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Коды ЭШД

A19 A20 A21

A22

A23 A24 A25

A22

Код энциклопедии шахматных дебютов (ЭШД)

Описание

RU: Английское начало: 1...e5 2 Кc3 Кf6
EN: English Opening: 1...e5 2 Nc3 Nf6

Ходы

1. c4 e5 2. Кc3 Кf6 3. g3 Сb4

Дебюты

Английское начало

[Event "BIH-chT"]
[Site "Neum"]
[Date "2004.06.03"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Golubovic, Boris"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2424"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2004.05.29"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BIH"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Siroki Brijeg"]
[BlackTeam "Sarajevo Bosna"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BIH"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BIH"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 Bc5 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e3 d6 6. Nge2 c6 7. d4 Bb6 8. b3
Re8 9. h3 Bf5 10. O-O Na6 11. a3 Nc7 12. Na4 Ne6 13. Kh2 Bc7 14. Bb2 h5 15. Rc1
Ng5 16. d5 Qd7 17. dxc6 bxc6 18. Ng1 Rad8 19. f4 exf4 20. exf4 Nge4 21. Nf3 c5
22. Nc3 d5 23. Nxe4 dxe4 24. Ne5 Qe6 25. Qe2 Nd7 26. Qxh5 Nxe5 27. fxe5 Bg6 28.
Qg5 Rd3 29. b4 Rb3 30. Rf2 cxb4 31. axb4 Rxb4 32. c5 Rb3 33. Re2 Qa6 34. Qg4 $2
(34. Rec2 {was to be preferred. war vorzuziehen.}) 34... Bf5 $1 {After this
move Black gets decisive advantage. Nach diesem Zug erhдlt Schwarz
entscheidenden Vorteil.} 35. Qxf5 Qxe2 36. Bd4 Rd3 37. Rf1 Rf8 (37... Rf3 {
was another winning continuation. fьhrte ebenfalls zum Sieg.}) 38. Rf2 Qd1 39.
Bxe4 g6 40. Qg5 {[%tqu "En","White seems to have sufficient compensation for
the exchange due to good attacking prospects. Yet, Black can decide the game
with a powerful blow. Can you find it?","Counterattack is the best defense!",
"Sacrifice your rook!","d3g3","After this terrific strike White is doomed.",6,
"d3d4","",0,"c7d8","",0,"De","Mit seinen Angriffsaussichten scheint WeiЯ
ausreichende Kompensation fьr die Qualitдt zu haben. Doch Schwarz kann die
Partie mit einem Kraftzug fьr sich entscheiden. Sehen Sie wie?","Gegenangriff
ist die beste Verteidigung!","Opfern Sie Ihren Turm!","d3g3","Nach diesem
kraftvollen Einschlag ist WeiЯ verloren.",6,"d3d4","",0,"c7d8","",0]} Rxg3 $1 {
[%csl Gc7,Gd1,Rd4,Re5,Rh2] The winning move. Der Gewinnzug.} (40... Rxd4 {
falls short of scheitert an} 41. Bxg6 {, and White is winning. , wonach sogar
WeiЯ gewinnt.}) (40... Bd8 {is parried by wird pariert durch} 41. Qh6) 41. Kxg3
({If Falls} 41. Qxg3 {, then , so} Qxd4 {, and wonach} 42. Bxg6 {fails to an}
Bxe5 {scheitert.}) 41... Qxd4 42. Kf3 Qxc5 43. h4 Bd8 44. Qg4 Bb6 45. Re2 Qc1
46. Rg2 Qf1+ (46... Qe3# {was more appealing. war stilgerechter.}) 47. Kg3 Bc7
48. Kh2 Re8 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-36"]
[Site "Mallorca"]
[Date "2004.10.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Johansen, Darryl Keith"]
[Black "Avrukh, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2483"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[Annotator "Avrukh,B"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[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 "Australia"]
[BlackTeam "Israel"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISR"]

1. c4 {Ribli} e5 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. g3 {Ribli: 'Dieser Zug ist ein wenig genьgsam -
die prinzipielle Fortsetzung wдre hier 3.Nd5.'} Nf6 4. Bg2 O-O 5. e4 {Ribli:
'WeiЯ verstдrkt seine Kontrolle ьber das d5-Feld und bereitet 6.Nge2 vor. Die
Hauptalternative ist 6.Nf3.'} Bxc3 6. dxc3 (6. bxc3 c6 {[%cal Gd7d5] is
another line.}) 6... Na6 $5 $146 {[%cal Ga6c5] Telling the truth I wasn't
familiar with the position which arised after 6 dxc3 and played my move after
prolonged thinking. Strangely enough my natural move appeares to be a novelty
and actually a quite interesting one. The point of my last move is, that Black
avoids White's optimal set-up, which normally happens afer the usual 6...d6.} (
6... d6 {[%cal Gb8d7]} 7. Qe2 Nbd7 8. Nf3 Nc5 9. Nd2 $13) 7. Ne2 ({Now} 7. Qe2
{is senseless, because after} Nc5 {White cannot play 8 Nf3, since the e4-pawn
is hanging.}) 7... Nc5 {[%csl Ge4]} 8. Qc2 d6 9. h3 (9. b4 {Ribli} Ncd7 $15 {
[%csl Yc4][%cal Gd7b6,Gb6c4]}) 9... a5 (9... Be6 10. b3 Qc8 (10... Nfd7 11. g4)
11. g4 $1 {[%cal Ge2g3]}) 10. O-O Be6 {'=' Ribli. Ribli: 'Schwarz hat eine
bequeme Stellung. Das weiЯe Lдuferpaar hat keine groЯe Aktivitдt, weil die
Stellung eher einen geschlossenen Charakter hat.'} (10... a4 11. Be3 Be6 12. b3
$13) 11. b3 Nfd7 {[%cal Gf7f5]} 12. f4 (12. Be3 f5 13. exf5 Bxf5 14. Qd2 Kh8 $1
$15 15. g4 $140 Be4 16. f3 Bd3 17. b4 Bxe2 18. Qxe2 Ne6 $17 {[%csl Gf4]}) (12.
g4 $142 {[%cal Ge2g3]} Qh4 $140 {[%cal Gh7h5]} 13. Ng3) 12... a4 $1 {A very
important resource. First white's rook should be distracted from the f-file. 
Ribli: 'Mit diesem Zwischenzug mцchte Schwarz die Tьrme am Damenflьgel
tauschen. '} (12... exf4 13. gxf4 (13. Nxf4 Ne5 14. Be3 $13) 13... f5 14. Nd4
fxe4 15. Nxe6 Nxe6 16. Bxe4 $14 {[%csl Gb7,Gh7]}) 13. Be3 ({Always bad is} 13.
b4 Na6 {[%csl Gc4] and the c4-pawn is falling.}) 13... axb3 14. axb3 Rxa1 15.
Rxa1 {And now it comes:} f5 $1 16. fxe5 $6 (16. exf5 Bxf5 {'=' Ribli.} 17. Qd1
{should have been played.} exf4 (17... Qe7 18. g4 exf4 19. Bxc5 Be6 {[%cal
Gf4f3] Fritz} (19... Nxc5 $140 $2 20. gxf5 Qe3+ 21. Kh1 f3 22. Qd5+ {[%csl Gf3]
}) 20. Bxd6 cxd6 21. Nd4 $16) 18. Nxf4 Qe8 19. Bd4 Be4 $11) 16... dxe5 17. exf5
Bxf5 {Now it's clear, that Black's chances are slightly preferable, due to the
passed e- pawn in the center.} 18. Qd1 c6 $15 {[%csl Gd5,Rg2] Limiting the
activity of white's bishop and taking control over the d5-square.  Ribli: 'Mit
diesem Zug verteidigt Schwarz sich gegen das Schachmotiv auf d5 und beschrдnkt
die Aktivitдt des g2-Lдufers.'} 19. b4 Nd3 20. Qd2 {[%cal Ga1f1]} (20. Ra7 Nb6
$1 {[%csl Gc4]}) (20. Nc1 e4) 20... Bg6 (20... Nb6 21. Bxb6 Qxb6+ 22. c5 Qd8
23. Rf1) 21. c5 (21. Rf1 Rxf1+ 22. Bxf1 e4 {[%cal Gd7e5] is clearly in Black's
favour.} (22... Nb6 23. Qa2 $1)) 21... Nf6 {[%cal Gf6e4]} 22. Bg5 (22. Rd1 Qa8
$1) 22... h6 23. Bh4 $1 (23. Bxf6 Rxf6 24. Nc1 e4 $15) 23... Qd7 ({Doesn't work
} 23... Nf4 $143 $2 24. Qxd8 Nxe2+ 25. Kf2 Rxd8 26. Bxf6 $8 (26. Kxe2 Bd3+ 27.
Ke3 g5 $19 {[%csl Rh4]}) 26... gxf6 (26... Rd2 27. Ke1 $1) 27. Kxe2 {and White
is not worse.} Rd3 $140 $2 28. Ra8+ Kf7 29. Ra7 $16 {[%csl Rb7]}) 24. Bxf6 (24.
Rd1 Qe6) 24... Rxf6 25. Qe3 (25. Rf1 $2 Rxf1+ 26. Bxf1 Nxc5 $1 $17) 25... Qf7 {
Ribli: 'Schwarz hat ein aktives Figurenspiel, aber in der weiЯen Stellung ist
alles verteidigt .'} 26. Rd1 $2 ({Much stronger was :} 26. Nc1 $142 e4 27. Ne2
$1 {and White has plenty of counterplay.} (27. Bxe4 $2 Rf1+ 28. Kh2 Qf2+ 29.
Qxf2 Rxf2+ 30. Kg1 Bxe4 31. Nxd3 Rg2+ 32. Kf1 Rxg3 $17)) 26... Qb3 $1 {This
strong sortie was probably overlooked by my opponent, now Black seizes the
initiative.} 27. Qd2 (27. Rxd3 $2 Qb1+ 28. Nc1 Bxd3 $19) (27. Rf1 Rxf1+ 28.
Bxf1 Qd1 $17 (28... Nxb4 29. Qxe5 Nd3 {also comes into consideration.})) 27...
Rf2 28. Rf1 $8 Rxf1+ 29. Bxf1 Qb1 30. g4 Bf7 31. g5 (31. Ng3 Nf4 32. Kh2 Bd5
33. c4 Bf3 $17) 31... h5 $1 {Not allowing any counterplay.} 32. h4 (32. Ng3 Nf4
33. Qe3 h4 34. Ne2 Qe1 $40) (32. Qe3 Bg6 33. h4 Qe1 {[%csl Gh4]} 34. Qg3 Qd2
$17) 32... Bg6 (32... Bd5) 33. Ng3 e4 $17 (33... Nf4 34. Qe3) 34. Ne2 Bf5 $138
{[%cal Gf5h3] We both were in serious timetrouble, so I've decided to win a
few seconds with a move repetition.} 35. Ng3 Bg6 36. Ne2 Bf7 (36... Ne5 37. Nd4
Bf7 {leads to the same position.}) 37. Nd4 Ne5 {[%cal Gf7c4]} (37... Bc4 38.
Kg2 Bd5 {was also strong.}) 38. Kg2 (38. Qf4 Bc4 39. Kg2 Qb2+ 40. Kg1 Bxf1 41.
Kxf1 Qb1+ (41... Nd3 $2 42. Qb8+ Kh7 43. g6+ Kxg6 44. Qe8+ Kh6 45. Qe6+ $18 {
[%cal Ge6e4]}) 42. Kg2 Ng6 43. Qg3 Qb2+ 44. Kg1 Qd2 $1 {[%cal Ge4e3] with
decisive advantage.}) 38... Bd5 $1 {[%cal Ge4e3] Black's bishop comes into the
play with decisive effect.} 39. Qe3 (39. Qf4 e3+ 40. Kg1 Qe1 $19) 39... Ng4 40.
Qf4 e3+ 41. Kg1 Qe1 $1 $19 {This queen sortie decides the issue immediately.
The rest is forced.} 42. Qb8+ Kh7 43. g6+ Kxg6 (43... Kh6 {leads to the same
position after :} 44. Qf4+ Kxg6 45. Qg5+ Kh7 46. Qxh5+ Nh6) 44. Qe8+ Kh7 (44...
Kh6 45. Qh8+) 45. Qxh5+ Nh6 46. Qe2 $8 Qg3+ 47. Bg2 Ng4 48. Nf3 Qf2+ $1 49.
Qxf2 exf2+ 50. Kf1 {And here my opponent resigned before I played the
beautiful mate in 1 with 50...Bc4!.} 0-1

[Event "URS-ch46 First League"]
[Site "Ashkhabad"]
[Date "1978.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sveshnikov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Kapengut, Albert Z"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1978.10.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 e5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bg2 O-O 5. e4 b5 $5 (5... c6 $6 6. Nge2 d5 7.
cxd5 cxd5 8. exd5 Bf5 9. d4 $1 $16 {Kortschnoj,V-Taimanov,M/Leningrad izt/1973/
}) (5... Nc6 6. Nge2 Bc5 $14) 6. Nxb5 (6. cxb5 a6) 6... Bb7 7. a3 (7. Qc2 Nc6
8. Ne2 a6) 7... a6 8. Nc3 Bxc3 9. dxc3 Nxe4 10. Nf3 d6 11. O-O Nd7 12. Re1 f5
13. Qc2 Ndf6 $15 14. Ng5 Qd7 15. Nxe4 Bxe4 (15... Nxe4 $1 $15) 16. Bxe4 Nxe4
17. f3 Nf6 18. Bg5 h6 19. Bxf6 Rxf6 20. Qd3 Qc6 21. Qd5+ Qxd5 22. cxd5 a5 23.
b4 Rff8 24. Kf2 g5 25. b5 g4 26. c4 gxf3 27. Kxf3 Kf7 28. c5 Ke7 29. Rac1 Kd7
30. a4 1/2-1/2

[Event "ROM-chT"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gabriel, Christian"]
[Black "Negulescu, Adrian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nf3 Re8 6. O-O e4 7. Ng5 Bxc3 8.
bxc3 h6 9. Nh3 b6 10. f3 Bb7 (10... e3 $5) 11. fxe4 Bxe4 12. d3 Bxg2 13. Kxg2
d5 14. cxd5 Nxd5 15. e4 Nf6 (15... Nxc3 16. Qb3 Ne2 17. Qxf7+ Kh8 18. Bxh6 gxh6
19. Rf6 $18) 16. Nf4 Nc6 17. Bb2 Qd7 18. Qe2 Ne5 19. d4 Neg4 20. e5 Nd5 21.
Nxd5 Qxd5+ 22. Kg1 Nf6 23. c4 Qd7 24. Qc2 Nh7 25. d5 c6 26. Rad1 cxd5 27. cxd5
Rac8 28. Qb3 Ng5 29. h4 Ne4 30. Rf4 Nc5 31. Qf3 Na4 32. Ba1 b5 33. Rf1 Rc7 34.
d6 $16 Rb7 $138 1-0

[Event "Al Ain op 4th"]
[Site "Al Ain"]
[Date "2015.12.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Wang, Hao"]
[Black "Mchedlishvili, Mikheil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2015.12.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.02.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.02.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 Bb4 4. Bg2 O-O 5. e4 Bxc3 6. bxc3 c6 {ist der
Hauptzug. Zuletzt konnte WeiЯ jedoch nur schwer etwas gegen 6...Te7 nachweisen}
(6... Re8 $5 {damit fuhr Aronian bei den London Chess Classic ausgezeichnet.
Dieser Zug zwingt den WeiЯen, zuerst den e4 Bauern zu decken.} 7. d3 c6 8. Nf3
(8. Ne2 d5 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Rb1 Nc6 12. O-O Bg4 $15 {0-1 (21)
Mamedyarov,S (2757)-Giri,A (2776) Doha QAT 2014}) 8... d5 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. exd5
Nxd5 11. Qc2 Qc7 $1 $11 {1/2-1/2 (33) Giri,A (2784)-Aronian,L (2788)}) 7. Nf3
$1 {setzt sofort das schwarze Zentrum unter Druck. Die Stellungen nach} (7. Ne2
d5 8. cxd5 cxd5 9. exd5 Nxd5 $11 {geben WeiЯ trotz Lдuferpaar wenig Chancen
auf Vorteil. Schwarz kompensiert dieses durch Raumvorteil, die bessere
Struktur und leichte Entwicklung, wohingegen die weiЯen Leichtfiguren auf e2
und insb. c1 nur schwer ins Spiel finden.}) 7... Nxe4 8. O-O d6 9. Nxe5 Ng5
$146 {der schwarze Zeitverbrauch von bereits ca. 20 Minuten lдsst darauf
schlieЯen, dass der Georgier in der Erцffnung ьberrascht wurde und die
Vorgдngerpartie Giri-Anand, Bilbao 2015 nicht kannte.} (9... dxe5 10. Bxe4 Be6
11. Ba3 Re8 12. Qb1 $14 {1-0 (37) Giri,A (2798)-Anand,V (2803) Bilbao ESP 2015}
) 10. Ng4 {der Tausch der Zentrumsbauern hat das weiЯe Spiel vereinfacht,
entwickelt Schwarz sich normal weiter, findet er sich in einer passiven
Stellung wieder.} f5 $1 (10... Re8 11. d4 Nd7 12. Re1 Rxe1+ 13. Qxe1 Nf8 14.
Qe2 $14) 11. f4 $1 Ne4 $2 (11... fxg4 $1 12. fxg5 Nd7 13. Qxg4 Rxf1+ 14. Bxf1
Ne5 15. Qe4 Qf8 $44 {wäre die prinzipielle Fortsetzung gewesen}) 12. Ne3 Nf6
13. Qc2 $14 {WeiЯ hat das Lдuferpaar, Raumvorteil und gut koordinierte Figuren.
Schwarz hat hingegen erst eine Figur entwickelt - diese brauchte fьr den Weg
nach f6 geschlagene fьnf Zьge.} g6 14. Ba3 Na6 15. d4 Rb8 16. Rfe1 Re8 17. Re2
$6 {gibt Schwarz genug Zeit, seine Entwicklung zu beenden} (17. g4 $1 Nxg4 18.
Nxg4 Rxe1+ 19. Rxe1 fxg4 20. Qe4 Bf5 21. Qe7 $16) 17... Be6 18. Rae1 Bf7 19.
Qd3 Nc7 20. d5 c5 {die schwarze Stellung ist weiterhin passiv aber kompakt} 21.
Bc1 Qd7 22. Qc2 Kf8 23. h3 h5 24. Bf3 a6 25. a4 b5 $132 26. cxb5 axb5 27. c4
bxc4 28. Bb2 $6 (28. Qc3 $1 Kg7 29. Bb2 Rxb2 30. Rxb2 Qxa4 31. Kf2 $14) 28...
Ne4 29. Bxe4 Rxe4 30. Nxc4 (30. Qc3 Rd4 $1 {blockiert die lange Diagonale -
Schwarz steht deutlich besser, da ...Tb3 folgt und der Bauern d5 verloren geht.
}) 30... Nxd5 31. Nxd6 Rxb2 $6 (31... Rxe2 {ergibt eine deutlich bessere
Version als die Partiefortsetzung} 32. Rxe2 (32. Qxe2 Qxd6 33. Be5 Qd8 34. Bxb8
Qxb8 $17) 32... Rxb2 33. Qxb2 Qxd6 34. a5 c4 35. Qh8+ Bg8 $15) 32. Qxb2 Qxd6
33. Rxe4 fxe4 34. Rxe4 Nf6 35. Re3 Kg7 36. a5 h4 37. g4 $5 Qxf4 $2 {dieser
unschuldig wirkende Zug entpuppt sich als partieentscheidender Fehler} (37...
Qd1+ $1 38. Kf2 Qh1 {hätte die Partie wohl mit Dauerschach beendet}) 38. Qe5
$1 {erzwingt den Damentausch, wonach der a-Bauer nicht mehr richtig
aufzuhalten ist.} g5 39. a6 Bd5 40. Qxf4 gxf4 41. Re5 Bf3 42. Rxc5 Ne4 43. Rf5
Ng3 44. Rxf4 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 1516"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2016.03.13"]
[Round "11.5"]
[White "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Black "Smerdon, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2516"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2015.09.18"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[BlackTeam "Werder Bremen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nb6 6. e3 c5 7. Nge2 Nc6 8.
O-O Be7 9. f4 O-O 10. b3 f6 11. Ba3 Be6 12. Ne4 Nb4 13. f5 Bf7 14. Bxb4 cxb4
15. g4 a5 16. N2g3 a4 17. Rb1 axb3 18. axb3 Kh8 19. h4 Ra3 20. g5 fxg5 21. hxg5
Bxg5 22. Qg4 Bf6 23. Nxf6 gxf6 24. Qxb4 Ra2 25. Rf2 Rg8 26. Qh4 Nd7 27. Ne4 Bd5
28. Rc1 Bxb3 29. Kh2 Ra4 30. Bf3 Bd5 31. d3 b6 32. Rd1 Nc5 33. Rb2 Bxe4 34.
dxe4 Qf8 35. Rxb6 $2 {[#]} (35. Rg1 Rxg1 36. Kxg1 Qd8 $17) 35... Nxe4 {Und es
ist aus.} ({Vielleicht rechnete Weiß hier nur mit} 35... Ra2+ $2 36. Kh1 $11)
36. Bg2 ({Die Hauptdrohung lautete} 36. Z0 Nd2 37. Qxa4 Nxf3+ 38. Kh3 Qh6+ {
und Matt.}) 36... Qg7 (36... Ra2 {gewinnt auch} 37. Qh3 Qg7 38. Rg1 Ng5 39. Qg4
Qh6+ 40. Kg3 Ne4+ $19) 37. Rb2 Nc3 0-1

[Event "Match Morphy-Anderssen +7-2=2"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "1858.12.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anderssen, Adolf"]
[Black "Morphy, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A22"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1858.12.20"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. a3 e5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e3 Be6 6. Nf3 Bd6 7. Be2 (7. e4 {
Maroczy}) 7... O-O 8. d4 Nxc3 (8... exd4 9. Nxd4) 9. bxc3 e4 10. Nd2 f5 11. f4
(11. c4 Nd7 12. Bb2 Nf6 13. Qc2 c6 14. g4 $1 {Maroczy} Nxg4 $1 {Refuses
Maroczy`s idea} 15. Bxg4 fxg4 $19 16. Qxe4 (16. Nxe4 Bf5) 16... Qd7 $19) 11...
g5 {Maroczy: Schwarz leitet einen heftigen Königsangriff ein} 12. Bc4 Bxc4 13.
Nxc4 gxf4 14. exf4 {Ein schwarzer Königsangriff ist nicht zu erkennen.} Qe8
15. O-O Qc6 16. Qb3 Qd5 17. Rb1 b6 18. Qa2 (18. Ne5 $14) 18... c6 19. Qe2 Nd7
20. Ne3 {Auch ein guter Platz für den Springer} Qe6 21. c4 (21. g4 $1 fxg4 22.
f5 Qf7 23. Nxg4 Kh8 24. Nh6) 21... Nf6 (21... Qg6 22. Rb3 h5 23. Bb2 Kh7 $13)
22. Rb3 Kf7 23. Bb2 Rac8 24. Kh1 $16 Rg8 25. d5 $1 cxd5 26. cxd5 Qd7 27. Nc4 $1
(27. Qf2 Ng4 28. Qh4) 27... Ke7 (27... Rg6 28. Ne5+ Bxe5 29. fxe5 Nxd5 30. g4
f4 31. Qxe4 $16) (27... Nxd5 28. Rb5 $16 (28. Rd1) 28... Ne7 (28... Ke6 29.
Rxd5 Kxd5 30. Rd1+ $18) 29. Qh5+ $16) 28. Bxf6+ $18 (28. Rh3 $1 $18) 28... Kxf6
29. Qb2+ $2 (29. Rh3 $1 $18 Bb8 30. Ne3 Rcf8 31. Rh5 Kg7 32. Nxf5+ Rxf5 33.
Qg4+ $18) 29... Kf7 30. Rh3 $14 Rg7 31. Qd4 Kg8 32. Rh6 (32. Nxd6 Qxd6 33. Rh5
Qg6 34. Rg5 Qf7 35. Kg1 (35. Qe5 Rxg5 36. fxg5 Re8 $11) 35... h6 36. Rxg7+ Qxg7
37. Qe5 Rc2 38. g3 Rd2 $11) 32... Bf8 33. d6 Rf7 34. Rh3 Qa4 35. Rc1 (35. Rg3+
Bg7 36. Rxg7+ Rxg7 37. Qd5+ Kh8 38. Ne5 Rf8 39. d7 Rd8 40. Nf7+ Rxf7 41. Qxf7
Qxd7 42. Qf6+ Kg8 43. Qg5+ $11) 35... Rc5 36. Rg3+ Bg7 37. h3 Kh8 (37... Kf8 $2
38. Rxg7 Rxg7 39. Qf6+ Kg8 40. Qd8+ Kf7 41. d7 $18) (37... h5) 38. Rxg7 (38.
Qd2 $1 $16 {Maroczy: Paul Morphy, S.249: "Statt des unnötigen
Qualitätsopfers könnte Weiß seine Dame einfach zurückziehen und auf
Verwertung seines vorgerückten Freibauers spielen."}) 38... Rxg7 39. Rc3 e3
40. Rxe3 $4 (40. Qf6 $11) 40... Rxc4 41. Qf6 Rc1+ 42. Kh2 Qxf4+ 0-1

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 11th"]
[Site "Pula"]
[Date "1997.05.??"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Hauchard, Arnaud"]
[Black "Dautov, Rustem"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "1997.05.05"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "France"]
[BlackTeam "Germany"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. c4 {Hecht} Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. g3 Bb4 4. Bg2 O-O 5. e4 Bxc3 6. dxc3 d6 7. Qe2
Nbd7 8. Nf3 Nc5 9. Nd2 (9. Nh4 a6 10. b3 (10. f3 b5 11. Be3 bxc4 12. Bxc5 dxc5
13. Rd1 Qe8 14. O-O Be6 15. Rd2 Qa4 $15 {Kiselev-Maljutin/Marianske Lazne 1989}
) 10... b5 11. Ba3 Nfd7 12. O-O Bb7 13. f3 Bc6 14. Nf5 (14. Rfd1 $5) 14... bxc4
15. bxc4 $11 {Kortchnoi,V-Mecking,H/Augusta (m/1) 17/60 1974}) 9... a6 (9... a5
10. b3 {/\0-0,Rd1,Nf1}) 10. a4 a5 $1 {><b3} 11. O-O Bg4 $1 12. f3 Be6 13. Rd1
Nfd7 14. Ra3 (14. Nf1 $2 Nb6 $17) 14... f5 (14... Nb6 $1 15. b3 f5 16. exf5
Bxf5 17. Nf1 Qf6 18. Ne3 (18. Be3 Nbd7 $15) 18... Bg6 19. Ng4 Qf5 20. Be3 Nbd7
$15) 15. exf5 Bxf5 16. Nf1 Bg6 {/\Bh5} 17. b4 $1 Ne6 (17... axb4 $6 18. cxb4
Nxa4 19. c5 $36 dxc5 $2 20. Bh3 Be8 21. Qa2+ Bf7 22. Qa1 $16) 18. f4 axb4 (
18... Ra7 19. fxe5 Nxe5 20. c5 $13) 19. cxb4 Nd4 20. Qb2 c6 21. fxe5 $2 (21. a5
$1 Qf6 22. Ne3 (22. Be3 $6 Nc2 $15) (22. fxe5 $6 dxe5 $36) (22. Kh1 $5 $13 {/\}
Rae8 $6 23. a6 bxa6 24. Rxa6) 22... Bh5 23. fxe5 dxe5 24. Rf1 Qe6 $15) 21...
dxe5 {><f3} 22. Be3 Nf3+ 23. Kh1 (23. Bxf3 $2 Rxf3 24. Bg5 $2 Rxf1+ 25. Kxf1
Qxg5 26. Rxd7 Qf5+ $19) 23... Qe7 24. a5 e4 25. Qc3 (25. Nd2 Rf7 {/\Nde5})
25... Qe6 $17 26. Bf4 Nde5 27. Ne3 (27. Bxe5 Nxe5 28. Ne3 Nd3 $17) 27... Nd3 $1
28. Bxf3 exf3 29. Rxd3 f2 30. Kg2 Bxd3 31. Qxd3 Rad8 $19 32. Qc2 (32. Qb1 g5
33. Bxg5 f1=Q+ 34. Nxf1 Qe2+ 35. Kg1 Rd1 $19) (32. Qf1 Qe4+ 33. Kh3 Rxf4 34.
gxf4 Qf3+ 35. Kh4 Rd6 $19) 32... g5 33. Qxf2 Qe4+ 34. Kh3 gxf4 $2 $138 (34...
Rd6 $1 35. Ng4 gxf4 36. gxf4 Rxf4 $19) 35. gxf4 Rxf4 36. Qg2+ Kf7 37. Qxe4 Rxe4
38. Kg3 Red4 39. Kf3 Rd3 40. Rxd3 Rxd3 {Hecht: Der Springer ist die schwдchere
Leichtfigur als der Lдufer. Es ist unmцglich, gleichzeitig die
Damenflьgelbauern und den h-Bauern zu verteidigen. Lдufer und Bauer kцnnen
sich gegenseitig decken, zudem kann der Lдufer aus der Ferne decken. Das alles
kann der Springer nicht!} 41. Ke4 Rb3 42. Nc2 Rb2 (42... h5 $1 43. Kd4 Rh3 44.
b5 cxb5 45. cxb5 Rxh2 46. Nb4 Rh4+ 47. Kc5 (47. Kc3 Re4 48. a6 bxa6 49. bxa6
Re3+ $19) 47... Re4 48. Nd3 h4 49. a6 bxa6 50. bxa6 h3 51. a7 Ra4 52. Kb6 h2
53. Nf2 Kg6 $19) 43. Kd3 Ke7 44. Kc3 Rb1 45. Nd4 Kd6 46. b5 cxb5 47. cxb5 Kc5
48. a6 bxa6 49. bxa6 Kb6 50. Kd3 Re1 51. Nf3 Re7 52. Kd4 Kxa6 53. Ne5 Kb6 54.
Ke4 Kc5 55. Kf5 Kd6 56. Ng4 Rg7 57. h4 Ke7 58. h5 Rg8 59. Ne3 Kf7 60. Ng4 Ra8
61. Kg5 Kg7 62. Ne3 Ra5+ 63. Kh4 Kf6 64. Ng4+ Kf5 65. Ne3+ Kf4 66. Ng2+ Ke4 67.
Kg3 Ra1 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel-A 78th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2016.01.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[Annotator "Ding Liren"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2016.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 {My opponent's playing style is positional and solid; with 1.c4 I want
to get some dynamic play.} e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nc3 Nb6 6. d3
(6. e3 {is also popular. However, the text provides a clear plan: Be3-Rc1.})
6... Nc6 {This came as a surprise.} (6... Be7 {probably leads to a
wait-and-see game} 7. Be3 O-O 8. Rc1 Re8 (8... Nc6 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. Nf3 f6 11.
O-O) 9. Qc2 Bf8 10. a3 {Normally Black has to wait until White finally plays
Nf3.} h6 11. Nf3 Nc6) 7. Be3 (7. Bxc6+ {is a bit early} bxc6 8. Nf3 Bd6 9. O-O
O-O 10. Qc2 f5 {Black has good attacking chances.}) 7... Bd6 {The logical
follow-up. Since I can't take on c6, 8.Rc1 makes less sense.} 8. Nf3 O-O 9. O-O
Re8 10. d4 $1 {Exploiting the fact that his bishop is on d6 instead of e7.} (
10. Rc1 Bf8 {is harmless for Black.}) 10... exd4 (10... Nc4 {is naive:} 11. Bg5
f6 12. Bc1 $1) 11. Nxd4 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 $6 {I spent 20 minutes here} ({I
intended to play} 12. Qxd4 {but refused it due to} Be5 (12... Qe7 13. a4 Be5
14. Qe4 Bxc3 15. Qxe7 Rxe7 16. Rfd1 $1) 13. Qxd8 Rxd8 14. Rfd1 Re8 {however, I
forgot} 15. a4 $1) 12... c6 13. a4 $5 Bf8 {This leads to unnecessary
complications. It's better to avoid a5-a6.} (13... Nc4 14. Ne4 (14. b3 Na5)
14... Bf8) 14. a5 Nc4 15. a6 Nxb2 16. Qd2 Nc4 17. Qf4 Bd6 {Here I think it's
better to exchange queens by means of 17...g5:} (17... g5 18. Qf6 Qxf6 19. Bxf6
h6 20. Rfb1 Nd6 {and with accurate play Black should gradually equalise}) 18.
Qc1 Be5 ({Taking the pawn is undesirable:} 18... Bxg3 19. hxg3 Qxd4 20. axb7
Bxb7 21. Ra4 $1 a5 22. Nb1 Ba6 23. Bxc6) 19. Bxe5 Nxe5 20. Rd1 Qe7 21. Ne4 $2 {
But this is too much.} (21. axb7 $142 Bxb7 22. Ne4 {and despite the position's
quiet appearance, Black has difficulties holding his extra pawn:} a5 (22... c5
23. Nd6) (22... h6 23. Qc5) 23. Nd6 Red8 24. Nxb7 Rxd1+ 25. Qxd1 Qxb7 26. Rxa5
Ng6 27. Rc5 Ne7 28. Bf3 $16) 21... bxa6 (21... b5 {is another option:} 22. Nd6
(22. Qc5 Bg4) 22... Rd8 23. Nxb5 $14) 22. f4 Ng6 $5 {An interesting retreat.
During the game I mainly focused on 22...Ng4.} (22... Ng4 23. h3 Bf5 (23... Nf6
24. Nxf6+ Qxf6 25. Bxc6 Bxh3 (25... Bb7 26. Bxe8 Qb6+ 27. e3 Rxe8 28. Rb1 Qg6
29. Kh2 Qe4 30. Qb2) 26. Bxa8 Rxa8 27. Qc4 $16) 24. Ra4 $1 {an important detail
} Nh6 25. Nd6 Red8 26. Rad4 $36) 23. Qxc6 Rb8 {Now I realised that things
become drawish.} 24. Qd6 (24. Nd6 Rd8 25. Nxc8 Rbxc8 26. Rxd8+ Qxd8 27. Qxa6
Qd4+ 28. Kh1 Ne7 29. Bf3 g6 30. Kg2 Rc7) 24... Bg4 $6 (24... Qxd6 {is simpler}
25. Nxd6 ({A better try is} 25. Rxd6 Rb2 26. Bf3 Bb7 27. Rd2 Rxd2 28. Nxd2 Bxf3
29. exf3 $11) 25... Rxe2 26. Rab1 Rxb1 27. Rxb1 Be6 $1 28. f5 Ba2 $1 {and even
White has to be careful.}) 25. Qxe7 Rxe7 26. Rd2 h6 $6 {Unnecessary.} (26...
Rb6 27. Kf2 Nf8 28. Nc5 Bc8 29. Rd8 Rc7 30. Rc1 h6 $11) 27. Rxa6 (27. Kf2 $5
Rb6 28. Nc5) 27... Rb4 (27... Rbe8 28. h3 $1 Bxh3 $2 29. Nd6) 28. Nc3 Rc4 29.
Ra3 Nf8 $6 {Again he rejected the most obvious move.} (29... Re3 $142 30. Rd8+
(30. Rc2 Ne7 $1 {a very strong manoeuvre, probably missed by my opponent} 31.
Kf2 Nf5 {unclear}) 30... Nf8 31. Rd3 Rxd3 32. exd3 Rc7 {and Black has good
drawing chances.}) 30. Kf2 Rec7 31. Nd5 Rc2 (31... Rd7) 32. Rxc2 Rxc2 {
Although he has made some inaccuracies, the position is still very far from
winning. Now I have a critical choice.} 33. Bf1 (33. Ne3 $1 {provided me with
better chances} Rxe2+ 34. Kf1 Bh5 35. h3 $1 {the most promising continuation
which I missed} (35. g4 Rxe3 36. Rxe3 Bxg4) (35. f5 g6 $1 36. h3 gxf5 37. Nd5
Re6 38. Nf4 Bg6 39. Nxe6 fxe6 40. Rxa7 Bf7 {in my opinion Black can hold this})
35... Rb2 36. g4 Bg6 37. f5 Bh7 38. Rxa7 (38. Bd5 Kh8 39. Rxa7 Bg8 40. Ra8 Nd7
41. Bxf7 Rb8 42. Rxb8 Nxb8 43. Be8 $16) 38... Rb8 (38... Rb1+ 39. Kf2 Rb2+ 40.
Kg1 Rb1+ 41. Kh2 Rb2 42. Nd5) 39. Bd5 Kh8 40. Bxf7 $16) 33... Be6 34. Ne7+ Kh7
35. Rxa7 g6 $1 36. Bg2 (36. h3 $5) 36... Bg4 37. Bf1 (37. Nc6 Rxe2+ 38. Kf1 Rd2
) (37. Nd5 Kg7) 37... Be6 38. Bg2 Bg4 39. Bf3 Bxf3 40. Kxf3 Ne6 {Finally we
have reached the time control. Objectlivey speaking I thought the position was
closer to a draw than winning for White, but at least I can torture him for
long time.} 41. e3 Kg7 (41... Rxh2 $2 42. Nc6) 42. h3 h5 43. Nd5 {I want to
keep more pawns on the board so I rejected the possibility of 43.g4.} (43. g4
hxg4+ 44. hxg4 Nc7) 43... Rh2 $1 44. h4 Rc2 45. Nb6 Rc3 46. Ke4 Rc1 ({He could
activated his knight to d6 via b5 or e8:} 46... Nc7 $1 47. Nd7 Nb5) 47. Kf3 Rc3
48. Nd5 Rb3 ({There is nothing wrong with} 48... Rc1) 49. Ke4 Rb1 50. Nc3 $1
Rb4+ 51. Kd5 Kf8 52. Ne4 $5 {The position becomes trickier.} ({A better move
is 52.e4 with the idea of ...f5. Although Black can hold with accurate play:} 
52. e4 $142 Kg7 53. f5 gxf5 54. exf5 Nf8 55. Ke5 (55. Kd6 Rb6+) 55... Nh7 56.
Nd5 Rb5 $1 57. Ra6 Rb1) 52... Rb3 53. Nd6 Rd3+ (53... Rxe3 $6 54. Nxf7 Ng7 55.
Nh6) 54. Ke5 Nd8 $4 {But this is the decisive mistake. Maybe my opponent was
tired after long defence. After that his knight is vulnerable, the same as his
pawns.} (54... Rxe3+ 55. Kf6 Nc7 $1 {the key move} 56. Nxf7 Nd5+ $1 (56... Re7
{is less effective, although Black can still hold with a series of only moves:}
57. Kxg6 Rxf7 58. Kxh5 Ne6 $1 59. Rxf7+ Kxf7 60. f5 Nd4 (60... Nf8 61. Kg5 Kg7
62. g4 Nd7 63. Kf4 Kh6) 61. Kg5 Kg7 $1 62. h5 Nf3+ 63. Kf4 Ng1) 57. Kxg6 Rxg3+
58. Ng5 Nxf4+ 59. Kf5 Nd5 $11) 55. Rd7 $18 Rxe3+ 56. Kf6 Re6+ 57. Kg5 Kg7 (
57... Nc6 58. Rxf7+ Kg8 59. Rf6 Rxf6 60. Kxf6 Kh7 61. Nf7 (61. f5) 61... Nd4
62. Ng5+ Kh6 63. Kf7 $18) 58. f5 Re3 59. f6+ Kh7 60. Rxd8 Re4 61. Rh8+ {
Avoiding the last trick. Of course not 61.Nxe4 and it's stalemate! Black
resigned.} 1-0

[Event "US Masters op"]
[Site "Greensboro"]
[Date "2017.08.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ynojosa Aponte, Felix Jose"]
[Black "Dragun, Kamil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2418"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Dragun/Macieja"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2017.08.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. e3 Bb4 4. Nge2 O-O 5. Qc2 {I didn't consider that move
in my preparations, but on the other hand it didn't come as a big surprise for
me, as my opponent really liked to play unusual openings that objectively
didn't offer much of advantage.} (5. a3 {is the most popular move in this
position, but after that Black is also doing fine.} Be7 6. d4 exd4 7. Qxd4 {
Now Black can develop in a couple of ways.} (7. Nxd4 d5 $11) 7... Nc6 ({
I wanted to try the principled} 7... a5 $5 8. b3 Na6 {[%csl Rb3][%cal Ga6c5]} (
8... a4 $5 9. b4 (9. Nxa4 Nc6 10. Qd1 d5 11. cxd5 Qxd5 $36) 9... c5 10. bxc5
Nc6 (10... Na6 11. Nxa4 Qa5+ 12. Nec3 Nxc5 13. Nxc5 Bxc5 14. Qd2 Bb4 15. axb4
$1 (15. Bb2 $2 Ne4 $1 16. axb4 Qxa1+ 17. Bxa1 Nxd2 18. Kxd2 Rxa1 $15) 15...
Qxa1 16. f3 d6 17. Kf2 $14) 11. Qd1 Ne5 (11... Bxc5 12. Nxa4 Rxa4 13. Qxa4 Ne4
$13)) 9. Bb2 Nc5 10. Qd1 b6) (7... c6 {[%cal Gd7d5]}) 8. Qd1 d6) 5... Re8 {
The most popular and logical move. Now after 6.a3 the bishop can retreat to f8,
keeping the e-file open for the rook.} 6. Nd5 Nxd5 7. cxd5 c6 8. a3 Qa5 $6 {
An unnecessary try to punish the opponent for an unusual opening. It was
better to play like in the following 27 years old game:} (8... Bf8 9. Nc3 Na6
$5 10. Bd3 (10. Bxa6 $2 bxa6 11. dxc6 dxc6 12. O-O a5 {and White will have a
lot of problems with the white squares.}) 10... g6 11. O-O Nc7 12. Bc4 b5 13.
Ba2 Bb7 14. dxc6 Bxc6 {1/2 (60) Kamsky,G (2650)-Spasov,V (2495) Manila 1990.
Black cannot complain about his position.}) 9. Rb1 Bf8 10. Nc3 $1 {I
underestimated that move.} d6 {Admitting the decision taken on move 8 was
wrong.} ({Originally I thought I could go for} 10... cxd5 $2 11. b4 Qc7 {
but I realised that after} 12. Bd3 $1 e4 13. Nxd5 Qe5 14. Bc4 b5 15. Ba2 $16 {
my position would be really bad.}) 11. Bd3 g6 12. b4 Qd8 13. O-O {It was a
very interesting moment in the game, as White had to choose between two plans.
My opponent chose the quiet way, whereas the aggressive approach was dangerous
for me:} (13. h4 $5 cxd5 14. Nxd5 (14. h5 e4 15. Be2 Be6 16. hxg6 hxg6 17. Bb2
Bg7 18. Nb5 Nc6 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Qc3+ f6 $11) 14... Na6 15. h5 (15. Bxa6 bxa6
16. Nc7 $2 Bf5 17. e4 Bxe4 $17) (15. Bb5 Be6 $1 16. Bxe8 Bxd5 17. Bb5 Bxg2 18.
Rg1 Bd5 $44) 15... Be6 16. hxg6 hxg6 (16... Bxd5 17. gxf7+ Kxf7 18. Rxh7+ Bg7
19. Bg6+ Kg8 20. Bxe8 Qxe8 $13) 17. Bc4 Rc8 18. Qd3 Bg7 19. e4 Nc7 $11) 13...
Nd7 14. f4 $6 {I saw that move, but honestly I thought it was just bad, too
anti-positional.} (14. Bb2 Bg7 15. dxc6 bxc6 16. Ne4 Nb6 17. Qxc6 f5 18. Ng3
Bd7 19. Qb7 (19. Qc2 Ba4) (19. Qc1 Rc8 20. Qd1 Ba4 21. Qe2 d5 {And Black
shouldn't be worse here.}) 19... Bc8 20. Qc6 Bd7 $11) 14... exf4 15. Rxf4 (15.
exf4 {During the game it looked for me as if it was almost lost for White. The
computer just laughs at me and says it is completely playable.} Nf6 (15... Bg7
$5 16. Bb2 Bd4+ 17. Kh1 Nf6 18. dxc6 Ng4 19. h3 Qh4 20. Ne2 Bxb2 21. Rxb2 Nf2+
22. Kg1 Nxh3+ 23. gxh3 Rxe2 24. Bxe2 Qg3+ $11) 16. Bb2 Bg7 (16... Qb6+ $2 17.
Kh1 Ng4 $2 18. h3 Nf2+ 19. Rxf2 Qxf2 20. Ne4 Rxe4 21. Bxe4 $18) 17. dxc6 bxc6
18. Nd1 $1 Bd7 19. Ne3) 15... Ne5 16. Be2 Bh6 17. Rf2 Bg7 18. Bb2 {I spent
much time on the next move. I thought my position should be somewhat better,
but I didn't see how to prove it.} cxd5 (18... f5 $5 {was one of my ideas.} 19.
Rbf1 (19. dxc6 bxc6 20. b5 $6 c5 21. Nd5 Be6 22. Nf4 Bf7 23. a4 Rc8 $15) 19...
a5 $1 {[%csl Ga8,Rb4]} 20. e4 (20. b5 c5 21. e4 $13) (20. d4 axb4 21. axb4 Nf7)
20... axb4 21. axb4 Qb6 $1 22. Qb3 c5 $15) 19. Nxd5 Be6 20. Nf4 (20. Nc7 Rc8
21. Nxe6 Rxc2 {leads to the same position as in the game.}) 20... Rc8 21. Nxe6
Rxc2 22. Nxd8 Rxd8 23. Bd1 (23. Bc3 Bh6 $1 {That was my trap and I thought I
have chances to play for a win here but computer defends easily.} 24. Rb3 Rc8 {
[%csl Rc3][%cal Gh6e3]} 25. Bxe5 dxe5 26. Rd3 $1 {activating the rook.} Rc1+
27. Rf1 R1c7 28. Bd1 $11 {[%csl Rf7][%cal Gd1b3]}) 23... Rc7 24. Bb3 (24. Bxe5
dxe5 25. Bb3 e4 26. Rbf1 Rdd7 $15 27. Rf4 Bb2 28. Rxe4 Rxd2) 24... Nd3 25. Bxg7
(25. Bf6 Rdd7 26. Rff1 Bxf6 27. Rxf6 Kg7 28. Rff1 d5 $15) 25... Kxg7 (25...
Nxf2 $4 26. Bf6 $18) 26. Rf3 d5 $1 {Closing in the white bishop and making the
d3-knight unremovable.} 27. Rbf1 f5 28. Rg3 Kf6 {I knew my position was
clearly better, but it was not that easy to break through.} ({Another
possibility was:} 28... d4 29. exd4 (29. Rxf5 $4 Nc1 $19) 29... Rxd4 30. Rxf5
Nf4 31. Kf1 $1 Rxd2 32. Rc5 Rxc5 33. bxc5 Nd3 34. c6 $1 bxc6 35. Re3 $15 {
Black is a pawn up, however it is not easy to convert it for a full point.})
29. Rh3 (29. Rg4 Nc1 (29... Nf2 $2 30. Rd4 Ne4 31. Bxd5) 30. Bd1 Rc4 31. Rgf4
Nd3 32. R4f3 {was another possibility.}) 29... h5 (29... Ke5 $5 30. Rh4 (30. g4
$6 {During the game I was thinking it was quite a logical way to fight for a
draw, but I was probably wrong.} fxg4 31. Rh4 (31. Rg3 h5 32. h3 Rc1 $1 33.
Rxc1 Nxc1 34. Bd1 d4 $1 $17) 31... h5 32. h3 gxh3 33. Kh2 Rc1 34. Rxc1 Nxc1 35.
Bc2 Rd6 36. b5 Rf6 $15) 30... d4 31. g4 $1 dxe3 32. dxe3 Nc1 33. Bd1 fxg4 34.
Bxg4 Na2 $15) 30. Rh4 $1 {The main point of White's idea. Now it is not easy
to prevent the activation of the rook. I was confused when my opponent was
playing moves like Rg3 and Rh3, because it looked like he was improving my
position on the kingside, however I must admit it made some sense.} Nc1 $1 {
The only way to keep an advantage.} 31. Bd1 (31. Ba4 {Honestly, I completely
missed that interesting attempt to prevent ...Rc4. White wouldn't be able to
move his rook to d4 though due to ...Ne2.} Rd6 $1 32. g3 (32. Bb5 Re6 33. Rd4
a6 34. Bd3 Rd6 $17) 32... Ra6 33. b5 Re6 $17 {[%cal Ge6e4]}) 31... Rc4 32. Rd4
(32. Rxc4 $2 dxc4 33. Bxh5 Nb3 34. Be2 b5 $17) 32... Rxd4 33. exd4 Re8 34. Bxh5
(34. Bf3 Ne2+ 35. Kf2 Nxd4 36. Rc1 b6 $17 (36... h4 $5)) 34... Nb3 35. Bf3 Rd8
$2 {Losing the whole advantage.} ({For some reason I though I could take only
the d4-pawn, but:} 35... Nxd2 36. Rc1 Nxf3+ 37. gxf3 Re3 {The resulting rook
ending doesn't look simple for White.} 38. Kf2 Rxa3 39. Rc7 b6 40. Kg3 (40. h4
Rd3 41. Rc6+ Kg7 42. Rc7+ Kh6 43. Rxa7 Rxd4 44. Rd7 (44. b5 Rxh4 45. Rb7 Rb4
46. Rxb6 Kg5) 44... Rxh4 45. Rxd5 Rxb4) 40... Rd3 41. Rxa7 Rxd4 42. Rd7 Rxb4
43. Rxd5 g5 44. Rd6+ Ke5 45. Rg6 Rb1) 36. Kf2 Nxd4 37. Rc1 Ne6 38. h4 Ke5 39.
g3 Kd6 40. Rc3 Ra8 {I was trying to pretend I could play for a win but
unfortunately the position is already a complete draw.} 41. Rd3 Nc7 42. g4 fxg4
43. Bxg4 a5 44. Rf3 axb4 45. axb4 Ke7 46. Re3+ Kd6 47. Rf3 Ke7 48. Re3+ Kd6
1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Ekaterinburg"]
[Date "2020.03.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Wang, Hao"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[Annotator "Edouard,R"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2020.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.04.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.04.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 Bc5 {The latest fashion against the English Opening,
when here 4.Nc3 is supposed to be critical.} 4. d3 $5 (4. Nc3 c6 5. Nf3 $5 {
Ding had two games against other moves and equalized comfortably.} (5. e4 O-O
6. Nge2 d5 7. cxd5 cxd5 8. exd5 Na6 9. a3 Nc7 10. O-O Ncxd5 11. Nxd5 Nxd5 12.
d4 exd4 13. Nxd4 Bb6 $11 14. Qb3 $6 Nf6 15. Rd1 $4 Bxd4 16. Be3 $6 Qb6 {
0-1 Shankland,S (2705)-Ding Liren (2811) Internet 2019}) (5. e3 O-O 6. Nge2 d5
7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. d4 exd4 9. Nxd5 cxd5 10. exd4 Bb6 $11 {1-0 (50) So,W (2754)
-Ding Liren (2805) Zagreb 2019}) 5... e4 6. Nh4 d5 7. cxd5 (7. d4 $5 {was
played by Nepo, but shouldn't be a big problem, although in that game Anand
completely collapsed as Black:} Be7 8. cxd5 cxd5 9. O-O O-O 10. f3 exf3 (10...
Nc6 $5 $13) 11. Rxf3 Nc6 $6 (11... g6 $5 $13) 12. Nf5 Ne4 $6 13. Rf1 Bf6 14. e3
Nxc3 15. bxc3 Be6 16. Rb1 Qd7 17. e4 $1 $16 Rfe8 $2 18. Nh6+ $1 Kh8 19. Rxf6 $1
gxf6 20. Qf3 Kg7 21. exd5 Bxd5 22. Nf5+ {1-0 Nepomniachtchi,I (2773)-Anand,V 
(2757) Kolkata 2019}) 7... cxd5 8. d3 Ng4 9. O-O g5 {Here White seems to have
two appealing choices.} 10. d4 $5 {This was the beginning of Anton's brillancy
against Grischuk.} (10. dxe4 $5 gxh4 11. Bf4 hxg3 (11... O-O $1 {should be
critical according to the engine.}) 12. Bxg3 Bd6 13. Qd3 Bxg3 14. Qxg3 $16 {
½-½ (35) Caruana,F (2822)-Van Foreest,J (2644) Wijk aan Zee 2020}) 10... Be7
(10... Bb4 $5 {might be critical - although the position is surely full of
line, here the engine suggests, amongst other moves, to go} 11. Nf3 $5 exf3 12.
exf3 {followed with Re1+ or f4, with very interesting compensation.}) 11. h3
Nxf2 $6 12. Rxf2 gxh4 13. Qb3 $1 hxg3 14. Rf4 Nc6 15. Qxd5 f5 16. Bxe4 $1 fxe4
$2 (16... Qxd5 {was required, but after} 17. Bxd5 {White is just better.}) 17.
Qh5+ Kd7 18. Be3 $1 Qg8 19. d5 Nd8 20. Nxe4 Qg6 21. Qe5 Nf7 22. Rxf7 Qxf7 23.
Rc1 Rf8 24. Bg5 {1-0 (24) Anton Guijarro,D (2674)-Grischuk,A (2759) Douglas
2019}) (4. e3 O-O 5. Ne2 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. O-O {was just fine for Black in
Shankland,S (2705)-Ding Liren (2811) Internet 2019, although here I think
Black should just have played} Nc6 {with a very healthy position.}) 4... O-O ({
Earlier Ding had to face} 4... d5 {and although Black equalized, there were
surely a bunch of options for White to try to get a small advantage:} 5. cxd5
Nxd5 6. Nc3 Nb6 7. Nf3 Nc6 8. O-O O-O 9. a3 (9. b3 $5) 9... a5 10. Na4 (10. Bd2
$5) 10... Nxa4 11. Qxa4 Nd4 12. Nxd4 Bxd4 13. Bd2 c6 14. e3 Bb6 15. Bc3 Re8 $11
{1-0 (42) Ding Liren (2811)-Grischuk,A (2759) Khanty-Mansiysk 2019.}) 5. Nc3 c6
6. Nf3 d6 (6... Re8 {with ideas like ...Bf8 and ...d5 would allow} 7. Nxe5 $5 {
which generally gives good positions to White, e.g.} Bxf2+ 8. Kxf2 Rxe5 9. d4
Re8 10. Rf1 $14) 7. O-O Re8 (7... a5 8. b3 Re8 9. e3 Bf5 10. h3 h6 11. Bb2 Bb6
{was completely fine for Black in Giri,A (2776)-Anand,V (2757) Kolkata 2019,
although Black lost on time in a winning position on move 44.}) 8. Na4 Bb4 9.
a3 Ba5 10. b4 Bc7 11. e4 a5 12. Bb2 Na6 $5 {There was nothing wrong with 12...
h6, 12...Be6 or 12...Bd7 either.} 13. b5 cxb5 14. cxb5 Nc5 15. Nxc5 dxc5 16. a4
Bg4 17. Ra3 Nd7 18. h3 Bh5 {In the next four moves Ding maneuvred very nicely
to get rid of light-coloured bishops. But Black's positions remains very solid.
} 19. Qb1 $5 b6 20. Nd2 Nf8 21. Bf3 Qg5 (21... Bg6 {made sense, but once on g6,
it is unclear whose light-squared bishop is the worst one. Furthermore,
Qd1-Bh5 could happen at some point.}) 22. h4 Qg6 (22... Qxd2 23. Bxh5 Ne6 24.
Bd1 {followed with Bb3 would be a risky bet for Black.}) 23. Qd1 Bxf3 24. Qxf3
h5 25. Qf5 Rad8 {Wang Hao decides not to change the pawn structure.} (25...
Qxf5 26. exf5 f6 {was the other option: the white knight got a nice square on
e4, but it isn't a better one than c4, and White has only one knight!}) 26.
Qxg6 Nxg6 27. Kg2 f6 28. Nc4 Kf7 29. Bc1 Rd7 30. f4 $2 {A terrible blunder,
completely atypical from Ding.} (30. Be3 $5 {would keep a very light plus,
although it would be difficult to break Black's defence.}) 30... exf4 31. Bxf4
Nxf4+ 32. gxf4 f5 $1 {A very nasty surprise. Suddenly, White has all the
weaknesses, and Black can enjoy an amazing pieces coordination.} 33. e5 Re6 34.
Kf3 Rg6 35. Ne3 Ke6 36. Rd1 Bd8 37. Ra2 Rd4 $6 (37... Bxh4 {should have been
played. After} 38. Rh2 Rg3+ 39. Ke2 g5 40. Nc4 Rd4 41. Nxb6 Rxf4 42. Nc4 {
Black has a few ways to sac an exchange, and White will have to be extremely
precise if he wants to hold.}) 38. Nc2 Rd5 39. Ne3 Rd7 40. Rdd2 $4 {One of the
worst possible moves, when Black has actually given White an opportunity to
escape!} ({After} 40. d4 $1 {it is Black who should be careful:} Rxd4 (40...
cxd4 $2 41. Rc2 $3 $18) 41. Rxd4 cxd4 42. Nc2 Kd5 43. Nxd4 $1 Kxd4 44. Rd2+ {
and the rook endgame is drawn but slightly easier for White.}) 40... Bxh4 41.
Rg2 Rg4 {Surely what White had missed. Again, completely unusual for Ding
Liren!} 42. Rh2 g6 43. Nxg4 fxg4+ 44. Ke3 Be7 45. Rac2 h4 0-1

