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Главная страница Справка Коды ЭШД A43

Коды ЭШД

A40 A41 A42

A43

A44 A45 A46

A43

Код энциклопедии шахматных дебютов (ЭШД)

Описание

RU: Защита Бенони
EN: Schmid Benoni

Ходы

1. d4 c5 2. d5 d6

Дебюты

Защита Бенони

[Event "St Petersburg Winter-B"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1912.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Black "Levenfish, Grigory"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A43"]
[Annotator "Alekhine,Alexander"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "1912.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 c5 {Dies gilt mit Recht als ungünstig} ({sogar nach} 1... Nf6 2. Nf3 {
. Beim ersten Zuge ist c5 überhaupt ein Positionsfehler, da Weiß durch das
einfache Vorgehen im Zentrum nun rasch in Vorteil kommt.}) 2. d5 Nf6 3. Nc3 d6
4. e4 g6 ({Auch} 4... e6 5. Bc4 {usw. ist wegen der Schwäche d6
unbefriedigend.}) 5. f4 {Droht schon 6. e5} Nbd7 6. Nf3 a6 ({Falls nun} 6...
Bg7 {so} 7. e5 dxe5 8. fxe5 Ng4 9. e6 Nge5 10. Bb5 {usw. deshalb spielt
Schwarz 6. ... a6}) 7. e5 dxe5 8. fxe5 Ng4 9. e6 $1 {Damit ist die Eröffnung
des Nachziehenden glatt widerlegt.} Nde5 10. Bf4 Nxf3+ ({oder} 10... Bg7 11.
Qd2 Nxf3+ 12. gxf3 Nf6 13. exf7+ Kxf7 14. O-O-O {mit riesigem Spiel.}) 11. gxf3
Nf6 12. Bc4 ({Noch besser als das sofortige} 12. exf7+ {was nun mit
verstärktem Effekt droht.}) 12... fxe6 13. dxe6 Qb6 ({Die Alternative war} 
13... Qxd1+ 14. Rxd1 Bg7 15. Bc7 O-O 16. Bb6 {und Weiß gewönne zunächst
einen Bauern, ohne dabei den Druck aufzugeben. Der Damenzug, der zugleich zwei
Bauern angreift, scheitert an einer überraschenden Opferkombination.}) 14. Qe2
$3 {Der Einleitungszug.} Qxb2 {Anscheinend unbedenklich,} 15. Nb5 {Das
eingreifen dieses Springers ...} ({da} 15. Kd2 {durch} Nh5 16. Be5 Bh6+ 17. Kd3
Bxe6 18. Bxe6 Rd8+ {usw. direkt widerlegt würde. Es kommt aber anders.}) 15...
Qxa1+ ({...der nicht genommen werden darf} 15... axb5 16. Bxb5+ Kd8 17. Rd1+
Bd7 18. Be5 Qb4+ 19. c3 {Dem Schwarzen bleibt nichts anderes übrig, als die
angebotenen Türme zu nehmen.}) 16. Kf2 Qxh1 17. Nc7+ Kd8 18. Qd2+ Bd7 19. exd7
(19. exd7 {Falls} Nxd7 ({und falls} 19... e5 20. Ne6+ Ke7 21. d8=Q+ Rxd8 22.
Qxd8+ Kf7 23. Nxf8+ Kg7 24. Qe7#) {so} 20. Be6 {nebst Matt in einigen Zügen.
Kommentar: A. Aljechin, "Meine besten Partien 1908-1923", 1983, S. 98-99; MDB
15: 24960}) 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 12th"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "1999.12.07"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Markowski, Tomasz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2549"]
[BlackElo "2557"]
[Annotator "Alterman,B"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1999.11.06"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 074"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Poland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "POL"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. d5 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bc4 (6. Be2 {main line})
6... O-O 7. O-O Bg4 (7... Nbd7 8. h3 a6 9. a4 b6 10. Bf4 Rb8 11. Re1 Nh5 12.
Bh2 b5 13. axb5 axb5 14. Nxb5 Nb6 (14... Bxb2 15. Ra2 Bg7 16. Nxd6 (16. Na7 Bb7
17. Nc6 Bxc6 18. dxc6 Nb6 19. Ra7 Ra8 20. Rxa8 Qxa8 21. Bb5 Qa5 22. c4 $14 {
[%cal Ge4e5]}) 16... exd6 17. Bxd6 Rb4 18. Bxf8 Qxf8 19. Ba6 $14) 15. Bf1 Bxb2
16. Ra2 Bg7 17. c4 $14 {0-1 Terasti Pasi-Miettinen Keijo/Avoin suomenmestaruus
1995 (64)}) (7... Qa5 8. Re1 a6 9. Bd2 Bg4 10. a4 (10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 b5 12.
Bf1 Nbd7 13. a3 $14) 10... Nbd7 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 Ne5 13. Qe2 Nxc4 14. Qxc4
Qb4 15. Qe2 c4 16. Nd1 Qc5 17. a5 $14 {1-0 Teuchert-Kiffmeyer,C/GER-N 1977/Inf
77 (42)}) (7... Na6 8. h3 (8. Re1 Nc7 9. a4 $14 (9. Bf4 Nh5 10. Be3 b5 11. Nxb5
Nxb5 12. Bxb5 Rb8 13. Qd3 (13. Bc4 Rxb2 $11 {0-1 Mendoza,L-De la Riva,O/ESP ch
Lleida ,EXT 1991 (28)}) 13... Bxb2 (13... f5 14. e5 dxe5 15. Qc4 e4 16. Ng5 $14
) 14. Rab1 Bg7 15. Bc6 $14)) (8. Qe2 Nc7 9. Re1 Bg4 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Nd7
12. a4 b6 13. Bf1 a6 14. b3 Rb8 15. Bb2 e6 16. Rad1 exd5 17. exd5 b5 18. Ba1
Re8 (18... bxa4 19. Nxa4 Bxa1 20. Rxa1 Qf6 21. Qxf6 Nxf6 22. Nb2 Nfxd5 23. Bxa6
$11) 19. Ne4 Bxa1 20. Rxa1 f5 21. Nc3 Ne5 $15 {1-0 Bus,M-Bojczuk,Z/Bielsko
Biala ,EXT 1990 (43)}) 8... Nc7 9. Re1 (9. a4 a6 10. Bf4 b6 (10... Nd7 11. Re1
Rb8 12. a5 b5 13. axb6 Rxb6 14. Na4 Rb4 15. Qd3 (15. Bf1 f5 $132 {[%csl Rf4]})
15... Nb6 16. Nxb6 Rxb6 17. Ra2 Bd7 18. e5 Bb5 19. Nd2 $14 {0-1 Hachian,
M-Situru,N/Yerevan olm 1996/EXT 96ch2 (42)}) 11. Re1 Bb7 12. Qd3 $14 {1-0
Izeta,F-Sanchez Guirado,F/ch-ESP, Torrevieja 1997 (64)}) (9. Qd3 a6 10. a4 e5
11. dxe6 Bxe6 12. Bxe6 Nxe6 13. Rd1 $132 {1/2-1/2 Izeta,F-Ponomariov,R/Batumi
GEO 1999 (110)}) 9... e5 10. dxe6 Bxe6 11. Bxe6 Nxe6 12. Qd3 (12. a4 Re8 13.
Be3 Qb6 14. Qd3 a6 15. a5 Qc6 16. Qc4 b5 17. axb6 Qxb6 $14 {1/2-1/2 Izeta,
F-Dumont,S/Rio de Janeiro BRA 1999 (44)}) 12... Qd7 13. Be3 Rad8 14. Rad1 a6
15. b3 Rfe8 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. exd5 Nc7 18. c4 b5 19. Bf4 b4 20. Rxe8+ Rxe8 21.
Re1 $11 {1/2-1/2 Grischuk,A-Malakhov,V/Porto San Giorgio ITA 1999 (35)}) 8. h3
Bxf3 9. Qxf3 Nbd7 10. Qd1 (10. Qe2 Nb6 11. f4 Nfd7 12. a4 Nxc4 13. Qxc4 a6 14.
Bd2 b6 15. Nd1 Qc7 16. Ra3 Qb7 17. Rb3 Rab8 18. Nc3 Bd4+ 19. Kh2 Qa7 20. Qe2
Rbc8 $132 {1-0 Lewandowska,K-Koglin,A/BLW 1994 (66)}) 10... Ne8 (10... Rb8 11.
a4 Ne8 12. Bf4 Nc7 13. Qd2 b6 14. Nb5 Nxb5 15. axb5 Bxb2 16. Rxa7 Ra8 17. Ra6
Bg7 18. c3 Qc7 19. Rfa1 $16 {1-0 Van Dongen,P-Krivokapic,R/Paris ,EXT 1993 (55)
}) 11. Re1 Nc7 12. a4 (12. Bf1 Rb8 13. a4 a6 14. a5 b5 15. axb6 Rxb6 16. Na4
Rb8 17. Ra2 Re8 18. b3 Nb5 19. Qd2 Qc8 20. Bb2 Nd4 21. Kh1 a5 22. Nc3 Qd8 23.
Nd1 e6 24. dxe6 Rxe6 25. Bc4 Re8 26. c3 Nxb3 (26... Nc6 27. Bxf7+ $16 {1/2-1/2
Karklins,A-De Fotis,G/Illinois ,EXT 1989 (31)}) 27. Qc2 (27. Qd5 Re6 28. Bxb3
Nf6 29. Qc4 d5 $17) 27... Qb6 28. Ra3 a4 29. Rxa4 Na5 30. Ba2 $132) 12... f5
13. exf5 Rxf5 14. Ne4 $5 {Is connected to a temporary sacrifice of a pawn} ({
Is more cautious was} 14. Ba2 Nb6 15. g4 Rf7 16. a5 Nd7 17. Ne4 $14) 14... Nb6
{[%csl Rd5]} 15. Bd3 $5 (15. g4 Rf8 16. Qd3 Nxc4 17. Qxc4 Qd7 18. Ra3 $14 (18.
Nxc5 dxc5 19. d6+ Kh8 20. dxc7 Qxc7 21. Be3 b6 $11)) 15... c4 (15... Nbxd5 16.
Ng5 Re5 17. Rxe5 (17. Be4 Nf6 18. Bxb7 Rxe1+ 19. Qxe1 Rb8 20. Ne6 Nxe6 21.
Qxe6+ Kh8 22. Bf3 $14) 17... dxe5 (17... Bxe5 18. Bc4 $18 {[%csl Rd5]}) 18. Bc4
$14 {[%csl Gc1,Gc4,Re5,Re7]}) (15... Ncxd5 16. a5 $16) (15... Rxd5 16. a5 $16)
16. Bf1 (16. a5 $6 cxd3 (16... Nbxd5 17. Bxc4 $14) 17. axb6 Nxd5 (17... axb6
18. Rxa8 Qxa8 19. Qxd3 Qa5 $15) 18. bxa7 (18. Rxa7 dxc2 19. Qxc2 Rb8 $15) 18...
dxc2 19. Qxc2 Bd4 $15) 16... Rxd5 17. Qg4 Ra5 (17... Rf5 18. a5 Nd7 19. Bxc4+
d5 20. Bb3 e6 21. Ng3 (21. Nd6 Ne5 22. Rxe5 (22. Nxb7 Qb8 23. Qg3 Qxb7 24. Bf4
Nf7 25. Bxc7 e5 $17) 22... Rxe5 23. Nxb7 Re1+ 24. Kh2 Qb8 $17) 21... Rf7 22. c3
$14) 18. Ng5 (18. Bd2 Rxa4 19. Rxa4 Nxa4 20. Bxc4+ d5 21. Bb3 Nxb2 22. Nc5 b6 (
22... Bf6 23. Ne6 Nxe6 24. Qxe6+ Kh8 25. Bxd5 Rc8 26. c4 Nd3 27. Rb1 Nc5 28.
Qe3 b6 $15) 23. Ne6 Nxe6 24. Qxe6+ Kh8 25. Bxd5 Rc8 26. Bb3 Rc7 $15) 18... Qc8
$2 $16 (18... c3 $5 19. b3 (19. b4 Rf5 20. Bd3 Rf6) 19... Rf5 20. a5 Nbd5 21.
Bd3 Re5 22. Rxe5 dxe5 (22... Bxe5 23. Bc4 $18) 23. Bc4 $14) 19. Rxe7 Qxg4 20.
hxg4 Rc8 21. Bd2 Rc5 (21... Rd5 22. Ne4 (22. a5 Rxd2 23. axb6 axb6 24. Ne4 Rxc2
(24... Rd4 25. c3 Kf8 26. Rxc7 $18) 25. Nxd6 Bxb2 26. Nxc8 Bxa1 27. Rxc7 Bd4
28. Rxc4 Bxf2+ 29. Kh2 Rxc4 30. Bxc4+ $18) 22... Kf8 (22... Bxb2 23. Rb1 Rxd2 (
23... Be5 24. a5 Rd4 25. axb6 Nd5 26. Rxb7 $18 {[%cal Gf2f3,Gb6a7]}) 24. Nxd2
Bf6 25. Re2 Rb8 26. a5 Na4 27. Ne4 $16) 23. Rxg7 Kxg7 24. Bc3+ Kf8 25. a5 Nd7
26. Bxc4 $16) (21... Rxa4 22. Rxa4 Nxa4 23. Bxc4+ d5 24. Bb3 (24. Rxc7 Rxc7 25.
Bxd5+ Kh8 (25... Kf8 26. Ne6+ $18) 26. Nf7+ Kg8 (26... Rxf7 27. Bxf7 Nxb2 $14)
27. Nd8+ $11) 24... Nc5 (24... Nxb2 25. Bf4 h6 26. Bxc7 hxg5 27. Bxd5+ $18) 25.
Bc3 (25. Ba2 Bxb2 26. Bf4 Bf6 27. Rxc7 Rxc7 28. Bxc7 Bxg5 29. Bxd5+ Kf8 30. f4
$14) 25... Bxc3 26. bxc3 h6 27. Nf7 Kf8 28. Nd6 Kxe7 29. Nxc8+ Kf6 30. Nxa7 $14
) 22. Ne4 Rc6 23. Bc3 Bxc3 24. Nxc3 Re8 $6 (24... Rb8 $142 25. Rd1 (25. Rae1
Nbd5 26. Nxd5 Nxd5 27. R7e4 Rbc8 28. Be2 Nb4 29. Bf3 R6c7 30. R4e2 c3 31. b3 b6
32. Rd1 Rd8 33. Rd4 a5 34. Kf1 $14) 25... Re8 26. Rxe8+ Nxe8 27. a5 Nd7 28. Rd4
Ne5 29. g5 $16) (24... Rf8 $142 25. Nb5 (25. Rd1 Rf7 26. Re3 a5 27. g3 d5 28.
Bg2 Rd6 29. Re5 $16) 25... Nbd5 26. Rd7 c3 27. bxc3 a6 28. Nxc7 Nxc7 29. Rb1 b6
30. Rb4 $16) 25. Rxe8+ Nxe8 26. a5 Nd7 27. Ra4 Ne5 $2 $18 {The right solutions
to accept rather not simplly and black put mistake after mistake.} (27... Kg7
28. Rxc4 $16) 28. g5 d5 (28... Kf8 29. f4 Ng4 30. Bxc4 Ne3 31. Bb5 $18) 29. f4
(29. f4 d4 (29... Ng4 30. Nxd5 $18 {[%csl Rc4]}) 30. Nd5 $18 {[%csl Re5][%cal
Gd5e7]}) 1-0

[Event "Ubeda op 5th"]
[Site "Ubeda"]
[Date "2000.01.28"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Tregubov, Pavel V"]
[Black "Minasian, Artashes"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2598"]
[Annotator "Alterman,B"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2000.01.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 075"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 c5 2. d5 g6 3. e4 Bg7 4. c4 d6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Ne7 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O
exd5 9. cxd5 a6 10. a4 Bg4 11. Nd2 Bxe2 12. Qxe2 Re8 13. Nc4 Bxc3 $6 $146 {
[%mdl 16384]} (13... Nc8 14. Bf4 Qe7 15. Qd2 Nd7 16. Rfe1 Ne5 17. Bxe5 Bxe5 18.
Ne2 Bg7 19. Kh1 Qh4 20. Ng1 Bh6 21. Qc2 b6 22. Nf3 Qd8 {1/2-1/2 Golz,W-Kolvig,
B/Copenhagen 1960/EXT 98 (22)}) 14. bxc3 Nxd5 15. Qf3 $1 Nb6 (15... Nf6 16. Bg5
Re6 17. Rad1 h6 18. Bh4 g5 19. e5 $16) 16. Bg5 Qxg5 17. Nxb6 $16 {[%mdl 2080]
White has pawn down,but poor position of black rook on a7 more than enough
compensation.White's position is clearly better.} Ra7 18. Rad1 {[%csl Ra7,Rd6]
[%cal Gd1d6]} Qd8 (18... Nc6 19. Rxd6 Qe7 20. Qg3 $16) 19. Nc4 Re6 20. e5 (20.
Qf4 Nc6 21. Nxd6 Qf8 22. Rd5 $36) 20... b5 21. axb5 axb5 22. Nxd6 Qg5 (22...
Rd7 $5 23. Rfe1 Qb6 24. Ra1 $36) 23. Nxb5 Rd7 24. Rxd7 Nxd7 25. Qd1 Qe7 26. f4
Rb6 27. c4 Nf8 28. h3 Ne6 29. Qd5 $18 Rb8 30. f5 gxf5 31. Rxf5 Qh4 32. Kh2 Rf8
33. Nd6 Nf4 34. Qf3 Ng6 35. Rxf7 Rb8 36. Rf5 Qd4 37. Qd5+ Qxd5 38. cxd5 Re8 39.
Ne4 Kg7 40. e6 1-0

[Event "MK Cafe Cup-A"]
[Site "Koszalin"]
[Date "1999.08.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kharitonov, Andrei Y"]
[Black "Salmensuu, Olli"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2559"]
[BlackElo "2443"]
[Annotator "Alterman,B"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1999.08.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 073"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. d5 b5 4. Bg5 Qb6 5. Bxf6 Qxf6 6. c3 d6 7. e4 (7. Qb3 a6
8. a4 bxa4 9. Rxa4 e6 10. e4 Nd7 11. Nbd2 Be7 12. Be2 O-O 13. O-O exd5 14. exd5
{0-1 Kovacevic,S-Izeta Txabarri,F/Ubeda 1997/CBM 56 ext (68)}) 7... a6 (7... b4
8. Bb5+ (8. Qc2 a5 9. Nbd2 bxc3 10. bxc3 g6 11. Bb5+ Bd7 12. Rb1 Bxb5 13. Rxb5
Bg7 14. e5 dxe5 15. Ne4 Qf5 16. O-O O-O 17. Rfb1 Nd7 18. Nfd2 Bh6 19. Nc4 Rfd8
{1-0 Balogh,T-Sarana,O/Prievidza 1998/EXT 99 (33)}) 8... Bd7 9. Bxd7+ Nxd7 10.
O-O g5 11. Qa4 g4 12. Nfd2 Bg7 $13 {0-1 Solana Suarez,E-Mellado Trivino,J/
Ponferrada 1997/CBM 60 ext (32)}) 8. a4 (8. Nbd2 Nd7 (8... g5 9. g3 Nd7 (9...
g4 10. Nh4 h5 11. Bg2 Bh6 12. O-O Bg5 13. a4 Bd7 14. axb5 Bxb5 15. e5 Qh6 16.
c4 Bd7 17. Ne4 Bxh4 18. gxh4 dxe5 19. Nxc5 Qb6 20. Nd3 {1-0 Panchenko,
A-Forintos,G/Tallinn 1986/EXT 99 (30)}) 10. Bg2 (10. a4 b4 11. cxb4 cxb4 12.
Rc1 g4 13. Qc2 Nc5 14. Nh4 Bh6 15. f4 Bxf4 16. gxf4 Qxh4+ 17. Ke2 g3 18. Ke3
Bg4 19. Bg2 {0-1 Gruenfeld,E-Keres,P/Szcawno Zdroj 1950/MCD (29)}) 10... h5 11.
a4 b4 12. Rc1 Rb8 13. a5 h4 14. O-O h3 15. Bh1 g4 16. Ne1 Ne5 17. c4 Bh6 18.
Rc2 b3 19. Rc3 Bd7 20. f4 gxf3 21. Nexf3 Ng4 22. Re1 O-O 23. e5 dxe5 24. Ne4
Qg7 25. Nxc5 {0-1 Mainka,G-Bukal,V/Dortmund 1991/CBM 22 ext (41)}) 9. Be2 g6
10. O-O Bh6 11. a4 Rb8 12. axb5 axb5 13. Qc2 O-O 14. Ra7 c4 15. Re1 Nc5 16. Bf1
{1-0 Meinsohn,P-Tagnon,N/FRA 1991/TD (56)}) 8... b4 9. Qc2 (9. Qb3 bxc3 10.
bxc3 g6 11. Nbd2 Bg7 12. Ra3 O-O 13. Bd3 g5 14. h4 g4 15. Ng5 g3 16. fxg3 Qe5
17. Kf2 f5 18. Ndf3 fxe4 19. Re1 Qxc3 20. Qxc3 Bxc3 21. Rxc3 {0-1 Sinkovics,
P-Grabics,M/Balatonbereny 1996/CBM 53 ext (46)}) 9... bxc3 10. bxc3 (10. Nxc3
$5 {[%cal Ga4a5]}) 10... Nd7 11. Nbd2 {[%csl Gc4]} g5 $5 (11... g6 12. Nc4 Bg7
13. Ra3 {[%csl Gf6]}) 12. Nc4 g4 13. Nfd2 {[%mdl 2048]} Bg7 (13... Bh6) 14. Ra3
O-O 15. Bd3 Rb8 16. O-O {White is ready to start an actions in the kigside
after f2-f4.} Qh4 17. a5 {[%csl Gb6][%mdl 32]} Ne5 18. Nxe5 Bxe5 19. g3 Qg5 20.
Nc4 {[%cal Gc4b6,Gc4e5] Another knight comes to the key square c4.} f5 $6 (
20... Bg7 21. Nb6 $16) 21. Nxe5 dxe5 22. Rb3 Rxb3 23. Qxb3 f4 24. Qb6 $18 {
[%cal Rb6c5,Rb6a6,Gd3a6,Yb6h6] White's position is winning,because I don't see
real countrplay in the King side and black's position on the Queen side is
hopeless.} (24. d6+ $6 Kh8 25. Qd5 Rd8 (25... exd6 26. Qxd6 Rd8 27. Qxc5 Bb7
$16) 26. gxf4) 24... h5 25. Bxa6 Bxa6 26. Qxa6 h4 27. Qe6+ {[%cal Ge6e7,Ge6e5,
Ge6g4]} Kh7 28. gxh4 Qxh4 29. Qxe5 {[%cal Ga5a6,Ga6a7]} g3 30. fxg3 fxg3 31.
hxg3 Rxf1+ 32. Kxf1 Qh1+ 33. Kf2 Qh2+ 34. Kf3 Qh1+ 35. Kg4 Qd1+ 36. Kg5 Qc1+
37. Kf5 Qf1+ 38. Ke6 Qa6+ 39. Kf7 Qg6+ 40. Kxe7 Qa6 41. Qf5+ Kg7 42. Qf7+ 1-0

[Event "Linares Anibal op 07th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2000.01.10"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Campos Moreno, Javier B"]
[Black "Minasian, Artashes"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2484"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "Alterman,B"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2000.01.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 075"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 c5 2. d5 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Bd3 e6 6. Nf3 Ne7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. h3 Nd7
9. Bg5 h6 10. Be3 exd5 11. exd5 f5 12. Qc2 a6 13. O-O-O b5 14. cxb5 axb5 15.
Bxb5 f4 16. Bd2 Ne5 $6 $146 (16... Nb6 $5 17. Bd3 (17. Rhe1 $1) 17... c4 18.
Be4 Bd7 19. Rde1 Na4 20. Nh4 Nc5 21. Nxg6 Nxg6 22. Bxg6 Qf6 23. Bh7+ Kh8 24.
Qb1 {0-1 Halkias,S-Minasian,A/Ubeda ESP}) 17. Nxe5 Bxe5 18. g4 $1 {[%csl Rf5]
[%cal Gd2h6][%mdl 32] Important move .Now f5 square in white's hands} Qb6 19.
Rhe1 Kh7 20. Re4 Ba6 21. Bxa6 Qxa6 22. Rde1 Qb7 23. Rxe5 $1 {[%mdl 512] After
this exchange sacrifice, which eliminate an important black square bishop
white's initiative is deserve the game.} dxe5 24. Rxe5 {[%csl Gg6][%cal Gd5d6]}
Ng8 (24... Rf7 25. Qe4 Rb8 26. b3 Qc7 27. Re6 Rb4 28. Qc2 Qd7 29. Ne4 $18) 25.
Qe4 Qb4 26. a3 Qb3 (26... Qxe4 27. Nxe4 $18 {[%csl Gc5][%cal Rd2c3,Gd5d6]}) 27.
Re6 Kh8 28. Nd1 Nf6 29. Qxg6 Rxa3 30. bxa3 Qxa3+ 31. Nb2 Ng8 32. Kc2 {[%cal
Gd2c3,Rc3h8]} 1-0

[Event "Linares 17th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2000.03.10"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[Annotator "Alterman,B"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2000.02.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. d5 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e4 d6 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. a4 O-O 8. O-O
Bxb5 $5 {Most common here} (8... e6 9. Bxd7 Qxd7 10. dxe6 fxe6 11. e5 dxe5 12.
Nxe5 Qxd1 13. Rxd1 Nd5 14. Nxd5 Bxe5 15. Ne3 Nc6 16. c3 Rad8 17. Re1 Na5 18.
Ng4 Bf4 19. Bxf4 Rxf4 20. f3 $14 {Giaccio,A-Malbran,G/Buenos Aires 1999/EXT
2000/1/2-1/2 (100)}) 9. axb5 Nbd7 10. Qe2 Ne8 11. Bf4 $146 (11. Nd2 Nc7 12. Nc4
a6 13. bxa6 Rxa6 14. Bg5 Nb6 15. Rxa6 Nxa6 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. Nxb6 Re8 18. Re1
Nc7 19. g3 $16 {Bellon Lopez,J-Borgo,G/Cutro 1997/EXT 2000/1/2-1/2 (41)}) 11...
Nc7 {Black prepared a7-a6 to open position in the Queenside and to create a
countreplay.} 12. Rfd1 a6 13. bxa6 Nxa6 14. e5 {[%cal Ge5d6] Breakthrough in
the centre promise for white some initiative.} dxe5 15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16. Bxe5 Bxe5
17. Qxe5 Qd6 $1 {[%mdl 256]} 18. Qg5 {Most typical looks} (18. Qxd6 exd6 19.
Nb5 Rfd8 20. c3 $14 {[%csl Ra6][%mdl 48] With some pressure in the centre.})
18... Nc7 19. Ne4 Rxa1 20. Rxa1 f6 21. Nxd6 fxg5 22. Nxb7 {Looks that White
deserve an advantage but next strong black's moves secure a draw.} Rb8 23. Na5
$6 {More chances was after} (23. Nxc5 Rxb2 24. Rc1 Nxd5 25. Nd3 Ra2 26. c4 Nc7
$14 {[%csl Ga2][%cal Gg8f7,Gf7f6]} (26... Rd2 27. Ne1 $1 Nf4 28. Kf1 {[%cal
Gc4c8]}) (26... Nf4 27. Nxf4 gxf4 28. c5 Kf7 29. c6 Ra8 30. Kf1 Ke6 31. Ke2 {
[%cal Ge2f3]})) 23... Rxb2 24. c4 Rc2 25. h3 Ne8 26. Nc6 (26. Nc6 Kf8 27. Ne5
Nd6 28. Ra8+ Kg7 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 12th"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "1999.12.05"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Yrjola, Jouni"]
[Black "Efimov, Igor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2412"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[Annotator "Alterman,B"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1999.11.06"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 074"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Finland"]
[BlackTeam "Italy"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FIN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ITA"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 exd5 4. cxd5 d6 5. Nc3 g6 6. e4 Bg7 7. Bd3 (7. f4 Nh6
8. Nf3 O-O 9. Be2 (9. Bd3 $5) 9... Bg4 10. Ng5 Bxe2 11. Qxe2 Nd7 12. O-O a6 13.
Be3 b5 14. h3 b4 $132 {1-0 Gofshtein,L-Szalanczy,E/Vienna op 1996 (32)}) (7. h3
Ne7 (7... a6 8. a4 Nd7 (8... Ne7 9. Nf3 O-O 10. Be2 h6 11. Nd2 Nd7 12. Nc4 Nb6
13. Ne3 Nd7 14. Nc4 Nb6 15. Na3 (15. Ne3 Nd7 16. O-O g5 17. Bg4 Ne5 18. Qc2 {
1/2-1/2 Sherbakov,R-Kotsur,P/Perm 1997/CBM 58 (18)}) 15... f5 16. a5 Nd7 17.
Nc4 Nf6 18. exf5 Nxf5 19. Nb6 Rb8 20. O-O $14) 9. Nf3 Ne5 10. Nd2 (10. Bf4
Nxf3+ 11. Qxf3 Nf6 12. Bd3 O-O 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bh4 Qe7 15. O-O g5 16. Bg3 Nd7
$132 {0-1 Papp,G-Szalanczy,E/Budapest HUN 1999 (43)}) 10... f5 11. Be2 Nf6 12.
f4 Nf7 13. exf5 Bxf5 14. O-O O-O 15. g4 Bd7 16. Nc4 b5 17. axb5 axb5 18. Rxa8
Qxa8 19. Nb6 Qa7 20. Nxd7 c4+ 21. Kg2 Qxd7 22. g5 $16 {[%cal Ge2g4]}) 8. Nf3
O-O 9. Bd3 a6 10. a4 f5 11. O-O h6 12. Re1 Nd7 13. Bf4 Qb6 14. e5 g5 15. a5 $1
(15. exd6 $2 Ng6 16. Bc1 $14 {0-1 Polak,T-Efimov,I/18th Mitropa Cup, Portoroz
SLO 1998 (36)}) 15... Qxb2 (15... Qd8 16. exd6 Ng6 17. Bh2 $16 (17. Bg3 f4 18.
Bxg6 fxg3 19. fxg3 $16)) 16. Na4 Qxa1 17. Qxa1 gxf4 18. Qa2 $16) (7. Nf3 a6 8.
Bf4 (8. a4 Bg4 9. Be2 Nd7 10. Bf4 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 Ne5 12. Be2 $14) 8... Bg4 9.
Be2 Bxf3 (9... Nf6 $5) 10. Bxf3 Nd7 11. Bxd6 (11. O-O Ne5 12. Be2 Ne7) 11...
Qb6 12. e5 Nxe5 (12... Bxe5 13. Bxe5 Nxe5 14. Qe2 Kf8 15. O-O-O Re8 16. Rhe1
Nf6 17. Qd2 c4 18. Kb1 Kg7 19. Be4 $14) 13. Qa4+ Nd7 14. Ne4 f5 15. Bxc5 (15.
O-O fxe4 16. Qxe4+ Kd8 17. Qe6 Bd4 $13) 15... Qxb2 16. O-O fxe4 17. Rab1 (17.
Qxe4+ Kd8 $44) 17... b5 18. Qxe4+ Qe5 19. Qb4 $13 {1-0 Gelfand,B-Lobron,E/
Amsterdam 1988 (29)}) 7... Ne7 (7... a6 8. a4 Nh6 (8... Nd7 9. Nf3 Ne7 10. O-O
Nf6 11. h3 b6 12. Bf4 h6 13. Re1 O-O 14. Nd2 $14 {0-1 Mititelu,G-Stefanov,P/
ROM 1993 (39)}) 9. Nf3 (9. Bf4 O-O 10. Qd2 Ng4 11. Nf3 Qe7 12. O-O Nd7 13. Rfe1
Nde5 14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15. Bf1 Bd7 16. a5 $14 {0-1 Varga,P-Szalanczi,E/HUN tt
Miskolc-Honvйd 1996 (38)}) 9... O-O 10. O-O Bg4 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 Nd7 13.
Qg3 $5 $14 (13. Qe2 Qh4 14. Qe3 Rae8 15. Qg5 Qxg5 16. Bxg5 f5 $11 {1/2-1/2
Malaniuk,V-Szalanczy,E/Open, Linz AUT 1997 (39)}) (13. Qd1 $14)) 8. Nf3 (8.
Nge2 $6 Nd7 (8... a6 9. a4 O-O 10. O-O Nd7 (10... f5 11. Nf4 Be5 12. Ne6 Bxe6
13. dxe6 f4 14. Nd5 Nbc6 $132 {0-1 Campos-Rivera/Pontevedra 1992 (28)}) 11. Bg5
Ne5 12. b3 (12. Bc2 f6 13. Bc1 f5 $132) 12... Qc7 13. Rc1 f5 $132 {1/2-1/2
Hiemstra,S-Pot,E/Hengelo NED 1999 (40)}) 9. O-O O-O 10. Ng3 (10. b3 $6 f5 11.
Bb2 f4 12. Nc1 Ne5 13. Be2 g5 14. Nd3 N7g6 $15 {0-1 Schmidl,H-Bondick,K/cr
DDR-5Cup sf/7 1978 (42)}) (10. Rb1 a6 11. a4 Rb8 12. Bf4 Ne5 13. Bc2 Qa5 14. b4
cxb4 15. Na2 f5 16. Bd2 fxe4 17. Bxb4 Qc7 18. Bxe4 Bf5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Neidhardt,
C-Murrey,J/FRA tt ,EXT 1992 (36)}) (10. f4 f5 11. Ng3 Nf6 12. exf5 Nxf5 13.
Nxf5 Bxf5 14. h3 Re8 15. g4 Bxd3 16. Qxd3 Qb6 17. Kg2 Re7 18. f5 $132 (18. b3
Qb4 $17 {0-1 Bertok-Petrosian,T (40)})) 10... a6 11. a4 Rb8 12. f4 b5 13. axb5
axb5 14. Nxb5 c4 15. Bxc4 Rxb5 16. Bxb5 Qb6+ 17. Kh1 Qxb5 18. Qa4 $14 {1/2-1/2
Arlandi,E-Conquest,S/Catania 1995 (42)}) (8. f4 O-O 9. g4 $6 f5 10. exf5 Re8
11. Nge2 gxf5 12. g5 b6 13. O-O Na6 14. Be3 Nc7 15. a4 a6 16. Rf3 Rb8 17. Rh3
Ng6 18. Qc2 Qd7 19. Kf2 $132 {1-0 Meyer,H-Wyss/cr WER/C1 1968 (38)}) 8... O-O
9. O-O a6 10. a4 Bg4 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 Nd7 13. Qe2 $6 $11 (13. Qd1 $1 Ne5
14. Bc2 f5 15. f4 Nd7 16. Re1 Qa5 17. Ra3 Rae8 18. exf5 Nxf5 19. Bxf5 gxf5 20.
Kh2 $14) (13. Qg3 Ne5 14. Bc2 f5 15. Bg5 (15. f4 Nd7 16. Re1 fxe4 17. Nxe4 Nf5
$15) 15... fxe4 16. Qh4 Re8 17. Rae1 Qd7 18. Bxe7 (18. Bxe4 Nf5 19. Bxf5 Qxf5
20. Re3 Nf7 21. Be7 $132 (21. Rfe1 Rxe3 22. Bxe3 Re8 $15)) 18... Qxe7 19. Qxe7
Rxe7 20. Rxe4 Rae8 $11) 13... Qc7 (13... Ne5 14. Bc2 f5 15. f4 Nf7 16. a5 Re8
17. Be3 (17. Qf3 fxe4 18. Bxe4 Nf5 19. Bxf5 gxf5 20. Bd2 $132) 17... fxe4 18.
Bxe4 Nf5 19. Bf2 Nd4 20. Qd3 Qf6 (20... b5 21. axb6 Qxb6 22. Rab1 Re7 $132) (
20... Nb3 21. Ra2 Nxa5 22. f5 Ne5 23. Qc2 $44) 21. Ra4 $132) 14. f4 Rae8 15.
Qf3 f5 16. g4 $6 $15 {A little bit riskyly} (16. Re1 c4 17. Bc2 Nc5 18. e5 dxe5
19. fxe5 Bxe5 20. Bh6 $44) 16... c4 17. Bc2 fxe4 18. Bxe4 Nc5 19. Bc2 b5 $6 (
19... Nb3 $1 20. Bxb3 Qb6+ 21. Kh1 Qxb3 $15) 20. axb5 axb5 21. Be3 (21. Nxb5 $2
Qb6 22. Na3 (22. Nc3 Nb3+ 23. Be3 Bd4 24. Rae1 Nf5 $1 $19) 22... Nb3+ 23. Be3
Bd4 24. Nxc4 (24. Rae1 Nd2 $1 25. Qf2 Bxe3 $19 {[%csl Rf1]}) 24... Bxe3+ 25.
Qxe3 Qxe3+ 26. Nxe3 Nxa1 27. Rxa1 Rxf4 $17) (21. Rd1 $5 b4 22. Ne4 b3 23. Bb1
Nxe4 24. Bxe4 Ra8 25. Rxa8 Rxa8 26. f5 Rf8 27. Rf1 $132) 21... b4 22. Nb5 Qd7
$5 (22... Qb8 $144 23. Nd4 b3 24. Bd1 (24. Bb1 Kh8 $17) 24... Nd3 25. Ne6 Bxb2
26. Rb1 Qb5 27. Nc7 Qb7 28. Nxe8 Rxe8 29. Be2 Nxd5 30. Bd2 Bd4+ 31. Kh2 Qb5 32.
Bxd3 cxd3 33. Rfe1 $132) 23. Nd4 b3 (23... Rxf4 24. Bxf4 (24. Qxf4 Nxd5 $19)
24... Bxd4+ 25. Kh1 b3 26. Bxd6 $1 bxc2 27. Qf7+ Kh8 28. Bxc5 Bxc5 29. Qf6+ Kg8
30. Qf7+ $11) 24. Bd1 Nd3 (24... Rxf4 25. Bxf4 Bxd4+ 26. Be3 Bxe3+ (26... Bxb2
27. Qf7+ Kh8 28. Ra7 Qxa7 29. Qxe8+ Ng8 30. Rf8 Qg7 31. Be2 Bc3 32. Bxc4 b2 33.
Ba2 $16) 27. Qxe3 Nxd5 28. Qd4 Ne3 29. Rf6 Ne4 $132) 25. Ne6 Nxd5 $5 (25...
Bxb2 26. Ra7 Qb5 27. Nc7 (27. Nxf8 Nxd5 28. Bf2 Rxf8 $19) 27... Qb8 28. Nxe8
Rxe8 29. f5 Ne5 30. Qe4 $132) 26. Nxf8 $8 Qb5 $1 27. Ne6 $2 $17 (27. Bd2 $1 {
[%csl Rd5][%cal Ga1a5]} Rxf8 28. Kh1 N5xf4 (28... Bxb2 $2 29. Ra5 $18) (28...
Ne7 29. Ra7 Nc6 30. Rxg7+ Kxg7 31. Be2 (31. Bc3+ Kg8 32. Qe4 Nce5 33. Be2 g5
34. Bxd3 cxd3 35. f5 $44) 31... d5 32. Bxd3 cxd3 33. f5 $44) 29. Ra8 g5 30.
Rxf8+ Bxf8 31. Be2 Ne5 32. Qa8 Neg6 33. Bxf4 Nxf4 34. h4 $132) {The position
is very complex and to accept the correct solution not easily.} 27... Rxe6 $2
$132 ({Correctly was} 27... Bxb2 $1 28. Nd4 (28. Bc5 Rxe6 $1 (28... Nb6 29. Ra7
Nxc5 (29... Rxe6 30. Qb7 Qd7 31. Bxb6 Qxb7 32. Rxb7 d5 $16) 30. Nc7 Bd4+ 31.
Kg2 Qd7 32. Nxe8 (32. f5 Re3 33. Qf4 Re4 34. Qf3 g5 $17) 32... Qxa7 33. Nxd6
Qd7 (33... c3 34. Nb5 Qa2+ 35. Kh1 b2 36. Bc2 Qc4 37. Nxd4 Qxd4 38. f5 $16) 34.
Nxc4 Nxc4 35. Bxb3 Nxb3 36. Qxb3 $44) 29. Qxd5 Qxc5+ 30. Qxc5 Nxc5 $19) 28...
Qc5 (28... Rxe3 29. Nxb5 Rxf3 30. Ra8+ Kg7 31. Rxf3 $18) 29. Ra8 $1 Rxa8 (29...
Bxd4 30. Rxe8+ Kf7 31. Qe4 Bxe3+ 32. Kh1 Ne5 33. Rc8 $1 $18) 30. Nf5 $8 Qa5 31.
Qxd5+ $8 Qxd5 32. Ne7+ Kh8 $1 (32... Kf8 33. Nxd5 Re8 34. f5 {[%cal Gf1f8]})
33. Nxd5 Ra5 34. Bf3 Bg7 35. f5 b2 36. Bd2 Ra1 37. Nc3 Nc1 38. Kg2 Nb3 $19) 28.
Ra8+ Bf8 29. Bd4 N5xf4 $4 $18 (29... N3xf4 30. Be2 $44) 30. Rc8 $4 (30. Qxd3 $3
{To miss move like this is very easy.} cxd3 31. Rxf4 $18) 30... d5 $17 31. g5
$2 $19 (31. Be2 $1 Rxe2 (31... Re4 32. Qxe4 $3 dxe4 33. Bxd3 cxd3 34. Rxf4 Qb4
35. Rfxf8+ $18) 32. Rxf8+ Kxf8 33. Qxe2 Qe8 $1 34. Qf3 Kg8 35. Be3 g5 36. Bxf4
Nxf4 37. h4 h6 38. hxg5 hxg5 39. Ra1 Qe6 $17) 31... Qb7 $5 (31... Re4 $1 $19)
32. Rd8 (32. Rxc4 Re4 33. Rc3 (33. Ra4 Qb5 34. Ra8 Rxd4 $19) 33... Rxd4 34.
Rxd3 Rxd3 35. Qxf4 Bc5+ 36. Kg2 Qe7 $19) 32... Re4 $1 33. Bf6 (33. Rxf8+ Kxf8
34. Bc3 Qe7 $19) 33... Qb6+ 34. Kh1 Re3 35. Qxf4 Nxf4 36. Rxf4 Re1+ 37. Kg2
Qg1+ 0-1

[Event "Ubeda op 5th"]
[Site "Ubeda"]
[Date "2000.01.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Halkias, Stelios"]
[Black "Minasian, Artashes"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2482"]
[BlackElo "2598"]
[Annotator "Alterman,B"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2000.01.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 075"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 c5 2. d5 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Bd3 e6 6. Nf3 Ne7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. h3 Nd7
9. Bg5 h6 10. Be3 exd5 11. exd5 f5 12. Qc2 a6 13. O-O-O b5 14. cxb5 axb5 15.
Bxb5 f4 16. Bd2 Nb6 $146 (16... Ne5 17. Nxe5 Bxe5 18. g4 Qb6 19. Rhe1 Kh7 20.
Re4 Ba6 21. Bxa6 Qxa6 22. Rde1 Qb7 23. Rxe5 dxe5 24. Rxe5 Ng8 25. Qe4 Qb4 26.
a3 Qb3 27. Re6 Kh8 28. Nd1 Nf6 29. Qxg6 Rxa3 30. bxa3 Qxa3+ 31. Nb2 Ng8 32. Kc2
{1-0 Campos Moreno,J-Minasian,A/Linares ESP 2000/The Week in Chess 271 (32)})
17. Bd3 $2 {[%mdl 10240]} (17. Rhe1 $1 Ra7 18. Nh4 $1 (18. Bd3 c4) 18... c4 (
18... g5 19. Rxe7 Qxe7 20. Ng6 Qf7 21. Nxf8 Qxf8 22. Re1 $16) 19. Nxg6 Bf5 20.
Nxe7+ Qxe7 21. Rxe7 Rxe7 22. a4 Bxc2 23. Kxc2 Ra7 24. Bc6 $16) 17... c4 18. Be4
(18. Bxg6 Nxg6 19. Qxg6 Bf5 20. Qh5 Qf6 $1 $44) 18... Bd7 19. Rde1 Na4 20. Nh4
Nc5 $2 (20... Nxc3 21. Bxc3 Rxa2 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 $13) 21. Nxg6 Nxg6 22. Bxg6 Qf6
23. Bh7+ Kh8 24. Qb1 $2 {Clear mistake.Much better was to take control over f5
square,after} (24. g4 $1) 24... Rfb8 25. Bc2 Ba4 26. Be4 (26. Nxa4 Nxa4 27. Re6
Qg5 28. Bxa4 Rxa4 $44) 26... Ra7 $36 {[%cal Ga7b7,Rb7b2]} 27. Re2 Rab7 28. Be1
{[%cal Ge2b2]} Qd4 29. f3 Nd3+ 30. Bxd3 cxd3 31. Re4 Bc2 32. Rxd4 Bxb1 33. Rc4
Rxb2 34. Rc8+ $6 {Last hope was} (34. Nxb1 Rxb1+ 35. Kd2 R8b2+ 36. Kxd3 Rxg2
$17) 34... Rxc8 35. Kxb2 Rb8+ $1 36. Kc1 Bc2 37. Bd2 Kg8 38. Re1 Bd4 $22 39. h4
h5 40. a4 Rb3 41. Re8+ Kf7 42. Re4 Bxc3 43. Rxf4+ Bf6 0-1

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 12th"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "1999.12.03"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Izeta Txabarri, Felix"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[Annotator "Alterman,B"]
[PlyCount "220"]
[EventDate "1999.11.06"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 074"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Spain"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. d5 d6 4. Nc3 g6 5. e4 Bg7 6. Bc4 (6. Be2 {main line})
6... O-O 7. O-O Na6 (7... Nbd7 8. h3 a6 9. a4 b6 10. Bf4 Rb8 11. Re1 Nh5 12.
Bh2 b5 13. axb5 axb5 14. Nxb5 Nb6 (14... Bxb2 15. Ra2 Bg7 16. Nxd6 $5 $14 (16.
Na7 $14)) 15. Bf1 Bxb2 16. Ra2 Bg7 17. c4 $14 {0-1 Terasti Pasi-Miettinen
Keijo/Avoin suomenmestaruus 1995 (64)}) (7... Qa5 8. Re1 a6 9. Bd2 Bg4 10. a4 (
10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 b5 12. Bf1 Nbd7 13. a3 $14) 10... Nbd7 11. h3 Bxf3 12.
Qxf3 Ne5 13. Qe2 Nxc4 14. Qxc4 Qb4 15. Qe2 c4 $14 {1-0 Teuchert-Kiffmeyer,C/
GER-N 1977/Inf 77 (42)}) (7... Bg4 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 Nbd7 10. Qd1 (10. Qe2 Nb6
11. f4 Nfd7 12. a4 Nxc4 13. Qxc4 a6 $132 {1-0 Lewandowska,K-Koglin,A/BLW 1994 
(66)}) 10... Ne8 (10... Rb8 11. a4 Ne8 12. Bf4 Nc7 13. Qd2 $14 {1-0 Van Dongen,
P-Krivokapic,R/Paris ,EXT 1993 (55)}) 11. Re1 Nc7 12. a4 (12. Bf1 Rb8 13. a4 a6
14. a5 b5 15. axb6 Rxb6 16. Na4 $14) 12... f5 13. exf5 Rxf5 14. Ne4 $5 (14. Ba2
Nb6 15. g4 Rf7 16. a5 Nd7 17. Ne4 $14) 14... Nb6 {[%csl Rd5]} 15. Bd3 $5 $14 {
1-0 Grischuk,A-Markowski,T/Batumi 1999/CBM 74_03/ (29)} (15. g4 $5 Rf8 16. Qd3
Nxc4 17. Qxc4 Qd7 18. Ra3 $14 (18. Nxc5 dxc5 19. d6+ Kh8 20. dxc7 Qxc7 21. Be3
b6 $11))) 8. h3 (8. Qe2 Nc7 9. Re1 Bg4 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Nd7 12. a4 b6 13.
Bf1 a6 14. Bg5 $14 (14. b3 Rb8 15. Bb2 e6 $11 {1-0 Bus,M-Bojczuk,Z/Bielsko
Biala ,EXT 1990 (43)})) (8. Re1 Nc7 9. Bf4 (9. a4 $14) 9... Nh5 10. Be3 b5 11.
Nxb5 Nxb5 12. Bxb5 Rb8 13. Qd3 (13. Bc4 Rxb2 14. Rb1 Rxb1 15. Qxb1 Bg4 $132 {
0-1 Mendoza,L-De la Riva,O/ESP ch Lleida ,EXT 1991 (28)}) 13... Bxb2 (13... f5
14. e5 dxe5 15. Qc4 e4 16. Ng5 $14) 14. Rab1 Bg7 15. Bc6 $14) (8. a4 Nc7 9. h3
a6 10. Bf4 Nd7 11. Re1 Rb8 12. a5 b5 13. axb6 Rxb6 14. Na4 Rb4 15. Qd3 Nb6 16.
Nxb6 Rxb6 17. Ra2 Bd7 18. e5 $14 {0-1 Hachian,M-Situru,N/Yerevan olm 1996/EXT
96ch2 (42)}) 8... Nc7 9. Qd3 (9. a4 a6 10. Bf4 Nd7 (10... b6 11. Re1 Bb7 12.
Qd3 Rb8 13. Rad1 Nh5 14. Bc1 b5 15. axb5 Bxc3 16. Qxc3 axb5 17. Bf1 $14 {
1-0 Izeta,F-Sanchez Guirado,F/ch-ESP, Torrevieja 1997 (64)}) 11. Re1 Rb8 12. a5
b5 13. axb6 Rxb6 14. Na4 Rb4 15. Bf1 f5 $132 {[%csl Rf4]}) (9. Re1 e5 10. dxe6
Bxe6 11. Bxe6 Nxe6 12. a4 (12. Qd3 Qd7 13. Be3 Rad8 14. Rad1 a6 15. b3 Rfe8 16.
Nd5 Nxd5 17. exd5 Nc7 18. c4 b5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Grischuk,A-Malakhov,V/Porto San
Giorgio ITA 1999 (35)}) 12... Re8 13. Be3 Qb6 14. Qd3 a6 15. a5 Qc6 16. Qc4 b5
17. axb6 Qxb6 $14 {1/2-1/2 Izeta,F-Dumont,S/Rio de Janeiro BRA 1999 (44)}) 9...
a6 10. a4 e5 11. dxe6 (11. a5 Nh5 12. Re1 f5 13. Bg5 Qd7 14. Na4 (14. exf5 gxf5
15. Qe2 e4 16. Nh4 Qf7 17. Na4 Rb8 (17... h6 18. Bc1 Bf6 19. Bxh6 Bxh4 20. Bxf8
Kxf8 21. Nb6 Rb8 $15) 18. Rad1 (18. c3 h6 19. Bc1 Bf6 20. Nxc5 Bxh4 21. Ne6
Bxe6 22. dxe6 Qg6 23. e7+ Rf7 $17) 18... h6 19. Bc1 Bf6 20. Nxc5 Bxh4 21. Ne6
Bg5 22. Nxf8 Kxf8 $15) 14... fxe4 15. Rxe4 Qf7 16. Nb6 Rb8 17. Nxc8 Rbxc8 18.
Re2 Nf4 19. Bxf4 exf4 20. Qb3 Rb8 21. Rae1 $14) 11... Bxe6 12. Bxe6 Nxe6 13.
Rd1 b5 14. axb5 axb5 15. Rxa8 Qxa8 16. Qxb5 Nxe4 17. Nxe4 $6 {Desire white
faster to make a drawn game it is understandable, but it is better to do it
from a position of strength.} (17. Nd5 $142 $5 Rb8 (17... Nd4 18. Nxd4 (18. Qc4
Nxf3+ 19. gxf3 Nf6 $15) 18... Bxd4 19. Be3 Bxe3 20. Nxe3 Rb8 21. Qe2 Rxb2 22.
Nd5 f5 (22... Ng5 23. Qe7 Ne6 24. Qf6 Qb8 (24... Qa2 25. Ne7+ Kf8 26. Nc8 Kg8
27. Nxd6 $18) 25. Ne7+ Kf8 26. Nc6 $18 {[%cal Gf6h8]}) 23. f3 Ng5 24. Qe7 Nf7
25. Nf6+ Kg7 26. Ne8+ Kg8 27. Qf6 Qxe8 28. Qxb2 $16) 18. Qc4 (18. Qd3 Nf6 19.
Nxf6+ Bxf6 20. b3 $11) 18... Nf6 19. Nxf6+ Bxf6 20. Rxd6 Qa1 21. Rxe6 fxe6 22.
Qxe6+ Kg7 23. Qe1 Bxb2 24. Bxb2+ Qxb2 25. Qe7+ Kg8 26. Qxc5 Qc1+ 27. Kh2 Qf4+
28. Kh1 $44) 17... Qxe4 18. Qd3 d5 19. c3 (19. Qxd5 Qxc2 20. Qd3 Qxd3 21. Rxd3
Ra8 $15) 19... Qxd3 20. Rxd3 Rd8 21. Be3 h6 22. Rd1 (22. Kf1 f5 23. c4 dxc4 24.
Rxd8+ Nxd8 25. Nd2 c3 (25... Bxb2 26. Nxc4 Bd4 (26... Bg7 27. Bxc5 $11) 27.
Bxh6 $11) 26. bxc3 Bxc3 27. Bxh6 $11) 22... f5 23. g3 g5 24. b4 f4 25. gxf4 (
25. Bxc5 Bxc3 26. Kf1 Kf7 27. Ke2 $11) 25... gxf4 26. Bxc5 Bxc3 27. Nd4 (27.
Kf1 Kf7 28. Ke2 $11) 27... Kf7 (27... Nxd4 28. Bxd4 Bxb4 29. Be5 f3 30. Rd3 $11
) 28. Kf1 $6 (28. Nxe6 Kxe6 29. Kg2 $11) 28... Nxd4 29. Bxd4 Bxb4 $15 30. Ke2 (
30. Be5 f3 31. Rd3 Ke6 32. Bg7 Rg8 33. Bxh6 Rh8 34. Re3+ Kd7 35. Rb3 Bd6 36.
Be3 Rxh3 37. Ke1 Ke6 $17) 30... Ra8 31. Kf3 Bd6 32. Bb2 $6 (32. Kg4 $1 Ke6 (
32... Rg8+ 33. Kh5 Bf8 34. h4 $44) 33. Kh5 $44) 32... Ke6 33. Re1+ $6 {Missing
for the last time capability to play by the king on g4} (33. Kg4 Rg8+ 34. Kh5
Bf8 35. h4 Bc5 36. Bd4 Bxd4 37. Rxd4 Ke5 38. Rd1 $44) 33... Kf5 34. Rd1 Ra5 35.
Bc1 Rb5 {[%cal Gb5b3]} 36. Rd3 h5 37. Bd2 Be5 38. Bc1 Rb1 39. Bd2 d4 (39... Rb5
40. Bc1) 40. Ba5 Rh1 41. Ke2 (41. Kg2 Ra1 (41... Ke4 $4 42. Rxd4+ Bxd4 43. Kxh1
Kf3 44. Bc7 Bxf2 45. Bxf4 $11) 42. Bb4 Ke4 $19) 41... Ke4 42. Bd2 (42. Rb3 Bd6
43. Bd2 Rh2 44. Ba5 Bc5 45. Be1 h4 (45... d3+ 46. Rxd3 Be3 $5 47. Ra3 f3+ 48.
Kd1 Bxf2 49. Ra2 (49. Bxf2 Rxf2 50. Ke1 Rh2 51. Ra8 h4 (51... Rxh3 52. Re8+ Kf4
53. Rf8+ Kg3 54. Rg8+ Kf4 (54... Kh2 55. Kf2 h4 56. Rg4 $11) 55. Rf8+) 52. Kf1
(52. Re8+ Kf4 53. Rf8+ Kg3 54. Rg8+ Kxh3 55. Kf1 Ra2 56. Kg1 Rg2+ 57. Kh1 Rg4
$19) 52... Kf4 53. Rg8 Rc2 (53... Rxh3 54. Rf8+ Kg3 55. Rg8+ Kh2 56. Rg4 $11)
54. Rg7 $11) 49... Bg1 50. Rxh2 Bxh2 51. Bh4 Kf4 52. Kd2 Bg3 53. Be7 Ke4 54.
Bc5 $11) 46. Rd3 Bb6 47. Rb3 d3+ 48. Rxd3 Be3 49. Ra3 f3+ 50. Kd1 Bd4 51. Ra4
Rh1 52. Kd2 (52. Rb4 Kd5 53. Kd2 Bf6 54. Rb3 Be7 55. Rd3+ Kc4 56. Rc3+ Kb5 57.
Kd1 Bb4 58. Re3 Kc6 59. Re4 Bc5 60. Kc2 (60. Rxh4 Bxf2 61. Re4 Kd5 62. Re8 Rg1
63. Kd2 Bxe1+ 64. Rxe1 f2 $19) 60... Rxh3 61. Kd3 Kd5 62. Rg4 Rh1 63. Rg5+ Kc6
64. Bc3 h3 65. Ke4 h2 66. Rh5 Bd6 67. Kxf3 Rc1 $19) 52... Rxh3 53. Kc2 Kd5 54.
Ra5+ Ke6 (54... Ke4 55. Ra4 $11) 55. Kd3 $44) 42... Bd6 43. Rb3 Rh2 44. Be1 Bc5
45. Rf3 Rg2 46. Rb3 Ba7 47. Rf3 Bb6 48. Ra3 Bc5 49. Rb3 Rg1 50. Bd2 Ra1 51. Rf3
Bd6 52. Rb3 f3+ {Ponomariov finds a way to rip a defense of white, but it is
not enough for winning..} 53. Rxf3 Ra2 54. Rb3 (54. Rd3 $2 Bb4 55. f3+ Kd5 56.
Kd1 Kc4 57. Ke2 h4 58. f4 Kd5 59. f5 Ke5 60. f6 Bxd2 61. Rxd2 Rxd2+ 62. Kxd2
Kxf6 $19) 54... Bf4 55. Rd3 Kd5 56. Kd1 Kc4 57. Rxd4+ Kxd4 58. Bxf4 Rxf2 59.
Bg5 Ke4 60. h4 {Began counting 50 moves. The position black is won. It is
necessary only to be in time.} Kf3 61. Ke1 Ra2 62. Bf6 Kg2 63. Bg5 Ra4 64. Ke2
Re4+ 65. Kd3 Kf3 66. Kd2 Re6 67. Kd1 Kf2 68. Kd2 Rd6+ 69. Kc3 {For victory it
is necessary to push aside the white king for a line c. But it is impossible
This position was analysed by B Baranov (1954)} Kf3 70. Be7 Rd7 71. Bg5 Ke4 72.
Bh6 Rd8 (72... Rd3+ 73. Kc2 $1 {diagonal opposition - Baranov} (73. Kc4 $2 Rd6
74. Bg5 Rc6+ $19) 73... Kd4 (73... Rd6 74. Bg5 Kf5 (74... Kf3 75. Kc3 Ke2 76.
Kc4 Rd3 77. Bf4) 75. Kc3 Rd1 (75... Kg6 {[%cal Gd6d5]} 76. Kc4) 76. Kc2 Rd5 77.
Kc3 Kg6 78. Be3 $11 (78. Kc4 $2 Rxg5)) 74. Bg5 Kc4 75. Be7 Re3 76. Bg5 Re2+ 77.
Kd1 Kd3 78. Bd8 Re6 79. Bg5 Ra6 80. Ke1 Ra2 81. Kf1 $11) 73. Bg5 Rd6 74. Kc2
Rd3 75. Bh6 Rd7 76. Bg5 Kf3 77. Kc3 Ke2 78. Kc4 Rd3 79. Bh6 Ra3 80. Bg5 Kf3 (
80... Ra4+ 81. Kc3 (81. Kd5 Kf3 (81... Kd3 82. Ke5) 82. Ke5 Kg4 83. Bd8) 81...
Rg4 82. Bf6 Rg6 83. Bg5 Rc6+ 84. Kd4 Kf3 85. Kd3 $11) 81. Kd4 Ra4+ (81... Ra1
82. Kd3 Rd1+ 83. Kc2 Ke2 84. Kc3 Rd7 85. Bh6 Kf3 86. Bg5 Ke4 87. Kc2 Rd3 88.
Bh6 $1 $11 (88. Bf6 Ke3 89. Bg5+ Ke2 $19)) 82. Kd3 Rg4 83. Kd2 Rd4+ 84. Kc3 Ke4
85. Kc2 Rd3 86. Bh6 Kd4 87. Bg5 Kc4 88. Kc1 Kb3 89. Be7 Rd7 90. Bf6 Rd5 91. Bg5
Kc3 92. Bh6 Rd7 93. Bg5 Rd6 94. Bf4 Re6 95. Kd1 Kd3 96. Bg5 Re4 97. Bd8 Ke3 98.
Bg5+ Kf3 99. Kd2 Rd4+ 100. Kc3 Rd7 101. Kc2 Ke2 102. Kc3 Rd3+ 103. Kc4 $1 {
Baranov} (103. Kc2 $2 Rg3 $19) 103... Ra3 104. Kd4 Ra4+ 105. Kc3 Rg4 106. Bf6
Rg3+ 107. Kd4 (107. Kc4 $1 Ke3 108. Kc3 $1 $11) 107... Rd3+ 108. Kc4 $4 {
White forgot - Bishop does not attack e3...} (108. Ke4 $11) 108... Ke3 $1 109.
Be7 Ke4 110. Bg5 Rg3 {Black has winning position, but limit of 50 moves is
over...} (110... Rg3 111. Kc5 (111. Bd8 Rg8 112. Bg5 Rc8+ $19) 111... Rc3+ 112.
Kd6 (112. Kb4 Rc8 $19) 112... Rd3+ 113. Kc5 Ke5 $1 114. Kc4 Rg3 115. Bd8 Rg8
116. Be7 (116. Bg5 Rxg5 117. hxg5 h4 $19) 116... Ke6 $19 {[%csl Rh4]}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 07th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1999.11.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Fominyh, Alexander"]
[Black "Orlov, Andrey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2552"]
[BlackElo "2360"]
[Annotator "Alterman,B"]
[PlyCount "173"]
[EventDate "1999.11.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 074"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 (2. Nc3 c5 3. d5 e5 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 g6 (5... Na6 6. Bb5+ Bd7
7. a4 $14 (7. O-O Nc7 8. Bxd7+ (8. Qd3 $2 Nxb5 (8... a6 $2 9. Bxd7+ Qxd7 10.
Re1 $14 {1-0 Rhinehart,J-Zavitsanos,A/IECG Cat-F (m/5325/01) 1996 (48)}) 9.
Nxb5 Nxe4 $17) 8... Qxd7 9. a4 $14)) (5... Bd7 6. a4 Be7 7. Bb5 O-O 8. O-O Na6
9. Bxd7 Nxd7 10. Nd2 Nc7 11. Nc4 a6 12. a5 $14 {1/2-1/2 Meulner Klaus-Palek
Miroslav/Bayern LL-N9495 1994 (26)}) 6. Be2 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. Nd2 (8. Bg5 h6 9.
Bh4 Na6 10. Nd2 Nc7 11. a4 b6 12. a5 $14 {0-1 Malisov-Liberzon,V/Daugava 1966 
(38)} (12. Rb1 Qd7 13. b4 cxb4 14. Rxb4 Nh5 15. Bxh5 gxh5 16. Qxh5 Na6 17. Rb3
Nc5 18. Ra3 Ba6 19. Re1 $16 {1/2-1/2 Holmov-Velimirovic/Belgrade 1963 (53)})) (
8. a4 Na6 9. Nd2 Nc7 10. Nc4 Nfe8 11. f4 f6 12. f5 $14 {0-1 Mestel,J-Kagan,S/
Hastings 1977 (52)}) 8... Nbd7 (8... Ne8 9. Nc4 Nd7 10. a4 $14 (10. Be3 Nb6 11.
Qd2 Nxc4 12. Bxc4 a6 13. a4 Qa5 14. Nd1 Qxd2 15. Bxd2 b6 $11 {1/2-1/2
Porath-Janovski/Tel Aviv olm ISR-KAN 1964 (30)})) (8... a6 9. a4 h6 10. Nc4 Ne8
11. f4 $1 exf4 12. Bxf4 b6 13. Qd2 Kh7 14. e5 $16 {1-0 Rashkovsky,N-Pelitz/RUS/
K 1974 (33)}) 9. a4 Ne8 (9... a6 10. Nc4 Nb6 11. Ne3 Bd7 12. Bd2 Ne8 13. a5 Nc8
14. Qb1 f5 15. b4 $14 {1-0 Bondarevsky,I-Matulovic,M/Sochi 1964 (42)}) 10. Nc4
Nb6 11. Ne3 f5 12. exf5 gxf5 13. a5 Nd7 14. Nc4 Qh4 15. f3 a6 16. Be3 $14 {
0-1 Sakharov,Y-Ostrovsky/RUS zt 1960 (30)}) 2... c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 d6 (4...
exd5 {main line}) 5. e4 e5 $6 {Black received theoretical position without
tempo.However, in positions of a closed type it not so essentially.} (5... exd5
$5) 6. a4 g6 7. a5 Bg7 8. Bb5+ Nbd7 $6 (8... Bd7 $142 9. Nd2 (9. Bxd7+ Qxd7 10.
O-O O-O 11. Nd2 Nh5 12. Nc4 Na6 13. Re1 $14) 9... O-O 10. O-O Bxb5 11. Nxb5 Ne8
12. Nc4 f5 13. f3 Qd7 14. Nc3 Na6 $14) 9. a6 $1 $14 {(+/-)} O-O (9... bxa6 10.
Bxa6 O-O 11. Bxc8 Qxc8 12. O-O $16) 10. O-O Ne8 (10... Qb6 11. Nd2 bxa6 12. Nc4
Qc7 13. Bxa6 $16) 11. axb7 Bxb7 12. Nd2 a6 13. Be2 f5 14. Nc4 Nb6 (14... fxe4
15. Na5 Qc7 16. Nxb7 Qxb7 17. Nxe4 Ndf6 18. f3 (18. Nxf6+ Nxf6 19. c4 $16)
18... Qb6 19. Bc4 Nxe4 20. fxe4 Rxf1+ 21. Qxf1 Nf6 22. Qe2 $16) 15. Na5 Qc7 $6
(15... Bc8 $5 16. Nc6 $14) 16. f3 $6 (16. Nxb7 $1 Qxb7 17. f3 $16) 16... Nf6 $6
$16 (16... Bc8 $14) 17. Nxb7 Qxb7 18. Be3 (18. b3 $16) 18... Nh5 19. Re1 (19.
exf5 gxf5 20. Qd2 Nf6 (20... Nf4 21. Bxf4 exf4 22. Qxf4 $16) 21. Rfd1 e4 22.
Bf4 $16 (22. fxe4 Nxe4 23. Nxe4 fxe4 24. Ra2 $16 {[%csl Ra6,Ge2,Ge3,Re4]}))
19... Nd7 (19... Nf4 20. Bf1 $16) 20. b3 (20. exf5 $5 {Why to not open the
game fot par of bishops?} gxf5 21. Ra3 Nb6 22. Qa1 (22. Qd2 Nf6 23. Rea1 c4 (
23... a5 24. Rxa5 Rxa5 25. Rxa5 $16) 24. Ra5 $16) 22... Nf6 23. Qa2 Qf7 24. Rd1
$16 {[%csl Ra6,Gd5]}) 20... Ndf6 21. Ra4 (21. Qd2 $16) 21... Ne8 (21... fxe4
22. fxe4 Nf4 23. Bc4 Bh6 24. Kh1 Bg5 (24... Qd7 25. Rxa6 Rxa6 26. Bxa6 Ng4 27.
Bg1 $16) 25. Bf1 $16 {[%csl Ra6]}) 22. Na2 (22. Qd2 Nc7 23. exf5 gxf5 24. Bc4
$16) 22... Bf6 23. Bf2 $5 (23. exf5 gxf5 24. b4 Bh4 25. g3 f4 26. bxc5 Bxg3 27.
hxg3 fxe3 28. c6 $16) 23... Bd8 24. g3 (24. exf5 gxf5 25. Be3 $16) 24... Nhf6 (
24... fxe4 25. fxe4 Nef6 26. Nc3 Qc8 27. Be3 Qh3 28. Bf1 Qc8 29. Qe2 $14) 25.
Qd3 (25. exf5 $5 $16) 25... fxe4 26. fxe4 Bb6 27. c4 (27. Rf1 $143 Nc7 28. Be3
Rf7 29. Kg2 Nb5 30. c3 $16) 27... a5 28. Nc3 Nc7 29. Bf3 (29. Be3 $16) (29. Rf1
$14) 29... Qc8 30. Kg2 (30. Rf1 $16) 30... Qd7 31. Qe2 h5 32. Be3 Ng4 33. Bg1
$5 (33. Bxg4 $6 hxg4 (33... Qxg4 34. Qxg4 hxg4 35. Nd1 Ne8 36. Nf2 Nf6 37. Bg5
$16) 34. Nd1 (34. Raa1 Rf3 35. Na4 Ba7 36. Rf1 Raf8 37. Bd2 Rxb3 (37... Qh7 38.
Bxa5 Qh3+ 39. Kg1 $16) 38. Rxf8+ Kxf8 39. Bxa5 Na6 40. Nc3 Nb4 41. Nb5 Bb8 42.
Bxb4 Rxb4 43. Ra8 Qb7 44. Ra2 $14 (44. Rxb8+ $2 Qxb8 45. Qxg4 Rxc4 $19) (44.
Qa2 Kg7 45. Ra6 $14)) 34... Rf3 35. Nf2 Raf8 $14) 33... Rf7 34. Rf1 Raf8 35.
Raa1 Na6 36. h3 (36. Bxg4 hxg4 37. Rxf7 Rxf7 38. Rf1 Rxf1 39. Kxf1 $16 {
[%csl Ra5,Rg4]}) 36... Nf6 37. Be3 Kh7 38. Rf2 (38. g4 hxg4 39. Bxg4 Nxg4 40.
Rxf7+ Qxf7 41. hxg4 Nb4 42. Nb5 Qf6 43. Rf1 (43. Rh1+ Kg8) 43... Qxf1+ 44. Qxf1
Rxf1 45. Kxf1 Nc2 46. Bg5 (46. Ke2 $2 Na1 47. Nxd6 Nxb3 48. Nf7 a4 49. Bd2 a3
50. Bc3 Ba5 $1 $19) (46. Bd2 Na1 47. Nxd6 Nxb3 48. Bc3 a4 49. Nb5 Kh6 50. Bxe5
Nd2+ (50... Kg5 51. Ke2 Kxg4 52. Bb2 g5 53. e5 $18) 51. Ke2 Nxe4 52. Ke3 Ng5
53. Bf4 Bd8 54. Kd3 (54. Bd6 Bb6 (54... Nf7 55. Bxc5 Ne5 56. Nd6 Kg5 57. Ke4
Nd7 58. Ba3 $16)) 54... Kg7 55. Nc3 a3 56. Bc1 $16) 46... Na1 47. Nxd6 Nxb3 48.
Nb5 (48. Nc8 $2 a4 49. Nxb6 a3 50. Bc1 Nxc1 51. d6 a2 52. d7 a1=Q 53. d8=Q Nd3+
$19) 48... a4 49. Ke2 Kg7 50. d6 Na5 51. Kd3 Kf7 52. d7 Nc6 53. Nc3 a3 54. Bc1
Nb4+ 55. Ke2 a2 56. Nxa2 Nxa2 57. Bg5 $11) 38... Bd8 39. Raf1 Ng8 40. Qd2 Nc7
41. Bd1 Rxf2+ 42. Rxf2 Rxf2+ 43. Qxf2 Nf6 44. Bd2 Na6 45. Qe3 Kg8 46. Ne2 $2 ({
Why white N goes back if it is possible to go forward?} 46. Nb5 $1 {[%csl Rd6]
[%cal Ge3h6]} Nc7 (46... Nb4 47. Qh6 $18 {[%csl Rd6,Rg6]}) (46... Kf7 47. Qh6
Nc7 48. Nxc7 Bxc7 49. g4 $1 Qe7 (49... hxg4 50. Bxg4 Nxg4 51. Qh7+ Ke8 52. Qg8+
Ke7 53. Bg5+ Nf6 54. Qxg6 $18) 50. gxh5 Nxh5 51. Bxh5 gxh5 52. Bg5 $18) (46...
Nh7 47. Qh6 Nf8 48. g4 hxg4 49. Bxg4 Qe7 50. h4 $1 Qxh4 $8 51. Qxh4 Bxh4 52.
Nxd6 $18) 47. Nxc7 Qxc7 48. Qg5 (48. Bc3 Nh7 49. g4 $16) 48... Qg7 49. Bc2 Be7
50. Bxa5 Nxe4 51. Qe3 $16) (46. Qh6 $2 Qg7) 46... Nh7 {[%cal Gd8g5] The
indecision will be expensive cost to white} 47. Qh6 (47. h4 Nb4 48. Nc3 Bf6 49.
Nb5 Bg7 $14 {[%csl Gh6]}) 47... Qg7 48. Qxg7+ Kxg7 $11 49. Nc3 Ng5 50. h4 Nf7
51. Kf1 (51. Nb5 Nb4 52. Kh3 Nd3 53. Be3 {[%cal Gg3g4]} Nb4 54. g4 hxg4+ 55.
Bxg4 Nc2 56. Bd2 Nd4 57. Bd1 $11 (57. Bc3 Kf6 (57... Nxb3 58. Nxd6 a4 59. Bd1
Ba5 60. Bb2 a3 61. Bxa3 Nxd6 62. Bxb3 Nxe4 63. Bc2 Nd6 $11) 58. Bd1 $11)) 51...
Nb4 52. Be3 Nh6 (52... Be7 $11 {[%cal Ge7f8,Gf8h6]}) 53. Ke1 Nf7 54. Kd2 Kf8
55. Be2 Ke8 56. Bf1 Be7 57. Kc1 Bf8 58. Kb2 {The travel of the king on
opposite side is simplly a loss of time. However white already have lost
advantage.} Bh6 59. Bf2 Ke7 60. Be2 (60. Ka3 $6 Bd2 61. Kb2 (61. Nb5 Nh6 62.
Bh3 Nd3 63. Bg1 Bb4+ 64. Ka2 (64. Ka4 Nb2#) 64... Be1 65. Be3 Ng4 $17 {[%csl
Rg3]}) (61. Nb1 Nc2+ 62. Ka4 Bb4 63. Bh3 Nh6 $17) 61... Bh6 $11) 60... Kd8 61.
Nd1 Bd2 62. Ne3 Kc7 63. g4 hxg4 64. Nxg4 Nh6 65. Nf6 (65. Nxh6 Bxh6 66. Kc3 Kb6
$11 {[%csl Gc1,Gc2,Rc3,Gd2,Gd3]}) 65... Kd8 66. Ka3 Nc2+ 67. Ka4 (67. Kb2 Be3
68. Bg3 Nd4 $11) 67... Nd4 68. Bd1 Ke7 69. Nh7 Nf7 70. Bg3 Bb4 71. Bf2 Bd2 72.
Bg1 Nh6 (72... Kd8 73. Nf8 Nh8 74. Bg4 Ke7 75. Ne6 Be1 76. Nxd4 exd4 77. h5 $11
) 73. Ng5 Ng8 74. Nf3 Nxf3 75. Bxf3 Be1 76. h5 gxh5 77. Bxh5 Nf6 78. Bf3 Kd7
79. Kb5 Kc7 80. Be3 {This bishop can't attack pawn "a5"} Nd7 81. Bg5 Nb6 82.
Bg4 Bb4 83. Bh5 Be1 84. Be8 Bb4 85. Bc6 Be1 86. Be3 Bb4 87. Bc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Ubeda op 5th"]
[Site "Ubeda"]
[Date "2000.01.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kovacevic, Slobodan"]
[Black "Minasian, Artashes"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[BlackElo "2598"]
[Annotator "Alterman,B"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2000.01.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 075"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 c5 2. c3 e6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Bf4 Qb6 5. Qb3 Qxb3 6. axb3 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Nxd4
8. cxd4 Nf6 9. Nc3 Bb4 10. Bd2 $146 (10. f3 d5 11. Kf2 Bd7 12. g4 O-O 13. Bd2
Bc6 14. e3 a6 15. Bd3 e5 16. g5 Nd7 17. Rhg1 f5 18. gxf6 Rxf6 19. Kg2 Kh8 20.
Raf1 $15 {0-1 Jaatinen,P-Joentausta,H/Jyvaskyla 1995/EXT 2000 (32)}) (10. Ra4
a5 11. Bd2 b6 12. f3 Ba6 13. e4 Bxf1 14. Rxf1 d5 15. e5 Nd7 16. Ke2 Rc8 17. Kd3
Ke7 18. Nb5 Bxd2 19. Kxd2 Nb8 20. Nd6 Rc7 21. b4 Nc6 22. Rc1 axb4 23. Rxb4 Rb8
24. Ra4 f6 {Mueller,T-Zaerban,J/Baunatal 1999/EXT 2000/1-0 (45)}) 10... Ke7 11.
e3 d6 12. Be2 (12. Bd3 {[%cal Ge1e2,Gh1c1]}) 12... Bd7 13. Bf3 Rhb8 14. Ne4 (
14. Ke2 $11 {[%cal Gh1c1]}) 14... Nd5 15. Nc3 Nc7 16. Kd1 $2 {[%mdl 16384]} (
16. Na2 Bxd2+ 17. Kxd2 e5 18. Nb4 $11) 16... a5 $1 17. Na4 $6 Ra6 {[%csl Ra4]}
18. Rc1 Kd8 19. Be2 b5 20. Nc3 e5 21. dxe5 dxe5 22. Ne4 (22. Kc2 $1 $15) 22...
Ne6 23. Bxb4 axb4 24. Nc5 Rd6+ 25. Ke1 Nxc5 26. Rxc5 Ra8 27. Bd1 Bf5 28. Ke2
Bd3+ 29. Kf3 e4+ 30. Kg4 Ra1 31. Kf4 Rb1 32. f3 exf3 33. gxf3 Bg6 $138 (33...
Bg6 34. Rxb5 Rdxd1 $19) 0-1

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 07th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1999.11.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Rashkovsky, Nukhim N"]
[Black "Orlov, Andrey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2513"]
[BlackElo "2360"]
[Annotator "Alterman,B"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1999.11.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 074"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 32]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. d5 d6 4. Nc3 g6 5. e4 Bg7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O
Bg4 8. a4 {Infrequent move} (8. Ng5 $5 Bxe2 9. Qxe2 h6 10. Nf3 Na6 11. Rd1 Nd7
12. Bf4 Kh7 13. e5 $14 {1-0 Lein,A-Zaitsev,A/Moscow RUS Central Chess Club
1961 (49)}) (8. Re1 {Better immediately Bg5} Na6 9. Bg5 Nc7 10. a4 Re8 11. Qd2
Rb8 12. Rad1 $6 Nd7 13. Rb1 a6 14. a5 b5 15. b4 $132 {0-1 Popov,V-Lopushnoy,D/
St.Petersburg Petrov 1996 (51)}) (8. h3 Bxf3 9. Bxf3 Na6 (9... Nbd7 10. Re1 a6
11. a4 Ne8 12. Be2 b6 13. Be3 Nc7 14. Qd2 Rb8 15. Bh6 Bxh6 16. Qxh6 e5 17. dxe6
fxe6 18. Rad1 Ne5 19. Qe3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Abramovic,B-Ristic,N/YUG-ch Novi Sad
1995 (48)}) 10. Bg5 (10. Be3 Nd7 11. Be2 Nc7 12. a4 a6 13. Qd2 Re8 14. Ra3 b6
15. Bh6 $14 {1/2-1/2 Lengyel,B-Belotelov,D/Budapest HUN 1999 (51)}) 10... Nc7
11. a4 Nd7 (11... a6 12. Re1 h6 13. Bh4 Nd7 14. Qd2 Rb8 15. a5 Nb5 16. Nxb5
axb5 17. Be2 b4 18. c3 bxc3 19. bxc3 Ra8 20. a6 $132 {0-1 Veresov,G-Taimanov,M/
URS tt 1963 (37)}) 12. Qd2 a6 13. Be2 Rb8 14. a5 b5 15. axb6 Rxb6 16. Nd1 Nf6
17. Bf3 e6 18. c3 Qb8 19. Ra2 $14 {1-0 Podgaets,M-Nisipeanu,L/MK Cafe Cup,
Koszalin POL 1998 (33)}) (8. Bg5 Bxf3 (8... Na6 9. Nd2 Bxe2 10. Qxe2 h6 11. Bh4
Qd7 12. Rad1 Rfe8 13. a4 Nc7 14. Nc4 Qg4 15. Bxf6 Qxe2 16. Nxe2 Bxf6 17. f4
Rad8 18. e5 Bg7 19. Nc3 a6 20. a5 Nb5 $132 {1-0 Eingorn,V-Hickl,J/Zagreb izt
1987 (35)}) (8... Nbd7 9. Nd2 Bxe2 10. Qxe2 Re8 11. f4 h6 12. Bh4 Qb6 13. Nc4
Qa6 14. e5 dxe5 15. fxe5 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Qxe2 17. Nxe2 Nxd5 18. Bg3 $16 {1-0
Larsen,B-Stein,L/Sousse (izt) 1967/Inf 04 (60)}) 9. Bxf3 Na6 (9... Nbd7 10. Be2
Rc8 11. Re1 c4 12. a4 a6 13. Bf1 b6 14. g3 Rc7 15. Bg2 Nc5 16. Be3 Qb8 17. Bd4
$14 {0-1 O'Kelly,A-Stein,L/La Habana 1968/Inf 06 (29)}) 10. Qd2 Re8 11. a4 Nd7
12. Be2 Nc7 13. f4 Rb8 14. Ra2 Na6 15. Kh1 Qa5 16. Bb5 Rbd8 17. Ra3 Qb4 18. Qe2
Qa5 19. e5 $16 {1-0 Gulko,B-Erdelyi,T/Bern 1992 (35)}) (8. Bf4 Na6 (8... Re8 9.
Re1 a6 10. a4 Nbd7 11. Nd2 Bxe2 12. Qxe2 Nh5 13. Bg5 h6 14. Be3 e5 15. a5 $14 {
1-0 Espig,L-Paehtz,T/Gera 1979 (45)}) (8... Nbd7 9. a4 Bxf3 (9... Qb6 10. Ra3
Nh5 11. Bg5 f6 12. Bc1 Ne5 13. Nh4 Bxe2 14. Qxe2 $16 {1-0 Malaniuk,V-Fries
Nielsen,N/Espergarde PC 1992 (33)}) 10. Bxf3 Ne8 11. Qd2 a6 12. Be2 Nc7 13. a5
Nb5 14. Nxb5 axb5 15. Bxb5 Bxb2 16. Ra4 Bg7 17. Rb1 Ra7 18. Bg5 $14 {1/2-1/2
Ribli,Z-Karlsson,L/Portoroz/Ljubljana 1985 (35)}) (8... Nfd7 9. Nd2 Bxe2 10.
Qxe2 Qb6 11. Rfb1 a6 12. a4 Qc7 13. Ra3 Ra7 14. a5 b5 15. axb6 Nxb6 16. Nd1 Rb7
17. Ne3 $14 {1-0 Tukmakov,V-Popovic,I/Pula op 1994 (40)}) (8... Bxf3 9. Bxf3
Nbd7 10. Be2 Ne8 11. Qd2 Qa5 12. Rfe1 Qb4 13. Nd1 Qxd2 14. Bxd2 Nc7 15. a4 a6
16. a5 Nb5 17. c3 Rfc8 18. g3 Rc7 19. Ne3 e6 20. Nc4 $14 {1-0 Aseev,
K-Borisenko,A/Chigorin mem open, St Petersburg RUS 1997 (35)}) 9. h3 Bxf3 10.
Bxf3 Nd7 11. Be2 Nc7 12. a4 a6 13. Qd2 Rb8 14. Bh6 Bxh6 15. Qxh6 e6 16. dxe6
Nxe6 17. Qd2 Nd4 18. Bd3 b5 19. axb5 axb5 20. Ne2 (20. Nd5 Nb6 $11) 20... Nxe2+
21. Bxe2 $14 {1/2-1/2 Balashov,Y-Fedorowicz,J/Lone Pine 1980 (24)}) 8... Nbd7
9. a5 (9. Nd2 Bxe2 10. Qxe2 a6 11. Nc4 Nb6 12. Nxb6 Qxb6 13. a5 Qc7 14. f3 Nd7
15. Be3 Rfb8 16. Bg5 h6 17. Bd2 b6 18. axb6 Rxb6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Bolduan,M-Momsen,
N/cr ch D teams 1991 (32)}) 9... Ne8 (9... b6 10. a6 $5 (10. axb6 axb6 11. Rxa8
Qxa8 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 $14) 10... Ne8 11. h3 (11. Nd2 Bxe2 12. Qxe2 Bxc3 13.
bxc3 Nc7 14. c4 Nb8 15. Bb2 Nbxa6 16. f4 $44 {[%cal Ga1a3,Ga3h3,Gf4f5]}) 11...
Bxf3 12. Bxf3 Nc7 13. Be2 $14) 10. Bg5 (10. h3 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 Nc7 $14) 10... h6
11. Bh4 (11. Be3 $14) 11... Nc7 12. Nd2 (12. h3 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 g5 14. Bg3 Ne5
15. Be2 Ng6 $132) 12... Bxe2 13. Qxe2 b5 (13... f5 {[%cal Gf5f4,Gd7e5]} 14. f4
Bd4+ 15. Kh1 Nf6 {[%csl Rd5]} 16. exf5 gxf5 17. Bxf6 Rxf6 18. Nd1 {[%cal Gc2c3]
} Rf7 19. c3 Bg7 20. Ne3 $14) 14. axb6 (14. Nxb5 $6 Nxb5 15. Qxb5 Rb8 16. Qd3
Rxb2 $11 (16... Ne5 17. Qe2 Rxb2 $11)) 14... Nxb6 (14... axb6 15. Rxa8 Nxa8 16.
Ra1 Nc7 17. Nc4 $14 {[%cal Gb6b5,Gc4a5]}) 15. f4 ({Another plan - to play on
the Queen side:} 15. Nb3) (15. Ra3) 15... Qd7 16. f5 Ne8 (16... g5 17. Bg3 Qd8
{[%csl Ge5][%cal Gb6d7]} 18. h4 $14) 17. fxg6 fxg6 18. Rxf8+ Kxf8 (18... Bxf8
19. Nf3 $14 {[%cal Ge4e5]}) 19. Nf3 e5 $2 {[%csl Rg7] Locking the Bg7 and
conceding white small but resistant advantage.} (19... e6 $5 20. Qd3 Kg8 (20...
exd5 21. Nxd5 $1 (21. exd5 Qg4 22. Rf1 Kg8 $132) 21... Nxd5 22. Qxd5 Nc7 23.
Qb7 $14) 21. Bg3 $14) 20. Nd2 Bf6 21. Bf2 $1 (21. Rf1 Kg7 22. Qf2 Qe7 23. Bg3
Nc7 {And the game white on King side reachs a deadlock.Correctly is to play on
both sides.}) 21... a5 $2 {Tactical blunder!} (21... Rb8 22. Be3 $14) 22. Be3
$2 {White do not use the turned up capability...Too it would be desirable to
put faster B on an ideal position e3.} (22. Nb3 $1 {[%csl Ra5,Rc5]} Bd8 (22...
a4 $2 23. Nxc5 $1 $18) 23. Nxa5 Nxd5 24. Nxd5 Rxa5 25. Rxa5 Bxa5 26. Be3 Kg7
27. Qa6 Bd8 (27... Qa4 28. Qb7+ Kg8 29. h3 $16) 28. c3 Nf6 29. Nxf6 Bxf6 30. b4
$16) 22... Kg7 23. b3 a4 $6 {After this move Orlov receives a strategic lost
position.} (23... Bd8 $16) 24. bxa4 Nxa4 25. Qb5 $1 {White must change rooks
and Queens} Qxb5 26. Nxb5 Nb6 (26... Be7 27. Nc4 $16 {And sometime black it is
necessary to exchange rooks}) 27. Rxa8 Nxa8 28. Nc4 Be7 29. Kf2 Nac7 30. Na7 $1
h5 31. Ke2 Kf7 32. Kd3 Na6 33. Nc8 $1 $18 Nac7 34. Bd2 Nb5 35. Na5 Nf6 (35...
Nec7 36. Nc6 Bf8 37. Ba5 {[%cal Gc2c4]} Ne8 38. Nd8+ Kf6 39. Ne6 Be7 40. c3 $22
$18) 36. Nb7 (36. Nc6 $18) 36... Ne8 37. Ba5 Nd4 38. c3 c4+ 39. Kxc4 Nc2 40.
Kb5 Ne3 41. Kc6 Nxg2 42. Nbxd6+ Nxd6 43. Nxd6+ Kf6 44. Nc4 g5 45. d6 g4 46.
dxe7 Kxe7 47. Nxe5 Ne3 48. Bc7 Nf1 49. Ng6+ Kf6 50. Nh4 Kg5 51. Ng2 {
Educational example!} 1-0

[Event "Petrov Memorial op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2000.02.15"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Aseev, Konstantin N"]
[Black "Alekseev, Vadim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2517"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[Annotator "Alterman,B"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2000.02.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 c5 2. d5 d6 3. e4 Nf6 4. Nc3 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Bb5+ Nbd7 7. a4 O-O 8. O-O
a6 9. Be2 b6 10. Re1 Ne8 (10... Rb8 11. Bf1 Qc7 12. Bf4 Ne5 13. h3 Nxf3+ 14.
Qxf3 Nd7 15. Rad1 c4 16. Qe3 Re8 17. Rb1 Bb7 18. Qd2 Rbd8 19. Be3 e6 20. dxe6
fxe6 21. Bd4 Bf8 22. h4 Rc8 23. h5 Qd8 24. hxg6 hxg6 25. Be3 $16 {Wells,
P-Conquest,S/Oakham 1994/EXT 97/1-0 (61)}) 11. Bg5 $146 Nc7 12. Nd2 {[%csl Yc4]
[%cal Gd2c4]} Rb8 {[%cal Gb6b5]} 13. Nc4 Ne5 (13... b5 14. Nxd6 b4 (14... f6
15. Nxc8 fxg5 16. Na7 Bxc3 17. bxc3 Ne5 18. axb5 axb5 19. Qd2 $16) 15. Nxc8
Qxc8 16. Na2 $16) 14. Ne3 {[%cal Gf2f4]} h6 15. Bh4 f5 $6 {[%mdl 16384]
Dubious move.Black is open poition in the Kingside in which white is
concentrated all their pieces.} (15... b5 $5) 16. f4 Nf7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]
Another blunder.Much stronger was} (16... Ng4 17. Nxg4 fxg4 18. Qd2 $14) 17.
exf5 Bd4 {Immideately losing} (17... gxf5 18. Bd3 Nh8 19. Qh5 $18 {[%csl Rf5]})
18. Bd3 Nh8 (18... Bxf5 19. Bxf5 gxf5 20. Qh5 Qd7 21. Qg6+ Kh8 22. Kh1 $18) 19.
Kh1 $18 gxf5 20. Nxf5 {[%csl Re7]} Rxf5 21. Rxe7 {White's attack deserving the
game} Bf6 22. Rxc7 (22. Bxf5 Qxe7 23. Bxf6 Qxf6 24. Qg4+ Qg7 25. Bxc8 $18)
22... Rxf4 23. Bg3 Rg4 24. Bh7+ Kf8 25. Bxd6+ Qxd6 26. Rxc8+ Rxc8 27. Qxg4 {
[%cal Rg4c8,Rg4g8]} 1-0

[Event "Petrov Memorial op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2000.02.14"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Yevseev, Denis"]
[Black "Moiseenko, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2496"]
[BlackElo "2573"]
[Annotator "Alterman,B"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2000.02.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. e4 c5 3. d5 exd5 4. exd5 d6 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. a4 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Bxd7 Nbxd7 $146 10. Nc3 Re8 11. Nd2 Bf8 12. f4 {[%csl Ge5] White plays
very ambishiously,however black has a good countreplay in the centre.} (12. Nc4
Ne4 $1 {[%cal Gd8f6]}) 12... a6 13. a5 b5 14. axb6 Nxb6 {[%csl Gd5]} 15. Qf3 (
15. Nf3 Qd7 $11) 15... Qc8 16. f5 {[%mdl 128]} Re5 17. g4 Qe8 $6 {[%mdl 8192]
Interesting was to try} (17... Rb8 $1 18. b3 $1 (18. g5 Nfxd5 19. Nxd5 Rxd5 20.
Nc4 Rd4 $17) 18... c4 $1 $36 (18... Nfxd5 19. Nxd5 Rxd5 20. Nc4 Rd4 21. c3 Rxc4
22. bxc4 Nxc4 $44)) 18. g5 Nfxd5 19. Nc4 Nxc4 20. Nxd5 Rb8 21. Rxa6 Re1 {
[%cal Rc4e5] In this very unpleasant position white accept the black's draw
offer.Not clear as well position after} (21... Nxb2 22. Bf4 Re2 23. f6 Nc4 24.
Ne7+ Rxe7 25. fxe7 Qxe7 $44) 1/2-1/2

[Event "ROM-ch"]
[Site "Iasi"]
[Date "1999.12.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Negulescu, Adrian"]
[Black "Nanu, Ciprian Costica"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2397"]
[Annotator "Alterman,B"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1999.12.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 075"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. e4 c5 3. d5 exd5 4. exd5 d6 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. h3 O-O 8. Be2
(8. Bd3 Na6 9. O-O Nc7 10. Re1 b6 11. a4 Bb7 12. Bc4 a6 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bh4 Re8
15. Qd3 Nh5 16. Rxe7 Rxe7 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. Re1 Qd7 19. Nh4 Re8 20. Rxe8+ Qxe8
21. Kf1 Bc8 22. Qe4 Qxe4 {Miladinovic,I-Kuzmin,G/Agios Nikolaos 1995/EXT 98/1/
2-1/2 (39)}) 8... Na6 9. Bxa6 {Rare move.Bad black's pawn structure in the
queen side not enough compensation for the good black's development and
powerful bishops.} bxa6 10. Nd2 $146 (10. O-O h6 11. Nd2 Bf5 12. Nc4 Re8 13.
Bf4 Bf8 14. Qd2 Ne4 15. Nxe4 Rxe4 16. b3 Rd4 17. Qc1 Qf6 18. Bg3 Rxd5 19. Ne3
Rd4 20. Nxf5 Qxf5 21. c3 Re4 22. Qa3 Qc8 23. Rad1 Qc6 24. c4 Re2 {Scarella,
E-Szmetan,J/Buenos Aires 1990/EXT 97/1/2-1/2 (43)}) 10... a5 11. O-O Rb8 (11...
Ba6 12. Re1 Nd7 $11) 12. Re1 Re8 (12... Ba6 13. b3 $1 Nd7 14. Bb2 Re8 15. Nce4
Bf8 16. Qf3 $14) 13. Nc4 Ba6 14. Ne3 Bf8 (14... Qd7 15. b3 Bf8 16. Qf3 g6 17.
Bb2 $14) 15. b3 g6 16. Bd2 Bg7 17. Qf3 Rb4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (17... Qd7 $1 $11)
18. Ng4 $1 Nxg4 19. Rxe8+ Qxe8 20. hxg4 {[%csl Rd6,Ge1,Ge7][%cal Ga1e1]} Qd7 (
20... Rd4 21. Re1 Qd7 22. Bg5) (20... Rb7 21. Re1 Re7 22. Ne4 $1 $16) 21. Re1
$1 {[%mdl 128]} Rd4 (21... Rxg4 22. Ne4 f5 23. Nxd6 Qxd6 24. Re6 Qd7 25. Rxa6
Re4 26. c4 $16) 22. Bg5 Be5 23. Ne4 f5 24. Nf6+ Bxf6 25. Bxf6 fxg4 26. Qe3 Rxd5
27. Qh6 (27. Qh6 Re5 28. Bxe5 dxe5 29. Qg5 $18) 1-0

[Event "Perenyi Memorial"]
[Site "Gyula"]
[Date "2000.01.30"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Zhang, Pengxiang"]
[Black "Ni, Hua"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2562"]
[BlackElo "2390"]
[Annotator "Alterman,B"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2000.01.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. d5 g6 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Bc4 {Rare continie.Most
popular here 6.Bb5+} (6. Bb5+ $1) 6... O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 $6 {[%mdl 16384] Knight
has nothing to do here .Much better was} (7... Na6 8. h3 Nc7 9. Re1 e5 10. dxe6
Bxe6 11. Bxe6 Nxe6 12. Qd3 Qd7 13. Be3 Rad8 14. Rad1 a6 15. b3 Rfe8 16. Nd5
Nxd5 17. exd5 Nc7 18. c4 b5 19. Bf4 b4 20. Rxe8+ Rxe8 21. Re1 a5 22. Rxe8+ {
Grischuk,A-Malakhov,V/Porto San Giorgio 1999/EXT 2000/1/2-1/2 (35)}) (7... Bg4
$1 {Black has to use the position of white bishop on c4!} 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3
Nbd7 {[%csl Re5]}) 8. Bf4 $146 (8. a4 Rb8 9. Re1 Ne8 10. Bf1 a6 11. Bf4 Ne5 12.
Nd2 Nc7 13. a5 Bd7 14. Qc1 f5 15. exf5 Rxf5 16. Bg3 Qf8 17. Nde4 b5 18. axb6
Rxb6 19. b3 Ng4 20. Qd2 Bd4 21. Rad1 Kh8 22. h3 Nf6 {Kobalija,M-Batsanin,D/
Sochi 1998/EXT 99/1-0 (38)}) (8. h3 a6 9. a4 b6 10. Bf4 Rb8 11. Re1 Nh5 12. Bh2
b5 13. axb5 axb5 14. Nxb5 Nb6 15. Bf1 Bxb2 16. Ra2 Bg7 17. c4 Bd7 18. g4 Bxb5
19. cxb5 Nf6 20. Nd2 Ra8 21. Qb3 Qc7 22. Nc4 Nfd7 {Terasti,P-Miettinen,K/FIN
1995/EXT 99/0-1 (64)}) 8... Ne8 9. Re1 Nb6 10. Bf1 e5 11. dxe6 Bxe6 12. a4 {
[%csl Gb6,Rd6]} Nd7 13. Nb5 {[%csl Rd6]} Bg4 (13... Bxb2 14. Rb1 Bg7 15. Nxd6
b6 16. Bb5 {With unpleasant pressure.}) 14. Nxd6 Be5 {[%mdl 8192]} (14... Qf6
$5 15. Nf5 $1 gxf5 16. Qxd7 Bxf3 17. gxf3 fxe4 18. Bg3 $1 {White has a two
powerful bishops.}) 15. Bxe5 Bxf3 16. Qd5 (16. Nxb7 $1 Bxd1 17. Nxd8 Bxc2 18.
Nc6 Nxe5 19. Nxe5 $16) 16... Nc7 (16... Nxe5 17. Qxe5 Qxd6 18. Qxd6 Nxd6 19.
gxf3 Rfd8 $16) 17. Nf5 (17. Nxf7 Rxf7 18. Bxc7 Qxc7 19. gxf3 Ne5 $44 {[%csl
Rf3,Gf4]}) 17... gxf5 18. Bxc7 Qxc7 19. Qxf5 {[%csl Rf3] Black's bishop in the
trap.White's has material advantage and strong kingside attack is well.} Bxg2
20. Bxg2 Rae8 21. Ra3 $18 {[%cal Ga3g3]} Ne5 22. Rg3+ Ng6 23. e5 (23. Rd1 {
[%cal Gd1d7]} Re7 24. h4 Re5 25. Rd7 $18) 23... Qd8 24. Qh5 Qd2 25. Rh3 h6 26.
Ree3 Re6 27. Qxh6 Rd8 28. Bf1 Qc1 (28... Rd4 29. Qh7+ Kf8 30. Rhf3 Rd7 31. Rf6
$18 {[%cal Rf6e6]}) 29. Qh7+ Kf8 30. Rhf3 Rd7 31. Rd3 (31. Rf6 $1) 31... Nxe5
32. Rxf7+ Nxf7 33. Rxd7 Qg5+ 34. Kh1 Rf6 35. Bc4 Qc1+ 36. Kg2 Rxf2+ 37. Kxf2
Qf4+ 38. Ke1 Qe3+ 39. Kd1 Qg1+ 40. Kd2 Qg5+ 41. Kc3 1-0

[Event "Novak Nikolic Memorial 2nd"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "2000.02.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Zhukova, Natalia"]
[Black "Velimirovic, Dragoljub"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2471"]
[BlackElo "2558"]
[Annotator "Alterman,B"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2000.02.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 c5 2. d5 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O Na6 8. h3
Nc7 9. a4 a6 10. Bf4 Nd7 11. Qd2 Re8 12. Rfe1 $146 {[%mdl 4]} (12. Bh6 Bh8 13.
Qf4 Rb8 14. Qh4 b5 15. axb5 axb5 16. Ng5 b4 17. Nd1 e6 18. dxe6 Nxe6 19. Qg3
Nxg5 20. Bxg5 Bf6 21. Bf4 Be5 22. Bxe5 dxe5 23. Ne3 Nb6 24. Bb5 Re7 25. Bc6 Qc7
26. Bd5 Be6 27. Rfd1 Bxd5 28. exd5 Qd7 29. Ng4 Qd6 30. Qh4 f5 31. Ne3 {1-0
Gallego,V-Rodriguez,J/Lleida 1991/EXT 97 (31)}) 12... Rb8 13. a5 {[%csl Gb6]}
b5 14. axb6 Rxb6 15. Ra2 {[%csl Ra6]} Rb4 16. Bf1 {[%cal Ge1e4]} Bb7 (16... Rb8
17. Nd1 $14 {[%cal Gc2c4]} (17. e5 Nxe5 18. Nxe5 dxe5 19. Bxe5 Bxe5 20. Rxe5
Nb5 $14)) 17. Nd1 {[%cal Gc2c3][%mdl 2080] Presice and strong position plan.
Black's pieces should comes back and white arrange a huge space advantage.} Nf6
18. c4 {[%csl Rb4]} e5 19. Bg5 Bc8 20. Nh2 Qe7 21. Ra3 Qf8 22. Qc2 Nh5 23. Bd2
Rb7 24. Rb3 {Exchanging the last defending piece.Next breakthrought in the
Queen side unstopped.} Rxb3 25. Qxb3 f5 26. Qb6 {[%csl Ra6,Gc7,Rd6][%cal Gb2b4]
[%mdl 2048]} Qe7 27. b4 $18 {Final pawn shot.Black position becomes hopeless.}
Na8 28. Qa5 cxb4 29. Bxb4 {[%csl Rd6]} Nf6 30. Nc3 Bf8 31. Nf3 f4 (31... fxe4
32. Ng5 {[%csl Ra8,Ge4]}) 32. Na4 {[%cal Gc4c5]} Nd7 33. Rc1 Nc5 34. Nxc5 dxc5
35. Ba3 g5 36. Ne1 g4 (36... h5 37. Nd3 $18 {[%csl Rc5,Ge5]}) 37. hxg4 Bxg4 38.
f3 Bh5 39. Rb1 Rd8 40. Nd3 Qg5 41. Be2 Rd7 42. Rb8 (42. Rb8 Rg7 43. Ne1 Nc7 44.
Qxc5 $18) 1-0

[Event "Scandic Hotels CC"]
[Site "Stockholm"]
[Date "1999.07.31"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Brynell, Stellan"]
[Black "Agrest, Evgenij"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2488"]
[BlackElo "2554"]
[Annotator "Alterman,B"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1999.07.31"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 073"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. Be2 Nf6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. O-O c5 7. d5 Na6 8. Bf4
Nc7 9. a4 b6 10. Re1 Bb7 11. h3 Re8 (11... a6 12. Rb1 (12. Bc4 Nh5 13. Bh2 b5
14. axb5 Bxc3 15. bxc3 axb5 16. Bf1 Rxa1 17. Qxa1 f5 18. e5 Bxd5 19. Nd2 f4 20.
c4 bxc4 21. Nxc4 Bxc4 22. exd6 {0-1 Kochyev,A-Hodgson,J/Tallinn 1987/EXT 97 
(68)}) (12. Bf1 Qd7 13. Qd2 b5 14. Bh6 b4 15. Nd1 e6 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. dxe6
Nxe6 18. Bd3 Qc7 19. c4 Rae8 20. b3 Kg8 21. Qh6 Nd4 22. Ne3 Nxf3+ 23. gxf3 {
1/2-1/2 Nicholson,J-Jacobs,B/London 1986/EXT 99 (35)}) 12... Qd7 13. b4 Nxe4
14. Nxe4 Nxd5 15. Qd2 Nxb4 16. Bc4 Qxa4 17. Bb3 Qd7 18. Bh6 Rae8 19. Bxg7 Kxg7
20. Ne5 Qf5 21. Ng3 Qc8 22. Nh5+ {1-0 Greenfeld,A-Hodgson,J/Tel Aviv 1988/CBM
07 (22)}) 12. Bc4 (12. Bh2 Bf8 13. Bc4 Bh6 14. Qd3 a6 15. Rad1 Nh5 16. Qf1 Bf4
17. g3 Be5 18. Nxe5 dxe5 19. f4 exf4 20. g4 Ng7 21. Qxf4 Rc8 22. Qh6 Rf8 23. e5
b5 24. Ne4 f6 25. exf6 {1-0 Yegiazarian,A-Ardeleanu,A/Ubeda 1998/CBM 62 ext 
(36)}) (12. Bf1 Qd7 13. Nd2 Rad8 14. Nc4 Nh5 15. Bg5 h6 16. Bh4 Ba6 17. Na3
Bxf1 18. Rxf1 a6 19. Nc4 Rb8 20. Qf3 b5 21. Na5 e5 22. Nc6 Rb7 23. axb5 axb5
24. Ra7 {1-0 Fominyh,A-Ciemniak,R/Katowice 1991/EXT 97 (41)}) 12... a6 (12...
Nd7 13. e5 dxe5 14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15. Bxe5 Qd7 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Re5 Rad8 18. Qe2
e6 19. dxe6 Nxe6 20. Bxe6 Rxe6 21. Rxe6 Qxe6 22. Qxe6 fxe6 23. a5 {1/2-1/2
Zilberstein,V-Furman,S/Tbilisi 1973/MCD (36)}) 13. Qd2 $6 {[%mdl 8]} (13. Qd3
Nd7 14. e5 dxe5 15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16. Bxe5 Qd7 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Rad1 Rad8 19. b3
Qf5 20. Qg3 {1-0 Kluger,G-Tal,M/Kislovodsk 1964/EXT 98 (59)}) 13... Qd7 14. e5
Nh5 15. Bh2 b5 $1 {This is a point .Black gets a strong contplay in the Queen
side,when white pawn on d5 become weak.} 16. Ba2 f5 17. Rad1 c4 18. Qg5 b4 19.
g4 {Black won positional struggle and white's attempt to attack the black king
looks logical.} fxg4 (19... Nf6 20. Ne2 $1 (20. exf6) 20... Ne4 21. Qh4 Bxd5
22. Nf4 Bf7 23. Rxe4 $1 $40 {[%cal Gf3g5,Rh4h7,Ga2g8]}) 20. hxg4 Nf6 21. Ne4
Nxe4 22. Rxe4 b3 (22... Qxa4 $5 23. Bxc4 (23. Rxc4 Qxa2 24. Rxc7 Bxd5 $13)
23... Qxc2 24. Rde1 Rf8 $1) 23. cxb3 Bxd5 24. Re3 Ne6 (24... Rf8 $1 25. exd6
Bxf3 26. Rxe7 Qxg4+ 27. Qxg4 Bxg4 28. Rde1 Nd5 29. bxc4 $44) 25. Qh4 cxb3 26.
Bb1 Bxf3 27. Rxf3 Qxa4 28. Rh3 Nf8 29. exd6 exd6 30. Bxd6 Rad8 31. Rhd3 Ne6 32.
Rh3 Nf8 33. Rhd3 Ne6 $2 {[%mdl 8192] Much better was to take a pawn.} (33...
Bxb2 34. Qg5 (34. Qg3 Re4 $1 35. Qf3 Rxg4+ $17) (34. Bxf8 Rxd3 35. Bxd3 Rxf8
$19) 34... Ne6 35. Qd5 Ba3 $1 {And white lost material.}) 34. Rh3 Nf8 35. Rhd3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Novak Nikolic Memorial 2nd"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "2000.02.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Damljanovic, Branko"]
[Black "Vuckovic, Bojan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2534"]
[BlackElo "2427"]
[Annotator "Alterman,B"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2000.02.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. d5 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e4 O-O 6. Be2 d6 7. O-O Na6 8. h3
Nc7 9. Re1 a6 10. a4 b6 11. Bf4 Bb7 12. Bc4 Qd7 13. Qd3 Rad8 14. Rad1 Qc8 15.
Qe3 Rfe8 16. Qc1 $146 (16. Bh6 Bh8 (16... e5 17. dxe6 Nxe6 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19.
Nd5 Bxd5 20. Bxd5 Nxd5 21. exd5 Nc7 22. Qc3+ Kg8 23. Qd2 {1/2-1/2 Livshits,
R-Day,L/North Bay 1995/EXT 2000 (23)}) 17. Ng5 Nd7 18. f4 Bg7 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20.
e5 b5 21. axb5 Nb6 22. bxa6 Nxc4 23. axb7 Qxb7 24. Qe4 Nxb2 25. Rb1 Qb4 26.
Qxb4 cxb4 27. Nce4 $16 {1-0 Ivanchuk,V-Torre,E/Biel 1989/CBM 14/[ChessBase] 
(35)}) 16... Qa8 {[%mdl 32] Preparing for attacking the center after e7-e6!} (
16... Qd7 17. e5 $1) 17. Bh6 (17. Bh2 e6 $1 18. dxe6 Nxe6 {[%csl Ge4]} 19. Nd5
Nxd5 20. Bxd5 Bxd5 21. exd5 Nd4 22. Nxd4 cxd4 $11 {[%csl Rd5]}) 17... e6 {
[%mdl 4]} (17... Bh8 18. Qf4 $36) 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. dxe6 (19. Qd2 exd5 20. exd5
Rxe1+ 21. Rxe1 Re8 $11 {[%csl Rd5]}) 19... Nxe6 {[%csl Ge4]} 20. Nd5 Bxd5 21.
Bxd5 Nxd5 22. exd5 Nc7 23. c4 Rxe1+ 24. Rxe1 Re8 {White has some space
advantage but it's not enought for a win.} 25. Qc3+ f6 26. b4 (26. Rb1 a5 $1
$11 {[%csl Rb4]} (26... Qd8 27. b4 $1 $16)) 26... Rxe1+ 27. Qxe1 Qe8 28. Qxe8 (
28. Qb1 $2 Qxa4 29. bxc5 bxc5 30. Qb7 Qd7) 28... Nxe8 29. a5 bxa5 (29... cxb4
$4 30. axb6 $18) 30. bxa5 f5 $11 {Now draw is obvious.} 31. Ng5 Nc7 32. f4 h6
33. Nf3 Ne8 {[%csl Ge4][%cal Ge8f6]} 34. Kf2 Nf6 35. Ke3 Ne4 36. Ne1 Kf6 37.
Nd3 Ke7 38. g4 Kf6 39. h4 h5 40. gxh5 gxh5 41. Ne1 Ke7 42. Nf3 Kf6 43. Ng5 Nxg5
44. fxg5+ Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Veliko Gradiste Silver Lake op"]
[Site "Veliko Gradiste"]
[Date "2016.06.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Atalik, Suat"]
[Black "Milovic, Jovan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2572"]
[BlackElo "2347"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2016.06.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SRB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 c5 2. d5 e6 3. Nc3 a6 {My Montenegran opponent likes this rare system.}
4. g3 $5 $146 {It is a real surprise that no one else has played this natural
move.} (4. a4 d6 5. e4 $14) 4... b5 5. Bg2 (5. dxe6 fxe6 6. Bg2 $16) 5... Bb7
6. Nh3 $1 b4 7. Na4 Nf6 8. Bg5 $5 {White has a huge lead in development.} (8.
e4 d6 (8... exd5 9. e5 Ne4 10. f3) 9. dxe6 fxe6 10. Ng5 $40) 8... d6 9. O-O (9.
Nf4 e5 10. Nh5 Nbd7 11. c4 $16) 9... e5 10. Bxf6 gxf6 $6 (10... Qxf6 11. Nb6
Ra7 12. Nc4 (12. c3 Qd8 13. Qa4+ Nd7 14. Nxd7 Qxd7 15. Qxd7+ Kxd7 16. cxb4 cxb4
17. f4 f6 $1 $14 {and the c-file's importance is not as great as it seems.})
12... Nd7 13. f4 $16) 11. e3 h5 12. c3 Nd7 13. Be4 (13. cxb4 $6 cxb4 14. Be4
Qa5 15. Bf5 Bxd5 16. Bxd7+ Kxd7 17. Nb6+ Qxb6 18. Qxd5 Be7 $13) 13... Bc8 14.
Bf5 (14. cxb4 $2 Nb6 $1) 14... Rb8 15. f4 h4 16. g4 $1 Bh6 17. Kh1 $2 {White
has achieved a good position after a bunch of good moves. However due to his
knights on the rim he has to be very careful.} (17. Nf2 exf4 18. Ne4 $1 fxe3
19. Nxd6+ Kf8 20. c4 $16 {is the way to proceed.}) ({Actually here or there I
would like to play c4 at some moment.} 17. c4 Nb6 18. Bxc8 Qxc8 19. Nxb6 Rxb6
20. Kh1 $16) 17... Qa5 $2 {The b-file should have been opened.} (17... bxc3 $1
18. b3 Nb6 19. Bxc8 c2 20. Qxc2 Qxc8 21. Nxb6 Rxb6 22. Nf2 exf4 23. Ne4 f5 24.
Qc3 Kd7 25. g5 fxe4 26. gxh6 f3 27. Qf6 Qf8 28. Qf5+ Kc7 29. Qxe4 Rxh6 30. Rxf3
Rb4 31. Qf5 $14 {and after all Black may survive.}) 18. g5 $2 (18. Nf2 exf4 19.
Ne4 fxe3 20. Nxd6+ Ke7 21. Nxc8+ Rbxc8 22. d6+ Kd8 23. Bxd7 Kxd7 24. Qd5 $3
Qxa4 {and well, I missed one good check!} 25. Qb7+ $1 Ke6 26. Rxf6+ Kxf6 27.
Rf1+ $18) 18... Bg7 19. g6 $2 {To push c4 is always the right approach.} (19.
fxe5 Nxe5 20. gxf6 Bh6 21. Bxc8 Rxc8 22. Nf2 $16) (19. c4 $1 Nb6 20. Bxc8 Nxa4
21. fxe5 Rxc8 22. exf6 Bf8 23. g6 fxg6 24. Nf4 $18) 19... fxg6 20. Bxg6+ (20.
Rg1 $2 gxf5 21. Rxg7 bxc3 22. bxc3 c4 $17) 20... Kd8 21. Bf5 $1 Bh6 $2 (21...
bxc3 $1 22. bxc3 (22. b3 $2 c4) (22. Nxc3 Rxb2 23. Ne4 Bf8 $13) 22... Nb6 23.
Bxc8 Qxa4 24. Qxa4 Nxa4 25. Bxa6 $14) 22. c4 $1 {Now it looks like Black has a
very difficult time.} (22. b3 $5) 22... Nb6 23. Bxc8 Nxa4 24. Be6 (24. Bg4 $142
Nxb2 25. Qc2) 24... Nxb2 (24... exf4 25. Nxf4 Bxf4 26. exf4 $18) 25. Qb3 $6 {
An unnecessary finesse.} (25. Qe2) (25. Qc2 {should deliver the result quicker.
}) 25... Qa3 (25... Na4 26. fxe5 fxe5 27. Rf7 Nb6 28. Qd3 $1 {and the queen
participates in the attack in a decisive way.}) 26. Rfb1 (26. fxe5 fxe5 27. Rf7
$18) 26... Nxc4 (26... Qxb3 27. axb3 Nxc4 (27... Nd3 28. Bf5) 28. bxc4 Rb6 29.
Kg2 $18) 27. Qxc4 exf4 (27... Qxe3 28. Rb3 (28. Qxa6) 28... Qd2 29. Qxa6 $18)
28. Rb3 Qa4 29. Nxf4 Qb5 30. Qxb5 $6 {The attack should have continued!} (30.
Qe4 $1 c4 31. Rc1 cxb3 32. Qg6 $18) 30... axb5 (30... Rxb5 31. Nd3 $1 (31. a3
Bxf4 32. exf4 a5 33. Kg2 Kc7 $44) 31... Kc7 32. Nb2 $18) 31. Ng6 Rh7 32. Nxh4
c4 $1 33. Rxb4 Bxe3 34. Nf3 $1 ({This was much easier than} 34. Nf5 Bd2 35. a3
Ra7 36. Rbb1 Bc3 37. Ra2 $18) 34... Bc5 35. Rb2 Kc7 36. Rc2 $18 {The rest is
rather easy.} Kb6 (36... Ra8 37. Rb1 Ra3 38. Nd2) 37. Rb1 Ra8 38. Nd2 c3 (38...
Ka5 39. Ne4) 39. Ne4 Bd4 40. Nxc3 (40. Nxd6 b4 41. Rxb4+ Kc5 42. Rc4+ Kxd6 43.
Rxd4 $18) 40... Bxc3 41. Rxc3 Rxa2 42. h3 Rg7 43. Rcb3 Ra5 (43... Rgg2 44.
Rxb5+ Ka7 45. Ra5+ $18) 44. h4 Rh7 45. Rh3 Ra4 46. h5 Kc5 47. h6 b4 48. Rh4 Rh8
49. Rc1+ Kb6 50. h7 Ra7 51. Rxb4+ 1-0

[Event "Cappelle op 19th"]
[Site "Cappelle la Grande"]
[Date "2003.02.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Atalik, Suat"]
[Black "Heberla, Bartlomiej"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2581"]
[BlackElo "2389"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2003.02.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nf3 {usually I do not do that but probably I would like
to apply a fianchetto system that day.} c5 4. d5 d6 5. e4 e6 6. Nc3 exd5 7.
cxd5 a6 8. a4 Ne7 $5 ({Black had the oppurtunity to channelize the game into
one of the main lines of Modern Benoni.} 8... Bg4 9. Be2 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 Nf6 (
10... Ne7 {I am not fascinated for this.Nf6 exerts more pressure in whites
center.} 11. O-O O-O 12. Bf4 f5 13. Qd2) 11. O-O O-O 12. Bf4 Qe7 13. Re1 Nbd7
14. a5 $13) 9. g3 $5 $146 {Some very strange idea.} (9. Be2 Bg4 10. Nd2 Bxe2
11. Qxe2 O-O 12. O-O Nd7 13. Nc4 Ne5 14. Bf4 Nxc4 15. Qxc4 $14) 9... O-O 10.
Bg2 Bg4 11. Qc2 {Forcing black to exchange.} Bxf3 {That is in black's agenda.}
(11... Nd7 $2 12. Nd2 {is embarassing!}) (11... f5 12. Ng5 fxe4 13. Qxe4 Bf5
14. Qe2 $16 (14. Qh4 $2 {Decenteralisation usually results in something bad.}
h5 15. Ne6 Bxe6 16. dxe6 Nbc6 17. Bg5 Qb6 18. Bxe7 Rxf2 $3 (18... Qxb2 $2 19.
O-O Nxe7 20. Qxe7 Qxc3 21. Qxb7 $16) 19. Kxf2 Qxb2+ 20. Ne2 Bd4+ 21. Qxd4 Nxd4
22. Rae1 Qd2 $1 $19)) 12. Bxf3 Nd7 13. O-O Ne5 {Black seeks his chances in the
kingside.} (13... Rb8 14. a5 b5 15. axb6 Rxb6 $13) 14. Bg2 f5 $2 {However this
looks like a sacrifice.Sometimes in this game you can sacrifice not only
material but squares!} (14... c4 15. Be3 Nd3 16. a5) 15. Ne2 $1 $16 {There is
a big hole in e6!} fxe4 16. Qxe4 Nf5 17. Nf4 Re8 {Black comes up with the best
possible defense,he pretends that Ne6 is not making any damage there.} (17...
Nd4 18. Be3 Nc4 (18... g5 19. Ne6 Nxe6 20. dxe6 g4 21. Qxb7 $16) 19. Ne6 $1 $16
) 18. Ne6 Qe7 19. Bd2 $1 {Bishop should switch the diagonal it belongs to.} (
19. Bf4 Bf6 20. Bh3 Ng7 $14) 19... Nd4 {The best reaction.} (19... Bf6 20. Bc3
Ng7 21. Bh3 Nf7 22. f4 $16) 20. Nxd4 cxd4 21. Bh3 $1 Qf6 22. Bf4 $8 {In
opposite colored bishops white has all the chances.} g5 23. Bxe5 Rxe5 $6 {
The other recapture is more to the point.} (23... Qxe5 24. Qf3 Qe2 25. Qf5 $1 (
25. Qb3 $2 g4 $132) 25... Qe5 26. Rac1 Qxf5 27. Bxf5 Re2 28. f4 gxf4 29. Rxf4
d3 30. Bxd3 Rxb2 31. Rc7 $16) 24. Qc2 {I did not wanna get hit by Re3 when I
would have pushed f4.} (24. Qd3 $16 {Looks like more plain.}) 24... Kh8 (24...
Rxd5 $4 25. Qb3 Qf7 26. Rae1 Be5 27. f4 gxf4 28. gxf4 $18 (28. Rxf4 Bxf4 29.
Be6 Rf5 30. Bxf7+ Rxf7 31. gxf4 $18)) (24... Qf3 25. Be6+ Kh8 26. Ra3 $40) 25.
Be6 Rf8 26. f4 $18 {Now black is under serious attack.} Re3 $2 {And my young
opponent immediately got cracked under this attack.} ({Black could put up a
decent fight with} 26... gxf4 27. Rxf4 Qg6 28. Rxf8+ Bxf8 29. Qc4 (29. Qc8 $2
Qh6 30. Rf1 Qe3+ 31. Kg2 Qe2+ $11) 29... Qe4 30. Rf1 Qe3+ 31. Rf2 Qe1+ 32. Kg2
Qe4+ 33. Rf3 Kg7 $8 (33... Qe2+ 34. Qxe2 Rxe2+ 35. Kf1 $18) 34. Qc7+ Kh6 35. g4
$1 Qe2+ 36. Kg3 Qe1+ 37. Kh3 $18) 27. fxg5 {Now the result was there.} Qe5 (
27... Qxg5 28. Rxf8+ Bxf8 29. Rf1 Be7 30. Rf7 $1 Re1+ 31. Kg2 d3 32. Qc8+ Bd8
33. Rf8+ Kg7 34. Rg8+ $18) 28. Rxf8+ Bxf8 29. Qf2 $1 {This swing is very
efficient!} Bg7 ({Black can not shut down the c line!} 29... Be7 30. Rc1 $18)
30. Rc1 {Now it is all over!} h6 31. Rc8+ Kh7 {He resigned when I was
pondering about the way I should deliver the checkmate!} (31... Kh7 32. Qf5+ (
32. Bf5+ Qxf5 33. Qxf5#) (32. g6+ Kxg6 33. Qf7+ Kh7 34. Rh8+ Kxh8 35. Qg8#)
32... Qxf5 33. Bxf5#) 1-0

[Event "Sigeman & Co 14th"]
[Site "Malmo"]
[Date "2006.05.05"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Atalik, Suat"]
[Black "Cicak, Slavko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2506"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2006.04.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 exd5 4. cxd5 d6 5. Nc3 Be7 $6 (5... g6 6. e4 Bg7 7. Bd3
Ne7 8. h4 $5 $13 (8. h3 O-O 9. Nf3)) 6. Nf3 a6 (6... Bf6 7. Qa4+ Bd7 (7... Nd7
8. Bf4) 8. Qb3 Qc7 9. Bf4 $16) 7. a4 Nd7 (7... Bf6 8. Bf4 (8. Ra3 $5) 8... Ne7
9. Ne4 $1 $16 {shows us why Be7-f6 is worse than g6,Bg7.}) 8. e4 Bf6 9. Bf4 Qc7
(9... Qb6 10. Qc2) 10. Bc4 $1 {White already started to have serious threats.}
(10. Bg3 Nh6) 10... Nb6 (10... Ne7 11. e5 dxe5 12. d6 Qc6 13. dxe7 exf4 14. O-O
Kxe7 15. Re1+ Kf8 16. Qe2 Nb6 17. Ne5 f3 18. Qd3 $1 $18 {with a terrible
attack.}) 11. Be2 (11. e5 $2 Nxc4 12. exf6 Nxf6 (12... gxf6) 13. Qe2+ Qe7 14.
b3 Qxe2+ 15. Kxe2 Na5 ({or} 15... Nh5 {refutes white's idea.})) 11... Bg4 12.
a5 Nd7 $2 {This is the real mistake in the game.} (12... Bxf3 {Black should
never go for bishop to bishop exchange and instead should perform} 13. Bxf3 (
13. axb6 Bxc3+ 14. bxc3 Bxe2 15. Qa4+ Qd7 16. Kxe2 Qxa4 17. Rxa4 Ke7 18. f3 Nf6
$11) (13. Nb5 axb5 14. axb6 Rxa1 15. Qxa1 Qxb6 16. gxf3 $13) 13... Nd7 14. Bg4
Ne7 15. O-O (15. Bxd7+ $6 Qxd7 16. Na4 Rd8 17. Nb6 Qb5) (15. Qa4 Rd8) 15... O-O
16. Bxd7 Qxd7 17. Na4 Rad8 18. Nb6 Qb5 19. Ra3 Bd4 $14) 13. Nd2 Bxe2 14. Qxe2
Ne5 (14... Ne7 15. Nc4 Nc8 16. Na4 O-O 17. O-O Re8 18. Rac1 $16 {with a
terrible bind.}) 15. Bxe5 Bxe5 16. Nc4 Qe7 17. Nxe5 (17. O-O Bd4) 17... Qxe5
18. O-O g5 19. Na4 $1 {Knight heads to c4.} Rd8 20. Nb6 Nf6 21. Nc4 Qe7 22.
Rae1 $1 (22. f4 $5 gxf4 (22... Nxd5 23. fxg5 $18) (22... Qxe4 23. Rae1 (23.
Qxe4+ $2 Nxe4 24. Rae1 f5 25. g4 O-O 26. gxf5 Rde8 27. fxg5 Nxg5 28. Rxe8 Rxe8
29. Nxd6 Rd8 30. Nxb7 Rxd5) 23... Qxe2 24. Rxe2+ Kf8 25. fxg5 Nxd5 26. Rd2 Ne7
27. Nxd6 Nc8 28. Rxf7+ Kg8 29. Rf6 $18) 23. Rae1 Nd7 24. Rxf4 O-O $16) 22...
Nd7 (22... O-O 23. h4 $1 (23. f4 gxf4 24. Rxf4 Nd7) 23... g4 24. e5 $5 (24. Qe3
Kh8 25. Qc3 $1 $18) 24... dxe5 25. d6 Qe6 26. Qxe5 $18) 23. h4 $1 {Another
exact move.I was trying to provoke him to play h6 and only then э will switch
to f4 plan making it very difficult to castle after that.} (23. f4 gxf4 24.
Rxf4 O-O $16) 23... h6 (23... gxh4 24. f4 Rg8 25. e5 $18) 24. f4 gxf4 25. Rxf4
Ne5 $8 (25... O-O 26. Qh5 Kh7 27. Ref1 f6 28. Qf5+ Kh8 29. Qe6 $18) 26. Nxe5
dxe5 {A sad necessity.} (26... Qxe5 27. Qg4 (27. Qf2 $2 Rd7 28. Rf5 Qd4 29. Re3
Kd8 $16) (27. Ref1 Rd7 (27... O-O 28. Rf6) 28. Qg4) 27... Rd7 28. Ref1 Rf8 29.
Qe6+ $1 Qxe6 30. dxe6 Re7 31. exf7+ Rexf7 32. Rxf7 Rxf7 33. Rxf7 Kxf7 34. g4
$18) 27. Rf5 Qxh4 28. Rxe5+ $1 (28. Ref1 O-O 29. Rh5 Qg3 (29... Qe7 $2 30. Qg4+
Kh7 31. Rxh6+ Kxh6 32. Rf5 $18) 30. Rxh6 $16) 28... Kd7 29. Rf1 Rhe8 30. Rxf7+
Kc8 (30... Kd6 31. Ref5 (31. Re6+ Rxe6 32. dxe6 Kc6 33. b4 $18) 31... Rxe4 32.
R5f6+ Kxd5 33. Qd3+ Ke5 34. Qc3+ Kd5 35. Rf5+ Kd6 36. Qxc5+ Ke6 37. Qb6+ Rd6
38. R5f6+ $18) 31. Rff5 $6 {I have made only here a questionable move.} (31.
Qe3 $1 Kb8 32. Rf4 $1 $18 {Is what I could not see in this game.}) (31. Rxe8
Rxe8 32. Qe3 Kb8 33. Qf4+ Qxf4 34. Rxf4 Kc7 35. Kf2 $18 {should also win.})
31... Rxe5 32. Rxe5 Rf8 33. d6 $18 {Now starts a king hunt.} Kd7 34. Re7+ Kxd6
35. Rxb7 Ke5 36. Qd2 (36. b4 $6 c4 (36... cxb4 37. Qb2+ Ke6 38. Qb3+ Kf6 39.
Qf3+ $18) 37. Qb2+ Ke6 38. Rb6+ Kf7 $16) 36... Rd8 (36... Qg5 37. Qd5+ Kf4 38.
Qd6+ Kg4 39. Qxf8 $18) (36... Qf6 37. Qd5+ Kf4 38. Rb3 Qd4+ 39. Qxd4 cxd4 40.
Rf3+ $18) 37. Qc3+ Kxe4 (37... Rd4 38. Qxc5+ Kxe4 39. Re7+ $18) (37... Ke6 38.
Qc4+ Kf6 39. Rf7+ Kg6 40. Qe6+ $18) 38. Re7+ $1 {This is shorter} (38. Qc4+ {
than} Rd4 39. Re7+ (39. Qe2+ Kf5 (39... Kd5 40. Rd7+ Kc6 41. Qe6+ Kb5 42. Rb7+
Kxa5 43. Qb6+ Ka4 44. Qxa6#) 40. Rf7+ Kg6 41. Qe6+ Kh5 42. Rf5+ $18) 39... Kf5
(39... Kf4 40. Qf7+) 40. Qe6+ Kg5 41. Rg7+ $18) 38... Kf5 39. Qe5+ Kg4 40. Rg7+
{End of the road for black's king.} 1-0

[Event "Berkeley East Bay CC"]
[Site "Berkeley"]
[Date "2005.03.31"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Atalik, Suat"]
[Black "Yermolinsky, Alex"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2005.03.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. e4 c5 4. d5 {I have always considered myself fluent with
Benoni since I was extensively playing this opening with both colors since my
childhood.} d6 5. Nf3 e6 6. Nc3 exd5 7. cxd5 a6 {Probably the best move in the
position trying to have the best of transpositions into benoni type of set ups.
} (7... Ne7 8. Bf4 O-O 9. Qd2 Bg4 10. Be2 $14) 8. Bf4 $5 {After some thought I
have produced a very risky plan alas now I am not satisfied with it.} (8. a4
Bg4 9. Be2 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 Nf6 11. Bf4 Qe7 12. O-O Nbd7 13. Re1 O-O 14. a5 $13 {
is a classical tabiya in this opening and can not be bad.}) 8... b5 9. Qe2 $5
$146 {Here comes my novelty. I wanted to force the knight to step in e7 where
it does not exert pressure on the center.} Ne7 {After this once again we have
a normal position over the board.} (9... Nf6 $2 10. e5 $16) (9... Bg4 $2 10. e5
Bxf3 11. gxf3 dxe5 12. Bxe5 Bxe5 13. Qxe5+ Qe7 14. Qe3 $1 $16) 10. Qd2 $1 {
There starts the queen's dance!Now the knight is placed on e7 white's queen
may visit d2 square.} Bg4 {This was a surprise for me since this move does not
go along well with b5. However in this business of chess every move and every
position should be examined separately!} 11. Be2 (11. a4 $6 b4 12. Nd1 O-O 13.
Ne3 Bxf3 14. gxf3 Nc8 15. Nc4 Nd7 $1 16. Nxd6 Nxd6 17. Bxd6 Ne5 $17) 11... O-O
12. O-O Re8 13. a4 b4 14. Nd1 Nc8 15. Ne3 Bxf3 (15... Bh5 $5 {was absolutely
overlooked by me during the game. When Alex showed me this I was shocked.} 16.
g4 $8 Rxe4 17. Bg5 f6 18. gxh5 fxg5 19. hxg6 hxg6 20. Qc2 Qe7 (20... Qe8 $6 21.
Rae1 b3 22. Qxb3 Rb4 23. Qd3 $16) 21. Rae1 Nd7 22. Bd3 b3 23. Qxb3 Rb4 24. Qd1
g4 25. Nc2 Qf6 26. Nd2 $13) 16. Bxf3 {I have pondered about the other
recapture for some time but did not make much sense.} Nd7 17. Nc4 Ne5 (17...
Ndb6 $6 18. Na5) 18. Bxe5 Bxe5 19. a5 Na7 20. Rae1 Nb5 21. Bd1 {My bishop
belongs to d1 besides I have to move up in the center as fast as I can.} (21.
g3 $6 Nd4 $5 (21... f5 $6 22. exf5 Nd4 23. Qd3 gxf5 24. Bh5 Re7 25. f4 Bf6 26.
Rxe7 Qxe7 27. Kf2 Qf8 28. Re1 Qh6 29. Qd1 Rd8 30. Kg2 b3 31. Re3 Qg7 32. Be8
Qb7 33. Nb6 c4 34. Qh5 Kg7 35. g4 $16) (21... Ra7 22. Kg2 Rae7 23. Bd1 Bd4 $1
$132) 22. Bd1 b3 $1 $40) 21... Ra7 22. f4 Bd4+ 23. Kh1 Rae7 24. Bf3 Kh8 $1 {
I was expecting this. Alex did not even hesitate to play this.} (24... f5 25.
exf5 gxf5 26. Bh5 Rxe1 27. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 28. Qxe1 Nc7 29. Bf3 Qf6 30. Qe2 $14 {
gives more options to white since he has the only breaking attempt with g4.})
25. g4 $6 {I went berserk! Is it an offensive or defensive move noone can say
anything about!} (25. g3 Bg7 (25... f6 26. Kg2 $16) 26. e5 $1 f5 (26... Nd4 $2
27. Qg2 (27. Nxd6 $4 Nxf3 28. Rxf3 Qxd6 29. exd6 Rxe1+ 30. Kg2 R1e2+ $19) 27...
dxe5 28. d6 Re6 29. fxe5 Bxe5 30. Bd5 Bxd6 31. Bxe6 fxe6 32. Rf7 $16) 27. e6
Nd4 28. Qd3 $13) 25... f6 $1 {Now coming g5 is a problem for white.} 26. Kg2 (
26. h4 $2 f5 $1 $40 {is a nasty move to meet.}) (26. Re2 $6 Rg8 $1 $40 (26...
f5 27. gxf5 (27. exf5 gxf5 28. g5 Rxe2 29. Bxe2 Qe7 30. Bh5 Qe4+ 31. Bf3 Qe7
$13) 27... gxf5 28. e5 dxe5 29. fxe5 Bxe5 30. Qg5 Bd4 31. Rxe7 Qxe7 32. Qxf5
Rf8 33. Qh3 $11)) 26... Rg7 27. h4 $8 g5 28. f5 $6 $17 {So as I have said
before white's seemingly offensive set up is tamed but this move was played
due to a miscalculation.} (28. hxg5 fxg5 29. f5 Rf7 $1 (29... h5 $5 30. gxh5 g4
31. Bd1 Qf6 32. h6 Rge7 33. Rf4 $13 {I did not like the looks of this position
but it seems like white can not stand worse.}) (29... Qf6 $6 30. Rh1 Be5 31.
Rh5 (31. Nxe5 Rxe5 32. Rh5) 31... Bf4 32. Qd3 $40) 30. Rh1 Kg7 31. Rh5 h6 32.
Reh1 Rh8 $11) 28... Be5 $2 {Black has a clearly better position most likely a
winning one but he has to keep it fluid.} (28... gxh4 29. Rh1 Be5 30. Rxh4 Nd4
31. Reh1 Kg8 (31... Qe7 32. Bd1 b3 33. R1h3 Rb8 $17) 32. Bd1 Qd7 33. b3 Qe7 34.
Qe3 Nb5 35. Bf3 Na3 $17) 29. h5 Nd4 30. Qd3 Ra7 $6 {Somehow strangely Alex got
too much concerned about his a6 pawn.} (30... b3 $2 31. Nb6 (31. Bd1 Rb7 32.
Nb6 Rxb6 33. axb6 Qxb6 $19) 31... Nc2 (31... Qb8 32. Bd1 Bf4 33. Bxb3 Nxb3 34.
Qxb3 Bd2 35. Qa4 Bxe1 36. Rxe1 Rge7 $11) 32. Rb1 Bd4 (32... Bf4 33. Kh1) 33.
Kh1 $11) (30... Rb7 $1 {White has to be very careful after this.} 31. b3 $1 (
31. Nxe5 Rxe5 32. Qxa6 Qb8 33. Qc4 (33. h6 Ra7) 33... b3 34. a6 (34. Qc3 Rb4
35. a6 Qa7 36. Ra1 Nxf3 37. Rxf3 Rbxe4 38. Kg3 c4 $19) 34... Ra7 $17) 31... Nb5
$1 (31... Rb5 32. Ra1 Nxf3 33. Kxf3 Bxa1 34. Rxa1 $11 {I have seen this one.})
(31... h6 32. Ra1 Nb5 33. Ra2 $11) 32. Rf2 $1 (32. Nb6 $2 Rxb6 33. axb6 Qxb6
$19 {looks absolutely gone for white.}) (32. h6 $2 Na3 33. Nxe5 Rxe5 34. Qxa6
Rb5 $19) 32... Na3 $1 {I have failed to see this great move!} 33. Ra2 Rb5 34.
Be2 Nxc4 35. Qxc4 Bc3 36. Rc1 Rxa5 37. Rcc2 Bd4 38. Bd3 Rxa2 39. Rxa2 a5 40.
Qa6 Qe7 41. Rxa5 Qe5 42. Qc6 Rg8 43. Ra8 $11) 31. Bd1 h6 32. Ba4 Ree7 33. b3
$11 1/2-1/2

