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Главная страница Справка Коды ЭШД A32

Коды ЭШД

A29 A30 A31

A32

A33 A34 A35

A32

Код энциклопедии шахматных дебютов (ЭШД)

Описание

RU: Английское начало (симметричный вариант): 2 Кf3 Кf6 3 d4 cxd4 4 Кxd4 e6
EN: Symmetrical English: 2 Nf3 Nf6 3 d4 cxd4 4 Nxd4 e6

Ходы

1. c4 c5 2. Кf3 Кf6 3. d4 c:d4 4. К:d4 e6 5. Кc3 Сb4 6. Кdb5

Дебюты

Английское начало

[Event "Paracin GM"]
[Site "Paracin"]
[Date "2018.07.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Atalik, Suat"]
[Black "Yilmazyerli, Mert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A32"]
[WhiteElo "2509"]
[BlackElo "2491"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2018.07.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SRB"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 c5 3. c4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 $6 Qc7 7. Qd3 b6 $5 (
7... Nc6 8. Nxc6 dxc6 $1 (8... Qxc6 9. Rg1 $5 {always appealed to me.}) 9. Bg2
e5 10. O-O Be6 11. b3 Rd8 12. Qe3 $5) 8. Bg2 Bb7 9. Bf4 {First played by
Bulgarian IM Andonov but I myself had a share of it back in 1995.} d6 (9... e5
$2 10. Bxe5 d6 11. Bxf6 Bxg2 12. Rg1 $18) 10. Bxb7 Qxb7 11. Nf3 (11. Qf3 Qxf3 (
11... Ra7) 12. Nxf3 Nbd7 13. Rd1 Rc8 $11) 11... Nc6 $8 ({White does not lose a
piece due to} 11... e5 $2 12. Bg5 e4 13. Qe3) 12. O-O (12. Ne4 $5) 12... Be7
13. Rfd1 $146 (13. Bg5 {Atalik,S-Ionescu,Co,Bucharest 1995.}) (13. Ne4 $5 Nxe4
14. Qxe4 Na5 15. Qxb7 Nxb7 $14) 13... O-O 14. Ne4 (14. Ng5 Ne5) 14... d5 $5 {
Draw offer.} (14... Nxe4 15. Qxe4 Na5 $14 (15... Rfd8 16. Bg5 Ra7 $14) (15...
Rad8 16. Bg5 Rfe8 $14)) 15. Nxf6+ Bxf6 16. cxd5 Nb4 17. Qe4 Nxd5 18. Be5 $5 ({
I gavethe idea of getting the bishop on some practical basis:} 18. Ng5 Bxg5 19.
Bxg5 Rac8 20. Rac1 b5 $11) 18... Bxe5 (18... Be7 $142 {is my choice.}) 19. Nxe5
(19. Ng5 $2 Rfe8 $1) 19... Rac8 20. Rac1 Rc7 $6 (20... Rxc1 21. Rxc1 Rc8 {
is more direct.} 22. Rc4 $5) 21. Nd3 Rfc8 22. Rxc7 Qxc7 23. Qd4 $1 h6 (23...
Qc4 $4 24. Rc1) 24. Rc1 Qb7 25. Rxc8+ (25. Rc4 $5) 25... Qxc8 26. e4 Nf6 27. f3
$1 {White has to be very careful since very few pieces are left.} (27. Ne5 $6
Qc1+ 28. Kg2 Qc2 $11 {immediately equalses.}) 27... Qc7 28. Ne5 Kh7 $5 (28...
Qc1+ 29. Kg2 Qc2+ 30. Kh3 Qe2 (30... Qc7) 31. Qd8+ Kh7 32. Nxf7 Qf1+ 33. Kh4
Kg6 $1 $11 {is a hole in my calculations.} (33... g5+ $2 34. Nxg5+ hxg5+ 35.
Kxg5 $18 {I had thought that I would have won with this king march} Ng8 36.
Qd7+ Kh8 37. Kg6)) 29. Qc3 $5 {I am not happy with my choice now.} Qxc3 30.
bxc3 {The structure and the material which is left bears an incredible
resemblance to my game with Manush Shah from Novi Sad Close GM Tournament!} Kg8
31. Kf2 Kf8 32. Ke3 Ke7 33. Kd4 Nd7 34. Nd3 Kd6 35. e5+ Kc6 36. a4 $5 (36. c4
b5 $11) 36... Nc5 $1 {I always question this reduction to a king and pawns
endgame since the road becomes too nsrrow and any mistake is crucial.} (36...
a5 37. Kc4 (37. c4 Nc5 38. Nxc5 bxc5+ 39. Ke4 Kd7 40. Kf4 Ke7 41. Kg4 f6 42. f4
g6 $11) 37... Nc5 (37... f5 $5) (37... h5 38. f4 f5 $5 {resembles what Manush
did in the other game.}) 38. Nxc5 bxc5 $11) 37. Nxc5 bxc5+ 38. Kc4 Kb6 $6 {
Very risky.} (38... a5 $1 {seals the queenside although not entirely but White
will have difficulties to break kingside} 39. h3 (39. h4 g6 40. g4 Kb6 41. Kd3
Kc6 42. Ke4 Kd7 $11) 39... g6 $1 {especially after this little move.} 40. h4
Kb6 41. Kd3 Kc6 42. Ke4 Kd7 43. Kf4 Ke7 44. Kg4 Kf8 45. h5 Kg7 46. f4 Kf8 (
46... gxh5+ $4 47. Kxh5) 47. Kh4 Kg7 48. g4 Kg8 49. g5 Kg7 $11) 39. f4 $1 (39.
a5+ $2 Kxa5 40. Kxc5 Ka4 41. f4 Kb3 42. Kd6 a5 43. Ke7 a4 44. Kxf7 a3 45. f5 a2
46. fxe6 a1=Q 47. e7 Qa7 (47... Qf1+ 48. Kg8 Qb5 49. Kf8 Qc5 50. g4 $3 $11) 48.
Kf8 Qc5 49. g4 $3 $11 {controlling the f5-square White makes a draw.} (49. Kf7
Qd5+ 50. Kf8 Qf3+ 51. Kg8 Qh5 52. Kf8 Qf5+ $19)) 39... Ka5 $4 (39... g6 $1 40.
g4 Ka5 41. Kxc5 Kxa4 42. Kd6 Kb3 43. Ke7 a5 44. Kxf7 a4 45. f5 gxf5 46. gxf5
exf5 47. e6 a3 48. e7 a2 49. e8=Q a1=Q $11) (39... a5 $11) (39... Kc6 $2 40. a5
$18) 40. Kxc5 Kxa4 41. Kd6 (41. Kd6 Kb3 42. Ke7 a5 43. Kxf7 a4 44. f5 exf5 45.
e6 a3 46. e7 a2 47. e8=Q a1=Q 48. Qb5+ Kc2 49. Qxf5+ $18 {and White wins both
pawns on the king's wing.}) 1-0

[Event "Burgas Black Sea"]
[Site "Burgas"]
[Date "2012.09.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Atalik, Suat"]
[Black "Nisipeanu, Liviu Dieter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A32"]
[WhiteElo "2603"]
[BlackElo "2648"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2012.09.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 $5 c5 4. Nf3 {This time I decided on this one.} cxd4
5. Nxd4 a6 (5... Qc7 6. Nc3 (6. Bg2 Qxc4 7. Nc3 a6 {transposes again.} (7...
Bb4 8. O-O O-O (8... Bxc3 $6 9. bxc3 Nd5 10. Nf5 $1 {is a cool motif.}) 9. Bg5
Nc6 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. e3 Bxc3 12. bxc3 $44)) 6... a6 {is just a transposition.}
(6... Bb4 $6 7. Qd3 Nc6 8. Ndb5 Qb8 9. Bf4 Ne5 10. Qd4 d6 11. Nxd6+ Bxd6 12.
O-O-O $16) (6... Qxc4 7. e4 {looks very dangerous for Black.} Qb4 8. Ndb5 Na6
9. Bg2 d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Bxd5 exd5 12. Qxd5 Be7 13. a3 Qg4 14. O-O O-O 15.
Re1 $16 {is terribly dangerous for Black with all these white pieces developed.
})) 6. Bg2 Qc7 7. O-O ({I could have defended my pawn with} 7. b3 Bb4+ (7... h5
$5) 8. Bd2 Bc5 9. Nc2 $13) (7. Nc3 Qxc4 8. Be3 {is what the Greek Papaiannou
did with Kramnik.} Nc6 9. Rc1 Qb4 10. O-O Ng4 11. Na4 Nxe3 12. fxe3 $44) 7...
Qxc4 8. Nc3 Nc6 (8... Qc7 9. e4 (9. Be3 $5 {makes more sense here.}) 9... d6
10. Be3 Be7 11. Rc1 Qd8 12. f4 O-O 13. g4 (13. e5 dxe5 (13... Ne8 14. Qb3 Nd7 (
14... dxe5 15. fxe5 Qa5 16. Nd5) 15. Nxe6 fxe6 16. Qxe6+ Rf7 17. Qb3 $1) 14.
fxe5 Nfd7 15. Na4 $5 (15. Rxf7 Rxf7 16. Nxe6 Qa5 17. Nd5 Nc6 18. Nec7 Ndxe5 19.
Nxa8 Bg4 20. Nxe7+ Nxe7 21. Qb3 Nf3+ 22. Bxf3 Bxf3 $11) 15... Nxe5 16. Rxc8
Qxc8 17. Nb6 Qc5 18. Nxa8 Rd8 19. Kh1 $16) 13... Nc6 14. g5 Nd7 15. Nde2 $44 {
is what Alex did.}) 9. Nxc6 (9. Nb3 d5 10. Bf4 Be7 11. a3 a5 12. Rc1 Qa6 13. a4
O-O 14. Nb5 Qb6 15. Bc7 Qa6 16. Nc5 Bxc5 17. Rxc5 Ne8 18. Bf4 Bd7 19. e4 Qb6 (
19... Nb4 20. exd5 exd5 21. Bxd5 Nxd5 22. Rxd5 Bc6 23. Rf5 $13) 20. Be3 $5 (20.
Qc1 Nb4) 20... d4 21. Bxd4 Nxd4 22. Qxd4 Bxb5 23. axb5 Rd8 24. Qc3 Rd3 25. Qxd3
Qxc5 26. Rd1 $16) (9. Be3 Ng4 10. Na4 Nxe3 11. fxe3 Qb4 $1 {and where is the
compensation?}) 9... bxc6 10. e4 $6 {Killing his own bishop.} (10. Bf4 d5 11.
Rc1 Qb4 12. a3 Qb7 13. Na4 Qb5 14. Nc3 $11 {is the draw we both knew. I just
wanted to continue.}) 10... e5 $1 {This kills the scope of Bg2.} 11. Be3 Be7
12. f4 d6 (12... Bc5 13. Bxc5 (13. fxe5 $5 Bxe3+ 14. Kh1 Ng8 15. Qf3 Bh6 16.
Nd5 cxd5 17. Qxf7+ Kd8 18. Qf8+ Kc7 19. Rf3 $1 g6 20. Qd6+ Kd8 21. exd5 Ne7 22.
Qf6 Rf8 23. Qxf8+ Bxf8 24. Rxf8+ Kc7 25. d6+ Kb6 26. dxe7 Bb7 27. Bxb7 Kxb7 28.
Rxa8 Qe4+ $11) 13... Qxc5+ 14. Kh1) 13. f5 Rb8 (13... d5 $6 14. Rc1 d4 15. Nd5
Nxd5 16. Rxc4 Nxe3 17. Qb3 Nxc4 18. Qxc4 $16) 14. Rc1 $5 {I was terribly
annoyed about the d5 thrust.} (14. Rf2 d5 15. Rc1 Qb4 (15... d4 16. Nd5 cxd5
17. Rxc4 dxc4 18. Bg5) 16. a3 Qb3 17. exd5 Qxd1+ 18. Nxd1 cxd5 $17) 14... Rxb2
15. Rf2 $1 Rxf2 16. Bxf2 Qb4 (16... O-O 17. a3 $1 {traps the queen.}) 17. g4 h5
$1 (17... O-O 18. g5 Nd7 19. h4 $44) 18. gxh5 (18. h3 hxg4 19. hxg4 $44) (18.
g5 $2 Ng4 19. Nd5 Nxf2 20. Kxf2 cxd5 21. Rxc8+ Bd8 22. Qxd5 O-O $19) 18... Nxh5
19. Nd5 cxd5 20. Rxc8+ Bd8 21. Qxd5 $1 (21. Bh4 $2 Nf6 22. Bxf6 gxf6 23. Qxd5
Qe1+ $19) (21. exd5 Nf4 22. Bf1 Nh3+ 23. Bxh3 Rxh3 $19) 21... Nf4 (21... O-O
22. Qa8 Be7 23. Rxf8+ Bxf8 24. Qxa6 Qb1+ 25. Qf1 Qxa2 26. Bf3 Nf6 (26... Nf4
27. Be3 $44) 27. Qd3 $15) 22. Rxd8+ $4 {I simply thought that he had blundered
and with 7 minutes on my clock I simply chekmated myself.} (22. Qc6+ Ke7 23.
Qc2 (23. Bf1 Qb1 24. Rc7+ (24. Be3 Qd1 25. Bxf4 Qd4+ 26. Kh1 exf4 $17) 24...
Kf6) 23... Qb7 24. Bf1 $44) (22. Qb3 $1 Qxb3 (22... Qd2 23. Rxd8+ $1 Kxd8 24.
Qb8+ Kd7 25. Qb7+ Ke8 26. Qc8+ Ke7 27. Qxh8 $11 (27. Bh4+ f6) 27... Qd1+ 28.
Bf1 Ne2+ 29. Kg2 Nf4+ $11) 23. axb3 Kd7 24. Ra8 a5 25. Ra7+ Bc7 26. Bb6 Rc8 27.
Bxa5 Kc6 28. b4 $132 {was still resilient.}) 22... Kxd8 23. Qa8+ Kc7 24. Qxh8 {
After this Black mates.} Qb1+ (24... Nxg2 25. Qxg7 Nf4 26. Qxf7+ Kc6 27. Qe8+
Kc7 28. Qe7+ $11) (24... Ne2+ $2 25. Kf1 Qc4 26. Bb6+ Kxb6 27. Qb8+ Ka5 28.
Qd8+ Ka4 29. Qd7+ $11) 25. Bf1 Ne2+ 26. Kg2 Qxe4+ 27. Kh3 Qxf5+ (27... Qxf5+
28. Kg2 Qe4+ 29. Kh3 Qf3+ $19) 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-37"]
[Site "Turin"]
[Date "2006.06.03"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Atalik, Suat"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A32"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2666"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "30"]
[EventDate "2006.05.21"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Turkey"]
[BlackTeam "Spain"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "TUR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ESP"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 c5 3. c4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 $5 {An invitation for a
Paulsen.} 6. Bg5 $5 {This looked like the most natural possibility.} (6. g3 Qc7
7. Qd3 Nc6 8. Nxc6 dxc6 $11 (8... Qxc6 9. Rg1)) (6. e4 $5 $13 {I know one
thing or two in this line.}) 6... b6 7. e4 Bb7 8. e5 h6 9. Bd2 (9. Bh4 g5 10.
Bg3 Ne4 11. Nxe4 Bxe4 12. a3 $16) 9... Nh7 $2 {Too optimistic!} (9... Ne4 10.
Nxe4 Bxe4 11. Qg4 Bb7 $13) 10. Qg4 d6 11. O-O-O dxe5 12. Nxe6 fxe6 13. Qxe6+ $6
{I had to take his queen.} (13. Qg6+ Ke7 14. Bg5+ hxg5 (14... Nxg5 15. Rxd8
Kxd8 16. h4 Nh7) 15. Rxd8 Kxd8 16. Qxe6 Nd7 17. Nd5 Nhf6 $132) (13. Qh5+ Ke7
14. Bg5+ (14. Ne4 Nc6 15. Bg5+ hxg5 16. Rxd8 Rxd8 17. Nxg5 g6 18. Qh3 Nxg5 19.
Qxh8 Kf7 $132) 14... Nxg5 15. Rxd8 Kxd8 16. h4 Nh7 17. Qxe5 Nf6 18. Qxe6 Nbd7
$14 {and black consolidates.}) 13... Qe7 (13... Be7 $2 14. Qg6+ (14. Be3) 14...
Kf8 15. Bxh6 $18) 14. Qxb6 Nf6 15. Bd3 Kf7 {He offered a draw and I have
happily accepted since a piece is a piece!} (15... Kf7 16. Rde1 (16. Rhe1 Bxg2
(16... Qb4 $2 {This was his intention.However I have calculated well.} 17. Nb5
$1 Qe7 18. Nd6+ Qxd6 19. Qxb7+ Be7 20. Qxa8 Qxd3 21. Rxe5 Qxc4+ 22. Bc3 $40)
17. Qe3 (17. Rg1 Nbd7) 17... Nbd7 18. Qg3 Bc6 19. Bf5 Kg8 $17) 16... Bxg2 (
16... Bc6 17. Qb3 Qb7 18. Qc2 Nbd7 19. Bg6+ Kg8 20. f3 Bd6 $17) 17. Rhg1 Nbd7
18. Qe3 Bc6 19. Bg6+ Kg8 20. f4 e4 $17) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Jakarta Japfa"]
[Site "Jakarta"]
[Date "2014.04.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Farid, Firman Syah"]
[Black "Atalik, Suat"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A32"]
[WhiteElo "2392"]
[BlackElo "2562"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2014.04.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "INA"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 161"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. Nc3 {Refusing the Benoni in this important
last round encounter Farid brought the game into a different opening.} cxd4 5.
Nxd4 Bb4 6. Bd2 $6 ({Academically the best is to play the Nimzo-Indian with} 6.
g3) 6... O-O 7. e3 (7. a3 Be7) 7... Nc6 8. a3 Be7 9. Be2 b6 (9... Ne5 10. f4) (
9... d5 10. cxd5 (10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. O-O) 10... Nxd4 11. exd4 Nxd5 $11) (9... d6
10. O-O Bd7 $14) 10. O-O {I was relieved after this.} ({Of course once Smyslov
went for the symmetrical} 10. Nxc6 $142 dxc6) 10... Bb7 $15 (10... Nxd4 $6 11.
exd4 Bb7 12. b4 $14) 11. Be1 $5 {White's bishop stands on his way.} Rc8 12.
Ndb5 d6 13. Bf3 Qd7 14. Na4 Ne5 $1 ({There is no need to risk} 14... Rfd8 15.
Nxa7 Nxa7 16. Nxb6 Qc7 17. Nxc8 Rxc8 $13) 15. Bxb7 Qxb7 {I was cooking a
beautiful combination.} 16. b3 (16. Nxd6 Bxd6 17. Qxd6 {with} Nfg4 $3 (17...
Nxc4 18. Qd3 Rfd8 19. Qe2) 18. Rd1 (18. Bb4 Rfd8) (18. Qd1 Qc7 19. g3 Qc6) (18.
b3 Rfd8 19. Qb4 Nf3+ 20. gxf3 Ne5 21. Bc3 Nxf3+ 22. Kh1 Rd3 $40) 18... Rc6 19.
Qd8 f6 $1 $19) 16... Rfd8 17. f4 a6 {Being annoyed by f5 in many lines, I
chose a different way.} (17... Ned7 18. f5) (17... Nc6 18. f5) (17... Neg4 18.
Qf3 Qxf3 19. Rxf3 $132) 18. Nd4 Nc6 19. Qf3 d5 20. Ne2 $1 b5 (20... Na5 $5 21.
Bxa5 bxa5 22. Nd4 $132) (20... dxc4 21. bxc4 b5 22. cxb5 axb5 23. Nac3 Qa6 24.
Rb1 Qxa3 25. Nxb5 Qd3 $17) 21. cxd5 Nxd5 $6 {A strange choice.} (21... Rxd5
$142 22. Nac3 Rd3 $17 {looks even better than the game.}) (21... exd5 22. Nac3
Bc5 23. b4 Bb6 $15) (21... bxa4 22. dxc6 Qxc6 23. Qxc6 Rxc6 24. Nd4 $15) 22.
Nac3 Nf6 23. b4 Rd3 24. Rd1 ({The rook is safe on d3 because of the simple
tactics.} 24. Nd4 Qd7 25. Qe2 $140 $2 (25. Nxc6 Qxc6 $1) 25... Nxd4 26. Qxd3
Nf3+ $19) (24. Nc1 $142 Rd7 25. Nb3 $15) 24... Rxd1 25. Nxd1 Nd8 26. Ndc3 Qxf3
27. gxf3 $1 {This is the best recapture, strengthening the e4-square.} (27.
Rxf3 Rc4) 27... Ne8 $5 (27... Nd7 28. e4 Nb6 29. Bf2 Nc4 {is another way to
use the c4-square.}) 28. e4 Nd6 29. Bf2 Nc4 30. Ra1 Nc6 31. Nd1 (31. a4 bxa4)
31... a5 $2 {Too optimistic!} (31... Bf6 $6 32. Ra2 (32. e5 Bd8) 32... Rd8 33.
Ne3 Rd2 34. Rxd2 Nxd2 35. e5 Bd8 36. Kg2 $15) (31... Rd8 $1 32. Ne3 Nxe3 33.
Bxe3 Rd3 34. Kf2 f5 $17) 32. a4 $1 {Good or bad this is the only choice for
White.} (32. bxa5 N6xa5 (32... Ra8 33. a4 Rxa5) 33. Ndc3 Nb3 34. Rb1 Ncd2 35.
Rd1 Nxf3+ 36. Kg2 Nfd2 37. e5 b4 38. axb4 Bxb4 39. Nb5 $17) 32... axb4 (32...
Nxb4 33. axb5 Nd3 34. Ba7 $1 $13) (32... Bxb4 $6 33. axb5 Ne7 $13) 33. axb5
N6a5 34. Ne3 $2 $138 {A big tempo loss which decides the game.} (34. Nd4 b3 35.
Ra4 $13 {and it is not clear who is better and why.}) (34. b6 Rb8 35. Nb2 $5
Na3 $16) 34... b3 35. Nd1 Ba3 ({This time I did not blunder my passer with} 
35... b2 $4 36. Nxb2 $18) 36. Nec3 (36. Nd4 b2 37. Rb1 Nd2 $19) 36... b2 37.
Ra2 Rd8 $1 {White loses by force after this simple coup de grеce.} (37... Rd8
$1 38. Nxb2 (38. Ne3 Rd3 $1 (38... Nxe3 $2 39. Bxe3 Rd3 40. Rxa3 Rxc3 41. Rxc3
b1=Q+ 42. Rc1) 39. Nb1 (39. Nxc4 Nxc4 $19) 39... Nxe3 40. Bxe3 Rd1+ 41. Kg2
Rxb1 42. Rxa3 Ra1 43. Rc3 h5 $19) 38... Bxb2 39. Na4 Bd4 $19) 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 0203"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2003.03.29"]
[Round "14.7"]
[White "Graf, Alexander"]
[Black "Schmaltz, Roland"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A32"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2529"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2002.10.19"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Porz"]
[BlackTeam "Baden Oos"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 c5 4. Nf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Qc7 6. Nc3 a6 7. Bg2 Qxc4 8.
O-O Qc7 9. Bg5 Nc6 10. Rc1 Be7 11. e3 O-O 12. Ne4 Qd8 13. Nxf6+ Bxf6 14. Bxf6
Qxf6 15. Qd2 Nxd4 16. Qxd4 Qxd4 17. exd4 d5 18. Rc7 Rd8 19. Rfc1 Kf8 20. Bf1
Rb8 21. R1c3 Bd7 22. Rb3 b5 23. Rbc3 Rbc8 $4 ({A terrible blunder. After} 23...
Ke7 {Black has good counterchances.}) {[%tqu "En","Black's attempt to exchange
rooks looks reasonable, but in fact it's a very bad slip. How to punish Black
for it?","Exploit the shaky position of the c8-rook.","Use the c7-rook for the
decisive blow!","c7d7","Of course! This move wins on the spot.",3]} 24. Rxd7 $1
{[%csl Rc8,Rd8,Rf8][%cal Gc3c8,Gd7d8]} (24. Rxd7 $1 {A convincing refutation.
White wins a piece and the game.} Rxc3 (24... Rxd7 25. Rxc8+) 25. Rxd8+ Ke7 26.
bxc3) 1-0

[Event "Gothenburg Manhem"]
[Site "Gothenburg"]
[Date "2012.08.17"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nyback, Tomi"]
[Black "Berg, Emanuel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A32"]
[WhiteElo "2638"]
[BlackElo "2576"]
[Annotator "Berg,E"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2012.08.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 {Into the this final game of the tournament a win
was badly needed for me to be able to catch up with the sole leader Rozentalis.
In Fischer style I intended to bring out "The son of Sorrow" Benoni to
surprise Nybдck.} 4. g3 {Nybдck decided to decline my challenge for a sharp
battle and went for a Catalan.} cxd4 5. Nxd4 Qc7 6. Nc3 {It was now clear to
me that my opponent rather wanted to be on the active side and even sacrifice
a pawn for it. However it is wise not to grab this pawn too early for Black.}
a6 (6... Qxc4 $6 {runs into trouble after} 7. e4 Qc7 8. Bf4 Qd8 9. Ndb5 Na6 10.
Nd6+ Bxd6 {when} 11. Bxd6 $1 $146 {would be an improvement upon} (11. Qxd6 $14
{0-1 (60) Berkemer,R (1925)-Olofsson Dolk,M Helsingor 2009. After 11.Bxd6 my
friend Houdini claims that White is already winning, which is not a big
surprise.})) 7. Bg2 Qxc4 {I grabbed this pawn pretty quickly, having in mind a
game of mine against Vadims Daskevics from 2010. In a similar position I also
grabbed that c4-pawn and managed to defend and eventually convert my advantage
into a win. White obviously has compensation, but there is nothing very
concrete.} 8. O-O Nc6 9. Nb3 (9. Be3 Ng4 $1) 9... Qb4 $6 {It felt logical to
me to try to get the queen back into safety immediately. However it seems that
Black doesn't have time for this here. Better was} (9... d5 {which is the main
move and has been played by Kramnik, Leko, Svidler and Alekseev among others.})
(9... Be7 {and}) (9... Bb4 {are two other fully playable moves.}) 10. e4 $146 {
A novelty. The only previous game saw} (10. a3 Qd6 11. Qc2 Qc7 12. e4 Be7 {
when Black managed to defend and eventually convert his extra pawn into a full
point in 0-1 (58) Maki,J (2280)-Gurevich,D (2545) Las Vegas 1994.}) 10... Qb6
$6 (10... h5 $5 {might have been an improvement, keeping the queen flexible on
b4 for the moment.}) 11. Be3 $6 ({A stronger move was} 11. Bf4 $1 {when
White's strong initiative gives him a slight edge. Black's best now seems to be
} h5 $1 {in order to create some squares for the knight on f6. However after}
12. Rc1 {White is well ahead in development and has more than enough for the
sacrificed pawn.}) 11... Qd8 12. Nd5 $5 {An interesting try, but Black can
simply liquidate material like in the game when White still has compensation,
but not more than that.} ({A more challenging try was} 12. Rc1 {keeping Nd5 as
an option for later.}) 12... exd5 13. exd5 Bb4 $1 ({The alternative} 13... Bd6
14. dxc6 dxc6 15. Bb6 $1 Qxb6 (15... Bc7 $2 16. Qe1+ $1 Be6 17. Rd1 $16) 16.
Qxd6 Be6 {looks very risky for Black who is not able to castle.} 17. Rfe1 Rd8
18. Qa3) 14. dxc6 ({After} 14. a3 {it's a different story, since now the
knight on b3 is loose.} Bd6 15. dxc6 dxc6 16. Bb6 Qxb6 17. Qxd6 Qxb3 $1 18.
Bxc6+ bxc6 19. Qxc6+ Ke7 20. Qxa8 Rd8 $1 $132 {with mutual chances, but
objectively speaking Black is rather somewhat better.}) 14... bxc6 15. a3 Be7
16. Nd4 {White hurries to exchange the black e7-bishop for his knight. This
gives full compensation for a pawn, but perhaps the quiet} (16. Qc2 $5 O-O 17.
Rad1 $44 {would have brought even more. Although there are still no concrete
threats from White, Black has difficulties solving the problem of his c8
bBishop and White's piece play is powerful.}) 16... O-O 17. Nf5 (17. b4 $5 $44)
17... d5 18. Nxe7+ Qxe7 19. Rc1 Bg4 $6 {A logical developing move in a way,
but there is a drawback.} (19... Qe6 {was better:} 20. Re1 Re8 {when White has
full compensation, but Black remains solid and keeps his extra pawn.}) 20. Qa4
$6 ({The seemingly drawish} 20. Bc5 {would actually bring White some winning
chances after} Qxc5 21. Rxc5 Bxd1 22. Rxd1 Rfb8 (22... Rfc8 23. Rdc1 a5 24.
Rxc6 $14) 23. Rxc6 Rxb2 24. Bxd5 Nxd5 25. Rxd5 {and due to the back rank
problem, Black will lose his a6-pawn and has to fight for a draw a pawn down.}
g6 26. Ra5 $14) 20... Qb7 21. Bd4 Bd7 22. Qc2 {White transfers his queen to c3
to put further pressure against f6 and g7.} Rfe8 23. Qc3 Re6 24. Rfe1 Rae8 25.
Rxe6 Rxe6 26. Bh3 Re4 $1 {A nice defensive resource. Here Nybдck totally
missed the main point of this move and kindly allowed me to enter a superior
ending.} 27. Bxd7 $2 (27. Bg2 {would force a repetition from Black while after}
) (27. Bf1 $1 $14 {[%csl Ra6,Rc6,Gd4,Gf1] White could even claim a small
advantage despite the minus pawn. The superior pair of bishops in combination
with Black's many weaknesses gives White the upper hand.}) 27... Qxd7 28. Bxf6
Rc4 {The moves missed by Nybдck.} 29. Qd2 $2 {White continues the bad trend.
Instead} (29. Qxc4 $1 dxc4 30. Bc3 {would have brought him excellent drawing
chances, thanks to the blockade on the queenside.} g5 $1) ({Worse is} 29. Bxg7
Rxc3 30. Bxc3 d4 $17 {when Black's passed d-pawn is likely to bring him
victory.}) 29... Rxc1+ 30. Qxc1 gxf6 {I regard this endgame as winning for
Black, although it's not yet all that simple.} 31. Qf4 Kg7 32. Kf1 (32. Qa4 d4
$1 33. Qxa6 d3 34. Qa4 Qe6 $1 35. Kg2 h5 $1 $19 {[%cal Gd3d2]} 36. Qd4 Qe2 37.
Qc4 Qd1 {[%cal Gd3d2]} (37... Qc2 38. Qe4)) 32... c5 33. Qe3 Qb5+ 34. Ke1 a5 $1
{Black takes more space on the queenside to hold down White's weakness, the
b2-pawn.} 35. Kd1 $6 (35. b3 {was better, when} a4 {is not all that clear and
would at least give White much better practical chances than the game, e.g.} (
35... h5 $5) 36. bxa4 Qb1+ {[%csl Gc5,Gd5]} 37. Kd2 Qb2+ 38. Kd1 c4 39. Qf3
Qd4+ 40. Kc2 h5 $1 {when things looks good for Black, but it's still not all
over.}) 35... a4 36. Qf4 h5 $1 37. Kc1 Qf1+ 38. Kd2 Qb5 39. Kc1 Qf1+ 40. Kd2
Qb1 {The time trouble was over and now Black's win is rather obvious.} (40...
Qb1 41. Qb8 (41. Qxa4 Qxb2+ 42. Ke1 c4 $19) 41... c4 42. Qb5 d4 $1 43. Qxc4
Qxb2+ 44. Ke1 Qxa3 45. Qxd4 Qc1+ 46. Ke2 a3 $19 {A nice victory for me after
an interesting fighting game. Finally I managed to catch up with Rozentalis
and claim the first place on the better tiebreak.}) 0-1

[Event "BCF-ch"]
[Site "Dundee"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Murugan, Krishnamoorthy"]
[Black "Kumaran, Dharshan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A32"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1993.08.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 038"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 e6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. e3 Ne4 7. Qc2 Nxc3 8.
bxc3 Be7 9. Bd3 h6 10. Rb1 (10. e4) 10... Na6 11. Be4 Nc5 12. Bf3 Rb8 13. O-O
a6 14. Ba3 Qc7 15. Nb3 d6 16. Rfd1 Bd7 17. Rd2 O-O 18. Rbd1 $6 (18. Nxc5 dxc5
$15) 18... Ba4 $1 19. Bxc5 dxc5 20. Qc1 Bf6 21. Qa3 b5 22. cxb5 axb5 23. c4 Bc3
$2 24. Rd7 (24. Rc2 Bb4 25. Qc1 bxc4 $17) 24... Qe5 25. cxb5 Bxb5 26. Ra7 Rbc8
27. Qc1 Rfd8 28. a4 Be8 29. Nd2 c4 30. Ne4 Rxd1+ 31. Qxd1 Bb4 32. Rb7 c3 (32...
c3 $1 33. Rxb4 c2 34. Qc1 Qa1 $1 $19) 0-1

[Event "Andorra op 15th"]
[Site "Andorra"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Djuric, Stefan"]
[Black "Kovacevic, Slobodan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A32"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1997.07.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 058 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.07.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.07.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. Nf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Qc7 6. Ndb5 Qxc4 7. e4 Qc6 8.
Be3 Bb4 9. a3 Bxc3+ 10. Nxc3 O-O 11. Rc1 Na6 12. f3 (12. Nd5 exd5 13. Rxc6 bxc6
$44) 12... Qc7 13. Nb5 Qe5 14. Bd4 Qg5 15. Nd6 Rd8 16. Qd2 Qxd2+ 17. Kxd2 Ne8
18. Nxc8 Rdxc8 19. Rxc8 Rxc8 20. Bxa7 Nc5 21. Bxc5 Rxc5 22. b4 Rc8 23. Bd3 Kf8
24. a4 e5 25. a5 Nd6 26. Rc1 $6 Rxc1 27. Kxc1 Nc8 28. Bc4 Ke7 29. Bd5 b5 30. h4
f6 31. Kd2 Kd8 32. g3 Kc7 33. f4 d6 34. Bf7 Na7 35. Bd5 Nc8 36. Bf7 Na7 37. Bd5
1/2-1/2

[Event "ESP-ch ko"]
[Site "Ayamonte"]
[Date "2007.11.10"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "San Segundo Carrillo, Pablo"]
[Black "Larino Nieto, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A32"]
[WhiteElo "2536"]
[BlackElo "2428"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2007.11.09"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 c5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e5 6. Nb5 d5 7. cxd5 Bc5 8.
N5c3 Qb6 9. e3 Bg4 10. Qa4+ Bd7 11. Qb3 Qxb3 12. axb3 Bf5 13. f3 Bc2 14. Bc4 e4
15. Na3 Bxa3 16. bxa3 exf3 17. O-O ({mejor} 17. Nb5 Kd7 (17... Na6 18. Nd6+)
18. O-O Na6 19. Nd4 Be4 20. Nxf3) 17... Nbd7 18. Rxf3 O-O 19. Bb2 Ne5 20. Rf4
Nfg4 21. Nb5 {Diagrama #} g5 {intentando complicar ante su clara inferioridad}
22. Bxe5 $1 gxf4 (22... Nxe5 23. Rf2) 23. Bxf4 {dos peones, pareja de alfiles,
un peуn pasado y casillas para el Cb5 son una gran compensaciуn por la calidad}
a6 24. Nc7 Rad8 25. h3 Nf6 26. Bh6 ({mejor que} 26. Bg5 Rd6 27. Rf1 Ne4 28. Bf4
(28. Be7 Rc8 29. Bxd6 Nxd6 30. Rc1 Be4 31. Bf1 Bxd5 32. b4 Bc4 33. Rd1 Bxf1 34.
Kxf1 Ne4 35. Nd5 Rc2) 28... Rb6) 26... Rd7 27. Bxf8 Kxf8 28. Rf1 b5 $2 {
Diagrama #} (28... Kg7) 29. Be2 ({ganaba} 29. Ne6+ Ke7 30. Nd4 bxc4 31. bxc4
Nxd5 32. Nxc2 Rc7 33. cxd5 Rxc2 34. d6+ Ke6 35. Rd1 Kd7 36. Rd3 h5 37. Kf1 $18)
29... Rd6 30. Ne6+ (30. Bf3 $1) 30... Ke7 31. Nd4 Be4 32. Nf5+ (32. g4 Rxd5 33.
h4 h6 34. b4 $18) 32... Bxf5 33. Rxf5 Nxd5 34. a4 (34. Re5+ Kf6 35. Re8 $16)
34... Ke6 35. Rh5 Nf6 36. Bg4+ Nxg4 37. hxg4 Rd5 38. Rh6+ f6 39. Rxh7 bxa4 40.
bxa4 Ra5 41. Kf2 Rxa4 42. Kf3 a5 43. Rh5 Ra1 44. Rb5 a4 45. g5 a3 46. Rb6+ Ke5
47. Rb5+ Ke6 48. Rb6+ Ke5 49. Rb5+ Kd6 50. Ke4 a2 51. Rb6+ Kc5 52. Ra6 fxg5 53.
g4 Kc4 54. Ra8 Kc3 55. Ra7 Kb3 56. Rb7+ Kc2 57. Ra7 Kd2 58. Ra8 Ke2 59. Ra7 Kf2
60. Kf5 Kxe3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Buenos Aires"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1980.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A32"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "Chekhov,V"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "1980.10.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. e3 $6 (5. g3 $5) (5. Nc3 $5) 5...
Nf6 6. Be2 Bb4+ $1 7. Bd2 (7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Ndb5 a6 9. O-O axb5 10. Nxe4 bxc4 11.
Nd6+ Bxd6 12. Qxd6 b5) 7... Be7 8. Nc3 O-O 9. O-O d5 $10 10. cxd5 Nxd4 (10...
Nxd5 $6 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Rc1 $14) 11. exd4 Nxd5 12. Qb3 $6 (12. Bf3 $5 Bf6 13.
Nxd5 exd5 14. Bf4 Re8 (14... Qb6 $1 15. Be5 Bxe5 16. dxe5 Rd8 $1 17. Qd2 Bf5
$13) 15. Qb3 $14) 12... Bf6 $1 13. Nxd5 (13. Bf3 Bxd4 14. Nxd5 exd5 15. Bxd5
Qf6 $10) 13... Qxd5 14. Qxd5 (14. Qxd5 exd5 15. Be3 (15. Bf3 Bxd4 16. Bxd5 Bxb2
17. Rab1 Bd4 18. Bxb7 Bxb7 19. Rxb7 Rfe8 20. Be3 $1 $10) 15... Bf5 16. Bf3 Be4
$15) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Buenos Aires"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1980.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Quinteros, Miguel Angel"]
[Black "Kavalek, Lubomir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A32"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "Chekhov,V"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1980.10.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. g3 a6 6. Bg2 Qc7 7. b3 (7. Qa4 Bc5
(7... Nc6 $5) 8. Nb3 Be7 9. Bf4 e5 10. Bg5 O-O 11. Nc3 d6 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Nd5
Qd8 14. Rd1 Nc6 15. Qa3 $16 {Knezevic,M-Peev,P/Stary Smokovec/1974/}) 7... Bb4+
8. Bd2 Be7 (8... Bc5 $5 9. Nc2 d5 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. O-O O-O 12. e4 Ne7 13. Nc3
Nbc6 14. Rc1 Rd8 {Pytel,K-Savon,V/Dortmund/1975/0,5 (14)/}) 9. Nc3 Nc6 10. e3 (
10. Nc2 $5 O-O 11. O-O Rd8 12. e4) 10... O-O 11. O-O Rd8 12. Qe2 d5 13. cxd5
exd5 14. Nxc6 (14. Rac1 Ba3 15. Rc2 $140 Nxd4 (15... Nb4 16. Nxd5) 16. exd4 Bf5
) 14... bxc6 15. Rac1 Ba3 16. Rcd1 (16. Rc2 Bf5 17. e4 Re8 $36) 16... a5 $1 17.
Rfe1 Bg4 (17... Ba6 18. Qf3 Bd3 {/\ Bc2} 19. Bc1) 18. Bf3 Bxf3 19. Qxf3 Bb4 20.
Rc1 $6 (20. Qf5 $5 {/\ Rc1}) 20... Ne4 $1 21. Red1 (21. Nxe4 $4 dxe4 $19) 21...
Qe5 22. Nb1 (22. Qf4 $4 Nxd2 $1 23. Rxd2 (23. Qxe5 Nf3+ $19) 23... Bxc3 $19)
22... c5 $17 23. Bxb4 (23. Qf4 Qb2 $1) 23... axb4 24. Rc2 Ng5 $1 25. Qg2 (25.
Qf4 $4 Nh3+ $19) (25. Qg4 h5 $1 26. Qxh5 Qf5 {/\ Qc2,Nf3}) (25. Qe2 Qe4 {/\ Nh3
}) 25... Qf5 26. Rdc1 (26. Rxc5 Rxa2 {/\ Nh3}) 26... c4 27. bxc4 dxc4 28. f4 (
28. Rxc4 Rxa2 {/\ Nh3}) 28... b3 $1 29. axb3 cxb3 30. Rc5 Nh3+ 31. Kf1 (31. Kh1
Qxc5 32. Rxc5 Rd1+ $19) 31... Qd3+ 32. Qe2 Qe4 33. Qg2 Qd3+ $6 (33... Qxe3 $5
34. R5c3 (34. Qxa8 $4 Qf2#) (34. Qxh3 Ra2 {/\ Qf2}) 34... Qe6 35. Rc6 Qf5 $19)
34. Qe2 Qxe2+ 35. Kxe2 Ra2+ 36. Kf3 g6 37. g4 Nf2 38. Rb5 (38. Nc3 Rad2 39. Nb1
Rb2) 38... Nd3 39. Rc3 b2 40. Rbb3 Ra1 $19 41. Nd2 (41. Rxd3 Rxd3 42. Rxd3 Rxb1
43. Rb3 Rf1+ $19) 41... Ne1+ 42. Ke2 Rxd2+ 43. Kxd2 b1=Q 44. Rxb1 Rxb1 45. Ke2
Ng2 0-1

[Event "Nalchik FIDE GP"]
[Site "Nalchik"]
[Date "2009.04.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A32"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2009.04.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 130"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Bg5 Qc7 7. e3 b6 8. Bd3
{Drei Zьge spдter geht der Lдufer doch nach e2.} Bb7 9. O-O Nc6 10. Rc1 Rc8 11.
Be2 Be7 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. Nd5 {Das sieht recht aussichtsreich aus, mit einem
Tempo mehr wдre es richtig stark gewesen.} exd5 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. cxd5 Bxb2 16.
Rc2 Be5 17. dxc6 dxc6 18. Bxa6 Rd8 19. Qf3 c5 20. Bb5+ Kf8 {Mittelfristig
lдsst sich ein doppelter Turmtausch in der d-Linie kaum verhindern.} 21. g3 g6
22. Rd1 Kg7 23. Rcd2 Rxd2 24. Rxd2 Rd8 25. Rxd8 Qxd8 {Zwei Dinge sind vцllig
klar: Aronian versucht immer noch zu gewinnen, objektiv ist die Stellung
jedoch klar remis. Um sein Ziel dennoch zu erreichen, muss WeiЯ ein wenig
Spannung bewahren, d.h. vor allem nicht die Damen tauschen, aber letztlich
muss ein schwarzer Fehler helfen.} 26. Kg2 h5 27. Qe4 {Es beginnt ein
geschicktes Manцver, an dessen Ende WeiЯ das Feld d5 erobert.} Bc3 28. Qb7 Bf6
29. Bc4 Qe7 30. Qd5 {Die schwarze Bauernmehrheit am Damenflьgel ist wertlos,
die weiЯe Majoritдt auf der anderen Seite soll dennoch nicht zum Sieg
ausreichen. Es ist jedoch erstaunlich, wie schwierig der Verteidigung fьr
Schwarz ist.} h4 31. e4 hxg3 32. hxg3 Bd4 33. f4 f6 $6 {Das ist zwar korrekt,
erschwert jedoch die Verteidigung. Aber vцllig passiv sollte sich Schwarz auch
nicht verhalten.} ({In Frage kommt} 33... Qf6 34. Qd7 Bc3 35. e5 Qf5 $1 36.
Qxf5 gxf5 {und der Gewinn des Bauern f5 reicht nicht zum vollen Punkt.}) 34.
Kf3 Kh6 35. Qg8 g5 $5 {Das ist frьher oder spдter notwendig.} 36. e5 {Aronian
ist es gelungen, eine Situation herbeizufьhren, in der der naheliegende Zug
verliert, der weniger logische hingegen remisiert, und das in Zeitnot
Iwantschuks.} fxe5 $2 ({Nach} 36... Qg7 37. Qe6 {hat Schwarz nur einen Zug,
der das Remis sichert und der sieht ein wenig unдsthetisch aus:} Qg6 $1 {, z.B.
} 38. Qh3+ Kg7 39. Qd7+ Kh6 40. exf6 Bxf6 $1 (40... gxf4 $2 41. Qh3+ Qh5+ 42.
Qxh5+ Kxh5 43. f7 Bg7 44. Kxf4 Kg6 45. a4 Kf6 46. Ke4 Ke7 47. Kd5 Kxf7 (47...
Bc3 48. Kc6 Ba5 49. g4 Kf8 50. g5 Kg7 51. g6 Kf8 52. Kd7 Bc3 53. Kc7 Ba5 54.
Kc6 $22 $18) 48. Kc6+ Ke8 49. Kxb6 Bf6 50. Kc6 Bd8 51. g4 Kf8 (51... Ke7 52. g5
Kf8 53. g6 Kg7 54. Bd3 c4 55. Bc2 $18) 52. Kb5 Ke8 53. a5 Kd7 54. a6 Kc8 55.
Kxc5 $18) 41. Bd3 Qg8 {und WeiЯ kommt nicht weiter.}) 37. Bd3 e4+ 38. Bxe4 Qg7
39. Qe6+ Qf6 40. Qd7 $1 {Jetzt zielt die weiЯe Dame nach h7 und h3, die
Verteidigung ...Dg7 geht nicht mehr; Schwarz gibt auf.} 1-0

[Event "Esbjerg North Sea Cup-09"]
[Site "Esbjerg"]
[Date "1985.07.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Hansen, Curt"]
[Black "Hjartarson, Johann"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A32"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1985.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nf3 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Bd2 O-O 7. a3 Bxc3 (
7... Be7 8. Bf4 (8. g3 $6 Qb6 $1)) 8. Bxc3 Ne4 9. Qc2 d5 10. e3 Nxc3 (10... Nc6
11. cxd5 exd5 12. Be2 $14 (12. Bd3 Nxc3 13. Qxc3 Qg5 $1 14. Nf3 Qxg2 15. Rg1 d4
$15)) 11. Qxc3 dxc4 12. Bxc4 b6 $6 (12... Bd7 $1 13. O-O Nc6 14. Rfd1 Nxd4 15.
Rxd4 Qe7 $10) 13. O-O Bb7 14. Bxe6 $1 fxe6 15. Nxe6 Qf6 16. Qxf6 Rxf6 17. Nc7
Nd7 18. Nxa8 Bxa8 19. Rfd1 $6 (19. Rac1 $1 Bc6 20. Rc3 a5 $1 (20... Nc5 21. f3
a5 22. b4 $16) 21. Rfc1 Bb5 $14) 19... Bc6 20. f3 Kf7 21. Rac1 Ke7 $10 22. Rc3
a5 23. b3 Rd6 $2 (23... g5 $1 24. h3 h5 $132) 24. Rxd6 Kxd6 25. Kf2 Bd5 (25...
Nc5 26. e4 b5 27. b4 axb4 28. axb4 Na6 29. Rb3 Ke5 30. Ke3 $16) 26. e4 Be6 27.
Ke3 b5 (27... Nc5 28. b4 axb4 29. axb4 Na6 30. Rd3+ Kc6 31. Rd4 Kb5 32. Rd6 Bc8
33. Rd8 Be6 34. Re8 Bc4 35. Re7 $16) 28. b4 $16 a4 29. Kd4 Ne5 30. Rc5 Nc4 31.
Rxb5 Nxa3 32. Rb6+ Kd7 33. Ra6 Bb3 34. e5 Nc2+ 35. Kc3 Ne3 36. b5 Nd5+ 37. Kb2
Bc4 $2 38. Rd6+ Kc7 (38... Ke7 39. b6 $18) 39. Rc6+ 1-0

[Event "Benasque op 18th"]
[Site "Benasque"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Cifuentes Parada, Roberto"]
[Black "Conquest, Stuart"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A32"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[Annotator "Cifuentes Parada,L"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "1998.07.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 066"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 c5 3. c4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Bg5 Qa5 $6 (6... h6 7.
Bxf6 Qxf6 8. e3 Nc6 9. Be2 Bb4 10. O-O Bxc3 11. bxc3 e5 12. Nf3 d6 13. Qb3 O-O
14. Rfd1 Qe7 15. Rab1 Rd8 16. Rb2 Bd7 17. Rbd2 Bg4 18. h3 Bxf3 19. Bxf3 e4 20.
Be2 Rac8 21. Qa3 Ne5 22. Rxd6 Rxd6 23. Qxd6 Qxd6 24. Rxd6 Nxc4 25. Rd4 Nb2 26.
Rxe4 Rxc3 27. Re8+ Kh7 28. Re7 Rc1+ 29. Kh2 Rc2 30. Bf3 Rxf2 31. Rxf7 Kg8 32.
Rxb7 Kf8 33. Ra7 Nc4 34. Rxa6 Nxe3 35. a4 Ra2 36. a5 Nf1+ 37. Kg1 Nd2 38. Bd5
Ra1+ 39. Kf2 Nb1 40. Ra7 Nc3 41. Bc4 Ra3 42. a6 Ne4+ 43. Kg1 Ra1+ {1-0 Gulko,
B-Gurgenidze,B/Volgodonsk 1981/MCD-ch (43)}) (6... Nc6 7. e3 Qa5 8. Bxf6 gxf6
9. Rc1 {see the game.}) (6... Be7 7. e3 O-O (7... Qa5 8. Bh4 Ne4 9. Bxe7 Nxc3
10. Qd2 Kxe7 11. Ne2 $14) 8. Bd3 $5 (8. Be2 Qc7 9. O-O d6 10. Rc1 Nc6 11. Bxf6
Bxf6 12. Nd5 exd5 13. cxd5 Bxd4 14. exd4 Qb6 15. dxc6 bxc6 16. Qc2 Be6 17. b3
Qxd4 18. Qxc6 a5 19. Rfd1 Qe5 20. Ba6 Qb2 21. Bb7 Rab8 22. Rc2 Qa3 23. Ba6 d5
24. Qc5 Qb4 25. f3 a4 26. Qxb4 Rxb4 27. bxa4 Rxa4 28. Bb5 Ra3 29. Rd4 Rfa8 30.
Rdd2 d4 31. Rxd4 Rxa2 {1/2-1/2 Rivas Pastor,M-Illescas Cordoba,M/Leon 1989/EXT
89 (31)}) 8... d6 9. O-O Nbd7 10. f4 $5 Re8 11. Qf3 Qc7 12. Rac1 Bf8 13. Ne4
Nxe4 14. Qxe4 g6 15. Bb1 Bg7 16. b4 h6 17. Bh4 Nf8 18. f5 $1 e5 19. fxg6 fxg6
20. Rxf8+ $1 Bxf8 21. Qxg6+ Qg7 22. Qxe8 $18 {Petrovic,D-Muhtarov,L/Djakovo
1994/EXT 94op (43)}) 7. Bxf6 (7. Bh4 $6 Bb4 8. Qb3 Ne4 9. Rc1 Nc6 10. e3 Qh5 $1
11. Nf3 g5 12. Bg3 Nxg3 13. fxg3 g4 14. Nd2 Qe5 15. Nd1 h5 $17 {0-1 Fernandez,
M-Nasjleti,E/Buenos Aires 1992/EXT 97 (35)}) 7... gxf6 8. Rc1 $1 (8. e3 Bb4 $1)
8... Nc6 (8... Bb4 9. a3) 9. e3 Rg8 10. g3 h5 11. Bg2 h4 12. O-O hxg3 13. hxg3
f5 14. c5 $1 {x Qa5, b6} Rb8 (14... Qxc5 $2 15. Nd5 $18) (14... Bxc5 $2 15. Nb3
Qb4 16. a3 Qb6 17. Na4 $18) 15. a3 $1 (15. Na4 $6 Nxd4 16. exd4 f4 $1 17. gxf4
$6 b5 $1 18. cxb6 Qd5 19. f3 Bg7 $17) 15... Qd8 16. b4 Ne5 17. Qe2 Qf6 18. Rfd1
Qh6 19. Na4 Ng4 20. Nb6 (20. Nf3 e5 21. Nb6 Be7 22. Qd2 Qe6 $16) 20... Be7 21.
Nf3 e5 22. Rd5 $1 Qh8 (22... e4 23. Nd4 f4 (23... Qh2+ 24. Kf1 $18) 24. exf4 e3
25. Nf5 exf2+ 26. Kf1 $18) 23. Rcd1 Rg6 24. Nxc8 Rxc8 25. Rxd7 e4 26. Rxe7+ $1
Kxe7 27. Nh4 Rg5 28. Nxf5+ $1 Kf8 (28... Rxf5 29. Qxg4 $18) 29. Nd6 Rb8 30.
Nxe4 Rg6 31. Qf3 Kg8 (31... Qh2+ 32. Kf1 Qh5 33. Ke2 $18) 32. Qf4 Rf8 33. f3
$138 (33. Nd6 $1 Qh2+ 34. Kf1 Qh5 35. Rd4 $18) 33... Nf6 (33... Qh2+ 34. Kf1 f5
35. Rd6 $1 Rg7 36. Ng5 Nf6 37. Kf2 $18) 34. Rd6 Nxe4 35. Rxg6+ fxg6 36. Qxe4
Qa1+ 37. Kh2 Qh8+ 38. Kg1 Qa1+ 39. Bf1 Kg7 40. Qxb7+ Kh6 41. Qe4 Qxa3 42. Bd3
Qa1+ 43. Kg2 Qf6 44. f4 Qf7 45. g4 Re8 46. g5+ Kh7 47. Qd4 $18 Qe6 48. Kf2 Rf8
49. Ke1 $1 Qh3 50. Kd2 Qg2+ 51. Kc3 Qa2 52. Qd7+ Rf7 53. Qh3+ Kg8 54. Bc4 Qa3+
55. Kc2 Qxb4 56. Qe6 1-0

