} (31. Nc3 $36)) 31. f5 e6 32. fxe6 {
Relieves the tension and eases the defence.} (32. Nb4 Qc5 $132) (32. Nc3 $142
$1 $36 {[%cal Ye4e5] /\e5} Qc5 $6 33. Qxc5 bxc5 34. fxe6 fxe6 35. e5 $16) (32.
Ne3 e5 33. Qd3 $1 Nf6 34. Nd5 Ng4+ 35. Kg2 gxf5 36. Rf1 $1 $44) 32... fxe6 33.
Nf6+ {Now White's edge peters out.} (33. Nc3 Rf8 $132 {[%cal Gf8f1] <->f}) (33.
Nf4 $142 $5 {/\} e5 34. Qd5+ Rf7 35. Qxc6 Rxc6 36. Nd5 $14) 33... Nxf6 34. Qxf6
Qxe4 35. Re1 Qf5 36. Qxe6+ (36. Rxe6 Qxf6 37. Rxf6 Kg7 $11 {leads to a similar
_|_.}) 36... Qxe6 37. Rxe6 Kf7 38. Re2 (38. Rce1 Rc5 $11 (38... d5 $132)) 38...
Rc5 $11 39. Rf1+ Kg7 40. Rd1 (40. a4 Re5 $11) 40... b5 $1 41. cxb5 Rxb5 42. Kg2
(42. Red2 Rc5 $11) 42... Rf5 43. Re6 Rc5 (43... d5 $5 $11) 44. Rd2 (44. Rexd6
Rxd6 45. Rxd6 Rc2+ $11) 44... Kf7 45. Re4 d5 46. Rf4+ Kg7 47. b4 Rc3 48. a4 a6
49. Rfd4 Rb7 50. b5 axb5 51. Rb4 (51. axb5 Rxb5 52. Rxd5 $11) (51. Rb4 Rc4 52.
Rxb5 Ra7 53. a5 d4 54. Rd5 Ra4 $11) 1/2-1/2
[Event "Sanjin Hotel Cup"]
[Site "Taiyuan"]
[Date "2004.07.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bu, Xiangzhi"]
[Black "Zhang, Zhong"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A31"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2603"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2004.07.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qb6 ({It's better to play this sortie
only after} 4... Nf6 $142 5. Nc3 (5. g3 Qb6 6. Nb5 $5 $13 (6. Nc2 e6 7. Bg2 d5
8. O-O dxc4 9. Nba3 $44)) 5... e6 6. g3 {-A33 , when} ({After} 6. a3 {Black's
best is probably} Bc5 7. Nb3 Be7 $132) 6... Qb6 $13 {is the complex main line.
Now White can avoid all this.}) 5. Nb3 e6 (5... d6 6. Nc3 $14) 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. a3
$1 {[%cal Ye2e4,Yc1e3] /\e4,Be3() White avoids the g3 lines altogether and
transposes to a line, in which the Q is exposed on b6. By preventing Bb4 he
prepares e4.} Be7 (7... d5 8. Be3 $1 Qd8 9. cxd5 $14 {gives White a
comfortable version of a Tarrasch Defence position.}) (7... Ne5 8. Be3 Qd8 9.
Bf4 $5 d6 (9... Nxc4 10. e4 d5 11. Bxc4 dxc4 12. Nb5 $5 $40) 10. c5 a6 11. e3
Qc7 12. cxd6 Qxd6 13. Be2 Be7 14. O-O O-O 15. Rc1 Qxd1 16. Rfxd1 Nc6 17. Bd6 (
17. Na4 $142 $1 $16) 17... Bxd6 18. Rxd6 Rd8 19. Rxd8+ Nxd8 20. Na4 Bd7 21. Nb6
Rb8 22. Nxd7 Nxd7 23. Rc7 Nb6 24. Nc5 Nd5 25. Rd7 a5 26. Bb5 $36 {_|_,Speelman,
J-Sax,G/Thessaloniki olm/1988/}) (7... d6 8. e4 Be7 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O a6 11.
Be3 Qd8 $5 (11... Qc7 12. Rc1 $36 {gives White a pleasant version of a
Hedgehog position, his pieces are in the right postions, while Black still
needs a couple of move to develop his. We'll see something similar in the game,
but to a lesser extent.} Nb8 13. f4 b6 14. Bf3 Bb7 15. Nd4 Nbd7 16. f5 e5 17.
Nde2 Rfc8 18. g4 h6 19. Ng3 Qd8 20. Qe2 Rc7 21. Nd5 Nxd5 22. exd5 Rb8 23. Ne4
$16 {(),Vera,R-Larduet,C/Matanzas/1997/}) 12. f3 (12. f4 $142 $5 $36 {()[+]>>})
12... b6 13. Qe1 Rb8 14. Qf2 Ne5 15. Rac1 Ned7 16. Nd2 Bb7 17. b4 Re8 18. Rfd1
Qc7 19. Bf1 Ba8 20. Kh1 Rbc8 21. Na4 Bd8 22. Nb3 Qb8 $14 {/<=>~~,Janjgava,
L-Cramling,P/EU-chT Debrecen/ 1992/}) 8. e4 O-O 9. Be2 (9. Be3 Qd8 $5 10. Be2
b6 11. O-O Bb7 12. Rc1 d6 13. f3 (13. f4 $142) 13... Rc8 14. Nd4 Ne5 15. Qa4 a6
16. Rfd1 Qc7 17. b4 Qb8 18. Qb3 Rfe8 19. Bf1 Ned7 20. Bf2 Bd8 21. Qa2 Bc7 22.
h3 Bd8 23. a4 Ne5 $13 {1/2,Ornstein,A-Karlsson,L/Borlange/1992/}) 9... Qc7 {
On c7 the Q is vulnerable to ideas, connected with Nd5.} ({Black still doesn't
want to go to the Hedgehog from the above note to 7...d6 with} 9... d6 10. Be3
Qd8 $14) 10. O-O b6 11. Be3 Bb7 (11... Ba6 12. Rc1 Rac8 13. f4 $1 Rfd8 14. e5
Ne8 15. Nd5 $1 Qb8 16. Nxe7+ Nxe7 17. c5 (17. Bd3 $5 $36) 17... Nd5 $132 {
1/2,Sammalvuo,T-Lalic,B/Cappelle la Grande/2002/}) 12. Rc1 Rac8 ({With the Q
on c7 it's already too late to strive for the typical set-up with} 12... d6 13.
Nd5 $1 Qd8 (13... exd5 14. cxd5 $16 Nxe4 15. dxc6 Bxc6 $2 16. Nd4 $18) 14.
Nxe7+ Qxe7 15. f3 $14 {[%csl Ge2,Ge3] |^^^}) 13. c5 $1 $36 {-><< Black is late
getting in d6 and White gets too much play on the queenside.} bxc5 14. Nxc5 Ba8
(14... Rfd8 15. Qa4 (15. Nxb7 Qxb7 16. b4 $16) 15... Ba8 16. Nb5 (16. b4 $5 $36
) 16... Qb8 17. Na6 Qe5 18. f4 Qxe4 19. Qxe4 Nxe4 20. Nxa7 Nxa7 21. Bxa7 Bf6
$132 {Tratar,M-Rogulj,B/Kastav/2002/}) 15. b4 d6 16. Nb3 Qb8 17. f3 ({
Interesting was also the energetic} 17. f4 Bd8 $1 (17... Rfd8 $2 18. b5 $18 {
[%csl Rc6]}) 18. Qd2 (18. Ba6 Bb6 19. Qe2 $14 {()}) 18... Bb6 19. Kh1 $14 {()})
17... Rfd8 18. Ba6 (18. b5 $5 Ne5 19. Qd4 Rc7 (19... a6 20. b6 $36) 20. Na2 $5
$36) (18. Qe1 d5 19. exd5 Nxd5 20. Nxd5 Rxd5 21. Qf2 a5 $5 $132 {/\} 22. Ba6 (
22. b5 Bxa3 $1) 22... Bb7 23. Rxc6 Rxc6 24. Bxb7 Qxb7 25. Nxa5 Rxa5 26. bxa5
Qb5 $11) (18. f4 $5 {()}) 18... Rc7 19. Qe2 {White wants to avoid
complications, but probably squanders a part of his advantage.} (19. f4 $1 d5 (
19... Bb7 20. Bxb7 Qxb7 21. b5 Nb8 22. Qd3 $16) 20. e5 $5 (20. b5 $2 d4 $1 $17)
(20. exd5 $14) 20... d4 (20... Ne4 21. Nb5 $16 (21. Nxe4 dxe4 22. Qe2 $16)) 21.
Nxd4 Nxd4 22. Bxd4 Rcd7 23. Ne2 Ne4 (23... Rxd4 24. Nxd4 Qb6 25. exf6 Bxf6 26.
Qe2 $16) 24. Qd3 $16 {[%cal Ra6b5,Rd3e3] /\Qe3,Bb5}) 19... d5 20. exd5 Nxd5 21.
Nxd5 Rxd5 22. Kh1 Bd6 $6 {[%csl Rd5] צd5 Black intended to use his R on the
>> anyway, but this plan is dubious and it will get into trouble.} (22... Rd8
$14) (22... Bf6 $5) 23. Bc4 Rh5 24. f4 $36 g6 (24... Rh3 25. Nc5 $16) (24...
Rf5 25. Bd3 Rd5 26. Be4 $16) 25. Nc5 {[%cal Rc5a6] /\Na6} Qd8 (25... Qf8 26.
Ne4 $36) 26. Qf2 Ne7 27. Be2 Rf5 28. Rcd1 $6 (28. Bg4 $142 Bxc5 (28... Rd5 $2
29. Nxe6 $1 fxe6 30. Bxe6+ Kf8 (30... Kg7 31. Qb2+ $18) 31. Qh4 $18 {->}) (
28... Bd5 29. Qb2 $5 $16) 29. Bxc5 Rd5 30. Rfd1 $5 $36 {/\} (30. Bxa7 Rd2 (
30... Rxc1 31. Rxc1 Rd2 32. Be2 $36) 31. Rcd1 Rcd7 32. Rxd2 Rxd2 33. Be2 $14)
30... Rcd7 31. Rxd5 Rxd5 $6 32. Bxe7 Qxe7 33. Rc8+ Rd8 34. Rxd8+ Qxd8 35. Qxa7
$16 {/+-}) 28... Rd5 {Black now exchanges his troublesome R and gets realistic
<=>.} 29. Bf3 (29. Bd4 Nf5 30. Be5 Qe7 $13) (29. Qh4 $5 Qf8 $132) 29... Rxd1
30. Rxd1 Bxf3 31. Qxf3 Nd5 $11 (31... Nd5 32. Ne4 Bf8 33. Bd4 (33. Bc5 Bg7 $11)
33... Qc8 $11) 1/2-1/2
[Event "EU-chT (Men) 12th"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "1999.12.06"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Agrest, Evgenij"]
[Black "Nisipeanu, Liviu Dieter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A31"]
[WhiteElo "2554"]
[BlackElo "2584"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[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 "Sweden"]
[BlackTeam "Romania"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SWE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ROU"]
1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 b6 3. e4 Bb7 4. Nf3 c5 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 d6 7. Be2 Nf6 8. f3
a6 9. Be3 Nbd7 ({As has been indicated many timed before, a reliable way to
avoid White's dangerous plan is} 9... Be7 {/\} 10. O-O O-O 11. a4 Nc6 $1) 10.
O-O Be7 11. a4 $1 {It's better to realize this plan directly. One move later
it's not too effective anymore:} (11. Qd2 O-O 12. a4 Rc8 $1 (12... Qc7 13. a5
Rfe8 14. Rfc1 Rab8 15. Nd5 $1 exd5 16. cxd5 Qd8 17. Nc6 Bxc6 18. dxc6 Nc5 19.
b4 $36 {Cvetkovic,S-Ilicnic,Z/Vrnjacka Banja/1989/}) 13. a5 Ne5 14. axb6 Nxc4
15. Bxc4 Rxc4 16. Nb3 Rb4 17. Na5 Ba8 18. Na4 Rb5 19. Nc3 Rb4 20. Na4 Rb5 $11 {
1/2,Yandemirov,V-Simantsev,M/St.Petersburg/1999/}) 11... O-O 12. a5 bxa5 {
The best, other moves allow White to achieve his strategic aims more easily:} (
12... d5 13. exd5 $5 (13. cxd5 exd5 14. Nxd5 Bxd5 15. exd5 Nxd5 16. Bf2 N7f6
17. Nc6 Qe8 18. Nxe7+ Qxe7 19. Bc4 Rfd8 20. Qe1 $5 b5 21. Bb3 Qb4 22. Qxb4 Nxb4
23. Rfd1 Nd3 24. Bb6 Rd7 25. Rd2 $16 {Stohl,I-Varga,Z/CRO-chT2 Pula/1998/})
13... exd5 14. Nf5 (14. cxd5 Nxd5 15. Nxd5 Bxd5 16. Nf5 $16 {Sher,B-Vegh,E
Budapest Elekes CBM/14}) 14... Bb4 (14... bxa5 $142 15. cxd5 Bb4 $14) 15. axb6
Re8 16. Na4 Re5 17. Bd3 dxc4 18. Bc2 Qe8 19. Bd4 Re6 20. Bc3 Bxc3 21. bxc3 Qf8
22. Rb1 Rd8 23. Nd4 Rd6 24. Qe2 $16 {[%csl Gb6] o^b6,Varga,Z-Devcic,D/CRO-Cup
Pula/1999/}) (12... Qc7 13. Nb3 (13. axb6 Nxb6 14. Na4 Nfd7 15. Nxb6 Nxb6 16.
Qb3 Nd7 17. Rfc1 g6 18. Qd1 e5 19. Nb3 a5 20. Nd2 Nc5 21. b3 Rfb8 22. Qc2 Bc6
23. Qc3 Qb6 24. Rcb1 Qb4 25. Qc2 Bd8 26. Kh1 Bb6 27. Nf1 Ne6 28. Bd2 Qc5 29.
Ne3 Nd4 30. Qd3 Bd8 31. Nd5 $14 {Borgo,G-Barlov,D/Cutro/1998/}) 13... Rab8 14.
axb6 Nxb6 15. Na5 Ba8 16. Qd2 Rfd8 17. Rfc1 Nbd7 18. Nd5 exd5 19. cxd5 Nc5 20.
b4 Nfd7 21. bxc5 Nxc5 22. Bxa6 Bf6 23. Bd4 $18 {Gulko,B-Shapiro,D/Stratton
Mountain/1999/}) 13. Nb3 Rb8 (13... a4 14. Rxa4 Qc7 15. Na5 Rfb8 16. Ra2 Bc8
17. f4 e5 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. cxd5 exf4 20. Bxf4 Ne5 21. Kh1 Bd7 22. Qd2 Bf6 23.
Rc1 Qd8 24. Nc6 Bxc6 25. dxc6 Rc8 26. Qd5 $36 {o^c6,Bobrowska,M-Ghate,S/WChJW
Calicut/1998/}) 14. Nxa5 Ba8 15. Qd2 Re8 $1 {[%cal Yd6d5] The best move, in
Hedgehog positions the R usually occupies this square to further the freeing
d5 advance.} ({The older move leads to a passive position, where Black can
quickly lose any chances of effective counterplay. The following examples have
become classical:} 15... Qc7 16. Rfc1 Ne5 (16... Rfc8 17. Na4 Nc5 18. b4 Nxa4
19. Rxa4 Qd7 20. Rca1 Rd8 21. Bf1 Qc7 22. Nb3 Bb7 23. Qf2 Nd7 24. Na5 Ba8 25.
Ba7 Rbc8 26. Bd4 Rb8 27. Ba7 Rbc8 28. Nb3 Bb7 29. Bd4 Rb8 30. Qg3 g6 31. b5 $16
{Gelfand,B-Smirin,I/Vilnius/1988/}) 17. Na4 Bc6 18. b4 Bxa4 19. Rxa4 Nfd7 20.
Raa1 Rfc8 21. Nb3 Ra8 22. g3 h5 23. Kg2 Qb8 24. Rab1 Nf6 25. Nd4 Qb7 26. c5 $1
d5 27. Bf4 Ng6 28. e5 Ne8 29. Bd3 Nxf4+ 30. gxf4 $1 g6 31. Rc3 Nc7 32. Kh3 $1
Kh7 33. f5 $1 $40 {Ivanchuk,V-Adams,M/Dortmund/1992/}) 16. Kh1 (16. Rfd1 Qc7
17. Rdc1 Ne5 (17... Nc5 $6 18. b4 $1 Rxb4 19. Nb5 $16) 18. Na4 Qd8 19. c5 $5 (
19. Ba7 d5 $1 20. Bxb8 Qxb8 $44 {[%cal Re7b4,Rd5e4] /\Bb4,de4}) 19... dxc5 20.
Qxd8 Bxd8 21. Nxc5 Rxb2 22. Bxa6 Ng6 23. Bf1 Rb8 (23... h6 $5 {/\} 24. Nab3 Bc7
25. Bd4 Be5 $1 $11 {Pelletier}) 24. Na6 Bb6 25. Bxb6 Rxb6 26. Rc7 $14 {[%csl
Ra8] ץa8,Kasimdzhanov,R-Bakhtadze,G/Yerevan WChJ/1999/}) 16... Qc7 17. Rfc1 {
White has an extra tempo compared to Kasimdzhanov's game above, but it's not
too useful in this situation.} Ne5 18. Bd4 (18. b4 d5 $5 19. c5 (19. cxd5 Bxb4
20. Nc6 $11) 19... dxe4 20. Nxe4 Red8 $132) (18. Na4 Qd8 $13 {and the K on h1
is of no advantage for White.}) 18... h5 $5 {[%mdl 32] An original strategical
idea in this position. The further advance of this pawn can be prevented only
by weakening the >>, when it gets to h3 Black will have just enough play to
hold the game.} 19. b4 (19. Bf2 Ng6 {[%cal Yh5h3] /\h4-h3<=>}) 19... h4 20. b5
h3 $6 (20... axb5 $142 21. cxb5 Qd8) 21. g3 $6 (21. gxh3 axb5 22. cxb5 Qd8 $132
) (21. bxa6 $142 $5 hxg2+ 22. Kxg2 $36) 21... axb5 22. cxb5 (22. Nxb5 Qd7 $15)
22... Qd8 23. Bxe5 (23. b6 $5 Nc6 (23... Nfd7 24. b7 Bxb7 25. Ba7 $16) 24. Nxc6
Bxc6 $132 25. Nb5 Nxe4 $5 26. fxe4 Bxe4+ 27. Kg1 Bg5 $44) 23... dxe5 24. Qxd8
Rexd8 25. Nc6 Bxc6 26. bxc6 Rd2 27. Ba6 (27. c7 Rc8 28. Nb5 (28. Nd5 $2 Nxd5
29. exd5 Rxe2 $19) 28... Rxe2 (28... Ne8 $6 29. Bf1 $16) 29. Na7 Rxc7 30. Rxc7
Bd6 $44) (27. Bf1 Rbb2 28. Ne2 $5 (28. Nd1 Rxh2+ 29. Kg1 Rhg2+ $1 30. Bxg2
Rxg2+ 31. Kf1 Nh5 $19) 28... Bd8 $5 (28... Bd6 29. Ra8+ Kh7 30. Rd8 Bc7 31.
Rxd2 Rxd2 32. Nc3 $36) 29. c7 Bxc7 30. Rxc7 Rxe2 {-27.Ba6}) 27... Rbb2 28. Ne2
Bd6 29. c7 (29. Rd1 Bc7 30. Rxd2 Rxd2 31. Ng1 Rc2 32. Bb7 g5 33. g4 Ne8 34.
Nxh3 f6 $44 {[%csl Rb7,Rh3] <=>,פh3,Bb7 White's pieces are uncoordinated.})
29... Bxc7 30. Rxc7 Rxe2 31. Bxe2 Rxe2 $11 {[%csl Rh1] White has no way to
realize his material advantage due to his K trapped on the back rank.} 32. Rf1
g5 {[%cal Rg5g4] /\g4} 33. g4 $8 Kg7 34. Kg1 Rg2+ 35. Kh1 Re2 36. Rc3 Nd7 {
[%cal Rd7f8,Rf8g6,Rg6f4] /\Nf8-g6-f4 Now already White must force a draw.} 37.
Rfc1 Rf2 38. Kg1 Rg2+ 39. Kh1 Rf2 1/2-1/2
[Event "FRA-ch"]
[Site "Val d'Isere"]
[Date "2002.08.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Dorfman, Josif D"]
[Black "Degraeve, Jean Marc"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A31"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2586"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2002.08.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 091"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nf3 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d5 6. cxd5 Bc5 7. N5c3 O-O 8.
h3 $5 {/\g4-g5 White plans to undermine Black's [+] outpost as fast as
possible.} e4 9. g4 e3 $6 (9... Re8 $142 10. Bg2 h6 11. Nd2 e3 12. fxe3 Bxe3
13. Nc4 Bc5 14. Bf4 Bd7 (14... Nh5 15. Bh2 Qh4+ 16. Kd2 Bxg4 17. hxg4 Qxg4 18.
Qa4 $1 $16 (18. Bxb8 Raxb8 19. Bf3 Qf4+ 20. Kc2 Ng3 21. Nd2 Nxh1 22. Bxh1 Be3
$44 {Agirretxe San Sebastian,J-Fluvia Poyatos,J/Montcada/1999/})) (14... a6 15.
a4 Nbd7 16. Bf3 Nh5 17. Bh2 Qh4+ 18. Kd2 Ng3 19. Rg1 Nf5 20. Ne4 Qxh3 21. Bc7
Rxe4 22. Bxe4 Ne3 23. Qb3 Nf1+ 24. Kc2 Qxb3+ 25. Kxb3 Bxg1 26. Rxf1 Nc5+ 27.
Ka3 Nxe4 28. Rxg1 $16 {Raetsky,A-Miezis,N/Bern/1995/}) 15. Qd3 Na6 16. a3 Rc8
17. Ne5 Bb6 18. b4 Nc7 19. Bf3 a6 20. Kf1 Nb5 $132 {1/2, Lopez Rodriguez,
H-Llames Prado,R/Gijon/1999/}) (9... Qe7 10. Bg2 Qe5 (10... e3 {-9...e3?!}) 11.
g5 Qf5 12. Rf1 Qg6 13. Rg1 (13. Bh1 $5 Bxh3 14. gxf6 $14) 13... e3 $2 (13...
Qf5 $142) 14. Bxe3 Bxe3 15. gxf6 Re8 16. fxe3 Bxh3 17. Qd4 Qg3+ 18. Kf1 Rxe3
19. Bxh3 Qxh3+ 20. Kf2 {1-0, Stohl,I-De Vreugt,D/Lisbon op/2001/}) 10. Bxe3
Bxe3 11. fxe3 Qe7 (11... Qd6 12. Qd4 Qg3+ 13. Kd2 Qd6 14. Bg2 Rd8 15. Na3 Nc6
16. Qf4 Qc5 17. Rad1 Ne7 18. e4 Qb4 19. Kc1 Bd7 20. Nc2 Qa5 21. e5 $18 {
Likavsky,T-Pekar,K/SVK-chT2/1998/}) 12. Bg2 (12. Qd4 $142 $1 Rd8 13. g5 $16)
12... Qxe3 13. Qd3 {White has to get rid of Black's Q as fast as possible.} (
13. Bf3 $143 $6 Re8 14. Nd2 Na6 15. Kf1 h5 $1 16. g5 Qxg5 17. Nde4 Nxe4 18.
Nxe4 Qh4 $40 {1/2, Tomaszewski,R-Kujawski,A/Lublin/1988/}) 13... Qc1+ (13...
Qxd3 14. exd3 Rd8 15. Nd2 Na6 16. Nde4 $16) 14. Kf2 (14. Nd1 $5 Na6 15. O-O
Qc5+ (15... Nc5 16. Qc3 $16) (15... Re8 $142 $1 $14) 16. Qe3 Qxe3+ 17. Nxe3 Re8
18. Kf2 Bd7 19. Nc3 Nc5 20. Nc4 b5 21. Nd6 Re5 22. b4 Na6 23. a3 $16 {
Agirretxe San Sebastian,J-Fernandez Hernandez,G/Euskadi/1999/}) 14... Qxb2 15.
Nd2 Qb6+ 16. Qe3 $5 (16. e3 Na6 $13) 16... Qd8 {[%cal Rc8g4] /\Bg4} (16...
Qxe3+ 17. Kxe3 Re8+ 18. Kd4 $36) (16... Qc7 $5 $13) 17. Bf3 Nbd7 $6 (17... Re8
$142 18. Qf4 (18. Qd4 $6 Nc6) 18... Na6 $132) 18. Qd4 $1 b6 ({Black's problem
is the natural move} 18... Re8 $2 {fails to} 19. g5 $18) 19. d6 Rb8 20. e4 $1 {
[%csl Gd6,Ge4][%cal Re4e5] [+],/\e5} Nc5 {Again due to the threat g5 Black
can't effectively prevent e5, White gains the upper hand in the [+].} (20...
Re8 $2 21. g5 Ne5 22. gxf6 Qxf6 23. Kg2 $16) 21. e5 Nfd7 22. Kg3 Bb7 23. Bxb7
Rxb7 24. Nf3 $14 Ne6 25. Qe3 f6 (25... Re8 26. Nd5 $36) 26. exf6 Ndc5 $5 (26...
Qxf6 27. Nd5 Qf7 28. Rhf1 $16) 27. Rad1 {[%csl Gd6] White must protect his
strong o^.} (27. fxg7 $2 Qxd6+ 28. Ne5 Rxg7 29. Rad1 Qb8 $36) 27... Rxf6 (27...
Qxf6 $142 28. Nd5 (28. Ne5 $2 Ne4+ $1 $17) 28... Qd8 29. Ne7+ (29. Ne5 Ng5 $5
30. Ne7+ Rxe7 31. dxe7 Nge4+ 32. Kg2 Qxe7 $40) 29... Rxe7 30. dxe7 Qxe7 31.
Rhf1 $14 {and although White is better, his vulnerable K still gives Black <=>.
}) 28. Ne5 Kh8 29. Nd5 Rf8 30. Ne7 $1 Rxe7 {Now it's too late for the exchange
sacrifice.} (30... Ng5 31. Rhf1 $1 Nge4+ 32. Kg2 $40 {/\} Rxf1 (32... Nxd6 33.
Rxf8+ Qxf8 34. N7g6+ $18) 33. Rxf1 Nxd6 34. Qf3 $1 h6 (34... Rb8 35. N7c6 $18)
35. Qd5 $1 (35. Qf8+ Qxf8 36. Rxf8+ Kh7 37. N5g6 Rxe7 $16) 35... Kh7 36. N7c6
Qc7 37. Rf8 $18) (30... Rf6 $142 $16) 31. Nc6 $18 Qa8 32. dxe7 Re8 33. Rd6 Rxe7
(33... Ng5 $5 34. Rhd1 $1 Nge4+ 35. Kh2 Nxd6 36. Rxd6 $18 {[%csl Ge7] o^e7})
34. Nxe7 Qxh1 35. Rxe6 Nxe6 36. Qxe6 Qg1+ 37. Kh4 Qf2+ 38. Kh5 g6+ (38... Qf8
39. Qc8 g6+ 40. Kg5 $18) 39. Nxg6+ (39. Kg5 $18) (39. Nxg6+ hxg6+ 40. Kxg6 Qc2+
41. Qf5 Qc6+ 42. Qf6+ $18) 1-0
[Event "POL-ch"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2004.04.25"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Macieja, Bartlomiej"]
[Black "Jakubowski, Krzysztof"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A31"]
[WhiteElo "2633"]
[BlackElo "2492"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2004.04.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 101"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 b6 ({-A33} 5... e6 {leads to
more frequent English Opening positions. It's also objectively better, as the
Hedgehog positions with the N on c6 (which Black unsuccessfully aims to
achieve) tend to be inferior to the ones with Nbd7.}) 6. e4 (6. Bg5 Bb7 {
can transpose into the game, as} 7. Bxf6 $6 gxf6 8. Nf5 Qb8 $32 {[%csl Gb7,Gf8]
[%cal Ye7e6] <=>^^ is not particularly enticing for White.}) 6... Bb7 7. Bg5 $5
{One of White's more aggressive attempts. However, even positional methods
promise White an edge:} (7. Bf4 $5 d6 8. Nf3 g6 9. Qd2 Bg7 10. Be2 Rc8 11. Bh6
O-O 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. b3 Nb4 $6 (13... Nb8 $142 $132) 14. Nd4 Na6 15. f3 Nc5
16. O-O a6 17. Rfd1 Ng8 18. Bf1 Ba8 19. Rac1 Qc7 20. b4 Nd7 21. a3 {[%csl Gb4,
Gc4,Ge4] (),|^<<,Tal,M-Winants,L/Bruxelles/1987/}) (7. Be2 e6 8. Nc2 $5 Qb8 9.
O-O Be7 10. f4 $1 d6 11. b3 O-O 12. Bb2 $14 {Lalic}) ({Another double-edged
try is} 7. f3 Qb8 8. Be3 e6 9. Qd2 Be7 10. g4 O-O 11. O-O-O Rc8 12. g5 Ne8 13.
Nxc6 Bxc6 14. Kb1 a6 15. h4 b5 16. h5 bxc4 17. g6 fxg6 18. hxg6 hxg6 19. Rg1
Bf6 20. Rxg6 Kf7 21. Rg2 $36 {Hansen,C-Ftacnik,L/Groningen/1991/}) 7... e6 ({
Black often used to play} 7... Qb8 {and also in the game he could (and
probably should as well!) have later transposed into this line.} {However, the
main reason why the text-move is preferable is probably} 8. Nxc6 $142 (8. f4 h6
9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. g3 Nxd4 (10... e6 $5) 11. Qxd4 e5 12. Qd3 Bb4 13. O-O-O Bxc3
14. Qxd7+ Kf8 15. bxc3 Bxe4 16. Rg1 Qe8 17. Bg2 Bxg2 18. Rxg2 Qxd7 19. Rxd7 {
Arnason,J-Karason,A/ISL-chT Reykjavik/2000/} Kg7 $11) (8. Nf3 e6 9. Qd2 Be7 10.
Be2 O-O 11. O-O Rd8 12. Bf4 d6 13. Qc2 Rd7 14. Rac1 Qd8 15. Rfd1 Rc8 16. Qb1 h6
17. h3 Nh7 18. b3 Nf8 19. Be3 Ng6 20. Nb5 Bf6 21. Bf1 Nge5 22. Nfd4 a6 23. Nc3
Nxd4 24. Bxd4 Ng6 25. Qd3 Bxd4 26. Qxd4 Qc7 27. Qe3 {Butnorius,A-Bucinskas,V/
Radviliskis/1995/} Qc5 $11) 8... Bxc6 9. Qe2 $1 h6 (9... Qe5 10. f4 Qa5 11.
