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Главная страница Справка Коды ЭШД B56

Коды ЭШД

B53 B54 B55

B56

B57 B58 B59

B56

Код энциклопедии шахматных дебютов (ЭШД)

Описание

RU: Сицилианская защита
EN: Classical Sicilian: Unusual Lines

Ходы

1. e4 c5 2. Кf3 d6 3. d4 c:d4 4. К:d4 Кf6 5. Кc3 Кc6 6. Сe3

Дебюты

Сицилианская защита

[Event "Ter Apel"]
[Site "Ter Apel"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Christiansen, Larry Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B56"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1992.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 030"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8.
Bc4 O-O 9. Bg5 Be6 10. Bb3 Rc8 (10... h6 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Nd5 $14) 11. O-O Na5
12. Qd3 Nc4 13. Rab1 Nd7 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. Rfd1 Nc5 (15... Ndb6 $5 16. Bxc4
Nxc4 17. b3 Na3 (17... Nb6 18. Nb5 d5 (18... Rfd8 19. Nxa7 Ra8 20. Nb5 Rxa2 21.
c4 $16) 19. Nxe5 dxe4 20. Qxe4 Rc5 $13) 18. Rbc1 Rc7 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. exd5 Rfc8
$13) 16. Qe2 Nb6 (16... Nxb3 17. axb3 Nxb2 $2 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. Rxd5 $18) 17.
Nb5 $1 $16 Nxb3 18. axb3 d5 19. Nxa7 Rc5 (19... Ra8 20. Nb5 f6) 20. b4 Rc7 21.
Nb5 Rcc8 22. Nxe5 dxe4 23. Qxe4 Bd5 24. Qe3 Ba2 25. Rbc1 Nd5 26. Qd4 Nxb4 27.
c3 Bb3 28. Nd6 Rc7 29. cxb4 Bxd1 30. Rxd1 $18 Rd8 31. h3 Qe6 32. Qb6 Qe7 33.
Rd5 Ra8 34. Nf5 Rc1+ 35. Kh2 Qg5 36. Qd4 h5 37. Nxf7 Qf6 38. Qxf6 gxf6 39. Rd7
1-0

[Event "Biel MTO op"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2001.07.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Arizmendi Martinez, Julen Luis"]
[Black "Milov, Vadim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B56"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[Annotator "Arizmendi,J"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2001.07.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. f3 Qb6 {A sideline in
the 6.f3 variation of the Classical Sicilian. In my opinion though, 6...e5 is
the most testing.} 7. Nb3 e6 8. Qe2 {There are only two moves which fight for
an opening advantage from this position: 8.Qe2 and 8.Bf4. With 8.Qe2 white
simply wants to develop in English Attack fashion and prove that blackґs tempi
loss with the Qb6 and Qc7 manoeuvre is more important than forcing the white
knight away from the center. IM Florian Jenni won the following game with the
latter:} (8. Bf4 Ne5 9. Qe2 a6 10. Be3 Qc7 11. f4 Nc6 12. a4 b6 13. g4 Nb4 14.
Bg2 Nxg4 15. Qxg4 Nxc2+ 16. Kf2 Nxa1 17. Rxa1 g6 18. Rc1 Qb8 19. f5 Bg7 20. Qf3
Be5 21. Bd4 Bd7 22. Kg1 b5 23. axb5 axb5 24. Kh1 b4 25. Ne2 Bxd4 26. fxe6 fxe6
27. Nbxd4 e5 28. Nc6 Bxc6 29. Qf6 Kd7 30. Qg7+ Kd8 31. Qxh8+ Kc7 32. Qxh7+ Kb6
33. Qh3 Qg8 34. Qd3 Qe6 35. Qd2 Kb5 36. Ng3 {1-0 Jenni,F-Gershon,A/Yerevan ARM
2000 (36)}) 8... a6 9. g4 h6 {The normal continuation. During the game I
suddenly realized 9...d5 was possible as well. I did not know at the time that
this had already been played by Shirov, but it seems to be better for white,
provided he plays accurately.} (9... d5 10. Be3 d4 11. Bf2 Bc5 12. a3 Qc7 13.
O-O-O Bxa3 14. bxa3 dxc3 15. Bc5 e5 16. Qe3 Nd4 17. g5 Nh5 18. Qxc3 Nxb3+ 19.
cxb3 Be6 20. Kb2 Rc8 21. Bb4 Qxc3+ 22. Bxc3 f6 23. gxf6 gxf6 24. Rd6 Nf4 25.
Bd2 Kf7 26. Bxf4 exf4 27. Bc4 Bxc4 28. bxc4 Rxc4 29. Rd7+ Ke6 30. Rhd1 Rc6 31.
Rxb7 Rg8 32. Rdd7 Rg2+ 33. Kb3 Rxh2 34. Re7+ Kd6 35. Rbd7+ Kc5 36. Rd5+ Kb6 37.
a4 a5 38. Rb5+ Ka6 39. Re8 Rb6 40. Ra8+ Kb7 41. Rb8+ Kxb8 42. Rxb6+ Kc7 43.
Rxf6 h5 44. Rxf4 h4 45. Kc4 h3 46. Rh4 Rh1 47. Kd5 h2 48. Ke5 Rf1 49. Rxh2 Rxf3
50. Rc2+ Kb6 51. Rc4 {1-0 Grischuk,A-Shirov,A/Linares ESP 2001 (51)}) 10. Be3
Qc7 11. O-O-O b5 12. Kb1 {The king moves away from future inconveniences on
the <c> file, as well as protecting the <a2> pawn which sometimes has problems,
for the <c3> knight will almost for sure have to move.  I had already played
up to this position in a game against GM Gershon. The Israeli GM correctly
went for 12...Ne5, and the game was drawn after many complications and errors
from both sides. Still, I believe there is plenty of room for improvements for
both sides.} Be7 $2 {Black does not pay attention to the details and soon
finds himself in a bad position. The main problem of this move is that it
gives white just enough time to bring his queen to <g2> and launch his
kingside pawns forward.} (12... Ne5 13. Qf2 b4 14. Na4 Rb8 15. Rg1 Bb7 16. Bb6
Qc6 17. Ba7 Ra8 18. Na5 Qxa4 19. Nxb7 Qd7 20. Qb6 Be7 21. f4 Nc6 22. Nc5 Qxa7
23. Qxc6+ Kf8 24. g5 Nh5 25. Nd7+ Kg8 26. g6 Nxf4 27. Bc4 Nxg6 28. Bxe6 fxe6
29. Rxg6 Rd8 30. Rxe6 Qxd7 (30... Rxd7 $1 $17) 31. Qd5 Kh7 32. Qf5+ Kg8 33. Qd5
Kf8 $4 34. Qf5+ $4 (34. e5 $1 $18 {A double error which has gone unnoticed by
some annotators.}) 34... Kg8 35. Qd5 {1/2-1/2 Arizmendi Martinez,J-Gershon,A/
Bermuda 1999 (35)}) 13. h4 Ne5 14. Qg2 $1 {In the Arizmendi - Gershon game the
move Qe2-g2 was not possible due to the precarious position of the knight on
<a4>, which could be trapped along the <e8-a4> diagonal.} Nfd7 {Trying to take
the sting out of the g4-g5 advance. Now, however, the white pawn roller goes
on unhindered.} 15. f4 Nc4 16. Bxc4 $1 {A typical exchange in these positions.
White can put his knights on <c3> and <e2>, his bishop on <c1> and the king on
<a1>, after which the safety of the monarch will no longer be in doubt. Then,
white can concentrate on operations on the other side of the board. I
recommend Adams - Szekely, Hastings 1987 as a model of how to play these
positions, even though the black <e> pawn was on e5 in that game.} bxc4 17. Nd4
{The knght can still go to <e2>, but it is more active here than on <c1>.} Rb8
18. g5 Qa5 $2 {an error which allows a beautiful combination.} 19. Nc6 $3 {
This seems to lose, but it in fact wins quickly.} Qxc3 20. Bc1 $1 (20. Bd4 $4
Rxb2+ 21. Kc1 Rxc2+ 22. Qxc2 Qxc2+ 23. Kxc2 Bb7 $1 $17 {was blackґs idea.})
20... Rb6 (20... Qa3 21. Nxb8 $18 {just wins an exchange.}) 21. Ka1 $3 {
And now, although the black queen has 16 squares to go to, it cannot avoid
being captured.} (21. Rh3 $2 Qxh3 22. Qxh3 Rxc6 {would be too many pieces for
a queen.}) 21... Qxc2 (21... Bf6 22. e5 $1 {was no option.}) 22. Qxc2 Rxc6 23.
Bd2 {The bishop goes to <b4>, pressuring the weak <d6> pawn.} h5 24. Bb4 a5 {
This buys some time to put the king to safety, but it will not help.} 25. Bxa5
O-O 26. Bb4 e5 27. f5 Bb7 28. f6 $1 {Of course, opening the position of the
black king.} gxf6 29. Qe2 Rb6 30. Rdg1 f5 31. Qxh5 Ra8 32. g6 {It will soon be
mate.} 1-0

[Event "Athens Acropolis"]
[Site "Athens"]
[Date "2003.08.28"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Schmaltz, Roland"]
[Black "Atalik, Suat"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B56"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2003.08.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. f4 {Now he comes up
with this move after the one we had in Baden-Baden.} e5 {In the spirit of
Boleslavsky.} ({I did not want to give him something he can play easy with a
clear map.} 6... g6 7. Nf3 Bg7 8. Bd3 Qb6 9. Qe2 O-O 10. Rb1 Bg4 11. Be3 Qa5
12. h3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Nd7 14. Bd2 Nc5 15. O-O Nxd3 16. cxd3 $11 {is something
more or less equal which was seen in one of late Goofy's games.The set up is
pretty similar to Pirc Defence Austrian Attack 5...c5 positions.}) 7. Nf3 Be7
8. Bd3 {Somehow in Athens I was suffering from something like Alzheimer. I
thought that was the move Salmensuu performed against me.} ({In deed the game
was like} 8. Bc4 O-O 9. O-O (9. Bb3 Rb8 10. Qd3 b5 11. Nxb5 $2 (11. O-O a5 $1
$36) 11... Qa5+ 12. Nc3 Ba6 13. Qd2 Rxb3 14. cxb3 Nb4 15. a3 Nd3+ 16. Kd1 Qb6
17. Kc2 Nc5 18. b4 Bd3+ 19. Kd1 Ncxe4 20. Nxe4 Nxe4 21. Qe3 Qc6 22. Ke1 Qc2 23.
fxe5 dxe5 $1 (23... Bd8 $2 24. Bd2 Bb6 25. Rc1 Qb3 26. Nd4 Bxd4 27. Qxd4 dxe5
28. Qe3 $13 {Zhelnin-Atalik,Sankt Peterburg 1994.}) 24. Bd2 Qxb2 25. Rd1 Bc2
26. Bc1 Qb1 $17) 9... exf4 10. Bxf4 Bg4 {was the move I came up against
Salmensuu in Groningen 1999.} 11. Qd2 Bh5 12. Rae1 Bg6 13. Kh1 Re8 14. Nd4 $1 (
14. Bb3 a6 15. Nd4 Na5 16. Nf5 Nxb3 17. axb3 Nxe4 $1 18. Nh6+ gxh6 19. Nxe4 Bh4
20. Qd4 Rxe4 21. Rxe4 Bf6 22. Re8+ Qxe8 23. Qxf6 Qe6 $11) 14... Nxd4 15. Qxd4
a6 16. Nd5 Rc8 (16... Nxd5 $6 17. Bxd5 Rc8 18. c3 Bf6 19. Qb4 $1 $16 (19. Qd2
Re7 20. Bxd6 Rd7 $11)) 17. c3 (17. Nxe7+ Qxe7 18. Bg5 Qc7 19. Bxf6 Qxc4 20.
Bxg7 Qxd4 21. Bxd4 Rxc2 $11) 17... Nd7 $1 18. Nxe7+ Qxe7 19. Bd5 Ne5 20. Qb6
Rc7 $14) 8... O-O {I have thought that I am following my Salmensuu game.} ({
Actually I have won a game after} 8... Qb6 9. Rb1 (9. a3 O-O 10. Qd2 exf4 11.
Qxf4 Re8 12. Qe3 Bd8 $1 $17 {Lupu-Atalik,Tusnad(Romanian League) 1993.}) 9...
O-O 10. Qe2 Bg4 11. Be3 Qa5 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 d5 14. Bd2 (14. exd5 Nd4 15.
Qf2 Nxd5 16. fxe5 Nc6 17. Bd2 Nxc3 18. Bxc3 Bb4 19. O-O Bxc3 20. bxc3 Nxe5 21.
Rxb7 Qxc3 22. Qf5 Nxd3 23. cxd3 g6 $11) 14... Nd4 15. Qf2 dxe4 16. Nxe4 Qxa2
17. O-O $44 {Cabrilo-A.Rodriguez, Pancevo 1987}) 9. O-O exf4 10. Kh1 Bg4 11.
Bxf4 Bh5 $146 {Novelty by Mr. Alzheimer.} 12. Qd2 Bg6 13. Rae1 Qd7 $5 (13...
Re8 14. Nd5 $1 {is not very pleasant for black.}) 14. Nd5 Bd8 15. Bg5 Ng4 {
Everything works according to agenda. White has control over d5 but black has
control over e5.} 16. Bb5 Re8 17. h3 Bxg5 {There is no difference coming out
of move order.} (17... Nge5 18. Nh4 $1 (18. Nxe5 $2 Rxe5 (18... Bxg5 19. Qxg5 (
19. Nxd7 $2 Bxd2 20. Re2 Ba5 21. b4 Nxb4 22. N7f6+ gxf6 23. Bxe8 Rxe8 24. Nxf6+
Kf8 $19) 19... Rxe5 20. Qf4 Rae8 21. Bd3 $15) 19. Bxd8 (19. Bf4 $2 Rxe4 20. Bg3
a6 $17) 19... Rxd8 $13)) 18. Qxg5 Nge5 19. Nh4 Qd8 20. Qg3 Qa5 $1 21. a4 a6 22.
b4 Qd8 $15 {Black has more than a fine game.} ({I have pondered on} 22... Nxb4
23. Bxe8 Rxe8 24. Nxg6 hxg6 25. Qc3 Nbc6 26. Qxa5 Nxa5 $44 {for some time.})
23. Bd3 a5 $2 {This is the beginning of my incredible fall in this game.} (
23... Ne7 $1 24. Nf4 Qd7 25. a5 Rac8 26. Nf3 Qc7 $15) 24. bxa5 Rxa5 $2 {
I should have got rid of the bishop.} (24... Nxd3 25. cxd3 Rxa5 26. Nf5 Bxf5
27. Rxf5 Re5 $13) 25. Bb5 Rf8 26. Nf5 Na7 $4 {This was plane stupid.} (26...
Bxf5 27. exf5 f6 28. Nf4 $16) 27. Nde7+ Kh8 28. Rd1 $1 $18 {I have missed that.
} Nxb5 29. axb5 Qc7 {I have decided to pull out some petty tactics.} 30. Rxd6
Rxb5 31. Nd5 Rxd5 ({Maybe I should have gambled with} 31... Qc4 $5 32. Nfe3 Qd4
33. Rd1 Qb2 34. Nc7 Ra5 35. Rd8 Kg8 36. Rxf8+ Kxf8 37. Qe1 $1 (37. Rd8+ $6 Ke7
38. Rb8 Kd7) 37... Qa3 38. Rd8+ Ke7 39. Qd2 f6 40. Rg8 Kf7 41. Qd8 $18) 32.
Rxd5 f6 33. Rfd1 $2 h6 $4 {Instead of cashing a pawn and basing my hopes on
the pawn structure and my strong Ne5 I have blundered a piece.} ({What was
wrong with?} 33... Bxf5 34. exf5 Qxc2 35. Rd8 Rg8 $1 $14) 34. Qa3 $2 (34. Rxe5
$1 {Is it too difficult to see} Bxf5 35. Qa3 $1 $18) 34... Rb8 35. Qd6 $18 {
By this he guarantees to exchange my rook and win but I have cut the game
short.} Rc8 $2 (35... Qxd6 36. Rxd6 Kh7 37. Rd8 $18) 36. Rxe5 $1 {This time he
has seen.} 1-0

[Event "Sarajevo Bosnia 31st"]
[Site "Sarajevo"]
[Date "2001.05.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Black "Atalik, Suat"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B56"]
[WhiteElo "2661"]
[BlackElo "2537"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2001.05.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BIH"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Be3
Be6 $5 {This move is not considered the best.} (8... O-O 9. Qd2 a5 10. Bb5 Na7
11. Bd3 Nc6 12. a3 (12. Rd1 a4 13. Nc1 a3 14. b3 Nb4 $13) (12. Na4 d5 13. Nb6
dxe4 14. Nxa8 exd3 $44) 12... a4 13. Nc1 Be6 $13) 9. Nd5 Bxd5 10. exd5 Nb4 $1 (
{After} 10... Nb8 {white does not have to push c4.} 11. a4 $5) 11. c4 (11. Bb5+
$2 Kf8 $1 12. c4 a6 13. Ba4 b5 14. cxb5 Nfxd5 15. Bf2 Nf4 16. O-O Nbd3 17. Qd2
Nxf2 18. Qxf2 Qe8 $1 $17) 11... a5 12. Qd2 {Instead of this usual one white
could go for the pawn.} (12. Bd2 $5 {Movsesian} b6 13. Bxb4 axb4 14. Qd2 O-O
15. Qxb4 (15. Nc1 Nd7 16. Qxb4 Bg5 $44) 15... Nh5 16. g3 Bg5 17. Qc3 (17. Be2
Be3 18. Qc3 Qg5) 17... f5 18. Be2 Nf6 $44) 12... b6 13. Be2 O-O 14. O-O Na6 15.
Nc1 Nc5 (15... Nd7 16. Bd1 Nac5 {is another option.}) 16. Bd1 Nh5 $146 {
I was in the mood to continue the game in the same way like Grosar-Atalik,
Manila(ol)1992.Of course I was aware of the fact that decenteralisation may
turn out to be risky.} (16... Nfd7 17. Ne2 h6 {is usual.}) 17. Bc2 f5 18. Ne2
f4 19. Bf2 Bh4 20. g3 $1 {This was the first surprise to me.} Be7 $2 (20... Qg5
$2 21. Kg2) (20... Bg5 $2 21. g4 Ng3 {This was what I was relying on.} 22.
Bxh7+ $1 Kh8 23. Bxg3 fxg3 24. Qc2 Be3+ 25. Kg2 Qh4 26. hxg3 Qxh7 27. Rh1 Bh6
28. Qxh7+ Kxh7 29. g5 Nd3 30. b3 e4 31. f4 a4 32. gxh6 gxh6 33. Nc3 $18) ({But
} 20... fxg3 21. hxg3 Bg5 22. Qc3 Ra7 23. Kg2 Raf7 24. Bg1 Bf6 {may even be
better for black.}) 21. Kg2 g6 22. Nc3 Ng7 23. a3 Bg5 24. g4 $16 {After the
incredible mistake from black's part on the 20th move,the game looks like one
way traffic.} Bh4 25. Bg1 h5 $5 {Sitting passively will not bring bacon home!}
26. h3 a4 27. Bxc5 bxc5 28. Qd3 $6 {Sergey started to collect pawns from the
wrong side of the pawn.} (28. Bxg6 Qd7 $16) 28... Rf6 29. Bxa4 e4 $1 {Only
chance.} 30. Qxe4 (30. fxe4 Qe7 {may give black some compensation.}) 30... Ra7
31. Qe2 (31. Qc2 hxg4 32. hxg4 Nf5 33. gxf5 gxf5 34. Rh1 Rg6+ 35. Kf1 Qg5 36.
Qh2 Re7 $44 {with some activity for black.}) 31... hxg4 32. hxg4 (32. fxg4 f3+
33. Rxf3 Rxf3 34. Qxf3 Rf7 $44) 32... Nf5 $3 {This terrible shot was the whole
idea behind black's play.} 33. gxf5 gxf5 34. Rh1 $2 {Sergey panicks.} (34. Rg1
Rg6+ 35. Kf1 Rxg1+ 36. Kxg1 Rg7+ 37. Kf1 Qg5 38. Qh2 $18) 34... Re7 $1 {
e line is very important.} 35. Qd2 Rg6+ 36. Kf1 Re3 37. Rh3 $8 Qe7 38. Bc2 Qg7
$1 (38... Bg3 $2 {This move wins the queen but the resulting position is
hopeless for black.} 39. Bxf5 Rxf3+ 40. Kg2 Be1+ 41. Kxf3 Bxd2 42. Bxg6 $18)
39. Qh2 Bg3 $4 {A sad end to one of the most exciting games in Sarajevo,with
slight time trouble I have thought I would still play for a win.} (39... Qe5 $1
40. Ne2 (40. Ne4 $2 Qxb2 $1 {I did not see this capture at that time.} (40...
Qd4 41. Nc3 Qe5 $11 {seemed to be the natural outcome of the position at the
time of the game.} (41... Qxc4+ 42. Ne2 Qxc2 43. Rxh4 Qxb2 44. Rd1 (44. Rc1
Rxf3+ 45. Ke1 Re3 46. Rc2 Qxc2 47. Rh8+ Kf7 48. Qh7+ Rg7 49. Qh5+ Kf6 50. Qh6+
(50. Rf8+ $2 Ke5 $19) 50... Rg6 51. Qh4+ $11) 44... Rxe2 ({Now this does not
work since whites queen's rook is not en prise.} 44... Rxf3+ $2 45. Ke1 Re3 46.
Rxf4 $18) 45. Qxe2 Rg1+ 46. Kxg1 Qxe2 47. Rf1 c4 $15)) 41. Rd1 (41. Rb1 $4
Qxb1+ 42. Bxb1 Re1#) 41... fxe4 42. Bxe4 (42. Rxh4 Rxf3+ 43. Ke1 Qc3+ 44. Rd2
Qe3+ {just mates!} 45. Re2 (45. Qe2 Rg1#) 45... Qc1+ 46. Bd1 Qc3+ 47. Rd2 Qe3+
48. Re2 Rg1+ $19) 42... Qd4 $3 $19 {Curtains!}) (40. Qd2 $2 Bg3 $1 (40... Be1
$1 {leads almost to the same.} 41. Rxe1 (41. Qd1 Bxc3 42. bxc3 Qg7 43. Rh1 Rg3)
(41. Qh2 Bxc3 42. bxc3 Qxc3 43. Rd1 Rxf3+ 44. Rxf3 Qxf3+ 45. Qf2 Qh3+ 46. Ke1
Rg2 $19) 41... Rxe1+ 42. Qxe1 Rg1+ 43. Kxg1 Qxe1+ 44. Kg2 Qd2+ $19) 41. Qd1
Re1+ 42. Qxe1 Bxe1 43. Rxe1 Rg1+ 44. Kxg1 Qxe1+ $19) (40. Be4 $2 fxe4 41. Rxh4
Rxf3+ 42. Ke1 Rxc3 $19) 40... Qxb2 $1 (40... Rxe2 $6 41. Qxe2 Rg1+ 42. Kxg1
Qxe2 43. Bxf5 $1 (43. Rxh4 Qe3+ $11) 43... Bf6 44. Kh1 $16 {looks to whites
advantage.}) 41. Rxh4 (41. Rb1 $2 Qxc2 42. Rb8+ Kf7 43. Rb7+ Kf6 $19) 41...
Qxa1+ 42. Kf2 Rxe2+ 43. Kxe2 Qe5+ 44. Kf1 Qa1+ 45. Ke2 Qe5+ 46. Kf1 Qa1+ 47.
Kf2 Qd4+ 48. Kf1 $11) 40. Qh1 $1 $18 Qe5 (40... Rxc3 41. bxc3 Qxc3 42. Rh8+
Qxh8 43. Qxh8+ Kxh8 44. a4 $18) (40... Qd4 41. Ne2 Rxe2 42. Rh8+ Qxh8 43. Qxh8+
Kxh8 44. Kxe2 $18) 41. Ne2 $1 {After the time trouble was over I have seen
that I am lost with this move.} Rxe2 42. Rh8+ Kf7 43. Qh7+ Rg7 44. Qh5+ Rg6 45.
Qh7+ Rg7 46. Qh5+ Rg6 47. Qxf5+ Qxf5 48. Bxf5 Rf2+ 49. Kg1 Rg5 50. Be6+ Kf6 51.
Bg4 Rxb2 52. Rh6+ Rg6 53. Rxg6+ Kxg6 54. a4 {The a pawn decides.} Rb7 (54...
Bf2+ 55. Kf1 Bd4 56. a5 Rf2+ 57. Ke1 Rh2 58. Ra4 $18) 55. a5 Kf6 56. a6 Ra7 57.
Bc8 Ke5 58. Rd1 Bh4 59. Bb7 Bf6 60. Kf2 Kf5 61. Ke2 Be5 62. Rg1 1-0

[Event "Alushta"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "1999.03.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Svetushkin, Dmitry"]
[Black "Atalik, Suat"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B56"]
[WhiteElo "2471"]
[BlackElo "2593"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1999.03.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 070"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. f3 $5 Nc6 6. Nc3 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8.
Be3 O-O 9. Qd2 a5 10. Bb5 Na7 11. Be2 (11. Bd3 Be6 12. Rd1 Nc8) 11... Be6 12.
Rd1 Nc8 13. Bb5 Nb6 14. Qf2 Nfd7 (14... Nc4 $5 15. Bxc4 Bxc4 16. Bb6 Qc8 17.
Nxa5 Ba6 $44 {xKe1}) 15. Qe2 a4 16. Nc1 a3 (16... Qc7 17. a3 Nc4 18. Bxc4 Bxc4
19. Qd2 $14 (19. Nd3 Nf6)) 17. b3 Qc7 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. Bxd7 (19. exd5 $6 Qc3+
20. Qd2 Rfc8 $17) 19... Nxd7 20. Rxd5 Nf6 $1 (20... Qc3+ $6 21. Qd2 Rac8 22.
Rb5 b6 23. Kd1 $14) 21. Rd3 (21. Rb5 Ra5) 21... Rfc8 (21... Rac8 $5 22. c3 Rfd8
23. Qd1) 22. c3 Qa5 23. b4 $6 (23. Qd2 d5 24. exd5 e4 25. b4 Qb5 26. Rd4 exf3
27. gxf3 Bd6 $44) 23... Qb5 24. Bg5 Ra6 25. Bxf6 Bxf6 26. O-O $2 (26. Qd2 h6
27. h4 Qc4 28. Ne2 $11) 26... Bg5 27. Nb3 h6 28. Qd1 Rac6 $17 29. f4 Bxf4 $6 (
29... exf4 $1 30. Nd4 Qb6 31. Rff3 Bf6 $19) 30. Qf3 Qb6+ 31. Kh1 Qc7 32. g3 (
32. h4 $6 Rxc3 33. g3 Rxd3 34. Qxd3 Qc4 $1 35. Qxc4 Rxc4 36. gxf4 Rxe4 37. fxe5
Rxh4+ 38. Kg2 dxe5 39. b5 Rb4 $19) 32... Bg5 33. h4 $2 (33. Na5 Ra6 34. Rd5 $17
) 33... Bf6 34. Rc1 $138 Rc4 35. b5 Qd7 36. Nd2 Rb4 37. cxb4 Qh3+ 38. Kg1 Rxc1+
39. Nf1 Bd8 40. Qf2 (40. Rxd6 Bc7) (40. Qf2 Bb6 $1 $19) 0-1

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1998.03.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Lugo, Blas"]
[Black "Epishin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B56"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1998.03.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 064"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Gofshtein,L} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Be3 e5 (
6... Ng4 {Gofshtein,L}) 7. Nb3 (7. Nf3 {Gofshtein,L} Be7 8. Bc4 O-O 9. O-O Be6
10. Bb3 Na5 11. Qe2 Qc8 12. Rfd1 Nc4 $132 {Sherzer-Sakaev,Eu Club Cup Final
1996}) (7. Nde2 {Gofshtein,L} Be7 8. g3 Ng4 9. Nd5 Nxe3 10. fxe3 Bg4 $11 {
Velimirovic-Csom,Zagreb 1972}) 7... Be7 (7... Be6 {Gofshtein,L} 8. Qd2 d5 9.
exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxd5 Qxd5 11. Qxd5 Bxd5 12. O-O-O O-O-O 13. f3 f5 $11 {
Timann-Van Der Wiel,Amsterdam 1986}) 8. f3 (8. Be2 {Gofshtein,L} Be6 9. O-O O-O
10. f4 (10. Qd2 a5 11. a4 Nb4 12. Bf3 Rc8 13. Rfd1 Ng4 $132 {
Leppeletier-Kortschnoj/Cannes/1996}) (10. Kh1 Na5 11. Nd2 Rc8 12. f4 exf4 13.
Rxf4 Nd7 14. Rf1 Bf6 $15 {Danielian-Ruskin,1994 Vladivostok}) 10... exf4 11.
Bxf4 d5 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 Bxd5 14. Kh1 $11 {Ostojich-Gufeld Skopje 1969})
8... O-O (8... Be6 {Gofshtein,L} 9. Qd2 d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 Qxd5 12. Qxd5
Bxd5 13. O-O-O O-O-O 14. Bb5 Kc7 15. Rd2 b6 $11 {Savko-Petkevich Latvia 1994})
9. Qd2 Be6 10. O-O-O a5 (10... a6 {Gofshtein,L} 11. g4 b5 12. h4 Na5 13. Nd5
$13 {Pribl-Pisk,Chech Rep. 1995}) 11. Bb5 $1 ({It seems a stronger reaction
than} 11. a4 Nb4 12. g4 d5 13. g5 Nxe4 14. fxe4 d4 15. Qg2 Qb8 16. Nxd4 exd4
17. Bxd4 Qf4+ 18. Kb1 Qxg5 19. Qf2 Qh4 20. Qg2 g6 21. Nd5 Nxd5 22. exd5 Qh5 23.
Bc4 $13 {0-1 Pribyl,M-Gross,S/CZE-chT9495 1995 (64)}) 11... Qc7 12. Kb1 (12.
Qf2 {Gofshtein,L} Nd7 13. Kb1 Rfc8 14. a4 Nb4 15. g4 Bc4 16. Bxc4 Qxc4 $132 {
Gilden-Commons,Chicago 1974}) 12... Rfc8 13. g4 (13. Na4 {is met by} Nd7) 13...
Nd7 14. h4 Nb6 15. g5 Nc4 (15... a4 $5 16. Bxb6 Qxb6 17. Bxa4 Nb4 $132 {
offered Black considerable compensation for the sacrificed pawn.} (17... Nb4 {
Gofshtein,L} 18. a3 d5 19. axb4 (19. exd5 Bf5 20. axb4 Bxb4 21. d6 Bxc3 22.
bxc3 Rxa4 $13) 19... d4 20. Nxd4 exd4 21. Qxd4 Qa6 $5 $40 (21... Qxb4 $5 22.
Qxb4 Bxb4 $44 23. Bd7 $2 Rxc3 24. Bxe6 fxe6 25. Rd4 Rc6 26. Rxb4 Rca6 $19) (
21... Qxd4 $6 22. Rxd4 Rxc3 23. bxc3 Rxa4 24. f4 g6 25. Rf1 $16))) 16. Bxc4
Bxc4 17. h5 Nd8 (17... a4 $5 $132 {Gofshtein,L}) 18. Nd5 (18. g6 $6 {Gofshtein,
L} a4 19. Nc1 a3 $36) 18... Bxd5 19. exd5 Qd7 $6 (19... a4 20. Nc1 Qd7 {
followed by doubling the rooks along the c-file, was much stronger.} (20... a3
$132 {Gofshtein,L})) 20. Qd3 $1 {Seizing contol over the b1-h7 diagonal and
vacating an important d2-square for the knight.} b5 ({Or} 20... a4 21. Nd2 $40)
21. Rdg1 Rc4 $6 {Unfortunate choice. More chances yielded 21...Nb7, although
White's attack on the kingside is extremely dangerous.} (21... Rc7 {fails to}
22. Bb6) 22. Nd2 Rac8 $6 ({A desperate exchange sacrifice, which is easily
refuted by White. Yet after} 22... Rc7 {White's attack seems irresistible.} 23.
Ne4) 23. Nxc4 bxc4 24. Qe4 c3 25. b3 Bf8 26. Qg4 Qb7 27. g6 a4 28. gxh7+ Kxh7 (
28... Kh8 {loses after} 29. Bh6 f5 30. Qxf5 $18) 29. Bh6 $3 {[%csl Rg6,Rg7,Rh7]
[%cal Gg2g7,Gg1g7,Gh6g7] Beautiful move. After the bishop thrust, White's
attack is irresistible.} axb3 (29... gxh6 30. Qg8#) (29... Kxh6 30. Qg6+ $1
fxg6 31. hxg6#) 30. axb3 Qxd5 31. Qf5+ Kh8 32. Bxg7+ $1 {The decisive blow.
Now mate is inevitable.} Bxg7 33. h6 1-0

[Event "SUI-chT"]
[Site "Switzerland"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Atlas, Valeri"]
[Black "Ekstroem, Roland"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B56"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1998.03.29"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 064"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. g3 Nxd4 $5 7. Qxd4 g6
8. Be3 $5 {A new plan.} (8. e5 {deserves serious attention:} dxe5 9. Qxd8+ Kxd8
10. Bg2 Bf5 $13 (10... a6 $5 11. Be3 Kc7)) 8... Bg7 9. Qd2 $1 O-O (9... Ng4 10.
Bd4 Ne5 11. Be2 $14 {/+/-}) 10. Bd4 $1 {[%cal Gf1g2,Gc3d5,Gd4g7] /\Bg2, Nd5} b5
$6 ({Dubious sacrifice. Still, after} 10... e5 11. Be3 Ng4 12. Bc4 {White is
clearly better} (12. Bg2 $14 {/+/-})) (10... Be6 11. Bg2 $14 {/\Nd5}) 11. Bxb5
$1 (11. Bg2 $6 e5 12. Be3 b4 $15) (11. a3 $6 Bb7 12. Bg2 e5 13. Be3 a5 $36)
11... Bb7 ({After} 11... Rb8 {the best reaction is} 12. Bc4 (12. Ba4 $6 Rb4 $1)
12... Rxb2 $140 (12... Rb4 13. b3 $16) 13. Bb3 $16) 12. f3 e5 13. Be3 d5 14.
exd5 Nxd5 15. Nxd5 Qxd5 (15... Bxd5 16. O-O $16) 16. Qxd5 Bxd5 17. O-O e4 18.
Rad1 $5 (18. c4 {also yielded White large advantage:} a6 (18... Be6 19. fxe4)
19. cxd5 axb5 20. fxe4 $16 Bxb2 $140 21. Rab1 Rxa2 $4 22. Rf2 $18) 18... Bxa2 (
18... Be6 {fails to} 19. Bc6 Rac8 20. Bxe4 Bxb2 21. Bxa7 Bxa2 22. Rf2 $16) 19.
Bc6 $1 (19. b3 $2 {proves wrong after} Rfc8 $1 20. Rf2 Rc3 $36) 19... Bc4 (
19... Rac8 {falls short after} 20. Bxe4 Bxb2 21. Bxa7 $16) 20. Bxa8 Rxa8 21. b3
$1 $16 (21. Rfe1 Bxb2 $132 (21... exf3 22. b3 Be2 23. Rd7)) 21... Bxf1 22. Kxf1
exf3 23. Kf2 a5 24. Kxf3 $6 ({Not the best move in the time trouble. Stronger
was} 24. c4 $1 $16) 24... Bc3 25. Rd7 h5 26. Rc7 Be5 27. Ra7 $5 Rxa7 28. Bxa7
Bc7 (28... Bc3 $6 {falls short after} 29. Bb6 {/\Ke4-d3}) 29. Be3 $5 (29. c4
Kf8 30. c5 Ke7 $132) 29... Kf8 30. Bf4 Bd8 31. Ke4 Ke7 32. Kd5 Kd7 33. c4 (33.
h3 $5 g5 34. Bd6 $16) 33... g5 34. Be5 g4 (34... f5) (34... Bb6 35. c5 Bc7) 35.
Bf4 h4 $2 {A decisive mistake.} (35... Bc7 $2 36. Bxc7 Kxc7 37. Ke5 Kc6 (37...
Kd7 38. Kf6 Ke8 39. Kg5 $18) 38. Kf6 Kc5 39. Kxf7 Kb4 40. Kg6 Kxb3 41. c5 a4
42. c6 a3 43. c7 a2 44. c8=Q a1=Q 45. Kxh5 $18) ({Correct was} 35... Bb6 {/\Bg1
} 36. c5 Bc7) 36. gxh4 Bxh4 37. Ke5 $1 $18 {/\Kf5, ><g4 This move decides the
game.} Kc6 38. Kf5 Kc5 39. Kxg4 Be1 40. Be3+ $1 Kb4 41. c5 Kb5 42. Kg5 $1 (42.
h4 $6 f5+ $1) 42... Bc3 43. Kf5 $1 Kc6 44. h4 Kd5 45. h5 Bg7 46. Kg5 (46. h6 $2
Bxh6 47. Bxh6 Kxc5 $11) 46... Kc6 47. h6 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 12th final"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1996.11.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sherzer, Alex"]
[Black "Sakaev, Konstantin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B56"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1996.11.21"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Zalaegerszegi Csuti Antal SK"]
[BlackTeam "Novosibirsk Sibekobank"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "HUN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8.
Bc4 O-O 9. O-O Be6 10. Bb3 Na5 11. Qe2 Qc8 12. Rfd1 ({Centralization of the
king's rook promises more than more natural at first glance} 12. Rad1 {, with
the idea 12... Nc4 13.Bc1. Now after} Nxb3 (12... Bc4 $5 13. Bxc4 Qxc4 14. Qd2
$5 Nc6 $5 15. b3 Qb4 $13) (12... Nc4 $6 13. Bc1 $14 {~~ Vlad,D-Nevednichy,V/
Bucuresti 1993}) 13. axb3 h6 {chances are about even.}) 12... Nc4 {All other
continuations allow White to retain better chances:} (12... Bg4 $6 13. Nd5 $1 (
13. h3 Bh5 {/\} 14. g4 $2 Nxg4) 13... Nxd5 14. Bxd5 $16 {/\} Bxf3 15. Qxf3 Qxc2
16. Rac1 Qxb2 17. Rc7 Bf6 $8 (17... Rae8 $2 18. Bg5 $1 Bxg5 19. Rxf7) 18. g4
$40 {><Na5, f7}) (12... Nxb3 13. axb3 a6 14. Bg5 $14) (12... Ng4 13. Nd5 $14) (
12... Bc4 13. Bxc4 Qxc4 (13... Nxc4 14. Bc1 Qc6 15. b3 Na5 (15... Na3 16. Bb2)
(15... Nb6 16. Bb2 {/\ a4-a5 ><d5}) 16. Bb2 b5 $5 17. Qxb5 Qxb5 18. Nxb5 Nxe4
19. Nc7 {/\ Nd5, c4+/=}) 14. Qe1 Qc6 $1 (14... Rfc8 15. Bg5 $14) (14... h6 15.
b3 $1 Qc6 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. Rxd5 $14) 15. b3 $1 b6 $5 16. Bg5 $14) 13. Bc1 a6 ({
An interesting concept. The characteristic feature of this critical position
is the tension at the diagonal a2-g8, determined by the opposition between Bb3
and Be6. By means of 14.Ng5 White threatens to exchange the light-squared
bishop - the pivotal link in the triangle Qc8, Be6, Nc4. The most natural
reaction against this threat is 13...h6. The famous game Tal,M-Beliavsky,A/
Aker Brygge 1989 called its value in question:} 13... h6 14. Nh4 Qc5 15. Qf3
Bg4 16. Qg3 Bxd1 17. Nf5 Bg4 18. Nxe7+ Kh7 19. Qh4 Nb6 20. Bxh6 gxh6 21. Qxf6
Nd7 22. Qh4 Be6 23. Ncd5 Rae8 24. Rd1 Qa5 25. Nf6+ Nxf6 26. Qxf6 d5 27. exd5 {
1-0. Sakaev allows exchange of Be6, trying to support his active knight by the
pawn chain a6-b5.}) 14. Ng5 b5 15. a4 $5 (15. Nxe6 {was an interesting
alternative, leading to the tactical complications, in which Black would
retain good counterchances:} fxe6 {/\Na5} 16. a4 Na5 $1 17. axb5 (17. Ba2 $2 b4
18. Nb1 {gives an excellent play for black}) 17... Nxb3 18. cxb3 axb5 19. Rxa8
Qxa8 20. Qxb5 Nxe4 21. Qd7 Rf7 (21... Kf7 $143 $2 22. Nxe4 Qxe4 23. Bg5 Re8 24.
Bxe7 Rxe7 25. Qxd6 $16) (21... Rxf2 $143 $2 22. Nxe4 Rxg2+ 23. Kxg2 Qxe4+ 24.
Kf1 Qf3+ 25. Ke1 Qe4+ 26. Kd2 Bg5+ 27. Kc3 $18) 22. Nxe4 (22. Qxe6 Nxf2) 22...
Qxe4 23. Qxe6 Qf5 $1 (23... Qe2 $6 24. Rf1) 24. Qxf5 Rxf5 $44 {/\Rf8-b8, Kf7-e6
}) 15... Bg4 (15... Bd7 16. axb5 axb5 17. Rxa8 Qxa8 18. Bxc4 (18. Nxb5 $6 Bxb5
19. Bxc4 Bxc4 20. Qxc4 h6) 18... bxc4 19. Qxc4 {and Black does not have a
sufficient compensation for the pawn.}) 16. Nf3 $1 (16. f3 $6 {achieves
nothing after} Bd7 17. axb5 Qc5+ 18. Kh1 axb5) 16... b4 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. Rxd5
Nb6 19. Rd1 Qc7 $2 {A serious positional mistake. Black definitely
underestimated or completely overlooked White's reply here. The right
continuation was} (19... a5 20. Be3 Qc7 (20... Qc6 $2 21. Nxe5 $16)) 20. a5 $1
$16 {><Pa6. This fixation of the chronically weak pawn e6 stipulates White's
lasting positional advantage.} Nd7 21. Bd5 Rac8 22. Be3 (22. Qxa6 {was less
efficient, because of} Qxc2 23. Be3 Nc5) 22... Nf6 $6 {A decisive mistake. 22..
.Nc5 offered a trace of resistance.} 23. Bb6 (23. Qxa6 $143 $6 Nxd5 24. Rxd5
Qxc2 $132) 23... Qd7 24. Bc4 $1 (24. Qxa6 {would be an inaccuracy:} Nxd5 25.
Rxd5 Bxf3 (25... Be6 26. Rd2 Bc4 27. Nxe5 $16) 26. gxf3 Rxc2 {/\Qh3}) 24...
Rxc4 25. Qxc4 Qb7 26. Re1 Rc8 27. Qxb4 {Black is lost.} Rxc2 28. Rac1 Rxc1 29.
Rxc1 Ne8 30. Qc4 Bd7 31. b4 Bb5 32. Qd5 Qxd5 33. exd5 f5 34. Rc8 Kf7 35. Bd8 h6
36. Nd2 Bxd8 37. Rxd8 Ke7 38. Rb8 Nf6 39. Rb7+ Kd8 40. Nb1 Nxd5 41. Na3 Kc8 42.
Rxg7 Bd3 43. b5 f4 44. f3 Nb4 45. b6 Kb8 46. Re7 Kc8 47. Nc4 1-0

