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Главная страница Справка Коды ЭШД C12

Коды ЭШД

C09 C10 C11

C12

C13 C14 C15

C12

Код энциклопедии шахматных дебютов (ЭШД)

Описание

RU: Французская защита. Классическая защита (вариант МакКэтчена)
EN: French: Classical System: McCutcheon Variation

Ходы

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Кc3 Кf6 4. Сg5 Сb4

Дебюты

Французская защита

[Event "Linares m"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1992.09.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 031"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. bxc3 Ne4 8. Qg4
Kf8 9. Nf3 $6 {I must make a horrible confession- I didn't know `theory' after
8...Kf8. ECO gives White a clear edge after 9.h4} (9. h4 $1) 9... c5 10. Bd3
Nxd2 11. Kxd2 Nc6 12. Qf4 Qe7 $10 13. a3 (13. dxc5 $5 Qxc5 14. Nd4 Nd8 $1 {
/\ Bd7,Rc8}) (13. Rhb1 c4 14. Be2 Qa3 $15) 13... Bd7 14. Rhb1 b6 15. Qe3 Na5 $1
16. Ke1 (16. dxc5 Qxc5 17. Qxc5+ bxc5 $15 18. Bb5 Ke7) 16... Rc8 (16... Ke8) (
16... c4 17. Be2 Ke8 $15 {Ivanchuk could have played c4 here and for the next
few moves. Black keeps a  slight edge without any danger of losing. In view of
the match situation he understanably did not want to close the queenside but
this backfires}) 17. Kf1 Ke8 18. Kg1 Kd8 19. h3 Kc7 (19... c4 20. Be2 Kc7 $15)
20. Ba6 Rb8 21. dxc5 Qxc5 $2 {This is the real error. After this it seems that
white is better} (21... bxc5 $1 22. c4 $1 Rb6 (22... d4 23. Qd2 Nc6 24. Bb5 $14
) 23. cxd5 exd5 24. Bf1 Rhb8 $13) 22. Nd4 $14 Nc4 23. Qf4 Rhf8 (23... Rbf8 {
/\Kb8} 24. a4 $14) 24. Rb4 $1 b5 (24... g5 25. Qg3 Nd2 26. Qe3 Ne4 $2 27. c4)
25. Rab1 Rb6 (25... Nxa3 26. R1b3) (25... g5 26. Qg3 Nd2 $2 27. Qe3 $1) 26.
Nxb5+ $6 (26. Bxb5 $1 a5 (26... Nxa3 27. Qe3 $1 Qe7 28. Ra1) 27. R4b3 (27. Bxd7
axb4 28. axb4 Qe7 29. Bb5 $44) 27... Nxa3 28. Qe3 Qe7 29. Bxd7 Nxb1 30. Nxe6+
$1 $18) 26... Bxb5 27. Rxb5 Qxa3 28. Rxb6 Nxb6 $14 29. Qd4 Rb8 30. Bb5 $1 (30.
Bd3 Nd7 $14) 30... Rb7 31. Rb3 Qe7 32. Ba6 Rb8 33. c4 dxc4 34. Bxc4 $16 {>< <<}
Rd8 35. Qe4 Kb8 36. Be2 $1 Qc7 37. Bf3 {(.)} (37. Bf3 Kc8 38. g3 $16 (38. Rc3
$2 Rd1+ $1 39. Bxd1 Qxc3 $10)) (37. c4 $1 Qc5 $140 (37... Rd7 38. Rb5 $16) 38.
Bf3 $18) 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 1011"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2011.02.27"]
[Round "11.5"]
[White "Areshchenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Glek, Igor Vladimirovich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2467"]
[Annotator "Areshchenko/Meyer,CD"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2010.10.09"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 141"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Werder Bremen"]
[BlackTeam "Katernberg"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Be3 $5 {R. Spielmann} Ne4
7. Qg4 g6 {"!" V. Moskalenko} 8. a3 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Nxc3 (9... c5 {"Black
declines any gifts and fights for the initiative, in the true spirit of the
MacCutcheon."} 10. Bd3 h5 $5 {"The right method in the MacCutcheon is the
'Black Jet' counterattack with ...h5 and ...g5!"} 11. Qf4 g5 $1 12. Qf3 Nxc3
13. dxc5 d4 14. Bd2 Nc6 (14... g4) 15. Qf6 Qxf6 16. exf6 Na4 $1 17. Bxg5 Nxc5
18. Nf3 Nxd3+ 19. cxd3 b6 20. Rc1 Bb7 21. Kd2 Rd8 22. Rc2 Rd5 23. Rhc1 Kd7 24.
Bf4 Rc8 $11 {, Areshchenko - Smerdon, Port Erin 2007; Quelle: "The Flexible
French" von Viktor Moskalenko}) 10. Bd3 Nc6 11. Ne2 {N?} ({I} 11. h4 Ne7 12. h5
g5 13. Ne2 Nxe2 14. Qxe2 Nf5 $5 {, Moskalenko}) ({II} 11. Nf3 b6 $5 12. Bd2 Ne4
$13 {, Moskalenko}) 11... Nxe2 12. Qxe2 Bd7 (12... Qh4 $5 13. Qd2 $44 {,
Areshchenko} Bd7 14. O-O (14. Rb1) 14... Nxd4 (14... O-O 15. g3 Qe7 16. c3) (
14... O-O-O 15. Rab1) 15. Qb4) 13. h4 (13. O-O $5 Ne7 14. Qd2 Nf5 15. Bxf5 gxf5
16. Rab1 Bc6 17. Rb3 $13 {, Areshchenko}) 13... f5 $6 (13... Qe7 $142 14. Qd2
Qf8 15. O-O O-O-O $13 {;} 16. c4 $44 {Areshchenko}) 14. Qd2 $1 h5 {Nimmt eine
merkliche Schwдchung der dunklen Felder in Kauf und vertraut auf die Blockade
des Kцnigsflьgels.} ({"?", Areschchenko;} 14... Qe7 $142 15. Bxh6 Nxd4 16. Bg5
Qc5 17. O-O (17. Bf6) (17. Rb1) 17... Nc6 18. Bf6 Rh7 19. Rfb1 b6 20. a4 $44 {
, Areshchenko}) 15. Bg5 Qc8 $2 (15... Ne7 {war eher zu versuchen, z.B.} 16. Bf6
Rh7 17. O-O (17. Qg5 c5) 17... Bc6 18. Rfb1 (18. Qg5 Qd7) 18... Qd7 $14 {
Schwarz hдtte sein Figurenknдuel entwirrt und sich noch die Mцglichkeit der
langen Rochade bewahrt.}) 16. Bf6 $16 Rh7 17. Qf4 $5 ({Eine interessante
Alternative bestand in} 17. Be2 $5 {mit dem Plan h3-g3, z.B.} Ne7 18. Rh3 Bc6
19. Bxe7 Kxe7 20. Qg5+ Kd7 21. Qxg6 Qg8 22. Rg3 Qxg6 23. Rxg6 a6 24. a4 Ke7 25.
Kd2 $16 {und WeiЯ hat ein vorteilhaftes Endspiel.}) 17... Kf8 $2 ({Fatale
Ьberschдtzung seiner Verteidigungsressourcen,} 17... Ne7 {war immer noch das
geringere Ьbel:} 18. Qg5 c5 19. Bxe7 Rxe7 20. Qxg6+ Kd8 21. Qxh5 cxd4 22. Qh8+
Kc7 23. Qxc8+ Rxc8 24. O-O-O Kb6 25. h5 $16 {. Nun nach dem Textzug rennt der
schwarze Monarch ins offene Messer.}) 18. g4 $1 {Im Stile des unvergessenen
Rudolf Spielmann bricht Alexander Areshchenko mit zwei weiteren, brachialen
Bauernopfern die Blockade und rьckt dem schwarzen Kцnig zu Leibe.} hxg4 (18...
Be8 19. gxh5 Rxh5 (19... gxh5 20. O-O-O {nebst Besetzung der g-Linie}) 20. Be2
Rh7 21. h5 gxh5 (21... Bf7 22. Qg5) 22. O-O-O $18) 19. f3 $1 gxf3 ({I} 19... g3
20. O-O-O (20. Kd2 Rh5) 20... Be8 (20... Rh5 21. Qxg3 Be8 22. Be2 Qd7 23. f4
Qh7 24. Bxh5 Qxh5 25. Qg5 $18) 21. h5 $1 gxh5 22. Rdg1 Bf7 23. Rxg3 Ne7 24.
Rhg1 Ke8 25. Rg7 $40 {+-}) ({II} 19... Ne7 20. fxg4 $18 {Areshchenko}) 20. Kf2
({Mit dem Plan h5 und einer Invasion der Schwerfiguren auf der g-Linie, der
die Verteidigung nur hinhaltenden Widerstand entgegensetzen kann. Ebenfalls
gut sind sofortiges h5 und 0-0-0, z.B.: I} 20. h5 Be8 21. O-O-O gxh5 22. Rdg1
Qd7 23. Rg5 {Zugumstellung zu 20.0-0-0, siehe nдchste Variante}) ({II} 20.
O-O-O Be8 (20... Qe8 21. Rdg1 Qf7 22. h5 gxh5 23. Rh3 (23. Rg5 Ne7 24. Rhg1 h4)
) 21. Rdg1 Qd7 (21... Bf7 22. h5 gxh5 23. Rg7) (21... Rh5 22. Rg5 Rh7 23. h5)
22. h5 gxh5 (22... Ne7 23. hxg6 Nxg6 24. Qxf3 Qf7 25. Rxh7 Qxh7 26. Rh1 $18)
23. Rg5 Ne7 24. Qg3 h4 (24... Ng6 25. Rgxh5 Rxh5 26. Rxh5 Qf7 27. Qg5 $18) 25.
Rxh4 Ng6 26. Rh3 Qf7 27. Qh2 Rxh3 28. Qxh3 Qg8 29. Bxf5 $1 Bf7 (29... exf5 30.
e6 $18 Qxe6 31. Qh6+ Kg8 32. Qg7#) 30. Qh6+ Ke8 31. Bxg6 $18) 20... Be8 ({
Alternativen, z.B.: I} 20... Kf7 21. h5 (21. Rag1 Qg8 22. h5 $18) 21... g5 22.
Qxg5 Qg8 23. Qg6+ $1 Kf8 24. Rag1 Qf7 25. h6 $18) ({II} 20... Qe8 21. Rag1 Qf7
(21... Rh5 22. Rg5 Rh7 23. Rhg1 Ne7 24. h5 Bb5 (24... Rh6 25. Rxf5) 25. Bxe7+
Kxe7 26. Rxg6 $18 Bxd3 27. Rg7+ Rxg7 28. Rxg7+ Kd8 29. Qg5+ Kc8 30. Rg8) 22.
Rg5 $1 (22. h5 $6 gxh5 23. Rh3 Ne7 24. Rhg3 h4 25. Rg7 Rxg7 26. Rxg7 Qxg7 27.
Bxg7+ Kxg7 28. Qxh4 Ng6 29. Qf6+ Kh6 30. Qf7 Rd8 $13 {/=}) 22... Ne7 23. Rhg1
Be8 (23... c5 24. h5 gxh5 25. Qh4 Nc6 (25... Re8) (25... c4 26. Bxe7+ $18) 26.
Qg3 Ne7 27. Bxe7+ Kxe7 28. Qh4 $1 Kf8 29. Rg6 {/\Rf6+-}) 24. h5 Qg8 25. c4 $5 (
25. Qxf3) 25... c6 26. Bxe7+ Kxe7 27. hxg6 Rg7 28. cxd5 cxd5 29. Rxf5 $3 $18
exf5 30. Qg5+ Kd7 31. Qf6) 21. h5 gxh5 22. Rag1 Bf7 (22... Qd7 23. Rg5 Qf7 (
23... Bf7 24. Qg3 $18 Qe8 25. Rg1 Ne7 26. Rg7) 24. Rhg1 $18 Ne7 25. Rg7 Rxg7
26. Rxg7 Qxg7 27. Bxg7+ Kxg7 28. Qg5+ Ng6 (28... Kf8 29. Qh6+ Kg8 30. Qxe6+ Kf8
31. Qf6+) 29. Qf6+ Kh6 30. Qxe6) 23. Rg7 $1 Rxg7 24. Qh6 Ke8 25. Qxg7 $18 a6 (
25... Ne7 26. Rxh5 $18) 26. c3 ({Oder auch: I} 26. Rg1 Nxd4 27. Qh7 Kd7 28.
Qxf7+ Kc6 29. Rg7) ({II} 26. Bxf5 $3 {"von einem Silikon-Freund fьr die
Galerie"} exf5 27. Rxh5 Bxh5 28. Qg8+ Kd7 29. Qxd5+ Ke8 30. Qg8+ Kd7 31. Qh7+
Ke6 32. c4 $18) 26... b5 27. Rg1 Nd8 28. Qh7 Kd7 29. Rg8 Kc6 30. Rxd8 {- eine
gefдllige Angriffsleistung} 1-0

[Event "Zuerich Kortschnoj-B"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2001.04.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Jenni, Florian"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2471"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[Annotator "Bangiev,A"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2001.04.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. bxc3 Ne4 8. Qg4
Kf8 9. h4 c5 10. Bd3 Nxd2 11. Kxd2 c4 12. Be2 Nc6 13. Rh3 Rg8 {[%mdl 8] Ein
neuer Plan. Der Nachziehende ist bemьht, die schwachen Felder f7 und g7 zu
verteidigen.} 14. Rf3 (14. Qf4 $5 {/\Bh5}) 14... Ke7 $5 15. Nh3 (15. Qh5 Qe8 (
15... Rf8 16. Rg3 Rg8 17. Rf3 Rf8 $11) 16. Kc1 Nd8 17. a4 (17. Nh3 Qa4 18. Nf4
Qa3+ 19. Kd2 Qb2 $17) 17... a5 18. g4 Bd7) 15... Qa5 16. Qf4 Rf8 (16... Nd8 17.
g4 $1 (17. Rg3 $6 Bd7 $132) 17... Bd7 18. g5 Rh8 (18... hxg5 19. hxg5 Rh8 20.
g6 $1) 19. gxh6 Rxh6 20. Rg3 $36) 17. Rg3 Rg8 18. Bh5 Nd8 19. Re1 $5 {Der Turm
a1 soll den Angriff auf f7 bzw. g7 unterstьtzen.} b5 (19... Bd7 {/\Be8} 20.
Rxg7 $3 (20. Ree3 Be8 $132) 20... Rxg7 21. Qf6+ Kf8 22. Qxh6 Kg8 23. Re3 Qxa2
24. Ng5 Ba4 25. Bd1 Rg6 (25... Nc6 26. Nh7 $1 $18) 26. Qh7+ Kf8 27. Nxf7 Rg7 (
27... Nxf7 28. Qxg6 $16) (27... Bxc2 28. Bxc2 Rg7 29. Qh8+ Rg8 30. Qh6+ $16)
28. Qh8+ Rg8 29. Qh6+ Ke7 30. Nd6 {/\Qh7} Be8 31. Bh5 Bxh5 32. Qxh5 Rf8 33. Rf3
$1 $18) 20. a3 $6 (20. Ree3 $1 g6 (20... Bd7 $2 21. Rxg7 $3 Rxg7 22. Qf6+ Kf8
23. Qxh6 Kg8 24. Ng5 Qxa2 25. Nh7 $1 $18) (20... b4 $2 21. Bxf7 $3 Nxf7 22.
Ref3 $40 Nd8 23. Rxg7+ $18) 21. Qxh6 Qxa2 22. Qh7 $16) 20... Qxa3 $6 (20... Bd7
{/\Be8} 21. Rxg7 $6 (21. Ree3 Qxa3 $17) (21. Ra1 $15) 21... Rxg7 22. Qf6+ Kf8
23. Qxh6 Qxa3 24. Ng5 {/\Nh7} Kg8 $1 25. Re3 {/\Nh7} b4 $1 26. Nh7 (26. Rg3
bxc3+ 27. Rxc3 (27. Ke2 Qc1 $19) 27... Qb4 $19) 26... Qxc3+ $1 {In diesem Zug
steckt die Pointe des schwarzen Gegenangriffs.} 27. Rxc3 bxc3+ 28. Kxc3 Rxh7
$19) 21. Rxg7 Rxg7 22. Qf6+ Kd7 23. Qxg7 b4 24. Re3 $2 (24. cxb4 Qb2 $5 (24...
Qxb4+ 25. Ke2 Qc3 (25... c3 26. Ke3 $36) 26. Bxf7 Qxc2+ 27. Kf1 $16) 25. Qxh6 (
25. Bxf7 Qxb4+ 26. Ke2 Qe7 $17) 25... c3+ (25... Qxd4+ 26. Ke2 Qxe5+ 27. Kf1
Qf5 28. Nf4 $14) 26. Kd1 Qxb4 27. Qf4 Ba6 $132) 24... b3 $1 $17 25. Re1 (25.
cxb3 cxb3 $16) 25... Rb8 26. Nf4 Qa2 27. Bxf7 (27. Bg6 Kc6 $1) 27... Qxc2+ 28.
Ke3 Qe4+ 0-1

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1965.12.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Fischer, Robert James"]
[Black "Rossolimo, Nicolas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C12"]
[Annotator "Belov,I"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1965.12.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. bxc3 Ne4 8. Qg4
g6 (8... Kf8 9. Nf3 $6 c5 10. Bd3 Nxd2 11. Kxd2 Nc6 12. Qf4 Qe7 $10 {Anand,
V-Ivanchuk,V (08)/Linares m/1992/1:0/37/}) 9. Bd3 Nxd2 10. Kxd2 c5 (10... Qg5+
11. Qxg5 hxg5 12. g4 $1 $16) 11. Nf3 (11. Qf4 cxd4 12. cxd4 Qa5+ 13. Ke3 $5 b6
14. Ne2 Nd7 15. Rhc1 Ba6 $10 {Petrushin,A-Piskov,Y/RUS/1992/1:0/36/}) 11... Nc6
12. Qf4 (12. Rab1 $5) 12... Qc7 (12... Qa5 $5 13. Rab1 b6 14. dxc5 Qxc5 15. Nd4
Nxd4 16. cxd4 Qa5+ $10) 13. h4 (13. Qf6 $142 Rg8 14. h4 $16) 13... f5 $1 $10
14. g4 cxd4 15. cxd4 Ne7 $6 (15... Bd7 16. gxf5 gxf5 17. Rhg1 $14) 16. gxf5
exf5 17. Bb5+ Kf8 $6 (17... Kd8 $1 18. Bd3 Be6 $13 {Fischer/}) 18. Bd3 Be6 19.
Ng1 $1 $16 {P h3-f4/} Kf7 20. Nh3 Rac8 21. Rhg1 b6 (21... Qc3+ 22. Ke3 Nc6 23.
Rab1 Nb4 24. Rxb4 $1 Qxb4 25. h5 $16) 22. h5 $1 Qc3+ 23. Ke2 Nc6 (23... g5 24.
Nxg5+ $1 hxg5 25. Qxg5 Ke8 26. Qf6 $18) (23... Rcg8 24. hxg6+ Rxg6 25. Qh4 $16)
24. hxg6+ Kg7 (24... Ke7 25. Qh4+ Kd7 26. Rad1 $1 Qxd4 27. Nf4 $1 $18 {Fischer/
}) 25. Rad1 Nxd4+ 26. Kf1 Rhe8 27. Rg3 (27. Qh4 $2 Nf3 $1 28. Qf6+ Kg8 29. Bxf5
Nh2+ 30. Kg2 Qf3+ 31. Kxh2 Qxf5 $10) 27... Nc6 28. Qh4 Nxe5 29. Nf4 $18 Ng4 30.
Nxe6+ $1 Rxe6 31. Bxf5 Qc4+ 32. Kg1 $1 (32. Kg1 Nxf2 33. Qxc4 Rxc4 34. Kxf2
Rf4+ 35. Rf3 $18) 1-0

[Event "Bucharest Int 04th"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "1954.02.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Nezhmetdinov, Rashid"]
[Black "Stahlberg, Gideon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C12"]
[Annotator "Chekhov,V"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1954.02.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. bxc3 Ne4 8. Qg4
g6 9. Bd3 Nxd2 10. Kxd2 c5 11. Nf3 Nc6 12. h4 Qc7 (12... cxd4 $5 13. cxd4 Bd7
14. Qf4 Qe7 15. a3 O-O-O 16. Rh3 Na5 $132 {Velikhanli,F-Zaitseva,L/Moscow/1994/
0|1/50/}) (12... Qa5 $5 13. Qf4 cxd4 14. Nxd4 Nxd4 15. Qxd4 Bd7 16. Rab1 b6 17.
Qb4 Qxb4 18. cxb4 a6 19. Rhc1 Bb5 $10 {Brunner,L-Glek,I/GER/1991/0,5/58/}) 13.
dxc5 $6 (13. Qf4 $5) 13... Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Qxe5 15. Rab1 Qf6 16. Qd4 Qxd4 (16...
e5 17. Qxd5 Qxf2+ 18. Kc1 Qf4+ 19. Kb2 O-O 20. Rbf1 $36) (16... Ke7 17. Qb4
Qxf2+ 18. Kd1 Kd8 19. c6 $40) 17. cxd4 Kd8 18. g4 Kc7 19. h5 g5 20. f4 gxf4 (
20... Rg8 21. Rhf1 $16) 21. Rbf1 e5 22. dxe5 Bxg4 23. Rxf4 Be6 24. Kc3 Rhg8 25.
Kd4 Rg4 (25... Rg5 26. Rhf1 Re8 27. Rxf7+ Bxf7 28. Rxf7+ Kb8 29. Bf5 Rxh5 30.
Bd7 Rd8 31. e6 $36) 26. Rxg4 Bxg4 27. Rf1 Bxh5 (27... Be6 28. Rf6 Rh8 29. Bf5
$16) 28. Rf6 Kd7 (28... Rh8 29. Kxd5 $16) 29. Bf5+ (29. Rxh6 Bg4 30. Kxd5 Be6+
31. Kd4 $14) 29... Ke7 30. Rd6 (30. Rxh6 $5 Bf3 31. Rh7 Be4 $1 32. Bxe4 dxe4
33. Kxe4 Rc8 34. Kd4 Rd8+ 35. Kc4 Rd2 $10) 30... Rb8 (30... Rd8 31. Rxh6 Bf3
32. c6 bxc6 33. Rxc6 $36) 31. Rxh6 Bf3 32. Rd6 Be4 33. Bxe4 dxe4 34. Kxe4 Rh8
35. c6 bxc6 36. Rxc6 Rh4+ 37. Kd5 Ra4 38. Rc7+ Ke8 39. c4 Rxa2 40. c5 Rd2+ (
40... a5 41. Ra7 a4 42. Kd6 Rd2+ 43. Kc7 Rd4 44. c6 Ke7 45. Kb6+ Ke6 46. c7 Rc4
47. Rxa4 $18) 41. Kc6 Re2 42. Rxa7 Rxe5 43. Rb7 (43. Kb6 Re1 44. c6 Rb1+ 45.
Kc7 Ke7 46. Kc8+ Ke6 47. c7 f5 48. Rb7 Rc1 49. Rb5 Kd6 $1 50. Rb6+ Ke5 51. Kb7
Rxc7+ 52. Kxc7 f4 $10) 43... Re6+ (43... Re1 44. Kd6 Re6+ 45. Kc7 $18) 44. Kc7
f5 45. c6 Ke7 46. Rb5 $1 Kf6 (46... Rf6 47. Kb7 $18) 47. Kb7 Kg5 48. c7 Re8 49.
Kc6 Rc8 (49... Kg4 50. Rb8 $18) 50. Rb8 Rxc7+ 51. Kxc7 Kf4 52. Kd6 1-0

[Event "World-ch08 Lasker-Tarrasch +8-3=5"]
[Site "Duesseldorf/Munich"]
[Date "1908.09.15"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Lasker, Emanuel"]
[Black "Tarrasch, Siegbert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C12"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1908.08.17"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "16"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "MainBase"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. Nf3 (6. Qd2 $4 Bxc3 7.
bxc3 Ne4) (6. Bxf6 $142 gxf6 7. Qd2 {(Lasker 09)}) 6... c5 (6... Ne4 $1 7. Bd2
Bxc3 8. bxc3 (8. Bxc3 $2 Nxc3 9. bxc3 Nc6 10. Be2 O-O 11. Qd2 b6 12. O-O Bb7
$15 {(Schwarz 67)}) 8... Nxd2 (8... c5 $5) 9. Qxd2 O-O (9... Nd7 10. Bd3 c5 11.
c4 Qc6 12. c3 b6 13. O-O Bb7 14. Qe3 O-O 15. Rad1 Rad8 16. Rfe1 Qc7 17. Bf1 a6
$6 {Lasker vs Znosko-Borovski St.Petersburg 1909} (17... Bxf3 18. Qxf3 e5 19.
Qg3 f5 {(Lasker)})) 10. Bd3 c5 (10... Nc6 $6 11. O-O) 11. c4 Qh5 12. c3 Nc6 13.
O-O {Schlechter-Marshall Ostend 1907} e5 14. dxc5 f5 $15 {(Tarrasch)}) 7. Bxf6
(7. Bd2 Bxc3 8. Bxc3 Ne4 9. Qd3 Nd7 10. Be2 $10 {Malaniuk-Gurevich USSR 1987})
7... gxf6 8. Qd2 $1 Bxc3 9. Qxc3 Nd7 10. Rd1 Rg8 11. dxc5 $14 {(Schwarz 67,
Harding 79)} Qxc5 12. Qd2 Qb6 13. c3 a6 14. Qc2 f5 15. g3 Nc5 16. Bg2 Qc7 17.
Qe2 b5 18. O-O Bb7 19. c4 b4 $2 (19... bxc4 20. Qxc4 Rc8 21. Rc1 a5 22. Qb5+
Ke7 {(Rellstab 58)}) 20. Qd2 Rb8 21. Qh6 Bxf3 22. Bxf3 Qe5 23. Rfe1 Qxb2 (23...
Qg7 24. Qf4 {(Rellstab 58)}) 24. Qf4 Rc8 25. Qd6 f6 (25... Ne4 26. Bxe4 fxe4
27. Qd7+ {(Rellstab 58)}) 26. Bh5+ Rg6 27. Bxg6+ hxg6 28. Rxe6+ 1-0

[Event "New York International Masters-01"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1924.03.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Capablanca, Jose Raul"]
[Black "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C12"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "1924.03.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "HCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {1)Alechin:New York 1924. 2)Dvoretsky,Mark: Lessons from a single ending.
in American Chess Journal No 3, 1995. p.36-43.} e6 2. e4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5
Bb4 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. Bxf6 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 gxf6 8. Qd2 Nd7 9. c4 Qe4+ 10. Ne2 Nb6
11. f3 Qc6 12. c5 Nd5 13. c4 Ne7 14. Nc3 f5 15. Be2 Rg8 16. O-O Bd7 17. Qe3 b6
18. Rfd1 bxc5 19. d5 Qd6 20. dxe6 Qxe6 21. Qxc5 Qb6 22. Qf2 f4 23. Rab1 Qxf2+
24. Kxf2 Bc6 25. Rd4 Ng6 26. Bd3 Nh4 27. Bf1 Ng6 28. Ne2 Ke7 29. Re1 Rgb8 30.
Nxf4+ Kf8 31. Nxg6+ hxg6 32. Bd3 Rb2+ 33. Re2 Rab8 34. Be4 Rxe2+ 35. Kxe2 Bxe4
36. fxe4 Ke7 37. Rd2 Ke6 38. Ke3 c6 {[%mdl 4096] R <-> R} 39. h4 Rh8 40. g3 Rh5
41. Rh2 Ra5 42. Kf4 f6 43. Rc2 Re5 44. c5 Rh5 45. Rc3 a5 46. Rc2 Re5 47. Rc3
Rh5 48. Kf3 Ke7 49. Kg4 Kf7 50. Rc4 Kg7 51. Rd4 Rxc5 52. Rd7+ Kf8 53. Kf4 Kg8
54. Ra7 Kf8 55. a4 Kg8 56. g4 g5+ 57. hxg5 Rxg5 58. Ra6 Rc5 59. Ke3 Kf7 60. Kd4
Rg5 61. Rxc6 Rxg4 62. Rc5 Rg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament-05"]
[Site "Curacao"]
[Date "1962.05.23"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Fischer, Robert James"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C12"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1962.05.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "28"]
[EventCountry "AHO"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. Bxc3 $6 (7.
bxc3 $142 Ne4 8. Qg4 $1) 7... Ne4 8. Ba5 $6 {The (bad) idea behind 7.Bxc3} (8.
Bb4 c5 $1 9. Ba3 Qa5+) 8... O-O $1 (8... b6 $2 9. Bb4 c5 10. Ba3 $16 {Kopaev})
9. Bd3 Nc6 10. Bc3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 f6 $17 {@|^} 12. f4 fxe5 13. fxe5 Ne7 14. Nf3
c5 15. O-O Qa5 16. Qe1 Bd7 {(/\ 17...Rab8, 17...Ba4, ...c4)} 17. c4 Qxe1 18.
Rfxe1 dxc4 19. Be4 (19. Bxc4 Rac8 $1) 19... cxd4 20. Bxb7 Rab8 21. Ba6 Rb4 22.
Rad1 d3 $1 (22... Ra4 $2 23. Rxd4 $1 $36) 23. cxd3 cxd3 24. Rxd3 Bc6 25. Rd4
Rxd4 26. Nxd4 Bd5 27. a4 $2 $19 (27. Bf1 $142 $1 {e.g.} Bxa2 28. Ra1 {/\ 29.
Rxa7=/+/=}) 27... Rf4 28. Rd1 Ng6 29. Bc8 Kf7 30. a5 Nxe5 31. a6 Rg4 32. Rd2 (
32. g3 $4 Rxd4) 32... Nc4 33. Rf2+ Ke7 34. Nb5 Nd6 35. Nxd6 (35. Nxa7 Rc4 36.
Bb7 Nxb7 37. axb7 Bxb7 $19) 35... Kxd6 36. Bb7 Bxb7 37. axb7 Kc7 38. h3 Rg5 39.
Rb2 Kb8 40. Kf2 Rd5 41. Ke3 Rd7 42. Ke4 Rxb7 43. Rf2 0-1

[Event "World-ch08 Lasker-Tarrasch +8-3=5"]
[Site "Duesseldorf/Munich"]
[Date "1908.09.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Lasker, Emanuel"]
[Black "Tarrasch, Siegbert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C12"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "1908.08.17"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "16"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "MainBase"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. Bd3 dxe4 6. Bxe4 c5 (6... Be7 7. Bf3
$1 $14 {(Korn/Collins 52)}) 7. dxc5 (7. a3 $2 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 Qa5) 7... Qxd1+ $1
(7... Nbd7 8. Bf3 $1 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Nxc5 10. Qd4 $1 $16 {(Keres 69)}) 8. Rxd1
Nbd7 (8... Nxe4 $4 9. Rd8#) (8... Bd7) 9. Bxf6 (9. c6 $2 Nxe4 $1) (9. Bf3 Bxc3+
10. bxc3 Nxc5 11. Be3 Nfd7 $1 $10 {(Watson 84)} (11... Nce4 $1 12. Bd4 Bd7 $1
$15 {(Harding 79)})) 9... Nxf6 10. Bf3 Bxc5 11. Nge2 Ke7 $15 {(Schwarz 67)} 12.
O-O Bd7 13. Nc1 Rab8 14. Nd3 Bd6 $15 {(Harding 79, eco 81)} 15. Rd2 Rhd8 16.
Re1 Be8 17. Red1 b5 18. g3 b4 19. Ne2 Rbc8 $15 {(Schwarz 67)} 20. Nd4 a5 21.
Nb3 Bc7 22. Bb7 Rb8 23. Bg2 Bb6 24. Ne5 Rxd2 25. Rxd2 Rc8 26. Kf1 Bb5+ 27. Ke1
a4 28. Nc1 Nd7 29. Nxd7 Bxd7 30. Bf1 Ba5 31. b3 Bc6 32. Bc4 e5 33. Nd3 f6 34.
Ke2 Be8 35. f3 Rd8 36. Nc5 Rxd2+ 37. Kxd2 axb3 38. Nxb3 Bb6 39. c3 bxc3+ 40.
Kxc3 Bg1 41. h3 Bf2 42. g4 Be1+ 43. Kd3 Bc6 44. Ke3 Kd6 45. Bg8 h6 46. Bh7 Be8
47. Bd3 Bf7 48. Bb5 Bb4 49. Bd3 Ba3 50. Bb5 Kd5 51. Bd3 h5 52. Ke2 h4 53. Ke3
Bg8 54. Ke2 Kd6 55. Ke3 Bd5 56. Bg6 Ke7 57. Be4 Bc4 58. Bd3 Bf7 59. Ke2 Kf8 60.
Be4 g6 61. Na1 Kg7 62. Nc2 Bc5 63. a4 Kh6 64. a5 Kg5 65. Ne1 f5 66. gxf5 gxf5
67. Bb7 Bc4+ 68. Nd3 Bb4 69. a6 e4 70. fxe4 fxe4 71. Bxe4 Bxa6 72. Kf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Match Spielmann-Reti +3-0=3"]
[Site "Vienna"]
[Date "1921.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Spielmann, Rudolf"]
[Black "Reti, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C12"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1921.04.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. exf6 hxg5 7. fxg7 Rg8 8.
Nf3 (8. h4) 8... Qf6 9. a3 Be7 $1 10. Bd3 Qxg7 11. Qe2 g4 12. Ne5 Nd7 13. O-O-O
Nxe5 14. dxe5 a6 15. Kb1 Bd7 16. Rhf1 Qh6 (16... c5) 17. f4 (17. f3 Qxh2 18.
fxg4 Qg3) 17... Qxh2 18. f5 Qg3 $1 19. Nxd5 $6 exd5 20. e6 fxe6 21. f6 Bxf6 22.
Rxf6 Ke7 $1 (22... O-O-O 23. Bxa6 bxa6 $2 24. Qxa6+ Kb8 25. Rd3 $16) 23. Rh6
Raf8 24. Re1 Kd8 25. Rh7 Rf6 26. c4 Bc6 27. cxd5 Bxd5 28. Rc1 Rgf8 (28... Rf2
29. Rcxc7 $11) 29. Rcxc7 Rf1+ 30. Kc2 R8f2 $4 (30... Qxc7+ $1 31. Rxc7 R1f2 32.
Rg7 Bxg2 $1 33. Rxg4 Bf1 34. Rd4+ Ke7 35. Qxf2 Rxf2+ 36. Kc1 e5 37. Rd5 Bxd3
38. Rxd3 Ke6 39. Rd8 Rf7 $19) 1-0

[Event "Budapest Invitation Masters"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1921.09.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Euwe, Max"]
[Black "Bogoljubow, Efim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C12"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1921.09.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. bxc3 Ne4 8. Qg4
g6 9. h4 (9. Bd3) 9... c5 10. Bd3 Nxd2 11. Kxd2 Nc6 12. Rh3 Qa5 (12... cxd4 13.
cxd4 Qb6 14. Ne2 Qb4+) 13. Bxg6 $1 Rf8 (13... Nxd4 {First played in 1982} 14.
Kd1 Rg8 15. Bxf7+ Kxf7 16. Qh5+ Ke7 17. cxd4 $11) 14. Rf3 cxd4 15. Bxf7+ Kd8
16. Qg7 dxc3+ $2 (16... Qc5 17. Ne2 dxc3+ 18. Nxc3 a6 $11) 17. Ke1 $16 Qb4 18.
Bg6 Rxf3 19. Nxf3 Qf4 20. Rd1 (20. Kf1) 20... Rb8 21. Qf6+ Qxf6 22. exf6 $16
Bd7 23. g4 Kc7 24. g5 Rh8 25. Bd3 hxg5 26. hxg5 e5 $2 (26... Rf8) 27. g6 $18
Be6 28. Ng5 Nd4 29. Nh7 Nf3+ 30. Ke2 e4 31. f7 (31. Bxe4 $142 dxe4 32. f7 $18)
31... Nd4+ 32. Ke3 Nf5+ $2 (32... Bxf7 $142 33. gxf7 Ne6 34. Bxe4 dxe4 35. Nf6
Rf8 36. Rd7+ $16) 33. Kf4 $18 Ne7 34. g7 Rxh7 35. f8=Q Rh4+ 36. Ke5 {[%mdl
32768] Dies war der erste Sieg des jungen Max Euwe gegen eine
Weltklassespieler.} 1-0

[Event "Kiel Viermeisterkampf 4R"]
[Site "Kiel"]
[Date "1921.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Bogoljubow, Efim"]
[Black "Reti, Richard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C12"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1921.03.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. Bxc3 (7. bxc3
Ne4 8. Bc1 $1) 7... Ne4 8. Bb4 (8. Ba5 $6 {Fischer-Petrosjan, Curacao 1962/})
8... c5 9. Bxc5 (9. dxc5 Nxf2 10. Kxf2 Qh4+ $17) 9... Nxc5 10. dxc5 Qa5+ 11. c3
Qxc5 12. Qd4 Qc7 $1 13. Nf3 Nc6 14. Bb5 (14. Qe3) 14... O-O 15. Bxc6 $2 (15.
Qc5) 15... bxc6 16. b4 Ba6 $1 17. Kd2 Rac8 18. Qc5 f6 $1 19. Rhe1 fxe5 20. Nxe5
(20. Rxe5 $2 Rxf3) 20... Rf5 $1 21. Qe3 (21. Nf3 e5 22. h3 Rcf8 23. Kd1 Bd3 $19
) 21... c5 22. Rec1 (22. bxc5 Qa5 $1 23. Nd3 Rf6 $19) 22... cxb4 $3 23. cxb4 d4
$1 24. Qg3 (24. Qxd4 Rxf2+ $1 25. Ke3 Rc2 $19) 24... Qd6 25. Rxc8+ Bxc8 26. Nd3
Qd5 27. Rc1 Ba6 28. Nc5 d3 $1 29. Nb3 (29. Nxa6 Qxa2+ 30. Kxd3 Qxa6+) 29... Qe4
$1 30. Qb8+ Rf8 31. Qxa7 Qe2+ 32. Kc3 d2 33. Rg1 Rc8+ 34. Nc5 Qc4+ 35. Kb2
Qxb4+ 36. Nb3 Qc3+ 37. Ka3 Be2 0-1

[Event "Match Spielmann-Reti +3-0=3"]
[Site "Vienna"]
[Date "1921.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Reti, Richard"]
[Black "Spielmann, Rudolf"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C12"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "1921.04.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. Bxc3 Ne4 8. Bb4
c5 9. Bxc5 Nxc5 10. dxc5 Qa5+ 11. Qd2 (11. c3 {/Bogoljubow-Reti, Kiel 1921/})
11... Qxc5 12. O-O-O Bd7 13. h4 Bb5 $1 14. Qd4 Qc6 15. Ne2 Nd7 $1 16. Rh3 (16.
Qg4 Bxe2 17. Qxg7 $2 Ke7 18. Bxe2 Rag8 $19) 16... Qb6 17. Qg4 (17. f4) 17... g6
18. f4 h5 19. Qf3 Bxe2 20. Bxe2 Rc8 21. Qf1 Nc5 22. Rc3 Ke7 23. f5 gxf5 24. Qf4
Ne4 25. Rh3 Qc7 26. Bd3 Rhg8 27. Bxe4 Rg4 $1 28. Qh6 Rxe4 29. Qf6+ Ke8 30. Rc3
Rc4 31. Rdd3 $2 (31. Qh8+ Kd7 32. Qxh5 Rf8 $15) 31... Qe7 32. Rxc4 Rxc4 33.
Qh8+ Qf8 $1 34. Qxh5 Qg7 $17 35. Qe2 Rxh4 36. Rd1 Qh6+ 37. Kb1 Rh1 38. a3 Rxd1+
39. Qxd1 Qe3 40. c3 Kf8 41. Qb3 Qe4+ 42. Ka1 b6 43. Qb5 Qxg2 44. Qd7 Kg7 45.
Qe7 Qg6 46. Qxa7 Qg1+ 47. Ka2 f4 48. Qe7 Qg6 49. Qb4 f3 50. Qxb6 Qg2 51. Qd8 f2
$1 52. Qf6+ Kg8 53. Qd8+ Kh7 54. Qh4+ Kg6 55. Qf6+ Kh5 56. Qxf7+ Kh4 57. Qf6+
Kg3 58. Qg6+ Kh2 59. Qh6+ Kg1 60. Qe3 Qe4 61. Qg3+ Kf1 62. b4 Ke2 0-1