O-O-O $32) 10. Bd2 e5 11. Nd5 Bxd5 12. cxd5 Bc5 13. O-O-O a5 14. Kb1 a4 15. Rc1
d6 16. Qb5+ Ke7 17. f3 Ne8 18. g3 Nc7 19. Qc6 Rc8 20. Bh3 Rd8 21. Rc4 $16 {
Tal,M-Toshkov,T/Albena/1984/}) 8. Nxc6 (8. f4 $6 h6 9. Bh4 Bb4 $1 10. Nxc6 Bxc6
11. Bd3 Qc7 12. Qf3 Qb7 $1 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. f5 Bxc3+ 15. bxc3 e5 16. O-O Qc7 {
[%csl Rc3,Rc4,Re4] ק} 17. c5 $1 bxc5 18. Bc4 Ke7 19. Rad1 Rad8 20. Qh5 Rh7 21.
Qe2 d6 22. Rf3 Qb7 $15 {Krasenkow,M-Mastrovasilis,A/EU Cup Kallithea/2002/}) ({
Rather innocuous is} 8. Ndb5 Qb8 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Qd2 a6 11. O-O-O Bc8 12. Nd6+
Bxd6 13. Qxd6 Qxd6 14. Rxd6 Ke7 15. Rd2 Rg8 16. g3 Rb8 17. f4 d6 18. Be2 Bb7
19. Rhd1 Rgd8 20. b3 Ba8 21. Kb2 Na7 22. a4 Nc6 $11 {Nickoloff,B-Gheorghiu,F/
Dubai olm/1986/}) 8... Bxc6 $146 (8... dxc6 9. Qf3 (9. e5 $5 {()}) 9... Bd6 10.
Rd1 Qe7 11. Be2 Rd8 12. O-O h6 13. Bf4 e5 14. Be3 O-O 15. a3 Bc5 16. Bxc5 Qxc5
17. b4 Qe7 18. Qe3 Ba6 $11 {1/2,Tal,M-Adorjan,A/Riga izt/1979/}) 9. Bd3 (9. e5
h6 10. Bh4 g5 11. Bg3 Ne4 12. Nxe4 Bxe4 13. Qd2 f5 $5 $132 {Krasenkow}) (9. Qe2
h6 10. Bd2 d6 $13) 9... h6 $6 {This was the suitable moment to transpose back
into the 7...Qb8 line with} (9... Qb8 $142 $1 10. Qe2 (10. O-O Bb4 11. Re1 Qe5
12. Bd2 h5 $5 $13 13. Qf3 Ng4 14. Bf4 Qd4 15. Bf1 Bc5 16. Re2 f5 17. h3 O-O-O
18. Rd1 Qf6 19. Nb5 (19. hxg4 hxg4 20. Qg3 Rh4 $1 $19) (19. Bd6 $142 $5) 19...
fxe4 20. Qg3 e5 21. Nxa7+ Kb7 22. Nxc6 dxc6 23. Rxd8 exf4 24. Qxg4 hxg4 25.
Rxh8 f3 26. Rd2 Bd4 27. Kh1 g3 28. gxf3 Qxf3+ 29. Bg2 gxf2 {0-1,Spraggett,
K-Nogueiras,J/Montpellier ct/1985/}) 10... Bd6 $5 11. Nd5 Bxd5 (11... Nxd5 12.
exd5 (12. cxd5 $5 Bb4+ 13. Kf1 Bb7 14. dxe6 dxe6 15. Bb5+ $14) 12... Bb7 13.
O-O-O Bf4+ 14. Bxf4 Qxf4+ 15. Kb1 O-O 16. g3 Qf6 17. Be4 exd5 18. Bxd5 Rae8 19.
Qc2 Bxd5 20. Rxd5 Qf3 21. Rhd1 Re2 22. Rf5 Qg4 23. f3 Qh3 24. Qxe2 Qxf5+ $132 {
Johansen,D-Ftacnik,L/Gold Coast/2000/}) 12. exd5 Qc7 13. g3 Bb4+ 14. Kf1 h6 15.
Bxf6 gxf6 16. Qf3 Ke7 17. Kg2 Bd6 18. Rhe1 h5 19. Re4 h4 20. Rae1 Rag8 21. Rg4
Rxg4 22. Qxg4 Kf8 23. Re3 a5 24. b3 Be5 25. Qe4 Ke7 26. Be2 Qc5 $11 {[%csl Ge2,
Ge5] ^-,Markos,J-Velicka,P/CZE-chT/2003/}) 10. Bh4 Bc5 $2 {Black forgets the
e4-square is no more accessible and he will have to both weaken his position
and retreat back with his N.} (10... Qb8 11. Bg3 (11. Qe2 Bd6 12. Nd5 $5 $36 {
is also possible, White gets a better version of the above line.}) 11... Bd6
12. Qd2 $14) ({Black should have already satisfied himself with the solid, but
passive} 10... d6 $142 $14 {[%cal Yf8e7] /\Be7 , however even in this case
it's better to omit the h6-move.}) 11. e5 $1 {[%csl Ge5] [+]()} g5 12. Bg3 Ng8
(12... Nh7 13. O-O $16) 13. Qh5 (13. Ne4 $5 Bb4+ 14. Kf1 $16) 13... Qc7 (13...
Bxg2 14. Rg1 Bc6 15. O-O-O {/\Ne4->}) 14. h4 $1 gxh4 (14... Bxg2 15. Rg1 Qc6
16. hxg5 Bf3 17. Qh4 O-O-O 18. a3 $36 {[%cal Yc3e4,Yc3b5,Yd3e4] /\Ne4,Nb5,Be4}
d5 19. exd6 Bxd6 20. Nb5 $1 $18) (14... Bd4 $6 15. hxg5 Bxe5 16. g6 Bxg3 17.
gxf7+ Ke7 18. fxg8=N+ Raxg8 19. fxg3 Qxg3+ 20. Kd2 $18) 15. Rxh4 {[%cal Rh4f4]
/\Rf4+-} Ne7 (15... Bxg2 16. a3 $5 $16 (16. Rf4 O-O-O 17. Rxf7 $16)) 16. Rf4
Rf8 17. Kf1 $16 {White finally protects his Pg2, his K is even safer on the >>,
than on b1. The text-move doesn't give Black too many chances to complicate
the issue.} (17. O-O-O Bxg2 18. Ne4 Bxe4 19. Bxe4 Rb8 $14 {[%cal Rb6b5] /\b5<=>
}) 17... O-O-O 18. Ne4 {White wants to tigthen the screws instead of cashing
in, nevertheless} (18. Rxf7 $142 Qb7 19. f3 $16 {seems better.}) (18. Nb5 Qb7
$14) 18... Nf5 $6 {Macieja reckoned with this natural reaction.} (18... Ng6 19.
Rf6 Bxe4 20. Bxe4 Bd4 21. Qe2 $36 {/\} Bxe5 $2 22. Rxg6 $1 fxg6 23. Bxe5 Qxe5
24. Bb7+ $18) (18... Bxe4 $142 $5 19. Rxe4 (19. Bxe4 Bd4 $13) 19... d6 $14) 19.
Rxf5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} exf5 20. Qxf5 $44 {-> White has a strong bind for the
sacrificed exchange. His following plan is to advance the <} Rc8 29. Ra2 (29. Nd6 $18) (29. Nf6 $5 $18) 29... Qb7 (
29... Qc7 30. Nd6 $1 Bxd6 31. exd6 Qb7 32. b5 $18) 30. Qd4 (30. Nd6 $5 Bxd6 31.
exd6 b5 32. c5 $18) 30... Re8 $2 (30... Bxb4 $142 $5 31. Nd6 (31. Rb2 $6 Bxe4
32. Bxe4 Bc5 $132) 31... Bc5 32. Qf4 Bxd6 33. exd6 $16 {[%cal Rb1b8] -><->b})
31. b5 Qc7 $138 (31... Bxe4 32. Bxe4 Bc5 33. Qd3 $18) (31... Qc7 32. bxc6 $18)
1-0
[Event "New York op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1998.03.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Gurevich, Dmitry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A31"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1998.03.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 064"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nf3 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d5 6. cxd5 Bc5 7. N5c3 O-O 8.
e3 e4 9. Be2 Qe7 (9... Re8 10. Nd2 $142 $1 (10. a3 Nbd7 (10... a5 11. Nd2 Bf5
12. Nb3 Bf8 13. g4 Bg6 14. g5 Nfd7 15. h4 Ne5 16. Nd4 Nd3+ 17. Kf1 Bc5 18. h5
Bxd4 19. hxg6 Bxc3 20. Bxd3 exd3 21. gxf7+ Kxf7 22. Qxd3 $1 $40 {Bischoff,
K-Kersten,U/Bad Worishofen op/1998/}) 11. b4 Bd6 12. Bb2 a5 13. bxa5 Nc5 14.
Nd2 Bg4 15. O-O Nd3 16. Rb1 Bxe2 17. Qxe2 Nxb2 18. Rxb2 Be5 19. Rb3 Bxc3 20.
Rxc3 Qxd5 21. Rb3 {1/2,Mirzoev,A-Kogan,A/Cannes op/1998/}) 10... Nbd7 (10...
Bf5 $5) 11. Qc2 Qe7 12. O-O a6 13. a4 b6 14. Nc4 Bb7 15. Rd1 Rad8 16. b3 Ne5
17. Nxe4 Nxe4 18. Qxe4 Qg5 19. h4 Qg6 20. Qxg6 Nxg6 21. h5 Ne7 22. d6 Nf5 23.
d7 Re7 24. b4 {1-0,Lautier,J-Adams,M/Las Palmas/1994/ Due to this game the 9...
Re8 line has lost most of it's popularity and the text became the main move.})
10. a3 Rd8 (10... a5 11. Nd2 Rd8 12. Qc2 Bf5 13. Nb3 Nxd5 14. Nxd5 Rxd5 15. Bc4
Re5 16. Bd2 Bd7 17. Bxa5 Bd6 18. Bc3 Rg5 19. g3 $14 {Sokolov,A-Andrienko,A/
Jurmala/1991/}) (10... a6 11. b4 Bd6 12. Bb2 Nbd7 13. Nd2 Nb6 14. Qc2 Bf5 15.
g4 Bxg4 16. Ndxe4 Nxe4 17. Qxe4 Bxe2 18. Kxe2 f5 19. Qxe7 Bxe7 20. Rac1 Rac8
21. Rhd1 Rfd8 22. Ba1 Rd7 23. f3 $16 {Khurtsidze,N-Calzetta,M/WCh-studW Leon/
1996/}) 11. O-O $5 $146 {This natural move surprisingly hasn't been played
before.} (11. b4 Bd6 12. Bb2 a5 $5 (12... Nbd7 13. Nd2 Nb6 14. Qb3 Be5 (14...
Bf5 15. Nb5 $6 (15. Nc4 $142) 15... Nfxd5 16. Nxd6 Rxd6 17. Nc4 Rg6 18. g3 Bh3
19. O-O-O Nxc4 20. Bxc4 Nb6 21. Kb1 Rc8 $40 {Braun,P-Koerholz,L/Vienna opB/
1996/}) 15. Nc4 (15. Rd1 Bf5 16. Nc4 Nxc4 17. Qxc4 Rac8 18. Qb3 a6 19. Na4 Bxb2
20. Qxb2 Rxd5 21. Rxd5 Nxd5 22. O-O Qf6 23. Rc1 Qxb2 24. Rxc8+ Bxc8 25. Nxb2
Nc3 $15 {Lautier,J-Illescas Cordoba,M/Linares/1995/}) 15... Nxc4 16. Bxc4 Bf5
17. Nb5 Bxb2 18. Qxb2 Nxd5 19. Nd4 Qe5 20. Qb3 Bg6 21. Bxd5 Rxd5 22. Rc1 f5 23.
Rc5 Bf7 24. Rxd5 Bxd5 25. Qc3 f4 26. exf4 Qxf4 27. O-O Rd8 28. Nc2 Be6 29. Ne3
Rd3 $132 {Khodos-Gofshtein,L/Daugavpils/1978/}) 13. bxa5 Be5 14. Qa4 Na6 15.
Nd2 $6 (15. O-O $142 Nc5 $44) 15... Nc5 16. Qb4 Bg4 17. Nc4 Bxc3+ 18. Qxc3 Bxe2
19. Kxe2 Qd7 20. Rhd1 Rac8 21. Kf1 Nd3 22. Qb3 Qf5 23. Rxd3 exd3 $17 {Timman,
J-Topalov,V/Wijk/1996/}) (11. Nd2 Bf5 $6 12. g4 Bc8 13. h3 b5 14. Qc2 Bb7 15.
Ncxe4 Nxe4 16. Nxe4 Bxd5 17. Qxc5 Qxe4 18. f3 Qe6 19. Qxb5 $16 {Padevsky,
N-Lukov,V/Pamporovo/1982/}) 11... a5 $6 {Dubious, as Black loses time and
weakens his <<, which gives White good chances to advantageously return his
extra pawn.} (11... Bf5 $142 $44) 12. Nd2 Bf5 13. Qb3 (13. Nc4 Be6 $5 $11)
13... h5 14. Nc4 Ra6 15. Rd1 $2 {Leaves White's K to it's own devices and lets
Black unleash a vicious sacrificial attack.} (15. Na4 $142 $5 Bg4 $5 (15...
Rxd5 16. Ncb6 $16) (15... Nxd5 16. Nxc5 Qxc5 17. Qxb7 $14 (17. Bxh5 $5 {/\} a4
$2 18. Qxb7 $1 $16)) (15... Ba7 $2 16. d6 $16) 16. Bxg4 hxg4 17. Bd2 $14 {<=>})
15... Ng4 $1 $32 16. h3 (16. Bxg4 Bxg4 (16... hxg4 17. Na4 $13) 17. Rd2 Rg6 $40
) 16... Nxf2 $1 {A promising positional sacrifice.} 17. Kxf2 Bxh3 $1 (17...
Qh4+ 18. g3 $1 (18. Kg1 Bxh3 19. Bf1 Rf6 {-17...Bh3!}) 18... Qxh3 19. Qxb7 Rf6
20. Ke1 Qxg3+ 21. Kd2 $16 {With his K in relative safety White is better.}) 18.
Bf1 (18. Ke1 $5 Bxg2 19. Kd2 h4 $44 {[%csl Gh4] o^h The passed pawn causes
White's uncoordinated forces a lot of trouble.}) (18. gxh3 $2 Qh4+ 19. Kg2 (19.
Kf1 Rf6+) 19... Rg6+ 20. Bg4 hxg4 $19) 18... Qh4+ 19. Kg1 Rf6 20. Qc2 $8 (20.
gxh3 $2 Qg3+ 21. Bg2 Rf2 $19) 20... Bg4 21. Nxe4 Rf4 $3 {A fantastic move,
which Black probably saw in advance, as otherwise he would simply be lost. Now
White must be very cautious.} 22. Nxa5 $2 (22. g3 Bxd1 23. gxh4 (23. Qxd1 Rxf1+
24. Qxf1 Qxe4 $17) 23... Bxc2 24. Nxc5 Rg4+ 25. Kf2 (25. Kh2 Rxd5 26. Nxb7 Rf5
$17) 25... Rxd5 26. Nxb7 Rf5+ $40) (22. Nxc5 Bxd1 23. Qd2 (23. Qxd1 Qf2+ 24.
Kh2 Rh4#) 23... Rxf1+ 24. Kxf1 Qxc4+ {[%cal Rd8d5] /\Rd5-+}) ({White's best
chance probably was} 22. Rd4 $142 $5 Bxd4 23. exd4 Rxf1+ $1 (23... Bd1 $6 24.
Qxd1 Rxe4 25. Qf3 $16) 24. Kxf1 Bf5 25. Ncd2 (25. Bg5 Qxg5 26. Nxg5 Bxc2 27.
Nxa5 Rxd5 28. Rc1 $5 $15) 25... Rc8 (25... Re8 26. Qa4 $1 $132) 26. Qd3 Qh1+
27. Kf2 Rxc1 28. Rxc1 Qxc1 29. Qc3 $1 $11) (22. Rd2 Bf5 23. Nxc5 (23. g3 Rxf1+
24. Kxf1 Qh1+ $19) 23... Rxf1+ 24. Kxf1 Bxc2 25. Rxc2 Rxd5 $19) 22... Bxd1 23.
Qxd1 Rxf1+ $2 {A tactical oversight, this is one sacrifice too many.} ({
Logical and strong was} 23... Rxe4 24. Nxb7 Ba7 $142 $1 (24... Bd6 $5 25. Nxd6
Rxd6 26. Be2 Nd7 27. Bf3 Rg4 $5 $40 (27... Rxd5 28. Qe2 Nf6 $36)) (24... Bxe3+
$2 25. Bxe3 Rxe3 26. Nxd8 Qxd8 27. Qd4 $16) 25. Qd3 (25. Nxd8 Rxe3 26. Qa4 (26.
Bxe3 Bxe3#) 26... Rh3+ 27. Qxa7 Rh1#) (25. Qf3 Rc8 $1 {[%cal Rc8c1] /\Rc1-+})
25... Rde8 (25... Rxd5 $2 26. Qxd5 Rxe3 27. Nc5) 26. Nd6 Rxe3 $19) 24. Qxf1
Qxe4 25. Nxb7 Rxd5 (25... Bxe3+ $143 26. Bxe3 Qxe3+ 27. Qf2 Qxf2+ 28. Kxf2 Rxd5
29. b4 $16 {[%csl Ga3,Gb4] _|_o^a,b}) 26. Nxc5 Qc2 $6 $138 (26... Rxc5 $142 27.
Qf3 $5 (27. Qf4 Qb7 $14 {<=>}) 27... Qh4 28. Bd2 $14) 27. Qf4 $1 $18 Nc6 (27...
Qd1+ 28. Kh2 Rxc5 29. Qxb8+ Kh7 30. Qf8 Rxc1 31. Rxc1 Qxc1 32. Qxf7 $18) 28.
Ne4 Qd1+ ({Black can regain the missing piece, but the endgame is hopeless.}
28... Rd1+ 29. Kh2 Rxc1 30. Rxc1 Qxc1 31. Nd6 (31. Qc7 $5) 31... f6 32. Qc4+
$18) 29. Kh2 Ne5 30. Nf2 Qf1 31. e4 Rd3 {Desperation in time-trouble.} (31...
Rc5 32. Be3 $18) (31... Rb5 32. a4 $18) 32. Nxd3 (32. Qxe5 Qxf2 33. Qb8+ Kh7
34. Bf4 $18) 32... Ng4+ 33. Kg3 Qxd3+ 34. Qf3 Qd8 35. Bf4 g5 36. Rf1 $5 f6 (
36... gxf4+ 37. Qxf4 f6 38. e5 $18) 37. Kh3 $6 (37. Bxg5 $1 fxg5 38. Qf7+ Kh8
39. Qxh5+ {was more accurate.}) 37... Qd7 38. Bxg5 Ne3+ 39. Kh2 Nxf1+ 40. Qxf1
fxg5 41. Qf5 Qd6+ 42. e5 Qd2 43. Qc8+ (43. Qc8+ Kf7 44. Qc7+ Kg6 (44... Ke6 45.
Qd6+ $18) 45. e6 $18 {[%cal Rc7f7,Re6e7] /\Qf7,e7}) 1-0
[Event "Linares 13th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1995.03.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A31"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1995.03.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 046"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nf3 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d5 6. cxd5 Bc5 7. N5c3 O-O 8.
e3 Qe7 $5 (8... e4 9. a3 (9. Be2 Re8 $6 (9... Qe7 {-8...Qe7}) 10. Nd2 Nbd7 11.
Qc2 Qe7 12. O-O a6 13. a4 b6 14. Nc4 Bb7 15. Rd1 Rad8 16. b3 $16 {Lautier,
J-Adams,M/Las Palmas/1994/}) 9... Qe7 10. Nd2 Rd8 11. b4 Bd6 12. Nc4 Bc7 13.
Ra2 Bg4 14. Be2 Bxe2 15. Rxe2 Nc6 $5 16. Bb2 Ne5 17. Nxe5 Bxe5 18. Rd2 Rac8 19.
Qb3 Ng4 20. h3 Qh4 21. g3 Bxg3 22. Nxe4 Be5 $44 {Krasenkov,M-Smirin,I/Vilnius/
1988/}) 9. Be2 (9. e4 $2 Ng4 $17) 9... e4 10. a3 Rd8 11. b4 Bd6 (11... Bb6 12.
Bb2 Bf5 13. g4 $5 Be6 14. Qc2 Bxg4 15. Bxg4 Nxg4 16. Nxe4 Nd7 17. Rg1 Nde5 18.
Qe2 f5 19. Ng3 Rxd5 20. Nxf5 Qf7 21. Bxe5 Rxe5 22. Qxg4 Rxf5 $44 {Rotstein,
A-Stranjakovitch/Paris-ch/1992/}) 12. Bb2 Be5 $5 $146 (12... Bf5 13. Nd2 Nbd7
14. Nc4 Ne5 15. Nxd6 Rxd6 16. O-O Rad8 17. Qb3 a6 18. f3 $6 exf3 19. Bxf3 Bd3
20. Be2 Neg4 21. Rf3 Nxh2 $1 $40 {Trapl,J-Kupka,S/Litomerice/1990/}) (12...
Nbd7 13. Nd2 Nb6 14. Qb3 Be5 (14... Bf5 $5 15. Rd1 Rac8 16. Nb5 {1/2:1/2,Haba,
Z-Hudecek,J/CSFR-chT/1992/}) 15. Nc4 Nxc4 16. Bxc4 Bf5 17. Nb5 Bxb2 18. Qxb2
Nxd5 19. Nd4 Qe5 20. Qb3 Bg6 21. Bxd5 Rxd5 22. Rc1 f5 23. Rc5 Bf7 24. Rxd5 Bxd5
25. Qc3 f4 26. exf4 Qxf4 27. O-O Rd8 $10 {Hodos-Gofshtein/Daugavpils/1978/})
13. Qb3 Nbd7 14. Nd2 Nb6 15. Rd1 (15. O-O Nbxd5 $10 (15... Bg4 $5 $13)) 15...
Bf5 (15... Nbxd5 $6 16. Ndxe4 $1 Nxc3 17. Nxf6+ Bxf6 18. Rxd8+ Qxd8 19. Bxc3
Be6 20. Qb2 $14) 16. Nc4 Nxc4 17. Qxc4 (17. Bxc4 Rac8 18. Be2 a6 $44 {-17.Qc4})
17... Rac8 18. Qb3 a6 19. Na4 (19. O-O $6 Qc7 $36) (19. h3 $5 $13) 19... Bxb2
20. Qxb2 Rxd5 21. Rxd5 Nxd5 22. O-O Qf6 $10 23. Rc1 $6 (23. Qxf6 Nxf6 24. Nc5
$10) 23... Qxb2 24. Rxc8+ Bxc8 25. Nxb2 Nc3 $15 {,()} 26. Kf1 (26. Bc4 $142
$5 Kf8 27. Kf1 Ke7 28. Ke1 $15 {/\Nd1}) 26... Be6 27. Ke1 f5 28. Nd1 (28. Kd2
$2 Nb1+ $17) (28. Bc4 Kf7 $36) 28... Nb1 29. a4 Kf7 30. Nb2 Ke7 31. Nc4 (31.
Kd1 Bb3+ {/\Nc3-/+}) (31. Bc4 Bxc4 32. Nxc4 Nc3 33. Nb2 Nd5 (33... b5 34. axb5
axb5 35. Kd2 Nd5 36. Nd1 Nxb4 37. Nc3 Nd3 {=/+/-/+}) 34. b5 axb5 35. axb5 Kd6
$17) 31... Nc3 32. Na5 $4 {פa5} (32. Nb2 $8 Nd5 $1 (32... Bb3 33. a5 Kd6 34.
Kd2 Nd5 35. b5 $132) 33. b5 axb5 34. Bxb5 Nc3 $17) 32... Nxe2 33. Kxe2 Bd5 (
33... Bd5 34. b5 $8 axb5 35. axb5 b6 36. Nc6+ Bxc6 37. bxc6 Kd6 $19) 0-1
[Event "Donetzk zt"]
[Site "Donetsk"]
[Date "1998.11.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Milov, Leonid"]
[Black "Lerner, Konstantin Z"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A31"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[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. Nf3 c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. c4 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nc3 d6 6. O-O Nf6 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Bd7 $1 {Black uses the fact he played d6 instead of 0-0 to avoid opening the /
^ h1-a8 for Bg2.} (8... Nxd4 9. Qxd4 O-O 10. Qd3 $14 {-A39}) 9. b3 (9. Nxc6
Bxc6 10. e4 Nd7 $5 $132) 9... h5 $5 {[%mdl 32] Another original move, Black
looks for a fight and forgoes even castling. As the database shows, Lerner is
the pioneer of this idea.} ({Fully possible was also the more sedate} 9... O-O
10. Bb2 Qa5 11. Rc1 (11. e4 Nxd4 12. Qxd4 Rac8 13. Rac1 Rfe8 14. a3 Ng4 15. Qd1
Ne5 16. Kh1 b5 $1 17. cxb5 Bxb5 18. b4 $6 Qa6 19. Nxb5 Qxb5 20. Qd4 Bf6 $36 {
Ivanov,I-Gulko,B/New York/1988/}) (11. e3 Rab8 12. Qe2 Rfc8 13. Rfd1 a6 14. a3
Qb6 15. Na4 Qc7 16. Nxc6 Bxc6 17. Nc3 $10 {Lerner,K-Gulko,B/Helsinki op/1992/})
11... Rfc8 12. Qd2 Rab8 13. Rfd1 a6 14. e3 Nxd4 15. Qxd4 Bc6 16. Bxc6 bxc6 17.
Qd2 h5 18. Qe2 Qf5 19. Kg2 Nd7 20. Qc2 Qe6 21. h4 Ne5 22. Ne2 Ng4 $11 {Tal,
M-Marin,M/Manila/1990/}) 10. Bb2 (10. h4 $143 Ng4 $5 ({Less exciting is} 10...
O-O 11. Bb2 Qa5 12. Rc1 Rfc8 13. e3 Rab8 14. Qe2 a6 15. a3 $6 (15. Rfd1 $142)
15... Qb6 16. Na4 Qd8 17. Nc3 Na5 18. Qd1 Qb6 $1 19. Ba1 e5 20. Nf3 Qxb3 21.
Qxd6 Nxc4 $17 {Panchenko,A-Lerner,K/Moscow/1992/}) 11. e3 (11. Nxc6 $6 bxc6 12.
Bb2 g5 $1 13. hxg5 h4 14. gxh4 Qa5 15. Qd3 Rxh4 16. c5 Be5 17. Rfd1 Qxc5 18.
Ne4 Bh2+ 19. Kf1 Qb6 20. Bd4 Ne5 21. Qc3 Qc7 22. Rac1 Rc8 23. b4 Ng6 24. a4 Nf4
25. Bf3 Bg4 26. b5 c5 27. Be3 Bh3+ 28. Ke1 Ng2+ $40 {Syrchikov,A-Dvoirys,S/
Omsk-Perm/1998/}) 11... Nge5 12. Bb2 Bg4 13. f3 Bd7 14. Nd5 O-O 15. Qe2 a6 16.
Rfd1 e6 17. Nc3 Nxd4 18. exd4 Nc6 19. Ne4 d5 20. cxd5 exd5 21. Nc5 Bf5 22. Qf2
Qb6 23. Bf1 Rac8 24. Rac1 Rfe8 25. Na4 Qa7 26. Kg2 Nb4 27. Rxc8 Rxc8 28. Nc3
Bh6 29. a3 Na2 $1 $17 {Lopushnoy,D-Dvoirys,S/Tomsk/1997/}) 10... h4 11. Nd5
$146 {A recommendation by Ribli, but it doesn't give White an advantage.} ({
Unambitious is} 11. Nxc6 Bxc6 12. Nd5 hxg3 13. hxg3 Bxd5 14. cxd5 Rc8 15. Qd2
Qd7 16. Rac1 O-O 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Rxc8 Rxc8 19. Rc1 $11 {1/2,Van der Sterren,
P-Lerner,K/Germany/1998/}) (11. e3 $5 $13) 11... hxg3 12. hxg3 Ne5 $5 (12...
Nxd5 13. cxd5 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 Kf8 $5 15. Rc1 Bh3 $11) 13. Nf3 $5 (13. Nxf6+ Bxf6
14. Bxb7 $6 Rb8 15. Bd5 (15. Ba6 Qb6 16. Bb5 Qb7 $1 (16... Bxb5 17. cxb5 Ng4
$44 {|^}) 17. f3 a6 18. Bxd7+ Qxd7 $17 {/\Qh3,Nc4}) 15... e6 16. Bg2 Nxc4 17.
Bc3 Ne5 $15 {<->h}) 13... Nxd5 14. Nxe5 (14. Bxe5 Nf6 $5 (14... Ne3 $6 15. Bxg7
$1 Nxd1 16. Bxh8 f6 17. Raxd1 Kf7 18. Bxf6 $44) (14... Bxe5 15. Nxe5 Nc3 16.
Qd3 dxe5 17. Qxc3 Qc7 $11) (14... dxe5 15. Qxd5 Bc6 16. Qxd8+ Rxd8 17. Rad1 $11
) 15. Bd4 Bh3 $36) 14... Nc7 $1 (14... Bxe5 $2 15. Bxe5 dxe5 16. Qxd5 $16) 15.
Nd3 $8 (15. Nxd7 $2 Bxb2 16. Rb1 Bg7 17. Bxb7 Qxd7 $19) 15... Bxb2 16. Nxb2 Bc6
17. Bxc6+ bxc6 $15 {Black has a more compact position, more central control.
His K is well placed, as White due to the threatening attack on the h-file
will have to exchange not only R, but also Q} 18. Kg2 Qd7 19. Rh1 $8 Rxh1 20.
Qxh1 Qf5 $1 21. Nd3 (21. Kg1 Kd7 {/\Qf6,Rh8->}) 21... Qe4+ ({Black can also
hardly avoid the Q-exchange:} 21... Kd7 22. Qh3) 22. Kg1 Qxh1+ (22... Qxe2 $6
23. Qxc6+ Kd8 24. Nf4 $14) 23. Kxh1 c5 $1 {_|_ Black has retained an edge in
the endgame and White must play accurately.} 24. Kg2 a5 25. Rh1 Kd7 (25... a4
$6 26. Rh8+ Kd7 27. Rxa8 Nxa8 28. bxa4 Nb6 29. Nb2 $14) 26. Nb2 e6 27. Na4 Ke7
28. f4 Na6 29. Nc3 Nb4 30. Kf3 (30. e4 Nc6 $15 {/\Nd4,f5}) 30... Rd8 {/\d5} (
30... d5 $2 31. cxd5 exd5 32. a3 d4 33. axb4 dxc3 34. bxa5 Rxa5 35. Rc1 $16)
31. Rc1 Nc6 32. e3 Rh8 33. Kg2 Nb4 34. a3 $6 {>c,>> (Bd8-c7,Kh8,Rg8,g5,
Rg6etc.)} 16. Qf2 {Starts a somewhat strange plan-White concentrates on the >>
against Black's K. The positive side of this setup will show after Black opens
the position.} ({More usual is} 16. b4 Bd8 (16... Kh8 $5) (16... Rc7 17. Na4
Rec8 18. Qf2 Ba8 19. Nb3 Rc6 20. Nb2 R6c7 21. Bf4 e5 22. Be3 Nh5 23. Na4 b5 24.