[Event "ESP-chT CECLUB Honor"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2017.08.15"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Edouard, Romain"]
[Black "Mchedlishvili, Mikheil"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Edouard,R"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2017.08.14"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sestao Bizkaialde"]
[BlackTeam "Beniajan Duochess CAC"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ESP"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 Bb4 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nf3 Re8 6. O-O e4 ({The other
critical line is the following, and I do not see any problem for Black:} 6...
c6 7. Qb3 (7. d3 h6 8. Bd2 (8. Ne4 $5 Nxe4 (8... Na6 9. a3 Bf8 10. b4 d5 11.
Nxf6+ Qxf6 12. Bb2 Qd6 13. Rc1 $14 {1-0 (29) Wen,Y (2581)-Sasikiran,K (2680)
UAE 2014}) 9. dxe4 a5 $5 10. Be3 (10. b3 d6 11. Bb2 Be6 12. Nh4 Bc5 13. a3 Nd7
$13 {0-1 (42) Polgar,Z (2510)-Torre,E (2530) San Francisco 1991}) 10... Na6 11.
Rc1 d6 12. Nh4 Bc5 13. Qd2 Bxe3 14. Qxe3 Qf6 15. Rfd1 Rd8 16. Rd2 Be6 $13 {
½-½ (80) Salem,A (2603)-Nakar,E (2419) Caleta ENG 2015}) (8. Nd2 Na6 9. a3
Bf8 10. b4 d5 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Bb2 Nc7 $132 {0-1 (48) Jussupow,A (2608)
-Vachier Lagrave,M (2705) FRA 2012}) 8... Bf8 (8... d5 $6 9. Nxd5 $14) 9. e4 d6
$5 (9... d5 $6 10. exd5 cxd5 11. Nxd5 Nxd5 12. cxd5 Qxd5 13. Bc3 Qd6 14. d4
exd4 15. Nxd4 Na6 16. Qh5 $14 {1-0 (31) Laznicka,V (2657)-Sethuraman,S (2623)
FRA 2015}) 10. d4 a6 11. Qc2 (11. d5 b5 $13) 11... b5 12. Rad1 exd4 $5 $146 (
12... Nbd7 {1-0 (60) Solak,D (2627)-Raznikov,D (2495) BUL 2014} 13. c5 $5 $146
dxc5 14. dxe5 Ng4 15. e6 Rxe6 16. Bf4 $44 {/\ NNh4}) 13. Nxd4 Bg4 14. Rde1 (14.
f3 Bd7 $13) 14... bxc4 $13 {(/\x...c5, ...Nc6)}) (7. d4 e4 8. Ne1 d5 9. cxd5
cxd5 10. Bg5 Be6 $13) (7. a3 Bxc3 (7... Bf8 $5) 8. dxc3 d5 (8... d6 $5) 9. Bg5
Nbd7 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. e4 dxe4 $5 $146 12. Nd2 Qc7 $13) 7... Na6 8. d3 (8. a3
Bc5 $5 (8... Bf8 {is a bit slow here:} 9. d4 e4 10. Ne1 d5 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. f3
$36 {1/2-1/2 (28) Huang,Q (2478)-Olafsson,H (2547) Reykjavik 2013}) 9. d3 h6
10. e4 (10. e3 d5 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Nxe5 Rxe5 13. d4 Re8 14. dxc5 Nxc5 $13)
10... d6 11. h3 Nc7 $13) (8. d4 d6 9. Rd1 (9. dxe5 dxe5 10. a3 Bf8 11. Rd1 Qe7
$13) 9... Bxc3 10. Qxc3 e4 11. Ne1 Bg4 $13) 8... h6 ({A brillant alternative
idea was found by MVL:} 8... Bxc3 $5 9. Qxc3 d5 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Qc2 Bg4 $1
12. h3 Bxf3 $1 13. Bxf3 Nac7 14. a3 Ne6 15. e3 f5 $36 {0-1 (40) Van Wely,L 
(2641)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2730) Moscow RUS 2010}) 9. a3 Bf8 10. Qc2 (10. d4 e4
11. Ne1 Nc7 $13) 10... Nc7 $13 {Black may play ...d5 or just ...d6 next.} (
10... d5 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. d4 e4 13. Ne5 Qb6 14. Be3 Bf5 $13)) 7. Nd4 Bxc3 ({
Black normally starts with} 7... Nc6 {leading to unclear positions, playable
positions for both sides:} 8. Nc2 Bxc3 9. dxc3 h6 (9... d6 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bxf6
Qxf6 12. Ne3 Re5 13. Qc2 Bf5 14. Rad1 Rae8 15. Rd5 $14 {1/2-1/2 (42) Portisch,
L (2650)-Uhlmann,W (2560) Madrid 1973}) 10. Ne3 (10. Bf4 d6 11. Qd2 a5 12. b3
b6 13. h3 Be6 14. g4 Qd7 15. Ne3 Ne7 16. Bg3 $36 {1/2-1/2 (47) Kamsky,G (2714)
-Svidler,P (2732) Khanty-Mansiysk RUS 2007; is another playable plan.}) 10...
d6 11. b3 a5 (11... Ne7 $5 12. Nd5 Nf5 13. Qc2 Nxd5 14. cxd5 e3 15. Be4 Qg5 16.
Qd3 Bd7 17. f4 Qg4 $13 {1-0 (29) Khismatullin,D (2714)-Golod,V (2573) Yerevan
ARM 2014}) 12. a4 Bd7 13. Nd5 Bf5 14. h3 Ne5 15. Be3 b6 16. Qd2 Nfd7 17. Rad1
Bh7 $13 {1-0 (34) Kryvoruchko,Y (2710)-Schenk,A (2491) GER 2015}) 8. dxc3 $5 ({
I've never liked the move} 8. bxc3 {as I consider is too inflexible:} d6 9. d3
Nbd7 10. f3 (10. Qc2 Nc5 11. Bg5 exd3 12. exd3 h6 $13) 10... exd3 11. exd3 d5
$13 {1/2-1/2 (25) Turov,M (2667)-Grigoriants,S (2557) Voronezh RUS 2012}) 8...
d6 9. h3 Nbd7 10. Nc2 $6 $146 {The start of a bad plan, willing to play
similar to playing against 7...Nc6. The e3-square is a flexible square for the
knight: defending c4, being able to go to d5, and forcing Black to take on f3
when White plays f4 as otherwise g4 is coming next. However, here, it is too
slow.} ({A smarter plan was played by Mamedov, but again, the positions are
just unclear:} 10. b3 a5 11. a4 Nc5 12. Be3 b6 13. Qc2 Bd7 14. Rad1 $13 {
1/2-1/2 (38) Mamedov,R (2650)-Wang,H (2717) CHN 2016}) 10... a5 $1 {The best
move, going for the queenside space.} 11. Ne3 (11. a4 Nc5 12. Ne3 Bd7 $13)
11... a4 12. f4 exf3 13. exf3 Nc5 14. Kh2 Bd7 ({An improvement of the same
idea would probably be} 14... b6 15. Qc2 Bb7 {and Black is more than fine.})
15. Qc2 Bc6 16. Nf5 Nfd7 17. Be3 Ne5 18. Bd4 Ne6 (18... f6 19. Rad1 (19. Bxc5
dxc5 20. Rad1 Qc8 $132) 19... Qc8 20. Ne3 Ne6 $13) 19. c5 $6 {Overestimating
my position!} ({After} 19. Rae1 Nxd4 (19... Nxc4 20. Bxg7 $1 $40) (19... f6 20.
f4 Nxc4 21. Bxc6 bxc6 22. Qe2 $1 {/\ Qg4 is problematic.}) 20. cxd4 Ng6 {
I didn't see any way to put real pressure on Black - probably rightly so.})
19... Nxd4 (19... Nxc5 $2 20. f4 $16) 20. cxd4 Ng6 21. cxd6 cxd6 22. d5 $6 {
Just missing Black's next move.} (22. Rfe1 $11) 22... Bb5 (22... Bxd5 23. Rfd1
$1 {looked very dangerous for Black:} Bc6 $1 (23... Qa5 $2 24. b4 $16) (23...
Ra5 24. Qc3 Re5 25. Nxd6 $138) (23... Rc8 24. Qxa4 Re5 25. f4 Rxf5 26. Rxd5
Rxd5 27. Bxd5 Qf6 28. Rg1 $1 $36) (23... Re5 $2 24. f4 Rc8 25. Qd3 $16) 24.
Nxd6 Re6 $1 $13) 23. Rfe1 Qf6 24. Rad1 Bd7 (24... Rxe1 $1 25. Rxe1 h5 $1 {
was very annoying, with the idea} 26. h4 Bd7 27. Ne3 Nxh4 $17) 25. Rxe8+ Rxe8
26. Nd4 Rc8 27. Qd2 Rc5 28. f4 $6 (28. b4 axb3 (28... Rxd5 $6 29. f4 $40) 29.
Nxb3 $11 {was safer.}) 28... h5 29. h4 Ne7 30. Bf3 $6 {Another dumb move!} Bg4
31. Qb4 b5 32. Bxg4 hxg4 33. Rd2 $4 {The last mistake - now everything wins
for Black.} (33. Qe1 $1 Rxd5 34. Qe4 {with great drawing chances.}) 33... Rxd5
(33... Rc4 34. Qxb5 Rxd4 35. Rxd4 Qxd4 36. Qe8+ Kh7 37. Qxe7 Qxb2+ $19) 34. Qc3
g6 35. Qe3 Nf5 36. Nxf5 Qxf5 37. Re2 Rd3 38. Qc1 Kg7 39. Qc2 Re3 40. Rd2 Qxc2
41. Rxc2 Kf6 42. Kg2 d5 43. Rc5 Re2+ 44. Kf1 Rxb2 45. Rxd5 b4 0-1

[Event "Schoeneck"]
[Site "Schoeneck"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Votava, Jan"]
[Black "Miezis, Normunds"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "Ernst,T"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 056"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Nxc3 7. bxc3 (7.
dxc3 Qxd1+ 8. Kxd1 e5 9. e4 Be7 (9... f6 10. Be3 Be6 11. Nd2 Be7 12. Bf1 O-O-O
{1/2-1/2 Adamski,J-Ungureanu,E/Bucharest 1978}) 10. Be3 Bg4 11. h3 Be6 12. Ng5
{1/2-1/2 Dely,P-Palatnik,S/Hradec Kralove 1981}) 7... e5 (7... g6) 8. O-O (8.
Qc2 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Bb2 Be6 11. d4 cxd4 12. cxd4 exd4 13. Rfd1 Rc8 14. Qa4
Qb6 15. Rab1 Bf5 16. Bxd4 Qxb1 17. Rxb1 Bxb1 18. Bb2 Bf5 19. h4 Rfd8 20. Ne5
Nxe5 21. Bxe5 Rc1+ 22. Kh2 Bc5 23. Qf4 Rc2 24. Qxf5 {1-0 Behn,C-Steinhardt,L/
RLNS 1989}) (8. d3 Be7 9. Nd2 Qc7 10. Nc4 Bd7 11. Ne3 Be6 12. Nd5 Qd7 13. Nxe7
Nxe7 14. Be3 Rc8 15. O-O Nf5 16. Bd2 O-O 17. Qb1 b5 18. a4 bxa4 19. c4 Nd4 20.
Qd1 Nb3 21. Ra2 Rfd8 22. Rc2 Bh3 23. Be3 Bxg2 24. Kxg2 e4 25. Ra2 Qc6 26. Kg1
Rb8 27. Qc2 exd3 28. exd3 Rb4 29. Qc3 a5 30. Re1 h6 31. Rae2 Qd6 32. Rd1 Qe6 {
Stobik,D-Mira,H/OLWuert 1991/1/2-1/2 (52)}) 8... Be7 9. Rb1 (9. d3 O-O 10. Nd2
(10. Be3 Be6 11. Nd2 Qd7 12. Ne4 b6 13. c4 Rad8 14. Nc3 Nd4 {1/2-1/2 Gross,
S-Egger,T/BL2-S 1989 (26)}) 10... Be6 11. Nc4 Qd7 (11... Bd5 12. Bxd5 Qxd5 13.
Ne3 Qd7 14. Qb3 Rad8 15. Rb1 b6 16. Ng2 Qg4 17. Qc2 Qg6 18. f4 c4 19. f5 cxd3
20. exd3 Qd6 21. Rf3 Qd5 22. Ne1 Bc5+ 23. Kg2 Rfe8 24. c4 Qd7 25. Bb2 e4 26.
dxe4 Qd2+ 27. Qxd2 Rxd2+ 28. Kh3 Rxe4 29. Rd3 Rxb2 30. Rxb2 Rxe1 31. Rd7 Re7
32. Rbd2 Kf8 33. R2d5 Rxd7 {Weil,W-Eisinger,M/GER-ch Bad Oeynhausen 1938/0-1 
(78)}) 12. Bxc6 Qxc6 13. Nxe5 Qd5 14. f4 Rfd8 15. Rb1 Bh3 16. e4 Qxa2 {Timman,
J-Pfleger,H/Tallinn 1973/1/2-1/2 (48)}) 9... O-O 10. d3 Qc7 11. Be3 Be6 (11...
Rb8 12. a4 b6 13. Nd2 Be6 14. Qc2 Rbd8 15. f4 exf4 16. Bxf4 Bd6 17. Bxd6 Qxd6
18. Ne4 {1-0 Maric,A-Denker,A/Palma de Mallorca GMA 1989 (43)}) 12. Qa4 Rac8
13. Ng5 Bxg5 14. Bxg5 b6 15. Rfd1 Qd7 16. Rb2 f6 17. Bc1 Rfd8 18. Rbd2 Bd5 19.
Bf1 Be6 20. Bg2 Bd5 21. Bf1 Rb8 (21... Be6 22. Bg2 Bd5 23. Bf1 $10) 22. Qh4 $6
Qf7 $1 23. c4 $6 {>< d4} (23. Qa4) (23. a3 $6 {>< b3}) 23... Be6 {/\ Nc6-d4-f5}
24. e3 {>< d3, c4} Rd6 25. f4 $2 (25. Qe4 $142) 25... Rbd8 26. Bg2 Ne7 27. Be4
(27. fxe5 Ng6 28. Qe4 Nxe5 $17) 27... h5 $1 28. Rf1 (28. fxe5 $2 g5) 28... exf4
29. Qxf4 (29. exf4 f5) (29. Rxf4 $2 g5) 29... Ng6 30. Bxg6 (30. Qf2 Ne5 31. Qe2
Bg4 $19) 30... Qxg6 $19 31. d4 cxd4 32. Ba3 R6d7 33. Rxd4 Rxd4 34. exd4 Qd3 35.
d5 Bh3 36. Rf3 Qd1+ 37. Kf2 Re8 38. Re3 Qf1# 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 13th"]
[Site "Plovdiv"]
[Date "2012.03.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Fridman, Daniel"]
[Black "Ter Sahakyan, Samvel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2578"]
[Annotator "Fridman,D"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[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. c4 Nf6 2. g3 e5 3. Bg2 Nc6 {Eine andere populдre Fortsetzung ist 3...d5.} 4.
Nc3 Bc5 5. e3 a6 6. Nge2 d6 7. O-O O-O 8. a3 Ba7 {Man kцnnte sagen, wir haben
eine Grundstellung erreicht. Jetzt gilt es einen Plan zu wдhlen.} 9. b4 {
Ein anderer Plan wдre es direkt d4 zu spielen. Ich war mir aber noch nicht
sicher, ob ich meinen d-Bauern auf d3 oder d4 stellen werde.} Bf5 10. d4 (10.
d3 Qd7) 10... h6 {Schwarz bereitet sich auf das kommende d5-e4 vor.} 11. d5 {
Interessant war auch 11.dxe5, aber sowohl nach 11...dxe5 als auch nach 11...
Nxe5 steht Schwarz gut:} (11. dxe5 Nxe5 (11... dxe5 12. Bb2 Bd3 13. Qb3 Qc8)
12. Bxb7 Bh3 13. Bxa8 (13. Bg2 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 Nxc4) 13... Qxa8 14. Nd5 $8 Nf3+
15. Kh1 Bxf1 16. Nxf6+ gxf6 17. Qxf1 Ne1+ 18. Kg1 Nf3+ $11) (11. Bxc6 bxc6 12.
dxe5 dxe5 13. Qxd8 Rfxd8 14. c5 a5 $15 {Sofort den Lдufer auf a7 fьr ewig
wegzusperren klappt nicht. Die weiЯen Felder sind zu schwach und auch die
weiЯen Figuren stehen ziemlich schlecht.}) 11... Ne7 12. e4 Bh7 13. Qd3 {
WeiЯ will die schwarzfeldrigen Lдufer tauschen und dann mit c4-c5 fortsetzen.}
Nd7 {Stattdessen war 13...c6 deutlich besser:} (13... c6 14. Be3 cxd5 (14...
Bxe3 15. Qxe3 cxd5 16. Nxd5 Nexd5 17. cxd5 Ng4 $11) 15. cxd5 (15. Bxa7 $5 dxc4
16. Qe3 Nc8 17. Bd4 Qc7 $13) 15... Bxe3 16. Qxe3 Ng4 $11 {Schwarz hat gutes
Spiel.}) 14. Be3 Qb8 {Ein bekanntes, extravagantes Manцver. Schwarz will die
Dame ьber a7 ins Spiel bringen und dabei auch ein mцgliches Konterspiel am
Damenflьgel unterstьtzen.} 15. Rac1 {WeiЯ versucht seinerseits frьher oder
spдter c4-c5 zu spielen.} f5 16. exf5 Bxf5 (16... Bxe3 $5 17. fxe3 (17. Qxe3
Nxf5 18. Qd2 b5) 17... Bxf5 18. Ne4 (18. Be4 Bh3 19. Rxf8+ Qxf8 20. Bg2 Qf5 21.
Qxf5 Bxf5 22. e4 Bg4 23. Kf2 $11) 18... b5 19. c5) 17. Be4 Bh3 18. Bg2 Bf5 19.
Ne4 Bxe3 20. Qxe3 Qa7 {Passives 20...b6, gerichtet gegen c4-c5, war eine gute
Alternative.} (20... b6 21. N2c3 Bg6) 21. c5 Nxd5 $6 (21... Bxe4 22. Qxe4 Nf6
23. Qd3 b6 24. cxd6 cxd6 25. Bh3 $14) 22. Qd2 $6 {Ungenau.} (22. Qb3 Be6 23.
Ng5 hxg5 (23... Nf4 24. Nxe6 Nxe2+ 25. Kh1 Nxc1 26. Rxc1 Rf7 27. Nxc7 Raf8 28.
cxd6 $14) 24. Bxd5 Bxd5 25. Qxd5+ Rf7 26. cxd6 {und WeiЯ steht wegen seines
starken Bauern auf d6 und der gegnerischen kompromittierten Bauernstruktur auf
dem Kцnigsflьgel eindeutig besser.} c6 (26... cxd6 $4 27. Rc7 $18) 27. Qe6 $14)
22... Bxe4 $6 (22... N5f6 23. Nxf6+ Rxf6 (23... Nxf6 24. cxd6 c6) 24. Qd5+ Kh7
25. Qxb7 Qxb7 26. Bxb7 Rb8 {Schwarz hat gute Chancen auszugleichen.}) 23. Bxe4
N5f6 24. Bf5 $1 Rad8 (24... Nb8 $5 25. cxd6 cxd6 26. Qxd6 Nc6 27. Rxc6 bxc6 28.
Qxe5 $40) 25. cxd6 c6 26. Nc3 {WeiЯ bringt wichtige Felder unter Kontrolle.}
Kh8 27. Rcd1 Qb6 $6 {Die Dame auf b6 ist sehr schlecht platziert.} (27... a5 $5
) (27... Qb8 $5) 28. Na4 Qb5 29. Qc2 e4 30. Bxd7 Nxd7 31. Nc5 Nxc5 32. bxc5 {
WeiЯ wird mindestens den Bauern auf e4 gewinnen.} Rf5 (32... b6 33. cxb6 Qxb6
34. Qxe4 Rd7 35. Rd2) 33. Rc1 Qd3 (33... Re5 34. Qc3 (34. Rfd1 e3) (34. Rfe1 b6
) 34... Rf5 35. Qe3 Qd3 36. Rfe1) 34. Rfe1 b6 $2 $138 {Aber auch nach dem
besten Zug 34...Qc2 bleibt die Stellung sehr schlecht.} (34... Qxc2 35. Rxc2
Re8) 35. cxb6 Qxc2 36. Rxc2 Rxd6 37. a4 a5 38. Rb1 Rfd5 39. Rcc1 Rd8 40. b7 1-0

[Event "Rostock-08 IM Group"]
[Site "Rostock"]
[Date "1982.08.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Zoltek, Tadeusz"]
[Black "Neukirch, Detlef"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2300"]
[BlackElo "2365"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "1982.08.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DDR"]
[EventCategory "4"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 Bb4 4. Bg2 O-O 5. e4 Bxc3 6. dxc3 d6 7. Ne2 Nbd7 8.
Qc2 (8. O-O b6 9. f3 a5 10. Be3 Bb7 11. Qc2 Qe7 12. Nc1 Nh5 $10) 8... b6 9. f3
a5 10. a4 Nc5 11. Bg5 h6 12. Be3 Ne8 $6 (12... Bb7) 13. O-O f5 $2 14. f4 $1
exf4 15. Nxf4 Nxe4 16. Bxe4 fxe4 17. Qxe4 Rb8 18. Ne6 Nf6 (18... Rxf1+) 19.
Rxf6 Qxf6 1-0

[Event "Venice"]
[Site "Venice"]
[Date "1949.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Tartakower, Saviely"]
[Black "Gligoric, Svetozar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A22"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1949.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. e4 e5 4. f4 (4. Nf3 Nc6 5. d4 exd4 6. Nxd4 Bg7 7. Nc2 $1
{N} (7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. e5 Ng8 $13) (7. Be2 Nxe4 $1) (7. Be3 Ng4 $1 (7... O-O))
7... O-O 8. Be2 Re8 9. f3 d6 10. Bg5 $1 h6 11. Be3 {><h6} Ne5 12. Qd2 Kh7 13.
O-O Be6 14. b3 a5 15. Nd4 Bd7 16. Ndb5 $1 Bxb5 17. cxb5 $1 {|^<->c, ><c7} Ned7
18. Rac1 Re7 19. Rfd1 b6 20. Rc2 Nc5 21. Bc4 Qh8 22. a3 Ra7 $14 {Muir,A}) 4...
d6 (4... exf4 5. d3 (5. d4 Bb4) 5... g5 6. h4 $40) 5. d3 Bg7 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be2
O-O 8. O-O Bg4 9. Be3 exf4 $5 10. Bxf4 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 Nd7 12. Qd2 Nd4 13. Bg5 f6
14. Be3 Nxf3+ 15. gxf3 c6 16. d4 f5 17. Rad1 fxe4 18. fxe4 Qh4 19. Qg2 Rae8 20.
Bg5 Rxf1+ 21. Kxf1 Rf8+ 22. Kg1 Bxd4+ $1 23. Kh1 Qf2 24. Qxf2 Bxf2 25. Be7 Re8
26. Bxd6 Bh4 27. Bg3 Bxg3 28. hxg3 (28. Rxd7 $142 Be1 29. Rxb7 Bxc3 30. bxc3
Rxe4 31. Rxa7 Rxc4 32. a4 Rxc3 33. a5 Ra3 34. Rc7) 28... Ne5 29. b3 Kf7 30. Kg2
Ke7 31. Ne2 Rd8 32. Rxd8 Kxd8 33. Kf2 Ke7 34. Ke3 g5 $6 (34... c5 $1 35. Nc3 g5
36. Nd5+ Kd6 37. Nf6 h6 $17 {o^ >>}) 35. Nd4 $1 Kf6 36. c5 Ng4+ 37. Kf3 h5 38.
Nf5 Ke5 39. b4 Nf6 40. Nd6 Kd4 (40... b6 $2 41. cxb6 axb6 42. Nc4+) 41. Nxb7
Nd7 42. Nd6 Ne5+ 43. Ke2 a6 44. Kd2 h4 45. gxh4 gxh4 46. Nf5+ Kc4 47. Nxh4 Kxb4
48. Nf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Interzonal-16"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Brunner, Lucas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[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. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nb6 6. d3 Be7 (6... Nc6 7. Nh3
Bf5 8. f4 Qd7 9. Nf2 exf4 10. Bxf4 Be7 11. O-O O-O 12. Kh1 Rad8 13. Nb5 Nb4 $13
{Uhlmann,W-Dueckstein/Muenchen ol/1958/}) 7. Nh3 O-O (7... g5 8. Be3 f5 9. f4
exf4 10. gxf4 g4 11. Nf2 c6 12. Qb3 Na6 13. O-O-O Qd6 14. d4 Be6 15. d5 cxd5
16. Nxd5 Kf7 17. Nxb6 Qc7+ 18. Qc3 Qxc3+ 19. bxc3 axb6 20. Bxb7 Ra7 21. Bd5 Nc5
22. Kb1 Na4 23. Bxe6+ Kxe6 24. Bd4 $13 {Clemens,C-Forintos,G/Oberhausen EUchT 
(8)/1961/}) 8. O-O Nc6 9. f4 exf4 (9... Be6 10. f5 $14) 10. gxf4 (10. Nxf4 Nd4
$13) 10... Nd4 11. e4 (11. e3 Nf5 12. e4 $2 Nh4 $15) 11... f5 (11... c5 12. f5
$1) 12. Kh1 (12. Be3 c5 13. Rc1 $13) 12... c5 13. Be3 Be6 (13... fxe4 14. dxe4
Nc4 $6 15. Bxd4 Qxd4 (15... cxd4 16. Nd5 $16) 16. Qb3 Be6 17. Rad1 Qf6 18. Ng5
$16) 14. Ng5 Bxg5 15. fxg5 Qd7 (15... Qd6 16. exf5 (16. Qd2 $5) 16... Nxf5 17.
Ne4 Nxe3 18. Nxd6 Rxf1+ 19. Qxf1 Nxf1 20. Rxf1 Bxa2 21. Nxb7 $14) 16. Qd2 Rac8
(16... fxe4 17. Nxe4 {xc5}) 17. Rf4 Rf7 (17... fxe4 18. Rxf8+ Rxf8 19. Nxe4 $14
) 18. Raf1 fxe4 19. Rxf7 Bxf7 20. Nxe4 Ne6 (20... Nd5 $2 21. Nxc5 Rxc5 22. Bxd4
$16) 21. Qf2 Rc7 (21... Nd5 22. Nxc5 (22. Qxf7+ Qxf7 23. Rxf7 Nxe3 24. Rxb7 Nf4
25. Bf3 Nxd3 26. Rxa7 Rf8 27. Nd2 Nf2+ 28. Kg1 Nh3+ 29. Kh1 $13) 22... Nxc5 23.
Bxc5 $16) 22. Nxc5 Nxc5 23. Bxc5 Qxd3 24. Bxb6 axb6 25. Qxb6 Qd8 (25... Rd7 26.
Qc5 $16) (25... Qd7 26. Qa5 b5 27. a3 Bd5 28. Qd2 Bxg2+ 29. Qxg2 $16) 26. Kg1
$5 Rd7 (26... Bxa2 27. b3 Qd7 (27... g6 28. Qe6+ Kh8 29. Qe5+ Rg7 30. Qb2 $18)
28. Qxc7 $1 Qxc7 29. Bd5+ $18) 27. Qe3 $6 (27. Qxd8+ Rxd8 28. b3 $16) 27... Bc4
$2 (27... Bxa2 $1 28. b3 Rd3 (28... Re7 29. Bd5+ Kh8 30. Qf3 Re8 31. h4 $16 {
x Ba2}) (28... Rd1 29. Rxd1 Qxd1+ 30. Kf2 Qc2+ 31. Kg3 Qc7+ (31... Qxb3 $2 32.
Bd5+ $1 Qxd5 33. Qe8#) 32. Kg4 Qf7 $10) 29. Qe6+ (29. Bd5+ $2 Rxd5 30. Qe6+ Kh8
31. Qxd5 Qxd5 32. Rf8+ Qg8 $19) 29... Kh8 30. Qf5 Bxb3 31. Qf8+ Qxf8 32. Rxf8+
Bg8 33. Bxb7 $10) 28. Re1 Bxa2 $2 29. b3 Rd1 (29... Rf7 30. Bf1 $18) (29... g6
30. Bh3 Rc7 31. Be6+ $18) 30. Bd5+ $1 (30. Bd5+ Rxd5 31. Qe6+ Kf8 (31... Kh8
32. Qe8+) 32. Rf1+ $18) 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-32"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.09.21"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Galego, Luis"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1996.09.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Portugal"]
[BlackTeam "Bulgaria"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BUL"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 Bb4 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Qb3 a5 6. a3 Bxc3 7. Qxc3 Re8 (7...
Qe7 8. b3 d6 (8... d6 9. Bb2 Nc6 10. Nf3 Ne4 11. Qc2 Nc5 12. d4 exd4 13. Nxd4
Nxd4 14. Bxd4 Re8 15. Ra2 Bg4 16. e3 Qg5 17. O-O Bf5 18. Qc3 Be4 19. Bxc5 Bxg2
20. Kxg2 Qxc5 {Mack,P-Budde,V/BL 8586/1986/0-1 (50)})) (7... e4 8. b3 d5 9. Bb2
Be6 10. Nh3 Nc6 11. cxd5 Bxh3 12. Bxh3 Qxd5 13. Bg2 Qe6 14. Rc1 Rfd8 15. Qc4
Qd6 16. O-O Qxd2 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. Qxe4 Nd4 19. Rxc7 {1-0 Koehler,G-Pichler,M/
OLO-A 9293/1993 (26)}) 8. d3 (8. Nf3 d5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Qc2 e4 11. Nd4 Nf6 12.
e3 b6 13. d3 c5 14. Nb5 exd3 15. Qc4 Be6 16. Qf4 Bd5 17. Bxd5 Qxd5 18. O-O d2
19. Bxd2 Qxd2 20. Nc7 Nbd7 21. Nxa8 Rxa8 {Martinez,A-Bronstein,L/Buenos Aires
Konex (02)/1991/0-1 (42)}) 8... d5 9. Bg5 (9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Qc2 Nc6) 9... d4
10. Qc2 Nbd7 11. c5 $2 (11. Nf3 h6 12. Bxf6 Nxf6 13. O-O $10) 11... c6 $1 12.
Nf3 h6 13. Bxf6 (13. Bd2 a4 $15) 13... Nxf6 14. Nd2 Be6 15. O-O a4 16. Nc4 (16.
b4 axb3 17. Nxb3 Qe7 $15) 16... Bxc4 $1 17. Qxc4 (17. dxc4 Qe7 $17) 17... Ra5
18. Bh3 (18. Rfc1 Nd7 19. Qb4 Qa8 (19... Rb5 20. Qxa4 Nxc5 21. Qxb5 $1 $8 (21.
Qc2 Nb3 $19) 21... cxb5 22. Rxc5 $15) 20. Rc4 Rb5 21. Qxa4 Rxb2 $17) 18... Qe7
19. Rfc1 Rea8 20. Rab1 Nd5 21. Rc2 (21. Bg2 Nc7) 21... Rb5 22. Bg2 Nc7 $1 (
22... Raa5 $6 23. Bxd5 cxd5 24. Qxd5 Rxc5 25. Rxc5 Rxc5 26. Qe4 $15) 23. b4 $8
(23. Bf3 Ne6 $17) 23... axb3 24. Rxb3 Rxb3 25. Qxb3 Nb5 26. a4 Nc3 27. Rb2 Rxa4
(27... Qxc5 28. Qxb7 Rxa4 29. Bxc6 $10) 28. Qxb7 Ra1+ 29. Bf1 Qe6 (29... Qxc5
$2 30. Qc8+ Qf8 (30... Kh7 $2 31. Qf5+ $18) 31. Qc7) 30. Kg2 (30. f3 Kh7 (30...
Qh3 31. Qa8+ $1) 31. Kg2 Rc1 32. Rb6 Nd5 33. Rb1 Ne3+ 34. Kg1 Rxc5 $19) 30...
Qd5+ 31. f3 (31. Kg1 Rxf1+ $1 32. Kxf1 Qh1#) 31... Kh7 (31... Nd1 32. Rb1 (32.
Qc8+ Kh7 33. Rb8 Ne3+ 34. Kh3 Rxf1 35. Qh8+ Kg6 36. Rg8 Qe6+ 37. g4 Qf6 $19)
32... Ne3+ 33. Kf2 Rxb1 34. Qxb1 Qxc5 $17) 32. h4 (32. Qc8 Nd1 $19) (32. Rb6
Nd1 33. Rb1 Ne3+ 34. Kf2 Rxb1 35. Qxb1 Qxc5 $17) 32... Qe6 33. Rb6 (33. Rd2 Nd5
34. Kf2 Rxf1+ 35. Kxf1 Qh3+ 36. Ke1 Ne3 $19) 33... Rxf1 $1 (33... Nd5 34. Rb1)
34. Rxc6 (34. Kxf1 Qh3+ 35. Kf2 (35. Kg1 Qxg3+ 36. Kf1 Nd1 $19) 35... Qh2+ 36.
Kf1 Qh1+ 37. Kf2 Nd1#) 34... Qa2 35. Kxf1 Qxe2+ 36. Kg1 Qe1+ (36... Qe1+ 37.
Kh2 (37. Kg2 Nd1 38. f4 Ne3+ 39. Kf3 Qh1+ 40. Ke2 Qd1+ 41. Kf2 Qf1#) 37... Ne2
$19) 0-1

[Event "Qatar Masters op"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2015.12.27"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Ganguly, Surya Shekhar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2748"]
[BlackElo "2648"]
[Annotator "Ganguly,S"]
[PlyCount "169"]
[EventDate "2015.12.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Before the start of this round we had both scored 3 wins and 3 draws but
interestingly Mamedyarov had scored all his wins with the white pieces while I
had won all my games with the black pieces.} 1. c4 {I was expecting 1.d4 mainly
} e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nb6 6. e3 {A line that he has
never played before. This was definitely a surprise for me but a very pleasant
one. I had a very interesting idea in this system which I was eagerly waiting
to use.} Nc6 7. Nge2 Qd3 $5 {This was an idea I had prepared with Harikrishna
before the World Cup 2015. It has never been played before in a tournament
game but has been played a few times in correspondence chess.} 8. f4 {Played
almost instantly! I was surprised and equally impressed that my opponent had
also checked such unusual moves as 7...Qd3.} (8. Be4 Qa6 9. f4 f6 {transposes
to the main game.}) 8... f6 9. Be4 Qa6 {This was the main position we looked
at. The game becomes very complex and direct. If White doesn't know the exact
details, then he can easily get into a worse position.} 10. fxe5 (10. f5 $5) (
10. O-O Bh3 {and Black is simply better.}) (10. d4 {One correspondence game
went this way} exd4 11. Nxd4 Nxd4 12. Qxd4 Be6 13. Bd3 Bc4 {½-½ (19) Lafarga
Santorromán,D (2659)-Semrl,M (2606) ICCF 2012}) 10... fxe5 11. Ng1 {Again
played instantly! His speed of play confused me slightly. According to our
analyses White has to be very precise not to get worse. Somewhere here Anish
came to the board and gave his typical mischievous smile. It was not clear
whether he smiled because he had also looked into this line or was just
looking at the bizarre manoeuvres like Qd3-Qa6 is being answered with Ne2-Ng1!}
(11. d4 {and}) (11. a3 {are the other two moves that needs further tests.})
11... Nd7 $1 {[%cal Gd7c5] And the craziness continues! White has
"underdeveloped" himself with Ne2-Ng1 and Black decides to attack with losing
further tempi though his queen is stuck at a6 and his other pieces are not
developed either.} 12. Nd5 (12. Qh5+ {if White can start with this then he
would be better but unfortunately for White this doesn't work:} g6 $1 13. Bxg6+
hxg6 14. Qxh8 Nb4 $19 {is something that I could remember from my preparation
during the game.}) 12... Bd6 13. Qh5+ Kd8 {Until this point both of us had
played in decent speed showing that we both knew what we were doing.
Mamedyarov played much faster and more confidently than me. During the game I
vividly remembered that we mainly worked on two moves here (14.Nf3 and 14.Ne2)
and only one of them leads to equality while the other one is bad for White.}
14. Nf3 $6 {Again his speed baffled me as I was absolutely sure that after
this move there is no bail out for White anymore and he must accept a bad
position. Yet my opponent's confident behaviour kind of forced me to recheck
all the lines and I ended up consuming quite some time for my next move.} (14.
Qg5+ Ne7 15. Qxg7 Rf8 $19 {loses for White}) (14. Ne2 $1 {As per my
preparation this was an absolute necessity for White. This was also played in
a correspondence game:} Ne7 15. Nec3 g6 16. Qh6 Nc5 17. Qg7 Rg8 18. Qf6 Nxe4
19. Nxe4 Qd3 20. Ndc3 b6 21. Rf1 Ba6 {1/2-1/2 (21) Prнvara,D (2516)-Gonzбlez
Pereira,F (2453) ICCF 2013}) 14... Nc5 $1 {After this move my opponent started
to think for long time which made me realise that his speed of play was
nothing but pure bluff.} 15. Qg5+ {After a long period of thought. But there
is no more bail out.} (15. Ng5 Rf8 16. Nxh7 (16. Rg1 $15 {if this is the top
move of machine then something is seriously wrong in White's position!}) 16...
Nxe4 17. Nxf8 Nc5 $1 {Most of the time I was checking in this direction and
was making sure (rather remembering!) that Black is better here.} 18. Qh4+ (18.
Kf2 Bxf8 $17) 18... Be7 $1 19. Nxe7 Nd3+ 20. Kd1 (20. Ke2 Nf4+ 21. Kd1 Qe2+ 22.
Kc2 Nxe7 $19 {[%cal Gc8f5]}) 20... Bg4+ $1 $19 {is a fine point of this whole
line.}) 15... Ne7 16. Nxe7 Bxe7 17. Qxe5 Rf8 {I was sure that I had this
position as better for Black. However, I couldn't remember if it was slightly
better or was close to winning!} 18. Rf1 {Here almost every move was looking
very tempting. I spent quite some time on ...Bd7 and some other moves which
gave a steady advantage for Black and then suddenly I saw the option of 18...
Qc4 and felt I could be just winning...} Qc4 $2 {And I thought I was almost
winning here...} (18... Qd3 {is good enough for equality but at this point
Black is already playing for the advantage so I didn't want to enter this line}
) (18... Bg4 {also leads to get a better position}) (18... Bd7 $1 {[%cal Gd7c6]
This was the easiest of them all} 19. d4 (19. b4 Nxe4 20. Qxe4 Bc6 21. Qg4 Bf6
$17) 19... Nxe4 20. Qxe4 Bc6 21. d5 Qa5+ $17 {Black gets back the pawn and
will be able to keep the pair of bishops. Just to make it further worse White
will also have the 'e3' weakness.}) 19. Bxh7 $1 $16 {Only when he played this
after a long think I did realise that my planned reply of ...Bf6 doesn't work
as he can simply answer Qf4.} (19. d4 Nxe4 20. Qxe4 c6 $44 {[%cal Gc8f5]})
19... Bh3 {This was based on some crazy lines at which the engine laughs
loudly.} (19... Bf6 20. Qf4 Nd3+ 21. Bxd3 Qxd3 {was still doable} 22. Ne5 Qd5 {
although Black is worse he still has compensation.}) 20. Rf2 Bf6 21. Qf4 (21.
Qh5 {during the game I thought this was not possible based on some sac but it
turns out White is just winning there} Rh8 (21... Bg4 22. Qg6 $1 {and White
controls the important d3-square}) 22. Qxh3 g6 $1 {[%cal Gc5d3] With the
engines on, everything comes down to certain evaluation (in this case +1.21!)
but during the game without external help such a position does look scary!} 23.
Qh6 $1 Nd3+ 24. Kf1 Nxf2+ 25. Kxf2 Qf7 26. Bxg6 $1 (26. Qxg6 Rxh7 27. Qxf7 Rxf7
{[%cal Gd8d7,Ga8f8] is also clearly better for White irrespective of Black's
counterplay}) 26... Qg8 27. Bh7 $1 Qf7 28. Qf4 Rxh7 29. e4 $16) 21... Nd3+ {
Forced.} 22. Bxd3 Qxd3 23. g4 (23. Ne5 Qd5 $44 {Black keeps practical chances.}
) 23... Qd7 24. Ne5 (24. g5 Be7) 24... Qd5 25. Ng6 {It's possible that my
opponent saw that 25.e4 wins but felt this could be simpler. However, I had a
very interesting reply prepared against it.} (25. e4 $1 {was the simplest
route to getting a winning position} Qd4 {I thought this gave some counterplay}
(25... Qe6 26. d4 Re8 27. Be3 Bxe5 28. dxe5 Kc8 29. Rc1 $18) 26. Ng6 $1 Re8 27.
d3 $1 $18 {The move that I missed and probably was also missed by him. Without
this move White is lost but at the same time this is good enough to win the
game.}) 25... Qh1+ $1 {After my next two moves the computer evaluation changes
heavily and it shows beyond +3. I would still give it an exclamation mark
because it was the only way to complicate the game.} 26. Ke2 Qg1 $1 27. Nxf8 {
+3.54 as per my computer but things are not easy actually...} Bxg4+ 28. Kd3 Ke8
$1 {Here Mamedyarov sank into deep thought. During the game I didn't see a
concrete way for White to win either. The engine says +4.29 but it's almost
impossible to figure out the details over the board. Especially when the top
moves of the machine are 29. b3 and 29. h3 :-)} 29. Rf1 {A natural human
reaction} (29. b3 $3 {The only move that gives more than +4. We didn't see it.
Svidler in his commentary didn't see it. Later I heard that when someone told
Peter that computer says this move is winning he replied that it was not in
his top 5 moves that he considered. He further added sarcastically that if
Mamedyarov played this move then he should be searched for a hidden device :)}
Rd8+ 30. Kc4 {Of course! Such an easy 'logical' way to refute Black's attack ;
-)} Qd1 31. Qe4+ {another only move to win the game. +12 more or less confirms
that White's king's evening walk is pretty safe.} Kf7 32. Rxf6+ gxf6 33. Qg6+
$18 {A pretty nice variation to create. I didn't have to do much other than
hitting the spacebar :)}) (29. h3 $1 {The other move that also wins! Not even
once did these two moves (29.b3 and 29.h3) come into my mind during the game.}
Rd8+ 30. Kc2 Qd1+ 31. Kb1 Be2 32. Rxe2 Qxe2 33. Qxc7 $1 {an important resource!
} Kxf8 34. d4 $16) (29. Kc2 {This was the other move that I was considering
apart from the move that was played in the game} Rd8 {was my intention} 30. a4
$1 {at least this has some logic.....White creates space for his king} Qd1+ 31.
Kb1 Be2 32. Rxe2 Qxe2 33. Ra3 Kxf8 34. Qxc7 $18 {and White will consolidate
rather easily}) 29... Rd8+ $1 30. Kc2 Qg2 31. Nh7 $4 (31. Rf2 $1 {is the best
move but apart from ...Qc6 Black can also play ...Qg1 and transpose to the
previous line} Qc6+ (31... Qg1 32. a4 $1 {It's possible that he might have
missed this resource}) 32. Kb1 Bh5 33. d3 Kxf8 {irrespective of the computer
evaluation I think Black keeps decent practical chances.}) 31... Be2 $4 {
Having consumed more time in the opening I was running short of time and
started playing my moves pretty fast. I thought for about 2-3 min here and
chose the wrong move order with the same intention} (31... Qc6+ $1 {was of
course the first move I considered...} 32. Kb1 Be2 $1 33. Nxf6+ $8 gxf6 34. b3
{and unfortunately I didn't see the mate here} Bd3+ 35. Kb2 Rd6 $3 {is
something that I missed} (35... Qc2+ 36. Ka3 Rd6 {also works but 35...Rd6 is
more brutal} 37. Qxd6 cxd6 38. Rf4 b5 $19) 36. Qxd6 Qxd6 $19 {and it's over
for White.}) 32. Nxf6+ gxf6 33. b3 $1 Bd3+ (33... Rd6 $1 {was still enough for
a draw:} 34. Kb2 (34. Rf2 Qc6+ 35. Kb2 Bd3 36. Qa4 $8 b5 $8 37. Qxa7 $8 Qc2+ $8
38. Ka3 b4+ (38... c5 39. Qb8+ Ke7 40. Qb7+ Rd7 41. Qb6 Rd6 42. Qb7+ $11) 39.
Kxb4 Rb6+ 40. Qxb6 cxb6 41. Ka3 $11) 34... Bxf1 35. Qg3 Rxd2+ 36. Bxd2 Qxd2+
37. Ka3 Qa5+ $11) 34. Kb2 $1 {The difference of not starting with 31...Qc6+!
White gets this additional option which changes everything.} (34. Kc3 {When my
opponent was thinking then I spotted that this move loses due to the ...Rd6
idea:} Qc6+ 35. Kb2 Rd6 $1 {the exact same position where I missed ...Rd6
earlier.}) 34... Bxf1 35. Qxc7 Bd3 36. Ka3 $1 {[%csl Rf6][%cal Gc1b2] The best
way to untangle.} Bf5 (36... Be4 37. Bb2 Qxd2 38. Bxf6 $16) (36... Qd5 37. Bb2)
37. Bb2 Qxd2 38. Bxf6 Qd6+ (38... Rd6 {It would be nice to have this but alas..
..} 39. Qe7#) 39. Qxd6 Rxd6 {And just when the first time control was passed
the smoke cleared and so did the outcome of the game.} 40. Bd4 Ra6+ 41. Kb4 {
From a wild complex middlegame, it came down to a pure technical opposite
coloured bishop endgame with rooks still on the board.} Be4 42. a4 Rh6 43. Ra2
a6 44. Rf2 Bd5 45. a5 $6 {I was surprised that he decided to lock the
queenside so early.} (45. Bf6 {[%cal Gh2h4] was a much more subtle way to win
the game.}) 45... Kd7 (45... Rh3 {[%cal Rh3e3,Rh3h2] was a better way to
defend the position.}) 46. Kc3 (46. Bf6 $1) 46... Rc6+ 47. Kb2 Rh6 48. b4 Rh5
49. Kc3 (49. Bf6 $1 {[%cal Gh2h4,Gf6g5] again this was simpler.}) 49... Rh4 50.
Kd3 Ke6 51. Rb2 $1 {[%csl Gb4][%cal Gd4a7,Ga7b8,Gb8f4] A nice plan.} Rh3 52.
Ba7 {[%cal Ga7b8]} Rh8 53. Bb6 {[%cal Gb6c7]} Rh7 54. Kc3 {[%cal Gb6d8,Gd8g5,
Gg5f4]} (54. Bd8 Rd7) 54... Rh4 55. Bd8 {[%cal Gd8g5,Gd8c7] Finally the bishop
is coming to a better diagonal.} Rc4+ 56. Kd3 Rc8 57. Bg5 $1 Bc4+ (57... Bc6
58. Rf2 Bb5+ 59. Kd2 Rc4 60. h4 Rxb4 61. Rf6+ Ke5 62. Rb6 {should be winning.})
58. Ke4 Bd5+ 59. Kd4 Rc4+ (59... Rc1 {would have been more stubborn} 60. h4
Rc4+ 61. Kd3 Rg4 $16 {with the pawn already on h4 White doesn't get Bf4 easily.
}) 60. Kd3 Rg4 61. Bf4 $1 {[%csl Gf4] Finally the bishop has got on to the
best square.} Rg1 62. b5 (62. e4 Bc6 63. Bg3 {[%cal Ge4e5] I thought this was
enough as once White plays e5 Black can't even exchange rooks anymore since
then the opposite coloured bishop endgame will be lost.}) 62... Rd1+ 63. Kc2
Rg1 64. Rb4 (64. bxa6 Rg2+ 65. Kc3 Rxb2 66. a7 Rb3+ 67. Kc2 b6 {during the
game I felt this was a draw but Black loses by one move here:} 68. e4 $1 Bxe4+
69. Kxb3 bxa5 70. Ka4 $1 Kd7 71. Kxa5 Kc8 72. Kb6 $18 {Just in time!}) 64...
axb5 65. Rxb5 Rg4 66. Kc3 Rh4 67. Rb6+ Kf5 68. Kd4 Bf3 69. Rb2 Rh7 $6 (69...
Ke6 {would have forced him to show some more technique.}) 70. Rb5+ Ke6 71. e4
$1 {Now its absolutely over.} Rd7+ 72. Ke3 Bg2 73. Rb6+ Kf7 74. h4 Re7 75. e5
Re6 76. Rb2 (76. Rxe6 {was also good enough:} Kxe6 77. h5 Bh3 78. Kd4 $18)
76... Bd5 77. Rd2 Bc6 78. h5 Re8 79. h6 Ra8 80. Rh2 Kg6 81. h7 $1 Rh8 82. Rh6+
Kg7 83. a6 $1 Bg2 84. a7 b5 85. e6 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg zt"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sorokin, Maxim"]
[Black "Gavrilov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[Annotator "Glatman,V"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[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. c4 {Ribli} e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 Bb4 4. Bg2 Bxc3 5. bxc3 (5. dxc3 O-O 6. e4 d6
7. Ne2 a6 $5 8. O-O b5 9. cxb5 axb5 10. h3 Bb7 11. Qc2 Nbd7 12. g4 d5 $1 $10 {
Boensch,U-Lerner,K/Lugano/1989/}) 5... O-O 6. e4 Re8 (6... d6 7. d3 Nc6 8. h3
Kh8 $5 9. Ne2 Ng8 10. g4 Nge7 11. f4 exf4 12. Bxf4 Ng6 $10 {Ivanov,V-Nenashev/
Uzbekistan/1992/}) (6... c6 7. Ba3 Re8 8. Qb3 b6 9. d3 $5 Bb7 10. Nf3 d5 11.
Nd2 Na6 12. O-O Nc7 $10 {Huebner,R-Christiansen,L/Munich/1992/} (12... Nc7 {
Ribli} 13. Rfe1 Qd7 $13 {Huebner,R-Christiansen,L Munich 1992 CBM/30 54/25}))
7. Ne2 c6 8. O-O $5 (8. Qb3 b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. f4 exf4 11. d3 d5 12. Bxf4 Nbd7
$15 {Christiansen,L-Epishin,V/New York/1990/}) 8... d5 9. exd5 cxd5 10. d4 $1
$146 (10. cxd5 Nxd5 $10) 10... exd4 (10... dxc4 11. dxe5 Qxd1 12. Rxd1 Rxe5 13.
Nd4 $14 {/\ Bf4, Nb5}) 11. Nxd4 dxc4 12. Nb5 $16 Nc6 (12... Qa5 13. Nd6 Rd8 14.
Nxc4 Qc7 15. Bf4 $16) 13. Bf4 Bg4 (13... Qa5 14. a4 a6 $2 15. Bc7 $18) 14. Qxd8
Raxd8 15. Nd6 Re7 16. Nxb7 Rxb7 17. Bxc6 $16 Rb2 18. Rfb1 Rc2 (18... Rxb1+ 19.
Rxb1 Rd1+ 20. Rxd1 Bxd1 21. Bb8 a5 22. a4 $18) 19. Be5 h5 20. a4 Bf5 {/\ Be4,
Ng4, Ne4)} 21. Rb5 $1 Bg6 (21... Ne4 $2 22. Bc7 Rc8 23. Rxf5 Rxc7 24. Bxe4 $18)
(21... Be4 $2 22. Bxf6 Bxc6 23. Bxd8 Bxb5 24. axb5 $18) (21... Ng4 22. Bd4 $16)
22. Bd4 h4 $6 (22... Ne4 $5 23. Bxa7 Nxc3 24. Rb8 Rxb8 25. Bxb8 Be4 $16) 23.
gxh4 $1 Nh5 24. Bxa7 Nf4 (24... Rxc3 {Ribli} 25. Be3 $16) 25. Bd4 Ne2+ 26. Kg2
Nxd4 27. cxd4 Rxd4 $6 (27... c3 28. a5 Rb2) 28. a5 Rd6 29. Bb7 (29. Bf3 $5 {
Ribli} Ra6 30. Rb6 $16) 29... c3 30. a6 Rb2 31. a7 Rd8 32. a8=Q Rxa8 33. Rxa8+
Kh7 34. h5 Bd3 35. Rc5 c2 36. Bf3 Rb5 (36... Rb1 {Ribli} 37. Rac8 $18) 37. Rcc8
Kh6 38. Ra6+ f6 39. h4 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-37"]
[Site "Turin"]
[Date "2006.05.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Franco Ocampos, Zenon"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[Annotator "Gurevich,M"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2006.05.21"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Paraguay"]
[BlackTeam "Turkey"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "PAR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "TUR"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. e3 Bb4 4. Nge2 c6 5. a3 Ba5 (5... Bxc3 6. Nxc3 d5 7. d4
e4 8. Be2 O-O 9. b3 Re8 10. h3 Nbd7 11. Bb2 Nf8 12. Rc1 h6 13. a4 Ng6 14. h4
Bf5 15. Ba3 Be6 16. g3 Ne7 17. h5 Nf5 18. cxd5 Nxd5 19. Nxd5 Bxd5 20. Bc4 Qg5
$17 {0-1 Brodsky,M-Landa,K/Sochi RUS 2006/The Week in Chess 599 (47)}) 6. b4
Bc7 7. Bb2 O-O 8. Ng3 Re8 9. c5 d5 10. cxd6 Qxd6 $1 {TN} (10... Bxd6 11. Be2
Nbd7 12. Qc2 Nf8 13. O-O e4 14. Rad1 Qe7 15. d3 exd3 16. Qxd3 Be5 17. Nf5 Bxf5
18. Qxf5 a5 $132 {1/2-1/2 Milov,V-Gurevich,M/Ajaccio 2004/PowerBook2005 (54)})
11. Be2 (11. Nce4 Nxe4 12. Nxe4 Qg6 $36) 11... Nbd7 12. d3 (12. O-O e4 $5)
12... a5 $5 13. b5 Nc5 14. O-O (14. a4 Rd8 15. O-O Nxd3 $17) 14... a4 15. Rc1
$5 Be6 16. Nce4 $1 Nfxe4 17. Nxe4 Nxe4 18. dxe4 $13 Rec8 19. bxc6 bxc6 20. Qc2
(20. Qxd6 Bxd6 21. Rfd1 Be7 $132) 20... Qe7 21. f4 Bd6 $5 22. Qc3 f6 $6 (22...
Rab8 23. fxe5 Bc7 24. Ba6 Rd8 25. Ba1 (25. Qxc6 Rxb2 26. Qxc7 Rdd2 $1 $19)
25... Bb6 $36) 23. Bc4 Rab8 24. Rf2 $1 {[/\Rfd2,Rcd1->]} Rb6 25. f5 Bf7 (25...
Bxc4 $142 26. Qxc4+ Qf7 27. Qxa4 Qb3 28. Qc4+ Qxc4 29. Rxc4 Ra8 $11) 26. Rd2
Rcb8 $5 27. Bxf7+ Qxf7 $1 (27... Kxf7 28. Rcd1 c5 29. Qc4+ Kf8 30. Qxa4 $16)
28. Rxd6 Rxb2 29. Rxc6 h6 30. Rc8+ (30. Qc4 Qxc4 31. R1xc4 Kh7 $11 32. Rxa4 $6
Rb1+ 33. Kf2 R8b2+ $40) 30... Kh7 31. Rxb8 Rxb8 32. Qc4 Qh5 $1 (32... Qxc4 33.
Rxc4 Rb3 34. Rxa4 Rxe3 35. Kf2 $14) 33. h3 (33. Qxa4 Qe2 $36) 33... Rb2 34. Kh2
Qf3 35. Rc2 Rxc2 36. Qxc2 Qxe3 37. Qxa4 Qf4+ 38. Kg1 Qe3+ 39. Kh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Altensteig-A"]
[Site "Altensteig"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Stangl, Markus"]
[Black "Almasi, Zoltan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "Hansen,Cu"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1993.07.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 037"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 Bb4 4. Bg2 (4. Nf3 $5 {Ribli}) 4... O-O 5. e4 Bxc3 6.
bxc3 d6 (6... Re8 7. Ne2 c6 (7... b6 8. O-O Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. f4 Nbd7 11. h3 $14
{Raicevic,V-Szilagyi,Gy/ Sarajevo 1978}) 8. O-O (8. Qb3 b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. f4
exf4 11. d3 d5 12. Bxf4 Nbd7 $17 {Christiansen,L-Epishin,V/ New York Open 1990}
) 8... d5 9. exd5 cxd5 10. d4 exd4 11. Nxd4 dxc4 12. Nb5 $16 {Sorokin,
M-Gavrilov,A/ St Petersburg zt 1993}) (6... a6 7. a4 d6 8. d3 (8. Ne2 Qe8 9. a5
Be6 10. d3 Nfd7 11. h3 Nc6 12. g4 Qd8 13. Ng3 $13 {Bertok,M-Kortschnoj,V/
Rovinj Zagreb 1970}) 8... Nfd7 9. Ne2 Qe8 10. Qc2 a5 11. Be3 Na6 12. O-O Ndc5 {
Ibragimov,E-Dvoirys,S/Russia ch Gorky/1989/}) 7. Ne2 (7. d3 Re8 (7... Nbd7 8.
Ne2 Rb8 9. O-O a6 10. h3 b5 11. cxb5 axb5 12. g4 b4 $15 {Zaichik,G-Renet,O/
Belgrad GMA op 1988}) (7... c6 8. Nf3 Re8 9. O-O h6 10. Nh4 d5 11. cxd5 cxd5
12. exd5 Nxd5 $15 {Afifi,A-Rogers,I/ Dubai olm 1986}) (7... Nc6 8. h3 Kh8 9.
Ne2 Ng8 10. g4 Nge7 11. f4 exf4 12. Bxf4 Ng6 13. Be3 Qh4+ 14. Bf2 Qg5 $13 {
Ivanov,VL-Graf,A/ Uzbekistan 1992}) 8. Nf3 a6 9. a4 Nbd7 10. O-O Nc5 11. Nh4
Bd7 12. f4 h6 13. Nf3 $14 {Sokolov,I-Campora,D/ San Bernardino 1988}) 7... Be6
(7... a6 $5 8. O-O b5 9. d4 (9. cxb5 axb5 10. f4 Bb7 11. d3 Nbd7 12. h3 c5 $10
{Gurevich,M-Barlov,D/ Vrsac 1985}) 9... bxc4 10. f3 Nfd7 11. g4 $13 {Dorfman,
J-Stefansson,H/ Reykjavik 1993}) (7... Nbd7 8. O-O Rb8 9. f4 a6 10. a4 b5 11.
axb5 axb5 12. cxb5 Rxb5 13. d4 $13 {Miezis,N-Vatter,HJ/ Porz op 1992}) 8. d3
Na6 9. O-O (9. f4 $5 {Ribli}) 9... Qc8 10. f4 Bh3 11. Be3 (11. f5 $5 Bxg2 12.
Kxg2 $14 {/\Bg5}) (11. Bxh3 Qxh3 12. f5 $4 Ng4) 11... Bxg2 12. Kxg2 Ng4 13. Bg1
f5 14. h3 (14. exf5 {Ribli} Qxf5 15. h3 Nf6 16. g4 Qd7 17. f5 d5 $13) 14... Nh6
(14... Nf6 $2 15. fxe5 dxe5 16. Rxf5 $18) 15. fxe5 dxe5 16. c5 (16. Be3 fxe4
17. Rxf8+ (17. Bxh6 Rxf1 (17... gxh6 {Ribli} 18. dxe4 Rxf1 19. Qxf1 Qe6 $15)
18. Qxf1 exd3 $17) 17... Qxf8 18. Bxh6 exd3 19. Qxd3 gxh6 $13) 16... Kh8 $1 {
/\Ng8} (16... fxe4 17. Qb3+ Kh8 18. dxe4 $14) 17. Qb3 c6 18. Qc4 (18. Be3 Ng8 (
18... fxe4 19. dxe4 $14) 19. Rab1 (19. exf5 Rxf5 20. Rxf5 Qxf5 21. Qxb7 Rf8 22.
Ng1 Qxd3 $17) 19... fxe4 20. dxe4 Nf6 $132) 18... Nc7 (18... fxe4 19. Qxe4 $14)
19. Be3 Ng8 20. Rab1 (20. exf5 {Ribli} Rxf5 21. Rxf5 Qxf5 22. Rf1 Qg6 $13)
20... Rb8 {פe2} 21. Ng1 $6 (21. exf5 Nd5 22. Bd2 Rxf5 23. Qe4 $14) 21... fxe4
22. dxe4 (22. Qxe4 Rxf1 (22... Nd5 $13 23. Bd2 Qe6 24. Rxf8 Rxf8 25. Rxb7 Ngf6
{/\e5-e4}) 23. Rxf1 Qe6 $15 {/\Qxa2/Nf6}) 22... Nb5 {/\Na3} 23. Rxf8 Qxf8 24.
Rf1 Nf6 $15 {קa2,קc3,קc5,קe4 - קe5} 25. a4 Nc7 26. Rf5 Re8 27. Nf3 Qg8 28.
Nd2 (28. Qxg8+ {Ribli} Kxg8 29. Rxe5 Rxe5 30. Nxe5 Nxe4 31. Bd4 Ne6 32. Nd3 $15
) (28. Qb4 {Ribli} Qa2+ $15) 28... Qxc4 29. Nxc4 Nxe4 30. Nd6 Nd5 $1 (30...
Nxd6 $2 31. cxd6 Nd5 32. Bg5 h6 33. d7 Rg8 34. Rxe5 hxg5 35. Re8 $18) 31. Bc1
Nxd6 32. cxd6 h6 $17 33. Rf7 Rd8 34. Ba3 $2 (34. Rxb7 Rxd6 35. Rxa7 Nxc3 $17) (
34. c4 $5 {Ribli} Nb6 35. c5 Nxa4 36. Ba3 b6 37. Rxa7 Nxc5 38. Bxc5 bxc5 39. d7
Kg8 40. Rc7 Kf7 41. Rxc6 Rxd7 42. Rxc5 Ke6 $17) 34... Ne3+ 35. Kg1 Nc4 $19 36.
Bb4 a5 37. Bc5 b6 38. Bf2 Rxd6 0-1

