 (11. Qc2 $5) 11... e4 $1
12. dxe4 (12. Bxg7 $2 exf3 13. Bxf8 fxg2 $19) 12... Qxd1+ 13. Kxd1 Nxc4 14.
Bxg7 Kxg7 $13) 10... Bd7 11. Bb2 (11. O-O Ba4 (11... Bc6 $5) 12. Qd2 Bc6 13.
Bb2 Bxb2 14. Qxb2 $14) 11... Bxb2 12. Rxb2 Bc6 13. O-O Rb8 (13... e5 14. Nd2 (
14. Nxe5 $2 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 Qd4 $19) 14... Bxg2 15. Kxg2 $14) 14. Qc1 Nd7 15. Qh6
Bxf3 (15... Nf6 16. Ng5 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 $36) 16. Bxf3 b6 17. Rb5 (17. h4 Ne5 18.
Bg2 Qd4 $13) 17... e5 18. h4 Nc5 19. h5 g5 $8 20. Bd5 (20. Rfb1 Qe7 $5 $13 (
20... Kh8 $2 21. Rxc5 bxc5 22. Rxb8 Qxb8 23. Qf6+ Kg8 24. h6 $18)) 20... Kh8 (
20... Qe7 21. e3 (21. f4 gxf4 22. gxf4 Kh8 23. Rf2 $13) 21... Rbd8 22. f4 exf4
23. exf4 $36) 21. e3 (21. f4 gxf4 22. gxf4 Rg8+ (22... Qh4 $5) 23. Kf2 Qe7 $36
(23... Qh4+ 24. Ke3 $13)) (21. Rd1 $5) 21... f6 (21... Nxd3 $2 22. Be4 f5 23.
Rd5 Qe7 24. Bxd3 c6 25. Qd6 $18) 22. Rd1 $6 (22. f4 $2 exf4 23. exf4 Qd6 $17) (
22. d4 $1 $36) 22... Qe7 23. Rbb1 (23. d4 exd4 24. exd4 Qe2 25. Rbb1 Nd3 $15)
23... Rbd8 24. d4 Na4 $1 25. Rb3 Rd6 26. Ra3 Nb2 (26... f5 $5 27. Qxf8+ Qxf8
28. Rxa4 (28. dxe5 $2 Rxd5 $19) 28... exd4 $17) 27. Rxa7 Rfd8 (27... f5 28.
Rxc7 Rxh6 29. Rxe7 Nxd1 30. dxe5 $17) 28. Rd2 f5 29. Rxc7 $1 Qxc7 30. Qxg5 Nxc4
31. dxe5 Nxd2 $2 (31... Rxd5 $1 32. Qf6+ Kg8 (32... Qg7 33. Qxd8+ Rxd8 34.
Rxd8+ Qg8 35. Rxg8+ Kxg8 $17) 33. Rxd5 Rxd5 34. Qe6+ Qf7 35. Qc8+ Kg7 36. Qxc4
Rd1+ $19) 32. exd6 Qxd6 33. h6 Nf3+ $2 (33... Qf8 $1 $19) 34. Bxf3 Rg8 35. Qf4
$2 (35. Qxf5 $1 $44) 35... Qxf4 36. exf4 Rg6 37. Kf1 Rxh6 38. Ke2 Rd6 39. Bg2
Kg7 40. Bh3 Kf6 41. Ke3 Rd1 42. Bg2 Ke6 43. Bf3 Ra1 44. Be2 Kf6 45. Bc4 h6 46.
Bb3 Rc1 47. Kf3 Rg1 48. Bc2 Ke6 49. Bb3+ Kf6 50. Ba4 h5 51. Be8 h4 $1 52. gxh4
Rg4 53. h5 Rg8 54. Bb5 (54. Bg6 Ra8 $19) 54... Rh8 55. Ke3 Rxh5 56. a4 Rh3+ 57.
f3 Rh1 58. Kd4 Rd1+ 59. Kc3 Ra1 60. Kb4 Ra2 61. Ba6 Rb2+ 62. Kc3 Rf2 63. Bb7
Ke6 64. Kd4 Kd6 65. Kc3 Kc5 66. Kb3 Rd2 67. a5 bxa5 68. Bc8 Rd5 69. Be6 Kd4 $1
0-1

[Event "FRA-ch"]
[Site "Montpellier"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Hauchard, Arnaud"]
[Black "Miralles, Gilles"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1991.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 027"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qh4 Nxc3 (6... Nf6 $5
) 7. dxc3 Nc6 8. e4 e5 9. Qxd8+ (9. Bg5 $5 Be7 10. Bc4 h6 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12.
Qxe7+ Kxe7 13. O-O-O Rhd8 14. Bd5 Kf6 15. Rd2 Rab8 16. Rhd1 Be8 17. Ne1 Ne7 18.
Bb3 Rxd2 19. Rxd2 Nc6 20. Rd5 Ke7 21. Nc2 Bd7 22. Ba4 $1 a6 23. Nb4 b5 24. Nxa6
bxa4 25. Nxb8 Nxb8 26. Rxe5+ $14 {Neverov,V-Krasenkov,M Moscow op 1990 EXP/19})
9... Rxd8 10. Be3 f6 11. Nd2 a5 (11... h5 12. O-O-O Bh6 13. Bxh6 Rxh6 14. Nb3
b6 15. Bb5 Ne7 16. Bxd7+ Rxd7 $10 {Barbero,G-Epishin,V Frankfurt 1990 CBM/20})
12. Bc4 h5 13. a4 b6 14. Ke2 Ke7 15. Bb5 Bh6 16. Bxh6 Rxh6 17. Nc4 Be6 18. Ne3
Na7 19. Bc4 Bxc4+ 20. Nxc4 Nc8 21. Rhd1 Rhh8 22. Ne3 c6 23. f3 Rxd1 24. Rxd1
Nd6 25. b4 Ke6 26. bxa5 bxa5 27. Rb1 Kd7 28. Kd3 Kc7 29. Nc4 Rd8 $1 30. Nxd6
Rxd6+ 31. Kc4 Rd2 32. Kc5 Rxg2 33. Rb6 Rxh2 34. Rxc6+ Kd7 35. Rxf6 Rg2 36. Kd5
Ke7 37. Ra6 h4 38. Kxe5 Kf7 39. Ra7+ Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Belgrade Investbank"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1989.11.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Popovic, Petar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1989.11.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 {Zoltan Ribli} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qh4
Nf6 7. e4 $1 Bg4 (7... c5 8. e5 Ng4 9. Bc4 $1 Nh6 10. d4 Nf5 11. Qe4 cxd4 12.
Nxd4 {Leizerovic-Gutman  Lepaja 1971  +/=}) 8. Ne5 $1 (8. d4 $5 Nc6 {8...Bxf3
9.gxf3,Qxd4 10.Nb5 ~/=} 9. Be3 Bxf3 10. gxf3 Bg7 11. O-O-O e6 12. Bb5 $2 {
12.d5!,exd5 13.exd5 +/=} O-O 13. Kb1 Nh5 14. Bg5 {Ritov-Hort  Tallin,1975})
8... Be6 9. f4 Bg7 10. Qf2 $1 O-O 11. d4 {+/=} Nc6 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. h3 Qb8 14.
Bd3 Rd8 15. Be3 Qb4 16. O-O Rab8 17. Rab1 Ne8 18. e5 $1 f5 19. Rfc1 Bf8 20. b3
Ng7 21. Na4 Bd5 22. Nc5 Qb6 23. b4 e6 24. Na6 Rbc8 25. a4 Qb7 26. Qf1 {+/-} Qa8
27. Bc4 Be4 28. Rb2 Kh8 29. Bd3 Bd5 30. Kh2 Be7 31. Rbc2 Rd7 32. b5 cxb5 33.
Nxc7 Qb7 34. Nxd5 Rxc2 35. Rxc2 Rxd5 36. Bxb5 Rd8 37. Qc1 Qe4 38. Rc3 h6 39.
Bc6 {Zoltan Ribli} 1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "1991.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 026"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Nc3 Nc6 8.
Qa4 (8. Nxd5 $5 Qxd5 9. d3) 8... Nb6 9. Qh4 Bf6 (9... f6 10. Bh3 e6 11. d4 $6 (
11. d3 Qe8 12. Qe4 $10) 11... g5 $1 $15 {Hernandez,R-Rogoff Las Palmas 1976 21/
24}) 10. Qh6 e5 11. d3 Bg7 12. Qg5 f6 13. Qd2 f5 14. b3 h6 15. Ba3 Re8 16. Rac1
Be6 17. e4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Rubinstein Memorial 35th"]
[Site "Polanica Zdroj"]
[Date "1998.08.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "1998.08.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 067"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 4112]} 1. Nf3 {Hecht. Ftacnik} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Qa4+ {Das ist
der sogenannte Anti-Grьnfeldindische Aufbau. Wдhrend 4.Nf3 zu den
Grьnfeld-Hauptvarianten fьhrt, mцchte WeiЯ mit diesem Schachgebot die
natьrliche schwarze Entwicklung stцren. Ribli.} Bd7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 Bg7 7.
e4 O-O {WeiЯ hat Ьbergewicht im Zentrum, aber dem Schwarzen bieten sich spдter
Sprengungsmцglichkeiten.} (7... Bc6 {Ftacnik} 8. Be2 O-O 9. d3 Nbd7 (9... b6
10. Bf4 Nh5 11. Be3 e5 12. g3 Bb7 13. b4 c6 14. O-O Nd7 15. Rfd1 Qe7 16. a4
Rac8 17. Qb3 c5 18. b5 Kh8 19. Nd2 Nhf6 20. a5 Rb8 21. axb6 axb6 22. Nc4 {
Tratar,M-Krupkova,P/Mitropa Cup17th/1997/1-0 (64)}) 10. e5 Nh5 11. d4 Nb6 12.
Qc5 Qd7 13. O-O Rad8 14. Be3 f5 15. Rac1 e6 16. Rfd1 f4 17. Bd2 Rf5 18. Bb5 Bf8
19. Bxc6 bxc6 20. Qa5 Nc4 21. Qa6 Nxb2 22. Rf1 c5 23. Rb1 cxd4 24. Ne4 {
Boersma,P-Peelen,P/OHRA-B/1986/1/2-1/2 (58)}) (7... Nc6 {Ftacnik} 8. e5 Be6 9.
exf6 Bxc4 10. fxg7 Rg8 11. Bxc4 Nd4 12. Nxd4 Qxd4 13. d3 Qxg7 14. O-O O-O-O 15.
Re1 Kb8 16. Bf4 Rge8 17. Re5 Rd4 18. Bg3 f5 19. Rae1 f4 20. Bh4 g5 21. Bxg5 f3
22. g3 {1-0 Savchenko,S-Mirumian,V/Anibal op/1998/ (37)}) 8. e5 (8. d4 Bg4 {
Das wдre eine Grьnfeld-Indische Standardstellung.}) 8... Ng4 (8... Ne8 9. d4 c6
(9... Nc6 10. Be2 Na5 (10... a5 11. O-O Nb4 12. d5 b5 13. Nxb5 Bxb5 14. Qxb5
Qxd5 15. Rd1 Qxb5 16. Bxb5 Nc2 17. Rb1 Rb8 18. Bd3 Nb4 19. Bc4 {1-0 Boersma,
P-Lont,A/Groningen 1988 (45)} (19. Bc4 {Ftacnik} a4 20. Be3 Nc6 21. Rd5 a3 22.
Bb3 {Boersma,P-Lont,A/Groningen op/1988/1-0 (45)})) 11. Qb4 Nc6 12. Qc4 Na5 13.
Qd5 b6 14. Bg5 c6 15. Qe4 f6 16. Be3 Bf5 17. Qh4 Be6 18. Rd1 Nc4 19. Bc1 b5 20.
O-O Nc7 21. Ne4 Nb6 22. b3 {Ftacnik: '1/2-1/2 Adamski,J-Huth,M/Wuerzburg op/
1992/ (41)' 1/2-1/2 Adamski,J-Huth,M/Wuerzburg 1992(42)}) 10. h4 (10. Be2 Nc7
11. h4 Bg4 12. Ng5 Bxe2 13. Kxe2 c5 14. dxc5 Nc6 15. f4 Qd4 16. Qxd4 Nxd4+ 17.
Kf2 f6 18. exf6 exf6 19. Nf3 Nc2 20. Rb1 Na6 21. Ne1 Nxe1 22. Rxe1 Nxc5 {
1/2-1/2 Birjukov,O-Yandemirov,V/Petrov mem 1998 (27)} (22... Nxc5 23. Rd1 f5
24. Be3 Rac8 25. Bd4 Bxd4+ 26. Rxd4 Ne6 27. Rd7 Nc5 {1/2-1/2 Biriukov,
O-Yandemirov,V/Petrov mem/1998/})) 10... h5 11. Qb3 Qb6 12. Qa3 Na6 13. Bxa6
bxa6 14. Be3 Nc7 15. Qxe7 Bg4 16. Ng5 Ne6 17. Nxe6 Bxe6 18. O-O Qxb2 19. Ne4
Bxa2 20. Nf6+ Kh8 21. Rac1 $16 {Ftacnik: '1-0 Tratar,M-Moor,R/Mitropa Cup17th/
1997/ (29)' 1-0 Tratar,M-Moor,R/Mitropa Cup, Montecatini Terme 1997 (30)}) (
8... Be6 9. Qh4 Nd5 10. Ng5 (10. Be2 c5 11. Ne4 Nd7 12. Neg5 h6 13. Nxe6 fxe6
14. d4 cxd4 15. O-O Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Bxe5 17. Bxh6 Bg7 18. Bd3 Qe8 19. Bxg7 Kxg7
20. Qxd4+ $14 {1/2-1/2 Boersma,P-Peek,M/Groningen 1988 (41)} (20. Qxd4+ Rf6 21.
Be4 Qb5 22. g3 b6 23. Rad1 Rd8 24. Qe5 {1/2-1/2 Boersma,P-Peek,M/Groningen op/
1988/ (41)})) 10... h6 11. Nxe6 fxe6 12. Qe4 Nxc3 13. dxc3 Qd5 14. Qxg6 Qxe5+
15. Be3 Nc6 16. Bd3 $16 {1-0 Adamski,J-Vujic,B/Valjevo 1984 (41)} (16. Bd3 {
Ftacnik} Qf6 17. Qh7+ Kf7 18. O-O Rad8 19. f4 Rd6 20. Rae1 {1-0 Adamski,
J-Vujic,B/Valjevo/1984/ (41)})) 9. d4 {[#]} Nc6 $146 (9... Be6 10. d5 Bf5 11.
Bf4 Nd7 12. Qe2 f6 13. e6 Nde5 (13... Nc5 {Ftacnik} 14. Qc4 b6 15. Nd4 Ne5 16.
Bxe5 fxe5 17. Nc6 Qe8 18. b4 Nb7 19. Nb5 Rc8 20. Nbxa7 Ra8 21. Nb5 Rc8 22. Rc1
Nd6 23. Nxd6 cxd6 24. Be2 {1-0 Drogoon,A-Vorobiov,E/RUS-Cup02/1998 (30)}) 14.
Bxe5 fxe5 15. h3 Nf6 16. Rd1 e4 17. Ne5 c6 18. dxc6 Qc7 19. cxb7 Rad8 20. Nd7
Nxd7 21. exd7 Qxb7 22. Qb5 Rxd7 {Ftacnik: '0-1 Goldin,A-Mikhalevski,V/Rishon
le Zion op/1998/ (29)' 0-1 Goldin,A-Mikhalevski,V/Rishon le Zion 1997 (30)}) (
9... c6 $5) 10. Bf4 {Ftacnik: 'White is behind with a development, but his
center is strong and the knight on g4 quite shaky.'} Na5 (10... a5 $5 {Ftacnik}
11. h3 Nb4 12. Rc1 Nh6 13. d5 c6 $132) 11. Qe2 $1 $14 {Ein sehr starker Zug.
Es sei angemerkt, daЯ Ivanchuk nach diesem Zug nur noch 30 Minuten Bedenkzeit
hatte.} c5 (11... Be6 12. h3 Nh6 (12... Bc4 13. Qd2 Bxf1 14. Rxf1 $18 {[%csl
Rg4]}) 13. Qd2 {[%cal Rd2h6]} Nf5 14. d5 Bd7 15. b4 $18 {[%csl Ra5]}) 12. h3 (
12. d5 $5 {Ftacnik} Rc8 (12... Qb6 13. h3 Nh6 14. d6 exd6 15. Nd5 Qd8 16. Bg5
$18) (12... b5 13. h3 Nh6 14. Nxb5 (14. Qd2 Nf5 15. Bxb5 Bxb5 16. Nxb5 Nc4 17.
Qe2 Qa5+ 18. Nc3 Qb4 $14) 14... Rb8 15. Nc3 Rb4 16. Qd2 Nf5 17. Bd3 $16) 13. h3
Nh6 14. O-O-O Nf5 $14) 12... cxd4 (12... Nh6 13. dxc5 (13. d5 {Ftacnik})) 13.
Nxd4 Nh6 14. Rd1 {[%csl Ra5,Rh6][%cal Gd1d8] WeiЯ hat Raumvorteil im Zentrum
und beide schwarzen Springer stehen schlecht, aber WeiЯ muЯ noch seine
Entwicklung beenden.} Qb6 (14... Qc8 {Ftacnik} 15. Nd5 (15. Bg5 f6 16. Bxh6
Bxh6 17. e6 Bc6 $15) 15... Qc5 16. b4 $1 (16. Qe4 Bc6 17. Nxc6 bxc6 18. Nb4 f5
$1) (16. Nb5 Nf5 17. Nbc7 Nd4 $13) 16... Qxd5 17. Nf5 Qxd1+ (17... Qe6 18.
Nxh6+ Bxh6 19. Bxh6 Nc6 20. Bxf8 Rxf8 21. b5 $16) 18. Qxd1 Bxf5 19. bxa5 $16)
15. Qd2 {[%csl Rh6][%cal Rd2h6] '!' Ftacnik.} (15. Nd5 $6 Qc5 $13) 15... Nf5
16. Nxf5 Bxf5 17. Nd5 {[%csl Gd5][%cal Rd5b6,Rd5e7]} Qd8 18. Qb4 $1 {[%csl Gb4,
Re7,Rg8] WeiЯ gewinnt einen Bauern.} (18. Nxe7+ $2 {Ftacnik} Qxe7 19. Qxa5 Rfe8
$11) 18... Kh8 (18... Nc6 19. Qxb7 (19. Qxb7 {Ftacnik} Rc8 20. Bb5 $18)) (18...
Re8 $2 19. Nf6+ $18 {[%cal Rd1d8]}) 19. Nxe7 Qb6 (19... Bd7 $2 20. Bb5 $18 {
[%csl Rd7][%cal Rd1d7]}) 20. Qxb6 axb6 21. Nxf5 gxf5 22. Bb5 {[%csl Gb5] '!'
Ftacnik. WeiЯ hat einen Bauern mehr und in der schwarzen Stellung sind zwei
Doppelbauern verblieben. Trotzdem hat der Nachziehende dank seines aktiven
Lдufers g7 und des schwachen weiЯen Bauern e5 einige Rettungschancen.} (22. a3
{Ftacnik} Nc6 23. Rd7 Nxe5 24. Rxb7 Ng6 25. Bc1 Rfe8+ 26. Be2 Rac8 $132) 22...
Nc6 {[%csl Re5][%cal Ra8a2]} 23. a4 {[%csl Gb5] WeiЯ stдrkt seine
Lдuferstellung auf b5.} (23. a3 Nxe5 $14) 23... Bxe5 (23... Nxe5 24. Be3 {
[%csl Rb6]} (24. O-O {Ftacnik} Ng6 25. Be3 Bxb2 26. Rd7 $16)) 24. Bxe5+ Nxe5 {
Jetzt ist die Stellung materiell gleich, aber die schwache Bauernstruktur
bereitet dem Schwarzen Sorgen.} 25. Rd5 {[%csl Gb5,Gd5][%cal Rd5f5] Ftacnik:
'All five black pawns are weak, white has excellent chances in the endgame.'
Der Lдufer b5 verhindert jetzt die Mцglichkeit ...Re8.} f6 (25... Rfc8 {Ftacnik
} 26. O-O $16) 26. f4 Ng6 (26... Nc6 $5 27. Kf2 (27. Rxf5 Nd4 $132) (27. Kf2 {
Ftacnik} Rfd8 28. Rhd1 $16)) 27. O-O {[%csl Rf5]} Rad8 (27... Ne7 28. Rd7 $16 {
[%cal Rd7e7,Rd7b7]}) 28. Rxf5 {Ftacnik: 'White has won a pawn without giving
too much in return.'} Rd4 (28... Rd2 29. Rf2 $16) 29. g3 (29. b3 {Ftacnik} Ne7
30. Rh5 Nd5 31. g3 Rc8 $16) 29... Ne7 30. Rh5 Rdd8 (30... Rg8 31. Kg2) (30...
Rc8 {Ftacnik} 31. Re1 Nd5 32. Bd7 Nxf4 33. Rxh7+ Kxh7 34. Bxc8 $18) 31. Rf3 Nd5
32. Kf2 $16 (32. b3 {Ftacnik} Nb4 33. Re3 Rg8 34. Kf2 $16) 32... Nb4 33. Re3
Rd2+ 34. Re2 (34. Kf3 $5 Nc6 (34... Rxb2 35. Re7 {[%csl Ge7,Gh5,Rh7]} Rb3+ 36.
Kg4 Rg8+ 37. Kf5 Rg7 38. Re8+ Rg8 39. Rxg8+ Kxg8 40. Bc4+ $18 {[%cal Rc4b3,
Rc4g8]}) 35. Bxc6 bxc6 36. Re7 $18 {[%csl Rh8]}) 34... Rfd8 35. Rf5 (35. b3 $16
) 35... Kg7 (35... Rxe2+ {Ftacnik} 36. Bxe2 Rd6 37. Rb5 Nc2 38. Rb3 $18) 36. g4
Nc2 (36... Nd3+ 37. Bxd3 R8xd3 38. Rb5 Rxe2+ 39. Kxe2 Rxh3 40. Rxb6 $16) 37. g5
$1 {WeiЯ nimmt die Kцnigsstellung in Angriff.} fxg5 38. Rxg5+ (38. fxg5 Rxe2+
39. Bxe2 Nd4 $14 (39... Nd4 {Ftacnik} 40. Rf6 Nxe2 41. Kxe2 Rd4 42. Rxb6 Rxa4
43. Rxb7+ Kg6 $16)) 38... Kf6 39. Rge5 Rxe2+ 40. Rxe2 {Hecht: '[#] Abgesehen
vom Minusbauern, der vom Kцnig gut blockiert ist, besteht das Hauptproblem von
Schwarz in seiner desolaten Bauernstellung und der Schwierigkeit, fьr den
Springer einen guten und sicheren Platz zu finden. Ideal wдre es an und fьr
sich, unter den gegebenen Umstдnden den Springer gegen den Lдufer zu tauschen.
Doch das ermцglicht hier wie auch spдter wohl nur hinhaltenden, wenn auch
zдheren Widrstand. Auch Turmtausch scheitert in der Regel an der Schwдche des
Bb7.  '} Nb4 (40... Nd4 {Ftacnik} 41. Re5 $18 (41. Re5 {Hecht} Nxb5 42. Rxb5
Rd4 (42... Rd6 43. Ke3 $16 {siehe Anmerkung zum 46.Zug}) 43. Rxb6+ Kf5 44. b3
Rxf4+ 45. Kg3 $18) (41. Rd2 Rd6 42. Ke3 Nf5+ 43. Ke2 Nd4+ 44. Kd1 (44. Kf2 $2
Nxb5) 44... Kf5)) 41. Re5 (41. Kg3) 41... Rd2+ 42. Re2 Rd1 (42... Nd3+ 43. Bxd3
{Sonst kommt 43...Rxe2 nebst 44...Nxf4.} Rxd3 $14 {[%csl Gd3,Gf6] Schgwarz hat
einen Minusbauern, aber die aktive Turmstellung bietet ihm Remischancen.}) 43.
b3 {Schwarz steht aktiv, aber der starke weiЯe Lдufer verteidigt die Stellung
und es ist fьr Schwarz nicht leicht etwas konkretes zu finden.} Nd5 (43... Kf5
44. Re7 Kxf4 45. Rxh7 $16) 44. Re4 Nc3 45. Re5 Rd4 (45... Nxb5 $6 46. Rxb5 Rd6
47. Kf3 $18 {[%csl Gb5,Rd6,Gf3,Rf6]}) (45... h6 {Ftacnik} 46. Bc4 $18) (45...
Rd2+ {Ftacnik} 46. Kf3 Rd1 47. Bc4 $18) 46. Ke3 Rb4 {'?' Hecht.} (46... Rd5 {
Hecht} 47. Rxd5 Nxd5+ 48. Ke4 Ne7 49. Bd7 $18 {[%csl Rb7]}) (46... Nxb5 {Hecht}
47. Rxb5 Rd6 48. Ke4 Re6+ 49. Re5 Rd6 50. Rd5 Re6+ 51. Kd4 $16 {[%csl Rb7]
[%cal Rd5d7]}) (46... Rd1 {Hecht} 47. Bc4 Rd6 (47... Re1+ 48. Kd4 $18 {[%csl
Rc3]}) 48. Rh5 Kg6 (48... Kg7 49. Rf5 Rd7 50. Re5 $18) 49. Rg5+ Kf6 50. Rg8 {
[%cal Rg8f8,Rf8f7]} Rd7 51. Re8 {[%cal Re8e6]} Rd6 52. Rf8+ $18) 47. Bc4 $1 {
[%csl Rb4] WeiЯ gibt zeitweilig den Bauern zurьck, aber der b4-Turm bleibt
eingeschlossen. Hecht: '[#] Klaustrophobie! Der Turm kommt nicht mehr lebend
heraus. Vielleicht war Shirov ein Ende mit Schrecken lieber als ein Schrecken
ohne Ende.'} Nxa4 48. Re6+ Kg7 (48... Kf5 49. Re4 {[%cal Ge4a4]} Nc5 50. Be6+
$18 {[%cal Re4b4]} (50. Be6+ {Ftacnik} Nxe6 51. Rxb4 $18)) (48... Kf7 {Ftacnik}
49. Rxb6+ Rxc4 50. Rxb7+ Kg6 51. bxc4 $18) 49. Kd4 Nc5 (49... b5 50. Re7+ Kg6
51. Rxb7 {[%cal Rb7b5] Die Fesselung ist tцdlich fьr Schwarz.} (51. Rxb7 {
Ftacnik} Kf5 52. Rxb5+ Rxb5 53. Bxb5 {'+-' Hecht. Hecht: '[#] Warum soll es
dem Rappen anders gehen als dem Turm -  man begutachte einen oben wie unten
verlorenen Springer:'} Nb6 (53... Nb2 54. Be2 Kxf4 55. Kc3) 54. Kc5 Na8 (54...
Nc8 55. Bd7+) 55. Bc6 (55. Kc6 {[%cal Rc6b7] Hecht}) 55... Nc7 56. Kb6 $18))
50. Re7+ $18 Kf6 (50... Kf8 {Ftacnik} 51. Rxh7 (51. Rf7+ {Hecht} Ke8 52. Rxh7
$18 {[%cal Rd4c3]}) 51... Nxb3+ 52. Kc3 $18) 51. Rf7+ Kg6 52. f5+ {'!' Ftacnik.
} (52. Kc3 $4 Rxc4+ $19) 52... Kg5 53. Kc3 {[%csl Rb4] Schwarz verliert den
Turm und gab auf.} (53. Kc3 {Ftacnik} Na6 54. Bxa6 Rh4 55. Bd3 $18) 1-0