[Event "Capablanca Memorial Premier 33rd"]
[Site "Havana"]
[Date "1998.05.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Black "Abreu Delgado, Aryam"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B56"]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1998.05.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nge2 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. g3 Bg4 7. f3 Bd7 8.
Be3 Nxd4 (8... g6 9. Bg2 Bg7 10. O-O O-O 11. Nd5 Rc8 12. c3 Ne5 13. Qe2 Re8 14.
Bf2 a6 15. Rfe1 {Boleslavsky,I-Suetin,A/URS-ch20 1952/1-0 (63)}) 9. Qxd4 ({
The bishop capture is also quite popular nowadays:} 9. Bxd4 Bc6 10. Bc4 e6 11.
Qe2 Be7 12. O-O-O O-O 13. g4 a6 14. g5 Nh5 15. Rhg1 b5 16. Bb3 Bxg5+ 17. Kb1
Nf4 18. Qf1 Ng6 19. h4 Bf6 20. h5 Bxd4 21. Rxd4 e5 22. hxg6 exd4 23. Qh3 h6 24.
gxf7+ Kh7 25. Rg6 {1-0 Mohr,G-Lendwai,R/Graz op 1996 (40)}) 9... Qa5 (9... g6 {
is another option:} 10. Qd2 Bg7 11. O-O-O O-O 12. Kb1 b5 13. Bxb5 Bxb5 14. Nxb5
Qb8 15. Nc3 Rc8 16. Bd4 Rc4 17. Qe2 Rb4 18. b3 e6 19. Qa6 Qc7 20. Nb5 Qc4 21.
a4 Rd8 22. Rd3 Ne8 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. Rc3 Nc7 25. Qa5 {1-0 Watson,W-Enders,P/
BL9697 1997}) 10. g4 h6 11. O-O-O e5 12. Qd2 Be7 13. Kb1 Be6 14. a3 a6 15. Qf2
(15. Nd5 {does not promise White any advantage:} Qxd2 16. Nxf6+ Bxf6 17. Rxd2
Rd8 {(planning the pawn advance d6-d5)} 18. Bb6 (18. c4 Bg5 $1 19. Bxg5 $8 hxg5
{, with a good play for Black.}) 18... Rd7 (18... Bg5 19. Rd1 Rd7 20. h4 Bf4
21. c4 h5 $140 22. g5) 19. c4 h5 {, with counterplay.}) 15... Qc7 (15... Nd7 $6
{is strongly met by} 16. Nd5) 16. h4 b5 17. Bh3 {Threatening 18.g5 Bxh3 (18...
hxg5 19.Bxe6 fxe6 20.hxg5) 19.gxf6, winning.} Nd7 18. f4 Rb8 $6 (18... exf4 19.
Bxf4 Ne5 {offered more chances to obtain counterplay.}) 19. Qd2 a5 $2 (19...
exf4 20. Bxf4 Ne5 {was to be preferred.}) 20. f5 Bc4 21. Bf1 $1 {[%csl Rd5]
[%cal Gf1c4,Gc3d5] Exchanging the light-squared bishop, White reaches full
control over the key central d5-square.} b4 22. axb4 axb4 23. Bxc4 Qxc4 24. Nd5
{With the idea 25.b3.} b3 25. Qd3 Qa4 26. cxb3 Qxb3 (26... Rxb3 {fails to} 27.
Qc2 {, threatening 28.Rd3 and 28.Qc8. The arising ending, however, is almost
hopeless for Black.}) 27. Qxb3 Rxb3 28. Kc2 Rb8 29. g5 $1 {This thematic pawn
advance, preventing 29...Nf6, significantly reduces Black's defensive chances.}
Bd8 {Intending to play 30...Nb6 or 30...Bb6.} 30. Ra1 $1 {[%csl Rb6][%cal
Ga1a8,Ge3b6,Gd5b6,Gd7b6,Gd8b6,Gb8b6,Ga8h8] [The rook move prevents 30...Nb6 ,
which loses immediately in view of 31.Bxb6 Bxb6 32.Nxb6 Rxb6 33.Ra8+ , and
practically forces Black's next move.]} Nc5 31. Bxc5 {After exchanging his
bishop for the black knight, White enjoys permanent superiority of his
centralized knight over the black passive bishop and by simple means converts
his large positional advantage.} dxc5 32. Rag1 ({The untimely pawn advnace} 32.
g6 $2 {is strongly met by} fxg6 33. fxg6 O-O $1 {, with excellent play for
Black.}) 32... Rc8 33. g6 $1 Rc6 (33... fxg6 34. Rxg6 $18) 34. gxf7+ Kxf7 35.
h5 {Fixing the pawns on the kingside and releasing the rooks for the decisive
operations on the queenside.} Bg5 36. Ra1 Rd8 37. Ra7+ Kf8 38. Rha1 Rcd6 39.
Rb7 {Threatening 40.Ra7 and forcing the rook exchange.} R6d7 40. Rxd7 Rxd7 41.
Ra5 c4 (41... Be7 42. Nxe7 $140 Kxe7 43. Rxc5 Kf6 {was more stubborn.}) 42. Ra4
Bh4 43. Rxc4 Bf2 44. b4 Ra7 45. Rc8+ Kf7 46. Rc7+ Rxc7+ 47. Nxc7 Kf6 48. Ne6 g5
49. hxg6 h5 50. Kd3 Be1 51. b5 1-0

[Event "Reggio Emilia 9798 40th"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia"]
[Date "1997.12.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Belotti, Bruno"]
[Black "Efimov, Igor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B56"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "1997.12.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bd7 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd3 (7. f4
Qb6 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. Ndb5 a6 10. Na4 Qd8 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. Nxd6+ Bxd6 13. Qxd6
Qa5+ 14. Nc3 O-O-O 15. Qd2 f5 16. Bd3 Nb4 17. O-O Bc6 18. Qe3 Nxd3 19. cxd3 {
1/2-1/2 Holzke,F-Kengis,E/BL2-W 1992 (62)}) 7... a6 8. f4 h6 9. Bh4 Be7 10. Nf3
Bc6 11. O-O-O Nbd7 12. Qe2 O-O 13. Kb1 $6 ({Unfortunate choice. King move
yields Black durable intiative. Still, after} 13. Bf2 b5 {/\b4, ><e4 Black has
excellent counterplay.}) 13... Nxe4 $1 14. Nxe4 Bxh4 15. Nxd6 Be7 16. Nc4 Rc8
17. Nfe5 Qc7 18. Nxc6 Qxc6 19. Na5 Qc7 20. Nb3 Nb6 21. Qe4 Bf6 {[%csl Rb2,Rc2]
[%cal Gf6b2,Gb6d5,Gb6c4,Gc7c2] The black pieces are actively placed and ready
for active operations near the residence of the white king.} 22. Bd3 g6 23. h4
Nd5 24. h5 Nc3+ $1 {Thematic sacrifice. Weakness of the main diagonal allows
Black to develop very dangerous attack.} 25. bxc3 Qxc3 {[%csl Ra1,Rb2][%cal
Gf6a1]} 26. Kc1 Rfd8 $1 {Involving the f8 rook into play and threatening 27...
Qb2+ 28.Kd2 Rc2+.} 27. Rd2 (27. hxg6 Qb2+ 28. Kd2 Rxc2+ 29. Ke3 (29. Ke1 Bc3+
30. Kf1 Rxd3 $3 31. Qxd3 (31. Rxd3 Qb1+ {with mate in three}) 31... Rf2+ 32.
Kg1 Rxg2+ 33. Kf1 Qf2#) 29... Rxd3+ $3 (29... Rxg2 30. gxf7+ Kf8 31. Rd2) 30.
Qxd3 (30. Kxd3 $2 Qc3#) (30. Rxd3 $2 Re2+ 31. Kf3 Rxe4 $19) 30... Rc3 {, with
good winning perspectives.}) 27... Rd4 $1 {Another excellent move. The black
rook, being invulnerable in view of 28.Nd4 Qa1# is transferred to the b-file,
aiming at the b3 knight -the main defender of the white king.} 28. Qe3 Rb4 {
Now the threat is 28...Rb3 29.ab3 Qa1#.} 29. Kd1 Rxb3 $1 30. Ke2 ({Or} 30. axb3
Qa1+ 31. Ke2 Qxh1 {, and Black must win.}) 30... Qc6 $1 ({Choosing the
strongest continuation. After} 30... Rb4 31. hxg6 {White's initiative is very
dangerous.}) 31. Qg3 ({Certainly not} 31. axb3 Qxg2+ 32. Qf2 Qxh1 $19) 31...
Rxd3 $1 {Exchange sacrifice minimizes White's attacking chanes and yields
Black a durable positional advantage.} 32. cxd3 g5 33. Qf3 Qb5 34. g3 Rc7 {
Useful prophylactic move, setting control over the seventh rank.} 35. Rf1 a5
36. f5 $6 {Allows Black to resume king hunting. Yet, passive strategy would
not help either.} Re7 $1 37. fxe6 Bd4 $1 {[%csl Re2][%cal Gd4g1,Ge7e2,Ye2f2,
Yf2g2] Closing way to the kingside.} 38. Rc2 Rxe6+ 39. Kd1 Rf6 40. Qe2 Be3 $1 {
The final accrod! Now White is lost.} 41. Rc8+ ({Certainly, not} 41. Rxf6 Qb1+)
41... Kg7 42. Qxe3 Rxf1+ 43. Ke2 Rf6 44. Qd4 Qf5 45. Rc5 Qf1+ 46. Kd2 Qg2+ 47.
Kc1 Qxg3 {White has no chance to save the game. The rest is fairly simple.} 48.
Rf5 Qe1+ 49. Kc2 Qe6 50. Rxa5 Qe2+ 51. Kb3 Qxh5 52. Rb5 Qd1+ 53. Kb2 Qe2+ 54.
Kb3 Qe6+ 55. Kb2 Qd6 0-1

[Event "Mermaid Beach Club"]
[Site "Bermuda"]
[Date "1999.01.27"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Arizmendi Martinez, Julen Luis"]
[Black "Gershon, Alik"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B56"]
[WhiteElo "2472"]
[BlackElo "2467"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1999.01.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "BER"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 64]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. f3 Qb6 7.
Nb3 e6 8. Qe2 (8. Bf4 Ne5 9. Qe2 a6 10. Be3 Qc7 11. f4 Ned7 12. a4 b6 13. g4
Bb7 14. Bg2 h6 15. g5 hxg5 16. fxg5 Nh5 17. g6 Nhf6 18. gxf7+ Kxf7 19. O-O-O
Ne5 20. h4 {1-0 Kveinys,A-Sher,M/Gistrup 1997/EXT 98 (34)}) 8... a6 9. g4 (9.
Be3 Qc7 10. g4 Be7 11. O-O-O b5 12. Qf2 Nd7 13. h4 Nce5 14. Kb1 Rb8 15. g5 b4
16. Ne2 Nc4 17. h5 a5 18. Ned4 Nde5 19. Nd2 O-O 20. Nxc4 {1-0 Blehm,P-Gershon,
A/Guarapuava 1995/Juniors (32)}) 9... h6 (9... Be7 10. h4 Qc7 11. Be3 b5 12.
O-O-O Bb7 13. Kb1 Rc8 14. g5 Nd7 15. Qf2 Nce5 16. Nd4 Nc4 17. Bh3 b4 18. Nce2
Nc5 19. Bc1 O-O 20. h5 {1-0 Iruzubieta,J-Gomez Esteban,J/Euskadi 1995/EXT 97 
(32)}) 10. Be3 Qc7 11. O-O-O b5 12. Kb1 Ne5 13. Qf2 b4 ({This principal move
leads to a very sharp play.} 13... Nc4 {deserved serious attention.}) 14. Na4
Rb8 15. Rg1 Bb7 16. Bb6 (16. h4 $5 {/\g4-g5 was an interesting option}) 16...
Qc6 17. Ba7 Ra8 18. Na5 Qxa4 19. Nxb7 Qd7 20. Qb6 ({The best move, creating an
unusual configuration of White pices on the queenside.} 20. Bxa6 {is strngly
met by} Nc6) 20... Be7 {[%csl Ra7,Rb7][%cal Gd7a7,Ga8a7,Ge5c6]} (20... Nxf3 $2
{fails to} 21. Bxa6 $18 {/\Bb5}) 21. f4 ({If} 21. Bxa6 {then} O-O 22. Bb5 Bd8)
21... Nc6 22. Nc5 {The only move.} Qxa7 23. Qxc6+ Kf8 24. g5 (24. e5 {falls
short after} dxe5 25. fxe5 Bxc5 26. exf6 Bxg1) 24... Nh5 (24... dxc5 {is
refuted by} 25. gxf6 Bxf6 26. Rd7 Rd8 27. Qd6+ Ke8 28. Rxd8+ Bxd8 29. Bxa6 $16)
(24... Qxc5 $2 25. Qxa8+ $18) 25. Nd7+ Kg8 26. g6 Nxf4 27. Bc4 Nxg6 28. Bxe6 $1
{This move forces a draw.} fxe6 29. Rxg6 Rd8 30. Rxe6 (30. Rdg1 Qxd7 (30... Bg5
31. Nb6 Qf7 $19)) 30... Qxd7 31. Qd5 {[%csl Rg8][%cal Gd5g8,Ge6d6,Ge6e7,Ge6h6]}
Kh7 ({An attempt to escape the move repetition would be suicidal:} 31... Kf8
32. Qf5+ Bf6 $4 33. Rxf6+ $1 gxf6 34. Qxf6+ Kg8 (34... Ke8 35. Qxh8+) 35. Rg1+
Kh7 36. Qg6#) 32. Qf5+ Kg8 33. Qd5 Kf8 34. Qf5+ Kg8 35. Qd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 11th"]
[Site "Pula"]
[Date "1997.05.??"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Sturua, Zurab"]
[Black "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B56"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[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 "Georgia"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GEO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bd7 {An interesting concept.
The flexible text move allows Black to determine his set-up on move 6 and
leaves him a choice between Dragon and Scheveningen options.} 6. Be2 e6 ({Or} 
6... g6 7. g4 h6 8. Be3 e5 9. Ndb5 Bc6 10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. exd5 Bxb5 12. Bxb5+ Nd7
13. Qd2 a6 14. Be2 Be7 15. h4 Bxh4 16. g5 hxg5 17. Bxg5 Bxg5 18. Rxh8+ Nf8 19.
Qb4 Qd7 $132 {Cuijpers,F-Kupreichik,V/BL2-W 1994}) 7. g4 {An interesting
modification of Keres attack.} h6 8. f4 e5 $5 {A princpal continuation. 8...
Nc6 and 8...g6 also deserved attention.} 9. Nf5 Bc6 10. Bf3 g6 11. Ng3 (11. Ne3
{is met by} exf4 12. Ned5 g5) 11... Nbd7 12. f5 ({Or} 12. O-O exf4 13. Bxf4 Ne5
{, with a good play for Black.}) 12... g5 {Blsck retains good counterchances
in spite of the problems with the dark-squared bishop.} 13. a4 a6 14. Qe2 Be7
15. Be3 (15. O-O {was worth considering. The text move allows Black to get an
active play on the queenside.}) 15... b5 16. a5 Bb7 17. Nd5 $5 {An intersting
alternative was 17.0-0 /\Rfd1, and chances are about equal.} Nxd5 18. exd5 Nf6
19. Qd3 Rc8 20. c3 Qc7 $1 {Aiming at Qc4.} 21. Nh5 {A meaningful exchange,
which allows White to solve the defensive problems.} Nxh5 22. gxh5 Qc4 $1 23.
Ke2 Bd8 24. Qxc4 Rxc4 {Actual and potential problems with the pawns a5, f5, d5
and h5 compensate White's space advantage in the endgame.} 25. Kd3 Bc8 26. Be4
Bd7 27. b3 Rc8 28. c4 Ke7 29. h4 $6 ({A dubious decision. Better was} 29. Rhc1
{, with the idea c5.}) 29... f6 30. Bd2 $6 {An unfortunate choice. There was
no need to remove control over the diagonal g1-a7.} Bc7 31. Be3 ({After} 31.
Bb4 Bb8 {/\Ba7 Black activates his dark-squared bishop, obtaining a good play.}
) 31... bxc4+ 32. bxc4 Rb8 33. Kc3 Rb7 34. c5 $2 {[%csl Rb5]} ({After this
move, yielding Black a control over the fifth rank, White faces insurmountable
problems. Better was} 34. Bc2) 34... Rhb8 $1 35. Bd2 $6 Rb2 $1 {[%csl Rc3]
[%cal Gb8b3] Threatening 35...R8b3+ 36.Kc4 Bb5.} 36. Bc2 Bc8 ({A strange move.
Instead, after} 36... dxc5 {intending e4, with the decisive threat Be5, Black
must win. Probably, the mutual zeitnot influenced upon the final phase of the
game.}) 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-34"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2000.10.29"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Hector, Jonny"]
[Black "Baklan, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B56"]
[WhiteElo "2509"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[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 "Sweden"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SWE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. f4 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8. f5
a6 9. Bg5 O-O 10. Qd2 b5 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. a4 bxa4 13. Rxa4 Rb8 14. b3 Nb4 15.
Bc4 Qb6 16. g4 ({If} 16. Nd5 {then} Nxd5 17. Bxd5 Bd7 {followed by 18...Rc8,
with a good counterplay for Black.}) 16... Bd7 17. g5 Bd8 (17... Bxa4 $5 {
led to interesting complications:} 18. Nxa4 (18. gxf6 Nxc2+ 19. Qxc2 Qe3+ (
19... Bxb3 20. Qg2 Qe3+ 21. Ne2 Qh6 22. Qxg7+ Qxg7 23. fxg7) 20. Be2 Rfc8 21.
Nd5 Qc1+ 22. Qxc1 Rxc1+) 18... Qb7 19. Nc3 Bd8 20. g6) 18. Ra1 {allows for an
efficient sacrfice, yielding Black good counterplay.} Nxc2+ 19. Qxc2 Qe3+ {
[%csl Rc3,Re1,Rf3][%cal Ge3c3,Ge3f3,Ge3e1]} 20. Be2 Rc8 {[%csl Rc3][%cal Gc8c3]
} (20... Bb6 $2 {fails to} 21. Nd1) 21. Nd5 ({Certainly, not} 21. Rc1 $4 Ba5
$19) 21... Qxf3 22. Bxf3 Rxc2 23. h4 (23. Bd1 Rb2 24. Rxa6 $140 Bb5 {followed
by 25...Bg5, and the white king is in trouble.}) 23... a5 (23... Bb5 $5 {
was worth considering here.}) 24. Be2 {Transferring the bishop to the active
position on the f1-a6 diagonal.} Bc6 25. Bd3 Rc5 (25... Rb2 26. Bc4) 26. Bc4
Bb5 (26... a4 27. O-O {does not promise Black any advantage.}) 27. Bxb5 Rxb5
28. Rh3 f6 29. gxf6 (29. g6 {is strongly met by} hxg6 30. fxg6 f5 {, with
excellent winning chances for Black.}) 29... Bxf6 30. Rc1 Rfb8 31. Rcc3 Bd8 32.
Kd1 Kf8 33. Kc2 Bb6 34. Rc6 Bd4 35. Nc7 Rc5+ 36. Rxc5 dxc5 37. Rg3 Kf7 38. h5 (
38. Ne6 {is met by} g6) 38... Kf6 39. Ne6 a4 (39... Rb7 40. Nf8 h6 $2 {fails to
} 41. Rg6+ Kf7 42. Ne6 Kg8 43. f6) 40. bxa4 Rb2+ 41. Kc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Presidents Cup "]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1998.05.19"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B56"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "1998.05.07"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Be3
O-O 9. Qd2 a5 10. Bb5 Na7 ({The most popular continuation. The alternative is} 
10... Be6 11. Nd5 (11. Rd1 Nb4 12. a3 Na6 13. Qf2 Nc7 14. Nc5 Qc8 15. Nxe6 fxe6
16. Qe2 d5 17. exd5 exd5 18. Bf2 Nxb5 19. Qxb5 d4 20. Nd5 {1/2-1/2 Grosar,
A-Popovic,P/JUG-ch 1991 (29)}) 11... Bxd5 12. exd5 Na7 13. Be2 a4 14. Nc1 Qc7
15. c4 b5 16. b3 bxc4 17. bxc4 Nc8 18. Rb1 Rb8 19. Rxb8 Qxb8 {1/2-1/2
Podlesnik,B-Gschnitzer,O/Vienna op 1990 (40)}) 11. Bd3 ({Another popular move
is} 11. Be2 Bd7 (11... Be6 12. O-O Nc8 13. Rfd1 Nb6 14. Kh1 a4 {1/2-1/2 Gomez
Esteban,J-Garcia Ilundain,D/ESP-chT 1996}) 12. a4 Nc6 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. exd5 Nb4
15. c3 (15. O-O Qc7 16. c3 Na6 17. f4 f5 18. Rfd1 Bf6 19. Bb5 Nb8 20. fxe5 Bxe5
21. Nd4 Bxb5 22. Ne6 {1/2-1/2 Podlesnik,B-Gostisa,L/Vidmar mem 1989 (28)})
15... Na6 16. O-O h6 17. Bb5 Nb8 18. Qe2 {1/2-1/2 Magem Badals,J-Greenfeld,A/
Pamplona9394 1993}) 11... Nc6 12. Bb5 Na7 13. Bd3 Nc6 14. a3 Be6 15. Rd1 h6 (
15... d5 $2 {fails to} 16. exd5 Nxd5 17. Nxd5 Bxd5 18. Bxh7+ $16) 16. O-O Nd7
17. Bb5 Qc7 18. Kh1 Nb6 (18... Rac8 {was an option here.}) 19. Qe2 Rfd8 (19...
Bg5 20. Bxb6 ({another option is} 20. Bxg5 hxg5 21. Qd2) 20... Qxb6 21. Rxd6 {
does not seem to offer a sufficient compensation for a pawn.}) (19... Na7 {
fails to} 20. Nxa5) (19... Rad8 {is strongly met by} 20. Nd5 Bxd5 21. exd5) 20.
Qf2 (20. Nd5 {also deserved attention here, but the text move seems to be the
strongest continuation.}) 20... Nd7 (20... Nc4 {admits obvious refutation:} 21.
Bxc4 Bxc4 22. Bb6 Qd7 23. Bxd8 Bxf1 24. Bxe7) 21. Ba4 ({Vacating the b5-square
for the knight or, eventually, rook.} 21. Na4 $5 {provoking} Bg5 $6 22. Nb6
Rab8 23. Nxd7 Bxe3 (23... Qxd7 24. Nxa5) (23... Rxd7 24. Bb6 $16) 24. Nf6+ $16
{was a plausible alternative.}) 21... Bc4 22. Nd5 Bxd5 23. Rxd5 {This is
stronger than 23.ed5 Ncb8. White is planning to keep the chronically weak
d-pawn under pressure.} Bg5 24. Bxg5 hxg5 25. Rb5 Ra6 26. Rd5 Raa8 27. Qe2 Nf8
28. c3 Ne6 29. Rfd1 Na7 (29... Nf4 {is met by} 30. Qc4) 30. g3 Nc8 31. R5d2 Nb6
32. Bb5 g6 33. Kg2 Kg7 34. Qe3 Nc4 (34... Nc8 {deserved attention here,
although White has a superior position at any rate.}) 35. Bxc4 Qxc4 36. Nc1 Qc6
37. Nd3 Kf8 $2 ({This move allow White to undertake effective operations on
the kingside.} 37... Rh8 38. Nf2 Rad8 {was to be preferred.}) 38. h4 $1 {
[%cal Ge3h6,Gh6h4,Gh4e7] This excellent move yields White a large advantage.}
gxh4 39. Qh6+ Ke7 ({Or} 39... Ke8 40. Qh8+ {and Black has nothing better than}
Ke7 $18 ({in view of} 40... Kd7 41. Nxe5+ $18) ({or} 40... Nf8 41. Nxe5 $18))
40. Qxh4+ g5 ({Black cannot avoid weakening of the f5-square, which is now
accessible to the white queen and knight, since} 40... Ke8 {is bad in view of}
41. Qf6) 41. Qg4 Rh8 42. Nf2 Rag8 {[%csl Rd6][%cal Gf2g4,Gg4e3,Ge3f5,Ge3d5,
Yg4f5,Yd1d6] Threatening by 43...Nf4+.} ({After} 42... Rad8 43. Qf5 {followed
by 44.Ng4 Black's position is unbearable.}) 43. Rxd6 $1 {Well-deliberated and
strategically firmly grounded undertaking. Exchanging his rook pair for the
queen, White achieves excellent interaction between his queen and knight,
developing very dangerous initiative.} Qxd6 44. Rxd6 Kxd6 45. Qf5 {[%csl Re5]
[%cal Gf2g4,Gg4e5,Gf5e5] The threats 46.Ng4 and 46.Nd3 force Black to
sacrifice his f-pawn.} f6 46. Qxf6 Rf8 47. Qg6 Rfg8 48. Qf7 Rg7 (48... Rf8 {
is bad in view of} 49. Qxb7) 49. Qf6 Rf8 50. Qh6 Rgf7 51. Qh5 a4 52. Nd3 b5 53.
Kf2 Nc5 54. Nxe5 $1 {The decisive blow! After this move Black is entirely
defenseless.} Nxe4+ (54... Kxe5 {loses immediately in view of} 55. Qxg5+ Kd6
56. Qd5+) 55. Ke3 Kxe5 56. fxe4 {With two pawns up and excellent prospects to
win all remaining Black pawns, White is comfortably converting his decisive
advantage.} Rg7 57. Qd1 {White's mobile queen is aiming at Black's weak pawns
on the queenside.} Kf6 58. Qf1+ Ke7 59. Qxb5 g4 60. Qb4+ $1 {Forcing the black
king to set the f-file,since after 60...Ke8 White takes the a4-pawn with check.
} Kf7 61. Qxa4 Kg8 62. Qb5 $1 Kh7 ({Now} 62... Rf3+ 63. Kd4 Rxg3 {fails to} 64.
Qb8+) 63. Qh5+ Kg8 64. Qe5 1-0

[Event "Ptuj zt"]
[Site "Ptuj"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Grosar, Aljosa"]
[Black "Wach, Markus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B56"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2385"]
[Annotator "Baburin,A"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1995.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 047"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8.
Bc4 O-O 9. O-O Na5 10. Bb3 Bg4 11. Qe2 h6 12. Rfd1 Qc7 13. h3 Be6 14. Nd5 Nxd5
15. Bxd5 Nc4 16. c3 a6 17. b3 Nxe3 18. Qxe3 Bxd5 19. Rxd5 {[#] Such a position
is rather characteristic for many lines in the Sicilian, Black has some play
on the c-file (particularly here, as the c3-pawn is weak) while White controls
the d5-square. In fact he needs a Knight to be on d5!} b5 20. Rd3 Rfc8 21. Nh2
$1 {White is going to move the Knight towards d5 via f1 & e3.} Qc5 22. Ng4 Bg5
23. Qf3 {White plans to push the Bishop away after g2-g3 & h3-h4 and then gain
control over the outpost on d5 after Ng4-e3-d5. In themeantime Black tries to
attack white pawns on the Q-side - a risky plan, as all his pieces leave the
King.} Qa3 (23... h5 $5) 24. g3 Bc1 25. Rb1 Bb2 26. Rbd1 Qxa2 27. Rxd6 Qxb3 28.
Nxh6+ $1 Kf8 (28... gxh6 29. Rxh6 {Followed by Qf3-f6...}) 29. Rd7 gxh6 30.
R1d5 1-0

[Event "Marlboro Chess Classic"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1977.10.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Chandler, Murray G"]
[Black "Bachtiar, Arovah"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B56"]
[WhiteElo "2385"]
[BlackElo "2335"]
[Annotator "Bachtiar"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1977.10.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[EventCategory "6"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Nf3 Be7 7. Bg5 a6 8. Qd2
Nbd7 9. Bc4 Rb8 10. a4 O-O 11. Rd1 Qc7 12. b3 b5 13. axb5 axb5 14. Bxb5 (14.
Nxb5 Rxb5 $1 15. Bxb5 Nxe4 16. Bxe7 $1 Nxd2 17. Rxd2 Re8 18. Bxd6 $11) 14... d5
15. O-O d4 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. exd5 Bxg5 18. Nxg5 h6 (18... Rxb5 19. Qd3) 19. Bxd7
Qxd7 20. Nf3 Qxd5 21. c4 Qd6 (21... Qc5 22. b4 $1 $11) 22. b4 Bg4 23. Rb1 Bxf3
24. gxf3 Qg6+ 25. Kh1 Qf5 26. Qe2 Rfc8 27. Rfd1 Rb6 28. Rb3 Rg6 29. c5 Qg5 30.
Qf1 Qf4 31. Qh3 f5 32. Rbb1 Kh7 33. Rg1 Rxg1+ 34. Rxg1 d3 35. Qh5 Rc6 36. b5 $2
$138 (36. Qf7 $1 Qxf3+ 37. Rg2 Qd1+ 38. Rg1 Qf3+ 39. Rg2 $11) 36... g6 37. Qh3
Rxc5 38. Qg2 g5 39. b6 Rb5 40. Qf1 Qxf3+ 41. Rg2 Rxb6 0-1

[Event "Schlechter Memorial"]
[Site "Vienna"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Popovic, Petar"]
[Black "Groszpeter, Attila"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B56"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "Balinov,I"]
[PlyCount "21"]
[EventDate "1996.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. g3 Qb6 $5 7. Nb3 $8 (7.
Be3 Ng4 $1) 7... Bg4 8. f3 Be6 9. Qe2 Nb4 10. Bg5 (10. Be3 Nxc2+) 10... a6 $1 (
10... Rc8 11. Qb5+) 11. O-O-O (11. O-O-O Bxb3 12. Bxf6 Nxa2+ 13. Nxa2 Bxa2 14.
Bd4 Qc7 $15) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 1415"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2014.12.06"]
[Round "5.6"]
[White "Berg, Emanuel"]
[Black "Becker, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B56"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2321"]
[Annotator "Berg,E"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2014.10.18"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Dortmund Hansa"]
[BlackTeam "Rostock"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Bb5+ $1 Bd7 7. Bxd7+
Qxd7 8. Nde2 {I had been checking this line briefly before the game. However
my opponents next move came as a surprise.} Qg4 $5 {This was played quickly by
Becker and I had to think pretty deeply in order to decide how to proceed.} ({
I was expecting} 8... Qc6 {which has been played by MVL.} {Following} 9. Ng3
Nbd7 10. Bg5 g6 11. Qd3 Be7 {is seems to me that White was a bit better in 1/
2-1/2 (44) Inarkiev,E (2667)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2703) Warsaw 2010. However
here I don't seee the point of taking at once on f6 like the game. Instead} 12.
O-O-O $14 {looks more sensible to keep the tension for the moment. White has
control over the d5-square and Black's backward pawn on d6 causee him a bit of
trouble.}) 9. Qd3 $1 {This move was one of the first moves that came to mind
but it took me a long time to calculate and assess the outcome of it. Even
while playing it I was not completely sure but my intuition said it should at
least be full compensation.} (9. O-O $5 {is not bad either although less
ambitious. Following} Nxe4 10. Nd5 Qd7 $44 {White definitely has compensation
but Black is still pretty solid and has an extra pawn. 1-0 (49) Kranzl,
A-Braskin,I ICCF corr 1985}) ({The safest option} 9. Ng3 $6 {is just about a
bit too safe I guess. Following} Qxd1+ 10. Kxd1 Nc6 {Black did not have too
many problmes in 0-1 (30) Martinez Duany,L (2485)-Perez Rodriguez,L (2521)
Santiago de Cuba 2009.}) 9... Qxg2 10. Rg1 Qxh2 11. Bg5 $1 {A very nice move
which keeps the tension and puts the maximum of pressure on Black's shoulders.}
(11. Qb5+ $146 {might be tempting but I considered it to be double edged after}
Nbd7 12. Qxb7 (12. Be3 $5 {as given by the engine is interesting for White.
With 0-0-0 to follow White has a nice initiative and full compensation.}) 12...
Rb8 $132 {Now White might easily end up in trouble, e.g.} 13. Qxa7 $4 ({
A better move is} 13. Qc6 $44) 13... d5 $1 {and Black is winning due to the
rapid activation of his f8-bishop. Now ...Bc5 cannot be stopped since Be3
drops a piece to ...d4!}) 11... Nbd7 {The most natural continuation.} ({However
} 11... Nc6 $5 $146 {is a decent alternative deserving attention. Black now
intends to go for ...0-0-0 with rapid development. From a practical point of
view this definitely looks better since White has more important decisions to
make than in the game.} {The best follow-up is} 12. O-O-O {when there might
follow} Be7 $1 {This is an interesting starting point for further analysis. It
seems that White has more than enough compensation but the complexity of the
position clearly gives Black good practical chances to stay in the game.} (
12... Qxf2 $4 {actually loses to} 13. Qh3 $1 {with the killing threat Be3. Now
after} Qb6 (13... Qc5 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Nd5 $18 {[%csl Re8] is no rescue
either.}) 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Nd5 Qd8 16. Ng3 $1 $18 {[%csl Rd8,Re8,Rf8] Black
is totally dominated and left in a hopeless situation. To make the point clear
the line} Nd4 17. Rxd4 $3 exd4 18. Rf1 $18 {shows that it's not the quantity
but the quality of the material that counts!}) {One straightforward line is}
13. Nb5 {when after} O-O 14. Qe3 $1 Qh5 15. Ng3 Qh3 16. f3 $1 $16 {intending
Nf5 White's attack looks really promising.}) 12. Bxf6 $1 {This slightly
surprising exchange appears to be a brilliant continuation. With that said
there are also other promising alternatives.} (12. O-O-O $5 Qxf2 13. Be3 Qf3 $6
(13... Qh4 {is better intending} 14. Nb5 Qxe4 $1 15. Nc7+ Kd8 16. Nxa8 b6 17.
Qxe4 Nxe4 $132 {with a crazy position where White might well be objectively
better. However Black surely has good practical chances.}) 14. Rg3 Qh5 15. Nb5
Rc8 16. Nxa7 $16 {1-0 (48) Willemze,J (2327)-Ernst,S (2468) Vienna 2003}) 12...
gxf6 $2 {This just gives Black a terrible pawn structure and no active chances
to create counterplay.} (12... Nxf6 {also favours White but still is the move
to be played. Following} 13. Qb5+ Nd7 14. Qxb7 Rb8 {White has a clear plus but
still needs to prove his advantage.} 15. Qc6 $1 {Activity counts for more than
material is this concrete position.} ({My intended continuation} 15. Qxa7 {
is also good but not quite as strong. Black can achieve active counterplay with
} d5 $1 {when White is still better but needs to play very carefully.} (15...
Rxb2 $2 16. Nd5 $1 Rb8 17. Nc7+ Kd8 18. Qa5 $16 {gives White a nice attack.})
16. O-O-O $1 $14) {A possible line is} 15... g6 (15... Be7 16. Rxg7 $16) 16.
Nb5 Be7 17. Nxd6+ Bxd6 18. Qxd6 Qh3 19. O-O-O Qe6 20. Qc7 Ke7 $8 21. Nc3 Rhc8
22. Qxa7 $16 {White remains with an extra pawn and is better. However the
position is very complex and still far from a safe, technical advantage.}) 13.
Qf3 $5 {A simple human move leading to a clear advantage for White without any
particular counterplay for Black.} ({The engines claim that} 13. Qb5 $1 {
is even stronger which is most likely true.}) 13... Qh6 {Forced in order to
prevent Rh1 trapping the queen.} 14. Rh1 Qg7 (14... Qg5 {might be a tiny bit
better avoiding 0-0-0 for White} {However} 15. Nd5 Rc8 16. Rh5 Qg6 17. O-O-O {
is also very pleasant for White intending ...Rg1 or} Rg8 18. Ng3 $16 {with
perfect light sqyuare control.}) 15. Rg1 {I was approaching some minor time
trouble and decided to gain some time.} Qh6 16. Rh1 Qg7 17. Nd5 Rc8 18. O-O-O
$1 {Now Black is alrady winning and Black can only hope for a miracle.} h5 {
Saves the queen but not the game.} 19. Ng3 Rg8 20. Nxh5 (20. Qb3 $1 $18 {
was even stronger.}) 20... Qg5+ 21. Kb1 Be7 22. Ng3 (22. Qa3 $1 $18 {[%csl Ra7,
Rd6][%cal Gd5e7,Ya3d6,Ya3a7] wins pretty straightforward. However the game
continuation also wins safely.}) 22... Rc6 23. Nf5 Bd8 (23... Bf8 {[%csl Rf8]
is the equivalent of resignation since Black now has no hope whatsoever of
getting his bishop out. Moreover White can force the win after} 24. Qa3 $1 a6
25. Qa5 $1 $18 {with the decisive threat Nc7+.}) 24. Nb4 Rb6 25. Nxd6+ Rxd6 26.
Rxd6 Be7 27. Rdd1 $1 {A nice final touch which wins the game on the spot.} ({
Black could perhaps hope for} 27. Rxd7 $2 Kxd7 28. Rd1+ $16 Kc8 $16 {when he
is still alive.}) 27... Bxb4 28. Qd3 ({Black resigned in view of the line} 28.
Qd3 Qg4 29. Rhg1 $3 Qxg1 30. Qxd7+ Kf8 31. Qd8+ Kg7 32. Rxg1+ $18) 1-0

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A 15th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2016.03.08"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bartel, Mateusz"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B56"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[Annotator "Besenthal,K"]
[PlyCount "153"]
[EventDate "2016.03.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Nb3 Nc6 7. Be3 e6 8. g4
b5 9. Bg2 Bb7 10. g5 Nd7 11. f4 Nb6 12. Qe2 Nc4 13. O-O-O Nxe3 14. Qxe3 Na5 15.
f5 Nc4 16. Qg3 {Diagramm [#]} b4 $6 {Das war nicht so gut...} 17. Na4 e5 18.
Nac5 {... wie man jetzt sehen kann.} Bc6 19. Bf1 Nb6 $6 {Dieser Springer wäre
besser nach a5 gegangen.} 20. Nxa6 Be7 21. f6 gxf6 22. Nxb4 $6 ({Nach} 22. gxf6
Bxf6 {Diagramm [#] wäre der weiße Vorteil noch größer gewesen.}) 22... Bxe4
23. Bg2 Bg6 $2 {Ob Gelfand wirklich an diesen Zug geglaubt hat? Das
Läuferpaar, die Bauernmasse im Zentrum, offene Linien gegen den weißen
König - das sieht ganz gut aus. Dem steht aber ein empfindlicher
Materialverlust gegenüber, und der Th8 spielt auch noch nicht mit.} 24. Bxa8
Qxa8 25. Qf2 (25. gxf6 $1) 25... Nd7 26. Nd5 Qxa2 27. gxf6 Bf8 28. Qd2 $2 {
Diagramm [#]} h5 $2 (28... Nc5 $1 $17) 29. Nc3 Qa6 30. Qf2 Bh6+ 31. Kb1 O-O 32.
Qe2 Qxe2 33. Nxe2 Nxf6 34. Rxd6 Ng4 {Diagramm [#] Der weiße Vorteil ist klein
geworden. Mittlerweile hat Gelfand alle seine Kräfte aktiviert.} 35. Nc3 $2
Ne3 36. Rg1 Kh7 37. Rgxg6 $2 {Diagramm [#]} (37. Rd2 $1) 37... fxg6 38. Nd2 $2
{Zu passiv!} (38. Nc5 $1) 38... Bf4 39. h3 g5 40. Nde4 Kg7 41. b4 g4 42. hxg4
Nxg4 $6 (42... hxg4 $1) 43. b5 h4 44. Rd3 Ne3 45. Nf2 Rb8 46. Kb2 Kg6 47. Kb3
Kf5 48. Rd7 Ke6 49. Rh7 Nf5 50. Nfe4 Nh6 51. Ne2 Be3 52. Kc4 h3 53. Kd3 h2 54.
N2g3 Bf4 55. c4 Rd8+ 56. Ke2 Rd4 57. Kf3 Rxc4 58. b6 Rb4 59. b7 Kd5 60. Kg2
Rb2+ 61. Kh1 Ng4 62. Rg7 Rb1+ 63. Kg2 h1=Q+ 64. Nxh1 Kxe4 65. Rxg4 Rb2+ 66.
Nf2+ Ke3 67. b8=Q Rxb8 68. Rh4 Ke2 69. Rg4 Rb2 70. Rh4 Rc2 71. Rh3 Rc8 72. Rh4
{Diagramm [#]} Be3 73. Re4 Rg8+ 74. Ng4 Kd2 75. Kh3 Bf4 76. Nxe5 Bxe5 77. Rxe5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Interzonal-14a"]
[Site "Subotica"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Zapata, Alonso"]
[Black "Popovic, Petar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B56"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "Boensch,U"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "1987.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1988.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1988.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8.
Bc4 O-O 9. O-O Bg4 $5 (9... h6) 10. h3 Bh5 11. g4 $1 Na5 (11... Bg6 12. Nh4 $16
{/\ 13.Ng6, 13.Nf5}) 12. Bd3 (12. Be2 $142 Bg6 13. Nh4 Rc8 14. Nxg6 fxg6 $5 $16
(14... hxg6 $16 {^^,><d5})) 12... Bg6 13. Bg5 (13. Nh4 d5 $1 $13) 13... Nd7 14.
Bxe7 Qxe7 15. Nd5 Qd8 16. Ne1 Nc6 17. Ng2 Nc5 18. f3 Ne7 19. Nge3 Nxd5 20. Nxd5
Rc8 21. Rf2 f6 22. b4 Nd7 23. c4 Bf7 24. Ne3 Qb6 25. Qd2 g6 26. Bf1 Nb8 27. Nd5
Bxd5 28. exd5 f5 29. a3 Nd7 30. Re1 Qd8 31. g5 h6 32. h4 hxg5 33. Qxg5 Kg7 34.
Rg2 Qxg5 35. hxg5 Rh8 36. Rc1 b6 37. Rcc2 Rh5 38. Be2 Rh4 39. Rh2 Rxh2 40. Kxh2
Rh8+ 41. Kg1 Kf7 42. Bd1 Rh5 43. Rg2 Ke7 44. Be2 Rh7 45. Bd1 Nf8 46. Rc2 Rh4
47. Be2 Rd4 48. a4 Nh7 49. a5 Nxg5 50. Kg2 f4 51. Ra2 e4 52. fxe4 Rxe4 53. Bf1
Rd4 54. Kf2 Ne4+ 55. Ke1 Kf6 56. axb6 axb6 57. Ra6 b5 58. c5 Rxb4 59. Bg2 Ke5
60. c6 Rb1+ 61. Ke2 Rb2+ 62. Kd1 Rd2+ 0-1