[Event "Grand Slam Final 3rd"]
[Site "Bilbao"]
[Date "2010.10.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2800"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[Annotator "Edouard,R"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2010.10.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 {Woah! No Ruy Lopez, no Petroff, thank you!} 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4.
Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. bxc3 Ne4 8. Qg4 g6 (8... Kf8 {has also been
quite popular recently.}) 9. Bd3 Nxd2 10. Kxd2 c5 11. h4 $5 Qa5 $5 (11... Nc6 {
is the main possibility. In both cases, there are some side-moves to explore,
while it could go} 12. Nf3 Qa5 {getting back into the game. So there might be
some differences.}) 12. Nf3 Nc6 13. Qf4 cxd4 14. h5 $1 (14. Nxd4 Nxd4 15. Qxd4
Bd7 {is the usual (less fascinating) concept!}) 14... g5 ({Without entering
big calculation, I would say that Black has enough time to take on c3, so} 
14... dxc3+ 15. Ke2 {cannot help him defending.}) (14... Qxc3+ 15. Ke2 gxh5 16.
Rab1 {would be very dangerous for Black: White will go Rxh5, Rxh6, and Ng5-Nh7
in the event of ...Rf8. Still, maybe this is the line to be checked, as the
game looks clearly in White's favour.}) 15. Qf6 Rf8 (15... Rg8 $5 16. Qxh6 g4
17. Ng5 dxc3+ 18. Ke2 Nxe5 19. Qf6 Qd8 {could be a possibility of defense, the
rook on g8 making a huge difference in this final position!}) 16. Qxh6 g4 $5
17. Ng5 Nxe5 18. Nh7 Rh8 19. Ke2 $1 {This is the proof that taking on c3
earlier could hardly help. After this prophylactic move, Black suffers huge
troubles. White's king is in perfect position and Black has problems in
finding solutions.} Nxd3 (19... Qxc3 20. Nf6+ Ke7 21. Qg5 $1 Kd6 22. Qf4 $18)
20. cxd3 Bd7 (20... Qxc3 21. Rhc1 Qb2+ 22. Kf1 {just wins.}) 21. Nf6+ Ke7 22.
Qg5 dxc3 23. Ne4+ ({The sylicon move} 23. h6 $1 {was winning! For instance:}
Bb5 (23... Qa4 24. Nxg4+ Ke8 (24... Kd6 {no longer works due to} 25. Qe5+ $18 {
and c3 is hanging.}) 25. Qg7 Ke7 (25... Qc2+ 26. Kf1 Qxd3+ 27. Kg1 Ke7 28. Qf6+
Kd6 29. Ne5 $18) 26. Qf6+ Kd6 27. Qe5+ $18) (23... Kd6 24. Ne4+ $1 Kc6 25. Qe5
$1 Qa3 26. Rhc1 $18) 24. a4 $1 Ba6 (24... Bxd3+ 25. Kxd3 Qa6+ 26. Ke3 Qb6+ 27.
Ke2 Qb2+ 28. Kd3 $18) 25. Nxd5+ Kd6 26. Qe7+ $1 Kxd5 27. Rh5+ f5 28. Qd7+ Kc5 (
28... Ke5 29. Ke3 $3 $18 {followed by d4+ and Qg7 mate (or Qd4 mate).}) 29.
Rxf5+ exf5 30. Qxf5+ Kb6 31. Rb1+ $18) 23... Ke8 24. Nf6+ Ke7 25. Nxg4+ Kd6 26.
Ne5 {White is threatening Nc4+.} f6 $8 {The only way to get some counterplay!}
27. Qxf6 Raf8 28. Qg7 $4 {Crazy move! Losing an exceedingly important tempo.
Difficult to know what Anand missed.} (28. Nf7+ Rxf7 29. Qxf7 Qa4 {would be a
totally different story, as it would be White to move! And for instance, after}
30. Kf1 Qc2 (30... Qd4 31. Qf3 Bb5 32. Rh3 c2 33. Rc1 Qb2 34. Qf4+ e5 35. Qd2
$18) 31. Qf4+ $1 Kc6 32. h6 {White should win.} (32. Rh3 $5)) 28... Qa4 (28...
Qb6 $1 {might be best!! Typical computer move, forcing White to go Nf7+
according to the engine, as} 29. Qxd7+ $2 Kxe5 {should be much better for
Black, whose king is going to move back to d6 or f6 depending on White's move.}
) 29. Nf7+ (29. Qg3 $5 {was still very tricky: probably that's why Black
should rather go 28...Qb6!} Qc2+ 30. Kf1 Bb5 $5 (30... Qxf2+ 31. Qxf2 Rxf2+ 32.
Kxf2 Kxe5 33. Rae1+ $5 Kd4 34. Ke2 {should win for White.}) 31. Nf7+ Ke7 32.
Nxh8 Qxd3+ $8 33. Qxd3 Bxd3+ 34. Kg1 Rxh8 35. Rh3 $1 {Lucky move.} Bc4 36. Rxc3
Rxh5 {and Black keeps drawing chances, but I believe White should be winning.})
29... Rxf7 30. Qxf7 Qc2+ 31. Kf1 Qxd3+ 32. Kg1 {The difference between 29.Nf7+
and 28.Nf7+ has been huge, but White should hold a draw anyway.} Qd2 33. Qg7 c2
(33... Rc8 $5 34. h6 c2 35. Qg3+ e5 36. Qa3+ Ke6 37. Qc1 {and White holds
thanks to the following idea:} Qc3 38. h7 Qxa1 39. Rh6+ $8 {Phew!} Kf5 40. Qxa1
c1=Q+ 41. Qxc1 Rxc1+ 42. Kh2 Rc8 43. h8=Q Rxh8 44. Rxh8 $14) (33... Rh6 34. Rh3
c2 35. Qg3+ Ke7 36. Qa3+ Ke8 37. Rf1 $132) 34. Qxh8 c1=Q+ 35. Rxc1 Qxc1+ 36.
Kh2 Qf4+ 37. Kg1 Qc1+ 38. Kh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Festival comtois 3rd"]
[Site "Belfort"]
[Date "1998.12.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Degraeve, Jean Marc"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "1998.12.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. bxc3 Ne4 8. Qg4
g6 9. Bd3 Nxd2 10. Kxd2 c5 11. Nf3 Bd7 (11... cxd4 12. cxd4 Qa5+ 13. c3 Nd7 14.
Bxg6 $5 fxg6 15. Qxe6+ Kd8 16. Qxg6 Qb6 17. Qc2 $13 {Schulz,R-Goebel,W/RLNS
1991 (41)}) (11... b6 12. h4 Qe7 13. Rhb1 Bd7 14. a4 Nc6 15. Qf4 Rc8 16. g4 Kd8
$132 {Elssauid,A-Teo Kok Siong/Novi Sad olm 1990}) (11... Qe7 12. Rhb1 Nc6 13.
a4 c4 14. Be2 b6 15. h4 Bd7 16. Qf4 O-O-O $13 {Pedzich,D-Daly,C/Cappelle op
1995 (41)}) (11... c4 $6 12. Be2 Bd7 13. h4 Nc6 14. Qf4 Qe7 15. Nh2 h5 16. Nf3
$14 {Shtyrenkov,V-Romanov,O/Pardubice op 1995 (35)}) (11... Qa5 12. a4 Nc6 13.
Qf4 Bd7 14. dxc5 Qxc5 15. Nd4 Nxd4 16. Qxd4 Rc8 17. Rhb1 $14 {Hallebeek,
F-Zueger,B/Lugano op 1989 (39)}) 12. Qf4 Bc6 13. h4 Nd7 14. Rhe1 $6 {It's
quiet clear that white doesn't have a plan and simply move the pieces.This
move is just waste of time,however causing no real demage because the position
is closed and a loss of one tempo isn't that significient,but his next moves
causes real harm!} (14. h5 $5 g5 15. Qe3 Qa5 (15... Qe7 16. Nh2) 16. Rhb1 Rc8
17. Nh2 cxd4 18. Qxd4 Rc7 19. Ng4 $14) 14... Qe7 15. a4 $2 {On a4 the pawn
becomes perfect target for the black pieces for the rest of the game and as
strange as it sounds this move is the main reason of white's loss.} (15. h5 $5)
15... c4 $15 16. Be2 a5 $1 {[%csl Ra4] Otherwise the pawn would move to a5.}
17. Ra2 {17...Nb6 was threatened and it's the only way to defend the pawn.} (
17. Nh2 $5 Nb6 $6 (17... g5 18. Qe3) 18. Reb1 Nxa4 19. Ng4 h5 20. Nf6+ Kd8 21.
Qg5 b5 22. f3 Nb6 23. g4 hxg4 24. fxg4 $15) 17... O-O-O 18. Nh2 g5 19. hxg5 ({
Nothing changes} 19. Qe3 gxh4 20. Ng4 h5 21. Nh2 Rdg8 22. Bf3 Qg5 $15 {and
white is in troubles.}) 19... Qxg5 (19... hxg5 $6 20. Qg3 f5 21. exf6 Nxf6 22.
Bf3 $13) 20. Qxg5 hxg5 21. Ng4 Rh7 22. g3 Kc7 $1 {First of all black improves
the position of the pieces and only then transferes f6.} 23. Bf3 Rf8 24. Ke3 f5
25. exf6 Nxf6 26. Ne5 Nd7 (26... Be8) 27. Bg4 ({Much worse is} 27. Nxc6 Kxc6 {
[%csl Rf2]} 28. Bg4 (28. Be2 Rh2 $1 (28... Nf6 $6 {[%csl Rb6]} 29. Rb2 b6 30.
Reb1 Rb7 31. f3 Nh5 32. Kf2 $13) 29. f3 e5 30. Rb2 Re8 $1 {[%csl Re3][%cal
Ge8e1,Gh2d2]} 31. dxe5 Nxe5 $19) 28... Nf6 29. Bf3 (29. Bxe6 Re7 30. Kd2 Rfe8
$19) 29... g4 30. Bg2 (30. Be2 Ne4) 30... Rh2 31. Rg1 Ne4 $1 32. Bxe4 dxe4 33.
Rf1 Kd5 $17 {with huge advantage of black in both cases.}) 27... Kd6 28. Nxd7 (
{Now ,when the bishop is already on g4, the idea to take on c6 is not so bad.} 
28. Nxc6 $5 Kxc6 29. Rb2 {with counterchanses.}) 28... Bxd7 29. Raa1 Rh2 30.
Re2 Bc6 31. Rd2 ({Of course not} 31. f4 gxf4+ 32. gxf4 Rxe2+ 33. Bxe2 Rh8 34.
Bg4 Rh2 35. Ra2 Be8 $1 $17 {[%csl Ra4,Rc2] and the game is nearly decided.})
31... Rh6 32. Re2 Rhf6 33. Rb1 ({Deserved attention} 33. f3 $5 Rh8 34. Kd2 $15)
33... Kc7 {[%cal Gc6e8,Ge8g6] Preparing thetransfer of the bishop to g6.} 34.
Ra1 Be8 35. Rd2 Bg6 36. Rf1 Be4 37. f3 (37. f4) 37... Rh8 38. Rff2 Bg6 39. Rh2
Rff8 40. f4 $6 {The last move in the time-trouble as it happens quiet oftenly
is serious mistake.After correct} (40. Rde2 $1 {[%csl Re6]} Kd6 41. Rxh8 Rxh8
42. Kd2 $11 {black can hardly make any progress.}) 40... gxf4+ 41. gxf4 Kd6 42.
Rde2 Be4 $1 {That's the problem:now white doesn't have a counterplay against
e6.} 43. Bf3 Bf5 44. Kd2 $6 {[%cal Gd2c1,Gc1b2]} Rfg8 45. Kc1 {White has no
choice,but to give up the f-pawn.} (45. Rxh8 Rxh8 46. Bg2 Bg6 47. Bf3 Rh6 $1
$17 {[%cal Gg6e8]} (47... Be8 48. f5 $1 $132)) 45... Rg1+ 46. Kb2 Rxh2 47. Rxh2
Rf1 $17 {[%cal Gf1f4]} 48. Bh5 Rxf4 49. Rg2 Rh4 50. Be2 e5 51. dxe5+ Kxe5 52.
Rg8 Bd7 $1 {Back to the a-pawn!} (52... Rh2 53. Bd1) 53. Rb8 Bc6 54. Ra8 b6 55.
Rb8 Kd6 $1 $19 56. Bf3 ({Also after} 56. Rxb6 Kc7 57. Ra6 Kb7 58. Rxa5 Kb6 59.
Rb5+ Bxb5 60. axb5 Kxb5 $19 {white's position is hopeless.}) 56... Rf4 57. Bh1
Rf1 58. Rd8+ Kc5 59. Bg2 Rf2 60. Bh1 (60. Bh3 Bxa4) 60... Rf5 61. Ka3 Rf1 0-1

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2000.07.07"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Huebner, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2000.07.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. bxc3 Ne4 8. Qg4
Kf8 9. Bd3 (9. h4 $5) 9... Nxd2 10. Kxd2 c5 11. Nf3 Nc6 12. dxc5 {After this
move the position seems to be very comfortable for black,but in reality
everything is not so simple:after changing the knights white has very
unpleasent pressure over the b-file.} (12. Qf4 Qe7 $10 (12... cxd4 13. cxd4 Nb4
14. Bg6 Qc7 15. c3 Nc6 16. g4 Ke8 17. Bd3 Bd7 18. g5 h5 19. g6 $36 {Martin
Vazquez,J-Torremarin Gonzalez,J/Vilanova op 1993}) 13. a3 (13. Rhb1 c4 14. Be2
Qa3 $15) 13... Bd7 14. Rhb1 b6 15. Qe3 Na5 $1 16. Ke1 (16. dxc5 Qxc5 17. Qxc5+
bxc5 $15 18. Bb5 Ke7) 16... Rc8 $15 {Anand,V-Ivanchuk,V/Linares m 1992}) (12.
h4 Qa5 13. dxc5 Qxc5 14. Rae1 Bd7 15. Nd4 Rc8 16. Nxc6 Rxc6 17. Qb4 Ke7 $11 {
Robbiano Taboada,C-Oblitas,C/PER-ch 1994}) 12... Qa5 13. Qf4 Qxc5 14. Nd4 Bd7 (
14... Nxd4 15. Qxd4 Qxd4 16. cxd4 Bd7 17. Rhb1 Rb8 18. a4 Ke7 19. a5 Bc6 20.
Ra3 $14 {Brynell,S-Bagirov,V/Leningrad 1989}) (14... Nd8 $1 {/\ Bd7,Rc8}) 15.
Rhb1 b6 16. a4 Na5 17. Ba6 Bc8 $6 {After this move white manages to get an
opening advantage.Black had an interesting opprtunity to solve the opening
problems:} (17... Nc4+ $5 18. Bxc4 (18. Kd3 Qc7) 18... dxc4 19. a5 b5 20. a6
Rb8 $132) 18. Bb5 Qe7 19. Nc6 $1 $14 Nxc6 20. Bxc6 Rb8 (20... Bb7 21. Bxb7 Qxb7
22. a5 Rb8 23. axb6 axb6 24. Ra3 $16 {[%csl Rb6,Rf7][%cal Gb1a1,Ga3a7]}) 21. a5
Qg5 $5 (21... Qc7 22. Qb4+ Kg8 23. Qd6 Qxd6 24. exd6 Bb7 25. Bxb7 $5 (25. axb6
$1 Bxc6 26. bxa7 {[%cal Ga7a8,Gd6d8]} Ra8 $8 (26... Rxb1 27. Rxb1 Kh7 28. Rb8
e5 29. Rxh8+ Kxh8 30. d7 $18) 27. Rb6 Bd7 28. Rb8+ Kh7 29. Rxh8+ Kxh8 30. c4
$16 {[%cal Gd2b6]}) 25... Rxb7 26. axb6 axb6 27. Ra6 b5 28. Rba1 Kh7 $14) 22.
Qxg5 hxg5 23. axb6 axb6 24. Ra7 $1 f6 $6 {Too passive.Very serious attention
deserved} (24... Rxh2 $1 25. Rba1 (25. c4 $5 Rxg2 26. Ke3 $36) 25... Rxg2 26.
Ke2 (26. Ke3 Rg4 27. Ra8 Re4+ 28. Kd3 Rxa8 29. Rxa8 Rxe5 30. Rxc8+ Ke7 31. Rb8
$14) 26... Rg4 (26... g4 27. Rh1 $1 $18 {[%csl Rf8,Rg2][%cal Ge2f1]}) 27. Ra8 (
27. f3 Rc4 $13) 27... Re4+ 28. Kd3 Rxa8 29. Rxa8 Rxe5 30. Rxc8+ Ke7 31. Rb8 $14
{and black may succed in fighting for draw.}) 25. c4 $1 $16 Rh4 $5 (25... dxc4
$2 26. Rba1 {[%csl Rf8][%cal Ga7c7,Ga1a7]} Kg8 27. Rc7 $16) 26. cxd5 Rd4+ 27.
Kc3 fxe5 28. Rb4 $1 {This strong move decides the game:the arising bishops
ending is just a matter of technique} exd5 (28... Rxd5 29. Bxd5 exd5 30. Rba4
Bf5 31. Ra8 d4+ 32. Kd2 $18) (28... Rd1 29. Re4) 29. Rxd4 exd4+ 30. Kxd4 Be6
31. Ke5 Bf7 32. Ra8 $18 {[%csl Rd5,Rg5]} Rxa8 33. Bxa8 d4 34. Kxd4 Ke7 35. Ke5
Be6 36. Be4 Bd7 37. c3 Be6 38. Bg6 $1 {[%csl Rg5][%cal Gf2f3,Gg6h5,Gh5g4,Ge5f5]
} Bc8 39. Bh5 Bd7 40. f3 Be6 41. Bg4 Bf7 42. Kf5 Kd6 43. Kxg5 Kc5 44. f4 Kc4
45. f5 Kxc3 46. f6 gxf6+ 47. Kxf6 Bc4 48. h4 b5 49. h5 b4 50. h6 b3 51. h7 b2
52. Bf5 $1 Bd3 53. Bxd3 1-0

[Event "RUS-Cup final"]
[Site "Samara"]
[Date "1998.08.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Landa, Konstantin"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1998.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 067"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. exf6 hxg5 7. fxg7 Rg8 8. h4
Nc6 $1 {A new approuch in well known position.Although theoretical 8...g:h4
also gives black very good counterchanses the move in the game simply promises
black a chanse to get a clear advantage at the early stage of the game.} (8...
gxh4 9. Qh5 $5 (9. Qg4 Be7 10. g3 c5 11. O-O-O Nc6 12. dxc5 Qa5 13. Kb1 e5 $36
{Grigoriev,N-Alekhine,A/Moscow 1915 (25)}) (9. Nf3 Nc6 10. Rxh4 Qf6 11. Qd2 Bd7
12. O-O-O O-O-O 13. Kb1 Qxg7 $13 {Hodgson,J-Garbarino,R/Benidorm op 1991 (38)})
9... Rxg7 10. Nf3 Nd7 11. Rxh4 Nf6 12. Qh6 Bf8 $13 {Tartakower,S-Vidmar,M/Wien
1907 (22)}) 9. h5 $6 {It sounds very strange,but after this logical move white
is in serious troubles!It was nessasary to play} (9. Nf3 $1 gxh4 (9... g4 $6
10. Ne5 Nxe5 11. dxe5 f5 $5 (11... Bxc3+ 12. bxc3 Rxg7 13. Bd3 Bd7 14. Qd2 c5
15. Qh6 $36) 12. Qd3 Bd7 13. O-O-O Qe7 14. Ne2 Qxg7 15. Qe3 $14) 10. Rxh4 Qf6
11. Qd3 Bd7 12. O-O-O O-O-O {with complicated position where black's chanses
should be prefered.}) 9... Rxg7 $15 10. h6 (10. Qd3 Qf6 11. h6 Rg8 12. h7 Rh8
13. O-O-O Bd7 14. Nf3 g4 $15) 10... Rh7 11. Bd3 Rh8 12. Qh5 Qf6 ({Deserved
attention} 12... Nxd4 $5 13. O-O-O (13. Nh3 Qf6 14. Nxg5 Nf5 {look 12...Qf6})
13... Qf6 14. Nb5 Nxb5 15. Bxb5+ c6 16. Bd3 Bd7 17. Nf3 Be7 $17) 13. Nf3 Nxd4
14. Nxg5 Nf5 15. h7 $2 {Another mistake and this time with severe cosequences.
Better was} (15. Bxf5 Qxf5 16. O-O-O Bd7 17. Nf3 Qxh5 18. Rxh5 f6 19. Ne2 $15 {
with defendable position.}) 15... Bxc3+ 16. bxc3 Qxc3+ $17 17. Ke2 Qe5+ 18. Kd2
Qf4+ 19. Ke2 Nd6 {Now black is a pawn up,white passed pawn on h7 is blocked,
his pieces lack coordination-in other words white's position is nearly
hopeless.} 20. Rae1 (20. Rh3 e5 21. Rh4 Qf6 22. Re1 Bd7 $17 {[%cal Ge8c8,Ga8d8]
}) 20... Bd7 21. Kf1 O-O-O 22. Qh6 $5 {Trying to prevent e5.} Bb5 (22... e5 $6
23. g3 (23. Rh4 $6 Qd2 24. Rxe5 f6 $1 25. Qxf6 Rdf8 $19 {[%cal Gf8f2]}) 23...
Qa4 24. Rxe5 Qxa2 25. Qf6 $44) 23. Bxb5 Nxb5 24. Rh4 Qf5 25. Qg7 (25. Rh5 $5)
25... Nd6 26. g3 (26. Re5 Qxc2 27. Nxf7 Nf5 $1 (27... Ne4 $2 28. Rexe4 dxe4 29.
Kg1 Rdf8 30. Qxh8 Rxh8 31. Nxh8 {[%cal Gh7h8]}) 28. Qf6 Nxh4 29. Nxh8 Qd3+ $1
30. Kg1 Qb1+ 31. Kh2 Qxh7 $19) 26... Rde8 27. c3 (27. Re5 Qxc2 28. Nxf7) 27...
Qd3+ 28. Kg1 Qd2 29. Re5 Qxc3 30. Rf4 Qc2 31. Kg2 b5 32. a3 a5 33. Rf6 b4 34.
axb4 axb4 35. Rexe6 fxe6 36. Rxe6 Rxh7 37. Rxe8+ Nxe8 38. Qe5 Nd6 0-1

[Event "Oxford GM-A"]
[Site "Oxford"]
[Date "1998.12.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Hector, Jonny"]
[Black "Pedersen, Steffen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1998.12.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bc1 $5 {Interesting
continuation prooved in the game to be highly efficient.} Ne4 7. Qg4 g6 8. Nge2
c5 9. a3 Bxc3+ {I think that more accurate is 9...Ba5,but move in the game
also has the wright to exist.} (9... Ba5 10. b4 Nxc3 11. Nxc3 cxb4 $6 (11...
cxd4 12. Nb5 Bc7 13. f4 Nc6 14. Bd3 (14. Bb2 Bd7 15. Bd3 Bb8 16. Nxd4 Qb6 17.
Nb3 a6 18. Qe2 Ba7 $13 {Sheremetieva,M-Charkova,E/ROM-chT 1993 (42)}) 14... a6
15. Nxc7+ Qxc7 16. O-O Bd7 17. Bd2 Ne7 18. Qe2 Qb6 19. a4 $44 {1/2-1/2 Forster,
R-Quinn,M/WchJM-U18 1993}) 12. Nb5 b3+ 13. Bd2 Bxd2+ 14. Kxd2 Qa5+ 15. c3 Nc6
16. Qf4 Kf8 17. Bd3 $16 {Foerster,R-Eggenberger,U/Bad Ragaz op 1992 (22)}) (
9... cxd4 10. axb4 dxc3 11. f3 $5 cxb2 12. Bxb2 Qg5 13. Qxg5 Nxg5 14. h4 Nh7
15. Nd4 O-O 16. Bd3 $36 {Klavins,J-Shagalovich,A/URS-chT 1962 (37)}) 10. bxc3
$5 ({Nothing special promises} 10. Nxc3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Qa5 (11... Nc6 12. Bd3
Qa5 13. Bd2 Qa4 14. O-O c4 15. Be2 Qxc2 16. Qf4 Qf5 17. Qe3 $14 {Bogdanovic,
R-Meier,V/Bad Woerishofen 1988}) 12. Bd2 Qa4 13. c4 Nc6 14. dxc5 Qxc2 15. Qf4
d4 16. Be2 Qf5 $13 {and black has got sufficient counterchanses; Zolnierowicz,
K-Vaisser,A/Nimes op 1991 (48)}) 10... cxd4 ({Black can not play typical} 10...
Qa5 $2 {because of} 11. f3 $1 Nxc3 12. Bd2 cxd4 13. Nxd4 $1 (13. Qxd4 Nxe2 14.
Bxe2 Nc6 15. Qf4 Qc7 16. Bb5 Bd7 $13) 13... Qc7 14. Qf4 Nd7 15. a4 $1 $16 {
[%csl Rc3][%cal Gf4e3] and the knight is trapped.}) 11. cxd4 Qc7 12. f3 Nc3 13.
Bd2 Nxe2 14. Bxe2 Bd7 (14... Qxc2 $4 15. Rc1 $18) 15. Bd3 $14 {The opening is
over and white can be pleased with what he's got:pressure over the semy-open
b-file,bishop's pair,unsafe position of black king-all these make his chanses
preferable in the forthcoming struggle.} Nc6 16. Rb1 O-O-O 17. Qf4 g5 18. Qe3
f6 $6 {Dubious decision,which comes in contrudiction with very simple rule in
chess:the opening of the position is in favour of the side,who has the
bishops!And funny thing is that white darksquared bishop,which has no opponent,
plays very important part in the attack against black king just over the
diagonal h2-b8 opened by 18...f6.} (18... Na5 $5 19. Bb4 Nc4 20. Qe2 Bb5 21.
O-O Ba6 22. f4 $14 {[%csl Rf7]}) 19. exf6 Rdf8 20. O-O Rxf6 21. c4 $1 $16 {
This logical move is very strong,because now white's attack gradually becomes
unstopable.} Rg8 (21... dxc4 $6 22. Bxc4 Na5 23. Bxa5 Qxa5 24. Rfc1 Kb8 25. Bb5
$1 $18) 22. Rfc1 Be8 23. Be1 $1 {[%csl Rc8][%cal Ge1g3,Gc4d5] Transferring the
bishop to much more active position.} Bg6 24. Bg3 Qf7 25. Be5 Bxd3 26. Qxd3
Rfg6 27. cxd5 exd5 28. Qb5 $18 Rd8 (28... g4 29. f4 g3 30. h3 $18) 29. Qa4 a6
30. Rb6 Qd7 (30... Qe6 31. Rcb1 Rd7 32. Rxa6 $1 bxa6 33. Qxc6+ $1) 31. Qxa6 $1
1-0

[Event "Julian Borowski-A 2nd"]
[Site "Essen"]
[Date "2000.04.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Black "Glek, Igor Vladimirovich"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2597"]
[BlackElo "2554"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2000.04.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 077"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. bxc3 Ne4 8. Qg4
g6 9. Bd3 Nxd2 10. Kxd2 c5 11. h4 Nc6 12. Qf4 cxd4 $5 {Glek is famous expert
in french defense and also in this game he comes up with quiet unexpected,
seeming dubious,but pretty efficient plan!} (12... Qa5 13. h5 (13. Nf3 cxd4 14.
Nxd4 Nxd4 15. Qxd4 Bd7 16. Rhb1 Qc7 17. Rb3 $36 {Sariego,W-Hergott,D/
Capablanca mem-B 1996}) 13... gxh5 14. Nf3 b6 15. Rxh5 Ba6 16. Bxa6 Qxa6 17.
Rxh6 Rxh6 18. Qxh6 O-O-O $44 {Kovalev,A-Glek,I/BL9394}) 13. cxd4 Qa5+ (13...
Bd7 14. Nf3 (14. c3 Qe7 15. Qf6 O-O-O 16. Qxe7 Nxe7 17. h5 g5 18. Nf3 g4 $132 {
Polgar,S-Dreev,A/New York op 1989}) 14... Qe7 15. h5 g5 16. Qf6 O-O-O 17. Qxe7
Nxe7 18. Nh2 Nc6 19. c3 f5 $5 $13 {Fiedler,B-Hergott,D/North Bay op 1996}) 14.
c3 $5 (14. Ke3 b6 15. Qf6 Rg8 16. Ne2 Ba6 17. h5 gxh5 18. Rxh5 Nb4 $1 $13 {
Ostergaard,D-Brynell,S/Sollentuna op 1995}) 14... b5 $1 {[%cal Gb5b4]
Immedeatly starting an actions against white king.} 15. Qf6 (15. Ne2 b4 16.
Rhb1 bxc3+ 17. Nxc3 Ba6 18. Bxa6 Qxa6 19. Nb5 O-O $1 $132) (15. Nf3 b4 16. Rhc1
Rb8 17. Qf6 Rf8 18. cxb4 Rxb4 $13) 15... Rf8 16. Ne2 b4 17. Rhc1 Ba6 18. Bxa6
Qxa6 19. cxb4 $6 {After this move black manages to create counterplay on the
queenside so deserved attention} (19. h5 $5 bxc3+ (19... gxh5 20. Qxh6 Qa3 $5
21. Ke1) 20. Rxc3 gxh5 21. Rac1 $36) 19... Nxb4 20. Qf3 (20. Rc7 $2 Nc6 {
[%csl Rc7]} 21. Rc1 Qa5+ $19 {[%cal Ga5c7,Ga5d2]}) (20. Rc3 Rc8 21. Rac1 Qxa2+
22. Ke3 Rc4 $13) 20... Nc6 {[%cal Gc6a5,Ga5c4]} 21. Rc5 Na5 22. Rac1 Rb8 (22...
Nc4+ $4 {[%cal Gc5c4]} 23. R5xc4 dxc4 24. Qxa8+ $18) 23. Ke1 Nc4 24. Nf4 Qa4 {
[%cal Ga4b4]} 25. Nd3 $5 g5 $5 26. Qf6 $5 {Starting with this move very
beutiful combination,whch proves out sufficient only for a draw.} (26. Qe2)
26... Qxa2 27. Kf1 Nd2+ (27... Qd2 $2 28. Rc7 Qxd3+ 29. Kg1 Qa3 $8 30. Kh2 $1
Rd8 31. Ra1 $1 $18) 28. Kg1 Ne4 29. Rc7 $1 (29. Rc8+ Rxc8 30. Rxc8+ Kd7 31.
Rc7+ Kxc7 32. Qe7+ Kb6 33. Qb4+ Ka6 $19) 29... Nxf6 30. exf6 Qd2 (30... Qa3 31.
Ne5 Rd8 (31... Kd8 $2 32. Rd7+ Ke8 33. Rcc7 $36) 32. Rb1 $1 $44 {[%cal Gb1b7]})
31. Re7+ Kd8 32. Rcc7 Qxd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 1st"]
[Site "Saint Vincent"]
[Date "2000.07.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gdanski, Jacek"]
[Black "Dittmar, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2557"]
[BlackElo "2364"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2000.07.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. bxc3 Ne4 8. Qg4
Kf8 9. Bd3 Nxd2 10. Kxd2 Qg5+ $6 11. Qxg5 hxg5 12. g4 $5 {This idea deserves
some attention,but I still think that other moves that white may use in this
position are definitly not worse.} (12. h4 Nc6 $6 13. f4 gxf4 14. Rf1 Bd7 15.
Rxf4 Ke7 16. Rh3 Rag8 17. Rg3 $14 {Lutz,K-Meyer,S/Hofheim MVT 1995}) (12. Rf1
f5 13. h3 g4 14. Ne2 gxh3 15. Nf4 Rh6 16. Nxh3 Nc6 17. Nf4 $14 {Gallagher,
J-Sauvin,J/Geneve op 1994}) (12. Nh3 f6 13. f4 g4 14. Nf2 f5 15. g3 Nc6 16. h3
gxh3 17. Nxh3 Bd7 18. Rag1 $14 {McDonald,N-Maduekwe,C/London4 1994}) (12. f4
gxf4 13. h4 c5 14. Rf1 Nc6 15. Rxf4 $14 {Molnar,B-Midoux,S/Budapest FS05 IM
1996}) 12... f6 13. h4 $1 (13. Nf3 Rh3 14. Ke3 c5 15. Bf1 Rh8 16. h4 c4 17. Be2
gxh4 18. Nxh4 $14 {Madl,I-Gervais,C/Erevan olw 1996}) 13... fxe5 (13... Rxh4
14. Rxh4 gxh4 15. f4 $5 (15. exf6 gxf6 16. Nf3 h3 (16... e5 17. dxe5 Bxg4 18.
Nxh4 Kf7 19. Rg1 Be6 $11) 17. g5 $1 (17. Rh1 $6 e5 $1 18. Rxh3 $6 Bxg4 19. Rg3
Bxf3 20. Rxf3 e4 21. Rxf6+ Ke7 $19) 17... Nd7 18. gxf6 Nxf6 19. Ne5 $1 $14 {
[%cal Ga1h1,Gh1h3]}) 15... Nd7 16. Nf3 b6 17. Rh1 $14) 14. dxe5 Nc6 15. Nf3
gxh4 16. Rae1 $1 {[%csl Ge5]} h3 17. Rh2 Bd7 18. Reh1 Ke7 19. Rxh3 Rxh3 (19...
Rhf8 20. Ke3 $16 {[%cal Gh3h7]}) 20. Rxh3 $14 {There is no doubt that white
stands better,but the big question is wether he capable to make a progress or
not,because white pawn on e5 needs protection.} Rg8 (20... Rf8 $1 21. Ke3 (21.
Bb5 $5 Rxf3 $1 22. Rxf3 Nxe5 23. Re3 Nxg4 24. Rg3 Bxb5 25. Rxg4 Kf6 $11) 21...
Be8 (21... g5 $6 {[%csl Rg5]} 22. Rh7+ Kd8 23. Nxg5 Nxe5 24. Be2 Ng6 25. Nf7+
Ke8 26. Bd3 $16) 22. Rh7 Rg8 $5 {[%csl Re5]} 23. c4 d4+ 24. Ke2 $14) 21. Ke3
Na5 $6 {Permitting white to transfer f4,which is much more dangerous for black
than c4.} (21... Be8 $1 22. c4 $14) 22. Rh7 c5 23. Nh4 $14 {[%cal Gf2f5]} c4
24. Bg6 Nc6 25. f4 Kf8 26. Bh5 $1 Be8 $6 {Without the bishops white easily
wins the endgame combining the threats to advance his own pawns and to win
black ones.} (26... b5 $6 27. Ng6+ Ke8 (27... Kf7) 28. f5 $1 {[%cal Gf5f6]}
exf5 29. gxf5 Bxf5 30. Nh4+ g6 31. Nxf5 gxh5 32. e6 $1 $18 {[%csl Re8]}) (26...
Ke7 27. Ng6+ Kd8 28. Nh8 Kc7 $14) 27. Bxe8 Kxe8 28. Nf3 Kf7 29. f5 $16 {
[%csl Rg7][%cal Ge3f4,Gf3g5]} exf5 30. gxf5 Re8 31. Kf4 Kg8 32. Rh5 b5 33. Rg5
$1 $18 {[%cal Gg5g6,Gg6d6]} Kh7 (33... Kf7 34. e6+ Kf8 35. Ne5 Nxe5 36. Kxe5
$18) 34. Rg6 Ne7 35. Rd6 Rf8 36. Nd4 Kg8 37. Kg5 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1999.01.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "De Vreugt, Dennis"]
[Black "Glek, Igor Vladimirovich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2378"]
[BlackElo "2566"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1999.01.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. bxc3 Ne4 8. Qg4
g6 9. Bc1 $5 {Sharp continuation demanding from black very accurate play.} c5
10. Bd3 cxd4 (10... Nxc3 11. dxc5 Qa5 12. Bd2 Qa4 13. Qf3 $5 (13. h3 $5 Ne4 (
13... Qxg4 $6 14. hxg4 Ne4 15. Bxe4 dxe4 16. Ne2 Nd7 17. Ng3 Nxc5 18. g5 h5 19.
Bb4 Na6 20. Bd6 $14 {Gligoric,S-Pachman,L/Amsterdam izt 1964 (42)}) 14. Ne2
Nxc5 15. Qf3 Qh4 16. O-O Nc6 17. g3 Qe7 18. Qe3 Bd7 19. Rab1 $44 {Tal,
M-Vooremaa,A/Tallinn 1981 (28)}) 13... Ne4 14. Bxe4 Qxe4+ 15. Qxe4 dxe4 16. Ne2
Bd7 17. Rb1 Bc6 18. Nd4 $14 {Michel,P-Letelier Martner,R/Mar del Plata 1949 
(36)}) 11. Ne2 dxc3 $6 (11... Qa5 12. O-O dxc3 13. Bxe4 (13. h4 $5 Nc6 14. h5
Nxe5 15. Qf4 Nxd3 16. cxd3 g5 17. Qf3 Nd6 18. Qf6 Rh7 19. Nxc3 $44 {Toran
Albero,R-Linskens,R/San Rafael 1951 (34)}) 13... dxe4 14. Ng3 Nc6 15. Nxe4 Nxe5
16. Qg3 $16 {Boleslavsky,I-Lisitsin,G/URS-ch13 1944 (32)}) 12. Bxe4 (12. O-O h5
13. Qh3 Nc5 14. Nxc3 Nxd3 15. cxd3 Bd7 16. Rb1 Bc6 17. Ba3 $36 {Sulik,
F-Stahlberg,G/Mar del Plata 1941 (66)}) 12... dxe4 13. Nxc3 Qd4 $6 {Black
chooses extremly dangerous way to face white's initiative:he wants to hold the
pawn on e4 and then to develop the rest of the pieces.Taking into
consideration the fact that white has an advantage in the development and dark
squares in black's camp are seriously weakened this doesn't seem to be very
good idea.} (13... Nc6 $5) 14. Bb2 Bd7 {Keeping to carry out the plan.} (14...
Nc6 $6 15. O-O (15. Qf4 $5 Bd7 (15... e3 $6 16. fxe3 Qxf4 17. exf4 O-O 18.
O-O-O $14) 16. O-O O-O 17. Rfd1 Qb4 18. Rab1 $16) 15... e3 $5 16. Qe2 (16. Qxd4
Nxd4 17. Rfd1 Nxc2 18. Rac1 exf2+ 19. Kxf2 Nb4 20. Ba3 a5 21. Ne4 O-O 22. Rc7
$44) 16... exf2+ 17. Rxf2 O-O 18. Re1 $36) (14... Qxe5 $4 15. Nd1 $1 {[%csl
Re5,Rh8][%cal Gb2h8]} Qa5+ 16. Bc3 $18) 15. Rb1 Bc6 16. O-O Qc4 17. Qg3 $1 {
[%cal Gb2a3,Gb1b4] Defending the knight and permitting to the bishop to join
the party!} Nd7 18. Ba3 Nc5 (18... O-O-O 19. Be7 Rde8 20. Rb4 Qa6 21. Bd6 $40 {
[%cal Ga2a4,Gc3b5]}) 19. Nd1 Na4 ({The pawn is poisoned:} 19... Qxa2 $2 20. Nb2
$1 Bb5 (20... Na6 21. c4 $1 $18 {[%cal Gb1a1]}) 21. Rfd1 $1 {[%csl Ra2]} Rd8 $8
22. Bxc5 Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 Qxb2 24. Qh4 g5 25. Qxe4 Ba6 (25... Bc6 26. Qd3 Bd5 27.
c4 $18) 26. Qa4+ $1 Qb5 27. Qd4 $18) 20. Qf4 $1 $16 {[%csl Re8,Rf7][%cal Gf4f6]
Threating to win immideatly by 22.Qf6.} O-O-O $8 {Unfortunatly there is no
other way to defend.} 21. Ne3 Qa6 (21... Qxa2 $4 22. Ra1 $18) 22. Qxf7 Rhe8 23.
Bd6 $1 Bd7 24. Rb4 $18 {Inspite of material balance black's position is
absolutely hopeless:he is helpless against numerous threats and none of his
pieces can move!} b5 (24... Nb6 25. c4 $1 $18 {[%cal Gf1b1,Gc4c5]}) 25. Rfb1
Nc3 $2 {Giving white the possibility to finish the game with nice tactical
blow.} 26. Rc4+ $1 Kb7 (26... bxc4 27. Rb8#) 27. Rxc3 Ka8 28. Rc7 Bc6 29. a4 b4
30. Bc5 Bb7 31. Rxb4 {Very nice piece of play from De Vreugt!} 1-0