[Event "RSFSR-ch"]
[Site "Kuibyshev"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sorokin, Maxim"]
[Black "Semeniuk, Alexander A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2340"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1990.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "6"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Qa4+ Bd7 5. Qb3 dxc4 (5... Bc6 6. cxd5 Bxd5 7.
Nxd5 Qxd5 8. Qxd5 Nxd5 9. g3 Nb4 10. Kd1 Bg7 11. Bg2 $14 {Andonov,B-Lin Weiguo
Frunze 1989 CBM/15}) 6. Qxc4 Bg7 7. Ne5 $5 (7. g3 O-O 8. Bg2 Ne8 $1 9. d4 Nd6
10. Qb3 Na6 11. O-O c5 12. Rd1 Rc8 $13 {Gavrikov-Ceskovski URS-ch 1986 41/13})
7... O-O 8. Nxd7 Nfxd7 9. g3 Nc6 10. Bg2 Nd4 11. Qa4 Nc5 12. Qd1 a5 13. O-O e5
14. b3 Re8 15. Ba3 Nde6 16. Rc1 c6 17. Qc2 Qd7 18. Rfd1 Rad8 19. d3 Na6 20. Bb2
f5 21. Na4 Nb4 22. Qb1 Nd4 23. Nc3 Qf7 24. e3 Ne6 25. a3 Na6 26. Na4 Qc7 27.
Qc2 Rd7 28. Bc3 Bf8 29. Qa2 Rf7 30. d4 exd4 31. exd4 f4 32. d5 Ng5 33. dxc6 b5
34. Rd7 $1 Rxd7 35. cxd7 Qxd7 36. b4+ Nf7 37. Nb6 Qe6 38. Bd5 Qf5 39. Kh1 Nc7
$2 40. g4 $1 Nxd5 41. gxf5 Nxb6 42. fxg6 1-0

[Event "Bled/Rogaska Slatina"]
[Site "Bled"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Mohr, Georg"]
[Black "Kozul, Zdenko"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1991.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Qa4+ c6 $6 6. Nxd5 $1 (6. Qd4 f6
7. e4 e5 $1 8. Nxe5 Nxc3 9. Qxc3 Qe7 10. Nf3 Qxe4+ 11. Be2 Nd7 12. O-O Bb4 $13
{Kohlweyer,B-Kozul,Z Frankfurt 1990 CBM/20}) 6... Qxd5 7. e4 Qd8 8. d4 Bg7 9.
Be2 O-O 10. O-O Bg4 11. Be3 Nd7 12. Rfd1 Nb6 13. Qb4 (13. Qb3 $1 Qd6 14. a4 $14
{Hauchard,A-Lutz,C Wildbad 1990 EXP/20}) 13... Qd6 14. Qb3 Kh8 15. a4 f5 16. d5
cxd5 17. exd5 Nd7 18. h3 Bxf3 19. Bxf3 b6 20. Rac1 Nc5 21. Qc4 (21. Qc2 $5)
21... Bxb2 22. Rc2 Be5 23. Bxc5 bxc5 24. Qxc5 Qf6 25. Qe3 Bd6 26. a5 Rfb8 27.
a6 Rb6 28. Rc6 Rb2 29. Rdc1 Kg7 30. Rf1 Ra2 31. Rd1 Ra3 32. Qxa3 Bxa3 33. Rxf6
Kxf6 34. d6 Rd8 35. dxe7 Rxd1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-chT Republics 19th final A"]
[Site "Azov"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Lerner, Konstantin Z"]
[Black "Yandemirov, Valeri"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Qxd1+ 7. Kxd1 Nd7
$5 8. Bf4 c6 9. a4 (9. Kc2 f6 10. Nd2 e5 11. Be3 Bc5 $10 {Bццk-Najdorf
Saltsjцbaden izt 1948}) 9... a5 10. Bc4 f6 11. Ke2 e5 12. Be3 Bc5 13. Nd2 Bxe3
14. Kxe3 Nc5 15. h4 Ke7 16. Nb3 Nxb3 17. Bxb3 Be6 18. Bxe6 Kxe6 19. g3 Rad8 20.
Rad1 h5 21. f4 f5 22. fxe5 Kxe5 23. exf5 Kxf5 24. Kf3 Rhe8 25. Rhf1 g5 26. Kg2+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Altensteig"]
[Site "Altensteig"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Schlosser, Philipp"]
[Black "Smejkal, Jan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1991.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Qxd1+ 7. Kxd1 f6
(7... Nc6 $6 8. Be3 e5 9. Bc4 f6 10. Kc2 Nd8 11. a4 Nf7 12. Nd2 Nd6 13. Bd5 c6
14. Bb3 Ke7 15. f4 Nxe4 16. Nxe4 Bf5 17. Kd3 Rd8+ 18. Ke2 Bxe4 19. fxe5 $14 {
Timman,J-Kozul,Z Belgrade 1989 CBM/16 48/(8)}) 8. Be3 e5 9. Nd2 Be6 10. Bc4
Bxc4 (10... Kf7 11. Kc2 h5 12. Rhd1 Bh6 13. Bxh6 Rxh6 14. a4 a5 15. Bxe6+ Kxe6
16. Nb3 Nd7 17. Rd5 b6 18. Rad1 Rh7 19. c4 Rc8 20. c5 $16 {Cehov-Jasnikowski
Bydgoszcz 1990 50/10}) 11. Nxc4 Nd7 12. b4 h5 (12... Nb6 13. Na5 O-O-O+ 14. Kc2
Be7 15. a3 f5 $2 16. Bxb6 $1 axb6 17. Nc4 Bf6 18. a4 Bg7 19. Rhe1 $16 {
Andersson-Franco Buenos Aires 1979 29/25}) 13. Kc2 Bh6 14. Bxh6 Rxh6 15. Rhd1
O-O-O 16. a4 Nf8 17. Rxd8+ Kxd8 18. Rd1+ Kc8 19. g3 Ne6 20. Kd3 Rh7 21. Ke3 h4
(21... Rd7 $5) 22. a5 b5 23. axb6 axb6 24. Nd2 hxg3 25. hxg3 Kd7 26. Nf3+ Kc6
27. Nh4 $1 g5 28. Nf5 Kb5 29. Ke2 g4 30. Ne3 $1 Rg7 31. Ra1 Ng5 32. Kd3 $1 $16
Rd7+ 33. Nd5 Kc6 34. c4 Kb7 35. Ke3 Rf7 36. b5 f5 37. exf5 Rxf5 38. Ke2 Ne4 39.
Rf1 Rf3 40. Ne3 Nf6 41. Nxg4 1-0

[Event "Beersheba"]
[Site "Beersheba"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Tunik, Gennady"]
[Black "Tseitlin, Mark D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "1996.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 053"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qh4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 {
Der Anziehende will mit dieser seltenen Fortsetzung seinen Gegner ueberraschen.
} (7. dxc3 Nc6 8. e4 e5 9. Bg5 Be7 10. Bc4 h6 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 $10 {Kramnik,
V-Yudasin,L/Wijk cm/1994/CBM39/INF59,17/}) (7. Qd4 f6 8. Qxc3 Nc6 $5 (8... e5
9. Nxe5 (9. e4 Nc6 10. a3 a5 11. Bc4 Bc5 12. d3 Bd4 13. Nxd4 Nxd4 14. Be3 c5
15. Bxd4 cxd4 16. Qd2 $36 {Kortschnoj,V-Ivanchuk,V/Moscow PCA-Intel GP 25'/
1995/}) 9... fxe5 10. Qxe5+ Qe7 11. Qxh8 Nc6 12. Qc3 O-O-O 13. e3 Bg7 $44 {
Belov,I-Novik,M/Rostov/1993/CBM36/INF58,15/}) 9. e3 e5 10. a3 Bd6 11. d3 Qe7
$13 {Pliester,L-Wemmers,X/NLD-chT/1995/}) 7... Nc6 $146 (7... c5 8. Rb1 Qc7 9.
Qg3 Qxg3 10. hxg3 b6 11. e4 Bc6 12. Ne5 Ba4 13. Bc4 e6 14. Bb3 Bxb3 15. Rxb3
Nd7 16. Nc4 Rb8 17. a4 a6 18. Ke2 b5 $132 {Milos,G-Fernandez Garcia,J/Buenos
Aires/1990/EXP20/INF49,(15)/}) 8. e4 (8. d4 $5 {/\ e4 oder Bh6 auch d5}) 8...
e5 9. Qxd8+ Rxd8 10. Rb1 b6 $8 11. d4 (11. Bb5) 11... Bg7 (11... exd4 12. cxd4
Bb4+ 13. Bd2 Bxd2+ 14. Kxd2 O-O 15. Rc1 $36 {>< c7}) 12. Bg5 $1 {Mit diesem
starken Zug will der Anziehende den schwarzen Druck gegen den d4-Bauern
entschaerfen.} Rb8 13. Rd1 exd4 14. cxd4 O-O 15. Be2 Rbe8 $1 16. e5 $8 f6 17.
exf6 Bxf6 18. Be3 Nb4 {[#] Schwarz hat die Eroeffnung zufriedenstellend
geloest, die Chancen sind etwa gleich.} 19. O-O $1 $8 Be6 (19... Nxa2 $4 20.
Bc4+ Be6 21. d5 $18) (19... Nc2 20. Bc4+ Kg7 21. Bf4 Bg4 22. Rd2 Bxf3 23. Rxc2
Bxd4 24. Bxc7 Bg4 $10) 20. a4 Nd5 21. Rc1 Bf7 22. Bb5 Re4 (22... Nxe3 23. Bxe8
(23. fxe3 Rxe3 24. Rxc7 $13) 23... Nxf1 24. Bxf7+ Rxf7 25. Kxf1 Rd7 $10) 23.
Bh6 $1 Rd8 24. Rfd1 Be8 25. g3 a5 {Schrwarz hofft, dass er gegen den d4-Bauern
seinen Druck versterken kann, aber ...} 26. Bd3 Re7 27. Bc2 Nb4 28. Bb3+ Bf7
29. Bxf7+ Kxf7 30. Bf4 $1 Nd5 31. Be5 $1 Red7 32. Rc6 $1 {[#] Der d4-Bauer ist
nicht mehr so schwach, aber Weiss hat einen Riesenlaeufer auf e5 und er
uebernimmt jetzt die Initiative. /\ Bxf6, Ne5} Kg7 33. Ng5 $1 {>< e6 ,c7} Rc8
34. f4 $2 {Man fьhlt, daЯ etwas in der Luft liegt. WeiЯ kцnnte jetzt mit einer
hьbschen Kombination die Partie sofort entscheiden.} (34. Rxf6 $1 {[#]} Nxf6
35. Ne4 Rf8 36. Rc1 Re7 37. Nxf6 Rxf6 38. Rc6 $1 Rxe5 39. Rxc7+ $1 {
Hцchstwahrscheinlich hat der Anziehende diesen netten Zwischenzug nicht
gesehen.} Rf7 (39... Kh6 40. dxe5 $18) (39... Re7 $1 $16) 40. Rxf7+ Kxf7 41.
dxe5 {Das Bauernendspiel ist fьr Schwarz verloren.} Ke6 42. f4 b5 (42... Kd7
43. Kf2 b5 44. axb5 a4 45. b6 a3 46. b7 Kc7 47. e6 a2 48. e7 a1=Q 49. e8=Q $18)
43. axb5 a4 44. b6 a3 45. b7 a2 46. b8=Q a1=Q+ 47. Kg2 Qa2+ 48. Kh3 $18) 34...
Re7 35. Rdc1 Bxe5 36. dxe5 Rce8 37. h4 h6 38. Nf3 Re6 39. Kf2 Rxc6 40. Rxc6 Re7
41. h5 $1 {Ein sehr logisches Bauersopfer: 1. Jetzt hat WeiЯ zwei gefдhrliche
Freibauern auf der e und f Linie. 2. Beide schwarzen Doppelbauern auf der h
Linie sind schwach . 3.Die weiЯen Figuren sind sehr aktiv .} gxh5 42. Nh4 Rf7
43. Kf3 Nb4 44. Rg6+ $6 (44. Re6 $1 $18 {Droht /\ f5 oder Ke4,Nf5}) 44... Kh7
45. e6 Rf8 46. e7 Re8 47. Re6 Kg8 48. Nf5 {Natuerlich sieht diese Stellung
auch hoffnungslos fuer den Nachziehenden aus.} h4 $5 {Schwarz versucht, im
Trueben zu fischen.} (48... Nd5 49. Ke4 c6 50. Ke5 $18) 49. Nxh6+ Kg7 50. gxh4
Nd5 51. Nf5+ (51. f5 $5 Nf6 (51... Rxe7 52. f6+ $18) (51... Nxe7 52. f6+ Kxh6
53. f7+ $18) 52. Ng4 Nxg4 53. Kxg4 Kf7 54. h5 Rxe7 55. Rxe7+ Kxe7 56. Kg5 b5
57. h6 Kf7 58. f6 Kg8 59. Kg6 $18) 51... Kf7 52. Rc6 Rh8 (52... Nxe7 $2 53.
Rxc7 $18) 53. Ke4 Nf6+ 54. Ke5 Ne8 55. Rc1 Rh5 {/\ Ng7} 56. Rg1 b5 $1 (56...
Nd6 $4 57. Rg7+ Ke8 58. Ke6 $18) 57. axb5 a4 58. Ke4 $2 (58. Rg3 $1 a3 $8 59.
Rxa3 Ng7 60. e8=Q+ $1 Kxe8 61. Kf6 $1 Nxf5 (61... Rxf5+ 62. Kxg7 $16) 62. Kg6
Rxh4 63. Kxf5 $16) 58... Nf6+ 59. Ke5 Nd7+ 60. Ke4 Nc5+ 61. Ke5 Nd7+ 62. Ke4
Nf6+ 63. Ke5 Ne8 64. Ke4 a3 65. Ra1 Nf6+ 66. Ke5 Nd7+ 67. Ke4 Nc5+ 68. Ke5 Nd7+
69. Ke4 Nf6+ 70. Ke5 {Weiss hat den Sieg mehrmals verspielt. Ribli} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Petrov Memorial op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Neverov, Valeriy"]
[Black "Yandemirov, Valeri"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1996.02.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 052"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Rb1 Nd7 8.
Nf3 O-O 9. O-O Nb6 10. Qc2 (10. Ng5 $5 Rb8 (10... Qd7 11. Qb3 Qg4 12. Nf3 Be6
13. Qc2 Qc4 14. Ng5 $36 {Ribli,Z-Gutman,L/BL8687/INF44,14/}) 11. Qc2 Bd7 12. d3
Ba4 13. Qd2 Qd7 14. c4 Bc6 15. Bxc6 Qxc6 16. Qb4 Rfe8 17. Be3 $14 {Serper,
G-Yandemirov,V/Kstovo op/1994/EXP42/}) 10... Bd7 11. d3 Ba4 12. Qd2 Bc6 13. Ba3
$146 (13. c4 Re8 14. Ng5 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 Qd7 16. Qf4 f6 17. Ne4 Qc6 18. Qf3 e5
19. g4 $1 $14 {Podgaets,M-Sherieshevsky,M/USSR/1974/INF18,21/}) 13... Re8 14.
Qc2 Qd7 15. c4 e5 {/\ e4} 16. Nd2 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Qc6+ 18. Kg1 {/\ Rb5,Rfb1,c5
><b7} Nd7 $5 {Schwarz will den weissen Druck auf der b-Linie entschaerfen.} 19.
Ne4 Nf6 20. Nxf6+ Bxf6 21. Rb5 (21. e4 $5) 21... e4 $1 {Dieser aktive Zug gibt
Schwarz sehr gutes Spiel im Zentrum. Der Nachziehende ьbernimmt die Initiative.
} 22. Rfb1 Rad8 $1 23. dxe4 (23. Rxb7 $2 exd3 24. exd3 Bd4 25. R7b3 Qf3 $19)
23... Rxe4 24. Rc5 Qe6 25. e3 c6 $1 {Vцllig auf seine Angriffsplanung
konzentriert, ьberlдЯt WeiЯ den Damenflьgel dem Gegner.} 26. Ra5 (26. Rxb7 {[#]
} Rxe3 $1 27. fxe3 Qxe3+ 28. Qf2 Rd1+ 29. Kg2 Rd2 $19) 26... Rxc4 27. Qb3 b5
28. Rxa7 h5 $1 {Alle weiЯen Figuren stehen auf der b-und a-Linie, dann ist
Angriff am Kцnigsflьgel die logische Konsequenz fьr Schwarz.} 29. h4 Bxh4 $1 {
[#] Seiner positionellen Ьberlegenheit kann Schwarz mit diesem taktischen
Schlag Nachdruck verleihen.} 30. Rd1 (30. gxh4 Qh3 31. f4 Rd2 32. Ra8+ Kh7 $19)
30... Rxd1+ 31. Qxd1 Bf6 32. Bd6 $2 (32. Qd6 $5 Rc1+ 33. Kh2 (33. Kg2 Qe4+ 34.
f3 Qc2+ 35. Kh3 Rh1#) 33... Qxd6 34. Bxd6 $17) 32... h4 $1 33. Bf4 hxg3 34.
Bxg3 Kg7 35. Ra8 Qe4 36. Bf4 Rb4 $1 37. f3 Qf5 38. Qd6 Rb1+ 39. Kg2 Qc2+ 40.
Kh3 Rh1+ 41. Kg4 Qg2+ 42. Bg3 Qh3+ 0-1

[Event "Yerevan"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anastasian, Ashot"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1996.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 053"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 {Hecht King Dolmatov} g6 2. Nc3 Bg7 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nf3 d5 6.
cxd5 Nxd5 7. O-O Nc6 8. Nxd5 (8. d4 Nb6 {siehe D76}) (8. d4) 8... Qxd5 9. d3
Qb5 $5 10. Rb1 a5 $5 (10... Be6 11. a4 $2 (11. b3 a5) 11... Qb3) 11. a4 (11. b3
a4 $1 12. Bb2 Bxb2 13. Rxb2 Be6 14. Qd2 axb3 15. axb3 Qb4 16. Qxb4 Nxb4 17. Nd4
Bd5 $10 {Andersson,U-Olafsson,F/Wijk/1976/}) (11. Be3 a4 $1 12. Qd2 Be6 $13 {
Van der Sterren,P-Xie Jun/Donner mem-A/1994/CBM43/}) 11... Qa6 (11... Qh5 12.
Bd2 (12. Bf4 {Dolmatov} e5 13. Be3 Bh3 (13... Nd4) 14. Rc1 Rad8) 12... Nb4 13.
Bc3 Bh3 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Qd2 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 c5 $10 {Levine,V-Yermolinsky,A/New
York Syracuse/1995/}) 12. Be3 (12. Bf4 {Dolmatov} e5 13. Be3 Bg4) 12... Bg4 $6
$146 {Mit dieser Neuerung will Khalifman fьr seinen Lдufer auf g7 die
Diagonale g7-b2 freihalten.} (12... e5 $5 13. Qc1 (13. Qd2 Rd8 14. Ng5 $13)
13... e4 $1 14. dxe4 Qxe2 15. Re1 (15. Rd1 $2 Be6 16. b3 Rfd8 $15 {
Valcarcel-Portisch,L/Las Palmas/1972/INF13,11/}) 15... Qd3 16. Bc5 Re8 17. Re3
Qd8 $10 {Portisch}) 13. Qd2 Rfd8 (13... Nb4 {Dolmatov} 14. Rbc1 c6 15. Ng5) 14.
Rfc1 $1 {Der weiЯe Turm macht Druck auf der c-Linie. >< c7} Rac8 (14... e5 15.
Ng5 $36) 15. Rc5 Bxf3 $6 {Ich verstehe diese Kombination nicht, Schwarz ist
viel stдrker als sein Gegner - 130 ELO-Punkte - und jetzt spielt er mit dieser
Kombination auf Remis. Der Nachziehende steht nicht besonders schlecht.} (15...
Nb4 $5) (15... Nb4 $5 {Dolmatov} 16. Ne5 (16. Rbc1 c6 17. Ne5 Be6) 16... b6)
16. Bxf3 Ne5 17. Rxa5 (17. Bg2 $2 {Dolmatov} b6 18. Rcc1 c5 $10) 17... Nxf3+ (
17... Qxd3 $2 {Dolmatov} 18. Qxd3) 18. exf3 Qxd3 (18... Rxd3 {Dolmatov} 19.
Rxa6 Rxd2 20. Ra7 Rxb2 21. Rxb2 Bxb2 22. Rxb7 $16) 19. Qxd3 Rxd3 {Im
Endergebnis hat Khalifman seinen Bauern zurueckerobert, aber er steht minimal
schlechter, weil seine Grundlinie schwach ist.} 20. b4 b6 (20... c6 21. Ra7 Rd7
22. a5 $16 {/\ a6 oder b5}) 21. Rb5 $5 {Schwarz hat mit diesem ungewцhnlichen
Zug nicht gerechnet.} (21. Ra7 {Dolmatov} Bd4) 21... Ra3 $6 (21... Bd4 $5 22.
Bxd4 (22. Rd5 e5 (22... c5 {Dolmatov} 23. a5 $1) 23. a5 bxa5 24. bxa5 Ra3 $10)
22... Rxd4 23. Rc1 Kg7 $10) 22. a5 bxa5 23. Rxa5 $1 {[#]} (23. bxa5 {Dolmatov}
Bc3 $10) 23... Ra8 (23... Rxa5 $2 24. bxa5 Ra8 25. a6 $1 $18) (23... Rc3 $10 {
Dolmatov}) 24. Rc5 {>< c7} Rc3 25. Rc1 Rxc1+ 26. Bxc1 $1 (26. Rxc1 Ra1 $10)
26... Ra7 (26... Ra1 $6 {Dolmatov} 27. Kg2 Rb1 28. Rxc7 (28. Bd2 $2 Rb2) 28...
Be5 29. Rxe7 Bd6 30. Rd7 $16) 27. Bf4 {Jetzt muЯ Schwarz wдhlen: Wie soll er
den Bauern geben, soll er ins Turm- oder ins Lдuferendspiel ьbergehen?} Bd4 $2
(27... e5 $1 28. Bxe5 Bxe5 29. Rxe5 Ra1+ (29... Ra4 30. b5 Rc4 $14) 30. Kg2 Kg7
$14) 28. Rxc7 Rxc7 (28... Ra2 29. Bh6 $16) 29. Bxc7 Kf8 30. Kf1 Ke8 31. Ke2 Kd7
32. Bf4 Kc6 33. Bg5 $1 {Richtig gespielt, WeiЯ tut gut daran, erst die
schwarze Bauernstruktur zu schwдchen.} e6 34. Be3 Bc3 35. Bc5 (35. Bd2 $2 {
Dolmatov} Bd4 36. Be1 Kd5) 35... Kb5 36. Kd3 Bxb4 (36... Be1 $1 $8 {Dolmatov}
37. Ke4 (37. g4 g5) 37... Bc3) (36... Bg7 $1 {Hecht} 37. Bd4 (37. Ke4 $5 f5+
38. Kf4 Bf6) 37... Bf8 38. Bc3 f5 {Festung? - Analyse!}) 37. Bxb4 Kxb4 {
Hecht: [#] B-B 4-4 Bauern auf einem Flьgel bei abgedrдngtem sK, Raum, Zugzwang
Nicht erzwungene Abwicklung nach vorherigem L-Tausch!} 38. Kd4 {Natьrlich
gewinnt WeiЯ das Bauernendspiel.} f6 (38... Kb3 {Hecht} 39. Ke5 Kc3 40. Kf6 Kd3
41. Kxf7 Ke2 42. f4 Kxf2 43. Kxe6 Kg2 44. g4 $18) 39. f4 (39. g4 {Dolmatov} g5
$10) 39... Kb5 40. g4 $1 Kc6 (40... h6 41. g5 hxg5 42. fxg5 fxg5 43. Ke5 Kc4
44. Kxe6 Kd3 45. Kf6 Ke2 (45... g4 {Hecht} 46. Kxg6 Ke2 47. Kg5 Kxf2 48. Kxg4
$18) 46. Kxg6 Kxf2 47. Kxg5 Kg2 48. h4 $18) 41. g5 $1 e5+ (41... fxg5 42. fxg5
Kd6 43. f4 Kd7 44. Ke5 Ke7 45. h3 Kd7 (45... Kf7 {King} 46. Kd6 Kg7 (46... Kf8
{Hecht} 47. Kxe6 Ke8 48. Kf6 Kf8 49. h4 Kg8 50. Ke7 Kg7 51. h5 h6 (51... Kg8
52. hxg6 hxg6 53. Kf6 Kh7 54. Kf7 $18) 52. gxh6+ Kxh6 53. hxg6 Kxg6 54. Ke6 $18
) 47. Kxe6 Kf8 48. Kf6 Kg8 49. Ke7 Kg7 50. h4 Kg8 51. h5 gxh5 52. f5 h4 53. f6
h3 54. f7+) 46. Kf6 Kd6 47. Kg7 Kd5 48. Kxh7 Ke4 49. Kxg6 Kxf4 50. Kf6 e5 51.
g6 e4 52. g7 e3 53. g8=Q $18) 42. fxe5 fxg5 43. f3 h5 44. Kc4 $18 {Ribli} 1-0