[Event "New York Reshevsky"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Dzindzichashvili, Roman"]
[Black "Psakhis, Lev"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A32"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1992.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 031"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 c5 4. Nf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Qc7 6. Nd2 a6 (6... Nc6 7. Nb5
Qb8 8. Bg2 a6 9. Nc3 b5 10. O-O Be7 11. c5 Bxc5 12. Nde4 Nxe4 13. Nxe4 Be7 14.
Bf4 e5 15. Be3 O-O 16. Nc3 Bb7 17. Nd5 Bd8 18. Rc1 Re8 19. Qd3 $44 {Rashkovsky,
N-Taimanov,M SSSR(ch) 1976}) 7. Bg2 Nc6 (7... d6 8. O-O Be7 9. b3 O-O 10. Bb2
Bd7 11. Rc1 Nc6 12. Ne4 $14 {Bagirov,V-Grigorian,K SSSR(ch) 1977 24/67}) 8.
Nxc6 dxc6 9. O-O e5 (9... Be7 10. Qc2 O-O 11. b3 e5 12. Bb2 Be6 13. a3 a5 14.
c5 Nd7 15. b4 axb4 16. axb4 $14 {Stean,M-Cebalo,M Smederevska Palanka 1980 29/
(83)}) 10. Qc2 Be6 11. Nf3 (11. b3 Be7 12. Bb2 O-O 13. a3 $14) 11... h6 12. b3
Be7 13. Bb2 Nd7 14. Rfd1 O-O 15. Rd2 Bb4 16. Bc3 Bxc3 17. Qxc3 Rae8 18. Rad1 e4
(18... f5 $5 19. e3 e4 20. Nd4 Ne5 $10) 19. Nd4 Nf6 20. Nxe6 Rxe6 21. e3 Qe5
22. Qb4 $14 {<->d} (22. Qxe5 Rxe5 23. Rd8 Rfe8 $10) 22... Re7 23. Rd6 Rfe8 24.
h3 Kh7 25. Bf1 (25. Qb6 Nd5 26. Qc5 Nf6) 25... Rc7 26. Qb6 (26. c5 $5 Nd5 27.
Qd4 Nc3 28. Rd2 Nb5 29. Qxe5 Rxe5 30. Rd7 Re7 31. Rxe7 Rxe7 32. a4 Nc7 33. Bc4
$14) 26... Ree7 27. R6d2 Rc8 28. Kg2 Rcc7 29. Be2 Nd7 30. Qb4 Nf6 31. Bf1 Nd7
32. Qd6 Qxd6 33. Rxd6 Nf6 34. g4 Red7 $10 35. Kg3 g5 36. Bg2 (36. c5 Kg7 37.
Bc4 Rxd6 38. Rxd6 Rd7 $10) 36... Rxd6 37. Rxd6 Kg7 38. f4 exf3 39. Bxf3 Rd7 40.
Rd4 Kf8 41. Kf2 Ke7 42. Ke2 {[#]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1986.07.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Black "Greenfeld, Alon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A32"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "Dolmatov,S"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "1986.07.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nb5 $2 (5. Nc3) 5... d5 6. cxd5 (
6. Bf4 Bb4+ $40) 6... a6 (6... Nxd5 7. e4 $14) 7. N5c3 exd5 8. Be3 (8. Bg5 d4
9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. Nd5 Qe5 $17) 8... Nc6 9. Bd4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Qc7 11. e3 Bc5 12.
Qa4+ (12. Nxd5 Nxd5 13. Qxd5 Bb4+ 14. Nd2 Be6 $17) 12... b5 (12... Bd7 $6 13.
Bb5 $15) 13. Bxb5+ axb5 14. Qxa8 O-O 15. b4 (15. O-O Ng4 16. g3 Bb7 17. Nxb5
Qc6 $19) (15. Nd2 Bb7 16. Nxb5 Qb6 17. Qa4 Bc6 $19) 15... Bxb4 16. O-O Ng4 (
16... Bxc3 $2 17. Nxc3 Qxc3 18. Rac1 $18) 17. g3 Bb7 18. Nxb5 Qc6 19. Qa4 d4
20. f3 Qh6 21. Qc2 (21. fxg4 Qxe3+ 22. Rf2 Qe1+ 23. Rf1 Qe4 $19) 21... d3 22.
Qg2 Nxe3 0-1

[Event "Berlin Mephisto 1st"]
[Site "Berlin East"]
[Date "1990.05.24"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Krogius, Nikolai V"]
[Black "Romanishin, Oleg M"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A32"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "Fuchs,R"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1990.05.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DDR"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{SCHACH 6/1990} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. e3 $6
O-O 7. Be2 Ne4 $1 8. Qc2 Nxc3 9. bxc3 Be7 10. O-O Nc6 11. Rd1 Na5 $1 12. Nb3
Qc7 13. Qd3 Nc6 14. c5 {Entledigt sich eines Sorgenkindes, das andere wiegt
jedoch nicht minder schwer.} b6 15. Ba3 bxc5 16. Bxc5 d5 17. Rab1 a5 18. Bxe7
Nxe7 19. Qd4 Ba6 20. Bxa6 Rxa6 21. Nc5 Rc6 22. Rb7 Qc8 23. Rxe7 Rxc5 24. Ra7
Qc6 25. g3 Rc4 26. Qe5 Qb6 27. Re7 h6 28. Rd4 Qb1+ 29. Kg2 Qxa2 30. Ra7 a4 31.
Rxc4 Qxc4 32. Qd4 Qc6 33. h4 $6 ({Oder} 33. Rxa4 $2 e5 $1) ({Doch konnte Weiss
mit} 33. Qxa4 Qxc3 {usw. mehr Widerstand leisten.}) 33... Ra8 $1 34. Kh2 a3 35.
Qf4 Rxa7 36. Qb8+ Kh7 37. Qxa7 Qxc3 38. h5 Qc2 $1 0-1

[Event "Rubinstein Memorial 37th"]
[Site "Polanica Zdroj"]
[Date "2000.08.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A32"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[Annotator "Gelfand,B"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2000.08.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 079"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 {Stohl} c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. g3 Qb6 (5... Qa5+ $5 $132
{Stohl}) 6. Nc2 (6. Nb3 {Stohl} Ne5 7. c5 Qc6 8. Rg1 d5 $5 (8... e6 9. Qd4 Qe4
10. Be3 d5 11. cxd6 Qxd4 12. Bxd4 Bxd6 13. Bg2 Ke7 14. Nc3 Nc6 15. Bxc6 bxc6
16. O-O-O e5 17. Bc5 Bxc5 18. Nxc5 Rb8 19. f3 h5 20. h4 Be6 21. Rd2 Rhd8 22.
Rgd1 Rxd2 23. Rxd2 Nd5 24. Nxe6 Kxe6 25. Ne4 Ke7 26. a3 $14 {Gelfand,B-Avrukh,
B/Haifa Wydra act/2000/}) 9. cxd6 exd6 10. Bg5 (10. Nc3 d5 11. Bg2 Bb4 12. Qd4
Qe6 13. Kf1 Nc6 14. Qe3 O-O 15. Qxe6 fxe6 16. f3 e5 17. a3 Be7 18. Bg5 Be6 19.
Bxf6 Rxf6 20. Na4 d4 21. Nac5 Bd5 22. f4 Bxg2+ 23. Kxg2 exf4 24. Rgf1 Re8 25.
Nd3 fxg3 26. hxg3 Re6 $17 {Jackelen,T-Hansen,C/BL 9900/1999/}) 10... d5 11.
Bxf6 Bb4+ 12. Nc3 Bxc3+ 13. bxc3 Qxc3+ $5 (13... Qxf6 14. Qd4 Qe7 15. Qe3 Bf5
16. Nd4 Be4 17. f3 Nc4 18. Qf4 Bg6 19. e4 Na3 20. e5 O-O 21. Qe3 Rac8 22. Kf2
Nb1 23. Rxb1 Bxb1 24. Bh3 Qa3 25. Bxc8 Rxc8 26. Qd2 Bg6 27. Rc1 h6 $132 {
Hansen,C-De Firmian,N/Copenhagen/1985/}) 14. Qd2 Qxd2+ 15. Nxd2 gxf6 $15 {/~~})
(6. Nb5 {Stohl} a6 7. Be3 Qa5+ 8. N5c3 Ng4 9. Qd2 e6 10. Bg2 Nxe3 11. Qxe3 Bc5
12. Qd2 b5 13. Ne4 Qxd2+ 14. Nbxd2 Bd4 15. O-O-O f5 16. e3 fxe4 17. exd4 d5 18.
cxb5 axb5 19. Nb3 O-O 20. Rd2 Nb4 $17 {Miles,A-Schmittdiel,E/Ostend/1993/}) (6.
e3 {Stohl} e6 7. Bg2 Bb4+ 8. Bd2 d5 9. cxd5 Nxd4 10. exd4 O-O 11. Bxb4 Qxb4+
12. Qd2 Qxd2+ 13. Kxd2 exd5 14. Nc3 Be6 15. Rhc1 Rac8 16. Nb5 Bd7 17. Nd6 Rc6
$1 18. Rxc6 bxc6 19. f3 Rb8 20. Kc2 Kf8 21. Re1 a5 22. Bf1 g6 23. Ba6 Ra8 24.
Bd3 Ra7 25. Kb3 Nh5 26. a4 Ng7 27. f4 Ne6 28. Kc3 Ke7 $17 {Kortschnoj,V-Timman,
J/Amsterdam/1987/}) 6... e6 (6... d6 {Stohl} 7. Bg2 g6 8. Nc3 Bg7 9. O-O O-O
10. b3 $14 {-A39}) (6... Ne4 {Stohl} 7. e3 e6 8. Bg2 Bb4+ 9. Ke2 d5 10. Nxb4
Nxb4 11. Nd2 f5 12. Qb3 Qc5 13. a3 Nc6 14. cxd5 exd5 15. Rd1 Qe7 16. Nf3 O-O
17. Bd2 Nc5 18. Qc2 d4 19. Kf1 d3 20. Qc3 Be6 21. Ne5 Rac8 22. Nxc6 bxc6 23. a4
Nb3 24. Ra3 Qf7 25. Kg1 c5 26. Qxd3 Rfd8 $44 {Filippov,V-Sokolin,L/New York op/
1998/}) (6... Ne5 {Stohl} 7. b3 Qc6 8. f3 e6 9. Bb2 Qc7 10. Nc3 a6 11. Bg2 d6
12. f4 Ng6 13. O-O Rb8 14. Ne4 Be7 15. Nxf6+ Bxf6 16. Bxf6 gxf6 {Yermolinsky,
A-De Firmian,N/USA-ch/1994/} 17. f5 $5 $16 {[%csl Rd6,Re6,Rf6,Rf7] ק}) 7. Bg2
d5 {'!' Stohl.} (7... Ne5 $143 $6 {Stohl} 8. b3 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Nc3 d6 11.
e4 Bd7 12. Kh1 Rfd8 13. f4 Ng6 14. Bb2 Rac8 15. Qe2 a5 16. Rab1 Be8 17. Ne3 Bc6
18. Qf2 Nd7 19. Ba1 Nc5 20. Ng4 Qc7 21. Rbd1 $36 {->>>,Hauchard,A-Fayard,A/
FRA-ch/1991/}) (7... Be7 {Stohl} 8. Nc3 O-O 9. O-O d6 10. b3 a6 11. e4 Bd7 12.
Kh1 Rac8 13. g4 Qc7 14. Bb2 Qb8 15. Ne3 b5 16. g5 Ne8 17. f4 bxc4 18. Nxc4 Na7
19. Ne3 Bc6 20. Qh5 Qb7 21. f5 Nb5 22. f6 g6 23. Qh6 Bxf6 24. gxf6 Nxc3 25.
Bxc3 Bxe4 26. Rac1 $18 {Tukmakov,V-Peptan,C/Biel op/1999/}) 8. O-O (8. cxd5 $1
{Stohl} exd5 {-8.0-0} (8... Nxd5 9. O-O Bd7 $5 10. e4 {gives White some
chances for an advantage.} (10. Bxd5 exd5 11. Nc3 d4 12. Nd5 Qa5 $13))) 8...
Be7 {'?!' Stohl.} (8... dxc4 $142 {Stohl} 9. Ne3 (9. Nca3 Qa6 10. b3 Be7 11.
bxc4 O-O 12. Nb5 Qa5 13. Bd2 Qd8 14. Bf4 e5 15. Bg5 Bg4 16. Nd2 Rc8 17. h3 Be6
18. Qa4 Qd7 19. Kh2 Ng4+ 20. hxg4 Bxg5 21. Ne4 Be7 22. Rfd1 Nd4 23. Qxa7 Rxc4
24. Nxd4 Rxd4 25. Rxd4 Qxd4 26. Qxd4 exd4 $15 {Alburt,L-De Firmian,N/New York/
1985/}) 9... Qa6 10. Nd2 Ne5 11. Qc2 Bd7 12. Qc3 Ng6 13. Qxc4 b5 14. Qd4 Bc6
15. Ng4 Nxg4 16. Qxg4 Be7 $11 17. e4 $6 O-O 18. Nb3 Rad8 19. Be3 Ne5 20. Qh5
Nc4 21. Bd4 e5 22. Bc5 Bxc5 23. Nxc5 Qb6 24. b4 a5 $36 {Rahman,Z-Shariyazdanov,
A/Guntur/2000/}) 9. cxd5 exd5 (9... Nxd5 {Stohl} 10. Bxd5 $5 (10. Ne3 Nxe3 11.
Bxe3 Qxb2 12. Bxc6+ bxc6 13. Bd4 Qb7 14. Bxg7 Rg8 15. Bc3 c5 16. Qc2 Rg6 17.
Nd2 Qc6 18. Nc4 Bb7 19. f3 f6 20. Na5 Qc7 21. Nxb7 Qxb7 22. Qa4+ Kf7 23. Rad1 {
Topalov,V-Ponomariov,R/FIDE WCh Las Vegas/1999/}) 10... exd5 11. Nc3 $14) 10.
Nc3 {Stohl: '><d5'} O-O $1 {N 'N' Stohl.} (10... Be6) (10... Be6 {Stohl} 11.
Ne3 (11. b3 O-O 12. Na4 Qa5 13. Bb2 Ne4 14. Nd4 Nxd4 15. Bxd4 Rac8 16. Qd3 Rfd8
17. Rac1 b5 18. Nc3 Nxc3 19. Rxc3 Rxc3 20. Bxc3 Qxa2 21. Bd4 Qa5 22. f4 g6 23.
Qe3 Qc7 24. Rc1 Qd6 25. h3 a6 26. g4 Rc8 $15 {Hoelzl,F-Fauland,A/AUT-ch/1989/})
11... d4 12. Ned5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 Bxd5 14. Bxd5 O-O 15. Qb3 Qxb3 16. Bxb3 Rfd8
17. Rd1 Bf6 18. Rb1 Rac8 19. Bd2 d3 20. exd3 Rxd3 21. Be3 Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 Rc7
23. Ba4 h6 24. Bxc6 Rxc6 25. Rd7 Ra6 $11 {Skembris,S-De Firmian,N/Vrnjacka
Banja/1983/}) 11. Nxd5 (11. Bg5 Be6 (11... Qxb2 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Nxd5 Bf5 $140
(13... Bd8 14. Nce3) 14. e4 Be6 15. Rb1 Qxa2 16. Nxf6+ gxf6 17. Ne3 $40) 12.
Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Nxd5 Bxd5 14. Qxd5 Qxb2 $11) 11... Nxd5 12. Qxd5 (12. Bxd5 Bh3
13. Re1 Rad8 (13... Rfd8 {Stohl} 14. e4 $14) 14. e4 Be6 15. Ne3 (15. Qh5 g6)
15... Bc5 $44) 12... Be6 (12... Bf6 13. a4 $5 Be6 14. Qb5) 13. Qe4 Bf6 {
'@' Stohl.} 14. a4 (14. Be3 Qxb2 15. Rab1 Qxa2 16. Rxb7 Rfc8 $5 $13 (16... Na5
17. Rxa7 Rxa7 18. Bxa7 Nc4 19. Be3 $11) (16... Rac8)) (14. a3 Rfd8 (14... Rac8
15. Nb4 (15. Be3 Qb3) 15... Nd4 16. Be3 Rfe8 17. Qxb7) 15. Be3 Qb3 $44) (14.
Ne3 {Stohl} Rad8 $44 (14... Rfe8 $5)) 14... Rac8 (14... Rad8 $5 15. Be3 Qb3 $44
) (14... Rfe8 {Stohl} 15. Qd3 Rad8 16. Qb5 $14) 15. Be3 {'!' Stohl.} (15. Rb1 {
Stohl} Rfe8 16. Be3 Qa5 $36) (15. Qd3 $2 {Stohl} Ne5 $17) 15... Qxb2 (15... Qb3
16. Rfb1 $16) 16. Rab1 Qa2 (16... Qc3 $5 17. Rfc1 $1 (17. Rxb7 Nd8 18. Rxa7 (
18. Nd4 Nxb7 19. Nxe6 Nd6) 18... Qxc2 19. Qxc2 Rxc2 20. Rc1 Rxe2 21. Bf3 (21.
a5 Bb2) 21... Ra2 $17) (17. Nb4 Nxb4 18. Rxb4 (18. Qxb4 Qxb4 19. Rxb4 b6 $17)
18... b6 $15) (17. Rbc1 Qa5 $15 (17... Rfd8 18. Nd4)) 17... Ba2 $1 18. Rb5 (18.
Rxb7 Na5 19. Ne1 Qxc1 20. Bxc1 Rxc1 21. Rxa7 Rxe1+ 22. Bf1 Be6 $15) 18... Rfe8
(18... a6 19. Nb4) 19. Qf4 $11) 17. Rxb7 a5 {'©' Stohl.} (17... Na5 18. Rxa7) (
17... Nd8 18. Nb4 $1 Qa3 19. Rb5 Qxa4 (19... Rc4 20. Qb1 Qxa4 21. Nd5 $16) 20.
Rh5 g6 21. Nd5 $3 $16) 18. Rb6 (18. Rb5 Bb3 19. Rc5 Bxa4 $15 (19... Qxa4)) (18.
Bb6 $5 {Stohl} Bb3 19. Ne3 Qxa4 (19... Qxe2 20. Nd5 $14) 20. Nd5 Be5 (20... Bd4
21. Ne7+ Nxe7 22. Qxd4 Rfe8 23. Qxa4 Bxa4 24. Bxa5 Bc6 25. Rb2 $14) 21. Ne7+
Nxe7 22. Qxe5 Nc6 $132) 18... Ne7 19. Nd4 Rc4 $6 {Stohl: 'Black makes life
difficult for himself.'} (19... Bd5 20. Qg4 Bxg2 21. Kxg2 Nd5 $1 (21... Qd5+
22. Kg1 h5 23. Qf4 Be5 24. Qh4 (24. Nf5 $16)) (21... Qxa4 $2 22. Rxf6 $18) (
21... Ng6 22. Nf5 Rc4 23. Qf3 $40 {[%cal Rf5h6] /\Nh6}) 22. Rd6 (22. Rb5 Nxe3+
23. fxe3 Bxd4 24. exd4 Rce8 (24... Qxa4 $2 25. Rxf7 $18)) 22... Qc4 $1 (22...
Nxe3+ 23. fxe3 Bxd4 24. Rxd4 $14 (24. Rxd4 {Stohl} Rc2 $44)) 23. Bg5 (23. Qf3
Bxd4 24. Bxd4 Qxd4) 23... Bxg5 (23... Bxd4 24. Rc1) 24. Qxg5 Qxd4 $11) 20. Rxe6
$1 (20. Qd3 Rd8) 20... fxe6 21. Bh3 $1 (21. Qxe6+ Kh8) 21... Kh8 {'[]' Stohl.}
(21... e5 22. Be6+ Kh8 23. Qd3) 22. Bxe6 Qxe2 $1 (22... Qxa4 23. Bxc4 Qxc4 24.
Rc1 Qd5 25. Qg4 $36) 23. Bxc4 Qxc4 {'<=>' Stohl.} 24. Qc2 Rc8 (24... Qxc2 25.
Nxc2 Rc8 26. Na3 Rc3 27. Nb5 {'+/=' Stohl.} (27. Bc1 $14 {Stohl}) 27... Rc4 $11
) 25. Rc1 Qxc2 26. Rxc2 Rxc2 27. Nxc2 Nd5 $1 $11 28. Na3 (28. Bd4 {Stohl} Bxd4
29. Nxd4 Nc3 30. Nc6 Nxa4 31. Nxa5 {is a drawish _|_ White avoids even later
on.}) 28... Nc3 29. Bd2 Nxa4 30. Bxa5 Kg8 {Stohl: 'In a position like this
White has only practical chances to realize his extra pawn, as any B or N _|_
is a theoretical draw.'} 31. Nc4 Nc5 32. Bb6 Nd7 33. Bc7 Kf7 34. Kg2 Ke6 35.
Kf3 Bd4 36. Ne3 Nf6 37. Bd8 Nd5 38. Nc4 Bf6 39. Ba5 Bc3 40. Bd8 Bf6 41. Bb6 Be7
1/2-1/2

[Event "Stuttgart-chA int"]
[Site "Ditzingen"]
[Date "2015.05.17"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ikonnikov, Vyacheslav"]
[Black "Bosiocic, Marin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A32"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2563"]
[Annotator "Gutman,L"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "2015.05.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 c5 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Bd2 (6. g3 $5 {gefдllt
mir besser, auch wenn} O-O 7. Bg2 d5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Qb3 Nc6 {Schwarz Erfolg
brachte in Carlsen-Naiditsch, Tromso Olympiad 2014}) 6... O-O 7. e3 Nc6 8. a3
Bc5 9. Nb3 ({Nach} 9. Nf3 d5 10. b4 Bd6 11. Nb5 Bb8 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Bc3 Ne4
$15 {stand Schwarz etwas besser in Lajthajm-Ivanisevic, Ulcinj 2014}) 9... Be7
({Auch} 9... Bb6 10. c5 Bc7 11. Nb5 d5 12. cxd6 Bxd6 13. Nxd6 Qxd6 14. Bc3 Qe7
{ist zu beachten, Donchenko-De Jong, Groningen 2011}) 10. Be2 b6 ({Nichts
sprach gegen} 10... d5 $5 11. cxd5 exd5 12. O-O Be6 13. Nb5 Qb6 {, doch
bevorzugt Bosiocic die Igel-Struktur.}) 11. O-O Bb7 12. e4 d6 13. Be3 Rc8 14.
f4 Nd7 15. Bd3 Nc5 16. Nxc5 bxc5 ({Einiges sprach fьr} 16... dxc5 $5 17. e5 Nd4
) 17. Rb1 Ba8 18. Ne2 Qa5 19. Bd2 Qb6 20. Kh1 Na5 $5 ({Schwarz musste wegen
der Turniersituation auf Gewinn spielen, zum Ausgleich reichte} 20... Rb8 21.
b4 Qc7) ({oder} 20... a5 21. Bc3 Rb8) 21. Bc3 ({WeiЯ verzichtet zurecht auf} 
21. b4 cxb4 22. Rxb4 {wegen} Qc7 23. Nd4 Nb7 24. Nb5 Qb6 25. Qe2 Nc5 $15) 21...
Nb3 22. Bc2 Rb8 23. Rf3 Na5 $2 ({Der erster Fehler. Notwendig war} 23... g6)
24. Rg3 ({WeiЯ verpasst} 24. Qd3 $1 {mit Vorteil, etwa} e5 (24... g6 25. b4)
25. fxe5 dxe5 26. Bxe5 Rbd8 27. Qc3 f6 28. Bg3 $16) 24... g6 25. b3 f5 $2 ({
Vцllig unbegrьndete Aktivitдt, vorsichtiger war} 25... Nc6 $11) 26. exf5 exf5
27. Ng1 $2 ({Auf der Hand lag} 27. Qd2 Nc6 28. b4 $16) 27... Bf6 28. Bxf5 ({
Zum Ausgleich reichte} 28. Bxf6 Rxf6 29. Qe2 d5 30. Qe5 Rd8 31. Bxf5 Qd6 32.
Bg4 Qxe5 33. fxe5 Rb6) 28... Bxc3 29. Be6+ Kh8 30. Rxc3 Rxf4 31. Nf3 $6 ({
Solider erscheint} 31. Re3 Qd8 $11) 31... Rbf8 ({Stдrker war} 31... Be4 $5 32.
Rb2 Qd8) 32. Rd3 $6 ({Nun sollte} 32. Bd5 Bxd5 33. Qxd5 R4f5 $11 {zum Remis
fьhren.}) 32... Be4 33. Rxd6 Qb8 34. Rd3 Nc6 35. Bd5 Bxd3 36. Qxd3 Nd4 37. Qc3
Qd6 $6 ({Bessere Chancen sicherte} 37... Qe5 $5 38. Re1 Qf6 $15) 38. b4 Qf6 $2
({Immer noch war} 38... Qe5 $5 {vorzuziehen}) 39. bxc5 g5 40. h3 g4 41. hxg4 $2
({Der letzter Zug in Zeitnot, nach} 41. Nxd4 Rxd4 42. Re1 $14 {hдtte Schwarz
um remis kдmpfen mьssen.}) 41... Rxg4 42. Rf1 ({Zum Ausgleich fьhrte} 42. Rd1
Qh6+ 43. Kg1 Qh3 44. Qb2 Rxg2+ 45. Qxg2 Nxf3+ 46. Bxf3 Rg8 47. Qxg8+ Kxg8 48.
Rd3 Qg3+ $11) 42... Rf4 43. Re1 (43. Rd1 $5 {war objektiv angebracht.}) 43...
a5 $6 ({Und hier} 43... Rc8 $5) 44. Re3 Nxf3 45. Qxf6+ R8xf6 46. Re8+ $2 ({
Dieses unnцtige Schach bringt WeiЯ in eine kritische Lage, besser war} 46. gxf3
Rg6 47. Re4 Rxe4 48. fxe4 Rg7 49. c6 Re7 50. Kg2 Kg7 51. Kf3 Kf8 $11) 46... Rf8
47. Rxf8+ Rxf8 48. Bxf3 Rc8 49. c6 Kg7 50. Kg1 Kf6 51. Kf2 Ke7 52. Ke3 Kd6 53.
Kd4 Rb8 54. c5+ Kc7 55. Kc4 h6 56. Be4 Re8 57. Bf3 Rb8 58. Be4 Rb2 59. Kc3 Re2
60. Bf3 Re3+ 61. Kc4 Rxa3 62. Kb5 Ra1 63. Be4 h5 64. Bf3 h4 65. Be4 a4 66. Bf3
a3 67. Kb4 a2 68. Kb3 Rf1 69. Kxa2 Rxf3 0-1

[Event "WchT 5th"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2001.10.14"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A32"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[Annotator "Kasimdzhanov,R"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2001.10.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Uzbekistan"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UZB"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 c5 4. Nf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Qc7 6. Nd2 Bc5 7. N2b3 Be7 8.
Bf4 $4 {a most horrible hallucination. I spent about 20 minutes at the board,
and was very happy - clear indication that in Yereven something was more than
seriously wrong with my brains.} e5 9. Nb5 Qc6 10. Bxe5 Qxh1 11. Nc7+ Kd8 12.
Nxa8 Bb4+ 13. Nd2 $2 (13. Bc3 Bxc3+ 14. bxc3 Qc6 15. Nd4 {certainly gave
better chances. But I was still following my calculations...}) 13... Ne4 {
and only here I realised that after} 14. Bc3 (14. Bc7+ Ke8 15. Bf4 {black
mates with Qh2 or Qg1}) 14... Bxc3 (14... Nxc3 15. Qb3 Nxa2 16. Qxa2 Nc6 17. c5
Bxc5 18. Rc1 b6 19. Qxf7 Bb7 20. Qxg7 Re8 {was also winning, and probably
faster}) 15. bxc3 Re8 16. Nxe4 Qxe4 17. Qb3 (17. Qd4 Qxd4 18. cxd4 b6 19. Bg2
Nc6 20. d5 Nd4 21. Rd1 Nxe2 22. Kd2 Nd4 23. d6 Re2+ 24. Kc3 Rxf2 {was also
grim. The rest is agony.}) 17... Na6 18. O-O-O b6 19. Nxb6 axb6 20. Qxb6+ Nc7
21. e3 Qf3 22. Qb2 Re6 23. Bd3 Na6 24. c5 Nxc5 25. Bc4 Rf6 26. Qb4 d6 $1 27.
Rd2 (27. Qxc5 Qxd1+) 27... Qh1+ 28. Rd1 Qc6 29. Bd5 Qa6 30. Bc4 Qa7 31. f4 Kc7
32. Rd4 Bb7 33. g4 Rh6 34. Qb2 Rh3 0-1

[Event "Linares-03"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1981.01.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ribli, Zoltan"]
[Black "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A32"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Kharitonov,A"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "1981.01.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. g3 a6 (4... cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4+ (5... d5) (5...
a6) 6. Bd2 Qb6 7. Bxb4 Qxb4+ 8. Nc3 Qxc4 9. e4 Qc5 10. Nb3 Qe7 11. e5 $44 {
Zilberstein,V-Alburt,L/Odessa/1972/1:0 (52)/}) 5. Nc3 (5. Bg2 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Qc7
7. b3 $14 (7. Nd2 $5)) (5. Bg2 b5 $5 $13) 5... cxd4 6. Nxd4 Qc7 7. Qd3 (7. Bg5
$5 Bb4 (7... Qxc4 8. Rc1 Qb4 9. a3 Qa5 $8 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Bg2 $44) 8. Bxf6
gxf6 9. Rc1 b6 10. Bg2 Bb7 11. Bxb7 Qxb7 12. O-O Nc6 13. Nxc6 Qxc6 14. Qd4 Bxc3
15. Rxc3 Ke7 16. Rd1 Rhd8 17. Qh4 $16 {Rashkovsky,N-Vaganian,R/URS(ch)1976/1:0
(39)/}) 7... Nc6 8. Nxc6 dxc6 (8... Qxc6 $5 9. e4 Bb4 10. f3 $13) 9. Bg2 e5 $10
10. O-O Be6 11. b3 Rd8 12. Qc2 Be7 13. Bb2 O-O 14. Rad1 (14. Rad1 Rxd1 15. Rxd1
Rd8 $10) 1/2-1/2

[Event "POL-ch 62nd"]
[Site "Poznan"]
[Date "2005.05.05"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Miton, Kamil"]
[Black "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A32"]
[WhiteElo "2592"]
[BlackElo "2569"]
[Annotator "Konikowski,J"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2005.04.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. g3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. Bg2 Qc7 7. Nd2 Nc6 8. e3
$146 {[%mdl 8]} (8. Nc2 d5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. O-O Be7 11. b3 O-O 12. Bb2 Rd8 13.
Nd4 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 Bf5 15. Nf3 Ne4 16. e3 Ba3 17. Nh4 Qd7 18. Nxf5 Qxf5 19. Qe2
Rac8 $11 {Fatalibekova,E-Levitina,I/Riga 1975/}) (8. Nxc6 bxc6 (8... dxc6 9.
O-O Be7 10. Nf3 e5 11. Qc2 O-O 12. b3 Re8 13. Bb2 Bc5 14. Bc3 Bg4 15. b4 Bf8
16. h3 Bxf3 17. Bxf3 c5 $132 {Razuvaev,Y-Peev,P/Cienfuegos 1976/}) 9. O-O Bb7
10. b3 c5 11. e4 Be7 12. Bb2 d6 13. Qe2 O-O 14. f4 Nd7 15. g4 Rae8 16. g5 e5
17. Qh5 Qd8 18. Rf3 Bc8 19. Raf1 Nb8 20. Bh3 $40 {Nikolac,J-Christiansen,L/
Germany 1988/}) 8... Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. N2b3 d6 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Bd2 a5 13.
Nd4 Bd7 14. Qc2 Rfc8 15. Rfc1 Rab8 16. Rab1 Bd8 (16... c5 $5) 17. Qd3 Qa7 18.
Nf3 Be7 19. Bc3 Qa6 20. Rd1 (20. Ng5 $5 e5 21. f4 h6 22. fxe5 dxe5 23. Bxe5
hxg5 24. Bxf6 Bxf6 25. Qxd7 Rxb2 (25... Bxb2 26. Rf1 Bf6 27. Rxb8 Rxb8 28. Qxc6
$16) 26. Rxb2 Bxb2 27. Rb1 Be5 28. Rb6 $1 Qa8 (28... Qxb6 29. Qxc8+ Kh7 30.
Qf5+ $18) 29. Rb7 Rf8 30. Bxc6 $16) 20... h6 (20... e5 $5) 21. e4 (21. Bxf6
gxf6 $13) 21... Be8 $6 (21... e5 $142 22. c5 Qxd3 23. Rxd3 Nxe4 24. cxd6 Nxc3
25. dxe7 (25. Rxc3 Bf5 26. Rd1 Bf6 $15) 25... Bf5 26. Rd8+ Rxd8 27. exd8=Q+
Rxd8 28. Re1 Nxa2 29. Nxe5 Nb4 30. Nxc6 Nxc6 31. Bxc6 $11) 22. h3 (22. e5 $5
dxe5 23. Nxe5 $16) 22... Nd7 23. Bf1 (23. e5 $5) 23... Nc5 24. Qc2 e5 25. Rd2
Qa7 26. Rbd1 Qc7 27. Ne1 Ne6 28. Ng2 Rd8 29. h4 h5 30. Ne3 g6 31. Re1 Nd4 32.
Qd1 Bf6 33. Bh3 Bg7 34. Rd3 $2 (34. Nc2 $142 $5 c5 (34... Nxc2 35. Qxc2 $14)
35. Ne3 Bc6 36. Nd5 $14) 34... a4 35. Kg2 Qa7 36. Kh1 c5 37. Bg2 Bc6 38. Rf1
Qb7 39. f3 Rf8 40. Kh2 Qe7 (40... f5 $5 $36) 41. Bh3 (41. Nd5 Bxd5 42. exd5 f5
$15) 41... Bh6 42. Rf2 Rb7 43. Nd5 Bxd5 44. cxd5 Qe8 45. a3 f5 46. Bxd4 cxd4
47. exf5 Be3 48. Rg2 gxf5 49. Qc2 Rg7 50. Rd1 (50. Bxf5 Rxf5 51. Rxe3 Qf8 52.
Rd3 Rxf3 53. Rxf3 Qxf3 54. Qxa4 d3 $17 55. Qc4 e4 56. Qd4 Qf5 57. b4 Re7 $15)
50... Qg6 (50... Qf7 $142) 51. Qxa4 Qf6 (51... Bf2 $5) 52. Qc2 Kh8 (52... f4
$142 $5) 53. b4 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (53. Kh1 $142 $5) 53... e4 $1 54. f4 d3 55.
Qb3 Rfg8 56. Rf1 Rc7 57. a4 Qg6 58. Re1 (58. Kh1 Rgc8 59. a5 Rc1 60. Rxc1 Rxc1+
61. Kh2 Qf6 $19) 58... Bd4 59. a5 Rc2 $1 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 0405"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2004.11.27"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Macieja, Bartlomiej"]
[Black "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A32"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2611"]
[Annotator "Konikowski,J"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2004.11.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Wattenscheid"]
[BlackTeam "Katernberg"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 d5 6. e3 Be7 7. Be2 (7. Bd2
O-O 8. Qc2 Nc6 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Be2 Bd7 11. O-O Qc7 12. Rac1 Rfb8 13. cxd5 cxd5
$4 (13... exd5 $8) 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15. Qxc7 Nxc7 16. Rxc7 $18 {Ellinger,
H-Wojewodka,A/Rommelshausen 2002/}) 7... dxc4 8. Bxc4 Bd7 $146 {[%mdl 8]} (8...
O-O 9. O-O e5 10. Ndb5 a6 11. Qxd8 Rxd8 12. Nc7 Ra7 13. N7d5 b5 14. Nxf6+ gxf6
15. Bb3 Be6 16. e4 Nc6 {1/2-1/2 Litmanowicz,M-Jurczynska,A/Augustow 1975/}) 9.
O-O Nc6 10. e4 a6 11. a3 O-O (11... Qc7 $5 12. Nxc6 (12. Ba2 Nxd4 13. Qxd4 Bd6
14. h3 Be5 $17) 12... Bxc6 13. Qe2 O-O 14. e5 Nd7 15. Bf4 Rfd8 $13) 12. Bf4 b5
$2 (12... Rc8 $142 $5) 13. Ba2 Qb6 14. Nf3 {[%cal Ye4e5]} Rfd8 15. e5 Bc8 16.
Qe2 Nd5 17. Nxd5 exd5 18. Rad1 Be6 19. Ng5 Bxg5 20. Bxg5 Rd7 21. Kh1 d4 (21...
Re8 22. f4 d4 23. Bb1 $16) 22. Bb1 $1 Bc4 (22... h6 23. Bh4 Re8 24. Qe4 g6 25.
Bf6 Bc4 26. Qh4 Nxe5 27. Rfe1 Re6 28. Bxe5 Rde7 29. f4 f6 30. Bxg6 fxe5 31. Bf5
Rf6 32. fxe5 Rff7 33. Re4 $40) 23. Qg4 $18 Raa7 (23... Be6 24. Qg3 Kh8 25. Qh4
h6 26. Bf6 Kg8 27. Qg3 g6 28. Bxg6 fxg6 29. Qxg6+ Kf8 30. Qxh6+ Ke8 31. Qh8+
Kf7 32. Qxa8 $18) 24. Bxh7+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kf8 (24... Kxh7 25. Bf6 $18) 25.
Bf6 $1 (25. Bf6 g6 (25... gxf6 26. exf6 $18) 26. Rfe1 $18) 1-0

[Event "Interpolis-03"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1979.11.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Romanishin, Oleg M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A32"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Krnic,Z"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1979.11.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 c5 4. Nf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Qa5+ $5 6. Nd2 (6. Nc3 Ne4 7.
Qc2 Nxc3 8. bxc3) 6... Nc6 7. N4b3 Qh5 (7... Qd8 8. Bg2 d5 9. cxd5 exd5) 8. Bg2
d5 9. O-O Be7 10. e4 $1 (10. cxd5 $6 exd5) 10... Qxd1 11. Rxd1 d4 $1 (11...
dxe4 $6 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 (12... O-O 13. Nec5 $16) 13. Bxe4 Bd7 {/\0-0-0} 14. Be3
$1 $16) (11... dxc4 $6 12. Nxc4 O-O 13. Bf4 $16) 12. e5 (12. f4 e5 $1) 12...
Nxe5 13. Nxd4 O-O 14. f4 Nd3 15. N2b3 Nc5 $1 (15... Nxc1 16. Raxc1 $16 {׫})
16. h3 Bd7 $1 17. Be3 (17. Nxc5 Bxc5 18. Bxb7 $2 (18. Be3 Rfd8 $10) 18... Rad8
(18... Rab8 19. Bf3 $1 (19. Bg2 Rfd8 $1 {/\20... La4} 20. b3 (20. Be3 Rxb2 $17)
20... e5 $1 21. fxe5 Bg4 $1 $19) 19... Rfd8 20. Kg2 Ba4 21. Nb3 $16) 19. Be3 (
19. b3 $2 Bc8 $19) (19. Kg2 $2 Ba4 $19) 19... Rb8 {/\20... Tb2-/+}) 17... Rac8
18. Rac1 b6 $10 19. Nxc5 Bxc5 20. Kf2 Rfe8 21. Nb5 (21. Nb3 Bxe3+ 22. Kxe3 Ba4
$10) 21... Bxe3+ 22. Kxe3 Nd5+ $1 (22... Bxb5 23. cxb5 $16 Nd5+ 24. Bxd5 exd5+
25. Kd4 Re4+ (25... Rcd8 26. Re1) 26. Kxd5 Rce8 27. Rc7 {/\Kc6+-}) 23. Kf2 Bxb5
24. cxb5 Kf8 25. Rc6 (25. Rxc8 Rxc8 26. Bxd5 exd5 27. Rxd5 Rc2+) (25. a3 Rxc1
26. Rxc1 Ke7 27. Bxd5 exd5 28. Rc7+ Kd6 29. Rxf7 d4) 25... Rxc6 26. bxc6 Rc8
27. Bxd5 exd5 28. Rc1 (28. Rxd5 Rxc6 29. Rd2 $10) 28... Ke7 29. b4 a6 30. a4 b5
31. axb5 axb5 32. Rc5 Kd6 33. Rxb5 Rxc6 34. Rb7 Ke6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Salov, Valery"]
[Black "Lautier, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A32"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "Lautier,J"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1995.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 047"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Bd2 O-O 7. a3 Bc5 $5
$146 8. Nb3 (8. Bg5 $5) 8... Be7 9. g3 d5 (9... Qc7 10. Rc1 Qc6 (10... Qxc4 $2
11. e4 $16) 11. f3 a6 12. e4 d6 13. Be3 $14) 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Be3 (11. Bg2 Nc6
(11... d4 12. Nb5 Nc6 (12... d3 $2 13. Ba5 $1 $16) 13. Bf4 Nd5 14. N3xd4 Nxf4
15. gxf4 Nxd4 16. Qxd4 Qxd4 17. Nxd4 Bf6 18. Rd1 Rd8 19. e3 Bg4 20. f3 Bxd4 21.
exd4 Be6 22. Kf2 Rac8 23. Rd2 $14) 12. Be3 {see the game} (12. O-O $6 d4 $15))
11... Nc6 12. Bg2 Be6 13. O-O Rc8 14. Nb5 (14. Rc1 $5) 14... Ne4 15. N3d4 (15.
Bxa7 $2 b6 $17) 15... Bd7 $1 16. Rc1 (16. Nxc6 $6 bxc6 17. Nxa7 $2 Rc7 $1 (
17... Ra8 $2 18. Rc1) 18. Bb6 Qb8 19. Bxc7 Qxc7 20. Bxe4 dxe4 21. Qa4 (21. Qd4
c5 (21... Ra8 $2 22. Qxe4 Bf6 23. Nb5 $18) 22. Qxe4 Bf6 $17) 21... c5 22. Qxe4
(22. Qa6 Ra8 23. Nb5 $2 Qb8 $19) (22. Nb5 Qb7 23. Qa7 Qxa7 24. Nxa7 Ra8 $17)
22... Bf6 $17) 16... Ne5 $1 (16... a6 $2 17. Nxc6 bxc6 18. Na7 $1 Rc7 19. Bb6
Qb8 20. Bxc7 Qxc7 21. Qxd5 $1 Nf6 22. Nxc6 $18) 17. Rxc8 Qxc8 18. Nf5 $1 (18.
Nxa7 Qc4 $1 $44 {/\ Ra8, /\ Qa6}) 18... Bf6 $6 (18... Bxf5 19. Qxd5 Ng4 $1 (
19... Bf6 $2 20. Bxe4 $16) (19... Qb8 $2 20. Bxa7 $16 (20. Bxe4 Rd8 21. Qxb7
Bxe4 22. Qxe7 Re8 23. Qb4 $16)) (19... Qd7 $2 20. Bxe4 (20. Qxe5 $4 Bf6 21. Qf4
g5 22. Qf3 Qxb5 $19) 20... Bxe4 21. Qxe5 $16) 20. Bxe4 Nxe3 21. fxe3 Bxe4 22.
Qxe4 Qd7 23. Nd4 Bf6 $13) 19. Qxd5 (19. Nfd6 $4 Nxd6 20. Nxd6 Qb8 21. Qxd5 (21.
Bxd5 $2 Qxd6 $19) 21... Bc6 22. Qc5 (22. Qd2 Bxg2 23. Kxg2 Rd8 24. Rd1 Be7 25.
Bc5 b6 26. Bb4 a5 $19) 22... b6 23. Qb4 Bxg2 24. Kxg2 Be7 25. Rd1 Rd8 $19)
19... Bxb5 20. Qxe4 $6 (20. Qxe5 $1 Bxe5 (20... Bc6 $2 21. Qxf6 $1 $18) 21.
Ne7+ Kh8 22. Nxc8 Rxc8 23. Bxe4 b6 (23... Bxe2 24. Bxb7 $1 (24. Re1 Ba6 25.
Bxa7 Bxb2 $10) 24... Rb8 (24... Rc2 25. Rc1 $16) 25. Rc1 $1 (25. Re1 Rxb7 26.
Rxe2 Rxb2 27. Rxb2 Bxb2 28. a4 a6 $10) 25... Bg4 (25... Bxb2 $2 26. Rc2 $1 Bxa3
27. Rxe2 Rxb7 28. Bc5 $18) 26. Be4 $1 Bxb2 27. Rb1 Be5 28. Bxa7 $16) 24. Bf3 $1
Ba6 (24... Bxb2 $2 25. Rb1 Rc2 26. Be4 Rxe2 27. Bf3 Rc2 (27... Bd3 28. Rd1 $18)
28. Bd1 $18) (24... Rc2 25. Rc1 $1 $16) 25. Rd1 $1 Bxb2 26. Rd7 $16) 20... Bxe2
21. Rc1 Qd7 $1 22. Nd4 Ba6 23. b4 $6 $138 (23. b3 $10) 23... Nc4 $1 $15 24. Qd5
$6 (24. b5 Nxe3 25. fxe3 Bxb5 (25... Re8 $6 26. Qd5 Qxd5 27. Bxd5 Bxd4 28. exd4
Bxb5 29. Bxb7 $10) 26. Nxb5 (26. Qxb7 $2 Bxd4 27. exd4 Qxd4+ 28. Kh1 a6 $17)
26... Qxb5 27. Qxb7 $15) 24... Qxd5 25. Bxd5 Nxa3 26. Nf5 (26. Rc7 $2 Bxd4 27.
Bxd4 Nb5) 26... Nb5 27. Bc4 Bb2 $1 28. Rc2 $2 (28. Rf1 $8) 28... Na3 29. Rxb2
Nxc4 30. Ra2 Nxe3 31. Nxe3 Ra8 $1 $17 32. Ra5 $6 (32. Rc2 $142) 32... Be2 33.
Kg2 b6 34. Ra2 Bb5 35. Kf3 a5 36. Kf4 a4 37. Ra3 Rd8 38. Ke5 f6+ 39. Ke6 $2 Kf8
40. h4 $2 $138 Be8 $2 $138 (40... Rd4 {/\ Bd7#} 41. Nd5 Bc4 $19) 41. Rc3 Rd4
42. Rc8 a3 43. Nf5 (43. Nc2 a2 44. Ra8 Rd2 $19) 43... a2 44. Nxd4 (44. Ra8 a1=Q
$19) 44... a1=Q 45. Kd5 Qa2+ 46. Kd6 Qd2 0-1

[Event "AUT-chT 9899"]
[Site "Austria"]
[Date "1998.01.16"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Ribli, Zoltan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A32"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Lautier,J"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. g3 e6 6. Bg2 Qb6 7. Nc2 $1 Be7 8.
O-O O-O 9. e4 d6 10. Nc3 $14 a6 11. b3 Rb8 $146 {/\ Qa5, b5} 12. Bb2 Rd8 $6 (
12... Qa7 $5 {/\ b5}) 13. Kh1 $5 {/\ f4, g4-g5->>>} (13. Rc1 Qa5 14. a3 b5 15.
cxb5 axb5 16. b4 Qb6 17. Ne3 $14) 13... Qa5 14. Ne3 b5 15. f4 Bb7 16. g4 $1 $36
bxc4 17. g5 $1 (17. Nxc4 Qc7 18. g5 Nxe4 $1 (18... d5 $2 19. gxf6 dxc4 20. Qg4
Bxf6 21. Nd5 exd5 22. Bxf6 $16) 19. Nxe4 d5 20. Nf6+ Bxf6 $1 21. gxf6 (21. Bxf6
dxc4 (21... gxf6 $2 22. gxf6 dxc4 23. Qg4+ Kf8 24. Qg7+ Ke8 25. Qg8+ Kd7 26.
Qxf7+ Kc8 27. Qxe6+ Qd7 28. Qxc4 $16) 22. Bxd8 Rxd8 23. Qf3 Na5 $44) 21... dxc4
22. Qg4 g6 23. Qg5 Qd6 $13) 17... Nd7 (17... Nxe4 $2 18. Nxe4 d5 19. Nf6+ $1
gxf6 20. gxf6 Bf8 21. Rg1 $1 Kh8 22. Qh5 $1 Rd7 (22... c3 23. Be4 dxe4 24. Qxf7
$18) (22... d4 23. Qxf7 $18) (22... Qc7 23. Qg5 $1 h6 24. Qg4 $18) 23. Qg5 $1 {
/\ Be4} h6 24. Qg4 $18) 18. Nxc4 Qc7 19. Rc1 Bf8 20. Ne3 Nc5 21. Rc2 $1 {
/\ Rd2, >< d5, Qh5, Rf3-h3->} Ba8 22. Rd2 Nb4 23. Ba1 (23. Qh5 $2 Ncd3 24. Ba1
d5 $17) 23... a5 24. Qh5 g6 $2 (24... Ncd3 25. f5 (25. a3 d5 26. axb4 Nxf4 $44)
25... Ne5 26. fxe6 fxe6 27. Ng4 $14) 25. Qh4 Bg7 26. Ng4 $16 Nd7 (26... Bxc3 $2
27. Bxc3 Nxe4 28. Nf6+ Nxf6 29. Bxf6 $18) 27. Rf3 $6 (27. Ne2 $142 $16) 27...
Bxe4 $6 (27... d5 $1 $132) 28. Nxe4 Bxa1 29. Rd1 $6 (29. Rxd6 $36) 29... Qc2 $6
(29... d5 $1 $13) 30. Re1 $6 (30. Rxa1 Qxe4 31. f5 $1 exf5 32. Rxf5 $1 $18 {->}
) 30... Nd5 $4 $138 {Les noirs proposent nulle} (30... d5 $1 $13) 31. Rf2 $18
Qd3 32. Rxa1 Qd4 33. Re1 a4 34. Rd2 Qg7 35. Nxd6 1-0