[Event "CZE-ch"]
[Site "Zlin"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Votava, Jan"]
[Black "Freisler, Pavel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2365"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1997.06.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 061"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d6 3. g3 e5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. e3 (5. e4 h5 6. Nge2 h4 7. d4 Nbd7
8. f4 c6 9. Be3 Nb6 10. Qb3 hxg3 11. hxg3 Rxh1+ 12. Bxh1 exf4 13. Nxf4 Bg4 14.
a4 Qc8 15. Rc1 Nh5 16. Kf2 Nxf4 17. Bxf4 Qe6 18. Ne2 g5 19. Be3 Qf6+ {Ribli,
Z-Casper,T/BL9394 1994/BL 90/1/2-1/2 (58)}) 5... c6 (5... O-O 6. Nge2 Nbd7 7.
O-O Nb6 8. d3 d5 9. cxd5 Nbxd5 10. a3 c6 11. Qc2 Bg4 12. h3 Be6 13. d4 Nxc3 14.
bxc3 Qa5 15. Rb1 exd4 16. cxd4 Qa6 17. Nf4 Bc4 18. Rd1 Rac8 19. e4 Rfd8 20. Bb2
{Sammalvuo,T-Jones,I/Erevan olm 1996/EXT 96ch2/1-0 (31)}) 6. d4 (6. Nge2 Be6 7.
d3 Qd7 8. O-O Bh3 9. f4 h5 10. e4 h4 11. f5 hxg3 12. hxg3 Na6 13. Bxh3 Rxh3 14.
Kg2 Rh8 15. Rh1 O-O-O 16. Be3 Ng4 17. Bxa7 g6 18. Na4 Qe8 19. Qd2 gxf5 20. exf5
Qg8 {Maksimovic,S-Gaprindashvili,N/Jajce-W 1984/MCD-r8/0-1 (56)}) 6... exd4 7.
exd4 d5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nxd5 cxd5 10. Ne2 Nc6 11. Nf4 Bb4+ 12. Bd2 Bxd2+ 13.
Qxd2 O-O 14. O-O Be6 15. Rfe1 Qf6 16. Rad1 Rad8 17. b4 a6 18. a4 b6 19. Qc3 Rd6
20. Re5 Qd8 21. Re3 a5 22. b5 Nb4 23. Nd3 Nxd3 24. Rexd3 Qd7 25. Rc1 Rc8 26.
Qa3 Rc4 27. Rdc3 Rxc3 28. Rxc3 g6 29. h4 h5 30. Kh2 Kg7 31. Qc1 Qe7 32. Qf4 Qd7
33. Qe5+ Kh7 34. Qg5 Bf5 35. Qc1 Be4 36. Rc6 Bxg2 37. Kxg2 Kg7 38. Rxd6 Qxd6
39. Qc6 Qe6 {A mistaken transition into a pawn ending. The only chance was:
Fehlerhafter Ьbergang ins Bauernendspiel. Die einzige Chance war:} (39... Qd8
40. Kf3 f6 $13 (40... Qf6+ $2 41. Qxf6+ Kxf6 42. Kf4 Ke6 43. Kg5 Ke7 44. f3 Ke6
45. g4 hxg4 46. fxg4 Ke7 47. h5 gxh5 48. gxh5 Kf8 49. Kf6 $18)) 40. Qxe6 $1
fxe6 41. Kf3 {[%csl Re5,Rg5] White's space advantage, active White king,
dark-square and pawn weaknesses, White's reserve tempi on the king's wing
thanks to the f-pawn. All this adds up to a win through zugzwang and distant
passed pawn, respectively. weiЯer Raumvorteil, aktiver weiЯer Kцnig, schwarze
Felder- und Bauernschwдchen, weiЯe Reservetempi am Kцnigsflьgel dank des
f-Bauern. Gewinn durch Zugzwang bzw. entferntem Freibauern.} Kf7 42. Kf4 Kf6
43. f3 {1. Reserve tempo! 1. Reservetempo!} e5+ (43... Kf7 44. Ke5 (44. Kg5 $18
{is just as good ist gleichwertig}) 44... Ke7 45. g4 hxg4 (45... Kf7 46. g5 Ke7
47. f4 $18 {2.Reserve tempo and zugzwang! 2. Reservetempo und Zugzwang!}) 46.
fxg4 Kf7 47. h5 gxh5 48. gxh5 Ke7 49. h6 Kf7 50. h7 $18 {outside passed pawn!
entfernter Freibauer!}) 44. dxe5+ Ke6 45. g4 d4 46. gxh5 gxh5 47. Ke4 d3 48.
Kxd3 Kxe5 49. Ke3 Kf5 50. f4 $1 (50. Kd4 $5 Kf4 51. Kd5 Kg3 52. Kc6 Kxh4 53.
Kxb6 Kg5 54. Kxa5 h4 55. b6 h3 56. b7 h2 57. b8=Q h1=Q 58. Qe5+ $18) 50... Kg4
51. Ke4 Kxh4 52. Kf3 $1 (52. f5 Kg5 53. Ke5 h4 54. f6 h3 (54... Kg6 55. Ke6)
55. f7 h2 56. f8=Q h1=Q 57. Qg7+ Kh4 58. Qh6+ $18) 1-0

[Event "EST-ch int"]
[Site "Puhajarve"]
[Date "2001.08.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sepp, Olav"]
[Black "Lauk, Ular"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2442"]
[BlackElo "2346"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "151"]
[EventDate "2001.08.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 085"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d6 3. Bg2 e5 4. O-O Be7 5. c4 c6 6. Nc3 Bg4 7. h3 Bh5 8. d3
O-O 9. b4 Nbd7 10. b5 Qc7 11. Rb1 Rfe8 12. g4 Bg6 13. Nh4 Nc5 14. Nxg6 hxg6 15.
Ba3 Nfd7 16. e3 Bf6 17. Ne4 Nxe4 18. Bxe4 Be7 19. bxc6 bxc6 20. Qa4 Rac8 21.
Rfc1 Nb6 22. Qa6 Qd7 23. Bf3 d5 24. Bxe7 Qxe7 25. cxd5 cxd5 26. Rxc8 Rxc8 27.
Bxd5 Rc3 28. Bb3 Kh7 29. Rd1 f5 30. Qa5 Rc7 31. d4 exd4 32. exd4 Qh4 33. Kg2
fxg4 34. Rd3 g3 35. Rxg3 Qxd4 36. Qg5 Qe4+ 37. Kh2 Qf5 38. Qh4+ Qh5 39. Qd8 Rc8
40. Qe7 Qc5 41. Qf7 Qf5 42. Rg4 Kh6 43. Rh4+ Kg5 44. Qe7+ Qf6 45. Rg4+ Kh6 46.
Rh4+ Kg5 47. Rg4+ Kh6 48. Qe3+ Kh7 49. Qg3 Rc5 50. Rf4 Rf5 51. Qh4+ Qxh4 52.
Rxh4+ Rh5 53. Rd4 Kh6 54. Kg3 Rg5+ 55. Kf3 Rf5+ 56. Ke3 Rf6 57. Re4 Rd6 58. Re5
g5 59. Re6+ Rxe6+ 60. Bxe6 {[#] Starker Lдufer bei leergefegtem Zentrum und
Bauern auf beiden Flьgeln} Kg6 61. Kd4 Kf6 62. Bg4 Ke7 63. Kc5 Na4+ 64. Kc6 Nc3
65. a3 a5 66. Kb6 a4 67. Ka5 Kd6 68. Kb4 Ne4 69. f3 Nc5 70. Bf5 Kd5 71. Bc2 Kd4
72. Bxa4 Nd3+ 73. Kb5 Kc3 74. Bd1 Nb2 (74... Nf2 75. a4 Nxd1 76. a5 Ne3 77. a6
Nd5 78. a7 $18) 75. Be2 Kb3 76. a4 1-0

[Event "Villa Martelli Masters KO"]
[Site "Villa Martelli"]
[Date "2002.04.18"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Ricardi, Pablo"]
[Black "Ginzburg, Maximiliano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2544"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "153"]
[EventDate "2002.04.12"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 Bb4 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Qb3 Bxc3 6. Qxc3 Re8 7. d3 c6 8.
Nf3 d5 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Nxe5 d4 11. Qc5 Na6 12. Qb5 Nc7 13. Qa5 b6 14. Nc6 bxa5
15. Nxd8 Rxd8 16. Bxa8 Nxa8 17. Bg5 Rd5 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Kd2 Be6 20. Rhc1 Rb5
21. b3 Nb6 22. Rc7 a4 23. Rxa7 axb3 24. Rb1 Kg7 25. axb3 f5 26. Rb2 Kf6 27. b4
Nd5 28. Ra4 Bd7 29. Kc1 Nc3 30. Ra6+ Ke7 31. Ra5 Rb6 32. Kd2 Rh6 33. b5 Rb6 34.
Ra6 Rb7 35. Rh6 Nxb5 36. Rxh7 Ra7 37. Rh8 Ra1 38. e3 Rf1 39. Ke2 Ra1 40. exd4
f4 41. Kf3 fxg3 42. fxg3 Nxd4+ 43. Ke3 Nf5+ 44. Kf2 Rd1 45. g4 Nd6 46. Re2+ Be6
47. Re3 Ne8 48. h3 Nf6 49. Rb8 Nd5 50. Rf3 Kd6 51. Kg3 Ke5 52. Ra8 Rg1+ 53. Kf2
Rb1 54. Ra4 Rd1 55. Re4+ Kd6 56. Re1 Rd2+ 57. Kg3 Nb4 58. Re4 Nc6 59. Ra4 Bd5
60. Re3 Ne5 61. Ra6+ Nc6 62. Kf4 Kc5 63. Ra4 Nd4 64. Kg5 Rf2 65. h4 Ne6+ 66.
Kh5 Nf4+ 67. Kh6 Ng2 68. Re5 Kd6 69. Rf5 Rxf5 70. gxf5 Ke5 71. Kg5 f6+ 72. Kg6
Nf4+ {Der einzig mцgliche Endspielьbergang, um zum Gewinn zu kommen, ist die
Hergabe der Qualitдt. Die drei weiЯen vereinzelten Bauern erweisen sich als
stдrker, weil nur umstдndlich angreifbar.} 73. Rxf4 Kxf4 74. h5 {[%csl Ge4,Ge6]
[%cal Gd3e4,Gf5e6]} Bf3 (74... Bg8 75. h6 Ke5 76. Kg7 $18) 75. h6 Bg4 76. Kxf6
Bxf5 77. d4 (77. d4 Ke4 78. d5 {und der Kцnig klebt am Lдufer}) 1-0

[Event "London Classic m 6th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2014.12.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Jones, Gawain C B"]
[Black "Edouard, Romain"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2661"]
[BlackElo "2659"]
[Annotator "Jones,G"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2014.12.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nb6 6. e3 $5 {An interesting
alternative to the mainline of the Reversed Dragon. The first strong player to
try this was the highly creative Vadim Zvjaginsev and the move started
becoming more popular after Hikaru Nakamura used it to defeat David Navara.}
Nc6 (6... c5 {is the other main way of playing and was seen in Nakamura,H 
(2759)-Navara,D (2712) Wijk aan Zee, 2012.}) 7. Nge2 Be7 ({Earlier in the year,
against another French GM,} 7... Bf5 {was played against me. Following} 8. d4
Nb4 $6 9. O-O Bc2 10. Qe1 Bg6 {was played rather quickly and confidently.
Indeed the computer initially thinks this position is just a draw but after}
11. f4 $1 {Black is in fact in deep trouble.} Nc2 12. Qf2 Nxa1 13. Bxb7 {
White's attack is far too strong.} exd4 (13... Nc2 14. Bc6+ Nd7 15. Qf3 Rb8 16.
f5 Bh5 17. Qxh5 exd4 18. f6 $1 gxf6 19. Ne4 Be7 20. Ng5 $1 Rf8 21. Ne6 Qc8 22.
Nxf8 Bxf8 23. Rxf6 Kd8 24. Rxf7 Be7 25. Qxh7 a6 26. Qg8+ {1-0 Rooze, J (2340)
-Geske, J (2402) Augsburg 2014, was an energetic showing from White.}) (13...
Bb4 {was Tony Kosten's suggestion as Black's best bid to survive although} 14.
Bc6+ Nd7 15. dxe5 $1 (15. Qf3 O-O 16. f5 Rb8 17. fxg6 hxg6 18. Nd5 {is Tony's
line which also looks very good for White with that knight on a1 likely
dropping.}) 15... O-O 16. Rd1 Bf5 17. e6 Bxe6 18. f5 {looks very good for
White.}) ({Finally} 13... Rb8 {looks the most logical but} 14. Bc6+ Nd7 15. f5
Qf6 (15... Bh5 16. dxe5 {followed by e6 or Rd1 picks up at least a piece.}) {
White has lots of options here but the simplest looks to be} 16. Qg2 Bh5 (16...
Bxf5 17. g4 g6 18. gxf5 gxf5 19. Qd5 $16) 17. g4 Bxg4 18. dxe5 Qxe5 19. Qxg4
Bd6 20. Rf4 Kd8 21. Nd4 {White is only the exchange down, the knight is
trapped on a1 and Black's king is extremely exposed. White should just be
winning.}) 14. Bc6+ Nd7 15. f5 Bh5 (15... dxc3 16. fxg6 f6 17. Qf5 {hardly
looks better.}) 16. Nxd4 Bd6 ({In fact before the game my notes ended with} 
16... Rb8 17. Nd5 $18 {but as I hadn't looked at this for a while before the
game I was having to reinvent my analysis.}) 17. Ne6 $1 Qf6 {Jones,G (2665)-Le
Roux,J (2560) Helsingor 2014. Here, as Tony points out,} 18. Nd5 $1 Qe5 19. e4
$1 fxe6 20. Bf4 {is just winning as the queen is trapped. In fact I saw this
line but didn't quite trust it for some reason, possibly I forgot that after}
O-O 21. Bxe5 Nxe5 {I could simply take on a8.}) 8. O-O O-O 9. f4 {This is
generally the idea of developing the knight to e2. White is aiming for a
position with a mobile centre and good piece play.} f6 ({In its first high
level outing Black responded} 9... a5 {but this allowed White to demonstrate
his plan:} 10. fxe5 Nxe5 11. d4 Ng6 12. b3 (12. h4 $5 {was an interesting
suggestion by Mikhalevski. The point is that Black can't prevent h4-h5}) 12...
c6 13. e4 c5 14. Be3 cxd4 15. Qxd4 Qxd4 16. Bxd4 Nd7 17. Nd5 $14 {Zvjaginsev,V
(2663)-Mikhalevski,V (2584) Aix-les-Bains 2011.}) {This position shouldn't
have come as a surprise but of course I hadn't looked at it in any depth.
Romain had actually had this position with White and we were still following a
game of mine.} 10. f5 {Keeping the bishop on c8 out of the game.} (10. d4 {
was Romain's attempt but} exd4 11. exd4 ({Perhaps} 11. Nxd4 {is better,
preventing the pin.}) 11... Bg4 $1 {is rather annoying.} 12. h3 Bh5 13. d5 Bc5+
14. Kh2 Nd4 {Edouard,R (2664)-Bacrot,E (2705) Villandry 2012; and Black was
very active.}) 10... a5 {I think this is a good plan from Black, grabbing
space on the queenside.} (10... Bd7 {had been played more often but now} 11. d4
{works quite well.}) 11. b3 {Finally deviating from my earlier game.} ({
In Bunratty early last year I played} 11. g4 {but after} a4 {it wasn't so easy
to continue.} 12. d4 Ra5 $5 (12... Qd7 $5 {is the computer's intriguing
suggestion.}) 13. Kh1 Kh8 14. d5 {This idea is probably wrong.} Nb4 15. e4 c6
16. a3 Na6 17. Qc2 Qc7 (17... Nc5 18. Be3 cxd5 19. exd5 Nc4 20. Bg1 Nd6 $13)
18. Be3 Bc5 19. Bd2 Nc4 20. dxc6 Nxd2 21. Qxd2 Qxc6 22. Rfd1 b6 23. Rac1 Bb7
24. Nd5 Nc7 25. Nec3 Nxd5 26. exd5 Qd7 27. d6 Rd8 28. Bxb7 Qxb7+ 29. Qg2 Qxg2+
30. Kxg2 Bd4 31. Ne4 Bxb2 $2 ({Up to here there haven't been too many errors
but this is too optimistic. Instead} 31... Rb5 {seems to draw, i.e.} 32. Rc2 (
32. d7 Rd5 $1) 32... Rxb2 33. Rxb2 Bxb2 34. Rb1 Bxa3 35. Rxb6 Kg8 36. Ra6 Kf8 {
I have enough compensation for the pawn but I don't think I can make progress.}
) 32. Rc7 Kg8 $2 33. g5 $1 fxg5 34. f6 gxf6 35. Nxf6+ Kf8 36. Nxh7+ Kg8 37.
Nf6+ Kf8 38. Ne4 Rc5 39. Rf1+ Kg8 40. Nf6+ Kf8 41. Ne8+ Kxe8 42. Re7# {1-0
Jones,G (2648)-Collins,S (2469) Bunratty 2014}) 11... Bd7 (11... a4 {now no
longer really works as I can just grab the pawn.} 12. Nxa4 Nxa4 13. bxa4 $14)
12. d4 {This works better once the bishop has moved from c8 as I'm now
threatening to take on e5.} (12. Bb2 {would allow Black enough time to play}
Be8 13. d4 Bh5 {and Black has activated his bad bishop.}) 12... Qc8 (12... Be8
13. dxe5 fxe5 14. g4 {feels a little better for White.} (14. Qc2 $5)) 13. g4
Rd8 14. Qe1 $5 {Sidestepping the pin on the d-file and looking to bring the
queen over to the kingside. My engine doesn't really like this move but I
don't think it's so bad. With my advanced pawns on g4 and f5 Black has to
watch out for a breakthrough with g4-g5.} Be8 (14... a4 {is Black's
alternative plan.} 15. Bb2 (15. bxa4 exd4 16. exd4 Be8 {and I've ceded a lot
of squares.}) 15... a3 16. Bc1 {Black has gained some space but now at least I
keep control of the c4-square.} exd4 (16... Nb4 {would give me the additional
option of} 17. dxe5 $5 Nc2 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. Bxd5+ Kh8 20. Qh4 Nxa1 21. exf6
Bxf6 22. g5 Bxf5 23. gxf6 Rxd5 24. fxg7+ Kxg7 25. e4 Bxe4 26. Bh6+ Kg8 27. Qxe4
{and Black's position looks dangerous but perhaps he's ok.}) 17. exd4 Nb4 18.
Nf4 Bd6 $13) 15. Ne4 {I wanted to keep my bishop on c1 for a while to help
with the g5 break.} exd4 16. exd4 Nd5 ({Grabbing the pawn seemed extremely
dangerous to me.} 16... Nxd4 $6 17. Nxd4 Rxd4 18. Bb2 Rd8 19. g5 {and my
attack is very strong.}) 17. Qg3 (17. a3 {could be a more accurate move order.}
) 17... Qd7 (17... a4 {would have tried to punish my move order but} 18. g5
axb3 19. Bb2 {is very messy.}) 18. a3 {So Black has a strong knight on d5 but
it's not so clear how he makes progress. I couldn't see a killer breakthrough
so decided to first complete my development and then continue the attack.} Kh8
19. Bb2 Bf7 20. Rad1 Bd6 21. Qh4 Qe7 (21... Ne3 $2 {loses to} 22. Nxf6 gxf6 23.
Qxf6+ Kg8 24. Qg5+) 22. Rd3 (22. g5 fxg5 23. Nxg5 h6 24. Nxf7+ Qxf7 25. Bxd5
Qxd5 26. f6 Rd7 $11 {feels fine for Black.}) 22... Bxa3 $6 {Romain grabs an
extremely hot pawn trusting in his calculation.} ({Waiting with something like
} 22... Bg8 {is objectively stronger but I feel the flow of the game is with
White as my pieces are becoming active and Black needs very precise defence.
Of course Houdini gives its favourite evaluation of 0.00.}) 23. Bxa3 Qxa3 24.
g5 Qe7 25. Nf4 $6 {As we start to get short on time we both miss some tactics.}
({Of course I wanted to play} 25. Rh3 {Here I saw} Bg8 26. gxf6 gxf6 27. N4c3
$1 Nxc3 28. Nf4 {with the strong threat of Ng6+. However I thought Black could
defend with} Ne2+ {when it didn't really occur to me that after} 29. Nxe2 {
the threat of Nf4 is still very strong. Black has to play} Qf7 30. Nf4 Ne7 {
but White is better after} 31. Ne6) 25... Nxf4 26. Rxf4 Nxd4 $2 {Another pawn
that is far too hot.} (26... Bg8 $1 {defending his king was required when I
can choose between} 27. gxf6 gxf6 28. Qxf6+ ({And the more aggressive} 28. Nc5
Bd5 29. Rg3) 28... Qxf6 29. Nxf6 $11) 27. gxf6 gxf6 28. Nxf6 ({For a moment I
got excited about} 28. Qxh7+ $2 {but of course it doesn't work:} Kxh7 29. Rh4+
Bh5 30. Rxh5+ Kg8 31. Rg3+ Qg7 $19) 28... Ne2+ 29. Kf1 $2 {The wrong square.} (
29. Kf2 $1 {was winning:} Qc5+ (29... Bg8 30. Re3 $18 {is the difference.}) (
29... Be6 30. Rh3 Qc5+ 31. Re3 Bxf5 32. Rc4 {looks very messy but the computer
informs me White is winning.}) 30. Kxe2 Qc2+ 31. Ke1 Qb1+ 32. Kf2 Qc2+ 33. Kg1
{and I escape the checks.}) 29... Bc4 $2 {Romain played this with only a
couple of seconds left on his clock. Afterwards Romain said he forgot that it
was check after taking on d8.} ({Yet again} 29... Bg8 $1 {was required. I
overlooked that} 30. Re4 Qc5 {threatens an annoying check on g1. The position
is still a complete mess.}) 30. Rxd8+ Rxd8 31. Rxc4 Rd1+ 32. Kf2 Rd2 {A good
practical try. White is winning but short on time and this position is still
difficult to play.} 33. Qxh7+ {Giving back the piece for a clearly better
ending and, importantly in a match, no losing chances.} ({The coldblooded
engine states} 33. Be4 {wins.} Nd4+ (33... Nf4+ 34. Kf3) 34. Kf1 Rd1+ (34...
Nxb3 {would still force me to show some technique.}) 35. Kg2 Rd2+ 36. Kh3 {
and Black runs out of checks.}) 33... Qxh7 34. Nxh7 Nf4+ {We still have a few
more inaccuracies before the time control at move 40.} (34... Nd4+ 35. Ke3 Rxg2
36. Kxd4 Rg4+ {is the computer's suggestion but during the game I thought this
just lost to} (36... Kxh7 {is better but} 37. Rxc7+ {felt like it was winning.}
) 37. Kd5 Rxc4 38. Kxc4 Kxh7 39. Kb5 {and once I play it out the computer
agrees:} b6 (39... Kg7 40. Kxa5 Kf6 41. Kb5 Kxf5 42. Kc5 Ke6 43. h4 $18) 40. h4
Kg7 41. h5 $18) 35. Ke3 (35. Kf3 $1 Nxg2 36. Rxc7 {was better.}) 35... Rxg2 36.
Nf6 {With 30 seconds I decided keeping knights on the board was better as
Black's will be stuck on the edge of the board.} Kg7 37. Ne8+ Kf7 38. Nxc7 Nh5
39. Nd5 b5 40. Rc7+ Kf8 {Time control reached and I could have a long think
about how to progress.} 41. Rc5 ({During the scramble I hoped} 41. Rh7 {
was winning but with some time to calculate I realised} Rxh2 42. Nf4 Nf6 $1 43.
Rxh2 Ng4+ 44. Kd4 Nxh2 {was just a draw.}) 41... b4 $6 {I think this probably
loses.} ({Instead} 41... a4 {was better but both Romain and I must have come
to the conclusion that following} 42. b4 a3 43. Rxb5 Rxh2 44. Ra5 {White has
fantastic winning chances with his two passed pawns and much stronger knight.})
42. Rxa5 Rxh2 {After another long think I decided that I wanted to force
Black's king as far from the b-file as possible.} 43. Ra8+ Kg7 44. Ra7+ Kh6 (
44... Kf8 45. Rh7 {looks lost.}) (44... Kg8 {looks unnatural but was perhaps
the best try.}) 45. Kd4 Kg5 46. Rf7 Rc2 (46... Rf2 47. f6 {is the idea.} Kf5
48. Kc5 Rf3 (48... Rb2 49. Kxb4 Ke6 50. Rh7 Nxf6 51. Nxf6 Kxf6 52. Rd7 {
is also winning.}) 49. Kxb4 Ke6 50. Rh7 Nxf6 51. Nxf6 Rxf6 52. Kb5 {is a lost
king and pawn endgame.}) 47. Rf8 ({I didn't want to allow} 47. f6 Rc8 {but
White is also winning here of course.}) 47... Rf2 48. f6 Rf1 49. Kc5 Rf5 (49...
Nf4 50. Nxf4 Rxf4 51. Rg8+ {is similar to the game.}) 50. Kc4 Nf4 51. Rg8+ Kh6
52. Nxf4 (52. Ne3 $1 {wins on the spot but by now I was focused on my own plan.
}) 52... Rxf4+ 53. Kc5 Kh7 54. Rg7+ Kh6 55. Rb7 {My brain started failing
around here but luckily I still stumbled over the winning line.} ({Of course} 
55. Rg1 {is far simpler when} Rxf6 56. Kxb4 {is trivial.}) 55... Kg6 56. f7 ({
When I played Rb7 I just forgot that} 56. Rxb4 Rf5+ $1 {was possible.} (56...
Rxf6 57. Rb6)) 56... Kg5 57. Rxb4 Rxf7 58. Re4 {Oh well the king is still
stuck so my 55th didn't spoil anything.} Kf5 59. Re8 1-0

[Event "Sydney Cepacol"]
[Site "Sydney"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "West, Guy"]
[Black "Adianto, Utut"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[Annotator "King,D"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1991.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. c4 e5 3. d4 d6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Nge2 (5. Nf3 Bg4 $13) 5... Nf6 6. g3 (
6. d5 $1 {/\ Ng3 +/=}) 6... O-O 7. Bg2 a6 8. O-O Qc7 9. d5 Nbd7 10. h3 b5 $132
11. dxc6 Qxc6 12. Nd5 Bd8 13. cxb5 axb5 14. Nb4 Qc4 15. a3 Bb7 16. Nc3 Ba5 17.
Nbd5 Bxc3 18. Nxc3 b4 19. Nd5 Nxe4 20. Nxb4 Ndc5 21. Re1 f5 22. Rb1 Rad8 23. b3
Qf7 24. Qc2 Rc8 25. Nd3 Na4 26. Qxc8 Rxc8 27. bxa4 Rc3 28. Rd1 h6 29. a5 Rb3
30. Rb2 Qd5 31. Rxb3 Qxb3 32. Nb2 Qc2 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-32"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.09.19"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Zagorskis, Darius"]
[Black "Garcia Ilundain, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "Makarichev,S"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1996.09.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Lithuania"]
[BlackTeam "Spain"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "LTU"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ESP"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 e4 $2 4. Ng5 b5 5. d3 $1 (5. cxb5 $6 Bb7 $44) 5...
exd3 (5... bxc4 $2 6. dxe4 $16) 6. cxb5 h6 7. Nf3 dxe2 8. Bxe2 Bc5 9. Nd4 Bb7
10. O-O (10. Bf3 $1 Bxf3 $140 11. Qxf3) 10... O-O (10... Bxd4 $142 $1 11. Qxd4
O-O 12. b4 d6 13. Bb2 Nbd7 $132 {Plaskett,J-Hempson,P/ENG-ch/1988/}) 11. Be3
$14 (11. Bf3 $142 $1 Qc8 (11... Bxf3 $6 12. Qxf3 c6 (12... d5 13. Rd1 $40) 13.
Nf5 $16 d5 $140 14. Bxh6 $1) 12. Be3 Re8 (12... d6 $2 13. Nf5 $16) (12... a6 $2
13. Nf5 $1 $16) 13. Nf5 Bxe3 14. fxe3 $1 $40) 11... Bxd4 $1 $8 12. Bxd4 d6 13.
Bf3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 Nbd7 15. Qc6 $14 Ne5 16. Bxe5 dxe5 17. Rad1 (17. Rfd1 $5 Qe7
18. Rac1 $14) 17... Qe7 $132 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. Rxd5 e4 $5 $132 (19... Rfd8 $6
20. Rfd1 Rxd5 $4 21. Qxa8+ $18) 20. Rd7 Qe5 21. a4 (21. Qxc7 Qxb2 $10) (21.
Rxc7 Qxb2 22. Rxf7 $6 Kxf7 23. Qd5+ Kg6 24. Qxe4+ $10) 21... Qxb2 22. Qxe4 $14
a6 $1 23. Qd5 $1 axb5 24. Rxf7 $1 (24. axb5 Rab8 $10) 24... Rxf7 25. Qxa8+ Kh7
26. Qd5 $1 (26. a5 $2 Qd4 $15) 26... Rf6 27. Qd3+ (27. axb5 Qc2 $1 $14 {
/\c7-c6,xf2/}) 27... Kg8 28. axb5 Qe5 29. h3 (29. Rc1 Rxf2 $1 $10 30. Kxf2 $140
Qf4+) 29... Qc5 $1 {xf2/} 30. Qe2 Rf5 31. Rb1 Re5 32. Qd3 Rf5 33. Qd2 Re5 34.
Qd3 Rf5 35. Qd2 Qd5 36. Qe3 Rg5 37. g3 Re5 38. Qc3 Qc5 39. Qxc5 Rxc5 $10 40.
Kf1 Re5 41. Kg2 Re6 42. Rc1 Re5 $1 (42... Rb6 $2 43. Rc5 $10) 43. Rxc7 Rxb5 44.
f4 Rb3 45. f5 Rb5 46. g4 Rb3 47. Rd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 74th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2012.01.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Navara, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2712"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2012.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 147"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nb6 6. e3 $5 ({An interesting
way to deviate from the well known paths, continuing with} 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O {
The game move prepares Nge2, when White retains the possibility of breaking
the centre with either f2-f4 or d2-d4.}) 6... c5 {Since White has not attacked
e5 in time, this is a logical reaction, gaining space in the centre and taking
measures against a possible d2-d4. This move has two main drawbacks: it
weakens d5 and it spends valuable time in the opening.} (6... Nc6 7. Nge2 {
Zvjaginsev,V (2663)-Mikhalevski,V (2584)/Aix-les-Bains 2011/CBM 142/
[Mikhalevski,V] (1-0, 39)}) 7. Nge2 Nc6 8. O-O Be7 {The most flexible
continuation.} ({The seemingly active} 8... Bd6 {, aimed to prepare against
f2-f4, allows the break from the other side:} 9. d4 cxd4 (9... O-O 10. d5 $14)
(9... exd4 10. exd4 O-O 11. Ne4 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Nxd4 13. Qxd4 Be7 14. Qe5 $14)
10. exd4 O-O (10... exd4 11. Nxd4 Nxd4 12. Qxd4 O-O 13. Rd1 $16) 11. dxe5 (11.
d5 $5 Ne7 12. a4 $14) 11... Nxe5 $6 (11... Bxe5 $5) 12. Bf4 $14 {Scheidegger,
U-Habibi,A (2255)/Bad Ragaz 1990/EXT 97 (1/2, 46)}) 9. f4 ({Here, too} 9. d4 {
is possible, but it offers less chances for an advantage than after 8...Bd6.}
cxd4 10. exd4 exd4 (10... Nxd4 11. Nxd4 exd4 12. Nb5 d3 13. Bf4 O-O 14. Rc1 $44
) 11. Nb5 (11. Bxc6+ bxc6 12. Nxd4 Qd7) 11... d3 12. Nf4 Bf5 $13) 9... exf4
$146 {This allows the activation of the e2-knight, which will create dangerous
threats soon.} ({However, maintaining the tension is not an entirely adequate
solution, either, since it allows White to advance his d-pawn with gain of
time and space.} 9... O-O 10. fxe5 Nxe5 11. d4 Ng4 12. h3 Nf6 13. d5 Nc4 14. b3
Ne5 15. Bb2 Bd6 16. Nb5 Re8 17. Rc1 b6 18. Nec3 a6 19. Nxd6 Qxd6 20. Rc2 $14 {
Soffer,R (2472)-Greenfeld,A (2585) Tel Aviv 2011 (1-0, 29)}) 10. Nxf4 O-O 11.
b3 $1 {This move is quite natural, of course, but the exclamation mark refers
to White's whole strategy in the following phase of the game. White's position
does not look too threatening, but it offers possibilities for systematic
development and activating. Black has some problems doing the same, since his
b6-knight is passive and he has no safe way to develop his c8-bishop.} Bf5 12.
Bb2 Qd7 13. Ne4 Rad8 14. Rf2 {Not only defending the second rank, but also
preparing a mysterious queen manoeuvre.} Nb4 15. Qf1 $1 $36 {It is interesting
to follow the queen manoeuvres from this moment until the end. The f1-square
will act as an excellent operational base, allowing to create threats along
the f-file or the f1-h3 and f1-a6 diagonals. For the moment, the pressure
along the f-file prevents Black from playing ...Nd5 or ...Nd3, while creating
such threats as Nh5 or, in some cases, even Bxg7.} Bxe4 ({A few weeks later,} 
15... Bg6 $146 {was played. I do not think that it solves all Black's problems,
though.} 16. Nxg6 hxg6 17. d4 cxd4 18. exd4 N6d5 19. Nc5 (19. Re1 $5 Nxa2 $140
20. Nc5 Bxc5 21. dxc5 Ndb4 22. Qc4 $36) 19... Qc7 (19... Bxc5 20. dxc5 Ne3 21.
Qe1 Nbd5 $11) 20. a3 (20. Rc1 $5 $36) 20... Ne3 21. Qb5 Bxc5 22. Rc1 Qd7 23.
Rxc5 Nxg2 24. Qxb4 Ne3 $132 {Griffiths,R (2310)-Howell,D (2633)/Sunningdale
2012 (0-1, 58)}) 16. Bxe4 N6d5 {This fails to neutralise White's initiative,
but so do other moves, too.} (16... f5 17. Bg2 Bf6 {(+/= Golubev, Chess Today)}
18. Bxf6 Rxf6 19. a3 Nd3 (19... N4d5 20. Nxd5 Nxd5 21. Qc4 b6 22. b4 $16) 20.
Nxd3 Qxd3 21. Qxd3 Rxd3 22. b4 c4 23. Bxb7 $14) (16... N4d5 {avoids the
stability problems from the game, but releases the pressure against White's
queenside, allowing the simple} 17. Rc1 $5 $14 {[%csl Gc5][%cal Gf4d3]}) ({
Maybe a prophylactic non-committal move like} 16... g6 $5 {would have been
best.}) 17. Nh5 g6 18. a3 {This causes Black to lose stability in the centre.}
Na6 $6 {Black probably wanted to consolidate his central knight with ...Nac7,
but he will not be given the time for it.} (18... Nc6 {is relatively better.
He might have been afraid of} 19. Rf5 $5 ({In fact, the simple} 19. Qd3 $1 $14
{/\Raf1 is better, leading to a pleasant ending after} f5 20. Bxd5+ Qxd5 21.
Qc3 Qe5 22. Qxe5 Nxe5 23. Bxe5 gxh5 24. Raf1 Rd5 25. Bc3 $14) {Since there is
no adequate way to defend the d5-knight, Black has to accept the sacrifice,
but this is apparently possible:} 19... gxf5 20. Bxf5 Qd6 21. Qh3 h6 (21... Ne5
22. Bxh7+ Kh8 23. Be4 $40) 22. Nf6+ $1 (22. Qg4+ Bg5 23. h4 Ne5 $1) 22... Nxf6
23. Qxh6 Ne5 24. Rf1 Rfe8 $1 ({The position is so sharp that losing a tempo
can be fatal:} 24... Qd5 $2 25. Rf4 Rfe8 26. d3 $3 {removing the pawn from the
vulnerable d2-square in order to prepare Bxe5 without fearing ...Rxd2.} b5 {
Or anything else.} 27. Bxe5 Qxe5 28. Rh4 Qa1+ 29. Kg2 {Sadly, there is no ...
Rxd2+ available.} Qb2+ 30. Kh3 $18) 25. Qg5+ Kf8 $8 26. Bxe5 Qxe5 27. Qh6+ Kg8
$11 {White has nothing better than a perpetual.}) (18... f5 19. Bxf5 $5 Rxf5
20. Rxf5 Qxf5 21. Qxf5 gxf5 22. axb4 Nxb4 23. Rxa7 Rxd2 24. Rxb7 $14 {Golubev 
(Chess Today)}) 19. Bxd5 $1 {The simplest way to start a devastating attack.} (
19. Rf5 $5 {can be met with} Nac7 $1 ({With the a6-knight far from the
kingside,} 19... gxf5 $2 {loses:} 20. Bxf5 Qc6 21. Qh3 h6 22. Qg4+ Bg5 23. h4
$18 {since there is no ...Ne5 available.}) 20. Rxd5 (20. Bxd5 Qxf5 $1) 20...
Nxd5 21. Bxd5 gxh5 $1 22. e4 $44 {White has obvious compensation for the
exchange, but Black is in the game.}) 19... Qxd5 20. Bf6 $40 Qd6 21. Bxe7 Qxe7
22. Nf6+ Kg7 23. Qc4 $1 {/\24.Qc3, /\24.Qh4 h5 25.Nxh5!+} Qe5 (23... Qe6 24.
Qc3 $18) 24. Raf1 h5 (24... Rd6 25. Nxh7 Kxh7 26. Rxf7+ Rxf7 27. Rxf7+ Kh6 28.
Qh4+ Qh5 29. Qf4+ g5 30. Qxd6+ $18) 25. Nxh5+ $1 (25. Qh4 $18) 25... Qxh5 (
25... gxh5 26. Rxf7+ Rxf7 27. Qxf7+ Kh8 28. Rf6 $18) 26. Rxf7+ Rxf7 27. Rxf7+
Kh6 (27... Kh8 28. Qc3+ $1 $18) 28. Qf4+ g5 (28... Qg5 29. Rh7+ $1 $18) 29.
Qf6+ Qg6 30. Qf1 $1 {The queen returns to base, threatening Rf6 or Qh3+. It
also keeps an eye on the enemy knight.} Qh5 31. Rxb7 (31. h4 $5 $18 {Golubev 
(Chess Today)}) 31... c4 32. Qf6+ Qg6 33. Qxd8 Qb1+ 34. Kf2 1-0

[Event "Reggio Emilia 54th"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia"]
[Date "2011.12.31"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[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 e5 3. g3 Bb4 4. Nf3 Bxc3 (4... Qe7 {was played in Nakamura,H 
(2758)-Caruana,F (2727) Reggio Emilia 2011 CBM 146 [Marin] (1/2, 43). In my
comments to that game I also mentioned some subtleties of the move order
chosen by White.}) 5. bxc3 d6 (5... e4 {1/2 Kamsky,G (2714)-Gelfand,B (2736)/
Moscow 2007/CBM 122/[Marin,M] (29)}) 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Re8 {Black plays a
flexible game, delaying the development of his queen's knight. White has to
permanently count with the threat ...e4. With the knight on c6, this would be
slightly less effective, because of the pressure created by Nf3-d4.} 8. Ne1 $5
(8. d4 Nbd7 ({After the weakening of the c4-square, I would consider} 8... e4
$5 {fighting for a blockade on the light squares.}) 9. Qc2 Qe7 (9... e4 $5) 10.
e4 $5 exd4 11. cxd4 Qxe4 12. Qb3 Qe7 13. Re1 Qd8 14. Rxe8+ Qxe8 15. Bf4 h6 16.
a4 a5 17. c5 $44 {Rechlis,G (2473)-Tunik,G (2473)/Israel 2008/EXT 2009 (1/2,
22)}) (8. d3 e4 {The critical continuation.} (8... Nbd7 9. e4 {offers White
the possibility of building up a strong centre, with chances for an advantage.}
c6 10. Nh4 Qa5 11. Qc2 d5 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. c4 Ne7 15. Bb2 Nc6
16. Rfe1 $14 {Shahtahtinsky,A (2380)-Ibragimov,I (2550)/Ano Liosia 1993/EXT
1997 (1/2, 78)}) 9. Ng5 (9. Nd4 Nbd7 {[%cal Gd7c5]}) 9... exd3 10. exd3 Nbd7
11. Rb1 Rb8 {Black's position looks completely normal, but he is slightly
underdeveloped. This gives White the possibility of starting a surprisingly
dangerous kingside attack.} 12. Rb2 $1 {A typical way of activating the rook,
for its later transfer to the kingside.} b6 13. f4 Bb7 14. Bxb7 Rxb7 15. Qf3
Qa8 {Neutralising the pressure along the long diagonal has cost Black some
additional time.} 16. g4 $1 {The first signal to the real attack, clearing the
third rank for the queen at the same time.} Rbb8 17. Qh3 Nc5 18. Rg2 (18. Nxf7
$5 Kxf7 19. g5 Nfd7 20. f5 $44) 18... d5 (18... Re7 19. Be3 Rbe8 20. Bd4 Ncd7
21. Nf3 c5 22. g5 $36) 19. Be3 (19. Nxf7 Kxf7 20. g5 $36) 19... Ncd7 20. Bd4 (
20. Nxf7 $5) 20... dxc4 21. Nxf7 {Finally!} Kxf7 22. g5 Qc6 23. dxc4 $44 {
Khismatullin,D (2601)-Efimenko,Z (2682)/Dagomys 2009/CBM 130 (1/2, 52)}) 8...
c6 (8... Nc6 {would transpose back to lines with an earlier ...Nc6. The
absence of the threat of ...d5 allows White to consolidate his spatial
advantage.} 9. e4 a6 (9... Nd7 10. d3 Nc5 11. f4 exf4 12. Bxf4 f5 13. Qh5 g6
14. Qh6 $36 {Sengupta,D (2563)-Bryzgalin,K (2469)/Pardubice 2011 (1-0, 25)})
10. a4 Rb8 11. Rb1 Bd7 12. d3 Na5 13. f4 h6 14. c5 b6 15. cxd6 cxd6 16. Nf3 $36
{Jobava,B (2669)-Kobalia,M (2634)/Budva 2009/CBM 130 (1-0, 39)}) 9. d3 h6 (9...
d5 $6 {is premature.} 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Bg5 {Black has no favourable way of
avoiding the spoiling his kingside structure.} Be6 12. Rb1 b6 13. c4 $14) 10.
Rb1 d5 11. Qb3 b6 $1 {Neutralising the pressure along the b-file.} (11... Na6
12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Ba3 $5 {[%csl Ga6]}) (11... Nbd7 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Ba3 $14 {
[%csl Gd7]}) (11... dxc4 12. Qxc4 Be6 13. Qh4 b5 14. a4 a6 15. Nc2 $14) 12.
cxd5 {This is a small success for Black, who will get the c6-square for his
knight.} (12. Nc2 Be6 (12... dxc4 13. Qxc4 Be6 14. Qa4 Bd5 15. e4 $14) 13. Ne3
dxc4 14. dxc4 e4 15. Rd1 Qc8 16. Ba3 c5 (16... Bh3 {achieves little after} 17.
Bh1) 17. Nd5 Nbd7 $13 {White's position looks active, but he needs time to
recycle his a3-bishop.}) 12... cxd5 13. Nc2 Nc6 14. h3 $6 {I cannot understand
this move, giving away a tempo and weakening the kingside.} (14. Ne3 Be6 15. f4
d4 16. Qb5 $13) 14... Bb7 15. Nb4 Na5 16. Qb2 d4 17. c4 Rc8 18. Bxb7 Nxb7 $15 {
Black's opening has been a complete success. He has exchanged the active
g2-bishop and neutralised the other, he has a lead in development and more
space.} 19. e4 {[%csl Gd5] Fighting for space, but weakening his position even
more.} dxe3 20. Bxe3 Qd7 21. Kh2 Nd6 22. Rbc1 Nf5 23. Rfd1 h5 24. Qe2 h4 $40
25. Nc2 (25. g4 Nxe3 26. Qxe3 Qd6 $17 {[%cal Gd6b4,Gd6h2,Re5e4]}) 25... b5 {
Opening a second active front, in the best classic fashion.} 26. Qf3 bxc4 27.
dxc4 hxg3+ 28. fxg3 Qe6 29. c5 Red8 30. Bf2 e4 31. Qb3 Qe5 32. Ne3 Rxd1 33.
Qxd1 Rxc5 $1 $17 34. Nc4 {White probably thought that this double attack would
keep the c5-pawn defended indirectly, but he was wrong.} Qc7 35. Bxc5 Qxg3+ $1
$40 {A winning rook sacrifice, which should have crowned a well played game.}
36. Kh1 Qxh3+ 37. Kg1 Qg3+ $2 $44 ({He should have simply brought his knights
closer to the king.} 37... Ng4 $1 $19 38. Qe2 Nh4 39. Nd2 Qg3+ 40. Kh1 Nf3 $1 {
The effects of this move were not easy to anticipate a few moves earlier.} ({
However, he had a safety net in view of} 40... Qh3+ {, with a draw by
perpetual.}) 41. Nxf3 exf3 42. Qe8+ (42. Qd2 f2 $19) 42... Kh7 43. Rc2 f2 44.
Rxf2 {Sadly, there is nothing better than that.} Nxf2+ 45. Bxf2 Qxf2 $19 {
With "just" a winning queen ending.}) 38. Kf1 $1 Ng4 (38... e3 $44) (38... Qf4+
39. Ke1 e3 $44) 39. Qd8+ Kh7 40. Qd5 Qf3+ $2 $16 {The king escapes now
definitively.} (40... Nh2+ 41. Ke2 Nd4+ $3 {A brilliant move, forcing White to
either obstruct the d-file, or place the queen on a vulnerable square.} 42.
Qxd4 (42. Bxd4 Qf3+ 43. Ke1 Qf1+ 44. Kd2 Qd3+ $11) 42... Qg4+ 43. Ke3 Qg3+ (
43... Qf3+ $2 44. Kd2 $18) 44. Kxe4 ({One of the points behind 41...Nd4!!+ is
that} 44. Kd2 $2 {loses the queen to} Nf3+) 44... Qf3+ 45. Ke5 Qf6+ $1 $11 {
White has to take the perpetual, since} 46. Kd5 $2 {leads to an unexpected
finish:} Qe6#) 41. Ke1 Ng3 42. Rc2 f5 43. Kd2 $16 {With good winning chances
already.} Nf6 44. Qd8 Ne2 45. Ke1 f4 46. Rxe2 Qc3+ 47. Kd1 Qxc4 48. Qd4 Qb5 49.
Rh2+ Kg6 50. Kc2 a5 51. Be7 Qc6+ 52. Qc5 Qa4+ 53. Kc1 f3 54. Bxf6 Kxf6 55. Rd2
g6 56. Rd6+ Kg7 57. Rd8 1-0