Nb6 Nxb6 25. Bxb6 Rb7 26. c5 $16 {ץa8,Siegel,G-Zeller,F/BL2-S9697/1997/}) (
16... Ne5 $142 17. Na4 Nfd7 $132) 17. Nb3 Bc7 18. Bf4 $1 Ne5 19. Bxe5 dxe5 20.
c5 b5 21. a4 bxa4 22. Nxa4 Rcd8 23. Qe3 Rxd1 24. Rxd1 Rd8 25. Rc1 $16 {Stohl,
I-Ward,C/Isle of Man op/1994/}) (16. a3 Bd8 (16... Bf8 17. b4 Ba8 18. Nb3 Ne5
19. Na4 Rc6 20. Bd4 Nfd7 21. Rc3 d5 22. cxd5 exd5 23. exd5 Rd6 24. Qc2 Bxd5 25.
Bf2 Qa8 26. Nd4 b5 27. Nc5 Bc4 28. Bxc4 bxc4 29. Nxd7 Rxd7 30. Bg1 g6 31. f4
Nd3 32. Rxc4 Nxf4 33. Nc6 $14 {Hjartarson,J-Larsen,B/Reykjavik/1985/}) 17. Bg1
Bc7 (17... Kh8 18. b4 Ne5 19. Nb3 Be7 20. Na4 Nfd7 21. Qe3 Nxc4 22. Bxc4 b5 23.
Bxe6 fxe6 24. Nb6 Nxb6 25. Qxb6 Rxc1 26. Rxc1 Bd8 27. Qa7 $11 {Leko,P-Van Wely,
L/Cap d`Agde/1996/}) 18. Qf2 (18. Rc2 h5 19. Qf2 g6 20. h4 Ne5 21. Qd2 Bd8 22.
b3 Nfd7 23. Bf2 Be7 24. Nce2 Bf8 25. Ng1 Nf6 26. Qf4 Ned7 27. Qg3 d5 $1 $15 {
Siegel,G-Milov,L/Bern/1994/}) 18... Qa8 (18... Ne5 19. b4 Qa8 20. Nb3 Ng6 21.
Na4 Nd7 22. Qb2 Bc6 23. Nc3 Nf6 24. Bd4 Nh5 25. b5 axb5 26. Nxb5 Bxb5 27. cxb5
Qb8 28. Bg1 $36 {/\Nd4-c6,Iordachescu,V-Mirumian,V/Szombathely/1993/}) 19. b4
d5 20. cxd5 exd5 21. Nxd5 Nxd5 22. exd5 Nf6 23. Qh4 Nxd5 24. Nf5 Be5 25. Bc4
Nf4 26. Qf2 b5 27. Bf1 Bd5 28. Rc5 Rxc5 29. bxc5 h5 $13 {Arbakov,V-Pigusov,E/
Irkutsk/1983/}) (16. Nc2 Kh8 17. Bf4 Ne5 18. b3 Rg8 19. Be3 Ned7 20. Bf4 Ne5
21. Bg5 h6 22. Be3 Ned7 23. Bd4 g5 24. Ne1 Rg6 25. Bd3 Rcg8 26. Bb1 Qa8 27. Qe2
g4 28. f4 e5 29. Nd5 $1 $36 {Fogarasi,T-Lauber,A/Gyula/1998/}) 16... Bd8 (16...
Kh8 $5 17. b3 Bd8 18. Nde2 Rg8 19. Ng3 h6 20. Be2 Bc6 21. b4 Be7 22. a3 Ba8 23.
c5 bxc5 24. Bxa6 Bb7 25. Bf1 {Maiorov,O-Poluljahov,A/Krasnodar/1998/} cxb4 26.
axb4 d5 $11) (16... Ba8 17. b4 Ne5 18. Na4 Nfd7 19. Nb3 Rc6 20. c5 b5 21. Nb6
Nxb6 22. cxb6 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 d5 24. exd5 Bxd5 $132 {Sturua,Z-Vasiukov,E/
Ckhaltubo/1981/}) 17. b3 (17. b4 $6 Ne5 18. Na4 d5 19. exd5 exd5 20. Nf5 (20.
c5 $2 Neg4) 20... g6 21. Qg3 Nh5 22. Qh3 Bc6 23. Nc3 Bd7 24. g4 Bxf5 25. gxf5
dxc4 $17 {Lugovoi,A-Bazhin,A/Jurmala/1992/}) ({Practice has shown that despite
the Black Q distance from the >> he can cope well with a pawn storm.} 17. Nb3
Bc7 18. g4 Nc5 19. g5 Nh5 20. Bh3 g6 21. Bg4 Ng7 22. Bd4 Bd8 23. Bf6 h5 24. Bh3
Rf8 25. Qg3 Ne8 26. Bxd8 Rxd8 27. Nd4 e5 $132 {Vratonjic,S-Sahovic,D/Niksic/
1996/}) (17. Nc2 Bc7 18. g4 h6 19. h4 d5 20. g5 Bg3 21. Qg2 dxe4 22. fxe4 hxg5
23. hxg5 Nxe4 24. Nxe4 Nc5 25. Bxc5 Rxc5 26. Rd7 Ba8 27. Rcd1 Rxg5 28. Nxg5
Bxg2+ 29. Bxg2 Qf4 $36 {Georgiev,K-Rajkovic,D/Vrsac/1987/}) 17... Bc7 (17...
Ne5 18. Qd2 Bc7 19. Bg1 Kh8 20. Qf2 Rg8 21. Nde2 g5 22. Ng3 Rg6 23. Na4 Nfd7
24. Qb2 Bc6 25. Nc3 Rcg8 26. b4 Ba8 27. Nce2 Rh6 28. Nd4 Rg7 29. Nb3 Ng6 30.
Bd4 f6 31. Kg1 Nde5 32. Be3 Bb7 33. Nd4 Bc8 34. Qd2 Bd7 35. Rc3 Ne7 36. Rdc1
Qe8 37. Bf2 $36 {[%csl Rh6] צh6,Ionov,S-Yudasin,L/Vilnius/1997/}) 18. Qh4 (18.
Bg5 $6 h6 19. Be3 d5 20. cxd5 exd5 21. Nxd5 {Lasslop,U-Gruber,T/Schwaebisch
Gmuend/1998/} Nxd5 22. exd5 Bxh2 23. Rxc8 Bxc8 $1 $36) 18... h6 {Uneccessary
prophylaxis.} (18... Ne5 $142 $1 19. Qh3 Ng6 20. Re1 Bd8 21. Qg3 h5 22. Qf2 Ne5
$132 23. Bg5 $2 Nfg4 24. Qd2 Bxg5 25. Qxg5 Nf2+ 26. Kg1 Nfd3 $17 {Mastrokoukos,
G-Nikolaidis,I/Glyfada/1995/}) 19. Bd3 $5 Ne5 20. Bb1 Ng6 21. Qh3 d5 $5 {
Risky, as it activates especially White's pieces. (Bb1,Nd4) But remaining
passive had it's downsides too.} (21... Qa8 22. Re1 $5 $14 {/\Bd2,f4-f5|^}) 22.
exd5 exd5 23. Nf5 Be5 $2 {Provokes a strong sacrifice.} ({The simplest was}
23... Bf4 $1 24. Bxf4 Qxf4 25. Qg3 Qxg3 26. hxg3 Rcd8 $11) ({Also possible was
} 23... Nf4 $5 24. Qh4 dxc4 $13 {/\} 25. Bd4 Be5 26. Bxe5 Qxe5 27. Nd6 cxb3 28.
Nxe8 Nxe8 (28... b2 $2 29. Nxf6+ Qxf6 30. Qxf6 bxc1=Q 31. Qxb6 $1 $18 {/\Rc1,
Rd8}) 29. axb3 Nxg2 30. Kxg2 Rxc3 $17) 24. Bxh6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} gxh6 25. Qxh6
Nh7 (25... Nd7 26. Nxd5 $36) 26. Nxd5 Bxd5 $8 (26... Rc6 27. Nfe7+ $1 $18) (
26... Nhf8 27. Nxb6 $16 {/\} (27. f4 $6 Bh8 $1 $132 (27... Bxd5 28. fxe5 Qxe5
29. cxd5 Rxc1 30. Qxc1 $8 $18)) 27... Bxf3 28. Nxc8 Bxd1 29. Ncd6 $1 $18) 27.
Rxd5 $16 {White has a strong attack in a position with equal material. With
all his pieces well coordinated it's practically impossible to defend Black's
K in the long run.} Re6 $6 {Now Rc1 effectively joins the attack.} (27... Nhf8
$16 {/\} 28. Re1 Bf6) 28. Re1 {/\Re5!+-} Ngf8 (28... Nf4 $2 29. Ne7+ Rxe7 30.
Bxh7+ Kh8 31. Rdxe5 $18) 29. Qh5 Rce8 (29... Rcc6 30. Rexe5 $1 Rxe5 31. Rxe5
Qxe5 32. Nh6+ Rxh6 33. Qxe5 $18) (29... Bf4 30. Rxe6 fxe6 31. Rd7 Kh8 (31...
Qe5 32. Nh6+ Kh8 33. Nf7+) 32. Nh4 $18) 30. Nh6+ $5 (30. Qg4+ Ng6 (30... Rg6
31. Nh6+ $18) 31. Nh6+ Kg7 32. Nxf7 $1 Kxf7 33. Bxg6+ Rxg6 34. Rd7+ Kf6 35.
Qh4+ Ng5 36. f4 Bxf4 37. Rxe8 Qxe8 38. Qxf4+ Ke6 39. Rd5 $5 $18) 30... Rxh6 (
30... Kg7 31. Qxf7+ $1 (31. Nf5+ $5 Kg8 32. Qg4+ $18) (31. Nxf7 $2 Nf6 $1 $19)
31... Kxh6 32. Re4 Ng6 $8 33. Rh4+ $1 Nxh4 (33... Kg5 34. Qf5+) 34. Qxh7+ Kg5
35. f4+ $1 Kf6 (35... Kxf4 36. Qxh4+ Ke3 37. Qe1+ Kf4 38. Qg3#) (35... Kg4 36.
h3+ Kg3 37. Rd3+ Kxf4 38. Qxh4+ $18) 36. Qxh4+ Kg7 37. fxe5 $18) 31. Qxh6 Bf4
32. Bxh7+ (32. Rxe8 Qxe8 33. Qxb6 $18) 32... Nxh7 33. Rxe8+ Qxe8 34. Qxb6 $18
Qe2 (34... Qe1+ 35. Qg1 Qc3 36. Qd1 $18) 35. Qg1 Qxa2 36. Qd1 Nf6 $2 (36... Nf8
37. g3 $18 {and White's material advantage will gradually decide the game.})
37. Rf5 1-0
[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sturua, Zurab"]
[Black "Hodgson, Julian M"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A31"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1993.11.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 039"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nf3 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 (5. Nc2 d5 6. cxd5 Qxd5 7.
Qxd5 Nxd5 8. e4 Nb4 9. Nxb4 Bxb4+ 10. Bd2 Nc6 11. Bb5 Bd7 12. Bxc6 Bxd2+ 13.
Kxd2 Bxc6 14. Ke3 O-O-O 15. Nc3 $10 {Mohr,G-Grosar,A/Vidmar mem/1993/}) 5... d5
6. cxd5 Bc5 7. e3 O-O 8. N5c3 e4 9. Be2 (9. a3 Qe7 10. Nd2 Rd8 11. b4 Bd6 12.
Nc4 Bc7 13. Ra2 Bg4 $1 14. Be2 Bxe2 15. Rxe2 Nc6 16. Bb2 (16. Rd2 Ne5 17. d6 $2
Bxd6 18. Nxd6 Nd3+ 19. Rxd3 exd3 20. Nc4 Rac8 $19) 16... Ne5 17. Nxe5 Bxe5 18.
Rd2 Rac8 $44 {Krasenkov,M-Smirin,I/Vilnius/1988/}) 9... Re8 (9... Qe7 10. Nd2 (
10. Qc2 Rd8 11. O-O Bf5 12. Rd1 Nbd7 13. Nd2 Rac8 14. Nf1 Ne5 15. Bd2 Bg6 16.
Be1 h5 17. Qa4 a6 18. b4 Bxb4 19. Nxe4 Bxe1 20. Nxf6+ Qxf6 21. Rxe1 Rxd5 $10 {
Chernin,A-Hebden,M/London op/1989/}) (10. g4 $5 $13) 10... Rd8 11. a3 (11. O-O
Na6 12. a3 Nc7 13. Qc2 Bf5 14. b4 Bd6 15. Nc4 Ncxd5 16. Nxd6 Rxd6 $10 {
Szuhanek,R-Damjanovic,V/Belgrade Trako/1993/}) (11. Qb3 Na6 12. a3 Nc7 13. Qc2
Bf5 14. b4 Bd6 15. Nc4 Ncxd5 16. Nxd6 Rxd6 17. Bb2 Rc8 18. Nxd5 Nxd5 19. Qa4
Nb6 20. Qa5 Rc2 $15 {Stepak,Y-Birnboim,N/Tel-Aviv/1988/}) 11... Nxd5 12. Nxd5
Rxd5 13. Qa4 Bf5 14. b4 Bb6 15. Qb3 Rd6 16. Nc4 Rg6 17. Nxb6 axb6 18. Qd5 Bc8
19. Bb2 Nc6 20. Rd1 Rxg2 21. b5 Qh4 22. Rf1 Be6 23. Qd6 $16 {Vakhidov,
T-Nesterov,J/Bishkek zt/1993/}) (9... Bf5 10. Nd2 Nbd7 11. g4 $1 Bg6 12. g5 $16
{Pohla,H-Claesen,J/Geraardsbergen op/1992/}) 10. a3 $6 (10. Nd2 $142 $5 Nbd7
11. Qc2 Qe7 12. O-O {/\} Nb6 $2 13. Ncxe4 $1 Nxe4 14. Nxe4 $16) (10. O-O Nbd7
11. Nd2 Nb6 12. Qc2 $5 $13) 10... Nbd7 11. Nd2 (11. b4 Bd6 (11... Bf8 12. Nd2
Nb6 13. Nc4 Nbxd5 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15. Bb2 Be6 16. Qd4 Rc8 17. Rd1 Qg5 18. Kf1
Red8 19. h4 Qe7 $40 {Karayianis,A-Hauschild,A/Dortmund op-A/1992/}) 12. Ra2 $6
(12. Nd2 Nb6 13. Bb2 Be5 $44) 12... Ne5 13. Nd2 Bf5 14. Nb3 Rc8 15. Nb5 Bb8 16.
Nc5 Nd3+ $1 17. Bxd3 exd3 18. Nd4 Qxd5 $17 {Laven,R-Zimmermann,F/2BLW 9192/
1991/}) 11... Nb6 12. Nc4 (12. b4 $142 Bf8 13. Bb2 $10) 12... Nbxd5 13. Nxd5
Nxd5 14. O-O Be6 15. Bd2 $6 (15. b4 $2 Nc3 $17) (15. Qc2 $142 $5 $132) 15...
Qg5 $1 $36 {(),->>>} 16. Re1 Rad8 17. Qc2 Bh3 18. g3 (18. Bf1 Re6 {/\Bg2-+})
18... h5 19. b4 (19. Na5 Nxe3 $1 20. Bxe3 (20. fxe3 Rxd2 $1 $19) 20... Bxe3 21.
fxe3 Qxe3+ 22. Kh1 Rd2 $19) 19... Bf8 20. Red1 h4 21. Be1 hxg3 22. hxg3 Bg4 $17
23. Rd4 Nf6 24. Rxd8 (24. Rad1 Rxd4 25. Rxd4 Qh5 $40) 24... Rxd8 25. Bxg4 Qxg4
26. Bc3 Nh7 $1 27. Ne5 Qc8 $1 28. Qb3 (28. Rc1 Ng5 29. Bd4 Qh3 {/\Nf3-+}) 28...
Ng5 29. Bd4 Bd6 30. Kf1 (30. Qc3 Qxc3 31. Bxc3 Bxe5 32. Bxe5 Nf3+ $19) 30...
Bxe5 31. Bxe5 Rd2 {/\Qh3,Nf3-+} 0-1
[Event "Hoogeveen Essent Crown"]
[Site "Hoogeveen"]
[Date "2005.10.27"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Black "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A31"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2654"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2005.10.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d5 6. cxd5 Bc5 7. d6 {
Harikrishna was suprised by Black's opening choice and opts for a move, which
is considered harmless.} ({The main lines, where White can fight for an
advantage, start with} 7. N5c3 O-O 8. e3 ({or} 8. h3 $5 {followed by g4.}))
7... O-O (7... Ne4 8. e3 O-O $13 {is perhaps possible, but the text-move is
more flexible.} (8... Bb4+ 9. Bd2 $36)) 8. Nc7 $6 {Allegedly played instantly,
but this sortie is really asking for it.} (8. N1c3 $142 Nc6 (8... Qb6 9. e3 a6
10. Na4 Bb4+ 11. Bd2 Qa5 12. Nc7 Ra7 13. Bc3 Rd8 14. a3 Bxc3+ 15. Nxc3 Qc5 16.
Rc1 Bg4 17. N3d5 Qa5+ 18. b4 Qxd5 19. Nxd5 Bxd1 {Igriashvili,Z-Sosulin,E/
Donskoj/2005/} 20. Ne7+ Kf8 21. Nc8 $5 Ra8 22. Nb6 $36) 9. g3 Qb6 10. e3 Rd8 $5
(10... Bg4 11. f3 Bf5 12. Na4 Bb4+ 13. Kf2 Qd8 14. a3 Ba5 15. e4 Be6 16. b4 a6
17. Nbc3 b5 18. Nc5 Nxb4 19. axb4 Bxb4 20. Nxe6 fxe6 21. Na2 $16 {Bang,
A-Sandstrom,L/Copenhagen/1989/}) 11. Bd2 Bg4 12. f3 (12. Qxg4 $142 $5 Nxg4 13.
Na4 Bxe3 14. fxe3 Qa6 15. Nc5 Qb6 16. Na4 $11) 12... Bxe3 $1 13. fxg4 a6 14.
Na4 Bf2+ 15. Ke2 Qxb5+ 16. Kxf2 Qd5 17. Bg2 Nxg4+ 18. Qxg4 Qxd2+ 19. Kg1 Rxd6
$40 20. Bxc6 Qe3+ 21. Kg2 Rd2+ 22. Kh3 Qh6+ 23. Qh4 Qxc6 {0-1, Seel,C-Ganguly,
S/Catalan Bay/2004/}) 8... Ne4 9. e3 Bxd6 $146 {[%mdl 72]} (9... Qf6 10. Qf3 (
10. Qe2 $5) 10... Qxd6 11. Nxa8 Bb4+ 12. Ke2 Rd8 13. Bd2 Nxd2 {0-1, Bienkowski,
G-Szczepaniec,S/WChS Rowy/ 2003/}) ({Sutovsky was worried about his opponent's
preparation and after 40 minutes thought came up with an interesting tactical
novelty. However, Black is doing fine after the previously played} 9... Bb4+ $5
10. Nd2 Qxd6 11. Nxa8 Rd8 12. Be2 Nxd2 13. Bxd2 Bxd2+ 14. Kf1 Nc6 15. Qc2 Qb8
16. a3 Qxa8 17. b4 Qb8 18. Bd3 g6 19. Rd1 Bxb4 20. axb4 Nxb4 21. Qc3 Nxd3 22.
Rxd3 Rxd3 23. Qxd3 Be6 $17 {Teske,H-Salmensuu,O/Koszalin op/1999/}) 10. Nxa8
Bb4+ 11. Nd2 Qh4 12. g3 $8 {After other moves Black's pieces pounce on White's
K:} (12. Qf3 $2 Nxd2 13. Bxd2 Bxd2+ 14. Kxd2 Qb4+ 15. Kc2 Bg4 $19 {->}) (12.
Qe2 $2 Bg4 13. g3 Qf6 14. Qxg4 (14. f3 Bxf3 $19) 14... Bxd2+ 15. Ke2 Qxf2+ 16.
Kd1 Qxe3 $19 {->}) 12... Qf6 13. f3 Nxd2 14. Bxd2 Rd8 15. Bxb4 $8 Rxd1+ 16.
Rxd1 Nc6 {[%mdl 256] Sutovsky saw all this already on move 9, White is in
danger and must defend accurately to stay afloat.} 17. Bc5 $1 (17. Bd2 Qxf3 18.
Rg1 Bg4 19. Rc1 Nb4 20. h3 Nc2+ 21. Rxc2 Qd1+ 22. Kf2 Qxc2 23. hxg4 Qxd2+ 24.
Be2 Qd8 $1 $19) 17... Qxf3 18. Rg1 Bg4 19. Rd2 $1 {[%cal Rf1g2] [], /\Bg2} (19.
Rd3 $2 b6 $1 20. Nxb6 (20. Ba3 e4 $19) 20... axb6 21. Bxb6 h6 $32 {[%csl Re1]
[%cal Ye5e4,Yc6e5] -/+->,עe1, /\e4,Ne5}) 19... Nd4 $1 20. Bxd4 (20. exd4 $2
Qe3+ 21. Be2 Qxg1+ 22. Bf1 Bh3 23. Rf2 b6 $19) 20... exd4 21. Rd3 $8 {[%cal
Re3d4] /\ed4} Qc6 (21... Qe4 22. Rg2 $14 (22. Be2 $5)) 22. Rg2 $1 {White must
try to coordinate his R as soon as possible.} (22. Rxd4 Qc1+ 23. Kf2 Qxb2+ 24.
Ke1 h5 $5 $36) 22... Qc1+ 23. Kf2 dxe3+ 24. Rxe3 Qxb2+ 25. Be2 h5 26. Re8+ Kh7
27. Kg1 Qc1+ 28. Bf1 (28. Kf2 $2 Bxe2 29. Rxe2 (29. Kxe2 Qc6 $19) 29... Qc8 $17
) 28... Bh3 29. Rf2 {White has protected his N and Black doesn't have any
firepower left, so he sensibly forces a draw.} Bxf1 30. Rxf1 Qc5+ 31. Rf2 $8 (
31. Kg2 $4 Qc6+ $19) 31... Qc1+ 32. Rf1 Qc5+ 1/2-1/2
[Event "Bundesliga 0203"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2003.03.08"]
[Round "12.1"]
[White "Bischoff, Klaus"]
[Black "Prusikin, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A31"]
[WhiteElo "2554"]
[BlackElo "2504"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2002.10.19"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Plauen"]
[BlackTeam "Forchheim"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nf3 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d5 6. cxd5 Bc5 7. e3 O-O 8.
N5c3 e4 9. Be2 Qe7 {This is the main move nowadays, Black protects his Pe4
outpost and his R goes to d8 instead of e8, often simply ragaining the
sacrificed pawn. Currently there doesn't seem to be a road to a clear-cut
advantage for White in this line.} 10. a3 (10. Nd2 Rd8 11. Qc2 Bf5 12. a3 (12.
g4 Nxg4 $5 13. Bxg4 Bxg4 14. Qxe4 Qxe4 15. Ndxe4 Na6 16. a3 Bf3 17. Rg1 Be7 18.
Bd2 h6 19. Rg3 Bxe4 20. Nxe4 Rxd5 21. Bc3 g6 22. Ke2 Nc5 $11 {Morovic
Fernandez,I-Liew Chee Meng,J/Dubai olm/1986/}) 12... a5 13. g4 Bg6 $6 (13...
Nxg4 $142 $5 {is similar to the game above.}) 14. h4 h6 15. Qb3 Na6 16. g5 hxg5
17. hxg5 Nh7 18. Nc4 Ba7 19. Bd2 Nc5 20. Qb5 Nxg5 21. O-O-O b6 22. Rhg1 Nf3 23.
Rxg6 $5 fxg6 24. d6 Qf7 25. Kb1 Rac8 26. Bc1 $44 {Bischoff,K-Hertneck,G/
AUT-chT0102/2001/}) 10... Rd8 11. Nd2 (11. b4 Bd6 12. Bb2 a5 $5 (12... Be5 $44)
13. bxa5 (13. b5 Be5 {/\} 14. Qb3 Nbd7 $44) 13... Be5 14. Qa4 Na6 15. Nd2 (15.
O-O $142 Nc5 16. Qb4 Bg4 $5 $13) 15... Nc5 16. Qb4 Bg4 17. Nc4 Bxc3+ 18. Qxc3
Bxe2 19. Kxe2 Qd7 20. Rhd1 Rac8 21. Kf1 Nd3 22. Qb3 Qf5 23. Rxd3 exd3 $17 {
Timman,J-Topalov,V/Wijk aan Zee/1996/}) (11. O-O a5 (11... Bf5 $5 $44) 12. Nd2
Bf5 13. Qb3 h5 14. Nc4 Ra6 15. Rd1 $2 (15. Na4 $5 $14) 15... Ng4 $1 16. h3 Nxf2
17. Kxf2 Bxh3 $1 18. Bf1 Qh4+ 19. Kg1 Rf6 20. Qc2 Bg4 21. Nxe4 Rf4 22. Nxa5
Bxd1 23. Qxd1 {Shabalov,A-Gurevich,D/New York op/1998/} Rxe4 24. Nxb7 Ba7 $1 {
/\} 25. Nxd8 Rxe3 $19) 11... Na6 $146 {Not a very impressive novelty.} (11...
Nxd5 $142 12. Nxd5 (12. Ncxe4 $6 Nxe3 $1 (12... Bb6 $5 13. Nc3 Nxe3 $1 14. fxe3
Qxe3 15. Rf1 Nc6 16. Qa4 Ne5 17. Kd1 Be6 18. Re1 Rd4 19. Bf3 Qf4 20. Qc2 Nxf3
21. Re4 Qf6 22. Rxe6 fxe6 23. gxf3 Qxf3+ 24. Ke1 Qf2+ {0-1, Postny,E-Smirin,I/
ISR-chT/1999/}) 13. fxe3 Bxe3 14. Qb3 Bxd2+ $5 15. Nxd2 Nc6 16. Nf3 Re8 17. Qc4
Na5 18. Qb5 Bd7 19. Qd3 Bf5 20. Qe3 Qxe3 21. Bxe3 Rxe3 22. Kf2 Rae8 23. Bb5 Nc6
$17 {Barkovsky,E-Tseitlin,M/Leningrad/1981/}) 12... Rxd5 13. b4 (13. Qc2 Bf5
14. b4 Bb6 15. Bb2 Nc6 16. O-O (16. Qb3) 16... Qg5 17. Kh1 (17. Nxe4 $2 Qg6 18.
Bf3 Re8 $19) 17... Rd6 (17... Rc8 $1 18. Rac1 Rdd8 $13 {/=/+,Kasparov}) 18.
Nxe4 Bxe4 19. Qxe4 Rd2 {Mikhalchishin,A-Kasparov,G/USSR-ch/1981/} 20. Ba6 $1
$14) 13... Bb6 14. Bb2 Nc6 15. Qb3 Rd8 (15... Rg5 16. Qc2 Bf5 17. g4 $5 Bxg4
18. h4 Bxe2 19. hxg5 Bd3 20. Qc3 Qxg5 21. Nf3 $1 exf3 22. Qxd3 h5 23. O-O-O $36
{Panno,O-Glavina Rossi,P/ARG-ch/1989/}) 16. Qc3 Qg5 $13) (11... Bf5 12. b4 Bd6
13. Nc4 Bc7 14. Ra2 Be5 15. Nxe5 Qxe5 16. Qb3 Nbd7 17. Rd2 Bg4 18. Bxg4 Nxg4
19. h3 Ngf6 20. O-O Qg5 21. Kh1 Ne5 22. Rd4 Qf5 23. Ne2 Nd3 24. Ng3 Nxc1 25.
Rxc1 Qxf2 26. Nxe4 $14 {Hansen,C-Greenfeld,A/WChJ Copenhagen/1982/}) 12. b4 Bd6
(12... Bb6 13. Nc4 Be6 (13... Bc7 14. Ra2 $5 $36 {פa6}) 14. d6 Qf8 15. Nxb6
axb6 16. Bb2 $14 {/+/-}) 13. Nc4 Nc7 14. Bb2 Ncxd5 15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. Qd4 (16.
Qxd5 $4 Bxb4+ $19) 16... Nf6 $8 (16... Qg5 17. Nxd6 Rxd6 18. Qxe4 $16) 17. Nxd6
Rxd6 18. Qe5 $14 {[%csl Gb2,Ge2] White has a ^^ and a pleasant edge,
especially the unnoposed Bb2 is strong.} Be6 {Black should have tried to
exchange at least one of the B with} (18... Re6 $142 19. Qg5 $5 h6 20. Qg3 Rc6
(20... Ne8 21. Bc4 $36) 21. Bd4 Be6 22. O-O Bc4 23. Bxc4 Rxc4 24. f3 {In the
game to chase the Q from e5 he will have to give up the idea Be6-c4.}) 19. Bd4
Rd5 20. Qg3 h6 {[%cal Rd5g5] /\Rg5} 21. h4 $1 $36 Rc8 22. O-O Rc2 23. Rfe1 Rd7
24. Rac1 Rxc1 (24... Rdc7 25. Rxc2 (25. Bxf6 $5 Qxf6 26. Qxc7 Rxc7 27. Rxc7 $36
) (25. Bc5 $14) 25... Rxc2 26. Bxa7 $14 {/+/-}) 25. Rxc1 a6 $2 (25... Qd8 $16)
26. Qf4 (26. Rc8+ $142 Kh7 (26... Rd8 27. Rxd8+ Qxd8 28. Bxf6 Qxf6 29. Qb8+ Kh7
30. Qxb7 $18) 27. Bc5 Rd1+ $8 28. Kh2 $1 (28. Bxd1 $143 Qd7) 28... Qd7 29. Rc7
Qd5 (29... Qd8 30. Be7 $18) 30. Bf8 g6 31. Qf4 $18) 26... Bd5 $2 (26... Kh7 $16
) 27. Rc8+ (27. Rc8+ Rd8 $8 (27... Ne8 28. Bc5 $18) (27... Kh7 28. Qf5+ $18)
28. Bxf6 gxf6 29. Rxd8+ Qxd8 30. Qxh6 $18 {leads to a technically lost
position, but still resignation with only a P down seems somewhat premature.})
1-0
[Event "ARG-ch"]
[Site "Argentina"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Servat, Roberto"]
[Black "Hoffman, Alejandro"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A31"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 049"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nf3 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d5 6. cxd5 Bc5 7. e3 O-O 8.