[Event "Frankfurt"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Barbero, Gerardo F"]
[Black "Epishin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1990.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qh4 Nxc3 7. dxc3 Nc6
8. e4 e5 9. Qxd8+ Rxd8 10. Be3 (10. Bc4 f6 11. Be3 {Belov,I-Khenkin,I
Voksresensk 1990 CBM/19}) 10... f6 11. Nd2 (11. O-O-O a6 12. Bc4 {Chekhov,
V-Jasnikowski,Z Warsaw 1990 CBM/17}) 11... h5 $5 12. O-O-O Bh6 13. Bxh6 Rxh6
14. Nb3 b6 15. Bb5 Ne7 16. Bxd7+ Rxd7 17. Rxd7 Kxd7 18. Rd1+ Ke8 19. Nd2 Nc8
20. Nc4 Ke7 21. Ne3 c6 22. Nc4 Rh8 23. Rd3 Rd8 24. Rxd8 Kxd8 25. Kd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Frankfurt"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Uhlmann, Wolfgang"]
[Black "Gutman, Lev"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "1990.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. g3 Nxc3 5. bxc3 g6 6. Bg2 Bg7 7. h4 (7. Rb1
Nc6 8. Nf3 O-O 9. O-O e5 {Drasko,M-Nikolic,Z JUG-ch 1989 CBM/13}) 7... Nd7 8.
h5 (8. Qb3 c5 9. Ba3 Qc7 10. h5 Rb8 11. Nf3 $14 {Suba-Roos Buenos Aires ol
1978 26/18}) 8... c5 9. Rb1 Rb8 10. Qa4 a6 11. c4 O-O 12. Nf3 Ne5 13. hxg6
Nxf3+ 14. Bxf3 fxg6 15. Qa3 Qd6 16. Bb2 Bxb2 17. Rxb2 b5 18. cxb5 axb5 19. O-O
b4 20. Qa5 Be6 21. Rc1 c4 22. Qa4 g5 23. Qc2 g4 24. Be4 Rf6 25. Kg2 Rb5 26.
Bxh7+ Kg7 27. Rh1 Re5 28. Kf1 Qc5 29. e3 Qd5 30. Rh2 Rh5 31. Rxh5 Qxh5 32. Be4
Qh2 33. d4 Qxg3 34. d5 Bf7 35. Qxc4 Qxe3 36. Qe2 Qc5 37. Qxg4+ Bg6 38. Rc2 Qd4
39. Re2 Kh6 40. Qh3+ Bh5 41. Qe3+ Qxe3 42. Rxe3 Ra6 43. Bb1 Bf7 44. Re5 Ra8 45.
Rxe7 Bxd5 46. f4 Bg8 47. Ke2 Ra3 48. Re3 Ra5 49. Re7 Ra3 50. Rb7 b3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Rubinstein Memorial 33rd"]
[Site "Polanica Zdroj"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Markowski, Tomasz"]
[Black "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1996.08.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 d5 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. c4 Nf6 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. O-O {Ribli. Hier
empfehle ich 6...c5 mit gleichen Chancen.} O-O 7. Nc3 Nb6 $6 {Ribli.Wenn
Schwarz in Gruenfeld z.B.nach 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 Bg7 5.cd Nd5 6.
Bg2 Nb6 7.o-o Nc6 spielt, dann stehen die schwarzen Springer gut auf c6 und b6.
Aber jetzt ist dieser Springerzug kaum logisch.} (7... Nc6 $5 8. Qa4 (8. Nxd5
Qxd5 9. d3 Qb5 $1) 8... a5 9. Qh4 e6 10. Qxd8 Rxd8 11. Rb1 a4 $15 {
Bawart-Horvath,Jo.Velden,1996.}) 8. d3 Nc6 9. Be3 $14 a5 (9... e5 10. Qc1 Re8
11. Bh6 Bh8 12. Ne4 Nd4 13. Re1 c6 $5 (13... Nxf3+ 14. Bxf3 c6 15. b4 $14 {
Krasenkov-Leko,Dortmund,1992,CBM29.})) (9... h6 10. Qd2 Kh7 11. Rab1 e5 12. b4
f5 13. Rfc1 $14 {Gretarsson,H-Mikhalevski,V,Schaan,1996.}) 10. Rc1 a4 11. Qd2 (
11. Bxb6 cxb6 12. a3 (12. Nxa4 b5)) (11. Bc5 Nd7 12. Ba3) 11... Re8 12. Rfd1
Nb4 (12... Bg4 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 Qd7) 13. Nb5 c6 (13... Nxa2 14. Nxc7 Nxc1
15. Rxc1) 14. Qxb4 Nd5 (14... cxb5 15. Qxb5 $18) 15. Qd2 (15. Qc4 cxb5 16. Qxb5
Ra5 17. Qc4 (17. Rxc8 $2 Rxb5) 17... Nxe3 18. fxe3 Bxb2) 15... cxb5 16. Bh6 {
Ribli. Weiss hat dank seines mobilen Bauernzentrums klaren Vorteil.} Bh8 17. d4
(17. e4) 17... a3 18. bxa3 (18. e4 Nf6 19. Ne5) 18... Rxa3 19. Ng5 Nf6 20. h3
Bg7 21. Bxg7 Kxg7 22. h4 (22. e3 $5) 22... Qa5 23. Qxa5 Rxa5 24. Rd2 Rd8 25. e3
(25. Rdc2 Bg4 26. e3 h6 27. Nf3) 25... h6 26. Ne4 Nxe4 27. Bxe4 Be6 28. Rc7 Kf6
29. d5 Rd7 $10 {Ribli. Der weisse Vorteil schwindet stufenweise dahin.} 30. Rc5
Bf5 31. Bg2 Bb1 32. a4 Rxa4 33. Rxb5 Ba2 34. Rdb2 Ra7 35. e4 {Ribli.Weiss hat
eine schoene Stellung, aber das ist nicht genug, um zu gewinnen.} Bc4 36. Rb6+
Kg7 37. R2b4 Ra1+ 38. Kh2 Ba6 39. e5 Re1 40. Re4 Rd1 41. Rf4 Rc7 (41... R7xd5
$6 42. Bxd5 Rxd5 43. e6 f5 $14) 42. g4 Rc4 43. Rxc4 Bxc4 44. Rxb7 Bxd5 45. Rxe7
Be6 {Ribli.Nach 46.Kg3 kommt 46...g5 mit einer nicht mehr zu gewinnenden
Stellung.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Vienna"]
[Site "Vienna"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ribli, Zoltan"]
[Black "Epishin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1991.10.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 026"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Qxd1+ 7. Kxd1 f6
8. Be3 e5 9. Nd2 Be6 10. Bc4 Kf7 $5 (10... Bxc4 11. Nxc4 Nd7 12. b4 h5 13. Kc2
Bh6 14. Bxh6 Rxh6 15. Rhd1 O-O-O 16. a4 $14 {Schlosser,P-Smejkal,J Altensteig
1991 CBM/25}) 11. Kc2 Be7 $1 (11... h5 12. Rhd1 Bh6 13. Bxh6 Rxh6 14. a4 a5 15.
Bxe6+ Kxe6 16. Nb3 Nd7 17. Rd5 b6 18. Rad1 Rh7 19. c4 $16 {Cehov-Jasnikowski
Bydgoszcz 1990 50/10}) 12. b4 a5 $1 13. a3 Rd8 14. Bxe6+ Kxe6 15. Nb3 a4 16.
Na5 (16. Nc5+ Bxc5 17. bxc5 Na6 18. Rab1 Rab8 19. Rb5 Kd7 $1 $10) 16... b6 17.
Nc4 Nc6 18. Rad1 (18. Rhd1 $5) 18... Na7 $1 19. Rxd8 Rxd8 20. Rd1 Rxd1 21. Kxd1
Nb5 22. Kc2 Nd6 23. Kd3 Kd7 24. Nd2 b5 $1 $10 25. f3 c6 26. Bc5 Nb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Frankfurt"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kohlweyer, Bernd"]
[Black "Kozul, Zdenko"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2395"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "1990.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Qa4+ c6 6. Qd4 f6 7. e4 e5 (7...
Nb6 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. d4 {Rausis,I-Terentiev,S Daugavpils 1990 CBM/17}) 8. Nxe5
Nxc3 9. Qxc3 (9. Qxd8+ $2 Kxd8 10. Nf7+ Ke8 11. Nxh8 Nxe4 12. Bc4 Nd6 13. Bb3
Bg7) 9... Qe7 10. Nf3 Qxe4+ 11. Be2 Nd7 12. O-O Bb4 13. d3 Qe7 14. Qc2 Nb6 15.
Bh6 Be6 16. Nd4 O-O-O 17. Nxe6 Qxe6 18. Bf3 g5 19. a3 Bf8 20. Bxf8 Rhxf8 21. g3
g4 22. Bg2 f5 23. b4 Kb8 24. a4 f4 25. Be4 Nd7 26. Rfe1 Qd6 27. b5 c5 28. Rac1
Rde8 29. Red1 Qh6 30. d4 f3 31. h4 gxh3 32. Kh1 h2 33. Bf5 Re2 34. Qd3 c4 35.
Qxf3 Rd2 36. Rxd2 Qxd2 37. Rxc4 Nb6 38. Rc5 Qxd4 39. Qf4+ Qxf4 40. gxf4 Nxa4
41. Re5 Kc7 42. Kxh2 Kb6 43. Kg3 Nc5 44. Bxh7 Kxb5 45. Bb1 a5 46. f5 a4 47. Kg4
Kc6 48. Kg5 b5 49. Re7 b4 50. f6 b3 51. f7 Nd7 52. Bf5 a3 53. Re6+ Kb5 54. Re7
a2 0-1

[Event "Beersheba 16th"]
[Site "Beersheba"]
[Date "1997.03.06"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Black "Tseitlin, Mark D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "1997.02.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 058"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 {Wenn Schwarz Grьnfeldindisch spielen will, hat
er keine Alternative, denn nach 3...Bg7 kann WeiЯ 4.e4 spielen, und Grьnfeld
ist nicht mehr mцglich.Ribli.} 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Qa4+ {Das ist die Zugfolge der
sogenannten "Anti-Grьnfeld"-Variante. WeiЯ hofft, daЯ er mit seinem
Damenschach die normale schwarze Entwicklung stцren kann.Ribli.} Bd7 {
Heutzutage ist nur dieser Zug in Mode.Ribli.} (5... Nc6 6. Ne5 Ndb4 7. a3 Bg7
8. axb4 Bxe5 9. b5 Nb8 10. e3 O-O 11. d4 Bg7 12. Be2 a6 13. O-O c6 {Das ist
eine andere Hauptvariante. Meiner Meinung nach hat Schwarz keinen vollen
Ausgleich.Ribli.}) 6. Qc2 (6. Qh4 $5) 6... Nb4 $5 (6... Nb6 7. d4 Bg7 8. e4 (8.
Bf4 {Fьhrt zu дhnlichen Stellungen wie in der Grьnfeldindischen Verteidigung.
Ribli.})) 7. Qb3 N8c6 (7... c5 8. e3 $6 (8. a3 Be6 9. Qa4+ Bd7 10. Qb3 (10. Qd1
N4c6 11. e3 (11. d4 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Bg7 13. Be3 O-O 14. g3 Nxd4 15. Bxd4 Bc6 $1)
11... Bg7 12. d4 (12. d3 $5) 12... cxd4 13. exd4 Bg4 $36) 10... Be6 $11 {
Ksieski,Z-Khenkin,I/Moscow II/1990/}) (8. Ne4 Qa5 $5 (8... N8a6 9. e3 Qa5 10.
Ne5 Be6 11. Bc4 Bxc4 12. Qxc4 e6 13. O-O Be7 14. b3 Nd5 15. Bb2 $14 {[%cal
Rb2h8] Piket,J-Kouatly,B/Cannnes/1990/})) 8... Be6 9. Qa4+ N8c6 10. d4 Bf5 11.
Bb5 Nc2+) 8. a3 Be6 9. Qd1 $146 (9. Qa4 Nd5 10. Ne5 Nxc3 11. dxc3 Qd5 12. Nxc6
Qxc6 13. Qxc6+ bxc6 14. Be3 Bb3 $1 $11 {Benjamin,J-Lputian,S/Moscow-A/1987/
Obwohl Schwarz den Doppelbauern c7-c6 hat, paralysiert sein Bb3 die weiЯe
Initiative, und die Stellung befindet sich in dynamischem Gleichgewicht.Ribli.}
) 9... Nd5 10. e4 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Bg7 12. d4 {[%csl Yd4,Ye4] Endlich hat WeiЯ
ein starkes Zentrum, aber bis jetzt hat er ein paar Tempi mit seiner Dame
verloren, und seine Figuren sind noch nicht so gut entwickelt.Ribli.} Na5 {
[%cal Ga5c4,Ga5b3] Ein typischer Zug in solchen Stellungen. Schwarz droht
c7-c5 gegen das weiЯe Zentrum zu spielen. Von a5 kontrolliert er auch die
Punkte c4 und b3, weil Weiss schon a2-a3 gespielt hat.Ribli.} 13. Rb1 O-O 14.
Be2 c5 15. O-O Rc8 (15... cxd4 16. cxd4 Ba2 17. Rb2) (15... Qc7 {[%cal Gc7f4]
Dieser Zug lдЯt WeiЯ nicht zu Bf4 kommen.Ribli.} 16. d5) 16. d5 Bg4 17. Qc2 (
17. c4 Bxf3 18. Bxf3 Nxc4 19. Rxb7 $13) 17... e5 18. c4 b6 {[%cal Ya5b7,Yb7d6]
Schwarz muЯ diesen Zug ausfьhren, sonst steht sein Springer sinnlos auf a5.
Das mцgliche Springermanцver Na5-b7-d6 ist auch typisch fьr solche Stellungen.
Ribli.} 19. Ng5 Bxe2 (19... Bd7 $5) 20. Qxe2 h6 {Es ist besser fьr Schwarz,
diesen Zug sofort zu spielen. WeiЯ kann nicht 21.Nf3 spielen, weil der VorstoЯ
f2-f4 unmцglich wird.} (20... Qd7 21. f4 h6 22. Nf3) 21. Nh3 Qd7 22. f4 exf4 (
22... Qa4 23. f5 Qxc4 24. Qg4 g5 (24... gxf5 25. Rxf5 Qc2 (25... Kh7 26. Bxh6
$1 Bxh6 27. Ng5+ Bxg5 28. Rxg5 $18) 26. Bxh6 Qxb1+ 27. Rf1 $18) 25. f6 $18) 23.
Bxf4 Rce8 24. Qc2 Re7 (24... f5 $5 $13 {Ich glaube, daЯ dieser direkte Zug
Schwarz mehr Gegenchancen bietet.Ribli.}) 25. Nf2 f5 26. Bd2 Nb7 (26... Bd4 $5
27. Bxh6 Rfe8 $44 {[%csl Re4]}) 27. Rbe1 Rfe8 $6 (27... Nd6 $5 $13) 28. Bc3
Bxc3 29. Qxc3 fxe4 30. Qf6 $44 {[%cal Rf6g6]} e3 (30... Qd6 31. Nxe4 (31. Ng4
$1 Qxf6 (31... Kh7 32. Qxd6 (32. Qc3 $1 $40 {[%csl Rf6]}) 32... Nxd6 33. Nf6+
Kg7 34. Nxe8+ Rxe8 $44 {Es ist wahr, daЯ Schwarz eine Qualitдt verloren hat,
aber sein Springer steht besonders gut, und die weiЯen Tьrme haben keine
gefдhrliche Aktivitдt.Ribli.}) 32. Nxf6+ $16) 31... Rxe4 32. Qf7+ Kh8 33. Qxe8+
$2 (33. Rxe4 Rxe4 34. Qxb7 $11) 33... Rxe8 34. Rxe8+ Kg7 $17) 31. Nh3 Qd6 32.
Qh4 Kg7 $2 (32... g5 $8 {Dieser Zug ist zwar nicht schцn, da er die
Kцnigsstellung schwдcht, aber er nimmt dem weiЯen Springer das Feld f4.Ribli.}
33. Qg4 (33. Qh5 Nd8) 33... Re4 34. Qf5 Qe7 (34... Nd8 $5) 35. d6 Qxd6 (35...
Nxd6 36. Qg6+ $40) (35... Qe6 36. d7) 36. Qf7+ Kh8 37. Qxb7 $16) 33. Nf4 Nd8
34. Rf3 $40 {Trotz seines Minusbauern besitzt WeiЯ gefдhrliche Initiative. Der
schwarze Freibauer ist gut blockiert.Ribli.} Re4 35. Qg3 Kh7 {[#]} (35... Nf7
36. Nh5+ Kh8 37. Rxf7 Qxg3 38. Nxg3 $18) 36. Nh5 $1 {Mit dieser kleinen
Kombination gewinnt WeiЯ eine Qualitдt, und der schwarze e-Bauer ist nicht zu
halten.Ribli.} Qxg3 37. Nf6+ Kg7 38. hxg3 Nb7 39. Nxe8+ Rxe8 40. Rfxe3 Rxe3 41.
Rxe3 Kf7 $5 (41... Nd6 $6 42. Re7+ Kf6 (42... Kf8 43. Rxa7 (43. Re6)) 43. Re6+
$18) 42. a4 {Da Schwarz einen Springer hat, kцnnte er in spдteren Varianten
eventuell Nd6-Nxc4-Nxa3 spielen. Dieser Zug ist daher immer nьtzlich fьr WeiЯ.
Ribli.} Nd6 43. Kf2 Nxc4 44. Re4 {In solchen Endspielen (Turm gegen Springer)
reicht gewцhnlich ein starker Freibauer - in unsere Partie der Pd5 - zum
Gewinn. Ich mцchte darauf hinweisen, daЯ der schwarze Kцnig wegen des
dominierenden Turmes auf der e-Linie beschrдnkte Aktivitдt besitzt.Ribli.} Nd6
45. Re6 Ne8 46. Kf3 {Mit aktivem Kцnig und Turm gewinnt WeiЯ.Ribli.} Nf6 47.
Re5 Ne8 (47... Nd7 48. Re1 Kf6 (48... Nf6 49. d6 $18) 49. Re6+ Kf5 (49... Kf7
50. Kf4 Nf6 51. Ke5) 50. g4+ Kg5 51. Re7 Nf6 52. d6 $18) 48. Kf4 g5+ (48... Nd6
49. Re6) 49. Kf3 $5 (49. Ke4 Nd6+) 49... Nd6 50. Re6 Nc4 (50... Ne8 51. Ke4)
51. Ke4 Nd2+ 52. Ke5 $18 Nc4+ 53. Kf5 Na5 54. d6 Nc6 55. Rxh6 {Und in dieser
hoffnungslosen Stellung gab Schwarz auf.Ribli.} 1-0

[Event "Buenos Aires Najdorf"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Cifuentes Parada, Roberto"]
[Black "Amura, Claudia Noemi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1991.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. Ne5 Ndb4 7. a3 Nc2+ (
7... Bg7 8. axb4 Bxe5 9. b5 Nb8 10. e3 Bg7 11. Be2 O-O 12. O-O c6 13. d4 $13 {
Schlosser,P-Lutz,C Wildbad 1990 EXP/20}) 8. Qxc2 Nxe5 9. d4 $1 Nd7 (9... Ng4
10. h3 Nf6 11. e4 c6 12. Be3 Bg7 13. Be2 O-O 14. O-O Be6 15. Rfd1 Qc7 16. Rac1
$14 {Rosiak,A-Mirschinka,O Karl-Marx-Stadt(?) 1990 EXP/18}) 10. Bf4 (10. e4 $5)
10... c6 11. Rd1 Bg7 12. e4 e5 13. dxe5 Qe7 14. e6 Qxe6 15. Bd6 Be5 16. Bxe5
Qxe5 17. Be2 O-O 18. O-O Nf6 19. Rd2 Bg4 20. f3 Be6 21. Rfd1 Qc7 22. Kh1 Rad8
23. Nb5 Rxd2 24. Rxd2 Qa5 25. Qc3 Qxc3 26. Nxc3 Re8 27. Na4 Kf8 28. Nc5 Bc8 29.
b4 Ke7 30. Bc4 b6 31. Nb3 Be6 32. Bxe6 fxe6 33. Kg1 e5 34. Kf2 Rd8 35. Ke3 Rxd2
36. Nxd2 Ke6 37. g3 g5 38. Nc4 Ne8 39. Kd3 Nd6 40. a4 Nxc4 41. Kxc4 Kd6 42. b5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Buenos Aires Najdorf"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Panno, Oscar"]
[Black "Amura, Claudia Noemi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1991.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Rb1 c6 (
7... Nd7 8. Nf3 O-O 9. O-O Rb8 (9... Re8 10. d4 c5 11. Qa4 Nb6 12. Qa3 Bf5 13.
Rb5 cxd4 14. cxd4 Be4 15. Bf4 a6 16. Rc5 Nd5 $13 {Poldauf,D-Feldmann,V
Budapest Spring op 1990 EXP/17}) 10. d4 b6 11. e4 e5 12. Re1 c5 13. a4 Ba6 14.
d5 h6 15. Bf1 Bxf1 16. Rxf1 $14 {Huebner-Gutman BRD 1988 45/13}) 8. Nf3 O-O 9.
O-O Qc7 10. Qa4 (10. c4 e5 11. d3 Re8 12. Nd2 Nd7 13. Ba3 Nf6 14. Qc2 $14 {
Lengyel-Golombek Kecskemet 1968}) 10... Nd7 11. c4 e5 12. d3 Nc5 13. Qc2 Re8
14. Ba3 Bf8 15. Bb2 Bg7 16. Nd2 Bg4 17. Nb3 Nxb3 18. axb3 Qd7 19. Rfe1 Bh3 20.
Bh1 h5 21. b4 h4 22. b5 hxg3 23. hxg3 cxb5 24. cxb5 Bf6 25. Qc5 $14 Be6 26. b6
Rac8 27. Qa5 axb6 28. Qxb6 Rc7 29. Ba3 Be7 30. Rec1 Rxc1+ 31. Bxc1 Rc8 32. Be3
Rc2 33. Qxb7 Qxb7 34. Rxb7 Kf8 35. Bh6+ (35. Bf3 $1) 35... Ke8 36. Bf3 g5 $1
37. Rb8+ Kd7 38. g4 Rc8 39. Rxc8 Kxc8 40. Kg2 Kd7 41. Kh3 f6 42. Be4 Bc5 43. e3
Ke7 44. Bg6 Bf7 45. Bf5 Bd5 46. Bg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 0203"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2003.02.09"]
[Round "11.1"]
[White "Hickl, Joerg"]
[Black "Rogozenco, Dorian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2002.10.19"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Stuttgart"]
[BlackTeam "Neukoelln"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. g3 g6 2. Bg2 Bg7 3. c4 Nf6 4. Nc3 O-O 5. d3 c5 6. a3 Nc6 7. Rb1 Ne8 8. Bd2
$5 a5 9. Nf3 (9. Qc1 {delaying for a while the development of king's knight
was a logical follow-up of a previous move. However, it probably would have
let to similar positions from the game.}) 9... Nc7 10. Qc1 (10. O-O Rb8 11. Ne1
d6 12. Nc2 Bd7 13. b4 axb4 14. axb4 Nxb4 15. Nxb4 cxb4 16. Rxb4 b5 $11 {
is a well-known equal line.}) 10... d6 11. Bh6 Bd7 (11... Bxh6 $5 12. Qxh6 f6
$11) 12. O-O (12. h4 $6 {These are those moves one should always take into
consideration when having Black here. However, it does not work out, since
White cannot open the h-file:} Bxh6 13. Qxh6 f6 14. h5 $6 g5) (12. Bxg7 Kxg7
13. h4 $5 f6 $13) 12... Rb8 13. a4 $1 {The correct decision to close the
queenside, since Black was ready for b5.} (13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. Qd2 b5 {with an
easy play for Black.}) 13... b6 14. Qd2 Bxh6 15. Qxh6 f6 16. Qd2 (16. e3 {
with idea 17.d4, after which the weaknesses in Black's pawn structure will
play their negative role.} Ne6 17. Rfd1 g5 $5 {This is an important resourse
for Black - the queen on h6 is isolated. For instance:} 18. d4 Ng7 {/\ 19...Nf5
} 19. e4 $2 cxd4 20. Nxd4 Ne5 $1 $19 {/\ 21...Nf7; /\ 21...Nxc4.}) 16... Be6
17. Ng5 Bd7 18. Nf3 Be6 19. Rfd1 (19. Ng5 Bd7 $11) 19... d5 $5 {A "risky"
decision, as my opponent said after the game. For me it was a way to clarify
the situation, since I didn't see how White can exploit his activity after the
opening of the position with d3-d4.} (19... Qd7 20. b3 Kg7 21. d4 Nb4 $13) 20.
d4 {Undoubtly most principled continuation.} cxd4 21. cxd5 $5 (21. Nxd4 Nxd4
22. Qxd4 dxc4 23. Qe3 Qc8 (23... Qe8 $4 24. Nb5 $18) 24. Rbc1 Rd8 $15) 21...
dxc3 $1 (21... Nxd5 $6 {This was my first intention, when I played 19...d5.
But I had to reconsider it.} 22. Nxd4 (22. Nb5 $5) 22... Nxd4 23. Qxd4 Nxc3 24.
Qxc3 Qe8 (24... Qc8 25. Qe3 $16) 25. Qe3 $1 Qf7 (25... Bf5 26. Rbc1 Qxa4 27.
Rd4 $1 Qe8 28. Rc7 $44) 26. Rbc1 $14 {[%csl Rb6]}) 22. Qxc3 Bxd5 23. e4 Nb4 24.
exd5 Ncxd5 {Black obviously won't be able to hold his extra pawn, but after
giving it back there will be lots of pieces off the board, with a drawish
outcome.} 25. Qb3 e6 (25... Qd6 26. Nd4 Rfd8 27. Nb5 Qd7 28. Nc3 e6 29. Rd4 $11
{[%cal Gb1d1]}) 26. Nd4 Qd6 27. Nxe6 {This leads to draw, but White had little
choice.} (27. Nb5 Qe7) 27... Qxe6 28. Bxd5 (28. Rxd5 Rbd8 29. Rd3 Qxb3 30. Rxb3
Rd2 $11) 28... Nxd5 29. Rxd5 (29. Qxd5 Qxd5 30. Rxd5 Rfd8 31. Rbd1 Rxd5 32.
Rxd5 Kf7 33. Rd7+ Ke6 34. Rxh7 b5 $11) 29... Rbd8 30. Rbd1 Rxd5 31. Qxd5 Re8
32. b3 Qxd5 33. Rxd5 Kf7 (33... Kf7 34. Rd7+ Re7 35. Rd6 Re6 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2006.02.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shchekachev, Andrei"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2006.02.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Qa4+ Bd7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 a6 {A favourite
move of Svidler.} 7. e4 {That is the most principal continuation.} ({As the
practice shows, White doesn't achieve anything special after} 7. g3) ({Or} 7.
d4) 7... b5 8. Qe2 c5 ({Another sharp line starts with} 8... b4 9. e5) 9. e5
Nh5 10. Qe3 $6 {This move is the last 'word of theory'. It was successfully
tried by Viktor Lvovich against Mark Tseitlin in 2005 and brought him a
convincing victory. However, as the following game shows, Black has a clear
way of refuting White's slow strategy!} ({In the first game in this line
Svidler has got a normal position after} 10. Ne4 Nc6 11. Nxc5 Bf5 12. d3 e6 13.
Ne4 Bb4+ 14. Bd2 Nf4 15. Qe3 Nd5 16. Qh6 Bf8 17. Nd6+ Qxd6 18. exd6 Bxh6 19.
Bxh6 f6 $11 {1-0 Gelfand,B-Svidler,P/Haifa 2000/CBM 074 ext (54)}) ({Deserves
a serious attention:} 10. d4 $5 Nc6 (10... cxd4 11. Nxd4 Nc6 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13.
Be3 $14) 11. d5 Nd4 12. Nxd4 cxd4 13. Ne4 Bg7 14. g4 d3 15. Qf3 f5 16. Ng5 h6
$2 (16... Bxe5 17. gxh5 Bxb2 18. Bxb2 Qa5+ 19. Kd1 Qa4+ 20. Kd2 Qc2+ 21. Ke3
Qxb2 $132) 17. e6 hxg5 18. exd7+ Qxd7 19. gxh5 Rxh5 20. Qxd3 $18 {1-0 Zugic,
I-Tyomkin,D/Toronto 2004/CBM 102 ext (49)}) 10... Nc6 $1 $146 {[%mdl 8] This
natural novelty shows the drawback of White's last move! Now it's not easy for
White to complete his development.} (10... Bc6 11. Be2 Qb6 $6 ({Better was} 
11... Ng7 12. Qxc5 Ne6 13. Qe3 h5 {[%cal Gf8h6] with a reasonable compensation
for the pawn.}) 12. d4 $1 cxd4 13. Nxd4 Bxg2 $2 14. Rg1 Bb7 15. Bxh5 gxh5 16.
e6 $18 {1-0 Kortschnoj,V-Tseitlin,M/Beersheba 2004/CBM 101/[Postny] (26)}) 11.
Bd3 ({After} 11. Qxc5 $2 e6 12. Qe3 Nb4 13. Kd1 Bc6 $17 {Black gets a
dangerous initiative, while the Kd1 is sticked in the centre for a long time.
In that case White's extra pawn is not significant at all!}) ({Wrong would be
also:} 11. Ne4 $2 c4 12. d3 Nb4 13. Nd4 (13. Qd2 Qa5 14. Nc3 Rd8 $17) 13... Qb6
$17) 11... Bg7 12. O-O O-O {The only drawback of Black's position is the ugly
statement of the Nh5. On the other hand, White has serious problems with
protecting the Pe5 and with developing the Bc1.} 13. h3 {It's necessary to
prevent the unpleasant threat of Bd7-g4, as Nf3 is the only defender of Pe5!} (
{Once again it would be bad to take the pawn:} 13. Qxc5 $2 Rc8 14. Qe3 Bg4 15.
Be2 b4 16. Na4 Bxf3 17. Bxf3 Nxe5 18. Bxh5 gxh5 $17) 13... Nd4 $1 {The best
decision - it's important to develop a serious initiative before White could
consolidate.} ({Nothing promised:} 13... c4 $6 14. Be4 b4 15. Ne2 {[%csl Rh5]
and Black remains with an ugly Nh5.}) 14. Be4 ({The pawn was poisoned:} 14.
Nxd4 $2 cxd4 15. Qxd4 Bc6 16. Qe3 Bxg2 $1 $17 17. Kxg2 $140 Qxd3) 14... Rc8 15.
Nxd4 {Now this tackle is necessary - as White cannot do with a statement of
Nd4 anymore.} cxd4 16. Qxd4 Rc4 {In my opinion Black shouldn't hurry with
winning the pawn back, as it allows White to complete his development.} ({
It deserved serious attention:} 16... Be6 $5 17. Qxd8 Rcxd8 $1 18. f4 (18. g4
f5 19. exf6 Nxf6 $36) 18... b4 19. Ne2 Bc4 20. d3 Bxd3 21. Bxd3 Rxd3 $15) 17.
Qe3 Bxe5 {Now Black's pawn structure looks better, but his pieces are
misplaced.} 18. b3 ({White could also choose:} 18. d3 Bd4 19. Qf3 Rc7 20. Be3
$11 {with an easy equalization.}) 18... Rc8 (18... Rc7 $6 19. d4 Bg7 20. Nd5 {
[%cal Od5c7,Gc1a3] could be dangerous for Black.}) 19. Bb7 $1 {An important
move which forces Black's bishop to leave the long diagonal.} Bf4 20. Qe2 Rb8
21. Bf3 Nf6 22. Bb2 $2 {A very strange move - White doesn't want to advance
his 'd' pawn at all!} ({At the same time there was nothing wrong with the most
natural:} 22. d4 Bxc1 23. Rfxc1 Be6 24. Qe5 $11 {and White's active pieces
fully compensate some weakness of the Pd4.}) 22... b4 $1 {Now Black is on top
again!} 23. Ne4 {Here the draw was agreed. It looks like Alexander had no
special ambitions in this game, as in the final position he had a serious
advantage:} (23. Ne4 Bb5 24. Nxf6+ exf6 25. Qe4 Qd6 26. Rfd1 (26. Rfe1 Rfe8 27.
Qd5 Qxd5 28. Bxd5 Red8 $17) 26... Bd3 27. Qd4 Bh2+ 28. Kh1 Qxd4 29. Bxd4 Be5
$17) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Redbus KO"]
[Site "Southend"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Miles, Anthony John"]
[Black "Rowson, Jonathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2579"]
[BlackElo "2499"]
[Annotator "Rowson,J"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2000.04.21"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 4100]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qc2 Nb4
7. Qb3 c5 8. Ne4 Bf5 9. a3 $6 (9. d3 $1 $14) 9... Bxe4 10. axb4 Bg7 11. bxc5
O-O 12. d3 Bxf3 13. gxf3 Nd7 14. Be3 Rc8 15. d4 e5 16. dxe5 Nxc5 17. Qa3 Qd5
18. Bh3 Ne6 19. O-O Qxe5 20. Qb3 Rc7 $6 {Needing only a draw, I thought the
following ending would be easy to hold, but I should have been more resolute
here:} (20... Rce8 $1 $132) 21. Bxe6 Qxe6 22. Qxe6 fxe6 23. Rxa7 Rf5 $1 $14 24.
b3 Rb5 25. Rb1 Bf8 26. Ra4 Rc3 27. b4 Rc4 28. Ra8 Kf7 29. Rd1 Rd5 30. Rxd5 exd5
31. Rb8 $1 $16 Rc7 32. b5 Rd7 33. Bd4 Bg7 34. Bxg7 Kxg7 35. Kf1 Kf6 36. Ke1 Kg5
37. Kd2 Kh4 38. Kc3 Kh3 39. e4 $6 (39. Kd4 Kxh2 40. Rc8 Kg2 41. b6 {etc.})
39... dxe4 {The game has been entered wrongly; I actually played:} (39... d4+
$1 {and after:} 40. Kd3 Kxh2 41. f4 Kg2 42. Rf8 Kxf2 43. f5 gxf5 44. Rxf5+ Kg3
45. Rd5 Rf7 46. Kxd4 Kg4 {we transpose into the position given here on move
forty-six. Ironically, Miles had somehow "missed" 39...d4+! and was visibly
shocked when I played it!}) 40. fxe4 Kxh2 41. f4 Kg2 42. Rf8 Kf2 43. f5 gxf5
44. Rxf5+ Kg3 45. Rd5 Rf7 46. Kd4 Kg4 47. Rd8 h5 48. e5 Rh7 49. Ke4 h4 50. Rg8+
Kh5 51. e6 h3 52. Rg1 h2 53. Rh1 Kg6 54. Ke5 Rh3 55. Kd6 Rd3+ 56. Kc7 Rd2 57.
Re1 Re2 58. Rxe2 h1=Q 59. e7 Qc1+ 60. Kxb7 Qh1+ 61. Kb8 1-0