[Event "Chebanenco Memorial 1st"]
[Site "Kishinev"]
[Date "1998.02.17"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Lanka, Zigurds"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "1998.02.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "MDA"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 064"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Be3 Ne4 7. Qg4 Kf8 (7... g6
$5 8. a3 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 c5 (9... Nxc3 $5 10. Bd3 Nc6 11. h4 Ne7 12. f3 c5 13.
dxc5 Nc6 14. Bd2 d4 $15 {Hernandez,G-Glek,I/Linares op 1996 (50)}) 10. Bd3 cxd4
$6 (10... Nxc3 11. dxc5 Nc6 12. Nf3 Qa5 13. O-O Qa4 14. Qxa4 (14. Qh3 $5 $36)
14... Nxa4 15. Bb5 Nc3 16. a4 Bd7 $11 {Hracek,Z-Vaisser,A/EuT-ch, Pula CRO
1997 (41)}) 11. cxd4 Qa5+ 12. Ke2 Bd7 13. f3 Nc3+ 14. Kf2 Nc6 15. Qf4 $14 {
Coleman,D-Lautier,J/London Lloyds 1988 (35)}) 8. a3 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 c5 10. Bd3
Nxc3 (10... Qa5 $5 11. Ne2 Nc6 12. Bxe4 cxd4 13. Bd2 dxe4 14. cxd4 Qd5 15. O-O
b6 $5 (15... Nxd4 $6 16. Nxd4 Qxd4 17. Rad1 Qxe5 18. Bc3 Qxc3 19. Rd8+ Ke7 20.
Rxh8 Qe5 21. Qh4+ f6 22. Rd1 $16 {Kurajica,B-Bednarski,J/Wijk aan Zee II 1973 
(29)}) 16. Rfd1 Kg8 17. c4 Qxc4 18. Rac1 Qb3 19. Ng3 Ne7 20. Nxe4 $36 {
Hernandez,G-Hergott,D/Linares NL 1992 (47)}) (10... h5 $5 11. Qf3 $6 (11. Qf4)
11... Nxc3 12. Nh3 Nc6 13. Nf4 Kg8 $15 {Van Mil,J-Murey,Y/Arnhem/Amsterdam
1983 (16)}) 11. dxc5 Nc6 (11... Qa5 $5 12. Bd2 Nc6 13. Ne2 Qa4 14. Qh5 Nxe2 15.
Qxe2 Qd4 $1 16. O-O Qxe5 17. Qf3 $44 {Maxion,D-Busse,K/Dortmund op 1990 (36)})
12. Nf3 f5 (12... Qa5 $6 13. O-O Na4 $6 14. Bd2 $16 {Mokry,K-Chinchilla,E/
Dubai olm 1986 (18)}) 13. exf6 Qxf6 14. Qh5 e5 15. Bg6 Be6 $5 {Transfering the
bishop to f7,where it takes active part in defense.} (15... Bd7 $6 16. O-O Kg8
17. Rfe1 Rf8 18. Bd2 Ne4 19. Rad1 $36 {Klovan,Y-Sherieshevsky,M/USSR 1977 (41)}
) 16. O-O Bf7 17. Nh4 Re8 18. Rae1 Kg8 (18... Re6 $5) 19. f3 Re6 20. Bxf7+ Qxf7
21. Qg4 Rf6 $5 $15 {Taking under controle square c4!It was worse to play} (
21... Kh7 $6 22. Bd2 Nb5 (22... d4 $2 23. Bxc3 dxc3 24. Qe4+ $1 g6 25. f4 $16 {
[%cal Gf1f7,Ge1e6]}) 23. c4 $1 h5 24. Qg5 (24. Qf5+ $2 Qxf5 25. Nxf5 dxc4 26.
Rb1 Nbd4 $1 27. Nd6 c3 $1 $17) 24... dxc4 25. f4 $1 e4 26. f5 $36 {[%csl Rh7,
Rh8]}) 22. Bd2 Nb5 23. f4 $5 e4 24. c4 $5 {Absolutely justified decision:black
just has to finish development and then his strong center and numerous
weaknesses of white will give him much better prospects.} Nxa3 $1 $17 (24...
dxc4 $6 25. a4 Nbd4 26. Rxe4 Kh7 27. f5 Rd8 28. Bc3 $36) 25. cxd5 Qxd5 26. Re3
h5 27. Qe2 Nc4 28. Rd1 Nd4 $6 ({Why not} 28... Nxe3 $5 29. Bxe3 Qf7 30. Qc2 Qe8
{with wining position.}) 29. Qf1 Kh7 30. Rc3 Nxd2 31. Rxd2 Rd8 32. f5 g5 $1 {
Opening the f-file for the major pieces.} 33. fxg6+ Kg7 34. Qe1 Rdf8 35. Rc1
Kg8 $5 (35... Rf1+ $6 36. Qxf1 Rxf1+ 37. Rxf1 Qg5 $6 38. Rxd4 Qe3+ $4 39. Kh1
Qxd4 40. Nf5+ $18) 36. g7 R8f7 37. h3 Qe5 38. Qe3 Nc6 39. Re2 Kxg7 40. Qxe4 Qg5
$1 {[%csl Rh4]} 41. Qc4 Qg3 $1 $19 42. Qa4 ({Nothing would change} 42. Re4 Rf4
43. Rxf4 Rxf4 44. Rf1 Qe3+ 45. Kh1 Qxh3+ $1 46. gxh3 Rxc4 $19) 42... Rf4 43.
Qa1+ R7f6 44. Rd1 Qxh4 45. Rd7+ Kh6 46. Kh2 Rf2 47. Qc1+ Qf4+ 48. Qxf4+ R6xf4
49. Re8 Rf7 50. Re6+ Kg7 0-1

[Event "Dubai op"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2001.04.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Galkin, Alexander"]
[Black "Anastasian, Ashot"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2556"]
[BlackElo "2574"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2001.04.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Bangiev.} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. Bxf6 Bxc3+
7. bxc3 gxf6 8. Qd2 {'!?' Bangiev. Bangiev: 'Dies ist besser als die ьbliche
Fortsetzung 8.Nf3, es lдsst sich z.B. Ne2-f4 bzw. Be2-f3 spielen. Nf3 ist
immer mцglich.'} Nd7 $5 {In this variation black usually develops the knight
to c6,but the move in the game also has the right to exist.} (8... Nc6 9. Nf3
e5 10. Be2 Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 12. c4 Qa5 13. c3 O-O-O $13 {Groberman,E-Richards,H/
World Youth gu16 1998}) (8... Qa5 9. g3 (9. Ne2 Bd7 10. h4 Bc6 11. c4 Qxd2+ 12.
Kxd2 Nd7 13. Rh3 O-O-O $15 {Bojkovic,N-Grabuzova,T/Dresden-W 1994}) 9... Bd7
10. Bg2 Bc6 11. Nf3 Nd7 12. O-O O-O-O 13. Rfb1 (13. Rfd1 Nb6 14. Qh6 Qxc3 15.
Qxf6 Rhf8 16. Ne1 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Nd5 18. Qf3 Rd6 $15 {Van der Wiel,J-Glek,I/
BL2-West9900 2000}) 13... Nb6 14. a4 Qh5 15. Ne1 Rd6 16. Qd3 Qg6 17. Qf1 e5 18.
a5 Nd5 19. Rb3 $14 {Lanka,Z-Ellers,H/Bundesliga 9900 2000}) (8... c5 9. Ne2 (9.
Nf3 Rg8 10. Qe3 cxd4 11. cxd4 Nc6 12. c3 Bd7 13. Bd3 Qa5 14. O-O $14 {
Kovalevskaya,E-Zaitseva,L/Women's Champions 1998}) 9... cxd4 10. cxd4 Nc6 11.
Qf4 Ke7 12. c3 Qa5 13. g3 Rd8 14. Qe3 e5 $15 {Smirin,I-Vaisser,A/Tel Aviv 1992}
) (8... b6 {Bangiev} 9. Be2 Nc6 10. Bf3 Qd6 11. Qh6 Ke7 12. Ne2 Ba6 13. O-O
Bxe2 14. Bxe2 Rag8 15. f4 Qa3 16. Rf3 Qb2 17. Re1 Qxc2 18. f5 e5 19. Rf2 Rg5
20. dxe5 Nxe5 21. Bc4 Qxc3 22. Rxe5+ Qxe5 23. Re2 $16 {1-0 Galkin,A-Brynell,S/
Stockholm 2000/(27)}) 9. Ne2 (9. Nf3 b6 10. Be2 Bb7 11. c4 Qe4 12. c3 Rg8 $13)
9... b6 10. Nf4 Qd6 (10... Qa5 {Bangiev: Цfter wird hier die Dame auf a5
postiert.}) 11. a4 $6 {White loses two tempi to get rid of an a-pawn,which
seems quiet dangerous without development of the kingside. '!' Bangiev.} (11.
g3 Bb7 12. Bg2 Bxg2 13. Nxg2 f5 14. O-O Nf6 $11) (11. Bd3 {Bangiev} Bb7 $36)
11... Bb7 (11... a5 {Bangiev} 12. Bb5) 12. a5 {'!' Bangiev.} Rg8 13. f3 (13.
axb6 {Bangiev} cxb6 14. Ba6 (14. Rg1 {Bangiev} e5 15. Ne2 a5 $15) 14... Bxa6
15. Rxa6 Nb8 16. Ra1 a5) 13... e5 {'!' Bangiev. Bangiev: 'Schwarz verfolgt
damit das Ziel, die e-Linie zu цffnen.'} 14. Nh5 {'!' Bangiev. Bangiev: 'Der
Springer auf g3 soll den schwachen Punkt g2 schьtzen und das wichtige Feld e4
kontrollieren.'} Rg5 $6 {[%cal Gg5a5]} (14... c5 $5 15. Ng3 $1 cxd4 16. cxd4
Qxd4 (16... exd4 17. Bd3 Qe7+ 18. Kf2 Qe3+ 19. Qxe3+ dxe3+ 20. Kxe3 $14) 17.
Qxd4 exd4 18. Nf5 Nc5 $11) (14... O-O-O {Bangiev} 15. Ng3) 15. Ng3 exd4 {
'?!' Bangiev.} (15... c5 $5 {Bangiev}) 16. cxd4 Rxa5 17. Rxa5 bxa5 {Bangiev:
'Um den Bauern auf a5 zu gewinnen, musste Schwarz seine Bauernformation
beachtlich schwдchen.'} 18. c3 $14 (18. Be2 O-O-O (18... c5 19. Nf5 $36) 19.
O-O c5 20. c3 Nb6 21. Nf5 Qe6 22. Bd3 $14) 18... O-O-O 19. Bd3 Nc5 {Bangiev:
'Anstatt der offensichtlichen Zьge 19...Re8 oder 19...h5 opfert Schwarz den
Bauern auf h7. Damit strebt er danach, die Initiative am Damenflьgel zu
ergreifen.'} (19... h5 {Bangiev} 20. Nxh5 Rh8 21. Nf4 $16) (19... Re8+ {Bangiev
} 20. Kf2) 20. O-O (20. Bf5+ Ne6 21. O-O c5 22. Rd1 Kb8 $132) (20. Bxh7 {
Bangiev} Re8+ (20... Rh8 {Bangiev} 21. Bf5+ Ne6 22. Kf2 $16) 21. Kf2 Nb3 22.
Qh6 (22. Qd3 {Bangiev} a4) 22... a4 $132) 20... Nxd3 21. Qxd3 a4 22. Ra1 $5 (
22. Qxh7 $5 Qe6 (22... c5 23. Qf5+ Kb8 24. dxc5 Qe5 25. Ra1 Qxc3 26. Qf4+ $16 {
[%cal Gf4a4]}) 23. Qc2 Qb3 24. Qf5+ Qe6 25. Ra1 $16) 22... c5 23. Rxa4 Qb6 24.
Ne4 $1 (24. Rc4 $6 Kb8) (24. Qf5+ $5 Kb8 25. dxc5 Qb2 (25... Rd1+ 26. Kf2 Qb2+
27. Ne2 $18) 26. Qf4+ Ka8 27. Rd4 $16) (24. Qxh7 {Bangiev} cxd4 (24... Kb8 {
Bangiev} 25. Qf5) (24... Bc6 $6 {Bangiev} 25. Rc4) 25. Qf5+ Kb8 26. Qf4+ Ka8
27. cxd4 Qb1+ 28. Nf1 Rc8 $132 {/\Rc1}) 24... cxd4 $6 (24... Kb8) 25. cxd4 Kb8
26. Qc3 (26. Nc5 $4 Qxc5 $19 {[%cal Gd8d3]}) 26... Ka8 27. Nc5 $16 Bd5 28. h3 {
'?!' Bangiev.} (28. Nd7 $6 Qc6 (28... Qb5 $1 {Bangiev}) 29. Nc5 (29. Rxa7+ $2
Kxa7 30. Qa5+ Kb7 31. Qxd8 Qc1+ $11 {[%cal Gc1g5,Gc1d2]}) 29... Qb6) (28. Ra6
$5 Qb1+ 29. Kf2 Qb8 30. Qa5 Qb2+ $11) (28. Ra1 $142 {Bangiev}) 28... Qc7 29.
Rb4 Qg3 30. Na6 Bb7 31. Nc7+ (31. Qc7 {Bangiev} Qxc7 32. Nxc7+ Kb8 33. Na6+ Ka8
34. Nc5 Bd5 $132) 31... Kb8 32. Na6+ Ka8 33. Nc7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-Cup9"]
[Site "Novgorod"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Galkin, Alexander"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1997.06.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 060"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. Bxc3 Ne4 8. Ne2
O-O (8... c5 $5 9. dxc5 (9. g3 Nc6 10. Bg2 Nxc3 11. bxc3 O-O 12. O-O Na5 13.
Nf4 b6 14. h4 Qc7 $132 {Zembaty M-Przybylka Damian/It (open), Bytom (Poland)
1995 (38)}) 9... Nd7 (9... Nc6 $6 10. Bd4 $1 Qa5+ 11. c3 Nxd4 12. Nxd4 Qxc5 13.
Bb5+ Bd7 14. Bxd7+ Kxd7 15. f3 Ng5 16. h4 $14 {Ciocaltea,V-Pegorar/Val Thorens
1981 (32)}) (9... Nxc5 10. Nd4 (10. Qd4 $5 Ne4 11. Ng3 Nc6 12. Bb5 Bd7 13. Bxc6
Bxc6 14. Nxe4 dxe4 15. O-O-O $14) 10... a6 11. Bd3 (11. Bb4 $5) 11... Nc6 12.
Nxc6 bxc6 13. O-O a5 $11 {Polch,A-Nussbaum,S/RL-chJ U20 Mendig 1994 (15)}) (
9... Nxc3 10. Nxc3 Qa5 11. Qd2 (11. Qd4 $5 O-O 12. Bb5 Bd7 13. b4 Qa3 14. Bxd7
Nxd7 15. Nb5 Qa4 16. Nd6 b6 $44) 11... Qxc5 12. f4 O-O 13. O-O-O Nc6 14. h4 a6
15. Kb1 b5 16. Ne2 b4 17. Rh3 $36 {Berzinsh,R-Achoundov,R/WchJM-U18 Duisburg
1992 (29)}) 10. Bd4 Nexc5 11. Ng3 b6 $2 (11... O-O 12. c4 (12. Qg4 $6 Qc7 $1
13. f4 Qa5+ 14. Bc3 Qa4 $1 15. Bd3 Nxd3+ 16. cxd3 d4 $15) 12... Qc7 13. f4 f6
14. cxd5 fxe5 15. fxe5 exd5 $132) 12. b4 $1 Ne4 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Qg4 $16 {
Schmittdiel,E-Gruen,S/Triberg 1991 (16)}) 9. Bb4 (9. Qd3 $5 f6 10. f3 Nxc3 11.
Qxc3 fxe5 12. dxe5 Nc6 13. f4 Qe7 14. O-O-O $36 {Kogan,A-Kaminik,A/ISR-chT 
(Elizur-Apoel) 1996 (34)}) (9. f3 $6 Nxc3 10. Nxc3 c5 11. dxc5 Qh4+ 12. g3 Qb4
13. Qd3 Nc6 14. Qb5 Qd4 $6 (14... Qxb5 15. Nxb5 Nxe5 16. Nd4 Ng6 $15) 15. f4
Nb4 16. Qe2 Qxc5 17. O-O-O $14 {Koch,J-Murrey,J/Paris-ch 1989 (36)}) 9... c5
10. Ba3 cxd4 $6 {Quiet strange dicision.With accurate play white can easily
neutralize black's initiative and remain with exchange up.} (10... Qa5+ $5 11.
c3 b6 12. f3 Ng5 13. Ng3 Nc6 14. dxc5 bxc5 15. f4 Nh7 16. Bd3 $14 {Goldberg,
A-Neuberger,G/BL2-SW 1991 (36)}) 11. Bxf8 Qxf8 12. f3 d3 (12... Qb4+ $5 13. c3
dxc3 14. bxc3 Nxc3 15. Qd2 d4 16. Qxd4 (16. Nxd4 Nd7 17. f4 Nc5 18. a3 Qa5 $44)
16... Nxa2+ 17. Qd2 Qxd2+ 18. Kxd2 Nb4 19. Nd4 N8c6 20. Nxc6 Nxc6 21. f4 $14)
13. fxe4 $1 (13. Qxd3 Qb4+ 14. c3 Qxb2 15. Rb1 Nc5 $1 $36) 13... dxe2 14. Qxe2
$1 Nc6 (14... Qb4+ 15. c3 Qxe4 16. Qxe4 dxe4 17. Kf2 Nd7 18. Re1 $16) 15. exd5
exd5 16. O-O-O $16 {Black's expirement in the opening proved to be disasterous.
White has significient material advantage and practicaly wining position.} Be6
17. Qb5 $6 (17. Kb1 $5) 17... Qe7 18. Bd3 Nxe5 19. Kb1 Rc8 20. Rhe1 Qc7 21. h3
{Even after giving away a pawn on e5 white still keeps a big advantage.The
main problem of black is absence of active counteplay.} a6 22. Qa4 Nc6 $6 (
22... Nxd3 $5 23. cxd3 (23. Rxd3 b5 24. Qb3 d4 25. Rxe6 fxe6 26. Qxe6+ Kh8 27.
Qe2 $14) 23... Qg3 24. Re2 Qg6 25. Qd4 $14) 23. g4 b5 $2 24. Qxa6 b4 25. Qa4
Qb7 26. Bf5 $1 $18 {The rest is a matter of technique.} Bxf5 27. gxf5 d4 28. f6
g6 29. Qb3 Qd7 30. Qf3 Kh7 31. Re2 Qd6 32. Rde1 Qc5 33. Qb3 Qf8 34. Qd5 $1 d3
35. cxd3 b3 36. a3 h5 37. Rc1 Na7 38. Rxc8 Nxc8 39. Qxb3 Nd6 40. Qd5 Nf5 41.
Qd7 1-0

[Event "Czerniak Memorial 14th"]
[Site "Tel Aviv"]
[Date "1998.04.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Polgar, Sofia"]
[Black "Zifroni, Dov"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1998.04.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 2144]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7.
bxc3 Ne4 8. Qg4 g6 9. Bd3 Nxd2 10. Kxd2 c5 11. Nf3 Nc6 12. Bb5 $5 (12. Rab1 c4
(12... cxd4 $5 13. cxd4 Na5 14. Qf4 Bd7 15. h4 Rc8 16. h5 g5 17. Qf6 Qxf6 18.
exf6 $14 {Spassky,B-Panno,O/Amsterdam ct 1956 (35)}) 13. Be2 b6 14. Qf4 Bd7 15.
h4 Qe7 16. h5 g5 17. Qf6 O-O-O $13 {Spraggett,K-Ree,H/Wijk 1985/0-1 (57)}) (12.
Rhe1 $6 Qa5 $5 13. Qf4 cxd4 14. Nxd4 Nxd4 15. Qxd4 b6 16. a4 Ba6 $15 {
Sokolowski,S-Yoccoz,J/Paris-ch 1988/0-1 (50)}) (12. dxc5 $6 Qa5 (12... Bd7 13.
Qf4 g5 14. Qe3 Qc7 15. Rab1 Rc8 16. g4 Na5 17. h4 $14 {Nezhmetdinov,R-Bonch
Osmolovsky,M/URS-ch sf 1957 (42)}) 13. Qf4 Qxc5 14. Nd4 Nxd4 (14... Bd7 15. Qf6
O-O 16. Nxc6 Qxc6 17. Rab1 $14 {Smyslov,V-Bondarevsky,I/URS-ch12 1940/1/2-1/2 
(73)}) (14... a6 15. Rab1 Nd8 16. h4 Bd7 17. h5 gxh5 18. Qf6 Rg8 19. g3 $14 {
Yudovich,M-Chistiakov,A/URS-ch11 1939/0-1 (71)}) 15. cxd4 Qa5+ 16. Ke3 b6 17.
h4 (17. Kf3 Ba6 18. g3 Rc8 19. Kg2 Qa3 $132 {0-1 Lanc,A-Likavsky,T/SVK-chT
1994 (50)}) 17... Ba6 18. a4 Rc8 19. Ra3 Qb4 20. Rha1 Bxd3 21. cxd3 Rc2 $17 {
Lanc,A-Glek,I/Stare Mesto 1992 (30)}) 12... cxd4 (12... Bd7 $6 13. Bxc6 Bxc6
14. dxc5 Qe7 15. Qd4 Rc8 16. Rab1 Rc7 17. Ne1 O-O 18. h4 $36 {Mertanen,
J-Jauhiainen,K/Kaleva op 1988/1-0 (51)}) 13. Nxd4 O-O $1 $36 (13... Bd7 14.
Bxc6 Bxc6 (14... bxc6 $6 15. Nb3 Qb6 16. Qd4 Qd8 17. f4 O-O 18. h4 $16 {
Hellstrom,M-Van der Wal,A/SWE-ch op 1992 (27)}) 15. h4 Qc7 (15... Bd7 16. Qf4
Rc8 17. Rh3 Qe7 18. Rf3 Rc4 $132 {Polgar,S-Sarmiento,B/Las Palmas-B 1994 (48)})
16. Qf4 O-O-O 17. Rh3 h5 18. Rf3 Rd7 19. Ke1 Kb8 20. Kf1 Rc8 $13 {Stefansson,
H-Savchenko,S/EUCup f 1994 (41)}) 14. Bxc6 {Typical exchange for this kind of
positions.} (14. Nxc6 $6 bxc6 15. Bxc6 Rb8 16. Ba4 d4 $1 $36 17. Qxd4 $2 Rb4 $3
$19) 14... bxc6 15. Nb3 Ba6 (15... Qg5+ $6 16. Qxg5 hxg5 17. Nc5 f6 18. exf6
Rxf6 19. f3 $14) 16. h4 Bc4 17. h5 g5 $15 {Black is definitly the one who
controls the situation on the board.Invalid pawn structure,insecure position
of the king,lack of coordination between the major pieces-all this make
white's chanses inferior in forthcoming struggle.} 18. Nc5 Rb8 19. Rab1 $6 Qe7
20. Qd4 Bxa2 $17 {Now black also has the material advantage!} 21. Rb4 Bc4 22.
Ra1 Rb5 ({Deserved attention} 22... Rxb4 $5 23. cxb4 f6 24. Re1 (24. f3 $5)
24... fxe5 25. Rxe5 Rf4 26. Qe3 Qf6 27. f3 d4 $19) 23. Rxb5 cxb5 $6 {Giving
white an opportunity to create counterplay.} (23... Bxb5 $142 $5) 24. Ra6 $1 {
Grabbing the chanse!} Rd8 (24... Rc8 $5 25. Rd6 $1 Rd8 $1 (25... a5 $6 26. Nd7
Kg7 27. Nf6 Rd8 28. f4 $1 $13) 26. Ne4 $1 Kg7 27. Rxd8 Qxd8 28. Nd6 Qd7 29. f4
$17) 25. Nd3 b4 $6 (25... Bxd3 $2 26. Rxa7) (25... Rd7 $5 26. Nb4 Rb7 $1 27.
Nc6 Qc7 28. Nb4 $5 (28. Nxa7 b4 $1 29. Rc6 Qd7 $17) 28... Rb6 29. Ra1 $15) 26.
Qxa7 $2 (26. Rxa7 bxc3+ 27. Kxc3 Qf8 28. Qc5 Qxc5 29. Nxc5 $11) 26... bxc3+ 27.
Kxc3 Qf8 28. Rc6 Bxd3 29. cxd3 Ra8 30. Qb6 Ra2 $2 (30... Qa3+ 31. Kd2 Qa1 $1
$19 {[%csl Rd2,Re5][%cal Ga8a2,Ga1f1]}) 31. Rd6 {It was still possible to
fight for win with} Qc8+ (31... Kg7 $5 $36) 32. Rc6 Qf8 33. Rd6 Qc8+ 34. Rc6
Qf8 35. Rd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 0001"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2001.03.10"]
[Round "10.4"]
[White "Borriss, Martin"]
[Black "Huebner, Robert"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2439"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2000.10.14"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 082"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Neukoelln"]
[BlackTeam "Solingen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 {Kortschnoj} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bc1 {
Interesting continuation leading to complicated struggle Kortschnoj: '6.Bd2'}
Ne4 7. Qg4 g6 {Kortschnoj: 'An alternative is 7...Kf8.'} 8. Nge2 c5 9. a3 Ba5 (
9... Bxc3+ {I think that more accurate is 9...Ba5,but this move also has the
right to exist.} 10. bxc3 $5 ({Nothing special promises} 10. Nxc3 Nxc3 11. bxc3
Qa5 (11... Nc6 12. Bd3 Qa5 13. Bd2 Qa4 14. O-O c4 15. Be2 Qxc2 16. Qf4 Qf5 17.
Qe3 $14 {Bogdanovic,R-Meier,V/Bad Woerishofen 1988}) 12. Bd2 Qa4 13. c4 Nc6 14.
dxc5 Qxc2 15. Qf4 d4 16. Be2 Qf5 $13 {and black has got sufficient
counterchanses; Zolnierowicz,K-Vaisser,A/Nimes op 1991 (48)}) 10... cxd4 ({
Black can not play typical} 10... Qa5 $2 {because of} 11. f3 $1 Nxc3 12. Bd2
cxd4 13. Nxd4 $1 (13. Qxd4 Nxe2 14. Bxe2 Nc6 15. Qf4 Qc7 16. Bb5 Bd7 $13) 13...
Qc7 14. Qf4 Nd7 15. a4 $1 $16 {[%csl Rc3][%cal Gf4e3] and the knight is
trapped.}) 11. cxd4 Qc7 12. f3 Nc3 13. Bd2 Nxe2 14. Bxe2 Bd7 (14... Qxc2 $4 15.
Rc1 $18) 15. Bd3 $14 {1-0 Hector,J-Pedersen,S/Oxford 1998/CBM 69/[Finkel,A] 
(31) The opening is over and white can be pleased with what he's got:pressure
over the semy-open b-file,bishop's pair,unsafe position of black king-all
these make his chanses preferable in the forthcoming struggle.}) (9... cxd4 10.
axb4 dxc3 11. f3 $5 (11. Nxc3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Qc7 13. Qg3 Nc6 14. Be2 Bd7 15. O-O
a5 $15 {0-1 Hamann,C-Beuchler,H/Montabaur 1994/EXT 2001 (43)}) 11... cxb2 12.
Bxb2 Qg5 13. Qxg5 Nxg5 14. h4 Nh7 15. Nd4 O-O 16. Bd3 $36 {Klavins,
J-Shagalovich,A/URS-chT 1962 (37)}) 10. b4 Nxc3 11. Nxc3 cxd4 (11... cxb4 {
'?!' Finkel,A.} 12. Nb5 b3+ 13. Bd2 Bxd2+ 14. Kxd2 Qa5+ 15. c3 Nc6 16. Qf4 Kf8
17. Bd3 Ne7 18. Qf6 Rh7 19. h4 a6 20. Nd6 Nf5 21. h5 Rg7 22. hxg6 Rxg6 23.
Qxf7# {1-0 Foerster,R-Eggenberger,U/Bad Ragaz 1992/TD (23)}) 12. Nb5 Bc7 13. f4
Nc6 14. Bd3 (14. Bb2 Bd7 15. Bd3 Bb8 16. Nxd4 Qb6 17. Nb3 a6 18. Qe2 $14 {
1-0 Sheremetieva,M-Charkova,E/ROM 1993/EXT 98 (43)}) 14... a6 15. Nxc7+ Qxc7
16. O-O {Kortschnoj: 'It is a well-known theoretical line. White has some
initiative for the sacrificed pawn.'} Bd7 17. Qh4 $1 {Strong move promising
white much better chanses.} (17. Bd2 Ne7 (17... O-O-O {Kortschnoj then} 18. a4
{was much stronger than the queen's maneouvre.}) 18. Qe2 Qb6 19. a4 {1/2-1/2
Forster,R-Quinn,M/Bratislava 1993/TD (19)}) (17. Bxg6 $2 {Kortschnoj} Rg8 $1)
17... Qd8 18. Qf2 $1 {[%csl Rd4]} Qb6 $6 (18... O-O 19. Bb2 f6 20. Qg3 (20.
Bxd4 fxe5 21. Bxe5 Nxe5 22. Qg3 $1 Nxd3 23. Qxg6+ Kh8 $11) 20... g5 21. exf6
Qxf6 22. Bc1 Qg7 $132) 19. Bb2 {Kortschnoj: 'Presumably, 19.Qh4 Qd8 would lead
to a draw. But 19.Bd2 with an idea Rb1+a3-a4 looked rather promising for white.
'} O-O-O 20. Rab1 {'?!' Kortschnoj. Kortschnoj: '20.c3 still promised a slight
edge to white.'} ({Logical} 20. c3 $1 {[%cal Gf2b6] simply winning back a pawn
would be correct way to play in this position:} Kb8 21. a4 $1 (21. cxd4 Na7 22.
Rfc1 Rc8 23. Rc5 Bb5 24. Bc2 $14) 21... Qc7 22. b5 dxc3 23. Bxc3 Na5 24. Bd4
$16 {[%cal Gd4b6,Gf1c1]}) 20... Rdf8 {'!' Kortschnoj. Kortschnoj: 'Black finds
counterplay in the centre.'} 21. Ba1 $6 ({Still} 21. c3 $1 {would be very
strong.}) 21... f6 22. exf6 Rxf6 23. b5 axb5 24. Rxb5 (24. Bxb5 e5 $1 25. Bxc6
Qxc6 26. Qd2 Rxf4 27. Rxf4 exf4 28. Bxd4 Re8 $11) 24... Qa7 {Kortschnoj: 'Now
black is ahead in development of his initiative: on 25.Rfb1 e6-e5 is following
with advantage for black.'} 25. Qh4 $2 {If the previous inaccuracy deprived
white an opening advantage, this one passes the initiative into black's hands.}
(25. Rfb1 e5 26. Rxb7 Qxb7 27. Rxb7 Kxb7 28. c4 $1 $13) 25... g5 $1 $17 {
'!' Kortschnoj. Kortschnoj: 'It leads to a forced win of black.'} 26. fxg5
Rxf1+ 27. Kxf1 (27. Bxf1 d3+ 28. Kh1 dxc2 29. Qe1 Rf8 $19) 27... Qxa3 28. Bb2
Qe7 $1 {[%cal Ge6e4,Ge7h4] The advance of e-pawn decides the game.} 29. Bc1 e5
30. Kg1 e4 31. Bf1 ({Or} 31. Be2 {Kortschnoj} d3 32. cxd3 Nd4 33. Rb2 Qc5 34.
Be3 Nf3+ 35. gxf3 Qxe3+ {winning.}) 31... e3 32. Be2 Be6 33. Rb3 (33. Bg4 Qd7
34. Bf3) 33... Bf5 34. Qf4 (34. Ra3 Kb8 35. Qf4+ Qe5 36. Qxe5+ Nxe5 37. Bb2 Nc6
38. Bd3 Bxd3 39. Rxd3 Rf8 $19) 34... Qxg5 35. Qd6 Rg8 36. g3 (36. Qxd5 {
Kortschnoj} Bxc2 37. Qe6+ Kc7 38. Qf7+ Kd6) 36... Qe7 37. Qxd5 Be6 $19 {
[%cal Ge6b3]} 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-34"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2000.11.10"]
[Round "13.2"]
[White "Degraeve, Jean Marc"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2554"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[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 "France"]
[BlackTeam "Spain"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ESP"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Be3 {Very sharp
continuation leading to extremly complicated positions.} Ne4 7. Qg4 Kf8 (7...
g6 $5 8. a3 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 c5 (9... Nxc3 $5 10. Bd3 Nc6 11. h4 Ne7 12. f3 c5 13.
dxc5 Nc6 14. Bd2 d4 $15 {Hernandez,G-Glek,I/Linares op 1996 (50)}) 10. Bd3 cxd4
$6 (10... Nxc3 11. dxc5 Nc6 12. Nf3 Qa5 13. O-O Qa4 14. Qxa4 (14. Qh3 $5 $36)
14... Nxa4 15. Bb5 Nc3 16. a4 Bd7 $11 {Hracek,Z-Vaisser,A/EuT-ch, Pula CRO
1997 (41)}) 11. cxd4 Qa5+ 12. Ke2 Bd7 13. f3 Nc3+ 14. Kf2 Nc6 15. Qf4 $14 {
Coleman,D-Lautier,J/London Lloyds 1988 (35)}) 8. a3 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 c5 10. Bd3
Nxc3 (10... Qa5 $5 11. Ne2 Nc6 (11... Nxc3 $6 12. Bd2 cxd4 13. Nxd4 Qc7 14. O-O
Bd7 15. Rae1 Na6 16. Re3 Na4 17. Rg3 $16 {Klovans,J-Pronold,H/Werfen op 1991 
(36)}) 12. Bxe4 cxd4 13. Bd2 dxe4 14. cxd4 Qd5 15. O-O b6 $5 (15... Nxd4 $6 16.
Nxd4 Qxd4 17. Rad1 Qxe5 18. Bc3 Qxc3 19. Rd8+ Ke7 20. Rxh8 Qe5 21. Qh4+ f6 22.
Rd1 $16 {Kurajica,B-Bednarski,J/Wijk aan Zee II 1973 (29)}) 16. Rfd1 Kg8 17. c4
Qxc4 18. Rac1 Qb3 19. Ng3 Ne7 20. Nxe4 $36 {Hernandez,G-Hergott,D/Linares NL
1992 (47)}) (10... h5 $5 11. Qf3 $6 (11. Qf4) 11... Nxc3 12. Nh3 Nc6 13. Nf4
Kg8 $15 {Van Mil,J-Murey,Y/Arnhem/Amsterdam 1983 (16)}) 11. dxc5 Nc6 (11... Qa5
$5 12. Bd2 (12. Qb4 Qxb4 13. axb4 Nc6 14. Bd2 Ne4 15. Bxe4 dxe4 16. Bc3 Ne7 17.
Rd1 Nd5 $132 {Berset,P-Moor,O/Zuerich op 1993}) 12... Nc6 13. Ne2 Qa4 14. Qh5
Nxe2 15. Qxe2 Qd4 $1 16. O-O Qxe5 17. Qf3 $44 {Maxion,D-Busse,K/Dortmund op
1990 (36)}) 12. Nf3 f6 (12... Qa5 $6 13. O-O Na4 $6 14. Bd2 $16 {Mokry,
K-Chinchilla,E/Dubai olm 1986 (18)}) 13. exf6 Qxf6 14. Qh5 (14. O-O $6 e5 15.
Qg6 Qxg6 $5 16. Bxg6 Ke7 17. Rfe1 Kf6 18. Bd3 Bf5 19. Bxf5 Kxf5 $15) 14... e5
15. Bg6 Be6 {Transfering the bishop to f7,where it takes active part in
defense.} (15... Bd7 $6 16. O-O Kg8 17. Rfe1 Rf8 18. Bd2 Ne4 19. Rad1 $36 {
Klovan,Y-Sherieshevsky,M/USSR 1977 (41)}) (15... Kg8 16. O-O Ne2+ $6 (16... Be6
$5 17. Bd2 (17. Rae1 Rd8 18. Bd2 Ne4 19. c4 Nxd2 20. Nxd2 Qg5 {1/2-1/2
Fressinet,L-Vallejo Pons,F/zt 1.1 2000}) 17... Ne2+ $6 18. Kh1 Nf4 19. Bxf4
Qxf4 20. Rab1 Bg4 21. Qh4 Bxf3 22. Qxf4 exf4 23. gxf3 $14) 17. Kh1 Nf4 18. Bxf4
Qxf4 19. h3 $36 (19. Rab1 $5) 19... Be6 20. c3 $5 Bf7 (20... e4 21. Nd4 $14)
21. Rab1 Bxg6 $1 {Black is absolutely right not entering following variation:}
(21... Rb8 $6 22. Rfd1 e4 23. Nh4 Qxf2 24. Rf1 Bxg6 25. Nxg6 Qxc5 26. Qf5 $1
$16) 22. Qxg6 $14 {Filipenko,A-Volkov,S/RUS-Cup03 (Geller mem) 1999}) (15... e4
$6 16. Nh4 d4 17. Bd2 Ne5 18. h3 $16 {[%csl Re4]}) 16. O-O (16. Bg5 $5) 16...
Bf7 17. Nh4 Re8 (17... Kg8 18. f4 e4 19. f5 d4 20. Bf4 Bc4 21. Rfe1 e3 22. h3
$36 {Lanka,Z-Nepeina Leconte,M/ch-Paris 2000}) 18. f4 $146 {This move is the
novelty,however promising white nothing special.} (18. Rae1 Kg8 (18... Re6 $5)
19. f3 Re6 20. Bxf7+ Qxf7 21. Qg4 Rf6 $5 $15 {Lanka,Z-Morozevich,A/Chebanenco
mem 1st 1998}) 18... e4 19. f5 $5 d4 20. Bd2 Na4 (20... Nd5 21. Rab1 b6 22.
cxb6 axb6 (22... e3) 23. Bxf7 Qxf7 24. Ng6+ (24. Qg6 $1 Ne5 (24... Qc7 25. f6
Nxf6 26. Rxf6+ gxf6 27. Qxf6+ Kg8 28. Qg6+ Kf8 29. Rf1+ $18) 25. Qd6+ Kg8 26.
Rb5 $1 (26. Ng6 Nc4 27. Nxh8 Kxh8 $19 {[%cal Gc4d6,Gc4d2]}) 26... Nc4 27. Qxd5
Nxd2 28. Rd1 Qxd5 29. Rxd5 e3 30. Rxd4 $16) 24... Kg8 25. f6 Nxf6 26. Qf5 Rh7
27. Rxb6 Ne7 28. Nxe7+ Qxe7 29. Bb4 $14) 21. Bf4 $1 Kg8 (21... Nxc5 $2 22. Bxf7
Qxf7 23. Bd6+ Kg8 24. Qxf7+ Kxf7 25. Bxc5 $18) 22. Bd6 Nc3 23. Rfe1 $5 Ne5 24.
Bc7 $5 {[%cal Gc7a5]} Qg5 $2 {The ending turns out to be better for white so
deserved attention.} (24... Bxg6 25. Nxg6 Nxg6 26. fxg6 Re6 27. Ba5 Qxg6 28.
Qxg6 Rxg6 29. Bxc3 dxc3 30. Rxe4 Kh7 $11) 25. Bxf7+ Nxf7 26. Qxg5 hxg5 $5 (
26... Nxg5 27. Ng6 Rh7 28. Ba5 $1 Nd5 29. Rab1 Ne3 30. Rxe3 $1 dxe3 31. Rxb7
$16 {[%csl Rh7][%cal Gc5c7,Gg1f1,Gf1e2]}) 27. Ng6 Rh5 28. Ba5 $1 $14 g4 (28...
Na4 29. Rad1 g4 30. Rxd4 Nxc5 31. Rd5 b6 32. Bb4 $16) 29. Bxc3 dxc3 30. Rab1
Rxf5 $6 (30... Nd8 $1) 31. Rxb7 Rxc5 32. Ne7+ Kh7 (32... Kf8 33. Rxe4 {[%cal
Ge7g6]} Ra8 34. Ng6+ Kg8 35. Rxg4 $16) 33. Rxe4 Nh6 (33... Ra5 34. Rxg4 Re5 35.
Nc6 Re1+ 36. Kf2 R1e2+ 37. Kg3 R2e3+ 38. Kh4 Rh8 $1 39. Ne7 $1 g5+ 40. Rxg5 $1
$16) 34. Rxa7 Rb5 (34... Nf5 35. Nd5 $6 (35. a4 $1 Rd8 (35... Nxe7 36. Raxe7
Rxe7 37. Rxe7 Rd5 38. Kf2 $18) 36. Rxg4 Rd1+ 37. Kf2 Rd2+ 38. Kf3 Rxc2 39. Nxf5
Rxf5+ 40. Ke4 Rff2 41. Raxg7+ Kh8 42. R7g5 $18) 35... Rxe4 36. Nf6+ Kg6 37.
Nxe4 Rc6 $11 {[%csl Rc2][%cal Gf5d4,Gf5e3]}) 35. Rc7 Rb1+ 36. Kf2 Rf8+ 37. Kg3
$18 Rf7 38. Rf4 Rxf4 39. Kxf4 Re1 40. Nd5 Rf1+ 41. Kg3 Nf5+ 42. Kxg4 Nd4 43.
Rxc3 Rf2 44. Ne3 1-0