[Event "Belgrade Investbank"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B56"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[Annotator "Boensch,U"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1995.11.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 051"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Ftacnik} c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Be3 Ng4 7.
Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Bg3 Bg7 10. Nb3 Be6 11. Be2 (11. Qd2 Nge5 12. Nd5 h5 13. h4
g4 14. O-O-O a6 15. c4 b5 16. cxb5 axb5 17. Bxb5 O-O $44 {Prentos,K-Kotronias,
V Ano Liosia op (03) 1995 0-1 26 - EXP 46}) 11... h5 (11... Qd7 12. Qd2 f5 13.
exf5 Bxf5 14. O-O O-O-O 15. f3 Nf6 16. Bf2 Kb8 17. Nd4 e5 18. Nxf5 Qxf5 19. Nd5
Nxd5 20. Qxd5 Rhf8 (20... Qxc2 21. Bd3 $44) 21. c3 $14 {Kotronias,V-Mednis,E
New York WFW 1990 1-0 79}) (11... Bxc3+ $5 12. bxc3 Nge5 13. O-O Qd7 14. Qc1
Bc4 15. Bxc4 Nxc4 16. Rd1 N6e5 17. Rd5 Qc7 18. Qf1 Rc8 $15 {Szalanczy,E-Leko,P
Budapest Exp FS MarGM (08) 1993 0-1 68}) (11... Nge5 12. Qd2 Qd7 13. h4 O-O-O
14. O-O-O gxh4 15. Bxh4 f5 16. exf5 Bxf5 17. a3 Kb8 18. f3 h5 19. Bg5 $14 {
McShane,L-Hon,A London Lloyds (05) 1994 1/2 43 - EXP 43}) 12. h4 {Ftacnik:The
younger generation of super GMs freely choses the modern lines, some of which
would seem uncomprehensible to old masters of the past.} (12. h3 {Ftacnik}
Bxc3+ 13. bxc3 Nf6 $15) 12... gxh4 13. Bxh4 Rc8 $1 $146 {Ftacnik: With 6..Ng4
black have avoided the famous English attack, but everything comes at a price.
Kingside pawn structure is badly shaken and Kramnik has to believe in the
power of piece play. Richtet sich gegen die lange Rochade und was passiert
nach der "Kurzen" ? Sehen Sie selbst.} (13... Qb6 14. Nd5 Bxd5 15. exd5 Nce5
16. a4 (16. c3 Bf6 17. Nd4 Qxb2 18. Bxf6 Qxc3+ 19. Kf1 Nxf6 20. Rc1 Qa5 $17 {
Szalanczy,E-Videki,S Kecskemet (07)1993 1-0 44}) 16... Ng6 17. a5 Qb4+ 18. c3
Qe4 19. Qd3 Qxd3 20. Bxd3 Nf4 21. Be4 f5 22. Bxf5 Nxg2+ 23. Kd2 Bh6+ 24. Kd3
Nf4+ 25. Ke4 $14 {Brodskij,M-Serper,G Helsinki op (03) 1992 1/2 31}) 14. O-O (
14. Qd2 {Ftacnik} Nge5) 14... Bf6 15. Bg3 $6 (15. Bxf6 Nxf6 16. Nd4 Qb6 (16...
Bd7 $13 {Ftacnik}) 17. Nxe6 fxe6 $36) 15... Rg8 $40 16. Nd5 h4 $1 (16... Bxb2
$5 {Ftacnik} 17. Rb1 Be5 18. Bxe5 Ncxe5 19. Nf4 Bc4 $17) 17. Nxf6+ (17. Bxg4 $2
Bxg4 18. f3 (18. Nxf6+ exf6 19. f3 hxg3 20. fxg4 Qb6+ $19) 18... hxg3 (18...
Bxb2 19. Rb1 Bh3 $1 $19) 19. fxg4 Bxb2 $19) 17... Nxf6 18. Bxh4 Nxe4 19. Bf3 (
19. Re1 Qb6 $13) 19... Ng5 20. Bxg5 (20. Bxc6+ bxc6 21. f4 Qb6+ 22. Qd4 $15)
20... Rxg5 {Ftacnik: Exchanges have clarified the situation, black seems to be
reasonably safe with K on e8.} 21. Qd2 Rg8 (21... Rg6 {Ftacnik} 22. Rfe1) 22.
Nd4 (22. Rfe1 Qb6 $15) 22... Ne5 $1 23. Be4 (23. Bxb7 Rb8 24. Bc6+ Bd7 25.
Bxd7+ Qxd7 $40) (23. Nxe6 $4 {Ftacnik} Nxf3+ 24. Kh1 Rh8+) 23... Qb6 24. Rfe1
$2 (24. Nxe6 fxe6 25. Qe3 (25. Qh6 Kd7 $17) 25... Qxe3 26. fxe3 $15) 24... d5
$1 {Ftacnik: Adams has failed to spot the unusal problem with his centralised
pieces.} 25. Bxd5 $2 (25. Bh7 Qxd4 $1 26. Qxd4 Nf3+ 27. Kh1 (27. Kf1 {Ftacnik}
Nxd4 28. Bxg8 Nxc2 29. Rxe6 Nxa1 $17) 27... Nxd4 28. Bxg8 Nxc2 29. Rxe6 Nxa1
$17) (25. Bf3 {Ftacnik} Qxd4 $1 $19) (25. Nxe6 {Ftacnik} dxe4 26. Ng5 f6 $19)
25... Bxd5 26. Rxe5 Rxg2+ $19 (26... Qxb2 $6 27. Rae1 Rxg2+ 28. Kf1 $132) 27.
Kf1 Qg6 28. Qb4 (28. Rxd5 Rg1+ 29. Ke2 Qe4+ (29... Rxa1 $19 {Ftacnik}) 30. Qe3
Qxe3+ 31. fxe3 Rxa1 $19) 28... Bc4+ 29. Ke1 Qf6 $1 (29... Qf6 30. Nf3 Rg1+ $1
31. Nxg1 (31. Kd2 Rxa1 $19) 31... Qxe5+ 32. Kd1 Rd8+ 33. Kc1 Qf4+ (33... Qg5+ {
Ftacnik}) 34. Kb1 Rd1#) 0-1

[Event "Prestwich"]
[Site "Prestwich"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Sherzer, Alex"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B56"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[Annotator "Boensch,U"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1990.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Bцnsch} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bg5
(7. Bb5 Nxe3 8. fxe3 Bd7 9. O-O e6 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. e5 d5 (11... Be7 12. Qh5
O-O 13. exd6 Bxd6 14. Ne4 Be7 15. Rad1 Qb6 16. Rf3 Be8 17. Rh3 h6 18. Rg3 Kh7
$10 {Gipslis - Tukmakov UdSSR 1979}) 12. Qf3 Qe7 13. e4 g6 14. exd5 exd5 15. b4
Bg7 16. b5 Bxe5 17. Rad1 $44 {Novik - Scerbakov UdSSR 1989 - Inf.47/239}) 7...
h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Bg3 Bg7 10. Nb3 Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 Be6 {=/+ (Ruban) - Inf.48/255}
12. h4 $1 Rg8 13. hxg5 hxg5 14. Bb5 a6 15. Bxc6+ bxc6 16. Nd4 Qa5 17. O-O $1
Ne5 (17... Bd7 $13) 18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. Rb1 Rh8 20. Qd4 Ng6 $2 (20... Nf7 $1 $13
21. Rb7 (21. Qg7 e5) (21. Qc4 Nd8 $8) 21... g4) 21. Qg7 $18 Kd7 22. Rb7+ Kc8
23. Rfb1 1-0

[Event "Interzonal-15"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sokolov, Andrei"]
[Black "Cabrilo, Goran"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B56"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "Boensch,U"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1990.06.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Be3 e5 (6... Ng4 $5 7.
Bg5 Qb6 8. Bb5 Bd7 $13) 7. Nf3 h6 8. Bc4 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Qe2 Na5 $5 (10...
Be6) 11. Bb3 (11. Bd3 $5) 11... a6 12. Rfd1 Nxb3 13. axb3 Qe8 $5 (13... Qc7) (
13... Bd7) 14. Nd2 {/\ Nc4+/-} b5 $5 15. f3 (15. Nxb5 Bg4 16. f3 Bxf3 (16...
Qxb5 $5 17. Qxb5 axb5 18. fxg4 Nxg4) 17. gxf3 axb5 $5 18. Rxa8 Qxa8 19. Qxb5 d5
$44) 15... Be6 16. Nf1 Qc6 17. Bf2 {/\ Ne3-d5+/-} b4 18. Na4 Rab8 19. Ne3 d5 $5
20. exd5 Nxd5 21. Nxd5 Bxd5 22. Qxe5 Be6 $1 $44 {><c2, Na4} 23. c4 $5 (23. Nc5
$2 Rb5 $19) (23. Rd2 $6 Rb5 $1 $15) 23... bxc3 24. Nxc3 Rxb3 25. Ne4 $1 Rd8 $6
(25... f6 $5 26. Rac1 $1) (25... Rb5 $5) 26. Rxd8+ Bxd8 27. Bd4 $1 f6 $8 28.
Qc5 $1 Qc8 $1 29. Qd6 a5 $1 30. Rd1 (30. Nc5 Rb6) 30... Rb8 $1 $138 31. h4 $6 (
31. Nc5 $5 Bf5 $1 $10 {/\} (31... Bf7 32. Nd7 $1 $16) 32. g4 $2 Bxg4 $19) 31...
Bf7 32. Bc3 Qc7 33. Qxc7 $138 Bxc7 34. Rd7 Bf4 35. g3 Bc1 36. Rd1 Be3+ $15 37.
Kg2 a4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Brno Morava-B"]
[Site "Brno"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Gipslis, Aivars P"]
[Black "Hracek, Zbynek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B56"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[Annotator "Boensch,U"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "1991.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 026"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Boensch} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Be3 Ng4 7.
Bb5 Nxe3 8. fxe3 (8. Nxc6 Nxd1 9. Nxd8+ Kxd8 10. Rxd1 e6 11. a4 a6 12. Bc4 Bd7
13. O-O Be7 14. f4 Kc7 15. Rf3 Rad8 16. Rfd3 Rhe8 {1/2 Polgar,Zso-Aseev Brno-B
1991}) 8... Bd7 9. O-O g6 $2 (9... e6 $10) 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. Qf3 f6 12. e5 $16
{-ECO B56/4 (22)} dxe5 13. Nxc6 Bxc6 (13... Qc8 14. Nxe5 fxe5 15. Qf7+ Kd8 16.
Rad1 $18) 14. Qxc6+ Kf7 15. Rad1 Qc8 16. Rxf6+ $1 exf6 17. Rd7+ Be7 18. Rxe7+
$1 Kxe7 19. Nd5+ Kd8 (19... Kf8 20. Qxf6+ Ke8 (20... Kg8 21. Ne7#) 21. Qe7#)
20. Qd6+ Qd7 21. Qxf6+ Kc8 22. Qxh8+ Kb7 23. Qxe5 Rc8 24. c3 Qa4 25. h3 Qxa2
26. Qe7+ Ka8 27. Qe4 Kb8 28. Qf4+ Kb7 29. Ne7 Rc7 30. Qe4+ Kb8 31. Qe5 Kb7 32.
Qe4+ Kb8 33. Nc6+ Kc8 34. Qe8+ Kb7 35. Nd8+ Kb6 36. Ne6 Qxb2 (36... Rc6 37.
Qb8+ Ka6 38. Nc7+ $18) (36... Rb7 37. Qd8+ Kc6 38. Nd4+ Kc5 39. b4+ Kc4 40.
Qg8+ $18) 37. Nxc7 Qa1+ 38. Kh2 Kxc7 39. Qe5+ Kc6 40. e4 a5 41. Qd5+ Kb6 42.
Qd6+ Kb7 43. Qd5+ Kb6 44. Qd4+ Kb7 45. e5 Qe1 46. Qd7+ Kb6 47. Qd6+ Kb7 48. e6
g5 49. Qd7+ Kb6 50. Qd8+ Ka6 51. Qf6 a4 52. e7+ Kb7 53. Qxg5 Kc7 54. Qa5+ Kd6
55. Qd8+ 1-0

[Event "Minsk Boleslavsky Memorial"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Luther, Thomas"]
[Black "Kupreichik, Viktor D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B56"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Boensch,U"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1994.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 042"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bd7 $6 6. Bg5 (6. Bc4 $5) 6...
e6 7. Ndb5 Bc6 8. Bxf6 gxf6 9. Qh5 $1 a6 (9... Na6 10. O-O-O Nc5 11. Bc4 Qd7
12. Rhe1 a6 13. Nd4 O-O-O 14. f4 Kb8 15. f5 $16 {Kotronias,V-Efimov,I/Peer
Gynt (3)/1991/1-0 (28)}) 10. Nd4 Bd7 11. O-O-O Nc6 12. Bc4 $2 (12. Nxc6 Bxc6 (
12... bxc6 13. Bc4 d5 14. exd5 cxd5 15. Nxd5 $18) 13. Bc4 $16 {/\ f4-f5}) 12...
Qa5 $1 13. Qe2 $2 (13. Qxa5 Nxa5 $15 {^^}) (13. Be2 $10 {>< f7}) 13... Qg5+ 14.
Kb1 (14. Qd2 $4 Qxd2+ 15. Rxd2 Bh6 $19) 14... Nxd4 15. Rxd4 Qxg2 16. Rhd1 (16.
Rdd1 Qg5 $17) 16... Qxh2 $17 17. Qf3 Qe5 18. Nd5 exd5 $19 19. Rxd5 (19. exd5 f5
$19) 19... Qe7 20. Rxd6 Rd8 (20... Qxd6 $2 21. Rxd6 Bxd6 22. Qxf6 $18) 21. a3 (
21. Rxf6 Bg4 22. Rxd8+ (22. Bxf7+ Qxf7 23. Rxd8+ Kxd8 24. Qd3+ Qd7 $19) 22...
Kxd8 23. Qf4 Qb4 $19) 21... h5 $1 22. R6d5 h4 $19 23. Qh1 h3 24. f4 h2 25. Bf1
Qe6 26. R5d2 Qg4 27. Bg2 Be7 (27... Qxf4 28. e5 fxe5 29. Bxb7 Rh6 $19) 28. Bf3
(28. e5 Be6 $19) 28... Qxf4 29. e5 Bg4 (29... fxe5 30. Bxb7 Rg8 $19 (30... Rh6
$19)) 30. Bc6+ bxc6 31. Rxd8+ Bxd8 32. Qxc6+ Kf8 33. Rxd8+ Kg7 34. exf6+ Kh7
35. Rxh8+ Kxh8 36. Qe8+ Kh7 37. Qxf7+ Kh6 38. Qg7+ Kh5 39. Qh7+ Kg5 40. f7 Be6
41. Qg7+ Kh4 42. Qh7+ Kg3 43. Qg6+ (43. f8=Q Qxf8 44. Qd3+ Qf3 45. Qd6+ Kg2 46.
Qd2+ Kf1 $19) 43... Kf2 44. Qxe6 h1=Q+ 45. Ka2 Qb7 0-1

[Event "Sochi-A"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ulybin, Mikhail"]
[Black "Ruban, Vadim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B56"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Boensch,U"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1989.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Bцnsch} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bg5
(7. Bb5 $13) 7... h6 (7... Qb6 8. Bb5 Bd7 9. O-O h6 10. Be3 $14) 8. Bh4 g5 9.
Bg3 Bg7 10. Nb3 $6 (10. Nxc6 Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 bxc6 12. Bc4 Qa5 13. Qf3 $13) 10...
Bxc3+ $1 11. bxc3 Be6 12. h4 Rg8 13. hxg5 hxg5 14. Nd4 (14. Be2 Nge5 (14... Nf6
15. f3 g4 16. Bf2 $15) 15. Qd2 Nc4 (15... Bc4 $2 16. Bxe5 Nxe5 17. Bxc4 Nxc4
18. Qd5) (15... Qd7 $2 16. Qxg5) 16. Bxc4 Bxc4 $15) 14... Qa5 15. Qd2 Nge5 16.
Bb5 O-O-O 17. Bxc6 Nxc6 18. Nxe6 fxe6 $17 19. O-O g4 20. Qh6 e5 21. Qe6+ Kb8
22. Qb3 Rg6 23. Rab1 Qc7 24. Bh4 Rf8 25. Rfd1 Nd8 26. a4 Ne6 27. a5 Nf4 28. Rd2
Rg7 29. g3 Nh3+ 30. Kg2 Rgf7 $19 31. Qe6 (31. Rf1 Qc5) 31... Rxf2+ 32. Rxf2
Rxf2+ 33. Kh1 Qxc3 34. Qb3 Qc6 35. Re1 Rf1+ $1 (35... Rf1+ $1 36. Rxf1 Qxe4+
37. Kh2 Qe2+ 38. Kh1 Qxf1+) 0-1

[Event "Alushta3"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Margolin, Boris"]
[Black "Kruppa, Yuri"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B56"]
[WhiteElo "2385"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "Boensch,U"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 041"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bb5 Nxe3 8.
Nxc6 (8. fxe3 Bd7 9. O-O e6 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. Qf3 Qf6 12. Qe2 Qg5 13. Rf3 (13.
Nf3 Qh6 14. Rae1 Be7 15. Qa6 O-O 16. Qb7 Rfd8 $15 {Har Zvi,R-Van der Wiel,J
Wijk op (03) 1993 0-1 33}) 13... Be7 14. Rg3 Qe5 15. Nf3 Qa5 16. e5 O-O $15 {
Federov,A-Tukmakov,V Nikolaev zt 1993 1/4 42}) 8... Qd7 $5 $146 (8... Nxd1 9.
Nxd8+ Kxd8 10. Nxd1 $2 (10. Rxd1 e6 11. a4 a6 12. Bc4 Bd7 13. O-O Be7 $10 {
Polgar,Zso-Aseev,K Brno-B (02) 1991 1/4 16}) 10... a6 11. Bd3 g6 $15 {Maahs,
E-Aseev,K Bad Woerishofen (3) 1991 0-1 42}) 9. Nxa7 (9. fxe3 bxc6 $15) 9...
Nxd1 10. Nxc8 $8 Nxc3 (10... Qxb5 $2 11. Nxb5 Rxc8 12. Kxd1 $18) 11. Bxd7+ Kxd7
12. Nb6+ Kc6 13. Nxa8 Nxe4 14. a4 $2 (14. f3 Nc5 15. b4 Na4 16. b5+ Kxb5 17.
Rb1+ Kc6 18. Rb4 Nc5 19. Nb6 $14) 14... g6 15. f3 Nc5 16. b4 Ne6 17. c3 (17.
b5+ Kc5 18. a5 Bg7 $19) 17... Bg7 18. Kd2 Rxa8 $19 19. g3 Nc7 (19... Kd5 $5)
20. Kd3 Nd5 21. Rhc1 Kd7 22. Rc2 $4 (22. Ra3 Rc8 23. Rb3 Rxc3+ 24. Rbxc3 Bxc3
25. Rxc3 Nxc3 26. Kxc3 Kc6 $19) 22... Nxb4+ 0-1

[Event "URS-ch46 First League"]
[Site "Ashkhabad"]
[Date "1978.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Kapengut, Albert Z"]
[Black "Tukmakov, Vladimir B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B56"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[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. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Be3 e5 (6... Ng4 7. Bb5
Nxe3 8. fxe3 Bd7 9. O-O e6 $10) 7. Nf3 (7. Ndb5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Nd5 $10) (7.
Nb3) 7... Be7 (7... Be6 8. Ng5) 8. Bc4 O-O 9. O-O Be6 10. Bb3 Na5 $5 (10... h6)
11. Bg5 Nc4 12. Nd2 Nb6 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Qf3 Qc8 $1 $10 15. h3 Qc5 16. Rfd1
1/2-1/2

[Event "Reunion IBM op"]
[Site "Reunion"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Prie, Eric"]
[Black "Kosten, Anthony C"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B56"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "22"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1998"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Be3
Be6 9. Qd2 $6 (9. Nd5 Bxd5 10. exd5 Nb4 11. c4 a5 12. Qd2 (12. Nd2 Nd7 13. Ne4
f5 14. Nc3 O-O 15. Be2 Bg5 16. Bf2 Qf6 17. O-O Na6 18. Bd3 Qh6 19. Qe2 Rae8 20.
Bc2 Nac5 $11 {Topalov,V-Kramnik,V Linares (07) 1994 1-0 39 coups}) 12... b6 13.
Be2 O-O 14. O-O Nd7 15. Nc1 Na6 16. Bd1 $5 Ndc5 $146 (16... Rc8 $6 17. Ba4 $1
Rxc4 $140 $6 18. Bb5 $18) (16... h6 $6 {/\ Bg5} 17. Ba4 Nac5 18. Bc6 $16) (
16... Nac5 17. Ne2 h6 18. Nc3 $14) 17. a3 $1 Nc7 (17... a4 18. Na2 Qd7 19. Nc3
$16 {/\ Bc2, Qd1 ><a4}) 18. Na2 $1 a4 (18... h6 19. b4 axb4 20. axb4 Nd7 21.
Bb3 Bg5 22. Nc3 $14) 19. Nc3 Qd7 20. Bc2 Ra7 (20... b5 $2 21. Bxc5 dxc5 22.
cxb5 Nxb5 23. Bxa4 $18) 21. Rae1 g6 22. Qd1 Rfa8 23. f4 $1 $16 exf4 {[#]} 24.
Bxf4 $2 (24. Bxc5 $1 bxc5 25. Bxa4 Qd8 (25... Rxa4 26. Nxa4 Rxa4 27. Rxe7 $1
$18) 26. Rxf4 Bf6 27. Bc6 $16) 24... Bf8 $13 {Magem Badals,J-San Segundo,P
Linares (zt) 1995 INF65/197 1-0 41coups}) 9... d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 Qxd5 {
Aprиs 12.Qxd5 Bxd5 13.0-0-0 0-0-0 14.Bd3 la position est йgale.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 10th"]
[Site "Debrecen"]
[Date "1992.11.??"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Spasov, Vasil"]
[Black "Nevednichy, Vladislav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B56"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[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 "Bulgaria"]
[BlackTeam "Moldova"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BUL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "MDA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. f4 e5 7. Nxc6 $5 (7.
Nf3) 7... bxc6 8. fxe5 Ng4 9. Be2 Nxe5 10. O-O Be7 11. Kh1 O-O 12. Bf4 Be6 13.
Qd2 Re8 14. Rad1 Bf8 15. b3 Qc7 16. Na4 Rad8 17. Nb2 f6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 1516"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2016.03.12"]
[Round "10.4"]
[White "Vovk, Andrey"]
[Black "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B56"]
[WhiteElo "2611"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2015.09.18"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Erfurt"]
[BlackTeam "Hamburger SK"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bd7 {Die Kupreichik-Variante
steht derzeit hoch im Kurs. Der Hauptvorteil ist, dass es nicht soviel
"Theorie" gibt.} 6. Bg5 e6 (6... Nc6 {ergäbe eine häufig gespielte Variante
im Klassischen Sizilianer.}) 7. f3 a6 8. Qd2 h6 9. Be3 Be7 10. g4 b5 11. h4 b4
12. Nce2 e5 13. Nf5 Bxf5 14. exf5 (14. gxf5 d5 $132) 14... d5 {Schwarz kommt
hier schnell zu aktivem Spiel.} 15. Bg2 d4 16. Bf2 Nc6 17. f4 Rc8 18. g5 (18.
fxe5 $5 Nxe5 19. Bxd4 Nfxg4 20. O-O-O) 18... hxg5 (18... Ng4 $5) 19. fxg5 Nd5
20. Qd3 Qa5 21. Qb3 (21. O-O $5) 21... Ne3 $6 22. Bxe3 dxe3 23. O-O-O Qb5 {[#]}
24. Qxe3 $18 {Weiß hat einen Bauern mehr und steht aktiv. Schwarz ist aber
nicht ohne Gegenspiel.} Na5 (24... b3 25. Qxb3 Qxb3 26. axb3 Rxh4 27. f6 Rxh1
28. Rxh1 gxf6 29. Rh8+ Bf8 30. gxf6 Nb4 31. c3 $18) 25. Bd5 (25. b3 $1 $18)
25... Nc4 26. Qe4 Qc5 27. Kb1 Kf8 {[#]} 28. f6 $2 {Der gewünschte Durchbruch
auf der f-Linie funktioniert nicht.} (28. Bxc4 Qxc4 29. Qxe5 Qxc2+ 30. Ka1 $18)
28... gxf6 29. gxf6 Bxf6 30. Qf3 Rh6 31. Be4 Qe3 32. Qf5 $2 {In taktisch
komplizierter Stellung greift Weiß fehl.} ({Besser war} 32. Qg4 {mit der
Möglichkeit auf der g-Linie zu spielen.} Nd2+ (32... Rc7 33. Rhg1 Rh8 34. Bd3
$11 Nd2+ 35. Rxd2 Qxd2 36. Qf3 Qh6 37. h5 $14) 33. Rxd2 Rc4 34. Rhd1 Rxe4 35.
Qc8+ Kg7 36. Nc1 $11) 32... Rc7 33. Bd3 {[#]} Nxb2 $17 (33... Nd6 $1 34. Qh3
Qxh3 35. Rxh3 e4 36. Bxa6 Rc6 $19 {mit Läuferfang.}) 34. Rh3 (34. Kxb2 e4+ 35.
Kb1 exd3 36. Qxd3 Qxd3 37. Rxd3 Rxh4 $17) 34... Qc5 35. Rf1 $2 (35. Rc1 Na4 36.
Qe4 Qc3 (36... Qb6 37. Bc4 $15) 37. Nxc3 Nxc3+ 38. Kb2 Nxe4 39. Bxe4 Rxh4 40.
Rxh4 Bxh4 $17) 35... Nc4 36. Bxc4 Qxc4 37. Ng3 e4 38. Qxe4 Qc3 39. Rxf6 Rxf6
40. Nf5 Qc4 41. Nd4 Qf1+ 0-1

[Event "Rostock-08 IM Group"]
[Site "Rostock"]
[Date "1982.08.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bernard, Ryszard"]
[Black "Tischbierek, Raj"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B56"]
[WhiteElo "2340"]
[BlackElo "2370"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1982.08.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DDR"]
[EventCategory "4"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g3 Nxd4 (6... Bg4 7. f3
) 7. Qxd4 g6 8. Bb5+ $5 (8. Bg2 Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. Qd3 $10) 8... Bd7 9. Bxd7+
Qxd7 10. Bg5 Bg7 11. Nd5 Nh5 12. Qb4 O-O 13. Nxe7+ Kh8 14. O-O-O a5 15. Rxd6
Qe8 16. Qxb7 Qa4 17. Qd5 Rab8 18. c3 Rb5 19. Qc6 Qxa2 20. Qxb5 Qa1+ 21. Kc2
Qxh1 22. Qe2 Qxh2 23. Qd2 Qg2 24. Qe3 f6 25. Bh6 Bxh6 26. Nxg6+ Kg7 27. Nf4
Bxf4 28. gxf4 Re8 29. e5 Qg6+ 30. Kc1 Qf5 31. Rd5 Nxf4 32. exf6+ Qxf6 33. Rd7+
Kf8 34. Qa7 Qf5 35. Qb7 Re1+ 36. Rd1 $138 0-1

[Event "Balatonbereny op"]
[Site "Balatonbereny"]
[Date "1985.09.25"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Szalanczy, Emil"]
[Black "Gross, Stefan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B56"]
[WhiteElo "2345"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1985.09.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bg5 Qb6 8.
Bb5 Bd7 9. O-O h6 10. Bh4 g5 11. Bg3 h5 12. Nf5 O-O-O 13. a4 Nf6 14. h4 Bxf5
15. exf5 Rg8 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. Qxd5 gxh4 18. Bxh4 Ne5 19. Ra3 Rg4 20. Bg3 Bg7
21. Rd1 Kb8 22. a5 Qc7 23. a6 h4 24. Bh2 Rb4 25. Rb3 Rxb3 26. cxb3 Qb6 27. Bf4
bxa6 28. Be2 Qb7 29. Qa5 h3 $4 (29... h3 30. Qxd8+ $18) (29... Nc6 $142 $13)
30. Qxd8+ 1-0

[Event "Horgen SKA"]
[Site "Horgen"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Masserey, Yvan"]
[Black "Schlosser, Philipp"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B56"]
[WhiteElo "2300"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "Ernst,T"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1994.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 043"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Hecht} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bg5
h6 (7... Qb6 8. Bb5 Bd7 (8... e5 9. Nd5 Qxd4 10. Qxd4 exd4 11. Nc7+ Kd7 12.
Nxa8 f6 13. Bh4 b6 14. a4 Bb7 15. a5 Be7 {Olsson.K-Schneider,LA/SVE-ch/1991/}
16. axb6 Rxa8 17. Rxa7 $16) 9. O-O Qxd4 10. Bxc6 Qxd1 11. Bxd7+ Kxd7 12. Raxd1
$14 {Anka,E-Sjoberg,M/Kecskemet/1991/}) 8. Bh4 g5 9. Bg3 Bg7 10. Bb5 (10. Nb3
Be6 (10... Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 Be6 12. h4 Rg8 13. hxg5 hxg5 14. Bb5 $1 $16 {Adams,
M-Sherzer,A/Prestwich/1990/}) 11. Be2 Qd7 12. Qd2 f5 13. exf5 Bxf5 14. O-O
O-O-O 15. f3 Nf6 16. Bf2 $14 {Kotronias,V-Mednis,E/New York WFW/1990/}) 10...
Qb6 11. Nde2 Be6 12. Qd2 h5 13. h4 O-O-O 14. a4 gxh4 15. Bxh4 a6 16. Bxc6 bxc6
17. a5 Qb7 (17... Qxb2 18. O-O $44) 18. Na4 c5 $2 (18... Nf6 $5) 19. Nb6+ Kb8
20. Nd5 $1 Bh6 (20... Qxb2 21. O-O Qxa1 22. Rxa1 Bxa1 23. c3 $18) 21. Qd1 f5
22. Rh3 $16 c4 23. Ra4 $1 fxe4 24. Rb4 Bxd5 25. Rxb7+ Bxb7 26. Bxe7 e3 $6 (
26... Rd7 $5 $16) 27. fxe3 Nxe3 28. Rxe3 Bxe3 29. Bxd8 Rxd8 30. c3 $16 Bxg2 31.
Nd4 Rh8 32. Qe2 Bxd4 33. cxd4 Bb7 (33... Bd5 34. Qe7 $18) 34. Qe7 h4 $1 (34...
d5 $4 35. Qe5+ $18) 35. Qxd6+ Ka8 36. Qe5 Rd8 37. Qe7 (37. Qf6 $5) 37... Rh8 (
37... Rxd4 38. Qf8+ Ka7 39. Qc5+ $18) (37... Rd5 $5 {Hecht Blockade-Idee: Rb5
und Bd5.} 38. Qxh4 Ka7 39. Qe7 Rxa5 40. Kd2 (40. Qb4 Rb5 41. Qxc4 Rxb2 42. d5
Bxd5 43. Qd4+ Rb6 44. Qxd5 Rb5 $10) 40... Rb5 41. Kc2 Ka8 42. Qd8+ Ka7 43. Qc7
Ka8 44. Qxc4 Bd5 45. Qc7 Bb3+ 46. Kc3 Bd5 47. b4 Bb7 $10) 38. Qf6 Re8+ (38...
Rh7 $5 39. Qf8+ (39. Qg6 {Hecht} Rh8 40. Qg7 Rh5 $44) 39... Ka7 40. Qg8 Rh5 41.
Qg6 Rh8 42. Qg7 Rh5 $16) 39. Kf2 h3 40. Kg3 $1 Re3+ 41. Kh2 Re2+ $2 (41... Bc8
42. Qd8 Re2+ 43. Kg3 Kb8 $16) 42. Kxh3 $18 Rxb2 43. d5 Rd2 (43... Rb3+ {Hecht}
44. Kh4 Bxd5 45. Qd8+ Ka7 46. Qxd5 Rb5 47. Qxc4 Ka8 (47... Rxa5 48. Qc7+ $18)
48. Qc7 Rb7 49. Qc8+ Ka7 50. Kg5 Rb5+ 51. Kf6 Rb7 52. Ke6 Rb5 53. Qc7+ Rb7 {
ohne den Pa5 ist die Position remis, weil der wK nicht nach c8 gelangt. Dank
des Pa5 ist dem sR Feld b6 verwehrt.} 54. Qd6 $1 Rb5 55. Kd7 Rb8 56. Kc7 Rb7+
57. Kc8 Rb5 58. Qc7+ Ka8 59. Qc6+ Ka7 60. Kc7 Rb8 61. Qb6+ $1 Rxb6 62. axb6+
$18) 44. d6 c3 45. Qh8+ (45. Qh8+ Ka7 46. Qxc3 Rxd6 47. Qc5+ $18) 1-0

[Event "Szeged m"]
[Site "Szeged"]
[Date "2015.08.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Li, Chao B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B56"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[Annotator "Fischer,J"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2015.08.14"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bd7 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 h6 8.
Bxf6 Qxf6 9. Ndb5 Bxb5 10. Bxb5+ Nc6 11. O-O-O a6 12. Bxc6+ bxc6 13. f4 Qd8 14.
g4 Qa5 15. h4 Rb8 16. Kb1 d5 17. Qd3 Bd6 18. Ne2 O-O 19. b3 Rb4 20. e5 Bc5 21.
Qf3 Rfb8 22. g5 h5 $5 23. g6 $5 ({Den Bauern auf h5 zu nehmen, ist riskant, z.
B.} 23. Qxh5 Rc4 24. Nc1 Qc3 25. Rh2 Bd4 26. Rxd4 Qxd4 {und Schwarz hat eine
Qualität mehr.}) 23... fxg6 24. Qg2 Re4 25. Nc1 Qc7 26. Nd3 Be3 27. Rde1 c5
28. Rh3 ({Einfacher war} 28. Qh3 c4 29. Rxe3 Rxe3 30. Qxe3 cxd3 31. Qxd3 {
mit leichtem Vorteil für Weiß.}) 28... c4 29. Rhxe3 cxd3 30. Rxe4 dxe4 31.
Rxe4 Rd8 32. Qd2 $6 ({Komodo schlägt hier} 32. cxd3 {vor, z.B.} Qc3 33. Qc2
Rxd3 34. Qxc3 Rxc3 35. b4 {mit ungefährem Ausgleich. Wenn sich Schwarz auf
den h-Bauern stürzt, laufen die weißen Bauern am Damenflügel.}) 32... Qc6 $6
({Mehr Chancen bot} 32... Qe7 {mit Angriff auf den h-Bauern.}) 33. Re1 Qf3 34.
c4 {Der starke weiße c-Bauer neutralisiert das schware Spiel.} Qg3 35. c5 Qxh4
36. c6 Qe7 37. Rc1 h4 38. Rc3 Qc7 39. Rxd3 Rxd3 40. Qxd3 Qxc6 41. Qd8+ Kf7 42.
Qxh4 Qe4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "GER-ch 70th"]
[Site "Bremen"]
[Date "1998.11.14"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Maier, Christian"]
[Black "Meins, Gerlef"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B56"]
[WhiteElo "2345"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[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 {Atlas,V} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. f4 e5 7. Nf3
Be7 8. Bd3 O-O 9. O-O exf4 10. Bxf4 Qb6+ 11. Kh1 Qxb2 12. Qd2 (12. Nd5 Nxd5 13.
exd5 Ne5 14. Bxe5 dxe5 15. d6 Bf6 16. Rb1 Qa3 17. Nd2 Qxd6 18. Ne4 Qe7 19.
Nxf6+ gxf6 20. Bxh7+ Kg7 $1 21. Rb3 Rh8 22. Be4 Rb8 23. Qe1 Be6 {0-1 Reeh,
O-Meins,G/BL9495/1995/ (63)}) 12... Qb6 (12... Qb4 13. Rab1 Qa5 14. Bc4 $44)
13. Nd5 Qd8 (13... Nxd5 14. exd5 Nd8 (14... Nb4 $2 15. Rab1 a5 16. a3 $18) (
14... Nb8 {Atlas,V} 15. Rae1 Bf6 16. Ng5 (16. Qe3 $5 $16) 16... Bxg5 17. Bxg5
f6 18. Qe2 $1 {yields White a strong attack.}) (14... Qb4 15. c3 $18)) 14.
Nxe7+ Qxe7 (14... Nxe7 15. Bxd6 $5 (15. Bg5 Ng4 16. Rad1 h6 17. Bh4 $13) 15...
Qxd6 16. e5 Qc7 17. exf6 gxf6 18. Nd4 $40) 15. Bxd6 $5 {'!' Atlas,V.} Qxd6 16.
e5 Qb4 (16... Nxe5 $2 17. Bxh7+ $18) 17. c3 $2 (17. exf6 Qxd2 18. Nxd2 Nb4 19.
Be4 Rd8 $11) 17... Qg4 $2 (17... Ne4 $1 18. cxb4 Nxd2 19. Nxd2 Rd8 20. Bc4 Rxd2
21. Bxf7+ Kf8 22. Bc4+ Ke8 $19) (17... Qe7 {Atlas,V} 18. exf6 Qxf6 {fails to}
19. Ng5) 18. exf6 gxf6 19. Nd4 {'!' Atlas,V. Atlas,V: 'Opening the f-file and
preparing the mobilization of white pieces.'} Nxd4 (19... Qg5 20. Qc2 Qh4 21.
Nxc6 bxc6 22. Rae1 $40) (19... Ne5 20. Rxf6 Nxd3 21. Qxd3 $16) 20. cxd4 Qg5 21.
Rf4 Bg4 {'?' Atlas,V.} (21... Be6 {Atlas,V was to be preferred.}) 22. Qf2 $1
Rad8 (22... Kg7 $2 23. h4 Qh5 24. Qg3 $18) (22... Qg7 {Atlas,V loses after} 23.
Bxh7+ $1 (23. Rxf6 Bh5) 23... Kxh7 24. Qh4+ Qh6 25. Qxg4) 23. h3 (23. Rxf6 Be6
24. Rf1 $16) 23... Be6 (23... Bh5 $2 {Atlas,V loses on the spot after} 24. Rf5
$1 (24. Rxf6 $6 Bg6 $1) 24... Qh6 25. Qh4 Qe3 26. Rxh5 Qxd3 27. Qxf6 $18) 24.
Rxf6 Kh8 (24... Rfe8 25. Rf1 Rd7 26. Rf3 $16) (24... Kg7 {(Atlas,V) fails to}
25. Rf3) 25. Re1 Rg8 26. Re5 $2 (26. Be4 $1 $16) 26... Qc1+ $2 (26... Qg3 $1
27. Rh6 (27. Rh5 Qxd3 28. Rxe6 Qxd4 (28... fxe6 $2 29. Qf6+ Rg7 30. Qxd8+ Rg8
31. Qf6+ Rg7 32. Rg5 $18) 29. Reh6 (29. Qxf7 $2 Qa1+ 30. Kh2 Rxg2+ $1 31. Kxg2
Rd2+ $19) 29... Rg7 30. Qf5 $2 Qa1+ 31. Kh2 Rxg2+ $1 32. Kxg2 Rd2+ $19) 27...
Rg6 $1 28. Qxg3 (28. Rxh7+ Kg8 29. Qxg3 Rxg3 30. Bb1 Rxd4 (30... Bxa2 31. Reh5
$1) 31. Kh2 Rg7 $11) 28... Rxg3 29. Bxh7 Kg7 30. Rh4 Bxa2 $11) 27. Kh2 Rg7 (
27... Qd1 28. Rfxe6 $1 $18) 28. Be4 {Atlas,V: 'Threatening 29.d5 and launching
the final attacking wave.'} Qc3 29. Rh6 Qxd4 (29... Rxd4 30. Bxh7 Rd2 31. Bd3+
Kg8 32. Rh8+ $1 Kxh8 33. Qh4+ Kg8 34. Qd8#) 30. Qf6 {Atlas,V: 'Total
mobilization of white pieces! Black is defenseless against the mate threats.'}
Kg8 $8 31. Bxh7+ $1 {Atlas,V: 'The final combination.'} Rxh7 (31... Kf8 32.
Rxe6 Qxf6 33. Rexf6 Rd2 34. Be4 $18) (31... Kh8 {Atlas,V} 32. Bf5+ (32. Bg6+
Kg8 33. Reh5 $2 Qd6+) 32... Kg8 33. Bxe6 $18) 32. Rxh7 (32. Rxh7 Kxh7 (32...
Qxe5+ {Atlas,V} 33. Qxe5 Kxh7 34. Qh5+ Kg7 35. Qg5+ {winning the rook.}) 33.
Rh5+ Kg8 34. Rh8#) 1-0