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 35th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2007.06.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Alekseev, Evgeny V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A32"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2007.06.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 c5 4. Nf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Qc7 6. Nc3 a6 7. Bg2 {A gambit
variation with a kingside fianchetto, which perfectly suits Gelfand's style.}
Qxc4 8. O-O Nc6 9. Nb3 d5 10. Bf4 Be7 11. Rc1 Qb4 {White's advance in
development "should" offer him reasonable compensation for the pawn. However,
Black has virtually no weaknesses, which makes his position rather difficult
to crack. If he manages to somehow get his pieces out, his chances would be
simply better. Therefore, White is under the permanent stress generated by the
necessity of converting his initiative into something of a more stable
character.} 12. e4 $5 {A relatively rare move.} ({A comprehensive survey on} 
12. a3 {was published in the comments to the game Kornev,A (2567)-Balashov,Y 
(2526)/Krasnodar 2002/CBM 091/[Ribli] (1/2-1/2, 44)}) (12. Bc7 Bd8 $6 {This
move loses too much time.} (12... O-O $5) 13. Bxd8 Nxd8 14. e4 dxe4 15. Re1 O-O
16. Nxe4 Nxe4 17. Rxe4 $44 {Levit,R-Gurevich,D/Chicago 1989/EXT 99 (0-1, 41)})
12... dxe4 13. Bc7 Nd5 $146 (13... O-O 14. Re1 (14. a3 $5 Qc4 15. Nxe4 Qb5 16.
Re1 $44) 14... Nd5 15. Nxd5 (15. a3 Nxc3 16. Rxc3 Qb5 {would lead to similar
positions as in our main game.}) 15... exd5 16. Qxd5 Be6 17. Qxe4 Qxe4 18. Bxe4
Rac8 19. Bb6 Bf6 $6 (19... Rfe8 $1) 20. Bc5 (20. Nc5 $1 Bxb2 21. Nxe6 fxe6 22.
Rb1 Bf6 23. Rbd1 $44) 20... Rfe8 $11 {Parmentier,X (2347)-Ionescu,D (2406)/
Montpellier 2003/CBM 095 ext (1/2-1/2, 27)}) 14. a3 {Gelfand apparently
considered that the exposed position of the enemy queen was a big part of his
compensation.} ({He could have simplified the position with} 14. Nxd5 exd5 15.
Qxd5 Be6 16. Qxe4 Qxe4 17. Bxe4 Rc8 18. Bb6 O-O $11) 14... Nxc3 15. Rxc3 Qb5
16. Bxe4 O-O 17. Qc2 {A strong move, creating two deadly threats.} Qh5 {
However, Black can defend against both of them in a convenient way.} ({The
less obvious of them can be seen after} 17... h6 $2 18. Rxc6 $1 $18) 18. f4 {
White has reached what looks like a dead point. He cannot question the enemy
queen's stability easily, while the threat ...e5 followed by the development
of the queenside is quite irritating. Gelfand's last move prevents this plan
in a radical way, but weakens the kingside structure.} (18. Re1 {would have
been more restrained, but Black could have played} a5 {anyway, facing White
with similar problems as in the game.}) 18... a5 {Black wins space on the
qeenside, preparing for the eventual possibility of simplifications and
enabling an eventual development of the rook along the 5th rank.} 19. Qf2 a4
20. Nc5 e5 $5 {Black has had enough of being undeveloped and decides to return
the pawn in order to open the c8-h3 diagonal.} 21. Bf3 $6 {The exchange of the
light-squared bishops hardly constitutes part of White's main plan.} ({
Bringing the last piece into play with} 21. Re1 $5 {was probably better. Black
cannot capture on f4 because he would lose a piece to Bxc6, whereas after} f6 {
White can get his pawn back with} 22. Nxb7 Bxb7 23. Qb6 $11) ({It should be
said that the immediate} 21. Nxb7 $2 Bxb7 22. Qb6 {fails to} Ba6 $1 {attacking
the f1-rook.}) 21... Bg4 22. Bxg4 Qxg4 23. fxe5 {From Black's point of view,
the decision to agree to a draw is slightly premature. After 23...f6 White
would have had problems maintaining his stability.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Morelia/Linares 24th"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares"]
[Date "2007.03.06"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A32"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2007.02.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 c5 4. Nf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 ({Maintaining the
game within Catalan paths.} 6. Nc3 {would have transposed to a Nimzo Indian.})
6... Bc5 ({The alternative is} 6... Be7 7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O d5 {, when the
bishop is not optimally placed on d2.}) 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Bg2 Nc6 9. Nc3 b6 10. Bf4
(10. Nd5 $5 Ba6 (10... exd5 11. cxd5 Bb7 12. dxc6 dxc6 13. O-O $14) 11. Nxe7
Qxe7 12. Rc1 Rc8 13. c5 $14 {Gelfand,B (2729)-Navara,D (2719)/Prague 2006/TWIC
614 (0-1, 84)}) 10... O-O 11. O-O Bb7 12. e4 d6 $146 {Finally, we have reached
a Hedgehog type of position. The main drawback of Black's development is the
presence of the queen's knight on c6 rather than on d7. This leaves the c5-
and b6-squares insufficiently defended.} (12... Rc8 13. Nb5 $14 {Boesveld,M 
(2240)-Van Doorn,R/Netherlands 1995/EXT 99 (1-0, 31)}) 13. Qe2 Qc7 {An
ambitious continuation. Black does not wish to spend a tempo on the
prophylctical ...a6.} (13... a6 14. Rac1 ({Black seems to be OK after} 14. e5
dxe5 15. Bxe5 Qc8 {, too.}) 14... Ne5 (14... Qc7 $2 15. Nd5 $16) (14... Qb8 15.
c5 $14) 15. c5 bxc5 16. Nxc5 Bc6 17. Rfd1 Qb6 $13) (13... Ne5 14. c5 bxc5 15.
Nxc5 Bc6 16. Rfd1 Qc7 17. Nb3 Rac8 18. Rac1 Qb8 19. Na5 Ba8 $13) 14. Nb5 (14.
Rac1 Ne5 15. Nb5 Qb8 16. Rfd1 a6 17. N5d4 Qc7 {looks very much OK for Black.
The placement of White's knights fails to impress.}) 14... Qb8 15. Rad1 (15. c5
$6 bxc5 16. Nxc5 Bc8 $1 {[%cal Ye6e5]} 17. e5 $6 dxe5 18. Bxc6 exf4 19. Bxa8
Bxc5 $1 20. Rac1 (20. Bg2 fxg3 21. hxg3 Qxg3 $17) 20... fxg3 21. Rxc5 gxh2+ 22.
Kh1 Qxa8+ $44) 15... Rd8 $6 (15... Ne5 $5 $132 {[%cal Ya7a6,Yf8c8]}) 16. c5 $1
$14 {Taking advantage of the aforementioned negative aspect regarding the
arangement of Black's pieces.} bxc5 (16... e5 17. cxd6 Bxd6 18. Bg5 Be7 19. Nc3
$5 $14) 17. Nxc5 e5 (17... Bc8 {is less efficient now:} 18. e5 dxe5 19. Rxd8+
Bxd8 {This is the difference. The bishop has been forced to occupy a more
passive position, failing to bother the enemy king.} 20. Bxc6 exf4 21. Bxa8
Qxa8 22. Rd1 Be7 23. Nd6 $14) 18. Nxb7 Qxb7 19. Bc1 $5 {[%cal Yb2b3,Yc1a3]
White's pair of bishops is not too active yet, while the black centre invites
to permanent surveillance. Chances are approximately equal.} Qa6 20. b3 Rab8
21. Nd4 Qxe2 22. Nxe2 Nb4 23. Nc3 $6 (23. Rd2 $5 $14 {[%cal Yc1a3,Yf1d1]})
23... Rdc8 24. Bb2 $2 ({White obviously underestimated Black's dynamic
potential.} 24. Bd2 {was imperative, although Black would have retained a
comfortable position with} Bd8 {followed by ...Bb6.}) 24... Nxa2 $1 25. Nxa2
Rc2 26. Bxe5 dxe5 27. Nc1 {White has managed to maintain the material equality,
but his position has become very passive.} Bc5 ({This move allows White obtain
certain counterplay. A policy of calmly strengthening his position starting
with, say,} 27... a5 $5 {followed by ...h5 might have been more promissing.})
28. Nd3 Bd4 29. Ne1 Re2 30. Nf3 Rxe4 31. Nd2 Rg4 32. Bh3 Rg6 33. Nf3 Rh6 34.
Bg2 Rh5 35. h3 Rf5 36. Nxd4 exd4 37. Rxd4 Rfb5 38. Ra1 a5 39. Bf1 Rxb3 40. Rxa5
R3b7 41. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 8th"]
[Site "Dresden"]
[Date "2007.04.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Tkachiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Brkic, Ante"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A32"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2567"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2007.04.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 118"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. g3 Qb6 6. Nb3 e6 7. Bg2 (7. Nc3 {
would transpose to one of the main lines of the symmetrical English, when after
} Ne5 {White has no better way to defend his c4-pawn than} 8. e4 {, which, in
combination with g3 looks slightly awkward.}) 7... Ne5 8. Qc2 {By delaying the
development of the b1-knight, White made this natural defence of the c4-pawn
available.} Qc7 ({The main alternative is} 8... Qa6 {and was examined in the
notes to Gelfand,B (2692)-Ivanchuk,V (2709)/Lvov 2000/CBM 077/[Stohl] (0-1, 60)
}) 9. c5 d5 $146 {Black hopes to neutralise White's queenside pressure by
shutting the long diagonal.} ({Previously,} 9... d6 {has been played. Since
exchanging on d6 would help Black's development, it is necessary to sacrifice
the c5-pawn by simply developing a queenside piece. Generally, White had good
compensation in all the games played so far, but could not prove a concrete
advantage:} 10. Nc3 (10. Bd2 dxc5 11. Ba5 Qe7 12. Na3 $44 Nc6 $6 13. Bxc6+ $1
bxc6 14. O-O Nd7 15. Rfd1 Qg5 16. Rd2 h5 17. h4 Qf5 18. Qxf5 exf5 19. Rad1 $14
{Rahman,Z (2305)-Rodgaard,J (2315)/Thessaloniki 1988/TD (1-0, 30)}) (10. Na3
Bd7 11. Bf4 Rc8 12. Rc1 Ng6 13. Bxd6 Bxd6 14. cxd6 Qxd6 15. Qd2 Rxc1+ 16. Qxc1
O-O 17. Qc5 Qb8 $11 {Hulak,K (2540)-Gostisa,L (2380)/Portoroz 1987/CBM 005 (1/
2-1/2, 30)}) 10... dxc5 11. Bf4 a6 12. Na4 {[%csl Yb6,Yc5]} Nd5 13. Bxe5 Qxe5
14. Naxc5 Qc7 15. Rc1 b6 16. Nd3 Qxc2 17. Rxc2 Bb7 $11 {Gelfand,B (2696)
-Volokitin,A (2685)/Bermuda 2005/CBM 106 (1/2-1/2, 30)}) 10. Bf4 {The
availibility of this unpleasant pin is the main drawback of Black's novelty.}
Nh5 {This looks like a simple solution to the newly created problem, but the
knight will remain badly placed on the edge of the board. Black will need an
additional tempo to get it back into play, while his king is still in the
centre.} 11. Bxe5 $1 Qxe5 12. Nc3 Bd7 13. O-O-O {White castles long in order
to occupy the central files with the rooks as soon as possible. The fact that
the king is more exposed than on the other wing is of little relevance,
because Black is not sufficiently well developed to take advantage of it.} Nf6
{After this move, White's play will be easy to carry out.} ({However, the
attempt to physically prevent the opening of the centre with} 13... f5 {
would allow the dangerous positional sacrifice} 14. Nxd5 exd5 15. Rxd5 $36 Qc7
(15... Qf6 16. Rxd7 Kxd7 17. Rd1+ Ke8 (17... Kc8 18. Qd3 Qe7 19. Qxf5+ $18) (
17... Kc7 18. Qd2 Qe7 19. Qa5+ Kc8 20. c6 $40) 18. Bxb7 Rd8 19. Rxd8+ Kxd8 20.
Qd3+ Kc7 21. Qd5 g6 22. Nd4 $40) 16. Rxd7 Qxd7 (16... Kxd7 17. Qxf5+ Ke8 18.
Qxh5+ $16) 17. c6 Qc8 {[%csl Gf5]} 18. Rd1 $44) 14. e4 $36 dxe4 15. Nxe4 Nxe4 (
15... O-O-O 16. Nd6+ Bxd6 17. cxd6+ $18) 16. Bxe4 Bc6 $6 {When underdeveloped,
it is always dangerous to exchange the already developed pieces.} (16... O-O-O
$6 17. Bxb7+ $5 Kxb7 18. Rxd7+ Rxd7 19. c6+ Kc7 20. cxd7+ Kxd7 21. Rd1+ Bd6 22.
f4 Qf5 (22... Qe3+ 23. Kb1 Qb6 24. Nd2 $18) 23. Qc3 $16 Rc8 $2 24. Rxd6+ $1 $18
) (16... Qc7 $14) 17. Bxc6+ bxc6 18. Rhe1 Qc7 19. Qc3 $16 Rd8 {Same comment,
although it might be too late for a significant improvement.} 20. Rxd8+ Kxd8
21. Re4 Kc8 22. Rb4 $18 {[%cal Yc3d3,Yd3a6] White attacks with a big
superiority of forces, while Black's kingside pieces are mere spectators.} 1-0

[Event "Baku FIDE GP"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2014.10.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A32"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2014.10.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 a6 {This used to be a main
branch of my repertoire. I mainly aimed to get a hedgehog type of position,
but as we will see Black can think differently.} 6. a3 {Hoping to reach a
Paulsen Hedgehog with e2-e4.} (6. e4 {would transpose to the Paulsen
immediately, but White needs to be prepared against} Bb4 {Hansen,E (2593)
-Smirin,I (2656) Tromso ol (Men) 41st 2014 (6.2) 1-0 See for instance the
extensive notes to the recent}) (6. g3 {is an important alternative, but it
seems to offer White very little after} Qc7 7. Bg2 ({There are no recent
examples with} 7. Qd3 Nc6 8. Nxc6 Qxc6 9. e4 b6 10. Bg2 Bb7 {meaning that the
old assessment of the position as comfortable for Black has not been shaken -
yet.}) 7... Qxc4 {Black can bravely take the pawn. The most notable example is
that of a former World Champion:} 8. Be3 Qc7 9. Rc1 Nc6 10. O-O Be7 11. Na4 O-O
12. Nb6 Rb8 13. Qa4 Re8 14. Rc3 Bf8 15. Rd1 h6 16. a3 Qxb6 17. Nxc6 Qxb2 18.
Rc2 bxc6 19. Rxb2 Rxb2 {Papaioannou,I (2606)-Kramnik,V (2797) Istanbul 2012 (1/
2-1/2, 30)}) 6... d5 $5 {A relatively rare move.} ({Most games transpose to a
Paulsen without ...Bb4 after} 6... Qc7 7. e4 {The modest move a2-a3 will prove
useful later when White will play b2-b4, without fearing that ...d6-d5 would
leave the b4-pawn hanging. The move played in the game is similar to the by
far more popular 5...d5 (one move earlier). As we will see, the insertion of
the moves ...a7-a6 and a2-a3 allows Black to become ambitious in the centre.})
7. cxd5 {This is the standard reaction.} (7. Bf4 Be7 (7... dxc4 {may be more
challenging.} 8. e3 Nbd7 {[%cal Ge6e5,Gb7b5]} 9. Qa4 Bc5 $132) 8. e3 O-O 9. Rc1
Nbd7 10. Bg3 Nb6 11. cxd5 Nbxd5 12. Bd3 Nxc3 13. Rxc3 Nd5 14. Rc2 {White's
position is a bit more pleasant, Stojanovic,M (2584)-Barlov,D (2471)
Kragujevac 2009 (1/2-1/2, 30)}) 7... Nxd5 8. Bd2 {This is an approved move in
the 5...d5 line. White hopes for an exchange on c3, activating his bishop.} e5
$5 $146 {It is here that we can notice the differences induced by the moves ...
a7-a6 and a2-a3. In the 5...d5 line, 7...e5 would allow 8.Ndb5 with pressure
on the weakened d5-square.} (8... Be7 {looks a bit passsive, but should be
playable.} 9. e3 e5 $6 {After the insertion of 8...Be7 and 9.e3, this pawn
advance is less convincing.} (9... O-O $5 {looks safer.}) 10. Nxd5 Qxd5 11. Qc2
$1 exd4 (11... O-O 12. Nf3 $36 {[%cal Gf1c4]}) ({The drawback of having
developed the bishop before playing ...e6-e5 is felt after} 11... Nd7 12. Nf5
$36) 12. Qxc8+ Bd8 13. Qc4 Qxc4 14. Bxc4 dxe3 15. Bxe3 Bf6 16. O-O-O $14 {
With a pleasant ending for White due to his active bishop pair, Dizdarevic,E 
(2509)-Berebora,F (2397) Sibenik 2005 (1-0, 66)}) (8... Nf6 {is a good solid
move:} 9. Bg5 Be7 10. e3 O-O 11. Bd3 h6 12. Bh4 Nd5 (12... b5 $11 {looks
simpler}) 13. Bxe7 Nxe7 14. Qh5 Nbc6 15. Nxc6 Nxc6 16. Rd1 {With just slightly
more pleasant play for White, Borgo,G (2420)-Caruana,F (2474) Cremona 2006 
(0-1, 33)}) (8... Bc5 {is active, but demands accuracy in the next phase.} 9.
Nb3 Ba7 10. Nxd5 Qxd5 {This is a bit too provocative - the queen is exposed in
the centre.} (10... exd5 $5 11. Bc3 O-O 12. e3 Nc6 13. Nd4 Qg5 14. Nf3 Qd8 {
[%csl Gd5]} 15. Be2 Bf5 16. O-O Be4 $132) 11. Bc3 Qf5 (11... Qxd1+ 12. Rxd1 f6
13. g3 Nc6 14. Bg2 Bd7 15. Na5 $14) 12. Nd4 (12. e3 {[%cal Gf1d3]} Qg6 13. Na5
O-O 14. Qf3 $16) 12... Qg6 13. h4 (13. e3 $5 $14) 13... e5 14. Nf3 Nc6 15. h5
Qf6 16. e3 $13 {Holm,S (2375)-Sznapik,A (2425) Oslo 1983 (1-0, 37)}) 9. Nf3 {
[%csl Ge5]} ({With the black bishop on f8,} 9. Nxd5 Qxd5 10. Qc2 Nd7 {is fine
for Black, for if} 11. Nf5 Nf6) 9... Nxc3 {This will prove enough for
equalising even though it may seem to be a slight concession.} ({Maintaining
the tension with} 9... Nc6 {was entirely possible, too:} 10. e4 Nf6 11. Bc4 Bc5
{White has an extra tempo (Bc1-d2) and the right to move in a symmetrical
position. But the bishop is not too effective on d2, so the position is close
to complete equality.}) 10. Bxc3 Qxd1+ 11. Rxd1 f6 $1 {The key to the exchange
on c3. The black central pawn chain restricts the enemy bishop and knight,
neutralising White's initiative. The only thing left for White is playing for
the light squares.} (11... e4 $2 12. Nd2 {offers White too much play.} f5 (
12... e3 13. fxe3 b5 14. g3 Bb7 15. Rg1 Nd7 16. Bh3) 13. g4 e3 14. fxe3 fxg4
15. Nc4 Nc6 16. Nb6 Rb8 17. Nxc8 Rxc8 18. h3 gxh3 19. Bxh3 Rd8 20. Bf5 Rxd1+
21. Kxd1 h6 22. Kc2 $16 {[%csl Rb7,Gc3,Gf5,Rg7]}) 12. e3 Be6 13. Nd2 Nc6 14.
Bc4 Kf7 $1 {In this case it surely is better to keep the tension.} ({If} 14...
Bxc4 15. Nxc4 Rd8 16. Ke2 Be7 17. g4 {White has some chances for a more
pleasant ending, since} h5 {can be met with} 18. g5 {due to the hanging
e5-pawn. In the game, the king will reach e6 soon, avoiding this possibility.})
15. Ke2 Rd8 {[%cal Gd8d2] Forcing White to release the tension himself and
activate the black king.} 16. Bxe6+ Kxe6 17. Nc4 Be7 18. Rxd8 Rxd8 19. Rc1 (19.
g4 h5 $5 {[%csl Ge5]}) 19... f5 {With his king active, Black even starts
displaying some ambition.} 20. f3 h5 21. h3 g6 {The safest way of arranging
the pawns.} (21... g5 22. g4 {would create a potential weakness on g5, which
could prove important in an ending with bishops of the same colour.}) 22. Na5
Nxa5 23. Bxa5 Rd5 {I guess that by now both players were aware of the fact
that they were just marking time until move 30 in order to be allowed to offer
a draw.} 24. Be1 Rc5 25. Rxc5 Bxc5 26. Kd3 Kd5 27. e4+ fxe4+ 28. fxe4+ Kc6 29.
Bc3 Bd6 30. a4 b5 31. b3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sofia MTel Masters 4th"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "2008.05.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A32"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2008.05.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 124"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 c5 4. Nf3 ({Remarkably, Aronian refrains from} 4. d5 {
when after} exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Nf3 Bg7 8. Bg2 O-O 9. O-O {he had
been successful with white, while Topalov had lost with black in recent games.}
Re8 ({This is considered slightly more accurate than} 9... a6 10. a4 Re8 {
when after} 11. Bf4 {Black is more or less confined to embark the slightly
exotic line} Ne4 $5 {Aronian,L (2759)-Carlsen,M (2693)/Elista 2007/CBM 119/
[Marin] (1-0, 66)}) 10. Bf4 Bg4 $5 {Eljanov,P (2692)-Topalov,V (2780)/Wijk aan
Zee 2008/[Marin] (1-0, 46). Aronian's choice may have been dictated by
practical reasoning: once Topalov is ready to play the Benoni again, he must
have found an improvement somewhere, or, who knows, an entire new plan.}) 4...
cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4+ {An open invitation to the fianchetto Nimzoindian.} 6. Bd2 {
The psychological duel continues and, once again, it seems that Topalov
emerges as a moral winner..} ({With reversed, colours, the position after} 6.
Nc3 {(true, via genuine Nimzo Indian move order) had occurred twice between
the same players and Topalov won each time.} O-O (6... Ne4 7. Qd3 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3
Nc5 9. Qf3 {Topalov,V (2780)-Aronian,L (2739)/Morelia/Linares 2008 (1-0, 35)})
7. Bg2 d5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Qb3 {Topalov,V (2801)-Aronian,L (2752)/Morelia/
Linares 2006/CBM 112/[Gavrikov] (1-0, 76)}) 6... Be7 {This method is
frequently seen in modern chess, in openings such as the Queen's Indian, the
Catalan and, of course, Bogo Indian. Apparently, Black has lost a tempo, but
White will have difficulties finding a good square for his queen's bishop,
which stands in the way of the own queen.} 7. Bg2 Nc6 8. Bc3 {The bishop's
situation is not that bad now, but usually this is the best square for the
knight, keeping the d5-square under severe control.} O-O 9. O-O d5 {The
logical consequence of Black's previous play. With a white knight on c3, this
move would leave Black with a weak pawn on d5 after cxd5.} 10. Nd2 Bd7 {
A simple developing move, inviting White to define his plans.} ({The main
alternative is} 10... Qb6 11. e3 ({Despite his defeat, Gavrikov repeated the
line in a later rapid game. The player with White did not know the theory of
this variation too well and had to improvise, which he did relatively well:} 
11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Bxd5 exd5 13. N2b3 Bh3 14. Re1 Rfe8 15. Rc1 Rac8 16. Qd3 Bf8
17. Qb5 {After the exchange of queens, the weakness of the g2-square becomes
less relevant and White can enjoy his stability on the dark squares with
chances for a small, but stable plus.} Qxb5 18. Nxb5 a6 19. N5d4 Ne5 20. f3 Bd7
21. Kf2 Nc4 22. e3 b5 23. a3 g6 24. Na5 Bh6 25. Nxc4 dxc4 {Black has improved
his structure, but White maintains his control in the centre.} 26. Rcd1 Bf8 27.
Nc2 Bc6 28. Nb4 Re6 29. Nxc6 Rexc6 30. Rd7 R6c7 31. Red1 Be7 $14 {Marin,
M-Gavrikov,V/WorldChessNetwork.com 2005 (0-1, 75). White's position is more
active, but Black's queenside majority, as well as the fact that White's pawns
on this wing are situated on dark squares offer Black some counterchances.})
11... Bd7 12. a3 dxc4 13. Nxc4 Qa6 14. Qb3 {It is obvious now that the early
development of Black's queen has helped White win time for the coordination of
his forces.} Nd5 15. Nxc6 Bxc6 16. Bd4 Rfd8 17. Rfc1 Ba4 18. Qa2 b6 19. b3 Be8
20. Qb2 Bf8 21. e4 Ne7 22. a4 $14 {Jussupow,A (2645)-Gavrikov,V (2550)/Minsk
1987/URS-ch (1-0, 42). with domination for White.}) 11. cxd5 {Finally
releasing the tension.} ({The willing retreat} 11. N4b3 $146 {failed to
impress in Huebner,R (2585)-Oral,T (2521)/Baden 1999/CBM 071/[Ribli] (1/2-1/2,
51) White avoids possible simplifications with ...Nxd4 and ...Bc6. He has the
good Catalan bishop on g2, but has problems with piece coordination on the
queenside. WeiЯ vermeidet mцgliche Vereinfachungen mit ...Nxd4 und ...Bc6. Er
besitzt den guten katalanischen Lдufer auf g2, hat aber am Damenflьgel
Probleme mit der Figurenkoordination.}) ({However,} 11. Rc1 {, which also
continues the development without discarding White's intentions, deserves
serious attention.} Nb4 {Black is incompletly developed yet, which makes this
knight jump look premature.} ({The neutral} 11... Re8 {failed to equalize
completely after} 12. e4 {. Finally a concrete decision.} dxe4 13. Nxe4 Nxd4
14. Qxd4 Bc6 15. Qxd8 Rexd8 16. Nxf6+ Bxf6 17. Bxc6 bxc6 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Rfd1
$14 {Romero Holmes,A (2550)-Suba,M (2498)/Almeria 2003/CBM 095 ext (1-0, 46).
and White's rather symbolic advantage eventually was converted into a win.}) ({
The drawback of Suba's move is that the rook is not doing much on e8 and it
caused further loss of time. Therefore,} 11... Rc8 $5 {, consolidating the
c6-square in order to avoid the creation of a weakness on that square, may be
Black's best solution.}) 12. Nc2 a5 (12... Nxa2 {looks risky, but leads to
unclear consequences, for instance} 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Ra1 Qa5 15. cxd5 exd5 16.
Ne3 Bxb2 17. Qc2 Bxa1 18. Rxa1 Nb4 19. Rxa5 Nxc2 20. Nxc2 Rfc8 21. Ra2 Bf5 22.
Nd4 Rc1+ 23. Nf1 $13 {[%cal Gf2f3,Gg1f2,Gf1e3] Black is at least OK from a
material point of view, but his queenside pawns are not dangerous yet. However,
White will need some time to get rid of the back rank pin. Personally, I would
prefer White, but am convinced that the position remains double-edged.}) 13. a3
Nxc2 14. Qxc2 Bc6 15. Rfd1 Qb6 16. cxd5 Bxd5 17. e4 Ng4 18. Rf1 Bc6 19. h3 Nf6
20. Nc4 Qb5 21. Ne5 $14 {Schlosser,P (2560)-Kosten,A (2540)/Austria 2003/CBM
097 ext (1-0, 46). Again, White's position is more active in the presence of
almost symmetrical structure.}) 11... Nxd5 12. Bxd5 {Catalan opening players
know that sometimes it is essential to part with the pride of their position,
in order to achieve certain strategic aims, or avoid strategic problems. Here,
Black will be left with a well-blocked isolani, while otherwise the exchange
on c3 would cause White problems on the dark squares.} exd5 13. Qb3 {White
immediately puts pressure on the b7- and d5-pawns, aiming to cause some
strategic concession from Black's part.} (13. N2f3 Re8 (13... Bh3 $5 14. Re1
Re8 {looks more restrictive.}) 14. Qb3 Bh3 15. Rfd1 $1 {The rook stands better
here than on e1.} Qd7 16. Rd3 Rad8 17. Rad1 Qc8 18. R1d2 $13 {Seirawan,
Y-Benjamin,J/Philadelphia 1986/Inf 42. The position does not essentially
differ from that arising in our main game.}) 13... Bf6 14. N2f3 Bg4 $5 $146 {
A strong novelty.} ({Previously, the tempting} 14... Bh3 {had been played.
Black wins a tempo for the purpose of defending his attacked pawns, but,
generally speaking, the bishop is not doing much on h3, since the attacking
prospects are not too realistic for Black.} 15. Rfd1 Qd7 $6 (15... Rb8 16. Nb5
$14 {would provoke the favourable exchange of the dark-squared bishops.}) 16.
Nxc6 $1 Bxc3 (16... bxc6 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. Qc3 $16) 17. Nce5 $1 Bxe5 18. Nxe5
Qe6 19. Rxd5 $16 {Morovic Fernandez,I (2535)-Suba,M (2550)/New York 1988/CBM
008 (1-0, 36)}) 15. Rfd1 ({One of the tactical points is that after} 15. Qxb7 {
Black gets his pawn back with} Nxd4 16. Nxd4 (16. Bxd4 Bxf3 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18.
exf3 Qxf3 {and, with an active queen and a strong passed pawn, Black is not
worse.}) 16... Bxd4 17. Bxd4 Bxe2 $132 {. Both sides have increased their
control on "their" squares (White on dark squares and Black on light squares).
Strategically, White seems to be better, but the vulnerability of his king
invites to caution.}) 15... Rb8 {As frequently happens, the queen is well
developed on the initial square. The f6-bishop is over-protected and the
a5-square is kept under control, enabling an eventual knight move to harrass
the enemy queen. At the same time, the presence of the bishop on g4 is very
useful, because it inhibits the moving away of the other knight. In fact,
Black maintains the dynamic equilibrium by attacking both enemy knights with
his bishops.} 16. Qa4 {Somehow, moving again with the queen does not seem to
be right from an abstract point of view.} ({Now,} 16. Nb5 {is less effective
than in a previous comment, but certain accuracy is required from Black.} Bxc3
$1 (16... Bxf3 $6 17. exf3 $1 d4 (17... Bxc3 18. Rxd5 $1 $16) 18. Kg2 $5 {
It is important to defend the f3-pawn.} (18. Rd2 Qb6 19. Nxd4 Nxd4 20. Qxb6
Nxf3+ 21. Kg2 axb6 22. Kxf3 Bxc3 23. bxc3 $11) 18... Qd7 19. Nxd4 Nxd4 20. Bxd4
Bxd4 21. Rd2 Rfd8 22. Rad1 $16) 17. bxc3 (17. Nxc3 Bxf3 18. exf3 d4 $13) (17.
Rxd5 Qe7 18. Qxc3 Qxe2 19. Rg5 f6 20. Nbd4 Nxd4 21. Nxd4 Qe4 22. Re1 Qxe1+ 23.
Qxe1 fxg5 $13) 17... Qe7 18. Nbd4 Bxf3 $11 {After getting rid of his
potentially "bad" bishop, Black is OK. The weakness of the d5 and c3-pawns 
(and that of the c4 and d4-squares) compensate for eachother.}) ({I would
think that} 16. Rd2 $5 {is the most logical continuation, continuing the
mobilisation of forces and increasing the latent pressure against the central
pawn.} Re8 17. Rad1 Na5 (17... Re4 18. Nxc6 bxc6 19. Bxf6 $1 $14) (17... a6 {
[%cal Gd8d6]} 18. Nc2 $14 Rxe2 19. Rxe2 Bxf3 20. Ba5 $1 $14) 18. Bxa5 Qxa5 19.
Kg2 {[%cal Gh2h3] The position remains interesting. Black's bishops continue
to keep the enemy knights under pressure, but White maintains his overall
stability. It is hard to give a final assesment, but I assume that for a
strategic player White's position would be slightly more appealing.}) 16...
Bxf3 $1 {A good moment to carry out this exchange.} 17. exf3 {An ambitious,
but strategically risky decision.} (17. Nxf3 Bxc3 18. bxc3 Re8 19. Rd2 Qf6 20.
Qb3 b6 $132 {[%csl Rc3,Rd5,Re2][%cal Gb8d8,Gc6a5]}) 17... Bxd4 18. Bxd4 Qd7 {
Black has a passed pawn in the centre, but White's king seems to be better
defended than his rival, because of the extra pawn on this wing. Aronian's
main plan is to block the enemey queenside pawns on dark squares and then
simplify to an ending where the bishop could attack them with Bb8. However, if
this plan fails, the future looks promising for Black, who can combine the
threat of advancing the d4-pawn with a kingside attack.} 19. b4 b6 20. Rac1
Rbc8 21. Bb2 Rfd8 22. Rc2 Ne7 23. Rxc8 Nxc8 24. b5 Ne7 25. Qb3 Nf5 {From here,
the knight 1) overprotects the g7-square, 2) sustains the further advance of
the passed pawn, 3) puts the enemy kingside under pressure. Could we ask for
more than that?} 26. a4 h5 27. h3 Qe6 28. Kg2 Qe2 $1 {[%cal Gd5d4] This brave
intrusion of Her majesty puts White into some trouble.} 29. g4 $6 {He should
not have weakened his own king while there are queens on board still.} ({
Accepting that things had gone slightly wrong would have been wiser. White is
worse after} 29. Bd4 Qc4 30. Qd3 Qxd3 31. Rxd3 Nxd4 32. Rxd4 Kf8 $15 {[%cal
Gf8c5,Gf3f4,Gg3g4,Gg2f3] but he could try to generate some counterplay on the
kingside, where he still has an extra-pawn.}) 29... Nh4+ (29... Ne3+ $2 30.
Qxe3 Qxd1 31. Bxg7 $1 $16) 30. Kg3 Ng6 31. gxh5 Ne7 32. Kg2 Nf5 33. Bd4 Qe7 34.
Qd3 Qg5+ 35. Kh2 Re8 36. Bb2 Re3 $5 {This spectacular move is probably not the
best.} (36... Qf4+ $1 37. Kh1 (37. Kg1 $2 Ne3 38. fxe3 Qg3+ 39. Kf1 Qxf3+ 40.
Kg1 Qg3+ 41. Kf1 Rxe3 $19) (37. Kg2 $2 Nh4+ $19) 37... Ne3 38. Qe2 Nxd1 39.
Qxe8+ Kh7 40. Qe2 Nxb2 41. Qxb2 Qxf3+ $17) 37. fxe3 $2 $19 (37. Qxd5 $1 {
[%cal Gd5d8] would have paried the attack, because Black faces problems
avoiding the exchange of queens, while his rook is hanging.} Qf4+ 38. Kg1 Qg5+
(38... Re2 $6 39. Bc1 Qh4 40. Qd8+ $16 {[%csl Ra7,Rb6,Gb8] would lead to the
dream ending for White.}) 39. Kh2 $11) 37... Qg3+ 38. Kh1 Qxf3+ 39. Kg1 Nxe3
40. Rd2 Qg3+ 41. Kh1 Qxh3+ 42. Kg1 Qg3+ 43. Kh1 Qe1+ $1 44. Kh2 Qxd2+ 45. Qxd2
Nf1+ 46. Kg2 Nxd2 $19 {After a forced and well-calculated sequence, Black has
obtained decisive material advantage. White's counterplay on the queenside
will temporarily win one of the pawns back, but this will not be enough to
save the game.} 47. Be5 Ne4 48. Kf3 Nc5 49. Ke3 Nxa4 50. Kd4 Nc5 51. Kxd5 a6
52. bxa6 Nxa6 53. Kc6 Nc5 54. Bc7 Kh7 55. Bxb6 Ne4 56. Be3 Nf6 57. Kd6 Nxh5 58.
Ke5 Kg6 59. Bd2 f5 60. Be1 Kg5 0-1

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 26th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1998.07.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A32"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[Annotator "Mikhalchishin,A"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1998.06.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 066"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 c5 4. Nf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Qb6 7. Bxb4 Qxb4+
8. Nc3 O-O 9. Qb3 Qc5 (9... Qxb3 10. axb3 Nc6 11. e3 $14) 10. Rd1 a6 (10... Nc6
11. Qb5 $1 Qe7 12. Bg2 $16) 11. Bg2 Nc6 12. Nxc6 dxc6 $5 {N} (12... bxc6 13.
O-O d5 14. Na4 $1 Qa5 15. Qc2 Ra7 16. a3 $16) 13. O-O e5 (13... b5 14. cxb5
axb5 15. Rc1 $16) 14. Na4 Qe7 15. Qb6 $14 (15. Nb6 Rb8 16. Qc3 Nd7) 15... Be6
16. b3 Rad8 17. h3 h5 18. Qe3 $6 (18. Qa7 $1 $14) 18... Bf5 19. Nc5 a5 20. Na4
(20. f4 e4 $13) 20... Qc7 (20... b5 21. Nb6 Qc7 22. cxb5 cxb5 23. Rc1 $14) 21.
Nb6 Rfe8 22. c5 Be6 23. Qg5 (23. Qc3 Nd5 24. Qxa5 Ra8 $1 $11) 23... Bd5 24.
Rfe1 (24. Rd2 $5) 24... Bxg2 25. Kxg2 Qe7 26. Rxd8 $6 (26. Na4 $5) 26... Rxd8
27. Rc1 Rd4 (27... g6 {/\ Nd5}) 28. Nc8 Qe6 29. Nd6 g6 (29... Qd5+ 30. Kh2 Rd2
31. Nf5 {->}) 30. Rc4 (30. Rc2 $5 Qd5+ 31. f3 {/\ e4}) 30... b5 (30... b6 $5)
31. Rxd4 exd4 32. Qf4 Nd5 (32... Qd5+ 33. Kh2 Kg7 34. g4 {/\ g5}) 33. Qxd4 Qxe2
34. a4 bxa4 (34... b4 35. Nc4 {/\ Na5}) 35. bxa4 f5 36. Nc4 h4 $5 37. Qxh4 $2 (
37. Nxa5 hxg3 (37... Qa6 $14 {>=}) 38. Nxc6 gxf2 39. Qxd5+ Kh7 40. Qf7+ Kh6 41.
Qf8+ Kh5 42. Qh8+ Kg5 43. h4+ $18) 37... f4 $1 $17 38. Qd8+ $2 (38. Qg4 Qxc4
39. Qxg6+ Kf8 40. Qd6+ Kf7 41. Qxc6 Qe4+ 42. Kh2 Qf3) 38... Kh7 39. Qd7+ Kh6
40. gxf4 0-1

[Event "URS-ch45 First League"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "1977.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Rashkovsky, Nukhim N"]
[Black "Tukmakov, Vladimir B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A32"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "Moiseev,V"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1977.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. g3 Qa5+ 6. Nc3 (6. Bd2 Qb6 7. Bc3
e5 $5 {N} (7... Ne4 8. Qb3 $1 $14 {Razuvaev/}) 8. Nb3 (8. Nf3 $2 Ne4 $17) 8...
Qc6 9. f3 d5 (9... Qxc4 10. Bxe5 Nc6 $13 {Razuvaev/}) 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Bd2 Qb6
12. e4 Nf6 13. Bc4 Nc6 14. Nc3 Bb4 15. a3 Bxc3 16. Bxc3 Be6 $1 17. Bxe6 fxe6
$15 {Pribyl,J-Razuvaev,Y/Helsinki/1984/}) (6. Nd2 Qb6 $5 {N} (6... Nc6 7. N4b3
(7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. Bg2 d5 9. O-O Be7 10. Qc2 O-O $10 {Pavlovic,D-De Firmian,N/
Nis/1981/}) 7... Qh5 (7... Qc7 8. e3 $5 (8. Bg2 Ne5 9. O-O Nxc4 10. Qc2 d5 11.
Nxc4 dxc4 12. Nd2 c3 $1 $10 {Pavlovic/}) 8... b6 9. Bg2 Bb7 10. O-O Ne5 11.
Bxb7 Qxb7 12. Qe2 Be7 13. e4 $14 {Pavlovic,D-Karlsson,L/Nis/1981/0,5/ (50) Inf
32/67/}) 8. Bg2 d5 9. O-O Be7 10. e4 $14 {Karpov,A-Romanishin,O/Tilburg/1979/0,
5/34/}) 7. N4f3 (7. N4b3 Qc6) 7... Bc5 8. e3 d5 9. Bg2 Nc6 10. O-O O-O 11. cxd5
(11. a3 a5 $13 {Adams,M}) 11... exd5 12. Nb3 Be7 13. Bd2 Bg4 14. Bc3 Rad8 15.
h3 Bh5 $13 {Adams,M-Ward,Ch/London/1992/0,5/41/}) 6... Ne4 7. Bd2 Nxd2 8. Qxd2
a6 9. Bg2 Be7 (9... Bb4 10. Rc1 $14) 10. O-O O-O 11. Rfd1 {/\ 12.Nc3-d5} Qc7
12. Rac1 d6 13. Qe3 Re8 14. b4 Nd7 (14... Nc6 $6 15. Nd5 $16) (14... Bf8 15. c5
$1 (15. Nd5 $2 Qd8) 15... dxc5 (15... d5 $2 16. Nxd5 $18) 16. bxc5 Bxc5 17. Nd5
(17. Ne4 Bxd4 18. Rxc7 (18. Qxd4 Nc6 $13) 18... Bxe3 19. Nd6 Rd8 20. Rxc8 Rxc8
21. Nxc8 Nc6 $1 22. Bxc6 Rxc8 23. Bxb7 Rc1 $1 $14) 17... Qd8 (17... Qa5 18.
Rxc5 Qxc5 19. Rc1 Qd6 20. Nc7) 18. Rxc5 exd5 19. Rxd5 Nd7 20. Qc3 $16) 15. Nxe6
$5 (15. c5 dxc5 16. bxc5 Nxc5 17. Nf5 Rb8 $13 {/\ b7-b6} (17... exf5 18. Nd5
$18) (17... Bf8 18. Nd5 $1 Qa5 19. Nh6+ $18)) 15... fxe6 16. Qxe6+ Kh8 17. Nd5
Qd8 18. Nxe7 Rxe7 19. Qxd6 Qe8 $1 20. c5 Ne5 (20... Rxe2 $2 21. c6 bxc6 22.
Bxc6 Ra7 23. Qd4 (23. Bf3 $1 Re5 24. Qd4 $18) 23... Rc7 24. Bxd7 Rxd7 25. Rxc8
Qxc8 26. Qxd7 Re1+ 27. Kg2 $18) 21. Qb6 $6 (21. Qd8 $5 $13) (21. c6 $5 bxc6 (
21... Nxc6 $2 22. Rxc6 $1 Rd7 23. Rxc8 $18) 22. f4 Nf7 23. Qxc6 $14) 21... Bg4
$1 22. Bxb7 $2 (22. Rd2 $142) 22... Rb8 $17 23. c6 Nxc6 24. Qxc6 Rexb7 25.
Qxe8+ Rxe8 26. f3 Bh5 $1 $19 27. g4 Bf7 28. a3 Rxe2 29. Rd8+ Be8 30. Rcc8 Rbe7
31. a4 Kg8 32. b5 axb5 33. axb5 Kf7 34. b6 Rb2 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 0405"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2004.12.11"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Rustemov, Alexander"]
[Black "Ribli, Zoltan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A32"]
[WhiteElo "2602"]
[BlackElo "2603"]
[Annotator "Mueller,Karsten"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2004.11.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Wattenscheid"]
[BlackTeam "Tegernsee"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. g3 Qc7 6. Bg2 Qxc4 7. O-O Nc6 8.
Nb3 Be7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. e4 d5 11. exd5 exd5 12. Nxd5 Nxd5 13. Bxd5 Qg4 14. Bf4
Rd8 15. Bc7 Qxd1 16. Raxd1 Rd7 17. Bf4 Nb4 18. Bf3 Rxd1 19. Rxd1 Nxa2 20. Na5
Be6 21. Nxb7 Rc8 22. Be3 a6 23. Bd5 Bxd5 24. Rxd5 h6 25. Rd7 Kf8 26. Nd6 Rd8
27. Rxd8+ Bxd8 28. Bd4 g6 29. g4 Ke7 30. Nb7 Bc7 31. Be3 Be5 32. b3 Nc3 33. Kg2
g5 34. Nc5 a5 35. Bd2 Bd4 36. Na4 Nxa4 37. bxa4 Bb6 38. f4 f5 $2 (38... f6 $2
39. Kf3 Bc7 40. Ke4 Ke6 41. f5+ Kd6 42. Bc3 Bd8 43. Kd4 Kc6 44. Kc4 $18) (38...
Kf6 $1 {war kritisch, z.B.} 39. h4 (39. Bc3+ Ke6 (39... Kg6 $2 40. f5+ Kh7 41.
Kf3 $18) 40. Bg7 f5 $11) 39... gxh4 40. Kh3 Bd8 {und es ist nicht klar, ob
WeiЯ gewinnen kann.}) 39. fxg5 hxg5 40. Bxg5+ Ke6 41. Kf3 (41. Kf3 fxg4+ 42.
Kxg4 Bc5 43. h4 Bb4 44. h5 Bc3 45. h6 Kf7 46. Kf5 Kg8 47. Kg6 Ba1 48. h7+ Kh8
49. Bd2 $18) 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 17th"]
[Site "Novi Sad"]
[Date "2009.10.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Black "Dizdarevic, Emir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A32"]
[WhiteElo "2566"]
[BlackElo "2483"]
[Annotator "Pein,M"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2009.10.22"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 133"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Switzerland"]
[BlackTeam "Bosnia&Herzegovina"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SUI"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BIH"]