[Event "Guillermo Garcia Memorial-A 06th"]
[Site "Santa Clara"]
[Date "1998.05.30"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Becerra Rivero, Julio"]
[Black "Nogueiras Santiago, Jesus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1998.05.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 066"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. bxc3 Ne4 8. Qg4
Kf8 9. Bd3 Nxd2 10. Kxd2 Qg5+ 11. Qxg5 hxg5 12. Nh3 {Not a very ambitious,but
quiet good continuation:white hopes to get small advantage without any danger
to lose the game.} (12. h4 $5 Nc6 $6 13. f4 gxf4 14. Rf1 Bd7 15. Rxf4 Ke7 16.
Rh3 $14 {Lutz,K-Meyer,S/Hofheim MVT 1995 (40)}) (12. Rf1 $5 Ke7 (12... f5 13.
h3 g4 $6 14. Ne2 gxh3 15. Nf4 Rh6 16. Nxh3 Nc6 17. Nf4 $14 {[%csl Rc8]
Gallagher,J-Sauvin,J/Geneve op 1994 (27)}) (12... c5 $5 13. f4 Nc6 $6 14. fxg5
cxd4 15. cxd4 Nxd4 16. g6 Nf5 17. Ne2 Rh4 18. h3 $16 {Westerinen,H-Valaker,O/
Peer Gynt 1991 (23)}) 13. f4 gxf4 14. Nh3 Bd7 15. Nxf4 c5 16. h4 Nc6 17. Ke3
$14 {Nezhmetdinov,R-Liebert,H/Rostov 1961 (37)}) (12. f3 $6 c5 13. Nh3 Nc6 14.
Ke3 Rh4 15. Nxg5 f6 16. exf6 gxf6 17. Nh3 c4 $1 $44 {Mrdja,M-Moracchini,F/It,
Clichy FRA 1998}) (12. c4 dxc4 13. Bxc4 b6 14. Ne2 Bb7 15. f3 Nc6 16. Ke3 Rd8
$13 {Barria,D-Singh,G/WchJT U26 1997 (44)}) 12... g4 (12... f6 $5 13. Rae1 Nc6
14. f4 g4 15. Nf2 f5 16. g3 Bd7 17. h3 gxh3 18. Nxh3 $14 {Gross,S-Baumegger,S/
Honved 1997 (41)}) 13. Nf4 {I don't think that after this move white can get
something from the opening.More dangerous for black is} (13. Ng1 $5 c5 14. Ke3
Nc6 15. Bb5 Ne7 16. dxc5 Rh5 17. f4 b6 18. cxb6 axb6 19. Ne2 $14 {as was
played in Skrobek,R-Luczak,A/Makarczyk mem 1978 (38)}) 13... g5 14. Ne2 c5 15.
Ng3 {Nothing promises} (15. c4 $5 dxc4 16. Bxc4 cxd4 17. Nxd4 Nd7 18. Rae1 b6
19. Bb5 Nc5 $13 {with balanced position.}) 15... Nc6 16. Ke3 Bd7 17. Rab1 b6
18. Be2 Rh4 19. Bb5 {Showing clear intentions to make a draw,while white still
could try to fight for the advantage by} (19. Rhd1 $1 {[%csl Rg4][%cal Gg3f1,
Gg2g3]} Rxh2 20. Bxg4 $1 (20. Rh1 $6 Rh4 (20... Rxh1 21. Rxh1 Ke7 22. Bxg4 (22.
Rh7 cxd4+ 23. cxd4 Nb4) 22... cxd4+ $1 23. cxd4 Nb4 24. c3 Nxa2 25. Kd2 Rc8 26.
Ne2 Bb5 27. Ra1 Bxe2 (27... Bc4 $2 28. Nc1 Nxc1 29. Rxa7+ Kf8 30. Kxc1 $14 {
[%csl Rf7]}) 28. Bxe2 Nxc3 29. Rxa7+ Kf8 30. Bh5 Ne4+ 31. Kd1 Nxf2+ 32. Ke2 Ne4
$15) 21. Nh5 Ne7) 20... Rh4 $5 (20... Ke7 21. Bh3 Rh8 22. Rg1 $1 {[%csl Rh2]} (
22. Nf1 Rh1) 22... Rh4 23. Nf1 R2xh3+ 24. gxh3 Rxh3+ 25. Rg3 $14) 21. f3 Ke7
22. Nh1 $5 {[%cal Gh1f2,Gf2h3]} f5 23. exf6+ Kxf6 24. Nf2 $14 {and white 's
chanses are slightly preferable.}) 19... Ke7 20. Bxc6 Bxc6 21. Nf1 Rc8 (21...
Rah8 $5 22. g3 Rh3 23. Kd2 Kd7 24. Ne3 Rxh2 25. Rxh2 Rxh2 26. Nxg4 Rh8 27. a3
$11) 22. g3 Rh6 23. Ke2 {[%cal Gf1e3,Ge3g4]} Rch8 24. Ne3 Rxh2 25. Rxh2 Rxh2
26. Nxg4 Rh8 27. Nf6 c4 $5 {After this move neither side can't make a progress
and draw becomes inevitable.} 28. Kd2 Kf8 29. Ke3 Ba4 30. Rc1 Kg7 31. Ke2 Kg6
32. Ke3 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-Cup03 Geller Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1999.02.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Igriashvili, Zurab"]
[Black "Kostenko, Petr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2327"]
[BlackElo "2468"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1999.02.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 070"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. bxc3 Ne4 8. Qg4
Kf8 9. h4 f5 (9... h5 10. Qf4 c5 11. Bd3 Nxd2 12. Kxd2 c4 $6 13. Bg6 Qe7 14.
Qf3 $1 {[%csl Rh5]} Kg8 15. Bxh5 $16 {Frolov,D-Janturin,A/Moscow-ch 1996 (24)})
(9... Nxd2 10. Kxd2 c5 11. Rh3 Nc6 12. Rg3 Rg8 13. Bd3 Ne7 14. dxc5 Nf5 15.
Bxf5 exf5 16. Qd4 $16 {Spal,M-Janka,H/Klatovy op 1996}) (9... b6 $5 10. Bd3
Nxd2 11. Kxd2 Ba6 12. Rh3 Bxd3 13. Rxd3 Nc6 14. Rf3 Qd7 $132 {Sariego,W-Borges
Mateos,J/Capablanca mem 1989 (37)}) 10. exf6 Qxf6 11. Nf3 (11. Be3 Nc6 12. Bd3
$6 e5 13. Qh5 $5 exd4 14. cxd4 Nxd4 15. Bxe4 Ne6 $1 16. Qxd5 Qxa1+ 17. Ke2 Qf6
18. Rh3 $44 {Sondermann,J-Bischof,D/Dortmund op 1987}) 11... Nc6 12. Qf4 (12.
h5 e5 13. Qh4 Kf7 14. Bb5 exd4 15. cxd4 Re8 $13 {Lilienthal,A-Sliwa,B/
Balatonfured 1960}) 12... Nxd2 13. Qxd2 e5 14. O-O-O $5 (14. Bb5 $5 Bg4 15.
Bxc6 Bxf3 16. Bxb7 Bxg2 17. Bxa8 Bxh1 18. O-O-O Bf3 19. dxe5 Qxe5 20. Re1 $36 {
Seidel,A-Meyer,S/Hofheim MVT 1995 (33)}) 14... exd4 {This move is definitly
better than} (14... Bg4 $2 15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Qxe5 17. Qxd5 Qxd5 18. Rxd5
Be6 19. Re5 $16 {which braught to an ending with much better chanses for white.
Domarkaite,L-Dambravaite,A/LTU-chW 1994 (47)}) 15. cxd4 Qd6 16. Qc3 Bg4 $5 ({
Black doesn't manage to equalze after} 16... Bf5 17. a3 $5 (17. Re1 Nb4 18. Qb2
Bxc2 19. Ne5 Bh7 20. Rh3 $36) 17... Kg8 18. Bb5 Be4 19. Bxc6 Qxc6 20. Qxc6 bxc6
21. Ne1 $14 {and white keeps better chanses in the endgame.}) 17. Re1 Bxf3 (
17... Qf4+ $5 18. Qe3 Qxe3+ 19. fxe3 (19. Rxe3 Re8 20. Bb5 Rxe3 21. fxe3 $14)
19... Bf5 20. Kd2 Ke7 21. Bb5 $14) 18. Qxf3+ Kg8 19. c4 $5 (19. Qe3 Rf8 20. g3
$1 (20. c3 Qf6 21. f3 Kf7 22. Qd3 Re8 23. Rxe8 Rxe8 24. Qb5 Qf4+ 25. Kd1 Qd6
$13) 20... Qf6 21. Bg2 Nb4 22. f4 $1 $14) 19... Nxd4 20. Qxd5+ Qxd5 21. cxd5 g6
$6 ({Much stronger was} 21... Rf8 $1 22. f3 $5 $14 (22. Re7 Rxf2 $1 23. Rxc7
Rxa2 $2 (23... Ne2+ $1 24. Bxe2 (24. Kd1 Ng3 25. Rc8+ Rf8 26. Rxf8+ Kxf8 $15)
24... Rxe2 25. Rc8+ Kh7 26. Rxh8+ Kxh8 27. d6 Re8 $11) 24. d6 $1 b5 25. d7 Ne6
26. Rc8+ Kh7 27. Bd3+ g6 28. Re1 $18) (22. Re4 $5 c5 23. dxc6 Nxc6 24. Bc4+ Kh7
25. f4 Rc8 26. Be6 $14)) 22. h5 g5 23. Bd3 Kg7 $6 ({Still} 23... Rf8 $5 {
was called for.}) 24. Re7+ (24. Re4 c5 (24... Nf5 25. g4 Nd6 26. Re7+ Nf7 27.
Bg6 $16) 25. Re7+ Kf6 26. Rxb7 Rhd8 27. Bc4 $16) 24... Kf6 25. Rhe1 Rad8 (25...
Rac8 26. Bg6 Rhf8 27. Kb2 b6 28. Rh7 $16) 26. g4 {During last 4 moves black
has significiently worthened his position and now he simply gives up a game.}
b5 $6 (26... Rxd5 27. Bc4 $1 $18 {[%csl Rf6]}) 27. Bxb5 $1 $18 Rhf8 28. Bc4 Rf7
29. Rxf7+ Kxf7 30. Re4 Nf3 31. Re3 Nd4 32. Rd3 Ne2+ 33. Kd2 Nf4 34. d6+ Ke8 (
34... Kg7 35. dxc7 Rc8 36. Rd7+ Kf6 37. Ba6 $18) 35. Bb5+ Kf7 36. dxc7 Rc8 37.
Rd7+ Ke6 38. Bc6 a6 39. Ke3 1-0

[Event "RUS-Cup03 Geller Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1999.02.14"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kholmov, Ratmir D"]
[Black "Nikolenko, Oleg"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2458"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "1999.02.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 070"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. exf6 $6 {Giving up the
bishop white hardly can hope for any opening advantage.} hxg5 7. fxg7 Rg8 8.
Nf3 {Other continuations also don't cause black any problems:} (8. Qd3 Qf6 9.
Nf3 c5 10. Ne5 a6 11. O-O-O Nc6 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. dxc5 Bxc5 $15 {Pazo,
A-Guimard,C/ARG-chT 1936 (36)}) (8. Qh5 Qf6 9. Nf3 Qxg7 10. h4 (10. O-O-O Bxc3
11. bxc3 c5 (11... Nd7 12. g4 $2 Nf6 13. Qh3 Ne4 $17 {Jovanovic,S-Certic,B/
Belgrade op 1991 (28)}) 12. h4 g4 13. Ne5 Nc6 14. Bb5 Bd7 15. Bxc6 bxc6 $132 {
Torhola,S-Tuominen,R/Taraus op 1989 (42)}) (10. a3 Ba5 11. Bd3 $2 c5 12. O-O
cxd4 13. Nb5 Nc6 14. Bh7 Rh8 $17 {Knab,R-Doering,T/Nuernberg op 1990 (24)})
10... gxh4 11. Rxh4 Nc6 12. Bb5 Bd7 13. Bxc6 Bxc6 14. Ne5 O-O-O 15. Rg4 Rh8 $1
$13 {Link,P-Klemm,G/Bargteheide op 1989 (32)}) 8... Qf6 (8... Rxg7 9. Ne5 Nd7
10. Qh5 a6 11. Qh8+ Bf8 12. O-O-O Qf6 13. Bd3 c5 $15 {Wass,L-Martinidesz,D/
Ringsted op 1992 (21)}) 9. h4 (9. Ne5 Nd7 10. Nxd7 Bxd7 11. Qd2 Rxg7 12. a3 Bd6
13. Qe3 O-O-O 14. g3 Rh7 15. O-O-O Rdh8 $15 {Beletic,D-Furlan,M/Portoroz op
1995 (28)}) 9... gxh4 10. Qd2 Nc6 11. a3 Bxc3 $11 ({It was possible to keep
the bishop} 11... Be7 $5 12. Nb5 Bd8 13. Rxh4 a6 14. Nc3 Qxg7 15. Rh1 Bf6 16.
O-O-O Bd7 17. Ne2 O-O-O 18. Nf4 $13) 12. Qxc3 Bd7 13. Rxh4 Qxg7 14. g3 O-O-O (
14... a6 15. Bg2 O-O-O 16. O-O-O Rh8 17. Rdh1 Rxh4 18. Rxh4 Rh8 $11) 15. Bb5
Rh8 $6 {After this move black finds himsef in slightly inferior position s
deserved attention} (15... Ne7 16. Bd3 Rh8 17. O-O-O Rxh4 18. Nxh4 Qf6 $11 {
with equal chanses.}) 16. O-O-O a6 17. Bxc6 $1 Bxc6 18. Qe3 Bd7 (18... Rxh4 19.
gxh4 Rh8 20. Rg1 Qf6 (20... Qh6 $6 21. Rg8+ Kd7 22. Ne5+ Ke7 23. Rxh8 Qxh8 24.
Qf4 $14) 21. Rg4 Be8 22. Kd2 $14) 19. Rdh1 f6 20. Ne1 {[%cal Ge1d3,Gd3f4]
White knight is definitly stronger than black bishop and that's the main
reason why white's chanses are preferable.} (20. Rxh8 $5 Rxh8 21. Rxh8+ Qxh8
22. Qf4 Be8 23. Kd2 Kd7 24. g4 $14) 20... Rxh4 21. Rxh4 Rh8 22. Nd3 b6 (22...
Rxh4 23. gxh4 Kd8 24. Qf4 b6 25. Kd2 $14) 23. Nf4 Re8 24. Qd3 Bb5 25. Qg6 (25.
Qh7) 25... Qxg6 26. Nxg6 e5 $6 {Putting himself in the danger of losing the
game.} 27. dxe5 (27. Rh7 exd4 28. Ne7+ Kb7 29. Nxd5 Re1+ 30. Kd2 Re2+ 31. Kd1
Rxf2 32. Rxc7+ Kb8 33. Re7 d3 $11) 27... fxe5 28. Rh5 e4 29. Rxd5 (29. Re5 $6
d4 $1 30. Rxe8+ Bxe8 31. Ne5 c5 32. Kd2 Kc7 $132) 29... e3 30. fxe3 Rxe3 31.
Rg5 Re1+ 32. Kd2 Re2+ 33. Kd1 Rh2 34. Nf4 $2 {Knight would be much better
placed on e5,which would offer white serious winning chanses.} (34. Ne5 $1 Kb7
35. b3 $16) 34... Kd7 35. Re5 Bc6 36. Re3 Kd6 37. Kc1 Bd7 38. Rd3+ (38. Re2
Rh1+ 39. Kd2 Rg1 40. Rg2 Rf1 41. Ke2 Rb1 42. b3 Bg4+ $14) 38... Kc6 39. Rd2
Rh1+ 40. Rd1 Rh2 41. Rg1 {[%cal Gg3g4]} Bg4 42. Rg2 Rh1+ 43. Kd2 Kd6 44. Kc3
Rf1 $1 45. Nd3 Rf3 46. Kd4 Bf5 47. b4 (47. g4 c5+ 48. Kc3 Be4 (48... Bg6 $2 49.
Rf2 $16 {[%cal Gf2f6]}) 49. Rf2 Rg3 50. Rf4 Bd5 51. Kd2 Be6 $132) 47... Bh3 48.
Rg1 Bf5 49. a4 ({Black easily holds the position after} 49. g4 c5+ $5 50. bxc5+
bxc5+ 51. Nxc5 Bxc2 52. Rc1 Rf4+ 53. Ke3 Rxg4 54. Rxc2 Rg3+ $11) 49... c5+ $1 {
Forcing the draw.} 50. bxc5+ bxc5+ 51. Nxc5 Bxc2 52. a5 (52. Rc1 Bf5 53. Rg1 a5
54. Nb7+ Kc7 55. Nxa5 Ra3 56. Rc1+ Kd7 $11) 52... Rf5 53. Nxa6 Rxa5 $11 54. Nb4
Bg6 55. Rc1 Rg5 56. Rc6+ Kd7 57. Ra6 Rg4+ 58. Kc5 Rg5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Monarch Assurance 08th"]
[Site "Port Erin"]
[Date "1999.11.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Black "Daly, Colm"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2587"]
[BlackElo "2378"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1999.11.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 074"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. bxc3 Ne4 8. Qg4
g6 9. Bd3 Nxd2 10. Kxd2 c5 11. Nf3 Nc6 12. Rhb1 c4 13. Be2 b6 (13... Qe7 14. a4
Na5 (14... Kd8 15. h4 Kc7 16. h5 g5 17. Qg3 Bd7 18. Nh2 Rag8 19. Ng4 $16 {
Polgar,S-Baginskaite,K/Erevan olw 1996}) 15. h4 Bd7 16. Qf4 O-O-O 17. Nh2 g5
18. hxg5 hxg5 19. Qg3 f5 20. exf6 Qxf6 21. Ng4 $16 {Hennigan,R-Richards,H/
GBR-chT 9798}) (13... Rb8 14. a4 a6 15. Qf4 b5 16. axb5 axb5 17. h4 Qe7 18. h5
g5 19. Qf6 $14 {Hector,J-Glek,I/Geneve op 1994}) 14. h4 Bd7 (14... Qe7 15. Nh2
h5 16. Qg3 Bd7 17. f4 O-O-O 18. Qg5 Kc7 $11 {Djerkovic,M-Hathaway,J/North Bay
op 1996}) 15. Nh2 (15. a4 Qe7 16. Qg3 O-O-O 17. Nh2 Na5 18. Ng4 Bc6 19. Nf6 Qf8
20. h5 $14 {Di Fonzo,V-Sauvin,J/Geneve op 1994}) 15... Qe7 16. h5 $6 (16. Qg3
$5) 16... O-O-O (16... g5 17. Qf3 $1 {[%csl Rf6][%cal Gh2g4]} (17. Qg3 $6 f5
18. exf6 Qxf6 19. Ng4 Qf5 20. Rf1 O-O-O $132) 17... O-O-O 18. Ng4 Be8 19. Qe3
Nb8 20. f4 Nd7 21. Rf1 $5 $14) 17. hxg6 f6 $1 {Temporarily sacrificing a pawn,
but getting in return significient counterchanses.} (17... fxg6 $5) 18. Nf3
fxe5 19. Nxe5 ({Worse is} 19. dxe5 $6 Qg7 20. Qg3 Rdg8 21. Rh1 Be8 $1 $36 {
[%cal Ge8g6,Gg7f8,Gf8a3] and black siezes the initiative.}) 19... Nxe5 20. dxe5
{Inaccuracy permitting white to get slightly better chanses with very
energetic play.} h5 $6 (20... Rdg8 $5 21. a4 $1 (21. Qg3 $2 Be8 22. Bh5 Qg7 23.
Rh1 Bxg6 24. Bxg6 Qxg6 25. Qxg6 Rxg6 $15) 21... Be8 (21... Qc5 22. a5 b5 23.
Qd4 Qc7 24. Bh5 a6 $1 25. Rh1 $14) 22. a5 Rxg6 23. Qd4 b5 24. g3 Rg5 $1 $132)
21. Qd4 Rdg8 22. a4 $1 Bc6 {[%csl Ra7] Defending by this the pawn on a7.} (
22... Qg5+ $2 23. f4 Qxg2 24. a5 b5 25. Qxa7 $18 {[%cal Ga5a6]}) 23. a5 b5 24.
Rh1 h4 (24... Rxg6 $2 25. g3 {[%csl Rh5]} Rg5 26. Rh3 Qg7 27. Qc5 $1 Qc7 28. f4
Rg6 29. Bxh5 $16) 25. Rh3 Rxg6 26. g3 Rgh6 27. Rah1 b4 $1 $132 {The only,but
sufficient way to create counterplay.} 28. cxb4 ({Black manages to hold the
position also after} 28. Rxh4 bxc3+ 29. Ke3 Qg5+ 30. Kf3 (30. Qf4 $4 Rxh4 $1
31. Rxh4 Rxh4 $1 32. Qxg5 d4#) 30... Rxh4 31. Rxh4 Rxh4 32. gxh4 Qh5+ (32...
Qf5+ $5 33. Kg3 Qxc2 34. Qc5 $1 Qxe2 (34... Kc7 35. Qxa7+ Kc8 36. Qc5) 35.
Qxc6+ Kd8 36. Qd6+ Ke8 37. Qxe6+ Kf8 $11 {[%cal Gc3c1]}) 33. Ke3 Qh6+ 34. Kf3 (
34. f4 $2 Qxh4 35. Qxc3 Qg3+ 36. Kd4 Qxf4+ 37. Kc5 Kc7 $19 {[%csl Rc5]}) 34...
Qh5+ $11) 28... Qxb4+ 29. c3 (29. Qc3 Qxc3+ (29... Qc5 $36) 30. Kxc3 d4+ {
[%cal Gc6h1]} 31. Kxd4 Bxh1 32. Rxh1 hxg3 33. Rxh6 Rxh6 34. fxg3 Rg6 $15) 29...
Qxa5 30. Rxh4 Rxh4 31. Rxh4 $6 {After this move the draw is inevitable.It was
nessasary to play} (31. gxh4 $1 $14 {keeping the first rank under control.})
31... Rxh4 32. gxh4 Qa2+ 33. Ke3 Qa3 $1 $11 {[%cal Ga3c1,Ga3f8]} 34. Kf4 (34.
h5 Qc1+ 35. Qd2 (35. Kf3 $2 Qg5 {[%csl Rh5]}) 35... Qh1 36. Qd4 (36. f4 $4 Qg1+
37. Kf3 d4#) 36... Qc1+ 37. Qd2 Qh1 $11) 34... a5 35. h5 a4 36. h6 Qf8+ 37. Kg5
a3 38. Qb6 Qf5+ 39. Kh4 Qf4+ 40. Bg4 Qh2+ (40... Qxh6+ 41. Kg3 Bd7 42. Qc5+ Kd8
43. Qxa3 $14) 41. Bh3 Qf4+ 42. Bg4 Qh2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 12th"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "1999.12.03"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2701"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1999.11.06"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 074"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hungary"]
[BlackTeam "England"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "HUN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. bxc3 Ne4 8. Qg4
g6 9. Bd3 Nxd2 10. Kxd2 c5 11. h4 Bd7 (11... Nc6 12. Qf4 Qa5 13. h5 gxh5 14.
Nf3 b6 15. Rxh5 Ba6 16. Bxa6 Qxa6 17. Qf6 Rf8 $13 {Fercec,N-Glek,I/Open 1998})
12. h5 g5 13. f4 Nc6 14. fxg5 Qxg5+ $5 {Deciding to fight for equality in the
arising endgame,which seems however on the first-hand look better for white.} (
14... Qa5 15. dxc5 (15. Nf3 O-O-O 16. g6 cxd4 17. Ke2 dxc3 (17... Qxc3 18. gxf7
Rdf8 19. Qf4 Nd8 20. Qxd4 Qxd4 21. Nxd4 $14 {Gaponenko,I-Grabuzova,T/
Timisoara-W 1994}) 18. Qf4 d4 19. g7 Rhe8 20. Kf2 Rg8 21. Qf6 Qc5 22. Rae1 Nb4
$17 {Koch,J-Goldgewicht,L/Cannes Martinez 1995}) 15... d4 16. Nf3 O-O-O 17. Ke2
Qxc3 18. Qf4 hxg5 19. Nxg5 Qxc5 20. Nf3 f5 21. Rh4 Rhg8 $132 {Olivier,
J-Goldgewicht,L/Cannes Masters 1995}) 15. Qxg5 hxg5 16. Ke3 (16. g4 $6 cxd4 17.
cxd4 Nxd4 18. c3 Nc6 19. Nf3 Ke7 20. Rae1 Rh6 $1 (20... Rag8 21. h6 f6 22. h7
Rg7 23. exf6+ Kxf6 24. Rh6+ $44) 21. Nxg5 Rg8 $17) 16... g4 $5 {[%csl Rg1]
Restricting white knight and desturbing fluent development of white pieces,but
the pawn on g4 becomes the turget for white pieces.} 17. Rf1 ({Of course not} 
17. Ne2 $2 c4 $19 {,but serious attention deserved}) (17. Be2 $5 {immideatly
attacking the pawn on g4.} Rc8 $6 (17... cxd4+ 18. cxd4 Nb4 19. Rb1 Nxc2+ 20.
Kd3 Rc8 (20... Na3 21. Rxb7 Bc6 22. Rc7 Bb5+ 23. Ke3 $16) 21. Bxg4 a5 22. Rxb7
Nb4+ 23. Ke3 Nc2+ 24. Kf4 Nxd4 25. Nf3 $14) 18. Rb1 cxd4+ 19. cxd4 b6 20. Bd3
Na5 21. Ne2 $16 {[%csl Rg4][%cal Gh5h8]}) 17... Ke7 18. Rh4 ({Very interesting
option was} 18. h6 $5 Rac8 $5 (18... Rag8 19. Rf6 Rg5 (19... Be8 20. Bf1 $5 Kd7
21. Ne2 $16) 20. Kf4 Rgg8 21. h7 (21. Ke3 Rg5) 21... Rg7 22. dxc5 Nxe5 23. Kxe5
Rg5+ 24. Bf5 exf5 25. Rfh6 f6+ 26. Kf4 Bb5 $5 27. Ne2 $5 $14) 19. Rf4 cxd4+ 20.
cxd4 Nb4 21. Rxg4 Ba4 $5 22. Nf3 Bxc2 23. Bxc2 Rxc2 24. Rg7 $14 {in both cases
with complicated struugle with slightly better prospects for white.}) (18. Rf4
$5 {[%csl Rd4]} Rag8 19. Be2 $14) 18... Rag8 19. Rb1 $6 (19. Be2) 19... b6 20.
Be2 cxd4+ 21. cxd4 f5 $1 $11 {After this strong move the draw seems to be
inevitable result.} 22. exf6+ (22. Bd3 $2 {[%csl Rh5]} Rg5 23. h6 Rg6 24. h7
Rg7 $17) 22... Kxf6 23. Rf1+ Ke7 24. Rxg4 (24. Bxg4 Nxd4 25. Kxd4 e5+ 26. Kxe5
Rxg4 27. Rxg4 Bxg4 $11) 24... Rxg4 25. Bxg4 Nxd4 $1 $11 26. Kxd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch Gr-B"]
[Site "Salt Lake City"]
[Date "1999.08.30"]
[Round "7"]
[White "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Black "Kaidanov, Gregory S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2598"]
[BlackElo "2611"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "1999.08.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 073"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. bxc3 Ne4 8. Qg4
Kf8 9. Bd3 (9. h4 c5 10. Bd3 Nxd2 11. Kxd2 Nc6 12. Nf3 c4 13. Be2 b5 14. a3 a5
15. Qf4 Rb8 16. Rhb1 Qe7 17. g4 $14 {Heissler,J-Reefschlaeger,H/BL9596}) 9...
Nxd2 10. Kxd2 c5 11. Nf3 Nc6 12. Qf4 (12. h4 c4 13. Be2 b5 14. a3 Bd7 15. h5 a5
16. Qf4 b4 $132 {Horvath,A-Almasi,I/Budapest FS12 GM 1997}) (12. Rab1 c4 13.
Be2 Rb8 14. h4 b5 15. Qf4 Qe7 16. Rh3 b4 17. Ke1 Bd7 $13 {Kurz,A-Reefschlaeger,
H/BL9596}) 12... c4 (12... Qe7 13. h4 c4 14. Be2 b5 15. Rhb1 Rb8 16. a3 a5 17.
Ke1 Ba6 $132 {Somlai,L-Bock,J/Budapest FS03 IM-A 1997}) 13. Be2 b5 (13... Bd7
14. h4 b5 15. Rhb1 Rb8 16. a3 a5 17. g3 Qe7 18. h5 Kg8 $13 {Walker,B-Dougherty,
M/Toronto 1993}) 14. a3 Rb8 15. h4 a5 16. h5 $5 (16. Qe3 Qe7 17. Rhb1 Bd7 18.
g4 Be8 19. h5 f6 20. Rh1 Kg8 21. exf6 gxf6 22. Nh4 b4 $132 {Khan,A-Marinello,B/
USA-chW 1993}) 16... b4 $6 (16... Qe7) 17. axb4 axb4 18. cxb4 Rxb4 19. Qe3 Qb6
(19... Bd7 20. Rhb1 Qb8 21. Qa3 Kg8 22. Rxb4 Qxb4+ 23. Qxb4 Nxb4 24. Ra7 $16)
20. Ra8 Qb7 21. Rha1 Kg8 22. Bd1 $1 Rb2 23. Qa3 (23. Kc1 Rb1+ 24. Rxb1 Qxa8 25.
c3 $14) 23... Kh7 24. Kc1 Rb6 25. c3 Re8 26. Ba4 $1 Kg8 (26... Qxa8 $2 27. Bc2+
$18) 27. Bxc6 Qxc6 28. Qc5 Bd7 $6 (28... Qxc5 $6 29. dxc5 Rc6 30. R1a5 Kf8 31.
Nd4 Rc7 32. c6 $18 {[%cal Gc1a3,Ga3c5]}) (28... Qb7 $5 $132) 29. Qxc6 Bxc6 30.
Rxe8+ Bxe8 31. Ra8 Kf8 32. Nh4 Rb3 (32... Ke7 33. f4 Bd7 34. g4 Rb7 35. Rg8 Rb3
36. Kc2 $16) 33. Kc2 Rb7 34. f4 Ke7 35. f5 Bc6 (35... Bd7 36. g4 Rb6 37. fxe6
Bxe6 38. Nf5+ Bxf5+ 39. gxf5 $16) 36. fxe6 Kxe6 37. g4 Rc7 $6 (37... Bb5 $5 38.
Rd8 (38. Nf5 f6 39. Nd6 Rb6 40. Ra7 fxe5 41. Nc8 Rb8 42. Re7+ Kf6 43. dxe5+ Kg5
44. Rxg7+ Kf4 $132) 38... Ba4+ 39. Kc1 (39. Kd2 Bd7 40. Nf5 Rb2+ 41. Kc1 Rg2
42. Ne3 $14) 39... Rb3 40. Rd6+ Ke7 41. Nf5+ Ke8 42. Nxg7+ Ke7 43. Nf5+ Ke8 44.
Rxh6 $18) 38. Rd8 Bd7 39. Nf5 f6 40. Nxg7+ Ke7 41. Rh8 fxe5 42. dxe5 Bxg4 43.
Rxh6 Kf7 44. Ne6 $1 Re7 45. Nd8+ Kg8 (45... Ke8 46. Nc6 Rg7 47. e6 $18 {
[%csl Re8]}) 46. Rg6+ Rg7 47. Kd2 Rxg6 (47... Bxh5 48. Rxg7+ Kxg7 49. Ke3 Kf8
50. Kd4 Bf3 51. Ne6+ Ke7 52. Nc7 $18) 48. hxg6 Kg7 49. Ke3 Kxg6 50. Kd4 Kf5 51.
Kxd5 Bf3+ 52. Kd4 Bh5 53. Nb7 1-0

[Event "FRA-ch Final stage"]
[Site "Besancon"]
[Date "1999.08.24"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Degraeve, Jean Marc"]
[Black "Vaisser, Anatoli"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2542"]
[BlackElo "2564"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1999.08.23"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 073"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. Bxf6 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 gxf6
8. Nf3 b6 (8... Bd7 9. Be2 Qa5 10. O-O (10. Qd2 Bc6 11. O-O Nd7 12. Qe3 Rg8 13.
c4 O-O-O 14. g3 Nb6 15. Nd2 Qf5 16. c3 h5) 10... Qxc3 11. Rb1 Bc6 12. Bb5 Bxb5
13. Rxb5 Nd7 14. Rxb7 Nb6 15. d5 Nxd5 16. Rb3 Qc5) (8... Qa5 9. Qd2 b6 10. Be2
Bb7 11. O-O Rg8 12. Rfb1 Qf5 13. Rb5 Qh3 14. g3 a6 15. Rb3 Nd7) 9. Be2 (9. g3
Nd7 10. Bg2 Ba6 11. Kd2 O-O-O) (9. Qd2 Bb7 10. c4 Qd6 11. Be2 Nd7 12. O-O-O Rg8
13. Rhg1 Qa3+ 14. Kb1 O-O-O 15. Qe3 Qb4+ 16. Ka1 c5) 9... Bb7 10. O-O (10. Qd2
Nd7 11. c4 Qf5 12. O-O-O O-O-O) 10... Rg8 (10... Nd7 11. a4 Rg8 (11... a5) 12.
a5 b5 13. Qd3 f5 14. Rfe1 (14. Qxb5 Qxb5 15. Bxb5 Bxf3) 14... a6 (14... Bc6 15.
Kf1 Nf6 16. c4 bxc4 17. Qxc4 Qxc4 18. Bxc4 Bxf3 19. gxf3 Kd7) 15. Kf1 Nf6 16.
c4 bxc4 17. Qxc4 Qxc4 18. Bxc4 Bxf3 19. gxf3) 11. c4 (11. a4 Nc6 12. Qd3 O-O-O
13. Rfb1 Qh5 14. Ne1 Qg6 15. Bf3 Qxd3 16. cxd3 Na5) 11... Qe4 12. d5 Nd7 (12...
exd5 13. Re1 Kf8 14. Bf1 Qf5 15. Nd4 Qf4 16. cxd5 Bxd5 17. Nb5) 13. g3 O-O-O
14. Nd2 Qg6 15. Bh5 (15. Nb3 f5 16. a4 Nf6 (16... a5 17. Rb1 Nf6 18. Bf3 f4 19.
Qd4) 17. a5 c5 (17... exd5 18. c5) 18. axb6 axb6 19. Ra7 exd5 20. cxd5 Nxd5 21.
Bf3) 15... Qg7 16. dxe6 fxe6 17. Qe2 (17. Bf3 Ne5 18. Bxb7+ Kxb7 19. f4 (19.
Qe2 Rxd2) 19... Nc6 20. c5 h5) 17... e5 18. Nb3 (18. Bf3) 18... Qe7 19. a4 a5
20. Bf3 e4 21. Bg2 f5 22. Rfe1 c5 23. Nd2 Ne5 24. Rad1 Kb8 (24... Kc7) 25. Nf1
Rxd1 26. Rxd1 Qe6 27. Qh5 Qg6 28. Qh4 (28. Qe2 f4 29. Qd2 e3 30. fxe3 f3 31.
Bh3 Nxc4) 28... Nxc4 (28... Qg4 29. Qxg4 fxg4 30. Ne3 Bc6) 29. Qf4+ Ka7 30. Rd7
Rc8 31. Bh3 Qc6 32. Qxf5 e3 (32... Rc7 33. Rxc7 (33. Qxh7 e3 34. fxe3 Qh1+ 35.
Kf2 Qf3+ 36. Kg1 Rxd7 37. Qxd7 Nxe3) 33... Qxc7 34. Bg2 Qe7 (34... b5 35. axb5
a4 36. Bxe4 Nd6 (36... a3 37. Bxb7 a2 38. Qf6 Qa5 39. Bd5) 37. Qxh7 Qxh7 38.
Bxh7 Bd5 39. Ne3 a3 40. c4 a2 41. Nc2)) 33. fxe3 Re8 (33... Nd6 34. Qf4 Qh1+
35. Kf2 Ne4+ 36. Ke1) 34. e4 (34. Qf7) 34... Ne5 35. Rxh7 Qxa4 36. Qh5 (36. c3
Qd1) 36... Qd4+ 37. Kh1 Qxe4+ 38. Kg1 Qd4+ 0-1