[Event "Odorheiu Secuiesc zt"]
[Site "Odorheiu Secuiesc"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Jansa, Vlastimil"]
[Black "Groszpeter, Attila"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B56"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1995.03.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 047"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nge2 Nf6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 d6 6. g3 e5 7. Nde2 Be7 8.
Bg2 O-O 9. O-O Be6 10. h3 Rc8 (10... a6 11. Be3 b5 12. Qd2 Qc7 13. g4 Rac8 14.
Rac1 Rfd8 15. Nd5 Bxd5 16. exd5 Na5 17. b3 Nb7 18. c4 Qd7 19. cxb5 axb5 20. b4
Rf8 21. Rc6 Nd8 22. Rxc8 Qxc8 23. Qd3 h5 24. Rc1 {Waldmann,H-Klemm,D/Dresden
op/1993/1-0 (41)}) 11. Be3 (11. f4 b5 12. b3 Nb4 13. Bb2 a5 14. Kh2 Qb6 15. Rc1
a4 16. a3 Na6 17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. exd5 Nd7 19. g4 Rfe8 20. Ng3 exf4 21. Nh5 Ne5
22. Bd4 Qc7 23. bxa4 bxa4 24. Rxf4 {Rodriguez,A-Rogers,I/Moscow olm (04)
URU-AUS/1994/0-1 (30)}) 11... Qa5 (11... a6 12. Qd2 Qc7 13. Rac1 Nb8 14. g4
Nfd7 15. Nd5 Bxd5 16. exd5 b5 17. Ng3 Rfe8 18. Rfd1 Bf8 19. Ne4 Qb7 20. g5 b4
21. h4 a5 22. Bh3 Rc4 23. Qd3 Rc7 24. h5 {Motwani,P-Rivera,D/Moscow olm (05)
SCO-URU/1994/0.5 (42)}) 12. Qd2 Rfd8 13. Rfd1 h6 14. b3 Rd7 15. Nd5 $1 Qxd2 16.
Rxd2 b5 $1 (16... Bd8 17. c4 $16) 17. Nxe7+ Nxe7 18. f4 Rdc7 19. c3 Ne8 (19...
d5 20. f5 Bd7 21. exd5 Nxf5 22. d6 $16) 20. f5 Bd7 21. g4 Bc6 22. c4 $1 bxc4
23. b4 Rb7 24. Nc3 $1 (24. a3 $6 a5 25. bxa5 Rb3 $13) 24... Rxb4 25. Bxa7 Ra8
26. Bf2 Ra3 (26... Rab8 27. Rc1 {xc4}) 27. Rc1 g5 28. Be1 Rb8 29. Bf1 Rc8 30.
Rdd1 (30. Bxc4 $6 Ba8 31. Nb5 Re3 $36) 30... Ba8 31. Rb1 Kg7 (31... Nf6 32. Nb5
Rxa2 33. Nxd6 Rf8 34. Bxc4 $40) 32. Rb4 Ra6 (32... d5 33. exd5 Nd6 34. f6+ $1
Kxf6 35. Rb6 $18) 33. Rxc4 Rb8 (33... Rxc4 34. Bxc4 Ra3 35. Bb3 $16) 34. Rc7 $4
$138 Nxc7 35. Bxa6 Nxa6 36. f6+ Kf8 (36... Kxf6 37. Rxd6+ Kg7 38. Rxa6) 37.
fxe7+ Kxe7 $17 1-0

[Event "Vidmar Memorial 15th"]
[Site "Terme Zrece"]
[Date "2003.08.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Borisek, Jure"]
[Black "Sedlak, Nikola"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B56"]
[WhiteElo "2443"]
[BlackElo "2528"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2003.08.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bd7 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Bc6 8. Be3
Be7 9. Qd2 a5 10. O-O-O {Sedlak has chosen very unusual development of the
bishop to c6 with a speedy counterattack with a pawn. The set up is seldom
played, but might have some future.} a4 11. Na1 O-O 12. g4 Na6 13. g5 Nh5 (
13... Nd7 14. h4 f5 15. Bc4+ Kh8 16. a3 $14) 14. Rg1 a3 15. b3 (15. bxa3 $2 Nc7
$15) 15... Nb4 16. Kb1 Qa5 17. Bh3 (17. Bc4 Rfc8 18. g6 hxg6 19. Qg2 Kf8 20.
Bxf7 Nxc2 21. Qxc2 Kxf7 22. Rc1 $13) 17... Nf4 (17... Rfd8 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19.
exd5 Nxd5 20. Qxd5 Qc3 21. Bc1 Nf4 22. Qxb7 Nxh3 23. Rg3 Nf4 (23... Bxg5 24. f4
$18) 24. Qxe7 Ne2 $13) 18. Bxf4 exf4 19. Nd5 (19. Qxf4 d5 $1 20. exd5 Nxd5 21.
Nxd5 Bxd5 $11) (19. Ne2 d5 20. c3 Nxa2 21. Kxa2 dxe4 $132) 19... Bxd5 20. exd5
Qc5 (20... Bd8 21. c3 Na6 22. b4 Qc7 23. Rc1 $14) 21. c3 Na6 22. Nc2 (22. Qxf4
Qxc3 23. Qd4 Qa5 $11) 22... Nc7 23. Qd4 $6 {White could not find courage for
the exposing of pawns in front of his own king, black pieces would have been
rather limited.} (23. b4 $1 Qa7 (23... Qb5 24. c4 Qxc4 25. Bf1 $18) 24. c4 Qa4
25. Rde1 $16) 23... Nb5 24. Qxc5 dxc5 25. Rd3 Bd6 (25... Rfd8 26. c4 Nd6 27.
Rd2 b5 $11) 26. Re1 Nc7 27. c4 g6 (27... Rfe8 $5 28. Rxe8+ Rxe8 29. Bg4 (29.
Nxa3 Re1+ 30. Kc2 Ra1 31. Kc3 Be5+ 32. Kd2 Ne8 $11) 29... Re2 30. h3 Na6 $11)
28. Bd7 Kg7 (28... f6 29. gxf6 Kf7 30. Ba4 Kxf6 31. Nxa3 $16) 29. Rd2 Rh8 $1 {
Black needs to open up the h file in order to get real counterplay against
white's weaknesses.} 30. Rf2 h6 31. gxh6+ Rxh6 32. Kc1 Rh5 33. Kd2 Rd8 (33...
Rah8 34. Nxa3 Rxh2 35. Rxh2 Rxh2+ 36. Re2 Rh8 $14) 34. Ba4 b5 $1 35. Bxb5 (35.
cxb5 $2 Nxd5 $15) 35... Nxb5 36. cxb5 Rxd5+ 37. Kc1 (37. Kc3 Bc7 38. Re4 Ba5+
39. Kc4 Rd2 $13) 37... Be7 38. Rfe2 Bh4 39. Rf1 c4 $2 {Sedlak is playing with
great ambitions, but in this moment objectivity has failed him and white will
obtain advantage.} (39... Ra8 40. Rd1 Rxd1+ 41. Kxd1 Bf6 42. Re4 $14) 40. bxc4
Rd3 41. Nb4 Re3 42. Rc2 (42. Rxe3 $2 fxe3 43. Nc2 e2 44. Rg1 Bg5+ $19) (42. Rd2
Rc8 43. Nc6 Bf6 44. Kd1 $16) 42... Bf6 43. Nd5 Bb2+ 44. Kd2 $6 (44. Rxb2 $5
axb2+ 45. Kxb2 Rd3 46. a4 Rh8 47. Rf2 $18) (44. Kb1 Rd3 45. b6 Re8 $14) 44...
Re5 45. Rxb2 (45. Rd1 Rexd5+ 46. cxd5 Rxd5+ 47. Ke2 Re5+ 48. Kf2 Rxb5 49. Rd7
$14) 45... axb2 46. Kc3 (46. Rb1 Rexd5+ 47. cxd5 Rxd5+ 48. Kc3 Rxb5 49. Rxb2
Re5 50. Kc4 $14) 46... Rc8 47. Kd4 $2 {Borisek has lost overview in the
endgame and this last mistake will cost him full point.} (47. Kxb2 $2 Rxc4 48.
Rd1 Rc5 49. Nc3 Re3 $19) (47. b6 Rxd5 48. b7 Rb8 49. cxd5 Rxb7 50. Rb1 g5 $1
51. h3 f5 52. a4 Kf6 $11) 47... Re2 48. Kd3 Rf2 49. Rb1 Rxf3+ 50. Kd4 Rf2 51.
Kd3 Ra8 52. b6 Rxa2 53. b7 Ra3+ 0-1

[Event "Poikovsky Karpov 08th"]
[Site "Poikovsky"]
[Date "2007.03.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Zhang, Pengxiang"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B56"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2007.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Be3
O-O 9. Qd2 a5 10. Nd5 {Zhang Pengxiang is trying to address the annoying
advance of the black a pawn the help of the new move as 10.Bb5 is not
promissing much.} (10. Bb5 Na7 (10... Be6 11. Nd5 (11. O-O-O Qc7 12. Qf2 Rfc8
13. Kb1 b6 14. g4 Nd7 15. h4 Nc5 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. exd5 Na7 18. Nxc5 bxc5 19.
Ba4 Rcb8 20. c3 {1-0 Kudrin,S (2510)-Zaltsman,V (2390)/New York 1983/ (33)}) (
11. Rd1 Nb4 12. a3 Na6 13. Qf2 Nc7 14. Nc5 Qc8 15. Nxe6 fxe6 16. Qe2 d5 17.
exd5 exd5 18. Bf2 Nxb5 19. Qxb5 d4 20. Nd5 Nxd5 21. Qxd5+ Kh8 22. O-O Qxc2 23.
Qxe5 Bf6 {1/2 Grosar,A (2370)-Popovic,P (2510)/Kladovo 1991/ (30)}) 11... Bxd5
12. exd5 Nb4 13. c4 e4 14. O-O Nd3 15. Nd4 Ne5 16. Nf5 exf3 17. gxf3 Nh5 18.
Nxe7+ Qxe7 19. Rae1 Qf6 20. f4 Qg6+ 21. Kh1 Nxc4 {0-1 Mestel,A (2475)-Stean,M 
(2540)/Hastings 1979/ (35)}) 11. Bd3 Nc6 12. a3 Be6 13. Rd1 g6 (13... a4 14.
Nc1 Qa5 15. O-O Rfd8 16. Qf2 Nd7 17. Bb5 Nc5 18. Nd3 Nd4 19. Bxd4 exd4 20. Qxd4
Rdc8 21. Qb4 {1-0 Oleksienko,M (2541)-Monroy,C (2408)/Guingamp 2007/ (60)}) 14.
O-O a4 15. Nc1 d5 16. exd5 Nxd5 17. Nxd5 Qxd5 18. Ne2 Bc5 19. Kh1 Rfd8 {
1/2 Morozevich,A (2747)-Andreikin,D (2509)/playchess.com INT 2007/ (63)}) 10...
Nxd5 11. exd5 a4 12. dxc6 (12. Nc1 Nd4 13. Bxd4 exd4 14. Bd3 (14. Qxd4 $2 Bf6
15. Qb4 a3 $19) 14... Bg5 15. f4 Bh4+ 16. g3 Bf6 $17) 12... axb3 13. cxb3 (13.
cxb7 Bxb7 14. cxb3 Bh4+ 15. Bf2 e4 $17) 13... bxc6 {Very interesting and
unbalanced position has appeared on the board. Black is mighty in the center
while white can hope to run with his passed a pawn.} 14. Bd3 d5 15. O-O c5 (
15... f5 $5 16. b4 Be6 $15) 16. Qc2 $1 d4 {Dreev has got annoyed about the
double blow from white bishops. Sacrificing the c5 one seems to have promissed
full equality.} (16... f5 $5 17. Bxc5 Be6 18. b4 e4 19. Be2 Qc7 $11) 17. Bxh7+
Kh8 18. Be4 (18. Bf2 f5 19. Bg6 Qd6 20. Bh5 Qh6 $19) 18... dxe3 $5 {[%mdl 1024]
This spirited move is nothing of not enterprizing, black is hoping for the
very original counterplay.} (18... Ra7 19. Bf2 Qd6 20. Rfe1 $14) 19. Bxa8 Ba6
20. Be4 e2 (20... Bxf1 21. Kxf1 Qd6 22. Qe2 f5 23. Rd1 Qh6 24. Bd5 Qxh2 25.
Qxe3 $16) 21. Rfe1 f5 (21... Qd4+ 22. Kh1 Qe3 23. Bd5 Bd3 24. Qc1 $16) 22. Bxf5
Qd4+ 23. Kh1 Bh4 24. g3 $2 {It is hard to blame the chinese grandmaster for
refusing to retreat with his rook, but 24.Reb1! would have put Dreev in the
critical situation.} (24. Reb1 $1 Bb7 25. Be4 (25. Qd3 Bf2 26. Bg6 Rf6 27. h3
$16) 25... Bxe4 26. Qxe4 Qxe4 27. fxe4 Bf2 28. g3 Ra8 29. a4 Rb8 30. Kg2 e1=Q
31. Rxe1 Bxe1 32. Rxe1 Rxb3 33. Ra1 $18) 24... Qf2 25. Qe4 (25. gxh4 $2 Qxf3+
26. Kg1 Qe3+ $19) (25. Be4 Bxg3 26. hxg3 Rf6 27. Qd2 Rh6+ 28. Qxh6+ gxh6 $17) (
25. Bg4 Bxg3 26. hxg3 Rf6 27. Bh5 Qxg3 28. Qe4 Qh3+ 29. Kg1 Qg3+ $11) 25...
Rxf5 $1 26. Qxf5 (26. gxh4 Rf4 $19) (26. Qxh4+ Kg8 27. Qd8+ Kh7 28. Qh4+ $11)
26... Bb7 {Now white is "lost", but fortunately can give perpetual check.} 27.
Qh5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT 11th"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2004.04.23"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Alekseev, Evgeny V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B56"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2004.04.20"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Tomsk 400"]
[BlackTeam "Togliatti Lada"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

{[%mdl 1]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3
Be7 8. Be3 Be6 9. Qe2 $5 {Morozevich simply loves non standard solutions, so
far white players have tried the set up with queen on e2 only once.} O-O (9...
a5 10. O-O-O Qb8 11. Kb1 O-O 12. Nd5 Bxd5 13. exd5 Nb4 14. Qb5 Qc8 15. Bc4 Bd8
16. a3 Na6 17. Qa4 Nd7 18. Bb5 Nb6 19. Qe4 Nc7 20. Bxb6 Nxb5 21. Be3 Nc7 22. c4
f5 23. Qc2 Na6 24. c5 a4 25. Nc1 Nxc5 {0-1 Shklovski,V-Berkvens,J/Hoogeveen
2000/ (47)}) 10. O-O-O Na5 (10... Rc8 11. g4 (11. Nc5 Bxa2 12. Nxa2 Qa5 13.
Nxb7 Qxa2 14. Qa6 Qxa6 15. Bxa6 Rc7 $17) 11... Bxb3 12. axb3 Qa5 13. Kb1 Nb4
14. g5 Nh5 15. Qb5 $14) 11. Nc5 Bc4 12. Qe1 Qc7 (12... Bxf1 13. Rxf1 (13. Qxf1
$2 Qb6 $19) 13... Nc4 14. Bf2 Qc7 15. Nd3 Rfc8 16. g4 Na3 17. Rd2 Nc4 18. Re2
$14) 13. Nb3 Nxb3+ (13... Bxf1 14. Qxf1 Nc4 15. Bg5 $14) 14. axb3 Be6 (14...
Bxf1 15. Rxf1 Rfc8 16. Rd3 b5 17. Qd2 $14) 15. g4 Rfc8 16. g5 Nd7 $6 {Alekseev
is letting himself be distracted by the unusual set up on the queenside. Much
better was the idea of slowing down advance of white's pawns with a well known
move Nh5!} (16... Nh5 $1 17. Kb1 (17. Qh4 g6 18. Bh3 b5 19. Rd2 Qa5 20. Kb1 Rc6
$40) 17... a5 18. Qh4 g6 19. Bh3 b5 20. Rd2 $13) 17. Kb1 a6 18. h4 Qc6 (18...
b5 19. Qf2 (19. Rh2 Nb6 20. h5 b4 $13) 19... Qc6 20. h5 $14) 19. Rh2 b5 20. h5
Bd8 $2 (20... Nb6 21. g6 h6 22. gxf7+ Kxf7 23. Qg3 $14) 21. g6 Ba5 22. Qh4 Bxc3
23. h6 $3 {[%mdl 128] The punishment for a slow transfer of the black's dark
squared bishop comes in a form of sudden attack on the kingside.} fxg6 (23...
Bxb2 $2 24. gxh7+ Kh8 25. hxg7+ Kxg7 26. h8=Q+ Rxh8 27. Qg5+ Kf8 28. Rxh8#) (
23... hxg6 24. hxg7 Kxg7 25. Qh6+ Kf6 26. Bg5#) 24. hxg7 h5 (24... Kxg7 25.
Qxh7+ Kf6 26. Bg5+ Kxg5 27. Qh4#) 25. Qg5 Kxg7 (25... Bb4 26. Qxg6 Bf7 27. Qh6
$18) 26. bxc3 Bf7 {After this move white will change the nature of the board
to shooting field and black will succumb under the violent blows of white's
attacking pieces.} (26... Nf8 27. Rd3 (27. Qe7+ Kg8 28. Rxd6 Qxc3 29. Bh6 Rc7
30. Qg5 Qe1+ 31. Ka2 Bxb3+ 32. cxb3 Qa5+ $11) 27... Kf7 28. f4 Nh7 29. Qh6 Nf6
30. f5 gxf5 31. exf5 Bxf5 32. Rf2 $18) (26... Kf7 27. f4 (27. Rxh5 gxh5 (27...
Nf8 28. Rh8 Qxc3 29. Rc1 Bxb3 $17) 28. Qxh5+ Ke7 29. Bg5+ Nf6 30. Qh7+ Bf7 31.
Qg7 d5 32. Rxd5 Qe6 33. Bh3 $18) 27... Qxe4 28. fxe5 Qxe5 29. Rf2+ Nf6 30. Qh4
Bf5 31. Bd4 Qe6 32. Bd3 $40) 27. Qh6+ Kg8 (27... Kf6 28. Bg5+ Ke6 29. Bh3#) 28.
Rxh5 $1 gxh5 29. Bxb5 axb5 (29... Nf8 30. Bxc6 Rxc6 31. Rg1+ $18) 30. Rg1+ Bg6
31. Qxg6+ Kf8 32. Qg8+ 1-0

[Event "Interpolis-02"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1978.09.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Timman, Jan H"]
[Black "Larsen, Bent"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B56"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1978.09.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nbd7 $5 $146 {[Samarian]} 6.
Be2 (6. Be3) (6. Bg5) (6. f4) 6... Nc5 7. f3 g6 (7... e6 $142 $1) 8. Be3 Bg7 9.
Qd2 Bd7 10. g4 Na4 (10... Rc8 11. h4 h5 12. g5 $16) (10... O-O 11. h4 $16) 11.
g5 Nh5 12. Nxa4 Bxa4 13. f4 Qd7 (13... Nxf4 14. Bxf4 e5 15. Qb4 $1) (13... Rc8
14. Bxh5 gxh5 15. c3) 14. Bxh5 gxh5 15. Nf5 $1 Bf8 (15... Bxb2 16. Rb1 Ba3 (
16... Qb5 17. Bd4 $18) (16... Qc6 17. Rxb2 Qxe4 18. Ng3 $18) 17. Qc3 $18) (
15... Rg8 $18) 16. Bd4 Rg8 17. O-O-O Rg6 18. Qe2 h6 19. gxh6 Bxh6 20. Nxh6 Rxh6
21. Rhg1 $18 Rg6 (21... O-O-O 22. Bxa7 $18) 22. f5 Rxg1 23. Rxg1 O-O-O 24. Bxa7
e6 25. Rg3 exf5 26. Rc3+ Bc6 27. b4 Qe6 (27... b5 28. Qxb5) 28. b5 Qxa2 (28...
Qxe4 29. Qf1 $1 Qe5 30. Kb2 $18) 29. Qf2 1-0

[Event "Kislovodsk International"]
[Site "Kislovodsk"]
[Date "1966.07.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Taimanov, Mark E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B56"]
[Annotator "Gagarin,V"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1966.07.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nbd7 $6 6. Bc4 $1 (6. g3 g6 (
6... e6) 7. Bg2 Bg7 8. O-O O-O 9. Re1 a6 $10 {Fuchs,R-Taimanov,M/Kislovodsk/
1966/0:1 (37) Inf 2/411/}) (6. g4) (6. Bg5 g6 7. Qd2 h6 8. Bh4 Bg7 9. O-O-O a6
10. Bc4 O-O $13 {Murey,J-Taimanov,M/Moscow/1966/0:1 (52) Inf 2/459/}) (6. Be3
a6 (6... Nc5 7. f3) 7. Be2 {B92/} (7. f3 d5 8. Nxd5 Nxd5 9. exd5 Qa5+ 10. Qd2
Qxd5 $13) (7. a4) (7. g4) 7... Nc5 8. f3 e6 9. a4 Be7 10. O-O O-O $13 {
Padevsky,N-Taimanov,M/Harrachov/1966/0:1 (42) Inf 1/291/}) (6. Be2 Nc5 7. f3) (
6. f4 g6 7. Be2 Bg7 8. O-O O-O {B71/} 9. Kh1 a6 10. Bf3 Nb6 11. a4 e5 12. Nde2
Re8 $13 {Nikitin,A-Taimanov,M/Kislovodsk/1966/0,5 (62)/}) 6... Qc7 (6... g6 7.
f3 Bg7 (7... a6 8. Be3) 8. Be3 O-O 9. Qd2 {-B75/}) (6... a6) (6... Nb6 7. Bb3
e5 8. Nde2 (8. Nf3 Be7 9. Bg5 $14) 8... Be6 9. Bg5 Be7 10. Bxf6 (10. Qd3 O-O
11. Rd1 Ne8 12. Bc1 Rc8 (12... Nc7 13. O-O Qd7 14. f4 Rad8 15. Qg3 f6 16. Be3
$16 {Suetin,A-Taimanov,M/URS(ch)/1967/0,5 (38) Inf 3/470/}) 13. O-O Nf6 14.
Bxe6 fxe6 $14 {Gipslis,A-Taimanov,M/Budva/1967/0,5 (60) Inf 4/507/}) 10... Bxf6
11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. Bxd5 Qb6 13. Bb3 O-O 14. Nc3 $1 Rac8 15. O-O $16) 7. Qe2 a6 8.
Bg5 b5 (8... e6 9. O-O-O $16 {/\ Rhe1,Nd5, /\ Be6/}) 9. Bd5 $1 Nxd5 (9... Rb8
10. Bc6 $5 e6 {Stefanov,P-Marinelli,T/Bucharest/1992/1:0 (32)/} 11. O-O-O b4
$140 $6 12. Nd5 $1 exd5 $6 13. exd5+ Kd8 14. Rhe1 Ne5 15. f4 Bg4 16. Qxg4 $1
$18) (9... Bb7 $5) 10. Nxd5 Qb7 11. O-O-O $16 e6 12. f4 $1 Nc5 (12... exd5 $2
13. exd5+ $18) 13. Rhe1 Ra7 (13... exd5 $2 14. exd5+ Kd7 15. Qe7+ $1 Bxe7 16.
Rxe7+ Kd8 17. Rxb7+ f6 18. Nc6+ $18) 14. Nf5 $1 $40 f6 (14... exd5 $2 15. exd5+
Kd7 16. Qe7+ $1 $18) (14... exf5 $6 15. exf5+ Ne6 16. fxe6 fxe6 17. f5 $16) 15.
Bxf6 $1 gxf6 (15... exf5 $2 16. exf5+ Ne6 17. Bh4 $18) (15... exd5 $6 16. exd5+
(16. Bxg7 $6 dxe4 17. Nxd6+ Bxd6 18. Bxh8 Bxf4+ 19. Kb1 $36) 16... Kf7 (16...
Kd7 $2 17. Bxg7 $18) 17. Bxg7 Bxf5 (17... Bxg7 $2 18. Nxd6+ $18) 18. Bxh8 $16)
(15... Kf7 $6 16. Bxg7 $1 $18) 16. Nxf6+ Kd8 (16... Kf7 $2 17. Qh5+ $1 Kxf6 18.
e5+ $18) 17. Nxd6 Bxd6 18. e5 $1 Nd7 (18... Kc7 19. exd6+ $5 Kb8 $140 20. d7 $1
Bxd7 21. Qe5+ Qc7 22. Nxd7+ $18) (18... Ke7 19. exd6+ $16) 19. Rxd6 Kc7 20.
Red1 Nxf6 (20... Nb6 {/\ Kb8/} 21. Qe3 {/\ Qc5/} Nc4 22. Rd7+ Bxd7 23. Rxd7+
$18) 21. exf6 $18 Kb8 22. Qe5 (22. g4 $5 $18) 22... Ka8 23. g4 Rf8 (23... h6 $5
) 24. g5 Rf7 25. h4 Rc7 (25... Qg2 $5 26. Rxe6 $140 $6 Rac7 $1 27. Qe4+ Qxe4
28. Rxe4 Bf5 $16) 26. Rd8 Qc6 (26... Qg2 $5 27. c3 $5 (27. R8d2 Qg4 $16 {
/\ Rc4/}) 27... b4 28. Qxe6 Kb8 (28... Kb7 29. Qb3 $18 {/\ f7/}) 29. f7 bxc3
30. Rxc8+ Rxc8 31. Qxc8+ Kxc8 32. f8=Q+ $18) 27. Qe2 Qc5 (27... Qc4 28. Qxc4
Rxc4 29. h5 Rac7 30. g6 hxg6 31. hxg6 Rxc2+ 32. Kb1 Rg2 33. f7 Rcc2 34. R8d2 $1
$18) (27... Rd7 28. R1xd7 Rxd7 29. Rxd7 Qxd7 (29... Bxd7 30. f7 $18) 30. h5 $18
) 28. Qe4+ Kb8 29. h5 e5 (29... Qf5 30. Qxf5 exf5 31. g6 $18) 30. g6 hxg6 31.
hxg6 exf4 32. g7 Rxg7 33. fxg7 Rxg7 34. Qxf4+ Rc7 35. Qe4 b4 $6 36. R8d5 Qb6
37. Qd4 Qb7 38. Kb1 Be6 39. Rd6 Rc4 40. Qe5 1-0

[Event "Wch U20"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1999.09.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bakhtadze, Giorgi"]
[Black "Gershon, Alik"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B56"]
[WhiteElo "2403"]
[BlackElo "2492"]
[Annotator "Gershon,A"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1999.09.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 072 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. f3 Qb6 (6... Nxd4 7.
Qxd4 g6 8. b3 (8. Bg5 Bg7 9. O-O-O (9. Nd5 O-O 10. Bxf6 exf6 11. O-O-O f5 12.
Qa4 fxe4 13. Qxe4 Be6 14. Kb1 Rc8 15. Qb4 Rc5 16. Nf4 Bf5 17. Bd3 Rc6 18. Qa3
Rb6 19. c3 Be6 20. Nxe6 fxe6 21. Bc4 d5 22. Bb3 Qb8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Spangenberg,
H-Sorokin,M/La Plata 1997/CBM 62 ext (27)}) 9... O-O 10. e5 Qa5 11. Bxf6 dxe5
12. Qxe5 Qxe5 13. Bxe5 Bxe5 14. Nd5 Bd6 15. Bc4 Be6 16. Bb3 Rfd8 17. g3 Kg7 18.
Rd2 h5 19. Nc3 Bf5 20. Rhd1 Rdc8 21. Bd5 Rab8 22. Ne4 Bc7 23. Ng5 e6 24. Bb3
Bd8 25. h4 b5 26. Rd7 $16 {1-0 Fressinet,L-Delchev,A/Andorra 1997/CBM 58 ext 
(58)}) (8. Bb5+ Bd7 9. Bxd7+ Qxd7 10. Nd5 Bg7 11. Bg5 Nh5 12. Qb4 e6 13. Ne3 a5
14. Qd2 h6 15. Bh4 Bxb2 16. Rb1 Bg7 17. Nc4 O-O 18. O-O Qc6 19. Nxd6 Bc3 $17 {
0-1 Wallace,J-Bagaturov,G/Linares 1998/CBM 62 ext (29)}) 8... Bg7 9. Bb2 O-O
10. Qd2 Be6 11. O-O-O Rc8 12. Kb1 a6 13. Bd3 Rc5 14. Ne2 b5 15. Rhe1 Qb8 16. g4
Rfc8 17. Nf4 Bc4 18. g5 Bxd3 19. cxd3 Rxg5 20. d4 Bh6 21. Qf2 d5 22. h4 Qxf4
23. hxg5 Bxg5 $13 {1/2-1/2 Thorhallsson,T-Gurevich,D/New York 1997/CBM 57 ext 
(51)}) 7. Nb3 e6 8. Qe2 a6 9. Be3 (9. g4 h6 (9... Qc7 10. g5 Nd7 11. Be3 b5 12.
O-O-O Nce5 $13) 10. Be3 Qc7 11. O-O-O b5 12. Kb1 Ne5 13. Qf2 b4 (13... Bd7 14.
Bd3 b4 15. Ne2) (13... Nc4 14. Bc1) 14. Na4 (14. Ne2 Nc4 15. Bc1 e5) 14... Rb8
15. Rg1 (15. Nb6 $2 Nexg4 16. fxg4 Nxg4 17. Qf3 Nxe3 $19) 15... Bb7 (15... Bd7
16. Nb6 Bc6 {black's threat is now be4} 17. Nd2 Be7 $13) 16. Bb6 $1 (16. Nd4
Ned7 $1 17. b3 e5 18. Nf5 d5 $13 (18... Bc6 19. Nb2 Bxe4 20. fxe4 Nxe4 21. Qf3
Nc3+ 22. Ka1 Qa5 23. Na4 Nxd1 24. Qxd1 d5 $15)) 16... Qc6 (16... Qd7 17. Nac5)
17. Ba7 Ra8 (17... Rd8 18. Nb6 {and black has no good way to defend from Na5})
18. Na5 Qxa4 19. Nxb7 $13 {1/2-1/2 Arizmendi,Y-Gershon,A/Mermaid Beach 1999 
(34)}) 9... Qc7 10. g4 b5 11. O-O-O Nd7 12. Kb1 Nce5 {[%cal Gb5b4,Gc7c6]} 13.
Qf2 (13. f4 Nc4 14. Bd4 Bb7 {[%cal Ge6e5]}) 13... Bb7 14. Rg1 Nc4 $2 (14... Rc8
$142 15. f4 (15. Nd4 b4 16. Nce2 Nc4 17. Bc1 e5 18. Nb3 Na3+ $19) (15. Bd3 b4
$36) 15... b4 16. fxe5 (16. Na4 Bxe4 $19) 16... bxc3 17. exd6 Bxd6 18. Bd4 Be5
$17) 15. Bxc4 bxc4 (15... Qxc4 16. Na5) 16. Nd4 (16. Nd2 Be7 17. Qe2 Rc8 18. g5
O-O 19. f4 d5 $132) 16... Rb8 17. g5 Nc5 (17... g6 18. h4 Bg7 19. h5 O-O 20.
hxg6 hxg6 21. Rh1 $36 Qb6 $140 $4 22. Qh2 Rfc8 23. Qh7+ Kf8 24. Nxe6+) 18. Qe2
Qb6 19. Bc1 a5 (19... g6 20. Qxc4 Bg7 21. Na4 Nxa4 22. Qxa4+ Ke7 23. c3 Rhc8
24. Qa3 {Black has some compensation for the pawn but probably not enough}) 20.
f4 (20. Qxc4 $4 Ba6) {[%tqu "En","How would you fight for an advantage as
black here?","","","b7a6","",0,"c5d3","",10]} 20... Ba6 $6 (20... Nd3 $1 21.
cxd3 Qxd4 22. Be3 (22. dxc4 $4 Qxc3 $3 {This key move should have been seen
before black's playing Nd3.} 23. bxc3 Bxe4+ 24. Ka1 Rb1#) 22... cxd3 23. Rxd3
Qc4 $36) 21. f5 $2 (21. Qe3 $13) 21... Nd3 22. cxd3 (22. fxe6 fxe6 23. Nxe6
Nxb2 24. Nd5 Nxd1+ $1 25. Nxb6 Rxb6+ 26. Ka1 Rb1+ 27. Kxb1 Nc3+ 28. Kb2 Nxe2
$19) 22... Qxd4 23. Ka1 cxd3 24. Qe1 Be7 25. Be3 Qb4 26. Qf2 a4 27. Rc1 Bd8 28.
fxe6 (28. Bd4 O-O 29. f6 g6 30. Rg2 a3 31. b3 Ba5 $19 32. Qh4 h5 $44) 28...
fxe6 29. e5 Rf8 30. Qg2 d5 (30... Rf3 $2 31. g6 Rxe3 32. gxh7 $18) 31. Nd1 Bc4
(31... a3 32. Rb1 Bc7 $19) 32. Qh3 Kd7 33. Qxh7 Rf3 34. Qxg7+ Be7 35. Bd4 (35.
Rg2 a3 36. b3 Rxe3 37. Nxe3 d2 38. Rc2 Bd3 $19) (35. Rg3 Rf1 36. Rg2 a3 37. b3
Rxd1 $1 38. Rxd1 Qc3+ 39. Kb1 Bxb3 $19) 35... d2 36. Rc3 (36. Rc2 Ra3 37. Nc3
Qb3 $19) 36... Rf4 37. Be3 d4 38. a3 Qb6 $1 39. Rxc4 dxe3 $19 40. Rc3 $138 (40.
Rxf4 e2) (40. Rc3 e2 41. Rd3+ Rd4 $19) 0-1

[Event "UKR-ch KO 74th"]
[Site "Rivne"]
[Date "2005.08.24"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Baklan, Vladimir"]
[Black "Onischuk, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B56"]
[WhiteElo "2584"]
[BlackElo "2349"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2005.08.24"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 109"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. f3 {Black delays the development
of his knight, preparing to transpose to the Maroczi bind} Nc6 6. Nc3 {6.c4
was an alternative and as the game below shows white has some advantage} (6. c4
Qb6 $132 (6... Qb6 7. Nc2 e6 8. Nc3 Be7 9. Rb1 Nb4 10. Nxb4 Qxb4 11. Be3 O-O
12. Be2 Bd7 13. O-O Bc6 14. a3 Qa5 15. b4 Qc7 16. Rc1 $14 {1/2-1/2
Mastrovasilis,D-Georgiev,K/Topola 2004/CBM 101 (29)})) 6... e5 $5 {6... e6 or
6...g6 were also possible, transposing to either sheveningen or to the dragon
systems} (6... e6 7. Be3) 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Be3 Be6 {[%cal Rd6d5]} 9. Nd5 {White
prevents the freeing breakthrough d6-d5} Bxd5 {Black is practically forced to
exchange on d5, as after c2-c4 white's space edge would be evident} 10. exd5
Nb8 11. Qd2 {Developing the queen and preparing in some cases Na5 with an
attack on the queenside. 14.a4 was also seen trying to start an immideate game
on the queenside} (11. a4 $5 a5 12. Bb5+ Nbd7 13. O-O O-O 14. Qd2 Qc7 15. Rac1
Nc5 16. Rfd1 $14 {1-0 Motylev,A-Polajzer,D/Lvov 1999/EXT 2000 (32)}) 11... O-O
12. Be2 {White has a pleasent choice between the play on both flanks. In both
cases white's chances look preferable} (12. Rc1 Nbd7 13. Na5 Qc7 14. Be2 Nh5
15. O-O Nf4 16. Bd1 Bg5 17. b4 h6 18. c4 $14 {1-0 Varga,Z-Wittmann,W/Budapest
2000/EXT 2002 (47)}) (12. O-O-O $5 a5 13. Kb1 a4 14. Nc1 a3 15. b3 Na6 16. g4
Nd7 17. h4 $14 {1-0 Kantaria,M-Sergeev,V/Dos Hermanas 2004/CBM 099 ext (40)})
12... Nh5 {Black tries to start a counterplay on the kingside, as the games
below show 12...a5 was also possible trying to get some space on the queenside}
(12... a5 $5 13. a4 (13. c4 Nfd7 14. O-O h6 15. g3 a4 16. Nc1 Bg5 17. f4 exf4
18. gxf4 Bf6 19. Rb1 Re8 20. Bf3 Qa5 21. Qxa5 Rxa5 22. Bf2 Na6 23. Bg4 Nab8 24.
Nd3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Grosar,A-Wirthensohn,H/Graz 1993/CBM 035 (37)}) 13... Nfd7 14.
O-O h6 15. Bb5 Bg5 16. f4 exf4 17. Bxf4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Varga,Z-Wells,P/Budapest
1997/CBM 058 ext (36)}) (12... Nbd7 13. Na5 (13. O-O b6 14. a4 a5 15. c3 Nh5
16. Bb5 $14 {0-1 Schneider,B-Bagaturov,G/Boeblingen 1996/EXT 2001 (35)}) 13...
Qb8 $5 (13... Qc7 14. c4 h6 15. b4 Nh7 16. O-O Bg5 17. Rac1 $14 {1-0 Sakelsek,
T-Kokol,P/Grize 2001/CBM 084 ext (31)}) 14. O-O Bd8 $5 15. Rfd1 Bb6 $132 16.
Bxb6 Nxb6 17. c4 {1/2-1/2 Yakovich,Y-Ubilava,E/Kharkov 1985/MCL (17)}) 13. O-O
f5 14. f4 $5 {A typical plan for this position. White sacrifices a pawn in
order to stop the advance of the black pawns on the kingside and gets a
penetration square on e6 for his knight. 14.c4 first as was played in the game
below also deserves attention} (14. c4 $5 b6 15. a4 a5 16. f4 exf4 17. Bd4 $44
{1-0 Chandler,M-Hermesmann,H/Germany 1988/GER-chT (70)}) 14... exf4 $6 {
14...Nf4 was stronger, trying to exchange the white dark squared bishop} (14...
Nxf4 $5 15. Bxf4 exf4 16. Nd4 (16. Qxf4 Bg5 17. Qb4 Qc7 18. Bd3 $14 {[%cal
Gb3d4,Gd4e6]}) 16... Qb6 17. Kh1 Nd7 18. Ne6 Rf7 19. c3 Nf6 20. Bf3 $44) 15.
Bd4 $1 {A strong move, after which white gets a clear edge} (15. Bxf4 Nxf4 16.
Qxf4 Bg5) 15... Nf6 16. Qxf4 $16 {[%csl Ge6,Rf5] A bishop pair, the weak pawn
on f5 and the e6 square give white a big advantage} Ne8 {[%cal Re8c7,Rc7e6]
Black tries to cover the weakness on e6} (16... Ne4 17. Bd3 Bg5 18. Qf3 $36) (
16... g6 17. c4 $16) 17. Qe3 Nc7 18. Bd3 {[%cal Rd3f5] Creating threats to the
black king} g6 19. g4 $1 {Opening files on the black king} Bg5 (19... fxg4 20.
Bxg6 $18) 20. Qh3 Bf6 {White's attack is also very dangerous after 20...f4} (
20... f4 21. Bxg6 hxg6 22. Qh8+ Kf7 23. Qh7+ Ke8 24. Rae1+ Be7 25. Bg7 $40) 21.
gxf5 g5 22. Qg3 {White has an extra pawn and also the attack} Kh8 23. c4 b6 24.
Kh1 {White has a clear advantage and further pressing black} h6 25. Rae1 {
[%cal Re1e7]} Rg8 26. Bxf6+ Qxf6 27. Nd2 $1 $18 {[%cal Gd2e4,Ge4d6,Ge4f6]
White transfers his "passive" knight to an active position} Re8 (27... Nd7 28.
Ne4 Qf8 29. Qxd6 Qxd6 30. Nxd6 $18) 28. Rxe8+ Nxe8 29. Ne4 {Breaking the
blockade on the f5 pawn} Qf8 30. f6 Nd7 31. f7 Ng7 32. Qh3 {[%cal Gh3h6]} 1-0