1. c4 e6 ({Korchnoi has occasionally favoured the development of the bishop to
g5 against the Hedgehog. Usually it goes to e3 or b2} 1... c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3
b6 4. e4 d6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Bb7 7. Qe2 Nc6 8. Nxc6 Bxc6 9. Bg5 {eventually
drawn Kortschnoj,V (2695)-Gheorghiu,F (2605)/London 1980/MCD (59)}) 2. Nc3 c5
3. Nf3 Nf6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 {Opting for a Hedgehog. 5...Nc6 and 5...Bb4
are more combative but there is nothing wrong with this of course} (5... Bb4 6.
Bg5 Nc6 7. Rc1 Qb6 8. Bxf6 gxf6 {White won Kortschnoj,V-Furman,S/Moscow 1961/
URS-ch (43)}) 6. Bg5 {#} b6 7. e4 h6 {Black later regrets this but at this
stage it makes some sense to sideline the bishop slightly} 8. Bh4 d6 9. Bd3 Be7
10. Rc1 Bb7 11. Qe2 Nbd7 12. Bb1 Rc8 13. Bg3 Qc7 14. O-O {#} Qc5 ({Grabbing
the c4 pawn in such positions is usually risky, the queen can get into trouble.
In this concrete age of computer pawn grabbing it may be possible but most
human players would reject it} 14... Qxc4 15. Qd2 Qb4) 15. Qd1 O-O ({With a
pawn on h6 this is a little risky. Some alternatives} 15... Qxc4 16. Nce2 Qb4
17. Rxc8+ Bxc8 18. Nc6 {would certainly worry me}) (15... Qh5 $5) (15... h5 {
A computer suggestion to which it wittily suggests} 16. Bh4 {and not then} g5
17. Nb3) 16. Nb3 Qc7 (16... Qxc4 $4 17. Nd5) 17. f4 Qb8 18. Qe2 $1 {e4-e5
looms so Black prevents it but gives away a couple of big squares and suddenly
his position does not look like a Hedgehog anymore#} e5 19. fxe5 Nxe5 (19...
dxe5 20. Nd5 Rfe8) 20. Nd5 Nxd5 21. exd5 {Nd4-f5 is a serious threat and the
bishop on b1 is doing rather better than it's counterpart on b7} Bg5 {This
helps the white attack} (21... g6 {was the best defence}) 22. Rc3 Rce8 23. Qc2
Ng6 (23... g6 24. h4 Bd8 25. h5) 24. h4 Be3+ {#} ({Black is lost already h4-h5
is too strong} 24... Be3+ 25. Kh2 h5 26. Rxf7 Rxf7 27. Qxg6 Rf6 28. Qh7+ Kf7
29. Qxh5+ Kg8 30. Bh7+ Kf8 31. Bg6) (24... Be3+ 25. Kh2 f5 26. Rf3 Bc5 27. Nxc5
bxc5 28. Rxf5) 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0102"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2001.10.07"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Pelletier, Yannick"]
[Black "Schmittdiel, Eckhard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A32"]
[WhiteElo "2531"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "Pelletier,Y"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2001.10.06"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Werder Bremen"]
[BlackTeam "Stuttgart"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qb6 5. Nb3 Nf6 6. Nc3 e6 7. Bg5 (7. a3 {
ist eine brauchbare Alternative.}) 7... Bb4 ({Aktiver als} 7... Be7 8. e4 O-O
9. Be2 $14 Ng4 $140 $2 10. c5) 8. Bxf6 gxf6 9. Rc1 O-O $6 ({Vorzuziehen sind} 
9... Na5 $1 10. e3 Nxb3 11. Qxb3 Bc5 12. Qc2 Qc6 (12... Be7 $5 $13 {/\ d6}) 13.
a3 f5 14. Nd5 $5 Be7 15. Nxe7 Kxe7 16. c5 b6 17. cxb6 Qxb6 18. Qc5+ Qxc5 19.
Rxc5 Bb7 $11 {Stangl-Tolnai, Kecskemet 1990}) ({und} 9... a5 10. a3 a4 11. axb4
axb3 12. Qxb3 Qxb4 (12... Nxb4 13. Ne4) 13. Qxb4 Nxb4 14. g3 (14. c5 $142 Ke7
15. e4 $14) 14... d6 15. Bg2 Ke7 16. O-O Rd8 17. Ra1 Ra6 $11 {Kavalek-Pietzsch,
Harrachov 1966}) 10. e3 (10. a3 Be7 {/\ d6}) (10. e4 a5) 10... Ne5 $2 ({
Es funktionniert nicht mehr so gut} 10... a5 $6 11. a3 a4 12. axb4 axb3 13. b5
{[%csl Rb3] , da das Feld d4 unzugдnglich ist}) ({Nцtig war} 10... Be7 {
, da Weiss nun viele Tempis gewinnen kann.}) 11. a3 Be7 (11... Bxc3+ 12. Rxc3
$16 {[%cal Gf2f4]}) 12. c5 Qd8 (12... Qc6 {war besser.}) 13. f4 $1 Ng6 ({
Auch im Fall von} 13... Nc6 14. Bd3 f5 15. g4 {kommt Weiss zum Angriff}) 14. h4
$1 {[%csl Rg6]} Re8 (14... f5 15. h5 Nh8 (15... Bh4+ 16. Kd2 Nh8 17. g4 $18)
16. g4 $16) 15. h5 Nf8 16. Nb5 f5 17. g4 $5 ({In den letzten Zьgen wurden alle
schwarze Figuren zurьckgedrдngt. Nach dem Textzug findet der Nachziehende aber
noch einen Weg, praktische Komplikationen herbeizufьhren. Nach} 17. Nd6 Bxd6
18. cxd6 {[%cal Gg2g4,Gh1g1] hдtte Weiss ьber einen eindeutigen und sicheren
Vorteil verfьgt.}) 17... e5 $1 {[%cal Ye8e1]} 18. gxf5 ({Um mich fьr diesen
Zug zu entschieden, brauchte ich viel Zeit. Mir scheint, dass er der
direkteste Weg ist, aber die Alternativen lockten mich auch an:} 18. Qd5 $5 d6
$140 19. gxf5 $18) (18. Bc4 d5 $5 19. cxd6 $1 Bh4+ 20. Kf1 exf4 21. gxf5 $1
Rxe3 (21... Bxf5 22. Nc7 Rxe3 23. Nxa8) 22. Qd5 $18) 18... exf4 19. Rg1+ Bg5
20. Rc3 $1 ({Es ist wichtig, e3 zu beschьtzen. Nach} 20. Nd6 Rxe3+ 21. Kf2 h6 (
21... Qf6 22. Bc4) 22. Bc4 Kh7 23. Nxf7 Qf6 {wдre die Stellung noch
durcheinander.}) 20... d5 (20... Rxe3+ 21. Rxe3 fxe3 22. Nd6 $18 {[%csl Rc8,
Yf7]}) 21. Nd6 Re5 (21... Rxe3+ 22. Rxe3 fxe3 23. Qxd5 $18) 22. Qd4 Nd7 23. Bb5
(23. Kd1 {schien mir zuerst attraktiv, aber dann verstand ich, dass die
Partiefolge viel besser ist als} fxe3 (23... f3 24. Nd2 $1) 24. Rxe3 Rxe3 25.
Qxe3 h6) 23... Kf8 (23... Qf6 24. Nxc8 Rxc8 25. Bxd7 $18) 24. Bxd7 Bf6 25. Qxf4
Bxd7 (25... Qxd7 26. Qh6+ Ke7 27. Rg8 $18) 26. Qh6+ Ke7 27. Nxf7 {Weiss
gewinnt damit forciert die Qualitдt, wonach die Aufgabe nicht mehr schwierig
ist.} Qf8 28. Qxf8+ Rxf8 29. Nxe5 Bxe5 30. Nd4 Bxf5 31. Rg5 $1 {Diese
taktische Fortsetzung bringt die Partie zu Ende.} Bf6 32. Nxf5+ (32. Rxf5 Bxd4)
32... Kd7 33. Rg7+ $1 Bxg7 34. Nxg7 Rf7 35. h6 Rf6 36. Rd3 Kc6 37. b4 a5 38.
Nh5 Rxh6 39. Nf4 axb4 40. axb4 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1990.01.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Black "Dokhoian, Yury"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A32"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1990.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. Nf3 e6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Bd2 Nc6 7. a3 $5 {
7.Nc2 Oll,L-Gavrikov,V  URS-FL56 Klaipeda 1988  CBM/11} Be7 8. Bg5 O-O {
8...h6 9.Bh4, Qb6 10.e3, Hansen,C-Kindermann,S Dortmund 1988 i 45/42} 9. e3 {
9.Rc1!?} h6 10. Bh4 d5 11. Rc1 Nxd4 12. Qxd4 {12.exd4, dxc4 13.Bxc4, b6 14.0-0,
Bb7 =} dxc4 13. Qxd8 Rxd8 14. Bxc4 Bd7 15. Ke2 Rac8 16. Bd3 Nd5 17. Bxe7 Nxe7
18. Rhd1 Bc6 19. f3 Kf8 20. e4 Ng6 $1 21. Ke3 Ne5 22. Be2 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 Ke7 24.
f4 Nd7 25. Rc1 Nb6 26. Nb5 Bxb5 27. Rxc8 Nxc8 28. Bxb5 Nd6 29. Bd3 Ne8 $1 30.
Kd4 b6 31. e5 g6 32. g4 Nc7 {=} 33. h4 Kf8 34. Be4 Kg7 35. Kd3 Kf8 36. Bc6 Kg7
37. Ke4 Kf8 38. b4 Kg7 39. Kf3 Kf8 40. Ke3 Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Haninge"]
[Site "Haninge"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Cifuentes Parada, Roberto"]
[Black "Wedberg, Tom Birger"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A32"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1992.05.??"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 030"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 c5 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Bd2 Nc6 7. a3 Bc5 8.
Nb3 Be7 9. Bg5 (9. Bf4 O-O 10. Rc1 d5 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Nxd5 exd5 13. e3 Bf6
14. Qc2 d4 $13 {Speelman,J-Chandler,M Hastings 1990 CBM/22 51/(46)}) 9... d5 $6
(9... h6 $5 10. Bh4 O-O 11. e3 b6 12. Be2 Ba6 $10 {Stohl-Khalifman Manila izt
1990 49/(50)}) 10. cxd5 exd5 11. e3 O-O 12. Be2 Be6 13. O-O h6 14. Bh4 Rc8 15.
Nd4 Qd7 16. Rc1 Rfd8 17. Bb5 $1 $14 a6 18. Nxc6 bxc6 19. Bxa6 Rb8 20. Qe2 Qa7
21. Bd3 c5 22. h3 (22. Nb5 Qb6 23. a4 c4 24. Bc2 Bd7 $44) 22... c4 23. Bb1 Rb3
24. Rfd1 Qa5 25. Ba2 Rb7 26. Rd2 Rdb8 27. Bg3 Rc8 28. Qd1 Rc6 29. Be5 Nd7 $1 (
29... Rcb6 30. Bxf6 Bxf6 31. Nxd5 $16) 30. Bd4 Nc5 31. Bxc5 Rxc5 32. Bb1 Bf6
33. Qf3 Bxc3 34. Rxc3 Rxb2 35. Rxb2 Qxc3 36. Rb8+ Rc8 37. Rxc8+ Bxc8 38. Qxd5
Qc1+ 39. Kh2 Qxb1 40. Qd8+ Kh7 41. Qxc8 Qc2 42. a4 Qxa4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bern op"]
[Site "Bern"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Tukmakov, Vladimir B"]
[Black "Tolnai, Tibor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A32"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "1992.02.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 028"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 c5 4. Nf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Qb6 7. e3 Bc5 (7...
Nc6 $5) 8. Nb3 Qc6 9. Rg1 Be7 10. Nc3 O-O (10... a6 11. g4 d6 12. Rc1 Qc7 13.
g5 Nfd7 14. Ne4 Nc6 15. Bc3 e5 16. Qf3 $16 {Vladimirov-Maculski URS 1976}) 11.
g4 $1 d6 12. Qe2 a6 13. g5 Nfd7 14. f4 Re8 15. O-O-O $14 Qc7 16. Kb1 Nc6 17.
Bg2 (17. Rc1 $5) 17... b5 $5 18. Rc1 (18. cxb5 $2 axb5 19. Nxb5 Qb6 20. Rc1 Bb7
$44) 18... Bb7 19. Nd5 exd5 20. cxd5 Nc5 21. dxc6 Bxc6 22. Nd4 Bxg2 23. Qxg2
Qb7 24. Qxb7 Nxb7 25. Nf5 Nc5 26. Bc3 Bf8 27. Nh6+ Kh8 28. Rgd1 b4 $1 29. Nxf7+
(29. Bd4 Ne6 $13) 29... Kg8 30. Nxd6 Bxd6 (30... bxc3 $2 31. Nxe8 cxb2 32. Rxc5
Bxc5 33. Nc7 Rc8 34. Rd7 $16) 31. Bxb4 Nd3 $1 32. Bxd6 Nxc1 33. Rxc1 Rxe3 34.
Be5 g6 35. a4 a5 36. Rc5 (36. Rc7 Rh3 $10) 36... Rh3 37. Ka2 Rxh2 38. Kb3 Re2
39. Rc7 Rb8+ 40. Kc3 Rbxb2 41. Rg7+ Kf8 42. Ra7 Rec2+ 43. Kd4 Rb4+ 44. Kd3 Rc6
45. Rxa5 Kf7 46. Ra7+ Ke6 47. Rxh7 Rxa4 48. Rg7 Kf5 49. Rf7+ Kg4 50. Rf6 Rxf6
1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch"]
[Site "Krasnodar"]
[Date "2002.08.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kornev, Alexei"]
[Black "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A32"]
[WhiteElo "2567"]
[BlackElo "2526"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2002.08.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 091"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 a6 {Dieser Zug wird selten gespielt - Schwarz mцchte
im folgenden 4...c5 spielen und im Falle von 5.d5 muss WeiЯ mit 5...b5 rechnen.
} 4. Nc3 c5 5. g3 (5. d5 {Das wдre die prinzipielle Fortsetzung fьr WeiЯ, aber
Zьge wie 5.e4 (nach 5...cxd4 6.Sxd4 haben wir eine Variante der Sizilianischen
Verteidigung) oder 5.e3 sind auch spielbar.} b5 6. Bg5 {In dieser Variante hat
WeiЯ gute Chancen auf Erцffnungsvorteil.}) 5... cxd4 6. Nxd4 Qc7 7. Bg2 (7. Qd3
Nc6 8. Nxc6 dxc6 $11) 7... Qxc4 {Die Annahme des Bauern ist klar die beste
Mцglichkeit fьr Schwarz.} (7... Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Bf4 d6 10. Nb3 Nbd7 11. Rc1
Nh5 12. Be3 $14) (7... d6 8. O-O Be7 9. b3 $14) 8. O-O Nc6 (8... Qc7 $5 9. e4
d6 10. Be3 Be7 11. Rc1 Qd8 12. f4 $13) 9. Nb3 {Es scheint logisch,dass WeiЯ
nicht tauscht - Schwarz muss vorsichtig sein, weil seine Dame sehr exponiert
steht.} (9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Bf4 d5 (10... Qb4 11. e4 Be7 12. a3 Qb7 13. Bd6 $44)
11. e4 Be7 12. a3 a5 $8 {Die weiЯe Drohung war 13.Rc1 und 14.Nxd5, oder 13.Re1
und 14.Bf1.} 13. Rc1 Qa6 $13) 9... d5 (9... Qb4 10. a3 Qd6 11. Qc2 Qc7 12. e4
Be7 13. Bf4 d6 14. Rac1 Ne5 15. Rfd1 Bd7 16. Qb1 Qb6 17. Nd4 O-O {0-1 Maki,
J-Gurevich,D/Las Vegas 1994/EXT 97 (58)}) (9... Be7 10. Bf4 (10. e4) 10... O-O
11. a3 a5 12. Rc1 a4 13. Nd2 Qa6 14. e4 d6 15. Re1 Ne5 16. Bf1 Qa7 17. Be3 b6
18. Nb5 {0-1 Haroutjunian,D-Kudrin,S/Yerevan 1996/CBM 52 ext (45)}) 10. Bf4 {
[%csl Gf4][%cal Gf4b8] Der Lдufer steht ausgezeichnet auf f4, von wo er viele
wichtige Punkten am Damenflьgel kontrolliert.} (10. Bg5 Be7 11. Rc1 Qg4 12. Bf4
O-O 13. Na4 e5 14. Nb6 Rb8 15. Bd2 Be6 16. Nc5 Bxc5 17. Rxc5 Qd4 18. Qc1 Rbd8 {
1/2-1/2 Silva,F-Galego,L/Lisbon 1993/CBM 35 (79)}) (10. a3 Be7 11. Bf4 O-O 12.
Rc1 Rd8 13. Bc7 Rd7 14. Bb6 Qg4 15. Nc5 Bxc5 16. Bxc5 b5 17. e4 $44 {1/2-1/2
Aronian,L-Prusikhin,M/Morso DEN 2002/(125)}) 10... Be7 (10... Qb4 11. Re1 Be7
12. e4 dxe4 13. Bc7 $1 e3 14. Rxe3 O-O 15. h3 Na7 16. Rc1 Nb5 17. a3 Nxc3 18.
Rcxc3 Qa4 19. Qc1 Qd7 20. Be5 Nd5 21. Red3 Nxc3 22. Qxc3 Qb5 23. Bxg7 {1-0
Kasparov,G-Kramnik,V/Moscow 2001/CBM 87 (31)}) 11. Rc1 {[%cal Gc1c8]} Qb4 12.
a3 (12. Bc7 Bd8 13. Bxd8 Nxd8 14. e4 dxe4 15. Re1 O-O 16. Nxe4 Nxe4 17. Rxe4
Qe7 {0-1 Levit,R-Gurevich,D/Chicago 1989/EXT 99 (41)}) 12... Qb6 13. e4 $44 {
[%csl Gf4,Gg2] WeiЯ hat aktives Figurenspiel und Entwicklungsvorteil. Sein
Lдuferpaar kontrolliert den gesamten Damenflьgel.} Nxe4 (13... d4 14. Na4 (14.
Nd5 $2 exd5 15. exd5 g5 $19) 14... Qa7 15. Bc7 (15. e5 Nd5 16. Bxd5 exd5) 15...
Nd7 16. e5 $36) (13... dxe4 14. Nxe4) 14. Nxe4 dxe4 15. Bxe4 O-O (15... Bd7 16.
Be3 Qc7 17. Nc5 $44) 16. Qc2 h6 17. Be3 (17. Bxc6 $2 bxc6 18. Qxc6 Qxb3 19.
Qxa8 Bb7 20. Qa7 Qf3 $19) 17... Qc7 18. Nd4 {[%mdl 2048] Das ist der sicherste
Zug - WeiЯ gewinnt den Bauern zurьck, aber das resultierende Endspiel bietet
keinen Vorteil.} (18. Nc5 $44) (18. Rfd1 $44) 18... Bd7 19. Bxc6 (19. Nxc6 bxc6
20. Bxc6 Rac8 21. Be4 $11) 19... bxc6 20. Nxc6 Bxc6 21. Qxc6 Qxc6 22. Rxc6 Rfb8
$11 {Scheinbar hat WeiЯ einen kleinen Vorteil wegen seiner Bauernmehrheit am
Damenflьgel, aber Schwarz kann das Remis leicht halten - er hat aktives
Figurenspiel.} 23. Bd4 (23. b4 a5 24. Bc5 $11) 23... Bf6 {Am einfachsten -
Schwarz tauscht den Lдufer, wonach ein Turmendspiel entsteht, in dem die
Chancen gleich sind.} (23... a5 $11) 24. Bxf6 gxf6 25. b4 (25. Rc2 Rb3 26. Rd1
$11) 25... a5 26. Rb1 (26. bxa5 $6 Rb3 27. Ra1 Rxa5 28. a4 Rb4 $15) 26... axb4
27. axb4 (27. Rxb4 $11) 27... Rb5 28. Rc5 Rxc5 29. bxc5 {[%mdl 4096] WeiЯ hat
einen Freibauern, aber Schwarz kann das Endspiel leicht halten.} Kf8 {[%cal
Gf8e7,Ge7d7]} 30. Kg2 Ra4 {[%cal Ga4c4,Gc4c5]} 31. Rc1 (31. Rb8+ $5 Ke7 (31...
Kg7 32. c6 Rc4 33. Rc8 f5 $11) 32. Rb7+ Ke8 33. c6 Rc4 34. c7 f5 $11 (34... Kd7
35. c8=Q+ Kxc8 36. Rxf7 f5 37. Rf6 $16)) 31... Ke7 32. c6 Kd8 33. c7+ Kc8 34.
Rc2 f5 35. Kh3 (35. f4 Ra7 $15) 35... f4 $1 (35... Ra7 $2 36. Kh4 Rxc7 37.
Rxc7+ Kxc7 38. Kh5 $18 {[%csl Gh2]}) 36. g4 Ra3+ 37. Kh4 (37. Kg2 Rd3 $11)
37... Rf3 38. g5 (38. Kh5 $4 Rh3#) 38... hxg5+ 39. Kxg5 Rh3 40. Kxf4 (40. Kf6
Rxh2 41. Kxf7 e5 42. Re2 $11) 40... Rxh2 41. Ke5 Rh5+ 42. Kd6 (42. Kf6 Rf5+ $11
) 42... Rd5+ 43. Ke7 Rd7+ 44. Kf6 (44. Kf6 Rxc7 45. Rxc7+ Kxc7 46. Kxf7 Kd7 $11
) 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch"]
[Site "Krasnodar"]
[Date "2002.09.02"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Namgilov, Sogto"]
[Black "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A32"]
[WhiteElo "2477"]
[BlackElo "2526"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2002.08.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 091"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 a6 4. Nc3 c5 5. g3 {WeiЯ vermeidet die prinzipielle
Variante 5.d5 b5 6.Bg5. Der Textzug scheint mir etwas genьgsam.} cxd4 6. Nxd4
Qc7 7. Qd3 {WeiЯ verteidigt den c4-Bauern. Nach diesem Zug hat er keine
Chancen mehr auf Erцffnungsvorteil.} (7. Bg2) 7... Nc6 (7... b6 8. Bg2 Bb7 9.
Bf4 d6 10. Bxb7 Qxb7 11. Nf3 Nc6 12. O-O Be7 13. Ng5 $14) 8. Nxc6 bxc6 {
Schwarz mцchte das Spiel komplizieren - nach 8...dxc6 wдre die Stellung gleich.
} (8... dxc6 9. Bg2 e5 10. O-O Be6 11. b3 (11. Na4 {1/2-1/2 Kasparov,G-Kramnik,
V/London 2000/CBM 80 (11)}) 11... Rd8 12. Qc2 Be7 13. Bb2 O-O 14. Rad1 {
1/2-1/2 Ribli,Z-Ljubojevic,L/Linares 1981/MCL/}) 9. Bg2 Be7 (9... d5 10. O-O a5
11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Bf4 Qb6 13. Nb5 Ra7 14. Rac1 Ba6 15. Be3 Qxb5 16. Qxb5+ Bxb5
17. Bxa7 {1-0 Lopez,V-Chang,S/Elista 1998/CBM 66 ext (36)}) (9... Bb7 10. O-O
Be7 11. Bf4 e5 12. Bg5 Rd8 13. Ne4 Nxe4 14. Bxe7 Kxe7 15. Qxe4 g6 16. c5 f5 17.
Qc4 {1-0 Cifuentes Parada,R-O'Brien,R/Benasque 1993/TD (32)}) 10. O-O O-O 11.
Rd1 (11. e4 d6 12. b3 Rb8 13. Bb2 Rd8 14. Rad1 Bb7 15. Qe2 c5 16. f4 Nd7 17.
Rd2 Bf6 18. Rfd1 Bd4+ 19. Kh1 Rbc8 {0-1 Martinec,K-Balsinek,P/Znojmo 1997/EXT
98 (36)}) 11... d6 {WeiЯ hat Raumvorteil und aktives Figurenspiel, aber die
schwarze Stellung - besonders seine Zentrumsstellung - ist fest.} 12. b3 (12.
Bf4 e5 13. Bg5) 12... Bb7 13. Bf4 (13. Bb2 $5 {Diese Lдuferentwicklung wдre -
nach meiner Meinung - logischer als die Partiefortsetzung, aber der Textzug
ist auch nicht schlecht.} c5 14. Ne4 (14. e4 Nd7 $11) 14... Nxe4 15. Bxe4 Bxe4
16. Qxe4 $11) 13... e5 14. Bg5 {Die weiЯe positionelle Drohung ist jetzt 15.
Bxf6, aber in diesen Stellungen kann Schwarz eine scheinbare Schwдche (den d6
- Bauern) leicht verteidigen.} Rfd8 $11 15. Qf5 (15. Rac1 $11) (15. Ne4 Nxe4 (
15... Ne8) 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. Bxe4 g6 $11) 15... g6 (15... Qc8 16. Qxc8 Raxc8
17. Be3 $14 (17. Rd2 $14)) 16. Qf3 (16. Qh3) 16... Nh5 17. Bxe7 (17. Qe3 $5)
17... Qxe7 18. Qe3 f5 {[%csl Gc6,Gd6,Ge5,Gf5] Was ist wichtiger? Schwarz hat
eine starke Bauernstellung in der Mitte, aber die weiЯen Leichtfiguren stehen
aktiver. Ich glaube, die Stellung ist im dynamischen Gleichgewicht.} 19. Rd2
Nf6 20. Rad1 {[%cal Gd1d8]} a5 {Droht 21...Ng4 22.Qb6 Ra6.} (20... Ng4 21. Qb6
e4 $13) 21. Qg5 {[%cal Gg5e7]} d5 (21... Kg7 22. e4 $16) 22. cxd5 (22. e3 dxc4
23. bxc4 Rxd2 24. Rxd2 $11) (22. Na4 dxc4 23. bxc4 e4 $11) 22... cxd5 23. Nxd5
$6 (23. e3 $11) 23... Bxd5 (23... Nxd5 $2 24. Qxe7 $18) 24. Rxd5 (24. Bxd5+ $2
Rxd5 25. Rxd5 Nxd5 $19) 24... Nxd5 25. Bxd5+ Kf8 $15 {[%cal Gd8d1] Obwohl die
schwarze Kцnigsstellung geschwдcht ist, steht dieser beser. Die Mehrqualitдt
zдhlt mehr als die unzureichende weiЯe Initiative.} 26. Qh6+ Qg7 27. Qc1 {
[%cal Gc1a3,Ga3f8,Gc1c5,Gc5f8]} (27. Qxg7+ $2 Kxg7 $19) (27. Qe3 Rac8 $15)
27... Rac8 28. Bc4 (28. Qa3+ $2 Qe7 29. Qxa5 Rc5 $19) 28... Rxd1+ 29. Qxd1 Qc7
30. e4 {Mit diesem Zug mцchte WeiЯ die schwarze Bauernstruktur am Kцnigsflьgel
schwдchen.} (30. Qd5 Kg7 $15) 30... Rd8 (30... fxe4 31. Qd5 Kg7 32. Qxe4 $15)
31. Qf3 Qd7 32. Kg2 (32. Bd5 $15) 32... Kg7 33. exf5 (33. Bd5 $15) 33... gxf5 (
33... Qxf5 34. Qc3 $15) 34. h3 Rf8 {[%cal Gf5f4]} 35. Be2 Qd4 36. Bc4 f4 $5 {
Schwarz mцchte endlich etwas Konkretes machen, aber dieser Zug schwдcht den
e4-Punkt. Allerdings sehe ich keine Alternative fьr Schwarz, der frьher oder
spдter den Textzug spielen muss.} (36... e4 37. Qf4 $15 {[%csl Gf4]}) 37. Qb7+
(37. g4 $4 e4 $19) (37. Qg4+ $6 Kh8 $17) 37... Kg6 38. Qf3 (38. Qe7 $5) 38...
Qd7 39. Bd3+ Kh6 40. Be4 {[%csl Ge4][%mdl 256] Der Lдufer steht ausgezeichnet
auf e4.} (40. Qe4) 40... Qe7 41. g4 (41. Qe2 $15) 41... Rd8 {[%csl Yd4][%cal
Gd8d4]} 42. Qc3 Rd4 43. Qc8 (43. Kf3 $15) 43... Qf7 (43... Rxe4 $4 44. Qc6+ $16
{[%cal Rc6e4,Rc6h6]}) 44. Qc6+ Kg7 45. g5 $6 {Droht eventuell Qh6+, aber mit
diesem Zug schwдcht WeiЯ seine eigene Kцnigsstellung. Ich glaube, er wдre
besser einer Wartetaktik gefolgt.} Qe7 46. h4 Rd6 47. Qc5 Qe6 48. Kf3 (48. Kh2)
48... h6 $1 49. Qxa5 (49. gxh6+ Kxh6 50. Qxa5 Kh5 $15) 49... hxg5 (49... h5 50.
Ke2) 50. hxg5 Rd7 {[%cal Ge6h3,Gh3f3]} 51. g6 $6 (51. Qb5 $15) 51... Qh3+ 52.
Ke2 Qg4+ 53. Bf3 (53. f3 Qg2+ $19) 53... Qf5 $17 {[%csl Re2]} 54. Qa8 $2 {
[%mdl 8192] WeiЯ verteidigt sich nicht gegen die schwarze Hauptdrohung.} (54.
Qb5 Qc2+ 55. Kf1 Qb1+ 56. Kg2 Qxg6+ $17) 54... Qd3+ 55. Ke1 Qb1+ (55... Qb1+
56. Ke2 Qd1#) 0-1

[Event "Corus-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2001.01.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bosboom, Manuel"]
[Black "Hoeksema, Hendrik Pieter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A32"]
[WhiteElo "2439"]
[BlackElo "2382"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2001.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 c5 (3... d5 {Mit diesem Zug erreicht Schwarz die
Katalanische Verteidigung.}) 4. Nf3 (4. d5) 4... cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 (6.
Nc3) 6... Qb6 7. Bg2 (7. e3) 7... Bc5 8. e3 d5 {Dieser Zug wirkt zwar
natьrlich, doch die Annahme des Bauernopfers wдre m.E. aussichtsreicher.} (8...
Bxd4 9. exd4 Qxd4 10. O-O Nc6 $5 (10... Qxc4) 11. Na3 (11. Qc2 O-O 12. Be3 Qg4
13. Rd1 d5 14. cxd5 exd5 15. Nc3 Bf5 16. Qb3 d4 17. h3 Qg6 18. Bxd4 Rab8 19.
Rac1 $2 Nxd4 20. Rxd4 Bxh3 21. Bxh3 Qh6 {0-1 Pinho,P-Galego,L/Lisboa 1998/EXT
99 (40)}) 11... O-O 12. Bc3 Qc5 13. Qd2 Qe7 14. Nb5 d5 15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16. cxd5
Rd8 17. Qc3 Qxc3 18. Nxc3 exd5 19. Nxd5 Kf8 20. Rfc1 Bd7 21. Nc7 {1/2-1/2
Stean,M-Adorjan,A/Vienna 1980/MCL (21)}) (8... Nc6 9. Nc3 $5 Be7 (9... Nxd4 10.
exd4 Bxd4 11. O-O O-O 12. Nb5 $44) 10. Rc1 Qd8 11. O-O O-O 12. Qb3 (12. Qe2 $5)
12... Bc5 13. Rfd1 $5 {1-0 Nenashev,A-Vakhidov,T/Bishkek 1993/CBM 35/[Ribli] 
(45)}) 9. Nb3 $5 {WeiЯ opfert einen Bauern fьr Initiative.} (9. cxd5 Bxd4 10.
exd4 exd5 $11 (10... Nxd5 11. Nc3 $5)) 9... dxc4 (9... Be7 10. cxd5 Nxd5 (10...
exd5 11. Ba5 (11. Bc3 $14) 11... Bb4+ 12. Bxb4 Qxb4+ 13. Nc3 $14) 11. Nc3 $14)
10. Nxc5 Qxc5 11. Na3 {[%csl Rc4] Droht 12.Qa4+ mit sofortigem Rьckgewinn des
Bauern.} Nc6 12. Rc1 O-O (12... b5 $2 {Dieser Zug ist - bei Lдuferstellung auf
g2 - immer ein wenig verdдchtig...} 13. Nxc4 $1 bxc4 14. Qa4 Bd7 15. Rxc4 $16)
13. Nxc4 $14 {WeiЯ hat das Lдuferpaar, besonders der katalanische Bg2 ist
stark, zudem erfreut er sich der besseren Figurenstellung. Die schwarze Dame
steht unglьcklich auf der c-Linie.} e5 (13... Bd7 $14) (13... Nd5 $14) (13...
Qe7 $5 $14) 14. Na5 Qe7 15. O-O $5 {WeiЯ kьmmert sich nicht darum, den Bauern
zurьck zu gewinnen, sondern schlieЯt statt dessen seine Entwicklung ab.} (15.
Nxc6 bxc6 16. Bxc6 Bb7 17. O-O $16 {Schwarz besitzt zwar etwas Aktivitдt fьr
den Bauern, aber das reicht meiner Meinung nach nicht aus.}) 15... Nxa5 16.
Bxa5 {[%cal Rc1c7,Rc7e7]} e4 {Schwarz schlieЯt zwar den Bg2 ab, цffnet damit
aber zugleich die Diagonale a1-h8.} (16... Qe6 17. a3 $14) 17. Qd4 {[%csl Gd4]
Die Dame ist schцn zentralisiert auf d4, es droht 18.Bb4.} (17. Rc7 $2 Qe5 $19
{[%csl Ra5,Rc7][%cal Re5a5,Re5c7]}) 17... Re8 18. Rc7 {[%csl Gc7] Das
Eindringen des Turmes auf der 7. Reihe ist sehr vorteilhaft fьr WeiЯ.} Qe6 19.
a3 b6 20. Bc3 {[%csl Gc3,Gd4][%cal Gc3g7] WeiЯ ьbt spьrbar Druck auf den
schwarzen Feldern aus.} Ba6 21. Rd1 Qf5 (21... Rec8 $5 22. Rxc8+ Rxc8 23. Qd6
$14) 22. h3 {[%cal Gg3g4]} Re6 (22... Be2 23. Rd2 Bf3 24. Qc4 $16) 23. a4 $1 {
[%cal Ga4a5][%mdl 32] WeiЯ beherrscht das Brett. Es droht 24.a5, mit aktivem
Spiel am Damenflьgel.} h5 (23... Be2 24. Rd2 Bf3 25. g4 Qg6 (25... Qg5 26. Rxa7
Rxa7 27. Qd8+ Re8 28. Bxf6 $18) 26. Bxf3 exf3 27. Qf4 $16) 24. a5 Be2 (24...
bxa5 25. Ra1 $16 {[%cal Ra1a5,Ra5f5]}) 25. Ra1 b5 $2 {[%mdl 16384] Mit diesem
Zug gibt Schwarz die Herrschafft ьber das Feld c5 auf.} (25... Ree8 $5 26. axb6
axb6 27. Rxa8 (27. Raa7 Rad8 28. Rxf7 Rxd4 29. Rxg7+ Kh8 30. Bxd4 $44 {[%csl
Rh8]}) 27... Rxa8 28. b3 (28. Qxb6 $2 Ra1+ 29. Kh2 Qxf2 $19) 28... Bf3 29. Bf1
$14) 26. Rc5 $16 Qg6 27. h4 {[%csl Rg6][%cal Rc5g5,Rg5g6] Es droht 28.Rg5 mit
deutlichem positionellem Vorteil.} a6 28. Rg5 Qh6 29. Re1 (29. Bxe4 Rxe4 (29...
Nxe4 30. Rxg7+ Kf8 31. Bb4+ Nd6 32. Rg5 {[%csl Rd6][%cal Rg5d5]} Bf3 33. e4
Bxe4 (33... Rd8 34. e5 $18) 34. Bxd6+ Rxd6 35. Qxe4 $16) 30. Qxf6 Qxf6 31. Bxf6
g6 $14) 29... Bc4 $6 (29... Bd3 $142 $5 30. Bh3 Rc6 31. Rc5 $16 (31. Bd7 $2
Rxc3 32. bxc3 Rd8)) 30. Bh3 $18 {Das Eingreifen des weiЯfeldrigen Lдufers ist
tцdlich fьr Schwarz. Der Re6 macht eine unglьckliche Figur.} Rc6 31. Bd7 Rd8 $8
32. Bxc6 Rxd4 33. Bxd4 {[%csl Gc6,Gd4,Gg5] Die beiden Tьrme sind viel
wertvoller als die passive Qh6. Schwarz kann seine Stellung nicht verbessern.}
Nh7 (33... Bd3 34. Bb7 b4 35. Rc1 $18) 34. Rxg7+ Kf8 35. Bb7 1-0

[Event "CZE-ch"]
[Site "Luhacovice"]
[Date "2003.02.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Haba, Petr"]
[Black "Berezjuk, Sergej"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A32"]
[WhiteElo "2516"]
[BlackElo "2448"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2003.02.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 {GroЯmeister Haba spielt gern die Katalanische
Verteidigung mit WeiЯ. Ich muss bemerken, dass WeiЯ mit diesem Zug die
Damenindische Verteidigung verhindert (die nach 3.Nf3 mit 3...b6 mцglich wдre).
} c5 4. Nf3 {Statt der scharfen Benoni-Verteidigung waehlt WeiЯ lieber die
Englische Eroeffnung.} cxd4 5. Nxd4 Qb6 6. Bg2 Bc5 7. e3 Nc6 8. Nf3 {Diese
genuegsame Fortsetzung ist vielleicht die beste Moeglichkeit fuer WeiЯ.} (8.
O-O Nxd4 9. exd4 Bxd4 10. Nc3 $44) (8. Nb3 $5 Bb4+ 9. N3d2 d5 10. O-O O-O 11.
a3 Be7 12. Nc3 Rd8 13. cxd5 exd5 14. Qb3 Qc5 15. Qb5 $14) 8... O-O 9. O-O Qa6 {
Das ist die schwarze Verbesserung - interessant ist, dass diese Stellung schon
einmal zwischen denselben Spieler gespielt wurde - dort geschah 9...Rd8.} (9...
Rd8 10. Nc3 Qa6 11. b3 (11. e4 Qxc4 12. Bg5 Be7 13. e5 Ne8 14. Bxe7 Nxe7 15.
Ng5 h6 16. Nge4 Nc6 17. Nd6 {1/2-1/2 Kasparov,G-Topalov,V/Leon 1998/EXT 99 (25)
}) 11... d5 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Bb2 Nb4 14. Na4 Be7 15. Ne5 Bf5 16. g4 Bc2 17.
Qd4 Rac8 18. Rac1 b5 19. Bc3 bxa4 20. Bxb4 Bxb4 21. Qxb4 Qe6 22. Nf3 {1/2-1/2
Haba,P-Berezjuk,S/Karvina 2001/EXT 2002 (48)}) 10. b3 d5 {Nach diesem Zug
Schwarz kann seine Stellung befreien.} 11. cxd5 exd5 $6 {Nach diesem Zug muss
Schwarz die Partie mit isoliertem Bauern spielen. Die Alternative - 11...
Nxd5!? - kommt in Betracht.} (11... Nxd5 $5 12. Bb2 Rd8 $11) 12. Bb2 {[%cal
Gb2f6] Ein Entwicklungszug und Schwarz muss sofort mit 13.Bxf6 rechnen.} Nb4
13. Bd4 $1 {Der Tausch der dunkelfarbigen Lдufer waere vorteilhaft fuer WeiЯ.}
Bxd4 (13... Be7 14. Nc3 $14) 14. Nxd4 {[%csl Gd4]} Bg4 15. Qd2 Nc6 16. Nc3 $14
{[%csl Rd5] WeiЯ hat einen kleinen, aber dauerhaften Positionsvorteil. Der
Gegner hat einen isolierten Bauern auf d5 und WeiЯ blockiert das d4-Feld (es
ist immer wichtig das Feld vor dem isolierten Bauern blockieren zu kцnnen).}
Rfd8 17. Nxc6 (17. Rac1 $14) 17... Qxc6 {Dieser Zug ist nicht schlecht, aber -
ich glaube - die Alternative bietet Schwarz bessere Gegenchancen.} (17... bxc6
18. Rac1 $14 {[%cal Gc3a4,Ga4c5]}) 18. Rac1 {[%cal Gc1c6]} Qd7 19. Qd4 {
[%csl Gd4] Die Dame steht ausgezeichnet auf d4 und dominiert das Brett.} h5 20.
f3 {WeiЯ muss so spielen, sonst er kann nicht Rfd1 ziehen.} Bh3 21. Rfd1 Bxg2
22. Kxg2 Qe7 (22... a6 23. Na4 $14) (22... b6 $14) 23. Ne2 {[%cal Ge2f4] WeiЯ
oeffnet die c-Linie fuer seinen Turm und moechte im folgenden Nf4 ziehen.} Qa3
24. Rc2 Rac8 25. Rdc1 Rc6 (25... Rxc2 26. Rxc2 $14) 26. Rxc6 {WeiЯ wartet
nicht auf 26...Rdc8.} bxc6 27. Rc2 (27. Rxc6 Qxa2 28. Qd3 Re8 $11) 27... Rc8
28. Qc5 $1 {Mit diesem Zug erreicht WeiЯ ein klar vorteilhaftes Endspiel.} Qxc5
(28... Qa6 29. Nd4 $16) 29. Rxc5 {[%mdl 4096]} Nd7 30. Ra5 {[%csl Ga5]} Rc7 31.
Nd4 {WeiЯ hat aktive Figuren, wдrend der Gegner kein Gegenspiel hat.} g6 32. h3
$1 {[%cal Gg3g4] WeiЯ bereitet den Raumgewinnzug 33.g4 vor.} Kf8 33. g4 hxg4
34. hxg4 Ke7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (34... Ke8 $14) 35. Rxa7 $1 $16 {Diese kleine
Kombination gewinnt einen Bauern.} Kd6 (35... Rxa7 36. Nxc6+ {[%cal Rc6e7,
Rc6a7]} Kd6 37. Nxa7 Kc5 38. a3 $18) 36. Ra6 {[%cal Rd4b5,Rb5d6,Rb5c7] Jetzt
droht 37.Nb5+, mit sofortigem Gewinn.} (36. Rxc7 Kxc7 37. b4 $16) 36... Kc5 (
36... Rc8 37. b4 $18) 37. a3 {[%cal Rb3b4,Rb4c5]} Nb8 38. b4+ Kc4 (38... Kd6 $2
39. Nb5+ $18) 39. Rb6 Nd7 40. Rxc6+ Rxc6 41. Nxc6 {Jetzt hat WeiЯ schon zwei
Bauern mehr. Es ist wahr, dass er den a-Bauern verliert, aber inzwischen kann
er seinen Koenig aktivieren.} Kb3 42. g5 $1 {[%csl Gg5] Mit diesem Zug
befestigt WeiЯ die schwarzen Bauern am Koenigsfluegel.} Kxa3 43. Kg3 {[%cal
Gg3f4]} Ka4 44. Kf4 Kb5 45. Ne5 $18 {[%cal Re5f7,Re5d7]} Nf8 46. Nxf7 Kxb4 47.
Ke5 Kc4 48. f4 (48. Nd6+ Kd3 49. e4 $18) 48... Kd3 49. Kxd5 Kxe3 50. Ke5 {
[%csl Re3] Der schwarze Koenig steht weit vom Hauptkriegschauplatz. WeiЯ hat
nur einen Bauern mehr und es gibt wenig Material auf dem Brett, aber er steht
auf Gewinn.} Kf3 51. f5 gxf5 52. Kxf5 Ke3 53. Nd8 {[%csl Gg5][%cal Gd8e6]} 1-0

[Event "ARM-ch 66th"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2006.03.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Yegiazarian, Arsen"]
[Black "Asrian, Karen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A32"]
[WhiteElo "2531"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2006.03.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nf3 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Qb3 {Eine
Nebenvariante, die weniger gefдhrlich fьr Schwarz ist. Nach meiner Meinung ist
6.g3 die chancenreichste Fortsetzung fьr WeiЯ.} Na6 7. Bd2 O-O 8. e3 b6 9. Be2
Bb7 10. O-O Be7 {[%csl Rb3][%cal Gb7g2,Ga6c5] Schwarz hat harmonische
Entwicklung und gesunde Stellung.} 11. Rfd1 Rc8 12. Rac1 d5 {[%mdl 4]} (12...
Nc5 13. Qc2 Qc7 (13... d5) 14. f3 Qb8 $6 15. b4 Na6 16. a3 $16 Bd6 17. f4 (17.
h3) 17... Qa8 18. Ncb5 Bb8 $5 (18... Be7) 19. Bf3 Bxf3 (19... Ne4 $5) 20. Nxf3
d5 21. Qa4 Qb7 22. cxd5 Nxd5 23. Nc3 $1 $16 {1-0 Pomar Salamanca,A-Jansson,B/
Skopje 1972/EXT 2000/(39)}) 13. a3 $6 {[%cal Gb3a2] Auf diese Weise schafft
WeiЯ Platz fьr die Dame auf a2, aber nun erhдlt Schwarz die Initiative.} (13.
cxd5 Nc5 14. Qc2 Nxd5 {Auch in diesem Fall hat Schwarz eine sehr bequeme
Stellung.}) 13... Nc5 14. Qa2 dxc4 15. Bxc4 Bd6 {[%cal Gb7h1,Gd6h2] Schwarz
verfьgt ьber ein harmonisches Figurenspiel, wдhrend die weiЯe Dame weit
entfernt vom Kцnigsflьgel steht.} 16. Be1 (16. b4 Bxh2+ 17. Kxh2 Ng4+ 18. Kg1 (
18. Kg3 Qg5) 18... Qh4 19. Be1 {Das wдre nur Zugumstellung zur
Partiefortsetzung.}) {[#]} 16... Bxh2+ $1 {[%mdl 512] Ein starkes, aber
typisches Opfer, wonach Schwarz zeitweilig nur einen Bauern fьr die Figur
erhдlt, aber nachhaltigen Angriff bekommt.} 17. Kxh2 Ng4+ 18. Kg1 (18. Kg3 Nxe3
$1 (18... Qg5) 19. fxe3 Qg5+ $19) 18... Qh4 {[%csl Gb7,Rg1,Gg4,Gh4][%cal Rh4h2,
Rh2g1]} 19. b4 Qh2+ 20. Kf1 Qxg2+ 21. Ke2 Nd7 {[%cal Gd7e5] Schwarz hat nur
zwei Bauern fьr die Figur, aber sehr starken Angriff; der weiЯe Kцnig steht
angreifbar in der Mitte.} 22. Kd2 (22. Bb3 Nde5 $19) 22... Nxf2 (22... Nde5 $17
) 23. Bxf2 Qxf2+ 24. Be2 Ne5 {[%csl Rd2][%cal Re5c4,Rc4d2,Rc4e3] Jetzt hat
Schwarz drei Bauern fьr die Figur und er kann seinen Angriff fortsetzen.} 25.
Rf1 Qh2 (25... Nc4+ $2 26. Qxc4) 26. Ncb5 Bd5 {[%csl Yc4][%cal Rd5a2,Re5c4,
Rc4d2]} 27. Qb1 Nc4+ 28. Rxc4 Rxc4 $19 29. Nc3 Rxc3 $1 {Mit dieser kleiner
Kombination kann Schwarz die Stellung vereinfachen.} 30. Kxc3 e5 {[%csl Rc3,
Rd4,Re2]} 31. Nf5 Qxe2 32. Ne7+ Kh8 33. Rd1 (33. Nxd5 Rc8+ 34. Kb3 Qc4+ $19)
33... Qc4+ 34. Kd2 Bf3 {[%csl Rd1,Rd2][%cal Rf8d8,Rd8d1]} 0-1

[Event "Beijing"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Xie, Jun"]
[Black "Adianto, Utut"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A32"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 033"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. Nf3 e6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Ndb5 d5 7. a3 $6 (7.
Bf4 $5 O-O 8. e3 Nc6 9. a3 Ba5 10. b4 a6 $13) (7. cxd5 exd5 8. Bg5 O-O 9. e3 a6
10. a3 Be7 11. Nd4 Nc6 12. Be2 h6 13. Bh4 Qb6 $13 {Murey,Y-Brodskij,M Helsinki
op 1992 CBM/32}) 7... Bxc3+ 8. Nxc3 d4 9. Na4 $5 (9. Na2 $2 O-O 10. e3 Nc6 11.
Be2 e5 12. O-O Bf5 13. exd4 Nxd4 14. Nc3 Bc2 15. Qd2 Rc8 16. Re1 Re8 17. Bd1
Bxd1 18. Qxd1 Rxc4 $19 {Ungureanu-Averbach Bucuresti 1971 11/41}) 9... O-O 10.
b4 e5 11. Bb2 Nc6 12. g3 Be6 13. Rc1 Bxc4 $6 (13... b6 $5 14. Bg2 Rc8 15. O-O
Qd7 $15) 14. Rxc4 Qd5 15. Rxc6 Qxc6 16. f3 (16. Rg1 a5 $1 $44) 16... Nd5 (16...
a5 $5) 17. e4 $1 dxe3 (17... Ne3 $5) 18. Bd3 Rfd8 19. Ke2 Nf6 20. Nc5 a5 21.
Qb3 axb4 22. axb4 Qd5 23. Qc2 b6 24. Ne4 Rac8 25. Qb1 Nxe4 26. fxe4 Qd6 27. b5
f5 (27... Qh6 $5) 28. Rd1 Qh6 29. Bxe5 Qe6 (29... Qxh2+ 30. Kxe3 Qh6+ 31. Bf4
Qe6 $44) 30. Bf4 fxe4 31. Bxe4 Rxd1 32. Kxd1 Rc3 33. Ke2 Rb3 34. Qc2 Rxb5 35.
Bxh7+ Kh8 36. Bd3 Rc5 37. Qb1 Qg4+ 38. Kxe3 g5 39. Qa1+ Kg8 40. Qa2+ Kg7 41.
Qb2+ Kf7 42. Qa2+ Kf6 43. Bd6 Rc6 44. Qa1+ 1-0

[Event "Terrassa"]
[Site "Terrassa"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nogueiras Santiago, Jesus"]
[Black "Bellon Lopez, Juan Manuel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A32"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "1990.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 c5 4. Nf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Qc7 6. Nd2 Nc6 (6... b6 7. Bg2
Bb7 8. Nb5 Qc8 9. e4 a6 10. Nc3 d6 11. O-O Be7 12. b3 O-O 13. Bb2 Nbd7 14. Qe2
$13 {Raskhovskij-Kovacevic,S Vrnjacka Banja 1988 45/39}) (6... Bc5 7. N2b3 Be7
8. Qc2 Nc6 9. Bg2 Bb4+ $1 $13 {Ivanov,Se-Yudasin,L Leningrad II 1989 48/40 CBM
15}) 7. Nb5 Qa5 8. Bg2 a6 $1 (8... d5 9. O-O a6 10. Nc3 Ne7 11. Nb3 $14 {
Trifunovic-Ugrinovic Jugoslavia ch 1959}) 9. Nc3 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. a3 d6 12.
e3 Bd7 13. Qe2 Rac8 14. Rd1 Qc7 15. b3 Rfd8 16. Bb2 Qb8 17. Rac1 Be8 18. h3 {
Ribli} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 18th"]
[Site "Kallithea"]
[Date "2002.09.24"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Blagojevic, Dragisa"]
[Black "Akopian, Vladimir Eduardovic"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A32"]
[WhiteElo "2537"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2002.09.22"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sarajevo Napredak"]
[BlackTeam "Kazan Ladya"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BIH"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 c5 {Nach meiner persoenlichen Meinung ist dieser Zug
jetzt stдrker als nach 3.Nf3, oder 3.Nc3.} 4. Nf3 {Statt dieser Fortsetzung
fuehrt der Zug 4.d5 zur Benoni-Verteidigung, aber die g3-Variante ist nicht
besonders gefaehrlich fuer Schwarz.} cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4+ {Das ist eine sehr gute
Fortsetzung, aber die Alternativen - 5...Qc7, 5...Qb6, 5...Qa5, 5...a6 und 5...
Nc6 sind ebenfalls gut spielbar.} 6. Nd2 {Das ist ein selten gespielte Zug - 6.
Bd2 scheint mir natuerlicher.} (6. Bd2 Qb6) 6... Qb6 (6... Nc6) 7. a3 (7. e3)
7... Bc5 (7... Be7 8. N2f3 a6 9. Bg2 d6 10. O-O O-O 11. h3 Nc6 12. b4 e5 $6 13.
Nxc6 bxc6 14. c5 Qc7 15. cxd6 Bxd6 16. Bb2 a5 17. Rc1 {1-0 Djuric,S-Govedarica,
R/Tivat 1995/CBM 48 ext (40)}) (7... Bxd2+ 8. Qxd2 Nc6 9. e3 O-O 10. b4 Nxd4
11. Qxd4 Qc6 12. Rg1 $11) 8. N2b3 Nc6 (8... Be7 9. Bg2 $14) 9. Nxc5 (9. e3 $5 {
Dieser Zug kommt auch in Betracht.}) 9... Qxc5 10. e3 (10. Nb5 $5 O-O (10...
Ne5 $2 11. Qd6 $16) 11. Be3 Qxc4 12. Nd6 $44) 10... Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Qc6 $11 {
[%cal Gc6h1] Weiss hat das Lдuferpaar, aber die schwarze Entwicklung ist
besser und die weissfarbigen Punkte am weissen Koenigsfluegel sind geschwaecht
.} (11... Qxd4 12. exd4 $14) 12. Rg1 d6 (12... d5 13. cxd5 $14) 13. Bg2 Qc7 14.
b3 (14. Bd2 e5 15. Qd3 Be6 16. b3 Rd8 17. e4 Nd7 $11 {[%cal Gd7c5]}) 14... e5
15. Qd3 O-O 16. Bb2 Rd8 {[%cal Gd8d5] Schwarz moechte - nach Vorbereitung -
d6-d5 ziehen.} 17. Kd2 $2 {[%csl Rd2][%mdl 16384] Weiss moechte mit 18.Rgc1
und 19.Ke1 "rochieren", aber das kostet viele Zeit. Ich muss bemerken, als ich
diese Zug gesehen habe, glaubte ich zunдchst an einen Fehler in der
Partienotation...} (17. e4 $11) 17... Be6 18. Rgc1 Qe7 {Die Dame verlдЯt die
c-Linie und bereitet so den VorstoЯ d6-d5 vor.} 19. Ke1 (19. e4 b5 20. cxb5 d5
$17) 19... d5 $1 $36 20. cxd5 (20. Bxe5 dxc4 $17) 20... Bxd5 21. Bxd5 Rxd5 22.
Qc4 h5 $1 23. Rd1 (23. Qc7 Qe8 24. Qxb7 Rb8 25. Qc6 Qxc6 26. Rxc6 Rxb3 $15)
23... Rc5 24. Qd3 Ng4 {Auf den ersten Blick scheint es, dass der Springer auf
g4 gefдhrdet steht, aber Schwarz hat starke taktische Drohungen.} (24... Rac8
25. Qd6 Qe8 $15) 25. h3 (25. f3 Nxh2 26. Qe2 Qg5 27. Qxh2 (27. Kf2 h4 28. Rg1
Nxf3 $19) (27. Qf2 e4 $17) 27... Qxe3+ 28. Kf1 (28. Qe2 Qg1+ 29. Qf1 Qxg3+ 30.
Qf2 Qxf2+ 31. Kxf2 Rc2+ $19) 28... Qxf3+ $17) 25... Nh2 $1 $17 {[%csl Yf3,Gh2]
[%cal Ge5e4][%mdl 128]} 26. e4 (26. Ke2 e4 27. Qd4 Rc2+ 28. Ke1 $4 (28. Rd2
Rxd2+ 29. Qxd2 Nf3 $17) 28... Nf3+ $19) (26. Qe4 Qe6 27. Qg2 Rc2 $17) (26. Qd7
Qxd7 27. Rxd7 Rc2 $17) 26... Qe6 {[%csl Ge6][%cal Ge6h3,Ge6b3]} 27. h4 Qg4 {
[%csl Re1][%cal Rh2f3,Rf3e1] Der weisse Koenig befindet sich in groser Not -
er muss immer mit Nf3+ rechnen.} 28. Rac1 Rac8 29. Rxc5 Rxc5 30. Rc1 Nf3+ 31.
Ke2 $2 (31. Kf1 $1 Rxc1+ (31... Qxe4 $6 32. Qd8+ (32. Qxe4 Nd2+ 33. Ke2 Nxe4
34. Rxc5 Nxc5 35. Bxe5 Nxb3 36. Kd3 $132) 32... Kh7 33. Rxc5 Nh2+ 34. Kg1 $11)
32. Bxc1 Qh3+ 33. Ke2 Nd4+ 34. Kd2 Qg2 35. Qe3 f6 36. Bb2 Ne6 $17) 31... Rxc1
32. Bxc1 Nxh4+ {Auf diese Weise gewinnt Schwarz einfach einen Bauern - Weiss
hat keine Kompensation.} 33. Kf1 Nf3 34. Be3 b6 35. Qd8+ Kh7 36. Qe7 f6 {
Alles ist verteidigt in der schwarzen Stellung; zwar hдngt a7P, aber das hat
keine Bedeutung, weil die weisse Dame bei der Verteidigung des Kцnigs fehlen
wird.} 37. Qxa7 Qxe4 38. Qxb6 Qb1+ 39. Ke2 e4 $19 {[%csl Re2] Droht 40...Qe1#
und 40...Qd3#.} 0-1