[Event "Dos Hermanas 10th"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1999.04.14"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1999.04.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 071"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 2352]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7.
bxc3 Ne4 8. Qg4 Kf8 9. Bd3 Nxd2 10. Kxd2 c5 11. h4 (11. Rb1 cxd4 12. cxd4 Qa5+
13. Ke2 Nc6 14. Qf4 b6 15. Nf3 Ba6 16. Qd2 Qxa2 17. Ra1 Bxd3+ 18. Qxd3 Qc4 $13
{Flores Alvarez,R-Gutierrez,J/Santiago 1957}) (11. dxc5 Nd7 12. Qd4 Qe7 13. f4
Nxc5 14. Ne2 b6 15. Ke3 Ba6 16. Qb4 Rc8 17. a4 Bxd3 18. cxd3 Nb7 $13 {
Mirschinka,D-Liebert,H/BL2-O 1996}) (11. f4 Nc6 12. dxc5 (12. Nf3 Qa5 13. f5 c4
14. Be2 exf5 15. Qg3 Be6 16. h4 g6 $15 {Hulters,J-Kieninger,G/Krefeld 1938})
12... Qa5 13. Ne2 d4 14. Rab1 dxc3+ 15. Nxc3 Qxc5 16. Ne4 Qa5+ 17. Ke3 b6 18.
Rhd1 $14 {Malmgren,S-Hjorth,S/SWE-ch 1971}) 11... c4 (11... Nc6 12. Rh3 Qa5 13.
Rg3 {[%csl Gg7]} g5 14. hxg5 hxg5 15. Qxg5 Ke8 16. Qf6 Rf8 17. dxc5 d4 18. Ne2
$14 {Westerinen,H-Bajovic,M/Reykjavik op 1982}) 12. Be2 Nc6 13. Rh3 Rg8 14. Qf4
(14. Rf3 Ne7 $5 15. Qf4 Nf5 (15... Qe8 $6 16. Nh3 Bd7 17. h5 $36 {[%cal Gg2g5]}
) 16. g4 g5 $1 17. hxg5 hxg5 18. Qh2 Nh4 19. Rh3 Bd7 20. Nf3 Nxf3+ 21. Bxf3 Ke7
$132) 14... Bd7 15. Bh5 Be8 16. Ne2 (16. Rf3 $5 f5 $5 17. Bxe8 Kxe8 18. h5 Qd7
$5 (18... Qg5 $6 19. Qxg5 hxg5 20. Rg3 g4 21. f3 g6 22. hxg6 (22. h6 $5 $13)
22... Rxg6 23. Ne2 Ke7 24. Nf4 Rg7 25. fxg4 fxg4 26. Rh1 $14) 19. Rh3 Ne7 20.
Nf3 Rb8 21. Nh4 $13) 16... f5 17. g4 (17. Bxe8 $5) 17... Ne7 18. Rg1 $5 Bxh5
19. gxh5 {[%csl Rg7]} Qe8 20. Qf3 {[%cal Ge2f4,Gf4g6]} Rc8 21. Nf4 Rc6 22. Rhg3
Ra6 23. Qg2 Qf7 24. Qf1 Qe8 (24... Rxa2 $2 25. Qb1 {[%cal Gb1a2,Gb1b7]} Ra6 26.
Qxb7 Rb6 27. Qxa7 $18) 25. R1g2 Kf7 26. Rg1 Rxa2 27. Qg2 Qf8 28. Rb1 Qc8 (28...
b6 $2 29. Rg6 $1 {[%csl Re6]} Qe8 (29... Nxg6 30. Qxg6+ Ke7 31. Qxe6+ Kd8 32.
Qxd5+ $18) 30. Rxe6 Qa4 31. Rc1 $16) 29. Rg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "ISR-chT"]
[Site "Ramat Aviv"]
[Date "2000.03.17"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Black "Zifroni, Dov"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2597"]
[BlackElo "2531"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2000.01.14"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 077"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Petah Tikva Elitzur"]
[BlackTeam "Herzliya"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISR"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 $5 {This sharp contination becomes
more and more fashionable and we have very simple explanation for this:in
complicated struggle black gets simply emazing results and it's impossibe to
point out any specific line which leads to clear advantage for white!} 5. e5 h6
6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. bxc3 Ne4 8. Qg4 g6 9. Bd3 Nxd2 10. Kxd2 c5 11. Nf3 Qe7 (11...
Nc6 12. h4 (12. Qf4 $6 g5 13. Qe3 g4 14. Ng1 Qa5 $1 {[%cal Ga5d2]} 15. Qf4 cxd4
16. Ne2 dxc3+ $17 {Renet,O-Bauer,C/Montpellier 1993}) 12... cxd4 13. cxd4 Bd7
14. Qf4 Qe7 15. a3 O-O-O 16. Rh3 Na5 17. Nh2 g5 $132 {Velikhanli,F-Zaitseva,L/
Moscow olw 1994}) 12. h4 (12. Rhb1 Nc6 13. a4 c4 14. Be2 b6 15. h4 Bd7 16. Qf4
O-O-O 17. Ke3 Rdf8 18. Qf6 Qxf6 19. exf6 Kc7 $11 {Pedzich,D-Daly,C/Cappelle op
1995}) 12... Bd7 13. Qf4 $5 {Interesting attempt to fight for the advantage.} (
13. Rhe1 $5 Nc6 14. Qf4 cxd4 15. cxd4 Nb4 16. Qf6 Rg8 17. Rab1 Nxd3 18. cxd3
Bc6 19. Rec1 Rc8 20. Ke3 $14 {Cherniaev,A-Kobalija,M/Moscow-ch 1996}) (13. Rab1
Bc6 14. Qf4 c4 15. Be2 Nd7 16. h5 (16. Nh2 f5 17. exf6 Nxf6 18. Bf3 h5 19. Rhe1
O-O-O 20. Nf1 Ne4+ $5 $132 {Arapovic,V-Savchenko,S/Biel op MTO 1996}) 16... g5
17. Qe3 f5 18. exf6 Nxf6 19. Ne5 Ne4+ 20. Ke1 Qa3 21. Rh3 O-O $36 {Afek,
Y-Marzolo,C/Cannes opB18th 1997}) 13... Bc6 14. Nh2 Nd7 15. Ng4 O-O-O $1 (15...
h5 $6 16. Nf6+ Nxf6 17. exf6 Qd7 (17... Qf8 18. Qc7 c4 19. Be2 Qa3 20. g4 hxg4
21. Bxg4 $16) 18. dxc5 O-O-O 19. Qd4 $14) 16. Nxh6 f5 $8 17. exf6 $6 {More
ambitious was} (17. g4 $5 c4 $6 (17... fxg4 $2 18. Qf7 Qf8 19. Qxf8 Rdxf8 20.
Nxg4 Rf4 21. Rag1 $16) (17... cxd4 18. cxd4 fxg4 19. Qg5 (19. Nxg4 Rxh4 20.
Rxh4 g5 21. Qe3 gxh4 $13) 19... Qb4+ 20. c3 Qb2+ 21. Ke3 Nb6 $44 {[%cal Gb6c4]}
) 18. Be2 Nb6 19. g5 Rhf8 20. h5 $16) 17... Nxf6 18. Ng4 Ne4+ 19. Bxe4 dxe4 20.
Ne5 $8 cxd4 21. Nxc6 (21. Nxg6 $2 Qc5 $1 22. Nxh8 $2 Qxc3+ 23. Ke2 Bb5+ $19)
21... bxc6 22. Rab1 ({Deserved attention} 22. Qxe4 dxc3+ 23. Ke1 Rd5 24. Rh3
Qf6 25. Kf1 $14 {with minimal advantage.}) 22... dxc3+ (22... e3+ $2 23. fxe3
dxe3+ 24. Kxe3 Qc5+ 25. Ke2 e5 26. Qg4+ $16) 23. Ke1 (23. Kxc3 Qc5+ 24. Kb2 Rh7
25. Rh3 Rb7+ 26. Rb3 Rxb3+ 27. axb3 Qd4+ $11 {[%cal Gd8d5,Gd5a5]}) 23... Qd6
24. Qxd6 Rxd6 $11 25. Rh3 e3 $5 26. Rxe3 Rxh4 27. Rb3 Rh1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2000.01.29"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2659"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2000.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 075"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. bxc3 Ne4 8. Qg4
Kf8 9. Bd3 Nxd2 10. Kxd2 c5 11. h4 Nc6 12. Nf3 {The other alterative is 12.Rh3
keeping an option to develop the knight on e2 or h3.} (12. Rh3 c4 13. Be2 (13.
Bf1 $5 {[%cal Gg1e2]} Bd7 14. Ne2 b5 15. a3 a5 16. Nf4 Ne7 17. Nh5 Nf5 18. Qf4
$16 {Golubev,M-Hess,C/Chemnitz op 1998}) 13... b5 14. a3 Bd7 15. Rf3 a5 16. Nh3
Ne7 17. Qf4 Be8 18. h5 b4 19. axb4 axb4 20. Rxa8 bxc3+ $13 {Arnold,L-Almasi,I/
Budapest FS08 GM 1997}) 12... c4 $5 {The plans of both sides are perfectly
clear:white intends to create something on the kingside,while black is playing
on the queenside,trying to brea white's position with b4.} 13. Be2 b5 14. a3
Bd7 (14... a5 15. Qf4 (15. h5 Rb8 16. Rhb1 Qe7 17. Qf4 (17. Qh4 $5 Ba6 18. g4
Qxh4 19. Nxh4 Rb6 20. f4 Ne7 21. Rf1 $14 {[%cal Gf4f5] Hegedus,I-Bock,J/
Budapest FS07 Elo 1998}) 17... b4 18. axb4 axb4 19. cxb4 Rxb4 20. Qe3 Ke8 21.
Qc3 Rxb1 $11 {Cvicela,A-Sladecek,J/SVK-chT2 1995}) 15... Qe7 (15... Rb8 16.
Rhb1 Qe7 17. g4 Bd7 18. g5 b4 19. axb4 axb4 20. cxb4 Rxb4 21. c3 $14 {Heissler,
J-Reefschlaeger,H/BL9596}) 16. h5 Ra7 17. g4 b4 18. Qe3 bxa3 19. Ra2 a4 20.
Rha1 Bd7 $132 {Polgar,J-Lautier,J/Madrid 1993}) 15. Qf4 $5 (15. h5 a5 16. Qf4
b4 17. g4 bxc3+ 18. Ke3 Be8 19. Rag1 Ke7 20. g5 $13 {Horvath,A-Almasi,I/
Budapest FS12 GM 1997}) 15... Ke7 $5 {[%cal Gd7e8,Ge7c7]} 16. h5 (16. Qg3 Rg8
17. h5 Be8 18. Rh4 a5 19. Rg4 Kf8 20. Nh4 $14 {[%cal Gf2f5]}) 16... Be8 17. Nh4
(17. Rh4 $5) 17... a5 18. Qg3 Rg8 19. Qe3 Bd7 20. f4 b4 21. Rhb1 $5 ({Better
was} 21. axb4 axb4 22. cxb4 Nxb4 23. Qc3 Nc6 24. Rxa8 Qxa8 25. Ra1 Qb7 26. Qa3+
Qb4+ 27. Qxb4+ Nxb4 28. c3 $14 {with slightly better prospects in the endgame.}
) 21... bxc3+ 22. Qxc3 Qc7 23. g4 Rgb8 24. f5 $5 {Interesting decision:white
sacrifices a pawn,but significiently improves position of the pieces.} Qa7 {
[%csl Rd4]} 25. f6+ (25. Ke3 Nxe5 $17) (25. Nf3 exf5 26. gxf5 Bxf5 $17) 25...
gxf6 26. exf6+ Kxf6 27. Rf1+ Ke7 28. Rf4 {[%cal Ga1f1,Gh4f3,Gg4g5]} a4 29. Bxc4
$2 ({After} 29. Raf1 $5 Be8 30. Nf3 Qa5 31. Qxa5 Rxa5 32. g5 hxg5 33. Nxg5 $132
{white has more than sufficient compensation for the pawn.}) 29... dxc4 30. d5
{[%cal Gc3f6,Ga1e1]} Qa5 $6 (30... exd5 $4 31. Qf6+ Ke8 32. Re1+ Be6 33. Rxe6+
fxe6 34. Qf8+ Kd7 35. Rf7+ $18) ({Very serious attention deserved} 30... e5 $5
31. Re1 Be6 $1 32. dxe6 (32. Nf5+ $2 Bxf5 33. Rxf5 Qd4+ 34. Qxd4 Nxd4 $19)
32... exf4 33. Nf5+ Kd8 34. Qf6+ Kc8 35. exf7 Qd7+ 36. Kc1 Kb7 $15 {with
extremly complicated position,in which black is a rook up.}) 31. dxc6 Bxc6 32.
Qxa5 Rxa5 33. Re1 Bd5 34. Kc3 $5 {Now the position is equal and the draw
agreement is not far away.} (34. Nf5+ Kf6 35. Ne3+ Kg7 36. Nxc4 $11) 34... Kf8
35. Ref1 Rb7 36. Ng6+ Kg8 37. Ne5 Bg2 38. Re1 (38. Nxc4 $6 Rc5 39. Re1 Bd5 40.
Kd3 Rbc7 $15) 38... Rc7 39. Kb4 Ra8 40. Rxc4 Rb8+ 41. Kc3 (41. Kxa4 $4 Ra7#)
41... Rxc4+ 42. Nxc4 Kg7 43. Ne3 Bc6 44. Rf1 Rb5 45. Rf4 Re5 46. Kd3 Ra5 47.
Kd2 (47. c4 Kf8 48. Kc3 Ke7 49. Rf2 Re5 $132) 47... Rc5 48. Kd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kiev Spring"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2000.03.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Iordachescu, Viorel"]
[Black "Vysochin, Spartak"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2494"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2000.03.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 077"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Be3 $5 {Quiet rare
continuation,nevertheless leading to extremly complicated struggle.} Ne4 7. Qg4
g6 8. a3 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Nxc3 (9... c5 10. Bd3 Nxc3 11. dxc5 Qa5 (11... Nc6 12.
Nf3 Qa5 13. O-O Qa4 14. Qxa4 Nxa4 15. Bb5 Nc3 $132 {Hracek,Z-Vaisser,A/EU-chTM
1997}) 12. Qb4 Qxb4 13. axb4 Nc6 14. Bd2 d4 15. Bxc3 dxc3 16. Bb5 Bd7 $13 {
Klovans,J-Jahrsdoerfer,G/Wuerzburg op 1995}) 10. Bd3 Nc6 (10... Bd7 11. h4 c5
12. dxc5 Nc6 13. Nf3 Ne7 14. h5 g5 15. Nd4 $36 {Klovans,J-Grabuzova,T/Cappelle
op 1995}) 11. h4 $5 (11. Nf3 Ne7 12. Bd2 Na4 13. Qf4 Nf5 14. h4 c5 15. dxc5
Nxc5 16. g4 Nxd3+ 17. cxd3 Ne7 18. Qf6 $36 {Herbrechtsmeier,C-Koen,M/Biel op
1993}) 11... Qe7 (11... Ne7 12. f3 c5 13. dxc5 Nc6 14. Bd2 d4 15. Bxc3 dxc3 16.
Qc4 Nxe5 17. Qxc3 Qf6 18. Ne2 $13 {Hernandez,G-Glek,I/Linares op 1996}) 12. Nh3
Bd7 13. h5 g5 14. f4 gxf4 15. Bf2 Qf8 16. Qxf4 $5 {This move is serious
improvement compering to the following game:} (16. Bh4 $6 Nxd4 17. Nxf4 Rg8 18.
Nxd5 $2 Nxc2+ 19. Bxc2 Nxd5 20. Qf3 Qc5 $19 {Hartman,C-Brynell,S/Rilton Cup9495
}) 16... O-O-O 17. Bh4 Re8 18. O-O Ne4 $5 {Sacriificing a pawn and hoping to
bring the bishop into play.} (18... f5 $6 19. exf6 e5 20. dxe5 Rxe5 21. Rae1
Rxe1 22. Rxe1 Bxh3 23. gxh3 Qc5+ 24. Kh1 $16 {[%cal Gf6f8]}) 19. Nf2 $6 {
Not exepting the sacrifice and on my opinion-invain!} (19. Bxe4 dxe4 20. Qxe4
Ne7 21. c4 Bc6 22. Qf4 Rg8 23. Ra2 $14) 19... Nxd4 20. Nxe4 dxe4 21. Qxe4 Nf5
22. Rab1 $5 Qc5+ $1 {Of course not} (22... Bc6 $2 {permitting white to finish
tthe game in the style!} 23. Qxc6 $3 bxc6 24. Ba6+ Kd7 25. Rfd1+ Nd6 26. exd6 (
26. Rxd6+ cxd6 27. Rb7+ Kc8 28. Rb6+ $11) 26... e5 (26... f6 27. dxc7+ Ke7 28.
Rb7 Rc8 29. Rxa7 $16) 27. dxc7+ Ke6 28. Rd8 $18) 23. Bf2 Qd5 $6 (23... Qc6 $1
24. Bxa7 Rhg8 25. Bf2 Rg5 $36 {[%cal Ge8g8]}) 24. c4 Qxe4 $2 {After this
careless move black is in deep troubles,while after accurate} (24... Qc6 $1 {
it would be white who had to think about the defense!}) 25. Bxe4 b6 26. c5 $40
Reg8 (26... Rd8 $5 27. Rfc1 Kb8) (26... Ne7 27. Rfc1 $16) 27. Rfc1 Kd8 (27...
Kb8 $2 28. cxb6 cxb6 29. Bxb6 axb6 30. Rxb6+ $18) 28. Bf3 $1 {[%csl Gg4]} Rg5
29. Rb2 $1 {[%csl Rd7,Rd8][%cal Gb2d2,Gc1d1]} Rhg8 30. Rd2 Ke8 31. cxb6 cxb6
32. Rc7 $18 {Now it's over.} Bb5 33. Rxa7 Kf8 (33... Bc4 34. Bc6+ Kf8 35. Rdd7
Rh8 36. Rxf7+ $18) 34. a4 Be8 35. Rd8 Ng3 36. Bxb6 Rxe5 37. Rxe8+ $1 Kxe8 38.
Ra8+ Ke7 39. Rxg8 Nxh5 40. a5 Nf4 41. a6 1-0

[Event "CRO-ch"]
[Site "Pula"]
[Date "2000.01.08"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Fercec, Nenad"]
[Black "Zelcic, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2476"]
[BlackElo "2561"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2000.01.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 075"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. bxc3 Ne4 8. Qg4
g6 9. Bd3 Nxd2 10. Kxd2 b6 $6 {Dubious continuation,and this game perfectly
shows why.Black loses precious time in order to change the bishops,while white
creates apressure on the kingside.} (10... c5 11. Nf3 (11. h4 Qa5 12. h5 g5 13.
f4 cxd4 14. Nf3 dxc3+ 15. Ke2 Qa4 $17 {Seirawan,Y-Makarichev,S/Reykjavik op
1990}) 11... Nc6 12. Qf4 (12. Bb5 $5 cxd4 (12... Bd7 $6 13. Bxc6 Bxc6 14. dxc5
Qe7 15. Qd4 Rc8 16. Rab1 Rc7 17. Ne1 O-O 18. h4 $36 {Mertanen,J-Jauhiainen,K/
Kaleva op 1988}) 13. Nxd4 O-O $1 $36 (13... Bd7 14. Bxc6 Bxc6 15. h4 Qc7 16.
Qf4 O-O-O 17. Rh3 h5 18. Rf3 Rd7 19. Ke1 Kb8 20. Kf1 Rc8 $13 {Stefansson,
H-Savchenko,S/EUCup f 1994 (41)}) 14. Bxc6 {Typical exchange for this kind of
positions.} (14. Nxc6 $6 bxc6 15. Bxc6 Rb8 16. Ba4 d4 $1 $36 17. Qxd4 $2 Rb4 $3
$19) 14... bxc6 15. Nb3 Ba6 (15... Qg5+ $6 16. Qxg5 hxg5 17. Nc5 f6 18. exf6
Rxf6 19. f3 $14) 16. h4 Bc4 17. h5 g5 $15 {Polgar,S-Zifroni,D/Czerniak mem
14th 1998}) (12. Rab1 c4 13. Be2 b6 14. Qf4 Bd7 15. h4 Qe7 16. h5 g5 17. Qf6
O-O-O $13 {Spraggett,K-Ree,H/Wijk 1985}) (12. Rhe1 $6 Qa5 $5 13. Qf4 cxd4 14.
Nxd4 Nxd4 15. Qxd4 b6 16. a4 Ba6 $15 {Sokolowski,S-Yoccoz,J/Paris-ch 1988}) (
12. dxc5 $6 Qa5 13. Qf4 Qxc5 14. Nd4 Nxd4 15. cxd4 Qa5+ 16. Ke3 b6 17. h4 Ba6
18. a4 Rc8 19. Ra3 Qb4 20. Rha1 Bxd3 21. cxd3 Rc2 $17 {Lanc,A-Glek,I/Stare
Mesto 1992 (30)}) 12... c4 13. Be2 Bd7 14. h4 Qe7 15. Nh2 O-O-O 16. Ng4 Rdf8
17. Nf6 $14 {Kerek,K-Stjazhkin,V/Budapest FS08 IM-B 1998}) 11. h4 Ba6 12. h5 $1
(12. Rh3 Bxd3 13. Rxd3 c5 14. Nh3 Nc6 15. Nf4 Qe7 16. a3 Na5 $15 {Malashenko,
A-Drozdov,A/Moravia-ch op 1996}) 12... Bxd3 13. cxd3 Rg8 {Athoer continations
are even worse:} (13... Qg5+ $2 14. Qxg5 hxg5 15. hxg6 $1 {[%cal Gg6g8]} Rxh1
16. g7 $18) (13... g5 $6 14. f4 gxf4 15. Qg7 Rf8 16. Qxh6 Rg8 17. Qxf4 Rxg2+
18. Ne2 $16) 14. hxg6 Rxg6 15. Qf4 Rxg2 16. Rxh6 Nd7 17. Ne2 {[%csl Rg2][%cal
Ge2g3] Threatening to win an exchange after Ng3.} Rg8 $8 (17... Qe7 $2 18. Ng3
(18. Rah1 $1 Rg8 (18... O-O-O $6 19. Ng3 $1 (19. Rh7 Rf8 20. Ng3) 19... Qa3 20.
Qf3 Qb2+ 21. Ke3 Rxg3 22. fxg3 Qxc3 23. Qxf7 $18) 19. R1h3 O-O-O 20. Rh7 Rdf8
21. R3h6 $14) 18... Qa3 19. Rah1 $1 Qxa2+ 20. Ke3 $18) 18. Rh7 $1 $14 Qe7 19.
Rg1 Rxg1 (19... Qf8 $2 20. Rxg8 Qxg8 21. Qh4 {[%csl Re8][%cal Gh7h8]} Nf8 22.
Rh8 Qg7 23. Nf4 $16) 20. Nxg1 O-O-O $6 ({It was necesary to play} 20... Nf8 21.
Rg7 Ng6 22. Qf6 $1 (22. Qh6 Qa3 23. Ne2 Qxa2+ 24. Ke3 Qa3 $15) 22... Qxf6 23.
exf6 $14 {[%csl Rf7][%cal Gg1f3,Gf3g5,Gf3e5] allthough also in this case white
keeps better chanses.}) 21. Rxf7 (21. Qxf7 $2 Qg5+ {[%cal Gg5d2,Gg5g1]}) 21...
Qa3 22. Ne2 Qxa2+ 23. Ke3 Qa4 24. Qh6 Qc6 $6 ({More persistant was} 24... Re8
$5 25. f4 Qb5) 25. Rg7 a5 26. f4 Kb7 27. Re7 Nf8 28. Rf7 $1 {Wtite's play is
very accurate and strong.} Qe8 (28... Nd7 29. Qh4 $1 (29. f5 $6 exf5 30. Qxc6+
Kxc6 31. c4 b5 32. cxd5+ Kxd5 33. Nf4+ Kc6 34. d5+ Kb6 35. e6 (35. Ne6 $2 Nxe5
36. Nxd8 Nxf7 37. Nxf7 Kc5 $15) (35. Kd4 c5+ 36. dxc6 Kxc6 37. e6 Nf6+ $17)
35... Nc5 36. e7 Re8 37. Rf6+ Ka7 38. Ng6 Nb7 $13) 29... Kc8 (29... Rg8 30. Qe7
Kc8 31. f5 exf5 32. e6 Nb8 33. Rf8+ Rxf8 34. Qxf8+ Kb7 35. e7) 30. Qe7 a4 31.
f5 exf5 32. e6 Nb8 33. Rf8 $1 $18) 29. Qg7 Rc8 30. c4 $16 {[%csl Rc7,Rf8]
Black is tied up and white starts an advance of the pawns,which decides the
game.} dxc4 31. dxc4 Qa4 32. Kf2 $1 Qb4 $6 {Last desparate effort to
complicate the matters.} (32... Qe8 33. Nc3 (33. d5 exd5 34. cxd5 Qb5 35. Qg2
Qc5+ 36. Kf1 Kb8 $16) 33... Qd8 {[%cal Gd8h4]} 34. Nb5 Kb8 35. Nd6 $1 Qh4+ 36.
Kg2 $18) 33. c5 $1 $18 {[%csl Rf8]} bxc5 34. Rxf8 cxd4 35. Qg2+ Kb8 36. Rxc8+
Kxc8 37. Qg8+ Kb7 38. Qxe6 c5 39. Qd5+ Kb6 40. e6 Qd2 41. Qd8+ Kb7 42. Qd5+ Kb6
43. Qd8+ Kb7 44. e7 Qe3+ 45. Ke1 1-0

[Event "GER-ch 71st"]
[Site "Altenkirchen"]
[Date "1999.11.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kindermann, Stefan"]
[Black "Reefschlaeger, Helmut"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2381"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1999.11.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 074"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. bxc3 Ne4 8. Qg4
Kf8 9. Bd3 Nxd2 10. Kxd2 c5 11. h4 c4 12. Be2 Nc6 13. Rh3 (13. Qf4 Bd7 14. g4
Ke7 15. Nf3 Be8 16. h5 Kd7 17. Qe3 $14 {Lanzani,M-Baccaro,F/Open 1998}) 13...
b5 (13... Rg8 14. Qf4 Bd7 15. Bh5 Be8 16. Ne2 f5 17. g4 Ne7 $132 {Anand,
V-Korchnoi,V/Cat. 19 1999}) (13... Ne7 14. h5 Nf5 15. Nf3 Bd7 16. Qf4 b5 17. g4
Ne7 18. Nh4 Kg8 19. Rg1 $40 {Vysochin,S-Moskalenko,V/Yalta op 1996}) 14. Qf4 (
14. Rf3 a5 15. a3 Bd7 16. Nh3 Ra6 (16... Ne7 17. Qf4 Be8 18. h5 b4 19. axb4
axb4 20. Rxa8 bxc3+ 21. Rxc3 Qxa8 22. Bg4 Kg8 $13 {Arnold,L-Almasi,I/Budapest
FS08 GM 1997}) 17. Nf4 Ne7 18. Nh5 Rh7 19. Rh1 Nf5 20. Qf4 Be8 21. Rfh3 b4 $132
{Hendriks,R-Visser,Y/VAM Hoogeveen op 1997}) (14. Rg3 Rg8 15. a3 Bd7 16. Nh3 a5
17. Nf4 Ne7 18. Nh5 Nf5 19. Rh3 b4 $132 {Madl,I-Almasi,I/Balatonbereny op 1996}
) 14... Bd7 15. Bh5 Be8 16. Ne2 (16. a3 a5 17. Ne2 Qe7 (17... b4 18. axb4 axb4
19. Bxf7 Rxa1 20. Bxe6+ Ke7 21. Rg3 Kxe6 $13 {Timmerman,G-Visser,Y/Dieren op
1998}) 18. Rg3 Qb7 19. Qf3 b4 20. axb4 axb4 21. Rxa8 bxc3+ 22. Qxc3 Qxa8 23.
Qa3+ {1/2-1/2 Berthelot,Y-Moracchini,F/ch-FRA (team) 1999}) 16... a5 ({
Deserved attention} 16... f5 $5 {as was tried in very similiar position in
game Anand-Kortchnoi.}) 17. g4 $5 b4 ({Black doesn't manage to close the
kingside after} 17... Kg8 18. g5 g6 {because of} 19. gxh6 $1 $16) 18. Rah1 Ra7
(18... Rg8 $6 19. g5 g6 $2 20. gxh6 gxh5 21. h7 Rh8 22. Qh6+ Ke7 23. Qf6+ $18)
19. g5 Ne7 20. Bg4 Qb6 $2 {Permitting white to develop the initiative on the
kingside.Black misses vey strong posiibility} (20... h5 $1 21. Bf3 (21. Bxe6
Ra6 $1 22. Bxf7 Bxf7 23. Rf3 Qe8 $19) 21... Nf5 22. Rb1 Rb7 23. Rhh1 Bc6 24.
Bg2 g6 25. Bh3 Kg7 26. Bxf5 exf5 27. Qe3 Qe7 $132 {with mutual chanses.}) 21.
h5 $36 {White doesn't give a second chanse!} Ng8 22. g6 f6 23. exf6 gxf6 $2 {
Missing nice,but quiet simple combination of white.} (23... Nxf6 24. Re3 Re7
25. Re1 Bd7 26. Ng3 $14) 24. Re3 $1 Re7 ({Doesn't help} 24... Bd7 25. Bxe6 $1
Bxe6 26. Rxe6 Qxe6 27. Qb8+ {[%cal Gb8a7,Gb8f8]} Kg7 28. Qxa7+ Ne7 29. Qxa5 $18
{and white has decisive advantge.}) 25. g7+ $1 Kxg7 26. Bxe6 $1 $18 Rxe6 (26...
Bf7 27. Qg4+ $1 (27. Rg1+ $2 Kf8 28. Bxf7 Rxf7 (28... Kxf7 29. Qg4 Ke8 30. Qg7
bxc3+ 31. Kd1 $1 $18) 29. cxb4 axb4 30. a3 $14) 27... Kf8 28. Bxf7 Rxe3 29.
fxe3 Kxf7 30. Rg1 $18) 27. Qg4+ Kf7 28. Rg1 {[%csl Rf7,Rh8] Black can't defend
the rook on h8 and the game is over.} Ke7 29. Qg7+ Bf7 30. Rxe6+ (30. Qxh8
bxc3+ 31. Rxc3 Bxh5 32. Qg7+ Bf7 33. Rgg3 $18) 30... Qxe6 31. Qxh8 Qf5 32. Rg3
Qxf2 33. Qg7 Ke8 34. Re3+ Ne7 35. Qxh6 Kd7 36. Qf4 1-0

[Event "RUS-Cup03 Geller Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1999.02.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Filipenko, Alexander V"]
[Black "Volkov, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2360"]
[BlackElo "2587"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "1999.02.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 070"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Be3 $6 {This variation may
hardly be recommended.Black easily gets very comfortable position with good
chanses for advantage.} (6. Bd2) 6... Ne4 7. Qg4 Kf8 8. a3 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 c5 10.
Bd3 Nxc3 (10... Qa5 $5 11. Ne2 Nxc3 $6 (11... Nc6 12. Bxe4 cxd4 13. Bd2 dxe4
14. cxd4 Qd5 15. O-O b6 (15... Nxd4 $6 16. Nxd4 Qxd4 17. Rad1 Qxe5 18. Bc3 $1
Qxc3 19. Rd8+ Ke7 20. Rxh8 $16 {Kurajica,B-Bednarski,J/Hoogovens-B 1973 (29)})
16. Rfd1 Kg8 17. c4 $5 Qxc4 18. Rac1 $36 {Hernandez,G-Hergott,D/Linares NL 1992
}) 12. Bd2 cxd4 13. Nxd4 Qc7 14. O-O Bd7 15. Rae1 Na6 16. Re3 Na4 17. Rg3 $16 {
Klovans,J-Pronold,H/Werfen op 1991 (36)}) 11. dxc5 Nc6 (11... Qa5 $5 12. Qb4 (
12. Bd2 Nc6 13. Ne2 $6 Qa4 14. Qh5 Nxe2 15. Qxe2 Qd4 16. O-O Qxe5 17. Qf3 Qf6
$13 {Maxion,D-Busse,K/Dortmund op 1990 (36)}) 12... Qxb4 13. axb4 Nc6 14. Bd2
Ne4 15. Bxe4 dxe4 16. Bc3 Ne7 17. Rd1 Nd5 $132 {Berset,P-Moor,O/Zuerich op 1993
}) 12. Nf3 f5 $5 (12... Qa5 $6 13. O-O Na4 $2 14. Bd2 Nc3 15. Nd4 $18 {Mokry,
K-Chinchilla,E/Dubai olm 1986 (18)}) 13. exf6 Qxf6 14. Qh5 $1 (14. O-O $6 e5
15. Qg6 (15. Qh5 e4 16. Nh4 Ne7 $1 $19) 15... Qxg6 $5 (15... e4 16. Qxf6+ gxf6
17. Bd2 exd3 $1 (17... Na4 $6 18. Bb5 Nxc5 19. Bxc6 bxc6 20. Nd4 Ne6 21. Nxc6
Bd7 22. Nb4 d4 $13) 18. Bxc3 dxc2 {[%csl Gc2]} 19. Rac1 Bf5 20. Bxf6 Rg8 21.
Nd4 (21. Ne1 Na5 $1 22. Nxc2 Nb3 23. Ne3 Nxc1 24. Rxc1 Be4 25. Kf1 $15) 21...
Nxd4 22. Bxd4 Bh3 23. g3 Bxf1 24. Kxf1 Kf7 25. Rxc2 $15) 16. Bxg6 Ke7 17. Rfe1
(17. Bd2 Na4 {[%csl Rc5]} 18. Rad1 Kf6 $17) 17... Kf6 18. Bd3 Bf5 19. Bxf5 Kxf5
$15) 14... e5 15. Bg6 Kg8 (15... e4 $6 16. Nh4 (16. Ng5 $6) 16... d4 17. Bd2
Ne5 18. h3 $16 {[%csl Re4]}) (15... Be6 16. Bg5 $1) 16. O-O Ne2+ $6 {Dubious
idea passing the initiative into white's hands.} (16... Be6 $5 17. Bd2 (17.
Rfe1 $6 Rf8 $1 {[%csl Rf2]} 18. Bd2 e4 19. Bxc3 Qxc3 20. Nh4 Qxc2 $17) 17...
Ne2+ $6 (17... Ne4 $5 18. Bxe4 dxe4 19. Nh4 Kh7 $1 {[%cal Gg7g5]} (19... g5 $6
20. Qg6+ (20. Ng6 Bf7 21. Bxg5 Qf5 $1 $19) 20... Qxg6 21. Nxg6 Rh7 22. Bc3 Nd4
23. Rae1 Nxc2 $15) 20. Rab1 Rab8 21. g3 (21. f3 e3 $1 22. Bxe3 g5 $17) (21. f4
g6 22. Qxh6+ $5 Kxh6 23. fxe5+ Qg5 24. Bxg5+ Kxg5 25. Nxg6 Rh6 $19) 21... g5
22. Ng2 Nd4 $17) 18. Kh1 Nf4 19. Bxf4 Qxf4 20. Rab1 Bg4 21. Qh4 Bxf3 22. Qxf4
exf4 23. gxf3 $14) 17. Kh1 Nf4 18. Bxf4 Qxf4 19. h3 $36 (19. Rab1 $5) 19... Be6
20. c3 $5 {Defending against 20...e4} Bf7 (20... e4 21. Nd4 $14) 21. Rab1 Bxg6
$1 {Black is absolutely right not entering following variation:} (21... Rb8 $6
22. Rfd1 e4 23. Nh4 Qxf2 24. Rf1 Bxg6 25. Nxg6 Qxc5 26. Qf5 $1 $16) 22. Qxg6
Qf7 23. Qxf7+ (23. Qd6 $2 Rd8 24. Nxe5 Qe8 $1 25. Qc7 Qxe5 26. Rxb7 Qxc7 27.
Rxc7 Ne5 $15) 23... Kxf7 24. Rxb7+ $14 Kf6 25. Rfb1 $6 {Giving up the idea to
fight for a win and intending to secure a draw.} (25. a4 $5 Rab8 26. Rb5 Rhd8
27. Rd1 Ke6 28. Kg1 $14) 25... Rhb8 26. Rxb8 Rxb8 27. Rxb8 Nxb8 $11 {[%csl Rc5]
} 28. Kg1 Ke6 29. Kf1 Nc6 30. Ke2 d4 31. cxd4 (31. c4) 31... exd4 32. Kd3 ({
Another possibility was} 32. Ne1 Kd5 33. Nd3 Nd8 (33... Na5 34. Nf4+ Ke5 35. g3
g5 36. Nd3+ Kd5 $11) 34. f4 Ne6 35. g4 Nxc5 36. Nxc5 Kxc5 37. Kd3 Kd5 38. h4
$11 {with equal chanses.}) 32... Kd5 33. Nh4 Ne7 (33... Ne5+ 34. Ke2 Kxc5 35.
Nf5 g6 $1 36. Nxh6 Nc4 37. h4 Nxa3 38. g4 Nc4 39. h5 $11) 34. Nf3 Nc6 35. Nh4
h5 $5 {Black deviates from repeatition of the moves and still tries to find
winning chanses.} 36. Nf5 (36. f4 $5 Kxc5 (36... Nd8 37. f5 (37. Nf5 Ne6 $1 $15
) 37... Nb7 38. c6 Nc5+ 39. Kc2 Kxc6 40. g4 hxg4 41. hxg4 Kd5 42. g5 Ke5 43. f6
gxf6 44. gxf6 d3+ 45. Kd2 Kxf6 46. Nf3 $11) 37. g4 hxg4 38. hxg4 Kd5 39. Nf3
$11) 36... g6 37. Nh4 Ne5+ 38. Kc2 g5 ({To the same result leads} 38... Kxc5
39. f4 Nc4 40. Nxg6 (40. a4 $5) 40... Nxa3+ 41. Kd3 Nc4 42. g4 hxg4 43. hxg4 a5
44. Ne5 Nxe5+ 45. fxe5 Kd5 46. e6 Kxe6 $11) 39. Nf5 Kxc5 40. Ng7 Kc4 41. Nxh5
d3+ (41... Nd3 $5) 42. Kd1 Kd4 43. Nf6 Nc4 44. g3 Nxa3 45. h4 gxh4 46. gxh4 Nc4
47. h5 Nd6 48. h6 Nf7 49. h7 a5 50. Kd2 a4 51. Ne8 Nh8 1/2-1/2

[Event "GER-ch 71st"]
[Site "Altenkirchen"]
[Date "1999.11.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Mueller, Karsten"]
[Black "Reefschlaeger, Helmut"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2533"]
[BlackElo "2381"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1999.11.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 074"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. Bxf6 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 gxf6
8. Nf3 (8. Qd2 $1 $14) 8... b6 (8... Bd7 9. Be2 Qa5 10. O-O (10. Qd2 Bc6 11.
O-O Nd7 12. Qe3 Rg8 13. c4 O-O-O 14. g3 Nb6 15. Nd2 Qf5 16. c3 h5 $36 {Suetin,
A-Glek,I/Bern op 1994}) 10... Qxc3 11. Rb1 Bc6 12. Bb5 Bxb5 13. Rxb5 Nd7 14.
Rxb7 Nb6 15. d5 $1 $44 {De la Villa Garcia,J-Vallejo Pons,F/Torneo de Pamplona
9th 1998}) 9. Bd3 (9. Be2 Bb7 10. O-O (10. Qd2 Nd7 11. c4 Qf5 12. O-O-O O-O-O
$17 {-/+|^<< Capablanca-Snosko_Borovsky/Petersburg/1913}) 10... Nd7 (10... Rg8
11. a4 Nc6 12. Qd3 O-O-O 13. Rfb1 Qh5 14. Ne1 Qg6 15. Bf3 Qxd3 16. cxd3 Na5 $11
{Grigorov,J-Vaisser,A/Cappelle op 1993}) 11. a4 Rg8 12. a5 b5 13. Qd3 f5 14.
Rfe1 (14. Qxb5 $4 Qxb5 15. Bxb5 Bxf3 $19) 14... a6 $2 (14... Bc6 15. Kf1 Nf6
16. c4 bxc4 17. Qxc4 Qxc4 18. Bxc4 Bxf3 19. gxf3 Kd7 $10) 15. Kf1 $1 Nf6 16. c4
$1 bxc4 17. Qxc4 Qxc4 18. Bxc4 Bxf3 19. gxf3 $16 {Conquest,S-Skogen,S/Gausdal
Int 1991}) (9. g3 Nd7 10. Bg2 Ba6 11. Kd2 O-O-O $15 {Hoi-Murey/Copenhagen PC/
1986}) (9. Qd2 Bb7 10. c4 Qd6 11. Be2 Nd7 12. O-O-O $6 Rg8 13. Rhg1 Qa3+ 14.
Kb1 O-O-O 15. Qe3 Qb4+ 16. Ka1 c5 $15 {Trisic,A-Lamprecht,F/Hamburg ch 1997})
9... Bb7 10. O-O Rg8 {[%cal Gd5f3]} 11. Kh1 Nd7 $13 (11... Qh5 12. Be2 (12. a4
$2 Rxg2 $1 $19) (12. Ne1) 12... Nd7 13. a4 Qg6 14. g3 h5 15. a5 $14) 12. Re1 (
12. a4 a5 13. Rb1 O-O-O 14. Re1 (14. Qe2 $2 Rxg2) 14... Qh5 15. Bf1 (15. Be4
Bxe4 16. Rxe4 Qg6 $19 {[%cal Gg6e4,Gg6g2]}) 15... f5 $132) 12... Qh5 13. Re3
O-O-O 14. Ne1 {White has accepted the fact that he didn't get any opening
advantage and now offers the exchange of queens,intending to decrease black's
pressure on the kingside.} (14. Qf1 $5 {[%cal Gd3a6]} f5 15. Ba6 Rg4 (15... Nf6
$6 16. Ne5 Ng4 17. Rh3 Qg5 18. Nxf7 Qf4 19. Bxb7+ $18) 16. Bxb7+ Kxb7 17. a4
Rdg8 18. Ne1 Rh4 19. Nf3 Rhg4 20. Ne1 $13) 14... Qxd1 15. Rxd1 f5 16. Bf1 Nf6
17. Kg1 c5 18. Rh3 h5 ({Nothing promises} 18... e5 $6 19. Nf3 $1 e4 (19... exd4
20. cxd4 Rg4 21. c3 Kc7 22. Ne5 $14) 20. Ne5 Rg7 21. Rg3 Rxg3 22. hxg3 Bd5 23.
f3 $14 {and white is the one who gets an upper hand.}) 19. Be2 cxd4 $6 ({
More in the spirit of the position was} 19... Nd5 $1 20. Bf3 Kc7 $15 {keeping
some pressure.}) 20. cxd4 Nd5 21. Bxh5 Nf4 22. Rc3+ Kb8 23. Bf3 e5 $5 ({After} 
23... Bxf3 24. Rxf3 Rxd4 25. Rxd4 Ne2+ 26. Kf1 Nxd4 27. Rd3 $14 {white has
minimal advantage.}) 24. dxe5 Rxd1 25. Bxd1 Nxg2 26. Rg3 $5 (26. Nxg2 Rxg2+ 27.
Kf1 Rxh2 28. Bf3 Ba6+ 29. Ke1 f4 $5 $11) 26... Rd8 $2 {Trusting the opponent,
which is extremly rarely a right thing to do.After correct} (26... Rxg3 $1 27.
fxg3 Nxe1 28. Kf2 Ng2 29. Bf3 $6 (29. h4 f4 30. h5 fxg3+ 31. Kxg3 Ne3 32. Kf4
Ng2+ $1 (32... Nxd1 33. h6) (32... Nd5+) 33. Kg5 (33. Kf5 Ne3+ 34. Kf4 Ng2+ $11
) 33... Be4 34. h6 Bh7 $1 (34... Ne3 35. Kf4 Nxd1 36. Kxe4 $18) 35. Kf6 Ne3 36.
Kxf7 (36. Bh5 Nf5 37. Bxf7 Nxh6 38. e6 Bxc2 39. e7 Ba4 $11) 36... Nf5 37. e6
Nxh6+ 38. Kg7 Bg8 $11) 29... Bxf3 30. Kxf3 Ne1+ 31. Kf4 Kc7 32. Kxf5 (32. h4
Kd7 33. h5 Ke8 34. h6 Kf8 35. c3 Kg8 36. Kxf5 Kh7 37. Kf6 Nd3 38. g4 Kxh6 39.
g5+ Kh7 $19) 32... Kd7 33. Kf6 Ke8 34. c3 Kf8 35. h4 $13 {white doesn't manage
to get more than a draw,while after continuation in the game black gets
hopless position.}) 27. Nd3 $16 Nf4 28. h4 Be4 29. h5 Bxd3 $6 ({Some chanses
of survival would leave} 29... Ne6 $8) 30. cxd3 Nxd3 (30... Rh8 31. Rf3 Nxh5
32. Rxf5 $18) 31. h6 Nxe5 32. h7 Ng6 33. Bb3 (33. Bb3 Nh8 34. Rg8 Kc7 35. Kg2
Kd7 36. Kg3 Ke7 37. Kf4 $18 {[%cal Gf4h6,Gh6g7]}) 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch qual 57th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2004.05.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kurnosov, Igor"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2543"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2004.05.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Be3 {Quite rare
continuation, which is starting to gain popularity. In my opinion white has
very good chances to get an opening advantage in this line.} Ne4 7. Qg4 g6 8.
a3 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Nxc3 (9... c5 10. Bd3 Nxc3 11. dxc5 Qa5 (11... Nc6 12. Nf3 Qa5
13. O-O Qa4 14. Qxa4 Nxa4 15. Bb5 Nc3 $132 {Hracek,Z-Vaisser,A/EU-chTM 1997})
12. Qb4 Qxb4 13. axb4 Nc6 14. Bd2 d4 15. Bxc3 dxc3 16. Bb5 Bd7 $13 {Klovans,
J-Jahrsdoerfer,G/Wuerzburg op 1995}) 10. Bd3 Nc6 (10... Bd7 11. h4 c5 12. dxc5
Nc6 13. Nf3 Ne7 14. h5 g5 15. Nd4 $36 {Klovans,J-Grabuzova,T/Cappelle op 1995})
11. h4 (11. Nf3 Ne7 12. Bd2 Na4 13. Qf4 Nf5 14. h4 c5 15. dxc5 Nxc5 16. g4
Nxd3+ 17. cxd3 Ne7 18. Qf6 $36 {Herbrechtsmeier,C-Koen,M/Biel op 1993}) 11...
Ne7 (11... Qe7 $6 12. Nh3 Bd7 13. h5 gxh5 $5 14. Qf3 {[%cal Gh3f4,Gf4h5,Gh5f6]}
Qh4 15. Qf4 Qxf4 16. Nxf4 O-O-O 17. Rxh5 Ne7 18. f3 $1 $14 {[%csl Ge4] Shirov,
A-Brynell,S/Rethymnon 2003}) 12. h5 (12. f3 c5 13. dxc5 Nc6 14. Bd2 d4 15. Bxc3
dxc3 16. Qc4 Nxe5 17. Qxc3 Qf6 18. Ne2 $13 {Hernandez,G-Glek,I/Linares op 1996}
) 12... g5 13. f3 Bd7 (13... c5 14. dxc5 Nc6 15. f4 f5 16. exf6 e5 17. Bg6+ Kf8
18. Qf3 d4 19. Bd2 $36 {Zawadzki,S-Vysochin,S/Polanica Zdroj 2001}) 14. Nh3 $5
{This move appears to be a novelty. I'm not sure it's any better than 14.Bd2
which was tried by russian GM Smirnov a few months earlier, but after black's
unfortunate reply white got very significant advantage after the opening.} (14.
Bd2 Na4 15. f4 c5 $5 (15... Nb2 16. fxg5 Nxd3+ 17. cxd3 Bb5 18. g6 fxg6 19.
hxg6 Nf5 20. Qf4 {[%cal Gg2g4]} Qd7 21. g4 Ng7 22. Rh3 $14) 16. fxg5 c4 17. Be2
Qb6 18. Nf3 $14 {Smirnov,P-Alavkin,A/Sochi 2004/CBM 101}) 14... Bc6 $6 {
Too passive. Typical c5 break seems to be more in place.} 15. Bd2 Na4 16. f4
gxf4 17. O-O ({Another promising alternative was} 17. Qg7 $5 Rg8 18. Qxh6 Nb2
19. Bh7 Rxg2 20. Nxf4 Rg4 21. Qf6 Ng8 22. Qxd8+ Rxd8 23. Bc1 Nc4 24. h6 Kd7 25.
Ke2 $16 {with a huge advantage in the endgame.}) 17... Nb2 18. Be2 $6 {
Permitting black to accomplish development. More dangerous for black was} (18.
Qxf4 Nxd3 19. Qxf7+ Kd7 20. cxd3 Qg8 21. Qxg8 Raxg8 22. Rf7 Ke8 23. Rf6 Nf5 24.
Rxe6+ Kd7 25. Rf6 Nxd4 $14) 18... Nc4 19. Qxf4 Nf5 20. Bg4 Qd7 21. Be1 O-O-O $6
{It's black's turn to "return a favor". After logical} (21... Nfe3 22. Rf2
O-O-O 23. Bf3 Rdg8 $36 {white would be deprived of any counterplay.}) 22. Bxf5
exf5 23. Bh4 Rde8 24. Bf6 Rhg8 25. Nf2 $6 ({For some reason white decides not
to take a pawn on h6, even though it would've pose black very serious problems.
} 25. Qxh6 f4 26. Nxf4 Ne3 27. Qh7 Nxf1 28. Rxf1 $16) 25... Ba4 26. Ra2 {
[%csl Rf1]} (26. Rac1 $142) 26... Qb5 27. Qxh6 {[%csl Rg3]} (27. Rc1 Qa5 28.
Qxf5+ Kb8 29. Qd3 $13) 27... Rg3 $1 {Threatening to bring the knight to e3.}
28. Bg5 $2 {A very painfull blunder, based on miscalculation.} (28. Nh1 $8 Rg4
29. Nf2 Rg3 (29... Rxd4 30. c3 Re4 31. Nxe4 fxe4 32. Qf4 Qb3 33. Raf2 e3 34.
Re2 $16 {[%cal Gh5h8]})) 28... Rg8 29. e6 {White was probably counting on this
move, but...} f6 $1 $19 {Chilling white's enthusiasm!} (29... R3xg5 $2 30. exf7
Rxg2+ 31. Kh1 $18) 30. Qxf6 Ne3 $1 31. c4 Qxc4 32. Raa1 Rxg2+ 33. Kh1 R2xg5 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch qual 57th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2004.05.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kurnosov, Igor"]
[Black "Volkov, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2543"]
[BlackElo "2629"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2004.05.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Be3 Ne4 7. Qg4 Kf8 (7... g6
8. a3 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Nxc3 10. Bd3 Nc6 11. h4 Ne7 12. h5 g5 13. f3 $6 Bd7 14. Nh3
Bc6 $132 {Kurnosov,I-Nepomniashchy,Y/St Petersburg 2004}) 8. a3 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3
Nxc3 (9... c5 10. Bd3 Nxc3 11. dxc5 Nc6 12. Nf3 f5 13. Qh5 $1 d4 14. Bd2 Qd5
15. Bxc3 dxc3 16. Rd1 $16 {Goloshchapov,A-Volkov,S, EU-ch, 2003}) 10. Bd3 Nc6
$146 {It's obvious that Volkov didn't come empty handed for this game! After
rather painfull loss to Goloshchapov about a year ago he comes up with the
novelty in this risky line.} (10... c5 11. dxc5 Qa5 (11... Nc6 12. Nf3 f5 13.
Qh5) 12. Bd2 Qa4 (12... Qxc5 $6 13. Ne2 d4 14. Qxd4 Qxd4 15. Nxd4 Nd5 16. c4
Nc7 17. Be4 $16 {Janos,I-Nikel,R/Bratislava 2002}) 13. Qb4 Qxb4 14. axb4 Ne4
15. Bxe4 dxe4 16. Ne2 Nd7 17. Bc3 $16 {Shamkovich,L-Hort,V/Marianske Lazne 1965
}) 11. Nh3 {In my opinion it's to early to define the position of the knight.
In some lines it might be pretty useless on h3.} (11. h4 $142) 11... f5 12. Qh5
$6 ({More in the spirit of the position was} 12. Qg3 Ne7 (12... g5 13. f4 g4
14. Nf2 h5 15. h3 Kf7 (15... h4 16. hxg4 hxg3 17. Rxh8+ Kg7 18. Rxd8 gxf2+ 19.
Kd2 Nxd8 20. Kxc3 fxg4 21. Bxf2 $16) 16. hxg4 hxg4 17. Rxh8 Qxh8 18. Kd2 Na4
19. Rh1 $36) 13. Nf4 Kf7 14. h4 Ne4 15. Bxe4 dxe4 16. h5 $44 {with fantastic
compensation for a pawn.}) 12... Qe8 13. Qh4 Qe7 14. Bg5 $6 {White insists on
keeping the queen on h4, eveh though it's quite obvioius that the queen
belongs to g3.} (14. Qg3 g5 15. f4 g4 16. Nf2 h5 17. Bd2 Ne4 (17... Na4 $2 18.
Bb5 Nb6 19. Bxc6 $18) 18. Bxe4 dxe4 19. Qe3 $44 {[%cal Gc2c4,Gd4d5]}) 14... Qf7
15. f3 Kg8 16. Bd2 Na4 $5 {Transferring the knight to c4.} 17. O-O (17. Rb1 Nb6
18. c3 Nc4 19. Bc1 b6 20. Nf4 a5 21. Qf2 Ba6 22. h4 a4 $13) 17... Nb2 18. Be2
Nc4 19. Bc3 Bd7 20. Kh1 g5 21. Qf2 b5 $15 {White didn't succeed to create
anything special on the kingside, meanwhile black is starting an actions on
the queenside where he's got an extra pawn.} 22. Rfb1 (22. Ng1 a6 23. f4 g4 24.
Bd3 Kg7 25. Ne2 Rhb8 $15) 22... Rb8 23. Bb4 $6 {Dubious manouvre.} a6 24. Bc5
Nb6 25. Bxb6 $6 (25. Bd3 Na4 26. Bb4 Kg7 27. Ng1 $15) 25... cxb6 26. a4 bxa4
27. Bxa6 Na5 28. Bb5 (28. f4 g4 29. Ng1 Kg7 30. Ne2 b5 31. Nc3 Qe8 32. Rb4 Nc4
$17) 28... Bxb5 29. Rxb5 Qe8 30. Qf1 Nc4 $17 31. Rb4 Ra8 32. Nf2 Rh7 {[%cal
Gh7a7]} 33. Nd3 Rc7 34. Ra2 a3 35. c3 f4 36. Qc1 (36. Nf2 Qg6 37. Ng4 Ne3 (
37... Kh8) 38. Nxe3 fxe3 39. Rb3 e2 $1 40. Qxe2 Rxc3 $19) 36... Rac8 37. h3 Qg6
38. Ne1 Qf5 39. Kh2 h5 40. Nc2 g4 41. Nxa3 g3+ 42. Kh1 Ra7 43. Rb3 Rca8 0-1