[Event "SCG-ch 1st"]
[Site "Kopaonik"]
[Date "2005.04.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Pavlovic, Milos"]
[Black "Markovic, Miroslav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B56"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2509"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2005.04.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bd7 {A rare line which
doesn't have a good reputation} 6. Bg5 (6. Bc4 $5) 6... e6 7. Ndb5 Bc6 8. Bxf6
{A typical exchange for this kind of position. White corrupts Black's pawn
structure.} gxf6 9. Qd2 {9.Qh5 deserves attention, see the game
Perunovich-Nadj Nejesl, 2005, where White got a clear edge.} (9. Qh5 $5 a6 10.
Nd4 Bd7 11. O-O-O Nc6 (11... Qc7 12. f4 Qc5 13. f5 $36 {0-1 Toma,K-Jurkiewicz,
K/Brzeg Dolny 2001/EXT 2002 (27)}) 12. Nb3 $5 $36) (9. Bc4 a6 10. Nd4 Bd7 11.
Qh5 Qc8 12. Bb3 Qc5 13. Nf5 (13. Qxc5 dxc5 14. Nf3 Rg8 $132 {0-1 Pikulinski,
A-Wismont,R/Lubniewice 1998/EXT 2000 (54)}) 13... Nc6 $132 {1-0 Ivanovic,
B-Kupreichik,V/Becici 1994/EXT 2000 (77)}) 9... a6 10. Nd4 Bd7 {A typical move
for this variation. Black frees the c6 square for his knight.} 11. O-O-O Nc6
12. f4 h5 {[%cal Gf8h6] Black opens the diagonal for his bishop.} 13. Kb1 Qb6 {
Contrary to the regular Rauzer variations Black didn't play b7-b5 and can hide
his king on the queenside after a long castling.} 14. Nb3 {White doesn't want
to trade queens after Nd4. That's why he removes his knight from the centre.}
O-O-O 15. Be2 h4 {Removing the pawn off the attack of the white pieces} 16.
Rhf1 {[%cal Yf1f3,Yf3d3,Yf3h3] Activating his rook and transfering to regroup
it to the third rank.} Be7 17. Rf3 Kb8 18. a3 Bc8 {Black waits, improving the
position of his pieces.} 19. Na4 Qc7 20. Nd4 {White tries to activate his
pieces and gets to the black king.} (20. c4 Rhg8 21. g3 d5 22. exd5 exd5 $132 {
[%cal Rc8f5]}) (20. Rd3 Rhg8 21. Bf3) 20... Rhg8 {[%cal Rg8g2] Attacking the
g2 pawn black tries to prevent White from attacking on the queenside.} 21. Rc3
{By sacrificing the pawn white puts up more pressure on the queenside.} Rxg2
22. Qe3 Qa5 $5 {Black defends very actively. He also attacks the White pieces.}
23. Bf1 (23. Rxc6 Qxa4 24. Rc4 Qd7 25. Qh3 Rdg8 $132) (23. Nxc6+ bxc6 24. Bf1
Rxh2) 23... Nxd4 $6 {23...Rh2 deserved attention sacrificing the exchange and
getting an active counterplay in compensation.} (23... Rxh2 $5 24. Qg1 Qxa4 25.
Nxc6+ bxc6 26. Qxh2 Qxe4 $44) 24. Bxg2 Nb5 25. Rc4 {Black has lost the
exchange without getting any compensation.} d5 26. exd5 Nd6 27. Rxc8+ $2 {
White returns the extra exchange. 27.Rd4 looks much stronger with a clear edge.
} (27. Rcd4 $5 Nf5 28. Qd2 $1 Qxd2 29. R4xd2 $16) 27... Nxc8 28. Nc3 Qb6 29.
Qf3 {White doesn't wish to trade queens and trying to exploit his more active
pieces.} f5 $5 {[%cal Yf5e4,Re7h4,Re7f6,Yf6c3] Taking control over the e4
square and opening the diaogonals for his bishop.} 30. Rd3 Nd6 $132 {[%cal
Rd6c4,Rd6e4] Black gets his knight closer and receives active counterplay.} 31.
dxe6 {White opens the h1-a8 diagonal and doesn't allow the black queen to be
activated.} fxe6 32. Na4 Qg1+ 33. Ka2 Ne4 {The initiative is already on
black's side. All his pieces are very active.} 34. Rxd8+ Bxd8 35. Qd3 Qxg2 $6 {
Black agrees to the draw. At the same time, after 35...Bc7 Black would have
had chances for a win.} (35... Bc7 $5 36. Bxe4 fxe4 37. Qxe4 b5 (37... Qxh2 $2
38. Nc5 $18) 38. Nc3 Qxh2 39. Qxe6 Qxf4 $36) 36. Qxd8+ Ka7 37. Qb6+ Kb8 38.
Qd8+ Ka7 39. Qd4+ Kb8 40. Qe5+ Ka7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2005.02.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Fedorov, Alexei"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B56"]
[WhiteElo "2603"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[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. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. f3 {White chooses a
rare line in the Rauzer variation. The main line is 6.Bg5} e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Be3
O-O {8...Be6 deserves attention with a further 9...d5. Black easily got an
equality in the next game:} (8... Be6 $5 9. Qd2 d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 Qxd5
12. Qxd5 Bxd5 13. O-O-O O-O-O 14. Bb5 Kc7 15. Rd2 b6 $11 {Savko-Petkevich
Latvia 1994}) 9. Qd2 a5 $5 {Black starts a counterplay on the queenside. 9...
Be6 is a possible alternative which gives black a fine counterplay as the
games given below show} (9... Na5 $5 10. O-O-O Be6 11. Nxa5 Qxa5 12. Kb1 Kh8
13. g4 b5 14. a3 b4 15. Nd5 Bxd5 16. exd5 Rab8 $132 {1/2-1/2 Kudrin,S-Dlugy,M/
Estes Park 1987/EXT 97 (20)}) (9... Be6 $5 10. Nd5 (10. Rd1 Na5 11. Nd5 Nxd5
12. exd5 Nxb3 13. axb3 Bd7 14. Be2 f5 $132 {1/2-1/2 Prokopchuk,E-Motylev,A/
Moscow 2002/CBM 088/[Hecht] (52)}) (10. O-O-O a6 (10... a5 {It seems a
stronger reaction than} 11. a4 Nb4 12. g4 d5 13. g5 Nxe4 14. fxe4 d4 15. Qg2
Qb8 16. Nxd4 exd4 17. Bxd4 Qf4+ 18. Kb1 Qxg5 $132 {0-1 Pribyl,M-Gross,S/
CZE-chT9495 1995 (64)}) 11. g4 b5 12. h4 Na5 13. Nd5 $13 {Pribl-Pisk,Chech Rep.
1995}) 10... Bxd5 11. exd5 Nb8 12. c4 Nbd7 13. Be2 a5 14. Rd1 Nh5 $132 {
0-1 Van der Mije,A-Gaprindashvili,N/Hyeres 1988/EXT 2004 (33)}) 10. Bb5 (10.
Bd3 a4 11. Nc1 a3 12. b3 Be6 13. Nd5 Bxd5 14. exd5 Nxd5 15. Bxh7+ Kxh7 16. Qxd5
Ra5 17. Qd3+ f5 $132 {0-1 Willems,L-Pavlov,M/Krakow 1964/EXT 2000 (26)}) (10.
a4 Nb4 11. Rd1 d5 12. Nxd5 Nfxd5 13. exd5 Bf5 $44) 10... Be6 $5 {Black
develops his bishop to an active position and preparing counterplay. 10...Na7
looks less convincing} (10... Na7 11. Bd3 (11. Be2 Be6 $5 12. O-O Nc8 13. Rfd1
Nb6 14. Kh1 a4 $132) 11... Be6 (11... Nc6 12. Bb5 Na7 13. Bd3 Nc6 14. a3 Be6
15. Rd1 h6 (15... d5 16. exd5 Nxd5 17. Nxd5 Bxd5 18. Bxh7+) 16. O-O Nd7 $16 {
1-0 Ivanchuk,V-Khalifman,A/Elista 1998/CBM 065/[Atlas,V] (64)}) 12. Qf2 (12.
Rd1 {1-0 Vorobiov,E-Lukin,A/St Petersburg RUS 2002/The Week in Chess 381 (45).
(44) is the main line. ist die Hauptvariante.}) (12. O-O Nc8 13. a4 Nb6 14. Qf2
Nc4 15. Bxc4 Bxc4 16. Rfd1 Qc8 $132 {0-1 Filipenko,A-Miroshnichenko,E/Bled
2000/CBM 75 ext (35)}) 12... Nc6 13. Bb5 d5 $1 {sollte genauer untersucht
werden. Mir scheint, dass Schwarz so spielen kann, z.B.} 14. exd5 (14. Nxd5
Nxd5 15. exd5 Qxd5 16. Nc5 Bxc5 17. Bxc5 Rfd8 18. O-O Nd4 $15) 14... Nxd5 15.
O-O-O a4 16. Nxa4 Qc7 $44) 11. O-O-O {11.Rd1 deserves attention, not deciding
on the position of the king yet} (11. Rd1 $5 {— 86/191}) (11. Nd5 Bxd5 12. exd5
Na7 $5 13. Be2 a4 14. Nc1 Qc7 $132) (11. Rd1 Na7 (11... Nb4 12. a3 Na6 13. Qf2
Nc7 14. Nc5 Qc8 15. Nxe6 fxe6 16. Qe2 d5 $132) 12. Be2 $16 {1-0 Lobron,
E-Kunsztowicz,U/Bad Neuenahr 1980/EXT 2001 (40)}) 11... Nb4 $5 {A very
interesting move. Although, 11...Na7 and 11...Ne8 with a further transfer of
the knight to the queenside gave black a fine position in the game given below}
(11... Ne8 $5 12. g4 $6 $146 (12. Kb1 Nc7 13. Bb6 Qb8 {/\ Rc8<=>}) 12... Nc7
13. Kb1 Qb8 $1 14. Bb6 Rc8 $132 {0-1 Sanikidze,T-Kacheishvili,G/Georgia (ch)
91/177 2004/Inf 91/[Kacheishvili,G] (35)}) (11... Na7 12. Be2 b5 $1 $146 (12...
Bd7) (12... Nc8 $5 13. Qe1 a4 14. Nc5 Qb6 $36 {0-1 Kriventsov,S-Benjamin,J/San
Diego USA 2004/The Week in Chess 525 (20)}) 13. Bxa7 a4 $1 14. Be3 axb3 15.
cxb3 b4 16. Na4 d5 17. Kb1 d4 18. Bf2 Nd7 $17 {Kriventsov,S-Shabalov,A/New
York (rapid) 91/(177) 2004/Inf 91/[RR] (18)}) 12. a3 (12. Kb1 d5 13. exd5 Nbxd5
14. Nxd5 Bxd5 $132) 12... d5 $5 {A temporarily piece sacrifice. Black restores
the material balance right away.} 13. axb4 d4 14. Nxd4 (14. Bg5 Bxb3 15. cxb3
Qb6 $36) (14. Bxd4 exd4 15. Nxd4 axb4 $36) 14... exd4 15. Qxd4 Qxd4 {Black's
idea is starting to clear up. He sacrifices a pawn but gets enough
compensation for the deficit of material.} 16. Rxd4 {In case of 16.Bd4, as the
variations show, black has a serious compensation for the pawn.} (16. Bxd4 axb4
17. Nb1 (17. Na4 Ra5 18. c4 bxc3 19. Nxc3 Bb3 $44) 17... Nxe4 18. fxe4 Bg5+ 19.
Rd2 Ra1 20. c3 Ba2 21. Bd3 bxc3 22. bxc3 Ra8 $44) 16... axb4 17. Nb1 (17. Nd1
Rfc8 18. Re1 Ra5 $44) 17... Rfc8 18. c4 $6 {White doesn't stand the pressure.
It was better to play 18.Rdd1 trying to consolidate his forces.} (18. Rdd1 $5
h6 (18... Bb3 19. Bd3 Ra2 20. Bd4 $16) 19. Rhe1 Ra2 20. Bd4) 18... bxc3 19.
bxc3 Ra5 $5 {Forcing the white bishop to move from an active position.} 20. Be2
Bc5 21. Rhd1 {White is already forced to give away the exchange either now or
after 21.Rd3 Bc4.} (21. Rd3 Bc4 $36) 21... Nd7 $5 {Black is not in a hurry to
take the exchange and regrouping his pieces to a better position.} 22. Kd2 (22.
R4d3 Bc4 23. Bxc5 Bxd3 24. Be3 Bxe2 25. Rxd7 b5 $17) 22... Ra2+ 23. Ke1 Bxd4
24. Bxd4 (24. cxd4 Bb3 $36) 24... Bb3 25. Rc1 (25. Rd2 Bc2 26. Bb5 Nf8 27. Na3
Ra1+ 28. Kf2 Bxe4 $17) 25... Ra4 {[%cal Ra4d4]} 26. Kd2 Nc5 27. Ke3 Ne6 $17 {
Black has a material advantage and also a positional one.} 28. Be5 f6 29. Bg3
Ra1 {Pinning the knight and putting up more pressure.} 30. Bb5 Ba2 31. Bd7 Rd8
32. Bxe6+ Bxe6 33. c4 Rc8 $19 (33... Rc8 34. c5 Ba2) 0-1

[Event "Villa Martelli"]
[Site "Villa Martelli"]
[Date "1998.05.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Rodriguez Vila, Andres"]
[Black "Scarella, Enrique Alejandro"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B56"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2380"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1998.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 4616]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. f3 e5 7.
Nb3 Be7 (7... h6 8. Be3 Be7 (8... Be6 9. Qd2 a6 (9... d5 $5) 10. O-O-O Qc7 11.
Kb1 Rc8 12. g4 g6 13. h4 h5 14. g5 Nd7 15. Bh3 $16 {Podlesnik,B-Osterman,R/
SLO-ch 1991/1-0(38)}) 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O Na5 $6 11. Nxa5 Qxa5 12. Kb1 Kh8 $2
13. Nb5 Qd8 14. Nxd6 $18 {Winslow,E-Waitzkin,J/New York ACC 1993/1-0 (59)}) (
7... a5 8. Bb5 Be7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Qd2 Be6 11. Rd1 Na7 12. Be2 Nc8 13. O-O Nb6
14. Kh1 Nc4 15. Bxc4 Bxc4 16. Rfe1 b5 $132 {Giaccio,A-Mendez,E/Boca Juniors,
Buenos Aires ARG 1998/1-0(57)}) 8. Bg5 $6 $146 (8. Bc4 O-O 9. Be3 Be6 10. Nd5
Bxd5 11. Bxd5 (11. exd5 Na5 12. Nxa5 Qxa5+ 13. Qd2 Qxd2+ 14. Kxd2 Rfc8 15. Bb3
Bd8 $11 {[%cal Gd8b6] Dlauchy,P-Kopjonkin,G/Zalakaros op 1995/1/2-1/2 (77)})
11... Nb4 12. Bxb7 Rb8 $6 (12... Qc7 $5 13. Bxa8 Nxc2+ 14. Kf2 Nxa1 $13) 13.
Bd5 a5 14. c4 Nfxd5 15. exd5 a4 16. Nc1 Bg5 17. Bxg5 Qxg5 18. O-O $16 {Grosar,
A-Lobron,E/Ptuj zt 1995/1-0(39)}) 8... Be6 (8... Nxe4 $1 9. Nxe4 (9. Bxe7 Nxc3
10. Bxd8 Nxd1 11. Rxd1 (11. Bc7 $6 Nxb2 {[%csl Rc7][%cal Ge8d7]} 12. Bxd6 Be6 {
[%cal Gb2c4]} 13. Nc5 O-O-O 14. Nxe6 Rxd6 15. Nxg7 Rhd8 $15 {[%cal Gd6d2,Gd2d1,
Rc6d4]}) 11... Kxd8 12. Rxd6+ Ke7 13. Rd2 $11) 9... Bxg5 10. Nxd6+ Ke7 11.
Nxc8+ Rxc8 $15 {[%cal Gd8b6]}) 9. Qd2 h6 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. Nb5 (11. O-O-O $4
Bg5 $19) 11... O-O (11... d5 $2 12. exd5 Bg5 13. Qd1 Bxd5 14. Qxd5 Qxd5 15.
Nc7+ $18) (11... Be7 $5 12. Rd1 O-O 13. Nxd6 Bxd6 14. Qxd6 Nd4 $1 15. Qxd8 (15.
Rxd4 $6 exd4 16. Qxd4 Qxd4 17. Nxd4 Bxa2 $15) 15... Nxc2+ 16. Kd2 Rfxd8+ 17.
Kxc2 Rac8+ 18. Bc4 $8 Rxc4+ 19. Kb1 Rdc8 $15 {\=}) 12. Qxd6 Qb6 $44 {[%csl Re1]
} 13. Qc5 (13. O-O-O $2 Bxb3 14. cxb3 Rfd8 15. Qa3 Qe3+ 16. Kc2 Qf2+ 17. Kc1
Bg5+ $19) 13... Bxb3 14. Qxb6 axb6 15. cxb3 Nb4 16. Na3 ({After} 16. Kf2 Rfd8
$1 {[%cal Gd8d2]} (16... Rxa2 17. Rxa2 Nxa2 18. Bc4 $14 {[%csl Rb7,Rf7][%cal
Gh1a1,Gb5d6]}) 17. a3 Rd2+ 18. Kg3 $8 Rxb2 $36 {[%cal Gb4c2] Black has a
strong initiative}) 16... Rxa3 {Forsed an equal endgame with opposite colour
bishops.} (16... Rfd8 $5 17. Bc4 Bg5 {[%cal Gd8d2]} 18. Rf1 {[%cal Gf1f2]} Be3
$44 {[%cal Ge3d4]}) 17. bxa3 Nc2+ 18. Kd2 Nxa1 19. Bc4 Be7 20. Rxa1 Bxa3 $11 {
If black will not make any visible mistake the game will be finished by draw.}
21. Ke2 Rd8 22. Rd1 Rxd1 23. Kxd1 Kf8 24. Bd5 Ke7 25. Kc2 f6 26. Kc3 {[%cal
Gb3b4]} Bc5 27. Kc4 Kd6 28. Bxb7 Bg1 $1 29. h3 Bf2 {[%cal Gh6h5,Gh5h4]} 30. Bd5
h5 31. Bf7 h4 32. Bg6 Bg1 33. a4 Bf2 34. b4 Bg1 {If white king will move to
the kingside, black just will put his bishop on h6} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Nuremberg LGA Cup 3rd"]
[Site "Nuremberg"]
[Date "2006.09.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Hector, Jonny"]
[Black "Brodsky, Michail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B56"]
[WhiteElo "2508"]
[BlackElo "2571"]
[Annotator "Gutman,L"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2006.09.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 114 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. f4 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8. f5
{Eine Spezialvariante von Hector.} {8...} a6 ({Auf das natьrliche} 8... O-O 9.
Bg5 Ng4 {folgt} 10. h4 $5 ({zum schwarzen Vorteil fьhrt sowohl} 10. Bxe7 Nxe7
11. Qd2 Qb6 12. Bc4 Ne3 13. Bb3 Bd7 14. Nd1 Ng4 15. h3 Nf6 16. Nc3 Bc6 $17) ({
als auch} 10. Qd2 Bxg5 11. Nxg5 Qb6 12. Bd3 Nb4 13. h3 Ne3 14. Nd1 Nxd1 15.
Rxd1 d5 16. Qf2 {, Lane-Breder, Budapest 2002,} {16...} Nxd3+ 17. cxd3 dxe4 18.
Nxe4 Qxf2+ 19. Kxf2 Bxf5 $17) 10... Qb6 11. Qd2 Qxb2 12. Rb1 Qa3 13. Rb3 Qa5
14. Bc4 Qd8 15. Nd5 h6 16. Nxe7+ Nxe7 17. f6 hxg5 18. fxe7 Qxe7 19. hxg5 Be6
20. Nh4 g6 21. Rbh3 $36 {mit weiЯer Initiative.}) ({Vernьnftiger escheint} 8...
g6 $5 9. fxg6 (9. Bc4 gxf5 {kann WeiЯ kaum entschдdigen,} 10. exf5 ({oder} 10.
Ng5 O-O 11. O-O Qb6+ 12. Kh1 f4 $15) 10... Bxf5 11. O-O Qa5 $15) 9... hxg6 10.
Bc4 {Hector-Meins, BL 2002/03,} {10...} Be6 $11 {mit Ausgleich.}) 9. Bg5 Ng4 $5
({In Ivanisevic-Damljanovic, Dos Hermanos 2000, folgte} 9... b5 10. Bxf6 Bxf6
11. a4 bxa4 {, wonach} 12. Rxa4 {WeiЯ bessere Chancen versprach.}) (9... O-O
10. Qd2 b5 11. O-O-O {kommt ebenfalls WeiЯ zugute, 11..} Bb7 (11... b4 $6 12.
Bxf6 bxc3 13. Qxc3 Bb7 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. Qd2 $16 {, Hector-Lanka, Hamburg 2001}
) 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Nd5 Rc8 14. g4 Bh4 15. Kb1 Nd4 16. Nxd4 Bxd5 17. exd5 exd4
18. Qxd4 $14 {mit Mehrbauern fьr WeiЯ.}) 10. Bxe7 Nxe7 11. Qd2 Qb6 12. Bc4 Qe3+
({Riskanter erscheint} 12... Qxb2 13. Rb1 Qa3 14. Rb6 O-O 15. Bb3 Nc6 16. Na4
Nf6 17. O-O Nxe4 (17... Nd7 18. Qc3 Kh8 19. Ng5 Nd4 20. Qc4 $14) 18. Qd3 d5 19.
Bxd5 Qxa4 20. Bxe4 Qa5 21. Rfb1 Rd8 22. Qc4 Qa3 23. c3 Qe7 24. g4 Rd6 25. g5
Na5 26. Qb4 Nc6 27. Qc4 Na5 $11 {mit Zugwiederholung.}) 13. Qxe3 Nxe3 14. Bb3
b5 $2 (14... Nxg2+ 15. Kf2 Nf4 16. Rad1 Bd7 17. Rxd6 f6 18. Ne2 Nxe2 19. Kxe2
O-O-O $11 {gleicht das Spiel aus.}) 15. Ng5 $6 (15. Kd2 Ng4 16. Ng5 O-O 17. Nd5
$14 {rechtfertigt die weiЯe Erцffnungsstrategie.}) 15... d5 $2 (15... f6 16.
Kd2 Nc4+ 17. Bxc4 bxc4 18. Ne6 Rb8 {дndert das Bild erneut,} 19. Nxg7+ (19. b3
Kf7 $15) 19... Kf7 20. Nh5 Rxb2 21. Ng3 h5 $15) 16. Kf2 Ng4+ 17. Ke2 Nf6 18.
Rad1 h6 19. Nf3 dxe4 20. Nxe5 Bxf5 21. Bxf7+ Kf8 22. Rhf1 Nc6 23. Rxf5 Nxe5 24.
Bh5 (24. Be6 Nf7 25. Rd7 $18 {gewann etwas schneller.}) 24... Nf7 25. Bg6 h5
26. Nxe4 Re8 27. Rd4 Rh6 28. Bxf7 Kxf7 29. Kd3 Ra8 30. g3 (30. Nd6+ Kg8 31. Rg5
$18 {mit entscheidendem Vorteil.}) 30... Ke6 31. Rc5 Nxe4 32. Kxe4 Kf7 33. Rd7+
Kg8 34. Rg5 Rh7 35. Kd3 (35. h4 $5 $18 {kam in Frage.}) 35... h4 36. g4 h3 37.
b3 ({Etwas genauer erscheint} 37. a3 Rf8 38. Rd6 Ra8 39. b3 $18) 37... Rf8 38.
c4 bxc4+ 39. bxc4 Rf3+ 40. Kc2 Rf2+ 41. Rd2 Rf6 42. Kc3 Rhh6 43. c5 Rf3+ 44.
Rd3 Rhf6 45. Rh5 Rf2 46. Rhxh3 Rxa2 47. g5 Rc6 48. Kd4 Ra4+ 49. Kd5 Rg6 50.
Rhg3 Kf7 51. Rde3 Rf4 52. h4 a5 53. Rgf3 Rxf3 54. Rxf3+ Ke7 55. Rb3 Ra6 56.
Rb7+ Kd8 57. c6 1-0

[Event "Tel Aviv ASA"]
[Site "Tel Aviv"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Liss, Eran"]
[Black "Uritzky, Maxim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B56"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[Annotator "Har Zvi,R"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1996.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Kanstler} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Bb5+ {
really the move against this 5...e5 which should not be enough for black} Nbd7
(6... Bd7) 7. Nf5 a6 8. Ba4 (8. Bxd7+ Qxd7 9. Bg5 Nxe4 10. Nxg7+ Bxg7 11. Nxe4
O-O 12. Nf6+ $6 {not a smart choice,simply taking on d6 is good for white} (12.
Qxd6 f6 13. Qxd7 Bxd7 14. Bd2 Bf5 {four rounds before in the league Uritzky
played 14...Bc6 against Sutovskij but the result was the same as this game} (
14... Bc6 15. Nd6 Rfd8 16. Nf5 Rd7 17. f3 Kf7 18. O-O-O Ke6 19. Ng3 Rad8 20.
Be3 $16 {with just a pawn up for white who won on move 53 Sutovskij,E-Uritzky,
M Israeli League (2) 1996 Sutovskij,E-Uritzky,M/ISR/1996/1:0/53/}) 15. f3 Bg6
16. O-O-O Rfc8 17. Bc3 b5 18. Rhe1 $1 a5 19. Re2 b4 20. Be1 $16 {Grunfeld,
Y-Uritzky,M Israeli League (6) 1996  Gruenfeld,Y-Uritzky,M/ISR/1996/1:0/35/})
12... Bxf6 13. Bxf6 Qf5 14. Qxd6 Qe4+ 15. Kf1 Bh3 $1 {the key move of this
variation taking the g1 square from the white king} 16. Rg1 Be6 17. b3 Qxc2 {
Liss did not know this line but it was played even in a women world
championship under 12!} 18. Rd1 (18. Qxe5) 18... Rac8 19. g4 Rfe8 20. Rg3 Qxa2
21. Kg1 Qc2 22. Re1 Bxb3 23. Bxe5 Re6 24. Qb4 Bd5 25. Qd4 Qc4 26. Qd2 Rce8 27.
Rc3 Qb5 28. Rce3 Bc6 29. g5 $4 Rxe5 {0-1 Liss,E-Uritzky,M Israel (ch) Tel-Aviv
1994} (29... Rxe5 30. Rxe5 Rxe5 31. Qd8+ Re8)) 8... b5 9. Bb3 Nc5 10. Bg5 Bxf5
11. exf5 Be7 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Qd5 O-O 14. Ne4 (14. O-O $6 {giving the e4
square even for one second,and black will play e4 with an OK position} e4 $1
15. Rad1 Bxc3 16. bxc3 Ra7 $10 {Van der Wiel-Bielcyzk Holzoster am Zee 1981}) (
14. O-O-O $5 a5 15. Nxb5 $16 {Triguba-Bangiev Corr 1987}) 14... Qa5+ 15. Ke2 $1
{according to my data a novelty and a good one, 15.c3 have been played before
but after 15...b4 it seems black can live} (15. c3 b4 (15... Nxe4 16. Qxe4 $14)
16. Rd1 bxc3 17. bxc3 Rab8 18. Bc4 Bd8 $1 $10 {Zagrebelny,S-Vasilevich,T
Alushta3 1994}) 15... Rac8 $6 (15... Qb4 16. Kf3 $1 Nxe4 17. Qxe4 Qc5 18. Rhd1
Rac8 19. a4 Qb6 20. axb5 axb5 21. g3 h6 22. Ra2 $16 {Soffer,R-Bykhovsky,Av/ISR/
1995/0,5/56/}) 16. Rhd1 {the natural move 16.Nxd6 is good for white,and I
prefer to have a pawn up, and I do not see why should not white play this way}
(16. Nxd6 Nxb3 (16... Rc7) (16... Rfd8 $4 17. Qxf7+ Kh8 18. Qg8+ $1 Rxg8 19.
Nf7#) 17. Qxb3 Rc6 18. Ne4 $16 {/+-}) 16... Nxb3 17. Qxb3 Rc4 18. f3 (18. Nxd6
$2 Rb4 19. Qc3 (19. Qa3 $2 Qxa3 20. bxa3 Ra4 $17) 19... e4 20. Qd2 e3 $1 {
white was threatening to play c3 even after 20...Bxb2 but black has this very
strong only move} 21. fxe3 Bxb2 22. Rab1 (22. c3 $4 Rg4 {after the "f" is on
e3 there is a threat Rxg2}) 22... Qa3 $15 {/-/+}) (18. Nxf6+ $6 gxf6 19. Rxd6
Qc7 $132) 18... Qc7 19. c3 Qc6 $2 {just giving two pawns,although anyway
black's position is unpleasent if 19...Be7 then simply 20.Rd5 doubling the
rooks on the "d" file,or trying to wplay a4 but the game move is just nothing
and black is losing} (19... Be7 20. Rd5 $14) 20. Nxd6 e4 21. Nxe4 (21. Nxc4 $6
{Kanstler} bxc4 22. Qc2 exf3+ $132) 21... Be5 (21... Rxe4+ 22. fxe4 Qxe4+ 23.
Kf1 {and black has no compensation} (23. Kf1 {Kanstler} Qf4+ 24. Kg1 Be5 25.
Qd5 $16)) 22. Qc2 $1 {threatening b3} Qh6 (22... b4 23. b3) 23. h3 Qf4 24. Rd5
$18 {white is two pawns up,plus he has the initiative! the game is already
decided} Bc7 25. Re1 Bd8 26. Qd2 Qb8 27. Rd1 Bh4 28. Rd6 Re8 29. Kf1 Be7 30.
Rd7 Qa8 (30... Qh2 {Kanstler} 31. Rxe7 $18) 31. Qd5 Qxd5 32. R1xd5 Rcc8 33. Ra7
Bf8 34. f6 g6 35. Rdd7 b4 36. Rxf7 1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1997.12.10"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B56"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Har Zvi,R"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bd7 6. Bg5 e6 7. Ndb5 Bxb5 (
7... Bc6) 8. Bxb5+ Nc6 9. Qf3 (9. Qd2 $5 Be7 10. O-O-O) 9... h6 10. Bh4 Be7 (
10... Rc8 11. O-O-O $36) 11. e5 Nd5 (11... dxe5 $2 12. Bxc6+ bxc6 13. Qxc6+ Kf8
(13... Nd7 14. Bxe7 Kxe7 15. O-O-O $16) 14. O-O $16) 12. Bxc6+ (12. Bxe7 Ndxe7
13. O-O-O d5) 12... bxc6 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Qg3 dxe5 15. Qxg7 (15. Nxd5 exd5 16.
Qxg7 O-O-O) 15... Qf6 16. Qxf6 (16. Qg3 Qg5 17. Qf3 f5 $132) 16... Nxf6 17.
O-O-O $14 Nd5 18. Ne4 (18. Rhe1 f6 (18... Nxc3 19. bxc3 f6 20. f4) 19. Ne4 Ke7)
18... Ke7 19. Rhe1 Rad8 20. g3 h5 $6 (20... f5 21. Nc5 e4 22. f3) (20... Nb4 $1
21. a3 Na6) 21. Rd3 $1 {white try create  play against week pawn} (21. h4 f5
22. Ng5 Kf6 $15) 21... f5 {black try create some caunterplay} 22. Nc5 e4 $1 {
black look for chance in rook ending} (22... Kf6 $6 23. Red1 e4 24. Ra3 $16)
23. Ra3 Ra8 24. f3 Kd6 25. fxe4 Kxc5 26. exd5 exd5 27. Re6 (27. Rf1 $5) 27...
Rac8 (27... Rhc8 28. Rf3) 28. Rxa7 h4 29. Rg7 (29. Ra3 $5 {more chance without
change rook}) 29... Rhg8 30. Rgg6 Rxg6 31. Rxg6 hxg3 32. hxg3 Rf8 33. c3 (33.
Kd2 f4 34. g4 f3 35. Ke1 Re8+) 33... f4 34. gxf4 Rxf4 {black reach draw
without any problem} 35. Kc2 d4 36. b4+ (36. Rg5+ Kb6 37. c4 Rf2+ 38. Kb3 Rf3+)
36... Kb6 37. c4 Rf3 38. Kd2 Rc3 39. b5 Rxc4 40. Rxc6+ Rxc6 41. bxc6 Kxc6 42.
Kd3 Kd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Excelsior Cup"]
[Site "Gothenburg"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Rytshagov, Mikhail"]
[Black "Ziegler, Ari"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B56"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1997.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nge2 Nf6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 d6 6. f3 Qb6 7. Nb3 e6 8.
Bf4 Ne5 9. Qd2 a6 10. Be3 Qc7 11. f4 Nc4 12. Bxc4 Qxc4 13. Qd3 Qxd3 14. cxd3
Bd7 15. Rc1 Be7 16. h3 O-O 17. Kf2 Rfc8 18. Na5 b5 19. a3 Bd8 20. b4 h6 21. Ne2
e5 22. Rxc8 Rxc8 23. Rc1 exf4 24. Bxf4 Rxc1 25. Nxc1 d5 26. e5 Ne8 27. Ncb3 Nc7
28. Nc5 Ne6 29. Nxd7 Nxf4 {[%csl Ra6,Rd5] [#] bewegliche weiЯe Springer bei
etlichen schwarzen Bauernschwдchen} 30. Nc6 Bc7 31. d4 f6 (31... Nd3+ 32. Ke2
Nb2 33. Ne7+ Kh7 34. Nxd5 Bd8 35. Ne3 a5 36. d5 $18) 32. exf6 gxf6 33. Nxf6+
Kf7 34. Ng4 h5 35. Nge5+ Ke8 36. Kf3 Ne6 37. Ke3 Bb6 38. g4 hxg4 39. hxg4 Bc7
40. Nd3 Bh2 41. Nc5 Bg1+ 42. Kd3 Nf4+ 43. Kd2 1-0

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2002.02.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Prokopchuk, Evgeny"]
[Black "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B56"]
[WhiteElo "2508"]
[BlackElo "2639"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[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 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. f3 Nc6 6. Nc3 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Be3
O-O 9. Qd2 Be6 10. Rd1 Na5 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. exd5 Nxb3 13. axb3 Bd7 14. Be2 f5
15. O-O f4 16. Bf2 Bh4 17. Bxh4 Qxh4 18. Qb4 Rf6 19. Qxb7 Rd8 20. Bd3 Rh6 21.
Rf2 g5 22. Kf1 g4 23. Ke2 Qf6 24. h3 e4 25. Bxe4 Qxb2 26. Qb4 g3 27. Rff1 Rc8
28. Qd2 Rh5 29. Rb1 Qe5 30. c4 Bf5 31. Kd3 a5 32. Rfe1 Re8 33. Qxa5 Qf6 34. Qc3
Bxe4+ 35. Rxe4 Qxc3+ 36. Kxc3 Rxe4 37. fxe4 f3 38. gxf3 Rxh3 39. Rg1 h5 40. Kd4
h4 41. b4 Kf7 42. c5 dxc5+ 43. bxc5 Rh1 44. Rg2 Rh2 45. Rg1 Rh1 46. Rxh1 g2 47.
Rg1 h3 48. c6 h2 49. Rxg2 h1=Q {[#] Diese ungewцhnliche Position ist remis.}
50. Rc2 (50. c7 Qc1 51. d6 Qa1+ {Dauerschach}) (50. Rd2 Qxf3 51. c7 Qf6+ 52.
Kc5 Qc3+ 53. Kd6 Qa3+ 54. Kd7 Qa4+ $11) 50... Qd1+ 51. Kc3 Qxf3+ 52. Kb2 Qxe4 (
52... Qxe4 53. c7 Qb4+ {Dauerschach}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 11th"]
[Site "Pula"]
[Date "1997.05.??"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Heidenfeld, Mark"]
[Black "Muir, Andrew Joseph"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B56"]
[WhiteElo "2335"]
[BlackElo "2300"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[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 "Ireland"]
[BlackTeam "Scotland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IRL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SCO"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. e5 dxe5 8.
Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. f4 exf4 10. Bxf4 Nd7 11. O-O-O f6 12. g4 e5 13. Be3 Kc7 14. Bg2
Ba6 15. Bf3 Be7 16. h4 g6 17. Be4 Nc5 18. Bxc5 Bxc5 19. h5 Be3+ 20. Kb1 Bd4 21.
hxg6 hxg6 22. Bxg6 Bxc3 23. bxc3 Be2 24. Rxh8 Rxh8 25. Rg1 Bf3 26. g5 fxg5 27.
Rxg5 e4 28. Re5 Kd6 29. Rxe4 Bxe4 30. Bxe4 {a) Umgehung der weiЯen Stellung
mit dem sK b) Reduzierung des Materials bis auf das a-Bauernpдrchen c)
Abdrдngen des wK Richtung 8.Reihe weg von der Umwandlungsecke des sBa5. ==>
Gewinn.} Rb8+ 31. Ka1 c5 32. Bd3 Kd5 33. a3 a5 34. Ka2 Rb6 35. a4 Rb8 36. Bb5
Rh8 37. Kb3 Rh4 38. Ba6 Rg4 39. Bb5 Rf4 40. Ba6 Ke5 {Beginn von Teil a)} 41.
Bc8 Kf6 42. Bd7 Kg5 43. Bb5 Kg4 44. Bc4 Kf3 45. Be6 Ke3 46. Bg8 Kd2 47. Bd5 Rg4
48. Bf7 Rg3 {Durchfьhrung Teil b)} 49. Kc4 Rxc3+ 50. Kb5 Rxc2 51. Bc4 Kc3 52.
Kxc5 Rg2 {und schlieЯlich Teil c)} 53. Bb5 Rg5+ 54. Kd6 Kd4 55. Be8 Rf5 56. Bb5
Rf6+ 57. Ke7 Rb6 58. Be8 Ke5 59. Bh5 (59. Bd7 Rb7 60. Ke8 Kd6 $19) (59. Bb5
Rxb5 60. axb5 Kd5 61. Kd7 Kc5 $19) (59. Kd7 Rb8 60. Bf7 (60. Bg6 Rb7+ 61. Kc6
Rb4 $19) (60. Bh5 Rb4 61. Bd1 (61. Kc6 Kd4 62. Bd1 Kc3 63. Kc5 Kd2 64. Bf3 Rxa4
65. Kb5 Rf4 $19) 61... Rd4+ $19) 60... Rb7+ 61. Ke8 Rb4 $19) 59... Rb7+ 60. Ke8
Kd6 61. Kf8 Kc5 0-1

[Event "Nikolaev zt"]
[Site "Nikolaev"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Fedorov, Alexei"]
[Black "Tukmakov, Vladimir B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B56"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Kortschnoj,V"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[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 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bb5 Nxe3 8.
fxe3 Bd7 9. O-O e6 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. Qf3 Qf6 12. Qe2 Qg5 13. Rf3 Be7 $1 {
13...Dc5-unclear(Enciklopedia)} 14. Rg3 Qe5 15. Nf3 Qa5 16. e5 {16.Tg7 Lf6 17.
Tg3 Tb8<=>} O-O 17. exd6 Bxd6 18. Rh3 {/\Dd3} e5 $8 19. Rh5 Bg4 20. Rg5 {
19...Lf3 20.Df3 Le7 21.Tg4 f5=} Qb4 21. Rb1 f5 22. a3 Qc5 23. Rxg4 $1 fxg4 24.
Ng5 e4 $8 25. Ncxe4 Qe5 $2 {25...Lh2! 26.Kh2 De5 27.Kg1 h6 28.Dc4 Dd5 29.Dd5
cd 30.Se6 de 31.Sf8 Tf8 32.c4 g3=} 26. Qc4+ Kh8 27. Nxd6 Qxe3+ 28. Kh1 Qxg5 29.
Nf7+ Rxf7 30. Qxf7 Qc5 31. Re1 h6 32. c3 Kh7 33. Qf4 $16 h5 34. Re5 Rd8 35. h3
Rd5 36. Qe4+ $2 {36.Df5! g6 37.Td5 cd 38.Df7 Kh6 39.Df4 Kh7 40.cd+/-} g6 37.
Re7+ Kh8 38. Re8+ Kg7 39. Re6 Rf5 40. Kh2 gxh3 41. Kxh3 Qg1 42. Qd4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 57th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2004.11.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Korotylev, Alexey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B56"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2596"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2004.11.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Be3
O-O 9. Qd2 a5 10. Bb5 Be6 11. Rd1 Na7 12. Be2 Nc8 13. Qc1 Qc7 14. Nb5 Qc6 15.
c4 Nb6 16. Nd2 Rfc8 17. O-O Nxc4 18. Bxc4 Bxc4 19. Qxc4 Qxc4 20. Nxc4 Rxc4 21.
Nxd6 Rc2 22. Nf5 Kf8 23. Rf2 Rac8 24. g4 g6 25. Nd6 Bxd6 26. Rxc2 Rxc2 27. Rxd6
Ne8 28. Rd5 f6 29. g5 Ke7 30. b3 Ke6 31. gxf6 Nxf6 32. Rxa5 Rc3 33. Bg5 Rxf3
34. Bxf6 Kxf6 35. Rb5 Rd3 36. a4 Rd7 37. Kf2 Kg5 38. Ke3 Re7 {The pawn
structure is more or less symmetrical with respect to the central point of the
board. White's rook is more active than its black colleague but in
compensation the Black king is betterplaced than his rival. The position can
be assesed as about equal.} 39. Ra5 b6 {Not really necessary.} ({The immediate
start of the counterattack with} 39... Kg4 {would have been entirely possible.
Blackmight have feared the pin resulting after} 40. Ra7 {but it wouldn't have
yielded White more than equality:} Kh3 41. a5 Kxh2 42. a6 (42. b4 $6 g5 43. b5
$2 g4 44. a6 g3 45. Rxb7 g2 $19) 42... Re6 $1 {(This move is easy to overlook
in advance.)} 43. Rxb7 (43. axb7 Rb6) 43... Rxa6 44. Rxh7+ $11) 40. Rd5 ({With
} 40. Rb5 Re6 41. b4 Kg4 42. a5 bxa5 43. bxa5 g5 44. Rb2 (44. Rb6 Rh6 $3 45.
Rxh6 $11) 44... Ra6 45. Ra2 {White would have managed to place the rookbehind
the passed pawn, but after} h5 46. Kd3 Kf3 $132 {Black's counterplay is
entirely adequate.}) 40... Re6 ({Once again,} 40... Kg4 {would lead to a
breathtaking race, although this time it all looks a bit more dangerous for
Black:} 41. Rd6 b5 $1 (41... Kh3 42. Rxb6 Kxh2 43. a5 g5 44. a6 h5 45. Rb7 Re6
46. a7 Ra6 47. b4 Ra3+ 48. Ke2 h4 49. b5 g4 50. b6 Ra2+ 51. Kd3 g3 52. Rh7 h3
53. b7 Rxa7 54. Rxh3+ Kxh3 55. b8=Q $18) (41... Rb7 42. Re6 Kh3 43. Rxe5 Kxh2
44. Rb5 Kg3 45. a5 Ra7 46. axb6 Rb7 47. e5 $18) 42. a5 b4 43. Rb6 Ra7 44. a6
Kh3 45. Kd3 Kxh2 46. Kc4 g5 47. Kxb4 h5 48. Kb5 {and now} Kg3 $1 $132 {
avoiding the loss of any of his connected pawns, seems to offer entirely
adequate counterplay.}) 41. b4 Kg4 $132 42. Rd7 h5 43. Kd3 g5 (43... Kf3 $5)
44. Kc4 h4 45. Kd5 Re8 46. Rg7 h3 (46... Ra8 $5 47. Kxe5 Rxa4 48. Kf6 Rxb4 49.
Rxg5+ Kh3 50. e5 Kxh2 51. e6 Rf4+ $1 {It is important to distract the white
rook from the g-file in order to get some freedom for the king.} ({The
straightforward} 51... Rc4 $2 {would lose after} 52. e7 Rc8 53. Kf7 h3 54. Rg8
Rc7 55. Kf6 Rxe7 56. Kxe7 b5 57. Kf6 b4 {Black shouldn't rush with Kh1 and h2
because this would lead to no stalemate, due to the presence of an additional
pawn on board. White would be just in time to simply bring his king to f3 and
play Re8, mating.} 58. Kf5 b3 59. Kf4 b2 60. Rb8 Kg1 61. Rxb2 h2 62. Kg3 h1=N+
63. Kf3 $18) 52. Rf5 Rc4 53. e7 Rc8 54. Rd5 Re8 55. Rd8 Rxe7 56. Kxe7 Kg2 $11)
47. Rg6 Ra8 48. Kxe5 Rxa4 49. Kf6 Kf4 50. e5 Ra2 51. e6 Rxh2 52. Rxg5 Re2 53.
Rg1 h2 54. Rd1 Rd2 55. Rf1+ {This is the only way of avoiding the perpetual
pursue of the rook along the second rank.} Kg3 56. e7 Rf2+ 57. Rxf2 Kxf2 58.
e8=Q h1=Q {This ending is objectively drawn, but it certainly looks unpleasant
for Black. His king b-pawn is in danger.} 59. b5 Qd5 60. Qc6 Qd4+ 61. Ke6 Ke1
62. Qd5 Qc5 $4 {Cracking under the psichologic pressure.} ({Losing the b-pawn
would not have meant losing the game yet. After, for instance} 62... Qc3 63.
Kd6 Kf2 64. Qc6 Qg7 65. Qxb6+ $11 {the position is drawn according to the
Nalimov tablebases, but this is difficult to foresee during the game.}) 63.
Qxc5 bxc5 64. Kd5 {probably overlooked by Black.} (64. b6 c4 65. b7 c3 66. b8=Q
c2 $11) 1-0