N5c3 e4 {White has a passed and extra d-pawn, but it is blockaded and behind
it Black can concentrate his pieces for an attack against the >>. The outpost
on e4 plays an important role, giving Black space advantage.} 9. Be2 Qe7 10.
Nd2 (10. Qc2 Rd8 (10... Bf5 11. a3 Nbd7 12. Nd2 Rac8 13. Nc4 Ne5 14. Nxe5 Qxe5
15. Qb3 Rfd8 16. Qxb7 Bb6 17. Bd2 Nd7 18. Qa6 Nc5 19. Qb5 Bd7 20. Qb4 Bg4 21.
Rd1 Bxe2 22. Kxe2 Qh5+ 23. f3 Re8 24. Qb5 Qg6 25. Kf1 f5 26. Qe2 Nd3 $44 {
[%csl Rf1] @,עf1,Cifuentes Parada,R-Blees,A/NLD-chT9495/1995/}) 11. O-O Bf5
12. Rd1 Nbd7 13. Nd2 Rac8 14. Nf1 Ne5 15. Bd2 Bg6 16. Be1 h5 17. Qa4 a6 18. b4
Bxb4 19. Nxe4 Bxe1 20. Nxf6+ Qxf6 21. Rxe1 Rxd5 22. Qb3 Rd7 23. Rac1 Rcd8 24.
Red1 Nd3 25. Bxd3 Bxd3 $15 {Chernin,A-Hebden,M/London op/1989/}) (10. a3 Rd8
11. b4 Bd6 12. Bb2 Be5 13. Qb3 Nbd7 14. Nd2 Nb6 15. Rd1 Bf5 16. Nc4 Nxc4 17.
Qxc4 Rac8 18. Qb3 a6 19. Na4 Bxb2 20. Qxb2 Rxd5 21. Rxd5 Nxd5 22. O-O Qf6 23.
Rc1 Qxb2 24. Rxc8+ Bxc8 25. Nxb2 Nc3 26. Kf1 Be6 $15 {Lautier,J-Illescas
Cordoba,M/Linares/1995/}) 10... Rd8 11. Qc2 (11. a3 $142 $5 Nxd5 12. Nxd5 Rxd5
13. Qa4 (13. b4 Bb6 14. Bb2 Nc6 15. Qb3 Rg5 16. Qc2 Bf5 17. g4 Bxg4 18. h4 Bxe2
19. hxg5 Bd3 20. Qc3 Qxg5 21. Nf3 $1 exf3 22. Qxd3 h5 23. O-O-O $36 {[%cal
Gg1g7,Gh1h5] <->g,h,Panno,O-Glavina,P/Argentina ch/1989/}) 13... Bf5 14. b4 Bb6
15. Qb3 Rd6 16. Nc4 Rg6 17. Nxb6 axb6 18. Qd5 Bc8 19. Bb2 Nc6 20. Rd1 Rxg2 21.
b5 Qh4 22. Rf1 Be6 23. Qd6 Na5 24. Qxb6 Rxh2 25. Bc3 Bh3 26. Qd4 Qf6 27. Qxf6
$18 {Vakhidov,T-Nesterov,J/Bishkek zt/1993/}) 11... Bf5 12. O-O $146 (12. Nb3
Nbd7 13. Bd2 Rac8 14. Rd1 Ne5 15. Nxc5 Rxc5 16. Qb3 Bg4 17. Qa3 Bxe2 18. Kxe2
b6 19. Bc1 Qd7 20. h3 Nxd5 21. Nxe4 Qb5+ 22. Ke1 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 Nd3+ 24. Kd2
N5b4 25. Nd6 Nxc1 {0-1,Summermatter,D-Bukhman,E/Budapest Spring op/1990/}) (12.
a3 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 Rxd5 14. b4 Bb6 15. Bb2 Nc6 16. Qc3 Ne5 17. Nc4 Rc8 18. O-O
Qg5 19. Kh1 Be6 20. f4 exf3 21. gxf3 Nxc4 22. Bxc4 Rxc4 23. Qxc4 Rd2 24. Rg1
Qxg1+ 25. Rxg1 Bxc4 26. Rxg7+ Kf8 27. Be5 Bxe3 28. Rxh7 Bd5 {0-1,Agrest,
E-Petrakov,A/St.Petersburg op/1994/}) 12... Nbd7 13. Nc4 (13. Nb3 $5 Bd6 14.
Nb5 $13) (13. Rd1 Rac8 14. Nf1 Nb6 15. Ng3 Bg6 $15) 13... Rac8 14. Rd1 Ne5 15.
Nxe5 Qxe5 $44 {[%csl Ge4] ()>>,@} 16. Bd2 Bg4 $1 (16... Nxd5 17. Nxd5 Rxd5 18.
Bc3 $10) 17. Be1 (17. Bxg4 Nxg4 18. Qxe4 Qxh2+ 19. Kf1 Qh4 $44) 17... Bd6 18.
Bxg4 $6 (18. g3 $142 Qh5 (18... Bf3 $5 $44 {[%csl Rf3,Rg2,Rh3] }) 19. Bxg4
Nxg4 20. Qxe4 (20. h4 f5 {[%cal Yg4e5,Yg7g5] /\Ne5,g5->}) 20... Qxh2+ 21. Kf1
f5 22. Qg2 Qh5 $13) 18... Qxh2+ 19. Kf1 Nxg4 20. Qxe4 f5 $1 21. Qf3 $8 (21.
Qxf5 Nxe3+ $1 22. fxe3 Rf8 $19 {->}) 21... Rf8 $36 22. Rac1 (22. g3 $142 $5 Ne5
23. Qg2 Qh5 $40) 22... Qh1+ 23. Ke2 {Black has chased White's K to the center
and now energetically concludes his attack.} Nh2 24. Qh3 Qf1+ 25. Kd2 Ng4 26.
Kc2 b5 $1 (26... Nxf2 27. Bxf2 (27. Qf3 $2 Nxd1 $1 28. Qxf1 Nxe3+ $19) 27...
Qxf2+ 28. Rd2 Qg3 $15 {_|_}) 27. Kb1 (27. Bd2 Qxf2 28. Rf1 Qe2 $17 {->}) 27...
b4 28. Na4 Rxc1+ 29. Rxc1 (29. Kxc1 Qc4+ 30. Kb1 Rc8 $19) 29... Qb5 $1 $19 30.
e4 (30. b3 Qd3+ 31. Ka1 (31. Rc2 Rc8) 31... Be5+ 32. Nb2 Qe2 33. Rb1 Rc8 $19 {
[%cal Re2b2,Rc8c1] /\Qb2!,Rc1#}) 30... Qxa4 31. exf5 Nf6 32. Qd3 Qa5 33. Qc4
Qxd5 (33... Qxd5 34. Qxd5+ Nxd5 35. Rd1 Rxf5 36. g4 Re5 $19) 0-1
[Event "New York op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Fishbein, Alexander"]
[Black "Kudrin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A31"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[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. Nf3 {Ribli} Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 b6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bb7 6. f3 d6 7. e4 e6
8. Be2 (8. Be3 Nbd7 9. Qd2 a6 10. Be2 Rc8 $1 11. O-O Be7 12. Rac1 (12. a4 Ne5
$5 13. b3 O-O 14. a5 $6 bxa5 {/\d5}) 12... O-O 13. Rfd1 Re8 14. Bf1 Ne5 15. b3
(15. Na4 $5 $14) 15... Qc7 16. Kh1 Qb8 17. Na4 Ba8 $11 {Stohl,I-Yudasin,L,Novi
Sad olm (08) 1990}) 8... Be7 (8... Nbd7 $142 9. O-O Be7 (9... a6 $142 10. Be3
Rc8 $5) 10. Be3 a6 11. a4 $1 O-O 12. a5 d5 (12... bxa5 $6 13. Nb3 Rb8 14. Nxa5
Ba8 15. Qd2 Qc7 16. Rfc1 Rfc8 17. Na4 Nc5 18. b4 Nxa4 19. Rxa4 Qd7 20. Rca1 Rd8
21. Bf1 Qc7 22. Nb3 Bb7 23. Qf2 $16 {>})) 14. b4 $14 {|^<<} Nbd7 (
14... a5 $2 15. Ndb5 Qd8 16. e5 axb4 17. exf6 Rxa4 18. fxe7 $18) 15. Kh1 (15.
Qb3 $142 $14) 15... Rfe8 (15... a5 $5 16. Ndb5 Qb8 $132) 16. Qb3 Rac8 17. a4
Qb8 (17... Ne5 18. Qa2 $1 {/\Nb3,a5}) 18. Bg1 (18. Rb1 Bd8 19. a5 bxa5 20. bxa5
Nc5 21. Qa3 Qc7 $13 {<=>}) 18... Kh8 {/\g5-g4} (18... a5 19. bxa5 bxa5 20. Qa2
$14 {/\Nb3,Nb5}) 19. Rb1 g5 20. a5 bxa5 21. bxa5 Ba8 (21... Nc5 $142 22. Qb2
$14 {/^a1-h8}) 22. Na4 Qxb3 23. Nxb3 $16 {>>} 19. Rcd1 (19. b4 {[%cal Rc3a4] /\Na4} b5 20. Na3 bxc4 21. Nxc4
d5 $132) 19... Rg8 20. Bf4 Ne5 (20... Ne8 21. e5 $1 $16) 21. Na4 $16) 19. Rcd1
(19. Bxb6 $6 Bxe4 20. Ba7 Qxb2 $17) 19... Ne5 20. Bf4 $1 (20. b3 $2 b5 $15)
20... Ba8 21. h3 Nh5 (21... Red8 $142 $5 {[%cal Re5c4] /\Nc4} 22. Na4 Nxc4 23.
Bxc4 Rxc4 24. Nxb6 Rc6 25. Nxa8 Qxa8 $14) 22. Bh2 Nxc4 $6 23. Bxc4 Rxc4 24.
Bxd6 Bxd6 25. Rxd6 $36 {[%csl Ra8,Rf6,Rg7,Rh6][%cal Gd1d8] ,Ba8,<->d The
liquidation has helped White, whose remaining pieces are more active, than
Black's. He also has attacking chances against Black's K. Baburin: [#]Removal
of the d6-pawn greatly decreases the dynamic potential of the Hedgehog pawn
formation. It's very hard for Black to activate the bishop now.} b5 $6 (25...
Rc6 $142 26. Rxc6 Bxc6 27. Nb4 Qb7 28. Qd4 $16) 26. Qh4 $1 (26. Rxa6 $6 b4 (
26... Qc8 27. Rb6) 27. Ne3 Rcc8 28. Nb1 (28. Ne2 $2 Qb5 {[%cal Rb5e2,Rb5a6] /
\Qa6,Qe2!}) 28... Qe5 $132) 26... Rcc8 (26... b4 $2 27. Rd8 $18) 27. Ne3 b4 28.
Ne2 {[%csl Rh5] פh5} b3 29. a3 Kg7 (29... Ng7 $6 30. Ng4 $40) (29... Qb5 30.
Nf4 $5 (30. Nd4 Qe5 31. Rxa6 $16) 30... Nxf4 31. Qxf4 $40 {[%cal Rd6d7,Re3g4] /
\Ng4,Rd7}) (29... Qa7 $142 $5 $16) 30. g4 Nf6 31. Nf5+ $1 $18 {A decisive
temporary sacrifice, which gives White a winning attack.} exf5 (31... gxf5 32.
Qg5+ Kf8 33. Qxf6 fxe4 34. Rd7 $18) 32. Qxf6+ Kg8 33. gxf5 Qb5 34. Rd7 Rf8 35.
Nf4 Rc1 (35... Qc6 36. Ne6 $1 $18) 36. Rxc1 Qxd7 37. Nh5 $1 (37. Nh5 gxh5 38.
Rg1#) 1-0
[Event "Hastings 9091"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1990.12.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Speelman, Jonathan S"]
[Black "Sax, Gyula"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A31"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1990.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. Nf3 {Ribli} Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Qb6 $6 (5... e6 6. a3
Bc5 {-A33} (6... Nxd4 7. Qxd4 b6 $5 {Sax})) 6. Nb3 e6 7. a3 $5 (7. g3 Ne5 8. e4
Bb4 9. Qe2 d6 {-A33}) 7... d5 (7... Ne5 8. Be3 Qd8 9. Bf4 d6 (9... Nxc4 10. e4
$36) 10. c5 a6 11. e3 $14 {Speelman,J-Sax,G,Thessaloniki (ol) 1988-TD 88_06} (
11. g3 $5 $36)) 8. Be3 Qd8 (8... d4 $2 9. Nxd4 Qxb2 10. Ndb5 $18) 9. cxd5 Nxd5
(9... exd5 10. g3 $14) 10. Nxd5 exd5 11. g3 Be7 {N} (11... Bd6 12. Bg2 Be5 13.
O-O Bxb2 14. Ra2 Bf6 15. Rd2 O-O 16. Rxd5 Qc7 {Razuvaeav,Y-Horvath,Jo,Stary
Smokovec 1990-CBM 21} 17. Nc5 $5 $16) (11... a5 $5 12. Bg2 a4 13. Nd4 Qa5+ 14.
Qd2 Qxd2+ 15. Kxd2 {Stohl,I-Polgar,J,Amsterdam OHRA II 1990-CBM 20} Be6 $14)
12. Bg2 Bf6 13. Qd2 $5 (13. O-O $1 Bxb2 14. Ra2 $16 {-11...Bd6}) (13. O-O $5 {
Ribli}) (13. Nd4 $6 {Ribli} O-O 14. O-O Re8 15. Re1 Bg4 $13) 13... d4 $5 (13...
Be6 14. Nc5 $36) (13... O-O 14. Rd1 $16) 14. Bxc6+ bxc6 15. Bxd4 (15. Nxd4 c5
$146) 15... Qd5 16. O-O-O $1 $8 Bg5 (16... Bxd4 $2 17. Qxd4 $18) (16... O-O 17.
Bxf6 Qxb3 18. Qg5 Qc4+ 19. Kd2 Qd5+ 20. Qxd5 cxd5 21. Bd4 $18) 17. f4 (17. Be3
$6 Qc4+ (17... Qxb3 18. Bxg5 O-O 19. Qd3 $14) 18. Qc3 (18. Kb1 Bf5+ 19. Ka1 Bf6
$44) 18... Bxe3+ 19. fxe3 Qxc3+ 20. bxc3 Bg4 $132) 17... Qxb3 18. Bxg7 $5 (18.
fxg5 O-O 19. Qc3 Qxc3+ 20. Bxc3 Be6 $14 {^-_|_}) 18... Be7 $1 (18... Qc4+ 19.
Qc3 Qxc3+ 20. Bxc3 Rg8 21. fxg5 Rxg5 22. e4 $16) 19. Bxh8 f6 20. e4 Kf7 (20...
Rb8 21. e5 $5 Bf5 (21... Bxa3 $4 22. Qd8+ Kf7 23. Qxf6+ $18) 22. exf6 Bxa3 (
22... Qa2 23. Qd4 $1 Qb1+ 24. Kd2 Rxb2+ 25. Ke1 $18 Qc2 26. Qxb2 $1) 23. f7+
Kxf7 24. Qc3 Bxb2+ 25. Qxb2 Qc4+ 26. Qc3 Rb1+ 27. Kd2 Qa2+ 28. Ke1 $18) (20...
Rb8 $5 {Ribli}) 21. f5 (21. Qc2 $5 Qxc2+ 22. Kxc2 Bg4 23. Bxf6 Bxd1+ 24. Rxd1
$14) 21... Rb8 (21... Kg8 22. Qd3 Qxd3 23. Rxd3 Kxh8 24. Rhd1 Kg7 25. Rd8 $5
Bxd8 26. Rxd8 Kf7 27. Kd2 Ke7 28. Rh8 Kd6 29. Ke3 Bb7 30. Rxh7 $16) 22. Rhe1 (
22. e5 $5 Bxf5 (22... Bxa3 23. e6+ Kg8 24. Bxf6 $18) 23. Bxf6 Bxa3 (23... Qc4+
24. Qc3 Qxc3+ 25. bxc3 Bxa3+ 26. Kd2 Rb2+ 27. Ke3 Bc5+ 28. Kf4 Rf2+ 29. Kg5
Be3+ 30. Kh4 $16) (23... Qa2 24. e6+ Kxe6 (24... Kxf6 25. Qh6+ Bg6 26. Rhf1+
Kxe6 27. Qe3+ $18) 25. Rhe1+ Kxf6 26. Qh6+ Kf7 27. Rxe7+ Kxe7 28. Qg7+ Ke8 29.
Qe5+ $18) 24. e6+ Kxf6 25. Qh6+ Bg6 26. Rhf1+ $18) 22... Ba6 $2 (22... Kg8 $1
$13) (22... Kg8 $5 {Ribli}) 23. Qc2 $1 Qxc2+ (23... Qa2 24. e5 $18) 24. Kxc2
Rxh8 25. Rd7 Rd8 26. Rxa7 Bd3+ 27. Kc3 Kf8 $2 (27... c5 $8 28. b3 Kf8 29. a4
$18) 28. Rd1 Bxe4 29. Rxe7 $1 (29. Rxe7 Kxe7 30. Re1 $18 {[Stohl]}) 1-0
[Event "Merida m"]
[Site "Merida"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Black "Hernandez Guerrero, Gilberto Eduardo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A31"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1996.11.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "MEX"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 056"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nf3 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d5 {Although White has
avoided the Benoni and the Volga-gambit, Black has this sharp pawn sacrifice
at his disposal.} 6. cxd5 Bc5 7. N5c3 O-O 8. g3 $5 {Unusual. Mostly White plays
} (8. e3 e4 {[%csl Ge4,Rd5] when the K-side space advantage (strong Pe4) lead
in development and weakness of White's extra Pd5 give Black good compensation.
The text attempts to give this pawn better protection.}) (8. e4 $2 Ng4 $40) (8.
h3 e4 9. e3 Qe7 10. g4 h6 11. Nd2 Rd8 12. Qc2 Bb4 13. Bg2 Bxc3 14. bxc3 Na6 15.
O-O h5 16. Nxe4 Nxd5 17. Qe2 hxg4 18. hxg4 Be6 $44 {Shabtai,R-Tseitlin,MD/
ISR-ch Jerusalem/1996/}) 8... Ng4 $6 (8... Qb6 $5 9. e3 Bg4 10. Be2 Bxe2 $1 (
10... Bh3 11. a3 (11. Bf1 Bxf1 12. Kxf1 Nbd7 13. Kg2 Rad8 14. Qe2 e4 15. Nd2
Rfe8 16. a3 Qc7 17. Rb1 Qe5 18. Nc4 Qf5 19. b4 Bf8 20. Nb5 Nxd5 21. Nd4 Qg6 22.
Bb2 f5 23. f4 exf3+ 24. Qxf3 N7b6 {0-1,Kraschl,J-Weinzettl,E/AUT-chT 9495/1995/
}) (11. Rg1 $5 Bf5 12. a3 Rd8 13. b4 Bf8 14. g4 Bg6 15. g5 Ne8 16. e4 Nc6 17.
h4 Nxb4 18. axb4 Bxb4 19. Kf1 Nd6 20. Qd3 Rac8 21. Be3 Qc7 22. h5 Bxh5 23. Bxh5
Bxc3 24. Nxc3 Qxc3 25. Qxc3 Rxc3 26. Rxa7 $18 {Skulener,W-Cmiel,T/Porz-op28/
1992/}) 11... a5 12. Nd2 Nbd7 13. Nc4 Qd8 14. Bf3 b5 15. Nxb5 e4 16. Be2 Nb6
17. Nxb6 Qxb6 18. Nc3 Rfd8 19. Qa4 Nxd5 20. Nxe4 Nxe3 21. fxe3 Bxe3 22. Rf1
Bxf1 23. Kxf1 Rac8 24. Bxe3 Qxe3 25. Rd1 Re8 26. Bd3 Rcd8 27. Nf2 $16 {Seres,
L-Szieberth,A/Balatonbereny op/1996/}) 11. Qxe2 e4 12. O-O Bb4 13. Qc4 Re8 14.
Qd4 Nbd7 15. Qxb6 Nxb6 16. Rd1 Rad8 17. a3 Bf8 18. b3 Nfxd5 19. Bb2 f5 20. Ne2
Nf4 21. Nd4 Nd3 22. Bc3 g6 23. Ra2 Nd5 24. Ba1 Rc8 25. Nd2 Rc5 $17 {(),Hausner,
I-Rogers,I/Bohdanec/1994/}) (8... e4 $5 {The most logical continuation.} 9. Bg2
Bf5 (9... e3 10. f3 Na6 11. O-O Re8 12. Ne4 Bf5 13. Nbc3 Bxe4 14. fxe4 Bb6 15.
Rf4 Rc8 16. d6 Re6 17. e5 Rxe5 18. Bxb7 Rxc3 19. bxc3 Nc5 20. Bf3 Nce4 21. c4
Nf2 $132 {Varga,Zo-Sziebert,A/Budapest FS12 GM/1995/}) 10. O-O Re8 11. Na3 $5 (
11. Be3 Bxe3 12. fxe3 Bg6 13. Qd4 Nbd7 14. Nd2 Nb6 15. d6 Re6 16. Ndxe4 Nxe4
17. Nxe4 Bxe4 18. Bxe4 Rxd6 19. Qc5 Rd7 20. Qc2 g6 21. Rad1 Rc8 22. Qb3 Qe7 23.
Rxd7 Qxd7 24. Rd1 Qe7 25. Rd4 Rc7 $44 {Varga,Zo-Shinkevich,V/Budapest FS02 GM/
1996/}) 11... Nbd7 12. Nc2 Nb6 13. Be3 Bf8 14. Bg5 h6 15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16. Ne3
Rad8 17. Nxf5 Qxf5 18. Qc2 Qc8 19. Qb3 Qf5 20. Rad1 Qe5 21. Bxe4 Bc5 22. Bf3
$18 {Varga,Z-Kummerow,H/Recklinghausen/1995/}) (8... Re8 9. Bg2 e4 10. Na3 (10.
O-O e3 11. f3 h5 12. Na3 a6 13. Ne4 Nxe4 14. fxe4 Nd7 15. Qb3 Nf6 16. Bxe3
Bxe3+ 17. Qxe3 Nxd5 18. Qd4 Nf6 19. Qxd8 Rxd8 20. Rfd1 Be6 21. b3 Ng4 22. e5
Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 Rb8 24. Bf3 Nxe5 25. Bxh5 Rc8 26. Bf3 $14 {Ubilava,E-Hodgson,JM/
ESP-chT/1993/}) 10... e3 11. Bxe3 Bxe3 12. fxe3 Ng4 13. Nc2 Qb6 14. O-O Qxb2
15. Qd3 Qb6 16. d6 Ne5 17. Qb5 Nbd7 18. Qxb6 Nxb6 19. Nb4 Rd8 20. Rfd1 Nec4 21.
Nbd5 Kf8 22. Rd4 Nxd5 23. Nxd5 b5 24. Nb4 Rb8 25. Nc6 $18 {Hausner,I-Hall,J/
Rilton-Cup/1988/}) 9. e3 (9. Ne4 Bb6 10. h3 f5 11. hxg4 fxe4 12. e3 Qf6 13. Rh2
Na6 (13... Nd7 14. Nc3 Qg6 15. g5 Nc5 16. b4 Na6 17. a3 Bf5 18. Qh5 Qd6 19. Bg2
Bg6 20. Qh3 Bf5 21. g4 Bg6 22. Nxe4 Qc7 23. Bd2 Qc2 24. Rc1 Qd3 25. Rc3 Qb1+
$10 {Tobyas,M-Knazovcik,L/Praha ch-CS/1992/}) 14. Nc3 Qg6 15. Bxa6 bxa6 16. g5
Bf5 17. Qa4 Rac8 18. Bd2 Bd8 19. O-O-O Bg4 20. Re1 Bxg5 21. Kb1 Rfd8 22. Reh1
$13 {Hausner,I-Mainka,R/BL 8990/1990/}) 9... f5 10. Be2 Nf6 11. a3 (11. O-O a6
12. a4 Nbd7 13. Qb3 e4 14. Qc4 $6 b5 15. Qb3 b4 16. d6+ Kh8 17. Nd5 Bxd6 18.
Rd1 Nc5 19. Qc2 Nxd5 20. Rxd5 Be6 $17 {Kantorik,M-Hudecek,J/Praha ch-CS/1992/})
11... Nbd7 12. b4 Bd6 13. Nd2 Nb6 14. e4 $1 $146 (14. Nb3 $6 Kh8 15. Ra2 Bd7
16. Nc5 Bxc5 17. bxc5 Nbxd5 $1 18. Nxd5 Ba4 19. Qd3 Nxd5 20. O-O Bc6 21. Rd2
Qe7 22. Qc4 Nf6 23. f3 f4 $36 {Peshina-Vaganjan/Spartakiad/1979/}) (14. O-O e4
$5 $44 (14... Nbxd5 15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. Qb3 Be6 17. Bc4 Be7 18. Rd1 $16 (18. e4
$5 $36))) 14... Kh8 (14... fxe4 15. Ndxe4 $16) 15. Bb2 (15. f3 $6 fxe4 16. fxe4
Bh3 $40 {[%csl Re1][%cal Gf8f1] עe1,<->f}) 15... fxe4 16. Ncxe4 $5 (16. Ndxe4
Nbxd5 $1 (16... Nfxd5 $2 17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18. Bc4 $18) 17. Nxd6 (17. Nxd5 Nxe4 $13
) 17... Qxd6 18. O-O $14 {was also playable, but White wants to activate his
Bb2 as soon as possible. He is even willing to give back his pawn to end
development and castle.}) 16... Bh3 {Black goes for a desperate counterattack.}
(16... Nfxd5 $142 17. Nc4 (17. Nxd6 Qxd6 18. Nc4 Nxc4 19. Bxc4 Be6 20. O-O Qc6
$14) 17... Bc7 (17... Nxc4 $2 18. Bxc4 Be6 19. O-O $18) 18. O-O $36) (16...
Nbxd5 17. Nxd6 Qxd6 18. Nc4 $16) 17. Ng5 Bg2 (17... Bd7 18. Ne6 (18. Nde4 Nfxd5
$1 $13) 18... Bxe6 19. dxe6 $16) (17... Qd7 $5 18. Nxh3 Qxh3 19. Bf1 Qf5 20.
Bg2 Nfxd5 21. O-O $16) 18. Ne6 Qd7 19. Rg1 Bxd5 20. Nxf8 Rxf8 21. Rc1 Qe6 (
21... Qh3 22. Nf1 $16 {[%cal Rf1e3] /\Ne3}) 22. f3 a6 $6 {After this passive
move White defends. Black still had fighting chances after} (22... Qh3 23. Nf1
Rd8 $16) (22... e4 23. Nxe4 Bxe4 $5 (23... Nxe4 24. fxe4 Bxe4 25. Qd4 Qg6 26.
Rd1 $18) 24. fxe4 Nxe4 25. Qd4 Qe7 26. Rg2 $16) 23. Rf1 Qh3 24. Rf2 Ng4 $6 (
24... Re8 25. Ne4 $18) (24... Rd8 $142 25. Bd3 {[%cal Yd1e2,Yd2e4] /\Qe2,Ne4})
25. fxg4 Rxf2 26. Kxf2 Qxh2+ 27. Ke3 $8 (27. Kf1 $4 Qg2+ 28. Ke1 Qxg3+ 29. Kf1
Bg2+ 30. Kg1 Bh3+ $19) 27... Qxg3+ (27... e4 28. Nxe4 Qh6+ 29. g5 $18) 28. Bf3
h5 (28... e4 29. Nxe4 Bf4+ 30. Kd3 $18) 29. Qg1 Qf4+ 30. Ke2 Nc4 (30... e4 31.
Bxe4 $1 Bxe4 32. gxh5 Be5 33. Rf1 $18) 31. Rxc4 $1 Bxc4+ 32. Ke1 $18 h4 (32...
hxg4 33. Qh1+ $1 Kg8 (33... Qh6 34. Qxh6+ gxh6 35. Nxc4) 34. Bd5+ $18) 33. Qf2
Be7 (33... h3 34. Nxc4 Qxc4 35. Qh4+ Kg8 36. Qd8+ Bf8 37. Bd5+) 34. Nxc4 Qxc4
35. Qe2 Qb3 36. Qxe5 (36. Qxe5 Bf6 37. Qh5+ Kg8 38. Bd5+) 1-0
[Event "Groningen"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Hansen, Curt"]
[Black "Ftacnik, Lubomir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A31"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1991.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 027"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. c4 {Ernst Ftacnik Kortschnoj Ribli} Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. Nf3 b6 4. e4 Nc6 $6 (
4... Bb7 5. e5 Ne4 6. Ne2 $1 {/\d3+-}) (4... d6 5. d4 (5. g3 Bb7 6. Qe2 Nc6 7.
d3 g6 8. Bg2 Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. Rb1 Nd7 11. a3 a6 12. Be3 Nd4 13. Qd1 Rb8 14.
Ne2 e5 15. Qd2 f5 $15 {Moutousis,K-Marinkovic,I,Vrnjacka Banja 1990}) 5... cxd4
6. Nxd4 Bb7 7. Qe2 (7. f3 Nbd7 8. Be3 e6 9. Qd2 a6 10. Be2 Rc8 11. O-O Be7 12.
Rac1 O-O 13. Rfd1 Re8 14. Bf1 Ne5 {Stohl,I-Yudasin,L,Novi Sad olm 1990-TD 90_06
} 15. Na4 $5 $14) 7... e6 (7... Nbd7 8. g3 Rc8 $6 9. Bg2 a6 10. O-O Qc7 11. b3
e6 12. Nd5 $1 $40 {Kasparov,G-Salov,V,Barcelona WCup 1989-CBM 12}) 8. g3 (8. g4
$5 $13) 8... Be7 9. Bg2 a6 10. O-O Qc7 11. Be3 O-O 12. Rac1 Re8 13. h3 Nbd7 14.
g4 h6 15. f4 Nh7 $132 {Ehlvest,J-Kudrin,S,New York op 1990-EXP 16}) (4... d6 {
Ribli}) 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Bb7 7. f3 (7. Bg5 $6 Qb8 8. Nxc6 Bxc6 9. Bd3 e6 10.