[Event "Beersheba"]
[Site "Beersheba"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily V"]
[Black "Greenfeld, Alon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A32"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "1990.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 c5 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Bd2 (6. Ndb5 O-O 7. a3
Bxc3+ 8. Nxc3 d5 9. Bg5 Nc6 10. e3 d4 11. exd4 Qxd4 12. Qxd4 Nxd4 13. Bd3 e5
14. O-O h6 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. f4 Be6 17. Rae1 $16 {Kortschnoj,V-Hjartarson,J/
Tilburg 1989/ 1-0 (34)}) 6... O-O 7. e3 Nc6 8. Be2 d5 9. cxd5 Nxd4 10. exd4
Bxc3 $5 11. bxc3 exd5 {/\ Ne4} 12. f3 (12. Bg5 $5) 12... Ne8 13. O-O Nd6 14.
Qb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kecskemet"]
[Site "Kecskemet"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Stangl, Markus"]
[Black "Tolnai, Tibor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A32"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1990.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Qb6 6. Nb3 e6 7. Bg5 Bb4 8.
Bxf6 gxf6 9. Rc1 Na5 10. e3 Nxb3 11. Qxb3 Bc5 12. Qc2 Qc6 13. a3 f5 14. Nd5 $5
Be7 15. Nxe7 Kxe7 16. c5 b6 17. cxb6 Qxb6 18. Qc5+ Qxc5 19. Rxc5 Bb7 20. Kd2
Rhg8 21. Rg1 Be4 22. g3 a5 23. Bd3 Rgb8 24. Rb1 a4 25. Rc3 Ra5 26. Kc2 h5 27.
b4 axb3+ 28. Rbxb3 Rba8 29. Kb2 h4 30. Rb4 hxg3 31. hxg3 Bc6 32. Rh4 Bd5 33.
Rb4 Bc6 34. Rh4 Rd5 35. Kc1 Rda5 36. Kb2 Rd5 37. Kc1 Rda5 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1997.04.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Komarov, Dimitri"]
[Black "Aseev, Konstantin N"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A32"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 059"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Aseev} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 c5 4. Nf3 {Ich persцnlich vertrete die
Auffassung, daЯ Schwarz keine Erцffnungsprobleme nach diesem Zug befьrchten
muЯ.Ribli.} cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. Nc3 Qc7 7. Bg5 {Mit dem Partiezug opfert WeiЯ
einen Bauern. Aber auch das solide 7.Qd3 verspricht nichts.Ribli.} (7. Qd3 Nc6
(7... b6 8. Bg2 Bb7 $13) 8. Nxc6 Qxc6 9. e4 b6 10. Bg2 Bb7 11. Bd2 Bc5 12. O-O
O-O 13. Rac1 Ng4 $1 14. Nd1 (14. h3 Ne5 15. Qe2 Nxc4 16. Bf4 a5 17. Kh2 e5 18.
Bg5 h6 19. Bh4 Ba6 20. Rfe1 g5 {0-1 Adianto,U-Rogers,I/Jakarta zt 1987 (31)}) (
14. Qe2 f5 15. b4 Bd4 16. b5 Qc5 17. Na4 Bxf2+ 18. Kh1 Qa3 19. Nc3 Bd4 20. exf5
Bxg2+ 21. Qxg2 Bxc3 22. Rxc3 Qxa2 {0-1 Sosonko,G-Riemersma,L/NLD-ch 1995 (35)})
14... a5 15. h3 Ne5 16. Qc3 Bb4 17. Qc2 Bxd2 18. Qxd2 Qc5 19. Ne3 d6 20. Kh2
Rad8 {1/2-1/2 Olafsson,H-Ljubojevic,L/Wijk 1987}) (7. Bg2 {Aseev} Qxc4 8. O-O (
8. Bg5 Nc6 9. Nb3 Bb4 10. O-O Bxc3 11. bxc3 Ne4 {Lautier,J-Ljubojevic,L/Monaco
blind 1995/EXP 46/0-1 (44)}) 8... Nc6 9. Nxc6 (9. Nb3 Be7 10. Bf4 O-O 11. a3 a5
12. Rc1 a4 13. Nd2 Qa6 {Haroutjunian,D-Kudrin,S/Erevan op 1996/EXP 52/0-1 (45)}
) 9... bxc6 10. Bf4 Qb4 11. e4 Be7 12. a3 Qb7 13. Bd6 Bxd6 14. Qxd6 Qb8 15. Qc5
Qa7 16. Qd6 Qb8 17. Qc5 Qa7 18. Qd6 {1/2-1/2 Dyachkov,S-Aseev,K/RUS-ch 1996/
CBM 56}) 7... Qxc4 $5 8. Rc1 {[%cal Yc1c8]} (8. Bxf6 gxf6 9. Bg2 Nc6 10. Nxc6
bxc6 11. O-O Be7 12. Rc1 Qb4 13. Qd2 Rb8 14. b3 h5 15. Qe3 h4 {0-1
Dzindzichashvili,R-Browne,W/St.Martin op 1991 (41)}) 8... Nc6 (8... Qb4 9. Bg2
(9. a3 {Aseev} Qa5 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Bg2 Nc6 12. O-O Be7 13. Qd2 (13. Na4 O-O
14. e3 f5 15. b4 Qe5 16. Nb6 Rb8 17. Nb3 d5 18. Nc5 Qc7 19. Nca4 Qd6 20. f4 Bf6
21. Qc2 Na7 22. Qc5 Be7 23. Qxd6 Bxd6 24. Nc5 Rd8 25. a4 Bc7 {Verat,L-Valenti,
G/Lugano op 1989/TD 89\01/0-1 (64)}) 13... O-O 14. Rfd1 Kh8 15. b4 Qe5 16. Nf3
Qh5 17. Nd4 Rb8 18. Na4 Qe5 19. Nb6 Rd8 20. e4 a5 21. Rc4 axb4 22. axb4 Qd6 {
1/2-1/2 Nedobora,M-Yudasin,L/Ponferrada op 1992/EXT 92op2 (36)}) 9... Nc6 10.
Nxc6 bxc6 11. e4 h6 12. Bd2 Qb8 13. O-O Be7 14. Re1 e5 15. Na4 Qc7 {Teske,
H-Lendwai,R/Vienna op 1996/1-0 (60)}) 9. Nb3 (9. Ncb5 Qb4+ (9... Bb4+ 10. Bd2
$16) (9... axb5 10. Rxc4 bxc4 11. Bg2 {Und Schwarz hat etwas - vielleicht
nicht genьgend - Kompensation.Ribli.}) 10. Bd2 axb5 11. Bxb4 Bxb4+ 12. Rc3 Rxa2
13. Qb3 (13. Qb1 $142 $15 {Aseev}) 13... Ra1+ 14. Kd2 Ne4+ 15. Ke3 Nxc3 16.
Nxc6 Nd5+ 17. Kf3 bxc6 18. e4 c5 {0-1 Gauglitz,G-Teske,H/DDR-ch Stralsund 1988}
) 9... Ne4 $5 $146 {[%csl Ge4]} (9... Qb4 10. Bg2 (10. Bxf6 {Aseev} gxf6 11. e4
$44) 10... d5 11. O-O Bd7 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Bxd5 Bg7 14. Bg2 f5 15. e4 {
1-0 Hergott,D-Sisniega,M/Linares NL 1992 (38)} (15. e4 Rd8 16. exf5 O-O 17. Qh5
{1-0 Hergott,D-Sisniega,M/Linares NL 1992/EXP 33 (38)})) (9... Be7 10. Bg2 $44)
10. Bg2 {Nach dem Partiezug hat WeiЯ nichts, ich habe aber auch keinen
besseren Vorschlag. Die schwarze Dame scheint auf den ersten Blick schlecht zu
stehen, aber ich kann in dieser konkreten Stellung nicht sehen, wie WeiЯ
daraus einen Vorteil ziehen kцnnte.Ribli.} (10. Nxe4 Qxe4 11. f3 Qg6 $17 (11...
Qe5 $17)) 10... Nxg5 11. h4 Qg4 12. hxg5 Qxg5 $17 {Schwarz hat schon zwei
Bauern mehr und einen klaren Plan, seine Entwicklung zu beenden,wдhrend WeiЯ
einige Zeit benцtigt, um Initiative zu entwickeln.Ribli.} 13. Kf1 (13. O-O d5
$17) (13. Ne4 Qd8 (13... Qe7) 14. Nd6+ Bxd6 15. Qxd6 Qe7 $17) 13... d5 (13...
Qd8 {Aseev}) 14. e4 {Es sei gut oder schlecht, es ist das Einzige, was WeiЯ
noch probieren kann.Ribli.} d4 15. Rh5 (15. Nxd4 $4 Nxd4 16. Qxd4 Qxc1+) (15.
Ne2 {Aseev} e5 16. f4 Qf6 $5 $19) 15... Qd8 16. Nd5 $8 {Das ist ein
klassisches Beispiel fьr "passive Opfer", bei denen die Annahme des Opfers
nicht erzwungen ist.Ribli.} (16. Ne2 g6 {Und nach dem folgendem 17...Bg7 steht
Schwarz ьberzeugend.Ribli.}) 16... g6 (16... exd5 17. exd5 Ne7 18. Qxd4 $15 {
Die weiЯe Initiative in dieser Variante ist nicht ausreichend, die
Partiefortsetzung ist aber noch viel besser fьr Schwarz.Ribli.}) 17. Nxd4 gxh5
18. Nxc6 (18. Rxc6 {Aseev} exd5 $1 $19) 18... bxc6 19. Qd4 cxd5 20. Qxh8 Bb7
$19 {Schwarz hat eine gesunde Mehrfigur. WeiЯ hat keinerlei Kompensation.} 21.
Rd1 Qb6 22. exd5 Rd8 {Das ist noch sicherer als 22...0-0-0.} 23. Qxh7 Bxd5 24.
Qxh5 (24. Bxd5 Qb5+ $19) 24... Bxg2+ 25. Kxg2 Rxd1 26. Qxd1 Qxb2 {Und WeiЯ gab
auf. Schwarz hat diese Partie schon in der Erцffnung gewonnen.Ribli.} (26...
Qxb2 27. Qa4+ Qb5 $19) 0-1

[Event "CZE-ch"]
[Site "Karlovy Vary"]
[Date "2004.02.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Haba, Petr"]
[Black "Hracek, Zbynek"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A32"]
[WhiteElo "2524"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2004.02.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 100"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Atlas,V} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 {GroЯmeister Haba spielt gern die
Katalanische Verteidigung mit WeiЯ, was erreichbar wдre mit 3...d5.} c5 {
Dieser Zug ist eine Einladung zur Benoni - Verteidigung (4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 -
5...b5 ist auch interessant -).} 4. Nf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Qc7 {Der Damezug ist eine
populдre Fortsetzung, aber die Alternativen - 5...Qa5+, 5...a6, 5...Bb4+, 5...
Nc6, 5...Qb6 - kommen auch in Betracht. Der Vorteil des Damezugs ist, dass
Schwarz den c4-Bauern angreift.} 6. Nd2 b6 {Dieser Zug ist die beste
Mцglichkeit fьr WeiЯ, aber 5...a6 und 5...Nc6 sind auch spielbar.} 7. Bg2 Bb7
8. Nb5 {Das ist die Abweichung von WeiЯ. In einer frьheren Partie zwischen
denselben Spielern spielte WeiЯ 8.Bxb7.} (8. Bxb7 Qxb7 9. O-O Nc6 10. Nxc6 Qxc6
11. b3 Be7 12. Bb2 O-O 13. Nf3 a6 14. Qd3 Rfd8 15. Rac1 Qb7 16. Rfd1 d5 17. Qb1
dxc4 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Rxc4 b5 {0-1 Haba,P-Hracek,Z/Czechia 2001/EXT 2003 (51)}
) 8... Qc8 9. e4 {WeiЯ tauscht nicht den Lдufer auf der groЯen Diagonalen und
mцchte eine starke Zentrumstellung aufbauen.} (9. Bxb7 Qxb7 10. Nf3 Ne4 $11)
9... a6 10. Nc3 d6 11. O-O Be7 12. b3 O-O 13. Bb2 Nbd7 14. Qe2 Re8 {Wir haben
eine traditionelle Igelstellung, in der WeiЯ mehr Raum kontrolliert und die
schwarze Stellung ist etwas passiv, aber fest. Der d2N steht hier weniger gut.}
(14... Nc5 15. Rfd1 Qc7 16. Nf1 Rac8 17. Rac1 Rfe8 18. h3 Qb8 19. g4 h6 20. Ng3
Bc6 21. Bf1 Qa8 22. Re1 Rb8 23. f4 b5 $13 {0-1 Martinovsky,E-Csom,I/Wrexham
1996/CBM 55 ext (88)}) (14... Qc7 $5 $11 {Und im folgenden kann Schwarz seine
Stellung mit Rac8, Rfe8 und Qb8 aufbauen.}) 15. Rac1 Qc5 {Mit diesem Zug
mцchte Schwarz die Schwдchung des weiЯen Damenflьgels mit a3-b4 provozieren
und die Mцglichkeit f2-f4 verhindern.} (15... Qb8 16. Rfe1 b5 $6 (16... Qa7 17.
g4 h6 18. Kh1 $36) 17. cxb5 axb5 18. Qxb5 Ne5 19. Na4 Qa7 20. Bxe5 $1 dxe5 21.
Nc4 $16 {1/2-1/2 Cifuentes Parada,R-Van der Wiel,J/Wijk aan Zee 1997/CBM 57/
[Yudasin,L] (62)}) 16. a3 (16. Na4 Qc6 $11 {[%cal Gb6b5]} (16... Qc7 17. f4 $14
{[%cal Ge4e5]})) 16... Rac8 17. b4 Qc7 $11 {Schwarz hat eine bequeme Stellung,
der d2N kann nicht wegziehen wegen der Schwдchung des c4-Bauern.} 18. f4 Nf8 {
Schwarz muss sich gegen die Drohung 19.e5 verteidigen. Mit dem Textzug macht
Schwarz Platz auf d5 fьr den f6-Springer.} 19. Kh1 (19. Nd1 $5 N6d7 (19... Bc6
20. Ne3 $14) 20. Ne3 Bf6 $11) 19... N6d7 20. Nd1 Bf6 {Das ist eine gute Idee
von Schwarz - er mцchte den gefдhrlichen weiЯen b2-Lдufer tauschen.} 21. Bxf6
Nxf6 22. Rc3 (22. Ne3 $11) 22... a5 $1 {[%mdl 32] Gewцhnlich kann sich Schwarz
in Igelstellungen diesen Zug nicht leisten, wegen der Schwдchung des b5-Feldes,
aber hier ist der weiЯe Springer sehr weit weg von b5. Im folgenden kann
Schwarz die a-Linie цffnen.} (22... e5 23. f5 $14) 23. Nf2 (23. b5 $2 N8d7 $15
{[%cal Gd7c5]}) 23... axb4 24. axb4 Ra8 {[%cal Ga8a1]} 25. Rfc1 Ra2 26. Qe3 {
[%cal Gc4c5]} Rea8 27. c5 dxc5 (27... bxc5 $5 28. bxc5 d5 29. c6 Ba6 $13 30. e5
$2 d4 31. Qxd4 Rd8 $19) 28. bxc5 bxc5 29. Rxc5 (29. Nb3 $11) 29... Qb6 {
Die Bauernstellung ist symmetrisch, Schwarz hat aktives Figurenspiel, aber
WeiЯ hat keine Probleme. Man kann ein Remisergebnis erwarten.} 30. Nc4 (30. Nf1
$2 Qb2 (30... N8d7 31. R5c2 $11) 31. R1c2 (31. Kg1 Ng4 $19) 31... Qxc2 32. Rxc2
Rxc2 $19 {[%cal Ra8a2,Ra2h2]}) 30... Qb4 31. Kg1 $4 {[%mdl 8192] WeiЯ mцchte
seine Kцnigsstellung verbessern, aber dieser scheinbar natьrliche Zug ist in
Wirklichkeit ein grober Fehler.} ({Atlas,V: Careless move impressively refuted
by Black. After} 31. Rc7 {Atlas,V: 'the chances are about equal.'} Rd8 32. Kg1
$11) {[#]} 31... Rxf2 $3 $19 {Atlas,V: 'This remarkable blow eliminates the
key defender of White's kingside and makes Black's attack irresisitble.'} 32.
Qxf2 ({Atlas,V: Of course, not} 32. Kxf2 Ng4+ $19 {', winning the queen.'})
32... Ng4 {[%csl Rc5,Rf2,Rg1][%cal Rc5g1] Der weiЯe Kцnig, der Turm und die
Dame stehen alle auf der a7-g1 Diagonalen.} 33. Qd4 Rd8 $1 (33... Rd8 34. Rb5 (
34. Rd5 exd5 $19) 34... Qxb5 {Atlas,V: 'A brilliant conclusion of Black's
fulminant attack! White resigned, facing a choice between huge material losses
and a nice mate final:'} 35. Qxd8 Qc5+ 36. Kh1 (36. Kf1 {Atlas,V} Qf2#) 36...
Nf2+ 37. Kg1 Nh3+ 38. Kh1 Qg1+ 39. Rxg1 Nf2# {Dieses Mattbild ist gut bekannt.}
) 0-1

[Event "Chalkidiki"]
[Site "Chalkidiki"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Ulybin, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A32"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1992.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 032"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 {Lautier} c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 e6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 d5 (5... b6 $6 6.
Ndb5 a6 7. Nd6+ Bxd6 8. Qxd6 Nc6 9. g3 Bb7 10. Bg2 Na5 11. Bxb7 Nxb7 12. Qd4
$14 {Azmayparashvili,Z-Gedevanishvili,D Sydney 1990 CBM/20}) (5... a6 6. a3 b6
7. e4 d6 8. Be2 Bb7 9. f3 Nbd7 10. Be3 Be7 11. O-O O-O $13 {Xu Jun-Anastasian,
A PRC-CIS Beijing 1991 CBM/28}) 6. cxd5 (6. Bg5 e5 7. Nf3 d4 8. Nd5 Be7 9. Nxe7
Qxe7 10. e3 Qb4+ 11. Qd2 Qxd2+ 12. Nxd2 Nc6 13. exd4 Nxd4 14. O-O-O Ng4 15. Re1
f6 16. Be3 Nxe3 17. Rxe3 Be6 18. f4 exf4 19. Re4 O-O-O 20. Rxf4 Bf7 $10 {
Braga,F-Izeta,F Toledo 1991 CBM/22}) 6... Nxd5 7. Bd2 Be7 (7... Bc5 $5 8. Nb3
Bb6 $1 9. g3 a5 10. Bg2 a4 11. Nc1 a3 $13 {Peshina,G-Magerramov,E Budapest
Spring op 1990 EXP/17}) 8. e4 Nxc3 (8... Nb4 {Lautier is better.}) 9. Bxc3 O-O
10. Be2 b6 11. O-O Bb7 12. Qc2 Nd7 (12... Nc6 $2 13. Nxc6 Bxc6 14. Bxg7 $1 Bxe4
15. Qxe4 Kxg7 16. Rfd1 $16) 13. Rfd1 Qc7 (13... Qc8 {Lautier was more careful.}
) 14. Nb5 Qc6 15. Qd3 Rfd8 16. Qg3 $1 Nf6 (16... Bf6 $2 {Lautier} 17. Rxd7 $18)
17. Rdc1 Rdc8 (17... Qd7 $1 {Lautier was far more resilient.} 18. Be5 $1 {
with a lasting initiative for White.} (18. Bxf6 {Surprisingly enough, the
tactics work out fine for Black.} Bxf6 19. e5 Be7 20. Rc7 Qd2 21. Bh5 (21. Qe3
Qxb2 22. Rf1 Ba6 $1) (21. Rxe7 Qxb2 $1 22. Rf1 Qxe2 23. Nd6 Ba6) (21. Nc3 Rd7
22. Rd1 Qxd1+ 23. Bxd1 Rxc7) 21... Qxb2 22. Rf1 Qxb5 23. Rxe7 Rd7 24. Bxf7+ Kf8
$10)) 18. b3 Ba6 19. Bb2 Qe8 (19... Qd7 {Lautier} 20. Rd1 $18 {/\ Bf6}) 20.
Bxf6 $1 Bxf6 21. Nd6 Bxa1 22. Rxa1 Bxe2 23. Nxe8 Rxe8 24. Rc1 Bb5 (24... e5 {
Lautier} 25. Rc7 Rac8 26. Qxe5 $18) 25. Qe5 Rec8 26. Rc7 Be8 27. h3 b5 28. Qc5
Rxc7 29. Qxc7 a5 30. a3 $1 a4 31. b4 Kf8 32. e5 h6 33. h4 Ra6 34. Qc5+ Kg8 35.
Qc8 1-0

[Event "Mitropa Cup 19th"]
[Site "Baden"]
[Date "1999.04.08"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Huebner, Robert"]
[Black "Oral, Tomas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A32"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2521"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "1999.04.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 071"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 6144]} 1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 (4... e6 $5 {Nach
diesem Zug wдre das System mit 5.g3 weniger effektiv. Ribli.}) 5. g3 e6 (5...
Qb6 6. Nc2 $14) 6. Bg2 Bb4+ (6... Qb6 7. Nc2 d5 8. O-O (8. cxd5 exd5 $11) 8...
dxc4 9. Nba3 Qa6 10. b3 $1 $14) 7. Bd2 Be7 {Das ist kein Tempoverlust fьr
Schwarz, denn der weiЯe Lдufer steht auf d2 schlechter als auf c1. Dort wдre
noch die Entwicklung mit b2-b3 mцglich.} 8. Bc3 (8. Nb3 $5) (8. Bf4 $5) (8.
Nxc6 bxc6 9. b4 d5 10. b5 $13) 8... O-O 9. O-O d5 {Mit einfachen Zьgen bekommt
Schwarz eine gut spielbare Stellung. Der weiЯe Lдufer steht etwas unnatьrlich
auf c3.} (9... Qc7 10. Nd2 d6 11. Rc1 Bd7 12. Nb5 Qb8 13. Bxf6 $1 Bxf6 14. Ne4
$16) (9... a6 10. e4 $14) 10. Nd2 (10. cxd5 Nxd5 (10... exd5 $11) 11. Nxc6 bxc6
12. Bd4 (12. Qa4 Qb6 13. Bd4 c5 14. Be5 f6 15. Bc3 Qa6 16. Qc2 Rb8 17. Rd1 Bb7
$11) 12... Ba6 13. Re1 Qa5 14. Nd2 c5 15. e4 Nb4 16. Bc3 Qb6 {0-1 Sakhatova,
G-Suba,M/London 1990/EXT 97 (38)}) 10... Bd7 (10... Qb6 $5 11. cxd5 $5 (11. e3
Rd8 12. a3 Bd7 13. Rc1 dxc4 14. Nxc4 Qa6 15. Qb3 Rac8 16. Rfe1 Nd5 17. Nxc6
Bxc6 18. Bd4 Ba4 19. Qa2 Bb5 {0-1 Bischoff,D-Romanishin,O/Bad Woerishofen 1997/
CBM 57 ext (79)}) 11... Nxd5 12. Nf5 $6 (12. Bxd5 exd5 13. N2f3 $13) (12. Nc4
Qa6 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Qd3 $13) 12... Nxc3 13. Nxe7+ Nxe7 14. bxc3 Rd8 {1/2-1/2
Beliavsky,A-Gelfand,B/Beograd 1997/Inf 71/[Beliavsky,A] (32)} (14... Qc7 $5 {
/\ Bd7-c6})) 11. N4b3 $146 {WeiЯ vermeidet mцgliche Vereinfachungen mit ...
Nxd4 und ...Bc6. Er besitzt den guten katalanischen Lдufer auf g2, hat aber am
Damenflьgel Probleme mit der Figurenkoordination.} (11. cxd5 $5 Nxd5 12. Bxd5
exd5 13. Qb3 $5 (13. N2f3 Re8 14. Qb3 Bh3 15. Rfd1 Qd7 16. Rd3 Rad8 17. Rad1
Qc8 18. R1d2 {Seirawan,Y-Benjamin,J/Philadelphia 1986/Inf 42 (18)}) 13... Bf6
14. N2f3 Bh3 15. Rfd1 Qd7 16. Nxc6 Bxc3 17. Nce5 Bxe5 18. Nxe5 Qe6 19. Rxd5 $16
{Morovic Fernandez,I-Suba,M/New York (open) 1988/Inf 45 (19)}) 11... a5 $5 {
[%cal Ga5a4] Schwarz nutzt seine Chancen. Jetzt wдre 12.a4 wegen der
Schwдchung des Feldes b4 schlecht.} (11... Rc8 12. e4 $14) (11... Qc7 12. Rc1
$14 {[%cal Gc1c7]}) 12. e3 a4 13. Nd4 Na5 (13... Nxd4 14. Bxd4 Bc6 $11) 14. b3
(14. cxd5 Nxd5 15. Bxd5 exd5 $11 {Schwarz hat einen isolierten Damenbauern auf
d5, besitzt aber das Lдuferpaar.}) 14... dxc4 15. bxc4 (15. Nxc4 Nxc4 16. bxc4
Rc8 $15) 15... Rc8 16. Qe2 (16. Bxa5 Qxa5 17. Bxb7 Rc7 18. Bg2 e5 $44 {Das
Lдuferpaar und lebendiges Spiel kompensieren den Minusbauern.}) {[#]} 16...
Nxc4 $5 {Ein zeitweiliges Opfer, das dem Schwarzen mindestens gleiche Chancen
bietet.} (16... Nc6 17. Rab1 $14) 17. Nxc4 Qc7 {[%cal Rc8c3] WeiЯ kann den
Materialvorteil nicht behaupten und muЯ die Figur zurьckgeben.} 18. Ne5 $5 (18.
Rfc1 Qxc4 19. Bxb7 Qxe2 20. Nxe2 Rc7 $11) 18... Qxc3 (18... Qxe5 $2 19. Nc6 $16
{[%csl Re5][%cal Rc6e7,Re7g8,Re7c8,Rc3e5]}) 19. Nxd7 (19. Bxb7 Rc7 $11) 19...
Nxd7 20. Bxb7 Rc7 $11 {Nach Komplikationen ist eine ausgeglichene Stellung
entstanden.} 21. Rab1 (21. Nb5 {[%cal Rb5c3,Rb5c7]} Qc4 (21... Qc2 22. Qxc2
Rxc2 $11) 22. Qxc4 Rxc4 $11) 21... Bf6 22. Rfd1 (22. Nb5 Qc2 23. Qxc2 Rxc2 24.
a3 Nc5 $15) 22... Bxd4 23. Rxd4 Rb8 $6 (23... Nc5 $11) 24. Be4 $6 (24. Qd1 $1
Nf8 (24... Rbxb7 $2 25. Rxb7 Rxb7 26. Rxd7 Rxd7 27. Qxd7 g6 28. Qxa4 $16) 25.
Rdb4 a3 26. Qd6 $14 {[%csl Gd6]}) 24... Rxb1+ 25. Bxb1 g6 {Jetzt oder spдter
muЯ Schwarz so spielen, sonst bekommt er Schwierigkeiten mit der Grundreihe.}
26. Be4 (26. Qd1 $11) (26. Rxa4 $2 Qc1+ {[%cal Rc1b1,Rc1g1]}) 26... a3 {
Der schwarze Bauer a3 scheint gefдhrlich, kann aber auch zur Schwдche neigen.}
27. Kg2 Kg7 28. Qb5 Nf6 29. Bf3 (29. Rd3 $2 Qb2 $17 {[%csl Gb2,Re4]}) 29... Qa1
30. Qb3 (30. Qa5 {[%cal Ra5a3,Ra5c7]} Rc1 $17 {[%csl Ra2,Rg2][%cal Rc1g1,Rg1g2]
}) 30... Rc3 31. Rd1 (31. Qb4 Rc1 32. Rd8 Rg1+ 33. Kh3 Qf1+ 34. Kh4 g5+ 35.
Kxg5 h6+ 36. Kh4 Qxf2 37. Qf8+ Kg6 $19) 31... Rxb3 32. Rxa1 Rb2 $15 {[%csl Ra1,
Gb2] Schwarz hat einen viel aktiveren Turm und der Springer sollte in diesem
Endspiel besser als der Lдufer sein.} 33. h3 Nd7 {[%cal Gd7b6,Gb6c4,Gd7c5,
Gc5d3,Gd7e5]} 34. g4 Nc5 {[%cal Rc5d3,Rb2f2]} 35. Kf1 $8 e5 (35... g5 $5) (
35... Nd3 36. Be2 $15) 36. g5 $1 e4 37. Be2 h6 (37... Ne6 38. h4) 38. gxh6+ (
38. h4 hxg5 39. hxg5 Ne6 $17 {[%csl Rg5][%cal Re6g5]}) 38... Kxh6 39. Rc1 $1 {
Hьbner spielt das Endspiel sehr prдzise.} Nd3 40. Rd1 Nb4 (40... Rxa2 41. Bxd3
exd3 42. Rxd3 $11 {In Turmendspiel ist der schwarze a-Bauer ungefдhrlich.}) 41.
Bc4 {[%csl Rf7][%cal Gc4a2,Rc4f7]} f5 42. Rd6 {[%csl Rg6][%cal Gd6h6,Gc4f7]}
Nxa2 43. Ra6 (43. Bf7 $2 Nb4 {[%cal Ra3a2,Ra2a1]}) 43... Rb1+ (43... Nc3 44.
Rxa3 Nb1 45. Ra4 $8 $11 (45. Ra2 $2 Nd2+ {[%cal Rd2f1,Rd2c4]} 46. Kg2 Nxc4 $19)
) 44. Kg2 Nb4 {Schwarz kann seinen a-Bauern nicht halten.} 45. Rxa3 $11 Nc2 {
Schwarz steht theoretisch wegen des Springers noch etwas besser, aber WeiЯ
kann seine Stellung leicht halten.} 46. Rb3 $1 (46. Rc3 Ne1+ 47. Kg3 Nf3 48.
Be2 Rg1+ 49. Kf4 Rg2 $17) 46... Ne1+ 47. Kg3 Rc1 48. Be2 {...Nf3 wird nicht
zugelassen, ohne daЯ Schwarz vorher die Grundreihe verlдЯt.} Rc2 49. Bf1 Nf3
50. Bg2 Ne5 51. f3 exf3 {Und in gleicher Stellung wurde Remis gegeben.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 54th"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "2001.05.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Arbakov, Valentin"]
[Black "Dvoirys, Semen I"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A32"]
[WhiteElo "2491"]
[BlackElo "2568"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2001.04.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d4 {Meiner Meinung nach gibt dieser Zug WeiЯ kaum
Chancen auf Erцffnungsvorteil.} cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. g3 (5. Nc3 Bb4 6. g3 d5)
5... Qc7 {Das ist eine gute Fortsetzung, aber auch die Alternativen sind gut
spielbar. WeiЯ muss nun seinen Pc4 verteidigen.} (5... Bb4+) (5... Qb6) (5...
a6) 6. Nd2 {Der Pc4 ist zwar verteidigt, dafьr aber steht der Nd2 unglьcklich
- sein natьrliches Feld wдre c3.} (6. b3 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 Bc5 8. e3 (8. Bc3 Ne4 9.
Bg2 Nxc3 10. Nxc3 Qe5 11. e3 Nc6 $11) 8... O-O 9. Bg2 d5 $11) (6. Nc3 a6 $1 (
6... Qxc4 7. e4 Qb4 8. a3 Qb6 9. Be3 $32)) 6... a6 (6... b6) (6... Nc6) 7. Bg2
Nc6 (7... d6 8. b3 Be7 9. Bb2 O-O 10. Rc1 Bd7 11. O-O Nc6 $11) 8. Nxc6 (8. N2b3
d6 9. O-O Bd7 10. e4 Be7 11. Be3 Nxd4 12. Qxd4 O-O 13. h3 e5 14. Qd3 b5 15.
Rfc1 bxc4 16. Rxc4 Qb8 17. Qd2 a5 18. Rac1 Bd8 19. Na1 Ra6 20. b3 h6 {1/2-1/2
Gelfand,B-Leko,P/Istanbul 2000/EXT 2001 (20)}) 8... bxc6 {Dieser Zug wirkt
etwas gezwungen - Schwarz mцchte das Spiel verkomplizieren. Das Zurьckschlagen
des Springers mit dem d-Bauern wьrde Schwarz eine bequeme, ausgeglichene
Stellung verschaffen.} (8... dxc6 $5 9. O-O Be7 10. Nf3 e5 11. Qc2 O-O 12. b3
Re8 13. Bb2 Bc5 14. Bc3 Bg4 15. b4 Bf8 16. h3 Bxf3 17. Bxf3 c5 18. b5 axb5 19.
cxb5 e4 {1/2-1/2 Razuvaev,Y-Peev,P/Cienfuegos 1976/EXT 2000 (24)}) 9. O-O Be7 (
9... Bb7 10. b3 c5 11. e4 Be7 12. Bb2 d6 13. Qe2 O-O 14. f4 Nd7 15. g4 Rae8 16.
g5 e5 17. Qh5 Qd8 18. Rf3 Bc8 19. Raf1 Nb8 20. Bh3 {1-0 Nikolac,J-Christiansen,
L/Germany 1989/GER-chT (42)}) 10. Qc2 a5 $6 {Dieser Zug gefдllt mir nicht. Der
Plan 0-0,Bb7,d6 und spдter c6-c5 verdient meines Erachtens den Vorzug. Schwarz
spielt in der Partie zwar дhnlich, aber aufgrund der Partiefortsetzung ist nun
immer das Feld b5 geschwдcht.} (10... d6 11. b4 Rb8 12. Rb1 O-O 13. a4 Bd7 14.
Qa2 Qa7 15. Ba3 c5 16. bxc5 dxc5 17. a5 Qc7 18. Bb2 Bc6 19. Bxc6 Qxc6 {1/2-1/2
Kalinitschew,S-Lau,R/Muenster 1997/CBM 60 ext (29)}) 11. b3 Bb7 12. Bb2 c5 (
12... d5 13. e4 $14) 13. e4 $14 {Dank der beiden Lдufer auf den groЯen
Diagonalen und Raumvorteils im Zentrum steht WeiЯ etwas besser.} O-O (13... d6
14. Rfe1 (14. e5 Bxg2 15. exf6 Bxf1 16. fxg7 Rg8 17. Qxh7 Kd7 18. Rxf1 a4 $13)
14... O-O 15. e5 dxe5 16. Bxe5 $14) 14. e5 Ng4 (14... Ne8 15. Bxb7 Qxb7 16. Ne4
$14 {[%csl Yb5][%cal Ge4c3,Gc3b5]} (16. Qe4 d5 17. exd6 Nxd6 $11)) 15. Bxb7
Qxb7 16. Qe4 $1 {[%mdl 32] WeiЯ tauscht die aktive schwarze Dame ab.} (16. Ne4
f5 17. exf6 Nxf6 $11) 16... Qxe4 17. Nxe4 {[%cal Ge4c3,Gc3b5] WeiЯ ьbt spьrbar
positionellen Druck aus - der Pe5 garantiert ihm Raumvorteil.} f6 $6 (17... f5
18. exf6 Nxf6 19. Nc3 $14) 18. Rad1 $1 Ra7 (18... Nxe5 $2 19. Bxe5 fxe5 20.
Rxd7 $16 {[%csl Ge4] Diese Stellung ist strategisch verloren fьr Schwarz.}) 19.
exf6 Nxf6 20. Nc3 {[%csl Gc3][%cal Gc3b5,Gc3a4] Der weiЯe Springer hat immer
einen Vorposten auf b5, zudem unterbindet er von c3 aus den schwarzen VorstoЯ
a5-a4.} Rb7 21. Rfe1 Kf7 22. Re2 Rc8 (22... Rd8 23. Red2 $14 (23. f4 g6 (23...
d5 24. f5 $36) 24. Na4 $14)) 23. Kg2 {Mit kleinen Zьgen verbessert WeiЯ
Schritt fьr Schritt seine Stellung.} Rc6 $6 {Schwarz mцchte mit 24...Rd6 die
Tьrme tauschen, aber dieser ganze Plan gefдllt mir nicht.} 24. f4 (24. Red2 $14
) 24... Rd6 $6 25. Rxd6 Bxd6 26. Nb5 {[%csl Gb5] Der weiЯe Springer steht
ausgezeichnet auf b5.} Be7 (26... Bc7 27. Bc3 $16) 27. Bc3 $16 {[%csl Ra5] Nun
ist der schwarze Pa5 schon nicht mehr zu verteidigen.} a4 28. bxa4 Rb6 {
Natьrlich muss Schwarz den a-Bauern blockieren, aber die Alternative bietet
Schwarz bessere praktische Chancen.} (28... d5 29. a5 dxc4 30. a6 Rb6 (30...
Rxb5 $2 31. a7 $18) 31. a7 Ra6 32. Kf3 Nd5 33. Be5 $16 {[%csl Ga7]}) 29. a5 Ra6
30. Nc7 Ra7 31. Nb5 Ra6 32. Rd2 {WeiЯ gibt sich natьrlich nicht mit Remis
durch Zugwiederholung zufrieden.} d5 $5 {Mit diesem Zug versucht Schwarz,
taktische Gegenchancen zu bekommen.} (32... d6 33. Kf3 $16) 33. Nc7 Ra7 (33...
Rc6 34. cxd5 Rxc7 35. d6 $16) 34. cxd5 Rxc7 (34... exd5 35. Nxd5 Ne4 (35...
Nxd5 36. Rxd5 $18) 36. Nxe7 Nxd2 (36... Rxe7 37. Rc2 $18 (37. Rd3 $18)) 37. Nc6
$18) 35. d6 {[%cal Rd6c7,Rd6e7]} Bxd6 36. Rxd6 Ne4 $2 (36... Nd5 $1 37. Be5 Ra7
38. a6 Nb4 $132) 37. Rd3 c4 (37... Ra7 38. Be1 $16) 38. Re3 Nxc3 39. Rxc3 {
[%mdl 4096]} Ke7 (39... Ra7 40. Rxc4 Rxa5 41. a4 $16) 40. Kf3 Kd6 41. Ke3 (41.
Ke4) 41... Kc5 42. Kd2 e5 $6 (42... Kd4 43. a6 Ra7 44. Ra3 $16) (42... Kb4 43.
Re3 Kxa5 44. Kc3 $16) (42... Ra7 43. Re3 $16 Rxa5 $2 44. Re5+ Kb6 45. Rxa5 Kxa5
46. Kc3 Kb5 47. a4+ Kc5 48. g4 h6 49. h4 g6 50. a5 Kb5 51. a6 Kxa6 52. Kxc4 Kb6
53. Kd4 $18) 43. fxe5 Ra7 44. Ra3 {Und Schwarz gab in vцllig hoffnungsloser
Stellung auf.} (44. Ra3 Kb4 45. Re3 Rxa5 46. a3+ Kc5 (46... Rxa3 47. Rxa3 Kxa3
48. Kc3 $18 (48. e6 Kb2 49. e7 c3+ $11)) 47. e6 Ra8 48. e7 Re8 49. Kc3 $18) 1-0

[Event "Bishkek zt"]
[Site "Bishkek"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Graf, Alexander"]
[Black "Vakhidov, Tahir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A32"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "KGZ"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 035"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. g3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Qb6 (6... Be7 {
Hutters,T-Romanishin,O/Tastrup/1992/CBM28/}) 7. Bg2 (7. e3 $5 {Tukmakov,
V-Tolnai,T/Bern/1992/CBM28/INF54,39/}) 7... Bc5 8. e3 Nc6 9. Nc3 Be7 (9... Nxd4
10. exd4 Bxd4 11. O-O O-O 12. Nb5 $44) 10. Rc1 Qd8 (10... Nxd4 11. exd4 Qxd4
12. Nb5 Qe5+ 13. Qe2 Qxe2+ 14. Kxe2 O-O 15. Be3 $44) 11. O-O O-O 12. Qb3 (12.
Qe2 $5) 12... Bc5 13. Rfd1 $5 (13. Nce2 $14) 13... Bxd4 (13... Nxd4 14. exd4
Bxd4 15. Nb5 Bc5 16. Bb4 $14) 14. exd4 Nxd4 15. Qa3 $44 d6 16. Be3 Nf5 17. Bf4
Qe7 (17... Ne8 18. Bxd6 Nexd6 19. c5 $16) 18. Bxd6 Nxd6 19. Rxd6 Rb8 20. Nb5
Ne8 (20... a6 21. Rxa6 $1) 21. Qxa7 Nxd6 22. Qxb8 Qg5 23. Rd1 (23. f4 $4 Qc5+
24. Kh1 Nxb5 $19) 23... Nxc4 (23... Nxb5 24. cxb5 Qxb5 25. b3 $14) 24. Na7 Nxb2
25. Rb1 Qc5 (25... Bd7 26. Qxb7 $18) 26. Rxb2 Qc1+ 27. Bf1 Qxb2 28. Nxc8 Qa3 (
28... Qxa2 $4 29. Ne7+ $18) 29. Qxb7 Qxa2 30. Ne7+ Kh8 31. Qb4 $16 Qa8 (31...
Rd8 $5) 32. Bd3 Qb8 33. Qh4 $1 h6 34. Qe4 g6 35. Nxg6+ $1 fxg6 36. Qxg6 Qc7 37.
Qxh6+ Kg8 38. Qxe6+ $18 Qf7 39. Qg4+ Kh8 40. Qh4+ Kg7 41. Qd4+ Kh6 42. h4 Qf3
43. g4 Qf4 44. Qb6+ Rf6 45. Qxf6+ 1-0

[Event "Corus-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2005.01.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nielsen, Peter Heine"]
[Black "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A32"]
[WhiteElo "2648"]
[BlackElo "2572"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2005.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 c5 4. g3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Qb6 {Statt dieser Fortsetzung
hat Schwarz viele Alternativen - 5...Qa5+, 5...a6, 5...Bb4+, 5...Nc6, 5...Qc7
und 5...d5.} 6. Bg2 Nc6 (6... Bc5 7. e3 Nc6 8. O-O Nxd4 9. exd4 Bxd4 10. Nc3
$44) 7. Nb3 {Dieser Springerzug erscheint mir natьrlich, aber die scheinbar
bescheidenere Alternative 7.Nc2 kommt auch in Betracht.} (7. Nc2 d5 8. O-O Be7
9. cxd5 exd5 10. Nc3 O-O $1 (10... Be6 $143) 11. Nxd5 Nxd5 12. Qxd5 Be6 13. Qe4
Bf6) 7... Ne5 {Mit diesem Springerzug greift Schwarz den c4-Bauern an und
mцchte die Entwicklung des weiЯen Damenflьgels stцren.} (7... Bb4+ 8. Nc3 (8.
Bd2 a5 9. Na3 d5 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Nc2 $13) 8... Ne5) 8. c5 {Das ist ein
Bauernopfer und WeiЯ bekommt im Folgenden Druck auf den schwarzen Feldern.
Aber ich bin mir gar nicht sicher, ob dieses Bauernopfer vцllig korrekt ist.} (
8. O-O Nxc4 9. e4 d6 10. Qe2 Ne5 11. Nc3 Bd7 12. Be3 Qa6 13. Qxa6 bxa6 14. Na5
Rc8 15. Rfd1 Be7 16. Bxa7 Nc6 17. Nxc6 Bxc6 18. Rac1 $36 {1-0 Baumgartner,
H-Topakian,R/AUT-ch+ 1991/EXT 91ch (41)}) (8. N3d2 d6 $142 9. O-O Be7 $13) (8.
N1d2 d6 9. O-O Bd7 10. Qc2 Rc8 11. Qc3 Qa6 12. c5 b6 13. f4 Nc6 14. cxd6 Bxd6
15. Nc4 Be7 16. Qd3 O-O 17. Ne5 Qxd3 18. Nxd3 Nb4 19. Nxb4 Bxb4 20. Rd1 Rc2 21.
Bd2 {1/2-1/2 Korchnoi,V-Zagorskis,D/4th Open, Wichern GER 1997}) (8. Qc2 Qa6 $5
(8... Qc7) (8... Qb4+) (8... d6) 9. c5 (9. N3d2 d5 10. cxd5 exd5 $132) (9. N1d2
$5) 9... d5 (9... Qc4 10. Qxc4 Nxc4 11. N1d2 (11. Nc3 d5 12. Nb5 Kd8 13. Bf4 (
13. O-O Bd7 $11) 13... Bd7 $15) 11... d5 12. cxd6 Nxd6 13. O-O Be7 14. Rd1 $14)
10. cxd6 Bxd6 11. Nc3 (11. O-O Bd7 12. Nc3 Rc8 13. Rd1 Be7 14. Bf4 Nc4 (14...
Ng6 15. Bg5 Bc6 $11) 15. Nd2 Nxd2 16. Qxd2 O-O $11 {0-1 Gelfand,B-Ivanchuk,V/
Lvov 2000/CBM 77/[Stohl] (60)}) 11... Bd7 12. Bg5 Rc8 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. O-O Bc6
15. Bxc6+ Qxc6 16. Nd4 Qa6 17. Rfd1 O-O 18. Qc1 Ng6 {1/2-1/2 Gelfand,B-Topalov,
V/Monte Carlo MNC 2003/(27)}) 8... Bxc5 9. Nxc5 Qxc5 10. O-O {[%csl Gc1,Gg2]
WeiЯ hat das Lдuferpaar und eine schnelle Entwicklung, aber die schwarze
Stellung ist fest und hat keine Schwдchen. Im Folgenden kann er mit d7-d5 eine
starke Zentrumsstellung aufbauen.} Nc6 $5 $146 {Mit dem Springerzug bereitet
Schwarz die Mцglichkeit 11.b3 Qe5.} (10... O-O 11. b3 Nc6 12. Ba3 Nb4 13. Nc3
d5 14. Rc1 Qe7 15. e4 dxe4 16. Nxe4 a5 (16... Nxe4 17. Bxe4 a5 18. Qd4 Rd8 19.
Qc5 Qxc5 20. Rxc5 b6 21. Rc7 Ba6 22. Bxa8 Bxf1 23. Kxf1 Rxa8 24. Bxb4 axb4 25.
Rb7 g5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Roktim,B-Kunte,A/Visakhapatnam IND 2004/(47)}) 17. Qe2 Nfd5
18. Nc3 Qf6 19. Nxd5 exd5 20. Bxb4 axb4 21. Bxd5 Ra5 22. Rfd1 h5 23. Rd2 Bg4
24. Qe3 Bh3 {0-1 Nielsen,P-Lautier,J/Sanxenxo ESP 2004/(33)}) 11. Nc3 (11. b3
$142 $5 {[%cal Gc1a3,Ga3f8]} d5 (11... Qe5 12. Qd2 Qxa1 (12... d5 13. Ba3 $44 (
13. Bb2 $44)) 13. Nc3 d5 14. Ba3 Qxf1+ 15. Kxf1 a6 16. e4 d4 17. e5 $14) (11...
a5 12. Ba3 Nb4 13. Nd2 $44) 12. Ba3 Nb4 {Diese Zugfolge ist nur Zugumstellung
zur Variante 10...d5 11.b3 Nc6 12.Ba3 Nb4.}) 11... d5 $11 {Schwarz hat eine
sehr bequeme Stellung und seine Zentrumsstellung ist stark; er hat einen
Bauern mehr. WeiЯ hat ein wenig Aktivitдt, aber - meiner Meinung nach - muss
er noch zeigen, ob er ausreichend Kompensation hat.} 12. Bg5 h6 (12... Qe7 13.
e4 {WeiЯ muss die Stellung schnell цffnen.} d4 14. Nd5 $1 exd5 15. exd5 {
[%cal Rd5c6,Rf1e1,Re1e8]} Ne5 16. Qxd4 {[%cal Rf1e1,Re1e8]} h6 17. Rfe1 $18)
13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Rc1 {Droht 15.Nxd5, die Dame muss von c5 weg gehen.} Qe7 (
14... Qb6 15. e4 d4 16. Na4 $44) 15. Qd2 (15. e4 $5 d4 (15... dxe4 16. Nxe4 $44
) 16. Na4 e5 17. Nc5 (17. Qh5 Qe6 18. a3 Qg4 $15) 17... h5 18. h4 Bg4 19. Qa4
$44) 15... Kf8 {[%mdl 32] Wegen der Schwдche des h6-Bauern kann Schwarz nicht
rochieren, so dass er seine Koenigsstellung durch 15...Kf8 und 16...Kg7
verbessert.} 16. Nb5 (16. e4 d4 17. Na4 $44) 16... Kg7 {[%csl Gg7] Die
schwarze Kцnigsstellung ist sicher auf g7.} 17. e4 $1 {WeiЯ hat einen
Entwicklungsvorteil - er muss die Stellung цffnen.} dxe4 (17... a6 18. exd5
axb5 19. dxc6 bxc6 20. a3 Bb7 21. Bxc6 Bxc6 22. Rxc6 $14) 18. Bxe4 Rd8 19. Qe3
a6 20. Bxc6 (20. Nc3 Bd7 $15) 20... bxc6 21. Nd4 {[%csl Rc6,Gd4][%cal Rd4c6,
Rc6e7,Rc6d8,Rd4f5,Rf5g7,Rf5e7] Der c6P hдngt und es droht 22.Nf5+ mit
Damengewinn.} Rd5 $1 (21... Bb7 $4 22. Nf5+ {[%cal Rf5e7,Rf5g7]}) 22. Nxc6 (22.
Rxc6 Bb7 23. Rc4 Rad8 $15) 22... Qd6 $15 {Schwarz kontrolliert die d-Linie und
hat eine einfache Strategie - Bb7 und mцglicherweise Rd8 spielen. WeiЯ hat
Probleme mit der Platzierung des c6-Springers.} 23. Qb3 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (23.
Rc4 Bb7 24. Rfc1 (24. Rh4 Rh8 25. Nb4 Rd1 $15) (24. Nd4 Rd8 $15) 24... Rd1+ $19
) 23... Bd7 {[%csl Rc6]} 24. Nb4 (24. Qb7 Rc8 25. Na7 Rb8 26. Qc7 Rxb2 $19)
24... Rb8 25. Rc4 a5 $19 {[%csl Rb4][%cal Rb8b3]} 26. Rg4+ Kf8 27. Qe3 axb4 28.
Qxh6+ Ke7 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1998.01.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A32"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1998.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 {Der hollдndische GroЯmeister umgeht - wie schon in Groningen
1997 - das Wolgagambit, zu dem es nach 2.c4 und c5 3.d5 b5 kommen kцnnte.Ribli.
} e6 3. c4 c5 {In Groningen - ein paar Wochen zuvor - spielte Topalov 3...d5 4.
Nc3 dxc4, die Wiener Variante.} 4. g3 {Piket vermeidet die nach 4.d5 exd5 5.
cxd5 d6 entstehende Benoni-Verteidigung, die Schwarz lebendiges taktisches
Spiel bietet.} cxd4 5. Nxd4 Qb6 (5... Bb4+) (5... Nc6) (5... d5) 6. Bg2 Bc5 (
6... Bb4+ 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. Nxc6 bxc6 9. O-O d5 10. Be3 Qa6 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Qd4
Be7 13. a4 O-O 14. Nb5 Ne8 15. Nxa7 Bd7 {Hsu Li Yang-Ker,A/Jakarta zt 1993/1/
2-1/2 (42)}) 7. e3 Nc6 8. Nxc6 {Meiner Meinung nach ist das eine etwas
ambitionslose Fortsetzung, nach der Schwarz keine Probleme hat.} (8. Nc3 Nxd4
9. exd4 Bxd4 10. O-O e5 11. Nb5 (11. Qc2 O-O 12. Bg5 d5 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Nxd5
Qd8 15. Rad1 Be6 16. b3 Rc8 17. Qd2 Re8 {1/2-1/2 Wells,P-Emms,J/Bad
Woerishofen op 1996}) 11... O-O 12. Nxd4 exd4 13. b3 d5 14. Bb2 {1/2-1/2
Ehlvest,J-Wedberg,T/Rilton Cup96/97 1996}) (8. Nb3 Bb4+ 9. N3d2 Ne5 (9... O-O
10. a3 Be7 11. Nc3 d5 12. O-O Rd8 13. b4 (13. cxd5 exd5 14. Qb3 Qc5 15. Qb5
Qxb5 16. Nxb5 {= Agzamov,G-Groszpeter,A/Sochi 1984}) 13... a5 14. b5 Ne5 15.
Qb3 Nxc4 16. Nxc4 dxc4 17. Qxc4 Bd7 18. Rb1 Rac8 19. Qb3 e5 20. Nd5 Nxd5 21.
Bxd5 Be6 22. Bxe6 Qxe6 {1/2-1/2 Tukmakov,V-Brodsky,M/Nikolaev zt 1993}) 10. O-O
Nd3 11. Ne4 Nxc1 12. Nxf6+ gxf6 13. Qxc1 Be7 14. Nc3 Qa5 15. Rd1 Rb8 16. Ne4 b6
17. Nd6+ Bxd6 18. Rxd6 Bb7 19. Qd1 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Qc5 21. Kg1 Qc7 22. Qd4 Ke7
23. Rd1 {1-0 Arakelian,E-Arkhipov,S/RUS-chT 1995 (33)}) (8. O-O $5 {Nach
diesem Bauernopfer bekommt WeiЯ Kompensation, aber -meines Erachtens- auch
nicht mehr.} Nxd4 9. exd4 Bxd4 10. Nc3 e5 (10... O-O 11. Na4 Qd6 12. Bf4 e5 13.
Be3 $44) 11. Nb5 O-O 12. Nxd4 exd4 13. b3 {[%cal Rc1b2,Rb2d4]} d5 14. Ba3 Re8
15. c5 Qa5 16. Bb2 Qxc5 17. Bxd4 Qd6 18. Bxf6 Qxf6 19. Qxd5 {WeiЯ steht dank
seines etwas aktiveren Lдufers nur scheinbar besser. Schwarz kann sich jedoch
leicht befreien.} Qe7 {[%cal Ge8e1]} 20. Rac1 Rb8 21. Qc5 b6 $11) 8... dxc6 (
8... bxc6 9. O-O Ba6 10. Qc2 d5 11. Nd2 O-O 12. b3 Rac8 13. Bb2 Be7 14. Rfd1
Rfd8 15. Rac1 Nd7 {1/2-1/2 Yee,L-Stone,R/Toronto op 1995 (35)}) 9. O-O e5 $11 {
Wir haben jetzt eine symmetrische Bauernverteilung, der Bewegungsfreiraum des
Bg2 ist durch die Bauern auf b7 und c6 eingeschrдnkt. So befindet sich Schwarz
in einer bequemen Stellung.} 10. Nc3 {[%cal Rc3a4]} Qc7 11. Qc2 O-O 12. b3 Be6
13. Bb2 Rad8 14. h3 (14. Ne4 Nxe4 15. Qxe4 f6 16. Rfd1 Qa5 $11) 14... Nd7 {
Schwarz bereitet 15...f5 mit Angriffschancen am Kцnigsflьgel vor.} 15. Rad1 f5
$15 {Schwarz verfьgt ьber die etwas besseren Perspektiven. WeiЯ hat keinen
aktiven Plan, wдhrend Schwarz die Initiative am Kцnigsflьgel besitzt.} 16. Rfe1
a5 17. Kh2 h5 {[%csl Rh2][%cal Gc7h2]} 18. Kh1 Rde8 19. a3 (19. e4 $2 f4 $17 {
[%csl Gc5,Rd4,Gf8,Rh1]}) 19... Ba7 20. Rd2 Nf6 21. Qd1 h4 $6 {Die Hauptidee
ist gut, aber Schwarz hдtte noch ein paar Vorbereitungszьge ausfьhren sollen.
Jetzt ist WeiЯ gut darauf vorbereitet, den Angriff zu parieren.} (21... Bc8 $5)
22. gxh4 $13 e4 {[%csl Rg2][%cal Rc7h2,Ra7b8,Rb8c7]} 23. Ne2 {[%cal Gb2g7]} Nh5
(23... Bb8 24. Nf4 $16 {[%csl Gf4][%cal Ge1g1,Gg1g8]}) 24. Rg1 $8 Bb8 25. Ng3
Nf6 $6 ({[#]} 25... Qxg3 26. fxg3 Nxg3+ 27. Kh2 Nf1+ 28. Kh1 Ng3+ $11) (25...
Nxg3+ $2 26. fxg3 Qxg3 27. Bf1 $18 {[%cal Gd2h2,Rg1g8]}) 26. f4 $1 $16 Rd8 $6 (
26... exf3 27. Bxf3 $16 {[%cal Gg1g8]}) 27. Bf1 Rxd2 28. Qxd2 {WeiЯ hat einen
Bauern mehr, und was noch wichtiger ist, er hat gute Angriffsmцglichkeiten am
Kцnigsflьgel. Sein Bb2 ist besonders stark.} Ba7 29. Be2 Qd7 30. Qxd7 Bxd7 31.
Nh5 {Auch durch den Damentausch hat die weiЯe Initiative nichts von ihrer
Kraft eingebьЯt.} Ne8 32. c5 $5 {[%csl Rg8][%cal Re2c4,Rc4g8]} (32. Bxg7 Bxe3
33. Rg2 $18) 32... g6 $6 (32... Bxc5 33. Bxg7 (33. Bc4+ $6 Kh7 34. Bxg7 (34.
Nxg7 Nf6) 34... Nxg7 35. Rxg7+ Kh6 36. Rxd7 Kxh5 $11) (33. Nxg7 Kf7 34. Nxe8
Kxe8 35. Bg7 Bxe3 36. Bh5+ Rf7 37. Rd1 $14) 33... Kf7 34. Bc4+ Ke7 35. Bxf8+
Kxf8 $16) 33. b4 {[%csl Ra7] Jetzt ist der schwarze Ba7 ausgeschlossen.} Kh7
34. Rd1 {[%cal Rd2d7]} Be6 35. Rd8 {Droht 36.Rxe8 nebst 37.Nf6 oder das
sofortige 36.Nf6.} gxh5 36. Bxh5 {[%csl Re8][%cal Gd8f8]} axb4 37. axb4 b6 (
37... Ng7 38. Rxf8 Nxh5 39. Ra8 $18 {[%csl Ra7]}) 38. Bd4 bxc5 39. bxc5 Kg8 40.
Bxe8 {Schwarz hat zwei Bauern weniger und eine gelдhmte Stellung.} Bc4 {
Und Schwarz gab zugleichg auf, denn es folgt 41.h5 mit sehr konkreten
Drohungen.Ribli.} 1-0