[Event "WchT 5th"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2001.10.13"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Anastasian, Ashot"]
[Black "Stojanovski, Dejan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2588"]
[BlackElo "2412"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2001.10.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Armenia"]
[BlackTeam "Macedonia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"]
[BlackTeamCountry "MKD"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. Bg5 Ne4 5. Bh4 Bb7 6. Qd3 f5 7. Nbd2 c4 8. Qd4
Na6 9. c3 Nxd2 10. Qxd2 Qb6 11. Nd4 g6 12. f3 Bg7 13. Bf2 Qa5 14. e4 fxe4 15.
fxe4 O-O 16. Nf3 e6 17. Be2 exd5 18. exd5 b4 19. O-O bxc3 20. bxc3 Qxd5 21.
Qxd5+ Bxd5 22. Rad1 Rae8 23. Rxd5 Rxe2 24. Rxd7 Rxa2 25. Rxa7 Bxc3 26. Rc1 Rxf2
27. Rxc3 Ra2 28. Rxc4 Nb4 29. Rd7 Na6 30. h4 Rf7 31. Rd6 Re7 32. Ng5 Nc7 $4 ({
This natural move loses on the spot. After} 32... Kg7 {Black has good chances
to draw the game.}) (32... Ree2 $2 {was another way to lose the battle:} 33.
Rc8+ Kg7 34. Rd7+ Kf6 35. Rc6+ Ke5 36. Nf7+ (36. Re7+ Kd5 37. Rxa6) 36... Ke4
37. Re7+ Kd5 38. Rd6+ Kc5 39. Rxe2) {[%tqu "En","How can White conclude the
game?","Exploit the exposed position of the black king.","Try to set up the
scene for your knight's strike","c4c7","Correct! Now the game is over.",120]}
33. Rxc7 {[%csl Rc7,Rg7][%cal Gd6d8,Gg5e6,Ge6c7,Ge6g7]} (33. Rd8+ $2 {would be
a wrong choice:} Ne8 34. Rc7 Ree2 (34... Rxc7 $140 35. Rxe8+ Kg7 36. Ne6+ Kf7
37. Nxc7)) (33. Rxc7 {, and Black loses a piece after} Rxc7 34. Rd8+ Kg7 35.
Ne6+) 1-0

[Event "ISR-chT"]
[Site "Ramat Aviv"]
[Date "2000.04.28"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Mittelman, Gur"]
[Black "Avrukh, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2443"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "Avrukh,B"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2000.01.14"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 077"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Petah Tikva Hapoel"]
[BlackTeam "Beer Sheva"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISR"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. d5 b5 4. Bg5 Ne4 5. Bf4 (5. Bh4 {is more popular option
nowadays}) 5... Bb7 (5... b4 $2 6. Qd3 f5 7. Nbd2 e6 8. dxe6 d5 9. Ne5 c4 (9...
Bxe6 10. Qb5+ Nd7 11. Nxe4 fxe4 12. Qc6 $18) 10. Qh3 Nxd2 (10... Qf6) 11. Qh5+
g6 12. Nxg6 $18 {1-0 Volzhin,A-El Ghazali,Y/Cairo EGY 1999 (19)}) (5... d6) 6.
Qd3 f5 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8] Just the same idea,like in famous Kramnik-Topalov
Monako 2000 game,before the game i had a brief look for this position and it
was looking not so bad for black.} (6... Qa5+ 7. Nbd2 (7. c3 Nf6 8. e4 a6 $2 (
8... e6 $142 $5) 9. Nbd2 d6 10. a4 bxa4 11. Nc4 Qc7 12. Rxa4 Nbd7 13. Na5 $16 {
1-0 Dlugy,M-Adamson,R/Las Vegas 1995/EXT 2000 (34)}) 7... Nf6 (7... f5 $6 8. c3
Nf6 9. Qxf5 Bxd5 (9... Nxd5 10. Bxb8 Rxb8 11. Qh5+ g6 12. Qe5 $18) 10. e4 e6
11. Qg5 Nxe4 12. Qh5+ g6 13. Qe5 Nxd2 14. Bxd2 Rg8 15. c4 $18) (7... Nxd2 $5 8.
Bxd2 Qb6 9. e4 $14) 8. e4 c4 9. Qe3 e6 (9... g6 10. Be2 Bg7 11. Nd4 O-O $6 (
11... Qb6 12. c3 $14) 12. a4 Bxd5 $1 13. O-O $1 (13. exd5 $6 Nxd5 14. Qe4 Nxf4
15. Qxf4 e5 16. Qe4 exd4 17. Qxa8 d3 18. cxd3 Bxb2 $13) 13... Bxe4 $1 14. axb5
(14. Nxe4 $2 Nd5 $17) 14... Qb6 15. Nxc4 Qb7 16. Na5 Qb6 17. c4 $1 $16 {
1-0 Gulko,B-Rogers,I/Biel 1993/CBM 37/[Stohl] (40)} (17. Be5 $6 Re8 $1 18. Bxf6
exf6 19. f3 Bh6 $1 $10)) 10. Be2 Na6 (10... Be7 11. O-O exd5 12. Nd4 $1 $40)
11. Nd4 Bc5 12. c3 exd5 13. b4 Bxd4 14. Qxd4 Qb6 15. Qe5+ Qe6 16. a4 bxa4 17.
Rxa4 O-O 18. Qxe6 dxe6 19. O-O $44 {1-0 Lerner,K-De la Riva Aguado,O/Metz FRA
1999 (22)}) 7. Nbd2 c4 8. Qd4 Na6 $6 {The same idea like in Topalov's game.} (
8... Nf6 $142 $1 {This move was much to the point and this is the difference
with Bh4-line in black's favour,that white cannot take on f6 with bishop.} 9.
d6 (9. Nh4 $2 Bxd5 10. Nxf5 Nc6 11. Qe3 e5 $17) (9. Qe5 $6 Bxd5 $1 (9... Nxd5
10. Qxf5 g6 11. Qe5 Rg8 12. Ne4 $13) 10. Qxf5 e6 11. Qg5 Nc6 $15 12. e4 $140 $2
Nxe4 13. Nxe4 Bxe4 14. Qxb5 Bxf3 15. gxf3 Qf6 $17 {[%cal Gf8b4]}) 9... exd6 (
9... Nc6 $2 10. Qc5 {[%csl Gb5,Gf5]}) 10. Bxd6 Nc6 11. Qc5 Bxd6 12. Qxd6 Qe7
13. Qxe7+ Kxe7 14. e3 $11) 9. c3 (9. Nxe4 $2 fxe4 10. Qxe4 Nb4 11. O-O-O Nxa2+
(11... e6 $5) 12. Kb1 Qa5 $40 {[%csl Gb1]} 13. c3 $140 Qxc3 $1) 9... Nac5 (9...
Nf6 $2 10. d6 $1 (10. Be5 $6 Nc7 (10... Qb6 $2 {[%csl Gd5]} 11. a4 $16) 11. a4
Nfxd5 12. axb5 d6 13. Bg3 $13) 10... exd6 11. a4 Nc7 12. axb5 Bd5 13. Bg5 $1 (
13. Nxc4 $2 Ne6 $19) 13... Be7 (13... Nxb5 14. Qxd5 Nxd5 15. Bxd8 Kxd8 16. e3
$16) 14. e3 Nxb5 15. Qf4 $16) 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. g4 $1 (11. Qe5 Nf6 (11... Qb6
12. Nd4 $16) 12. d6 a6 13. dxe7 (13. Nd4 g6) (13. Qxf5 exd6 14. O-O-O Be4 15.
Qg5 Qa5 16. a3 Qa4 $1 17. Ne1 b4 $1 18. cxb4 c3 $40) 13... Bxe7 14. Qxf5 O-O
$32) (11. e3 Rg8 {[%cal Gg7g5]} 12. h4 g6 $13 {[%cal Gf8g7]}) 11... e6 $1 (
11... fxg4 $2 12. Qxe4 gxf3 13. Qxf3 e6 14. Qh5+ g6 15. Qe5 Rg8 16. Bg2 $16) (
11... Nf6 12. gxf5 Bxd5 (12... Nxd5 13. Bg3) 13. Bg2 $16) 12. gxf5 (12. dxe6
dxe6 (12... fxg4 $6 13. exd7+ Qxd7 14. Qe5+ $1 (14. Qxd7+ $2 Kxd7 15. Ne5+ Ke6
$17) 14... Be7 15. Rd1 Qc8 (15... Nd6 16. Rg1 O-O 17. Nd4 $16 {[%cal Gd4e6,
Ge5e6]}) 16. Rg1 Qc5 17. Be3 Qxe5 18. Nxe5 Bd6 19. Bd4 (19. Nxg4 h5 20. Bg2
O-O-O) 19... h5 20. f3 $16) 13. Qe5 Qd5 $11) 12... Bxd5 (12... exf5 $2 13. Qe5+
$16) 13. Bh3 Qf6 14. Qxf6 (14. Be5 $2 Qh6 $17 {[%csl Gh3][%cal Gf8c5]}) 14...
gxf6 15. fxe6 dxe6 16. Nd4 $1 Nc5 $6 (16... e5 $2 17. Nxb5 Bc6 18. Nc7+ Kd8 (
18... Ke7 19. Be3 Rb8 20. O-O-O $18) 19. Ne6+ Ke7 20. Be3 Ng5 21. Bxg5 Bxh1 22.
Be3 $16 {[%csl Gh1][%cal Ge3c5,Gf2f3]}) (16... Ng5 $2 17. Bxg5 Bxh1 18. Bxf6
Rg8 19. O-O-O Bh6+ 20. e3 Bg2 21. Bxe6 Rg6 22. Bh4 $16) (16... Nxc3 17. bxc3
Bxh1 18. Nxe6 Bc6 19. Nc7+ Kf7 20. Nxa8 Bxa8 21. Rd1 $36) (16... Nd6 17. Bxd6
Bxd6 18. f3 f5 19. Rd1 $16 {[%csl Gd5,Gd6][%cal Gd4f5]}) (16... Nxf2 $142 $5
17. Kxf2 Bxh1 18. Rxh1 e5 19. Nxb5 exf4 20. Nc7+ Kf7 21. Nxa8 Bc5+ 22. Kf3 Rxa8
23. Rd1 Rb8 $14 {and black must hold this position easily}) 17. f3 a6 18. O-O-O
Kf7 (18... e5 $2 19. Nf5 $1 $16) 19. Rhg1 $6 (19. e4 $1 Bb7 (19... Nd3+ $140 $2
20. Rxd3 cxd3 21. exd5 e5 22. Be6+ Ke8 23. Nf5 exf4 24. Kd2 $18 {[%csl Ge8]})
20. Nxe6 $1 Nd3+ 21. Rxd3 cxd3 22. Rd1 Bc8 (22... Re8 23. Nc7 Rd8 24. Be6+ Ke7
25. Bf5 $16) 23. Nc7 Rb8 (23... Bxh3 24. Nxa8 $16) 24. Bxc8 Rxc8 25. Rxd3 $16 {
[%csl Ga6]}) (19. Nf5 Rg8 (19... Rd8 20. Ne3) 20. Nh6+ (20. Nd6+ Ke7) 20...
Bxh6 21. Bxh6 $14) 19... Rd8 20. Nxe6 $5 Bxe6 (20... Nxe6 21. Bxe6+ Kxe6 22. e4
Bc5 23. exd5+ Kf5 24. Rg4 h5 (24... Rhe8 $142 $5 $14) 25. Rh4 Bf2 26. Bg3 $16)
21. Rxd8 Bxh3 22. Ra8 Bd7 23. Kc2 (23. Rd1 Bc6 (23... Ke6 24. Be3 Bh6 25. Rxh8
Bxe3+ 26. Kc2 h6 27. b4 cxb3+ 28. axb3 $14) (23... Bh6 24. Bxh6 Rxa8 25. Be3 $1
Nd3+ 26. exd3 cxd3 27. Rxd3 Be6 $11) 24. Ra7+ Ke6 25. Rc7 Bd5 26. Be3 Na4 27.
Ra7 Bd6 28. Rxa6 Ra8 29. Rxa8 Bxa8 $11) 23... Bf5+ 24. e4 $2 $138 {[%csl Gd3]}
(24. Kc1 $11) 24... Bg6 25. Be3 Nd3 $1 26. Bd4 (26. Rxa6 Be7) 26... Rg8 (26...
Bh5 $5) 27. Rxa6 Be7 28. Rb6 (28. a4 bxa4 29. Rxa4 Rc8 {[%cal Gf6f5]}) 28...
Ra8 29. a3 Bh5 30. Rxb5 $2 $138 (30. Kd2 $8 Ra5 $1 (30... Bxf3 $2 31. Ke3 Bh5
32. Rxb5 Bg6 33. h4 $16) 31. b4 Rxa3 32. Rxb5 Ra2+ 33. Ke3 Rxh2 $15) 30... Bxf3
31. e5 $2 (31. Rb7 $142 Bxe4 $140 $2 (31... Re8 $17 {[%csl Ge4]}) 32. Rg7+ $16)
31... fxe5 32. Bxe5 Bc6 $19 33. Rb8 Nxe5 34. Rxa8 Bxa8 35. b4 Be4+ 36. Kb2 Nd3+
$138 (36... Nd3+ 37. Ka2 Bf6 $19) 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch 53rd"]
[Site "Samara"]
[Date "2000.06.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sergienko, Sergey"]
[Black "Rustemov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2553"]
[Annotator "Baburin,A"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2000.06.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. g3 c5 5. d5 Nf6 6. Bg2 O-O 7. Nge2 Na6 8. O-O
Nc7 9. a4 b6 10. h3 Ba6 11. Be3 Rb8 12. Qd2 Re8 13. Rfe1 Nd7 14. f4 Bxe2 $1 {
Black makes room for his pawns on the queenside.} 15. Rxe2 a6 16. Rae1 b5 17.
axb5 Nxb5 (17... axb5) 18. Nd1 Nd4 $1 19. Rf2 a5 20. c3 (20. b3 e6 $5) 20...
Nb3 21. Qe2 a4 22. e5 $2 {White is simply not ready for such an action.} dxe5
23. fxe5 Bxe5 24. Bf4 Bxf4 25. Rxf4 e5 26. Rxa4 f5 27. Ne3 e4 {[%csl Re5,Rg2]
Black shuts down the enemy bishop and gets an excellent square for his knight.}
28. Rf1 Qg5 29. Kh2 Ne5 30. d6 Kh8 31. Rd1 Nf3+ 32. Kh1 (32. Bxf3 $2 exf3 33.
Qxf3 Rxe3 $19) 32... Qxg3 33. Nf1 Qf4 34. d7 Red8 35. Qa6 $2 {Leaving the
dangerous f3-knight alive is simply suicidal!} (35. Bxf3 $142 $1 Qxf3+ 36. Qxf3
exf3 37. Ra7 $1) 35... Kg7 36. Qe6 Kh6 $1 37. Qe7 Nc1 $1 38. b4 Ne2 39. Raa1 {
[%tqu "En","How can Black finish the game?","White's king is in poor shape and
you should use your cavalry to deliver the final blow.","Try to remove White's
knight which controls the g3-square.","f4h2","Simply brilliant - a very neat
finish!",5]} Qh2+ $1 0-1

[Event "GER-ch 68th"]
[Site "Dudweiler"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Wesseln, Kai"]
[Black "Bangiev, Alexander J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2320"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[Annotator "Bangiev,A"]
[PlyCount "155"]
[EventDate "1996.11.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. Nf3 Bg7 3. Nc3 c5 4. d5 d6 5. e4 Nd7 6. Be2 Bxc3+ $5 {Ein
freiwilliger Abtausch des Bg7, der schon eine aktive Position eingenommen hat.}
7. bxc3 Ngf6 8. O-O $5 {Die frьhe Schwдchung des Kцnigsflьgels erцffnet WeiЯ
die Mцglichkeit, seine Krдfte auf diesem Kampfabschnitt zu aktivieren.  Mit
dem letzten Zug opfert WeiЯ einen Bauern, um das Spiel im Zentrum zu цffnen.}
Nxe4 9. c4 $6 (9. Bb2 $142 f5 (9... Ndf6 10. c4 O-O 11. h3 (11. Re1 Ng4) (11.
Ne1 Qa5 $5) (11. Bd3 Bg4 12. Qc1 (12. Re1 Ng5) 12... Qa5 13. Qe3) 11... Qa5 (
11... e6 12. Bd3 exd5 13. cxd5) 12. Bd3 Qb4 13. Qc1 $14 (13. Rb1 Nc3 14. Bxc3
Qxc3 15. Re1 Re8)) (9... Nef6 10. c4 O-O 11. Bd3 Re8 12. Re1 b6 13. Qd2 Bb7 14.
Qh6) 10. c4 Ndf6 11. Bd3 O-O) 9... Nc3 10. Qd2 Nxe2+ 11. Qxe2 Nb6 (11... O-O
12. Re1 f6 13. Qxe7 Ne5 14. Qxd8 Nxf3+ 15. gxf3 Rxd8 16. Re7 $13) (11... f6 12.
Re1 Ne5 $5) 12. Bg5 $5 (12. Re1 O-O (12... e5 13. dxe6 fxe6 14. Bh6 Qe7 $13)
13. Qxe7 (13. Bg5 f6 14. Bh6 Rf7 $17) 13... Qxe7 14. Rxe7 Bg4 $15 (14... Nxc4
15. Bh6)) 12... f6 $6 {Eine zweifelhafte Idee.} (12... Rf8 $5 13. Bh6 (13. Rfe1
f6 14. Bf4 Rf7 $15) 13... Rg8 14. Bg5 Bg4 15. Rfe1 Nc8) (12... Bg4 13. Rfe1 Nc8
$15 (13... Bxf3 14. Qxe7+ Qxe7 15. Rxe7+ Kf8 16. gxf3 $13)) 13. Bxf6 Rf8 14.
Bg5 Bg4 15. Rfe1 Rf7 $13 16. Qe4 Bxf3 17. gxf3 Qd7 18. a4 $6 (18. Qh4 $142 $5
Nc8 19. Re6) 18... a5 $5 {Legt den schwachen Pa4 fest, um ihn im weiteren
Verlauf zu gewinnen.} 19. Qh4 Nc8 20. Re6 Ra6 21. Rae1 Kd8 22. Qe4 Qxa4 $5 23.
Bxe7+ Kc7 24. Bh4 $5 Qd7 25. Bg3 a4 $15 26. Qe3 {/\27.Qc5} b6 27. Ra1 Qd8 (
27... Kb7 $142 28. Ra3 (28. Qe2 a3 29. Ra2 g5 $5) 28... b5 29. cxb5 Qxb5 $13)
28. Ra3 Qd7 (28... g5 $5) 29. h4 Kb7 30. Qe2 Ra5 31. Kg2 Ka6 32. Qe3 Ne7 $6 33.
Qc3 (33. Bxd6 Nf5) (33. Rxd6 $5 Nf5 34. Rxd7 Nxe3+ 35. fxe3 Rxd7 36. Be1 $14 (
36. e4 b5 37. cxb5+ Kxb5 $15)) 33... Nc8 34. Qh8 Kb7 35. Qa1 Ra8 36. Rae3 Ra7
37. Qa3 Ra6 38. Qa1 Ra7 39. Ra3 Rf8 40. Qe1 Ka8 41. Qe2 Kb8 42. Kf1 Rd8 43. Kg2
Qb7 44. Qe3 Qd7 45. Qf4 Qg7 46. Qg5 Rdd7 47. c3 Qf8 48. Qc1 Ra5 49. Qa1 Rda7
50. Qe1 Rd7 51. Re8 Qf7 52. Qe6 $6 Kc7 53. Qe4 Re7 $1 54. Rxe7+ Qxe7 55. Qf4
Qd7 56. Qh6 b5 $5 57. cxb5 Nb6 $5 58. Qg5 Nc4 (58... Rxb5 $15) 59. Ra1 a3 60.
h5 $6 gxh5 (60... a2 61. hxg6 hxg6 62. Qxg6 $16) 61. f4 Kb6 (61... Rxb5 $142
62. f5 Rb3 $17) 62. f5 Qf7 63. f6 a2 (63... Rxb5 64. Qf5 Rb3 65. Qe6 $18) 64.
Qf5 Ra7 65. Qe6 Qf8 $2 (65... Kxb5 $1 $15) 66. Qe2 $16 Ra4 67. Rxa2 (67. Qc2
Qa8) (67. Qe7 $1 Qxe7 68. fxe7 Ra8 69. Rxa2 Re8 70. Bh4 $14) 67... Rxa2 68.
Qxa2 Na5 $8 69. Qe2 (69. Bh4 $142 Qg8+ 70. Kf1 Qg4 71. f7 Qd1+ 72. Kg2 Qg4+ 73.
Bg3 Qg7 $1 $10) 69... Qxf6 70. Qe8 $2 (70. Qxh5 $142 Qe7 71. Qg4 $14) 70... h4
$1 71. Bh2 Qg5+ 72. Kh3 (72. Kf1 Qxd5 $17) 72... Qf5+ 73. Kxh4 Qxf2+ 74. Bg3
Qf6+ 75. Kg4 Qg6+ $6 (75... Qxc3 $1 76. Bxd6 Qd4+ 77. Kh3 Qxd5 78. Bg3 (78.
Qb8+ Nb7 $17) 78... h5 $15) 76. Qxg6 hxg6 77. Bxd6 Kxb5 78. Bxc5 (78. Be5 Nb7 (
78... Nc4 $6 79. Kf4) 79. Kf4 Kc4 80. Ke4 g5 $10) 1/2-1/2

[Event "GER-ch 70th"]
[Site "Bremen"]
[Date "1998.11.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bangiev, Alexander J"]
[Black "Kindermann, Stefan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2395"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "Bangiev,A"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1998.11.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 068"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O c5 7. d5 Na6 8. h3
Nc7 9. a4 b6 10. Bf4 Bb7 11. Re1 Qd7 12. Bc4 a6 13. Qd3 Rad8 14. Rad1 Qc8 15.
Qe3 Rfe8 16. Bh6 e6 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. dxe6 Nxe6 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. Bxd5 b5 $146
21. axb5 axb5 22. Qb3 $5 b4 (22... Nxd5 $142 23. Rxd5 (23. exd5 Nc7 24. Qc3+ f6
$132) 23... Nc7 (23... Nf4 24. Rd2 Qc6 25. Ng5 $5 $36) 24. Rdd1 f6 25. Ra1 $36)
23. c3 bxc3 (23... Nxd5 24. exd5 Nf4 25. cxb4 Rxe1+ 26. Rxe1 cxb4 27. Qxb4 Nxd5
28. Qd4+ Nf6 29. b4 $14) 24. Qxc3 Nf4 25. Bc4 Qb7 26. Ng5 $5 {/\27.Nh7} d5 27.
exd5 Rxe1+ 28. Rxe1 N4xd5 29. Bxd5 Qxd5 30. Nxh7 (30. Ne4 Qd4 31. Nxc5 Qxc3 32.
bxc3 Rd2 (32... Rc8 33. Re5 $16) 33. Rc1 Rd5 $14) 30... Qd4 31. Nxf6 Qxf6 (
31... Qxc3 32. Nh5+ Kh6 33. bxc3 Kxh5 34. Re5+ $16) 32. Qc2 (32. Re4 Rd1+ 33.
Kh2 Rd4 $132) (32. Re5 Rd1+ 33. Kh2 Qf4+ 34. Qg3 Qxg3+ 35. Kxg3 Rd2 $132) (32.
Qxf6+ Kxf6 33. b3 Kf5 34. Re3 Rd1+ 35. Kh2 Rd2 36. Kg3 Rc2 37. f4 c4 38. bxc4
Rxc4 39. Re5+ Kf6 $14) 32... c4 33. Re3 (33. Re4 $142 Rb8 34. Re2 $16) 33...
Rd3 34. Qe2 (34. Rxd3 cxd3 35. Qxd3 Qxb2 $14) 34... Qd4 35. Re4 Rd1+ 36. Kh2
Rd2 37. Rxd4 Rxe2 38. Rxc4 Rxb2 $14 1/2-1/2

[Event "Rakvere Keres Memorial"]
[Site "Rakvere"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Rozentalis, Eduardas"]
[Black "Hodgson, Julian M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Belov,I"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1993.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 038"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 c5 6. d5 O-O 7. O-O e6 8. Nd2 (
8. a4 $5 exd5 9. exd5 Bg4 10. Nd2 (10. Bf4 Na6 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 Nc7 13. Qd2
a6 14. Rab1 $1 b6 15. b4 $14 {Kamsky,G-Agapov,K /Leningrad/1987/}) 10... Bxe2
11. Qxe2 Na6 12. Nc4 Nb4 13. Bg5 $1 $14 {Romanishin,O-Gdanski,J /Polanica
Zdroj/1992 Inf 55/71/}) (8. dxe6 Bxe6 9. Ng5 (9. Be3 $5 Nc6 10. Qd2 $14) 9...
Nc6 10. Be3 (10. f4 Nd4 11. f5 gxf5 12. Bd3 Bd7 $1 13. exf5 Bc6 $13 {Kovacevic,
V-Velimirovic,D /Zagreb/1972/}) 10... Bc8 11. h3 h6 12. Nf3 Re8 13. Nd2 Nd4 $10
{Phominyh,A-Gschnitzer,O /Budapest/1990/}) (8. h3 exd5 9. exd5 a6 10. a4 Re8
11. Bf4 Ne4 12. Nxe4 Rxe4 13. Bg5 Qf8 14. Bd3 Re8 15. c3 Nd7 $10 {Illeskas,
M-Vera,M /Barselona 1990//}) 8... exd5 9. exd5 Nbd7 10. Nc4 (10. a4 Nb6 11. Bf3
Bd7 12. a5 Nc8 13. Ra3 $1 Rb8 14. Nc4 b5 15. axb6 axb6 16. Bf4 Qc7 17. Ra6 $1
Ne8 18. Ra2 b5 $10 {Zajd,L-Ionescu,Cr /Sofia/1988 Inf 46/73/}) 10... Nb6 11.
Ne3 Ne8 $5 $146 (11... Bd7 12. a4 Nc8 13. Re1 (13. a5 a6 14. Nc4 Bb5 15. Bg5 h6
16. Bh4 Re8 17. Re1 $10 {Petursson,M-Cseshkovsky,V /Palma de Mallorka/1989/})
13... Re8 14. Bf3 Qc7 15. Bd2 a5 {Ftacnik,L-Gdanski,J /Stara Zagora/1990/} 16.
b3 c4 17. Rc1 Qc5 18. Be2 Ne4 $1 $13 {Gdanski/}) 12. a4 f5 13. f4 (13. a5 Nd7
14. Nc4 Ne5 $10) 13... Nd7 14. a5 Ndf6 15. Bf3 (15. Nc4 Ne4 $6 (15... Nc7 $5)
16. Nxe4 fxe4 17. c3 Rb8 18. Be3 $14) 15... Nc7 16. Nc4 Rb8 17. Be3 b5 $10 18.
axb6 axb6 19. Re1 Nfe8 (19... b5 $2 20. Na5 $16) (19... Ba6 $5 20. Ne5 dxe5 21.
fxe5 Ng4 22. Bxg4 fxg4 23. d6 Bb7 24. dxc7 Qxc7 $13) 20. Bf2 Ba6 21. Ne5 $5 (
21. Be2 Bxc4 22. Bxc4 b5 23. Be2 Nf6 $15) 21... dxe5 22. fxe5 Bc8 23. Ra7 Rb7
24. Rxb7 Bxb7 25. d6 $8 Bxf3 $8 26. dxc7 $8 (26. Qxf3 Ne6 27. Qd5 Qd7 $19)
26... Qxd1 $1 (26... Qxc7 27. Qxf3 Bxe5 $2 28. Qd5+ $18) 27. c8=Q Qxc2 28. gxf3
Qxb2 29. Nd5 $44 Kh8 (29... Bxe5 30. Qe6+ $18) 30. Qe6 Qb3 (30... c4 $2 31.
Nxb6 c3 32. Nd7 Rg8 (32... c2 33. Nxf8 c1=Q 34. Qxe8) 33. Nf6 $18) 31. Re3 Qc4
32. Qc6 Qc1+ 33. Re1 (33. Kg2 $5) 33... Qg5+ 34. Kh1 Qd2 35. Kg1 Qg5+ 36. Kf1
Qh5 37. Nxb6 $5 Qxh2 38. Nd7 Rg8 39. Nf6 Bxf6 $8 40. exf6 Nd6 $1 41. Qd7 Qh1+
42. Ke2 Qh2 43. Kf1 Qh1+ 44. Ke2 Qh2 45. Kf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Nikolaev zt"]
[Site "Nikolaev"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Borovikov, Vladislav"]
[Black "Fedorov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2385"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "Belov,I"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1993.03.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 035"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. d5 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e4 O-O 6. Be2 d6 7. O-O Na6 8. Bf4
Nc7 9. a4 b6 10. h3 Bb7 11. Re1 Qd7 12. Bc4 Rad8 (12... a6 $142 13. Qe2 (13.
Qd3 Rad8) 13... e6) 13. Qe2 $5 (13. Qd3) (13. Nb5 $5 a6 14. Nxc7 Qxc7 15. Qe2
Qc8 16. Rad1 $14) 13... a6 (13... e6 $5 14. dxe6 Nxe6 15. Bg3 Nd4 $13) 14. Bh2
$1 $146 (14. Rad1 Qc8 15. Qe3 Rfe8 16. Bh6 e6 (16... Bh8 $6 17. Ng5 Nd7 18. f4
$16 {Ivanchuk-Torre,E/Biel/1989/}) 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. dxe6 Nxe6 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20.
Bxd5 Nxd5 (20... Nd4 $6 21. Nxd4 Nxd5 {Yusupov-Ljuboevic/Linares/1992/} 22. Qg5
$1 cxd4 23. Qxd5 $16) 21. Rxd5 Qc6 22. b3 Nc7 23. Rdd1 d5 $10 {Adianto,U-Torre,
E/San Francisco/1991/}) 14... Qc8 (14... e6 15. dxe6 Nxe6 16. Rad1 $1 $16 (16.
Bxa6 Nd4 $13)) 15. Rad1 Rfe8 16. Qe3 Qa8 $6 (16... e6 17. dxe6 Nxe6 18. Rxd6
Rxd6 19. Bxd6 Nd4 20. Qd3 (20. Nxd4 $2 cxd4 21. Qxd4 Nxe4 $19) (20. Ng5 Nxc2
21. Bxf7+ Kh8 22. Qd2 Nxe1 23. Bxe8 Qxe8 24. Qxe1 h6 25. Nf3 Nxe4 $10) 20...
Qc6 21. Bh2 Nxe4 22. Bd5 $1 $16) 17. Rd2 $1 h6 18. Red1 {/\ 19.e5!+/=} e6 19.
dxe6 Nxe6 20. Rxd6 Rxd6 21. Rxd6 Nxe4 22. Nxe4 Bxe4 23. c3 $1 $16 (23. Rxb6 Nd4
24. Nxd4 cxd4 25. Qf4 Bf5 $13) 23... Ng5 (23... Qb7 24. Bxa6 Qxa6 25. Qxe4 $16)
(23... Nf8 24. Rxb6 Bxf3 25. Qxf3 Re1+ 26. Bf1 $16) 24. Nxg5 hxg5 25. Qxg5 b5
$5 26. axb5 axb5 27. Bf1 $1 (27. Bxb5 Qa1+ 28. Bf1 c4 $1 {/\ Bd3<=>}) 27... c4
28. Rd1 Qa4 $6 (28... Bf5 $16) 29. Rd8 b4 $6 (29... Bc6 $142) 30. Qe7 $18 Bc6
$8 31. Rxe8+ Bxe8 32. Qxb4 Qa1 33. Qxc4 Bd7 34. Qe2 Bf5 35. Bf4 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Karpeshov, Oleg Mikhailovich"]
[Black "Goldin, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2365"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "Belov,I"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "1994.02.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 041"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. d5 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e4 d6 (5... O-O $5 6. e5 Ng4 7. Bf4
d6 $10) 6. Bb5+ Nfd7 (6... Nbd7 7. a4 O-O 8. O-O a6 9. Bd3 (9. Be2 Rb8 10. Nd2
(10. Re1 $6 Ne8 11. Bf4 Nc7 12. a5 b5 13. axb6 Rxb6 14. Qc1 e5 $15 {Adorjan,
A-Horvath,T/HUN(ch)/1984/1:0 (28) Inf 37/67/}) 10... Ne8 11. Nc4 Nb6 12. Ne3
Bd7 13. Bd2 Nc8 14. Rb1 b5 15. axb5 axb5 16. b4 Nc7 $13 {Sokolov,I-Velickovic,
S/JUG/1988/ Inf 45/61/}) 9... Rb8 10. Bg5 Ng4 $1 11. Qd2 Nde5 12. Nxe5 Nxe5 13.
Be2 f5 $1 14. exf5 Bxf5 15. Rac1 Qb6 $10 {Nogueiras,J-Vera,R/CUB(ch)/1990/0,5 
(38) Inf 50/170/}) (6... Bd7 7. a4 Bxb5 $5 (7... O-O 8. O-O Na6 9. Re1 Nb4 $6
10. h3 e6 11. Bf4 $1 e5 12. Bg5 Bc8 13. Nd2 $16 {Kasparov,G-Beliavsky,A/Moscow
(m/9)/1983/1:0 (32) Inf 35/82/}) 8. axb5 O-O 9. O-O Nbd7 10. h3 Ne8 11. Bg5 Nc7
12. Qe2 Nb6 13. Ra5 Qd7 14. Rfa1 a6 $1 15. bxa6 bxa6 $1 16. Rd1 {Browne,
W-Alburt,L/New York/1984/0,5 (16) Inf 38/71/}) 7. a4 O-O 8. O-O Na6 9. Re1 Nc7
10. Bf1 $16 Nf6 11. h3 a6 $5 $146 (11... e5 12. dxe6 Nxe6 13. a5 Ne8 14. e5
dxe5 15. Qxd8 Nxd8 16. Nxe5 $16 {Georgiev,Kir-Barlov,D/Vrsac/1987/1:0 (62) Inf
44/52/}) (11... b6 12. Bf4 Bb7 13. Qd2 a6 14. Rab1 $1 Qd7 15. b4 $16 {Lerner,
K-Razuvaev,Y/SSSR/1981/1:0 (30) Inf 32/102/}) 12. a5 (12. Bf4 $5 Rb8 (12... b6
13. Qd2 Re8 14. Rad1 $16) 13. e5 Nfe8 (13... dxe5 14. Nxe5 Nfxd5 15. Nxf7 $1
Rxf7 16. Nxd5 $16) 14. a5 b5 15. axb6 Rxb6 16. Ra2 f6 17. exf6 exf6 $14) 12...
Rb8 (12... Nb5 $5 13. Nxb5 (13. Bd2 $5) 13... axb5 14. Bxb5 Rxa5 15. Rxa5 Qxa5
$10) 13. Na4 Na8 (13... Nb5 14. Nb6 $14) 14. Bd2 Bd7 15. Ra2 (15. c4 $5 Bxa4
16. Rxa4 $14) 15... Bxa4 16. Rxa4 Nc7 17. Ra2 (17. c4 $5) 17... Re8 18. Qc1 e6
19. dxe6 (19. c4 exd5 20. exd5 Ne4 21. Bf4 b5 $13) 19... Nxe6 20. Bc4 Qc7 21.
Ra3 $6 (21. Bh6 $5 Bh8 22. c3 $10) 21... Nd4 $15 22. Ng5 (22. Nxd4 cxd4 23. Bd3
Nd7 $15) 22... Re7 23. Rg3 Rbe8 (23... h6 $6 24. Nxf7 $1 Rxf7 25. Rxg6 $13) 24.
c3 Nc6 25. b4 Ne5 26. Ba2 $2 (26. Bf1 $5) 26... Nh5 27. Rge3 c4 $17 28. Rf1 Nf4
29. Qb1 Bh6 30. h4 (30. Nf3 Nxf3+ 31. Rxf3 Ne2+ $19) 30... f6 31. Nf3 Nxf3+ 32.
Rxf3 $6 (32. gxf3 $17) 32... Ne2+ 33. Kh1 Bxd2 34. Qd1 Nxc3 35. Qxd2 Nxa2 36.
Qxa2 Rxe4 $19 37. g3 Qc6 38. Kg1 d5 39. Rc3 Re2 40. Rc2 Rxc2 41. Qxc2 d4 42. h5
d3 43. Qd2 g5 44. Qc3 Kg7 45. Qd4 Kh6 $1 46. Kh2 Kxh5 47. Rc1 Re4 48. Qd8 Qe6
49. Qc7 Kg6 50. Kg2 Qc6 0-1

[Event "Nikolaev zt"]
[Site "Nikolaev"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shmuter, Leonid"]
[Black "Rakhmangulov, Andrei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2325"]
[Annotator "Belov,I"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1993.03.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 035"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O c5 7. d5 Na6 8. h3
Nc7 9. a4 b6 10. Bf4 Bb7 11. Bc4 a6 12. Qd3 Qd7 13. Ra3 {/\ 14.Rb3} (13. Rad1
Rad8 14. Rfe1 Qc8 15. Qe3 Rfe8 16. Bh6 e6 $1 $10 {Adianto,U-Torre,E/San
Francisco/1991/}) 13... Nh5 $1 (13... Rab8 14. Rb3 Bc8 15. e5 $16) 14. Bh2 $6 (
14. Be3 Bxc3 $1 15. Qxc3 $8 b5 16. axb5 axb5 17. Rxa8 Rxa8 18. Be2 f5 19. exf5
Nxd5 20. Qd2 gxf5 (20... Nxe3 $5) 21. Bh6 e6 22. Bxb5 Qxb5 23. Qg5+ Kh8 24.
Qxh5 Qe8 $1 25. Qg5 Qg6 $15 {Shmuter-Belov/Ostrava/1992/}) (14. Bg5 $5 Bxc3 15.
Qxc3 b5 16. axb5 axb5 17. Rxa8 Rxa8 18. Be2 f5 19. Nh2 $5 $13) 14... Bxc3 $1
15. Qxc3 b5 16. axb5 axb5 17. Rxa8 Rxa8 (17... Bxa8 $5) 18. Be2 f5 19. exf5
Nxd5 20. Qd2 gxf5 $17 21. Ne5 Qe8 $1 (21... dxe5 $2 22. Bxh5 Qe6 23. Rd1 $16)
22. Qg5+ Ng7 23. Nd3 $6 (23. Nf3 Qg6 24. Qd2 $17) 23... Qg6 24. Qd2 Ne3 $19 25.
Nf4 Nxf1 26. Bxf1 Qf7 27. Bxb5 Ra1+ 28. Bf1 Qc4 29. Nd3 Qe4 30. f3 Qd4+ 31. Qf2
Ne6 32. Qxd4 Nxd4 33. c3 Ba6 $1 0-1

[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1981.04.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Black "Torre, Eugenio"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "Belov,I"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1981.04.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O c5 7. d5 Na6 8. Re1
Nc7 9. a4 b6 10. h3 (10. Bf4) 10... Bb7 11. Bf4 a6 12. Bc4 Qd7 13. e5 $6 (13.
Qd3 Rad8 {/\ e6/} 14. Rad1 (14. Rab1 e6 15. b4 exd5 16. exd5 cxb4 17. Rxb4 b5
18. axb5 axb5 19. Bb3 Na6 20. Rxb5 {Petursson,M-Watson,W/Reykjavik/1989/1:0 
(40)/} Rc8 $44) 14... Qc8 15. Qe3 Rfe8 16. Bh6 e6 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. dxe6 Nxe6
$10 {Adianto,U-Torre,E/San Francisco/1991/0,5 (25)/}) 13... Nh5 14. Bg5 (14.
Bh2 b5 15. Bf1 f5 $1 16. axb5 axb5 17. Rxa8 Rxa8 18. g4 fxg4 19. exd6 exd6 20.
Ng5 g3 $17 {Sosonko,G-Torre,E/Amsterdam/1977/0:1 (35)/}) 14... f6 $1 15. exd6 (
15. e6 Qe8 16. Bc1 b5 17. Ba2 f5 $17) 15... exd6 16. Be3 f5 (16... b5 $5 17.
Ba2 f5 $17) 17. Qd3 Bxc3 $1 18. Qxc3 f4 19. Bd2 b5 $17 20. Ba2 Nxd5 21. Bxd5+ (
21. Qd3 c4 22. Qd4 Qg7 $17) 21... Bxd5 22. Nh2 {/\ Ng4-h6#/} b4 23. Qd3 Qf5 24.
Qxf5 Rxf5 25. Re7 Rf7 26. Rae1 Kf8 27. R7e2 Bc6 $6 (27... a5 $142 $17) 28. a5
Re8 $6 (28... g5 $142 $17) 29. Rxe8+ Bxe8 30. g4 $1 Ng7 (30... fxg3 31. Bh6+
Ng7 32. fxg3 Bc6 $15) 31. Nf3 h6 32. c3 $1 bxc3 (32... b3 33. c4 {/\ Bc3/}) 33.
Bxc3 g5 34. b4 Bc6 35. Nd2 {/\ Nc4/} Bd5 36. bxc5 dxc5 37. Ne4 Re7 (37... Ne6
38. Nxc5 Nxc5 39. Bb4 $10) (37... Bxe4 38. Rxe4 Rb7 39. Bxg7+ Kxg7 40. Re6 $10)
38. Nxc5 Rxe1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-32"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.09.23"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Iuldachev, Saidali"]
[Black "Markowski, Tomasz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "Belov,I"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1996.09.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Uzbekistan"]
[BlackTeam "Poland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UZB"]
[BlackTeamCountry "POL"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O c5 7. d5 e6 8. Nd2
exd5 9. exd5 Nbd7 10. Nc4 (10. a4 Nb6 11. Bf3 Bd7 12. a5 Nc8 $10) 10... Nb6 11.
Ne3 Ne8 (11... Re8 12. a4 Ne4 13. Nxe4 Rxe4 14. c3 (14. a5 $5) 14... Bd7 15. a5
Nc8 16. Bd3 Re8 $10 {Gavrilov,A-Vaulin,A/Novgorod op/1995/0:1/67/}) 12. g3 $5 (
12. a4 f5 13. f4 Nd7 14. a5 Ndf6 15. h3 (15. Bf3 Nc7 16. Nc4 Rb8 17. Be3 b5 $10
{Rozentalis,E-Hodgson,Ju/Ravere/1993/0,5/45/}) 15... h5 16. Nc4 Nc7 $13 {
Khalifman,A-Hodgson,Ju/Belgrade/1993/}) 12... f5 13. Ng2 Nc7 14. Re1 $6 (14.
Nf4 g5 15. Nh5 Bxc3 16. bxc3 Ncxd5 17. Bf3 Be6 18. Re1 $44) 14... Re8 15. h4 $6
(15. Nf4 g5 16. Nh5 Bxc3 17. bxc3 Ncxd5 18. Bf3 $44) 15... Bxc3 $1 (15... Bd7
16. Bg5 Bf6 (16... Qc8 17. Qd2 $16) 17. Qd2 $16) 16. bxc3 Ncxd5 (16... Nbxd5
17. Bg5 (17. Bc4 Rxe1+ 18. Nxe1 Be6 19. Bg5 Qd7 (19... Nxc3 20. Qd3 $18) 20.
Qd2 Nb6 21. Bxe6+ Qxe6 22. Ng2 Re8 $15) 17... Nf6 18. Nf4 $44) 17. Bg5 Qc7 18.
Qd2 Be6 19. h5 $44 Qg7 $1 (19... Qf7 20. Rad1 Nc8 21. c4 Nc7 22. Nf4 $36) 20.
Nf4 (20. c4 Nc3 21. Nf4 Nxe2+ 22. Qxe2 Bf7 $13) 20... Nxc3 $5 (20... Nxf4 21.
Bxf4 d5 22. Bb5 Bd7 $13) (20... Qxc3 $2 21. Qxc3 Nxc3 22. Nxe6 Rxe6 23. Bc4 $16
) 21. h6 Qh8 (21... Qd4 $5 22. Qxd4 cxd4 23. Bf3 $44) 22. Bf3 Ne4 $8 (22... Bf7
23. Qxd6 $16) 23. Bxe4 fxe4 24. Qxd6 Nc4 25. Qxc5 Rac8 26. Qb4 $13 Bf7 27. Ng2
(27. Qxb7 $2 Qe5 28. Nh3 Qf5 29. Kh2 Ne5 $36) 27... b6 28. Rad1 a5 $6 (28...
Ne5 $5) 29. Qb1 Ne5 30. Nh4 Nc4 31. Ng2 Qb2 (31... Qc3 32. Ne3 Ne5 $36) 32. Re2
a4 33. Qxb2 Nxb2 34. Rb1 Nc4 (34... a3 $32) 35. Ra1 b5 (35... Rc7 36. Ne3 Nxe3
37. fxe3 b5 38. Rd2 $14) 36. Bf6 (36. Ne3 Ne5 37. Bf6 Nf3+ 38. Kg2 Rc6 $15)
36... Rc6 37. Bd4 g5 $2 (37... Rd8 $1 38. c3 (38. Rxe4 $2 Nd2 39. Rf4 Rxd4 40.
Rxd4 Nf3+ $19) 38... b4 $36) 38. Ne3 Nxe3 39. fxe3 $10 Rec8 40. Rf2 R6c7 $2 (
40... Bg6 41. c3 $14) 41. Rf5 $16 Rc6 42. Rxb5 (42. Rxg5+ Rg6 43. Rxg6+ Bxg6
44. c3 Rf8 45. Rb1 Rf5 $14) 42... Rxh6 43. Rb7 $1 Rf8 44. Rc7 (44. Rc7 Rg6 45.
Rf1 Be6 46. Rxf8+ Kxf8 47. c4 $18) 1-0

[Event "BCF-ch 82nd"]
[Site "Swansea"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Hebden, Mark"]
[Black "Summerscale, Aaron"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1995.08.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 c5 2. d5 f5 {The "Clarendon Court" named after Jonathan Levitt's block
of flats! Black can become active on both wings.} 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. g3 (4. Bg5 Qb6
5. Qd2 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e4 g5 {is a line shown in Jonathan Levitt's
Grandmaster Video on this opening.}) 4... g6 5. Bg2 d6 6. Nh3 Na6 7. O-O Bg7 8.
a4 O-O 9. Nb5 {The beginning of a time-wasting plan - Lee.} Nc7 10. Nf4 a6 11.
Nxc7 Qxc7 {The exchange of a pair of knights frees Black's position somewhat
as he has less space.} 12. a5 Rb8 13. c4 {Better is 13 c3 to blunt the a1-h8
diagonal.} Ng4 14. Qc2 (14. Rb1 b5 15. axb6 Qxb6 16. b3 {is ok for White, the
resulting position is very similar to one of the main lines of the Leningrad
Dutch, only White would have a knight on c3 and Black one on c7. In such a
position White is well-placed for e2-e4.}) 14... b5 15. axb6 Qxb6 16. Nd3 Qb3
17. Qxb3 Rxb3 18. Bg5 Kf7 19. Ra3 Rxa3 20. bxa3 a5 {[#]White cannot stop the
simple plan of Ba6 and Rb8 with a winning position.} 21. e4 fxe4 22. Bxe4 Ba6
23. Rc1 Rb8 24. Bf3 Ne5 25. Nxe5+ Bxe5 26. Bg4 Rb3 27. Be6+ Kf8 28. f4 Bb2 29.
Rc2 Bxa3 30. Bh6+ Ke8 31. Bg7 Rb1+ 32. Kg2 Rc1 33. Rf2 Bxc4 34. f5 gxf5 35.
Rxf5 {Hebden's best threat of the game.} Kd8 $1 {It is remarkable how often
this is a good move in the Clarendon Court.} 36. g4 Rc2+ 37. Kg3 Bb2 38. Bxb2
Rxb2 39. Rf8+ Kc7 40. Ra8 Rd2 0-1

[Event "BUL-ch"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Chakov, Plamen"]
[Black "Kurtenkov, Atanas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2360"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 (1... d5 2. Bg5 Nf6 (2... h6 $5 3. Bh4 c5 (3... g5 $5 4. Bg3 Bf5 5. h4
Bg7 6. hxg5 hxg5 7. Rxh8 Bxh8 8. Nf3 e6 9. Qd2 Nc6 (9... c5 $5 10. e3 Nc6 11.
c3 Qd7 $17) 10. c3) 4. dxc5 Qa5+ 5. Qd2 Qxc5) 3. Nd2 Bf5 4. e3 Nbd7 5. c4 c6 6.
Qb3 Qb6 7. cxd5 {1-0 Gochev,Mladen-Kostakiev,D/Plovdiv open Ch-Bg (09) 1985})
2. Nf3 c5 3. Bg5 (3. g3 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qb6 5. Bg2 Bc5 6. e3 Nc6 7. Nb3 {0-1
Pomar Salamanca,A-Larsen,B/Palma de Mallorca 6/107 1968}) (3. Nc3 cxd4 (3... d5
4. e3 Nf6 5. a3 a6 6. g3 Nbd7 7. Bg2 Qc7 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. Ne2 O-O 10. b4 Bd6 {
0-1 Cavero,D-Hoffman,A/Javea (08) 1992}) 4. Nxd4 d6 5. g3 Nf6 6. Bg2 Be7 7. O-O
O-O {1-0 Rakic,Tomislav-Pavlovic,Milos/Tivat tt (03) 1995}) (3. c3 d5 4. Bf4
Bd6 5. Bg3 Nf6 6. e3 Ne4 7. Bxd6 Qxd6 8. Bd3 O-O 9. Nbd2 f5 10. Ne5 {1/2-1/2
Kovacevic,Sl-Renet,O/Cannes op (01) 1995}) (3. c4 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. g3 g6 6.
dxc5 Qa5 7. Qd4 Be7 8. Bg5 Nc6 9. Qd2 Qxc5 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 {1-0 Bujupi,
Bajram-Stablovic,Dejan/Pula YU-cup (03) 1991}) 3... Qb6 4. e3 d5 5. Nbd2 Nc6 6.
c4 h6 7. Bh4 cxd4 8. cxd5 dxe3 9. dxc6 exd2+ 10. Nxd2 bxc6 11. a3 Ba6 12. Bc4
Ne7 13. Qe2 Bb5 14. Qg4 Rd8 15. Bxb5 Qxb5 16. O-O-O f5 17. Qh3 g5 18. Bxg5 Bg7
19. Qh5+ Kf8 20. Bxe7+ Kxe7 21. Qh4+ Bf6 22. Qb4+ Qxb4 23. axb4 Rd4 24. Kc2
Rxb4 25. b3 a5 26. Rb1 Rhb8 27. Rhc1 Rd8 28. Re1 Rd5 0-1

[Event "URS-ch46 First League"]
[Site "Ashkhabad"]
[Date "1978.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kochyev, Alexander"]
[Black "Alburt, Lev O"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1978.10.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 c5 3. d5 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e4 O-O 6. a4 d6 7. Be2 Na6 8. Bf4
Nb4 9. O-O Nh5 10. Be3 b6 11. Nd2 e6 12. Nc4 exd5 13. Nxd5 Nxd5 14. Qxd5 Be6
15. Qxd6 Qxd6 16. Nxd6 Bxb2 17. Rad1 Nf6 18. f3 Rfd8 19. Nb5 Bd7 20. Rb1 Be5
21. Rfd1 Ne8 22. f4 Bxb5 23. Bxb5 Bc7 24. e5 Ng7 25. Bc6 Rab8 26. c4 Nf5 27.
Kf2 Nxe3 28. Kxe3 Kf8 29. Rd3 a6 30. Ke4 Rdc8 31. Bd7 Rd8 32. g4 Ke7 33. Rbd1
Kf8 34. Bc6 Rdc8 35. Bd7 Rd8 36. h4 $16 Kg7 37. Bc6 Rdc8 38. Bd7 Rf8 $2 (38...
Rd8) 39. g5 Bd8 40. Bc6 Be7 41. Rd7 Rfd8 42. h5 Kf8 43. h6 Rxd7 44. Rxd7 Rd8
45. Rd3 $2 (45. Rb7 $18) 45... Rd4+ 46. Ke3 b5 $2 (46... Rxc4 $1) 47. cxb5 axb5
48. a5 Rd8 49. Bxb5 1-0

[Event "URS-ch46 First League"]
[Site "Ashkhabad"]
[Date "1978.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Mikhalchishin, Adrian"]
[Black "Alburt, Lev O"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1978.10.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. a4 b4 5. c4 bxc3 $6 (5... g6) 6. Nxc3 Ba6 7.
Bg5 $1 d6 8. Bxf6 exf6 9. e4 $14 Bxf1 10. Kxf1 Nd7 11. g3 Rb8 12. Ra2 Be7 13.
Kg2 O-O 14. Nd2 Qa5 15. Qc2 a6 16. b3 Rfe8 17. Nc4 Qb4 18. Rb2 Ne5 (18... f5
19. exf5 Bf6 20. Rc1) 19. Na2 Qb7 20. Nxe5 dxe5 21. Rd1 Red8 22. Qc4 Qc8 23.
Rbd2 Bd6 24. Qc2 Rb6 25. Rd3 Qb7 26. Rc3 Bf8 27. Nc1 f5 28. f3 fxe4 29. fxe4 f5
30. Kg1 Rbd6 31. Nd3 fxe4 32. Nxc5 Qb4 33. Nxe4 Rxd5 34. Rxd5 Rxd5 35. Rc4 Qe1+
36. Kg2 Rd1 37. Qf2 Qh1+ $4 (37... Qxf2+ 38. Kxf2 Rb1 39. Rc8 $2 (39. Rc6 Rb2+
40. Kg1 Rxb3 41. Rxa6 Rb4) 39... Rxb3 40. Ng5 (40. Nc5 Rc3) 40... Rb6) 38. Kh3
Rd7 39. Ng5 $1 Qb7 40. Qf5 $1 g6 41. Qe6+ Kg7 42. Qxe5+ Kg8 43. Rf4 Qd5 44. Qe8
1-0

[Event "BCF-ch"]
[Site "Dundee"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Hebden, Mark"]
[Black "Quillan, Gary"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2300"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[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. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. d5 d6 4. Nc3 g6 5. e4 Bg7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O Na6 8. Nd2
Nc7 9. a4 Rb8 10. Nc4 b6 11. Re1 (11. f4 $5) 11... a6 12. Bf4 b5 13. axb5 Nxb5
14. Nxb5 axb5 15. Na5 Bd7 16. e5 Ne8 17. Bf3 (17. Bg4 Bxg4 18. Qxg4 dxe5 19.
Bxe5 Bxe5 20. Rxe5 Ra8 $1 $13) 17... Qc7 18. e6 fxe6 19. dxe6 Bc8 (19... Rxf4
20. exd7 Qxd7 21. Nc6 $16) 20. Bc1 Rb6 21. Nb3 Bb7 22. Bxb7 Qxb7 23. c3 Nf6 24.
Bg5 Ra6 25. Rxa6 Qxa6 26. Nd2 Qa2 27. Qc2 Qd5 28. Nf3 Ra8 29. Qe2 Qb3 30. Bc1
Ra4 (30... Ra1 $142) 31. Nd2 $1 Qc2 32. Qxb5 Ra1 33. Nb3 Rb1 34. Qb8+ Bf8 35.
h3 d5 (35... c4 36. Nd4 $13) 36. g4 g5 37. Kg2 d4 38. Nxc5 $1 h6 (38... Rxc1
39. Rxc1 Qxc1 40. Nd7 $18) 39. Nd7 Nh7 40. Qe8 Rxc1 41. Qf7+ Kh8 42. Rxc1 1-0

[Event "BCF-ch"]
[Site "Dundee"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Arkell, Keith C"]
[Black "Hodgson, Julian M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[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. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. d5 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e4 O-O (5... d6 6. Bb5+) 6. a4 (6.
Be2 b5 $5) 6... e6 7. Be2 exd5 8. exd5 d6 9. Nd2 Na6 10. Nc4 Nb4 11. Bf4 Ne8
12. Nb5 $1 Bf5 13. Rc1 Be4 $5 (13... Na2 14. Rb1 Nb4) 14. O-O Nxd5 15. Bxd6 $1
a6 $5 (15... Qg5 16. Bf3 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 Nxd6 18. Nbxd6 $14 {/\ Nxb7, h4}) 16.
Bxf8 Kxf8 17. Nba3 Nec7 18. a5 Ne6 19. c3 Bh6 $44 20. Ra1 Bxg2 $5 21. Kxg2 Qh4
22. Bg4 (22. Bf3 Ndf4+ (22... Bf4 23. Rh1) (22... Rd8 23. Qc2 $1 Ng5 (23...
Ndf4+ 24. Kh1 Ng5 (24... Qh3 25. Bxb7 Nd3) 25. Bxb7) 24. Bxd5 Qh3+ 25. Kg1 Rxd5
(25... Nf3+ 26. Bxf3 Qxf3 27. Ne5 $1 $18) 26. f4 $1) 23. Kh1 Rd8 24. Qc2 Ng5
25. Bxb7 $18) 22... f5 23. Bxf5 gxf5 24. Qf3 Bf4 25. Qh3 Qxh3+ 26. Kxh3 Kf7
$138 27. Rg1 Ng5+ 28. Kg2 Rg8 29. Kh1 Rg6 30. Rad1 Nf6 31. Nd6+ Ke6 32. Rge1+
Nfe4 33. Nxe4 fxe4 34. Rg1 (34. Re2 Rh6 35. f3) 34... Rh6 35. Rg2 Nf3 36. Nc4
Bxh2 $2 (36... Rh3 $1 37. Ne3 Bxh2 38. Rg8 (38. Rg4 Bf4+ $2 (38... Bg1+ 39. Kg2
Rh2+ 40. Kg3 Bxf2+ 41. Kf4 Ne5 42. Rg8 Rh4+ 43. Ng4 Nxg4 44. Rxg4 Be3+ $1 45.
Kg3 Bf2+ $10) 39. Kg2 Rh2+ 40. Kf1 Bxe3 41. Rxe4+ $16) 38... Bf4+ 39. Kg2 Rh2+
40. Kf1 Bxe3 41. fxe3 Rh1+ 42. Ke2 Rh2+ $10) 37. Rg8 Bg1+ 38. Kg2 Rh2+ 39. Kg3
Bxf2+ 40. Kf4 Rh4+ 41. Rg4 $14 Rxg4+ 42. Kxg4 Ne5+ 43. Nxe5 Kxe5 44. Rh1 Kd5
45. Kf4 e3 46. Kf3 Kc6 47. Rxh7 Bg1 48. Ke2 Bf2 49. Kd3 Bg3 50. Rh6+ Kd7 51.
Rb6 Kc8 52. Re6 Bc7 53. Kc4 $1 Bxa5 54. Kxc5 Bd8 55. Rxe3 Kc7 56. Kd5 Bg5 57.
Re5 Bc1 58. Re7+ Kb6 59. c4 $1 a5 (59... Bxb2 60. c5+ Ka5 61. Rxb7) 60. c5+ Ka6
61. b3 Bd2 62. Re6+ Ka7 63. Kc4 Kb8 64. Kb5 Kc7 65. Re7+ Kc8 (65... Kc8 66. Kb6
Bb4 67. Rc7+ $18) 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 10th"]
[Site "Debrecen"]
[Date "1992.11.??"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Speelman, Jonathan S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "1992.11.20"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "EU-chT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "England"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. f4 c5 4. d5 d6 5. a4 Na6 6. Nf3 Nc7 7. c4 f5 8. e5 e6 9.
dxe6 (9. Ra3 Nh6 (9... exd5 10. cxd5 dxe5 11. fxe5 Qxd5 12. Rd3 $36) 10. Rd3
Nf7 $1 $13 11. dxe6 (11. exd6 $2 Qxd6 12. dxe6 Qe7 $1 $8) 11... Nxe6 {- 9. de6}
) 9... Nxe6 10. Ra3 Nh6 11. Rd3 Nf7 12. Nc3 Bd7 13. Rxd6 (13. exd6 O-O $13)
13... Nxd6 14. Qxd6 Kf7 15. h4 Bc6 16. Qxd8 Raxd8 17. Kf2 h6 18. Be2 g5 19.
hxg5 (19. fxg5 hxg5 20. Nxg5+ (20. Bxg5 $4 Bxf3 $1) 20... Nxg5 21. Bxg5) 19...
hxg5 20. Rxh8 Rxh8 21. fxg5 Nd4 22. Bf4 Nxe2 23. Kxe2 Ke6 24. Nb5 Bxf3+ 25.
gxf3 Bxe5 26. Nc7+ Bxc7 27. Bxc7 Rh1 (27... Rh5 $1 28. Bf4 Rh1 {ץf4}) 28. Kd3
Rd1+ 29. Kc2 Ra1 30. b3 Ra2+ 31. Kc3 Rf2 32. f4 Rf3+ 33. Kb2 Kd7 34. Be5 Rg3
35. Bb8 Rg4 36. a5 (36. Bxa7 $5 Rxf4 37. Bxc5 Kc6) (36. Kc3 Kc6 37. Kb2 a6 38.
Kc3 b5 39. a5 $1 Rg2 40. Be5) 36... Kc6 37. Ka3 b5 38. axb6 axb6 39. Ka4 Rg2
40. b4 Rb2 41. b5+ Kd7 42. Ka3 Rb4 43. g6 Rxc4 44. g7 Rc3+ 45. Ka4 Rg3 46. Be5
Ke6 (46... Kd8 $5 47. Bf6+ Ke8 48. Be5 Kf7 49. Bc7 Rg6 50. Kb3 Kxg7 51. Kc4)
47. Bc7 Rxg7 48. Bxb6 Kd5 49. Bd8 Ra7+ 50. Kb3 Rb7 51. Ka4 Kc4 (51... Kc4 52.
b6 Rb8) 0-1

[Event "YUG-ch51 (Women)"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Manakova, Maria"]
[Black "Maksimovic, Suzana"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2315"]
[BlackElo "2300"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1998.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. d5 g6 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 Bg7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O Na6 8. Nd2
Nc7 9. a4 e6 10. Nc4 exd5 11. exd5 Re8 12. Bg5 b6 $146 (12... h6 13. Bh4 b6 14.
Bg3 Bf8 15. Ne3 Bb7 16. Re1 Rb8 17. Qd2 a6 18. Rab1 Qd7 19. f4 b5 20. axb5 Nxb5
21. f5 Nxc3 22. bxc3 Ne4 23. Qd3 Bg7 $2 (23... Nxg3 24. hxg3 $13) 24. fxg6 c4
$4 25. gxf7+ Qxf7 26. Nxc4 $18 {... 1-0(49) Sepulveda,A-Velasquez Ojeda,C/
Santiago op 1992/EXT 97}) 13. Qd2 Ba6 14. Rfe1 h6 15. Bh4 (15. Bxh6 $2 Bxh6 16.
Qxh6 Rxe2 $1 $17) 15... Ne4 $6 16. Nxe4 $1 Qxh4 $8 17. Ncxd6 $1 Re5 18. Bxa6
Nxa6 19. Ng3 $2 (19. c4 $16) 19... Rd8 20. Rxe5 Bxe5 21. Nb5 (21. Nb7) 21...
Bxb2 22. Rd1 (22. Rb1 Qxa4 $1 $15) 22... Qxa4 23. Nxa7 Nb4 $1 $19 24. c4 Bc3 $1
25. Qxc3 Qxd1+ 26. Nf1 Re8 $1 27. Qd2 Qa1 $1 0-1

[Event "World U20-ch22"]
[Site "Belfort"]
[Date "1983.08.21"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Black "Greenfeld, Alon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[Annotator "Bulletin/Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "1983.08.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 (2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6) 2... c5 3. d5 $1 b5 (3... g6) (3... e6) 4.
Bg5 d6 (4... Ne4 5. Bh4 Bb7 6. Qd3 (6. a4)) (4... Qb6 5. Bxf6 (5. Nc3) 5...
Qxf6 6. c3 (6. e4)) 5. Bxf6 exf6 6. a4 $5 $146 {Une nouveautй intйressante
pour essayer de provoquer la poussйe b5b4 qui donne une bonne case "c4" pour
le N. La diffйrence avec l'autre ligne 6.e4 a6 7.a4 est que les noirs ne
peuvent pas jouer a6 а cause du clouage sur la colonne "a"} (6. e4 {[%cal
Gf1b5] La ligne principale} a6 7. a4 b4 8. Bd3 g6 9. Nbd2 {[%cal Gd2c4]} Bg7
10. Nc4 $14) 6... bxa4 (6... b4) 7. Nc3 g6 8. e3 Bg7 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. Qd3 f5 {
[%csl Gg7][%cal Gg7c3]} 11. Nd2 O-O {[%cal Gd2c4]} 12. Nxa4 Qa5 13. Bxd7 Nxd7
14. O-O Ne5 15. Qe2 Rfb8 {[%csl Rb2]} 16. b3 (16. Ra2 $5) 16... Qb4 17. Nb2 $1
Nd7 18. Ndc4 Nb6 19. Ra6 {[%csl Ra7]} Qb5 20. Ra5 Qb4 21. Nxb6 (21. Ra6 {
Avec une rйpйtition de coups}) 21... axb6 22. Rb5 $14 {[%csl Rb6]} Qe4 23. Nc4
Ra2 24. Qd3 Rxc2 25. Qxe4 fxe4 26. Nxd6 Rd2 27. Nc4 Rxd5 $15 28. g3 Rd3 29. Rc1
Bf8 (29... f5) 30. Rxb6 Rxb3 (30... Rxb6 31. Nxb6 Rxb3 32. Nd7 {[%cal Gd7f8,
Gd7c5]}) 31. Rc6 Rb1 32. Rxb1 Rxb1+ 33. Kg2 Rb7 (33... h5 $1 $138 {le zeitnot
va gacher la position supérieure des noirs.} 34. Ne5 {[%csl Gf7][%cal Gc6c7]}
Be7 $1 35. Rc7 Bd6 (35... Kf8) 36. Rc8+ Kg7 37. Nd7 Rc1 $17) 34. g4 $1 Kg7 35.
g5 Rd7 36. h4 h6 37. Ne5 Ra7 38. Kg3 hxg5 39. hxg5 Be7 40. Kf4 Ra1 41. Rc7 {
[%csl Rc5,Gc7,Re4,Ge5,Re7,Gf4,Rf7] Les pièces Blanches sont maintenant très
actives} Kf8 42. Kxe4 Ra4+ 43. Kd5 Ra6 44. f4 Rd6+ 45. Kc4 Re6 46. e4 Bxg5 $2 (
46... Kg7 47. Kd5 Kf8 48. Nc6 Rd6+ 49. Kc4 Re6 50. e5 Ke8 51. Kb5 (51. Kd5 Kf8)
) 47. Rxf7+ Kg8 48. Kd5 Rxe5+ 49. Kxe5 Kxf7 50. fxg5 c4 51. Kd4 Ke6 52. Kxc4
Ke5 53. Kd3 {[%mdl 8] Le Bulgare prend enfin une option sur le titre car SALOV
a annulé à cette ronde 09 et il est donc seul leader avec 8/9} 1-0

[Event "World U20-ch22"]
[Site "Belfort"]
[Date "1983.08.26"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Saeed, Saeed Ahmed"]
[Black "Trindade, Sandro Heleno"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2390"]
[BlackElo "2320"]
[Annotator "Bulletin/Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1983.08.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 exd5 4. cxd5 d6 5. Nc3 g6 6. e4 Bg7 7. f3 {[%csl Rg1]
Un ordre de coups assez rare} (7. Bd3 $142 Nf6 8. Nge2) 7... Nd7 $5 $146 (7...
Nf6 8. Bg5 (8. Nge2)) 8. Nh3 {[%csl Rh3] Ce Nh3 est mal placé et les Blancs
n'auront notamment pas la possibilité de jouer Nd2c4} Ne7 $5 {[%csl Gg7][%cal
Gf7f5] Le brésilien est containt de prendre des risques pour finir 03ème et
la position ressemble à un mélange de Benoni et de défense moderne} (8...
Ngf6 9. Bd3 (9. Be2) 9... O-O 10. O-O) 9. Be2 a6 10. a4 Rb8 11. O-O O-O 12. Be3
Nb6 $6 13. Nf2 (13. a5 $143 {Le coup naturel mais paradoxalement il doit
donner du contre-jeu aux Noirs qui pourront envisager ensuite la poussée b5}
Nd7 {[%cal Gb7b5]}) 13... f5 {Thématique sur la Bénoni mais intrinséquement
risqué} 14. Qd2 $1 Kh8 15. Bg5 $36 Qe8 16. Rae1 $32 {[%csl Re7,Re8]} Qf7 17.
Bxe7 Qxe7 18. exf5 gxf5 19. Bxa6 Be5 20. f4 (20. Bd3 Qh4 21. Rxe5 $1 dxe5 22.
Qe3 Nd7) 20... bxa6 21. fxe5 Nc4 $2 (21... dxe5 $8 22. Nd3 (22. a5 Nc4)) 22.
exd6 Qxd6 23. Qe2 Na5 24. Nd3 Nb3 25. Qf2 Bd7 26. Qh4 Rf7 27. Qf4 $1 {[%csl
Rd7]} Qxf4 28. Rxf4 {La finale est trés difficile pour les Noirs} (28. Nxf4)
28... Rg7 29. g3 Rc8 30. Kf2 c4 (30... Kg8) 31. Ne5 Nc5 32. Re3 Bxa4 33. Nxa4
Nxa4 34. Rxc4 Rxc4 35. Nxc4 Rb7 36. d6 $1 {[%csl Ge7]} Kg7 (36... Nxb2 37. Re7
$18) 37. Re2 Nc5 38. Ke3 Kf6 39. Kd4 Ne6+ 40. Kc3 Nc5 41. Kd4 Ne6+ 42. Kc3 Nc5
43. Re8 Rb3+ 44. Kd4 Ne6+ 45. Kd5 Rb5+ 46. Kc6 Nd4+ (46... Rc5+ 47. Kd7) 47.
Kd7 Rb7+ 48. Kc8 Rb4 49. Ne5 Ne6 50. Nd7+ Kf7 51. Re7+ {Ce gain permet à
SAEED de terminer 03ème du Championnat} 1-0

[Event "Lopota FIDE GP (Women)"]
[Site "Lopota"]
[Date "2014.07.01"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Khotenashvili, Bela"]
[Black "Koneru, Humpy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2518"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2014.06.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 161 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Humpy's bizarre version of a Benoni was less than successful and by move 15
Khotenashvili enjoyed a clear advantage. Khotenashvili played well and wrecked
Koneru's position.} 1. d4 e6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 exd5 4. cxd5 d6 5. Nc3 a6 6. a4 Ne7
7. e4 Ng6 8. Bd3 Be7 9. Nge2 O-O 10. O-O Re8 11. Ng3 Nd7 12. f4 Qc7 13. Kh1 Rb8
14. b3 b6 15. Bb2 Bf8 16. Qc2 Qd8 17. Rae1 Nf6 18. h3 Ng4 19. Qd1 Qh4 20. Qf3 {
Black's knights are dominated and White enjoys an important advantage in space.
} Nh6 21. Kg1 $1 {An important move giving back White's control of g4.} f5 22.
Re3 $1 {Very precise.} Qf6 23. Qe2 Qf7 24. e5 {It is clear now that White's
pawn central majority will be the winning factor of this game.} dxe5 25. fxe5
c4 26. Bxf5 {Winning, but not the easiest.} (26. Bxc4 Bc5 27. Nce4 $1 $16)
26... Bxf5 27. e6 Qc7 28. Nxf5 Nxf5 29. Rxf5 Bc5 30. Ne4 $1 Bxe3+ 31. Qxe3 Rbd8
32. Qc3 $1 (32. Rf7 $1 Re7 33. Qc3 Rxf7 34. d6 $1 $18 {is a machine like-win.})
32... Re7 33. bxc4 Nf4 34. Nf6+ $2 {Fancy and unnecessary.} (34. Qf3 {leaves
Black completely defenseless against a multitude of threats.}) 34... gxf6 35.
Rg5+ Rg7 36. Qxf6 Ng6 37. Be5 (37. h4 {was immediately stronger.}) 37... Qe7 (
37... Rf8 $1 {Might put some resistance as it is unclear how White will win.}
38. Qxg7+ Qxg7 39. Bxg7 Kxg7 40. g4 $1 {And only White can win, but there is
still work to be done.}) 38. h4 Rf8 39. Qxe7 Rxe7 40. h5 {The rest is simple.}
Rc8 41. hxg6 Rxc4 42. g7 (42. Rh5 $18) 42... Re4 43. Kf2 h6 44. d6 1-0

[Event "Reykjavik"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Petursson, Margeir"]
[Black "Watson, William N"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1989.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1989.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1989.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O c5 7. d5 Na6 8. Bf4
Nc7 9. a4 b6 10. h3 (10. Re1 Bb7 11. Bc4 Nh5 12. Bg5 Nf6 13. Qd3 a6 14. Rad1
Rb8 15. h3 Nd7 16. Qe3 Ba8 17. Bh6 b5 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Bf1 Nf6 20. axb5 axb5
21. Ne2 Bb7 22. Ng3 Ra8 23. c3 Ra4 24. Bd3 Qa8 $2 {>= 24...h6; 24...Kh8} 25. e5
$1 dxe5 26. Qxe5 Ncxd5 27. Bxb5 Ra7 28. Nh4 Bc8 29. Be2 Be6 30. c4 Nb4 31. Qxc5
Qb8 32. Bf1 Rc8 33. Qg5 Kh8 34. Rd2 Nc6 35. Qh6 Rg8 36. Nf3 Qf8 37. Qe3 Kg7 38.
Ng5 Bd7 39. b4 Qa8 40. b5 Na5 41. b6 {Karpov,An-Kortschnoj,V (32)/Baguio-Wch/
1978/1-0/}) 10... Bb7 11. Bc4 a6 12. Re1 Qd7 13. Qd3 Rad8 14. Rab1 e6 15. b4
exd5 (15... Nxe4 $5 16. Rxe4 Bxc3 17. Qxc3 exd5 18. Bh6 d4 19. Nxd4 $40) 16.
exd5 cxb4 17. Rxb4 b5 18. axb5 axb5 19. Bb3 Na6 (19... Rfe8 20. Rd1 Na6 21.
Rxb5 Nc5 22. Rxc5 $1) 20. Rxb5 Nc5 21. Qc4 Ba6 22. Bxd6 $1 $16 Nxb3 23. Bxf8
Na5 24. Qa4 Bxb5 25. Qxa5 Bxf8 26. Nxb5 Qxd5 27. c4 Qd7 28. Qb6 Kg7 29. Ra1 Rc8
30. Ra7 Qd1+ 31. Kh2 Bc5 32. Rxf7+ Kxf7 33. Qb7+ Nd7 34. Qxc8 Bxf2 35. Qd8 Kg7
36. Qe7+ Kh6 37. Nd6 Qc1 38. Nf7+ Kg7 39. N7g5+ Kg8 40. Qf7+ 1-0

[Event "HUN-ch"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Horvath, Csaba"]
[Black "Fogarasi, Tibor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1996.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 c5 2. d5 e6 3. Nc3 a6 4. a4 d6 5. e4 Ne7 6. Nf3 e5 7. Nd2 b6 8. Nc4 Ra7
9. g3 g6 10. f4 f6 11. Bg2 Bg7 12. O-O O-O 13. Be3 Rb7 14. Qd2 b5 15. axb5 axb5
16. Na5 Rb6 17. fxe5 fxe5 18. Rxf8+ Bxf8 19. Rf1 Bg7 20. Qf2 h6 21. b4 Ra6 22.
Nxb5 cxb4 23. Nc4 Qd7 24. Nbxd6 Rxd6 25. Nxd6 (25. Nxd6 Qxd6 26. Bc5 Qd8 27.
Qf7+ Kh7 28. Bxe7 $18) 1-0

[Event "London Phillips&Drew"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1980.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Browne, Walter Shawn"]
[Black "Gheorghiu, Florin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1980.04.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. d5 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e4 O-O $5 (5... d6 6. Bb5+ $14) 6.
Nd2 (6. e5 Ng4 7. Bf4 d6 $11) (6. Be2 b5 7. e5 Ng4 8. Bf4 $36) 6... d6 7. Be2
Na6 8. O-O Nc7 9. a4 b6 10. Nc4 Ba6 $1 11. Re1 (11. Bf4 Rb8 12. b3 $5 $14)
11... Nd7 12. Ra3 $1 Rb8 13. Rb3 Ne5 $1 (13... Bxc4 14. Bxc4 a6 15. Qe2 Bxc3
16. Rxc3 b5 17. axb5 axb5 18. Ba2 {/\Rh3+/-->}) 14. Nxe5 Bxe2 15. Qxe2 Bxe5
$132 16. Nb5 Rb7 $1 (16... Nxb5 17. axb5 $14 {()}) 17. f4 Bg7 18. Rd1 Qc8 $1
19. Qc4 (19. e5 Nxb5 20. axb5 c4 $1 {/\Qc5|^}) 19... Rd8 $1 20. Kh1 Ne8 21. h3
a6 22. Nc3 (22. Na3 $142 Nc7 $15) 22... Nc7 23. Qe2 Qb8 $1 24. e5 b5 25. axb5
axb5 26. Ne4 c4 $1 $17 27. Rf3 dxe5 28. Nc5 Ra7 29. fxe5 Rxd5 30. Rxd5 Nxd5 31.
e6 f5 32. Rf1 Ra1 33. Rd1 Qg3 $1 $19 {/\Be5} 34. Nd7 h5 35. c3 Kh7 36. Bg5 $6
Nxc3 $1 37. bxc3 Rxd1+ 38. Qxd1 Qxg5 39. Qd5 Qe3 40. Qxb5 Qxe6 0-1

[Event "Cannes Martinez"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Dizdarevic, Emir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2300"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1995.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 047 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 exd5 4. cxd5 d6 5. Nc3 Ne7 6. Nf3 Ng6 7. g3 Be7 8. Bg2
O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. Qc2 Na6 11. Re1 Rb8 12. b3 b5 13. Bb2 Nc7 14. Rad1 Bf6 15.
a3 a5 16. b4 axb4 17. axb4 Na6 18. bxc5 dxc5 19. d6 Nb4 20. Qb1 Bg4 21. Nd5
Nxd5 22. Rxd5 Bxb2 23. Qxb2 b4 24. Rc1 c4 25. Nd4 c3 26. Qb3 Bd7 27. Ra1 Qb6
28. e3 Rec8 29. Be4 Nf8 30. Bf5 g6 31. Bd3 Ne6 32. Bc4 Nc5 33. Qc2 b3 34. Qxc3
Na4 $4 {Zeitnot} (34... b2 35. Rb1 Na4 $19) 35. Qxb3 Qd8 36. Bb5 (36. Rxa4 $3
Rxb3 37. Bxb3 Bxa4 38. Bxa4 Rc1+ 39. Kg2 Qa8 40. e4 $18) 36... Nc3 37. Re5 $2 (
37. Ra7 $1) 37... Qf6 38. f4 $4 (38. Ra7) 38... Nxb5 39. Nxb5 Rxb5 40. Rxb5
Qxa1+ 41. Kg2 Bxb5 42. Qxb5 Qa2+ 43. Kf3 Qa8+ 44. Kg4 Qc6 0-1

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Torre, Eugenio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1989.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O c5 7. d5 Na6 8. Bf4
Nc7 9. a4 (9. Re1 a6 10. a4 Bd7 $6 {10...b6} 11. e5 Nh5 12. Be3 dxe5 13. Bxc5
$14 {Gelfand,B-Polgar,J/Amsterdam OHRA-B/1989/1-0/}) 9... a6 10. h3 b6 11. Re1
Bb7 12. Bc4 Qd7 13. Qd3 (13. e5 Nh5 $1 14. Bh2 b5 $1 $13) 13... Rad8 14. Rad1
Qc8 15. Qe3 Rfe8 16. Bh6 Bh8 {>= 16...e6!; Torre} 17. Ng5 $1 Nd7 18. f4 Bg7 19.
Bxg7 Kxg7 20. e5 b5 21. axb5 Nb6 22. bxa6 Nxc4 23. axb7 Qxb7 24. Qe4 Nxb2 25.
Rb1 Qb4 26. Qxb4 cxb4 27. Nce4 Nc4 $2 (27... Na4 $1 28. Rxb4 Nc5) 28. Rxb4 Na3
29. Ra4 Ra8 30. Rxa8 Rxa8 31. exd6 Nxd5 $2 {>= 31...exd6} 32. Rd1 Nb6 33. dxe7
Re8 34. f5 f6 35. Ne6+ 1-0

[Event "OHRA-B"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1989.07.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. d5 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e4 O-O 6. Be2 d6 7. O-O Na6 8. Re1
Nc7 9. Bf4 (9. a4 b6 10. Bf4) 9... a6 (9... b5 $1 10. Nxb5 (10. Bxb5 $2 Nh5)
10... Nxe4 11. Nxc7 Qxc7 12. Bc4 Nf6 13. Rb1 Re8 14. h3 a5 $10) 10. a4 Bd7 11.
e5 Nh5 12. Be3 dxe5 (12... b5 $6 13. Ng5 (13. Nh4 b4 (13... e6 $5 14. g3 $5)
14. Ne4 f5 15. Ng5 {/\ 16.Bxh5}) 13... h6 (13... b4 14. Nce4 f5 15. Bxh5 fxe4
16. e6 $16) 14. Nxf7 $1 Rxf7 15. e6 Nxe6 16. dxe6 Bxe6 17. Bxh5 gxh5 18. Qxh5
$40) 13. Bxc5 Nf4 14. Bf1 (14. Bc4 Bg4 15. h3 Bh5 $1 16. Kh2 (16. Ne4 Ncxd5 17.
Bxd5 Qxd5 (17... Bxf3 $2 18. Bxf7+ $1 Rxf7 19. Qxf3 $16) 18. Qxd5 Nxd5 19. g4
f5 $1) 16... Qd7 17. d6 Bxf3 $1 18. Qxf3 exd6 19. Rad1 Nce6 $1) 14... Bf5 (
14... Bg4 15. h3 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Ncxd5 $3 17. Rad1 (17. Nxd5 Qxd5 18. Qxd5 Nxd5
19. c4 (19. Rad1 Rfc8 $1 20. Rxd5 e6 21. Rdxe5 Bxe5 22. Rxe5 f6) 19... Rfc8 20.
Ba3 Nb6) (17. g3 Nxc3 $6 (17... Ne6 $1) 18. gxf4 e4 19. Qe3 Nd5 20. Qxe4) 17...
Qc7 $1 18. Rxd5 Nxd5 19. Qxd5 Rfd8 20. Qc4 Rac8 21. b4 b6 22. Nd5 Rxd5 23. Qxd5
Rd8 (23... bxc5 $2 24. Bxa6 Rd8 25. Qxc5) (23... e6 24. Qe4 bxc5 25. Bxa6 Rb8 (
25... Rd8 26. Qb7 $5) 26. b5 {/\ 27.Qc6}) 24. Bxb6 $1 Qxb6 25. Qc5 Qxc5 26.
bxc5 Rc8 27. Bxa6 Rxc5 28. c4) 15. Nxe5 Ncxd5 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 (16... Qxd5 17.
Qxd5 Nxd5 18. c3 Rfc8 19. Ba3) 17. Ba3 $1 $16 (17. Bc4 Qc7 $3 18. Qxd5 Rad8)
17... Bf6 (17... Nb6 18. a5 Nc8 19. Nc4 $1 Qxd1 20. Raxd1 Bxc2 21. Rd7 $44) 18.
c3 $2 (18. Qf3 $1 Bxc2 19. Ng4 (19. Bc4 Nb6 20. Nxf7 $1 Qd4 21. Be6) 19... Re8
20. Nxf6+ Nxf6 21. Qxb7) 18... Nb6 19. a5 Nd7 20. Nf3 (20. Ng4 Bxg4 21. Qxg4
Ne5 22. Qe4 Nc6 23. Bc5 $1 Nxa5 $2 24. Qb4 Nc6 25. Qxb7) 20... Re8 21. Nd4 Ne5
(21... Qxa5 22. Nxf5 Qxf5 23. g4 $1) 22. Nxf5 gxf5 23. Qh5 e6 24. Re3 $6 (24.
Bc5 $5 Qd2 (24... Nd7 25. Rad1) 25. Re2) 24... Bg7 25. Rh3 h6 26. Rg3 (26. Bc5
Ng4 27. Be2 (27. f3 Nf6 28. Qh4 Qd2 29. Re1 $5) 27... Nf6 28. Qh4 Qd2) 26...
Qf6 27. Bc5 Ng6 $2 (27... f4 28. Rh3 Rad8 (28... Qg5 29. Qe2 $5 {/\ 30.Rh5})
29. Bd4 Qg5 (29... Rd5 30. Re1 $5) 30. Qe2 Nc6) 28. Bb6 (28. Rd1 Rad8 29. Bb6
$16) 28... e5 29. Bc4 Kh7 30. Rd1 Rac8 (30... Re7 31. Bd8 $2 (31. Bc5 Rc7 32.
Rd6 Qh4 33. Qxh4 Nxh4 34. b4) 31... Rxd8 32. Rxd8 Rc7) 31. Bb3 Re7 (31... e4
32. Bd4) (31... Nf4 32. Qf3 Qe7 33. Rxg7+ $1 Kxg7 34. g3 {/\ 35.Qxf5}) 32. Bd8
Rxd8 33. Rxd8 e4 34. Qd1 f4 {/\ 35.R?? e3} 35. Rd6 $1 Qe5 (35... fxg3 36. Rxf6
gxf2+ 37. Kxf2 Bxf6) 36. Bxf7 $1 Nf8 (36... fxg3 37. Bxg6+ Kg8 38. Qb3+) (36...
Nh4 37. Bg6+ Nxg6 38. Rgxg6 e3 39. fxe3 (39. Rxg7+ Kxg7 40. Qg4+ Qg5 41. Qxg5+
hxg5 42. Kf1) 39... Qxe3+ 40. Kf1) 37. Rxg7+ $1 Qxg7 38. Bc4 e3 39. fxe3 fxe3
40. Qf3 Nd7 41. Qf5+ Kh8 42. Qh5 (42. Rg6 Qh7 43. Rg8+ $4 Qxg8 44. Bxg8 e2)
42... Nf6 1-0

[Event "Montreal International"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "1979.05.06"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Larsen, Bent"]
[Black "Hort, Vlastimil"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1979.04.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. f4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. d4 c5 5. d5 Nf6 6. Nc3 O-O 7. a4 $5 {Premature?
} (7. Be2 b5 $5 8. Bxb5 (8. e5) 8... Nxe4 9. Nxe4 Qa5+ 10. Nc3 Bxc3+ 11. bxc3
Qxb5) 7... e6 $1 8. dxe6 Bxe6 9. Be2 (9. Bd3 {/\f54-f5} Bg4 10. O-O Nc6 {><d4})
9... d5 $2 {Looks too early.} 10. e5 $1 Ne4 11. Nxe4 dxe4 12. Qxd8 Rxd8 13. Ng5
Bd5 14. Be3 h6 15. Nh3 Bf8 $14 {><e4} 16. Nf2 Na6 17. O-O-O Nc7 18. b3 Bc6 19.
Rxd8 Rxd8 20. Rd1 Rxd1+ 21. Kxd1 b6 22. Kd2 Bg7 23. g3 {/\Be2-f1-g2xe4} f5 $5
24. exf6 Bxf6 25. Ng4 (25. Bf1 Nd5 $1 26. Bg2 $2 Nxe3 27. Kxe3 Bd4+ $1 28. Ke2
Bxf2 29. Kxf2 e3+ $1 30. Kg1 e2 $19) 25... Bg7 26. f5 (26. Ne5 $14) 26... Nd5
$1 (26... gxf5 27. Nxh6+ $16) 27. Bc4 $6 Kh7 28. Bxd5 Bxd5 29. fxg6+ Kxg6 $10
30. c4 h5 31. Nf2 Bc6 32. Nh3 Kf5 33. Nf4 Kg4 $1 34. Ke2 Be5 35. Nd5 Kh3 36.
Bf4 Bd4 37. Bb8 $6 (37. Ne3 $1 $10) 37... Bd7 38. Bxa7 $2 (38. Ne3 $142) 38...
Kxh2 39. Bxb6 Bg4+ 40. Kf1 Kxg3 41. Bc7+ Kf3 42. Nf4 Bf2 (42... Bf2 43. a5 e3
44. a6 e2+ 45. Nxe2 Bh3#) 0-1

[Event "Bad Zwesten op 1st"]
[Site "Bad Zwesten"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Dautov, Rustem"]
[Black "Miezis, Normunds"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1997.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. Nxd5 Nxd5 6. Qxd5 Be7 7. e4 Nc6 8.
Bc4 (8. Be2 O-O 9. O-O d6 10. c3 Be6 11. Qh5 h6 12. Rd1 $14 {Karpov,An-Topalov,
V/Dos Hermanas/1994}) 8... O-O 9. O-O d6 10. c3 (10. Qh5 Be6 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12.
Qg4 Rf6 $10) 10... Be6 (10... Bg4 11. Bf4 (11. Qd3 Kh8 {/\f5}) 11... Bxf3 12.
gxf3 $14 {><d6}) (10... Na5 11. Be2 Be6 12. Qh5 $14) 11. Qd3 Qd7 {N} (11... Kh8
12. Bf4 Qb6 13. Rab1 Rad8 14. Rfd1 Bg4 15. h3 Bh5 16. Rd2 Bg6 17. Re1 f5 $132 {
Stean,M-Sax,Gy/Smederevska Palanka 1982}) 12. Bf4 Rad8 13. Rad1 Kh8 (13... f5
14. Bxe6+ Qxe6 15. Qd5 Qxd5 16. exd5 Na5 17. Rfe1 Rfe8 (17... Bf6 18. Re6 Nc4
19. b3 Nb2 20. Rd2 Bxc3 21. Rc2 $16) 18. Re6 h6 19. Rde1 Kf7 20. h4 $14) (13...
Bxc4 14. Qxc4 Qe6 15. Rd5 $14 (15. Qd5 $14)) 14. Rfe1 $1 (14. Bd5 f5 15. Ng5
fxe4 16. Qxe4 Bxg5 17. Bxg5 Rde8 $132) 14... f5 $6 (14... h6 15. Bg3 f5 16.
Bxe6 Qxe6 17. Qd5 Qg6 18. exf5 (18. Nh4 Bxh4 19. Bxh4 Rde8 20. exf5 (20. Qxd6
Qh5 $13) 20... Rxe1+ 21. Rxe1 Rxf5 22. Qe6 Re5 $10) 18... Rxf5 19. Qb3 b6 20.
Re6 Rf6 21. Rde1 $14) 15. Ng5 $1 $16 Bxc4 (15... Bxg5 16. Bxg5 Rde8 (16... Ne5
$2 17. Bxe6 Qxe6 18. exf5 $18) 17. Bxe6 Qxe6 (17... Rxe6 $2 18. exf5 Rxe1+ 19.
Rxe1 $16) 18. Qxd6 Qxd6 (18... Qxa2 $2 19. exf5 $16) 19. Rxd6 fxe4 20. Rd5 b6
$16) 16. Qxc4 Bxg5 17. Bxg5 Rde8 $2 (17... Ne5 18. Qd5 Rde8 19. f4 Ng6 (19...
Nf7 20. e5 $16) 20. exf5 Rxe1+ 21. Rxe1 Rxf5 22. Qe6 Qxe6 23. Rxe6 d5 24. Rd6
$16) 18. Qxc5 Re5 19. Qxd6 Qxd6 20. Rxd6 $18 f4 21. Rd5 h6 22. Rxe5 Nxe5 23.
Be7 Re8 24. Bd6 Nd3 25. Re2 Nc1 (25... Rd8 26. Bc7 Rc8 27. Rd2 $18) 26. Rc2 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 2nd"]
[Site "Ohrid"]
[Date "2001.06.14"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Socko, Bartosz"]
[Black "Dautov, Rustem"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2554"]
[BlackElo "2631"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2001.06.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 {Diese Partie muЯte ich unbedingt gewinnen, um das Play-Off
zu vermeiden. Fьr einen harten Kampf ist Sizilianisch besser geeignet als
Caro-Kann, was ich meistens spiele.} 3. d4 Bg7 4. d5 {Aus dem Sizilianer wird
eine Pirc-Variante! Ich rechnete eher mit schдrferen Varianten wie 4.dxc5 oder
4.Sc3.} d6 5. Bc4 Nf6 6. Nc3 O-O 7. O-O (7. h3 $2 b5 $1) 7... Bg4 8. h3 Bxf3 9.
Qxf3 Nbd7 10. Qd1 Ne8 {Eine standardmдЯige Ьberfьhrung, der Springer wird von
c7 die Durchsetzung von b7-b5 unterstьtzen.} 11. Re1 a6 12. a4 b6 13. Ra3 Nc7
14. Rb3 {Alles pro und kontra b7-b5!} Re8 $5 {Ein guter Wartezug.} (14... Rb8
15. Qe2 Qc8 16. f4 $14 {gefiel mir nicht.}) ({, und} 14... b5 $6 {wдre zu frьh,
die Folge} 15. axb5 Nb6 16. Bf1 $1 c4 17. Rb4 $1 a5 18. Rxc4 Nxc4 19. Bxc4 Rb8
20. Qd3 Qd7 21. Bd2 {ist fьr WeiЯ sehr gьnstig.}) 15. Bf4 {WeiЯ plant Bg3, f4
und e5.} ({Nach} 15. f4 {war bereits} b5 $1 {sehr stark -} 16. axb5 Nb6 17. Bf1
c4 18. Rb4 a5 19. Rxc4 Nxc4 20. Bxc4 Bxc3 21. bxc3 Nxb5 $1 $17) 15... Rb8 16.
Qe2 Qc8 17. Bg3 $2 {Der erste Fehler meines Gegners. In dieser Stellung sollte
er seine Lдufer nicht gegen die schwarzen Springer abtauschen lassen.} ({
Korrekt war} 17. Qf1 $1 {, und nach} Ne5 18. Be2 e6 19. dxe6 fxe6 20. Rd1 Rd8 {
(ein zweiter VorstoЯ, d6-d5 ist in Planung) bleibt die Stellung unklar.}) 17...
Ne5 18. f4 $2 {Bekannterweise kommt ein Fehler selten allein.} ({Das richtige} 
18. Bxe5 $1 Bxe5 19. Qd3 $1 {sah zwar nicht schцn aus, hдtte aber den Schaden
noch in Grenzen gehalten. Schwarz steht mit seinem starken Be5 sehr
komfortabel, kann aber kaum b6-b5 durchsetzen.}) 18... Nxc4 19. Qxc4 Qd7 $1 {
Nun ist b6-b5 nicht zu vermeiden.} (19... b5 $2 20. axb5 axb5 21. Nxb5 Rxb5 22.
Rxb5 Qa6 23. Rb4 $1 $11) 20. Qf1 (20. e5 $2 b5 21. axb5 axb5 22. Qe4 f5 $1 23.
Qf3 (23. e6 Qc8 24. Qf3 c4 $19) (23. exf6 exf6 24. Qf3 c4 25. Rxe8+ Nxe8 26.
Rb4 Qa7+ 27. Kh2 Qa5 $19) 23... c4 24. e6 Qc8 25. Rb4 Na6 26. Rxb5 Rxb5 27.
Nxb5 Qc5+ $19) 20... b5 21. axb5 axb5 22. Nd1 c4 23. Ra3 f5 $1 $17 {Ein
typischer Zug, der den vorgerьckten Bauern d5 entwurzelt, und den Bg3 in
seiner Bewegungsfreiheit einschrдnkt.} 24. Qf2 {Der Bauernverlust lдЯt sich
nicht vermeiden.} (24. exf5 Qxf5 25. Ne3 Bd4 $17) 24... fxe4 25. Ra7 Qc8 26.
Qd2 Ra8 27. Rxa8 Qxa8 28. Ne3 {WeiЯ hofft auf das Gegenspiel mit f4-f5.} Rf8 $2
{Man sollte einfach den Bauern b2 nehmen.} (28... Bxb2 $1 29. c3 Qa3 30. Nd1
Bc1 $1 31. Qd4 Qc5 $19) 29. c3 Na6 $1 {Der Springer hat seine Aufgabe auf c7
erfьllt und wird auf einen schцnen Posten d3 ьberfьhrt.} 30. Rf1 $2 ({Zдher war
} 30. Nc2 $1 Nc5 31. Nb4) 30... Nc5 31. f5 Nd3 32. Qe2 {WeiЯ plant Qe2-g4xe4.}
(32. fxg6 hxg6 {war fьr ihn hoffnungslos.}) 32... Qc8 $1 33. Qg4 (33. fxg6 hxg6
$19) 33... Qc5 $19 34. Qxe4 Bh6 35. Qe6+ Kh8 36. Rf3 Rxf5 {Die Fesselung
entscheidet.} 37. Bf2 (37. Rxf5 Qxe3+ 38. Qxe3 Bxe3+ 39. Bf2 Bxf2+ $19) 37...
Rxf3 (37... Nxf2 $2 38. Rxf5) 38. gxf3 Nxf2 39. Qxe7 Qxe3 0-1

[Event "Bad Zwesten op 1st"]
[Site "Bad Zwesten"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Dautov, Rustem"]
[Black "Tseitlin, Mark D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1997.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 c5 2. d5 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e4 d6 (4... exd5 $2 5. e5 $16) 5. Bb5+ $5 (5.
Nf3) 5... Nbd7 (5... Bd7 6. dxe6 (6. a4 $5) 6... fxe6 7. Bxd7+ Nbxd7 8. Nf3 $14
) 6. dxe6 fxe6 7. e5 dxe5 8. Nf3 a6 9. Bc4 (9. Bxd7+ $6 Nxd7 $15 {/\b5}) 9...
Nb6 (9... Qe7 $6 10. a4 (10. O-O b5 11. Be2 Bb7 $13) 10... Nb6 11. Ba2 $16) 10.
Qxd8+ Kxd8 11. Nxe5 Ke8 $2 {N} (11... Bd6 12. Nf7+ Ke7 13. Nxd6 Kxd6 14. Bd3
Nbd5 15. Ne4+ $14 {Szabo-Guimard/Mar del Plata/1962}) (11... Ng4 12. Nxg4 Nxc4
13. Bg5+ Ke8 14. O-O-O Bd7 15. Rhe1 $16) (11... Nfd7 $2 12. Nf7+ Ke7 13. Nxh8
Nxc4 14. Bg5+ Ke8 15. O-O-O $18) (11... Nxc4 $1 12. Nxc4 b5 13. Nb6 Rb8 14.
Nxc8 Kxc8 15. Bf4 Rb6 16. O-O-O Be7 17. Rhe1 Rd8 $14) 12. Be2 Bd6 13. Bf4 $1 (
13. Nf3 Nbd5 14. Bd2 b5 15. O-O-O h6 16. Rhe1 Kf7 $10) 13... Nbd5 14. Nxd5 exd5
(14... Nxd5 15. Bg3 $16) 15. O-O-O $16 {@,עe8} Be6 16. Bf3 Rd8 (16... g5 $2
17. Bxg5 $1 Bxe5 18. Rhe1 Nd7 19. Bxd5 Bxd5 20. Rxd5 $18) (16... Bxe5 17. Bxe5
Rd8 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Rhe1 Kf7 20. Rd2 (20. Bh5+ Ke7 21. Bg4 Rd6) 20... Rhg8
21. Rde2 Bg4 22. Re7+ Kf8 23. Rxh7 Bxf3 24. gxf3 $16) 17. Rhe1 Bxe5 18. Rxe5
Kf7 19. Rde1 Rhe8 20. Bg5 $1 Rd6 $2 (20... h6 $2 21. Bxf6 Kxf6 (21... gxf6 22.
Bh5+) 22. Bxd5 $18) (20... Re7 $8 21. c4 (21. Bh5+ $5 g6 22. R1e3 Rd6 $1 $14)
21... dxc4 22. Bxf6 Kxf6 23. Bxb7 $16) 21. Bxf6 gxf6 22. R5e2 $18 Re7 23. Bh5+
Kg7 24. Bg4 Kf7 25. f4 1-0

[Event "NRW-Cup Masters op"]
[Site "Muenster"]
[Date "1997.10.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Dautov, Rustem"]
[Black "Mainka, Romuald"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1997.10.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 061"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. d5 d6 4. Nc3 Qa5 5. Bd2 b5 6. Ne4 Qa4 $6 $146 (6... Qc7
7. Nxf6+ exf6 8. e4 a6 9. a4 $14) 7. Nxf6+ exf6 8. e3 Nd7 (8... a6 9. Bd3 Qg4 (
9... c4 $2 10. b3) (9... Bb7 10. e4 $16 {ףa4}) 10. h3 Qh5 11. c4 bxc4 12. Bxc4
Be7 (12... Qg6 $2 13. Qa4+ Bd7 14. Qa5 $16 {/\Qc7-b7}) 13. O-O O-O 14. b4 $14)
9. b3 (9. Bd3 $5 {/\b3} Rb8 (9... c4 $2 10. b3 Qa6 11. Be2 Nb6 12. Nd4 $16) 10.
b3 (10. O-O Qg4) 10... Qg4 11. h3 (11. O-O Ne5 $14) 11... Qh5 12. c4 bxc4 13.
bxc4 {/\g4} Ne5 14. Be2 $16) 9... Qe4 10. Bxb5 Qxd5 11. O-O (11. c4 Qb7 12. Ba5
Be7 13. Nh4 g6 (13... O-O 14. Nf5 Ne5 15. Nxe7+ Qxe7 16. O-O $16 {><d6}) 14.
Qf3 Qxf3 (14... Rb8 $2 15. O-O-O O-O 16. Qxb7 Rxb7 17. Bc6 Rb8 18. Bc7 $18) 15.
Nxf3 Bd8 $1 (15... Bb7 16. O-O-O $16) 16. Bxd8 Kxd8 17. O-O-O Kc7 $14) 11...
Qb7 12. Bd3 Be7 (12... Ne5 13. Nxe5 fxe5 14. c4 e4 15. Bc2 Be7 16. Bc3 O-O 17.
Qh5 {/\f3->}) 13. c4 Qc6 14. b4 Bb7 $2 (14... cxb4 15. Nd4 Qc7 (15... Qc5 16.
Qg4 g6 17. Qe4 d5 (17... Rb8 $2 18. Nc6 $18) 18. Qxd5 $16) (15... Qb6 16. Nf5
g6 (16... Nc5 17. Nxg7+ Kf8 18. Bf5 $16) 17. Nxe7 Kxe7 18. Rb1 $36) 16. Bxb4
Bb7 17. Nf5 $36) (14... a6 {>=} 15. a3 (15. a4 cxb4 16. Nd4 Qc7 17. Bxb4 Nc5
$11) 15... Bb7 16. e4 $14) 15. b5 Qc7 16. e4 O-O 17. a4 $16 Rfe8 18. a5 Bf8 19.
Re1 Rab8 20. Bc3 $6 (20. a6 $1 Ba8 21. Ba5 Nb6 (21... Qc8 22. Ra2 Be7 23. Rae2
Bd8 24. Bc3 $16 {/\Nd2-f1,f3,Ne3-d5}) 22. Ra2 Re6 23. Rae2 Rbe8 24. Nd2 $16 {
/\Nb1-c3-d5}) 20... Re6 21. Ra2 (21. Nd2 Rbe8 22. Re2 (22. f3 f5) 22... Ne5 23.
Bc2 f5 $132) 21... Rbe8 22. Rae2 g6 23. Nd2 (23. Qd2 h5 {/\Kh7,Bh6}) 23... Bh6
24. Nf1 Ne5 $132 25. f3 Qd8 (25... Qe7 $5) 26. Kh1 $6 (26. Ne3 $2 f5 27. Nd5 (
27. exf5 $2 Nxf3+) 27... fxe4 28. Rxe4 Bg7 $15) (26. Kf2 $1 Qe7 27. Ne3 Bxe3+ (
27... f5 $2 28. exf5 Qh4+ 29. Kf1 $16) (27... Nxd3+ 28. Qxd3 f5 $2 29. exf5
Bxe3+ 30. Rxe3 Qh4+ 31. Kg1 $16) 28. Rxe3 $14) 26... Bf4 $2 (26... Qe7 $1 $11 {
/\} 27. Ne3 $2 Nxd3 28. Qxd3 Bxe3 29. Rxe3 f5 30. e5 f6 $17) 27. Qc2 $6 $138 (
27. Ne3 $1 Bxe3 (27... Nxd3 28. Qxd3 f5 $2 29. exf5 Qh4 30. Nf1 gxf5 31. a6 Ba8
32. Qxf5 $16) (27... f5 $2 28. exf5 Qh4 29. Nf1 gxf5 (29... Nxf3 30. Rxe6 $1 (
30. fxe6 Nxh2 31. exf7+ $2 Kxf7 $17) 30... Rxe6 31. Rxe6 fxe6 32. gxf3 Qh3 33.
Be2 $18) 30. Bxf5 Rh6 (30... Rf6 31. Be4 $16) 31. h3 $16) 28. Rxe3 Nxd3 29.
Qxd3 Qe7 30. Bd2 $14) 27... Qe7 28. Bd2 Bxd2 29. Nxd2 Qd8 $2 (29... Nxd3 30.
Qxd3 f5 $11) 30. a6 Ba8 31. Qc3 h5 32. Bc2 h4 33. f4 Ng4 $2 (33... Nd7 34. Bd1
$5 (34. Bd3 h3 35. g3 f5 36. Kg1 fxe4 37. Nxe4 d5 $13) 34... f5 35. exf5 gxf5
$14) 34. h3 (34. f5 $1 gxf5 35. Qh3 Kg7 36. Kg1 $16 {/\ef5}) 34... Nh6 $138 35.
Nf3 $2 (35. Re3 $14) 35... Nf5 36. Kg1 Ng3 37. Re3 Bxe4 $2 (37... Nxe4 38. Bxe4
Bxe4 39. Nxh4 d5 40. cxd5 Qxd5 41. Rc1 Qd6 $15) 38. Nxh4 f5 $2 (38... Bxc2 $142
) 39. Nxg6 $1 $16 fxg6 40. Rxg3 Bxc2 41. Rxe6 Rxe6 42. Qxc2 $18 Kh7 43. Qd2 Qe7
44. Qd5 Kh6 45. Kh2 1-0

[Event "Pyramiden Franken Cup 4th"]
[Site "Fuerth"]
[Date "2001.08.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Doettling, Fabian"]
[Black "Bach, Matthias"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2518"]
[BlackElo "2335"]
[Annotator "Doettling,F"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2001.08.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. d5 b5 4. Bg5 d6 {Der Zug ist eher ungewoehnlich.
Gebraeuchlicher ist Db6.} 5. Bxf6 gxf6 6. e4 Qb6 {A6 ist besser.} 7. Nbd2 f5 {
Oeffnet die Stellung, obwohl Schwarz noch nicht entwickelt ist.} 8. exf5 Bxf5
9. a4 b4 {Ba4: ist eine (bessere) Alternative.} 10. Bb5+ Nd7 $6 {Besser ist
Ld7.} 11. Nh4 Bg6 12. f4 e6 (12... f5 13. Nc4 Qc7 14. Qe2 O-O-O 15. Qe6 {
Schwarz verliert ohne Kompensation einen Bauern.}) 13. Qe2 {Es gibt viele
verlockende Fortsetzungen wie z.B. Sg6:, de6: oder Sc4. Der Textzug schraenkt
die schwarzen Moeglichkeiten wohl am besten ein.} O-O-O {Einziger Zug.} 14.
Nxg6 hxg6 15. dxe6 fxe6 {Auf Sf6 spielt Weiss am besten 0-0-0 und nicht e7.} (
15... Nf6 16. O-O-O) 16. Qxe6 d5 {Der einzige Zug, der Verwicklungen stiftet.}
17. Qxd5 Nb8 18. Qe5 Rh5 19. Qe2 $6 {Besser De3, weil danach der Bauer f4
gedeckt ist.} Bg7 20. O-O-O a6 21. Bc4 {Sc4 geht vermutlich auch.} Kb7 22. Nf3
Qf6 23. Qe4+ Kc7 24. Ne5 Bh6 {Der vorletzte Fehler. Droht zwar Te5:, aber
stellt den g6 Bauern ein.} (24... Rxd1+ 25. Rxd1 Rxh2 26. Be2 g5 27. g3 gxf4
28. Bf3 $18) 25. Nxg6 Rg8 $4 {Lieber ein Ende mit Schrecken, als ein Schrecken
ohne Ende.} 26. Bxg8 1-0

[Event "October Revolution 50years"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1967.06.08"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Najdorf, Miguel"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A43"]
[Annotator "Dolmatov,S"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1967.05.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 c5 2. d5 g6 3. e4 Bg7 4. Nf3 d6 5. Be2 Nf6 6. Nc3 O-O 7. O-O Na6 8. Bf4
Nc7 9. Nd2 $6 (9. a4 b6 10. Re1 Bb7 11. Bc4 Nh5 12. Bg5 Nf6 13. Qd3 a6 14. Rad1
Rb8 15. h3 $14 {Karpov,A-Korchnoi,V/Baguio/1978/ Inf 26/93/}) 9... b5 10. Nxb5
Nxb5 11. Bxb5 Rb8 12. a4 Nh5 (12... a6 $6 13. Bc6 Nh5 14. Be3 Bxb2 15. Rb1 $14)
13. Bg5 Bxb2 14. Rb1 Bg7 15. Nc4 Nf6 16. Re1 (16. e5 dxe5 17. Nxe5 Qxd5 18. Nc6
Rb7 $15 (18... Qxg5 19. Nxb8 Bg4 (19... Bh3 20. Bc6 $14) 20. Be2 $14)) 16...
Ng4 17. Qd2 Qc7 18. h3 Ne5 19. Qa5 (19. Na5 $5 h6 (19... a6 20. Bf1 Rxb1 21.
Rxb1 c4 22. Qb4 $16) (19... Bxh3 $6 20. f4) 20. Be3 c4 21. Nc6 Nxc6 22. Bxc6
Bd7 23. Bxd7 $14) (19. Nxe5 Bxe5 20. Bh6 Rd8 $10) 19... Rb7 $1 (19... Qxa5 20.
Nxa5 f6 21. Bd2 $16) 20. Qxc7 Rxc7 21. Nxe5 Bxe5 22. Bd2 (22. Bh6 Bg7 (22...
Rd8 23. Bd2 Rb7 24. Bc6 Rxb1 25. Rxb1 Ba6 $14) 23. Bd2 (23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. e5
Bf5 $10) 23... f5 $6 24. Bc6 e5 (24... Bd7 $2 25. Ba5 Rxc6 26. dxc6 Bxc6 27.
exf5 $16) 25. f3 $14) 22... f5 23. Bc6 Bd7 24. Ba5 Rxc6 25. dxc6 Bxc6 26. exf5
Rxf5 (26... gxf5 $5 $44) 27. Bd2 Bxa4 28. c4 Bc6 29. Rb3 Bd4 30. Rxe7 $6 (30.
Be3 e5 31. Ra3 Rf7 32. Bxd4 cxd4 33. c5 $14) 30... Rxf2 31. Be3 Rxg2+ 32. Kf1
Rb2 33. Rxb2 Bxb2 34. Bf4 Ba4 (34... d5 $2 35. Rc7 $16) 35. Rb7 (35. Bxd6 Bb3
$10) (35. Ke2 Bb3 36. Kd3 d5 $10) 35... Bd4 36. Bxd6 Bd1 $2 (36... Bc2 37. Ke2
a5 $14) 37. Ke1 Bc2 38. Rc7 Bf5 (38... Bd3 $6 39. Bxc5 Bc3+ 40. Kf2 Bxc4 41.
Bxa7 $18) 39. h4 $2 (39. Bxc5 Bc3+ 40. Kf2 Bxh3 41. Rxa7 $16) 39... Be6 40.
Bxc5 Be5 41. Rxa7 (41. Re7 Bg3+ 42. Kd2 Bxc4 $10) 41... Bxc4 42. Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow International-B"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1985.04.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Black "Kaidanov, Gregory S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2395"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[Annotator "Dolmatov,S"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1985.04.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. Nxd5 Nxd5 6. Qxd5 Nc6 7. Bg5 (7. e4
$5 d6 8. Bc4 Be6 9. Qd3 Be7 10. c3 $14) 7... Be7 8. O-O-O Nb4 (8... O-O 9. a3
h6 (9... b5 $2 10. e3 Rb8 11. Bd3 c4 12. Bxh7+ $18 {Shereshevsky,M-Gusev,Y/URS/
1977/ Inf 25/100}) 10. Be3 $14) 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Qb3 d6 11. e4 O-O (11... Be6
12. Bb5+ $14) 12. a3 Nc6 13. Qd5 Rd8 14. Qh5 g6 (14... Be6 15. Ng5 h6 16. Nxe6
(16. h4 Ne5) 16... fxe6 $132) 15. Qh6 Ne5 16. Nxe5 (16. Ng5 $2 f6 $15) 16...
Qxe5 (16... dxe5 $2 17. Rxd8+ Qxd8 18. Bc4 $14 Qd4 $2 19. Rd1 $18) 17. Bd3 Be6
18. f4 Qg7 19. Qxg7+ Kxg7 $10 20. f5 gxf5 21. exf5 Bd5 22. Bb5 Be4 $2 (22...
Bc6 23. Bxc6 bxc6 24. Rhe1 Kf6 25. g4 h6 26. Re3 d5 27. Rc3 c4 28. b3 Kg5 $10)
(22... a6 $5) 23. Rhe1 $1 Bxf5 24. Re7 Kf8 $6 (24... d5 $32 25. Rxb7 Be6 $14)
25. Rxb7 Be4 26. Rc7 Bxg2 27. Rd2 Be4 28. Bd3 $1 $16 Bf3 (28... Bxd3 29. Rxd3
$16) 29. Bc4 d5 30. Rf2 Rac8 (30... Bh5 31. Rf5 $16) 31. Rxa7 Bh5 32. Rf5 Bg6
33. Rxd5 $18 Re8 34. b3 Re1+ 35. Kb2 Re3 (35... Rh1 36. Rd2 $18 {/\ Rf2}) 36.
a4 Rf3 37. Rd2 Rf4 38. a5 Rb8 39. Bd5 c4 40. Ra8 Rxa8 41. Bxa8 cxb3 42. cxb3
1-0

[Event "London Classic 9th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2837"]
[Annotator "Fernandez,D"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2017.12.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 {Earlier on in the Festival, in the open tournament, I employed this
move order rather than ...Nf6 so as to permit the wrinkle 2.c4 Bb4+ followed
by an ...f5 setup. The order also dodges the Nc3 Dutch and allows a quick ...
c5 against Nf3 or g3. However, of course, the French must be in your
repertoire.} 2. Nf3 c5 3. g3 (3. e4 {Some kind of Sicilian that is not the
Dragon or Classical must also be in your repertoire. If you are a Najdorf
player, you must be willing to play ...e6 rather than ...e5 setups.}) 3... cxd4
4. Nxd4 Qb6 (4... d5 {is main, and seems to equalise straightforwardly since
White cannot really arrange to play c4 under desirable circumstances.}) 5. Bg2
Bc5 6. e3 (6. c3 Nf6 7. O-O d5 8. Nd2 {intending e4 is another valid way to
play, though it sacrifices a pawn in various ways}) 6... d5 7. Qg4 $6 $11 {
e3 goes with c4. In spite of this move appearing to force some concessions,
maybe White should have stuck to the plan.} (7. O-O Nf6 8. c4 $36 {was
probably the way to ask some probing questions.}) 7... Bf8 {Trying to play
without weaknesses.} (7... g6 {is not ridiculous either.}) 8. O-O Nf6 9. Qe2 e5
(9... Nc6 {avoids the doubled pawn scenario.}) 10. Qb5+ Bd7 11. Qxb6 axb6 12.
Nb3 Nc6 13. Bd2 Bd6 14. Nc3 Ne7 15. a4 O-O (15... Rc8 $11 {delays Nb5 by a
tempo which may be important. Certainly since the rook came here anyway in the
end this was a more internally consistent order.}) 16. Nb5 Bxb5 17. axb5 $14 {
It seems to me that White has nevertheless managed to get a little something,
though the position continues to be strategically confusing.} Rac8 18. Bc3 h5
19. Rfd1 Rfd8 20. Nd2 {White has an advantage, but as so often with the bishop
pair in closed positions it is hard to work with it. White chooses a logical
plan of trying to get the knight to g5.} (20. Ra7 {appeals somewhere round
here; as White I would probably like to double rooks on the a-file, exchange
one pair of them, arrange the bishops on e1 and d1 and maybe play toward g4. 
(As every grandmaster knows, the bishops control most squares from the back
rank. Thus, you will often see them win the bishop pair and then store the two
boys away on e1 and f1.)}) 20... h4 (20... Ne8 21. Nf3 f6 {deserved
consideration.}) 21. Nf3 hxg3 22. hxg3 e4 {Keeping the game strategically
messy.} (22... Ne4 $14 {was playable, but admits to being worse.}) 23. Ng5 (23.
Nd4 $14 {was a much better move, not being constrained by his own previous
plan of putting the knight on g5. For instance} Be5 24. Bh3 Rb8 25. Ra4 {
and White will ultimately play for c4.}) 23... Ng6 24. Ra7 $14 {So White has
acheived what I wanted anyway. It would have been much more fitting to
annotate this game as a White win, but Black reminds us that there is still a
lot going on in the game strategically (e.g. the idea of ...Be5.)} Rb8 25. Bd4
Bc5 26. Bxc5 bxc5 27. c4 Ne7 (27... Re8 $14 {was better according to the
engine, but would be depressing to play. As a human you want all your pieces
to be doing some work, and here the knight on g6 isn't performing well.}) 28.
cxd5 Nc8 29. Ra4 Nb6 30. Ra3 Nc4 31. Rc3 Nd6 32. Rxc5 Ra8 33. Bh3 {Probably a
step in the wrong direction, even if the computer sees no problem. The problem
is that White is now playing for strings of (albeit high level) tactical
tricks.} (33. Nh3 $14 {was the right idea, if not the right implementation:
this knight should be on f4 or d4 or something, not playing for tricks on the
kingside.}) 33... Re8 {Playing with the motif of trapping the knight.} 34. Rc7
Kf8 (34... Re5 $4 {runs into a forced piece sacrifice:} 35. Nxf7 Nxf7 36. Be6
Rf8 37. Rxb7 $18) 35. b6 (35. Be6 {was tempting but Black will just ignore it.}
Re7 36. Rxe7 Kxe7 37. Bh3 Rh8 $11) 35... Re5 36. Ne6+ (36. Nxf7 $11 {was a
better way to give up the piece and now White probably keeps dynamic equality})
36... fxe6 37. dxe6 Nfe8 38. Rd7 Raa5 {Now Black has completely turned the
tables and gets to finish the event above 50%!} 39. b4 (39. R1xd6 Nxd6 40. Rxd6
Rad5 {was objectively best but in a human game this ending would be absolute
hell to defend.}) 39... Rad5 40. Ra1 Rb5 $17 {Now the knights and e5-rook hold
White's play back while the b5-rook takes stuff.} 41. Ra8 Rxb6 42. Bg4 Rd5 43.
Kg2 Rxb4 44. Ra1 Rbb5 45. Be2 Rb2 46. Bg4 Rdd2 47. Kh3 Rxf2 48. Kh4 Rh2+ 49.
Bh3 g5+ 50. Kh5 Rxh3+ 51. Kg6 Rf2 52. e7+ Kg8 53. Rxd6 Rh7 {Finally either
taking the pawn or setting up mating tactics (...Rg7 and either ...g4 or ...
Kf7)} 0-1