O-O Bb4 11. Re1 Qe5 12. Bd2 h5 13. Qf3 Ng4 14. Bf4 Qd4 15. Bf1 Bc5 16. Re2 f5
$1 $40 {Spraggett,K-Nogueiras,J,Montpellier 1985 ct}) (7. Be2 e6 8. O-O Bb4 $6
9. Ndb5 Qb8 10. a3 Be7 11. Be3 a6 12. Nd4 Nxd4 13. Qxd4 Bc5 14. Qd3 Qe5 15. f4
Bxe3+ 16. Qxe3 Qc5 17. Qxc5 bxc5 18. Bf3 d6 19. Rad1 O-O-O 20. Rd3 $14 {
_|_,Ljubojevic,L-Winants,L,Brussels 1987-CBM 02}) (7. Bf4 $5 d6 8. Nf3 g6 9.
Qd2 Bg7 10. Be2 Rc8 {/\Na5-/+} 11. Bh6 O-O 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. b3 $14 {(),Tal,
M-Winants,L,Brussles 1987-CBM 02}) (7. Be3 e6 8. f3 {-7.f3}) 7... e6 8. Be3 Qb8
(8... Rc8 {Ribli} 9. Ndb5 d6 10. Bf4 e5 11. Be3 a6 12. Na3 Be7 13. Be2 O-O 14.
O-O Nd4 15. Kh1 Ne6 16. Nc2 Nf4 17. Nb4 $14 {Gelfand,B-Sokolov,I Amsterdam op
1988 46/(49)}) 9. Qd2 Be7 10. g4 O-O 11. O-O-O (11. g5 Nh5 12. Nxc6 (12. O-O-O
$13 {Kortschnoj}) 12... Bxc6 13. O-O-O f5 $5 $132) 11... Rc8 {N} (11... Nxd4
12. Bxd4 d6 (12... Rc8 13. Kb1 a6 14. h4 $36) 13. g5 Nd7 14. Kb1 Rc8 15. Be2 a6
(15... Ne5 $142 $5 $132) 16. h4 Ne5 17. h5 b5 18. g6 $1 fxg6 19. hxg6 hxg6 20.
Bxe5 dxe5 21. cxb5 $16 {Kortchnoi,V-Winants,L,Brussels 1987-CBM 02} (21. cxb5 {
Ftacnik} axb5 22. Nxb5 $16 {Kortchnoi-Winants/Bruxelles/1987/})) (11... Rd8 {
Ribli} 12. g5 Nh5 13. Ndb5 $1 Ne5 14. Be2 Qc8 15. c5 $1 $16 {Suba,M-Adorjan,A
Pinerolo 1987 44/33}) 12. g5 Ne8 (12... Nh5 $5 {Kortschnoj}) (12... Nh5 {
Ftacnik} 13. Nxc6 (13. Nde2 $6 Ne5 14. Ng3 Nxf3 15. Qxd7 Nxg3 16. hxg3 Bxg5 $17
) 13... Bxc6 14. Kb1 a6 15. f4 $40) 13. Nxc6 $1 (13. h4 Ne5 $36) (13. Kb1 $2 {
Kortschnoj} Ne5 {/\ ...Ne5}) 13... Bxc6 (13... dxc6 {Ftacnik} 14. h4 Rd8 15.
Bd3 $14) 14. Kb1 (14. h4 $5 {Kortschnoj}) (14. h4 {Ftacnik} b5 15. cxb5 Bxb5
16. Bxb5 Qxb5 17. Qxd7 Qa5 18. Kb1 (18. Qxe7 Rxc3+ 19. Kb1 Rxe3 20. Rd7 Rxf3
$19) 18... Bb4 $40) 14... a6 (14... g6 15. h4 Ng7 16. Bf4 $16) 15. h4 b5 16. h5
$1 bxc4 (16... b4 {Ftacnik} 17. Ne2 d5 18. exd5 exd5 19. Nd4 (19. cxd5 Rd8 20.
Nf4 Bxg5 21. Bc4 Nd6 22. Bb3 Nf5 23. Qg2 Nxe3 24. Qxg5 h6 $1) 19... dxc4 20.
Bxc4 Be4+ 21. fxe4 Rxc4 22. Nf5 Bf8 23. Qd5 $16) 17. g6 $40 fxg6 $6 (17... Bf6
$142 $5 18. Bg5 $36 (18. Bd4 {Ftacnik} Bxd4 19. gxf7+ Kxf7 20. Qxd4 Qf4 21.
Bxc4 $14) (18. gxh7+ Kxh7 19. Bd4 Bxd4 20. Qxd4 Qf4 $13)) 18. hxg6 hxg6 $8 (
18... h6 19. Bxh6 $18 (19. Bxh6 {Ernst} gxh6 20. Qxh6 $18)) 19. Rg1 (19. Bf4 {
Ftacnik} Qb4 20. Qh2 Rab8 $5 21. Bxb8 Rxb8 22. Ka1 Bf6 $44) 19... Bf6 (19...
Kf7 20. Qg2 $18 (20. Qg2 {Ftacnik} g5 21. Bxg5 Bxg5 22. Qxg5 Qb4 $14)) 20. Rxg6
Kf7 21. Rg2 $1 {>עf8} Be6 30. Qc5+ Kf7 (30... Kg8 31. Bc4 $18 (31. Bc4 {Ftacnik} Bxc4
32. Qxc4+ $18)) 31. Rd7+ $1 (31. Bc4 {Ftacnik} Qc8 $1 $8 32. Qxc8 Rxc8 33. Bxa6
Ra8 $16) 31... Bxd7 (31... Kg8 32. Re7 (32. Bc4 $18 {Ftacnik}) 32... Bf7 (32...
Qc8 33. Rxe6 $1 Qxe6 34. Bc4 $18) 33. Rxf7 Kxf7 34. Bc4+ Kg6 35. Qg5+ $18) 32.
Bc4+ Be6 $8 (32... Kg6 33. Qg5+ Kh7 34. Qh5#) 33. Qf5+ Ke7 $8 (33... Nf6 {
Ftacnik} 34. Qxe6+ Kg6 35. Bd3+ Kh5 36. Qh3#) 34. Qxe6+ Kd8 35. Bb6+ Nc7 36.
Bd5 {/\Ba8,Qd6} (36. Qc6 $18 {Ftacnik}) 36... Ra7 37. Bc6 $1 {/\Qd7,Qe8#} (37.
Qg8+ $18 {Ftacnik}) 1-0
[Event "Yongchuan zt 3.3"]
[Site "Yongchuan"]
[Date "2003.07.23"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Bu, Xiangzhi"]
[Black "Xu, Jun"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A31"]
[WhiteElo "2588"]
[BlackElo "2626"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2003.07.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
{[%mdl 2]} 1. Nf3 {Kortschnoj} c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d5 {
Kortschnoj: 'This gambit, introduced into modern practice by Juan Bellon, has
a rather good reputation - black gets a lead in development and gains some
extra space at the king side.'} 6. cxd5 a6 (6... Bc5 $142 {is the usual
continuation. As White often plays} 7. N5c3 {anyway, the text-move is not
ideal. Although a6 is often a useful move in this gambit line, it's certainly
more flexible to play it later.}) (6... Qa5+ 7. N5c3 b5 8. Nd2 b4 9. Nce4 Nxe4
10. Nxe4 Bb7 11. Ng3 Qxd5 12. Qxd5 Bxd5 13. e4 Be6 14. Bb5+ Bd7 15. Bc4 Bc5 16.
Be3 Bxe3 17. fxe3 Nc6 18. O-O O-O 19. Nf5 Nd8 20. Rac1 a5 21. Bd5 Ra7 22. Nd6
$36 {Aseev,K-Vasiljevic,D/Budapest/1989/}) 7. N5c3 Bc5 (7... e4 $2 8. Nxe4 $1
$16 {/\} Nxe4 9. Qa4+) (7... b5 8. a3 $16) 8. e3 O-O 9. Be2 e4 10. Nd2 Bf5 $6 {
Here the B is exposed and as White hasn't yet castled, he may start a >>
P-storm.} (10... Qe7 $142 11. Qc2 (11. a3 Rd8 12. b4 Bd6 13. Nc4 Bf5 14. Bb2
Nbd7 15. Nxd6 Qxd6 16. Qd4 h5 17. h3 h4 18. O-O Rac8 19. Rac1 Nb6 20. f4 Nbxd5
21. Nxd5 Qxd5 22. Rfd1 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 Qxd4 24. Bxd4 Nd5 25. Rd1 Rc8 26. Rd2 Nc3
$11 {Smagin,S-Magem Badals,J/Cap d'Agde/1996/}) 11... Re8 12. Nb3 Bd6 13. Nd4
Qe5 14. Bd2 Nxd5 15. Nxd5 Qxd5 16. Qb3 Qg5 17. h4 $5 Qe7 (17... Qxg2 18. O-O-O
Qg6 $13) 18. O-O-O Be5 19. Bc3 b5 20. Kb1 Bxd4 21. exd4 Nd7 22. d5 e3 23. d6
Qe4+ 24. Bd3 Qg4 25. f3 Qh5 26. g4 $36 {Romanishin,O-Loncar,R/Bled/2000/}) (
10... Re8 11. a3 Qc7 12. Nf1 $6 (12. Qc2 $142 Bf5 13. g4 $36) 12... Qe5 13. Ng3
Nbd7 14. O-O Bd6 15. f4 exf3 16. Bxf3 Nc5 17. e4 Qe7 18. Re1 Qc7 19. Nf1 Be5
20. Be3 Bxc3 21. bxc3 Nfxe4 22. Bd4 Bf5 23. Ne3 Bg6 24. c4 Nd6 $15 {Moravec,
M-Voloshin,L/CZE-chT/1995/}) 11. a3 $146 (11. Nb3 $143 Bd6 12. Nd4 Bg6 $44 13.
b3 Nbd7 14. Bb2 Re8 15. Qd2 Rc8 16. O-O-O $2 Qa5 17. Nc2 Ne5 18. Kb1 Nd3 19.
Rhf1 (19. Nxe4 Nb4 $1 $19) 19... Nxb2 20. Kxb2 Be5 21. Nd4 Nxd5 22. Nxd5 Qxd5
$17 {Cheremisin,F-Kosikov,A/Lutsk/1986/}) 11... Re8 ({The alternative was}
11... b5 {(Kortschnoj) , preventing eventual Nc4, on order in case of b2-b4 to
put the bishop to d6.}) 12. b4 Ba7 13. g4 $1 {[%mdl 128] From now on White
concentrates on his >>->.} Bg6 14. Bb2 (14. h4 $5 h6 15. Qb3 $16) 14... h6 ({
Somewhat better was} 14... Nxd5 15. h4 (15. Nxd5 Qxd5 16. h4 $36) 15... Nxc3
16. Bxc3 h6 (16... f6 17. g5 $40 {/\} fxg5 18. Bc4+ Kf8 19. h5 Bf5 20. h6 $16)
17. g5 $36 {/\} hxg5 18. h5 Bh7 19. h6 $40) 15. Nc4 b5 16. Na5 Bb6 17. h4 $5 {
White consistently continues his attack.} (17. Nb3 Nbd7 $44) 17... Bxa5 18.
bxa5 Nbd7 (18... Qxa5 19. g5 hxg5 20. hxg5 Nh7 21. a4 $5 b4 22. Qd4 $1 $16) 19.
g5 hxg5 20. hxg5 Nh7 21. d6 $6 {'!' Kortschnoj. Kortschnoj: 'Very strong. A
threat is Nc3-d5-c6, as well as Qd4, attacking the square g7. '} (21. Qd4 $142
$1 Qxa5 22. Kf1 {/\} Qb6 23. Nxb5 Qxd4 24. Nxd4 Nxg5 25. Nc6 $16) 21... Ne5 {
'?' Kortschnoj.} (21... Qxa5 22. Kf1 $5 {[%cal Rc3d5,Rd1d4] /\Nd5,Qd4+/-} (22.
Qd2 Nxg5 23. Nxe4 Qxd2+ 24. Nxd2 Rac8 $14)) (21... Nxg5 $5 22. Nd5 Ne5 {
transposes into a line, which we will see below.}) ({The threat Nd5 had to be
prevented by} 21... Re6 $1 {(Kortschnoj) , say} {The critical line:} 22. Bg4 (
22. Nd5 Rxd6 23. Qd4 Ndf6 $1 {with better prospects for black.} (23... Qf8 $2
24. Ne7+)) ({Or} 22. Qd4 Qxa5 {threatening with Qb6} {(} 23. a4 bxa4 {)}) 22...
Ne5 23. Bxe6 Nd3+ 24. Kf1 fxe6 $1 {- having lost an exchange, black however
took over the initiative!}) 22. Nd5 (22. Qd4 Nxg5 23. O-O-O Qd7 $13) 22... Nd3+
$2 (22... Qxd6 $4 23. Nf6+ $18) (22... Nxg5 $1 23. Nc7 (23. Ne7+ $6 Rxe7 24.
dxe7 Ngf3+ 25. Kf1 Qxe7 $15) (23. Bxe5 Rxe5 24. Nc7 Rc8 25. Qd4 Qf6 26. Nxa6
Rd8 $13) 23... Nd3+ (23... Ngf3+ 24. Kf1 Nc4 25. Bxc4 bxc4 26. Nxa8 Qxa8 27.
Qa4 $16) 24. Bxd3 exd3 25. Nxe8 Qxe8 26. Rg1 Qd8 $132) (22... Qxa5+ $2 23. Bc3
$18) 23. Bxd3 exd3 24. Qg4 $1 {[%mdl 64] White activates his Q, the most
important attacking piece. Only with it's help he can make the most of the
tactical possibilities in the position.} (24. Nc7 Nxg5 $13 {-22...Ng5!}) 24...
Qxd6 {'?' Kortschnoj. Kortschnoj: 'This move meets an immediate refutation.
More difficult would be to prove decisive advantage of white after Qg5.'} (
24... Nxg5 $2 25. Ne7+ $1 Rxe7 26. Qxg5 $1 d2+ 27. Ke2 $1 (27. Kd1 $6 Bc2+ $1
$132) 27... Qxd6 28. Rh8+ $1 Kxh8 29. Qh6+ Kg8 30. Qxg7#) ({After} 24... Qxg5 {
White has a choice:} 25. Qd4 $142 $5 (25. Qxg5 Nxg5 26. d7 (26. Nc7 Bf5 $5 $14)
26... Red8 27. Ne7+ Kf8 28. Nxg6+ (28. Nc6 Kg8 29. Nxd8 Rxd8 30. Rc1 Bf5 31.
Rh5 f6 $14) 28... fxg6 29. Rd1 Ra7 30. Rh8+ Ke7 31. Rxd8 Nf3+ 32. Kf1 Kxd8 33.
Rxd3 Rxd7 34. Rxd7+ Kxd7 35. Ke2 Ng1+ 36. Kd3 $16) 25... Be4 26. Kd2 Bxh1 (
26... Bxd5 27. Rag1 Bg2 28. Rh2 Re4 29. Qxd3 $18) 27. Rxh1 $40) 25. Qd4 Qf8 26.
Rxh7 $1 Kxh7 (26... Bxh7 27. Nf6+ Kh8 (27... gxf6 28. Qxf6 d2+ 29. Ke2 $18) 28.
Kd2 Re6 (28... Rec8 29. Rh1 Rc2+ 30. Kd1 $18) (28... Rad8 {Kortschnoj} 29. Rh1
$18) (28... Re6 29. Nxh7 $18) 29. Nxh7 {'+-' Kortschnoj.} Kxh7 30. Rh1+ Kg8 (
30... Kg6 31. Qxd3+ f5 (31... Kxg5 32. Qd5+ Kg6 33. Qh5#) 32. gxf6+ Kf7 33.
Qd7+ $18) 31. Qh4 f5 $8 32. gxf6 $18 {->}) 27. Kd2 Be4 (27... Rad8 28. Nf6+ $1
gxf6 29. Rh1+ $18) (27... Re4 {Kortschnoj} 28. Rh1+ Kg8 29. Nf6+) 28. f3 $1
Bxd5 $8 (28... Bxf3 29. Qh4+ Kg6 (29... Kg8 30. Nf6+ gxf6 31. Bxf6 $18) 30.
Nf4+ Kf5 31. Qh7+ g6 32. Rf1 $1 {Kortschnoj: 'etc.'} Rac8 (32... Ke4 33. Qh3
$18) 33. Qh3+ Bg4 34. Nxd3+ Ke6 35. Qxg4+ $18) 29. Rh1+ Kg6 (29... Kg8 30. Qh4
f6 31. g6 $18) 30. Qg4 Qh8 (30... Bxf3 31. Qxf3 Qe7 (31... f6 32. Qh5+ Kf5 33.
gxf6+ $18) 32. Qh5+ Kf5 33. Rf1+ Ke6 34. Qg4+ Kd6 35. Qd4+ Ke6 (35... Kc6 36.
Rc1+ Kb7 37. Qb6#) 36. Qe5+ Kd7 37. Qd5+ $18) (30... Qc5 {Kortschnoj} 31. Qh5+
Kf5 32. Qh3+ Kg6 33. Qh7+ Kxg5 34. Rg1#) 31. Rxh8 Rxh8 32. Qd4 Rh2+ 33. Kxd3
Bc4+ 34. Kc3 Re8 $2 {After a series of forced moves Black overlooks a simple
threat and loses on the spot-tactical defence is very demanding. However,
White would win even after other moves:} (34... Rah8 35. Kb4 $1 Rxb2+ (35...
R2h7 36. Qe4+ Kh5 37. g6 fxg6 38. Qg4+ Kh6 39. Qh4#) 36. Qxb2 Re8 37. Qd4 $18)
(34... Rhh8 35. Kb4 Rag8 36. f4 $18 {->}) 35. Qd6+ {[%csl Rh2] צh2} 1-0
[Event "Goodricke op 12th"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2001.02.08"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Vladimirov, Yevgeniy"]
[Black "Ghaem Maghami, Ehsan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A31"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2504"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2001.02.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 082"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d5 6. cxd5 Bc5 7. d6 {Now
White won't be able to retain his extra pawn, but he wants to gain some
durable positional advantage instead.} Bb6 $146 {Time-consuming.} ({More
logical is} 7... O-O 8. N1c3 (8. Nc7 $2 Ne4 9. e3 Bb4+ 10. Nd2 Qxd6 11. Nxa8
Rd8 12. Be2 Nxd2 13. Bxd2 Bxd2+ 14. Kf1 Nc6 15. Qc2 Qb8 16. a3 Qxa8 17. b4 Qb8
18. Bd3 g6 19. Rd1 Bxb4 20. axb4 Nxb4 21. Qc3 Nxd3 22. Rxd3 Rxd3 23. Qxd3 Be6
$17 {Teske,H-Salmensuu,O/Koszalin op/1999/}) 8... Nc6 (8... Ne8 9. Qd5 Qb6 10.
e3 a6 11. Na4 Qa5+ 12. Nbc3 Nd7 13. Nxc5 (13. Bd2 $6 Nef6 14. Qb3 Qd8 15. Nxc5
Nxc5 16. Qa3 Qxd6 17. Na4 Nfe4 18. Bb4 Qf6 $1 19. f3 Qh4+ 20. g3 Nxg3 21. hxg3
Qxg3+ 22. Ke2 e4 23. Bxc5 Rd8 24. Bd4 Qxf3+ 25. Kd2 Qxh1 26. Nb6 Rxd4+ {
0-1,Bang,A-Juergens,V/Copenhagen/1990/}) 13... Qxc5 14. Qxc5 Nxc5 15. b3 $16)
9. g3 (9. e3 Bf5 (9... a6 $142 $11) 10. Bd3 $2 (10. a3 $5 a6 11. Na4 $14) 10...
e4 11. Be2 a6 12. Nc7 Rc8 13. N7d5 Qxd6 14. Nxf6+ Qxf6 15. Bg4 Rcd8 16. Qe2 Ne5
$17 {Voelzke,K-Lorenz,S/RL-NN/1988/}) 9... a6 $5 (9... Qb6 10. e3 Bg4 11. f3
Bf5 12. Na4 Bb4+ 13. Kf2 Qd8 14. a3 Ba5 15. e4 Be6 16. b4 a6 17. Nbc3 b5 18.
Nc5 Nxb4 19. axb4 Bxb4 20. Nxe6 fxe6 21. Na2 Bc5+ 22. Kg2 Bd4 23. Rb1 $16 {
Bang,A-Sandstrom,L/Copenhagen/1989/}) 10. Nc7 Ra7 11. Bg2 Bxd6 12. N7d5 Nxd5
13. Nxd5 b5 14. O-O Rd7 $11) (7... Ne4 8. e3 (8. Nc7+ $4 Qxc7 9. Qa4+ Qc6 $19)
8... Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ (9... Nxd2 10. Nc7+ Kf8 11. Nxd2 $16) 10. Nxd2 Nxd6 11.
Nf3 Nxb5 12. Bxb5+ Bd7 13. Bxd7+ Nxd7 14. Qa4 O-O 15. Rd1 Nc5 16. Qa3 Qc7 17.
Rd5 $36) (7... Na6 8. e3 O-O (8... Bg4 $142 $5) 9. Be2 $1 Bf5 10. a3 Qd7 11. b4
Bb6 12. N1c3 Rad8 13. Bb2 Qe6 14. Na4 Nc7 15. Nxc7 Bxc7 16. Nc5 Qc8 17. Bxe5
$18 {Van der Linde,M-Riemens,A/NLD-chT9495/1994/}) 8. N1c3 O-O 9. g3 a6 10. Nc7
$5 (10. Na3 Be6 11. Bg2 Nc6 12. O-O Ne8 $5 13. Ne4 h6 {[%cal Yf7f5] /\f5 can't
hold on to the extra P, so White wants to gain the ^^ at least-see the note
above.}) 10... Bxc7 11. dxc7 Qxc7 12. Bg2 Rd8 13. Bd2 (13. Qb3 $6 Nc6 $32)
13... Nc6 14. O-O Bg4 15. h3 Be6 $11 {[%cal Rc7d7] /\Qd7} 16. Kh2 {Although
White has achieved his goal, Black's pieces are very active and at this moment
he still holds the balance.} h6 (16... Rd7 17. Qc1 Rc8 $11 (17... Rad8 $6 18.
Bg5 $36) (17... Nd5 18. Na4 $36)) (16... Nd5 $2 17. Bxd5 Bxd5 18. Bg5 Bg2 (
18... f6 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. Nxd5 $18) 19. Bxd8 Rxd8 20. Kxg2 Rxd1 21. Rfxd1 $16)
17. Qc1 Rac8 (17... Rd7 18. Rd1 Rad8 $11) (17... Nd5 $5 {/\} 18. Ne4 Rac8 19.
Nc5 $6 Qe7 $1 20. Nxe6 Qxe6 $32 {|^}) 18. Rd1 b5 (18... Nd5 $2 19. Bxd5 Bxd5
20. Bxh6 $16) (18... Nd4 $142 19. e3 Nc6 {[%cal Rc6b4,Rb4d3] /\Nb4-d3<=>}) 19.
Be1 Rxd1 20. Qxd1 Ne7 (20... Rd8 $142 21. Qc1 $11) 21. a3 Rd8 22. Qc2 Bf5 (
22... Bd5 23. e4 (23. Bxd5 Nexd5 24. Rc1 Rc8 $11 {Without the ^^ White has no
hopes for any edge.}) 23... Bb7 24. Rd1 Rd4 $5 25. Qe2 $11 {[%cal Ye1d2,Yd2e3]
/+/=,/\Bd2-e3}) 23. e4 Be6 24. Rd1 Rxd1 25. Qxd1 Qd7 26. f4 $1 $14 {White has
finally unraveled his position and in the arising _|_ he can claim a tiny, but
nagging edge. But it can evaporate after a single inaccuracy.} Qxd1 (26... exf4
27. gxf4 Qc7 28. Bg3 $36) 27. Nxd1 Nd7 $1 {Against a ^^ it's better to keep
the position closed.} (27... exf4 $143 28. gxf4 Bb3 29. Nc3 $14 {|^}) 28. Ne3
$6 {White needs this square for his K.} (28. Bc3 $142 f6 (28... exf4 29. gxf4
f5 30. Ne3 $1 $36) 29. Kg1 Bb3 30. Nf2 $14) 28... f6 29. Bc3 Kf7 30. Kg1 Bb3 $1
31. Kf2 Nc5 (31... exf4 $5 32. gxf4 g5 33. Kg3 Ng6 $11) 32. fxe5 (32. Ke2 $2
exf4 33. gxf4 Ng6 $17) (32. Nf1 Na4 $15) 32... fxe5 33. Nd5 $2 (33. Ke2 $142
Nc6 34. Kd2 Na4 $11) (33. Bxe5 $4 Nd3+ $19) 33... Nxe4+ $2 (33... Nxd5 34. exd5
Ke7 $1 {[%cal Re7d6,Rb3d5] /\Kd6,Bd5=/+ wins a pawn, although White should
still be able to draw the _|_.}) 34. Bxe4 Bxd5 (34... Nxd5 35. Bxe5 $16) 35.
Bxd5+ Nxd5 36. Bxe5 $16 {[%csl Rd5,Ge5][%mdl 4096] _|_ White has the much
better minor piece and open inroads to penetrate with his K on either the <<
or the >>,} g6 (36... Ne7 37. Ke3 Nc6 38. Ke4 {[%cal Re4d5] /\Kd5+- and Black
misses a crucial tempo to play Ke6 with a fortress.} Nxe5 39. Kxe5 Ke7 40. b3
Kd7 41. Kd5 $18) 37. Kf3 Ke6 38. Bg7 $2 (38. Ke4 $142 $1 Ne7 $1 39. Bf4 $8 (39.
Bc3 Nc6 $11) (39. Bg7 Nf5 $11) 39... g5 (39... h5 $143 40. Kd4) 40. Bd2 $16)
38... h5 39. Ke4 Kd6 $2 (39... Ne7 $1 40. Bc3 Nc6 $11) 40. Bf8+ Ke6 (40... Kc6
41. Ke5 $22 $18) 41. Kd4 Nf6 42. Bh6 Kf5 (42... Kd6 43. Bf4+ $18) 43. Bd2 $1 {
White first defends g3 before advancing his K.} g5 (43... Ke6 44. Bg5 Nd7 45.
Bf4 $22 {Zugzwang is White's main weapon in forcing his K into Black's camp.})
44. Be1 g4 45. h4 Nd7 46. b3 $5 ({White patiently prevents} 46. Kd5 Nb6+ 47.
Kc6 Nc4) 46... Ke6 47. Bd2 Ne5 (47... Kd6 48. Bf4+ Ke6 49. Bc7 $22 $18) 48. Bf4
Nc6+ 49. Kc5 Na5 (49... Ne7 {only postpones the inevitable:} 50. Bd2 Nd5 51.
Kc6 $18) 50. b4 Nc4 51. a4 $18 {Wins material and the game.} Nb2 52. axb5 axb5
(52... Nd3+ 53. Kc4 Nxf4 54. bxa6 $1 (54. b6 $2 Kd7 $1 $19) 54... Nd5 55. Kc5
Nc7 56. a7 Kd7 57. b5 Na8 58. b6 Kc8 59. Kc6 $18) 53. Kxb5 Kd5 54. Bb8 (54. Ka6
$143 Nd3 55. Bd2 Kc4 56. Ka5 $1 $18 {[]}) 54... Nd3 55. Bc7 $1 Kd4 (55... Nb2
56. Ka6 Nd3 57. b5 $18) 56. Ka5 Kd5 57. b5 Kc5 58. Bb8 $22 {The N is helpless
against the B.} Kd5 (58... Nb2 59. Ka6 Nc4 60. Bf4 $18) 59. Kb6 Kc4 60. Bd6 {
[%cal Rb6c6,Rb5b7] /\Kc6,b6-b7 Once again dominates the N.} 1-0
[Event "Lazne Bohdanec"]
[Site "Lazne Bohdanec"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Hausner, Ivan"]
[Black "Rogers, Ian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A31"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "1994.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 040"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nf3 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d5 6. cxd5 Bc5 7. N5c3 (7. e3
O-O 8. Be2 a6 9. N5c3 e4 10. O-O Re8 11. Nd2 Bf5 12. Nb3 Ba7 13. Nd4 Bg6 14. f4
exf3 15. Bxf3 Nbd7 16. Kh1 Nc5 17. g3 Nce4 18. Nxe4 Bxe4 19. b3 Bxd4 20. Qxd4
Bxf3+ 21. Rxf3 Re4 22. Qd1 Qxd5 $15 {_|_,Madsen,P-Mortensen,E/Vejle/1994/})
7... O-O 8. g3 (8. h3 Bf5 (8... e4 9. g4 Qe7 10. Bg2 h6 11. Nd2 Bxf2+ 12. Kxf2
e3+ 13. Kg1 exd2 14. Qxd2 Rd8 15. Qe3 Qb4 16. Qf4 Qb6+ 17. Qf2 Qb4 18. a3 Qb3
19. e4 Nbd7 20. g5 $16 {Tomaszewski-Schon/Naleczow/1988/}) 9. e3 Bg6 10. g4 e4
11. Bg2 Na6 $5 (11... Re8 12. O-O Na6 13. Nd2 Bb4 14. Nb3 h5 15. g5 Bxc3 16.
bxc3 Nxd5 17. c4 Ndb4 18. Qxd8 Raxd8 19. h4 Nd3 20. Ba3 Nab4 21. Bxb4 Nxb4 22.
Nd4 Nd3 23. Rfb1 $10 {Ostojic,N-Oniscuk,A/Leningrad/1991/}) 12. g5 Nb4 13. gxf6
Nd3+ 14. Kd2 Qxf6 15. Rf1 Rfe8 16. a3 b5 17. Ra2 h5 $44 18. Nxb5 $2 Qg5 19. Bh1
Nxf2 20. Qe2 Nxh1 21. Rxh1 Qxd5+ 22. Kc2 Qxa2 $19 {Aseev,K-Smirin,I/Klaipeda/
1988/}) (8. a3 a5 9. b3 Na6 10. e3 e4 11. Bb2 Qe7 12. Nd2 Rd8 13. Qc2 Bf5 14.
Be2 h5 15. Nc4 Nxd5 16. O-O Qg5 17. Rfd1 Nxc3 18. Qxc3 Bh3 19. Qxg7+ Qxg7 20.
Bxg7 Kxg7 21. gxh3 b6 22. Bxh5 $14 {Hort,V-Cramling,P/Biel Mixed/1991/}) 8...
