, but now White defends his <>>P.}) 45. a4 Rc6 (45... Ke5 $142 $5 46. Re2+ Kf6 47. Ra2)
46. a5 $18 {[%csl Ga5] o^a Suddenly the passed pawn is really dangerous.} Rc5
47. Rb2 (47. Nd6+ $6 Ke5 48. Nxf7+ Kf6 49. Nd6 Rxa5 $14) 47... Rc6 (47... Nc7
48. Nxc7 Rxc7 49. a6 Ra7 50. Ra2 $18) 48. Rd2 Rc5 49. Rb2 (49. Re2+ $142 $1)
49... Rc6 50. Rd2 Rc5 51. Re2+ $1 Kd3 (51... Kf5 $4 52. Nd6+ {/\Ne4+-}) 52. Rb2
Rc6 53. Rb1 $1 f6 ({Similar to the game is} 53... Ra6 54. Rd1+ Kc4 55. Rxd5
Rxa5 56. Rd7 Rxb5 57. Rxf7 $18 {[%csl Rc4,Rh7] ,Kc4}) (53... Re6 54. Rd1+ Kc4
55. Rxd5 $18) (53... Nf6 54. Ra1 Kc4 55. a6 $18) (53... Ke4 54. Re1+ Kd3 55. a6
$1 Rxa6 56. Rd1+ $18) 54. a6 $1 Rxa6 55. Rd1+ Kc4 56. Rxd5 Ra5 $8 (56... Kxd5
57. Nc7+ $18) 57. Rd7 Rxb5 58. Rxh7 Rb6 59. h4 g5 60. hxg5 (60. hxg5 fxg5 61.
Rd7 $1 $18 {and White will transpose into a winning R_|_ with the f of go^
against the distant K.}) 1-0
[Event "UKR-ch 73rd"]
[Site "Kharkov"]
[Date "2004.08.25"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Moiseenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Tukhaev, Adam"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A59"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2404"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "2004.08.03"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 103"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 Bxa6 6. Nc3 d6 7. e4 Bxf1 8.
Kxf1 g6 9. Nf3 Bg7 10. g3 O-O 11. Kg2 Nbd7 12. Re1 Ng4 {Should Black try to
capitalize from White's omission of h3? This question is not fully resolved,
as the alternatives} (12... Ra6 {and}) (12... Qa5 {still remain viable.}) 13.
Qe2 (13. Nd2 Nge5 14. Qe2 Nb6 15. f4 Ned7 16. Nf3 $5 ({The main line is the
complex tactical} 16. a4 Ra7 17. a5 Qa8 $5 18. Qb5 Rb8 $44) 16... Na4 17. Nd1
Qb6 18. Rb1 Qa6 $1 19. Bd2 (19. Qc2 $5 Nab6 20. a3 Nc4 $132) 19... Rfb8 20. b3
c4 $1 21. Nf2 Nac5 22. bxc4 Qxa2 23. Rxb8+ Rxb8 $44 {Gurevich,M-Banikas,H/
Korinthos m act/2002/}) ({A nowadays mostly ignored, but playable and
interesting continuation is also} 13. Re2 $5 Qb6 (13... Qa5 14. Bg5 Rfe8 15.
Rc1 Nb6 16. h3 Ne5 17. Nxe5 Bxe5 18. Qd3 Qb4 19. a3 Qa5 20. Nd1 c4 21. Qd2 Qa6
22. Ne3 Bg7 23. Ng4 Nd7 24. Bh6 Bh8 25. Be3 Rab8 26. Bd4 $16 {Spassky,
B-Vaganian,R/Linares/1985/}) 14. Bg5 Rfe8 15. Qc2 Qa6 16. Rd1 Nb6 17. h3 Ne5
18. Ne1 Nec4 19. Bc1 Reb8 20. f4 Na3 21. Qd3 c4 22. Qf3 Nb5 23. e5 Nxc3 24.
bxc3 Qb7 25. Be3 Na4 26. Bd4 Nb2 27. Rb1 Rxa2 28. Nc2 $14 {Hernandez,R-Kallio,
H/Havana/2004/}) 13... Qa5 $5 ({The main difference between the text-move and
13.Nd2 is that now after} 13... Nge5 {White doesn't have to transpose into the
above line and can play the less committal and seemingly even objectively
stronger} 14. Nxe5 $5 Nxe5 15. f4 (15. Bf4 Qa5 $44) 15... Nd7 16. Bd2 Nb6 $142
(16... Qb6 17. b3 Rfb8 18. Rac1 Qb7 (18... Qa6 19. Na4 Nb6 20. Qxa6 Rxa6 21.