[Event "EU-Cup 18th"]
[Site "Kallithea"]
[Date "2002.09.23"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Timoshenko, Georgy"]
[Black "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2528"]
[BlackElo "2668"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[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 "Donetsk"]
[BlackTeam "Norilsk Nikel"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. d5 Nf6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. e5 $5 (6. Be2 d6 (6... b5
7. e5 Ng4 8. Bf4 (8. d6 $5 Nxe5 9. O-O e6 10. Nxb5 Nbc6 11. Nxe5 Bxe5 12. c3
Qb6 13. Bh6 Bg7 14. Be3 $14 {Purtov,A-Barbero,G/M.Boleslav op/1994}) 8... b4 (
8... d6 9. exd6 exd6 10. Nxb5 Bxb2 11. Rb1 Bg7 12. Bxd6 a6 13. Bxf8 Kxf8 14.
Na7 $1 $16 {Arkell,K-Oll,L/London Lloyds/1994}) 9. Ne4 Qc7 (9... f6 10. d6 $5 (
10. exf6 Nxf6 11. Nxc5 Qa5 12. Be3 Na6 13. Nxa6 Bxa6 14. d6 e6 $44 {
Vilkov-Sumaneev/Briansk RUS-chT/1995}) 10... e6 11. O-O Nc6 12. Nxc5 fxe5 13.
Bg5 Nf6 14. a3 Qb6 15. Be3 $14 {Maherramzade,J-Kumaran,D/WchJM-U20 Halle}) 10.
d6 exd6 11. Nf6+ Nxf6 12. exf6 Bxf6 13. Bxd6 Qc6 14. Bxf8 Kxf8 $13 {Khomyakov,
V-Petrakov/Moscow op/1994}) 7. O-O $14) 6... Ne8 {Too passive. Leaving the
centre unchallenged for just one move gives white a chance to launch a
dangerous king-side attack.} (6... Ng4 7. Bf4 d6 8. exd6 exd6 9. Be2 Qb6 (9...
Na6 10. O-O Nc7 11. a4 a6 12. Ne4 Nf6 $11 {Pribyl,J-Mascarinas,R/Schellenberg
op/1991}) 10. Rb1 Nd7 11. O-O Nge5 12. Nd2 f5 13. h3 Qd8 14. Nb5 Nb6 15. Nf3
Nxf3+ 16. Bxf3 Nc4 $13 {Yermolinsky,A-Yudasin,L/URS-FL Kuibishev/1986}) 7. h4
$5 {Aiming to open an h-file.} (7. d6 Nc6 8. Bg5 f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. Bc4+ e6
11. O-O b6 12. Re1 Bb7 13. Nb5 Rc8 $13 {Djuric,S-Chatalbashev,B/Jesolo 1999})
7... d6 8. h5 (8. e6 $5 fxe6 9. h5 $44 exd5 10. hxg6 hxg6 11. Qxd5+ e6 12. Qd3
(12. Qe4 Rf5 13. Qg4 Bxc3+ 14. bxc3 Qf6 15. Bd3 Qxc3+ 16. Ke2 Qg7 17. Bxf5 gxf5
18. Qh4 Nc6 19. Bh6 Qg4 20. Rh3 Qxh4 21. Rxh4 e5 22. Rah1 f4 23. g3 fxg3 24.
Rg1 Kf7 25. Rxg3 Bf5 26. c3 Nd8 27. Ng5+ Ke7 28. Rf3 Bb1 29. a3 Nc7 30. Bf8+
Kd7 31. Rh6 Ne8 32. Nh7 Kc6 33. Ng5 Kc7 34. Kd2 Ba2 35. Rd3 Bc4 36. Bxd6+ Kd7
37. Bxe5+ Bxd3 38. Kxd3 Nc6 39. Rh7+ Ne7 40. f4 Rd8 41. Ke4 Rc8 42. f5 Rc6 43.
Ne6 Nd6+ 44. Bxd6 Kxd6 45. Nd8 Rc7 46. f6 Nd5 47. Nxb7+ Ke6 48. Rxc7 Nxc7 49.
Nxc5+ Kxf6 50. c4 a6 51. Kd4 Kf5 52. a4 Kf6 53. a5 Kf5 54. Nb3 Ke6 55. Kc5 Kd7
56. Kb6 Kd6 57. Kb7 Ne6 58. Kb6 Nc7 59. Nd4 Ne8 60. Nb5+ axb5 61. cxb5 Nc7 62.
a6 Nxb5 63. Kxb5 Kc7 {1/2-1/2 Svidler,P-Malakhov,V/Elista 1997/CBM 59 (63)})
12... Rf5 13. Nh4 Nc6 14. Nxf5 gxf5 15. Bh6 $16 {[%csl Rg8] Yermolinsky,
A-Khmelnitsky,I/Modesto 1995}) (8. Bf4 Nd7 $36) 8... dxe5 9. hxg6 hxg6 10. Bh6
Bxh6 11. Rxh6 Kg7 12. Qd2 Nd6 ({Black faces some problems also after} 12... Nf6
13. Nxe5 Nbd7 14. Nxd7 Bxd7 15. O-O-O Qc7 16. Bc4 Rh8 17. Rdh1 b6 18. Rxh8 Rxh8
19. Rxh8 Kxh8 20. Qh6+ $14 {Gasanov,E-Zubarev,A/Alushta 2000}) 13. Nxe5 Nd7 14.
Nc4 Nf6 $6 {Leaving control over the h-file in white's hands. However also
after} (14... Rh8 $5 15. Rxh8 Qxh8 16. Nxd6 exd6 17. O-O-O Nf6 18. Qf4 $14 {
[%csl Rd6][%cal Gc3b5] it's not that simple for black to defend.}) 15. O-O-O
Bd7 (15... Nde4 $6 16. Nxe4 Nxe4 17. Qf4 Nxf2 18. Qh4 Ng4 19. Rh7+ Kg8 20. d6
$18) (15... Rh8 $5) 16. Bd3 Nxc4 17. Bxc4 Rh8 18. Rdh1 $16 {Black is deprived
of any counterplay.} Qb6 19. Qg5 Qd6 20. Bd3 $1 {[%csl Rg6] Forcing black to
play Ng4 permitting white knight to join the action via e4.} (20. f3) 20... Ng4
21. Rxh8 Rxh8 22. Rxh8 Kxh8 23. Ne4 Qh2 (23... Qe5 24. Qxe5+ Nxe5 25. Nxc5
Nxd3+ 26. Nxd3 Bf5 27. Ne5 Kg7 28. c4 $16) 24. Qxe7 $18 Qf4+ 25. Kb1 Kg7 (25...
c4 26. Bxc4 Ne5 27. Qf6+ Qxf6 28. Nxf6 $18) 26. Qxc5 Qh2 27. a3 Qxg2 28. Qxa7
Bf5 29. Qd4+ f6 30. d6 Ne5 31. Nxf6 Be6 32. Ne8+ Kf7 33. b3 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 18th"]
[Site "Kallithea"]
[Date "2002.09.25"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Romanishin, Oleg M"]
[Black "Eingorn, Vereslav S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2559"]
[BlackElo "2604"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[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 "Karpaty"]
[BlackTeam "Donetsk"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. d5 d6 4. Nc3 g6 5. e4 Bg7 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. a4 O-O 8. O-O
Bxb5 $5 {Not very popular continuation. Most common here is 8...e6} (8... e6 9.
Bxd7 Qxd7 10. dxe6 fxe6 11. e5 dxe5 12. Nxe5 Qxd1 13. Rxd1 Nd5 14. Nxd5 Bxe5
15. Ne3 Nc6 16. c3 Rad8 17. Re1 Na5 18. Ng4 Bf4 19. Bxf4 Rxf4 20. f3 $14 {
Giaccio-Malbran/Buenos-Aires 1999}) 9. axb5 Nbd7 10. Qe2 Nb6 (10... Ne8 11. Bf4
(11. Nd2 Nc7 12. Nc4 a6 13. bxa6 Rxa6 14. Bg5 Nb6 15. Rxa6 Nxa6 16. Bxe7 Qxe7
17. Nxb6 Re8 18. Re1 Nc7 19. g3 $16 {Bellon Lopez,J -Borgo,G/1997}) 11... Nc7
12. Rfe1 (12. Rfd1 a6 13. bxa6 Nxa6 14. e5 {[%cal Ge5d6]} dxe5 15. Nxe5 Nxe5
16. Bxe5 Bxe5 17. Qxe5 Qd6 $1 $11 {Kramnik,V-Leko,P/Linares 2000}) 12... Ne5
13. Nxe5 Bxe5 14. Bxe5 dxe5 15. Na4 Qd6 16. c4 b6 17. Nc3 a6 18. bxa6 Nxa6 $11
{Rytshagov,M-Gonzalez Garcia,J/Istanbul 2000}) 11. Rd1 (11. Bg5 h6 12. Bh4 g5
13. Bg3 Nh5 14. Rfe1 Nxg3 15. hxg3 Qd7 16. Rad1 Qg4 17. Qd3 a6 $13 {Boensch,
U-Gutierrez,J/Cienfuegos 1979}) 11... Nfd7 12. Bf4 ({Very serious attention
deserved} 12. Ra3 $5 {depriving black a possibility to take on c3.}) 12... Bxc3
$5 13. bxc3 f6 14. Ra3 a6 15. bxa6 Rxa6 16. Rxa6 bxa6 17. Bh6 (17. Ra1 a5 $5
$13) 17... Re8 18. Qxa6 {White is a pawn up, however the position is closed
and white double pawns over the c-file are hardly a significant advantage.} Qa8
19. Qe2 (19. Ra1 Qxa6 20. Rxa6 Ra8 21. Rxa8+ Nxa8 22. h4 $14) 19... Qa4 20. h4
Nc4 21. Rb1 (21. Bc1 Rb8 22. Nh2 Rb1 $132) 21... Nce5 22. Nxe5 (22. Ne1 Nf7 23.
Bd2 e6 24. dxe6 Rxe6 25. c4 f5 $13) 22... Nxe5 23. Bf4 Qc4 24. Qe3 (24. Qxc4
Nxc4 25. Ra1 Rb8 26. Ra4 Nb6 27. Ra7 Kf8 $11) 24... Nf7 $1 {Not letting white
to take on e5 damaging black's pawn structure.} 25. Qd3 Qa4 26. Rb7 Kg7 27. c4
Qa8 28. Rb5 (28. Qb3 Qa1+ 29. Kh2 Qd4 30. f3 Ne5 $13) 28... Qa1+ 29. Kh2 Ne5
30. Bxe5 Qxe5+ 31. g3 g5 $5 32. Qe2 (32. hxg5 fxg5 33. c3 Rf8 34. Kg2 Qf6 35.
Rb2 h5 $11) 32... h5 33. Rb3 Rh8 34. Kg2 g4 35. f4 gxf3+ 36. Rxf3 Rh6 37. c3 (
37. Rf5 Qd4 38. Rxh5 Rxh5 39. Qxh5 Qxe4+ 40. Kf2 Qd4+ $11) 37... Rg6 38. Qe3
Rg4 39. Rf4 f5 $5 (39... Qxf4 40. Qxf4 Rxf4 41. gxf4 Kf8 42. Kf2 Ke8 $11) 40.
Rxf5 Qxe4+ 41. Qxe4 Rxe4 42. Rxh5 Rxc4 43. Rg5+ Kh6 44. g4 Rxc3 45. Rh5+ Kg6
46. Rg5+ Kh6 47. Rh5+ Kg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 56th"]
[Site "Krasnoyarsk"]
[Date "2003.09.10"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sorokin, Maxim"]
[Black "Evdokimov, Alexander A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2432"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2003.09.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. d5 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e4 O-O 6. e5 Ne8 {Too passive.
Leaving the centre unchallenged for just one move gives White a chance to
launch a dangerous King-side attack} (6... Ng4 7. Bf4 d6 8. exd6 exd6 9. Be2
Qb6 (9... Na6 {Stohl} 10. O-O Nc7 11. a4 a6 12. Ne4 Nf6 $13 {Pribyl,
J-Mascarinas,R/Schellenberg op/1991}) 10. Rb1 Nd7 11. O-O Nge5 12. Nd2 f5 13.
h3 Qd8 14. Nb5 Nb6 15. Nf3 Nxf3+ 16. Bxf3 Nc4 $132 {Yermolinsky,A-Yudasin,L/
URS-FL Kuibishev/1986}) 7. h4 d6 8. e6 {Typical sacrifice for this kind of
positions.White's idea is to weaken square g6, which could be crucial after h5.
} (8. h5 $5 Bg4 $5 (8... dxe5 $6 9. hxg6 hxg6 10. Bh6 Bxh6 11. Rxh6 Kg7 12. Qd2
Nd6 13. Nxe5 Nd7 14. Nc4 $36 {Timoshenko,G-Malakhov,V/Halkidiki 2002}) 9. hxg6
fxg6 10. Bh6 Nd7 11. Bxg7 Nxg7 12. exd6 $6 exd6 13. Be2 Qf6 $15 {Bocharov,
D-Evdokimov,A/Serpukhov 2003}) (8. Bf4 Nd7 $36) 8... fxe6 9. h5 gxh5 (9... exd5
10. hxg6 hxg6 11. Qxd5+ e6 12. Qe4 (12. Qd3 Rf5 13. Nh4 Nc6 (13... Rh5 $2 14.
Qxg6 $18) 14. Nxf5 gxf5 15. Bh6 $16 {Yermolinsky-Khmelnitsky, Modesto, 1995})
12... Rf5 13. Qg4 Bxc3+ 14. bxc3 Qf6 15. Bd3 $40 {Svidler,P-Malakhov,V/Elista
1997}) (9... Nc7 10. Bd3 Qe8 11. Ng5 Bd4 12. Be3 exd5 13. Nxh7 Bf5 14. Nxf8
Bxc3+ 15. bxc3 Qxf8 16. hxg6 $18 {Chatalbashev,B-Artizzu,G/Padova 2000}) 10.
dxe6 {Thus far white tried only 10.Ng5, but move in the game has a full right
to exist.} (10. Ng5 Nf6 (10... exd5 11. Nxh7 Kxh7 12. Qxh5+ Kg8 13. Qh7+ Kf7
14. Bd3 Rg8 15. Nxd5 e6 16. Qh5+ Kf8 $13 {De Vreugt,D-Malakhov,V/Lausanne 2000}
) 11. dxe6 d5 12. Bd3 Qd6 13. Qe2 h6 14. Nf7 Qxe6 15. Nxh6+ Kh8 16. Qxe6 Bxe6
$132 {Mateuta,G-Veneteanu,I/Bucharest 1998}) (10. Rxh5 Nf6 $15) 10... Bxe6 $6 {
This move doesn't look good. More in the spirit of the position is} (10... Nf6
11. Ng5 (11. Bc4 Nc6 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. Qxd5 Qe8 14. c3 Rf6 $13) 11... d5 {
with complicated struggle.}) 11. Ng5 Bf5 $2 {If black's previous move was
inaccuracy, this one is decisive mistake after which nothing can save black
against white;s attack over an h-file.} (11... Qd7 12. Qxh5 Nf6 13. Qh4 Bf5 14.
Be3 Nc6 15. O-O-O $36) 12. Bc4+ e6 13. Nxe6 Bxe6 14. Bxe6+ Kh8 15. Qxh5 {
[%csl Rh8]} Nf6 $6 ({More persistant was} 15... Bxc3+ $5 16. bxc3 Qe7 17. Be3
Nf6 18. Qh3 Nc6 $16) 16. Qh3 Nbd7 17. Be3 Re8 18. O-O-O $18 {[%cal Gg2g5]} Nf8
19. Bf5 b5 20. g4 b4 21. Na4 Rxe3 22. fxe3 Qe8 23. g5 Ng4 24. Qxg4 Qxa4 25.
Bxh7 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 19th"]
[Site "Rethymno"]
[Date "2003.09.29"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Acs, Peter"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2003.09.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Grodzisk"]
[BlackTeam "Warsaw Polonia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "POL"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 c5 6. d5 O-O 7. Bd3 Qb6 {
Kortschnoj: 'A theoretical move here is 7...Na6. With his move black forces
the opponent to put his knight f3 to c4: the matters do not change much -
white retains his opening advantage.'} (7... Na6) 8. Nd2 (8. a4 Bg4 9. a5 Qc7
10. O-O e5 11. fxe5 dxe5 12. h3 Bd7 13. Qe1 Ne8 14. Qh4 f6 $13 {Ezhov,I-Kosov,
A/St Petersburg 1999}) 8... Bg4 (8... e6 9. Nc4 Qd8 10. Ne3 exd5 11. exd5 Na6
12. O-O Re8 13. Kh1 Bd7 14. Qf3 Nb4 {Dancevski,O-Kortschnoj,V/Ohrid 2001}) 9.
Be2 Bxe2 10. Qxe2 Nbd7 11. O-O Qa6 $6 {Ivanchuk bellieves in himself, so he is
ready to play worse position in which he may get chances to sieze the
initiative.} (11... Qc7 $6 12. Nc4 Nb6 13. Ne3 $14) (11... e6 $5 12. Nc4 Qa6
13. dxe6 (13. a4 exd5 14. exd5 Rae8 15. Qd3 Nb6 16. Nxb6 Qxd3 17. cxd3 axb6 $11
) 13... fxe6 14. Qd3 Ne8 15. a4 Bd4+ 16. Be3 Bxe3+ 17. Nxe3 Qxd3 18. cxd3 $11)
12. Qxa6 bxa6 13. Nc4 Rab8 14. Re1 Nb6 15. Na5 Rfe8 16. Bd2 e6 17. dxe6 Rxe6 (
17... fxe6 18. e5 dxe5 19. Nc6 Rbc8 20. Nxe5 Nfd7 21. Nxd7 Nxd7 22. Rad1 $14)
18. f5 $5 {The most crucial and ambitious coninuation.} (18. Kf2 Rbe8 19. Kf3
d5 20. exd5 Nfxd5 21. Rxe6 Rxe6 22. Nxd5 Nxd5 23. c3 $14) 18... Ree8 19. Bf4
Ng4 20. Bxd6 Rbd8 21. Bf4 ({Also after} 21. Bxc5 Rc8 22. Bf2 Nxf2 23. Kxf2 Bxc3
24. bxc3 Rxc3 25. Rac1 Re5 26. Nb3 gxf5 27. exf5 Rxf5+ 28. Kg1 $13 {black is
out of danger.}) 21... g5 $1 {[%csl Rh2] Showing that even without the queens
the position contains unlimted tactical possibilities.} 22. Bxg5 (22. h3 gxf4
23. hxg4 Rd2 24. Rac1 Bd4+ 25. Kh1 Be3 $44) 22... Bd4+ 23. Kf1 Nxh2+ 24. Ke2
Bxc3 25. bxc3 f6 $1 (25... Rxe4+ 26. Kf2 Rde8 27. Rxe4 Rxe4 28. Nb7 $14) 26.
Kf2 $1 (26. Bxf6 $2 {[%csl Rf6]} Rxe4+ 27. Kf2 Ng4+ 28. Kf3 Rxe1 29. Kxg4 Rxa1
30. Bxd8 Rxa2 $19) 26... fxg5 27. Kg3 Nf1+ 28. Rxf1 Rxe4 $11 29. Nb7 Rd5 (29...
Rd2 30. Rae1 (30. Nxc5 $6 Rc4 31. Ne6 Rxc3+ 32. Rf3 Rcxc2 33. Rg1 h6 $15) 30...
Rxe1 31. Rxe1 Rxc2 32. Re7 Rxc3+ 33. Kg4 $44 {[%csl Rg8]}) 30. Rad1 h5 31. f6
Rg4+ $6 (31... Re3+ 32. Kh2 Rxd1 33. Rxd1 Rxc3 34. Nd8 $1 $44) 32. Kh2 Rf4 33.
Rxf4 gxf4 34. Rxd5 Nxd5 35. c4 Nc3 36. Nxc5 Nxa2 37. Nxa6 Kf7 38. Kh3 Kxf6 39.
Kh4 Kg6 (39... Ke5 $2 40. Kxh5 Nc3 (40... Kd6 41. Kg5 Kc6 42. Kxf4 Kb6 43. g4
Kxa6 44. g5 $18) 41. c5 Nd5 42. Kg5 $16) 40. c5 Nc3 41. c6 Nd5 42. c7 Ne7 43.
c3 (43. Nb4 Nc8 44. Nc6 Kh6 45. c4 Kg6 46. c5 Kf6 47. Kxh5 Ke6 48. Kg4 Kd5 49.
Nxa7 Nxa7 50. Kxf4 Kxc5 51. g4 Kd6 52. g5 Kxc7 53. g6 Nc6 $11) (43. c4 $5)
43... Nf5+ 44. Kh3 Ne7 45. c4 Kg5 46. Nb4 Nc8 47. c5 a5 $11 48. Nd5 a4 49. Nb6
a3 50. Nxc8 a2 51. Nd6 a1=Q 52. Kh2 Qe1 53. Ne4+ Qxe4 54. c8=Q Qe5 55. Qd8+ Kf5
56. Qf8+ Ke6 57. Qe8+ Kd5 58. Qxe5+ Kxe5 59. Kh3 Kd5 60. Kh4 Kxc5 61. Kg5 h4
62. Kxf4 h3 63. gxh3 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS Cup final 6th"]
[Site "Nefteyugansk"]
[Date "2002.10.12"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Skatchkov, Pavel"]
[Black "Popov, Valerij"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2471"]
[BlackElo "2568"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2002.10.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. d5 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e4 O-O 6. Bc4 (6. Be2 d6 (6... b5 7.
e5 Ng4 8. Bf4 b4 9. Ne4 Qb6 (9... f6 10. exf6 Nxf6 11. Ng3 (11. Nxc5 Qa5 12.
Be3 Na6 13. Nxa6 Bxa6 14. d6 e6 15. O-O Nd5 16. Bd4 Bxd4 17. Nxd4 Qb6 18. a3
Bxe2 19. Nxe2 a5 20. axb4 axb4 21. Qd4 Qxd6 22. c4 bxc3 23. Nxc3 Qb4 24. Qxb4
Nxb4 $10 {Vilkov-Sumaneev/Briansk RUS-chT/1995/}) 11... Bb7 12. Bc4 e6 13. dxe6
d5 14. Qe2 Qe7 15. O-O-O $5 dxc4 16. Bd6 Qe8 17. Qxc4 Bxf3 18. gxf3 Nc6 19.
Bxf8 Qxf8 20. Rhe1 Kh8 21. e7 Nxe7 22. Qxc5 Neg8 23. Qxf8 Bxf8 24. Ne4 $13 {
Fominych,A-Mololkin,V/Pardubice op/1994/}) (9... d6 10. exd6 exd6 11. O-O Bxb2
12. Rb1 Bg7 13. Bxd6 Re8 14. Nfd2 Nf6 15. Nxf6+ Bxf6 16. Bxc5 a5 17. Bb5 Bd7
18. Bd3 Na6 19. Be3 Nc7 20. Qf3 Bg7 21. Nc4 Bb5 22. d6 $1 $16 {Ehlvest,
J-Khmelnitsky,I/New York op/1992/}) 10. h3 Nh6 11. Qd2 Nf5 12. g4 Nd4 13. Nxd4
cxd4 14. O-O-O a5 15. Bh6 $6 Bxe5 16. Bxf8 Kxf8 17. f4 Bg7 18. f5 Bb7 19. Bc4
d6 20. h4 Nd7 21. fxg6 hxg6 22. h5 Ne5 $36 {Garcia Ilundain,D-Leko,P/Leon/1993/
}) 7. O-O Na6 $14) (6. a4 Na6 $5 7. Be2 Nb4 8. O-O e6 9. d6 b6 10. Re1 Bb7 11.
Bc4 Nc6 12. h3 Ne8 13. Bg5 f6 14. Bh4 Qb8 15. Bg3 Kh8 16. Qd3 e5 17. Rad1 Nd4
18. Nb5 Nxd6 19. Nfxd4 cxd4 20. Nxd6 Qxd6 21. c3 f5 22. Qxd4 Qxd4 23. cxd4 exd4
24. exf5 Rxf5 $132 {Ftacnik,L-Ostos,J/Novi Sad olm/1990/}) (6. e5 $5) 6... b5
$1 {Immediately attacking white's center!} (6... d6 7. h3 b5 8. Nxb5 Nxe4 9.
O-O a6 10. Na3 Bb7 11. Bb3 Nd7 12. Nc4 a5 $15 {Roizen,N-Costescu,M/Bucharest
1993}) 7. Bxb5 (7. Nxb5 Nxe4 8. d6 $1 {[%cal Rc4d5]} a6 (8... Nc6 9. O-O Ba6 $5
10. Re1 Bxb5 11. Rxe4 Bxc4 12. Rxc4 Nd4 13. Bg5 $1 $14) 9. Qd5 Nc6 $8 10. Qxe4
axb5 11. dxe7 Qxe7 12. Qxe7 Nxe7 13. Bxb5 Ba6 $44 {Abramovic,B-Petronic,J/Novi
Sad 1995}) 7... Nxe4 8. Nxe4 Qa5+ 9. Nc3 (9. Nfd2 Qxb5 10. d6 Re8 $17) 9...
Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 Qxb5 11. Nd2 $5 {[%csl Rd5] Bringing the knight to e3 to
protect a weak pawn on d5.} (11. h4 Ba6 12. Bh6 Qb2 13. Bd2 d6 14. h5 Nd7 15.
Rh4 Rab8 $132 {Mah,K-Gershon,A/Menorca 1996}) (11. Be3 d6 12. h4 h5 13. Nh2 Qc4
14. g4 Qxc3+ 15. Kf1 Qc4+ 16. Kg1 Bb7 $19 {Krumpacnik,D-Khmelnitsky,I/Pula op/
1990}) 11... c4 12. Nf1 Re8 13. Ne3 (13. Bh6 Qb2 $5 (13... e5 14. dxe6 Qe5+ 15.
Ne3 Qxc3+ 16. Kf1 dxe6 17. h4 $44) 14. Ne3 Qxc3+ 15. Kf1 d6 16. h4 Nd7 17. h5
Rb8 $15) 13... d6 14. O-O $6 {Unfortunate decision. Much better was} (14. Qd4
$1 Bb7 15. a4 Qa5 16. h4 Nd7 17. h5 $36 {[%cal Gd4h4] with very dangerous
initiative}) 14... Nd7 15. Ng4 $6 {Giving up a pawn on d5 for no particular
reason!} (15. Qd4 $5) 15... Nb6 {[%csl Rd5]} 16. Nh6+ Kg7 17. Qf3 Qxd5 $17 18.
Qg3 Bf5 19. Re1 f6 20. Qh4 g5 21. Nxf5+ Qxf5 22. Qg3 e5 $1 (22... Qxc2 23. h4
h6 24. hxg5 hxg5 25. f4 $17) 23. h4 h6 24. Be3 Qxc2 25. Rad1 Rad8 (25... Red8
26. hxg5 hxg5 27. f4 exf4 28. Bxf4 $17) 26. Bxb6 axb6 27. Qe3 d5 $5 28. Qxb6
Qa4 (28... Qxc3 $6 29. Re3 Qc2 30. Qb7+ Kg8 31. Rxd5 $17) 29. hxg5 hxg5 30. Rd2
Rd7 31. Re3 (31. Red1 Red8 {[%cal Ga4a3,Ga3d6,Gd6e6]}) 31... Qa8 32. Rf3 Qd8
33. Qb1 Rh8 34. Qf5 Rd6 35. Rb2 Qc8 36. Qb1 (36. Qxc8 Rxc8 37. Re3 d4 $19)
36... e4 {Securing square g6 for the king.} 37. Re3 Kg6 38. Re1 Rd7 {[%cal
Gd7h7]} 39. f3 Qc5+ 40. Kf1 Re7 (40... Rh1+ 41. Ke2 Rxe1+ 42. Qxe1 Re7 43. Qb1
Kg7 $19) 41. Ke2 Rhe8 (41... Rh2 $5) 42. Rb5 Qd6 43. Kf1 g4 44. fxg4 (44. fxe4
dxe4 45. Qd1 $17) 44... Qf4+ 45. Kg1 Re5 46. Qd1 Rh8 47. Rxd5 Qh2+ 48. Kf1 Qf4+
49. Kg1 Qh2+ 50. Kf2 Qh4+ 51. Kf1 Qg3 52. Rxe5 (52. Kg1 Rxd5) 52... Rh1+ 53.
Ke2 Qxg2+ 54. Ke3 Qg3+ (54... Qg3+ 55. Kd2 Qd3+ 56. Kc1 Qxc3+ 57. Kb1 Rxe1 $19)
0-1

[Event "Schuhplattler Veterans-Ladies"]
[Site "Munich"]
[Date "2000.07.13"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bouwmeester, Hans"]
[Black "Polgar, Sofia"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2414"]
[BlackElo "2501"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2000.07.04"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. d5 b5 4. Bg5 $5 Ne4 5. Bh4 Qb6 (5... Qa5+ 6. c3 $1 (6.
Nbd2 Bb7 (6... g6 7. c3 Nxd2 8. Nxd2 d6 9. e4 Bg7 10. a4 bxa4 11. Qxa4+ Qxa4
12. Rxa4 Bh6 13. Bd3 $14 {Ikonnikov,V-Popov,L/Berliner Sommer 1993}) 7. a4 Bxd5
8. axb5 Qb4 9. c4 Bb7 10. Qc2 Nxd2 11. Nxd2 g5 12. Ra4 Qxa4 13. Qxa4 gxh4 14.
e3 $16 {Yakovich,Y-Scetinin,A/Leeuwarden op 1995}) 6... b4 7. Qc2 bxc3 8. bxc3
Nd6 9. e4 g6 10. Nbd2 Ba6 11. Bxa6 Nxa6 $16 {Epishin,V-Martynov,P/Frunze/1989/
0,5/18/}) (5... Bb7 6. Qd3 Qa5+ 7. c3 f5 8. Nbd2 Na6 9. Nxe4 fxe4 10. Qxe4 Nc7
11. Qc2 Nxd5 $15 {Kanstler,B-Teske,H/Frunze 1989}) 6. Nbd2 f5 $6 {Extremly
risky and dubious continuation giving white a wide choice of ways to the
advantage.} (6... Nxd2 7. Nxd2 d6 8. e4 $14) 7. Nxe4 fxe4 8. Nd2 Qg6 (8... Qh6
9. Bg3 e3 $5 10. fxe3 d6 (10... Qxe3 11. a4 $1 b4 12. Bf2 Qe5 13. Nc4 Qe4 14.
Qd3 Qxd3 15. cxd3 d6 16. d4 $16) 11. e4 Nd7 12. e3 $5 (12. e5 $5 $13) (12. Nf3
$5 Nf6 13. Qd3 Rb8 $13) 12... Qxe3+ 13. Be2 Rb8 14. Bf2 Qh6 15. O-O $36 {
Nogueiras,J-Arencibia,W/Capablanca mem-A 1996}) 9. e3 c4 (9... Bb7 10. Bxb5 (
10. c4 $14) 10... Qxg2 11. Rf1 h5 12. Nc4 g5 13. Bg3 Bg7 14. Qd2 $16 {Ionov,
S-Gomez Jurado,L/Sevilla op 1993}) 10. a4 $1 {White plays the opening with a
lot of energy and manages to get the maximum out of the position.} e6 (10...
Bb7 11. axb5 Bxd5 12. Bg3 Qf7 13. Ra4 $18) 11. axb5 exd5 12. Nxc4 $1 $16 {
This move was probably overlooked by black,because now white's advantage
becomes nearly decisive.} Qe6 (12... dxc4 13. Qd5 Nc6 14. bxc6 Qxc6 15. Bxc4
$18) 13. Na5 (13. Qh5+ $5 g6 14. Qe5 Qxe5 15. Nxe5 Bg7 16. Bg3 Bb7 (16... d6
17. b6 a6 18. Bb5+ Kf8 19. Nc6 $18) 17. c3 d6 18. Nc6 Nxc6 19. bxc6 Bxc6 20.
Bxd6 $16) 13... a6 14. Nb3 (14. b6 $5 Bb4+ (14... Qxb6 15. Qxd5 Qxb2 $2 16.
Qxe4+ Kf7 17. Bc4+ $18) 15. c3 Bxa5 16. Rxa5 Bb7 17. Qb3 Nc6 18. Ra1 $16) 14...
Bb7 15. Bg3 $1 Be7 16. Bxb8 Rxb8 17. bxa6 $18 {White has two pawns for nothing
and seems that his win is just a matter of time,but that's not what happens in
the game,which is not so easy to understand!} Ba8 18. Be2 O-O 19. O-O Bd6 (
19... Bf6 20. Nd4 Qe5 21. b3 $18) 20. g3 Rf6 21. Nd4 Qe5 22. Bg4 $6 (22. Ra2 $1
{[%cal Gc2c3,Gb2b5]}) 22... Rxb2 23. Bxd7 Bc5 24. Bg4 g6 25. Nb3 Ba7 26. Ra5
$16 {In this position the draw was agreed.Frankly speaking I would undersand
it more if the black whould have resigned!} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bermuda-B"]
[Site "Bermuda"]
[Date "2003.01.25"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Moreno Carnero, Javier"]
[Black "Kallio, Heikki"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2508"]
[BlackElo "2474"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2003.01.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BER"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Be2 c5 5. d5 Nf6 6. Nc3 Na6 7. O-O Nc7 8. a4 a6
9. Bf4 O-O 10. Re1 Bg4 11. h3 {Another alternative is 11.Nd2 keeping the
knight on the board, however it seems that move in the game is more dangerous
for black.} (11. Nd2 Bxe2 12. Qxe2 Re8 (12... Nd7 13. Nc4 b5 14. Na5 b4 15. Nc6
Qe8 16. Nd1 a5 17. Bg5 f6 18. Bd2 e6 $132 {Polugaevsky,L-Velimirovic,D/Palma
de Mallorca 1989}) (12... b5 13. axb5 axb5 14. Nxb5 Nxb5 15. Qxb5 Rb8 16. Qd3
Rxb2 17. Nc4 Rb8 $11 {Babula,V-Haba,P/Zlin 1998}) 13. a5 e6 14. Qd3 exd5 15.
exd5 Nh5 16. Be3 f5 17. Nc4 Qf6 18. Bd2 $14 {Stein,L-Ljubojevic,L/Vrnjacka
Banja 1971}) (11. a5 Nb5 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Nxc3 14. bxc3 Nd7 15. Ra3 Qc7 $13
{Annageldyev,O-Kakageldyev,A/Ashkhabad 1996}) 11... Bxf3 12. Bxf3 Nd7 13. a5 $1
{Very important move preventing black's counterplay on the queenside.} (13. Be2
b6 14. Qd2 Rb8 (14... Re8 15. Bh6 Bh8 16. h4 Rb8 17. h5 Nf6 18. f4 e6 19. hxg6
hxg6 20. dxe6 Rxe6 $132 {Isupov,V-Zakharevich,I/Kazan 1995}) 15. Bh6 b5 16.
Bxg7 Kxg7 17. axb5 axb5 18. b3 b4 19. Nd1 Nf6 $15 {Bobotsov,M-Fuderer,A/Zagreb
1964}) (13. Qd2 Re8 (13... b5 14. Bh6 Ne5 15. Be2 b4 16. Nd1 Bxh6 17. Qxh6 f5
18. exf5 gxf5 19. f4 Ng6 20. Ne3 $16 {Ostenstad,B-Sikora Lerch,J/Trnava 1989})
14. Be2 Rb8 15. Bh6 Bh8 16. a5 b5 17. axb6 Rxb6 18. Ra2 Nb5 $13 {Holzapfel,
D-Tyrtania,M/Germany 1987}) 13... Nb5 (13... b5 $5 14. axb6 Nxb6 15. Qd3 Nb5 $6
16. Nxb5 axb5 17. Rxa8 Qxa8 18. Qxb5 Rb8 19. e5 $1 dxe5 (19... Na4 20. Qe2 $16)
20. Bxe5 Bxe5 21. Rxe5 Qa1+ 22. Kh2 Qc1 23. Qe2 $16) 14. Na4 Qc7 $6 {Serious
inaccuracy after which black is deprived of any counterplay. It was necessary
to play 14...b6 with slightly worse, but playable position.} (14... b6 $5 15.
axb6 Nxb6 16. Nxb6 Qxb6 17. c3 Be5 18. Qd2 Nc7 19. Be3 a5 20. Bd1 Rfb8 21. Re2
$14 {Gausel,E-Daniilidis,A/Thessaloniki 1988}) 15. Bg4 $1 $16 {After this
strong move black has to forget about b6.} Rad8 (15... Ne5 16. Nb6 Rae8 17. c3
$14 {[%csl Rb5]}) 16. c3 Rfe8 17. Bxd7 Rxd7 18. Nb6 Rdd8 19. Qd3 Bf6 ({No
better was} 19... e5 20. dxe6 fxe6 21. Bg5 Rb8 22. Rad1 $16 {and black faces
huge problems.}) 20. Qg3 (20. Rad1 $5) 20... Be5 21. Rad1 Bxf4 22. Qxf4 e5 {
Otherwise white would've just pushed his h-pawn followed by Rd1-h3.} (22... Qb8
23. h4 Nc7 24. Rd3 Na8 25. h5 $18 {[%cal Gd3h3,Gf4h6]}) 23. dxe6 fxe6 24. Rd2 (
24. Rd3 $5 {[%cal Gd3g3]}) 24... Re7 25. Red1 Kg7 26. h4 Rf8 27. Qg4 {[%csl
Re6]} Ree8 $6 {Another inaccuracy leading to loss of d6 pawn.} (27... c4 28.
Qe2 d5 29. exd5 exd5 30. Qf1 Re4 31. Rxd5 Rf7 32. Rd7 Qc6 33. g3 $16) (27... h5
28. Qg5 $16) 28. Nc4 {[%csl Rd6]} d5 $6 {Hoping to complicate the matters a
bit, however white is on guard.} (28... Re7 29. Nxd6 Qxa5 30. Qg5 Qc7 31. e5
Kh8 $16) 29. exd5 Rf4 30. Qe2 $18 {[%cal Ge2e8]} Rxh4 31. g3 Rxc4 (31... Rh5
32. Qe4 $1 (32. d6 Qc6 33. f3 Rd5 $16) 32... Qf7 33. d6 $18) 32. d6 Qxa5 33.
Qxc4 Qb6 34. d7 Rd8 35. Qh4 h5 36. Qe7+ Kh6 37. Re1 Na7 38. Rxe6 Nc6 39. Qf6
1-0

[Event "EU-ch 4th"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2003.05.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Iordachescu, Viorel"]
[Black "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2003.05.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 096"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O c5 7. d5 {Taking the
transposition into Benoni defense.} Na6 8. Nd2 (8. Bf4) (8. Re1) 8... Nc7 9. a4
a6 10. Re1 Bd7 (10... Rb8 11. a5 Bd7 12. Na4 Nb5 (12... e6 13. dxe6 Nxe6 14.
Nb6 Bc6 15. Bc4 d5 $15 {Safyanovsky,M-Nizamov,I/Tatranska Lomnica 1997}) 13.
Nb6 Nd4 14. Bc4 e6 15. dxe6 Bxe6 16. c3 $16 {Eperjesi,L-Sugar,K/HUN 1992}) 11.
a5 {Permitting black to play b5 seems wrong, however this move gives black
pieces very important square b5.} (11. Nc4 b5 12. Nb6 Rb8 13. Nxd7 Qxd7 14. Bf1
b4 15. Nb1 Rbd8 16. c4 bxc3 17. Nxc3 Rb8 $15 {Nikitin,Y-Tal,M/Alma-Ata 1968/
URS-ch}) (11. f4 $5 b5 12. Bf3 Rb8 13. e5 Nfe8 14. Nb3 $1 {>< c6} bxa4 $6 (
14... b4 $5 15. Ne4 c4 16. Nbd2 Nxd5 17. Nxc4 $13) 15. Nxa4 $14 {Inkiov,
V-Torre,E/Zagreb 1987}) 11... Nb5 12. Ndb1 (12. Ncb1 e6 13. Bc4 exd5 14. exd5
Re8 15. Rxe8+ Qxe8 16. c3 Qe7 $13) 12... e6 13. dxe6 {Interesting plan.White
gives up control over the center in order to attack it later on with all his
pieces.} (13. Bc4) 13... fxe6 14. Bg5 (14. e5 $6 dxe5 $15) 14... h6 15. Bh4 Bc6
16. Bf1 Qe8 17. f3 Qf7 (17... Nxc3 18. Nxc3 Rd8 $13) 18. Nxb5 axb5 19. Nc3 b4
20. Nb5 d5 ({Trading the bishop for the knight would hardly be any better.} 
20... Bxb5 21. Bxb5 d5 22. exd5 Nxd5 23. Qc1 Rac8 $13) 21. exd5 exd5 22. Qd2
Qd7 23. c4 Kh8 (23... Bxb5 24. cxb5 {[%csl Rd5]} Rad8 25. Red1 Qf7 26. a6 bxa6
27. bxa6 $16) 24. Qc2 g5 25. Bg3 g4 (25... dxc4 26. Rad1 b3 27. Qc1 Qf5 28. Nc7
Rxa5 29. Ne6 $36) 26. Qg6 gxf3 27. gxf3 Rg8 (27... Nh7 $1 28. cxd5 Qxd5 {
[%csl Rf3,Rg1]} (28... Bxb5 29. Bxb5 Qxb5 30. Re7 Rg8 31. Be5 $18) 29. Re7 Rg8
$17) 28. Nd6 Raf8 29. Nf5 Nh7 30. Nxg7 Rxg7 31. Qxh6 dxc4 32. Rad1 Qf5 $132
1/2-1/2

[Event "FRA-chT Gp-A"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "2003.02.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Komarov, Dimitri"]
[Black "Tirard, Hugo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2399"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2003.01.31"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Drancy"]
[BlackTeam "Noyon"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. d5 b5 4. Bg5 Ne4 5. Bf4 Bb7 6. a4 e6 $2 {This pawn
sacrifice is not justified under the circumstances, so white emerges out of
the opening just with a pawn up with no visible compensation for black.} (6...
Qa5+ 7. Nbd2 (7. c3 f5 8. e3 b4 9. Ne5 g6 10. Nc4 Qd8 11. Be2 Bg7 12. Be5 O-O
13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. cxb4 cxb4 15. Bf3 $14 {Fominyh,A-Sermek,D/Saint Vincent 2001}
) 7... Bxd5 (7... e6 8. axb5 Qb4 9. Bxb8 Nxd2 10. Nxd2 Rxb8 11. dxe6 fxe6 12.
e4 Bd6 13. Rxa7 O-O $44 {Bohak,J-Kover,W/ICCF Email 2001}) (7... Nxd2 8. Nxd2
Bxd5 9. axb5 Qd8 10. e4 Bb7 11. Bd3 g6 12. Nb3 $14 {Fominyh,A-Medvegy,Z/Cairo
2001}) 8. axb5 Qb6 (8... Qd8 9. Ra4 Nxd2 10. Nxd2 d6 11. e4 Bb7 12. Qa1 $16 {
Hebden,M-Degraeve,J/Clichy 2001}) 9. Nxe4 (9. Ra4 Nxd2 10. Nxd2 c4 11. e4 Qxb5
12. Qa1 Bc6 13. Rxa7 Rxa7 14. Qxa7 $16 {Yrjola,J-Nyysti,S/Helsinki 2000}) 9...
Bxe4 10. Nd2 Bb7 11. e4 d6 12. Nc4 Qd8 13. e5 (13. Bd3 g6 14. O-O Bg7 15. Na5
Bc8 16. Bc4 Be6 17. Bd5 Bxd5 18. Qxd5 Nd7 19. Nc6 $14 {Ortega Hermida,
D-Rodriguez Guerrero,E/La Algaba 2001}) 13... dxe5 14. Qxd8+ Kxd8 15. Nxe5 Ke8
16. Bc4 $16 {Stohl,I-Blodstein,A/Pardubice 1992}) (6... Nf6 7. e4 Nxe4 8. Bxb5
(8. axb5 e6 9. Bc4 Bd6 10. Nbd2 Nxf2 11. Kxf2 Bxf4 12. Nb3 Bc7 13. Qd3 O-O $13
{Chatalbashev,B-Degraeve,J/Ohrid 2001}) 8... Nf6 9. Nc3 g6 10. Be5 a6 11. Bxf6
exf6 12. O-O Bh6 13. Re1+ Kf8 14. Bf1 d6 15. Ne4 $14 {Borovikov,V-Malakhatko,V/
Alushta 2001}) (6... b4 7. Qd3 $1 (7. e3 e6 8. dxe6 fxe6 9. Nbd2 Be7 10. Nxe4
Bxe4 11. Bd3 Bxd3 12. Qxd3 Nc6 13. Rd1 d5 14. Ne5 Nxe5 15. Bxe5 {1/2-1/2
Rotstein,A-Degraeve,J/Germany 2001}) 7... Nf6 8. e4 e6 9. c4 exd5 10. exd5 d6
11. Nbd2 (11. Be2 Be7 12. O-O O-O 13. Nbd2 {1/2-1/2 Relange,E-Bauer,C/
Marseilles 2001}) 11... Be7 12. O-O-O $1 O-O 13. Qc2 Bc8 14. Bd3 $36 {Komarov,
D-Degraeve,J/France 2002}) 7. dxe6 fxe6 8. axb5 Be7 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. e3 Nxd2 (
10... Nf6 11. Nc4 d5 12. Na5 Qb6 13. Nxb7 Qxb7 14. Be2 $16) 11. Qxd2 d6 $6 {
It's understandable that black doesn't want to put the pawn on d5 since it
would've restricted his bishop on b7. However this move, which is absolutely
correct from strategical point of view, runs into very nice combination.} (
11... d5 12. Qa5 (12. c4 $6 Nd7 13. Be2 Nb6 14. b3 Bf6 15. Rc1 Qe7 $14) 12...
Nd7 13. Qxd8 Rfxd8 14. Be2 Bf6 15. c3 $16) 12. Rd1 e5 ({It wasn't too late to
play} 12... d5 $5) 13. Bxe5 $1 {Well calculated tactical blow leading to an
endgame with clearly better chances for white.} dxe5 14. Bc4+ Kh8 15. Qxd8 Bxd8
({White would get winning position also after} 15... Rxd8 16. Rxd8+ Bxd8 17.
Nxe5 {[%csl Ra8,Rb8][%cal Ge5f7]} Ba5+ 18. Ke2 g6 19. Nf7+ Kg7 20. Nd6 Bxg2 21.
Rg1 $18 {and black lightsquared bishop doesn't have a square to retreat over
the diagonal a8-h1.}) 16. Nxe5 Bf6 $8 {Once again black had an alternative to
deviate from variation which occured in the game and once again this
alternative wouldn't have an impact on the evaluation of the arising position:}
(16... Ba5+ 17. Ke2 Bxg2 18. Rhg1 Be4 19. Nf7+ Rxf7 20. Bxf7 a6 21. Bd5 Bxd5
22. Rxd5 axb5 23. Rxc5 Nd7 24. Rxb5 $18 {with winning position.}) 17. Nf7+ Rxf7
18. Bxf7 a6 19. Bd5 Bxd5 20. Rxd5 axb5 21. Ke2 b4 $6 {After this inaccuracy
nothing can save black. An only chance to put up some resistance was} (21...
Be7 $8 22. Rhd1 (22. Re5 Nc6 23. Re6 Rc8 $14) 22... Kg8 23. c3 Kf7 24. f4 Nc6
$16) 22. Rhd1 Na6 (22... Kg8) 23. Ra1 $18 h6 24. Rd6 {Forcing black to trade
the rooks.} Nc7 25. Rxa8+ Nxa8 26. Rc6 Kh7 27. b3 Kg6 (27... Be7 28. Kd3 $18 {
[%csl Ra8][%cal Gd3a6,Ga6b7]}) 28. Kd3 Kf7 29. Kc4 Ke7 30. Kxc5 Kd7 31. Rd6+
Kc7 32. Kd5 Kb7 33. Rd7+ Kb6 34. Kd6 Bc3 35. e4 Bd4 36. f4 Bc5+ 37. Ke6 Nc7+
38. Kf7 Nb5 39. e5 Kc6 40. e6 1-0

[Event "Biel GM"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2003.07.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Pelletier, Yannick"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2602"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2003.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 d6 5. Be2 (5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Bc4) 5... Nf6 6.
Nc3 O-O 7. O-O Na6 8. Re1 Nc7 9. Nd2 {Extremly solid and unambitious
continuation permitting black to equalize without any problems.} e6 (9... Bd7
10. a4 a6 11. a5 Bb5 12. Nc4 Bxc4 13. Bxc4 Nd7 14. Bg5 b5 15. axb6 Nxb6 16. Bf1
$14 {Gulbrandsen,A-Ennouisseri,M/Dresden 1969}) (9... a6 10. a4 Rb8 11. a5 Bd7
12. Na4 Nb5 13. Nb6 Nd4 14. Bc4 e6 15. dxe6 Bxe6 16. c3 $14 {Eperjesi,L-Sugar,
K/HUN 1992}) 10. Bf3 (10. dxe6 Bxe6 11. Nf3 (11. Nb3 b6 12. Bf3 d5 13. e5 Nfe8
14. Bf4 f6 15. exf6 Bxf6 $13) 11... d5 12. exd5 Ncxd5 13. Nxd5 Bxd5 14. Bg5 h6
15. Bf4 Qb6 $13 {Hakki,I-Al Modiahki,M/Beirut 2000}) 10... Re8 11. a4 exd5 12.
exd5 Rxe1+ 13. Qxe1 Bg4 $1 14. Qd1 (14. Bxg4 $6 Nxg4 15. Nf3 Qd7 (15... Qe8 16.
Bf4 Qxe1+ 17. Rxe1 Bxc3 18. bxc3 Nxd5 19. Bxd6 Nxc3 20. h3 Nf6 21. Bxc5 Nxa4
22. Bd4 $44) 16. h3 Re8 17. Qd1 Ne5 $15) 14... Bxf3 15. Qxf3 Qe7 16. Nf1 {
White has a weak pawn on d5 to take care of so he brings the knight to e3.} Re8
17. Bf4 b6 18. h3 Nh5 19. Bd2 ({Deserved some attention to place the bisop on
h2 keeping d6 under control.} 19. Bh2 $5 {[%csl Gd6]} Bxc3 $140 $6 20. bxc3 (
20. Qxc3 $6 Nxd5 21. Qd2 Qe4 22. Bxd6 Nhf4 $15) 20... Qe2 21. Qxe2 Rxe2 22. c4
$14 {[%csl Rd6]}) 19... f5 20. Re1 Be5 21. Nb5 (21. Ne3 $6 Bxc3 $5 (21... Qh4 {
[%csl Gc4][%cal Gh4e4]} 22. b3 Qf4 23. Qxf4 Nxf4 24. Nc4 Bxc3 25. Rxe8+ Nxe8
26. Bxf4 $14) 22. Bxc3 Qe4 23. Qd1 (23. Qxe4 Rxe4 24. b3 Nf4 25. Bd2 Nfxd5 26.
Nc4 Rxe1+ 27. Bxe1 Ne8 $17) 23... Nf4 24. f3 Qxa4 25. Qd2 Qd7 26. Kh2 Nh5 $15)
21... Nxb5 22. axb5 Nf6 23. Bf4 Ne4 24. c3 Qf7 25. Bxe5 Rxe5 26. c4 $2 {
Blundering a pawn in just one move!} (26. Ne3 Qe7 (26... f4 $6 27. Ng4 Ng5 28.
Qd1 Rxe1+ 29. Qxe1 $14) 27. Ra1 $13) 26... Nd2 $19 {All the rest is a matter
of technique.} 27. Qd1 Rxe1 28. Qxe1 Nxc4 29. b3 Ne5 30. Ne3 Qe7 31. Qa1 Nd3
32. Qd1 Nf4 $1 33. Qd2 (33. Qa1 Ne2+ 34. Kh1 Nd4 $19) 33... Nh5 34. Nc4 Nf6 35.
Qd1 Kf8 36. Qd2 Ke8 37. b4 cxb4 38. Qxb4 Nxd5 39. Qd2 (39. Qxd6 Qxd6 40. Nxd6+
Kd7 41. Nf7 Nc7 $19) 39... Qe6 40. Qd4 Kd7 41. Qg7+ Ne7 42. Qc3 Qd5 43. Qb3 Qc5
44. Qa4 Nc8 45. Ne3 d5 46. Qd1 Kd6 47. Qd3 d4 0-1

[Event "Nagykanizsa 1st"]
[Site "Nagykanizsa"]
[Date "2003.11.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Erdos, Viktor"]
[Black "Nevednichy, Vladislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2443"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2003.11.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c5 4. d5 d6 5. e4 e6 6. Bd3 Ne7 {In most of the
cases the position of the knight on e7 is just too passive, so I see no point
in developing it anywhere else other than f6!} 7. h4 h6 (7... h5 8. f3 e5 9.
Nh3 Nd7 10. Be3 Ng8 11. g3 Nf8 12. Qc2 (12. Qd2 Bh6 13. Bxh6 Nxh6 14. O-O-O $14
) 12... Bh6 13. Bf2 Bd7 14. Ng1 Nh7 15. a3 Ne7 16. b4 $14 {Gerusel,M-Eising,J/
Voelklingen 1970}) (7... exd5 8. cxd5 h5 9. Bf4 O-O 10. Qd2 a6 11. a4 Re8 12.
Nge2 Qc7 13. Bc4 $14 {Kaidanov,G-Ivanov,A/New York 1990}) (7... a6 8. a4 exd5
9. cxd5 Nd7 10. h5 Ne5 11. Be2 f5 12. Nh3 fxe4 13. Nxe4 Bf5 14. h6 $16 {
Rogers,I-Wohl,A/Birmingham 2002}) 8. Be3 Nd7 9. Nf3 a6 10. Qd2 e5 $6 {Another
dubious move making black's problems even more significant.} (10... exd5 11.
cxd5 (11. exd5 Nf6 $13 {[%cal Gc8f5,Ge7f5]}) 11... b5 12. a4 b4 13. Ne2 f5 14.
exf5 Nxf5 15. Bxf5 gxf5 16. Nf4 Nf6 $132) 11. h5 Nf6 $6 {It was necessary to
play} (11... f5 12. g3 g5 13. exf5 Nf6 14. Qc2 Qd7 15. O-O-O Rb8 $14 {with a
worse, but playable position.}) 12. hxg6 fxg6 13. Nh2 {[%cal Gf2f4]} Bd7 $6 {
Missing the last chance to put up some resistance after} (13... g5 $8) 14. f4
$1 {After this one white's attack is just unstoppable.} Nh5 15. fxe5 Bxe5 16.
Nf3 Bg3+ (16... Bg7 17. e5 dxe5 18. Ne4 Bf5 19. Nxc5 Ng3 20. Bxf5 Nexf5 21. Ne6
$16) 17. Kd1 Bg4 18. Ne2 Bxf3 19. gxf3 Be5 20. Kc2 b5 21. Rag1 Qb6 22. b3 Kd7
23. f4 $18 Bf6 24. f5 a5 25. Rb1 (25. fxg6 a4 26. b4 bxc4 27. Bxc4 Ng7 28. Rb1
$18) 25... b4 26. fxg6 a4 27. Kd1 Ng7 28. Rxh6 Qa6 29. Ng3 Rae8 30. Qe2 axb3
31. axb3 Kc7 32. Bf4 Rxh6 33. Bxh6 Nef5 34. Nxf5 1-0

[Event "Kiev Spring"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2000.03.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Galinsky, Timofey"]
[Black "Baklan, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2424"]
[BlackElo "2571"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2000.03.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 077"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. d5 b5 4. Bg5 d6 5. e4 (5. Bxf6 exf6 (5... gxf6 6. e4 a6
7. a4 b4 8. Nh4 Rg8 9. Nd2 Rg4 10. Nf5 Bxf5 11. exf5 $14 {Komljenovic,
D-Samaritani,F/Salsomaggiore op 1997}) 6. e4 a6 7. a4 b4 8. Nbd2 (8. Bd3 g6 9.
O-O Bg7 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. a5 f5 12. exf5 Bxb2 13. Rb1 Bg7 14. Nc4 Nd7 $15 {
Bogdanovski,V-Vaisser,A/EU-chTM 1997}) 8... g6 9. Bd3 Bg7 10. Nc4 a5 11. O-O
O-O 12. Nfd2 Bb7 13. Qf3 {1/2-1/2 Garcia Ilundain,D-Matamoros Franco,C/Las
Palmas op 1993}) 5... a6 6. Nbd2 (6. a4 Nxe4 7. axb5 Nxg5 8. Nxg5 h6 9. Ne4 g6
10. bxa6 Bg7 11. Bb5+ Nd7 12. c3 O-O $44 {Rakic,T-Kosanovic,D/JUG-chT 1993})
6... g6 7. c3 Bg7 8. a4 bxa4 {This move looks more logical than} (8... b4 9.
cxb4 cxb4 10. a5 O-O 11. Be2 Nbd7 12. Nd4 Bb7 13. Be3 $14 {and white has clear
advantage; Veingold,A-San Segundo,P/Zaragoza op-A 1995}) 9. Qxa4+ Nbd7 10. Bd3
O-O 11. O-O h6 12. Bh4 Nh5 $5 {Deciding to take the bishop.} 13. Rfe1 (13. Nc4
g5 14. Bg3 Nxg3 15. hxg3 Nf6 16. Na5 e6 17. Nc6 Qd7 $132) 13... g5 14. Bg3 Nxg3
15. hxg3 a5 (15... g4 16. Nh4 Ne5 17. Be2 e6 18. Nc4 exd5 19. exd5 Nxc4 20.
Qxc4 Qg5 $13) 16. Nc4 Nb6 17. Qc2 Nxc4 18. Bxc4 $14 {White has slightly better
chanses,but black finds very strong plan to create counterplay.} Rb8 $5 19. Ra3
Bd7 20. b3 $5 (20. Rea1 a4 21. b3 axb3 22. Bxb3 Qc7 23. Ba4 Ra8 24. Bxd7 Rxa3
25. Rxa3 Qxd7 $132 {[%cal Gf7f5,Gg5g4]}) 20... Ra8 21. Rea1 f5 $1 22. exf5 Bxf5
23. Bd3 e6 $1 24. Rd1 $1 (24. Bxf5 $6 exf5 25. Re1 Qf6 26. Re6 Qxc3 27. Qxc3
Bxc3 28. Rxd6 Rad8 $1 $15) 24... Qf6 $1 $132 25. dxe6 Bxe6 ({Worse is} 25...
Qxe6 26. Bxf5 Rxf5 27. Rxd6 $1 (27. c4) 27... Qxd6 28. Qxf5 Bxc3 29. Qe4 $1 Qa6
$8 30. Qd5+ $14 {and white is better.}) 26. Bh7+ Kh8 27. Rxd6 Qe7 28. Rd1 c4 $1
$132 {[%csl Ra3]} 29. b4 axb4 30. Rxa8 Rxa8 31. cxb4 Qxb4 32. Qe4 {Black has a
pair of bishops and a passed pawn,but exposed position of the king doesn't
give him the possibility to convert this advaentage into something more
significient.} (32. Bf5 Bxf5 33. Qxf5 Qc3 34. Kh2 $5 (34. Nxg5 hxg5 35. Qh3+
Kg8 36. Qe6+ Kh8 (36... Kf8 37. Qd6+ Kg8 38. Qd5+ $18) 37. Qh3+ $11)) 32... Ra1
$8 33. Rxa1 Bxa1 34. Bg6 (34. Qxe6 Kxh7 35. Qf5+ Kg7 36. Qd7+ $11) 34... Bg8
35. Qa8 {[%cal Gg6f7]} Bg7 $1 36. Bc2 (36. Bf7 $6 Qf8 (36... Bf8) 37. Qxf8 Bxf8
38. Bxg8 Kxg8 39. Kf1 c3 40. Ke2 g4 $15) 36... c3 37. Qe8 Qf8 38. Qg6 Bf6 39.
Qe4 Qg7 40. Kf1 Qc7 41. Qg6 Qg7 42. Qe4 Bf7 43. Nh2 h5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chalapathi GM"]
[Site "Guntur"]
[Date "2000.04.12"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ibragimov, Ildar"]
[Black "Saravanan, Venkat"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2611"]
[BlackElo "2412"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2000.04.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 077"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. c4 c5 4. d5 d6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Ne7 $6 {This move occurs
from time to time in tournament practice,but it may hardly be recommended,
because white easily gets very comfortable advantage.} 7. h3 $5 (7. Be2 O-O 8.
O-O a6 9. a4 exd5 10. cxd5 Bg4 11. Bf4 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 Nc8 13. Qd2 $14 {Buturin,
V-Praznik,A/Pardubice op 1995}) 7... O-O 8. Bd3 a6 (8... Nd7 9. O-O h6 (9...
exd5 10. cxd5 h6 $5) 10. dxe6 fxe6 11. Be3 g5 $2 (11... Nc6 $5) (11... e5) 12.
e5 $1 Nxe5 (12... dxe5 13. Bc2 Nf5 14. Qd3 b6 (14... Rf7 15. Bxc5 $16) 15. Rad1
$16) 13. Nxe5 Bxe5 14. Qh5 $36 {Cramling,P-Arencibia,W/Erevan olm 1996}) (8...
e5 9. g4 h6 10. Rg1 a6 11. a4 a5 12. Nh4 $6 Nxd5 $1 13. exd5 Qxh4 14. Ne4 Qe7
15. Be3 Na6 $15 {Garcia Albarracin,F-Aguera Naredo,J/Once op 1993}) (8... Na6
9. O-O Nc7 10. a3 Rb8 11. Bd2 a6 12. b4 exd5 13. cxd5 $14 {Lelchuk,Z-Meskanen,
V/Helsinki op 1992}) 9. a4 $5 exd5 10. exd5 $5 h6 $6 (10... Bf5 11. Bg5 Bxd3 (
11... Bxc3+ 12. bxc3 f6 13. Bf4 Re8 14. O-O Bxd3 15. Qxd3 $14 {[%csl Re6][%cal
Gf1e1,Ge1e6]}) 12. Qxd3 h6 13. Bf4 Re8 14. O-O $14) 11. O-O Bf5 12. Re1 Bxd3
13. Qxd3 Nd7 14. Bf4 Nf6 15. Rab1 $14 {[%cal Gb2b4] White has avantage on both
sides of the board and black doesn't even have a chanse to create counterplay.}
a5 (15... Re8 16. b4 cxb4 17. Rxb4 Qc7 18. Nd4 $16 {[%cal Ge1b1,Ga4a5]}) 16.
Nb5 Nc8 17. Re2 Re8 18. Rbe1 Rxe2 19. Rxe2 Bf8 20. Nd2 Na7 (20... b6 {[%cal
Ga8b8,Gb8b7,Gb7e7]} 21. Ne4 $5 Nxe4 22. Qxe4 Na7 23. Nc3 Bg7 24. Qe7 $16) 21.
Nc3 $1 Qd7 22. Nde4 Ne8 (22... Nxe4 23. Nxe4 Qxa4 24. Bxd6 Bxd6 25. Nxd6 b6 26.
Re7 $18 {[%csl Ra4,Ra7,Ra8,Rf7]}) 23. g4 $16 {Black can hardly move and white
is preparing the decisive breakthrough.} Rd8 24. Kg2 Bg7 25. f3 Kh7 26. b3 b6
27. h4 $1 f5 $6 (27... Nc8 28. h5 Ne7 29. Nb5 Nc8 30. Ng3 $16 {[%cal Gh5g6,
Ge2e6]}) 28. Ng3 fxg4 29. h5 gxf3+ 30. Kxf3 Kh8 31. hxg6 $18 {[%csl Rh6,Rh8]}
Nc7 32. Rh2 Rf8 33. Nce2 $1 {[%cal Gf3g2]} Nc8 34. Kg2 Kg8 35. Bxh6 Ne8 36.
Bxg7 Nxg7 37. Qe3 Nf5 38. Nxf5 Qxf5 39. Rh8+ $1 1-0

[Event "Capablanca Memorial-A"]
[Site "Cuba"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Hebden, Mark"]
[Black "Vera Gonzalez Quevedo, Reynaldo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 036"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. d5 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e4 O-O 6. h3 d6 (6... b5 7. e5 $1)
7. a4 e6 8. Be2 exd5 9. exd5 Bf5 10. Nd2 $1 Na6 11. Nc4 Re8 (11... Nb4 12. Ne3)
12. Ne3 Bd7 13. O-O Qe7 14. Bf3 Nc7 15. Bd2 Qf8 16. Re1 b6 (16... Bh6 $5) 17.
Nc4 Rxe1+ 18. Qxe1 Nfe8 (18... Bh6 19. Bxh6 Qxh6 20. Qe7 $16) 19. Bg5 f6 20.
Bf4 f5 21. Qd2 h6 22. h4 Rd8 23. Be2 Kh7 24. g3 Bc8 $2 (24... Qf6 $14) 25. Nb5
$1 Bb7 26. Bf3 Qg8 (26... Nxb5 27. axb5 Ra8 $16) 27. Ncxd6 Nxb5 28. Nxb5 a6 (
28... Bxd5 29. c4 $16) 29. Nc3 Rd7 30. Qd3 Qf7 31. Re1 $16 Nf6 32. d6 Bxf3 33.
Qxf3 Nh5 34. Be5 $1 Bxe5 35. Rxe5 Rxd6 36. Qe2 Rd7 37. Qxa6 f4 38. g4 Nf6 39.
f3 $1 Kg7 $2 $138 (39... Nd5 $1 $16) 40. Qxb6 Rb7 41. Qd6 c4 42. g5 1-0

[Event "Leon"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Garcia Ilundain, David"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1993.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 036"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. d5 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e4 O-O $6 6. Be2 (6. a4 $5) 6... b5
$5 7. e5 (7. Bxb5 Nxe4 8. Nxe4 Qa5+ 9. Nc3 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 Qxb5) 7... Ng4 8. Bf4
b4 9. Ne4 Qb6 10. h3 Nh6 11. Qd2 Nf5 12. g4 Nd4 13. Nxd4 cxd4 14. O-O-O (14.
O-O $5) 14... a5 15. Bh6 (15. Qxd4 Qxd4 16. Rxd4 d6 $1) (15. h4 $5) 15... Bxe5
$5 16. Bxf8 Kxf8 17. f4 $2 (17. Qh6+ Kg8 (17... Bg7 18. Qxh7 a4 $132) 18. Ng5 (
18. h4 $5) 18... Bf4+ 19. Kb1 Bxg5 20. Qxg5 f6 21. Qf4 $1) 17... Bg7 18. f5 Bb7
19. Bc4 d6 20. h4 Nd7 21. fxg6 hxg6 22. h5 Ne5 23. Bd3 Bxd5 24. hxg6 Qc6 25.
Ng3 $6 (25. Rhe1) 25... Bxh1 26. Rxh1 fxg6 27. Ne4 Kg8 28. Kb1 Nxd3 29. cxd3 (
29. Qxd3 d5 30. Ng3 e5 $17) 29... Qb5 30. Ka1 Rf8 31. Qg2 Qxd3 32. Ng5 Qc4 33.
Qh3 Rf2 34. Rb1 d3 35. Qh7+ Kf8 36. Qh1 d5 37. Ne6+ Kf7 38. Qh7 Kxe6 39. Qxg7
d2 40. Qxg6+ Kd7 41. Qb6 Rf1 42. Qa7+ Ke8 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 4th"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2003.06.13"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Ftacnik, Lubomir"]
[Black "Banikas, Hristos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2611"]
[BlackElo "2542"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2003.05.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 096"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Finkel,A} Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. d5 b5 4. Bg5 Ne4 5. Bh4 Bb7 6. a4 Qa5+ 7.
Nbd2 bxa4 {'?!' Finkel,A.} (7... Bxd5 {Finkel,A} 8. axb5 Qc7 (8... Qb6 9. e3 e6
(9... Nxd2 10. Qxd2 Qb7 11. c4 Be4 12. Bd3 d6 13. O-O Nd7 14. Bxe4 Qxe4 15. b3
$14 {Cosma,E-Chatalbashev,B/Metz 2002}) 10. c4 Bb7 11. Nxe4 Bxe4 12. Bd3 Qb7
13. Qc2 Bxd3 14. Qxd3 {Stempin,P-Malachowski,T/Warsaw 1987}) (8... Qb4 $2 9. c4
Bb7 10. Qc2 Nxd2 11. Nxd2 g5 12. Ra4 $18 {Yakovich,Y-Scetinin,A/Leeuwarden 1995
}) 9. Ra4 Qb7 (9... Nxd2 10. Qxd2 Qb7 11. e3 d6 12. Be2 Nd7 13. Qc3 Rg8 14. O-O
g5 15. Bg3 Nb6 16. Ra5 h5 $36 {Dobrov,V-Moiseenko,A/St Petersburg 2001}) 10. c4
Nxd2 11. cxd5 (11. Qxd2 Be4 12. e3 a6 (12... d6 13. Bd3 Nd7 14. Qc2 Bxd3 15.
Qxd3 g6 16. O-O Bg7 17. b3 Nb6 18. Ra6 {1/2-1/2 Gormally,D-Repkova,E/Wroxham
2002/CBM 87 ext (18)}) 13. Be2 axb5 14. Rxa8 Qxa8 15. cxb5 d5 16. O-O Nd7 17.
Qc3 f6 18. Nd2 Bg6 19. b3 $36 {Gschnitzer,O-Loeffler,S/Germany 1988/GER-chT2})
11... Nxf1 12. Qd3 d6 13. e4 Nd7 14. Qxf1 h6 15. Qe2 g5 16. Bg3 Bg7 17. e5 $16
{Kasparov,G-Miles,A/Basel 1986/MCL}) (7... Nxd2 {Finkel,A} 8. Nxd2 Bxd5 9. e4 (
9. axb5 Qc7 10. e3 g6 11. Nc4 Bb7 12. Be2 d6 13. Na5 Bg7 14. Bf3 $18 {
Ikonnikov,V-Szieberth,A/Budapest 1998}) 9... Bb7 10. axb5 Qb6 11. Bd3 a6 12.
bxa6 Nxa6 13. O-O Nb4 14. Nc4 Rxa1 15. Qxa1 Qa6 16. Qxa6 Bxa6 17. Ra1 $16 {
Savchenko,S-Caposciutti,M/Portoroz 1996}) 8. c3 f5 $5 {The talented Greek is
intitively improving the theory in a very suspect variaton. Black will have
surprisingly strong counterplay for the strategically endangered position.} (
8... Nxd2 {Finkel,A} 9. Qxd2 d6 10. e4 Nd7 11. Qc2 Nb6 12. Be2 g6 13. O-O Bg7
14. Nd2 $16) 9. Rxa4 Qb6 (9... Qb5 10. Qa1 $1 (10. Qc2 Qb6 11. c4 Nxd2 12. Nxd2
e6 13. e3 Bd6 $11) 10... Qb6 11. Nc4 Qh6 12. Ne3 (12. e3 a6 13. Qd1 g5 14. Bg3
Nxg3 15. fxg3 g4 16. Nh4 e6 $11) 12... Qb6 (12... f4 13. Ng4 (13. Nf5 $6 Qg6
14. Rxa7 Qb6 15. Rxa8 Bxa8 16. e3 g6 $15) 13... Qd6 14. Rxe4 Bxd5 15. Ra4 Bxf3
16. exf3 h5 17. Ne3 fxe3 18. fxe3 $16) 13. Ng5 Nxg5 14. Bxg5 $16) 10. Nxe4 (10.
Nc4 Qh6 11. Ne3 $5 (11. e3 g5 12. Qb3 Bxd5 (12... Ba6 13. Nce5 Bc8 14. Qa3 Bg7
15. Rxa7 Rxa7 16. Qxa7 Bxe5 17. Nxe5 Qxh4 18. g3 Nxg3 19. Qxb8 O-O 20. Nf3 Qe4
21. Qxg3 Qb1+ 22. Kd2 Qxb2+ $11) 13. Rxa7 Rxa7 14. Qxb8+ Kf7 15. Qxa7 gxh4 16.
Nfe5+ Kg7 17. Qxd7 $18) 11... Qd6 (11... e6 12. g4 fxg4 13. Rxe4 gxf3 14. Qb3
$18) 12. Qb3 Qb6 13. Qa2 $14) 10... fxe4 11. Ng5 {'!' Finkel,A. Finkel,A:
'After this strong move black is in serious troubles. '} (11. Rxe4 {'?' Finkel,
A.} Qxb2 12. c4 (12. Re3 a5 13. Ne5 (13. g3 {Finkel,A} a4 14. Bg2 a3 15. O-O a2
$17) 13... Qa2 14. Rd3 g6 15. e4 Bg7 16. f4 Ba6 $15) 12... Na6 (12... a5 13.
Bg3 a4 14. Be5 Qb6 15. Qa1 e6 16. e3 $14) 13. e3 Nb4 14. Be2 Na2 15. Rf4 Nc3
16. Qd2 Qa1+ 17. Bd1 Qxd1+ 18. Qxd1 Nxd1 19. Kxd1 e6 $11) 11... e6 (11... Qxb2
12. Nxe4 e6 (12... g6 {Finkel,A} 13. e3 Bg7 14. Bc4 Bxc3+ 15. Nxc3 Qxc3+ 16.
Qd2 $16) 13. dxe6 dxe6 (13... Bxe4 14. exd7+ Nxd7 (14... Kf7 15. d8=Q) 15.
Rxe4+ $18) 14. Qd8+ (14. f3 Bd5 15. e3 Nc6 $13) 14... Kf7 15. f3 Bd5 16. Qc7+
Kg6 17. Qg3+ $14) (11... e3 $5 {Finkel,A} 12. b3 Qd6 13. c4 e6 $132) 12. dxe6 (
12. Rxe4 Qxb2 13. Re3 Be7 14. dxe6 d5 15. Nf3 Bxh4 16. Nxh4 d4 17. cxd4 Qb4+
18. Qd2 Qb1+ $11) 12... Be7 13. exd7+ {'!?' Finkel,A. Finding a way in a maze
of variations was not easy over the board, even home analyses has proved
surisingly vital black's counterchances.} (13. Nxe4 Bxh4 $1 (13... Qxb2 $2 14.
Bxe7 Bxe4 15. Bxc5 $1 Qxc3+ 16. Qd2 Qxc5 17. exd7+ Nxd7 18. Rxe4+ Kf8 19. e3
$18) (13... d5 {Finkel,A} 14. Bxe7 Kxe7 15. Nd2 Qxb2 16. c4 Rd8 $13) (13...
Bxh4 14. Nd6+ Ke7 15. Nf5+ (15. Nxb7 Bxf2+ 16. Kxf2 Qxb7 17. Rf4 dxe6 18. Qd3
Nd7 $132) 15... Kxe6 16. e4 Bg5 17. Bc4+ Kf6 18. h4 $18) 14. Nd6+ Ke7 15. Nxb7
(15. Nf5+ Kxe6 16. Nxh4 (16. e4 {Finkel,A} Bg5 17. Bc4+ Kf6 18. h4 $18) 16...
Qxb2 $15) 15... Qxb7 $1 (15... Bxf2+ 16. Kxf2 Qxb7 17. exd7 (17. Rf4 {Finkel,A}
dxe6 18. Qd3 Nd7 $132) 17... Nxd7 18. Kg1 $16) (15... Bf6 $2 16. Qd5 $18) 16.
Rxh4 Qxb2 17. Rh3 (17. Rc4 dxe6 18. Qd2 Qb1+ 19. Qd1 Qxd1+ 20. Kxd1 Nd7 21. g3
a5 $15) 17... dxe6 18. f4 Rd8 19. Qa4 Nd7 $15) 13... Nxd7 14. Nxe4 Qxb2 15.
Bxe7 Bxe4 16. Bg5 (16. Rxe4 Qxc3+ 17. Qd2 Qa1+ 18. Qd1 $11) (16. Bd6 Qxc3+ 17.
Qd2 Qxd2+ 18. Kxd2 O-O-O 19. Rxe4 (19. Rxa7 $2 Nf6 $19) 19... Nb6 20. e3 Rxd6+
21. Kc3 Rf8 $11) 16... Qxc3+ 17. Qd2 (17. Bd2 Qe5 18. f3 Bc6 19. Ra3 O-O 20. e4
$14) 17... Qxd2+ (17... Qe5 18. f3 Bc6 19. Ra6 Nb6 (19... Bb5 20. Bf4 Qe7 21.
Qd5 $16) 20. e4 O-O 21. Be3 $16) 18. Kxd2 {[%mdl 4096] White is enjoying
bishop's pair and better pawn structure, huge disadvantage is a completely
undeveloped kingside. In the endgame he stands good chance of coordianting own
forces and obtaining real advantage.} (18. Bxd2 Bc6 19. Ra5 Ke7 20. f3 Rhb8 21.
e4 (21. Bc3 g6 22. e4 a6 23. Kd2 Bb5 $13) 21... Rb1+ 22. Kf2 a6 23. Rg1 Rb2 $13
) 18... Bc6 19. Ra5 O-O $6 (19... Rf8 $5 20. f3 Rf5 (20... h6 21. Bh4 Rf4 22.
Bg3 Ra4 23. Rxa4 Bxa4 24. e4 a5 25. Kc3 $14) 21. h4 Rd5+ 22. Kc3 Rd1 23. e4 Rb1
24. Bf4 Ke7 25. Rg1 a6 26. Kc2 Rb6 27. Bc4 $14) 20. f3 Rf5 21. h4 Rd5+ (21...
Nb6 22. Kc3 (22. e4 Bxe4 23. fxe4 Rxf1 24. Rxf1 Nc4+ 25. Kc3 Nxa5 26. Be7 Rc8
27. Ra1 Nc6 $11) 22... Nd5+ 23. Kc2 c4 24. Kc1 Rff8 25. e4 Nb6 26. Be3 $16) 22.
Kc3 c4 23. Rxd5 (23. Ra2 Bb5 (23... Nb6 24. e4 Rd7 25. Be2 Bb5 26. Be3 $16) 24.
e4 Rc5 25. Be2 a6 26. Rd1 Rcc8 $14) 23... Bxd5 24. e4 Be6 25. Be2 Rb8 (25... a5
26. Ra1 a4 27. Ra3 Ne5 28. Be3 $16) 26. Ra1 Rb3+ (26... Rb7 27. Ra6 Bf7 28. Kc2
Nb6 29. Be3 $16) 27. Kc2 (27. Kd4 Rb2 28. Bf1 Rb7 29. Ra6 Nb6 30. Kc3 $16)
27... Ne5 (27... Nc5 28. Rxa7 (28. Bd2 a6 29. Bc3 Kf7 30. g4 Rb7 $14) 28... Nd3
29. Re7 Nb4+ 30. Kc1 Na2+ 31. Kd2 c3+ 32. Ke1 $16) 28. Ra6 $5 {I admitt to
beeing quite unhappy with my choice in this critical moment after the game.
Objectively speaking the move played is good enough.} (28. Bd2 Nc6 (28... Rb7
29. Ra6 Kf7 30. Bc3 $16) 29. Bc3 Rb5 30. f4 a5 31. Rd1 Rc5 32. Rb1 $16) 28...
Rb6 29. Rxa7 (29. Rxb6 axb6 30. Kc3 b5 31. Kb4 Bd7 32. Be3 $14) 29... Nc6 30.
Ra8+ Kf7 31. Be3 Rb3 32. Bc5 Rb5 33. Rf8+ (33. Bf2 $5 Rb3 34. f4 c3 (34... Nb4+
35. Kc1 Nd3+ 36. Bxd3 cxd3 (36... Rxd3 37. Ra7+ Kg8 38. f5 Bd7 39. Rc7 Bb5 40.
e5 $18) 37. Ra7+ Kg8 38. Bd4 $18) 35. Bc5 Rb2+ 36. Kd3 (36. Kxc3 Rxe2 37. Rf8+
Kg6 38. f5+ Bxf5 39. exf5+ Kh5 40. Rg8 Re5 $16) 36... g6 37. Ra1 Rd2+ 38. Ke3
$18) 33... Kg6 34. Be3 Rb3 35. Bc5 Rb5 36. Bf2 Ra5 {This is the consequence of
the move 33.Rf8+, since the squares on the a file can be used by black.} (36...
Rb3 37. Kc1 Nb4 38. Ra8 Nd3+ 39. Bxd3 Rxd3 40. f4 $16) 37. Kb2 (37. Kb1 $5 Ne5
38. f4 Bg4 39. Bxg4 Nxg4 40. Bd4 Kh5 41. g3 $16) 37... h5 (37... Nb4 38. h5+ $1
(38. Kc3 Nd3 (38... Nc6 39. f4 Ra3+ 40. Kb2 Rb3+ 41. Kc1 $18) 39. Be3 Ra2 40.
Bf1 Ra1 41. g4 h5 42. Bh3 Kh7 43. Re8 Ra3+ 44. Kd4 Ne1) 38... Kxh5 39. f4+ Kh6
(39... Bg4 40. Bxc4 $16) 40. f5 Ra2+ 41. Kc3 Rxe2 (41... Bxf5 42. Bxc4 Rxf2 43.
Kxb4 $18) 42. fxe6 Nc6 43. Kxc4 $18) 38. Bd1 (38. f4 c3+ 39. Kxc3 Ra3+ 40. Kd2
Ra2+ $11) 38... Ne5 39. Bd4 (39. Bc2 Nd3+ 40. Bxd3 cxd3 41. Be3 Bc4 42. Kc3 Ba6
43. Rd8 $16) 39... Nd3+ 40. Kb1 Rb5+ (40... Bf7 41. g3 $16) 41. Kc2 Ne1+ 42.
Kd2 $2 {The modern FIDE time control has a consequence, that quality of the
realisation in similar positions naturally suffers. Much better was the
retreat of the king to the square c3.} (42. Kc3 $1 Nxg2 (42... Rb1 43. Kd2 Nxg2
44. Bc2 Rb3 45. f4 $18) 43. f4 Nxh4 (43... Bg4 44. f5+ Kh7 45. Rf7 Bxd1 46.
Rxg7+ Kh6 47. Rxg2 $18) (43... Kh7 44. f5 Bg8 45. Bf2 Re5 46. Bxh5 Nf4 47. Re8
$18) 44. Bf2 Ng2 45. f5+ Bxf5 46. exf5+ Kg5 47. f6 $18) 42... Nxg2 43. f4 Nxh4
44. Bf2 Rb2+ (44... Ng2 45. f5+ Bxf5 46. exf5+ Kg5 47. Bc2 $18) 45. Bc2 Nf3+ (
45... Bd7 46. Kc3 Rxc2+ 47. Kxc2 Nf3 48. f5+ Kh7 49. Rf7 $16) 46. Kc3 Rxc2+ (
46... Ra2 47. f5+ Bxf5 48. exf5+ Kg5 49. Rf7 $18) 47. Kxc2 Bg4 (47... Kh7 48.
f5 Bd7 49. Rf7 Bc6 50. Re7 Ng5 51. f6 $18) 48. Rh8 (48. Kc3 h4 49. Rh8 h3 50.
Kxc4 h2 51. f5+ Kf7 52. Kd5 g6 53. fxg6+ Kg7 54. Bd4+ Nxd4 55. Rxh2 Nf3 $14)
48... Bd7 (48... Kf7 49. Kc3 g5 50. f5 h4 51. Kxc4 h3 52. Kd5 h2 53. Bg3 Kg7
54. Rxh2 Nxh2 55. Bxh2 Bf3 56. Bg1 $18) 49. Kc3 (49. Ra8 h4 50. Kc3 Kh5 51.
Kxc4 Kg4 $132) 49... Bc6 50. f5+ Kg5 (50... Kf7 51. Bc5 Kf6 52. Bd4+ Kg5 53.
Be3+ (53. Rg8 Bxe4 54. f6 Nxd4 55. Kxd4 Bg6 56. fxg7 Kh6 $11) 53... Kf6 $1 54.
Bh6 Bxe4 55. Rf8+ Ke5 56. Bxg7+ Kf4 57. f6 Bd5 58. Ra8 Ne5 $14) 51. Be3+ Kh4 $2
{Banikas has survived very difficult middle game and unpleasant endgame, only
to throw away the draw in a simple position with one weak move. After the
correct move 51...Kf6! the defense woul triumph in the game.} (51... Kf6 $1 52.
Bd4+ Kg5 $14) (51... Kg4 52. Rg8 Bxe4 53. f6 $18) 52. Rg8 (52. Rc8 $1 Bb7 53.
Rc7 Bxe4 54. Rxc4 Ng5 55. Kd2 Kg4 56. Ke2 h4 57. Bxg5 Kxg5 58. Rxe4 $18) (52.
Rg8 Bxe4 53. Rxg7 Bxf5 54. Bf2+ Kh3 55. Rg3+ Kh2 56. Rxf3 $18) 1-0

[Event "IBM-17 Grootmeestergroep A"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1977.06.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Sosonko, Gennadi"]
[Black "Torre, Eugenio"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "Gagarin,V"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1977.06.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 c5 2. d5 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O Na6 8. h3 (
8. Bf4 Nc7 9. Re1 Bg4 $5) 8... Nc7 9. Re1 (9. Bf4 $6 b5 $1) 9... b6 10. Bf4 Bb7
11. Bc4 (11. a4 a6 12. Rb1 Rb8 13. Qd2 b5 $1 14. axb5 axb5 15. b4 c4 16. Bh6
Qd7 $14 {Gavrikov,V-Torre,E/Lugano/1988/0:1/41/}) 11... a6 12. a4 Nh5 (12...
Qd7 13. Qd3 (13. e5 Nh5 14. Bg5 f6 15. exd6 exd6 16. Be3 f5 17. Qd2 Bxc3 $1 18.
Qxc3 f4 19. Bd2 b5 20. Ba2 Nxd5 21. Bxd5+ Bxd5 $17 {Beliavsky,A-Torre,E/Moscow/
1981/0,5/38/}) 13... Rad8 14. Rad1 (14. Rab1 $5 e6 15. b4 $14) 14... Qc8 15.
Qe3 Rfe8 16. Bh6 e6 $1 (16... Bh8 $2 17. Ng5 $1 Nd7 18. f4 $16 {Ivanchuk,
V-Torre,E/Biel/1989/1:0/35/}) 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. dxe6 Nxe6 $14 {Adianto,U-Torre,
E/San Francisco/1991/0,5/25/}) 13. Bh2 (13. Bg5 $5) 13... Qd7 (13... b5 14.
axb5 Bxc3 (14... axb5 15. Nxb5 Nxb5 16. Bxb5 Bxb2 17. Rb1 Bc3 18. Re3 Bg7 19.
c4 Bh6 20. Re1 Ra3 21. e5 $14 {Hebden,M-Sevillano,E/Dhaka/1995/1:0/53/}) 15.
bxc3 axb5 16. Bf1 Rxa1 17. Qxa1 f5 $1 18. c4 {Sosonko,G-Cifuentes Parada,R/NED/
1991/0,5/27/} (18. e5 Bxd5 19. Nd2 f4 20. c4 bxc4 21. Nxc4 Bxc4 22. exd6 exd6
23. Bxc4+ d5 24. Be2 Ng7 $15 {Kochyev,A-Hodgson,J/Tallinn/1987/0:1/68/}) 18...
fxe4 $1 19. Nd2 bxc4 $15 {Cifuentes Parada/}) 14. e5 $2 {/\ g4/} (14. Qd3 $1
$14) 14... b5 15. Bf1 f5 $1 {>< d5/} 16. axb5 (16. exf6 $5) 16... axb5 $17 17.
Rxa8 (17. Ra3 b4 18. Rb3 Rfb8 19. e6 Qe8 $19 {>< d5/}) 17... Rxa8 18. g4 (18.
e6 Qe8 $17) (18. Qd3 b4 $17) (18. exd6 exd6 $17 {/\ b4/}) 18... fxg4 19. exd6
exd6 20. Ng5 g3 $1 21. Bxg3 Nxg3 22. fxg3 Rf8 $1 (22... b4 23. Nce4 Bxb2 24. c3
$5 Bxc3 25. Nxc3 bxc3 26. Ne4 Qg7 27. Nxd6 Bxd5 {/\ Qd4/} 28. Nb5 Rd8 $17) 23.
Bg2 (23. Ne6 $5 Nxe6 24. dxe6 (24. Rxe6 Bd4+ $19 {/\ b4/}) 24... Qc6 $19) 23...
b4 24. Nce4 Nxd5 $1 (24... Bxb2 25. Ne6 Rf5 26. N4xc5 $1 dxc5 27. Nxc5 Qd6 $5 (
27... Qc8 28. Nxb7 Qxb7 29. d6 $44 {o^d/}) 28. Nxb7 Qxg3 {/\ Rf2/} 29. Rf1 Rxd5
30. Qg4 Qxg4 31. hxg4 $17 {_|_/}) 25. Kh2 Bxb2 $1 26. Nxh7 $6 (26. c4 $5 bxc3
27. Nxc3 $5 Bxc3 28. Bxd5+ Kh8 $19) 26... Kxh7 $1 27. Ng5+ Kh8 28. Bxd5 Rf2+
29. Kh1 Rf5 $1 $19 30. Bxb7 Qxb7+ $1 (30... Rxg5 31. Bg2 Rxg3 32. Qd2 Kg7 $19)
31. Ne4 Re5 32. Qf3 Qe7 33. Qf4 Kg7 $1 34. Qf3 d5 35. Qb3 Bd4 0-1

[Event "Candidates FIDE m1"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[Annotator "Gelfand,B"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1994.01.16"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 039"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Stohl} Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. Nxd5 Nxd5 6. Qxd5 d6 (6...
Be7 {Stohl} 7. Bf4 Nc6 8. e4 d6 9. Qd2 Be6 10. Ng5 O-O 11. Nxe6 fxe6 12. Bc4
Nd4 13. c3 d5 14. Bd3 Nc6 15. O-O e5 16. Bg3 d4 17. Bc4+ Kh8 18. Bd5 Bg5 $10 {
Arkhangelsky,B-Pieri,F/Paris-ch/1993/}) (6... Nc6 {Stohl} 7. e4 Be7 (7... Nb4
8. Qd1 (8. Qb3 $142 $5 $14) 8... d5 9. c3 dxe4 10. Qxd8+ Kxd8 11. Ng5 Nc2+ 12.
Kd1 Nxa1 13. Nxf7+ Kc7 14. Bf4+ Kb6 15. Nxh8 Be6 16. c4 Be7 $17 {Primel,
D-Rovid,K/Capelle op/1993/}) (7... d6 8. Ng5 $5 (8. Bc4 Be6 9. Qd3 Nb4 $1 10.
Qe2 (10. Bb5+ Ke7 $1 11. Qe2 Nxc2+ 12. Qxc2 Qa5+ $17) 10... Bxc4 11. Qxc4 d5
$10) 8... Qc7 9. Bc4 Ne5 10. Bb5+ Bd7 (10... Nc6 11. Nxf7 $1) 11. Bxd7+ Qxd7
12. Bf4 Nc6 (12... h6 13. Bxe5 hxg5 14. Bg3 Be7 15. O-O-O Rd8 16. e5 $16 {
Cebalo-Passoni/Mendrisio op/1988/}) (12... Ng6 13. Bg3 h6 14. Nf3 $14) 13.
O-O-O h6 14. Nf3 O-O-O 15. Bg3 (15. c3 $142 $5) 15... Nb4 16. Qb3 Qe6 17. Qxe6+
fxe6 18. c3 Nc6 19. Rd3 Be7 20. Rhd1 Kc7 21. Nh4 Bxh4 22. Bxh4 g5 23. Bg3 e5
$10 {Hodgson,J-Armas,I/Wijk-B/1989/}) 8. Bc4 O-O 9. O-O d6 10. c3 Na5 11. Be2
Be6 12. Qh5 h6 13. Rd1 Nc6 14. Bf4 Qd7 15. Nd2 $16 {Schlosser,Ph-Priehoda,V/
Mitropa-Cup/1993/}) 7. e4 Be7 8. Bc4 O-O 9. Qh5 (9. O-O {Stohl} Be6 (9... Nd7
$1 10. Qd3 (10. Qd1 Nb6 11. Be2 d5 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. c3 Be6 14. Qc2 h6 15. Re1
Bf6 16. Bf1 Qc7 17. g3 Rad8 18. Nd2 Rfe8 $15 {Rubinetti,J-Kasparov,G/
Kasparov-ARG/1992/}) (10. Qh5 Nf6 11. Qh4 Bg4 12. c3 Qd7 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bxf6
Bxf6 15. Qg3 Be6 16. Bxe6 Qxe6 17. Rfe1 Rfd8 18. Qf4 b5 19. e5 $10 {Panno,
O-Cramling,P/Aruba/1992/}) 10... Nb6 11. Bb3 Bg4 12. c3 Qc7 13. Nd2 Rae8 14.
Nc4 Nxc4 15. Bxc4 Bf6 16. f3 Be6 17. Bf4 Bxc4 18. Qxc4 Be5 19. Bxe5 Rxe5 20.
Rad1 Qc6 21. Rf2 b5 22. Qd3 Re6 23. Rfd2 g6 $10 {Kochiev,A-Maus,S/Kobenhavn op/
1990/}) 10. Qd3 (10. Qxb7 $2 Bxc4 11. Qxa8 Qb6 {/\Nc6-+}) 10... Nc6 11. c3 Kh8
12. Bf4 Bxc4 13. Qxc4 f5 14. Rad1 fxe4 15. Qxe4 Qd7 16. Bg3 $16 {><d6/Vandrey,
W-Sandien,M/2BLN 9091/1991/}) 9... Be6 $1 $146 (9... Qe8) 10. Bxe6 (10. Bd5 $6
{Stohl} Nc6 {/\Nb4,g6}) 10... fxe6 11. Ng5 Bxg5 12. Bxg5 {+/- Dautov} Qa5+ $1
13. c3 (13. Bd2 Qa4 $1 14. Qg4 Qxc2 15. Qxe6+ Kh8 16. Be3 Qxb2 17. O-O Qf6 $17)
13... Nc6 (13... Qb5 $6 14. Qe2) (13... Qa6 {Stohl} 14. Be7 $1 Rc8 15. Qe2 $36)
14. O-O Rae8 (14... Qb5 15. Qd1 $1 Qxb2 16. Rb1 $1 (16. Qxd6 Rxf2 17. Qxe6+ Kh8
18. Rxf2 Qxa1+ 19. Rf1 Qxc3 20. Qf7 Rg8 $15) 16... Qxc3 (16... Qxa2 17. Rxb7)
17. Qxd6 Nd4 18. Rxb7 $13 Ne2+ $140 $2 19. Kh1 Rxf2 $4 20. Rb8+ $18) 15. Bh4 $6
(15. Rfd1 $5 c4 $1 16. Qh4 Qb6) (15. Qe2 $5 c4 16. Bh4 d5 17. Bg3) 15... Qb5
16. Bg3 e5 $1 17. Rfb1 $1 (17. Rab1 Qc4 18. Qd1 Rd8 $15) (17. b3 Qd3 $17) 17...
Qc4 (17... Re6 {Stohl} 18. Qd1 Ref6 19. Qd2 $14 {/\f3,Rd1}) 18. Re1 b5 19. Qg4
$5 {/\ Qd7} (19. Qe2 $6 Qxe2 20. Rxe2 Kf7 $15) 19... Qe6 (19... Rf7 20. Rad1
Rd8 $140 21. Bh4) 20. Qe2 {!? Stohl} (20. Qxe6+ Rxe6 $15) 20... Rb8 21. a4 bxa4
$2 (21... b4 $142 22. a5 $1 $13 (22. Red1 {Stohl} Na5 $5 $132)) 22. Qa6 $1 (22.
Rxa4 {Stohl} Rb6 $36 {/\Rb8,Qb3}) 22... Rb6 (22... Qc8 23. Qc4+ Kh8 24. Re2 $14
{x Nc6}) 23. Qxa4 $14 Qb3 $2 24. Qxb3+ Rxb3 25. Red1 $1 Rxb2 $2 (25... Rf6 $142
26. Ra6 Rb6 27. Rda1 Rf8 $14) (25... Rd8 26. Ra6 Rb6 27. Rxb6 (27. Ra2 {Stohl}
Kf7 28. f4 $5 $14) 27... axb6 28. f4 $1 $16 (28. Ra1 Kf7 $10)) 26. Rxd6 Rfb8
27. h3 R8b6 (27... Rb1+ 28. Rxb1 Rxb1+ 29. Kh2 Rb6 30. Rd5 a5 31. Bxe5 Nxe5 (
31... a4 32. Bd6 a3 (32... Ra6 33. Rd2 $16) 33. Rf5 $18) 32. Rxe5 Ra6 33. Rxc5
a4 34. Rb5 a3 35. Rb1 a2 36. Ra1 $16) 28. Rd5 a5 29. Bxe5 Rb1+ 30. Rxb1 Rxb1+
31. Kh2 c4 (31... a4 32. Bd6 a3 33. Rf5) (31... Nxe5 $142 32. Rxe5 Rb8 $16 (
32... a4 {Stohl} 33. Rxc5 a3 34. Ra5 Rb3 35. c4 $18)) 32. Bd6 a4 33. Rf5 h6 (
33... g6 {Stohl} 34. Rf8+ Kg7 35. Rc8 Rb6 36. e5 $18) 34. Rf8+ Kh7 35. Ra8 Rb3
36. e5 $1 Rxc3 37. e6 1-0

[Event "Benasque op 24th"]
[Site "Benasque"]
[Date "2004.07.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gershon, Alik"]
[Black "Westerinen, Heikki MJ"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2518"]
[BlackElo "2376"]
[Annotator "Gershon,A"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2004.07.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 exd5 4. cxd5 d6 5. Nc3 Ne7 {Westerinen's pet system in
the Benoni. But I was ready to meet it.} 6. Bf4 Ng6 7. Bg3 Be7 8. Nf3 O-O 9. h4
Nd7 10. h5 Nge5 11. Bxe5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 dxe5 13. e4 a6 14. a4 Bd6 15. Be2 ({
Milov tried} 15. g3 {in his game against same opponent.}) 15... Rb8 (15... Qg5
16. g3 {[%cal Gd1c1] an important idea of white's in this position is the Q
exchange by Qc1}) 16. O-O Bd7 17. a5 {[%csl Ra6,Rb7,Rc5]} Qg5 18. Qc1 Qxc1 19.
Rfxc1 $14 {White has a clear game against black weaknesses on the Q side.} Rbc8
20. Nd1 $1 {[%cal Gd1e3,Ge3c4,Gb2b3,Yd1b2,Yb2d3]} Bb5 $4 {Now black is left
with his most stupid piece.} (20... f5 $142 21. exf5 (21. Ne3 $143 fxe4 22. Bg4
Bxg4 23. Nxg4 Rf5) 21... Bxf5 22. Ne3 $14 {[%csl Rc5,Re5]}) 21. Bxb5 axb5 22.
Nc3 b4 23. Na4 {The knight goes to c4. It's more precise than:} (23. Nb5 Rfd8
24. Rc4 Bf8 {the knight on b5 is missplaced.}) 23... Rc7 24. Nb6 Rd8 25. Nc4
Kf8 26. a6 bxa6 27. Rxa6 {[%csl Gc4,Rd6] White has much more active rooks, and
there is no need to even mention the light pieces.} Ke7 28. Rca1 (28. f4 {
It was a pity to give so many good pawns for one stupid bishop} exf4 29. e5
Bxe5 30. Nxe5 Rxd5) 28... Rdd7 29. Kf1 g6 30. hxg6 hxg6 31. Ke2 {No hurry.
White brings the king to the center first, and blocks the Q side pawns, to
ensure that all R endings will be winning for him.} Rb7 32. b3 Bb8 {Nxd6
followed by Rxd6, and Kd3-c4 was threatenning} 33. Na5 {And now white gets to
prove the advantage of his jumpy knight over black B.} Rb5 34. Nc6+ Kf8 35. Ra8
Rdb7 36. R1a7 $1 {the most accurate win} (36. R1a7 R7b6 37. Nxe5 Kg7 38. Rxf7+
Kh6 39. Nc4) 1-0

[Event "Belgrade"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Hodgson, Julian M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Glatman,V"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 039"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 c5 6. d5 (6. dxc5 Qa5) 6... O-O
7. O-O e6 8. Nd2 (8. dxe6 Bxe6 9. Be3 $5 Nc6 10. Qd2 $14) 8... exd5 9. exd5
Nbd7 10. Nc4 (10. a4 Nb6 11. Bf3 Bd7 12. a5 Nc8 13. Ra3 $1 Rb8 14. Nc4 b5 15.
axb6 axb6 16. Bf4 Qc7 17. Ra6 $1 Ne8 18. Ra2 b5 $10 {Zajd,L-Ionescu,Co/Sofia/
1988/ Inf 46/73/}) 10... Nb6 11. Ne3 Ne8 $5 {Hodgson/} (11... Bd7 12. a4 a6 13.
Re1 (13. a5 Nc8 14. Nc4 Bb5 15. Bg5 h6 16. Bh4 Re8 {Petursson,M-Cseshkovsky,V/
Palma de Mallorca/1989/} 17. Re1 $5 $10) 13... Re8 14. Bf3 Qc7 15. Bd2 a5 {
Ftacnik,L-Gdanski,J/Stara Zagora (zt)/1990/} 16. b3 c4 17. Rc1 Qc5 18. Be2 Ne4
$1 $13 {Gdanski/}) 12. a4 f5 13. f4 (13. a5 Nd7 14. Nc4 Ne5 $10) 13... Nd7 14.
a5 Ndf6 15. h3 $146 (15. Nc4 $5 Bd7) (15. Bf3 Nc7 16. Nc4 Rb8 17. Be3 b5 18.
axb6 axb6 $10 {Rozentalis,E-Hodgson,J/Rakvere/1993/ 0,5 (45)/}) 15... h5 (15...
Nc7 16. g4 Bd7 17. g5 $14) 16. Nc4 Nc7 (16... Bd7 $5 17. Be3 Rb8 18. Qd2 b5 19.
axb6 axb6 $13) 17. Be3 Nfe8 18. Qd3 Bd7 19. Rfe1 Rb8 20. Nd2 Nf6 $6 (20... b5
21. axb6 axb6 22. Nf3 b5 $15) 21. Bf3 Re8 (21... b5 $5) 22. Bf2 Rxe1+ 23. Rxe1
Qf8 24. Nc4 $14 Bh6 25. Qd2 b5 26. axb6 axb6 27. b4 $1 b5 (27... cxb4 28. Na2
b5 29. Nb6 $16) 28. Na5 $6 (28. Nb2 $5 c4 (28... cxb4 29. Na2 $14) 29. Bd4 $16)
28... cxb4 29. Ne2 (29. Na2 $6 Ra8 30. Qxb4 $8 Ncxd5 31. Qd2 Qf7 $17) 29... Qf7
30. Nc6 Re8 31. Nxb4 Ne4 32. Bxe4 Rxe4 $15 33. c3 Ne8 34. Bh4 Nf6 35. Bg5 $5
Bg7 $6 (35... Bxg5 $5 36. fxg5 Nh7 {/\Qe7=/+/}) 36. Rd1 Re8 37. Bxf6 $8 Qxf6
38. Nd4 $10 Qe7 39. Qd3 Qe3+ 40. Qxe3 Rxe3 41. Nbc6 $1 (41. Rc1 $2 Rxc3 42.
Rxc3 Bxd4+ $19) 41... Rxc3 42. Nxb5 Rc5 43. Nxd6 Bf8 (43... Bxc6 44. dxc6 Rxc6
$10) 44. Ne5 (44. Nb7 Bxc6 45. dxc6 (45. Nxc5 Bxc5+ 46. Kh1 Bd7 $17)) 44... Ba4
45. Ra1 Bxd6 46. Rxa4 Bxe5 47. fxe5 Rxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "ISR-chT"]
[Site "Israel"]
[Date "2002.04.12"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Postny, Evgeny"]
[Black "Gofshtein, Leonid D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2533"]
[BlackElo "2498"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2002.01.10"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 exd5 4. cxd5 d6 5. Nc3 g6 6. e4 Bg7 7. Nf3 Ne7 {
Rare continuation with main idea to play" f7-f5" trying to capture the
initiative on the kingside as quick as possible.} 8. Be2 a6 (8... O-O {Usual 8.
..0-0 leads to same position after replacing moves.} 9. O-O (9. Bf4 a6 10. O-O
Bg4 11. Nd2 Bxe2 12. Qxe2 Nc8 13. a4 Nd7 $14 {1-0 Kozma,J-Hartoch,R/Wijk aan
Zee 1969/MCD (38)}) 9... Na6 (9... h6 10. Re1 g5 11. Bf1 Nd7 $132 {1/2-1/2
Fernandez Hernandez,G-Nava Pereda,C/Arrasate Mondragon 2001/EXT 2002 (12)}) (
9... a6 10. a4 Bg4 (10... Nd7 11. Bf4 Nf6 12. Nd2 h6 13. Nc4 Ne8 14. a5 f5 15.
e5 $16 {0-1 Elschner,A-Vasilevich,T/Germany 2001/CBM 82 ext (40)}) (10... b6
11. Bf4 Bg4 12. Qd2 Re8 13. Rfe1 Nc8 14. h3 Bxf3 15. Bxf3 Nd7 {[%cal Yd7e5]
1-0 Naumkin,I-Sciortino,M/Montecatini Terme 1999/EXT 2000 (32)}) 11. Nd2 Bxe2
12. Qxe2 Nd7 13. a5 Qc7 14. Nc4 Ne5 $132 {0-1 Naumkin,I-Efimov,I/Bozen 1998/
CBM 65 ext (53)}) 10. Re1 Nc7 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bh4 g5 13. Bg3 f5 14. exf5 Nxf5
$132 {1-0 Aronson,L-Kozlov/Leningrad 1970/EXT 2001 (43)}) 9. a4 O-O {Another
option is immediate 9...f5.} (9... f5 10. O-O O-O 11. e5 dxe5 12. d6 Nec6 $13 {
1-0 Hammes,M-Koch,H/St Ingbert 2001/EXT 2002 (37)}) 10. Bf4 h6 {Deserves
attention 10...Bg4 trying to simplify position.} (10... Bg4 $5 11. Ng5 Bxe2 12.
Qxe2 h6 13. Nf3 g5 14. Bd2 f5 $132 {0-1 Rytov,B-Grigorian,L/Vitebsk 1970/EXT
2001 (23)}) 11. O-O $6 {Allowing all plans of blacks on the kingside come true
immediately.Better was preventing 11.h4.} (11. h3 g5 12. Bh2 Ng6 13. O-O Qf6
14. Nd2 Nd7 15. Ra3 Nde5 $132 {0-1 Malfagia,A-Efimov,I/Italy 2000/EXT 2001 (30)
}) (11. h4 $5 f5 12. Qd2 Kh7 $132) 11... g5 $5 12. Bg3 f5 {[%mdl 4]} 13. exf5
Nxf5 {Black has any difficulties equalizing the game.} 14. Nd2 Nd7 15. Nc4 Nb6
16. Nd2 {White doesn't want to play 16.Ne3 creating weak pawn in their camp
and hinting that they have nothing against draw.} Nxg3 {Black have another
opinion.} 17. hxg3 Bf5 {[%cal Yf5b1,Yg7c3]} 18. Bg4 {With desire to change
black's active bishop.} Qd7 19. Bxf5 Qxf5 {Queen changed the bishop on the
active position.} 20. Nde4 Qg6 $5 {[%cal Yg6d6,Yg6h5,Yg6e4] The prelude to a
very crafty trap in which white unexpectably find themselves some moves later.}
21. Qb3 {"Fish swallowed the bait!"} Nd7 {[%mdl 512]} 22. Qxb7 Ne5 {[%cal
Ye5g4,Rg6h5,Yh5h2] The blacks threats Qg6-h5 and Ne5-g4 become obvious enough.}
23. Qe7 Rae8 $1 {[%mdl 512] Brinning the last peace to the centre of action.}
24. Qxd6 Qh5 $40 25. f3 {Only move preventing immediate Ne5-g4.} g4 $1 {
[%mdl 128] Destroying the defence of white's on the kingside.The weakness of
black squares and abcense of dark square bishop became the decisive factor in
result of this game.} 26. f4 Nd3 27. Nf2 {In the case of 27.Qa6 black could
win with spectaculous sacrifice.} (27. Qxa6 Bd4+ 28. Nf2 Nxf2 29. Rxf2 Rxf4 $1
30. gxf4 g3 $19) 27... Bd4 28. Qd7 {Trying to defend from the threat 28...Rf4
29.gf g3 by means of 30.Qh3.But black has another way to victory.} (28. Rad1
Rxf4 $1 29. gxf4 (29. Rxd3 Bxf2+ 30. Rxf2 Re1+) 29... g3 $19) 28... Re3 $1 {
[%cal Ye3g3]} 29. Rad1 Nxf2 30. Rxf2 Rfe8 $19 31. Rdf1 Re1 0-1

[Event "ISR-chT"]
[Site "Israel"]
[Date "2001.02.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Golod, Vitali"]
[Black "Shevelev, Arkady"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2591"]
[BlackElo "2364"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2001.02.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 082"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. d5 b5 4. Bg5 d6 $5 {This continuation Arkadij almost
always chooses in this position} 5. e4 $5 {Rare move.I specially have prepared
it to this party.} (5. Bxf6 $5 {It's main line.}) 5... a6 $5 ({There are two
alternatives:} 5... Nxe4 $5 6. Bxb5+ Bd7 7. Bd3 Nxg5 (7... Nf6 $6 8. O-O g6 9.
Bxf6 exf6 10. Qd2 h5 11. Re1+ Be7 12. b4 cxb4 13. Qxb4 $16 {[%csl Ra8][%cal
Gb4b7] Maksimenko,A-Malakhatko,V/Donetsk,1998 (1/2-1/2)(64)}) 8. Nxg5 e5 9.
dxe6 Qxg5 10. exd7+ Nxd7 11. O-O Be7 12. Nc3 O-O 13. Nd5 {+/=/= Boersma,
P-Ermenkov,E/Amsterdam,1985 (0-1)(39)}) ({and} 5... Qa5+ 6. Qd2 (6. Bd2 $143
Qb6 {[%csl Re4]}) 6... Qb6 7. a4 $5 (7. Qe2 $143 a6 8. a4 bxa4 9. c3 g6 10.
Bxf6 exf6 11. Na3 Bh6 12. Nc4 Qc7 $15 {Nechaev,A-Maksimenko,A/Donetsk,1998 
(0-1)(64)}) (7. Bxf6 $5 exf6 8. a4 b4 $6 (8... bxa4 $142) 9. Bb5+ Nd7 10. O-O
$14 {Vaulin,A-Shinkevich,V/Omsk-Perm,1998(1-0)(24)}) 7... bxa4 8. Nc3 g6 9. e5
dxe5 10. Nxe5 Bg7 11. Bb5+ Nfd7 12. Nc4 $14 {Neverov,V-Malakhatko,V/Donetsk,
1998(1-0)(26)}) 6. Nbd2 g6 7. a4 $5 {From my point of view,it's better,than:} (
7. c3 Bg7 8. a4 {that three times,at least,were checked in practic.}) 7... b4
8. Bd3 $5 {Looks rather logically.There is no sense to give back mine bishop:}
(8. Bxf6 exf6 {transfer to- 5.Bxf6}) 8... Bg7 9. Nc4 $5 $146 ({Was checked in
the previous game:} 9. h3 $5 {[%csl Yh3][%cal Yh3g4]} a5 (9... h6 $5 10. Be3
$14 (10. Bh4 $2 g5 11. Bg3 Nh5 {[%csl Rb2,Rg3,Gg7,Gh5]})) 10. O-O O-O 11. c4 (
11. Nc4 $5 $14) 11... Nbd7 12. Qc2 $11 {Bernard,C-Desmoitier,J/Montpellier,
1991 (0-1)(48)}) 9... Bg4 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 O-O $6 {Now I can begin attack
on king side,using a mine rook on "h1".Though,after:} (11... Nbd7 {at a black
has a problem with translation Nf6 on a successful point.}) 12. h4 $1 $40 {
[%mdl 128]} Nbd7 ({Badly:} 12... h6 $2 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 (13... exf6 14. h5 $16)
14. h5 $16 {[%csl Rg8]}) 13. h5 $5 {I go forward and only forward.} ({Also
possibly:} 13. g4 e6 14. O-O-O $14) 13... Nxh5 ({Again badly:} 13... h6 {
in view of:} 14. Bxf6 Nxf6 15. hxg6 fxg6 16. Qg3 {[%csl Rg8]}) (13... Ne5 $2
14. Nxe5 dxe5 15. hxg6 fxg6 16. Qh3 $16) 14. Rxh5 $5 {The rather courageous
decision.} ({Can be recommended:} 14. Qh3 Nhf6 $140 (14... Re8 $2 15. Nxd6 Bxb2
16. Rb1 Bc3+ 17. Kf1 Rf8 18. Nc4 $40) 15. O-O-O $1 {(Huzman,A) with almost
free-of-charge attack.} (15. g4 $5 Re8 (15... h5 $2 16. gxh5 Nxh5 17. Be2 f6
18. Be3 Qe8 19. f4 $1 {[%csl Rh5][%cal Gf4f5]}) 16. O-O-O (16. Bxf6 $6 Nxf6 17.
g5 Nh5 18. Be2 e6 $132) 16... Nf8 17. f4 $40)) 14... f6 $1 {This only move
Arkadij has made almost instantly.} (14... gxh5 $2 15. e5 {[%csl Rg8][%cal
Gf3f5]} Re8 (15... Nxe5 $2 16. Nxe5 dxe5 17. Qf5 Re8 18. Qxh7+ Kf8 19. Bh6 Bxh6
$140 20. Qh8#) (15... f5 $143 16. exd6 Bf6 17. Bh6 (17. Qxf5 $4 Bc3+) 17... Bg7
18. Qg3 Rf7 19. Bxf5 h4 20. Qg5 $16 {[%csl Rf7,Rg8][%cal Gf5e6]}) (15... f6 $2
16. Qxh5 f5 $8 17. exd6 $16) 16. Qxh5 Nf8 17. O-O-O $40 {[%csl Rg8][%cal Gd1h1]
} (17. Nxd6 $2 exd6 $1 18. Bxd8 Rxe5+ 19. Qxe5 Bxe5 20. Bc7 Bxb2 21. Rb1 Be5
$15)) 15. Rxh7 $6 {[%mdl 512] Too optimistically.} ({Pretty dubious:} 15. Bh6
$2 gxh5 16. Qg3 Rf7 17. Be2 {[%csl Rf7][%cal Ge2h5]} (17. Ne3 Kh8 $17) 17... h4
$1 $17) ({i} 15. e5 $2 fxg5 16. Qh3 gxh5 17. Qxh5 h6 18. Qg6 Rf4 {with the
best edition for black than in a game}) (15. Rh2 $5 {An interesting idea which
was mentioned by Huzman,A after the game.} fxg5 16. Qh3 h6 $1 (16... Nf6 $2 17.
Qe6+ Rf7 (17... Kh8 $2 18. e5 {[%csl Gc4,Rh8]}) 18. e5 Nh5 19. Rxh5 gxh5 20.
Bxh7+ Kf8 21. Bg6 Rf4 22. g3 $18 {[%csl Yf4,Rf8][%cal Gg3f4]}) (16... Rf6 $6
17. Qxh7+ Kf7 18. Qh3 $16 (18. Be2 $5 {(Roiz,M)} Qh8 19. Bg4 $16) 18... Qh8
$140 19. Qg3 {[%csl Rh2][%cal Yg3h2] For this purpose white played-15.Rh2}) 17.
Qe6+ Kh7 18. e5 Qe8 $1 $13 19. exd6 $140 Rf6 20. Qxe7 Rxd6 21. Qe3 $13) 15...
Kxh7 {Arkadij quietly takes away all that I offer.} ({A much worse:} 15... fxg5
{because of:} 16. Qh3 Nf6 $140 {[%csl Rh7]} (16... g4 $143 17. Qh4 Nf6 18. e5
Nxh7 (18... dxe5 $143 19. Bxg6 Qxd5 20. Ne3 $18 {[%csl Rg8][%cal Ge3f5]}) 19.
Bxg6 Ng5 20. Qxg5 $40) 17. e5 $1 Nxh7 18. Bxg6 Nf6 19. Qe6+ Kh8 20. Qh3+ (20.
O-O-O $6 Bh6 {[%cal Gh8g7]}) (20. exf6 Rxf6 21. Qh3+ Kg8 22. Bf5 Rh6 23. Be6+
Kh8 $15) 20... Kg8 $13) 16. e5 {[%csl Rh7][%cal Gf3h5]} fxg5 (16... Kg8 $143
17. Qh3 $44 (17. Bxg6 $2 fxg5 18. Qh5 Rf4 $17)) 17. Qh5+ (17. Qh3+ $2 Bh6 18.
Ke2 {[%cal Ga1h1]} (18. O-O-O $4 g4+ {[%csl Rc1,Gh3,Gh6]}) 18... Kg7 (18... Rf4
$5 {[%csl Yf4]}) 19. Rh1 Rh8 $19) 17... Kg8 $8 18. Qxg6 (18. Bxg6 $143 Rf4 {
and it is not clear how to attack further.}) 18... Rf4 $1 {This protective
resource I have underestimated beforehand.} (18... Nxe5 $4 19. Qh7+ Kf7 20.
Nxe5+ dxe5 (20... Ke8 21. Qg6+) 21. Qh5+ Kg8 (21... Kf6 22. Qg6#) 22. Bh7+ Kh8
23. Bg6+ Bh6 24. Qxh6+ Kg8 25. Qh7#) (18... Nf6 $2 19. exf6 Rxf6 $8 (19... exf6
$4 20. Qh7+ Kf7 21. Bg6+ Ke7 22. Qxg7+ Rf7 23. Qxf7#) 20. Qxg5 $44) 19. Qe6+
Kh8 $1 {And again black find best continuation.} ({Very badly:} 19... Kf8 $2 {
because of:} 20. Bh7 $1 Rf7 (20... Ke8 $4 21. Nxd6+ Kf8 22. Qg8#) 21. Bg6 Qe8 (
21... Rf4 $2 22. g3 Rf3 23. Ke2 g4 24. Qxg4 $16) 22. Bxf7 Qxf7 23. Qxf7+ (23.
Qxd7 $6 Qxd5 $132) 23... Kxf7 24. e6+ Kg6 (24... Ke8 $2 25. exd7+ Kxd7 $4 26.
Nb6+ $18 {[%csl Ra8,Rd7]}) 25. exd7 Rd8 26. Kd2 (26. Nb6 Bxb2 27. Rb1 Bc3+ 28.
Ke2 c4 $1 $11) 26... Rxd7 27. Re1 $14) 20. g3 Rxc4 $1 21. Ke2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]
After this mistake my position became hopeless.} ({Loses right away:} 21. O-O-O
{in view of:} Nxe5 22. f4 $140 {[%csl Rc4][%cal Gd1h1]} Nxd3+ 23. Kb1 Bf6 $19)
({It was necessary:} 21. Qh3+ $1 Kg8 (21... Rh4 $2 22. gxh4 g4 23. Qxg4 $40
Nxe5 24. Qh5+ Kg8 25. Bf5 {[%csl Re6,Rg8][%cal Gf5e6]} Nf7 (25... Qe8 $2 26.
Qh7+ Kf8 27. Be6 Nf7 28. Kd2 $18 {[%cal Ga1g1]}) 26. Qh7+ Kf8 27. Be6 $16) 22.
Qh7+ Kf8 23. Qf5+ Kg8 24. Qh7+ $11) 21... Nf8 $1 (21... Rh4 $2 22. gxh4 Nf8 23.
Qh3 $44) (21... Nxe5 $4 22. f4 $18 {[%csl Rc4][%cal Ga1h1]}) 22. Qh3+ Kg8 (
22... Rh4 $2 23. gxh4 $40) 23. Rh1 {I try to confuse my contender and at me it
it turns out.} (23. Bxc4 $143 Bxe5 {-/+/-+}) 23... dxe5 $1 (23... Bxe5 $143 24.
Bxc4 (24. Bh7+ $2 Nxh7 25. Qxh7+ Kf8 26. Qh6+ Ke8 $19 {[%cal Ye8d7]}) 24... Qe8
{-/+/-+}) (23... Rh4 $143 24. gxh4 dxe5 {[%csl Rd5][%cal Gd8d5]} 25. Qg2 $1 $17
) 24. Bh7+ Nxh7 $2 {[%mdl 8192] This mistake lets out a win.} (24... Kf7 $1 25.
Qh5+ Kf6 26. Qf3+ Rf4 27. gxf4 exf4 $19) 25. Qxh7+ Kf8 ({The beautiful drawn
game turns out ,after:} 25... Kf7 26. Qf5+ Bf6 27. Rh7+ Ke8 28. Qg6+ Kd7 29.
Qxf6 Rc8 (29... Kc8 $2 30. Rxe7 $40 {[%csl Rc8]}) 30. Qe6+ Kc7 31. Rxe7+ Kb8
32. Re8 $1 Qxe8 (32... Qc7 $2 33. d6 {[%csl Rc4,Gd6,Ge6][%cal Gd6d7,Ge6c4]})
33. Qb6+ Ka8 34. Qxa6+ $11) 26. Qf5+ Kg8 $8 (26... Ke8 $2 27. Qg6+ Kf8 (27...
Kd7 $4 28. Qc6#) 28. Rh7 $1 (28. Qf5+ $11) 28... Rxc2+ 29. Kf1 Rc1+ 30. Ke2
Rc2+ 31. Ke3 Qd6 32. Qxg7+ Ke8 33. Qg8+ Kd7 34. Qxa8 $40 {[%csl Rd7]}) (26...
Bf6 $4 27. Rh8+ Kf7 28. Qh7+ Bg7 29. Qh5+ $1 Kf6 $140 30. Rxd8 Rxd8 31. Qf3+ {
[%csl Rc4]} Rf4 (31... Kg6 32. Qd3+) 32. gxf4 exf4 33. Qe4 $16) 27. Qe6+ Kf8
28. Qf5+ {Despite the mistakes the game was very interesting.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 21st"]
[Site "Saint Vincent"]
[Date "2005.09.19"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Golod, Vitali"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2582"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "183"]
[EventDate "2005.09.18"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Beer Sheva"]
[BlackTeam "Paris NAO"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 exd5 4. cxd5 d6 5. Nc3 g6 6. e4 Bg7 7. Bd3 a6 8. a4 Ne7
$6 {The doubtful idea of this rare variation is, that the N on "e7" allows to
push "f5", which opposes White's pawn center. I hope that this game taught my
opponent the right estimation of this idea.} 9. h4 $1 $14 {This is the
strongest continuation to black's previous move. I created the threat of
"h5-h6" which will be very unpleasant for Black, as the knight didn't take the
usual spot in this position: "f6" square.} h6 ({On:} 9... Nd7) ({or} 9... h5 {
I have found four games in Mega DataBase 2005 in each continuation. But all of
the games were with a big advantage for White.}) 10. h5 g5 11. f4 $1 {After a
long meditation, I decided to go for the more effective continuation. Only
then I can go for an advantage.} (11. g4 $6 Nd7 12. Nh3 Ne5 13. Be2 $13 {
in any event, I still have to prepare "f4" sooner or later.}) 11... gxf4 $146 (
11... g4 $143 12. f5 Nd7 (12... Rg8 $5) 13. Qxg4 Bd4 14. Nf3 Ne5 15. Nxe5 Bxe5
16. Bf4 $16 {Kiriakov,P-Pelletier,Y/playchess.com INT,2004(1-0)(49)}) 12. Bxf4
Nd7 13. Nf3 {It was necessary to take "e5" under control immediately. Besides
that, because of the knight on "d7" Black doesn't have Bg4.} (13. Bxd6 $2 {
is refuted by:} Qb6 $36 {[%csl Rb2,Rd6][%cal Gb6d6,Gb6b2]}) 13... Nf6 14. Nd2 {
[%csl Rd6][%cal Gd2c4] My knight moves along with black's knight. Now I've
created the strong threat "Nc4" (קd6).} Bg4 {After making this move,
Francisco Vallejo Pons offered me a draw. I spent some time thinking, even
though it was obvious to me that the game had to continue.} 15. Be2 Bxe2 16.
Qxe2 {Exchanging those bishops, only favours White, since now Black's weak
spots are (f5,g4).} O-O 17. O-O $1 {According to my home analysis, this move
was stronger than:} (17. Nc4 b5 $1 (17... Nexd5 $2 18. exd5 Re8 19. Ne3 $18)
18. Nxd6 Ne8 (18... b4 $2 19. Nd1 Nexd5 $140 20. exd5 Nxd5 21. Be5 $18) 19.
Nxe8 Rxe8 $132) 17... Nh7 18. Nc4 Nc8 19. Ne3 $1 $16 {[%csl Rf5,Rh6][%cal
Ge3f5,Gf5h6,Ge3g4,Gg4h6]} Ne7 {Black can't defend all of his weaknesses at
once (><f5,g4).} 20. Ng4 Ng5 $8 21. Bxg5 hxg5 22. e5 $1 $40 {All my pieces
have occupied ideal positions and are ready to open the position of Black's
king.} (22. Nf6+ $5 Kh8 23. e5 $140 Ng8 24. Nce4 $16) 22... dxe5 (22... Bxe5 $2
{leads to an immediate disaster:} 23. Nxe5 dxe5 24. Qxe5 {[%csl Rg5,Rg8][%cal
Gh5h6,Cf7f6,Cf6e5,Ge5g5]} f5 25. Qe6+ Kg7 26. Rae1 $18) 23. Nf6+ Bxf6 (23...
Kh8 {was hardly better:} 24. Nce4 $16 (24. Qxe5 $5 Ng8 25. Nce4 $16) 24... Nxd5
$140 $2 25. Rad1 {[%csl Rd5,Rd8]} Nf4 26. Rxf4 $18) 24. Rxf6 Nxd5 {From this
moment on, a series of forced moves begins.} (24... Ng6 $2 25. Ne4 Nf4 26. Qg4
$18) 25. Nxd5 Qxd5 26. Rd1 Qb3 $8 27. Rd3 Qc4 $8 (27... Qxa4 $143 28. Qxe5 Qg4
29. Rh6 f6 30. Qe7 Rf7 31. Rg6+ {with mate in 3 moves.}) 28. b3 Qh4 (28... Qc1+
29. Rf1 Qa3 30. Qxe5 $18 {[%csl Rg8][%cal Ge5g5]}) 29. g3 $1 {This is what I
had in mind when I made my 22nd move.} Qb4 $8 ({After:} 29... Qh3 {Black can't
help but to lose some material:} 30. g4 Qh4 31. Kg2 {/\Rh3 (ףh4)} Rad8 $8 32.
Rh3 $140 Rd2 33. Qxd2 Qxg4+ 34. Rg3 Qe4+ 35. Kg1 $18) 30. Qxe5 $18 Qg4 31. h6 {
I created the threat: 32.Rg6+ fxg6 33.Qg7+} ({This lead to an easily forced
mate:} 31. Rh6 $1 f6 32. Rg6+ (32. Qe7 $5 Rf7 33. Rg6+ {[%csl Rf7]}) 32... Kf7
(32... Kh8 33. Qe7 {with mate in 3 moves.}) 33. Qc7+ Ke8 (33... Ke6 34. Qd7+
Ke5 35. Qd5#) 34. Re3+) (31. Rd7 $5 {Fritz 9 /\32.Rg6+ fxg6 33.Qg7#} Qxh5 $8 (
31... Qxd7 32. Qxg5+ Kh7 33. Rh6#) {[%tqu "En","Find the killer move!","","",
"f6f5","",10]} 32. Rf5 $1 f6 $140 33. Rxg5+ Qxg5 (33... fxg5 34. Qg7#) 34. Qe6+
Kh8 35. Qh3+ Kg8 36. Qh7#) 31... Kh7 {[%tqu "En","Please find the move, which
brings White a decisive advantage!","","","f6a6","On first glance, this take
looks quite strong, but exactly with this move, I missed a forced win.",0,
"f6f2","This rather easy winning move, was found by GM Alexander Huzman, in
our mutual dinner.",10]} 32. Rxa6 $2 {On first glance, this take looks quite
strong, but exactly with this move, I missed a forced win.} (32. Rf2 $1 {
This rather easy winning move, was found by GM Alexander Huzman, in our mutual
dinner.} Rg8 (32... f6 33. Qe7+ Kxh6 34. Rh2+ Qh5 $8 (34... Kg6 35. Qh7#) 35.
Rxh5+ Kxh5 36. g4+ Kg6 (36... Kxg4 37. Qe4+ Kh5 38. Rh3#) (36... Kh4 37. Qh7+
Kxg4 38. Qe4+ Kh5 39. Rh3#) 37. Rd7 {[%csl Rg6][%cal Ge7h7,Ge7g7]}) 33. Rxf7+
Kg6 (33... Kxh6 34. Rd6+ Rg6 (34... Kh5 35. Rh7#) 35. Qg7+ Kh5 36. Qxg6#) 34.
Rf6+ Kh5 (34... Kh7 35. Qe7+ Kh8 36. Rf7 {[%csl Rh8][%cal Of7h7,Ge7f6,Ge7e5]})
35. Rd2 $1 {with mate in 5 moves.}) 32... f6 $8 (32... Rg8 $4 33. Rxa8 Rxa8 34.
Qg7#) 33. Rxf6 (33. Qe7+ $143 Kxh6 34. Rxa8 Rxa8 35. Qxf6+ Kh7 {and the worst
for my opponent is already in the past.}) 33... Rxf6 $8 (33... Rae8 $4 34. Qc7+
{[%csl Rh7][%cal Gc7g7]}) 34. Qxf6 Rg8 $8 35. Qf7+ Kh8 36. Qf6+ $138 {I
decided to gain a little bit of time, since after every move the player gets
extra 30 seconds.} Kh7 37. Qf7+ Kh8 38. Qe7 $6 {Another dubious move. Now it's
very hard to explain why I just didn't take the pawn:} (38. Qxb7 $5 {+/-/+-}) (
38. a5 $5 {/\Qxb7}) 38... Qf5 39. Re3 g4 $16 40. Re5 $6 {This inaccuracy,
allows Black to activate his Queen! This had more winning chances:} (40. Qe5+
$5 Qxe5 41. Rxe5 $16) ({or} 40. a5 $5) 40... Qf3 41. Re3 Qd1+ (41... Qf5 $143 {
transfers to 40.Qe5+!?}) 42. Re1 Qd4+ 43. Kg2 Qd2+ 44. Kg1 {I decided to make
the same moves again, and only then get away from checks.} Qd4+ 45. Re3 Qd1+
46. Kg2 Qd2+ 47. Re2 Qxh6 48. Kg1 {[%csl Rb7,Rh6,Rh8][%cal Ge2h2,Ge7b7]
Obviously it was bad to take the pawn on "b7":} (48. Qxb7 $2 Rf8 (48... Qh3+
$143 49. Kg1 Qxg3+ 50. Qg2 $14) 49. Kg1 Qc1+ 50. Kh2 Qh6+ {with perpetual
check.}) 48... Qc1+ 49. Re1 Qg5 50. Qxb7 {+/=/+/- After exchanging the white
"h" pawn for the black "b" pawn, I still have good practical chances to win
this game. But frankly, after this, how I didn't give a forced mate on move 31,
and my mistakes on moves 32, 38 and 40 in time trouble, I hardly believed that
I could win this game.} Rf8 51. Qe4 Qf6 52. Qe5 $2 {Obviously, I should not
have hurried to exchange the queens.} (52. Qf4 $2 Qxf4 53. gxf4 Rxf4 54. a5 Rf7
55. a6 Ra7 56. Ra1 Kg7 57. Kg2 Kf6 58. Kg3 Ke5 59. Kxg4 Kd4 60. Kf5 Kc3 $11) (
52. Qe3 $5) 52... Qxe5 53. Rxe5 Rf3 54. Kg2 (54. Rh5+ Kg7 55. Rg5+ Kf6 56. Rxg4
Rxb3 57. Kf2 Ke5 $44 {and with such an active king, Black shouldn't lose the
game.}) 54... Rxb3 55. Rxc5 Rb4 $1 (55... Ra3 $2 56. Rc4 {[%csl Rg4][%cal
Yc4a4,Gc4g4]}) 56. Ra5 (56. a5 {doesn't change anything:} Rb2+ 57. Kf1 Ra2 $11
{[%csl Ya2]}) 56... Kg7 57. Ra6 Rb2+ 58. Kf1 Rb3 59. Kf2 Ra3 $11 {Even here we
could have agreed on a draw. The rest of the moves, are just for the protocol :
)} 60. a5 Rf3+ 61. Kg2 Ra3 62. Ra8 Ra2+ 63. Kf1 Ra3 64. Kf2 Rf3+ 65. Kg2 Ra3
66. a6 Ra2+ 67. Kf1 Ra3 68. Kf2 Rf3+ 69. Kg2 Ra3 70. a7 Ra4 {Now, even if I do
get to take the pawn on "g4" the position will still be a theoretical draw.}
71. Kf1 Ra3 72. Kf2 Kh7 73. Ke2 Kg7 74. Kd2 Kh7 75. Kc2 Kg7 76. Kb2 Ra6 77. Kc3
Ra4 78. Kb3 Ra1 79. Kc4 Ra2 80. Kd5 Ra1 81. Ke5 Ra2 82. Kf5 Ra4 83. Kg5 Kh7 84.
Kf6 Ra5 85. Re8 Rxa7 86. Re7+ Rxe7 87. Kxe7 Kg6 88. Ke6 Kg5 89. Ke5 Kg6 90. Kf4
Kf6 91. Kxg4 Kg6 92. Kf4 {I had to accept the draw, which was a very big
disappointment for me and my team, because we lost that match with the minimal
score of 2,5:3,5.  But to point out, until the 32nd move, I played just great!}
1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 15th final"]
[Site "Bugojno"]
[Date "1999.10.30"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Golod, Vitali"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2568"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1999.10.29"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "BIH"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Beer-Sheva Chess Club"]
[BlackTeam "Sarajevo Bosna"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BIH"]

1. d4 {Alterman} Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. d5 b5 4. Bg5 Ne4 5. Qd3 $6 {This move is
worse than:} (5. Bh4 $5 {Is the main line.}) ({and} 5. Bf4 $5) (5. Nbd2 $2 {
Alterman} Nxg5 6. Nxg5 e6 7. Ndf3 Be7 8. Ne4 Bb7 9. e3 Bxd5 10. Nc3 Qa5 11.
Bxb5 Bf6 12. Qd3 Bxc3+ (12... Qb4 $6 13. O-O Bxf3 (13... Bxc3 14. bxc3 $132 {
1-0 Palat,A-Hobuss,W/Open, Geneva SUI 1997 (38)}) 14. gxf3 a6 {-+}) 13. bxc3
Bxf3 14. gxf3 a6 15. Bc4 d5 {-+}) 5... Nxg5 6. Nxg5 g6 {N '=!?' Alterman.} ({
Good enough:} 6... e6 $5 7. h4 (7. Nf3 $2 c4 8. Qd1 Qb6 9. e3 Bb7 {=+ Garcia
Paolicchi,R-Fernandes,A/Linares, 1995(0-1)(46)} (9... Bb7 10. dxe6 fxe6 11. Be2
Be7 12. O-O O-O {=+ 0-1 Garcia Paolicchi,R-Fernandes,A/Linares zt 1995 (46)}))
(7. Nxf7 Kxf7 (7... Qf6 8. Nxh8 (8. dxe6 Qxb2 9. exd7+ Bxd7 (9... Nxd7 10. Nxh8
Qxa1) 10. Nxh8 Qxa1) 8... Qxb2 9. dxe6 Qxa1 10. exd7+ (10. c3 g6 11. exd7+ Bxd7
$132) 10... Bxd7 11. c4 g6 12. Nxg6 {~=}) 8. dxe6+ Ke7 (8... Ke8 9. exd7+ Bxd7
10. Qe4+ {+-}) 9. exd7 Bb7 10. Qxb5 Qb6 {-/+}) 7... c4 (7... Qf6 $143 8. Nc3 (
8. c3 $5) 8... c4 9. Qd2 Bb4 10. Rh3 O-O $132 {0-1 Arkell,K-Steinbacher,M/
Copenhagen op(2) 1994 (33)}) 8. Qf3 (8. Qe3 $143 Bb7 (8... Qf6 9. Nc3 Bb4 (9...
b4 10. Nge4 Qe5 11. f4 Qh5 12. Nb5 Na6 13. O-O-O {+/-}) 10. O-O-O Bxc3 11. bxc3
O-O 12. Qe4 $1 (12. Rh3 $6 exd5 (12... Bb7 13. Rf3 Qh6 14. dxe6 dxe6 15. Rxf7
$1 {+- 1-0 Hermlin,A-Nokka,R/Viikonlopputurnaus Helsinki 1992 (21)}) 13. Rxd5
h6 14. Ne4 Qb6 $132) 12... Qg6 13. dxe6 Qxe4 14. exf7+ Rxf7 15. Nxe4 Nc6 16. g3
{+/-}) 9. Nc3 h6 10. dxe6 (10. Nge4 Qa5 11. dxe6 dxe6 12. Nc5 Bc6 {=+}) 10...
fxe6 (10... dxe6 $5) (10... dxe6 11. Nf3 a6 {=+}) 11. Nge4 Bb4 {'=/+!?'
Alterman.} (11... Qa5 $5 {=+}) 12. Qf3 $6 (12. O-O-O $5 {~}) (12. O-O-O $5 $132
) 12... Bxe4 13. Qxe4 Bxc3+ 14. bxc3 Qf6 {=+ Martin,B-Sarfati,J/NZD-ch,1990(1/
2-1/2)(46)}) 8... Qf6 9. Nc3 Bb7 $5 (9... Bb4 10. O-O-O Qxf3 11. gxf3 {Alterman
} h6 12. Nge4 f5 13. a3 Be7 14. Ng3 a6 $132 {1-0 Karner,H-Katalymov Boris N/
olm URS Moscow RUS 1972 (41)}) 10. O-O-O Qxf3 11. Nxf3 a6 {= Marantz,M-Pasman,
M/ISR-ch,1984 (1/2-1/2) (31)} (11... a6 12. e3 Bb4 13. dxe6 dxe6 14. a4 Nd7 {
=+ 1/2-1/2 Marantz,M-Pasman,M/ISR 1984 (31)})) ({Dubious:} 6... h6 $6 {in view
of:} 7. Nh7 Qa5+ (7... c4 8. Qe4 {+=} (8. Qe4 Bb7 9. Nxf8 Kxf8 10. Qd4 Qc7 11.
e4 {+= 0-1 Senkiewicz,M-Vucic,M/New York MCC 1991 (55)})) 8. c3 d6 9. Nxf8 Kxf8
10. e4 {+= Wells,P-Buckmire,R/Oakham,1986(1-0)(26)} (10. e4 {Alterman} a6 11.
Nd2 {+= 1-0 Wells,P-Buckmire,R/Oakham YM 1986 (26)})) 7. e4 $2 {Strategical
blunder. Besides,white has two principales moves: '!?' Alterman.} (7. Qc3 $5 {
(Vaganian,R)} f6 8. Nf3 {/\e4+/=/=} (8. Ne4 {Alterman} d6 9. e3 a6 $132)) ({and
} 7. Qf3 $5 f6 $140 (7... f5 $2 8. Qc3 Rg8 9. Qxc5 e6 10. Qe3 {+/=/+/-}) 8. Ne6
$1 Qa5+ (8... dxe6 $2 9. dxe6 Qb6 (9... Bh6 $2 10. Qxa8 $140 Bc1 $2 11. Qxb8
Bxb2 12. Qxb5+ {+-}) 10. Qxa8 Nc6 11. Nc3 {+/-}) 9. c3 Bb7 (9... Bh6 $2 10. d6
{+/-}) (9... Na6 10. d6 Rb8 11. Nxf8 Rxf8 12. dxe7 Kxe7 13. Nd2 {+=}) 10. Nxf8
Kxf8 11. e4 {+=}) ({Also badly:} 7. Qxb5 $2 e6 $140 (7... Na6 {Alterman} 8. Qc4
Bh6 (8... h6 9. Qc3 Rg8 10. Ne4 Bg7 11. Qa3 {+=}) 9. h4 (9. Ne4 Rb8 10. b3 Bg7
11. c3 (11. Nec3 Nb4 12. Kd1 Bd4 $1 {-+}) 11... Nb4 12. cxb4 Bxa1 13. Nxc5 d6
14. Nd3 Qb6 15. Nd2 Ba6 16. Qc1 Bg7 17. Nc4 $132) (9. Nf3 Bg7 10. c3 (10. Nc3
Rb8 11. Rb1 Qa5 12. Kd2 $8 Nc7 (12... Rb4 13. Qd3 Rd4 14. Nxd4 cxd4 15. Qc4 Bb7
16. e3 dxc3+ 17. bxc3 {+-}) 13. a3 Nxd5 14. Qxd5 Rxb2 {-/+}) 10... Rb8 11. Nbd2
(11. b3 Nb4 12. Kd1 (12. cxb4 Bxa1 {-/+}) 12... Qc7 13. e3 Ba6 14. Qh4 Bxf1 15.
Rxf1 Nxd5 {-/+}) 11... Rxb2 12. e4 Qa5 {-/+}) 9... Rb8 10. b3 Bg7 11. c3 h6 (
11... Nb4 12. Qf4 O-O 13. Qxb8 Nc2+ 14. Kd1 Nxa1 15. Qxa7 {+/-}) 12. Ne4 (12.
Nf3 Nb4 {-/+}) 12... Nb4 13. cxb4 Bxa1 14. Nxc5 d6 15. Nd3 Qb6 16. Nd2 Ba6 17.
Qc1 Bg7 18. Nc4 $132) (7... Bg7 8. c3 Na6 9. Qa4 (9. e4 Rb8 10. Qa4 Qb6 11. b3
Nb4 12. Kd1 c4 13. Nf3 (13. Bxc4 Qxf2 {-/+}) 13... Qxf2 {-/+}) 9... Rb8 10. Qc2
Qb6 11. b3 Nb4 12. Qd2 Bb7 13. e4 O-O {~=}) 8. Ne4 exd5 9. Nxc5 {in view of:}
a6 10. Qb4 $8 Nc6 11. Qa3 d4 $36 (11... Qb6 $2 12. Qe3+ Be7 13. Nd3 Qxe3 (13...
d4 $5) 14. fxe3 {+=})) 7... Bg7 8. c3 ({Very dangerously:} 8. Qxb5 {because of:
} e6 9. Nf3 exd5 10. exd5 O-O $36) 8... O-O 9. Be2 {'=/+?!' Alterman.} ({
Again badly:} 9. Qxb5 {because of:} e6 $36 (9... e6 {Alterman} 10. Nf3 exd5 11.
exd5 Re8+ 12. Kd1 {~=} (12. Be2 Ba6 {-+})) (9... Na6 10. Qa4 Nc7 (10... Qb6 11.
Nd2 Rb8 12. Nc4 {+/-}) 11. Nf3 d6 12. Nbd2 e6 13. dxe6 fxe6 14. Bd3 d5 15. O-O
{+=})) 9... e6 10. Nf3 exd5 (10... c4 {=+ Alterman}) 11. Qxd5 (11. exd5 b4 {=+}
(11... Re8 {Alterman} 12. O-O d6 {=+} 13. Qxb5 Ba6 {-+})) 11... Qb6 $1 {=+} 12.
Nbd2 (12. Qxa8 $2 {Alterman} Bb7 13. Qxb7 Qxb7 {-/+}) (12. O-O {Alterman} Bb7
13. Qd3 c4 14. Qc2 Re8 15. Nfd2 d5 16. a4 a6 17. axb5 (17. Bf3 d4 (17... dxe4
18. Bxe4 Nc6 {=+}) 18. cxd4 Qxd4 19. axb5 Qxb2 (19... axb5 20. Rxa8 Bxa8 21.
Nc3 b4 {=+} (21... b4 22. Nd5 Bxd5 (22... c3 23. Nc7 $132) 23. exd5 Rc8 {=+}))
20. Qxb2 Bxb2 21. Ra2 c3 22. e5 Bxf3 23. Nxf3 a5 {-/+}) 17... axb5 18. Rxa8
Bxa8 19. Bf3 dxe4 20. Nxe4 Nd7 {=+}) 12... Bb7 13. Qb3 c4 $1 14. Qd1 ({
Differently after:} 14. Qc2 $2 Re8 {'=/ +' Alterman.} 15. O-O $140 d5 {black
has a material and positional advantage.}) (14. Qc2 {=+ Alterman}) 14... d6 $1
{'!?' Alterman. Alterman: 'Black do not change a pawn d on e calculating
hereafter to attack it.'} (14... Re8 {=+ Alterman}) (14... d5 {Alterman} 15.
exd5 Bxd5 16. O-O Nc6 {=+}) 15. a4 ({Also after:} 15. O-O Nd7 {with the idea
Nc5,Rfe8 black has a big positional advantage.}) 15... a6 16. axb5 axb5 17.
Rxa8 Bxa8 18. O-O Nd7 19. Re1 ({Badly:} 19. b3 {in view of:} Bxc3 20. bxc4 $140
b4 {-/+}) ({Apparently better is:} 19. Qb1 {/\Bd1-c2(><Pe4)}) 19... Nc5 20. Bf1
Re8 21. Qc2 $6 ({Slightly better is:} 21. Qb1) 21... h6 {'-/+' Alterman.} ({
In my opinion slightly better is:} 21... h5) 22. g3 (22. Nd4 $2 d5) (22. Re3 {
Alterman} d5 23. exd5 Rxe3 24. fxe3 Bxd5 25. Nd4 Qb7 {-/+}) 22... Bb7 23. Qb1 (
23. Bg2 {Alterman} Nd3 24. Re2 f5 {-/+}) 23... h5 {-/+} 24. h4 (24. Bg2 {
Alterman} Nd3 25. Re2 d5 {-/+}) 24... Qc6 25. Bg2 Nd3 (25... Nxe4 $2 {is
refuted by:} 26. Ng5 d5 27. Ndxe4 dxe4 28. Bxe4 Qd7 29. Bxb7 Rxe1+ 30. Qxe1
Qxb7 31. Qe8+ Bf8 {=}) 26. Rf1 $6 ({It is necessary:} 26. Re2 b4 {-/+} (26...
f5 $6 27. Ng5 {=+})) (26. Re3 {Alterman} Bh6 27. Rxd3 cxd3 28. Qxd3 {-/+})
26... d5 27. b3 {'-+?' Alterman. Alterman: 'After this move the game is over.'}
({Worse is:} 27. exd5 Qxd5 28. Ne1 $140 {?} Rxe1 29. Bxd5 Rxb1 30. Rxb1 Bxd5 {
-+}) ({White had good chance to try to salvage the game:} 27. Ne1 $1 {Alterman}
dxe4 (27... Nc5 28. exd5 Qd6 29. Ne4 Nxe4 30. Bxe4 Bxd5 31. Bxd5 Qxd5 32. Ng2 {
=+}) (27... Ne5 28. exd5 Qd7 29. Nef3 {=+}) (27... Nxe1 28. exd5 (28. Rxe1 d4 {
-/+}) 28... Qd7 29. Rxe1 {=}) 28. Nxe4 Rxe4 (28... b4 29. Nxd3 cxd3 30. cxb4
Rxe4 31. Qxd3 Bxb2 32. Bxe4 Qxe4 33. Qxe4 Bxe4 {=}) 29. Nxd3 cxd3 30. Qxd3 Qe8
31. Bxe4 Bxe4 32. Re1 Bxd3 33. Rxe8+ Kh7 {-/+ To realize an advantage is
difficult (if at all possible).}) 27... Qc5 $5 ({Also good enough:} 27... dxe4
$5 28. bxc4 $140 {?} (28. Ng5 Bxc3 {-/+}) 28... Bxc3 $1 (28... bxc4 $5 {-/+}) (
28... exf3 $2 29. Bxf3 Qd7 30. Bxb7 Nc5 31. Bd5 bxc4 32. Bxc4 Qxd2 33. Qxg6 Ne6
34. Qxh5 Qxc3 {=/+/-/+}) 29. Qc2 Qf6 30. Ng5 Bxd2 31. Qxd2 bxc4 {-+}) 28. exd5
Bxd5 $1 {-+ Full domination.} (28... Re2 $2 29. bxc4 Rxf2 (29... Nxf2 $2 30.
Qxb5 {+/-}) 30. Rxf2 $1 (30. Ne4 $2 Rxf1+ 31. Kxf1 Qe3 {~}) 30... Qxf2+ (30...
Nxf2 $2 31. Qxb5 {+/-}) 31. Kh1 Qe3 {~=}) 29. bxc4 bxc4 30. Ng5 ({Also loses:} 
30. Nd4 Bxg2 31. Kxg2 Bxd4 32. cxd4 Qxd4 {-+}) 30... Bxg2 31. Kxg2 Qd5+ $1 32.
Ngf3 ({After:} 32. Kh2 {strongly:} Bxc3 33. Qc2 $140 Re2 $1 34. Qxc3 Nxf2 {-+})
32... Bxc3 33. Qc2 Bxd2 34. Qxd2 Re5 $1 35. Ra1 (35. Rb1 $144 Rf5 36. Rb8+ Kh7
37. Qe3 Ne5 {-+}) 35... Rf5 36. Qe3 Ne5 0-1