[Event "Reggio Emilia 54th"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia"]
[Date "2011.12.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[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 e5 3. g3 {A tricky move order. White retains the possibility
of offering a transposition to the Four Knights variation, but only after
Black chooses his setup.} ({After} 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 {, the simplifying} Nd4 {
may be kind of boring.}) 3... Bb4 ({White could delay Ng1-f3 or even switch to
some other way of developing the knight after} 3... Bc5) ({or} 3... d5 4. cxd5
Nxd5 {, too.}) ({He has to be ready for the old Keres line:} 3... c6) 4. Nf3 {
This is the best moment to develop this knight.} ({After} 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nf3 {
Black could maintain his absolute flexibility with} Re8 $1) 4... Qe7 {This is
more committal than ...Re8, of course.} (4... e4 {is likely to lead to a Four
Knights tabyia after a long transposition:} 5. Nd4 Nc6 6. Nc2 Bxc3 7. dxc3 h6
8. Bg2 d6 9. Ne3 O-O 10. O-O) (4... Nc6 {is an immediate transposition, of
course.}) 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. e4 $5 $146 {Tactically, this is obviously
correct, but the only open question which remains is whether defining the
central structure so soon really favours White.} (7. Qb3 Na6 8. d3 (8. d4 $5)
8... h6 {After ...Qe7, the threat of Bg5 has to be taken seriously. There is
no ...Be7 available, and an exchange on f6 would lead to considerable loss of
time for Black, who would have to move with the queen for the second time
before completing his development.} 9. Bd2 Rd8 10. e4 Bxc3 $6 {An unnecessary
concession.} 11. Bxc3 d6 12. Rfe1 Bg4 13. Nh4 Nc5 14. Qc2 g6 15. d4 Ncd7 16. h3
exd4 17. Bxd4 Be6 18. f4 (18. Nf5 Qf8 19. Be3 $16) 18... Nb6 19. b3 $16 {
Psakhis,L (2605)-Myrvold,T (2310)/Gausdal 1994/EXT 97 (1-0, 39)}) (7. d3 Rd8 ({
The following game is a classical example of playing with a massive centre and
the bishop pair:} 7... Bxc3 8. bxc3 h6 9. e4 d6 10. Nh4 Na6 11. f4 exf4 12.
Rxf4 Nc5 13. Be3 Nh7 14. Qd2 Ng5 15. Kh1 Bd7 16. Raf1 Rae8 17. g4 Qd8 18. Nf5
Bxf5 19. gxf5 $16 {Portisch,L (2650)-Kavalek,L (2550)/Amsterdam 1981/MCL (1-0,
28)}) 8. Qb3 $1 {[%csl Gb4][%cal Gf3e5]} (8. Qc2 {exerts less pressure.} d5 9.
Bg5 dxc4 10. dxc4 Nbd7 11. a3 Bxc3 12. Qxc3 Re8 13. Nd2 h6 14. Be3 Ng4 $11 {
Markowski,T (2558)-Campora,D (2547)/Ciudad Real 2004/CBM 102 ext (1/2, 38)})
8... Ba5 (8... d5 $2 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Nxe5 $1 $16 {Black cannot take advantage
of the apparently hanging position of the e5-knight:} Bxc3 11. Qxc3 d4 12. Qa5
b6 $2 13. Qa3 $18 {[%cal Gg2a8]}) 9. Bd2 Bc7 (9... d5 $2 10. Nxd5 $1 $16) 10.
e4 Na6 11. d4 d6 12. Qa3 Qe8 $6 {Too passive.} (12... exd4 13. Nxd4 Bb6 {
offers better possibilities for counterplay.}) 13. Bg5 Qe6 14. d5 Qe7 15. b4 c5
16. b5 Nb8 17. Nh4 $16 {Psakhis,L (2555)-Lev,R (2420)/Tel Aviv 1991/CBM 027
ext (1-0, 40)}) 7... d6 (7... Bxc3 8. bxc3 Nxe4 $6 {is obviously premature,
and the punishment is elegant:} (8... d6 9. Nh4 $14) 9. Re1 d5 10. d3 Nxc3 11.
Qb3 d4 12. Ba3 c5 13. Nxd4 $5 $16 {A nice way of taking advantage of the
double pin.}) 8. d3 a6 {[%cal Gb7b5]} 9. Qb3 {White obstinately goes for the
bishop pair, thus losing a lot of time.} (9. Nh4 $5 Bc5 (9... b5 10. Nf5 Bxf5
11. exf5 $36) 10. Kh1 {[%cal Gd1e1,Gf2f4,Gh4f5]}) 9... Bc5 10. Na4 Ba7 11. Nb6
Bxb6 12. Qxb6 c5 $5 {[%cal Gb8c6,Gc6d4]} 13. Ne1 {[%cal Gf2f4,Ge1c2,Gc2e3]} Bg4
$5 (13... Nc6 14. Nc2 h6 15. f4 (15. b4 {is premature:} Nd7 16. Qc7 cxb4 17.
Rb1 a5 18. a3 Nc5 19. Qxe7 Nxe7 20. axb4 Nxd3) (15. Bd2 {, preparing b4,
leaves the queen in some danger after} a5 {/\...a4, ףb6}) 15... a5 16. Qb3 a4
17. Qc3 $36) 14. f3 Be6 15. Bg5 {[%csl Gb7][%cal Gg5f6,Gg7f6] This will prove
ineffective after Black's careful defence.} (15. f4 $5 {is an important
alternative.}) 15... Nbd7 (15... Nc6 16. Nc2 Rab8 {[%csl Gb7]} 17. f4 h6 18.
fxe5 hxg5 19. exf6 gxf6 20. Rad1 $14 {[%cal Gd3d4]}) 16. Qa5 (16. Qxb7 Rfb8 17.
Qc7 (17. Qc6 $2 Nb6 $1 $17 {[%csl Gc6][%cal Gb8b7,Ga8c8] /\...Rb7, ...Rc8})
17... Rb6 $1 18. f4 Qf8 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. f5 Rc8 $11 {with perpetual pursuit
of the queen.}) (16. Qb3 b5 $132) 16... h6 17. Bd2 Nb8 $1 {Returning to the
initial plan. The exposed position of the white queen helps Black in getting
back some of the time lost on the going back and forth with his knight.} 18.
Nc2 Nc6 19. Qc3 (19. Qb6 a5 $5 20. Qb3 a4 21. Qc3 Rfb8 {[%cal Gb7b5]}) 19... b5
20. Ne3 (20. b3 $5 {would avoid the weakening of the e4-pawn, thus making the
plan based on f3-f4 more realistic than in the game.}) 20... Nd4 21. Rae1 Rab8
22. Qc1 ({This was the last moment at which} 22. b3 $5 {could have changed the
course of the game.}) 22... bxc4 23. dxc4 Qd7 24. Rf2 Rfe8 25. Bc3 a5 26. Qd1
a4 27. Bf1 Ra8 28. Bd3 Kh8 {White has regrouped harmoniously, but cannot make
progress easily. The only constructive plan is f3-f4, but this would weaken
the e4-pawn. The game will end in a draw without any special adventures.} 29.
Kh1 Qb7 30. h4 Rf8 31. Kh2 Qd7 32. Ref1 (32. f4 Bg4 33. Qc1 Nf3+ $17) 32...
Rae8 33. a3 (33. f4 Ng4+ 34. Nxg4 Bxg4 35. Qd2 f6 36. f5 Qf7 {White will not
be able to unblock the kingside structure.}) 33... Ra8 34. Qd2 Nb3 35. Qd1 Nd4
36. Rg1 Rae8 37. Qf1 Qd8 38. Qd1 Qd7 39. Nd5 Bxd5 40. cxd5 Rc8 41. Re1 Ra8 42.
Bf1 Qe7 43. Bd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 2nd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2007.11.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2007.11.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. g3 ({By delaying the development of the king's knight,
White intends to avoid the fashionable variation} 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Nd4 {
, where Black has been doing fine lately. Also, against ...Bc5 White can
deviate with e3 followed by Nge2.}) 3... Bb4 ({The old-fashioned Keres
variation, starting with} 3... c6 {is not bad at all, as I had the occasion to
convince myself during a recent game against Etienne Bacrot.}) 4. Nf3 {This
move order has been successfully employed by Portisch throughout his
remarkable career. White invites his opponent to a transposition to the normal
lines, after having side-stepped ...Nd4 and ...Bc5.} ({It should be said that
White should not delay the knight's development too much. After} 4. Bg2 O-O 5.
Nf3 {Black can defend his central pawn in the most convenient way with} Re8)
4... Bxc3 {This willing exchange might look like a positional concession, but
is quite logical if Black wants to refrain from 4...Nc6. Before choosing the
fate of the e5-pawn, Black invites his opponent to define his intentions in
the centre.} ({In the event of} 4... e4 5. Nd4 Nc6 6. Nc2 Bxc3 {White can play}
7. dxc3 {, which would transpose to a main line after} O-O 8. Bg2 h6) 5. bxc3 (
{Now,} 5. dxc3 {would be answered with the more restrained} d6) 5... e4 ({
Whereas after} 5... d6 {White will be able to occupy the centre with d3, e4,
etc.}) 6. Nd4 O-O 7. Bg2 d5 {Black has tried a wide range of moves here, but
Gelfand's choice is not too common. In principle, the idea to open the centre
with ...d5 without the preliminary loss of time ...d6 is approved by theory,
but Black usually, drives the enemy knight away from the centre with 7...c5.} (
{Before examining the main line, let us see what can happen if Black reacts
more slowly.} 7... Na6 8. O-O d6 9. f3 c5 10. Nc2 exf3 11. Rxf3 Rb8 12. d3 Nd7
13. a4 Nc7 14. Bf4 Qe7 15. Qd2 Re8 16. e4 Ne5 17. Rf2 a6 18. h3 Be6 19. Ne3 Qd7
20. g4 $14 {Marin,M (2555)-De Vreugt,D (2498)/Tel Aviv 2000/CBM 077 (1-0, 40).
White has consolidated his domination in the centre and has chances for
launching a kingside attack.}) (7... Re8 8. O-O d6 9. f3 ({Now, I would prefer
} 9. d3 $1 {, which seems to offer better chances for a minimal advantage at
virtually no risk.}) 9... c5 10. Nc2 exf3 11. Rxf3 Nc6 12. d3 d5 13. Bg5 dxc4
14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. d4 cxd4 16. cxd4 Be6 17. Rf4 Qe7 18. Qd2 $44 {1/2-1/2 Marin,
M (2557)-Garcia Ilundain,D (2490)/Barcelona 2000/CBM 077 ext. Not a typically
drawn position, but neither of the players seemed to be in his best fighting
mood.}) (7... d6 8. O-O c5 9. Nc2 Nc6 10. Ne3 Be6 {Black almost finished his
development and waits to see how White is going to break open the centre: d3
or f3.} 11. d3 exd3 12. exd3 d5 {Playing this move with loss of time is quite
risky.} 13. Rb1 Na5 (13... b6 14. f4 $1) 14. Ba3 dxc4 (14... b6 15. Qf3 $1 dxc4
16. d4 $5 $44 (16. Qxa8 Qxa8 17. Bxa8 Rxa8 18. d4 cxd4 19. cxd4 Nd5 $44)) 15.
Bxc5 cxd3 (15... Re8 16. dxc4 $14 {[%csl Yb7][%cal Yc5d4,Yd1a4]}) 16. Bxf8 Kxf8
17. Qa4 Rc8 18. Bxb7 $16 {Kasimdzhanov,R (2545)-Bratanov,Z (2355)/Zagan 1997/
CBM 59 ext (1-0, 28)}) ({Let us now follow a recent example of the (not so
young anymore) number one expert of the variation:} 7... Nc6 8. O-O (8. f3 $5
exf3 9. Nxf3 $14) 8... Ne5 9. d3 c5 10. Nc2 d5 11. Bf4 Qe7 (11... Ng6 12. Bg5
$14) 12. Ne3 exd3 (12... d4 13. cxd4 cxd4 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. cxd5 exd3 16. exd3
Bg4 17. d6 Qe6 18. f3 Bh5 19. Re1 f6 20. Bxe5 fxe5 21. Qb3 $14 {White
maintains the initiative despite simplifications. The elimination of the
d6-pawn will cost Black valuable time, which can be used by White to occupy
the seventh rank.}) 13. exd3 dxc4 14. dxc4 Rd8 15. Qb1 (15. Nd5 $5 Nxd5 16.
cxd5 Bg4 17. f3 Bh5 18. g4 Bg6 19. Re1 f6 20. Bxe5 fxe5 21. f4 $16) (15. Qb3 $5
) 15... h6 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. cxd5 g5 18. Bxe5 $6 (18. Re1 $1 gxf4 19. gxf4 Nf3+
20. Bxf3 $16 {[%csl Gd5,Rg8]}) 18... Qxe5 19. Qb5 Qd6 20. Rae1 Bd7 21. Qb1 b6
22. Qd3 Re8 $132 {Portisch,L (2533)-Cao Sang (2543)/Szekesfehervar 2006/CBM
112 (0-1, 40). Black has managed to stabilize the position and can hope to
simplify to a more pleasant bishop ending.}) ({Finally, the main line goes} 
7... c5 8. Nc2 d5 {In practice, White has failed to prove an advantage.} {
I would suggest} 9. d3 $5 {as the most consistent try for an advantage. Black
cannot maintain stability in the centre too easily.} (9. Ba3 Na6 10. cxd5 Qxd5
11. d4 Qh5 12. h3 Rd8 13. g4 Qg6 14. Qd2 cxd4 15. Be7 Re8 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17.
Qxd4 Qg6 18. O-O-O Qg5+ 19. Qe3 Qxe3+ (19... Qa5 $5 20. Bxe4 Be6 $44) 20. Nxe3
Nc5 21. Nc4 {1/2-1/2 Miralles,G (2470)-Gavrikov,V (2580)/Bern 1991/CBM 022/
[Ribli]}) (9. cxd5 Qxd5 10. f3 $5 {Black seems to be able to maintain the
balance even after this untested move, but at least White is not risking
getting a worse position.} (10. Ne3 Qh5 11. h3 Nc6 {White has prevented the
exchange of the light-squared bishops, but is slightly underdeveloped.} 12. d3
$6 Rd8 13. Qc2 exd3 14. exd3 Ne5 $17) (10. d3 Rd8 11. c4 Qh5 12. Bb2 Bh3 13.
Bxh3 Qxh3 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Qd2 Nc6 16. O-O-O exd3 17. exd3 Ne5 $36 {Winants,L
(2520)-Danielian,O (2440)/Cappelle la Grande 1993/TD (0-1, 61)}) (10. O-O Qh5
11. Ne3 Bh3 {Black has easy play, as proven by numerous games, for instance
Alterman,B-Oratovsky,M/Jurmala 1989/CBM 013 (0-1, 62)}) 10... exf3 11. Bxf3 Qd6
12. O-O Nc6 13. d4 Bh3 (13... cxd4 14. Ba3 $16) (13... Bf5 $5 {[%csl Gc2,Ge4]})
14. Ba3 b6 (14... Bxf1 15. Bxc5 Bxe2 16. Qxe2 $14 {[%csl Gc3,Gd4][%cal Gc5f8]})
15. dxc5 {[%csl Gc6]} Qe6 $13) 9... dxc4 (9... exd3 10. Qxd3 $1 $14) (9... Be6
10. Bg5 $14 {maintains the status-quo.}) 10. dxe4 Qxd1+ 11. Kxd1 Nc6 12. Be3 b6
13. f3 Rd8+ 14. Ke1 $14 {[%cal Ge1f2,Gh1d1,Gg3g4,Gh2h4] White's slow but
unstoppable kingside expansion as well as his pair of bishops offer him the
better chances in the long run.}) 8. cxd5 ({Actually,} 8. d3 $5 {deserves
being investigated, too. Black would probably be forced to transpose above with
} c5 9. Nc2 {etc.}) 8... Qxd5 {Gelfand probably thought that he would drive
the enemy knight away from the centre at a later stage, but this will prove
more complicated than it might seem.} 9. f3 $1 $146 (9. d3 c5 10. Nc2 (10. dxe4
Nxe4 11. Qb3 Qxb3 (11... c4 12. Qb5 $14 {[%csl Gd4]}) 12. Nxb3 Re8 (12... Bf5
13. g4 Bg6 14. h4 h6 15. h5 Bh7 16. Bxe4 Bxe4 17. f3 Bc6 18. Nxc5 $16) (12...
Nxc3 13. Nxc5 $14) 13. Be3 (13. Bxe4 Rxe4 14. Nxc5 Rc4 $11) 13... Na6 $11)
10... Qe5 11. d4 cxd4 12. cxd4 Qh5 13. Ne3 Nc6 14. O-O Bh3 15. Bb2 Rad8 $132 {
Dominguez,H (2380)-Velasquez Ojeda,C (2290)/Santiago 1994/EXT 2001 (0-1, 42)})
9... c5 (9... exf3 10. Bxf3 $14) 10. fxe4 $1 ({Of course, there is no need to
transpose above with} 10. Nc2) 10... Nxe4 11. Qb3 $1 Qh5 $6 {Too ambitious.} (
11... c4 $2 12. Qb5 $16 (12. Qb1 Re8) 12... Be6 (12... Qxb5 13. Nxb5 Nc5 14.
Nc7 $18) 13. d3 (13. Qb1 $1 f5 14. g4 g6 15. Nxe6 Qxe6 16. gxf5 gxf5 17. Qxb7
Nd7 18. Rg1 Kh8 19. Ba3 Rg8 20. O-O-O {is not entirely clear.}) 13... cxd3 14.
exd3 Nxc3 15. Bxd5 Nxb5 16. Nxe6 fxe6 17. Bxb7 $18) (11... Qxb3 $2 12. Nxb3 Bf5
(12... Re8 13. Bxe4 Rxe4 14. Nxc5 $16) 13. d3 $16) ({Black should have
accepted that he had lost the theoretical battle and headd for a slightly
worse, but normal position with} 11... Qe5 $5 12. Nf3 Qe7 13. O-O Nc6 14. d3
$14) 12. Bxe4 cxd4 13. cxd4 Nc6 14. Bb2 Bh3 15. Bf3 Qg5 {Black has sacrificed
a pawn in order to retain the enemy king in the centre. However, White's
impressive centre should incline the balance in his favour.} 16. Rc1 $1 {
It appears that Black cannot maintain the bishop on h3 for too long.} Rad8 17.
Rc5 Qf6 18. Rh5 Bc8 19. d5 Nd4 20. Bxd4 Qxd4 21. Rh4 Qe5 22. O-O $16 {Black
has absolutely no compensation for the missing pawn.} b6 23. d4 Qg5 24. e4 Ba6
25. Rd1 Rc8 26. Rf4 Qd8 27. e5 $2 (27. Qa3 Bc4 28. Bg4 Rb8 29. d6 $18) 27...
Bc4 28. Qb2 Bxd5 29. Qb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2016.03.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2016.03.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. g3 Bb4 4. Bg2 O-O 5. e4 Bxc3 6. bxc3 c6 7. Nf3 $5 {
Giri,A (2798)-Anand,V (2803) Grand Slam Final 8th 2015 (4) 1-0 The new trend
in an old line, launched by the game} Nxe4 ({The hyper-ambitious} 7... d5 {
seems to play into White's hands:} 8. exd5 $1 $146 (8. cxd5 {Deac,B (2486)
-Tarlev,K (2580) Alba Iulia 2016 (0-1, 39)} Nxe4 9. dxc6 Nxc6 $13) 8... Re8 (
8... e4 9. Nd4 cxd5 10. cxd5 Qxd5 11. O-O Nc6 12. d3 Re8 13. Be3) (8... cxd5 9.
Nxe5) 9. O-O (9. dxc6 Nxc6 10. O-O e4 $44 {[%csl Gc4,Gd3]}) 9... cxd5 10. cxd5
Qxd5 (10... Nxd5 11. c4 Nb6 12. d3 $36) 11. Ng5 Qa5 (11... Qd3 12. Re1 Nc6 13.
Qb3 Qg6 14. d4 $16) 12. Qb3 Qc7 13. Re1 $14) 8. O-O {"The threat is stronger
than its execution."} ({The premature} 8. Nxe5 {offers Black enough
counterplay:} Re8 9. d4 d6 10. Bxe4 dxe5 11. O-O Nd7 $6 {But this is too
passive.} (11... exd4 {is more challenging.} 12. Qc2 f5 13. Bxf5 Bxf5 14. Qxf5
dxc3 $13) 12. Bg2 (12. d5 $5 $14) 12... exd4 {Jones,G (2645)-Gupta,A (2634)
Reykjavik 2016 (1/2-1/2, 47)} 13. cxd4 $14 {[%csl Gc1,Gg2]}) 8... d6 9. Nxe5
Nc5 $146 ({Deviating from the aforementioned game which went} 9... dxe5 {
Giri,A (2798)-Anand,V (2803) Bilbao 2015 CBM 169 [Roiz,M] (1-0, 37)}) (9... Ng5
{exposes the knight whereas any targetting of h3 is illusory:} 10. Ng4 f5 11.
f4 Ne4 12. Ne3 Nf6 13. Qc2 g6 14. Ba3 Na6 15. d4 Rb8 16. Rfe1 Re8 17. Re2 Be6
18. Rae1 Bf7 19. Qd3 $14 {Wang,H (2707)-Mchedlishvili,M (2635) Al Ain 2015 
(1-0, 44). As we see, there are already a bunch of games since Giri-Anand.})
10. Ng4 {The knight is heading for e3, a good square if White finds remedies
against ...f5-f4.} (10. Nf3 {looks a bit like a loss of time, since the knight
has already been on this square. White keeps some pressure but Black should
hold his own with simple moves.} Nd3 11. Qc2 (11. Ba3 Na6 12. Qc2 Nac5) 11...
Nxc1 (11... Bf5 $6 12. Nh4 Qf6 13. Ba3 Re8 14. f4 {[%cal Gf1f3]} Re2 15. Rf3
Ne1 16. Qxf5 Rxg2+ 17. Kf1 Rg1+ 18. Kxg1 Nxf3+ 19. Kf2 Qxf5 20. Nxf5 Nxh2 21.
Re1 $16) 12. Raxc1 Nd7 13. Rfe1 Nf6 14. Rb1 Qc7 15. Nd4 Bd7 16. Qb3 Rab8 {
and it is hard to see how to make progress with White.}) 10... f5 {A very
provocative move, weakening the dark squares.} (10... Nd3 {[%csl Gg4] looks
safer but once again White's position remains more active:} 11. Ba3 (11. Qf3
Nxc1 12. Raxc1 f5 13. Ne3 Qf6 14. d4 Nd7 $132 {[%cal Gf5f4]}) 11... Na6 12. Ne3
Nac5 13. Qc2 Re8 (13... f5 14. f4 $1) 14. Rab1 {[%cal Gf2f4,Gf4f5]} h5 15. f4
h4 16. Bxc5 Nxc5 17. Rfe1 $14 {Due to White's pressure along the b-file and
the long diagonal Black faces problems completing his queenside development.})
11. Ne3 f4 {Apparently promising but White has a strong reply.} (11... Nd3 12.
f4 Na6 13. Ba3 Nac5 14. Qc2 Qa5 15. Bxc5 Nxc5 16. a4 $5 $14 {[%csl Gf5]}) 12.
d4 $1 (12. gxf4 Nd3 $15 {[%csl Gf4]}) 12... fxe3 ({There is no way back:} 12...
Ne6 13. Nc2 Qf6 14. Re1 {White has more space and the bishop pair while
Black's attack is not really dangerous. In fact, the advance of the f-pawn has
brought him only weaknesses.} f3 (14... fxg3 15. fxg3 {[%cal Ge1f1]}) (14...
Na6 15. d5 $36) 15. Bf1 Nd7 16. a4 $16) 13. dxc5 exf2+ 14. Rxf2 Rxf2 15. Kxf2
Qf8+ 16. Qf3 Qxf3+ {This looks like a micro-inaccuracy, allowing White to
activate his position slightly.} ({It is true that after} 16... dxc5 17. Qxf8+
Kxf8 18. Be3 Nd7 19. Rb1 $44 {it remains hard to suggest a way of completing
the development, while the extra pawn does not count yet.}) 17. Bxf3 dxc5 18.
Bf4 Nd7 19. Bd6 $6 {This does not really prevent ...Nb6 and actually loses an
important tempo, allowing Black to get out of the opening satisfactorily.} (19.
Re1 $5 Nb6 20. Re7 {[%cal Gf4e5]} Nxc4 21. Bh5 {[%csl Rc4,Rg8][%cal Ge7e8,
Yh5f7]} g6 22. Bf3 Nb6 {[%cal Gc8d7]} 23. Be5 $36 {Despite his extra pawns
Black's position looks very dangerous.}) (19. a4 $5 a5 (19... Nb6 20. a5 Nxc4
21. a6 $16 {leaves Black's queenside completely paralysed.}) 20. Rb1 $32) 19...
Nb6 $1 20. Re1 Bd7 21. Bxc5 Re8 $6 {This allows White to retain at least a
symbolic advantage.} ({Black could play} 21... Nxc4 $1 {for if against} 22. Re7
{he has the fantastic resource} Rf8 $3 {[%cal Gf8f7]} 23. Rxd7 Rxf3+ 24. Ke2 (
24. Kxf3 Ne5+ 25. Ke4 Nxd7 26. Bxa7 b6 {[%csl Ga5,Gb5,Gc5,Gd5,Ge5,Ge6,Gf6] The
bishop is caged and the white king cannot cross the barrier:} 27. Kf5 Kf7 28.
c4 h6 29. c5 g6+ 30. Ke4 b5) 24... Rf5 25. Bxa7 b5 $11) 22. Rb1 Be6 23. Bxb6
axb6 24. Rxb6 Bc8 25. Rb4 $14 {The extra pawn is anything but simple to
convert, but Black has to permanently watch out for the possibility of
a2-a4-a5-a6.} Re5 26. Ra4 Kf7 27. Ra8 Bf5 28. Be2 Re7 29. c5 (29. a4 Ke6 30.
Rd8 Rd7 {[%cal Ge6d6,Gd6c5]} 31. Rxd7 Kxd7 32. c5 Ke6 33. Bc4+ Ke5 34. Ke3 h6
$5) 29... Kf6 30. a4 Re5 31. Rf8+ Kg6 32. Rb8 Rxc5 (32... Re7 33. Bf3 {[%cal
Ga4a5]}) 33. Rxb7 Rxc3 34. a5 {Optically it looks as if White had made a lot
of progress, but the next accurate move reminds us that "all rook endings are
drawn".} Bd3 $1 35. Bxd3+ Rxd3 36. a6 c5 $1 {The pawn rushes to help the rook
in creating a barrier in front of the white king.} 37. a7 Ra3 38. Ke2 c4 39.
Kd2 h5 40. Kc2 c3 41. h4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Ankara FIDE GP (Women)"]
[Site "Ankara"]
[Date "2012.09.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Cmilyte, Viktorija"]
[Black "Yildiz Kadioglu, Betul Cemre"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2341"]
[Annotator "Mikhalchishin,A"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2012.09.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nc3 Nb6 6. e3 Be7 7. Nge2 O-O 8.
O-O c6 9. b3 ({It is possible to attack the centre immediately with} 9. f4 N8d7
(9... exf4 10. Nxf4 N8d7 11. d4 Nf6 12. e4 Bg4 13. Qd3 Nh5 14. h3 Nxf4 15. gxf4
Be6 16. d5 f5 17. Qd2 cxd5 18. exd5 Bf7 19. b3 Nc8 20. Qd3 Nd6 21. Ba3 Qa5 22.
Nb5 Be8 23. Nxd6 Bxd6 24. Bxd6 Qb6+ 25. Rf2 Qxd6 26. Qd4 {1/2 Galliamova,A 
(2465)-Kosintseva,T (2530)/Moscow RUS 2012; and the central pawn is still
dangerous.}) 10. b3 a5 11. fxe5 Nxe5 12. d4 Ng6 13. e4 Bg5 (13... c5 {It may
look wrong losing a tempo like this, but with the e-pawn on e4 White's
light-squared bishop is restricted and so 13...c5 makes sense.} 14. Be3 cxd4 $6
{an inaccuracy} (14... Bg4 $1) 15. Qxd4 Qxd4 16. Bxd4 Nd7 {[%csl Re5][%cal
Ge7c5] Obviously Black's idea is to trade the dark-squared bishops, getting
the e5-square for his knights.} 17. Nd5 Bc5 18. Rac1 b6 19. Bxc5 bxc5 20. Rfd1
{Zvjagintsev correctly considered this move to be an inaccuracy as it allows
me to trade the weak a-pawn.} ({After} 20. Nec3 $1 $14 {Black is under
pressure.}) 20... a4 $1 21. Nef4 $1 {[%csl Rd7][%cal Gf4g6,Gd5e7] Zvjaginsev,V
(2663)-Mikhalevski,V (2584)/Aix-les-Bains 2011(Mikhalevski)}) 14. Ba3 {Other
moves don't promise an advantage either} (14. Nf4 Bxf4 (14... Re8 $5) 15. gxf4
f5 $1 16. Ba3 Re8 17. d5 ({In the event of} 17. e5 Be6 {White's central pawns
are blocked}) 17... Nh4 18. Bh1 fxe4 19. dxc6 bxc6 20. Qxd8 Rxd8 21. Bxe4 Bf5
22. Bh1 Rd3 23. Rac1 a4 {and Black should be able to retain equality.}) (14.
Rf2 Bxc1 15. Rxc1 Qe7 {and although I prefer White, Black's position should be
defendable.} (15... Bg4 16. h3 Bxe2 17. Nxe2 Re8 18. h4 $14 {is in White's
favour.})) 14... Be7 15. Bb2 a4 16. bxa4 Bg4 17. Bf3 Bxf3 18. Rxf3 c5 19. Ba3
Nc4 20. Bxc5 Bxc5 21. dxc5 Nd2 22. Rf2 Ne5 23. Nf4 Qd4 24. Nfd5 Qxc5 {1/2
Turov,M (2636)-Smirin,I (2632)/Trieste ITA 2012}) 9... f5 ({It was slightly
better to develop faster:} 9... Bg4 10. h3 Bh5 11. d4 exd4 12. exd4 Na6 13. Qd2
f5 14. Nf4 Bf7 {with a very solid position.}) 10. d4 e4 ({A bit artificial was
} 10... N8d7 11. e4 ({nothing promised} 11. d5 Qc7 12. dxc6 bxc6 13. Qc2 e4)
11... fxe4 12. Nxe4 exd4 13. Nxd4 Nc5 14. Nxc5 Bxc5 15. Be3 {and White has
better development with some tactical threats.}) 11. Bb2 Na6 12. g4 $6 {
Typical Cmilyte hyper-aggressive attitude.} ({It was correct to destroy the
centre in a different way by} 12. f3) 12... fxg4 13. Nxe4 Nd5 ({Practically
the same was} 13... Nc7) 14. N2g3 ({It was very tempting was to try the
transfer of the knight to e5:} 14. Nc1) 14... Qe8 $5 ({Black retained very
good chances after} 14... Be6 15. Nd2 Nac7 16. Nc4 a5) 15. Nc5 $2 ({Once more
it was better to transfer the knight to e5:} 15. Nd2 Be6 16. Nc4) 15... Nac7 $6
(15... Nxc5 {was possible:} 16. dxc5 Be6 17. Qc2 Rd8 18. Be4 g6) 16. Qc2 ({
For some reason Cmilyte underestimated the value of the knight on e5:} 16. Nd3)
16... Ne6 17. Nxe6 ({The last chance was here} 17. Nd3) 17... Bxe6 18. Be4 h5
$1 {Defending and attacking - threatening h5-h4.} 19. Ne2 Bd6 ({It was also
very good to try to create weaknesses on the other side with} 19... a5) 20. Kh1
Rf6 {An interesting idea, to increase the pressure on the f-file.} ({Another
option was} 20... h4 21. Rae1 Qh5) 21. Nc3 Nxc3 22. Bxc3 Bd5 $1 {Now it is
clear that Black has obtained a huge advantage.} 23. f3 $2 ({Just prolonged
suffering} 23. Bg2 h4 $19) 23... Rxf3 $1 24. Bxf3 Bxf3+ ({Even} 24... gxf3 {
was possible:} 25. Qf2 Qxe3 $1) 25. Rxf3 gxf3 26. e4 Qf7 27. Qf2 (27. Rf1 {
was completely useless:} Rf8 28. Be1 g5 29. Kg1 g4 $19) 27... Rf8 28. Rg1 Qf4
29. e5 Be7 30. Be1 Qe4 31. Bd2 Bh4 32. Qe3 Qd5 {This demands good calculation
as the black king has to avoid perpetual check (after 33.Rxg7+).} ({Going into
an endgame was simply delaying the well deserved win:} 32... Qxe3 33. Bxe3 f2
34. Rf1 Rf3 35. Bc1 Rd3 36. Bf4 Kf7 $19) 33. Rxg7+ Kxg7 34. Qh6+ Kf7 35. Qxh5+
Ke6 $1 36. Qg4+ Rf5 37. Qg6+ Ke7 38. Qh7+ Ke8 39. Qh5+ 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 12th"]
[Site "Aix les Bains"]
[Date "2011.03.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Black "Mikhalevski, Victor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2663"]
[BlackElo "2584"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[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"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. g3 e5 {Black transposes to 1.c4 e5.} 5. Bg2
Nb6 6. e3 $5 {[%cal Gg1e2,Gf2f4,Gd2d4] A very uncommon and interesting idea,
which I was unaware of. In fact, it has never been tested on the GM level.
White is going to play Ne2 and then depending on the siuation f4 or d4.} Nc6 7.
Nge2 {Here I spent quite a lot of time looking for a good way to meet White's
idea, but found nothing better than the simple 7...Be7.} Be7 (7... Bf5 $5 {
[%csl Rd3] trying to exploit weak light squares was one of the options I
considered, but it doesn't equalise though it may seem to.} 8. d4 $1 (8. a3 Bd3
{is fine for Black.}) 8... Nb4 9. O-O ({An interesting repeatition of moves
may occur after} 9. e4 exd4 10. exf5 dxc3 11. O-O Qxd1 12. Rxd1 Nc2 13. Rb1 Na3
$1 14. Ra1 Nc2 $11) (9. Ne4 $5 Qe7 10. N2c3 O-O-O 11. O-O Nc6 $13) 9... Bc2 10.
Qe1 Bg6 ({A similar idea is also strong after} 10... Bf5 11. f4 $1 $36) 11. f4
$1 Nc2 $140 12. Qf2 Nxa1 13. Bxb7 $1 {[%cal Gb7c6]} Rb8 14. Bc6+ Nd7 15. f5 Bh5
16. dxe5 $16 {with some very strong initiative for the sacrificed material.})
8. O-O ({The immediate} 8. f4 {also makes sense.}) 8... O-O 9. f4 a5 {My idea
was to take some space on the queenside with a4 and to provoke an exchange on
e5. I was looking for other useful moves, but couldn't find any.} ({In the
event of} 9... f6 $5 {White may try to create an attack on the kingside by
means of} 10. f5 {[%cal Gg2e4,Gg3g4,Ge2g3] and it's difficult for Black to
create counterplay.}) 10. fxe5 Nxe5 11. d4 Ng6 {Maybe not the best square for
the knight, but I didn't want it to be in the way of the other pieces.} (11...
Ng4 $5 {was a reasonable alternative.}) 12. b3 ({An attempt to exploit my last
move} 12. h4 {[%cal Gh4h5] would be annoying as I can't prevent the further
advance of the h-pawn by means of} Bg4 (12... Re8 13. h5 Nf8 14. h6 g6 {
looks playable.}) {in view of} 13. Bxb7) 12... c6 {The most logical as it
restricts White's light-squared bishop.} ({After the immediate} 12... c5 13.
Qc2 $5 $14 {I didn't like White's pressure on my queenside.} (13. Ba3 $5 cxd4
14. Bxe7 Nxe7 15. Qxd4 Qxd4 16. Nxd4 {is just slightly better for White thanks
to pressure along the a8-h1 diagonal.})) 13. e4 c5 {It may look wrong losing a
tempo like this, but with the e-pawn on e4 White's light-squared bishop is
restricted and so 13...c5 makes sense.} (13... Bg5 $5 {was a possible
alternative.} 14. Nf4 (14. Rf2 Bxc1 15. Rxc1 Qe7 {and although I prefer White,
Black's position should be defendable.} (15... Bg4 16. h3 Bxe2 17. Nxe2 Re8 18.
h4 $14 {is in White's favour.})) 14... Bxf4 (14... Re8 $5) 15. gxf4 f5 $1 16.
Ba3 Re8 17. d5 ({In the event of} 17. e5 Be6 {White's central pawns are
blocked.}) 17... Nh4 18. Bh1 fxe4 19. dxc6 bxc6 20. Qxd8 Rxd8 21. Bxe4 Bf5 22.
Bh1 Rd3 23. Rac1 a4 {and Black should be able to retain equality.}) 14. Be3
cxd4 $6 {An inaccuracy.} ({When I played 13...c5 I planned to meet 14.Be3 with
} 14... Bg4 $1 {, but then I "saw" that I just lose a pawn, which is in fact
wrong.} 15. d5 $1 ({The point is that after} 15. dxc5 Nd7 16. Na4 Rc8 17. Rc1 (
{or} 17. h3 Bxe2 18. Qxe2 Nxc5 (18... Bxc5 19. Nxc5 Nxc5 20. Rf5 Qe7 21. Bd4
Rfd8 22. Qe3 Ne6 23. Bb6 Rd6 24. Rxa5 Rc2 $132) 19. Rfd1 Qc7 20. Rac1 b6 21.
Nxc5 Bxc5 22. Bxc5 bxc5 23. Qe3 Rfe8 24. h4 Ne5 25. Rd5 Qb6 $11) {I can still
take the c5-pawn.} 17... Nxc5 $1 {This is the idea I'd missed.} 18. Qxd8 Rfxd8
19. Nxc5 Bxe2 20. Rfe1 b6 21. Na4 b5 22. Rxc8 Rxc8 23. Rxe2 bxa4 24. bxa4 Rc4
$11 (24... Bc5 25. Bxc5 Rxc5 26. Rd2 ({or} 26. Rb2 f6 27. Rb5 $140 Rc1+ 28. Bf1
Ne5 29. Rxa5 Rc2 $44) 26... Kf8 27. Bf1 Ne5 28. Be2 $11 {and White's extra
pawn is not essential.})) 15... Nc8 16. h3 Bxe2 17. Qxe2 Bf6 $1 (17... b6 18.
e5) (17... Ne5 18. Rad1 b6 19. Bf4 $14 Bd6 20. Nb5 Na7 (20... f6 21. h4) 21.
Nxd6 Qxd6 22. h4 Rae8 23. Bh3 Nc8 24. Qh5 g6 25. Qe2) 18. Rac1 b6 19. h4 Nd6 {
with a slightly worse, but tenable position.}) 15. Qxd4 {Somehow I missed this
natural recapture.} ({I was considering only} 15. Bxd4 {, which is less
dangerous.}) 15... Qxd4 (15... Ra6 {doesn't look great, but this way Black
retains control over the d5-square.}) 16. Bxd4 Nd7 {[%csl Re5][%cal Ge7c5]
Obviously Black's idea is to trade the dark-squared bishops, getting the
e5-square for his knights.} 17. Nd5 Bc5 18. Rac1 b6 {Although this move allows
White to inflict damage on Black's pawn structure, it makes sense as this is
the only way to prevent the penetration of the white rook to c7.} 19. Bxc5 bxc5
20. Rfd1 {Zvjagintsev correctly considered this move to be an inaccuracy as it
allows me to trade the weak a-pawn.} ({After} 20. Nec3 $1 $14 {Black is under
pressure.}) 20... a4 $1 21. Nef4 $1 {[%csl Rd7][%cal Gf4g6,Gd5e7] White is
threatening with a win of a piece.} Nde5 $6 {After a long thought I came up
with this imprecise move.} ({After} 21... axb3 {, which I considered to be
impossible,} 22. axb3 ({My main worry was} 22. Nxg6 hxg6 23. Ne7+ Kh7 {White
has to play} 24. axb3 ({I didn't realise that after} 24. Nxc8 Rxa2 $1 25. Rxd7
({or} 25. Nd6 Ne5 $1 $36) 25... Rxc8 {the black pawns are extremely dangerous.
For example,} 26. Rf1 c4 27. Rfxf7 Kh6 $1 28. Rxg7 Rh8 29. e5 Re2 $1 {and only
Black has chances.}) 24... Ne5 25. Rxc5 Bg4 {transposes to the game.}) 22...
Nge5 23. Nd3 $1 (23. Ne7+ Kh8 24. Nxc8 Rfxc8 25. Bh3 Rc7 $1 {with a likely
draw.} ({After} 25... Ra2 26. Rxd7 $1 {is strong, escaping by perpetual check.}
)) 23... f6 (23... Nxd3 24. Rxd3 Ne5 25. Ne7+ Kh8 26. Rd5 f6 27. Rdxc5 Be6 28.
Rb1 Rfb8 29. Nd5 $14 {is slightly better for White, although Black retains
chances of escaping.}) 24. Nxc5 Nxc5 25. Rxc5 Bg4 $44 {[%csl Rg2] with
compensation for a pawn thanks to the bad light-squared bishop on g2.}) (21...
Nge5 $1 {This seems to be the best defence.} 22. Ne7+ ({After} 22. Bh3 axb3 23.
axb3 (23. Ne7+ Kh8 24. Nxc8 bxa2 $1 (24... Rfxc8 {is also possible as after}
25. Bxd7 (25. axb3 Rc7 {transposes to 21...axb3.}) 25... Rxa2 $1 {White can't
avoid the perpetual.} 26. Bxc8 Nf3+ 27. Kf1 Nxh2+ 28. Ke1 Nf3+ 29. Kf1 $11) 25.
Bxd7 Nxd7 26. Ra1 Rfxc8 27. Rxd7 Rcb8 $1 28. Rdd1 g5 29. Nd5 Rb2 $11 {with a
draw as White can't make progress.}) 23... Ra2 $1 24. Ne7+ {[%cal Ge5f3]} (24.
Rc3 {[%cal Gd5e7]} Re8 $11 {[%csl Ge7]}) 24... Kh8 25. Rc3 Ba6 26. Bxd7 Rd8 27.
Bg4 Rxd1+ 28. Bxd1 Ra1 29. Rxc5 Rxd1+ 30. Kf2 Ng4+ 31. Kf3 Nxh2+ {and Black is
fine.}) (22. Nd3 $5 {is probably the best practical chance, but Black should
be able to hold with some accurate play.}) 22... Kh8 23. Nxc8 Rfxc8 24. Bh3
axb3 (24... Ra7 25. b4 c4 26. Rd6 $14) 25. axb3 (25. Bxd7 Rxa2 $1 {[%cal Ge5f3]
This the idea I missed in my calculations.} 26. Bxc8 (26. Kh1 $4 Rb8 $1 $19 (
26... Nf3 $5 27. Ng2 Rb8 $19)) 26... Nf3+ 27. Kf1 Nxh2+) 25... Rc7 26. Bxd7
Rxd7 27. Rxd7 Nxd7 28. Nd3 g6 29. Nxc5 Nxc5 30. Rxc5 Ra2 $11 {and White's
extra pawn is not sufficient for a win.}) 22. Nxg6 {An inaccuracy.} (22. Rxc5
$1 axb3 23. axb3 Bg4 24. Rf1 $14 {was better.}) 22... hxg6 23. Rxc5 {As it
turned out of the game White missed} Bg4 $1 24. Rb1 axb3 25. axb3 ({But not} 
25. Ne7+ Kh7 26. Rxe5 $4 bxa2 27. Ra1 Rfb8 $19) 25... Nf3+ $2 {A serious
mistake in the time-trouble.} ({After the correct} 25... f6 $1 $14 {Black
retains good chances for a draw.}) 26. Bxf3 Bxf3 27. Rf1 $1 {I missed this
strong idea. Suddenly Black's king finds himself in a mating net.} Be2 ({or} 
27... Bg4 28. h3 Be2 29. Rf2 Bd1 30. Ne7+ Kh7 31. Rf4 g5 32. Rxg5 g6 $16 {
with a big advantage for White.}) 28. Ne7+ (28. Rf2 $5 $16 {deserved attention
trying to worsen the position of Black's bishop.}) 28... Kh7 29. Rf4 {[%csl
Rh7][%cal Gf4h4]} Ra1+ $6 (29... Ra6 $3 {[%cal Ga6h6] allowed Black to retain
practical chances for a draw. Surprisingly this rook helps in defence.} 30.
Rh4+ Bh5 31. g4 (31. Re5 $2 {is wrong in view of} Rb8 $1 $40) ({Black's idea
can been after} 31. Rcxh5+ $2 gxh5 32. Rxh5+ Rh6) 31... Re6 $1 {[%csl Re4,Re7]
A double attack on e7 and e4.} 32. Nd5 Rxe4 {[%csl Rh4] Pinning the g-pawn.}
33. Rc4 $1 Re1+ 34. Kf2 Rb1 (34... Rd1 35. Nc3 Rd2+ 36. Ke3 Rb2 37. b4 f5 38.
gxh5 g5 39. Rhd4 Rxh2 40. Rc7 $18 {[%cal Gd4d7] should be enough for a win.})
35. b4 Rd8 36. Rc5 Rd1 (36... Rxd5 37. Rxd5 Rxb4 38. h3 $1 $18 {[%cal Gd5d3,
Gf2g3] wins for White.}) 37. Nf4 $5 ({or} 37. Ne3 $5 R1d2+ 38. Kf3 R8d4 39. Rh3
$1 f6 40. b5 Rb4 41. gxh5 g5 {[%cal Gd2b2] with practical chances for a draw.})
37... f6 $1 38. Ne2 $1 Re8 $1 39. Rh3 $1 Rb1 40. gxh5 g5 41. Rc4 Rb8 $16 {
and White has technical problems to win due to reduced number of pawns.}) (
29... g5 30. Rxg5 g6 $16 {would be also better than the game.}) 30. Kg2 Ra2 ({
Now} 30... Ra6 {doesn't save him.} 31. Rh4+ Bh5 32. g4 Re6 (32... Re8 33. Nd5
$1 (33. Re5 Rd8 34. Rd5 Re8 35. Rd7 Re6 36. Nd5 Rxe4 37. Kg3 Rb8 38. b4 Ra8 39.
Rxf7 Ra3+ 40. Rf3 Rxf3+ 41. Kxf3 Rd4 42. Ne3 Rxb4 $16 {and White's win isn't
yet guaranteed.}) 33... Rxe4 34. Kg3 Re5 35. gxh5 gxh5 36. Rhc4 $1 Rg6+ 37. Kf3
Rgg5 38. h4 $1 Rgf5+ 39. Rf4 $18) 33. Nd5 Rxe4 34. Kg3 Rb8 35. b4 Ra8 36. Rc3
$1 Rd4 (36... Re5 37. Rd3 Rg5 38. Kh3 $18) 37. Ne7 $1 Rxb4 38. gxh5 Rxh4 39.
hxg6+ fxg6 40. Kxh4 $18 {and White should be able to win.}) 31. Rh4+ Bh5+ 32.
Kh3 Kh6 33. g4 f5 {The very last trick.} 34. exf5 $1 (34. gxh5 g5 {White would
have to overcome some small techical problems.} 35. Rxf5 Re8 36. Rg4 Rxe7 37.
Rfxg5 Rb2 $16) 34... Re8 ({or} 34... Rb8 {[%csl Rh3]} 35. Rc3 $1 $18) 35. g5+
$1 {The simplest.} Kxg5 36. fxg6+ Kf6 37. Nd5+ Kxg6 38. Rxh5 $1 (38. Nf4+ {
is also enough for a win.}) 38... Re4 39. Kg3 $1 {An interesting fighting game.
} 1-0

[Event "Norway Chess 3rd"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2015.06.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Hammer, Jon Ludvig"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[Annotator "Mokal,P"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2015.06.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 167"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 {The popularity of the English opening has grown by leaps and bounds in
the recent past. There is a lot that is yet to be found here.} e5 2. g3 Nf6 3.
Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nc3 Nb6 6. d3 Be7 7. Nh3 $5 {Grischuk brings out a rare
and curious move. The idea is to keep the option of playing f4 soon. A hidden
idea though, is to act stupid and provoke some non-existent refutation.} g5 {
Grischuk mentioned that this move is fine, but he was prepared for it.} ({
There was nothing wrong with normal chess following the fundamentals with} 7...
O-O 8. O-O Nc6 9. f4 exf4 (9... Be6 10. f5 $14) 10. gxf4 $6 (10. Nxf4 Nd4 $13)
10... Nd4 (10... a5 $5) 11. e4 (11. e3 Nf5 12. e4 $2 Nh4 $15) 11... f5 $132 {
1-0 Van Wely,L (2585)-Brunner,L (2475)/Biel 1993/CBM 037/[Ftacnik] (30)}) 8.
Ng1 $146 {[%csl Rg5] Quickly played! The N returns, having achieved one of its
objectives. Black has to be careful about his K now. Unfortunately for Black,
the rule book does not permit the move g5-g7.} h5 $6 {Hammer falls for it and
in trying to punish his opponent's 'weak' idea, creates weaknesses of his own.}
9. h3 (9. h4 g4 $132) 9... Nc6 (9... h4 10. g4 $14 {gives White a good bind.})
10. Bxc6+ $1 {Having provoked pawn advances on the >> White shatters Black's
pawn structure on the << even at the cost of giving away a B for N. Nice and
deep decision!} bxc6 11. Nf3 {[%csl Ra7,Rc6,Rc7,Re8,Rg5,Rh5]} f6 12. Be3 (12.
Qc2 $5) 12... Bxh3 $6 {Understanding the static weaknesses in his position,
Black decides to do something dynamic. But this makes things even worse.} (
12... Nd5 $142 13. Qc2 $14 {[%csl Rc6]}) 13. Rxh3 g4 14. Rh1 gxf3 15. exf3 $14
{[%csl Rc6,Rc7,Rd3,Rh5] Black's weaknesses currently outnumber his opponent's,
maintaining the evaluation clearly in White's favour.} Bb4 16. Qb3 Nd5 17. Bd2
(17. O-O-O $5 Bxc3 (17... Nxc3 18. bxc3 Bd6 19. d4 $16) 18. bxc3 Qd6 19. d4 $36
) 17... Bxc3 18. Bxc3 Nxc3 $6 {The N was needed to hold up Black's position.
The usual favourable piece exchange is not so favourable for Black in this
position.} ({A better move is} 18... Qd7 {although Black's future is bleak,
for example} 19. Rh4 {looks pretty strong and commanding.}) 19. Qxc3 {The
simplifications have made Black's weaknesses more evident.} Qd5 20. Rc1 h4 $6 (
{It was better to play} 20... Qxf3 21. Qxc6+ Qxc6 22. Rxc6 O-O-O 23. Ke2 $16 {
White would still be better but Black would have more fighting chances than in
the game.}) 21. gxh4 O-O-O (21... Qxf3 22. Qxc6+ Qxc6 23. Rxc6 O-O-O 24. Rxf6
Rxd3 25. h5 $18) 22. Qxc6 Qxc6 23. Rxc6 Rxd3 24. Ke2 Rhd8 25. Rc2 $16 {[%csl
Ra7,Rc7][%cal Gh1h4,Gh4h8] With R behind the o^, the endgame is an easy win.
Black's pieces will be tied down for it, while the White K will make merry.}
R3d4 26. h5 R8d7 27. h6 Rh7 28. Rc6 Rd6 29. Rxd6 cxd6 30. f4 $1 {[%csl Rc8,Ge2,
Gh1,Rh7]} Kd7 (30... exf4 31. Kf3 Kd7 32. Kxf4 Ke6 33. b4 $18) 31. fxe5 dxe5
32. f4 $1 Ke6 33. fxe5 fxe5 34. Ke3 Kf7 (34... Kd5 35. b4 Kd6 (35... Kc4 36.
Ke4 Kxb4 37. Kxe5 Ka3 38. Rh2 $18 {[%cal Ge5f6,Gf6g6]}) 36. Ke4 Ke6 37. a4 $18)
35. Ke4 Kg8 36. Kxe5 $18 Rd7 37. Rg1+ Kh8 38. Rg7 Rd2 39. Rb7 a5 40. a4 Kg8 41.
b3 Rh2 42. Rb6 Rd2 43. Rb5 Rd3 44. Ke4 Rh3 45. Kd4 Kh7 46. Kc4 Rh4+ 47. Kc3
Rh3+ 48. Kb2 Kxh6 49. Rxa5 {The battle was won by White in the endgame but the
foundations were laid long before with the provocations in the opening!} 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 12th"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "1999.11.30"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Georgiev, Vladimir"]
[Black "Pelletier, Yannick"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2519"]
[BlackElo "2479"]
[Annotator "Pelletier,Y"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1999.11.06"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 074"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Bulgaria"]
[BlackTeam "Switzerland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BUL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SUI"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. g3 Bb4 4. Bg2 O-O 5. e4 Bxc3 6. dxc3 d6 7. Qe2 {[%csl
Rd5,Re3,Rf5][%cal Gf3d2,Gd2f1,Gf1e3,Rg1f3] Der Zweck dieses von V.Korchnoi
erfundenen Zuges ist es, den Ng1 auf f3 zu entwickeln, wonach dieser viel
leichter auf das wichtige Feld e3 gelangen kann.} a6 8. Nf3 b5 9. O-O (9. c5
Bb7 10. cxd6 cxd6 11. Nh4 {geschah in Korchnoi-Kuzmin, Leningrad izt 1973, der
ersten Partie mit 7.Qe2}) 9... bxc4 10. Rd1 (10. Qxc4 a5 11. b4 {verdient
Aufmerksamkeit.}) 10... Nbd7 11. Qxc4 a5 12. Be3 (12. Nh4 {[%csl Gf5] mit
Ausnьtzung des Feldes f5 entspricht eher dem Geist der Stellung.}) 12... Ba6
13. Qa4 Qb8 14. Rd2 ({Erlaubt den Tausch des Be3 gegen den Nf6, aber auch im
Fall von} 14. Qc2 {hдtte Schwarz kaum Problem gehabt.}) 14... Bb5 15. Qc2 Ng4 (
{Auch} 15... Bc6 16. Nh4 Ng4 17. Nf5 Nxe3 18. Nxe3 {hдtte Ausgleich ergeben.})
16. Bg5 (16. Re1 Nxe3 17. Rxe3 a4 $11) 16... h6 17. h3 hxg5 18. hxg4 f6 19.
Qb3+ $6 ({Der Bulgare unterschдtzte (sowie ich zunдchst!) meine Antwort. Der
beste Plan involvierte die Ueberfьhrung des weissen Springers nach e3, von wo
er alle wichtige Punkte kontrollieren wьrde:} 19. Nh2 a4 20. Nf1 {[%cal Gf1e3]}
Bxf1 (20... Nc5 21. Ne3 Bd7 22. Bf1 g6 23. Bc4+ Kg7 24. Bd5 $11) 21. Bxf1 g6
22. Bc4+ Kg7 23. Bd5 Ra5 $11) 19... Kh7 $5 ({Nach} 19... Rf7 20. Bf1 Bxf1 21.
Qxb8+ Rxb8 22. Kxf1 Nc5 23. Re1 {wдre ein etwa gleiches Endspiel entstanden.})
20. Ne1 Nc5 21. Qd5 $2 {[%csl Rd5]} ({Die Dame steht hier in grцsster Gefahr.} 
21. Qd1 {musste geschehen:} a4 (21... Bd7 22. b3) 22. Nc2 Bc6 23. Ne3 Qb7 24.
f3 $11) 21... Bd7 {[%cal Yd7e6,Ya8a6] mit der einfachen Drohung Be6 und Ra6.}
22. Bf1 Be6 23. Qc6 Bd7 24. Qd5 Qb6 $2 ({Viel besser war} 24... Bxg4 25. f3 Be6
26. Rh2+ Kg8 27. Qd2 Qb6 $17 {, denn jetzt bekommt Weiss eine gute
Kompensation.}) 25. Qc4 Bxg4 26. b4 $1 axb4 27. cxb4 Ne6 $6 ({Es war
vernьnftiger, die weissen Bauern mittels} 27... Na4 {[%csl Ga2] zu blockieren.}
) 28. Nc2 (28. Be2 Bxe2 29. Qxe6 Bb5 $17) 28... Rae8 29. a4 (29. Kg2 $5 {
[%csl Gf3]} Bh5 $13) 29... Bf3 30. a5 Qb7 ({Ich verzichtete auf den besseren} 
30... Qa7 {wegen} 31. b5 {(mit der Absicht, den Bauern d6 zu minieren). Aber}
Nc5 {war mцglich.}) 31. a6 Qa7 32. Bg2 g4 33. Bxf3 gxf3 34. Ra3 Ng5 35. Ne1 d5
$1 {[%csl Rf3] Diese Ressource ьberraschte meinen Gegner so, dass er die
richtige Antwort nicht fand.} ({Schlechter war} 35... f5 36. exf5 Rxf5 37. Qh4+
$36) 36. exd5 $2 ({Dass} 36. Rxd5 $2 Nh3+ 37. Kh2 Qxf2+ 38. Kxh3 Qxe1 {
verliert, ist klar}) ({Aber} 36. Qxd5 {fьhrte zum Remis:} Rd8 37. Qa2 ({
nur nicht} 37. Qxd8 $2 Rxd8 38. Rxd8 Nh3+ 39. Kh2 Qxf2+ 40. Kxh3 Qxe1 41. Rxf3
Qh1+ 42. Kg4 Kg6 $1 $19) 37... Nxe4 38. Rxd8 Rxd8 39. Qc2 f5 40. Nxf3 Rd2 41.
Nxd2 Qxf2+ 42. Kh1 Qe1+ 43. Nf1 Qxf1+ 44. Kh2 Nf6 45. Qg2 Ng4+ 46. Kh3 Nf2+ 47.
Kh2 $11) 36... e4 37. Qc5 ({Oder} 37. Nc2 Kg6 38. Qd4 Qxd4 39. Nxd4 Rh8 40. Ne6
Rh6 $19) 37... Qxc5 $1 38. bxc5 Kg6 {[%csl Rg1][%cal Rh8h1] Schwarz erzwingt
die Entscheidung auf der h-Linie.} 39. a7 $2 {(=)} (39. d6 cxd6 40. cxd6 Rh8
41. d7 Rd8 42. a7 Nh3+ 43. Kf1 Nf4 44. Kg1 Ne2+ 45. Rxe2 fxe2 $19) 39... Rh8
40. g4 $6 (40. a8=Q Rxa8 41. Rxa8 Rxa8 42. Nc2 Rh8 43. Nd4 {hдtte das Matt
verhnidert, aber nach} Rh5 {wдre Schwarz auf Gewinn gestanden.}) 40... Nh3+ 41.
Kf1 {Die Zeitnot ist vorbei, und ich vergass eine Zeitlang meine erste Absicht.
Nach Betrachtung der Alternativen kam ich aber zur richtigen Idee zurьck:} Ng5
$1 (41... Rh4 42. Nxf3 exf3 43. Rxf3 Ra8 44. d6 cxd6 45. cxd6 Rhh8 $15) (41...
Nf4 42. Kg1 Ne2+ 43. Rxe2 fxe2 44. Ra2 Ra8 45. Rxe2 Rxa7 (45... Rhd8 46. Ng2)
46. Rxe4 Ra1 $17) 42. Kg1 Ra8 $1 43. d6 (43. Rb2 {verhinderte das Matt, nicht
aber die Niederlage:} Nh3+ 44. Kf1 Nf4 (44... Rh4 $2 45. Rb8 Rxg4 46. Nxf3 exf3
47. Ke1 Re4+ 48. Kd2 $13) 45. Kg1 Rh4 $1 46. Nxf3 (46. Rb8 Ne2+) 46... exf3 47.
Rxf3 Rxg4+ 48. Rg3 Rxg3+ 49. fxg3 Nxd5 $19) 43... Rh4 44. d7 Rah8 0-1

[Event "Bad Homburg"]
[Site "Bad Homburg"]
[Date "1997.08.03"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Xu, Jun"]
[Black "Hickl, Joerg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "Petursson,M"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1997.07.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 060"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 d6 2. Nc3 e5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 c6 6. O-O O-O 7. d3 Re8 8. Rb1
a5 (8... a6 {Fritz 5.00 (100s)} 9. b4 b5 10. a4 bxc4 11. dxc4 Bf5 12. Rb2 Ra7
13. Be3 Rd7 14. b5 cxb5 15. axb5 Qc8 16. Na4 Bd8 17. Bg5 d5 18. c5 axb5 19.
Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Nb6 Qxc5 21. Nxd7 Nxd7 {0-1 Greenfeld,A-Hickl,J/Tel Aviv 1988/
CBM 07 (41)}) 9. a3 h6 (9... Bf8 {Fritz 5.00 (100s)} 10. b4 (10. Qc2 h6 11. b4
axb4 12. axb4 d5 13. b5 d4 14. bxc6 Nxc6 15. Nb5 Bg4 16. Bb2 Bc5 17. h3 Bh5 18.
Nh4 g5 19. Nf5 Kh7 20. e4 dxe3 21. fxe3 Nb4 22. Qb3 Qxd3 23. Qxd3 Nxd3 24. Nc7
Be2 25. Nxe8 Nxe8 26. Ba1 Ng7 27. Be4 Nxf5 28. Rxf5 Bxe3+ 29. Kg2 Kg8 30. Bd5
Bh5 31. c5 Bg6 32. Rf6 Kg7 33. Rxg6+ fxg6 34. Rxb7+ Kf8 35. c6 Rxa1 36. c7 Rc1
37. Rb8+ Kg7 38. c8=Q Rxc8 39. Rxc8 Bd4 40. Rc7+ Kf8 41. Be4 Nc5 42. Bxg6 e4
43. Bf5 Kg8 44. Rc6 e3 45. Kf3 {1-0 Urban,J-Stein,B/BL9091 1991/BL 90}) 10...
axb4 11. axb4 d5 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Bg5 (13. d4 e4 14. Ne5 Nc6 15. Nxc6 bxc6 16.
b5 cxb5 17. Nxb5 Ba6 18. Bf4 Nh5 19. Be5 f6 20. e3 g6 21. g4 fxe5 22. gxh5 Qd7
{Becker,M-Schmidt Schaeffer,S/BL2-SW 1991/BL2/1/2-1/2 (59)}) 13... h6 14. Bxf6
gxf6 15. Nh4 Be6 16. e3 Nc6 17. b5 Ne7 18. d4 Ra3 19. Na4 Ng6 20. Nxg6 fxg6 21.
Nc5 Bf7 22. Qc1 Ra2 23. Nxb7 Qb8 24. Nc5 Rc8 25. Qc3 exd4 26. exd4 Qd6 27. b6
Rb8 28. b7 Ra7 29. Rb3 Qc7 30. Rfb1 Kg7 31. Ne6+ {1-0 Mestel,A-O'Connel,K/
Hastings op 1993/EXP 33}) 10. b4 axb4 11. axb4 Bf8 12. b5 Be6 13. Nd2 d5 14.
Bb2 Nbd7 15. Ra1 Qb6 16. Qc2 Nc5 17. Rfb1 Rxa1 18. Rxa1 Rc8 19. e3 Qd8 20. bxc6
bxc6 21. d4 exd4 22. exd4 Ncd7 23. c5 g6 24. Nf1 Bg7 25. h3 Nh7 26. Ne2 Bf5 27.
Qc1 Ng5 28. Nf4 Be4 29. Nd2 Bxg2 30. Kxg2 Rb8 31. Bc3 Qf6 32. h4 Ne4 33. Nxe4
dxe4 34. Ra3 Qf5 35. d5 Bxc3 36. Rxc3 cxd5 37. c6 Nf6 38. c7 Rc8 39. Rc6 Qe5
40. Qc5 Kg7 {[%tqu "En","Can you find the winning move for White?","How do you
continue the attack?  You want to be able to bring your queen close to his
king!","Give him a check!","f4e6","EXCELLENT!  You are just as smart as this
brilliant Chinese girl!",20]} 41. Ne6+ $3 Kg8 (41... fxe6 42. Qe7+ Kh8 43. Qd8+
Rxd8 44. cxd8=Q+ Ng8 45. Rc7 $1 e3 46. Qd7 Qxc7 47. Qxc7 $18) {[%tqu "En","Now,
how do you continue?","With your last move you freed a very important square
for your queen!","Your queen forward!","c5e7","",10]} 42. Qe7 e3 43. Qd8+ Kh7
44. Qxc8 Qe4+ (44... e2 {The best try} 45. Qf8 Qe4+ 46. f3 e1=N+ 47. Kf1 Qxf3+
48. Kxe1 Qe3+ 49. Kd1 Qd3+ 50. Kc1 Qf1+ 51. Kc2 Qe2+ 52. Kc3 Ne4+ 53. Kb4 Qb2+
54. Ka4 Qa1+ 55. Kb5 Qb2+ 56. Ka6 Qa1+ 57. Kb7 Qb1+ 58. Rb6 $18) {[%tqu "En",
"What is the right way to parry the check?","Just make sure he can't check you
again!","Defend with a pawn move!","f2f3","",10]} 45. f3 Qd3 46. Nf4 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0809"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2009.03.29"]
[Round "15.1"]
[White "Postny, Evgeny"]
[Black "Luther, Thomas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2674"]
[BlackElo "2532"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2008.10.03"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 130"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Katernberg"]
[BlackTeam "Kreuzberg"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 Bc5 4. Nc3 O-O 5. Nf3 e4 $5 {This is very tempting,
but this pawn will be lost. The standard developing moves such as 5...Nc6 or 5.
..d6 are perfectly playable.} 6. Ng5 Bxf2+ 7. Kxf2 Ng4+ 8. Kg1 Qxg5 9. Nxe4 Qg6
{So, after short tactical battle in the opening, White lhas ost his right to
castle but gained a pair of bishops. I believe that White's chances are
preferable. Black does not have enough resources to harass the temporarily
unsafe white monarch. Meanwhile, White's pair of bishops and central pawns
have good potential.} (9... Qe7 10. b3 Nc6 11. Bb2 d6 12. h3 Nh6 13. e3 f5 14.
Nc3 Qg5 15. Kh2 $14 {0-1 Bricard,E (2445)-Vajda,A (2405)/St Affrique 2001/EXT
2003 (38)}) 10. d3 $1 {This is the best way to complete the development. I
considered 10.d4 for some time, but it would have been too optimistic.} (10. d4
d6 (10... Nc6 11. Nc3 Nf6 (11... d6 $1) 12. e4 d6 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. cxd5 Ne7 15.
Bf4 c6 16. dxc6 Nxc6 17. h3 $14 {[%cal Gg1h2]}) 11. h3 (11. Nc3 Nf6 12. e4 c5
13. dxc5 dxc5 14. Bf4 Nc6 15. Qd6 Be6 16. Qxc5 Rad8 $44) 11... Nf6 12. Nxf6+
Qxf6 13. e4 c5 $132) 10... Nc6 11. h3 Nge5 12. Kh2 d6 (12... Qh5 13. Rf1 d5 $2
{This idea does not work in view of} 14. cxd5 Nd4 15. Bf4 $1 $16) 13. Rf1 {
The artificial castling is completed. White is, at least, slightly better.} Qh5
14. Nc3 {Protecting the Pe2.} Nd4 (14... Ng4+ $6 15. Kg1 Qc5+ $2 16. d4 $1 Nxd4
17. e3 {and White wins a piece.}) (14... Bg4 $6 {is a htting at thin air.} 15.
Rf4 $14) 15. Rf4 $1 c5 16. Rh4 {A somewhat strange rook manoeuvre, but it is
important to drive away Black's queen from its active location.} Qf5 17. Nd5 (
17. Be3 Ng6 18. Rxd4 $5 cxd4 19. Bxd4 {This exchange sacrifice was possible.
White has great compensation, but I doubt if much more than that.}) 17... Qd7 (
17... Qf2 $2 18. Be3 $1 Qxe2 19. Qxe2 Nxe2 20. Re1 Nd4 21. Bxd4 cxd4 22. Ne7+
Kh8 23. Rxd4 $18 {[%csl Rd6]}) 18. e3 $6 {Kicking away the knight, but this
wasn't really to the point.} (18. b4 $1 Re8 19. Bb2 {bringing the bishop to
the long diagonal could yield me a serious initiative.}) 18... Nf5 19. Rf4 Ne7
{Now I have to retreat with my knight as the exchange is unfavourable for
White.} 20. Nc3 Rb8 $1 {Preparing the fianchetto of the bishop.} 21. b3 (21. d4
$6 {is not dangerous for Black in view of} cxd4 22. Rxd4 Nf5) 21... b6 22. Bb2
Bb7 23. e4 $5 {I decided to refrain from the exchange of bishops and keep on
the board as many pieces as possible.} f5 $5 {During the game I was pleased to
see this move. I thought that opening up the position plays into the handss of
White who has a pair of bishops. In practice, however, I didn't manage to
prove it.} 24. Qd2 Rf6 25. Nd5 {Sooner or later I have to play this move.} ({
In the event of} 25. Raf1 Rbf8 {again, I don't see a better move than Nc3-d5.})
25... Bxd5 $1 {Black should get rid of the bishop. His knights are potentially
more mobile.} 26. exd5 g5 27. Rf2 h6 28. Raf1 Rbf8 29. d4 cxd4 30. Bxd4 N7g6 {
White's bishops are very good, but the opponent's knights are not bad either.}
31. Be4 Kg7 32. Bc2 (32. Bb1 f4 33. Qc2 {threatening to take on f4 twice, but
Black has several ways to parry this.} Kg8 ({or} 33... R8f7)) 32... f4 33. Bxg6
{Now massive exchanges follow. In the end I hoped to come out with some sort
of favourable queen ending.} fxg3+ 34. Kxg3 Kxg6 35. Bxe5 Rxf2 36. Rxf2 Rxf2
37. Qxf2 dxe5 38. b4 (38. Qf8 e4 {is harmless for Black.}) ({The curious thing
was about the pawn ending, which appears to be drawn:} 38. Qc2+ Qf5 39. Qxf5+
Kxf5 40. b4 h5 41. c5 bxc5 42. bxc5 h4+ (42... Kf6 43. Kf3 Ke7 44. Ke4 g4 45.
hxg4 hxg4 $11) 43. Kf3 Kf6 44. c6 Ke7 45. c7 Kd7 46. d6 Kc8 47. a3 (47. Ke4 g4
48. Kxe5 gxh3 49. Ke6 h2 50. d7+ Kxc7 51. Ke7 h1=Q 52. d8=Q+ Kb7 $11) 47... Kd7
48. Kf2 Kc8 49. a4 Kd7 50. Kf3 Kc8 51. a5 Kd7 52. a6 Kc8 53. Ke4 g4 54. Kxe5 g3
(54... gxh3 $4 55. Ke6 h2 56. d7+ Kxc7 57. Ke7 h1=Q 58. d8=Q+ Kc6 59. Qa8+ $18
{[%csl Rh1][%cal Ga8h1] This is the only trap that Black should be careful of.}
) 55. Ke6 g2 56. d7+ Kxc7 57. Ke7 g1=Q 58. d8=Q+ Kc6 $11) 38... Qd6 39. Qc2+
e4+ 40. Kg2 Qf4 {Now the black queen is active, so the perpetual check is
inevitable.} 41. c5 bxc5 42. bxc5 Qf3+ 43. Kg1 Qe3+ 44. Kg2 Qf3+ 45. Kg1 Qe3+
46. Kg2 Qf3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tashkent FIDE GP"]
[Site "Tashkent"]
[Date "2014.11.02"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2014.10.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UZB"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nb6 6. d3 {We now have the
Sicilian Dragon with colours reversed, so White has an extra tempo.} Be7 7. Be3
O-O 8. Rc1 Re8 {Black waits for his opponent to develop his knight to f3
before developing his own knight to c6.} (8... Nc6 9. Bxc6 bxc6 {is pretty
double-edged, but not everyone likes to ruin his structure.} 10. Nf3 f6 11. Ne4
Be6 12. b3 Bd5 13. O-O a5 14. Bc5 a4 15. Nfd2 axb3 16. axb3 Nd7 17. Bxe7 Qxe7
$13 {0-1 (26) Svidler,P (2753)-Safarli,E (2649) Dubai 2014}) 9. a3 Bf8 10. Nf3
N8d7 $5 $146 {Kasimdzhanov chooses his own way. It's more natural, though, to
develop the knight to c6, which was played, among others, by Karjakin.} (10...
Nc6 11. O-O (11. Ne4 Bg4 (11... Nd4 $5) 12. Bc5 Bd6 13. b4 h6 14. O-O Qd7 15.
b5 Ne7 16. a4 $14 {0-1 (32) Ivanchuk,V (2731)-Ponomariov,R (2731) Beijing 2013}
) 11... Nd4 (11... Bg4 12. Ne4 Nd4 13. Bxd4 exd4 14. Qd2 c6 15. b4 Nd5 16. Nxd4
Nxb4 17. Qb2 Na6 18. e3 Rb8 19. Qb3 Qa5 $13 {0-1 (49) Nepomniachtchi,I (2721)
-Karjakin,S (2756) Beijing 2013}) 12. a4 c6 (12... a5 13. Bxd4 exd4 14. Nb5 c5
$11) 13. a5 Nxf3+ 14. Bxf3 Nd5 15. Nxd5 cxd5 16. Qa4 Bd7 17. Qb3 e4 18. Bg2
Qxa5 19. dxe4 dxe4 20. Qxb7 $14 {1-0 (60) Andreikin,D (2625)-Nepomniachtchi,I 
(2624) Dagomys 2009}) 11. O-O c6 {Creating a barrier against the fianchettoed
bishop.} 12. Qb3 $5 {Good provocation.} (12. b4 Nf6 13. Qb3 Be6 14. Qc2 {
It's easier to handle this position as White.}) 12... Nc5 $6 {It's tempting to
attack the queen, but this route is wrong for the knight.} (12... Nf6 13. Ng5 (
13. d4 Be6 14. Qc2 Ng4 $1 15. Nxe5 Nxe3 16. fxe3 g6 $44 {[%cal Gf8h6]}) 13...
Nbd5 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15. Bd2 h6 16. e4 hxg5 17. exd5 c5 {This position with
unusual pawn formations is balanced.}) 13. Qc2 Bg4 14. b4 Ncd7 {The knight
can't go to e6 as the Pe5 will be captured. The alternative was to exchange on
f3 and then put the knight on e6. However, giving up the light-squared bishop
is also a concession.} (14... Bxf3 15. Bxf3 Ne6 16. Qa2 Nd4 17. Bg2 $14) 15. h3
Bf5 16. Nd2 ({An engine likes a slight expansion on the kingside, but I don't
find it necessary:} 16. g4 $5 Bg6 (16... Be6 17. Ng5 $14) 17. Qb3 $14) 16... h6
{This move is not necessary.} (16... a5 17. Rb1 axb4 18. axb4 Qc7 {White's
position is preferable, but the open a-file is useful for Black.}) 17. Rb1 Rc8
18. Rfc1 Nf6 19. Bc5 Nfd7 $6 {Black's pieces are going back and forth without
a concrete plan. It's easier to criticise, though, rather than to offer
something constructive.} (19... Qd7 20. Kh2 h5 $5 {could be an improvement.
Black needs to find some active play, some targets.} 21. Nce4 Nxe4 22. Nxe4 h4
23. g4 Bg6 $14 {[%cal Gb6d5,Gd5f4]}) 20. Nce4 Qc7 21. a4 {The attack on the
queenside is coming. Black's position is extremely unpleasant as he can't
simplify.} a6 22. Bxf8 Rxf8 23. Nc5 Nf6 (23... Nxc5 24. bxc5 Nd7 25. Nc4 Be6 (
25... Nxc5 $2 26. Ne3 {[%csl Rc5,Rf5] wins a piece.}) 26. Nd6 Rb8 {is also
unattractive for Black, but perhaps a lesser evil. The c-file is blocked and
the Pb7 can be defended.}) 24. Qb2 Qe7 (24... Nbd7 25. b5 $16) 25. a5 Na8 {
When such moves are made, it's a clear indication that something has gone
wrong.} 26. e4 $6 {This move closes the long diagonal which could be used for
a small combination.} (26. Nc4 Rfe8 27. g4 Bg6 28. Nxb7 $1 Qxb7 29. Nd6 Qe7 30.
Nxc8 Rxc8 31. Rxc6 $18) 26... Bh7 27. Nc4 Rfe8 28. f4 exf4 29. gxf4 Rb8 30. Qe5
Qf8 $6 {Not the best square for the queen.} (30... Qd8 {would have been far
more resistant.} 31. Qd6 Nc7 32. f5 Nb5 {Here Black's knight is coming out
quicker than in the game.}) 31. Qd6 $1 Re7 32. f5 {[%csl Yh7]} Nc7 33. Qf4 Nfe8
$6 (33... Qd8 34. Kh1 $1 (34. Kh2 $6 Nb5 35. Bf3 Qc7 {is Black's hope. After
the exchange of queens, at least, he won't get mated.})) (33... Nd7 34. Nd6 {
with huge advantage in both cases.} (34. Qxc7 $6 Nxc5)) 34. Kh2 {Now Black's
queen is stuck on f8 and White's attack along the g-file will be as easy as it
is decisive.} (34. Nb6 {[%cal Gb6d7] was winning material on the spot.}) 34...
Kh8 35. Bf3 Bg8 {Not a brilliant career for this bishop in the current game.} (
35... Rd8 36. Nxb7 Rxd3 37. Nc5 $18) 36. Ne5 Nf6 37. Rg1 Nb5 {A blunder in a
miserable position.} 38. Ne6 $1 {Neat touch.} g5 39. Nxf8 gxf4 40. Nfg6+ fxg6
41. Nxg6+ {A good positional effort by Sergey Karjakin.} 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 2nd"]
[Site "Ohrid"]
[Date "2001.06.05"]
[Round "5.43"]
[White "Psakhis, Lev"]
[Black "Basagic, Zlatko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2345"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2001.06.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 e4 $6 4. Ng5 b5 5. d3 bxc4 6. dxe4 Bb7 (6... h6 7.
Nxf7 $1 Kxf7 8. e5 c6 9. exf6 Qxf6 10. e4 d5 11. exd5 Bc5 12. Be3 Re8 13. Be2
Bxe3 14. fxe3 Kg8 15. Qd2 $16 {1-0 Psakhis,L-Sermek,D/Groningen op 1995 (35)})
7. e5 h6 8. Nxf7 Kxf7 9. exf6 d5 $146 (9... Qxf6 10. e4 Qe6 11. Be2 Bb4 12. O-O
Bxc3 13. bxc3 Bxe4 14. Re1 Kg8 15. Bg4 Qg6 16. Rxe4 Qxe4 17. Bf3 $18 {1-0
Hauchard,A-Kouatly,B/FRA-ch Meribel 1998/CBM 67/[Ribli] (28)}) 10. e4 $1 Bb4
11. fxg7 Re8 12. Qh5+ Kg8 13. Qxh6 $6 (13. Kd1 $142 $5 dxe4+ $140 $6 14. Kc2
$18) (13. f3 $5) 13... Rxe4+ 14. Be2 Qh4 $1 15. Qxh4 Rxh4 16. O-O (16. Bg5 $1
Re4 (16... Rh7 17. O-O-O $18) 17. Kf1 Re6 18. Rd1 c6 19. h4 $18) 16... Nd7 17.
Bg5 Rh7 18. Rad1 Rxg7 19. h4 c6 $8 20. f4 $5 Nc5 {[%cal Gb4c3,Gc5e4]} 21. Bg4 (
21. f5 Bxc3 22. bxc3 Ne4 23. f6 Rh7) 21... Bc8 22. Bf3 $1 {[%cal Rf3a8]} Rb8 (
22... Nd3 23. Nxd5 $1) (22... Ne6 23. Nxd5 $1 $18) 23. f5 (23. Rde1) 23... Nd3
(23... Bxf5 $5 24. Bxd5+ cxd5 25. Rxf5 Bxc3 26. bxc3 Ne4 27. Rfxd5 $16) 24.
Nxd5 $1 (24. f6 Rd7 {[%csl Gd5]} (24... Rh7 25. Nxd5 cxd5 26. Bxd5+)) 24...
cxd5 25. Bxd5+ Kh7 26. f6 Bc5+ 27. Kh2 Bb7 $2 (27... Bd6+ $5 28. Kh1 Rd7 (28...
Rxg5 29. hxg5 Bg4 30. Bxc4) 29. Be4+ Kg8 30. f7+ Kg7 (30... Rxf7 31. Bd5 Rbb7
32. Bxc4 Nxb2 33. Rxd6 Nxc4 34. Rd8+ Kg7 35. Rxf7+ Rxf7 36. Rxc8 $18)) 28. Bxc4
$1 $18 Nxb2 29. fxg7 Nxc4 30. Rf5 (30. Rd7 $5 {[%cal Rf1f8]} Kg8 (30... Bd6+
31. Rxd6 Nxd6 32. Rf8) 31. Be7 (31. Bh6 $5) 31... Bxe7 32. Rxe7 Bd5 33. Rf5 $18
) 30... Rc8 (30... Bd6+ 31. Rxd6 Nxd6 32. Rf8 $18) 31. Rd7 Be4 32. Rf8 1-0