[Event "Groningen Harmonie"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "2003.12.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "L'Ami, Erwin"]
[Black "Gagunashvili, Merab"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A32"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2582"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2003.12.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. e3 {Nach diesem
genьgsamen Zug hat WeiЯ keine Hoffnungen auf Erцffnungsvorteil. Statt der
Partiefortsetzung kann WeiЯ 6.g3 spielen oder mit 6.e4 - mit Zugumstellung -
in die Sizilianische Paulsen-Variante ьbergehen (die gewцhnliche Zugfolge ist
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.c4 Nf6 6.Nc3).} b6 7. Be2 Bb7 8. O-O (8.
Bf3 Qc7 9. Bxb7 Qxb7 10. Qf3 Qxf3 11. Nxf3 Nc6 12. Bd2 Be7 13. O-O O-O 14. e4
d6 15. Be3 Rab8 16. Rac1 Rfc8 17. b3 b5 18. cxb5 axb5 19. Nd2 Ng4 20. Bf4 Nb4 {
0-1 Albdulla,A-Ghaem Maghami,E/Sharjah UAE 2003/(27)}) 8... Be7 9. b3 O-O 10.
Bb2 d6 {Mit diesem Zug bekommen wir eine typische Igelstellung, wo Schwarz
weniger Raum kontrolliert, aber dafьr eine sehr feste Stellung erhдlt und
gewцhnlich das Zentrum spдter mit b6-b5 oder mit d6-d5 sprengen kann. Ich muss
auch bemerken, dass Schwarz hier ьber das wichtige Zentrumsfeld-e4 verfьgt.} (
10... Nc6 11. Bf3 Qb8 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. Bxc6 dxc6 14. Qf3 Qc7 15. Ne2 Rad8 16.
Nd4 Rd6 17. Qe2 c5 18. Nf3 Qb7 19. Rfd1 Rfd8 {1/2-1/2 Karpov,A-Ivanchuk,V/
Monte Carlo 1994/CBM 40 ext (68)}) 11. Bf3 (11. Rc1 Nbd7 12. Qd2 Rc8 13. Rfd1
Rc7 14. Qe1 Qa8 15. Bf1 Rfc8 {1/2-1/2 Andersson,U-Ribli,Z/Tilburg 1980/MCD (24)
}) 11... Qc7 12. Qe2 Nbd7 $11 {Schwarz hat keine Erцffnungsprobleme und somit
eine bequeme Stellung erhalten.} 13. Rfd1 Rac8 14. h3 (14. Bxb7 Qxb7 15. e4 $11
) 14... Rfe8 {In dieser Variante entwickelt Schwarz die Tьrme gewцhnlich nach
e8 und c8, wдhrend im folgenden (besonders nach d6-d5) die c- und e-Linie
geцffnet werden.} 15. Rac1 Qb8 16. Rc2 (16. Bxb7 Qxb7 17. e4 Nc5 18. f3 $11)
16... Bf8 {[%cal Ge8e2]} 17. Rcd2 Nc5 {[%csl Ye4][%cal Gc5e4,Gf6e4]} 18. Bxb7 (
18. e4 $6 d5 19. e5 Nfe4 $15) 18... Qxb7 19. Qf3 Qxf3 (19... Nfe4 20. Rc2 $11)
20. Nxf3 Nfe4 {[%csl Ge4]} 21. Nxe4 (21. Rc2 $11) 21... Nxe4 22. Rd4 {Dieser
Zug scheint sehr riskant auf den ersten Blick, aber es ist nicht leicht fьr
Schwarz die sonderbare Turmstellung auszunutzen.} (22. Rc2 $5 b5 (22... d5 23.
Rdc1 $14) 23. Rdc1 b4 $11 {[%cal Ge4c5]}) 22... Nc5 23. Ne1 g6 {[%cal Gf8g7,
Gg7b2]} 24. Nd3 (24. R4d2 b5 $36) 24... Nb7 {Schwarz verteidigt den d6-Bauern
und bereitet 25...Bg7 vor.} 25. e4 (25. Ne1 Bg7 26. R4d2 Bxb2 27. Rxb2 b5 $36)
25... Bg7 {[%csl Rd4][%cal Rg7b2]} 26. e5 {WeiЯ opfert einen Bauern und im
Falle der Annahme bekдme er ausreichendes Gegenspiel als Kompensation.} Red8 $1
(26... dxe5 27. Rd7 Nc5 28. Nxc5 bxc5 (28... Rxc5 29. Rb7 $16 {[%cal Rd1d7,
Rb7h7]}) 29. Kf1 $44) (26... Bxe5 27. Nxe5 dxe5 28. Rd7 Nc5 29. R7d6 $14) 27.
f4 b5 (27... dxe5 28. Nxe5 $14) 28. Rc1 (28. cxb5 axb5 29. a4 bxa4 30. bxa4 $11
) 28... h5 (28... dxe5 29. Nxe5 Rxd4 30. Bxd4 $11) 29. Ba3 bxc4 (29... dxe5 30.
Rxd8+ Rxd8 31. Nxe5 bxc4 32. Rxc4 g5 $5 {Auf diese Weise - mit Zugumstellung -
erhielten wir die Partiestellung.}) 30. Rdxc4 Rxc4 31. Rxc4 dxe5 32. Nxe5 g5 $5
$13 {[%mdl 64] Der Material ist zwar stark reduziert, aber Schwarz spielt auf
taktische Motive: mit dem Textzug schwдcht er die e5-Springerstellung.} 33. Rc7
Rd1+ (33... gxf4 34. Nd7 $1 Na5 35. Be7 Re8 (35... Rxd7 36. Rxd7 $18) 36. Bb4
$18) 34. Kf2 (34. Kh2 $5 gxf4 (34... Nd8) 35. Nf3 Nd6 36. Rd7 Bf8 37. Ne5 $13)
34... Nd8 (34... gxf4 35. Nxf7 Nd8 36. Ke2 Ra1 37. Nxd8 Rxa2+ 38. Kf3 Rxa3 39.
Nxe6 Rxb3+ 40. Kxf4 $14) 35. g3 h4 36. Ke2 (36. gxh4 gxf4 (36... gxh4 $2 37.
Be7 $16) 37. Nc4 $14) 36... Ra1 37. Be7 $2 (37. Kf3 Rxa2 38. Be7 Rb2 39. Rc8
Rxb3+ 40. Kg4 $36) 37... hxg3 38. Bxd8 gxf4 $17 {[%mdl 1024] Schwarz hat zwei 
(verbundene) Bauern fьr die Figur und a2 hдngt auch. Er hat mehr als
ausreichendes Spiel fьr das Material.} 39. Nf3 Rxa2+ 40. Kd3 Rf2 41. Ke4 g2 $19
(41... g2 42. Rc1 (42. Ng1 f5+ 43. Kd3 e5 $19) 42... Rf1 (42... Bh6 $19) 43.
Rc8 f5+ (43... Rxf3 $4 44. Kxf3 g1=Q 45. Bb6+ $18) 44. Kxf4 e5+ 45. Kg3 g1=Q+
46. Nxg1 Rxg1+ 47. Kf2 Rb1 $19) 0-1

[Event "Helsinki op"]
[Site "Helsinki"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Murey, Jacob"]
[Black "Brodsky, Michail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A32"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1992.09.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FIN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 032"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. Nf3 e6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Ndb5 d5 7. cxd5 (7. Bg5
O-O 8. a3 Bxc3+ 9. Nxc3 h6 10. Bh4 g5 $2 (10... d4 11. Ne4 g5 $10) 11. Bg3 d4
12. Nb5 Nc6 13. e3 $14 {Johanssen,D-West,G Melbourne Masters 1991 EXP/22}) 7...
exd5 8. Bg5 O-O 9. e3 a6 10. a3 Be7 (10... axb5 11. axb4 Rxa1 12. Qxa1 Nc6 13.
Bxb5 d4 14. exd4 Re8+ $44 {Kogan-Gulko URS 1971}) 11. Nd4 Nc6 12. Be2 h6 13.
Bh4 Qb6 14. Qb3 (14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Nxd5 Qa5+ 16. Nc3 Nxd4 17. exd4 Rd8 $15) (
14. Nxc6 bxc6 15. Qc2 Rb8 $13) 14... Qxb3 15. Nxb3 Be6 16. O-O g5 17. Bg3 Ne4
$10 18. Rac1 Bf6 19. Nxe4 dxe4 20. Nc5 Bxb2 21. Rb1 Bxa3 22. Nxe6 fxe6 23. Rxb7
a5 24. Rd1 (24. Bc4 $5) 24... Rfd8 25. h4 gxh4 26. Bxh4 Rxd1+ 27. Bxd1 Rb8 28.
Rxb8+ Nxb8 29. Ba4 Na6 30. Bc6 Kf7 31. Bd8 Bb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cannes Generations"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Black "Shaked, Tal"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A32"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1998.02.21"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {King Kortschnoj} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. g3 (4. d5 {Dies wдre die
prinzipielle Fortsetzung. Ribli.} exd5 (4... b5 {Das ist das sogenannte
Blumenfeld-Gambit. Schwarz opfert einen Bauern - nach 5.dxe6 fxe6 6.cxb5 -, um
sich mit 6...d5 ein starkes Zentrum aufzubauen.}) 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6 {
Das ist eine Grundstellung der Benoni-Verteidigung. WeiЯ verfьgt ьber
Zentrumsьbergewicht, aber die unsymmetrische Stellung bietet auch dem
Schwarzen Chancen.}) 4... cxd4 {Schwarz hat viele Alternativen: 4...Bb4, 4...
a6, 4...Nc6, 4...d5, 4...Qb6.} 5. Nxd4 Qc7 {Befragt sofort den weiЯen Bauern
c4. Schwarz plant ohnehin eine Igelstellung mit ...a6, ...d6 aufzubauen, in
der die Dame auf c7 gut steht.} 6. b3 (6. Nd2) (6. Nc3 $5 a6 (6... Qxc4 7. e4
$44)) (6. Qd3) 6... Bb4+ {!? Kortschnoj} (6... d5 $11 {Kortschnoj}) 7. Bd2 Bc5
{Es scheint, Schwarz habe mit 6...Bb4 / 7...Bc5 ein Tempo verloren, aber der
weiЯe Lдufer steht auf d2 schlechter als auf c1.} 8. e3 (8. Bc3 Ne4 9. Bg2 Nxc3
10. Nxc3 Qe5 (10... Nc6 11. e3 O-O 12. O-O b6 13. Qe2 Bb7 14. Rad1 a6 15. Nc2
Be7 16. Rd2 Rfd8 17. Rfd1 Rac8 18. Ne4 d6 {1/2-1/2 Andrade,L-Glavina,P/3rd It,
Loures POR 1997 (36)}) (10... Qa5 $11 {Kortschnoj}) 11. e3 Nc6 12. Nde2 O-O 13.
O-O Be7 (13... a6 14. a3 Be7 15. b4 Qc7 16. Qb3 a5 17. c5 axb4 18. axb4 Rxa1
19. Rxa1 b6 $10 {= Karpov,A-Mascarinas,R/Thessaloniki (ol) 1988}) 14. Nd4 Bc5
15. Nce2 a6 16. a3 Qc7 17. b4 Be7 18. c5 a5 {Karpov,A-Van Wely,L/Amber Rapid,
Monte Carlo MON 1998/1-0 (133)}) (8. Nb5 $2 Qc6 9. Bf4 O-O 10. Rg1 Ne4 11. e3
Bb4+ 12. Ke2 Na6 13. Bg2 d5 14. Bxe4 dxe4 15. N1c3 e5 {0-1 Lindinger,M-Kuehn,P/
Hamburg-chJ 1994}) 8... b6 {!? Kortschnoj} (8... O-O 9. Bg2 d5 10. cxd5 Bxd4 (
10... Nxd5 11. O-O Rd8 12. Nb5 Qe7 13. Qe2 e5 14. N1c3 Nxc3 15. Nxc3 Be6 16.
Rfd1 Nc6 17. Be1 f5 18. Bd5 Bxd5 19. Nxd5 Qf7 20. Qc4 Bd6 21. Rac1 e4 22. Bc3
h6 23. Bb2 Kh8 {Salgado Allaria,C-Spassov,L/Sitges op 1993/1/2-1/2 (51)}) 11.
exd4 Nxd5 12. O-O b6 13. Bxd5 exd5 14. Bf4 Qd7 15. Bxb8 Rxb8 16. Nc3 Ba6 17.
Re1 Rbe8 18. Qh5 Re6 19. Rxe6 fxe6 20. Re1 Rf5 21. Qd1 Qf7 22. Qd2 Rf3 23. Re3
Qf5 24. Kg2 Rxe3 25. Qxe3 h6 $11 {Line Flear,G-Motwani,P/Hastings 1996}) (8...
d5) (8... a6 $5) (8... Nc6 9. Nb5 Qd8 10. Bg2 d5 $11) 9. Nb5 (9. Bg2 Bb7 10.
O-O $11) 9... Qb7 {!=/+ Kortschnoj} (9... Qc6 $6 {Kortschnoj} 10. Rg1 Bb7 11.
Bc3 a6 12. Bg2 $14) 10. Rg1 $13 {Der Turm steht auf g1 unnatьrlich, denn WeiЯ
kann nicht mehr rochieren. WeiЯ dьrfte jetzt keinen Erцffnungsvorteil mehr
haben, aber der routinierte Kortschnoj findet sich in dieser orginellen
Stellung besser zurecht als sein junger Gegner.} a6 (10... d5 11. Bg2 Bd7 $11 {
Schwarz plant 12...Bc6.}) 11. Bg2 Nc6 (11... d5 12. N5c3 {[%csl Yd5][%cal
Gg2a8]} O-O {Die schwarze Stellung ist O.K., wдhrend WeiЯ Entwicklungsprobleme
hat.}) 12. Nd4 d5 (12... Bxd4 13. exd4 d5 14. Bg5 Ne4 $13 {WeiЯ hat das
Lдuferpaar, das jedoch gegen die feste schwarze Stellung ohne groЯe Bedeutung
ist.}) 13. Bc3 Bd7 (13... Bxd4 14. Bxd4 Nxd4 15. Qxd4 $14 {[%csl Yd5,Gg2][%cal
Gg2a8]}) 14. Nd2 (14. Nxc6 Bxc6 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. cxd5 Bxd5 17. Bxd5 Qxd5 18.
Qxd5 exd5 $11 {und Schwarz kann seinen schwachen Bauern mit ...d5-d4 tauschen.}
) 14... Nxd4 (14... Bxd4 15. exd4 O-O $5 $11) (14... O-O 15. Nxc6 Bxc6 16. Bxf6
gxf6 $11) (14... O-O-O $5 15. Rc1 Kb8) (14... b5 $5 $15 {Kortschnoj}) 15. exd4
(15. Bxd4 $6 Bxd4 16. exd4 Bc6 $15) 15... Be7 (15... Bd6 $1 $15 {Kortschnoj})
16. g4 $5 {WeiЯ muЯ so spielen, um seinem Turm auf g1 Leben einzuhauchen.} Bc6
(16... h6 17. h4 g6 $5) 17. g5 Nd7 (17... Ne4 $5 $14 {Kortschnoj}) 18. Qg4 O-O
(18... dxc4 19. bxc4 Bxg2 (19... b5 $15 {Kortschnoj}) 20. Rxg2 $13) (18...
O-O-O $5) 19. h4 Rfe8 {King: Perhaps a bit too fancy, or perhaps he is showing
just a little too much respect. I think this was the moment to break open the
position:} (19... dxc4 20. bxc4 (20. Nxc4 Bxg2 21. Rxg2 b5 22. Ne3 Nb6 23. h5
Rac8 $17) 20... Bxg2 21. Rxg2 $13 {[%csl Re1]} (21. Rxg2 {King} b5 {King:
followed by ...Nb6. I find it hard to believe that White is going to generate
a serious attack.})) (19... Rae8 $5 20. h5 f5 21. gxf6 Nxf6 22. Qxe6+ Kh8 $44 {
[%cal Ge8e1]}) 20. h5 f5 {?Kortschnoj King: In football they say, 'Never pass
the ball in front of your own goal', and this is the equivalent in chess. You
have to have a good reason to open up a file in front of your own king; but
Black doesn't.} (20... b5 $15) (20... e5 $5 $40) ({King: By this stage,
curling up with} 20... Nf8 {King suggests itself.}) 21. gxf6 Bxf6 $2 {[%csl
Rd7]} (21... Nxf6 $5 22. Qxe6+ Kh8 $44 {[%cal Ge8e1]}) 22. O-O-O {=Kortschnoj}
Rac8 (22... dxc4 $11 {Kortschnoj}) 23. Kb1 b5 (23... dxc4 24. Bxc6 Qxc6 25. Ne4
$40 {[%csl Gc3,Ge4,Gg1,Gg4,Rg8] und Schwarz muЯ immer mit dem BauernvorstoЯ
d4-d5 rechnen.}) (23... e5 $2 24. cxd5 Bxd5 25. Bxd5+ Qxd5 26. Ne4 $16 {
[%csl Gc3,Gd1,Rd5,Ge4,Rf6,Gg1,Gg4,Rg8]}) 24. cxd5 exd5 (24... Bxd5 25. Ne4 $40
(25. Bxd5 Qxd5 26. Ne4 $40)) 25. Nf1 $1 $14 {[%csl Rb7,Rc6,Rd7] +/-Kortschnoj
Der Springer strebt auf das starke Feld e3. Die schwarzen Figuren, besonders
der Springer auf d7 und der Lдufer auf c6, stehen schlecht.} Nf8 26. Ne3 {
[%csl Ge3]} Kh8 (26... Rxe3 {Kortschnoj} 27. fxe3 Bd7 28. Qf4 Rxc3 29. Qxf6 $1
$18) 27. Bb2 Ne6 $6 {Auch e6 ist kein gutes Feld fьr den Springer.} (27... Bd7
28. Bxd5 $16 (28. Qg3 Be6 $11)) (27... Rcd8 $5) 28. Qf5 $16 {[%csl Gf5][%cal
Rh5h6] King: It's remarkable how Kortschnoj has managed to arrive at a
sensible position after his unorthodox start. More than that, it is a very
strong position. Black's d-pawn is weak, and his king in trouble.  Jetzt hдngt
der Bauer auf d5 und es droht der tцdliche Hebel h5-h6.} Qb6 29. h6 {[%csl Rh8]
Der schwarze Kцnig auf h8 ist leicht angreifbar.} Nxd4 30. hxg7+ Bxg7 {[#]} 31.
Rxd4 $1 $18 {Nach dieser hьbschen kleinen Kombination muЯ Schwarz aufgeben,
denn nach 31...Bxd4 wird er Matt.} (31. Rxd4 Bxd4 32. Qf6+ $3 Bxf6 33. Bxf6+
Kg8 34. Bxd5+ Kf8 35. Rg8#) 1-0

[Event "Hoogeveen Essent Crown"]
[Site "Hoogeveen"]
[Date "2001.10.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A32"]
[WhiteElo "2639"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2001.10.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 {Dieser Zug ist eigentlich eine Einladung zur
Katalanischen Verteidigung (3...d5).} c5 4. Nf3 {Die prinzipielle Fortsetzung
wдre 4.d5, aber hier mьte WeiЯ neben 4...exd5 5.cxd5 d6 (Benoni Verteidigung)
auch mit 4...exd5 5.cxd5 b5!? rechnen.} cxd4 5. Nxd4 Qc7 {Das ist eine (gute)
Mцglichkeit fьr Schwarz. Die Alternativen sind - 5...Qa5+, 5...a6, 5...Bb4+, 5.
..Nc6, 5...Qb6.} 6. Nd2 (6. b3) (6. Qd3) 6... Nc6 7. Nb5 Qb8 (7... Qb6 $6 {
Die Dame steht unglьcklich auf b6.} 8. Bg2 a6 (8... d5 $5) 9. Nc3 Be7 10. O-O
O-O 11. Na4 Qa5 12. c5 $16) 8. Bg2 a6 {Das ist eine logische Spielweise -
anschlieЯend bekommt er durch b7 - b5 aktives Spiel am Damenflьgel.} (8... Be7
9. O-O O-O 10. Nc3 Rd8 11. Nde4 Nxe4 12. Nxe4 d6 $11) 9. Nc3 b5 10. O-O (10.
cxb5 $6 axb5 11. Nde4 Nxe4 12. Nxe4 d5 13. Nd2 Be7 14. Nb3 O-O 15. O-O Rd8 16.
Be3 Bd7 17. Bc5 Bf6 18. Qc2 Rc8 19. Qb1 Na5 20. Nxa5 Rxc5 $15) 10... Be7 11. a3
{Das ist interessant - Kortschnoj war frьher mit 11.e4 erfolgreich, jetzt aber
wдhlt er eine andere Fortsetzung.} (11. e4 O-O 12. b3 Bb7 13. Bb2 Ne5 14. Qe2
bxc4 15. bxc4 d6 16. f4 Ned7 17. Ba3 Qa7+ 18. Kh1 Nc5 19. Nb3 Rad8 20. Nxc5
dxc5 21. Rab1 Ba8 22. e5 {1-0 Kortschnoj,V-Kavalek,L/Ceska Trebova 1997/EXT 98
(38)}) (11. c5 $5 {Dieses Bauernopfer verschafft WeiЯ zwar positionellen Druck
am Damenflьgel - die Frage ist aber, ob die Kompensation ausreichend ist oder
nicht.} Bxc5 12. Nde4 Nxe4 13. Nxe4 Bb6 (13... Be7 14. Bf4 e5 15. Be3 O-O 16.
Nc3 $14 {[%csl Yd5][%cal Gc3d5]}) 14. Bf4 Bc7 15. Bxc7 Qxc7 16. Rc1 $44 (16.
Nd6+ $6 Ke7 $17)) 11... O-O 12. Rb1 (12. b4 Bb7 13. Bb2 bxc4 14. Nxc4 d5 15.
Nb6 Ra7 16. Nca4 Rd8 17. Qb3 Ne5 18. Rfd1 Bc6 19. Rac1 Bb5 20. Nc8 Rxc8 21.
Bxe5 Qb7 22. Bd4 Raa8 23. Bf3 Ne4 {0-1 Rastenis,G-Gurevich,D/Chicago 1993/EXT
97 (37)}) 12... Rd8 {Schwarz mцchte 13...bxc4 und 14...d5 ziehen, mit Vorteil
im Zentrum.} (12... bxc4 13. Nxc4 d5 14. Bf4 Qa7 $11 (14... e5 15. Nxd5 exf4
16. Nxf6+ (16. Na5 Nxa5 17. Nxe7+ Kh8 18. Bxa8 Qxa8 $17) 16... Bxf6 17. Bxc6
Bh3 18. Re1 Rc8 19. Bd5 Ra7 $13)) 13. e4 (13. b4 bxc4 14. Nxc4 d5 $15) 13...
Bb7 (13... b4 14. axb4 Bxb4 $11) 14. Qe2 b4 15. axb4 Bxb4 $11 {Schwarz hat
eine bequeme Stellung. WeiЯ kontrolliert zwar mehr Raum, aber die Entwicklung
des Bc1 bereitet Probleme.} 16. Na4 {[%cal Ga4b6]} (16. Nb3 $11) 16... Qc7 17.
Nb3 Ne5 18. Bd2 (18. c5 d5 19. cxd6 Bxd6 20. Bg5 $11) 18... Bxd2 (18... a5 19.
Bxb4 (19. Rbc1 $11) 19... axb4 20. Nac5 d6 21. Nxb7 Qxb7 22. f4 Nc6 23. e5 $36)
19. Nxd2 d6 {Wir haben eine Igelstellung, in der WeiЯ - wie ьblich - zwar ьber
Raumvorteil, Schwarz aber ьber eine elastische Stellung verfьgt.} 20. b4 (20.
f4 Nc6 $11 {[%cal Gc6d4]}) 20... Rac8 21. Rfc1 Bc6 $5 {[%mdl 2048] Dieser
Lдuferzug ist eine Provokation. In der Folge entwickelt sich ein scharfer
taktischer Kampf.} (21... Ned7) 22. b5 $13 (22. Nc3 $11) 22... Be8 23. f4 (23.
b6 Qc6) 23... Ned7 {[%cal Gd7c5,Gd7b6]} 24. b6 {Der weiЯ Pb6 wirkt sehr stark,
aber WeiЯ hat auch seine Probleme: der Na4 hдngt, und Schwarz hat Motive auf
der Diagonale a7 - g1.} (24. bxa6 Qa7+ 25. c5 Nb8 (25... Nxc5 26. Nxc5 Rxc5 27.
Rxc5 Bc6 $13) 26. e5 $13) 24... Qc6 25. e5 (25. b7 Rb8 26. e5 Qxa4 27. exf6
Nxf6 $15 {Der Pb7 ist in Wirklichkeit eine Schwдche. Schwarz hat daher einfach
einen Bauern mehr.}) 25... Qxa4 26. exf6 Nxf6 {Schwarz hat einen Mehrbauern,
aber die Stellung ist noch nicht geklдrt - WeiЯ verfьgt ьber Initiative am
Damenflьgel.} 27. Ra1 Qb4 28. Qe3 $6 {WeiЯ kьmmert sich nicht um den Pa6 -
erst einmal verteidigt er seinen Pb6. Meiner Meinung nach ist dieser Zug zu
optimistisch.} (28. Rxa6 $5 Bc6 $13 (28... Bb5 29. Ra7 Qb2 (29... d5 30. b7 $16
) 30. Rb1 Bxc4 (30... Qd4+ 31. Qf2 Qxf2+ 32. Kxf2 $18) 31. Rxb2 Bxe2 32. b7 $16
{[%csl Gb7]}) (28... d5 $13)) 28... Ng4 29. Qd4 e5 $1 $36 {[%mdl 64] Mit
diesem Zug vertreibt Schwarz die gegnerische Dame von der wichtigen Diagonale
a7 - g1.} 30. fxe5 dxe5 31. Qxg4 Qc5+ 32. Kh1 Rxd2 33. Ra5 $2 (33. b7 Rcd8 $5 (
33... Rb8 34. Rxa6 Rxg2 35. Kxg2 Bc6+ 36. Kf1 (36. Kh3 Bxb7 {[%cal Rb7a6,Rb7c8,
Rc8h3]} 37. Rb1 h5 (37... Bg2+ $2 38. Kxg2 Rxb1 39. Ra8+ $18) 38. Qd7 Qc8 39.
Rd6 Qxd7+ 40. Rxd7 Bg2+ 41. Kxg2 Rxb1 $17) 36... Bxb7 37. Rb1 Qc7 (37... Qd5
38. cxd5 Bxa6+ 39. Kf2 Rxb1 40. Qa4 $18) 38. Rab6 h5 39. Qxh5 Qxc4+ $11 (39...
Bg2+ 40. Kxg2 Rxb6 41. Rxb6 Qxb6 42. Qxe5 $16)) 34. Rxa6 Rxg2 35. Kxg2 Bc6+ 36.
Rxc6 Qxc6+ 37. Qf3 e4 (37... Rd2+ $2 38. Kg1) 38. Qb3 Rb8 39. Rb1 e3+ 40. Kg1
Qf3 41. Rf1 Qxb7 42. Qxe3 $11) 33... Qf2 $17 34. Rg1 (34. Qf3 Qxb6 35. Rxe5
Rxg2 (35... Bc6 $2 36. Qxc6 $18) 36. Qxg2 Bc6 37. Rd5 $17) 34... Bd7 $1 35. Qe4
Qxb6 36. Rxe5 g6 37. Qe1 (37. Qf4 Rf2 38. Qh4 Rxg2 39. Rxg2 Bc6 40. Re1 Qb2 41.
Qh3 f5 $19 {[%csl Rg2,Rh1][%cal Rc6h1]}) 37... Qb2 $19 {[%cal Rb2h2] Schwarz
hat nicht nur einen Mehrbauern, sondern auch entscheidenden Druck auf der 2.
Reihe.} 38. Rd5 Re2 39. Qa5 Bh3 0-1

[Event "Sydney"]
[Site "Sydney"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Azmaiparashvili, Zurab"]
[Black "Gedevanishvili, Dmitry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A32"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1990.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[EventCategory "6"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. Nf3 e6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 b6 $2 (5... Bb4 $5) 6. Ndb5 $1
a6 7. Nd6+ Bxd6 8. Qxd6 Nc6 9. g3 Bb7 10. Bg2 Na5 11. Bxb7 Nxb7 12. Qd4 Rc8 13.
O-O h6 14. b3 O-O 15. Rd1 Rc6 16. Ba3 Re8 17. Bb2 Rd6 18. Qf4 Qb8 19. Qf3 Rc8
20. Ne4 Nxe4 21. Qxe4 Rc5 22. Ba3 Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 Rc7 24. Bb2 Qf8 25. Rd4 b5 26.
cxb5 axb5 27. Qd3 Qc8 28. Rg4 $1 g5 29. Qd4 Rc1+ 30. Kg2 Qc6+ 31. f3 Kf8 32.
Bxc1 Qxc1 33. Qh8+ Ke7 34. Qxh6 Qc2 35. Qxg5+ Kd6 36. Rd4+ Kc6 37. Qd2 1-0

[Event "NED-ch49"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1994.06.10"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Cifuentes Parada, Roberto"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A32"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "157"]
[EventDate "1994.06.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 042"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 e6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Qb3 (6. Ndb5 O-O 7. a3
Bxc3+ 8. Nxc3 d5 9. cxd5 (9. Bg5 $5) 9... exd5 10. e3 Nc6 11. Be2 Bf5 12. O-O
d4 $10 {Polgar,Zsu-Adgestein,S/Groningen PCA/1993/CBM39/}) 6... Na6 (6... Bc5
$5 7. Be3 (7. e3 $5) 7... b6 8. Nc2 Na6 9. Rd1 O-O 10. Bd4 Bb7 11. e3 Be7 $13 {
Ljubojevic,Lj-Gligoric,S/Beograd m/1979/}) 7. a3 (7. Bd2 O-O 8. e3 b6 9. Be2
Bb7 10. O-O Be7 $10 {Pomar Salamanca,A-Jansson/Skopje ol/1972/}) 7... Be7 8. g3
O-O 9. Bg2 Nc5 10. Qc2 d5 (10... d6 $5) 11. cxd5 Nxd5 (11... exd5 $14) 12. Nxd5
exd5 13. O-O Bg4 (13... Ne6 14. Be3 Bf6 15. Rfd1 $16) 14. Nf5 (14. h3 Bh5 15.
Qf5 Bg6 16. Qxd5 Qxd5 17. Bxd5 Rad8 18. e4 Nxe4 19. Bxe4 Bxe4 20. Be3 Bf6 $15)
(14. Be3 Rc8 15. Nf5 $14 Ne4 $4 16. Qxc8 $18) 14... d4 15. Nxe7+ Qxe7 16. b4
Nd7 (16... Ne6 17. Qe4 Bh5 18. g4 Bg6 19. Qxb7 $16) 17. Bxb7 Rab8 (17... Bxe2
18. Re1 d3 19. Qxd3 Bxd3 20. Rxe7 $18) 18. Ba6 $1 Ne5 $6 (18... Rb6 $5) 19. Bf4
$1 Rb6 20. Bxe5 Qxe5 (20... Rxa6 21. Bxd4 $16) 21. Bd3 h5 (21... Rh6 22. Qc5
Qxc5 23. bxc5 Rc8 24. Rfc1 Rhc6 25. Rc4 Rxc5 26. Rxd4 Bh3 27. f3 $16) 22. Rac1
Re8 23. Qa4 Rbe6 (23... Bxe2 24. Rfe1 $18) 24. Qxa7 h4 (24... Bxe2 25. Bxe2
Qxe2 26. Qxd4 $18) 25. Rc5 Qf6 26. Rd5 Bh3 27. Qxd4 $1 (27. Re1 $2 Qf3 $1 $19)
27... Bxf1 28. Qxf6 gxf6 29. Kxf1 Ra8 (29... hxg3 30. a4 $1 gxh2 31. Kg2 $18)
30. g4 $1 Rxa3 31. f3 $1 Kg7 32. Kg2 Ra4 33. b5 Re5 34. Rd7 f5 35. gxf5 Rb4 36.
Rd6 Re8 37. Kh3 f6 38. Rd7+ Kh6 39. Rf7 Kg5 40. Rg7+ Kh5 41. Rg6 Rd8 42. Rxf6
Rxd3 43. exd3 Rxb5 44. Re6 Rxf5 45. Re3 Rf4 46. Kg2 Rd4 47. Kf2 Kg5 48. Ke1 (
48. Re5+ Kf6 49. Re4 Rxd3 50. Rxh4 $10) 48... Ra4 49. Re5+ Kf6 50. Re2 (50. Re4
Ra1+ 51. Kf2 Ra2+ 52. Re2 $18) 50... Kf5 51. Kf2 Ra1 52. Ke3 Rb1 53. Rd2 $1
Re1+ 54. Kf2 Rh1 55. Kg2 Ra1 56. d4 Kf4 57. Re2 (57. d5 $2 Ke3 58. Rb2 Rd1 59.
Rb5 Rd2+ 60. Kh3 Kxf3 61. Kxh4 Kf4 62. h3 Rd3 $10) 57... h3+ 58. Kf2 $1 Rd1 59.
Re4+ Kf5 60. Kg3 Rd3 61. Rh4 Kg5 62. Rf4 Ra3 63. Rf7 Rd3 64. Rd7 Kf6 65. d5 Kf5
66. Rd8 Kf6 67. d6 Kf5 68. Kh4 Kf6 69. Kg4 Kf7 70. Kf4 Rd2 71. Kg3 Rd3 72. Kg4
Kf6 73. f4 Kf7 74. d7 Ke7 75. Rh8 Kxd7 76. Rxh3 Rd2 77. Re3 Rxh2 78. f5 Rh8 79.
Kg5 1-0

[Event "FRA-ch"]
[Site "Val d'Isere"]
[Date "2004.08.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Le Roux, Jean Pierre"]
[Black "Maze, Sebastien"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A32"]
[WhiteElo "2489"]
[BlackElo "2497"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2004.08.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 103"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. g3 {Weiss wдhlt die Englische Erцffnung.} (4.
d5 {wдre die prinzipielle Fortsetzung, welche zur Benoni-Verteidigung fьhren
wьrde.}) 4... cxd4 5. Nxd4 Qa5+ {Diese seltene Fortsetzung ist nicht besonders
gut. Die Hauptidee des Damenzugs ist, dass Schwarz die weisse Entwicklung
stцren mцchte. Die Alternativen sind 5...d5, 5...Bb4+, 5...Nc6, 5...Qb6 und 5..
.Qc7.} 6. Nc3 {Eine natьrliche Fortsetzung, aber 6.Nd2 ist populдrer.} (6. Nd2
Nc6 (6... Qb6 $5 7. N4f3 Bc5 8. e3 d5 9. Bg2 Nc6 10. O-O O-O 11. cxd5 exd5 12.
Nb3 Be7 13. Bd2 Bg4 14. Bc3 Rad8 15. h3 Bh5 $13 {Adams,M-Ward,Ch/ London 1992/
1/2-1/2 (41)}) 7. Nxc6 (7. N4b3) 7... dxc6 (7... bxc6) 8. Bg2 Be7 9. O-O O-O
10. Qc2 e5 11. Ne4 Nxe4 12. Bxe4 f5 13. Bg2 Be6 14. Bd2 Bb4 15. Bxb4 Qxb4 16.
b3 a5 {Raetsky,A-Hamdouchi,H/ Abu Dhabi 2004/ 1/2-1/2 (64)}) 6... Ne4 7. Bd2
Nxd2 8. Qxd2 Nc6 $6 ({Die Alternative} 8... a6 {scheint mir besser zu sein, da
Schwarz so die Varianten mit 9.Ndb5 vermeiden kann.} 9. Bg2 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11.
Rfd1 $14 {Weiss hat einen kleinen Positionsvorteil, da er mehr Raum
kontrolliert und ьber Entwicklungsvorteil verfьgt.}) 9. Ndb5 $1 {[%mdl 4]} (9.
Bg2 $14) 9... a6 10. Nd6+ Bxd6 11. Qxd6 {[%csl Gd6]} Qe5 {Schwarz muss die
Dame auf d6 tauschen.} 12. O-O-O (12. Qxe5 Nxe5 13. c5 b6 $11) 12... Qxd6 13.
Rxd6 $14 {[%csl Yb6,Rc8,Yd6][%cal Gf1g2,Gg2a8] Der weisse Positionsvorteil 
(vor allem am Damenflьgel) ist offensichtlich, da der Nachziehende an seinen
schwarzfeldrigen Schwдchen zu kдmpfen hat (In seinem Buch "Die Kunst der
Bauernfьhrung" nannte Kmoch dies "Melanpenie" - Schwдche auf den schwarzen
Feldern).} Na5 (13... Ke7 14. c5 b6 15. Bg2 bxc5 16. Rhd1 (16. Bxc6 dxc6 17.
Rhd1 $16) 16... Ra7 17. Bxc6 dxc6 18. Rxc6 $16) 14. e3 Ke7 15. Rb6 (15. c5 $5
b5 16. b4 $14) 15... Kd8 (15... d6 16. Be2 Rd8 17. Rd1 $14) 16. c5 Kc7 (16...
Nc6 17. Ne4 $16 {[%csl Yd6][%cal Ge4d6]}) 17. Rb4 (17. b4 Nc6 18. b5 $36) 17...
Nc6 18. Rg4 g6 19. Bg2 f5 (19... b6 20. cxb6+ Kxb6 21. Na4+ Kc7 22. Bxc6 Kxc6 (
22... dxc6 23. Nc5 $14 {[%csl Gc5]}) 23. Rc4+ $16) 20. Rc4 Rd8 21. e4 $1 fxe4 (
21... b5 22. cxb6+ Kxb6 23. exf5 gxf5 24. Bxc6 dxc6 25. Re1 $14) 22. Bxe4 Ne5
23. Rd4 d5 {Damit mцchte Schwarz seine Stellung befreien.} 24. cxd6+ Rxd6 25.
Rxd6 Kxd6 26. h4 $1 {[%csl Rc8,Ge4,Rg6,Rh7][%cal Rh4h5] Die weisse
Bauernstruktur ist gesund, wдhrend der Pe6 ein dauerhaftes Sorgenkind fьr
Schwarz darstellt. Mit dem starken Textzug droht Weiss nun 27.h5.} Ra7 27. h5
b5 28. f4 Ng4 29. hxg6 hxg6 30. Bxg6 $16 {Mit einem Mehrbauern bei reduziertem
Material hat Weiss gute Gewinnchancen.} Rg7 31. Bc2 Bb7 (31... e5 $142 $5 $16 {
nach dem Leitsatz "Die stдrkere Seite tauscht Figuren, die schwдchere Seite
tauscht Bauern" wдre logisch fьr Schwarz.}) 32. Rd1+ Ke7 33. Re1 Kf6 34. Ne4+
Bxe4 (34... Ke7 35. Nc5 Bd5 36. Nxe6 $18) 35. Rxe4 {[%mdl 4096]} Rc7 (35... Nf2
36. Re2 Nh1 37. Bb3 Nxg3 (37... Re7 38. g4 $16) 38. Rxe6+ Kf5 39. Rxa6 $16) 36.
Kd2 a5 (36... e5) 37. Bb3 Rc6 38. Re1 a4 39. Bd1 Rd6+ 40. Kc2 Nf2 (40... Rc6+
41. Kb1 $16) 41. Be2 {Weiss verteidigt sich gegen 41...Nd3. Im weiteren
Partieverlauf kann der Lдufer erfolgreich den Wirkungskreis des Springers
einschrдnken.} Rc6+ 42. Kb1 Rb6 43. Bf1 b4 (43... Ng4 $142) 44. Re2 {[%csl Rf2]
} Nd1 (44... Ng4 45. Bh3 Nh6 46. g4 $16) 45. Kc1 $1 Rd6 46. Rd2 {Weiss
verliert zwar zeitweilig einen Bauern, gewinnt dafьr aber die Partie.} Rxd2 47.
Kxd2 Nxb2 48. Kc2 a3 49. Kb3 $18 {[%csl Ra3,Rb2,Rb4,Gf1][%cal Gf1a6] Der Bf1
kontrolliert alle wichtige Punkte und der Nb2 steht sehr unglьcklich. Weiss
gewinnt nun beide schwarzen Bauern am Damenflьgel.} Nd1 (49... Kf5 50. Kxb4 Kg4
51. Kxa3 Nd1 52. Be2+ $18) 50. Kxb4 Ne3 51. Bd3 {[%csl Gd3][%cal Gd3h7] Der
Bd3 arbeitet gut - 51...Kf5 ist verhindert.} e5 (51... Nf5 $2 {verliert wegen}
52. Bxf5 $18) 52. Kxa3 exf4 53. gxf4 Nd5 54. f5 {Mit zwei Mehrbauern gewinnt
Weiss leicht.} Ke5 55. Kb3 Nf4 56. Bc2 Ne2 57. a4 (57. a4 Nd4+ 58. Kc3 Nxc2 59.
Kxc2 Kxf5 60. a5 $18) 1-0

[Event "Saintly Cup"]
[Site "Sydney"]
[Date "1999.01.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Roeder, Mathias"]
[Black "Johansen, Darryl Keith"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A32"]
[WhiteElo "2447"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "1999.01.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 070"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 576]} 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. Ndb5 Bb4 (
6... d5 7. Bf4 e5 8. cxd5 exf4 9. dxc6 bxc6 10. Qxd8+ Kxd8 {Das ist die andere
Mцglichkeit fьr Schwarz. Er hat eine schlechte Bauernstellung, aber Lдuferpaar
und aktives Spiel bieten ihm gleiche Chancen.}) 7. a3 {Meines Erachtens ist
die Alternative 7.Bf4 0-0 8.Bd6 fьr Schwarz gefдhrlicher. Mit der
Partiefortsetzung bekommt WeiЯ das Lдuferpaar, verliert aber zuviel Zeit,
wдhrend Schwarz die Entwicklung beenden kann.} Bxc3+ 8. Nxc3 d5 9. cxd5 exd5
10. e3 {Schwarz hat wegen seiner schnellen Entwicklung keine Sorgen. Das weiЯe
lдuferpaar ist hier nicht von allzu groЯer Bedeutung und den isolierten
Damenbauern kцnnte Schwarz bei Bedarf mit ...d5-d4 auflцsen.  Zeit ist Geld -
auch im Schachspiel!} (10. Bg5 d4 (10... O-O 11. e3 Re8 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Qxd5
Bg4 14. Bb5 Rad8 15. Qc4 Ne5 16. Qf4 Nd3+ {0-1 Eng,H-Reeh,O/FRG-ch qual Brilon
1986/EXT 86ch (16)}) 11. Ne4 Bf5 12. Ng3 h6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Nxf5 Qxf5 15. g3
Qe4 16. Rg1 O-O {1/2-1/2 Vul,A-Zagorskis,D/Open, Cappelle la Grande FRA 1998 
(46)}) 10... O-O 11. Be2 (11. Bb5 Be6 12. O-O Qc7 13. Be2 a6 14. Bd2 d4 {
0-1 Banas,J-Petrik,K/Stary Smokovec 1973/MCD-r7 (40)}) 11... a6 (11... Bf5 12.
Nb5 Qb6 (12... Re8 13. O-O Rc8 14. b4 d4 15. Nxd4 Nxd4 16. exd4 Bc2 17. Qd2 Ne4
18. Qf4 Nc3 19. Bh5 Bg6 20. Bf3 Bd3 21. Bh5 Qd5 $44 {0-1 Blagidze,A-Geller,E/
Kiev 1957/MCD-ch (28)}) 13. O-O (13. b4 a6 14. Nc3 d4 15. Na4 Qa7 16. O-O Rad8
17. Qb3 Rfe8 {1/2-1/2 Smyslov,V-Hort,V/Monte Carlo 1968/Inf 06 (36)}) 13... a6
14. Nd4 Nxd4 15. Qxd4 Qxd4 16. exd4 Rac8 17. Rd1 (17. Bd1 Bc2 18. Be3 Bxd1 19.
Rfxd1 Rc2 20. Rd2 Rfc8 21. Rxc2 Rxc2 22. Rc1 Rxc1+ 23. Bxc1 Nd7 {0-1 Saidy,
A-Fischer,R/New York 1963/MCD-ch (56) Der Leser kann dieses Endspiel in jedem
Endspielbuch finden.}) 17... Rfe8 18. Kf1 Bc2 19. Re1 Bb3 20. Be3 b5 21. Rec1
Bc4 22. Ke1 {1/2-1/2 Khasin,A-Stein,L/URS-ch28 Moscow 1961/URS-ch (73)}) 12.
Bf3 $2 {Dieser Zug ist zu optimistisch. Es wдre viel besser, mit 0-0 die
Entwicklung fortzusetzen.} (12. O-O Be6 (12... d4 $11) (12... Re8) 13. b4 d4
14. Na4 (14. exd4 Nxd4 15. Be3 Nxe2+ 16. Qxe2 $11) 14... dxe3 15. Bxe3 Nd5 16.
Bc5 Re8 17. Bf3 Ne5 18. Re1 (18. Bxd5 Qxd5 19. Nb6 Qxd1 20. Raxd1 Rad8 $11)
18... Nxf3+ 19. Qxf3 b5 20. Nc3 Nxc3 21. Qxc3 $11) 12... Ne5 $5 {Schwarz
spielt nicht auf Ausgleich, sondern opfert seinen isolierten Bauern, um
direkten Angriff anzustreben.} (12... d4 $11) 13. Bxd5 Bg4 $1 (13... Nxd5 14.
Qxd5 (14. Nxd5 Bf5 $44) 14... Nd3+ 15. Ke2 $14) 14. f3 (14. Qd4 Nxd5 15. Nxd5 (
15. Qxe5 Nxc3 $19) 15... Re8 $44 16. O-O Nf3+ (16... Be2 17. Re1 Qg5 $5 {
[%cal Re5f3,Rf3d4,Rf3g1]}) 17. gxf3 Bxf3 18. Nf6+ Qxf6 19. Qxf6 gxf6 $40 {
[%csl Gf3,Rg1]}) 14... Nxd5 15. Qxd5 (15. Nxd5 Qh4+ (15... Be6 16. e4 Bxd5 17.
Qxd5 Qxd5 18. exd5 Rad8 19. Ke2 Rxd5 $15) 16. Kf1 Bd7 $44) 15... Qh4+ 16. Ke2 (
16. Kf1 Be6 17. Qxe5 Bc4+ 18. Ne2 (18. Kg1 Qe1#) 18... Rad8 {[%csl Ra1,Rc1,Rf1,
Rh1][%cal Rd8d1,Rd1f1]} 19. g4 Rd1+ 20. Kg2 Rxh1 21. Kxh1 Bxe2 $19) 16... Be6
$1 17. Qxe5 Bc4+ 18. Kd1 Qf2 $1 $17 {[%csl Gc4,Rd1,Gf2][%cal Rc4b3,Rb3d1,Rf8d8,
Rd8d1] Schwarz hat starken Angriff und sein materieller Nachteil ist nicht von
Bedeutung.} (18... Bb3+ 19. Ke2 Bc4+ {Schwarz hat mindestens Dauerschach, aber
er kann mehr erreichen.}) 19. Bd2 Rfd8 {[%csl Rd2]} 20. Ne4 {[%cal Ge4d2,Re4f2]
} Bb3+ 21. Kc1 Qxg2 $19 {[%csl Ra1,Rc1,Gg2,Rh1] Alles kommt mit Tempo. Der
weiЯe Kцnig steht allein im Sturm.} 22. Re1 Rac8+ 23. Kb1 Rxd2 {Und WeiЯ gab
auf, denn es droht z.B. 24...Rd1+ 25.Rxd1 Qc2# und 24.Nxd2 hilft nicht.} (23...
Rxd2 24. Nxd2 Qxd2 {[%csl Rb1][%cal Rd2e1,Rd2c2]}) 0-1