[Event "Yangon zt"]
[Site "Yangon"]
[Date "1998.12.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Adianto, Utut"]
[Black "Roca, Petronio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2365"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "1998.12.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. d4 d6 4. Be2 c5 5. d5 a6 6. a4 e5 7. dxe6 fxe6 8. O-O
Ne7 9. Ng5 h6 10. Nh3 Nbc6 11. Ra3 d5 12. Rg3 Be5 13. Bf4 Qd6 14. Bxe5 Nxe5 15.
Nc3 Bd7 16. f4 Nf7 17. f5 exf5 18. Nxd5 Nxd5 19. Bc4 O-O-O 20. Qxd5 Qxd5 21.
Bxd5 Ne5 22. Rc3 Kb8 23. Rxc5 Rc8 24. Rxc8+ Rxc8 25. c3 fxe4 26. Bxe4 Bxa4 27.
Nf4 g5 28. Nd5 Bc6 29. Ne7 Re8 30. Nxc6+ bxc6 31. h3 Re6 32. b4 Kb7 33. Bf5 Re7
34. Rd1 Nc4 35. Rd4 Ne3 36. Be4 Kc7 37. Bf3 Rd7 38. Rxd7+ Kxd7 {[#] Der Lдufer
ist angesichts der Bauernverteilung und der auf die Lдuferfarbe festgelegten
schwarzen Bauernschwдchen die bessere Leichtfigur. WeiЯ zentralisiert zunдchst
seinen Kцnig und hetzt den Springer von einem Flьgel zum anderen} 39. Kf2 Nc4 (
39... Nd5 $2 40. Bxd5 cxd5 41. Ke3 h5 42. Kd4 Kd6 43. g3 g4 44. h4 Ke6 45. Kc5
Ke5 46. Kb6 Ke4 47. Kxa6 Kf3 48. b5 Kxg3 49. b6 Kf2 50. b7 g3 51. b8=Q g2 52.
Qf4+ Ke2 53. Qg3 Kf1 54. Qf3+ $18) 40. Be2 Nb6 {[%csl Rc3][%cal Rb6d5]} 41. Ke3
Nd5+ 42. Kd4 Nf4 (42... Nc7 43. Bg4+ Kd6 44. c4 {mit entscheidendem Raumgewinn.
}) 43. Bg4+ Kd6 44. g3 Nd5 45. Bf5 Nf6 46. Bd3 Nh5 47. g4 Nf4 48. Bf1 Kc7 (
48... Ne6+ 49. Ke4 Nf4 50. h4 Ne6 51. h5 {[%csl Ra6,Rh6]}) 49. c4 Kb6 50. Ke5 (
50. c5+ Kc7 51. Ke5 Nd5 52. Bxa6 Nxb4 53. Bc4 Nc2 54. Kf6 {дhnelt der
Textfortsetzung stark}) 50... Kc7 (50... c5 51. Kd6 cxb4 52. c5+ Ka7 53. Bc4
$18) 51. c5 Kd7 52. Kf5 Ke7 53. h4 Nd5 {[%cal Rd5e3]} 54. hxg5 Ne3+ (54... hxg5
55. Bxa6 Nxb4 56. Bc4 {lдuft genauso}) 55. Kg6 hxg5 56. Be2 Nd5 57. Bxa6 Nxb4
58. Bc4 {[#] Bei stark reduziertem Bauernmaterial kommt die Stдrke des Lдufers
gut zur Geltung. Lc4 und der nicht angreifbare Bc5 lassen den schwarzen
Figuren keinen Lebensraum.} Nc2 59. Kxg5 Ne3 60. Bb3 Ng2 61. Bc2 {[%cal Rc2e4]}
Ne3 62. Be4 Kd7 63. Kf4 Nc4 64. g5 {der Springer ist praktisch pleite und der
Kцnig klebt am Bc6.} Na5 65. g6 Ke7 66. Kg5 Nb3 67. g7 Kf7 68. Kh6 Nxc5 69.
Bg6+ (69. Bh7) 1-0

[Event "GER-ch 70th"]
[Site "Bremen"]
[Date "1998.11.14"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Siegel, Georg"]
[Black "Bangiev, Alexander J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1998.11.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 068"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 c5 2. d5 g6 3. e4 Bg7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Be2 d6 7. O-O Na6 8. Re1
Nc7 9. a4 b6 10. Bc4 Bg4 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 a6 13. Bg5 Rb8 14. Qe2 Qc8 15.
Ra3 Re8 16. Rb3 e6 17. dxe6 fxe6 18. e5 dxe5 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Ne4 Be7 21. Nd2
Bf6 22. Ne4 Be7 23. h4 b5 24. axb5 axb5 25. Bxb5 Nxb5 26. Rxb5 Qc6 27. Rxb8
Rxb8 28. h5 Rxb2 29. hxg6 hxg6 30. Qd2 Qb7 31. Qh6 Rb1 32. Qxg6+ Kf8 33. Qh6+
Ke8 34. Qh5+ Kd7 35. Rd1+ Rxd1+ 36. Qxd1+ {[#] Starker Springer vs schlechter
L bei einem Mehrbauern.} Qd5 37. Qe2 Ke8 38. g4 Qd8 39. g5 Kd7 (39... Bxg5 40.
Qh5+ $18) 40. g6 Bf8 41. Qd3+ Kc7 42. Qxd8+ Kxd8 43. Nxc5 Ke7 44. Ne4 Bh6 45.
c4 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 2nd"]
[Site "Ohrid"]
[Date "2001.06.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Mrva, Martin"]
[Black "Blatny, Pavel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2479"]
[BlackElo "2547"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2001.06.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. c4 c5 4. d5 d6 5. h3 a6 6. a4 a5 7. Nf3 Nf6 8. Nc3 Nfd7
9. Be2 Na6 10. O-O Nb4 11. Nh2 Qb6 12. f4 Bd4+ 13. Kh1 Nf6 14. Bf3 h5 15. Nb5
h4 16. Qe2 Bd7 17. Rd1 Bxb5 18. axb5 Qc7 19. Ra4 Nd7 20. Bg4 Bg7 21. Ra3 Nf6
22. f5 gxf5 23. exf5 Kf8 24. Bg5 Re8 25. Re3 Ng8 26. Nf3 Bf6 27. Re1 Qd8 28.
Bxf6 Nxf6 29. Qf2 Rh6 30. R1e2 b6 31. Kg1 Kg7 32. Nh2 Rh7 33. Bf3 Kh8 34. Be4
Nxe4 35. Rxe4 Nd3 36. Qe3 Ne5 37. Nf3 f6 38. Nxe5 dxe5 39. Qf2 Rg8 40. Rxh4
Rgg7 41. Ree4 Qg8 42. Rxh7+ Rxh7 43. Rg4 Qf8 44. Rg6 Rh6 45. Qg3 Kh7 46. Qg4
Qf7 47. Rxh6+ Kxh6 {[#] Realisieren eines Mehrbauern unter Kцnigsaktivierung.}
48. Kf2 a4 (48... Kh7 49. Kg3 Qe8 50. Kh4 Qd8 (50... a4 51. Qh5+ Qxh5+ 52. Kxh5
Kg7 53. Kg4 Kh7 54. Kf3 Kh6 55. g4 Kg5 56. Kg3 Kh6 57. h4 Kg7 58. g5 Kf7 59.
Kf3 Kg7 60. Ke4 Kf7 61. gxf6 $18) 51. Qg6+ Kh8 52. Qf7 e4 53. g4 e3 54. Qe6 $18
) 49. Kg3 Qe8 50. Kh4 Qf7 51. Qe2 Qe8 52. Qd1 {Tempozug, um die schwarze Dame
erst nach f7 zu zwingen.} Qf7 (52... Kg7 53. Qh5 Qa8 54. Qg6+ Kf8 55. Kh5 {
Mattangriff} a3 56. Kh6 Qa7 (56... axb2 57. Kh7 e6 58. Qg7+ Ke8 59. dxe6 $18)
57. Kh7 e6+ 58. Kh8 Qf7 59. dxe6 Qxg6 60. fxg6 axb2 61. g7+ Ke7 62. g8=Q b1=Q
63. Qf7+ Kd6 64. Qd7#) 53. g4 Qe8 54. Qd2+ Kg7 55. g5 Qh8+ (55... fxg5+ 56.
Qxg5+ Kf8 57. Qh6+ Kg8 58. Qg6+ $18) 56. Kg4 Qg8 57. h4 Qa8 58. h5 a3 59. h6+
Kh8 60. bxa3 Qa4 61. gxf6 Qxc4+ 62. Kh5 exf6 63. Qg2 1-0

[Event "Reggio Emilia 9697 39th"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia"]
[Date "1996.12.31"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Mantovani, Renzo"]
[Black "Romanishin, Oleg M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2360"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1996.12.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. d5 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. a4 O-O 8. h3
Bxb5 9. axb5 Nbd7 10. O-O Nb6 11. Re1 Re8 12. Na4 a6 13. Nxb6 Qxb6 14. bxa6
Rxa6 15. Rxa6 Qxa6 16. c3 Nd7 17. Bf4 Ra8 18. e5 dxe5 19. Nxe5 Nxe5 20. Bxe5
Bxe5 21. Rxe5 Qa1 22. Qxa1 Rxa1+ 23. Kh2 Kf8 24. Re2 Ke8 25. c4 Kd7 26. Re3 Rc1
27. Rc3 Rxc3 28. bxc3 {[#] Motive: beiderseitige Umgehung; Tempospiel} Kc7 29.
Kg3 Kb6 30. Kf4 Ka5 (30... f6 31. g4 h6 32. h4 Ka5 33. h5 (33. g5 fxg5+ (33...
hxg5+ 34. hxg5 Kb6 35. Ke4 Kc7 36. f4 $11) 34. hxg5 h5 35. Kg3 b5 (35... Kb6
36. f4 Kc7 37. f5 Kd8 38. fxg6 Ke8 39. Kh4 Kf8 40. Kxh5 Kg7 41. Kg4 $18) 36.
cxb5 Kxb5 37. f4 Kc4 38. f5 Kxd5 39. fxg6 Ke6 40. c4 $18) 33... gxh5 34. gxh5
Ka4 35. Kf5 Kb3 36. Kg6 Kxc4 37. Kxh6 b5 38. Kg7 b4 39. cxb4 cxb4 40. h6 b3 41.
h7 b2 42. h8=Q b1=Q 43. Qc8+ $11) 31. Ke5 Ka4 32. d6 exd6+ 33. Kxd6 b6 34. Kc6
Kb3 35. Kxb6 Kxc4 36. f4 Kxc3 (36... f5 37. g4 fxg4 (37... h5 38. gxf5 gxf5 39.
h4 Kd5 40. Kb5 Ke4 41. Kxc5 Kxf4 42. Kd5 Kg4 43. c4 f4 44. c5 f3 45. c6 f2 46.
c7 f1=Q 47. c8=Q+ Kxh4 $15) 38. hxg4 h5 39. f5 gxf5 40. gxh5 f4 41. h6 $11) 37.
Kxc5 Kd3 38. Kd5 Ke3 39. Ke5 Kf2 40. Kf6 Kxg2 41. Kxf7 Kxh3 42. Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Donner Memorial"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1996.08.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Hodgson, Julian M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "1996.08.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. d5 b5 4. Bg5 d6 5. e3 Qa5+ 6. c3 Nbd7 7. Nbd2 Rb8 8. e4
g6 9. a4 b4 10. Nc4 Qc7 11. Bd3 Bg7 12. O-O O-O 13. Nfd2 Nb6 14. Ne3 a5 15. Qc2
b3 16. Qd1 Re8 17. Bxf6 exf6 18. Qxb3 Bh6 19. Bb5 Bxe3 20. fxe3 Bd7 21. c4 Bxb5
22. cxb5 f5 23. exf5 c4 24. Qc3 Qc5 25. fxg6 hxg6 26. Rf3 Re5 27. Kh1 Qxd5 28.
Qxa5 c3 29. Qxc3 Rc8 30. Qd4 Qxd4 31. exd4 Re2 32. Nf1 Rxb2 33. a5 Ra8 34. Rfa3
Nc4 35. Ra4 d5 36. b6 Rb5 37. a6 Rxb6 38. a7 Rb7 39. h3 Kf8 40. Ra6 Ke7 41. Nh2
Rb6 42. Ng4 Rxa6 43. Rxa6 {[#] Der Riesenfreibauer a7 bindet die schwarzen
Figuren und ermцglicht WeiЯ auch am K-Flьgel Freibauernbildung. Leichte Kost.}
Nd6 44. Ne5 Nf5 45. Nc6+ Kd7 46. g4 Ng3+ 47. Kg2 Ne2 48. Kf3 (48. Rb6 $2 Kc7
49. Rb8 Rxa7) 48... Ng1+ 49. Kg2 Ne2 50. h4 Kc7 51. Kf3 Nc3 52. Ne5 Nb5 53. Ke3
Nxa7 54. Nxf7 1-0

[Event "Capablanca Memorial Elite 31st"]
[Site "Cienfuegos"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Conquest, Stuart"]
[Black "Becerra Rivero, Julio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "Kantsler,B"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1996.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 054"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Petursson} c5 2. d5 f5 3. e4 (3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Qb6 5. Qd2 (5. Bxf6 Qxf6
6. e3 (6. e4 $5) 6... g6 $6 (6... d6 $5 7. Bb5+ Nd7 $13) 7. Bc4 $6 (7. d6 $1
$16) 7... d6 $1 8. Nge2 Nd7 9. Nf4 Ne5 10. Qe2 (10. Bb5+ Kf7 $1) 10... Bh6 11.
h4 O-O 12. a4 Nxc4 $1 13. Qxc4 b6 14. g3 a6 15. O-O Bd7 16. Ne6 Rfb8 $13 {
Lputian,S-Tukmakov,V/Tilburg/1994/0:1/51/}) 5... h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. O-O-O d6 8.
e4 g6 9. Bb5+ Nd7 10. exf5 Qxf5 11. Bd3 Qf7 12. Nb5 Kd8 13. Nf3 Bg7 $13 {
Alburt,L-Levitt,J/New York op/1994/1:0/39/}) 3... fxe4 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. g4 $1 {N/}
(5. Bg5 d6 6. Bxf6 $6 (6. Qd2 $5) 6... exf6 7. Nxe4 Be7 8. Bd3 f5 9. Nc3 O-O
10. Nf3 Nd7 11. O-O Ne5 $15) 5... h6 (5... g6 6. g5 Nh5 7. Be2 Ng7 8. h4 $36) (
5... d6 6. g5 Nfd7 (6... Ng4 $2 7. Bb5+ Kf7 8. Nxe4 $16)) 6. Bg2 Qb6 (6... d6
7. h3 (7. Nxe4 $1 Nxg4 8. h3 Nf6 (8... Ne5 9. f4 Nf7 10. Qh5 Qd7 11. Ng3 $1 $16
) 9. Nxf6+ exf6 (9... gxf6 10. Qh5+ Kd7 11. Ne2 $36) 10. Qh5+ Kd7 11. Ne2 $36)
7... e6 $5 8. Nge2 (8. dxe6 $2 d5) (8. Nxe4 Nxd5 9. g5 $44) 8... Be7 9. Nf4 $16
) 7. Nge2 $1 (7. Nxe4 $4 Nxe4 8. Bxe4 Qb4+ $19) 7... d6 (7... Nxg4 8. Nf4 $1
Nf6 9. Ng6 Rg8 10. O-O $36) 8. h3 g5 9. Nxe4 Nxe4 10. Bxe4 Qb4+ (10... Bg7 11.
Bg6+ Kd8 $13) 11. Nc3 Bg7 12. Bd2 Qxb2 (12... Bxc3 $4 13. Bg6+ Kd8 14. Bxc3 $18
) (12... O-O $6 13. Qe2 Qxb2 14. Rb1 Qa3 15. Rb3 Qa5 16. h4 $18) 13. Rb1 Qa3
14. Rb3 Qa6 (14... Qa5 15. Qe2 $36) 15. Nb5 Kd8 (15... Qb6 $6 16. Nd4 $16) 16.
Qe2 b6 17. O-O Nd7 18. a4 $1 Ne5 (18... Qxa4 $4 19. Ra3 $18) 19. a5 bxa5 (19...
Bd7 20. axb6 axb6 21. Rfb1 $36) 20. Ra3 a4 21. c4 $1 Rb8 22. Rb1 $1 (22. Bc2
Nxc4 23. Qxc4 Qxb5 $15) 22... Bd7 23. Bc2 Qc8 (23... Nxc4 24. Rxa4 Qb7 (24...
Qb6 25. Nc3 Nb2 26. Ra2 $18) 25. Rxa7 (25. Nc3 Nb6 $15) 25... Qb6 26. Rxd7+
Kxd7 27. Qxc4 $18) (23... Bxb5 24. cxb5 Qb7 25. Rxa4 Qxd5 26. Be4 Qf7 27. Rxa7
$18) 24. Ba5+ Ke8 25. Rf1 $1 Rf8 (25... Nxc4 $2 26. Nc7+ Kf7 27. Qxc4 $18) (
25... h5 $5 $13 {Petursson}) 26. Bg6+ $1 Rf7 $8 (26... Nf7 27. Nxd6#) 27. f4 $1
gxf4 (27... Nxg6 28. Nxd6+ Kf8 29. Nxc8 $18) 28. Rxf4 Bxb5 (28... Nxg6 $2 29.
Nxd6+ Kf8 30. Rxf7+ Kg8 31. Rxg7+ Kxg7 32. Nxc8 $18) (28... Bf6 $2 29. Rxf6
exf6 30. Nxd6+ Kf8 31. Nxc8 $18) 29. Rxf7 $1 (29. Bxf7+ $6 Nxf7 30. cxb5 Qd7
$14) 29... Nxf7 (29... Bxc4 30. Rxg7+ Kf8 31. Rf7+ Kg8 (31... Nxf7 32. Qxc4 $18
) 32. Qe4 $18) 30. Rf3 $1 Bd4+ 31. Kh1 Bd7 {Petursson: A better try was} (31...
Bf6 $5 32. Rxf6 Bxc4 33. Qe4 Rb1+ 34. Kh2 Rb2+ 35. Kg3 $18) 32. Rxf7 Rb1+ 33.
Rf1# {Petursson: It is always nice to parry a check with a mate!} 1-0

[Event "Capablanca Memorial Elite 31st"]
[Site "Cienfuegos"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nogueiras Santiago, Jesus"]
[Black "Arencibia Rodriguez, Walter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Kantsler,B"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1996.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 054"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. d5 b5 4. Bg5 Ne4 (4... Bb7 5. Bxf6 exf6 6. e4 c4 7. Be2
Bc5 8. O-O a6 9. a4 Qb6 10. c3 $5 O-O 11. Nd4 $14 {Khalifman,A-Fominyh,A/
RUS-ch/1995/1:0/53/}) (4... d6 5. Bxf6 exf6 6. e4 a6 7. a4 b4 8. Bd3 g6 9. a5
Bg7 10. c3 O-O 11. O-O Nd7 12. Bc2 Rb8 $15 {Bates,R-Adams,M/Hastings/1995/0:1/
36/}) (4... g6 5. Bxf6 exf6 6. e4 Qe7 7. Nbd2 a6 8. a4 f5 9. Qe2 Bb7 10. axb5
Bg7 11. exf5 $14) (4... Qb6 5. Bxf6 Qxf6 6. c3 Qb6 7. e4 g6 8. Nbd2 Bg7 9. a4
b4 10. Nc4 Qb7 11. e5 $14 {Kaidanov,G-Alburt,L/New York(op)/1994/1:0/21/}) 5.
Bh4 Qb6 (5... Qa5+ 6. c3 $1 b4 7. Qc2 bxc3 8. bxc3 Nd6 9. e4 g6 10. Nbd2 Ba6
11. Bxa6 Nxa6 $16 {Epishin,V-Martynov,P/Frunze/1989/0,5/18/}) 6. Nbd2 f5 $1 (
6... Nxd2 7. Nxd2 d6 8. e4 $14) 7. Nxe4 fxe4 8. Nd2 Qh6 (8... Qg6 $6 9. e3 Bb7
10. c4 $14) 9. Bg3 e3 $5 10. fxe3 d6 (10... Qxe3 11. a4 $1 b4 (11... bxa4 $2
12. Rxa4 $16 {/\Bf4/}) 12. Bf2 Qe5 13. Nc4 Qe4 14. Qd3 Qxd3 15. cxd3 d6 16. d4
$16) 11. e4 Nd7 12. e3 $5 (12. e5 $5 $13) (12. Nf3 $5 Nf6 13. Qd3 (13. e5 Ne4
14. Bh4 dxe5 15. Qd3 Nd6 $13) 13... Rb8 $13) 12... Qxe3+ 13. Be2 Rb8 14. Bf2
Qh6 15. O-O g6 16. a4 $1 b4 17. Nc4 Bg7 18. Be3 g5 $8 (18... Qh4 $2 19. g3 Qxe4
(19... Qh3 $4 20. Bg4) 20. Bd3 (20. Rf4 $18) 20... Qxd5 21. Bxg6+ $18) 19. Qd2
Qg6 (19... Bf6 $5) 20. h4 $1 (20. Bxg5 Rg8 $1) 20... Ne5 $5 (20... gxh4 $2 21.
Rf5 $1 {/\ Bh5,Rg5+/-/}) 21. Bxg5 Nxc4 22. Bxc4 Bxb2 23. e5 $5 (23. Rab1 Bd4+
24. Kh1 $13) 23... h6 $5 (23... Bxa1 24. Rxa1 $44) (23... Bxe5 24. Rae1 $36)
24. Bf4 Bd4+ 25. Kh1 dxe5 26. Bh2 Bxa1 27. Rxa1 Qe4 28. Bd3 (28. Bb5+ $5 Bd7
29. Re1 $44) 28... Qxh4 29. Bg6+ Kd8 30. Qe3 (30. d6 $5 $44 Qd4 31. Qe1 exd6
32. Rd1 Qc3 33. Qh4+ Kd7 34. Qf6 $18) 30... Rb7 31. Rf1 Rg8 32. Qxe5 $2 (32.
Be4 $5 $44) 32... Qg5 $1 (32... Rxg6 $2 33. Rf8+ Kd7 34. Qf5+ e6 35. dxe6+ (35.
Qxg6 $2 Qe1+ 36. Bg1 Qh4+ $10) 35... Kc6 (35... Rxe6 36. Qd5+ Ke7 37. Qd8#) (
35... Ke7 36. Qf7#) 36. Rxc8+ Kb6 37. Qxc5+ Ka6 38. Rc6+ Rb6 39. Qb5+ Kb7 40.
Rc7+ Ka8 41. Qe8+ Rb8 42. Qc6+ $18) 33. Qg7 $2 (33. Qe4 Qxg6 34. Rf8+ Kd7 $19)
(33. Qxg5 $8 hxg5 34. Bd3 $17) 33... Qxg2+ $1 (33... Rxg7 $4 34. Rf8+ Kd7 35.
Be8+ Kd8 36. Bc6#) (33... Qxg2+ 34. Kxg2 Rxg7 35. Rf8+ Kd7 $19) 0-1

[Event "Candidates qf Kasparov-Beliavsky+4-1=4"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1983.03.19"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "Kasparov,G"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1983.02.27"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. d5 d6 4. Nc3 g6 5. e4 Bg7 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. a4 O-O 8. O-O
Na6 9. Re1 Nb4 $6 10. h3 $1 e6 11. Bf4 $1 (11. dxe6 Bxe6 12. Bf4 d5 13. exd5
Nfxd5 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15. Be5 $11) 11... e5 (11... Bxb5 12. Nxb5 $1 (12. axb5
exd5 13. exd5 Qd7 $11) 12... exd5 (12... a6 13. Nxd6 Nh5 14. Nxb7 Qb6 15. Bd6
$1 Qxb7 (15... Rfc8 16. c3 $18) 16. Bxf8 Rxf8 17. c3 $18) 13. Bxd6 dxe4 14.
Bxf8 Qxf8 (14... Qxd1 15. Raxd1 $1 Rxf8 16. Ng5 Nxc2 17. Re2 $14) 15. Ng5 $1 (
15. Nd2 $2 Rd8) 15... Re8 16. Nc3 $16) 12. Bg5 Bc8 $6 ({Nach meiner Meinung
verfьgt Beliavsky in der Position nach} 12... h6 $142 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Bxd7
Qxd7 15. Nd2 Be7 {ьber bedeutend bessere Mцglichkeiten zum Gegenspiel als in
der Partie.}) 13. Nd2 h6 14. Bh4 g5 ({Nach} 14... Qc7 15. Be2 $5 Ne8 16. Nc4 f5
$6 17. Nb5 Qd7 18. exf5 gxf5 19. Bh5 {bricht die schwarze Position zusammen.} (
19. c3 $142 {Nimzo 7.32} Na6 20. Bh5 Nac7 $140 $2 21. Nxa7 {[%csl Rd7][%cal
Yc4b6]})) 15. Bg3 g4 $6 (15... h5 $142 16. Be2 g4 17. Bh4 $1 gxh3 18. g3) 16.
hxg4 Nxg4 $6 (16... Bxg4 17. Be2 (17. f3 $2 Nh5 $1) 17... Bxe2 18. Rxe2 Nh5 19.
Re3 Nf4 (19... Qg5 20. Nc4 Rad8 21. Nb5 $16) 20. Ne2 Nxe2+ 21. Rxe2 f5 22. exf5
Nxd5 23. Nc4 $16) 17. f3 Nf6 18. Bh4 $1 Kh8 19. Ne2 $1 Rg8 20. c3 Na6 21. Ng3
Qf8 (21... Bf8 $142 22. Ndf1 Be7) 22. Ndf1 Nh7 23. Ne3 Bf6 24. Bxf6+ Nxf6 25.
Ngf5 Nh5 26. Kf2 Bxf5 27. Nxf5 Nf4 28. g3 Nh3+ 29. Ke2 Rxg3 30. Nxg3 Qg7 31.
Rg1 Rg8 32. Qd2 1-0

[Event "Hastings 9091"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1990.12.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kosten, Anthony C"]
[Black "Olafsson, Helgi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "King,D"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1990.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. f4 g6 3. d4 $1 Bg7 4. d5 $14 d6 5. Nc3 e6 (5... Nf6 6. Bb5+ $1) 6.
dxe6 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 Bxe6 8. Nf3 Nc6 9. Bd3 Qd7 10. f5 $16 gxf5 11. exf5 Bd5 12.
O-O O-O-O 13. Bb5 a6 14. Be2 Bxf3 15. Bxf3 Ne5 16. f6 Nxf6 17. Bg5 Nfg4 18. Be4
Rhg8 19. Bf5 Rxg5 20. Bxd7+ Rxd7 21. Qd2 h6 22. Qe2 f5 23. Rad1 Kc7 24. Rd5 Re7
25. h4 Rgg7 26. Rd2 Rgf7 27. g3 h5 28. Rdd1 Rf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "SUI-GP"]
[Site "Suhr"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Landenbergue, Claude"]
[Black "Zueger, Beat"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[Annotator "King,D"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1991.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Be2 Nf6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. h3 $6 c5 $1 7. d5 b5 8.
Bxb5 Nxe4 9. Nxe4 Qa5+ 10. Nc3 Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 Qxb5 12. Bh6 Re8 13. Qd3 Qa4 14.
O-O Ba6 15. c4 Qxc4 16. Qd2 Nd7 17. Bg5 Nb6 18. Rad1 Bb7 19. Rfe1 Nxd5 20. Qa5
Qb4 21. Qxb4 cxb4 22. a3 f6 23. Bd2 bxa3 24. Ra1 Nb6 25. Rxa3 Nc4 26. Ra4 Rac8
27. Bf4 Bxf3 28. Rxa7 Bd5 0-1

[Event "Mitropa Cup 13th"]
[Site "Leibnitz"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Belotti, Bruno"]
[Black "Reeh, Oliver"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[Annotator "King,D"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1990.09.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Bg5 $5 c5 5. d5 (5. dxc5 $1 Qa5 6. Qd2 Qxc5 7.
Nd5 Be6 8. c4 Nd7 9. Rc1 Ngf6 10. f3 $16 {Keres-Westerinen, Tallinn 1973.})
5... Nd7 6. Nf3 Ngf6 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O a6 9. a4 b6 10. h3 Rb8 11. Re1 Ne8 12.
Qd2 Nc7 13. Bh6 Nf6 14. Rad1 Bb7 15. Bc4 b5 16. axb5 axb5 17. Nxb5 Nxb5 18.
Bxb5 Bxd5 19. exd5 Rxb5 20. b3 Rb4 21. Bxg7 Kxg7 22. Re3 Re8 23. Rde1 Qd7 24.
c4 Rb7 25. Qb2 Kg8 26. Nd2 h5 27. Rf3 Rbb8 28. Kh2 Qb7 29. Qc1 Kg7 30. Qb2 Kg8
31. Qc1 Kg7 32. Ne4 Nxe4 33. Rxe4 Rf8 34. Rfe3 Rbe8 35. Qe1 Kg8 36. f4 e5 37.
dxe6 f5 38. e7 fxe4 39. exf8=Q+ Kxf8 40. Qd1 Qe7 41. Qd5 Kg7 42. Kg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bad Kissingen International Masters"]
[Site "Bad Kissingen"]
[Date "1928.08.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Rubinstein, Akiba"]
[Black "Mieses, Jacques"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A43"]
[Annotator "Kmoch,Hans"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1928.08.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {1)Kmoch: Rubinstein gewinnt! S.129} c5 2. d5 d6 3. c4 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5.
Bg2 Nf6 6. e4 O-O 7. Ne2 Nbd7 $6 (7... e6 $1) 8. f4 Nb6 $2 (8... b5 $5 9. cxb5
a6 10. bxa6 Bxa6 $44) 9. Qc2 e6 10. O-O exd5 (10... Re8 $5 11. Nbc3 $2 Nxc4)
11. cxd5 Re8 12. Nbc3 Bg4 (12... Rb8 $5 13. a4 (13. Bd2 a6 14. Rae1 Nc4 15. Bc1
b5) 13... a6 14. Rb1 Na8 15. b4 $36) 13. h3 Bxe2 14. Nxe2 Qe7 (14... Qc7 $5 15.
Nc3 a6 16. a4 c4) 15. Nc3 Nh5 $2 16. Kh2 Bxc3 $2 17. bxc3 Nf6 18. c4 $1 $16
Nxe4 (18... Nfd7 19. Bb2) 19. Bb2 h6 (19... Nxg3 $5 20. Kxg3 Qe2 21. Qxe2 Rxe2
22. Rf2 Re3+ 23. Rf3 Rxf3+ 24. Bxf3 Nxc4 25. Bf6 Re8 $13) 20. Rae1 f5 21. g4
Kh7 22. gxf5 gxf5 23. Rg1 (23. Bxe4 fxe4 24. Rg1 $18) 23... Rg8 24. Bxe4 (24.
Bxe4 fxe4 25. Rxe4 $18) 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 2nd"]
[Site "Ohrid"]
[Date "2001.06.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Danchevski, Orce"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2428"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[Annotator "Kortschnoj,V"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2001.06.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. f4 Nf6 5. Nf3 c5 6. d5 O-O 7. Bd3 Qb6 {A
theoretical move here is 7...Na6. With his move black forces the opponent to
put his knight f3 to c4: the matters do not change much - white retains his
opening advantage.} (7... Na6) 8. Nd2 e6 9. Nc4 Qd8 10. Ne3 $1 {My opponent is
skillful in prophylactic - 10.0-0?! Ng4 would lead to unclear complications.} (
10. O-O Ng4) 10... exd5 11. exd5 Na6 {It was tempting to sacrifice an exchange.
} (11... Re8 12. O-O Rxe3 13. Bxe3 Ng4 {, but after} 14. Bf2 Nxf2 15. Kxf2 {
black had no compensation for it.}) 12. O-O Re8 13. Kh1 $6 {Too much of
prophilactics is also not good - after 13.Qf3 and then f4-f5 white had a clear
edge.} Bd7 14. Qf3 Nb4 $6 {Being scared of concentration of white pieces
against the black king, black makes up his mind to eliminate some of them.} ({
Meanwhile, to carry out a standard plan -} 14... Nc7 15. f5 (15. a4 a6 16. a5
Nb5) 15... b5 {would be sufficient for to maintain an approximate equilibrium.}
) 15. Bd2 (15. f5 $5) 15... Nxd3 16. cxd3 Bf5 {A desperate attempt to prevent
an assault along the f file. Still, it does not yield equality to black.} 17.
Nxf5 gxf5 18. h3 Qd7 19. Nd1 (19. Rg1 {was simple and strong. Now if} h5 {then}
({Or} 19... b5 20. g4 b4 21. gxf5 $1 {- black position is lost!}) 20. Be1 Qe7
21. Bf2 {followed by Rbe1 and Bh4.}) 19... b5 20. Bc3 $2 {White loses two
tempi and soon finds himself in a difficult position.} ({After} 20. Ne3 c4 21.
dxc4 ({But if} 21. g4 $1 {then black was forced to give up an exchange} fxg4
22. hxg4 Rxe3 23. Bxe3 Qxg4 (23... Nxg4 24. f5) 24. Bd4 {in both cases with
advantage to white.}) 21... Ne4 {black would obtain good counterplay.}) 20...
b4 21. Bd2 Qb5 22. Rc1 (22. g4 c4) 22... Kh8 23. g4 (23. Rc4 $5) 23... fxg4 {
Black is going to sacrifice a piece what looks very promising, but in fact
does not bring too much benefit to him. Another line would be more beneficial:}
(23... Qa6 $5 24. gxf5 Qxa2 25. Ne3 Rxe3 26. Bxe3 Qxd5) 24. hxg4 Nxg4 25. Qxg4
Qxd3 26. Rf2 $1 {Excellent! Not} (26. Qg2 $2 Re2 27. Rf2 Qxd2) (26. Rg1 $6 Rg8
{with many threats.}) 26... Qxd5+ 27. Qf3 Qxf3+ ({After} 27... Qxa2 {what I
was planning} 28. f5 {black would have problems to bring his queen back into
play.}) 28. Rxf3 Re2 29. Rd3 Rg8 {I was very proud of this move, but blunt Bd4
was hardly worse. The point of the move - 30.Rd6 Bd4 and white has to take on
d4.} 30. Ne3 (30. Rxd6 Bd4) (30. Be3 $5) 30... Bxb2 31. Re1 Rxe1+ 32. Bxe1 {
Black has already 4 pawns for a piece, but white has considerably activated
his pieces. It is black now who has to hold the position.} Re8 33. Bf2 $2 ({
After} 33. Bd2 $1 {I dare to say black's position was lost.}) 33... Bd4 34. Kg2
d5 35. Kf3 Bxe3 36. Rxe3 $2 {Losing move.} ({After} 36. Bxe3 $1 {with a threat
Rd2-c2:c5 black still had to demonstrate a great know-how in order to save the
game} d4 37. Bf2) 36... Rxe3+ 37. Kxe3 $19 a5 $6 {The move is based on some
miscalculation. It was not necessary to be Capablanca in order to realize
without any calculation that a move with a king into the centre - Kg7, can not
be bad in any case.} 38. Kd3 c4+ {Playing 37...a5 I was going to continue here
38...d4.} (38... d4 {And then I noticed a maneouvre Bf2-h4 e7 (which, by the
way, with the king on g7 could be prevented by f7-f6).} 39. Bh4 {[%cal Yh4e7,
Ye7c5]}) 39. Kd4 b3 40. axb3 cxb3 41. Kc3 (41. Kxd5 h5 42. Kc4 (42. Bd4+ Kh7
43. Ke4 a4 44. Bb2 Kg6 45. Bc1 f5+ 46. Kf3 Kf6 47. Kg2 Ke6 48. Kh3 Kd5 49. Kh4
Kc4 50. Kxh5 Kb4 $19) 42... a4 $1 $19) 41... a4 $4 ({After} 41... Kg7 42. Kxb3
Kg6 {black was winning easily...}) 42. Bd4+ Kg8 43. Kb4 {But now it is white
who is making a draw easily!} h5 44. Kxa4 h4 45. Kxb3 h3 46. Bg1 Kg7 47. Kc3
Kg6 48. Kd4 Kf5 49. Bh2 Kg4 50. f5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Enghien les Bains 3rd"]
[Site "Enghien les Bains"]
[Date "1999.03.10"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2596"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[Annotator "Lautier,J"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1999.03.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 070"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Hansen,Cu} Nf6 {Aha, there goes my preparation into the waste-basket. I
had expected 1...d5} 2. Nf3 {Just in case, to discourage any Benko gambit for
example.} c5 {Yes, one can be pretty stubborn at this age.} 3. d5 d6 4. Nc3 {
I gave him the long look, and boldly entered new (for me) territory.} g6 5. e4
Bg7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O Na6 {Time to take stock. My only knowledge of this
position was a vague recollection of an old Smyslov game against Schmid
himself, the inventor of Black's system. I remembered White applied the
standard Nd2-c4 manoeuvre, to which Black replied ...Nc7, followed by ...b6
and ...Ba6. The one thing that was carved in my memory was the move b2-b3 for
White, together with the fact that Smyslov had won a beautiful game, or hadn't
he? So off I went...} 8. Nd2 Nc7 9. a4 b6 {Hansen,Cu: 'White has a certain ()
in the center. Black normally directs his counterattack against the small
P-chain e4-d5 by either b6-b5 (if possible) to drive Nc3 away from the
protection of e4. Or he plays e7-e6 to destroy whites center.'} 10. Nc4 Ba6 11.
Bg5 $6 {Well, I almost got it right. As I found out afterwards, Smyslov had
played the stronger} (11. Bf4 $1 Rb8 12. b3 $1 {and duly won in brilliant
style against Schmid in the Helsinki olympiad from 1952. So what is the big
idea behind b2-b3 anyway? It's not hard to guess what Black is after in this
opening: he wishes to swap on c4 at the appropriate moment and follow-up with .
..a7-a6 and ...b6-b5. Smyslov's move stops him dead in his tracks: White will
just take back on c4 with the pawn, after which no earthly power can implement
...b6-b5.}) 11... Qd7 $1 {It now dawned on me that I must have pushed my
bishop one square too far, as it would have been much handier to have it on f4
in order to stop ...e7-e6, the next move on Black's agenda.} (11... Bxc4 {
is premature, as Black is unable to set his queenside pawns in motion after}
12. Bxc4 a6 {Hansen,Cu: 'would be a thematic continuation followed by for
example Nf6-d7'} 13. Qe2 {controlling b5 and preventing ...Rb8 since the
a6-pawn hangs.}) 12. b3 $6 {'!?' Hansen,Cu. Yes, such is my faith in the great
Vassily Vassilievich. Almost any other move would have been stronger. Hansen,
Cu: 'A slightly unusual move'} e6 $1 (12... Bxc4 {Hansen,Cu} 13. bxc4 $5 {
would stop blacks normal counterpush b6-b5 forever for the prize of a slightly
weakened P-structure.}) 13. Qd2 (13. dxe6 $2 {invites disaster:} Qxe6 $1 14.
Qd3 (14. Qxd6 Bxc4 15. Qxc7 Bxe2 16. Nxe2 Nxe4 $17) 14... Nxe4 15. Nxe4 d5 $17)
13... exd5 14. exd5 {Hansen,Cu: 'Black now only has slight problem. The Nc7 is
potentially bad placed but only if black does not manage to put P-d5 under
pressure '} Rfe8 {Not too surprisingly, Black has equalized comfortably. As a
matter of fact, his pieces coordinate very nicely, while just about every
single piece of mine is a potential tactical target. My next move is quite
forced, as Black is about to land a haymaker with 15...Ne4.} 15. Bf3 Ng4 16. h3
Ne5 17. Be2 Nxc4 $6 {The whole concept of exchanging pieces doesn't appeal to
me. I think Black would be better off keeping the tension with 17...f5} (17...
Bxc4 $6 {would amount to the same thing after} 18. Bxc4 (18. bxc4 $6 {is
clearly worse, e.g.} f5 19. Ra3 {/\ Nb5} Nf7 20. Bf4 Re7 (20... Bxc3 $5 21.
Rxc3 Qxa4) 21. Nb5 Rae8 $36) (18. bxc4 {[%csl Re5][%cal Rf2f4] Hansen,Cu})
18... Nxc4 19. bxc4) (17... f5 $142 {planning to regroup with ...Nf7.}) 18.
Bxc4 (18. bxc4 $4 {is strategically desirable, but tactically flawed:} Bxc3 19.
Qxc3 Rxe2 $19) 18... Bxc4 {'?' Hansen,Cu.} (18... Bb7 $5 {[%cal Yc7d5,Yb7d5,
Ya7a6,Yb6b5,Yg7a1] Hansen,Cu Black could go back to his old plan of putting d5
under pressure and trying to push through a7-a6 and b6-b5. It would not have
been easy for white to stop blacks b-P from moving forward} 19. Rae1 a6 20. Qd3
Rxe1 (20... f5 $132) 21. Rxe1 Re8 {And I think white has more problems
stopping b6-b5 and hanging on to d5 than black has with Nc7}) 19. bxc4 {
'+/=' Hansen,Cu. Hansen,Cu: 'Now black will clearly never be able to put d5
under pressure, and b6-b5 will also be impossible to force through. This means
Nc7 is rather badly placed.'} a6 $6 {Black overestimates his chances. The
piece exchanges that just took place have actually improved my position, as
Black still has to find use for his clumsy c7-knight.} (19... Qf5 {was
expected, when after} 20. Ra3 {preparing Nb5, I would prefer White, though
Black's game is perfectly playable.}) 20. Rab1 Rab8 21. Rb3 f5 $2 {A gruesome
weakening. It is not clear what this move achieves for Black, while White is
handed a magnificent e6-outpost and a softening of the g6-square on a silver
platter. Hansen,Cu: 'In connection with the following black N-manouvre this
move makes a rather bad impression.'} (21... b5 $2 {was undoubtedly my
opponent's intention, until he saw through my devious trick:} 22. axb5 axb5 23.
Nxb5 Nxb5 24. Rfb1 $1 Nc3 25. Rxb8 Nxb1 26. Rxb1 Qa4 27. Qd3 $16 {when White
stays a pawn to the good.}) (21... Rb7 {should have been played, when nothing
dismal has yet happened to Black's position:} 22. Rfb1 Reb8 23. Qd3 $14) 22.
Rfb1 Na8 {Black's position, and this move in particular, bear a strong
resemblance to some women portraits by Picasso. Hansen,Cu: 'Black had just
found a new job to do for Nc7. Cover the weak square e6. Unfortunately b6 has
to be covered as well'} 23. h4 $1 $16 {According to the well-known "principle
of the two weaknesses". Having already achieved maximum pressure on the
queenside, White needs to open a second front on the kingside in order to
stretch Black's defences to breaking point. The g6-pawn is particularly
vulnerable, since White can attack it easily with Ne2-f4 and Rb3-g3.} h5 (23...
Bxc3 {is hardly worth considering:} 24. Qxc3 Qxa4 25. Ra3 Qd7 26. Rxa6 $16) 24.
a5 Qc7 (24... b5 $2 {loses on the spot:} 25. cxb5 Bxc3 26. Qxc3 axb5 27. Qf6
$18) 25. Ne2 $1 {'+-!' Hansen,Cu.} bxa5 26. Nf4 Rb4 {Best under the
circumstances. Black is overrun after both} (26... Rxb3 27. cxb3 Kh7 28. Ne6
Qb7 (28... Qb6 29. Nxg7 Kxg7 30. Qc3+ Kh7 31. Qf6 Qc7 32. Bf4 $18) 29. Bf4 $16)
({and} 26... a4 27. Ne6 Qa7 28. Rxb8 Rxb8 29. Rxb8+ Qxb8 30. Nxg7 Kxg7 31. Qc3+
Kh7 32. Qf6 Qe8 33. Qxd6 a3 34. Qxa6 $18) 27. Re1 $1 {Timing is important in
the attack: threats should come with tempo whenever possible!} Qf7 (27... Be5
28. Nxg6 $40) (27... Rxe1+ $142 {was mandatory} 28. Qxe1 Qf7 29. Re3 Be5 30.
Nd3 Rxc4 31. Nxe5 dxe5 32. Rxe5 Re4 33. Rxe4 fxe4 34. Qxe4 Nb6 35. d6 $16) 28.
Re6 $1 {After this hammerblow, Black's structure falls to bits.} Rxc4 (28...
Nb6 $8 {was the stiffest defence, although after} 29. Rxg6 ({Unsatisfactory is
} 29. Qe2 Be5 $1 (29... Rxe6 30. dxe6 Qe8 31. e7 Be5 32. Ne6 $18) 30. Rxg6+
Qxg6 31. Nxg6 Bh2+ $36) 29... Nxc4 30. Qd1 Ne5 31. Rxd6 a4 32. Rxb4 cxb4 33.
Nxh5 $40 {Black can't hold out for long.}) 29. Rb7 $1 Qxb7 30. Rxe8+ Kh7 31.
Re7 Qb1+ ({Or} 31... Nc7 32. Bf6 Qb1+ 33. Kh2 Ne8 34. Ne6 $18) 32. Kh2 Rxc2 33.
Qe3 Qb2 34. Qe6 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-32"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.09.28"]
[Round "12.2"]
[White "Cramling, Pia"]
[Black "Arencibia Rodriguez, Walter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "Lempert,I"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1996.09.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sweden"]
[BlackTeam "Cuba"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SWE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CUB"]

1. d4 c5 2. d5 g6 3. e4 Bg7 4. c4 d6 5. Bd3 e6 6. h3 Ne7 $5 7. Nf3 O-O 8. Nc3
Nd7 9. O-O h6 (9... exd5 10. cxd5 h6 $5) 10. dxe6 fxe6 11. Be3 g5 $2 (11... Nc6
$5) (11... e5) 12. e5 $1 Nxe5 (12... dxe5 13. Bc2 Nf5 14. Qd3 b6 (14... Rf7 15.
Bxc5 $16) 15. Rad1 $16) 13. Nxe5 Bxe5 14. Qh5 Bg7 (14... Nf5 15. Qg6+ Bg7 (
15... Kh8 16. Bxf5 Rxf5 17. Qxh6+ Kg8 18. Ne4 $16) 16. g4 Nh4 17. Qh7+ Kf7 18.
f4 $18) (14... Kg7 15. Bxg5 $16) 15. Bxg5 Qe8 16. Qxe8 Rxe8 17. Bf4 $16 Nf5 18.
Bxf5 exf5 19. Nd5 Re4 20. Rae1 $1 b6 21. Rxe4 fxe4 22. Nc7 Rb8 23. b3 Bd7 24.
Rd1 Bd4 25. Bxh6 b5 26. cxb5 Rb7 27. Nd5 Bxb5 28. Be3 Be5 29. Bf4 Bd4 30. Bxd6
Rd7 $6 31. Rxd4 $1 cxd4 32. Nf6+ Kf7 33. Nxd7 Bxd7 34. Kf1 $18 a6 35. Bc5 d3
36. Ke1 Bc6 37. Be3 1-0

[Event "ARM-ch 72nd"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2012.01.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Grigoryan, Karen H"]
[Black "Minasian, Artashes"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2482"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "Let's Check"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2012.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 147"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. d4 Nf6 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O c5 6. d5 d6 7. Nc3 Na6 8. h3
Nc7 9. a4 b6 10. e4 Bb7 11. Nd2 Qd7 12. Re1 e6 13. dxe6 Nxe6 14. Nc4 Rad8 15.
Nd5 Rfe8 16. c3 Nxd5 17. exd5 Nc7 18. Rxe8+ Rxe8 19. Bf4 Be5 20. Bxe5 dxe5 21.
d6 Bxg2 22. Kxg2 Qc6+ 23. Kg1 Nd5 24. Qb3 Nf6 25. Qb5 Qd5 26. Re1 e4 27. b4 Rd8
28. bxc5 bxc5 29. Ne3 Qd2 30. Rd1 Qxc3 31. Qa6 Rd7 32. Nd5 $6 (32. Qc8+ Kg7 33.
Rb1 $18) 32... Nxd5 33. Qc8+ Kg7 34. Qxd7 e3 $6 (34... Ne3 35. Rb1 Qd4 $14) 35.
Qe8 $18 exf2+ 36. Kxf2 Qf6+ 37. Kg1 Qxd6 38. Qe3 c4 $2 (38... Nxe3 39. Rxd6 a5)
39. Qd4+ 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 13th"]
[Site "Plovdiv"]
[Date "2012.03.28"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Volkov, Sergey"]
[Black "Rasulov, Vugar Ural Oglu"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2623"]
[BlackElo "2526"]
[Annotator "Let's Check Training"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2012.03.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 148"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. d5 b5 4. Bg5 Ne4 5. Bf4 Bb7 6. a4 Nf6 7. e4 Nxe4 8. axb5
d6 9. Bc4 g6 10. O-O Bg7 11. Re1 Nf6 12. Qe2 O-O 13. Qxe7 Bxd5 14. Qxd8 Rxd8
15. Nbd2 h6 16. c3 Bf8 17. Bg3 Nbd7 18. Bxd5 Nxd5 19. Nc4 N7b6 20. Nfd2 f5 21.
f3 Kf7 22. Red1 g5 23. Ra6 Be7 24. Rda1 Nc8 25. Rc6 Rb8 26. Rxc5 $1 Ncb6 27.
Rc6 Ke6 28. Rxa7 Nxc4 29. Nxc4 Rxb5 (29... f4 30. Bf2 Rxb5 $18) {[%tqu "En","",
"","","g3d6","",10]} 30. Bxd6 $1 $18 Bxd6 31. Raa6 Ke7 32. Nxd6 Rxb2 33. Nxf5+
Kf8 34. Rxh6 Rb1+ 35. Kf2 Rb2+ 36. Kg3 Nf4 37. Rh8+ Kf7 38. Rh7+ Ke8 39. Re7+
1-0

[Event "Hoogeveen Essent Crown 10th"]
[Site "Hoogeveen"]
[Date "2006.10.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2813"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2006.10.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 115"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 {After his spectacular loss against Judit Polgar, Sokolov
does not seem inclined to enter the Nimzo-Indian again, although he generally
has good results against this opening. By delaying the advance of the c-pawn,
he probably wanted to avoid two other occasional weapons of Topalov, the
Benoni and the Volga-Benkц.} c5 {Indeed, Sokolov seems to have felt his
opponent's mood quite well: Topalov desperately needed to win in order to
recover after the catastrophyc start.} 3. d5 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e4 d6 6. Bb5+ {
The most ambitious move, aiming to provoke some lack of coordination in the
enemy camp.} Nfd7 ({Sokolov only had some old experience with this system,
which rises the question whether his opening choice for this game was really
that inspired.} 6... Nbd7 {0-1 Sokolov,I (2630)-Minasian,A (2565)/Ljubljana
1995/CBM 051/[Stohl] (34)}) 7. a4 Na6 {The most restrictive move order.} ({
If Black delays the transfer of the knight to c7 by castling firts, White is
just in time to regroup perfectly.} 7... O-O 8. O-O Na6 9. Re1 Nc7 10. Bf1 $1 {
In the game, the bishop will not have this square at his disposal.} a6 (10...
Nf6 $6 {loses too much time, since White has used the 2 extra-tempi to regroup
perfectly.} 11. h3 b6 12. Bf4 Bb7 13. Qd2 a6 14. Rab1 Qd7 15. b4 $16 {1-0
Lerner,K (2520)-Razuvaev,Y (2525)/Beltsy 1981/EXT 2002 (30)}) 11. Bf4 Rb8 {
[%cal Yb7b5]} 12. a5 $1 (12. e5 $6 {[%csl Gd5] is premature.} dxe5 13. Nxe5
Nxe5 14. Bxe5 Bxe5 15. Rxe5 b5 16. axb5 axb5 {The e7-pawn is not weaker than
the d5-pawn.} 17. Qd2 (17. Ra7 b4 18. Na4 Qd6 $11 19. Rxe7 $2 {0-1 Mateuta,G 
(2475)-Kovacevic,A (2485)/Bucharest 1997/EXT 2001 (73)} Qxe7 20. d6 Rd8 21.
dxc7 Qxc7 22. Rxc7 Rxd1 $19) 17... b4 18. Na4 Qd6 19. Rae1 Bd7 20. b3 Bxa4 21.
bxa4 e6 22. Qh6 Nxd5 23. Bc4 Nf6 24. Qg5 Kg7 25. Rxc5 {1/2-1/2 Polgar,Z (2545)
-Hartman,B (2400)/North Bay 1995/EXT 2002 (28)} Ng4 $1 26. g3 h6 $1 $19) {
The thematic} 12... Nb5 {fails to generate adequate queen side counterplay and
leaves White with the initiative.} (12... f6 $6 {[%csl Gg7]} 13. Nd2 b5 14.
axb6 Nxb6 15. Nb3 $16 {[%cal Yb3a5,Ya5c6]} Qe8 $2 {[%cal Yc7b5]} 16. Nxc5 $1
$18 {1-0 Iordachescu,V (2500)-Timagin,P/Bad Wiessee 1997/CBM 061 ext (39)}) (
12... b5 13. axb6 Nxb6 {[%cal Rc8g4]} 14. Ra2 {[%csl Gb2]} (14. h3 {1/2-1/2
Kononenko,T (2370)-Calzetta Ruiz,M (2278)/Varna 2002/CBM 088 ext (91)} Nb5 $5
$132) 14... Bg4 15. h3 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 $14 {[%csl Ya6,Rf1,Rf4]}) (12... Nf6 {
Again, this move just wastes time.} 13. h3 b5 14. axb6 (14. e5 $5 Nfe8 15. b4 {
1-0 Miladinovic,I (2555)-Velickovic,S (2400)/Aegina 1995/EXT 97 (60)} Bb7 $5
$132 {[%csl Yd5,Ye5]}) 14... Rxb6 15. Ra2 $14) 13. Nxb5 axb5 14. c3 b4 (14...
c4 15. Nd4 $14) (14... Ra8 15. Bxb5 Rxa5 16. Qe2 $14 {and the queen side pawns
are blocked.}) 15. e5 (15. cxb4 Bxb2 16. bxc5 Bxa1 17. Qxa1 Nxc5 18. Bh6 f6 19.
Bxf8 Kxf8 20. Nd2 b5 $11) 15... dxe5 16. Nxe5 Nxe5 17. Bxe5 Bxe5 18. Rxe5 bxc3
19. bxc3 Qd6 20. Qe2 e6 21. Rd1 $1 (21. dxe6 Bxe6 {with a reasonable position
for Black.}) 21... f6 22. Rxe6 Bxe6 23. dxe6 $44) 8. O-O Nc7 9. Re1 {A double
edged decision. White clears the f1-square for the bishop, hoping that the
exchange on b5 would leave him with a favourable queen side configuration.} ({
Curiously, Topalov had had this position only once before, but with the white
pieces.} 9. Bc4 O-O 10. Re1 a6 11. Bf4 Rb8 12. Qd3 Nb6 (12... b5 $6 13. axb5
Nb6 14. bxa6 $1 $16 {1-0 Topalov,V (2455)-Velimirovic,D (2520)/Vrnjacka Banja
1991/CBM 023/[Schussler] (26)}) 13. b3 (13. Bb3 $5 Bg4 14. Nd2 {[%csl Gg4]
[%cal Ya4a5]} Nc8 {[%cal Yb7b5]} 15. a5 Bd7 {[%cal Yc7b5]}) 13... Bg4 14. e5
Bxf3 15. Qxf3 dxe5 16. Bxe5 Bxe5 17. Rxe5 Nd7 18. Ree1 b5 $132 {1/2-1/2
Eljanov,P (2447)-Brodsky,M (2512)/Polanica Zdroj 1999/EXT 2000 (40)}) 9... Nxb5
10. axb5 O-O 11. Bf4 Nb6 {Immediately taking advantage of two positive effects
of the exchange on b5. The knight is very stable on b6 now, while the
c4-square is vulnerable.} (11... f6 $5 {As we shall see, this is a typical
move under the newly created circumstances. Black prevents the central break
e5 in radical, way, without fearing the weakness of the e6-square once the
enemy light-squared bishop has been removed. The passivity of the g7-bishop is
temporary, because ...f5 is hard to prevent on long term. The only question is
whether ...f6 should be played at such an early stage.} 12. Ra3 Nb6 13. Qa1 Qc7
14. Rxa7 Rxa7 15. Qxa7 Bg4 16. Qa2 Bxf3 17. gxf3 Kh8 ({There was no need for
this prophylactic move, since after} 17... f5 $132 {White cannot generate
threats along the a2-g8 diagonal:} 18. e5 Ra8 19. Qb3 Bxe5 20. Bxe5 c4 $1) 18.
Ne2 Ra8 19. Qb3 Qd7 20. Bd2 c4 21. Qe3 Qxb5 22. Nd4 $14 {1-0 Laketic,G (2425)
-Velimirovic,D (2515)/Niksic 1997/CBM 059 ext (49)}) 12. e5 {After installing
the knight on b6, Black is ready to play ...f6, which justifies Sokolov's
resolute actionin the centre.} (12. h3 f6 13. Qd3 Qc7 14. Ra3 Bd7 15. Rea1 f5
$1 {[%csl Yd5][%cal Rg7b2]} 16. Ng5 h6 17. Ne6 Bxe6 18. dxe6 g5 19. Bd2 fxe4
20. Qxe4 d5 $1 21. Qe2 (21. Nxd5 $2 Nxd5 22. Qxd5 Rad8 {[%csl Gd2]}) 21... Rf5
22. Rxa7 Raf8 $44 {[%csl Gf2] 0-1 Rajkovic,D (2460)-Velimirovic,D (2525)/
Svetozarevo 1990/EXT 97 (40)}) 12... Bf5 13. h3 {White's advantage of space in
the centre is quite impressive, at least optically speaking. However, it is
not easy to make any concrete progress. Black has a flexible position and a
stable placement of the pieces. Besides, the d5-pawn could become weak in the
long run.} h6 {[%cal Yg6g5,Yf7f6] The start of an ambitious plan. Black will
place his kingside pawns on dark squares, in order to enable higher mobility
to his light-squared bishop and restrict the enemy bishop at the same time.}
14. Qe2 g5 15. Bg3 Qd7 $13 16. h4 $6 {White weakens the g4-square in order to
provoke a move that formed part of Black's plan anyway.} f6 17. e6 Qe8 {
White has won even more space, but his minor pieces are strongly restricted by
the enemy chain of pawns.} 18. Nh2 Bg6 19. f4 Bh5 20. Qd3 gxf4 21. Bxf4 Qg6 $15
{Black's position is easier to play.} 22. Nf1 f5 23. Kh2 Qg4 24. Qg3 Qxg3+ 25.
Nxg3 Be8 26. Nge2 Kh7 27. Bg3 Nc4 28. b3 Ne3 29. Rac1 Rg8 30. Nd1 Nxd5 31. c4
Nb4 32. Ne3 a6 33. bxa6 Rxa6 34. Nxf5 Bf6 35. Nf4 Ra2 36. Nd5 Nxd5 37. cxd5 Bh5
38. Rf1 Rd2 39. Ne3 Bd4 40. Nc4 Rd3 41. Bf4 Rxb3 42. Nd2 Rb2 43. Rb1 Bg6 44.
Rxb2 Bxb2 45. Rf3 Rf8 46. Nc4 Be4 47. Bxd6 Bxf3 0-1

[Event "Manresa op"]
[Site "Manresa"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Marin, Mihail"]
[Black "Efimov, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. g3 $5 (2. c4 Nf6 3. g3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6) 2... c5
3. Nf3 Qa5+ 4. c3 cxd4 5. Qxd4 (5. Nxd4 Qd5 $2 6. f3 e5 7. e4 Qd6 8. Nb5) 5...
Nc6 6. Qd3 d5 7. Bg2 Nf6 8. O-O Be7 (8... e5 9. Nfd2 Be6 10. Nb3 Qc7 11. Bg5)
9. b4 $5 Qa4 (9... Qc7 10. b5 Na5 11. Bf4 Qd8 12. Nbd2) 10. a3 O-O 11. Bb2 b6
$2 (11... e5 12. Qd1 Qxd1 13. Rxd1 e4 14. Nfd2 Ne5 15. c4 Nxc4 16. Nxc4 dxc4
17. Nd2 Be6 18. Nxe4 Nxe4 19. Bxe4 Rac8 20. Bc3 (20. Bxb7 Rc7 21. Be4 c3 22.
Bc1 c2) 20... b5 21. a4 a6 22. axb5 axb5 23. Ra5 $36) 12. c4 $1 dxc4 (12... Ba6
13. Nc3 Qb3 14. Nxd5 $1 Qxb2 15. Nxe7+ Nxe7 16. Rfb1 Bxc4 17. Qxc4 Rac8 18. Qa6
Qc3 19. Qxa7 $14) 13. Qxc4 Ba6 14. Qc1 Nd8 (14... Bxe2 15. Nc3 Qa6 16. Nxe2
Qxe2 17. Re1 Qb5 18. a4 Qxb4 19. Ba3 Qb3 20. Re3 Qd5 21. Ne5 $18) (14... Nd5
15. e4 Bxf1 16. Bxf1 Nf6 17. Nc3 Qb3 18. Nd2) 15. Nc3 Qe8 16. b5 Bb7 (16...
Bxb5 17. Nxb5 Qxb5 18. Nd4 $18) 17. Rd1 Rc8 18. Qf4 a6 $6 (18... Nd7 $5) 19. a4
a5 20. Ne5 Bxg2 21. Kxg2 Bb4 22. Qf3 Qe7 23. Rac1 {/\ Nd5} Qb7 24. Ne4 $1 (24.
Qxb7 $2 Nxb7 25. Nc6 Nc5 $1 {xa4}) 24... Nd5 (24... Rxc1 25. Nxf6+ gxf6 26. Nc6
Rc5 (26... Rxd1 27. Qg4+ Kh8 28. Bxf6#) 27. Qxf6 e5 28. Rxd8 Rxd8 29. Qxd8+ Kg7
30. Qg5+ Kf8 31. Bxe5 Rxc6 32. Qd8#) (24... Nxe4 25. Rxc8 Qxc8 26. Qxe4 {
/\ Nd7+-}) 25. Rxd5 $1 exd5 (25... Rxc1 26. Rxd8 Rxd8 27. Nf6+ gxf6 28. Qxb7)
26. Nf6+ gxf6 (26... Kh8 27. Rxc8 Qxc8 28. Qh5 h6 29. Qxf7) 27. Qg4+ Kh8 28.
Rxc8 Ne6 (28... fxe5 29. Bxe5+ f6 30. Rc7) 29. Nc6 d4 30. Rxf8+ Bxf8 31. Bxd4
Bg7 32. Qf3 Ng5 33. Qd5 Ne6 34. Bc3 Qc8 35. Qf5 Qd7 36. Bxf6 Kg8 37. Bxg7 Kxg7
38. Qg4+ Kf8 39. Qe4 f6 40. h4 Nc5 41. Qf4 Kg7 42. Kh2 h5 43. e4 Qg4 44. Qc7+
Qd7 45. Qxb6 Nxe4 46. Qa7 Qxa7 47. Nxa7 Nc5 48. b6 Kf7 49. Nc6 Nb7 50. g4 hxg4
51. Kg3 f5 52. Kf4 Kf6 53. Nd4 1-0

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "2011.05.08"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2011.05.05"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 c5 2. d5 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. e4 d6 5. Bb5+ Nbd7 ({Another famous "must win
with Black" game went slightly differently:} 5... Bd7 6. a4 Bg7 7. Nf3 O-O 8.
O-O Na6 9. Re1 Nb4 10. h3 e6 11. Bf4 e5 12. Bg5 Bc8 13. Nd2 h6 14. Bh4 g5 {
We see here a similar picture as in the game from Kazan: left without
constructive dieas, Black embarks on a pseudo attack based on ...g5, which
will leave his kingside desperately weak.} 15. Bg3 g4 16. hxg4 Nxg4 17. f3 Nf6
18. Bh4 Kh8 19. Ne2 Rg8 20. c3 Na6 21. Ng3 Qf8 22. Ndf1 Nh7 23. Ne3 {White had
a crushing advantage in Kasparov,G (2690)-Beliavsky,A (2570)/Moscow 1983/
Candidates/[Kasparov] (1-0, 32). The then future World Champion did not agree
to a draw as easily as Gelfand, but it must be said that he was leading in the
match by a larger margin, which offered him a safety net.}) 6. a4 Bg7 7. Nf3 a6
8. Bc4 h6 $6 $146 {A dubious experiment, but othrwise it is difficult to
undertake anything active.} 9. O-O g5 10. Be2 Qc7 11. a5 Nf8 12. Nd2 Ng6 13.
Nc4 Bd7 14. Nb6 Rd8 15. Be3 e5 {We have reached the same structure as in
Kasparov-Beliavsky.} 16. Nxd7 Qxd7 17. f3 Ke7 18. Na4 h5 {A desperate (and
unsuccessful) attempt to change the course of the game and of the match.} 19.
Nb6 Qc7 20. Bxg5 Bh6 21. Bxf6+ Kxf6 22. g3 Rdg8 23. Kh1 Ke7 24. Ra3 Rg7 {
And, realising that he simply is a pawn down in a worse position, Black
offered a draw.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "ROM-chT"]
[Site "Brasov"]
[Date "2011.10.10"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Danilov, Ilie Vladimir"]
[Black "Marin, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2441"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "164"]
[EventDate "2011.10.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Iasi Politehnica"]
[BlackTeam "Bucharest Apa Nova"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ROU"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ROU"]

1. d4 e6 {Over the last year, I have been toying with this move order against
players who do not have 1.e4 in their repertoire.} 2. e4 $5 {A small surprise.
Danilov does not play 1.e4, but has nothing against the French. Fearing that
he would adopt the exchange variation, I decided to chose a more interesting
opening variation.} c5 3. d5 ({Of course, transposing to a Sicilian with} 3.
Nf3 {would have been too much for him. Although at this moment I have no
special preparation on it, I have about two decades of practice with the
Sicilian.}) 3... exd5 4. exd5 d6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Nf3 Be7 {I am not entirely sure
about the name of this opening. It bears some similarity with the Schmidt
Benoni, but its greatest specialist throughout history used to be the
legendary Bent Larsen.} 7. Bb5+ {Aiming to spoil Black's coordination, at the
cost of exposing the bishop slightly.} ({The main alternative is} 7. Be2) 7...
Bd7 {(!?) Whenever I get an opening surprise, I try to apply the following
process:  1) remember what I have analysed or seen  2) decide whether what I
remember makes sense.} ({I was almost certain that Larsen used to play} 7...
Nbd7 {, but over the board I could not understand how I could complete my
development. I decided to play the move I understood best in that moment,
rather than following the specialist's patterns without knowing what to do a
few moves later. After finishing my game and checking Larsen's old ones, my
conclusion is that both moves have their merits. Anyway, here is how the great
Dane used to regroup:} 8. a4 O-O 9. O-O a6 (9... Re8 10. Re1 a6 11. Bf1 {
transposes to a game in which Larsen's opponent delayed Nb1-c3:} b6 12. b3 Nf8
$1 {This knight manoeuvre is precisely what I could not remember/find over the
board when discarding 7...Nbd7.} 13. Bb2 Bb7 14. Bc4 Ng6 {Black has solved his
space problems by regrouping harmoniously. In a normal benoni, the bishop has
little to do on b7, but here the d5-pawn is not sufficiently well defended.}
15. Ne4 Nxe4 16. Rxe4 Bf8 17. Rxe8 Qxe8 18. Qd3 b5 $1 {Whenever Black manages
to make this work, he gets at least equal play.} 19. axb5 axb5 20. Bxb5 Rxa1+
21. Bxa1 Qa8 22. Bc3 Bxd5 $11 {Gligoric,S-Larsen,B/Buesum 1969/EXT 98 (1/2, 41)
}) 10. Be2 b6 11. Re1 Re8 12. Bf4 Nf8 {The same regrouping as in the previous
game.} 13. h3 Ng6 14. Bh2 Bf8 15. Bd3 Rxe1+ 16. Qxe1 Bb7 17. Qd2 Qd7 18. Bc4
Qf5 19. Re1 Re8 20. Rxe8 Nxe8 21. Qe2 Nc7 22. Qe4 Qf6 23. h4 Bc8 24. Bd3 h5 25.
Nd1 b5 $1 $132 {O'Kelly de Galway,A-Larsen,B/Palma de Mallorca 1967/EXT 98 
(0-1, 49)}) 8. O-O $6 (8. a4 {is almost automatically played.} O-O 9. O-O Na6
10. Re1 Nb4 {This looks active, but in the long run the knight may prove
unstable.} (10... Nc7 {would transpose to the main game.}) 11. Bg5 $1 {
Connected with a concrete plan.} (11. Bf4 {fails to put pressure on Black.
Unlike in the normal Benoni, the d6-pawn is safely defended.} Re8 12. h3 a6 13.
Bf1 Bf5 14. Rc1 Qd7 15. Qd2 h6 16. g4 Bh7 17. Bg2 Bf8 18. Bg3 b5 $36 {Wells,P 
(2495)-Rogers,I (2564)/Birmingham 2006/EXT 2007 (1/2, 47)}) 11... h6 12. Bxf6
Bxf6 13. Ne4 Bf5 (13... Bxb2 14. Rb1 Bxb5 15. axb5 f5 16. Ng3 Bc3 17. Re6 $36)
14. c3 $14 {Granda Zuniga,J (2615)-Szmetan,J (2400)/Buenos Aires 1992/TD (1-0,
38). It appears that the knight "activation" only led to losses of time.}) 8...
O-O $6 ({Black had no reasons to refrain from} 8... Bxb5 9. Nxb5 a6 10. Nc3 b5
{I feared that the weakness of the c4-square would tell after} 11. a4 b4 12.
Ne2 O-O 13. Bg5 {However, with the e2-knight far from any active square, Black
gets good counterplay:} Nbd7 14. Qd3 (14. a5 Ne4) 14... Nb6 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16.
a5 Nd7 17. c3 Re8 $132) 9. Re1 Re8 (9... Na6 10. Qe2 $5 (10. Bxa6 bxa6 11. Qe2
Qb6) 10... Bxb5 11. Qxb5 $36) 10. a4 Na6 11. Bg5 Nc7 {I found preparing ...b5
more effective than displaying activity by moving to b4.} 12. Bxd7 {This helps
Black complete his development.} (12. Rxe7 {does not seem to offer sufficient
chances for an attack:} Rxe7 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Bxd7 Qxd7 15. Nh4 Rae8 $17) (12.
Bc4 {is an important alternative.} b6 (12... a6 {is premature:} 13. a5 $1 h6
14. Bh4 Nb5 15. Na4 $5 $14 g5 16. Bg3 Qxa5 17. Nxc5 Qb4 18. Nxd7 Nxd7 19. Bxb5
Qxb5 20. Ra3 $14) 13. Qd3 a6 14. h3 h6 15. Bh4 Nh5 (15... Qc8 16. Rxe7 Rxe7 17.
Bxf6 gxf6 18. Ne4 $40) (15... b5 $6 16. axb5 axb5 17. Rxa8 Qxa8 18. Nxb5 Nxb5
19. Bxb5 Bxb5 20. Qxb5 Nxd5 21. Bxe7 Rxe7 22. Rxe7 Nxe7 23. Qd7 $16 {It is
interesting to note that if White answers 12...a6 with the careless 13.Qd3,
the similar line without the tempo h2-h3 would work out well for Black,
because of White's back rank problems.}) 16. Rxe7 Rxe7 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. Re1
Qf8 $11) 12... Qxd7 13. Qd3 b6 {Calmly preparing my queenside plan.} (13... h6
14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Ne4 Be7 (15... Bxb2 16. Rab1 f5 17. Ned2 Rxe1+ 18. Nxe1 Bf6
19. Rxb7 $14 {From this line, we can understand the usefulness of having
played ...b6.}) 16. c3 b6 17. b4 Bf8 18. h3 cxb4 19. cxb4 Qf5 20. Rad1 $14 {
Franco Ocampos,Z (2425)-Szmetan,J (2405)/Buenos Aires 1988/EXT 97 (1-0, 34)})
14. Re2 $146 (14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Ne4 Bxb2 16. Rab1 f5 $1) (14. h3 a6 15. Ra2 {
Haygarth,M-Horton,M/Bristol 1968/EXT 99 (1-0, 22)} b5 $11) ({During the game,
I considered that the critical continuation is} 14. Rab1 {, preparing b2-b4. I
had decided to answer with} Rac8 {although I did not see all the tactical
nuances:} 15. h3 ({I intended to meet} 15. b4 $2 {with 15...c4, but there is
something even better:} cxb4 16. Rxb4 Nfxd5 $1 17. Nxd5 Bxg5 $17 {In this line,
it is of essential importance that the b6-square has not been weakened with ...
a6. The text move prepares this operation without fearing back rank problems.})
15... h6 16. Bh4 a6 17. b4 c4 $1 {having an extra tempo, Black can safely play
this already.} 18. Qd2 (18. Qxc4 $2 Ncxd5 $19) 18... b5 19. a5 {Preventing the
c7-knight's activation with ...N(x)b5 and hoping to transfer his own knight to
c6.} Bd8 20. Rxe8+ Nfxe8 21. Bxd8 Rxd8 22. Nd4 Nf6 23. Nc6 Re8 $132 {It is far
from clear whether the c6-knight is strong or vulnerable.}) 14... h6 $11 15.
Bh4 {(?)} a6 {(?!)} ({We both missed an incredible tactical blow:} 15... Ncxd5
{(!!)} 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. Qxd5 Bxh4 18. Rxe8+ Rxe8 19. Nxh4 Qxa4 $3 $17 {
Huh, one has to sense what is happening over the whole board in order to see
this coming.}) 16. Rae1 b5 $132 {Not that Black can complain in any way.} 17.
axb5 axb5 18. b3 (18. Bxf6 c4 $5 19. Qd2 (19. Rxe7 Rxe7 20. Rxe7 cxd3 21. Rxd7
Ra1+) 19... Bxf6 20. Ne4 Bxb2 21. c3 Ba3 $17) 18... b4 19. Bxf6 (19. Na4 Ncxd5
({During the game, I thought that the least I could do would be} 19... Rab8 $11
{, restricting the knight.}) 20. Bxf6 Nf4 $1 {I had not seen this.} (20... Nxf6
$2 21. Nb6 $18) 21. Rxe7 Nxd3 22. Rxd7 Nxe1 23. Bb2 Nxc2 24. Rxd6 c4 $17) 19...
Bxf6 20. Ne4 (20. Na4 Rxe2 21. Rxe2 Qb5 22. Qxb5 Nxb5 $15) 20... Be7 {Black's
regrouping is harmonious and White has to permanently worry about his d5-pawn.}
21. h3 (21. h4 {[%csl Gg4]} Bf8 22. h5 Qg4 23. Ng3 Rxe2 24. Rxe2 Ne8 $15) 21...
Bf8 {Black threatens to increase his pressure with ...Re7 and ...Rae8,
eventually followed by ...f5. White's plans are less clear, he seems to have
reached a maximum of activity, without any possibility of tactical explosion.}
22. g4 $5 (22. Nh4 Re5 23. Nxc5 Qd8 24. Rxe5 dxe5 25. d6 Qxh4 26. dxc7 Bxc5 {
During the game I thought that this would be winning, but White has not
exhausted his bullets yet.} 27. Qf5 $1 Qxf2+ 28. Qxf2 Bxf2+ 29. Kxf2 Rc8 30.
Rxe5 Rxc7 31. Re4 Rxc2+ 32. Kf1 $11) (22. Nfd2 Nb5 23. Nc4 Nd4 $132) 22... f5
23. gxf5 Qxf5 24. Nxc5 $1 Qxh3 $1 (24... Qxd3 25. Nxd3 Rxe2 26. Rxe2 Nxd5 27.
Nd4 $13) 25. Rxe8 (25. Ne6 $5) 25... Qg4+ 26. Kh1 (26. Kf1 Nxe8 27. Ne6 Qh3+
28. Kg1 Nf6 $15) 26... Qh5+ 27. Nh2 $6 (27. Kg2 Rxe8 28. Rxe8 Qxe8 $15) 27...
Rxe8 28. Rxe8 Qxe8 29. Ne4 Qf7 30. c4 bxc3 31. Nxc3 $1 Qxf2 32. b4 {Imprecise
play in time trouble has left White a clear pawn down. However, the dangerous
b-pawn ensures him chances to survive.} Na8 33. b5 Nb6 34. Nf3 Qc5 (34... Qg3
35. Qe3 (35. Ne4 Qf4) 35... g5 36. Qe6+ Kg7 37. Qf5 g4 $17) 35. Nd2 Be7 36. Qh3
Qf2 37. Nde4 Qf8 $6 (37... Qf7) 38. Kg2 Qf7 39. Qd3 Qf4 40. Qd4 Bd8 41. Ne2 Qf7
(41... Qe5 $15) 42. N2g3 Qxd5 {This leads to a draw.} ({I should have tried} 
42... Bc7 {, without fearing} 43. Nxd6 ({Actually, I was not sure how to
proceed after the calm} 43. Nc3 $5) 43... Bxd6 44. Qxb6 Qxd5+ 45. Kh3 Qd3 46.
Qd8+ Kh7 47. Qh4 Qxb5 (47... Bxg3 48. Qxg3 Qxb5 $15 {is supposed to be drawn,
according to John Nunn's latest discoveries.}) 48. Qe4+ g6 $17) 43. Qxd5+ Nxd5
44. Nxd6 Bc7 45. Nc4 g6 46. Kf3 Kf7 47. Ne4 h5 48. Ne3 Nb6 49. Ng2 Nc4 50. Nf4
Bd8 51. Kg3 Ne5 52. Kh3 Ba5 53. Ng3 Nf3 54. Ngxh5 gxh5 55. Nxh5 Nd4 56. Kg4
Nxb5 57. Ng3 Bc7 58. Ne4 Nd4 59. Ng5+ Kf6 60. Ne4+ Ke5 61. Ng5 Nc2 62. Nf3+ Kf6
63. Nd2 Ba5 64. Ne4+ Ke5 65. Ng5 Ne3+ 66. Kf3 Nf5 67. Kg4 Nh6+ 68. Kf3 Bd8 69.
Ne4 Nf5 70. Ng3 Nd4+ 71. Kg4 Ba5 72. Nh5 Bd2 73. Ng3 Be1 74. Nf1 Nf5 75. Kf3
Ba5 76. Ng3 Nd4+ 77. Kg4 Be1 78. Nf1 Nf5 79. Kf3 Kd4 80. Kf4 Ne7 81. Ng3 Nd5+
82. Kf3 Bxg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Metz op 31th"]
[Site "Metz"]
[Date "2013.04.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Degraeve, Jean Marc"]
[Black "Shchekachev, Andrei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2567"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "Metz Alekhine/Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2013.04.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400:1800+30"]
[WhiteClock "1:30:00"]
[BlackClock "1:30:00"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. f4 Nf6 5. Nf3 c5 6. d5 {Transpose vers une
position de Benoni mais avec un Nc3 au lieu de la poussée c4} (6. Bb5+ {
La ligne critique} Bd7 7. e5 Ng4 8. e6 (8. Bxd7+)) 6... O-O 7. Bd3 b5 $5 (7...
e6 {La grande ligne} 8. O-O exd5 (8... Na6)) (7... Qb6 $5 {[%cal Gc5c4,Gb6g1]}
8. Nd2 (8. a4 a5) 8... Bg4 {Acs,P (2606)-Ivanchuk,V (2710) EU-Cup 19th
Rethymnon 2003 (2.1) 1/2-1/2} (8... Bd7 9. Nc4)) (7... Na6 8. O-O Bg4 9. Bc4
Nd7 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Nc7 12. a4 Rb8 13. Bd2 a6 14. a5 b5 15. axb6 Nxb6 16.
Be2 Nb5 17. Rxa6 Nd4 18. Qd3 c4 19. Qg3 Nxc2 20. f5 Nd7 21. Bc1 Ne5 22. Qh4 Nb4
23. Ra3 Nbd3 24. Bg5 Re8 25. fxg6 hxg6 26. Bh6 Rxb2 27. Kh1 Qb6 28. Na4 Qb4 29.
Nxb2 Qxa3 30. Nd1 Qa2 {0-1 (30) Robson,R (2628)-Dominguez Perez,L (2757) St
Louis 2014}) 8. Nxb5 c4 9. Bxc4 Nxe4 10. Qe2 a6 11. Qxe4 $146 (11. Nbd4 $142 {
[%csl Gc6]} Qa5+ 12. c3 Nf6 13. O-O (13. f5) 13... Bb7 14. Qxe7) (11. Nbd4 Nf6
12. O-O Bb7 13. Kh1 Bxd5 14. Bxd5 Nxd5 15. Ne6 Qd7 16. Nxf8 Kxf8 17. c4 Nf6 18.
Bd2 Nc6 19. Bc3 Qa7 20. Rae1 Nd7 21. Qd2 Rc8 22. b3 a5 {1-0 (22) Dieu,B (2266)
-Entem,A (2135) France 2009}) 11... axb5 12. Bb3 Na6 $11 {[%cal Ga6c5]} 13. O-O
Bb7 (13... Nc5) 14. Rd1 Nc5 {Les Noirs ont un trés bon jeu} 15. Qb4 Qd7 16.
Nd4 Rfc8 17. Be3 (17. Nxb5 Na6 $44 {[%csl Rb4]}) 17... Nxb3 18. Qxb3 Rc5 19.
Nc6 Rxc6 $1 20. dxc6 Qxc6 $44 21. Rd2 Ra4 22. Re1 Re4 23. c3 Bh6 24. Qd1 Kf8
25. Rde2 e5 $6 {[%csl Rd5,Rd6]} (25... Bxf4 26. Bxf4 Rxf4 {[%csl Rg1]} 27. Qd2
e5 $36) 26. Bc1 Rxe2 27. Rxe2 Bg7 28. fxe5 (28. Qf1 $5 {[%cal Gf1g2,Gf1f8]})
28... Bxe5 29. Bh6+ Kg8 30. Qd2 $1 {[%cal Ge2e5,Gd2d8]} f6 31. Be3 Qc4 32. Bd4
Bf4 $2 (32... Bd5 33. b3 Qc6) 33. Re8+ $2 $138 (33. b3 $18) 33... Kf7 34. Qe1 (
34. Qe2 $142 $1 Qxe2 35. Rxe2) 34... Be5 35. Bxe5 Kxe8 36. Bxf6+ Qe4 37. Qxe4+
Bxe4 {[%csl Ge4,Gf6]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 0203"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2002.10.19"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Breder, Dennis"]
[Black "Hracek, Zbynek"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2607"]
[Annotator "Meyer,CD"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2002.10.19"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 091"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Godesberg"]
[BlackTeam "Werder Bremen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 Bg7 {Die schдrfste Fortsetzung im "Frьhen Fianchetto",
worauf 4.Nc3 cxd4! 5.Nxd4 Nc6 zu den Hauptvarianten des "Beschleunigten
Drachen" und 4.d5 - wie im Text - zur Benoni-Verteidigung ьbergeht.} 4. d5 ({
John Nunn empfiehlt die Verwicklungen nach} 4. dxc5 $1 {, z.B. (auszugsweise
gem. "NCO")} Qa5+ 5. Nc3 Bxc3+ (5... Qxc5 6. Nd5 $1 $16) (5... Nf6 6. e5 $1 Ne4
7. Qd4 Nxc3 8. Bd2 Nb5 9. Qh4 $1 Qc7 10. Bxb5 Bxe5 11. O-O-O $18) 6. bxc3 Qxc3+
7. Bd2 Qxc5 8. Bd3 $44) 4... Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O Na6 8. Bg5 $5 (8.
Bf4 {, 8.Re1, 8.h3, 8.a4}) 8... h6 9. Bf4 Nc7 10. a4 g5 $5 (10... b6 11. h3 Bb7
12. Bc4 a6 13. Re1 Kh7 14. Bh2 $14 {, V. Ikonnikov - R. Gasimov, Berliner
Sommer op 1997, remis/66}) 11. Bg3 Nh5 12. Nd2 Nxg3 13. hxg3 e6 14. Nc4 Bxc3
15. bxc3 exd5 16. exd5 f5 17. Qd2 Qf6 18. f4 g4 19. Rfb1 b6 20. Na3 Bd7 21. Nb5
Ne8 22. c4 h5 23. Kf2 Kg7 24. Rh1 Kg6 25. Nc3 Nc7 26. Nb5 Ne8 27. Rab1 Rh8 28.
Rh4 Rh7 29. Rb3 a6 30. Nc3 Qd4+ 31. Qxd4 cxd4 32. Na2 Bxa4 33. Rxb6 Bxc2 34.
Nb4 Be4 35. Rh1 a5 36. Nc6 $13 {/=} d3 (36... a4) 37. Bxd3 Nf6 38. Be2 Re8 (
38... a4) 39. Rc1 $2 $138 (39. Ra1 $142) 39... Bxg2 40. Re1 $2 $138 (40. Nd4
Be4 (40... Re4 $2 41. Ne6) 41. Rxd6 h4 42. gxh4 Rxh4 43. Re6 Rxe6 44. Nxe6 Rh3
$17) 40... Bh3 $4 $138 ({Kurz vor der ersten Zeitkontrolle ein grober Bock,
wдhrend} 40... Be4 $19 {den Vorteil verdichtet hдtte, z.B.} 41. Nd4 h4 42. gxh4
Rxh4 43. Rxd6 Rh2+ 44. Ke3 (44. Kf1 g3) 44... Bxd5+ 45. Kd3 Be4+ {usw.}) 41.
Bd3 Rxe1 {[Mit einem Remisangebot Hraceks, das Breder nach etwa 50minьtigem 
(!!??) Nachdenken ablehnte, um dann gleich wieder in Zeitnot zu geraten ...]}
42. Kxe1 h4 {(siehe nдchstes Dia) [#]} 43. Ne5+ $3 ({Glдnzend, zumal sich die
Alternative} 43. Nd4 $2 {als unergiebig entpuppt:} Re7+ 44. Kd2 $13 {/=, z.B.}
hxg3 (44... Ne4+ 45. Bxe4 Rxe4 46. Rxd6+ Kf7 47. Nxf5 hxg3 48. Nxg3 Rxc4 49.
Nh5 {ist Zugumstellung}) 45. Nxf5 Ne4+ 46. Bxe4 Rxe4 47. Nxg3 Rxc4 48. Rxd6+
Kf7 49. Nh5) 43... dxe5 (43... Kg7 44. Bxf5 $1 (44. Rxd6 $2 hxg3) 44... dxe5
45. fxe5 Rh6 46. gxh4 Nxd5 47. Rxh6 Kxh6 48. cxd5 $18) 44. fxe5 hxg3 45. Rxf6+
Kg5 46. Rxf5+ Kh4 {[#]} 47. Rf8 $4 $138 ({Ein vцllig unnцtiger und vitaler
Tempoverlust!} 47. e6 {(oder 47. d6, siehe nachstehend) wдre die Krцnung
gewesen:} g2 (47... a4 48. Rf7 g2 (48... Rh5 49. Rh7 $18) 49. Kf2 Rh8 (49...
Rh5 50. Rh7 $18) 50. e7 Rb8 51. Kg1 $8 (51. d6 $4 Rb2+ 52. Kg1 Rd2 $19) 51...
a3 52. Rf2 g3 53. Ra2 $18) 48. Kf2 g3+ 49. Kg1 Bxf5 50. Bxf5 Rh8 51. e7 a4 52.
d6 a3 53. Bb1 $18) (47. d6 g2 48. Kf2 g3+ 49. Kg1 Bxf5 50. Bxf5 Rh8 51. e6 (51.
d7 Kg5 (51... a4 52. c5 a3 53. Be6 $18) 52. Bh3 a4 53. c5 a3 54. Be6 $18) 51...
Kg5 (51... a4 52. e7 $18 {wie gehabt}) 52. e7 Kf6 53. Bd7 Kf7 (53... Ke5 54. c5
) 54. c5 $18) 47... Rb7 (47... g2 48. Kf2 Rb7 49. Kg1 Rb3 50. Be4 a4 (50... Kg3
$2 51. Rf2) 51. Bxg2 $8 $17 {!?}) 48. Rh8+ $2 ({Nach} 48. Be4 $142 $5 {/\} g2
49. Bxg2 Bxg2 50. e6 g3 51. Kd2 $17 {ist wieder nichts Klares in Sicht.}) 48...
Kg5 $19 49. d6 (49. Be4 Kf4) 49... g2 50. Kf2 Rb2+ 51. Kg1 Rd2 52. Rg8+ Kh4 53.
Kh2 {[#]} g3+ 54. Rxg3 g1=Q+ {+} 55. Kxg1 0-1

[Event "Khanty-Mansiysk FIDE GP"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2015.05.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[Annotator "Mikhalchishin,A"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2015.05.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 167"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 2. g3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} c5 {
[%emt 0:00:27]} 3. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 4. d4 {[%emt 0:00:
03]} ({Black aimed for a KID reversed.} 4. O-O e5) 4... cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:07]}
5. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 6. Nb3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} (6. Nxc6
dxc6 {promises absolutely nothing.}) 6... d5 {[%emt 0:00:59]} 7. Bg5 {[%emt 0:
00:11]} Be6 {[%emt 0:02:40]} 8. O-O {[%emt 0:01:18]} ({In this Grьnfeld
Defence Reversed another logical option seems to be a direct attack on the
centre:} 8. Nc3 d4 9. Ne4 Be7 10. Nxf6+ gxf6 11. Bh6 Rg8 (11... Qb6 $5) 12. O-O
a5 13. Qd3 a4 14. Qb5 Bd7 15. Qxb7 Rc8 {Gutman,L (2395)-Alburt,L (2505)/Beltsy
1977, with great compensation for the pawn.}) 8... Be7 {[%emt 0:02:48]} 9. Bxf6
$6 {[%emt 0:07:03] I don't like this exchange categorically - other options
are much more logical:} (9. e3 Ne4 $5 (9... e4 10. Nc3 O-O 11. f3 exf3 12. Qxf3
Rc8) 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. N1d2 f5 12. f3 Nxd2 (12... Nd6) 13. Qxd2 h5 (13... O-O
14. f4 e4 15. Rfd1 $14) 14. f4 h4 15. Na5 Qd7 $6 (15... e4) 16. Nxc6 bxc6 17.
Qc3 e4 18. Rf2 Kf7 19. Rd1 c5 $2 (19... hxg3 20. hxg3 Rab8 $15) 20. g4 {
Lazic,M (2466)-Novikov,S (2554)/Monastir 2014 (21), and White is able to
attack the opponent's pawn centre.}) (9. Nc3 d4 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Ne4 Qb6 12.
c3 f5 13. Ned2 dxc3 14. bxc3 O-O-O 15. Qc2 h5 16. Bh3 e4 17. Nd4 Nxd4 18. cxd4+
Kb8 {Kosic,D (2538)-Erdogdu,M (2489)/Novi Sad 2009/EXT 2010 (46), with a great
position.}) 9... Bxf6 {[%emt 0:06:00]} 10. c4 $5 {[%emt 0:00:12]} ({In few
known games White tried to exchange the bishop, but without real results:} 10.
Nc5 e4 (10... Qb6 11. Nxe6 fxe6 12. c4 Qxb2 13. Nd2 O-O-O 14. cxd5 exd5 15. Rb1
Qxa2 16. Nb3 e4 17. Nc5 b6 {Sarosi,Z (2305)-Afek,Y (2510)/Kecskemet 1991, the
position is very sharp.}) 11. Nxe6 (11. Nd2 Qb6 12. Nxe6 fxe6 13. c4 Rd8 14. e3
O-O 15. cxd5 exd5 16. Rb1 Ne5 {Berezhnoy,V-Gershman,S/Kiev 1964, with a solid
central position,.}) 11... fxe6 12. c3 O-O 13. Na3 Be7 14. Nc2 Qb6 15. Rb1 Bc5
16. e3 Ne5 17. Qe2 Rf6 18. c4 Raf8 19. b4 Be7 20. cxd5 exd5 21. Nd4 Qd6 {
Vakhidov,T (2546)-Mallahi,A (2317)/Shenyang 1999, White is the only one who
can have future problems with the f-file.}) 10... dxc4 {[%emt 0:21:58]} ({
Possible, but not so effective was} 10... d4 11. Nc5 Bc8 12. b4 O-O 13. a3 Qc7
14. Nd2 Bg4) 11. Nc5 {[%emt 0:01:56]} e4 $1 {[%emt 0:00:06]} ({White would
have a slight structural advantage after} 11... Qe7 12. Nxe6 Qxe6 13. Bd5 Qe7
14. Bxc6+ bxc6 15. Nd2 Rd8 16. Qc2 O-O 17. Nxc4) 12. Nd2 {[%emt 0:15:41]} ({
Another try to fight for an opening advantage was} 12. Nc3 O-O 13. Nxe6 fxe6
14. Bxe4 Qb6 15. Rb1 Rad8 16. Qa4 Ne5 17. Qc2) 12... Bxb2 {[%emt 0:15:42]} 13.
Nxe6 {[%emt 0:00:22]} ({A different move order led to the same position:} 13.
Rb1 c3 14. Nxe6 fxe6 15. Bxe4) 13... fxe6 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 14. Rb1 {[%emt 0:00:
02]} c3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 15. Bxe4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Qxd2 {[%emt 0:26:59]} 16.
Qxd2 {[%emt 0:03:13]} cxd2 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 17. Rxb2 {[%emt 0:00:04]} O-O-O {
[%emt 0:00:07]} 18. Rd1 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Rd4 {[%emt 0:01:19]} 19. f3 {[%emt 0:
00:31]} ({The very slight advantage in the rook endgame was very difficult to
convert into a win:} 19. Bxc6 bxc6 20. e3 Rd7 21. Rdxd2 Rxd2 22. Rxd2 Kc7 23.
Rd4 Rb8) 19... Rhd8 {[%emt 0:16:40]} ({White would have kept a slight endgame
advantage after} 19... g6 20. Rdxd2 Rxd2 21. Rxd2 Rd8 22. Rc2 Kc7 23. Kf2 Rd4
24. h4) 20. Bxh7 $6 {[%emt 0:04:14]} ({Much more precise was} 20. Rc2 Kc7 21.
Bxh7) 20... Ne5 $1 {[%emt 0:00:09] Now the knight is free and this allows
Black to hold easily.} 21. h4 {[%emt 0:15:27]} ({White still could do better} 
21. Bc2 Nc4 22. Rb3 b5 23. Bd3 a6 24. Kf2) 21... a6 {[%emt 0:10:44]} 22. Rc2+ {
[%emt 0:16:19]} Kb8 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 23. h5 {[%emt 0:02:10]} ({Even here a
better way was} 23. Kf2 b5 24. h5 Rh8 25. Bg6) 23... Rh8 {[%emt 0:01:41]} 24.
Be4 {[%emt 0:05:52]} (24. Bg6 {was possible:} Nxg6 25. hxg6 Rh6 26. Rcxd2 (26.
e3 Rd3) 26... Rxd2 27. Rxd2 Rxg6 28. Kf2 Kc7 29. f4) 24... Rxh5 {[%emt 0:00:03]
} (24... Nc4) 25. Rcxd2 {[%emt 0:00:18]} Rxd2 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 26. Rxd2 {
[%emt 0:00:04]} Kc7 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 27. Kg2 {[%emt 0:00:15]} ({Now} 27. Rc2+
Nc6 28. Kf2 Ra5 29. g4 Kd6 {did not promise anything.}) 27... Nc4 {[%emt 0:01:
19]} 28. Rd4 {[%emt 0:03:43]} Nd6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} ({Or} 28... b5) 29. Bc2 {
[%emt 0:00:35]} Rc5 {[%emt 0:00:41]} 30. Bb3 {[%emt 0:04:00]} Kd7 {[%emt 0:00:
01]} 31. Rg4 {[%emt 0:01:20]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 6th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2005.06.28"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Black "Lopez Martinez, Josep Manuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2579"]
[BlackElo "2488"]
[Annotator "Mueller,Karsten"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2005.06.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d5 e6 6. Bd3 Ne7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. O-O Nd7
9. Rb1 a6 10. Bd2 exd5 11. exd5 b5 12. b3 Nf6 13. h3 b4 14. Ne2 Bf5 15. Qc2 Qd7
16. Ng3 Bxd3 17. Qxd3 Rfe8 18. Nh4 Nc8 19. Rbe1 Nb6 20. Bf4 Rxe1 21. Rxe1 Re8
22. Rxe8+ Nxe8 23. Nf3 Qe7 24. Ne4 Nd7 25. Qe3 Kf8 26. g4 Ndf6 27. Nfd2 Nxe4
28. Nxe4 Bd4 29. Qf3 Kg8 30. Kg2 Kg7 31. h4 h6 32. h5 Be5 33. hxg6 fxg6 34. Qg3
Bxf4 35. Qxf4 Qh4 36. Nxd6 Nxd6 37. Qxd6 Qxg4+ 38. Qg3 Qxg3+ 39. fxg3 Kf6 40.
g4 g5 $4 {[%mdl 16384]} ({Nach} 40... h5 {hдtte Schwarz am Ende die
Pattverteidigung auf a5 gerettet:} 41. gxh5 (41. Kg3 hxg4 42. Kxg4 g5 $11)
41... gxh5 42. Kg3 Kg5 43. Kh3 Kf5 44. Kh4 Kg6 45. d6 Kf6 46. Kxh5 Ke6 47. Kg5
Kxd6 48. Kf5 Kc6 49. Ke5 Kb6 50. Kd5 Ka5 $11) 41. Kf3 Kf7 42. Ke4 Kf6 43. d6
Ke6 44. d7 Kxd7 45. Kd5 a5 46. Kxc5 Kc7 47. Kd5 Kd7 48. c5 Kc7 49. c6 (49. c6
Kd8 50. Kd6 Kc8 51. c7 h5 52. gxh5 g4 53. h6 g3 54. h7 g2 55. h8=Q+ $18) 1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Umanskaya, Irina"]
[Black "Najer, Evgeniy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2300"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[Annotator "Nikitin,A"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "1995.09.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. d5 b5 4. Bg5 g6 $6 {N/} (4... Ne4) (4... Qb6) (4... Qa5+
) 5. Bxf6 exf6 6. e4 Qe7 7. Nbd2 (7. Bxb5 Qxe4+ 8. Be2 Bb7 9. Nc3 Qb4 10. O-O
Bg7 11. a3 Qb6 12. b4 cxb4 13. axb4 $14) 7... a6 8. a4 f5 9. Qe2 $1 Bb7 10.
axb5 Bg7 11. exf5 Bxb2 12. Rb1 Bg7 13. Nc4 $16 Bxd5 14. Nb6 Bxf3 15. Qxe7+ Kxe7
16. gxf3 Ra7 17. f6+ $1 Kxf6 18. Nd5+ Kg5 19. b6 Rb7 20. f4+ Kh6 21. Rb3 (21.
c3 $1 Re8+ 22. Kd2 Bf8 23. Bg2 Nc6 24. h4 Kg7 25. h5 $16) 21... Bd4 22. Bc4 (
22. Rh3+ Kg7 23. c3 Bf6 (23... Re8+ $2 24. Be2 Bf6 25. Rxh7+ Kxh7 26. Nxf6+ Kh8
27. Nxe8 Rxb6 28. Nc7 $18) 24. Kd2 h5 25. Bc4 Re8 26. Rb1 Bd8 27. Kd3 $146)
22... a5 23. f5 (23. c3 $1 Re8+ 24. Kd2 $1 Bxf2 25. h4 $1 Nc6 26. Rbb1 $1 a4
27. Rbf1 $18) 23... a4 $16 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow op2"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Malaniuk, Vladimir P"]
[Black "Chekhov, Valery A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "Notkin,M"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "1995.11.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 050 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O c5 6. d5 d6 7. Nc3 Na6 8. e4 (
8. h3 Nc7 9. a4 Rb8 10. e4 a6 11. Re1 Nd7 12. Bf4 b5 $13 {Ljubojevic,L-Ribli,Z/
Manila/1976/0:1/34/}) (8. Nd2 $5 Rb8 9. a4 e6 (9... Nc7 10. Nc4 b6 11. Re1 Ba6
12. Na3 Bb7 13. e4 a6 $13 {Kalinon,V-Rechlis,G/Thessaloniki/1988/0:1/48/}) 10.
Nc4 $6 (10. Nde4 $5) 10... exd5 11. Nxd5 Nxd5 12. Bxd5 Bh3 13. Re1 Nb4 $15 {
Georgadze,G-Khalifman,A/Minsk/1986/0:1/47/}) 8... e5 (8... Bg4 9. h3 Bxf3 10.
Qxf3 Nc7 11. a4 a6 12. Qe2 Nd7 13. Bg5 b6 14. Ra2 $1 Rb8 15. Rfa1 $14 {Garcia
Gonzales,G-Zapata,A/CUB/1986/1:0/64/}) 9. dxe6 Bxe6 10. Re1 (10. Bf4 $5 d5 11.
exd5 Nxd5 12. Nxd5 Bxd5 13. Bg5 f6 14. Be3 $14) 10... h6 $1 11. Bf4 d5 12. exd5
Nxd5 13. Nxd5 Bxd5 14. c3 (14. Qd2 g5 15. Be5 Bxf3 16. Qxd8 Raxd8 17. Bxf3 Rd7
$11) (14. Qc1 Qb6 $5) 14... g5 15. Be3 f5 $1 16. Re2 Be4 $2 (16... f4 17. gxf4
gxf4 18. Bc1 Bc6 $13) 17. Ne1 $1 Bxg2 18. Nxg2 Qc7 19. f4 $16 g4 20. Bf2 Qf7 (
20... Rad8 21. Qb3+ Kh7 22. Rae1 Rd7 23. Qc4 $16) 21. Rd2 Rae8 22. Qa4 Re7 23.
Rad1 Kh7 24. a3 h5 $6 (24... Rc8) 25. Qb5 $1 Rc8 26. Ne3 Rc6 27. Rd6 Nc7 28.
Qa4 (28. Qxb7 $2 Rxd6 29. Rxd6 Ne8) 28... Rxd6 (28... b5 $6 29. Qc2 $16) 29.
Rxd6 Ne8 30. Rd8 b6 31. Qc2 Kg6 32. Qd3 (32. Rd5 $2 Rxe3) 32... Qe6 (32... Nc7
33. Rd6+ Re6 34. Rd7 $18) 33. Rd5 Rf7 34. b4 $1 cxb4 35. axb4 Rf6 {/\Nd6/} 36.
Re5 Qd6 37. Qc2 (37. Nd5 Rf8 $1) 37... Qd7 38. Ng2 (38. Nd5 Rf7 39. c4 $5)
38... Nd6 39. Nh4+ Kh7 40. Qd3 Qc8 41. Rd5 Qe6 42. c4 Ne4 43. Bd4 $1 Rf7 44.
Bxg7 Kxg7 45. Re5 Qd6 (45... Qc8 46. Nxf5+) 46. Qxd6 Nxd6 47. c5 $18 bxc5 48.
bxc5 Nc4 49. Nxf5+ Kf6 50. Nd6 $1 Nxe5 (50... Nxd6 51. cxd6 Rd7 52. Rxh5 Rxd6
53. Rh6+ Ke7 54. Rxd6 Kxd6 55. Kf2 $18) 51. fxe5+ Kxe5 52. Nxf7+ Kd5 53. Kf2 a5
54. Ke3 Kxc5 55. Ne5 a4 56. Kd3 a3 57. Kc3 Kd5 58. Ng6 Ke4 59. Kb3 Kf3 60. Kxa3
(60. Kxa3 Kg2 61. Nf4+ Kxh2 62. Nxh5 $18) 1-0

[Event "Minsk op"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Neverov, Valeriy"]
[Black "Losev, Dmitry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2370"]
[Annotator "Notkin,M"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. Nf3 Bg7 3. g3 c5 4. d5 b5 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Nf6 7. Re1 O-O 8. e4 Bb7
9. c4 (9. a4 a6 10. Bf1 e6 $2 11. dxe6 Nxe4 12. exf7+ Rxf7 13. Rxe4 $1 Bxe4 14.
Ng5 Qe7 15. Nc3 $1 $16 {Kharlov,A-Sorin,A/Biel/1992/1|0/37/}) 9... bxc4 10.
Nfd2 e5 $6 (10... Nfd7 $5 11. Nxc4 Ne5 12. Nba3 (12. Nxe5 $5 Bxe5 13. Qc2 Nd7
14. Bd2 $10) 12... Nbd7 13. Ne3 Ba6 14. Bf1 Qa5 $15 {Panno,O-Polgar,J/Aruba/
1992/0,5/47/}) 11. Nxc4 (11. dxe6 fxe6 12. e5 Bxg2 13. exf6 Qxf6 14. Kxg2 Qxf2+
15. Kh1 d5 $13) 11... Ne8 12. b3 (12. f4 Nd7 13. Nc3 Ba6 $1 14. Qa4 Bxc4 15.
Qxc4 f5 $13) (12. Bd2 $5) 12... f5 13. exf5 gxf5 (13... e4 14. Bb2 Bxb2 15.
Nxb2 Qf6 16. Qd2 gxf5 17. Nc3 Nd7 18. Nc4 $14) 14. Bb2 f4 (14... Nd7 15. f4 e4
16. Bxg7 Nxg7 17. Ne3 Nf6 18. Na3 $14) 15. Nc3 $6 (15. Nbd2 $5) (15. Bc3 $22
Nd7 16. Na5) 15... Nd7 16. Bh3 (16. Ne4 Nb6 (16... Ndf6 17. Ng5 $1) (16... Qe7
17. Na5 $1) 17. Ncxd6 $5 Nxd6 18. Nxc5 $44) 16... Kh8 17. Rc1 Nb6 18. Rc2 (18.
Na5 Bc8 19. Nc6 Qf6 20. Ne4 Qh6 $13) 18... Bc8 19. Bxc8 Rxc8 20. Ne4 Rc7 21. f3
Rd7 (21... fxg3 22. hxg3 Rcf7 23. Re3 $1 Qe7 24. Rh2 $14) 22. Rf2 (22. Bc3 $5)
22... Kg8 23. Bc3 Nf6 24. Ba5 (24. Ng5 $2 Nbxd5 $17) 24... Nxe4 (24... Nfxd5
25. Bxb6 (25. Rd2 Ne3 $1) 25... Nxb6 26. Ncxd6 Nc8 27. Rd2 fxg3 28. hxg3 Nxd6
29. Rxd6 Rxd6 30. Nxd6 $16) 25. Rxe4 fxg3 26. hxg3 Qb8 (26... Bh6 $5) 27. Bxb6
axb6 28. a4 Bh6 29. Rh4 Rf6 30. Rg4+ (30. Rfh2 Qf8 31. Kg2 Rdf7 $132) 30... Rg7
31. Rxg7+ Kxg7 32. Rh2 (32. Qd3 b5 33. axb5 Qxb5 34. Ra2 (34. Nxe5 $2 Qxd3 35.
Nxd3 Be3) 34... Qd7 $132) 32... b5 33. axb5 Qxb5 34. Rh4 Qd7 (34... Rg6 $5) 35.
Rg4+ Rg6 36. Rxg6+ hxg6 37. Qf1 Qe7 (37... Kf6 $10) 38. Qh3 Bg5 (38... e4 $5
39. f4 (39. fxe4 Qxe4 40. Qd7+ Kh8 $10) 39... e3 40. Qe6 (40. Kf1 Qe4 $1) 40...
Qxe6 41. dxe6 Kf6 42. Nxd6 Kxe6 43. Nc4 g5 $10) 39. Qg4 (39. Qc8 e4 $10) 39...
Kf7 40. Kf2 Ke8 $4 (40... Bh6 $5 41. Ke2 Bf8 $10) 41. Qc8+ Kf7 42. Qa6 $18 Bc1
43. Qxd6 Qb7 $2 (43... Qxd6 44. Nxd6+ Ke7 45. Ne4 $18) 44. Nxe5+ Ke8 45. Qxg6+
1-0

[Event "CRO-ch 6th"]
[Site "Pula"]
[Date "1998.01.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Zaja, Ivan"]
[Black "Sale, Srdjan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[Annotator "Petursson,M"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1998.01.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 064"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. e4 c5 3. d5 exd5 4. exd5 d6 5. c4 Nf6 6. h3 Be7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Bd3
Nbd7 9. Nf3 Re8 10. O-O Nf8 11. Nh2 N6d7 12. f4 Bf6 13. Qf3 Bxc3 14. bxc3 Qa5
15. Bd2 Qa4 16. Ng4 Nb6 17. f5 f6 18. Qg3 Kf7 {[%tqu "En","Can you find a
winning move for White in this position?","Attack him on the dark squares!",
"Give Black a check!","g4h6","",15]} 19. Nh6+ gxh6 20. Bxh6 Re5 (20... Ke7 21.
Rae1+ Kd7 22. Bxf8 $18) 21. Qg7+ Ke8 22. Qxf8+ Kd7 23. Bf4 Kc7 24. Bxe5 fxe5
25. f6 Bxh3 26. Qg7+ Bd7 27. f7 Nxc4 28. Bxc4 Qxc4 29. f8=Q Rxf8 30. Rxf8 Qxc3
31. Raf1 Qd4+ 32. R1f2 Qxd5 33. Qxh7 1-0

[Event "FRA-chT Gp-A"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "2003.04.04"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "David, Alberto"]
[Black "Delebarre, Xavier"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2548"]
[BlackElo "2307"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2003.01.31"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Drancy"]
[BlackTeam "Bordeaux"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. d5 d6 5. h3 {A prophylactic move. White is
preventing black's Bg4 in some cases.} Nf6 6. Nc3 O-O 7. a4 e6 ({A common
alternative is} 7... Na6) 8. Be2 exd5 9. exd5 Re8 {A rare move. More popular
is 9...Na6.} (9... Na6 10. O-O (10. Nd2 Nc7 11. Nc4 Re8 12. O-O Ne4 13. Nb5
Nxb5 14. axb5 Qh4 15. Ra4 Bd4 16. Ne3 Bxe3 17. fxe3 Bxh3 18. Rf4 Qg3 19. Qf1
Bf5 20. Bd3 Ng5 21. Bxf5 gxf5 22. Rxf5 Re5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Doroshkievich,
V-Batsanin,D/Novgorod 1997/CBM 60 (27)}) 10... Nc7 (10... Nb4 11. Bg5 h6 12.
Bh4 Bf5 13. Rc1 g5 14. Bg3 Ne4 15. Nxe4 Bxe4 $132 {1/2-1/2 Hoffman,A-Tregubov,
P/Buenos Aires 1996/EXT 98 (38)}) 11. Bf4 Re8 12. Re1 Ne4 13. Nxe4 Rxe4 14. Bg5
Bf6 15. Bc1 Bf5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Vladimirov,B-Vasiukov,E/St Petersburg 1995/CBM 50
ext (22)}) 10. O-O Nbd7 $6 {This way of development should not be recommended,
since the knight on d7 obstructs the Bc8.} ({Again preferable is} 10... Na6 {
followed by 11...Nc7 or 11...Nb4 putting an eye on white's pawn d5.}) 11. Nd2
$1 $146 {A typical and good manoeuvre. The knight is going to the ideal
outpost c4.} (11. Bf4 Ne4 $6 12. Nxe4 Rxe4 13. Bxd6 Qb6 14. Bd3 Rb4 15. Bg3
Bxb2 16. Rb1 Bc3 17. Rxb4 Qxb4 18. Qe2 $16 {1-0 Bronznik,V-Osorios Ortiz,M/
Germany 2000/CBM 75 ext (43)}) 11... h6 $6 ({Deserved serious attention} 11...
Nb6 {[%csl Rd5]} 12. Bf3 a5 {Black is weakening the b5 square, but not
allowing white to grab all the space on the queenside.}) 12. a5 $1 a6 13. Nc4
$16 Ne5 14. Nb6 Rb8 15. Bd2 ({Also good for white is} 15. f4 Ned7 16. Nc4)
15... Ned7 ({Comes into consideration} 15... Bf5 {[%cal Gf6e4]} 16. g4 Bc8 {
at least provoking some weaknesses on the white side.}) 16. Nc4 Ne5 17. Nb6
Ned7 18. Nc4 Ne5 19. Ne3 {Of course, white should avoid the repetition, the
advantage is clearly on his side.} Re7 {This is passive, but it's hard to
point out any good plan for black.} (19... b5 20. axb6 Qxb6 21. Ra2 {and black
has only managed to create himself a weaknesses.}) ({Better practical chance
for black seems to be} 19... g5 20. f4 $5 gxf4 21. Rxf4 Ng6) 20. Kh2 {White is
not in a hurry...} Ne8 ({Again} 20... g5 {could give black some counterplay.})
21. f4 Nd7 22. Bd3 Nc7 {Black's pieces are just obstructing each other. The
exchange of pieces should be recommended for black in this position, there is
just no reasonable way to do it.} 23. Qf3 Nf6 24. Na4 $6 {Inaccuracy.} (24.
Rfe1 $142 $16) 24... Nb5 ({Interesting was} 24... Qe8 {[%cal Gf6e4] trying to
make use of black's temporary pressure on the "e" file.}) 25. c3 Qxa5 $6 {
It's easy to understand black's desire to release some pressure from the
position, but this capture only makes things worse for black.} ({Again} 25...
Qe8 {can be recommended.}) 26. Nxc5 Qd8 27. Ne4 Nxe4 28. Bxe4 {[%cal Gf4f5]} f5
29. Bd3 Qe8 (29... Bd7 30. g4 $40) 30. Nc2 {White chooses the safe way of play.
} (30. g4 {looks attractive for white as well.}) 30... Bd7 31. Qf2 Qf7 $2 {
After this careless move black is losing material by force.} (31... Nc7 {
and black's position is still defensible.}) 32. c4 Nc7 33. Qb6 $1 {[%csl Gb6]
This move was probably underestimated by black.The white penetrates black's
position with great force.} Bc8 (33... Ne8 34. Rxa6 $18) 34. Rfe1 $1 (34. Qxd6
$6 Bxb2) 34... Bf8 35. Rxe7 Qxe7 36. Ba5 (36. Ba5 Ne8 37. Qa7 $18 {[%csl Rb8]})
1-0

[Event "Osasco Franca Garcia Memorial 20th"]
[Site "Osasco"]
[Date "2004.07.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Perelshteyn, Eugene"]
[Black "Needleman, Alejandro"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2004.07.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 103"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 c5 2. d5 Nf6 3. Nc3 (3. c4 {may lead to either Benoni defense or Benko
gambit.}) 3... g6 4. e4 d6 5. Bb5+ Bd7 {5...Nbd7 and 5...Nfd7 playable as well.
} 6. a4 Bg7 7. Nf3 O-O 8. O-O e6 {A typical breakthrough in Benoni-like setup,
though a rare one in this concrete position.} (8... Bxb5 9. axb5 Nbd7 10. Qe2
Nb6 11. Rd1 Nfd7 {--> 1/2-1/2 Romanishin,O-Eingorn,V/Chalkidiki 2002/CBM 92 
[Finkel] (47)}) (8... Bg4 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Na6 11. Re1 Nc7 12. Bc4 Nd7 13.
Qg3 b6 14. f4 a6 15. e5 Rb8 $132 {[%cal Gb6b5] 0-1 Dembo,Y-Postny,E/Budapest
2002/CBM 88 ext (49)}) (8... Na6 9. Re1 (9. Bxa6 bxa6 10. Nd2 Rb8 11. Qe2 e6
12. Qxa6 exd5 13. Qxd6 d4 14. Nb5 Re8 15. Qxc5 Nxe4 16. Nxe4 Rxe4 $44 {1/2-1/2
Dorfman,J-Tal,M/Leningrad 1977/URS-ch (27)}) 9... Nc7 10. Bf1 e5 11. dxe6 Bxe6
{--> 1-0 De Vreugt,D-Malakhov,V/Lausanne 2000/CBM 78 [Finkel] (36)}) 9. dxe6 (
9. Bxd7 Qxd7 10. dxe6 fxe6 11. e5 dxe5 12. Nxe5 Qxd1 13. Rxd1 Nd5 14. Nxd5 Bxe5
15. Ne3 Nc6 16. c3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Giaccio,A-Malbran,G/Buenos Aires 1999/EXT 2000
(100)}) 9... Bxe6 {Black is now intending to carry out the d6-d5 advance and
solve completely the opening problems, so white's next move looks quite
logical.} 10. Ng5 Bg4 $146 (10... Nc6 11. Nxe6 fxe6 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. Bg5 Qb8
14. Qd3 d5 $15 {1/2-1/2 Addison,B-Levermore,P/Durham 2002/EXT 2003 (26)}) 11.
f3 Bc8 {[%csl Rg5][%cal Gh7h6]} 12. f4 Qe7 $2 {It was much better to develop
the light pieces at first.} (12... Nc6 $13) 13. f5 $1 {This move is quite in
the spirit of the position.} h6 14. Nh3 Nc6 ({Very bad for black is} 14... Nxe4
$2 15. Nxe4 Qxe4 16. f6 {[%csl Rg7]}) 15. Bc4 $2 {It was much stronger to
bring the knight towards the d5 square.} (15. Nf4 $1 gxf5 (15... g5 16. Nfd5
Nxd5 17. Nxd5 Qxe4 18. f6 $18) (15... Ne5 16. Nfd5 Qd8 17. Nxf6+ Qxf6 18. Nd5
$18 {[%cal Gf5f6]}) (15... Nb4 $5 16. fxg6 Nxe4 $16) 16. exf5 Nd4 (16... Bxf5
17. Nfd5 Nxd5 18. Nxd5 Qd7 19. Rxf5 Qxf5 20. Bxc6 $18) 17. Nfd5 Nxd5 18. Nxd5
Qe4 {[%tqu "En","How should white continue?","","","c1h6","",10]} 19. Bxh6 $1
Qxd5 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. Qg4+ Kf6 22. Qh4+ Kg7 23. Qg5+ Kh7 24. Rf4 Nxf5 25. Bd3
$18) 15... gxf5 16. exf5 $6 ({Again it was possible} 16. Nf4 {[%cal Gf4d5,
Gf4g6]} Ne5 17. Nfd5 Nxd5 18. Nxd5 $36) 16... Nd4 17. g4 d5 $1 {Sacrificing a
pawn for the initiative. It should be noted that white's king is quite
vulnerable.} 18. Nxd5 Nxd5 19. Bxd5 Rd8 ({Black achieves nothing after} 19...
Ne2+ $6 20. Kg2 Nxc1 21. Qxc1 Qe2+ 22. Nf2) 20. c4 (20. Nf4 Be5 $36) 20... Rxd5
$1 {The only way to keep the initiative.} 21. cxd5 Ne2+ (21... Qe4 22. Ra3 $1
$16) 22. Kf2 Bd4+ 23. Kf3 $1 ({After} 23. Kg2 b6 $1 {[%csl Rg2][%cal Gc8b7,
Gb7g2] black has dangerous attack.} (23... Qe4+ $2 24. Rf3 Qxg4+ $2 25. Rg3 $18
{[%cal Rd1g4]})) 23... b6 $1 24. Qxe2 (24. Re1 Qh4 $1 $44) 24... Qxe2+ 25. Kxe2
Ba6+ 26. Kf3 (26. Ke1 $2 Re8+) 26... Bxf1 27. Nf4 Bc4 {[%csl Gc4,Gd4] White's
extra pawn is fully compensated by the pair of strong bishops.} 28. Rb1 Bb3 {
It looks like black was quite optimistic about his chances.} ({Black could
repeat the position by} 28... Ba2 29. Ra1 Bc4) 29. Be3 Be5 $6 (29... Bxe3 30.
Kxe3 Re8+ (30... Bxa4 $2 31. Ra1 Bb5 32. f6 $1 $16) 31. Kf3 Rd8 $11) 30. a5 Rd8
31. axb6 axb6 32. Ra1 Rb8 $6 {Preparing the advance of queenside pawns, but
it's too slow...} (32... Bxd5+ $4 33. Nxd5 Rxd5 34. Ke4 $18 {[%csl Rd5,Re5]}) (
32... Kh7 $5 {followed by 33...Bxf4 and 34...Bxd5.}) 33. Bd2 b5 (33... Rd8 $142
) 34. Bc3 Bxc3 $2 {This is just too much.} ({The only reasonable was} 34...
Bxf4 35. Kxf4 Bxd5 36. Ra6 Kh7) 35. bxc3 b4 36. Rc1 Ba4 37. Nd3 b3 38. Nb2 {
Black's passed pawn is blocked. White has an extra pawn and a winning position.
} Bd7 39. Ra1 c4 40. Ke3 Re8+ 41. Kd4 Re2 42. Nxc4 Rg2 43. h3 h5 44. Ne5 Rc2
45. Rb1 Ba4 46. Nc4 {[%csl Rb3][%cal Gc4b6]} hxg4 47. hxg4 Rg2 48. Nb6 Rxg4+
49. Ke5 Bb5 50. Rxb3 {White's two connected passed pawns promise him an easy
win.} Bd3 51. d6 Kf8 52. Nd7+ Kg7 53. Nf6 Ra4 54. d7 Ra8 55. Rb6 1-0

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2005.02.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Wang, Yue"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2549"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2005.02.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. e4 c5 4. d5 d6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Ne7 {The usual
developing square for this knight is f6, but Ponomariov choose a less used
continuation.} 7. h3 ({Other way of development goes with} 7. Be2) 7... O-O 8.
Bd3 Nd7 (8... exd5 9. cxd5 Nd7 10. O-O Ne5 11. Nxe5 Bxe5 12. Bh6 Bg7 13. Qd2
Bd7 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. f4 Qa5 16. e5 dxe5 17. fxe5 Nxd5 18. Bc4 Nb6 19. Bxf7 $1
Rxf7 20. Rxf7+ Kxf7 21. Qh6 Bf5 22. Qxh7+ Ke8 23. e6 {1-0 Psakhis,L-Saravanan,
V/Andorra 2000/CBM 076 ext [Psakhis] (23)}) (8... a6 9. a4 exd5 10. exd5 h6 11.
O-O Bf5 12. Re1 Bxd3 13. Qxd3 Nd7 14. Bf4 Nf6 15. Rab1 $14 {1-0 Ibragimov,
I-Saravanan,V/Guntur 2000/CBM 077 [Finkel] (39)}) 9. Bg5 {Probably, not the
best move in this position.} (9. O-O h6 (9... a6 10. a4 h6 11. Ra3 Kh7 12. Bb1
exd5 13. cxd5 Ng8 14. Bf4 Qe7 15. Re1 Ne5 16. Nxe5 Bxe5 17. Bxe5 Qxe5 18. a5
$14 {1-0 Krasenkow,M-Minasian,A/Batumi 2002/CBM 090 [Tsesarsky] (42)}) 10. Nb5
Nb6 11. a4 a6 12. Nc3 exd5 13. exd5 Nd7 14. Bf4 Nf6 15. Re1 Nf5 16. Bh2 $14 {
1/2-1/2 Izoria,Z-Milov,V/Antalya 2004/CBM 101 (42)}) 9... h6 10. Be3 exd5 11.
exd5 {White got a space advantage, but black has reasonable counterplay on the
dark squares.} f5 12. Qc2 Nf6 $146 ({An interesting pawn sacrifice was applied
twice by Minasian:} 12... a6 13. O-O-O b5 14. cxb5 axb5 15. Bxb5 f4 16. Bd2 Nb6
(16... Ne5 $6 17. Nxe5 Bxe5 18. g4 Qb6 19. Rhe1 {1-0 Campos Moreno,J-Minasian,
A/Linares 2000/CBM 075 [Alterman,B] (32)}) 17. Bd3 (17. Rhe1 $1 {Alterman})
17... c4 18. Be4 Bd7 19. Rde1 Na4 20. Nh4 Nc5 21. Nxg6 Nxg6 22. Bxg6 Qf6 23.
Bh7+ Kh8 $40 {0-1 Halkias,S-Minasian,A/Ubeda 2000/CBM 075 [Alterman,B] (43)})
13. O-O g5 $1 {This is a typical plan in this opening. Black is starting an
assault against the white king, even at a price of some weakening of his own.}
14. Rae1 Kh8 15. Bd2 Bd7 16. b3 Nh5 17. a4 Ng6 ({It was possible to cover the
b5 square by} 17... a6) 18. Nb5 {[%csl Rd6]} Bc8 19. Bc3 {Correctly exchanging
black's strong bishop.} a6 20. Bxg7+ Kxg7 21. Nc3 Nhf4 22. Ne2 Qf6 (22... g4 $6
23. hxg4 fxg4 24. Nd2 Nxd3 25. Qxd3 Bf5 26. Qc3+ $14) 23. Nxf4 Nxf4 24. Re3 Bd7
25. Rfe1 Rf7 26. Bf1 g4 {The right time for this breakthrow.} 27. hxg4 fxg4 28.
Nd2 Raf8 $2 {This natural-looking move is the critical moment of the game.
Black, certainly overrated his chances.} (28... Nxg2 29. Bxg2 Qxf2+ 30. Kh1 (
30. Kh2 $2 Rf5 31. Qc3+ Kg8 32. Ne4 Rh5+ 33. Rh3 Rxh3+ 34. Qxh3 Qxe1 35. Qxh6
g3+ 36. Nxg3 Qe5 $17 {[%cal Ge5h8]}) 30... Qh4+ 31. Kg1 Qf2+ $11) ({The same
perpetual after} 28... Nxd5 29. cxd5 Qxf2+ 30. Kh1 Qh4+ 31. Kg1 Qf2+) 29. Ne4
Qg6 30. b4 $1 {Emphasizing the weaknesses on the queenside. Black missed his
chance for a perpetual check, and is not able to create serious threats
anymore.} Bf5 (30... cxb4 31. Qb2+ Kg8 32. Qxb4 {[%csl Rd6]}) (30... Kg8 31.
bxc5 dxc5 32. Qb3 $16) 31. bxc5 Bxe4 32. Qxe4 dxc5 33. g3 Qxe4 $6 (33... Nh5
34. Qxg6+ Kxg6 35. Bd3+ Kg7 36. Re6 Nf6 (36... Rf6 $2 37. R6e5 $18 {[%csl Rh5]}
) 37. a5 {and white is in total control. Still, this would have been the least
of the evils for black.}) 34. Rxe4 Ng6 35. Rxg4 {White has an extra pawn and a
winning position.} h5 36. Rg5 Rf5 (36... Kh6 37. f4 $18) (36... Rxf2 37. Bd3
R2f6 38. Re6 $18) 37. Rxg6+ Kxg6 38. Bd3 Kg5 39. f4+ Kg4 40. Kg2 {[%csl Rg4]
[%cal Gd3e2] Suddenly, black's king is in the mating net.} R5f7 41. Rh1 1-0