Qb6 (8... Ng4 9. Ne4 (9. e3 f5 10. Be2 Nf6 11. a3 Nbd7 12. b4 Bd6 13. Nd2 Nb6
14. Nb3 Kh8 15. Ra2 Bd7 16. Nc5 Bxc5 17. bxc5 Nbxd5 $1 18. Nxd5 Ba4 19. Qd3
Nxd5 20. O-O Bc6 21. Rd2 Qe7 22. Qc4 Nf6 23. f3 f4 $13 {Peshina-Vaganjan/
Spartakiada/1979/}) 9... Bb6 10. h3 f5 11. hxg4 fxe4 12. e3 Qf6 13. Rh2 Na6 (
13... Nd7 $5 14. Nc3 Qg6 15. g5 Nc5 16. b4 Na6 17. a3 Bf5 18. Qh5 Qd6 19. Bg2
Bg6 20. Qh3 Bf5 21. g4 Bg6 22. Nxe4 Qc7 $44 {Tobyas,M-Knazovcik,L/Praha ch-CS/
1992/}) 14. Nc3 Qg6 15. Bxa6 bxa6 16. g5 Bf5 17. Qa4 Rac8 18. Bd2 Bd8 19. O-O-O
Bg4 20. Re1 Bxg5 21. Kb1 Rfd8 $13 {Hausner,I-Mainka,R/BL 8990/1990/}) (8... e4
9. Bg2 Re8 10. O-O e3 11. f3 h5 12. Na3 a6 13. Ne4 Nxe4 14. fxe4 Nd7 15. Qb3
Nf6 16. Bxe3 Bxe3+ 17. Qxe3 Nxd5 18. Qd4 Nf6 19. Qxd8 Rxd8 20. Rfd1 Be6 21. b3
Ng4 22. e5 Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 Rb8 24. Bf3 Nxe5 25. Bxh5 $14 {Ubilava,E-Hodgson,J/
ESP-chT/1993/}) (8... Re8 9. Bg2 e4 10. Na3 e3 11. Bxe3 Bxe3 12. fxe3 Ng4 13.
Nc2 Qb6 14. O-O Qxb2 15. Qd3 Qb6 16. d6 Ne5 17. Qb5 Nbd7 18. Qxb6 Nxb6 19. Nb4
Rd8 20. Rfd1 Nec4 21. Nbd5 $36 {Hausner,I-Hall,J/Rilton-Cup/1988/}) 9. e3 Bg4
10. Be2 Bxe2 $5 $146 (10... Bh3 11. Rg1 Bf5 12. a3 Rd8 13. b4 Bf8 14. g4 Bg6
15. g5 Ne8 16. e4 Nc6 17. h4 $16 {Skulener,W-Cmiel,T/Porz-op28/1992/}) 11. Qxe2
e4 $44 12. O-O Bb4 13. Qc4 (13. a3 $5 Bxc3 14. Nxc3 Qb3 15. Qb5 Qxb5 16. Nxb5
Na6 $132) 13... Re8 14. Qd4 $6 (14. Nd2 $142 Bxc3 15. bxc3 Qd6 $10) 14... Nbd7
$1 (14... Qxd4 15. exd4 Nbd7 16. Bg5 $14) 15. Qxb6 Nxb6 16. Rd1 Rad8 $15 17. a3
(17. b3 Nfxd5 18. Bb2 $15) 17... Bf8 18. b3 Nfxd5 {} 19. Bb2 f5 20. Ne2 $2 (
20. Nxd5 Nxd5 (20... Rxd5 21. Nc3 $10) 21. Nd2 $15 {/\Nc4<=>} (21. Nc3 $2 Nxc3
22. Bxc3 Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 Bxa3 24. Rd7 Re7 $17)) 20... Nf4 $1 21. Nd4 $8 (21.
Rxd8 Nxe2+ 22. Kf1 Nxg3+ $1 $17) 21... Nd3 22. Bc3 g6 23. Ra2 Nd5 $17 {()} 24.
Ba1 Rc8 25. Nd2 (25. Rc2 Rxc2 26. Nxc2 Rc8 $17) 25... Rc5 26. Kg2 Rec8 (26...
Bh6 $5 {/\Be3-+}) 27. g4 Ne7 28. gxf5 gxf5 29. Nc4 {/\Nd6} Ng6 30. a4 Rd5 31.
Kh1 Bg7 32. Rg1 b6 33. Rg5 (33. Rd2 Nc5 $36 {>}) 44... Rd5 45. Rc7+ Kf6 46. Ng7 $8 Rg5
47. Ne8+ Ke5 48. Re7+ Kd4 49. Rg7 (49. Rd7+ Kc3 $17) 49... Rh5 50. Rg2 Ke5 $5 {
פe8} 51. Rd1 $6 (51. Nc7 Nd2 $17) 51... Nxh2 $1 $19 52. Rxh2 $8 Nxf2+ 53. Kg1
Rxh2 54. Rd7 Ng4 55. Re7+ Kd4 (55... Kf5 56. Rf7+ Kg5 $5 57. Rg7+ Kh4 58. Rxg4+
(58. Rxh7+ Kg3 $19) 58... Kxg4 59. Kxh2 Kf3 $19) 56. Nf6 Nxf6 $1 57. Kxh2 f3
58. Kg3 Ke3 {/\f2-+} 59. Re5 f2 60. Rf5 Nh5+ 61. Kg2 Nf4+ 62. Kf1 Kf3 {/\e3-e2}
0-1
[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2005.02.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Akopian, Vladimir Eduardovic"]
[Black "Dvoirys, Semen I"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A31"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2005.02.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 d6 $5 ({Black tries to avoid the line}
4... g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 {-A39 , in which he has more problems
with developing his Bc8.}) 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Bd7 7. O-O g6 8. Nc3 Bg7 9. Nc2 {
[%cal Ye2e4,Yc2e3] /\Ne3,e4 White decides to avoid possible exchanges an
increases his [+] control, especially over d5.} (9. b3 h5 $5 (9... O-O 10. Bb2
Qa5 11. Rc1 Rfc8 $11) 10. Bb2 h4 11. Nd5 hxg3 12. hxg3 Ne5 13. Nf3 Nxd5 14.
Nxe5 Nc7 15. Nd3 Bxb2 16. Nxb2 Bc6 17. Bxc6+ bxc6 18. Kg2 Qd7 19. Rh1 Rxh1 20.
Qxh1 Qf5 21. Nd3 Qe4+ 22. Kg1 Qxh1+ 23. Kxh1 c5 $11 {/=/+,Milov,L-Lerner,K/
Donetsk zt/1998/}) 9... h5 $5 {Dvoirys applies the ambitious idea from the
above example. More solid alternatives give White a chance to aspire for a
slight edge due his ().} (9... Qa5 10. Ne3 (10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. cxd5 Ne5 12. Bd2
Qa6 13. Bc3 O-O 14. f4 Ng4 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Qd4+ Kg8 17. Nb4 Qb6 18. Qxb6 axb6
19. Rfc1 Rfc8 20. Bf3 h5 21. b3 Rc5 22. Nd3 Rxc1+ 23. Nxc1 Rc8 $11 {
Schwalfenberg,J-Krivoshey,S/Untergrombach/2001/}) 10... O-O 11. Bd2 Rfc8 12.
Rc1 Qh5 13. Ned5 Nxd5 14. Nxd5 Rab8 15. b4 e6 16. Nf4 Qf5 17. Be3 Qe5 18. Qd2
Qb2 19. Qxd6 Be8 20. Qd2 $1 b6 21. Nd3 Qxd2 22. Bxd2 Nd4 23. Rfe1 $16 {
Wojtkiewicz,A-Shulman,Y/Stillwater m/2005/}) ({Interesting is the yet untested
idea} 9... O-O 10. Bd2 Be6 $5 11. Ne3 Qd7 12. Re1 Rfc8 $132) 10. Bg5 {White
doesn't pay too much attention to Black's >> activity, but doesn't completely
ignore it either - either way it's difficult to claim anything from the
opening.} (10. h4 {promises nothing after} Qc8 11. b3 (11. Re1 Ne5 12. b3 Bh3
13. Bh1 Neg4 14. Bd2 Rb8 15. Rc1 Qc5 16. e3 g5 $1 17. b4 Qf5 18. f3 gxh4 19.
fxg4 Bxg4 20. Rf1 Qg6 21. Qe1 hxg3 22. e4 h4 $17 {Straat,E-Baklan,V/Vlissingen
op/1999/}) 11... Bh3 12. Rb1 Ne5 13. Nd5 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 Nxd5 15. cxd5 Nd7 16.
Bg5 Bf6 17. Bf4 O-O 18. Ne3 Ne5 19. Rc1 Qd7 20. Qd2 {Psakhis,L-Huzman,A/Haifa
act/2000/} Rfc8 21. Qa5 a6 22. Qb6 Ng4 $11 {Psakhis}) (10. b3 $6 h4 11. Bb2
hxg3 12. hxg3 Bh3 13. Bxh3 Rxh3 14. Nd5 Qd7 $1 (14... Nxd5 15. Bxg7 Nc7 16. Kg2
Qd7 $13 {/=/+}) 15. Nxf6+ Bxf6 16. Bxf6 exf6 17. Nd4 Ne5 (17... Rh5 $5 $40) 18.
Nf3 Nxf3+ 19. exf3 O-O-O 20. f4 Rdh8 $40 {Evdokimov,A-Livshits,G/EU-ch U14
Mureck/1998/}) 10... Nh7 11. Bf4 $146 (11. Be3 h4 12. Ne4 Nf6 13. Bg5 $6 Nxe4
14. Bxe4 hxg3 15. fxg3 Qa5 16. Qd2 Qxd2 17. Bxd2 b6 18. Rab1 Rc8 19. b3 Ne5 20.
Bc3 Bh3 21. Rfd1 Bg4 22. Bxe5 Bxe5 23. Bf3 Bf5 $17 {Lindemann,S-Kalinitschew,S/
BL2N 0102/2002/}) 11... Rc8 (11... h4 12. gxh4 (12. Qd2 Qa5 $13) 12... Bxc3 13.
bxc3 Nf8 14. Bg3 Ne6 $44) (11... Ne5 $5 12. Ne3 (12. c5 dxc5 13. Bxb7 Rb8 $13)
(12. Bxb7 Rb8 $15) 12... Bc6 $132) 12. Nd5 $5 {[%mdl 512] White bravely
decides to invest some material to get his [+] play going.} (12. Qd2 Qa5 $132)
12... h4 ({More critical was} 12... Na5 13. b3 $5 Bxa1 (13... e6 14. Ndb4 Bxa1
15. Qxa1 Qf6 16. Bxd6 $44) 14. Qxa1 f6 15. Be4 $13) 13. Qd2 Nf6 (13... Na5 14.
Na3 $5 (14. Nxe7 $6 Kxe7 (14... Nxc4 15. Nxc8 Nxd2 16. Nxd6+ Kf8 17. Bxd2 Qc7
18. Bb4 Qxc2 19. Nf5+ Kg8 20. Ne7+ $11) 15. Bxd6+ Ke8 $17) 14... Nxc4 15. Nxc4
Rxc4 16. Rac1 $44) 14. Nce3 h3 {Releasing the >> tension is inconsistent.} (
14... Nxd5 15. cxd5 Ne5 $13) (14... hxg3 $5) (14... Nh5 $142 $5 $13 {/|^>>})
15. Bf3 Nh5 16. Bxh5 $5 {White exchanges his fianchettoed B, but Black's K
will stay trapped in the [+].} Rxh5 17. g4 Rh8 (17... Rh4 18. Bg3 {only loses
time.} (18. Bg5 Rh7 $13 {/\} 19. Nxe7 Nxe7 20. Nd5 Rc5 $1 21. Bxe7 Rxd5 $17))
18. Rad1 ({White doesn't want to lose time for} 18. f3 $13 {[%csl Re8] |^עe8 ,
but now Black has serious <=> against the tactically vulnerable Kg1.}) 18...
Ne5 19. Qb4 (19. Bxe5 Bxe5 20. f4 Bg7 $13 {[%csl Gd7,Gg7] /=/+,^^}) 19... Nxg4
20. Nxg4 Bxg4 21. c5 $5 (21. Bg5 Bxe2 22. Rfe1 Rh5 $1 (22... Bxd1 $2 23. Bxe7
$18) 23. Rxe2 (23. Bxe7 $4 Rg5+ $1 24. Bxg5 Qxg5+ 25. Kh1 Qg2#) 23... Rxg5+ $17
) 21... Rxc5 {[%mdl 64] A safe decision, Black goes for an approximately equal
_|_. However, with hindsight (and computer assistance, of course!) it seems he
could have ventured the seemingly extremely risky} (21... Bxe2 $5 22. cxd6 (22.
Rfe1 Bxd1 23. Nxe7 Qd7 $1 (23... Qxe7 24. Bxd6 $16 {->}) 24. Bxd6 Kd8 $5 (24...
Qg4+ 25. Qxg4 Bxg4 26. Nxc8+ Kd7 27. Nxa7 Bf6 $13) 25. Rxd1 (25. Nxc8 Qc6 $19)
25... Rxc5 $3 $17) (22. Rde1 Rxc5 23. Rxe2 Rxd5 24. Qxb7 Rhh5 $17 {[%csl Rg1]
עg1}) 22... Bxd1 23. Nc7+ (23. Rxd1 Qd7 $17) (23. Qb5+ Rc6 $8 24. Qxb7 Ba4 $1
25. Nc7+ Kf8 26. dxe7+ Kxe7 27. Re1+ Kf8 28. Re8+ Qxe8 29. Qb4+ Kg8 30. Nxe8
Rh4 $1 $40) 23... Rxc7 (23... Kf8 24. dxe7+ Qxe7 25. Bd6 Rxc7 26. Bxe7+ Rxe7
27. Rxd1 Bf6 28. Rd7 Rh4 $11) 24. dxc7 Qc8 $8 (24... Qd7 $4 25. Qb5 $1 $18) 25.
Re1 Bf6 (25... Qg4+ $2 26. Bg3 $18) 26. Qd6 Kf8 27. Qxd1 Kg7 $13) 22. Qxc5 dxc5
23. Nc7+ Qxc7 24. Bxc7 f6 {[%mdl 4096] Black can't castle anymore! The _|_ is
quite sharp and if anyone can be better, it's still Black.} (24... f5 25. f3 {
[%csl Rg4] ץg4}) (24... Bd7 25. Rd2 Rh4 26. Rfd1 (26. e3 f5 $15) 26... Rd4 27.
e3 Rxd2 28. Rxd2 $11) 25. Rd8+ Kf7 26. Rxh8 Bxh8 27. Rc1 (27. f3 Be6 28. Rc1 f5
$15) 27... Bxe2 28. Rxc5 f5 29. b3 (29. Be5 $6 b6 30. Rc2 Bd1 31. Rd2 Bxe5 32.
Rxd1 Bxb2 $36) 29... Bf6 (29... a6 $11) 30. Be5 {[%cal Yf2f4] /\f4} g5 $6 {
An unfounded P-sacrifice.} (30... Bf3 $11) (30... b6 $5 31. Rc2 Bxe5 32. Rxe2
Bf4 {[%csl Rh2] is more ambitious, here the > fast
with} 33. Rc2 g5 34. Rc8 $13) 31. Bb8 $1 f4 (31... a6 $5 32. Rxf5 Ke6 33. Rc5
Bf3 $14 {and it's very difficult to break Black's fortress. Dvoirys strives
for active <=> and gives a <
עe8 White has not only won a pawn, but Black's K is trapped in
the middle.} Nd5 (18... Nd7 19. e4 Nxc5 20. Nxc5 Qb6 (20... Qb4 21. Nd3) 21.
exf5 Qxc5 22. fxe6 $18) 19. Nxd5 Bxd5 20. Na5 $1 Qd7 (20... Qc8 21. Qa4+ Kd8
22. Nc6+ $18) (20... Qb5 21. Rxd5 exd5 (21... Qxa5 22. Rxf5 exf5 23. Qe5+ $18 {
->}) 22. Qe5+ Kd8 23. Qxd5+ Kc7 24. Qxf5 Qxa5 25. Bd6+ Kb6 26. Bc7+ $18) 21. e4
Rc8 {Thanks to this possibility Black doesn't lose a whole piece.} 22. b4 Rxc5+
23. bxc5 Qa4 24. exd5 Qxa5 25. Qc4 O-O 26. d6 {Black has managed to get his K
to safety, but he lost more material and the game is over.} e5 (26... Qa3+ 27.
Kc2 Rb8 28. Rb1 $18) 27. Kb1 $5 {The safest} (27. d7 Qa3+ 28. Kd2 Nd4 $132)
27... Nd4 28. Rxd4 $1 exd4 29. Qxd4 {Technically best. The connected passed
pawns decide the game quickly.} Rd8 30. Ka1 Qb5 31. Rc1 {[%cal Rc5c6] /\c6} Qc6
32. Rd1 Rd7 33. Qd5 1-0
[Event "Biel SKA"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A31"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "1991.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c5 4. Nf3 cxd4 (4... Bg7 5. Bg2 {-E60} Qa5+ $5 6. Bd2
Qb6 7. Nc3 cxd4 8. Na4 Qc6 $6 {N} (8... Qd8 9. Nxd4 Nc6 10. Nxc6 bxc6 (10...
dxc6 $5 $10) 11. O-O O-O 12. Rc1 d5 13. Be3 e6 14. Nc5 Qe7 15. cxd5 cxd5 16.
Nd3 $14 {Dzindzikhashvili,R-Gurevich,D,Jacksonville ch-US m 1990-CBM 21}) 9.
O-O Ne4 10. Ng5 (10. Bf4 $5 O-O 11. Ne5 $36) 10... f5 11. Nxe4 fxe4 12. e3 O-O
13. c5 d5 14. cxd6 Qxd6 15. exd4 Bxd4 16. Nc3 $16 {Dautov,R-Shirov,A,Morava A
1991}) 5. Nxd4 d5 $5 (5... Bg7 6. Bg2 Nc6 7. Nc3 {-A39}) (5... Qc7 $5 6. b3 {
Karpov,An-Kasparov,G,Bruxelles 1987-CBM 02} b6 7. Bg2 Bb7 $13 {Kasparov}) 6.
Bg2 Bg7 (6... dxc4 7. Qa4+ $14) (6... e5 7. Nf3 d4 8. O-O Nc6 9. e3 Bg4 10. Qb3
$16 {Tukmakov,V-Beliavsky,A,Vilnius 1978}) 7. Nc2 $1 (7. O-O O-O 8. cxd5 Nxd5
9. Nc3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Nc6 $1 $10) (7. Qa4+ $5 Bd7 8. Qb3 $36) 7... Qa5+ $6 (7...
dxc4 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Ne3 $14 {_|_|^/^ h1-a8}) 8. b4 (8. Nc3 Ne4 $1 $13) (8.
Bd2 Qc5 {/\Ng4,Bb2} (8... Qb6 9. Nc3 dxc4 10. Ne3 $146) 9. Nc3 dxc4 10. Ne3 O-O
11. Qa4 Bd7 12. Qxc4 Qxc4 13. Nxc4 Bc6 $10) 8... Qc7 9. cxd5 $8 Ng4 10. O-O
Bxa1 11. Nxa1 $146 {[+],/^a1-h8} O-O 12. Nb3 Nd7 13. Qd4 Ngf6 14. Bb2 Qb6 (
14... Nb6 15. Rc1 Qd6 16. e4 $16) 15. Qc3 (15. Nc5 a5 $1 16. a3 axb4 17. axb4
Ra2 $132) 15... e5 $8 (15... Re8 16. e4 e5 17. N1d2 {/\Nc4,f4->}) 16. dxe6 (16.
N1d2 $5 $36 {/\Nc4}) 16... fxe6 (16... Qxe6 $2 17. Nc5 Nxc5 18. bxc5 $16) 17.
N1d2 e5 $1 $8 18. Nc4 Qe6 19. Nc5 Qe7 (19... Nxc5 20. bxc5 e4 21. Nd6 $16) 20.
Rd1 (20. Nxe5 $142 $5 Nxe5 21. Qxe5 Qxe5 22. Bxe5 $16) 20... Nxc5 21. Nxe5 $5 (
21. bxc5 {/\Ne5} Qxc5 $5 {/\} 22. Ba3 $6 Qxf2+ $1 23. Kxf2 Ne4+ $15) 21... Ncd7
22. Qc4+ Kg7 23. Qc7 $146 Rf7 (23... Kg8 24. Bh3 $40 (24. Nxd7 Bxd7 $1 25. Bxf6
Qxf6 $17)) 24. Nxf7 Kxf7 25. Rd6 Kf8 (25... Ne8 26. Qc4+ Kf8 27. Re6 $40) 26.
Bc1 (26. Bxf6 $5 Nxf6 27. Rd8+ Ne8 $8 28. Qf4+ Kg7 29. Qd4+ Kh6 $5 $146 (29...
Qf6 30. Qxf6+ Nxf6 31. Bh3 $16) (29... Nf6 30. e4 $16)) 26... Nb6 27. Qc5 {
/\Rf6} Nfd7 28. Bh6+ (28. Qd4 Qg7 $5 $13) 28... Ke8 29. Qd4 Ne5 $8 30. Bf4 Nf7
31. Rf6 Nd7 (31... Be6 $2 32. Bxb7 $1 Rd8 33. Bc6+ {/\} Kf8 34. Bh6+ Kg8 35.
Rxg6+ $1 $18) 32. Rc6 $8 g5 $5 (32... bxc6 33. Bxc6 Qxe2 34. Bxa8 $13) 33. Bd6
Nxd6 34. Rxd6 Nf8 35. h4 $5 (35. Bf3 $6 g4 $15) 35... gxh4 36. Bf3 {/\Bh5+-}
Bf5 37. gxh4 Rd8 38. Rxd8+ Qxd8 39. Qe5+ $10 Be6 40. Qh5+ Bf7 41. Qe5+ Be6 (
41... Ne6 42. Qh8+ Nf8 43. Qe5+ $10) 42. Qh5+ Ng6 $5 (42... Bf7 $10) 43. Qxh7
Bf7 (43... Nxh4 44. Bxb7 $10) 44. Qh6 (44. h5 $6 Qg5+ 45. Kh2 Ne5 $40) 44...
Qd1+ (44... Qxh4 45. Qe3+ Kf8 46. Qxa7 $10) 45. Kg2 Qd4 46. Kg1 Qxb4 47. Qe3+
Kf8 48. h5 Nf4 49. Qxa7 Bxh5 (49... Qe1+ 50. Kh2 Nxe2 $2 51. Qc5+ Kg8 52. Qg5+
Kf8 53. h6 $16) 50. Qb8+ Be8 {/\Qe1-+} 51. Kh2 $1 Qd4 52. e3 Qh8+ 53. Kg1 Qg7+
54. Kh2 Qh6+ 55. Kg1 Qg6+ 56. Kh2 Nd3 57. Bxb7 Qb6 (57... Nxf2 58. Qf4+ $10)
58. Qg3 $1 Qxb7 59. Qd6+ Qe7 60. Qxd3 Qh4+ $10 61. Kg1 Qg5+ {[Stohl]} 1/2-1/2
[Event "MK Cafe Cup-A"]
[Site "Koszalin"]
[Date "1999.08.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Teske, Henrik"]
[Black "Salmensuu, Olli"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A31"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2443"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1999.08.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 073"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nf3 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d5 6. cxd5 Bc5 7. d6 $5 {
A very crude and direct move, which however is possibly not so bad.} O-O (7...
Ne4 $143 8. e3 (8. Nc7+ $4 Qxc7 9. dxc7 Bxf2#) (8. Be3 Bxe3 9. fxe3 Qa5+ 10.
N1c3 Nxc3 11. Nxc3 O-O $44) 8... Bb4+ (8... Nxd6 9. Qd5 $16) 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10.
Nxd2 Nxd6 11. Nf3 Nxb5 12. Bxb5+ (12. Qxd8+ $2 Kxd8 13. Nxe5 Nd6 14. Rd1 Ke7
15. Rxd6 f6 16. Nc4 b5 $17) 12... Bd7 13. Bxd7+ Nxd7 14. Qa4 $36) (7... Na6 8.
e3 (8. N1c3 O-O 9. e3 Bg4 (9... Bf5 10. a3 Rc8 11. b4 Bxb4 12. axb4 Nxb4 13.
Rxa7 Nc2+ 14. Ke2 Qb6 15. Ra2 Nb4 16. Rd2 Ne4 17. Nxe4 Qxb5+ 18. Ke1 Qa5 19. f3
Bxe4 20. fxe4 Qc5 21. d7 Qxe3+ 22. Be2 Rcd8 23. Rf1 Qxe4 24. Rf3 Nc6 25. Ba3
$18 {Sorensen,T-Sorensen,H/Copenhagen/1988/}) 10. f3 Be6 11. a3 Nh5 12. b4 Qh4+
13. g3 Nxg3 14. hxg3 Qxh1 15. bxc5 Bc4 16. Kf2 Qh2+ 17. Ke1 Qh1 18. Kf2 Qh2+
19. Ke1 Qxg3+ 20. Kd2 Qh2+ 21. Ke1 Qg3+ 22. Kd2 Qf2+ 23. Be2 Nxc5 $17 {Bang,
A-Hawelko,M/Berlin/1988/}) 8... O-O 9. Be2 Bf5 10. a3 Qd7 11. b4 Bb6 12. N1c3
Rad8 13. Bb2 Qe6 14. Na4 Nc7 15. Nxc7 Bxc7 16. Nc5 Qc8 17. Bxe5 $18 {Van der
Linde,M-Riemens,A/NLD-chT9495/ 1994/}) 8. Nc7 $2 $146 {But this is too much
and White's undevelped position can't stand it.} (8. N1c3 $142 Nc6 (8... Ne8 9.
Qd5 (9. Ne4 Qa5+ 10. Nbc3 Nxd6 $1 $11) 9... Qb6 10. e3 a6 11. Na4 Qa5+ 12. Nbc3
Nd7 13. Nxc5 $142 (13. Bd2 Nef6 14. Qb3 Qd8 15. Nxc5 Nxc5 16. Qa3 Qxd6 17. Na4
Nfe4 18. Bb4 Qf6 19. f3 Qh4+ 20. g3 Nxg3 21. hxg3 Qxg3+ 22. Ke2 e4 23. Bxc5 Rd8
24. Bd4 Qxf3+ 25. Kd2 Qxh1 26. Nb6 Rxd4+ {0-1,Bang,A-Peicheva Hansen,E/
Copenhagen/ 1990/}) 13... Qxc5 14. Qxc5 Nxc5 15. b3 $36) 9. g3 (9. e3 Bf5 10.
Bd3 $2 e4 11. Be2 a6 12. Nc7 Rc8 13. N7d5 Qxd6 14. Nxf6+ Qxf6 15. Bg4 Rcd8 16.
Qe2 Ne5 17. Bxf5 Nd3+ 18. Kf1 Qxf5 19. Rb1 Bb4 20. Bd2 Nxf2 $1 $19 {Voelzke,
K-Lorenz,S/RLNN/1988/}) 9... a6 $5 (9... Qb6 10. e3 Bg4 11. f3 Bf5 12. Na4 Bb4+
13. Kf2 Qd8 14. a3 Ba5 15. e4 Be6 16. b4 a6 17. Nbc3 b5 18. Nc5 Nxb4 19. axb4
Bxb4 20. Nxe6 fxe6 21. Na2 Bc5+ 22. Kg2 Bd4 23. Rb1 $16 {Bang,A-Sandstrom,L/
Copenhagen/1989/}) 10. Nc7 Ra7 11. Bg2 Bxd6 12. N7d5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 b5 $132 {
/\Rd7,Bb7}) (8. Be3 Bxe3 9. fxe3 Na6 10. N1c3 Bd7 11. Qd2 Bxb5 12. Nxb5 Ne4 13.
Qd5 Qa5+ 14. Nc3 Nac5 $17 {Shvedchikov-Tseitlin,M/USSR/1977/}) 8... Ne4 $40 9.
e3 (9. Be3 Bxe3 10. fxe3 Qf6 11. Qd5 Qf2+ 12. Kd1 Qxe3 $40) 9... Bb4+ 10. Nd2 (
10. Nc3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Bxc3+ 12. Bd2 Bxa1 13. Qxa1 Qxd6 14. Nxa8 Nc6 {[%cal
Rc8f5,Rf8a8] /\Bf5,Ra8-+}) (10. Bd2 Nxd2 11. Nxd2 Qxd6 12. Nxa8 Rd8 13. Be2
Bxd2+ 14. Kf1 {-10.Nd2}) 10... Qxd6 11. Nxa8 Rd8 {Black wins the pinned piece
on d2, as well as the offside Na8, while White still has to finish his
development and save his K from an attack.} 12. Be2 (12. a3 Nxd2 $1 (12...
Bxd2+ 13. Bxd2 Nxd2 14. Rc1 $16) 13. axb4 Nf3+ 14. Qxf3 Qxb4+ 15. Ke2 Bg4 16.
Qxg4 Qxg4+ 17. f3 Qc8 {/\Nc6-+}) 12... Nxd2 13. Bxd2 $8 Bxd2+ 14. Kf1 Nc6 $17 {
The simplest} (14... Qf6 $6 15. Qb3 {/\Nc7}) 15. Qc2 Qb8 16. a3 $5 (16. Rd1 Ba5
17. Rxd8+ Bxd8 18. Bc4 Bd7 $1 (18... Qxa8 19. Qb3 $15) 19. Qd3 Be8 $17) 16...
Qxa8 17. b4 Qb8 18. Bd3 (18. Rd1 Qd6 19. Bc4 e4 $5 (19... Qg6 $2 20. Qxg6 hxg6
21. Ke2 Bc3 22. b5 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 Ne7 24. Rd8+ Kh7 25. Re8 $18) 20. Qxe4 Ne5 21.
Be2 Qc7 $17) 18... g6 19. Rd1 $8 {The only way to win the B, although with his
connected o^ Black retains the upper hand.} (19. Qxd2 Qd6 20. b5 Ne7 21. Rd1 e4
$19) (19. Ke2 $2 Bxb4 20. axb4 Nxb4 $19) 19... Bxb4 20. axb4 Nxb4 21. Qc3 Nxd3
22. Rxd3 Rxd3 23. Qxd3 Be6 {[%csl Ga7,Gb7]} 24. Ke2 $2 (24. f3 $142 $5 b5 25.
Kf2 b4 $17) 24... Qc7 $1 25. Kf3 Bc4 26. Qd2 b5 {עf3 White faces similar
problems as in the line above, only his K is much worse placed.} 27. Rd1 (27.
Ra1 e4+ $1 28. Kxe4 Qe7+ {[%cal Re7f6] /\Qf6-+}) 27... Kg7 $1 (27... a5 $6 28.
Qd8+ Qxd8 29. Rxd8+ Kg7 30. Ra8 a4 31. Ke4 $15) 28. Qd6 (28. Qd8 e4+ 29. Kxe4
Qc6+ 30. Kd4 Qxg2 $19 {->}) 28... Qxd6 29. Rxd6 b4 $19 {Now the pawns march on,
עf3 only helps Black.} 30. e4 (30. Rc6 $4 Bd5+) (30. Rd1 b3 31. Ra1 Bd3 $19)
30... b3 31. Rd1 a5 32. Ke3 a4 33. Kd2 b2 (33... a3 34. Kc3 b2 {-33...b2}) 34.