[Event "BCF-ch 89th"]
[Site "Torquay"]
[Date "2002.08.08"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Gallagher, Joseph G"]
[Black "McShane, Luke J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B56"]
[WhiteElo "2517"]
[BlackElo "2544"]
[Annotator "McShane,L"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[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. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e5 6. Nb3 Be7 7. Be3 Nf6 8. f3
Be6 9. Nd5 (9. Qd2 d5 $1 $11) 9... Bxd5 10. exd5 Nb4 (10... Nb8 $143) 11. c4 a5
12. Qd2 (12. Bd2 $5 b6 13. Bxb4 axb4 14. Qd2 O-O $44) 12... b6 13. Be2 Na6 {
This must be played sooner or later.} 14. Nc1 O-O 15. O-O Nd7 16. Bd3 {[%csl
Gc3][%cal Yc1e2,Ye2c3]} Nac5 17. Bc2 f5 18. Ne2 f4 19. Bf2 Bh4 (19... e4 $6 20.
Bxe4 Nxe4 21. fxe4 Ne5 22. Nd4 {[%csl Gd4][%cal Yd4e6]}) 20. g3 $6 Bg5 (20...
fxg3 21. hxg3 Bg5 22. Qc3 $13 {Is also interesting.}) 21. gxf4 Bxf4 22. Nxf4
Qg5+ (22... Rxf4 23. Be3 Rxc4 24. b3 Rb4 {is hard to believe for Black.}) 23.
Kh1 (23. Bg3 {almost losing} exf4 24. Kh1 Ne5 25. b3 Qf6 $1 {[%cal Yf6a1]} 26.
Bf2 (26. Be1 Nxf3 {[%csl Ra1]}) 26... Nxf3 27. Qe2 Ne5 $17) 23... Qxf4 24. Qxf4
(24. Be3 $5 Qxc4 25. Rg1 {White has some chances. Neither of us noticed the
huge threat of Bxc5 Nxc5 Qh6! hitting both h7 and g7. Nevertheless, Fritz
points out} Nf6 $1 {targeting d5, which we didn't consider in the post mortem.}
) 24... Rxf4 25. b3 Rxf3 26. Bh4 $44 {[%csl Gc2,Rd6,Gh4][%cal Yh4e7] Two
bishops give White decent compensation.} Rxf1+ 27. Rxf1 Re8 $6 (27... Nf6 $142
28. Bf5 (28. Bxf6 Rf8 $17) 28... Re8) 28. Kg2 e4 29. Bg3 ({Also playable is} 
29. Re1 Nf6 $5 30. Bg3 Rd8) 29... Ne5 30. Re1 Nf7 (30... Nf3 31. Rd1 (31. Re3
Nd4 $17 {[%cal Yd4f5]}) 31... Ne5 32. Re1 $11 g6 $5 {says Fritz.}) 31. Re3 g5
32. a3 Kg7 33. b4 $6 (33. Be1 Kf8 34. b4 $140 axb4 35. axb4 Nd3 {[%csl Ge8]
[%cal Yf8e8]}) 33... axb4 34. axb4 Nd3 $1 35. Bxd3 exd3 36. Rxe8 (36. Rxd3 Re2+
{[%cal Ye2c2] and I can never really be worse.}) 36... d2 37. Re1 dxe1=Q 38.
Bxe1 Kf6 (38... Ne5 $4 39. Bc3 $18 {[%cal Yc4c5,Yd5d6]}) 39. Bf2 Ne5 $11 (39...
Ne5 40. Bxb6 Nxc4 41. Bd8+ Ke5 42. Bxg5 Kxd5 43. Kf3 Kc6 44. Kg4 Kb5 $11)
1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel MTO op"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2001.07.30"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Jenni, Florian"]
[Black "Milov, Vadim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B56"]
[WhiteElo "2461"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[Annotator "Milov,V"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2001.07.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Be3
O-O 9. Qd2 Be6 10. Nd5 Bxd5 11. exd5 Nb8 12. Be2 (12. Na5 $5 Qc7 13. Be2 Nbd7
14. c4 Nh5 15. O-O f5 $13) 12... a5 13. O-O Nbd7 14. c4 Nh5 15. Nc1 g6 (15...
f5 $5) (15... Nf4 $5 16. Nd3 (16. Bxf4 exf4 17. Nd3 Qb6+ 18. Kh1 Qe3 $11) 16...
Nxe2+ 17. Qxe2 Bg5 18. Bf2 b6 $1 $11 {/\Nc5}) 16. Rb1 {/\b3,a3,Nc1-a2-c3} Re8
$6 (16... Ng7 {/\Nf5} 17. Bd3 f5 18. f4 (18. Ne2 f4 19. Bf2 Bh4 20. Nc3 Bxf2+
21. Rxf2 Nf5 22. Bxf5 gxf5 $15) 18... Bf6 19. Ne2 exf4 (19... e4 20. Bc2 $14 {
><Ng7}) 20. Nxf4 Ne5 21. h3 (21. b3 Ng4) 21... g5 22. Ne2 f4 $13) 17. b3 Bf8
18. a3 Ng7 (18... e4 $6 19. f4 (19. fxe4 Nhf6 20. Bd3 Nxe4 $13) 19... Ng7 20.
g4 $1 f5 21. g5 $16 {><Ng7}) 19. Bd3 Nf6 (19... f5 20. Ne2 $14) 20. Ne2 Qd7 21.
Nc3 (21. Bb6 $5 {Jenni} a4 22. b4 Nf5 23. Nc3 (23. g4 $5 Ne7 24. Ng3) 23... Bh6
24. Qf2 $14) 21... Nf5 22. Bxf5 (22. Bg5 Bg7 23. Nb5 $14) 22... gxf5 23. Kh1 (
23. Na4 Ra6 (23... f4 24. Bb6) 24. Bb6 Bg7 25. Kh1 (25. Bxa5 b5 26. cxb5 Qxb5
27. Bc3 Nxd5 $15) 25... e4 (25... f4 26. Rbd1) 26. Bd4 $14) 23... f4 24. Bf2 $6
(24. Bb6 Ra6 25. Na4 {-23.Na4}) 24... Kh8 $36 {>>} 25. Rfd1 Nh5 26. c5 (26. Na4
Ra6 (26... Qf5 27. c5 dxc5 28. Nxc5 $13) 27. c5 dxc5 {-26.c5}) (26. b4 $5 axb4
27. axb4 Be7 (27... Rac8 28. Qd3) (27... Qf5 $2 28. c5 Rac8 29. Ne4 $16) 28. c5
Rg8 $13 {/\Rg6}) 26... dxc5 27. Na4 $6 (27. d6 $1 Re6 (27... Ra6 28. Bxc5 Rc6
29. Na4 b5 30. Nb6 Qe6 31. b4 Bxd6 (31... axb4 32. Qxb4) 32. Bxd6 Rxb6 33. bxa5
$16) (27... Rac8 28. Na4 $16) (27... b6 28. b4 cxb4 29. axb4 Re6 30. Qd5 Rae8 (
30... Rc8 31. Ne4 f5 (31... axb4 32. Bxb6) 32. Ng5 Rf6 $8 33. bxa5 h6 (33...
bxa5 34. Rb7) 34. axb6 $1 hxg5 35. b7 Rb8 36. Ba7 $18) 31. Qb5 $1 (31. Ne4 Nf6
$17) 31... Nf6 32. Bh4 $1 Rd8 33. Qxb6 axb4 34. Ne4 Nxe4 35. Bxd8 Nxd6 36. Rxb4
$16) 28. Bxc5 (28. Ne4 $2 b6 29. Qd5 Rae8 30. Ng5 Rf6 $17) 28... b6 29. Bxb6
Rxd6 30. Qe2 Qe6 $13) 27... Ra6 $1 28. Bxc5 (28. Nxc5 Bxc5 29. Bxc5 Rh6 30.
Qxa5 (30. Kg1 b6 31. Bf2 Rg6 $17) 30... Rg8 (30... Ng3+ $5 31. Kg1 Nf5 $36 (
31... Ne2+ $2 32. Kf1)) 31. Rb2 Ng3+ 32. Kg1 Nf5 $36 {/\Nh4}) 28... Rh6 (28...
Qxa4 $5 29. Bxf8 (29. bxa4 Ng3+ 30. hxg3 Bxc5 31. d6 Re6 $19) 29... Qd7 30. Bc5
{-28.Nc5}) 29. d6 (29. Bxf8 Rxf8 30. Qxa5 Ng3+ 31. Kg1 Nf5 $36) 29... Ng3+ (
29... b5 $5 30. Nc3 (30. Nb6 Qc6 31. b4 axb4 32. axb4 Bxd6 33. Bxd6 Qxb6 34.
Bc5 Qg6 $17) 30... Ng3+ 31. Kg1 Bxd6 32. Bf2 (32. Bxd6 Rxd6 33. Qf2 Nf5 $17)
32... Nf5 33. Ne4 Rg6 $15) 30. Kg1 Nf5 $15 31. Qxa5 Bxd6 (31... Nh4 32. Rb2 (
32. Qc7 Nxf3+ 33. gxf3 Qh3 34. Qxf7 Rg6+ 35. Qxg6 hxg6 36. d7 Bxc5+ 37. Nxc5
Rd8 $17 {/\b6}) 32... Bxd6 (32... Rg6 33. Kh1) 33. Rbd2 Bxc5+ 34. Nxc5 Qe7 $13)
32. Bxd6 (32. Rbc1 Bxc5+ 33. Nxc5 (33. Qxc5 Qe6 $17) 33... Qe7 $17) 32... Rxd6
33. Rxd6 Qxd6 34. Qb6 $1 Qe7 (34... Rd8 35. Qxd6 Rxd6 36. Nc5 b6 37. Ne4 Rg6
38. Kf2) 35. Nc3 Ne3 (35... Rg8 $2 36. Nd5) (35... Nh4 36. Kh1 (36. Ne4 Rg8) (
36. Nd5 Qg5 37. Qf6+ Qxf6 38. Nxf6 Rc8 (38... Re6 39. Nd7 Rg6 40. Rb2 Nxf3+ 41.
Kf2 Nxh2 42. Nxe5 $11) 39. Ng4 (39. Re1 Kg7 40. Ng4 f6 $17) 39... Rc2 40. Nf2 (
40. Nxe5 Rxg2+ 41. Kf1 f6 $17) 40... Kg7 41. a4 Nf5 $17) 36... Qg5 (36... Rc8
37. Nd5 Qg5 38. Qf2 Rd8 39. Rd1 $11) 37. Rg1 Nf5 (37... f5 $2 38. Qxb7 Rg8 39.
Qb6 $16) 38. Ne4 $11) 36. Ne4 (36. Nd1 Nd5 37. Qb5 Rd8 $17) 36... Rg8 (36... f5
37. Qf6+ (37. Nd6 $2 Rg8 38. Rb2 Rg6 39. Qd8+ $1 (39. Rd2 Nxg2) 39... Qxd8 40.
Nf7+ Kg7 41. Nxd8 b6 $17) 37... Qxf6 (37... Qg7 38. Qxg7+ Kxg7 39. Nd6 Re7 40.
Nc4 $11) 38. Nxf6 Rd8 (38... Re6 39. Nd7 Re7 40. Nb6 Rg7 41. Rb2 Rc7 42. Nc4
$11) 39. Nh5 Rd2 (39... h6 40. g3) 40. g3 fxg3 41. hxg3 $11) (36... Rd8 37.
Qf6+ Qxf6 38. Nxf6 Rd2 (38... Kg7 39. Ng4 Nxg4 40. fxg4 f5 41. gxf5 Kf6 42. Rc1
Kxf5 43. Rc7 $11) 39. Ng4 $1 Nxg4 (39... Rxg2+ 40. Kh1 $11) 40. fxg4 Kg7 41.
Re1 Kf6 42. Re4 $1 $11 {/\Rb4}) 37. g4 $2 (37. Rb2 $2 Rc8 $17) (37. g3 f5 (
37... Rg6 38. Qc5 Qxc5 (38... Qe6 39. Qf8+ Rg8 40. Qd6 $11) 39. Nxc5 fxg3 40.
hxg3 $11) 38. Qf6+ Qg7 39. Qxg7+ Rxg7 (39... Kxg7 40. Nc5 Kf6 41. Kf2 $11) 40.
Nd6 fxg3 41. hxg3 Rxg3+ 42. Kf2 f4 43. Rg1 $11) 37... f5 (37... Rg6 38. Qc5 Qe6
39. Qf8+ Rg8 40. Qd6 $11) 38. Qf6+ Qg7 (38... Qxf6 39. Nxf6 Rg6 40. Nd7 $11)
39. Qxg7+ Rxg7 40. Nf6 fxg4 41. Kf2 h5 $2 (41... gxf3 42. Kxf3 (42. Rc1 Rf7)
42... Rf7 43. Ne4 Nf5 44. Ng5 (44. Nd2 Kg7) (44. Nc3 Kg7 45. Nd5 Nd6 46. Rg1+
Kf8 $19) 44... Rg7 45. Ne6 Re7 46. Ke4 Ne3 $1 (46... Rxe6 47. Kxf5 Re7 48. Rg1
Re8 49. a4 $11) 47. Ng5 (47. Kxe5 f3 48. Rc1 Re8 $19) 47... Kg7 48. Nf3 Kf6 $19
) 42. Rc1 Rg6 43. Rc8+ (43. Nxh5 Rh6 $19) (43. Ne4 {/\Rc5} b6 44. Rc8+ $140 Kg7
45. Re8 Rc6 $19) (43. Nd7 Rd6) 43... Kg7 44. Nxh5+ (44. Ne4 Rb6 45. b4 Ra6 $19)
44... Kh6 45. Nxf4 $3 (45. Rh8+ Kg5 46. Ke2 Rb6 $19) 45... exf4 46. fxg4 Rxg4
$8 (46... Re6 $6 47. h3 (47. Kf3 Nd5 $19) (47. Rd8 Nxg4+ 48. Kf3 Kg5 $19) 47...
Nd5 48. h4 (48. Rd8)) (46... Nxg4+ 47. Kf3 Nxh2+ 48. Kxf4 $11) 47. Kf3 Kg5 48.
Ke4 (48. Rc5+ Kf6 (48... Nf5 49. Rb5 Rh4 50. Ke4 $11) 49. Rb5 (49. Rh5 Rg5)
49... Rh4 50. Rxb7 Nd5 51. Ke4 Ke6 52. Ra7 Nf6+ 53. Kf3 Ke5 $19) (48. Rg8+ $5
Kf5 49. Rf8+ Ke5 50. Re8+ Kd5 51. Rd8+ Kc6 (51... Kc5 52. Rc8+ Kd4 53. Rf8 $11)
52. Rc8+ Kb6 53. Rh8 $1 $11 (53. Rf8 Rh4 54. Rxf4 Rh3+ $19)) 48... Nf5 $8 (
48... Rh4 49. Rg8+ $11) 49. Rc5 $4 (49. Rg8+ Kh5 50. Rf8 (50. Rh8+ Nh6 51. Rf8
Kg5 52. a4 Rh4 53. a5 Rxh2 54. Rxf4 Re2+ 55. Kf3 Rf2+ 56. Kxf2 Kxf4 57. b4 Ng4+
58. Ke2 Nf6 59. b5 Nd5 60. Kd3 Ke5 61. Kc4 Kd6 62. Kd4 Nc7 63. Kc4 Ne6 $19 {
Milov,V;Jenni}) 50... Kg6 51. Ke5 $1 $11 {Jenni} (51. Rg8+ Ng7 52. Rf8 (52. Rh8
Kg5 53. h4+ Kg6 54. a4 f3+ 55. Kxf3 Rb4 $19) 52... Kg5 53. Rg8 (53. h3 Rh4 (
53... Rg1 54. h4+ $1)) (53. Rf7 Nh5) 53... Kh4 54. Rb8 (54. Kf3 Rg6 55. a4 Kg5
$19) 54... Nh5 $19) 51... f3 $140 $4 52. Rf6+) 49... Kg6 $19 50. Rc8 (50. Rxf5
f3+ 51. Ke5 Rg5 $19) (50. h3 Rh4 $19) (50. a4 Rh4 51. Rd5 Ng7 $19) 50... Nd6+
51. Kf3 Rh4 52. Rb8 Kf5 0-1

[Event "ESP-chA"]
[Site "Ayamonte"]
[Date "2002.10.07"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Romero Holmes, Alfonso"]
[Black "Estremera Panos, Sergio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B56"]
[WhiteElo "2524"]
[BlackElo "2359"]
[Annotator "Mueller,Karsten"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2002.10.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. h3 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bc4
O-O 9. O-O (9. Bg5 Na5 10. Be2 Be6 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Nd5 Rc8 13. c3 $11 {
/+/= 1/2-1/2 Shamkovich,L-Zaltsman,V/New York Kavkasian 1983/MCD-r8 (41)}) 9...
Be6 (9... a6 10. Bg5 b5 11. Bb3 Bb7 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Nd5 {1/2-1/2 Schnider,
G-Kwatschewsky,L/Oberpullendorf AUT 2002/The Week in Chess 406 (13)}) 10. Bb3
Na5 11. Qd3 (11. Re1 Nxb3 12. axb3 a6 (12... h6 $5) 13. Bg5 Rc8 14. Re2 Nh5 15.
Be3 (15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. Rd2 Nf4 $1 $132) 15... f5 16. exf5 Bxf5 17. Rd2 Qe8 18.
Nd5 Bd8 19. Bb6 Be4 20. Bxd8 Qxd8 21. Nxe5 dxe5 22. Qxh5 Bxd5 23. Qxe5 Re8 24.
Qxd5+ Qxd5 25. Rxd5 Rxc2 26. Rd7 Ree2 27. Rxb7 Rxf2 28. Rb8+ Kf7 29. Rf1 Rxf1+
30. Kxf1 Rxb2 31. Rb7+ Kf6 32. Rb6+ {1/2-1/2 Kling,A-Ostergaard,D/Rilton Cup
op9394 1993/EXT 93op (32).}) 11... Nxb3 12. axb3 h6 13. Rd1 a6 14. Nh2 $5 {
der Springer begibt sich auf den langen Weg nach e3.} Qc7 15. Nf1 Rac8 16. Ne3
Rfd8 17. Bd2 Bf8 18. Be1 Be7 19. f3 d5 $5 {[%mdl 96] Schwarz wartet nicht ab,
bis WeiЯ seinen Vorteil konsolidiert hat, sondern nutzt die leichte
Disharmonie im weiЯen Lager, um den rьckstдndigen Bauern loszuwerden.} (19...
Rd7 $6 20. Bf2 Rcd8 21. Ncd5 Bxd5 22. exd5 $14) 20. Ncxd5 (20. Nexd5 Bxd5 21.
exd5 Bb4 $44) 20... Bxd5 21. exd5 (21. Nxd5 $2 Nxd5 22. exd5 Qxc2 $15) 21...
Bc5 22. Bf2 (22. c4 $6 {wird mit} e4 {beantwortet:} 23. fxe4 Qf4 24. Bd2 (24.
Bf2 $2 Nxe4 $19) 24... Nxe4 25. Rf1 Qe5 $36) 22... Bxe3 23. Qxe3 Nxd5 (23...
Qxc2 $6 {spielt mit dem Feuer:} 24. Qxe5 Qxb3 25. d6 Rd7 26. Rd2) 24. Qe4 Nf6
$6 (24... Ne7 25. c3 Nc6 $11) (24... Qxc2 $4 25. Rxd5 $18) 25. Qf5 $14 Rxd1+
26. Rxd1 e4 (26... Qxc2 $4 27. Rd8+ Rxd8 28. Qxc2 $18) 27. c3 exf3 28. Qxf3 Re8
29. Rd4 Re6 30. Rb4 b5 31. Rd4 Qc6 32. Rd8+ Kh7 33. Qf5+ g6 34. Qf4 Qe4 $6 (
34... Re2 {gefдllt mir besser.}) 35. Qxe4 $1 $14 {/+/-} Nxe4 36. Bd4 Nf6 37. c4
bxc4 $6 {macht die weiЯen Damenflьgelbauern extrem schnell und gefдhrlich.} (
37... g5 $142 $14 {/+/-}) 38. bxc4 g5 39. b4 Kg6 40. b5 axb5 41. cxb5 Ne4 42.
b6 Re7 43. g4 f6 44. Rb8 (44. Kg2 $5 {came into consideration as well -
according to the endgame principle: Don't hurry! kam auch in Frage - gemдЯ dem
Endspielprinzip, dass man nichts ьbereilen sollte.}) 44... Kf7 (44... Nd2 45.
Bc3 Nc4 (45... Ne4 $2 46. Bb4 $18) 46. b7 Rg7 47. Rc8 Rxb7 48. Rxc4 {leads to
a similar endgame as the game. fьhrt zu einem дhnlichen Endspiel wie die
Partie.}) 45. b7 Ke6 46. Kg2 (46. Bb6 $2 Nd6 47. Bc5 (47. Bc7 Rxc7 48. Re8+
Nxe8 49. b8=Q Kf7 $11) 47... Rxb7 48. Bxd6 Rxb8 49. Bxb8 f5 50. gxf5+ Kxf5 51.
Kf2 g4 (51... h5 $2 52. Ke3 Ke6 53. Ke4 Kf6 54. Bg3 Ke6 55. Be5 Kf7 56. Kf5 g4
57. h4 $18) 52. h4 Ke4 53. Bc7 h5 $11 {as Black has errected Averbakh's
barrier. denn Schwarz hat die sogenannte Awerbachsche Barriere errichtet.})
46... Nd6 {Schwarz opfert seinen Springer, um eine schwer einzunehmende
Stellung am Kцnigsflьgel zu beziehen.} (46... h5 47. gxh5 Kf5 48. h6 Rf7 49.
Kf3 Nd2+ 50. Ke2 Ne4 51. Kd3 Nd6 52. Bxf6 Nxb7 53. Bg7 {bietet WeiЯ ebenfalls
Gewinnchancen.}) 47. Bc5 $1 (47. Bxf6 $2 Rxb7 48. Rxb7 Nxb7 49. Bg7 Nd6 50.
Bxh6 Kf6 $11) 47... Rxb7 48. Bxd6 Rd7 49. Bg3 Kf7 50. Rb3 Kg6 51. Rb6 Rd5 52.
Rc6 Rd2+ 53. Bf2 Rd3 $2 (53... Ra2 {was better, e.g. war besser, z.B.} 54. Kf3
Ra3+ 55. Be3 Kf7) 54. Be1 $1 {[%mdl 4096]} Rd7 55. Bc3 Rf7 56. Kf3 Rf8 57. Ke4
Re8+ 58. Kd5 Rd8+ (58... Rf8 59. Rd6 h5 60. Bd4 hxg4 61. hxg4 Rf7 62. Ke6 Rf8
63. Ke7 Rf7+ 64. Ke8 Kg7 65. Rxf6 Rxf6 66. Ke7 $18) 59. Ke6 Rd3 (59... Re8+ 60.
Kd7 Re3 61. Rxf6+ Kh7 62. Bd4 Rd3 (62... Rxh3 63. Rf7+ Kg8 64. Ke7 Rd3 65. Rg7+
Kh8 66. Bf6 $18) 63. Rd6 h5 (63... Rxh3 64. Ke6 Kg6 65. Rd7 h5 66. Rg7+ Kh6 67.
Rg8 Rh1 68. Rh8+ Kg6 69. gxh5+ Rxh5 70. Rg8+ Kh6 71. Kf6 Kh7 72. Kf7 g4 73.
Rh8#) 64. Ke6 (64. h4 $2 gxh4 65. g5 Rxd4 66. Rxd4 Kg6 67. Rxh4 Kxg5 $11) 64...
Rxh3 65. Kf5 hxg4 66. Rd8 $18) 60. Bxf6 Rxh3 (60... h5 61. Rc8 $18) 61. Rc8 (
61. Rc8 Re3+ (61... h5 62. Rg8+ Kh7 63. Kf7 hxg4 64. Rh8#) 62. Be5 Re1 63. Rg8+
Kh7 64. Rg7+ Kh8 65. Re7+ Kg8 66. Re8+ Kh7 67. Kf7 Rf1+ 68. Bf6 $18) 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0203"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2002.12.14"]
[Round "5.6"]
[White "Brendel, Oliver"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B56"]
[WhiteElo "2378"]
[BlackElo "2594"]
[Annotator "Mueller,Karsten"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2002.10.19"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Plauen"]
[BlackTeam "Porz"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Be3
Be6 9. Qd2 O-O 10. Nd5 Bxd5 11. exd5 Nb8 12. Be2 (12. Na5 b6 13. Nc4 Ne8 14.
Be2 Nd7 15. O-O f5 16. f4 e4 17. Na3 Nc7 18. c4 a5 19. Nc2 Bf6 20. Nd4 $14 {
1/2-1/2 Fedosenko,P-Lahno,I/Dnepropetrovsk 2002/EXT 2003 (55)}) (12. c4 a5 13.
Bd3 Nfd7 14. O-O a4 15. Nc1 Nc5 16. Bc2 Nbd7 17. Ne2 Qa5 18. Qxa5 Rxa5 19. b4
axb3 20. axb3 $14 {0-1 Svatos,J-Gross,S/CZE 1999/EXT 2000 (40)}) 12... Nbd7 13.
O-O (13. Na5 Qc8 14. a4 Ne8 15. b4 f5 16. O-O Nef6 17. Bf2 Kh8 18. c4 Bd8 {
1/2-1/2 Vokarev,S-Kotsur,P/Novokuznetsk 1999/EXT 2001 (18).} 19. Nb3 $14 {
[%cal Gc4c5]}) 13... a5 14. a4 Nb6 15. Nxa5 $2 (15. c4 Qc7 16. Rfc1 $14) 15...
Nfxd5 $15 16. Nc4 (16. Nxb7 Qc7 17. a5 Qxb7 18. axb6 Nxe3 19. Qxe3 Bd8 $15)
16... Nxe3 17. Qxe3 Nxa4 18. b3 d5 19. Rxa4 Rxa4 20. bxa4 dxc4 21. Bxc4 ({
Wenn WeiЯ geahnt hдtte, wieviel Ungemach ihm der schwarze e-Bauer noch
bereiten wird, dann hдtte er ihn hier sicher mit} 21. Qxe5 $5 {eliminiert.})
21... Qc7 22. Qb3 g6 23. Kh1 b6 24. Bd5 Kg7 25. c4 Bc5 26. Qd3 h5 27. Qe4 f5
28. Qd3 Qe7 29. Re1 Re8 30. Bc6 Rd8 31. Bd5 Qf6 32. Qc3 Bd4 33. Qa3 Kh6 34. Rf1
Qg5 35. Rb1 h4 36. Qa2 Qe3 37. Qc2 Kg5 38. Rf1 Rd7 39. Qc1 $2 (39. Qd1 $142)
39... Qxc1 40. Rxc1 Kf4 $17 {Trotz der ungleichfarbigen Lдufer hat Schwarz
gute Gewinnchancen, weil sein e-Bauer sehr gefдhrlich und der weiЯe Kцnig
eingesperrt ist. Man kцnnte sogar sagen, dass die Anwesenheit von
ungleichfarbigen Lдufern hier den viel aktiveren Schwarzen sogar noch
begьnstigt und seinem Angriff mehr Gefдhrlichkeit verleiht.} 41. Re1 Ra7 42.
Bc6 Re7 43. Bd5 g5 44. Bc6 Bc5 {Timman schaltet noch c4-c5 aus und rдumt die
d-Linie. Auch sofortiges ...e4 war zu beachten.} 45. Bd5 $2 (45. Rf1 Ke3 46. g4
Ke2 47. Ra1 fxg4 48. fxg4 $17 {war zдher.}) 45... e4 46. fxe4 (46. Re2 g4 47.
fxg4 fxg4 48. Ra2 g3 49. Re2 Bf2 $19) 46... fxe4 47. h3 (47. Rf1+ Ke3 48. Kg1
$2 Ke2+ $19) 47... Bf2 $1 {[%mdl 4096] der weiЯe Turm wird auf e2 und der
weiЯe Kцnig in der Ecke eingesperrt, was das sein Schicksal besiegelt.} 48. Re2
e3 49. Bf3 (49. Kh2 Ke5 50. Bc6 Kd4 51. Bb5 Re5 52. Kh1 Rxb5 53. cxb5 Kd3 54.
Ra2 e2 $19) 49... Rd7 50. Rb2 (50. Bd5 b5 51. axb5 (51. Ra2 bxc4 52. Bf3 Rd2
$19) 51... Ra7 52. g4 Kg3 $19 {[%cal Ga7a1]}) 50... Rd2 (50... Rd2 51. Rxd2 (
51. Rxb6 e2 52. Rf6+ Ke5 53. Bxe2 Kxf6 $19) 51... exd2 52. Bd1 Ke3 53. a5 bxa5
54. c5 Kd3 55. c6 Bb6 56. g3 hxg3 57. Kg2 Bc7 58. Kf1 Kc3 59. Ke2 Kb4 60. Bc2
g2 61. Kf2 a4 $19) 0-1

[Event "CHN-RUS Summit Men 3rd"]
[Site "Ergun"]
[Date "2006.08.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Zhang, Pengxiang"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B56"]
[WhiteElo "2622"]
[BlackElo "2666"]
[Annotator "Mueller,Karsten"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2006.08.10"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 114"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.10.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.10.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Be3
O-O 9. Nd5 Nxd5 10. exd5 Nb8 11. Qd2 f5 12. f4 a5 13. fxe5 a4 14. Nc5 dxc5 15.
d6 Be6 16. dxe7 Qxe7 17. O-O-O Nc6 18. Qd6 Qf7 19. Bb5 f4 20. Bxc6 fxe3 21. Bf3
Kh8 22. Rhf1 Bf5 23. e6 Bxe6 24. Be2 Qg8 25. Rxf8 Rxf8 26. Qxc5 Bxa2 27. Qxe3
Re8 28. Qd2 Qf8 29. Bb5 Ra8 30. Qd4 Bg8 31. Bxa4 h6 32. Kb1 Qf5 33. Qb4 Qh5 34.
g4 Qxh2 35. Bb3 Qe2 36. Re1 Qa6 37. Qa3 Qxa3 38. bxa3 Bxb3 39. cxb3 Rxa3 40.
Kb2 Ra5 41. Re7 Rg5 42. Rxb7 Rxg4 43. Kc3 h5 44. b4 h4 45. Rd7 Rg3+ 46. Kc4 h3
47. Rd1 g5 48. b5 Kh7 49. b6 Re3 50. Rg1 (50. b7 Re8 51. Kd3 g4 (51... Rb8 $2
52. Ke4 Rxb7 53. Kf5 Kh6 54. Rh1 Rb3 55. Kg4 Rb4+ 56. Kxh3 Rh4+ 57. Kg2 Rxh1
58. Kxh1 Kh5 59. Kg1 $11) 52. Re1 Rf8 {lдsst den weiЯen Kцnig einfach nicht
hinьber} 53. Rf1 Rb8 54. Rb1 h2 55. Ke3 Rf8 {Das Motiv wiederholt sich.} 56.
Rf1 Rxf1 57. b8=Q h1=Q 58. Qc7+ Kg6 59. Qd6+ Rf6 $19) (50. Rd7+ Kg6 51. Rd8 Re7
52. Rh8 g4 53. Kc5 Kg5 54. Kd6 Rg7 55. Kc6 Kf4 56. b7 Rxb7 57. Kxb7 Kg3 58. Kc6
Kh2 $19) 50... Kg6 51. b7 Re8 52. Rg3 (52. Kd5 Rb8 53. Kc6 Kh5 54. Kc7 Rxb7+
55. Kxb7 g4 56. Kc6 h2 57. Rh1 g3 58. Kd5 Kg4 59. Ke4 Kh3 60. Rf1 g2 61. Rf3+
Kg4 62. Rf4+ Kg5 63. Rf5+ Kg6 $19) 52... Rb8 53. Rxh3 Rxb7 54. Kd4 (54. Rg3 Rd7
55. Rg1 Kf5 56. Rf1+ Ke4 57. Rg1 Rc7+ 58. Kb4 Kf4 59. Rf1+ Ke3 60. Rg1 Rg7 $19)
54... Re7 (54... Re7 55. Rg3 Kh5 56. Rh3+ Kg4 57. Rh1 Kf3 {verkьrzt
entscheidend die Schachdistanz.} (57... Kf4 $2 58. Rf1+ Kg3 59. Rg1+ Kh4 60.
Rh1+ Kg4 61. Rg1+ Kh5 62. Rh1+ Kg6 63. Rg1 $11) 58. Rf1+ Kg2 59. Ra1 g4 60.
Ra2+ Kh3 $19) 0-1