[Event "Asia-ch 5th"]
[Site "Hyderabad"]
[Date "2005.10.12"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Koneru, Humpy"]
[Black "Megaranto, Susanto"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2005.10.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 c5 2. d5 e6 3. e4 Nf6 4. Nc3 d6 5. Nf3 e5 {Black's opening play is not
the one which should be matched to. He lost one tempo already, because this
position can arise after the following order of moves: 1.d4 c5 2.d5 e5 3.e4 d6
4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Nf3 with black's turn to move. It is true, that in this closed
type position this tempo does not have much significance, but still, white
already enjoys a comfortable advantage.} (5... exd5 6. exd5 Be7 {is a playable
theoretical line.}) 6. Nd2 {The knight is heading for the ideal square c4,
where it will put pressure on black's main weakness Pd6.} (6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. a4
Bxb5 8. axb5 Nbd7 9. Be3 g6 10. Nd2 Bg7 11. O-O O-O 12. Ra3 Nh5 13. g3 $14 {
1-0 Vladimirov,E (2628)-Rathnakaran,K (2375)/Pune 2004/CBM 102 ext (60)}) 6...
Be7 7. Bd3 {White develops the bishop on d3 in order to fight against the
forthcoming black's counterplay by f7-f5.} ({Another option is} 7. Be2) 7...
Nbd7 8. O-O Nf8 9. Nc4 {[%csl Gc4]} Ng6 10. a4 O-O 11. Re1 {This is not
necessary. In my opinion it was more precise to begin the operations on the
queenside as soon as possible.} (11. Rb1 $142 Ne8 12. b4 Bg5 13. Ba3 {saving
the dark-squared from the exchange.}) 11... Ne8 {The advance f7-f5 is the only
available plan for black.} 12. g3 Bg5 {The exchange of dark-squared bishops
obviously favours black in this kind of pawn structure.} 13. Rb1 Bxc1 14. Qxc1
Nc7 15. Qe3 b6 16. b4 cxb4 17. Nb5 $5 (17. Rxb4 f5 18. exf5 Ne7 19. Be4 Nxf5
$132) 17... Nxb5 18. axb5 f5 19. exf5 Bxf5 20. Bxf5 Rxf5 21. Rxb4 Qc7 22. Qd2
$2 {Wrong place for the queen. White should use the d2 square to transfer his
knight to an ideal e4 outpost.} (22. Nd2 Raf8 (22... Qxc2 $2 23. Rc4 Qb2 24.
Rb1 Qa2 25. Qc3 {[%csl Ra2][%cal Gb1a1] trapping the queen.}) 23. Ne4 $13 Qxc2
$6 24. Qe2 $1 Qxe2 25. Rxe2 Rd8 26. Rc4 {[%csl Ra7,Rd6][%cal Gc4c7,Gc4c6]
gives white a comfortable compensation for the pawn.}) 22... Raf8 23. Re2 Rf3
24. Ne3 Ne7 25. Ra4 Qd7 {Black has the initiative. White's pieces are not
harmoniously placed.} 26. Qb4 R8f7 27. Rd2 h6 28. Ra1 (28. Qg4 $2 Qxb5 29. Rxa7
Rxe3 30. fxe3 Qf1#) 28... Nf5 29. Nc4 $2 {This move is careless. It was
necessary to exchange the knights, since black's is potentially dangerous
attacking piece...} (29. Nxf5 Qxf5 30. Rf1 Rf6 $15) 29... Rf6 30. c3 {It is
necessary to cover d4 square.} h5 31. Kg2 $4 {Black's offensive is already
very dangerous, but this move is like a "help-mate".} (31. Rda2 Nh4 32. Ne3
R3f4 33. Qb1 (33. Rxa7 Qh3 $19) (33. gxf4 Qh3 $19) 33... Qh3 34. gxh4 Rxh4 35.
f3 $1 (35. Nf1 e4 $1 $19 {[%cal Ca2a7,Gf6g6]}) 35... Rxf3 36. Rg2 Rxe3 37. Rxa7
Rg3 38. hxg3 Qh1+ 39. Kf2 Qxb1 40. gxh4 g6 $17) {[%tqu "En","Please enter a
move for Black.","","","f5h4","",10]} 31... Nh4+ $1 32. Kg1 (32. gxh4 Qh3+ 33.
Kh1 Rxf2 {mating.}) 32... Qh3 33. Ne3 R3f4 $1 {[%cal Ce3d1,Ch3g2,Rh4f3] The
most precise move.} 34. Qxf4 exf4 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-36"]
[Site "Mallorca"]
[Date "2004.10.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Gonzalez Zamora, Juan Carlos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2524"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2004.10.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Netherlands"]
[BlackTeam "Mexico"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NED"]
[BlackTeamCountry "MEX"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 exd5 4. cxd5 d6 5. e4 Ne7 {A rare move. Black
transfers the knight to g6, where it controls important e5 and f4 squares.
Still, with precise play white should keep the advantage in this line.} (5...
Nf6 6. Nc3 g6 {leads to Benoni defense.}) 6. Nc3 Ng6 7. f4 {This is the most
logical and principled continuation.} (7. Be2 Be7 8. Nf3 O-O 9. O-O Bf6 10. Be3
Re8 11. Nd2 a6 12. a4 Nd7 13. Re1 Bd4 14. Nc4 Qf6 15. Qd2 Nde5 16. Nxe5 Qxe5
17. Bf1 Bd7 18. a5 Bxe3 19. Rxe3 Qd4 $132 {0-1 Ionov,S-Gavrilov,A/St
Petersburg 2001/EXT 2002 (43)}) 7... Be7 8. Nf3 O-O (8... Bf6 9. Bd3 O-O 10.
O-O Nd7 11. Re1 Re8 12. Nb5 Qb6 13. a4 c4+ 14. Be3 Nc5 15. e5 dxe5 16. b4 cxb3
17. Rc1 b2 18. Rxc5 exf4 19. Bf2 $18 {1-0 Thorfinnsson,B-Westerinen,H/Izmir
2004/CBM 102 ext (37)}) 9. Bc4 $146 {In the preceding games white always put
his light-squared bishop on e2, keeping an option of transfering the knight to
c4 by Nf3-d2-c4. In general, c4 is a good place for the bishop. White just has
to be on his guard, not to be kicked by b7-b5 thrust.} (9. Be2 Bf6 10. O-O a6
11. a4 Bg4 12. Be3 Re8 13. Qc2 Nd7 14. Nd2 Bxe2 15. Nxe2 b5 16. axb5 axb5 $15 {
0-1 Lain,L-Zelcic,R/Lido Estensi 2002/CBM 88 ext (43)}) 9... Nd7 $6 {Basicly,
in this kind of "Benoni type" positions, it's recommended for black to
exchange his light-squared bishop. Therefore 9...Bg4 should have been prefered.
} 10. a4 a6 ({Comes to consideration} 10... Nh4) 11. g3 {Covering the h4
square.} Bf6 12. O-O {Objectively speaking, white has stable plus thanks to
his big space advantage, while black does not have opportunities for a real
counterplay.} Re8 13. Re1 Rb8 14. Kg2 h6 ({Black can carry out b7-b5 advance
only at the price of the exchange of the dark-squared bishop:} 14... Bxc3 $6
15. bxc3 b5 16. axb5 axb5 17. Bd3 $16) 15. h3 Ndf8 16. a5 b5 {Without this
move black is doomed to passivity.} 17. axb6 Rxb6 18. Qd3 Qd7 $1 {[%csl Rh3]}
19. Rh1 Nh7 20. Ra2 (20. Bxa6 $2 Rxa6 21. Rxa6 Bxc3 22. bxc3 Bxa6 23. Qxa6 Rxe4
$15) 20... Qe7 $2 {Missing the chance for a counterplay.} (20... Bxc3 $1 21.
bxc3 f5 22. exf5 Qxf5 23. Qxf5 Bxf5 24. Rxa6 Rxa6 25. Bxa6 Be4 26. Rd1 Ra8 27.
Be2 Ra2 28. Kf2 Nf6 29. c4 Bc2 $1 $44) 21. Bd2 Nhf8 ({Does not work:} 21...
Bxc3 $2 22. Bxc3 Nf6 (22... Qxe4 $2 23. Re1 $18) 23. e5 {and white is
dominating.}) 22. b3 Rb8 23. Raa1 {Van Wely decided that the rook has nothing
to do on the "a" file and transfering it to the "e" file in order to support
the e4-e5 breakthrow.} Kh8 24. Rae1 {White achieved an ideal position.} Bd7 25.
h4 ({White could already win material by} 25. e5 dxe5 26. d6 Qd8 27. Bxf7 exf4
28. Bxg6 Nxg6 29. Qxg6 Rxe1 30. Rxe1 Bc6 {but, probably Van Wely thought that
black retains some chances.}) 25... Qd8 26. Re2 $6 {This is already too slow.}
(26. h5 Bxc3 (26... Ne7 27. e5 $18 {[%csl Rf6]}) 27. Bxc3 Ne7 28. Bxa6 {
with a pawn up and a better position.}) 26... Bc8 27. Bxa6 Bxa6 28. Qxa6 Qd7 (
28... Rxb3 29. Nb5 {[%csl Rd6]} Qb8 30. Nxd6 Rb6 31. Nxf7+ Kg8 32. Qc4 Kxf7 33.
d6+ Ne6 34. e5 $18) 29. Qd3 Qg4 (29... Rxb3 30. h5 Ne7 31. e5 $18) 30. h5 Bxc3
31. hxg6 Bxd2 32. gxf7 Bxf4 $1 {The exchange sacrifice is black's best chance.}
(32... Re7 33. Rxd2 {is hopeless for black.}) 33. fxe8=Q Rxe8 (33... Qxg3+ $2
34. Kf1 Rxe8 35. Rg2 $18 {[%csl Rg3]}) 34. Nh2 Qg6 35. Qf3 Be5 36. Ng4 Bd4 37.
Rf1 (37. Rhe1 $1 {[%cal Ge4e5]} Nd7 38. Qf5 $18) 37... Nd7 38. Qf7 Qxf7 39.
Rxf7 Ne5 40. Nxe5 Bxe5 {Black is a clear exchange down, but has some chances
to build a fortress.} 41. Rc7 $6 {Allowing black to activate his rook.} (41.
Ref2 $142 Kg8 42. Rb7) 41... Rb8 42. Re3 Kh7 43. Re7 Rb4 {White's win is now
very problematic, if possible at all.} 44. Kf3 Kg6 45. Re6+ Kg5 46. Rd3 h5 $2 (
{Necessary was} 46... Rb7) {[%tqu "En","What would you suggest for white?","",
"","e6e5","Transforming the advantage into a winning rooks endgame.",10]} 47.
Rxe5+ $1 {Transforming the advantage into a winning rooks endgame.} dxe5 48. d6
Rb8 49. d7 Rd8 50. Rd6 $1 $18 h4 (50... g6 51. Kg2 Kh6 52. Kh2 Kg7 (52... Kg5
53. Kh3 h4 54. Kg2 $1 hxg3 55. Kxg3 Kh5 56. Rd5 g5 57. Rd6 $18) 53. Kh3 Kf7 54.
Kh4 Ke7 55. Rd5 Rxd7 56. Rxd7+ Kxd7 57. Kg5 Kc6 58. Kxg6 Kb5 59. Kxh5 Kb4 60.
g4 Kxb3 61. g5 c4 62. g6 c3 63. g7 c2 64. g8=Q+ $18 {[%csl Rb3]}) 51. Kg2 hxg3
52. Kxg3 g6 53. Rd5 Kf6 54. Kg4 g5 (54... Ke6 55. Kg5 Rxd7 56. Rxd7 Kxd7 57.
Kxg6 Ke6 58. Kg5 $18) 55. Rd1 Ke7 56. Rd3 $1 ({Less accurate is} 56. Kxg5 Rg8+
57. Kf5 Kd8) 56... Ke6 57. Kxg5 Rg8+ 58. Kh6 Rd8 59. Kg7 Ke7 60. Rd1 Ke6 61.
Rd5 Ke7 62. Rxe5+ Kd6 63. Rd5+ Ke6 64. Rd1 Ke7 65. e5 Ke6 66. Rd2 Ke7 67. Rd6 {
[%mdl 4096] The final zugzwang!} 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch sf 58th"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "2005.09.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Yevseev, Denis"]
[Black "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2537"]
[BlackElo "2659"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 109"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 c5 3. g3 (3. e4 {leads to Sicilian Paulsen.}) (3. c4 {might
lead to various closed openings.}) 3... Nc6 4. Bg2 Qa5+ {This check seems to
be Zvjaginsev's pet line.} ({More common continuations are:} 4... Nf6) (4... d5
) (4... cxd4) 5. c3 (5. Nc3 $6 Nf6 6. O-O d5 7. a3 Be7 8. dxc5 Qxc5 9. Be3 Qa5
10. Nd4 O-O 11. Nb3 Qd8 12. Bc5 Bxc5 13. Nxc5 Qe7 14. Nb3 Rd8 $15 {0-1
Maherramzade,J-Zvjaginsev,V/Ubeda 2000 (45)}) 5... cxd4 6. Nxd4 Nf6 (6... Nxd4
7. Qxd4 Nf6 8. b4 (8. e4 Bc5 9. Qd1 Qc7 10. O-O h6 11. Qc2 e5 12. Nd2 O-O 13.
a4 a6 14. Nc4 d6 15. Be3 Be6 16. a5 Rad8 17. Nb6 {1/2-1/2 Krasenkow,
M-Zvjaginsev,V/New York 1997}) 8... Qb6 9. Be3 Qxd4 10. Bxd4 d5 11. Nd2 Be7 12.
e4 O-O 13. O-O Rd8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Lputian,S-Zvjaginsev,V/Poikovsky 2001 (30)}) 7.
O-O Be7 8. c4 {After all, we got the typical structure for the English opening.
Compared to a standard position White lost one tempo by 5.c3 and 8.c4. On the
other hand, Black's queen might be misplaced on a5.} (8. e4 O-O 9. Nd2 Qc7 10.
Nc4 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 d6 12. b3 Rd8 13. e5 dxe5 14. Qxe5 Nd5 15. Qxc7 Nxc7 16. Na5
Bf6 17. Nxb7 Bxb7 18. Bxb7 Rab8 19. Bf3 Bxc3 20. Bg5 Bxa1 21. Bxd8 Rxd8 22.
Rxa1 Kf8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Arencibia,W-Franco,Z/Ponferrada 1997 (46)}) 8... O-O 9.
Nc3 (9. Nb3 Qc7 10. Nc3 a6 11. Bf4 d6 12. Rc1 Ne5 13. c5 d5 14. Qd4 Nfd7 15. e4
dxe4 16. Nxe4 f6 17. Nd6 Rd8 18. Qe3 Bxd6 19. cxd6 Qxd6 20. Rfd1 Qf8 21. Nd4
Re8 22. h4 $16 {1-0 Garcia Ilundain,D-Franco,Z/Salamanca 1998 (42)}) 9... Qb4 {
This is actually the only way to justify Black's early queen jump.} 10. Ndb5 $1
a6 ({Accepting the pawn is risky for black:} 10... Qxc4 11. Bf4 d5 (11... e5 $6
12. Bg5 $36 {[%csl Yd5,Yd6]}) 12. Rc1 Qb4 13. a3 Qa5 14. Nc7 (14. b4 $6 Qd8 15.
Nc7 Rb8 16. N7xd5 (16. b5 Bd6 $1 $15) 16... exd5 17. Bxb8 Nxb8 18. Nxd5 Nxd5
19. Qxd5 Qb6 $15) 14... Rb8 15. b4 Qxa3 16. b5 (16. N7b5 $6 Qxb4 17. Bxb8 Nxb8
18. Nxa7 Bd7 19. Qd3 Qb6 20. Nab5 Nc6 $15) 16... e5 17. bxc6 exf4 18. N7b5 Qa5
19. c7 Ra8 20. Nxd5 Nxd5 21. Qxd5 $36 {[%csl Gc7]}) 11. Na3 Rd8 12. e4 Rb8 13.
Qe2 d6 {A typical "hedgehod setup" position has arisen.} 14. Be3 Bd7 15. Rab1
Rdc8 16. Rfd1 Be8 17. Bd2 {White keeps the knight on a3 in order to prevent
the advance b7-b5.} ({Black is ok after} 17. Nc2 Qa5 18. b4 Qc7 {White's
knights on the c-file might become a target after the possible b7-b5 thrust.})
17... Qc5 18. b4 Qh5 {The exchange of the queens does not change the
evaluation of the position as approximately equal.} (18... Nxb4 $6 19. e5 $1 (
19. Rxb4 Qxb4 20. Nd5 Qxa3 21. Nxe7+ Kh8 22. Nxc8 Rxc8 $15) 19... Qxe5 20. Rxb4
Qxe2 21. Nxe2 d5 22. Rdb1 (22. Rb3 $2 Ba4) 22... Bxb4 23. Bxb4 $14) 19. Qxh5
Nxh5 20. Bf3 (20. f4 Nf6 $11) 20... Nf6 21. Bf4 Ne5 22. Be2 Nfd7 {Black is now
threatening 23...b5, since the Nc3 is unprotected.} 23. c5 $2 {This idea is
quite typical for this setup, but in this concrete case it simply does not
work.} ({White should play a solid move like} 23. Rb3 {protecting the Nc3. The
chances are approximately equal.}) 23... dxc5 24. b5 g5 $1 {Yevseev probably
overlooked or underestimated this strong move.} 25. Bxe5 {If white retreats
with the bishop, then his compensation for the pawn is simply insufficient.}
Nxe5 26. bxa6 bxa6 27. Bxa6 {White gained back the pawn, but he can not be
satisfied with his position. His knights are quite passive and there are
numerous weak squares in his camp. Black's bishop's pair has great potential
as well.} Rxb1 28. Naxb1 Ra8 29. Be2 g4 $1 {[%csl Ge5] Fixing White's kingside
pawns and securing the stronghold e5.} 30. Kg2 c4 {Opening space for black's
bishops.} 31. h3 h5 32. hxg4 hxg4 {Black is clearly dominating. It is unlikely
that White can save this position.} 33. Rc1 Bc6 34. Rc2 f5 35. Nd2 Bb4 36. Nxc4
{This loses by force, but it's hard to blame White for this mistake in such a
bad position.} (36. Bxc4 Nxc4 37. Nxc4 Rc8 $1 $19 {[%csl Rc2,Rc3,Rc4][%cal
Gc8c2]} ({Less strong is} 37... Bxc3 $6 38. Rxc3 Bxe4+ 39. Kf1 $1 $17)) (36.
Kf1 Bxc3 37. Rxc3 Rxa2 38. Nxc4 Ra1+ 39. Kg2 Bxe4+ $19) (36. a4 $1 {was the
only way to resist.}) 36... Bxc3 37. Rxc3 Bxe4+ 38. Kf1 Rc8 {[%cal Rc8c3] The
pin along the c-file is decisive. White loses at least an exchange.} 39. a4 Bd5
0-1

[Event "Olympiad-36"]
[Site "Mallorca"]
[Date "2004.10.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Moiseenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Gunawan, Ruben"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2467"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2004.10.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Indonesia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "INA"]

1. d4 c5 2. d5 e6 3. Nc3 (3. c4 Nf6 {leads to Benoni defense.}) 3... a6 (3...
exd5 4. Nxd5 Ne7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bf6 Nbc6 7. e4 d6 8. Nf3 Be6 9. Nxe7 Nxe7 10.
Bb5+ Bd7 11. Bxd7+ Qxd7 12. Bxe7 Bxe7 13. Qd5 $14 {1/2-1/2 Khalifman,
A-Katalymov,B/Bad Woerishofen 1996/EXT 97 (55)}) ({Possible is} 3... Nf6 4. e4
d6) 4. a4 d6 5. e4 e5 $6 {After this move black gets a theoretical position
with a tempo down. This position may arise after 1.d4 c5 2.d5 e5 3.e4 d6 4.Nc3
a6 5.a4 and now there is black's turn, and after 5...Be7 or 5...g6 he gets
slightly worse, but playable position.} (5... Ne7 6. Nf3 exd5 7. exd5 Ng6 8. g3
Be7 9. h4 Bg4 10. h5 Ne5 11. Be2 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 Nxf3+ 13. Qxf3 O-O 14. O-O Nd7
15. Bf4 h6 16. Rfe1 Nf6 17. Nd1 Qd7 18. Ne3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Gurevich,D-Zelcic,R/
Geneve 1994/TD (73)}) (5... exd5 6. exd5 g6 7. Be2 Bg7 8. Nf3 Nh6 9. O-O O-O
10. Bg5 f6 11. Bf4 Nf7 12. Nd2 Nd7 13. h3 f5 14. Bh2 g5 15. f4 gxf4 16. Bxf4
Nde5 $132 {0-1 Chernikov,O-Zolnierowicz,K/Ceske Budejovice 1996/EXT 98 (40)})
6. f4 $1 {White must open the centre as soon as possible in order to emphasize
the drawbacks of black's position.} exf4 (6... Nd7 7. Nf3 g6 8. Bc4 Bg7 9. O-O
Ne7 10. fxe5 Nxe5 11. Nxe5 Bxe5 12. Qf3 O-O 13. Bh6 Bg7 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Qf6+
Kg8 16. Rf4 b6 17. Raf1 $18 {1-0 Horvath,J-Schweizer,R/Lugano 2000/EXT 2001 
(20)}) 7. Bxf4 Ne7 $146 (7... b6 8. Nf3 Ne7 9. Bc4 Ng6 10. Bg3 Be7 11. O-O O-O
12. e5 dxe5 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. Bxe5 $36 {1-0 Deak,F-Schmidt,J/Balatonbereny
1997/EXT 2001 (31)}) 8. Nf3 Ng6 9. Bg3 Bg4 10. Be2 Bxf3 $6 {There was no
reason to strengthen white's centre. At least, black could wait for the move
h2-h3 and only then play Bxf3 gaining a tempo.} (10... Nd7) (10... Be7) 11.
gxf3 Be7 12. f4 Bf6 13. O-O O-O 14. Kh1 $6 ({Stronger would have been} 14. Bg4
{preventing black's idea connected with f7-f5.}) 14... Nd7 $6 {Missing the
chance for active counterplay.} (14... Bxc3 $1 15. bxc3 f5 $132 16. e5 $140 $2
dxe5 17. fxe5 f4 $17) 15. Bg4 $1 Re8 16. Qf3 Bd4 (16... Bxc3 17. bxc3 Nf6 18.
Bf5 Ne7 19. Bh3 $16) 17. Ne2 Bf6 18. Nc3 Bd4 19. Rae1 {Of course, white is not
interested in a three throw repetition...} Rb8 {Preparing b7-b5 advance, but
the main battle will be on the kingside, where white concentrated all his
forces.} 20. Nd1 b5 21. axb5 axb5 22. c3 Bf6 23. Ne3 c4 $6 {Black certainly
underestimated the danger.} (23... Bh4 $1 {trying to reduce white's attacking
potential.}) 24. Bxd7 {Time for concrete actions...} Qxd7 25. Ng4 Bd8 26. f5
Ne5 27. Bxe5 dxe5 28. f6 Rb6 $2 {After this move white has decisive advantage.}
(28... h5 $1 29. Nh6+ (29. Ne3 $142 $16) 29... Kh7 $1 (29... gxh6 $2 30. Rg1+
Kf8 31. d6 $3 Qe6 (31... Qxd6 32. Rg8+ {[%cal Rf3g3,Rg3g7] mating.}) 32. Qxh5
Qxf6 33. Ref1 Qe6 34. Rxf7+ Qxf7 35. Qxh6+ $18) 30. Qg3 (30. fxg7 $2 Kxh6) (30.
Nf5 g6 31. Ng7 Rh8 32. Nxh5 Kg8 $132) 30... g6 $8 (30... Bxf6 $2 31. Rxf6 gxf6
32. Rg1 Rg8 33. Nxg8 $18) 31. Rf5 Kxh6 32. Rg1 Bxf6 33. Rxf6 Rg8 34. Qxe5 Rbe8
35. Qd4 Qe7 $13) 29. Qg3 g6 30. Qh3 Qd6 $2 {Loses right away.} ({More
resistant would have been} 30... Kh8 31. Qh6 Rg8 32. Nxe5 Qe8 33. Ng4 $18) 31.
Nh6+ (31. Nh6+ Kf8 32. Nxf7 $1 Kxf7 33. Qxh7+ Kf8 34. Qg7#) 1-0

[Event "ESP-ch final"]
[Site "Seville"]
[Date "2004.08.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Black "Moreno Carnero, Javier"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2618"]
[BlackElo "2507"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2004.08.20"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 103"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 exd5 4. cxd5 d6 5. Nc3 g6 {Black is intentionally
delaying the development of the kingside knight, keeping an option to develop
it to e7.} 6. e4 Bg7 7. Nf3 Ne7 {The knight on e7 is placed passively compared
to "normal" Nf6. On the other hand the move in the text has some pluses as
well, namely: black keeps the long diagonal open for his dark-squared bishop
and in some cases black can carry out the f7-f5 counterplay without wasting
time.} (7... Nf6 {leads to main variations of Benoni defence A70-A79.}) 8. Bb5+
(8. Be2 {--> 0-1 Postny,E-Gofshtein,L/Israel 2002/CBM 88 [Gofshtein,L] (31)}) (
8. Bf4 a6 9. a4 Bg4 10. Be2 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 O-O 12. O-O Nc8 13. Qb3 b6 14. Bg4
Nd7 15. Rad1 Ne5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Farago,I-Tseitlin,M/Muenster 1996/CBM 55 ext (53)
}) 8... Nd7 $6 {Not the best choice.} (8... Bd7 9. a4 a6 10. Be2 Bg4 11. Nd2
Bxe2 12. Qxe2 O-O 13. Nc4 Re8 14. Bg5 Qc7 15. O-O Nd7 16. Qd2 Nc8 $11 {0-1
Dziuba,M-Przewoznik,J/Suwalki 1999/EXT 2000 (42)}) 9. Bf4 {[%csl Rd6]} a6 $146
(9... Qb6 10. Qb3 O-O 11. Bxd7 Bxd7 12. Qxb6 axb6 13. Bxd6 Rfe8 14. O-O Nc8 15.
Bc7 Bxc3 16. bxc3 Rxe4 17. Ne5 $16 {1-0 Gligoric,S-Larsen,B/Lugano 1968/MCD 
(45)}) 10. Bxd7+ Qxd7 {As a result of 8...Nd7, black has to recapture with the
queen and obstruct his queenside development.} 11. O-O O-O 12. e5 {The point
of the previous play. White is trying to take benefits on black's temporary
disharmony.} dxe5 13. Bxe5 b5 (13... Rd8 {[%csl Rd5]} 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Qb3 $36
{[%cal Ga1d1]}) (13... f6 14. Bg3 Nf5 15. d6 $36 {[%csl Gd5]}) 14. d6 Nf5 (
14... Nc6 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Qd5 $16) 15. Ne4 Qc6 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Re1 {
It appeares that black can not really attack the Pd6, while the dark squares
in his camp are quite vulnerable.} Bb7 18. Rc1 Rad8 $2 {Giving up the Pc5
leads to a total collapse of black's position.} ({Black could get a playable
endgame after} 18... c4 19. Nd4 Qd5 20. Nxf5+ gxf5 21. Qxd5 Bxd5 22. Ng3 (22.
Nc5 Rfd8 23. d7 Bc6 24. Rcd1 Ra7 25. Rd6 Rc7 26. Red1 Kf8 $14) 22... Be6 $14)
19. Nxc5 Rxd6 {What else?} 20. Ne6+ fxe6 (20... Rxe6 21. Rxc6 Rxc6 22. Nd4 $18)
21. Rxc6 Rxd1 22. Rc7+ Kh6 23. Rxd1 {White is an exchange up and his rooks are
very active, which promise him an easy win.} Bxf3 24. gxf3 Nh4 25. Rdd7 Nxf3+
26. Kg2 Kg5 27. Rf7 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2005.12.04"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2618"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2005.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. d5 b5 {This is an aggressive and risky line. Black is
trying to grab space on the queenside from the very beginning at the price of
delaying the natural development.} ({The next day on tiebreak Cheparinov chose
more solid setup, but failed:} 3... d6 4. Nc3 g6 5. e4 Bg7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O
Na6 8. Nd2 Nc7 9. a4 b6 10. Nc4 Ba6 11. Bf4 Bxc4 12. Bxc4 a6 13. Qe2 Nd7 14.
Ra3 $14 {1-0 Carlsen,M (2570)-Cheparinov,I (2618)/Khanty Mansiysk 2005/CBM
111_01 (30)}) 4. Bg5 Ne4 5. Bh4 ({Not so promising for white:} 5. Qd3 $6 Nxg5
6. Nxg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8. Nf3 exd5 9. Qxd5 Nc6 $132 {1/2-1/2 Ehlvest,J (2605)
-Van Wely,L (2680)/Liepaya 2004/CBM 103_01 [Postny,E] (27)}) ({Another
playable bishop's retreat I played by myself:} 5. Bf4 {1-0 Postny,E (2556)
-Abergel,T (2456)/Warsaw 2005/CBM 108_01 (23)}) 5... Bb7 {This variation was
played several times by Topalov few years ago. Obviously, Cheparinov was
familiar with those games.} 6. e3 ({Very sharp and double-edged is:} 6. Qd3 f5
7. Nbd2 c4 8. Qd4 Na6 9. c3 Nxd2 10. Qxd2 Qb6 11. O-O-O g6 12. Qd4 Rg8 13. e4
Bg7 14. Qxb6 axb6 15. exf5 gxf5 16. Re1 Nc5 17. Rxe7+ Kf8 18. Nd4 Rxa2 $13 {
0-1 Kramnik,V (2758)-Topalov,V (2702)/Monte Carlo 2000/CBM 076 (33)}) 6... g6
7. c4 {After this move the position is becoming similar to a Benko gambit.} ({
More logical is} 7. c3 {building a barrier on the long diagonal against
black's dark-squared bishop. For instanse:} Qa5 8. Nbd2 Nxd2 9. Qxd2 Bg7 10. e4
d6 11. Bd3 Nd7 12. O-O a6 13. Rfc1 Rc8 14. h3 Qb6 15. Bf1 Nf6 16. Re1 O-O $11 {
1-0 Timman,J (2629)-Topalov,V (2718)/Wijk aan Zee 2001/CBM 081 [Tsesarsky] (38)
}) 7... Bg7 8. Nbd2 $146 (8. Qc2 Qa5+ 9. Nbd2 f5 10. Bd3 bxc4 11. Bxe4 fxe4 12.
Qxe4 e6 13. Qf4 Bxd5 14. O-O Nc6 15. Nxc4 Bxc4 16. Qxc4 O-O $15 {0-1 Nalivajko,
E (2400)-Zubarev,A (2460)/Simferopol 2003/CBM 097 ext (44)}) 8... Qa5 $4 {
[%mdl 8192] Looks normal, isn't it?} (8... Nxd2 9. Qxd2 bxc4 10. Bxc4 d6 {
is a normal continuation.}) 9. Bd3 $4 {It's rather weird that two young bright
tacticians missed the simple 9.b4 move.} (9. b4 $1 Qxb4 (9... cxb4 10. Nxe4 b3+
11. Ned2 bxa2 (11... Bxa1 12. Qxa1 O-O 13. Bxe7 $18) 12. Nd4 $18) 10. Rb1 Qc3
11. Rb3 $1 Nxd2 (11... Qa5 12. Rxb5 $18) 12. Rxc3 Nxf3+ 13. Qxf3 Bxc3+ 14. Kd1
$18) 9... Nxd2 10. Nxd2 bxc4 11. Bxc4 d6 12. O-O Nd7 {Black avoided an
immediate disaster, but still experiencing some problems due to his uncastled
king.} 13. Qe2 a6 $6 {Covering the b5 square, but wasting an important tempo.}
(13... Nf6 $2 14. Bb5+ $16) (13... Qd8 {looks safer.}) 14. e4 Qc7 15. Rab1 Nb6
{The Pe7 is now protected. Black is ready to castle.} 16. Bd3 $2 {Too passive.}
({Much more dynamic and troublesome for black would have been:} 16. b4 $1 cxb4
(16... Na4 17. Qe3 O-O 18. bxc5 Nxc5 19. Nb3 Nxb3 20. Rxb3 Qxc4 21. Rxb7 $16)
17. Rfc1 $16) 16... O-O {Now the position is approximately balanced.} 17. b3 e6
$1 {Opening up the centre is black's typical plan in this kind of pawn
structure.} 18. dxe6 fxe6 19. f4 Rae8 20. Rbe1 a5 21. Bg3 Bc6 22. Kh1 a4 23.
Nf3 {Magnus moves all his pieces towards the black king.} Qb7 $6 {A careless
move.} (23... Qe7 $142 {preparing to meet} 24. Ng5 {with} Bf6) 24. Ng5 Bf6 25.
Qg4 $1 Qe7 26. e5 ({Another promising continuation is:} 26. Nxh7 $1 Qxh7 27. e5
Bd8 (27... Bh8 28. Bxg6 Qg7 29. f5 exf5 30. Rxf5 Rxf5 31. Qxf5 Re7 32. Rf1 Nd7
33. exd6 Re2 34. Bf7+ $18) (27... Qh5 28. Qxh5 gxh5 29. exf6 axb3 30. axb3 Rxf6
31. Bh4 Rff8 32. Bg6 Ra8 33. Rxe6 Ra2 34. Rg1 $18) 28. Bxg6 Qg7 29. f5 $1 (29.
Qh5 Nd5 (29... dxe5 30. fxe5 Rxf1+ 31. Rxf1 Rf8 32. Bh7+ $1 $18) (29... d5 30.
f5 exf5 31. e6 d4 32. Be5 Bf6 33. Qxf5 Nd5 34. Rf3 $1 $40) 30. Bxe8 Bxe8 31.
Qh3 Rf5 32. exd6 Bd7 $13) 29... exf5 30. Rxf5 Bd7 31. e6 Rxf5 32. Qxf5 Bxe6 33.
Qb1 $1 (33. Rxe6 $4 Qa1+) (33. Bxd6 $2 Bh4 $1 34. g3 $140 $2 Qb7+ $19) 33...
axb3 34. axb3 Re7 35. Bxd6 Bd5 36. Bxe7 Bxe7 37. Be4 $16) 26... Bxg5 27. fxg5 (
27. Qxg5 $2 Qxg5 28. fxg5 Rxf1+ 29. Rxf1 d5) 27... Rxf1+ 28. Rxf1 Qb7 {[%csl
Rg2]} 29. Qe2 $2 {The turning point of the game.} (29. Rf6 $1 Bxg2+ 30. Kg1
axb3 31. axb3 (31. Rxe6 $2 Qc8 32. Rxe8+ Qxe8 33. Kxg2 bxa2 34. Bc4+ Kg7 35.
Bxa2 Qa8+ 36. Kh3 Qxa2 37. exd6 Qd5 $11) 31... Bh1 (31... Bd5 32. Bxg6 Ra8 33.
Qh4 $1 Ra1+ (33... Bh1 34. Bxh7+ Qxh7 35. Qxh7+ Kxh7 36. Kxh1 $18) 34. Be1 Bh1
(34... Qg7 35. Bf7+ Kh8 36. Bxe6 Rxe1+ (36... dxe5 37. Rf7 Rxe1+ 38. Kf2 Qg8
39. g6 Qxg6 40. Rf8+ Kg7 41. Rg8#) (36... Nd7 37. Bxd5 Rxe1+ 38. Qxe1 Nxf6 39.
exf6 Qxg5+ 40. Bg2 $18) 37. Qxe1 Qxg5+ 38. Qg3 Qxg3+ 39. hxg3 dxe5 40. Bf5 $18)
35. Bxh7+ Qxh7 36. Rf8+ Kxf8 37. Qxh7 Rxe1+ 38. Kf2 Rxe5 39. g6 $18) 32. Qh3
Be4 (32... Qd5 33. Bb5 Re7 34. exd6 $18) 33. Rxe6 Ra8 34. Rxd6 Bxd3 35. Qe6+
Qf7 36. Qxf7+ Kxf7 37. Rxd3 $16) (29. Kg1 axb3 30. axb3 Bxg2 31. Rf6 {leads to
the same position as after 29.Rf6, but in this case black does not have to
take on g2...}) 29... d5 30. h4 c4 $1 {Magnus missed his chance and after this
breakthrough black is clearly in possession of an initiative.} 31. bxc4 dxc4
32. Bc2 Nd5 33. Kh2 (33. h5 Ne3 $1 34. Rf2 (34. Qxe3 $2 Bxg2+ 35. Kg1 Bxf1 36.
Kxf1 Qh1+ 37. Ke2 Rf8 38. Be1 Qxh5+ 39. Kd2 Rf3 {and black is nearly winning.})
34... Nxc2 35. Qxc2 Rc8 $1 36. hxg6 c3 $1 $17 {[%csl Gc3]}) ({Deserved
attention} 33. Rf2) 33... c3 {[%cal Gc6b5,Gb5f1]} 34. Qf2 $6 {Another unsound
manouevre.} (34. Rb1 Qe7 35. Qc4 Rc8 $15) 34... Qe7 35. Qd4 $2 ({Necessary was
} 35. Rb1) 35... Rb8 36. Be4 $4 {Blundering a piece. On the other hand,
white's position is bad anyway.} (36. Rf2 Rb2 $19) {[%tqu "En","How can Black
win material?","","","b8b4","",5]} 36... Rb4 $19 37. Qd3 Bb5 {[%csl Rd3,Rf1]}
38. Qf3 Rxe4 39. Qxe4 Bxf1 40. Qxa4 Bd3 41. Qc6 Kf7 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-36"]
[Site "Mallorca"]
[Date "2004.10.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Pelletier, Yannick"]
[Black "Kengis, Edvins"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2589"]
[BlackElo "2543"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2004.10.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Switzerland"]
[BlackTeam "Latvia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SUI"]
[BlackTeamCountry "LAT"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O c5 7. d5 e6 {A
typical idea in this opening line. Black is intending to put pressure on
white's Pd5.} ({Other playable continuations are:} 7... Bg4) (7... Na6 {
[%cal Ya6c7]}) 8. Bf4 {This move is a rare one in this specific position.} (8.
Nd2 exd5 9. exd5 Nbd7 10. Nc4 Nb6 {1-0 Prokopchuk,E-Wojtkiewicz,A/Moscow 2002/
CBM 88 [Tsesarsky] (60)}) (8. dxe6 Bxe6 9. Ng5 (9. Bf4 d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11.
Nxd5 Bxd5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Dreev,A-Bareev,E/Wijk aan Zee 1995/CBM 45 (38)}) 9...
Nc6 10. f4 Nd4 11. Nxe6 fxe6 $132 {0-1 Zugic,I-Wojtkiewicz,A/New York 2000/CBM
76 ext (58)}) 8... exd5 9. exd5 Na6 10. Nd2 (10. Bxa6 $6 bxa6 11. Nd2 {[%csl
Rd6][%cal Gd2c4]} Nh5 12. Be3 f5 $132) 10... Nc7 {[%csl Rd5]} 11. Nc4 {[%csl
Rd6]} b5 $1 {Black must be consequent to achieve counterplay.} ({Too passive is
} 11... Nce8 $6 12. Bf3 b6 13. Nb5 Ba6 14. a4 Bxb5 15. axb5 Qc7 16. Re1 $16 {
1-0 Bistric,F-Cebalo,M/Kastel Stari 1997/CBM 57 ext (42)}) 12. Nxd6 b4 13. Na4
Ncxd5 (13... Nfxd5 $6 14. Bg3 Bd7 15. Nxc5 Bxb2 16. Bf3 Bc6 17. Rb1 Nc3 18.
Bxc6 Nxd1 19. Rfxd1 Qf6 20. Nd7 Qc3 21. Bxa8 {[%cal Rg3e5] 1-0 Shabalov,
A-Wojtkiewicz,A/Philadelphia 2000/CBM 79 ext (21)}) 14. Bg3 Qa5 15. b3 Ba6 16.
Re1 $6 $146 {This move is actually a waste of time.} (16. Bxa6 Qxa6 17. Qf3
Rad8 18. Nc4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Eingorn,V-Velimirovic,D/Bor 1986/EXT 97 (26)}) 16...
Rad8 17. a3 {Trying to create a targets on the queenside.} bxa3 18. c4 $2 {
This move is actually a losing one, but worked well in the game!} (18. Bxa6
Qxa6 19. Nxc5 Qc6 20. Ncb7 Rd7 (20... Nh5 21. Nxd8 Rxd8 22. Nf5 $1 Bf6 (22...
Bxa1 23. Ne7+ $18 {[%cal Gd1d8]}) (22... gxf5 23. Qxh5 Bxa1 24. Qg5+ $18 {
[%csl Rd8,Rg8]}) 23. Be5 Ne3 24. Qxd8+ Bxd8 25. Nxe3 $16) 21. Na5 Qc5 22. Nac4
Rfd8 23. Qf3 Rxd6 24. Bxd6 Rxd6 25. Nxd6 Qxd6 $13) 18... Ne7 $4 {This terrible
move is a turning point in the game.} ({The winning move was} 18... Nb4 $1 19.
Qc1 (19. Qb1 Nh5 $19) (19. Bf3 Ne8 20. Qd2 Nxd6 21. Bxd6 Rxd6 22. Qxd6 Nc2 $19)
19... Nh5 $1 20. Bxh5 Bxa1 21. Qxa1 Nc2 $19 {[%csl Ra1,Re1]}) 19. Qc1 Nc8 $6 ({
The least of the evils for black would have been} 19... Ne8 20. Ne4 Bxa1 21.
Qxa1 $44) 20. Nxc8 Bxc8 21. Be5 {After the white bishop occupied the diagonal
a1-h8, black is in serious troubles. White is intending simply to pick up all
black's weak pawns on the queenside, while black has no objects to attack.} Ne4
(21... Rfe8 22. Bc3 Qc7 23. Qxa3 $16 {[%csl Ra7,Rc5]}) 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. Qxa3
Rd2 24. Bf3 $1 Nxf2 25. Qxc5 Qd8 26. Rf1 Qf6 ({More stubborn would have been} 
26... Nd3 {, though after} 27. Qe3 Qa5 28. Bd5 {white has a winning position.})
27. Qe3 $1 {Now black can not avoid big material losses.} Rfd8 28. Bd5 R2xd5
29. cxd5 Ng4 30. Qxa7 Rd7 31. Rxf6 Rxa7 32. Rff1 {The rest of the game needs
no comments.} Bf5 33. Nc5 Rc7 34. Rac1 Ra7 35. d6 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 6th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2005.06.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Postny, Evgeny"]
[Black "Abergel, Thal"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2556"]
[BlackElo "2456"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2005.06.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. d5 b5 {A bit risky, but aggressive line where black is
trying to get an improved version of either Benoni defense or Benko gambit.} 4.
Bg5 Ne4 (4... Qa5+ {--> 1-0 Sakaev,K-Delchev,A/Ohrid 2001/CBM 84 [Tsesarsky] 
(10)}) (4... Qb6 5. Bxf6 Qxf6 6. c3 Qb6 7. a4 b4 8. Nbd2 Ba6 9. e4 Bxf1 10.
Kxf1 g6 11. g3 Bg7 12. Qc2 d6 13. Kg2 bxc3 14. bxc3 Nd7 15. Rhb1 Qa6 $11 {
1/2-1/2 Rustemov,A-Tregubov,P/New Delhi/Teheran 2000/CBM 80 (29).}) (4... d6 5.
Bxf6 exf6 6. e4 a6 7. a4 b4 8. Bd3 g6 {- see the annotated game Onischuk,
A-Ramirez,A/Wijk aan Zee 2005/CBM 105 [Postny,E]}) 5. Bf4 (5. Qd3 {- see the
annotated game Ehlvest,J-Van Wely,L/Liepajas 2004/CBM 103 [Postny,E]}) ({
Another common line is} 5. Bh4) 5... Bb7 (5... Qa5+ 6. Nbd2 Bb7 7. a4 Bxd5 8.
axb5 Qb6 (8... Qd8 9. Ra4 Nxd2 10. Nxd2 d6 11. e4 Bb7 12. Qa1 e5 13. Bg5 Be7
14. Bxe7 Kxe7 15. Bd3 Nd7 16. O-O {1-0 Hebden,M-Degraeve,J/Clichy 2001/CBM 85 
[Tsesarsky] (66)}) 9. Nxe4 Bxe4 10. Nd2 Bb7 11. e4 d6 12. Nc4 Qc7 13. Rxa7 Rxa7
14. b6 Qc8 15. bxa7 Nc6 16. Qa1 Qa8 17. Na5 Nxa7 18. Qa4+ Kd8 19. Nxb7+ Qxb7
20. Bd3 $18 {1-0 Nosenko,A-Potebnya,V/Chernigov 2005 (25)}) 6. a4 Qb6 $2 {
A bad novelty.} (6... Nf6 7. e4 (7. axb5 Nxd5 8. Bd2 Nf6 9. c4 g6 10. Nc3 Bg7
11. Qc2 a6 12. e4 O-O 13. Be2 axb5 14. Rxa8 Bxa8 15. cxb5 d6 16. O-O Nbd7 $132
{1-0 Kononenko,T-Calzetta,M/Chisinau 2005 (40)}) 7... Nxe4 8. Bxb5 e6 9. dxe6
fxe6 10. Nc3 Be7 11. Nxe4 Bxe4 12. Bxb8 Rxb8 13. Ne5 Rb7 14. O-O O-O 15. Bxd7
Kh8 16. Bc6 Bxc6 17. Nxc6 Qe8 18. Nxe7 Qxe7 19. b3 $16 {1-0 Tregubov,P-Kogan,A/
Bastia 2003 (60)}) (6... b4 7. c4 e6 8. Qd3 Nf6 9. e4 exd5 10. exd5 d6 11. Nbd2
$14 {1-0 Komarov,D-Degraeve,J/France 2002 (21)}) 7. axb5 Qxb5 8. Nbd2 $1 {
After only eight moves black's position is nearly lost!} Nxd2 9. Nxd2 d6 (9...
Bxd5 $2 10. e4 $18 {[%csl Rb5,Rd5]}) (9... Qxb2 $2 10. Rb1 Qf6 11. e3 {[%csl
Rb7,Rb8] winning a piece.}) 10. e4 Qd7 11. Nc4 g6 12. e5 {White has big
advantage in development, there he should open up the centre.} Bg7 $1 {The
only practical chance to complete the development at a price of a pawn.} 13.
exd6 O-O 14. Be2 exd6 15. O-O (15. Nxd6 $6 Bxb2 16. Rb1 Bc3+ 17. Kf1 Ba6 {
with some compensation.}) 15... Ba6 (15... Qf5 16. Bxd6 Rd8 17. Ra5 Qxd5 18.
Qxd5 Bxd5 19. Rxc5 Bxc4 20. Rxc4 Rxd6 21. Rc8+ Bf8 22. Bf3 $18) 16. Nxd6 Bxe2
17. Qxe2 Bxb2 {Black gained back a pawn, but white's rook will invade the 7th
rank with devastating consequences.} 18. Rab1 Bg7 19. Rb7 Qa4 20. Be5 {
Exchanging the key defender of black's king.} Qh4 (20... Bxe5 21. Qxe5 Qd4 22.
Nxf7 $1 Qxe5 23. Nxe5 $18) 21. Bxg7 Kxg7 22. Qe5+ Kg8 23. Ne8 {With too many
threats.} ({Another forced way to win was:} 23. Nxf7 Rxf7 24. Qe8+ Rf8 25. Qe6+
Kh8 26. Qe5+ Qf6 27. Qc7 {[%csl Rg7,Rh7]}) 1-0

[Event "Carlos Torre Wimbledon 17th"]
[Site "Merida"]
[Date "2004.12.17"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Milov, Vadim"]
[Black "Gonzalez Zamora, Juan Carlos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2524"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2004.12.13"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "MEX"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 exd5 4. cxd5 d6 5. Nc3 Ne7 {A rare continuation. Black
is intending to transfer the knight to g6, where it will control the dark
squares on the kingside, while the dark-squared bishop will be developed to e7.
} (5... Nf6 {leads to the Benoni defense, A60-A79.}) 6. e4 Ng6 7. f4 {The most
principled way to meet black's setup. White gains space in the centre and the
kingside.} (7. Be2 Be7 8. Nf3 O-O 9. O-O Bf6 10. Be3 Re8 11. Nd2 a6 12. a4 Nd7
13. Re1 Bd4 14. Nc4 Qf6 15. Qd2 Nde5 16. Nxe5 Qxe5 17. Bf1 Bd7 18. a5 Bxe3 19.
Rxe3 Qd4 $132 {0-1 Ionov,S-Gavrilov,A/St Petersburg 2001/EXT 2002 (43)}) 7...
Be7 8. Nf3 O-O (8... Bf6 9. Bd3 O-O 10. O-O Nd7 11. Re1 Re8 12. Nb5 Qb6 13. a4
c4+ 14. Be3 Nc5 15. e5 dxe5 16. b4 cxb3 17. Rc1 b2 18. Rxc5 exf4 19. Bf2 $18 {
1-0 Thorfinnsson,B-Westerinen,H/Izmir 2004/CBM 102 ext (37)}) 9. Bc4 (9. Bd3 $6
{Not the best place for white's bishop.} Bg4 10. O-O a6 11. a4 Nd7 12. Qc2 Bxf3
13. Rxf3 Bf6 14. Bd2 Rc8 15. b3 Bd4+ 16. Kh1 Nf6 17. Ne2 Bxa1 {0-1 Zapata,
K-Peicheva Hansen,E/Mallorca 2004/CBM 102 ext (17)}) 9... a6 $146 {[%cal Gb7b5]
The previous game on this position also did not went well for black, so the
whole line seems to be just in white's favour.} (9... Nd7 10. a4 a6 11. g3 Bf6
12. O-O Re8 13. Re1 Rb8 14. Kg2 h6 15. h3 $14 {1-0 Van Wely,L-Gonzalez Zamora,
J/Mallorca 2004/CBM 104 [Postny,E] (67)}) 10. a4 Bf6 $6 {This is too slow.} ({
Possible is} 10... Nh4 11. O-O Nxf3+ 12. gxf3 (12. Qxf3 Nd7 $14) 12... Kh8 {
trying to carry out f7-f5 advance sooner or later.}) ({Comes to consideration
as well:} 10... Bg4 11. O-O Kh8 $5 {[%cal Gf7f5]}) 11. O-O Re8 12. Qc2 {
Protecting Pe4.} Nd7 13. Bd2 Nh4 14. Kh1 $1 Nxf3 15. gxf3 $1 {This is the best
recapture. White strengthens his centre and opens "g" file.} Rb8 16. Rg1 Bd4
17. Rg2 {White has nice attacking prospects on the kingside, while black has
no plan at all.} Nb6 {17...f5 was an interesting practical chance, though the
concrete variations are in white's favour anyway.} (17... f5 18. Ne2 Bf6 19.
Ng3 fxe4 (19... b5 20. axb5 axb5 21. Ba5 $16 {[%csl Rd8]}) (19... Nf8 20. Nh5
Ng6 (20... Bd4 21. Bc3 $40) 21. exf5 Nh4 22. Nxf6+ Qxf6 23. Bc3 $18) 20. fxe4
b5 21. axb5 axb5 22. Ba5 Qe7 (22... Ra8 23. Bxd8 Rxa1+ 24. Rg1 $18) (22... Nb6
23. Bxb5) 23. Nf5 Qxe4 (23... Qf8 24. Bc7 bxc4 25. Bxd6 Rxb2 26. Qxc4 Rxg2 27.
Bxf8 Bxa1 28. Kxg2 Kxf8 29. Nd6 $18) 24. Nxd6 Qxc2 25. Rxc2 bxc4 26. Nxe8 Bb7
27. Nxf6+ Nxf6 28. Kg1 Bxd5 29. Bc3 $16) 18. Ba2 Bh3 $6 (18... f5 19. Ne2 Bf6
20. Ba5 $18) ({The least of the evils black was} 18... Bd7 19. a5 Nc8 20. Ne2
Bf6 21. Rag1 b5 22. Bc3 g6) 19. Rg3 Qh4 $2 ({It was necessary to retreat with
the bishop.} 19... Bd7) 20. Be1 Qh6 21. Ne2 Bf6 22. f5 $18 {[%csl Rh3] Black's
Bh3 is now locked and white will win it very soon.} Nd7 (22... Be5 23. Bd2 Qh4
24. Bg5 Qh5 25. Nf4 Bxf4 26. Bxf4 $18 {[%csl Rd6,Rg7,Rh3,Rh5][%cal Ga1g1]}) (
22... Bxf5 23. exf5 Nxa4 24. Nc3 $18) 23. Bd2 Qh4 24. Ng1 {[%csl Rh3]} Bxf5 25.
exf5 b5 26. axb5 axb5 27. Rf1 Ra8 28. Bb1 ({Wins as well:} 28. Rg4 Qh5 29. Bb1)
28... Qd4 29. Bc3 Qxd5 {Black won second pawn, but white's coordinated forces
does not leave black a chance.} 30. Qg2 Bxc3 31. Be4 Qa2 32. Bxa8 Qxb2 33. Rf2
Qb1 34. Bc6 Rd8 35. Bxd7 Rxd7 36. f4 $1 {[%csl Rc3,Rg8][%cal Gg2a8] Nice
double threat. White is winning another piece.} h6 37. Rxc3 Qxf5 38. Rg3 g6 39.
Re3 Kg7 40. Ne2 Ra7 41. h3 Kh7 42. Ng3 Qf6 43. Qd5 b4 44. Kg2 Rc7 45. Ne4 Qd8
46. f5 {Black's king is doomed.} g5 47. f6 c4 48. Qf5+ 1-0

[Event "Corus-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2005.01.30"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Ramirez Alvarez, Alejandro"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2507"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[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 c5 3. d5 b5 {In this line black is trying to seize space on
the queenside at the very beginning.} 4. Bg5 d6 {Other theoretical
continuations are:} (4... Ne4 {1/2-1/2 Ehlvest,J-Van Wely,L/Liepaya 2004/CBM
103 [Postny,E] (27)}) (4... Qa5+ {1-0 Sakaev,K-Delchev,A/Ohrid 2001/CBM 84 
[Tsesarsky] (10)}) (4... Qb6 5. Bxf6 Qxf6 6. c3 Qb6 7. a4 b4 8. Nbd2 Ba6 9. e4
Bxf1 10. Kxf1 g6 11. g3 Bg7 12. Qc2 d6 13. Kg2 bxc3 14. bxc3 Nd7 15. Rhb1 Qa6
$11 {1/2-1/2 Rustemov,A-Tregubov,P/New Delhi/Teheran 2000/CBM 80 (29)}) 5. Bxf6
{Giving the bishop, but spoiling black's pawnstructure.} exf6 6. e4 {This is
the most principled continuation.} (6. e3 {1/2-1/2 Bacrot,E-Vaisser,A/
Marseille 2001/CBM 85 [Tsesarsky] (33)}) 6... a6 7. a4 {This move is necessary
for white to get control over c4 square.} b4 8. Bd3 (8. c3 {1-0 Hebden,
M-Hanley,C/Torquay 2002/CBM 91 [Rabinovich,Al] (40)}) 8... g6 9. Nbd2 Bg7 {
Black has a passive position, but he is hoping to make use of his pair of
bishops in the long run.} 10. Nc4 O-O (10... a5 11. O-O O-O 12. Nfd2 Bb7 13. g4
(13. Qg4 f5 14. exf5 Bxd5 $13 {1/2-1/2 Kozul,Z-Khalifman,A/Luzern 1997/CBM 62 
[Stohl] (34)}) 13... f5 14. gxf5 gxf5 15. Qh5 Qf6 16. Rae1 Nd7 17. e5 Nxe5 18.
Nxe5 dxe5 19. Bxf5 $14 {1/2-1/2 Cramling,P-Wippermann,T/Catalan Bay 2004/CBM
98 ext (54)}) 11. O-O Bb7 $1 {Eyeing the Pd5 and preparing f6-f5 thrust.} 12.
Qd2 (12. a5 f5 13. exf5 Bxd5 14. Nb6 Bxf3 15. Qxf3 Ra7 16. c3 bxc3 17. bxc3
Bxc3 18. Ra4 Be5 19. Rg4 Nd7 20. Bc4 Kg7 $17 {0-1 Pert,N-Ward,C/Hove 1997/EXT
99 (46)}) 12... f5 13. exf5 Bxd5 14. Be2 Bxc4 $6 {It's logical to get rid of
white's excellent knight, but after this exchange white gets total control
over the light squares.} ({Deserves serious attention:} 14... Bc6) 15. Bxc4 Nc6
{Black has to complete the development.} ({After} 15... Bxb2 $2 16. Rad1 {
black's position is nearly collapsing.}) 16. Rad1 ({After} 16. fxg6 hxg6 17.
Qd3 {[%csl Ra6,Rg6]} Ne7 18. Bxa6 d5 {black is fine.}) 16... Ne5 17. Nxe5 Bxe5
18. fxg6 hxg6 19. f4 $146 {In the previous game Ramirez defended successfully,
but Onischuk came well prepared...} (19. Qh6 Qf6 20. Rd3 Rad8 21. b3 a5 22. Bd5
Bd4 23. Rh3 Qg7 24. g3 Be5 25. Kg2 Bd4 26. Re1 Rde8 27. Rd1 {1/2-1/2 Moiseenko,
A-Ramirez Alvarez,A/Dallas 2004/CBM 105 (27)}) 19... Bd4+ $2 {After this
obvious check black is in trouble!} ({The critical line is:} 19... Bxb2 20. f5
({After} 20. Qxd6 Qxd6 (20... Bd4+ $2 21. Rxd4 cxd4 22. Qxg6+ Kh8 23. Qh6+ Kg8
24. Bd3 f5 25. Bc4+ $18) 21. Rxd6 Kg7 22. Bxa6 Rfd8 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 {black has
great chances for a draw.}) 20... Bd4+ 21. Kh1 Kg7 (21... d5 22. Qh6 $1 dxc4
23. Rxd4 $1 Qf6 24. Rd6 $1 Qg7 25. Qh4 $40) 22. fxg6 fxg6 23. Rxf8 Qxf8 24. Rf1
Bf6 25. Qd5 Ra7 26. Bxa6 Qe7 {and black holds.}) 20. Kh1 Kg7 (20... Bxb2 21. f5
$40 {Black has no more possibility of Bd4+.}) 21. c3 {Driving away black's
bishop from it's excellent place, while the white bishop will occupy the
dominant d5 square.} bxc3 22. bxc3 Bf6 23. g4 $1 {Starting the decisive attack
against the black king. It should be noted, that the presense of the opposite
colour bishops helps white a lot, since black is simply unable to cover light
squares.} Qa5 {[%csl Ra4,Rc3]} 24. Rf3 Qxa4 25. Bd5 Rab8 26. Rdf1 {The threat
g4-g5 followed by f4-f5 can not be parried in a satisfactory way. Black's
extra pawn has no significance at all.} Bd8 27. f5 Qxg4 28. f6+ Bxf6 (28... Kh7
29. Qe3 $18 {[%cal Rf3h3]}) 29. Rxf6 Rb1 {Trying to reduce white's attacking
potential.} 30. Rxf7+ Rxf7 31. Rxb1 Re7 32. c4 {White's position is totally
winning, the Bd5 is dominating the board.} Qf5 33. Rg1 Re5 34. Qg2 Qd3 35. Qf1
Qxf1 36. Rxf1 Re7 37. Ra1 Ra7 38. Ra5 $1 {The rest is easy.} Kf6 39. Kg2 Kg5
40. Kg3 Kf5 41. h4 g5 42. h5 g4 43. Kh4 Kf4 44. Ra1 1-0

[Event "Andorra op 18th"]
[Site "Andorra"]
[Date "2000.06.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Psakhis, Lev"]
[Black "Saravanan, Venkat"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2412"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2000.06.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. e4 c5 4. d5 d6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Ne7 7. h3 (7. Be2 exd5 8.
exd5 O-O 9. O-O a6 10. Re1 Nd7 11. Bf4 Nf6 12. Qd2 Nf5 13. Bd3 Bd7 14. Bxf5
Bxf5 15. Bh6 Rb8 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Nh4 Bc8 18. Re2 b5 19. cxb5 axb5 20. Rc1 b4
21. Ne4 Nxe4 {Crafty-Dzindzihashvili,R/Internet 1995/0-1 (67)}) 7... O-O 8. Bd3
exd5 (8... a6 9. a4 exd5 10. exd5 h6 11. O-O Bf5 12. Re1 Bxd3 13. Qxd3 Nd7 14.
Bf4 Nf6 15. Rab1 a5 16. Nb5 Nc8 17. Re2 Re8 18. Rbe1 Rxe2 19. Rxe2 Bf8 20. Nd2
Na7 21. Nc3 Qd7 22. Nde4 Ne8 23. g4 {Ibragimov,I-Saravanan,V/Guntur 2000/The
Week in Chess 284/1-0 (39)}) 9. cxd5 (9. exd5 Nd7 10. O-O Ne5 11. Nxe5 Bxe5 12.
Bg5 f6 13. Be3 g5 14. Qc2 Rf7 15. f4 gxf4 16. Bxf4 f5 17. Bxe5 dxe5 18. Rae1
Qd6 {0-1 Prakash,G-Saravanan,V/IND-ch 2000 (39)}) 9... Nd7 $146 (9... a6 10. a4
f5 11. O-O h6 12. Re1 Nd7 13. Bf4 fxe4 14. Bxd6 Rxf3 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. Qxf3
exf3 17. Rxe7 Ne5 18. Re1 Nxd3 19. Re8+ Bf8 20. R1e7 Nf4 21. d6 Ne2+ 22. Kh2 b5
{1-0 Novikov,I-Radziewicz,I/Koszalin op-A 1999 (22)}) 10. O-O Ne5 11. Nxe5 Bxe5
12. Bh6 Bg7 13. Qd2 $14 Bd7 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. f4 {[%cal Ge4e5,Gf4f5]} Qa5 (
15... f5 16. e5) 16. e5 $5 (16. f5 f6 $5 (16... Ng8)) 16... dxe5 $6 (16... Nxd5
$1 17. f5 (17. exd6 $142 $5 $36) 17... Nxc3 $1 (17... dxe5 18. f6+ $1 Nxf6 (
18... Kh8 19. Qh6 Rg8 20. Ne4 $18) 19. Rxf6 Rad8 20. Qg5 $40 {[%csl Rg7]}) 18.
bxc3 (18. f6+ Kh8 19. Qh6 $6 Rg8 20. Rf4 Ne2+ $1 21. Bxe2 Qd2) 18... c4 $1 19.
f6+ Kh8 20. Bxc4 (20. Qh6 Rg8 21. Rf4 Qc5+ 22. Kh1 Qe3 $1) 20... Qc5+ 21. Kh1
dxe5 (21... Qxc4 22. Qh6 Rg8 23. Rf4) 22. Qh6 Rg8 23. Bxf7 Qf8) 17. fxe5 Nxd5
18. Bc4 $1 Nb6 (18... Nxc3 19. Qxd7 {[%cal Rf1f7,Rd7f7]}) 19. Bxf7 $1 Rxf7 (
19... Bb5 20. Qf4 Bxf1 21. Qf6+ Kh6 22. Rxf1 {[%csl Ge5]} Nd7 $8 23. Qf4+ (23.
Qd6 Qd8 24. e6 Nb6 25. Qxc5 $16) 23... Kg7 24. e6 Qb4 $1 25. Ne4 $40) 20. Rxf7+
Kxf7 21. Qh6 $1 Bf5 (21... Kg8 22. Ne4 Qb4 23. Ng5 Qd4+ 24. Kh1 {[%cal Ra1f1]}
Qf4 (24... Qf2 25. e6 Bc6 26. Qxh7+ Kf8 27. Nf3 $1 $18) 25. Rd1 $1 Qf5 26. Kg1
$18 {[%cal Rd1f1]}) (21... Ke8 22. Qxh7 c4 (22... Kd8 23. e6 Bxe6 24. Qh8+ Ke7
25. Qg7+ Kd8 (25... Kd6 26. Rd1+ Kc6 27. Qe7 $18) 26. Qf6+ $18) 23. Qxg6+ Kd8
24. Qf6+ (24. e6 $6 Qc5+ 25. Kh1 Be8) 24... Ke8 (24... Kc8 25. Qf8+ Kc7 26.
Qd6+ Kc8 27. Rf1) 25. Ne4 $18) 22. Qxh7+ Ke8 (22... Kf8 23. e6 $1 Bxe6 24. Rf1+
Ke8 25. Re1) (22... Ke6 23. Rd1 Re8 (23... Kxe5 24. Qe7+ Be6 25. Re1+ $18) 24.
Qg7) 23. e6 (23. e6 Bxe6 24. Re1 Kd8 25. Rxe6 $18) 1-0

[Event "Rohde op 06th"]
[Site "Sautron"]
[Date "2006.10.30"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Chatalbashev, Boris"]
[Black "Bergez, Luc"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2534"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2006.10.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Boris avait pris froid la veille et il n'йtait pas trйs en forme ce
lundi.} c5 2. d5 e6 3. c4 exd5 4. cxd5 d6 5. Nc3 Be7 {Le franзais aime les
lignes secondaires et il choisit d'affronter le GMI avec une vieille Benoni
plutфt qu'avec la Benoni moderne. Au surplus, le GMI joue lui mкme la Benoni} (
5... Nf6) 6. e4 (6. Nf3 Bf6 7. Bf4 Bxc3+ $5 {Une conception assez йtonnante
mais douteuse, les noirs ne craignent pas un net retard de dйveloppement} 8.
bxc3 Nf6 {Chatalbashev,B (2522)-Jurkovic,A (2326) Nova Gorica op 5th 2000 (3)
1/2}) 6... Bf6 7. Bd3 Ne7 8. Nge2 a6 {[%cal Gb7b5]} (8... Ng6 9. Ng3 {[%csl
Gf5,Gh5]}) 9. a4 Ng6 10. O-O O-O 11. Ng3 Nd7 ({RR} 11... b6 12. Bd2 Re8 13. Rb1
Qc7 14. Qc2 Nd7 15. b3 Rb8 16. f4 Ndf8 17. Kh1 Bh4 18. Nf5 Bf6 19. Ne3 Bxc3 20.
Bxc3 b5 21. axb5 axb5 22. Qf2 Nd7 23. Nf5 f6 24. Ra1 b4 25. Bb2 Nb6 26. Ne3 {
Novikov,I (2570)-Meulders,R (2300)/Antwerp 1994/EXT 98/1-0 (34)}) 12. Be3 $146
(12. f4 Rb8 (12... Bd4+ $5) 13. Kh1 {Halkias,S (2330)-Vidovic,S EU-ch U16
Rimavska Sobota (3) 1-0}) 12... Re8 13. Kh1 Rb8 14. f4 Qc7 15. Nh5 (15. Qc2 c4
16. Be2 b5 (16... Nc5 17. Bxc4 Bd7) 17. axb5 axb5) 15... c4 {[%csl Re4][%cal
Oc4d3,Cf4f5,Cf5g6,Gd7c5]} 16. Bc2 b5 17. axb5 axb5 18. Ra7 (18. e5 $142 $1 {
[%cal Oh5f6,Gc3e4] la manoeuvre classique de sacrifice de dйgagement} dxe5 19.
Ne4 $36 exf4 20. Nhxf6+ Nxf6 21. Nxf6+ gxf6 22. Bxf4 $1 {Peut-кtre oubliй par
le GMI} Nxf4 23. d6 Qc5 24. Rxf4 $40) 18... Qd8 19. e5 dxe5 20. f5 {Un autre
thйme du sacrifice de dйgagement mais moins fort qu'au 18иme coup} Nf4 21. Ne4
(21. Nxf4 exf4 22. Bxf4 Ne5 23. Qh5 {[%csl Rf7][%cal Cg7g6,Cg6h5,Gf4e5]} (23.
Ne4 Bxf5)) 21... Be7 22. Nxf4 exf4 23. Bxf4 Rb7 24. Ra6 (24. Ra1) 24... Nc5 (
24... Nf6) 25. f6 Nxe4 (25... Nxa6 26. fxe7) 26. fxe7 Rbxe7 $17 27. Ra1 Bb7 (
27... Qb6 {[%cal Ob6f2,Cd5d6,Cd6e7,Ge4f2]}) 28. d6 Rd7 (28... Nxd6 $3 29. Bxd6
Re2 {[%csl Rg2]} 30. Rg1 Qc8 {[%cal Gc8h3]} 31. Bg3 Qh3 $1) 29. Qg4 Re6 30.
Bxe4 Bxe4 31. Bg5 Qe8 32. Bf6 Rxf6 (32... Qf8 {[%cal Od7d6,Gf8g7,Gf8d6]}) 33.
Rxf6 h5 34. Qg5 $2 $138 (34. Qg3) 34... Qd8 $1 {[%csl Rg5][%cal Cg5e5,Ce5e4,
Gd8f6]} 35. Qe5 gxf6 (35... Qxf6 36. Qe8+ Kh7 37. Qxd7 Bxg2+ 38. Kxg2 Qxb2+ 39.
Kg3 Qxa1 $19) 36. Qxe4 Rxd6 37. Qf3 Rd5 38. h3 Qd6 39. Rf1 Kg7 $19 40. Re1 Rd2
41. b3 Qd5 42. bxc4 Qxf3 43. gxf3 bxc4 44. Rc1 Rd4 45. Kg2 Kg6 46. Kf2 Kf5 47.
Ke3 Ke5 48. Ra1 Rd3+ 49. Ke2 Kd4 50. Ra7 Re3+ 51. Kf2 Re5 52. f4 Rc5 53. Ke2
Rf5 54. Rd7+ Kc3 55. Ke3 Kc2 56. Rxf7 c3 57. Ke4 Rc5 58. Rxf6 Kd1 59. Rd6+ Ke2
60. Re6 c2 61. Kd4+ Kf2 {[%mdl 512]} 0-1

[Event "Vaujany op 5th"]
[Site "Vaujany"]
[Date "2014.07.12"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "Riff, Vincent"]
[Black "Horvath, Jozsef"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2358"]
[BlackElo "2509"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2014.07.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O c5 (6... c6) (6...
Bg4) 7. d5 $1 Na6 8. Nd2 (8. Bf4 Nc7 9. a4 (9. Re1)) 8... Rb8 (8... Nc7 9. a4
b6 10. Nc4 Ba6 11. Bf4 Bxc4 12. Bxc4 a6 13. Qe2 Nd7 14. Ra3 Qc8 15. Rb3 Rb8 16.
Nb1 Ne5 17. Na3 Re8 18. Bxe5 Bxe5 19. f4 Bg7 20. f5 Qd7 21. Bxa6 Qxa4 22. Bd3
Qd4+ 23. Kh1 gxf5 24. Rxf5 e6 25. dxe6 fxe6 26. Rf1 d5 27. exd5 Rf8 28. Rd1 Qh4
29. d6 Rf2 30. dxc7 {1-0 (30) Carlsen,M (2570)-Cheparinov,I (2618)
Khanty-Mansiysk 2005}) 9. Re1 Nc7 {[%cal Gb7b5]} 10. a4 a6 11. a5 Bd7 12. Bf1
$146 (12. h3 Bb5 13. Nc4 Nd7 14. Bg5 h6 15. Bf4 Bxc4 16. Bxc4 b5 17. axb6 Rxb6
18. Qc1 Kh7 19. Bg3 Qb8 20. Ra2 Rb4 21. Bf1 Qb7 22. Nd1 Ra8 23. c3 Rb3 24. Ne3
a5 25. Nc4 a4 26. Qa1 Qa7 27. Bd3 Rb7 28. h4 h5 29. Qd1 Nb6 30. Nd2 Kg8 31. Bf4
Ne8 32. Bg5 Nd7 33. Bc2 Qb8 34. Qa1 Ne5 35. Bf4 Rba7 36. Bxe5 Bxe5 37. Nc4 Bf6
38. g3 Qb5 39. Na3 Qa6 40. Qd1 Nc7 41. Bd3 Qc8 {Mkrtchian,L (2413)-Galstian,B 
(2271) Yerevan 2003 0-1 (62)}) 12... Bb5 $1 13. Na4 Bxa4 14. Rxa4 e6 15. dxe6
fxe6 16. Nf3 {[%cal Ge4e5]} (16. e5 $5 dxe5 17. Nf3 e4 18. Qxd8 Rfxd8 19. Ng5
$16) 16... Ng4 17. c3 Kh8 18. Bg5 Qe8 19. Ra1 (19. Qb3) 19... Qd7 20. h3 Ne5
21. Nxe5 Bxe5 22. Qd2 Rf7 23. Be3 Qc6 (23... Rbf8) 24. g3 Qxe4 $6 (24... Rbf8 {
Plus souple}) 25. Bg2 {[%csl Rb7,Ge3,Gg2] Le GMI commence à avoir beaucoup de
faiblesses} Qc4 26. f4 Bg7 27. Qxd6 Bf8 28. Qe5+ Kg8 29. Rad1 Qb5 30. Rd2 Qxa5
31. Red1 $36 {Les pièces Noires sont mal coordonnées} Qb5 32. Rd8 Rxd8 33.
Rxd8 c4 $2 (33... Nd5) 34. Bc5 (34. Qd6 $18 {[%csl Rc7][%cal Gd8f8]}) 34... Ne8
35. Bd4 Qxe5 36. Bxe5 Nf6 37. Bf3 b5 38. Ra8 g5 (38... Nd5) 39. Rxa6 gxf4 40.
Rxe6 Re7 41. Rxe7 Bxe7 42. Bc6 fxg3 43. Bxb5 Ne4 44. Bxc4+ Kf8 45. Bd3 1-0

[Event "Rohde op 06th"]
[Site "Sautron"]
[Date "2006.10.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Potkin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Bergez, Luc"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2006.10.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 c5 2. d5 e6 3. e4 $1 {le franзais a plusieurs jouй cette dйfense assez
douteuse et le GMI s'est bien prйparй} (3. c4 $143 {Komarov,D (2568)-Bergez,L 
(2424) FRA-chT 9900 1999 (8.2) 1-0}) (3. Nc3 $5 exd5 4. Nxd5 (4. Qxd5 $2 Nf6 {
[%cal Gf6d5];Large,L (2231)-Bergez,L (2424) Syre mem op 23th 2000 (2) 0-1})
4... Ne7 5. e4 Nxd5 6. Qxd5 d6 {Solozhenkin,E (2528)-Bergez,L (2424) Syre mem
op 23rd 2000 (4) 0-1}) 3... Nf6 4. dxe6 dxe6 5. Qxd8+ Kxd8 6. Nc3 $1 a6 7. Nf3
$146 ({RR} 7. Bg5 {[%cal Ge4e5,Gg5d8]} Be7 8. O-O-O+ Nfd7 9. Be3 Nc6 10. f4 Kc7
11. Nf3 b5 12. e5 Bb7 13. Be2 Rad8 14. h4 h6 15. Rhg1 Nb6 16. g4 Nd5 17. Nxd5+
exd5 18. f5 d4 19. Bf4 Kb6 20. g5 Nb4 21. gxh6 gxh6 {Alzate Londono,W-Beltran,
C (2294)/Medellin 2001/EXT 2002/1-0 (35)}) 7... b5 8. Bf4 {[%csl Gc7][%cal
Ge1c1,Gd1d8]} Bb7 9. O-O-O+ Ke8 10. Nd2 c4 11. f3 Nbd7 (11... b4 12. Ne2 c3 13.
bxc3 bxc3 14. Nxc3 Ba3+) 12. Be2 Nh5 13. Be3 $16 Bc5 14. Nf1 Bxe3+ 15. Nxe3 Ke7
16. Rd4 (16. Rd2 Nf4 17. g3 Nxe2+ 18. Nxe2 Rhd8 19. Rhd1) 16... Nf4 17. Rhd1
Nxe2+ 18. Nxe2 Rhd8 19. b3 cxb3 20. cxb3 Ne5 21. Rxd8 {dernier coup saisi sur
le bulletin} Rxd8 22. Rxd8 Kxd8 23. Kd2 Ke7 24. b4 (24. Kc3) 24... g5 25. Nd4
Kd6 26. Nb3 Bc8 27. Kc3 f5 28. Nc5 f4 29. Ng4 Nxg4 30. fxg4 e5 31. h3 Be6
1/2-1/2

[Event "BCF-ch 89th"]
[Site "Torquay"]
[Date "2002.08.05"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Hebden, Mark"]
[Black "Hanley, Craig"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2534"]
[BlackElo "2331"]
[Annotator "Rabinovich,Al"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2002.07.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 091"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. d5 b5 $5 4. Bg5 {The best reply nowdays.} d6 (4... Ne4
$5 5. Bh4 Bb7 6. Qd3 f5 7. Nbd2 Na6 8. c3 c4 9. Qd4 Nxd2 10. Nxd2 Qb6 11. Qe5
Nc5 12. Qxf5 Qg6 13. Qxg6+ hxg6 14. Bg5 Bxd5 15. f3 e5 16. e4 Bc6 17. Be2 Be7 {
1/2-1/2 Huebner,R-Topalov,V/Istanbul 2000/EXT 2001 (17)}) (4... Qb6 {For a
long time this move was a cure for 4.Bg5 but lately white found some ways for
advantage.} 5. Bxf6 Qxf6 6. c3 Qb6 7. a4 b4 8. Nbd2 Ba6 9. e4 Bxf1 10. Kxf1 g6
11. g3 Bg7 12. Qc2 $14 {1/2-1/2 Rustemov,A-Tregubov,P/New Delhi/Theran 2000/
CBM 80 (29)}) 5. Bxf6 exf6 6. e4 (6. e3 $6 a6 7. a4 b4 8. Nbd2 g6 9. a5 Bg7 10.
Nc4 f5 11. Be2 O-O 12. O-O Qe7 13. Qd3 Bd7 14. c3 bxc3 15. bxc3 Bb5 $11 {
1/2-1/2 Georgiev,K-Baklan,V/Cappelle la Grande 1997/CBM 57 ext (33)}) 6... a6
7. a4 b4 {This the main crossroad in this line.White has a nice square for
knight on c4,butit is not enough.White should place his pieces the best way so
black won't be able to attack the center f5 and also to prevent opening of the
h8-a1 diagonal.} 8. c3 {Rare move.May be 8.Bd3 is better.} (8. Bd3 g6 9. Nbd2
Bg7 10. O-O O-O 11. Nc4 a5 12. Nfd2 (12. c3 Ba6 13. Ne3 Bc8 {The fight for
c4-square.} 14. Nc4 Ba6 15. Ne3 Bc8 16. Nd2 Nd7 17. Nec4 Ne5 18. Nxe5 fxe5 19.
cxb4 cxb4 20. Nc4 Bh6 21. Qe2 {1/2-1/2 Gelfand,B-Leko,P/Groningen 1996/CBM 57 
(21)}) 12... Qc7 13. f4 Nd7 14. Qe1 Ba6 15. Qh4 Rfe8 16. f5 $40 {1-0 Kasparov,
G-Graf,A/Geneve 1996/CBM 54 ext (48)}) (8. Nbd2 g6 (8... f5 9. exf5 Bxf5 10. a5
Ra7 11. Be2 g6 12. O-O Bg7 13. Nc4 O-O 14. Re1 Re7 15. Bf1 Rxe1 16. Nxe1 Qc7
17. Qe2 Rd8 18. Nf3 $14 {[%csl Ra6,Rb8][%cal Ga1e1] 1/2-1/2 Huebner,R-Lobron,E/
Dortmund 1996/CBM 54 (44)}) 9. Nc4 a5 10. Be2 Bg7 11. O-O O-O 12. Nfd2 Ra7 13.
Bd3 Bb7 14. Qg4 f5 15. exf5 Bxd5 16. Rad1 {1/2-1/2 Komarov,D-Khalifman,A/St
Petersburg 1997/CBM 59 (16)}) 8... f5 $5 (8... bxc3 9. bxc3 (9. Nxc3 f5 $132)
9... Qe7 $2 10. Bd3 f5 11. O-O fxe4 12. Re1 $36 {0-1 Fernandes,A-Bellon Lopez,
J/Elgoibar 1998/CBM 69 (46)} (12. Bxe4 $5 $16 {[%cal Gf1e1]})) 9. e5 $5 {
The best reply.} (9. exf5 Bxf5 $132 {[%cal Gf8e7,Ge7f6]}) 9... dxe5 10. Nxe5
Be7 11. Be2 $14 {[%csl Gd5][%cal Ge2f3,Gb1d2,Gd2c4] White got a better
position.Strong pawn in the center and a lot of space for the pieces in the
center.} Bf6 (11... O-O 12. O-O Bf6 13. Nc4 a5 14. Qc2 {[%csl Rf5][%cal Gf1d1]
With very pleasant and easy game for white.}) 12. Nc4 O-O 13. O-O a5 $5 {
Almost forced.Otherways white will play a5 by himself and black Qside will be
weak as well.} (13... Re8 14. a5 $16 {[%csl Ra6,Rb6,Rc5][%cal Ge2f3,Gd1c2,
Gb1d2,Gd2b3,Gb3c5]}) 14. Qd3 (14. Qc2 $1 Re8 15. Bf3 $16 {[%cal Gb1d2,Gd2b3,
Gb3c5,Gb3a5]}) 14... Re8 15. Nbd2 Ba6 (15... bxc3 $6 {Very dangerous for black.
} 16. bxc3 Bxc3 17. Qxc3 Rxe2 18. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 19. Rxe1 $36 {[%cal Gc4d6,Ge1e8]
[%mdl 2112]}) 16. Rfe1 Nd7 {Finally black finished development.} 17. Qg3 $6 (
17. Qc2 $14 {[%csl Rf5][%cal Ga1d1]}) 17... f4 $6 {It is not the best decision.
The pawn on f4 will be weak.Opening up the game with 17...Ne5 was much more
logical and better.} (17... Ne5 $1 {[%cal Gd8d5]} 18. Nxe5 Bxe5 19. Qf3 bxc3
20. bxc3 Bxe2 (20... Bxc3 $5 $15) 21. Rxe2 {[%csl Rf5][%cal Gd2c4,Ga1e1]}) 18.
Qf3 g5 (18... Bb7 $5 19. Rad1 bxc3 20. bxc3 $16 {[%cal Gd2e4]}) 19. Bf1 $5 {
From now on the weaknesses on Kside and strong dP leave black no counterplay.}
Bg7 20. Rxe8+ Qxe8 21. d6 $14 {[%csl Rf4,Rg5][%mdl 16] /+/-} (21. Ne4 $5 {
[%cal Ge4g5,Gc4d6]} Bxc4 22. Bxc4 Ne5 23. Qe2 g4 24. Bb5 $16 {[%cal Gd5d7]})
21... Bxc4 $6 (21... Ra7 $5 {[%cal Ga7d7]}) 22. Nxc4 bxc3 {Was better to keep
the b-file closed.} (22... Ne5 $2 23. Nxe5 Bxe5 24. d7 Qb8 25. Re1 f6 $8 26.
Qd5+ Kg7 27. Rd1 $18) 23. bxc3 Nf6 24. Rd1 (24. Bd3 Rd8 25. h4 h6 26. hxg5 hxg5
27. Bf5 {And black is in some kind of zugzwang.}) 24... Rd8 (24... Rb8 $142 25.
Nxa5 $5 Qxa4 26. Nc6 g4 27. Ne7+ Kh8 28. Qe2 Rd8 $16 {[%csl Rf1][%cal Gf6e4]})
25. Nxa5 Qxa4 26. Nb7 Rc8 $8 27. Rb1 $5 {[%cal Gf1b5,Gd6d7]} c4 (27... g4 28.
Qe2 Qd7 29. Qe5 $18 {[%cal Ge5f4,Gb7c5]}) 28. g3 $1 {Good profylactic move.}
fxg3 (28... Qd7 $142 29. Bg2 $16 (29. gxf4 $6 g4 30. Qg2 (30. Qe2 $6 Nd5 $132 {
[%cal Gd5c3,Gd5f4]}) 30... Bh6 $14)) 29. hxg3 {[%cal Gf1h3]} g4 30. Qe3 (30.
Qf5 $5) 30... Nd7 (30... Nd5 $2 31. Qd2 $1 Nxc3 32. d7 Rf8 33. d8=Q Nxb1 34.
Qd1 $18) 31. Bg2 {Basicly it is hard to hold black position,since there is no
answer for d6P and opposite coloured bishops are just in white's favour.} Qc2
32. Be4 Qa2 33. Rb5 (33. Bf5 $1 Rb8 34. Qe7 $18) 33... Qa1+ 34. Kg2 Re8 35. Nc5
$6 {Slow.} (35. Qf4 $1 {[%cal Ge4d5,Ge4h7]} Ne5 (35... Qd1 36. Bd5 Bf6 37. Qxc4
$18) 36. Rxe5 Bxe5 37. d7 $18) 35... Nxc5 (35... Qa7 $5 36. Bxh7+ Kxh7 37. Qxe8
Nxc5 38. Qc8 Ne6 39. d7 Bf6 40. Rh5+ Kg6 41. Rd5 $18 {[%csl Rg6][%cal Gd7d8,
Gc8c4,Gc4g4]}) 36. Qxc5 $1 {The quickest.} (36. Rxc5 $6 Qd1 37. Bc2 $1 Rxe3 38.
Bxd1 Rd3 $14 {/+/-}) 36... Qxc3 $2 {Loosing by force.} (36... Bf6 $142) 37. d7
Rd8 38. Qe7 Qf6 (38... Bf6 39. Rg5+ Kh8 (39... Bxg5 40. Qxg5+ Kf8 41. Qxd8+ Kg7
42. Qg5+ Kf8 43. d8=R#) 40. Qe8+ Rxe8 41. dxe8=R#) 39. Qe8+ Bf8 40. Rb8 1-0

[Event "SUI-ch"]
[Site "Leukerbad"]
[Date "2002.07.17"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ballmann, Martin"]
[Black "Nemet, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2431"]
[BlackElo "2439"]
[Annotator "Rabinovich,Al"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2002.07.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 091"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 c5 2. c3 {Another way to avoid well known theoretical positions.....} e6
(2... cxd4 3. cxd4 Nf6 4. Nc3 d5 {Transfering to Slav Defence.} 5. Nf3 e6 6.
Bf4 Bd6 7. Bg3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Hort,V-Huebner,R/Wijk aan Zee 1982/MCD (17)}) (2...
d5 $6 {Noteboom with a tempo more must be good for white!} 3. dxc5 e6 4. b4 a5
5. a3 b6 6. cxb6 axb4 7. cxb4 Bxb4+ 8. axb4 Rxa1 9. Bb2 $16 {1-0 Hort,
V-Velimirovic,D/Novi Sad 1976/EXT 99 (29)}) 3. Nf3 Nc6 (3... Nf6 4. e3 (4. Bg5
h6 5. Bxf6 Qxf6 6. e4 Qd8 7. Nbd2 $11 {1/2-1/2 Miles,A-Hoffman,A/Havana 1999/
CBM 71 (21)}) 4... d5 5. Nbd2 Bd6 (5... Nc6 6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Ne5 Nxe5
9. dxe5 Nd7 10. f4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Bareev,E-Tukmakov,V/Tilburg 1994/CBM 44 (38)})
6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O O-O 8. e4 cxd4 9. cxd4 Nb4 $11 {1/2-1/2 Khalifman,A-Yudasin,
L/Tilburg 1994/CBM 44 (24)}) 4. a3 $5 {White wants to transfer to Slav Defence
structures with opposite coloures.} a5 $5 (4... d5 5. b4 cxd4 6. cxd4 Bd6 (6...
Bd7 7. Bg5 f6 8. Bd2 a5 9. b5 Na7 10. a4 Nc8 11. e3 Nh6 12. Bd3 $14 {1-0
Ballmann,M-Bauer,C/SUI 2001/EXT 2002 (51)}) 7. e3 Bd7 8. Be2 f5 9. Bb2 Nh6 10.
Nbd2 O-O 11. Nb3 a5 12. b5 $14 {1/2-1/2 Brianski,D-Kruppa,Y/Kharkov 1988/EXT
97 (43)}) (4... Nf6 5. Bf4 Qb6 6. Ra2 a5 7. e3 d5 8. a4 Nh5 9. Bg3 Nxg3 10.
hxg3 Be7 11. Bd3 Bd7 12. Nbd2 O-O-O $132 {0-1 Stefanova,A-Teran Alvarez,I/
Mancha Real 2000/EXT 2001 (41)}) 5. c4 $6 {Now rised position from English
Opening with probably unneeded move a5 for black,but a waste of tempo for
white?!} cxd4 6. Nxd4 Bc5 7. Nb5 {In the normal position the bishop should be
now on f8,so now black achieves an easy game.} Nf6 $1 8. Nd6+ Bxd6 9. Qxd6 Ne4
$11 10. Qd3 (10. Qf4 d5 11. e3 $6 (11. cxd5 Qxd5 12. f3 Nd4 $1 {[%cal Gd4b3,
Gd4c2]} 13. fxe4 Nc2+ 14. Kf2 Qb3 $17 {[%cal Gb3b6]}) 11... g5 $1 12. Qg4 Ne5
$15) 10... d5 (10... Nc5 $5 11. Qe3 d6 12. g3 a4 $1 $15 {[%csl Rb3][%cal Gc6a5,
Ga5b3,Ga5c4,Gc8d7,Gd7c6]}) 11. Nc3 Nc5 (11... Nxc3 $5 12. Qxc3 O-O $32) 12. Qg3
O-O 13. Bg5 {[%cal Gg5f6]} (13. Bh6 $143 Qf6 14. Bg5 Qf5 $132 {[%cal Gc6d4,
Gc5b3]}) 13... f6 {Both sides play very dynamicly and now the position keeps
to stay very complicated,but the character of this dynamical position is that
even one small mistake can lead to lost position! And white should be aware
since his king is in the center and the development is yet finished!} (13...
Qb6 14. Bh6) 14. Bh6 Rf7 15. cxd5 $6 (15. Rd1 $142 $5 {Important to keep this
square from black knight!} d4 16. Nb5 e5 $15) 15... Nd4 $1 (15... exd5 $5 16.
Rd1 d4 $132) 16. Rd1 $8 (16. O-O-O $2 exd5 $17 {[%cal Gc8f5,Gc5b3]}) 16... e5
$6 (16... Nc2+ $142 $1 17. Kd2 Nd4 {[%cal Gc5b3,Gd4c2] And white is in trouble!
} 18. Ke1 $8 e5 $15 {The same like in the game but white lost his right for
castle.}) 17. e4 b5 $1 {[%cal Gb5b4]} 18. Bxb5 {Forced!} (18. f3 Qb6 $36 {
[%cal Gb5b4,Gf6f5,Gb6h6]}) 18... Nxb5 19. Nxb5 Nxe4 20. Qh4 {Imagine that
black could get the same position but white couldn't castle!} (20. Qd3 Bf5 $15
{[%csl Rh6][%cal Ga8b8]}) 20... Qd7 21. a4 (21. Qxe4 Qxb5 22. Bc1 Ba6 $44)
21... f5 (21... Nd6 $1 22. Nxd6 Qxd6 23. Be3 Ba6 $15 {[%cal Gf7b7,Ga8b8,Gb7b2,
Gb8b7] /-/+}) 22. Bc1 Ba6 23. O-O Bxb5 24. axb5 Qxb5 $15 {[%csl Rc1] White d5P
is weak and black occupies it.} 25. f3 (25. Rfe1 $142 $132 {[%cal Gf2f3,Ge1e5]}
) 25... Nf6 {[%csl Rd5]} 26. d6 (26. Rfe1 $5 e4 27. fxe4 fxe4 $15) 26... Ne8 $1
$17 {[%csl Rd6][%cal Gf7d7,Ga8d8] White simply looses the pawn.} 27. Rf2 Rd7
28. Rfd2 {[%cal Gd2d5]} Rxd6 $1 (28... Rad8 29. Rd5 Qb6+ 30. Kh1 Rxd6 31. Qe7
$2 (31. Rxd6 Rxd6 32. Qc4+ Kf8 33. Re1 $17) 31... Rxd5 32. Rxd5 Qb5 $3 $19) 29.
Rxd6 Nxd6 30. Qe7 $1 (30. Rxd6 Qc5+ $19) 30... Nf7 31. Rd7 {On the first sight
it seems that white initiative is strong,but in reality it is only illusion
and black manages to activate his pieces by advancing his extra pawn.} Rf8 $2 {
Too passive,now white gets a strong initiative which at least should be enough
for equality!} (31... Qb6+ $5 32. Kh1 Qf6 33. Qxf6 gxf6 $17 {[%cal Gg7g6]}) 32.
h3 (32. Be3 {[%cal Ge3c5]} Qe2 {[%cal Ge2e1,Ge2e3]} 33. Bd2 Qd1+ 34. Kf2 Qc2
$17 {[%cal Gc2b2,Gc2f2,Ge5e4]}) 32... f4 $5 {[%csl Rc1]} 33. Bd2 {[%csl Ra5]
[%cal Gd7a7]} (33. Kh2 $142) 33... Qxb2 34. Kh2 e4 $6 {Last tricky try,which
unfortunately leads to white advantage.} (34... a4 $4 35. Bb4 $18) (34... Qb6
35. Ra7 Qf6 36. Bxa5 Qxe7 37. Rxe7 Rc8 38. Bc3 $11) 35. fxe4 $2 {[%mdl 16384]
White falls into the trap,while after simple 35.Qe4 white would keep
positional and soon probably material advantage.} (35. Qxe4 $14 {[%csl Ra5,Rf4]
/+/-}) 35... f3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (35... Qe5 $1 {[%cal Gf4f3,Ga5a4]} 36. Kh1 (
36. Qxe5 Nxe5 37. Re7 f3 $19) 36... f3 37. gxf3 (37. Qxe5 Nxe5 $19 {[%cal
Gf3f2,Ge5d7]}) 37... Qg3 $17) 36. gxf3 Qe5+ 37. f4 {I believe black missed
this defensive attempt.} (37. Qxe5 $2 Nxe5 $17) 37... Qh5 (37... Qxe7 38. Rxe7
$16) 38. Bxa5 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (38. e5 $5 Qf3 $11 {[%cal Gf3f2]}) 38... Qxa5
39. e5 {[%cal Ge5e6] White threatens to play e6,but black can easily defend
the g7 square.} Qe1 $1 {The quickest!} 40. e6 Qf2+ 41. Kh1 Qf1+ 42. Kh2 Qxf4+
43. Kh1 Qe4+ (43... Qe4+ 44. Kg1 (44. Kh2 Qe5+ 45. Kh1 Ng5 $19 {[%cal Gf8f1]})
44... Qg6+ 45. Kh1 Ne5 $19 {[%cal Gf8f1]}) 0-1

[Event "EU-Cup 22nd"]
[Site "Fuegen"]
[Date "2006.10.09"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Novkovic, Milan"]
[Black "Heberla, Bartlomiej"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2417"]
[BlackElo "2569"]
[Annotator "Reeh,O"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2006.10.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 115"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hohenems"]
[BlackTeam "Pardubice"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AUT"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CZE"]

1. d4 g6 2. Nf3 Bg7 3. c4 c5 4. d5 d6 5. e4 e6 6. Nc3 Ne7 7. Bd3 O-O 8. Bg5 h6
9. Bd2 exd5 10. exd5 Bg4 11. Be2 $6 {In this game White loses too much time
with this bishop. In dieser Partie verliert WeiЯ zu viel Zeit mit diesem
Lдufer.} (11. h3 $1) 11... Nf5 12. O-O Nd7 13. Rb1 Re8 14. h3 Bxf3 15. Bxf3 Nd4
16. Be2 Qh4 $15 17. b3 Re7 18. Re1 Rae8 19. Bf1 {See note on the 11th move!
Siehe Anmerkung zum 11. Zug!} Rxe1 20. Bxe1 Ne5 21. Bd2 g5 22. Ne2 $2 ({
Now Nun war} 22. Be2 $1 {was really indicated. wirklich notwendig.}) {[%tqu
"En","With his last move White has tried to exchange the mighty knight on d4.
How do you react?","The knight retreat to e2 has weakened both d3 and f3...",
"Find a move which opens the kingside - and don't forget to look at the
queenside either!","e5f3","Very good! This forces the white king onto a white
square, enabling the black queen to finally give a most profitable check on
e4!",20,"d4f3","Just as good as the text.",20,"e5d3","In fact, this move is
also very strong, though one has to calculate further ahead.",20,"De","Mit
seinem letzten Zug will WeiЯ den mдchtigen Springer auf d4 abtauschen. Wie
reagieren Sie?","Der Springerrьckzug nach e2 hat sowohl d3 als auch f3
geschwдcht...","Finden Sie einen Zug, der den Kцnigsflьgel aufreiЯt - und
vergesse Sie nicht, auch zum Damenflьgel herьber zu schauen!","e5f3","Sehr
gut! Dies zwingt den weiЯen Kцnig auf ein weiЯes Feld, so dass am Ende die
schwarze Dame ein hцchst profitables Schach auf e4 geben kann!",20,"d4f3",
"Just as good as the text.",20,"e5d3","In fact, this move is also very strong,
though one has to calculate further ahead.",20]} 22... Nef3+ $1 {Very nice -
Black rips open White's position on the kingside to finally win material on
the queenside. Sehr schцn - Schwarz reiЯt die weiЯe Stellung am Kцnigsflьgel
auf, um letztlich am Damenflьgel Material zu gewinnen.} ({In fact Black had
another very good possibility here: Tatsдchlich hatte Schwarz hier noch eine
andere sehr gute Mцglichkeit:} 22... Nd3 $1 23. Ng3 (23. Be1 Nxe1 24. Qxe1
Nxe2+ 25. Bxe2 Qe4 $19) (23. Be3 Rxe3 24. fxe3 Qf2+ 25. Kh1 Qxe3 $19) {[%tqu
"En","How would you continue?","White's dark squares on the kingside are very
weak.","Uproot the knight on g3!","d3f2","Dragging White's king into the open
and initiating a massacre on the dark squares!",20,"De","Wie wьrden Sie
fortsetzen?","Die dunklen Felder des Anziehenden am Kцnigsflьgel sind sehr
schwach.","Entwurzeln Sie den Springer auf g3!","d3f2","Zerrt den weiЯen Kцnig
ins Freie und leitet ein Massaker auf den schwarzen Feldern ein!",20]} 23...
Nxf2 $1 24. Kxf2 Nf5 25. Qg4 Qxg4 26. hxg4 Bd4+ 27. Kf3 Nh4# {- a beautiful
finish! - ein wunderschцnes Finale!}) 23. gxf3 Nxf3+ 24. Kg2 Nxd2 (24... Nxd2 {
and White resigned, since after und WeiЯ gab auf, denn nach} 25. Qxd2 Qe4+ {
he loses the rook on b1. verliert er den Turm auf b1.}) 0-1

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 13th"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2001.11.11"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Quinn, Mark"]
[Black "Kengis, Edvins"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2387"]
[BlackElo "2561"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[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 "Ireland"]
[BlackTeam "Latvia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IRL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "LAT"]

1. d4 e6 2. g3 {WeiЯ mцchte die Variante 2. c4 b6 vermeiden.} c5 3. Nf3 Qa5+ {
Kengis spielt gerne diese spezielle Nebenvariante. Die Hauptidee von Schwarz
besteht darin, die weiЯe Entwicklung zu stцren.} 4. Nc3 {WeiЯ entwickelt
seinen zweiten Springer, in der Folge steht der Nc3 aber weniger gut, denn er
blockiert den c - Bauern. Ich halte die Alternative 4.c3 daher fьr die beste
Fortsetzung.} (4. Nbd2 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. N4b3 Qc7 7. Bg2 Nf6 8. O-O Be7 9. c4
(9. Ne4 Nxe4 10. Bxe4 d5 11. Bg2 O-O 12. e4 dxe4 13. Bxe4 e5 14. Re1 Be6 {
1/2-1/2 Koch,T-Kengis,E/Germany 1996/GER-chT2 (34)}) 9... d6 10. Nf3 O-O 11.
Be3 (11. Bf4 e5 12. Bg5 Be6 13. Rc1 a5 14. Nbd2 Rfd8 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Ne4 Be7
{1/2-1/2 Romanishin,O-Kengis,E/Tilburg 1992/CBM 32 (35)}) 11... e5 12. h3 Be6
13. Rc1 h6 14. Kh2 Rfd8 15. Nfd2 a5 {1/2-1/2 Maksimenko,A-Kengis,E/Vienna 1996/
CBM 53 ext (35)}) (4. c3 cxd4 5. Qxd4 Nc6 6. Qd3 d5 7. Bg2 Nf6 8. O-O Be7 (8...
e5 9. Nfd2 Be6 10. Nb3 Qc7 11. Bg5) 9. b4 $5 Qa4 (9... Qc7 10. b5 Na5 11. Bf4
Qd8 12. Nbd2) 10. a3 O-O 11. Bb2 {1-0 Marin,M-Efimov,I/Manresa 1993/CBM 38/
[Marin,M] (53)}) 4... Nf6 5. Bd2 {[%cal Gd2a5] Die positionelle Drohung von
WeiЯ ist 6. d5 und 7. e4.} (5. Bg2 Nc6 6. O-O d5 7. Bg5 Be7 8. dxc5 (8. Re1 O-O
9. dxc5 Qxc5 10. e4 {1/2-1/2 Lerner,K-Kengis,E/Vienna 1994/EXT 98 (10)}) (8.
Qd3 h6 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. e3 O-O 11. a3 cxd4 12. exd4 Bd7 13. b4 Qc7 14. Nd1 Rac8
15. Ne3 Ne7 16. Rfc1 Qc3 {1/2-1/2 Van Wely,L-Kengis,E/Germany 1993/GER-chT2 
(46)}) 8... h6 9. Be3 Bxc5 10. Bxc5 Qxc5 11. e4 O-O 12. exd5 exd5 13. Ne2 Qb6
14. b3 Bf5 15. c3 Rfe8 16. Ned4 Be4 {1/2-1/2 Cosma,I-Lalic,B/Cappelle la
Grande 1998/CBM 63 ext (16)}) 5... cxd4 6. Nxd4 Qb6 {Schwarz verliert ein
Tempo mit der Dame, aber die weiЯen Figuren stehen etwas unnatьrlich.} 7. Nb3
d5 {Schwarz hat das Ьbergewicht im Zentrum und eine bequeme Stellung. Der
weiЯe Entwicklungsvorsprung spielt keine besondere Rolle.} (7... Qc6 $6 8. Rg1
d5 9. e4 $1 $16 {Ich glaube, dass Tal diesen Zug seinerzeit ьbersehen hatte.
Es droht 10. Bb5 mit sofortigem Gewinn.} Nbd7 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Bg2 N7f6 12.
Qe2 Be7 13. Nxd5 exd5 14. O-O-O Qe6 15. Rge1 O-O 16. Qb5 Ne4 17. Bf4 Qf6 18.
Rxd5 Ba3 19. Bxe4 Bxb2+ 20. Kb1 Ba3 21. Bc1 {1-0 Ribli,Z-Tal,M/Bugojno 1984/
MCD (21)}) 8. Bg2 Nc6 9. O-O Be7 10. a4 {WeiЯ mцchte die Stellung der Qb6
ausnutzen.} (10. e4 d4 (10... dxe4 11. Nxe4 Nxe4 12. Bxe4 $11) 11. Ne2 e5 $15)
10... O-O 11. a5 Qd8 12. f4 $6 {WeiЯ plant 13.e4, und nach von 13...d4 14. Ne2
wдre die Antwort 14...e5 weniger stark. Dieser Plan gefдllt mir aber nicht,
denn WeiЯ schwдcht dadurch zu sehr seine Kцnigsstellung.} (12. e4 d4 13. Ne2 e5
14. Nec1 $11 {[%cal Gc1d3]}) 12... d4 $1 13. Nb5 a6 14. Na3 (14. Bxc6 bxc6 (
14... axb5 15. Bxb5 $16) 15. N5xd4 Bb7 $44 {[%cal Gc6c5]}) 14... e5 $1 (14...
Nd5 15. Nc4 $13) 15. Nc4 (15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. fxe5 Ng4 $36) 15... e4 $36 {
[%csl Gd4,Ge4] Die schwarzen Zentrumsbauern sind stark, aber die Lage ist noch
nicht eindeutig. Denn WeiЯ beherrscht das Feld b6.} 16. f5 $13 {Damit schrдnkt
WeiЯ den Wirkungskreis des Bc8 ein.} (16. Nb6 Rb8) 16... Re8 17. Nb6 Rb8 18.
Ra4 (18. Bf4 Bd6 19. Bg5 (19. Nxd4 $4 Bxf4 20. Nxc6 Be3+ $19) 19... Bc7 $13 (
19... h6 $13)) 18... Bd6 19. e3 (19. Nxd4 Bc5 $5 (19... Nxd4 20. Rxd4 Bc5 21.
Bc3 Bxd4+ 22. Qxd4 Qxd4+ 23. Bxd4 $44 {Schwarz hat Materialvorteil, aber die
weiЯen Figuren stehen aktiv.}) 20. Bc3 (20. e3 Nxd4 21. exd4 Bxd4+ 22. Kh1 Bxb6
23. axb6 Qxb6 $17) 20... Nxa5 21. Nxc8 Nc6 $13) 19... Be5 (19... d3 20. Bc3 Be5
$13 (20... dxc2 21. Qxc2 Ng4 $13)) 20. exd4 (20. Nxc8 $6 {Dieser Zug wдre ein
strategischer Fehler - WeiЯ tauscht seinen aktiven Springer ab.} Rxc8 $15)
20... Bc7 {[%cal Re4e3,Re3e2][%mdl 64] Schwarz verzichtet auf das
Zurьckschlagen auf d4. Denn er hat die gefдhrliche Drohung 21...e3.} (20...
Nxd4 21. Bc3 Nc6 (21... Nxb3 22. Qxd8 Rxd8 23. Bxe5 $18) 22. Qxd8 Nxd8 23. Bxe5
Rxe5 24. Nd4 Nc6 $13) 21. Nxc8 (21. Bf4 Bxf4 22. Rxf4 Nxa5 $15) 21... e3 $5 {
Schwarz geht voran - es droht 22...e2.} (21... Rxc8 22. Re1 Qd7 {[%cal Gd7a4,
Rd7f5]} 23. Bg5 (23. g4 Qd6 {[%cal Rc7h2]}) 23... Qxf5 24. Bxf6 Qxf6 25. Bxe4
$16) 22. Bxe3 Rxe3 23. Nb6 {WeiЯ hat nichts besseres, er muss einen der beiden
Bauern zurьck geben.} (23. Qd2 $2 Rxb3 24. cxb3 Rxc8 $17) 23... Bxb6 24. axb6
Qxb6 $44 {[%cal Gb6g1] Nach unklaren Verwicklungen hat WeiЯ einen Bauern mehr,
aber seine Kцnigsstellung ist angreifbar.} 25. Kh1 (25. Re1 Rbe8 26. Rxe3 Rxe3
$44) 25... h5 {[%cal Gf6g4] Schwarz цffnet seine Grundlinie und bereitet das
eventuelle Ng4 vor.} 26. c3 {WeiЯ festigt seinen Zentrumbauern d4, dadurch
verliert zudem die schwarze Dame auf b6 ihre Funktion.} Qb5 {[%cal Gb5e2]} (
26... Rbe8 $44 {[%cal Ge8e1]}) 27. Ra1 Rbe8 {[%mdl 2048] Schwarz ьbt spьrbar
positionellen Druck aus.} 28. Nd2 (28. Nc5 Qxb2 29. Bxc6 bxc6 $15 {Der Pa6
hдngt, aber aufgrund der schwachen weiЯen Kцnigsstellung hat Schwarz die
besseren Chancen.}) 28... Qd3 (28... Qxb2 $2 29. Nc4 Qxc3 30. Nxe3 $16) 29. Rb1
$6 (29. Nf3 $5 Qb5 $44 (29... Qxf5 30. Ne5 $14)) 29... Ng4 {[%csl Gg4]} 30. Nb3
(30. h3 Rxg3 $1 (30... Re2 31. Ne4 $1 (31. hxg4 $2 Rxd2 32. Qf3 Re3 $40) 31...
Qxd1 32. Rbxd1 Rxg2 (32... Ne3 33. Rfe1 Rxg2 34. Rxe3 Rxb2 35. Nf6+ $16) 33.
Kxg2 Ne3+ 34. Kf3 Nxd1 35. Rxd1 $16) 31. hxg4 Re2 (31... Rh3+ $2 32. Kg1 $18)
32. Rf3 Rgxg2 33. Rxd3 Rh2+ 34. Kg1 Rhg2+ $11) 30... Qb5 (30... Qc4) 31. h3 $2
(31. Bf3 Rd3 $36 (31... Rxf3 $5 32. Rxf3 Re2 33. h3 Nf2+ 34. Rxf2 Rxf2 $36))
31... Rd3 $17 {Alle 5 schwarzen Figuren stehen sehr aktiv, wдhrend WeiЯ unter
Problemen bei der Koordination seiner Fiuguren leidet.} 32. Qc2 Rxg3 33. hxg4 (
33. c4 Qxb3 34. Qxb3 Rxb3 35. hxg4 Nxd4 36. gxh5 Re2 $17) 33... Re2 34. c4 Rxc2
35. cxb5 Rgxg2 $19 {[%csl Rh1][%cal Rc2h2] Die Tьrme auf der 2. Reihe
entscheiden die Partie.} 36. Rfe1 (36. bxc6 Rh2+ 37. Kg1 Rcg2#) 36... axb5 37.
d5 Rh2+ 38. Kg1 Rhg2+ 39. Kh1 h4 40. Re3 (40. dxc6 Rh2+ 41. Kg1 Rcg2+ 42. Kf1
h3 $19 {WeiЯ hat keine Verteidigung gegen 43...Rh1 Matt.}) 40... Rh2+ 41. Kg1
h3 42. Rg3 (42. Rxh3 Rxh3 43. dxc6 bxc6 $19) 42... Ne5 0-1

[Event "URS-ch U26"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sorokin, Maxim"]
[Black "Minasian, Artashes"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1990.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. d5 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e4 O-O 6. a4 d6 7. Be2 e5 8. Bg5 h6
9. Bh4 g5 10. Bg3 Nh5 11. h4 Nxg3 12. fxg3 f5 13. hxg5 hxg5 14. Nd2 Na6 15.
exf5 Bxf5 16. Bg4 e4 17. Bxf5 Rxf5 18. Qh5 Qd7 19. Qh7+ Kf7 20. Ncxe4 Rh8 21.
Nxd6+ Kf6 22. Rh6+ Ke5 23. O-O-O $1 {23. - Rxh7 24. N2c4 mate.} 1-0

[Event "Salamanca"]
[Site "Salamanca"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Izeta Txabarri, Felix"]
[Black "Sanz Alonso, Francisco Javier"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1990.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 c5 2. d5 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e4 d6 5. Bb5+ Nbd7 6. dxe6 fxe6 7. Nf3 a6 8.
Bxd7+ Qxd7 9. e5 dxe5 10. Qe2 e4 11. Nxe4 Nxe4 12. Qxe4 Qd5 13. Qe5 Qxe5+ 14.
Nxe5 Bd6 15. Nc4 Bc7 16. a4 b6 17. Be3 Bb7 18. a5 b5 19. Nb6 Rd8 20. Bxc5 Be5
21. O-O Bxb2 22. Rab1 Bc3 23. Nc4 Bd5 24. Ne3 Kf7 25. Bb6 Rd6 26. Rfd1 Rc8 27.
Rd3 Bf6 28. Rbd1 Bd8 29. Bxd8 Rdxd8 30. f3 Ke7 31. Kf2 Rc5 32. Rd4 Rc3 33. R1d3
Rxd3 34. Rxd3 Rc8 35. Ke1 Kd6 $10 36. Kd2 Ke5 37. c3 g5 38. Rd4 h5 $6 39. h4
Rg8 $6 40. hxg5 Kd6 41. f4 h4 42. Ke2 Rh8 43. Rd3 Kc5 44. Nxd5 exd5 45. f5 Kd6
46. Re3 Rf8 47. f6 1-0

[Event "Lvov zt"]
[Site "Lvov"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Rozentalis, Eduardas"]
[Black "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1990.02.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O c5 7. d5 Na6 8. Bf4
Nc7 9. a4 b6 10. Nd2 Rb8 11. Re1 Re8 12. Nc4 Ba6 13. Na3 Bxe2 14. Qxe2 e6 15.
Qf3 exd5 16. exd5 Qd7 17. Nc4 Rxe1+ 18. Rxe1 Nfe8 19. Bg5 Bxc3 20. bxc3 Qxa4
21. Ne3 f5 22. g4 Ng7 23. gxf5 Re8 24. f6 Nf5 25. c4 h6 26. Bf4 Kf7 27. Rd1
Rxe3 28. fxe3 Qxc2 29. Ra1 a5 30. e4 Nd4 31. Qe3 Qe2 32. Rf1 g5 33. Qh3 gxf4
34. Qd7+ Kxf6 35. Qxd6+ Nce6 36. Rxf4+ Kg6 37. dxe6 {Where they drunk?} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings 9091"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1990.12.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Olafsson, Helgi"]
[Black "Speelman, Jonathan S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1990.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O c5 7. d5 Na6 8. Bf4
Nc7 9. a4 Bg4 10. Qd2 a6 11. Rfe1 Nd7 12. a5 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Nb5 14. Na4 e5 15.
dxe6 fxe6 16. c3 {16.Bxd6 Rxf3 17.gxf3 Ne5 - +} Qf6 17. Be3 Qf7 18. Be2 Rad8
19. Rad1 h5 20. b4 cxb4 21. cxb4 Ne5 22. h3 $14 1/2-1/2

[Event "Vrnjacka Banja"]
[Site "Vrnjacka Banja"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Velimirovic, Dragoljub"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1991.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 c5 2. d5 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Bb5+ $5 Nfd7 7. a4 Na6 8.
O-O Nc7 9. Bc4 O-O 10. Re1 a6 11. Bf4 Rb8 12. Qd3 $14 b5 $6 13. axb5 Nb6 14.
bxa6 $1 $16 Nxc4 15. Qxc4 Rxb2 16. a7 Ba6 17. Rxa6 Nxa6 18. Na4 Rb4 19. Qxa6
Qc8 20. Nxc5 $1 Bc3 (20... dxc5 21. Qxc8 Rxc8 22. Bb8 Ra4 23. e5 $18) 21. Rd1
dxc5 22. Qc6 Kg7 23. h3 Qxc6 24. dxc6 Rc8 25. c7 e5 26. Rd8 1-0

[Event "Sydney Mercantile"]
[Site "Sydney"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Johansen, Darryl Keith"]
[Black "West, Guy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1991.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. d5 d6 4. Nc3 g6 5. e4 Bg7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O Na6 8. Re1
Nc7 9. a4 b6 10. Bf4 Nh5 $6 11. Bg5 h6 12. Be3 e5 13. g3 $1 $14 {White has
more space and a useful c4-square.} Bg4 14. Qd2 Qf6 15. Kg2 Kh7 16. Ng5+ $18
hxg5 17. Bxg5 (17. Bxg4 $6 Bh6 18. h4 Nf4+) 17... Bh3+ 18. Kxh3 Qxf2 19. Be3 (
19. Bxh5 $5 Qxd2 20. Bxg6+) 19... Qf6 20. Rf1 Qe7 21. Bxh5 gxh5 22. Rf5 Rh8 23.
Rxh5+ Kg6 24. Rxh8 Rxh8+ 25. Kg2 Qd7 26. Rf1 Rh5 27. Qe2 Qh3+ 28. Kg1 Ne8 29.
Rf3 Qg4 30. Bc1 a6 31. Nd1 b5 32. Nf2 Qd7 33. g4 Rh4 34. Rf5 f6 35. Qf3 Bh6 36.
Qg3 Bg5 37. Bxg5 fxg5 38. Nh3 1-0

[Event "Barcelona"]
[Site "Barcelona"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Black "Vera Gonzalez Quevedo, Reynaldo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1990.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. d5 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O e6 8. h3
exd5 9. exd5 a6 10. a4 Re8 11. Bf4 Ne4 12. Nxe4 Rxe4 13. Bg5 Qf8 14. Bd3 Re8
15. c3 Nd7 16. Qb3 h6 17. Bf4 g5 18. Bd2 f5 19. Rae1 Nf6 20. Qc2 Ne4 21. Bc1
Bd7 22. Nd2 Nxd2 23. Bxd2 f4 24. Rxe8 Rxe8 25. f3 b5 26. axb5 axb5 27. Ra1 Re5
28. c4 bxc4 29. Qxc4 Bf5 30. Bc3 Re7 31. Kh2 Be5 32. Ra6 Kh7 33. Bxe5 Rxe5 34.
Bxf5+ Rxf5 35. Qe4 Kg6 36. Rb6 Qd8 37. Rb7 Qf8 38. Rd7 h5 39. Re7 h4 40. Re8 {
White continues with 41. e6+.} 1-0

[Event "Vrnjacka Banja"]
[Site "Vrnjacka Banja"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Davies, Nigel Rodney"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1991.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. d5 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e4 O-O 6. Be2 b5 $6 7. e5 $1 $16 Ng4
8. Bf4 b4 9. Ne4 d6 10. exd6 exd6 11. O-O Nf6 12. Nfd2 Nxd5 13. Bxd6 Re8 14.
Nc4 Nb6 15. Nxc5 Nc6 16. Bf3 Nd4 17. Nxb6 axb6 18. Bxa8 bxc5 19. Bxc5 Ne2+ 20.
Kh1 Qa5 21. Bc6 Re6 22. Bd5 Re8 23. Re1 Ba6 24. Bxf7+ Kxf7 25. Qd7+ 1-0

[Event "Dortmund-B"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Espig, Lutz"]
[Black "Vokac, Marek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1991.03.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. d4 c5 4. d5 d6 5. Be2 Nf6 6. Nc3 O-O 7. O-O e6 8. Nd2
exd5 9. exd5 b6 10. a4 Na6 11. Nc4 Nb4 12. Bf4 Bf5 13. Ne3 $1 (13. Rc1 Ne4 $5 {
13. - Ne8} 14. Nxe4 Bxe4 15. Nxd6 Nxd5 {15. - Bxd5 16.c3 + -} 16. Bg3 Nf6 $10)
13... Re8 14. Nxf5 gxf5 15. Bg5 a6 16. Qd2 $16 Nbxd5 $2 17. Nxd5 Ne4 18. Bxd8
Nxd2 19. Be7 Nxf1 20. Kxf1 Ra7 21. Bf6 $18 Rb8 $6 22. Ne7+ Kf8 23. Nc6 Bxf6 24.
Nxb8 Rb7 25. Nxa6 Bxb2 26. Rb1 Bc3 27. Rb3 Ba5 28. Rd3 Ke7 29. Bf3 Ra7 30. Nb8
Ke6 31. Bd5+ Kf6 32. Nc6 1-0

[Event "Keres Memorial"]
[Site "Tallinn/Parnu"]
[Date "1998.06.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Adianto, Utut"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "Short,N"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "1998.06.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 066"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 {A small surprise. Utut avoids his beloved Caro-Kann .} 2. d4 Bg7 3.
Nc3 c5 4. d5 {One of several good options. 4.Nf3 was well worth a thought
against a player without much experience in the Dragon. Furthermore I had
examined the dangerous line 4.dxc5 in some detail with Miss Antoaneta
Stefanova some months earlier. However, such sharp variations did not suit my
mood for the day.} d6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Be2 Bxf3 {Not giving the horse a chance to
escape, although it is not exactly clear whether White is intending to move
the knight just yet.} 7. Bxf3 Nf6 8. O-O O-O 9. Re1 Nfd7 10. Be2 Na6 11. a4 Nc7
(11... Nb4 12. Nb1 $1 {was the intention.}) 12. Be3 a6 13. Qd2 Rb8 14. a5 Re8
15. Ra2 (15. f3 $5) 15... b5 16. axb6 Rxb6 17. Nd1 Qc8 18. c3 Nf6 19. f3 e6 20.
dxe6 Nxe6 $6 (20... Qxe6 21. b4 Nd7 {was not so clear. Now White obtains a
hefty plus.}) 21. Nf2 Rd8 22. Bc4 Nc7 23. Rd1 Rb8 24. Bg5 Ne6 25. Bxa6 Qc7 26.
Bc4 Nxg5 27. Qxg5 {White has a winning position.} h6 28. Qd2 Qe7 29. Ra6 Bf8
30. Rda1 Rd7 31. Nd3 Rdb7 32. Qe1 Kg7 33. e5 $1 dxe5 34. Nxe5 $2 (34. Qxe5 Qxe5
35. Nxe5 Rxb2 36. Nxf7 {was very strong. The text is just a blunder.}) 34...
Re8 35. f4 Rxb2 36. Qg3 (36. Bxf7 Qxf7 {was my elementary oversight in
time-trouble.}) 36... Reb8 37. h3 Rb1+ 38. Rxb1 Rxb1+ 39. Kh2 Ne4 40. Qe3 {
Move 40. However} (40. Rxg6+ Kh7 41. Qe3 fxg6 42. Qxe4 Rb6 43. Bf7 {was
promising.}) 40... Nd6 41. Bxf7 {Initiating a long forcing line which should
lead to a win. There were other moves to consider. Firstly} (41. Qd3 Qh4 $1 {
was no good but}) (41. Qxc5 Nxc4 42. Qxc4 {was a serious option.}) 41... Nxf7
42. Rxg6+ (42. Qd3 Nxe5 43. Qxb1 Nf3+ $1 44. gxf3 $140 $2 Qe2+ 45. Kg3 Qxa6)
42... Kh8 43. Rxh6+ Kg8 44. Rg6+ Kh8 45. Qf3 Nxe5 46. Qh5+ Qh7 47. Qxe5+ Bg7
48. Qg5 {Black is bound hand and foot. He now finds the ony practical chance.}
Rb8 49. h4 Rg8 50. c4 Bd4 51. Rxg8+ Qxg8 52. Qxg8+ Kxg8 53. g4 {I believe that
this is a winning endgame. However it did not take me long to screw it up
altogether.} Kg7 54. Kg3 {Threatening 55.g5 and 56.Kg4} Kg6 (54... Kh6 {
was also possible though it should not alter the final result.}) 55. Kf3 (55.
f5+ $1 Kh6 56. g5+ $1 Kh5 57. f6 {was correct after which I cannot see a
defence eg.} Be5+ 58. Kf3 Kxh4 59. Ke4 Bc3 60. Kf5 Kh5 61. g6 Kh6 62. g7 Kh7
63. Ke6 Kg8 64. f7+ Kxg7 65. Ke7) 55... Bc3 56. Ke4 $2 Be1 57. h5+ $2 {After
this it is dead drawn. A better practical chance was} (57. Kd5 Bf2 $8) (57. f5+
Kf7 {but it all looks drawn.}) 57... Kh6 58. Kd5 Bf2 59. Ke6 Bd4 60. Ke7 Bg7
61. Ke6 Bd4 62. Ke7 Bg7 {Nice, but by no means forced e.g.} (62... Bc3 63. f5
Kg5 64. h6 Bd4 65. h7 Bc3 {and White can undertake nothing.}) 63. Kd6 Bd4 64.
Ke6 Bc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-Cup01 Chigorin Memorial"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1997.11.09"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Solozhenkin, Evgeniy"]
[Black "Batsanin, Dmitry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2360"]
[Annotator "Solozhenkin,E"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "1997.11.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 062"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. d5 Nf6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Be2 d6 7. O-O e6 8. dxe6
Bxe6 9. Ng5 Nc6 10. Be3 Qe7 (10... Bc8 $5 11. h3 (11. Qd2 $5) 11... h6 12. Nf3
Re8 13. Nd2 Nd4 {Fominikh-Gschnitzer, Budapest, 1990}) 11. Re1 Ne5 $146 (11...
Rad8 12. Nd5 $14 {Biagi-Malbran, Acasusso FEMEDA Sup,1991}) 12. Qd2 Rad8 13.
Bf4 $1 $16 Nc4 14. Bxc4 Bxc4 15. Rad1 Nh5 16. Be3 h6 17. Nf3 Kh7 18. h3 Rd7 $2
(18... Rfe8 $142) (18... b5 $142) 19. Bxc5 $18 Qd8 20. e5 1-0

[Event "New York PCA-qual"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Speelman, Jonathan S"]
[Black "Alburt, Lev O"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Speelman,J"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 047 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 b5 $5 5. dxe6 fxe6 6. Nxb5 Qa5+ 7. Nc3 d5
8. e3 Be7 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O Nc6 11. Bd2 Qd8 12. b3 Kh8 13. Bd3 Bb7 14. e4 Nd4
15. exd5 Nxf3+ 16. Qxf3 exd5 17. Rae1 Ne4 $2 18. Qh3 Bc8 19. Qh5 g6 $2 (19...
Nf6 $8) 20. Qh6 $1 $18 (20. Qxd5 Qxd5 21. Nxd5 Nxd2 22. Rxe7 Nxf1 23. Kxf1)
20... Rf5 (20... Nxd2 21. Bxg6 Rf7 22. Bxf7 $18) (20... Nf6 21. Nxd5 $1 Nxd5
22. Bxg6 Nf6 23. Bc3 Kg8 24. Bxf6 (24. Bxh7+)) 21. Nxe4 dxe4 22. Rxe4 Bf6 (
22... Bb7 23. Rxe7 Qxe7 24. Bc3+ Kg8 25. Re1 $18) 23. Ba5 $1 Qd7 (23... Qg8 24.
Bc4 Bg7 25. Bc3 Qf8 26. Qxg7+ Qxg7 27. Re8+) 24. Qf8# 1-0

[Event "Politiken Cup 18th"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Speelman, Jonathan S"]
[Black "Djurhuus, Rune"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "Speelman,J"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1996.06.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 054"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Chekhov King} Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. d5 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e4 d6 (5... O-O $5)
6. Bb5+ $5 Bd7 7. a4 O-O (7... Bxb5 {Chekhov} 8. axb5 O-O 9. O-O Nbd7 10. h3
Ne8 11. Bg5 Nc7 12. Qe2 Nb6 13. Ra5 Qd7 14. Rfa1 a6 15. bxa6 bxa6 $132 {
Browne,W-Alburt,L/New York/1984/0,5/16/}) (7... Na6 {Chekhov} 8. O-O Nc7 9. Bc4
O-O (9... Bg4 $5) 10. e5 dxe5 11. Nxe5 Bf5 12. Re1 $14 {Kavalek,L-Maus,S/GER/
1988/1|0/36/}) 8. O-O Na6 (8... Bg4) (8... Bg4 $5 {Chekhov} 9. Re1 Nbd7 10. h3
Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Ne8 12. Bf1 e5 13. dxe6 fxe6 14. Qe2 Qe7 15. Be3 a6 $14 {
Gurevich,D-Mortazavi,A/London/1994/1|0/37/}) 9. Re1 Nc7 (9... Bxb5 $5 {Chekhov}
10. axb5 Nc7 11. Qd3 a6 12. b6 Nb5 13. Nxb5 axb5 14. Rxa8 Qxa8 15. Qxb5 Qa6 16.
Qxa6 bxa6 17. Bg5 Rb8 18. Nd2 Rxb6 19. Nc4 Rb4 20. b3 $14 {Piket,J-Ree,H/NED/
1993/0,5/28/}) (9... Bg4 $5 {Chekhov} 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Nd7 12. Qe2 Nc7 $132
{Mainka,R-Polgar,Z/Polanica Zdroj/1991/0,5/13/}) 10. Bf1 Bg4 $1 11. h3 Bxf3 12.
Qxf3 e6 $5 (12... Nd7 13. Nd1 $5 (13. Bg5 $5) (13. Nd1 {Chekhov} e6 14. dxe6
fxe6 15. Qg3 Nf6 $13 {Garcia Palermo,C-Franco,Z/ESP/1994/0|1/33/})) 13. Bg5 h6
14. Bh4 e5 $6 (14... exd5 15. exd5 g5 16. Bg3 Nfe8 $1 17. Qf5 (17. Bd3 $2 f5 $1
(17... Bxc3 $2 18. Qf5 $1) 18. Bxf5 $2 Bxc3 19. bxc3 Ng7 $19) 17... Qc8 18. Qd3
f5 19. f4 $13) 15. a5 Nce8 (15... a6) (15... a6 {Chekhov} 16. Reb1 $36) 16. a6
Rb8 {King: The thought of leaving the pawn at a6 was just too dire for Black
to contemplate, though the alternative isn't great either.} (16... b6 {Chekhov}
17. Bb5 (17. Nb5 {King} g5 18. Bg3 Nc7 {is similar.}) 17... Qe7 (17... Nc7 18.
Bc6 Rb8 19. Nb5 Nxb5 20. Bxb5 g5 21. Bg3 Qc8 {King: and Black grovels on.  
White has yet to break through.}) 18. Bc6 Rc8 19. Nb5 $16) 17. axb7 $6 (17. Nb5
Qb6 18. axb7 Rxb7 (18... a6 $5 19. Na3 Qxb2 20. Bxa6 (20. Nc4 Qxc2 21. Na5))
19. b3) 17... Rxb7 18. Nb5 Qb8 $1 19. c4 Nh7 (19... Nh5 20. Ra4 f5 21. exf5
Rxf5 22. Qa3 g5 23. Bg3 Nxg3 24. fxg3 $5 (24. Qxg3)) 20. Qa3 f5 21. exf5 gxf5
22. Nxa7 Ng5 $1 {To block the bishop's control of e7} (22... Rb3 23. Qa4 Rb4
24. Qd7 $5 (24. Qd1) 24... Rf7 $2 25. Qe6 Nf8 26. Nc6 Nxe6 27. dxe6 Qc7 28.
Nxb4 cxb4 29. exf7+) (22... e4 23. Nc6 Bxb2 $4 24. Qg3+ $1) (22... Rxb2 {
Chekhov} 23. Nc6 Qb7 24. Ne7+ Kf7 (24... Kh8 25. Ng6+ $18) 25. Nxf5 $18) 23.
Nc6 Qc7 24. Qg3 f4 (24... Bf6 $1 25. f4 exf4 26. Qxf4 Qg7 $1 $13) 25. Qd3 f3 $6
(25... e4 26. Rxe4 Nxe4 27. Qxe4 (27. Ne7+ $6 Qxe7 28. Bxe7 Rxe7 29. Re1 N8f6 (
29... Nxf2 $2 30. Kxf2 Bd4+ 31. Qxd4 Rxe1 32. Qd3) 30. f3 Rfe8 31. fxe4 Nxe4 {
looks very dangerous}) 27... Nf6 28. Qe6+ Kh8 (28... Qf7 29. Qxd6 Ne4 30. Ne7+
Kh8 31. Ng6+ Kg8 32. Ne7+ Kh8 33. Qe6 $1 $16) 29. Re1 (29. Bd3 $18 {Chekhov})
29... Qd7 30. Ne7) 26. Bxg5 hxg5 (26... fxg2 27. Ne7+ Kh8 28. Ng6+ Kg8 29. Nxf8
(29. Bxg2 hxg5 30. Nxf8)) 27. g3 $1 Nf6 $5 (27... Qd7 28. Ra8 $1 Rxb2 29. Qg6)
(27... Rxb2 {Chekhov} 28. Qg6 Nf6 29. Qxg5 $18) 28. Qxf3 Qd7 $1 29. Qe2 Qf5 30.
Bg2 g4 31. h4 Bh6 (31... Rbf7 32. Ra7 Nd7 33. Rf1) (31... e4 32. Qe3 Kh7 33.
Qg5 $1) 32. Ra7 $1 Rxa7 33. Nxa7 e4 34. Qc2 $1 (34. Nb5 $18) 34... Re8 (34...
Qh7 $1 {is the only chance} 35. Nb5 e3 $1 36. Qxh7+ Kxh7 37. f4 $1 (37. fxe3
Nh5 38. Nxd6 Nxg3) 37... gxf3 38. Bxf3 $18) 35. Nb5 $18 Qe5 36. Nc3 (36. Nc7
Re7 37. Ne6 {Djurhuus}) 36... Kg7 (36... e3 37. Qg6+ $1 $18 (37. Qg6+ Bg7 38.
Rxe3 $18)) 37. Nxe4 $18 Qd4 38. Re2 Nxe4 39. Rxe4 Rxe4 40. Qxe4 $5 {Here he
resigned. The ending is indeed quite lost. But he might have tried for a bit.}
(40. Bxe4 $18) (40. Qxe4 Qxe4 41. Bxe4 Kf6 $1 42. Bc2 Bc1 43. Ba4 Kg6 44. Bd7
Kh5 45. b3 Bd2 46. Kg2 Bc3 47. Bf5 Be1 48. f3 (48. Bc2 {Playing for zugzwang
wins.} Kh6 (48... Bc3 49. f3 $1 {Now Black is unable to get his king to f4
with the bishop on c3. He can only achieve Ke5 with the bishop on e1 when g6
and b4 wins immediately.} Be1 (49... gxf3+ 50. Kxf3 Be1 51. Bb1 $1 {transposes}
) 50. Bb1 $1 {with the bishop not on f5 the Black king lacks a tempo to get to
f4} Bc3 (50... gxf3+ 51. Kxf3 Kh6 52. Kg2 Kg7 53. Kh3 Kf6 54. g4 Ke5 55. g5 Kf4
56. g6 {etc}) 51. Bf5 $1 gxf3+ 52. Kxf3 {now the bishop isn't on e1} Kh6 (52...
Be1 53. Kg2 Kh6 54. Kh3 Kg7 55. g4 Kf6 56. Bc2 {comes to the same thing.}) 53.
Kg4 $1 Be1 (53... Kg7 54. Kh5 {wins easily} Kf6 55. g4 Be1 (55... Ke5 56. Kg6 {
and the h pawn queens}) 56. Bc2 Ke5 57. g5 Kf4 58. g6 $18) 54. Kh3 Kg7 55. g4
Kf6 56. Bb1 Ke5 57. g5 Kf4 58. g6 Bc3 59. b4 $1 {etc as in A2}) 49. Bd3 Kh5 50.
Bf5 {Zugzwang} Bc3 51. f3 gxf3+ 52. Kxf3 Kh6 53. Kg4 Be1 54. Bc2 Kg7 55. Kh3
Kf6 56. g4 Ke5 57. g5 {threatening Kg4} Kf4 58. g6 $1 Bc3 59. b4 cxb4 60. c5 b3
61. Bb1 dxc5 62. d6 $18) (48. f3 gxf3+ 49. Kxf3 $2 {gives Black some chances
since the bishop is loose on f5.} Kh6 50. Kg4 $1 Kg7 51. Bc2 Kf6 52. Kh3 Ke5
53. g4 Kf4 54. g5 Bc3 $16 {Presumably winning but there's still some work to
do.}) 48... gxf3+ 49. Kh3 $1 {should also win if a trifle dramatically.}) 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 11th"]
[Site "Pula"]
[Date "1997.05.??"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Huzman, Alexander"]
[Black "Minasian, Artashes"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1997.05.05"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Israel"]
[BlackTeam "Armenia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ARM"]

1. d4 {Baburin} Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. d5 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e4 O-O $2 {This
transposition was until now thought to be more flexible, than the solid} (5...
d6 {Black, apart from avoiding the} 6. Bb5+ {line, could in some other
variations do without d7-d6 altogether.}) (5... Qa5 $6 6. Nd2 d6 7. Be2 (7.
Bb5+ $142 $5 $36) 7... O-O 8. O-O Bd7 9. a4 Na6 10. Nc4 Qd8 11. Bg5 Nc7 12. f3
b6 13. Qd2 Rb8 14. f4 b5 15. axb5 Nxb5 16. Bd3 Nxc3 17. bxc3 Bb5 18. Bxf6 Bxf6
19. Rxa7 Bxc4 20. Bxc4 Ra8 21. Rxa8 Qxa8 22. Re1 {1/2,Paavilainen,J-Tonoli,W/
BEL-chT/1997/}) ({The more common move} 5... d6 {Baburin is also more prudent.}
) 6. e5 $1 {This was thought to be premature, but is probably the refutation
of Black's 5-th move.} (6. Be2 b5 $5 $13 {is sufficiently unclear.}) ({Also
after} 6. a4 {Black profits from omitting d6-} Na6 $5 7. Be2 Nb4 8. O-O e6 9.
d6 b6 10. Re1 Bb7 11. Bc4 Nc6 12. h3 Ne8 13. Bg5 f6 14. Bh4 Qb8 15. Bg3 Kh8 16.
Qd3 e5 17. Rad1 Nd4 18. Nb5 Nxd6 19. Nfxd4 cxd4 20. Nxd6 Qxd6 21. c3 f5 22.
Qxd4 Qxd4 23. cxd4 exd4 24. exf5 Rxf5 25. Bd3 Rff8 26. Be5 Bc6 $11 {Ftacnik,
L-Ostos,J/Novi Sad olm/1990/}) 6... Ng4 {[%csl Rd5,Re5] @ה Logical, as it
immediately attacks White's exposed center. Black also has a lead in
development. But despite all this White gets a strong attack, using his
central pawns as decoys, while they are still alive.} (6... Ne8 $143 $6 7. h4
$1 d6 8. e6 $1 fxe6 9. h5 exd5 (9... gxh5 $142 $5 10. dxe6 $1 $36) 10. hxg6
hxg6 11. Qxd5+ e6 12. Qd3 Rf5 13. Nh4 Nc6 14. Nxf5 gxf5 15. Bh6 Ne5 16. Qd2 Qf6
17. Bb5 Bd7 18. Bxd7 Nxd7 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. O-O-O Ne5 21. Rh3 Nf7 22. Ne2 Kf8
23. Nf4 Rd8 24. Re1 Ng7 25. Rh7 Ng5 26. Rxg7 Qxg7 27. Rxe6 $16 {Yermolinsky,
A-Khmelnitsky,I/USA-ch Modesto/1995/}) 7. Ng5 $1 {This is the point of White's
idea, as Yermolinsky already pointed out in Informant 65.} ({Much weaker is} 7.
Bf4 $6 d6 8. exd6 exd6 9. Be2 Qb6 (9... Na6 10. O-O Nc7 11. a4 a6 12. Ne4 Nf6
13. Nxf6+ Qxf6 14. Qd2 Re8 15. c4 $2 Rxe2 16. Qxe2 Qxf4 17. Qe7 Bg4 $1 18. Qxc7
Bxf3 19. gxf3 Be5 20. Rfe1 Qxh2+ 21. Kf1 Bd4 22. Ke2 Qxf2+ 23. Kd3 Qxf3+ 24.
Kd2 Bxb2 $19 {Pribyl,J-Mascarinas,R/Schellenberg op/1991/}) 10. Rb1 Nd7 11. O-O
Nge5 12. Nd2 f5 13. h3 Qd8 14. Nb5 Nb6 15. Nf3 Nxf3+ 16. Bxf3 Nc4 17. Be2 Ne5
18. b4 a6 19. Na3 Qc7 20. c4 b6 21. Qd2 Bd7 22. Nc2 Rae8 23. Rfe1 Nf7 24. Bf1
h6 25. Rxe8 Rxe8 26. Be3 Ba4 27. Bd3 Ne5 28. Ne1 $11 {Yermolinsky,A-Yudasin,L/
URS-FL Kuibishev/1986/}) 7... Nh6 (7... Nxe5 $6 8. f4 f6 $8 (8... h6 9. Nh3 $18
{[%csl Re5] loses a piece.}) 9. Nxh7 $1 Kxh7 10. fxe5 fxe5 11. Bd3 $40) ({
but another option -} 7... h5 {Baburin was worth considering.}) 8. h4 {The
heat is now on!} f6 (8... Bxe5 $143 9. h5 {White gets a strong initiative. For
example, after} Nf5 $8 {he can already start a sacrificial attack:} (9... Bg7
10. Nxh7 $1 Kxh7 11. hxg6+ fxg6 12. Bxh6 Bxh6 13. Qd2 g5 14. Qxg5 Rf6 15. Bd3+
$18) 10. hxg6 (10. Nxh7 $3 {Baburin} Kxh7 11. hxg6+ Kg7 12. Rh7+ Kg8 13. Qh5
fxg6 14. Qxg6+ Bg7 15. Bh6 Rf7 16. Bd3 $18) 10... hxg6 11. Qg4 Bg7 (11... Ng7
12. Qh4 Nh5 13. g4 $18) 12. Qh3 Re8 13. g4 Nd4 14. Qh7+ Kf8 15. Bd3 $40 {
[%cal Rg5f7] /\Nf7}) 9. Nge4 $146 (9. Nf3 $143 Nf7 10. Bd3 f5 11. Qe2 e6 12.
Bf4 exd5 13. Nxd5 Nc6 14. O-O-O Re8 15. Bc4 Ncxe5 16. Bg5 Nxc4 17. Qxc4 Qa5 18.
Rde1 Re6 19. Bd2 Qa6 20. Qxa6 bxa6 21. Nc7 Rb8 22. Nxe6 Bxb2+ 23. Kd1 dxe6 24.
Ke2 Bf6 25. Rb1 Rb6 26. Be3 Be7 $14 {Vouldis,A-Malakhov,V/EU-chJM U20 Holon/
1995/}) 9... Nf7 (9... fxe5 10. h5 Nf5 11. hxg6 hxg6 12. d6 $40) 10. h5 $1 $40
{White sacrifices his center and consequently pursues his attack.} f5 (10...
Nxe5 11. hxg6 hxg6 12. f4 Nf7 13. Qg4 $16) 11. Ng5 Nxg5 (11... Bxe5 12. Nxh7 $1
Kxh7 (12... Bxc3+ 13. bxc3 Kxh7 14. hxg6+ Kxg6 {are quite wild, but they are
in White's favour - he enjoys a great lead in development and his attack is
irresistable after} 15. Qh5+ Kf6 16. Qh4+ Kg7 (16... Kg6 17. Rh3 $18 {->}) (
16... Ke5 {Baburin} 17. Bf4+ $1 ({but not} 17. Bc4 $2 Kd6 18. Bf4+ {where
Black's monarch finds a safe place on c7 after} Ne5 19. Qg3 Kc7 20. Bxe5+ d6)
17... Kxd5 18. Bb5 $1 e5 19. O-O-O+ Ke6 20. Bc4+ d5 21. Bxd5+ Qxd5 22. Rxd5
Kxd5 23. Qe7 $18) 17. Bh6+ Nxh6 18. Qxh6+ Kf7 19. Qh7+ Kf6 20. Rh6+ Ke5 21.
Qg7+ Rf6 22. Rh8 $18) 13. hxg6+ Kxg6 {leads to a forced checkmate:} 14. Qh5+
Kf6 15. Qh4+ Kg6 16. Qh7+ Kf6 17. Bg5+ $1 Kxg5 18. Rh5+ Kf6 19. Rxf5#) (11...
Nxe5 12. Nxh7 $1 Kxh7 13. hxg6+ Kg8 14. Qh5 Re8 15. Qh7+ Kf8 16. Bh6 $18) 12.
Bxg5 Bxe5 (12... h6 13. hxg6 $1 hxg5 14. Rh8+ $3 Bxh8 15. Qh5 Rf7 $8 16. gxf7+
Kg7 17. Bd3 e6 18. O-O-O {[%cal Rd1h1] /\Rh1+- White's pieces coordinate
amazingly well, while Black's << remains asleep till the end of the game.}) 13.
hxg6 hxg6 14. d6 $1 {[%cal Rd1d5] /\Qd5 White has succeeded in opening up the
h-file and now adds even more fuel to his attack. Black, whose queenside is
completely undeveloped, is in deep trouble here.} Bf6 $8 (14... Bxd6 15. Bc4+
Kg7 16. Bh6+ Kf6 17. Nd5+ $18) 15. Bxf6 Rxf6 ({After} 15... exf6 {Baburin
White would have continued by} 16. Qd2 {and his attack is very strong.}) 16.
Bc4+ e6 (16... Kg7 17. Qd2 $18 {@}) 17. Qd2 Qf8 {[#] Now the attack breaks
through tactically.} ({Slightly better was} 17... Rf7 {although White has more
attractive attacking possibilities:} 18. O-O-O (18. Nd5 $5 $40) (18. Qh6 Qf6
19. O-O-O $40 (19. Nd5 Qe5+ 20. Kf1 Nc6 $1 21. Qxg6+ Qg7 $14)) 18... Qf6 19.
Rh6 $40) 18. Nd5 $1 {Here the main idea of this manoeuvre is to open up the
a2-g8 diagonal.} exd5 (18... Rf7 19. Nc7 $18) 19. Bxd5+ Re6+ (19... Rf7 20. Qg5
Kg7 (20... Qxd6 21. Qd8+ Qf8 22. Bxf7+ Kxf7 23. Rh7+ Kg8 24. Rh8+) (20... Qg7
21. Qd8+ $18) 21. Bxf7 Kxf7 22. Rh7+ Ke6 23. Qe7+ $1 Qxe7 24. dxe7 $18) 20.
Bxe6+ dxe6 21. Qg5 {Black's king is still very weak, while the d-pawn has
become very dangerous; Black cannot bear such pressure here.} Bd7 (21... Nc6
22. Qxg6+ Qg7 23. Qe8+ Qf8 24. Rh8+ $1) (21... Kg7 22. Rh6 Qf7 23. O-O-O $18)
22. O-O-O Be8 (22... Nc6 23. Rh6 Be8 24. d7 Bf7 25. Qh4 $1 Qg7 26. d8=Q+) 23.
Qd8 $1 {Ties Black up completely.} (23. Qd8 Kg7 (23... Qf7 24. d7 Nxd7 25. Qxa8
$18) 24. d7 $1 Bxd7 25. Rh7+ $18) 1-0