Kc3 (34. Kc2 Bb3+) 34... a3 $1 {/\Ba2} (34... a3 35. Kxc4 a2 $19) 0-1
[Event "ISR-ch op"]
[Site "Ramat Aviv"]
[Date "1999.04.08"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Tsesarsky, Ilya"]
[Black "Krayz, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A31"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2382"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "332"]
[EventDate "1999.03.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 070"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
{[%mdl 8192]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. Nc3 Bb7 4. Qc2 $6 c5 5. e4 d6 $6 (5... Nc6
$1 6. e5 Ng4 7. Qf5 $6 (7. Qe4 Nh6 (7... Nb4 8. Qxb7 Nc2+ 9. Ke2 $1 (9. Kd1
Nxa1 10. Ne4 Rb8 11. Qd5 (11. Qxa7 Ra8 12. Qb7 Rxa2 $19) 11... Qc7 12. b3 e6
13. Qd3 Nxe5 $19) 9... Nxa1 10. Qe4 $16 {[%csl Ra1][%cal Ge4b1]}) 8. Be2 (8. d4
cxd4 (8... Nxd4 9. Qxb7 Nc2+ 10. Kd1 Nxa1 11. Qe4 $14) 9. Nxd4 (9. Bxh6 dxc3
$17) 9... g6 10. Nf3 Bg7 11. Nd5 (11. Bg5 $132)) 8... Qb8 9. O-O Nd4 10. Qd3
Nxe2+ 11. Qxe2 Nf5 $11) 7... Nh6 8. Qf4 Nb4 9. Rb1 g6 $15) 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4
e6 8. Be2 Be7 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Rd1 a6 11. Be3 Rc8 12. f3 O-O 13. Bf1 Qc7 14.
Rac1 Rfe8 15. Qf2 Bf8 16. b4 Qb8 17. a3 Ba8 18. Nb3 Rc6 19. a4 Rec8 20. Bd4
R6c7 21. a5 $6 $11 (21. Rb1 d5 $2 (21... Be7 22. a5 $1 (22. Rdc1 e5 (22... Rb7
23. Kh1 (23. c5 {[%cal Gf1a6]} bxc5 24. Bxf6 Nxf6 25. Bxa6 Rxb4 26. Bxc8 Rxb3
27. Ba6 d5 $132) 23... h6 (23... Ne5 24. c5 bxc5 (24... dxc5 25. bxc5 bxc5 26.
Bxe5 Qxe5 27. Bxa6 Bd6 28. Qg1 $18) 25. Bxe5 cxb4 (25... dxe5 26. Bxa6 Rxb4 27.
Bxc8 Rxb3 28. Ba6 $16) 26. Bxf6 Bxf6 27. Nd1 $16) 24. c5 (24. Qb2 $5 Ne5 (24...
Qc7 25. a5 bxa5 26. Nxa5 Rbb8 27. Qf2 $16) 25. Bxe5 dxe5 26. c5 bxc5 27. Bxa6
cxb4 28. Bxb7 bxc3 29. Na5 $1 Bd8 30. Rxc3 $18) 24... bxc5 25. Bxf6 Bxf6 26.
Bxa6 Rxb4 27. Bxc8 Qxc8 $132) 23. Be3 Qb7 24. Qd2 $1 {[%cal Ga4a5]} (24. a5 b5
25. Nd5 (25. Bb6 $6 Rxc4 (25... Nxb6 26. axb6 Rxc4 27. Bxc4 bxc4 28. Na5 $16)
26. Bxc4 bxc4 27. Nd2 Nxb6 28. axb6 Bd8 29. Na4 $132) 25... Nxd5 26. cxd5 Rc3
27. Bd2 R3c7 28. Bd3 Nf8 29. Rxc7 Rxc7 30. Rc1 Rxc1+ 31. Nxc1 Qd7 32. Ne2 Bb7
33. Be3 $14) 24... Rc6 25. a5 $16) 22... b5 23. cxb5 Rxc3 24. Bxc3 Rxc3 25. Qd2
Rc8 26. b6 Bb7 27. b5 axb5 28. Bxb5 d5 29. Kh1 $16) 22. exd5 e5 (22... exd5 23.
Nxd5 Bxd5 24. cxd5 Qb7 (24... Rc2 25. Qh4 $1 Nxd5 (25... Bxb4 26. Bxf6 Nxf6 27.
Qxb4 $18) (25... Qa8 26. Bd3 $16) 26. Bd3 $18) 25. d6 Bxd6 26. Bxf6 Rc2 27. Qh4
$18) 23. Be3 Bxb4 24. Ne4 Nxe4 (24... b5 25. axb5 axb5 26. d6 Rxc4 27. Nxf6+
Nxf6 28. d7 Rd8 29. Bxc4 bxc4 30. Nc5 $18) 25. fxe4 Nc5 26. Nxc5 Bxc5 27. a5
Rb7 28. axb6 Rxb6 29. Rxb6 Qxb6 30. Bxc5 Qxc5 31. Qxc5 Rxc5 32. Rb1 Rc8 33. c5
$18) 21... bxa5 22. b5 a4 23. Na5 $2 $17 (23. Nxa4 axb5 24. cxb5 Rxc1 25. Rxc1
Rxc1 26. Nxc1 d5 27. exd5 e5 28. Ba7 Qc7 29. Nd3 Nxd5 $132) 23... Nc5 24. bxa6
$5 (24. Bxc5 dxc5 (24... Rxc5 $1 25. Nxa4 Rh5 26. h3 $1 (26. g4 Rg5 27. Qe3 (
27. h4 Nxg4 28. fxg4 Rxg4+ 29. Kh2 d5+ 30. Kh3 Rf4 31. Qg3 axb5 32. cxb5 Rxc1
33. Rxc1 dxe4 $17) (27. Nb6 Nxg4 28. fxg4 Rxg4+ 29. Bg2 Bxe4 $19) 27... axb5
28. cxb5 Rxc1 29. Rxc1 Rxb5 30. Bxb5 (30. Nc6 Bxc6 31. Rxc6 Rb3 $17) 30... Qxb5
$19) 26... Nd7 (26... axb5 27. cxb5 Rxc1 28. Rxc1 Rxb5 29. Bxb5 Qxb5 30. Qa7
Bxe4 31. fxe4 Qxa4 32. Rc8 Qxe4 (32... h6 33. Qe7 Nh7 34. Nb7 Qxe4 35. Nxd6
Qe1+ 36. Kh2 Qe5+ $11) 33. Nc6 g5 34. Qe7 Qe1+ 35. Kh2 Ng4+ $11) 27. g4 axb5
28. cxb5 Rxc1 29. Rxc1 Rxb5 30. Bxb5 Qxb5 31. Qa7 Qxa4 (31... Bxe4 $1 32. Rc7 (
32. fxe4 Qxa4 33. Rc7 Ne5 $19) 32... Bxf3 33. Rxd7 Qxa4 $19) 32. Qxa8 Qd4+ 33.
Kh1 Qf2 34. Rc7 Qxf3+ 35. Kh2 Nc5 36. Rc8 $11) 25. Ra1 axb5 26. Nxb5 Rd7 27.
Rxd7 Nxd7 28. Rxa4 Be7 $15) (24. e5 dxe5 25. Bxe5 Qb6 26. Bxc7 Qxc7 27. Nc6
Bxc6 28. bxc6 Nb3 $19 {[%cal Gf8c5,Rc5g1]}) 24... Qb4 25. Nb7 Bxb7 (25... Nxb7
26. axb7 Rxb7 27. Ra1 a3 28. Rdb1 Qa5 29. Nb5 $132) 26. Rb1 Nb3 27. axb7 Rxb7
28. Nb5 Nd7 29. Kh1 Ra8 30. Qa2 (30. Qg3 Ra6 $17) 30... Qa5 31. Bc3 Qa6 32. e5
$5 (32. Nxd6 Bxd6 33. c5 Qc6 34. Rxd6 Qxc5 35. Rd3 (35. Rxd7 Rxd7 36. Rxb3 Rd1
$19) 35... Qc7 $17) (32. c5 Rxb5 33. cxd6 Qc6 34. Bxb5 Qxb5 35. e5 Qc5 $17)
32... dxe5 $4 (32... Nxe5 $1 33. c5 Rxb5 34. Rxb3 Rxb3 35. Bxa6 Rxc3 36. Qxa4
Rxc5 $19) 33. c5 Nbxc5 34. Nc7 Rxb1 35. Rxb1 Qc6 36. Nxa8 Qxa8 37. Bb5 e4 38.
f4 (38. fxe4 Qxe4 $17) 38... e3 39. Qe2 Qe4 40. Rb4 Qd5 41. Be1 $4 $19 (41.
Bxa4 $1 Nxa4 (41... Qd3 42. Qxd3 Nxd3 43. Rd4 $11) 42. Rxa4 Qb3 43. Rd4 $1 Nb6
(43... Qxc3 44. Rxd7 Qa1+ 45. Qd1 $11) 44. Rd3 Qb1+ (44... Nd5 45. Bxg7 Qb1+
46. Rd1 Nxf4 47. Rxb1 Nxe2 48. Bxf8 Kxf8 49. Re1 $14) 45. Rd1 Qf5 46. Be5 (46.
Qxe3 Nd5 47. Qf3 Nxf4 48. g3 $11)) 41... a3 42. Bc4 Qe4 43. Bb5 Qa8 44. Rb1 Nf6
45. Qxe3 Nd5 $1 (45... Qe4 $2 46. Qxe4 Ncxe4 47. Bc4 Nd5 48. Bxd5 exd5 49. Rb8
a2 50. Ra8 f5 51. Rxa2 $16) 46. Qf3 a2 47. Ra1 Qb7 48. Qf1 Ne3 49. Qe2 Nxg2 50.
Qxg2 Qxb5 51. Rxa2 Qb1 52. Re2 g6 $4 (52... Nd3 53. Qf1 (53. Qe4 Nf2+ $19)
53... Bb4 $19) 53. Qg3 $4 (53. Qg1 $1 Nd3 54. Bg3 $17) 53... Nd3 $19 54. Kg2
Qb7+ 55. Kh3 Qd5 56. Re3 Qf5+ 57. Kg2 Nxf4+ 58. Kh1 Bc5 59. Rf3 e5 60. Rf1 Qc2
61. Qf3 Qd3 62. Qxd3 (62. Bg3 $5 Qxf3+ 63. Rxf3 g5 $19) 62... Nxd3 63. Bc3 Bb4
64. Ba1 (64. Bxb4 Nxb4 $19) 64... f5 65. Kg2 Kf7 66. Kf3 Ke6 67. Ke3 e4 68. Bg7
Kd5 69. Bh6 Bc3 70. h3 Bb2 71. Bf8 f4+ 72. Kd2 Ke6 73. Bh6 Kf5 74. Rg1 Bf6 75.
Rb1 Nb2 76. Rc1 e3+ 77. Ke2 Ke4 78. Bxf4 Kxf4 79. Rf1+ Ke5 80. Kxe3 Nc4+ 81.
Kd3 Nd6 82. Ke3 Ne4 83. Ra1 Kf5 84. Rf1+ Ke5 85. Ra1 Bd8 86. Kf3 Kf5 87. Ra4
Ng5+ 88. Kg2 Ne6 89. Kf3 Bc7 90. Rc4 Be5 91. Ra4 Nd4+ 92. Kg2 Kf4 93. Rb4 Kg5
94. Ra4 Nf5 95. Rg4+ Kh5 96. Ra4 Nh4+ 97. Kf2 Bf6 98. Kg3 Nf5+ 99. Kf3 Bh4 100.
Re4 Bg3 101. Ra4 Bd6 102. Rc4 h6 103. Ra4 Nh4+ 104. Kf2 g5 105. Rc4 Bf4 106.
Rc6 Be5 107. Ra6 Ng6 108. Kg2 Nf4+ 109. Kg3 Nd5+ 110. Kg2 Bf4 111. Rc6 Ne3+
112. Kf3 Nf5 113. Rf6 Nd4+ 114. Kg2 (114. Ke4 Ne2 115. Kf3) 114... Be5 115. Ra6
Ne2 116. Rc6 Nf4+ 117. Kg3 Nd5+ 118. Kf3 Bg7 119. Kg3 Bf6 120. Ra6 Kg6 121. Ra5
Ne7 122. Kf3 Nc6 123. Ra6 Ne5+ 124. Ke4 h5 125. Ra5 Nc4 126. Ra6 Nd2+ 127. Kd3
Nb1 128. Ra5 Nc3 129. Ke3 Nd1+ 130. Ke2 Nb2 131. Kf3 Nc4 132. Rb5 Be5 133. Rc5
Nd2+ 134. Ke2 (134. Ke3 Bd4+ 135. Kxd4 Nb3+ $19) 134... Bf4 135. Rc6+ Kg7 136.
Rc2 Ne4 137. Kf3 Nd2+ 138. Ke2 Nb3 139. Rc3 Nd4+ 140. Kd3 Nf5 141. Ke4 Nd6+
142. Kd5 (142. Kf3) 142... Kf6 143. Rc5 g4 144. hxg4 hxg4 145. Kd4 g3 146. Rc2
Kf5 147. Kd5 Kg4 148. Rg2 Kf3 149. Rxg3+ Bxg3 150. Kd4 Bf4 151. Kd5 Ke3 152.
Kc5 Ke4 153. Kc6 Kd4 154. Kb6 Kd5 155. Kc7 Ne4+ 156. Kb6 Nc5 157. Ka7 Kc6 158.
Ka8 Nd7 159. Ka7 Nb6 160. Ka6 Bb8 161. Ka5 Nd5 162. Ka4 Kc5 163. Kb3 Bg3 164.
Kc2 Kd4 165. Kd2 Nf4 166. Kc2 Be1 0-1
[Event "Petah Tikva"]
[Site "Petah Tikva"]
[Date "1997.12.08"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Tsesarsky, Ilya"]
[Black "Zilberman, Yaacov"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A31"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "1997.11.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 062"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 b6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bb7 6. f3 g6 (6... d6 7. e4 (
7. b3 $6 e6 8. Bb2 Be7 9. e4 $14 (9. e3 O-O 10. Be2 a6 11. O-O Nbd7 12. Qe1 Rc8
$132 {0-1 Brito,A-Gulko,B/Las Palmas op 1996 (46)})) 7... Nbd7 8. Be3 e6 9. Qd2
a6 10. Be2 Rc8 11. O-O Be7 12. Rac1 O-O 13. Rfd1 Re8 14. Bf1 Ne5 15. b3 $14 {
1/2-1/2 Stohl,I-Yudasin,L/Novi Sad olm CSR-URS 1990 (27)}) 7. e4 d6 8. Be3 (8.
Be2 Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. Be3 (10. Bg5 Nc6 11. Nxc6 Bxc6 12. Qd2 Rc8 13. Rac1 a6
14. Rfd1 Re8 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. cxd5 Bb7 17. Be3 b5 18. Bd4 Bxd4+ 19. Qxd4 Qa5
$11 {0-1 Ivanov,I-Weinstein,N/New York it 1984 (43)}) 10... a6 11. Qd2 e6 12.
Rfd1 Re8 13. Nc2 d5 14. cxd5 exd5 15. exd5 Nbd7 16. d6 $16 (16. Bf1 Rc8 17. Bf2
(17. Rac1 Ne5 18. Qf2 Qd6 19. Be2 Nc4 20. Bxc4 Rxc4 21. Bxb6 $16) 17... Bf8 18.
Nd4 $2 (18. Re1 $16) 18... b5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Lahav,E-Busch,K/Netanya op 1987 (23)
})) 8... Bg7 9. Qd2 (9. Be2 Nbd7 (9... O-O 10. Qd2 Re8 11. O-O Nbd7 12. Rfd1
Nc5 13. Rac1 Qd7 14. b4 Na6 15. a3 Nc7 16. Nd5 Rad8 17. Bf1 Nfxd5 18. cxd5 $16
{1/2-1/2 Schneider,B-Gueroff,E/Wuppertal-B 1986 (47)}) 10. O-O (10. Qd2 O-O 11.
O-O Re8 12. Rfe1 Rc8 13. Rad1 Qc7 14. b3 Qb8 15. Nd5 Kh8 16. Bf1 Nc5 17. Bg5
Ng8 18. b4 Nd7 19. a3 Ne5 20. Qa2 $14 {1/2-1/2 Drummond,M-Wallace,J/AUS-ch
Melbourne 1991 (45)}) 10... O-O 11. Qd2 $14 (11. a4 a6 12. a5 bxa5 13. Nb3 $14)
(11. Rc1 Rc8 12. Qd2 (12. b3 Re8 13. Qd2 Qc7 14. Rfd1 Qb8 15. Bf1 Rcd8 16. Nc2
Ne5 17. Qf2 h5 18. Nb5 $14 {0-1 Lagershausen,T-Kleeschaetzky,R/Berliner Sommer
1994 (50)}) (12. Qe1 Ne5 13. b3 Nc6 14. Nxc6 Bxc6 15. Qf2 Nd7 16. Rfd1 Nc5 17.
b4 Na4 18. Nxa4 Bxa4 19. Rd3 Bc6 20. a4 $14 {1-0 Greenfeld Alon-Bruk Ofer/
Israel 1984 (39)}) 12... Re8 13. Rfd1 a6 (13... Qc7 14. b4 Qb8 15. a3 a6 16.
Nb3 Bf8 17. Bf1 e6 18. Qf2 Bc6 19. a4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Gheorghiu,F-Spiridonov,N/
Baile Herculane zt 1982 (22)}) 14. b4 e6 15. Nb3 Bf8 16. a3 d5 17. cxd5 exd5
18. exd5 (18. Nxd5 $16) 18... Qe7 (18... Bd6 $5) 19. Bg5 h6 20. d6 Qe6 21. Nd4
Qxd6 22. Bf4 Ne5 23. Bxh6 Bxh6 24. Qxh6 Rxc3 25. Rxc3 (25. Nf5 Qf8 (25... gxf5
26. Rxd6 $18)) 25... Neg4 26. fxg4 (26. Nf5 $4 Qxd1+ 27. Bxd1 Re1# {0-1 Sand,
R-Busch,K/Dortmund op-A 1993}) 26... Rxe2 27. Rg3 $18) (11. Qd2 Re8 (11... Rc8
12. Rac1 h5 (12... Re8 13. Rfd1 a6 14. Bf1 e6 15. Bh6 (15. Qf2 $14) 15... Ne5
16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. b3 $132 {1/2-1/2 Dьr-Horvath/St.Ingbert/SW,37,21 1988 (87)})
13. Rfd1 Kh7 14. Nd5 Ng8 15. Kh1 Bh6 16. Bxh6 Nxh6 $14 {1-0 Blackstock,
L-Denman,B/Brighton 1979 (60)}) 12. Nd5 Rc8 13. Rac1 Nc5 14. Kh1 Qd7 15. Nb5
$14 {1-0 Guthmann,A-Abu Rab,Z/PF-ch Eisenberg 1993 (36)})) 9... Nbd7 (9... Nc6
10. Be2 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 O-O 12. O-O Nd7 13. Bxg7 (13. Be3 $14) 13... Kxg7 14. f4
Kg8 15. Rad1 Nc5 16. Qe3 Qc8 17. b4 (17. h4 Qe6 18. Rd4 (18. f5 gxf5 19. Qg5+
Kh8 20. exf5 Qe5 $15) 18... Nd7 19. Nd5 $14) 17... Na6 18. a3 Nc7 19. f5 $14 {
1-0 Najdorf,M-Reinhardt,E/Buenos Aires ARG ch 1955 (28)}) (9... O-O 10. O-O-O
Nc6 11. Nxc6 Bxc6 12. Bh6 Re8 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. Nd5 Bxd5 15. cxd5 Qd7 16. Kb1
Red8 17. h4 $16 {0-1 Guido,C-Guerrero/cr NIC 1993 (44)}) 10. g4 Rc8 11. Rd1 (
11. Rc1 Ne5 12. b3 a6 13. g5 Nfd7 (13... Nh5 14. Bh3 e6 15. Bg4 Qc7 16. Bxh5
gxh5 17. f4 Rd8 18. Rd1 Nd7 (18... Nc6 19. Ncb5 $1 axb5 (19... Qb8 20. Nxc6
Bxc6 21. Nxd6+ $16) 20. Nxb5 Qe7 21. Nxd6+ Rxd6 22. Qxd6 Qxd6 23. Rxd6 Nb4 24.
Kf2 Nxa2 25. Rxb6 Bxe4 26. Rd1 O-O 27. Rd7 $16) 19. f5 Nc5 20. fxe6 (20. f6 Bf8
21. Qc2 h6 $132) 20... fxe6 21. Rf1 Rf8 22. Rxf8+ Kxf8 23. b4 Bxd4 24. Bxd4
Nxe4 25. Nxe4 (25. Qf4+ Qf7 $11) 25... Bxe4 26. Qf2+ Qf7 27. Bf6 $16) 14. Bh3
O-O 15. f4 Nc6 16. Nde2 $132) 11... a6 12. h4 $6 (12. g5 Nh5 (12... Ng8 13. h4
$14) 13. b3 O-O 14. Bh3 e6 15. Bg4 Nc5 16. Bxh5 gxh5 17. Nde2 Rc6 18. O-O $14)
12... Ne5 $1 13. b3 h5 14. g5 Nfd7 15. Bh3 (15. Rh3 O-O 16. f4 Ng4 17. Bg1 Nc5
18. Bg2 e5 $17) 15... b5 $1 16. f4 Ng4 17. Bxg4 hxg4 18. h5 $4 (18. cxb5 Nc5
19. Nc6 Bxc6 20. bxc6 Rxc6 21. Bd4 Bxd4 22. Qxd4 $132) 18... bxc4 $4 (18...
Rxh5 $1 19. Rxh5 gxh5 20. Nf5 Bf8 21. Qh2 Qa5 22. Bd2 b4 23. Nd5 Qxa2 24. Qxh5
Qxb3 25. g6 Rxc4 $1 $19) 19. h6 Bf8 (19... cxb3 20. hxg7 Rxh1+ 21. Ke2 Rh2+ 22.
Bf2 Nf6 23. gxf6 Kd7 $13) 20. b4 (20. Nde2 cxb3 21. axb3 Nc5 $17) 20... e5 21.
Nc2 (21. Nde2 exf4 22. Bxf4 Ne5 23. Bxe5 dxe5 24. Nd5 Bxd5 25. exd5 c3 $1 $19)
21... exf4 22. Bxf4 Ne5 23. Bxe5 dxe5 24. Qe3 $6 (24. Nd5 $1 Bxd5 25. Qxd5 Qc7
26. Rf1 Rh7 27. Rf6 Be7 28. Rxa6 Bxg5 29. Rxg6 Bxh6 30. Rxg4 $132) 24... Bd6 (
24... Qc7 25. Qg3 Be7 (25... f5 $6 26. gxf6 Rxh6 27. Rxh6 Bxh6 28. Qxg4 Qf7 29.
Qh4 Bf4 30. Rd6 $16 (30. Qh8+ Qf8 31. Qh7 Qxf6 32. Ke2 Qg5 $11)) 26. Qxg4 Rd8
27. Ke2 $1 (27. Rxd8+ Qxd8 28. Qg3 Bxg5 29. Qxe5+ Kd7 30. Ke2 Kc8 31. Rd1 Qf6
32. Qc5+ Kb8 33. Rd7 Rc8 34. Qd4 Qf4 $19) 27... Rxd1 28. Rxd1 Qc8 29. Qg3 Qe6
30. Ne3 f5 31. Ncd5 Bxd5 32. exd5 f4 33. dxe6 fxg3 34. Nxc4 Bxg5 35. Nd6+ Ke7
36. Nf7 Rxh6 37. Nxg5 $18) 25. O-O $2 $17 (25. Qg3 $1 f5 (25... Qxg5 26. Rxd6
Rxh6 27. Rxh6 Qxh6 28. Qxe5+ Kf8 29. Rd7 $16) (25... Qd7 26. Ne3 Qe6 27. Nxg4
Bxb4 28. Nf6+ Kf8 29. Nd7+ Kg8 (29... Ke7 30. Rf1 $11) 30. Nf6+ Kf8 31. Nd7+
$11) 26. gxf6 Qxf6 27. Qxg4 Rf8 28. Rd2 $14) 25... Qe7 26. Rf6 Bb8 (26... Bxb4
27. Nxb4 Qxb4 28. Rb1 Qe7 29. Qa7 Bc6 30. Qxe7+ Kxe7 31. Rb6 Be8 32. Rxa6 $14)
27. Kg2 $5 (27. Qb6 O-O $17 (27... Bxe4 28. Nxe4 Ba7 29. Nd6+ Kf8 30. Nxc8 $18)
) (27. b5 $1 Rxh6 28. bxa6 Ba8 29. Qg3 $15) 27... O-O (27... Rxh6 $5 28. Rxf7 (
28. gxh6 Qxf6 29. h7 Ke7 (29... Kf8 30. Rd7) (29... Rc6 30. Rh1 Qh8 31. Nd5 f6
32. Qh6 Kf7 33. Nce3 c3 34. Nxg4 c2 35. Ngxf6 Rxf6 36. Nxf6 Qxf6 37. Qe3 (37.
h8=Q Bxe4+ 38. Kg3 Qf3+ 39. Kh4 Qf2+ 40. Kg4 Bf5+ 41. Kg5 Qg3#) 37... c1=Q $1
38. Rxc1 Qh4 39. Qf2+ Qxf2+ 40. Kxf2 Kg7 41. Rh1 Kh8 42. Ke3 Ba7+ 43. Kd3 Bc6
$15) 30. Rf1 Qh8 31. Qg5+ Ke8 32. Qf6 Qxf6 (32... Qxh7 33. Rh1 $18) 33. Rxf6
Ke7 34. Rb6 Ba8 35. Rxa6 Bd6 36. Ne3 $14) 28... Qxf7 29. gxh6 Ba7 30. Qe2 Rd8
$17) (27... Ba7 28. Qe2 Rxh6 29. Qxg4 Rd8 $1 (29... Rh5 30. Nd5 $16) 30. Nd5
Bxd5 31. exd5 Rh5 32. d6 Qd7 $19) 28. Nd5 Bxd5 29. exd5 (29. Rxd5 Rfd8 30. Rxa6
Rxd5 31. exd5 e4 32. Qd4 Be5 33. Qe3 Qd8 (33... Bb8 34. Qd4 $11) 34. a3 (34.
Ra5 f5 $1 35. gxf6 Qxf6 36. Qxe4 Rf8 $17) 34... Qxd5 35. Ra5 Qd6 36. Qxe4 Qd2+
37. Kf1 Qd3+ 38. Qe2 (38. Qxd3 cxd3 $19) 38... Bf4 $19) 29... e4 30. d6 (30.
Rxa6 $132) 30... Qe5 31. Qd4 (31. Qf4 Qxf4 32. Rxf4 Rfd8 33. Rxg4 Rxd6 34. Rxd6
Bxd6 35. Rxe4 Kh7 $17) 31... Qxd4 32. Rxd4 Rfd8 33. Kg3 $2 (33. d7 $1 Rc7 34.
Rxa6 Rcxd7 35. Rxd7 Rxd7 36. Ra8 Rb7 37. a4 Kh7 38. a5 Bf4 39. a6 Rd7 40. a7
Rd2+ 41. Kf1 Rxc2 42. Rf8 Rc1+ (42... Ra2 43. Rxf7+ Kg8 44. Rxf4 Rxa7 45. Rxe4
Rc7 46. Re2 Rb7 $11) 43. Ke2 Rc2+ 44. Kd1 Rc1+ $11) 33... Rxd6 $1 $15 34. Rfxd6
Rc6 35. Kxg4 Bxd6 36. Rxe4 Kh7 37. Kf3 (37. Nd4 Rb6 (37... Rc7 38. b5 c3 (38...
a5 39. Nc6) 39. bxa6 c2 40. Nxc2 Rxc2 41. Ra4 Rg2+ 42. Kf3 Rg3+ 43. Kf2 Rxg5
44. a7 Bc5+ 45. Kf3 Bxa7 46. Rxa7 Rf5+ 47. Kg3 Kxh6 48. a4 f6 (48... Kg5 49. a5
Rf1 50. a6 f5 51. Rb7 Ra1 52. a7 Ra3+ $19) 49. a5 Rb5 50. a6 Ra5 51. Ra8 Kg5
$19) 38. a3 c3 39. Kf3 (39. Re3 Bxb4 40. axb4 Rxb4 41. Rxc3 Rxd4+ 42. Kg3 Rd7
$17) 39... Rb7 40. Re3 Rc7 $17) 37... Rc7 (37... c3 38. a4 Rc7 39. Rd4 Be7 40.
Rd5 f6 (40... Rc4 41. Re5) 41. gxf6 Bxf6 42. Rd6 $132) 38. a4 $2 (38. Rd4 $1
Be7 39. Rd5 f6 (39... c3 40. a4 f6 41. gxf6 Bxf6 42. Rd6 Bh8 (42... Bg5 43.
Rxa6 Rd7 44. Rc6) 43. Rxa6 Rd7 44. Ra8 Rd2 45. Ne3 Bd4 46. a5 $132) 40. gxf6
Bxf6 41. Rd6 Rf7 42. Rxa6 Kxh6 43. Rc6 c3 44. Ne3 $132) 38... Be7 39. Re5 (39.
Kf4 c3 $17) (39. Kg4 f5+ 40. gxf6 Bxf6 41. Ne3 c3 42. Re6 Be7 $17) 39... Rb7 $5
(39... Rd7 40. Ne3 c3 41. b5 axb5 42. axb5 Bd8 43. Ke4 Rd2 44. Rc5 Re2 45. Rxc3
Bxg5 46. Rb3 Kxh6 47. b6 Bxe3 48. Kf3 Re1 49. Rxe3 Rb1 $19) 40. Ke4 $2 (40. Rd5
$1 $17) 40... c3 $19 41. Ke3 (41. Rd5 Bxb4 42. Nxb4 Rxb4+ 43. Kd3 Rxa4 44. Kxc3
Rf4 45. Ra5 f6 $19) 41... Rd7 42. b5 axb5 43. axb5 Bd8 $1 44. Na3 Rd2 45. Nc4
Rg2 46. Kd3 c2 47. Re1 Bxg5 0-1
[Event "Leon-B"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Izeta Txabarri, Felix"]
[Black "Sion Castro, Marcelino"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A31"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "1996.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 054"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 (2. c4 g6 3. g3 c5 4. Nf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 d5 6. Bg2 Bg7 7. Nc2
Qa5+ 8. b4 Qc7 9. cxd5 $18 {Bareev,E-Shirov,A/Biel/1991/0,5/61/}) 2... g6 3. c4
Bg7 4. g3 c5 5. Nc3 (5. d5 $142) 5... cxd4 6. Nxd4 d5 7. Bg2 $6 (7. cxd5 Nxd5
8. Bg2 (8. e3 Nxc3 9. bxc3 Qd5 10. Rg1 O-O 11. Qc2 Nc6 12. Ba3 Nxd4 13. exd4
Bf5 14. Qe2 Be4 15. Bc1 e5 16. Be3 exd4 17. cxd4 Bxd4 $19 {Krzysztanowska,
M-Leonowicz,L/POL-chw/1978/0:1/91/}) 8... Nxc3 9. bxc3 O-O (9... Qa5 10. Bd2
O-O 11. O-O e5 12. Nb3 Qc7 13. Qc1 Bg4 14. Re1 a5 15. Be3 Nd7 16. Nd2 Rac8 17.