[Event "Groningen op"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Psakhis, Lev"]
[Black "Sermek, Drazen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1995.12.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 050 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 e4 4. Ng5 b5 5. d3 bxc4 (5... exd3 6. cxb5 h6 7. Nf3
dxe2 8. Bxe2 Bb7 9. O-O Bc5 $13 {Plaskett,J-Hempson,A/ENG-ch/1986/}) 6. dxe4 h6
(6... Nc6 7. e3 Bb4 (7... h6 8. Nh3 (8. Nf3 Bb4 9. Bxc4 O-O 10. O-O Bxc3 11.
bxc3 Nxe4 12. Ba3 d6 13. Nd4 Bd7 14. Qc2 Nf6 15. Be2 Rb8 16. Rab1 Qe7 17. c4
Rfe8 18. Nb5 Bg4 19. Bd3 a6 {Dehen,L-Hille,R/BL/1988/0-1/54/}) 8... Bb4 9. Bd2
O-O 10. Bxc4 Bxc3 11. Bxc3 Nxe4 12. Qc2 Nxc3 13. Qxc3 a5 14. O-O Ba6 15. Bxa6
Rxa6 16. Rad1 d6 17. Nf4 Ne5 18. e4 Rc6 19. Qe3 {Melson,G-Stephan,E/corr/1987/
1-0/41/}) 8. Bxc4 O-O 9. O-O (9. Bd2 h6 10. Nf3 Bxc3 11. Bxc3 Nxe4 12. Qd3 $5 {
Bagirov} (12. Rc1 Rb8 13. b3 Nxc3 14. Rxc3 {Bagirov,V-Nei,I/URS/1980/} Qf6 15.
Qd2 Ne5 16. Nxe5 Qxe5 17. O-O $16) 12... Nxc3 13. Qxc3 d5 $5 14. Bb3 Ne7 15.
O-O c6 16. Rac1 Ba6 $6 17. Rfe1 Qb6 $6 (17... Qd6 $5) 18. Ne5 $1 Rfc8 19. e4 $1
Bb7 (19... Qb7 $5) 20. Qf3 f6 21. Nd7 Qd8 22. Nc5 $5 Rab8 23. exd5 cxd5 24. Qe4
Rxc5 25. Rxc5 Kf8 26. Qc2 {Voth/ Voth,J-Williams,W/corr/1990/}) 9... h6 10. f4
(10. Nf3 Bxc3 11. bxc3 Nxe4 12. Ba3 Re8 13. Qc2 Ng5 14. Bd5 Bb7 15. Nxg5 Qxg5
16. c4 Rad8 17. Rad1 Ba8 18. f4 Qf6 19. Qd2 a5 20. e4 Nb4 21. Bxa8 Rxa8 {
Sher,M-Liardet,F/Genf op 1991/0,5/128/}) 10... hxg5 11. fxg5 Nh7 12. g6 Ng5 13.
gxf7+ Nxf7 14. Qh5 d5 15. Bxd5 Qe8 16. Rf4 Be7 17. Bd2 Rb8 18. Raf1 $40 {
Yusupov,A-Rastenis,G/1978/Vilnius/1978/1:0/51/}) (6... Bc5 7. e3 O-O 8. Bxc4 h6
9. Nxf7 Rxf7 10. Bxf7+ Kxf7 11. e5 Bb7 12. exf6 {Roscher,J-Flugrath,R/BL/1988/
1:0/} Nc6) 7. Nxf7 $1 (7. Nf3 Bb4 (7... Bb7 8. e5 Ne4 9. e3 Bb4 10. Qc2 Qe7 11.
Bxc4 Ng5 $1 12. Nxg5 hxg5 13. Bd2 Bxc3 14. Bxc3 Bxg2 15. Rg1 Bf3 16. Qf5 g4
$132 {Polugaevsky,L-Estevez,G/Sochi/1976/0,5/33/}) 8. Bd2 (8. e5 Ne4 9. Qd4
Nxc3 10. bxc3 Nc6 11. Qxc4 Ba6 12. Qb3 Ba5 13. Ba3 Rb8 14. Qc2 d6 15. O-O-O O-O
16. exd6 cxd6 17. Bxd6 Qf6 18. Bxf8 Kxf8 {Sorensen,T-Hutters,T/Tastrup-B/1990/
0-1/40/}) 8... Bb7 9. e5 Nh7 10. h4 Qe7 11. Rh3 Nc6 12. Nd5 Bxd2+ 13. Qxd2 Qd8
14. Rg3 g5 15. hxg5 Rg8 16. g6 fxg6 17. Qxh6 Nf8 18. Nf6+ {Voth-Schweig/corr/
1988/89}) 7... Kxf7 8. e5 c6 $5 (8... d5 9. exf6 Be6 10. e3 Nc6 11. fxg7 Bxg7
12. Bxc4 dxc4 13. Qf3+ Bf6 14. Qxc6 Qd3 15. Qxc7+ Ke8 16. Bd2 Rd8 17. O-O-O Rd7
18. Qc6 Ke7 19. Nb5 {Horvath,G-Biro,S/HUN op/1994/1:0/}) (8... Bb7 9. exf6 Qxf6
10. e4 Qe6 11. Be2 Bc5 12. O-O $16 {Cvetkovic,S-Nedeljkovic,B/YUG/1976/}) 9.
exf6 Qxf6 10. e4 d5 11. exd5 $5 {N} (11. Be3 $5 Bb4 12. Bd4 Qh4 13. Be2 $1 Rf8
(13... Re8 14. Bh5+ $5 (14. O-O Bxc3 15. Bxc3 Rxe4 16. f4 Qe7 17. Bf3 Qc5+ 18.
Kh1 Re7 19. Bh5+ Kg8 20. f5 Nd7 21. Re1 Qd6 22. Qd2 Kf8 23. Rxe7 Kxe7 24. Re1+
Kd8 25. Bxg7 {Ghicescu-Kerkhoff/Ostend op/1985/}) 14... g6 15. Qf3+ $16) 14.
O-O Bb7 15. f4 Kg8 16. Rf3 $1 Na6 17. Rg3 Rf7 18. Bh5 $1 Rd7 19. Bg4 Rad8 (
19... Re7 20. Rh3) (19... Rc7 20. Be5) 20. Be6+ {Engel,K-Eisenmann/corr/1987/})
11... Bc5 (11... Bb4 12. Bd2 Re8+ 13. Be2 Bg4 14. O-O (14. f3 $5) 14... Bxe2 (
14... Bxc3 15. Bxg4 Bxb2 16. Be6+ $18) 15. Nxe2 Qxb2 16. Bxb4 Qxe2 (16... Qxb4
17. Nf4 $18) 17. Qa4 $1 $16) 12. Be3 Re8 13. Be2 $6 (13. Qh5+ $1 Kf8 14. Bxc4
Bxe3 15. fxe3 Rxe3+ 16. Be2 Re5 17. Rf1 Qxf1+ (17... Rf5 18. Rxf5 Bxf5 19.
O-O-O $1 $18) 18. Kxf1 Rxh5 19. Bxh5 cxd5 20. Nxd5 $18) (13. Qd2 $5 Qg5 $140
14. dxc6 $1 Bxe3 15. Bxc4+ Be6 16. Bxe6+ Rxe6 17. fxe3 Rxe3+ 18. Ne2 Nxc6 19.
O-O+) 13... Bxe3 14. fxe3 Kg8 $8 (14... Rxe3 $2 15. Rf1 Bf5 16. Qd2 $18) 15.
Qd2 Nd7 $1 16. O-O-O (16. dxc6 Ne5) 16... Ne5 17. Rhf1 Qg6 18. dxc6 Bf5 (18...
Bg4 $5 19. Qd5+ Kh7 (19... Kh8 20. Bxg4 Nxg4 (20... Qxg4 21. c7 $5) 21. Qd6 Re6
22. Rf8+ Kh7 23. Qxe6 Qxe6 24. Rxa8 Qxc6 (24... Qxe3+ 25. Kb1 $18) 25. Rxa7
Nxe3 26. Rdd7 Qxg2 27. Rxg7+ $18) 20. Bxg4 Nxg4 (20... Qxg4 21. Kb1 $16) 21.
Qf7 $1 Qxc6 (21... Nxe3 22. Qxg6+ Kxg6 23. Rd6+) 22. Rd7 Qg6 23. Qxg6+ Kxg6 24.
e4) 19. Qd5+ Kh7 (19... Kh8) 20. Bxc4 (20. e4 $5 Bg4 21. Bxg4 Qxg4 22. Rd2 Rac8
23. Rf5 Nxc6 24. Qxc4 Ne5 25. Qe2 $18) 20... Rad8 21. Qc5 Bd3 $1 (21... Nxc4
22. Rxd8 Rxd8 23. Qxf5) 22. Bxd3 $1 (22. c7 Qxg2 $1 23. Bb3 Rc8) 22... Nxd3+
23. Rxd3 Rxd3 (23... Qxd3 24. Rd1 Qa6 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 26. Qf5+ Kh8 27. Qb5 $18)
24. c7 Qe6 $8 (24... Rc8 25. Rf8 $18) 25. Qf5+ $1 Qxf5 26. Rxf5 Rdxe3 27. Ra5
$1 $18 (27. Rc5 Rc8 28. Nb5 Re7) 27... Re1+ 28. Kc2 Rg1 29. b4 $1 Rxg2+ 30. Kb3
Rxh2 31. Rxa7 Rg2 (31... h5 32. b5 h4 33. b6 h3 34. b7) 32. b5 Rg6 33. Rb7 Rc8
34. Nd5 Rg5 35. Kc4 1-0

[Event "Sautron op 14th"]
[Site "Sautron"]
[Date "2014.10.27"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Neelotpal, Das"]
[Black "Belenkaya, Dina"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2424"]
[BlackElo "2340"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "2014.10.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. c4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e5 {[%emt 0:01:44] Le choix de l'anglaise a visiblement
surpris la russe qui s'était probablement préparée sur 1.e4} 2. Nc3 {
[%emt 0:00:17]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 3. g3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} d5 {[%emt 0:01:01]}
4. cxd5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Nxd5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 5. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Nb6 {
[%emt 0:00:14][%csl Gd4]} (5... Ne7 {Lagarde,M (2566)-Neelotpal,D (2424) 14th
Op Sautron 2014 (5.1) 1-0}) 6. e3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} (6. Nf3 {La grande ligne})
6... Be7 {[%emt 0:01:32]} (6... c5 7. Nge2 Nc6 8. O-O Be7 9. a4 Na5 10. f4 O-O
11. fxe5 c4 12. Nd4 Bc5 13. Ncb5 Qe7 14. d3 Qxe5 15. Bd2 cxd3 16. Bxa5 a6 17.
Qxd3 axb5 18. axb5 Nd5 19. Bd2 Rxa1 20. Rxa1 Bd7 21. Kh1 g6 22. Nb3 Bxe3 23.
Qxd5 Qxd5 24. Bxd5 Bxd2 25. Nxd2 Bxb5 26. Bxb7 Rd8 27. Ra8 {1-0 (27) Karjakin,
S (2777)-Fedoseev,V (2677) Moscow 2014}) 7. Nge2 {[%emt 0:00:15]} O-O {[%emt 0:
00:39]} 8. O-O {[%emt 0:01:59]} c5 {[%emt 0:08:28]} (8... Nc6) 9. a4 {[%emt 0:
10:33][%cal Ga4a5]} a6 $6 $146 {[%emt 0:08:44] Les Noirs veulent éviter
d'affaiblir la case "b4"} (9... a5 10. d4 exd4 11. exd4 Nc6 12. d5 Nb4 13. Bf4
Nc4 14. Nb5 Nxb2 15. Qb3 Bf6 16. Nec3 N2d3 17. Bc7 Qd7 18. Rab1 Be5 19. d6 Qg4
20. f4 Bxf4 21. gxf4 Nxf4 22. Rxf4 Qxf4 23. Ne4 Bd7 24. Qg3 Qxg3 25. hxg3 Bxb5
26. axb5 a4 27. Nxc5 a3 28. Rxb4 a2 29. Nb3 Ra3 30. Na1 Rd3 31. Ra4 Rd2 32. Kh2
{1-0 (32) Bocharov,D (2600)-Kanter,E (2402) Izhevsk 2012}) 10. a5 $1 {[%emt 0:
01:11]} Nc4 {[%emt 0:08:51]} 11. Qa4 $36 {[%emt 0:00:52]} b5 {[%emt 0:02:29]} (
11... Nd6 {Moins affaiblissant}) 12. axb6 {[%emt 0:14:42]} Nxb6 {[%emt 0:02:24]
} 13. Qa5 $14 {[%emt 0:03:57]} Ra7 {[%emt 0:01:05]} 14. d4 $1 {[%emt 0:13:24]}
Nc4 {[%emt 0:19:22]} 15. Qxd8 {[%emt 0:05:30]} Rxd8 {[%emt 0:00:41]} 16. d5 $44
{[%emt 0:00:05]} (16. Nd5 $5 cxd4 17. exd4 exd4 18. Rd1 $32 {Les pièces
Noires sont désorganisées}) 16... Nd6 {[%emt 0:05:03]} 17. Na4 {[%emt 0:01:
15]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:03:14]} 18. Bd2 {[%emt 0:00:21]} a5 {[%emt 0:04:16]} 19. Rfc1
$32 {[%emt 0:03:49]} Ba6 {[%emt 0:01:27]} 20. Bf1 {[%emt 0:04:01]} Rb8 {
[%emt 0:02:10]} 21. Be1 {[%emt 0:02:20]} Bc4 {[%emt 0:04:19]} 22. Nec3 {
[%emt 0:01:56]} Bb3 {[%emt 0:05:02]} 23. Nb1 {[%emt 0:15:39]} Bxd5 {[%emt 0:06:
11]} 24. Nxc5 {[%emt 0:00:24]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:05:24]} 25. Nd3 {[%emt 0:02:56]}
Rxc1 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 26. Nxc1 {[%emt 0:00:06]} a4 {[%emt 0:02:12]} (26... Bd8
{[%cal Gd8a5]}) 27. Bb4 {[%emt 0:05:20]} Nc8 {[%emt 0:01:40]} 28. Nd3 {[%emt 0:
04:20]} Bb3 {[%emt 0:02:53]} 29. Nd2 {[%emt 0:00:53]} Bxb4 {[%emt 0:01:00]} 30.
Nxb4 {[%emt 0:00:46]} Be6 {[%emt 0:00:58]} 31. Ne4 {[%emt 0:03:30]} f6 {
[%emt 0:00:33]} 32. Nd3 {[%emt 0:02:36]} Ra5 $6 {[%emt 0:00:59]} 33. b4 {
[%emt 0:00:34]} Ra7 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 34. Nec5 {[%emt 0:00:56]} Bb3 {[%emt 0:00:
14]} 35. Nxb3 {[%emt 0:01:02]} axb3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 36. Rb1 {[%emt 0:00:20]}
Ra3 {[%emt 0:00:43]} 37. Nc1 {[%emt 0:00:45]} Ndb6 {[%emt 0:00:50]} 38. Nxb3
$16 {[%emt 0:00:18][%csl Gb4]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:00:25]} 39. Nc5 {[%emt 0:00:17]}
Nd6 {[%emt 0:00:51]} 40. Ne6+ {[%emt 0:00:00]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 41. Nd8+ {
[%emt 0:04:27]} Ke8 {[%emt 0:01:27]} 42. Rd1 {[%emt 0:02:22]} Nbc8 {[%emt 0:05:
47]} 43. Ne6 {[%emt 0:05:52]} Rb3 $6 {[%emt 0:07:50]} 44. Nxg7+ {[%emt 0:00:27]
} Kf7 {[%emt 0:03:18][%csl Rb3,Rf7][%cal Gf1c4]} 45. Nf5 $1 {[%emt 0:01:04]}
Ke6 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 46. e4 $40 {[%emt 0:12:10]} Kd7 {[%emt 0:07:41]} 47. b5 {
[%emt 0:00:06]} Kc7 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 48. Rc1+ {[%emt 0:02:46]} Kb7 {[%emt 0:00:
53]} 49. Ne3 {[%emt 0:03:17]} (49. Rc6 Nxe4 50. Bc4 $40 {[%cal Gc4d5]}) 49...
Ne7 {[%emt 0:04:37]} 50. Nc4 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Nxc4 {[%emt 0:00:42]} 51. Bxc4 {
[%emt 0:00:03]} Rb4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 52. Kg2 {[%emt 0:00:39]} Kb6 {[%emt 0:00:
19]} 53. Kf3 {[%emt 0:00:34][%csl Rf6,Rh7][%cal Gf3g4]} h6 {[%emt 0:01:53]} 54.
Rc2 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Nc8 {[%emt 0:01:57]} 55. Be2 {[%emt 0:03:11]} Na7 {
[%emt 0:00:10]} 56. Rd2 {[%emt 0:00:19]} Kc5 {[%emt 0:01:21]} 57. Rd5+ {
[%emt 0:00:19]} Kb6 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 58. Rd6+ {[%emt 0:00:04]} Kc5 {[%emt 0:00:
10]} 59. Rxf6 $18 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Rb3+ {[%emt 0:01:06]} 60. Kg2 {[%emt 0:01:
13]} Kd4 {[%emt 0:00:29]} 61. Rxh6 {[%emt 0:01:07]} Rb2 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 62.
Bf1 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Kxe4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 63. Ra6 {[%emt 0:00:52]} Nc8 {
[%emt 0:00:20]} 64. h4 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Kd4 {[%emt 0:00:26]} 65. Rc6 {[%emt 0:
00:52]} Na7 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 66. Rc7 {[%emt 0:00:24]} Nxb5 {[%emt 0:01:07]} 67.
Rb7 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Ke4 1-0

[Event "Norway Chess 3rd"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2015.06.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,A"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2015.06.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 167"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. e3 Bb4 4. Nge2 c6 5. a3 Ba5 6. b4 Bc7 7. Bb2 O-O 8. Ng3
d5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Qc2 Nd7 11. Bd3 N7f6 12. O-O Nxc3 13. Bxc3 Be6 14. Rab1 Kh8
15. Rfd1 Ng4 16. Nf5 g6 $1 {This position is already very complicated. White
would like to retreat his knight, but he can't!} 17. f3 (17. Ng3 Qh4 18. h3
Nxf2 19. Kxf2 Kg8 $1 {With the incoming e4 and a very strong attack for Black.}
) (17. h3 Nxf2 18. Kxf2 gxf5 $15) 17... Nxh2 $1 18. Kxh2 gxf5 19. Bxf5 Qh4+ 20.
Kg1 Rg8 {Material is still even, but there are problems here for White:
Black's rook is threatening a sacrifice on g2 and White's king would be too
exposed.} 21. Bxe6 fxe6 22. Qe4 $1 {An excellent resource in a position that
would have been very difficult to hold in time pressure.} (22. d3 Raf8 $36)
22... Rxg2+ 23. Kxg2 Rg8+ 24. Qg4 (24. Kf1 Qh2 $19) 24... Rxg4+ 25. fxg4 Qxg4+
26. Kf2 {The computer gives Black an edge, but that doesn't seem right. White
has better practical chances than Black, so Aronian forces the draw.} Qh4+ 27.
Ke2 Qg4+ 28. Kd3 Qf5+ 29. Ke2 Qg4+ 30. Kd3 Qf5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Brno"]
[Site "Brno"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Boensch, Uwe"]
[Black "Polgar, Zsuzsa"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "1993.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 037"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nb6 6. d3 Be7 7. a3 (7. Be3 $5
{Ibragimov,I-Schwartzman,G/Odorheiu Secuiesc/1993/CBM36/}) 7... O-O 8. b4 f5 (
8... c5 $5 {Ubilava,E-Sokolov,A/New York op/1990/EXP16/}) 9. Nf3 Bf6 10. Qb3+
$1 Kh8 11. Be3 c6 (11... f4 12. Bc5 Re8 13. Ne4 $14) 12. O-O Re8 13. Rac1 Be6
14. Qb1 a6 (14... N8d7 15. b5 $14) 15. Nd2 Nd5 16. Nxd5 Bxd5 (16... cxd5 17.
Nb3 $14) 17. Nc4 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Qd5+ 19. f3 Nd7 20. Na5 Rab8 21. Ba7 Ra8 22. e4
$1 Qf7 (22... fxe4 23. dxe4 Qe6 24. Be3 Rab8 25. Rfd1 $14) 23. Be3 f4 $5 24.
gxf4 exf4 25. Bxf4 Bb2 26. Qxb2 Qxf4 27. Nxb7 $2 (27. Kh1 $1 $16) 27... Rab8
28. Na5 (28. Nc5 Qg5+ 29. Kh1 Nxc5 30. Rg1 Nxd3 $19) 28... Qg5+ 29. Kh1 Qxa5
30. bxa5 Rxb2 31. Rxc6 Ne5 32. Rxa6 Rc8 33. Kg1 (33. d4 Nxf3 $19) 33... h5 34.
Rf2 Rb1+ 35. Kg2 Nxd3 36. Rd2 Ne1+ 37. Kf2 Rc3 38. Ra8+ Kh7 39. Rf8 Rxa3 40.
Rf5 Nd3+ 41. Ke3 Nc1+ 42. Kf4 Kh6 43. h4 g6 44. Rf8 Nd3+ 45. Kg3 Rg1+ 46. Kh2
Rga1 47. Kg3 Ne5 48. Rdd8 Rf1 49. Rh8+ Kg7 50. Rhg8+ Kh7 51. Rh8+ Kg7 52. Rhg8+
Kf6 53. Rgf8+ Nf7 54. e5+ Kg7 55. Rg8+ Kh7 56. e6 Rfxf3+ 57. Kg2 Rfb3 0-1

[Event "Lazne Bohdanec"]
[Site "Lazne Bohdanec"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Votava, Jan"]
[Black "Meduna, Eduard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2395"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventDate "1995.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 045"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. c4 e5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Bb4 (4... d6 5. d4 Nbd7 6. Be2 {-> A55}) 5.
Nxe5 Qe7 (5... O-O 6. Be2 Re8 7. Nd3 Bxc3 8. dxc3 Nxe4 9. O-O d5 10. cxd5 Qxd5
11. Be3 Nd7 12. Nf4 $14 {Gheorghiu,F-Mednis,E/Riga izt/1979/INF28,36/}) 6. Nd3
Nxe4 7. Qe2 Nxc3 8. dxc3 Qxe2+ 9. Bxe2 Be7 10. Bf4 $1 (10. Be3 $6 d6 11. O-O-O
Nd7 12. Bg4 O-O 13. Rhe1 Re8 14. Kc2 Kf8 $10 {Kovacevic-Romanishin/Amsterdam/
1973/}) 10... d6 (10... Na6 11. O-O-O Nc5 12. Rhe1 $14) 11. O-O-O Be6 12. Nb4
a5 13. Nc2 Na6 (13... d5 14. Ne3 $5 dxc4 15. Bxc4 Bxc4 16. Nxc4 $16) (13... Kd7
14. Rd2 Rd8 15. Rhd1 $16) 14. Bxd6 Bxd6 15. Rxd6 Rd8 16. Rd4 c5 17. Rxd8+ Kxd8
18. Ne3 $16 Nc7 19. Rd1+ Ke7 20. Bf3 b6 21. Bd5 g5 (21... Nxd5 22. cxd5 Bd7 23.
Nc4 $18) 22. Bxe6 fxe6 23. Ng4 Na6 24. Ne5 Nb8 25. Rd3 Rf8 26. Rh3 Kd6 27. Ng4
Rf7 28. Rh5 Rg7 29. Kd2 (29. Nf6 Ke5 30. Nxh7 Kf5 31. Rh6 $18) 29... Nd7 30.
Ke3 Ke7 31. Ke4 Kd6 32. f3 Ke7 33. Rh6 Rf7 34. Ke3 Kd6 35. Nf2 Ke7 36. Ne4 Rg7
37. b3 Ne5 38. Rh5 Nf7 39. g4 h6 40. h4 gxh4 (40... Rg6 41. hxg5 hxg5 42. f4
gxf4+ 43. Kxf4 $18) 41. Rxh4 Rg8 42. Rh5 Rf8 43. f4 Rg8 44. Kf3 Rf8 45. a3 Rc8
46. Rh1 Rd8 47. Ke3 Rg8 48. Rg1 Nd6 49. Nxd6 Kxd6 50. Kf3 Ke7 51. Re1 Kf6 52.
Rh1 Kg6 53. Rd1 Kf6 54. Rd6 a4 55. bxa4 Ra8 56. f5 Rxa4 57. Rxe6+ Kg7 58. Rg6+
Kh7 59. Kg3 Rxc4 60. Kh4 Rxc3 61. Rxb6 Rxa3 (61... Rc1 62. Rb7+ Kg8 63. Kh5 $18
) 62. Rb7+ Kg8 63. Kh5 Rg3 (63... Ra6 64. Rc7 Rd6 65. Rxc5 Kg7 66. Rc7+ Kg8 67.
Re7 $18) 64. Rc7 Rg1 65. Rxc5 Kf7 66. Rc7+ Kf6 67. Rc6+ Ke5 68. Rxh6 Kf4 69.
Ra6 Rh1+ 70. Kg6 Kxg4 71. Ra4+ {Ribli} 1-0

[Event "ISL-FRA"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Dorfman, Josif D"]
[Black "Stefansson, Hannes"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 035"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. g3 Bb4 4. Bg2 O-O 5. e4 Bxc3 $5 6. bxc3 d6 (6... Re8 7.
Ne2 c6 8. O-O d5 9. exd5 cxd5 10. d4 exd4 11. Nxd4 dxc4 12. Nb5 $44 {Sorokin,
M-Gavrilov,A/St.Petersburg zt/1993/CBM34/}) (6... a6 $5 $13 {Ibragimov,
E-Dvoirys,S/URS-sf/1989/CBM16/}) 7. Ne2 a6 8. O-O b5 9. d4 $5 (9. cxb5 axb5 10.
f4 Bb7 11. d3 Nbd7 12. h3 c5 13. g4 c4 $13 {Gurevich,M-Barlov/Vrsac/1985/INF40,
36/}) 9... bxc4 10. f3 Nfd7 11. g4 d5 $5 (11... Bb7 $2 12. Rb1 Ra7 13. Be3 $16)
12. exd5 Bb7 13. f4 exd4 14. Nxd4 Nb6 15. Nf5 (15. Ba3 $5 Re8 16. Nc6 $44)
15... N8d7 (15... Bxd5 $2 16. Bxd5 Nxd5 17. Qxd5 Qxd5 18. Ne7+ $18) 16. g5 f6
$5 17. Ba3 Rf7 18. Nd4 fxg5 (18... Bxd5 $2 19. Bxd5 Nxd5 20. Nc6 $18) 19. Ne6
Qf6 20. Nxg5 Qxc3 21. Rf3 Qf6 22. Nxf7 Qxf7 23. Bb2 Nf6 (23... Bxd5 $2 24. Rg3
Nf6 25. Bxf6 Qxf6 26. Bxd5+ $18) 24. Rg3 $14 (24. Rg3 Rd8 25. Qd4 $14) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Brno-B"]
[Site "Brno"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Stangl, Markus"]
[Black "Polgar, Sofia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "1993.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 038"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nb6 6. d3 (6. a4 a5 7. d3 Bb4
$5 $13) 6... Be7 7. a4 $5 a5 8. Be3 c6 $6 (8... O-O $5) 9. Nf3 N8d7 10. Qb3 $1
Bb4 (10... O-O 11. Nxe5 $1 $18) 11. O-O Qe7 12. Na2 Bc5 13. d4 exd4 14. Nxd4
Qf6 $2 (14... O-O 15. Rac1 $14) 15. Nxc6 $1 Qe6 (15... bxc6 16. Bxc5 Nxc5 17.
Qxb6 $18) 16. Qxe6+ fxe6 17. Nd4 Kf7 (17... Nxa4 18. Nxe6 $18) 18. b3 e5 19.
Nf5 Kf6 20. g4 h5 $2 21. Ng3 $1 Ke7 22. Bg5+ Nf6 23. gxh5 Kf7 24. Rac1 Be7 25.
Rc7 $2 (25. Rfd1 $18) 25... Nfd5 26. Rfc1 Nxc7 27. Rxc7 $44 Re8 28. Be3 Ra6 29.
Be4 Na8 30. Rc2 Rd8 31. Nc1 Be6 32. Bxb7 Rad6 33. Be4 Nb6 34. Nd3 Nd7 (34...
Bxb3 35. Rb2 $18) 35. Nf5 Bxf5 36. Bxf5 Kf6 37. Be4 Rb8 38. Rc3 Ke6 39. Ba7 Rh8
40. Bg6 Ra8 (40... Nf8 41. Nc5+ Kf6 (41... Kd5 42. Be4+ Kd4 43. Rc4#) 42. Ne4+
$18) 41. Be3 Bf6 42. Rc4 Rb8 43. b4 axb4 44. Nxb4 Nb6 45. Bxb6 Rdxb6 46. Nd3
Rb1+ 47. Kg2 Ra1 48. Be4 Rb6 49. Nc5+ Ke7 50. Nb7 Ra2 51. Bf3 Rb1 52. Rc7+ Kf8
53. Nc5 Raa1 54. Bd5 Rc1 55. Ne6+ Ke8 56. Bc6+ Rxc6 57. Rxc6 Rxa4 58. Rc7 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 19th"]
[Site "Rethymno"]
[Date "2003.09.30"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Schulz, Klaus Juergen"]
[Black "Ivanov, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[BlackElo "2556"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[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 "Eynatten"]
[BlackTeam "St Petersburg"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BEL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. c4 e5 2. e3 {Nach diesem Zug kцnnen wir eigentlich die theoretische
Variante vergessen - jetzt beginnt das praktische Spiel. Ich muss bemerken,
dass WeiЯ eigentlich die 2...e6 Variante der Sizilianische Verteidigung spielt,
aber mit Tempo mehr.} Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nd5 {Die Idee des Springerzugs ist,
dass nach dem Tausch auf d5 der weiЯe d5P die natьrliche Entwicklung des
schwarze Damenflьgels verhindert.} (4. Nge2 $5 {Dieser Springerzug mit der
Idee 5.a3 und im Falle von 5...Bxc3 6.Nxc3 erscheint mir logischer, als die
Partiefortsetzung.}) (4. Qc2 $5) 4... Nxd5 5. cxd5 O-O 6. a3 (6. Bc4 $5 {
Interessant, dass man diese Variantevor mehr als 100 Jahren spielte! Alles
schon dagewesen, es gibts nichts Neues unter der Sonne...} d6 7. Ne2 f5 8. f4
Nd7 9. a3 Ba5 10. O-O a6 11. b4 Bb6 12. Bb2 e4 13. Ng3 Nf6 14. Nh5 Nxh5 15.
Qxh5 Qe8 16. Qxe8 Rxe8 17. Kf2 {1-0 Von Bardeleben,C-Mieses,J/Berlin 1897 ! /
EXT 2002 (51)}) 6... Be7 (6... Bc5 7. b4 Bb6 8. Bb2 d6 9. Ne2 Nd7 10. Nc3 Nf6
11. Bc4 Ng4 12. Qe2 f5 13. f3 Nf6 14. Na4 {1-0 Quinteros,M-Hase,J/Moron 1982/
EXT 2002 (42)}) 7. d3 $6 {Dieser Zug ist passiv. WeiЯ muss im Zentrum
agressiver kдmpfen.} (7. d4 $11) 7... c6 $15 {Natьrlich muss Schwarz sich vorm
d5-Bauern befreien.} 8. Nf3 $5 {Ein mutiger Zug in schlechter Stellung. WeiЯ
opfert einen Bauern fьr die Initiative. Nach normalen Zьgen bekommt Schwarz
eine bequeme, bessere Stellung.} (8. dxc6 Nxc6 (8... dxc6 9. Nf3 $11) 9. Nf3 d5
$15 {[%csl Gd5,Ge5] Schwarz hat eine starke Bauernmasse im Zentrum und
Entwicklungsvorteil.}) 8... Qa5+ {[%cal Ra5e1,Ra5d5]} 9. Bd2 Qxd5 10. Bc3 d6 (
10... f6 $17 {Nach diesem Zug kann Schwarz Qe6 (oderQf7) spielen und d7-d5
ziehen, mit starker Zentrumsstellung.}) 11. h4 {Obwohl WeiЯ einige taktische
Gegenchancen hat, ist seine kleine Initiative gar nicht ausreichend fьr die
Kompensation des Bauern.} Bg4 $17 {Schwarz hat einen Bauern mehr und eine
bequeme, feste Stellung, ohne Schwдchungen.} 12. Be2 h5 $2 {Schwarz ist
ziemlich optimistisch - mit dem Textzug befestigt er seine g4-Lдuferstellung,
aber gleichzeitig schwдcht er die schwarze Kцnigsstellung.} (12... f5 $1 $17)
13. e4 $1 $132 Qe6 (13... Qc5 14. d4 exd4 15. Bxd4 Qa5+ 16. Bc3 Qb6 17. Nd4 $44
{Wegen der erschwдchten schwarzen Kцnigsstellung hat WeiЯ ausreichend
Kompensation fьr den Bauern.}) 14. Ng5 (14. d4 $5 Nd7 (14... exd4 $2 15. Nxd4
Qd7 (15... Qxe4 $2 16. f3 $16) 16. Bxg4 hxg4 (16... Qxg4 17. Qxg4 hxg4 18. Nf5
$16) 17. Nf5 $16) (14... Bxf3 15. Bxf3 $132) 15. Ng5 $132) 14... Bxe2 (14...
Qc8 15. d4 $132) 15. Qxe2 (15. Nxe6 $2 Bxd1 16. Nxf8 Bb3 $19) 15... Qg4 (15...
Bxg5 16. hxg5 g6 17. f4 exf4 18. Rxh5 $1 $36) 16. f3 {Natьrlich mцchte WeiЯ
die Damen nicht tauschen, sonst wьrde er einen zweite Bauern geben.} Qg3+ 17.
Kd1 (17. Qf2 Qxf2+ 18. Kxf2 Nd7 $17) 17... Bxg5 (17... Qf4 18. Kc2 $44) 18. Rh3
(18. hxg5 Qxg5 19. f4 Qxf4 20. Qxh5 f6 21. Kc2 $44) 18... Qf4 (18... Qxh3 $5
19. gxh3 Bf4 $44 {In diesem Fall hat Schwarz Turm, Springer und Bauern gegen
die Dame und die schwarze Bauernstruktur ist gesund.}) 19. hxg5 Qxg5 20. Kc2
$44 {[%csl Rg8][%cal Ga1h1,Gh1h8] WeiЯ hat (mindestens) ausreichend
Kompensation fьr die zwei Bauern - die schwarze Kцnigsstellung ist angreifbar.
WeiЯ mцchte die Tьrme auf der h-Linie verdoppeln.} Nd7 21. Rah1 {[%mdl 128]} f6
{[%cal Gg8f7] Mit diesem Zug macht Schwarz sich ein Schlupfloch fьr den Kцnig
auf f7.} (21... g6 22. g4 hxg4 23. fxg4 $40) (21... Nf6 22. g4 $40) 22. Rxh5
Qg6 23. Bb4 $1 {[%cal Gb4f8]} (23. g4 $44) 23... c5 (23... Nc5 24. Bxc5 dxc5
25. d4 $16 {[%cal Re2c4,Rc4g8]}) {[#]} 24. d4 $3 $16 {[%mdl 64] Schцnes
taktisches Motiv - droht das brutale 25.Qc4+ mit sofortigem Gewinn.} d5 (24...
cxb4 25. Qc4+ $18) (24... Nb6 25. dxc5 Rfc8 26. Kb1 dxc5 27. Ba5 $16) 25. dxc5
{[%csl Gb4][%cal Rc5c6,Rb4f8,Rc6d7] Droht jetzt 26.c6 mit Materialsgewinn.
WeiЯ hat schon das materielle Gleichgewicht und hat groЯen Angriff am
Kцnigsflьgel.} Rfd8 26. Kc1 {WeiЯ vermeidet die Diagonale h7-b1 mit dem Kцnig,
so droht jetzt 27.exd5.} Nf8 (26... a5 27. Qd3 axb4 (27... Nf8 28. Qb5 axb4 29.
Qxb7 $18) 28. Qxd5+ $18) 27. Qb5 $1 Rab8 28. exd5 Qxg2 (28... Rxd5 29. Rh8+ Kf7
30. Rxf8+ $1 Rxf8 (30... Kxf8 31. c6+ $18 {[%cal Rb4f8,Rb5d5]}) 31. Qxb7+ Ke6
32. Qc6+) 29. Qc4 $18 {[%csl Rg8][%cal Rc4g8]} Kf7 (29... b5 30. Qb3 $18) 30.
c6 (30. d6+ $2 Ne6 $132) 30... Rbc8 (30... bxc6 31. dxc6+ Ne6 32. c7 $18) 31.
Bxf8 {Das ist die einfachste Lцsung - WeiЯ gewinnt forciert.} (31. d6+ Ne6 32.
c7 Rd7 33. Qd5 $18) 31... Rxf8 (31... Kxf8 32. Qb4+ Kf7 33. Qxb7+ Kg6 34. Rh7
$18) 32. d6+ Kg6 33. c7 (33. Qd3+ f5 (33... Kf7 34. Qb3+ Kg6 35. c7 $18) 34. c7
$18) 33... Qxf3 34. R5h4 {[%csl Gc4,Gc7,Gd6,Rg6,Gh1,Gh4] Der schwarze Kцnig
befindet sich in Mattnetz.} b5 35. Qe6 (35. Qxb5 $18) 35... Kg5 36. R1h3 Qf1+
37. Kc2 $4 {Ich bin gar nicht sicher, ob in der Partie wirklich 37.Kc2??
gespielt wurde. Das kann auch ein Fehler in der Partienotation sein.} (37. Kd2
$18) 37... Qf2+ $4 (37... Qf5+ 38. Qxf5+ Kxf5 $17 {[%cal Gf5e6,Ge6d7]}) 38. Kc3
Qe1+ 39. Kb3 Qd1+ (39... Qxh4 40. Rxh4 Kxh4 41. Kb4 $18 {[%csl Gc7,Gd6]}) 40.
Ka2 g6 41. Rg3+ (41. Rg3+ Kxh4 42. Qh3#) 1-0

[Event "Munich SKA"]
[Site "Munich"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Huebner, Robert"]
[Black "Christiansen, Larry Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1992.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 030"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 Bb4 4. Bg2 O-O 5. e4 Bxc3 $5 (5... Re8 6. Nge2 a5 7.
O-O Nc6 8. d3 Bc5 9. h3 $14 {Sher,B-Claudouras,P Budapest Elekes 1989 CBM/14})
6. bxc3 c6 $5 (6... a6 7. a4 d6 8. d3 Nfd7 9. Ne2 Qe8 10. Qc2 a5 11. Be3 Na6
12. O-O Ndc5 $13 {Ibragimov,E-Dvoirys,S URS-sf Russia-ch Gorky CBM/16}) (6...
Re8 7. Ne2 c6 8. Qb3 b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. f4 exf4 11. d3 d5 12. Bxf4 Nbd7 $13 {
Christiansen,L-Epishin,V New York op 1990 EXP/16 50/19}) 7. Ba3 (7. Qb3 Na6 8.
Ba3 d6 9. Ne2 Be6 $6 (9... Re8 $5) 10. d4 exd4 11. Nxd4 Nc5 12. Bxc5 dxc5 13.
Nxe6 fxe6 14. O-O Qc7 15. e5 $1 $14 {Hort-Smyslov Reggio Emilia 1986/87 43/20})
7... Re8 8. Qb3 b6 9. d3 Bb7 10. Nf3 d5 11. Nd2 $8 (11. cxd5 cxd5 12. exd5 Bxd5
13. c4 e4 $17) 11... Na6 12. O-O Nc7 13. Rfe1 Qd7 14. Rad1 Rad8 15. exd5 cxd5
16. Nf3 dxc4 17. dxc4 Qc8 18. Rxd8 Qxd8 19. Rxe5 Rxe5 20. Nxe5 Bxg2 21. Kxg2
Qa8+ 22. f3 Qd8 23. Qc2 Qe8 $44 24. Bd6 Ne6 25. Qb1 Qd8 26. Qd3 h6 27. Bb4 Qe8
28. Qd6 a5 29. Ba3 Qa4 30. Kg1 Qc2 31. Qxb6 Qd1+ 32. Kf2 Qd2+ 33. Kf1 Qd1+ 34.
Kf2 Qd2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg-Moscow"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2003.05.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Alekseev, Evgeny V"]
[Black "Kobalia, Mihail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2607"]
[BlackElo "2639"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2003.05.03"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. e3 {Nach meiner Meinung kann WeiЯ mit diesem genьgsamen
Zug keinen Erцffnungsvorteil erreichen.} d5 (3... c6 4. Nf3 d6 5. b3 Be7 6. Bb2
O-O 7. d3 Nbd7 8. Be2 a6 9. O-O Re8 10. Qc2 d5 11. d4 e4 12. Nd2 Nf8 {1/2-1/2
Vallejo Pons,F-Sokolov,I/Pamplona ESP 2002/(66)}) (3... Nc6 $5 4. d4 exd4 5.
exd4 d5 $11 {Mit dieser Zugfolge wir haben die Variante von der Franzoesische
Verteidigung - 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.c4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6.}) 4. cxd5 Nxd5
5. Nf3 {WeiЯ spielt eigentlich eine Variante der Sizilianischen Verteidigung,
aber mit einem Mehrtempo.} Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bd6 7. d3 (7. Qc2 O-O 8. d4 exd4 9.
cxd4 Nc6 10. a3 Bg4 11. Be2 Bh5 12. O-O Re8 13. Bb2 Qe7 14. Rfe1 Rad8 15. h3 {
1-0 Legras,V-Leroux,R/Paris 2001/EXT 2002 (40)}) (7. Be2 Nd7 (7... O-O 8. O-O
Nc6 9. d4 Qf6 10. c4 b6 11. Bb2 Bg4 12. d5 Ne7 13. Nd2 Bxe2 14. Qxe2 Qg6 15.
Rac1 Rae8 16. e4 f5 17. f3 f4 18. Nb3 {1-0 Mason,J-Rosenthal,S/London 1883/HCL
(66)}) 8. d3 Nf6 9. e4 h6 10. Nd2 Qe7 11. O-O O-O 12. Kh1 c5 13. Nc4 Bc7 14.
Ne3 {1-0 Barcza,G-Tarnowski,A/Szczawno Zdroj 1950/MCD (46)}) 7... O-O 8. Be2
$11 {WeiЯ hat ein starkes Bauernzentrum, aber Schwarz hat keine
Erцffnungsprobleme. Die Stellung ist ungefдhr gleich.} c5 (8... Nc6 9. O-O f5
$11) 9. O-O Nd7 $6 {Der Springer steht etwas ungluecklich auf d7. Die
Alternative waere viel natuerlicher.} (9... Nc6 10. e4 b6 $11) 10. e4 (10. c4
$11 {[%cal Gc1b2,Gb2g7]}) 10... Re8 11. Bg5 Be7 (11... f6 12. Be3 Nf8 13. d4
cxd4 14. cxd4 exd4 15. Qxd4 $14) (11... Qc7 $5) 12. Be3 Bf8 13. Qc2 {[%cal
Gd3d4] WeiЯ bereitet 14.d4 vor und verteidigt vorher den e4-Bauern.} Qc7 {
[%cal Gc7c2] Nach diesem Damezug kann WeiЯ nicht d3-d4 ziehen.} 14. Nd2 $14 {
[%cal Gd2c4,Gf2f4][%mdl 32] Mit diesem Springerzug bereitet Weiss 15.f4 vor
und spaeter kann der Springer nach c4 gehen.} Nb8 $1 {Schwarz versteht, dass
der Springer schlecht auf d7 steht und moechte 14...Nc6 spielen, aber dieses
Springermanoever kostet zwei Tempi.} 15. f4 exf4 (15... Nc6 16. f5 $36) 16.
Bxf4 Bd6 (16... Qd8 17. Nc4 $14) 17. Bxd6 Qxd6 18. Nc4 Qe7 (18... Qg6 19. Bf3
$14 {[%cal Gc2f2,Gf2c5]}) 19. Ne3 {[%csl Yd5][%cal Ge3d5] Der Springer zielt
auf das d5-Feld. WeiЯ hat einen Positionsvorteil - er hat eine starke
Bauernmasse im Zentrum und kontrolliert die halboffene f-Linie.} (19. e5 Nc6
20. Rae1 Be6 $132) 19... Nc6 20. Qd2 Be6 21. Nf5 (21. d4 Rad8 22. d5 Ne5 $13)
21... Bxf5 22. Rxf5 g6 $6 (22... c4 $1 23. d4 Qxe4 24. Rf2 Qd5 25. Raf1 $44)
23. Rf4 Rad8 24. Raf1 Ne5 (24... f5) 25. Qe3 Qd6 26. h4 b6 (26... h5 $142) 27.
h5 Re6 28. hxg6 fxg6 (28... hxg6 29. Rh4 $16 {[%cal Re3h6,Rh4h8]}) 29. Rd1 {
[%cal Gd3d4]} b5 $6 (29... Qd7 $5 30. d4 Rd6 31. d5 $14) 30. d4 Nc4 31. Bxc4
bxc4 32. d5 $16 {WeiЯ hat starke Zentrumsbauern und Initiative am Kцnigsflьgel.
Schwarz hat kein Gegenspiel.} Re5 33. Qf3 Qe7 34. Rf1 {[%cal Rf1f7]} Rd7 35.
Rf6 {Droht 36.d6 Rxd6 37.Rf8# mit Gewinn.} Kg7 36. d6 $18 Qe8 37. Rf8 Qe6 {[#]}
38. Rg8+ $3 {[%mdl 64] Mit diesem ausgezeichneten Zug gewinnt WeiЯ leicht.} Kh6
(38... Kxg8 39. Qf8#) (38... Qxg8 39. Qf6+ Kh6 40. Qxe5 $18 {[%csl Rh6][%cal
Rf1f3,Rf3h3,Rh3h6]}) 39. Qe3+ Kh5 40. Rf3 1-0

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2006.02.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kharlov, Andrei"]
[Black "Volkov, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2558"]
[BlackElo "2629"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[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. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. g3 Bb4 4. Bg2 O-O 5. e4 Bxc3 {Das ist der richtige
Moment fuer Bxc3, sonst spielt WeiЯ im nдchsten Zug 6.Nge2.} 6. bxc3 c6 7. Qb3
{Mit diesem Damenzug verhindert WeiЯ 7...d5.} Na6 {[%cal Ga6c5,Gc5b3]} 8. Ba3
Re8 9. Ne2 d6 (9... b6 10. O-O (10. d3 Nc5 11. Bxc5 bxc5 12. O-O {1/2-1/2
Tarasova,V-Sedina,E/Chisinau 2005/(12)}) 10... Bb7 11. c5 Nxc5 12. Bxc5 Ba6 13.
Bxb6 axb6 14. c4 d6 15. a4 Qc7 16. Rfb1 Rab8 17. d3 Nd7 18. f4 Nc5 19. Qc3 Ra8
20. a5 b5 21. fxe5 dxe5 22. cxb5 cxb5 23. d4 exd4 24. Nxd4 Rac8 25. Nxb5 Qd7
$44 {0-1 Steindorsson,S-Timman,J/Reykjavik 2000/CBM 75 ext (34)}) 10. O-O Nc5
11. Qc2 Qa5 {Schwarz hat eine bequeme Stellung, in der das weiЯe Lдuferpaar
keine Wirkung aufgrund der geschlossenen Stellung entfalten kann.} 12. Bb4 Qa6
{Eine sehr schlauer Zug: es "hдngt" der c4P.} 13. d3 $2 {Eine naive
Fortsetzung.} (13. Bxc5 $5 dxc5 14. d3 $11) {wegen} 13... Ncxe4 $1 {[%cal
Rc5b4,Rc6c5][%mdl 64] Eine unerwartete kleine Kombination, wonach Schwarz die
bessere Bauerstruktur und Initiative erhдlt} 14. dxe4 c5 {[%csl Rb4]} 15. Qb2 (
15. a4 cxb4 16. cxb4 Be6 17. b5 Qa5 $17 {[%csl Rc4,Yc5][%cal Ga8c8,Gc8c2,Gf6d7,
Gd7c5] Die Stellung ist materiell gleich, aber Schwarz verfьgt ьber deutlichen
Positionsvorteil.}) 15... cxb4 16. cxb4 (16. Qxb4 Be6 17. Rfd1 Rad8 $17) 16...
Qxc4 $17 17. Rfd1 Qa6 18. Rd2 {Fьr den Bauern hat WeiЯ einige Aktivitдten und
kann den d6-Bauern angreifen.} Be6 19. Rad1 Rac8 20. h3 (20. Rxd6 Qxa2 $17)
20... h5 21. Kh2 Rc7 $1 {[%cal Ge8c8,Gc8c1] Schwarz beschдftigt sich nicht mit
der Verteidigung des d6-Bauern, sondern mцchte die c-Linie dominieren.} (21...
Qb6 22. f3 Red8) 22. a3 Rec8 23. Rxd6 Rc2 {[%csl Gc2][%cal Rc2b2,Rc2h2]} 24.
Qxc2 Rxc2 25. Rxa6 bxa6 {[%mdl 4096] Im Endspiel hat Schwarz Positionsvorteil;
sein Turm steht sehr aktiv und der weiЯe a3P ist schwach.} 26. Re1 Ra2 {
[%csl Ra3]} 27. Nc3 Rxa3 28. Nd5 a5 29. bxa5 Rxa5 30. Nxf6+ gxf6 31. Bf3 Ra2
32. Kg2 a5 {[%csl Ga2,Ga5,Ge6] Der ernfernte schwarze a-Bauer ist sehr stark,
besonders mit Unterstьtzung von Lдufer und Turm.} 33. Bxh5 a4 34. Bg4 Bb3 {
Schwarz muss den Lдufer auf dem Brett halten.} (34... Bxg4 $2 35. hxg4 a3 36.
Rd1 Rb2 (36... Re2 37. Rd8+ Kg7 38. Kf3 (38. Ra8 Rxe4 39. Kf3 $11) 38... a2 39.
Ra8) 37. Rd8+ Kg7 38. Ra8 a2 39. Kf3 $11) 35. Bd1 $1 Be6 (35... Ra1 36. Bxb3
Rxe1 37. Bxa4 Rxe4 38. Bd7 Rd4 39. Bf5 $15) 36. Bg4 Bc4 37. Rc1 Bd3 38. Kf3 Bc2
39. Bd7 Ra3+ 40. Kg4 Bxe4 41. Rc4 {[%cal Rc4a4,Rc4e4]} Bf3+ 42. Kf5 Kg7 43.
Rxa4 (43. Bxa4 Ra2 (43... Be2 44. Rb4 Rf3+ 45. Ke4 Rxf2 46. Ke3 Rh2 (46... Rg2
47. Bc6 (47. Rb2 Rxg3+ 48. Kxe2 Rg2+ $19) 47... Rh2 48. Rb2 $11) 47. Rb2 Rxh3
48. Rxe2 Rxg3+ $11) 44. Bc6 Rxf2 45. Bxf3 Rxf3+ 46. Kg4 Rf2 $17) 43... Rd3 {
Die Stellung ist materiell gleich, aber Schwarz hat deutlichen Vorteil.} 44.
Bb5 Rd2 {[%csl Rf2][%cal Rd2f2]} 45. Bc4 $6 (45. Ra1 Bg2 46. Kg4 Rxf2 $17)
45... Bd1 $19 {[%cal Rd1a4,Rd1c2,Rc2f5]} 46. Ra2 Bc2+ 0-1

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2006.02.14"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Yakovich, Yuri"]
[Black "Volkov, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2551"]
[BlackElo "2629"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[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. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. g3 Bb4 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nf3 Re8 6. O-O h6 7. d3 c6 8. Bd2 (
8. Ne4 Nxe4 9. dxe4 a5 $11) 8... d5 $6 {Eine ziemlich schablonenhafte
Fortsetzung. Nach 7...c6 scheint dieser Zug logisch. Es wдre besser mit
Wartezьgen fortsetzen.} (8... Bf8 9. a3 d5 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. d4 e4 12. Ne5 Nc6
13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Rc1 Nd7 15. b4 Nb6 16. Na4 Nc4 {0-1 Valden,P-Zahariev,Z/
Chania 2000/EXT 2001 (33)}) (8... a6 9. Rc1 Bf8 10. Qb3 d6 11. a4 a5 12. Rfd1
Na6 13. d4 exd4 (13... e4 14. Ne1 Nb4 15. Nc2 d5 $13) 14. Nxd4 Nc5 15. Qc2 Bg4
16. Be3 Qb6 {0-1 Ramirez,A-Smeets,J/Wijk aan Zee 2005/(58)}) 9. Nxd5 $1 {
[%mdl 64] Mit dieser kleiner Tauschkombination gewinnt WeiЯ einen Bauern.} (9.
cxd5 cxd5) 9... Nxd5 (9... Bxd2 $2 10. Nxf6+ $16) 10. cxd5 Bxd2 11. Nxd2 (11.
dxc6 Ba5 12. Nxe5 Nxc6 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Bxc6 Bh3 15. Qa4 Rxe2 {0-1 Ivanov,
I-Silman,J/San Mateo 1989/EXT 97 (23)}) 11... cxd5 12. Qb3 $16 {[%csl Gb3,Rd5]
[%cal Gb3d5,Gb3b7,Gg2b7] WeiЯverfьgt ьber eine ausgezeichnete Entwicklung und
gewinnt einen Bauern, da die Bauern auf b7 und d5 schwach sind.} Be6 (12... d4
13. Bxb7) (12... e4 13. dxe4 dxe4 14. Nxe4 Qe7 15. Rfd1 $16 {1/2-1/2
Wallrabenstein,U-Trescher,M/Gemuend 1999/EXT 2003 (33)}) (12... Nc6 13. Qxd5
Nd4 14. e3 Qxd5 15. Bxd5 Nc2 16. Rac1 Nb4 17. Bc4 $14 {0-1 Hallmann,O-Roemhild,
M/Weilburg 1995/EXT 97 (46)}) 13. Qxb7 {WeiЯ hat einen Bauern mehr und fьr
Schwarz ist es nun schwer, das Spiel fьr sich zu entscheiden.} Nd7 14. Qa6 {
WeiЯ nimmt nicht den zweite Bauern und bescheidet sich mit einem Mehrbauern.
Meiner Meinung nach wдre es besser 14.Bxd5!? zu spielen.} (14. Bxd5 $5 Rb8 15.
Qc6 Rb6 (15... Rc8 16. Qd6) 16. Qc4 Bxd5 17. Qxd5 Rxb2 18. Nc4 Rxe2 19. Qf3 Rc2
20. Qd1 Rc3 21. Qd2 $18) 14... Qb6 (14... Nc5 15. Qa3 Qb6 16. Rfc1 $16) 15.
Qxb6 Nxb6 16. Rfc1 Rac8 17. b3 {Mit diesem Zug verteidigt sich WeiЯ gegen Na4.}
(17. Nb3 Na4) 17... Kf8 (17... a5 18. a3 a4 19. b4 $16) (17... d4) 18. d4 $1 f6
(18... exd4 19. Nf3) 19. e3 Ke7 20. Bf1 {[%cal Gf1a6] WeiЯ verbessert seine
Lдuferstellung, der Lдufer zielt auf das Feld a6.} Kd6 (20... a5 21. Ba6 Rxc1+
22. Rxc1 Kd6) 21. Ba6 Rxc1+ 22. Rxc1 {[%cal Gc1c8] WeiЯ hat einen Bauern mehr
und kontrolliert die einzige offene Linie.} Bc8 23. Bxc8 Nxc8 {[%mdl 4096]} (
23... Rxc8 24. Rxc8 Nxc8 25. Kf1 $16) 24. dxe5+ fxe5 25. e4 d4 (25... Nb6 26.
exd5 Nxd5 27. Ne4+ $16) 26. Nc4+ Kd7 27. Nb2 {[%csl Yd3][%cal Gb2d3]} g5 28.
Nd3 {[%csl Gd3] Der Springer hat ein ausgezeichnetes Blockadefeld auf d3.} Nd6
29. f3 Nf7 (29... g4 30. Rc5) 30. Rc5 {WeiЯ hat ьber Materialvorteil hinaus
eine sehr aktive Stellung.} Re7 31. Kf2 (31. b4 $16) 31... h5 32. h4 g4 (32...
gxh4 33. gxh4 $16) 33. fxg4 (33. f4 exf4 34. Nxf4 Nd6) 33... hxg4 34. Ke2 {
[%csl Gh4] Jetzt hat WeiЯ einen erfernten Freibauern und praktisch steht er
auf Gewinn.} Kd8 35. Nf2 Nd6 36. Rd5 (36. Kd3 Rf7 37. Nxg4 Rf3+ 38. Ke2 Rxg3
39. Nxe5 Re3+ 40. Kf1 Rxe4) 36... Kc7 37. Nxg4 Rg7 (37... Nxe4 38. Rxe5 Nxg3+
39. Kf3 Rxe5 40. Nxe5 Nf5 41. Kg4 $18) 38. Nxe5 Rxg3 39. Rxd4 Rg2+ 40. Kf3 Rxa2
41. Nc4 $18 {WeiЯ hat schon zwei Bauern mehr; eine kleine technische
Schwierigkeit zum Gewinn besteht nur noch im reduziertem Material.} Ne8 (41...
Nxc4 42. Rxc4+ Kd6 43. Ra4 $18) 42. Ne3 Rb2 43. Rd3 Ng7 44. Kg4 Rh2 45. Nf5 Ne6
(45... Nxf5 46. exf5 $18) 46. h5 Rf2 47. h6 Nf8 (47... Rf4+ 48. Kg3 $18) 48.
Kg5 Re2 49. Re3 Rg2+ 50. Rg3 (50. Kf6 Nh7+ 51. Ke7 $18) 50... Re2 51. Rg4 Rb2
52. Kf6 {Jetzt ist der b3P ist nicht wichtig, WeiЯ gewinnt die Partie am
Kцnigsflьgel.} Rxb3 53. Ke7 Rb8 54. e5 (54. Rg8 $18) 54... a5 55. e6 Nh7 56.
Rg7 Rh8 57. Kf7 (57. Rxh7 $2 Rxh7+ 58. Kf8 a4 59. Kg8 Rxh6 60. Nxh6 a3 61. e7
a2 $11) 57... Kc6 (57... a4 58. e7 $18) 58. e7 Kd7 59. Kg6 (59. Rxh7 Rxh7+ 60.
Ng7 Rh8 61. e8=Q+ Rxe8 62. Nxe8 $18) 59... a4 60. Rxh7 Rxh7 61. Kxh7 a3 62. Ne3
(62. Kg6 a2 63. Kf7 a1=Q 64. e8=Q+ $18) 62... Kxe7 63. Kg8 1-0