[Event "Petrov Memorial op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sakaev, Konstantin"]
[Black "Andreev, Konstantin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2310"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1996.02.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 052"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Mowsziszian,K Ftacnik} Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. d5 b5 4. Bg5 Qb6 (4... Bb7 5.
Bxf6 exf6 6. a4 a6 7. e3 Qb6 8. Be2 (8. Na3 $5 $14) 8... Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Nc3
b4 11. Ne4 d6 12. a5 Qc7 13. Qd3 Nd7 14. Ned2 g6 15. e4 f5 $1 16. exf5 Nf6 17.
fxg6 hxg6 18. Ng5 Bxd5 19. f4 Qa7 20. Kh1 Qb7 21. Qg3 Kg7 22. f5 Rh8 23. fxg6
fxg6 24. Bf3 Nh5 $13 {1/2/Van de Mortel,J-Miles,A/Wijk-B/1996/}) 5. Bxf6 (5.
Nc3 b4 6. Na4 Qa5 7. Bxf6 gxf6 8. b3 f5 (8... Bg7 9. Qd3 Bb7 10. g3 e6 11. dxe6
fxe6 12. Bg2 O-O 13. Rd1 Re8 14. Qd6 Bf8 15. Qf4 Bg7 16. Qe3 Bf8 17. Nh4 Bxg2
18. Nxg2 Qc7 19. O-O Qc6 20. Qf4 Be7 21. e4 Na6 22. Ne3 Nc7 23. Nb2 Rad8 24.
Nbc4 $16 {[%csl Rf6,Rf7,Rg7,Rh7] ׻,Stephson,D-Meldrum,A/Brisbane QSL-ch/1995/}
) 9. Nd2 Qc7 10. Nc4 d6 11. c3 bxc3 12. Nxc3 Bg7 13. Rc1 O-O 14. g3 Nd7 15. Bh3
Ne5 16. O-O Rb8 17. Nxe5 Bxe5 18. Qd2 $14 {1/2/Schlosser,P-Sievers,S/Budapest
Elekes/1992/}) 5... Qxf6 6. c3 Qb6 (6... d6 7. e4 a6 8. Nbd2 g5 $5 9. g3 Nd7
10. Bg2 h5 (10... Bg7 {Mowsziszian,K} 11. O-O Rb8 12. Rc1 O-O 13. b4 Qg6 14.
Qe2 Rb7 15. Nb3 Rc7 16. Na5 Re8 17. Rfd1 e6 18. Qf1 Bf6 19. h3 h5 {0-1 Izeta,
F-Gelpke,P/Linares op ;EXP 45 1995 (51)}) 11. a4 b4 12. Rc1 Rb8 13. a5 h4 14.
O-O h3 15. Bh1 g4 16. Ne1 Ne5 17. c4 Bh6 18. Rc2 b3 19. Rc3 Bd7 20. f4 gxf3 21.
Nexf3 Ng4 22. Re1 O-O $13 {Mainka,G-Bukal,V/Dortmund-D/1991/}) (6... e6 {
Mowsziszian,K} 7. e4 Qg6 8. Nbd2 a6 9. a4 bxa4 10. Qxa4 Be7 11. g3 exd5 12.
exd5 O-O 13. Bg2 d6 14. O-O Ra7 15. Nc4 Bd7 16. Qa2 Bd8 17. Rfe1 Rb7 18. Nfd2
f5 19. f4 h5 {0-1 Svidler,P-Vakin,S/St.Petersburg U18-qual ;EXT 93 1993 (48)})
7. e4 g6 (7... e6 $5) 8. Nbd2 $5 $146 (8. a4 b4 9. a5 Qc7 10. Bc4 $6 {This is
a square for a N.} Bg7 11. O-O O-O 12. Qc2 Qf4 13. Ra4 bxc3 14. Nxc3 d6 15. e5
Bd7 16. Bb5 Qf5 17. Qxf5 Bxf5 18. a6 dxe5 19. d6 exd6 20. Nd5 Bd7 21. Nc7 Rc8
22. Bxd7 Rxc7 23. Bb5 Nc6 24. Bc4 Rb8 $17 {Engqvist,T-Storland,K/Gausdal Int/
1990/}) 8... Bg7 (8... a6 9. a4 Bb7 10. axb5 axb5 11. Rxa8 Bxa8 12. Qb3 $36) 9.
a4 b4 (9... bxa4 10. Nc4 $16 {[%csl Gd5,Ge4,Ra4,Ra7] [+],׫}) 10. Nc4 (10. a5
Qd8 11. Qc2 O-O 12. Bd3 e6 13. O-O exd5 14. exd5 Bb7 15. cxb4 cxb4 16. Bc4 Na6
17. Nb3 Rc8 18. Qd3 Qf6 19. Nfd2 Nb8 20. Rab1 Rfe8 21. h3 Qf4 22. g3 Qh6 23. h4
Qh5 24. Rfe1 d6 25. Ne4 Qe5 26. Re3 Qe7 {Kolev,At-Mateu,X/Sitges op (4) 1993/1/
2-1/2 (58)}) 10... Qb7 (10... Qc7 $6 11. d6 $36) 11. Qc2 (11. e5 d6 12. Be2
bxc3 13. bxc3 Qc7 14. O-O dxe5 15. d6 exd6 16. Nxd6+ Ke7 17. Nb5 Qb6 18. Ng5
Bb7 19. Qb3 Rf8 20. a5 Qa6 21. Nd4 cxd4 22. Bxa6 Bxa6 23. Qb4+ Kd7 24. Ne4 {
1-0 Kaidanov,G-Alburt,L/New York op (08) 1994}) 11... d6 12. Bd3 O-O 13. O-O
bxc3 (13... Bg4 14. Nfd2 $14 {[%cal Rf2f5] /\f4-f5}) (13... Nd7 14. Na5 {
[%csl Rc6] ><c6}) (13... a5 $142 {Mowsziszian,K /\ Nd7} 14. e5 dxe5 $132) 14.
bxc3 Qc7 15. Ne3 Ba6 $6 {By exchanging his "good" B Black gets an inferior
position, in which White's control of c4 and central preponderance give him
attacking chances.  Mowsziszian: Nach dem Lдufertausch steht der schwarze
Springer unglaublich schlecht,} (15... e5 $5 16. Rab1 $14 {[%cal Yb8d7,Yd7f6,
Yf6h5,Yh7h5,Yg7h6] leads to a King's Indian structure, in which Black can gain
counterplay by preparing f5. (Nd7-f6-h5 or h5,Bh6)}) (15... Nd7 $142 {
Mowsziszian,K}) 16. Bxa6 Nxa6 17. Nc4 Rab8 (17... Nb8 $142 {[%cal Yb8d7] /\Nd7.
Black needs his N on the other side of the board.}) 18. Nfd2 $1 {Covering all
the entrance points on the b-file, so that White can concentrate his R on the
K-side.} e6 {Mowsziszian: Nach diesem Zug bekommt WeiЯ zwei schwache Felden
auf d6 und f6. Schwarz sollte liber die Stellung seines Na6 verbesseren.} (
18... Rb7 {Mowsziszian,K} 19. f4 Nb8 $14 {/\Nd7}) 19. Qd3 Rfd8 $2 (19... exd5
$142 20. exd5 Rbe8 {/\Nb8-d7}) 20. f4 $1 {Droht Vorstos f4-f5-f6->} exd5 21.
exd5 $16 {[%cal Rf4f5] ->>>,/\f5} f5 $6 {After this weakening White's position
plays itself, but it's hard to recommend anything better. ><e6} 22. Rfe1 Rd7
23. Nf3 {[%cal Rf3g5,Rg5e6] /\Ng5-e6} h6 (23... Rb3 $2 24. Ncd2 $1 (24. Re8+ {
Mowsziszian,K} Kf7 25. Rae1 Bxc3 26. Ng5+ $18) 24... Rb6 (24... Nb4 25. Re8+
Kf7 26. Qe2 {[%cal Rd2b3,Re2e6] /\Qe6#,Nb3}) 25. a5 $18) 24. Re6 Kh7 25. Rae1 (
25. Nh4 {Mowsziszian,K} Nb4 26. Qg3 $16) 25... Qd8 (25... Rb3 26. Rxg6 $3 Kxg6
27. Nh4+ Kf7 (27... Kh7 28. Qxf5+) (27... Kh5 28. Qxf5+ Kxh4 29. g3#) 28. Qxf5+
Bf6 29. Re6 $18) 26. g4 $1 $18 {->} Qf8 $8 27. Nh4 Bf6 28. Nxg6 (28. Nxf5 gxf5
29. Qxf5+ Kg7 30. Rxf6 {-28.Ng6}) 28... Kxg6 29. Qxf5+ Kg7 30. Rxf6 $1 Qxf6 (
30... Qd8 {Ftacnik} 31. Rg6+ Kh8 32. Re8+ $1 Qxe8 33. Qf6+ Kh7 34. Rxh6+ Kg8
35. Rh8#) 31. Qxd7+ Kf8 (31... Kg8 32. Re8+ $18) 32. Nxd6 Qxf4 33. Rf1 Rb1 34.
Qe8+ Kg7 35. Nf5+ (35. Nf5+ Kf6 36. Qe7+ Kg6 37. Nh4#) 1-0

[Event "WchT 4th"]
[Site "Luzern"]
[Date "1997.10.31"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Kozul, Zdenko"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1997.10.25"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 062"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Croatia"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CRO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. d5 b5 {A line with a slightly dubious reputation, which
has however become quite popular lately. Rather surprising, as White should be
able to retain a small, but permanent advantage.} 4. Bg5 d6 5. Bxf6 exf6 6. e4
a6 7. a4 b4 8. Bd3 ({White lost an important tempo in} 8. Nbd2 g6 9. Nc4 a5 10.
Be2 $6 Bg7 11. O-O O-O 12. Nfd2 Ra7 13. Bd3 Bb7 14. Qg4 f5 15. exf5 Bxd5 16.
Rad1 $13 {1/2,Komarov,D-Khalifman,A/St.Petersburg/1997/}) 8... g6 (8... Be7
$143 $6 9. a5 O-O 10. Nbd2 Re8 11. O-O Bf8 12. Nc4 Nd7 13. c3 Rb8 14. Re1 g6
15. Qd2 Qc7 16. Ra4 bxc3 17. bxc3 Bb7 18. Bc2 Ba8 19. Raa1 Bg7 20. h4 Re7 21.
Rab1 Rb5 22. Qd3 Bb7 23. Ba4 $16 {[%csl Ra6,Rb7,Gd5,Rd6,Ge4,Rg7][%cal Gb1b8]
׭,a6,d6,<->b,()[+],Arkell,K-Ansell,S/4NCL9697/1997/ This game shows what are
White's positional pluses-space, central control, better pawn structure and
potential targets on the weakened <<. Black's ^^ has only limited scope.}) 9.
Nbd2 (9. O-O Bg7 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. a5 $6 {It's important for White to prevent
an effective f6-f5 break, as this allows Black to activate his forces.} (11.
Nc4 $142 {-9.Nbd2}) 11... f5 12. exf5 Bxb2 13. Rb1 Bg7 14. Nc4 Nd7 15. h4 Nf6
16. Nb6 Rb8 17. Ng5 Rxb6 18. axb6 Qxb6 19. fxg6 hxg6 20. Ne4 Nxe4 21. Bxe4 Qd8
22. g3 Re8 23. Bd3 a5 24. h5 gxh5 25. Qxh5 a4 $17 {Bogdanovski,V-Vaisser,A/
EU-chT Pula/1997/}) 9... Bg7 10. Nc4 a5 (10... O-O $5 11. O-O (11. Nfd2 $5 Bb7
12. Qf3 $14) 11... Bb7 12. a5 f5 13. exf5 Bxd5 14. Nb6 Bxf3 15. Qxf3 Ra7 16. c3
$6 bxc3 17. bxc3 Bxc3 18. Ra4 Be5 19. Rg4 Nd7 20. Bc4 Kg7 21. h4 Nf6 22. Rg3
Bxg3 23. fxg3 Qe7 24. g4 Qe4 $19 {Pert,N-Ward,C/GBR-ch Hove/1997/}) 11. O-O ({
A promising alternative is} 11. Nfd2 $5 Bb7 12. Qf3 O-O 13. Qg3 f5 14. Qxd6 (
14. Nxd6 Qe7 15. Nxb7 Qxb7 16. O-O Bxb2 17. Rad1 fxe4 18. Bxe4 Ra7 19. Nc4 $36
{Dokuchaev,A-Gutow,A/RUS-Cup8 Smolensk/1997/}) 14... fxe4 15. Qxd8 Rxd8 16.
Bxe4 Bxd5 (16... Nd7 17. O-O-O Nf6 18. Bf3 g5 19. h3 h5 20. d6 Bxf3 21. gxf3
Nd7 22. Rhe1 Bd4 23. Ne4 Ne5 24. Rxd4 {1-0,Goldin,A-Gutow,A/RUS-Cup9 Novgorod/
1997/}) 17. Bxd5 Rxd5 18. O-O-O Rd4 19. Nb6 Ra7 20. Nb3 Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1 Nc6 22.
Rd6 Bh6+ 23. Kd1 Ne5 24. Nxc5 Ng4 25. Rd7 Nxf2+ 26. Ke2 Rxd7 27. Nbxd7 {
1-0,Landa,K-Gutow,A/RUS-Cup9 Novgorod/1997/}) 11... O-O 12. Nfd2 (12. Qd2 Ba6
13. c3 Bxc4 14. Bxc4 Nd7 15. Bb5 Ne5 16. Ne1 $1 f5 $6 17. exf5 gxf5 18. Rc1 Ra7
19. h3 Qh4 20. f4 Bh6 21. Qf2 Qxf2+ 22. Rxf2 Nd7 23. Nc2 Re8 24. g3 b3 25. Na3
Re3 26. Kg2 Nb6 27. Nc4 $16 {[%csl Rb3,Rd6,Rf5] ק,Baburin,A-Agnos,D/Port Erin
op/1997/}) 12... Bb7 (12... Qc7 $6 13. f4 Nd7 14. Qe1 Ba6 15. Qh4 Rfe8 16. f5
Rad8 17. Rf3 Bc8 18. Raf1 Nf8 19. Ne3 Bd7 20. b3 h5 21. Ndc4 Bc8 22. g4 Bh6 23.
gxh5 Bxe3+ 24. Nxe3 g5 25. Qf2 Kh8 26. Ng4 Nd7 27. Rg3 Re7 28. h4 $40 {
Kasparov,G-Nenashev,A/Geneva Credit Suisse/1996/ A good example how to exploit
passive play by Black.}) 13. Qg4 (13. Qf3 $5 Nd7 14. Qg3 Ne5 15. Rad1 f5 16.
exf5 Bxd5 17. b3 (17. Ne3 $5 Bc6 18. Be4 $36) 17... Re8 (17... Nxd3 $142 18.
Qxd3 Bd4 $5 $132) 18. Ne3 Bc6 19. Be4 Qc7 20. Qf4 Rad8 21. Bd5 Bd7 22. f6 Bf8
23. Ndc4 Be6 24. h4 Bxd5 25. Nxd5 Qa7 26. Rfe1 Nxc4 27. Qxc4 $16 {Burmakin,
V-Shevelev,A/Anibal op4th/1997/}) 13... f5 $8 {Black correctly defends
actively, he must create scope for his pieces to balance the structural damage.
} 14. exf5 (14. Qf4 $143 fxe4 15. Bxe4 Ra6 16. Rab1 Nd7 17. Rfd1 Nf6 18. Nf1
Nxe4 19. Qxe4 Qf6 20. Nfe3 h5 21. c3 Ra7 22. g3 Bh6 23. Re1 Bc8 24. Kg2 Re7 25.
Ng4 Bxg4 26. Qxe7 Bf3+ 27. Kg1 Qf5 $44 {Cramling,P-Matamoros Franco,C/Las
Palmas op/1995/}) 14... Bxd5 15. Be4 $6 (15. Ne4 $142 $5 Ra6 (15... Bxe4 16.
Bxe4 d5 17. Rad1 Bd4 18. fxg6 hxg6 19. c3 $16) (15... Bxc4 16. Bxc4 d5 17. Rad1
Bd4 18. Nxc5 $1 $16) 16. Rad1 $36) 15... Bc6 $1 $13 {[%csl Gc5,Gd5,Gd6][%cal
Rd6d5] /\d5,[+] A refined move, which enables Black to finish his development.
The game enters a phase of tactical complications.} (15... Bxe4 $6 16. Nxe4 d5
17. Rad1 $16) 16. Rad1 (16. Bxc6 $6 Nxc6 17. Ne4 d5 18. Rad1 Nd4 $17) 16... d5
(16... Bxe4 $2 17. Nxe4 d5 18. Nxc5 $18) 17. Nb3 (17. Nf3 Re8 18. Rfe1 Ra7 $15
{[%csl Gc5,Gc6,Gd5,Gg7] [+]^^}) 17... Ra7 $5 18. Ne3 (18. Nxc5 $2 $19 Qe7)
18... d4 ({Black should have rather tried to keep his center intact with} 18...
Rd7 $142 $5 19. Bf3 Na6 20. fxg6 hxg6 $13) 19. Bxc6 Nxc6 20. Qe4 (20. Nc4 Qd5
21. Nb6 Qd8 $1 22. Nc4 Qd5 $11) (20. fxg6 $142 $5 hxg6 21. Nc4 Qd5 (21... Re7
$5) 22. Qe2 (22. Nbd2 Re7 23. Rfe1 Rfe8 $132) 22... Re7 23. Qd3 $14 {[%csl Ra5,
Rc5] ><a5,c5}) (20. Nxc5 $2 Qe7 21. f6 Qxc5 $1 22. fxg7 Kxg7 $19 {[%csl Re3]
פe3 and the N has surprisingly nowhere to go.}) 20... Ne5 21. Nxc5 $2 (21. Nd5
$2 gxf5 22. Qxf5 Qxd5 23. f4 Nf3+ $19) (21. f4 Nd7 $5 (21... Qa8 22. Qxa8 Raxa8
23. Nd5 (23. fxe5 dxe3 {[%cal Rg7e5,Re3e2] /\e2,Be5} 24. Rd5 Rfd8 $36) 23...
Nd7 24. Rfe1 $14) 22. Nc4 Re8 23. Qd3 Qc7 $132) 21... Qc8 22. f6 (22. Nd5 Qxc5
23. f6 {-22.f6}) (22. Qxd4 $4 Nf3+ 23. gxf3 Bxd4 $19) 22... Qxc5 $2 (22... Bxf6
$142 $1 23. Nd5 $8 Bg7 (23... Qxc5 24. Nxf6+ Kg7 25. Nd5 Nc6 {-22...Qc5}) 24.
Nb3 (24. f4 $2 f5 $19) 24... f5 25. Qe2 d3 $1 $17 {/\} 26. cxd3 Qe6) 23. Nd5 $5
(23. fxg7 Rd8 $1 24. Ng4 (24. c3 bxc3 25. bxc3 Rad7 $36) 24... Nxg4 25. Qxg4
Rad7 $11) 23... Nc6 24. fxg7 Kxg7 25. Nf4 Re7 26. Qf3 $11 Rd8 (26... Qxc2 $4
27. Rc1 $18) 27. Nd3 Qd6 28. Rfe1 Rde8 29. Rxe7 Rxe7 {[%csl Rc2,Rd4] The
excitement is over and the position is dead equal, as the c2 and d4 weaknesses
are well balanced.} 30. b3 Qe6 31. h3 Ne5 32. Nxe5 Qxe5 33. Qd3 Rc7 34. Qxd4 (
34. Rd2 Rc3 $11) (34. Qxd4 Qxd4 35. Rxd4 Rxc2 36. Rd5 Rc3 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Lputian, Smbat G"]
[Black "Tukmakov, Vladimir B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1994.09.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 044"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 c5 2. d5 f5 $5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 (4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. Nh3 O-O 7. O-O
d6 8. Nf4 Na6 9. e4 Nc7 10. exf5 Bxf5 11. h3 Rb8 12. Re1 b5 13. g4 Bc8 14. a3
a5 15. Ne6 Bxe6 16. dxe6 b4 17. axb4 axb4 18. Ne2 Nfe8 19. Ra7 Bf6 20. f4 Bh4
21. Rf1 Ng7 22. f5 $1 gxf5 23. gxf5 Rxf5 24. Rxf5 Nxf5 25. Nf4 $40 {Haik,
A-Vaisman,V/FRA-chT/1994/}) 4... Qb6 5. Bxf6 $146 (5. Qd2 h6 $5 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7.
O-O-O d6 8. e4 g6 9. Bb5+ Nd7 10. exf5 Qxf5 11. Bd3 Qf7 12. Nb5 Kd8 13. Nf3 Bg7
14. Rhe1 Rf8 15. Kb1 g5 16. Re4 Qf6 17. c4 Qf7 18. Rde1 Ne5 19. Nxe5 Bxe5 20.
f3 Bf6 21. Re6 $5 $44 {Alburt,L-Levitt,J/New York op/1994/}) (5. Rb1 Ne4 6.
Nxe4 fxe4 7. Qd2 e5 8. f3 c4 9. Be3 Bc5 10. Bxc5 Qxc5 11. fxe4 O-O 12. Nf3 d6
13. b4 Qc7 14. e3 Nd7 15. Qc3 b5 16. a4 a6 17. a5 Nf6 18. Nd2 Ng4 19. Be2 Qe7
$36 {Solozhenkin,E-Korzubov,P/Ashkhabad/1990/}) 5... Qxf6 6. e3 (6. e4 fxe4 7.
Qd2 g6 $13) 6... g6 (6... d6 $142 $5 7. Bb5+ Nd7 $13) 7. Bc4 (7. d6 $1 Qxd6 8.
Qxd6 exd6 9. Nb5 Na6 10. O-O-O $16) 7... d6 8. Nge2 Nd7 (8... Bg7 9. Nf4 Na6 $5
{/\Nc7}) 9. Nf4 Ne5 10. Qe2 (10. Bb5+ Kf7 $132) 10... Bh6 (10... Bg7 11. h4 {
/\ 12.h5 g5 13.h6->}) 11. h4 O-O 12. a4 Nxc4 (12... Bd7 13. Bb5 $14) 13. Qxc4
b6 $13 14. g3 a6 15. O-O Bd7 16. Ne6 Rfb8 (16... Bxe6 $2 17. dxe6 $16 {ץh6,/
\Nd5}) (16... Rfc8 $13) 17. Rfb1 (17. Nc7 Ra7 18. Nxa6 $2 Rba8 $19) (17. e4 $6
f4 $36) (17. f4 {/\e4|^} b5 $1 18. axb5 axb5 19. Rxa8 Rxa8 $15) 17... Kf7 18.
Nf4 Rb7 $1 {/\b5} (18... b5 $6 19. axb5 axb5 20. Rxa8 bxc4 (20... Rxa8 21. Nxb5
) 21. Rxb8 $16) 19. Qd3 Rc7 20. Ra2 Bg7 21. Kg2 Rcc8 (21... c4 $6 22. Qd2 Rb8
23. Nce2 {/\Nd4-e6}) 22. Qe2 Bh6 (22... Kg8 $5 {/\Qf7,Be5}) 23. Rba1 Kg8 $1 24.
Ra3 Qf7 25. Kg1 (25. Rb3 Rcb8 26. Qc4 Bg7 {/\} 27. Ne6 Bxc3 $1 28. bxc3 b5 $15)
25... Bg7 26. Rb3 Rcb8 27. Qc4 Be5 $5 $13 (27... Bxc3 28. Qxc3 b5 29. axb5 axb5
30. Rxa8 Rxa8 31. Ra3 $10) 28. Qe2 Ra7 29. Kg2 h6 30. Rh1 Raa8 (30... g5 $6 31.
hxg5 hxg5 32. Ne6 $40 {<->h}) (30... Bxc3 31. Rxc3 Bxa4 32. e4 $44 (32. Ra1 Bb5
33. Qxb5 $5 axb5 34. Rxa7 $44)) 31. Qd3 Bxc3 $6 (31... b5 32. axb5 axb5 33.
Nxb5 Bxf4 34. exf4 Bxb5 35. Rxb5 Rxb5 36. Qxb5 Qxd5+ 37. Kh2 $10) 32. Rxc3 Bxa4
33. g4 (33. e4 $1 $36 {׻}) 33... Bb5 34. Qd1 fxg4 (34... Kh7 35. g5 $5 h5 36.
Re1 {/\e4~/=}) 35. Qxg4 Kh7 36. Rh3 $138 (36. e4 $142 $5 {/\Rf3}) 36... Rg8 37.
Ne6 $2 (37. e4 $13 {[]}) 37... Qf5 $1 $17 38. Qxf5 gxf5+ 39. Kf3 Rg4 40. Nf4
Bd7 41. Ra3 a5 (41... b5 42. Ra5 {><a6}) 42. c4 Kg7 43. Rh1 $2 (43. Ke2 $17)
43... e5 $1 44. dxe6 $8 (44. Nh3 Rxc4 $19) 44... Bc6+ 45. Nd5 Rxc4 $19 46. Rd3
(46. Rd1 Re8 47. Ke2 Rxe6 48. Nxb6 Rb4 $19) 46... Re8 47. Rg1+ Kh7 $1 (47...
Kf8 48. Rg6) 48. Ke2 Rxe6 49. Kd2 Rxh4 50. Nf4 Rf6 51. Kc3 (51. Kc3 {/\Rgd1}
Bf3 $1 $19) 0-1

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 25th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1997.07.11"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Huebner, Robert"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1997.07.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 060"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. d5 g6 4. Nc3 d6 {This move is a must for Black in the
early stage, as} (4... Bg7 5. e4 O-O $6 6. e5 Ng4 7. Ng5 $1 $40 {has been
proven unsatisfactory.}) 5. e4 Bg7 6. Be2 Na6 (6... O-O 7. O-O Na6 8. h3 Nc7 9.
a4 a6 10. Bf4 Rb8 11. a5 b5 12. axb6 Rxb6 13. Ra2 e6 14. dxe6 Bxe6 15. b3 Nb5
16. Bxb5 axb5 17. Re1 Nh5 18. Bg5 Bf6 19. Qd2 b4 20. Nd5 Bxd5 21. Qxd5 Bxg5 22.
Qxg5 Qxg5 23. Nxg5 h6 24. Nf3 Nf4 25. Nd2 Re8 26. Nc4 Rc6 $11 {Bukic,E-Ceko,J/
Ljubljana op/1997/}) 7. O-O Nc7 8. Bf4 (8. Nd2 O-O 9. a4 b6 10. Nc4 Ba6 11. Bf4
Nh5 12. Bg5 f5 13. f3 Bd4+ 14. Kh1 f4 15. Na3 Bc8 16. Qe1 Bd7 17. Nc4 Qe8 18.
Bd3 Rb8 19. e5 $1 Bxc3 20. bxc3 Nxd5 21. exd6 e6 22. Ne5 $40 {Asrian,
K-Zakharevich,I/Russia Cup6 Krasnodar/1997/}) 8... O-O 9. a4 b6 10. Qd2 (10.
Re1 Rb8 11. Bf1 Bg4 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Nd7 14. Nb5 Nxb5 15. axb5 Bxb2 16.
Rxa7 Bg7 17. Qa3 Ra8 18. Ra6 Rb8 19. Ra7 Ra8 20. Ra6 Rb8 {1/2,Nehemia,
U-Bitansky,I/Dov Porath Memorial/1997/}) 10... Re8 $5 {[%cal Ye7e6] Black aims
for quick counterplay, connected with an e6 push.} (10... Bb7 $143 11. Rfe1 (
11. Bh6 e5 12. Bg5 Qd7 13. Rab1 Nfe8 14. Ne1 f5 15. f3 Nf6 16. Nd3 a6 17. b4 c4
18. Nf2 b5 19. Be3 Nh5 20. Rfe1 Ne8 21. exf5 gxf5 22. Nh3 f4 23. Bb6 Bf6 24.
Ra1 Bh4 25. Reb1 Nef6 26. axb5 axb5 27. Ra5 Rxa5 28. bxa5 Ba6 29. Bf1 Ng7 30.
Na2 Nf5 31. Nb4 Bb7 32. a6 Ba8 33. Kh1 Kh8 34. c3 Ne7 35. Bf2 Bxf2 {Djuric,
S-Cifuentes Parada,R/Buenos Aires Konex 1991/1/2-1/2 (51)}) (11. Bc4 a6 12.
Rfe1 Qd7 13. Qd3 Rad8 14. Rab1 Qc8 15. b4 cxb4 16. Rxb4 Na8 17. Nb1 Nd7 18.
Nbd2 Nc5 19. Qa3 Qd7 20. h3 e6 21. dxe6 fxe6 22. Bg3 Bc6 23. a5 b5 24. Bf1 e5
25. c4 Nc7 26. Qe3 N7e6 27. cxb5 axb5 28. Reb1 Rb8 29. Bc4 Kh8 30. Bd5 Na6 31.
Bxc6 Qxc6 32. R4b2 Nac5 33. h4 Nd4 34. Nxd4 exd4 35. Qg5 d3 36. e5 Na4 37. Rb3
Nc3 38. Rxc3 Qxc3 39. exd6 h6 40. Qe3 Rbe8 41. Ne4 Qc4 {1-0 Aseev,K-Sakhatova,
E/London Lloyds 1994}) 11... a6 (11... Qd7 12. Bh6 a6 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. Rab1 e6
15. dxe6 Qxe6 16. Rbd1 Rad8 17. b3 b5 18. axb5 axb5 19. Nxb5 Nxb5 20. Bxb5 Nxe4
21. Ng5 Qf5 22. Nxe4 Bxe4 23. Bd3 Bxd3 {1/2-1/2 Tangborn,E-Plaskett,J/Hastings
B 1988}) 12. Rab1 Re8 (12... Rc8 13. Bc4 Qd7 14. Qd3 Nh5 15. Bd2 e6 16. dxe6
fxe6 17. b4 Bc6 18. bxc5 bxc5 19. Rb6 Nf4 20. Bxf4 Rxf4 21. Rd1 Bxc3 22. Qxc3
Rxe4 23. Qd3 {1/2-1/2 Miles,A-Backwinkel,P/BL 1983}) 13. Bc4 $1 Nd7 14. Bh6 Ne5
15. Nxe5 Bxe5 16. Bf4 Bg7 17. Qd3 Qd7 18. b4 Reb8 19. Rb3 a5 20. bxc5 bxc5 21.
Reb1 Qc8 22. Nd1 Ra7 23. Qh3 Qxh3 24. Rxh3 Rba8 25. Rhb3 Bc8 26. Nc3 Bxc3 27.
Rxc3 f6 28. Bd2 Ba6 29. Bxa6 Nxa6 30. Rcb3 $16 {[%cal Gb1b8] _|_,<->b,Miles,
A-Dunnington,A/4NCL9697/1997/}) 11. h3 (11. Bc4 Bg4 $1 $132) (11. Rfe1 a6 (
11... Bb7 $1 {/\e6<=>}) 12. Rad1 Rb8 $6 13. e5 $1 Nh5 14. Bh6 Bh8 15. Ng5 Ng7
16. e6 Ngxe6 17. dxe6 Nxe6 18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. Bg4 Kf7 20. Ne4 Bf6 21. Qf4 e5 22.
Ng5+ Kg8 23. Qc4+ $18 {Kostic,V-Juraczka,F/AUT-chT/1989/}) 11... Bb7 12. Rfe1 (
12. Bc4 a6 (12... e6 $5 $13) 13. Rfe1 Qd7 14. Qd3 Rad8 15. Rab1 e6 16. dxe6
Nxe6 17. Bg5 Nd4 18. Nxd4 cxd4 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. Bxd5 a5 21. Qf3 Qe7 22. b4 h6
23. Bxf6 Qxf6 24. Qxf6 Bxf6 25. bxa5 bxa5 26. Rb7 Re7 27. Reb1 Rdd7 28. Rxd7
Rxd7 29. Rb5 Bd8 $11 {Jukic,M-Gheorghiu,F/Graz op/1987/}) 12... e6 $1 13. Bc4
exd5 14. exd5 Qd7 $11 15. Rxe8+ Nfxe8 (15... Rxe8 $5 16. Bb5 (16. Nb5 Ncxd5 17.
Nxd6 Ne4 $1 $36) 16... Nxb5 17. axb5 Ba8 $132 {[%cal Yf6e4,Yd7f5] /\Ne4,Qf5})
16. Bh6 Bh8 $5 {Ivanchuk chooses a more ambitious and risky continuation.} (
16... a6 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Qd3 Nf6 $11) (16... Bxc3 $5 17. bxc3 Nf6 $13) 17.
Qd3 a6 18. Rb1 Rb8 $5 (18... Nf6 $143 19. b4 $36) (18... Bxc3 19. bxc3 b5 20.
axb5 axb5 21. Bxb5 Nxb5 22. Qxb5 Qxb5 23. Rxb5 Bxd5 $11) 19. b4 $5 {This pawn
sacrifice gives White good play on the black squares.} cxb4 (19... Bxc3 20.
Qxc3 Nxd5 21. Bxd5 Bxd5 22. Re1 $44 {[%cal Re1e8] /\Re8+-}) 20. Rxb4 Bxc3 21.
Qxc3 Nxd5 (21... Bxd5 22. Bf1 $44 {[%csl Gf1,Gh6] ^^}) 22. Bxd5 Bxd5 23. Nd4
$44 Qe7 24. Rb1 Qf6 (24... Qh4 $5 25. Qe3 (25. Be3 Nf6 $15) 25... Qe4 26. Qxe4
Bxe4 27. f3 Bd5 28. Be3 $44 {[%csl Rb6,Rd6] ><b6,d6}) 25. Qd2 Nc7 26. Bg5 Qg7
27. c4 (27. Bh6 Qf6 28. Bg5 Qg7 29. Bh6 $11) 27... Be4 $1 (27... Bxc4 28. Nc6
Re8 29. Ne7+ Kh8 30. Qxd6 $40) 28. Rd1 $5 (28. Re1 Re8 29. Bf4 Qf6 30. Bg5 $11)
28... Re8 (28... Ne8 $6 29. Re1 Bb7 30. Re7 $40) 29. Be3 Qe5 $5 (29... d5 $2
30. f3 $16) (29... Ne6 30. Nxe6 Rxe6 31. Bxb6 $14 {[%csl Rg7,Rg8] ע}) (29...
Qf6 30. Ne2 b5 31. Qa5 Qb2 32. Nd4 $1 $14) 30. Ne2 Ne6 (30... b5 31. Bf4 $36)
31. Qxd6 Qa5 $138 32. Bxb6 $138 (32. Qxb6 Qxa4 33. Nc3 Qxc4 34. Nxe4 Qxe4 35.
Qxa6 Nf4 $11) (32. Ra1 $142 $1 {Huebner,R}) 32... Qxa4 33. c5 $5 (33. Rc1 Qc6
$11) 33... Bxg2 $1 $138 {Despite acute time-trouble Black starts a combination,
which releases the tension in the position.} 34. Kxg2 Qe4+ 35. Kf1 $4 {A
tactical blunder, which loses immediately.} (35. Kh2 $1 {[]} Qxe2 36. c6 $44
Nf4 $5 (36... Ng5 37. c7 Nf3+ 38. Kg3 Ne5 39. Qd5 $1 {[%csl Gc7] o^c7}) (36...
Qf3 37. Be3 Rc8 38. Rc1 Rc7 $11 {Leko}) 37. Kg3 Nh5+ (37... g5 38. c7 (38. Qd7
$5 {[%cal Rd7e8] /\Qe8}) 38... Qe4 39. f3 Nh5+ 40. Kg2 Qe2+ 41. Bf2 Nf4+ 42.
Kg3 $11) 38. Kh2 Nf4 $11) 35... Nf4 $1 $19 (35... Qh1+ $2 36. Ng1 $18) 36. Qxf4
$8 (36. Nxf4 Qh1#) (36. Ng3 Qg2#) 36... Qxe2+ 37. Kg2 Qxd1 38. Qc4 (38. Qd6 Qb1
$1 $19) 38... Qe2 (38... Re1 $19 {->}) 39. Qa4 {White practically can't avoid
the exchange of Q with a lost endgame.} (39. Qxe2 Rxe2 40. c6 Rc2 41. c7 Kf8
$19) (39. Qc3 Qe4+ 40. Kg3 Re5 $40 (40... Qe5+ $19)) 39... Qe4+ 40. Qxe4 Rxe4
41. c6 Rc4 42. c7 Kf8 {[%cal Rf8d7,Rc4c7] /\Ke7-d7,Rc7} 0-1

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Epishin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[EventDate "1994.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 042"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. Nxd5 Nxd5 6. Qxd5 d6 (6... Be7 $5
7. Bf4 $5 (7. e4 O-O 8. Be2 d6 9. O-O Nc6 (9... Nd7 $5) 10. c3 Be6 11. Qh5 h6
12. Rd1 Re8 13. Bf4 Bf8 14. Nd2 g6 15. Qf3 d5 16. Qg3 Qe7 17. exd5 Bxd5 18. Bf1
Qf6 19. Nb3 Rad8 $10 {Karpov,An-Topalov,V/Dos Hermanas/1994/}) 7... Nc6 8.
O-O-O Qa5 (8... d6 $5 {/\} 9. Bxd6 Be6 10. Qd2 Bxd6 11. Qxd6 Qa5 $32) 9. a3 O-O
10. Bd6 Bxd6 11. Qxd6 c4 12. Rd5 b5 13. e3 Qa4 14. Ng5 Bb7 15. Kb1 Nd8 16. Rd4
Ne6 17. Nxe6 dxe6 18. Be2 Qa5 19. Rhd1 Rac8 20. Qe5 $16 {Johansson,J-Svensson,
B/Helsingborg SVE-ch/1991/}) 7. e4 Be7 8. Bg5 $1 Bxg5 (8... O-O 9. O-O-O Bxg5+
(9... Nc6 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Qxd6 Qxe4 12. Qxc5 $14) 10. Nxg5 Nc6 11. Nxf7 $1
Rxf7 12. Bc4 Qe8 13. Qxf7+ Qxf7 14. Bxf7+ Kxf7 15. Rxd6 Be6 16. Rd2 Ke7 17. f4
g6 18. Re1 Rf8 19. Rf2 h5 20. b3 b5 21. Ref1 $14 {Thesing,M-Szalanczy,E/
Dortmund-C/1989/}) 9. Nxg5 (9. Qxg5 $6 Qxg5 10. Nxg5 h6 11. Nf3 Be6 12. O-O-O
Ke7 13. Nd2 Rd8 14. Nc4 d5 15. exd5 Rxd5 16. Rxd5 Bxd5 17. Ne3 {0,5/Sloth,
J-Hellers,F/Herning/1991/}) 9... O-O 10. Bc4 Qe7 11. Nxf7 Rxf7 12. O-O-O $14
Nc6 13. Qxd6 Kf8 14. Bxf7 Kxf7 15. Qxe7+ (15. Qf4+ Kg8 {/\Be6,Nd4<=>}) 15...
Kxe7 16. h4 (16. f4 $5 g6 17. h3 $14) 16... Be6 17. a3 Rf8 18. f3 Ne5 (18... h5
$5 {/\Ne5-g6<=>}) 19. h5 $1 h6 20. Rh4 b6 21. b3 (21. f4 $5 Nc4 22. g3 $14)
21... a5 $1 22. Kb2 a4 23. f4 Nc6 24. Rd3 axb3 25. cxb3 Rb8 (25... Nd4 26. Rg3
Kf7 27. f5 $36 {/\Rg4-g6}) 26. Rg3 Kf8 27. f5 (27. Rh1 Rd8 $15) 27... Bf7 (
27... Bg8 28. Rhg4 Rb7 29. f6 $18) 28. Rhg4 Re8 $1 $8 29. Rxg7 (29. Kc3 Nd4 $17
{/\Ne2}) 29... Rxe4 30. Rh7 Re2+ (30... Nd4 31. Rxh6 Nxf5 32. Rh8+ $132) 31.
Kc3 Nd4 32. Rxh6 Nxf5 33. Rh8+ Ke7 34. Rh3 Nd4 35. Rb8 (35. h6 $6 Rxg2 $5 {/\}
(35... Bg6 36. Kc4 Bf7+ $10) 36. h7 $2 Rc2+ 37. Kd3 Bg6+ 38. Ke3 Rc3+ $19)
35... Be6 36. Rxb6 $1 (36. h6 $2 Bxh3 37. h7 Rc2+ 38. Kd3 Bf5+ $19) (36. Rg3 b5
$5 {/\Bf5-+}) 36... Rc2+ 37. Kd3 Bf5+ 38. Ke3 Bxh3 39. gxh3 Rc3+ 40. Ke4 Rxh3
41. b4 $10 Ne6 42. bxc5 (42. Kd5 $5 Rd3+ 43. Kc4 Rd4+ 44. Kc3 $10) 42... Nxc5+
43. Kd5 Rxh5+ 44. Kc4 Kd7 45. Rg6 Nb7 46. a4 Nd6+ 47. Kb4 Kc6 48. Rg3 Rh4+ 49.
Kb3 Ne4 50. Rg6+ Kd5 51. a5 Nc5+ 52. Kc3 Rh3+ 53. Kb2 Rb3+ 54. Ka2 (54. Kc2 $5
$10) 54... Rb5 55. a6 Ra5+ 56. Kb2 Kc4 {/\Na6} 57. Rg4+ Kb5 58. Rg8 Rxa6 59.
Kc3 Ne6 60. Kd3 Kc5 61. Rh8 Ra4 62. Rh5+ Kd6 63. Ke3 Nf4 64. Rf5 Nd5+ 65. Kd3
Kc5 66. Rf3 Rd4+ (66... Ra3+ 67. Ke4) 67. Ke2 Kc4 68. Rf8 Rd3 69. Rf3 $1 Nc3+
70. Kf2 Ne4+ 71. Ke2 Rxf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1994.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 041"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 Nxd5 5. Nxd5 exd5 6. Qxd5 Be7 (6... Nc6) (
6... d6 7. e4 Be7 8. Bg5 $5 O-O 9. O-O-O Bxg5+ 10. Nxg5 Nc6 11. Nxf7 Rxf7 12.
Bc4 Qe8 13. Qxf7+ Qxf7 14. Bxf7+ Kxf7 15. Rxd6 Be6 16. Rd2 Ke7 17. f4 g6 18.
Re1 Rf8 19. Rf2 $14 {Thesing,M-Szalanczy,E/Dortmund-C/1989/}) 7. e4 (7. Bg5 O-O
8. O-O-O Nc6 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Qd6 Qe6 11. Kb1 b6 12. e3 Bb7 13. Be2 Nb4 $1 14.
Qxe6 dxe6 15. Rd6 Nd5 16. Ne5 Nf6 $10 {Phominyh,A-Hudecek,J/Mlada Boleslav op/
1992/}) 7... O-O 8. Be2 $5 $146 (8. Bc4 d6 9. Qd3 $5 (9. Qh5 Be6 $1 10. Bxe6
fxe6 11. Ng5 Bxg5 12. Bxg5 Qa5+ $1 13. c3 Nc6 14. O-O Rae8 15. Bh4 Qb5 16. Bg3
e5 $1 17. Rfb1 Qc4 18. Re1 b5 19. Qg4 Qe6 $13 {Gelfand,B-Adams,M/Wijk cm8/1994/
}) (9. Bf4 Nd7 10. Qd2 Nb6 11. Bd3 Bg4 (11... d5 $142 $5) 12. O-O-O Qe8 13. Kb1
c4 14. Be2 Rc8 15. c3 Bh5 16. Ka1 Bg6 17. Qe3 Qc6 18. Rhe1 Na4 19. Nd4 Qb6 20.
Rd2 Bf6 $13 {Hansen,LB-Maus,S/Luxemburg op/1990/}) (9. O-O Nd7 $1 $10) 9... Nd7
(9... Nc6 $5) 10. Bb3 b5 11. Qxb5 a5 12. Qe2 Nb6 13. c4 a4 14. Bc2 Bf6 15. O-O
Re8 16. Rd1 Bg4 17. Rb1 Be5 18. h3 Bxf3 19. Qxf3 Nxc4 20. b3 $36 {Damljanovic,
B-Perenyi,B/Saint John op-2/1988/}) 8... d6 9. O-O Nc6 {/\Nb4,d5} (9... Nd7 10.
Rd1 Nf6 11. Qd3 $14) 10. c3 Be6 11. Qh5 h6 $5 (11... d5 12. Rd1 d4 13. e5 $5 {
/\Bd3->}) 12. Rd1 Re8 13. Bf4 Bf8 $1 {ףh5} 14. Nd2 g6 15. Qf3 d5 16. Qg3 Qe7
$5 $10 (16... Bg7 17. Nc4 $1 $36) (16... d4 17. e5 {/\Ne4+/-}) 17. exd5 Bxd5
18. Bf1 Qf6 (18... Rad8 $142) 19. Nb3 Rad8 20. Rd2 Be6 (20... c4 21. Nd4 Nxd4
22. Rxd4 Bc5 23. Rd2 $36 {/\Bh6,Bc7}) 21. Bc7 $1 Rxd2 (21... Rc8 22. Bd6 $14)
22. Nxd2 Bf5 (22... Bd5 $5) (22... Qg5 23. Qxg5 hxg5 24. Ne4 Be7 25. Nd6 Bxd6
26. Bxd6 $16 {_|_^^}) 23. Nc4 $1 $16 Re4 24. Ne3 Bc8 (24... Be6 25. Bd3 {צe4})
25. Rd1 Re8 26. h3 Qg5 27. Qf3 Kg7 $6 (27... Ne5 28. Qd5 $16) 28. Bf4 Qe7 29.
Nd5 Qe4 30. Nf6 $3 Kxf6 (30... Qxf3 31. Nxe8+ $18) 31. Be5+ Kxe5 $8 32. Qxe4+
Kxe4 33. Re1+ Kf5 34. Rxe8 $18 Be6 35. Rxf8 Bxa2 36. Rc8 {/\Rc7} 1-0

[Event "Alushta1"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Moskalenko, Viktor"]
[Black "Kuzmin, Gennadi P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1994.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 040"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Belov} c5 2. d5 Nf6 3. Nc3 (3. Nf3 b5 (3... e6 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 exd5 6.
Nxd5 Be7 7. Bb5+ Nc6 8. O-O O-O 9. Bf4 Nxd5 10. exd5 Nb4 11. c3 Na6 12. Ba4 Bf5
13. Bc2 Qd7 14. Re1 Rfe8 15. Qb1 Bg6 16. Bxg6 hxg6 17. Nd2 Bf8 18. Qd3 b5 19.
a4 c4 20. Qd4 Nc5 $132 {Manakova,M-Kuzmin,G/Alushta1/1994/}) 4. Bg5 d6 5. Bxf6
exf6 6. a4 b4 7. e4 a6 8. Bd3 Nd7 9. Nbd2 Ne5 10. Qe2 Be7 11. O-O O-O 12. a5
Nxd3 13. cxd3 f5 14. Nc4 Re8 15. Nb6 Rb8 16. Nd2 Bd7 17. Nxd7 Qxd7 18. Nc4 fxe4
19. dxe4 Bf6 20. Qd3 Bd4 $132 {Tseitlin,MS-Nesterov,J/Tiraspol/1994/}) 3... d6
4. e4 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Be2 (6. Bb5+ $5 {Belov}) 6... O-O 7. O-O Bg4 (7... Na6
8. Bf4 Nc7 9. a4 b6 10. h3 Bb7 11. Bc4 a6 12. Re1 Qd7 13. Qd3 Rad8 14. Rad1 (
14. Rab1 e6 15. b4 exd5 16. exd5 cxb4 17. Rxb4 b5 18. axb5 axb5 19. Bb3 $14 {
Petursson,M-Watson,W/Reykjavik/1989/}) 14... Qc8 15. Qe3 Rfe8 16. Bh6 Bh8 17.
Ng5 Nd7 18. f4 Bg7 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. e5 $40 {Ivanchuk,V-Torre,E/Biel/1989/}) (
7... e6 $5 {Belov}) (7... a6 $6 {Belov} 8. a4 Bg4 9. Nd2 Bxe2 10. Qxe2 Nbd7 11.
Nc4 Nb6 12. Ne3 Re8 13. Rd1 Qc7 14. f3 Rad8 15. a5 Nc8 16. Nc4 $16 {Andersson,
U-Zapata,A/Wijk aan Zee/1987/1:0 (37)/}) 8. Nd2 (8. Re1 Bxf3 9. Bxf3 Nbd7 10.
a4 Ne8 11. Bg5 Nc7 12. Qd2 Re8 13. Be2 a6 14. a5 Qb8 15. Na4 b5 16. axb6 Nxb6
17. c3 Nd7 18. f4 e6 19. Bg4 Nb6 20. Nxb6 Qxb6 21. dxe6 Nxe6 $132 {Gausel,
E-Ionescu,C/Haifa ETC/1989/}) (8. Bg5 Na6 (8... Nbd7 {Belov} 9. Nd2 Bxe2 10.
Qxe2 Re8 11. f4 h6 12. Bh4 Qb6 13. Nc4 Qa6 14. e5 $16 {Larsen,B-Stein,L/Sousse
(izt)/1967/}) 9. Nd2 Bxe2 10. Qxe2 h6 11. Bh4 Qd7 12. Rad1 Rfe8 13. a4 Nc7 14.
Nc4 Qg4 15. Bxf6 Qxe2 16. Nxe2 Bxf6 17. f4 Rad8 18. e5 Bg7 19. Nc3 a6 20. a5
Nb5 21. Na4 $16 {(),Eingorn,V-Hickl,J/Zagreb izt/1987/}) (8. Bf4 {Belov} Nbd7
9. a4 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 Ne8 11. Qd2 a6 12. Be2 Nc7 13. a5 Nb5 14. Nxb5 axb5 15.
Bxb5 Bxb2 $14 {Ribli,Z-Karlsson,L/JUG/1985/}) 8... Bxe2 9. Qxe2 Na6 (9... e6 {
Belov} 10. dxe6 fxe6 11. e5 $1 $16) (9... Nbd7 {Belov} 10. Nc4 Nb6 11. Ne3 Re8
12. a4 e6 13. dxe6 Rxe6 14. a5 Nbd7 15. f3 $16 {Stein,L-Bilek,I/Moscow/1967/})
10. Nc4 Nc7 11. a4 e6 (11... Qd7 12. Bf4 Qg4 $5 13. Qxg4 Nxg4 14. Nb5 Nxb5 15.
axb5 f5 16. Bg5 Bf6 17. Bxf6 Nxf6 18. exf5 Nxd5 19. fxg6 hxg6 20. Rfe1 Rf4 21.
Na5 Kf8 22. g3 Rb4 23. c4 Nc7 $14 {Bany-Tumurhuyag/Bytom/1988/}) (11... b6 12.
Bg5 Qc8 13. Qf3 h6 $2 14. Nxd6 Qd8 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Nc4 Bd4 17. Qh3 Kh7 18.
Rad1 Qe8 19. b3 $16 {Dizdar,G-Pytel,K/Jurmala/1983/}) (11... a6 {Belov} 12. a5
Nd7 13. Na4 Nb5 14. c3 Qc7 15. Bf4 $14 {Tukmakov,V-Georgadze,T/Dechin/1977/0,5
(43) Inf 24/94/}) (11... Na6 {Belov} 12. Nb5 $1 $16) 12. Bg5 $5 (12. Rd1 exd5
13. exd5 Qd7 14. Qf3 Nfe8 15. Ne4 b5 $2 (15... f5 $14) 16. axb5 Nxb5 {Srienz,
C-Zsifkovits,P/Donau op/1992/} 17. Nb6 $1 $16) (12. Nxd6 $6 Qxd6 13. e5 Qd7 14.
exf6 Bxf6 15. dxe6 Nxe6 16. Ne4 Bg7 17. c3 Rfe8 18. Bh6 Qc6 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20.
Qf3 f5 21. Nd2 Qxf3 22. Nxf3 Nf4 23. Rad1 $10 {Whiteley,A-Kuzmin,G/Cappelle op/
1993/}) (12. Qd3 {Belov} exd5 13. exd5 Nfe8 14. Bf4 f5 15. Rfe1 $14) 12... exd5
13. Nxd5 (13. exd5 Qd7 (13... h6 $1 {Belov} 14. Bxf6 $8 Bxf6 15. Ne4 Be7 16. f4
f5 $13) 14. Qf3 Ng4 $132) 13... Ncxd5 14. exd5 Qd7 15. Bxf6 $1 (15. Qf3 Ng4 $10
) (15. Rad1 {Belov} Rfe8 16. Qf3 Ne4 17. Bf4 f5 $10) 15... Bxf6 16. Qf3 Bg7 17.
c3 $14 {><d6} Rae8 (17... Rfe8 {Belov} 18. Qg3 Bf8 $14) 18. Rfe1 Qxa4 $6 (18...
Re7 $5 19. Rxe7 Qxe7 20. Qe3 Qxe3 21. fxe3 $14) 19. Nxd6 $36 Rxe1+ 20. Rxe1 Qa2
(20... Qa6 $142 21. Ne8 $36) 21. g3 $1 Qa6 (21... Qxb2 22. Re8 $1 {/\Qf7} f5 (
22... Rxe8 {Belov} 23. Qxf7+ Kh8 24. Qxe8+ $18) 23. Qe3 $40) 22. Ne8 $16 Qb5
23. Qe2 (23. Nxg7 Kxg7 24. d6 Qd7 (24... Qc6 25. Qf4 $5 {/\Re7}) 25. Qd5 $16 {
/\Re7}) 23... Qxe2 24. Rxe2 f5 $8 25. Re7 (25. Nd6 $6 Rd8 26. Nxb7 Rxd5 $14)
25... Rf7 26. Rxf7 Kxf7 27. Nd6+ (27. Nxg7 Kxg7 28. c4 a6 29. Kf1 b5 30. b3 b4
31. Ke2 Kf6 $10) 27... Kf6 28. Nxb7 (28. f4 $5 b6 29. Nc8 $16) 28... Ke5 $8 29.
c4 $5 (29. d6 Ke6 (29... Kd5 30. d7 Bf6 31. d8=Q+ Bxd8 32. Nxd8 Kc4 33. Kf1 Kb3
34. Ke2 Kxb2 35. Kd3 a5 36. Nb7 a4 37. Nxc5 a3 38. Kc4 a2 39. Nb3 Ka3 40. Na1
Kb2 41. Kd3 $1 Kxa1 42. Kc2 $18) 30. Kf1 c4 31. Ke2 Bf6 32. d7 $1 Kxd7 33. Na5
$16) 29... Kd4 30. b3 (30. d6 Kxc4 31. d7 Bf6 $44) 30... Bf8 (30... Kc3 $2 31.
Nxc5 $18) 31. d6 Bxd6 (31... Kc3 {Belov} 32. d7 Be7 33. Nxc5 Kb4 34. Ne6 Kxb3
35. c5 $18) 32. Nxd6 Kc3 33. Nb7 (33. Nb5+ Kxb3 34. Nxa7 Kxc4 35. Kg2 Kd3 36.
Kf3 c4 37. Nb5 g5 $1 $10) 33... Kxb3 34. Nxc5+ Kxc4 35. Nb7 Kb5 36. Kf1 (36. f4
{Belov} a5 37. Nxa5 Kxa5 38. Kf2 Kb5 39. Ke3 Kc4 $10) 36... a5 37. Ke2 $2 (37.
Nxa5 $1 Kxa5 38. Ke2 Kb4 39. Ke3 Kc3 40. Kf4 Kd2 41. Kg5 Ke2 42. f4 Kf3 43. Kh6
Kg4 44. Kxh7 g5 45. fxg5 (45. h3+ $2 Kxg3 $1 (45... Kh5 $2 46. fxg5 Kxg5 47.
Kg7 f4 48. h4+ $1 Kg4 49. gxf4 $18) 46. fxg5 f4 47. g6 f3 48. g7 f2 49. g8=Q+
Kxh3 $10) 45... Kxg5 46. Kg7 Kg4 (46... f4 47. h4+ $18) 47. Kg6 $18) 37... a4
38. Kd3 Kb4 39. Kc2 Kc4 $1 40. f4 Kd4 41. Nd6 Ke3 (41... Ke3 42. Nf7 (42. Nc4+
{Belov} Kf2 43. Kd3 Kg2 44. Ke2 Kxh2 45. Kf2 $10) (42. Ne8 $2 {Belov} Kf2 43.
Nf6 h5 $1 44. Nd7 Kg2 45. Ne5 Kxh2 46. Nxg6 Kxg3 $19) 42... Kf2 43. Ng5 h6 $1 (
43... Kg2 44. Nxh7 Kxh2 45. Nf8 Kxg3 46. Nxg6 $18) 44. Nf7 Kg2 45. Nxh6 Kxh2
$10) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1997.02.02"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "1997.01.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. d5 b5 $5 {This line has alwys been considered
advantageous for White, but some recent games show matters are not that simple.
It's also a logical choice, as an attempt to transpose into main-line Modern
Benoni positions with 3...e6 is well answered by 4.Nc3!?, giving White a
slight, but unpleasant edge.} 4. a4 $5 {An interesting alternative to what is
considered the main move} (4. Bg5 Qb6 (4... d6 5. Bxf6 exf6 6. e4 a6 7. a4 b4
8. Bd3 g6 9. Nbd2 Bg7 10. Nc4 a5 11. O-O O-O 12. Nfd2 $1 (12. c3 Ba6 13. Ne3
Bc8 14. Nc4 Ba6 15. Ne3 Bc8 16. Nd2 Nd7 17. Nec4 Ne5 18. Nxe5 fxe5 19. cxb4
cxb4 20. Nc4 Bh6 21. Qe2 $11 {1/2,Gelfand,B-Leko,P/Groningen/1996/}) 12... Bb7
13. Qf3 Nd7 14. Qg3 Ne5 15. Rad1 f5 16. exf5 Bxd5 17. b3 Re8 18. Ne3 Bc6 19.
Be4 Qc7 20. Qf4 Rad8 21. Bd5 Bd7 22. f6 Bf8 23. Ndc4 Be6 24. h4 Bxd5 25. Nxd5
Qa7 26. Rfe1 Nxc4 27. Qxc4 $16 {Burmakin,V-Shevelev,A/Linares op/1997/}) 5.
Bxf6 (5. c3 a6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e4 d6 8. Be2 Nd7 9. O-O Rb8 10. a4 b4 11. Nfd2
g5 $1 {[%csl Ge5][%cal Rf8g7,Gg7b2] A typical resource. Black's white squares
are very weak, so he looks for counterplay on the black squares. This advance
develops the strong B to it's best square g7 and guarantees Black control of
e5.} 12. Nc4 Ne5 13. Nbd2 Nxc4 14. Nxc4 bxc3 15. bxc3 Bg7 16. Ra3 O-O 17. a5
Qg6 18. Nb6 Qxe4 19. Nxc8 Rbxc8 20. Bxa6 Rc7 21. Qb3 e6 22. Bb7 Bxc3 23. Qb6
Qb4 24. Qxc7 Qxa3 25. a6 c4 {Garcia Ilundain,D-Izeta,F/San Roque/1996/} 26.
dxe6 fxe6 27. Qxc4 d5 $13) 5... Qxf6 (5... exf6 6. e4 c4 7. Be2 Bc5 8. O-O a6
9. a4 Bb7 10. Nc3 O-O 11. axb5 axb5 12. Rxa8 Bxa8 13. b3 cxb3 14. cxb3 Re8 15.
Nxb5 Rxe4 16. Bc4 Re8 17. Qd3 Na6 18. Nc3 Nb4 19. Qf5 g6 20. Qxd7 Rd8 21. Qg4
Nxd5 22. Na4 Qb4 23. Nxc5 Qxc5 24. Rd1 Rf8 25. Qd4 Qxd4 26. Nxd4 Nb6 27. Bb5
Rd8 28. f3 f5 29. Kf2 f4 $11 {Horvath,Jo-Seres,L/HUN-ch Budapest/1996/}) 6. c3
d6 7. Qb3 a6 8. a4 bxa4 9. Rxa4 e6 10. e4 Nd7 11. Nbd2 Be7 12. Be2 O-O 13. O-O
exd5 14. exd5 Rb8 15. Qa2 Nb6 16. Ra3 Bb7 17. c4 Rfe8 18. Bd3 Nd7 19. Rb3 Bf8
20. Qb1 g6 21. Re1 Rxe1+ 22. Qxe1 Qd8 23. Ne4 Bc8 24. Rxb8 Nxb8 25. b4 Nd7 26.
Qc3 cxb4 27. Qxb4 Nc5 $15 {[%csl Gc8,Gf8] ^^,Kovacevic,S-Izeta,F/Ubeda op 1997/
0-1/}) 4... b4 (4... Qa5+ 5. Bd2 (5. Qd2 Qxd2+ 6. Nbxd2 Nxd5 7. axb5 a6 8. e4
Nb6 9. Be2 g6 10. Kd1 Bb7 11. Re1 Bg7 12. c3 O-O 13. Bf1 axb5 14. Rxa8 Bxa8 15.
Bxb5 Bc6 16. Bxc6 Nxc6 17. Kc2 d6 18. Nf1 Rb8 19. Ne3 Kf8 20. Bd2 Ra8 21. Nd5
Nc4 22. Bc1 Rb8 $11 {1/2,Lau,U-Sadilkova,V/Dortmund op-A/1993/}) 5... b4 6. c4
d6 7. Qc2 g6 8. e4 Bg7 9. Bd3 Nbd7 10. O-O Ng4 11. Be2 Nge5 12. Nxe5 Nxe5 13.
f4 Ng4 14. Bxg4 Bd4+ 15. Kh1 Bxg4 16. f5 $1 $40 {[%csl Rg4] ץg4,Fatalibekova,
E-Sidorova,E/Moscow-W/1995/}) (4... bxa4 5. Nc3 d6 6. Rxa4 g6 7. e4 Bg7 8. Be2
O-O 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Nd2 Nb6 11. Ra3 Ne8 12. Nc4 Nxc4 13. Bxc4 Nc7 14. Be3 a6
15. Qe2 Rb8 16. Ra2 Bd7 17. Nd1 Bb5 18. c3 Qd7 19. Bd3 Bxd3 20. Qxd3 Rb7 21.
Qd2 Rfb8 22. Bh6 $14 {Apkhaidze,N-Zielinska,M/Szombathely EU-chJW/1993/}) 5.
Bg5 (5. c4 d6 (5... bxc3 $6 6. Nxc3 Ba6 7. Bg5 d6 8. Bxf6 exf6 9. e4 Bxf1 10.
Kxf1 Nd7 11. g3 Rb8 12. Ra2 Be7 13. Kg2 O-O 14. Nd2 Qa5 15. Qc2 a6 16. b3 Rfe8
17. Nc4 Qb4 18. Rb2 Ne5 19. Na2 Qb7 20. Nxe5 dxe5 21. Rd1 Red8 22. Qc4 Qc8 23.
Rbd2 Bd6 24. Qc2 Rb6 25. Rd3 Qb7 26. Rc3 Bf8 27. Nc1 f5 28. f3 $16 {
Mikhalchishin,A-Alburt,L/URS-FL Ashkhabad/1978/}) 6. Nbd2 g6 (6... e5 7. e4 g6
8. Be2 Bg7 9. h3 Nh5 10. Ng1 Nf4 11. g3 Nxe2 12. Qxe2 Qe7 13. b3 f5 14. Bb2 O-O
15. Ngf3 Bh6 16. Kf1 Nd7 17. Kg2 Nf6 18. exf5 gxf5 19. Ne1 Bd7 20. f4 e4 21.
Kh2 Kf7 22. Nc2 Rg8 23. Raf1 Rg6 24. Rhg1 Rag8 25. Ne3 Bg7 $15 {Beckhuis,
G-Schulz,T/2BLN/1990/}) 7. b3 Bg7 8. Bb2 O-O 9. e4 e6 10. Qc2 Re8 11. O-O-O Ng4
12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. Qb2+ e5 14. Nb1 f5 15. exf5 Bxf5 16. h3 Nf6 17. Nbd2 e4 18.
g4 Bc8 19. Ng5 e3 20. Nde4 h6 21. Ne6+ Bxe6 22. dxe6 Rxe6 23. Bg2 Nbd7 24. Nxf6
Nxf6 25. Bd5 e2 26. Rde1 Re5 $36 {De Firmian,NE-Gurevich,D/Lexington act/1995/}
) (5. g3 Bb7 6. c4 bxc3 7. Nxc3 d6 8. Bg2 g6 9. O-O Bg7 10. Nd2 O-O 11. Re1 Na6
12. Nc4 Nb4 13. Bg5 Ba6 14. Na3 Nd7 15. Nab5 Ne5 16. Qc1 Re8 17. Bf1 Qb6 18.
Rb1 Bc8 19. f4 Nd7 20. Kg2 Bb7 21. e4 $14 {[%csl Gd5,Ge4,Gf4] [+],Djurkovic,
M-Traudes,W/Aschach op/1996/}) 5... d6 (5... Qb6 6. a5 Qb7 7. Bxf6 exf6 8. g3 (
8. e4 $142 $14) 8... d6 9. Bg2 g6 10. O-O Bg7 11. Nbd2 O-O 12. Nc4 Qc7 13. Nfd2
Ba6 14. e4 Nd7 15. f4 Rfe8 16. Qf3 Rad8 17. Rae1 Bc8 18. g4 Nf8 19. h4 Qd7 20.
g5 Qc7 21. gxf6 Bxf6 22. h5 Bd4+ 23. Kh1 Qe7 $36 {Ostergaard,J-Brynell,S/
Hillerod Politiken Cup/1995/}) 6. e3 g6 (6... Nbd7 $5 {is maybe better.}) 7.
Bxf6 (7. Bc4 Bg7 8. Nbd2 O-O 9. e4 Ba6 $2 {Exchanging the defender of the weak
white squares is a serious positional mistake.} (9... Nbd7 $142) 10. Qe2 Bxc4
11. Nxc4 a5 12. O-O Nbd7 13. Nfd2 Nb6 14. f4 Nxc4 15. Nxc4 Qc7 16. Qd3 Qb7 17.
Rad1 Ng4 18. Qe2 Qa6 19. b3 h5 20. h3 Nh6 21. Bxe7 $18 {Pereyra,D-Dishman/
Badalona op/1993/}) 7... exf6 8. Bb5+ Nd7 {Naturally Sokolov doesn't play the
inferior} (8... Bd7 $2 9. Qd3 Bg7 10. c3 $5 $36) 9. c3 $1 $146 {[%csl Rd6] A
strong and important novelty. Black is lagging in development and his pawn
structure is weakened. By opening the position White gets play against the
weaknesses. (><d6)} (9. Nbd2 $143 f5 10. Nc4 Be7 11. c3 bxc3 12. bxc3 O-O 13.
Bc6 Rb8 14. O-O Nf6 15. Qc2 Ba6 $132 {Gomez,M-Matamoros,C/Orense op/1995/})
9... bxc3 10. Nxc3 f5 11. O-O Bg7 $6 ({A safer and better move due to the
vulnerability of the Pd6 is} 11... Be7 $142 12. b4 Bf6 (12... cxb4 13. Qd4 O-O
14. Qxb4 {[%cal Rf3d4,Rd4c6] /\Nd4-c6|^}) 13. Qb3 $14 (13. bxc5 $2 Bxc3 14. Rc1
Qa5 $1 15. cxd6 O-O $17)) 12. Bc6 Rb8 13. Nb5 O-O (13... Qe7 14. Nxa7 Bxb2 15.
Ra2 $16 {[%csl Ga4] o^a}) 14. Nxd6 Ba6 {[%csl Ga6,Gg7]} (14... Rxb2 $143 15.
Nxc8 Qxc8 16. Rc1 Rb4 17. Nd2 $1 $16 {[%cal Yd2b3] The c5-pawn is extremely
weak and material will not remain equal for long (Nb3) Sokolov chooses a
better practical chance. He sacrifices a pawn, relying on his ^^ and the
slightly tangled white minor pieces on the <<.}) 15. Nb5 Nf6 $5 (15... Bxb2 16.
Rb1 Bf6 17. Qc2 $16 {[%csl Ra7,Rc5,Gd5] ><c5,a7,o^d}) 16. Qc1 $1 (16. Qc2 Nxd5
$1 17. Qxc5 (17. Rfd1 Nb4 $13) 17... Nb6 $132) 16... Qb6 (16... Nxd5 $2 17. Rd1
$18) 17. Nd2 Rbd8 18. Nc4 Qb8 19. Rd1 (19. d6 $5 Ne4 20. d7 $16) 19... Bc8 20.
d6 Be6 (20... a6 21. Nc3 Be6 22. Nd5 $16) 21. h3 (21. Ra3 $5 {/\} a6 22. Nc7
Bxc4 23. Qxc4 Qxb2 $2 24. Rb3 Qe5 25. f4 $18) 21... a6 22. Nc7 Rxd6 $5 {
Again the best practical decision, otherwise Black just can't move at all!} (
22... Bxc4 23. Qxc4 Rxd6 24. Rxd6 Qxc7 25. Rad1 $18) 23. Nxd6 Qxc7 24. Bf3 Rb8
(24... Rd8 25. Nc4 Rxd1+ 26. Bxd1 $16) 25. Rd2 $1 (25. Nc4 $143 Rb4 26. Be2 Ne4
$132) 25... Rb4 26. a5 h5 27. Qc2 $6 {Not an outright mistake, but now the
tactics start and Nikolic will proceed to lose his way.} ({A safer and better
alternative was} 27. Be2 $1 $16 {[%cal Ye2c4,Yd6c4,Re2a6] with ideas like Nc4,
Bc4,Ba6 Black doesn't have sufficient compensation for the exchange.}) 27...
Ne4 $5 28. Ne8 $1 {[]} (28. Nxe4 $2 fxe4 29. Be2 (29. Bxe4 $2 Rxb2 30. Qxb2 (
30. Qd1 Rxd2 31. Qxd2 Bxa1 $19) 30... Bxb2 31. Rxb2 Qe5 $19) 29... Rxb2 30.
Qxb2 Bxb2 31. Rxb2 c4 $36) 28... Qe7 29. Nxg7 $2 {But this is a tactical
blunder, now Black regains the exchange.} ({White should have played} 29. Bxe4
$1 Qxe8 (29... Rxb2 $2 30. Qc1 (30. Nxg7 Rxc2 31. Bxc2 Kxg7 $13) 30... Rxd2 31.
Nxg7 $16) 30. Rad1 $1 {[]} Qb5 31. Bd5 Rxb2 32. Qc1 {+/=/+/- still enables
White to retain the extra exchange and winning chances.}) 29... Nxd2 30. Qxd2
Kxg7 31. Rc1 c4 $11 (31... Qf6 32. Rxc5 Rxb2 33. Qd4 $1 $14 {[%csl Ga6] _|_,
><a6}) 32. Bd5 $1 {[%csl Ra5,Rb2] The best, otherwise after Rb3 and Qb4 (Qf6)
White would have problems with his weak pawns.} Bxd5 33. Qxd5 Qe4 $1 (33...
Rxb2 $143 34. Qd4+ $1 Qf6 35. Qxf6+ Kxf6 36. Rxc4 {loses the a6-pawn.}) 34. Qc5
Rb5 35. Qc7 (35. Qxc4 Qxc4 36. Rxc4 Rxa5 $11) 35... Qe5 36. Rxc4 Qxb2 ({
Simpler was} 36... Qxc7 37. Rxc7 Rxa5 $11) 37. Rc5 Qa1+ 38. Kh2 Rb1 39. Qe7
Rh1+ 40. Kg3 Rc1 41. Rd5 (41. Rxc1 Qxc1 42. Qd6 Qc4 $11) 41... Rc6 42. Rd8 Qf6
(42... Qxa5 $4 43. Qf8+ Kf6 44. Qh8+ Ke6 45. Qe8+ $18) 43. Qe8 Kh6 $8 44. Rd7
Re6 $1 (44... Kg7 $2 45. Rxf7+ Qxf7 46. Qxc6 $16) 45. Qf8+ (45. Qxf7 Qxf7 46.
Rxf7 Re5 $11) 45... Qg7 46. Qxg7+ (46. Rxf7 Qxf8 47. Rxf8 Re5 $11) 46... Kxg7
47. Ra7 Kf6 48. h4 Rc6 49. Kf3 Kg7 50. g3 (50. Kf4 Kf6 51. e4 fxe4 52. Kxe4 Ke6
$11) 50... Re6 51. Ra8 Kh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch U20"]
[Site "Ekaterinburg"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Dyachkov, Sergej"]
[Black "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 054"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 c5 2. d5 d6 3. e4 Nf6 4. Nc3 g6 5. f4 Bg7 6. Bb5+ Nfd7 (6... Bd7 7. e5 $5
Ng8 $8 8. Nf3 $14 {()}) (6... Nbd7 $2 7. e5 {[%cal Re5e6] /\e6+-}) 7. a4 O-O 8.
Nf3 Na6 9. O-O Nc7 10. Bd3 {[%csl Gd5,Ge4,Gf4] (),[+]} (10. Qe1 $5 Nxb5 11.
axb5 e6 (11... Nb6 12. f5 gxf5 13. Qg3 f6 14. exf5 Bxf5 15. Nh4 Bxc2 16. Bh6
Rf7 17. Rf2 Kh8 18. Rxc2 Bxh6 19. Nf5 Bf8 20. Re2 Qd7 21. Qf3 Nc4 22. Qh5 Ne5
23. Rf1 e6 24. dxe6 Qxe6 25. Rd1 Re8 26. Re4 $44 {Martin,AD-Losev,D/Moscow op
Russian Winter/1991/}) 12. dxe6 fxe6 13. Ng5 Nb6 14. Qg3 e5 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16.
exd5 Bf5 17. fxe5 Bxe5 18. Bf4 Bxb2 19. Rae1 Bf6 20. Ne6 Bxe6 21. dxe6 Qe7 22.
Qb3 Rad8 23. Bh6 Bd4+ 24. Kh1 Rxf1+ 25. Rxf1 d5 26. Qf3 {1-0,Hodgson,Ju-Tozer,
R/Benidorm op/1989/}) (10. Bc4 a6 11. Qe1 (11. Qe2 b5 12. axb5 Nb6 13. Bd3 c4
14. Qf2 cxd3 15. Qxb6 dxc2 16. Qf2 axb5 17. Rxa8 Nxa8 18. Nd4 Bxd4 19. Qxd4 Qb6
20. Ne2 Bg4 21. Qxb6 Nxb6 22. Nd4 Bd1 $17 {Kovacevic,Vlado-Jakobsen,O/
Amsterdam IBM-B/1973/}) 11... Rb8 12. a5 b5 13. axb6 Nxb6 14. Bd3 Nb5 15. Nxb5
axb5 16. c3 Bd7 17. Ra7 Na4 18. e5 Ra8 19. Rxa8 Qxa8 20. e6 $36 {Walti,R-Zvara,
P/Praha Bohemians/1991/}) (10. Be2 a6 11. Nd2 b6 12. Nc4 Rb8 13. Re1 (13. h3
Nf6 14. Be3 Bd7 15. e5 Nfe8 16. exd6 exd6 17. Bf3 b5 18. axb5 axb5 19. Na5 b4
20. Na4 Nb5 21. Nc4 Nd4 22. c3 Nf5 23. Bd2 Bb5 24. Qb3 bxc3 25. bxc3 Nc7 26. g4
Ne7 $17 {Johnsen,S-Gullaksen,E/Gausdal IM/1995/}) 13... Bb7 14. Bf1 b5 15. axb5
axb5 16. Na5 Ba8 17. Qf3 e6 18. Nc6 Bxc6 19. dxc6 b4 20. Ne2 Nb6 21. Rd1 Nb5
22. Ra5 Nc8 23. Ra6 Rb6 24. Rxb6 Qxb6 25. f5 Nd4 $17 {Mack,A-Jackson,O/BCF-ch/
1992/}) (10. Re1 a6 11. Bf1 Nf6 12. a5 Rb8 13. Na4 e6 14. c4 exd5 15. exd5 Re8
16. Ra3 Bg4 17. Rae3 Rxe3 18. Bxe3 Nce8 19. Bd2 Nd7 20. h3 Bd4+ 21. Kh2 Bxf3
22. Qxf3 Ng7 23. Bd3 h5 24. b4 cxb4 25. Bxb4 Qf6 26. Bb1 b5 27. Nc3 $1 $36 {
Ibragimov,I-Velickovic,S/Katerini GP/1993/}) 10... a6 (10... e6 $142 11. dxe6
fxe6 (11... Nxe6 12. Nd5 Nf6 13. f5 $36) 12. Kh1 (12. f5 $5 $14) 12... a6 13.
Qe1 Rb8 14. a5 b5 15. axb6 Nxb6 16. e5 c4 17. Be2 Bb7 18. Qg3 Bxf3 19. Bxf3 d5
20. Be3 Qe7 21. Ne2 Nd7 22. Bd4 Rf7 23. Bg4 Rbf8 24. Rf3 Nc5 25. Raf1 Ne4 26.
Qe1 Rb8 27. Bh3 Nb5 $132 {Shipov,S-Malakhov,V/Groningen op/1994/}) 11. Qe1 {
The Qe1-h4 maneuver, followed by f5,Bh6,Ng5 etc. is the standard attacking
procedure in these positions.} Rb8 12. f5 $1 $36 (12. a5 e6 $14) 12... b5 13.
axb5 axb5 14. Qh4 c4 15. Be2 e5 $2 (15... b4 $142 16. Nd1 Nf6 (16... gxf5 17.
Bh6 $40) 17. Nf2 $1 $36 (17. Bh6 $6 Bxh6 18. Qxh6 Nxe4 $15) (17. Bxc4 gxf5 18.
Bh6 Nxe4 $5 $132)) 16. dxe6 fxe6 (16... Qxh4 17. exf7+ Rxf7 18. Nxh4 $16) 17.
Bg5 $40 Qe8 (17... Bf6 18. fxg6 hxg6 19. e5 $1 Nxe5 (19... dxe5 20. Ne4 $18)
20. Nxe5 Bxg5 21. Rxf8+ Qxf8 $8 22. Qxg5 dxe5 23. Rf1 Qg7 24. Qd8+ Kh7 25. Ne4
$18) 18. Be7 Bf6 (18... exf5 $142 $5 19. Bxf8 Nxf8 $16) 19. Bxf6 Nxf6 (19...
Rxf6 20. Ng5 Qe7 (20... Nf8 21. Nxe6 $18) 21. e5 $1 (21. fxg6 $6 hxg6 (21...
Rxg6 22. Rf7) 22. Rxf6 Nxf6 23. Rf1 Nce8 $16) 21... dxe5 (21... Nxe5 22. Nce4
Rxf5 23. Rxf5 exf5 24. Nf6+ $1 Qxf6 25. Qxh7+ Kf8 26. Qxc7 Qxg5 27. Qxb8 $18)
22. fxg6 hxg6 23. Nce4 $40) 20. e5 $1 {The winning breakthrough.} dxe5 21. fxg6
hxg6 22. Nxe5 $18 {[%csl Re6,Rg6,Rg8] ><e6,g6,Kg8 Black's position is
hopeless-his pieces are uncoordinated and unable to beat off the attack of
White's centralized forces.} Kg7 23. Rf3 Nd7 (23... Nfd5 24. Rxf8 Qxf8 25. Rf1
Qc5+ 26. Kh1 $18) 24. Qd4 $1 Rxf3 $8 (24... Nxe5 25. Qxe5+ $18) (24... Kg8 25.
Nxg6 $1 Rxf3 (25... Qxg6 26. Rg3) 26. Qh8+ Kf7 27. Qh7+ Kf6 28. Ne4+ $18) (
24... Nf6 25. Rg3 $18) 25. Bxf3 Kg8 (25... Nf6 26. Ra7 Qe7 27. Nc6 $18) 26. Bc6
1-0

[Event "Mitropa Cup 16th"]
[Site "Buekfuerdo"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Zelcic, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1995.02.27"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 046 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 c5 2. d5 e6 3. c4 exd5 4. cxd5 d6 5. Nc3 Ne7 $6 (5... Be7 6. e4 a6 7. a4
Bf6 8. Bd3 Ne7 9. Nge2 (9. h3 Ng6 10. Nf3 O-O 11. O-O b6 12. Be3 Nd7 13. Nd2
Re8 14. Qc2 Rb8 15. f4 b5 16. axb5 Bxc3 17. bxc3 axb5 18. c4 Nb6 $5 19. Rae1
bxc4 20. Nxc4 Ba6 $132 {Karp,M-Meulders,R/Brussels zt/1993/}) 9... Ng6 10. Ng3
O-O 11. O-O b6 12. Bd2 Re8 13. Rb1 Qc7 14. Qc2 Nd7 15. b3 Rb8 16. f4 Ndf8 17.
Kh1 Bh4 18. Nf5 Bf6 19. Ne3 $36 {Novikov,I-Meulders,R/Antwerpen op/1994/}) 6.
h4 $5 $146 (6. g3 Ng6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. Nf3 O-O 9. O-O Bg4 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 Na6
12. Bg2 Nc7 13. f4 $1 Qd7 14. Kh2 Nb5 15. Ne4 $1 f5 16. Nd2 Rae8 17. a4 Nc7 18.
Nc4 Bf6 19. Qd3 a6 20. a5 Nb5 21. Bd2 Kh8 22. Rac1 Bd8 23. Rfe1 Qf7 24. b4 $16
{Pinter,J-Zelcic,R/EUCup Gr4 Balatonbereny/1994/}) 6... Ng6 (6... h5 7. Bg5 $36
{><h5,>>}) 7. h5 Ne5 8. e4 Be7 (8... f5 9. f4 $5 (9. exf5 Bxf5 10. Be2 c4 $132)
9... Ng4 10. Be2 Be7 {/\Bh4} 11. Bxg4 fxg4 12. Nge2 $14 {[+]}) 9. Be2 f5 10.
exf5 $1 Bxf5 11. g4 Bd7 12. f4 {()>>} Nf7 13. g5 Na6 (13... Bf5 14. Nf3 {
/\Nh4+/-}) 14. Be3 Qa5 15. Qd2 O-O-O (15... b5 $2 16. Nxb5 $18) (15... O-O $142
$5 16. Nf3 $36 (16. g6 Nh6 $132)) 16. a3 Rde8 17. Kf2 $1 Rhf8 18. Kg3 h6 19. g6
Nd8 20. Nf3 $40 {עc8,/\b4} Bf6 21. Rhc1 Qc7 (21... Kb8 22. b4 cxb4 23. axb4
Qxb4 24. Bxa6 Bxc3 (24... bxa6 25. Rab1) 25. Rxc3 bxa6 26. Rc8+ $18) 22. b4 $18
c4 (22... Kb8 23. Bxa6 bxa6 24. bxc5 dxc5 25. d6 $18) 23. Bxc4 Qxc4 (23... Kb8
24. Nb5 $18) 24. Ne2 Qxc1 25. Rxc1+ Kb8 26. Bd4 Bxd4 27. Qxd4 $1 Re7 (27...
Rxe2 28. Qxg7 Rfe8 29. Qxd7 $18) 28. Nc3 Rf5 29. Re1 {><g7} 1-0

[Event "YUG-ch"]
[Site "Novi Sad"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Abramovic, Bosko"]
[Black "Petronic, Jovan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1995.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 049"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. d5 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e4 O-O $5 6. Bc4 $5 (6. e5 $6 Ng4 7.
Bf4 d6 $10) (6. Be2 d6 (6... b5 7. e5 Ng4 8. Bf4 b4 9. Ne4 Qb6 (9... f6 10.
exf6 Nxf6 11. Ng3 (11. Nxc5 Qa5 12. Be3 Na6 13. Nxa6 Bxa6 14. d6 e6 15. O-O Nd5
16. Bd4 Bxd4 17. Nxd4 Qb6 18. a3 Bxe2 19. Nxe2 a5 20. axb4 axb4 21. Qd4 Qxd6
22. c4 bxc3 23. Nxc3 Qb4 24. Qxb4 Nxb4 $10 {Vilkov-Sumaneev/Briansk RUS-chT/
1995/}) 11... Bb7 12. Bc4 e6 13. dxe6 d5 14. Qe2 Qe7 15. O-O-O $5 dxc4 16. Bd6
Qe8 17. Qxc4 Bxf3 18. gxf3 Nc6 19. Bxf8 Qxf8 20. Rhe1 Kh8 21. e7 Nxe7 22. Qxc5
Neg8 23. Qxf8 Bxf8 24. Ne4 $13 {Fominych,A-Mololkin,V/Pardubice op/1994/}) (
9... d6 10. exd6 exd6 11. O-O Bxb2 12. Rb1 Bg7 13. Bxd6 Re8 14. Nfd2 Nf6 15.
Nxf6+ Bxf6 16. Bxc5 a5 17. Bb5 Bd7 18. Bd3 Na6 19. Be3 Nc7 20. Qf3 Bg7 21. Nc4
Bb5 22. d6 $1 $16 {Ehlvest,J-Khmelnitsky,I/New York op/1992/}) 10. h3 Nh6 11.
Qd2 Nf5 12. g4 Nd4 13. Nxd4 cxd4 14. O-O-O a5 15. Bh6 $6 Bxe5 16. Bxf8 Kxf8 17.
f4 Bg7 18. f5 Bb7 19. Bc4 d6 20. h4 Nd7 21. fxg6 hxg6 22. h5 Ne5 $36 {Garcia
Ilundain,D-Leko,P/Leon/1993/}) 7. O-O Na6 $14) (6. a4 Na6 $5 7. Be2 Nb4 8. O-O
e6 9. d6 b6 10. Re1 Bb7 11. Bc4 Nc6 12. h3 Ne8 13. Bg5 f6 14. Bh4 Qb8 15. Bg3
Kh8 16. Qd3 e5 17. Rad1 Nd4 18. Nb5 Nxd6 19. Nfxd4 cxd4 20. Nxd6 Qxd6 21. c3 f5
22. Qxd4 Qxd4 23. cxd4 exd4 24. exf5 Rxf5 $132 {Ftacnik,L-Ostos,J/Novi Sad olm/
1990/}) 6... b5 7. Nxb5 (7. Bxb5 $6 Nxe4 8. Nxe4 Qa5+ 9. Nc3 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3
Qxb5 11. Be3 d6 12. h4 h5 13. Nh2 Qc4 14. g4 Qxc3+ 15. Kf1 Qc4+ 16. Kg1 Bb7 17.
gxh5 Qxd5 18. Qxd5 Bxd5 19. f3 gxh5 20. Kf2 Kh7 21. Rhg1 f6 22. Nf1 Nd7 23. Ng3
Ne5 24. Nf5 Rf7 25. Rg3 Be6 $19 {Krumpacnik,D-Khmelnitsky,I/Pula op/1990/})
7... Nxe4 8. d6 $1 $146 {[%cal Rc4d5] /\Bd5} (8. O-O a6 (8... d6 9. Bd3 Nf6 10.
c4 a6 11. Nc3 e5 12. dxe6 Bxe6 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bh4 Nc6 15. Rc1 Qd7 16. b3 Rfe8
17. h3 g5 18. Bg3 Rad8 19. Re1 Qc8 20. Bb1 d5 21. cxd5 Nxd5 22. Nxd5 Rxd5 23.
Qc2 $14 {Bologan,V-Tkachiev,V/Tilburg 10'/1994/}) 9. Na3 d6 10. Re1 Nf6 11. Qe2
Ra7 $13) 8... a6 (8... Nc6 9. O-O (9. Ng5 $5) 9... Ba6 $5 (9... a6 10. dxe7 (
10. Nc7 $2 Nxd6 11. Nxa8 Nxc4 {/\Bb7-+}) 10... Qxe7 11. Nc7 $36) 10. Re1 (10.
dxe7 Nxe7 {[%cal Rd7d5] /\d5}) 10... Bxb5 11. Rxe4 Bxc4 12. Rxc4 Nd4 13. Bg5 $1
$14) 9. Qd5 Nc6 $8 (9... axb5 10. Qxa8 (10. Qxe4 Nc6 {-9...Nc6}) 10... bxc4 (
10... Nxd6 11. Bxb5 $5 $16) 11. Qxe4 exd6 12. O-O $16 {[%csl Rd6][%cal Rf1d1,
Rc1f4] ><d6,/\Rd1,Bf4}) 10. Qxe4 axb5 11. dxe7 (11. Bxb5 $2 Qa5+) 11... Qxe7
12. Qxe7 Nxe7 13. Bxb5 Ba6 14. Bxa6 (14. Bxd7 $6 Rad8 15. Ba4 Nd5 $40 {[%cal
Rd5c3] /\Nc3!}) 14... Rxa6 15. c3 Rb8 16. O-O (16. Kd1 $5 $14) 16... d5 17. Rd1
h6 18. Kf1 g5 $44 {[%csl Gc5,Gd5][%cal Gb8b2,Ga6a2] <->a,b,[+] The position
resembles a Volga gambit.} 19. h4 (19. h3 f5 $132) 19... gxh4 20. Nxh4 d4 21.
cxd4 $8 (21. c4 $2 Ra4 22. b3 Rxb3 $17) 21... Bxd4 22. Rd2 Bf6 23. Nf3 Nf5 24.
Rc2 Nd4 $1 25. Nxd4 (25. Rxc5 $2 Nb3 26. axb3 Rxa1 $17) 25... Bxd4 26. Ke2 (26.
a4 $5 Rba8 (26... Rb4 27. a5 Rb5 (27... c4 28. Ra2 {[%cal Yc1d2] /\Bd2}) 28.
Bd2 Rxb2 29. Rxb2 Bxb2 30. Rb1 Bd4 31. Rb6 $36) 27. Rc4 Re8 $44) 26... Re6+ 27.
Be3 (27. Kd1 $2 Rbe8 $40) 27... Rxb2 28. Rxb2 Bxb2 $10 29. Rb1 Bd4 30. Kd3 (30.
a4 $142 Bxe3 31. fxe3 Ra6 32. Ra1 Ra5 33. Kd3 Kf8 34. Kc4 Ke7 35. Kd5 Kd7 36.
Rf1 c4+ $1 37. Kxc4 Rxa4+ $10) 30... Bxe3 31. fxe3 Ra6 32. Ra1 Ra4 33. a3 Kf8
34. Kc3 Ke7 35. Kb3 Re4 36. a4 $1 (36. Re1 Kd6 37. a4 Kc6 $15) 36... Rxe3+ 37.
Kc4 Kd6 38. a5 Re4+ 39. Kd3 (39. Kb5 $2 Rb4+ $17) 39... Rd4+ 40. Kc3 $44 {
[%csl Ga5] o^a5} Kc7 41. a6 Kb8 42. Rf1 Ka7 43. Rxf7+ Kxa6 44. Rf6+ Kb5 45.
Rxh6 Rg4 46. Rh3 Rxg2 {The R-endgame is an easy theoretical draw.} (46... Rxg2
47. Kb3 $10) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow B"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Matros, Alexander"]
[Black "Arkhipov, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 041"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Glatman} c5 2. d5 d6 3. e4 Nf6 4. Nc3 g6 5. f4 Bg7 6. Bb5+ (6. Nf3 {
Glatman} O-O 7. Bd3 Na6 (7... b5 $5 8. e5 dxe5 9. fxe5 Ng4 10. Bxb5 $14) (7...
e6 $5 8. dxe6 (8. O-O exd5 9. exd5 (9. Nxd5 Nc6 10. Nxf6+ Qxf6 11. c3 $14) 9...
Na6 $13) 8... fxe6 $1 9. O-O Nc6 10. Kh1 $14) 8. O-O Bg4 9. Bc4 $1 (9. h3 Bxf3
10. Rxf3 $14) 9... Nc7 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Rb8 (11... Nd7 12. a4 a6 $16) (
11... e6 $5 12. dxe6 fxe6 13. Be3 b6 (13... Qe7 $6 14. e5 $1 $36) 14. Rad1 Qe7
15. Rfe1 Kh8 16. g4 Rad8 17. Bf2 Nd7 18. Qg3 g5 19. f5 Ne5 20. Bf1 h5 $13 {
Wedberg,T-Azmaiparashvili,Z/Reykjavik/1990/0:1 (50) Inf 49/184/}) 12. a4 a6 13.
a5 b5 14. axb6 Rxb6 15. Qd3 $5 (15. Kh1 Nb5 16. Ne2 Qa8 17. c3 Nc7 18. g4 $14 {
Stoica,V-Varasdy,I/Bajmok/1984/ Inf 38/159/}) 15... Nb5 16. Bd2 $1 (16. Nxb5
axb5 17. Bxb5 Nxe4 $10) 16... Nc7 (16... Nd4 17. Na4 $16) 17. b3 $16 e6 18. Ra5
Re8 19. Kh1 Qe7 20. Na4 Rbb8 21. Nxc5 $1 exd5 22. exd5 dxc5 23. d6 $16 {
Matros,A-Odessky,I/Moscow2/1994/1:0 (33)/}) (6. e5 {Glatman} Nfd7 7. exd6 exd6
8. Qe2+ Kf8) 6... Nfd7 (6... Bd7 $2 {Glatman} 7. e5 $16) (6... Nbd7 {Glatman}
7. e5 $18) 7. Bd3 (7. a4 O-O 8. Nf3 Na6 (8... Nf6 $6 9. O-O e6 10. dxe6 Bxe6
11. f5 $1 gxf5 12. exf5 Bxf5 13. Nh4 Bg4 14. Be2 Bxe2 15. Nxe2 Nc6 16. Nf5 Qd7
17. Neg3 Rae8 18. Nxg7 Kxg7 19. Qf3 Re6 20. Bh6+ $1 $18 {Hodgson,J-Watson,W/
Brighton/1983/}) 9. O-O Nc7 10. Re1 $5 a6 (10... Nxb5 $5 11. axb5 a6) 11. Bf1
Nf6 12. a5 Rb8 13. Na4 e6 14. c4 exd5 15. exd5 Re8 16. Ra3 Bg4 17. Rae3 Rxe3
18. Bxe3 Nce8 19. Bd2 Nd7 20. h3 Bd4+ 21. Kh2 Bxf3 22. Qxf3 Ng7 23. Bd3 h5 24.
b4 $14 {Ibragimov,I-Velickovic,S/Katerini GP/1993/}) 7... O-O (7... Na6 {
Glatman} 8. Nf3 Nc7 9. a4 Nf6 10. O-O Bg4 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 O-O {Hodgson,
J-Minasian,A/Cannas/1992/0:1 (45)/}) 8. Nf3 Na6 (8... Nb6 $5 9. O-O c4 (9...
Bg4 10. Qe1 c4 11. Be2 N8d7 12. Be3 Rc8 13. Qg3 (13. Qh4 $5) 13... Bxf3 14.
Bxf3 Nc5 15. Rad1 Nca4 16. e5 Qc7 17. Nxa4 Nxa4 18. Bd4 f5 19. Rfe1 Rfe8 20. h4
$36 {Gegner,J-Pieper,T/2BLS 9091/1991/}) 10. Be2 f5 $132) 9. O-O Nc7 (9... Nb4
$5 10. Be2 Nb6 {/\f5} 11. a3 Na6 12. f5 gxf5 $1 13. exf5 $6 (13. Qe1 $5 $44)
13... Bxf5 14. Ng5 Bg6 15. Bd3 Qd7 16. Bxg6 fxg6 17. Rxf8+ Rxf8 18. Ne6 Rf7 19.
Ne4 Nc7 20. Nxg7 Kxg7 21. b4 Qf5 $19 {Hodgson,J-Plaskett,J/GB-ch/1990/}) 10.
Qe1 (10. f5 b5 $5 11. fxg6 (11. Qe1 $142 $1) 11... hxg6 12. Nxb5 c4 13. Nxc7
Qxc7 14. Be2 Nc5 15. Bxc4 Na4 $1 16. Bd3 Nxb2 17. Bxb2 Bxb2 18. Rb1 Bf6 19. Qd2
Kg7 20. c4 Rh8 $44 {Emms,J-Minasjan,A/Leningrad II/1990/}) (10. a4 {Glatman} a6
11. Kh1 Rb8 12. a5 b5 13. axb6 Nxb6 14. Qe1 $1) (10. Kh1 {Glatman} b6 11. a4
Rb8 12. Ng5 $5 a6 13. Qe2 Qe8 14. Bd2 Nf6 15. Qf3 $1 Qd7 16. e5 dxe5 17. fxe5
Nfxd5 18. e6 $1 fxe6 19. Qh3 Nf6 20. Rxf6 $1 Rxf6 21. Qxh7+ Kf8 22. Nge4 $40 {
Hachaturov,A-Luchinkin,S/Moscow/1979/1:0 (39)/}) 10... a6 (10... e6 {Glatman}
11. dxe6 fxe6 12. e5 $1 d5 13. b3 b6 14. a4 a6 15. Qg3 Re8 16. h4 Nf8 17. h5
$40) 11. a4 Rb8 (11... e6 $5 12. dxe6 fxe6 (12... Nxe6 13. f5 $36) 13. Qg3 $14
(13. f5 Ne5 $5 14. Nxe5 Bxe5 15. Bh6 Rf7 $132) (13. a5 $5)) 12. f5 $1 $40 b5 (
12... Ne5 13. Nxe5 Bxe5 14. Qh4 $40) 13. Qh4 c4 14. Be2 Nf6 (14... e6 15. dxe6
(15. Bg5 f6 16. fxe6 fxg5 17. Nxg5 Nf6 $13) 15... fxe6 (15... Qxh4 16. exf7+
Rxf7 17. Nxh4 $16) 16. Bg5 Qe8 (16... Bf6 17. fxg6 hxg6 18. Qh6) 17. Bh6 $5 $40
(17. Rad1 $36)) 15. Bh6 $1 b4 (15... bxa4 $1 {Glatman} 16. Ng5 Nce8 17. e5 $6
dxe5 18. fxg6 hxg6 $1 (18... fxg6 19. Bxc4 $16) 19. Nce4 Bf5 (19... Qb6+ $5 20.
Kh1 Qxb2 $132) 20. Nxf6+ Nxf6 21. g4 Qb6+ $1 (21... Bxc2 22. Rxf6 Bxf6 23. Bg7
$18) 22. Kh1 Be4+ 23. Nxe4 Nxe4 24. Rf3 g5 $13) 16. Nd1 {/\Ng5,fg6} Bxh6 (16...
gxf5 17. Ng5 e6 18. Rf3 $40) 17. Qxh6 Nxe4 18. Nf2 Nf6 $8 (18... Nxf2 $2 19.
Ng5 $18) 19. Ng5 Nce8 (19... Bxf5 20. Nfe4 $1 (20. g4 {Glatman} Bxc2 21. Nfe4
$16) 20... Nce8 (20... Bxe4 21. Rxf6 $18) (20... Ncxd5 21. Bxc4 Bxe4 22. Bxd5
Bxd5 23. Rxf6 $18) 21. Nxf6+ Nxf6 22. g4 Qb6+ 23. Kh1 (23. Rf2 $2 Bxg4 24. Bxg4
Qxf2+ $1 $19) 23... Be4+ (23... Qe3 24. gxf5 Qxe2 25. fxg6 Qh5 26. gxf7+ Kh8
27. Rxf6 $18) 24. Bf3 $1 Bxc2 25. Bg2 {/\Rf6+-}) (19... Ncxd5 {Glatman} 20.
Bxc4 Qa5 21. Nfe4 Bxf5 22. Bxd5 Bxe4 23. Rxf6 $18) 20. fxg6 fxg6 (20... hxg6 {
Glatman} 21. Nfe4 Bf5 22. Rf4 Bxe4 23. Rh4 $18) 21. Bg4 $1 {/\Be6+-} Qb6 (21...
Ng7 22. Bxc8 Qxc8 23. Nfe4 $18) 22. Kh1 Bxg4 23. Nxg4 Rb7 24. Rf3 $1 (24. Nxh7
Nxh7 25. Qxg6+ Ng7 (25... Kh8 26. Rxf8+ Nxf8 27. Qxe8 $18) 26. Nh6+ Kh8 27.
Rxf8+ (27. Rf7 Rxf7 28. Qxf7 Nf6 $8) 27... Nxf8 28. Qf7 Kh7 $8 {/\} 29. Nf5 $6
e6 $1) 24... Qa5 (24... Qd4 25. Nxf6+ (25. Ne6 {Glatman}) 25... Nxf6 26. Ne6
$18) 25. Raf1 $18 Qxd5 26. Nxh7 $1 Qf7 (26... Nxh7 27. Rxf8+) (26... Rf7 27.
Qxg6+ Rg7 (27... Kh8 {Glatman} 28. Nhxf6 Nxf6 29. Nxf6 exf6 30. Re1 $18) 28.
Ngxf6+ Nxf6 29. Nxf6+ exf6 30. Qe8+ Kh7 31. Rh3+ $18) 27. Ngxf6+ Nxf6 (27...
exf6 {Glatman} 28. Nxf8 Qxf8 29. Qxg6+ Rg7 $16) 28. Nxf8 Qxf8 29. Qxg6+ Qg7 30.
Qf5 {/\Qc8,Rg3} (30. Qf5 {Glatman} Kf7 31. Qd5+ $18) 1-0

[Event "Interzonal-14c"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Inkiov, Ventzislav"]
[Black "Torre, Eugenio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "1987.08.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1988.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1988.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 c5 2. d5 d6 3. e4 Nf6 4. Nc3 g6 5. Be2 Bg7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O Na6 8. Nd2
$5 (8. Bf4) (8. Re1) 8... Nc7 9. a4 a6 10. Re1 Bd7 11. f4 $5 (11. a5 Nb5 $10)
11... b5 12. Bf3 Rb8 13. e5 Nfe8 14. Nb3 $1 {>< c6} bxa4 $6 (14... b4 $5 15.
Ne4 c4 16. Nbd2 Nxd5 17. Nxc4 $13) 15. Nxa4 Rb4 (15... Nb5 $5) 16. Nc3 Nb5 17.
Nxb5 Bxb5 18. Bd2 $1 Ra4 19. Rxa4 Bxa4 20. Na5 $16 Qc7 (20... Nc7 $142) 21. b3
Bd7 22. Qe2 e6 23. c4 $1 Qb6 24. Qf2 Nc7 25. b4 $1 Rb8 26. bxc5 dxc5 (26...
Qxc5 27. Qxc5 dxc5 28. d6 Ne8 29. Be3 $18) 27. h3 f6 $6 28. Be4 $1 exd5 (28...
fxe5 29. Rb1 $1 Qa7 30. Rxb8+ Qxb8 31. Qxc5 $18) 29. Rb1 Bb5 (29... Qa7 30.
Rxb8+ Qxb8 31. cxd5 Qb6 32. e6 $18) 30. cxd5 fxe5 31. Nc4 Qa7 32. Nxe5 Rf8 33.
Qe3 $2 (33. Be3 $1 $18) 33... Rd8 34. Ba5 Rd6 (34... Nxd5 $2 35. Qd2 $18) 35.
Bb4 Rxd5 $1 (35... Nxd5 36. Qxc5 Qxc5+ 37. Bxc5 Nc3 38. Bxd6 $18) 36. Bxd5+
Nxd5 37. Qxc5 Qxc5+ 38. Bxc5 Nxf4 $14 39. Nf3 h6 40. Kh2 Ne6 41. Bd6 Nd8 42.
Be5 Ne6 $6 (42... Bf8 $142) 43. Bxg7 Kxg7 44. Kg3 Kf6 45. Rb4 $1 Ke7 46. Nd4
Nxd4 47. Rxd4 Ke6 48. Rd8 a5 $2 49. Rg8 a4 (49... Kf7 50. Rb8 Bc6 51. Rb6 Be8
52. Kf4 $18) 50. Rxg6+ Kd5 51. Rxh6 a3 52. Rh7 Kc4 53. h4 $1 (53. Ra7 Kb3 54.
Rxa3+ $2 Kxa3 $10) 53... Kb3 54. Rb7 Kb4 (54... a2 55. Rxb5+ Ka4 56. Rb8 $18)
55. Ra7 Ba4 56. Re7 $1 Kc3 (56... a2 57. Re1 Bc2 58. Ra1 Bb1 59. h5 $18) 57.
Re3+ Kb2 58. Rxa3 $1 Kxa3 59. h5 Kb4 60. Kf4 Kc5 61. Ke5 Kc6 62. h6 Bc2 63. Kf6
Kd7 64. g4 Ke8 65. Kg7 1-0

[Event "YUG-ch53"]
[Site "Belgrade "]
[Date "1998.03.22"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Tosic, Miroslav"]
[Black "Velimirovic, Dragoljub"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1998.03.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 064"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 c5 2. d5 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. g3 $5 {A very rare move.} ({In this
modification of the Benoni White mostly plays} 4. e4 d6 (4... Bg7 5. e5 $5 Ng8
6. Bf4 (6. Nf3 d6 7. Bb5+ Bd7 8. Qe2 Bxb5 9. Qxb5+ Qd7 10. O-O Na6 11. Qxd7+
Kxd7 12. Ng5 Bxe5 13. Nxf7 Nb4 14. Ne4 Nxc2 15. Rb1 Rf8 16. Nxh8 Bxh8 17. Rd1
Bd4 18. a3 Nf6 19. Nxf6+ Bxf6 20. Bh6 Rf7 21. Rd2 Nd4 22. Be3 Bg7 23. b4 b6 $44
{Depasquale,C-Gluzman,M/Victoria-ch/1992/}) 6... Nh6 7. Nf3 O-O 8. h3 d6 9. Be2
Qb6 10. Qd2 Nf5 11. O-O Nd7 12. exd6 Nxd6 13. Rab1 Qa5 14. Rfe1 Nf6 15. Bd3 Re8
16. g4 Qd8 17. Bf1 Bd7 18. Ne5 a6 19. a4 Rb8 20. Bg2 h5 21. f3 b5 22. axb5 axb5
23. b4 $36 {Juergens,V-Sadkiewicz,J/BLW/1993/}) 5. Nf3 Bg7 {-A43 main line.})
4... Bg7 5. Bg2 d6 6. a4 (6. Nf3 b5 $5 $132) (6. e4 O-O (6... a6 7. a4 O-O 8.
Nge2 e5 9. O-O Nbd7 10. h3 b6 11. Be3 Rb8 12. Qd2 Qc7 13. Rfb1 Re8 14. Kh2 Nf8
15. b4 cxb4 16. Rxb4 N8d7 17. Nc1 Nc5 18. Nd3 Nfd7 19. Rab1 Nxd3 20. Qxd3 Bf8
21. Nd1 Nc5 22. Qa3 Bd7 23. Nc3 Rec8 24. Qb2 Nd3 25. cxd3 Qxc3 26. Qxc3 Rxc3
27. Bxb6 $16 {Juergens,V-Koglin,A/BLW9192/1992/}) 7. Nge2 (7. a4 e6 8. dxe6
fxe6 9. Nge2 Nc6 10. O-O a6 11. Bf4 Ne8 12. Be3 Qe7 13. f4 Rb8 14. Qd2 Kh8 15.
Rad1 b5 16. axb5 axb5 17. e5 d5 18. Nxd5 exd5 19. Qxd5 Nd4 20. Nxd4 cxd4 21.
Qxd4 Bf5 22. c3 h5 23. Ra1 Nc7 $13 {Shipman,W-Vulicevic,N/New York op/1992/})
7... Bd7 8. a4 Na6 9. O-O Qc8 10. Nf4 Nc7 11. h3 a6 12. a5 Rb8 13. Na4 Na8 14.
Re1 b5 15. axb6 Nxb6 16. Nxb6 Rxb6 17. Ra2 Ne8 18. c3 Bb5 19. Ra3 Nc7 20. Qc2
Qb8 21. h4 Bd7 22. Qe2 Rb3 $132 {Kostic,B-Milic,B/Bled/1950/}) 6... O-O 7. Nf3
Na6 8. O-O Nc7 9. Re1 b6 (9... e6 $5 10. e4 (10. dxe6 Bxe6 11. Ng5 d5 $13)
10... exd5 11. exd5 Bg4 $132) 10. e4 Bg4 (10... Bb7 11. Bf4 a6 {[%cal Yb6b5] /
\b5<=>}) 11. Bf4 Nd7 12. Qd2 Bxf3 (12... a6 13. Nh4 $1 {[%csl Rg4] ץg4} (13.
Bh6 {-12...Bf3})) 13. Bxf3 a6 14. Bh6 (14. Be2 $5 Rb8 15. Rab1 $14 {[%cal
Rb2b4] /\b4}) 14... Ne5 (14... b5 $5 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. axb5 axb5 $11) 15. Be2
Bxh6 16. Qxh6 f6 17. Kg2 (17. f4 $142 $5 Nf7 18. Qh3 $14) (17. Qd2 $14) 17...
Qd7 $1 {[%cal Rb6b5] /\b5<=>} 18. f4 Ng4 $11 19. Bxg4 $8 Qxg4 20. Nd1 Qd7 21.
Ne3 e6 $1 (21... b5 $6 22. f5 $40) 22. Nc4 (22. Qh3 Rae8 {[%cal Ge8e4] <=><->e}
) (22. dxe6 $6 Qxe6 $15 {[%csl Re4] ><e4}) 22... Rab8 23. dxe6 Qxe6 24. b3 b5
25. axb5 axb5 26. Nd2 (26. Ra7 $6 bxc4 27. Rxc7 Rf7 $36 {[%csl Rh6] ףh6})
26... Ra8 27. Rxa8 Rxa8 28. Nf3 Ra2 29. Re2 Nd5 $1 {[%cal Rd5c3,Ra2c2] /\Nc3,
Rc2! With White's Q still out of play on h6 Black seems to take over the
initiative. White must react forcefully.} 30. f5 $1 gxf5 $8 31. Ng5 Qe7 32.
Nxh7 $1 {A dangerous tactical blow.} fxe4 (32... Qxh7 $143 $2 33. Qxh7+ Kxh7
34. exd5 b4 35. Kf3 $16 {[%csl Rd6,Rf5,Rf6] ><d6,f5,f6}) 33. Qg6+ (33. Qh5 Ne3+
34. Rxe3 Rxc2+ 35. Kg1 Qxh7 36. Qe8+ Kg7 37. Qe7+ $11) 33... Kh8 $1 (33... Qg7
$143 34. Qe8+ (34. Qxe4 $40 {/\} Nc3 $2 35. Qe8+ Kxh7 36. Qh5+ $18) 34... Kxh7
35. Qh5+ Qh6 36. Qxd5 $16) 34. Rxe4 Rxc2+ 35. Kf3 (35. Kh3 $4 Qxh7+ $19) (35.
Kf1 Ne3+ $5 (35... Rc1+ $11) 36. Ke1 $11 (36. Rxe3 Qxe3 37. Qxc2 Qf3+ 38. Kg1
Kg7 $1 $15 {[%csl Rh7] פh7})) (35. Kg1 Rc1+ $11) 35... Rc3+ 36. Kf2 Rc2+ 37.
Ke1 Rc1+ 38. Kf2 ({A tactical resource saves Black after} 38. Kd2 Rd1+ $1 39.
Kc2 (39. Kxd1 $2 Qxe4 $1 $19) 39... Ne3+ 40. Rxe3 (40. Kb2 Rd2+ 41. Kc1 Rd1+
$11) (40. Kc3 b4+ $11) 40... Qxe3 41. Kxd1 Qg1+ 42. Ke2 Qxh2+ 43. Kf3 Qxh7 44.
Qxf6+ $11) 38... Rc2+ 39. Kg1 Rc1+ 40. Kg2 Rc2+ 41. Kf3 Rc3+ 42. Kf2 Rc2+ 43.
Ke1 Rc1+ 44. Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Modesto"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Yermolinsky, Alex"]
[Black "Khmelnitsky, Igor N"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[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 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. d5 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e4 O-O 6. e5 $6 (6. Be2 $142 d6 (
6... b5 7. e5 Ng4 8. Bf4 (8. d6 $5 Nxe5 9. O-O e6 10. Nxb5 Nbc6 11. Nxe5 Bxe5
12. c3 Qb6 13. Bh6 Bg7 14. Be3 a5 15. a4 Na7 16. b4 axb4 17. cxb4 Nxb5 18. Bxb5
Bxa1 19. Bxc5 Qd8 20. Qxa1 Ba6 21. Bxa6 Rxa6 22. a5 $16 {Purtov,A-Barbero,G/M.
Boleslav op/1994/}) 8... b4 (8... d6 9. exd6 exd6 10. Nxb5 (10. O-O a6 11. Ne4
Nf6 12. Bg5 Bf5 13. Nfd2 Bxe4 14. Nxe4 Re8 15. Bf3 h6 16. Nxf6+ Bxf6 17. Bxh6
Bxb2 18. Rb1 Bg7 19. Bf4 Qf6 20. g3 Nd7 21. h4 Ne5 22. Be4 Nc4 23. Bg2 Qd4 24.
Qc1 Be5 $36 {Vasiljevic,D-Indjic,D/JUG-chT Tivat/1995/}) 10... Bxb2 11. Rb1 Bg7
12. Bxd6 a6 13. Bxf8 Kxf8 14. Na7 $1 Bf5 15. h3 Qa5+ 16. Nd2 Nf6 17. O-O Qxa2
18. Bc4 Qa4 19. Rb7 Nbd7 20. Bb3 Qf4 21. Nc6 a5 22. Re1 a4 23. Ba2 $16 {
Arkell,K-Oll,L/London Lloyds/1994/}) 9. Ne4 Qc7 (9... f6 10. d6 $1 $146 (10.
exf6 Nxf6 11. Nxc5 Qa5 12. Be3 Na6 13. Nxa6 Bxa6 14. d6 e6 15. O-O Nd5 16. Bd4
Bxd4 17. Nxd4 Qb6 18. a3 Bxe2 19. Nxe2 a5 20. axb4 axb4 21. Qd4 Qxd6 22. c4
bxc3 23. Nxc3 Qb4 $10 {Vilkov-Sumaneev/Briansk RUS-chT/1995/}) 10... e6 11. O-O
Nc6 12. Nxc5 fxe5 13. Bg5 Nf6 14. a3 Qb6 15. Be3 Qb8 16. axb4 Qxb4 17. Nd3 Qxd6
18. Bc5 Qc7 19. Ndxe5 $1 Re8 20. Bd6 Qb7 21. Nxc6 dxc6 22. Be5 Qb6 23. Qd4 $16
{Maherramzade,J-Kumaran,D/WchJM-U20 Halle/1995/}) 10. d6 exd6 11. Nf6+ Nxf6 12.
exf6 Bxf6 13. Bxd6 Qc6 14. Bxf8 Kxf8 15. Qc1 Kg7 16. O-O Bb7 17. a3 Na6 18.
axb4 Nxb4 19. c3 Nd5 20. Ne1 Qc7 21. Bf3 Nf4 22. Qd1 d5 23. Nd3 $14 {Khomyakov,
V-Petrakov/Moscow op/1994/}) (6... e5 $6 7. Nd2 d6 8. O-O Ne8 9. Nc4 Nd7 10. a4
Kh8 11. Ra3 Ndf6 12. Bg5 Rb8 13. Qc1 b6 14. f4 exf4 15. Qxf4 Ba6 16. e5 dxe5
17. Nxe5 Bxe2 18. Nxe2 Qxd5 19. Rh3 Rb7 20. Bh6 Rg8 21. Bxg7+ Rxg7 22. Rd3 Qe6
23. Rd8 $40 {Crouch,CS-Storey,C/New Castle on Tyne/1995/}) 7. O-O $14) 6... Ne8
$6 $146 {Too passive. Leaving the centre unchallenged for just one move gives
White a chance to launch a dangerous King-side attack.} (6... Ng4 $142 7. Bf4
d6 8. exd6 exd6 9. Be2 Qb6 (9... Na6 10. O-O Nc7 11. a4 a6 12. Ne4 Nf6 13.
Nxf6+ Qxf6 14. Qd2 Re8 15. c4 Rxe2 16. Qxe2 Qxf4 17. Qe7 Bg4 18. Qxc7 Bxf3 19.
gxf3 Be5 20. Rfe1 Qxh2+ 21. Kf1 Bd4 22. Ke2 Qxf2+ 23. Kd3 Qxf3+ $19 {Pribyl,
J-Mascarinas,R/Schellenberg op/1991/}) 10. Rb1 Nd7 11. O-O Nge5 12. Nd2 f5 13.
h3 Qd8 14. Nb5 Nb6 15. Nf3 Nxf3+ 16. Bxf3 Nc4 17. Be2 Ne5 18. b4 a6 19. Na3 Qc7
20. c4 b6 21. Qd2 Bd7 22. Nc2 Rae8 23. Rfe1 Nf7 24. Bf1 h6 $132 {Yermolinsky,
A-Yudasin,L/URS-FL Kuibishev/1986/}) 7. h4 d6 8. e6 $5 {This sacrifice is
known from the Pirc. It weakens Black's K and is the only logical follow-up to
7.h4.} (8. Bf4 Nd7 $36) 8... fxe6 9. h5 $44 exd5 (9... gxh5 $5 10. dxe6 $1 (10.
Rxh5 Nf6 $15) 10... Nf6 (10... Bxe6 11. Ng5 Bf5 12. Bc4+ $40) 11. Ng5 $13) 10.
hxg6 hxg6 11. Qxd5+ e6 12. Qd3 Rf5 (12... Qf6 13. Bg5 (13. Ne4 $5) 13... Qf7 (
13... Qf5 14. Qd2 {[%cal Rf1d3] /\Bd3->}) 14. Nh4 $5 (14. O-O-O $44) 14...
Qxf2+ 15. Kd1 $36) (12... Bxc3+ $142 $5 {Gulko} 13. Qxc3 Qf6 $13) 13. Nh4 Nc6 (
13... Rh5 $2 14. Qxg6 $18) 14. Nxf5 gxf5 15. Bh6 $16 {[%csl Rg8] עg8} Ne5 16.
Qd2 Qf6 (16... Bf6 $5 $16 {[%cal Ye5f7] /\Nf7 Black should have tried to keep
as many pieces around his weak K as possible.}) 17. Bb5 $1 {@} Bd7 $8 18. Bxd7
Nxd7 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. O-O-O Ne5 (20... d5 21. g4 $1 fxg4 22. Rdg1 Ne5 23. f4
$18) 21. Rh3 Nf7 22. Ne2 Kf8 (22... e5 23. Nc3 {[%cal Rc3d5] /\Nd5+-}) 23. Nf4
Rd8 (23... d5 24. Re1 Nc7 25. Rg3 $18) 24. Re1 Ng7 25. Rh7 $1 Ng5 26. Rxg7 $1 (
26. Rh8+ Kf7 27. Rxd8 Qxd8 $16) 26... Qxg7 (26... Kxg7 $4 27. Nh5+) 27. Rxe6
$18 {[%csl Rd6,Rf5,Rf8][%cal Re6g6] עf8,Pd6,f5,/\Rg6+- After returning the
exchange Black's position falls apart quickly, as White's pieces are just too
active and Black's K too weak.} Nf7 $8 28. Ng6+ Kg8 29. Ne7+ Kf8 30. Ng6+ (30.
Nxf5 Qxg2 31. b3 Qg5 $5 $16) 30... Kg8 31. f4 $1 {[%cal Rg6e7,Re7f5] /\Ne7-f5}
Qh7 (31... Kh7 32. Qd3 $18) 32. b3 $1 {(.)} d5 (32... Qh5 33. Qd5 $18) 33. Qc3
d4 (33... b6 34. Qf6 Qg7 35. Ne7+ Kf8 36. Qxg7+ Kxg7 37. Nxf5+ $18) 34. Qxc5
Qh1+ 35. Kb2 d3 36. Ne7+ Kg7 (36... Kh8 37. Qxf5 dxc2 38. Qf6+ $18) 37. Nxf5+
Kh7 38. Qe7 Qh5 $8 39. Rh6+ Qxh6 40. Qxf7+ (40. Qxf7+ Kh8 41. Nxh6 d2 42. Qf6+)
1-0

[Event "RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Fominyh, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "1995.10.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 050"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. d5 b5 4. Bg5 Bb7 5. Bxf6 exf6 6. e4 c4 (6... Qb6 7. Be2
Bd6 8. O-O O-O 9. a4 bxa4 10. Nbd2 Ba6 11. Bxa6 Qxa6 12. b3 Re8 13. Rxa4 Qb7
14. Re1 Bf8 15. Nc4 d6 16. Qa1 Nd7 17. Na5 Qc8 18. Nc6 a6 19. Nd2 Nb6 20. Ra2
f5 21. c4 g6 22. e5 Bg7 23. f4 $16 {Soln,P-Pinter,A/Ljubljana op/1994/}) (6...
Qe7 7. Nbd2 b4 8. Bc4 g6 9. O-O Bg7 10. a3 O-O 11. axb4 cxb4 12. Nb3 Qxe4 13.
Na5 Ba6 14. Re1 Qf4 15. Qd3 Qd6 16. Bxa6 Qxa6 17. Nc4 Qb7 18. Ra4 f5 19. Rea1
a6 20. Qe2 a5 21. Rxa5 Rxa5 22. Rxa5 Na6 23. b3 $16 {Khuzman,A-Rashkovsky,N/
URS-FL Kuibishev/1986/}) (6... a6 7. a4 b4 8. Bc4 d6 9. a5 Nd7 10. c3 bxc3 11.
bxc3 Be7 12. O-O O-O 13. Qd3 Qc7 14. Nbd2 Rfb8 15. g3 Bc8 16. Ra2 g6 17. Kg2
Nf8 18. Re1 Bd7 19. Nf1 h5 20. Ne3 Rb7 21. Nd2 Bb5 22. f4 Nd7 23. Rh1 $14 {
Polgar,Zsu-Andruet,G/Val Maubuee op/1988/}) 7. Be2 (7. a4 a6 8. Be2 Bc5 9. O-O
O-O 10. axb5 axb5 11. Rxa8 Bxa8 12. b3 cxb3 13. Bxb5 $6 (13. cxb3 $14) 13...
bxc2 14. Qxc2 d6 15. Qa4 Bb7 16. Nbd2 f5 17. Bc4 Nd7 18. exf5 Nf6 19. Qb3 Qa8
20. Rb1 Bc8 21. Qd3 Ng4 22. Ne4 Bxf5 23. Nf6+ gxf6 $1 $15 {Goetz,R-Hertneck,G/
BL 9192/1992/}) 7... Bc5 8. O-O a6 (8... O-O 9. b3 $5 cxb3 10. axb3 a6 11. c3
Re8 12. Bd3 d6 13. b4 Bb6 14. Na3 Nd7 15. c4 bxc4 16. Nxc4 Ne5 17. Nfxe5 fxe5
18. Na5 Qd7 19. Qa4 Qxa4 20. Rxa4 Bxa5 21. bxa5 f5 22. Rb4 fxe4 23. Bxe4 Bc8
24. Rb6 Rd8 25. Rc1 $16 {[%csl Ra6,Rd6][%cal Gc1c8] <->c,><a6,d6,Schlosser,
P-Kraenzle,H/BL 9495/1995/}) 9. a4 Qb6 10. c3 $5 (10. axb5 axb5 11. Rxa8 Bxa8
12. Nc3 O-O 13. b3 cxb3 14. cxb3 f5 (14... Re8 15. Qd3 $1 (15. Qa1 Bb4 16. Bd3
Na6 17. Nxb5 f5 18. exf5 Bxd5 19. Nbd4 Nc5 20. Bc4 Be4 $44 {1/2/Malaniuk,
V-Hodgson,J/Pardubice/1993/}) 15... Bb7 16. Qxb5 Ba6 17. Qa4 Bxe2 18. Nxe2 Na6
19. Qxd7 Rxe4 20. Nc3 Rb4 21. d6 {1-0/Piket,J-Brenninkmeijer/Groningen ECJ/
1986/}) 15. exf5 b4 16. Na4 Qa5 17. Nxc5 Qxc5 18. Bc4 d6 19. f6 $1 Nd7 20. fxg7
Re8 21. Ng5 Nf6 22. Qa1 Ng4 23. Qb1 Nf6 24. Qa1 Ng4 25. Qa4 Nf6 26. Nh3 Bxd5
27. Bxd5 Qxd5 28. Qxb4 $16 {Browne,W-Quinteros,M/Buenos Aires Konex/1979/})
10... O-O 11. Nd4 Re8 (11... Bxd4 12. cxd4 $14 {[%csl Rb7,Rb8] [+],פb8,Bb7})
12. Bf3 d6 13. axb5 axb5 14. Rxa8 Bxa8 15. b4 $1 $36 (15. b3 Nd7 $5 16. b4 $1
$14) 15... cxb3 (15... Bxd4 16. Qxd4 $5 Qxd4 17. cxd4 Na6 18. Nc3 Nc7 19. Ra1
Bb7 20. Ra7 $36 {_|_}) 16. Qxb3 Bxd4 (16... b4 $2 17. Qa4 $18) 17. cxd4 {
[%csl Gd4,Gd5,Ge4] White has a classical center (Pd4,e4), which greatly limits
Black's counterplay.} Na6 (17... Qxd4 18. Qxb5 Rf8 19. Na3 $16 {[%csl Ra8,Rb8,
Rd6] פb8,Ba8,d6}) 18. Na3 Rb8 19. Rd1 g6 20. Nc2 Bb7 (20... b4 21. Ne3 {
[%cal Re3c4,Re3g4] /\Ng4,Nc4->}) 21. Be2 Bc8 22. h3 Bd7 (22... f5 $6 23. e5 $16
{[%csl Gd5,Ge5] [+]}) 23. Ra1 Ra8 (23... Nc7 $142 $14 {/\} 24. Qb2 $6 f5) 24.
Qb2 $1 Nc7 25. Rxa8+ Nxa8 26. Qa1 Nc7 27. Nb4 $16 {[%csl Gd4,Gd5,Ge4,Rb5] ><b5,
[+]} h5 28. Bd3 Kf8 29. Kf1 Bc8 30. Ke2 Bb7 31. f3 (31. g4 $5 $16) 31... Kg7 (
31... Na6 32. Qc3 $16) (31... f5 $5 32. Qc3 $36 (32. exf5 Nxd5 33. Nxd5 Bxd5
34. fxg6 fxg6 35. Bxg6 b4 $44)) 32. g4 $1 h4 33. Ke3 Na6 34. Nxa6 Bxa6 35. Qc3
Bb7 (35... b4 $2 36. Qc6 Qxc6 37. dxc6 Bc8 38. Bc4 $18) 36. Qb4 Ba6 37. f4 g5 (
37... Kg8 38. Kd2 {[%cal Yd2c3,Ye4e5] /\Kc3,e5}) 38. f5 $1 Kf8 39. Qc3 {
[%cal Rc3c6] /\Qc6} Bb7 $8 40. Qb4 Ba6 41. Kd2 Ke8 42. Kc2 Kd7 43. Kb2 Kc8 (
43... Qb7 44. Qa5 $18 {[%cal Yb2b4] /\Kb3-b4}) (43... Kc7 44. e5 $1 fxe5 45.
dxe5 Qc5 46. Qxc5+ dxc5 47. f6 Kd8 (47... c4 48. e6 $1 $18) 48. e6 Ke8 49. d6
$1 fxe6 50. Bg6+ $18) 44. e5 $1 $18 fxe5 45. dxe5 Kd8 (45... dxe5 46. Qf8+ Qd8
47. Qxf7 $18 {[%csl Gd5,Gf5] o^d,f}) (45... Qf2+ 46. Bc2 $1 (46. Kb3 Qf3 $1) (
46. Ka3 Qe3 47. Qc3+ Kd8 48. exd6 $2 Qxd3 $1 49. Qxd3 b4+ $19) 46... dxe5 47.
Qf8+ $18) 46. e6 (46. exd6 $2 Kd7 $14) 46... f6 (46... fxe6 47. dxe6 Ke7 48.
Qc3 $18) 47. Qc3 Ke7 48. Qc6 $1 Qb7 (48... Qxc6 $142 49. dxc6 d5 50. Kb3 $1 (
50. c7 Kd6 51. Bxb5 Bc8 52. Kc3 Kxc7 53. Kd4 Kd6 $10) 50... Kd6 51. Kb4 Kxc6
52. Ka5 Bc8 (52... Bb7 53. Bxb5+ Kd6 54. Kb6 Ba8 55. e7 $1 Kxe7 56. Ka7 $18)
53. Bxb5+ Kd6 54. Kb6 Bxe6 55. fxe6 Kxe6 56. Kc5 Ke5 57. Bd3 Kf4 58. Kxd5 Kg3
59. Ke4 Kxh3 60. Kf3 Kh2 61. Bf1 Kg1 62. Bg2 Kh2 63. Kf2 h3 64. Bf1 f5 65. gxf5
g4 66. Bxh3 $1 $8 gxh3 (66... g3+ 67. Kf1 Kxh3 68. Kg1 $18) 67. f6 Kh1 68. f7
h2 69. Kg3 Kg1 70. f8=Q h1=Q 71. Qf2#) 49. Kb3 Qc8 50. Kb4 Bb7 51. Qxc8 Bxc8
52. Kxb5 Bb7 53. Bc4 {[%csl Rb7] ץb7 The endgame is lost for Black, as he
will lose his Bishop.} (53. Bc4 Kd8 54. Kb6 Bc8 55. Kc6 Ke7 56. Kc7 $18) 1-0

[Event "Ashkhabad-A"]
[Site "Ashkhabad"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Annageldyev, Orazly"]
[Black "Kakageldyev, Amanmurad"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TKM"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 053"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 c5 3. d5 d6 4. Nc3 (4. c4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. e4 {-E92}) 4... g6
5. e4 Bg7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O Na6 8. Bf4 (8. h3 Nc7 9. a4 b6 10. Bf4 Bb7 11. Re1
Qd7 12. Bc4 Rad8 13. Qd3 a6 14. Rad1 Qc8 15. Qe3 Rfe8 16. Bh6 e6 17. Bxg7 Kxg7
18. dxe6 Nxe6 19. b3 $5 (19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. Bxd5 Nd4 21. Nxd4 Nxd5 22. Qg5 cxd4
23. Qxd5 Qxc2 24. Qxd4+ Kg8 25. Qxb6 Qxa4 {1/2/Piket,J-Gheorghiu/Ostend/1987/})
19... Qa8 20. Bxe6 Rxe6 21. Qf4 h6 22. Nd2 Rde8 23. Nc4 Nxe4 24. Nxe4 Rxe4 25.
Rxe4 Rxe4 26. Qxd6 Re6 27. Qg3 b5 28. axb5 axb5 29. Nd6 $36 {Naumkin,I-Borgo,G/
Ticino op/19941}) 8... Nc7 9. a4 Bg4 $5 (9... b6 10. Re1 (10. h3 {-8.h3} Bb7
11. Bc4 a6 12. Re1 Qd7 13. Qd3 Rad8 14. Rad1 Qc8 15. Qe3 Rfe8 16. Bh6 e6 17.
dxe6 Nxe6 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Bd5 Bxd5 20. Nxd5 Nxd5 21. Rxd5 Nc7 22. Qc3+ f6 23.
Rdd1 Qb7 24. Rd3 b5 25. axb5 axb5 26. b4 Ne6 $132 {Van der Sterren,P-Gheorghiu,
F/San Bernardino op/1991/}) 10... Bg4 (10... Bb7 11. Bc4 Nh5 12. Bg5 Nf6 13.
Qd3 a6 14. Rad1 Rb8 15. h3 Nd7 16. Qe3 Ba8 17. Bh6 b5 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Bf1 Nf6
20. axb5 axb5 21. Ne2 Bb7 22. Ng3 Ra8 23. c3 Ra4 24. Bd3 Qa8 25. e5 $1 $16 {
Karpov,An-Kortschnoj,V (32)/Baguio City-Wch/1978/}) 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 Nd7
13. Qd2 Re8 14. Rad1 a6 15. Bh6 Bh8 16. Be2 Rb8 17. Bf1 b5 18. axb5 axb5 19. b3
b4 20. Nb1 Nb5 21. Bxb5 Rxb5 22. Qe2 Ra5 23. Nd2 Ra2 24. Nc4 Nb6 $15 {[%cal
Ga8a1,Gh8a1] <->a,/^a1-h8,Vasiukov,E-Belov,I/Voskresensk/1990/}) 10. Re1 (10.
h3 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 Nd7 12. Qd2 (12. Re1 a6 13. Be2 b6 14. Qd2 Re8 15. Bf1 Rb8 16.
Rab1 Qc8 17. b4 Ne5 18. bxc5 bxc5 19. Rxb8 Qxb8 20. Rb1 Qa7 21. Nd1 Rb8 22. Rb3
Rxb3 23. cxb3 Qb6 24. Qc2 h5 25. Nb2 Qb7 26. Nc4 $14 {Kuzmin,G-Belov,L/
Moscow-ch/1984/}) 12... a6 (12... Re8 13. Be2 Rb8 14. Ra2 a6 15. a5 b5 16. axb6
Rxb6 17. Nd1 $5 (17. Re1 Rb4 18. Bf1 Qb8 19. Nd1 Nf6 20. Bd3 Rb6 21. c3 e6 22.
dxe6 Rxe6 23. Ne3 Nxe4 24. Bxe4 Rxe4 25. Bxd6 Rc6 26. Bg3 Qe8 27. Rd1 Nb5 $132
{Petrosian,A-Davies,N/Polanica Zdroj/1989/ (28)}) 17... Nf6 18. Bf3 e6 19. c3
exd5 20. exd5 Ne4 21. Bxe4 Rxe4 22. f3 $14 {Karasev,V-Brodskij,M/St.Petersburg
op/1993/}) 13. Be2 Rb8 14. Bh6 b5 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Nd1 Nf6 17. Bf3 e6 18. axb5
axb5 19. Ne3 exd5 20. exd5 Re8 21. Ra7 Re5 22. b4 c4 23. Qd4 Ra8 24. Rfa1 Rxa7
25. Rxa7 Qb8 26. g3 h5 $10 {Karpov,An-Browne,W/Madrid/1973/}) (10. Qd2 a6 11.
Rfe1 Nd7 12. a5 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Nb5 14. Na4 e5 15. dxe6 fxe6 16. c3 Qf6 17. Be3
Qf7 18. Be2 Rad8 19. Rad1 h5 20. b4 cxb4 21. cxb4 Ne5 22. h3 $14 {1/2/Olafsson,
H-Speelman,J/Hastings/1990/}) 10... a6 11. a5 Nb5 $1 $132 {[%cal Rb5c3] /\Nc3,
Ne4} 12. h3 (12. Nxb5 axb5 13. Bxb5 Rxa5 $15) (12. Nd2 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Bxe2 14.
Qxe2 Nd7 15. Ra3 b5 16. axb6 Qxb6 $132) 12... Bxf3 (12... Nxc3 13. bxc3 Nxe4 $6
14. hxg4 Nxc3 15. Qd3 Nxe2+ 16. Qxe2 Bxa1 17. Rxa1 $16 {[%csl Re7,Rg8][%cal
Ge1e8] <->e,עg8,e7}) 13. Bxf3 Nxc3 14. bxc3 {White's B-pair doesn't play an
important role in this position, as Black's minor pieces are well placed and
sufficiently active.} Nd7 15. Ra3 Qc7 $10 16. Bg5 Rfb8 $1 17. Be2 (17. Bxe7 $2
f6 {[%csl Re7][%cal Rd7e5] /\Ne5,ץe7}) 17... b5 18. axb6 Rxb6 19. Kh1 Qb7 20.
f4 (20. Qa1 $5 Bf6 21. Bh6 Bg7 $10) 20... Bf6 21. Bh6 Rb8 22. Kh2 (22. Qa1 Rb1
23. Rxb1 Qxb1+ 24. Qxb1 Rxb1+ 25. Kh2 Rc1 26. Ra2 $1 $10) 22... Bg7 23. Bxg7
Kxg7 24. Bg4 Nf6 25. Bf3 Rb1 $1 $10 26. Qxb1 Qxb1 27. Rxb1 Rxb1 {Black holds
the balance in this endgame by attacking White's vulnerable pawns.} 28. Rxa6
Re1 29. Ra7 (29. e5 dxe5 30. fxe5 Rxe5 31. Rc6 Ne4 $10) 29... Kf8 $8 (29...
Nxe4 $2 30. Rxe7 $18) 30. e5 dxe5 31. fxe5 Rxe5 32. Rc7 Ne4 $8 (32... Nxd5 $2
33. Rxc5 e6 34. c4 $18) 33. Bxe4 Rxe4 {In the R-endgame White's slightly
better pawn structure is clerly insufficient for more than a draw.} 34. Rc8+
Kg7 35. Rxc5 Re2 36. Rc7 Rxc2 37. c4 (37. Rxe7 Rxc3 $10) 37... Kf6 38. Kg3 Rd2
{[%cal Ye7e6] /\e6} (38... e6 $2 39. d6 $18 {[%csl Gc4,Gd6] o^c,d}) 39. Kf3 e6
40. Ke3 Rd1 41. Rc6 Ke5 42. dxe6 fxe6 43. Rc7 Rc1 (43... Rc1 44. Kd2 Rg1 $10)
1/2-1/2