[Event "Sautron op 16th"]
[Site "Sautron"]
[Date "2016.10.29"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Malakhatko, Vadim"]
[Black "Stany, George Anthony"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2514"]
[BlackElo "2471"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2016.10.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]
[WhiteClock "0:03:53"]
[BlackClock "0:22:33"]

1. c4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00] With five wins and four draws,
Stany remained unbeaten and performed at an Elo of 2577, gaining 13 Elo points
and clinching the top spot} 2. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:32]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. cxd5
{[%emt 0:00:08]} Nxd5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 4. g3 {[%emt 0:00:25]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:
00]} 5. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Nb6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 6. d3 {[%emt 0:02:30]} Bg7 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} 7. Be3 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 8. Bxc6+ {[%emt 0:
00:28]} bxc6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 9. Qc1 {[%emt 0:00:37]} h5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} (9...
h6 10. Nf3 Bh3 11. Nd2 O-O 12. Nde4 Kh7 13. f3 Nd5 14. Bc5 Be6 15. Bf2 Bh3 16.
Nd1 e5 17. Qxc6 f5 18. Nc5 Rf6 19. Qa4 Rb6 20. Rc1 Rb4 21. Qc2 Qd6 22. Nb3 Qa6
23. Bc5 e4 24. Bxb4 Nxb4 25. Qc4 Qb6 26. dxe4 fxe4 27. Qxe4 Rd8 28. Nf2 Bg2 29.
Rg1 Nxa2 30. Rxg2 Nxc1 31. Nxc1 Qxb2 32. Nfd3 Qc3+ 33. Kf2 c5 34. Rg1 Rd4 35.
Qe7 Rd5 36. Nf4 Re5 37. Qf7 g5 38. Nh5 Qe3+ 39. Kg2 {Malakhatko,V (2548)
-Petrosian,T (2612) Dubai 2010 1-0}) 10. Nf3 {[%emt 0:02:02]} Bg4 {[%emt 0:00:
13]} 11. Ng5 {[%emt 0:10:22]} Nd5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 12. Bd2 {[%emt 0:14:42]} O-O
{[%emt 0:00:13]} 13. f3 {[%emt 0:01:13]} Bc8 $146 {[%emt 0:00:07]} (13... Bf5
14. Nge4 Bd4 15. a3 Rb8 16. e3 Bg7 17. Qc2 Be6 18. Nf2 Qc8 19. Ke2 Qa6 20. Rhb1
f5 21. Na4 Bf7 22. Nc5 Qc8 23. a4 e5 24. Ra3 f4 25. e4 Nb4 26. Bxb4 Rxb4 27. g4
Rd8 28. Rc3 Rd6 29. b3 Qd8 30. Rg1 Kh7 31. Na6 Rb6 32. Nc5 a5 33. Rg2 Bf8 34.
Rg1 Rd4 35. Rb1 Rdb4 36. h3 Qd4 37. Kf1 Bxc5 38. Rxc5 Bxb3 39. Qc1 Bxa4 40.
Rxb4 Rxb4 41. Rxa5 Bb5 42. Qa3 c5 43. Qa2 {Penzold,A (2324)-Murawski,G (2362)
Germany 2003 0-1}) 14. Nge4 {[%emt 0:00:28]} Bd4 {[%emt 0:01:02]} 15. Nd1 {
[%emt 0:10:46]} Qd7 {[%emt 0:11:01]} 16. Qc4 {[%emt 0:07:01]} Nb6 {[%emt 0:26:
30]} 17. Qc2 {[%emt 0:02:07]} Nd5 {[%emt 0:15:19]} 18. Qc4 {[%emt 0:02:38]} Nb6
{[%emt 0:00:08]} 19. Qc2 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Nd5 {[%emt 0:01:04]} 20. Rc1 {
[%emt 0:12:01]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:02:56]} 21. Qc4 {[%emt 0:09:49]} Bxb2 {[%emt 0:12:
42]} 22. Nxb2 {[%emt 0:02:20]} Rxb2 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 23. Bh6 {[%emt 0:05:32]}
Rd8 {[%emt 0:01:47]} 24. Nc5 {[%emt 0:04:49]} Qd6 {[%emt 0:04:36]} 25. e4 {
[%emt 0:07:47]} Nb4 {[%emt 0:01:51]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "San Sebastian KO GpA"]
[Site "San Sebastian"]
[Date "2012.01.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Black "Volokitin, Andrei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[Annotator "Saunders,J"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2011.12.28"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.02.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.02.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. h4 {No prizes for guessing that
Bent Larsen pioneered this. Vallejo Pons has tried it too.} Bg7 6. h5 Nc6 7. d4
Bg4 8. h6 {The h-pawn advance has the feel of a Kriegspiel plan, though it has
been played by Nepomniachtchi against Rodshtein in last year's Euro Club Cup.}
Bf6 9. e4 $2 {Weakening the d4 pawn after...} Ndb4 10. d5 Nd4 $1 11. Bd3 ({
Note that the knee-jerk cheapo-seeking} 11. Qa4+ {backfires horribly after} Bd7
$1 {when} 12. Qxb4 {is met by} Nc2+ {, winning the queen.}) 11... c6 12. Bb1 {
White's opening has been a disaster.} cxd5 13. e5 {[diag]} Bxe5 $5 {It's quite
hard to get your head round the tactics involved here but this enterprising
piece for pawns sacrifice has the blessing of analysis engines.} 14. Qa4+ b5 $1
15. Qxb4 (15. Nxb5 Nxf3+ 16. gxf3 Bd7 17. Qxb4 Qb8 18. a4 a6 {and Black emerge
with an extra pawn.}) 15... Bxf3 16. gxf3 Rc8 (16... a5 17. Qc5 Rc8 18. Qa7 (
18. Qxd5 $4 Qxd5 19. Nxd5 Rxc1+ {wins}) 18... b4 19. Ne2 Nxf3+ {is another
possibility for Black.}) 17. Ne2 $2 ({The threat was 17...a5 but the best way
to anticipate it was to play} 17. Qa3 a5 {and only now} 18. Ne2 Rc2 19. Bd2
Rxb2 20. Nxd4 Bxd4 21. Be3 {when White may be OK.}) 17... Rc2 $1 18. Kd1 ({
A very unusual configuration. If} 18. Nxd4 Rxc1+ 19. Ke2 Rxh1 {wins, so White
is rather stymied here.}) 18... a5 19. Qa3 Rxe2 20. f4 (20. Be3 Rxe3 21. Qxe3
Bf6 {leaves Black with more than adequate compensation for the exchange.})
20... Qd7 $1 21. Rg1 {White cannot allow the queen to come to g4 where it
would unleash a gruesome discovered check with the rook.} Bf6 22. Be3 Rxb2 $1
23. Qxb2 Nf3 24. Qb3 Nxg1 25. Bd3 O-O (25... Bxa1 $4 26. Bxb5 {pinning the
queen.}) 26. Rc1 Qg4+ 27. Kc2 Ne2 28. Re1 Rc8+ 29. Kb1 Nc3+ 30. Kc2 a4 0-1

[Event "Monte Carlo FIDE GP (Women)"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2015.10.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Zhukova, Natalia"]
[Black "Muzychuk, Mariya"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2482"]
[BlackElo "2528"]
[Annotator "Schulz,Andre"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2015.10.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. Ne5 Qd6 7. Nxc6 Qxc6
8. Qxc6+ bxc6 9. b3 Nxc3 10. Bb2 Ne4 11. Bxh8 f6 12. h4 Bh6 13. e3 Nd6 14. Bd3
Bf5 15. Bxf5 gxf5 16. Bxf6 exf6 17. Rc1 Kd7 18. Ke2 a5 19. Rc2 f4 20. Rhc1 Ra6
21. Rc5 f5 22. Kf3 fxe3 23. dxe3 Bg7 24. Rd1 Ke6 25. Rdc1 Kd7 26. g4 fxg4+ 27.
Kxg4 a4 28. Kf3 axb3 29. axb3 Rb6 30. Rg1 Ne8 31. Rcg5 Bf8 32. Rf5 Ke7 33. Rg4
Nd6 34. Rh5 h6 35. b4 Rb5 36. Rc5 Rxc5 37. bxc5 Nb7 38. Rg6 Nxc5 39. Rxc6 Ne6
40. Ke4 Kd7 41. Kd5 Bd6 42. Rc1 Ng7 43. Rg1 Nf5 44. h5 Ne7+ 45. Ke4 Ke6 46. f4
Bc5 47. Kf3 Nf5 48. Rc1 Bb6 49. e4 Nd4+ 50. Kg4 c5 51. Ra1 Kd7 52. Ra6 Kc6 53.
f5 c4 54. f6 c3 55. f7 Ne6 {[#] Nach langem Kampf ist diese Position
entstanden.} 56. Kf5 Nf8 57. Kf6 $2 {Läuft in die Diagonale a1-f6.} ({Richtig
war zum Beispiel} 57. Ra2 Kb5 58. Kf6 Bc5 59. e5 Kc4 60. e6 Bd4+ 61. Kf5 Bc5
$11) 57... c2 {Und aus.} (57... c2 58. Ra1 Bd4+) 0-1