[Event "Linares zt"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Fernandes, Antonio ETG"]
[Black "Gomez Esteban, Juan Mario"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1995.11.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 051"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. e3 c6 $146 (3... Bb4 $5 4. Nge2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3 6. Nxc3
d5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Qc2 c5 9. Bd3 Nxc3 10. dxc3 f5 11. O-O Be6 12. c4 Nc6 $13 {
Franco,Z-Morovich,A/Pamplona/1995/CBM46/}) 4. Nf3 e4 5. Nd4 d5 6. cxd5 cxd5 7.
d3 {Wir sehen jetzt eine Sizilianische Verteidigung -B22- mit c3, aber wegen
des Farbtausches hat Fernandes ein wichtiges Tempi mehr.} Bc5 8. Nb3 Bb4 9. Bd2
{Droht /\ Nxe4} Nc6 10. dxe4 dxe4 11. Bb5 O-O $6 {Der Nachziehende hat einen
Bauern eingestellt -geopfert ?-.} (11... Bd7 12. Bxc6 (12. O-O $5 O-O $13)
12... Bxc6 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 (13... Bxe4 14. Bxb4 Qxd1+ 15. Rxd1 Bxg2 16. Rg1 Bf3
17. Rd4 $14) 14. Bxb4 Qg5 $44) 12. Bxc6 bxc6 (12... Bxc3 $2 {Mit diesem Zug
verliert der Nachziehende keinen Bauern sondern "nur" die Partie .} 13. Bxc3
bxc6 14. Qxd8 Rxd8 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. Nc5 $16 {Weiss hat eine ueberlegene
Stellung, weil die schwarze Bauernstruktur grauenhaft ist und den
Riesenspringer auf c5 man nicht mit dem c8-Laeufer vergleichen kann.}) 13. Nxe4
Nxe4 (13... Bxd2+ 14. Nexd2 Ba6 15. Nc5 Bb5 16. a4 $18) 14. Bxb4 {[#] Die
schwarze Stellung sieht sehr kritisch aus.} Qg5 $1 $8 (14... Re8 $2 15. Qxd8
Rxd8 16. f3 $18) (14... Qh4 15. O-O Rd8 (15... Nxf2 16. Qe1 $1 $18) 16. Qe1 Ba6
17. f3 $18) 15. Qf3 (15. Bxf8 $2 Qxg2 16. Rf1 Ba6 $19) 15... Re8 16. O-O Qg6 {
Droht /\ 17... Ng5 18.Qg3 Re4 dann Rg4.} 17. Kh1 (17. Nd2 Bg4 18. Qf4 Bh3 19.
Qf3 Bg4 $10) 17... Rb8 $1 {[#] Schwarz findet eine gute Moeglichkeit, seinen
Turm zu aktivieren.} 18. Bc3 Rb5 $1 19. Nd2 {Mit diesem Zug opfert Weiss seine
Dame den schwarzen Angriff zu entschaerfen.} (19. Nd4 Rh5 20. Qf4 c5 21. Nf3
Bb7 $40) 19... Bg4 $5 (19... Nxd2 20. Bxd2 Rxb2 $10) 20. Qf4 Rf5 21. Qxe4 Rxe4
22. Nxe4 {Im Endergebnis hat Weiss Turm,Springer und Bauer gegen die schwarze
Dame. Ich meine, dass der Anziehende gute Remischancen hat.} Rd5 23. f3 Bf5 24.
Ng3 Be6 (24... Bd3 $5) 25. e4 Rd7 26. a3 {Jetzt kommt ein "Wunder", der
Nachziehende zieht und innerhalb vier Zuegen wir seine Stellung sehr kritisch.}
h5 $6 (26... f6 $5) 27. f4 Qg4 $2 {Dieser "Angriffszug" macht nur unnoetiges
Problem fuer Gomez.} (27... Bc4 $5) 28. Rf3 f6 29. h3 Qh4 30. Kh2 {Unglaublich
aber wahr. Das Blatt ist gewendet, nun steht Weiss klar besser, weil die
schwarze Dame auf h4 sehr unbequem placiert. In der letzten Zuegen spielte
Schwarz sehr konsequenz auf Verlust.} Bg4 31. Nf5 $1 Bxf5 32. exf5 {Droht /\
Be1.} Re7 33. Raf1 Re2 34. Bd4 $1 {Droht /\ Bf2.} g5 35. Bxf6 {Die Partie ist
aus.} g4 36. Bxh4 gxf3 37. Rxf3 Rxb2 38. Rc3 Kf7 39. Rxc6 Ra2 40. Ra6 Ke8 41.
Bg5 Kd7 42. Kg3 Kc8 43. Kf3 Kb7 44. Ra4 a6 {Ribli} 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2005.12.06"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2674"]
[BlackElo "2724"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[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. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. g3 Bb4 {Eine gute positionelle Fortsetzung, die
heutzutage weniger gespielt wird, als die Alternative 3...d5.} 4. Bg2 O-O 5. e4
Bxc3 $5 {Schwarz nimmt auf c3, sonst sichert sich WeiЯ mit 6.Nge2 den Springer
auf c3.} 6. bxc3 c6 7. d4 (7. Ne2 d5 8. cxd5 cxd5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. O-O Nc6 11.
Rb1 Rb8 12. c4 Nb6 13. d3 Bf5 14. Rb3 Qd7 15. Be3 Rfd8 16. Bxb6 axb6 17. Bd5
Ne7 18. Nc3 Nxd5 19. Nxd5 Be6 20. Nxb6 Qc6 $44 {1/2-1/2 Teske,H-Meins,G/BL
0304 TV Tegernsee - SV Werder Bremen 2004 (25)}) (7. Qb3 Na6 8. Ba3 Re8 9. Ne2
b6 10. O-O Bb7 11. c5 Nxc5 $1 12. Bxc5 Ba6 13. Bxb6 axb6 14. c4 d6 15. a4 Qc7 {
0-1 Steindorsson,S-Timman,J/Reykjavik 2000/CBM 75 ext (34)}) (7. Ba3 Re8 8. Bd6
Re6 9. c5 b6 10. Ne2 bxc5 11. Bxc5 Ba6 12. d3 d5 13. exd5 cxd5 14. O-O Nbd7 {
0-1 Serafimov,T-Shchekachev,A/Paris 2005/(54)}) 7... exd4 (7... d6 8. Ne2 Re8
$5 (8... c5 $6 9. d5 Ne8 10. h3 $14 {WeiЯ verfьgt ьber eine schlechte
Bauernstruktur wegen des Doppelbauern auf der c-Linie. Anderseits hat er das
Lдuferpaar und mit f2-f4 kann er die Initiative gewinnen.} g6 11. Bh6 {[%csl
Gh6]} Ng7 12. g4 Nd7 (12... f5 13. gxf5 gxf5 14. Rg1 $36 {[%cal Gg1g8]}) 13.
Ng3 {[%csl Gg3]} f6 14. Bf1 $1 Qa5 15. Qd2 Nb6 16. Bd3 Bd7 17. O-O {1-0
Sorokin,M-Motylev,A/Calcutta 2002/CBM 88/[Ribli Zoltan] (58)}) 9. f3 Qa5 10.
O-O Nbd7 11. Qd3 Nb6 12. Bg5 Nfd7 13. f4 h6 14. Bh4 Qa6 15. g4 Qxc4 16. Qf3 $40
{1/2-1/2 Troia,E-Baklanov,V/ICCF Email 2003/ICCF Telechess CBM 105 (53)}) 8.
Qxd4 $146 (8. cxd4 Nxe4 $1 $17) (8. e5 Re8 9. cxd4 d6 10. f4 Be6 (10... dxe5
11. fxe5 c5 12. Ne2) 11. Qd3 Nbd7 12. Qc3 dxe5 13. fxe5 c5 14. d5 Bf5 15. Nf3
Ne4 16. Qa3 Nxe5 17. Nxe5 Rxe5 18. O-O Qd7 19. Bb2 $36 {1/2-1/2 Troia,
E-Horvath,A/ICCF Email 2003/ICCF Telechess CBM 105 (49)}) 8... Re8 9. Ne2 (9.
Bg5 c5 10. Bxf6 Qb6 11. Qd3 Qxf6 12. Ne2 Nc6) 9... d5 $1 {[%mdl 4] Schwarz
opfert einen Bauern, um die Initiative zu erlangen.} 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. exd5 Bf5
$44 {[%cal Ge8e1] Schwarz hat aktives Figurenspiel, WeiЯ einige Probleme,
seinen Kцnig in Sicherheit zu bringen.} 12. Qd1 (12. Be3 Be4) (12. Bg5 Nbd7 13.
Qd2 Qe7) 12... Bg4 13. f3 Bf5 $1 14. c4 $2 {WeiЯ verteidigt seinen Plusbauern,
aber Schwarz erhдlt dauerhafte Initiative.} (14. O-O Nxd5) (14. Bg5 Qxd5 15.
Qxd5 Nxd5 16. Kf2 $11) 14... Nbd7 {Dieser Zug ist nicht schlecht, aber 14...
Qa5+ scheint mir stдrker.} (14... Qa5+ $1 15. Bd2 (15. Qd2 Qc5 16. Bb2 Nbd7 (
16... Qxc4 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. Kf2) 17. Rc1 (17. Qd4 Qxd4 18. Bxd4 Bd3 $19) 17...
Ne5 18. Bxe5 Rxe5 19. Kf1 Rae8 20. Nd4 Bd7 $44) 15... Qc5 16. Qb3 (16. Rc1 Bd3)
16... Qe7 $1 17. Bf1 Na6) 15. O-O Ne5 {[%csl Ge5,Gf5][%cal Gd8b6,Gb6g1]
Schwarz hat aktives Figurenspiel.} 16. g4 (16. Qd4 Nxc4 $1 17. Qxc4 Rc8 18. Qb5
a6) 16... Qb6+ 17. c5 $5 {[%mdl 256] WeiЯ gibt den Bauern zurьck und mцchte
seine Figurenstellung verbessern.} (17. Qd4 Bd3 $1) (17. Kh1 Nd3 18. gxf5 Nf2+
19. Rxf2 Qxf2 20. Bf1 Qxf3+ 21. Kg1 Ng4) 17... Qxc5+ 18. Qd4 Qc2 $1 19. Qd1 $1
Nc4 {Schwarz ist mit einer Zugwiederholung nicht zufrieden.} (19... Qc5+ 20.
Qd4) 20. Nd4 (20. Qxc2 Bxc2 21. Nc3 Rac8) 20... Qxd1 $6 (20... Qc3 $5 21. Nxf5
Qxa1 22. Qb3 (22. Nxg7 Ne3 $1 23. Bxe3 Qxd1 24. Rxd1 Rxe3 25. Nf5 Re2) 22... b5
(22... Rac8 23. Bf4 Qb2 24. d6)) 21. Rxd1 Bd7 22. d6 $6 (22. Nb3 $5 $14) 22...
Nxd6 $1 23. Nb3 {[%cal Gd1d7] Es scheint, dass Schwarz nach diesem Zug groЯe
Schwerigkeiten auf der d-Linie bekommt, aber Schwarz kann alle Drohungen
parieren.} Nb5 24. g5 Nc3 $1 25. Rd6 (25. Rd2 Nfd5) 25... Re1+ 26. Bf1 $6 {
WeiЯ riskiert viel; in dieser Stellung sollte er sich mit Zugwiederholung
zufrieden geben.} (26. Kf2 Re2+ 27. Kg1 (27. Kf1 Bb5) 27... Re1+ $11) 26... Bh3
27. Bb2 Rxf1+ 28. Rxf1 {[#]} Ne8 $1 {[%csl Rd6,Rf1][%cal Re8d6,Rh3f1] Das ist
die Pointe des schwarzen Spiels. WeiЯ hat zwar eine Qualitдt mehr, aber seine
beiden Tьrmen sind angegriffen.} 29. Bxc3 Nxd6 30. Rd1 Nb5 {Schwarz hat einen
Bauern mehr und die weiЯe Bauernstruktur ist schlecht.} 31. Be5 Re8 32. Rd5 (
32. f4 Be6) 32... Na3 33. Nd2 Nc2 {[%cal Gc2b4,Gb4d5,Gb4a2]} (33... a6 $5) 34.
f4 Nb4 (34... Be6 35. Ra5 a6) (34... b6 $5) 35. Rb5 Nd3 (35... Nxa2 36. Rxb7
Ra8 37. Nb3 a5 $2 38. Nxa5) 36. Rxb7 Nxe5 37. fxe5 $11 {Nach Vereinfachungen
ist die Stellung materiell ausgeglichen.} h6 (37... g6 $2 38. Nc4 $16) 38. gxh6
Rxe5 (38... gxh6 39. Nc4 Rc8 $11) 39. Rxa7 (39. Kf2 Ra5 40. Rb8+ Kh7 41. hxg7
Kxg7 42. Rb2) 39... Re2 40. Ra8+ Kh7 41. hxg7 Kxg7 42. Ra3 (42. Nf3 $2 Rg2+ 43.
Kh1 Rf2 44. Ng1 Bg2#) 42... Rg2+ 43. Kh1 Rxd2 44. Rxh3 Rxa2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Pamplona 9495 5th"]
[Site "Pamplona"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Franco Ocampos, Zenon"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1994.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 046"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. e3 {Sehr selten gespielt.} Bb4 4. Nge2 O-O 5. a3 (5. Ng3
$5) 5... Bxc3 6. Nxc3 d5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 {Jetzt ist am Brett eine ganz normale
Sizilianische Verteidigung mit einem extra Tempo fuer Weiss (wegen des
Farbtausches).} 8. Qc2 (8. Qb3 $5) 8... c5 9. Bd3 Nxc3 $5 {Das ist offenbar
eine Neuerung.} (9... h6 10. Nxd5 Qxd5 11. O-O Qd6 12. b4 $36 {Weiss besitzt
die Initiative. Rodgaard,J-Morozevich,A/Moscow olm/1994/EXP44/}) 10. dxc3 {
Zu pruefen ist 10.bc3!? mit Spielmoeglichkeiten auf der b-Linie.} (10. Bxh7+ $2
Kh8 11. dxc3 f5 12. Bg6 Qg5 $19) 10... f5 11. O-O Be6 {Droht 12...c4} 12. c4
Nc6 13. b3 a5 14. Rd1 (14. Bb2 $5 {/\ Rad1}) 14... Qg5 15. Bb2 Rae8 16. Rd2 Bc8
17. Rad1 Re6 {Voellig auf seine Angriffsplanung konzentriert, ueberlaesst
Morozevich den Damenfluegel und das Zentrum dem Gegner. Die Chancen sind
ungefaehr gleich.} 18. Bf1 Rh6 19. Rd5 {In Betracht kommt 19.Rd6 auch mit
Turmtausch.} f4 $5 20. exf4 Qxf4 21. g3 Qf7 22. Rxc5 Bf5 $44 {Schwarz hat eine
gefaehrliche Initiative fuer den geopferten Bauern.} 23. Qd2 (23. Qe2 $2 Bg4
24. Qxg4 Qxf2+ 25. Kh1 Rxh2#) (23. Bd3 Bg4 $1 (23... e4 $2 24. Rxf5 $1 Qxf5 25.
Bxe4 $44) 24. Re1 Rxh2 $1 25. Kxh2 Qh5+ 26. Kg1 Bf3 $19) 23... Be4 24. Re1 b6 {
Besser war sofort 24...Qf3} 25. Rb5 Qf3 26. Rxe4 Qxe4 27. Rd5 Qf3 $6 (27...
Rhf6 $5 28. f4 Qb1 $15 {Weiss hat keine ausreichende Kompensation fuer die
Qualitaet.}) 28. Bg2 $1 {Morozevich hat mit diesem Zug hochwahrscheinlich
nicht gerechnet.} Qf5 (28... Qxb3 $2 29. Rb5 $1 Qa4 (29... Qxc4 $2 30. Bd5+ $18
) 30. Bxc6 Rxc6 31. Qd5+ Kh8 32. Qxc6 Qd1+ 33. Kg2 $18) 29. h4 $2 {
Unverstaendlich} (29. Qe2 $5 {Weiss hat genuegende Kompensation fuer die
Qualitaet.}) 29... Rhf6 30. f4 Qg4 31. fxe5 Rf3 $1 32. Qg5 (32. Bxf3 Rxf3 33.
Rd8+ Nxd8 34. Qxd8+ Rf8 35. Qd5+ Kh8 $19) 32... Qxg5 33. hxg5 Rxg3 34. Rd6 Ne7
35. Rxb6 Rxg5 36. Rb7 Ng6 37. Kh1 Nf4 38. Bd5+ Nxd5 39. cxd5 Rf4 40. Rb8+ Kf7
41. e6+ Kg6 {Ribli} 0-1

[Event "Protvino zt"]
[Site "Protvino"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anastasian, Ashot"]
[Black "Danielian, Oganes"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1993.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 035"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nf3 Bxc3 $5 6. bxc3 e4 7. Nd4 (7.
Ng5 Re8 8. Qc2 Qe7 $13) 7... c5 $5 (7... Nc6 8. O-O Re8 9. d3 $14) 8. Nc2 d5 9.
cxd5 Qxd5 10. O-O (10. Ne3 Qh5 11. h3 Nc6 $13) 10... Qh5 11. Ne3 Bh3 12. f3
Bxg2 13. Kxg2 Nc6 14. d3 exd3 15. Qxd3 (15. exd3 Rad8 {><d3}) 15... Rfe8 16.
Nf5 Rad8 17. Qc2 Ne7 18. g4 (18. Nxe7+ Rxe7 19. e4 Red7 20. Be3 Rd3 21. Rad1 $1
$13) 18... Qg6 19. e4 Nxg4 $5 (19... h5 20. Nh4 Qh7 21. g5 Nd7 $13) 20. Nxe7+ (
20. fxg4 $2 Nxf5 21. exf5 Qxg4+ 22. Kh1 Re2 $19) 20... Rxe7 21. fxg4 Qxg4+ 22.
Kh1 Qxe4+ (22... Rxe4 23. Qf2 f6 24. Be3 $13) 23. Qxe4 Rxe4 24. Bf4 f6 25. Rf3
b5 26. Bg3 Rd5 27. Kg1 Kf7 28. Rc1 Rd2 29. a3 Rc4 30. Re1 Ra2 31. Bd6 Rxa3 32.
Re7+ Kg6 33. Rg3+ Kf5 34. Rf3+ Kg6 35. Rg3+ Kf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2005.01.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ramirez Alvarez, Alejandro"]
[Black "Smeets, Jan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2507"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2005.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. g3 Bb4 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nf3 Re8 6. O-O c6 {Dieser
Bauernzug hat eine selbstдndige Bedeutung - mit 6...Nc6, oder mit 6...e4
kцnnte Schwarz die Hauptvariante wдhlen.} 7. d3 h6 8. Bd2 (8. Ne4 Nxe4 9. dxe4
a5 $11) 8... a6 $5 $146 {Eine elastische Fortsetzung - im Folgenden kann
Schwarz entweder b7-b5 spielen, oder Bc5-Ba7 ziehen.} (8... d5 9. Nxd5 Nxd5 10.
cxd5 Bxd2 11. Nxd2 (11. dxc6 $2 Ba5 12. Nxe5 Nxc6 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Bxc6 Bh3
15. Qa4 Rxe2 $19 {0-1 Ivanov,I-Silman,J/San Mateo 1989/EXT 97 (23)}) 11... cxd5
12. Qb3 $1 $14) (8... Bf8 9. e4 Na6 10. Ne1 d6 11. h3 g6 12. Be3 Nh5 13. Nc2
Be6 14. b3 Bg7 15. d4 exd4 16. Nxd4 $14 {1-0 Weston,P-Hebert,J/Quebec 1998/EXT
2002 (38)}) (8... Na6 9. e4 d6 10. h3 Nc7 11. a3 Ba5 12. b4 Bb6 13. Na4 Ne6 14.
Nxb6 axb6 15. Kh2 Nc7 16. Bc3 $14 {1-0 Azmaiparashvili,Z-Aseev,K/Ohrid 2001 
(45)}) 9. Rc1 (9. e4 d6 10. a3 Bc5 11. b4 Ba7 $11) 9... Bf8 10. Qb3 {Dieser
Damezug gefдllt mir nicht - die Dame steht nicht so gut auf b3.} (10. e4 $5)
10... d6 $11 {Schwarz hat eine bequeme Stellung ohne Schwдchen.} 11. a4 a5 {
[%csl Yb4,Yc5][%cal Gb8a6,Ga6b4,Ga6c5][%mdl 32] Mit diesem typischen Bauernzug
befestigt Schwarz seine Kontrolle ьber die schwarzen Felder am Damenflьgel.}
12. Rfd1 Na6 13. d4 exd4 (13... e4 14. Ne1 Nb4 15. Nc2 d5 $13) 14. Nxd4 Nc5 {
[%csl Gc5] Der c5N steht ausgezeichnet.} 15. Qc2 Bg4 16. Be3 $6 (16. h3 Bh5 $11
) (16. f3 $11) 16... Qb6 17. Nf5 $6 Bxf5 18. Qxf5 {[#]} Rxe3 $1 {[%mdl 512]
Ein starkes, aber typisches Qualitдtsopfer.} 19. fxe3 Qxb2 20. Rc2 Qb6 $15 {
Schwarz hat nur einen Bauern fьr die Qualitдt, aber die weiЯe Bauernstruktur
ist schrecklich schlecht.} (20... Qa3 $15) 21. Rb1 Qa7 {[%cal Ga7g1]} 22. h3
Re8 23. Qf2 Qa6 24. Nd1 $2 (24. Qf4 Re5 $15) 24... Nxa4 $17 {Schwarz hat schon
zwei Bauern fьr die Qualitдt und eine gesunde Stellung ohne Schwдchen, weil
die weiЯe Bauernstellung immer schlecht ist.} 25. Nb2 Qb6 {[%csl Gb6][%cal
Gb6g1,Gb6b1]} (25... Nc5 $17) 26. e4 Qb3 (26... Qxf2+ 27. Kxf2 Nc5 $17) 27.
Rcc1 Nxb2 (27... Nc5 $6 28. Nd3 Nxd3 29. exd3 Qxd3 30. Rxb7 $15) 28. e3 {
[%cal Rf2b2,Rb1b3]} Nxe4 29. Rxb2 (29. Qxb2 $2 Qxe3+ $19) 29... Qa3 30. Bxe4
Rxe4 31. Re1 Re7 {Schwarz verteidigt den b7-Bauern und mit drei Bauern fьr die
Qualitдt hat er eine viel bessere Stellung.} 32. Ree2 Qc5 {[%csl Gc5]} (32...
a4 $5 33. Ra2 Qc1+ $19) 33. Qf4 a4 34. Qd4 Qa5 (34... Qxd4 35. exd4 a3 36. Rxe7
Bxe7 37. Rxb7 Bf6 38. Rb8+ Kh7 39. Ra8 Bxd4+ 40. Kg2 Bc5 $17) 35. Qb6 Qc3 36.
Qb4 $6 (36. Qd4 $5) 36... Qxb4 (36... Rxe3 $6 37. Qxc3 Rxc3 38. Rxb7 $15) 37.
Rxb4 Re4 38. Rxb7 (38. Rxa4 b5 $17 {[%cal Ge4a4,Rb5a4,Rb5c4]}) 38... Rxc4 39.
Ra7 d5 40. Kf2 a3 {[%csl Ga3][%cal Gf8a3]} 41. Ra8 {Der ernfernte a3-Freibauer
fesselt den weiЯen Turm auf der a-Linie.} g6 42. Ke1 Rc1+ 43. Kf2 (43. Kd2 Rh1
$19) 43... Kg7 44. Ra4 (44. Ra2 Rc3 $17) 44... Kf6 45. Re1 Rc2+ 46. Re2 Rc3 47.
Ke1 Ke5 $19 {Die Erscheinung des schwarzen Kцnigs im Zentrum entscheidet den
Kampf - WeisЯ hat keine Chancen.} 48. Kd2 Rb3 49. Kc2 Rb2+ 50. Kd3 Rb1 51. h4
Bb4 52. Kc2 Rb2+ 53. Kd3 Rb3+ 54. Kc2 Rc3+ 55. Kd2 (55. Kb1 c5 $19) 55... c5
56. g4 Ke4 57. g5 hxg5 58. hxg5 Kf3 (58... Rxe3+ $4 59. Rxb4+ cxb4 60. Rxe3+
$18) (58... Rb3+ 59. Kc1 Rxe3 $19 (59... c4 $19)) 0-1

[Event "Biel GM"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1999.07.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bunzmann, Dimitrij"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2596"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1999.07.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 072"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 48]} 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 Bb4 {Die Alternative 3...d5 fьhrt zu
offenem Spiel, wдhrend nach der Partiefortsetzung ein eher geschlossener,
positioneller Kampf bevorsteht. Ribli.} 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nf3 Re8 (5... Nc6 {
Das wдre die andere prinzipielle Fortsetzung.}) 6. O-O e4 {Schwarz wartet
nicht ab, er geht mit dem Bauern voran. Wir haben eigentlich eine
Sizilianische Verteidigung 3.Lb5-Variante mit vertauschten Farben.(1.e4 c5 2.
Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.0-0 Bg7 5.Re1 Nf6 6.e5.)} 7. Ng5 (7. Nd4 Bxc3 8. dxc3 d6 9.
Nc2 (9. Bg5 Nbd7 10. Nc2 h6 11. Bxf6 Nxf6 12. Ne3 Ng4 13. Nxg4 Bxg4 14. f3 Be6
{1/2-1/2 Rosiak,A-Jasnikowski,Z/Mikolajki 1991/EXT 97 (26)}) 9... Nbd7 10. Ne3
b6 11. b3 a5 12. Nd5 Bb7 13. a4 h6 14. h3 Nxd5 15. cxd5 Qf6 16. Be3 Qf5 17. c4
Nc5 {1/2-1/2 Anastasian,A-Gulko,B/Erevan 1996/CBM 53 (42)}) (7. Ne1 {[%cal
Ge1c2]}) 7... Bxc3 8. dxc3 {Das ist die natьrliche Antwort. Weiss цffnet die
Diagonale des c1-Lдufers, aber die Alternative ist auch spielbar.} (8. bxc3 {
Auf diese Weise bekommt Weiss ein starkes Bauernzentrum.} h6 9. Nh3 Nc6 $13)
8... d6 {Dieser Zug erscheint mir logischer als die Alternative 8...h6. In
Wirklichkeit steht der Springer nicht besonders gut auf g5. Schwarz muЯ ihn
daher nicht vertreiben.} (8... h6 9. Nh3 d6 10. Nf4 Bf5 11. b3 (11. h3 $5 Nbd7
12. b3 Nf8 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. Qxd5 Qc8 15. g4 Bg6 16. Bf4 Nd7 17. Rad1 Nf6 18.
Qd4 b6 19. Bg3 a5 20. Rd2 e3 21. Bxa8 Qxa8 22. Rdd1 Re4 23. Qd3 exf2+ 24. Rxf2
Rxg4 25. Qf3 Be4 26. Qe3 Rg6 {1/2-1/2 Kamsky,G-Timman,J/Paris 1991/CBM 26 ext 
(45)}) (11. Be3 Nbd7 12. Nd5 a5 13. Bd4 Nxd5 14. cxd5 $11) 11... a5 12. Nd5
Nbd7 13. Ne3 Bg6 14. h3 a4 15. Bd2 Ne5 16. Re1 Qd7 17. Qc1 b6 {0-1 Glienke,
M-Thinius,M/2.BLN 9899 Kreuzberg-Empor Bln 1999/BL2 (65)}) 9. Nh3 {[%csl Yd5]
[%cal Gh3f4,Gf4d5] Der Springer geht freiwillig zurьck, ohne dass Schwarz ...
h6 gespielt hat, und strebt nach d5.} (9. f3 exf3 10. exf3 Nc6 11. Qc2 h6 12.
Nh3 Be6 13. b3 Qd7 14. Nf4 Bf5 15. Qd2 (15. Qd1 Ne5 16. g4 Bh7 17. h4 Ng6 18.
Nxg6 Bxg6 19. Bf4 h5 20. Bg5 Nh7 21. Bf4 Nf6 22. Bg5 Nh7 23. Bf4 {1/2-1/2
Pietzsch,W-Fuchs,R/Schwerin 1969/EXT 99 (23)}) 15... Ne7 16. g4 Bh7 17. h4 Qd8
18. h5 d5 19. c5 Nc6 {1/2-1/2 Kholmov,R-Malich,B/Pecs 1964/EXT 99 (47)}) 9...
Nbd7 {Der Springer steht elastischer auf d7 als auf c6. Hauptsдchlich zielt er
nach e5, aber in einigen Varianten kann er nach c5 gelangen und im Falle von
Lg5 verteidigt er den Springer f6.} 10. Qd4 $6 {Dieser Damezug gefдllt mir
nicht, denn die Dame steht auf d4 gefдhrdet.} b6 11. Nf4 {[%csl Yd5][%cal
Gf4d5] Der Springer kontrolliert das Feld d5.} Bb7 $11 {Das weisse Lдuferpaar
ist nicht von grosser Bedeutung, denn die Stellung ist eher geschlossen.} 12.
Rd1 Ne5 13. b3 a5 14. Be3 (14. a4 Nc6 15. Qd2 e3 16. fxe3 Ne4 $44 {Schwarz hat
gute Kompensation fьr den Bauern. Sein Springer steht prдchtig auf e4 und die
weisse Bauernstruktur, besonders die e-Bauern, ist schwach.}) 14... Neg4 15.
Bc1 (15. a4 Nxe3 16. Qxe3 $11) 15... a4 $36 {Schwarz hat Raumvorteil im
Zentrum und am Damenflьgel.} 16. b4 {Weiss vermeidet Gefahren in der a-Linie,
aber der c-Bauer wird schwach.} (16. Rb1 axb3 17. axb3 Qe7 $15) 16... Ne5 {
[%csl Ge5][%cal Ge5c4]} 17. Be3 c5 $1 18. Qxd6 (18. bxc5 dxc5 19. Qxd8 Raxd8
20. Rxd8 Rxd8 $17 {[%csl Rc4][%cal Re5c4]}) 18... Nxc4 {[%csl Gc4]} 19. Qxd8
Rexd8 20. bxc5 Nxe3 21. fxe3 bxc5 $15 {Schwarz hat die viel bessere
Bauernstruktur und der g2-Lдufer ist eingeschlossen.} 22. Rdb1 (22. Rab1 Bc6
$15) 22... Bc6 23. Rb6 Rac8 24. h4 {Ein prophylaktischer Zug, der gegen ...
g7-g5 gerichtet ist.} h6 25. Bh3 Rc7 26. h5 {Weiss muss so spielen, ansonsten
vertreibt Schwarz die einzige aktive weisse Figur mit ...g5.} Kf8 $1 {Schwarz
muss nicht eilen, sondern verbessert zuerst seine Kцnigsstellung.} (26... Rd2
27. Rb8+ Ne8 $5 (27... Kh7 $2 28. Bf5+ $16)) 27. Rab1 Ke7 28. c4 (28. Kf2 $15)
28... Rd2 {[%csl Gd2][%cal Rd2a2]} 29. Ra6 (29. a3 Ra2 {[%cal Ra2a3]}) (29.
R6b2 Rxb2 30. Rxb2 Rb7 31. Rxb7+ Bxb7 $17 {[%cal Rb7a6,Ra6c4]}) (29. R1b2 Rxb2
(29... Rd1+ 30. Kf2 Rc1 $17 {[%csl Rc4][%cal Rc1c4]}) 30. Rxb2 Rb7 $17) 29...
Rxa2 $17 {Schwarz besitzt einen Mehrbauern und die weisse Aktivitдt ist keine
vollwertige Kompensation.} 30. Rbb6 Kd6 31. Kf2 a3 {Der a-Bauer ist an sich
nicht so gefдhrlich, aber Schwarz bereitet 32...Tb2 vor.} 32. Ke1 (32. Rb3 Rc2
33. Rbxa3 Rxc4 $17) 32... Rb2 33. Rb5 (33. Rxb2 $2 axb2 34. Rb6 Rb7 $19) 33...
Rb4 {[%csl Rc4][%cal Rb4c4]} 34. Rba5 Rxc4 35. Rxa3 Rb7 {[%csl Gb7,Gc4][%cal
Gb7b1] Die schwarze Tьrme stehen in der b- und c-Linie sehr aktiv.} 36. Ra2 (
36. Ra1 Rb2 37. Rd1+ Kc7 $17) 36... Rc1+ 37. Kd2 Rg1 {[%csl Rg3][%cal Rg1g3]
Schwarz gewinnt auf g3 einen zweiten Bauern.} 38. Kc3 (38. Bg2 Rbb1 $19 {
[%csl Rd2][%cal Rg1d1,Rd1d2]}) 38... Rxg3 39. Bc8 Rc7 $19 {Weiss verliert den
Bauern e3 und steht aus Verlust.} 40. Bf5 Rxe3+ 41. Kc4 Ke5 {[%cal Re5f5,Re5f4]
Und Weiss gab auf. Er verliert eine Figur.} 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2005.11.27"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Zhang, Zhong"]
[Black "Kobalia, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2598"]
[BlackElo "2634"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[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. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. g3 Bb4 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nf3 Re8 6. O-O Bxc3 7. bxc3 (7.
dxc3) 7... Nc6 8. Ne1 {[%cal Ge1c2] WeiЯ цffnet die Diagonale des g2-Lдufers
und der Springer zielt auf das c2-Feld. Mit 8.d3 kann man ebenfalls eine
bekannte theoretische Variante erreichen.} (8. d3 e4 $5 9. Nd4 exd3 10. exd3 h6
11. Bf4 Nxd4 12. cxd4 d5 13. Rb1 c6 14. Be5 (14. Qd2 b6 15. a4 Bf5 16. c5 Nd7
17. Rfc1 Qf6 18. Rb4 Re6 19. Bf1 Rae8 20. Bc7 bxc5 21. dxc5 Nxc5 {0-1 Karpov,
A-Anand,V/Frankfurt 1997/CBM 58 ext (54)}) 14... b6 15. Re1 Bb7 16. a4 Nd7 17.
cxd5 cxd5 18. a5 Bc6 {1/2-1/2 Komljenovic,D-Rizouk,A/Sevilla 2003/CB07 (32)})
8... d5 {Schwarz цffnet die Stellung und befreit WeiЯ von seinem Doppelbauern.
Trotzdem ist dieser Textzug gut, da Schwarz ein starkes Zentrum erhдlt.} (8...
d6 9. Nc2 Be6 10. d3 h6 11. Ne3 d5 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 Bxd5 14. e4 Be6 15.
Qe2 Qd6 16. Be3 b5 17. Rfd1 Qa3 18. Qc2 b4 19. d4 $36 {1-0 Bischoff,K-Franke,T/
Bad Zwesten 2004/CBM 98 ext (35)}) (8... b6 9. e4 Bb7 10. Nc2 Na5 11. d3 c6 12.
f4 d5 13. fxe5 Rxe5 14. cxd5 cxd5 15. Bf4 Re8 16. e5 Nd7 17. d4 $36 {0-1 Gulko,
B-Komliakov,V/Internet ICC 2000/EXT 2001 (40)}) 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Nc2 Bg4 {
Schwarz hat ein bequemes Spiel, sein Plan ist 11...Qd7 und 12...Bh3.} 11. f3 (
11. h3 Be6 (11... Bh5)) (11. Rb1 Rb8 12. c4 Nde7 13. Ne3 Be6 $11) 11... Bh5 (
11... Be6 $5) 12. e4 Nb6 13. d4 {[%mdl 32] Stufenweise verbessert WeiЯ seine
Stellung und seine e4 und d4-Zentrumbauern sind durch die Bauern auf f3 und c3
zementiert.} f6 {[%cal Gh5f7,Gf7a2]} (13... Qe7 14. Ba3) 14. Qd3 Na5 (14... Bf7
15. d5 $14) 15. Ne3 (15. d5 c6) 15... c6 {Schwarz verteidigt sich prдventiv
gegen d4-d5 und gewinnt nach Bf7 die Herrschaft ьber das Feld c4.} 16. f4 $14 {
[%csl Gd4,Ge4,Gf4] WeiЯ hat das Lдuferpaar und ein starkes Bauernzentrum und
damit etwas bessere Aussichten.} Bf7 17. fxe5 fxe5 18. Ba3 (18. d5 $1) 18...
Qd7 19. Rf2 {[%cal Ga1f1]} (19. Bb4 Nac4 20. Nf5 a5) 19... Nac4 20. Nxc4 $6 (
20. Bc5 $1 Nxe3 21. Qxe3 Nc4 22. Qd3 $16 {[%csl Rf7][%cal Ra1f1,Rf1f7]}) 20...
Bxc4 (20... Nxc4 21. Raf1 Be6 22. Bc5 b6 23. d5 $18) 21. Qe3 Be6 {[%cal Gb6c4,
Gc4a3,Gc4e3]} 22. Bc5 Rad8 23. Bxb6 (23. dxe5 Nc4 24. Qf4 b6 $132) 23... axb6
24. d5 (24. dxe5 b5 $11) 24... cxd5 25. exd5 Bh3 (25... Bxd5 $2 26. Rd1 Qc6 27.
Qd3 Bxg2 (27... e4 28. Bxe4 $18) 28. Qxd8 $18) 26. Bxh3 Qxh3 27. Qxb6 (27. Rd1)
27... Rxd5 28. Qxb7 {WeiЯ hat einen Bauern mehr, aber seine Bauern am
Damenflьgel sind schwach.} Qe6 29. Raf1 e4 30. Rf7 Rg5 31. Qb3 h6 32. R7f5 Rxf5
33. Rxf5 Kh7 34. Qxe6 Rxe6 35. c4 {[%mdl 4096] Aufgrund des reduzierten
Materials kann Schwarz trotz des Minusbauern die Partie Remis halten.} (35. Rf2
$5) 35... e3 (35... Ra6 36. Rf2 $16 {[%cal Gf2c2]}) 36. Kf1 Ra6 37. Ke2 Rxa2+
38. Kxe3 Rxh2 {Die Stellung ist materiell ausgeglichen, aber WeiЯ verfьgt ьber
etwas bessere Aussichten aufgrund seines c-Freibauern.} 39. c5 Kg6 (39... Rc2
40. Kd4 Kg6) 40. Rf4 Rg2 41. Kd4 (41. Rf3 h5) 41... Rxg3 42. c6 Ra3 (42... Rg1
43. Kd5 Rc1 44. Rc4 Rd1+) 43. Rf8 Ra7 44. Kc5 h5 $11 {Schwarz mцchte seinen
Turm gegen den c-Bauern tauschen, da er mit seinen Bauern am Kцnigsflьgel das
Remis halten kann.} 45. Kb6 Re7 46. c7 Rxc7 47. Kxc7 h4 48. Kd6 Kg5 49. Ke5 Kg4
{[%csl Re5,Gg4] Ein typisches Bild in solchen Stellungen: der weiЯe Kцnig
steht auf g4 aktiv und lдsst den gegnerischen Kцnig nicht in die Nдhe der
Bauern.} 50. Rf1 h3 51. Rg1+ Kf3 52. Rxg7 h2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dubai op"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2001.04.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Vakhidov, Tahir"]
[Black "Anastasian, Ashot"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2468"]
[BlackElo "2574"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2001.04.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 Bb4 {Diese Variante wird relativ selten gespielt -
die Fortsetzung 3...d5 ist beliebter.} 4. Bg2 Bxc3 {Schwarz verfolgt eine
einfache Strategie - er gibt sein Lдuferpaar auf und mцchte in der Folge eine
starke Bauernmasse im Zentrum bilden.} 5. bxc3 (5. dxc3) 5... d6 (5... O-O $5 {
Dieser Zug scheint mir logischer. AnschlieЯend kann Schwarz direkt c6 nebst
d7-d5 ziehen.} 6. e4 c6) 6. d3 O-O 7. e4 {WeiЯ hat ein starkes Bauernzentrum,
aber die schwarze Stellung ist solide.} (7. Nf3 e4) 7... c6 8. Ne2 (8. Nf3 $5
Re8 (8... Qa5 9. Qc2 Nbd7 10. O-O b5 11. cxb5 cxb5 12. Bd2 Qc7 13. a4 bxa4 14.
Rxa4 Nc5 15. Ra3 {1-0 Lalic,B-Petit,R/Metz 1995/EXT 2001 (30)}) 9. O-O h6 10.
h3 (10. Nh4 d5 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Qb3 Nb6 14. Be3 Nc6 15. c4 Nd7
16. Rfe1 Nf6 17. h3 Qc7 {0-1 Afifi,A-Rogers,I/Dubai 1986/TD (71)}) 10... Nbd7
11. Nh2 Qa5 12. Qc2 d5 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. exd5 Nxd5 15. Bd2 Qc5 16. Rab1 N7f6
17. Rfe1 Bf5 18. c4 {1/2-1/2 Yasinsky,V-Kholmov,R/Moscow 1996/CBM 56 ext (63)})
8... d5 {Es ist richtig, dass Schwarz durch 5...d6 und 8...d5 ein Tempo
verloren hat, aber auch diese Fortsetzung ist gesund.} 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. exd5
Nxd5 11. Qb3 $6 {Dieser Zug gefдllt mir nicht - die Dame steht exponiert auf
b3 und hebt die Deckung des Pd3 auf.} (11. O-O Nc6 12. Bb2 (12. Rb1) 12... Bg4
13. h3 Be6 14. a3 Qd7 15. Kh2 Rad8 16. Qc2 Nb6 17. Rad1 Bf5 18. Nc1 Nc4 {
0-1 Barlov,D-Ivanovic,B/Tivat 1994/CBM 43 (62)}) 11... Nb6 {Schwarz hat eine
gute Stellung erreicht - in der Folge kann er Nc6 und Be6 oder Bg4 spielen.
WeiЯ hat einige Probleme mit seiner Bauernstruktur, der Pd3 ist schwach.} 12.
c4 (12. Ba3 Re8 13. Rd1 Be6 $15) 12... Nc6 13. Be3 Bg4 $15 {[%csl Yd4][%mdl
2048] Der Pd3 ist ebenso wie das Feld d4 eine ewige Schwдche in der weiЯen
Stellung, .} (13... Bf5 14. Rd1 Re8 15. O-O $11) 14. f3 Bf5 15. Rd1 Nd4 {
[%csl Gd4]} 16. Bxd4 (16. Nxd4 exd4 17. Bc1 Re8+ 18. Kf2 $15) 16... exd4 17.
O-O Re8 {[%csl Ye3][%cal Ge8e2] Schwarz hat positionellen Vorteil - der Bg2
ist eingeschlossen. Schwarz besitzt die Kontrolle ьber die e-Linie.} 18. Rf2
Qd7 {[%cal Gb6a4,Ga4c5] Schwarz bereitet das Springermanцver .Na4 - Nc5 vor.}
19. g4 (19. f4 Rac8) 19... Bg6 (19... Be6 $15) 20. f4 $5 {Das ist eine
richtige Entscheidung - mag der Zug nun objektiv gut oder schlecht sein, WeiЯ
muЯ versuchen, aktives Spiel zu bekommen.} Qxg4 21. Ng3 $1 $132 {Jetzt muss
Schwarz immer mit f4-f5 rechnen.} (21. Nxd4 Rad8 $17) 21... f6 (21... Re3 22.
f5 Bh5 23. Rdf1 $132) 22. Bf3 $6 (22. c5+ $2 Bf7 23. Qb1 Nd5 $17) (22. Bxb7 $5
Rab8 23. Bf3 $132) 22... Qd7 23. c5+ Bf7 24. Qb4 (24. Qb2 Nd5 (24... Na4 25.
Qxb7 Qxb7 26. Bxb7 $13) 25. Qxd4) 24... Nd5 25. Qxd4 Rad8 $15 {Schwarz
befindet sich aufgrund der besseren Bauernstruktur im Vorteil.} 26. Ne4 {
[%cal Ge4d6]} b6 $1 {Mit diesem Zug verhindert Schwarz das drohende 27.Nd6.} (
26... Nxf4 $2 27. Nxf6+ gxf6 28. Qxf4 $14) 27. Bg2 (27. cxb6 axb6 $15) 27...
bxc5 28. Qxc5 Qa4 {[%csl Ga4][%cal Ga4f4,Ra4d1,Ga4a2] Alle weiЯen Bauern sind
isoliert, zudem hat Schwarz das bessere Figurenspiel.} 29. Rc1 Qa6 {[%cal
Rd8c8,Rc8c1,Ga6d3] Schwarz bereitet 30...Rc8 vor und greift den Pd3 an.} 30.
Rd1 Rc8 31. Qd4 Red8 $17 {[%csl Rd4][%cal Gd8d4]} 32. Qb2 $6 (32. Bh3 Rb8 $17)
32... Ne3 {[%csl Ge3] Das Auftauchen des Springers auf e3 ist sehr unangenehm
fьr WeiЯ.} 33. Rc1 Rxc1+ (33... Rb8 34. Qa1 Qxd3 $17) 34. Qxc1 Nxg2 (34... Qxd3
$4 35. Rd2 $18) 35. Rxg2 Qxd3 36. Nxf6+ Kh8 {[%csl Rf6] Nun hдngt der Nf6, und
die weiЯe Kцnigsstellung ist sehr schwach. In solchen Stellungen zeigt sich
eine klare Ьberlegenheit des Lдufers gegenьber dem Springer.} 37. Ng4 Qd4+ (
37... Qd1+ 38. Qxd1 Rxd1+ 39. Kf2 Rd2+ 40. Kg3 Rxg2+ 41. Kxg2 Bxa2 $17) 38. Nf2
(38. Kh1 Qd1+ $19) (38. Ne3 Qxf4 $19) (38. Rf2 Bxa2 $17) 38... Bxa2 {Schwarz
hat einen gesunden Mehrbauern - der entfernte Freibauer auf a7 ist gefдhrlich.}
39. Rg3 Rb8 {[%cal Rb8b1,Rb1g1]} 40. Rd3 Qf6 41. Qc7 Rb1+ $19 {[%mdl 128] Nach
diesem Zug kann WeiЯ seine Stellung nicht mehr gegen die vielseitigen
schwarzen Drohungen verteidigen.} 42. Kg2 (42. Rd1 Rxd1+ 43. Nxd1 Qd4+ 44. Nf2
Qa1+ 45. Kg2 Bd5+ 46. Kh3 Qf1+ $19) 42... Qg6+ 43. Kf3 (43. Rg3 Bd5+ $19) 43...
Qh5+ 44. Ke3 (44. Kg2 Bd5+ $19) (44. Ke3 Re1+ 45. Kd2 (45. Kd4 Qd5+ 46. Kc3
Rc1+ $19) 45... Qe2+ 46. Kc3 Rc1+ $19 {[%cal Rc1c7]}) 0-1

[Event "Interzonal-15"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily V"]
[Black "El Taher, Fouad"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2375"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1990.06.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 e5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nb6 6. d3 Be7 7. Be3 O-O 8.
Rc1 f5 (8... Re8 9. Nf3 Nc6 10. O-O Be6 11. a3 Nd5 12. Nxd5 Bxd5 13. Qa4 Bd6
14. Nd2 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 Ne7 16. Qb3 b6 17. Bg5 {Vaganian,R-Gurevich,M URS ch
1988 46/(22)}) 9. Nf3 (9. a3 Kh8 10. Nf3 Nc6 11. O-O f4 12. Bd2 Bg4 13. Ne4 Bd6
14. Nc5 Bxc5 15. Rxc5 Qd6 16. Rc1 {Ibragimov,E-Vyzmanavin,A URS sf Russia ch
Gorky 1989 CBM 16}) 9... Nc6 10. Na4 $2 (10. Qb3+ Kh8 11. O-O f4 12. Bxb6 axb6
13. Qd5 Qxd5 14. Nxd5 Bd6 15. a3 Bg4 16. Rfe1 h6 17. Nc3 $14 {Larsen-Miralles
Cannes 1989 47/38}) 10... e4 $1 11. Qb3+ Kh8 12. dxe4 fxe4 13. Rd1 $2 (13. Nd2
Nd4 14. Qd1 Nf5 $15) 13... Qe8 14. Nd4 (14. Nxb6 exf3 15. Nxa8 fxg2 16. Rg1
Bb4+ 17. Bd2 Bg4 $19) 14... Na5 $1 $19 15. Qb5 Qxb5 16. Nxb5 Nxa4 17. Nxc7 Bb4+
18. Kf1 Nxb2 19. Rb1 Nac4 20. Bc1 e3 21. Bxe3 Nxe3+ 22. Kg1 Bc5 23. Rxb2 Nxg2
24. e3 Bh3 25. Nxa8 Ne1 {Ribli} 0-1

[Event "Koop Tjuchem"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Akopian, Vladimir Eduardovic"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1996.12.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 Bb4 {Das ist natьrlich ein normaler Zug, aber
heutzutage ist 3...d5 populдrer. In unserer Partie spielt Schwarz eigentlich
einen "anti-sizilianischen Aufbau ". Er hat keine Angst das Lдuferpaar zu
geben und strebt nach mцglichst schneller Entwicklung. Ribli.} 4. Bg2 O-O 5.
Nf3 (5. e4 $5) 5... Re8 6. O-O c6 {Natьrlich gibt es viele andere
Mцglichkeiten wie z.B. 6...e4.Ribli.} 7. d3 h6 {Vermeidet das sonst spдter
mцgliche Bg5. Ribli.} 8. Nd2 Na6 (8... d5 9. Qb3 Bxc3 10. bxc3) 9. a3 (9. Qc2
$5) 9... Bxc3 10. bxc3 Nc7 {Weiss hat einen Doppelbauern auf der c-Linie, ist
aber im Zentrum sehr stark. Sein Plan ist es, natьrlich nach guter
Vorbereitung, spдter mit e4 und f4 die Stellung zu цffnen. Ribli.} (10... d6 {
Mit der Idee Be6.  Qd7 und dann mцglicherweise Bh3 scheint mir natьrlicher.
Ribli.}) 11. a4 (11. c5 b6 12. cxb6 axb6) 11... d5 (11... d6) 12. cxd5 cxd5 13.
c4 Bg4 $6 (13... Bd7 {Mit dem Plan 14...Bc6 mit eventuellem Lдufertausch ist
meiner Meinung nach logischer. Die Partiefortsetzung ist pseudoaktiv, in
Wirklichkeit, steht der Lдufer auf g4 nicht so glьcklich.Ribli.}) 14. h3 $14
Bh5 15. Bb2 d4 (15... Qd7) 16. Ba3 Rb8 17. Re1 Qd7 18. Qb3 Bg6 {Schwarz plant
den Vorstoss e5-e4, aber mit dem folgenden Zug sichert WeiЯ seinen Vorteil.
Ribli.} 19. e4 $1 dxe3 {Erzwungen,sondern Schwarz muss spielen "ohne" Laufer
g6.Ribli.} 20. Rxe3 b6 21. Bb2 (21. Rae1 Rbd8) 21... Qd6 22. Qa3 $1 Qxa3 23.
Rxa3 $16 {WeiЯ hat ein gesundes positionelles Plus, er besitzt das Lдuferpaar
in offener Stellung und der gegnerische Pe5 bleibt immer schwach. WeiЯ hat
zwar auch eine Schwдche auf d3, die jedoch ist gut gedeckt. Ribli.} Nd7 24. Bc6
Rbd8 25. a5 (25. Bxd7 Rxd7 26. Rxe5 Rxd3 (26... Rxe5 $2 27. Bxe5)) 25... Ne6 (
25... Re7 26. axb6 Nxb6 (26... axb6 27. Ra7 Nb8 28. Rxe5 (28. Be4 f5 29. Bg2 $5
{Ich glaube, daЯ ist die beste Mцglichkeit. Ribli.}) 28... Nxc6 (28... Rxe5 29.
Bxe5 Nxc6 30. Bxc7 Rc8 31. Rb7 Na5 32. Ra7 (32. Rb8 Rxb8 33. Bxb8 Bxd3 34. Bc7
Nxc4 35. Nxc4 Bxc4 36. Bxb6 $11) 32... Nc6 33. Rb7 $11) 29. Rxe7 Nxa7 (29...
Nxe7 30. Rxc7 Rxd3) 30. Rxc7 Rxd3) 27. Bxe5 (27. Rxe5 Rxe5 28. Bxe5 $18)) 26.
axb6 axb6 27. Bxe5 (27. Bxd7 Rxd7 28. Rxe5 (28. Bxe5 Nc5 (28... Red8 29. Ne4
Nc5 30. Nxc5 bxc5 31. Ra5 Rc8 32. Ra3 Rcd8 $11) 29. d4 f6) 28... Rxd3) 27...
Nxe5 28. Rxe5 $6 (28. Bxe8 Nxd3 29. Bc6 $2 (29. Bb5 $5 Nb4 30. Re2 {Und
Schwarz hat gutes Figurenspiel und etwas Kompensation, aber WeiЯ hat eine
Mehrqualitдt.Ribli.}) 29... Nb4 30. Ra8 (30. Be4 Rxd2 $2 (30... Bxe4 31. Nxe4
Nc2 $11) 31. Bxg6 fxg6 32. Rxe6 $18) 30... Nxc6) 28... Rf8 29. Be4 (29. Bd5 $5
$16) (29. Ne4 $2 Nd4 $19) 29... Bxe4 30. Nxe4 (30. Rxe4 $5 Nd4 $44 {Jetzt hat
Schwarz Kompensation, aber ich glaube, die Stellung ist noch immer besser fьr
WeiЯ zu spielen.Ribli.}) 30... Nd4 31. Nd2 (31. Kg2 Nc2 32. Rc3 Ne1+) (31. Kf1
$5) 31... Rd7 32. Kg2 Rfd8 $11 33. Rc3 Ne6 {Und Weiss kann seinen Mehrbauern
nicht halten. Ribli.} 34. Kf1 {Die Stellung ist gleich nach 34...Rxd3 35.Rxd3
Rxd3.Ribli.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Tripoli"]
[Date "2004.06.19"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Anastasian, Ashot"]
[Black "Bu, Xiangzhi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2587"]
[BlackElo "2621"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2004.06.19"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "LBY"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. g3 Bb4 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nf3 Re8 6. O-O d6 {Dieser Zug
scheint mir etwa genьgsam, aber gar nicht schlecht. Trotzdem, die prinzipielle
schwarze Fortsetzung ist 6...e4 - welche zu einer ausgeglichenen Stellung
fьhrt.} (6... e4 7. Ng5 (7. Nd4 Bxc3 8. dxc3 d6 9. Nc2 Nbd7 10. Ne3 b6 11. b3
a5 12. Nd5 Bb7 13. a4 h6 14. h3 Nxd5 15. cxd5 Qf6 16. Be3 Qf5 17. c4 Nc5 {
1/2-1/2 Anastasian,A-Gulko,B/Erevan 1996/CBM 53 (42)}) 7... Bxc3 8. bxc3 (8.
dxc3 d6 9. Nh3 {[%csl Yd5][%cal Gh3f4,Gf4d5]} Nbd7 10. Qd4 $6 b6 11. Nf4 {
[%csl Yd5][%cal Gf4d5]} Bb7 $11 12. Rd1 Ne5 13. b3 a5 14. Be3 Neg4 15. Bc1 a4
$36 {0-1 Bunzmann,D-Piket,J/Biel 1999/CBM 72/[Ribli] (41)}) 8... h6 9. Nh3 Nc6
10. Nf4 d6 11. Nd5 Bf5 12. f3 Nxd5 13. cxd5 exf3 14. Rxf3 Ne7 15. d3 Bd7 16.
Rf2 Ng6 {1/2-1/2 Aronian,L-Sokolov,I/Hoogeveen 2003/CBM 98 (43)}) 7. Qc2 {
WeiЯ entwickelt die Dame, so kann er im Falle eines spдteren Bxc3 schon Qxc3
spielen.} Nc6 8. d3 Bg4 9. Be3 {WeiЯ muss das d4-Feld verteidigen, denn die
schwarze positionelle Drohung war 9...Bxf3 und 10...Nd4.} (9. e3 Bxc3 10. Qxc3
e4 $11) 9... Qd7 (9... h6 10. Nd5 Ba5 11. a3 Bb6 12. Nxb6 axb6 13. b4 Qd7 14.
Rfb1 Ne7 15. c5 Nf5 16. cxb6 Nxe3 17. fxe3 cxb6 {0-1 Stepak,Y-Ree,H/Oerebro
1966/EXT 2000 (46)}) 10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. cxd5 Nd4 (11... Bxf3 $5 12. Bxf3 Nd4 13.
Bxd4 exd4 $15) 12. Bxd4 (12. Nxd4 exd4 13. Bxd4 Rxe2 14. Qb3 a5 15. a3 Bd2 (
15... Bc5 16. Bxc5 dxc5 17. Qxb7) 16. Qxb7 Rae8 $44) 12... Bxf3 13. exf3 {
Dieser Tausch scheint mir etwas unnatьrlich zu sein, aber im Falle von 13.Bxf3
hat Schwarz auch einigen positionellen Druck.} (13. Bxf3 exd4 14. a3 Bc5 15. b4
Bb6 $15) 13... exd4 $15 {Schwarz hat die etwas bessere Bauernstruktur, was ihm
einen kleinen Positionsvorteil gibt.} 14. Qb3 a5 15. f4 (15. a3 Bc5 16. Qxb7
Reb8 17. Qc6 Qxc6 18. dxc6 Rxb2 $17) 15... b5 16. Bf3 Bc5 17. Rfe1 (17. a4 Rab8
$15 (17... bxa4 18. Qxa4 Qxa4 19. Rxa4 Reb8 $15)) (17. a3 $15) 17... a4 18. Qc2
a3 $1 19. b3 Bb4 $17 {[%csl Gb4,Yc3][%cal Rb4e1] Der b4B steht ausgezeichnet -
das c3-Feld ist ein ewiges positionelles Loch in der weiЯen Stellung.} 20. Re4
Bc3 (20... Rxe4 21. dxe4 $132) (20... f5 $17) 21. Rc1 f5 22. Rxe8+ Rxe8 {
[%csl Gc3,Rf3][%cal Ge8e1] Die schwarze Figuren stehen sehr aktiv.} 23. h4 Kf8
$1 {[%cal Gf8e7,Ge7d8,Gd8c8,Gc8b7,Gb7b6,Gb6a5,Ga5b4][%mdl 32] Mit diesem Zug
beginnt Schwarz ein Kцnigsmanцver nach b4!} 24. Kg2 Ke7 25. Rd1 Kd8 26. Qc1 Bb4
(26... b4 $15 {In diesem Fall hat Schwarz auch die besseren Chancen, aber Kb4
ist nicht mehr mцglich.}) 27. h5 Kc8 28. Qc2 Kb7 29. Rb1 Kb6 30. Qd1 Ka5 31.
Qh1 {WeiЯ hat keine aktiven Mцglichkeiten, er kann nur warten.} Bc3 32. Rc1 Kb4
{[%csl Gb4,Gc3]} 33. Rc2 (33. Rd1 $15) 33... Re1 34. Qh4 Ra1 (34... h6 $5) 35.
h6 gxh6 (35... g6 36. Qf6 $132) 36. Qxh6 Re1 37. Be2 Ra1 38. Qe6 $132 Qg7 39.
Bh5 Bb2 (39... Rxa2 $5 40. Rxa2 Kxb3 41. Qe2 (41. Re2 a2 42. Rxa2 Kxa2 43. Qxf5
b4 $19) 41... Bb2 42. Rxb2+ axb2 43. Qe1 Ka2 44. Qa5+ Kb1 45. Qxb5 Qe7 46. Kf1
Kc1 47. Qc4+ Kd2 48. Qb4+ Kc1 $11) 40. Bf7 Rxa2 $4 {[%mdl 8192] Ein
unglaublich groЯer Fehler.} (40... Bc3) 41. Rxc7 $18 {[%csl Rb4][%cal Re6d6]
Jetzt ist die Stellung materiell gleich, aber der d6-Bauer ist nicht zu halten.
} Qf8 (41... Kxb3 42. Qxd6 $18 {[%csl Rb3]}) 42. Rc8 Qxc8 43. Qxc8 Bc3 (43...
Ra1 44. Qa6 a2 45. Qxd6+ Kc3 46. Qc5+ Kd2 47. Qxb5 $18) 44. Qa6 {[%csl Rd6]
[%cal Ra6d6]} Kxb3 45. Qxd6 {[%cal Gf7a2]} Rxf2+ 46. Kxf2 a2 47. Qa6 Kb2 (47...
a1=Q 48. Qxa1 Bxa1 49. d6+ $18) 48. Qxb5+ Kc1 49. Qa4 a1=Q 50. Qxa1+ Bxa1 51.
d6 Bc3 52. Be6 1-0