[Event "United Insurance 4th"]
[Site "Dhaka"]
[Date "1999.02.26"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Rahman, Ziaur"]
[Black "Hossain, Enamul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A32"]
[WhiteElo "2498"]
[BlackElo "2310"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1999.02.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "BAN"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 070"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 12]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. d4 {Wir haben dieselbe Stellung nach 1.d4
Nf6 2.c4 c5 (Schwarz mцchte Wolga-Gambit oder Benoni-Verteidigung spielen) 3.
Nf3. Ich glaube, 3.g3 oder 3.Nc3 bietet WeiЯ mehr Hoffnungen auf
Erцffnungsvorteil. Ribli.} cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. g3 Qb6 {Mit diesem aggressiven
Zug plant Schwarz, die weiЯe Entwicklung mit ...Bc5 zu stцren.} 6. Bg2 Bc5 7.
e3 Nc6 8. Nc3 {Das ist die prinzipielle Fortsetzung. WeiЯ opfert einen Bauern,
bekommt Entwicklungsvorsprung und aktives Figurenspiel.} (8. Nb3 Bb4+ (8... Be7
) 9. Bd2 Ne5 10. Qe2 d5 11. cxd5 exd5 12. O-O Bg4 13. f3 Bd7 $11 {[%csl Rd5,
Rg2] Schwarz hat den isolierten Bauern auf d5, aber der weiЯe Lдufer g2 ist
eingeschlossen.}) (8. O-O Nxd4 9. exd4 Bxd4 10. Nc3 {Zugumstellung zur
Partiefortsetzung.}) 8... Nxd4 9. exd4 Bxd4 10. O-O {[%csl Rd4]} e5 (10... O-O
$6 {Es ist verstдndlich, daЯ Schwarz die Entwicklung beenden mцchte, aber der
Lдufer d4 steht schlecht.} 11. Na4 Qd6 12. Bf4 $1 e5 13. Be3 $44 Qb4 14. Bxd4
exd4 15. b3 (15. Rc1 $5) 15... d5 16. a3 Qa5 17. cxd5 Nxd5 18. Qxd4 $14 {
1-0 Bricard,E-Olafsson,H/Reykjavik 1993/CBM 35/[Ribli] (52)}) (10... Bxc3 11.
bxc3 O-O 12. Ba3 $44 {[%csl Ga3] WeiЯ hat spьrbare Initiative. Die schwarzen
Felder im Lager des Nachziehenden sind sehr schwach.}) 11. Nb5 (11. Qc2 O-O 12.
Rb1 (12. Bg5 d5 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Nxd5 Qd8 15. Rad1 Be6 16. b3 Rc8 17. Qd2 Re8
{1/2-1/2 Wells,P-Emms,J/Bad Woerishofen 1996/EXT 97 (17)}) 12... h6 13. b3 (13.
Nb5 $5) 13... Rd8 (13... d6 14. Nb5 Bc5 15. b4) 14. Ba3 d6 $8 15. Nb5 Bc5 $8
16. b4 Bd4 17. Rfd1 Bg4 18. Rd2 d5 $1 {0-1 Manor,I-Psakhis,L/West Berlin 1988/
Inf 46/[Psakhis,L] (49)}) 11... O-O (11... Bc5 12. Bg5 $44) 12. a4 $5 $146 {
Mit diesem interessanten Zug erkдmpft WeiЯ die Initiative am Damenflьgel. In
einigen Varianten kann er a4-a5 ziehen. Die Alternative, das sofortige Nehmen
auf d4, bietet nichts besonderes.} (12. Nxd4 exd4 13. b3 (13. Qd3 d5 14. cxd5
Bg4 15. h3 Bd7 16. Rd1 Rfe8 17. Bg5 Bb5 18. Qb3 Ne4 19. Bxe4 Rxe4 20. a4 Be2
21. Qxb6 axb6 22. Rd2 d3 {0-1 Raetsky,A-Tunik,G/Podolsk 1992/EXT 97 (38)})
13... d5 14. Ba3 (14. Bb2 dxc4 15. Bxd4 Qa6 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. bxc4 Rb8 18. c5
Rd8 19. Qa4 Bd7 20. Qxa7 Bc6 {0-1 Petursson,M-Nogueiras,J/Saint John 1988/EXT
97 (52)}) 14... Re8 15. c5 Qa5 16. Bb2 Qxc5 17. Bxd4 Qd6 18. Bxf6 Qxf6 19. Qxd5
Qe7 20. Rac1 Rb8 21. Qc5 b6 22. Qxe7 Rxe7 23. Rfd1 {1/2-1/2 Haba,P-Sax,G/
BL9293 1993/GER-chT (23)}) 12... Bc5 (12... Re8 $5) 13. Qe1 {Ein vielseitiger
Zug. Jetzt hдngt e5 und WeiЯ kann auch b2-b4 mit groЯem Raumvorteil ziehen.} (
13. a5 Qd8 14. a6 Rb8) 13... a5 $6 {Mit dieser Fortsetzung verhindert Schwarz
den Zug b2-b4, aber der weiЯe Springer steht langfristig stark auf b5.} (13...
a6 $5 14. a5 Qd8 15. Nc3 $44 {[%cal Gc1g5,Gg5d8]}) 14. Qxe5 d6 15. Qf4 $14 {
WeiЯ hat einen starken Springer auf b5, sowie die bessere Bauernstruktur.} Bd7
16. Bd2 $5 {[%cal Gd2c3,Gc3h8] Der schwarzfeldrige Lдufer will auf die lange
Diagonale und gleichzeitig den Bauern a5 im Auge behalten.} (16. b3 {[%cal
Gc1b2,Gb2h8]}) 16... Bxb5 {Schwarz tauscht den starken weiЯen Springer, aber
jetzt wird das weiЯe Lдuferpaar bedeutend.} 17. axb5 {[%csl Ra5,Gg2][%cal
Gg2a8,Gd2a5]} (17. cxb5 $6 d5 $11) 17... d5 {Schwarz gibt auf seinen schwachen
Bauern auf d6 und bekommt dafьr den weiЯen auf b5. Spдter wird allerdings der
weiЯe d-Bauer fьr Schwarz sehr unangenehm.} (17... Nd7 18. Bc3 Ne5 19. Bd5 $16)
(17... Bb4 18. Rfd1 $16) 18. cxd5 Qxb5 19. Bc3 {[%csl Gc3,Gd5,Gg2]} Qb6 20. Ra4
{[%csl Ra5][%cal Rf1a1,Ra1a5] WeiЯ drьckt gegen den schwachen schwarzen
a-Bauern.} Qd8 21. Qf5 $1 {WeiЯ schafft jetzt auch Drohungen am Kцnigsflьgel,
nдmlich 22.Rh4 mit deutlichem Angriff.} Ra6 (21... b5 22. Rh4 {[%csl Gc3,Gf5,
Rg8,Gh4]} h6 23. d6 {[%cal Rf5c5,Rg2a8]} Rc8 24. Rxh6 $1 $18 {[%csl Rg8]}) 22.
Rfa1 {[%csl Ra5]} (22. Rh4 g6 $14) 22... Bb4 $8 {Schwarz hat nichts besseres
als den Bauern zu geben, ansonsten hдtte WeiЯ entscheidenden Angriff.} (22...
b6 {[%csl Ra6]} 23. Rh4 $18) 23. Bxb4 axb4 24. Rxa6 bxa6 25. Rxa6 $16 {[%csl
Gd5] WeiЯ besitzt einen gesunden Mehrbauern. Es ist allerdings wahr, daЯ sein
Lдufer g2 nicht mehr so stark wie frьher ist. Mit prдzisem Spiel sollte WeiЯ
ьber gute Gewinnchancen verfьgen.} Qc7 {[%cal Rc7c1,Rc1g1,Rc1b2]} 26. Rc6 Qa5 {
[%cal Ra5a1,Ra1b2,Ra1g1]} 27. Rc8 Qa6 (27... Qa1+ 28. Bf1 Qxb2 29. Rxf8+ Kxf8
30. Qc8+ Ke7 (30... Ne8 31. d6 $18) 31. Qc5+ Kd8 32. d6 Qc3 33. Qb6+ Kc8 34.
Ba6+ Kd7 35. Bb5+ $18) 28. Rc1 (28. Rxf8+ Kxf8 29. Qe5 $16) 28... h6 29. Bf3
Qa2 30. d6 (30. Qe5 $5 Re8 31. Qd4 $16) 30... Qxb2 31. Rc8 Qa1+ 32. Kg2 Qa6 33.
Rxf8+ (33. d7 $5 Nxd7 34. Rc6 {[%cal Rc6a6,Rf5d7]} (34. Rxf8+ $2 Nxf8 $17)
34... Qa7 35. Be4 {[%csl Rg8][%cal Re4h7]} Rb8 36. Qh7+ Kf8 37. Qh8+ Ke7 38.
Qxg7 $40) 33... Kxf8 34. Qc5 {[%cal Gc5f8,Rd6d7,Rc5b4]} Kg8 35. Qxb4 Qc8 36.
Qb6 $2 (36. h3 $5 $16 {[%cal Gf3g4,Gg4c8]}) (36. Qe1 $5 $16 {[%csl Gd6,Ge1,Gf3]
[%cal Ge1e7]}) 36... Ne8 $1 $14 {Schwarz droht 37...Qd7 oder 37...Qe6 zu
spielen. Der ehemals starke weiЯe d-Bauer ist kaum zu halten.} 37. Be2 Qe6 {
[%csl Rd6,Re2]} 38. Qd8 Qxe2 39. d7 {WeiЯ scheint auf Gewinn zu stehen, aber
die aktive schwarze Dame rettet die Partie.} Qe4+ $11 40. f3 (40. Kh3 Qf5+ 41.
Kg2 $11 (41. Kh4 $2 g5+ $19)) (40. Kf1 Qd3+ (40... Qh1+ $11) 41. Kg1 Qb1+ 42.
Kg2 Qe4+ $11) 40... Qc2+ 41. Kh3 Qf5+ 42. Kg2 (42. g4 $4 Qxf3+ 43. Kh4 g5+ $19)
42... Qc2+ {Und Remis wegen Dauerschach.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 0405"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2004.12.11"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Gustafsson, Jan"]
[Black "Hracek, Zbynek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A32"]
[WhiteElo "2603"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2004.11.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hamburger SK"]
[BlackTeam "Werder Bremen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 {Ftacnik} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 c5 4. Nf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Qc7 6. Nc3 a6 (6...
Qxc4 $2 7. e4 Qb4 8. a3 (8. Bg2 $5 {[%cal Rd4b5,Re4e5]}) 8... Qb6 9. Be3 $16) (
6... b6 $2 7. e4 Bb7 (7... Bb4 8. Bf4 $16) 8. Ndb5 $16) 7. Bg2 Qxc4 (7... Nc6
8. O-O Be7 9. b3 O-O 10. Bb2 d6 11. Rc1 Nxd4 (11... Bd7 12. Nd5 $1 $16 {
[%cal Gc1c7]}) 12. Qxd4 Bd7 13. Rfd1 $14) 8. O-O Qc7 {Die Dame geht so schnell
wie mцglich weg von c4.} (8... Nc6 9. Nb3 d5 10. Bf4 Qb4 (10... Be7 11. a3 $1 {
[%csl Rc4]}) 11. Re1 $5 Be7 12. e4 dxe4 (12... d4 13. Nd5 $1 exd5 14. exd5 Nxd5
15. Bxd5 O-O $2 16. a3 $18) 13. Bc7 $1 $44) 9. e4 d6 (9... Nc6 10. Be3 d6 (
10... Be7 11. Rc1 O-O 12. Na4 $5 d6 13. Nb6 Rb8 14. b4 Qxb6 15. Nxc6 Qxc6 16.
Rxc6 bxc6 17. a3 Nd7 18. Qa4 {1-0 Berezin,O-Gladyszev,O/Alushta 1999/EXT 2001 
(60)}) 11. Rc1 Qa5 12. Re1 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 e5 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. exd5 Be7 16. Bxe5
dxe5 17. d6 Bf6 18. Rxc8+ {1/2-1/2 Lesiege,A-Hua Lefong/Montreal 2003/CBM 98
ext (18)}) 10. Be3 Be7 11. Rc1 Qd8 12. f4 O-O (12... Nbd7 13. f5 e5 14. Nb3 h6
15. Nd2 b5 16. b4 Nb6 17. Kh1 Bd7 18. Bxb6 Qxb6 19. Nb3 O-O {0-1 Khechumyan,
G-Anka,E/Budapest 1999/EXT 2002 (37)}) 13. e5 $5 {[%mdl 4] '!' Ftacnik.
Ftacnik: 'It seems logical to open up the position before black can start to
neutralize white's development advantage.' WeiЯ verliert keine Zeit, er
beginnt sofort mit Aktivitдt im Zentrum.} (13. g4 Nc6 14. g5 Nd7 15. Kh1 (15.
Nde2 $5 Nc5 (15... e5 $5 16. h4 exf4 17. Nxf4 Nde5 18. Ncd5 Be6) 16. Ng3 Re8 $2
(16... e5) 17. Rc2 $5 $44 {1-0 Yermolinsky,A-Sagalchik,G/New York (open) 1995/
Inf 63/[Yermolinsky,A] (59)}) 15... Nxd4 16. Bxd4 e5 17. Bg1 exf4 18. Nd5 Bxg5
$15 {[%csl Gd5]} 19. Rc3 {[%cal Gc3h3]} Nf6 20. Bb6 Nxd5 $1 21. Bxd8 Nxc3 22.
bxc3 Rxd8 $17 {0-1 Lautier,J-Leko,P/Dubai 2002/CB15/[Ribli Zoltan] (87)}) 13...
Ne8 (13... dxe5 14. fxe5 Nfd7 (14... Nd5 15. Nxd5 exd5 16. Nf5 $44) 15. Rxf7 $1
(15. Na4 $13 {'!?' Ftacnik.} Bg5 {Ftacnik} (15... Nxe5 {Ftacnik} 16. Rxc8 Qxc8
17. Nb6 $16) 16. Bf4 Bxf4 17. gxf4 Ra7 18. Nc3 b6 $13) (15. Qh5 {Ftacnik} g6
16. Qe2 Nxe5 17. Ne4 Nbd7 $13) 15... Rxf7 16. Nxe6 Qa5 17. Nd5 Nc6 18. Nec7
Ndxe5 19. Nxa8 Bg4 20. Nxe7+ Nxe7 21. Qb3 $36) 14. Qb3 Nd7 {'?!' Ftacnik.} (
14... dxe5 {Ftacnik} 15. fxe5 Nd7 16. Nf3 $14) 15. Nxe6 $1 {[%mdl 512] Ftacnik:
'Hracek became a victim of a small bomb prepared by Peter Heine Nielsen.
Gustafsson worked with the Danish GM and got the chance to use the secret
weapon as first.'  WeiЯ opfert die Figur fьr zwei Bauern und fьr eine groЯe
Initiative.} fxe6 16. Qxe6+ Rf7 (16... Kh8 17. Nd5 {[%csl Re7]} Bh4 18. Qh3 $5
(18. gxh4 Nxe5 19. Qe7 $16) 18... Be7 (18... Nxe5 19. fxe5 $18) 19. Be4 h6 20.
Qe6 $18) 17. Qb3 $40 {[%csl Rf7,Rg8][%cal Rb3g8,Re5e6,Re6d7,Re6f7] WeiЯ hat
nur einen Bauern fьr die Figur, aber droht 18.e6 und alle schwarze Figuren
stehen schrecklich passiv.} (17. Bd5 $2 Nxe5 {[%csl Re6][%cal Rc8e6]} 18. fxe5
Bxe6 19. Bxe6 Nf6 20. exf6 Bxf6 21. Nd5 Kf8 22. Bxf7 Kxf7 23. Bd4 $15) 17...
Nc7 (17... dxe5 18. Bd5 Nd6 19. fxe5 Nxe5 20. Bd4 $16 Kh8 {Ftacnik} 21. Bxe5
Rxf1+ (21... Rf5 22. Rxf5 Bxf5 23. Rf1 $14) 22. Rxf1 Bh3 23. Rd1 $14) 18. e6 {
Das ist eine einfache und gute Lцsung - WeiЯ gewinnt die Figur zurьck.} (18.
Nd5 Ne6 19. Nxe7+ Qxe7 20. Bd5 Ndf8 21. exd6 Qxd6 22. f5 $16) 18... Nxe6 19.
Qxe6 $16 {[%csl Yd5][%cal Gc3d5,Gg2d5] WeiЯ hat schon das materielle
Gleichgewicht und seine Stellung ist sehr aktiv. Er kontrolliert das
Schlьsselfeld-d5.} Nc5 20. Qc4 {Ftacnik: 'The material is equal now, but black
is positionally bancrupt.'} Be6 (20... b5 21. Qe2 Bb7 22. Bxb7 (22. Nd5 $16 {
Ftacnik}) 22... Nxb7 23. Nd5 $16 {[%csl Gd5]}) 21. Qe2 (21. Nd5 {Ftacnik} Rc8
22. f5 b5 23. fxe6 bxc4 24. exf7+ Kf8 25. Rce1 $18) 21... Qd7 (21... Qc8 {
Ftacnik} 22. Nd5 Bg4 23. Qc4 $16) 22. Bxc5 dxc5 (22... Bg4 23. Qd3 dxc5 24.
Qxd7 Bxd7 25. Bxb7 Rb8 26. Bd5 $18 {[%cal Rd5g8]}) 23. Rcd1 Qc8 24. f5 $1 {
Ftacnik: 'This is the end of preparation, black will lose the exchange and any
chance to build up resistance.'} Bxf5 25. Bd5 {[%csl Rf7][%cal Rd5g8]} Bf6 26.
Bxf7+ Kxf7 27. Qh5+ (27. Nd5 $18) 27... Bg6 (27... g6 28. Qxh7+ Kf8 29. g4 $18)
28. Qd5+ Kf8 29. Na4 {[%csl Rc5][%cal Ra4b6,Rb6a8,Rb6c8,Ra4c5]} Qc6 (29... Bf7
{Ftacnik} 30. Qd6+ Kg8 31. Nb6 Qf8 32. Rxf6 gxf6 33. Nxa8 $18) 30. Qxc6 bxc6
31. Nb6 Re8 32. Nd7+ Kf7 33. Nxf6 gxf6 34. Rd6 $18 Re2 35. Rdxf6+ Ke7 36. R6f2
Re3 37. Rc1 Be4 38. Rd2 Bd5 39. Rxc5 1-0

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Modesto"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Orlov, Georgi"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A32"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1995.11.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 051"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Ftacnik} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 c5 4. Nf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Bg2 (6. Nc3 $5
{-A33-}) 6... Qb6 7. Nc2 (7. Nb3 a5 8. O-O a4 9. N3d2 h5 10. Nc3 h4 11. Nde4
Nxe4 12. Nxe4 hxg3 13. hxg3 Ra5 $40 {Osmanbegovic,S-Vargic,D/EUCup Gr4/1994/
CBM43/}) 7... d5 (7... Be7 8. Nc3 O-O 9. O-O d6 10. b3 a6 11. e4 Qc7 12. Bb2
Rb8 13. Rc1 Qa5 14. a3 b5 15. b4 Qb6 16. cxb5 axb5 17. Ne3 Ba6 18. Ncd5 {
1-0 Hamdouchi,H-David,A/Casablanca (08)/1994/}) 8. Nba3 $6 $146 {Diese
Neuerung gefaellt mir nicht; Der Springer am Rand steht nur selten gut.
Ftacnik: Tarrasch was a great enemy of such moves, the N will be missplaced
for quite a while there.} (8. O-O $5 dxc4 (8... Be7 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Nc3 Be6
11. b3 O-O 12. Na4 Qa5 13. Bb2 Ne4 14. Nd4 Nxd4 15. Bxd4 Rac8 16. Qd3 Rfd8 17.
Rac1 b5 18. Nc3 Nxc3 19. Rxc3 Rxc3 20. Bxc3 Qxa2 21. Bd4 Qa5 22. f4 g6 23. Qe3
Qc7 {Hoelzl,F-Fauland,A/AUT-ch (01)/1989/0-1 (60)}) 9. Nca3 Qa6 10. b3 Be7 11.
bxc4 O-O 12. Nb5 $14 {Alburt,L-de Firmian,N/1985/New York/INF39,68/} (12. Nb5 {
Ftacnik} Qa5 13. Bd2 Qd8 14. Bf4 e5 15. Bg5 Bg4 16. Nd2 Rc8 17. h3 Be6 18. Qa4
Qd7 19. Kh2 Ng4+ 20. hxg4 Bxg5 21. Ne4 Be7 22. Rfd1 {0-1 Alburt,L-de Firmian,N/
New York/1985 (52)})) (8. cxd5 $5) (8. cxd5 {Ftacnik} Nxd5 9. O-O Be7 10. e4
Ndb4 11. Nxb4 Qxb4 12. Nc3 O-O 13. a3 Qb6 14. Rb1 Rd8 {Kaidanov,G-De Firmian,N/
Lexington/1995/}) 8... Bc5 9. O-O O-O 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Ne3 Be6 $1 12. Qd3 {
Der Bauer d5 ist natuerlich " vergiftet".'} (12. Nxd5 $2 Bxd5 13. Bxd5 Rad8 14.
e4 Nxe4 $19 (14... Bxf2+ {Ftacnik} 15. Kg2 Nxe4 $17)) 12... Rfd8 {Unglaublich
aber wahr: Nach 12 Zuege ist die weisse Stellung unbequem. Man kann jetzt
ueber den a3-Springer sagen: "eine Schande".} 13. h3 (13. Nac2 Ne5 {/\ d4 -/+})
(13. Qb5 {Ftacnik} Qxb5 14. Nxb5 d4 15. Nc2 Bc4 $17) 13... Rac8 14. Kh2 a6 15.
f4 $2 {In einer unbequemen Stellung verliert Weiss die Geduld und strebt eine
gewaltsame Loesung an, die fuer den Anziehenden wegen dessen schlechter
Entwicklung unguenstig enden. Ftacnik: Activity goes against the logic of this
position, white needs more coordination for his pieces.} Nb4 16. Qb3 $8 Bxe3 $1
(16... d4 17. Nec4 Qa7 18. f5 Bd5 $15) 17. Qxe3 (17. Bxe3 $2 {Ftacnik} d4 $19)
17... d4 18. Qf2 (18. Qd2 Bxa2 $17) 18... Nc2 $1 (18... Nxa2 $17 {Ftacnik}) 19.
Nxc2 Rxc2 {>< e2} 20. Rd1 $2 {Dieser Tempoverlust verkuerzt die Partie.} (20.
Bf3 $5) 20... Bc4 21. Bf3 Re8 22. Re1 {Ftacnik: It became clear, that
something is badly wrong. All black pieces are aiming against the e2P.} (22.
Qxd4 {[#]} Rexe2+ $1 23. Bxe2 (23. Kg1 Re1+ 24. Rxe1 Qxd4+ $19) 23... Rxe2+ 24.
Kg1 Qc6 (24... Re1+ {Ftacnik} 25. Rxe1 (25. Kf2 Rf1+) (25. Kh2 Ng4+ $1) 25...
Qxd4+ $19) 25. Qd8+ Ne8 $19) 22... Bxe2 $1 23. b3 (23. Bxe2 Qe6 $19) (23. Rxe2
{Ftacnik} Rexe2 24. Bxe2 Qe6 $19) 23... Qb5 24. Bb2 $2 Ne4 (24... Rxb2 $19) (
24... Bd3 $19) 25. Qxd4 (25. Bxe4 Rxe4 26. Bxd4 Bd3 $19) 25... Bxf3+ {Ribli}
0-1

[Event "RUS-Cup03 Geller Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1999.02.09"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Polovodin, Igor A"]
[Black "Poluljahov, Aleksandr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A32"]
[WhiteElo "2468"]
[BlackElo "2566"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "1999.02.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 070"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 2048]} 1. d4 {Ribli} Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 c5 4. g3 {Statt dieser
Fortsetzung wдre die prinzipielle Antwort 4.d5.} cxd4 5. Nxd4 Qb6 {Die
Alternativen 5...Bb4, 5...d5 oder 5...Nc6 sind auch gut spielbar fьr Schwarz.}
6. Bg2 (6. Nc3 Bc5 7. e3 Nc6 8. Nb3 Bb4 9. Bd2 Ne5 10. Qe2 O-O 11. f4 Ng6 12.
e4 d5 13. cxd5 exd5 14. e5 Bg4 15. Qb5 Bxc3 16. bxc3 Ne4 17. Nd4 Rfc8 18. Qb3
Ne7 19. Bd3 Nf5 {0-1 Granda Zuniga,J-Suba,M/Zaragoza 1995/EXT 97 (29)}) 6...
Bc5 7. e3 Nc6 8. Ne2 {Meines Erachtens ist die prinzipielle Fortsetzung fьr
WeiЯ das Bauernopfer 8.0-0. Nach der Partiefortsetzung kann Schwarz das Spiel
ausgleichen.} (8. Nxc6 dxc6 9. O-O e5 10. Nc3 Qc7 11. Qc2 O-O 12. b3 Be6 13.
Bb2 Rad8 $11 {1-0 J. Piket-Topalow/Wijk aan Zee, SW 1998 (40)}) (8. Nc2 d5 9.
O-O O-O 10. Qe2 Qa6 11. Nd2 e5 12. a3 dxc4 13. Qxc4 Qxc4 14. Nxc4 Be6 15. b3
Bf5 16. Ra2 Rfe8 17. Re1 Bd3 18. Na1 e4 {0-1 Winkler,T-Brodsky,M/Porz 1993/EXT
99 (29)}) 8... Ne5 9. b3 d5 10. cxd5 Bb4+ (10... exd5 11. Nbc3 Bg4 12. O-O O-O
13. Na4 Qb5 14. f3 Be6 15. Nxc5 Qxc5 16. Nd4 Qc3 17. Bd2 Qd3 18. Re1 Rfc8 19.
Qe2 Qxe2 20. Rxe2 {1/2-1/2 Domkute,R-Litinskaya,M/Moscow 1990/TD (36)}) 11.
Nbc3 (11. Kf1 $5 {Der Kцnigszug wirkt unnatьrlich, aber spдter kann ihn WeiЯ
in der Partie nicht vermeiden.} Nxd5 (11... exd5 12. Bb2 $14) 12. Bb2 Bd6 $13)
11... Nxd5 $11 {Schwarz ist gut entwickelt.} 12. Bd2 {WeiЯ verliert die
Rochademцglichkeit, aber vermeidet das Opfer auf e3.} (12. Bb2 Nxe3 $5 13. fxe3
Qxe3 {[%csl Ge3,Re5][%cal Re5d3,Rd3b2,Rd3e1,Rd3f2]} 14. Qd4 Nd3+ 15. Kd1 Nf2+ (
15... Nxb2+ 16. Kc2 Qxd4 17. Nxd4 $16 {[%csl Rb2]}) 16. Kc2 Qxd4 17. Nxd4 Nxh1
18. Rxh1 $13) (12. Bxd5 $2 exd5 13. Qxd5 Qf6 $44 {[%csl Rf3] Die weiЯen Felder
sind schrecklich schwach.}) 12... Nd3+ 13. Kf1 O-O 14. Nxd5 (14. Bxd5 $2 exd5
15. Nxd5 Bh3+ 16. Kg1 Qc6 $40) 14... exd5 {Schwarz hat einen isolierten Bauern
auf d5, aber es wird WeiЯ zunдchst viel Zeit kosten, seinen Kцnig in
Sicherheit zu bringen.} 15. Bxb4 (15. Bxd5 $2 Qf6 {[%csl Gf6][%cal Rf6f2,Yf6a1]
} 16. Nf4 Nxf4 17. Bxb4 (17. gxf4 Bxd2 $19) 17... Nxd5 $19) 15... Nxb4 16. Nd4
{[%csl Gd4] Der weiЯe Kцnig steht nicht besonders gut auf f1, aber der
Springer kontrolliert das Schlьsselfeld d4.} Nc6 17. h3 (17. Bf3 $6 Bh3+ 18.
Bg2 Be6) 17... Be6 18. Bf3 {[%cal Gf1g2]} (18. Nxe6 fxe6 $15 {[%cal Gf8f2]} 19.
Qe1) 18... Rac8 19. Kg2 Nxd4 20. exd4 (20. Qxd4 Qxd4 21. exd4 Rc2 22. Rhc1 Rfc8
$15) 20... Rc3 {[%csl Gc3]} 21. Re1 Rfc8 {[%cal Gc7c2] Schwarz hat gutes Spiel
in der c-Linie, aber WeiЯ hat keine Schwдchen.} 22. Bg4 $1 Rc2 {Und hier wurde
die Partie in gleicher Stellung Remis gegeben.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 0304"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2004.02.14"]
[Round "8.7"]
[White "Meins, Gerlef"]
[Black "Bezold, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A32"]
[WhiteElo "2454"]
[BlackElo "2456"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2003.11.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 100"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Werder Bremen"]
[BlackTeam "Hamburger SK"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 c5 4. Nf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 {Das ist die
populдre Fortsetzung, aber 6.Nc3 und 6.Nd2 sind auch spielbar.} Be7 (6... Bc5
$5 7. Nb3 Be7 {Es scheint auf den ersten Blick, dass Schwarz mit 6...Bc5!? und
7...Be7 ein Tempo verloren hat, aber in Wirklichkeit steht der Springer
weniger glьcklich auf b3, als auf d4.}) 7. Bg2 a6 (7... Nc6 8. Bc3 d5 (8... O-O
9. O-O Qc7 10. Nd2 b6 11. Nb5 Qb8 12. Ne4 Nxe4 13. Bxe4 Rd8 14. Qd3 h6 15. Rfd1
Bb7 16. Nd6 {1-0 Ehlvest,J-Hall,J/Sweden 2003/EXT 2004 (43)}) 9. Nd2 O-O 10.
O-O Bd7 11. Rc1 Re8 (11... Nb4 12. Nc2 a5 13. a3 Nxc2 14. Qxc2 Bc6 15. Rfd1 Qb6
16. cxd5 Bxd5 17. e4 Ng4 18. Rf1 Bc6 19. h3 Nf6 20. Nc4 Qb5 21. Ne5 {1-0
Schlosser,P-Kosten,A/Graz AUT 2003/(46)}) 12. e4 $5 dxe4 13. Nxe4 Nxd4 14. Qxd4
Bc6 15. Qxd8 Rexd8 16. Nxf6+ Bxf6 17. Bxc6 bxc6 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Rfd1 $14 {
1-0 Romero Holmes,A-Suba,M/Almeria 2003/CBM 95 ext (46)}) 8. O-O O-O 9. e4 Qc7
10. Qe2 d6 {Wir haben eine Igelstellung, aber die gewцhnliche schwarze
Lдuferentwicklung nach b7 ist nicht wahrscheinlich wegen des g2-Lдufers.} 11.
Bc3 {Eine originelle Idee von WeiЯ - der Lдufer steht etwas ungewцhnlich auf
c3, aber WeiЯ kann nun seinen Damenspringer nach d2 entwickeln.} (11. Nc3 $5)
11... Nbd7 (11... Bd7 $1 12. Nd2 Nc6 $11) 12. a4 {[%cal Ga4a5]} Ne5 13. Nd2 Bd7
14. a5 $14 {WeiЯ hat Raumvorteil im Zentrum und am Damenflьgel auch. Es ist
nicht leicht fьr Schwarz einen aktiven Spielplan zu finden.} Rac8 15. Rfc1 (15.
b3 $14) 15... Rfe8 (15... Nxc4 $5 {Dieser Zug sieht riskant aus, aber in
konkreten Varianten kann WeiЯ die spezielle Stellung des c4-Springers nicht
ausnutzen.} 16. Bb4 b5 17. axb6 Qxb6 18. Rxc4 Rxc4 19. Qxc4 d5 20. exd5 exd5
21. Ba5 Qxa5 22. Rxa5 dxc4 23. Nxc4 $11) 16. b3 h6 17. h3 (17. f4 $14) 17...
Ng6 18. N4f3 Nh7 {[%cal Ge7f6,Gf6a1] Schwarz bereitet den Zug 19...Bf6 vor,
wonach er die dunkelfarbigen Lдufer tauschen mцchte.} (18... e5 $5 {Gewцhnlich
ist in solchen Stellungen dieser Zug ganz schlecht wegen der Schwдchung des
d5-Feldes, aber hier ist es nicht leicht fьr WeiЯ diese Schwдchung auszunutzen.
}) 19. h4 (19. Bd4 {[%cal Gd4b6]} Bf6 20. Bb6 Qb8 21. Rab1 $14) 19... Bf6 20.
h5 {Dieser Zug kommt mit Tempo, aber der h5P kann auch eine Schwдchung sein.}
Ne7 (20... Ne5 21. Nxe5 Bxe5 22. Bxe5 dxe5 23. b4 $14 {[%cal Gd2b3]}) 21. e5 (
21. Bxf6 Nxf6 22. e5 dxe5 23. Nxe5 Bc6 $11) 21... dxe5 22. Nxe5 Bc6 23. Ndf3 (
23. Nxc6 Nxc6 $11) 23... Ng5 24. Nxc6 (24. Nxg5 hxg5 25. Nxc6 Nxc6 26. Bxf6
gxf6 27. h6 $13) 24... Nxc6 25. Bxf6 gxf6 26. Qb2 (26. Nxg5 fxg5 27. Bxc6 bxc6
$11) 26... Nxf3+ 27. Bxf3 Ne5 $132 28. Be2 (28. Qe2 $11) 28... Red8 29. Qc3 Kg7
30. Rd1 Nc6 {[%csl Gc6][%cal Gc6a5,Gc6d4]} 31. b4 {WeiЯ muss immer den
a5-Bauern verteidigen - 31.Bf3 (mit der Idee 32.Bxc6) wдre sinnlos wegen 31...
Rxd1 und wenn WeiЯ den a5-Bauern verteidigen mцchte, muss er 32.Bxd1 spielen.}
e5 $1 $15 {[%csl Yd4][%cal Gc6d4][%mdl 32] Mit diesem Zug sichert Schwarz sich
d4 fьr seinen Springer.} 32. Bg4 Nd4 {[%csl Gd4] Der schwarze Springer hat
eine "ewige" Position auf d4 eingenommen und dominiert auf dem Brett.} 33. Qd3
(33. Bxc8 $4 Ne2+ $19 {[%cal Re2c3,Re2g1]}) 33... Rb8 34. c5 Qc6 {[%csl Gc6,
Gd4][%cal Gc6h1]} 35. Re1 f5 $1 {Schwarz mobilisiert seine Bauernmehrheit am
Kцnigsflьgel.} 36. Bd1 {WeiЯ hat nichts Besseres, aber dieser Lдuferzug
bedeutet, dass die weiЯe Figurenkoordination schlecht ist. Das weiЯe
Hauptproblem ist, dass sein Lдufer nicht die groЯe Diagonale h1-a8 erreichen
kann.} Qf6 37. Qe3 e4 {Mit einfachen Zьgen kann Schwarz seine Stellung
verbessern.} 38. Ra2 (38. Rb1 $142 Rd7 $15) 38... Rd7 39. Qf4 Rbd8 $17 {
[%csl Gd4,Gd7,Gd8,Gf6][%cal Gd8d1] Schwarz hat fьhlbaren positionellen Druck,
wдhrend WeiЯ groЯe Schwerigkeiten mit der Figurenkoordination hat.} 40. Kg2 Ne6
41. Qc1 Rd4 42. Bb3 f4 {[%mdl 128]} (42... Rxb4 43. Bxe6 fxe6 $17) 43. Qc3 f3+
(43... fxg3 44. Qxg3+ (44. fxg3 Rd2+ 45. Qxd2 Rxd2+ 46. Rxd2 Qf3+ $19) (44.
Bxe6 Qxe6 45. Qxg3+ (45. Rd2 gxf2 $19) 45... Kh7 $19) 44... Kh7 $40 {[%cal
Rd8g8,Rg8g2]}) 44. Kh2 Nf4 $1 {[%csl Gf4][%cal Gf4d3,Gf4d5,Gf4h5,Gf4e2]} 45.
Bc4 (45. gxf4 Qh4+ 46. Kg1 Qg4+ $19) 45... Nd5 46. Qb3 (46. Bxd5 R8xd5 $19 {
[%cal Rd5h5,Rh5h2]}) 46... Qf5 $19 {[%cal Rf5h5,Rh5h2]} 47. Rd1 Qxh5+ 48. Kg1
Nf6 {[%csl Rg1][%cal Rf6g4,Rh5h2,Rh2g1]} 49. Rxd4 Ng4 0-1

[Event "Skopje op 18th"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2002.01.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bojkovic, Natasa"]
[Black "Rogozenco, Dorian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A32"]
[WhiteElo "2427"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2002.01.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. Nf3 e6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Bd2 Nc6 7. e3 O-O 8.
Be2 d5 $11 9. Nc2 dxc4 10. Nxb4 Nxb4 11. Bxc4 Nd3+ 12. Bxd3 Qxd3 13. Qe2 Qc2 (
13... Qxe2+ $11) 14. b3 Rd8 15. Rc1 Qg6 16. O-O e5 (16... Bd7 17. e4 Bc6 18. f3
Qh5 $11) 17. f3 b5 $5 {willing to complicate things in an equal position.} (
17... e4 18. Nxe4 Nxe4 19. fxe4 Qxe4 20. Rf4 Qg6 $11) 18. Nxb5 (18. e4 b4 19.
Nb5 Ba6 20. Bxb4 Nh5 $44) 18... Ba6 19. a4 e4 20. Ba5 Rd5 21. f4 Rh5 22. Bc3
Ng4 23. h3 Nh6 24. Kh2 Bc8 25. f5 {/\ 26. ... Bxh3 27.gxh3 Ng4+} Bxf5 26. Rf4
Ng4+ 27. Kg1 Nh6 28. Kh2 Bg4 29. Qf1 Be6 $4 (29... Bd7 30. Qe2 (30. Bd4 $8 $13)
30... a6 31. Nc7 (31. Nd4 Ng4+ 32. Kg1 Ne5 $19) 31... Rc8 32. Nxa6 Ng4+ 33. Kg1
Ne5 34. Nb4 Nd3 35. Nxd3 exd3 $17) 30. Nc7 Ng4+ $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (30... Rb8 $16
) 31. Rxg4 Bxg4 32. Nxa8 $18 h6 33. Qf4 Be6 34. Nc7 Bxb3 35. Ne8 Rf5 36. Qd6 f6
37. Qb8 Kh7 38. Nxf6+ gxf6 39. Qxb3 Rf2 40. Qb7+ Kg8 41. Qb8+ Kf7 42. Qxa7+ Ke8
43. Qb8+ Kf7 44. Qc7+ 1-0

[Event "Leonid Stein Memorial"]
[Site "Lvov"]
[Date "2000.05.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A32"]
[WhiteElo "2692"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2000.05.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 077"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. g3 Qb6 6. Nb3 e6 7. Bg2 (7. Nc3
Ne5 8. e4 Bb4 9. Qe2 d6 $1 $132 {-A33}) 7... Ne5 (7... a5 8. O-O a4 9. N3d2 Qa5
10. Nc3 Bb4 11. Nde4 Nxe4 12. Nxe4 O-O 13. a3 Be7 14. Bf4 d5 15. cxd5 exd5 16.
Nc3 d4 17. Nd5 Bd8 18. Bd6 Re8 19. Re1 Be6 20. Nb4 Qb6 21. Rc1 $36 {Raetsky,
A-Kovtun,S/Voroshilovgrad/1989/}) (7... Bb4+ 8. Nc3 $5 (8. Bd2 d5 9. cxd5 Nxd5
(9... exd5 10. O-O Be6 11. Bxb4 Qxb4 12. Nc3 Rd8 13. a3 Qe7 14. Nd4 O-O 15. Qa4
Nxd4 16. Qxd4 a6 17. Rfd1 Rd7 18. Rac1 $14 {Pecorelli Garcia,H-Teske,H/Havana/
1998/}) 10. O-O (10. Nc3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Be7 12. O-O O-O 13. c4 Rd8 14. Qc2 Qc7
15. Rac1 Bd7 16. Bc3 Be8 17. Be4 h6 18. Qb2 Bf8 19. Bb1 a5 20. Qc2 g6 21. Bf6
Be7 22. Bxe7 $11 {1/2, Giorgadze,G-Strikovic,A/La Coruna/1996/}) 10... Bxd2 11.
N1xd2 O-O 12. Nc4 Qb4 13. Rc1 Rd8 14. a3 Qe7 15. Nd4 Nf4 16. Nxc6 bxc6 17. Qc2
Nxg2 18. Kxg2 c5 19. Rfd1 Bb7+ 20. f3 e5 $132 {/+/=,Luce,S-Kinsman,A/Paris/
1996/}) 8... Qa6 9. c5 (9. O-O Qxc4 10. Bf4 d5 11. Rc1 Qa6 12. e4 Bxc3 13. exd5
Nxd5 14. Bxd5 exd5 15. Bd6 $2 Be5 16. Re1 Be6 17. Nc5 Qb6 18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. Qg4
Bxd6 20. Rxe6+ Ne7 21. Qa4+ Kf7 22. Rce1 Rhe8 23. Qh4 Ng6 {0-1,Gross,R-De
Firmian,N/Palo Alto/1981/}) 9... b6 10. O-O O-O 11. Bf4 Bxc3 12. bxc3 Bb7 13.
Re1 Na5 14. e4 Bc6 15. Bg5 bxc5 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Qg4+ Kh8 18. Qf4 Kg7 19. e5
f5 20. Nxc5 $40 {Schlosser,P-Goetz,R/Bundesliga 8889/1989/}) 8. Qc2 (8. N1d2 d6
9. O-O Bd7 10. Qc2 Rc8 11. Qc3 Qa6 12. c5 b6 13. f4 Nc6 14. cxd6 Bxd6 15. Nc4
Be7 16. Qd3 O-O 17. Ne5 Qxd3 18. Nxd3 Nb4 19. Nxb4 Bxb4 20. Rd1 Rc2 21. Bd2 {
1/2,Kortschnoj,V-Zagorskis,D/Hamburg/1997/}) (8. N3d2 Bc5 (8... d6 $142 9. O-O
Be7 $13) 9. O-O h5 $6 10. Nc3 h4 11. Na4 Qc7 12. Nxc5 Qxc5 13. Nb3 Qxc4 14. Bf4
Ng6 15. Bd6 hxg3 16. hxg3 Ne7 17. Rc1 Qg4 18. Qc2 Qf5 19. e4 Qh7 20. f3 $16 {
Schneider,A-Cao Sang/HUN-chT/1996/}) (8. O-O $5 Nxc4 9. e4 d6 10. Qe2 Ne5 11.
Nc3 Bd7 12. Be3 Qa6 13. Qxa6 bxa6 14. Na5 Rc8 15. Rfd1 Be7 16. Bxa7 Nc6 17.
Nxc6 Bxc6 18. Rac1 $36 O-O $2 19. e5 $1 dxe5 20. Bxc6 Rc7 21. Be3 Rxc6 22. Nd5
$16 {Baumgartner,H-Topakian,R/AUT-ch/1991/}) 8... Qa6 $5 $146 (8... Qc7 9. N3d2
(9. c5 d6 10. Na3 Bd7 11. Bf4 Rc8 12. Rc1 Ng6 13. Bxd6 Bxd6 14. cxd6 Qxd6 15.
Qd2 Rxc1+ 16. Qxc1 O-O 17. Qc5 Qb8 18. Qb4 b6 19. O-O Qe5 20. Nd4 Rc8 21. Rd1
h6 22. Nc4 Qc5 $11 {Hulak,K-Gostisa,L/Portoroz/1987/}) 9... d5 10. b3 $5 dxc4
11. O-O Bd6 12. Na3 Bd7 13. Ndxc4 Nxc4 14. Nxc4 O-O 15. Qd3 Be5 16. Nxe5 Qxe5
17. Bf4 Qh5 18. Bxb7 Ng4 19. h4 Bb5 20. Qf3 Rad8 21. Rfd1 $16 {Rovner,
D-Mikenas,V/Tartu/1950/}) (8... d6 9. O-O Bd7 10. Be3 Qc7 11. Na3 Bc6 12. Bxc6+
bxc6 13. Bd4 Ned7 14. e4 e5 15. Be3 Be7 16. f3 O-O 17. Rac1 Rfe8 18. Nb1 Nf8
19. Nc3 Ng6 20. Rfd1 $14 {Pol Valveny,R-Serra Olives,T/Palencia/1999/}) 9. c5 (
9. N3d2 d5 10. cxd5 exd5 $132) 9... d5 {[+]} 10. cxd6 (10. O-O Be7 (10... Bd7
$5 {/\Rc8,><c5}) 11. Nc3 O-O 12. e4 dxe4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 f5 15. Bg2 Qd3
$11) 10... Bxd6 11. O-O Bd7 12. Nc3 Rc8 (12... Bc6 $143 13. e4 $14 {/\f4}) 13.
Rd1 Be7 14. Bf4 Nc4 (14... Ng6 15. Bg5 Bc6 $11) 15. Nd2 Nxd2 16. Qxd2 O-O $11 {
Black has finished his development and as White has no entry points on the
d-file, the position is about equal.} (16... Bc6 17. Bxc6+ Qxc6 18. Rac1 O-O {
/\Rfd8=}) 17. Bd6 Bxd6 18. Qxd6 Bc6 19. Rd4 (19. e4 Qb6 20. b3 Rfd8 21. Qf4 e5
$5 $15 {/\} 22. Qxe5 Qxf2+ 23. Kxf2 Ng4+) (19. Rac1 Qb6 20. Bxc6 Rxc6 21. Qd2
Ng4 $36) 19... Qb6 20. Qb4 Qxb4 21. Rxb4 b6 22. Rd1 h6 (22... Bxg2 $142 23.
Kxg2 Rfd8 24. Rbd4 Rxd4 25. Rxd4 Kf8 $11) 23. Bxc6 Rxc6 24. Ra4 Ra8 (24... a5
25. Rad4 {[%csl Rb6] ><b6}) 25. Rad4 Rcc8 26. e4 $6 {Now Black activates his N
and solves any possible problems.} (26. f3 $11 {[%cal Ye2e4,Yg1e3] /+/=,/\e4,
Kf2-e3,[+],<->d}) 26... Ng4 $1 27. f4 (27. h3 Ne5 28. Kg2 Nc4 29. b3 Ne3+ 30.
fxe3 Rxc3 31. Rd8+ (31. Kf3 Kh7 32. Rd7 Kg6 $15 {[%csl Re3,Re4] ><e3,e4}) 31...
Rxd8 32. Rxd8+ Kh7 33. Kf3 Rc7 $15 {/=}) 27... Ne3 (27... e5 28. R4d3 $14) 28.
R1d3 (28. Rc1 Rd8 $1 {[%cal Gd8d1] <->d}) 28... Nc4 29. b3 Nb2 30. Re3 Rc5 31.
Rd2 Rac8 $11 32. Rxb2 (32. Ne2 $142 Rc2 33. Rd7 $11) 32... Rxc3 33. Rxc3 Rxc3
34. Kf2 g5 $1 {[%mdl 4096] Although the position is still drawish, Black has
the more active R and White's >> P are more vulnerable, so he must be careful.}
35. Re2 Kg7 36. Re3 Rc1 (36... Rxe3 $2 37. Kxe3 $14 {is premature, White's K
is better placed.}) 37. Re1 Rc5 38. Kf3 Kg6 39. Re2 $2 (39. h3 $142 $5 Rc3+ 40.
Re3 Rc2 41. Re2 Rc1 (41... Rxe2 42. Kxe2 gxf4 43. gxf4 Kh5 44. Kf3 Kh4 45. Kg2
f6 46. a4 $11) 42. Re3 $11 {/=/+}) 39... Rc3+ 40. Re3 (40. Kg2 gxf4 41. gxf4
Kh5 $17 {and the K penetrates. But now White loses material immediately.})
40... Rc2 41. Rd3 (41. Re2 Rxe2 42. Kxe2 gxf4 43. gxf4 Kh5 44. Kf3 Kh4 $19) (
41. fxg5 hxg5 (41... Rxa2 $5 42. gxh6 Rxh2 $19) 42. Re2 g4+ 43. Ke3 Rxe2+ 44.
Kxe2 Kf6 45. Kd3 Ke5 46. Ke3 b5 47. b4 a6 48. a3 f6 49. Kd3 f5 50. exf5 Kxf5
51. Kd4 e5+ 52. Kd5 Kf6 53. Ke4 Ke6 $19) 41... Rxh2 42. a4 Rb2 $19 {_|_R Black
is a pawn up and has an active R. The rest is easy.} 43. Rc3 h5 44. fxg5 Kxg5
45. Rd3 (45. Rc7 Rxb3+ 46. Kf2 a5 47. Rxf7 Rb4 $19) 45... f6 46. Re3 e5 {
[%csl Rb3,Re4,Rg3] ק} 47. Rc3 a6 48. Rd3 Rc2 49. Re3 b5 50. a5 b4 51. Rd3 Rc5
(51... Rc3 $2 52. Rxc3 bxc3 53. Ke3 Kg4 54. b4 Kxg3 55. b5 c2 56. Kd2 h4 57.
bxa6 h3 58. a7 $11) 52. Rd8 Rxa5 53. Rg8+ Kh6 54. Rb8 Rc5 (54... Rb5 $19) 55.
Rxb4 Rb5 $1 56. Ra4 (56. Rxb5 axb5 57. b4 Kg5 $19) 56... Rxb3+ 57. Kf2 Rb6 58.
Kf3 Kg5 59. Ra3 Rc6 60. Ra4 Rc3+ {[%cal Rg5g4] /\Kg4} 0-1