Nxb6 Raxb6 22. Re2 Ra6 23. Rc2 Rba8 24. Be3 Kf8 25. g4 Ke8 26. Kf3 Kd7 27. h4
$16 {Genov,P-Kozhuharov,S/Plovdiv/2004/}) 19. Rc2 Nb6 20. h4 Qa6 21. Qf3 c4 22.
b4 Qc8 23. Bc1 Nd7 24. a3 Nf6 25. Bb2 e6 26. dxe6 Qxe6 27. Rce2 Qd7 28. e5 $1
$18 {Hjartarson,J-Zueger,B/Winterthur/1996/}) 17. b3 c4 18. Rac1 (18. Rab1 cxb3
19. axb3 Qb8 20. Na4 Rc8 21. Qd3 Nd7 22. Re2 Qb7 23. Be1 Qa6 24. Nb2 Qxd3 25.
Nxd3 Kf8 26. Nb4 Bc3 27. Nc6 Bxe1 28. Rbxe1 Nb6 29. Rc2 f5 $14 {Zagorskis,
D-Hansen,C/ICCF Email/2000/}) 18... Ra3 (18... cxb3 $14) (18... Qb8 $5 {/\} 19.
bxc4 Rc8 $14) 19. bxc4 Qc8 20. c5 $1 (20. Rc2 Qxc4 21. Qxc4 Nxc4 22. Nb1 Ra4
23. Rec1 Nxd2 24. Nxd2 f5 25. exf5 Rxf5 26. Nc4 Rf8 $44 {[%csl Ra2,Rd5] <=>ק,
Livshits,R-Gurevich,D/Toronto/1998/}) 20... dxc5 21. Rc2 Qa8 22. Rb1 Rb8 23. e5
e6 {Horvath,P-Mensch,E/Budapest/2002/} 24. Rcb2 $1 $18) 14. Nd2 ({White can
fight for an advantage with} 14. Bg5 Rfb8 (14... Rfe8 15. Nd2 $1 Ngf6 16. Nc4
Qb4 17. Rac1 h6 18. Bd2 Qb7 19. b3 Ra6 20. Qf3 Nh7 21. Na4 Qa8 22. Bf4 g5 23.
Bd2 Nhf6 24. Bc3 g4 25. Qd3 e6 26. Ne3 h5 27. h3 Bh6 28. Rcd1 $16 {Lalic,
B-Aikhoje,O/BCF-ch Scarborough/1999/}) 15. Rab1 Qa6 16. Qd2 $5 Nge5 17. Nxe5
Nxe5 18. b3 {O'Dwyer,F-Ryan,J/Kilkenny op/1993/} c4 $5 $14 {/~~}) (14. Bd2 Rfb8
$44 {leads to a typical Volga position with reasonable compensation.}) 14...