[Event "Alushta Autumn 1st"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "2004.08.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kalugin, Sergey V"]
[Black "Kobylkin, Evgeni"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2444"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2004.08.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 103"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. Bxc3 $5 {
Quite harmless continuation, which is very rarely played at the top level.} Ne4
8. Bb4 c5 9. Bxc5 Nxc5 10. dxc5 Qa5+ 11. c3 Qxc5 12. Nf3 {The other moves
don't promise much either, even though white may get a minimal advantage if
black isn't cautious enough.} (12. Bd3 Nc6 13. Nf3 Bd7 14. O-O g5 $6 15. Re1 g4
16. Nd2 Rg8 17. c4 $14 {Kaeser,U-Kiseleva,N/Germany 2004}) (12. Qg4 g6 (12...
O-O 13. Bd3 Bd7 14. Qd4 Qxd4 15. cxd4 Nc6 16. Nf3 Nb4 17. Kd2 Rfc8 18. a3 Nxd3
19. Kxd3 Bb5+ 20. Kd2 $14 {Gritsayeva,O-Kostiukova,L/Alushta 2004}) 13. Bd3 Nc6
14. Nf3 Bd7 15. O-O Ne7 16. Rac1 Nf5 17. Nd4 Nxd4 18. cxd4 Qb6 19. b3 Bb5 20.
Rfd1 Bxd3 21. Rxd3 Qa6 22. Rdc3 $14 {Semenova,L-Kostiukova,L/Alushta 2004})
12... Bd7 13. Be2 $5 {Intending to meet 13...Bb5 with 14.Qd4.} (13. Bd3 Bb5 14.
O-O Bxd3 15. Qxd3 O-O 16. Rae1 Nc6 17. b4 $6 Qb6 18. b5 Ne7 19. Nd4 Rac8 20.
Qh3 Rc4 $15 {Spielmann,R-Maier,G/Munich 1921}) 13... Bb5 14. Qd4 Qc6 (14...
Qxd4 $4 15. Bxb5+ $18) 15. Qg4 $5 {[%cal Gf3d4] Looking for the complications.}
Bxe2 16. Qxg7 Rf8 17. Nd4 (17. Kxe2 Qb5+ 18. Ke3 Qxb2 19. Rhc1 Nc6 20. Qxh6 Na5
21. Nd2 Rc8 $132) 17... Qb6 18. Nxe2 Qxb2 19. Rd1 Nc6 20. Qxh6 (20. f4 Qxa2 21.
Qxh6 Rg8 22. Qh3 a5 $15) 20... Nxe5 21. Qg5 f6 (21... Nc4 22. h4 Qc2 23. h5 Nb2
24. Ra1 Qh7 $15) 22. Qe3 Kf7 23. O-O Qxa2 24. Nd4 $44 {[%cal Gf2f4] White
managed to get serious pressure for the pawn. Black is on defensive for a
while.} Qa6 25. f4 Nc4 26. Qd3 $6 {Missing a chance to pose black serious
problems with 26.Qf3!} (26. Qf3 $1 $40 {[%csl Rd5][%cal Gf4f5,Gf1e1]}) 26...
Rh8 27. Rfe1 Rae8 28. Ra1 Qd6 (28... Qb6 29. Rab1 Qa6 (29... Qc7 $2 30. Nxe6
Rxe6 31. Qxd5 $18 {[%csl Rb7,Re6]}) 30. Ra1 $11) 29. Rxa7 Re7 30. Qg3 Nd2 $11
31. Qe3 (31. f5 $2 Qxg3 32. fxe6+ Rxe6 $19) 31... Nc4 32. Qf2 Qb6 33. Ra2 Nd6
34. Qe3 Qc5 35. Rc2 b5 36. Kh1 Ne4 37. Rb1 Ra7 (37... e5 $6 38. fxe5 Qc7 39.
Nf3 fxe5 40. Ng5+ Nxg5 41. Qxg5 $40) 38. h3 Rb7 39. Kh2 Rb6 40. Qd3 Qd6 41. Qe3
Qc5 42. Qd3 Qc7 43. Qe3 Qc4 44. Ra1 Qc7 45. Kg1 Rg8 46. f5 exf5 (46... e5 $2
47. Ne6 Qb8 48. Qh6 $18) 47. Nxf5 Rg5 48. Nd4 Qg3 49. Nf3 Kg6 50. Qxb6 Qxf3 51.
Qd4 $2 (51. Qb8 $1 Qd3 (51... Qe3+ 52. Kh1 Nf2+ 53. Kh2 $18) 52. Rac1 Kh7 53.
Qf4 $16) 51... Qxh3 52. Ra8 Qg3 53. Rg8+ Kh7 54. Rxg5 Qe1+ 55. Kh2 Qh4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Tripoli"]
[Date "2004.06.20"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Kadhi, Hameed Mansour Ali"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2379"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2004.06.19"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "LBY"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. bxc3 Ne4 8. Qg4
g6 (8... Kf8) 9. Bd3 Nxd2 10. Kxd2 c5 11. h4 Bd7 (11... Nc6 12. Qf4 Qa5 13. h5
gxh5 14. Nf3 b6 15. Rxh5 Ba6 16. Bxa6 Qxa6 17. Qf6 Rf8 $13 {Fercec,N-Glek,I/
Open 1998}) 12. Rb1 $5 {Very tricky move invitng black bishop to come to c6.} (
12. h5 g5 13. f4 Nc6 14. fxg5 Qa5 (14... Qxg5+ 15. Qxg5 hxg5 16. Ke3 g4 17. Rf1
Ke7 18. Rh4 Rag8 19. Rb1 (19. Be2 $5) 19... b6 20. Be2 cxd4+ 21. cxd4 f5 $1 $11
{Leko,P-Short,N/Batumi 1999}) 15. dxc5 (15. Nf3 O-O-O 16. g6 cxd4 17. Ke2 dxc3
(17... Qxc3 18. gxf7 Rdf8 19. Qf4 Nd8 20. Qxd4 Qxd4 21. Nxd4 $14 {Gaponenko,
I-Grabuzova,T/Timisoara-W 1994}) 18. Qf4 d4 19. g7 Rhe8 20. Kf2 Rg8 $13 {
Koch,J-Goldgewicht,L/Cannes 1995}) 15... d4 16. Nf3 O-O-O 17. Rab1 dxc3+ $1 $13
{Leko,P-Radjabov,T Linares,2003}) 12... Bc6 $2 {Playing directly into white's
hands. The bishop has nothing to do on c6, but more important the knight on d7
is too passive. To summerize the abovemenioned - after 12...Bc6 black is in
troubles!} (12... Qa5 $142) 13. h5 (13. Rh3 Qe7 14. h5 g5 15. f4 gxf4 16. Qxf4
Nd7 17. Rg3 $14 {Vega Viejo,M-Barredo,L/Gijon 1999}) (13. Bxg6 $6 fxg6 14.
Qxe6+ Qe7 15. Qc8+ Qd8 16. Qe6+ Qe7 17. Qc8+ Qd8 18. Qe6+ {1/2-1/2 Velicka,
P-Mirumian,V/Czechia 2000/EXT 2001 (18)}) 13... g5 14. f4 Nd7 (14... Qa5 15.
fxg5 cxd4 16. g6 dxc3+ 17. Ke2 d4 18. gxf7+ Kf8 19. Qxe6 $16) 15. Nf3 cxd4 ({
The alternative was} 15... Qa5 {but it's hardly any better for black.} 16. fxg5
cxd4 17. Qxd4 Rg8 18. gxh6 Rxg2+ 19. Ke3 O-O-O 20. Rbg1 $18 {[%cal Gh6h7]}) 16.
cxd4 gxf4 17. Qxf4 $16 Qe7 18. Ke2 O-O-O 19. Qh4 Qf8 (19... Qxh4 20. Rxh4 Rdg8
21. Kf2 Kd8 22. Rf4 Ke7 23. g4 Rg7 24. Rg1 $16) 20. g4 Rg8 21. g5 hxg5 22. Nxg5
Nxe5 23. dxe5 Qg7 24. Rhg1 Qxe5+ 25. Kd2 d4 26. Rbe1 Qa5+ 27. Ke2 $18 Rd5 (
27... f6 28. Nf7 Rxg1 29. Rxg1 Rf8 30. h6 $18) 28. Nxf7 Re8 29. h6 e5 30. Rg4
Rd7 31. Ng5 e4 32. Nxe4 Bb5 33. Kf1 Bxd3+ 34. cxd3 Kb8 35. Kg1 Rh7 36. Rf1 Reh8
37. Qg3+ 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 14th"]
[Site "Plovdiv"]
[Date "2003.10.14"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Hector, Jonny"]
[Black "Gunnarsson, Jon Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2419"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2003.10.10"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sweden"]
[BlackTeam "Iceland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SWE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISL"]

1. e4 {Atlas,V} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bc1 {This move
leads to very interesting struggle in which white has good chances to get an
opening advantage.} Ne4 7. Qg4 g6 8. Nge2 c5 9. a3 Ba5 10. b4 Nxc3 11. Nxc3
cxd4 (11... cxb4 12. Nb5 b3+ 13. Bd2 Bxd2+ 14. Kxd2 Qa5+ 15. c3 $16 {Foerster,
R-Eggenberger,U/Bad Ragaz 1992}) 12. Nb5 Bc7 13. f4 Nc6 (13... Bd7 $5 14. Nxd4
Nc6 15. c3 $2 Nxd4 16. cxd4 a5 $36 {Cantore,A-Guidi,G/ITA-ch corr 1991}) (13...
a6 14. Nxd4 Bb6 15. Bb2 Nc6 16. O-O-O Nxd4 17. Bxd4 Bd7 18. Bb2 a5 $15 {
Grafl,F-Joachim,S/Germany 2000}) 14. Bd3 a6 15. Nxc7+ Qxc7 16. O-O Bd7 17. Qh4
$1 {Strong move promising white good compensation for the minimal material
deficit.} (17. Bd2 Ne7 18. Qe2 (18. a4 Rc8 19. Qe2 Qb6 20. Kh1 h5 21. b5 a5 22.
Qe1 Ra8 23. Qf2 $14 {Pujos,S-Goldgewicht,L/France 2001}) 18... Qb6 19. a4 {
1/2-1/2 Forster,R-Quinn,M/Bratislava 1993}) (17. Bxg6 $2 Rg8 $1) 17... Qd8 18.
Qf2 $1 O-O $1 {Strangely enough the black king is much safer on the kingside!}
(18... Qb6 19. Bb2 O-O-O 20. Rab1 (20. c3 $1 {[%cal Gf2b6]} Kb8 21. a4 $1 (21.
cxd4 Na7 22. Rfc1 Rc8 23. Rc5 Bb5 24. Bc2 $14) 21... Qc7 22. b5 dxc3 23. Bxc3
Na5 24. Bd4 $16 {[%cal Gd4b6,Gf1c1]}) 20... Rdf8 21. Ba1 f6 22. exf6 Rxf6 23.
b5 axb5 $13 {Borriss,M-Huebner,R/Germany 2000}) 19. Bd2 (19. Bb2 $6 f6 20. Qg3
(20. Bxd4 fxe5 21. Bxe5 Nxe5 22. Qg3 $1 Nxd3 23. Qxg6+ Kh8 $11) 20... g5 21.
exf6 Qxf6 22. Bc1 Qg7 $132) 19... Kh7 20. a4 Qe7 21. Rab1 {[%csl Gb4][%cal
Gb4b5]} ({Nothing promised} 21. b5 Nb4 22. Qxd4 Nxd3 23. cxd3 Rfc8 24. Bb4 Qh4
25. b6 Rc2 $132) 21... b5 22. a5 $1 (22. axb5 axb5 23. Bxb5 Nxe5 24. Be2 Nc4
25. Bxc4 dxc4 26. Qxd4 Ba4 $13 27. Bc3 $140 Qa7 $11) 22... f6 23. exf6 Qxf6 24.
Qg3 Ne7 25. Qh3 Nf5 26. Rbe1 Nd6 (26... Rac8 27. Re5 Nd6 28. Rfe1 $44) 27. Re5
Qg7 (27... Nc4 $5 {(Atlas,V) was to be preferred: war vorzuziehen:} 28. Rg5 (
28. Rh5 {is strongly met by bringt nichts wegen} Kg7 29. Rxh6 Rh8) 28... Nxd2
29. Rxg6 Qxg6 30. Bxg6+ Kxg6 {, with good play mit gutem Spiel.}) 28. Rfe1 Rac8
(28... Rf5 $5 {(Atlas,V) deserved attention here. verdiente hier
Aufmerksamkeit.}) 29. Bc1 Nc4 (29... Kg8) 30. Rh5 $2 Ne3 $2 (30... Kg8 $1 31.
Rxh6 e5 32. Qh4 e4 33. Qg5 Be8 34. Bxc4 Rxc4 35. Qxd5+ Bf7 36. Qg5 Rxc2 $17)
31. Bxe3 dxe3 32. Qxe3 $16 Kg8 (32... Rf7 33. Re5 Rcf8 34. Rf1 Bc8 35. g3 $16)
33. Re5 Rc6 34. Qd4 {Atlas,V: 'White has a durable advantage and launches a
dangerous attack on the kingside.' Atlas,V: 'WeiЯ hat dauerhaften Vorteil und
leitet eine gefдhrliche Attacke am Kцnigsflьgel ein.'} Qf6 $6 35. Rf1 Be8 36.
Rf3 Bf7 37. Rh3 Kg7 $6 {[%cal Gd4g7]} (37... Qg7) 38. g4 $18 {'!' Atlas,V.
Atlas,V: 'Threatening 39.Rh6.' Atlas,V: 'Droht 39.Rh6.'} ({Black was intending
to meet Auf} 38. Rxh6 {(Atlas,V) plante Schwarz} Be8 (38... Kxh6 39. Rh5+ Kg7
40. Rh7+ Kxh7 41. Qxf6)) 38... Kg8 39. Rxh6 Be8 40. Rh3 Qxf4 {'?' Atlas,V.} ({
This imprudent move loses immediately. More stubborn was Dieser unvorsichtige
Zug verliert auf der Stelle. Hartnдckiger war} 40... Qg7 {(Atlas,V) , although
White had a winning position anyway. , obwohl WeiЯ auch dann Gewinnstellung
hдtte.}) 41. Rh8+ $1 {Atlas,V: 'This impressive rook sacrifice crowns White's
attack.' Atlas,V: 'Dieses sehenswerte Opfer krцnt den weiЯen Angriff.'} Kxh8 ({
If Falls} 41... Kg7 {(Atlas,V) , so} 42. Qxf4 Rxf4 43. Rxe8 {, winning und
gewinnt.}) {Atlas,V: , forcing mate in two: Atlas,V: Erzwingt ein Matt in zwei
Zьgen:} 42. Rh5+ Kg8 {Atlas,V} 43. Qh8+ Kf7 44. Rh7# 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 19th"]
[Site "Rethymno"]
[Date "2003.09.28"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Brynell, Stellan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2511"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2003.09.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sarajevo Bosna"]
[BlackTeam "Malmo Linhams"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BIH"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SWE"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Be3 {Quite rare
continuation,nevertheless leading to extremly complicated struggle.} Ne4 7. Qg4
g6 8. a3 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Nxc3 (9... c5 10. Bd3 Nxc3 11. dxc5 Qa5 (11... Nc6 12.
Nf3 Qa5 13. O-O Qa4 14. Qxa4 Nxa4 15. Bb5 Nc3 $132 {Hracek,Z-Vaisser,A/EU-chTM
1997}) 12. Qb4 Qxb4 13. axb4 Nc6 14. Bd2 d4 15. Bxc3 dxc3 16. Bb5 Bd7 $13 {
Klovans,J-Jahrsdoerfer,G/Wuerzburg op 1995}) 10. Bd3 Nc6 (10... Bd7 11. h4 c5
12. dxc5 Nc6 13. Nf3 Ne7 14. h5 g5 15. Nd4 $36 {Klovans,J-Grabuzova,T/Cappelle
op 1995}) 11. h4 (11. Nf3 Ne7 12. Bd2 Na4 13. Qf4 Nf5 14. h4 c5 15. dxc5 Nxc5
16. g4 Nxd3+ 17. cxd3 Ne7 18. Qf6 $36 {Herbrechtsmeier,C-Koen,M/Biel op 1993})
11... Qe7 (11... Ne7 12. f3 c5 13. dxc5 Nc6 14. Bd2 d4 15. Bxc3 dxc3 16. Qc4
Nxe5 17. Qxc3 Qf6 18. Ne2 $13 {Hernandez,G-Glek,I/Linares op 1996}) 12. Nh3 (
12. h5 $5 g5 13. f4 (13. Nh3 Bd7 14. f4 gxf4 15. Bf2 Qf8 16. Bh4 (16. Qxf4
O-O-O 17. Bh4 Re8 18. O-O Rg8 (18... Ne4 19. Bxe4 dxe4 20. Qxf7 Nxd4 21. Qxd7+
Kxd7 22. Rxf8 Rhxf8 23. Rd1 c5 24. c3 $16 {Fressinet,L-Vysochin,S/Brussels 2000
}) 19. Nf2 Qg7 20. g3 Ne7 21. Kh2 Nf5 22. Rg1 Ne4 $132 {Bruzon Bautista,
L-Brynell,S/Istanbul 2000}) 16... Nxd4 17. Nxf4 Rg8 18. Nxd5 $2 Nxc2+ 19. Bxc2
Nxd5 20. Qf3 Qc5 21. Be4 Qa5+ $19 {Hartman,C-Brynell,S/Stockholm 1994}) 13...
gxf4 14. Qxf4 Bd7 15. Nf3 (15. Bf2 Qf8 16. Bh4 Ne7 17. Bf6 Rg8 18. Bh7 Rxg2 19.
Qf3 Rg7 20. Bxg7 Qxg7 21. Bd3 $14 {Svensson,B-Brynell,S/Gothenburg 1994}) (15.
Nh3 O-O-O 16. Bf2 Qf8 17. Bh4 Ne7 (17... Re8 18. Bf6 Rg8 19. O-O Ne7 20. Qe3
Ne4 21. Bxe4 dxe4 22. Bxe7 Qxe7 23. Rf6 $14 {Thinius,M-Bromann,T/Gausdal 2003})
18. O-O Be8 19. Nf2 Rd7 20. Ng4 Nf5 21. Nf6 Rd8 $13 {Ernst,T-Brynell,S/Sweden
2002}) 15... O-O-O 16. Bf2 Qf8 17. Bh4 Re8 18. O-O Rg8 19. Bf6 Ne7 20. Kh2 Ne4
21. Bxe4 dxe4 22. Bxe7 Qg7 $17 {Klovans,J-Makarichev,S/Daugavpils 1978}) 12...
Bd7 13. h5 gxh5 $5 {I doubt that this move is sufficient to reach an equality,
but it definitly proved to be sufficient to hold Shirov to a draw!} (13... g5
14. f4 gxf4 15. Bf2 Qf8 16. Qxf4 $5 O-O-O 17. Bh4 Re8 18. O-O Ne4 (18... f5 $6
19. exf6 e5 20. dxe5 Rxe5 21. Rae1 Rxe1 22. Rxe1 Bxh3 23. gxh3 Qc5+ 24. Kh1 $16
{[%cal Gf6f8]}) 19. Nf2 $6 $13 {Iordachesku-Vysochin, 2000}) 14. Qf3 {[%cal
Gh3f4,Gf4h5,Gh5f6]} (14. Qxh5 O-O-O 15. Nf4 Rdg8 $132) 14... Qh4 15. Qf4 Qxf4
16. Nxf4 O-O-O 17. Rxh5 Ne7 18. f3 $1 {[%csl Ge4] The endgame is definitly
better for white, even though he is a pawn down at the moment.} (18. Kd2 Ne4+
19. Bxe4 dxe4 20. Rah1 c5 21. c3 Bb5 22. Rxh6 Rxh6 23. Rxh6 Nc6 $13) 18... a6 (
18... Bb5 19. Bxb5 Nxb5 20. a4 Nf5 21. Rxf5 exf5 22. axb5 $18) 19. Kd2 Na4 20.
Rah1 (20. c3 Bb5 21. Bc2 Nb6 $13) 20... Bb5 21. Rxh6 $6 {In my opinion more
accurate was} (21. g4 $5 Bxd3 22. Nxd3 Nb6 23. Bg5 Nc4+ 24. Kc3 Rde8 25. a4 $16
{with significant pressure.}) 21... Rxh6 22. Rxh6 Bxd3 23. cxd3 c5 24. dxc5 $6
{After this one black seems to hold the endgame without too many problems.} (
24. Rh7 Nc6 25. Rxf7 cxd4 26. Bf2 Nc5 27. Rf6 Kd7 28. Ng6 $14) 24... d4 25. Bf2
Nc6 26. Bh4 (26. Ne2 Nxc5 27. f4 b5 $132) 26... Rf8 27. Ne2 Nxc5 28. f4 Rg8 29.
g3 Kd7 $1 30. Rh7 Ke8 31. Ng1 b5 32. Nf3 a5 33. Ng5 Rf8 34. Rh6 Kd7 (34... b4
$2 35. axb4 Nxb4 36. Nh7 $18) 35. Nh7 Rb8 36. Nf6+ Kc7 37. Rh7 Rf8 38. Bg5 (38.
Rg7 b4 39. axb4 axb4 40. Nh7 Rb8 41. Rxf7+ Kb6 $13 {[%csl Rh4,Rh7]}) 38... b4
39. Bh6 Ra8 $1 40. Rxf7+ Kb6 41. axb4 axb4 42. Nd7+ Nxd7 43. Rxd7 Ra2+ 44. Kc1
Rg2 45. f5 Nxe5 $11 (45... exf5 46. e6 (46. Bf4 b3 47. Kb1 Ka5 $15) 46... Re2
47. Bg7 Rxe6 48. Bxd4+ Kb5 $11) 46. Rxd4 Nc6 47. Rc4 exf5 48. Be3+ Kc7 49. Bf4+
Kd7 50. Rc5 b3 51. Rb5 b2+ 52. Rxb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT 11th"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2004.04.23"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Smirnov, Pavel"]
[Black "Alavkin, Arseny Nailievich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2601"]
[BlackElo "2488"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[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"]

[Event "RUS-chT 11th"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2004.04.22"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "Belov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Alavkin, Arseny Nailievich"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2543"]
[BlackElo "2488"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[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 "Samara Termosteps"]
[BlackTeam "Togliatti Lada"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Be3 Ne4 7. Qg4 g5 $5 {
Very risky continuation permitting white to sieze an initiative right ot of
the opening while getting nothing much in return.} 8. a3 (8. h4 $5 h5 9. hxg5
hxg4 10. Rxh8+ Bf8 11. Nxe4 dxe4 12. Ne2 c5 13. O-O-O Qa5 14. Nc3 cxd4 15. Bxd4
Nc6 16. Nxe4 Nxd4 {1/2-1/2 Shirov,A-Volkov,S/Rethymnon 2003/CBM 98 no vc (16)})
8... h5 (8... Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 c5 10. Bd3 Qa5 11. Ne2 cxd4 12. Bxd4 Nc6 13. O-O
Bd7 14. Bxe4 dxe4 15. Ng3 $16 {Bezemer,A-Stellwagen,D/Amsterdam 2002}) 9. Qd1
$1 {It's better to put a queen on d1 in order to develop the knight to f3.} (9.
Qf3 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 c5 11. Bd3 Nxc3 12. Qg3 (12. dxc5 Nd7 13. Qg3 Rg8 14. h4 g4
15. Nf3 Na4 16. O-O Naxc5 17. Ng5 $36 {Vogler,T-Hess,R/Germany 1995/GER-chT2})
12... g4 13. dxc5 d4 14. Bd2 Qd5 15. Ne2 Nxe2 16. Bxe2 Nd7 $132 {Govedarica,
R-Ruckschloss,K/Trnava 1990}) 9... Bxc3+ (9... Ba5 10. b4 $6 (10. Nge2 $1 $16 {
[%cal Gb2b4]}) 10... Nxc3 11. Qd3 c5 12. Qxc3 cxd4 13. Bxd4 Bc7 14. f4 gxf4 15.
Nf3 Bd7 16. Qd2 Nc6 $15 {Stojanovski,D-Roghani,A/Yerevan 2001}) 10. bxc3 Nxc3
11. Qd3 Na4 12. Nf3 g4 (12... c5 13. Bxg5 Qb6 14. Be2 Bd7 15. O-O a6 16. Rab1
Bb5 17. Qd2 $16 {Zawadzki,S-Kurmann,O/Balatonlelle 2002}) 13. Bg5 Qd7 14. Bf6
Rh6 15. Nh4 $6 {[%csl Rh4] More in the spirit of the position was} (15. Ng5 $1
Qc6 (15... Rxf6 $6 16. exf6 Qd8 17. Qh7 Qxf6 18. Qg8+ Ke7 19. Bb5 Bd7 20. Nh7
$18) 16. h3 gxh3 (16... Nd7 17. hxg4 Nxf6 18. exf6 h4 19. g3 Rxf6 20. gxh4 $16)
17. Nxh3 Nd7 18. Bg5 Rg6 19. Bd2 $36 {[%cal Gh3f4]}) 15... Rxf6 $5 {By playing
this move black shows his intentions to get active counterplay by any costs.}
16. exf6 Qd8 17. Qh7 (17. g3 Qxf6 18. Bg2 c5 19. c3 cxd4 20. cxd4 Nc6 $13)
17... Qxf6 18. Qg8+ Ke7 (18... Kd7 $2 19. Bb5+ c6 20. Bxa4 Qxd4 21. O-O Qxa4
22. Qxf7+ $18) 19. Qxc8 Na6 20. Qxa8 Qxd4 21. Rb1 (21. Rd1 Qc3+ 22. Rd2 Qa1+
23. Rd1 Qc3+ $11) 21... Qc3+ 22. Kd1 Qd4+ 23. Bd3 Nc3+ 24. Ke1 $6 {After a
move in the game white has to be very carefull to keep the balance, while
after correct} (24. Kd2 $1 Nc5 25. f3 gxf3 26. gxf3 Nxb1+ 27. Rxb1 Qxh4 28. Qh8
$18 {[%cal Gd2c3,Gc3b2] black's attack is over.}) 24... Nxb1 25. Qxb7 Qe5+ 26.
Kd1 Nc3+ 27. Kd2 Nc5 28. Qb4 d4 $44 {[%csl Rd2,Rh4]} 29. Ra1 a5 30. Qc4 Kf8 $1
(30... N3e4+ $5 31. Bxe4 $8 (31. Kc1 Nd6 32. Qa2 Qe1+ 33. Kb2 Qxf2 $19) 31...
Nxe4+ 32. Kc1 d3 33. cxd3 (33. Ra2 d2+ 34. Kd1 Qf4 $19) 33... Qxa1+ 34. Kc2 Nf6
35. Qxc7+ Kf8 36. Qc5+ Kg7 $15) 31. g3 N5e4+ 32. Kc1 Nxf2 33. Ng2 h4 34. Nf4 $2
(34. gxh4 $8) 34... Nfd1 $1 $17 {[%cal Ge5e3]} 35. Qxe6 $8 Qxf4+ 36. gxf4 fxe6
37. Kd2 g3 (37... Ne3 38. Rg1 c5 $17) 38. hxg3 hxg3 39. Bf1 Ne3 40. Kd3 c5 $6 (
40... g2 41. Bxg2 Nxg2 42. Kxd4 Ne2+ 43. Kc5 Ngxf4 $19) 41. Bh3 Ncd5 42. Ke4
Nc3+ 43. Ke5 Nxc2 44. Rg1 d3 (44... Ne2 45. Rb1 Ne3 46. Bxe6 Kg7 47. Rb7+ Kh6
48. Rb8 $11) 45. Rxg3 d2 46. Bg4 d1=Q 47. Bxd1 Nxd1 48. Rd3 Nb2 (48... Nb2 49.
Rc3 Ne1 50. Kxe6 c4 51. Kd5 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 20th"]
[Site "Izmir"]
[Date "2004.10.06"]
[Round "4.6"]
[White "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Black "Belozerov, Andrei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2548"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2004.10.03"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Paris NAO"]
[BlackTeam "Tomsk 400"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. bxc3 Ne4 8. Qg4
Kf8 {After a dozens of years and thouzands of games the question whether black
should prefer this move over 8...g6 remains open!} (8... g6) 9. Bd3 Nxd2 10.
Kxd2 c5 ({An attempt to skip the middlegame by playing} 10... Qg5+ {was
assessed by the modern theory as insufficient.}) 11. h4 Nc6 12. Rh3 (12. Nf3
Qe7 13. Rh3 c4 14. Be2 Qa3 15. h5 b5 16. Nh4 Rg8 17. Rf3 a5 $132 {Pupo,
E-Vallejo Pons,F/Cienfuegos 1997}) 12... c4 13. Bf1 {This move looks more
logical than 13.Be2 since the knight needs e2 square for it's cmarch to f4 or
h5.} (13. Be2 b5 14. Rf3 (14. Rg3 Rg8 15. Qf4 a5 16. Bh5 Qe7 17. Rf3 Nd8 18.
Ne2 b4 $13 {Yurtaev,L-Shabalov,A/Riga 1988}) 14... a5 15. a3 Ne7 16. Qf4 Nf5
17. h5 Qg5 18. Qxg5 hxg5 19. Rh3 Bd7 20. g4 Nh6 21. f4 $16 {Polgar,J-Panno,O/
Buenos Aires 1992}) 13... b5 (13... Bd7 14. Ne2 b5 15. Nf4 Ne7 16. Rf3 Nf5 17.
g3 a5 18. Nh5 Rg8 19. Rf4 b4 20. Qf3 bxc3+ 21. Qxc3 Qb6 22. Bh3 $16 {Vlaovic,
D-Prystenski,A/Winnipeg 1994}) 14. Ne2 a5 15. a3 Bd7 (15... Rg8 $5 16. Nf4 Ra7
17. Rf3 Qd7 18. Rb1 Rb7 19. Be2 Ne7 20. Qh5 Ke8 21. Qg4 Nf5 22. Nh5 Kf8 $13 {
Aronian,L-Vallejo Pons,F/Menorca 1996}) 16. Nf4 Ne7 {This line (up to the move
in the game) was tried a couple of times by Kortscnoij during the Essen
tournument back in 2002, but without much success. A move in the game appears
to be a better try.} (16... b4 $6 17. Rf3 $1 bxc3+ 18. Kd1 $1 $16 {[%cal Gf4e6,
Gf4g6]} h5 (18... Nxd4 $2 19. Nh5 $1 {[%csl Rd4]} Nxf3 (19... Nf5 20. Rxf5 exf5
21. Qxg7+ Ke7 22. Qf6+ $18) 20. Qxg7+ Ke7 21. Qf6+ $1 $18) 19. Nxh5 Rg8 20. Ke1
$1 {Lutz,C-Kortschnoj,V/Essen 2002}) (16... Rg8 17. Rf3 Ke7 18. Nh5 b4 19. Qf4
bxc3+ 20. Ke1 Be8 21. Rxc3 $14 {Leko,P-Kortschnoj,V/Essen 2002}) 17. Nh5 Nf5
18. Qf4 b4 (18... Rg8 $2 19. Rb1 Qe7 20. Be2 Qxa3 21. g4 g5 22. hxg5 hxg5 23.
Qh2 $18 {Golubev,M-Hess,C/Chemnitz 1998}) 19. Be2 ({Letting black queen to
penitrate to a1 was hardly a good idea, so 19.Be2 was called for.} 19. axb4
axb4 20. Rxa8 bxc3+ 21. Rxc3 (21. Ke2 Qxa8 22. g4 Qa2 23. Rxc3 (23. gxf5 Qxc2+
24. Kf3 Qd1+ 25. Be2 c2 $1 $17) 23... Qa1 24. Qd2 Nxh4 $15) 21... Qxa8 22. g4
Nxh4 23. Nxg7 Ng6 24. Qf6 Qa7 $1 $13 25. Ke3 $140 Qa1 {[%csl Rc3,Rf1]}) 19...
bxc3+ (19... bxa3 $1 20. Rxa3 a4 (20... Kg8 21. Bg4 Nxh4 22. Bxe6 Bxe6 23. Rxh4
Qg5 $15) 21. Ng3 (21. Rf3 $2 Qxh4 22. g4 g5 $19 {[%csl Rf4]}) 21... Nxg3 22.
Rxg3 Qe7 23. Ra2 Kg8 $15) 20. Kxc3 Qb6 {Black acts a bit passive and finally
gets punished for it. I can understand his hesitation regarding 20...a4, since
the drawbacks of this move are pretty obvious, however chess is a very
concrete game and variations prove that 20...a4 would promise black reasonable
counterchances.} (20... a4 $5 21. Rb1 Qa5+ 22. Rb4 Rb8 23. g4 Ne7 24. Rf3 Be8
25. Nxg7 $140 $2 Rh7 26. Nxe8 (26. Nxe6+ Kg8 27. Nc5 Nc6 28. Kd2 Nxb4 29. axb4
Qxb4+ $19) 26... Kxe8 27. Kd2 Rxb4 28. axb4 Qxb4+ 29. Kd1 a3 $19) 21. Rhh1 Rg8
{'?!'} 22. g4 Ne7 (22... Nxh4 $2 23. Rxh4 g5 24. Nf6 Bc6 25. Qc1 gxh4 26. Rb1
Qc7 27. Qxh6+ Ke7 28. Qxh4 $18) 23. Rhb1 Qa7 24. Rb2 Rb8 25. Rab1 Rxb2 26. Kxb2
{'+/=' From now on it's just one way downhill for black. White succeeded to
consolidate his position, while black is left with the pieces which fail to
move and a weak king.} Ng6 (26... Ba4 $5) 27. Qd2 Nxh4 28. Ka1 Ng6 29. c3 Ne7 (
29... Ke7 30. g5 hxg5 31. Qxg5+ Ke8 32. Bd1 $36) 30. Bd1 Ke8 31. Bc2 Kd8 32. g5
g6 {'?!' Black chooses to die without putting too much of resistance, but at
this point the outcome of the game is actualy predecided:} (32... hxg5 33. Qxg5
g6 34. Nf4 Ke8 (34... Re8 35. Qf6 $16 {[%csl Rf7]}) 35. Rh1 a4 36. Qf6 Qa5 37.
Kb2 Qb6+ (37... Qd8 38. Rh7 Rf8 39. Rh8 Ng8 40. Qxf7+ $3 Kxf7 41. Rh7+ Ke8 42.
Bxg6+) 38. Kc1 Qa5 39. Kd2 $18 {[%cal Gh1h7]}) 33. gxh6 {'!'} gxh5 34. h7 {
'+-' Winning an exchange and a game.} Re8 35. Qh6 Kc7 36. h8=Q Rxh8 37. Qxh8
Nc6 38. Qf8 (38. Qxh5 Nxd4 39. cxd4 Qxd4+ 40. Ka2 Qxf2 41. Qh8 Qxc2+ 42. Rb2
$18) 38... Nd8 39. Qe7 Nc6 40. Qd6+ Kc8 41. Rg1 Qc7 42. Rg8+ Kb7 43. Qxc7+ Kxc7
44. Rh8 Nd8 45. Rxh5 Bc6 46. Kb2 Kd7 47. Kc1 Ke7 48. Kd2 Nb7 49. Rh8 Be8 50.
Ke3 a4 51. f4 Na5 52. Bd1 Nb3 53. Bf3 Na1 54. Kd2 Nb3+ 1-0