[Event "Canadian op"]
[Site "Edmonton"]
[Date "2009.07.17"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kovalyov, Anton"]
[Black "Ni, Hua"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2557"]
[BlackElo "2701"]
[Annotator "Shabalov,A"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2009.07.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Qa4+ Bd7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 a6 $1 7. Qb3 {
Anton played this line before.} ({The main move} 7. d4 {led White to some
serious troubles in} b5 8. Qb3 c5 9. dxc5 Bg7 10. e4 O-O 11. Be2 Be6 12. Qc2
Nbd7 13. Be3 Rc8 14. c6 Rxc6 15. Nd4 Rd6 16. Rd1 Ng4 17. Bxg4 Bxg4 18. f3 Ne5
19. Bf2 Nc4 20. Nc6 Bxc3+ 21. bxc3 Qc7 22. Nb4 Be6 23. O-O Rfd8 24. Bd4 a5 25.
Nd3 b4 26. Nf4 Qd7 27. Rc1 Na3 28. Qf2 Nb5 29. Bc5 Rd2 30. Qh4 f6 31. cxb4 axb4
32. Qh6 Rxa2 33. Nxg6 hxg6 34. Qxg6+ Kh8 35. Qh6+ {1/2 Nakamura,H (2701)
-Kamsky,G (2720)/Saint Louis USA}) 7... b5 (7... Bg7 8. g3 b5 9. a4 bxa4 10.
Nxa4 O-O 11. Bg2 Bc6 12. O-O Nbd7 13. d3 Rb8 14. Qc2 Bd5 15. Nd2 Bxg2 16. Kxg2
c5 17. Nc4 Qc7 18. Bf4 e5 19. Be3 Nd5 20. Nc3 Nb4 21. Qd2 f5 22. Bh6 Bxh6 23.
Qxh6 Nf6 24. h3 Nc2 25. Rac1 Nd4 26. Ra1 Rfe8 27. Kh2 Re6 28. Qd2 Rbe8 29. Qd1
Kh8 30. e3 Nb5 31. Qe2 f4 32. Ne4 Nxe4 33. dxe4 Rf8 34. Qg4 Ref6 35. Kg1 fxg3
36. Qxg3 Re6 37. Rad1 Qb7 38. Rd5 Rfe8 39. Rfd1 Nc7 40. Nd6 {1-0 Kovalyov,A 
(2557) -Zinchenko,Y (2527)/ICC INT}) 8. a4 Be6 9. Qa3 b4 $5 10. Qxb4 Nc6 11.
Qc5 {White should look at} (11. Qh4 {for possible improvement.}) 11... Qd6 12.
Qxd6 exd6 {This endgame is known to be better for Black.} 13. g3 Nb4 14. Nd4
Bd7 15. Bg2 Rb8 16. O-O Bg7 17. Rb1 O-O 18. b3 $6 {White's defencive strategy 
(18.b3, 20.Ne1) doesn't look very convincing. Black kept his position better
at all times, but probably was not decisive enough to win it.} c5 19. Nf3 Rfe8
20. Ne1 $6 {the original game saw} (20. Bb2 Be6 21. d4 Bxb3 22. dxc5 dxc5 23.
Nd2 Bc2 24. Rbc1 Nd7 25. a5 c4 26. Ba1 Nc5 27. Na2 Bb3 28. Nxb4 Rxb4 29. Bxg7
Kxg7 30. e3 Rd8 31. Nf3 Ba4 32. Ne5 Bb5 33. Bc6 Nb3 34. Rc3 Nxa5 35. Bxb5 axb5
36. Ra1 Rd5 37. Nxg6 hxg6 38. Rxa5 Rb1+ 39. Kg2 b4 {0-1 Avrukh,B (2644)
-Svidler,P (2728)/Germany 0-1 Avrukh,B (2644)-Svidler,P (2728)/Germany}) 20...
Nc6 (20... Bf5 $1 21. d3 Ng4 {would win a pawn back while the remaining white
pawns are still good targets.}) 21. Nc2 Nd4 22. Nxd4 cxd4 23. Nd5 Bxa4 {
Black correctly asseses the resulting position as better for him, but} (23...
Bf5 24. d3 Rxe2 25. Rd1 Ng4 $17 {would be even stronger}) 24. Ra1 Bxb3 25.
Nxf6+ Bxf6 26. Rxa6 Bc4 27. Rxd6 Bxe2 28. Re1 Kg7 29. Bc6 Re7 30. Ba3 Bg4 31.
Be4 {#} Rc7 $6 {There was a bunch of interesting possibilities on the previous
moves for Black, but he simply got tired exploring them all and allows White
to liquidate into a drawn endgame.} 32. Rxf6 Kxf6 33. Bd6 Rbc8 34. Bxc7 Rxc7
35. f3 Be6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogeveen Unive Crown 15th"]
[Site "Hoogeveen"]
[Date "2011.10.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "173"]
[EventDate "2011.10.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 4096]} 1. Nf3 ({Earlier this year (Wijk, Dortmund) Kramnik used to
allow the Grьnfeld proper and played simply} 1. d4 {, this time he has
something else on his mind.}) 1... Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Qa4+ {This
Anti-Grьnfeld system has been around for a while already - I wrote a 2-part
survey about it in CBMagazine 123 and 125. However, as the present game shows,
there are still quite a few unexplored options in this line.} Bd7 5. Qb3 dxc4
6. Qxc4 a6 {This reaction has meanwhile confirmed its main line status and
become the almost exclusive choice of top players. It was the topic of part 2
of the survey in CBM 125.} (6... c5 7. g3 Nc6 8. Bg2 Qb6 9. O-O Qb4 10. Qxb4
cxb4 11. Nb5 Rc8 12. b3 e5 13. Bb2 Be7 14. d4 e4 15. Ne5 Be6 16. d5 Bxd5 17.
Bh3 Be6 18. Bxe6 fxe6 19. Rfc1 O-O 20. Nxc6 Rxc6 21. Rxc6 bxc6 22. Nxa7 c5 23.
Nc6 Nd5 24. a4 bxa3 25. Rxa3 $14 {/+/- ק,Kramnik,V (2799)-Eljanov,P (2692)/
Wijk aan Zee/2008/}) ({For} 6... Bg7 {see Part 1 of the aforementioned article
in CBM 123, here I will limit myself to one more recent top-level example:} 7.
e4 O-O 8. e5 Ng4 9. d4 Na6 10. h3 Nh6 11. Be2 c6 12. O-O Be6 13. Qa4 Nc7 14.
Rd1 f6 15. Bc4 Bxc4 16. Qxc4+ Nf7 17. d5 cxd5 18. Nxd5 Nxd5 19. Rxd5 Qe8 20.
exf6 Bxf6 21. Be3 b6 22. Rad1 Rc8 23. Qb3 $36 {1/2 Leko,P (2751)-Kamsky,G 
(2720)/Nalchik 2009/CBM 130 (121)}) (6... Nc6 {was also dealt with in CBM 123,
here White has successfully tried a novel approach} 7. d4 Bg7 8. e4 O-O 9. Bf4
$5 ({The article concentrated on} 9. e5 Be6 10. exf6 $13) 9... Rc8 (9... Nh5
10. Be3 (10. Bg5 h6 11. Be3 Bg4 12. Rd1 $6 (12. d5 $142) 12... Bxf3 13. gxf3 e5
14. dxe5 Qh4 15. Bg2 Nf4 (15... Nxe5 16. Qxc7 Nf4 $36) 16. Bxf4 Qxf4 17. Nd5
Qg5 18. Kf1 Qxe5 19. Rd2 Rad8 20. f4 Qh5 21. h4 $13 {Ovsejevitsch,S (2600)
-Peschlow,P (2302)/Triesen/2010/}) 10... Bg4 11. d5 Na5 (11... Ne5 $5) 12. Qb4
b6 13. Be2 c5 14. Qa4 Qc7 15. h3 Bd7 16. Qd1 Rad8 17. O-O Nf4 18. Ba6 e5 19.
Rc1 Qb8 20. Re1 Nh5 21. Nd2 Nb7 22. Nc4 Nd6 23. Nxd6 Qxd6 24. Bf1 Nf6 25. a4
Ne8 26. Bb5 Bc8 27. a5 $14 {/+/-,Rychagov,A (2575)-Vokarev,S (2488)/Saratov/})
10. Rd1 Bg4 11. Be2 Nd7 12. e5 Na5 13. Qa4 c5 14. dxc5 Nc6 15. h3 Bxf3 16. Bxf3
Qe8 17. Bxc6 Rxc6 18. Qxa7 Ra6 19. Qxb7 Nxc5 20. Qf3 Na4 21. O-O Nxc3 22. Qxc3
Qa4 23. b4 $16 {Zakhartsov,V (2562)-Le Roux,J (2497)/Cappelle la Grande/2010/})
7. d4 b5 8. Qd3 ({First played by V.Popov, this is still a rare move, with the
main line until now being} 8. Qb3 c5 $5 (8... Bg7 {usually only transposes
after} 9. e4 c5 10. dxc5) 9. dxc5 Bg7 10. e4 {Now Black has two plausible
continuations:} O-O (10... Bc6 11. e5 (11. a4 bxa4 12. Qc4 O-O 13. Be2 Nbd7 14.
O-O Qc7 15. Re1 Rfc8 16. Bg5 Bb5 $5 17. Qa2 e6 18. Rac1 Rab8 19. Nxb5 axb5 20.
c6 Ne5 21. Bxf6 Bxf6 22. b3 axb3 23. Qxb3 Qb6 $17 {Jankovic,A (2560)
-Grandelius,N (2500)/Khanty Mansiysk olm/2010/}) (11. Be2 Nxe4 12. Nxe4 Bxe4
13. O-O Bd5 14. Qe3 Nc6 15. Rd1 O-O 16. Rb1 Ra7 17. b3 Rd7 18. Bb2 Bxb2 19.
Rxb2 Bxf3 20. Rxd7 Qxd7 21. Bxf3 Nd4 $11 {1/2,Maksimenko,A (2536)-Areshchenko,
A (2664)/EUcup Kallithea /2008/}) 11... Nfd7 12. e6 (12. Be3 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Bxe5
14. f4 Bg7 15. Rd1 Qa5 16. Kf2 e6 17. a3 O-O 18. Be2 Qc7 19. Rd6 Nd7 20. Rhd1
Nf6 21. Qc2 Rfd8 22. Rxd8+ Rxd8 23. Rxd8+ Qxd8 24. Bf3 Bxf3 25. Kxf3 Qa8+ 26.
Kg3 Nd7 27. Na2 Nb8 28. Kf2 Nc6 $11 {Grischuk,A (2715)-Svidler,P (2732)/RUS-ch
Moscow/2007/}) 12... Nxc5 13. exf7+ Kf8 14. Qb4 Bxf3 15. gxf3 Bd4 16. Ne4 Nc6
17. Qd2 (17. Bh6+ Kxf7 18. Qd2 Nxe4 19. fxe4 Bf6 20. O-O-O Nd4 (20... Qxd2+ 21.
Bxd2 Rhd8 $11) 21. Kb1 Qc8 22. Bd3 (22. Bg2 $5) 22... Rd8 23. Qe3 Qe6 24. Rd2 {
Sadorra,J (2470)-Kazhgaleyev,M (2641)/Manila/2008/} Nc6 $5 $11 {/=/+}) 17...
Nxe4 18. fxe4 Bf6 19. Bg2 Ne5 20. O-O Qxd2 21. Bxd2 {Lalith,B (2477)
-Purushothaman,T (2267)/New Delhi/2009/} Rc8 $11) 11. Be2 (11. Bf4 Bc6 12. Nd2
Nbd7 13. Qa3 Qc8 14. f3 Qb7 15. b4 Nxc5 $1 $36 {Hole,O (2387)-Kulaots,K (2592)/
Oslo/2011/}) {The most recent development is} 11... Be6 (11... Bc6 12. e5 Nfd7
13. Be3 $14) (11... Nc6 12. O-O Be6 13. Qc2 Qc7 14. h3 Nb4 15. Qb1 Qxc5 16. Be3
(16. a3 Nc6 17. Be3 Qd6 18. Rd1 Qb8 19. Nd5 Qb7 20. Nb6 Rad8 21. Qc2 Nd7 22.
Nxd7 Rxd7 23. Rxd7 Bxd7 24. Rd1 Rc8 $11 {Romanov,S (2541)-Aleksandrov,V (2490)/
corr/2007/}) 16... Qc7 17. a4 Bc4 18. axb5 Bxe2 19. Nxe2 axb5 20. Rxa8 Rxa8 21.
Nc3 Qc4 22. Rd1 Nc6 23. Rc1 Qb3 {Schlosser,P (2560)-Jansa,V (2470)/Pardubice/
2009/} 24. e5 $36) 12. Qc2 Nbd7 $5 13. Be3 Rc8 14. c6 (14. Ng5 Nxc5 15. Bxc5
Rxc5 16. Nxe6 fxe6 17. Qb3 Re5 18. O-O Nxe4 19. Nxe4 Rxe4 20. Bf3 Rc4 21. Be2
Rc6 22. a4 $6 Qd5 $1 23. Qxd5 exd5 24. axb5 axb5 $17 {Lalith,B (2480)-Gupta,A 
(2570)/Bhubaneswar/2009/}) (14. Rd1 b4 15. Na4 Qa5 16. O-O {Vorobiov,E (2592)
-Schut,L (2286)/Paleochora/2010/} Nxe4 17. Qxe4 Qxa4 18. Ng5 Nxc5 $132) 14...
Rxc6 15. Nd4 Rd6 16. Nxe6 (16. Rd1 Ng4 17. Bxg4 Bxg4 18. f3 Ne5 19. Bf2 Nc4 20.
Nc6 Bxc3+ 21. bxc3 Qc7 22. Nb4 Be6 $15 {Nakamura,H (2701)-Kamsky,G (2720)/
USA-ch Saint Louis/2009/}) 16... Rxe6 17. O-O $5 (17. f3 Qa5 (17... Rc6 $5 18.
O-O Nb6 19. Qb3 Nfd7 20. a4 Nc5 21. Bxc5 Rxc5 22. axb5 {Kadziolka,B (2289)
-Rajlich,I (2448)/Bogatynia/2009/} Bxc3 23. bxc3 axb5 24. Bxb5 Qc7 $11) 18. O-O
Rc8 19. Rfd1 (19. Qb1 Nb6 20. a3 Nbd5 $1 21. Bd2 {Steingrimsson,H (2547)-Gupta,
A (2569)/Reykjavik/2009/} Qb6+ $15) 19... Nb6 20. Qb3 Nfd7 21. Nd5 Nxd5 22.
exd5 Rxe3 23. Qxe3 Bxb2 24. Rab1 Ba3 25. Kf1 Nb6 $44 {Braun,A (2567)-Bobras,P 
(2565)/Bundesliga/2008/}) 17... Qc8 18. Rac1 Nxe4 19. Nxe4 Qxc2 20. Rxc2 Rxe4
21. Rd1 Nf6 22. Bf3 Re6 23. g3 h5 24. h3 Ne4 25. Kg2 $44 {Tomashevsky,E (2688)
-Petrosian,T (2602)/Novi Sad/2009/}) 8... Bg7 ({The as yet untested} 8... c5 9.
dxc5 Bg7 10. e4 Nc6 $5 $132 {also deserves attention.} (10... Qc7 11. Be3 b4
$13) (10... b4 $6 11. Nd5 $16)) 9. g3 (9. Bf4 O-O 10. Rc1 c5 11. dxc5 b4 12.
Nd1 Nc6 13. Nd4 Qa5 14. Nb3 Qa4 15. e4 Be6 16. Qc2 Rfd8 17. Bg3 Ng4 18. Qb1 Bh6
19. Rc2 Na5 20. f4 Nxb3 21. axb3 Bxb3 22. Rc1 Qd7 {0-1,Popov,V (2573)-Svidler,
P (2723)/Krasnoyarsk/2003/ was a horrible rout - see the notes to this game in
CBM 98 for more details.}) (9. e4 b4 (9... c5 10. dxc5 (10. e5 Ng4 11. Qe4 cxd4
12. Nxd4 Bxe5 13. Be2 Bxd4 14. Qxd4 Nf6 15. O-O $44) 10... Qc7 11. Be3 $5 b4
12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. exd5 Bxb2 14. Bd4 $44) 10. Ne2 O-O 11. Nf4 Bc6 (11... Bb5 $5
12. Qc2 Qd7) 12. e5 Nd5 13. h4 Qd7 (13... Nxf4 14. Bxf4 h5 $5) 14. h5 Nxf4 15.
Bxf4 Bxf3 16. gxf3 Nc6 17. Be3 Rfd8 18. Rd1 e6 19. hxg6 hxg6 20. Be2 Ne7 21.
Bg5 Nf5 22. f4 Nxd4 23. Kf1 $16 {Ni Hua (2692)-Li,C (2617)/JinZhou/2009/}) 9...
b4 (9... Bc6 $5 10. Bg2 b4 $132 {is an interesting, but still untried
alternative.}) 10. Ne4 {Other N retreats are too passive.} Nxe4 11. Qxe4 Bc6
12. Qf4 O-O 13. Bg2 Qd6 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8]} ({A logical novelty, which gives
the game a more sedate character, than} 13... Bxd4 14. O-O e5 15. Nxe5 (15. Qd2
$5 $44) 15... Bxe5 16. Qxe5 Re8 17. Qc5 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Rxe2 19. Bh6 Nd7 20. Qxb4
Ne5 21. Rad1 Qf6 22. Qb7 Re8 23. Rde1 {Popov,V (2580)-Petrosian,T (2477)/
Moscow/2004/} Rc2 $5 24. Bf4 g5 $132) 14. O-O Nd7 15. Qh4 (15. Be3 e5 $11 (
15... Bb5 $5)) 15... e5 16. d5 $5 {An attempt to complicate matters.} (16. Bg5
Rfe8 17. dxe5 Nxe5 18. Rfd1 Nxf3+ 19. Bxf3 Qe6 $11) ({\/ There was tnteresting,
but unclear} 16. Ng5 h6 17. Ne4 Bxe4 (17... Qxd4 $2 18. Bxh6 Bxh6 19. Rad1 $1
$16) 18. Bxe4 Rad8 (18... Rae8 19. dxe5 Nxe5 20. Bg2 $13) 19. dxe5 Nxe5 20. Bg2
Rfe8 21. Bxh6 Bxh6 22. Qxh6 Qd2 $132) 16... Qxd5 (16... Bxd5 $143 17. Rd1 {
[%cal Re2e4,Rf3g5] /\Ng5, e4} e4 18. Ng5 Nf6 19. Bf4 (19. Bxe4 h6 20. Bxd5 Nxd5
21. Ne4 Qe5 22. Bxh6 Qxb2 23. Rab1 Qxa2 24. Rxb4 Rae8 25. Rxd5 Qxd5 26. Nf6+
Bxf6 27. Qxf6 Qe5 28. Qxe5 Rxe5 29. Bxf8 Kxf8 $11) 19... Qc6 20. Rac1 $14) (
16... Bb5 $5 17. Bd2 a5 18. Rfc1 Rfe8 $13) 17. Be3 Qb5 18. Rac1 Bd5 19. Rxc7
Rac8 20. Ng5 h6 21. Rxc8 Rxc8 22. Ne4 g5 {[%csl Rg5,Rh4,Rh6] Black plays
against the offside Q, but on the other hand weakens his own >> and the
position remains balanced.} (22... Qxe2 23. Nd6 Bf6 (23... Bxg2 24. Kxg2 Rc2
25. Qd8+ Nf8 26. Qe8 Qxe3 27. Qxf7+ Kh8 28. Ne8 Ne6 29. Qxe6 e4 30. Kg1 Qf3 31.
Nxg7 Kxg7 32. Qe7+ Kg8 33. Qxb4 $14) 24. Qxb4 (24. Qxh6 Bxg2 25. Kxg2 Rc2 $15)
24... Bxg2 25. Kxg2 Be7 26. Qb7 Rc2 27. Qxd7 Bxd6 $11 {/\} 28. Qxd6 Qxe3) (
22... Qc6 $5 23. Rc1 Qxc1+ $8 (23... Qa8 $6 24. Rd1 g5 25. Qg4 Rf8 26. Nxg5 Nf6
(26... Bxg2 $2 27. Ne6 $3 fxe6 28. Rxd7 Rf7 29. Qxe6 $18) 27. Bxd5 Nxg4 28.
Bxa8 Rxa8 29. Ne4 $16) 24. Bxc1 Rxc1+ $44 25. Bf1 g5 26. Qg4 Be6 27. Qh5 (27.
Qf3 Rc2 $11 {/=/+}) 27... Bd5 (27... a5 $5 $44) 28. Qg4 $11) 23. Qh3 (23. Qg4
Be6 (23... Qc6 24. h4 $5 f5 25. Qxf5 Rf8 26. Qh3 (26. Qg4 Be6 27. Qh5 Bf7 $11
28. Nc5 $2 Qb5 $17) 26... Bxe4 27. Bxe4 Qxe4 28. hxg5 $5 $44) 24. Qh5 {
transposes to the game.}) 23... Be6 (23... Qc6 $5 24. Rc1 Qxc1+ 25. Bxc1 Rxc1+
26. Bf1 Be6 27. Qh5 Bd5 $11 {leads to the same position as 22...Qc6!?}) 24. Qh5
Rc4 (24... Rc2 25. h4 gxh4 26. Bf3 $5 (26. Bxh6 Bxh6 27. Qxh6 Qxe2 28. Qg5+ Kf8
$11 {and White hardly has anything more than a perpetual}) 26... hxg3 27. Bxh6
$36) 25. Rd1 (25. Nd6 $6 Nf6 26. Nxb5 (26. Qf3 e4) 26... Nxh5 $15) (25. h4 $5
Rxe4 26. Bxe4 Nf6 27. Qf3 g4 28. Qg2 Qxe2 29. b3 $1 $13 {/+/=}) 25... b3 $5 26.
a3 (26. axb3 Qxb3 27. Rd3 Qa4 $132 (27... Qxb2 28. h4 $44)) 26... Rd4 $2 {
[%mdl 8256] Black is getting too ambitious and miscalculates the tactics.} (
26... Qa4 $11) 27. Bxd4 exd4 28. h4 $1 Ne5 (28... d3 29. Rxd3 Bxb2 30. Qxh6 Bg7
31. Qxg5 Qxg5 32. hxg5 b2 33. Nd2 $18) (28... gxh4 29. Qxb5 axb5 30. gxh4 d3
31. Rd2 $16) 29. hxg5 Bg4 30. Qh4 Qxe2 31. Rxd4 Nf3+ 32. Bxf3 Bxf3 (32... Qe1+
33. Kh2 Bxf3 34. Rd8+ Kh7 35. g6+ Kxg6 (35... fxg6 36. Ng5#) 36. Rd6+ Kh7 37.
Ng5+ Kg8 38. Rd8+ Bf8 39. Nxf3 Qxf2+ 40. Kh3 Qxf3 41. Qg4+ $18) 33. Rd8+ Kh7
34. Nd2 $18 {White has calmly parried the direct threats and should be heading
for victory. But there are more tactics to follow...} Bc6 35. gxh6 $6 {
Disrupts the mating net around Black's K.} (35. Nf1 $142 $1 Qf3 (35... Qxb2 36.
Qc4 $1 $18) 36. Ne3 Qe2 37. Qf4 Qe1+ 38. Nf1 Qe4 39. Qxe4+ Bxe4 40. Nd2 Bc2 41.
gxh6 Bxb2 42. Nxb3 $18 {/\} Bxb3 43. Rb8) 35... Bxb2 36. Qg5 $2 (36. Qh3 $1
Qd1+ 37. Qf1 Qxf1+ 38. Kxf1 $16 {was the best way to retain winning chances.})
36... Qd1+ 37. Nf1 Qf3 38. Qg8+ Kxh6 39. Rd6+ Bf6 {White must either force a
perpetual, or return the exchange - in any case Black is back in business.} (
39... Kh5 $2 40. Qh7+ Kg5 41. Qh4+ Kf5 42. Ne3+ Ke5 43. Qe7#) 40. Qh8+ Kg5 41.
Qg8+ Kh6 42. Rxc6 (42. Qf8+ Kg5 43. Qg8+ $11) 42... Qxc6 43. Ne3 {[%mdl 4096]
With Black's exposed K Kramnik doesn't risk anything by playing on, as he
always has a perpetual in hand. In the resulting _|_ he shows precise
calculation and superlative technique.} Qf3 (43... Qe6 44. Ng4+ Kh5 $11) 44.
Ng4+ Kh5 45. Nh2 $1 {Doing his best to harass the Kh5 and create problems.} (
45. Ne3 Kh6 $8 (45... b2 46. Qh7+ Kg5 47. g4 $1 Be5 48. Qh5+ Kf6 49. g5+ Ke7
50. Qxf3 b1=Q+ 51. Kg2 $14 {/+/-}) 46. Ng4+ $11) 45... Qd1+ $8 (45... Qb7 $2
46. Qh7+ Kg5 47. f4#) 46. Kg2 Qd5+ 47. Kh3 $5 (47. f3 Bc3 (47... b2 48. Qh7+
Kg5 49. Ng4 Bd4 50. Qh6+ Kf5 51. Ne3+ $1 Bxe3 52. g4+ Ke5 53. Qxe3+ Kd6 (53...
Kf6 54. Qb6+) 54. Qb6+ $14 {is similar to the game - White has a Q_|_ with an
extra P.}) (47... Bd4 48. Qh7+ Kg5 49. Ng4 a5 50. a4 $22 $14 {/\} b2 51. Qh6+
Kf5 52. Ne3+ {is similar to 47...b2.}) 48. Qh7+ Kg5 49. Ng4 {[%cal Rg4f2] /\Nf2
} Bd4 50. a4 a5 51. Qd3 f5 $1 52. Ne3 Qd7 53. Qxb3 Qe8 54. f4+ Kg6 55. Kf2 Qe4
$132) 47... Qe6+ 48. Ng4 Bg5 (48... Be5 49. Qh7+ Kg5 50. f3 Qg6 51. Qh4+ Kf5
52. Nxe5 Kxe5 53. Qf4+ Kd5 54. Qd2+ $14 {wins the Pb3 with winning chances.})
49. f3 Qf5 (49... Bh6 50. Qh8 a5 51. a4 $22 $40 Kg5 $5 (51... Qa6 52. Nf6+ Kg5
(52... Kg6 $2 53. Qh7+ $1 $18) 53. f4+ Kf5 54. Qh7+ $1 Ke6 55. Qxh6 Qf1+ 56.
Kg4 Qd1+ 57. Kg5 Qd3 $1 (57... b2 $2 58. Ng4+ Kd7 59. Ne5+ Kc7 60. Qc6+ $18)
58. g4 b2 59. f5+ Ke7 60. Nd5+ $1 Qxd5 61. Qf6+ $14 {/+/-}) 52. f4+ (52. Qg8+
Kh5 53. f4 $4 b2 $19) 52... Kf5 $1 (52... Kh5 $2 53. f5 Qa6 (53... Qc6 54. Qe5
Bg5 55. Qg7 {[%cal Rg4f6] /\Nf6} Qh1+ 56. Nh2 $18) 54. Nh2 Kg5 55. Nf3+ Kxf5
56. Qh7+ $18 Qg6 57. Nh4+) 53. Nxh6+ Ke4+ 54. f5 Qa6 55. Qe8+ Kd3 56. Ng4 b2
57. Qe1 Kc2 58. Ne3+ Kb3 $14 {<=>}) 50. Qh8+ Kg6 51. Qg8+ Kh5 52. Qg7 Be3 (
52... Qe6 53. Qh7+ Bh6 54. Qh8 {leads to the game position.}) 53. Qc3 Qe6 54.
Qg7 Bh6 55. Qh8 f5 $6 (55... a5 56. a4 {transposes to the 49...Bh6 line.}) 56.
Nxh6 Qxh6 57. Qg8 {[%cal Rg3g4,Rg8b3] /\g4, Qb3 The double attack wins a pawn.
Although in the Q _|_ Black could have probably defended more tenaciously, his
task is difficult: both his K and P are vulnerable.} Qd6 58. Qxb3 $14 {[%csl
Rf5,Rh5]} Kg6 59. Qg8+ Kf6 60. Qh8+ ({White could have played} 60. f4 {
immediately.}) 60... Kg6 61. Qg8+ Kf6 62. f4 Qd3 (62... Qxa3 $5 63. Qg5+ Ke6
64. Qg6+ Ke7 65. Qxf5 a5 $14 {[%csl Ga5] <=>o^a5}) 63. Qf8+ (63. Kh4 $5 Qxa3
64. Qg5+ Ke6 65. Qg6+ Ke7 66. Qxf5 a5 {is a better version of the above
position, as White has} 67. g4) 63... Kg6 64. Kh4 Qd5 65. Qe8+ Kf6 66. Qh8+ Kg6
67. Qh5+ Kg7 $2 {The final and decisive mistake.} (67... Kf6 $142 $1 68. Qh6+
Kf7 69. a4 $5 (69. Qxa6 $6 Qf3 70. Qc4+ Kf6 71. Qd4+ Kg6 72. Qb6+ Kg7 $11) (69.
Kg5 $6 Qd8+ 70. Kxf5 Qd5+ 71. Kg4 Qd1+ $11) 69... a5 $14) 68. g4 $1 Qh1+ 69.
Kg5 $18 {White wins another P and the rest is a matter of technique.} Qc6 70.
gxf5 {[%cal Rh5g6]} (70. Kxf5 $4 Qd5#) 70... Qg2+ 71. Qg4 Qb2 72. Qf3 Qf6+ 73.
Kg4 Qb6 74. Qc3+ Kf7 75. Qe1 {[%cal Re1e6] /\Qe6 Although doubled, the extra
Ps play an important role.} Qd4 76. Qe6+ Kf8 77. Qc8+ Kf7 78. Qe6+ Kf8 79. f6
Qg1+ 80. Kf5 Qc5+ 81. Qe5 Qc2+ 82. Kg5 Qg2+ 83. Kh6 Qh2+ 84. Kg6 Qc2+ 85. Qf5
Qc3 86. Qd5 Qc2+ (86... Qg3+ 87. Qg5 Qd3+ 88. f5 $18) 87. f5 {Black has no
more checks and quickly gets mated.} 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch 56th"]
[Site "Krasnoyarsk"]
[Date "2003.09.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Popov, Valerij"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2573"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2003.09.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Qa4+ {One of the recent tries to avoid a
theoretical clash in the main lines of the Grunfeld. This move originated
already in the 70-ties, but became popular due to some recent efforts by
Krasenkov. Also Kramnik, Ivanchuk, Gelfand ao. gave it a try.} ({The former
main anti-Grunfeld try was} 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Qa4+ {However,practice has shown
White doesn't achieve too much after} Bd7 (5... c6 $6 6. Qd4 $14 (6. Nxd5 Qxd5
7. e4 Qd8 8. d4 $36)) 6. Qh4 Nxc3 7. dxc3 (7. bxc3 $5 c5 8. Rb1 b6 9. d4 $13)
7... Nc6 $1 8. Qg3 (8. e4 e5 9. Bg5 Be7 $11) 8... f6 9. e4 e5 {[%cal Yf8c5] /
\Bc5= The Bf8 ignores the intended fianchetto and finds play on different
diagonals.}) 4... Bd7 (4... Nc6 5. Nd4 Qd7 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Nxc6 $36) (4... c6
$6 5. cxd5 Nxd5 $14 {-4.cd5 Nd5 5.Qa4 c6?!}) 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 {What is the
point of losing a tempo to force Black to play Bd7? The answer is the B is not
really too well placed here and limits Black's options in some of the lines of
the Grunfeld with 5.Qb3.} (6. Qxb7 $6 Nc6 7. Nb5 Nd5 $36 {[%csl Rb7] ףb7})
6... a6 $5 {[%csl Rc4][%cal Yb7b5,Yd7e6] /\b5,Be6,ףc4 Svidler's favourite
move, he intends to make life difficult for White's Q.} (6... Nc6 7. d4 (7. e4
e5 $5 8. d4 exd4 9. Nxd4 Ne5 $1 10. Qe2 Bg7 11. Nf3 Qe7 12. Bg5 O-O-O 13. Nd5
Qd6 14. Nxe5 Qxe5 15. f4 Qd6 16. Nc3 Bg4 17. Qc2 Rhe8 18. e5 Rxe5+ 19. fxe5
Qxe5+ 20. Be2 Qxg5 21. O-O Rd2 22. Bxg4+ Nxg4 23. Qe4 Qh4 24. h3 Bd4+ 25. Kh1
Qxh3+ $1 {0-1,Gerzhoy,L-Sutovsky,E/Tel Aviv/2001/}) 7... Bg7 8. e4 O-O 9. e5
Be6 10. exf6 Bxc4 11. fxg7 Kxg7 12. Bxc4 Nxd4 13. Nxd4 Qxd4 14. Be2 {[%csl Gc1,
Ge2] An interesting position. Although Black is doing well materially, he
often has to give an exchange to fight successfully against White's ^^. All in
all White is somewhat better.} Rad8 15. O-O Qe5 16. Be3 Rd7 17. Rfe1 Qa5 18. a3
Rfd8 19. Bg4 f5 20. Bf3 e5 21. Bxb7 $1 $16 (21. Bg5 e4 $1 $44 {Kramnik,
V-Ivanchuk,V/Belgrade/1997/})) ({The most natural move is} 6... Bg7 {The most
dangerous is the modern} 7. e4 $1 {here Black is still coping with problems:} (
{White first used to play the calm} 7. g3 O-O 8. Bg2 {, but after} Ne8 $1 9. d4
Nd6 10. Qd3 Na6 $1 {[%cal Rc7c5] /\c5= Black has no problems whatsoever.}) ({
Then came the attempts with} 7. d4 O-O 8. e4 {/\e5 Black misses the d7-square
for his N and transposing to the Smyslov variation is not to everyone's taste.
The best antidote is} b5 $1 (8... Bg4 {D98-99,Smyslov}) 9. Nxb5 Nxe4 10. Qxc7 (
10. Nxc7 Nc6 $1 11. Nxa8 Qa5+ $40) 10... Nc6 11. Bd3 Nb4 12. Bxe4 Bxb5 13. Qxd8
Raxd8 14. Bd2 Nd3+ 15. Bxd3 Bxd3 16. Bc3 Be4 17. Rd1 Bxf3 18. gxf3 Rd5 (18...
Rd5 {a kompenzacia cierneho pohodlne staci k vyrovnaniu, Giorgadze-Stohl,
Senec 1998.}) 19. Ke2 Rfd8 20. Rd2 e6 21. Rhd1 Rh5 22. Rh1 Rhd5 $11 23. Rhd1 {
1/2,Giorgadze,G-Stohl,I/Senec/1998/}) 7... O-O (7... Bc6 8. d3 O-O 9. Be2 Nbd7
10. O-O (10. e5 $5 $14) (10. Bf4 Nh5 11. Be3 e5 12. g3 Nhf6 13. O-O Ne8 $6 14.
b4 a6 15. a4 Nb6 16. Qb3 Bd7 17. Rfd1 Be6 18. Qc2 Qe7 19. Ng5 Rd8 20. Nxe6 Qxe6
21. b5 axb5 22. Nxb5 Na8 23. Rab1 c6 24. Na3 $16 {Piket,J-Bacrot,E/Escaldes zt/
1998/}) 10... e5 11. b4 $1 a6 12. a4 Nb6 13. Qb3 Re8 14. Be3 Nh5 15. Ng5 Qf6
16. Bxh5 gxh5 17. b5 axb5 18. Nxb5 Re7 19. Nxc7 Rxc7 20. Bxb6 Rd7 21. Nf3 $16 {
Khalifman,A-Jansa,V/BL 0203/2002/}) 8. e5 Ng4 (8... Ne8 9. d4 $14 {is rather
passive}) (8... Be6 9. Qh4 (9. exf6 Bxc4 10. fxg7 $36) 9... Nd5 10. Ng5 h6 11.
Nxe6 fxe6 12. Qe4 Nxc3 13. dxc3 Qd5 14. Qxg6 Qxe5+ 15. Be3 $16 {Adamski,
J-Vujic,B/Valjevo/1984/}) 9. d4 Be6 10. Qb5 $5 (10. d5 Bf5 11. Bf4 Nd7 12. Qe2
f6 $1 13. e6 Nde5 $13 {<=>}) 10... Qc8 11. h3 Nh6 12. Bf4 c6 (12... Nd7 13. Qe2
Nb6 14. Qd2 Nf5 15. g4 Bd5 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. Bc4 Nxf4 18. Qxf4 Nh6 19. d5 Kh8
20. O-O f6 21. e6 $16 {(),Krasenkov,M-Jansa,V/BL 0203/2002/}) 13. Qd3 f6 14.
Be2 Nf7 15. Qe3 {Greenfeld,A-Serebro,A/ISR-chT/2002/}) 7. d4 $5 {Central
expansion is a necessity, otherwise Black easily solves his problems with b5
and c5.} (7. g3 b5 8. Qb3 c5 $11) ({The alternative is} 7. e4 b5 8. Qe2 (8. Qb3
c5 9. e5 Be6 $132) 8... Nc6 $5 (8... c5 9. e5 Nh5 10. Ne4 Nc6 11. Nxc5 Bf5 12.
d3 e6 13. Ne4 Bb4+ 14. Bd2 Nf4 15. Qe3 Nd5 16. Qh6 Bf8 17. Nd6+ Qxd6 18. exd6
Bxh6 19. Bxh6 f6 20. h3 g5 21. g4 Bg6 22. h4 $14 {/~~,Gelfand,B-Svidler,P/
Haifa act/2000/}) 9. e5 Nb4 10. exf6 Nc2+ 11. Kd1 Nxa1 12. b3 Be6 (12... Bf5 $2
13. Bb2 Nc2 14. g4 Bxg4 15. Kxc2 e6 $2 16. Qxb5+ {1-0,Krasenkov,M-Mikhalevski,
V/EU-ch Saint Vincent/2000/}) 13. Bb2 Nxb3 $13) 7... b5 {[%csl Rc5] Logical,
but also quite double-edged-if White manages to finish his development without
allowing an effective c5 he gets play against the ׫.} (7... Be6 8. Qa4+ b5 9.
Qd1 {[%csl Gd4,Ge4][%cal Ye2e4] /\e4+/=}) 8. Qd3 $146 {Here White doesn't have
to lose another tempo with his Q, but it stands less harmoniously, than on b3
or c2.} (8. Qb3 Be6 (8... Nc6 $6 9. Bf4 Bg7 10. e3 O-O 11. Be2 Be6 12. Qd1 Nb4
13. e4 $16 {Lautier,J-Bacrot,E/Enghien les Bains/1999/ is exactly the type of
unpleasant position Black must avoid}) 9. Qc2 c5 $5 10. dxc5 Bg7 11. g3 $6 (11.
Bf4 $142) (11. e4 $5 {in both cases Black still must prove his compensation})
11... Nc6 12. Bg2 Nb4 13. Qd1 Qxd1+ 14. Kxd1 O-O 15. Bd2 Rac8 16. Nd4 (16. Nxb5
axb5 17. Bxb4 Ne4 $40) (16. Ng5 Bf5 17. a3 $5 $13) 16... Ng4 $1 17. Nxe6 Nxf2+
18. Kc1 fxe6 19. Rf1 Rxc5 20. Kb1 Rcf5 21. a4 $6 Ne4 $17 {Van Wely,L-Svidler,P/
Warsaw act/1999/}) 8... Bg7 9. Bf4 (9. e4 c5 $5 (9... O-O 10. e5 $14) (9... Bg4
10. Ne5 Be6 11. d5 Bc8 12. Be3 $14 {[%csl Gd5,Ge4] [+]}) 10. dxc5 (10. e5 Ng4
$132 11. Qe4 cxd4 12. Qxa8 dxc3 $44) 10... Qc7 (10... b4 $6 11. Nd5 $16) 11.
Be3 b4 $13) 9... O-O 10. Rc1 $6 {Very provocative, as Black will play the c5
break at any cost and White will fall behind in development even more. More
logical were moves with the e-pawn:} (10. e4 c5 11. e5 Bf5 $5 12. Qd2 (12. exf6
Bxd3 13. fxg7 Re8 14. Bxd3 e5 $1 $36) 12... Ne4 13. Nxe4 Bxe4 14. dxc5 Nc6 $44)
({Modest, but relatively safe is} 10. e3 c5 11. dxc5 b4 12. Ne2 Qa5 13. Ned4
Qxc5 14. Be2 $11) 10... c5 $1 $32 {[%mdl 512] Black relies on his better
development and opens the position.} 11. dxc5 b4 12. Nd1 $2 {Too passive and
maybe already the decisive mistake, now Svidler will seemingly effortlessly
increase his pressure. Centralization was necessary:} (12. Ne4 Nxe4 13. Qxe4
Nc6 14. Ne5 Nxe5 15. Bxe5 Bc6 $5 (15... Bxe5 16. Qxe5 Qa5 17. e3 Be6 18. Bc4
b3+ 19. Qc3 Qxc3+ 20. Rxc3 bxa2 21. Kd2 $13) 16. Qf4 (16. Qxc6 Bxe5 $40) 16...
Bxe5 17. Qxe5 Qa5 {and White still hasn't fully solved his problems, e.g.,} 18.
e4 b3+ 19. Qc3 Qxc3+ 20. Rxc3 bxa2 21. Ra3 Bxe4 22. Rxa2 Rfb8 23. f3 Bd5 24.
Rxa6 Rxb2 $15 {_|_ and Black will have an extra P.}) (12. Nd5 $142 $5 Nxd5 13.
Qxd5 Nc6 14. Ne5 $13 {leads to the above line with an extra tempo for White,
moreover exchanges usually help the defence.}) 12... Nc6 $1 {[%cal Rd8a5,Rd7e6,
Rf8d8] /\Qa5,Be6,Rfd8} (12... Qa5 $5 $36 {was also possible, but Svidler
realizes he can afford to be patient.}) 13. Nd4 {Tactics work for Black with
his superior development:} (13. e4 Qa5 14. e5 Bf5 $36) (13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. Bxe5
Qa5 $1 $36 {/\} 15. Bxf6 $6 Bb5 16. Bxg7 Bxd3 17. Bxf8 b3+ 18. Nc3 bxa2 19. Ra1
Qb4 $1 20. Rxa2 Bb1 $1 $19) 13... Qa5 14. Nb3 Qa4 $1 {Here the Q is
exceptionally well placed, although right now it doesn't have a single move.
The Pa2 was still taboo, but Black will quickly prepare Qa2.} (14... Qxa2 $2
15. Ra1 $18) 15. e4 Be6 16. Qc2 $6 (16. Be2 Qxa2 17. Nd4 Nxd4 18. Qxd4 Nh5 19.
Be5 Rfd8 $19) ({White must lose another tempo, but as the Q ends on b1 anyway,
better was the immediate} 16. Qb1 $5 Rfd8 $1 17. Be2 (17. Bc4 Bxc4 18. Rxc4 Nh5
19. Be3 Qb5 $40 {[%csl Re1] עe1}) 17... Bxb3 18. axb3 Qxb3 19. O-O Rd4 $17)
16... Rfd8 $1 {[%mdl 2048] Piece play and coordination is more important, than
material.} (16... Qxa2 $143 $6 17. Bc4 $11) 17. Bg3 {White would like to
develop his B, but this fails tactically:} (17. Bc4 Bxc4 18. Qxc4 Nh5 19. Bc7 (
19. Be3 $2 Ne5 $19) 19... Rd7 20. g4 Rxc7 21. gxh5 Ne5 22. Qd5 Rac8 {[%cal
Rc7d7] /\Rd7-+}) (17. Be2 Nh5 $1 18. Bxh5 Qxa2 19. Nd2 gxh5 $17 {/-+,/\} 20.
O-O $2 Nd4 $19) (17. Nd4 $2 b3 $1 18. Nxb3 Nb4 {[%cal Rb4a2] /\Na2-+}) 17...
Ng4 $1 {[%cal Ra4a2] /\Qa2 Taking on a2 still requires preparation.} (17...
Qxa2 $6 18. Bc4 $11) 18. Qb1 (18. Ra1 Bxb3 $5 (18... Na5 19. Qc1 $1 Nxb3 20.
axb3 Qc6 21. Qc2 $15) (18... Bh6 $5) 19. Qxb3 Qa5 20. Bd3 Nd4 21. Qc4 b3+ $40 {
and White's K in the [+] can't survive for too long.}) 18... Bh6 19. Rc2 (19.
f4 $142 {was somewhat better, but still insufficient after} Bxb3 20. axb3 Qxb3
21. Be2 (21. Bc4 $2 Rxd1+ $19) (21. Qc2 $2 Rxd1+ $1 22. Qxd1 Qe3+ 23. Be2 Bxf4
$19) 21... Ne3 22. Kf2 g5 $1 $17 (22... e5 $40)) 19... Na5 $1 $19 (19... Nd4 $6
20. Nxd4 Bxa2 21. b3 Bxb1 22. bxa4 Rxd4 23. Rb2 Rxe4+ 24. Be2 Bd3 25. f3 $15)
20. f4 (20. Nxa5 Bxa2 $19) (20. Bc7 Nxb3 21. Bxd8 Rxd8 $19) (20. c6 Nxb3 21. c7
Nd2 (21... Bd2+ $19) 22. b3 (22. Qc1 Nxf1 23. cxd8=Q+ Rxd8 24. b3 Qd7 $19)
22... Qd7 $1 23. cxd8=Q+ Rxd8 24. Qa1 Nf3+ $1 25. gxf3 Bd2+ 26. Ke2 Qd3#) 20...
Nxb3 21. axb3 Bxb3 22. Rc1 Qd7 (22... Qd7 23. Be2 $8 Qd2+ 24. Kf1 Bxf4 $19) 0-1