Bxc3 15. Nc4 (15. Qxg4 Bxd2 16. Bxd2 Qxd2 17. Qxd7 Rfe8 18. b3 Kf8 19. a4 Reb8
20. Rad1 Qc2 21. e5 Rd8 22. Qc7 Rac8 23. Qb6 Rb8 24. Qc7 Rbc8 $11 {1/2,Ruether,
R-Buettner,F/CServe email/1998/}) 15... Qa6 (15... Qa4 $2 16. bxc3 Nge5 {
loses a clear tempo due to} 17. Nb2 $1 Qa6 18. f4 Qxe2+ 19. Rxe2 Ng4 20. h3 Nh6
21. g4 f6 22. e5 fxe5 23. fxe5 Kg7 24. exd6 {1-0,Vanderhallen,N-Van Gemert,R/
Vlissingen/2004/}) 16. bxc3 Nge5 $1 {As is often the case in the central Volga,
Black despite his minnus P himself aims for an _|_ to neutralize White's
possible -> chances in the [+] and on the >>.} (16... Ngf6 $143 $2 17. a4 Nb6
18. Nxb6 Qxb6 19. Bg5 Qb3 20. Bxf6 exf6 21. Qf3 Kg7 22. Reb1 Qc4 23. Rb6 Ra6
24. Rxa6 Qxa6 25. a5 $16 {Horvath,P-Hummel,M/Finkenstein/1998/}) 17. Nxe5 {
Now White can hardly claim an edge.} ({Hjartarson's recommendation} 17. Nb2
$142 $5 {hasn't been tested yet, but even here the issue after} c4 {or even} (
17... Nb6 $5 {isn't fully clear.})) 17... Nxe5 18. Bh6 (18. Qxa6 $143 Rxa6 19.
Bh6 (19. Bf4 Nd3 20. Reb1 f6 21. Rb7 Kf7 22. a4 g5 23. Be3 Rfa8 24. h4 g4 25.
Bf4 Rxa4 26. Rxa4 Rxa4 27. Bxd6 Rxe4 $15 {Ellenbroek,T-Knoppert,E/Enschede/
1995/}) 19... Rfa8 20. Reb1 Ng4 21. Bc1 Rxa2 22. Rxa2 Rxa2 23. Rb2 Rxb2 24.
Bxb2 Ne5 $11 {Becker,C-Burschowsky,M/AUT-ch U16/1997/}) 18... Qxe2 $146 {
[%mdl 8] Black tries to make it more difficult for White to occupy the <->b,
on the other hand even the alternative} (18... Rfb8 {seems playable:} 19. Qxa6
(19. a4 $2 Nd3 $17 {/\} 20. Red1 Nf4+ $1) 19... Rxa6 20. Reb1 (20. a4 Rba8 {
can transpose into the lines below after} 21. Reb1) 20... Rba8 (20... Rab6 $2
21. Rxb6 Rxb6 22. a4 f6 (22... Nc4 23. a5 Ra6 24. Rb1 $18) 23. Bc1 $1 Ra6 24.
a5 g5 (24... Nc4 25. Ra4 Nxa5 26. c4 Ra7 27. Ra3 $1 $16 {[%csl Ra5,Ra7]}) 25.
f4 gxf4 26. gxf4 Nd3 27. Bd2 Nb2 28. c4 $1 Nxc4 29. Bc3 Ne3+ 30. Kf3 Nc2 31.
Ra4 $18 {Danner,G-Van der Weide,K/St Poelten/2002/}) 21. Rb2 (21. Rb7 Ng4 22.
Bg5 f6 23. h3 Ne5 $1 $44) (21. a4 f6 22. a5 g5 $1 23. h4 $8 Nf7 24. hxg5 fxg5
25. Rh1 Rxa5 $11) 21... f6 22. Bd2 Ra3 23. Rc2 Kf7 24. Bc1 R3a4 25. Re2 R8a7
26. h4 h5 27. Bf4 Nd3 28. Bh6 Rc4 29. Bd2 Ra3 30. Re3 Ne5 $44 {/=/+,Krallmann,
M-Kopylov,M/Dortmund/1999/}) 19. Rxe2 Rfb8 {[%cal Gb8b1]} 20. a4 Nc4 (20... Ra5
$5 $44) 21. a5 $5 {[%cal Ra1a4][%mdl 512] /\Ra4 White decides to act before
Black sets up a blockade with f6 and Ra5. By sacrificing his extra o^ he
activates his forces and increases his pressure, Black's K will be in a tight
spot.} Rxa5 $8 (21... Ra6 22. Ra4 Nb2 23. Ra2 Nc4 24. e5 $1 $36 {/\} dxe5 25.