[Event "Pamplona"]
[Site "Pamplona"]
[Date "2002.12.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2002.12.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. e3 {Der junge spanische GroЯmeister vermeidet gerne die
theoretischen Hauptlinien. Dieser genьgsame Zug bietet WeiЯ keine Aussicht auf
Vorteil.} Nf6 3. Nc3 c6 {Schwarz mцchte d7-d5 ziehen. Die Alternative 3...Bb4
kommt auch in Betracht.} (3... Bb4 4. Nge2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3 6. Nxc3 d5 7. cxd5
Nxd5 8. Qc2 c5 9. Bd3 Nxc3 10. dxc3 f5 11. O-O Be6 12. c4 Nc6 $13 {Franco,
Z-Morovich,A/Pamplona/1995/CBM46/}) 4. Nf3 d6 {Das ist die ruhige Fortsetzung,
aber die Alternative 4...e4 ist ebenfalls spielbar.} (4... e4 5. Nd4 d5 6. cxd5
cxd5 7. d3 Bc5 8. Nb3 Bb4 9. Bd2 (9. dxe4 Nxe4 10. Qd4 Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 O-O 12.
c4 Nc6 13. Qxd5 Qe7 14. Bd3 Qb4+ 15. Kf1 Nf6 16. Qc5 Qc3 17. Be2 Rd8 18. f3 Be6
19. Ba3 Nd7 {1/2-1/2 Andersson,U-Sosonko,G/Thessaloniki 1988/TD (19)}) 9... Nc6
10. dxe4 dxe4 11. Bb5 O-O $6 (11... Bd7 $5) 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14.
Bxb4 Qg5 $1 $8 15. Qf3 Re8 16. O-O Qg6 17. Kh1 (17. Nd2 Bg4 18. Qf4 Bh3 19. Qf3
Bg4 $10) 17... Rb8 $1 18. Bc3 Rb5 $1 19. Nd2 Bg4 $5 (19... Nxd2 20. Bxd2 Rxb2)
20. Qf4 Rf5 21. Qxe4 Rxe4 22. Nxe4 $44 {Ribli. 1-0 Fernandes,A-Gomez Esteban,J/
Linares 1995/CBM 51/[Ribli] (44)}) 5. b3 (5. Qc2 {Dieser Zug kommt stark in
Betracht - WeiЯ mцchte 6.e4 ziehen und verteidigt sich gegen die Mцglichkeit
e5-e4.} Bg4 6. Be2 Nbd7 7. d4 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Rd1 Qc7 10. e4 Rfe8 11. Be3 Bf8
12. d5 c5 13. Ne1 Bxe2 14. Qxe2 $14 {1/2-1/2 Buslaev,A-Kolarov,A/Tbilisi 1965/
EXT 98 (27)}) (5. d4 e4 6. Nd2 d5) 5... Be7 6. Bb2 O-O 7. d3 Nbd7 {Schwarz
verteidigt den e5-Bauern und mцchte nachfolgend d6-d5 ziehen, mit starker
Zentrumsstellung.} 8. Be2 a6 (8... d5 $11) 9. O-O Re8 {Schwarz hat eine
bequeme Stellung.} (9... d5 $11) 10. Qc2 d5 {[%csl Gd5,Ge5] Schwarz hat starke
Bauern im Zentrum.} 11. d4 (11. Rac1 $5 Bd6 12. d4 (12. cxd5 cxd5 13. d4 e4 14.
Nd2 b5 $15) 12... e4 13. Nd2) 11... e4 12. Nd2 Nf8 {Schwarz hat Raumvorteil im
Zentrum. Der f8N zielt nach g6 und endlich kann c8B entwickelt werden.} 13. f3
exf3 14. Bxf3 (14. Nxf3 Ng4 $15) 14... Ng4 $15 {Pe3 ist schwach in der weiЯen
Stellung.} 15. Bxg4 (15. Rae1 Bh4 16. g3 Bg5 $17) 15... Bxg4 {[%csl Ge7,Gg4]
Schwarz hat das Lдuferpaar und eine feste Stellung, weil der Pe3 immer eine
Schwдche im weiЯen Lager markiert.} 16. Nf3 Bf6 17. cxd5 cxd5 {Wenn wir nur
die Bauernstruktur betrachten, fдllt auf, dass nach dem Tausch auf d5 ein
isolierter Bauer dort verblieben ist. Aber das ist kein Nachteil fьr Schwarz,
weil WeiЯ den Isolani nicht angreifen kann (im Gegenteil: der Pd5 markiert Pe3
gerade als Schwдche und hindert diesen am Vorrьcken).} 18. Qf2 (18. Rae1 Rc8
$15 (18... Bxf3 19. gxf3 (19. Rxf3 Bxd4 $17) 19... Qd7 $15)) 18... Ng6 19. Rae1
Rc8 20. h3 Be6 21. a3 (21. e4 dxe4 22. Nxe4 Be7 $15) 21... Qb6 (21... Be7 $15 {
[%cal Ge7d6]}) 22. b4 {[%csl Rc4] Dieser Zug schwдcht c4, so dass WeiЯ im
Folgenden mit den berьchtigten "zwei Schwдchen" (Pe3 und c4) belastet ist.} a5
23. Na4 (23. b5 Be7 $15) 23... Qc6 (23... Qb5 24. Nc3) 24. Nc5 axb4 25. axb4 b6
{Natuerlich muss Schwarz den Nc5 verjagen.} 26. Nxe6 Qxe6 {[%csl Rb2,Yc4,Ye4]
Die weiЯen Felder sind sehr schwach in der weiЯen Stellung und der b2B steht
passiv. Schwarz besitzt einen kleinen, aber dauerhaften Positionsvorteil.} 27.
Ne5 $2 {Dieser Zug ist gegen 27...Rc4 gerichtet, aber die Medizin ist
gefдhrlicher als die Krankheit.} (27. Rc1 $15) 27... Bh4 $1 {[%cal Rh4e1]} 28.
g3 Nxe5 29. dxe5 Qg6 $1 {[%csl Rg3][%cal Rc8c2,Rc2f2,Rc2b2,Gg6g1,Gg6c2]} 30.
Kh2 Rc2 31. gxh4 $8 {WeiЯ muss die Dame opfern.} Rxf2+ 32. Rxf2 Qe4 $17 {
[%csl Re3,Ge4,Re5,Rh3,Rh4] Schwarz hat groЯen Materialvorteil. WeiЯ hat nur
Turm und Lдufer gegen der Dame. Noch dazu die weiЯe Bauernstruktur ist sehr
schlecht.} 33. Bd4 Qxh4 34. Ref1 Re7 35. Rf4 Qh5 36. Rg1 {Schwarz hat gute
Gewinnchancen, aber er hat noch einige technische Problemen zu lцsen: WeiЯ
besitzt eine relativ feste Blockadestellung.} Re6 37. Rgg4 (37. Rfg4 Rg6 $19)
37... Rg6 (37... Rxe5) 38. b5 Re6 39. Rf2 Rxe5 $1 40. Bxb6 (40. Bxe5 Qxe5+ 41.
Rg3 h5 $19) 40... Re4 (40... f5) 41. Rg3 (41. Rxe4 dxe4 42. Rb2 Qe5+ $19 {
[%cal Re5b2,Re5h2]}) 41... Qe5 42. Bd4 Rxd4 43. exd4 Qxd4 {[%mdl 4096] Schwarz
hat die Dame und zwei Bauern gegen zwei Tьrme. Wegen des reduzierten Materials
hat WeiЯ noch geringe praktische Remischancen, aber theoretisch ist seine
Stellung verloren.} 44. Re2 h5 45. Rb3 Qb6 46. Rd2 h4 47. Kh1 (47. Rxd5 $2 Qc7+
48. Kg1 Qc1+ $19) 47... d4 48. Rdd3 g5 49. Rb4 Kh7 50. Kg2 (50. Rdxd4 Qe6 51.
Rg4 Qe1+ 52. Kg2 f5 $19) 50... Qc5 51. Rbb3 Qc2+ 52. Kf1 f5 {[%csl Rf1,Gf5,Gg5,
Gh4] Endlich Schwarz mobilisiert seine Reserven - seine Bauern sind sehr stark.
} 53. b6 g4 $19 54. hxg4 fxg4 55. b7 g3 {[%cal Rc2f2,Rf2f1] Droht Matt auf f2.}
56. Rf3 Qh2 $4 {[%mdl 8192] Ein unglaublicher Fehler - stattdessen konnte
Schwarz leicht gewinnen.} (56... Qd1+ 57. Kg2 Qe2+ 58. Kh3 Qh2+ 59. Kg4 g2 60.
Rg3 (60. b8=Q g1=Q+ 61. Kf5 (61. Rg3 Qe2+ $19) 61... Qg6#) 60... g1=Q) 57. b8=Q
g2+ 58. Ke2 g1=Q+ 59. Qxh2 Qxh2+ 60. Kd1 $11 {[%cal Gb3h3] WeiЯ behдlt seine
Tьrme auf der dritten Reihe und Schwarz kann nicht mehr gewinnen.} Kg6 61. Ra3
Kg5 62. Rh3 Qg1+ 63. Kd2 Kg4 64. Rhd3 (64. Rad3 Qg2+ $19) 64... Kf4 65. Rf3+
Ke5 66. Rh3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-33"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1998.10.03"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Volkov, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1998.09.29"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 068"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Russia II"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c6 {Nach meiner Meinung ist dieser Zug ist etwas verdдchtig.
Nach 3.d4 kann Schwarz mit 3...d5 die Slawische Verteidigung spielen, aber 3.
e4 ist besser. Ribli.} 3. e4 e5 (3... d5 4. e5 $5 (4. exd5 cxd5 5. d4 {Und die
Grundstellung der Panov-Variante der Caro-Kann-Verteidigung ist erreicht.})
4... d4 (4... Ne4 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. h3 Bh5 7. cxd5 Nxc3 (7... cxd5 8. Bb5+ $16) 8.
dxc3 Qxd5 9. Qxd5 cxd5 10. Bb5+ $14) 5. exf6 dxc3 6. fxg7 cxd2+ 7. Bxd2 Bxg7 8.
Qc2 Nd7 9. Ne2 Nf6 10. Ng3 Qc7 11. Bd3 $14 {WeiЯ hat besseres Figurenspiel und
die schwarze Bauernstruktur am Kцnigsflьgel ist schwach.}) 4. Nf3 Bb4 (4... d6
5. d4 Nbd7 6. Be2 $14 {Das ist eine Grundstellung der "Alt-Indischen
Verteidigung". WeiЯ besitzt ein starkes Bauernzentrum und ist daher leicht im
Vorteil.}) 5. Nxe5 O-O (5... Qe7 6. Nf3 Nxe4 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O $14) 6. Nd3 Bxc3
7. dxc3 Nxe4 {Die Stellung дhnelt jetzt der Russischen Verteidigung nach 1.e4
e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nxe5 0-0 5.Be2 Re8 6.Nd3 Bxc3 7.dxc3 Nxe4.} 8. Be2 (8.
Nf4 $5 {Dieser Zug ist zielstrebiger als die Partiefortsetzung.} Na6 9. Be3 d6
10. Qd4 Re8 11. Nh5 f6 12. f3 Ng5 13. Kf2 Qa5 14. Ng3 Nf7 15. Bd3 $14 Qe5 16.
Rhe1 Qxd4 17. Bxd4 Be6 18. b3 Nc7 19. Rad1 b6 20. Nh5 Ne5 21. Be2 c5 22. Be3 d5
{1/2-1/2 Kortschnoj,V-Malich,B/Kapfenberg 1970/EU-chT (27)}) 8... d6 (8... d5
9. cxd5 Qxd5 10. O-O Nd7 (10... Bf5 11. Be3 Qe6 12. Re1 Nd7 13. Bf1 Qd5 14. Nf4
Qxd1 15. Raxd1 Nef6 16. f3 Rfe8 17. g4 Be6 18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. c4 Nf8 20. Rd6 {
1-0 Tal,M-Mukhametov,E/Leningrad 1991/TD (54)}) 11. Be3 Ndf6 12. Nf4 Qa5 13.
Qc1 Re8 14. Re1 Bf5 15. f3 Ng5 16. Bd4 Qd8 17. Bc4 Qd6 18. Rd1 Qe7 19. b4 b5
20. Bb3 a5 21. Bc5 Qc7 22. a4 axb4 23. cxb4 bxa4 24. Rxa4 Rxa4 25. Bxa4 Ne6 {
1/2-1/2 Arkhipov,S-Hertneck,G/Kecskemet 1990/CBM 20/[Ribli] (42)}) 9. O-O Nd7
10. Re1 Qf6 11. f3 $14 {WeiЯ besitzt das Lдuferpaar und Ьbergewicht im Zentrum,
wдhrend der schwarze Bauer d6 eine dauerhafte Schwдche darstellt.} Nec5 12. Nf2
$1 {Dieser Zug ist viel stдrker als der Springertausch. Schwarz hat
Entwicklungsprobleme, seine Springer finden keine guten Felder.} (12. Nxc5 Nxc5
$14) 12... a5 {Schwarz sichert seinen Springer gegen eventuelles b2-b4 ab.} 13.
Be3 {[%cal Ge3d4,Gd4f6]} Re8 14. Qd2 {[%csl Rd6][%cal Ra1d1,Rd1d6]} a4 (14...
Ne5 15. Rad1 $16 {[%csl Rd6]}) (14... Nf8 15. Bf4 $16 {[%csl Rd6]}) 15. Rad1 {
[%csl Rd6]} (15. Bf4 Ne5) 15... Re6 {Nur mit diesem unnatьrlichen Zug kann
Schwarz seinen Bauern d6 verteidigen.} 16. f4 $16 {[%csl Rd6][%cal Ge2g4,Gg4c8]
} Nf8 17. f5 $16 {[%csl Rd6,Re6,Rf6][%cal Rf2g4] Nach diesem Zug gerдt Schwarz
in groЯe Schwierigkeiten.} (17. Bg4 {[%csl Rd6][%cal Rg4c8]} Ne4 18. Nxe4 Rxe4
19. Bxc8 (19. Bf3 Re6 20. Bd4 $14) 19... Rxc8 20. Qxd6 Qxd6 21. Rxd6 $16 Rce8
22. Kf2 Rxc4 23. Bd4 {[%csl Rc4]} Rxe1 24. Kxe1 {[%csl Rc4]} c5 25. b3 $18)
17... Rxe3 {Schwarz opfert die Qualitдt, um sich etwas zu befreien. Gute
Alternativen sind kaum zu finden.} (17... Re8 18. g4 $16 {[%csl Rd6]} (18. Bf3
$6 Bxf5 19. Qxd6 Qxd6 20. Rxd6 Nfd7 $11 (20... Re7 $11 {[%cal Ge7e1,Ga8e8]})))
18. Ng4 {[%cal Rg4e3,Rg4f6]} (18. Qxe3 Bxf5 19. Qd4 $16 {[%cal Rd1d6]}) 18...
Qh4 (18... Qxf5 19. Nxe3 Qg5 20. Bf3 $16 {[%csl Rd6]}) 19. Nxe3 Ne4 {[%cal
Re4d2,Rh4f2] [#]} 20. g3 $1 (20. Qc1 $16) 20... Nxg3 {Schwarz fischt im Trьben.
Er hat natьrlich keine Kompensation fьr das geopferte (verlorene) Material.} (
20... Qe7 21. Qc2 $16) (20... Nxd2 21. gxh4 Ne4 22. Bf3 Nf6 23. Rxd6 $18) 21.
hxg3 Qxg3+ 22. Ng2 $18 a3 (22... Bxf5 23. Qxd6 $18) 23. Qxd6 {[%cal Rd6g3]} (
23. b3 $18) 23... Qg5 (23... Qxd6 24. Rxd6 axb2 25. Rd8 Rxa2 26. Rxc8 Ra1 27.
Bd3 $18) 24. Qd8 Qxf5 25. b4 {WeiЯ steht auf Gewinn. Schwarz hat nur zwei
Bauern fьr den Turm.} Qc2 26. Bf3 (26. Qd2 $18) 26... Bg4 27. Qxa8 {Und
Schwarz hat schon zwei Tьrme weniger; er muЯ aufgeben. Eine sehr schlechte
Erцffnung von Volkov.} (27. Qxa8 Bxf3 28. Qxf8+ Kxf8 29. Rd8#) 1-0

[Event "Politiken zt"]
[Site "Munkebo"]
[Date "1998.09.12"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Rodgaard, John"]
[Black "Olafsson, Helgi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2320"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "1998.09.10"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 067"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 576]} 1. c4 e5 2. e3 {Meines Erachtens kann WeiЯ so nicht auf
Erцffnungsvorteil spielen, vermeidet allerdings die Hauptvarianten.Ribli.} Nf6
3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nge2 O-O 5. a3 Be7 {Schwarz hat zwar ein Tempo mit 3...Bb4 und 5.
..Be7 verloren, aber der weiЯe Springer steht auf e2 unglьcklich.} (5... Bxc3
6. Nxc3 d5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Qc2 c5 (8... Nc6 9. b4 (9. Bd3 Kh8 10. Nxd5 Qxd5 11.
O-O a5 12. Be4 Qd6 13. f4 exf4 14. Rxf4 Ne7 {1/2-1/2 Stankovic,D-Barlov,D/Bela
Crkva op 1983 (24)}) 9... Re8 10. Nxd5 Qxd5 11. Bb2 Bg4 12. f3 Be6 13. Bd3 h6
14. Be4 Qd7 15. O-O Bd5 16. Bf5 Be6 17. Bh7+ Kh8 18. Be4 Bd5 19. Bxd5 Qxd5 20.
f4 Rad8 21. Bc3 f6 22. a4 a5 23. bxa5 e4 24. Rab1 Ra8 25. Rb5 Qc4 26. Qb2 Qxa4
27. Bxf6 {1-0 Curtis,J-Tisadll,B/Canberra Doeberl-Cup 1996}) (8... Be6 9. Be2
Nxc3 10. bxc3 c5 11. c4 Nc6 12. O-O Qd7 13. Bb2 Rad8 14. Rad1 Rfe8 15. d3 Bg4
16. Rfe1 Bxe2 17. Qxe2 {1/2-1/2 Balashov,Y-Nikitin,A/Tomsk 1997/(17)}) 9. Bd3
Nxc3 10. dxc3 f5 11. O-O Be6 12. c4 Nc6 13. b3 a5 14. Rd1 Qg5 15. Bb2 Rae8 16.
Rd2 Bc8 17. Rad1 Re6 18. Bf1 Rh6 19. Rd5 f4 $13 {0-1 Franco,Z-Morozevich,A/
Pamplona 1995 (41)}) 6. d4 (6. Ng3 c6 (6... d5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Bc4 c6 9. Qc2
Be6 10. b3 Re8 11. Bb2 Bf8 12. Nce2 Nf6 13. Bxe6 Rxe6 14. O-O Nbd7 15. f4 exf4
16. Nxf4 {1-0 Conquest,S-Farago,I/Neuwiel 1993 (40)}) (6... Re8 7. Be2 c6 8.
O-O d5 9. d4 exd4 10. exd4 Na6 11. c5 Nc7 12. f4 b6 {1/2-1/2 Bischoff,
K-Huebner,R/Munich 1990 (12)}) 7. d4 exd4 8. exd4 d5 9. Be2 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Nbd7
11. O-O Nb6 12. Bb3 Nbd5 13. Re1 Be6 14. Bg5 Re8 15. Bc2 Qd7 16. Qf3 h6 17. Bd2
Nxc3 18. bxc3 Qd5 19. Qd3 {1/2-1/2 Bezold,M-Lukacs,P/Gyula 1997 (30)}) (6. b4
$5) 6... exd4 7. Qxd4 {Jetzt verliert WeiЯ ein Tempo, aber sonst kommt 7...d5
mit Ausgleich.} (7. Nxd4 d5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 $11) 7... Nc6 8. Qd1 (8. Qd2 $2 Na5 {
[%cal Ra5b3,Rb3a1,Rb3d2,Ra5c4]} 9. Nd4 c5 $19) 8... Ne5 {Schwarz befreit
seinen c-Bauern, denn er plant ...c7-c6 nebst ...d7-d5.} (8... Re8 9. Nf4 Bd6 (
9... Bf8 10. Be2 g6 11. b3 Bg7 12. Bb2 d6 13. O-O Ne4 14. Rc1 a5 15. Ba1 Nc5
16. Ncd5 Ne5 17. b4 Ncd7 18. Qb3 {1-0 Martinovic,S-Lukacs,P/Sarajevo 1981 (47)}
) 10. Be2 Bxf4 11. exf4 d5 12. cxd5 Ne7 13. d6 Qxd6 14. Qxd6 cxd6 15. Nb5 Rd8
16. Be3 Ned5 17. Rd1 a6 18. Nc3 Be6 19. Nxd5 Nxd5 20. Bd2 Rac8 21. Bf3 Nc7 22.
Ba5 Bc4 23. Kd2 Re8 24. Rhe1 Rxe1 25. Rxe1 Nd5 26. Rc1 {1-0 Bezold,M-Lindgren,
F/26th Rilton Cup, Stockholm 1997 (45)}) 9. Nf4 c6 10. b3 (10. Be2 d6 11. O-O
a6 12. b3 b5 13. cxb5 axb5 14. Qc2 (14. Bb2 Bf5 15. a4 bxa4 16. Nxa4 Qb8 17.
Bd4 c5 18. Nxc5 Rxa1 19. Qxa1 dxc5 20. Bxe5 Qxb3 21. g4 Be4 22. g5 Ra8 23. Qd1
Qxd1 24. Rxd1 Ne8 25. Rd7 Kf8 26. h4 Rd8 27. Rxd8 Bxd8 28. f3 Bc6 29. Kf2 h6
30. Nd3 {1/2-1/2 Franco,X-Guerra/Pontevedra 1992 (30)}) 14... b4 15. Na4 bxa3
16. Bxa3 Ba6 17. Rfd1 {1/2-1/2 Hauchard,A-Miralles,G/Meribel 1998 (17)}) 10...
a6 11. Nd3 $11 d6 (11... Nxd3+ 12. Bxd3 d5 $11 {Schwarz hat vollen Ausgleich.
Es gibt sogar einige Schwдchen in der weiЯen Stellung am Damenflьgel.}) 12. Be2
(12. e4 Be6 $11 (12... b5 $13) (12... Nxd3+ 13. Bxd3 Be6 $11 (13... d5 14. cxd5
cxd5 15. exd5))) 12... Bf5 {[%csl Ye4,Gf5] Schwarz verhindert sofortiges e3-e4
und stellt den Lдufer aktiv.} 13. O-O b5 {Die schwarze Stellung ist bequem.}
14. f3 Nfd7 (14... bxc4 $5 15. Nxe5 dxe5 16. Bxc4 {Zwar besitzt WeiЯ die
bessere Bauerstruktur, aber die schwarzen Figuren stehen aktiv.} Qb6 $36 (16...
e4 17. Qc2 {[%cal Gc2f5]})) 15. e4 Be6 16. Nf2 $5 {WeiЯ vermeidet den
Springertausch, um die Stellung zu verwickeln.} (16. Nf4 bxc4 17. Nxe6 fxe6 18.
bxc4 Nc5 $11 {[%csl Gc5,Ge5]}) 16... Bf6 (16... bxc4 $5 17. f4 cxb3 (17... Nd3
18. Bxd3 cxd3 19. f5) 18. fxe5 Nxe5 $13 {[%csl Gb3,Ge6][%cal Ge6b3] Schwar hat
drei Bauern fьr die Figur und sein Bauer b3 ist gefдhrlich.}) 17. Bd2 Ng6 (
17... bxc4 $5 18. f4 cxb3 19. fxe5 Bxe5 $13 {[%csl Gb3,Ge5,Ge6]}) 18. Rc1 (18.
cxb5 axb5 $15) 18... bxc4 19. f4 $13 {WeiЯ strebt nach Komplikationen.} (19.
bxc4 Nge5 $15 {[%csl Rc4]}) 19... cxb3 20. f5 {[%cal Rf5g6,Rf5e6]} Nc5 (20...
b2 $6 {Es ist noch zu frьh fьr diesen Zug.} 21. Rb1 {[%csl Rb2]}) 21. fxe6 fxe6
{[%csl Gb3,Gc5][%cal Gf6c3,Gd4g1] Schwarz hat drei Bauern fьr die Figur und
steht trotz des weiЯen Lдuferpaares stark. Der b3-Bauer ist stets gefдhrlich
und Schwarz ьbt eine spьrbare Kontrolle ьber die schwarzen Felder aus.} 22. Bc4
Bd4 {[%csl Gd4,Rf2][%cal Gd4g1]} (22... b2 $5 23. Rb1 Ne5 24. Ba2 (24. Bb3 Rb8
(24... Qb6 25. Rxb2) 25. Rxb2 Nc4 $17 {[%cal Rc4b2,Gb8b2]}) 24... Rb8 $13) 23.
Be1 b2 24. Rb1 Qf6 $15 {[%csl Gd4,Gf6][%cal Rf6c3] Schwarz hat das bessere
Figurenspiel.} 25. Ne2 Be5 {[%csl Ge5]} 26. Ng3 d5 (26... Bxg3 27. hxg3 Qe5 {
[%csl Ge5][%cal Re5g3]} 28. Bb4 (28. Qc2 Qxg3 $40 {[%csl Rg1][%cal Gg6f4,Gg6h4]
}) 28... Nxe4 29. Nxe4 Qxe4 $15 {[%cal Re4c4]}) 27. exd5 (27. Ng4 Qg5) 27...
exd5 (27... cxd5 28. Ng4 Qg5 29. Nxe5 Nxe5 30. Bxd5 {Zugumstellung}) 28. Ng4
Qg5 (28... Qe6 $5 29. Bb4 (29. Nxe5 Nxe5) 29... Bxg3 30. Rxf8+ Nxf8 31. hxg3
dxc4 32. Bxc5 c3 {[%csl Gb2,Gc3]}) 29. Nxe5 Nxe5 (29... Qxe5 30. Ba2 Rxf1+ 31.
Nxf1 Nf4 $15 {[%csl Gc5,Ge5,Gf4]}) 30. Bxd5+ $1 {WeiЯ gibt die Figur zurьck
und erreicht nach Vereinfachugen eine ausgeglichene Stellung.} cxd5 31. Qxd5+ {
[%csl Gd5]} Nf7 (31... Kh8 $5 32. Bd2 (32. Rxf8+ Rxf8 33. Qxc5 Nf3+ $19 {
[%cal Rg5c5,Rf3g1]}) 32... Qg6 33. Rxb2 $11 (33. Qxc5 Rxf1+ 34. Rxf1 b1=Q $19))
32. Qxg5 Nxg5 33. Rxf8+ Rxf8 34. Bb4 (34. Rxb2 Nd3 35. Re2 Nxe1 36. Rxe1 $11)
34... Rc8 35. Bxc5 (35. Nf5 {[%cal Rf5e7,Re7g8,Re7c8]} Rc7 (35... Kf7 36. Nd6+
{[%cal Rd6f7,Rd6c8]})) 35... Rxc5 36. Rxb2 $11 {Die Stellung ist einfach und
das Material reduziert. Alles andere als ein Remis wдre eine groЯe
Ьberraschung.} h6 (36... Rc3 37. Rb8+ Kf7 38. Rb7+ $11) (36... Ra5 37. Rb3 $11)
37. Rb6 a5 (37... Ra5 38. Rb3 $11) 38. Ra6 Re5 39. Kf2 Ne6 (39... Kf7) 40. Ne2
Nc5 41. Ra7 (41. Rxa5 Nd3+) 41... Nd3+ 42. Kf1 Rf5+ 43. Kg1 Rc5 44. g3 (44. h3)
44... Ne5 45. h3 (45. Nd4 $5 {[%cal Rd4e6] Jetzt droht 46.Rxg7 nebst 47.Ne6+.})
45... Nc4 46. a4 (46. Nd4 Nxa3 47. Rxg7+ Kxg7 48. Ne6+ Kf6 49. Nxc5 Ke5 $15 {
Der entfernte Freibauer bietet dem Schwarzen die besseren Aussichten.}) 46...
Nb6 {[%cal Rb6a4]} 47. Nd4 Nxa4 48. Ne6 (48. Nb3 $2 Rc3 $15 {[%cal Rc3h3,Rc3b3]
}) 48... Re5 (48... Rc1+ 49. Kg2 {[%csl Ra5,Rg7][%cal Ra7g7]}) 49. Rxg7+ Kh8
50. Rg6 (50. Re7 {Droht 51.Re8 Kh7 52.Nf8+.} Kg8 51. Rg7+) 50... h5 (50... Kh7
51. Nf8+ Kh8 52. Rxh6+ Kg7 53. Nd7 (53. Rh4 Nb6 54. Nh7 a4 {[%csl Ga4]}) 53...
Rg5 $11) 51. Nf4 Kh7 52. Ra6 {[%csl Ga6,Gf4] Der schwarze Freibauer ist ohne
Bedeutung.} Nc3 53. Ra7+ Kh6 54. Ra6+ Kg7 (54... Kg5 55. Kf2 $11) 55. Ra7+ Kf6
56. Ra6+ Kf7 (56... Kf5 57. Nxh5 Ke4 {[%csl Ge4]}) 57. Ra7+ Ke8 58. Kg2 {
Und in dieser gleichen Stellung wurde Remis vereinbart.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FRA-ch"]
[Site "Meribel"]
[Date "1998.08.25"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Hauchard, Arnaud"]
[Black "Kouatly, Bachar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1998.08.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 067"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 64]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 e4 $6 {Dieser Zug gefдllt mir nicht.
Meines Erachtens hat Schwarz keinen positionellen Grund fьr das Gambitspiel.
Ribli.} 4. Ng5 b5 5. d3 $1 {Dieser ruhige Zug bereitet dem Schwarzen
Erцffnungsprobleme.} (5. Nxb5 c6 6. Nc3 d5 $44) (5. cxb5 d5 $44) 5... bxc4 (
5... exd3 6. cxb5 h6 (6... dxe2 7. Bxe2 Bb7 8. O-O a6 9. bxa6 Bxa6 10. Re1 Be7
11. Nd5 Bxe2 12. Nxe7 Kxe7 13. Qb3 $16 {[%csl Re7] Und der schwarze Koenig
steht schlecht in der Mitte. Horvath,Jo - Sjoeberg,M.Gdynia,1984.}) 7. Nf3 dxe2
8. Bxe2 Bc5 9. O-O $14 {WeiЯ hat eine bequeme Stellung. Der Bauer b5 drьckt
auf den Damenflьgel.}) 6. dxe4 Bb7 (6... Nc6 7. e3 Bb4 (7... h6 8. Nf3 (8. Nh3
Bb4 9. Bd2 O-O 10. Bxc4 Bxc3 11. Bxc3 Nxe4 12. Qc2 Nxc3 13. Qxc3 a5 14. O-O Ba6
15. Bxa6 Rxa6 16. Rad1 d6 17. Nf4 Ne5 18. e4 Rc6 19. Qe3 {1-0 Melson,G-Stephan,
E/corr 1987 (31)}) 8... Bb4 9. Bxc4 Nxe4 10. Bxf7+ Kf8 11. Qc2 Qf6 12. Qxe4
Bxc3+ 13. bxc3 Qxc3+ 14. Nd2 Ba6 15. Bb2 Qxb2 16. Rb1 Qf6 17. Bc4 Re8 18. Qd3
Bxc4 19. Qxc4 Qd6 20. Nf3 Ne5 21. Nxe5 Qxe5 22. O-O {1-0 Rendboe,J-Brautsch,S/
Aarhus 1987 (31)}) 8. Bxc4 O-O 9. Bd2 (9. O-O h6 10. f4 hxg5 11. fxg5 Nh7 12.
g6 Ng5 13. gxf7+ Nxf7 14. Qh5 d5 15. Bxd5 Qe8 16. Rf4 Be7 17. Bd2 Rb8 18. Raf1
$44 {1-0 Jussupow,A-Raetenis,G/Vilnius 1978 (51)}) 9... h6 10. Nf3 Bxc3 11.
Bxc3 Nxe4 12. Qd3 $5 (12. Rc1 Rb8 13. b3 Nxc3 14. Rxc3 {Bagirov,V-Nei,I/USSR
1980} Qf6 15. Qd2 Ne5 16. Nxe5 Qxe5 17. O-O) 12... Nxc3 13. Qxc3 d5 14. Bb3 Ne7
15. O-O c6 16. Rac1 Ba6 17. Rfe1 Qb6 18. Ne5 Rfc8 19. e4 $1 Bb7 20. Qf3 f6 21.
Nd7 Qd8 22. Nc5 $16 {Voth,J-Williams,W/Corr 1990}) (6... h6 7. Nxf7 $1 Kxf7 8.
e5 c6 (8... d5 9. exf6 Be6 10. e3 Nc6 11. fxg7 Bxg7 12. Bxc4 dxc4 13. Qf3+ Bf6
14. Qxc6 Qd3 15. Qxc7+ Ke8 16. Bd2 Rd8 17. O-O-O Rd7 18. Qc6 Ke7 19. Nb5 {
1-0 Horvath,G-Biro,S/Balatonbereny 1994 (19)}) 9. exf6 Qxf6 10. e4 d5 11. exd5
Bc5 12. Be3 Re8 13. Be2 $6 (13. Qh5+ Kf8 14. Bxc4 Bxe3 15. fxe3 Rxe3+ 16. Be2
Re5 17. Rf1 Qxf1+ (17... Rf5 18. Rxf5 Bxf5 19. O-O-O) 18. Kxf1 Rxh5 19. Bxh5
cxd5 20. Nxd5 $18) 13... Bxe3 14. fxe3 Kg8 15. Qd2 Nd7 16. O-O-O {1-0 Psakhis,
L-Sermek,D/Groningen 1995 (50)}) 7. e5 h6 (7... Ng4 8. Qd4 Nh6 9. e4 Nc6 10.
Qxc4 g6 11. Nf3 Qe7 12. Nd5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Qxe5 14. Nxc7+ Kd8 15. Nxa8 Bxa8 16.
Bd2 Ng4 17. Be2 d5 18. Ba5+ {1-0 Janssen,R-Punteri,M/Tallin 1997 (18)}) 8. Nxf7
$1 {Das ist fьr die Englische Erцffnung kurios. WeiЯ beginnt schon im 8. Zug
mit konkreten Aktionen gegen den schwarzen Kцnig.} Kxf7 9. exf6 Qxf6 (9... gxf6
10. e4) 10. e4 {[%csl Rc4][%cal Rf1c4]} Qe6 11. Be2 {WeiЯ kann in Ruhe die
Entwicklung beenden. Die Probleme des Schwarzen mit seinem Kцnig bleiben.} Bb4
(11... Bc5 12. O-O) 12. O-O Bxc3 13. bxc3 {WeiЯ besitzt das Lдuferpaar,
wдhrend der schwarze Kцnig keine Ruhe findet, hat er gute Angriffschancen.}
Bxe4 $2 {Schwarz hat eine sehr schwierige Stellung, so daЯ er mindestens
Material gewinnen mцchte. In Wirklichkeit beschleunigt dieser Zug aber den
weiЯen Angriff.} (13... Re8 14. f3 {[%cal Ga1b1,Gb1b7]} (14. Bg4 Qf6 15. Bxd7
Rxe4 16. Rb1)) 14. Re1 $16 {[%cal Ge1e6]} Kg8 (14... Re8 15. Bh5+ g6 16. Bg4
Qe5 17. f3 Bc2 18. Rxe5 Bxd1 19. Rxe8 Kxe8 20. Bxh6 Ba4 (20... Bc2 21. Re1+ Kf7
22. Bf4 d6 23. Be6+ {[%cal Re6f7,Re6c4]}) 21. Re1+ Kf7 22. Re4 Bb5 23. Rf4+ Kg8
24. Rf8+ Kh7 25. Bf4 Bc6 26. Be5 Na6 27. Rxa8 Bxa8 28. Bxd7 $16) 15. Bg4 {
[%csl Re4][%cal Ge1e6]} (15. Qd4 $6 Nc6 16. Bxc4 Nxd4 17. Bxe6+ Nxe6 18. Rxe4
$11) 15... Qg6 {[#]} 16. Rxe4 $1 Qxe4 17. Bf3 {[%cal Rf3a8]} Qd3 18. Qxd3 cxd3
19. Bxa8 {Schwarz hat keinerlei Kompensation fьr die Minusfigur.} c6 20. Be3 {
[%cal Re3a7]} Kf7 21. Rd1 Ke6 (21... Na6 22. Bb7 {Dank 20.Be3 kann Schwarz
nicht 23...Nc5 spielen.}) 22. Bxa7 Kd5 {Auch die Aktivierung seines Kцnigs
hilft dem Schwarzen nicht.} 23. Rxd3+ $18 Kc4 24. Rd6 Re8 (24... Na6 25. Bb7
$18) 25. g3 Kxc3 26. Bb7 Re1+ 27. Kg2 Rb1 28. Bc8 {Und Schwarz gab die
verlorene Stellung auf.} 1-0

[Event "San Francisco"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Polgar, Zsuzsa"]
[Black "Torre, Eugenio"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1991.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 Bb4 4. Bg2 (4. Nf3 $5) 4... O-O 5. Nf3 Re8 6. O-O c6
7. d3 (7. Qb3 Bf8 $6 8. e4 d6 9. d4 Nfd7 $2 (9... Nbd7) 10. Rd1 $14 {
Szabo-Kuprejanov Zagreb 1964}) (7. d4 e4 8. Ne1 h6 9. Qc2 d5 10. a3 Bf8 11. b4
Bf5 $13 {Kron,V-Umansky,M URS-sf Russia-ch Gorky 1989 CBM/16}) 7... h6 8. Ne4
$2 (8. Bd2 $5) 8... Nxe4 9. dxe4 a5 10. b3 d6 11. Bb2 Be6 12. Nh4 Bc5 13. a3
Nd7 14. e3 Nf6 15. Qd3 Qb8 $1 {/\ b5} 16. a4 Qc7 17. h3 Nd7 18. Kh2 Bb4 19. Nf5
Nc5 $15 20. Qd1 (20. Qxd6 Qxd6 21. Nxd6 Red8 $17 {/\ Nxb3}) 20... Rad8 21. g4
b5 22. Rc1 f6 23. f4 Rd7 24. Ng3 Qb6 25. Qc2 Rb8 26. Rf2 $2 exf4 $1 $17 27.
Rxf4 (27. exf4 Nxb3 $1) 27... bxc4 28. bxc4 Bd2 $1 29. Rb1 Bxe3 30. Rff1 Qb3
31. Bd4 Qxc2 32. Rxb8+ Kh7 33. Bxe3 Bxc4 34. Rf2 Qc3 35. Nf5 Nd3 36. Bd4 Qc1
37. Rf1 Qd2 38. Ba1 d5 39. Nxg7 Rxg7 40. Bxf6 Nf4 41. Rb2 Qxb2 42. Bxb2 Bxf1
0-1

[Event "Rimavska Sobota"]
[Site "Rimavska Sobota"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Csom, Istvan"]
[Black "Molnar, Vojtech"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2300"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1991.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "CSR"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nc3 Nb6 6. a3 Be7 {-> A 22 -> A 29
} (6... Bd6 $5 7. Nf3 O-O 8. O-O Re8 9. d3 Nc6 10. b4 a5 $13 {Vaganian,R-Kozul,
Z Bled/Rogaska Slatina 1991 CBM/24}) 7. b4 O-O 8. Nf3 f6 (8... Nc6 9. b5 Nd4
10. O-O Nxf3+ 11. Bxf3 a6 12. bxa6 Rxa6 13. d3 c6 14. Bb2 Be6 $13 {Uhlmann,
W-Degenhardt,H Frankfurt 1990 CBM/20}) 9. O-O Nc6 10. Bb2 Kh8 11. d3 Be6 12.
Ne4 Qd7 13. Rc1 $14 a6 14. Re1 Rad8 15. Qc2 Bh3 16. Bh1 Qg4 17. Nc5 Bxc5 18.
Qxc5 Rfe8 19. Qc2 h5 20. Nd2 h4 21. Nc4 Qg5 22. Qd2 Qh5 23. Nxb6 cxb6 24. Rc4
Nd4 25. Bxd4 exd4 26. Qf4 hxg3 27. hxg3 Qg4 28. Bxb7 Qxf4 29. gxf4 Bg4 30. Kf1
Bh3+ 31. Bg2 Bxg2+ 32. Kxg2 Rd6 33. Kf3 Kg8 34. Rec1 f5 35. Rc7 Rde6 36. R1c2
Rd6 37. Ra7 b5 38. Rcc7 Rg6 39. Rd7 Rc8 40. Rxd4 Rc3 41. Rd5 Rxa3 42. Rxf5 Rb6
43. Rg5 Ra4 44. Rgxg7+ Kf8 45. Rgf7+ Kg8 46. f5 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0001"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2001.03.11"]
[Round "11.4"]
[White "Huebner, Robert"]
[Black "Lipinsky, Fabian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2362"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2000.10.14"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 082"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Solingen"]
[BlackTeam "Koenig Tegel"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. c4 c6 2. e4 {Auf diese Weise kann WeiЯ die heutzutage sehr beliebte
Slawische Verteidigung umgehen.} e5 (2... d5 {Meiner Meinung nach bietet
dieser Zug - mit Ьbergang zur Caro-Kann Verteidigung - Schwarz die besten
Chancen.}) 3. Nf3 Nf6 (3... d6 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. Be2 $14 {Das ist eine
Grundstellung der Altindischen Verteidigung, in der WeiЯ - dank seines
Raumvorteils - die etwas besseren Chancen hat.}) 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Nxe5 {Ich
mцchte anmerken, dass wir ohne die Zьge c2-c4 und c7-c6 eine Stellung der
Russischen Vereidigung (!) oder des Dreispringerspiels (nach 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6
3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nxe5) vor uns hдtten. Dort wie in unserer Partie bekommt WeiЯ
Positionsvorteil, weil er sich das Lдuferpaar verschaffen kann.} Qe7 (5... O-O
6. Be2 Re8 7. Nd3 Bxc3 8. dxc3 Nxe4 9. O-O d5 10. cxd5 Qxd5 11. Be3 Nd7 12. Nf4
$14 {Gheorghiu,F-Mednis,E/Riga izt/1979/INF28,36/}) 6. Nd3 {Dieser Springerzug
ist gut, aber das natьrliche 6.Nf3 scheint mir noch besser.} (6. Nf3 Nxe4 7.
Be2 O-O 8. O-O f5 (8... Nf6 9. a3 Ba5 10. b4 Bc7 11. Re1 $16) 9. Qc2 d6 10. d3
Nf6 11. a3 Ba5 12. Re1 Qf7 13. Bf4 Rd8 14. b4 Bc7 15. Ng5 Qd7 16. Bf3 $14 {
0-1 Ribli,Z-Varga,Z/Pula 1999/EXT 2000 (35)}) 6... Nxe4 7. Qe2 (7. Be2 Ba5 8.
O-O O-O 9. Re1 d6 10. Bf3 Nxc3 11. dxc3 Qf6 12. Be4 Bb6 13. Qh5 g6 14. Bg5 Qe6
15. Qh6 Bd8 16. Bxd8 Rxd8 17. Nf4 Qf6 18. Nh5 Qh8 19. Qg5 $44 {1-0 Zaichik,
G-Izeta Txabarri,F/Euskadi 1991/EXT 97 (33)}) 7... Nxc3 8. dxc3 Qxe2+ (8... Ba5
9. Bf4 $16) (8... Bd6 9. c5 Bc7 10. Bg5 $14) 9. Bxe2 Be7 10. Bf4 (10. Be3 $6 d6
11. O-O-O Nd7 12. Bg4 O-O 13. Rhe1 Re8 14. Kc2 Kf8 $11 15. b3 a6 16. a4 Nf6 17.
Bxc8 Raxc8 18. a5 Bd8 {0-1 Kovacevic,V-Romanishin,O/Amsterdam 1973/MCD (54)})
10... d6 11. O-O-O O-O (11... Be6 12. Nb4 a5 13. Nc2 Na6 14. Bxd6 Bxd6 15. Rxd6
Rd8 16. Rd4 c5 17. Rxd8+ Kxd8 18. Ne3 $16 {Ribli. 1-0 Votava,J-Meduna,E/Lazne
Bohdanec 1995/CBM 45/[Ribli] (71)}) 12. Nb4 $14 {WeiЯ hat leichtes Ьbergewicht
- der schwarze Pd6 ist schwach, und WeiЯ besitzt Entwicklungsvorsprung.} Rd8 (
12... d5 13. cxd5 (13. Nc2 dxc4 (13... Be6 14. Nd4 $14) 14. Bxc4 $14) 13...
Bxb4 14. cxb4 cxd5 15. Bf3 $16 (15. Rxd5 Be6 16. Rb5 b6 {[%csl Rb5]} 17. Bf3
Nc6 18. Kb1 Rac8 19. Rd1 $14)) 13. Rd2 {[%csl Rd6][%cal Rh1d1,Rd1d6] WeiЯ
verfolgt eine einfache Strategie - er attackiert den Pd6.} g5 (13... d5 $6 14.
Rhd1 (14. Nc2 $14) 14... Bxb4 15. cxb4 $16) 14. Bg3 f5 15. f4 (15. h4 $5 $14)
15... Nd7 $1 {[%csl Ye4][%cal Gd7f6,Gf6e4][%mdl 256] Der Springer strebt nach
e4. WeiЯ kann nun nicht auf g5 schlagen, weil 16...Bxg5 mit Materialverlust
folgen wьrde..} 16. Rf1 {WeiЯ mцchte durch 17.fxg5 Bxg5 18.Bf4 positionellen
Vorteil erreichen.} (16. Re1 $1 Nc5 17. Bf3 $14) 16... Nf6 17. fxg5 $6 (17. Bd3
$5 Ne4 (17... g4 18. Re1 Bf8 19. h3 $16) 18. Re2 d5 19. Nc2 $14 (19. fxg5 Nxg3
20. hxg3 Bxg5+ 21. Kb1 (21. Kc2 $2 a5 {[%csl Rb4]}) 21... dxc4 22. Bxc4+ Kg7
$11)) 17... Ne4 $132 18. Rd3 Be6 $1 (18... Bxg5+ 19. Bf4 $14) 19. Bf4 (19. b3
a5 20. Nc2 a4 $132) 19... Bxc4 20. Re3 Be6 (20... Bxe2 21. Rxe2 d5 22. Nc2 $14
{[%cal Gc2d4,Gd4f5,Gc2e3,Ge3f5]}) 21. h4 c5 $13 {[%csl Ge4] Die weiЯen Bauern
am Kцnigsflьgel sind stark, aber der schwarze Ne4 steht ausgezeichnet. Zudem
verfьgt Schwarz ьber eine starke Bauernmasse im Zentrum.} 22. Nc2 d5 {[%csl
Gc5,Gd5]} 23. Be5 {[%csl Ge5]} Bd6 (23... d4 $5 24. cxd4 cxd4 (24... Rac8 25.
d5 Rxd5 (25... Bxd5 26. Rxf5 $16) 26. Bc4 Rxe5 27. Rxf5 $1 $18) 25. Bxd4 (25.
Nxd4 Rac8+ 26. Nc2 (26. Kb1 Nd2+ $19 {[%cal Rd2b1,Rd2f1]}) 26... Bc5 $17) 25...
Rac8 $44 {[%csl Rc1]}) 24. Bxd6 (24. Bf6 Rf8 $13) 24... Rxd6 25. Ref3 (25. Rd1
Rad8 $13) 25... d4 26. c4 (26. cxd4 cxd4 27. Bd3 Rc8 {[%cal Gc8c1]} 28. Kd1
Bxa2 29. Rxf5 Nc5 $17 (29... Ng3 30. Rf6 $13)) 26... b5 $1 27. Na3 (27. cxb5 c4
$44 {[%csl Gc4,Gd4]}) 27... b4 (27... a6 28. cxb5 axb5 29. Nxb5 Rd7 30. a3 c4
$44) 28. Nb1 (28. Nc2 {[%cal Gc2e1,Ge1d3]}) 28... Ra6 29. a3 (29. Bd3 Nd6 $15 (
29... Rxa2 30. g4 Nd6 31. gxf5 Bxc4 $13)) 29... Rb8 $15 {Schwarz entwickelt
spьrbar positionellen Druck am Damenflьgel.} 30. Rb3 Rab6 31. Rf4 (31. axb4
cxb4 (31... Rxb4 32. Rxb4 Rxb4 33. Na3 Ng3 34. Re1 Nxe2+ 35. Rxe2 Bxc4 36. Re5
$132) 32. Nd2 Nc5 $15 {[%csl Gc5]}) 31... bxa3 $6 (31... a5 $5 $15) 32. Rxb6
Rxb6 33. Nxa3 Rb3 34. Rf3 $11 Re3 (34... Rxf3 $6 35. gxf3 $14) (34... Rb4) 35.
Kd1 (35. Rxe3 dxe3 36. Kc2 f4 $15) 35... Ng3 36. Bd3 f4 (36... Bd7 {[%cal
Gd7c6,Gc6g2]} 37. Kd2 Rxf3 38. gxf3 Bc6 39. f4 $11) 37. Kd2 Nh5 $6 (37... Rxf3
38. gxf3 Bd7 39. Nb5 Bc6 (39... Bxb5 40. cxb5) 40. Nc7 Bxf3 41. Ne6 $14) 38.
Nb5 $14 {[%csl Gb5][%cal Gb5d6,Gb5c7] Schwarz kann seine Stellung am
Kцnigsflьgel nicht verbessern, der weiЯe Springer hingegen findet am
Damenflьgel zurьck ins Spiel.} Bg4 39. Rf2 Re7 (39... a5) 40. Nd6 Re5 41. Rf1
$16 {[%cal Rf1a1,Ra1a7]} (41. Ne4) 41... Ng3 {Schwarz opfert einen Bauern fьr
Aktivitдt, bekommt dafьr aber keine ausreichende Kompensation.} 42. Rxf4 Be2
43. Nf7 Re7 44. Nh6+ Kg7 (44... Kh8 $2 45. Rf8+ Kg7 46. Rg8#) 45. Nf5+ {
Mit diesem Abtausch der Leichtfiguren wickelt WeiЯ in ein ьberlegenes Endspiel
ab.} Nxf5 46. Rxf5 Bxd3 47. Kxd3 {[%mdl 4096]} Re3+ 48. Kd2 Re4 (48... Rg3 49.
Rxc5 Rxg2+ 50. Kd3 Rxb2 51. Rc7+ Kg6 52. Rxa7 $18) (48... Rb3 49. Kc2 Rg3 50.
Rxc5 Rxg2+ 51. Kd3 $18) 49. h5 $18 {WeiЯ hat in diesem Turmendspiel einen
Bauern mehr. Zudem kann Schwarz den Pc5 nicht halten, dadurch wird auch der
Pd4 noch schwach.} Rh4 (49... Rg4 50. Rxc5 Rxg2+ 51. Kd3 Rxb2 52. Rc7+ $18) 50.
h6+ Kg6 51. Rxc5 Rg4 52. b4 Rxg2+ 53. Kd3 Rg4 54. b5 1-0

[Event "Asker 75th"]
[Site "Asker"]
[Date "1997.11.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gausel, Einar"]
[Black "Sahl, Bjarke"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1997.11.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 062"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 {Petursson} e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 d6 {Nach meiner Meinung bietet diese
genьgsame Fortsetzung dem Schwarzen keinen vollen Ausgleich. Ribli.} 4. g3 (4.
d4 e4 (4... Nbd7 5. e4 {Das ist eine Grundstellung der Altindischen
Verteidigung. Weiss hat eine freie Stellung. Ribli.}) 5. Ng5 Bf5 6. g4 Bxg4 7.
Bg2 $14) 4... c6 5. Bg2 Be7 (5... Nbd7 6. O-O Be7 7. b4 O-O 8. b5 cxb5 9. Nxb5
Nb6 10. d3 Bd7 11. Qb3 Bc6 12. Be3 Nc8 13. Rfd1 {1-0 Loeffler,S-Pichler,J/
BL8889 1989 (37)}) 6. O-O Be6 7. d3 (7. b3 h6 (7... O-O 8. d4 $14 exd4 (8... e4
9. Ng5) 9. Nxd4) (7... Qa5) 8. Bb2 O-O (8... Nbd7 9. d4) 9. c5 Qc7 (9... Nbd7
$5) 10. cxd6 Bxd6 11. Rc1 Qd7 12. d4 e4 13. Ne5 Bxe5 14. dxe5 Qxd1 15. Rfxd1
Nd5 16. Bxe4 Ne7 17. Ba3 {1-0 Zuelle,B-Bleisch,B/Bern op 1996}) 7... h6 {
Dieser Zug ist gegen Ng5 gerichtet und stabilisiert den Lдufer auf e6. Ribli.}
8. b4 $14 {Weiss hat Initiative am Damenflьgel, die vom Lдufer auf g2
unterstьtzt wird. Ribli.} (8. b3 O-O 9. Bb2 Qc8 10. e4 Bh3 11. Re1 {1/2-1/2
Gorbatow,A-Saltaev,M/Moscow Petrosian 1995/CBM 46}) 8... a6 (8... O-O 9. Rb1
Nbd7 10. b5 d5 $5 (10... Qc7 11. a4 Rfd8 12. Ba3 a6 13. Qb3 Nf8 14. bxc6 bxc6
15. Qb7 Ra7 16. Qxc7 Rxc7 17. Rb6 Bc8 18. c5 {1-0 Honos,A-Mozes,E/HUN-chT 1994/
TD 94\03 (42)}) 11. bxc6 bxc6 12. Nd2 Nb6 13. Nf3 Nfd7 14. cxd5 cxd5 15. d4 e4
{1/2-1/2 Krutti,V-Kadas,G/Hajduboszormeny Knockout 1995 (37)}) 9. Bb2 Nbd7 10.
e4 {Mit diesem Zug verhindert WeiЯ den spдter mцglichen Befreiungszug ...d6-d5,
sperrt aber gleichzeitig seinen Bg2 aus. Ribli.} (10. Nd2 d5 $5 $11) 10... O-O
11. a4 (11. Qe2 {Weiss bereitet 12.d3-d4 vor, wonach seine Stellung wegen des
Raumvorteils vorteilhaft wдre. Ribli.} b5 $11) 11... a5 $11 {Auf diese Weise
klдrt Schwarz die Situation am Damenflьgel und bekommt das Feld c5 fьr seinen
Springer. Ribli.} 12. b5 Nc5 {[%csl Gc5]} 13. h3 Qd7 14. Kh2 Bd8 {[%cal Gd8b6]
Der Lдufer strebt nach b6, um eine wichtige Diagonale zu kontrollieren. Ribli.}
15. Qe2 {WeiЯ muЯ den c4-Bauern mit der Dame decken, um sich die Mцglichkeit
d3-d4 offenzuhalten. Ribli.} Qc8 16. d4 Nb3 17. Rad1 cxb5 18. d5 (18. d5 Bd7
19. cxb5 Bb6 $11 {[%csl Gb6]}) (18. cxb5 $2 Bc4 $17 {[%cal Rc4f1]}) 18... Bd7
19. Nxb5 {Nach dem Textzug haben wir eine positionell komplitzierte Stellung.
Weiss hat Raumvorteil und eine starke Springerstellung auf b5, wдhrend Schwarz
Herr ьber die schwarzen Felder ist. Ribli.} (19. axb5 Bb6 $15 {[%cal Ga5a1]
Schwarz hat einen potentiell sehr starken Freibauern in der a-Linie und starke
Kontrolle ьber die schwarzen Felder. Ribli.}) 19... Ne8 20. Nh4 $13 {WeiЯ hat
keine Angst vor den Doppelbauern nach 20...Bxh4 21.gxh4, er mцchte das Spiel
mit 21.f2-f4 цffnen. Ribli.} Nc5 {[%csl Ra4,Gc5]} 21. Ra1 {Auf ersten Blick es
wдre logischer, den Bauern mit 21.Qc2 zu decken, aber, wie in der Partie folgt,
kann der weiЯe Turm nach der Partiefortsetzung auf der dritten Reihe ins Spiel
kommen. Ribli.} Bxh4 (21... g5 $5 {Es scheint riskant, aber wie kann WeiЯ das
ausnutzen? Ribli.} 22. Nf3 (22. Nf5 Bxf5 23. exf5 Qxf5 $15) 22... f5 $13) 22.
gxh4 Bxb5 23. cxb5 {Weiss verfьgt ьber das Lдuferpaar und etwas Raumvorteil,
aber die Stellung ist geschlossen und Schwarz hat einen guten Vorposten fьr
den Springer auf c5.  Die Doppelbauern auf h3 und h4 sind nicht schwach und
Weiss hat zwei halboffene Linien am Kцnigsflьgel. Er mцchte das Spiel mit 22.
f4 цffnen. Ribli.} Nf6 {[%cal Gf6d7] Schwarz mцchte die Aufstellung des Ne8
verbessern. Der Springer zielt nach d7. Ribli.} (23... f5 24. f4 $36) 24. f4 {
[%csl Gb2,Gf1]} Nfd7 25. Ra3 $1 $14 {[%cal Ga3g3]} f6 26. Bf3 {[%cal Gf3g4,
Gg4c8]} exf4 27. Bg4 Qe8 28. Rxf4 Ne5 {[%csl Gc5,Ge5] Schwarz hat zwar zwei
sehr gut postierte Springer, aber Weiss die Initiative am Kцnigsflьgel. Ribli.}
29. h5 b6 30. Bf5 Ra7 31. Rf2 Rff7 {[%cal Gg8f8,Gf8e7] Schwarz verteidigt
seine potentielle Schwдche auf g7,und bereitet den mцglichen Kцnigsmarsch vor.
Ribli.} 32. Rg2 {[%cal Gg2g8]} Kf8 33. Bd4 Qb8 34. Qd1 {[%cal Gd1a4,Ga3g3]
WeiЯ verteidigt die Schwдche auf a4 und befreit den Turm. Die weiЯe Batterie
drьckt stark in der g-Linie. Ribli.} Ke7 35. Rag3 {[%csl Gg2,Gg3][%cal Rg2g7]}
Kd8 36. Be3 {[%cal Ge3h6] Die weiЯe Drohung ist 36.Bxh6 gxh6 37.Rg8 mit
Damengewinn. Ribli.} Qc7 37. Be6 $16 {Dieser weiЯe Lдufer ist sehr gefдhrlich
fьr Schwarz. Den Lдufer zu nehmen oder stehenzulassen, Beides hat seine
Nachteile. Ribli.} Re7 (37... Nxe6 38. dxe6 Re7 39. Bxh6 gxh6 40. Rg8+ Re8 41.
Rxe8+ Kxe8 42. Rg8+ Ke7 43. Rg7+ $18) (37... Nxe4 {Petursson} 38. Bxf7 Nxg3 39.
Rxg3 Nxf7 40. Rxg7 $18) {[#]} 38. Bxh6 $1 Nxe4 $6 (38... Nxe6 39. dxe6 gxh6 (
39... Rxe6 {Petursson} 40. Rxg7 $18) 40. Rg8+ $18) (38... gxh6 $5 39. Rg8+ Re8
40. Rxe8+ Kxe8 41. Rg8+ Ke7 42. Rg7+ Kf8 (42... Kd8 {Petursson} 43. Rxc7 $18
Rxc7 44. Bf5 Rg7 45. Bg6 Nxg6 46. hxg6 Rxg6 47. Qh5 Rg5 48. Qxh6 Nxe4 49. Qh8+
Ke7 50. Qh7+ Kd8 51. Qxe4 $18) 43. Rxc7 Rxc7 {Weiss hat groЯen Materialvorteil,
aber die schwarze Stellung ist geschlossen und beide Springer stehen
ausgezeichnet. Schwarz kann eine Festung auf den schwarzen Feldern aufbauen
und es ist nicht klar, wie WeiЯ seinen Lдufer einsetzt. Ribli.}) 39. Rxg7 Qc3
$6 (39... Rxg7 40. Rxg7 Qxg7 41. Bxg7 Rxg7 42. h6 $16) 40. Rg8+ $18 Re8 (40...
Kc7 41. Rc8+ Kb7 42. Rxc3 $18) 41. Rxe8+ Kxe8 42. Rg8+ {WeiЯ hat
durchschlagenden Mattangriff. Ribli.} Ke7 43. Bf8+ Kd8 44. Bxd6# 1-0