[Event "Kecskemet Toth Memorial-07"]
[Site "Kecskemet"]
[Date "1979.06.13"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Suba, Mihai"]
[Black "Rigo, Janos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2385"]
[Annotator "Suba,M"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1979.06.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. d3 c6 6. e4 d6 (6... e5 7. Nge2 Na6
8. O-O Nc7 9. f4 $14 {Tompa,J-Portisch,F Kecskemet, 1979}) 7. Nge2 a5 8. O-O
Na6 9. h3 Rb8 10. Be3 Bd7 (10... b5 11. cxb5 cxb5 12. Rc1 b4 13. Na4 $13) 11.
d4 b5 12. e5 Ne8 13. cxb5 cxb5 14. f4 b4 15. Ne4 d5 $2 (15... Bb5 $142) 16. Ng5
$16 e6 $2 17. g4 f6 18. Nf3 f5 19. Ng3 a4 20. gxf5 exf5 21. h4 Nec7 22. h5 a3
23. hxg6 hxg6 24. b3 Nb5 25. Ne2 Nac7 26. Qe1 Ne6 27. Qg3 Be8 28. Rf2 Rc8 29.
Nh4 Kh7 $2 (29... Rc6 $1 30. Nxg6 Bxg6 31. Qxg6 Nexd4) 30. Bf3 g5 (30... Bh6
31. Rh2 g5 32. Nxf5 $18) 31. Nxf5 $1 Kg8 32. Bxd5 $1 Nbc7 33. Nxg7 Kxg7 34.
Bxe6 1-0

[Event "Linares Anibal op 01st"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Suba, Mihai"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "Svidler,P"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1994.01.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 039"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Qxd1+ 7. Kxd1 f6
8. Be3 e5 9. Nd2 Be6 10. Bc4 Kf7 11. Kc2 Nd7 12. Rhd1 Be7 (12... Bc5 $2 13. Nb3
Bd6 $16) 13. a4 Rhd8 (13... a6 14. Bxe6+ Kxe6 15. Nb3 b6 16. Rd2 $14) (13... a5
14. Bxe6+ Kxe6 15. Nc4 $14) 14. b4 (14. Bxe6+ Kxe6 15. Nb3 b6 16. a5 c6 $11 {
/\ Bd6-c7, Nf8}) 14... a5 $6 15. Kb3 c6 (15... axb4 16. cxb4 Nf8 17. Bxe6+ Nxe6
18. Nf3 $14) 16. Bxe6+ Kxe6 17. Nc4 (17. g4 $1 axb4 18. cxb4 b5 19. axb5 cxb5
20. Rxa8 (20. Nf3 Ra4 21. Rxa4 bxa4+ 22. Kxa4 Ra8+ 23. Kb3 Rb8 $11 24. Bd2 $140
Nc5+) 20... Rxa8 21. Nb1 Nb8 22. Nc3 Na6 23. Nd5 $16) 17... axb4 18. cxb4 f5 (
18... b5 19. axb5 cxb5 20. Na3 $1 $16) 19. exf5+ (19. f3 $1 fxe4 20. fxe4 Nf6
21. Bb6 Rxd1 22. Rxd1 Nxe4 23. Re1 $1 Kd5 (23... Kf5 $2 24. g4+ Kf4 25. Rf1+
Kxg4 26. Nxe5+ Kh3 27. Rf7 $16) 24. Bg1 $5 (24. Rd1+ $11) 24... Bd8 $44) 19...
gxf5 20. Re1 e4 21. Rad1 Nf6 22. Na5 $6 (22. Bb6 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 Nd5 24. Bc5 $11)
22... Nd5 23. Nxb7 (23. Bd2 Kf7 $1 $15 24. f3 $140 e3 $1) 23... Rdb8 24. Nc5+ (
24. Rxd5 cxd5 25. Nc5+ Bxc5 26. Bxc5 Rc8 $1 $15) 24... Bxc5 $1 (24... Kf7 25.
Rxd5 $1 cxd5 26. Rd1 $36) 25. Bxc5 Nxb4 $1 26. Bxb4 $8 c5 27. Kc4 Rxb4+ 28.
Kxc5 Rbxa4 $17 29. Rd6+ Ke7 $6 (29... Ke5 30. Rd5+ Kf4 $17) 30. Rb6 R8a5+ 31.
Kc6 $6 (31. Rb5 Kf6 (31... Rxb5+ 32. Kxb5 Ra2 33. f3 Rxg2 34. fxe4 f4 35. Rf1
$1 $11) 32. Rxa5 Rxa5+ 33. Kd4 Ra3 34. Rd1 Kg5 $15) 31... Ke6 32. f3 $2 $138
Ke5 $17 33. fxe4 fxe4 34. g3 Ra6 35. Re2 Rxb6+ 36. Kxb6 Rc4 $19 37. Kb5 Rc7 38.
Kb4 Kd4 39. Rd2+ Ke3 40. Rd6 Ke2 41. g4 e3 42. Kb3 (42. g5 Re7 $1 $19 {/\ Kf1,
e2-e1Q}) 42... Kf3 $1 (42... Rf7 43. g5 Kf3 $140 $2 44. Rf6+ $11) 43. Re6 (43.
g5 Re7 $19) 43... e2 (43... e2 44. g5 (44. Kb2 Rf7 $19) (44. Rf6+ Kxg4 $19)
44... Rc1 $19) 0-1

[Event "Bayern-chI Bank Hofmann 6th"]
[Site "Bad Wiessee"]
[Date "2002.10.30"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Kindermann, Stefan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2519"]
[Annotator "Teske,H"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2002.10.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 f5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 {Stefan Kindermann gilt nicht
erst seit Erscheinen seiner Chessgate-Videos als Experte des Leningrader
Systems der Hollдndischen Verteidigung. Deshalb verwundert es nicht, daЯ der
Elo-Favorit Vladimir Malakhov den Mьnchner GroЯmeister mit dem zurьckhaltenden
Textzug zur sizilianischen Variante der Englischen Erцffnung (mit spдterem
e7-e5) einlдdt.} d6 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O Nc6 8. Rb1 a5 9. a3 {[#]} Nh5 $1 {
Ein unorthodoxer Zug. Schwarz verzichtet auf e7-e5, um dem Lg7 nicht die
Wirkung zu nehmen und bereitet die Aktivierung seines Lc8 mittels f5-f4 vor.}
10. Bd2 f4 11. Ng5 $5 {WeiЯ antwortet gleichermaЯen originell. Der Springer
strebt auf das Feld e4. Sein Kollege auf c3 kцnnte nach e7-e5 auf d5 ein gutes
Plдtzchen finden.} e6 12. Nge4 d5 $1 {Nun muЯ sich die weiЯe Reiterei nach
anderen Gestaden umsehen.} 13. cxd5 exd5 14. Nc5 $6 (14. Nxd5 $1 {fьhrt zu
interessanten Materialverhдltnissen. Da die schwarzen Figuren gut koordiniert
sind, sollte Schwarz ьber gute Kompensation verfьgen.} Qxd5 $5 (14... f3 15.
Bxf3 Rxf3 16. Nxc7 Qxc7 17. exf3 Bh3) 15. Nf6+ Nxf6 16. Bxd5+ Nxd5 $44) 14...
Ne7 {Unser Redaktions-Fritz ist von der schwarzen Erцffnungsbehandlung
durchaus angetan. Tatдschlich sind alle schwarzen Figuren sehr aktiv postiert.
Lediglich der Bd5 kцnnte ein Sorgenkind werden.} 15. gxf4 {WeiЯ geht es jedoch
eher schlechter. Der Sc5 ist ungedeckt. B2-b4 fьhrt zur Цffnung der a-Linie.
Danach stьnde auch der zweite schwarze Turm besser als sein weiЯer Opponent.}
Qd6 $1 {Ein unangenehmer Zwischenzug.} 16. d4 Bxd4 17. Nd3 c6 $15 {Schwarz hat
die gesьndere Bauernstellung. Malakhov spьrt die Gefahr und sucht sofort
aktives Gegenspiel.} 18. e4 dxe4 $5 (18... Bxc3 $1 {ist vielleicht noch besser.
Aber Stefan kann sich nicht ьberwinden, sich von seinem starken Lдufer zu
trennen.} 19. Bxc3 ({Der Zwischenzug} 19. e5 $2 {"verschlimmbessert" die weiЯe
Lage nur.} Qc7 20. Bxc3 Bf5 $19 21. e6 $140 d4) 19... dxe4 20. Bxe4 Bf5 $15 {
Nun ist die Stellung vergleichsweise ьbersichtlich: Schwarz hat aufgrund der
besseren Bauernstellung einen langandauernden Vorteil.}) 19. Nxe4 Qc7 20. Qb3+
Kh8 21. Ng5 {Zielstrebig vernebelt WeiЯ weiter die Position.} Nf5 (21... Bf5 $1
22. Ne6 Bxe6 23. Qxe6 Nf5 {hдtte noch immer den schwarzen Vorteil abgesichert.}
) 22. Ne5 {Nun stehen die weiЯen Gдule schon bedrohlich nahe am schwarzen
Kцnig. Objektiv kцnnte die schwache weiЯe Bauernstellung gleich schwer wiegen.
Aber bei beschrдnkter Bedenkzeit ist die Wahrscheinlichkeit sehr hoch, daЯ
Schwarz der entscheidende Fehler unterlдuft.} Kg7 23. Ngf3 {WeiЯ mцchte
Alleinherrscher auf den schwarzen Feldern werden.} {[#]} Nf6 $2 {So langsam
entgleitet Schwarz die Stellung. Sicher sollte er den druck auf den Bf4 halten
und sofort c6-c5 spielen um ggf. Ta8-a6-f6 folgen zu lassen.} 24. Rfe1 c5 25.
Rbc1 {Das Blatt hat sich gewendet. WeiЯ hat den Gegner bereits deutlich in der
Entwicklung ьberflьgelt.} Qd6 26. Nc4 Qd8 27. Nxd4 Nxd4 28. Qb6 $18 {Nun
erhдlt WeiЯ auch Materialvorteil. Der Kampf ist entschieden.} Bg4 29. Qxb7+ Kg8
30. Qxa8 Qxa8 31. Bxa8 Rxa8 32. Kg2 Bf3+ 33. Kf1 Bg4 34. Ne5 Bh3+ 35. Kg1 Re8
36. f3 Nb3 37. Rcd1 Nh5 38. Kf2 Rf8 39. Be3 Be6 40. Rd6 Ng7 41. Red1 Re8 42.
Rd8 Kf8 43. Nd7+ Bxd7 44. R1xd7 1-0

[Event "ISR-chT"]
[Site "Israel"]
[Date "1997.05.23"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Tsesarsky, Ilya"]
[Black "Mikhalevski, Victor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2390"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 059"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qc2 Nb6 7. e4 (7. d4
Bg7 8. e4 Bg4 9. Ne5 Bxe5 10. dxe5 Nc6 11. Bb5 Bd7 12. e6 fxe6 13. Bxc6 Bxc6
14. O-O Qd4 15. Rd1 Qf6 16. b3 O-O 17. Bb2 Qg5 18. Ne2 {1/2-1/2 Benko,P-Timman,
J/ 1973}) 7... Bg7 8. d4 Nc6 9. d5 $5 (9. Be3 $5 O-O (9... e5 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11.
Nxe5 Bxe5 12. f4 Bg7 13. Be2 O-O (13... Qh4+ 14. g3 Qe7 15. Bxb6 $18) 14. O-O
$14 (14. O-O-O $5)) 10. O-O-O Bg4 11. d5 Ne5 12. Be2 Nbc4 13. Bd4 $14) 9... Nb4
(9... Ne5 10. Nxe5 Bxe5 11. Bh6 $14) 10. Qb3 c5 $5 (10... a5 11. Be3 $14) 11.
a3 (11. Be3 $5 Rc8 12. a3 (12. Rc1 O-O 13. Nd2 (13. Bxc5 $6 Rxc5 14. Qxb4 Qc7
$132) 13... a5 14. Be2 e6 $1) 12... Na6 13. Bxa6 bxa6 14. O-O O-O 15. Rac1 Bg4
16. Nd2 c4 17. Qb4 f5 18. f3 Bh5 19. Qa5 $14) 11... Na6 12. Be3 O-O $5 (12...
Rc8 $14) 13. Bxa6 (13. Nd2 Rc8 14. Be2 Kh8 15. O-O f5 $1 $36) 13... bxa6 14.
Bxc5 Rb8 $1 15. Qc2 (15. Bxb6 Qxb6 16. Qxb6 Rxb6 17. Nd1 (17. O-O-O Rfb8 $17)
17... Bxb2 18. Nxb2 Rxb2 19. O-O Rc8 $15) (15. Bb4 a5 $1 16. Bxa5 Nc4 (16...
Na4 17. Qxa4 (17. Bxd8 Rxb3 18. Bxe7 Nxb2 19. Ne2 Re8 20. d6 Nd3+ 21. Kd2 Nxf2
$19) 17... Bxa4 18. Bxd8 Bxc3+ 19. bxc3 Rfxd8 20. Kd2 $16) 17. Bxd8 (17. Bb4
Qc8 (17... Nxb2 $2 18. Qxb2 a5 19. O-O Qc7 20. Rfc1 Rfc8 21. e5 axb4 22. Na2
bxa3 23. Qxa3 Qb7 24. Qxe7 Rxc1+ 25. Rxc1 Qxd5 26. Nb4 Qe6 27. Qxe6 Bxe6 $11)
18. Rc1 a5 19. Nd1 axb4 20. Rxc4 bxa3 21. Qa2 Qa6 22. bxa3 Ba4 23. Rb4 Bxd1 24.
Rxb8 Rxb8 25. Kxd1 Qd3+ $19) 17... Rxb3 18. Bxe7 Nxb2 19. Ne2 Re8 20. d6 Nd3+
21. Kd2 Nxf2 $19) (15. Qa2 Bxc3+ (15... Na4 16. Nxa4 Bxa4 17. Bd4 Bb3 18. Qb1
Qa5+ 19. Kf1 Bc4+ 20. Kg1 Bxd4 21. Nxd4 Qd2 22. Nc6 Rxb2 23. Nxe7+ Kg7 24. Qe1
Re8 25. d6 Qxd6 26. Qc3+ Qf6 27. Qxf6+ Kxf6 28. Nd5+ Bxd5 29. exd5 Ree2 30. Rf1
Ke5 $19) 16. bxc3 Na4 17. Be3 Nxc3 (17... Rb2 18. Qc4 Qa5 $17) 18. Qc2 Rc8 19.
Bh6 Re8 20. Ne5 e6 $1 21. Nxd7 exd5 $19) 15... Nc4 16. b4 (16. Ra2 Qc7 (16...
f5 17. b3) 17. Bd4 (17. b4 a5 18. Ne2 Bb5 19. Ned4 $16) 17... Bxd4 18. Nxd4 Qb6
$132 19. Nf3 Nxb2 $11) 16... a5 17. b5 $5 (17. Qb3 axb4 18. axb4 Nd6 19. Bxd6 (
19. O-O Bxc3 20. Bxd6 Rc8 21. Bc5 Bxa1 22. Rxa1 Ra8 23. Rxa7 Rxa7 24. Bxa7 Qa8
25. Bd4 $14) 19... exd6 20. Rxa7 (20. O-O Qb6 21. Rab1 a5 22. b5 Rfc8 23. Rfc1
Rxc3 24. Rxc3 a4 25. Qc2 Bxc3 26. Qxc3 Rc8 27. Qe3 Qxe3 28. fxe3 $14)) (17. O-O
Nxa3 18. Rxa3 axb4 19. Bxb4 Rxb4 20. Rxa7 Bxc3 21. Qxc3 Rxe4 $11) 17... Nd6 (
17... Qc8 18. Bd4 Bxb5 19. Nxb5 Rxb5 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. O-O $14) (17... Bxc3+
18. Qxc3 Bxb5 19. O-O $14) 18. Bd4 (18. Bxd6 exd6 19. a4 Rc8 20. Ra3 Qf6 $17)
18... Nxb5 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Ne2 (20. Nxb5 Bxb5 21. Nd4 Qb6 $1 (21... a6 22. a4
Bd7 23. O-O Rb4 24. Qc3 Kg8 25. Nc6 Bxc6 26. dxc6 Qd4 27. Qxd4 Rxd4 28. Rfd1
Rxd1+ (28... Rxe4 29. Rac1 Rc8 30. c7 Kg7 31. f3 $18) 29. Rxd1 Rc8 30. Rc1 Kf8
31. f4 Ke8 32. Kf2 Kd8 33. Rd1+ Kc7 34. Rd7+ Kxc6 35. Rxe7 Rf8 36. Ke3 Kc5 37.
Rd7 $14) 22. Qc3 (22. Qb2 Qf6 $17) (22. Nxb5 Qxb5 $15) 22... Qf6 23. Nxb5 Rxb5
24. Qxf6+ Kxf6 $11) 20... Nd6 (20... Bg4 21. O-O (21. Nfd4 Nxd4 22. Nxd4 Qb6
23. Nc6 Qb2 24. Qxb2+ Rxb2 25. O-O (25. f3 Bd7 26. Nxe7 Rxg2 $15) 25... Re8 26.
Rfc1 $14) (21. Ne5 Bxe2 22. Qxe2 (22. Nc6 Qc7 23. Qxe2 Nd4 $1 24. Qc4 Nxc6 25.
dxc6 Rfc8 26. O-O Qxc6 $15)) 21... Bxf3 22. gxf3 f5 (22... e5 23. Rfb1 (23.
dxe6 fxe6 24. f4 Qh4 $15) 23... f5 24. Qd2 $132) 23. Nf4 $14) 21. O-O (21. e5
Bf5 22. Qa2 Nb5 $15) 21... Qc8 22. Qd3 (22. Qxc8 Rfxc8 23. e5 Nc4 24. Ned4 Nb6
25. e6 Be8 $15) 22... Qc4 23. Qxc4 Nxc4 24. Rfc1 Rfc8 25. Ned4 (25. Rc3 $11)
25... Nxa3 26. Rxc8 (26. Nc6 Bxc6 27. dxc6 Rb3 $15) 26... Rxc8 (26... Bxc8 27.
Nc6 Rb1+ 28. Rxb1 Nxb1 29. Nxe7 $14) 27. Ne5 $8 Nb5 $8 28. Ndc6 (28. Nb3 Be8
29. Nxa5 Rc2 30. Nac4 (30. f3 h5 31. Nac6 f6 32. Nb4 Rb2 33. Ned3 Rd2 $11)
30... f6 31. Ne3 $11) 28... Bxc6 29. Nxc6 e6 30. Rxa5 exd5 31. exd5 Nd4 32.
Rxa7 1/2-1/2