[Event "Barcelona Casino"]
[Site "Barcelona"]
[Date "2005.10.25"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Felgaer, Ruben Alejandro"]
[Black "Moskalenko, Viktor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2636"]
[BlackElo "2529"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2005.10.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. bxc3 Ne4 8. Qg4
g6 9. Be3 $6 {I don't think White can fight for opening advantage wasting
another tempo to keep the bishop on the board.} c5 10. Bd3 h5 (10... Bd7 11.
Ne2 h5 12. Qf4 cxd4 13. Bxd4 Qa5 14. O-O Nc5 15. Nc1 Nxd3 16. cxd3 Qc7 17. Nb3
$14 {Levacic,P-Cebalo,M/Pula 1999}) 11. Qf4 (11. Qf3 cxd4 12. Bxd4 Ng5 13. Qf4
Qe7 14. h4 Nh7 15. Nf3 Nc6 16. g4 $6 hxg4 17. Qxg4 Bd7 18. Rb1 O-O-O $132 {
De Souza Mendes,J-Rivas Costa,S/Carrasco 1921}) 11... g5 12. Qf3 Nxc3 13. Qg3
$2 {Appearently having a black-out as after this move Black gets a winning
position on the spot.} (13. Ne2 Nxe2 14. Bxe2 cxd4 15. Bxd4 Nc6 16. c3 Bd7 17.
O-O Qe7 18. Qe3 $44 {Neubert-Mueller/DDR 1981}) 13... c4 14. Ne2 $2 {More
persistant was} (14. Bxg5 Qb6 (14... Qa5 $2 15. Bd2 cxd3 16. Qxd3 $16) 15. Be2
Qb2 16. Rc1 Nxa2 17. Rd1 Qxc2 18. Bf6 Rf8 $17 {but Black is clearly better
anyway.}) (14. Bf1 Ne4 15. Qf3 Qa5+ 16. Kd1 Nc3+ $19) 14... h4 15. Qg4 $6 (15.
Qxg5 Qxg5 16. Bxg5 Nb5 17. Bf6 Rh6 18. Bg7 cxd3 19. Bxh6 dxe2 $17) 15... Na4
$19 16. O-O (16. Bxg5 Rg8 17. f4 cxd3 18. cxd3 Qa5+ 19. Kf2) 16... cxd3 17.
cxd3 f5 18. exf6 Qxf6 19. Bxg5 (19. f4 Qf5 20. Qxf5 exf5 21. fxg5 Nc6 22. Nf4
Nb6 23. a4) 19... Qf5 20. Qxf5 exf5 21. Nf4 Nc6 22. Nxd5 Kf7 23. Nc7 Bd7 $2 (
23... Rb8 24. d5 Nb4 25. Rab1 a5 26. a3 Nxd3 $19) 24. Nxa8 Rxa8 25. d5 Ne7 26.
d6 (26. Bxh4 Nxd5 $17) 26... Ng6 27. Rfe1 Nc5 28. Rac1 Ne6 $1 (28... Nxd3 $6
29. Rc7 Nxe1 30. Rxd7+ Ke6 31. Rg7 Ne5 32. d7 Nc6 33. d8=Q Rxd8 34. Bxd8 Nxd8
35. Rh7 $132) 29. Bd2 Bc6 {[%cal Ga8d8]} 30. Ba5 $6 Ngf4 $19 31. Re3 Nxg2 32.
Re5 Rg8 33. Kf1 Ngf4 34. Rxf5+ Kg6 35. Rxc6 bxc6 36. Re5 Kf6 37. Bc3 Kf7 38. d7
Ke7 39. Ra5 Kxd7 40. Rxa7+ Kd6 41. Ra4 Rf8 42. d4 Kd5 0-1

[Event "Sanjin Hotel Cup 2nd"]
[Site "Tiayuan"]
[Date "2005.07.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Zhang, Zhong"]
[Black "Wang, Hao"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2608"]
[BlackElo "2512"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2005.07.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Be3 Ne4 7. Qg4 g5 {Very
risky continuation permitting white to sieze an initiative right ot of the
opening while getting nothing much in return.} 8. a3 (8. h4 $5 h5 9. hxg5 hxg4
10. Rxh8+ Bf8 11. Nxe4 dxe4 12. Ne2 c5 13. O-O-O Qa5 14. Nc3 cxd4 15. Bxd4 Nc6
16. Nxe4 Nxd4 {1/2-1/2 Shirov,A-Volkov,S/Rethymnon 2003/CBM 98 no vc (16)})
8... h5 (8... Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 c5 10. Bd3 Qa5 11. Ne2 cxd4 12. Bxd4 Nc6 13. O-O
Bd7 14. Bxe4 dxe4 15. Ng3 $16 {Bezemer,A-Stellwagen,D/Amsterdam 2002}) 9. Qd1 {
It's better to put a queen on d1 in order to develop the knight to f3.} (9. Qf3
Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 c5 11. Bd3 Nxc3 12. Qg3 (12. dxc5 Nd7 13. Qg3 Rg8 14. h4 g4 15.
Nf3 Na4 16. O-O Naxc5 17. Ng5 $36 {Vogler,T-Hess,R/Germany 1995/GER-chT2})
12... g4 13. dxc5 d4 14. Bd2 Qd5 15. Ne2 Nxe2 16. Bxe2 Nd7 $132 {Govedarica,
R-Ruckschloss,K/Trnava 1990}) 9... Nxc3 $5 (9... Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 Nxc3 11. Qd3
Na4 12. Nf3 g4 (12... c5 13. Bxg5 Qb6 14. Be2 Bd7 15. O-O a6 16. Rab1 $16 {
Zawadzki,S-Kurmann,O/Balatonlelle 2002}) 13. Bg5 Qd7 14. Bf6 Rh6 15. Nh4 (15.
Ng5 $1 Qc6 (15... Rxf6 $6 16. exf6 Qd8 17. Qh7 Qxf6 18. Qg8+ Ke7 19. Bb5 Bd7
20. Nh7 $18) 16. h3 gxh3 (16... Nd7 17. hxg4 Nxf6 18. exf6 h4 19. g3 Rxf6 20.
gxh4 $16) 17. Nxh3 Nd7 18. Bg5 Rg6 19. Bd2 $36 {[%cal Gh3f4]}) 15... Rxf6 16.
exf6 Qd8 17. Qh7 Qxf6 18. Qg8+ Ke7 19. Qxc8 Na6 20. Qxa8 Qxd4 21. Rb1 $16 {
Belov,V-Alavkin,A/Russia/2004}) (9... Ba5 10. Nge2 $1 $16 {[%cal Gb2b4]}) 10.
Qd3 $5 ({Nothing promised} 10. Qd2 Ba5 11. bxc3 (11. Bxg5 $2 Qxg5 12. Qxg5 Ne4+
$19) 11... c5 12. Bxg5 Qc7 13. Be3 Nc6 14. Bb5 Bd7 15. Bxc6 Bxc6 16. Nf3 cxd4
17. Bxd4 Bb5 $44 {with sufficient counterplay.}) 10... Ba5 11. b4 (11. Bd2 c5
12. Bxc3 cxd4 (12... Nc6 13. dxc5 Nxe5 14. Qb5+ Nc6 15. b4 d4 16. Bb2 Bc7 17.
Rd1 $14) 13. Qxd4 Nc6 14. Bb5 Qb6 15. Qxb6 Bxb6 $11) 11... c5 $1 {Very strong
move promising black good counterchances.} 12. Qxc3 {After a move in the game
black is an only one who can fight for an opening advantage, but also after} (
12. dxc5 $5 Ne4 (12... Na4 $6 13. Qb5+ Nc6 14. Qxa4 Bc7 15. b5 Ba5+ 16. Kd1 Nb8
(16... Nxe5 17. Bd4 f6 18. Bxe5 fxe5 19. b6+ $18 {[%csl Ra5]}) 17. Nf3 g4 18.
Bg5 Qc7 19. b6+ Qd7 20. Qxa5 $16) 13. f3 Nxc5 14. Bxc5 Bc7 15. Qe3 Nc6 16. Bb5
Bd7 17. Bxc6 Bxc6 $13 {the position is very unclear.}) 12... cxd4 13. Bxd4 Bc7
14. f4 (14. Nh3 Nc6 15. Bb5 Bd7 16. Bxc6 Bxc6 17. O-O g4 18. Nf4 h4 $13) 14...
gxf4 15. Nf3 Bd7 16. Qd2 Nc6 17. Bb2 Rg8 (17... Qe7 18. Qxf4 O-O-O 19. O-O-O
Rhg8 20. g3 f5 21. Bd3 Kb8 $15 {Stojanovski,D-Roghani,A/Yerevan 2001}) 18.
O-O-O Qe7 19. Kb1 O-O-O 20. Qxf4 a6 21. h3 $6 {[%csl Rf4]} (21. g3 Rg4 22. Qd2
$13) 21... f5 $1 $15 22. Rd2 (22. exf6 Bxf4 23. fxe7 Nxe7) 22... Qg7 23. Bd3
Qg3 24. Qxg3 Rxg3 25. c4 (25. Re1 Rdg8 26. Bf1 b5 27. Rde2 Bb6 28. c3 f4 29.
Bc1 Rf8 30. Ra2 $15) 25... Ne7 26. Re1 Rdg8 27. cxd5 $6 (27. Ree2 Ng6 28. cxd5
Nf4 29. dxe6 Bxe6 30. Nd4 Rxd3 31. Rxd3 Bc4 32. Rde3 Nxe2 33. Nxe2 Rxg2 $36)
27... Nxd5 28. Bxf5 exf5 29. Rxd5 Bc6 30. Rc5 Rxg2 31. Nd4 Rg1 32. Rxg1 Rxg1+
33. Ka2 Bb6 34. Rc2 Rg2 $1 35. Rc4 (35. Rxg2 Bxg2 36. Nxf5 Bxh3 37. Nd6+ Kc7
$17) 35... Kd7 36. Nxc6 (36. e6+ Kd6 37. Nxc6 bxc6 38. e7 Kxe7 39. Rxc6 Bd4 $19
) 36... bxc6 37. Kb3 Rg3+ 38. Ka4 Be3 $1 (38... Rxh3 $2 39. e6+ Kd6 40. Bf6 $1
Re3 41. e7 $13) 39. e6+ $6 (39. Bc1 $1 Rxh3 40. Bxe3 Rxe3 41. Rh4 Rxe5 42. Rxh5
Kd6 43. Rh6+ $17) 39... Kxe6 40. Rxc6+ Kd5 $19 41. Rxa6 f4 42. Ra5+ Ke4 43.
Re5+ Kd3 44. Rxh5 f3 45. Rf5 Rxh3 46. b5 f2 47. Bc1 Rh4+ 48. Ka5 Rf4 $1 49.
Bxe3 Kxe3 0-1

[Event "Corus-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2006.01.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Black "Stellwagen, Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2573"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2006.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Be3 $5 {The most ambitious
way to meet the McCutcheon variation. White is ready to give up a pawn on c3
to keep the dark-squared bishop on the board.} Ne4 7. Qg4 g6 8. a3 Bxc3+ 9.
bxc3 Nxc3 10. Bd3 b6 $5 {A quite rare move. The main line is 10...Nc6.} (10...
Nc6) 11. h4 {White should immediately start active operations on the kingside.}
(11. Nh3 $6 Ba6 12. Bd2 Bxd3 13. cxd3 Na4 14. O-O c5 15. Qd1 Qd7 16. dxc5 Nxc5
17. d4 Nb7 18. Qf3 Nc6 $15 {Mulyar,M-Akobian,V/Seattle 2003}) 11... Ba6 12. h5
g5 13. f4 $5 {[%cal Gg4g7] An interesting continuation, but I'm not so sure
whether White should hurry to transpose into an endgame.} (13. Nh3 $5 Qe7 14.
O-O Ne4 15. Rfe1 f5 16. exf6 Nxf6 17. Bg6+ Kd7 18. Qd1 Nc6 19. f4 $36 {Crosa,
M-Coelho,L/Santos 2003}) 13... gxf4 14. Qg7 Kd7 15. Qxf7+ Qe7 16. Qxe7+ Kxe7
17. Bxf4 Bxd3 18. cxd3 Kd7 {Preparing 19...Nc6.} (18... Nd7 $143 $6 19. Nf3
Rag8 20. Rc1 Na4 (20... Nb5 21. a4) 21. Rxc7 Rxg2 22. Nh4 Ra2 23. O-O $1 $18)
19. Nf3 Nc6 20. Kd2 Nb5 21. Ke3 Raf8 {[%csl Rf4][%cal Gb5d4] Defending against
22.a4 since the bishop is hanging on f4.} (21... Rag8 $2 22. a4) 22. Rhf1 (22.
a4 $2 Nbxd4 23. Nxd4 Nxd4 $19) 22... Ne7 {A logical move, but Black could also
try} (22... a5 $5 23. a4 $140 Nb4 24. Rfc1 (24. Rac1 Rxf4 25. Kxf4 Nxd3+ 26.
Ke3 Nxc1 27. axb5 Na2 $13) 24... Rxf4 25. Kxf4 Nxd3+ 26. Ke3 Nxc1 27. axb5 Nb3
28. Ra3 a4 29. Rxa4 Rg8 $13) 23. g4 c5 24. a4 Nxd4 $6 {This move appears to be
an inaccuracy after which Black has to be very careful to keep the balance.} ({
Much better was} 24... cxd4+ $1 25. Kd2 (25. Nxd4 Nxd4 26. Kxd4 Rhg8 $17) 25...
Rxf4 26. axb5 a5 (26... Nc8 27. Nh2 $16) 27. bxa6 Rxg4 28. Rg1 Rxg1 29. Rxg1
Ra8 30. Rg7 Rxa6 31. Rh7 Ra2+ 32. Ke1 Rg2 33. Rxh6 Nf5 $132) 25. Nxd4 cxd4+ 26.
Kf3 ({Of course not} 26. Kxd4 $2 Rhg8 $17 {and White can't protect the pawn on
g4.}) 26... Rh7 $5 (26... Rhg8 27. Rf2 (27. Rg1 $2 Nc6 28. Kg3 Rf5 $1 $19)
27... Nc6 28. Kg3 Rf5 29. Kh4 Rf7 30. Raf1 Rgf8 31. Kg3 $16) 27. Kg3 Nc6 28.
Rfb1 {[%cal Ga4a5]} Rc8 ({Serious attention deserved} 28... Rxf4 $5 29. Kxf4
Rf7+ 30. Kg3 Nxe5 31. Rf1 Rg7 32. Rf4 Nxd3 33. Rxd4 Nc5 $14 {even though White
should be better due to the weakness of the pawn on h6.}) (28... Rhf7 $6 29.
Bxh6 Rf3+ 30. Kh4 R8f7 31. a5 $1 Nxa5 32. Bg7 $1 Rxg7 33. Rxa5 Ke8 34. Ra2 $16)
29. Ra2 Na5 (29... Rg8 $5) 30. Rf2 Rg8 31. Rc2 $1 {The beginning of a very
nice winning plan. White's idea is just to promote the pawns on the kingside
for that reason he'd like to trade the rooks.} Rc8 (31... Rhg7 32. Rbc1 Rxg4+
33. Kf3 $18) 32. Rxc8 Kxc8 33. Kh4 {[%cal Gf4h6,Gg4g5]} Nc6 34. Rc1 $1 Kd7 35.
Rxc6 $1 Kxc6 36. Bxh6 $1 $18 {The pawns are unstoppable!} Kd7 (36... Rxh6 37.
g5 Rh8 38. g6 Kd7 39. g7 Rg8 40. h6 Ke7 41. h7 $18) 37. Kg5 Ke8 38. Kg6 Rf7 39.
Bg7 Rf4 40. g5 1-0

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2006.02.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran L"]
[Black "Volkov, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2558"]
[BlackElo "2629"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "147"]
[EventDate "2006.02.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. bxc3 Ne4 8. Qg4
Kf8 9. Bd3 Nxd2 10. Kxd2 c5 11. Nf3 c4 (11... Nc6 12. Qf4 Qe7 13. a3 Bd7 14.
Rhb1 b6 15. Qe3 Na5 $1 $132 {Anand,V-Ivanchuk,V/Linares 1992/CBM 31}) 12. Be2
Nc6 13. a4 (13. h4 b5 14. a3 Bd7 15. h5 a5 16. Rhb1 Rb8 17. Qf4 Ke7 18. g4 Qf8
19. Qe3 $14 {Christiansen,L-Kortschnoj,V/Reykjavik 2000/CBM 75}) 13... Bd7 (
13... a6 14. Rhb1 Rb8 15. h4 b5 16. axb5 axb5 17. Qf4 Qe7 18. h5 (18. Qe3 Ke8
19. h5 Kd8 20. Ng1 b4 21. f4 Bd7 22. cxb4 Rxb4 23. Rxb4 Qxb4+ 24. Qc3 Qxc3+ 25.
Kxc3 Kc7 $11 {Khalifman,A-Short,N/Merida 2001}) 18... b4 19. cxb4 Rxb4 20. Qe3
Qb7 21. Qa3 Ke8 22. Rxb4 Qxb4+ 23. Qxb4 Nxb4 24. Nh4 $14 {Madl,I-Molnar,B/
Hungary 2003}) 14. h4 (14. Qf4 Qe7 15. g4 Ke8 16. g5 hxg5 17. Nxg5 Qf8 18. Bg4
Rh4 19. Qg3 Rh6 20. h4 $14 {Shomoev,A-Kortschnoj,V/Copenhagen 2005}) 14... Be8
(14... a6 15. Qf4 b5 16. g4 b4 17. cxb4 Nxb4 18. c3 Nc6 19. Rhb1 Rb8 20. Bd1
$14 {Short,N-Morozevich,A/Germany 1998/GER-chT}) 15. Rh3 $1 {White is the
first one to deviate from the game Asrian-Volkov, which has been played less
than a year ago.} (15. Qf4 $6 Ke7 $1 16. Rh3 Kd7 17. Rg3 Rg8 18. h5 Qa5 19. Nh2
Ne7 20. Kd1 $1 {[%cal Gf4c1,Gc1a3]} Rd8 21. Qc1 Kc8 22. Qa3 Qc7 $13 {Asrian,
K-Volkov,S/Warsaw 2005}) 15... Rg8 16. h5 Ke7 17. Nh4 Qa5 18. Kc1 {[%cal Gf2f5]
} Kd8 19. f4 Bd7 (19... Ne7 20. f5 exf5 21. Qf4 Bd7 22. g4) 20. f5 $5 {White
is trying to open up the position at all cost.} exf5 21. Qf4 Ne7 22. g4 fxg4
23. Bxg4 Bxg4 24. Qxg4 Qa6 25. Rf3 Qe6 (25... Ke8 26. Kd2 Qe6 27. Qxe6 fxe6 28.
Raf1 $14 {[%cal Gf3f7,Gh4g6]}) 26. Qxe6 fxe6 27. Kd2 Kd7 28. Rb1 Rab8 29. Rf7
Ke8 30. Rbf1 Nf5 $6 {After the move in the game White increases the pressure
after a nice exchange sacrifice. It was better to play} (30... Rd8) 31. R1xf5
exf5 32. e6 Rc8 33. Rxb7 $5 ({Another promising continuation was} 33. Nxf5 Rc6
34. Nxg7+ Rxg7 35. Rxg7 Rxe6 36. Rxb7 a6 37. a5 Rf6 38. Kc1 Kd8 39. Rh7 $18 {
[%cal Gc1a3,Ga3c5]}) 33... Rf8 34. Ng6 Rf6 35. Nf4 Rc6 36. Rxg7 Rfxe6 37. Nxe6
Rxe6 38. Rxa7 f4 39. Ra5 Rd6 (39... f3 40. Rxd5 Re2+ 41. Kd1 Rh2 42. Rf5 $18)
40. Ke2 Re6+ 41. Kf3 Re3+ 42. Kxf4 Rxc3 43. Ke5 Rxc2 44. Kxd5 Rc1 45. Rc5 Kd7 (
45... c3 46. Kc4 c2 47. Kb3 Rd1 48. Rxc2 Rxd4 49. a5 $18) 46. a5 c3 47. Kc4 c2
48. Kb3 Rd1 49. Rxc2 Rxd4 50. a6 Rf4 51. a7 Rf8 52. Ra2 Ra8 53. Ra6 Kc7 54.
Rxh6 Kb7 55. Rh7+ Kb6 56. Kb2 Rf8 57. Ka1 Rf1+ 58. Ka2 Rf2+ 59. Ka3 Rf3+ 60.
Ka4 Rf1 61. Kb4 Ra1 62. Kb3 Ra5 63. Kc3 Kc5 64. Kd3 Kd5 65. Ke3 Ke5 66. Kd3 Kd5
67. Ke3 Ke5 68. Kd2 Kd5 69. Ke1 Ra1+ 70. Kf2 Ke5 71. h6 Ra2+ 72. Ke1 Kf5 73.
Rf7+ Kg6 74. h7 1-0

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2005.02.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Volkov, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2711"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[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 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. Nge2 {Harmless continuation
promising white no opening advantage, but Ivanchuk obviously wasn't ready to
test Volkov's skills in the main lines of the McCutcheon variation!} dxe4 6. a3
Be7 7. Bxf6 Bxf6 8. Nxe4 Bd7 (8... O-O) (8... Be7) 9. g3 (9. Qd3 Bc6 10. O-O-O
Bxe4 11. Qxe4 Qd5 12. Qe3 O-O 13. Nc3 Qa5 14. Ne4 Nd7 15. h4 $14 {Bogoljubow,
E-Reti,R/New York 1924}) (9. N2g3 Bc6 10. c3 Nd7 11. Be2 O-O 12. O-O Be7 13. c4
Bxe4 14. Nxe4 Nf6 15. Nc3 Qd7 {1/2-1/2 Van der Fliert,W-Happel,H/Netherlands
1994/EXT 98 (15)}) 9... Bc6 10. Bg2 Bxe4 (10... Be7 11. O-O Nd7 12. c4 Bxe4 13.
Bxe4 c6 14. Qc2 Nf6 15. Bg2 O-O $11 {Canal,E-Rethy,P/Budapest 1933}) 11. Bxe4
c6 12. c3 Nd7 13. Qc2 Qb6 14. O-O g6 {Preparing to castle kingside.} 15. Rad1
Bg7 16. h4 Nf6 (16... O-O 17. h5 Nf6 18. hxg6 hxg6 19. Bf3 Rfe8 20. Nf4 e5 $11)
17. Bf3 h6 $6 {Untill his move black was playing very accurately, but this
attempt to complicate the position is hardly justified.} 18. Nf4 g5 19. hxg5
hxg5 20. Nd3 Nd7 (20... O-O-O 21. Ne5 Qc7 22. b4) 21. b4 Qc7 22. Rfe1 Bf6 23.
b5 $1 $36 {Starting to disturb the king both on the queenside and in the
center.} cxb5 24. d5 {[%cal Ge1e8]} O-O-O (24... e5 25. d6 Qb6 26. Nb4 $36 {
[%cal Gc2f5,Gb4d5]}) (24... Qxc3 25. Qb1 e5 26. Qxb5 Rd8 27. Bg4 $16) 25. dxe6
fxe6 26. Rxe6 {[%cal Gd3b4,Gb4d5]} Bd4 {[%cal Gc7g3]} (26... Rhf8 $5) 27. Kg2
g4 $2 (27... Nc5 $6 28. Re7 $1 (28. Nxc5 Bxc5 29. Qf5 Kb8 30. Rxd8+ Rxd8 31.
Re5 $16) 28... Qxe7 $140 29. cxd4 $18 {[%cal Gc2c8]}) (27... Bb6 28. Nb4 Nc5
29. Ree1 $5 (29. Rxd8+ Rxd8 30. Rg6 Qe5) 29... Rxd1 30. Rxd1 Qh7 (30... Qf7)
31. Qxh7 Rxh7 32. Nd5 Bd8 $14) 28. Bxg4 Kb8 29. Nb4 $18 Ne5 {Transposing into
an endgame with no chances of survival, but it seems that there was no way
back.} 30. Rxd4 Rxd4 31. cxd4 Nxg4 32. Qxc7+ Kxc7 33. Rg6 Nh6 34. Rg7+ Kb6 35.
g4 {[%csl Rh6]} a5 36. Nd5+ Kc6 37. Ne7+ Kc7 38. g5 Ng4 39. Kg3 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-36"]
[Site "Mallorca"]
[Date "2004.10.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gashimov, Vugar"]
[Black "Berend, Fred"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2586"]
[BlackElo "2378"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2004.10.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Azerbaijan"]
[BlackTeam "Luxembourg"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "LUX"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. bxc3 Ne4 8. Qg4
g6 9. Bd3 Nxd2 10. Kxd2 c5 11. Nf3 {Another popular plan is the immediate} (11.
h4 {keeping the knight on g1 not to disturb an advance of an f-pawn after h5
and ...g5 are played.}) 11... Nc6 12. Rhb1 Qc7 (12... c4 13. Be2 b6 14. h4 Bd7
15. Nh2 Qe7 16. h5 $6 O-O-O 17. hxg6 f6 $1 {Sutovsky,E-Daly,C/Port Erin 1999})
13. Qh4 (13. Qf4 cxd4 (13... f5 14. h4 Bd7 15. g4 O-O-O 16. gxf5 gxf5 17. Rg1
cxd4 18. cxd4 Qa5+ 19. c3 $16 {Kasimdzhanov,R-Galli,J/Corsica 1997}) 14. cxd4
f5 15. h4 Bd7 16. a4 O-O-O 17. Ke2 Kb8 18. Ra3 Rdg8 19. Rh1 Qd8 $132 {Polgar,
J-Knaak,R/Dortmund 1990}) 13... Qe7 $5 {Quite interesting idea. Black is
initiating the trade hoping to get counterchances in the endgame. Despite of a
quick and painfull loss by black, the move in the game definitly has a right
to exist.} (13... Bd7 14. Qf6 Rg8 15. h4 Rc8 16. h5 gxh5 17. Bh7 Rf8 18. dxc5
Na5 19. Ke2 Qxc5 20. Kf1 $36 {Fedorowicz,J-Cox,J/Hamar 1982}) (13... cxd4 14.
cxd4 Bd7 (14... Na5 15. Qf6 Rg8 16. a4 Bd7 17. h4 Rc8 18. Ke2 Qd8 19. Qf4 Rh8
20. Nh2 h5 21. Nf3 $14 {Vlcek,S-Lednicky,M/Slovakia 2003}) 15. Qf6 Rg8 16. h4
Rc8 17. Ke2 Na5 18. Rb4 b6 19. Kf1 Qc3 20. Rab1 $16 {Jepson,C-Larsson,P/Sweden
1993}) (13... c4 14. Be2 Qe7 15. Qf6 $5 Qxf6 16. exf6 Kd7 17. Ne5+ Nxe5 18.
dxe5 Kc7 19. g4 Bd7 20. h4 b6 21. f4 $16 {Serban,F-Bergmann,M/IECC email 2003})
14. Qxe7+ Kxe7 15. dxc5 Rd8 {It's important to put a rook on d8 before ...f6
is played.} (15... f5 $6 16. exf6+ (16. Bb5 Na5 17. Nd4 Bd7 18. Kd3 Rhd8 $14)
16... Kxf6 17. c4 Rd8 (17... d4 $6 18. Be4 e5 19. c3 Rd8 20. cxd4 Nxd4 21. Ke3
Nf5+ 22. Ke2 Nd4+ 23. Nxd4 Rxd4 24. Bd5 $16) 18. cxd5 Rxd5 19. Rb5 a6 20. Rb6
Rxc5 21. Be4 $14) 16. Rb2 g5 17. h3 Rd7 $6 {This move is a mistake which
results in a loss, though not without very precise and inventive play by the
Azerian grandmaster!} (17... f6 18. exf6+ Kxf6 19. Re1 (19. Bb5 e5 20. Re1 e4)
19... e5 20. Bb5 e4 21. Nd4 (21. Bxc6 exf3 22. Bxb7 Bxb7 23. Rxb7 fxg2 24. Rg1
Rdc8 25. Rxg2 Rxc5 26. Rg3 Ra5 $11) 21... Ne5 22. Bf1 $14) 18. Bb5 $1 {[%csl
Rc8] Very important move. All white wants to get is a "good" knight versus a
"bad" bishop. The idea is just a typical one for the French defence, however
black underestimated the strength of this manouvre.} Rc7 19. Bxc6 Rxc6 (19...
bxc6 20. Rab1 Ba6 21. Rb8 Rxb8 22. Rxb8 Rc8 (22... Bf1 23. Nh2 Bxg2 24. Ng4 {
[%csl Re7][%cal Gg4f6]} Rd7 25. Nxh6 $16) 23. Rxc8 Bxc8 24. Nd4 Kd7 25. c4 $16)
20. h4 $1 {Black is to accomplish development of his queenside pieces yet,
meanwhile white starts actions on the kingside, which are aimed to open up the
f-file for the white rooks.} g4 (20... gxh4 21. Rh1 Rxc5 22. Rxh4 b6 23. Rxh6
Ba6 24. Ng5 Rf8 25. f4 $14) 21. Nh2 h5 $6 {It was safer to play} (21... g3 22.
fxg3 f5 23. g4 Rxc5 24. gxf5 exf5 25. Nf3 b6 26. Nd4 $16 {even though white's
advantage is unquestionable.}) 22. f3 gxf3 23. Nxf3 $1 Rxc5 24. Ng5 $16 {
[%csl Rb7,Rf7][%cal Ga1f1] Black is one tempo too short to bring the bishop to
e8 in order to protect the pawn on f7.} f6 25. exf6+ Kxf6 26. Rf1+ Kg6 (26...
Kg7 27. Rxb7+ $1 Bxb7 28. Nxe6+ Kg6 29. Nxc5 $18) 27. Rf8 e5 28. Rb1 $18 {
[%csl Rg6]} Rc4 29. g3 a5 $6 (29... Rc7 30. Rbf1 Kg7 31. Rd8 $18) 30. Rbf1 Ra6
31. Rg8+ Kh6 32. Rf7 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 6th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2005.06.28"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Asrian, Karen"]
[Black "Volkov, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2611"]
[BlackElo "2634"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[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 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. bxc3 Ne4 8. Qg4
Kf8 (8... g6) 9. Bd3 Nxd2 10. Kxd2 c5 11. Nf3 (11. h4) 11... c4 {One of the
most crucial continuations in ths line: black closes the center leaving white
with attacking chanses on the kingside while black tries to create counterplay
on the queenside pushing the b-pawn forward.} (11... Qa5 12. Qf4 Nc6 13. dxc5
Qxc5 14. Nd4 Nxd4 15. Qxd4 Qxd4 16. cxd4 Bd7 17. Rhb1 $14 {Brynell,S-Bagirov,V/
Leningrad 1989/CBM 14}) (11... Nc6 12. Qf4 Qe7 13. a3 Bd7 14. Rhb1 b6 15. Qe3
Na5 $1 $132 {Anand,V-Ivanchuk,V/Linares 1992/CBM 31}) 12. Be2 Nc6 13. a4 (13.
h4 b5 (13... Rb8 14. Qf4 b5 15. a3 a5 16. Qe3 Qe7 17. Rhb1 Bd7 18. g4 Be8 19.
h5 f6 $13 {Khan,A-Marinello,B/USA 1993/EXT 98}) 14. a3 Bd7 15. h5 a5 16. Rhb1
Rb8 17. Qf4 Ke7 18. g4 Qf8 19. Qe3 $14 {Christiansen,L-Kortschnoj,V/Reykjavik
2000/CBM 75}) 13... Bd7 (13... a6 14. Rhb1 Rb8 15. h4 b5 16. axb5 axb5 17. Qf4
Qe7 18. Qe3 (18. h5 b4 19. cxb4 Rxb4 20. Qe3 Qb7 21. Qa3 Ke8 22. Rxb4 Qxb4+ 23.
Qxb4 Nxb4 24. Nh4 $14 {Madl,I-Molnar,B/Hungary 2003}) 18... Ke8 19. h5 Kd8 20.
Ng1 b4 21. f4 Bd7 22. cxb4 Rxb4 23. Rxb4 Qxb4+ 24. Qc3 Qxc3+ 25. Kxc3 Kc7 $11 {
Khalifman,A-Short,N/Merida 2001}) 14. h4 ({More ambitious approach was
introduced by Shomoev:} 14. Qf4 Qe7 15. g4 Ke8 16. g5 hxg5 17. Nxg5 Qf8 18. Bg4
Rh4 19. Qg3 Rh6 20. h4 $14 {Shomoev,A-Kortschnoj,V/Copenhagen 2005}) 14... Be8
(14... a6 15. Qf4 b5 16. g4 b4 17. cxb4 Nxb4 18. c3 Nc6 19. Rhb1 Rb8 20. Bd1
$14 {Short,N-Morozevich,A/Germany 1998}) (14... Rb8 15. h5 a6 16. Qf4 b5 17.
axb5 axb5 18. Rhb1 Qe7 19. Qe3 (19. g4 Ke8 20. Qe3 Kd8 21. Ne1 Kc7 22. f4 Rb7
23. Ng2 Rhb8 24. Ke1 $14 {Gouliev,N-Bujisho,B/Nice 2004}) 19... Kg8 20. g4 b4
21. cxb4 Rxb4 22. c3 Rxb1 23. Rxb1 Qa3 24. Bd1 Kf8 $132 {Horvath,A-Czebe,A/
Budapest 2001}) 15. Qf4 Ke7 $1 {Bringing the king to the queenside is called
for.} 16. Rh3 Kd7 17. Rg3 Rg8 18. h5 Qa5 (18... Qb6 $5 19. Kc1 Qa5 20. Nh2 Ne7
21. Ng4 Rd8) 19. Nh2 Ne7 20. Kd1 $1 {[%cal Gf4c1,Gc1a3] Very nice way to
transpose a queen to the queenside.} Rd8 21. Qc1 Kc8 22. Qa3 Qc7 23. Bg4 Kb8
24. Nf1 Nc6 $6 {For some reason black is delaying f6 break permitting white to
regroup his pieces.} (24... Nf5 25. Rh3 f6 $13) 25. f4 Bd7 26. Kd2 Bc8 27. Nh2
f6 28. Re3 Qf7 $6 {Once again black prefers to refrain from active play on the
kingside, even though it looked very tempting:} (28... g5 $1 29. hxg6 Rxg6 30.
Bf3 fxe5 31. fxe5 Ne7) 29. Rf1 $1 $14 Ne7 30. Be2 Ka8 31. g4 f5 $6 {After a
move in the game black has no counterchances and is doomed to a passive
defense.} 32. g5 hxg5 33. fxg5 Rh8 34. Rh3 Rdf8 35. Nf3 {[%cal Gg5g6,Gf3g5]} g6
(35... f4 36. Nh4 {[%csl Rf4]}) 36. h6 Nc6 37. Nh4 {[%cal Gh4g2,Gg2f4,Ge2h5]}
Nb8 38. Ng2 $1 Nd7 39. Nf4 Re8 40. Rg1 Nf8 41. Qd6 Rh7 42. a5 Qd7 $6 (42... Re7
) 43. Qxd7 Bxd7 44. Bh5 $1 gxh5 45. Rxh5 Rb8 46. Rhh1 $1 {[%cal Gg5g6]} (46. g6
Nxg6 47. Rxg6 Be8 $11) 46... Be8 47. g6 Nxg6 48. Nxg6 Bf7 49. Nf4 Rbh8 50. Rh3
$1 {[%csl Gh3]} Kb8 51. Rg7 Rxg7 52. hxg7 Rxh3 53. Nxh3 Kc7 54. Nf4 Kc6 55. Nh5
Kb5 56. Ke3 $1 $18 {Well calculated march of the king.} (56. Nf6 Kxa5 57. g8=Q
Bxg8 58. Nxg8 Kb6 59. Ne7 Kc7 60. Ng6 Kd7 $14) 56... Kxa5 57. Kf4 Kb5 58. Kg5
a5 59. Kf6 Bg8 60. Ke7 a4 61. Nf6 a3 62. Nxg8 a2 63. Nf6 a1=Q 64. g8=Q Qxc3 65.
Qxe6 f4 66. Qd7+ Ka5 67. Qd8+ Kb5 68. Qe8+ Ka5 69. Qa8+ Kb5 70. Qxb7+ Ka5 71.
Qa7+ Kb5 72. Nxd5 1-0

[Event "FRA-chT Top 16 GpB"]
[Site "Port Barcares"]
[Date "2005.05.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Black "Vallin, Guillaume"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2638"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2005.05.04"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Be3 Ne4 7. Qg4 Kf8 8. a3
Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Nxc3 10. Bd3 c5 {Transposing into the main line of the variation.
The russian GM Sergei Volkov tried on a couple of occasions 10...Nc6, which
seems to be a reasonable alternative to 10...c5.} (10... Nc6 $5) 11. dxc5 Nc6
12. Nf3 Qa5 ({It's funny that} 12... f5 {is considered to be the most crucial
move.}) 13. O-O Bd7 (13... Na4 $2 14. Bd2 Nc3 15. Nd4 $18 {[%csl Rc3] Mokry,
K-Chinchilla,E/Dubai 1986}) (13... Qa4) 14. Rfe1 $6 {More in the spirit of the
position was} (14. a4 $5 {however Black shouldn't have too many problems after}
Qb4 $1 (14... Rb8 15. Ra3 Ne4 16. Bxe4 Qb4 17. Rd3 Qxe4 18. Qxe4 dxe4 19. Rxd7
exf3 20. Rb1 $16 {Shamkovich,L-Tsvetkov,A/Ulan Bator 1965}) 15. Qxb4 Nxb4 16.
Ra3 Nxa4 (16... Ne4 $6 17. a5 Ke7 18. Rb1 $14) 17. Rfa1 Nxd3 18. cxd3 b5 19.
cxb6 axb6 20. Bxb6 Kg8 21. Bc7 Kh7 22. Nd4 $14 {[%csl Ra4]}) 14... Qa4 $1 15.
Qh3 (15. Qxa4 $6 Nxa4 16. Rab1 Na5 17. Rb4 Ke7 18. Rg4 (18. Nd4 Nxc5 19. Nf5+
exf5 20. Bxc5+ Kd8 (20... Ke6 $2 21. g4 $1 fxg4 22. Rf4 $18 {[%cal Gd3f5]}) 21.
Rd4 Be6 $13) 18... Rag8 19. Rb1 f5 $132) 15... Kg8 16. Bd2 Ne4 17. Bxe4 dxe4
18. Qh4 Qxc2 19. Rxe4 ({Nothing promised} 19. Rac1 Qb2 20. Qxe4 Qxa3 21. Rb1
Rb8 22. Be3 Qa5 23. Red1 Qc7 $13 {[%cal Gc6e7,Gd7c6,Ge7f5]}) 19... Qxc5 20. Qg3
Ne7 $1 {[%cal Gd7c6,Ge7f5,Gg8h7]} 21. Bb4 Qc2 22. Ree1 Nf5 23. Qf4 a5 (23...
Qa4 $5 {[%cal Ga7a5]} 24. Qd2 Bc6 25. Qd3 Qb5 $15) 24. Bd6 g5 $1 (24... Bc6 $5
25. Rac1 Qd3 26. Red1 Qe4 27. Qxe4 Bxe4 28. Nd4 Nxd4 29. Rxd4 Bc6 $15) 25. Qg4
Rc8 {[%csl Gc1][%cal Gc8c4]} 26. h3 $5 {Interesting defensive decision.} Rc4
27. Rac1 Rxg4 $2 {Q After this move black keeps better chances, but White is
no longer in danger of a defeat. More convincing was} (27... Qxc1 $1 28. Rxc1
Rxc1+ 29. Kh2 Rc3 30. Qe4 Bc6 31. Qe1 Rc2 $17) 28. Rxc2 Ra4 29. g4 Nd4 (29...
Nxd6 $2 30. exd6 Rxa3 31. Ne5 Bc6 32. Rd1 Kg7 33. d7 Rd8 34. Rxc6 bxc6 35. Nxc6
$16) 30. Nxd4 Rxd4 31. Rc7 Bc6 32. Be7 Kh7 33. Bc5 Rc4 (33... Rf4 34. Be3 Rf3
35. Kh2 (35. Rxc6 $6 bxc6 36. Kg2 Rxe3 37. Rxe3 Rc8 38. Re4 c5 39. Ra4 c4 $19)
35... Rd8 36. Rc1 Kg6 $15) 34. Rxf7+ Kg8 35. Rf8+ Kg7 36. Rxh8 Kxh8 37. Be3 Rc3
38. Ra1 Kh7 $15 1/2-1/2