[Event "SUI-ch"]
[Site "Leukerbad"]
[Date "2002.07.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ballmann, Martin"]
[Black "Landenbergue, Claude"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2431"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2002.07.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 091"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. g3 Bb4 4. Bg2 O-O 5. e4 {Mit diesem Zug vermeidet WeiЯ
die Hauptvariante 5. Nf3, aber der Textzug bietet wenig Aussicht auf
Erцffnungsvorteil.} (5. Nf3) 5... Bxc3 6. bxc3 (6. dxc3) 6... Re8 {Der Turmzug
ist nicht schlecht, aber trotzdem scheint mir die Alternative 6...c6!?
logischer.} (6... c6 $5 {[%cal Gd7d5]}) 7. Ne2 c6 8. O-O (8. Qb3 Na6 9. Ba3 (9.
O-O Nc7 10. d3 d5 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. exd5 Nfxd5 13. h3 Nb6 14. Rd1 Bd7 15. a4
Bc6 {0-1 Hauchard,A-Renet,O/Belfort 1995/EXT 98 (53)}) 9... d6 10. O-O (10. d3
Rb8 11. O-O b5 12. cxb5 cxb5 13. Bc1 Be6 14. Qa3 Nc5 {0-1 Miezis,N-Ikonnikov,V/
Paris 1996/EXT 97 (37)}) 10... Nc5 (10... Nd7 $5) 11. Qc2 b5 12. cxb5 cxb5 13.
Rad1 Bb7 14. f3 Qb6 15. Kh1 Rac8 16. d3 d5 {1-0 Miezis,N-Ubilava,E/Elgoibar
1995/EXT 97 (42)}) 8... d5 9. cxd5 $6 {Dieser automatischer Zug gefдllt mir
nicht - nach 9.exd5 hat WeiЯ mehr Chancen auf Initiative.} (9. exd5 cxd5 10. d4
$5 Bg4 (10... exd4 11. Nxd4 dxc4 12. Nb5 $1 Nc6 13. Bf4 Bg4 14. Qxd8 Raxd8 15.
Nd6 Re7 16. Nxb7 Rxb7 17. Bxc6 $16 {1-0 Sorokin,M-Gavrilov,A/St Petersburg
1993/CBM 34/[Glatman] (39)}) 11. dxe5 Rxe5 12. Be3 Nbd7 13. Qc2 Rc8 14. Nf4
Rxc4 15. Bd4 Re4 16. Qb3 Rxf4 17. gxf4 Qc7 18. Be3 Be6 19. Qd1 h6 20. Qd3 Nc5
21. Bxc5 Qxc5 {0-1 Petursson,M-Anand,V/Kopavogur 2000/EXT 2001 (61)}) 9... cxd5
10. exd5 Nxd5 $11 {WeiЯ hat das Lдuferpaar, aber die schwarze Stellung ist
gesund und hat keine Schwдchen.} 11. d3 {Es wдre besser die Stellung fьr das
Lдuferpaar mit Hilfe von 11.d4 zu цffnen, aber WeiЯ mцchte das Spiel
komplizieren.} (11. d4 exd4 12. Qxd4 (12. cxd4 Nc6 $15) 12... Be6 13. Nf4 (13.
Rd1 Nc6 14. Qc5 Qf6 $11) 13... Nc6 14. Qc5 Nxf4 15. Bxf4 Rc8 $11) (11. Qb3 Nb6
12. Qc2 $11 (12. d4 Bg4)) 11... Nc6 12. Bb2 (12. Rb1 Bg4 $1) 12... Bg4 {
Schwarz hat gutes Figurenspiel und die bessere Bauernstruktur - die weiЯen
Bauern (c3P, d3P) sind angreifbar.} 13. Re1 (13. h3 $5) 13... Qd7 14. Qb3 (14.
Qd2 Rad8 15. Rad1 Bh3 $15) 14... Rad8 $15 {[%csl Rd3,Re2][%cal Gd8d3][%mdl 32]
Schwarz ьbt fьhlbaren positionellen Druck auf der d-Linie aus, weil der Ne2
passiv steht und Pd3 schwach ist.} 15. Ba3 (15. c4 Ndb4 $17) (15. Rad1 $14)
15... h5 $5 {Mit diesem originellen Zug erhдlt Schwarz Initiative am
Kцnigsflьgel.} 16. Rab1 (16. Rad1) 16... b6 17. Bb2 (17. c4 $2 Bxe2 18. Bxd5
Nd4 19. Qb2 Bf3 $19) 17... Na5 18. Qc2 h4 19. a3 {WeiЯ bereitet den Zug c3-c4
vor und verteidigt sich gegen Nb4.} hxg3 20. hxg3 Qf5 {[%cal Gf5b1]} 21. c4 (
21. Be4 Qh5 $15) 21... Nf6 22. Nc1 {Dieser Zug ist nicht schцn, aber WeiЯ hat
nichts Besseres.} (22. Rbd1 Bf3 $17) 22... Rc8 {[%cal Gf5b1][%mdl 2048] Droht
23...Nxc4 und 23...Rxc4.} 23. Bc3 $2 (23. f3 Bxf3 24. Rf1 e4 25. Bxf6 Qxf6 26.
Bxf3 exf3 27. Qf2 Qg6 28. Qxf3 Rc6 $17 {[%cal Gc6f6]} (28... Nxc4 $6 29. dxc4
Qxb1 30. Nd3 Qc2 31. Qxf7+ Kh8 32. Qh5+ $11) (28... Nc6 $17)) 23... Nxc4 $17 {
[%cal Gf5c2] Mit diesem Zug gewinnt Schwarz einen Bauern.} (23... Rxc4 $6 24.
f3 Bxf3 25. Bxf3 (25. Rf1 Nd5 26. Rxf3 Qg6 27. Ne2 Nxc3 28. Nxc3 Rec8 $19)
25... Qxf3 26. dxc4 Qxg3+ $11) 24. Qa2 Nd6 (24... Ne3 $1 25. Rxe3 (25. fxe3
Rxc3 $17) 25... Rxc3 $17) 25. Bb4 (25. Qb2 Nd7 $17) 25... Nb5 {[%csl Yd4][%cal
Gb5d4]} 26. Ne2 {Dieser Zug verliert einen zweiten Bauern, aber guter Rater
ist schon teuer.} Qxd3 $19 27. Rb3 Qd7 28. Re3 a5 29. Bd2 Bxe2 30. R3xe2 Nd4
31. Be3 (31. Rxe5 Rxe5 32. Rxe5 Rc2 $19) 31... Nxe2+ 32. Qxe2 Qd6 33. Rb1 Qxa3
34. Rxb6 Re6 (34... e4) 35. Rb7 Rd6 36. Ra7 Qa4 37. Bf1 Rd1 38. Qb2 Qc4 0-1

[Event "Bern"]
[Site "Bern"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Miralles, Gilles"]
[Black "Gavrikov, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1991.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. g3 (3. Nd5 $1) 3... Bxc3 4. bxc3 Nf6 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Nf3 (
6. d3 d6 7. Nh3 Nc6 8. e4 Ne8 9. O-O f5 10. exf5 Bxf5 11. f4 exf4 12. Rxf4 Qe7
13. Bd5+ Be6 14. Rxf8+ Kxf8 15. Bg5 Nf6 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Nf4 $16 {Uhlmann,
W-Kohlweyer,B Frankfurt 1990 CBM/20}) 6... e4 7. Nd4 c5 8. Nc2 d5 9. Ba3 Na6
10. cxd5 Qxd5 11. d4 Qh5 12. h3 Rd8 13. g4 Qg6 14. Qd2 cxd4 15. Be7 Re8 16.
Bxf6 Qxf6 17. Qxd4 Qg6 18. O-O-O Qg5+ 19. Qe3 Qxe3+ (19... Qa5 $5 20. Bxe4 Be6
$44) 20. Nxe3 Nc5 21. Nc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Duong, Thanh Nha"]
[Black "Bonin, Jay R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2305"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "1991.03.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. g3 Bxc3 4. bxc3 Qe7 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O d6 8.
d3 {/\ e4} e4 9. Ng5 Bf5 10. f3 $1 exd3 11. exd3 d5 12. Re1 Qc5+ 13. Be3 Qa5
14. Bd4 $14 Nc6 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. cxd5 fxg5 17. dxc6 bxc6 18. Qd2 Bg6 19. d4
Rae8 20. f4 gxf4 21. gxf4 c5 22. Re5 $1 Rxe5 23. dxe5 Bf5 24. Kh1 Kh8 25. Bf3
Rg8 26. Rg1 Qb6 27. Rxg8+ Kxg8 28. Qd8+ Kg7 29. Qg5+ Qg6 30. Qxg6+ hxg6 31. Bd5
$16 Kf8 32. Kg2 Ke7 33. Kf3 f6 34. h4 Be6 $2 $18 35. exf6+ Kxf6 36. Bxe6 Kxe6
37. Kg4 c4 38. Kg5 Kf7 39. f5 gxf5 40. Kxf5 Kg7 41. Ke6 Kg6 42. Kd7 Kh5 43.
Kxc7 Kxh4 44. Kd6 Kg5 45. Kd5 Kf6 46. Kxc4 Ke6 47. Kc5 Kd7 48. c4 Kc7 49. Kd5
Kd7 50. c5 Kc7 51. c6 Kc8 52. Kd6 Kd8 53. c7+ Kc8 54. Kc6 1-0

[Event "Kecskemet"]
[Site "Kecskemet"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Arkhipov, Sergey"]
[Black "Hertneck, Gerald"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[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 c6 3. e4 e5 4. Nf3 Bb4 5. Nxe5 O-O 6. Nd3 Bxc3 7. dxc3 Nxe4 8.
Be2 (8. Nf4 Na6 9. Be3 d6 10. Qd4 Re8 11. Nh5 f6 12. f3 Ng5 13. Kf2 $14 {
Kortschnoi-Malich Kapfenberg 1970}) 8... d5 9. cxd5 Qxd5 10. O-O Nd7 11. Be3
Ndf6 12. Nf4 Qa5 13. Qc1 Re8 14. Re1 Bf5 15. f3 Ng5 16. Bd4 Qd8 17. Bc4 Qd6 18.
Rd1 Qe7 19. b4 b5 20. Bb3 a5 21. Bc5 Qc7 22. a4 axb4 23. cxb4 bxa4 24. Rxa4
Rxa4 25. Bxa4 Ne6 26. Nxe6 Bxe6 27. Bd4 Bd5 28. Qc3 Nh5 29. Re1 Qd7 30. Rxe8+
Qxe8 31. Kf2 Nf4 32. Be3 Ne6 33. Qd3 Qb8 34. b5 cxb5 35. Bc2 Qc7 36. Qxh7+ Kf8
37. Bf5 Qc3 38. Qh8+ Ke7 39. Qh4+ Ke8 40. Bxe6 Bxe6 41. Qh8+ Kd7 42. Qb8 Qc2+
1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch U26"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Orlov, Georgi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "158"]
[EventDate "1990.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. Qc2 Nf6 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 Re8 6. a3 Bxc3 7. dxc3 a5 8. a4
d6 9. e4 Na6 10. Ne2 Nc5 11. h3 Be6 12. b3 b5 $1 13. b4 (13. axb5 a4 14. b4 (
14. bxa4 Bxc4 $15) 14... Nb3 15. Rxa4 Rxa4 16. Qxb3 Ra1 17. O-O Qd7 $1 $15)
13... axb4 14. cxb4 Rxa4 (14... Nxa4 $5 15. cxb5 Nb6 16. Rxa8 Qxa8 17. Qxc7 Nc4
$44) 15. Rb1 Ncd7 16. Nc3 Ra8 17. Nxb5 Nb6 18. Na3 Qc8 19. c5 Na4 20. Bf1 Qb7
21. f3 dxc5 22. bxc5 Qa7 23. Be3 Qa5+ 24. Kf2 Nc3 25. Nc4 Bxc4 26. Bxc4 Nxb1
27. Rxb1 Rab8 $15 28. Bb3 Qa6 29. Qc3 Nd7 30. g4 Nf8 31. h4 Ng6 32. h5 Nf4 33.
Bxf4 exf4 34. g5 Red8 35. Bc4 Qc6 36. Bd5 Qa6 37. Rxb8 Rxb8 38. Qe5 Qb5 39.
Qxf4 Qxc5+ 40. Kg3 Rf8 41. Qe5 Qg1+ 42. Kh3 Qh1+ 43. Kg4 Qg2+ 44. Kh4 Qxf3 45.
Qxc7 g6 46. hxg6 hxg6 47. Qe5 Rd8 48. Qf6 Qxf6 49. gxf6 Rd6 50. Kg5 Kf8 51. Bc4
Rd4 52. Bd5 Rd1 53. Kg4 Rg1+ 54. Kf4 g5+ 55. Kf3 Kg8 56. e5 Re1 57. Be4 Kf8 58.
Bf5 Ke8 59. Kg4 Rxe5 60. Kxg5 Kd8 61. Kf4 Ra5 62. Bc2 Rb5 63. Bd3 Rb4+ 64. Ke5
Rh4 65. Be4 Rh5+ 66. Kd4 Ke8 67. Bc6+ Kf8 68. Be4 Kg8 69. Bb1 Ra5 70. Bd3 Kf8
71. Be4 Ra6 72. Ke5 Re6+ 73. Kf5 Ke8 74. Bd5 Ra6 75. Ke5 Ra7 76. Bc6+ Kd8 77.
Bd5 Rc7 78. Bb3 Rd7 79. Bd5 Kc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "New York CITS"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Serper, Grigory"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1996.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 052"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 {Ftacnik} e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d6 4. Nc3 g6 5. e4 c6 6. Nge2 Bg7 7. d3 (7.
d4 $5) 7... a6 8. O-O b5 $6 {Zu frueh. Der Nachziehende sollte hier erst 8...
0-0 spielen.} (8... O-O $5 9. h3 {In der Partie verliert Weiss diese Tempi
nicht!} b5 10. Be3 (10. cxb5 axb5 11. b4 Na6 12. Rb1 Be6 13. a4 bxa4 14. Nxa4
Rb8 $13 {Popov,L-Kavalek,L/Wijk aan Zee/1975/}) 10... Nbd7 11. f4 Bb7 12. Qd2
Re8 13. Rac1 {Der Anziehende steht etwas bequemer. Hassapis,D-Hennigan,M/
Oakham/1992/CBM30/}) 9. cxb5 axb5 10. b4 $1 {Dieser Zug ist fuer derartige
Stellungen typisch. Siehe Popov,L-Kavalek,L anm. 8...0-0.} O-O 11. a4 (11. h3 {
Ftacnik} Na6 (11... Nbd7 12. Be3 Re8 {0.5/Shvidler,E-Davies,N/Tel Aviv/1989/})
12. Rb1 Be6 (12... Nc7 13. Bb2 Be6 14. a3 Qd7 15. Kh2 d5 16. d4 Nxe4 17. Nxe4
dxe4 18. dxe5 Qxd1 19. Rfxd1 Bd5 20. Nc3 Rfe8 21. Nxe4 Bxe5 22. Bxe5 Rxe5 23.
Nf6+ Kg7 24. Nxd5 Nxd5 25. Rb3 Ra6 {Csom,I-Zimmerman,Y/Zalakaros op (08)/1995/
1-0 (63)}) (12... Bd7 13. Be3 Qc8 14. Kh2 Ne8 15. a4 Rb8 16. axb5 cxb5 17. Nd5
Qd8 18. Qd2 Be6 19. Nec3 Nac7 20. d4 Nxd5 21. Nxd5 Bxd5 22. exd5 f5 23. dxe5
dxe5 24. Bc5 Nd6 {1/2-1/2 Buehring,S-Schliebener,S/Berliner Sommer/1993/}) 13.
a4 $2 (13. f4 $5 Qd7 14. Kh2) 13... bxa4 14. Nxa4 (14. Qxa4 Qd7 15. Kh2 Rfb8)
14... Rb8 15. Bd2 Qd7 16. Kh2 c5 17. f4 cxb4 18. Be3 exf4 $1 19. gxf4 Rfe8 $1
20. Nd4 Ba2 21. Rc1 $6 (21. Rb2 $5) 21... b3 22. Nb2 Nd5 23. Bg1 Ndb4 24. Qd2
Nc2 25. e5 Nxd4 26. Bxd4 dxe5 27. Bxe5 Rxe5 $1 28. fxe5 Bxe5+ 29. Kh1 Qd4 $1 {
0-1 Popov,L-Kavalek,L/Wijk (01)/1975/ (35)}) 11... Be6 12. Bd2 $1 {Dieser Zug
hat zwei Absichten: 1.Droht axb5. 2. Weiss sieht schon jetzt, dass er den
b4-Bauern decken soll.} d5 (12... bxa4 13. Nxa4 Nbd7 14. Qc2 $36 {>< c6}) 13.
exd5 (13. f4 d4 14. Nb1 Ng4 $132) 13... Nxd5 14. Ne4 $1 {>< c5} (14. axb5 Rxa1
15. Qxa1 Nxb4 $13) 14... Bg4 15. Re1 (15. f3 Bc8 $13) 15... Nb6 $6 {Der
Nachziehende will den Damenfluegel einfrieren, aber das kostet weiteres Tempi.}
(15... bxa4 16. Rxa4 Rxa4 17. Qxa4 f5 18. Nc5 Qd6 $13) 16. a5 Nd5 (16... N6d7
17. Rc1 $14) 17. Rc1 $16 {Weiss steht klar besser: 1.Er hat grossen
Entwicklungsvorsprung. 2. Der c1-Turm drьckt gegen den c6-Bauern. 3. Der freie
a5-Bauer kann im Endspiel sehr gefaehrlich werden.} f5 18. Qb3 $1 Kh8 (18...
fxe4 19. dxe4 Be6 (19... Qf6 20. Be3 Bf3 21. Bxf3 Qxf3 22. Nc3 $1 $16) 20. exd5
cxd5 21. Nd4 $18) 19. Nc5 f4 {Schwarz spielte die Eroeffnung sehr harmlos und
jetzt versucht er im Trueben zu fischen.} (19... Nc7 20. Bc3 Qd6 21. f4 Bxe2
22. fxe5 Bxe5 23. Rxe2 $16) 20. Nc3 (20. gxf4 Na6 $14) 20... f3 (20... Nxc3 21.
Bxc3 f3 22. Bf1 Re8 23. Qb2 $16) 21. Bf1 Nc7 (21... Na6 22. Nxd5 cxd5 23. Nxa6
Rxa6 24. Rc5 $16) 22. N3e4 Nba6 (22... Nd7 23. Nxd7 Bxd7 (23... Qxd7 24. Qc2
$16) 24. Bg5 $16) 23. Nxa6 Rxa6 24. Bc3 {>< e5} Qc8 (24... Ne6 $1 25. Nc5 (25.
Bb2 Nd4 26. Bxd4 exd4 27. Nc5 $14) 25... Nxc5 26. bxc5 Re8 27. Re3 (27. Qb2 Qd5
28. Re3 Kg8 29. Rce1 Rea8 30. Bxe5 Bh6 31. Re4 $13) 27... Qd7 28. Rce1 $36) 25.
Nc5 Bh3 {Der Beginn taktischer Komplikationen, die fuer Schwarz wegen seiner
schlechteren Entwicklung ungьnstig enden. So wie so, der Nachziehende hat eine
hilflose Stellung.} (25... Ra7 26. Bxe5 Bxe5 27. Rxe5 $18) 26. Rxe5 $1 {[#]} (
26. Nxa6 $2 Bxf1 27. Bxe5 Qh3 $19) (26. Bxe5 Bxe5 27. Rxe5 Bxf1 28. Qb2 Kg8 29.
Re7 Rf7 30. Rxf7 Kxf7 31. Kxf1 Qh3+ 32. Ke1 Ra8) 26... Bxf1 (26... Ra7 27. Re7
Rf6 28. Ne4 $18) 27. Re7 $1 Bf6 $8 (27... Rg8 28. Rxg7 Rxg7 29. Qf7 $18) (27...
Ne8 28. Ne6 $18) (27... Rf6 28. Rxg7 (28. Bxf6 Bxf6 29. Rxc7 Qh3 (29... Qxc7
30. Nxa6 Qc8 31. Kxf1 $18) 30. Rc8+ Kg7 (30... Qxc8 31. Qf7 Bb2 32. Rxf1 $18)
31. Ne6+ Kh6 32. Nf4 Qxc8 33. Kxf1 $16) 28... Kxg7 29. Bxf6+ Kxf6 (29... Kf8
30. d4 Bc4 31. Qxf3 $18) 30. d4 Bg2 31. Nxa6 $18) 28. Nd7 (28. Bxf6+ Rxf6 29.
Nd7 c5 30. Rxc5 $18) 28... Nd5 29. Qxd5 $1 {[#] Dieser дstethische Zug beendet
die positionell und taktisch gut angelegte Partie.} (29. Bxf6+ Nxf6 30. Nxf8
Qxf8 (30... Qh3 31. Rxh7+ Nxh7 32. Nxg6+ Kg7 33. Nf4 $18) 31. Rf7 Qg8 32. Qe6
$18) (29. Nxf6 Nxf6 30. Rf7 c5 31. bxc5 Bg2 32. c6 $1 $18) 29... Bxc3 (29...
cxd5 30. Nxf6 $1 $18) 30. Qe4 $1 {Die letzte Feinheit.} Bg7 (30... Bxd3 31.
Qxd3 Bf6 32. Nxf6 Rxf6 33. Qxb5 $18) 31. Nxf8 Bxd3 (31... Qh3 32. Qxf3 $18) (
31... Bxf8 32. Re8 Qh3 33. Rxf8+ Kg7 34. Qxf3 $18) 32. Re8 (32. Nxg6+ hxg6 (
32... Kg8 33. Qd5+ $1) 33. Re8+ Qxe8 34. Qxe8+ Kh7 35. Qd7 $18) (32. Qxd3 Qxf8
33. Qd7 $18) 32... Bxe4 (32... h6 33. Nd7+ Kh7 34. Qe7 $18) 33. Nxg6# {Diese
Partie war fuer Schwarz nicht ok, sondern K.O.} 1-0

[Event "Munich"]
[Site "Munich"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bischoff, Klaus"]
[Black "Huebner, Robert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "24"]
[EventDate "1990.04.??"]
[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. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. e3 Bb4 4. Nge2 O-O 5. a3 Be7 6. Ng3 Re8 $5 7. Be2 c6 8.
O-O (8. d4 $5) 8... d5 9. d4 exd4 10. exd4 (10. Qxd4 $5) 10... Na6 11. c5 Nc7
12. f4 b6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Goodricke op 13th"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2002.03.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sorokin, Maxim"]
[Black "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2551"]
[BlackElo "2639"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2002.03.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 Bb4 {Schwarz folgt einer einfachen Strategie - er
mцchte den Nc3 abtauschen. - Nach 3...Nc6 4.Bg2 Bb4 kann WeiЯ stark mit 5.Nd5
fortsetzen.} (3... d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nb6) 4. Bg2 O-O 5. e4 {Nach diesem
Zug muss Schwarz von sich aus auf c3 nehmen, sonst folgt 6.Nge2 und WeiЯ kann
im Falle von Bxc3 mit dem Springer auf c3 zurьckschlagen.} Bxc3 6. bxc3 c6 {
Das ist interessant - WeiЯ hat das Lдuferpaar, und doch ist es Schwarz, der
die Stellung mit 7...d5 цffnen will. Die Alternative 6...d6 kommt auch stark
in Betracht.} (6... d6 7. Ne2 Na6 $5 8. d3 Bd7 9. h3 Nc5 10. O-O b5 $5 11. cxb5
Bxb5 12. c4 Ba4 13. Qd2 Nfd7 14. f4 f6 15. g4 Ne6 16. f5 Nd4 17. Nc3 Nc5 18.
Ba3 Qd7 {0-1 Laylo,D-Torre,E/Quezon City 2001/CBM 81 ext (56)}) 7. d4 (7. Ne2
d5 8. cxd5 cxd5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. O-O Nc6 11. Qb3 Nb6 12. d4 {1/2-1/2 Lalic,
B-Sax,G/Balatonbereny 1994/CBM 43 (12)}) (7. Qb3 Na6 8. Ba3 Re8 (8... d6 9. Ne2
Be6 10. d4 exd4 11. Nxd4 Nd7 12. O-O Ndc5 13. Qc2 Bxc4 14. Rfd1 Qa5 {1/2-1/2
Ibragimov,I-Pavlovic,M/Ikaria 1993/EXT 97 (48)}) 9. d3 (9. Ne2 b6 10. O-O Bb7
11. c5 Nxc5 $1 12. Bxc5 Ba6 13. Bxb6 axb6 14. c4 d6 15. a4 Qc7 {0-1
Steindorsson,S-Timman,J/Reykjavik 2000/CBM 75 ext (34)}) 9... d5 10. cxd5 cxd5
11. exd5 e4 12. O-O-O exd3 13. Rxd3 Bf5 14. Re3 Rxe3 15. fxe3 Qe8 16. c4 b5 {
0-1 Miezis,N-Epishin,V/Bern 1993/TD (35)}) 7... d6 {Dieser genьgsame Zug
gefдllt mir nicht - denn damit ьberlдЯt Schwarz seinem Gegner die Initiative.
Sofortiges Spiel gegen das weiЯe Zentrum verdient hier den Vorzug..} (7... Qa5
8. Bd2 b6 9. Qb3 Re8 10. O-O-O Ba6 11. Re1 d6 12. f4 Nbd7 13. fxe5 dxe5 14. Nh3
c5 15. a4 Rec8 16. Bf1 Ne8 17. d5 Nd6 18. Nf2 Nf6 19. g4 {1-0 Hjort,H-Iskov,G/
Vejle 1974/MCD (38)}) (7... exd4 $5 8. e5 (8. Qxd4 Re8 9. Bg5 c5 10. Bxf6 Qb6
11. Qd3 Qxf6 12. Ne2 Nc6) 8... Re8 9. cxd4 d6 10. f4 dxe5 11. fxe5 {WeiЯ
besitzt das Lдuferpaar und ein starkes Bauernzentrum, dafьr hat Schwarz
Entwicklungsvorsprung.} c5 $13) 8. Ne2 c5 (8... Re8 $5 {Jetzt hдngt indirekt -
nach exd4 - der Pe4, und Schwarz kann das Zentrum eventuell mit d6-d5 sprengen.
}) 9. d5 Ne8 10. h3 $14 {WeiЯ hat aufgrund des Doppelbauern auf der c-Linie
die schlechtere Bauernstruktur . Andererseits jedoch verfьgt er ьber das
Lдuferpaar und kann in der Folge mit f2-f4 die Initiative ergreifen. - Der
Textzug ist stдrker als die etwas zu schablonenartige Rochade.} g6 11. Bh6 {
[%csl Gh6] Der schwarzfeldrige Lдufer steht aktiv.} Ng7 12. g4 Nd7 (12... f5
13. gxf5 gxf5 14. Rg1 $36 {[%cal Gg1g8]}) 13. Ng3 {[%csl Gg3] Jetzt kann
Schwarz nicht mehr f7-f5 spielen.} f6 14. Bf1 $1 {[%mdl 32] Der Lдufer stand
zu passiv auf g2 - WeiЯ mцchte Bd3 spielen, von hier aus verteidigt der Lдufer
auch den Pc4.} Qa5 15. Qd2 Nb6 16. Bd3 Bd7 (16... Qa4 17. Qe2 Qa5 18. Rc1 $14)
17. O-O {Jetzt ist die Rochade stark - die positionelle Drohung von WeiЯ
lautet 18.f4.} Na4 (17... g5 18. h4) 18. Rac1 Rab8 (18... g5 19. h4 gxh4 (19...
Bxg4 20. hxg5 $16) 20. Nf5 $36 (20. Nh5 Nxh5 21. Bxf8 Nf4 $132)) 19. f4 $36
exf4 {Wenn Schwarz nicht nimmt, verstдrkt WeiЯ den Druck mit Rf3 und Rcf1.} 20.
Qxf4 Qc7 21. Rf2 (21. Rc2 {[%cal Gc2f2]}) 21... Rbe8 22. Rcf1 {[%cal Gf1f8]
WeiЯ ьbt starken Druck auf der f-Linie aus.} Bc8 (22... Nxc3 23. Qc1 Na4 24.
Rxf6 $16) 23. g5 $1 {[%mdl 64] Die Bauern auf c3 und h3 haben keine Bedeutung,
es zдhlt jetzt nur die Цffnung der Stellung.} Bxh3 24. gxf6 Bxf1 25. Bxf1 {
[%csl Rg7] Der Ng7 steht sehr unglьcklich - momentan hat WeiЯ eine Qualitдt
weniger, aber er gewinnt das Material zurьck.} Re5 26. fxg7 Rxf4 27. Rxf4 {
[%csl Rg8][%cal Rf4f8,Rf8g8]} Qxg7 $8 {Schwarz hatte groЯen Materialvorteil,
aber es bleibt ihm keine Wahl, er muss seine Dame fьr B + P geben.} (27... Qf7
28. Rxf7 Kxf7 29. Bh3 $18) 28. Bxg7 Kxg7 {WeiЯ hat jetzt zwar eine Figur mehr,
aber seine technische Aufgabe ist nicht so einfach. Denn die Stellung ist
geschlossen, und sein Lдufer steht passiv. Andererseits muss der weiЯe
Materialvorteil frьher oder spдter die Partie entscheiden.} 29. Rf3 {WeiЯ muss
den Pc3 verteidigen.} h5 30. Re3 {Jetzt ist der Pe4 verteidigt, so dass WeiЯ
seinen Springer befreien kann.} Kf6 31. Ne2 Nb2 (31... g5 $6 32. Ng3 h4 33. Nf5
$18) 32. Nf4 {[%csl Gf4] Droht 33.Rf3 oder 33.Rg3, zudem muss Schwarz mit Nd3
rechnen.} Nd1 (32... Re7 33. Rf3 $18 {[%csl Rf6]}) 33. Rf3 Rxe4 (33... Kg7 34.
Ne6+ Kh6 35. Be2 Nb2 36. Rf8 $18) 34. Nxh5+ Ke5 (34... Kg5 35. Ng7 $18) 35. Nf6
Rf4 (35... Re1 36. Ng4+ Ke4 37. Rf6 $18) 36. Nd7+ Ke4 37. Rxf4+ (37. Rg3 $18)
37... Kxf4 38. Nxc5 $1 {Das ist die Pointe des weiЯen Spiels - damit gewinnt
er einen Schlьsselbauern.} b6 (38... dxc5 39. d6 $18) 39. Nb7 Ke5 40. Nd8 {
Jetzt droht 41.Nf7+.} Kf6 (40... Nxc3 41. Nf7+ $18 {[%cal Rf7e5,Rf7d6]}) 41.
Nc6 a5 (41... Nxc3 42. Nxa7 Nxa2 43. Nc8 Ke5 44. Nxb6 $18) 42. c5 $1 bxc5 (
42... dxc5 43. Bc4 $18 {[%cal Rd5d6]} (43. Bh3 Nxc3 44. d6 Ne2+ 45. Kf2 Nd4 46.
Nxd4 cxd4 47. Kf3 $18)) 43. c4 {Die weiЯe Bauernstruktur ist nun wieder gesund.
} a4 44. a3 Kf5 {Das ist eigentlich ein Bauernopfer, aber das Eindringen des
schwarzen Kцnigs scheint die letzte praktische Gegenchance fьr Schwarz zu sein.
} (44... Nc3 45. Bd3 $18) 45. Bd3+ Kf4 46. Bxg6 Nb2 (46... Ke3) 47. Na5 Ke3 48.
Be8 Kd2 49. Bb5 Kc2 50. Nb7 Kb3 51. Nxc5+ $1 $18 {Das gleiche Motiv wie im 38.
Zug - hier entscheidet der Springerzug die Partie.} (51. Nxd6 Kxa3 $132) 51...
Kxa3 (51... dxc5 52. d6 $18) 52. Nxa4 {WeiЯ gibt die Figur zurьck und gewinnt
leicht.} Nxa4 53. Bxa4 Kxa4 54. c5 dxc5 55. d6 c4 56. d7 c3 57. d8=Q c2 {
Mit c- und f-Bauern gibt es einige Stellungen, in denen der Verteidiger
aufgrund des Pattmotivs (mit dem Kцnig auf a1 bzw. h1) theoretische
Rettungschancen besitzt, hier aber steht der schwarze Kцnig ungьnstig.} 58. Qd2
(58. Qd2 Kb3 59. Qc1 $18) 1-0

[Event "Donetzk zt"]
[Site "Donetsk"]
[Date "1998.11.10"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Lerner, Konstantin Z"]
[Black "Komarov, Dimitri"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "1998.11.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 068"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. e3 {Mit diesem Zug vermeidet WeiЯ die theoretischen
Hauptvarianten und mцchte die Sizilianische Verteidigung im Anzug spielen.
Dieses Vorgehen verspricht ihm allerdings keinen Erцffnungvorteil. Ribli.} Bb4
4. Nge2 O-O 5. Nd5 {Das ist eine Lieblingsvariante Lerners. Er spielte sie
bereits 1987 in einer Partie gegen Gavrikov.} (5. Ng3 c6 6. a3 Ba5 7. b4 Bc7 8.
Be2 d5 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. d4 e4 11. a4 Nc6 12. Ba3 Bd6 13. b5 Bxa3 14. Rxa3 Ne7
15. a5 g6 16. Qb3 h5 17. h4 Be6 18. Qb4 Rc8 19. Kd2 Re8 20. Rc1 {0-1 Milov,
V-Morozevich,A/Tilburg 1994/CBM 44 (84)}) (5. a3 $5 {Dieser Zug scheint
logisch. Schwarz steht vor der Entscheidung, auf c3 zu tauschen oder nicht.}
Be7 $5 (5... Bxc3 6. Nxc3 d5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Qc2 $14) 6. d4 exd4 7. Qxd4 (7.
Nxd4 d5 $11) 7... Nc6 8. Qd1 (8. Qd2 $2 Na5 $17 {[%cal Ra5b3,Rb3d2,Rb3a1,Ra5c4]
}) 8... Ne5 9. Nf4 {[%cal Yf4d5]} c6 10. Be2 d6 11. O-O a6 $11 {[%cal Gb7b5]})
5... Nxd5 6. cxd5 {WeiЯ hat Raumvorteil im Zentrum, aber die Stellung ist
zweischneidig, denn Schwarz hat die bessere Entwicklung.} d6 (6... c6 7. a3 Be7
8. Nc3 b5 9. d4 exd4 10. exd4 b4 11. axb4 Bxb4 12. Bd3 cxd5 13. Qh5 g6 14. Qxd5
Nc6 15. O-O Kg7 16. Be3 a5 17. Rfc1 Be7 18. Bb5 Bb7 19. Qf3 Bg5 20. Bxc6 Bxc6
21. d5 Bb7 22. Ne4 {1-0 Buturin,V-Grigorian,K/Belgorod 1989/TD (46)}) (6... c5
7. Ng3 d6 8. Be2 f5 9. O-O Nd7 10. f4 Ba5 11. Qc2 g6 12. b3 Nf6 13. Bb2 Bc7 14.
e4 fxe4 15. Nxe4 Nxe4 16. Qxe4 Qh4 17. g3 Qe7 18. fxe5 dxe5 19. Rxf8+ Kxf8 20.
Rf1+ Kg7 21. Bg4 {1/2-1/2 Lerner,K-Gavrikov,V/Tallinn 1987/EXT 97 (21)}) 7. a3
{Der Lдufer steht nicht sonderlich gut auf b4 und so kann WeiЯ den Damenflьgel
mit Tempo entwickeln.} Ba5 (7... Bc5 8. b4 Bb6) 8. b4 Bb6 9. Nc3 Qg5 {[%csl
Gg5]} (9... f5 $5 {[%cal Gf8f1]}) (9... a5 $5) (9... c6 10. Bb2 $14) 10. Na4
Nd7 11. Qc2 {[%csl Gc2,Rc7] Schwarz hat einige Probleme mit der Entwicklung
des Damenflьgels. Der Bauer d5 ist fьr ihn unangenehm.} Nf6 12. Nxb6 cxb6 $5 {
Schwarz entledigt sich seiner Probleme mit dem c-Bauern und plant im Folgenden
...Rc8.} (12... axb6 13. d3 {[%cal Ge3e4,Gc1g5]} (13. e4 Qg6 14. d3 Ne8 $13 {
[%cal Gf7f5]}) (13. Qxc7 Nxd5 14. Qxd6 $13 (14. Qc2 Nxb4 $17 {[%cal Ga8a1]}) (
14. Qc4 Be6 $17 {[%csl Rc4]}) 14... Rd8 15. h4 Rxd6 16. hxg5 Nxb4 17. Rb1)
13... Nxd5 14. e4 {[%cal Rc1g5,Re4d5]} Nxb4 (14... Nf4 $2 15. g3 $18 {[%csl
Rf4]}) 15. Qb3 Nxd3+ 16. Qxd3 (16. Bxd3 Qxg2 $17) 16... Qg6 $13) 13. e4 Bd7 14.
d3 {[%cal Rc1g5]} Qg6 {[%cal Gg6g2]} 15. g3 Rac8 {[%cal Rc8c2] Schwarz ist
besser entwickelt und beherrscht die c-Linie.} 16. Qe2 Ba4 $15 {[%csl Ga4,Gc8]
[%cal Rc8c2]} 17. Bg2 Rc2 18. Bd2 Qg4 $6 (18... Ne8 $5 {[%cal Ge8c7,Gc7b5,
Gb5d4]} 19. O-O Nc7 20. Rfc1 Nb5 21. Rxc2 Nd4 $15 {[%cal Rd4c2,Rd4e2]}) 19. h3
Qd7 (19... Qxe2+ 20. Kxe2 Rfc8 21. Rhc1 Rxc1 22. Rxc1 Rxc1 23. Bxc1 $14 {
Mit einem дhnlichen Endspiel wie in der Partie.}) 20. O-O Rfc8 21. Rfc1 $11
Rxc1+ (21... R8c7 22. Rxc2 Rxc2 23. Rc1 Qc8 24. Qd1 Ne8 25. Bf1 Rxc1 26. Qxc1
Qxc1 27. Bxc1 Nc7 $11 {[%cal Gc7b5]}) 22. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 23. Bxc1 Qc7 24. Bb2 Qc2 {
Schwarz besitzt in der c-Linie auЯer dem Textzug keine weiteren
Eindringungsmцglichkeiten.} 25. Qxc2 Bxc2 {[%csl Rd3][%cal Rc2d3]} 26. Bf1 Kf8
27. Be2 {WeiЯ bereitet den Zug 28.f4 vor und unterbindet so mцgliches
Gegenspiel mit 28...Nh5.} (27. f4 Nh5 {[%cal Rh5f4,Rh5g3]} 28. fxe5 Nxg3 29.
exd6 Nxf1 30. Bxg7+ $5 Ke8 (30... Kxg7 31. d7 $18 {[%csl Gd7]}) 31. Kxf1 Bxd3+
$11) 27... Ke7 28. f4 (28. f3 $14 {[%cal Gd3d4] Das ist der andere mцgliche
Plan: WeiЯ bereitet 29.d4 vor.}) 28... Nd7 {Schwarz muЯ den Bauern e5
verteidigen.} (28... exf4 $6 {Und das weiЯe Zentrum ist sehr stark.} 29. gxf4
$14 {[%csl Gb2,Gd5,Ge4,Gf4]}) 29. Kf2 f6 30. h4 Ba4 31. Bg4 {[%csl Gg4][%cal
Gg4c8]} Bc2 32. Ke3 Ba4 33. Kd2 {Nimmt dem schwarzen Lдufer das Feld c2.} Kd8
34. d4 {Nur so kann WeiЯ die Stellung verbessern.} exf4 (34... exd4 $2 35. Bxd4
$16 {[%csl Gd4,Gg4]}) 35. gxf4 {WeiЯ hat ein schцnes Bauernzentrum, aber sein
b2-Lдufer ist eingeschlossen.} Bb5 36. h5 $6 {Spдter wird dieser Bauer schwach,
denn der Gegner hat den weiЯfeldrigen Lдufer.} (36. e5 $6 Bc4 {[%csl Rd5]} (
36... dxe5 $2 {Dieser Zug wдre unlogisch.} 37. dxe5 $16 {[%csl Gb2,Gd5,Ge5,Gg4]
}) 37. Be6 b5 38. Ke3 (38. exd6 Nb6 $15 {[%csl Rb2,Rd4,Rd5,Rd6] Schwarz mцchte
39...Bxd5 spielen und mцglichst die weiЯfeldrigen Lдufer tauschen. Er hat dann
ein ьberlegenes Endspiel.}) 38... Nb6 39. Ke4 Ke7 $15 {[%csl Rb2,Rd5] Es ist
jetzt schon WeiЯ, der ums Remis kдmpfen muЯ. Sein d5-Bauer ist eine ewige
Schwдche.}) 36... h6 37. Ke3 (37. e5 Bc4 38. Be6 b5 $15) 37... Bc4 $11 {
[%cal Gb6b5,Gd7b6] Schwarz bereitet 38...b5 und ...Nb6 vor.} 38. a4 b5 39. a5 (
39. axb5 Bxb5 $11 {[%csl Ga7,Gb7][%cal Gd7b6,Gb6c4]}) 39... Ke7 40. Bc3 Kd8 41.
Be1 Nb8 {[%cal Gb8a6,Ga6b4]} 42. e5 $6 {WeiЯ sollte meines Erachtens eher auf
Remis spielen, denn er steht nicht besser. Er kann mit seinem schwarzfeldrigen
Lдufer (Bd2-c3-e1) abwarten und es ist fьr Schwarz schwierig, etwas Konkretes
zu erreichen.} (42. Bc3 Na6 43. Be1 Kc7 44. Bc3 b6 45. axb6+ Kxb6 46. Be1 $11)
42... Bxd5 43. exf6 $6 (43. exd6 $11 {[%csl Gd6]}) 43... gxf6 44. f5 {[%csl
Rf6,Rh6][%cal Ge1g3,Gg3h4] WeiЯ riskiert zu viel!} Nc6 {[%csl Gc6][%cal Gc6b4,
Gc6d4]} 45. Bg3 Ke7 (45... Nxb4 46. Bxd6 {[%cal Rd6b4,Rd6f8,Gf8h6]}) 46. Bf4
Nxb4 47. Bxh6 Nc6 $17 {[%csl Ra5] Der weiЯe h-Bauer ist in Wirklichkeit nicht
so gefдhrlich.} 48. Bg7 {WeiЯ mцchte den h-Bauern unterstьtzen, aber seine
Lage ist schon sehr schwierig.} b4 {[%csl Gb4]} 49. Kd3 (49. h6 Bg8 {[%csl Gg8]
} 50. Bh5 b3 51. Kd3 Nxd4 $19 {[%cal Rb3b2,Rb2b1]}) 49... Bg8 (49... Nxa5) 50.
Bf3 Nxa5 {[%csl Gb4] Schwarz hat dank seiner zwei Mehrbauern gute
Gewinnaussichten.} 51. d5 Bh7 {[%cal Rh7f5]} 52. Bg4 b5 {[%cal Ra5c4] Schwarz
sichert sich das Feld c4 fьr seinen Springer. Die schwarzen Bauern kommen.} 53.
Bh6 {Der Lдufer stand tatsдchlich nicht so gut auf g7.} Nc4 54. Kd4 b3 $19 {
Schwarz gewinnt leicht.} 55. Kc3 b2 56. Kc2 a5 {[%csl Rh6] Und WeiЯ muЯte
aufgeben, denn die drei Bauern mit der Unterstьtzung des Springers sind
tцdlich.} 0-1

[Event "Bern zt"]
[Site "Bern"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Fauland, Alexander"]
[Black "Lobron, Eric"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1990.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 e5 3. Bg2 Be7 4. Nf3 d6 5. O-O O-O 6. Nc3 Re8 7. e4 $2 {>= 7.d4
} Bg4 $1 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Bxf3 Nc6 {>< d4} 10. Ne2 Nd7 11. Rb1 a5 12. d4 exd4 13.
Nxd4 Nxd4 14. Qxd4 Bf6 15. Qd1 Ne5 16. Bg2 Nxc4 17. Qd5 Ne5 18. Qxb7 Nd3 19.
Bd2 Rb8 20. Qc6 Re5 $1 {=/+} 21. Qc2 Nb4 22. Qa4 Reb5 23. b3 c5 24. Rfd1 Bd4
25. Bf1 R5b6 26. Kg2 d5 $1 27. Bf4 dxe4 $1 28. Bxb8 Rxb8 29. a3 Nd5 {-/+} 30.
Qc4 h5 31. Qe2 Qf6 32. Rbc1 e3 33. f4 Rxb3 34. Rc2 Qg6 35. Kh2 h4 36. Qg2 hxg3+
37. Kh1 Nxf4 38. Qa8+ Kh7 39. Bg2 f5 0-1

[Event "YUG-ch playoff"]
[Site "Kladovo"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Damljanovic, Branko"]
[Black "Kozul, Zdenko"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "1990.04.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. g3 e5 5. Bg2 Nb6 6. a4 a5 7. Nf3 {7.d3,
Bb4 8.Nf3, Nc6 9.0-0  Leepin-Aljehin Mьnchen 1941} Bd6 8. O-O O-O 9. d3 Na6 $1
{>< b4} 10. Nb5 Re8 11. Nxd6 cxd6 12. Bd2 Nd5 13. e4 Ndb4 14. d4 Bg4 15. Bc3
Nc6 16. d5 Ncb4 17. h3 Bh5 18. Qd2 Qd7 19. Nh4 Bg6 20. Nxg6 hxg6 21. f4 $6 Nc5
22. Ra3 exf4 23. Qd4 $2 {23.Qxf4 =/+} f6 24. gxf4 Nc2 0-1

[Event "Dortmunder Schachtage-A 18th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1990.04.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bischoff, Klaus"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[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. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. e3 Bb4 4. Nge2 O-O 5. a3 Be7 6. Ng3 {6.d4, exd4 7.
Qxd4?!, a5! Quinteros-Kouatly Luzern 1985 40/34} d5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Qc2 Be6 9.
Bd3 g6 10. b4 Nc6 {/\ Ndxb4} 11. Nxd5 Bxd5 12. Bb2 a6 {12...Bxg2 13.Rg1, Bd5
14.b5, Na5 15.Bxe5, Bf6} 13. O-O Qd7 14. f4 $5 Rad8 15. Rf2 Bb3 16. Qxb3 Qxd3
17. Qxd3 Rxd3 18. fxe5 a5 19. b5 Rb3 20. bxc6 Rxb2 21. cxb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Grand Slam Final 8th"]
[Site "Bilbao"]
[Date "2015.10.30"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2798"]
[BlackElo "2803"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2015.10.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 Bb4 4. Bg2 O-O 5. e4 Bxc3 6. bxc3 c6 {The most
popular continuation.} ({A long time ago, Vishy has also tried:} 6... Re8 {
, but White got a better position after} 7. Ne2 c6 8. O-O d5 9. exd5 cxd5 10.
d4 $1 $14 {0-1 Petursson,M (2544)-Anand,V (2769)/Kopavogur 2000}) 7. Nf3 $5
$146 {Anish comes up with an interesting novelty at this early stage of the
game.} ({In most top-level games Black manages to solve his opening problems
after:} 7. Ne2 d5 8. cxd5 cxd5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. O-O Nc6 11. Rb1 Re8 (11... Nb6
12. d4 Bf5 13. Rb3 (13. Rb5 $5) 13... Be6 14. d5 $6 Bxd5 15. Bxd5 Nxd5 16. Ba3
Re8 17. Rxb7 Qc8 $15 {0-1 Nakamura,H (2715)-Carlsen,M (2801)/Oslo 2009/CBM 133
Extra (46)}) 12. d3 Nb6 13. Be3 Bg4 $11 {0-1 Naiditsch,A (2712)-Topalov,V 
(2768)/Porto Carras 2011/CBM 146 (37)}) ({The most ambitious} 7. d4 d6 8. Ne2
c5 {makes the Pc4 very weak and yields Black excellent counter-play à la
Nimzo:} 9. O-O Nc6 10. Qd3 b6 11. f4 Nd7 $132 {0-1 Mamedyarov,S (2747)
-Morozevich,A (2763)/Jurmala 2012/CBM 147/[Mikhalchishin,A] (44)}) ({Black is
doing reasonably well also after} 7. Ba3 d6 8. Ne2 Be6 (8... c5 $5) 9. d3 Re8
10. f4 exf4 11. gxf4 Bg4 12. O-O d5 $132 {0-1 Istratescu,A (2670)-Adams,M 
(2754)/London 2013}) 7... Nxe4 {A principled reply.} ({Another move which
deserved serious attention was} 7... Re8 $5 8. O-O Nxe4 (8... d5 {is less
precise:} 9. exd5 cxd5 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. c4 Nf6 12. d4 $14 {and White's
bishops are getting strong.}) 9. Re1 d5 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. d3 ({The following
complications lead to unclear consequences:} 11. c4 Nxf2 $1 12. Kxf2 e4 13.
cxd5 Na6 $132) 11... Nxc3 12. Qb3 d4 13. Nxe5 Be6 14. Qxb7 Bd5 15. Bxd5 Qxd5
16. Qxd5 Nxd5 17. Bb2 f6 18. Nf3 Nc6 {and Black is close to equality.}) 8. O-O
d6 (8... Re8 {would transpose to the above-mentioned line.}) (8... d5 9. Nxe5 (
9. cxd5 {is quite harmless:} cxd5 10. Nxe5 Re8 $11) 9... Re8 10. d4 f6 11. Qb3
fxe5 12. cxd5 Qxd5 13. Bxe4 Qxb3 14. axb3 exd4 15. Re1 Be6 16. cxd4 Nd7 $11) 9.
Nxe5 {Black has a wide choice of possibilities now.} dxe5 {The most simple
approach - Black exchanges one pair of knights and opens up the d-file, so the
queen is getting more active. On the other hand, the subsequent pawn structure
definitely suits White, since now it's easier to activate the bishops.} ({
First of all,} 9... Nxg3 $2 {must be rejected:} 10. fxg3 dxe5 11. Ba3 Re8 12.
Rxf7 $1 $36 Kxf7 $140 13. Qh5+ Kg8 14. Be4 g6 15. Bxg6 hxg6 16. Qxg6+ Kh8 17.
Rf1 $18) ({The same can be said about} 9... Nxf2 $2 10. Rxf2 dxe5 11. Ba3 Re8
12. Rxf7 Kxf7 13. Qh5+ Kg8 14. Be4 g6 15. Bxg6 hxg6 16. Qxg6+ Kh8 17. Rf1 $18)
({The somewhat awkward retreat} 9... Ng5 10. Ng4 f5 {can be strongly met by:}
11. f4 $1 fxg4 12. fxg5 Rxf1+ 13. Qxf1 Qxg5 14. d4 $36 {and White gets a
powerful initiative.}) 10. Bxe4 Be6 $6 {This natural move is connected with a
tactical blunder.} ({The more modest way of development} 10... Nd7 $142 $1 {
would lead to an acceptable position. For instance,} 11. d4 Nf6 12. Bg2 ({
White gets nothing special after} 12. Bg5 exd4 13. cxd4 h6 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15.
Re1 Rd8 16. d5 cxd5 17. cxd5 Qd6 $11 {and Black sucessfully neutralises the
passed pawn.}) 12... exd4 13. cxd4 Bg4 14. Qd3 Re8 15. Be3 Qd7 $11) 11. Ba3 Re8
12. Qb1 $1 {That is the point! Black cannot protect both of the hanging pawns
now.} Qxd2 $2 {Having had an unpleasant surprise, Black goes for a dubious
sacrifice in order to complicate matters.} ({Possibly, Vishy has overestimated
his troubles in the following line:} 12... Qc7 $142 13. Bxh7+ Kh8 14. Bf5 Nd7 (
14... Bxc4 $2 15. Qe4 Bxf1 16. Qh4+ Kg8 17. Qh7#) 15. Re1 Nf6 16. Bxe6 Rxe6 $14
{White is better, but Black has some compensation for a missing pawn.}) 13.
Qxb7 Nd7 14. Bxc6 {Black cannot avoid further losses of material.} Reb8 ({After
} 14... Qxc3 15. Qb3 Qa5 16. Bxa8 Rxa8 {the weakness of the light squares
makes White's technical task much more difficult. However, it looks like the
precise} 17. Rfd1 Nb6 18. Bb4 Qa6 19. Rd6 $1 Qxc4 20. Rad1 Qc8 21. Qd3 {
,followed by exchanging all the major pieces must still be lost for Black.})
15. Qa6 Rb6 16. Qa4 Rc8 {The queen sac was practically forced.} 17. Rad1 ({
If he rejects the ''gift'' by means of:} 17. Bd5 {Black may put up some
resistance:} Qh6 $1 18. Rad1 Nf6 19. Qxa7 Nxd5 20. cxd5 Bh3 21. d6 Qf6 $1 22.
f4 Bxf1 23. Qxb6 Bh3 24. Qa5 Bd7 25. Qxe5 Qxe5 26. fxe5 Rxc3 $16) 17... Qxd1
18. Rxd1 Rbxc6 19. Qxa7 R6c7 20. Qe3 Rxc4 21. Bb4 $18 {White's material
advantage is too big now.} h6 (21... Ra8 {was hardly any better:} 22. a3 h6 23.
Rd6 $18) 22. a4 {The a-passer is very strong now.} Nf6 23. Qxe5 ({Most
probably, even more convincing was:} 23. a5 $1 e4 24. Rd4 R4c6 25. Qd2 Kh7 26.
Rd6 R6c7 27. Qe3 $18) 23... Re4 24. Qa5 Kh7 25. f3 Re2 {Black manages to
activate the rooks, but his minor pieces cannot disturb the opponent's king.}
26. Qb5 Ra2 27. g4 ({A simpler way was} 27. a5 Re8 28. Bc5 $18) 27... Re8 28.
Bc5 {Anish decides to put his bishop on d4, but it wouldn't support the Pa4
from there.} ({Once again, there was nothing wrong with pushing the passed
pawn:} 28. a5 Bb3 29. Qd3+ Kg8 30. Rd2 Bc4 31. Qd6 $18) 28... Kg8 29. Re1 Ra8
30. Bd4 R2xa4 {Liquidating the dangerous passer is Anand's indisputable
achievement.} 31. h4 (31. Bxf6 $5 gxf6 32. Kg2 Kg7 33. Kg3 $18) 31... Ra2 32.
Qb1 ({It was possible to simplify matters by means of} 32. Bxf6 gxf6 33. Qh5
Kg7 (33... Rc2 34. Qxh6 Raa2 35. Qf4 $18) 34. g5 fxg5 35. hxg5 hxg5 36. Qxg5+
Kf8 37. c4 Ra1 38. Rxa1 Rxa1+ 39. Kf2 {The resulting position must be winning,
but the limited material balance still gives Black some practical chances.})
32... Bd5 $6 {Allowing White to activate the queen.} ({A more stubborn try was:
} 32... Nd7 33. Qe4 R8a5) 33. Qf5 Be6 34. Qf4 $6 ({For some reason, Anish
deviates from the following natural line:} 34. Rxe6 fxe6 35. Qxe6+ Kh7 36. Bxf6
gxf6 37. Qf7+ Kh8 38. Qxf6+ Kh7 39. h5 R8a6 40. Qe7+ Kg8 41. c4 $18 {with a
completely winning position.}) 34... Nd7 35. Rf1 {The presence of Black's rook
in White's camp is rather annoying, so it makes sense to swap the rooks.} Nf8
36. Rf2 R2a5 37. Qg3 Bc4 $138 {Surprisingly enough, GM Anand runs out of time.
No doubt, the final position was lost, but Anish still had to work hard in
order to convert his material advantage into a full point.} 1-0

[Event "Nezhmetdinov Memorial 32nd"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "2010.06.05"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Askarov, Marat"]
[Black "Zakhartsov, Viacheslav V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2499"]
[BlackElo "2586"]
[Annotator "Zakhartsov,Vi"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2010.05.31"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 136 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.07.02"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. g3 Bb4 4. Bg2 O-O 5. e4 Bxc3 6. bxc3 c6 {By pushing ...
d7-d5, Black usually obtains excellent play.} 7. Ne2 d5 8. cxd5 cxd5 9. exd5
Nxd5 10. O-O Nc6 11. f4 {A rare move. More frequent is} (11. Rb1 Nb6 12. d4 Be6
{with the ideas ...Bd5 or ...Bc4} (12... Bg4 13. f3 Be6)) 11... Bg4 12. Qe1 $6
(12. h3 {was the only chance to equalise:} Nxc3 13. dxc3 Qxd1 14. Rxd1 Bxe2 15.
Rd7 Ba6 16. Ba3 Rfd8 17. Rad1 Rxd7 18. Rxd7 exf4 19. gxf4 {with sufficient
compensation for the pawn.}) 12... Qd7 13. Qf2 (13. f5 $2 {loses a pawn:} Nf6
14. Qf2 Qd3) 13... Rfe8 14. Rb1 (14. f5 $2 Nce7 $1) (14. fxe5 Nxe5 15. Nd4 Rad8
(15... Nd3 16. Qxf7+ Qxf7 17. Rxf7 Kxf7 18. Bxd5+ Kg6 19. Ba3 {with full
compensation for the exchange} (19. Bxb7 $4 Re1+ 20. Kg2 Rf8)) 16. Nf3 Nxf3+
17. Bxf3 Bxf3 18. Qxf3 b5 {with advantage to Black.}) 14... exf4 15. Nxf4 Nxf4
16. Qxf4 (16. gxf4 {was more tenacious:} Be2 17. Re1 Bd3 18. Rb3 Rxe1+ 19. Qxe1
Re8 20. Qg3 Bc4 {with advantage.}) 16... Be2 17. Ba3 {White is forced to give
up an exchange.} ({Both} 17. Re1 Bd3 18. Rxe8+ Rxe8 19. Ra1 Re1+ 20. Kf2 Qe7) (
{or} 17. Rf2 Bd3 18. Ra1 Re1+ 19. Bf1 Rae8 20. Bb2 Rxa1 21. Bxa1 Re4 22. Qf3
Re1 {were completely hopeless for him.}) (17. Bxc6 {was also bad:} bxc6 18. Re1
Bd3 19. Rxe8+ Qxe8 (19... Rxe8 {?} 20. Rb8) 20. Rb7 Qe1+ 21. Kg2 f6 22. Rb8+
Rxb8 23. Qxb8+ Kf7 24. Qc7+ Kg6 25. Qf4 h5 (25... Qxc1 {?} 26. Qg4+ Kf7 27.
Qd7+) 26. Ba3 Be4+ 27. Kh3 Bf5+ 28. Kg2 Qe2+ {winning.}) 17... Bxf1 18. Bxf1 (
18. Rxf1 Re2) 18... Re5 19. d4 Ra5 20. Bc5 (20. Rb3 Re8) 20... b6 {After Black
eliminates one of White's bishops the rest is simple.} 21. Bg2 Rd8 ({Of course,
not} 21... bxc5 22. Bxc6 Qxc6 23. Rb8+) 22. Qh4 (22. d5 Rxc5 23. dxc6 Qd6 {
is also hopeless.}) 22... Re8 23. d5 Rxc5 24. dxc6 Qd3 25. Rf1 Qe3+ 26. Kh1
Rxc3 27. Bd5 Rc1 28. Bxf7+ Kh8 29. Qh3 Qf3+ 0-1