[Event "ISR-chT"]
[Site "Israel"]
[Date "2004.03.26"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gerzhoy, Leonid"]
[Black "Tyomkin, Dimitri"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[BlackElo "2503"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2004.01.03"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 101"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{This game is from the Kfar Saba vs Ashdod match - one of most important
matches for the 2nd in this year's championship; in 2002 I lost the game to
Gerzhoy with black pieces in the same Anti-Grunfeld.} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3.
Nc3 d5 4. Qa4+ Bd7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 a6 {Svidler's favourite variation
against Anti-Grunfeld.} 7. e4 b5 8. Qe2 c5 9. e5 Nh5 10. d3 $146 {Dubious
novelty (Leonid couldn't recall Gelfand's game simply), black intercepts the
initiative now.} (10. Ne4 Nc6 11. Nxc5 Bf5 12. d3 e6 13. Ne4 Bb4+ 14. Bd2 Nf4
15. Qe3 Nd5 {/~~,Gelfand,B-Svidler,P/Haifa act/2000/ (21) and black has nice
compensation (Gelfand,B-Svidler,P/Haifa act/2000)}) (10. Qe3 Bc6 11. Be2 Qb6
12. d4 cxd4 13. Nxd4 Bxg2 14. Rg1 Bb7 15. Bxh5 $16 {1-0 Korchnoi,V-Tseitlin,M/
Beer Sheva ISR 2004/The Week in Chess 494 (27)}) 10... Nc6 11. h3 {[%csl Yg4]
Preventing Bg4, while this was necessary to hurry up with the development.} (
11. Be3 Bf5 $1 {with the idea} 12. Bxc5 Nf4) 11... Ng7 $1 {[%cal Gg7f5,Gg7e6]
Right time to transfer black night to better outpost-f5 or e6.} 12. Bh6 (12.
Ne4 Ne6 13. Be3 Bg7 14. Nxc5 Nxe5 $15 {black is better here.}) 12... Ne6 13.
Bxf8 Kxf8 {[%cal Yf8g7] King will take g7 spot;} 14. Qe3 Ncd4 15. Rc1 (15. Qh6+
Kg8 16. Nxd4 Nxd4 17. Rc1 Bc6 {and the white queen is simply misplaced on h6.})
15... Bc6 16. Ng5 $2 {[%csl Re1,Rf1,Rh1][%cal Gc6g2] White forgets to develop,
also it opens the diagonal for Bc6.} (16. Be2 Kg7 17. O-O Rc8 $15) 16... Kg7
17. Nxe6+ Nxe6 18. Rg1 {[%cal Yg1g2,Yf1e2] Looks ugly, but can you suggest any
better?} Rc8 $2 {Missing the strongest:} (18... Qa5 19. Be2 b4 20. Ne4 Bxe4 21.
Qxe4 Qxa2 $19 {[%csl Rb2]}) 19. Be2 Qd4 20. Bg4 Nf4 $1 {[%cal Gf4d3] Otherwise
white is fine.} 21. Qxd4 (21. Bxc8 Nxd3+ 22. Ke2 Nxc1+ 23. Rxc1 Rxc8 24. Qxd4
cxd4 25. Ne4 (25. Nd5 e6 26. Nf6 Bf3+ $19 {[%csl Rc1]})) 21... cxd4 22. Bxc8
Nxd3+ (22... dxc3 23. Rxc3 Rxc8 24. Kd2 {and white survives here, while black
is probably better here too.}) 23. Kd2 Nxc1 24. Bg4 (24. Bxa6 dxc3+ 25. Kxc1
Ra8 {[%csl Ra6] and the Ba6 is trapped!}) 24... dxc3+ 25. Kxc1 cxb2+ 26. Kxb2
Rd8 $19 {[%csl Rg2][%cal Gd8d2] Black is up a pawn, also the Rg1 is stuck
there to guard g2 pawn, but some technique is reqiured to convert the
advantage to a win.} 27. Kc3 Rd5 {[%csl Re5][%cal Gd5c5] attacking white's
weaknesses, black activates the rook.} 28. f4 Rc5+ 29. Kb2 Be4 {[%csl Rg2]
[%cal Rc5c2] The Rc2 is coming.} 30. Bd1 Rd5 {[%cal Gd5d2] Intending Rd2.} 31.
Kc1 Rd3 {[%csl Rg2][%cal Rd3g3] Rg3 is a threat now.} 32. g3 Bd5 {[%csl Ra2,
Rg3] Not giving white any break!} 33. Bc2 Rf3 {Two weaknesses: g3 and a2.} ({
worse is} 33... Ra3 34. Bb1 Bxa2 $4 35. Kb2 {[%csl Ra2,Ra3]}) 34. Bb1 b4 $1 {
[%csl Ra2][%cal Rf3f2] Fixing the white pawn on a2; Black easily wins by
advancing the queenside pawns; Black wins it here even w/o the king.} 35. Kb2
Rf2+ 36. Ka1 a5 37. Rd1 e6 38. Rd4 Rf3 39. Rd3 Rf1 {[%cal Rf1a1,Rd5e4] Be4 or
Rxb1 then Be4 are threats now.} 40. Re3 a4 41. h4 a3 {Playing for zugwang -
Bb1 and Ka1 can't move now.} 42. Re2 h5 {Zugzwang is close...} 43. Re3 Bc4 {
Plain zugzwang! All white's moves lose!} 44. Re4 Rxb1+ {[%cal Rc4d3] and Bd3+
then.} 0-1

[Event "Montreal 6th"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2005.08.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Huzman, Alexander"]
[Black "Tyomkin, Dimitri"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2577"]
[BlackElo "2467"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2005.08.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 109"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Rb1 Nc6 {
Sutovsky's variation;} 8. h4 {Perhaps, the most annoying move for Black - a
smart opening preparation by GM Huzman.} h5 {A strategical blunder! 8...h6 is
better from strategical point of view not weakening any squares.} (8... h6 9.
Nf3 (9. c4 O-O 10. d3 e5 11. Nh3 Qd6 12. Qa4 Nd4 $15 {1/2-1/2 Bykhovsky,
A-Khmelniker,I/Givataim ISR 2005/The Week in Chess 542 (49)}) (9. d4 O-O 10. f4
$5 {[%cal Gh4h5]} h5 11. Nf3 Qd5 12. O-O Qxa2 13. Rb3 Qa4 14. Ne5 Nxe5 15. fxe5
Rd8 (15... c6 $142 16. Bg5 f6) 16. Bg5 Bxe5 17. Bxe7 Re8 18. Bg5 Bxg3 19. c4
$132 {1/2-1/2 Cvetkovic,S-Nikolic,Z/Vrnjacka Banja 1989/CBM 013 (27)}) 9... O-O
10. O-O b6 11. h5 gxh5 12. Rb5 Bg4 13. Nh2 Qd7 14. Nxg4 hxg4 15. Qa4 $44 {
0-1 Rasmussen,K-Mikhalevski,V/Saint Vincent 2000/CBM 078 (44)}) (8... Qd6 9.
Nf3 (9. h5 $5) 9... b6 10. Qa4 Bd7 11. Qc2 Rd8 12. d3 (12. h5 $142) 12... Qc5
13. Bb2 Be6 14. O-O O-O 15. Rfc1 h6 (15... Bxa2 16. Ra1 Be6 17. Ba3 Qf5 18. Ng5
$36) 16. a4 Bg4 17. Qb3 Ne5 $2 (17... Qd6 $142) 18. Ba3 $16 {1-0 Bischoff,
K-Sutovsky,E/Ohrid 2001/CBM 084 (93)}) 9. Nh3 {[%cal Gh3g5,Gh3f4] A very
logical move - White intends to exploit the weak spots created by h5;} (9. c4
O-O 10. d3 Nd4 (10... e5 $5) 11. e3 Nf5 12. Bb2 e5 13. Nf3 c6 14. O-O Qc7 15.
Qc2 $14 {1-0 Agdestein,S-Mikhalevski,V/Port Erin 2003/CBM 096 ext (39)}) 9...
Qd7 {intending b6 and Bb7 then;} (9... O-O 10. Ba3 Ne5 11. d3 c6 12. Ng5 Qc7
13. O-O $14 b6 14. Qb3 Ba6 15. c4 (15. Be4 $5 {[%cal Gf2f4,Re4g6]}) 15... Rab8
16. Bb2 $14 {1/2-1/2 Lobron,E-Mikhalevski,V/Internet 2001/EXT 2003 (49)}) 10.
Qa4 $1 {This move simply prevents the above mentioned plan of Black;} Nd8 11.
Qxd7+ {One more strategical blunder in this game. In post factum analysis
Alexander was critisizing himself for this decision, as well as for his 13th
move... The ending is definitely better for Black, while Black would suffer
much more in the middlegame!} (11. Qa3 O-O 12. O-O $14 e5 13. Ng5 {[%cal Gd2d3,
Gg5e4] and Black can hardly move here;}) 11... Bxd7 12. Nf4 c6 13. Ba3 {
13.a4 would tie Black's pieces to the weak pawns on the queenside, while in
the game Black manages to release the pieces;} (13. a4 $1 O-O (13... b6 14. a5
b5 15. Nd3 {[%cal Gd3c5]}) 14. a5 $14) 13... b6 14. O-O Rc8 15. d4 Ne6 16. Nd3
Nc7 {[%cal Gc7b5,Gb5d6]} 17. Rfc1 Nb5 18. Bb4 {A tricky move which sets a
strategical trap!} (18. Bb2 Be6 $1 {[%csl Gc4][%cal Gb5d6]}) 18... Nd6 $1 {
This knight does all the job for Black!} (18... a5 19. a4 axb4 20. axb5 bxc3
21. bxc6 Bxc6 22. Rxc3 Kd7 23. Bh3+ {with a better ending, but Black can
survive here too;}) 19. c4 {GM Huzman sacrifices a pawn playing hard for a
win! In the other cases White is not better at all;} Bxd4 20. c5 Nf5 21. cxb6 (
21. e3 Nxe3 22. fxe3 Bxe3+ 23. Kf1 Bxc1 24. Rxc1 f6 $17) 21... axb6 22. Kf1 O-O
(22... f6 23. Bc3 b5 24. Bxd4 Nxd4 25. Nc5 $44) 23. e3 $2 {It was not too late
to force a draw by 23.Bc3 move.} (23. Bc3 $1 Bxc3 24. Rxc3 b5 25. Nc5 (25. Ne5
Rfd8 $11) 25... Rfd8 26. Nb7 (26. Nxd7 Rxd7 27. Rxc6 Rcd8 28. e3 Nd6 $11) 26...
Rf8 27. Nc5 $11) 23... Bxe3 $1 {Now White is in trouble;} 24. fxe3 Nxe3+ 25.
Kf2 Nxg2 (25... Ng4+ $6 26. Ke2 Bf5 27. Rb2 {[%cal Gd3f2]}) 26. Ne5 (26. Kxg2
Bf5 27. Rb3 c5 28. Nxc5 bxc5 $17) 26... Bf5 27. Rb3 {Black has three extra
pawns but the Ng2 has no way back...} c5 (27... Be4 $6 28. Nd7 $132) 28. Ba3
Be4 29. Rxb6 Rfd8 30. Rb2 Rd5 (30... f6 31. Nxg6 $1) 31. Nc4 Rcd8 $2 {This
"logical" move blows all the advantage! This is necessary to tie White's rooks
to his tactical weaknesses on the a-file, and then Black can release his lost
knight;} (31... Ra8 $1 32. Rc3 Rf5+ 33. Kg1 Ne1 $1 $19 {No white rook on the
first rank anymore! Black is two pawns up and has excellent winning chances
here, for example:} 34. Nd2 Bc6 35. Bxc5 Rxc5 $1 36. Rxc5 Nd3 37. Rxc6 Nxb2 $19
) 32. Re2 Rf5+ (32... Bd3 33. Rxe7 Bxc4 34. Rxc4 Rd2+ 35. Re2 Rxe2+ 36. Kxe2
Re8+ 37. Kd2 Ne3 38. Rc3 Nf1+ 39. Kd1 $13 {and this ending is double-edged;})
33. Kg1 Bf3 34. Rxe7 g5 35. Re5 $1 {the simpliest way for a draw;} (35. hxg5 $6
Rxg5 $15) 35... Rd5 36. Rxf5 Rxf5 37. Nd2 Bd5 38. hxg5 Rxg5 39. Kf2 h4 40. gxh4
Nxh4 41. Bxc5 Rg2+ 42. Ke1 (42. Ke3 Nf5+ 43. Kf4 $11) 42... Bxa2 {There is no
way for Black to win here so I just gave a respect to my ex-coach offering him
a draw.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 21st"]
[Site "Saint Vincent"]
[Date "2005.09.21"]
[Round "4.6"]
[White "Horvath, Gyula"]
[Black "Tyomkin, Dimitri"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2428"]
[BlackElo "2467"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2005.09.18"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Zalaegerszeg"]
[BlackTeam "Ashdod"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "HUN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISR"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qh4 Nf6 7. d4 {
White has a large choice here. 7.g3 looks harmless for black, perhaps 7.e4 is
the toughest. More than 20 years ago, Garry K tried 7.e4 and won a nice game
with it.} (7. e4 Bg4 8. Ne5 $1 Be6 9. f4 Bg7 10. Qf2 $1 O-O 11. d4 $14 Nc6 12.
Nxc6 bxc6 13. h3 Qb8 14. Bd3 Rd8 15. Be3 Qb4 16. O-O Rab8 17. Rab1 Ne8 18. e5
$1 f5 19. Rfc1 Bf8 20. b3 Ng7 21. Na4 Bd5 22. Nc5 Qb6 23. b4 e6 24. Na6 Rbc8
25. a4 Qb7 26. Qf1 $16 {1-0 Kasparov,G-Popovic,P/Belgrade 1989/CBM 016/[Ribli]
(39)}) 7... Bg4 8. Bg5 Bxf3 9. gxf3 {Right approach. In case of 9.exf3 white
can only hope for very slight advantage.} (9. exf3 Bg7 10. Bc4 h6 11. Be3 Nbd7
(11... c6 12. O-O Nd5 13. Rfe1 e6 14. Qh3 Nxe3 15. fxe3 O-O 16. Rad1 $14 {
1/2-1/2 Ribli,Z-Popovic,P/Subotica 1987/CBM 003 (81)}) 12. d5 (12. O-O Nb6 13.
Bb3 $14) 12... Nb6 13. Bb5+ Kf8 14. Bxb6 axb6 15. Rd1 Ne8 16. Bxe8 Qxe8 17. O-O
Qd7 18. Rfe1 Bf6 19. Qc4 Kg7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Vaganian,R-Sokolov,I/Wijk aan Zee
1989/CBM 011 (52)}) 9... Bg7 10. O-O-O ({After 10.Rd1, the scenario is
different} 10. Rd1 Nc6 11. d5 Ne5 12. Qa4+ Ned7 13. e4 O-O {Black's position
is passive but playable.}) 10... h6 11. Bxf6 $1 {After this trade black has
difficulties to get counterplay.} Bxf6 12. Qe4 c6 13. e3 Nd7 14. Kb1 $1 $146 {
Definitely better than the previously played 14.f4, but actually, both moves
are part of the same plan.} (14. f4 Qa5 15. Kb1 (15. Bh3) 15... e6 16. Qc2 Be7
17. Bg2 Qc7 18. Ne4 Nf6 19. Nc5 Nd5 20. Bxd5 exd5 21. Nd3 O-O-O 22. Ne5 Bd6 23.
Rd3 Kb8 24. Rb3 Ka8 25. Nf3 g5 26. f5 Qc8 {0-1 Nikcevic,N-Popovic,P/Budva 2002/
EXT 2003}) 14... Qa5 15. Bh3 Nb6 (15... e6 $5 16. Bxe6 fxe6 17. Qxe6+ Kd8 18.
e4 {It's not an easy task to give some evaluation here, but I prefer white
here anyhow.}) (15... O-O-O 16. d5 $5) 16. f4 Nd5 17. Rc1 Nxc3+ 18. Rxc3 Qd5 {
I just preffered a worse ending to a worse middlegame.} 19. Qxd5 {My opponent
was delighted to trade queens, perhaps considering that ending as winning for
white.} cxd5 20. Bc8 $6 {First unaccuracy in this ending. 20.Rc7 Rb8 21.Bc8
transposes to the game, while black doesn't have 20...b6 in case of 20.Rc7;} (
20. Rc7 $1 Rb8 (20... b6 21. Bd7+ Kf8 (21... Kd8 22. Rhc1 $18) 22. Bc6 $18) 21.
Bc8 {- transforms to game line;}) 20... Rb8 $6 {Missing a better chance...} (
20... b6 $142 21. Bb7 Rd8 22. Rc7 Kf8 23. Bc6 Bh4 24. Rf1 Rd6 $132) 21. Rhc1 $6
(21. Rc7 $142 Bh4 22. Rf1 {and black is tied down in defence.}) 21... O-O (
21... b6 22. Rc7 a5 23. Bd7+ Kf8 $11) 22. Rc7 Bh4 $1 {That was my big hope
while offering the queen's trade - the broken pawn chain of white on the
kingside gives black an excellent counterplay!} 23. Bxb7 (23. f3 Bf2 24. R1c3
Be1 (24... Bxe3 25. Rxe3 Rfxc8 26. Rexe7 Rxc7 27. Rxc7 Kg7 28. Rd7 (28. Kc2 Kf6
29. Kd3 Ke6 30. b4 f6 $132 {[%cal Ge6f5]}) 28... Re8 29. Rxb7 {is still very
unclear, but I'm afraid that the white pawns on the queenside will be faster
in this ending.}) 25. Rc2 Ba5 26. R7c5 Bb6 27. R5c3 Ba5 $11) 23... Bxf2 24.
R1c3 e6 25. Ba6 {Not feeling the danger. White gonna be in trouble very soon!}
(25. Kc2 $1 {[%cal Gc2d3] The king is an important piece in the ending - all
books say so!} g5 26. Kd3 Be1 $1 {[%cal Ge1a5] perhaps equal here;}) 25... g5
26. fxg5 (26. Rd3 gxf4 27. exf4 Rb4 28. Rxa7 Rxd4 29. Rxd4 Bxd4 30. Rb7 Kg7 31.
b4 Kf6 $17) 26... hxg5 27. Rxa7 Kg7 28. h3 Rh8 29. Be2 (29. Bf1 {doesn't help
in view of} g4 $17) 29... Rxh3 (29... Kg8 $1 $17 30. Bg4 f5 31. Be2 Rxh3 $19)
30. Bg4 Rxe3 $2 {Being short of time, I couldn't calculate the forthcoming
bishop's ending properly.} (30... Rh1+ 31. Kc2 Kg6 $17 {[%cal Gh1g1,Gg5g4]} 32.
Rcc7 Bxe3 33. Rxf7 Bxd4 34. Rab7 Rxb7 35. Rxb7 Kf6 $19) 31. Rxe3 Bxe3 32. Bxe6
Rxb2+ {This combo doesn't win, but black doesn't have much choice.} (32... Rf8
33. Bxd5 Kg6 34. a4 (34. Rd7 f5) 34... f5 35. a5 g4 36. Rd7 f4 (36... Bxd4 37.
a6 Be3 38. a7 Bxa7 39. Rxa7 f4 40. Kc2 f3 41. Ra8 Rf4 $11) 37. a6 f3 38. a7 f2
39. Bg2 f1=Q+ 40. Bxf1 Rxf1+ 41. Kc2 Ra1 42. Kd3 $11) 33. Kxb2 Bxd4+ 34. Kc2
Bxa7 35. Bxd5 f5 36. Kd1 Kf6 37. Ke2 g4 38. Kf1 f4 39. Kg2 {[%mdl 4096] White
is right in time to bring the king to g2. Without pawn a2 on the board, this
ending would be lost for white. The winning plan is to bring the B to h4, and
then the black king goes to e3. The pawn a2 ties the bishop to the g1-a7
diagonal, so there is no time to bring it to h4. By the way, that ending would
be still a draw, if the white bishop reached e2 or d1. Kg2+Be2 is the only
drawish setup. Ke2+Bg2 loses- black brings the king to g3.} Bb6 40. Bc6 Ba5 41.
Kf2 Kf5 42. a4 Kg5 43. Bb7 Kh4 44. Kg2 Kh5 45. Kf2 Kg6 46. Bc6 Kf6 47. Bb7 Bb6+
48. Kg2 Bc7 49. Kf2 Bd8 50. Bc6 Ke6 51. Bb7 Bh4+ 52. Ke2 Kd7 53. a5 Kc7 54. Be4
Kb8 55. Bf5 f3+ {My opponent didn't behave properly in this game, that's why I
decided to continue even in a dead draw position.} 56. Ke3 Bg5+ 57. Kf2 Bh4+
58. Ke3 f2 59. Ke2 g3 60. Kf1 Bd8 61. a6 Ka7 62. Bd3 Bc7 63. Kg2 Bb8 64. Bf1
Kb6 65. Be2 Kc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 54th"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "2001.05.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Volzhin, Alexander"]
[Black "Baikov, Vladimir A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2528"]
[BlackElo "2431"]
[Annotator "Volzhin,A"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2001.04.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qc2 $5 {A relatively
rare line.} (6. Qh4 {is common nowadays.}) 6... Nb6 7. d4 Bg7 8. e4 O-O 9. Be3
{A typical Gruenfeld position has arisen. Now Black has to choose how to
attack White's centre.} Nc6 {In my opinion, the best.} (9... Bg4 $6 {is weaker:
} 10. Ne5 Be6 (10... Bc8 11. Rd1 c6 12. Be2 Be6 13. O-O N8d7 14. f4 f6 15. Nf3
$16 {is clearly better for White, Liebert,H-Lengyel,L/Lublin 1974}) 11. Rd1
N8d7 12. Nf3 Bg4 13. Be2 Bxf3 14. gxf3 e6 15. h4 h5 16. Bg5 Qe8 17. Nb5 Rc8 18.
Nxa7 Ra8 19. Nb5 Rxa2 20. Qb3 Ra5 21. Nxc7 Qb8 22. Nb5 $16 {Piket,J-Avrukh,B/
Biel 1999}) 10. d5 {Besides the text there are two other interesting
possibilities:} (10. O-O-O $5 Bg4 11. d5 Ne5 12. Be2 Nbc4 13. Bd4 $14) (10. Rd1
$5 Bg4 11. d5 Ne5 12. Be2 Bxf3 13. gxf3 Nec4 14. Bc1 Qd6 15. f4 e5 16. dxe6
Qxe6 17. O-O Nd6 18. Bf3 c6 19. Rfe1 Rad8 20. b3 $14 {Bratanov,Z-Grollemund,B/
St Affrique 2000}) {These lines requre further practical tests.} 10... Ne5 (
10... Na5 $2 {is weak:} 11. Rd1 Bg4 $2 12. Nb5 f5 13. b4 {1-0 Engel,K-Estrin,Y
corr 1978}) 11. Nxe5 Bxe5 12. Rd1 Qe8 (12... Qc8 $5 {deserves serious
attention. After} 13. f4 Bg7 14. Be2 c6 15. d6 exd6 16. Rxd6 Bg4 17. O-O Bxe2
18. Qxe2 Qc7 {Black equalized and after} 19. Rfd1 $2 Bxc3 20. bxc3 Nd5 $1 {
White lost material, Benko,P-Szabo,L/Hastings 1973.}) 13. Be2 c6 14. O-O cxd5
15. Nxd5 (15. exd5 $5 Rc8 16. Qd2 $14) 15... Nxd5 16. exd5 $6 ({I rejected
natural} 16. Rxd5 {in view of} Bg7 17. Rfd1 Bc6 18. R5d2 $14 {and although
White is slightly better it's not easy to make a progress. But the text allows
Black to equalize immediately.}) 16... Bb5 $6 {This is the move I hoped for.} (
{Simple} 16... Bf5 $1 17. Qb3 Qd7 $11 {secured Black comfortable equality.})
17. Bh6 Bg7 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Rfe1 $1 $16 {(Xe7)} Rd8 (19... Rc8 20. Qe4 $16)
20. Bf3 $1 Rd6 (20... Rd7 21. Qc5 a6 22. a4 $1 Bxa4 23. Qd4+ $18) 21. Qc7 Qd7
22. Rxe7 Qxc7 23. Rxc7 $18 {The rest is easy.} Ba6 (23... Rb6 24. d6 $18) 24.
b4 $1 Rb6 25. Rd4 {/\a4ץa6} Bb5 $8 26. d6 Rd8 27. Rxb7 Rxb7 28. Bxb7 Kf6 29.
f4 Bd7 30. Kf2 Be6 31. a4 Bb3 32. b5 1-0