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 13th"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2001.11.13"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Wedberg, Tom Birger"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A32"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2529"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2001.11.06"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "France"]
[BlackTeam "Sweden"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SWE"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. g3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Qb6 6. Nc2 (6. Nb3 Ne5 7. c5
Qc6 8. f3 d5 9. cxd6 e6 10. Qd4 Bxd6 11. Bf4 Qd5 12. Nc3 Qxd4 13. Nxd4 Bd7 14.
O-O-O Ke7 15. e4 a6 16. Be2 Rhc8 17. Kb1 Bb8 18. Bc1 b5 19. f4 b4 $1 20. fxe5
Bxe5 21. Nd5+ exd5 22. exd5 {Illescas Cordoba,M-Avrukh,B/EU-chT Leon/2001/} Kf8
$11) 6... e6 7. Bg2 d5 8. O-O (8. cxd5 exd5 9. O-O Be6 10. Nc3 Rd8 $1 11. Bg5
Be7 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Nxd5 Bxd5 14. Bxd5 Ne7 15. e4 Nxd5 16. exd5 O-O $1 17. a4
Qxb2 18. Rb1 Qe5 {Bischoff,K-Ftacnik,L/Hastings/2001/} 19. Rxb7 Rxd5 20. Qf3
$11) 8... Be7 (8... dxc4 $5 9. Ne3 (9. Nba3 Qa6 10. b3 (10. Nd4 Bxa3 11. bxa3
Bd7 12. Bb2 O-O 13. Nf3 Rfd8 14. Qc2 Ne7 15. Ne5 Rac8 16. Rfd1 Ned5 17. Nxd7
Rxd7 18. e4 Nb6 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. Qc3 Qa4 $1 $17 {Garancovsky,P-Sikorova,O/
Tatranske Zruby/2001/}) 10... cxb3 (10... c3 $5 11. Nb1 Be7 12. Nxc3 O-O $11)
11. axb3 Qb6 12. Be3 Qd8 13. Qxd8+ Kxd8 14. Nb5 Bd7 15. Rfd1 a6 16. Bb6+ Kc8
17. Ne3 Rb8 18. Nd6+ Bxd6 19. Rxd6 Ra8 20. Nc4 Nb4 21. Ba5 $18 {Rocabert
Andreu,G-Hernando Rodrigo,J/Montcada/1999/}) 9... Qa6 10. Nd2 Ne5 11. Qc2 Bd7
12. Qc3 Ng6 13. Qxc4 b5 14. Qd4 Bc6 15. Ng4 Nxg4 16. Qxg4 Be7 $11 {Rahman,
Z-Shariyazdanov,A/Guntur AP/2000/}) 9. cxd5 exd5 (9... Nxd5 10. Ne3 (10. Bxd5
$5 exd5 11. Nc3 $36) 10... Nxe3 11. Bxe3 Qxb2 12. Bxc6+ bxc6 13. Bd4 Qb7 14.
Bxg7 Rg8 15. Bc3 c5 16. Qc2 Rg6 17. Nd2 Qc6 18. Nc4 Bb7 19. f3 f6 20. Na5 Qc7
21. Nxb7 Qxb7 22. Qa4+ Kf7 23. Rad1 $16 {Topalov,V-Ponomariov,R/FIDE WCh Las
Vegas/ 1999/}) 10. Nc3 Be6 (10... O-O $5 11. Nxd5 Nxd5 12. Qxd5 Be6 13. Qe4 Bf6
14. a4 Rac8 15. Be3 Qxb2 16. Rab1 Qa2 17. Rxb7 a5 18. Rb6 Ne7 19. Nd4 {Gelfand,
B-Ivanchuk,V/Polanica Zdroj/2000/} Bd5 20. Qg4 Bxg2 21. Kxg2 Nd5 $44) 11. Nxd5
$5 $146 {[%mdl 8] A simple and straightforward move, White takes a P, leaving
Black to fight for compensation for the rest of the game.} (11. Ne3 d4 12. Ned5
Nxd5 13. Nxd5 Bxd5 14. Bxd5 O-O 15. Qb3 (15. Be4 $5 {[%csl Gc1,Ge4][%cal Yd1c2,
Yc1d2] /\Qc2,Bd2^^+/=}) 15... Qxb3 16. Bxb3 Rfd8 17. Rd1 Bf6 18. Rb1 Rac8 19.
Bd2 d3 20. exd3 Rxd3 21. Be3 Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 Rc7 23. Ba4 h6 24. Bxc6 Rxc6 25.
Rd7 Ra6 $11 {Skembris,S-De Firmian,N/Vrnjacka Banja/1983/}) (11. b3 O-O 12. Na4
Qa5 13. Bb2 Ne4 14. Nd4 Nxd4 15. Bxd4 Rac8 16. Qd3 Rfd8 17. Rac1 b5 18. Nc3
Nxc3 19. Rxc3 Rxc3 20. Bxc3 Qxa2 21. Bd4 Qa5 {Hoelzl,F-Fauland,A/AUT-ch/1989/}
22. Ra1 $11) 11... Bxd5 (11... Nxd5 12. Bxd5 Bxd5 $5 (12... Rd8 13. e4 O-O 14.
Ne3 $14) 13. Qxd5 O-O $32 {was possibly a better way to seek compensation, e.g.
} 14. Qb3 Qxb3 15. axb3 Rfd8 16. Be3 Bf6 $44) 12. Bxd5 Rd8 $6 (12... Nxd5 $142
{-11...Nd5}) 13. Bxc6+ bxc6 (13... Qxc6 14. Nd4 $8 Qd7 15. e3 Bc5 16. Qf3 $14)
14. Qe1 $8 Ne4 $1 (14... O-O 15. b3 {[%cal Gc1a3,Gc1e3,Gc1b2] /\Bb2,Be3,Ba3+/-}
) 15. Kg2 (15. b3 $2 Qc5 {/\Bf6-/+}) (15. Rb1 Qa6 16. a3 Qc4 $44) 15... Qc5 (
15... O-O 16. f3 Qc5 $5 (16... Nc5 $143 17. b4 {/\Be3}) 17. Na3 (17. Ne3 Bg5
$132) 17... Qe5 (17... Nf6 18. Bd2 $14) 18. Rb1 {-15...Qc5 leads to the game
position.} (18. Nc4 Qb5 $44)) 16. Na3 (16. Ne3 O-O 17. f3 Bg5 18. Ng4 Nd2 {
/\f5|^}) 16... Qe5 17. Rb1 $1 (17. Nc4 Qb5 $44 {leads nowhere}) 17... O-O 18.
f3 Bxa3 19. bxa3 Qe6 $2 (19... Nc3 $142 20. Rb2 (20. Bb2 Qxe2+ 21. Qxe2 Nxe2
22. Rbd1 c5 {/\Nd4=}) 20... Rd1 21. Qf2 Rxf1 22. Qxf1 c5 23. e4 $14) 20. Rb3
Nd6 21. Qf2 Nf5 22. Rc3 $1 a5 23. a4 {White is willing to return the P
temporarily to transpose into an _|_. As the Pc6 is blockaded and Black is
running out of ideas, Wedberg acquiesces.} Qxa2 $6 (23... Ne7 $5 24. Ba3 Nd5
25. Rb3 Rfe8 26. e4 $16) 24. e4 $16 {/+-} Qxf2+ 25. Rxf2 Ne7 (25... Nd4 26. Be3
Rd6 27. Rd2 $16) 26. Rc5 {[%csl Ra5,Rc6] ><a5,c6} (26. Ba3 $5 $18) 26... Rd1
27. Rd2 Re1 (27... Rxd2+ 28. Bxd2 $18 {_|_}) 28. Ba3 Rb8 29. Rxa5 Ng6 30. h4 f6
31. Bb2 Rb1 32. Bc3 Rc1 33. Rc5 Rb3 (33... Ra8 34. Rxc6 Rxa4 35. Rd8+ Kf7 36.
Rd7+ Ke8 37. Rb7 Ra8 38. h5 $18) 34. Bd4 Rxc5 35. Bxc5 $18 {[%csl Ga4] o^a} Ne5
36. a5 Rb5 (36... Nd3 37. a6 $1 Nxc5 38. a7 $18) 37. a6 $1 Rxc5 38. a7 Ra5 39.
Rd8+ Kf7 40. a8=Q Rxa8 41. Rxa8 Nd7 42. Rc8 c5 43. Kf2 Ke7 44. Ke3 Ke6 45. h5
Ke7 46. f4 Kf7 47. Rc6 Ke7 48. Kd3 {[%cal Rd3d5,Re4e5] /\Kc4-d5,e5+-} 1-0

[Event "Hastings 0001 76th"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "2001.01.06"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Bischoff, Klaus"]
[Black "Ftacnik, Lubomir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A32"]
[WhiteElo "2556"]
[BlackElo "2608"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2000.12.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. g3 (5. Nc3 e6 {-A33}) 5... Qb6 (
5... Qa5+ 6. Nc3 Ne4 7. Ndb5 a6 8. Nc7+ Qxc7 9. Nxe4 Ne5 10. Bg2 Qxc4 11. O-O
$44) 6. Nc2 e6 7. Bg2 d5 8. cxd5 (8. O-O dxc4 $1 (8... Be7 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Nc3
O-O $5 (10... Be6 11. Ne3 d4 12. Ned5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 Bxd5 14. Bxd5 $14 {^^}) 11.
Nxd5 Nxd5 12. Qxd5 (12. Bxd5 $142 $5 Bh3 13. Re1) 12... Be6 13. Qe4 Bf6 14. a4
Rac8 15. Be3 Qxb2 16. Rab1 Qa2 17. Rxb7 a5 18. Rb6 Ne7 19. Nd4 {Gelfand,
B-Ivanchuk,V/Polanica Zdroj/2000/} Bd5 $44) 9. Ne3 Qa6 10. Nd2 Ne5 11. Qc2 Bd7
12. Qc3 Ng6 13. Qxc4 b5 14. Qd4 Bc6 15. Ng4 Nxg4 16. Qxg4 Be7 17. e4 O-O 18.
Nb3 Rad8 19. Be3 Ne5 20. Qh5 Nc4 $36 {Rahman,Z-Shariyazdanov,A/Guntur AP/2000/}
) 8... exd5 $1 {Black seeks active piece play and is willing to take on an
isolated P in excahnge.} (8... Nxd5 $143 9. O-O $14 {[%csl Rc8] ץc8}) 9. O-O
Be6 10. Nc3 {Now the advance of the d-pawn will threaten to come with tempo.} (
{But it's already difficult to get any advanatge out of the opening.} 10. b3
Ne4 (10... Bc5 11. Nc3 $1 {/\} Ne4 12. Na4 Nxf2 13. Rxf2 Bxf2+ 14. Kf1 Qa5 15.
Kxf2 $16) 11. Be3 (11. Bb2 Bc5 12. e3 O-O $11) 11... Bc5 (11... Qa5 12. Nd4 $14
) 12. Bxc5 Qxc5 $11) (10. Be3 $6 Qxb2 11. Nba3 Bxa3 12. Rb1 Qxa2 13. Ra1 Qb2
14. Bc1 Qxc1 15. Rxc1 Bxc1 16. Qxc1 O-O $15 {/-/+,Berezovsky,I-Dovzik,J/
Simferopol/1991/}) 10... Rd8 (10... d4 $6 11. Bxc6+ bxc6 12. Qxd4 (12. Na4 $143
Qa5 13. Qxd4 $2 Rd8 14. Qh4 Ng4 $1 {[%cal Ra5a4,Rf8e7] /\Qa4, Be7,Schleifer,
M-Saint Amand,P/Montreal/1999/}) 12... Bc5 13. Qf4 $16) (10... Be7 11. Ne3 $14
{-see above}) 11. Bg5 ({Black has no problems after the passive} 11. e3 Be7 12.
b3 O-O 13. Bb2 Bg4 14. Bf3 Bh3 15. Bg2 {1/2,Horvath,C-Hoang Thanh Trang/
Budapest/1999/} (15. Re1 Ne5 $132)) 11... Be7 {[%cal Rd5d4,Rb6b2] /\d4, Qb2} (
11... Qxb2 $6 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Nxd5 $36 {/\} Bxd5 14. Bxd5 Rxd5 15. Qxd5 Qxc2
16. Rac1 Qa4 17. Rfd1 Be7 18. Rc4 $18) 12. Bxf6 {White goes for a forcing
operation, but it's the best he has.} (12. Na4 Qb5 13. b3 d4 $36) (12. Ne3 $2
d4 13. Na4 (13. Bxf6 dxe3 $19) 13... Qb5 14. Bxc6+ bxc6 15. Bxf6 dxe3 16. Bd4
exf2+ 17. Rxf2 c5 $19) 12... Bxf6 13. Nxd5 (13. Ne3 $2 Qxb2 14. Ncxd5 Bxd5 15.
Nxd5 Qxa1 $19) 13... Bxd5 14. Bxd5 Ne7 (14... Bxb2 $2 15. Rb1 Ne7 16. e4 (16.
Ne3 $5 O-O 17. Bxf7+ Rxf7 18. Qc2 $16) 16... Qf6 17. Ne3 $16) (14... Qxb2 15.
Rb1 Qe5 $11) 15. e4 Nxd5 16. exd5 O-O $1 {Black wins back the pawn either on
b2 or d5 and with his active B can hope for some edge.} 17. a4 (17. Ne3 Qxb2 (
17... Bd4 $44 18. Qb3 Bxe3 19. fxe3 Qxb3 20. axb3 Rxd5 21. Rxa7 Rb5 $11) 18.
Qa4 $5 $132 (18. Rb1 Qxa2 19. Rxb7 a5 {[%csl Ga5,Gf6] o^a,Bf6 and the a-pawn
can be more dangerous than White's d-pawn.})) 17... Qxb2 18. Rb1 Qe5 19. Ne3 $6
{Now Black gets the advantage.} (19. Rxb7 $142 Rxd5 20. Qf3 Ra5 (20... Rd2 21.
Ne3 (21. Nb4 $5 $11) 21... Qd4 22. Nf5 Qxa4 23. Nh6+ gxh6 (23... Kh8 24. Nxf7+
Kg8 25. Qf5 {[%cal Yf7h6] /\Nh6} Rxf7 $2 26. Qe6 Rdd7 27. Qe8+ $16) 24. Qxf6
$11) 21. Re1 Qc5 (21... Qc3 22. Qxc3 Bxc3 23. Re4 $11 {/\Rc4,Nd4+/=}) 22. Qb3
$11) 19... b6 $15 20. Ng4 $5 {[%csl Gf6] White immediately sacrifices a pawn
to exchange Black's strong B.} Qxd5 21. Nxf6+ gxf6 22. Qg4+ Qg5 23. Qf3 Rfe8 (
23... Rd4 24. Rb5 Qg6 25. a5 $44) 24. Rb4 (24. Rb5 Re5 $1 25. Rxe5 Qxe5 (25...
fxe5 26. Qb7 $11) 26. Qb7 Qb8 27. Qf3 (27. Qe7 Kg7 $15) 27... Qd6 $15) 24...
Kf8 25. Rf4 Qd5 $1 (25... Re6 26. Rc1 $132) 26. Qg4 $6 {Now White's activity
gradually dissipates.} (26. Qxd5 Rxd5 27. Rxf6 Re4 (27... Rd4 28. a5 $11) 28.
Rc1 $1 Ke7 (28... Kg7 29. Rf3 Rxa4 30. Rc7 $11) 29. Rh6 Rxa4 30. Rxh7 $15 {<=>}
) 26... Re6 27. Qh3 Kg7 28. Rf5 (28. Rg4+ $142 Kh8 29. Qh6 Rg8 30. Rxg8+ Kxg8
31. Rc1 Qd7 $1 $15 {/-/+} (31... Rc6 32. Re1)) 28... Qd3 29. Rf4 Rd5 $1 $17 {
Protects the vulnerable K and also prevents White from exchanging the a-pawn.}
30. Qh4 Qg6 31. Rc4 Rde5 {[%cal Re5e4] /\Re4} 32. Rg4 Rg5 33. Rc4 Rh5 34. Qd4
Rhe5 35. Qc3 Re4 36. Ra1 Rxc4 37. Qxc4 Qe4 38. Qa6 (38. Qxe4 Rxe4 39. a5 (39.
Kf1 a5 40. f3 Rb4 $19) 39... b5 40. a6 b4 41. Rb1 f5 42. f3 Rc4 $19) 38... Qd4
39. Rc1 Qd2 40. Rf1 (40. Rc4 $2 Re1+ 41. Kg2 Qe2 $19 {->}) 40... Re7 41. Qc4
Qe2 42. Qb3 Rd7 43. Qb4 Rd2 (43... Rd1 {was already possible, but White can't
prevent this anyway and Black strengthens his position first.}) 44. Qf4 h5 45.
h3 Rd1 $19 {_|_Q} 46. Rxd1 Qxd1+ 47. Kh2 Qd5 48. Qb4 {White can't get at
Black's K.} (48. g4 $2 Qe5 $19) (48. Qc7 Qf3 49. Qc2 a6 $19) 48... Qc5 49. Qb2
a6 50. h4 b5 51. axb5 axb5 52. Kg2 b4 53. Qb3 Qc3 54. Qd5 b3 55. Qxh5 Qc4 $1
56. Qf5 b2 (56... b2 57. h5 (57. Kh2 Qb4 58. Qb1 Qd2 59. Qf5 Qd1 $19) 57... Qc1
58. Qg4+ Kh6 59. Qf5 b1=Q 60. Qxf6+ Kxh5 61. Qxf7+ Qg6 $19) 0-1

[Event "United Insurance 6th"]
[Site "Dhaka"]
[Date "2003.03.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Rahman, Ziaur"]
[Black "Hossain, Enamul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A32"]
[WhiteElo "2542"]
[BlackElo "2451"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2003.03.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "BAN"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. g3 Qb6 6. Nc2 e6 7. Bg2 d5 8. O-O
(8. cxd5 exd5 9. O-O Be6 10. Nc3 Rd8 $1 11. Bg5 Be7 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Nxd5 Bxd5
14. Bxd5 Ne7 15. e4 Nxd5 16. exd5 O-O 17. a4 Qxb2 18. Rb1 Qe5 19. Ne3 b6 $15 {
Bischoff,K-Ftacnik,L/Hastings/2001/}) 8... dxc4 {Instead of sacrificing a pawn
himself Black decides to accept the offer.} (8... Be7 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Nc3 O-O
$5 (10... Be6 11. Nxd5 $1 Bxd5 12. Bxd5 Rd8 (12... Nxd5 $5 13. Qxd5 O-O $14 {
/~~}) 13. Bxc6+ bxc6 14. Qe1 Ne4 15. Kg2 Qc5 16. Na3 Qe5 17. Rb1 O-O 18. f3
Bxa3 19. bxa3 Qe6 $6 20. Rb3 Nd6 21. Qf2 Nf5 22. Rc3 a5 23. a4 Qxa2 24. e4 $16
{/+-,Lautier,J-Wedberg,T/EU-chT Leon/2001/}) 11. Nxd5 Nxd5 12. Qxd5 (12. Bxd5
$5 Bh3 13. Re1 Bc5 14. Be3 Rad8 15. Bxc5 Qxc5 16. e4 $14) 12... Be6 13. Qe4 Bf6
14. a4 Rac8 15. Be3 Qxb2 16. Rab1 Qa2 17. Rxb7 a5 18. Rb6 Ne7 19. Nd4 {Gelfand,
B-Ivanchuk,V/Polanica Zdroj/2000/} Bd5 20. Qg4 Bxg2 21. Kxg2 Nd5 $44) 9. Nba3 (
9. Nca3 Qa6 (9... Be7 10. Nxc4 Qc5 11. Nba3 O-O 12. e3 Rd8 13. Qe2 Rb8 14. Bd2
Ne5 15. Nxe5 Qxe5 16. Bc3 Qh5 17. Qxh5 Nxh5 18. Be5 Ra8 19. Nb5 $16 {Williams,
A-Richards,J/Bristol/1990/}) 10. b3 Be7 (10... cxb3 $5 11. axb3 Be7 $13 {
/=/+ is a better version of a position, which could arise in the game-there
the Nc2 protects the Ra1.}) 11. bxc4 $6 (11. Nxc4 $142) 11... O-O 12. Nb5 Qa5
13. Bd2 Qd8 14. Bf4 e5 15. Bg5 Bg4 16. Nd2 Rc8 17. h3 Be6 18. Qa4 Qd7 19. Kh2
Ng4+ 20. hxg4 Bxg5 $15 {Alburt,L-De Firmian,N/New York/1985/}) (9. Ne3 Qa6 10.
Nd2 Ne5 11. Qc2 Bd7 12. Qc3 Ng6 13. Qxc4 b5 14. Qd4 Bc6 15. Ng4 Nxg4 16. Qxg4
Be7 17. e4 O-O 18. Nb3 Rad8 19. Be3 Ne5 20. Qh5 Nc4 21. Bd4 e5 22. Bc5 Bxc5 23.
Nxc5 Qb6 24. b4 a5 $36 {Rahman,Z-Shariyazdanov,A/Guntur AP/2000/}) (9. Nc3 Be7
10. Ne3 O-O (10... Qa6 $5 $13) 11. Nxc4 Qa6 12. Qa4 Qxa4 13. Nxa4 Nd4 14. Nc3
Bb4 15. e3 Bxc3 16. bxc3 Ne2+ 17. Kh1 Nxc1 18. Rfxc1 Rb8 19. Na5 (19. Nd6 $5
$14) 19... b6 20. Nc6 Rb7 21. c4 {Bu Xiangzhi-Bartel,M/WChJ Heraklio/2002/} Rc7
22. c5 Bb7 23. cxb6 axb6 $11) 9... Qa6 10. b3 (10. Nd4 Bxa3 11. Nxc6 $5 (11.
bxa3 Bd7 12. Rb1 $1 O-O 13. Nb5 $15) 11... Bd7 $5 (11... bxc6 12. bxa3 $44) 12.
Ne5 Bc5 13. Qc2 Rc8 $13) 10... c3 $5 $146 {Taking the P is quite risky, as
it's not easy to get the Ke8 out off the [+].} (10... cxb3 11. axb3 {[%csl Re8]
} Qb6 (11... Bd7 12. Nc4 Qb5 13. Ba3 $5 $36) (11... Nd5 $142 $5) 12. Be3 Qd8
13. Qxd8+ Kxd8 14. Nb5 Bd7 15. Rfd1 a6 16. Bb6+ Kc8 17. Ne3 Rb8 18. Nd6+ Bxd6
19. Rxd6 Ra8 20. Nc4 Nb4 21. Ba5 Nc6 22. Nb6+ Kc7 23. Rxc6+ Bxc6 24. Nxa8+ Kd6
25. Bb4+ Kd7 26. Rd1+ Bd5 27. Nb6+ Kc6 28. Nxd5 {1-0,Rocabert Andreu,
G-Hernando Rodrigo,J/Montcada/1999/}) 11. Nc4 ({White plays a more ambitious 
(and more risky) continuation than} 11. Nb1 Be7 12. Nxc3 O-O $11) 11... Na5 (
11... Nd5 12. e4 (12. Bxd5 exd5 13. Qxd5 Be6 14. Qd3 Be7 $36) 12... Ndb4 (12...
Nb6 13. Nd6+ Bxd6 14. Qxd6 $40) 13. Nxb4 (13. e5 $5 $13) 13... Bxb4 14. Qg4 $44
(14. Nd6+ Ke7 $15)) (11... Be7 12. Nd6+ Bxd6 13. Qxd6 $44) 12. N2e3 Be7 (12...
Rb8 {[%cal Rb7b5] /\b5} 13. Nxa5 Qxa5 14. Nc4 {[%cal Rc1f4] /\Bf4->}) (12...
Nxc4 $142 13. Nxc4 Bd7 $5 14. Qd3 (14. Qc2 Rc8 $5 $13 {and White still has to
prove he has enough for the P.} (14... Bc6 15. Qxc3 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Be7 (16...
Qc6+ 17. Qf3 $8 Qxf3+ 18. Kxf3 Be7 19. Bb2 $32) 17. Bb2 O-O $11)) 14... Bc6 (
14... Rc8 15. Rd1 Bc6 16. Qxc3 $1 $36 {/\} b5 17. Nd6+ Bxd6 18. Rxd6 Bxg2 19.
Rxa6 Rxc3 20. Kxg2 $16) 15. Qxc3 {-14.Qc2}) 13. Qc2 Nxc4 14. Nxc4 Bd7 15. Qxc3
Rc8 (15... Bc6 16. Qa5 $5 (16. e4 $2 Bxe4 17. Bxe4 Nxe4 {/\} 18. Qxg7 Bf6 $17)
16... Bxg2 (16... Qxa5 17. Bxc6+ bxc6 18. Nxa5 Bb4 19. Nc4 $1 $14) 17. Qxa6
bxa6 18. Kxg2 $14 {[%csl Ra6,Ra7] ק_|_}) 16. a4 O-O (16... Bc6 17. e4 $1 O-O (
17... Bxe4 $2 18. Nd6+ $18) 18. Bb2 {-16...0-0}) 17. Bb2 Bc6 18. e4 $1 $14 {
[%csl Ra6][%cal Ga1h8] |^/^a1-h8,ףa6 White has managed to avoid the exchange
of B and thanks his pressure on the /^ a1-h8 and Black's misplaced Q he is
somewhat better.} Rfd8 (18... b6 $5 {[%cal Ya6b7] /\Qb7}) 19. g4 $5 {White
wants to free the long /^.} Bf8 20. Rfe1 Bc5 {[%cal Rc5d4] /\Bd4} (20... Nxg4
$6 21. Bf1 $1 Be8 22. Qg3 f5 (22... Nh6 23. Bf6 $16 {wins an exchange
immediately.}) 23. h3 Nh6 $8 24. Bf6 $1 f4 25. Qg2 f3 26. Qg3 $16) 21. Red1
Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 Bf8 (22... b5 23. Ne5 (23. axb5 $14) 23... Be8 24. Qf3 $5 $36)
23. Ne5 Qb6 24. g5 Nd7 $1 (24... Bb4 $2 25. Qf3 $1 Bxe4 26. Qf4 $18) 25. Ng4 $1
{[%cal Rg4h6] /\Nh6} (25. Nxd7 Bxd7 26. Qd4 Qxd4 27. Bxd4 b6 $11 {/\} 28. Bxg7
Bxa4 $1 29. Bxf8 $6 Bxb3 30. Rb1 Bc2 $15) (25. Nxc6 Rxc6 26. Qg3 Nc5 $132)
25... e5 (25... Kh8 26. Nh6 f6 27. Nf7+ Kg8 28. Nd6 $40) 26. Qg3 (26. Nxe5 Nxe5
27. a5 Qb5 28. Qxe5 Qxb3 $11) 26... Re8 (26... Qb4 $2 27. Nh6+ gxh6 28. gxh6+
Kh8 29. Rxd7 $18) 27. h4 {White doesn't want to open the position yet.} (27.
Nxe5 Nxe5 28. Bxe5 Bc5 29. Ba1 Rd8 $5 $14 (29... Bxe4 30. Re1 $1 Qg6 31. Bxg7
$1 Bd6 32. Qh4 $16)) 27... Qc5 28. Bc3 Qe7 29. Bh3 Nc5 $2 {A tactical
oversight in a position, where there was still a lot of fighting ahead.} (29...
Kh8 30. Qf3 $36 {[%cal Yg4e3,Ye3f5,Ye3d5] /\Ne3-d5,f5}) 30. Nf6+ $1 $18 Kh8 31.
Nxe8 Nxe4 (31... Qxe8 32. Qxe5 $18) 32. Qxe5 Nxc3 33. Qxe7 Bxe7 34. Re1 Bb4 35.
Bg2 {Forces further exchanges.} (35. Bg2 h6 36. Bxc6 bxc6 37. gxh6 gxh6 38. Nf6
Kg7 39. Ne4 $18) 1-0

[Event "RUS-Cup4"]
[Site "Perm"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Peregudov, Nickolai"]
[Black "Brodsky, Michail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A32"]
[WhiteElo "2350"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1997.02.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 058"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Nxd5 7. Bd2 Be7 8.
e3 O-O 9. Bc4 $146 (9. Be2 Nf6 (9... Nb6 10. O-O e5 11. Nf3 Nc6 12. Qc2 Be6 $11
{1/2-1/2 Grigore,G-Ulibin,M/WchJ-U20 Santiago 1990 (27)}) (9... e5 10. Nf3 Nc6
11. Nxd5 Qxd5 12. Bc3 Qxd1+ 13. Bxd1 f6 14. Bb3+ Kh8 15. O-O-O Bf5 16. Nh4 Bg4
17. f3 Bc8 18. g4 $14 {1-0 Lutz,C-Hausner,I/FRG-CupT 1990 (53)}) 10. Qc2 (10.
O-O e5 11. Nb3 Bf5 12. f3 Nc6 {1/2-1/2 Novikov,I-Brodsky,M/Isle of Man op 1996}
) 10... Bd7 11. Rd1 Qc8 12. f4 Nc6 13. Nf3 Nb4 14. Qb1 Bc6 15. O-O Bc5 16. Kh1
Nbd5 17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18. Ng5 g6 19. e4 $16 {1-0 Welz,T-Welling,G/Lugano op 1989 
(26)}) (9. Nxd5 Qxd5 10. Qb3 Qxb3 11. axb3 (11. Nxb3 Nc6 12. Rc1 $14 {Brodsky,M
}) 11... Bd7 12. Bc3 Nc6 13. Nxc6 Bxc6 14. Bd3 Rfd8 15. Ke2 Rd7 $10 {+/= Piket,
J-Brodsky,M/Wijk aan Zee 1995}) (9. Qb3 Nf6 10. Nf3 Nc6 11. Bb5 Bd7 $10) 9...
Nb6 10. Bd3 (10. Bb3 $5) 10... Bf6 11. Qc2 h6 12. Nf3 (12. O-O-O $5 e5 13. Nf3
Be6 14. Bh7+ Kh8 15. Bf5 Bxf5 16. Qxf5 Nc6 17. Kb1 Rc8 18. Bc1 Qc7 19. Nb5 Qe7
20. Nd6 Rcd8 21. Ne4 Nd5 22. Rd2 g6 23. Qh3 Bg7 24. Rhd1 Qb4 25. Nfg5 Qa5 26.
Ng3 Kg8 27. N5e4 f5 (27... Ncb4 28. a3) 28. Ne2 Rf7 29. N4c3 Nxc3+ 30. Nxc3 $11
) 12... Na6 13. Be2 (13. O-O Nb4 14. Bh7+ Kh8 15. Qb1 g6 16. Ne4 N4d5 17. Nxf6
Qxf6 (17... Nxf6 18. Bxg6 fxg6 19. Qxg6 $16 {[%cal Gd2c3]}) 18. e4 Kxh7 19.
exd5 Nxd5 20. Qc1 Qg7 $17) 13... Bd7 14. Ne4 Be7 15. Rd1 Nb4 16. Qb1 Qc7 17.
O-O (17. Rc1 Bc6 (17... Nc6 18. O-O Rfd8 19. b4 $5 (19. Nc5 Be8 20. Rfd1 Rac8
21. e4 $14 {[%cal Gd2e3]})) 18. O-O Rac8 19. Nd4 e5 20. Nxc6 Nxc6 21. Rfd1 $14
{[%csl Yd2,Ye2]}) 17... Rac8 18. Rc1 Qb8 19. Bc3 Nc6 (19... N4d5 20. Be5 $14)
20. b3 Nd5 (20... f5 $6 21. Ng3 Ba3 $6 22. Rcd1 (22. Bb2 Bxb2 23. Qxb2 e5 $11)
22... e5 23. b4 Be6 24. b5 $16) 21. Bb2 Rfd8 $11 22. Rfd1 (22. Qa1 Bf8 23. Rfd1
b5 $11) 22... Be8 23. a3 f6 $5 24. b4 Bf7 (24... a6 25. Nc5 Bf7 26. Qe4 e5 27.
Bd3 g6 28. Qh4 Kg7 $11) 25. Bc4 Rd7 (25... Bh5 26. Bxd5 exd5 27. Ned2 Qd6 28.
Qf5 $14) 26. Bxd5 Rxd5 27. Rxd5 exd5 28. Ng3 (28. Nc5 $14) 28... Re8 29. Qf5 (
29. Nf5 Bf8 30. Qc2 $14) 29... Bd8 30. Qg4 Kh7 31. Qf5+ Kg8 32. Qg4 Kh7 33.
Qf5+ $6 {( (+) - ? )} (33. Nf5 g6 34. N5d4 Ne5 35. Nxe5 (35. Rc8 Qd6 36. Nb5
Qe7 37. Qf4 a6 38. Nd6 $1 Qxd6 39. Bxe5 Qe6 40. Rxd8 Rxd8 41. Bxf6 Rc8 42. Bb2
Rc4 43. Nd4 Qe7 44. h4 $44) 35... fxe5 (35... Qxe5 36. Qd7 Qe7 37. Qxe7 Rxe7
38. Nb5 {[%csl Ra7,Rf6]} Bb6 $1 39. Bxf6 $1 Rxe3 $1 40. Bd8 $1 Re6 (40... Re2
41. Bxb6 axb6 42. Kf1 $16) 41. Bxb6 axb6 42. Nd4 Re4 43. Rd1 Be8 44. Kf1 Kg7
45. Rd3 Kf6 46. f3 Re7 47. Kf2 $14) 36. Nf3 Bf6 37. Qd7 Kg7 38. Qc7 Qxc7 39.
Rxc7 $16) 33... Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch Superfinal 61st"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2008.10.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Black "Alekseev, Evgeny V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A32"]
[WhiteElo "2638"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[Annotator "Vitiugov,N"]
[PlyCount "168"]
[EventDate "2008.10.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 127"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{This game was played in the first round. In the previous two superfinals I
had started with losses with White. And now again the first round, and again
White.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 {A new move for me.} c5 4. Nf3 (4. d5 {
leads to different structures.}) 4... cxd4 5. Nxd4 Qc7 {Next comes a gambit
variation.} ({There are quieter positions after} 5... d5) 6. Nc3 a6 7. Bg2 Qxc4
8. O-O Nc6 9. Nb3 d5 10. Bf4 Be7 (10... Qb4 {is also possible}) 11. a3 a5 12.
Rc1 Qa6 13. a4 O-O 14. Nb5 {It is still all theory.} Qb6 $1 {A strong new move}
(14... Ne8 {is too passive} 15. e4 $44) 15. Bc7 Qa6 16. Bf4 Qb6 17. Bc7 Qa6 18.
Nc5 {White continues the struggle, though accepting the draw was more
reasonable} Bxc5 19. Rxc5 Bd7 20. Bd6 Nb4 $1 21. Bxf8 Rxf8 $44 {Now Black has
good enough compensation for equality.} 22. Qd4 {Ambitious reaction.} ({
I think, that it was right was to play without innovating:} 22. Nd4 $5 e5 23.
Nf3) 22... Bc6 (22... b6 23. Rc7 Bxb5 24. axb5 Qxb5 25. Rfc1 Na6 26. Rc8 Nc5
27. Rxf8+ Kxf8 28. Bf1 {Looks normal for both sides.}) 23. e4 $2 {It is
difficult to comment on such moves. But it worked!} e5 $6 {Any taking of the
pawn was better.} (23... Nxe4 24. Bxe4 dxe4 25. Rd1 Nd3 26. Rg5 (26. Rxd3 exd3
27. Rg5 e5 28. Qxe5 g6 $1) 26... e5) (23... dxe4 24. Rg5 (24. Rd1 Nd3) 24... h6
25. Nc7 Qd3 26. Qxd3 Nxd3 27. Rxa5 Nxb2) 24. Qd2 (24. Qc3 $5 {will be not bad.}
d4 25. Qd2 Nd7 26. Rcc1 Bxb5 27. axb5 Qxb5 28. f4) 24... Qb6 25. Rxd5 {There
is no alternative.} Nbxd5 (25... Nfxd5 26. exd5 Bxb5 27. axb5 Qxb5 28. d6 $36)
26. exd5 Rd8 ({I was afraid of} 26... Bxb5 27. axb5 Qxb5 28. Re1 Re8 29. d6 {
, but here White has good compensation, because} e4 $2 {is impossible} 30. Bxe4
$1) 27. Nc3 Bd7 28. Re1 Re8 29. d6 Qd4 30. Qxd4 $2 $138 {A fantastic mistake.}
({I hadn't seen that, after} 30. Rd1 Bg4 31. Qxd4 exd4 32. Rxd4 Re1+ 33. Bf1
Bh3 {, White has the only, but winning reply:} 34. Rd1 $1) 30... exd4 31. Rxe8+
Nxe8 32. Ne4 b6 33. b3 ({Beforehand I forgot, that after} 33. Bf1 f5 34. Bb5
fxe4 35. Bxd7 {Black can play simply} Nxd6 $1 $19) 33... f5 (33... h6 {gives
no advantage:} 34. Bf1 f5 35. Nd2 Nxd6 36. Nf3 Kf7 37. Nxd4 Kf6 38. f4 $11) 34.
Ng5 Nxd6 35. Bd5+ Kf8 ({Passive strategy would be hardly good.} 35... Kh8 36.
Nf3 d3 37. Kf1 b5 38. axb5 Bxb5 39. Ke1 Ne4 40. Nd4) 36. Nxh7+ Ke7 37. Ng5 b5
$1 {An uncertain, but strong decision. Now White is forced to play a series of
only moves.} 38. axb5 Nxb5 39. Kf1 Kd6 40. Bg8 Nc3 41. Ke1 Ne4 42. Nf3 Kc5 43.
Ne5 Bb5 44. f3 Nf6 45. Be6 $1 {A brave and strong move.} Kd6 46. Bc4 Be8 ({
The position is drawish after} 46... Kxe5 47. Bxb5) 47. Nd3 ({May be more
strong was} 47. f4 $5) 47... Nd5 48. Bxd5 $5 {A hard decision, after which
White is forced to defend passively.} ({But} 48. h4 {was not better} Ne3 49.
Bg8 Bc6 50. Ke2 Bb5 51. Bf7 Ke7 $17) 48... Kxd5 49. Kd2 Kd6 50. h4 Bh5 ({
The position seems to be drawish, but there were more chances after} 50... Bf7
$5 51. Nc1 Kc5 52. Nd3+ Kb5 53. Kc2 Bd5 54. Nf4 Bxf3 55. Ne6 Be4+ 56. Kb2 Kc6
57. Nxg7 $11) 51. Ne1 Bf7 52. Nc2 Kc5 (52... Bxb3 {changes nothing:} 53. Nxd4
Be6) 53. Kd3 f4 {An interesting resource.} 54. gxf4 ({Maybe} 54. g4 $5 {
was more technical} Bxb3 55. Nxd4 Bd5 56. Kc3 a4 57. g5 Kd6 58. h5 Ke5 $11)
54... Bg6+ 55. Kd2 Bh7 (55... Bf5 56. Ne1 Kb4 57. Nc2+ Kc5 58. Ne1 $11) 56. h5
$1 Bf5 57. Ne1 Be6 58. Nd3+ Kd6 59. Kc2 $6 {White shouldn't play actively} (59.
Nc1 $11) 59... Bf7 60. Ne5 Bxh5 61. Nc4+ Kd5 62. Nxa5 Bxf3 63. Kd3 Bg2 {
It seemed to me, that the position was absolutely drawish. It is really so,
but it's hard to make the right moves in time trouble.} 64. Ke2 (64. b4 $5 Bf1+
65. Kd2 Bb5 66. Nb7 $11) 64... Ke4 65. Nc6 Bh3 66. b4 Be6 67. Kd2 Bc4 68. Na5
$2 {White was very lucky that after this move he could find a draw.} (68. f5 $5
) 68... Bb5 69. Nb7 Kxf4 70. Nd6 Bf1 71. b5 Ke5 (71... g5 72. b6 Ba6 73. b7
Bxb7 74. Nxb7 g4 75. Nc5 g3 76. Ke2 $11) 72. Nf7+ Kd5 73. b6 Ba6 74. Nd8 g5 75.
b7 Bxb7 76. Nxb7 g4 77. Na5 g3 78. Ke1 $1 $11 {The most important detail,
which at last gave me half a point in the first round. After this move I was
very happy.} (78. Ke2 $4 d3+ $1 $19) 78... d3 79. Nb3 Kc4 80. Nd2+ Kc3 81. Ne4+
Kc2 82. Kf1 g2+ 83. Kxg2 d2 84. Nxd2 Kxd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1997.01.31"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Cifuentes Parada, Roberto"]
[Black "Van der Wiel, John"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A32"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "Yudasin,L"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "1997.01.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Hecht} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 c5 4. Nf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Qc7 6. Nd2 (6. Bg2 $5
Qxc4 (6... a6 7. O-O) 7. Nc3 $44) 6... b6 7. Bg2 Bb7 8. Nb5 Qc8 9. e4 $1 (9.
Bxb7 Qxb7 10. O-O a6 11. Nc3 Be7 $11) 9... a6 10. Nc3 d6 11. O-O Nbd7 12. b3
Be7 (12... b5 13. Ba3 $1 {-Rc1} Bc6 14. Rc1 Qb7 (14... Qb8 15. cxb5 axb5 16.
Bb4) 15. Nd5 $1 exd5 16. exd5 Nxd5 17. cxd5 Bxd5 18. Re1+ $40 {with no chances
for black to hold this position}) 13. Bb2 O-O 14. Rc1 Re8 15. Qe2 Qb8 (15...
Qc7 {with Rac8 was a possible idea}) (15... Ra7 $5 {with Ba8 and Rc7}) 16. Rfe1
b5 $6 (16... Qa7 17. g4 h6 18. Kh1 {with f4 and g5 with some attack on the
King's side}) 17. cxb5 axb5 18. Qxb5 {threatening e5} Ne5 (18... Qa7 19. e5 Ba6
(19... Ng4 20. Qxb7 Qxf2+ 21. Kh1 Ra7 $1 22. Qb4 Qxd2 23. Re2 Qg5 24. exd6 $18)
20. exf6 $1 Bxb5 21. Nxb5 Qxa2 22. fxe7 $16) 19. Na4 Qa7 20. Bxe5 $1 dxe5 21.
Nc4 $16 Ng4 22. Qb6 Qxb6 23. Ncxb6 Ra7 24. Red1 {white of course is much
better,he has an extra pawn and also a two connected passed pawns,but black
still has the two bishop plus some chances for counter play} (24. Rc7 Bd8 25.
Rc2 $16) 24... Nf6 $8 25. f3 g5 $1 {threatening g4} 26. g4 Rd8 (26... Bd8 27.
Nc4 {[%cal Gc4d6,Gc4e5]}) 27. Bf1 Rd4 $1 28. Rxd4 $6 (28. Be2) 28... exd4 29.
Nc5 Bxc5 $8 30. Rxc5 Rxa2 31. Rxg5+ (31. Rc7 Ba6 (31... Bxe4 32. fxe4 Nxg4 33.
Nc4 Nxh2 34. Ne5 f6 35. Bg2 fxe5 36. Kxh2 Rb2 {with h5~~}) 32. Ra7 d3 33. Bxd3
$18) 31... Kf8 32. Rc5 Ra1 33. Kf2 (33. Kg2 Ra2+ 34. Kg3 Bxe4 35. Rc8+ $16)
33... Bxe4 34. Rc8+ (34. g5 Nd5) 34... Kg7 35. fxe4 Nxe4+ 36. Kg2 Ra2+ 37. Kf3
(37. Kg1 Nd2 {[%cal Gd2f3,Ga2h2]} 38. Bg2 Nxb3 $13) 37... Nd2+ 38. Ke2 Nxb3+ (
38... d3+ 39. Kxd3 Nxf1 40. h4 $13) 39. Kd3 Rxh2 40. Nd7 $2 (40. Nc4 $13) 40...
Rh1 41. Bg2 $2 (41. Be2 $15) 41... Re1 $2 (41... Rd1+ 42. Ke2 (42. Ke4 Re1+ {
[%cal Gd4d1]}) 42... Rd2+ 43. Kf1 d3 $17) 42. Rb8 $1 Re3+ 43. Kc4 Rc3+ 44. Kb4
Rg3 45. Bc6 Nd2 46. Rd8 $1 {[%cal Gd8d1]} Rxg4 (46... Rb3+ 47. Ka4 {with Bb5})
47. Ne5 Rf4 (47... Rg5 48. Rxd4 $15) 48. Be8 $1 Nf3 (48... f6 49. Nd3 {with Rd7
}) 49. Nxf3 Rxf3 50. Rxd4 h5 $15 51. Kc4 Kf6 52. Bc6 Rg3 53. Rf4+ $11 Kg7 54.
Be8 Rg4 55. Rxg4+ hxg4 {[#] Hecht Blockade der Freibauern durch den wK ==>
Remis} 56. Kd4 Kf6 (56... f5 57. Ke5) 57. Ke4 Ke7 58. Bb5 Kd6 59. Kf4 f5 60.
Bc4 Ke7 61. Ke5 g3 62. Bf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "SWE-ch"]
[Site "Linkoping"]
[Date "2001.07.13"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Barkhagen, Jonas"]
[Black "Carlsson, Pontus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A32"]
[WhiteElo "2456"]
[BlackElo "2330"]
[Annotator "Ziegler,A"]
[PlyCount "146"]
[EventDate "2001.06.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 085"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 {Vit avbцjer indiska diskussioner, och vдljer
istдllet att sprеka flankiska.} c5 4. c4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 {Svart sцker sig till
treradersuppstдllningen.} ({Med} 5... Nc6 {blir det mer engelskliknande spel.})
6. Bg2 Qc7 7. b3 Bb4+ {Ett klokt drag. Lцparen stеr optimalt pе b2, men fцr
att hamna dдr mеste vit investera ett extra tempo.} 8. Bd2 Be7 9. O-O Nc6 10.
Nc2 b6 11. Nc3 Bb7 12. e4 O-O 13. Qe2 {Ett olyckligt drag. Damen stеr inte bra
hдr.} (13. Be3 {Var bдttre.}) 13... d6 14. Rfd1 Rfe8 15. Rac1 Rac8 {[#]Svart
stеr perfekt, Han дr redo att bemцta alla vits aktioner. Damflygeltornet kan
stе pе flera rutor. Pе b8 dдmpar den vits aktiviteter lдngs den lеnga vita
diagonalen. Pе c8 ger tornet damen mцjlighet att krypa bakom lцparen och
eventuellt komma sе djupt ner som till a8 fцr att dдrifrеn skjuta med
lеngskott mot e4.} 16. Be3 Ne5 {Springaren skymde lцparens sikt. Pе d7 stеr
den bдttre.} 17. Nd4 Qb8 18. h3 Qa8 19. f4 Ned7 {Vits viktigaste prioritet i
stдllningen дr att aldrig tillеta ...d5 eller ...b5. Nдr han har det under
kontroll kan han fцrsiktigt smyga fram pе kungsflygeln.} 20. Bf2 Bf8 {Svart
bцrjar leka med drag som ...e5 och ...d5.} 21. Re1 (21. g4 Nc5 22. Re1 e5 23.
fxe5 Rxe5 24. Nf3 Ree8 25. Nd2 d5 {Med lika spel, (minst) fцr svart. En
nackdel med damplaceringen pе e2.}) 21... g6 (21... e5 22. fxe5 dxe5 23. Nc2
Red8 24. Nd5 {Ger vit det lдttare spelet.}) (21... d5 $2 22. e5 Ne4 23. Nxe4
dxe4 24. Bxe4) 22. Nf3 Bc6 23. Rcd1 Rcd8 (23... b5 $1) 24. a4 {Textdraget
fцrhindrar ...b5 men b3 blir svagt.} Nc5 25. Nd4 Bb7 26. b4 Ncd7 {[#]Det hдr
ser optiskt bra ut fцr vit. Men nu blir c4-bonden svag.} 27. Nc2 {Alldeles fцr
passivt.} (27. b5 {Det var nog lika bra att slдnga fram bonden ett snдpp till
och dдrmed fе tillgеng till taktiska motiv som stavas Sc6!} {T ex:} Nc5 (27...
e5 {Дr nog bдttre, men vit kan bцrja plutta lite med hдstarna:} 28. bxa6 Qxa6
29. Ndb5) 28. Nc6 Bxc6 29. bxc6 Qc8 (29... Qxc6 $2 30. e5 $1) 30. g4 {Och vit
har spel.}) 27... Rc8 28. Qd3 a5 29. b5 Nc5 {Nu дr дven a4-bonden svag.} 30.
Qe2 Rc7 31. Nd4 d5 32. cxd5 exd5 33. e5 Nfe4 {[#] Vit har misslyckats med sin
strategi. Svart har uppnеtt utjдmning. Det vдrsta av allt дr att vitspelarna
brukar bli demoraliserade nдr svart fixat ...d5 utan att bli straffad.} 34.
Nxe4 $6 (34. Rc1 {Med sikte pе remi var bдttre.}) 34... dxe4 35. Qc2 Rec8 36.
Nc6 {Jonas fеr panik.} Bxc6 37. bxc6 Qxc6 38. Bxe4 Qxa4 39. Qxa4 Nxa4 40. Ra1
Nc5 41. Bc2 {Jonas har visat extrem uthеllighet i fцrsvaret under fцrsta
halvan av turneringen. Nu sдtts han еterigen pе hеrda prov. Innan partiet
ville nog Jonas gдrna vinna dagens duell. Men nu дr remi det bдsta han kan
uppnе. Och eftersom en remi antagligen inte var ett bra resultat innan partiet
kanske det blir svеrare att mobilisera maximal energi under rеdande
omstдndigheter. Man mеste se remi som en seger hдr.} Ne6 42. Ba4 Bc5 ({Svart
дr lite otеlig. Byta kan man gцra senare.} 42... Bb4 {var starkt.}) 43. Reb1
Bxf2+ 44. Kxf2 Nc5 45. Rxb6 Nxa4 46. Rxa4 Rc2+ 47. Ke3 R8c3+ {[#]} 48. Ke4 $2 (
48. Kd4 Rxg3 49. Rxa5 {Blir remi.}) 48... Rxg3 49. Rxa5 Rc4+ 50. Kd5 Rxf4 51.
h4 Rd3+ 52. Kc5 Rxh4 53. Ra7 Re3 54. Rb8+ Kg7 55. Re8 {Jonas spelar vidare av
ren besvikelse.} Rf4 56. e6 Re5+ 57. Kd6 Ref5 58. e7 Rd4+ 59. Kc6 Rc4+ 60. Kd6
Rd4+ 61. Kc6 Re4 62. Kd7 Rd5+ 63. Kc8 Rde5 64. Kd8 Kf6 65. Ra6+ Re6 66. Rxe6+
Rxe6 67. Rh8 Rxe7 68. Rxh7 Re3 69. Rh1 g5 70. Kd7 g4 71. Kd6 Rd3+ 72. Kc5 Kg5
73. Kc4 Rd8 0-1