[Event "EU-Cup 18th"]
[Site "Kallithea"]
[Date "2002.09.22"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Baklan, Vladimir"]
[Black "Borriss, Martin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B56"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2439"]
[Annotator "Mueller,Karsten"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[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 "Kazan Ladya"]
[BlackTeam "Berlin SF"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Nd5
Bxd5 9. exd5 Ne7 10. Bg5 Nd7 $5 $146 (10... Qb6 $6 11. a4 a6 $6 12. a5 Qa7 13.
c4 Nd7 14. Qd2 $14 {/+/- 1-0 Mohr,G-Kolar,S/Ljubljana 1994/TD 94\02 (30). (30)}
) (10... a6 11. c4 Ng6 (11... Nd7 12. Bd3 h6 13. Be3 g6 14. O-O Bg7 15. Qd2 $14
{1-0 Llobel Cortell,E-Jun Zhao/Oropesa del Mar ESP 1999 (46). (45)}) 12. Bd3 {
1/2-1/2 Brodsky,M-Gritsak,O/Bydgoszcz POL 2001/The Week in Chess 339 (12)}) 11.
Qd2 h6 12. Bh4 Qc7 13. c4 Ng6 14. Bf2 Be7 15. g3 O-O 16. h4 a5 17. Qc2 Bd8 (
17... a4 $5 18. Nd2 Nc5 $14) 18. Nd2 a4 19. Bh3 Nf6 20. O-O-O Qa5 $6 (20... b5
$142 $5 21. cxb5 Qb8 22. Nc4 Ne7 $13) 21. c5 $1 {[%cal Gd2c4,Gc4d6,Gc4e5,Gc4b6,
Gc4a5] ein typischer Feldfeger.} a3 22. b3 dxc5 23. Nc4 Qa7 24. Rhe1 b5 $2 (
24... Ba5 25. Re2 $14 {/+/-} (25. Nxa5 Qxa5 26. Qxc5 $2 Qxc5+ 27. Bxc5 Rfc8 28.
Bxc8 Rxc8 29. b4 b6 $15)) 25. Nd6 Qa6 26. Nxf7 $1 {[%mdl 192] entwurzelt den
Springer g6 mit groЯer Macht.} Nxd5 $1 (26... Rxf7 27. Qxg6 {mit der Drohung
Le6 +-}) (26... Kxf7 $2 27. Be6+ Ke7 28. Bxc5+ $18) 27. Nxh6+ gxh6 28. Rxd5
Rxf3 $2 (28... Ba5 29. Red1 Rxf3 30. Kb1 $16 {/+-}) 29. Bxc5 Qf6 $2 (29... Rf6
30. h5 Nf8 31. Rdxe5 Ba5 32. b4 Bc7 33. R5e4 $18) 30. Rd6 {[%cal Gd6g6,Gc2g6]}
1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0203"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2002.12.15"]
[Round "6.7"]
[White "Schaefer, Markus"]
[Black "Meins, Gerlef"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B56"]
[WhiteElo "2385"]
[BlackElo "2436"]
[Annotator "Mueller,Karsten"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2002.10.19"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Solingen"]
[BlackTeam "Werder Bremen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. f4 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bd3
O-O 9. O-O exf4 10. Bxf4 Qb6+ 11. Kh1 Qxb2 12. Nb5 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8]} (12. Qd2
Qb6 (12... Qb4 $5) 13. Nd5 Qd8 14. Nxe7+ Qxe7 15. Bxd6 Qxd6 16. e5 Qb4 $11 {
1-0 Maier,C-Meins,G/Bremen 1998/CBM 68/[Ftacnik] (32)}) (12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. exd5
Ne5 14. Bxe5 dxe5 15. d6 Bf6 16. Rb1 Qa3 17. Nd2 Qxd6 18. Ne4 Qe7 19. Nxf6+
gxf6 20. Bxh7+ Kg7 $1 21. Rb3 Rh8 22. Be4 Rb8 23. Qe1 Be6 $132 {0-1 Reeh,
O-Meins,G/BL9495/1995/ (63)}) 12... Ne8 (12... Nxe4 13. Rb1 Qf6 14. Bxe4 Qxf4
15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. Nc7 Bg4 17. Nxa8 Rxa8 18. Nd4 $14) (12... Qb4 13. Rb1 Qc5 14.
Nc7 Rb8 15. Rb5 Qa3 16. Nd5 $44) 13. e5 $5 dxe5 (13... Nxe5 14. Nxe5 dxe5 15.
Bd2 Bb4 16. Qe2 Bxd2 17. Rfb1 Qxa1 18. Rxa1 Ba5 $14) 14. Bd2 a6 (14... e4 15.
Bc3 Qxa1 16. Qxa1 exd3 17. cxd3 Be6 $14) 15. Bc3 Qxa1 16. Bxa1 axb5 17. Nxe5
Nxe5 18. Bxe5 Rxa2 19. Bxb5 Be6 20. Bd3 Nf6 21. Qf3 Ng4 $6 (21... b6 22. Bd4
Nd7 $14) 22. Bd4 Ra4 23. c3 $6 (23. Qe4 g6 24. c4 $16) 23... Bf6 $2 (23... Bd6
24. h3 Ne5 25. Bxh7+ Kxh7 26. Bxe5 Bxe5 27. Qh5+ Kg8 28. Qxe5 Bc4 $14) 24. Bc2
$2 (24. Qe4 $1 Rc8 (24... g6 25. Be2 Bf5 26. Rxf5 gxf5 27. Qxf5 Ra1+ 28. Bg1
$16) 25. Qxh7+ Kf8 26. h3 Bxd4 27. cxd4 Nf6 28. Qh8+ Ng8 29. Bh7 f6 30. d5 $40)
24... Ra2 25. Bb1 Ra5 26. Qe4 $6 (26. h3 Bxd4 27. cxd4 Nf6 28. Qxb7 Bd5 29. Qc7
Ra6 $14 {/+/-}) 26... Rh5 27. h3 Bxd4 28. Qxd4 Nf6 {nun ist die schwarze
Festung uneinnehmbar.} 29. Kh2 Rc8 30. Bc2 Rd5 31. Qe3 Rdc5 32. Rd1 Nd5 33. Qd4
Rc4 34. Qe5 Nxc3 35. Rd4 Rxd4 36. Qxd4 Nd5 37. Bb3 Rd8 38. Qe5 g6 39. Bc4 h5
40. Kg3 Rd7 41. Kh2 Kh7 42. Bb5 Rd8 43. Be2 Ne7 44. Bf3 Rd7 45. Qb8 Nc6 46. Qa8
Nd8 47. Qa5 Nc6 48. Qb6 Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mitropa Cup 21st"]
[Site "Leipzig"]
[Date "2002.05.10"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Mantovani, Renzo"]
[Black "Groetz, Harald"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B56"]
[WhiteElo "2369"]
[BlackElo "2353"]
[Annotator "Mueller,Karsten"]
[PlyCount "26"]
[EventDate "2002.05.03"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Italy"]
[BlackTeam "Austria"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ITA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AUT"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. f4 Qb6 7. Nb3 g6 (7...
e6) 8. Be2 {WeiЯ verfьgt an dieser Stelle ьber viele beachtenswerte
Mцglichkeiten:} (8. Qf3 Bg7 (8... Bg4 $5) 9. Be3 Qc7 10. h3 O-O 11. Be2 a6 12.
a4 b6 13. O-O e6 14. Rad1 $11 {1-0 Nagy,J-Hoelscher,T/Balatonbereny 1994/EXT
94op (24)}) (8. h3 Bg7 9. Qf3 a6 10. Be3 Qc7 11. g4 b5 12. g5 Nd7 13. Nd5 Qd8
14. O-O-O Bb7 15. Qf2 O-O 16. h4 e6 17. Nc3 b4 18. Ne2 Na5 $132 {0-1 Aginian,
N-Leclair,M/Yerevan ARM 2000/The Week in Chess 308 (42)}) (8. Bd3 Bg7 9. Qe2
Bg4 10. Qe3 Qxe3+ 11. Bxe3 h5 12. Nd4 $2 {ьbersieht den folgenden typischen
Schlag} (12. O-O $142) 12... Nxe4 $1 13. Ncb5 (13. Bxe4 Nxd4 14. Bxb7 $2 Rb8
$17) 13... Nxd4 14. Bxd4 Bxd4 15. Bxe4 Bb6 16. Bxb7 Rb8 17. Bc6+ Kf8 $17 {
0-1 Hadzinikola,E-Blazkova,P/EUchJW-U18 Hania 1994/EXT 94ch2 (25)}) (8. Nd5 $5
Nxd5 9. exd5 Na5 10. Nxa5 Qxa5+ 11. c3 Bg7 12. Be3 O-O (12... Bf5 13. Bd4 Bf6
14. Be2 Be4 15. O-O O-O 16. Bf3 {1/2-1/2 Podlesnik,B-Beliavsky,A/SLO-ch 1996/
EXT 96ch2 (16)}) 13. Be2 b6 14. O-O Bb7 15. Bf3 Qb5 16. Qb3 Qd3 17. Rfe1 Rfc8
18. a4 Ba6 19. Bf2 Bc4 20. Qa3 Qf5 21. Rxe7 Qxf4 22. Bg3 Qg5 23. Ree1 Bxd5 24.
Bxd5 Qxd5 25. Qxd6 {1/2-1/2 Podlesnik,B-Sax,G/Maribor 1996/Inf 67 (25)}) (8. a4
Be6 9. a5 Qc7 10. Nd5 Bxd5 11. exd5 Nb8 $2 (11... Nb4 $142) 12. Bb5+ Nbd7 13.
a6 $14 {1-0 Kupreichik,V-Sher,M/Dortmund 1991/TD 91\04 (58)}) 8... Bg7 (8... h5
$6 9. Bf3 (9. Nd5 Nxd5 10. exd5 Na5 11. Nxa5 Qxa5+ 12. c3 $14) 9... Ng4 10. Qe2
Bg7 (10... Nxh2 $5 11. Nd5 Nxf3+ 12. Qxf3 Qd8 13. Qc3 $44) 11. Nd5 Qd8 12. c3
e6 13. Ne3 Nf6 14. O-O O-O 15. Bd2 Re8 16. Rad1 Qc7 17. Be1 $14 {1-0 Marcoli,
P-Paoli,E/Mendrisio SUI 1999 (38).}) 9. g4 $2 {Diese Expansion am Kцnigsflьgel
kommt zu einem ungьnstigen Zeitpunkt. Schwarz gelingt es nun in brillanter
Manier, die offene weiЯe Flanke aufzurollen.} (9. a4 {und}) (9. Nd5 {kommen in
Betracht.}) 9... h5 $1 {legt den Finger auf die weiЯe Wunde.} 10. Nd5 $2 (10.
gxh5 $142 Nxh5 11. Nd5 Qd8 $15) 10... Nxd5 11. exd5 hxg4 (11... Nd4 {ist
ebenfalls besser fьr Schwarz.}) 12. Bxg4 $2 (12. dxc6 {ist zдher, z.B.} g3 13.
Kd2 (13. Qd5 Qf2+ 14. Kd2 (14. Kd1 $2 Rxh2 15. Re1 (15. Rxh2 Qg1+ 16. Kd2 gxh2
17. cxb7 (17. Qb5 b6 18. Bf3 a6 19. Qe2 Bg4 $19) 17... Bxb7 18. Qxb7 h1=Q $19)
15... g2 16. cxb7 Qxe1+ 17. Kxe1 g1=Q+ 18. Kd2 Rxe2+ 19. Kd3 Qg3+ 20. Kxe2 Bg4+
21. Kf1 Bh3+ 22. Ke2 Qh2+ 23. Ke3 Qg1+ 24. Ke2 Bf1+ 25. Kd2 Qf2+ 26. Kd1 Qe2#)
14... Bg4 15. Qb5 Bxe2 16. Qxe2 g2 $19) (13. cxb7 $2 Bxb7 $19) 13... Rxh2 14.
c3 (14. Rxh2 $2 gxh2 15. Qh1 Qg1 16. Bf3 Qf2+ 17. Kd3 (17. Kd1 $2 Bg4 18. Bxg4
Qg1+ $19) 17... Bf5+ 18. Kc4 Qxc2+ 19. Kb4 a5+ 20. Ka3 Qc4 21. Bd2 b5 $19)
14... Bf5 15. Rxh2 gxh2 16. Bf3 bxc6 $17) 12... Rxh2 13. Rf1 (13. Rxh2 Qg1+ 14.
Kd2 Qxh2+ 15. Ke3 Nb4 $19) 13... Nb4 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 4th"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2003.06.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Galkin, Alexander"]
[Black "Georgiev, Krum"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B56"]
[WhiteElo "2591"]
[BlackElo "2516"]
[Annotator "Mueller,Karsten"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[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 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bd7 $6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 (7.
Ndb5 Bc6 8. Bxf6 gxf6 9. Qh5 a6 (9... Na6 $6 10. O-O-O Nc5 11. Bc4 Qd7 12. Rhe1
a6 13. Nd4 O-O-O 14. f4 Kb8 15. f5 $16 {Kotronias,V-Efimov,I/Peer Gynt (3)/
1991/1-0 (28)}) 10. Nd4 Bd7 11. O-O-O Nc6 12. Nb3 b5 13. f4 Qc8 14. f5 $36 {
1-0 Stripunsky,A-Balashov,A/Minsk 1996/EXT 2000 (23)}) 7... Nc6 8. Qd2 Qb6 9.
Bxf6 (9. Ndb5 $5 a6 10. Na4 Qd8 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. Nxd6+ Bxd6 13. Qxd6 Qa5+ 14.
Nc3 O-O-O 15. Qd2 f5 16. Bd3 Nb4 17. O-O Bc6 18. Qe3 Nxd3 19. cxd3 $14 {
1/2-1/2 Holzke,F-Kengis,E/Germany 1992/GER-chT2 (62). (62)}) 9... gxf6 10. Nb3
O-O-O 11. O-O-O Ne7 12. Be2 h5 13. Rhf1 {[%cal Gf1f3,Gf3d3,Gf3h3][%mdl 32] ein
typisches Manцver, das es WeiЯ erlaubt, seinen Druck maximal zu verstдrken} Be8
$6 14. Rf3 Bg7 15. Rh3 h4 16. Bg4 Kc7 $2 (16... Bc6 $142 17. Rd3 Ng6 $132) 17.
Kb1 Bc6 18. Rd3 Be8 $6 (18... Kc8 19. f5 exf5 20. exf5 Rd7 21. Rd4 $16) 19. a4
Bh6 (19... Rg8 $2 20. a5 Qa6 21. Be2 Kb8 22. Rd4 Qc6 23. Bb5 Qc7 24. Bxe8 Rdxe8
25. Nb5 $18) 20. a5 Qc6 21. Qf2 (21. Nd4 $5 Qa6 22. Bxe6 Kb8 (22... fxe6 $2 23.
Nxe6+ Kc8 24. Nxd8 $18) 23. Bh3 Qxa5 24. Nde2 Qc7 25. Rxd6 $16) 21... Ng6 $2 (
21... Kb8 22. f5 e5 23. Qxh4 $16) 22. Qxa7 Qa6 {[%tqu "En","White to move and
win","","","c3d5","",3,"De","WeiЯ zieht und gewinnt","","","c3d5","",3]} 23.
Nd5+ (23. Nd5+ exd5 24. Rc3+ Bc6 25. Qxa6 bxa6 26. Nd4 $18) 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 3rd"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "2002.06.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kharlov, Andrei"]
[Black "Mamedov, Nidjat"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B56"]
[WhiteElo "2633"]
[BlackElo "2463"]
[Annotator "Mueller,Karsten"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[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. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Be3
O-O 9. Qd2 a5 10. Bb5 Na7 11. Bd3 Be6 12. Qf2 (12. Rd1 {1-0 Vorobiov,E-Lukin,A/
St Petersburg RUS 2002/The Week in Chess 381 (45). (44) is the main line. ist
die Hauptvariante.}) (12. a3 Nc8 13. Qf2 a4 14. Nc1 d5 $11 {1-0 Arizmendi
Martinez,J-Vuckovic,B/Biel SUI 2001/The Week in Chess 352 (65)}) (12. O-O Nc8
13. a4 Nb6 14. Qf2 Nc4 15. Bxc4 Bxc4 16. Rfd1 Qc8 17. Bb6 Nd7 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19.
Rxd5 Nxb6 20. Qxb6 Qxc2 $132 {0-1 Filipenko,A-Miroshnichenko,E/Bled 2000/CBM
75 ext (35)}) 12... Nc6 13. Bb5 Qc8 $2 {bringt Schwarz in Schwierigkeiten.} (
13... d5 $1 {sollte genauer untersucht werden. Mir scheint, dass Schwarz so
spielen kann, z.B.} 14. exd5 (14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15. exd5 Qxd5 16. Nc5 Bxc5 17. Bxc5
Rfd8 18. O-O Nd4 $15) 14... Nxd5 15. O-O-O a4 16. Nxa4 Qc7 $44) 14. Rd1 Nb8 (
14... Rd8 15. Na4 Nb4 $6 16. Rd2 $14 {/+/-} (16. c4 $2 Bxc4 17. Nb6 Bxb5 18.
Nxc8 Rdxc8 $44)) 15. O-O Nbd7 16. Rd2 Rd8 (16... Qc7 17. Rfd1 Nc5 18. Nxc5 dxc5
19. a4 $14) 17. Rfd1 Ne8 18. Na4 Nef6 19. Rd3 (19. Bb6 $5) 19... Bc4 {eine
sehr mutige Entscheidung, die in der Partie nicht belohnt wird. Die schwarze
Lage ist allerdings nicht einfach, z.B.} (19... Qb8 20. Nb6 Nxb6 21. Bxb6 Rc8
22. Nxa5 (22. a4 $5) 22... d5 23. exd5 Bf5 (23... Rxa5 $2 24. Bxa5 Bc5 25. Qxc5
Rxc5 26. dxe6 $18) 24. Rc3 Bb4 25. Rxc8+ Qxc8 26. Nxb7) 20. Rc3 Bxb5 21. Rxc8
Rdxc8 22. Nb6 (22. Nc3 Bc4 23. a4 Ra6 $14 {/+/-}) 22... Nxb6 23. Bxb6 a4 24.
Nc1 Bc4 25. b3 Be6 26. Nd3 d5 27. Nxe5 dxe4 28. c4 axb3 29. axb3 Ra3 30. Qc2
Ra6 31. Be3 (31. Bd4 $5) 31... exf3 32. Nxf3 b5 33. c5 Nd5 34. Bf2 b4 $6 (34...
Rac6 35. Ne5 R6c7 (35... Rxc5 $6 36. Bxc5 Bxc5+ 37. Kh1 Ne3 38. Qxc5 $16) 36.
Nd3 Bf6 37. Rc1 Ra7 $14 {/+/-}) 35. Qc4 Nc7 $6 (35... Nc3 36. Qxa6 Nxd1 $16 {
liefert hдrteren Widerstand.}) 36. Qxb4 Raa8 37. Nd4 Na6 (37... Bd5 38. Nf5 Bf8
39. Qc3 Ra3 40. Nd4 Ne6 41. Qc1 Bxb3 42. Qxa3 Bxd1 43. Nxe6 fxe6 44. Qa6 $18)
38. Qb7 Bg4 (38... Bxc5 39. Nxe6 fxe6 40. Rd7 Kh8 41. Rxg7 Nc7 42. Bxc5 Kxg7
43. Bd6 Rab8 44. Qf3 Rb5 45. Bxc7 $18) 39. Qxe7 $6 (39. Ra1 {gewinnt forciert:}
Nxc5 40. Qxa8 Rxa8 41. Rxa8+ Bf8 42. h3 Bd1 43. Be1 $18) 39... Bxd1 40. Nf5 Rc7
$2 {[%mdl 8192]} (40... Bc2 41. Qe5 Bxf5 42. Bd4 f6 43. Qxf5 Kh8 $16 {
allerdings kann Schwarz noch Widerstand leisten.}) 41. Qe5 (41. Qe5 f6 42. Qd5+
Rf7 43. Qxa8+ Rf8 44. Qb7 $18) 1-0

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 4th"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2016.08.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B56"]
[WhiteElo "2807"]
[BlackElo "2819"]
[Annotator "Pavlovic,M"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2016.08.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. f3 Nc6 6. Nc3 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 {
We transposed to a regular f3 Sicilian, not that popular in this move order,
but still played from time to time.} 8. Be3 Be6 9. Nd5 Bxd5 10. exd5 Nb4 11. c4
a5 12. Be2 {I have the impression that a slightly different move order could
improve White's desired set up:} (12. Qd2 b6 13. Nc1 Na6 14. Ne2 $1 O-O 15. Nc3
Nd7 16. Be2 {Black waisted a move on b6 (for a reason) and this helps White to
get what he wants.}) 12... Na6 13. Nd2 $5 O-O 14. Nb1 Nd7 15. Qd2 f5 16. Nc3
Bh4+ $1 17. g3 f4 18. Bf2 Bg5 19. Qc2 Nac5 {Another knight move is not without
sense:} (19... Ndc5 20. Kf1 e4 $1 21. Nxe4 Nb4 22. Qb1 Nxe4 23. Qxe4 Re8 24.
Qb1 Qd7 $44) 20. Kf1 Qe8 21. Re1 $5 (21. Kg2 e4 22. Nxe4 Nxe4 23. Qxe4 Qxe4 24.
fxe4 Ne5 $44) 21... e4 $5 (21... Qh5 22. Kg2 $14) 22. Bxc5 $1 Nxc5 23. Nxe4
Nxe4 24. Bd3 fxg3 25. Bxe4 Qh5 $2 (25... g2+ 26. Qxg2 Qh5 27. Rg1 Bf6 28. Qg4
Qxg4 29. Rxg4 Be5 30. Kg2 b6 {The position is most likely drawish.}) 26. Kg2 $1
gxh2 27. Rxh2 Bh4 28. Bxh7+ Kh8 29. Be4 Rf4 30. Kh1 {White is winning of
course.} Qe5 {The idea is ...g5.} 31. Rg1 (31. c5 dxc5 32. Qxc5 g5 33. Qb6 Qg7
34. d6 {it looks that White will prevail here.}) 31... g5 32. Qc3 $6 Qxc3 33.
bxc3 Kg7 {A huge part of the advantage is gone.} 34. Rb1 Rf7 35. Rb6 Ra6 36.
Rhb2 Rxb6 37. Rxb6 Bf2 $1 38. Rxd6 Rf6 39. Rd8 Rf8 40. Rd6 Rf6 41. Rd8 Rf8 42.
Rxf8 Kxf8 43. d6 Bc5 44. d7 Ke7 45. Bf5 Be3 46. Kg2 Bd2 47. Kf2 {This is just
draw.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Reykjavik zt"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Hector, Jonny"]
[Black "Petursson, Margeir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B56"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "Petursson,M"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "1995.03.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 047"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bb5 Nxe3 8.
fxe3 Bd7 9. O-O e6 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. Qf3 Qf6 $1 12. Qe2 Qg5 13. Rf3 Be7 14. Rg3
Qh6 (14... Qe5 15. Nf3 Qa5 16. e5 $13 {Fedorov-Tukmakov, Nikolaev 1993}) 15.
Qa6 O-O $1 16. Qb7 Rfd8 17. Rf1 Bf6 18. Nxc6 Bxc6 19. Qxc6 Be5 20. Rh3 Qg6 $44
21. Ne2 $2 (21. Rhf3) 21... Rac8 22. Qa4 d5 $1 $40 23. exd5 Rxc2 24. Rf2 Qd3 $5
(24... Rxb2 $17) 25. Qxa7 Bf6 26. Ng3 Rxf2 27. Kxf2 Qxd5 28. Ne2 Bxb2 29. Rf3
Bf6 30. Nf4 Qd2+ 31. Kg1 $15 h6 32. Rf2 Qb4 33. Rf1 Be7 34. Qc7 Qc5 35. Qxc5
Bxc5 36. Kf2 Rd2+ 37. Kf3 Rxa2 38. Rc1 Ra5 39. Nd3 Bd6 40. Rc8+ Kh7 41. h3 g5
42. Rd8 Rf5+ 43. Ke2 Bg3 44. e4 Ra5 45. Kf3 Be5 46. Nxe5 $6 Rxe5 47. g3 Ra5 48.
h4 $1 gxh4 49. gxh4 Kg6 50. Rg8+ Kf6 51. Rh8 Ke5 52. Rh7 Ra1 53. Kg2 Ra2+ 54.
Kg3 Ra3+ 55. Kf2 f6 56. Rxh6 Rh3 57. h5 Rh4 58. Rh8 $2 (58. Kg3 Rxe4 59. Rg6
Kf5 60. Rg8 Ra4 61. h6 Ra7 62. Rg7 Ra8 63. h7 Rh8 64. Kh4 e5 65. Kh5 e4 66. Kh6
e3 67. Re7 Kf4 $10) 58... Rxe4 59. Kg3 Re1 60. Kg2 Ra1 61. h6 Ra7 62. Kf3 Kf5
63. h7 e5 64. Ke3 Kg6 65. Ke4 Rxh7 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 13th"]
[Site "Plovdiv"]
[Date "2012.03.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kryvoruchko, Yuriy"]
[Black "Savchenko, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B56"]
[WhiteElo "2666"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[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. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. f3 {The main line is 6.
Bg5, but the move in the text is also well known.} e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Be3 O-O 9.
Qd2 a5 10. Bb5 (10. a4 $6 {is not recommended as it gives the black knight a
nice outpost on b4.}) 10... Be6 11. Rd1 Na7 {Black must drive away the bishop
before his opponent establishes full control over the queenside.} 12. Bd3 Nc8
13. O-O (13. a4 Nb6 14. Qf2 Nfd7 15. O-O {may transpose to the same position
that could arise in the game later on.}) 13... Nb6 {Kryvoruchko has already
had experience in this line, so, probably his opponent came to the game well
prepared.} (13... a4 14. Nc1 Nb6 15. Qf2 Nc4 16. Bxc4 Bxc4 17. Rfe1 Qb8 18. a3
Rd8 19. Bb6 Rd7 20. Nd3 Bd8 21. Nb4 Bxb6 22. Qxb6 Qa7 23. Qxa7 Rxa7 24. Rd2 $14
{1/2-1/2 Kryvoruchko,Y (2652)-Can,E (2498)/Paleochora 2011/CBM 143 Extra (58)})
14. Qf2 Nfd7 15. Rd2 $6 $146 {A logical idea of doubling the rooks along the
d-file, but not very sound in this concrete position. The previously played 15.
a4, fixing the queenside, yielded White a slight edge.} (15. a4 Bg5 (15... Qc7
16. Kh1 Nc4 17. Bc1 Ndb6 18. Na1 d5 19. b3 Nd6 20. Nxd5 Bxd5 21. exd5 f5 22. c4
$16 {1/2-1/2 Aroshidze,L (2463)-Kotronias,V (2587)/Thessaloniki 2005/CBM 108
ext (60)}) (15... Nc4 16. Bxc4 Bxc4 17. Rfe1 Qc7 18. Nd2 Be6 19. Ndb1 f5 20.
exf5 Rxf5 21. Qd2 Ra6 22. Nd5 Qd8 23. Nbc3 $14 {1-0 Oleksienko,M (2552)-Nimmy,
A (2208)/Chennai 2011/CBM 140 Extra (90)}) 16. Bxg5 Qxg5 17. Bb5 Nc8 18. Bxd7
Bxd7 19. Nd2 Be6 20. Nb5 Qd8 21. b3 $14 {0-1 Brkic,A (2577)-Jankovic,A (2548)/
Zadar 2007/CBM 121 Extra (65)}) 15... Bh4 $1 {Provoking a concession.} 16. g3
Be7 17. Rfd1 (17. f4 $6 a4 18. Nc1 Nc4 $1 19. f5 Nxe3 20. Qxe3 Bg5 21. Qe1 Bxd2
22. Qxd2 Qb6+ 23. Kg2 Qxb2 24. fxe6 fxe6 $15) 17... a4 18. Nc1 Qc8 $5 {An
unexpected move, leaving the knight "en prise".} (18... f5 19. exf5 Bxf5 20. b3
Qc8 {was a good alternative. The manoeuvre Be7-Bh4-Be7 was actually a clever
one, now White's Pf3 is a real weakness.}) 19. a3 (19. Bxb6 Nxb6 20. Qxb6 d5
21. Kg2 Bc5 22. Nxd5 Bxb6 23. Ne7+ Kh8 24. Nxc8 Rfxc8 25. a3 Be3 26. Re2 Bh6
$44 {White has an extra pawn and no weaknesses, but his pieces are difficult
to regroup due to Black's powerful bishops.}) 19... Nc4 20. Bxc4 Bxc4 21. N1a2
$6 {The knight finds its route towards the d5-square. However, Black's coming
initiative on the kingside seems to be more dangerous. Therefore White should
invest more in restricting his opponent's play.} (21. g4 $1 {was the way to
prevent f7-f5. Later on White may continue with his positional plan of
bringing the passive knight on to the central d5-square.}) 21... f5 22. Nb4 Nf6
(22... fxe4 23. Nxe4 Nf6 24. Nxf6+ (24. Nxd6 $2 Bxd6 25. Rxd6 Ne4 $17) 24...
Bxf6 25. Rxd6 e4 $44) 23. Qg2 h6 (23... fxe4 24. Nxe4 Nxe4 25. fxe4 Qg4 26. h3
Qg6 27. Nd5 Bxd5 28. Rxd5 Rac8 $15 {[%csl Re4][%cal Gc8c4]}) 24. h3 {Covering
the g4-square against a possible knight or queen move.} Qe6 25. exf5 Qxf5 26.
f4 exf4 27. Bxf4 d5 $1 {[%mdl 2048] Excellent move! Black's dark-squared
bishop joins the battle very effectively. This weak pawn is of lesser
significance.} 28. Nbxd5 Bc5+ 29. Kh2 Nxd5 30. Rxd5 $6 {Trying to seize the
initiative by the exchange sacrifice, but it doesn't work out properly.} (30.
Nxd5 Rae8 31. Nc7 ({After} 31. Nc3 b5 32. Bd6 Bxd6 33. Rxd6 Kh7 {[%cal Gc4f1]
the threat 34...Bf1 is very annoying.}) 31... Re4 32. Nd5 Rfe8 33. Nc3 R4e7 34.
Rd8 Rxd8 35. Rxd8+ Kh7 36. Rd1 b5 {There are no immediate threats, but it's
difficult to find a move for White.}) 30... Bxd5 31. Rxd5 Qc8 32. Qe4 $2 (32.
Rd3 $17) 32... Bxa3 $1 33. Nxa4 (33. Bxh6 {doesn't work in view of} Rf2+ $1 (
33... Rf6 $4 34. Bxg7 $1 $40) 34. Kg1 Rf6 {[%csl Rh3,Rh6]} 35. Bxg7 Bc5+ $1 $19
{This was the point of 33...Rf2+.}) 33... Re8 34. Re5 Rxe5 35. Bxe5 Qc6 {
Simplifying to a winning endgame.} 36. Qxc6 bxc6 37. Nb6 Re8 38. Nc4 {[%tqu
"En","Should Black's bishop retreat?","","","a3b2","Another blow that kills
White's last hopes for a draw.",5]} Bxb2 $1 {Another blow that kills White's
last hopes for a draw.} 39. Bxb2 Re2+ 40. Kg1 Rxc2 {[%csl Rb2,Rc4]} 41. Ne5
Rxb2 42. Nxc6 Kf7 {The endgame is easily won for Black. If there were a
light-squared bishop instead of a knight, then White could hold.} 43. Ne5+ Ke6
44. Nd3 Ra2 45. Nf2 g5 46. Kg2 h5 47. Kf3 Ra3+ 48. Kg2 Ke5 49. Kh2 Kd4 50. Kg2
Ke3 51. Nd1+ Ke2 52. Nf2 Ra2 {Good game by Boris Savchenko.} 0-1

[Event "Cappelle op 36th"]
[Site "Cappelle la Grande"]
[Date "2020.02.27"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Moussard, Jules"]
[Black "Guliyev, Namig"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B56"]
[WhiteElo "2608"]
[BlackElo "2537"]
[Annotator "Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2020.02.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:05:47] Une partie importante dans la course à la première
place} c5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. d4 {
[%emt 0:00:09]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 4. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:
00]} 5. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 6. Nb3 {[%emt 0:00:37] Une
ligne secondaire devenue populaire lorsque le Top GMI BARTEL a commencé à la
pratiquer à haut niveau en 2016. Le précurseur historique était Efim GELLER
mais avec un seul essai dans les années 60 avec une partie jouée à
l'interzonal mais comme la partie avait transposé dans la variante 6.Be2 de
la Najdorf après 6.Nb3 e5 7.Be2, elle n'a pas attiré l'attention. Il est
même possible qu'il s'agisse d'une erreur de saisie et il faudrait consulter
le bulletin de l'interzonal.} Nc6 {[%emt 0:05:38] L'azéri n'avait peut-être
pas prêté attention au changement de répertoire de son adversaire qui avait
déjà joué cette variante à la ronde 4 et il commence à réfléchir.} (6...
e6 {Moussard,J (2608)-Maerevoet,S (2412) Cappelle op 36th 2020 (4.4) 1-0}) (
6... Nbd7 7. g4 $1 {[%csl Rf6][%cal Gg4g5] Le plus logique car le Nf6 n'a pas
la case de repli d7} h6 8. a4 g5 (8... Qc7 9. Bg2 Ne5 10. h3 g5 11. f4 $1 {
Bartel,M (2623)-Ragger,M (2695) Bundesliga 1516 2015 (12.7) 1-0}) (8... b6 9.
Bg2 {[%cal Ge4e5,Gg2a8]} Ne5 (9... Bb7 10. f4 (10. h4 g6 11. Qe2 Rc8 12. Rh3 $5
Bg7 13. h5 g5 14. Nd4 {[%csl Gf5]} Ne5 (14... e6 $143 15. Nd5 $5 {[%csl Re8]
[%cal Ge2e8] Thématique et logique avec le vis-à-vis Q et K} O-O 16. Nxf6+
Nxf6 17. f4 gxf4 18. g5 (18. Bxf4 e5) 18... hxg5 19. h6 Bh8 20. h7+ $1 Kg7 (
20... Nxh7 $2 21. Qh5) 21. Bxf4 $1 gxf4 22. Qf2 $1 $40 {[%csl Rg7][%cal Gf2h4,
Gh4g5,Gh4h6]}) 15. Nf5 Bf8 16. f4 $13 {Aryan,C (2553)-Gopal,G (2594) Biel MTO
op 52nd 2019 (9) 1/2}) 10... e5 $5 {Peut-être la ligne la plus simple pour
égaliser même si les Noirs doivent jouer avec précision.} (10... g6) 11. O-O
g6 12. Qf3 {[%cal Gf3f7]} Bg7 13. h4 O-O $1 {N'ayant pas peur des fantomes} 14.
f5 Nh7 $5 {[%csl Gg5][%cal Gf8f3]} 15. g5 hxg5 16. hxg5 Nxg5 17. Qg4 $13 {
Alekseenko,K (2638)-Kokarev,D (2598) RUS Cup final 2018 (3.1) 1/2}) 10. h3 g5
11. f4 $14 {Alekseenko,K (2554)-Lu,S (2615) Chigorin Memorial 24th 2016 (9) 1-0
}) 9. h4 Rg8 $13 {Supi,L (2530)-Delgado Ramirez,N (2622) Rio Branco Acre GM
2017 (3) 1/2}) (6... e5 7. Be2 (7. Bg5 $5 {Comme les Blancs n'ont pas joué
Be2, ils peuvent essayer de lutter pour le contrôle de la case "d5" en
gardant l'option Bc4 comme l'avait montré une vieille partie du tournoi de
Caissa que j'avais saisie.} Be7 8. Bxf6 (8. Qd2 Be6 9. O-O-O $32) (8. Bc4 b5 $6
(8... O-O 9. O-O (9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. a4 Nc6 11. O-O Be6 12. Nd5 $14 {[%csl Gd5];
Djurhuus,R (2455)-Ziska,H (2474) Oslo Sveins op 6th 2013 (9) 1-0}) 9... b5) 9.
Bxf6 Bxf6 10. Bxf7+ $1 Kf8 11. Bd5 {Bereczki,I (2205)-Szulics,I Nyiregyhaza op
1998 (1) 1-0}) 8... Bxf6 9. Nd5 $14 {[%csl Gd5,Rf6];Rosenberg,S-Scherbakoff,G
Paris Caissa Autumn  1955 (1) 0-1}) 7... Be7 {Geller,E-Stein,L Interzonal-05
1962 (3) 1-0}) 7. Be3 {[%emt 0:01:08]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:56]} (7... Ng4 8. Bd2 Nf6
9. Be3 Ng4 {Avec une nulle par répétition de position}) 8. g4 $1 {[%emt 0:02:
16] le plan des Noirs avec e6d6 et Nf6 rend tentant de jouer dans l'esprit
d'une attaque Keres} (8. a4) 8... b5 {[%emt 0:04:06]} (8... h5 9. gxh5 b5 10.
Bg2 Ne5 11. a4 b4 12. Ne2 Bb7 13. Ng3 Rc8 14. O-O d5 15. Bd4 Nc4 16. exd5 Nxd5
17. Qg4 Qc7 18. Rfe1 Nf6 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. Bxb7 Qxb7 21. Rad1 Ne5 22. Rxe5 fxe5
23. Ne4 Be7 24. h6 Rc4 25. Qg7 Qxe4 26. Qxh8+ Bf8 27. Rd8+ Kxd8 28. Qxf8+ Kc7
29. Qxf7+ Kb8 30. Qf8+ Ka7 31. Qe7+ Kb8 32. Qd6+ Ka7 33. Qd7+ Kb8 34. Qd8+ Ka7
35. Qe7+ Kb8 36. Qd6+ Ka7 37. Qd7+ Kb8 38. Qd6+ {Alekseenko,K (2704)-Korobov,A
(2668) Moscow 2019 1/2-1/2}) (8... h6 9. h4 Qc7 10. Bg2 Ne5 11. g5 hxg5 12.
hxg5 Rxh1+ 13. Bxh1 Nfd7 14. Nd2 $13 {[%csl Gc4];Bellahcene,B (2541)-Oussedik,
M (2440) Africa-ch Hammamet 2019 (6) 1-0}) 9. Bg2 {[%emt 0:02:37]} (9. g5 Nd7
10. Bg2 $14) 9... Bb7 {[%emt 0:03:00]} 10. a3 $6 $146 {[%emt 0:15:00][%csl Rc4]
Fin de la préparation des Blancs mais ce coup a le défaut d'affaiblir la
case "c4"} (10. g5 Nd7 11. f4 Nb6 12. Qe2 Nc4 13. O-O-O Nxe3 14. Qxe3 Na5 15.
f5 Nc4 16. Qg3 b4 17. Na4 e5 18. Nac5 Bc6 19. Bf1 Nb6 20. Nxa6 Be7 21. f6 gxf6
22. Nxb4 Bxe4 23. Bg2 Bg6 24. Bxa8 Qxa8 25. Qf2 Nd7 26. Nd5 Qxa2 27. gxf6 Bf8
28. Qd2 h5 29. Nc3 Qa6 30. Qf2 Bh6+ 31. Kb1 O-O 32. Qe2 Qxe2 33. Nxe2 Nxf6 34.
Rxd6 Ng4 35. Nc3 Ne3 36. Rg1 Kh7 37. Rgxg6 fxg6 38. Nd2 Bf4 39. h3 g5 {Bartel,
M (2625)-Gelfand,B (2735) Moscow 2016 1/2-1/2 (77)}) 10... Ne5 $1 {[%emt 0:03:
52][%csl Gc4][%cal Ge5c4,Gc4e3,Gc4b2] Evacue la case d7 pour le Nf6 tout en
faisant pression sur l'aile-dame} 11. g5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Nfd7 {[%emt 0:00:11]}
12. Qd4 {[%emt 0:02:23][%cal Ge1c1] Donne la possibilité du ooo mais la Qd4
est un peu exposée au centre} Nc4 {[%emt 0:03:59]} 13. O-O-O $5 {[%emt 0:00:
46] Risqué après la poussée a3} Rc8 $1 {[%emt 0:02:21] Le K Noir est en
sécurité au centre et les Noirs ont du contre-jeu à l'aile-dame} 14. f4 {
[%emt 0:04:20]} Qc7 $132 {[%emt 0:04:26][%csl Gc4][%cal Gc4b2,Gc7c3,Gc4a3,
Gc4e3]} 15. Bd2 {[%emt 0:02:12]} (15. h4 $2 Nxa3) 15... Ndb6 $1 $15 {[%emt 0:
04:58] L'attaque Noire est plus rapide} 16. Na1 {[%emt 0:11:47][%cal Ga1c2] Le
signe que l'ouverture des Blancs n'est pas une réussite} e5 {[%emt 0:04:30]} (
16... d5 $5 {[%csl Gf8] Avec un K au centre, la poussée d5 peut faire peur
mais elle libère le Bf8} 17. exd5 Nxd2 18. Rxd2 Nc4 19. Re2 Bc5 $1 20. Qxg7
Qxf4+ $1 21. Kb1 Bd4 22. Qg6 Nxa3+ $40) (16... Nxd2 $1 {Principe de la pièce
superflue avec les Nb6 et c4 qui visent les mêmes cases. Il y a donc une
pièce en "trop"} 17. Rxd2 Nc4 $17 18. Rd3 (18. Rdd1 Nxa3 {[%csl Rc3]}) 18...
e5 19. Qf2 d5 {La poussée thématique dans la sicilienne qui semble très
forte malgré le K Noir au centre} 20. Nxd5 (20. fxe5 Nxe5) (20. exd5 Bc5 $44 {
[%csl Gc5]} 21. Qe2 O-O {[%csl Ra1] Et avec la paire de B et des pièces plus
actives, les Noirs gardent l'avantage}) 20... Bxd5 21. Rxd5 exf4) 17. Qf2 {
[%emt 0:00:28]} Be7 {[%emt 0:15:09]} 18. h4 {[%emt 0:07:29]} Nxb2 $6 {[%emt 0:
12:37]} 19. Kxb2 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Nc4+ {[%emt 0:01:40]} 20. Kb3 $1 {[%emt 0:00:
04] Joué à tempo et il n'est pas certain que les compensations Noires soient
suffisantes} d5 {[%emt 0:06:00]} 21. Nxd5 $1 {[%emt 0:03:13][%cal Gd5c7] Force
des échanges et sans paire de B, les compensations Noires s'amoindrissent}
Bxd5 {[%emt 0:02:17]} 22. exd5 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Nxa3 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 23. Rh3
$6 {[%emt 0:03:05][%cal Gh3c3] Un coup humain mais inutile car le Bd2
défendait déjà la case "c3"} (23. Qe2 $8 {[%csl Gc4]} Nxc2 24. Qd3 Nd4+ 25.
Kb2 {Et l'attaque Noire s'essoufle}) 23... Qc4+ $1 {[%emt 0:08:01]} 24. Kb2 {
[%emt 0:00:04]} Bc5 $1 {[%emt 0:06:56][%cal Gc5f2,Gc5d4,Gd4b2]} 25. Qf3 {
[%emt 0:11:35]} Bd4+ $6 {[%emt 0:04:58]} (25... O-O $5 {L'apport d'une R
supplémentaire peut-être utile à l'attaque} 26. c3 Qa4 $40 {[%cal Ga3c4]})
26. c3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} (26. Kxa3 Qa4#) 26... Qb4+ {[%emt 0:01:31]} 27. Ka2 {
[%emt 0:00:05]} Qa4 {[%emt 0:00:33]} 28. cxd4 $1 {[%emt 0:00:47][%cal Gf3a3,
Gf3b3]} Nc2+ {[%emt 0:02:43]} 29. Kb2 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Nxa1 {[%emt 0:01:09]}
30. Bc3 {[%emt 0:09:54]} (30. Rxa1 Qc2+ 31. Ka3 Qa4+ 32. Kb2 Qc2+ {Forçant la
nulle}) 30... b4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 31. Rxa1 {[%emt 0:00:59]} bxc3+ {[%emt 0:00:
03]} 32. Qxc3 $1 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Qb5+ {[%emt 0:00:14]} 33. Qb3 {[%emt 0:00:03]
} Qe2+ {[%emt 0:00:17]} 34. Ka3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Qxg2 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 35. Qa4+
$1 {[%emt 0:00:56] Illustrant le problème d'avoir raté l'occasion de roquer
au 25ème coup} Kf8 {[%emt 0:00:24]} 36. Qb4+ $16 {[%emt 0:00:41]} Kg8 {
[%emt 0:00:37]} 37. Re3 {[%emt 0:01:06]} h6 {[%emt 0:01:32]} 38. d6 {[%emt 0:
02:14]} Kh7 {[%emt 0:01:45]} 39. dxe5 {[%emt 0:00:11]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 40.
Rb1 {[%emt 0:00:00]} hxg5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 41. Qb7 $1 {[%emt 0:08:29][%csl Rf7]
[%cal Ge5e6,Gb7f7,Gf7h7]} Qxb7 {[%emt 0:05:31]} 42. Rxb7 {[%emt 0:00:58]} Kg8 {
[%emt 0:01:26]} 43. hxg5 {[%emt 0:06:03]} Rh4 {[%emt 0:27:12]} 44. f5 $1 {
[%emt 0:33:27]} gxf5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 45. g6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} f4 {[%emt 0:00:
00]} 46. gxf7+ {[%emt 0:00:00]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 47. d7 {[%emt 0:00:00]}
Rf8 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 48. e6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} fxe3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 49. e7 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 6th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2005.06.26"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Black "Roiz, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B56"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2579"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[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. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 d6 {I have decided to play the sharp lines of
Rauzer, since after 3...e5 black has not many chances of seizing the
initiative.} 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Be3 O-O ({Another
common line here is:} 8... Be6 9. Nd5 Bxd5 10. exd5 Nb4 {with a long
strategical struggle.} ({or} 10... Nb8)) 9. Qd2 a5 {A typical idea - black is
intending to disturb the Nb3, while after 10.a4 the Nc6 would get an excellent
spot ''b4''.} 10. Bb5 Be6 ({The alternative here is:} 10... Na7 11. Be2 ({or} 
11. Bd3 Nc6) 11... Nc6 {but according to the tournament situation,i had to
fight for a win,so i opted for a more sharp line.}) 11. O-O-O {Quite a rare,
but very interesting continuation. Like in the B90 lines, white intents to
push his king-side pawns by g2-g4, h2-h4, g4-g5 etc. However, black is
probably prepared well for the queen-side counterplay, so objectively white
shouldn't get any advantage.} ({There are some other possibilities:} 11. Rd1
Na7 12. Be2 Nc8 13. Qc1 Qc7 14. Nb5 Qc6 15. c4 Nb6 16. Nd2 Rfc8 17. O-O Nxc4
18. Bxc4 Bxc4 19. Qxc4 Qxc4 20. Nxc4 Rxc4 21. Nxd6 $14 {1-0 Morozevich,
A-Korotylev,A/Moscow RUS 2004 (64)}) (11. O-O Na7 12. Bd3 Nc8 13. Qf2 Nh5 14.
g3 Bg5 15. f4 $14 {1-0 Sadykov,R-Miton,K/Goa 2002/CBM 91 ext (43)}) (11. Nd5
Bxd5 (11... a4 $5) 12. exd5 Na7 13. Be2 a4 14. Nc1 b5 15. a3 Qb8 16. Na2 Bd8
17. Nb4 Bb6 18. O-O-O Rc8 19. Bxb6 Qxb6 20. g4 $14 {1-0 Shengelia,D-Ivanisevic,
I/Panormo 1998/CBM 67 ext (41)}) 11... Nb4 {A tempting idea, which I saw in
Ivanchuk's game against Fedorov.} ({Actually black's results after the
''normal''} 11... Na7 {are just excellent!} {In my opinion the best line for
white here is-->} 12. Be2 Nc8 13. a4 Nb6 14. g4 $132) 12. a3 d5 $1 {That is
the point of black's idea - white is not able to hold the material advantage.}
13. axb4 d4 14. Na4 $5 $146 {That leads to a serious simplifications.} (14.
Nxd4 exd4 15. Qxd4 Qxd4 16. Rxd4 (16. Bxd4 axb4 17. Nb1 Rfc8 $36) 16... axb4
17. Nb1 Rfc8 18. c4 bxc3 19. bxc3 Ra5 20. Be2 Bc5 $17 {0-1 Fedorov,A-Ivanchuk,
V/Moscow RUS 2005 (33)}) 14... Bxb3 {That was played after a long thought.} ({
The alternatives were:} 14... Bxb4 15. Qe2 Bxb3 16. cxb3 Qc7+ {-->14...Bxb3.
That trasposes to the game.}) (14... Qc7 $2 15. Nxd4 exd4 16. Bf4 $16) (14...
dxe3 {That tempting continuation deserved a lot of calculations. For instance,}
15. Qxe3 Qc7 16. Qb6 Rfc8 $1 {Only that move allows black to develop the
initiative.} ({After} 16... Rac8 $2 17. Qxc7 Rxc7 18. Nac5 axb4 (18... Rfc8 19.
Nxe6 Rxc2+ 20. Kb1 fxe6 21. bxa5 Rxg2 22. Rc1) 19. Nxe6 fxe6 20. Rd3 $16 {
white has a clear advantage in the endgame.}) 17. Qxc7 Rxc7 {however, after
the strongest:} 18. Nb6 $1 ({The attempt to exchange the important Be6 fails
to:} 18. Nbc5 Ba2 $3 {exploiting the vulnerablity of Nc5.} 19. Nb6 Ra7 20. Ncd7
axb4 21. Nxf6+ Bxf6 $15) 18... Bxb3 19. Nxa8 Rxc2+ 20. Kb1 Rxg2 21. Rc1 $1 (21.
Rdg1 $143 Rxg1+ 22. Rxg1 Bxb4 23. Rc1 g5 $132) 21... Bxb4 22. Rc8+ Bf8 23. Rc3
Be6 (23... a4 24. Nb6 $14) 24. Nc7 $14 {white's chances look better.}) 15. cxb3
Bxb4 16. Qe2 Qc7+ 17. Kb1 dxe3 18. Qxe3 {So, an equal middlegame has arised.}
Rad8 {Letting white so seize the ''c'' file.} ({There was nothing wrong with} 
18... Rac8 $5 19. Rc1 Qe7 $11) 19. Rc1 Qd6 {That move was connected with a
wrong idea of trading the queens.} ({I would prefer:} 19... Qe7 20. Rc2 Rd4 21.
Rhc1 Rfd8 $11 {and black has no problems.}) 20. Qb6 Qxb6 $2 {That allows white
to improve the placement of his knight. It is also important, that now black
has no real counterplay.} ({Much better was:} 20... Qd2 $142 {(the loss of Pb7
isn't significant)} 21. Rc2 Qg5 {[%cal Gd8d2]} 22. h4 (22. Rhc1 Rd2) 22... Qg3
$132 (22... Qf4 $5)) 21. Nxb6 Rd2 {That was the point of my idea. I tried to
force additional simplifications by attacking white's king-side pawns.} 22. g4
$1 {Very strong! Now black has also to deal with an idea of g4-g5, disturbing
the Nf6. At the same time, black has no time for exploiting the drawback of
white's pawn structure due to passivity of his pieces.} ({I have considered
only:} 22. Rc2 $6 Rxc2 23. Kxc2 Rd8 $11 {with an equal position.}) 22... Rf2 ({
After} 22... h5 23. g5 Nh7 24. h4 $36 {black's pieces are too passive.}) ({
Hardly better was also:} 22... Rfd8 23. Nc4 Rf2 24. Nxe5 $16 {and white is a
heavy pawn up.}) 23. g5 $1 {The most energetical.} ({The quiet} 23. Rcf1 Rxf1+
24. Rxf1 $14 {would give black some time for consolidation.}) 23... Nh5 24. Nd7
Re8 {The deficit of coordination between black's pieces is obvious, but white
is still has to play very energetically to profit from that.} (24... Rd8 25.
Nxe5 Nf4 26. Rhd1 $16) 25. Rhd1 $1 {An excellent resourse! The last white's
piece becomes very active, and black cannot parry a lot of threats.} h6 {
That move is connected with a sacrifice of exchange.} (25... Rxf3 26. Nxe5 $1 (
26. Nf6+ gxf6 27. Bxe8 fxg5 $132) 26... Rxe5 27. Rc8+ Bf8 28. Rdd8 h6 29. Be2
$1 Rh3 30. g6 $18) (25... Rxh2 26. Nxe5 Rf8 27. Rc7 $18 {[%cal Gb5c4]}) ({
Deserved attention:} 25... Rd2 $5 {swapping one pair of the rooks} 26. Rxd2 ({
The immediate} 26. Nxe5 $2 {allows black to survive after:} Rxd1 27. Bxe8 Rxc1+
28. Kxc1 Kf8 29. Bxf7 Bd6 30. Bxh5 Bxe5 $11) 26... Bxd2 27. Rc7 g6 28. Nf6+
Nxf6 29. gxf6 Rf8 30. Rxb7 Bg5 31. Ra7 Bxf6 32. Rxa5 Rb8 33. Bc4 Rb7 $16 {
the arising endgame is very hard for black, but his drawish chances cannot
understated.}) 26. gxh6 gxh6 ({Hopeless was:} 26... g6 27. Rd5 $18) 27. Nf6+ $1
({After} 27. Rd5 $6 f6 {black holds on.}) 27... Nxf6 28. Bxe8 Nxe8 (28... Rxf3
$2 29. Rc8 {[%cal Ge8d7]} Kh7 30. Bxf7 Nxe4 31. Rd7 $18) ({Deserved attention:
} 28... Rxh2 {although after} 29. Bd7 $1 $16 {white has a great advantage.} ({
but not} 29. Rc8 $6 Rg2 $1 30. Bc6+ Kg7 31. Bxb7 Rg3 $14)) 29. Rc8 Kf8 30. Rdd8
Rxf3 $2 {That is already a decisive mistake-the Pe5 falls,so black loses his
drawish chances.} ({At the same time,after the correct:} 30... Ke7 31. Rxe8+
Kf6 $16 {white should work very hard in order to convert his material
advantage to a full point.}) 31. Rxe8+ Kg7 32. Rxe5 $18 {Now the game is over.}
Rxb3 33. Rf5 {[%cal Gc8c7]} Re3 ({or} 33... Rh3 34. Rc2 $18) 34. Rc7 Rxe4 35.
Rcxf7+ Kg6 36. R7f6+ Kg7 37. Rb6 Re7 38. Rfb5 Re1+ 39. Ka2 Rh1 40. Rxb7+ Kg6
41. R7b6+ Kg7 42. Rh5 Bd2 43. Rd5 1-0