[Event "Bonn GSK"]
[Site "Bonn"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kertesz, Alfred"]
[Black "Grimm, Sascha"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2365"]
[BlackElo "2315"]
[Annotator "Von Gleich,A"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 045"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. Nf3 g6 5. Qa4+ (5. h4 {Podzielny-Grimm, 3.
Runde}) 5... Bd7 (5... Nc6 6. Ne5 Ndb4 7. a3 Bg7 8. axb4 Bxe5 9. b5 Nb8 10. e3
$14) 6. Qh4 Nxc3 7. dxc3 (7. Qd4 f6 8. Qxc3 e5 9. e3 $14) 7... Nc6 8. Qg3 f6 9.
e4 e5 10. h4 Qe7 11. h5 g5 $14 12. Be3 Nd8 13. Nd2 Ne6 14. Qf3 Bh6 15. Qd1 O-O
16. a4 Kh8 17. g3 Bc6 18. f3 Rad8 19. Qc2 Rd7 20. b4 b6 21. Nc4 Rfd8 22. Rh2
Qf7 23. Nb2 Rd6 24. Bc4 Qf8 25. g4 Nf4 {[#]} 26. Rd2 Rxd2 27. Bxd2 f5 28. gxf5
g4 29. Bxf4 Bxf4 30. Rd1 (30. fxg4 Rd2 31. Qb1 Qf6 $19) 30... gxf3 31. Bd5 Qg7
32. Kf1 Be3 33. Qh2 Bxd5 34. Rxd5 Rg8 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.20"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Wei, Yi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[Annotator "Wagner,D"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{In Round 4 of the Fide World Cup in Baku a highly interesting encounter took
place, as the two most promising players in China, who fared really well in
this event, were paired against each other.} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 (2... c5 $5 {
is a sound additional line to the Grünfeld.}) 3. Nc3 d5 {Most of the
Grünfeld adherents have adopted 2...c5 as a counter to 1.Nf3, but Wei Yi is
faithful to the more principled but also more risky Anti-Grünfeld, which can
be seen often in his games.} 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. h4 {A trendy line that already
featured in some of Wei Yi's games.} (5. Qb3 {is the main alternative.}) 5...
Bg7 6. h5 {A rather uncommon opening concept. White achieves a huge space
advantage on the kingside but on the other hand fails to develop his pieces at
the same time.} Nc6 7. g3 Bg4 8. h6 Bxc3 (8... Bf6 {is the main alternative.}
9. Bg2 O-O 10. O-O {White is relying on his extra pawn in the centre and space
advantage on the kingside, with decent chances for a slight edge.} Bxf3 (10...
Re8 11. Ne4 Bh8 12. d3 Nd4 13. Nxd4 Bxd4 14. Qa4 Nb6 15. Qc2 c6 16. Re1 Nd5 17.
Bd2 Qb6 18. e3 Bh8 19. Rab1 $14 {1-0 (41) Tomashevsky,E (2758)-Navara,D (2734)
Berlin 2015}) 11. Bxf3 e6 12. Bg2 Qd7 13. Ne4 Be7 14. d3 Rad8 15. Bd2 Nd4 16.
Rc1 b6 17. Ng5 c5 18. Nf3 Bf6 $11 {1/2 (75) -1/2 (75) Cori Tello,J (2612)-Wei,
Y (2641) Pune 2014}) 9. dxc3 Qd6 10. Bg2 ({The alternative} 10. Ng5 $5 f6 11.
Bg2 Nb6 (11... Rd8 12. Ne4 Qe5 13. Qb3 $14) 12. Ne4 Qxd1+ 13. Kxd1 O-O-O+ 14.
Ke1 {leads to a highly interesting endgame. Thanks to his advanced h-pawn and
the bishop pair White seems to have some chances for a slight edge.} Nd7 15. b3
$14) 10... O-O-O 11. Ng5 $1 {White is still behind in development but anyway
he starts concrete operations leading to a highly complicated situation.} (11.
Qa4 {soon led to a huge advantage for the young Chinese prodigy in a recent
game.} Qe6 12. O-O f6 13. Qc4 Bh3 $17 {1/2 (31)-1/2 (31) Wang,Y (2721)-Wei,Y 
(2725) Zaozhuang 2015}) 11... Ne5 12. Qa4 Nb6 {This leads by force to an
endgame where White is holding the initiative.} (12... Kb8 $2 13. Qe4 $1 (13.
Nxf7 $2 Nxf7 14. Qxg4 Nxc3 $1) 13... Bc8 14. Qxd5 Qxd5 15. Bxd5 Rxd5 16. Bf4
$14) ({After} 12... f6 $5 {Black might have less problems to solve.} 13. Nf7
Nxf7 14. Qxg4+ Kb8 15. Qa4 e5 {leads to another double-edged situation with
chances for both sides.}) 13. Qd4 {forcing the exchange of queens, but the
character of the game still remains extremely forcing and complicated.} f6 (
13... Qxd4 14. cxd4 Rxd4 15. b3 $1 {White will get a strong inititative on the
long diagonal.} (15. f4 f6 16. fxe5 fxg5 17. Bxg5 Be6 18. Bxe7 Re8 19. Bf6 Nd7
$11) 15... Rdd8 16. f3 f6 17. fxg4 fxg5 18. Bxg5 Nd5 (18... Nxg4 $2 19. Bh3 $18
) 19. O-O $14) 14. Bf4 $1 {An energetic counter-attacking developing move! Now
unclear complications arise which should lead to a balanced position if both
sides act accurately.} Qxd4 15. cxd4 Nc6 (15... Rxd4 16. Bxe5 fxe5 17. b3 $14 {
leaves Black with a horribly compromised structure.}) 16. Nf7 Nxd4 17. Rc1 e5
18. Rh4 $1 {A pretty way of activating the last piece.} (18. Nxh8 exf4 19. Nxg6
hxg6 20. Rh4 f3 21. exf3 Nxf3+ 22. Bxf3 Bxf3 23. Rf4 Bd5 24. Rxf6 Nd7 25. Rxg6
Ne5 26. Rg7 Nd3+ 27. Kd2 Nxc1 28. Kxc1 Bxa2 $11) 18... exf4 $2 (18... Bxe2 $1 {
was the way of maintaining the balance, based on concrete variations.} 19. Nxh8
(19. Bxe5 fxe5 20. Nxh8 Bc4 21. Nxg6 hxg6 $15) (19. Be3 Bf3 20. Bxd4 Bxg2 21.
Bxb6 axb6 22. Ra4 Kb8 23. Nxh8 Rxh8 $11) 19... Rxh8 20. Be3 Bf3 21. Bh3+ Nf5
$11) 19. Nxd8 $2 (19. Rxg4 $1 {would have secured a huge advantage.} f3 (19...
Nxe2 20. Bxb7+ $1 {Maybe the two players did not spot this nice shot.} (20.
Kxe2 Rhe8+ 21. Kf1 Rd7) 20... Kxb7 21. Nxd8+ Rxd8 22. Kxe2 $16) 20. Bh3 $1 (20.
Bf1 Nxe2 21. Bxe2 Rhe8 22. Nxd8 Rxe2+ 23. Kf1 Kxd8 24. Rd1+ Kc8 (24... Ke7 25.
Rxg6 $1) (24... Ke8 25. Rxg6 $1) 25. Rf4 Re6 26. Rxf3 $16) 20... Nxe2 21. Nxd8
Nxc1 22. Nf7 Re8+ 23. Re4+ $18) 19... f3 $1 {Maybe Ding underestimated this
strong intermediate move.} 20. exf3 (20. Bh1 $1 {seems to be safer, althoug
it's quite counter-intuitive to place the bishop in the corner of the board.}
Rxd8 (20... Nxe2 21. Nf7 Rf8 22. Rc5 Rxf7 23. Rxg4 $14) 21. Rxg4 f5 22. Rxd4 (
22. Rh4 fxe2) 22... Rxd4 23. Bxf3 $11 {should lead to a draw in the long run.})
20... Nxf3+ 21. Bxf3 Re8+ $1 {It's important to activate the rook with check
in order to take away the important e6-square from the white knight.} (21...
Bxf3 $2 22. Ne6 $16) 22. Kd2 Bxf3 23. Nf7 Bc6 $2 {Unfortunately Wei Yi fails
to exploit a golden opportunity to seize the initiative.} (23... Re2+ $1 {
would have been strong, luring the white king to an unfortunate square.} 24.
Kd3 (24. Kc3 Re7) 24... Re7 25. Nd6+ (25. Nh8 g5 26. Rd4 Nd5) 25... Kd8 26. Rf4
(26. Nc4 Be2+ $19) 26... Be2+ {Now the black bishop can escape with check!} 27.
Kd4 Rd7 28. Rxf6 Rxd6+ 29. Rxd6+ cxd6 $17) (23... Re7 24. Nd6+ Kd8 25. Rf4 $16)
24. b4 $5 {I really like this energetic idea to create some threats on the
queenside.} a6 (24... Kd7 $1 {was the best reaction, but the text move seems
too natural to reject it. But if you are aware of White's strong response, it
becomes clear that it would be more appropriate not to insert a6.} 25. Rf4 (25.
Rd4+ Bd5 26. a4 c6 $17) 25... Nd5 26. Rd4 b6 27. b5 Bb7 $15) 25. a4 $1 {
Increasing the tension even further...} Nxa4 $2 {It's too risky to
decentralise the knight in this fashion, but Ding fails to exploit this:} (
25... Re7 $1 {would have maintained the balance.} 26. Nd6+ cxd6 27. b5 Kc7 28.
bxc6 bxc6 29. Re1 Rxe1 30. Kxe1 Nd5 $11) (25... Kd7 $2 {is not possible
anymore.} 26. Rd4+ Bd5 27. a5 $18) 26. Re1 $2 {Now Ding Liren misses a big
chance. The posititon is so complicated that it's impossible for both players
to avoid serious mistakes.} (26. Rf4 $1 Nb6 (26... f5 27. Rd4 Nb6 28. Re1 $18)
27. Rxf6 Nd5 28. Rxg6 $3 {The main point, that was probably missed by both
players.} hxg6 29. h7 $16 {White will emerge an exchange up with decent
winning chances.}) 26... Nb6 27. Rg4 $6 (27. Rd4 Rf8 28. Re7 Bd5 29. Nd6+ cxd6
30. Rxh7 Rg8 31. Kd3 Kd8 $14 {Objectively the position should be in some kind
of balance but it's definitely easier to play with White since Black has to be
constantly aware of tactics connected with the white h-passed pawn.}) 27... Rg8
$6 (27... Rf8 $1 28. Re7 Nd5 $1 (28... Bd5 29. Nd6+ cxd6 30. Rxh7 Rg8 31. Rf4
f5 32. Rd4 g5) 29. Nd6+ cxd6 30. Rxh7 Nc7 $1 {The black rook is better placed
on f8 than on g8, because Rg7 doesn't win an important tempo now!} 31. Rg7 (31.
Rxg6 Be4 $19) 31... Ne8 32. h7 Nxg7 33. Rxg6 Rh8 34. Rxg7 Bd5 35. Kc3 Kd8 36.
Kd4 Be6 37. f3 Ke8 38. Rxb7 Kf8 39. g4 Bf7 40. Rb6 Rxh7 41. Rxd6 Ke7 42. Rxa6
Be6 43. Kc5 $11 {This position should liquidate into a draw.}) 28. Re7 Nd5 (
28... Kb8 29. Ng5 $1 {is similar}) 29. Nd6+ $1 {The h7-pawn is much more
important than the immobile knight on d6!} cxd6 30. Rxh7 {Like in most
complicated posititons in chess the computer evaluates it 0.00 after dozens of
moves. Still in a practical game it seems like Black has more problems to
solve than White, so I would tend to evaluate this constellation as +=} g5 31.
Re4 Rg6 $2 {It's not easy to decide how to arrange the pieces, but this
construction with the rook on g6 is definietly a step in the wrong direction.}
(31... f5 $5 32. Re6 Nc7 33. Rxd6 Ne8 34. Re6 Kd8 35. Ree7 f4 36. gxf4 gxf4 37.
Rhf7 Rh8 38. h7 Nf6 $11) (31... Nc7 $5 {Also it looks kind of passive it seems
necessary to redeploy the knight in order to arrange a fortress.} 32. Ree7 Ne8
33. Kd3 Kd8 34. Rhf7 Bd5 35. Rh7 Bc6 $11) 32. Re6 $1 {After this exact rook
move Black has difficult problems. But with precise moves he should still hold
his position together.} g4 $6 {It was necessary to improve the position of the
king. Strangely enough, its movement in both directions was still enough to
save the game.} (32... Kd8 $1 33. Rxd6+ Ke8 34. Rh8+ Kf7 35. Rdd8 Ke6 36. Rdg8
Kf7 37. Rb8 Ke6 38. b5 axb5 39. Rhe8+ Bxe8 40. Rxe8+ Kf5 41. h7 Rh6 42. h8=Q
Rxh8 43. Rxh8 Ke4 $11) (32... Kb8 $1 33. Rxd6 Nxb4 34. Rh8+ Ka7 35. h7 Rh6 36.
Rxf6 Rh2 (36... Rxf6 37. Ra8+ Kxa8 38. h8=Q+ $18) 37. Rg6 (37. Rf7 Be4) 37...
Be4 38. Rxg5 Rxh7 39. Rxh7 Bxh7 40. Kc3 Nd3 41. Rg7 Nxf2 42. Rxh7 Ne4+ 43. Kd3
Nxg3 {Amazingly the knight cannot be won quickly enough in this situation.} 44.
Rf7 a5 $11) (32... Nxb4 33. Ree7 $1 Rg8 34. Ref7 Bd5 35. Rxf6 $14) 33. Rxd6
Nxb4 $2 {Only this move seems to be the decisive mistake! It was still
necessary to evacuate the king, while the important knight, which cages the
rook in on d6, had to be kept in the centre.} (33... Kb8 $1 34. Rd8+ (34. Rh8+
Ka7 35. h7 Rh6 36. Rdd8 Rh2 $11) 34... Ka7 35. Rdh8 f5 $1 {clearing the 6th
rank for the rook.} 36. Rg7 Rd6 37. h7 Nf6+ 38. Kc3 Nxh7 39. Rgxh7 Be4 $11) 34.
Rh8+ Kc7 35. Rd4 $1 {Now it's all over, because both of White's rooks are
active.} Nd5 (35... a5 36. h7 Rh6 37. Rxg4 Kb6 38. Rg7 Be4 39. Re7 Rxh7 40.
Rexh7 Bxh7 41. Rxh7 $18) 36. h7 Rh6 37. Rxg4 Ne7 38. Rg7 Kd7 39. Rf8 {A really
complicated and nerve-racking game!} 1-0

[Event "Kharkov Rector Cup 3rd"]
[Site "Kharkov"]
[Date "2001.04.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Black "Turov, Maxim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2558"]
[BlackElo "2553"]
[Annotator "Wells,P"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2001.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 {Atlas,V} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. h4 Bg7 6. h5 Nxc3 7.
bxc3 Nd7 8. e4 e5 9. Ba3 Nb6 10. Be2 Bg4 11. h6 Bf6 12. O-O Be7 13. Bc1 Bf6 14.
Ba3 Be7 15. Bb2 $5 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 Qd3 {[%csl Rb2,Rd2][%cal Ge8c8,Ga8d8,Gd8d3]
Both defensive and offensive, and apparently rather promising. Black has hopes
of play on the d-file, while at the same time holding upwhite's play and
leaving the bishop pair a rather unconvincing sight.} 17. Be2 $1 Qxe4 18. Bf3
Qc4 ({Black probably did not like the inconvenience involved in} 18... Qd3 $5
19. Bxb7 Rd8 20. Bc6+ (20. Re1 $5) 20... Kf8 $13 {but in retrospect it was
well worth considering.}) 19. d3 $1 {Of course!! White has sufficient
confidence in his pawn sacrifice to continue improving his pieces rather than
rushing to reestablish material parity.} Qe6 20. c4 $1 {[%mdl 2048]} O-O 21.
Re1 f6 22. a4 $1 {Impressively, not only have white's two bishops been
trasformed by the sac, but black's once proud knight now starts to look like a
problem piece.} c6 23. a5 Nd7 24. a6 $1 {[%cal Gf3b7]} b6 25. d4 $1 {White
pursues the initiative with a refreshing energy.} Rfd8 26. d5 Qd6 27. dxc6 Nc5
28. Bd5+ Kh8 29. Qf3 Rf8 30. Re2 Qc7 31. Qg3 Bd6 32. Rae1 Rae8 33. f4 Ne6 34.
Kh1 Rf7 35. fxe5 Bc5 36. Rd1 f5 37. Red2 Kg8 38. Qh4 Be7 39. Qg3 Bb4 40. Rf2
Qe7 41. Rf3 Bc5 42. Bc1 Kf8 43. Rdf1 Qc7 44. Bg5 Nxg5 45. Qxg5 Rxe5 46. Bxf7
Kxf7 {'?' Atlas,V.} ({More stubborn was} 46... Be7 {Atlas,V , although after}
47. Qg3 Kxf7 48. Rxf5+ gxf5 49. Rxf5+ $140 Ke6 (49... Rxf5 {Atlas,V} 50. Qxc7
Rh5+ 51. Kg1 $18) 50. Rxe5+ Qxe5 51. Qxe5+ Kxe5 52. c7 {White is winning.}) 47.
Rxf5+ {and, which must have given him particular pleasure, white succeeds in
making use of the position of the pawn on h6 too!} 1-0

[Event "Candidates FIDE m5"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Yudasin, Leonid"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Wolff,P"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1994.01.16"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 039"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 {Ribli} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qh4 Nxc3 7.
dxc3 (7. Qd4 f6 8. Qxc3 e5 $1 {This is the Big Novelty of this system, which
has revived interest in it as a way for Gruefeld players to meet the English
Opening.} 9. Nxe5 (9. e3 Nc6 $10 {Novik}) 9... fxe5 10. Qxe5+ Qe7 11. Qxh8 Nc6
$44 12. Qc3 (12. g3 O-O-O 13. Bg2 Nd4 14. O-O Bg7 15. Qxh7 Rh8 16. Qxg6 Bf5 $17
{Novik}) (12. e3 O-O-O 13. Be2 Bg7 14. Qxh7 Qf6 $1 $17 {Novik}) (12. b3 Nb4 $1
13. Kd1 (13. e3 Nc2+ 14. Kd1 Nxa1 15. Qxa1 O-O-O $44) 13... O-O-O 14. Ba3 (14.
Bb2 Bh6 15. Qe5 Bg4 $1 16. f4 Qd7 $17) 14... a5 $1 $44 {Novik}) 12... O-O-O 13.
e3 (13. g3 Bg7 14. Qe3 Qd6 15. Bg2 Nd4 16. O-O Re8 17. Qg5 Re5 $17 {Novik})
13... Bg7 14. Qc4 $2 (14. Qc2 $2 Nb4 15. Qb3 Bf5 16. d3 Qc5 $17) (14. Qb3 $1 $8
Nd4 15. Qd1 Bf5 $1 16. d3 Qb4+ 17. Bd2 Qxb2 18. exd4 Re8+ 19. Be2 Bxd3 20. Be3
(20. O-O Bxe2 21. Qc1 Qxd4 $17) 20... Bxe2 21. Qb1 (21. Qc1 Qb5 $1) 21... Qxb1+
22. Rxb1 Bc4 $44 {Novik}) 14... Nd4 $1 15. Be2 b5 $1 16. Qc3 Nxe2 17. Qa5 Nf4
18. O-O {Belov-Novik, Rostov na Donu open} Nxg2 $1 19. Qa6+ Kb8 20. Kxg2 Qg5+
21. Kh1 Bh3 22. Rg1 Qd5+ {Novik}) (7. Qd4 $5 $14 {Ribli}) 7... Nc6 8. e4 e5 9.
Bg5 (9. Qxd8+ Rxd8 10. Be3 f6 11. Bc4 Na5 $1 12. Be2 Be6 13. Nd2 b6 $10 14. b4
Nb7 15. f3 h5 16. a3 Bh6 17. Bxh6 {1/2-1/2, Kramnik,V-Yudasin,L Wijk aan Zee 
(2) 1994}) 9... Be7 10. Bc4 (10. Qh6 Bxg5 11. Nxg5 Qe7 $1 12. Bc4 (12. Qg7
O-O-O $1 13. h4 h6 14. Nxf7 Rdf8 15. Bc4 Be8 $19) 12... f6 $1 13. Nf3 (13. Bf7+
Kd8 14. Qg7 Rf8 $19) (13. Nf7 Rf8 14. Qxh7 Rxf7 $17) 13... O-O-O 14. Qe3 {
1/2-1/2, Korchnoi,V-Chiburdanidze,M Haninge 1988}) 10... h6 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12.
O-O-O (12. Qxe7+ $5 $13 {Ribli Neverov,V-Krasenkov,M/Moscow op/1990/EXP19/})
12... Qxh4 13. Nxh4 Rd8 (13... Ke7 $2 {Ribli} 14. Bxf7 Bg4 15. f3 g5 16. Ng6+
Kxf7 17. Nxh8+ Rxh8 18. fxg4 $18) 14. Bd5 Ke7 15. Nf3 Kf6 $1 $146 16. Rd3 (16.
Rd2 $5 {Ribli}) 16... Be8 17. Rhd1 b6 18. b4 (18. Ne1 $5 {Ribli} Nb8 19. Nc2
Ke7 20. Ne3 $36) 18... Nb8 19. Kb2 Bb5 $10 20. R3d2 Ba4 21. Bb3 Rxd2+ 22. Nxd2
(22. Rxd2 $5 {Ribli}) 22... Bc6 23. f3 Rd8 24. a4 Ke7 25. Nc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Palma de Mallorca FIDE GP"]
[Site "Palma de Mallorca"]
[Date "2017.11.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[Annotator "Yermolinsky,A"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2017.11.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 {These days White is having a nice
streak of success in the Anti-Grünfeld setups.} 5. d3 ({Also, the immediate} 
5. h4 {has been seen a lot lately.}) 5... Bg7 6. Bd2 O-O 7. g3 c5 {I'm not a
big fan of this move here. For one thing, this is not a developing move. If
you look at the similar position with reversed colours, Black is doing quite
well with this ...Bd7 and ...Qc8 thing, and here with an extra tempo White can
really cause problems for the black king.} ({Both} 7... Nc6 8. Bg2 Nb6) ({and} 
7... e5 8. Bg2 Ne7 {seem more suitable to meet White's h2-h4 offensive.}) 8. h4
$1 {Officially, a novelty. I mentioned in my previous reports how Aronian's
opening preparation blends with his style of play. Levon seems to be getting
his kind of positions nearly every time he has White.} Nc6 ({Surrendering the
g5-square is unpleasant:} 8... h5 9. Bg2 Nc6 10. Ng5 Nc7 {and now White can
even try} 11. Bxc6 $5) (8... h6 {on the other hand, gives White a tempo} 9. Qc1
Kh7 10. h5 g5 11. Bg2 {and how does Black protect his c5-pawn now?}) (8... Bg4
$5 9. Bg2 Nc6 10. Qa4 Nf6 {may be Black's best option. At least, he's well
mobilised, as can be seen from a sample line} 11. Be3 Rc8 $1 12. Bxc5 Bxf3 13.
Bxf3 Ne5) 9. h5 Nxc3 ({I wonder if Black can get away with} 9... b6 10. hxg6
hxg6 11. Bg2 (11. Qa4 Nd4) 11... Bb7 12. Ne4 Nd4 13. Nxd4 cxd4 {or some such
play.}) 10. bxc3 c4 $1 {An interesting concept from Anish. Too bad he didn't
follow through on his ideas a couple of moves later.} 11. hxg6 hxg6 12. Qa4 {
Aronian is very good in setting his opponents up with positional riddles.} ({
The immediate} 12. d4 {allows Black to strike in the centre with} e5 {and
there's d4-d5 in reply to it.}) 12... Na5 $2 {That's exactly what Levon hoped
to see.} ({The principled reply} 12... cxd3 {was most likely turned down
because of} 13. Qh4 {Indeed, this had to be the idea behind White's previous
move. It takes a lot of nerve to dismiss the other guy's ideas when he happens
to be the World's #2. Still,} f6 $1 {was fully playable. Never mind the danger
to the king: we're destroying White's centre! The most direct attacking line,}
14. Bh6 (14. exd3 {meets with} Kf7 $1 {and Black is ready to counter on the
h-file, while his light-squared bishop covers the king from e6. You know what?
White may be worse here.}) 14... Qa5 15. Qc4+ Rf7 16. Bxg7 {is countered by a
nice shot} Be6 $1 ({Anyway, from the theoretical point of view even} 16... Kxg7
17. Rh7+ Kxh7 18. Qxf7+ Kh6 {is good enough, because White is forced to give a
perpetual.}) 17. Bxf6 $5 exf6 18. Qxd3 Bf5 19. Qd2 Rd8 20. Qb2 Re7 {It looks
like Black has a lot of compensation for a pawn.}) 13. d4 $1 {Now, as the
black knight has moved away from the centre, Aronian stakes his claim in the
middle of the board.} b6 14. Bg2 Bb7 15. Qc2 {If Black could only have his
c-pawn back on c5, he would have had a normal Grьnfeld. As it is, he has no
counterplay to speak of.} Qd5 16. Nh4 Qd7 17. e4 e5 18. d5 Bc8 {Giri just
cleared the b7-square for his knight, but he won't be given the time to
complete his manoeuvring.} 19. f4 $1 Qe7 (19... exf4 20. gxf4 Nb7 21. Be3 $1
Nc5 22. Bxc5 bxc5 23. Bf3 {followed by e4-e5 and, of course, Qh2 is decisive.})
({or} 19... Nb7 20. Be3 Qd6 21. Nf3 exf4 22. gxf4 Nc5 23. e5 Bf5 24. Qxf5 gxf5
25. exd6 Bxc3+ 26. Ke2 Bxa1 27. Rxa1 Rfe8 28. Ne5 $18) 20. f5 $1 {The most
energetic.} g5 21. Qd1 $3 {Levon is in the zone!} gxh4 22. Rxh4 Rd8 (22... f6
23. Qh5 Rf7 24. Qg6 {and White only needs to bring the other rook to the
h-file to force resignation.}) 23. Qh5 Kf8 (23... Qd6 24. Qh7+ Kf8 25. Bh6 Bxh6
26. Rxh6 $18) 24. Rg4 $6 {This is the one and only slip-up from Aronian in
this brilliant game.} ({The somewhat counter-intuitive} 24. Qg4 $1 {would wrap
it up soon:} Bf6 25. Rh7 Ke8 26. Bh6 Nb7 (26... Kd7 27. Qh5) 27. Qg8+ Kd7 28.
Qxf7 Qxf7 29. Rxf7+ Be7 30. f6 {etc.}) 24... Bf6 $2 {Very unfortunate.} ({
Anish had a chance to put up stiff resistance:} 24... Qd6 $1 {I can only
assume Levon planned to sacrifice more:} 25. Rxg7 Kxg7 26. Qg5+ Kf8 27. Kf2 Ke8
28. Qg7 {White's attack is formidable, but it's by no means over for Black.})
25. Bh6+ Ke8 26. Rg8+ Kd7 27. d6 1-0