Re4 $16) 22. Rxa5 Nxa5 23. e5 {[%csl Gd5,Ge5] [+]} Nc4 $8 (23... dxe5 $2 24.
Rxe5 Rb7 25. d6 $1 $18) 24. e6 $5 (24. exd6 exd6 $5 $11 (24... Nxd6 25. Bg5 f6
26. Bf4 Kf7 27. Re6 Rb3 $132)) (24. Bg5 Nxe5 25. Bxe7 Nc4 26. Bf6 Nb6 27. Rb2
Kf8 $11) 24... Ra8 (24... fxe6 25. dxe6 $36 {[%csl Rg8][%cal Re2e4,Re4f4] עg8,
/\Re4-f4} (25. Rxe6 Kf7 26. Re4 Ne5 $11)) 25. Re1 Nb6 26. Rd1 Rd8 {Now
untangling will not be so easy, Black could have gone for active <=> with} (
26... Na4 $5 27. c4 (27. Ra1 Nb6 28. Rd1 Na4 $11) (27. Bd2 c4 $5 $11) 27... Nb6
28. Rc1 Ra4 29. Rb1 Rb4 30. Ra1 Ra4 $11) 27. h4 Na8 $6 {Too passive.} (27...
Na4 $142 {was still possible.}) 28. Rb1 $1 {[%mdl 256] Now Black must defend
with care.} Nc7 29. c4 (29. exf7+ Kxf7 30. c4 e6 31. Rb7 Rd7 $11) 29... fxe6
30. Rb7 Rc8 31. dxe6 Nxe6 32. Rxe7 $36 Nd4 33. Rg7+ Kh8 34. Rd7 Kg8 35. g4 $6 (
35. Rxd6 $4 Nf5 $17) (35. Bf4 $1 Nc6 36. Bxd6 Na5 37. Be5 Nxc4 38. Rg7+ (38.
Bc3 $5 $36) 38... Kf8 39. Rxh7 $14 {and compared with the game White has an
extra tempo and more winning chances.}) 35... Nc6 $1 36. f4 (36. Bf4 Na5 $11 {
is already a move too late.} (36... Ne5 37. Bxe5 dxe5 38. Rd5 $14)) (36. Rxd6
Ne5 $11) 36... Na5 37. Rxd6 Nxc4 38. Rd7 Nb6 39. Rg7+ Kh8 40. Rb7 (40. f5 $2
gxf5 {/\} 41. gxf5 Rc6 $19) 40... Nd5 41. Bg7+ Kg8 42. Be5 c4 43. Rg7+ Kf8 44.
Rxh7 {[%cal Rh7h8] /\Rh8} Rc6 $1 $44 {[%csl Gc4] <=>o^c4} 45. Rd7 Nf6 46. Rd6 (
46. Bxf6 Rxf6 47. Kf3 Rc6 48. Rd2 c3 49. Rc2 Rc4 $11) (46. Rd8+ Ke7 $11) 46...
Rxd6 47. Bxd6+ Kf7 48. Kf3 $8 c3 49. Ba3 Ke6 50. Bc1 c2 51. Bb2 (51. g5 Nh5 $11
) 51... Nd5 52. h5 {The last attempt in this _|_, otherwise White can't make
any progress.} (52. Ke4 Nf6+ $11 {leads nowhere.}) (52. Bc1 Nf6 $11) 52... gxh5
53. f5+ (53. gxh5 Kf5 54. h6 (54. Bc1 Nf6 $11) 54... Nxf4 55. h7 Ng6 $11) 53...
Kf7 54. gxh5 Kg8 55. Bc1 (55. Ke4 Nf6+ $1 {[%cal Rf6h5] /\Nh5=}) 55... Kh7 56.
Kg4 Nf6+ 57. Kh4 Ne4 58. h6 Nd6 59. Kg5 Nf7+ 60. Kh5 Nd6 61. f6 Nf7 $11 {
[%csl Gc2] White has no way to break the blockade, the o^c2 is too strong.} 62.