[Event "Blackpool op 28th"]
[Site "Blackpool"]
[Date "2004.03.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Rowson, Jonathan"]
[Black "Wells, Peter K"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B56"]
[WhiteElo "2548"]
[BlackElo "2497"]
[Annotator "Rowson,J"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2004.03.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 100"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. f3 e5 (6... Nxd4 7.
Qxd4 g6 {is another attempt to take advantage of white's move order.}) 7. Nb3
Be7 (7... Be6 8. Nd5 Bxd5 9. exd5 Ne7 10. Bg5 $1 {favours White.}) 8. Be3 O-O (
8... Be6 9. Nd5 Bxd5 10. exd5 Nb4 11. c4 {is generally considered to be
slightly better for White but the unbalanced pawn structure gives winning
chances to both sides.}) 9. Qd2 a5 $5 {The best plan. As a rule, when Black
plays ...e5 in the sicilian he either wants to put his knight on c6 and play ..
.a5 when he is likely to gain an extra square to control d5(b4 if white plays
a4 and a5 if white allows a4), or put it on d7 and keep the pawn on a6(when
b5-b4 also competes for d5). However, such 'rules' are best kept locked up and
quiet in the unconscious rather than in a noisy rule book, where they, instead,
lock up our thoughts.} (9... Be6 10. Nd5 $1) 10. Bb5 Na7 11. Be2 (11. Bd3 $5 {
seems to be favoured by Short and Ivanchuk, but my impression is that Black is
fine in either case.}) 11... Nc6 (11... Be6 $5) 12. O-O a4 13. Nc1 Qa5 14. a3
$1 {[#] This is partly borne out of necessity- I will need to play b4 to get
my c1 knight into play and keep control of the game. However, I liked the fact
that the move also contains a prophylactic idea in that it prevents Black from
playing ...Nd4:} Be6 (14... Nd4 $5 15. Bxd4 exd4 16. Qxd4 d5 {trying to take
advantage of my weakened dark squares.} 17. b4 $1 {plugging the gaps.}) 15. b4
(15. Rd1 {I wanted to encourage Rfd8 before blocking the d-file with Nd5, but
I felt that Pete would probably play} Rfc8 {when the inclusion of the rook
moves seem to favour Black.} 16. b4 axb3 17. Nxb3 Qd8 $1 18. Qe1 Na5 {and
Black is very comfortable.}) 15... axb3 16. Nxb3 Qc7 17. Rfb1 $5 (17. Nb5 Qb8
18. c4 {looks more to the point, but I couldn't see anything convincing for
White after} Nd7 $1 19. Nc3 Nc5 20. Nxc5 dxc5 21. Nd5 Bd6 $1) 17... Rfc8 $1 18.
Nd5 (18. Nb5 Qd8 19. c4 Na5) 18... Bxd5 19. exd5 Nb8 $5 (19... Na5 20. Nxa5
Rxa5 (20... Qxa5 21. Qxa5 Rxa5 22. Rxb7 Nxd5 23. Bd2) 21. Bb6) ({I was more
concerned about the active} 19... Nd4 $5 {but it seems I misjudged the
following complications at the time, which are very much in White's favour.}
20. Nxd4 exd4 21. Qxd4 Qxc2 22. Bd3 Qc3 (22... Qc7 23. Bf5 Re8 24. Rb5 {
and White is in control.}) 23. Rxb7 Nxd5 24. Rc1 $1 Qxd4 25. Rxc8+ Rxc8 26.
Bxd4 Bf6 27. Bxf6 Nxf6 28. a4) 20. c4 Nfd7 {A logical move- controlling c5 and
freeing the f-pawn and the e7 bishop. However, I was much more concerned about}
(20... Ra4 $5 {which is a rather vague move in terms of Black's intentions,
but an extremely annoying move in terms of preventing White from gettin g on
with his own ideas; most of which include playing a4-a5.}) 21. a4 Na6 22. a5 g6
23. Ra2 $1 {The exclam is for patience. I wanted to get my rook to b5, but
there is nowhere sensible to put my b3 knight, which will probably want to
come back to b3 once my rook comes to b5. Hence, by playing Ra2-c2 I introduce
the possibility of playing c5, and thus encourage Black to play Nc5, which
solves my problem for me.} Bf6 (23... f5 {looks more conventional, but there
is no piece support for an attack on the kingside and Black might come to
regret weakening his light squares in this way.}) 24. Rc2 Nac5 (24... Bg7 25.
c5 Naxc5 26. Nxc5 Nxc5 27. Rb6 {This looks like some initiative for White,
which was probably enough to put Black off allowing c5. However, I am not sure
that I can really achieve much here.}) 25. Nxc5 Nxc5 26. Rb5 e4 27. f4 $1 {
[#] I was pleased with the decision to keep the position closed because I have
lost a few games in the past where I took a different decision at this
juncture. The value of the given move is primarily that I keep the e-file
closed and prevent Black from utlising the e4 square. As for 'opening up the
position for the two bishops', all I can say is that the vulnerable duo on e3
and e2 were quite happy that they wouldn't have a rook starting at them any
time soon.} Ra6 28. g3 $1 {After talking to my pieces, my king was the most
convincing- he will feel much safer on a light square, all the more so given
that White will probably have to take on c5 to make progress.} Rca8 (28... b6
$5 {I was a little nervous about this attempt to simplify the position, but at
this stage I think both of us were playing for a win. In any case, the game is
by no means dead after} 29. axb6 Rxb6 30. Ra2 {when I slightly prefer White.})
29. Ra2 Bg7 30. Kg2 $1 h5 $5 {A difficult moment for Black. There is a lot to
be said for ...f5 protecting e4 but on the other hand if I ever break through
with my rooks via b7- Black will sorely miss the f7 pawn.} (30... f5 31. Qb4)
31. Qb4 Qd8 $5 {Inviting the following transition. I didnt think it yielded
much, but it seemed like the logical consequence of the previous moves and I
wanted to create some pressure before Pete managed to reach the time control.}
32. Bxc5 dxc5 33. Qxc5 b6 34. Qe3 Rxa5 35. Rbxa5 Rxa5 36. Rxa5 bxa5 37. Qxe4 {
Black should be fine here, but he had less than a minute left to play three
moves and as well as being a pawn down he has to deal with the threat of f5.}
Qd6 $6 (37... Bf8 38. f5 Qe7 {is as good as equal.}) 38. f5 $1 {I could tell
that Pete had underestimated this move. There is no immediate threat, but ...
a4 is not possible due to Qe8 and Black has to do something before his flag
falls.} gxf5 $2 (38... Kf8 {seems to keep things together.}) 39. Qe8+ Bf8 40.
Bxh5 Qf6 41. c5 Kg7 42. c6 $1 (42. d6 f4 43. d7 Be7 {didn't seem so clear at
the time.} 44. Bf3 Bd8 $1 {and Black should hold.}) 42... Bd6 43. Qd7 $1 Qe5 (
43... a4 44. Bxf7 (44. c7 Bxc7 45. Qxc7 a3 46. Qa7 Qb2+ 47. Kh3 a2 48. Qxf7+
Kh8 49. Qf8+ Kh7 50. Qxf5+ Kh8 51. Qf8+ Kh7 52. Bg4 $1 {and mate follows.}))
44. Qxf7+ Kh8 45. Kh3 $1 {A nice move which prepares the decisive Bg6 which
would currently have been met with Qe4+} a4 46. Bg6 Qg7 47. Qe8+ $1 {The most
accurate- taking on g7 still gives black some hope of travelling to b2 with
his king and perpetually attacking my bishop on a2. Even if this doesn't work,
it is still worth preventing.} (47. Qxg7+ Kxg7 48. Bxf5 Kf6 49. Kg4 a3 50. Bb1
Ke5 51. Ba2 Kd4 52. h4 Kc3 53. h5 Kb2 54. h6 Kxa2 55. h7) 47... Bf8 (47... Qg8
48. Qxg8+ Kxg8 49. Bxf5 {In this case the extra tempo(king on g8, not g7) puts
the result beyond even the slightest doubt.}) 48. c7 Qh6+ 49. Bh5 1-0

[Event "Hoogeveen Unive Crown 16th"]
[Site "Hoogeveen"]
[Date "2012.10.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Hou, Yifan"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B56"]
[WhiteElo "2623"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[Annotator "Safarli,E"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventDate "2012.10.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 e5 {Black chose to play 4...e5, but I
don't really like it - because it weakens Black's position.} ({The most normal
and main line is:} 4... Nc6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. Bxc6 Bxc6 7. Nc3 Nf6 8. Bg5 e6 9.
O-O-O {etc.}) 5. Qd1 Nf6 6. Nc3 (6. Bd3 $5 {was another setup, where White had
a solid and slightly better position} Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. c4 {etc.}) 6... h6 7.
Bc4 Be6 8. Bb3 (8. Bxe6 {would be possible as well, but it seems that after}
fxe6 9. Nh4 Rg8 (9... Kf7 $2 10. f4 $1 exf4 11. e5 $1 Nfd7 12. Qh5+ Kg8 13.
Bxf4 $16) 10. Ng6 Nc6 11. O-O Kf7 12. Nxf8 Rxf8 {Black has a reasonable
position with equal chances.}) 8... Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Be3 Nc6 11. Qe2 Na5 12.
Rfd1 Qc7 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. Bxd5 Nc4 15. c3 Rac8 16. Rac1 a6 ({I think} 16... Qa5
$1 {would be strong, with equality.}) 17. b3 Nxe3 18. Qxe3 $14 Bd7 19. Rc2 Kh7
20. Nd2 g6 $6 (20... b5 {was better}) 21. Qa7 $1 Rb8 22. Nc4 $1 f5 ({It's
funny that even after} 22... Bd8 {White can play} 23. Nb6 $1) 23. Qb6 {White
decided to simplify the position.} ({Perhaps Black would find it harder to
defend with a queen on the board after:} 23. Nb6) 23... Rfc8 24. Qxc7 Rxc7 25.
Nb6 Bc6 26. f3 Bg5 27. Nc4 (27. Kf2 {I think it would be better. In this case
White saves the knight. This would have made it harder for Black to defend})
27... b5 $1 28. Bxc6 (28. Nxd6 {leads to a draw after} Rd8 29. c4 $1 Be3+ (
29... Rxd6 $2 30. cxb5 axb5 31. Bg8+ $1 Kxg8 32. Rxd6 $18) 30. Kh1 b4 31. c5
Bxd5 32. Rxd5 Bxc5 33. Rcxc5 Rxc5 34. Rxc5 Rxd6 $11) 28... bxc4 29. Bd5 cxb3
30. axb3 {The position is also good for White. Anyway, Black still has to work
for a draw.} Rb6 31. Kf2 a5 32. Ra1 Rc5 33. Ke2 Kg7 34. Kd3 Rb8 35. Ra4 Bd8 36.
b4 axb4 37. cxb4 Rxc2 38. Kxc2 Bb6 39. Kb3 Kf6 40. Kc4 Ke7 {So, after the
first time control White has some chances to win. However I thought Hikaru
would hold the position without too much difficulty.} 41. h3 Kd7 42. Bf7 fxe4
43. fxe4 Ke7 44. Bd5 Kd7 45. Ra3 Rf8 46. Ra6 Kc7 47. Ra2 g5 48. Rc2 Rf2 49.
Rxf2 Bxf2 50. g4 Be1 51. Be6 d5+ {This is interesting, but I think unnecessary.
} 52. exd5 e4 53. Kd4 Bxb4 54. Kxe4 Kd6 55. Kf5 Ba5 56. Kg6 Bd8 57. Kxh6 Ke5
58. Kg6 Be7 59. Kf7 Bb4 60. Ke8 Kd6 61. Bg8 Bd2 62. Kf8 Ba5 63. Kg7 Ke5 64. Kg6
Bd8 65. Kg7 Be7 66. Kf7 Bb4 67. Kg6 Be7 68. Be6 Bd8 69. Kf7 Kd6 70. Ke8 Ba5 71.
Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Montilla-Moriles"]
[Site "Montilla"]
[Date "1972.09.01"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Hecht, Hans Joachim"]
[Black "Rossolimo, Nicolas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B56"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[Annotator "Soltis,A"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1972.08.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 Bg4 7. f3 Bd7 8. Be3
Nc6 9. Qd2 g6 10. Bc4 ({Es mбs fuerte} 10. Nd5 {con la amenaza Cxc6/Ab6 y una
clara ventaja posicional despuйs de} Nxd5 11. exd5 {.}) 10... Bg7 11. Bb3 Na5
12. O-O-O Nxb3+ 13. cxb3 $5 Qa5 {[La posiciуn del rey blanco es segura y puede
defender la columna abierta con Tc1.]} 14. Kb1 Rd8 15. h4 h5 16. Rhe1 e5 $2 17.
Nc2 Bc6 18. Qf2 $1 {[Las negras no tienen tiempo para realizar el plan ...d5,
debido a la amenaza mortal con Ab6. ]} Nd7 19. Rxd6 O-O 20. Rxd7 Rxd7 21. Bb6
Rd2 22. Qg1 $1 1-0

[Event "Poikovsky Karpov 18th"]
[Site "Poikovsky"]
[Date "2017.04.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Black "Korobov, Anton"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B56"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[Annotator "Sutovsky,E"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2017.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Sutovsky and Poikovsky do not rhyme. No, really, they don't. Poikovsky is
named after the river Poik, and actually the locals never call their town
Poikovsky, as is common in the chess world. Prior to this year there was
another proof for not rhyming my surname to the tournament. I have
participated in eight events in the hospitable Yugra land - and never managed
to win it. True, there was a logical explanation to that fact - these
tournaments are always strong, and I never was among the Elo favourites. But
still, eight times...  I had some good tournaments there, a couple of mediocre
results and also one of my worst performances ever - all that happened in
Poikovsky. In spite of the rather modest statistics, I kept accepting the
organisers' invitations with a lot of enthusiasm - as this is simply a great
place to play chess. A strong and always combative line-up, a long classical
time-control, an exceptionally comfortable playing hall, and 10 days fully
dedicated to chess. Actually, for some it may seem boring. It is a bit like
Wijk-aan-Zee, just you don't have Amsterdam nearby. And you don't have three
restaurants to choose from, but only one. And the weather - well, it can be
different, but never too good :) So, maybe, after all, it is not everybody's
cup of tea. But I really like it. It took a lot of effort to maintain the
tournament throughout the economic crisis in Russia, and it took the godfather
of the tournament, Anatoly Karpov, to keep it alive. Of course, it was
essential to have a local government to support it - as most of the event's
budget is covered by the municipality. The tournament is alive and kicking -
almost in a literal way: this year there were over 50% of decided games in the
event, and many of these games were a real feast for chess lovers and the
players themselves. So, if you join the discussion about "boring classical
chess" - just check the games from Poikovsky... Let me present my win over
Anton Korobov - the guy who won Poikovsky both in 2015 and 2016.} 1. e4 {
Well, this very move doesn't require a lot of annotations - as I open with it
virtually every white game. But there was a story behind it this time. This
game was played in round 1, and the opening move was made by Anatoly Karpov
himself. No, I didn't deserve this privilege - it was for a simple reason:
Anton Korobov was the winner of the previous edition. And so, the great
champion approached our board and asked what shall he play for me. Your
beloved move, Anatoly Evgenyevich! Hm, in my young years or now, asked Anatoly.
Well, there is only one love! He needed no more hints, and opened the game.} c5
{Rather expected. I had also prepared for 1...e6 which Anton employs a lot.} 2.
Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nbd7 {Surprise, surprise! Not his pet
Najdorf, but some obscure line. The explanation might be simple: prior to this
game Anton had 3-0 score against me, and probably wanted to get out of theory,
to get some complex position, and then "the client will tell". Possible
strategy of course. But I am not sure it was a smart one. Actually, we are
both not only heavyweights (clearly the two heaviest top-100 players - not
that we should be proud about it!), but also heavywhiters - and having the
right of the first move seems to be an important factor in our encounters 
(Anton was White in all our previous games)...So, he provokes me for some
aggressive moves, and of course, I don't need a second invitation!} 6. g4 h6 7.
h4 a6 {Played after a serious thought.} ({I was mainly focussed on} 7... d5 {
planning} 8. Nxd5 Nxd5 9. exd5 Nf6 (9... Qa5+ 10. c3 Qxd5 11. Rg1 $16) 10. Bb5+
Bd7 11. c4 {and Black is not in time to regain the material.}) 8. Bg2 {Logical,
but it is not clear if it is the best.} ({There were other promising moves like
} 8. Rg1) ({or} 8. Qe2 {All in all - I don't think Black can be OK, allowing
g4-h4 with such ease. But of course, the position remains very complex and we
find ourselves in uncharted waters at this very early stage of the game...})
8... g6 {The only way to develop and stop White's aggression for a while.} 9.
g5 hxg5 10. hxg5 Rxh1+ 11. Bxh1 Nh5 {Played a tempo, but maybe it is already a
decisive mistake!} ({Much stronger was the passive looking} 11... Nh7 {and
after} 12. f4 Bg7 {it took me some time to prove White's advantage to the
engine. It wants to play e7-e5, but after} 13. Nde2 $1 Nb6 $1 {clearly the
best, according to the silicon beast} 14. Qd3 (14. Bf3 e5) (14. f5 Bd7 15. Qd3
Qc8 $1 {is OK for Black}) 14... Bg4 $1 15. Bf3 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Rc8 17. b3 $1 d5
18. e5 d4 19. Ne4 Rxc2 20. Qd3 {and White gets the pawn back, preserving some
advantage thanks to the passive g7-bishop. Actually, my engine is not
convinced and suggests 15...Bd7!? as a possible improvement, but I can't
seriously analyse the moves which are never going to be played.}) 12. Bf3 Ne5
13. Be2 $1 {I saw this nice manoeuvre before playing 9.g5 - it is important to
finish the development first - as the knight on h5 has nowhere to go anyways.}
Bg7 14. Be3 Nc6 (14... Be6 {during the game I considered it as the best option
for Black, but White is obviously better here and the strongest would be
probably} 15. Nxe6 fxe6 16. f4 $1 {Now the silicon mind's recommendation fails
to impress me, as after} Nxf4 17. Bxf4 Qb6 18. Kf1 Qxb2 19. Bd2 {Black doesn't
have sufficient compensation, but actually any other option on move 16 will be
even worse for Black...}) 15. Nd5 Kf8 $2 {That's too much.} ({His best chance
was the typical} 15... Rb8 {but after the simple} 16. c3 {Black's position is
unenviable.}) 16. Bxh5 gxh5 {Of course, it was possible to play 17.c3 here,
but I wanted to go for the king!} 17. Nf5 Bxf5 (17... Bxb2 {loses to} 18. Qxh5
Bxa1 19. Qh6+ Ke8 (19... Kg8 20. Nf6+ Bxf6 21. gxf6 Qf8 22. Qg5+ Kh7 23. Qh5+
Kg8 24. Nh6+) 20. Bb6 {and it is over.}) 18. exf5 Bxb2 19. Rb1 Qa5+ 20. Kf1 (
20. c3 {was another tempting possibility, and I spent quite a time choosing
between the two. But then after} Qxa2 {I didn't find anything better than} 21.
Kf1 {and I decided to play it right away and then to decide on my next move.})
20... Qxa2 21. f6 (21. c3 Qc4+ 22. Kg1 Bxc3 23. Rc1 Qg4+ 24. Qxg4 hxg4 25. Rxc3
{is technically won, but why convert to an endgame if there is a way to mate?})
21... exf6 22. gxf6 Kg8 (22... Ne5 {was the move I considered mostly, but
there is a direct win here.} 23. Bh6+ Kg8 24. Rxb2 $1 Qxb2 25. Ne7+ Kh7 26.
Qxh5 {and there will be mate. Soon.}) 23. Kg2 $1 {Releasing the queen - now I
simply threaten to take on h5.} Be5 {He prevents Qxh5, as now the knight on d5
is hanging, but...} 24. Kh3 $1 {...resuming the threat, which this time can't
be parried. Black resigned. As it turned out, this was one of the critical
games in the tournament. Korobov was eager to complete the hat-trick in
Poikovsky, adding another tournament win, and after losing in the first round,
he came up with 5.5 out of 6, just to catch me before the two final games. But
then he was stopped by Evgeny Najer who had a great event himself. At the end
Najer scored 7/9 with the TPR of 2899, but it was not enough, as yours truly
scored the same 7/9 with a better tie-break (beating Najer and Korobov who
finished with 6/9). Really a memorable tournament for me - of course, not only
for 2902 TPR, but for a number of good games I managed to play throughout the
event. And this one was the first, but probably most important step to the
victory.} 1-0

[Event "ISR-chT"]
[Site "Israel"]
[Date "1998.03.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Maryasin, Boris Feliksovich"]
[Black "Tyomkin, Dimitri"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B56"]
[WhiteElo "2350"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1998.01.15"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 064"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. f4 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bd3
Qb6 9. f5 (9. Rb1 {-theory}) 9... h6 $146 (9... O-O $142 10. Qe2 Re8 $1 {
Such a typical idea. Black prepares Nd4 or d6-d5.} 11. Rb1 (11. Bd2 Nd4 $1 12.
Qf1 (12. Nxd4 exd4 13. Na4 Qc7 $17) 12... Qxb2 13. Rb1 Qa3 14. Nxd4 exd4 15.
Nb5 Qc5 $17 {Rios,A-Zarnicki,P/WCh-Team U-26, Roque Saenz Pena ARG 1997/0-1 
(50)}) 11... d5 (11... Nd4 $5) 12. Kf1 Bxf5 $1 13. exf5 e4 14. Bxe4 dxe4 $17 {
Louis,J-Veingold,A/Andorra op 1994/0-1(23)}) 10. Qe2 Bd7 11. Bd2 Nb4 12. Be3 $2
(12. O-O-O Nxd3+ (12... Rc8 13. Bc4) 13. cxd3 $14 {[%cal Gc1b1]}) {[%tqu "En",
"Find an unexpected tactical blow for black","","","b4c2","",10]} 12... Nxc2+
$1 13. Bxc2 Qxb2 $19 14. Nd1 (14. Kd2 Rc8 15. Qd3 Rxc3 16. Qxc3 Nxe4+) (14. O-O
Qxc3 15. Rfc1 Qa5 $19 {[%cal Gd7c6]}) 14... Qxa1 15. Qc4 Rc8 16. Qb3 a5 17. Bb1
a4 18. Qb6 (18. Qd3 d5 $1) 18... Bc6 19. O-O Nd7 (19... d5 $19) 20. Qb4 d5 21.
Qd2 Qxb1 22. Nc3 Qb4 23. Rb1 Qa5 24. exd5 Bb4 25. Rc1 (25. dxc6 Rxc6 26. Rd1
Rc7 $19) 25... Bb5 26. Ne4 (26. Nxb5 Bxd2 27. Rxc8+ Ke7 $19) 26... Rxc1+ 27.
Qxc1 Bd3 28. Qc8+ Qd8 29. Qxb7 Qb8 30. Qc6 Bxe4 31. Nxe5 Qxe5 32. Qc8+ Ke7 33.
Qxh8 Qa1+ 34. Kf2 Qe1# 0-1

[Event "Ashdod op 1st"]
[Site "Ashdod"]
[Date "2003.10.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ribshtein, Nati"]
[Black "Tyomkin, Dimitri"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B56"]
[WhiteElo "2347"]
[BlackElo "2476"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2003.10.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 096 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.10.22"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.10.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Be3
O-O 9. Qd2 a5 10. Bb5 Na7 11. Bd3 Be6 12. Rd1 Nc8 13. a3 (13. a4 {-is an
alternative to a3 move, but black does same things here too-Nb6 then Nc4 or
Nfd7;}) 13... Nb6 (13... a4 $5 14. Nc1 Nb6 15. Qf2 Nc4 {-black is fine here
too;} 16. Bxc4 Bxc4 17. N1a2 {[%cal Ga2b4]} d5 $1 $36) 14. Qf2 Nc4 {14..Nfd7
is much more popular here- no idea why, since black has very strong
compensation in the game line;} (14... Nfd7 15. Nd2 Qc7 {-black is ok here;})
15. Bxc4 Bxc4 16. Bb6 Qc8 17. Nxa5 Ba6 {[%csl Re1][%cal Gc8e6,Gf8c8,Ya6f1]
Until here all was my home preparation- I just stop analysing from here since
black's compensation is just more than enough; White has to spend alot of time
to castle here, also black has clear plan- Qe6 then Rfc8 and then to break by
d6-d5 at some point;} 18. Qe3 (18. Nb3 Qc6 (18... Qe6 $5) 19. Nc1 Bd8 $2 (19...
Rfc8 20. Nd3 d5 $36) 20. Bxd8 Raxd8 21. Nd3 Bxd3 22. Rxd3 $16 d5 $2 23. exd5
Nxd5 24. Nxd5 $2 {1-0 Balabaev,T-Furman,B/Olomouc 2002/CBM 89 ext (63)} (24.
Qd2 $1 $18)) (18. Be3 Qe6 {[%cal Gf8c8,Yd6d5]}) 18... Qe6 {Here I missed very
interesting idea:} (18... d5 $1 {Black gets very strong initiative this way;}
19. exd5 Nd7 20. d6 Bh4+ 21. g3 Nxb6 22. Qxb6 Bd8 23. Qb4 Qf5 {[%csl Rc2,Rf3]})
19. b4 {[%cal Rb4b5]} Bc4 {Must;} 20. Kf2 {Only 2 moves left to get the king
to g1: Rh-e1 and then Kg1, but after next move of black white simply can't
stop d6-d5 break and black gets an advantage;} (20. Nxc4 Qxc4 21. Qd3 Qc6 $15 {
[%cal Yf8c8]}) 20... Rfc8 $17 21. Rd2 d5 22. exd5 Bxd5 23. Nb5 {[%cal Gb5c7]
Here my opponent offered me a draw, surprising me alot, since I was truly
considering this position as winning for black;} {[%tqu "En","Find the best
conitnuation here;","Nc7 is a current threat of white-be careful!","Targets
are: white king and c2 pawn!","e6f5","White is defendless now against black's
threats;",10]} Qf5 $1 {[%cal Rf6g4,Rc8c2] White is defendless now against
black's threats;} 24. Ke2 {[%tqu "En","Black has a way to win some material;",
"Light pieces of white on the qside are targets;","The position of white king
allows a tactical blow here;","a8a5","",10]} Rxa5 $1 25. Bxa5 Bc4+ 26. Kd1 Bxb5
27. Re1 Ba4 $1 {[%csl Rc2] 27...Nd5 blow was very tempting here- it leads to
the winning ending for black, but the middlegame here is just winning simplier;
} (27... Nd5 28. Qxe5 Nc3+ 29. Kc1 Qxe5 30. Rxe5 Bf6 31. Rf5 (31. Re1 Bg5)
31... Re8 $19 {[%csl Rc1]}) 28. Ree2 Nd7 {[%cal Re7g5]} (28... e4 29. fxe4 Qe6
{[%cal Gf6g4,Ga4b5]}) 29. g4 $2 {This move just makes the game shorter;} (29.
Qe4 Qxe4 30. Rxe4 Bg5 {[%cal Gf7f5]}) 29... Qe6 {[%cal Re6a2,Rb7b6]} 30. Qa7
Qc6 $1 {[%csl Rf3][%cal Gb7b6,Yc6b7] This calm move kills white on a spot;} 31.
f4 Qh1+ 32. Re1 Qf3+ 33. Kc1 Qc3 $1 {[%cal Ra4c2,Rc3a1] The killer move;} 0-1

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2020.02.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Vaibhav, Suri"]
[Black "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B56"]
[WhiteElo "2591"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[Annotator "Vaibhav,Suri"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2020.02.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,44,25,25,41,39,99,70,54,42,42,4,12,22,22,6,36,53,43,54,56,53,57,30,31,
8,6,0,10,19,25,25,61,44,53,74,46,58,50,42,41,50,43,76,71,75,33] This was the
6th round of the Aeroflot Open 2020 and I was paired against the super-strong
talent Artemiev Vladislav. We had played once before in Gibraltar 2018, the
edition which he won, and there he had defeated me quite convincingly. I was
in the mood for some sweet revenge :)} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4
Nf6 5. f3 {old and out of fashion sideline which obviously does not pose too
many problems for black} Nc6 (5... e5 {the most played option} 6. Nb3 Be6 (6...
d5 7. Bg5 Be6 8. Bxf6 gxf6 9. exd5 Qxd5 10. Qxd5 Bxd5 {is another alternative
for Black.}) 7. c4 Nbd7 8. Be3 {with a Maroczy type pawn structure.}) 6. Nc3 (
6. c4 {was the alternative:} e6 7. Nc3 Be7 8. Be3 O-O 9. Be2 d5 $5 {leading to
a long theoretical battle.}) 6... e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Be3 O-O 9. Qd2 a5 10. Bb5
Na7 {Till here we followed the most played moves according to Megabase.} 11.
Bxa7 $5 {Exchanging the important dark-squared bishop, but preventing
counterplay and establishing control over the center and the light squares.} (
11. Bd3 Be6 12. Rd1 Nc8 $5 $132) 11... Rxa7 12. a4 {It's much easier to play
for White thanks to the better pawn structure and the bind on the queenside.} (
12. O-O-O {was an alternative, since after} a4 $2 {White has the strong
intermediate move} 13. Qf2 $1 $16 (13. Bxa4 $2 Nxe4)) 12... Be6 13. O-O-O Ne8 (
13... Qb6 14. Kb1 $1 Raa8 (14... Rd8 15. f4 $1 $14) (14... Ne8 15. Qd3 Nc7 16.
Nd2 $1 $14) 15. g4 Ne8 16. Qd3 Nc7 17. Nd2 Nxb5 18. Nxb5 Qc5 19. c4 $5 $14) (
13... Ra8 14. Kb1 $14) 14. Kb1 Nc7 (14... Qb6 15. Qd3 Nc7 16. Nd2 $1 Qc5 (16...
Rd8 17. Nc4 Qc5 18. Ne3 $16) 17. Nf1 Nxb5 18. Nxb5 Ra6 (18... Bc4 19. Qe3 $1 {
with huge positional advantage}) 19. Ne3 $16) 15. f4 $5 {After the following
pawn trade, the d4 square is cleared for the b3 knight and Black's d6 pawn
becomes more vulnerable. It's hard to suggest a good idea for Black here.
Practically, his position is very difficult as there are too many options to
choose from, and none of them solves the underlying strategic issues.} exf4 (
15... Nxb5 16. Nxb5 Ra6 (16... Ra8 17. f5 Bc4 18. Nxd6 Qc7 19. Nxc4 Qxc4 20.
Qd7 $1 $16) 17. fxe5 dxe5 18. Qxd8 Rxd8 (18... Bxd8 19. Nc5 $16) 19. Rxd8+ Bxd8
20. Nc5 Rc6 21. Rd1 Be7 22. Nxe6 $16 {[%cal Gd1d7]}) 16. Qxf4 Bxb3 $2 {Seemed
like a panicked decision. Black is just doomed strategically now.} (16... Qb8
$5 {Trying to hold on..} 17. Nd4 Bf6 18. Qe3 {White retains an advantage
thanks to his superior pieces.} (18. Qxd6 $2 Rd8 19. Qb6 Na8 $19 {[%csl Rd4]})
18... Be5 19. Nxe6 $5 fxe6 20. Bc4 {[%cal Gc3b5]} Kh8 21. Rhf1 Ra8 22. Nb5 Nxb5
23. Bxb5 Qc7 24. Qb3 $14 {[%csl Gb5] White has very good chances in this
middlegame thanks to his much superior bishop and safer king.}) (16... Nxb5 17.
Nxb5 Ra6 18. Nc5 Rc6 19. Nxe6 fxe6 20. Qg4 Qd7 21. Rhf1 $16) 17. cxb3 Nxb5 (
17... Ra8 18. Bc4 Bf6 19. Rhf1 $1 Ne8 (19... Qe7 20. Qxd6) 20. g4 $16 {White's
play is very easy though objectively Black should have gone for this.}) 18.
Nxb5 Ra6 19. Rd5 Rc6 20. Rhd1 Qb6 21. Nd4 $5 {Forcing matters.} Rc5 22. Nf5 Bf6
23. Qxd6 Rxd5 (23... Qxb3 24. Qxf8+ $1 {A nice trick which checkmates on the
spot.} Kxf8 25. Rd8+ Bxd8 26. Rxd8#) (23... Rc6 24. Qg3 Rc3 (24... Qb4 25. e5
$18) 25. bxc3 Qxb3+ 26. Kc1 $18 {White's king escapes} Bg5+ (26... Bxc3 27.
R1d3 $18) (26... Rc8 27. Rd8+ $18) 27. R1d2 Rc8 (27... Bxd2+ 28. Kxd2) 28. R5d3
$18) 24. Qxd5 $18 {Material advantage and dominating piece position for White.
The rest is a matter of technique.} Qf2 (24... Rd8 25. Nd6 $18) 25. Rd2 {
The g2 pawn is much more useful than h2 pawn.} Qg1+ 26. Ka2 Qxh2 27. Qxa5 Qf4
28. Qd5 g6 29. Nd6 b6 30. Re2 {With the idea e5.} Qf1 (30... Qg4 31. Rf2) 31.
Rc2 Bg7 (31... Qf4 32. Rc8 $18) 32. e5 h5 33. Rc8 (33. Rc7 $1 {Putting maximum
pressure on f7 and preparing to capture the b6 pawn with Rb7.} h4 34. Rb7 Qf2
35. Nc4 {Black has no counterplay.}) 33... Rxc8 34. Nxc8 Qf2 35. b4 (35. Nd6 h4
$2 {The most natural move doesn't work due to a strong tactical resource:} 36.
Ne4 $1 Qf4 37. Qd8+ Kh7 (37... Bf8 38. Nf6+ Kg7 39. Qxb6 $18) 38. Ng5+ Kh6 39.
Nxf7+ $18) 35... Qf4 36. Nxb6 (36. Ne7+ Kh7 37. Nc6 {[%cal Ga4a5] was more
precise, not allowing any counterplay:} h4 38. a5 bxa5 39. bxa5 Bh6 (39... Qa4+
40. Kb1 {- no checks.}) 40. Ka3 $18) 36... Qxb4 37. a5 h4 38. Nc4 Kh7 (38...
Qa4+ 39. Kb1 Kh7 {would have posed small problems to organize the advance of
the passed pawns.} 40. Nb6 $1 Qb4 41. Kc2 $1 $18 {[%cal Gb2b3,Gb6c4,Ga5a6]
black has no counterplay. Consolidating with b3-Nc4 and starting the pawn
advance}) 39. b3 Qe1 40. a6 (40. Qxf7 {would have led to a faster victory:}
Qe2+ 41. Ka3 Qxg2 42. e6 {White is much faster and the knight ensures Black
has no chances of a perpetual check.} Qd5 43. Qd7 $1 $18 Qc5+ 44. Ka4 h3 45. e7
h2 46. Qh3+ Qh5 47. Qxh5+ gxh5 48. e8=Q h1=Q 49. a6 $18) 40... Qf2+ 41. Ka3
Bf8+ 42. b4 Kh8 43. Nd6 (43. Ka4 $18 {[%cal Gc4d6]}) 43... Qc2 44. Nxf7+ Kh7
45. Ng5+ Kh6 46. Nf7+ Kh7 47. Nd6 Bg7 48. Qe4 Qf2 49. Nb5 Bh6 50. a7 Bc1+ 51.
Kb3 Qb2+ 52. Kc4 Qa2+ 53. Kc5 Qf2+ 54. Kc6 Qf8 55. Nc7 {A nice win after a
series of draws at this tournament. Beating the top-seed of the event
definitely makes this game quite memorable.} 1-0

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A 16th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2017.02.28"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Black "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B56"]
[WhiteElo "2724"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "Yermolinsky,A"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2017.02.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Not so much luck for another talented youngster, Vladislav Artemiev. In the
following game he couldn't handle the pressure in the middlegame.} 1. e4 {
Normally, Vitiugov is a 1.d4 player, but the tournament situation called for
aggressive play.} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Nb3 $5 {
A relatively fresh idea, effectively used by Grischuk in the World Rapid and
Blitz at the end of 2016.} Nc6 {Black has a buffet of different Sicilians to
choose from.} (6... e5 7. Bg5 {Grischuk beat Amonatov and Nepo from this
position.}) (6... g6 7. Be2 Bg7 {was seen twice in games between Nakamura and
Vachier-Lagrave, also in rapid chess last year.}) 7. Be3 e6 8. g4 {Keres
Attack Delayed?} h6 ({Perhaps we should follow the lead of a great expert in
the Sicilian, Boris Gelfand, who played} 8... b5 9. Bg2 Bb7 10. g5 Nd7 11. f4
Nb6 12. Qe2 Nc4 13. O-O-O {leading to a similar position, but without a
kingside weakening h-pawn move.}) 9. h4 b5 10. Bg2 Ne5 11. g5 Nfd7 12. f4 (12.
Qd4 hxg5 13. hxg5 Rxh1+ 14. Bxh1 Nc4 15. O-O-O Bb7) 12... Nc4 13. Qe2 Nxb2 $5 {
So Black played the principled move, snatching off that poisoned pawn. How
does White punish him? Easier said than done. It has to be g5-g6 somewhere.}
14. e5 {Nikita decided to strike in the centre first.} ({Maybe, right away?} 
14. g6 Bb7 15. gxf7+ Kxf7 16. e5 {was the right move order.}) 14... Rb8 $6 ({
A better move was the natural} 14... d5 15. g6 (15. Nxd5 $6 exd5 16. Bxd5 Bb4+
17. Kf1 Rb8 {White cannot succeed here, because arguably, his king is worse,
than Black's, and a piece is a piece.}) 15... Bb4 16. Bd4 Qc7 17. Rh3 Na4 {
and Black gets his play going.}) 15. g6 Nc4 16. gxf7+ Kxf7 17. Ba7 Rb7 18. Bd4
{Now White has compensation.} Ndb6 19. O-O d5 20. Rae1 (20. a4 $5 bxa4 21. f5 {
was a fascinating idea to undermine Black's strongholds on d5 and c4.} axb3 22.
fxe6+ Kg8 23. cxb3 Na3 24. Rf7 Qxh4 25. Bf2 Qg5 {All good, but how to proceed
here?}) 20... b4 {Nikita's move was not without poison. Clearly he anticipated
Black's b-pawn to move and prepared a sacrifice.} 21. Nxd5 $1 Nxd5 {Vladislav
decides to return the pawn, counting on a strong position of his Nd5.} (21...
exd5 22. Qh5+ Kg8 23. e6 {His king safety notwithstanding, it is going to be
difficult for Black to get his Rh8 into play.}) 22. Qxc4 Rc7 23. Qe2 g6 24. h5
$1 Rg8 25. Rf2 Nc3 $6 {It's strange Artemiev let Vituigov's queen take an
active position on the kingside, when he could have beaten him to the punch.} (
25... Qh4 $5 {Perhaps, he was concerned with} 26. Bxd5 exd5 27. e6+ Ke8 28. Rg2
{and missed a good move for himself:} Rxc2 $1 29. Qxc2 Qxe1+ {guaranteeing a
draw.}) 26. hxg6+ Rxg6 $2 (26... Kxg6 $1 27. Qd3+ Kg7 28. f5 Qh4 {with similar
counter-attacking ideas.}) 27. Qh5 Kg7 $2 {Third error in a row, and it's over.
} (27... Qe8 $142 28. Bxc3 Rxc3 29. Kh1 Rcg3 30. Be4 Kg7 {looking for
compensation the bishop pair might provide.}) 28. Bb6 $18 {As it always goes
in the Sicilian Black cannot afford to miss his chances, because, generally
speaking, his position is rather unsound and cannot be held with conventional
means.} Bb7 29. Bxc7 Qxc7 30. Kh2 Bxg2 31. Rxg2 Rxg2+ 32. Kxg2 Nd5 33. Qg4+ Kh7
34. Kh1 Qxc2 35. Qxe6 Qd3 36. Qg4 h5 37. Qxh5+ Bh6 38. Nc5 Qc4 39. Qf7+ 1-0