Rb1 b6 18. c4 Be6 19. Qb2 Bf5 20. Rbc1 Nc5 $15 {Baciu,S-Manolache,M/ROM-cht/
1994/0:1/50/}) 10. O-O Qa5 (10... Nc6 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Bg5 Bxc3 13. Rc1 Bf6
14. Bxf6 exf6 15. Rxc6 Rb8 16. Qa1 Be6 17. Rfc1 Rc8 18. Rxc8 Bxc8 19. h4 h5 20.
e3 Be6 21. a3 Qe7 22. Rb1 Rc8 $10 {Yurtaev,L-Petrienko,V/Podolsk/1989/1:0/44/})
11. Be3 Nc6 12. Qb3 Qa6 13. Rab1 Rd8 14. Qb2 Nxd4 15. Bxd4 e5 16. Bc5 Rb8 17.
Rfd1 Bf5 18. e4 Be6 {Ribli,Z-Kasparov,G/Luzern(olm)/1982/}) 7... dxc4 8. Qa4+
Nfd7 9. Nc2 (9. Nf3) 9... Nc6 (9... O-O $5 10. Qxc4 Nb6) 10. Qxc4 Qa5 11. Bd2 (
11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. Qxc6 Rb8 $32 $36 {^^}) 11... Qh5 12. Nd5 O-O 13. Bc3 (13. Nf4
Qc5 14. Qxc5 Nxc5 $15) 13... Nde5 14. Qa4 (14. Qb3 $142) 14... Ng4 15. Nd4 $6 (
15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. h3 Nge5 $13) 15... Bxd4 16. Bxd4 Rd8 17. O-O-O $2 (17. Qc4
Be6) (17. e4 $1 Be6 $5 (17... b5 18. Qd1 e6 19. Qxg4 Qxg4 20. Nf6+ Kg7 21.
Nxg4+ Nxd4 $10) 18. Bc3 Rac8 $5 (18... Bxd5 $6 19. exd5 Nce5 20. Qd4)) 17...
Rxd5 18. Bxd5 (18. h3 Rxd4) 18... Qxd5 $17 19. Bc3 (19. Bb6 Qe6 $19) 19... b5
$1 20. Rxd5 bxa4 21. Rc5 (21. Rhd1 Ba6 22. Rc5 Bxe2 23. Rxc6 Bxd1 24. Kxd1
Nxf2+ $17) 21... Bd7 22. Rd1 Be8 23. f3 (23. Rc4 f5 24. Be1 Rc8) 23... Ne3 24.
Rd3 Nf5 25. e4 Nd6 26. Bd2 f6 27. Bf4 Nf7 28. Rdc3 Nfd8 29. R5c4 (29. Bc7 Nd4
30. Rd3 N8e6 $17) 29... g5 (29... e5 $6 30. Be3 Rb8 31. Rxa4 a5 32. Kb1 Nd4 $15
) 30. Bc7 Kf7 31. Rxa4 Ne6 32. Bb6 $8 (32. Ba5 Ncd4 33. Rac4 Ne2+ $19) 32...
Rb8 33. Bf2 (33. Bxa7 Ra8 34. Rca3 Ne5 35. Ra6 Nc7 36. R6a5 Nc4 37. Bb6 Nxb6
$19) 33... a5 34. Be3 Rb5 35. Rac4 Ne5 36. Rc8 $8 Nxf3 $19 37. Ra8 (37. h3 Bd7
38. Rh8 Kg7 39. Ra8 Ned4 $19) 37... Nxh2 38. Ra3 Re5 (38... Nf1 39. Ba7 Bc6)
39. R3xa5 Rxe4 40. Bd2 Nd4 41. R5a7 Nhf3 42. Rc7 Re2 43. Bb4 Rg2 $4 (43... h5
44. Raa7 Nc6 $19) 44. Rxe7+ Kg6 45. Raxe8 Rg1+ 46. Be1 $16 (46. Re1 $2 Nxe1 47.
Rxe1 Rxg3 $17) 46... Nf5 47. Re2 $8 Nxg3 48. R2e3 g4 49. Rg8+ $2 (49. Kd1 $8 h5
(49... Rg2 $2 50. Rg8+ Kf5 51. Rxf3+ gxf3 52. Rxg3 $18) (49... Nxe1 50. Rxe1
Rg2 51. Rb8 $1 h5 52. a4 h4 53. a5 h3 54. a6 h2 55. a7 $18) (49... Kg5 50. a4
h5 51. a5 h4 52. a6 h3 53. a7 h2 54. Rh8 $18) 50. a4 (50. Rxf3 $2 gxf3 51. Rg8+
Kf7 (51... Kf5 $4 52. Rxg3 f2 53. Rf3+ $18) 52. Rxg3 f2 $19) 50... h4 51. a5 h3
52. a6 h2 53. a7 Nf5 $1 (53... h1=Q $2 54. a8=Q Nxe1 55. Qxh1 (55. Rg8+ Kf5 56.
Qc8+ Kf4 57. Rxg4+ Kxe3 58. Qc1+ Kf2 59. Qd2+ Kf1 60. Qxe1+ Kg2 61. Rxg3+ Kh2
62. Rxg1 Qxg1 63. Qxg1+ (63. b4 Qb6 $10) 63... Kxg1 64. Kd2 Kg2 65. Ke3 Kg3 66.
Ke4 Kg4 67. b4 f5+ 68. Kd3 f4 69. b5 f3 70. b6 (70. Ke3 Kg3 71. b6 f2 72. b7
f1=Q 73. b8=Q+ $10) 70... Kh3 $1 $10) 55... Rxh1 (55... Nxh1 56. Rxe1 Nf2+ 57.
Kd2 $16) 56. Rxe1 Rh2 57. Rg1 Kf7 58. Ree1 $16) 54. Re2 (54. a8=Q Nxe3+ 55.
Rxe3 h1=Q 56. Qg8+ Kh6 57. Qh8+ Kg5 58. Qxh1 Rxh1 59. b4 Kf4 60. Re6 f5 $19)
54... Nxe1 55. a8=Q $2 (55. Rg8+ $1 Ng7 $8 56. a8=Q Nf3+ 57. Kc2 Nd4+ (57...
h1=Q 58. Qe8+ Kh6 59. Rh8+ Kg5 60. Qe3+ Kg6 61. Qe4+ (61. Rxh1 Rxh1 62. Qf4 $16
) 61... f5 62. Qc6+ Kg5 63. Rxh1 Rxh1 64. Qd7 $16) 58. Kd3 Rd1+ (58... h1=Q 59.
Qe8+ Kh6 60. Rh8+ Kg5 61. Qe3+ Kg6 62. Rxh1 $18)) 55... Nf3+ 56. Re1 Ng7 $3 57.
R8e4 (57. Qe4+ f5 58. Qc6+ Kh7 $19) 57... f5 58. Rxg4+ fxg4 59. Qe4+ Kg5 60.
Qe7+ Kh5 61. Qf7+ Kh4 62. Qf6+ Kh3 63. Qh6+ Kg2 $19) 49... Kf5 50. Kd1 Kf4 $19
51. Rge8 f5 52. a4 Ne4 53. Re2 g3 54. a5 g2 55. Rg8 Nxe1 56. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 57.
Kxe1 Kf3 58. Rxg2 Kxg2 59. a6 f4 60. a7 f3 61. a8=Q f2+ 62. Ke2 f1=Q+ 63. Ke3
Qf3+ 64. Kd4 h5 0-1
[Event "Biel MTO op"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1999.07.28"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Raetsky, Alexander"]
[Black "Tyomkin, Dimitri"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A31"]
[WhiteElo "2408"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1999.07.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
{By winning this game I had reached GM-norm in Biel MTO.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3.
Nf3 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d5 6. cxd5 Bc5 7. N5c3 O-O 8. h3 Bf5 {In my
home-preparation to this game I found that Raetsky had played too risky in
this variation and lost to low-rated opponent. For opening stage of current
game my opponent spended almost 1 1/2 hour-the meaning I made a right choice!}
9. a3 $146 (9. e3 Nbd7 (9... Bg6 10. g4 e4 11. Bg2 Na6 $5 12. g5 Nb4 13. gxf6
Nd3+ 14. Kd2 Qxf6 $44 {0-1 Aseev,K-Smirin,I/URS-FL56 Klaipeda 1988 (41)}) 10.
Qf3 Bg6 11. e4 Bd4 12. Bd3 Nc5 13. Bc2 b5 14. Nd2 b4 15. Ne2 Nxd5 {1/2-1/2
Papaioannou,I-Stefanopoulos,O/Athens GRE 1998 (15)}) (9. g4 $6 Be4 10. Rh2 Bg6
11. Bg5 Nbd7 12. Nd2 Rc8 $44 {0-1 Raetsky,A-Kaenel,H/Lenk ,EXT 1995 (59)}) 9...
Nbd7 10. e3 e4 (10... Nb6 $5 11. b4 Bd6 12. Qf3 Qc8 $1 {[%csl Yc1,Yf5][%cal
Rf6d5]} 13. Bb2 (13. e4 $2 Bxe4) 13... e4 14. Qd1 Rd8 {[%cal Rf6d5,Rb6d5] /
\Nxd5}) 11. b4 Bd6 {The compensation of black is obvious-black has big
advantage in development.} 12. Bb2 Ne5 {[%cal Ge5d3] playing on initiative.The
other way,probably better one, was to attack d-pawn:} (12... Nb6 {[%cal Rf6d5]}
13. g4 Bg6 $44) 13. Nd2 Rc8 14. Be2 Nd3+ 15. Bxd3 exd3 16. Rc1 $6 {After this
unaccuracy black gets an advantage.The correct way was:} (16. Qf3 $142 Be5 17.
Qxf5 Bxc3 18. Bxc3 Rxc3 19. e4 Rc2 20. Rd1 (20. Qf3 Re8 21. Qxd3 Rxd2 22. Qxd2
Nxe4 23. Qd4 Nc5+ $1 $17 {[%cal Gc5b3]}) 20... Qc7 21. O-O Qc3 $44) 16... Be5
17. Qb3 Bxc3 18. Rxc3 Rxc3 19. Bxc3 (19. Qxc3 Qxd5 20. O-O Rc8 $15) 19... Qxd5
20. Qxd5 Nxd5 21. Nb1 Nb6 $1 {[%mdl 2048] Black should play very smart and
accurate for getting an advantage in this ending.White intended to transform
his pieces by Kd2 and Rc1.Black prevents it with following move:} (21... Rc8
$143 22. Kd2 Nb6 23. Rc1 $15) 22. f3 Rc8 23. e4 Bd7 $1 {[%cal Gd7a4,Ga4c2]
[%mdl 2048] /\Ba4-c2} 24. Kf2 Ba4 25. Rc1 Bc2 26. Bd4 Nc4 27. Bc5 $138 {
My opponent was in hard time-trouble in this stage which I succesfully had
used.} b6 28. Be3 f6 29. Nd2 $2 $138 {Just simplifies blacks job in this
ending.After the best 29.a4 the game could pass into the interesting pawn
ending!} (29. a4 $1 Bxa4 (29... Nb2 30. Ke1 Nxa4 (30... Rd8 {[%cal Rd3d2,Yb2d3]
/\d2} 31. Bd2 Nxa4 32. Na3 Rc8 33. Ra1 $132) 31. Kd2 Nb2 32. Na3 Nc4+ 33. Nxc4
Rxc4 34. Ra1 Rxb4 35. Rxa7 Rb1 36. f4 $132) 30. Na3 Bc2 $1 (30... Nd6 31. Rxc8+
Nxc8 32. Ke1 $11 {[%cal Ge1d2] /\Kd2}) (30... b5 31. Nxc4 bxc4 32. Bd2 $15) 31.
Nxc2 (31. Nxc4 Rxc4 32. Bd2 Kf7 33. Ra1 Rc7 $17) 31... Nxe3 32. Kxe3 dxc2 33.
Kd2 (33. b5 Rc5 {[%csl Ga7,Gb6] o^b,a}) 33... Kf7 34. Rxc2 (34. Ra1 c1=Q+)
34... Rxc2+ $19 {P_|_,o^a Black has an advantage in this pawn ending because
of possibility to create passed pawn on the queenside.But this is uncorrect to
give evaluations in pawn endings like "black is better" or black has an
advantage".Every pawn ending is winning(losing)or drawn.This time I was lazy
and limited myself by finding few good moves.It looks like black should win in
this position.} 35. Kxc2 Ke6 36. Kb3 a6 $1 $19 {o^a keeping possibility to
create passed pawn later on,and improving the king at first.} (36... a5 $2 {
Now white gets a draw in time.} 37. bxa5 bxa5 38. Ka4 (38. f4 Kd6 39. Ka4 Kc5
$19) 38... Ke5 39. Kxa5 Kf4 40. Kb4 h5 {[%cal Gh5h4,Yf4g3]} (40... Kg3 {
Black doesn't threat to capture g-pawn because of f4 and e5.} 41. Kc5) 41. h4
$1 $11)) 29... Nxa3 $19 30. Ra1 Nb5 31. h4 h5 32. g4 hxg4 33. fxg4 Kf7 34. h5
Rc3 35. Kf3 Ra3 36. Rh1 (36. Rxa3 Nxa3 37. Kf4 Bd1 $19 {[%cal Ga3c2] /\Nc2})
36... Ra4 37. h6 gxh6 38. Rxh6 Rxb4 39. Kf4 Nc3 {was not necessary at all,but
lets black to finish the game by pretty blow!} (39... Kg7 40. g5 Nc3 $1 $19 {
[%cal Rc3d5]}) 40. Rh7+ Kg6 41. Rxa7 {[%tqu "En","","","","c3e4","",10]} Nxe4
$1 42. Nxe4 Rxe4+ (42... Rxe4+ 43. Kf3 b5 $1 44. Rb7 b4 45. Rb6 (45. Bd2 Re2
$19) 45... b3 46. g5 Rxe3+ $1 47. Kxe3 Kxg5 $19 {and white can not stop three
passed pawns.}) 0-1
[Event "Las Palmas op"]
[Site "Las Palmas"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Brito Garcia, Alfredo"]
[Black "Gulko, Boris F"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A31"]
[WhiteElo "2395"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "Vaisser,A"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1996.11.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nf3 cxd4 4. Nxd4 b6 5. Nc3 Bb7 6. f3 d6 7. b3 $6 (7. e4
$14) 7... e6 8. Bb2 Be7 9. e3 O-O 10. Be2 a6 11. O-O Nbd7 12. Qe1 Rc8 13. Qg3
Re8 14. Rad1 Bf8 15. Rd2 Qc7 16. Rfd1 Ne5 17. Bf1 Red8 18. Qh3 Re8 19. Nde2 Qb8
(19... d5 $5 20. cxd5 exd5 21. Nf4 Qc5 $1 (21... Bc5 $2 22. Ncxd5 Nxd5 23. Nxd5
Bxd5 24. Rxd5 Bxe3+ 25. Kh1 $16) 22. Ncxd5 Nxd5 23. Nxd5 Bxd5 24. Rxd5 Qxe3+
25. Kh1 Nc6 $1 26. Bxa6 Rcd8 $1 27. Rxd8 Rxd8 28. Rf1 Qd2 $44) 20. Ng3 Bc6 {
/\ b6-b5} 21. c5 $6 bxc5 22. Bxa6 Rcd8 23. f4 Neg4 (23... Ng6 $5) 24. Bd3 $1 d5
$6 (24... Nxe3 $2 25. Nce4 $1 Nxe4 26. Nxe4 (26. Bxe4 Bxe4 27. Nxe4 Nf5 28. g4
$13) 26... f5 (26... Nf5 $2 27. Nf6+ gxf6 28. Bxf5 Bg7 29. Qxh7+ Kf8 30. Rd3
$18) 27. Ng5 $1 h6 28. Qxe3 hxg5 29. fxg5 d5 (29... Qb4 $2 30. Bc4 d5 31. g6
$18) 30. g6 (30. Qh3 $2 Qf4) 30... Bd6 31. Qh3 Be5 32. Re1 Bxb2 33. Rxb2 $18) (
24... h6 $5 25. Nce4 Nxe4 26. Bxe4 Bxe4 27. Qxg4 $11) (24... g6 $5 25. Nce4 (
25. e4 c4 $1) 25... Bg7 26. Bb1 Nxe4 27. Nxe4 Bxb2 28. Rxb2 f5 $11) 25. Bxh7+
$1 Nxh7 26. Qxg4 Nf6 27. Qh4 d4 $1 28. exd4 cxd4 29. Nce2 e5 $1 30. fxe5 Qxe5
31. Qf4 Qd5 32. Nxd4 Bb4 $1 33. Rc2 Bc5 34. Ngf5 (34. Qf5 $6 Re5) 34... Bd7 {
[#]} 35. Ne3 $2 $138 (35. Rxc5 $1 Qxc5 36. Nxg7 $1 (36. Rc1 $2 Qb6 37. Nxg7 Re4
$1) 36... Kxg7 (36... Nh5 $2 37. Nxh5 Qxh5 38. Rf1 $18) 37. Rf1 Nh7 (37... Qe5
$2 38. Ne6+ Qxe6 39. Bxf6+ $18) 38. Qxf7+ Kh8 39. Kh1 Qe5 40. Ba1 $142 (40. Qf2
Kg8 41. Nc6 (41. Qf7+ $10) 41... Qxb2 42. Qxb2 Bxc6 $44) 40... Rf8 41. Qxf8+ (
41. Ne6 Rxf7 42. Bxe5+ Kg8 43. Rxf7 Bxe6 44. Rg7+ Kf8 45. h4) 41... Rxf8 (41...
Nxf8 42. Nf3 Qxa1 43. Rxa1 $16) 42. Rxf8+ Nxf8 43. Nc2 $16) 35... Qh5 36. Rxc5
$6 (36. Qf3 $1 Bg4 $1 37. Nxg4 Nxg4 38. h3 Rxd4 $1 39. Bxd4 Bxd4+ 40. Kh1 Qh4
41. Rf1 Ne3 42. Qxf7+ Kh7 43. Qxe8 Nxf1 $44) 36... Qxc5 37. Rc1 $2 Qa7 38. Nec2
Qxa2 39. Bc3 Nd5 40. Qd2 Nxc3 41. Qxc3 Qa7 42. Ra1 Qb6 43. Qa5 Qxa5 44. Rxa5
Bg4 45. Kf2 Bd1 $1 46. Rc5 Re4 0-1
[Event "RUS-Cup3"]
[Site "Omsk"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bezgodov, Alexei"]
[Black "Loskutov, Oleg"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A31"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[Annotator "Yudasin,L"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1996.12.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. e4 {Notkin} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. f3 a6 6. c4 e6 7. Nc3 Be7
8. Be3 O-O 9. Be2 Qc7 (9... Nc6 $5 {with d5}) 10. Rc1 b6 11. O-O Bb7 12. Qd2 (
12. Qe1 $5 {[%cal Ge1g3,Gg3h3] with the idea Qg3-Qh3 and Xe6}) 12... Nbd7 13.
Rfd1 Rac8 14. Bf1 Qb8 (14... Rfd8 15. Kh1 Qb8 16. Bf2 Bf8 17. Nc2 Ne5 18. b3
Ba8 19. Na4 Nfd7 20. Nc3 g6 $13 {Benko,P-Dzindzichashvili,R/New York/1991/0-1/
73/}) 15. Qf2 (15. Kh1 Rfe8 16. b4 (16. a3 Bd8 17. Bg1 Bc7 18. Qf2 Ne5 19. b4
Qa8 20. Nb3 Ng6 21. Na4 Nd7 22. Qb2 Bc6 23. Nc3 $13 {Iordachescu,V-Mirumian,V/
Szombathely/1993/1-0/72/}) 16... Bd8 (16... Ne5 $1 17. Na4 Nfd7 $13) 17. Nb3
Bc7 18. Bf4 Ne5 19. Bxe5 dxe5 20. c5 b5 21. a4 $14 {Stohl,I-Ward Ch/Isle of
man/1-0/43}) 15... Bd8 16. Kh1 Bc7 (16... Kh8 17. b4 (17. b3 Bc7 18. Qh4 Bd8
19. Qf2 Rg8 20. Nde2 g5 21. g4 Ne5 22. Bg2 Ba8 $13 {Dutreeuw,M-Annageldiev,O/
Manila/1992/0,5/88/}) 17... Rg8 18. Nb3 Bc7 (18... g5 19. Qd2 $6 (19. h3) 19...
g4 20. Qxd6 $2 Qxd6 21. Rxd6 Be7 $17 {Yagupov,I-Kulaots,K/Biel/1995/0-1/57/})
19. h3 g5 20. Na4 Bc6 21. b5 axb5 22. cxb5 Ba8 23. Nd4 Nc5 $13 {Maljutin,
E-Novikov,I/Kuopio/1992/1-0/71/}) 17. Nde2 (17. Qh4 $5) 17... Kh8 18. Bd4 $6
Bc6 $1 $132 {defending the b6 pawn so black will be able to play Ne5} 19. Be3
Ne5 20. b3 h6 $6 (20... Rg8 $1 {with the idea g5-Rg6-Rcg8 and play on the
king's side}) 21. Nd4 Bb7 (21... Ba8 $6) 22. Be2 $6 (22. Qb2 $5 {/^a1-h8,<})
(22. Qh4 {with Qh3}) 22... Ng6 (22... Ned7 $142) (22... Rfe8 {with the idea d5}
) 23. Qg1 {defending the h2 pawn after the d5 break by black} Rfe8 24. Nc2 $6 (
24. Bf1) 24... d5 $1 (24... Nd7 25. b4 $14) (24... Ba8 25. Nb4 $16) 25. exd5
exd5 26. Bxb6 (26. Nxd5 Nxd5 27. cxd5 Nf4 $15 {|^/} 28. Bf1 Nxd5 29. Bxa6 Nxe3
30. Bxb7 Nxd1 31. Bxc8 Nc3 32. Ba6 Nxa2 $15) 26... Bf4 27. Rb1 (27. Be3 $5 Qe5
28. Bxf4 Nxf4 29. Nd4 Nxe2 30. Ndxe2 dxc4 $44) 27... Nh5 $1 {[%cal Gf4h2] /
\Bh2!/} 28. Bf1 (28. Bf2 Be5 (28... Re5 29. Bd3 (29. Nxd5 $2 Bxd5) 29... Ng3+
30. Bxg3 Bxg3 31. Ne2 Rh5 32. Nxg3 Qxg3 33. Bxg6 Qxg6 34. Ne3 $16) 29. Nd4 (29.
Nxd5 Bxd5 30. Rxd5 Nhf4 $17) 29... Qa8 $44) 28... Re5 $1 29. Ne2 (29. Bf2 $13
Ng3+ 30. Bxg3 Bxg3 $36) 29... Rxe2 (29... Rg5 $5 30. Be3 (30. Nxf4 Nhxf4 31.
Qf2 {+/=/~~}) 30... Re8 $44) 30. Bxe2 {[%tqu "En","black got a very bad
position afterhis mistake in move 30,but he had an equal one if he had played
the best move,try your luck!","think about the weak King on h1 how can black
check his as quick a possible ( of course not giving everything!!)","","f4h2",
"",6]} Qe5 $2 (30... Bxh2 $1 31. Qxh2 Ng3+ 32. Kg1 Nxe2+ 33. Kh1 Ng3+ 34. Kg1
$10 Nf4 (34... dxc4 35. bxc4 Ne2+ 36. Kh1 Qxh2+ $2 37. Kxh2 Rxc4 38. Nd4 $16)
35. Kf2 Nfe2 36. Qh3 $16) 31. Bd3 Nh4 (31... dxc4 32. bxc4 Ng3+ 33. hxg3 Bxg3
34. Bxg6 fxg6 35. Qd4 Qh5+ 36. Kg1 Rf8 37. Rb3 $16) 32. Bd4 Qg5 33. c5 $16 Ng3+
$2 34. hxg3 Bxg3 {[%tqu "En","white is winning but is 35 move Qe3 destroyed
everything and the game soon ended with a draw,but of course he is winning can
you prove it","","","d4f2","",5]} 35. Qe3 $2 (35. Bf2 Bf4 36. Nd4 Qh5 37. g4
$18) 35... Qh5 36. Kg1 $8 {[%tqu "En","and now find a way to make draw with
the black pieces","what about somehow opening the 'h' file to the queen","",
"h4g2","",5]} Nxg2 $1 37. Kxg2 (37. Qd2 Qh2+ 38. Kf1 Qh1+ 39. Ke2 (39. Bg1 Nf4
$19) 39... Nf4+ $19) 37... Qh2+ 38. Kf1 Qh3+ (38... Qh1+ $2 39. Qg1 Qxf3+ 40.
Bf2 $18) 39. Kg1 (39. Ke2 Qg2+ 40. Qf2 Re8+ $19) 39... Qh2+ 40. Kf1 Qh3+
1/2-1/2
[Event "Cacak"]
[Site "Cacak"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Paunovic, Dragan"]
[Black "Marinkovic, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A31"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "Yudasin,L"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "1996.11.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 b6 {another very interesting idea is e4} 4. d4 (4.
e4 Bb7 (4... d6 5. d4 $14) 5. e5 {also possible here is Bd3} Ng8 (5... Ne4 6.
Nb1 $1 {with d3}) 6. d4 $16) 4... cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bb7 6. f3 (6. Bg5 d6 (6... Ne4
7. Nxe4 Bxe4 8. f3 Bb7 9. e4 d6 $14) 7. Bxf6 gxf6 8. e4 $14) 6... d6 7. e4 e6
8. Be3 Be7 9. Be2 (9. g4 Nfd7) 9... a6 (9... O-O 10. O-O Nbd7 {with
a6-Re8-Bf8-g6}) 10. O-O O-O 11. Qd2 {interesting idea was Qe1 like in the
Sicilian defence transferring the queen to g3 and maybe later to h3 putting
some pressure on the e6 square,also possible is Qe1-Qf2} Nbd7 12. Rfd1 (12.
Rad1 {with g4,altough both sides have castled short side it is still possible
to advance the pawns in this position and to attack on the same flank since
white has a space advantage}) 12... Qc7 13. Rac1 Rac8 14. Kh1 (14. Bf1 {
with Qf2-Qg3}) (14. g4 $5) 14... Qb8 (14... Rfe8 {with the idea Bf8-g6 and
preper the d5 break}) 15. Bf1 Rfe8 16. Bd3 1/2-1/2
[Event "Lazne Bohdanec"]
[Site "Lazne Bohdanec"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Polak, Tomas"]
[Black "Stocek, Jiri"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A31"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[Annotator "Yudasin,L"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1997.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nf3 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d5 6. cxd5 Bc5 7. N5c3 O-O 8.
h3 b5 $5 (8... e4 9. g4 e3 $13) 9. a3 (9. Nxb5 Nxd5 {with Bb7 and compensation}
) 9... b4 (9... Qb6 $5 10. e3 Rd8 $44) 10. axb4 Bxb4 11. Bd2 e4 {if not white
would play e4 by himself} 12. e3 (12. Nxe4 $4 Nxe4 13. Bxb4 Qb6 $1 $19) 12...
Bb7 $6 (12... Re8 $5 {Bf5-Nbd7 with compensation}) 13. Be2 (13. Nxe4 $6 Nxe4
14. Bxb4 Nxf2 15. Kxf2 Qh4+ 16. Kg1 Qxb4 $44) 13... Nbd7 14. O-O {white is
threatening now Nxe4} Re8 15. Nb5 $1 Bxd2 (15... Bc5 16. Ba5 {followed by d6+/-
}) 16. Qxd2 Ne5 17. Rd1 $1 (17. d6 $6 Nf3+ $1 $40) 17... Nxd5 $2 (17... a6 {
taking this pawn only sereves white's intersts since after a6-Qd6 black has
compensation ,but now white can simplfy the position wite a much better
position} 18. N5c3 Qd6 $44) 18. N1c3 $1 Nxc3 (18... Nd3 19. Bxd3 exd3 20. Qxd3
Nxc3 21. Nxc3 Qg5 22. e4 $16) 19. Qxc3 Qh4 $2 (19... Qf6 20. Nd6 Re7 21. Ra5
$16) 20. Nd6 Nf3+ $8 21. Bxf3 exf3 22. Rd4 (22. Nxb7) 22... Be4 (22... Qg5 23.
Rg4) 23. Nxe8 Rxe8 24. gxf3 (24. Qc4 fxg2 25. Rxa7 {would win immediately})
24... Qg5+ 25. Kh2 Qe5+ (25... Bxf3 26. Rg1 Qe5+ 27. Rg3 $18) 26. f4 Qe7 27.
Rg1 g6 28. Rg5 Qb7 29. Qb4 (29. Rb4 {with Re5 to follow}) 29... Qa8 30. Qd6 $6
(30. Re5 Rb8 31. Qd2) 30... Bf5 31. Rxf5 $2 (31. Qd5 $18) 31... gxf5 32. Rd1
Re6 33. Qd5 Qb8 $2 (33... Qxd5 34. Rxd5 Rf6 {with Kg7-Kg6 and a6+/-}) 34. b3 (
34. Qxf5 Qxb2 35. Rd8+ Kg7 36. Qg5+ Rg6 37. Qe5+ Qxe5 38. fxe5 $18) 34... Rg6
35. Rg1 $16 Qc8 36. h4 Qc2 37. Rg2 Qe2 $4 {just giving a pawn!!} (37... Kg7)
38. Qxf5 $18 Qf3 39. Qh3 Qd1 40. f5 Rxg2+ 41. Qxg2+ Kf8 42. Qa8+ Kg7 43. Qxa7
Qxb3 44. Qd4+ f6 45. h5 Qf7 46. Qg4+ Kh6 (46... Kh8 47. h6) 47. Qf4+ {and
black resigned since after 47...Kxh5 48.Kh3 comes Qh4 with mate! and after 47..
.Kg7 48.H6 with Qb8 wins immediately} 1-0