[Event "Elenite"]
[Site "Elenite"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Ermenkov, Evgenij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 044"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. d5 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O Na6 8. Bf4
Nc7 9. a4 b6 10. Re1 a6 (10... Bb7 11. Bc4 a6 12. Qd2 (12. Qd3 $142 $14) 12...
Qd7 13. e5 Nh5 14. Bg5 f6 $1 15. exd6 exd6 16. Be3 b5 17. Ba2 Kh8 18. axb5 axb5
19. b4 cxb4 20. Ne2 f5 21. Bd4 Rfe8 22. Bb3 Nf6 $15 {Ristic,Nen-Cabrilo,G/
JUG-chT Cetinje/1992/}) 11. h3 Nd7 12. Bc4 $5 (12. Qd2 Rb8 13. Bh6 b5 14. axb5
axb5 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. b4 cxb4 17. Na2 Bb7 18. Nxb4 Nf6 19. Qe3 e6 20. Nd4 Ra8
21. Rxa8 Qxa8 22. Qc3 $14 {Beliavsky,A-Stoica,V/Luzern/1985/}) (12. Bf1 f6 (
12... Rb8 $142 13. e5 dxe5 14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15. Bxe5 Bxe5 16. Rxe5 b5 $132) 13.
Qd2 Rb8 14. Rab1 Ne5 15. Be2 b5 16. axb5 Nxb5 17. Nxb5 Nxf3+ 18. Bxf3 Rxb5 19.
c3 Qc7 20. Be2 Rb6 21. Bc4 Kh8 22. Qe2 Qb7 23. b4 $1 f5 24. e5 $16 {Hess,
C-Schlick,V/BL 8283/1983/}) 12... Rb8 13. Qd3 f6 $6 {ץg7} (13... Bb7 $142 14.
Rad1 $14 {()} (14. Rab1 $5 {/\b4})) 14. Rab1 Ne5 15. Nxe5 fxe5 16. Be3 Bd7 (
16... Qe8 17. b4 $1 b5 (17... cxb4 18. Rxb4 $18 {><b6}) 18. axb5 (18. bxc5 $6
bxc4 19. Qxc4 Rxb1 20. Rxb1 dxc5 $15) 18... axb5 19. Nxb5 $1 (19. Ba2 $2 c4 $15
{ץa2}) 19... Rxb5 (19... Nxb5 20. bxc5 Ba6 21. c6 $18) 20. Bxb5 Qxb5 (20...
Nxb5 21. bxc5 Nc7 22. c6 $16 (22. Qa3 $5 $36)) 21. c4 $1 (21. bxc5 Qxd3 22.
cxd3 dxc5 23. Bxc5 Re8 $14) 21... Qd7 22. bxc5 dxc5 23. Bxc5 $16) 17. Bxa6 $1
$8 (17. b4 b5 $13) 17... Nxa6 18. Qxa6 b5 (18... Ra8 19. Qc4 $16) 19. Nxb5 (19.
axb5 Ra8 20. Qb7 Rb8 21. Qa7 Ra8 $10) 19... Bxb5 (19... Ra8 20. Qb7 Rxa4 (20...
Rb8 21. Qc7 Qxc7 22. Nxc7 Bxa4 23. b3 Bd7 24. Ra1 $16) 21. b4 $1 (21. Nc3 Rb4
22. Qa6 $14) 21... cxb4 22. Na7 $36) 20. axb5 Ra8 21. Qb7 Rb8 22. Qa6 $138 Ra8
23. Qc6 Rc8 24. b4 $3 $18 Rxc6 25. dxc6 e6 (25... cxb4 26. b6 $18) (25... Qb6
26. c4 $1 Ra8 27. Ra1 Rxa1 28. Rxa1 e6 29. Ra6 Qc7 30. bxc5 dxc5 31. Ra8+ $1
Kf7 32. Bxc5 Kf6 $8 33. Ra7 Qc8 34. Be7+ $18) 26. Red1 $1 (26. bxc5 d5 {/\d4<=>
}) 26... Qb8 (26... d5 27. Bxc5 d4 28. b6 $18) (26... Qh4 27. bxc5 dxc5 28. b6
Qxe4 29. Bxc5 $18) 27. bxc5 d5 28. exd5 exd5 29. Rxd5 Qe8 30. c7 (30. Rd6 $5
$18) 30... Qf7 31. b6 $1 Qxd5 32. b7 1-0

[Event "Capablanca Memorial Elite 33rd"]
[Site "Havana"]
[Date "1998.05.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Huebner, Robert"]
[Black "Miles, Anthony John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1998.05.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {King} Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. d5 b5 4. Bg5 Bb7 5. Bxf6 exf6 (5... gxf6 6. e4 a6
(6... Qb6 7. a4 f5 8. Nbd2 Bg7 9. Bxb5 fxe4 10. Nxe4 a6 11. Bc4 f5 12. Ng3 Bxb2
13. Rb1 f4 14. Ne4 Qg6 15. Qd3 $18 {Kromhout,E-Meyer,G/Bruma Lake RSA-ch/1998/}
) 7. a4 Qb6 8. axb5 axb5 9. Rxa8 Bxa8 10. Na3 b4 11. Nc4 Qc7 12. Bd3 Bb7 13.
O-O e6 14. Qe2 Kd8 15. Re1 d6 16. Nh4 h5 17. dxe6 fxe6 18. Ng6 Rg8 19. Nxf8
Rxf8 20. Qxh5 $16 {Halldorsson,J-Gunnarsson,A/Reykjavik GP op/1998/}) 6. c4 $5
{An uncommon, but interesting move, Huebner probably wants to avoid some new
idea by the ever original Miles. The idea is to strengthen White's center and
bury Black's Bb7.} ({The most played move (and also a strong one) is} 6. e4 c4
(6... a6 7. a4 (7. Be2 Bd6 8. a4 Qb6 9. axb5 axb5 10. Rxa8 Bxa8 11. Nc3 b4 12.
Nb5 O-O 13. O-O Bb7 14. Nxd6 Qxd6 15. Bc4 Re8 16. Qd3 Na6 17. Nd2 Nc7 18. f4
Qb6 19. Kh1 d6 20. h3 Bc8 21. Nf3 h6 22. Re1 Ba6 23. Nd2 Bb7 24. Nf3 $14 {
Browne,W-Kortschnoj,V/Wijk/1980/}) 7... b4 8. Nbd2 d6 9. Bd3 (9. c3 Nd7 10. a5
Be7 11. Bd3 O-O 12. O-O Re8 13. Re1 Bf8 14. cxb4 cxb4 15. Nd4 Nc5 16. Nc4 f5
17. Nxf5 Qf6 18. Qd2 g6 19. Nfe3 Nb3 20. Qxb4 Nxa1 21. Qxb7 Reb8 22. Qc7 Nb3
23. Nb6 Nc5 $13 {Vera,R-Komljenovic,D/Andorra/1996/}) 9... g6 10. O-O Bg7 11.
Nc4 O-O 12. a5 Qc7 13. Nfd2 Nd7 14. g4 Rae8 15. Qf3 Kh8 16. Qh3 Rg8 17. Kh1 Ne5
18. f4 Nxd3 19. cxd3 f5 20. gxf5 Bc8 21. Nf3 Bf6 22. Rg1 Qd8 23. Rae1 gxf5 24.
e5 dxe5 25. fxe5 Rxg1+ 26. Rxg1 $18 {Izeta Txabarri,F-Bellon Lopez,J/ESP-chT/
1996/}) 7. Be2 Bc5 8. O-O a6 (8... O-O 9. b3 cxb3 10. axb3 a6 11. c3 Re8 12. b4
Bb6 13. Qd3 d6 14. Nbd2 Nd7 15. c4 a5 $6 16. bxa5 Nc5 17. Qb1 Rxa5 18. Rxa5
Bxa5 19. cxb5 Bxd5 20. exd5 Rxe2 21. Nc4 Bc3 22. Rc1 Be5 23. Kf1 $1 $18 {
Spiess,G-Becker,M/BL2-O/1996/}) 9. a4 Qb6 (9... O-O 10. axb5 axb5 11. Rxa8 Bxa8
12. Nc3 Qb6 13. b3 cxb3 14. cxb3 f5 15. exf5 b4 16. Na4 Qa5 17. Nxc5 Qxc5 18.
Bc4 d6 19. f6 Nd7 20. fxg7 Re8 21. Ng5 Nf6 22. Qa1 Ng4 23. Qb1 Nf6 24. Qa1 Ng4
25. Qa4 Nf6 26. Nh3 $16 {Browne,W-Quinteros,M/Konex/1979/}) 10. c3 O-O 11. Nd4
Re8 12. Bf3 d6 13. axb5 axb5 14. Rxa8 Bxa8 15. b4 cxb3 16. Qxb3 Bxd4 17. cxd4
Na6 18. Na3 Rb8 19. Rd1 g6 20. Nc2 Bb7 21. Be2 Bc8 22. h3 Bd7 23. Ra1 Ra8 24.
Qb2 Nc7 25. Rxa8+ Nxa8 26. Qa1 Nc7 27. Nb4 h5 28. Bd3 Kf8 29. Kf1 Bc8 30. Ke2
$16 {[%csl Rb5,Gd4,Gd5,Ge4] ><b5,[+],Khalifman,A-Fominyh,A/RUS-ch/1995/}) (6.
a4 a6 7. e3 $6 Qb6 8. Be2 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Nc3 b4 11. Ne4 d6 12. a5 Qc7 13.
Qd3 Nd7 14. Ned2 g6 15. e4 f5 16. exf5 Nf6 17. fxg6 hxg6 18. Ng5 Bxd5 19. f4
Qa7 20. Kh1 Qb7 21. Qg3 Kg7 22. f5 Rh8 23. fxg6 fxg6 24. Bf3 Nh5 $132 {1/2,Van
de Mortel,J-Miles,A/Wijk-B/1996/}) 6... a6 $146 ({Dubious is the Volga-like
sacrifice} 6... f5 $6 7. cxb5 g6 8. Nc3 Bg7 9. e3 O-O 10. Be2 d6 11. O-O a6 12.
a4 axb5 13. Bxb5 Na6 14. Bc4 Qa5 15. Nb5 Rfd8 16. Rb1 Nc7 17. Nxc7 Qxc7 18. b3
Ba6 19. Bxa6 Rxa6 20. Nd2 Rb8 21. Nc4 Rb4 22. Qd3 $16 {Wirthensohn,H-Borgo,G/
Mitropa Cup/1993/  King:Also not particularly jolly for Black.}) (6... b4 $142
7. e4 $36 {[%csl Rb7] (),[+],ץb7} (7. e4 {King} d6 (7... g6 8. Nbd2 Bg7 9. Bd3
f5 10. Qc2 (10. exf5 Bxb2) 10... fxe4 (10... O-O 11. exf5 Qf6 (11... Re8+ 12.
Kf1 d6 13. fxg6 hxg6 14. h4 $16) 12. Ne4 Qxb2 13. Qxb2 Bxb2 14. Rb1 gxf5 15.
Nd6 Bc3+ 16. Kd1 Bc8 17. Nh4 $18) 11. Nxe4 O-O 12. O-O d6 {isn't too bad for
Black, though} 13. h4 $14) 8. Nbd2 Be7 9. Bd3 O-O 10. O-O Nd7 11. a3 $14 {
In view of what now occurs these variations seem fairly mild by comparison.}))
(6... bxc4 7. e4 $5 (7. e3 $14) 7... Qe7 8. Nc3 f5 9. e5 $1 $40 {/\} (9. Bxc4
fxe4 10. O-O f5 $13) 9... d6 10. Nb5) 7. e4 Qb6 (7... Qe7 8. Qc2 $1 $36) 8.
Nbd2 d6 $2 {After this serious strategical mistake White breaks through with a
"Blitzkrieg"attack. It will be successful due to his lead in development.} (
8... b4 $8 9. Bd3 $16) 9. cxb5 $1 $32 axb5 10. a4 $40 {King: The standard way
to break up the pawns on the queenside.} b4 (10... bxa4 11. Rxa4 Nd7 (11...
Qxb2 $2 12. Rxa8 Bxa8 13. Qa4+ $18) 12. Rxa8+ Bxa8 13. Qa4 $40 {[%cal Rf1b5,
Rd2c4] /\Bb5,Nc4+-}) 11. Bb5+ Nd7 (11... Kd8 12. Nc4 Qc7 13. O-O $18 (13. a5 $5
)) 12. Nc4 Qc7 13. a5 Ra7 (13... Kd8 $142 14. O-O $40 (14. Bxd7 Qxd7 15. Nb6
Qe7 16. Nxa8 Qxe4+ $14)) 14. Nb6 Bc8 15. Nd4 $1 Rb7 (15... cxd4 16. Rc1 $18)
16. Nxc8 Qxc8 (16... cxd4 17. Nb6 $18) 17. a6 Ra7 18. Nc6 Ra8 19. a7 $18 {
[%csl Ga7][%cal Rd1a4,Ra4a6] /\Qa4-a6,o^a7 Black has no way to finish his
development in time.} Nb6 20. Nxb4+ Kd8 21. Nc6+ Kc7 22. O-O {[%cal Yb2b4,
Ya1a6,Ya6b6] /\b4,Ra6-b6,Qa4} (22. Ra6 $5 $18) 1-0

[Event "Sigeman & Co 03rd"]
[Site "Malmo"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1995.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 048"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. e4 c5 $5 3. d5 exd5 (3... d6 4. Bb5+ Bd7 5. a4 Na6 6. Nf3 Nc7 7.
Bxd7+ Qxd7 8. O-O Ne7 9. Nc3 e5 10. Nxe5 dxe5 11. d6 Ne6 12. dxe7 Bxe7 13. Qh5
Bd6 14. Rd1 Nd4 15. Be3 O-O 16. Nd5 $16 {Nestorovic,D-Chelushkina,I/Belgrade
Minex/1995/}) 4. exd5 d6 5. Nf3 (5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Be2 (6. Bd3 Be7 7. h3 O-O 8. Qf3
Na6 9. a3 Nc7 10. Bf4 b5 11. Bxb5 Nxb5 12. Nxb5 Rb8 13. a4 a6 14. Na3 Rxb2 15.
Ne2 Bb7 16. Nc3 Qa8 17. Rd1 Rb4 18. O-O Nxd5 19. Nxd5 Bxd5 20. Rxd5 Rxf4 $15 {
Chevallier,D-Gorbatow,A/Paris op/1995/}) 6... Be7 7. Nf3 O-O 8. O-O Na6 9. h3
Nc7 10. Re1 b6 11. a4 Bb7 12. Bc4 a6 13. Bf4 b5 14. axb5 axb5 15. Rxa8 Bxa8 16.
Nxb5 Nxb5 17. Bxb5 Nxd5 18. Bg3 Nc7 19. Ba4 Ne6 20. Bb3 d5 $10 {Ibragimov,
I-Prosviriakov,V/Moscow op/1995/}) 5... Nf6 6. Bb5+ Bd7 (6... Nbd7 7. O-O Be7
8. Re1 O-O 9. h3 a6 10. Bf1 b5 11. a4 Rb8 12. c4 bxc4 13. Nc3 Re8 14. Bxc4 Nb6
15. Ba2 Bb7 16. a5 Na8 17. Bc4 Nc7 18. Qd3 Qd7 19. Bg5 $13 {Klebel,M-Schlosser,
P/FRG-ch/1989/}) 7. a4 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Re1 a6 (9... Na6 $142 $5) 10. Bf1 Re8
11. Nc3 Bf8 (11... Bg4 $5 12. h3 Bh5 (12... Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Nbd7 14. a5 $14 {
[%csl Gc1,Gf1] ^^,()}) 13. g4 Bg6 14. Nd2 $1 {[%cal Rf2f4] /\f4,()} (14. Nh4
Nfd7 15. Nxg6 hxg6 $13)) 12. Rxe8 $1 Nxe8 13. Nd2 Bf5 14. Nc4 $36 Nd7 15. Bf4
Qc7 (15... Ndf6 16. a5 $14) 16. h3 Bg6 17. a5 Nef6 18. Na4 {[%csl Rb6] ><b6}
Re8 19. f3 {[%cal Yg2g4,Yh3h5] /\g4,h4-h5,()>>} Nh5 $6 (19... Ne5 $142 $5 20.
Nxe5 dxe5 21. Be3 e4 22. f4 $1 $14) 20. Bh2 f5 21. Nc3 Bf7 (21... f4 $2 22. Qd2
{[%csl Rf4] ><f4}) 22. Qd2 {[%csl Yd4,Yd5,Ye4,Ye5,Rd6] ()[+],><d6,} g6 $6 {׻}
(22... Nhf6 $142 23. g4 Ne5 (23... fxg4 24. hxg4 Ne5 25. Nxe5 dxe5 26. g5 Nh5
27. Ne4 $16) 24. Nxe5 dxe5 25. gxf5 c4 $5 $132 {+/=/+/-}) 23. g4 Nhf6 (23...
fxg4 24. hxg4 {[%cal Rh1h8] <->h} Nhf6 25. g5 Nh5 26. Bh3 $40) 24. gxf5 gxf5
25. Bd3 $16 {[%csl Rf5] ><f5} Nxd5 $8 26. Qg5+ Kh8 27. Nxd5 Bxd5 28. Qxf5 Bg8
29. Be4 $6 (29. Kh1 $1 {[%cal Ra1g1,Rg1g8] /\Rg1-g8} Ne5 (29... Qc6 30. Rg1 Bg7
31. Nxd6 Rf8 32. Be4 $1 $18) 30. Nxe5 dxe5 31. Be4 $16 {[%csl Rc5,Re5,Rh8] ק,
Kh8}) 29... Re6 30. Kh1 $2 (30. Ne3 $142 Nf6 31. Nd5 Qg7+ 32. Kh1 Nxe4 33. fxe4
Qxb2 34. Rg1 $13) 30... Rf6 31. Qh5 Rh6 32. Qxh6 $2 (32. Qe8 $8 Bxc4 33. Bf5
Bd5 34. Ra3 Rf6 35. Qxd7 Bxf3+ 36. Kg1 Qxd7 37. Bxd7 Be4 $17) 32... Bxh6 33.
Nxd6 Qd8 $19 34. Nf5 Bg5 35. Rd1 Bf6 36. Nh6 (36. Bxb7 Be6 37. Nd6 Qxa5 $19)
36... Qe8 37. Nxg8 Kxg8 38. Bxb7 Qe2 39. Rg1+ (39. Rxd7 $2 Qf1+ 40. Bg1 Qxh3+
41. Bh2 Qxd7) 39... Kf8 40. Bd6+ Be7 41. Bf4 Nf6 42. Bh6+ Ke8 43. Bc6+ (43. Bf4
Qb5 $19) 43... Kd8 44. Bf4 Qe6 {[%cal Re6c6,Re6h3] /\Qc6,Qh3} 0-1

[Event "Interzonal-16"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Gulko, Boris F"]
[Black "Rogers, Ian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1993.07.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 037"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. d5 b5 4. Bg5 Ne4 5. Bf4 Bb7 $5 (5... d6) 6. Qd3 Qa5+ 7.
Nbd2 Nf6 (7... f5 $6 8. c3 Nf6 9. Qxf5 Bxd5 (9... Nxd5 10. Bxb8 Rxb8 11. Qh5+
g6 12. Qe5 $18) 10. e4 e6 11. Qg5 Nxe4 12. Qh5+ g6 13. Qe5 Nxd2 14. Bxd2 Rg8
15. c4 $18) (7... Nxd2 $5 8. Bxd2 Qb6 9. e4 $14) 8. e4 c4 9. Qe3 g6 (9... e6 $5
10. Be2 Na6 (10... Be7 11. O-O exd5 12. Nd4 $1 $40) 11. Nd4 $13) 10. Be2 (10.
c3 $5 Bg7 11. a4 Na6 $1 (11... O-O 12. Qc5 $16) 12. Ra3 $16) 10... Bg7 11. Nd4
O-O $6 (11... Qb6 12. c3 $14) 12. a4 Bxd5 $1 13. O-O $1 (13. exd5 $6 Nxd5 14.
Qe4 Nxf4 15. Qxf4 e5 16. Qe4 exd4 17. Qxa8 d3 18. cxd3 Bxb2 $13) 13... Bxe4 $1
14. axb5 (14. Nxe4 $2 Nd5 $17) 14... Qb6 15. Nxc4 Qb7 16. Na5 Qb6 17. c4 $1 $16
(17. Be5 $6 Re8 $1 18. Bxf6 exf6 19. f3 Bh6 $1 $10) 17... Re8 18. Ndb3 d6 $6 (
18... e5 $5 19. Bg5 d5 20. c5 Qe6 21. Bxf6 $1 Bxf6 22. c6 $16) 19. Qd2 $1 Nbd7
20. Be3 Qc7 21. f3 Bf5 22. Nd4 Nc5 $6 (22... Ne5 $16) 23. b4 Ne6 24. Ndc6 $1 h5
25. Ra2 (25. Nxa7 Nd7 26. N7c6 Bxa1 27. Rxa1 $44) 25... Nd7 26. Rd1 $18 a6 27.
c5 axb5 28. Nxe7+ Kh7 29. Nxf5 gxf5 30. Bxb5 Nef8 31. Bf2 Re6 32. Bd3 Kg8 33.
Bxf5 Rf6 34. cxd6 Qb8 35. Be4 Ne5 36. Bxa8 Qxa8 37. Qd5 Qe8 38. Re1 Re6 39.
Rae2 Nfg6 40. d7 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 11th final"]
[Site "Ljubljana"]
[Date "1995.12.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Minasian, Artashes"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1995.11.30"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sarajevo Bosna"]
[BlackTeam "Yerevan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BIH"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ARM"]

1. d4 {Giese} c5 (1... Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. d5 g6 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 a6 6. a4 Bg7 7.
Be2 O-O 8. O-O Nbd7 9. Re1 Rb8 10. h3 Ne8 11. Bf4 Qc7 12. Qd2 Ne5 13. Nxe5 dxe5
14. Bh6 Nd6 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. f4 Ne8 17. Bf1 f6 18. g3 $13 {Nedilko,V-Murdzia,
P/Czestochowa op/1992/}) 2. d5 g6 3. e4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d6 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Bb5+ Nbd7
7. a4 O-O 8. O-O a6 9. Be2 Ne8 (9... Rb8 10. Nd2 (10. Re1 Ne8 (10... Qc7 11. h3
b6 12. Bf4 Ne5 13. Nd2 e6 14. dxe6 fxe6 15. Nc4 Nfd7 16. Bxe5 Bxe5 17. Nxe5
Nxe5 18. Qd2 Bb7 19. f4 Nc6 20. Bc4 Nd4 21. Ne2 d5 22. exd5 exd5 $132 {1/2/
Bogdanovski,V-Ivanovic,B/JUG-Cup f Pula/1991/}) 11. Bf4 (11. Bg5 Nc7 12. Qd2 b5
13. axb5 axb5 14. Bh6 b4 15. Nd1 Nf6 $10 {1/2/Rajkovic,D-Danner,G/Ptuj/1989/})
11... Nc7 12. a5 (12. Qd2 b5 13. axb5 axb5 14. Bh6 b4 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Nd1 Nf6
17. Bc4 Bg4 18. Qe2 e6 19. dxe6 Nxe6 20. Bxe6 Bxe6 21. e5 dxe5 22. Nxe5 Qc7 23.
f4 Rfd8 24. Nf2 c4 $15 {Sherbakov,V-Kuzmin,G/St.Petersburg op/1995/}) 12... b5
13. axb6 Nxb6 (13... Rxb6 14. Qc1 e5 15. Bh6 Bxh6 16. Qxh6 Qe7 17. Ng5 f5 18.
Ne6 Nxe6 19. dxe6 Nf6 20. Nd5 Nxd5 21. exd5 Rxb2 22. Bxa6 Rxc2 23. h4 $44 {
Adorjan,A-Horvath,T/HUN-ch Budapest/1984/}) 14. e5 Bb7 15. Bg3 Nbxd5 16. Ne4
Ne3 17. exd6 exd6 18. fxe3 Bxe4 19. Qxd6 Qxd6 20. Bxd6 Rfc8 21. Ra4 Bxc2 22.
Rc4 Bb3 23. Rxc5 Ne6 24. Ra5 Rb6 $10 {Mohr-Sermek/Bled op/1989/}) 10... Ne8 11.
h4 h5 12. Nf3 Ne5 13. Bg5 Nxf3+ 14. gxf3 Bh3 15. Re1 Nf6 16. Qd2 Kh7 17. Qd3
Bd7 18. a5 b5 19. axb6 Rxb6 20. Ra2 Qc7 21. Rea1 Rfb8 22. Bc1 Bb5 23. Nxb5 axb5
24. Ra7 R6b7 $10 {Novak,I-Plachetka,J/Trinec ch-CS/1972/}) 10. Bf4 (10. Re1 Nc7
11. Ra3 Nf6 12. h3 Bd7 13. Rb3 Rb8 14. a5 Nce8 15. Ra3 Nc7 16. Rb3 Nce8 17. e5
dxe5 18. Nxe5 Qxa5 19. Nxd7 Nxd7 20. Bg4 Qd8 21. Qe2 $44 {Soppe,G-Martнn del
Campo,R/Mendoza u-26 tt/1985/}) 10... Nc7 11. Qd2 Rb8 $5 $146 {Black probably
rightly decides it's not worth a tempo to avoid the exchage of Bg7, as the B
on h6 would dangerously threaten his K anyway.} (11... Re8 12. Bh6 Bh8 13. Ng5
f6 14. Nf3 Nf8 15. h4 Bg7 16. a5 Bg4 17. Na4 Nd7 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Nd4 Bxe2 20.
Nxe2 Rb8 21. Nf4 b5 22. axb6 Nxb6 23. b3 Qd7 24. Rfe1 Nxa4 25. Rxa4 $14 {
[%csl Gd5,Ge4,Ra6] [+](),><a6Eingorn,V-Torre,E/Saint John op-1/1988/}) 12. Bh6
Nf6 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. Rab1 (14. a5 $5 $14) 14... Bg4 15. b4 (15. a5 b5 16. axb6
Rxb6 {[%cal Yb6b4] /\Rb4<=>}) 15... Bxf3 (15... cxb4 16. Rxb4 Nd7 $5 $13 {
[%cal Yd7c5] /\Nc5}) 16. Bxf3 cxb4 17. Rxb4 b5 $6 {[%csl Rc6] ><c6 Weakens the
c6-square. Black should have occupied c5 first and left the possible b5 or e5
for a later moment.} (17... Nd7 $5 $132) 18. Ne2 $1 e5 (18... bxa4 $142 19. Nd4
$5 (19. Rxa4 Qd7 20. Ra5 e5 21. dxe6 Qxe6 $10) 19... Qd7 20. Nc6 Rxb4 21. Qxb4
e6 22. c4 $36) (18... a5 19. Rbb1 b4 20. Nd4 {[%cal Yd4c6,Yc2c3] /\Nc6,c3|^})
19. dxe6 Nxe6 20. Nd4 Nxd4 (20... bxa4 $2 21. Nc6) (20... Qd7 21. axb5 axb5 22.
Rfb1 $16) 21. Rxd4 {[%cal Re4e5] /\e5} Qe7 $8 22. Rxd6 $16 Nxe4 (22... bxa4 23.
Qd4 $5 (23. Rxa6 a3 $5 $14) 23... Rb5 (23... a3 24. e5 $40) 24. Rxa6 $16) 23.
Qd4+ Nf6 24. Rxa6 bxa4 (24... Rfd8 25. Qa1 $16) 25. Qxa4 Rfc8 26. Rc6 (26. Ra7
$5 Qc5 27. Qa2 Rc7 28. Rxc7 Qxc7 29. c4 $16) 26... Rxc6 27. Qxc6 Qe5 28. Qc4 (
28. g3 $142 $16) 28... Rd8 29. Qb4 {White loses a lot of time with his Q and
it becomes increasingly difficult for him to advance his extra pawn.} (29. g3
Rd2 30. Rd1 $14) 29... Rc8 30. Qd2 $6 (30. c4 g5 $5 $14) 30... Rc3 31. Bd1 Ne4
$44 {[%csl Rc2,Rd1] ><c2,Bd1 Now Black has build a fortress and with his very
active pieces is no longer in danger.} 32. Qd8 (32. Re1 Qxh2+ $1 33. Kxh2 Nxd2
$15) 32... Rc6 33. Re1 $4 {[#]} (33. Qd3 Rc3 34. Qe2 Qd4 $44) (33. Qh4 Nc3 34.
Bf3 Rd6 $44 (34... Ne2+ $6 35. Bxe2 Qxe2 36. Qd4+ Kg8 37. c3 $14)) 33... Rd6 $1
$19 {[%csl Rd8]} 34. Qh4 (34. Qb8 Nc3 (34... Qa1 $5 $19 {Giese}) (34... Ng3 $4
35. Qb4 $18)) (34. Qc7 {Giese} Ng3 $1 {[%csl Gf1,Re1]} (34... Rxd1 $4 35. Qxe5+
$18) (34... Qa1 $19 {[%csl Rd1]}) 35. Be2 (35. Rxe5 Rxd1+ $19) 35... Nxe2+ 36.
Kf1 Qxh2 37. Kxe2 (37. Qxd6 Qxd6 38. Kxe2 $19) 37... Re6+ $19 {[%csl Rc7]})
34... Nc3 $1 (34... Nc3 35. Rf1 (35. Rxe5 Rxd1+) (35. Be2 {Giese} Qxe2 $19)
35... Nxd1 $19) (34... Ng3 $4 {Giese} 35. Qb4 $1 $18) 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel-A 77th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2015.01.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2667"]
[Annotator "Szabo,Kr"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2015.01.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 c5 6. d5 O-O 7. Bd3 e6 8. dxe6
Bxe6 (8... fxe6 9. O-O Nc6 10. Kh1 a6 11. a4 Qe7 12. Bc4 Nh5 13. f5 $1 $36 {
with a nice initiative for White, Kr.Szabo-Z.Szabo, Hungary chT 2009.}) 9. f5
gxf5 $5 $146 {A quite strange novelty. Black weakens his kingside, however he
would like to gain the centre with ...d5.} (9... Bd7 10. O-O Bc6 11. Qe1 Re8
12. Qh4 Nbd7 13. fxg6 hxg6 {(Abdulla-F.Abbasov, Baku 2011)} 14. Ng5 $36 {
was the strong reply, and White has some attacking chances on the kingside.})
10. exf5 Bd7 11. O-O Bc6 {More solid than 11...d5.} ({Nevertheless} 11... d5
12. Bg5 Bc6 {was also an interesting possibility.}) 12. Bg5 Nbd7 13. Bc4 {
White has avoided ...d5 and the B looks active on the a2-g8 diagonal. On the
other hand after ...Nb6 the B has to leave the diagonal.} h6 14. Bh4 Nb6 ({
The engine suggests the interesting} 14... Re8 $5 {, and in the event of} 15.
Qxd6 Ne5 16. Qxd8 Nxf3+ 17. Rxf3 Raxd8 $44 {with nice compensation for the P.})
15. Bb5 Re8 (15... d5 $5 {was also an alternative.}) 16. Qd3 d5 17. Rae1 Rxe1
18. Rxe1 Nbd7 (18... d4 $5 19. Ne4 Bxe4 20. Rxe4 Qd6 $13 {and the b5 B can be
in trouble.}) 19. Bxc6 bxc6 20. b3 Qa5 21. h3 Qb4 22. Bf2 Nh5 23. Na4 Nhf6 (
23... c4 $142 {was more accurate} 24. Qe3 Nhf6 {and Black doesn't have any
problem.}) 24. Qa6 {Radjabov doesn't want to repeat with 24.Nc3, he would like
to attack Black's queenside.} (24. c4 $5) 24... Qb5 25. Qxb5 cxb5 26. Nxc5 Nxc5
27. Bxc5 Rc8 28. Bxa7 Rxc2 {White is a P up, but Black is becoming really
active; he has enough compensation for the P.} 29. a4 ({The passive} 29. Ra1
$142 {was the last chance for White to keep the material advantage.} Ne4 30.
Bd4 b4 31. a4 bxa3 32. Rxa3 Bxd4+ 33. Nxd4 Rd2 {and Black has some
compensation, but still he needs some accurate moves in order to equalise.})
29... bxa4 30. bxa4 Ra2 31. Rb1 Rxa4 32. Rb8+ Kh7 33. Rb7 Kg8 34. Rb8+ Kh7 35.
Rb7 Kg8 {and finally it is a draw.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-34"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2000.11.12"]
[Round "14.2"]
[White "Magai, Vladimir"]
[Black "Degraeve, Jean Marc"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2546"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2000.10.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Kyrgyzstan"]
[BlackTeam "France"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "KGZ"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c5 4. d5 d6 5. e4 e6 6. Bd3 exd5 7. cxd5 a6 (7... Ne7
8. Nf3 O-O 9. O-O a6 10. a4 Bg4 {-see comments to the game 0-1 Short,
N-Bratchenko,A/ CBM 74 1999/CBM 73 (37) [Tsesarsky,I]}) 8. a4 Nh6 {Except of
this N jump Black can play} (8... Ne7 9. h4 $1 {Proper reaction on the last
move!} (9. f4 O-O 10. Nf3 Bg4 11. O-O Nd7 $132 {0-1 Johannessen,A-King,D/
Gausdal 1990/CBM 16 ext (31)}) (9. Nf3 $5 Bg4 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Nd7 12. Qg3
O-O 13. O-O Rc8 $14 {1-0 Khenkin,I-Narciso Dublan,M/Porto San Giorgio 1998/EXT
2000 (45)}) (9. Nge2 O-O 10. O-O f5 11. Nf4 Kh8 12. Bd2 $132 {1-0 Matveeva,
S-Uskova,F/New Delhi IND 2000/The Week in Chess 317 (52)}) 9... h5 {Now f7-f5
promotion will not be effective.} 10. Bg5 Nd7 11. Nf3 Ne5 12. Nxe5 Bxe5 13. Qd2
$14 {1-0 Huzman,A-Ruban,V/Antwerp 1993/EXT 97 (34)}) (8... Qe7 $6 9. h3 (9. Nf3
$5 $14) 9... f5 $6 (9... Nf6 $14) 10. Nf3 fxe4 (10... Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 fxe4 12.
O-O Nf6 13. Re1 O-O 14. Bh6 Re8 15. Ng5 $14 {[%csl Re4]}) 11. Nxe4 Nf6 12. O-O
Nxe4 13. Re1 O-O 14. Rxe4 Qf7 15. Bg5 Bxh3 (15... Bxb2 $2 16. Re7 Qxd5 17. Qc2
{1-0 Stocek,J-Tolnai,T/Budapest 1998/EXT 2000 (17)}) 16. Re7 Qxd5 17. Qe2 $16)
(8... Nd7 9. Nf3 Ne7 10. O-O O-O 11. Bf4 Nf6 12. h3 Ne8 13. Re1 $14 {1-0
Novikov,I-Radziewicz,I/Koszalin 1998/CBM 65 ext (56)}) 9. Nf3 ({Interesting
also} 9. Bf4 O-O (9... f6 $6 10. Nf3 Nf7 11. Nd2 $14 {1-0 Ksieski,Z-Kolasinski,
M/Naleczow 1989/EXT 97 (31)}) 10. Qd2 Ng4 11. Nf3 Qe7 12. O-O Nd7 13. Rfe1 Nde5
14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15. Bf1 $14 {0-1 Varga,P-Szalanczy,E/Hungary 1996/EXT 2000 (38)})
({I would like to recommend} 9. h4 $1 Ng4 10. Nf3 (10. h5 Bd4) 10... O-O 11. h5
$14) 9... O-O 10. O-O Bg4 $1 (10... Nd7 $143 11. Bf4 Qe7 12. h3 f6 (12... f5
13. Re1 fxe4 (13... Ne5 14. Nxe5 dxe5 15. d6 (15. Bd2 $14) 15... Qe6 16. Bxh6
Bxh6 17. exf5 gxf5 18. b3 $16 {[%csl Gd6][%cal Gd3c4]}) 14. Rxe4 Ne5 15. Bxe5
dxe5 16. d6 $16) 13. a5 Nf7 14. Nd2 Nfe5 15. Bc2 $14 {1-0 Dumitrache,
D-Kubacsny,L/HUN 1998/EXT 2000 (38)}) 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 Nd7 13. Bf4 $6 $132
(13. Qe2 $142 Qh4 14. a5 $1 {[%cal Ga1a4,Ga4h4]} (14. Qe3 $6 $132 Rae8 15. Qg5
Qxg5 16. Bxg5 f5 17. Rfe1 Nf7 18. Bd2 Nfe5 19. Bf1 f4 $15 {[%csl Ge5] 1/2-1/2
Malaniuk,V-Szalanczy,E/Linz 1997/CBM 58 ext (39)}) 14... Rae8 15. Ra4 $14)
13... Ne5 14. Qe3 {This move doesn't make Bxh6 threat because of Bd3
vulnerability.} f5 $1 ({Exchange} 14... Nxd3 $6 15. Qxd3 {doesn't solve
problems of Black:} g5 (15... f5 16. Qd2 Nf7 17. exf5 $14) 16. Bh2 (16. Bd2 f5
17. exf5 (17. Rae1 f4 18. Rb1 Nf7 $1 $15 {[%cal Gf7e5]} (18... Be5 19. b4 $14))
17... Nxf5 18. Rae1 $14) 16... f5 17. exf5 Nxf5 18. Rae1 $14) 15. Bc2 (15. Bxh6
Bxh6 16. Qxh6 Nxd3 17. Rad1 $132 (17. Qd2 c4 $132 (17... fxe4 18. Nxe4 Nf4 $132
))) 15... Qh4 {Black pieces have good interaction.} 16. Rae1 (16. Bg5 f4 $8 17.
Bxh4 fxe3 18. fxe3 (18. f4 Nc4 19. Ra2 Rae8 $15) 18... Nc4 $44) 16... Nef7 $2
$16 {Not necessary retreat} (16... Rae8 $142 $1 17. Bg5 f4 18. Bxh4 fxe3 19.
fxe3 Rxf1+ 20. Rxf1 Nc4 $44 {[%csl Re3,Re4]}) 17. exf5 $6 ({Strong was} 17. Bg3
$1 Qf6 18. exf5 Nxf5 19. Bxf5 Qxf5 20. Qe6 $16 {[%csl Rd6][%cal Ge1e6,Gg3d6]})
17... Nxf5 18. Bxf5 gxf5 19. Re2 (19. Bg3 Qb4 20. Re2 Ne5 $14) 19... Bd4 20.
Qd2 $6 $132 (20. Bg3 $142 Qd8 (20... Qh5 21. Qe6 $14) 21. Qf3 Ne5 22. Qf4 Qf6
23. a5 $14) 20... Ne5 21. Kh1 (21. Rfe1 Rf7 22. a5 Rg7 23. Kf1 Rf8 (23... Nf3
24. Re8+ Rxe8 25. Rxe8+ Kf7 26. Qe2 $1 Be5 27. Bxe5 Nxe5 28. Rb8 $14) 24. Rxe5
dxe5 25. Bh6 $132) 21... Rae8 22. Bh6 ({Or} 22. Rfe1 Nc4 23. Qc1 Rxe2 24. Nxe2
(24. Rxe2 Bxf2 $132) 24... Nxb2 {[%cal Gb2d3]} 25. Bg3 Qf6 26. Nf4 $44) 22...
Nc4 23. Qd3 ({Wrong was} 23. Bxf8 $4 Nxd2 24. Rxe8 Kf7 (24... Nxf1 25. Be7+ Kf7
26. Bxh4 Kxe8 27. Nb1 {[%csl Gd2,Rf1]} c4 28. Kg1 Bxb2 29. Kxf1 c3 30. Nxc3
Bxc3 31. Ke2 $11) 25. Rfe1 Bxc3 26. bxc3 (26. R1e7+ Qxe7 27. Rxe7+ Kxf8 28.
Rxb7 Bd4 $17) 26... Ne4 27. R8xe4 fxe4 28. Bxd6 Qf6 29. Bg3 Qxc3 30. Rxe4 Qd3
31. Rf4+ Ke8 32. d6 b5 33. axb5 axb5 $17) 23... Nxb2 24. Rxb2 Qxh6 25. Rxb7 f4
$2 $16 (25... Bxc3 $1 26. Qxc3 f4 27. Qf3 Re5 28. Rd1 Qh5 $1 29. Qxh5 Rxh5 $132
{[%cal Gf8f6,Gf4f3]}) 26. Qf3 $2 $11 ({Was keep advantage} 26. Ne2 $1 f3 (26...
Be5 27. Ng1 $16 {[%cal Gg1f3]}) 27. Nxd4 fxg2+ 28. Kxg2 cxd4 29. Qxd4 $16)
26... Qg6 $2 $16 (26... Bxc3 27. Qxc3 Re5 $132) 27. Ne2 $1 {At last...} Be5 28.
Rfb1 (28. Rc1 $1 $16 {[%csl Ra6,Gb7,Rf4][%cal Gc1c4]}) 28... c4 29. Rc1 ({
Quite good was also} 29. R1b6 {[%csl Ra6][%cal Gb6c6]} Qd3 30. Ng1 Qxf3 31.
Nxf3 c3 32. Rxa6 Ra8 (32... Rc8 33. Nxe5 dxe5 34. Raa7 Rf6 35. Rg7+ Kf8 36.
Rxh7 Kg8 37. Rag7+ Kf8 38. Rh8+ Kxg7 39. Rxc8 $18) 33. Rc6 $1 $16 (33. Rxa8
Rxa8 34. Nxe5 dxe5 35. Rc7 Rxa4 36. Rxc3 Rd4 $44)) 29... Rc8 30. Rb4 Qd3 31.
Rbxc4 $5 (31. Ng1 $16 {and then Rbxc4}) 31... Qxc4 $5 ({Or} 31... Qxf3 32. gxf3
Rxc4 33. Rxc4 $16) 32. Rxc4 Rxc4 33. Qb3 (33. Qg4+ Kh8 34. Qd7 Rc2 35. Ng1 Rxf2
36. Nf3 Rg8 37. Nxe5 dxe5 38. Qf5 $11) 33... Re4 $6 $16 (33... Rc5 34. Ng1 $14
{[%cal Gg1f3]}) 34. Qc2 $2 $132 ({Right was} 34. Ng1 a5 35. Qb5 Ra8 36. Nf3 $16
) 34... Rb4 $1 35. a5 (35. Ng1 {Too late} Rb2 36. Qc6 f3 $1 {and White can't
blockade kingside.} 37. Nxf3 $8 Rb1+ 38. Ng1 Bd4 39. Qxd6 Bxf2 40. Qe6+ $11)
35... Rb5 36. Qd2 $4 $19 {[%mdl 8192]} (36. Qc7 Rb1+ 37. Ng1 f3 38. Qc4 $1 (38.
gxf3 Kh8 $19 {[%csl Rg1][%cal Gf8g8]}) 38... fxg2+ 39. Kxg2 Kh8 40. Ne2 Rg8+
41. Ng3 Rb2 42. Kf1 $132) 36... Rb1+ 37. Ng1 Rc8 38. Qe2 Rxg1+ 0-1

[Event "Dubai op"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2001.04.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shariyazdanov, Andrey"]
[Black "Minasian, Artashes"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2594"]
[BlackElo "2554"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2001.04.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Bd3 (6. Nf3 {-mainline.})
6... Ne7 7. h4 $5 {Opening commentaries- see detailed commented game Avrukh -
Ivanisevic -referenced below.} (7. Nf3 O-O (7... a6 8. O-O O-O 9. Bf4 e5 10.
Be3 $14 {0-1 Boyd,H-Eising,J/Copenhagen 1967/EXT 2000 (22)}) 8. O-O Nd7 9. h3
a6 10. a4 b6 11. Ra3 Ne5 12. Nxe5 Bxe5 13. Bh6 Re8 14. Qd2 exd5 15. cxd5 f5 16.
Bg5 Qc7 17. Re1 c4 18. Bb1 fxe4 19. Rxe4 Bb7 20. Rxe5 $16 {1-0 Skembris,
S-Krasenkow,M/Cutro 1999/CBM 71 (42)}) (7. Bf4 O-O 8. Nf3 e5 9. Bd2 Nd7 10. g4
Nf6 11. h3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Pottgiesser,J-Gollasch,T/Mannheim 1987/EXT 97 (24)}) (
7. Bg5 Nd7 (7... h6 8. Bh4 O-O 9. Nge2 Na6 10. O-O g5 11. Bg3 e5 12. a3 Ng6 13.
Rb1 Kh8 14. f3 Nf4 15. b4 Bd7 16. Bf2 b6 $14 {0-1 Vehkalahti,V-Puranen,J/Lahti
1999/EXT 2000 (59)}) 8. Nf3 Ne5 9. Nxe5 Bxe5 10. Qd2 Bd4 11. Ne2 Bg7 12. O-O h6
13. Be3 e5 14. Rab1 $14 {0-1 Bourassa,R-McLarnan,D/Las Vegas 1995/EXT 98 (104)}
) (7. h3 O-O 8. Bg5 (8. Nf3 exd5 (8... Nd7 9. O-O e5 10. Rb1 $14 {1-0 Bielicki,
B-Borulya,E/Germany 2000/CBM 75 ext (41)}) 9. cxd5 a6 10. a4 f5 11. O-O h6 12.
Re1 Nd7 13. Bf4 fxe4 14. Bxd6 $14 {1-0 Novikov,I-Radziewicz,I/Koszalin 1999/
CBM 73 (22)}) 8... Na6 9. Qd2 Nc7 10. Nf3 Bd7 11. a4 f6 12. Be3 e5 13. g4 $14 {
1/2-1/2 Straschewski,J-Dietrich,R/Bayern 1998/EXT 2000 (50)}) 7... h5 (7...
exd5 8. cxd5 h5 9. Bf4 O-O 10. Qd2 a6 11. a4 Re8 12. Nge2 Qc7 13. Bc4 Nd7 14.
O-O Ne5 15. Bxe5 Bxe5 16. f4 Bg7 17. f5 gxf5 18. Qg5 fxe4 19. Nf4 Bg4 20. Nxe4
Ng6 21. Ne6 Qe7 22. Nf6+ Kh8 23. Rae1 fxe6 24. Qxg6 Bxf6 25. Rxf6 Qg7 26. dxe6
$14 {1-0 Kaidanov,G-Ivanov,A/New York 1990/CBM 19 (34)}) 8. Bg5 (8. f3 e5 9.
Nh3 Nd7 10. Be3 Ng8 11. g3 Nf8 12. Qc2 (12. Qd2 Bh6 13. Bxh6 Nxh6 14. O-O-O $14
) 12... Bh6 13. Bf2 Bd7 14. Ng1 Nh7 15. a3 Ne7 16. b4 b6 17. Nd1 Kf8 18. Ne3
Kg7 19. Ne2 Qc8 20. f4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Gerusel,M-Eising,J/Voelklingen 1970/EXT
2001 (59)}) 8... e5 $14 9. Qd2 Nd7 10. f3 Nf6 11. Nge2 Bd7 $146 {This move
doesn't change position evaluation: +/=.} (11... a6 {-see detailed commented
game 0-1 Avrukh,B-Ivanisevic,I/Istanbul 2000/EXT 2001 [Tsesarsky,I](63)}) 12.
O-O-O ({Worth of attention} 12. Nd1 {[%cal Gb2b4] -like Avrukh played in the
noted above game with Ivanisevic.}) 12... a6 13. Rdf1 Qa5 14. Kb1 b5 15. g4 $1
{Now the game enters to complicated game with Attacks on opposite sides.} hxg4
16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. fxg4 Bxh4 (17... Ng8 18. g5 Bg7 19. Ng3 $14) 18. Qg5 $1 Rh5
$1 (18... Bxg5 19. Rxh8+ Ng8 20. Rxg8+ Ke7 21. Rxa8 $18) 19. Rxh4 $1 Rxg5 20.
Rh8+ Ng8 21. Rxg8+ Ke7 22. Rxa8 {After interesting tactcal struggle created
position with non-standard material. White has an advantage.} b4 (22... bxc4
23. Bxc4 Rxg4 24. a3 Rg2 25. Rxa6 $16) 23. Nd1 Bxg4 24. Ne3 $2 $132 ({White
could keep his advantage by} 24. Ra7+ $1 Bd7 25. Rxf7+ $1 Kxf7 26. Rxd7+ Ke8
27. Rxd6 b3 28. Ndc3 bxa2+ 29. Nxa2 Qd2 30. Nac1 a5 31. Rc6 Qb4 32. Kc2 $16)
24... Bd7 25. b3 Rh5 26. Ng1 (26. Rg1 Rh2 $132 (26... Rh3 27. Ng3 Rh2 28. Be2
$132)) 26... f6 (26... Rh2 $132) 27. Be2 Rh4 28. Nf3 Rh6 (28... Rxe4 $4 29. Rh1
Be8 30. Ra7+ Kd8 31. Rhh7 $18) (28... Rh3 $132) 29. Ra7 (29. Rg1 g5 30. Rg8 Rh7
$132) 29... Qb6 30. Rxd7+ Kxd7 31. Ng4 Rh8 32. Nxf6+ Ke7 33. Ng5 Qb8 $5 ({
It was possible to play} 33... Rf8 $5 {and Black equalizes.} 34. Ngh7 Rh8 35.
Bg4 Qb7 36. Be6 Kd8 37. Ng5 Kc7 38. Ne8+ (38. Nf7 Rf8 39. Rh1 $16) 38... Rxe8 (
38... Kb6 39. Nxd6 Qg7 40. Nc8+ Ka5 41. Nf7 $18) 39. Rf7+ Kb6 40. Rxb7+ Kxb7
41. Nf7 Kc7 42. a3 $5 ({If White will try to join his K to Attack on Pg6,
Black will open a-line and will attack Pb3.} 42. Kc2 a5 43. Kd3 a4 44. Ke3 axb3
45. axb3 Ra8 {[%csl Rb3][%cal Ga8a3]}) 42... bxa3 (42... a5 43. a4 $1 $16 {
[%csl Rg6][%cal Gb1d3,Gd3f3,Gf3g4,Gg4g6]}) 43. Ka2 Rb8 44. Kxa3 a5 45. Bh3 Rf8
46. Ng5 (46. Be6 Rb8 $11) 46... Rf2 47. Ne6+ Kb6 $11) 34. Ngh7 $1 {[%csl Rh8]
[%cal Ge2g4,Gg4e6,Gf1g1]} (34. Ng4 $5 Rf8 35. Rh1 Rh8 36. Rf1 $11) 34... Kd8 $1
({In case of} 34... a5 $2 {White keeps an advantage again:} 35. Rg1 $1 ({Not} 
35. Bg4 a4 36. Be6 Kd8 37. Ng8 Kc7 38. Rf7+ (38. Rf8 Rxh7 39. Rxb8 Rh1+ 40. Kc2
Rh2+ 41. Kb1 Rh1+ $11) 38... Kb6 39. Ngf6 (39. Ne7 Qa8 40. Nxg6 Rg8 41. Nhf8
axb3 42. axb3 Qa3 43. Rf3 Rg7 44. Bd7 Rf7 45. Rxf7 Qxb3+ 46. Kc1 Qxc4+ 47. Kd2
Qd4+ 48. Ke2 Qxe4+ 49. Kf2 Qd4+ 50. Kg3 b3 51. Bc6 b2 52. Rb7+ Ka6 53. Ne6 Qg1+
54. Kf3 b1=Q 55. Rxb1 Qxb1 56. Ne7 $17) 39... Qa8 40. Nd7+ Ka5 41. Kb2 $132)
35... Kf7 36. Bg4 a4 37. Be6+ Kg7 38. Bf5 Rxh7 (38... axb3 39. Rxg6+ Kf7 40.
axb3 $18 {[%csl Rf7]}) 39. Rxg6+ Kh8 (39... Kf7 40. Nxh7 $18) 40. Nxh7 Kxh7 41.
Rxd6+ Kg7 42. Rg6+ Kf7 43. Rh6 $1 (43. d6 $2 Qh8 44. d7 axb3 45. axb3 Qh4 46.
Rd6 (46. Rg1 Ke7 $11) 46... Qe1+ 47. Kc2 Qc3+ 48. Kd1 Qf3+ 49. Ke1 Qe3+ 50. Kf1
Qf3+ 51. Kg1 Qg3+ 52. Kh1 Qf3+ 53. Kh2 Qf2+ 54. Kh3 Qf1+ 55. Kg4 Qg2+ $11)
43... axb3 44. axb3 Qa8 45. d6 Qa3 46. Rh3 Qa8 47. d7 Ke7 48. Rh6 {[%cal Gh6e6,
Gh6c6]} Qd8 49. Rc6 Qg8 50. Re6+ Kf7 51. Rd6 Qd8 52. Rd5 $18) 35. Bg4 (35. Rg1
Qc7 36. Rxg6 Qf7 37. Rh6 (37. Bh5 Rxh7 38. Nxh7 Qf1+ 39. Kc2 Qf2+ 40. Kc1 Qe3+
41. Kd1 Qd3+ 42. Ke1 Qxe4+ 43. Kd2 $11) 37... Qg7 38. Ng5 $1 Ke7 39. Rxh8 Qxh8
40. Ngh7 Qg7 41. Bg4 {[%cal Gg7h6]} Kd8 $11) 35... Kc7 36. Ng5 (36. Be6 Kb7 37.
Bf7 Qc8 38. Rh1 $11) 36... Rh4 ({Or} 36... Rh2 $1 37. Nf3 (37. Ne6+ Kb7 38. Nd7
Qh8 39. Rf7 Qh4 40. Ndxc5+ Kb6 $19) (37. Nd7 Qh8 38. Rf7 Rh1+ 39. Kc2 Qh2+ 40.
Kd3 Qg3+ 41. Nf3 Kd8 42. Nf6 Rh4 43. Rd7+ Kc8 44. Rxd6+ Rxg4 45. Nxg4 Qxf3+ 46.
Ne3 $15) 37... Rh8 38. Ng5 $11) 37. Be6 Rf4 $2 $16 ({I really don't understand,
why White agreed to draw. Andrej would play this position without any risk:} 
37... Rf4 38. Rxf4 exf4 39. e5 $1 (39. Nf7 f3 40. e5 f2 (40... dxe5 41. d6+ Kb7
42. d7 f2 43. Bh3 $18) 41. exd6+ Kb7 42. Bh3 Qf8 43. d7 Qe7 44. d8=Q Qe1+ 45.
Kc2 Qe2+ $11) 39... Qh8 $8 40. exd6+ Kb6 (40... Kb7 $2 41. Nge4 Qh1+ 42. Kc2
Qg2+ 43. Nd2 {[%cal Gd6d7]} Qg3 44. Nfe4 Qe3 45. d7 Kc7 46. d6+ Kd8 47. Ng5 $18
) 41. Nge4 Qh1+ 42. Kc2 Qh2+ (42... Qg2+ 43. Nd2 f3 44. d7 Kc7 45. Ne8+ Kd8 46.
Nd6 $18) 43. Kd3 $1 (43. Nd2 f3 44. Nd7+ (44. d7 Kc7 45. Ng4 (45. d6+ Kd8 46.
Nfe4 Qg2 47. Nxc5 f2 48. Bd5 f1=Q 49. Bxg2 Qxg2 50. Nxa6 Kxd7 51. Nxb4 Kxd6 52.
Nd5 $15) 45... Qf4 46. Nf2 Qe3 47. Nde4 Qe2+ 48. Kc1 Qe1+ $11) 44... Ka7 45.
Nxc5 Qxd6 46. Nd3 Qh2 47. Bg4 f2 48. Be2 a5 49. c5 g5 50. d6 Kb7 51. Bf3+ Kc8
52. Kd1 Kd8 53. Nf1 Qh3 54. Ke2 g4 55. Bd5 g3 56. Nf4 Qf5 57. c6 Qe5+ 58. Kf3
Qxd6 59. Nxg3 Kc7 $132) 43... f3 44. Nd7+ Ka7 45. Ndxc5 Qe2+ 46. Kd4 f2 47. Bh3
f1=Q 48. Bxf1 Qxf1 49. d7 Qa1+ 50. Ke3 Qe1+ 51. Kf4 Qh4+ 52. Ke5 Qe7+ 53. Ne6
Qxd7 54. c5 $16 {White central PP are too dangerous!}) ({Strong was} 37... Qf8
$1 38. Nf7 Rh2 (38... Qe7 39. Ng4 $132) 39. Ng4 $132) 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg-ch"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2001.04.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Polaninov, Aleksy"]
[Black "Lugovoi, Aleksei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2359"]
[BlackElo "2512"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2001.04.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Solozhenkin} d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O c5 7.
d5 Na6 8. Re1 Nc7 9. Bf4 (9. a4 $5 {Solozhenkin}) 9... Rb8 {[%cal Gb7b5]
Except of this natural move Black has played:} (9... b5 10. Nxb5 (10. Bxb5 $2
Nh5) 10... Nxe4 11. Bc4 (11. c3 Nf6 12. Nxc7 Qxc7 13. c4 Rb8 14. Rb1 Nh5 15.
Bc1 Qa5 $132 {1-0 Enneper,E-Weber,D/Germany 1993/EXT 97-B (45)}) 11... Nf6 12.
Nxc7 Qxc7 13. h3 (13. c3 Re8 14. h3 Rb8 15. Re2 Nd7 16. Qd2 Nb6 17. Bb5 Bd7 18.
Bxd7 Qxd7 19. Bh6 $11 {0-1 Wade,R-Szabo,L/Havana 1965/MCD (39)}) 13... Re8 (
13... Rb8 {Solozhenkin} 14. Rb1 Re8 $132 {preparing manouver Nf6-d7-b6.}) 14.
Rb1 a5 15. Qd2 Qb6 16. Re3 $14 {1-0 Tal,M-Speelman,J/Reykjavik 1988/CBM 10 (34)
}) (9... Nh5 10. Be3 e5 11. Nd2 (11. dxe6 Bxe6 12. Qd2 Qe7 13. Rad1 Rfd8 14.
Ng5 $14 {0-1 Cox,J-Nicholson,J/London 1985/MCL (33)}) 11... Nf4 12. Bf1 $14) (
9... Bg4 10. h3 (10. Nd2 Bxe2 11. Qxe2 b5 12. a4 (12. Rad1 Qd7 13. Nf3 b4 14.
Nb1 Nh5 15. Bc1 Qa4 16. Qc4 Nf6 17. Nbd2 Nd7 $132 {0-1 Djurkovic,M-Mathe,G/
Werfen 1996/EXT 2000 (52)}) 12... b4 13. Nd1 e6 14. dxe6 Nxe6 15. Bg3 d5 $11 {
1/2-1/2 Von Herman,U-Niklasch,O/Germany 1989/EXT 97-B (61)}) 10... Bxf3 11.
Bxf3 $14 {^^, ()}) (9... a6 10. a4 Bd7 11. e5 (11. a5 Nb5 12. Na4 Qxa5 13. Nxc5
Qc7 14. Nxd7 Nxd7 15. c3 $14 {1-0 Rohrbach,F-Amelang,T/Bayern 1993/EXT 99 (26)}
) 11... Nh5 12. Be3 {-see commented game 1-0 Gelfand,B-Polgar,J/Amsterdam 1989/
CBM 15/[ChessBase] (42)}) 10. a4 b6 $5 {[%cal Ga7a6,Gb6b5] This move's idea is
to prepare a7-a6 and b6-b5.} ({In case of} 10... a6 {White has at least two
good continuations:} 11. e5 (11. a5 {[%csl Rb7][%cal Ga5b6]} b5 12. axb6 Rxb6
13. Ra2 e5 14. dxe6 (14. Bg5 $14) 14... Bxe6 15. b3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Duer,W-Stanec,
N/AUT 1998/EXT 2000 (26)}) 11... Nfe8 12. a5 b5 13. axb6 Rxb6 14. Ra2 Rb4 15.
Bg3 Bg4 16. h3 Bxf3 17. Bxf3 $14 {0-1 Kottnauer,C-Keene,R/Hastings 1968/EXT 99
(41)}) 11. Qd2 {Solozhenkin: 'A new move which seems to be more logical than
11.Bf1 played before.'} ({Doesn't give nothing} 11. e5 $6 Nh5 $1 12. exd6 ({
and White can't play} 12. Be3 $2 {because Pc5 is protected!}) 12... Nxf4 (12...
exd6 13. Bg5 Bf6 $132) 13. dxc7 (13. dxe7 Qxe7 14. d6 Qd8 15. dxc7 Qxc7 16. Nb5
$11) 13... Qxc7 $11) 11... Bb7 12. Bh6 $14 {White keeps space advantage, his
position must be prefered.  '?!' Solozhenkin. Solozhenkin: 'e7-e6 should be
Black's plan, so it was better for White still to keep pressure on d6.'} (12.
a5 {Solozhenkin} b5 (12... bxa5 $6 {Solozhenkin} 13. Bc4 $14 (13. Rxa5 $2 {
Solozhenkin} Ncxd5 14. Nxd5 Nxe4 15. Qd3 Qxa5 16. Qxe4 e6 $19)) 13. Bxb5 Nxb5
14. Nxb5 Bxd5 15. exd5 Rxb5 $132) (12. h3 $5 {Solozhenkin} a6 13. Rab1 Re8 14.
b4 $14) 12... a6 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. Rab1 $5 {[%cal Gb2b4]} (14. Rad1 {would
meet by} b5 (14... Qd7 15. h3 b5 16. axb5 axb5 17. e5 $1 $14) 15. axb5 axb5 16.
Bxb5 (16. Nxb5 Nxe4 $15) 16... Nxb5 17. Nxb5 Ba6 18. Nc3 Rxb2 19. Rb1 Rxb1 20.
Rxb1 Qc7 $11 {and Black equalizes.}) ({Worth of attention} 14. Bd3 Qd7 15. h3
$5 $14 (15. Qg5 h6 16. Qg3 Qg4 $132)) 14... e6 15. dxe6 Nxe6 {[%csl Re4][%cal
Gf6e4,Gb7e4] '?!' Solozhenkin.} (15... fxe6 {Solozhenkin} 16. e5 (16. Rbd1 $5 {
Solozhenkin} d5 17. e5 Nd7 18. Bd3 $13) 16... dxe5 17. Qxd8 Rbxd8 18. Nxe5 Ncd5
$11 (18... Rd2 $6 {Solozhenkin} 19. Nc4)) 16. Bc4 {[%csl Ge4][%cal Gb1d1]} Nc7
17. b4 $1 (17. Rbd1 b5 18. axb5 axb5 19. Ba2 b4 20. Nd5 Nfxd5 21. exd5 Ra8 $132
) 17... b5 (17... Re8 18. Ng5 {[%csl Rf7][%cal Gc4f7,Gg5f7]} d5 19. Nxd5 Nfxd5
20. exd5 Rxe1+ 21. Rxe1 Bxd5 22. Rd1 h6 23. Nxf7 $1 Kxf7 24. Bxd5+ Nxd5 25. b5
$1 $16 {[%csl Rd5,Rf7]}) 18. axb5 axb5 19. Bf1 {[%csl Rb5]} c4 {[%csl Rb5,Rc4,
Gd4] Black concedes the important central square d4.  '?' Solozhenkin.
Solozhenkin: 'A serious mistake which leads to worse position without any real
counterplay. '} (19... Re8 20. Qf4 (20. bxc5 dxc5 21. Qxd8 Rbxd8 22. e5 Nd7 23.
Nxb5 Nxb5 24. Bxb5 Bxf3 25. Bxd7 Rxd7 26. gxf3 Rde7 27. f4 f6 $11) 20... Ne6
21. Qh4 cxb4 (21... Bc6 {Solozhenkin} 22. Rbd1 (22. e5 {Solozhenkin} Nd5 23.
Qxd8 Rexd8 24. Nxd5 Bxd5 25. bxc5 (25. exd6 {Solozhenkin} c4) 25... dxc5) 22...
cxb4 23. Nd5 Bxd5 24. exd5 Nc7 25. Rxe8 Qxe8 26. Qxb4 Ncxd5 $11) 22. Rxb4 Nc5
23. Bd3 $14 {[%csl Rb5]} (23. e5 dxe5 24. Rxe5 Rxe5 25. Nxe5 Qc7 $11)) 20. Nd4
d5 (20... Ba8 21. g3 $14) 21. e5 Ne4 22. Qe3 {'+/-' Solozhenkin.} (22. Nxe4
dxe4 23. Rbd1 Qe7 24. Qc3 Rbd8 (24... Nd5 25. Qg3 Qxb4 26. e6 Qc3 27. Qe5+ $14)
25. Qg3 f5 26. exf6+ Rxf6 27. c3 $14) 22... Nxc3 23. Qxc3 Ne6 $2 $16 (23... Re8
24. Qg3 $14) 24. g3 $5 ({A clear advantage White gets after} 24. Nxb5 $1 d4 25.
Qg3 Bxg2 26. Bxc4 (26. Qxg2 Rxb5 27. Bxc4 Rb6 28. Qg4 $16) 26... Bd5 27. Bd3
$16 {[%cal Gb5d6]}) 24... Qb6 25. Rbd1 {Black hasn't any counterplay.} Ra8 $5 (
25... Nxd4 26. Rxd4 Rbe8 27. e6 $1 (27. Bh3 f6 28. e6 Re7 $11) 27... Rxe6 28.
Rxc4+ Kg8 29. Rc5 Bc6 30. Rxe6 fxe6 31. Qe5 $16) (25... Rbd8 {Solozhenkin} 26.
Qe3 Kg8 27. Bg2 f6 28. Nxe6 Qxe6 29. Qd4 $16) 26. Qe3 Nxd4 27. Rxd4 Ra2 28. c3
Rfa8 29. h4 $5 ({Can be recommended} 29. e6 $5 Qxe6 30. Qxe6 fxe6 31. Rxe6 {
and Black will suffer in the endgame:} R8a7 32. Re7+ Kg8 33. Bh3 $16) 29... Ra1
{One pair of RR exchange is not facilitates Black's situation.} ({Interesting
was} 29... Qe6 $5 {[%csl Ge6][%cal Ge5e6] with Pe5 blockade.} {Nevertheless,
White keeps serious advantage:} 30. h5 $1 R8a3 (30... gxh5 31. Rf4 Kh8 32. Rf6
Qe7 33. Qf4 Kg8 34. Qg5+ Kh8 35. Qxh5 Kg7 36. Rh6 $18) 31. h6+ Kf8 32. Rf4 $16)
(29... h5 {Solozhenkin} 30. Bh3 $16) (29... h6 {Solozhenkin} 30. Bh3 $16) 30.
h5 Rxe1 31. Qxe1 Qe6 {[%csl Re5][%cal Ga8e8]} (31... g5 {Solozhenkin} 32. Qe3
h6 33. Bh3 Re8 34. Kh2 {following by f2-f4}) (31... gxh5 {Solozhenkin} 32. Bh3
Re8 33. Qe3 Qc6 34. Kh2 h6 35. f4 Ra8 36. f5 Ra2+ 37. Bg2 {following by e5-e6})
32. Qe3 $1 {White is ready to sacrifice Pe5.} Re8 33. h6+ Kg8 34. Rf4 $1 (34.
f4 $2 f6 $17) (34. Bg2 $6 {Solozhenkin} Qxe5 35. Bxd5 Qxe3 36. fxe3 Ba8 37.
Bxa8 Rxa8 38. Rd5 Kf8 39. Rxb5 Ra3 $132) 34... g5 $2 $18 {Decisive mistake.
The endgame is hopeless. '?' Solozhenkin.} ({Right was} 34... Qxe5 35. Qb6 (35.
Qxe5 $2 Rxe5 36. Rf6 Re6 37. Rxe6 fxe6 38. f4 Kf7 39. Kf2 g5 $17) 35... Ba8 36.
Qxb5 Qe6 37. Bg2 $16 {[%csl Ra8,Rd5,Rg8]} (37. Rf6 Qe5 (37... Qe4 {Solozhenkin}
38. Qd7 Rf8 39. Ra6 d4 40. Rxa8 Rxa8 41. Bxc4 Rf8 $13) 38. Rb6 $16 {[%csl Ra8,
Rd5,Rg8]}) (37. Rd4 {Solozhenkin the position is clearly better for White.}))
35. Rf6 Qxe5 36. Qxe5 Rxe5 37. Rb6 {Solozhenkin: 'Rook vs bishop ending is
easily winnig. The h6-pawn redouble troubles of Black.'} Re7 (37... Bc8 38. Rb8
Re8 39. Bh3 Bd7 40. Rxe8+ Bxe8 41. f4 f6 42. Kf2 Kf8 43. Ke3 Ke7 (43... Bg6 44.
Kd4 Be4 45. Bd7 $18) 44. Kd4 Kd6 45. Bf5 $18) 38. Bg2 {'!' Solozhenkin.} (38.
Rxb5 Kf8 39. Bg2 $18) 38... Kf8 39. Rxb5 {'+-' Solozhenkin.} Rd7 (39... Bc6 40.
Rc5 Re1+ 41. Kh2 Re6 {[%csl Rh6]} 42. Bxd5 Rxh6+ 43. Kg2 Bxd5+ 44. Rxd5 $18 {
[%csl Rc4,Rg5][%cal Gd5c5]}) 40. Bh3 Rc7 (40... Re7 41. Bf5 f6 42. f4 $18) 41.
Bf5 f6 42. f4 {Black is totally paralysed.} gxf4 43. gxf4 Re7 (43... d4 {
Solozhenkin} 44. cxd4 c3 45. Rc5 $18) 44. Rc5 Ke8 45. Kf2 d4 {Despair.} ({
If Black waits - White has a simple winning plan:} 45... Kd8 46. b5 Ke8 47. b6
Kd8 48. Rc7 $1 Rxc7 49. bxc7+ Kxc7 50. Bxh7 $18) 46. Rxc4 ({Or} 46. cxd4 Be4
47. Rc8+ Kf7 48. Bxe4 Rxe4 49. Rxc4 Rxf4+ 50. Ke3 $18 {[%csl Rh7][%cal Gb4b8]})
46... dxc3 47. b5 Bh1 48. Rc8+ Kf7 49. b6 Bb7 50. Rc7 Rxc7 51. bxc7 Ke7 52. Ke3
1-0

[Event "Clichy"]
[Site "Clichy"]
[Date "2001.06.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Hebden, Mark"]
[Black "Degraeve, Jean Marc"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2589"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2001.06.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 085"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. d5 b5 4. Bg5 Ne4 5. Bf4 Bb7 (5... Qa5+ {-another
mainline.}) 6. a4 ({Worth of attention} 6. Qd3 $5 Qa5+ {-another popular
continuation, see commented game 1-0 Gulko,B-Rogers,I/Biel 1993/CBM 37[Stohl,I]
(40)}) 6... Qa5+ $6 $14 ({Black solves his opening problems by} 6... Nf6 $1 {
[%csl Rd5][%cal Gf6d5,Gb7d5] -can be recommended.} 7. e4 $5 (7. axb5 Nxd5 $132)
7... Nxe4 8. axb5 e6 9. Bc4 Bd6 10. Nbd2 (10. Be3 O-O $132) 10... Nxf2 $1 11.
Kxf2 Bxf4 12. Nb3 Bc7 13. Qd3 O-O 14. Rhe1 Bb6 15. Kf1 a6 16. bxa6 Bxd5 17.
Bxd5 exd5 18. Qxd5 Rxa6 19. Nxc5 $132 {1-0 Chatalbashev,B-Degraeve,J/Ohrid MKD
2001/The Week in Chess 344 (29)}) 7. Nbd2 (7. c3 $6 f5 8. e3 b4 9. Ne5 (9. Bc4
$5) 9... g6 10. Nc4 Qd8 11. Be2 Bg7 12. Be5 $132 {0-1 Fominyh,A-Sermek,D/Saint
Vincent ITA 2001/The Week in Chess 327 (38)}) 7... Bxd5 (7... Nxd2 8. Nxd2 Bxd5
9. axb5 Qd8 10. e4 Bb7 11. Bd3 g6 12. Nb3 Qb6 13. Na5 $14 {1/2-1/2 Fominyh,
A-Medvegy,Z/Cairo EGY 2001/The Week in Chess 339 (106)}) 8. axb5 {[%csl Ra7]
[%cal Ga1a7] Black captured central Pd5, but White took on b5 with a-line
opening. Pa7 became weakness: White will put pressure by RR and Q on the
a-line.} Qd8 $2 $16 {Bad novelty} (8... Qb6 $142 $14 9. Ra4 {[%csl Ra7][%cal
Ga4a7,Gd1a1]} (9. Nxe4 Bxe4 10. Nd2 Bb7 11. e4 d6 12. Nc4 Qd8 13. e5 $14 {
1-0 Stohl,I-Blodstein,A/Pardubice 1992/EXT 2000 (23)}) 9... Nxd2 10. Nxd2 Bb7 (
10... c4 $2 11. e4 Qxb5 12. Qa1 Bc6 13. Rxa7 Rxa7 14. Qxa7 e5 15. Bxc4 Qxb2 16.
O-O $18 {1-0 Yrjola,J-Nyysti,S/Helsinki 2000/CBM 77 ext (23)}) 11. e4 $14) 9.
Ra4 $1 Nxd2 (9... Nf6 10. e4 Bb7 11. Qa1 $16 {[%csl Ra7][%cal Ga1a7]}) 10. Nxd2
d6 ({Or} 10... Bb7 11. e4 d5 12. exd5 Qxd5 13. Qa1 e5 14. Be3 $16) 11. e4 Bb7
12. Qa1 {[%csl Ra7][%cal Ga1a7]} e5 13. Bg5 $5 {Except of this move, White can
play also:} (13. Be3 Nd7 14. Rxa7 $16) (13. Rxa7 Nd7 (13... Bxe4 14. Nxe4 Rxa7
15. Qxa7 exf4 16. b6 $18 {[%cal Gf1b5]}) 14. Be3 Be7 15. Rxa8 Bxa8 16. Bd3 $16
{and White leaves with advantage in all variations.}) 13... Be7 (13... Qxg5 $2
14. Rxa7 $18 {[%csl Yb5,Rb7,Rb8,Re8][%cal Gb5b6]}) (13... f6 14. Rxa7 $16) 14.
Bxe7 Kxe7 ({Badly is} 14... Qxe7 15. Rxa7 Rxa7 16. Qxa7 O-O 17. Nc4 $18 {
[%csl Rb7][%cal Ga7e7,Gc4a5,Ga5b7]}) 15. Bd3 ({Possible was also} 15. Rxa7 Nd7
16. Ra3 $1 Nf6 17. Bd3 d5 $1 18. b4 $1 {[%csl Re5][%cal Ga1e5]} Rxa3 19. Qxa3
c4 20. Be2 $16) 15... Nd7 16. O-O {White doesn't hurry to capture on a7.} Qb8 {
[%csl Ra7][%cal Gb8a7]} 17. Qa2 {[%csl Ra7][%cal Gf1a1,Ga1a7]} Nb6 18. Ra5 Qc7
({Or} 18... Rd8 19. Ra1 Nc8 20. Bc4 $16) 19. Ra1 Rhd8 20. Bc4 Kf8 ({White
leaves with advantage after} 20... Nxc4 21. Qxc4 d5 22. exd5 Bxd5 23. Qh4+ f6
24. Qxh7 $16) 21. c3 h6 ({Interesting looks} 21... Nxc4 22. Qxc4 d5 23. exd5
Bxd5 24. Qh4 {[%csl Ra7,Rh7][%cal Gh4d8,Gh4h7,Ga1a7]} Bxg2 $1 25. Rxa7 $1 {
Despite Black's fantasy White stands better:} Bb7 $1 26. Rxa8 Rxa8 27. Rxa8+
Bxa8 28. Qxh7 Qb7 29. f3 $16) 22. Qb1 Bc8 23. Qd3 Be6 24. Bd5 Bxd5 25. exd5 {
[%csl Ra7][%cal Gd2c4,Ga1a7]} Kg8 (25... c4 26. Qh7 Nxd5 27. Qh8+ Ke7 28. Qxg7
Nf4 (28... Rg8 29. Qxg8 $1 Rxg8 30. Rxa7 $18) 29. Ne4 $18 {[%csl Re7,Rh6][%cal
Gg7f6]}) 26. Nc4 Nc8 ({In case of NN exchange White keeps an advantage.} 26...
Nxc4 27. Qxc4 Rd7 28. h3 $16 {[%csl Ra7,Rd6][%cal Ga5a6,Ga6c6]}) 27. Ra6 Rb8
28. Na5 Rb6 29. Nc6 {White penetrates his pieces into Black's camp.} Rxa6 30.
Rxa6 Rf8 31. Nxa7 $1 Nxa7 ({Or} 31... c4 32. Qe3 $16) 32. b6 Qb7 ({In case of} 
32... c4 33. bxc7 (33. Qe3 Qb7 34. Rxa7 Qxd5 35. h3 Rb8 $132) 33... cxd3 34.
Rxa7 d2 35. Ra1 Rc8 36. Kf1 Rxc7 37. Ke2 Rc5 38. Rd1 $16 {White also keeps an
advantage.}) 33. bxa7 Ra8 34. Rxd6 Qxb2 ({Or} 34... Qxa7 35. g3 Qa1+ 36. Kg2
Qxb2 37. Rd7 $16 ({Quite well also} 37. Rc6 e4 38. Qe3 Qb1 39. Qf4 (39. Rxc5
Ra1 40. Kh3 f5 $132) 39... e3 40. Rc7 f5 41. Qe5 Qe4+ 42. Qxe4 fxe4 43. fxe3
$18)) 35. g3 Qa1+ 36. Kg2 Qxa7 37. Qf5 {[%csl Re5] Threatening Rd6-d7.} Qe7 38.
Rd7 Qe8 39. Rc7 $1 $18 {[%csl Rc5] At last White wins P and eventually the
game.} Rd8 40. Rxc5 Qe7 41. Rc8 Rxc8 42. Qxc8+ Kh7 43. c4 g6 (43... e4 44. c5
e3 45. Qf5+ g6 46. d6 Qe8 47. d7 Qe7 48. d8=Q Qxd8 49. Qxf7+ Kh8 50. fxe3 $18)
44. c5 e4 45. d6 Qf6 46. Qg4 Qd4 47. Qf4 Qd5 48. Qe3 $6 ({Wins} 48. Qf6 $1 Kg8
(48... e3+ 49. Qf3 $18) 49. h4 h5 50. Qg5 Qd3 51. Qe5 Qf3+ 52. Kg1 Qd1+ 53. Kh2
$18) 48... g5 49. h3 f5 50. Kh2 Kg6 51. Qc1 Qd4 52. Kg1 Kf7 53. c6 $1 e3 54. c7
Qd2 (54... exf2+ 55. Kf1 $18) 55. Qc4+ Kf6 56. fxe3 Qxe3+ 57. Kg2 {White K run
away from perpetuum check and White wins.} Qd2+ 58. Kf1 Qd1+ 59. Kf2 Qd2+ 60.
Qe2 Qd4+ 61. Kf1 Qa1+ 62. Kg2 Qa8+ 63. Kh2 Qc8 64. Qb2+ Kf7 65. Qb3+ Kf6 66.
Qc3+ 1-0

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2002.02.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Prokopchuk, Evgeny"]
[Black "Wojtkiewicz, Aleksander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2508"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2002.02.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 {Sicilian defence?} g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. d5 {No...} Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6.
Be2 O-O 7. O-O e6 8. Nd2 exd5 9. exd5 Nbd7 10. Nc4 Nb6 11. Ne3 Bd7 {Except of
this move Black can play with Nf6 or Rf8 to e8:} ({1.} 11... Ne8 {This move
has several puposes: 1.To bring Nf6 to c7: From this strong square Nc7
supports b7-b5 promotion, attacks Pd5, take on control e6 square.2. To open
g7-a1 diagonal for Bg7.3. To prepare f7-f5 promotion.} 12. a4 (12. g4 $6 {
[%csl Rg1]} Nc7 13. a4 Bd7 14. a5 Nc8 15. Kh1 Ne7 16. f4 f5 17. g5 b5 18. Bf3
Bc8 $132 {1/2-1/2 Murdzia,P-Markowski,T/Lubniewice 1998/EXT 2000 (33)}) (12. g3
f5 13. Ng2 Nc7 14. Re1 Re8 15. h4 Bxc3 16. bxc3 Ncxd5 17. Bg5 $13 {-see
commented game 1-0 Iuldachev,S-Markowski,T/Yerevan 1996/EXT 97[Belov] (44)})
12... f5 (12... Bd7 $5 13. a5 Nc8 14. Nc4 Nc7 15. Bf4 Nb5 16. Ne4 Qe7 17. Bf3
Re8 18. Re1 Qf8 19. c3 h6 20. g4 (20. a6 b6 21. Qd3 g5 22. Bd2 Nc7 $15 {
[%csl Ra6]}) 20... f5 21. gxf5 Bxf5 22. Bg3 $132 {1-0 Mikhalchishin,A-Mikac,M/
Nova Gorica SLO 2001/The Week in Chess 326 (39)}) 13. a5 (13. g3 Nd7 14. a5 f4
15. Ng2 fxg3 16. hxg3 g5 17. Ne4 $14 {1-0 Huzman,A-Hodgson,J/NLD-ch op 1994/
EXT 97 (36)}) (13. f4 Nd7 14. a5 Ndf6 15. Bf3 {-see commented game 1/2-1/2
Rozentalis,E-Hodgson,J/Rakvere 1993/CBM 38 [Belov](45)} (15. h3 {-see
commented game 1/2-1/2 Khalifman,A-Hodgson,J/Belgrade 1993/CBM 39 [Glatman,V]
(47)}) (15. a6 b6 16. Bb5 Nc7 17. Qd3 (17. Bc4 Bd7 18. Qf3 b5 $15) 17... Bd7 (
17... Nxb5 18. Qxb5 Bd7 $11) 18. Bxd7 Qxd7 $15 19. Qd1 $15 {[%cal Gd1f3]} (19.
Bd2 b5 20. b3 Rfe8 21. Ra5 Rab8 22. g3 b4 23. Ncd1 Qf7 24. Nc4 Ne4 $19 {
[%csl Rd5] 1/2-1/2 Rozentalis,E-Markowski,T/Augustow 1996/EXT 99 (66)})) (15.
Kh1 Nc7 16. Bf3 Rb8 17. h3 h5 18. Qe1 b5 19. axb6 axb6 20. Qg3 Kh7 21. Bd2 (21.
Rb1 Na6 22. b3 b5 23. Bb2 Re8 24. Rbe1 Rb7 25. Rf2 (25. Qh4 $2 Ne4 26. Qxd8
Ng3+ 27. Kg1 Rxd8 28. Rf2 Re8 $17 {0-1 Staniszewski,P-Markowski,T/Polanica
Zdroj 1999/CBM 70 ext (59)}) 25... Rbe7 26. Rfe2 Nc7 27. Ncd1 {[%cal Gc2c4]} b4
$132) 21... b5 22. Ra7 b4 23. Ne2 Bb7 (23... Nb5 24. Ra2 Re8 $132) 24. Rfa1
$132) (15. Nc4 Nc7 16. Bf3 Rb8 17. Re1 Re8 18. Rxe8+ Nfxe8 19. Be3 b5 20. axb6
axb6 21. Bf2 Ba6 $132 {0-1 Alonso,S-Markowski,T/Cappelle la Grande 1998/CBM 63
ext (62)})) 13... Nd7 14. Nc4 Ne5 15. Bf4 $1 {This move probably allows White
to keep slight advantage:} (15. Re1 Bd7 (15... Nc7 16. Bf1 Nxc4 17. Bxc4 Qh4
18. Nb5 Nxb5 19. Bxb5 Be5 20. g3 Qf6 {1/2-1/2 Schmidt,W-Markowski,T/Polanica
Zdroj POL 2001/The Week in Chess 356 (20)}) 16. Nxe5 Bxe5 17. f4 Bd4+ 18. Kh1
Nf6 19. Bf3 Ng4 20. Bxg4 fxg4 21. Ne4 Bf5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Ilic,Z-Vuckovic,B/
Herzeg Novi 1999/EXT 2001 (57)}) 15... Nxc4 16. Bxc4 g5 (16... Nf6 17. Qd2 Ng4
18. Bg5 Bf6 19. Bxf6 Qxf6 20. Be2 Ne5 21. f4 Nf7 22. Rfe1 $14 {[%csl Rf7] 1-0
Antic,D-Vuckovic,B/Novi Sad 2000/EXT 2001 (26) ()}) 17. Bd2 h6 18. Qe2 Bd7 19.
Rfe1 Nc7 20. Rab1 Re8 21. Qd3 Qf6 22. Nb5 Nxb5 23. Bxb5 Bxb5 24. Qxb5 Qf7 25.
c4 $14 {1-0 Leko,P-Markowski,T/Polanica Zdroj 1998/CBM 67 (71)}) ({2.} 11...
Re8 {This move is connected with Nf6-e4 and NN exchange. This exchange is in
Black's favour because he has cramped position.} 12. a4 Ne4 13. Nxe4 Rxe4 14.
c3 Bd7 (14... a5 $6 15. Bd3 Re8 16. Bb5 $14 {1/2-1/2 Gelashvili,T-Istratescu,A/
Halkida 2000/EXT 2001 (33)}) 15. a5 Nc8 16. Bd3 Re8 17. Re1 (17. Qb3 Rb8 18.
Bb5 Ne7 19. Rd1 Qc7 20. h3 Nc6 21. Qa2 Ne5 22. Qa4 Bxb5 23. Qxb5 f5 24. Nc2 Qf7
$132 {0-1 Gavrilov,A-Vaulin,A/Novgorod 1995/EXT 2000 (67)}) 17... Rb8 18. Qb3
Qc7 (18... b5 19. axb6 axb6 (19... Rxb6 20. Qd1 $14 {[%csl Ra7]}) 20. Bb5 $14)
19. Bb5 a6 20. Bxd7 Qxd7 21. Bd2 Ne7 22. Qc2 Rbd8 23. Qd3 Nc8 24. Nc4 {[%csl
Ga5,Rb7,Gc4,Rc8,Gd5,Rd6] White won strategical battle: his pieces allocated on
excellent positions, Nc8 is ugly. 1-0 Brunner,L-Gheorghiu,F/SWZ 1995/CBM 49
ext (41)}) 12. a4 Rb8 (12... a6 13. a5 (13. Bd2 Re8 14. Bf3 Qc7 15. Re1 a5 16.
Qb1 h5 17. h3 Nh7 18. Be2 c4 19. Qa2 Rec8 20. Rac1 Be5 21. Bf1 Nf6 $132 {
1/2-1/2 Kushch,N-Gdanski,J/Krynica 1997/CBM 62 (45)}) 13... Nc8 14. Nc4 (14.
Re1 Re8 15. Bd2 Qc7 16. Bd3 Na7 17. Na4 Ne4 18. Nb6 Rad8 19. Bc1 Nc8 20. Nec4
$14 {1/2-1/2 Hoffman,A-Malbran,G/Buenos Aires 2000/CBM 78 ext (54)}) 14... Bb5
15. Bg5 h6 16. Bh4 Re8 17. Ne3 Qd7 18. Re1 Ne4 19. Nxb5 (19. Ng4 $2 Nxc3 20.
bxc3 Bxe2 21. Rxe2 Rxe2 22. Qxe2 g5 $17 {0-1 Petursson,M-Tseshkovsky,V/Palma
de Mallorca 1989/TD (35)}) 19... axb5 20. c3 g5 21. Bg4 Qc7 22. Bg3 Nxg3 23.
hxg3 Ne7 24. Nf5 Nxf5 25. Rxe8+ Rxe8 26. Bxf5 $11) 13. a5 (13. Nb5 Ne8 (13...
a6 14. Nxd6 Bxa4 15. Ndc4 Nxc4 16. Bxc4 $14 {[%csl Ra6,Gd5]}) 14. c4 {
Important move. White solves Pd5 problem.} Nc8 15. g4 Nf6 16. Nc3 Re8 17. Bf3
h6 18. Bd2 b6 19. Rb1 a5 20. Kh1 Ne7 21. Be2 Kh8 22. f4 Neg8 23. Bf3 $14 {
1-0 Svidler,P-Malakhov,V/Elista 1997/CBM 59 (60)}) 13... Nc8 14. Nc4 Ne8 15.
Bf4 b5 16. axb6 axb6 17. Ne4 {[%csl Rd6]} (17. Qd2 b5 18. Na5 Qb6 19. Ra2 Nf6
20. Bf3 b4 21. Nd1 Qc7 22. Nc6 $14 {0-1 Prokopchuk,E-Malakhov,V/Ekaterinburg
1996/CBM 54 (65)}) 17... Qc7 18. Ra2 b5 19. Ne3 Nf6 20. Nxf6+ Bxf6 21. Bg4 (21.
Ng4 Bxg4 (21... Bg7 22. Qd3 b4 23. Nh6+ Kh8 24. Qf3 $14) 22. Bxg4 $14 {^^})
21... Bg7 22. Bxd7 Qxd7 23. Qf3 Nb6 24. Qg3 {[%csl Rd6][%cal Gg3d6]} (24. Rfa1
Ra8 25. Rxa8 Rxa8 26. Rxa8+ Nxa8 27. Qg3 Bxb2 28. Bxd6 c4 29. Be5 Bxe5 30. Qxe5
$16 {[%csl Ra8,Gd5,Ge5][%cal Gd5d8]}) 24... Rfd8 25. b3 (25. c3 $14) 25... Ra8
26. Rxa8 Nxa8 27. c4 Nc7 (27... bxc4 28. bxc4 Nc7 29. Ng4 Ne8 30. Re1 Ra8 31.
h3 $14 {This position, of course, in White's favour. On the other hand, On the
only weakness - Pd6 - Black can protect easily.}) 28. b4 $2 $15 {Interesting,
but premature break. Black recieves 3 pass P on the queenside for minor piece
lack.} ({Much better was silent} 28. Ng4 $14) ({or} 28. Re1 $14) 28... cxb4 29.
c5 Nxd5 ({Not} 29... dxc5 $2 {in view of} 30. Bxc7 $18) 30. Nxd5 dxc5 31. Rd1 (
31. Ne3 Qd4 $15 (31... c4 32. Be5 $1 b3 (32... Re8 33. Bxg7 Kxg7 34. Qg5 $132)
33. Bxg7 Kxg7 34. Qe5+ f6 35. Qc5 {and White temporary stops strong black pass
PP.})) 31... Qe6 32. Qf3 Bd4 33. Nc7 (33. Ne3 c4 $15) 33... Qa2 $6 $11 (33...
Qf6 $142 34. Kf1 (34. Nxb5 Bxf2+ 35. Kxf2 Rxd1 36. Qxd1 Qxf4+ 37. Qf3 Qh4+ $44)
34... b3 35. Qe4 $5 (35. Nxb5 b2 36. Na3 g5 37. Bd2 Qxf3 38. gxf3 Ra8 39. Nb1
c4 $15) 35... b2 36. Rb1 c4 $15) 34. Nxb5 $6 $15 {Inaccuracy. Black gets
slight advantage again.} (34. Kh1 $142 Qc2 35. Nxb5 b3 36. h3 b2 37. Na3 Qf5
38. g4 Qe6 $44) 34... Bxf2+ 35. Kh1 Rxd1+ 36. Qxd1 Bh4 (36... Qe6 $1 $15) 37.
Be5 Qc4 $6 $132 ({Quite strong was} 37... Be7 38. Nc7 f6 39. Bg3 b3 40. Qd5+
Kh8 41. Qe6 Qb1+ 42. Be1 Qd3 43. h3 Qd6 44. Qc8+ Qd8 45. Qb7 b2 46. Na6 Qd6 47.
Nxc5 Qxc5 48. Qxb2 $15) 38. Nc7 $6 $15 {Inaccuracies are repeated, maybe
because of time pressure.} (38. Nd6 $1 Qe6 39. Qa1 Be7 40. Ne4 f6 41. Nxf6+
Bxf6 42. Bxf6 c4 $44) 38... Qe4 39. Bg3 Bf6 (39... Bxg3 $6 40. Qd8+ Kg7 41.
hxg3 Qe2 (41... b3 42. Ne8+ Kh6 43. Qd2+ g5 44. Qc3 Qd4 45. Qxb3 c4 46. Qf3 $16
{[%csl Rh6]}) 42. Ne8+ Kh6 43. Nd6 {and Black had to force draw by perpetuum
check:} Qd1+ 44. Kh2 Qh5+ 45. Kg1 Qd1+ $11) 40. h3 Qd4 41. Qf3 Qa1+ 42. Kh2 Bd4
43. Bf2 b3 $4 $18 {[%csl Rb3] Terrible mistake. Black overlooked simple
intermediate move and loses Pb3} ({Better was} 43... c4 44. Qd5 Bxf2 (44...
Be5+ 45. Bg3 Bxg3+ 46. Kxg3 $15) 45. Qd8+ Kg7 46. Ne8+ Kh6 47. Qd2+ g5 48. Qxf2
Qe5+ 49. Kh1 Kg6 (49... Qxe8 $4 50. Qf6+ Kh5 51. g4+ Kh4 52. Qf2+ Kxh3 53. Qf3+
Kh4 54. Kg2 $18 {[%csl Rh4]}) 50. Qb6+ Qe6 51. Qxb4 Qxe8 52. Qxc4 Qe6 $15) 44.
Bxd4 Qxd4 45. Qxb3 c4 ({Maybe Black supported on} 45... Qe5+ {[%csl Rc7][%cal
Ge5c7] and just missed} 46. Qg3 $18 {[%cal Gg3c7]}) 46. Qb8+ Kg7 47. Nb5 (47.
Ne8+ Kh6 48. Qd6 Qxd6+ (48... Qe3 49. Nf6 $18) 49. Nxd6 c3 50. Nxf7+ Kg7 51.
Ne5 Kf6 52. Nd3 Kf5 53. Nb4 $18) 47... Qd5 48. Nc3 Qd4 49. Qg3 h5 50. Ne2 Qe4
51. Qc3+ Kg8 52. Nd4 Qe5+ 53. Kh1 Qd5 54. Nf3 (54. Kg1 $18) 54... Qc5 (54...
Qd1+ 55. Qe1 Qxe1+ 56. Nxe1 $18) 55. Kh2 Qd6+ 56. Kg1 Qc5+ 57. Kf1 Qd5 58. Ne5
g5 59. Nxc4 Qf5+ 60. Ke2 Qe4+ 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-34"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2000.11.05"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Kozul, Zdenko"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2611"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2000.10.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Croatia"]
[BlackTeam "Bulgaria"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CRO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BUL"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. d5 b5 4. Bg5 Ne4 5. h4 $6 $146 {In my opinion, this
novelty don't change position evaluation, but bring new colours to this quite
complicated position.} ({mainlines are:} 5. Bf4) (5. Bh4) (5. Qd3 {-see
comments to the game 0-1 Reinderman,D-Sambuev,B/Marbella 1999/CBM 73 (36) 
[Avrukh,B, Alterman,B]}) 5... g6 (5... Bb7 6. Qd3 Nxg5 7. hxg5 c4 $13) 6. Nbd2
Nxg5 7. hxg5 {White implemented the main idea of 5.h4, but pressure on h-file
is not serious. Pair of BB maybe already permits to say: Black equalized.} Bg7
8. e4 Na6 $5 (8... Bxb2 $6 9. Rb1 Bg7 10. Bxb5 Qa5 11. e5 $14 {Black has
certain difficulties with queenside pieces development.}) ({In my opinion,
quite good is} 8... a6 $132) 9. a4 ({After} 9. Bxb5 $5 {also Black neutralizes
White little advantage:} Rb8 (9... Nc7 10. Ba4 Bxb2 11. Rb1 Bg7 12. c4 $14 {
[%cal Ga4e8,Gd7d6]}) (9... Bxb2 10. Rb1 Bc3 11. Rb3 Qa5 12. O-O {[%cal Gd2c4]}
Bg7 13. Nc4 $14) 10. a4 Bxb2 11. Rb1 Bg7 12. d6 $5 (12. e5 $6 Nc7 $132 {
[%cal Gc7b5,Gd7d6]}) 12... exd6 13. Nc4 O-O 14. Qxd6 (14. Nxd6 Nc7 15. Rb3 Nxb5
16. axb5 a6 $132) 14... Re8 $132) 9... Bxb2 10. axb5 (10. Rb1 Bg7 $132) 10...
Nc7 11. Ra2 (11. Ra4 Bg7 12. c4 d6 13. Bd3 (13. e5 $132)) 11... Bg7 12. c4 d6
13. Qb3 $6 $15 ({Necessary was} 13. e5 $1 Bf5 (13... dxe5 14. Ne4 Bf5 15. Nxc5
Qd6 16. Na6 e4 $132) 14. Qa4 O-O $132) 13... e6 $1 {Black must attack strong
White center and to open the game for another B - c8.} 14. Bd3 Kf8 $1 {Black
doesn't need castle! Rh8 will be released after h7-h6.} 15. Ra3 exd5 16. exd5 (
16. cxd5 Bd7 $1 {[%csl Rb5]} 17. O-O h6 $15) 16... a6 17. O-O (17. b6 $2 Rb8
18. O-O (18. bxc7 Qe7+ $1 $19 {[%csl Rb3]}) 18... Na8 $17 {[%csl Rb6]}) 17...
Rb8 (17... axb5 18. Rxa8 Nxa8 19. Qxb5 Nc7 20. Qc6 h6 $15) 18. Re1 h6 19. gxh6
Rxh6 20. Ne4 (20. Rb1 Rb6 $17) 20... Rb6 21. Qa2 (21. Nc3 Bg4 $17) 21... Bg4
22. Neg5 (22. Re3 axb5 23. cxb5 Rh5 $17 {[%csl Rd5]}) 22... Bf6 23. Qd2 (23.
Nh2 Bc8 24. Ne4 axb5 25. cxb5 (25. Nxf6 Qxf6 26. cxb5 Qh4 $19) 25... Bg7 $17)
23... Rh5 {[%csl Rg5]} 24. Qa5 {Here Black had to decide, what to do. One of
two alternatives is to send Nc7 to offside but to remain Qd8 on attack
position.} Na8 ({The second alternative is to keep harmony and to play} 24...
Qb8 25. Ne4 Bg7 26. Nh2 Bc8 27. bxa6 Rxa6 28. Rb3 $3 Qa7 $15) 25. Ne4 $4 $19 ({
The only chance was} 25. Re4 $1 {and after expected} Bf5 (25... Qd7 26. Ne6+
fxe6 27. Rxg4 Qh7 (27... exd5 28. Rxg6 $14) 28. Kf1 exd5 29. Bxg6 Rh1+ 30. Ke2
$14) 26. g4 $1 {this material sacrifice would permit to White to continue
resistance:} Bxe4 27. Nxe4 (27. gxh5 Bxd3 28. Nh7+ Kg7 29. Nxf6 Qxf6 30. Rxd3
gxh5 31. Nd2 h4 $15) 27... Rh8 28. bxa6 Bg7 $15) 25... Bxf3 26. gxf3 Bd4 {
Position of White is hopeless.} 27. Kf1 ({Or} 27. Ra2 Qh4 28. Kf1 Qf4 29. Ng3
Rh3 {[%csl Rf2,Rg3][%cal Gd4f2]} 30. Be4 f5 31. Rae2 Qh4 $19 {[%csl Rf1][%cal
Gh3h1,Gd4f2]}) 27... Rh2 28. Ke2 f5 29. Nd2 Bxf2 30. Rea1 Be3+ 31. Kxe3 Qg5+ (
31... Qg5+ 32. f4 Qg3+ 33. Nf3 Qf2#) 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-34"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2000.10.30"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Efimov, Igor"]
[Black "Matamoros Franco, Carlos S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2467"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "151"]
[EventDate "2000.10.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Italy"]
[BlackTeam "Ecuador"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ITA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ECU"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. d5 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e4 d6 6. Bb5+ Nfd7 (6... Nbd7 7. a4
O-O 8. O-O Ne8 9. Bf4 Nc7 10. Re1 a6 11. Bf1 b6 12. Qd2 Re8 13. Rad1 $14 {
1-0 Kharitonov,A-Vaulin,A/Kursk 1987/EXT 97 (35)}) 7. a4 Na6 (7... O-O {
-mainline}) (7... O-O 8. O-O Na6 9. Re1 Nc7 10. Bf1 b6 11. Bf4 Bb7 12. Qd2 Re8
13. Bc4 a6 14. e5 b5 15. exd6 exd6 16. Rxe8+ Nxe8 17. axb5 Nb6 18. Bf1 $14 {
1-0 Tkachiev,V-Suhendra,A/Jakarta 1996/EXT 98 (28)}) 8. Bf4 Nc7 9. Bc4 (9. Be2
a6 10. Qd2 O-O 11. Bh6 Nf6 12. O-O b6 13. Rab1 Bg4 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. b4 $14 {
0-1 Slipak,S-Van Riemsdijk,H/Mar del Plata 1997/EXT 98 (47)}) (9. Bd3 O-O 10.
O-O Nf6 11. h3 $5 {[%csl Rc8]} b6 12. Bc4 Bb7 13. Re1 a6 14. Qe2 Qd7 15. Rad1
Nh5 16. Bh2 b5 17. Ba2 (17. axb5 Bxc3 18. bxc3 axb5 19. Rb1 Ra5 $15 {[%csl Rc4]
[%cal Gf8a8]}) 17... b4 18. Nb1 Qxa4 $17 {0-1 Sielaff,R-De Jong,J/Seefeld 1998/
EXT 2000 (38)}) 9... a6 10. Qd2 {[%cal Gf4h6]} (10. O-O O-O 11. Re1 Rb8 12. Qd3
b6 $5 $132 (12... b5 $6 13. axb5 Nb6 14. Nd2 (14. bxa6 Nxc4 15. Qxc4 Rxb2 16.
a7 Rxc2 17. e5 Ba6 18. Qb3 $16) 14... Nxc4 15. Nxc4 axb5 16. Na5 Bd7 17. e5 $14
{1-0 Nickoloff,B-Rohland,M/Toronto 1978/MCD (43)})) 10... O-O 11. Bh6 {I think,
this plan is not the best in this type of position. Better is to avoid pieces
exchange (because of space advantage!) and to develop forces according to
standard play in positions like this: 0-0, Re1 and e4-e5 - like in the games
noted on the 6 and 7 moves.} Nf6 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. O-O Rb8 ({More flexible is} 
13... b6 {and then Rb8}) 14. a5 $1 {[%csl Rb6,Rb7]} b5 $6 $14 (14... Bg4 $5 15.
Ne1 e6 16. f3 exd5 17. Nxd5 Be6 $132) 15. axb6 {[%csl Ra6]} Rxb6 16. b3 Nb5 $2
$16 ({Black missed the last possibility to play} 16... Bg4 $1 17. Ne1 (17. e5
Nd7 $132) 17... e5 $14) 17. h3 $1 {[%csl Rc8]} (17. Rfe1 $143 Bg4 18. e5 Nd7 (
18... dxe5 19. Nxe5 Qd6 20. Bd3 {[%csl Rb6,Rd6][%cal Ge5c4]} Rbb8 21. Nc4 $16 {
[%csl Ra6,Rd6]}) 19. exd6 exd6 (19... Nxd6 20. Bxa6 Bxf3 21. gxf3 Nf5 22. Bd3
$16) 20. Ng5 $14) 17... e5 18. dxe6 fxe6 {In other case White also keep an
advantage, for instance:} (18... Bxe6 19. Na4 Rc6 20. Rfe1 Bxc4 21. bxc4 Na7 (
21... Nc7 22. e5 dxe5 23. Qxd8 Rxd8 24. Nxe5 $16 {[%csl Rc5][%cal Ga4c5]}) 22.
Qc3 $1 {[%cal Gc3g7]} (22. e5 dxe5 23. Qxd8 Rxd8 24. Rxe5 Rdc8 25. Rd1 R8c7 $11
) 22... Kg8 23. e5 Nd7 (23... dxe5 24. Nxe5 Rc8 25. Qf3 $1 $18 {[%csl Ra7,Gc6]
[%cal Gf3b7,Ga1d1]}) 24. exd6 Rxd6 25. Ne5 Nxe5 26. Qxe5 Nc6 27. Qxc5 Nd4 28.
Rac1 $16) ({Or} 18... Nxc3 19. Qxc3 fxe6 20. e5 Ne4 21. Qd3 d5 22. Bxa6 Bxa6 (
22... c4 23. Bxc4 $18) 23. Rxa6 c4 24. Ra7+ $18) 19. Rfd1 $6 $14 ({Right was} 
19. Na4 $1 Rb8 20. e5 $1 $16) 19... Qc7 20. Qe3 $2 $132 {after this mistake,
instead of weaknesses creation by 20.e4-e5, Black consolidates hie forces and
equalizes.} (20. e5 $5 dxe5 21. Bxb5 axb5 22. Qe2 e4 (22... b4 23. Na4 e4 24.
Nxb6 exf3 25. Qb5 fxg2 26. Nxc8 Qxc8 27. Ra7+ Kg8 28. Rd6 $16) 23. Nxe4 $14)
20... e5 $1 {[%csl Gd4][%cal Gc8e6] Of course.} 21. Bxb5 axb5 22. Ra5 Bd7 $6
$14 ({After} 22... b4 $1 23. Ne2 Ra6 24. Rxa6 Bxa6 25. Ng3 $132 {position is
equal.}) 23. Nd5 (23. Rda1 $14) 23... Nxd5 24. exd5 Bf5 25. c3 {[%csl Rg7]
[%cal Ga1a7,Gd1a1] This position will not change seriously during a long time.
White occupied the only open file - a- by his RR, Black K is not such sure as
his White colleague, but there is no weaknesses in the Black camp, maybe Pd6
in future.So, of course, White has a little advantage, but how to increase it?}
b4 ({I would prefer} 25... Rb7 26. Rda1 Qf7 {[%csl Rd5][%cal Gf5h3]} 27. c4
bxc4 28. bxc4 {and if we'll compare this position with position from the game,
we'll recognize the difference: pair of PP is changed.} h6 (28... Rfb8 29. Ng5
(29. Nxe5 dxe5 30. Qxe5+ Qf6 31. Qxf6+ Kxf6 32. Rxc5 $11) 29... Qd7 30. g4 Bxg4
(30... Rb3 31. Ra7 Rxe3 32. Rxd7+ Bxd7 33. fxe3 $16) 31. hxg4 Qxg4+ 32. Kh2
Qh4+ 33. Kg2 Qg4+ (33... Rb3 $2 34. Ra7+ Kg8 35. Qxb3 $1 Rxb3 36. Ra8+ Kg7 37.
Ne6+ Kh6 (37... Kf6 38. Rf8+ Ke7 39. Ra7+ $18) 38. Rh1 $18) 34. Qg3 Qxc4 35.
Qf3 $16 {[%csl Rg7][%cal Gg5e6]}) 29. Ra6 Qe7 30. Nd2 $14) 26. c4 h6 27. Rda1
Rb7 28. Ra6 Qe7 29. Nd2 g5 30. R1a5 ({After} 30. Ne4 {[%csl Rd6,Ge4] Black
will take on e4 now or later} Bxe4 (30... Rd7 31. R1a2 {[%csl Gf2]} Bg6 32. Rb6
Rf4 33. Nxd6 $5 Rxd6 34. Qxc5 Rd7 35. Qxe7+ (35. d6 Qf6 36. Qc8 Rd8 $1) 35...
Rxe7 36. Rxb4 Rd4 37. Rb6 $14) 31. Qxe4 Rf4 32. Qe3 Qf6 33. Rc6 Rd7 (33... Rf7
34. Raa6 Rxf2 35. Rxd6 Rf1+ 36. Kh2 $18) 34. Raa6 Qf8 $14 (34... e4 35. Rxc5
$16)) 30... Rd7 31. Nf3 Bg6 32. Nh2 Bf5 33. Nf1 Bg6 34. Rb6 Rf4 35. Ra8 Rd8 36.
Raa6 Rd4 37. Qe2 Rf4 38. Qa2 Rf7 39. Ne3 Rd7 40. Ra8 Rf8 41. Raa6 Rf7 42. Rc6
Rf8 43. Qe2 h5 {Not necessary but possible move.} (43... Rf6 $14) (43... Rf7
$14) 44. Nf1 Kh6 45. Nd2 Kg7 46. Nf3 e4 (46... Rf4 $5) 47. Nd2 Qe5 48. Nf1 Rf6
49. Ra2 Rdf7 50. Qe3 Rf4 51. Rca6 R4f6 52. Ra7 Rf4 53. Rxf7+ Rxf7 {The first
change of position. RR excange don't change position evaluation -+/=} 54. Qd2
Rf8 55. Ne3 Rf7 56. Qc1 Qd4 57. Ra6 Qf6 58. Qa1 Qxa1+ 59. Rxa1 Kf6 60. Ra8 Rg7
({Or} 60... Bh7 61. Re8 Re7 $11) 61. Kf1 Ke5 62. Ke2 Re7 (62... Kd4 63. Kd2)
63. Nc2 e3 $4 $18 {Terrible move. Maybe Black thought this P "sacrifice" opens
lines for R and B activity?} ({Good enogh was} 63... h4 64. Ke3 Be8 65. Ne1 Bh5
66. Rg8 Kf6 (66... Bd1 67. Rf8 Bxb3 68. f3 Bxc4 69. fxe4 Bxd5 $8 70. Rf5+ Ke6
71. Rxd5 $16) 67. Rd8 Ke5 68. Rg8 $11) 64. Nxe3 Kd4 65. Kd2 Rf7 66. Nd1 g4 (
66... Bd3 67. Ra6 h4 68. Rxd6 Ra7 69. Re6 Ra2+ 70. Ke1 Ra1 71. d6 $18) 67. hxg4
hxg4 68. Rg8 Rf6 69. Rg7 $22 Ke5 70. Ke2 Kd4 71. Kd2 Ke4 72. Re7+ Kd4 73. Re3
Bf5 74. Rg3 Rf8 75. Ne3 Bd7 76. Nxg4 1-0

[Event "RUS Cup final 4th"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "2000.08.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kruppa, Yuri"]
[Black "Kotsur, Pavel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2582"]
[BlackElo "2589"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2000.08.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 079"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 exd5 4. cxd5 d6 5. e4 g6 6. f4 Bg7 7. Nf3 Nf6 8. Bb5+
Nfd7 9. O-O O-O 10. Kh1 (10. Nc3 {mainline A-67}) 10... Na6 11. Nc3 Nc7 12. Bd3
Nf6 (12... a6 13. a4 $14 (13. f5 b5 14. Bf4 Qe7 $132 {1-0 Southam,T-Teodoro,E/
Toronto Class 1993 (24)})) (12... Rb8 13. a4 b6 14. Re1 $14 (14. f5 a6 15. Bg5
Bf6 16. Qd2 Bxg5 17. Nxg5 b5 $132 {0-1 Happel,H-Blees,A/Haarlem NED 2000/The
Week in Chess 297 (43)}) (14. Bd2)) 13. a4 Bg4 $6 {This plan connected with
Bg4 change for Nf3. Pair of BB is important factor in this position, White has
advantage.} (13... Rb8 $142 $5) (13... a6 $142 $5) 14. h3 Bxf3 15. Qxf3 $14 a6
16. Be3 Nd7 17. Rad1 Ne8 $5 ({After} 17... b5 {right is} 18. e5 $1 ({not} 18.
axb5 axb5 19. Nxb5 Nxb5 20. Bxb5 Bxb2 {a lot of material is changed, and for
Black it is easier to defend position.} 21. Rb1 Bg7 22. Bc6 Ra7 23. Rfd1 $14)
18... dxe5 19. d6 (19. f5 b4 20. Nb1 Ne8 21. Nd2 Nd6 22. b3 Re8 {[%cal Ge5e4]}
23. fxg6 fxg6 24. Ne4 $44) 19... Ne6 20. axb5 axb5 21. f5 Nd4 22. Bxd4 cxd4 23.
Nxb5 $14) 18. Rfe1 Rb8 19. Bg1 {[%cal Gg1h2,Ge4e5]} Qc7 $2 $16 {[%csl Re8]
[%cal Gc5c4] Unlogical move} (19... Nc7 $142 {[%cal Gb7b5]} 20. Bh2 $14) 20.
Qe2 $1 {[%csl Gc4]} (20. Bc2 $6 b5 {[%cal Gc5c4]} 21. axb5 axb5 22. Ra1 b4 23.
Nd1 c4 $132) 20... Rc8 21. Bh2 f6 {Black agree to play passive position.} (
21... c4 22. Bc2 $16 {[%csl Gb5,Gc8][%cal Gb8c8] and here impossible b7-b5.})
22. h4 $1 {[%cal Gh4h5]} Rf7 23. h5 Nf8 24. Bc4 $1 {[%csl Yc4,Yh2][%cal Gc4g8,
Ge4e5]} Qd8 25. e5 $1 fxe5 26. fxe5 Qh4 (26... Bxe5 $2 27. Bxe5 Re7 (27... dxe5
28. d6 $18) 28. Qf2 Rf7 29. Qg3 dxe5 30. d6 $18) 27. g3 (27. hxg6 Nxg6 28. g3
$16) 27... Qxh5 28. e6 $1 (28. Qxh5 gxh5 29. e6 $14) 28... Re7 (28... Qf3+ 29.
Kg1 Rf5 30. g4 Qxe2 31. Bxe2 $16 {[%csl Rd6,Rf5][%cal Gc3e4]}) 29. Ne4 {
[%csl Rd6]} Be5 30. Qf2 {[%cal Ge1f1]} Qf5 (30... Ng7 31. Nf6+ Bxf6 32. Qxf6
Nf5 33. Be2 Nxg3+ (33... Qh3 34. Rd3 c4 35. Rf3 Rec7 36. Bd1 $1 $16 {[%cal
Ge6e7]}) 34. Kg2 Nxe2 35. Qxe7 Qg4+ 36. Kf2 $18) 31. Qg2 {[%cal Gg3g4]} Nf6 32.
Nxf6+ Qxf6 33. Rxe5 $1 {Very strong impact - White destroys Black's Blockade.}
b5 $6 (33... Qxe5 $6 34. g4 Qe3 35. Bxd6 Ree8 36. Qe2 $1 {The best solution -
to change QQ!} (36. Bxf8 Rxf8 37. d6 Rf3 38. e7+ Kg7 39. Bf1 {[%cal Gd6d7]} Rb8
40. d7 (40. Rd3 Qh6+ 41. Kg1 Rxd3 $19) 40... Rxf1+ 41. Qxf1 Qxe7 42. Qf3 $44)
36... Qxe2 37. Bxe2 c4 (37... h6 38. Bc4 Rcd8 39. Bxf8 Kxf8 40. d6 Kg7 41. a5
Kf6 42. e7 Rd7 43. Kg2 $18) 38. e7 Nd7 39. g5 {[%cal Ge2g4]} h5 $8 40. gxh6 Nf6
41. Kg2 c3 42. bxc3 Rxc3 43. Rf1 Nh7 44. Bg4 $18) ({Seems the best move here is
} 33... dxe5 $1 34. d6 (34. Rf1 Qg7 (34... Qg5 35. d6 Rxe6 36. Qxb7 Rd8 37. Qe7
$1 $18) 35. d6 Rxe6 36. Rxf8+ Rxf8 37. Bxe6+ Kh8 38. d7 Qf6 39. Qd5 $16 {
[%cal Gh2g1]}) 34... Rxe6 35. Rf1 Qg7 36. Rxf8+ Rxf8 37. Bxe6+ Kh8 38. d7 Qf6
39. Qd5 $16 {[%cal Gh2g1]}) 34. Re4 bxc4 35. g4 {[%csl Rd6][%cal Gh2d6]} Rb7 (
35... Rd8 36. Rxc4 $18) 36. g5 (36. Bxd6 Rxb2 37. Qg3 Rb3 38. g5 Qf5 39. Qg2
Rb2 40. Rf4 Rxg2 41. Rxf5 Re2 42. Rf6 $18 {[%cal Gd6f8,Gd5d6]}) 36... Qe7 37.
Rf1 Rcb8 38. Rf7 c3 39. Rxe7 1-0

[Event "SUI-ch"]
[Site "Pontresina"]
[Date "2000.07.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Zueger, Beat"]
[Black "Wirthensohn, Heinz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2416"]
[BlackElo "2404"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2000.07.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 079"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. d5 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. a4 O-O 8. O-O
Na6 (8... Bg4 $5 {Chekhov} 9. Re1 Nbd7 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Ne8 12. Bf1 e5 13.
dxe6 fxe6 14. Qe2 Qe7 15. Be3 a6 $14 {Gurevich,D-Mortazavi,A/London/1994/1|0/
37/}) 9. Re1 Nc7 (9... Bxb5 $5 {Chekhov} 10. axb5 Nc7 11. Qd3 a6 12. b6 Nb5 13.
Nxb5 axb5 14. Rxa8 Qxa8 15. Qxb5 Qa6 16. Qxa6 bxa6 17. Bg5 Rb8 18. Nd2 Rxb6 19.
Nc4 Rb4 20. b3 $14 {Piket,J-Ree,H/NED/1993/0,5/28/}) (9... Bg4 $5 {Chekhov} 10.
h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Nd7 12. Qe2 Nc7 $132 {Mainka,R-Polgar,Z/Polanica Zdroj/1991/0,
5/13/}) 10. Bf1 Bg4 $5 (10... Nfe8 {see commented game 1-0 Renet,O-Kotsur,P/
Moscow 1994/CBM 44 ext/[Vaisser] (51)}) (10... a6 11. a5 (11. Bf4 b5 12. e5
$132 {2.02-2.08. 1/2-1/2 Alvarez Ibarra,D-Gonzalez,B/Capablanca mem-B 1993/CBM
35 ext (46)}) (11. e5 dxe5 12. Nxe5 Be8 13. Bc4 $14 {1-0 Sukharisingh,
R-Schikowsky,A/Duesseldorf 1995/EXT 99 (25)}) 11... Nb5 (11... e5 $6 12. Na4
$16 {1-0 Piket,J-Thorhallsson,T/Groningen 1986/EXT 97 (42)}) (11... Bb5 12. Nb1
Bxf1 13. Kxf1 Nd7 14. Nbd2 b5 15. axb6 Nxb6 16. c4 e5 17. Qc2 $14 {1/2-1/2
Zhang Weida-Wang Yuemin/PRC-ch 1987/EXT 97 (58)}) 12. Nb1 (12. Bd2 Nd4 13. Na4
Bg4 14. c3 Nxf3+ 15. gxf3 Bh5 $132 {0-1 Hebelka,M-Banas,J/Bratislava 1993/EXT
97 (96)}) 12... Bg4 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 e6 15. c3 Re8 16. Rd1 exd5 17. exd5
Nd7 $14 {1-0 Davies,N-Knoppert,E/Copenhagen 1984/EXT 2000 (55)}) (10... e5 $6
11. dxe6 Bxe6 12. Bf4 Nfe8 13. Qd2 d5 14. exd5 Nxd5 15. Rad1 Nec7 16. Bg5 $16 {
1-0 Elissalt Cardenas,H-Arribas,M/Havana 1998/EXT 99 (45)}) 11. h3 Bxf3 12.
Qxf3 Nd7 (12... e6 $5 {see comments to the game 1-0 Speelman,J-Djurhuus,R/
Copenhagen 1996/CBM 54/[Speelman,J] (40)}) 13. Bg5 (13. Nd1 e6 14. Qb3 $5 (14.
dxe6 fxe6 15. Qg3 Nf6 16. Qb3 b6 17. g3 d5 $132 {0-1 Garcia Palermo,C-Franco
Ocampo,Z/Canete 1994/EXT 97 (33)}) 14... Rb8 15. Nc3 $5 $14 (15. Bc4 exd5 16.
exd5 Ne5 $132)) 13... h6 14. Bd2 a6 ({In my opinion, better is} 14... b6 {
with the same idea - b6-b5.} 15. Ra2 a6 16. Qg3 $14) 15. a5 $1 b5 16. axb6 Nxb6
17. Nd1 $14 {[%cal Gc2c3]} Qd7 (17... Nb5 18. c3 $14 {[%csl Gd4]}) 18. Ba5 Rab8
19. Ne3 $1 {White doesn't afraid from Pb2 loss!} (19. c3 $14) 19... Bxb2 $2 {
[%mdl 16384]} (19... e6 20. c3 $14) 20. Rab1 {[%csl Rb6][%cal Gb1b6]} Na4 (
20... Nba8 21. c3 Rb3 (21... Qa4 22. Nc4 Rb5 23. Bxc7 $18) 22. Nc4 Rfb8 23. Qd1
$18 {[%csl Rb2,Rb3][%cal Gd1c2] and Black can't release from the pin.}) 21. Nc4
Bg7 22. Qa3 {[%csl Ra4] Now Na4 in trouble.} Na8 23. c3 {Preparing manoeuvre
Bf1-d3-c2} Rfc8 $2 $18 {Black ignores White threat...} (23... f5 $142 24. Bd3
fxe4 25. Bxe4 $16 {[%csl Ra4]}) 24. Bd3 Kh7 25. Bc2 Nxc3 26. Bxc3 Bxc3 27. Qxc3
1-0

[Event "Olympiad-34"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2000.11.02"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2623"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2000.10.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Armenia"]
[BlackTeam "Bulgaria"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BUL"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. d5 b5 4. a4 b4 5. Bg5 ({Another interesting possibility
is} 5. c4 $5) 5... Ne4 (5... d6 6. e3 (6. Bxf6 exf6 7. Nbd2 (7. e4 g6 8. Nbd2
Bg7 9. Bb5+ Nd7 10. Nc4 Qe7 11. O-O O-O 12. Re1 Ne5 13. Nfxe5 fxe5 14. c3 $132
{1-0 Leyva,H-Farrand,T/Istanbul TUR 2000 (44)}) 7... Be7 8. Nc4 f5 9. g3 O-O
10. Bg2 Ba6 11. Nfd2 Bf6 12. O-O Re8 13. Re1 Bxc4 14. Nxc4 Na6 $11 {0-1 Van
der Erf,R-Markus,J/Hoogeveen NED 1999/ (60)}) 6... g6 7. Bxf6 exf6 8. Bb5+ {
see comments to the game 1/2-1/2 Nikolic,P-Sokolov,I/Wijk aan Zee 1997/CBM 57 
(51) [Stohl,I]}) (5... g6 6. Bxf6 exf6 7. e4 Bg7 8. Nbd2 O-O 9. Bd3 f5 10. exf5
Re8+ 11. Kf1 Bxb2 $15 {0-1 Porper,E-Alterman,B/Shitomir 1986/ (41)}) (5... Qb6
6. a5 Qb7 7. Bxf6 exf6 8. g3 d6 9. Bg2 g6 10. O-O Bg7 11. Nbd2 O-O 12. Nc4 Qc7
13. Nfd2 Ba6 14. e4 Nd7 15. f4 Rfe8 $132 {0-1 Ostergaard,J-Brynell,S/Hillerod
Politiken 1995/ (59)}) (5... e6 6. dxe6 fxe6 7. e4 Be7 8. Nbd2 d5 9. Bb5+ Bd7
10. Ne5 Bxb5 11. axb5 Qc7 12. f4 O-O 13. O-O c4 $132 {1-0 Auciello,S-German,G/
Najdorf Open, Buenos Aires ARG 1997/ (40)}) 6. g3 $6 $15 {This move is
mistake! Much better are Bg5 retreats:} (6. Bf4 Bb7 7. e3 g6 8. Be5 f6 9. Bf4
Bg7 10. Bc4 O-O 11. h4 d6 12. Qd3 f5 13. Qb3 $132 {1-0 Minogina,T-Fatalibekova,
E/Moscow ch wmn 1981 (33)}) ({or} 6. Bh4 g6 7. Nbd2 (7. Qd3 Nd6 8. c4 Bg7 9.
Ra2 b3 10. Qxb3 Na6 11. Nbd2 Rb8 12. Qd1 Bxb2 $15 {1-0 Tratar,M-Escobar Forero,
A/Paranana Wtt-26 ,EXT 1993/(60)}) 7... Nxd2 8. Qxd2 d6 9. e4 Bg7 10. Bb5+ Nd7
11. c3 a6 12. Be2 O-O 13. O-O a5 $132 {1-0 Sultanov,A-Grechihin,V/Samara RUS
2000/The Week in Chess 294 (25)}) 6... g6 7. Bg2 d6 (7... Bg7 8. Bc1 $15) ({
Quite good also} 7... Nxg5 8. Nxg5 d6 $15 (8... Bg7 9. d6 Nc6 10. c3 O-O $132))
8. Bc1 Bg7 9. Nfd2 (9. O-O O-O 10. Nbd2 Nxd2 11. Qxd2 Nd7 12. c4 bxc3 13. bxc3
Rb8 $15) 9... Nxd2 10. Nxd2 ({It is very difficult to decide certainly, but
maybe better is} 10. Qxd2 {[%cal Gc2c4]} Nd7 11. c4 Qa5 12. Ra2 b3 13. Ra3 (13.
Qxa5 bxa2 $19) 13... Qa6 14. Qf4 Ne5 15. Nd2 Rb8 16. O-O Rb4 17. Rxb3 Rxb3 18.
Nxb3 Nxc4 $15) 10... Nd7 11. O-O O-O 12. Re1 ({Interesting also} 12. e4 a5 13.
f4 Ba6 14. Rf3 e6 15. Nb3 exd5 $15) 12... a5 13. e4 (13. Nc4 Ba6 $15 {[%csl
Ra1,Rc4][%cal Gb2b3,Gg7a1]}) 13... Nb6 14. Ra2 e6 15. b3 $2 $17 (15. Nf1 Re8
16. dxe6 {this move permits to White to get rid of d5 weakness} (16. b3 $2 exd5
17. exd5 Rxe1 18. Qxe1 Bb7 $1 {like in this game - White remains with "bad"
Ra2 and Pd5 weakness.} (18... Ba6 $2 19. Bb2 Bxb2 20. Rxb2 c4 21. Rb1 c3 (21...
Rc8 22. c3 $132) 22. Qe4 Rc8 23. Ne3 Rc5 24. Qd4 $11) 19. Ne3 Qe7 {[%csl Rd5]
[%cal Ge7e1]} 20. Qd2 Re8 21. Bb2 Bh6 $1 $17) 16... Bxe6 17. b3 d5 $15) ({
The only chance not to worsen position was} 15. dxe6 $5 {-like in previous
variation} Bxe6 $1 (15... fxe6 16. e5 d5 17. Nb3 Qc7 18. Be3 (18. Bf4 Bd7 $15 {
[%csl Ra4]}) 18... d4 19. Bd2 Ra7 20. f4 Bd7 {[%csl Ra4]} 21. Qg4 {[%csl Re6]}
Re8 (21... Rf5 22. Be4) 22. Rea1 Bc6 23. Bxc6 Qxc6 24. Be1 Nc4 25. Bf2 $132)
16. b3 d5 17. exd5 Nxd5 18. Ne4 Nc3 19. Nxc3 Bxc3 $15) 15... exd5 16. exd5 Bb7
{[%csl Ra2,Rd5] White remains with "bad" Ra2 and Pd5 weakness - as noted in
one of commented variations on previous move.} 17. Nf1 Re8 18. Rxe8+ Qxe8 19.
h4 ({Or} 19. Bb2 Bxb2 20. Rxb2 Qe5 $17 {[%csl Rb2,Rd5]}) 19... f5 20. Bf4 Be5
21. Ne3 (21. Qd2 Bxf4 $17 {[%csl Rd5,Rf4][%cal Gg3f4]}) 21... Bxf4 22. gxf4 {
[%csl Rd5,Rf4]} Qe7 {[%csl Rh4][%cal Ge7h4]} 23. h5 Qh4 {[%csl Rf4]} 24. hxg6
hxg6 25. Qf3 Qf6 {[%csl Ra2][%cal Gf6a1]} ({Strong also} 25... Re8 26. Ra1 Re4
$17 {[%csl Rd5,Rf4]}) 26. c4 $2 $19 {This R releaze desperate attempt makes
position of White hopeless.} (26. Bf1 $142 $17 {[%csl Ra2,Rd5][%cal Gf1b5]})
26... bxc3 27. Re2 (27. Rc2 Qd4 28. Qg3 Kf7 $19) 27... Ba6 $1 28. Nc4 Nxc4 ({Or
} 28... Bxc4 29. bxc4 Nxc4 $19) 29. bxc4 Rb8 30. Re6 (30. Qd3 Qd4 $19) {
[%tqu "En","Black here can to win immediately.How?","","","f6e6","",10]} 30...
Qxe6 $1 (30... Qg7 $2 31. Qd3 $17) 31. dxe6 c2 32. Qe3 Rb1+ 33. Kh2 c1=Q 34.
Qg3 (34. e7 Qxe3 35. Bd5+ Kg7 36. fxe3 Rb8 $19) 34... Kg7 $1 35. Qh4 Qg1+ 36.
Kh3 (36. Kh3 Qh1+ $1 $19) 0-1