Bf4 Ne5 63. Bd2 Nf7 64. Bc1 Ne5 65. Kg5 Nf7+ 66. Kf5 (66. Kh5 Ne5 {/\Nf7=})
66... Nxh6+ 67. Ke6 Kg6 68. Bxh6 Kxh6 69. f7 c1=Q 70. f8=Q+ 1/2-1/2
[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2005.12.02"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Shulman, Yuri"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A59"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[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. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 g6 6. Nc3 Bxa6 7. e4 Bxf1 8.
Kxf1 d6 9. Nge2 {A rare system, championed by Shulman and Akobian. White's N
usually goes to f3 to support play in the [+] with e5, here the idea is mainly
prophylaxis. By protecting the Nc3 White intends to avoid any problems on the /
^a1-h8, quietly finish his development and proceed with any active plans like
f4 only in due time.} Bg7 10. h3 (10. g3 {weakens the >> and doesn't fit so
well into White's plans, already Benko himself pinpointed it's drawbacks:} O-O
11. Kg2 Qb6 12. Rb1 Na6 13. b3 Nc7 14. f3 $6 e6 15. dxe6 fxe6 16. Be3 Qc6 17.
Qd2 d5 18. exd5 exd5 19. Bf4 d4 20. Na4 Nfd5 21. Rhf1 Ne6 22. Rf2 d3 $1 $19 {
Gross,R-Benko,P/Aspen/1968/}) 10... O-O 11. Kg1 Nbd7 (11... Qb6 12. Rb1 Nbd7
13. Kh2 Rfb8 14. Qc2 Ne8 $5 (14... Qa6 15. Rd1 c4 16. Nd4 Ne5 17. Be3 Rb7 18.
Qd2 Nfd7 19. b4 $5 Nd3 $2 (19... cxb3 $142 $14) 20. Nc2 Bxc3 21. Qxc3 Rab8 22.
a3 f6 23. Nd4 Ra8 24. a4 $18 {Shulman,Y-Friedel,J/Philadelphia/2001/}) (14...
Ne5 15. b3 (15. Rd1 Nc4 16. Na4 Qb4 17. Nec3 Rxa4 $5 18. a3 Qb3 19. Qxb3 Rxb3
20. Nxa4 Nxe4 21. Be3 f5 22. Rbc1 Nxe3 23. fxe3 Bh6 $44 {Shulman,Y-Vescovi,G/
WChJ Halle/1995/}) 15... c4 16. Be3 Qb4 17. bxc4 Qxc4 18. Rxb8+ Rxb8 19. Rb1
Rc8 20. Qb3 $5 Qd3 21. Qb7 Rxc3 22. Nxc3 h5 23. Rc1 $16 {Shereshevski,M-Alburt,
L/Tbilisi/1974/}) 15. Bg5 Nc7 16. Rhd1 Na6 17. Qd2 Nb4 18. b3 Ra3 19. Na4 Qa6
20. Nec3 Bxc3 21. Nxc3 f6 $11 {Shulman,Y-Fominyh,A/Minsk/1995/}) 12. Kh2 Qa5 (
12... Qb6 {-11...Qb6}) (12... Ne8 13. Rb1 Nc7 14. Qc2 f5 $5 15. exf5 (15. Be3
$142 $14) 15... Rxf5 16. Ng3 Rf7 17. Rd1 Nb6 18. Nge4 Qc8 19. Be3 Nc4 20. Bg5
Qf5 21. Qe2 Nxb2 $1 22. Rxb2 Bxc3 23. Nxc3 Qxg5 $15 {[%csl Ra2,Rd5] >}) 22. axb3
Rc8 23. Qd1 Rab8 (23... Nd3 24. Ne2 (24. Qe2 Bxc3 25. Rxd3 Qa2 $14) 24... Rab8
$14) 24. Ne2 Qb6 {This allows White's B to the long diagonal and leads to
simplification.} (24... Nd3 $142 $1 {/\} 25. Bc3 Bxc3 26. Qxd3 Qxd3 27. Rxd3
Bf6 $14 {/<=>}) 25. Bc3 Nc4 26. Rd3 Ne5 27. Rg3 $1 {Shulman already doesn't
want to exchange his B for the black N as in the above note.} h5 28. Bd4 Qb4
29. Rc1 Rxc1 30. Qxc1 {[%cal Rc1a1,Rf2f4] /\Qa1,f4} Nf3+ {Black prefers
further exchanges before he will be forced into more serious concessions.} 31.
Rxf3 Bxd4 32. Nxd4 Qxd4 33. Qf4 $14 {/+/-} Rf8 (33... f6 $2 34. Qh6 Qxe4 35.
Re3 Qb1+ 36. Kh2 $40) 34. Kh2 (34. g3 $5 {saves time.}) 34... Kg7 35. g3 f6 36.
Qe3 {[%mdl 4096] White can't make progress without getting rid of Black's
active Q, Khalifman for the time being avoids the R_|_.} Qd1 (36... Qb4 $5) 37.
Qd3 Qe1 38. Kg2 Ra8 39. Re3 Qc1 40. Qc3 $1 Ra1 {Black at least activates his R,
as keeping the Q is dubious:} (40... Qb1 $143 41. Re1 Qa2 42. b4 $16) 41. Qxc1
Rxc1 42. Rd3 Rb1 43. Rc3 f5 $5 {Black must get some <=>.} (43... g5 44. g4 $16
{[%cal Yg2f3,Yf3e3,Ye3d4] /\Kf3-e3-d4}) 44. exf5 gxf5 {[%cal Rb1d1] /\Rd1} 45.
Rd3 Kf6 46. f4 Rb2+ (46... e6 $1 47. dxe6 Kxe6 $14) 47. Kf3 h4 $6 (47... e6
$142 48. dxe6 Kxe6 49. Ke3 d5 50. Kd4 Kd6 {was still more resilient despite
the lost tempo.}) 48. gxh4 Kg6 49. Ke3 Kh5 50. Kd4 Rf2 (50... Kxh4 51. Kc3 Rf2
52. b4 Rxf4 53. b5 Rf1 54. Kb2 $5 (54. b6 Rb1 55. Rd4+ Kxh3 56. Rb4 Rc1+ 57.
Kb3 Rc8 58. Ka4 Kg3 59. Kb5 f4 60. b7 Rb8 61. Kc6 f3 62. Kc7 Rxb7+ 63. Rxb7 f2
64. Rb1 Kg2 65. Kd7 $18) 54... Rf2+ 55. Ka3 Rg2 56. b6 Rg8 57. Ka4 $18) 51. b4
Rxf4+ 52. Kc3 Rf1 53. b5 $6 $138 (53. Kb2 $1 Rf2+ 54. Ka3 {/\b5,Rb3}) 53... f4
$2 $138 (53... Rb1 $1 54. Kc4 Kxh4 55. Rf3 Kg5 $132 {/\} 56. Rb3 Rxb3 57. Kxb3
f4 58. b6 (58. Kc2 Kh4 $1 $11) 58... f3 59. b7 f2 60. b8=Q f1=Q 61. Qg8+ Kh6
$11) 54. Kc2 $1 Ra1 (54... f3 55. b6 f2 56. Rf3 $18) 55. b6 Ra8 56. Rb3 Kxh4
57. Kd2 $1 $18 {[%csl Rf4] Now Black's R is passive and White converts his
advantage by first annihilating the o^f4.} Rb8 58. Ke2 Rb7 59. Kf3 Kg5 (59...
Kxh3 60. Kxf4+ Kh4 61. Kf5 $22 Rb8 62. b7 $18) 60. Ke4 $22 f3 61. Kxf3 Kf5 62.
Ke3 Ke5 63. Rb5 e6 64. dxe6+ Kxe6 65. Kd4 Kd7 (65... d5 66. Kc5 $18) 66. Kd5
Kc8 67. Kc6 d5 (67... Rh7 68. Rg5 Rh8 69. b7+ Kb8 70. Ra5 $18 {This line shows
the Pd6 hampers Black and he tries to get rid off it, but it's too late.}) 68.
Ra5 1-0