[Event "RUS Cup final 4th"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "2000.08.21"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Volkov, Sergey"]
[Black "Kotsur, Pavel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2554"]
[BlackElo "2589"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2000.08.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 079"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 exd5 4. cxd5 d6 5. Nc3 g6 6. g3 Bg7 7. Bg2 Nh6 $5 {
Interesting novelty! Black Bg7 doesn't closed by Nf6. In othe side, h6 - is
not the best place for N.} (7... Nf6 {-theory mailine}) 8. Qa4+ $1 {White
tries immediately refute strange previous move of Black.} (8. Nf3 O-O 9. O-O
$132) 8... Bd7 (8... Nd7 $142 9. Qe4+ (9. Nf3 O-O $132) 9... Ne5 10. f4 f5 11.
Qc2 Nd7 12. Nf3 $132) 9. Qe4+ Qe7 (9... Kf8 10. Nf3 $14) 10. Bf4 f5 (10... Nf5
11. Qxe7+ (11. g4 Nh4 12. Qxe7+ Kxe7 13. Bg5+ Bf6 14. Bxf6+ Kxf6 15. Ne4+ Ke7
16. Bh3 $132) 11... Kxe7 12. Nf3 $14) 11. Qxe7+ Kxe7 12. e4 (12. Nf3 Nf7 13.
Ng5 (13. O-O h6 $11) 13... Ne5 14. O-O $14 (14. O-O-O $5 $14)) 12... Nf7 13.
O-O-O Na6 14. Nf3 Rhe8 15. Rhe1 $2 $132 ({Better was immediately} 15. Ng5 $1 {
and after} Nxg5 16. Bxg5+ Kf8 {White can play} 17. Bf4 $1 {[%csl Rd6]} (17.
Rhe1 {-position from this game.}) 17... Be5 18. Bxe5 dxe5 (18... Rxe5 19. f4
Ree8 20. Rhe1 $16) 19. Bf1 Nc7 20. exf5 gxf5 21. Be2 {[%cal Ge2h5] Threatening
Bh5.} (21. Bg2 e4 $14) 21... Red8 22. Rhe1 $16) 15... Kf8 16. Ng5 $1 Nxg5 17.
Bxg5 Be5 $1 {Preventing Bf4.} 18. Bh6+ ({After} 18. exf5 $5 Bxf5 19. Ne4 Nc7 $1
{[%cal Gc7b5,Gc7e8] Black would equalize:} 20. h3 ({or} 20. f4 Bxe4 21. Rxe4
Bg7 $11) 20... Bxe4 (20... Nb5 21. g4 Bxe4 22. Rxe4 Kf7 23. Rde1 Nc7 24. h4 Bf6
25. Bf4 Rxe4 26. Bxe4 Rd8 27. g5 $14) 21. Bxe4 Kg7 $11 (21... Kf7 22. Rd3 $5))
18... Kf7 ({Not} 18... Bg7 $2 19. Bf4 $16) 19. exf5 Bxf5 20. Ne4 c4 $5 {
[%cal Ga6c5]} ({It was possible also to change dangerous Ne4:} 20... Bxe4 $5
21. Rxe4 (21. Bxe4 c4 $1 $132) 21... Bg7 22. Bf4 Rxe4 23. Bxe4 Re8 24. f3 Be5
25. Bd2 $132) 21. Ng5+ Kg8 22. Be4 Nc5 ({Here also possible to play} 22... Bxe4
$5 23. Rxe4 {[%csl Rc4]} c3 $1 (23... Nb4 24. Kb1 b5 25. f4 Bf6 26. Rde1 $14)
24. bxc3 (24. b3 Rac8 $132) 24... Bxc3 25. Ne6 Rac8 26. Kb1 Nc7 $132 {[%cal
Gc7b5]}) 23. Bxf5 gxf5 {[%cal Gc5d3]} 24. Kb1 Nd3 25. Re2 Bg7 $1 {Forcing 2
pairs of pieces change.} ({Well was to change virtual weakness f5:} 25... f4
$132) 26. Rxe8+ Rxe8 27. Bxg7 Kxg7 28. Ne6+ Kf6 {[%cal Gf6e5]} 29. f4 $8 Nb4 (
29... b5 30. b3 h5 $132) 30. a3 Nd3 31. Rd2 (31. Kc2 b5 32. b3 Rc8 33. bxc4 Nf2
$1 $132) 31... Nc5 $5 {Black decided to play RR endgame. This endgame is drawn,
but not simple!} (31... h5 $6 32. Kc2 h4 33. Kc3 hxg3 34. hxg3 b5 35. Rh2 Rg8
36. Rh6+ Rg6 37. Rxg6+ Kxg6 38. Nc7 $16) (31... b5 $1 32. Kc2 b4 $1 $132) 32.
Nxc5 dxc5 {[%mdl 4096]} 33. d6 (33. Kc2 b5 $1 34. d6 Ke6 35. Re2+ Kd7 36. Re5
Rxe5 37. fxe5 b4 $11) (33. a4 $5 Re3 34. Kc2 (34. d6 $6 Rd3 35. Kc2 Rxd2+ 36.
Kxd2 Ke6 37. Kc3 Kxd6 38. Kxc4 Kc6 $15) 34... Ke7 35. d6+ Kd7 36. Rd5 Re2+ 37.
Kc3 Rxh2 $11) 33... Ke6 34. a4 Rd8 35. Re2+ Kxd6 36. Re5 a6 (36... Rf8 37. Kc2
a6 38. a5 Kc6 39. Kc3 Kb5 40. Re7 $16) 37. a5 Kc6 38. Rxf5 Rd2 $6 {Bad plan
start.} ({Right was} 38... Rd7 $1 {Black's plan is to change Pc5 for Pa5 and
to promote PP on the queenside:} 39. Kc2 Kb5 40. g4 (40. h4 Kxa5 41. Rxc5+ Kb4
42. Re5 Rg7 43. Rg5 Rf7 $132) (40. Kc3 Rd3+ 41. Kc2 Rd7 $11) 40... Kxa5 41.
Rxc5+ Kb4 42. Rh5 b5 43. f5 Kc5 44. Rh6 a5 45. Re6 $132) 39. Rh5 c3 $2 $16 {
Terrible move.} ({Why not} 39... Rd7 {[%csl Gh7]} 40. Kc2 Kb5 $132) 40. bxc3
Kb5 41. Kc1 $1 (41. Rxh7 Kc4 42. Rxb7 Rxh2 43. f5 Kxc3 44. Rb6 Rh1+ 45. Ka2
Rh2+ 46. Ka3 Rh1 47. Rb3+ Kc2 48. Ka2 Rf1 49. g4 Rg1 50. Rb2+ Kc3 51. Rf2 Rxg4
52. f6 $11) 41... Rf2 $2 $18 ({It was very difficult to play} 41... Rd7 $1 {
-to recognize mistake on 39 move.} 42. Kc2 Rc7 43. Re5 Kxa5 44. g4 Kb5 45. f5
$16) 42. Kd1 $1 Kc4 43. Ke1 Rc2 (43... Ra2 44. f5 Rxa5 45. f6 Ra1+ 46. Ke2 $18)
44. f5 Rxc3 45. Ke2 $1 {[%csl Rc3]} Kd4 46. f6 Re3+ 47. Kf2 Re8 48. Rxh7 Rf8
49. Rd7+ $1 {[%csl Rb7][%cal Gf6f7]} 1-0

[Event "United Insurance 5th"]
[Site "Dhaka"]
[Date "2001.02.28"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Murshed, Niaz"]
[Black "Miezis, Normunds"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2457"]
[BlackElo "2532"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "2001.02.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "BAN"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 082"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Solozhenkin} Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. Nxd5 Nxd5 6. Qxd5 Be7
7. e4 Nc6 ({Another plan is} 7... d6 {[%cal Ge8g8]}) 8. Bc4 O-O 9. Qd1 $6 $132
{This move is novelty, quite strange novelty. I don't think, d1 is the best
place for Q. There are many ways to get slight advantage. I really don't
understand, why Miezis plays this variation again and again, he had lost
enough games here. 'N' Solozhenkin.} ({I can recommend} 9. O-O d6 10. Qd3 ({
as well} 10. c3 Be6 11. Qd3 $14 {-see commented game 1-0 Dautov,R-Miezis,N/Bad
Zwesten 1997/CBM 57 [Dautov,R] (26)} Qd7 12. Bf4 Rad8 13. Rad1 Kh8 14. Rfe1 {
Dautov-Miezis,1997. The move in the text gives for Black good chances to
equalize the game..}) (10. Qh5 Qe8 (10... Be6 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. Ng5 Bxg5 13.
Bxg5 Qb6 14. b3 Rae8 15. Rad1 Qb4 16. c4 Nd4 17. Rd3 g6 18. Qd1 $14 {1-0
Conquest,S-Bellon Lopez,J/France 2000/EXT 2001 (29)}) 11. Bf4 Be6 12. Bd5 Qd7 (
12... Nb4 $132) 13. Bxe6 Qxe6 14. Rfe1 Nb4 $132 {1-0 Piket,J-Cramling,P/
Spijkenisse 1987/EXT 97 (60)}) 10... Bg4 11. c3 Kh8 12. Bd5 f5 13. exf5 Bxf5
14. Qc4 Rb8 15. Re1 $14 {1-0 Huzman,A-Miezis,N/Biel 1993/TD (51)}) (9. Qh5 {
this move purpose is to prepare K attack.} d6 (9... Nb4 10. O-O b5 11. Ng5 Bxg5
12. Bxg5 Qb6 13. Be2 Nxc2 14. Be7 Nxa1 15. Bxc5 g6 16. Qg5 h6 17. Qc1 Qc7 18.
Bxf8 Qxc1 19. Rxc1 Kxf8 20. Rxa1 $14 {1-0 Froehlich,P-Kempter,R/Bayern 1998/
EXT 2000 (42)}) 10. Ng5 (10. h4 Qe8 11. Be3 Bf6 12. O-O-O $1 $14 (12. Ng5 h6
13. O-O-O Ne5 14. Be2 $132 {0-1 Berend,F-Nascimento,A/Manila 1992/TD (39)}))
10... Bxg5 11. Bxg5 Qc7 12. O-O Be6 13. Bxe6 fxe6 14. Rad1 $14 {1-0 Khenkin,
I-Kutuzovic,B/Pula 1990/EXT 2000 (37)}) (9. c3 Na5 (9... d6 10. Bf4 (10. Qh5
Be6 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. Ng5 (12. h4 Qe8 13. Qxe8 Rfxe8 14. Be3 b5 $132 {0-1
Schandorff,L-Rogers,I/Vejstrup 1989/CBM 15 (35)}) (12. Be3 Qb6 13. O-O-O Qa6
$132 {0-1 Mandel,A-Notkin,M/Cappelle la Grande 1995/EXT 97 (28)}) 12... Bxg5
13. Bxg5 Qe8 14. Qxe8 Raxe8 15. Rd1 Ne5 (15... d5 16. Be3 $16 {1-0 Necada,
M-Rozkovec,H/CZE 1996/EXT 2000 (48)}) 16. Ke2 $14) 10... Be6 11. Qd3 Qd7 12.
O-O $14 {1-0 Rausch,S-Jaenig,R/Seefeld 1999/EXT 2001 (45)}) 10. Be2 d6 11. O-O
Be6 12. Qh5 h6 13. Re1 $14 {1/2-1/2 Remon,A-Hernandez,G/Santa Clara 1991/CBM
26 (51)}) (9. Bf4 $5 b5 10. Be2 Qb6 11. O-O $14 {1-0 Ehlvest,J-Adelman,C/
Philadelphia 1994/EXT 97 (26)}) (9. Ng5 $6 Qe8 10. c3 (10. O-O Nb4 11. Qd1 Bxg5
12. Bxg5 Qxe4 $15 {1-0 Vafiadis,K-Beliaev,S/Ikaria 1998/EXT 2000 (53)}) 10...
d6 11. Be2 h6 12. Nf3 Be6 13. Qd3 f5 $132 {1/2-1/2 Trapl,J-Zvara,P/CZE 1998/
EXT 99 (72)}) 9... d6 10. h3 (10. O-O Bg4 $132 {[%cal Gg4d1]} 11. h3 Bh5 (11...
Bxf3 {Solozhenkin} 12. Qxf3 Ne5 13. Qb3 Nxc4 14. Qxc4 Bf6 15. Bf4 Bxb2 16. Rad1
Re8 17. Bxd6 Qh4 18. Rb1 Rxe4 19. Qd5 $14) 12. Bd5 $14 {and White stands
better.}) 10... Be6 ({Simple and good equalizing plan is} 10... Kh8 {[%cal
Gf7f5]} 11. O-O f5 $11) 11. Bd5 Qd7 (11... Bf6 12. c3 Re8 13. O-O Qe7 {[%cal
Ge7b7,Gc6e5]} 14. Re1 (14. Bf4 Bxd5 15. exd5 Ne5 $11) 14... Ne5 15. Nxe5 Bxe5 (
15... dxe5 16. Qb3 $14) 16. Qd3 $14) 12. O-O Rae8 13. c3 Kh8 14. Re1 f5 15.
Bxe6 Qxe6 16. Qd5 (16. exf5 Qxf5 17. Be3 d5 $11) 16... Qg6 (16... Bd8 $1 17.
Qxe6 (17. Bf4 $4 fxe4 $19) 17... Rxe6 18. exf5 Rxe1+ 19. Nxe1 Rxf5 20. Be3 $11)
17. Bd2 f4 $2 $16 {'?' Solozhenkin.} ({Black was not satisfied by equal
position after} 17... fxe4 18. Qxe4 (18. Rxe4 {Solozhenkin} Rxf3 19. Rxe7 Rxe7
20. Qxf3 Kg8 21. Bf4 Qf5 22. Rd1 Re4 23. Bxd6 (23. g3 {Solozhenkin} Ne5 24. Qg2
g5 (24... d5 $5 {Solozhenkin}) 25. Bxe5 Qxe5)) 18... Qxe4 19. Rxe4 d5 $11 20.
Re6 Bf6 21. Rae1 Rxe6 22. Rxe6 Kg8 $11) 18. Rad1 Ne5 (18... Bd8 19. Bc1 $16)
19. Nxe5 dxe5 20. f3 ({Too dangerous was} 20. Qxe5 $2 Bd6 21. Qd5 Re5 22. Qxb7
f3 {with very strong Attack}) 20... b6 21. Bc1 (21. c4 $4 Rd8 22. Qb7 Bh4 23.
Re2 Rf7 24. Qa6 Rfd7 $17 {[%csl Rd2][%cal Gd8d1]}) 21... Bh4 22. Rf1 h6 23. Qc4
Rd8 24. Qe2 $2 (24. Rd5 $16 {would keep advantage because of white squares
weakness and "bad" dark-color B} Rxd5 25. exd5 Rd8 (25... Qc2 {Solozhenkin} 26.
Qe4 $14) 26. Qe4 Qxe4 (26... Qd6 {Solozhenkin} 27. c4 b5 28. b3 $14) 27. fxe4
h5 28. c4 Bf6 (28... g5 {Solozhenkin} 29. g4 hxg4 30. hxg4 Kg7 31. Kg2 Bg3 32.
Rh1 $14)) 24... Qe6 25. b3 $2 $132 ({Right was} 25. c4 $1 {[%cal Gd1d5]} Rd4
26. b3 Rfd8 27. Bb2 Rxd1 28. Rxd1 $16 {[%csl Gb2,Rc5,Re5,Rh4]}) 25... c4 $1 {
[%csl Rc3] Solozhenkin: 'Black finds an ineresting chance to avoid a ruther
dull defence without any counterplay.'} ({Or} 25... Rxd1 26. Rxd1 Rd8 27. c4
Bf6 28. Rd5 $16) 26. Qxc4 (26. bxc4 Rxd1 (26... Be7 27. Rd5 Bc5+ 28. Kh1 $16 {
[%csl Gd5][%cal Gf1d1]}) 27. Rxd1 Rc8 28. Rd5 Be7 (28... Bf6 29. c5 Rxc5 30.
Rxc5 bxc5 31. c4 Bh4 32. Qd3 Qb6 $132) 29. Qd3 Bc5+ 30. Kf1 Kh7 $44) 26... Qxc4
27. bxc4 Rxd1 28. Rxd1 Rc8 29. Rd7 Rxc4 30. Bb2 a5 $2 $16 {Badly! '?'
Solozhenkin.} ({Right was} 30... Be1 $1 {[%csl Rc3] and Black equalizes:} 31.
Rd3 ({Or} 31. Rxa7 Bxc3 32. Bxc3 Rxc3 $11 33. a4 Rc8 $11) 31... Kg8 (31... Rc5
{Solozhenkin} 32. Rd5 Rc4 $1 {and his chances to maintain the game seem to be
quite real.}) 32. Kf1 Bh4 33. Rd7 Ra4 34. a3 Kf8 35. c4 Bf6 36. Rc7 Ke8 37. c5
(37. Ke2 $2 Kd8 $17) 37... bxc5 38. Rxc5 g5 (38... Kd7 39. Bxe5 Bxe5 40. Rxe5
Rxa3 41. Rf5 g5 42. h4 Ra1+ 43. Kf2 Ra2+ 44. Kg1 a5 45. hxg5 hxg5 46. Rxg5 a4
47. Kh2 a3 48. Ra5 Ke7 49. Kh3 $16) 39. Bxe5 Bxe5 40. Rxe5+ Kf7 $11) ({Badly
also} 30... a6 $2 31. Kf1 {[%csl Ge1]} b5 32. Ke2 Kg8 33. Kd3 Ra4 34. a3 Kf8
35. Rc7 Be7 36. c4 $1 Bd6 37. Rc6 Bxa3 38. Bxe5 bxc4+ 39. Kc3 Bc1 (39... g5 40.
Rxh6 a5 41. Rc6 $16) 40. Rc8+ Kf7 41. Rc7+ Ke6 42. Bxg7 $16) 31. Kf1 {'+/-'
Solozhenkin.} Rc6 ({Loses} 31... Rc5 32. Rd5 Rxd5 (32... Bf6 33. Rxc5 bxc5 34.
c4 a4 35. Ke2 Kg8 36. Kd3 Kf7 37. Kc2 Ke6 38. Bc3 $18 {[%csl Ra4][%cal Gc2b2,
Gb2a3]}) 33. exd5 b5 34. c4 $1 bxc4 35. Bxe5 $18 {[%csl Rc4,Rf4][%cal Gf1e2,
Ge2d2,Gd2c3]}) 32. Rd5 Bf6 33. Ke2 Kg8 34. Kd3 Kf7 35. c4 Ke6 36. a4 $1 {
[%cal Gc4c5] Black's position is strategically lost. White can realize plan
connected with c4-c5 break creating two weaknesses : Pa5 and Pe5.} Rd6 37. Bc3
Rc6 (37... Rxd5+ 38. cxd5+ (38. exd5+ $2 Kd6 39. Be1 g6 40. Bf2 Bd8 $11) 38...
Kd6 39. Be1 (39. Kc4 $2 Bh4 $1 40. Bb2 Bf2 41. Ba3+ Kd7 42. Kb5 g6 $11) 39...
Kc5 ({or} 39... Bd8 40. Kc4 h5 (40... Kc7 41. Kb5 Kb7 42. Bf2 Bc7 43. d6 Bd8
44. Bg1 $18) 41. Kb5 $18 {[%csl Rb6][%cal Ge1f2]}) 40. Bf2+ Kb4 41. Bxb6 Kxa4
42. Kc4 $18 {[%cal Gd5d8]}) 38. Rb5 ({Here was possible to play} 38. c5 $1 bxc5
({Loses also} 38... Rxc5 39. Rxc5 bxc5 40. Bxa5 Kd6 41. Kc4 Kc6 42. Bc3 $18)
39. Kc4 $18 {-like in this game}) 38... Rd6+ 39. Kc2 Rc6 40. Kd3 Rd6+ 41. Rd5
Bd8 42. Kc2 Bf6 43. Kb3 Rc6 44. c5 $1 {At last '+-!' Solozhenkin. Solozhenkin:
'After this standard break Black's position is going to be undefendable.'} bxc5
45. Kc4 Rb6 46. Bxa5 ({Wins also} 46. Rxc5 Rb1 47. Rb5 {[%csl Ga4,Ra5,Gg2]
[%cal Gb5b2]} (47. Rxa5 Rg1 48. Ra6+ Kd7 49. a5 Rxg2 50. Kd5 Rf2 51. Ra7+ Kc8
52. a6 Rxf3 53. Bxe5 Bxe5 54. Kxe5 g5 55. Rh7 Kb8 56. Rxh6 Rg3 57. h4 gxh4 58.
Kxf4 Ra3 59. Rh8+ $1 Ka7 60. Rxh4 Kxa6 61. Rh1 Kb7 62. Rc1 $18) 47... Rg1 48.
Rb2 Bd8 49. Kb5 $18 {[%csl Ra5]}) 46... Rb1 (46... Rb2 47. Bd2 Be7 (47... Ra2
48. a5 $18) 48. Rxe5+ $18) 47. Bc3 Rg1 48. Rd2 Bh4 49. a5 Rc1 50. a6 $1 Be1 51.
Ra2 (51. Rd3 Bxc3 52. Rxc3 Ra1 53. Kb5 $18) 51... Rxc3+ 52. Kb5 Rb3+ 53. Kc6
Rb8 54. a7 Rc8+ 55. Kb7 Kd7 56. a8=Q Rxa8 57. Rxa8 c4 58. Rc8 c3 59. Rc7+ Kd6
60. Rc6+ Kd7 61. Rc4 h5 62. Ka6 g5 63. Kb5 Bd2 64. Ka4 Ke6 65. Kb3 Be1 66. Rc6+
Kf7 (66... Kd7 67. Rg6 h4 68. Rxg5 Kd6 69. Rh5 Ke6 70. Rh6+ Kd7 71. Rg6 $18)
67. Kc4 Ke7 68. Kd5 Kd7 69. Rc4 Bd2 70. Kxe5 Bc1 71. Kf5 Bb2 72. Kxg5 Ke6 73.
Kxh5 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-34"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2000.11.12"]
[Round "14.3"]
[White "Avrukh, Boris"]
[Black "Ivanisevic, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2000.10.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Israel"]
[BlackTeam "Yugoslavia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "YUG"]

1. d4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. c4 d6 4. Nc3 c5 5. d5 e6 6. Bd3 Ne7 $6 {[%csl Re7][%cal
Gg7c3] In my opinion, this move has more disadvantages than positive features.
Ne7 placed badly, the open Bg7 is not sufficient compensation.} 7. h4 $1 {
Good reaction on 6...Ne7.} ({Another possibilities are also interesting, for
example:} 7. Nf3 O-O (7... exd5 8. cxd5 (8. exd5 O-O {[%cal Gc8f5,Gf5g4]} 9.
O-O $14 {()}) 8... Bg4 9. h3 $14 (9. Qa4+ Nd7 10. Nd2 O-O 11. h3 (11. f3 Ne5
12. Be2 Bd7 13. Qc2 g5 14. O-O N7g6 $132 {1/2-1/2 Lindstedt,J-Lehto,V/FIN-chT
1994/EXT 98 (19)}) 11... Ne5 12. Bf1 Bd7 13. Qb3 $14 {[%cal Gf1e2]})) (7... a6
8. O-O O-O 9. Bf4 e5 10. Be3 $14 {0-1 Boyd,H-Eising,J/Copenhagen 1967/EXT 2000
(22)}) 8. O-O Nd7 9. h3 a6 10. a4 b6 11. Ra3 Ne5 12. Nxe5 Bxe5 13. Bh6 Re8 14.
Qd2 exd5 15. cxd5 Rb8 $14 (15... f5 16. Bg5 Qc7 17. Re1 c4 (17... fxe4 18. Nxe4
Bb7 19. Bf6 $1 $18) 18. Bb1 fxe4 19. Rxe4 $16 {1-0 Skembris,S-Krasenkow,M/
Cutro 1999/CBM 71 (42)})) (7. Bf4 O-O 8. Nf3 e5 9. Bd2 $14 {1/2-1/2
Pottgiesser,J-Gollasch,T/Mannheim 1987/EXT 97 (24)}) (7. Bg5 Nd7 (7... h6 8.
Bh4 O-O 9. Nge2 Na6 10. O-O g5 11. Bg3 e5 12. a3 $14 {0-1 Vehkalahti,V-Puranen,
J/Lahti 1999/EXT 2000 (59)}) 8. Nf3 Ne5 9. Nxe5 Bxe5 10. Qd2 Bd4 11. Ne2 Bg7
12. O-O h6 13. Be3 e5 14. Rab1 $14 {0-1 Bourassa,R-McLarnan,D/Las Vegas 1995/
EXT 98 (104)}) (7. h3 {[%csl Rc8]} O-O 8. Nf3 (8. Bg5 Na6 9. Qd2 Nc7 10. Nf3
Bd7 11. a4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Straschewski,J-Dietrich,R/Bayern 1998/EXT 2000 (50)})
8... exd5 9. cxd5 a6 10. a4 f5 11. O-O h6 12. Re1 $14 {1-0 Novikov,
I-Radziewicz,I/Koszalin 1999/CBM 73 no vc (22)}) (7. Nge2 $6 exd5 (7... O-O 8.
O-O Nd7 (8... a6 9. Bg5 e5 10. Qd2 $14 {1-0 Bets,A-Vasilescu,L/Bucharest 1993/
EXT 97 (30)}) 9. f4 exd5 10. exd5 Nf6 11. h3 Nf5 12. Bxf5 (12. g4 $14) 12...
gxf5 (12... Bxf5 $14) 13. Qd3 $14 {0-1 Shaw,A-Ivanov,I/Boston 1988/EXT 2000 
(40)}) 8. cxd5 O-O 9. O-O Nd7 10. Ng3 Ne5 11. Bc2 f5 12. exf5 Nxf5 $11 {
1-0 Bobotsov,M-Barendregt,J/Marianske Lazne 1961/EXT 2000 (28)}) 7... h5 (7...
exd5 8. cxd5 h5 9. Bf4 O-O 10. Qd2 a6 11. a4 Re8 12. Nge2 $14 {1-0 Kaidanov,
G-Ivanov,A/New York 1990/CBM 19 (34)}) 8. Bg5 $1 {Here B is more unpleasant
for Black.} (8. f3 e5 9. Nh3 Nd7 10. Be3 Ng8 11. g3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Gerusel,
M-Eising,J/Voelklingen 1970/EXT 99 (59)}) 8... e5 $14 {Black had to accept
Benoni PP structure.} 9. Nge2 Nd7 10. Qd2 Nf6 11. f3 {Restricting Bc8 and Nf6.}
a6 12. Nd1 (12. Rb1 $14 {[%cal Gb2b4]}) 12... Nh7 13. Bh6 (13. Be3 Nf6 14. Nf2
$14 {[%cal Gf2h3,Gh3g5]}) 13... Bf6 (13... Bxh6 14. Qxh6 Ng8 15. Qd2 (15. Qg7
Qf6 $11) 15... Nhf6 $132 {[%cal Ge8f8,Gf8g7]}) 14. g3 Bd7 15. Nf2 Rb8 16. b4 b6
17. a4 a5 (17... cxb4 18. Qxb4 Nc8 19. Be3 g5 20. hxg5 Bxg5 (20... Nxg5 21. Ng1
$16) 21. f4 $14) 18. b5 {Now focus of events replacing to the kingside. White
has space advantage, and can easier implement manouevres and prepare f3-f4 or
g3-g4 promotions.} Ng8 19. Be3 Qe7 20. O-O-O Kd8 21. Bc2 Nf8 22. Nd3 $6 {
[%cal Gf3f4] Connected with underestimating following complications.} ({
More natural is} 22. f4 $5 $14) 22... Bg7 23. f4 Nf6 (23... f6 24. Rde1 (24.
fxe5 fxe5 25. Rdf1 Bh6 $14) 24... Kc7 25. Nc3 Re8 $14) 24. fxe5 $2 $17 {
based on underestimating of following complications.} ({It was not late to
recognize mistake on 22 move and to play} 24. Nf2 $14) 24... Nxe4 $1 25. Qe1
Bg4 $1 ({After} 25... dxe5 $5 {also it is not easy for White to justify P lack.
For instance:} 26. Nb2 (26. d6 $2 Nxd6 27. Nxc5 Nxc4 $1 $19) (26. Nf2 Nd6 27.
Qc3 Nh7 28. Rhe1 f5 $17) 26... Nd6 27. Bg5 f6 28. Bd2 $17) 26. Nxc5 ({Black
keep advantage also after} 26. exd6 Nxd6 27. Bg5 f6 28. Bf4 Nxc4 29. Nd4 $1
cxd4 30. Qxe7+ Kxe7 31. Bxb8 Bxd1 32. Rxd1 Ne3 $17) ({or} 26. Nf2 Nxf2 27. Qxf2
Qxe5 28. Nd4 Kc8 $17) 26... dxc5 $1 ({Wrong was} 26... bxc5 $2 27. Bxe4 Qxe5
28. Nd4 $1 Kc8 (28... cxd4 29. Bxd4 Qxd4 30. Rxd4 Bxd4 {and here} 31. Qxa5+ $16
{in the game with Pb6 instead od d6 this move will be impossible!}) 29. Bf4 $1
Qf6 30. Bf5+ $1 Nd7 (30... Bxf5 31. Qe8+ Kc7 32. Ne6+ fxe6 33. Bxd6+ Kxd6 34.
dxe6+ Qd4 35. Qxb8+ Kxe6 36. Rhe1+ Kf7 37. Rxd4 $16) 31. Bxg4 hxg4 32. Bg5 Qe5
33. Qxe5 Nxe5 34. Nc6 $14) 27. Bxe4 Qxe5 {Looks very dangerous for White, but..
.} 28. Nd4 $5 {Of course, this move was calculated by Avrukh, but following Q
exchange for some white pieces bring advantage to Black.} cxd4 29. Bxd4 Qxd4 $1
30. Rxd4 Bxd4 {[%csl Ga5,Gb6]} 31. Qd2 Bg7 32. Qf2 f5 33. Bf3 (33. Bd3 Nd7 34.
Re1 Nc5 $17) 33... Nd7 34. Bxg4 hxg4 35. Kb1 Be5 $4 $132 ({After right} 35...
Rc8 $1 36. Rc1 Nc5 37. Qe3 Bf6 $19 {Black wins}) 36. Re1 Re8 ({Now} 36... Rc8
$2 {met by} 37. Rxe5 $1 $16) 37. h5 $1 Nc5 (37... Rc8 38. hxg6 Rxc4 39. Qxf5
Rb4+ (39... Rxa4 40. Rxe5 $1 Rxe5 41. Qxe5 $1 Nxe5 42. g7 $16) 40. Kc2 Rf8 41.
Rxe5 Rxf5 42. Rxf5 Re4 43. g7 Re8 44. d6 Rg8 45. Rf7 Ke8 46. Re7+ Kd8 47. Rf7
Ke8 $11) 38. Qe3 Ne4 39. hxg6 Kc7 ({Or} 39... Bxg3 40. Rf1 f4 41. Qd4 (41. Rxf4
Bxf4 42. Qxf4 Rb7 43. Qxg4 Rg7 44. Kc2 Kc7 $15) 41... Kc7 42. g7 Nc5 43. Qf6
Kb7 44. Rh1 Ka8 45. Rh8 Re1+ $11) 40. Rh1 (40. Qd3 $2 Bd6 $17) 40... Rh8 $2 $16
{After this mistake White has advantage again.} ({Equal position would keep
after} 40... Bxg3 41. Rh7+ Kd6 42. g7 Ke5 (42... Rg8 43. Qh6+ Kc5 44. Rh8 Kxc4
45. Rxg8 Rxg8 46. d6 {[%cal Gh6e6]} Kd4 47. Qh7 Nf6 48. Qxf5 Be5 49. d7 g3 50.
Qe6 g2 51. Kc2 Ke4 52. Qc6+ $16) 43. g8=Q Rxg8 44. Re7+ Kd6 45. Rxe4 fxe4 46.
Qxg3+ Kc5 47. Qe3+ Kxc4 48. Qxe4+ Kc5 49. d6 Kxd6 50. Qd4+ $11) 41. Rh7+ Kd6 $2
$18 (41... Rxh7 42. gxh7 $16) 42. Qh6 $4 $132 {Mistakes comedy is continued,
maybe in time pressure.} ({after simply} 42. Rxh8 Bxh8 (42... Rxh8 43. Qxb6+
$18) 43. Qf4+ Be5 44. Qxf5 $18 {[%csl Gd5,Rd6,Re4,Rg4,Gg6] White wins easily})
42... Kc5 $1 43. g7 (43. d6 $5 Rhg8 $1 ({Not} 43... Rbd8 44. Rxh8 Bxh8 (44...
Rxh8 45. Qxh8 Bxh8 46. d7 Bf6 47. g7 $18) 45. d7 Kxc4 46. g7 Bxg7 47. Qxg7 Nc5
48. Kc2 Kb4 (48... Rxd7 49. Qc3+ Kd5 50. Qf6 Kc4 51. Qxb6 $16) 49. Qd4+ Ka3 50.
Qf6 Rxd7 51. Qxb6 Kb4 52. Qc6 $16) 44. Qe3+ Kb4 45. Kc2 $132) 43... Rhg8 44.
Qe6 Rbe8 $1 (44... Nd2+ $6 45. Ka2 Nxc4 46. Rh1 $40 {[%csl Rc5]}) 45. Qxf5 Nd2+
46. Ka2 Nxc4 47. Rh6 ({Good was also} 47. d6 Nxd6 48. Qc2+ $11) (47. Qxg4 Bf6
48. d6 Kb4 49. Rh1 Re3 50. Rb1+ Kc5 51. Rb3 Rxb3 52. Kxb3 Nxd6 53. Qf3 (53. Qe6
Rxg7 54. Qxf6 Rxg3+ $11) 53... Be5 54. Qc6+ Kd4 55. Qxb6+ Kd5 56. Qxa5 Rxg7 57.
Qd2+ Ke6 $44) 47... Rxg7 48. Rc6+ (48. Qd3 Bd6 (48... Rc7 49. Kb3 Nb2 50. Qc2+
Kxd5 51. Qg2+ Kd4 52. Kxb2 (52. Qxb2+ Ke3 $44) 52... Rc3 $44)) 48... Kd4 49.
Qf2+ Ne3 50. Rc1 (50. Rc2 $5 $132 {[%cal Gc2d2]}) 50... Ke4 51. d6 $2 $15 ({
After} 51. Re1 Bd4 52. Qg2+ $1 {position is drawn.} Kf5 (52... Kd3 53. Qe2+ Ke4
54. Qg2+ $11) ({Very important: Black can't play} 52... Ke5 $6 {because of} 53.
Rxe3+ $1 Bxe3 54. Qb2+ Kxd5 (54... Bd4 55. Qe2+ $1) 55. Qxg7 Re4 $14) 53. Qf2+
Ke4 (53... Kg6 54. Qf4 $16) 54. Qg2+ $11) 51... Rd7 52. Re1 Bd4 53. Qc2+ (53.
Qg2+ Ke5 $17 {Now this move brings to Black advantage.}) 53... Ke5 54. Qd3 $4
$19 {[%csl Re3][%cal Ge1e3]} (54. Qg6 $1 $15) 54... Kd5 $1 {This symple reply
was missed by White.} 55. Rh1 (55. Rxe3 $6 Rxe3 56. Qf5+ Kxd6 $19) 55... Rxd6
56. Rh5+ Re5 57. Qb3+ Nc4 58. Rxe5+ Bxe5 59. Qd3+ Kc5 60. Qf5 Rd2+ 61. Kb1 Kb4
62. Qe4 Bd4 63. Qxg4 Ne3 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 2nd"]
[Site "Ohrid"]
[Date "2001.06.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Black "Chatalbashev, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2518"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2001.06.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. c4 c5 4. d5 d6 5. f3 {V.Kortschnoj likes this move in
various opening variations...} (5. Nc3 {leads to various theoretical positions.
}) ({Flexible also} 5. Bd3 e6 6. Ne2 (6. Nc3 {[%cal Gg1f3]}) 6... Ne7 7. O-O
O-O 8. Nbc3 exd5 9. cxd5 a6 10. a4 Nd7 11. f4 (11. f3 {-position from our game!
}) 11... f5 12. exf5 Nxf5 $132 {0-1 Grobelny,A-Matlak,M/Zakopane 2000/CBM 78
ext (29)}) 5... e6 6. Nc3 exd5 7. cxd5 a6 8. a4 Ne7 {Here N doesn't obstruct P
f7-f5 promotion.} (8... Nf6 {-mainline}) 9. Bd3 ({On Ne7 stromg is} 9. h4 {
but not here, after f2-f3(?!)}) 9... Nd7 10. Nge2 O-O 11. O-O f5 $1 $132 {
Black had fulfilled his opening idea and equalized.} 12. Nf4 Ne5 13. Be2 Kh8
14. a5 b5 15. axb6 Qxb6 16. Kh1 fxe4 17. fxe4 {[%csl Re7]} Ng8 $1 18. Qc2 Nf6
19. Be3 {[%cal Gb2b4]} Qb7 20. Nd3 Nxd3 21. Bxd3 Qe7 $6 $14 {Allows to White
to get an advantage by elegant break.} (21... Ng4 22. Rxf8+ Bxf8 23. Bf4 Qe7
$132 {[%csl Ge5]}) 22. Bg5 $1 h6 (22... Bb7 23. Rf3 Rf7 24. Raf1 Raf8 25. Qa4
$14) 23. e5 $1 {Good break! White gets rid from weak e5 square and passive Pe4
and opens space for his pieces.} dxe5 24. Bxf6 Rxf6 25. Rxf6 Qxf6 26. Rf1 (26.
Bxg6 $144 $14) (26. Ne4 $143 $6 Qb6 27. Nxc5 Rb8 28. Bxg6 Qxb2 29. Qxb2 Rxb2
$132) 26... Bf5 $2 $16 {Positional mistake.} (26... Qd6 $142 27. Bxg6 $14) 27.
Bxf5 gxf5 28. Rxf5 Qg6 29. h4 $5 {Threatening Rf5-f8+. This move creates weak
black squares near the white K and requires White precise game.} (29. Rf8+ $4
Rxf8 30. Qxg6 Rf1#) ({In my opinion, in spirit of position is} 29. g3 $1 {
and White leaves with advantage without black squares weakening!}) 29... e4 {
Black decided to sacrifice P in order to open diagonal for his Bg7.} ({On} 
29... Qg3 {goes} 30. Qe4 $1 {[%csl Rg3][%cal Gf5f3] Threatening Rf2-f3} Rf8 $8
31. Rxf8+ Bxf8 32. Ne2 Qe1+ 33. Kh2 Qb4 34. Qxe5+ (34. Qxb4 $2 cxb4 $132) 34...
Bg7 35. Qe8+ Kh7 36. g3 Qxb2 37. Qe4+ Kh8 38. d6 Bf6 39. Kh3 $16 {[%csl Gd6]
[%cal Ge2f4]}) 30. Qxe4 Rg8 31. Rf4 Qh5 ({In the endgame after} 31... Qxe4 {
White has good chances to win:} 32. Nxe4 Rd8 (32... Bxb2 33. Nxc5 $16) 33. Rf5
c4 34. Nd2 Bxb2 35. Nxc4 $16) 32. Qf3 Qe5 33. Re4 Qb8 34. Qe2 ({Or} 34. Qf2 $1
$16 {[%csl Gf4,Gg3,Gh4]}) 34... Rf8 35. Re6 $2 {White ignores black squares
weakness, probably in time pressure.} (35. Re3 {Would keep an advantage.} Bd4
36. Re6 {[%csl Rh6][%cal Gd5d6]} Qf4 (36... Qg3 37. Rxh6+ Kg7 38. Rh5 {[%cal
Ge2e7]} (38. Qe7+ $2 Kxh6 39. Qxf8+ Bg7 40. Qe7 Be5 $8 41. Qg5+ $8 Qxg5 42.
hxg5+ Kxg5 $44) 38... Qg6 39. g4 (39. Rg5 $4 Qxg5 40. hxg5 Rh8+ $19)) 37. Qe4
$1 Qf1+ 38. Kh2 Qg1+ 39. Kh3 Qh1+ 40. Kg4 $16) 35... Qg3 36. Re4 $4 $19 {
Decisive mistake.} ({Equal position would be after} 36. Re3 Qxh4+ 37. Rh3 $11)
36... Rf2 37. Re8+ Bf8 38. Rxf8+ $8 Rxf8 39. Qxa6 (39. Kg1 Qxh4 $19) 39...
Qxh4+ 40. Kg1 Re8 41. Ne2 $8 Qe1+ 42. Kh2 Qh4+ (42... Rxe2 $19) 43. Kg1 Qe1+
44. Kh2 Rxe2 45. Qxh6+ Kg8 46. d6 Qd2 47. Qg6+ Kf8 48. Qf5+ Kg7 49. Qg4+ Kf6
0-1

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "New Delhi/Teheran"]
[Date "2000.11.29"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Sakaev, Konstantin"]
[Black "Volkov, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2627"]
[BlackElo "2554"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 b5 (4... d6) (4... exd5 {-mainline}) 5. Bg5
b4 (5... Qa5 $143 $6 6. Bxf6 gxf6 7. Nd2 $16 (7. Qd2 $16)) 6. Na4 ({Possible
another N jump:} 6. Ne4 Bb7 (6... Be7 7. d6 Nxe4 8. Bxe7 Qb6 9. Ne5 Nc6 10.
Nxc6 Qxc6 11. f3 Nf6 12. e4 $14 {1-0 Prosviriakov,V-Alburt,L/New York op (3)
1991(31)}) 7. c4 (7. Bxf6 gxf6 8. c4 f5 9. Ng3 d6 $1 (9... Qf6 10. Rb1 h5 11.
e4 f4 12. e5 Qg6 13. Bd3 Qg7 14. Ne4 $16 {0-1 Hart,C-Alburt,L/Boston ,EXT 1988
(66)}) (9... f4 10. Nh5 e5 11. Qc2 $16 {[%csl Rb7][%cal Gc2f5]} (11. Nxe5 $4
Qg5 12. Ng4 Kd8 13. Ngf6 Be7 14. h4 Qe5 $19 {0-1 Strube,T-Colias,B/Indiana
State ch 1992(41)})) 10. e3 Nd7 11. Bd3 Qf6 12. Rb1 O-O-O $132 {0-1 Gorbatow
Alexej-Guseinov Gadir/Cup Russia (open) Moscow (Russia) (1) 1996 (81)}) 7...
bxc3 8. Bxf6 ({Equal position after} 8. Nxc3 exd5 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. Nxd5 Bxd5
11. Qxd5 Qxb2 12. Rd1 c4 (12... Qc3+ 13. Rd2 Qa1+ {1/2-1/2 Mestrovic,Z-Dizdar,
G/Oberwart 1983 (13)}) 13. Qe4+ Kd8 14. Qxc4 (14. Nd2 $2 Bb4 15. Qxa8 Bxd2+ 16.
Rxd2 Qb1+ 17. Rd1 Qb4+ 18. Rd2 c3 $17 {0-1 Figler-Sideif_Zade,F/corr 1983/Inf
35 (21)}) 14... Nc6 15. Qd5 Bb4+ 16. Nd2 Re8 17. e3 Re6 $132 {1/2-1/2 Sorri,
J-Porrasmaa,T/Finland Tch 1994 (62)}) 8... gxf6 9. Nxc3 f5 (9... exd5 10. Nxd5
Qa5+ 11. Nc3 Nc6 12. e3 $14 {1-0 Scarella,E-Gomez,A/Havana 1993 (25)}) 10. e3 (
10. dxe6 fxe6 11. e4 fxe4 12. Nd2 Qg5 13. Qb3 Bc6 14. Be2 Be7 15. Ncxe4 Qe5
$132 {0-1 Weglarz,L-Rakowiecki,T/POL ch tt Porabka POL 1986 (39)}) 10... Bg7
11. Bc4 Na6 (11... O-O 12. Ng1 (12. O-O $14 {1-0 Cifuentes Parada Roberto-Los,
S/Leeuwarden 1993 (29)}) 12... Qh4 13. Qd3 exd5 14. Nxd5 $14 {1-0 Wells Peter
K-Mortazavi,A/BCF ch 1988 (61)}) 12. O-O (12. d6 $5) 12... Nb4 13. a3 Bxc3 14.
axb4 Bxb4 15. Ne5 Rg8 16. g3 Qe7 $44 {1-0 Rakic,T-Tielemann,K/Delmenhorst 1987
(47)}) (6. Nb5 $2 a6 7. Bxf6 gxf6 8. dxe6 axb5 9. exf7+ Ke7 10. Qd5 Qc7 (10...
Ra6 11. Qxc5+ Kxf7 $44) 11. Qe4+ Kxf7 $17 {0-1 Srienz,C-Hajek,J/Wien op 1990 
(18)}) (6. Bxf6 gxf6 7. Ne4 f5 8. dxe6 fxe4 9. exf7+ Ke7 10. Qd5 Nc6 (10... Bg7
11. Qxe4+ Kxf7 12. Qxa8 $18) 11. Ng5 Qc7 $44) 6... Qa5 ({Slight advantage
White keeps after} 6... exd5 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8. Qxd5 Qc6 9. e4 Bb7 10. Bc4 Qxd5
11. Bxd5 Bxd5 12. exd5 d6 13. O-O-O $14 {1-0 Lempert,I-Khromov,V/Moscow 1996 
(51)}) 7. Bxf6 gxf6 8. b3 f5 9. e3 ({Too agressive is} 9. e4 $5 fxe4 (9... Bg7
10. Rb1 Bb7 11. Bc4 fxe4 12. Ng5 O-O 13. Qh5 h6 14. Nxe4 $14 {1-0 Urday,
H-Correa,A/Sao Paulo zt 1995 (17)}) 10. Ng5 $13) 9... Rg8 $6 $14 ({Much better
was} 9... Bb7 $1 10. dxe6 (10. Bc4 {and now} Rg8 $15) 10... dxe6 11. Ne5 Qc7
12. Bb5+ Ke7 $132) 10. Ne5 Bb7 $5 ({In case of} 10... Qc7 {[%cal Gc7e5]} 11. f4
Bb7 $132 12. Qh5 Rg7 13. dxe6 dxe6 14. Bb5+ Nc6 15. O-O-O $16 {White leaves
with advantage.For example:} Bd6 (15... Rc8 16. Rd7 $18) 16. Rxd6 Qxd6 17. Rd1
$18) 11. Qh5 Rg7 12. dxe6 dxe6 13. Nb2 $6 {[%cal Gb2c4]} ({Worth of attention
also} 13. O-O-O $1 {and Black has certain difficulties:} Nc6 ({Or} 13... Be7
14. Qh6 Kf8 15. Rg1 Nc6 16. Nc4 (16. g4 $5 Nxe5 17. gxf5 Bf6 18. Be2 {[%csl
Rf6]} Ng6 $8 19. fxg6 hxg6 $132) 16... Qc7 17. f4 Kg8 18. g4 $1 $16) 14. Nd7 $1
(14. Nc4 Qc7 15. Rg1 Rd8 $132) 14... O-O-O 15. Nxf8 Rxf8 16. Qh4 Rd8 17. Rxd8+
Nxd8 18. Qe7 $14) 13... Nc6 14. Nbc4 Qc7 15. Nxc6 $6 $15 ({As noted above,} 15.
O-O-O $1 {was much better here too.} Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Be7 (16... Qxe5 $4 17. Bb5+
Ke7 18. Qh4+ $18) 17. f4 $132) 15... Bxc6 16. Rd1 (16. O-O-O a5 $15 {[%cal
Ga5a4]}) 16... Bd5 17. Be2 $4 $19 {[%mdl 8192] terrible move.} ({Right was} 17.
Rg1 Rg6 {[%cal Gg6h6] threatening Rh6-+} 18. Qh4 Rd8 $15) 17... Bxg2 18. Rg1
Bf3 $1 {[%csl Rg1,Rh5]} 19. Qxf3 Rxg1+ 20. Bf1 Rd8 21. Rxd8+ Kxd8 22. Qa8+ Ke7
23. f4 Bg7 24. Kf2 Rg6 25. Bg2 e5 26. Bd5 exf4 27. Qg8 fxe3+ 28. Ke2 Kf6 29. h4
f4 (29... Rg4 $19) 30. Qe8 Bh6 31. Ne5 f3+ $1 (31... Kg7 32. Nxf7 (32. Nxg6
hxg6 $19) 32... f3+ 33. Kd3 Rg4 34. Qh8+ Kg6 35. Ne5+ Kf5 36. Nxg4 Kxg4 37.
Qg8+ Kxh4 38. Bxf3 Bg5 $19) 32. Kxf3 Kg7 33. Ke2 (33. Nxg6 hxg6 $19) (33. Nxf7
Qf4+ 34. Ke2 Qf2+ $19) 33... Rf6 34. Ng4 Qf4 (34... Rf5 $19) 35. Nxf6 Qf2+ 36.
Kd3 Qf1+ 37. Ke4 Qxf6 38. Bc4 Qxh4+ 39. Kd5 Qg5+ 40. Kc6 Qf5 41. Bd3 Qg5 42.
Kb7 Qd5+ 43. Kxa7 Bg5 44. Bc4 Qf5 45. Kb6 h5 46. Kb5 h4 47. Qc6 h3 48. Qh1 Bf4
49. Bd3 0-1

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2001.01.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Timman, Jan H"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2629"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2001.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. d5 b5 4. Bg5 Ne4 5. Bh4 Bb7 (5... Qb6 {-see commented
game 0-1 Nogueiras,J-Arencibia,W/Capablanca mem-A 1996/CBM 54 (33)[Kantsler,B]}
) (5... g6 6. Nbd2 Nxd2 (6... Qa5 7. c3 Nxd2 8. Qxd2 d6 9. e4 Bg7 10. Bd3 (10.
Be2 Nd7 11. O-O Bb7 12. a4 $14 {0-1 Stefanova-Peptan/Moscow olw 1994 (36)})
10... b4 (10... Bb7 {-position exactly from our game!}) 11. c4 $14 {1/2-1/2
Maherramzade,J-Perez Candelario,M/Linares ESP 2000/The Week in Chess 271 (46)})
7. Qxd2 Qb6 8. e4 Bg7 9. c3 Bb7 10. Bd3 (10. O-O-O $5 $14) 10... e6 (10... d6 {
-again position almost from our game!}) 11. dxe6 fxe6 $132 {1-0 Kharitonov,
A-Markus,J/Hoogeveen NED 2000/The Week in Chess 310 (36)}) (5... d6 6. Nbd2 Qa5
7. c3 Nxd2 8. Nxd2 g6 9. e4 Bg7 10. a4 (10. Bd3 $14 {[%cal Gd2f3,Gc8b7] we can
see this position again in various moves order.}) 10... b4 11. Bb5+ Bd7 12. Nc4
Qc7 13. cxb4 cxb4 14. Rc1 $14 {1-0 Razuvaev,Y-Horvath/Keszthely 1981 (26)}) 6.
e3 (6. Qd3 f5 7. Nbd2 c4 {-see commented game 0-1 Kramnik,V-Topalov,V/Monaco
2000/CBM 75 (33) [Alterman,B] (14)}) (6. a4 Qa5+ $5 (6... a6 7. Qd3 (7. c3 Qb6
8. Na3 Qd6 9. e3 Qxd5 10. Qxd5 Bxd5 11. axb5 axb5 12. Bxb5 $132 {1-0 Prakken,
G-Sermek,D/Pardubice CZE 2000/The Week in Chess 298 (34)}) 7... Qa5+ 8. c3 f5
9. Nbd2 e6 10. Nxe4 fxe4 11. Qxe4 Bxd5 $132 {1-0 Burmakin,V-Avrukh,B/Ubeda ESP
2001/The Week in Chess 325 (34)}) 7. c3 e6 (7... b4 8. Qd3 bxc3 9. bxc3 f5 10.
g4 Qb6 11. Nbd2 $132 {0-1 Goczo,M-Gara,A/Budapest HUN 2000/The Week in Chess
299 (51)}) 8. dxe6 fxe6 $132 {1-0 Moreno,W-Fuentes,M/Lima PER 1999(38)}) 6...
g6 7. c3 Qa5 (7... Qb6 8. a4 b4 9. a5 Qd6 10. c4 e6 11. a6 Bxa6 12. Nbd2 Nxd2
13. Nxd2 Bg7 14. Ne4 Qe5 15. Bd3 O-O 16. Nxc5 Bc8 17. O-O $132 {1-0 Gausel,
E-Svedenborg,P/Oslo NOR 2000/The Week in Chess 291 (38)}) 8. Nbd2 Nxd2 9. Qxd2
Bg7 10. e4 $14 {White leaves with space advantge, but position is too
complicated for exact evaluation.} d6 11. Bd3 Nd7 12. O-O a6 {Here White must
choose plan, what to do.} 13. Rfc1 {I should admit, I have not understood of
this move idea...} ({Most of chessplayers would prefer standard} 13. Rfe1 $14 {
[%cal Gh4e7,Ge4e5,Ga2a4]}) 13... Rc8 (13... c4 14. Bc2 Nc5 15. Nd4 $14) 14. h3
(14. b3 Qa3 15. Rab1 $14) 14... Qb6 15. Bf1 (15. a4 $14) 15... Nf6 16. Re1 {
R turned back...} O-O 17. a4 Rfe8 (17... c4 18. Bg5 $14) 18. a5 $5 {Good
decision! White wants to close queenside and to concentrate Attack in kingside.
} ({After} 18. axb5 axb5 {[%cal Gc8a8] Black will try to exchange RR via
opened a-line.}) 18... Qc7 19. c4 b4 (19... bxc4 $144 20. Bxc4 $14 {[%cal
Gb2b4,Ga1a3,Ga3b3]}) 20. e5 $1 dxe5 $5 {Black wants to play more complicated
position.} ({More reliable is} 20... Nd7 21. exd6 ({or} 21. e6 fxe6 22. Rxe6 (
22. Ng5 exd5 23. Ne6 Qc6 (23... Qb8 24. Nxg7 Kxg7 25. cxd5 $14 {[%csl Re7,Rg7]}
) 24. cxd5 Qxd5 25. Qxd5 Bxd5 26. Nxg7 Kxg7 27. Bxa6 $14 (27. Bxe7 $2 Rc6 $17))
22... Nf8 23. Re3 e6 $14) 21... exd6 22. Bg3 $14) 21. Nxe5 Nh5 {[%csl Re5]} 22.
Ng4 $5 Bd4 $5 ({Worth of attention} 22... Qf4 23. Qxf4 Nxf4 24. Bg5 Nh5 25.
Rab1 (25. Rxe7 Rxe7 26. Bxe7 Bxb2 27. Re1 f5 $132) 25... Kf8 $14) 23. Rad1 $6
$132 {Too passive!} ({Right was} 23. Be2 $142 $1 {[%csl Rh5][%cal Gg4h6,Ge2h5]}
Qf4 24. Rad1 Qxd2 25. Rxd2 Ng7 26. Nh6+ Kf8 27. Bg4 f5 28. Bd1 $14) 23... e6 {
Next move of White leads to very complicated position} 24. Re4 $6 $15 {
threatening Rxd4! but but overlooking the nxt complications:} (24. Be2 exd5 25.
Nh6+ Kg7 26. Bxh5 dxc4 27. Bg4 c3 28. Qg5 f6 $8 29. Nf5+ Kg8 30. Nh6+ Kg7 (
30... Kf8 31. Qc1 cxb2 32. Qc4 $16) 31. Nf5+ $11) 24... f5 $1 {[%csl Re4,Rg4]
Very strong move - refutation of White stratagy. Topalov calculated next
complication exactly!} (24... exd5 $2 {of course, would meet by} 25. Rxd4 $1
cxd4 26. Qxd4 $16 {[%csl Rf6,Rg7,Rg8,Rh6][%cal Gd4h8]}) ({or} 24... Bg7 25. d6
$16 ({Or} 25. Nh6+ Bxh6 (25... Kh8 26. d6 $16) 26. Qxh6 exd5 27. Rxe8+ Rxe8 28.
cxd5 $16)) 25. Nh6+ Kg7 {[%csl Rh6][%cal Gg7h6]} ({Not} 25... Kf8 $2 26. Rxe6
Rxe6 27. dxe6 $16) 26. Rxe6 $2 $17 (26. Rxd4 $142 cxd4 27. Bg5 exd5 (27... e5
28. Qxb4 $13) 28. Qxd4+ Qe5 29. cxd5 Qxd4 30. Rxd4 Re4 31. Rxe4 fxe4 32. d6 Nf6
33. Ng4 Nd7 $15) 26... Rxe6 27. dxe6 Nf4 $1 {[%csl Rh6] Black obstructs c1-h6
diagonal and catches Nh6.} ({Here} 27... Qf4 {is badly:} 28. Bg5 ({or} 28. Qxf4
Nxf4 29. Nf7 $14) 28... Qxd2 29. Rxd2 Re8 30. Nf7 $14) 28. Re1 $6 $19 ({or} 28.
Bg3 Nxh3+ $1 {[%csl Rg3][%cal Gd4g1]} 29. Kh2 f4 $1 30. Kxh3 (30. gxh3 fxg3+
31. fxg3 Qc6 32. Bg2 Qxg2+ 33. Qxg2 Bxg2 34. Kxg2 Kxh6 $19) 30... fxg3 $17) (
28. Nxf5+ gxf5 29. Bg3 Nxh3+ 30. Kh2 f4 31. Bh4 Re8 32. Kxh3 Rxe6 $17 {[%csl
Rh3]}) 28... Kxh6 $8 29. Bg3 $8 g5 $8 30. h4 Re8 ({Black wins after} 30... Be4
$1 31. hxg5+ Kxg5 {and here:} 32. Bh2 (32. Kh1 Re8 33. f3 Bb7 34. Bh2 Be5 $19)
32... Re8 33. g3 Kf6 $19) 31. e7 Be4 32. hxg5+ Kxg5 33. Kh1 Rxe7 $2 $132 ({
Right was} 33... Be5 34. f3 Bb7 35. Qf2 Rxe7 36. Bh4+ Kg6 37. Bxe7 Qxe7 $19)
34. f3 {[%cal Ge1e7]} Re6 35. Bh2 Rh6 (35... Bd3 $2 36. Rxe6 Bxf1 37. b3 $1 $16
) 36. fxe4 Kg6 $2 $16 {Terrible move probably under sharp time pressure...} ({
Right was} 36... Rxh2+ 37. Kxh2 Qg7 38. Re3 Kf6 39. e5+ Ke7 40. Rf3 Ne6 $44 {
[%csl Gd4,Re5,Rh2] With at least sufficient compensation}) ({Interesting also} 
36... Bf2 $5 37. Re3 (37. Qxf2 Rxh2+ 38. Kxh2 Nd3+ 39. Qg3+ Qxg3+ 40. Kxg3 f4+
41. Kf3 Nxe1+ 42. Kf2 Nc2 $17) 37... Bxe3 (37... Rxh2+ 38. Kxh2 Bxe3 39. Qxe3
Kf6 40. g3 Ng6 41. exf5 Kxf5 $132) 38. Qxe3 Qe5 39. g3 Qxe4+ 40. Qxe4 fxe4 41.
gxf4+ Kg4 42. Kg2 Rd6 43. Be2+ Kf5 44. Kg3 b3 $44) 37. g3 Nh5 $2 $18 {the last
mistake...} ({Much better was} 37... Nh3 38. exf5+ Kf7 $1 39. Re2 $16 (39. Qxh6
$4 Nf2+ 40. Kg1 (40. Kg2 Qb7+ $19) 40... Ng4+ $19)) 38. exf5+ {[%csl Rh6]} 1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "New Delhi/Teheran"]
[Date "2000.11.30"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Azmaiparashvili, Zurab"]
[Black "Baklan, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Wells} Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. d5 g6 4. Nc3 d6 5. h3 Bg7 6. e4 O-O 7. Bd3 ({
another mainlines are:} 7. Bf4) (7. Be2) 7... a6 (7... Na6 8. O-O Bd7 (8... Nc7
9. a4 (9. Re1 a6 10. a4 b6 (10... Bd7 11. Bg5 b5 12. Qd2 Re8 13. Bh6 Bh8 14.
Ng5 b4 15. Ne2 $14 {0-1 Wohlmann,E-Peterwagner,H/AUT BL 1989 (47)}) 11. Bg5 h6
12. Bh4 Bb7 13. Bc4 Rb8 14. Qe2 Nh5 15. Nd2 $132 (15. e5 Nf4 16. Qf1 dxe5 17.
Nxe5 b5 18. axb5 axb5 19. Nxb5 Nxb5 20. Bxb5 Qxd5 21. Bc4 Qxg2+ (21... Qd4 $17
{0-1 Ledger,A-Mestel,J/Birmingham 1995 (27)}) 22. Qxg2 Nxg2 23. Bxe7 Nxe1 24.
Rxe1 Rbe8 25. Bxf8 Rxe5 26. Rxe5 Bxe5 $11)) (9. Bg5 b5 10. Re1 h6 11. Bf4 b4
12. Nb5 Nce8 13. a3 Nh5 14. Bc1 a6 15. axb4 Bb7 16. Na3 cxb4 17. Nc4 $14 {
1-0 Zubarev,A-Mester,G/Golden Sands BUL 2000/The Week in Chess 305 (26)}) 9...
e6 (9... Rb8 10. Bg5 a6 11. Qe2 b6 12. Rfd1 Nd7 13. Rab1 $14 {1-0 Arkell,
K-Ansell,S/British Ch. 1992 (41)}) (9... b6 10. Bg5 Rb8 11. Re1 Re8 12. Nb5 $14
{0-1 Heyken,E-Gorbatov,A/Pardubice Komercni Banka ,EXP 1996 (36)}) 10. Bc4 (10.
dxe6 Nxe6 11. Bc4 Re8 12. Be3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Sandler,L-Levi,E/Melbourne Masters
1991 (92)}) 10... b6 11. Re1 exd5 12. exd5 Ba6 13. Bxa6 Nxa6 14. Nd2 Qd7 15.
Nc4 Rfe8 16. Rxe8+ Rxe8 17. Bf4 $14 {1-0 Arkell,K-Dunnington,A/Toulouse ,EXT
1990 (41)}) (8... Nd7 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bf4 Nc7 11. Qd2 g5 12. Bg3 Ne5 13. Nxe5
dxe5 14. Be2 Ne8 15. a4 Nd6 16. a5 $14 {1-0 Garcia Trobat,F-Caruana Font,R/
Ateneo Mercantil 1992 (43)}) 9. Re1 Nb4 10. Bf1 Rb8 11. a3 Na6 12. e5 $14 {
1/2-1/2 Calvo Minguez,R-Bellon Lopez,J/Palma de Mallorca 1972 (47)}) (7... e6
8. O-O exd5 9. Nxd5 (9. exd5 Nbd7 (9... Na6 10. Bf4 (10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 g5 12.
Bg3 Nc7 13. Nd2 Nfxd5 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15. Nc4 Be6 16. Bxd6 Re8 17. Bxc5 $14 {
0-1 Daneri,M-Hoffman,A/Mar del Plata op 1996 (41)}) 10... Nc7 11. Bc4 a6 (11...
b6 12. Re1 a6 13. a4 Rb8 14. Ng5 b5 15. axb5 axb5 16. Bf1 Nh5 17. Bc1 h6 18.
Nf3 b4 19. Nb1 Nf6 20. c4 bxc3 21. Nxc3 Rb4 $15 {[%csl Rb4,Rd5] 1/2-1/2
Schneider,S-Jakobsen,O/KS open, Copenhagen DEN 1998 (41)}) 12. a4 Rb8 13. a5 b5
14. axb6 Rxb6 15. Bb3 Rb4 16. Bh2 Re8 17. Nd2 Rd4 18. Ne2 $132 {1-0
Yusupov-Bricard/GER-FRA 1993 (38)}) (9... a6 10. a4 Nbd7 11. Re1 Re8 (11... b6
12. Bf4 Qc7 13. Bc4 Bb7 14. Qd2 Rfe8 15. Rxe8+ Rxe8 16. Re1 Qb8 17. Rxe8+ Nxe8
18. Qe3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Garcia Ares,F-Perez Gonzalez,J/Palencia ESP 1999 (58)})
12. Bf4 Qc7 13. Qd2 b6 14. Rxe8+ Nxe8 15. Re1 Bb7 16. Bh2 Ndf6 17. Bc4 $14 {
1-0 Riemersma,L-Gaspar,L/Brugge op 1995 (38)}) 10. Re1 Re8 11. Rxe8+ Nxe8 12.
Bg5 Ndf6 13. Nd2 h6 14. Bh4 Qe7 15. Qf3 Bd7 16. a4 Qe5 17. Nc4 Qh5 18. Qxh5
Nxh5 19. Be7 Bxc3 20. bxc3 Nf4 {1/2-1/2 Burger,K-Gheorghiu,F/New York 1988 (20)
}) 9... Nxd5 10. exd5 Re8 11. Bg5 Bf6 12. Qd2 Bxg5 13. Nxg5 Nd7 14. Rfe1 $14 {
1-0 Onischuk,A-Hendriks,W/Wijk aan Zee NED 2000/The Week in Chess 273 (71)}) 8.
a4 {preventing b7-b5} (8. O-O $143 $6 b5 9. e5 Nfd7 (9... dxe5 10. Nxe5 b4 11.
Na4 Nxd5 12. Be4 $44) 10. exd6 exd6 11. Ne4 Nb6 {0-1 Oesterle,E-Sterzl,P/
GER-ch Sued-B Weiler ,EXT 1993 (46)}) 8... Nbd7 (8... e5 9. g4 $5 (9. O-O Nh5
10. Re1 h6 11. Bf1 b6 12. Nd2 $14 {1/2-1/2 Eusebe,A-Marcelin,C/It, Bagneux FRA
1998 (67)}) 9... Kh8 10. Rg1 Ng8 11. Ne2 Ra7 12. Ng3 b6 13. Bg5 f6 14. Bd2 Bd7
15. b4 $14 {1-0 Arkell,K-Hartvig,O/Lyngby ,EXT 1991 (35)}) (8... e6 9. O-O exd5
10. exd5 Re8 11. Bf4 b6 12. Qd2 Bb7 13. Rae1 Qc7 14. Rxe8+ Nxe8 15. Re1 Nd7 16.
Bc4 $14 {1-0 Hsu Li Yang-Mok Tze Meng/Jakarta zt 1993 (39)}) (8... h6 9. O-O e6
10. Be3 Qc7 11. a5 exd5 12. exd5 Nbd7 13. Qd2 Kh7 14. Ra4 Ng8 15. Rh4 Ne5 16.
Nxe5 dxe5 17. Ne4 $16 {1-0 Kgosimora,M-Canclini,W/Paranana Wtt-26 ,EXT 1993(42)
} (17. Na4 $16)) 9. O-O Rb8 10. Qe2 ({Worth of attention was} 10. a5 b5 11.
axb6 Qxb6 $14) 10... Ne8 11. Bf4 (11. a5 $5) 11... Nc7 12. Rad1 ({Here and on
previous moves worth of attention} 12. a5 $5) 12... f6 {Black decided to play
this passive move obstructing Bg7 activity. Otherwise, position of Black is
reliable.} ({Alternative continuation was more active} 12... b5 $5 13. axb5
axb5 14. Nxb5 Nxb5 15. Bxb5 Bxb2 16. Rb1 Bg7 17. Rb3 $14 {[%cal Gf1b1]}) 13.
Bg3 Qe8 (13... Ne5 $5 $14) 14. Rb1 {[%cal Gb2b4]} (14. a5 $5 $14) 14... b6 15.
Nd2 Ne5 16. Bxe5 $5 {after this exchange Bg7 will be obstructed for a long
time. '!' Wells. Wells: 'Simultaneously the bishop on g7 becomes 'uncontested'
and impotent. Life is full of little ironies. The resulting 'semi-blocked'
position is of course ideal for white to put his queenside idea into practice.'
} ({Premature is} 16. b4 $5 cxb4 17. Rxb4 Nxd3 (17... f5 18. Rfb1 f4 19. Bh4 f3
$132) 18. Qxd3 f5 $132) 16... fxe5 17. b4 {Planning promotion. '!' Wells.} cxb4
$6 $16 (17... Qd8 $144 18. bxc5 dxc5 19. Nc4 Ne8 20. Rb3 $16) (17... Bd7 $142
$5 18. Bxa6 Bxa4 19. bxc5 dxc5 20. Nxa4 Qxa4 21. Bc4 $14) 18. Rxb4 a5 19. Rb3
Bd7 20. Nc4 {[%csl Rb6][%cal Gc4b6]} (20. Rfb1 Bxa4 21. Rxb6 Rxb6 22. Rxb6 $16)
20... Na8 21. Nb2 $1 {Right decision!} ({After} 21. Rfb1 $6 Bxa4 22. Nxa4 Qxa4
23. Qe1 {[%csl Rb8][%cal Gc4a5,Gb3b8]} Rbc8 24. Nxb6 Nxb6 25. Rxb6 {Opposite
coloures BB gives to Black good chances for draw:} Rf7 26. c3 {[%cal Gc3d4]} (
26. R6b5 Qd4 27. Rxa5 Rcf8 $11 {[%csl Rf2][%cal Gf8f2]}) 26... Rcf8 27. R1b2
Qa3 28. R6b3 Qc5 29. Rb5 Qc7 $14) 21... Rc8 22. Ba6 $1 {[%csl Rb6] White
wishes to change some pieces and to increase pressure on Pb6 weakness.} Rc5 23.
Nd3 Rc7 24. Nb5 {'!' Wells. Wells: 'Pragmatic. The 'pretty' thing to do would
be to exchange light-squared bishops, but the bishop on c6 will be the best
minor piece of all. '} Bxb5 25. Bxb5 Qc8 26. Bc6 {[%csl Ra8,Rb6][%cal Gf1b1,
Gc6a8] cutting Black's position.} Rxc6 {What to do? There is no acceptable
alternative... '+/-!' Wells. Wells: 'Modern chess, always inclined to mess up
the aesthetics of your best examples. In fact, this is the best practical
chance, but when you sacrifice the exchange you do not dream of savaging the
opponent with these minor pieces!'} 27. dxc6 Qxc6 28. Nb2 $1 Rc8 29. Rd1 Bf6 ({
Or} 29... Qxc2 30. Qxc2 Rxc2 31. Rdd3 {[%csl Ra8] position of Na8 is ugly.} Nc7
(31... Rc1+ 32. Kh2 Bh6 33. Rdc3 $16) 32. Rxb6 $16) 30. Rdd3 $1 Kg7 ({Here} 
30... Qxc2 $2 {is badly indeed:} 31. Qxc2 Rxc2 32. Rdc3 $18 {[%csl Ra8]}) 31.
Kh2 d5 $2 $18 (31... Bg5 $142 32. Rdc3 Qxc3 33. Rxc3 Rxc3 34. g3 $16) 32. exd5
$2 $16 ({Winning another continuation:} 32. Rbc3 $1 Qxc3 33. Rxc3 Rxc3 34. exd5
Nc7 35. Nd1 Rc5 36. c4 $18) 32... Qxc2 33. Qxc2 Rxc2 34. Rdc3 Rxc3 35. Rxc3 e4
36. Rc2 (36. Rb3 Nc7 37. Nc4 Bd4 38. Ne3 $16) 36... Nc7 37. d6 Be5+ 38. Kg1 (
38. Kh1 Bxd6 39. Nc4 Na6 40. Nxb6 Nc5 41. Kg1 $16) 38... Bxd6 39. Nc4 Bc5 40.
Nxa5 e3 41. fxe3 Bxe3+ 42. Kf1 Nd5 43. Nc6 (43. Nc4 $16) 43... Kf6 44. Ke2 Ke6
45. Rc4 Bc5 46. Nd4+ ({Effective was} 46. a5 $1 Kd6 $140 47. Nd8 $1 Kd7 48. Nf7
Nc7 49. Ng5 Kd6 50. axb6 Bxb6 51. Nxh7 $18) 46... Kd6 47. Nb5+ Kc6 48. Nc3 Nf6
49. Kd3 {White improves his pieces locations.} Nd7 50. Ke4 Kd6 51. Nb5+ Ke6 52.
Nd4+ Kd6 53. Nb3 Ba3 54. Rd4+ Ke6 55. Rd1 {[%cal Gb3d4]} Bb2 (55... Nf6+ 56.
Kf3 $16) 56. Kd3 Ne5+ 57. Kc2 Ba3 58. Nd4+ Kf7 59. Kb3 Bc5 60. Nf3 {Here Black
resigned, maybe prematurely.} (60. Nf3 Nxf3 (60... Nc6 61. Ng5+ Kg8 62. Ne6 Bf2
63. Rf1 Nd4+ 64. Nxd4 Bxd4 65. Kc4 $18) 61. Rf1 Ke6 62. Rxf3 $18) 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 3rd"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "2002.06.21"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Black "Minasian, Artashes"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2641"]
[BlackElo "2572"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2002.06.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. e4 c5 4. d5 d6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Bd3 Ne7 {[%csl Re7][%cal
Gg8f6] This move's idea is to avoid well-known forced theoretical variations.
But on e7 N allocated more passive than on f6.} 7. h3 {Restricting Bc8.} ({
Can be recommended much more agressive} 7. h4 $5 $14 {[%cal Gh4h5] - see
detailed commented game  1/2-1/2 Shariyazdanov,A-Minasian,A/Dubai 2001/CBM
83_01[Tsesarsky,I] (37)}) 7... O-O 8. Nf3 ({Or} 8. Bg5 Na6 9. Qd2 Nc7 10. Nf3
Bd7 11. a4 f6 12. Be3 e5 13. g4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Straschewski,J-Dietrich,R/Bayern
1998/EXT 2000 (50)}) 8... Nd7 ({Quite passive is} 8... e5 9. O-O f5 10. a3 f4
11. b4 b6 12. Rb1 Na6 13. Be2 h6 14. Bd2 g5 15. Nh2 Ng6 16. Bg4 $14 {[%cal
Gg4c8,Gb1b7] 0-1 Manninen,M-Puranen,J/Jyvaskyla 1991/EXT 2000 (67)}) (8... exd5
9. cxd5 a6 10. a4 f5 $6 {Black tries to justify his 6...move. With Nf6 this
position is took from Indian defence.} 11. O-O h6 12. Re1 Nd7 13. Bf4 fxe4 14.
Bxd6 $1 $16 {1-0 Novikov,I-Radziewicz,I/Koszalin 1999/CBM 73 (22)}) (8... Na6
9. O-O Nc7 10. dxe6 (10. Re1 $5) 10... fxe6 (10... Bxe6 11. Bf4 $14) 11. e5 $1
d5 12. Bg5 $14 {1-0 Pedersen,N-Dobos,J/Budapest HUN 2001/The Week in Chess 350
(36)}) 9. O-O {Simple and strong.} ({After} 9. Be3 $6 {Black equalized:} exd5
10. exd5 ({On} 10. cxd5 {goes} f5 $1 11. O-O f4 ({or even} 11... fxe4 12. Bxe4
Nf6 $132) 12. Bd2 Ne5 13. Nxe5 Bxe5 {[%cal Gg6g5] With excellent position.})
10... Ne5 11. Nxe5 Bxe5 12. O-O Nf5 {1/2-1/2 Dautov,R-Minasian,A/Batumi 1999/
CBM 74 (12)}) 9... a6 (9... e5 10. Rb1 $14 {1-0 Bielicki,B-Borulya,E/Germany
2000/CBM 75 ext (41)}) (9... exd5 10. cxd5 a6 11. a4 $14 {After} f5 {-position
is similar to one from mentioned above game Novikov,I-Radziewicz,I - with the
similar evaluation as well.}) 10. a4 h6 ({Krasenkow has played by Black this
position. His negative expierence he applies in this game.} 10... b6 11. Ra3
Ne5 12. Nxe5 Bxe5 13. Bh6 Re8 14. Qd2 exd5 15. cxd5 f5 16. Bg5 Qc7 17. Re1 c4
18. Bb1 fxe4 19. Rxe4 Bb7 20. Rxe5 $1 dxe5 21. d6 Qd7 22. dxe7 Qxd2 23. Bxd2
Rxe7 24. Be3 $16 {1-0 Skembris,S-Krasenkow,M/Cutro 1999/CBM 71 (42)}) 11. Ra3
$1 Kh7 $6 {[%cal Gb1h7] Straight to diagonal Bd3 staying on.} 12. Bb1 exd5 13.
cxd5 Ng8 14. Bf4 Qe7 15. Re1 {[%cal Ge4e5] Threatening e4-e5. Ng8 is really
ugly} Ne5 16. Nxe5 Bxe5 17. Bxe5 Qxe5 18. a5 Bd7 19. Rb3 {[%csl Rb6,Rb7][%cal
Gb3b7]} Rab8 20. Qc1 g5 21. Nd1 {[%cal Gd1e3,Ge3c4] Good manoeuvre. Black had
to exchange Nd1 before will be too late.} Ba4 22. Rf3 Bxd1 23. Rf5 $1 {Nice
intermediate move!} Qg7 24. e5 $1 {[%cal Gb1h7] Another one.} Kh8 25. Rxd1 Ne7
26. Rf3 $16 dxe5 (26... Qxe5 27. Re1 $18 {[%csl Re7]}) 27. Qxc5 f6 28. Qb6 $18
{and White had transformed his advantage to whole point:} Nc8 29. Qe6 Na7 (
29... Qe7 30. b4 $18) 30. h4 $1 (30. Bf5 Nb5 31. Rfd3 Rbd8 32. d6 Nd4 33. Rxd4
Rfe8 34. Qb3 exd4 35. Qb6 $16) 30... Rbe8 31. Qg4 Nb5 {[%cal Gb5d4]} 32. hxg5
fxg5 (32... Qxg5 33. Qd7 Qg7 34. Qh3 $18 {[%csl Rg7,Rh8]}) 33. d6 Rxf3 ({
More stubborn was} 33... Nd4 34. Rxf8+ Rxf8 35. Qe4 Rd8 36. Qd5 Nb5 37. d7 Nd4
38. Qd6 Kg8 39. Re1 Rxd7 40. Qb8+ Qf8 41. Qxe5 Qd6 42. Ba2+ Kh7 43. Qe8 $18 {
[%csl Rh7]}) 34. Qxf3 Rd8 35. d7 Nd4 36. Qh5 Qf8 37. Re1 Nc6 (37... Rxd7 38.
Rxe5 Qd6 39. Qe8+ Kg7 40. Ba2 $18 {like in previous variation's comments - see
above.}) 38. Re3 Rxd7 39. Rf3 Qd6 40. Qe8+ Kg7 41. Ba2 h5 42. Qg8+ 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 2nd"]
[Site "Ohrid"]
[Date "2001.06.10"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sakaev, Konstantin"]
[Black "Delchev, Aleksander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2584"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "19"]
[EventDate "2001.06.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. d5 b5 4. Bg5 Qa5+ 5. c3 Ne4 6. Bh4 Bb7 ({More popular is
} 6... b4 7. Qc2 {and White reaches slight advantage, for instance:} f5 (7...
bxc3 8. Nxc3 (8. bxc3 Nd6 9. e4 g6 10. Nbd2 Ba6 11. Bxa6 Nxa6 12. O-O c4 13.
Bg3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Epishin,V-Martinov,P/Frunze 1989/TD (19)}) 8... Nxc3 9. Qxc3
Qxc3+ 10. bxc3 Ba6 (10... d6 11. e4 e5 12. Bb5+ Bd7 13. Rb1 {1/2-1/2 Kachur,
A-Piskov,Y/Lvov 1986/EXT 99 (36)}) 11. e4 d6 12. Kd2 e5 13. Bxa6 Nxa6 14. Rab1
$16 {1/2-1/2 Topalov,V-Votava,J/Singapore 1990/EXT 97 (53)}) 8. Nfd2 (8. g4 Bb7
9. Bg2 Bxd5 10. O-O Nd6 11. cxb4 cxb4 12. gxf5 Be4 13. Qc1 Nc6 14. Nbd2 Bxf5
15. Nb3 $44 {1-0 Chabanon,J-Wavresky,P/FRA-chT 1989/TD (29)}) 8... bxc3 (8...
Bb7 9. c4 g5 10. Nxe4 gxh4 11. Ng5 Bg7 12. Nd2 $14 {1-0 Teran Alvarez,I-Del
Rio Mayayo,P/Caceres 1993/EXT 97 (31)}) 9. bxc3 Bb7 (9... g5 10. Nxe4 gxh4 11.
Ned2 Bg7 (11... Ba6 12. Qxf5 Bg7 13. Qc2 O-O 14. g3 $16 {1-0 Bocharov,
D-Scetinin,A/Orsk 2000/EXT 2001 (51)}) 12. Qxf5 Bxc3 13. Nxc3 Qxc3 14. Rd1 Na6
15. e3 Rb8 16. Bc4 Rb2 17. d6 exd6 18. O-O Rf8 (18... Rxd2 19. Qf7+ Kd8 20.
Rxd2 Qxd2 21. Qf6+ $18) 19. Qh5+ Kd8 20. Qxh4+ Kc7 21. Qe7 $16 {1/2-1/2 Maric,
A-Scetinin,A/Groningen 1993/CBM 38 ext (67)}) (9... Nd6 10. e4 e6 11. Nc4 Nxc4
12. Bxc4 f4 13. O-O Bd6 14. dxe6 dxe6 15. e5 $16 {1-0 Tukmakov,V-Hobuss,W/
Geneve 1996/CBM 51 ext (46)}) 10. Nxe4 fxe4 11. Qxe4 e6 12. Qc2 Bxd5 13. e4 Bc6
14. a4 Bd6 15. Bg3 Qc7 16. Nd2 O-O 17. Bd3 Bf4 18. O-O $14 {1/2-1/2 Kogan,
B-Alburt,L/Estes Park 1985/MCD (55)}) (6... d6 7. e3 (7. Nbd2 Nxd2 8. Nxd2 Ba6
9. e4 Nd7 10. a4 b4 11. Bxa6 Qxa6 12. Qe2 $14 {[%cal Gd2c4] 1/2-1/2 Zierke,
O-Dyballa,M/Germany 1998/EXT 99 (52)}) (7. Nfd2 Nxd2 (7... Bf5 8. f3 Nxd2 9.
Nxd2 h6 10. e4 Bh7 11. a4 $16 {1-0 Arkell,K-O'Donovan,R/Bunratty 1999/EXT 2000
(14)}) 8. Nxd2 $14 {-like in previous game}) 7... Bf5 8. Be2 Nd7 9. O-O h6 10.
Nbd2 Nef6 11. a4 $14 {[%csl Rc4][%cal Gd2c4] 1-0 Karp,M-Carreau,P/Brussels
1993/CBM 34 ext (43)}) 7. e3 $5 $146 (7. Qd3 f5 8. Nbd2 (8. g4 fxg4 9. Qxe4
gxf3 10. Rg1 $14 {1-0 Bernard,C-Fievet,P/Val Maubuee 1990/EXT 97 (34)}) 8... e6
(8... c4 9. Qd4 b4 10. cxb4 Qxd5 11. Qxc4 $16 {1-0 Kharitonov,A-Petrakov,A/
Kstovo 1994/CBM 42 ext (45)}) 9. Nxe4 fxe4 10. Qxe4 Bxd5 11. Qg4 (11. Qf4 Qa4
12. Qxa4 bxa4 13. Nd2 Be7 14. Bxe7 Kxe7 15. e4 Bc6 $14 {[%csl Ra4,Ra7] 1-0
Sale,S-Zelic,M/Solin 1996/EXT 99 (64)}) 11... b4 12. c4 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 b3+ 14.
Kd1 Nc6 15. Qxb3 Rb8 16. Qc3 Qxc3 17. bxc3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Sands,D-Helbig,P/
London 1988/TD (24)}) 7... e6 $2 $16 {Black doesn't feel a danger...} (7... b4
$142 8. c4 e6 9. Qd3 exd5 10. cxd5 Nd6 11. Nbd2 $14) 8. dxe6 dxe6 $2 $19 (8...
fxe6 $2 9. Ne5 $1 {[%cal Gd1h5]} g6 10. Qf3 Nd6 11. Qf6 Rg8 12. Bxb5 $18) ({
It was not easy to recognize mistake on previous move:} 8... f6 $1 9. Nbd2 Nxd2
10. exd7+ Nxd7 11. Qxd2 Rd8 $16 {With certain chances to resistance.}) 9. Bxb5+
Nc6 {Loses immediately...} ({More stubborn was} 9... Bc6 10. Bxc6+ Nxc6 11.
Nbd2 $18 {[%csl Rc5][%cal Gd2c4]}) (9... Qxb5 $2 10. Qd8#) 10. Ne5 (10. Ne5 Qc7
11. Qa4 $18 {[%csl Rc6,Re4]}) 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-34"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2000.11.09"]
[Round "12.1"]
[White "Sasikiran, Krishnan"]
[Black "Moldobaev, Emelbek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2573"]
[BlackElo "2404"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2000.10.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "India"]
[BlackTeam "Kyrgyzstan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IND"]
[BlackTeamCountry "KGZ"]

1. d4 c5 2. d5 e6 3. c4 exd5 4. cxd5 d6 5. Nc3 g6 6. e4 Bg7 7. Nf3 a6 {the
main idea of this variation is to play Ne7, Bg4, to change Bg4 on f3, and then
to play Nd7.} (7... Nd7 8. Bf4 Ngf6 $2 9. Bxd6 Qb6 10. e5 Qxb2 11. Qc1 Qxc1+
12. Rxc1 Ng4 13. Nb5 $18 {1-0 Arlandi,E-Cacco,C/San Marino 1998 (21)}) (7...
Ne7 {-in spirit of this variation - delayed Nf6.} 8. Bf4 (8. Bb5+ Bd7 (8... Nd7
$2 9. Bf4 Qb6 10. Qb3 O-O 11. Bxd7 Bxd7 12. Qxb6 axb6 13. Bxd6 $18 {1-0
Gligoric,S-Larsen,B/Lugano (ol) 1968/Inf 06/ (45)}) 9. a4 a6 10. Be2 Bg4 {
-like in the mainline 0-1 Dziuba,M-Przewoznik,J/Suwalki POL 1999/ (42)}) (8.
Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 g5 10. Bg3 f5 (10... O-O $132) 11. exf5 Nxf5 12. Bb5+ Kf7 $132 {
1-0 Tacu-Bondick/cr EU-M/GT/137 1984 (42)}) (8. Nd2 $6 O-O 9. Bd3 Nd7 10. O-O
a6 11. a4 b6 12. Nc4 Ne5 $11 {1-0 Molvig,H-Sondergaard,B/Dianalund 1986/(28)})
(8. Be2 O-O 9. O-O a6 10. a4 Bg4 {-like in the mainline 0-1 Naumkin,I-Efimov,I/
Open, Bozen ITA 1998/ (53)}) 8... O-O (8... a6 $2 9. Qa4+ $1 (9. a4 $2 Bg4 10.
Be2 {-like in the mainline 1/2-1/2 Farago Ivan-Tseitlin Mikhail S/It (open)
Muenster (Germany) (9) 1996/(53)}) 9... Bd7 10. Qb3 {[%csl Rb7,Rd6]} Qc7 11.
Bxd6 $1 (11. a4 O-O 12. Bc4 f6 $4 (12... Bg4 $132) 13. Bxd6 $18 {1-0 Sorin,
A-Mendez,E/Buenos Aires ARG 1999/(35)}) 11... Qxd6 12. Qxb7 Bc6 13. dxc6 Qxc6
14. Qxc6+ Nbxc6 15. Rc1 $16) 9. Be2 a6 (9... Bg4 {-like in the mainline 0-1
David,E-Conquest,S/Gausdal Peer Gynt 1991/ (49)}) 10. a4 Bg4 {-like in the
mainline 0-1 Vranesic,Z-Larsen,B/Canada 1968/Inf 06/ (42)}) 8. Be2 (8. Bg5 Qa5
9. Qc2 Nf6 10. Nd2 b5 11. Be2 Nbd7 $132 {1/2-1/2 Hoerrmann,K-Kalker,P/Wuert-ch
Friedrichshafen ,GER 1983/ (13)}) (8. Bf4 Bg4 (8... b5 9. e5 dxe5 10. Nxe5 Nf6
11. Be2 O-O 12. O-O Nfd7 (12... Bb7 13. Bf3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Hoang Thang
Trang-Varga,Z/FSGM Dec, Budapest HUN 1997/ (49)}) 13. Nd3 Bb7 14. Bf3 c4 15.
Nb4 $132 {0-1 Hoang Thang Trang-Borocz,I/FSGM Feb, Budapest HUN 1998/ (40)}) 9.
Be2 {-like in the mainline 1-0 Gelfand,B-Lobron,E/Amsterdam 1988/ (29) This
position we already met in very many games in opening review to this game.} ({
Now badly is} 9. Qa4+ $6 Nd7 10. Be2 (10. Bxd6 Bxf3 11. gxf3 Bxc3+ 12. bxc3 Qf6
$17) 10... b5 $132)) ({mainline is} 8. a4 Bg4) 8... Bg4 9. O-O Ne7 10. Bf4 O-O
11. Qb3 {[%csl Rb7,Rd6][%cal Gb3b7,Gf4d6]} (11. Nd2 Bxe2 12. Qxe2 Nc8 (12... b5
$132) 13. a4 Nd7 14. a5 Re8 15. Nc4 Ne5 16. Nxe5 Bxe5 17. Bxe5 Rxe5 18. f4 Re8
19. e5 $14 {1-0 Kozma,J-Hartoch,R/Wijk aan Zee 1969/(38)}) ({Interesting also} 
11. a4 $5 Qc7 {[%csl Gd6][%cal Gb8d7]} 12. e5 Nf5 13. exd6 Qb6 (13... Nxd6 14.
Ne4 $16) 14. Qd2 (14. Ng5 Bxe2 15. Qxe2 Nd4 16. Qe7 Qxb2 17. Rfc1 Nf5 18. Qe1
$14) 14... Nxd6 15. a5 Qd8 16. Rfe1 $14) 11... b5 12. a4 b4 13. Nd1 {Black has
certain difficulties with queenside development.} Nc8 {[%csl Gd6][%cal Gb8d7]}
14. Bg5 (14. Ne3 $2 Bxf3 15. Bxf3 Qf6 $17 {[%csl Rb2,Rf4]}) 14... Qc7 ({Or} 
14... f6 15. Bh4 Re8 16. Qc2 Qe7 17. Ne3 $1 Bd7 (17... Qxe4 18. Bd3 $18) 18.
Nd2 $14 {[%csl Rd6,Rg7][%cal Ge3c4,Gh4g3]}) 15. Ne3 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 a5 17. Rac1
Nd7 18. Be2 Ncb6 19. Qc2 (19. Bb5 Rae8 20. f3 f5 21. exf5 h6 22. f6 hxg5 23.
fxg7 Kxg7 24. Rfe1 $14) 19... Rfe8 20. b3 {This move strengthens a4 and c4
squares, but weakens c3 square.} Bc3 $5 21. Bb5 f6 22. Bh4 {White has small
stable advantage. Next manoeuvres goal is break in the center preparing.} Re7
23. Kh1 Qd8 (23... Rae8 24. f3 Bd4 25. Ng4 Bc3 (25... h5 26. e5 $1 {[%cal
Gc2g6]} hxg4 27. Qxg6+ $18) 26. Rfd1 $14) 24. f3 Qf8 25. Bg3 {[%csl Rd6][%cal
Gg3d6]} Ne5 (25... Be5 26. f4 Bd4 27. Nc4 $14) 26. f4 Nf7 27. Qd3 (27. f5 $6 g5
$132) 27... Bd4 (27... Qh6 28. Ng4 Qh5 29. Rxc3 Qxg4 30. Rcc1 $14) 28. Rce1
Raa7 29. Re2 Qg7 30. Bf2 Qf8 31. Qc2 Rac7 32. Ng4 $1 {with interesting
tactical trap.} Nh6 $4 $18 (32... Bxf2 $4 33. Nxf6+ Kg7 34. Rfxf2 Kxf6 35. Qb2+
$18) (32... Qg7 $4 33. Bxd4 cxd4 34. Qd3 f5 35. exf5 Rxe2 36. Qxe2 (36. f6 Qf8
37. Qxe2 Nxd5 $14) 36... Nxd5 37. fxg6 $18 {[%cal Ge2e6,Gf4f5]}) ({The only
defence was} 32... Bc3 $1 33. Bh4 Nh6 34. Ne3 $14 {and it is not easy to
increase advantage.}) 33. Nxh6+ Qxh6 34. Bxd4 cxd4 35. Qd2 {[%csl Rd4]} Nd7 (
35... Rc5 36. Qxd4 $18) 36. Qxd4 Nc5 37. Bc4 ({Immediately wins} 37. Qxf6 $18)
37... Qg7 (37... Qh4 38. g3 $18) 38. h3 {White has P over and good position.
Winning is question of time.} Rc8 39. Rfe1 {[%cal Ge4e5]} Rec7 {[%cal Gc5a4]
threatening Nxa4} 40. Qa1 $1 Nd7 41. Ba6 $1 Rd8 42. Bb5 Nc5 43. e5 fxe5 44.
fxe5 Re7 45. Qc1 (45. Bc4 $18) (45. Qd4 Nxb3 46. Qb6 $18) 45... Nxb3 46. Qc4
Nc5 47. exd6 Rxe2 48. Rxe2 Qc3 49. Qh4 Rf8 50. Re7 h5 51. Qg5 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 3rd"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "2002.06.23"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Izoria, Zviad"]
[Black "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2556"]
[BlackElo "2588"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2002.06.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 4]} 1. d4 c5 2. d5 f5 {This strange variation forces White to play
nonstandard way.} 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. f3 $5 {[%cal Ge2e4] Reasonable move! e2-e4
promotion could be useful for White.} g6 ({On} 4... e5 {Quite strong is} 5. e4
(5. dxe6 $6 d5 6. Bg5 d4 $15 {0-1 Schirbel,A-Donner,B/Germany 1997/EXT 98 (21)}
) 5... f4 (5... fxe4 6. fxe4 $14) 6. g3 (6. Nh3 a6 7. a4 $14 (7. d6 Nc6 8. Nxf4
exf4 9. Bxf4 b5 $15 {1-0 Ortega,L-Gentilleau,J/Montecatini Terme 1997/EXT 99 
(25)})) (6. a4 $5) 6... d6 7. Bh3 Bxh3 8. Nxh3 Nh5 9. Rg1 (9. Ne2 $5 $14) 9...
h6 10. Qe2 $14 {1-0 Akhsharumova,A-Zayac,E/Kuala Lumpur 1990/TD (80)}) 5. e4 d6
6. Bb5+ Bd7 $6 $16 ({Better looks} 6... Nbd7 7. exf5 gxf5 8. Nh3 (8. Bg5 Bg7 9.
Nh3 O-O 10. Nf4 Ne5 11. Qe2 $14 (11. Ne6 Bxe6 12. dxe6 a6 13. Be2 (13. Bd3 Qb6
14. Rb1 Nxd3+ 15. Qxd3 d5 $15) 13... b5 14. O-O Nc6 $132 {0-1 Hain,G-Diehl,K/
Ludwigshafen 1996/EXT 98 (27)})) (8. Nge2 $14 {[%cal Ge2f4]}) 8... a6 9. Bxd7+
Bxd7 10. Qe2 (10. a4 b5 $14) 10... b5 $14) 7. exf5 gxf5 8. Nh3 {[%cal Gh3g5,
Gh3f4] White left with essential advantage. Black's king flank is in ruins.}
Na6 9. Bxa6 $1 bxa6 10. O-O Bg7 11. Ne2 O-O 12. Nef4 h6 13. c4 Ne8 14. Kh1 Bd4
15. Qe2 Kh7 16. Be3 Bh8 17. Rae1 {White has strategical winning position.
There is no any counterplay in Black's disposal...} Rf7 18. Qd2 Rb8 19. b3 a5 {
[%cal Ga5a4] Too late...} 20. Ne6 $1 Bxe6 21. dxe6 Rf6 22. Bxh6 $1 {Destroying
black king's fortress.} Nc7 (22... Rxh6 23. Ng5+ Kg8 24. Nf7 $18) 23. Ng5+ Kg8
24. Nf7 Qe8 25. Qg5+ Kh7 26. Qh4 {Black can resign here.} Nxe6 27. Rxe6 Rxf7
28. Rfe1 Rb7 29. Bf8+ Kg8 30. Rg6+ Bg7 31. Bxg7 Rxg7 32. Rh6 1-0

[Event "Rubinstein Memorial 37th"]
[Site "Polanica Zdroj"]
[Date "2000.08.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Black "Markowski, Tomasz"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2666"]
[BlackElo "2568"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[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. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. d5 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bb5+ Nbd7 7. a4 O-O 8. O-O
a6 9. Be2 Rb8 (9... Ne8 10. Bf4 Nc7 11. Qd2 Rb8 {see comments to the game 0-1
Sokolov,I-Minasian,A/EUCup f Ljubljana 1995/CBM 51 (34) [Stohl]}) 10. Nd2 (10.
a5 {-mainline.}) 10... Ne8 11. Re1 (11. h4 $5 h5 12. Nf3 Ne5 13. Bg5 Nxf3+ 14.
gxf3 Bh3 15. Re1 Nf6 16. Qd2 {1/2-1/2 Novak,I-Plachetka,J/Trinec 1972/ (32)}) (
11. Nc4 $142 $5 Nb6 12. Ne3 Bd7 13. Bd2 Nc8 14. Rb1 b5 15. axb5 axb5 16. b4 $14
{Sokolov,I-Velickovic,S/YUG-ch 1988/ (21)}) (11. a5 $5) 11... Nc7 12. Nc4 (12.
a5 b5 13. axb6 Nxb6 $132) 12... b6 ({Premature is} 12... b5 $2 13. Na5 $16 Ne5
$2 14. axb5 axb5 15. f4 $18) 13. f4 {Makes certain problem to Bc1 development.}
({Good was} 13. Bg5 Ne5 14. Nxe5 Bxe5 15. Bd3 $132) 13... Bb7 14. Bf3 Ba8 (
14... f5 $5 $132 {[%csl Rd5]}) 15. Kh1 b5 $1 {Black doesn't afraid of Na5-c6
penetration.} (15... f5 $5 $132 {[%csl Rd5]}) 16. axb5 axb5 17. Na5 (17. Ne3 b4
18. Ne2 Nb5 19. Nc4 Nb6 20. Nxb6 Qxb6 21. Qd3 e6 $11) 17... Nb6 $132 18. Ra2 ({
Dubious is} 18. Qd3 Qd7 19. Rd1 $5 {[%csl Gd5,Rd6][%cal Ge7e6,Ga5c6]} Rbe8 20.
Ne2 (20. Nc6 $6 b4 (20... Bxc6 21. dxc6 Qxc6 22. e5 d5 23. Nxd5 Nbxd5 24. Bxd5
Nxd5 25. Qxd5 Qxd5 26. Rxd5 Rd8 27. Rxd8 Rxd8 28. Be3 c4 29. Kg1 f6 $11) 21.
Na4 (21. Nb5 Bxc6 22. Nxc7 (22. dxc6 Qxc6 23. Na7 Qb7 $17) 22... Qxc7 23. dxc6
Ra8 $15) 21... Nxa4 22. Rxa4 Bxc6 23. dxc6 Qxc6 24. b3 $15) 20... f5 $1 {
[%csl Rd5] Black tries to attack d5 weakness.} 21. exf5 Qxf5 22. Qxf5 Rxf5 23.
Ng3 (23. Nc6 $2 Nbxd5 24. Rxa8 $1 Rxa8 25. Rxd5 {[%cal Gc6e7]} Nxd5 26. Bxd5+
Kf8 $19) 23... Rf6 24. Nc6 Bxc6 25. dxc6 d5 26. Ra7 Rxc6 $17) (18. Nc6 $6 Bxc6
19. dxc6 Bxc3 20. bxc3 Qe8 $15 {[%csl Rc6]}) 18... e6 19. dxe6 (19. Nc6 $5 Bxc6
20. dxc6 b4 21. Ne2 Nb5 22. Qd3 c4 23. Qd2 {[%csl Rb4]} b3 24. cxb3 cxb3 25.
Ra1 Qc7 26. Qd3 Qxc6 27. Qxb3 Nc4 28. Qc2 $132) 19... fxe6 20. Ne2 $6 $15 {
Strange move.} (20. Be3 $142 $132 {[%cal Gd1d2]}) 20... e5 21. c3 (21. Qd3 d5
$1 (21... c4 22. Qa3 Qh4 {[%csl Re1]} 23. g3 Qe7 24. Bg2 $132) 22. exd5 (22.
fxe5 Bxe5 23. g3 c4 24. Qe3 d4 25. Qf2 Bxe4 $17) 22... Nbxd5 23. fxe5 Bxe5 $17
{[%csl Rf3,Rh1][%cal Gf8f3,Gd8h4]}) 21... Qe7 22. b4 (22. Qd3 c4 $15 {[%cal
Gc7e6,Ge6c5]}) (22. Be3 Rbe8 23. Ra1 $15 {[%csl Ra5]}) 22... Rbd8 (22... Ne6 $5
$15) 23. bxc5 $2 $17 (23. Qc2 $142 exf4 24. Bxf4 Ne6 $15) 23... dxc5 24. Qc2 (
24. Qb3+ Kh8 (24... c4 25. Qa3 $132) 25. c4 b4 26. fxe5 Nd7 27. Nf4 Nxe5 28.
Nd5 Nxf3 $1 29. Nxe7 Nxe1 $19) 24... exf4 $19 {White lost whole P without any
compensation.} 25. Nb3 Qe5 (25... Ne6 $19) 26. Ra7 (26. Nd2 Rfe8 27. Ra7 Ne6
$19) 26... Nc4 27. Qa2 (27. Nd2 Ne3 28. Qa2+ c4 $19) 27... Kh8 28. Na5 (28. Nd2
Nxd2 29. Bxd2 Ne6 $19) 28... Nb6 29. Nb3 (29. Ba3 Rd7 $19) 29... Na4 $2 ({
Why not to the central square?} 29... Nc4 $1 30. Na5 Ne3 31. c4 g5 {[%cal
Gg5g4]} 32. Bxe3 fxe3 33. Ng3 Qc3 (33... g4 34. Bxg4 Rf2 35. Qb3 Rdd2 $13) 34.
Qb1 Be5 35. Nf5 (35. cxb5 Nxb5 $19) 35... e2 36. Rxe2 Rxf5 37. exf5 Bxf3 $19)
30. c4 $1 {[%csl Ra4]} bxc4 (30... Nc3 $2 31. Nxc3 Qxc3 32. Bd2 Qb2 33. Qxb2
Bxb2 34. Ba5 $1 $13) 31. Nd2 Nb6 32. Nxc4 Nxc4 33. Qxc4 Ne6 $2 $11 (33... Bc6 {
[%cal Gc7b5]} 34. Ra5 Ne6 $17) 34. Ba3 $2 {Mistakes comedy is continued, but
complicated previous game maybe takes too much time and power from both sides?}
({Right was} 34. Re7 $1 {[%csl Re6,Rf4][%cal Ge7e5]} Rde8 35. Bxf4 Qf6 36. Rxe8
Rxe8 37. Bg3 $11) 34... Rfe8 35. Rb1 Rb8 36. Rd1 $2 $19 (36. Rxb8 Qxb8 37. Qa4
{[%cal Ga4e8,Ga4a8]} g5 $17) 36... Bc6 {[%cal Gc6b5]} 37. Qc2 Ra8 38. Rxg7 (38.
Rxa8 Rxa8 39. Bc1 Ra1 $19 (39... Ba4 40. Qa2)) 38... Rxa3 (38... Nxg7 39. Bb2
Qe7 $19) 39. Rf7 Kg8 {[%csl Rf7]} 40. Rfd7 Bxd7 41. Rxd7 Ra1+ 42. Ng1 Rd8 0-1

[Event "Golombek Memorial"]
[Site "Paignton"]
[Date "2000.09.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Hebden, Mark"]
[Black "Van der Weide, Karel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2467"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2000.09.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 079"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 c5 2. d5 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O Na6 8. Nd2
Nc7 9. a4 Rb8 (9... b6 10. Nc4 Ba6 11. Bg5 {-mainline} (11. Bf4 {-mainline}))
10. Nc4 b6 (10... Nd7 11. Bg5 Ne5 12. Ne3 f5 13. exf5 gxf5 14. f4 Nf7 15. Bh4
$14 {1-0 Vyzmanavin,A-Kaidanov,G/Lvov 1985/MCD (55)}) 11. Bg5 (11. Bf4 Ba6 (
11... Nd7 12. Qd2 Re8 13. Rfe1 Ba6 14. Rad1 Bxc4 15. Bxc4 a6 16. Bf1 $14 {
1/2-1/2 Zdrojewski,W-Schmidt,S/Leningrad 1990/EXT 97 (67)}) 12. Re1 (12. e5
Bxc4 13. Bxc4 Nh5 14. exd6 exd6 15. Be3 $132 {1/2-1/2 Garcia,F-Alvarez Ibarra,
D/Albacete 1989/EXT 97 (27)}) 12... Nd7 13. Qd2 Bxc4 14. Bxc4 a6 15. Bh6 b5 16.
Bxg7 Kxg7 17. axb5 axb5 18. Bf1 b4 19. Nd1 Nb6 20. Ne3 $14 {1-0 Inkiov,
V-Ermenkov,E/Sofia 1981/EXT 99 (36)}) (11. f4 Ba6 (11... Bb7 12. Re1 Ba8 13.
Bf3 a6 14. a5 bxa5 15. Nxa5 $14 {1-0 Dovlatov,S-Mohamed,H/Abu Dhabi 1999/EXT
2000 (32)}) 12. Ne3 Bxe2 13. Qxe2 a6 14. Rd1 b5 15. axb5 axb5 16. e5 Nd7 $132 {
0-1 Sorensen,H-Bjerring,K/Copenhagen 1985/MCD (27)}) (11. Rb1 Nd7 (11... Bb7
12. Bf4 Qd7 13. Re1 $14 {1/2-1/2 Hummel,P-Paragua,M/North Bay 1999/EXT 2000 
(31)}) 12. Bd2 Ba6 13. Kh1 Bxc4 14. Bxc4 a6 15. Qe2 Bxc3 16. Bxc3 b5 17. Ba2 c4
$14 {1-0 Porper,E-Ganor,D/Rishon Le Ziyyon 1990/EXT 99 (59)}) (11. Re1 a6 12.
Bf4 b5 13. axb5 Nxb5 14. Nxb5 axb5 15. Na5 $14 {1-0 Hebden,M-Quillan,G/Dundee
1993/CBM 38/[Bulletin] (42)}) 11... h6 (11... a6 12. f4 b5 13. Na5 $14 {
1/2-1/2 Prasad,D-Pazos,P/Novi Sad 1990/TD (49)}) 12. Bf4 $14 Ba6 {In this type
of position Black tries to promote a7-a6 and b6-b5, but sometimes this plan is
not successful because white N can jump from c4 to a5. In other hand, White
plays in the center and kingside, using space advantage.} 13. b3 Nd7 ({
Interesting sharp continuation is} 13... g5 14. Be3 (14. Bd2 e6) 14... e6 (
14... Nxe4 15. Nxe4 f5 16. Ng3 Bxa1 17. Qxa1 f4 18. Nh5 e5 19. dxe6 Qe7 20. Bd2
d5 21. Ne5 Bxe2 22. Ng6 $16) 15. dxe6 fxe6 16. Qxd6 Nfd5 17. exd5 Bxc3 18. Qxd8
Rfxd8 19. d6 Nd5 20. Rad1 $14) 14. Qd2 {[%csl Rh6]} Kh7 15. Bd3 Bxc4 $5 {
What else can you advise to black? Nc4 is too strong, and Black decided to
chang it.} 16. bxc4 Ne5 {Black must forget b6-b5 promotion...} 17. Be2 e6 18.
Ra3 $1 {[%cal Ga3h3]} exd5 $6 $16 (18... f5 $142 19. Bg3 Qf6 20. f4 Nd7 21. Nb5
Nxb5 22. axb5 fxe4 23. Rxa7 $14) 19. cxd5 f5 20. Bg3 {[%cal Gf2f4]} Qf6 (20...
fxe4 21. Nxe4 $16) 21. f4 $2 $132 {White put mistake.} ({Quite strong was} 21.
exf5 $1 Qxf5 (21... gxf5 22. Nb5 $1 $16) 22. Nb5 $1 $16) 21... Nf7 22. Bd3 (22.
Nb5 Nxb5 23. axb5 fxe4 24. Rxa7 Kg8 $132) 22... a6 $2 $16 ({Why not} 22... fxe4
$1 23. Bxe4 (23. Nxe4 Qd4+ 24. Bf2 Qxd5 25. f5 Qxf5 26. Nxc5 Qc8 $15) 23...
Qd4+ 24. Qxd4 Bxd4+ 25. Kh1 Ng5 26. Bd3 Bxc3 27. Rxc3 Nxd5 28. Rb3 Nf7 29. f5
$132) 23. exf5 $1 {At last!} gxf5 24. Qe2 {[%csl Rf5][%cal Ge2a6,Ge2h5]} b5 (
24... Qg6 25. Qe7 (25. Bxa6 $2 Rfe8 26. Qc4 (26. Qd3 $4 Re3 $19) 26... Bxc3 27.
Rxc3 Re4 28. Qd3 Rxa4 (28... Rd4 29. Qxd4 $1 cxd4 30. Rxc7 $16) 29. Bc4 b5 30.
Bb3 Raa8 $17) 25... Rb7 26. Nd1 $1 Bd4+ (26... Nd8 27. Ne3 $18 {[%csl Rd8,Rf5]
[%cal Ge7f8]}) 27. Kh1 $16) 25. axb5 axb5 26. Bxb5 ({Clear advantage White has
after} 26. Qh5 $1 Nh8 27. Ra7 b4 28. Rxc7 bxc3 29. Re1 $16 (29. Bh4 Qg6 30. Qf3
$16)) 26... Nxb5 27. Nxb5 Rfe8 28. Qd3 Re4 29. c4 $1 $16 {White consolidated
forces and has P over.} Rbe8 30. Ra7 {[%cal Ga7h7]} Kg6 (30... Kg8 31. Nc7 {
[%cal Gc7e6]} R8e7 32. Ra8+ $16) 31. Rd7 {[%csl Rd6,Rf7]} R8e7 $6 (31... Re3
$142 $16) 32. Rxe7 Qxe7 33. Rf3 $1 {[%csl Rg6][%cal Gg3f2,Gf3g3]} Bd4+ (33...
Kh7 34. Bf2 Qf6 35. Be3 $16) 34. Kh1 h5 35. h3 Nh6 $2 $18 (35... h4 $1 $16) 36.
Nxd4 Rxd4 37. Qb3 Qe2 (37... h4 38. Re3 Re4 39. Bf2 $18) 38. Qb8 $1 {Black K
is more vulnerable than White!} Qe7 39. Rb3 h4 {loses immediately} (39... Rxc4
$142 40. Rb7 Rb4 41. Rxe7 (41. Rxb4 cxb4 42. Qxb4 Ng8 $16) 41... Rxb8 42. Re6+
Kg7 43. Rxd6 Nf7 (43... Rb2 {[%csl Rf2][%cal Gg3f2]} 44. Bh4 Ng8 {[%csl Gf6]}
45. Rc6 Rc2 46. d6 $18 {[%csl Rd8][%cal Gd6d7,Gh4d8]}) 44. Rc6 Rb5 45. Bf2 c4
46. Bd4+ Kg8 47. d6 Rd5 48. Be5 $18) 40. Bxh4 $1 Rd1+ 41. Kh2 (41. Kh2 Qxh4 42.
Qe8+ $18) 1-0

[Event "Najdorf Memorial Great fin"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "2000.09.16"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Ricardi, Pablo"]
[Black "Hoffman, Alejandro"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2488"]
[BlackElo "2491"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2000.09.09"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 079"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. d5 d6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. a4 O-O 8. h3 (
8. O-O {-mainline}) 8... Bxb5 (8... e6 9. O-O exd5 10. exd5 Bxb5 11. axb5 Nbd7
12. Qd3 Nb6 13. Bf4 Qd7 14. Ra5 $14 {0-1 Cramling,P-Chiburdanidze,M/Belgrade
1992/TD (60)}) 9. axb5 Nbd7 10. O-O Ne8 $5 {[%cal Ge8c7,Gg7b2] Start of
interesting manoeuvre: N goes to c7.} ({Possible also} 10... Nb6 $5 11. Re1 Re8
12. Na4 a6 13. Nxb6 Qxb6 14. bxa6 Rxa6 15. Rxa6 Qxa6 16. c3 $11 {1/2-1/2
Mantovani,R-Romanishin,O/Reggio Emilia 1996/CBM 57/(42)}) (10... Qc7 $5 11. Bf4
a6 12. Qe2 Qb6 13. Nd2 axb5 14. Nxb5 Nh5 15. Bh2 Bxb2 (15... Rxa1 16. Rxa1 Bxb2
17. Rb1 Bg7 18. Nxd6 Qa6 19. Qxa6 bxa6 20. N6c4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Franco Ocampo,
Z-Diez del Corral,J/Luzern 1982/EXT 97-B (42)}) 16. Rab1 Be5 17. f4 Bg7 18. e5
$44) (10... a6 $6 11. bxa6 Rxa6 12. Rxa6 bxa6 {[%csl Ra6]} 13. Re1 Ne8 14. Bg5
$14 {1-0 Cosma,I-Bosch Porta,D/Andorra la Vella 1999/EXT 2000 (31)}) 11. Bf4
Nc7 12. Re1 Nb6 13. Qd3 Qd7 (13... f5 $2 {met by} 14. e5 $1 dxe5 15. Bxe5 Bxe5
(15... Ncxd5 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Ng5 $16) (15... Nbxd5 16. b6 $3 $18) 16. Rxe5
Qd6 17. Rae1 $16) 14. e5 c4 (14... e6 15. exd6 Ncxd5 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 (16... exd5
17. Re7 c4 18. Rxd7 cxd3 19. Rxb7 dxc2 20. Rc1 Rfc8 21. Rc7 $16) 17. Be5 $14)
15. Qd2 Nxb5 16. Bh6 (16. Nxb5 Qxb5 17. exd6 exd6 18. Bxd6 Rfd8 $15 {[%csl Rb2,
Rd5]}) 16... Nxc3 17. Bxg7 $5 Kxg7 18. Qxc3 Nxd5 ({After} 18... Kg8 $15 {
it is not so easy for White to justify P lack.}) 19. Qd4 e6 20. exd6+ Kg8 21.
b3 (21. Qxc4 Qxd6 $15) 21... b5 $5 {[%csl Gd5] Good decision! Black returns
back P but Nd5 remains on strong position in the center.} ({Dubious was} 21...
cxb3 $2 {because of} 22. c4 $5 {[%csl Rd5][%cal Gc4d5]} (22. cxb3 $2 Qxd6 $17)
22... Nb4 {[%cal Gb4c2]} 23. Ne5 Qd8 24. Ng4 $1 {[%csl Rg8][%cal Gg4h6]} f6 25.
Rxe6 Nc2 26. Qd5 $1 Kh8 (26... Nxa1 27. Re7+ Kh8 28. Qxb7 $18) 27. Rb1 $16) ({
Also well was} 21... c3 $5 22. Rxa7 Rxa7 23. Qxa7 Qxd6 24. Qxb7 $132) 22. bxc4
bxc4 23. Ra6 f6 $2 (23... c3 $1 $132 {It was not any reason to afraid from} 24.
Ne5 {[%cal Ge5d7]} Qb7 25. Rea1 Qb4 26. Qxb4 Nxb4 27. Rxa7 Rxa7 28. Rxa7 Nxc2 (
28... Kg7) 29. Nc6 {[%cal Gd6d7]} e5 $1 {and Black keep equal position.} (29...
Ne1 {[%cal Gc3c2,Ge1d3]} 30. Ra3 c2 31. Rc3 $18) 30. Rc7 (30. d7 Nd4 31. Nxe5 (
31. Nxd4 exd4 32. Rc7 Kg7 33. Kf1 Rd8 34. Ke2 c2 35. Kd2 d3 $17) (31. Rc7 Ne6
32. Rc8 f6 33. d8=Q Nxd8 34. Nxd8 c2 $15) 31... c2 32. Rc7 Ne2+ 33. Kf1 c1=Q+
34. Rxc1 Nxc1 35. Nc6 $11) 30... Nd4 31. Nxe5 c2 32. Kh2 $11) (23... Rfc8 $2
24. Ne5 Qb7 25. Rea1 c3 26. Rxa7 Rxa7 (26... Nf4 27. Rxb7 Ne2+ 28. Kh2 Nxd4 29.
d7 $18) 27. Rxa7 $18) 24. Qxc4 Rac8 (24... Rfc8 25. Qe4 Re8 26. c4 (26. Rea1 $5
Nc3 27. Qc6 $16) 26... Nb4 27. Ra5 Nc6 (27... Qxd6 $2 28. c5 Qb8 29. Rb1 $18 {
[%csl Rb4]}) 28. Rc5 Rac8 29. Rd1 $16) 25. Qe4 Rfe8 26. Rea1 Nb6 $2 {Loses
immediately.} (26... Ra8 $142 27. c4 $16) ({or} 26... Rc3 27. Nd4 $16) 27. Rxa7
Qc6 (27... Qxd6 $6 28. Qb7 $1 $18) 28. Qh4 {[%csl Rh7]} Nd7 29. R1a6 Qb5 30.
Nd4 Qb1+ 31. Kh2 g5 (31... Rcd8 32. Nc6 Qxc2 33. Nxd8 Rxd8 34. Ra8 $18) 32. Qh6
Rcd8 33. Nxe6 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-31"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1994.12.13"]
[Round "12.2"]
[White "Renet, Olivier"]
[Black "Kotsur, Pavel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "Vaisser,A"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1994.12.01"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 045"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "France"]
[BlackTeam "Kazakhstan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "KAZ"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. d5 $1 d6 5. a4 Nf6 6. Bb5+ $1 Bd7 7. Nc3 O-O 8.
O-O (8. h3 $6 Na6 9. O-O Nc7 10. Bc4 e5 $1 11. dxe6 Bxe6 12. Qd3 d5 13. exd5
Ncxd5 14. Nxd5 Bxd5 15. Bg5 Bxc4 16. Qxc4 $10 {Polgar, Z - Alvares, Oviedo,
1993}) 8... Na6 9. Re1 Nc7 (9... Bxb5 $5 10. axb5 Nc7 11. Qd3 a6 12. b6 Nb5 13.
Nxb5 axb5 14. Rxa8 Qxa8 15. Qxb5 Qa6 16. Qxa6 bxa6 17. Bg5 Rb8 18. Nd2 Rxb6 19.
Nc4 Rb4 20. b3 Kf8 21. e5 Nxd5 22. Rd1 e6 23. exd6 Ke8 24. Bd2 Rb5 25. Na5 Rb6
26. Nc4 {0.5:0.5 Piket - Ree, Holland (ch) 1993}) 10. Bf1 Nfe8 11. Bg5 $6 (11.
Bf4 $5) 11... h6 12. Bh4 a6 13. Qd2 (13. a5 $6 Rb8 14. e5 (14. Na4 $2 Bxa4 15.
Rxa4 Bxb2 {ni}) 14... g5 15. Bg3 f5 $1 16. exf6 exf6 $15) 13... g5 14. Bg3 Bg4
$6 (14... b5 $1 15. e5 b4 16. Ne4 (16. Nd1 Bg4 17. Ne3 Bxf3 18. gxf3 dxe5 19.
Nf5 e6 20. Nxg7 Nxg7 21. d6 f6 $17) 16... f5 $1 17. exf6 (17. exd6 $2 exd6 18.
Nxd6 f4) 17... Nxf6 18. Nxf6+ Rxf6 $13) 15. Be2 Qc8 16. h3 Bd7 17. a5 $1 $16 f5
(17... Rb8 18. Na4 Bxa4 19. Rxa4 Bxb2 $2 20. c3) 18. exf5 Bxf5 19. Na4 (19. h4
$6 g4 20. Nh2 Nf6 21. Bf4 Kh7 22. Nf1 Nh5 $36) (19. Bd3 e6 $1) 19... Qd8 20.
Rab1 (20. Bd3 $6 Nxd5 (20... e6) 21. Bc4 e6 22. Bxd5 exd5 23. Qxd5+ Rf7) 20...
Nf6 21. Nb6 Ne4 22. Qd1 Rb8 23. Bd3 Nxg3 24. fxg3 e6 25. Bxf5 exf5 26. c3 Rf7
27. Qa4 $1 Re7 (27... Qf6 $2 28. Nd7) 28. g4 (28. Qc2 $5 Rf7 $1 $8 29. Re2 Qf8
30. Rbe1 Re8 31. Qd3 $16) 28... f4 29. Kf2 Nb5 $6 (29... Qf8 $2 30. Nd7 Qe8 31.
Rxe7 Qxe7 32. Re1 $1 $18 (32. Nxb8 $2 Qe3+ 33. Kf1 Qd3+)) (29... Qe8 30. Rxe7
Qxe7 31. Re1 Qf7 {/\ 32...Te8}) 30. Rxe7 $6 (30. Qc2 $1 Qf8 (30... Qc7 31. Qg6
$1 (31. h4 $1) 31... Rxe1 (31... Rbe8 $2 32. Qxe8+ $1) 32. Rxe1 Qf7 33. Qxf7+
Kxf7 34. h4 $16) 31. h4 $1 Rbe8 (31... gxh4 32. Nxh4 Rxe1 33. Rxe1 Re8 34. Ng6
Qf7 35. Rxe8+ Qxe8 36. Nxf4 $16) 32. Rxe7 Qxe7 33. Re1 Qf7 34. Rxe8+ Qxe8 35.
hxg5 Qe3+ 36. Kf1 hxg5 37. Nxg5 $16) 30... Qxe7 31. Re1 Qf7 32. Re6 (32. Qe4
Nc7 33. Qe7 Bf8) (32. h4 $5) 32... Re8 33. Qe4 Nc7 34. Rxe8+ Nxe8 $14 35. Nd2
Nf6 36. Qd3 h5 37. Ne4 $1 hxg4 38. Nxf6+ Qxf6 39. hxg4 Qh6 40. Ke2 Qh4 (40...
Qh1 $2 41. Qe4 Qc1 42. Nc4) 41. Qh3 Qxh3 42. gxh3 Kf7 43. Nc4 Be5 $2 (43... Bf8
) 44. Kf3 Kf6 (44... Kg6 45. Nxe5+ dxe5 46. h4 $2 gxh4 47. d6 Kf7 48. g5 h3 49.
d7 Ke7 50. g6 e4+ 51. Kxf4 h2 52. g7 h1=Q 53. d8=Q+ Kxd8 54. g8=Q+) 45. Kf2 Kg6
$4 (45... Kf7 $1 $14 46. h4 $2 (46. Kg2 Ke7 47. Nxe5 $2 dxe5 48. h4 gxh4 49. g5
e4 50. g6 f3+ 51. Kf2 h3 52. Kg3 e3 53. g7 Kf7 $17) 46... gxh4 47. Nxe5+ $2
dxe5 48. g5 e4 49. d6 e3+ 50. Kf3 h3 51. g6+ Kxg6 52. d7 h2 53. Kg2 h1=Q+ 54.
Kxh1 e2 $19) 46. h4 $1 $18 gxh4 47. Nxe5+ Kg5 (47... dxe5 48. d6 Kf7 49. g5 e4
50. g6+ $18) 48. Nf7+ Kxg4 49. Nxd6 h3 50. Nc4 Kf5 51. Kf3 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 2nd"]
[Site "Ohrid"]
[Date "2001.06.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Volzhin, Alexander"]
[Black "Rossi, Carlo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2528"]
[BlackElo "2418"]
[Annotator "Volzhin,A"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2001.06.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. d5 c4 $6 {The speciality of my opponent. He inviarably
plays this move in this position.} 4. Nc3 (4. e4 $5 {is other good idea:} Nxe4
5. Bxc4 b5 (5... g6 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. d6 e6 8. Nb5 Na6 9. Bf4 b6 10. Be5 Bb7 11.
Qd4 Bg7 12. Nc7+ Nxc7 13. dxc7 Qe7 14. Bd6 Nh5 15. Qd3 Qf6 16. Ba6 Qxb2 17.
Bxb7 {1-0 Dautov,R-Telljohann,S/Bremen 1998/CBM 68}) (5... Qa5+ 6. c3 b5 7. Bb3
b4 8. O-O bxc3 9. bxc3 Ba6 10. c4 d6 11. Ba4+ Nd7 12. Bxd7+ Kxd7 13. Nd4 Nc5
14. Na3 g6 15. Nb3 Nxb3 16. axb3 Bg7 17. Bd2 Bc3 18. Nc2 {1-0 Perun,
S-Panchenko,F/Kiev 1998.}) 6. Bd3 Qa5+ (6... Nf6 7. Bxb5 Qa5+ 8. Nc3 Bb7 9. O-O
$18) (6... Nd6 7. O-O $16) 7. Nbd2 Nf6 8. O-O Bb7 9. c4 bxc4 10. Nxc4 Qxd5 11.
Qb3 $1 Na6 12. Be3 e6 13. Rfd1 Nc5 14. Bxc5 Bxc5 15. Bc2 $1 Qc6 16. Na5 Bxf2+
17. Kh1 $1 Qb6 18. Nxb7 Rb8 $2 19. Nd6+ $1 Ke7 20. Qd3 $1 Bc5 21. Ne4 $18 {
Tukmakov,V-Trauth,M/Zurich 1994}) 4... Qa5 5. Qd4 $1 {Of course, I didn't
prepare much for the game. I've just decided to play this natural move and see
what will happen.} b5 (5... Na6 {was played in Speelman,J-Paulsen,D/Germany
2000/CBM 78 ext but after} 6. e4 Nb4 7. Kd1 $1 e6 8. a3 Na6 9. Bxc4 Bc5 10. Qd2
b5 11. Nxb5 Qxd2+ 12. Nxd2 Ng4 13. Ke2 exd5 14. Bxd5 Rb8 15. c4 {White is
winning.}) 6. e4 $1 (6. Qc5 $6 Ba6 {leads White nowhere.}) 6... Bb7 7. Bd2 $1
$16 b4 {The only way to parry the threat of 8.e5 but now Black lose c4-pawn.} (
7... Na6 8. e5 Nb4 9. Rc1 Nfxd5 10. Nxd5 Bxd5 11. a3 $18) (7... e6 8. e5 $18)
8. Nd1 e6 9. Bxc4 {Proving that Black's third move was not the best -:)} Bc5
10. Qd3 O-O 11. Ne3 {Precise play still required.} ({Careless} 11. O-O $2 {
allowed} Nxe4 $1 12. Qxe4 exd5 $15) 11... d6 $6 ({He could try to win the pawn
back:} 11... Bxe3 12. fxe3 $1 exd5 13. exd5 Bxd5 14. Bxd5 Nxd5 {but after} 15.
O-O {White is clearly better (/\Ng5, /\a3)}) 12. O-O {The rest is just
converting the healthy extra pawn to a win.} Qb6 13. a3 a5 (13... bxa3 14. b4
Bxe3 (14... Bxb4 15. Bxb4 Qxb4 16. Rfb1 $18) 15. Bxe3 Qc7 16. Rxa3 $18) 14.
axb4 axb4 15. Rxa8 Bxa8 16. c3 $1 $18 Nbd7 17. cxb4 Bxb4 18. Bxb4 Qxb4 19. dxe6
Bxe4 20. Qd4 Ne5 21. e7 Rb8 22. Nxe5 dxe5 23. e8=Q+ $1 (23. e8=Q+ Rxe8 (23...
Nxe8 24. Qxe4) 24. Bxf7+) 1-0

[Event "Congres International"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "1878.07.02"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Mason, James"]
[Black "Anderssen, Adolf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A43"]
[Annotator "Von Gottschall,H"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1878.06.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{(Source: Adolf Anderssen, Altmeister Deutscher Schachspielkunst; Leipzig 1912,
pp. 495-496.)  (Quelle: Adolf Anderssen, Altmeister Deutscher Schachspielkunst;
Leipzig 1912, S. 495-496.)} 1. d4 e6 2. e4 c5 {A somewhat remarkable French
Defence. Eine etwas merkwьrdige "Franzцsische Partie".} 3. d5 a6 4. c4 d6 5.
Nc3 g6 6. Bd3 Ne7 7. Nge2 Bg7 8. O-O O-O 9. Qb3 {The queen is misplaced here.
Hier hat die Dame nichts zu suchen.} (9. Be3 {and then 9.Qd2 nebst 9.Qd2}) ({
or even oder auch} 9. Qc2 {was appropriate. war am Platze.}) 9... Nd7 10. Bf4
e5 11. Bg3 g5 $1 12. Qc2 Ng6 13. f3 Nf6 14. Nd1 Nh5 15. Be1 Nhf4 16. Nxf4 ({
Viel besser war hier} 16. Ne3 {was much better here.}) 16... exf4 ({Solider
wдre wohl} 16... Nxf4 {would probably have been more solid. The text move was
tempting because Black has opened the bishop's diagonal for his attack and
cleared the e5-square. Moreover 17.Ne3 is then foiled. gewesen. Der Textzug
war indes verlockend, da Schwarz fьr seinen Angriff die Lдuferdiagonale
geцffnet und den Punkt e5 freigelegt erhдlt. AuЯerdem ist jetzt 17.Ne3
vereitelt.}) 17. Rb1 Ne5 18. b4 cxb4 19. Bxb4 b5 $2 {Wrong. Verfehlt.} ({
The correct move would have been Richtig wдre} 19... Nxd3 20. Qxd3 a5 {and
then 21...b6. Black could then begin the attack on the weak c4-pawn. nebst 21..
.b6 gewesen. Schwarz konnte dann den Angriff auf den schwachen Bauern c4
erцffnen.}) 20. c5 $1 a5 21. Bc3 Nxd3 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. Qxd3 dxc5 24. Qxb5 Ba6
25. Qb2+ f6 {White's position is now superior.  Die weiЯe Stellung ist jetzt
ьberlegen.} 26. Rf2 Qe7 ({Nicht gut wдre} 26... Bd3 27. Rc1 c4 {would not be
good on account of wegen} 28. Qd4 {then 29.Nb2 etc. nebst 29.Nb2 usw.}) 27. Qa3
g4 {This attack does not look very promising.  Dieser Angriff sieht nicht sehr
vielversprechend aus.} 28. Rc2 Rfc8 29. Rbc1 Rab8 30. Qxa5 Bd3 31. Rd2 c4 32.
Nf2 g3 33. hxg3 fxg3 34. Ng4 Kg6 35. Ne3 Qe5 36. Nf5 {The knight takes up a
dominating position. Der Springer nimmt hier eine dominierende Stellung ein.}
Rb7 ({If Falls} 36... Rb2 {, then , so} 37. Qa7 Rc7 38. Qa8 {etc. usw.}) 37.
Rdd1 {The queen is to be moved back to d2. Die Dame soll nach d2 zurьckgezogen
werden.} Rb2 38. Qa7 ({Auf} 38. Qe1 {would be met by} {wьrde} Ra8 {folgen.})
38... Rc7 39. Qe3 ({Why not Warum nicht} 39. Qa8 Kh5 40. Qf8 {etc.? usw.?})
39... Kf7 40. f4 $2 {A weak move. Ein schwacher Zug.} ({A stronger move was
Stдrker war} 40. Qh6 {to which Black's best reply would be} Ke8 41. Qh5+ Kd8
42. Qg4 Ra7 43. Qg8+ Qe8 {etc. usw. spielen wьrde;}) ({White's strongest move
here appears to be am stдrksten fьr WeiЯ scheint aber hier} 40. d6 {to follow
zu sein, um auf} Rc8 ({after auf} 40... Rcb7 41. Rxc4 Bxc4 42. d7 Rb8 ({Fritz5:
} 42... Rxd7) 43. Qh6 ({Fritz5:} 43. d8=Q $18) {[Fritz5:} 43... Qc5+ 44. Kh1
Qf8 45. Qxf8+ Rxf8 46. Nd6+ Ke7 47. Nxc4 Rxa2 $15 {]}) ({and after und auf} 
40... Rd7 41. Rxd3 ({Fritz5:} 41. Qh6 $18) 41... cxd3 42. Qh6 Ke8 ({Fritz5:} 
42... Ke6 43. Qh3 Rc2 44. Rd1 d2 45. Qg4 (45. Ne3+ Kxd6 46. Nxc2 Qc5+ $19)
45... Rxd6 46. Qg8+ Kd7 47. Qxh7+ Kc6 48. Nxd6 Qd4+ 49. Kh1 Rc1 $19) 43. Rc8+
Rd8 44. Qh5+ Kd7 45. Qxh7+) {with} 41. Qh6 {The tex move however forces the
following rook sacrifice. But with it Black obtains a lot of chances. folgen
zu lassen. Durch den Textzug wird allerdings das folgende Turmopfer auf g2
erzwungen. Schwarz erhдlt damit aber auch manche Chancen.}) 40... Rxg2+ 41.
Kxg2 Qb2+ $4 {Strange indeed! Seltsam fьrwahr!} (41... Bxe4+ 42. Kxg3 Qxf5 {
still offered Black some drawing chances, e.g. bot noch Remischancen fьr
Schwarz, z.B.} 43. d6 Qg6+ 44. Kh4 ({or if oder falls} 44. Kf2 Qg2+ 45. Ke1 Rb7
{etc. usw.}) 44... Qh6+ {etc. usw.}) 42. Kxg3 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 16th"]
[Site "Neum"]
[Date "2000.09.29"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Winants, Luc"]
[Black "Danner, Georg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2523"]
[BlackElo "2437"]
[Annotator "Winants,L"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2000.09.24"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "BIH"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 080"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Eupen Rochade"]
[BlackTeam "Wachau Melk"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BEL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AUT"]

1. d4 c5 2. d5 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f4 Nf6 6. Bb5+ {L'une des meilleures
faзons de contrer ce dispositif. L'йchec provoque un embouteillage dans le
camp adverse.} Nfd7 {Maintenant ce Cavalier gкne la diagonale du Bc8.} (6...
Bd7 $2) ({ou} 6... Nbd7 $2 {seraient bien йvidemment rйfutйs par} 7. e5) 7. a4
{Pour retenir la progression du Pb7.} Na6 8. Nf3 Nc7 9. Bc4 {On pourrait
йgalement accepter l'йchange ou reculer ce Fou sur d3.} O-O 10. O-O a6 11. Qe2
Rb8 ({La thйorie recommande} 11... b5 12. axb5 Nb6 13. Bd3 $2 (13. Ra3 Nxc4 14.
Qxc4 axb5 15. Nxb5 Ba6) (13. Bd2 Nxc4 14. Qxc4 axb5 15. Nxb5 Ba6) (13. Bb3 $5
Qd7 (13... axb5 14. Rxa8 Nbxa8 15. Nxb5) (13... c4 14. Be3) 14. Na4 Rb8 (14...
Nxa4 15. Bxa4 axb5 16. Bxb5 $1) (14... Qxb5 15. Qf2) 15. bxa6 Bxa6 16. Nxb6
Rxb6 17. Bc4 Bxc4 18. Qxc4 Bxb2 19. Bxb2 Rxb2 20. Ra7 $14) 13... c4 14. Qf2
cxd3 15. Qxb6 dxc2 16. Qf2 axb5 17. Rxa8 Nxa8 18. Nd4 Bxd4 19. Qxd4 Qb6 20. Ne2
Bg4 21. Qxb6 Nxb6 22. Nd4 Bd1 $17 {Kovacevic,Vlado-Jakobsen,O/Amsterdam IBM-B/
1973/}) 12. Bd2 b5 $2 {Les Noirs n'aperзoivent pas l'idйe du dernier coup
blanc.} ({Il fallait probablement essayer} 12... Nf6) 13. axb5 axb5 14. Nxb5
Nxb5 15. Bxb5 Bxb2 ({Sur} 15... Qb6 {,} 16. c4 $1 {garde le pion de plus.}) 16.
Ba5 $1 {Voici l'astuce : Les Noirs se retrouvent d'ores et dйjа perdus.} Nb6
17. Rab1 Bg7 18. Bc6 {Le Nb6 est pris au piиge.} Bg4 19. Kh1 {19.Qa6 gagnait
plus rapidement.} (19. Qb5 $143 Bxf3 20. Rxf3 (20. Bxb6 Be2 $3 21. Bxd8 Bxb5)
20... Bd4+ 21. Kh1 c4) (19. Qa6 $142 Bxf3 20. gxf3 (20. Bxb6 Rxb6 21. Qxb6 Bxe4
) 20... Bd4+ 21. Kh1 c4 22. Bb7 $1 $18) 19... Bxf3 20. gxf3 e6 21. f5 exf5 22.
exf5 g5 (22... Be5 23. f4) 23. f4 $6 {Les Blancs jouent pour le mat. Il йtait
pourtant plus simple de capturer le Cavalier.} (23. Qb5 $18) (23. Qa6 $18)
23... gxf4 24. Rb3 c4 $2 (24... Be5 25. Rg1+ Kh8 26. Qh5 {[%cal Rh5h7,Rb3h3] /
\ Qxh7}) (24... Bd4 $142) 25. Rh3 Qg5 26. Qe4 {Les Blancs avaient le choix
entre plusieurs combinaisons.} (26. Rg1 Qxf5 27. Rh5 f3 $8 28. Bc3 $1 Qxh5 (
28... f6 29. Qe7) 29. Rxg7+ Kh8 30. Rxf7+ Kg8 31. Rg7+ Kh8 32. Rg3+ Qe5 33.
Bxe5+ dxe5 34. Qxe5+ Rf6 35. Qxf6#) 26... Qf6 (26... Kh8 27. f6 Bh6 28. Rg1 $18
) (26... Qg4 27. Rhf3 $18) 27. Qxf4 ({Le plus joli йtait certainement} 27. Rg1
Kh8 28. Bc3 Qxc3 29. f6 $3 {[%cal Re4h7]} Qxh3 30. fxg7+ Kg8 31. gxf8=Q+ Kxf8
32. Qxf4 {[%cal Rf4d6]} Rd8 (32... Nc8 33. Qf6 {[%cal Rf6d8]}) 33. Qf6 $18)
27... Qd4 28. f6 Qxf4 29. Rxf4 Bh6 30. Rxh6 Nxd5 31. Bxd5 Rb5 32. Rg4+ Kh8 33.
Rg7 1-0