[Event "American Continental 2nd"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "2003.08.27"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sagalchik, Gennadij"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2491"]
[BlackElo "2568"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2003.08.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Atlas,V} Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bg5 e6 4. e4 Bb4 5. Nge2 {It's hard to fight
for the opening advantage with such an unambitious move.} (5. e5) 5... dxe4 6.
a3 Be7 7. Bxf6 gxf6 8. Nxe4 f5 9. N4c3 c6 10. g3 (10. Qd3 Nd7 (10... b6 11.
O-O-O Ba6 12. Qe3 Qc7 13. g3 Nd7 14. Bg2 O-O-O 15. Rhe1 Nf6 $13 {Stock,
A-Heidenreich,M/Waldfischbach 1995}) 11. O-O-O b6 12. g3 Bb7 13. Bg2 Qc7 14.
Nf4 O-O-O 15. Kb1 Kb8 16. Qe2 Nf6 17. Rd2 a6 18. Rhd1 $14 {Roedl,L-Saemisch,F/
Dresden 1936}) 10... b6 11. Bg2 Bb7 12. Qd3 $6 {[%csl Rd3] Queen is taking
knight's place..White knight has nothing much to do on e2, so it should be
transferred to e5 via d3.} (12. O-O Nd7 13. Nf4 Nf6 14. b4 Qd7 (14... Qc7 15.
Qe2 Nd5 16. Ncxd5 cxd5 17. c4 dxc4 18. Bxb7 Qxb7 19. Qxc4 $16 {Van Mil,
J-Apicella,M/Budapest 1991}) 15. Nce2 O-O 16. c4 Rfd8 17. Qb3 Bf8 18. Rad1 $14
{Bosboom,M-Matlak,M/Bielsko Biala 1988}) (12. Qd2 Nd7 13. O-O-O Qc7 14. f4
O-O-O 15. Qe3 Nf6 16. h3 h5 17. Bf3 Bd6 18. Kb1 Ba6 $13 {Boulanger,T-Dufrenoy,
M/FRA 1989}) (12. Nf4 Nd7 13. Qd2 (13. Qe2 Nf6 14. O-O-O Qd7 15. Nd3 Nd5 16.
Bxd5 cxd5 17. Ne5 $16 {Polgar,Z-Bosman,M/Breda 1997}) 13... Qc7 14. O-O-O O-O-O
15. Rhe1 Bd6 16. Nd3 Nf6 17. f4 h5 18. h4 Rhg8 $15 {Hernandez Basante,
F-Murillo,A/San Jose 1994}) 12... Nd7 13. Nd1 Qc7 14. c4 (14. Ne3 O-O-O 15. Nc4
(15. O-O-O $6 Nc5 16. Qc3 Ne4 17. Qe1 c5 $15) 15... c5 16. Bxb7+ Kxb7 17. O-O-O
$13) 14... O-O-O 15. Ne3 Kb8 16. Qc2 Bd6 17. f4 $6 {[%csl Rg3] Weakening g3
for no particular reason.} (17. O-O-O f4 18. gxf4 Bxf4 19. Nxf4 Qxf4 20. Qe4
Qxe4 21. Bxe4 Nf6 22. Bf3 c5 $11) 17... h5 18. h4 Nf6 19. O-O-O c5 20. d5 Rhe8
{[%cal Ge8e2]} 21. Nc3 (21. Rhe1 a6 22. Kb1) 21... a6 22. Rhe1 Rg8 23. Nf1 $6 {
Missing black's reply. It was necessary to take on e6 first with unclear
position.} (23. dxe6 fxe6 24. Bxb7 Kxb7 25. Nf1 $13) 23... Rxg3 $1 {Atlas,V:
'This exchange sacrifice yields Black a dangerous initiative.' Atlas,V:
'Dieses Qualitдtsopfer verschafft Schwarz eine gefдhrliche Initiative.'} 24.
Nxg3 Bxf4+ 25. Kb1 Bxg3 $15 26. Re2 Bc8 27. Rd3 Be5 28. Na4 (28. dxe6 Rxd3 29.
Qxd3 fxe6 30. Qf3 Qd6 31. Qa8+ Kc7 32. Kc2 Bd4 $15) 28... Ka7 29. Rb3 Nd7 30.
Bf3 Rg8 31. Bxh5 exd5 32. cxd5 b5 33. Nc3 c4 34. Rxb5 $2 {Painfull blunder
leading to immediate loss.} ({Atlas,V: After this move Black gets a decisive
advantage. White had to play instead Atlas,V: Nach diesem Zug kommt Schwarz
entscheidend in Vorteil. Erforderlich war stattdessen} 34. Rb4 {Atlas,V: 'or
34.Nb5!?' Atlas,V: 'oder 34.Nb5!?'} Bd6 35. Rxb5 Rg1+ 36. Ka2 Rg3 37. Bxf7 Rxc3
38. Qxc3 axb5 39. Be6 $15) 34... Bxc3 35. d6 Qxd6 36. Rxf5 Rg1+ 37. Ka2 Qxa3+
$3 {Atlas,V: 'This beautiful queen sacrifice crowns Black's attack:' Atlas,V:
'Dieses wunderschцne Damenopfer krцnt den schwarzen Angriff.'} 38. bxa3 {
Atlas,V} (38. Kxa3 {Atlas,V} Ra1#) (38. bxa3 Ra1#) 38... Ra1# 0-1

[Event "Julian Borowski-A 4th"]
[Site "Essen"]
[Date "2002.05.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2002.05.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 {This move is one of Kortchnoi's
favorite continuations, however in Essen he suffered two difficult losses,
getting very dubious positions right after the opening.} 5. e5 h6 6. Bd2 Bxc3
7. bxc3 Ne4 8. Qg4 Kf8 9. Bd3 Nxd2 10. Kxd2 c5 11. h4 (11. Rb1 cxd4 12. cxd4
Qa5+ 13. Ke2 Nc6 14. Qf4 b6 15. Nf3 Ba6 16. Qd2 Qxa2 17. Ra1 Bxd3+ 18. Qxd3 Qc4
$13 {Flores Alvarez,R-Gutierrez,J/Santiago 1957}) (11. dxc5 Nd7 12. Qd4 Qe7 13.
f4 Nxc5 14. Ne2 b6 15. Ke3 Ba6 16. Qb4 Rc8 17. a4 Bxd3 18. cxd3 Nb7 $13 {
Mirschinka,D-Liebert,H/BL2-O 1996}) (11. f4 Nc6 12. dxc5 (12. Nf3 Qa5 13. f5 c4
14. Be2 exf5 15. Qg3 Be6 16. h4 g6 $15 {Hulters,J-Kieninger,G/Krefeld 1938})
12... Qa5 13. Ne2 d4 14. Rab1 dxc3+ 15. Nxc3 Qxc5 16. Ne4 Qa5+ 17. Ke3 b6 18.
Rhd1 $14 {Malmgren,S-Hjorth,S/SWE-ch 1971}) 11... c4 (11... Nc6 12. Rh3 Qa5 13.
Rg3 {[%csl Gg7]} g5 14. hxg5 hxg5 15. Qxg5 Ke8 16. Qf6 Rf8 17. dxc5 d4 18. Ne2
$14 {Westerinen,H-Bajovic,M/Reykjavik op 1982}) 12. Bf1 {White's idea is to
bring the knight to f4 via e2 and the rook to g3 or f3 via h3 in order to
attack weak f7 and g7 pawns.} (12. Be2 Nc6 13. Rh3 (13. Qf4 Bd7 14. g4 Ke7 15.
Nf3 Be8 16. h5 Kd7 17. Qe3 $14 {Lanzani,M-Baccaro,F/Open 1998}) 13... b5 (13...
Rg8 14. Qf4 Bd7 15. Bh5 Be8 16. Ne2 f5 17. g4 (17. Bxe8 $5) 17... Ne7 $132 {
Anand,V-Korchnoi,V/Cat. 19 1999}) (13... Ne7 14. h5 Nf5 15. Nf3 Bd7 16. Qf4 b5
17. g4 Ne7 18. Nh4 Kg8 19. Rg1 $40 {Vysochin,S-Moskalenko,V/Yalta op 1996}) 14.
Qf4 (14. Rf3 a5 15. a3 Bd7 16. Nh3 Ra6 (16... Ne7 17. Qf4 Be8 18. h5 b4 19.
axb4 axb4 20. Rxa8 bxc3+ 21. Rxc3 Qxa8 22. Bg4 Kg8 $13 {Arnold,L-Almasi,I/
Budapest FS08 GM 1997}) 17. Nf4 Ne7 18. Nh5 Rh7 19. Rh1 Nf5 20. Qf4 Be8 21.
Rfh3 b4 $132 {Hendriks,R-Visser,Y/VAM Hoogeveen op 1997}) (14. Rg3 Rg8 15. a3
Bd7 16. Nh3 a5 17. Nf4 Ne7 18. Nh5 Nf5 19. Rh3 b4 $132 {Madl,I-Almasi,I/
Balatonbereny op 1996}) 14... Bd7 15. Bh5 Be8 16. Ne2 (16. a3 a5 17. Ne2 Qe7 (
17... b4 18. axb4 axb4 19. Bxf7 Rxa1 20. Bxe6+ Ke7 21. Rg3 Kxe6 $13 {Timmerman,
G-Visser,Y/Dieren op 1998}) 18. Rg3 Qb7 19. Qf3 b4 20. axb4 axb4 21. Rxa8 bxc3+
22. Qxc3 Qxa8 23. Qa3+ {1/2-1/2 Berthelot,Y-Moracchini,F/ch-FRA (team) 1999})
16... a5 17. g4 $5 b4 18. Rah1 Ra7 19. g5 Ne7 20. Bg4 Qb6 $2 21. h5 $36 {
Kindermann,S-Reefschlaeger,H/Altenkirchen 1999}) 12... Nc6 13. Ne2 b5 14. Rh3
a5 15. a3 Bd7 16. Nf4 Rg8 $146 {This move doesn't solve black's opening
problems, but it's not so easy to come up with anything better:} (16... Ne7 17.
Nh5 Nf5 18. Qf4 Rg8 19. Rb1 Qe7 20. Be2 $16 {Golubev,M-Hess,C/Chemnitz 1998}) (
16... b4 $6 {was played by Korchnoi after a few days,but he found himself in
troubles even sooner!.} 17. Rf3 $1 bxc3+ 18. Kd1 $1 h5 (18... Nxd4 $2 19. Nh5
$1 Nxf3 20. Qxg7+ Ke7 21. Qf6+ $18) 19. Nxh5 Rg8 20. Ke1 $1 Qb6 21. Rd1 Ne7 22.
Qf4 Nf5 23. g4 Nh6 24. Nf6 $1 {and white got fantastic position (to say the
least) in Lutz-Korchnoi, Essen 2002 game.}) 17. Rf3 $1 {Forcing black king to
come to e7, because 17..Qc8 looks stupid.} Ke7 18. Nh5 b4 19. Qf4 {Keeping the
queenside closed.} bxc3+ 20. Ke1 Be8 21. Rxc3 ({Not so convincing is} 21. Rg3
$6 Qb6 22. Rd1 Qb2 23. Nxg7 Qxc2 24. Bxc4 $1 (24. Nf5+ $2 Qxf5 25. Qxf5 exf5
26. Rxg8 c2 27. Rc1 Nxd4 $17) 24... Qe4+ 25. Qxe4 dxe4 26. Nf5+ Kf8 27. Rxg8+
Kxg8 28. Nxh6+ Kg7 29. Ng4 c2 $13) 21... a4 ({It was necessary to play} 21...
Qb6 $1 22. Rd1 Qb2 23. Rg3 Qxc2 24. Nxg7 Rb8 $5 $132 {with serious
counterchances on the queenside}) 22. Rg3 $1 Qa5+ 23. c3 $16 Rb8 24. Be2 (24.
Nxg7 $6 Rxg7 25. Qf6+ Kd7 26. Qxg7 Nxd4 $40) 24... Rb3 25. Qd2 g6 26. Nf6 Rh8
27. Bd1 Rb7 (27... Qb5 $5 28. Bxb3 cxb3 29. h5 g5 30. f4 Na5 31. fxg5 Nc4 32.
Qf2 Nxa3 $132) 28. Bc2 Kd8 29. Rb1 Rxb1+ 30. Bxb1 Kc7 31. Bc2 Qb5 32. Rf3 $1 ({
Another promising possibility was} 32. Nxe8+ Rxe8 33. Qxh6 Qb2 34. Bxa4 Ra8 35.
Bd1 Rxa3 36. Qd2 $16) 32... Nd8 33. Qc1 h5 34. Kd2 Nb7 35. Qb1 Na5 36. Nxe8+ $1
{Giving up a beutifull knight on f6 for an ugly bishop!} Qxe8 37. Qb4 Nb3+ 38.
Ke3 Qd7 39. Qd6+ $1 $18 {[%csl Rf7,Rg6,Rh5]} Qxd6 40. exd6+ Kxd6 41. Rxf7 {
The black knight is out of play and the kingside weaknesses are falling sooner
or later.} Ra8 42. Rg7 Rb8 43. Ra7 Rg8 44. g3 {Black is deprived of any
ocunterplay so there is no need to hurry.} Kc6 45. Rxa4 Na1 {[%csl Ra1]} 46.
Bd1 g5 47. hxg5 Rxg5 48. Ra6+ Kd7 49. Ra7+ Kd6 50. Rh7 e5 51. Rh6+ Kc7 52. Rxh5
{Gathering the harvest.} exd4+ 53. Kxd4 Nb3+ (53... Nc2+ 54. Kc5) 54. Ke3 Rg6
55. Rxd5 Re6+ 56. Kf4 Ra6 57. g4 Kc6 58. Bf3 Nc5 59. Rd4+ Kb5 60. Bd5 {Great
win by Leko!} 1-0

[Event "Budapest FS04 GM-A"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2002.04.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Horvath, Adam"]
[Black "Hoang, Thanh Trang"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2464"]
[BlackElo "2426"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2002.04.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. bxc3 Ne4 8. Qg4
g6 9. Bd3 Nxd2 10. Kxd2 c5 11. h4 Qa5 12. Nf3 (12. Rh3 cxd4 13. Bxg6 Qc7 14.
Rf3 $13 {Euwe-Maroczy/Haag/1921}) (12. h5 g5 13. f4 cxd4 14. Nf3 $2 (14. Ke2
$13) 14... dxc3+ $19 {Seirawan-Makarycev/Reykjavik op/1990}) 12... Nc6 13. Qf4
cxd4 (13... b6 14. Rhb1 Ba6 15. a4 Bxd3 16. cxd3 a6 17. dxc5 Qxc5 18. d4 $14 {
Assev-Piskov/Berlin op/1991/i51/281}) 14. h5 $5 {Very sharp move promising
white long-lasting initiative} (14. Nxd4 Nxd4 15. Qxd4 Bd7 16. Rhb1 (16. Rab1
b6 17. Qb4 Qxb4 18. cxb4 a6 19. c4 (19. Rhc1 Bb5 20. c4 dxc4 21. Bxc4 O-O 22.
Ke3 Rfd8 23. Rb3 g5 24. hxg5 hxg5 25. g3 $10 {Brunner-Glek/BL 9091/1991}) 19...
dxc4 20. Bxc4 Bb5 21. Rbc1 O-O 22. Kc3 Rac8 23. Kb3 $10 {Tomczak-Dokhoian/BL
9091/1991}) 16... Bc6 (16... b6 $2 17. a4 (17. Qb4 Qxb4 18. Rxb4 Ke7 19. a4
Rab8 20. Rab1 g5 21. a5 $14 {Tolnai,T-Bagonyai,A/Zalakaros 1992}) 17... Qc5 18.
Qxc5 bxc5 19. Rb7 $16) 17. Rb4 O-O-O 18. Rab1 Rd7 19. a4 Kb8 20. g4 (20. R1b3
Rc8 21. g3 Ka8 22. Ra3 Rdc7 $132 {Varga,Z-Benitah,Y/Baden 1999}) (20. f3 Rc8
21. Ke2 Qd8 22. Kf2 Ka8 23. Qe3 h5 24. Kg1 Qa5 25. Qd4 Qd8 26. Qe3 $14 {
Hebden,M-Vaisser,A/Bern 1992}) 20... h5 21. gxh5 Rxh5 22. Be2 Rh8 23. Rg1 Rc7
24. Rg5 Rhc8 25. h5 gxh5 26. Bxh5 Bd7 $36 {Acs,P-Koutsin,S/Wattens 1999}) 14...
Qxc3+ {It seems that this move doesn't promise black an easy life.} (14...
dxc3+ 15. Ke2 g5 (15... gxh5 16. Rxh5 Bd7 17. Qf6 Rf8 18. Rxh6 Qd8 19. Rh8 Qxf6
20. Rxf8+ Kxf8 21. exf6 Ke8 22. Rh1 $16 {Sziva,E-Wagenmakers,E/Holland 1996})
16. Qf6 Rg8 17. Qxh6 g4 18. Ng5 Qc7 19. Nxf7 $1 Qxf7 20. Bg6 Rxg6 21. hxg6 $16
{Horvath,A-Naiditsch,A/Paks 1998}) 15. Ke2 gxh5 (15... g5 16. Qf6 Rg8 17. Qxh6
g4 (17... Nb4 18. Qf6 g4 19. Nd2 Bd7 20. Rab1 $18) 18. Ng5 Nxe5 19. Qf6 Rxg5
20. Qxg5 Nxd3 21. cxd3 Qc2+ 22. Qd2 $16) 16. Rab1 $5 Qa3 $6 {Better was} (16...
Nb4 $5 17. Rxh5 Bd7 18. Qf6 Rf8 19. Rxh6 Ba4 $132 {looking for active
counterplay}) 17. Rxh5 b6 (17... Qf8 18. Rbh1 Bd7 19. Qf6 $1 $16) 18. Rxh6 Rxh6
19. Qxh6 Bd7 20. Ng5 Nxe5 $2 {Better was} (20... O-O-O 21. Nxf7 Rg8 22. Nd6+ (
22. Qh7 Qf8 23. Nd6+ Kc7 24. Nb5+ Kc8 $13) 22... Kb8 23. Qh7 Rd8 24. Qg7 Qxa2
25. Rh1 $36 {and the position remains playable.}) 21. Qh8+ Ke7 22. Qxe5 (22.
Qxa8 $2 Nxd3 $15) 22... f6 23. Qg3 Rg8 $6 {Losing on the spot. It was
necessary to play} (23... fxg5 24. Rh1 $1 {[%csl Re7][%cal Gh1h7]} Qc5 (24...
Re8 $2 25. Rh7+ Kd8 26. Qb8+ Bc8 27. Qc7#) 25. Rh7+ Kd8 26. Qe5 Rc8 27. Kf1 $40
) 24. Rh1 $18 e5 (24... Rxg5 25. Rh7+ Kd8 26. Qb8+ $18) 25. Rh7+ Ke8 (25... Kf8
26. Qf3 Qd6 27. Qh5 $18) 26. Bg6+ $1 {[%csl Ra3]} Rxg6 27. Qxa3 1-0

[Event "North Sea Cup 17th"]
[Site "Esbjerg"]
[Date "2002.07.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bruzon Batista, Lazaro"]
[Black "Glek, Igor Vladimirovich"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2002.07.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 091"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. bxc3 Ne4 8. Qg4
g6 (8... Kf8) 9. Bd3 Nxd2 10. Kxd2 c5 11. Qf4 (11. Nf3 Nc6 (11... Bd7 12. Rab1
Bc6 13. Rhe1 Qe7 14. h4 Nd7 15. dxc5 Nxc5 16. Nd4 O-O-O 17. Rb4 Qc7 18. Qf4 $15
{Klovans-Glek (2. Bundesliga 1998, ... 0-1)}) (11... Qc7 12. Qh4 cxd4 13. cxd4
Bd7 14. Qf6 Rg8 15. h4 Nc6 16. Rhc1 Qa5+ $13 {Ivanchuk-Gurevich,M (Reggio
Emilia 1989/90)})) 11... Bd7 (11... cxd4 12. cxd4 Qa5+ 13. Ke3 b6 14. Ne2 Nd7
15. Rhe1 Ba6 $11 {Petruchin-Piskov (Russland 1992)}) (11... Nc6 $6 12. Nf3 Bd7
13. h4 Qe7 14. h5 g5 15. Qf6 $1 $16 {Kovalev-Vaisser (Paris 1991)}) 12. h4 Bc6
(12... Nc6 13. Qf6 $2 Qxf6 14. exf6 cxd4 15. cxd4 Nxd4 16. f4 Bb5 17. Rb1 a6
18. c3 Nc6 19. Nf3 Bxd3 20. Kxd3 O-O-O $17 {Carbonnel,P-Benitah,Y/Enghien les
Bains 1995}) 13. Nf3 Nd7 14. Nh2 (14. Rh3 Qe7 15. dxc5 Nxc5 16. Nd4 O-O-O $5
17. Rf3 (17. Rb1 Qc7 18. Qf6 $6 Rhf8 19. f4 Ne4+ $1 20. Bxe4 dxe4 $36 {
Spraggett,K-Glek,I/Cappelle la Grande 1998}) 17... Rd7 18. Qf6 Qxf6 19. Rxf6 h5
20. f3 Re7 $132 {Lindberg,B-Nielsen,P/Copenhagen 1998}) (14. dxc5 $5) (14. h5
g5 15. Qe3 Qe7 16. Nh2 c4 17. Be2 f5 18. exf6 Nxf6 19. Bf3 O-O-O $13 {Sauvadet,
H-Hoareau,N/Montpellier 1998}) 14... Qa5 $5 {Only this move appears to be a
novelty, however it's a typical idea for this variation.} (14... cxd4 15. cxd4
Bb5 16. a4 Bxd3 17. cxd3 Kf8 18. Ke2 Kg7 19. Rhc1 Rc8 20. Rxc8 Qxc8 21. Rc1 Qd8
22. h5 $14 {Areshchenko,A-Stellwagen,D/Oropesa del Mar 2000}) 15. Ng4 O-O-O 16.
Nxh6 {White doesn't have much choice, but to take the pawn on h6 otherwise
black is just doing fine.} (16. dxc5 $6 d4 $1 17. Qxd4 Bxg2 $15) 16... Rxh6 (
16... cxd4 17. Nxf7 Qxc3+ 18. Ke2 Rdf8 19. Rab1 Rh5 20. Bxg6 Rxe5+ 21. Kd1 $16
{[%cal Gh4h8]}) 17. Qxh6 cxd4 18. Ke2 dxc3 19. h5 {Other possibility was} (19.
Qf4 $5 d4 20. h5 Nxe5 21. h6 Bxg2 22. Rh2 Bf3+ 23. Kf1 Nxd3 24. cxd3 Qf5 25.
Qxf5 gxf5 26. Rh3 Bg4 27. Rg3 $13 {with extremly complicated position.}) 19...
Nxe5 20. hxg6 fxg6 21. Qg7 {The queen is well placed on g7 taking part both in
attack and defense.} (21. Qg5 Nxd3 22. cxd3 Qa3 $1 $36) 21... d4 (21... Nxd3
22. cxd3 d4 23. Rh7 Rd7 24. Qxg6 Rxh7 25. Qxh7 Qa3 26. Qh8+ Kc7 27. Qg7+ Kc8
$11) 22. Rh8 Bxg2 23. Rxd8+ Kxd8 24. f4 Bf3+ (24... Nxd3 25. Qxd4+ $14) 25. Kf2
{This move is more accurate than 25.Kf1} (25. Kf1 $5 Nxd3 26. Qxd4+ Bd5 (26...
Qd5 27. Qxd3 Qxd3+ 28. cxd3 b5 29. Rb1 a6 30. Rb3 $13) 27. Qxd3 Qa4 $15) 25...
Nxd3+ 26. cxd3 Bd5 27. Qxd4 Qa3 28. Re1 Qxa2+ 29. Re2 c2 30. Qh8+ Kd7 31. Qg7+
Kd8 32. Qf8+ Kd7 33. Qf7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Julian Borowski-A 4th"]
[Site "Essen"]
[Date "2002.05.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Lutz, Christopher"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2002.05.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. bxc3 Ne4 8. Qg4
Kf8 9. Bd3 Nxd2 10. Kxd2 c5 11. h4 {Lutz follows Leko's play a few rounds
before.} (11. Rb1 cxd4 12. cxd4 Qa5+ 13. Ke2 Nc6 14. Qf4 b6 15. Nf3 Ba6 16. Qd2
Qxa2 17. Ra1 Bxd3+ 18. Qxd3 Qc4 $13 {Flores Alvarez,R-Gutierrez,J/Santiago 1957
}) (11. dxc5 Nd7 12. Qd4 Qe7 13. f4 Nxc5 14. Ne2 b6 15. Ke3 Ba6 16. Qb4 Rc8 17.
a4 Bxd3 18. cxd3 Nb7 $13 {Mirschinka,D-Liebert,H/BL2-O 1996}) (11. f4 Nc6 12.
dxc5 (12. Nf3 Qa5 13. f5 c4 14. Be2 exf5 15. Qg3 Be6 16. h4 g6 $15 {Hulters,
J-Kieninger,G/Krefeld 1938}) 12... Qa5 13. Ne2 d4 14. Rab1 dxc3+ 15. Nxc3 Qxc5
16. Ne4 Qa5+ 17. Ke3 b6 18. Rhd1 $14 {Malmgren,S-Hjorth,S/SWE-ch 1971}) 11...
Nc6 (11... c4 12. Be2 Nc6 13. Rh3 (13. Qf4 Bd7 14. g4 Ke7 15. Nf3 Be8 16. h5
Kd7 17. Qe3 $14 {Lanzani,M-Baccaro,F/Open 1998}) 13... b5 (13... Rg8 14. Qf4
Bd7 15. Bh5 Be8 16. Ne2 f5 17. g4 (17. Bxe8 $5) 17... Ne7 $132 {Anand,
V-Korchnoi,V/Cat. 19 1999}) (13... Ne7 14. h5 Nf5 15. Nf3 Bd7 16. Qf4 b5 17. g4
Ne7 18. Nh4 Kg8 19. Rg1 $40 {Vysochin,S-Moskalenko,V/Yalta op 1996}) 14. Qf4 (
14. Rf3 a5 15. a3 Bd7 16. Nh3 Ra6 (16... Ne7 17. Qf4 Be8 18. h5 b4 19. axb4
axb4 20. Rxa8 bxc3+ 21. Rxc3 Qxa8 22. Bg4 Kg8 $13 {Arnold,L-Almasi,I/Budapest
FS08 GM 1997}) 17. Nf4 Ne7 18. Nh5 Rh7 19. Rh1 Nf5 20. Qf4 Be8 21. Rfh3 b4 $132
{Hendriks,R-Visser,Y/VAM Hoogeveen op 1997}) (14. Rg3 Rg8 15. a3 Bd7 16. Nh3 a5
17. Nf4 Ne7 18. Nh5 Nf5 19. Rh3 b4 $132 {Madl,I-Almasi,I/Balatonbereny op 1996}
) 14... Bd7 15. Bh5 Be8 16. Ne2 (16. a3 a5 17. Ne2 Qe7 (17... b4 18. axb4 axb4
19. Bxf7 Rxa1 20. Bxe6+ Ke7 21. Rg3 Kxe6 $13 {Timmerman,G-Visser,Y/Dieren op
1998}) 18. Rg3 Qb7 19. Qf3 b4 20. axb4 axb4 21. Rxa8 bxc3+ 22. Qxc3 Qxa8 23.
Qa3+ {1/2-1/2 Berthelot,Y-Moracchini,F/ch-FRA (team) 1999}) 16... a5 17. g4 $5
b4 18. Rah1 Ra7 19. g5 Ne7 20. Bg4 Qb6 $2 21. h5 $36 {Kindermann,
S-Reefschlaeger,H/Altenkirchen 1999}) 12. Rh3 c4 (12... Qa5 13. Rg3 {[%csl Gg7]
} g5 14. hxg5 hxg5 15. Qxg5 Ke8 16. Qf6 Rf8 17. dxc5 d4 18. Ne2 $14 {
Westerinen,H-Bajovic,M/Reykjavik op 1982}) 13. Bf1 b5 14. Ne2 a5 15. a3 Bd7 16.
Nf4 b4 $6 {An attempt to start an actions on the queenside right away. However
Lutz seems to be perfectly prepared for such course of actions.} (16... Rg8 17.
Rf3 Ke7 18. Nh5 b4 19. Qf4 bxc3+ 20. Ke1 Be8 21. Rxc3 $14 {Leko,P-Kortschnoj,V/
Essen 2002}) (16... Ne7 17. Nh5 Nf5 18. Qf4 Rg8 19. Rb1 Qe7 20. Be2 $16 {
Golubev,M-Hess,C/Chemnitz 1998}) 17. Rf3 $1 bxc3+ 18. Kd1 $1 $16 {[%cal Gf4e6,
Gf4g6] Now white is threatening both Ng6 and N:e6.} h5 ({Unfortunately for
black doesn't work} 18... Nxd4 $2 19. Nh5 $1 {[%csl Rd4]} Nxf3 (19... Nf5 20.
Rxf5 exf5 21. Qxg7+ Ke7 22. Qf6+ $18) 20. Qxg7+ Ke7 21. Qf6+ $1 $18 {and white
is winning.}) 19. Nxh5 ({If white plays} 19. Qg3 $6 {black has} Rh6 {defending
against both threats.}) 19... Rg8 20. Ke1 $1 {In order to defend the pawn on
d4 by Rd1.} Qb6 21. Rd1 Ne7 $2 {Passive defense doesn't help black, that's why}
(21... Qb2 $5 {leading to some complications was called for.} 22. Nf4 (22. Qg6
$6 Nd8 23. Qh7 Ba4 $1) 22... Ke8 {and the position is not perfectly clear yet}
23. Qh5 $140 (23. h5 Rb8 24. h6 Qxc2 25. Nh5 Rb1) 23... Rf8 24. Ng6 $2 fxg6 25.
Rxf8+ Kxf8 26. Qh8+ Kf7 27. Qxa8 Qxc2 $17) 22. Qf4 $1 {Now black is helpless
against white's threats.} Nf5 (22... Be8 23. Nf6 $1 Ng6 24. Nd7+ $1 $18 {
[%csl Rf7]}) 23. g4 Nh6 24. Nf6 $1 $18 {[%csl Rh6] Nice tactical blow deciding
the game in white's favour.} Ba4 (24... gxf6 25. Qxh6+ Ke8 26. Qxf6 Rf8 27. g5
$18) 25. Nxg8 Kxg8 26. Rxc3 Qb2 27. Kd2 Rb8 28. f3 $1 {Keeping in mind
variation which occured in the game.} Rb3 29. Qe3 Rxa3 30. Rxa3 Qxc2+ 31. Ke1
Qxd1+ 32. Kf2 Bc2 33. Rxa5 Bd3 34. Bxd3 cxd3 35. Ra8+ Kh7 36. Ra2 1-0

[Event "Zug Young Masters"]
[Site "Zug"]
[Date "2001.10.15"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Medvegy, Zoltan"]
[Black "Moor, Olivier"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2357"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2001.10.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. bxc3 Ne4 8. Qg4
g6 {Mak-Katchon variation leads to extrmly complicated struggle with mutual
chanses, which is usually not so bad for black!} (8... Kf8) 9. Bd3 Nxd2 10.
Kxd2 c5 11. Nf3 (11. Qf4 cxd4 (11... Nc6 12. Nf3 Bd7 13. h4 Qe7 14. h5 g5 15.
Qf6 $1 $16 {Kovalev-Vaisser (Paris 1991)}) 12. cxd4 Qa5+ 13. Ke3 b6 14. Ne2 Nd7
15. Rhe1 Ba6 $11 {Petruchin-Piskov (Russland 1992)}) 11... Bd7 (11... Nc6) (
11... cxd4 12. cxd4 Qa5+ 13. c3 Nd7 14. Bxg6 $5 fxg6 15. Qxe6+ Kd8 16. Qxg6 Qb6
17. Qc2 $13 {Schulz,R-Goebel,W/RLNS 1991 (41)}) (11... b6 12. h4 Qe7 13. Rhb1
Bd7 14. a4 Nc6 15. Qf4 Rc8 16. g4 Kd8 $132 {Elssauid,A-Teo Kok Siong/Novi Sad
olm 1990}) (11... Qe7 12. Rhb1 Nc6 13. a4 c4 14. Be2 b6 15. h4 Bd7 16. Qf4
O-O-O $13 {Pedzich,D-Daly,C/Cappelle op 1995}) (11... c4 $6 12. Be2 Bd7 13. h4
Nc6 14. Qf4 Qe7 15. Nh2 h5 16. Nf3 $14 {Shtyrenkov,V-Romanov,O/Pardubice op
1995}) (11... Qa5 12. a4 Nc6 13. Qf4 Bd7 14. dxc5 Qxc5 15. Nd4 Nxd4 16. Qxd4
Rc8 17. Rhb1 $14 {Hallebeek,F-Zueger,B/Lugano op 1989}) 12. Qf4 (12. Rab1 $6 c4
13. Be2 Bc6 14. h4 Nd7 15. Nh2 Qe7 16. Qf4 f5 $1 $132 {Toth,A-Hoang Thanh
Trang/FSGM Feb 1999}) (12. h4 c4 13. Be2 Bc6 14. Ng1 Nd7 15. f4 Rg8 16. h5 f5
17. Qg3 g5 $13 {Keitlinghaus,L-Glek,I/NRW-Cup Masters op 1997}) 12... Bc6 (
12... c4 13. Be2 Bc6 14. h4 Nd7 15. Nh2 Qe7 (15... f5 $6 16. exf6 Nxf6 17. Bf3
Qe7 18. Ng4 Nxg4 19. Qxg4 Qf6 20. Rae1 $14 {Martin Gonzalez,A-Garcia Gomez,P/
ESP-ch 1994}) 16. Ng4 O-O-O 17. Nxh6 Rdf8 18. Qg5 f6 19. exf6 Nxf6 20. Bf3 Qg7
$132 {Pedersen,N-Nielsen,U/Aarhus-ch 1996}) 13. Rhb1 (13. h4 Nd7 14. Rh3 $6 (
14. dxc5) (14. Nh2 Qc7 (14... cxd4 15. cxd4 Qa5+ 16. Ke3 O-O-O 17. Qxf7 $16 {
Vinck,M-Groffen,H/HZ Open 1999}) 15. Ng4 f5 16. Nxh6 Nb6 17. h5 gxh5 18. Qg5 $1
$16 {Loskutov,O-Shliahtin,I/RUS-chT 1995}) (14. Rhe1 $6 Qe7 15. a4 $2 c4 16.
Be2 a5 $1 {[%csl Ra4]} 17. Ra2 (17. Nh2 $5 Nb6 $6 (17... g5 18. Qe3) 18. Reb1
Nxa4 19. Ng4 h5 20. Nf6+ Kd8 21. Qg5 b5 22. f3 Nb6 23. g4 hxg4 24. fxg4 $15)
17... O-O-O $15 {Degraeve,J-Gurevich,M/Festival comtois 3rd 1998}) 14... Qe7 (
14... c4) 15. dxc5 O-O-O 16. Nd4 Nxc5 $1 17. Rb1 (17. Rf3 Rd7 18. Qf6 Qxf6 19.
Rxf6 h5 20. f3 Re7 21. Re1 Rc7 $132 {Lindberg,B-Nielsen,P/Politiken Cup 1998})
17... Qc7 18. Qf6 $6 {/\ f2-f4, h4-h5} Rhf8 19. f4 Ne4+ $1 20. Bxe4 dxe4 $36 {
Spraggett,K-Glek,I/Cappelle la Grande op 1998}) (13. dxc5 Nd7 14. h4 Qe7 15.
Nd4 Nxc5 16. f3 Bd7 17. a4 a6 18. a5 Rc8 $13 {Olivier,J-Sharif,M/Lyon op 1995})
13... c4 {Closing the center is very logical in this position.} 14. Be2 Nd7 15.
h4 Qe7 16. Nh2 (16. g4 O-O-O 17. g5 h5 $6 18. a4 a5 19. Ke1 Kc7 20. Qc1 Ra8 21.
Qa3 Qxa3 $13 {Hunt,A-Lalic,B/Port Erin 1999}) 16... O-O-O (16... g5 17. hxg5
hxg5 18. Qg3 f6 19. exf6 Nxf6 20. Bf3 Rh4 21. Re1 g4 $13 {Bakre,T-Naiditsch,A/
Paks 1998/EXT 99}) 17. Ng4 Rdf8 $1 {This move is the novelty and it's quiet an
improvment comparing to black's play in previous encounters:} (17... g5 $6 18.
hxg5 hxg5 19. Qe3 Rh7 20. Bf3 Rdh8 21. Re1 Kb8 22. g3 $14 {Nataf,I-Chaudagne,C/
Clichy 1997/EXT 99}) 18. Nf6 {The only way to stop black from playing f5.} (18.
Nxh6 $2 f6 19. exf6 Nxf6 20. Qe3 Ne4+ 21. Ke1 Rxf2 $17) (18. g3 $6 g5 19. hxg5
hxg5 20. Qe3 f5 21. exf6 Nxf6 22. Nxf6 Qxf6 $15) 18... Nxf6 19. exf6 Qa3 $13
20. Rb4 $6 {Rook has nothing to do on b4. White should try to open king side
in order to get counterplay, because black's plan is very simple.} (20. Qe3 Kd7
21. g4 Rb8 22. f4 $13 {[%cal Gf4f5]}) 20... Rd8 21. Qe5 Kd7 22. f4 $6 (22. g4
$1 {[%cal Gf2f5]}) 22... h5 $1 {Closing kingside.} 23. Qe3 b5 24. Rbb1 a5 $15
25. Rh1 {[%cal Gg2g4]} Rb8 26. g4 $6 {Too late for the counterplay, white just
creates to himself additional weakness.} (26. g3 $5 b4 27. Rhc1 Rb6 28. Bf3
Rhb8 29. Be2 $15) 26... hxg4 27. Bxg4 b4 28. cxb4 Qxe3+ 29. Kxe3 axb4 {[%csl
Ra2,Rh4]} 30. Rab1 Kd6 31. Kd2 Rb7 $17 {[%cal Gh8a8]} 32. a3 $6 (32. c3 bxc3+
33. Kxc3 Rxb1 34. Rxb1 Rxh4 $19) 32... bxa3 33. Rxb7 Bxb7 34. Kc1 Bc6 35. Kb1
Rb8+ 36. Ka1 Ba4 $17 37. h5 (37. Rc1 Rh8 $19) 37... gxh5 38. Bxh5 Rh8 {[%cal
Gh8h1]} 39. c3 Rh6 40. Ka2 Bc2 41. Kxa3 Bg6 (41... Bg6 42. Bf3 Rxh1 43. Bxh1
Be4 44. Bxe4 dxe4 45. Kb2 e3 46. Kc2 Kd5 47. Kd1 Ke4 $19) 0-1

[Event "Santo Antonio 4th"]
[Site "Santo Antonio"]
[Date "2001.05.21"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Chandler, Murray G"]
[Black "Fernandes, Antonio ETG"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2529"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2001.05.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POR"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 {Knaak: Die Mac Cutcheon Variante gilt
als nicht ganz vollwertig fьr Schwarz, aber die Ergebnisse sprechen eine
andere Sprache.} 5. e5 h6 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. bxc3 Ne4 8. Qg4 g6 9. Bd3 Nxd2 10.
Kxd2 c5 11. h4 Qa5 (11... Nc6 12. Rh3 $2 (12. Qf4 $5) (12. Nf3 Qc7 $5 $13 (
12... cxd4 $5 13. cxd4 Bd7 $13)) 12... cxd4 13. cxd4 Qb6 14. Nf3 (14. Ne2 Qb4+
15. Kd1 Nxe5 $17) 14... Bd7 15. Rhh1 $15) 12. Nf3 {'!' Knaak.} (12. Rh3 cxd4
13. Bxg6 Qc7 14. Rf3 $13 {Euwe-Maroczy/Haag/1921}) (12. h5 g5 13. f4 cxd4 14.
Nf3 $2 (14. Ke2 $13) 14... dxc3+ $19 {Seirawan-Makarycev/Reykjavik op/1990})
12... Nc6 13. Qf4 {Knaak: Deckt e5, so daЯ WeiЯ auf d4 stets mit dem Springer
wiedernehmen kann.} b6 (13... cxd4 14. Nxd4 Nxd4 15. Qxd4 Bd7 16. Rhb1 $14 (16.
Rab1 b6 17. Qb4 Qxb4 18. cxb4 a6 19. Rhc1 (19. c4 dxc4 20. Bxc4 Bb5 21. Rbc1
O-O 22. Kc3 Rac8 23. Kb3 $11 {Tomczak,R-Dokhoian,Y/Germany 1991/GER-chT}) 19...
Bb5 20. c4 dxc4 21. Bxc4 O-O 22. Ke3 Rfd8 $11 {Brunner,L-Glek,I/Germany 1991/
GER-chT}) (16. Rhb1 {N} Bc6 (16... b6 $2 17. a4 Qc5 18. Qxc5 bxc5 19. Rb7 $16)
17. Rb4 O-O-O 18. Rab1 Rd7 19. a4 Kb8 20. f3 Rc8 21. Ke2 Qd8 22. Kf2 $14 {
Hebden,M-Vaisser,A/Bern 1992/CBM 28})) 14. a4 (14. h5 gxh5 (14... cxd4 15. hxg6
Qxc3+ 16. Ke2 fxg6 17. Qf6 Rf8 18. Qxg6+ Kd8 19. Qxh6 Rf7 20. Qg6 $14 {Fiedler,
B-Hergott,D/CAN 1992/EXT 99}) 15. Rxh5 Ba6 16. Qf6 (16. Bxa6 Qxa6 17. Rxh6 Rxh6
18. Qxh6 O-O-O 19. Qe3 Qa3 20. Qd3 Na5 $11 {Kovalev,A-Glek,I/BL 9394}) 16...
Rf8 17. Bxa6 Qxa6 18. Rxh6 cxd4 19. Nxd4 $6 Nxd4 20. cxd4 Rc8 $15 {Sulskis,
S-Savchenko,S/Minsk 1996/CBM 54/[Knaak] Trotz des Minusbauern hat Schwarz ein
wenig bessere Aussichten. Sein eigener Kцnig ist vorerst sicher und das Spiel
gegen den weiЯen Kцnig wird wenigstens den Pa2 einbringen. Allerdings ist die
Remisbreite noch nicht ьberschritten.}) 14... Ba6 15. Rhb1 Bxd3 16. cxd3 a6 (
16... cxd4 17. Nxd4 Nxd4 18. Qxd4 $14) 17. dxc5 Qxc5 18. d4 Qc4 $2 {So far
everything was a theory and only the last move of black is the new one,
however very dubious one: white gets a pawn and an initiative as well!} (18...
Qa5 19. Kd3 Rc8 20. Qc1 g5 21. Qb2 gxh4 22. Qxb6 Kd7 23. Qxa5 Nxa5 24. Rb6 $14
{Aseev,K-Piskov,Y/Berlin 1990/EXT 97}) 19. Qf6 $1 (19. Rxb6 Rc8 20. Ra3 Qf1 $13
) 19... Rh7 (19... Rf8 20. Rxb6 Rc8 21. Rb7 $16) 20. Rxb6 Kf8 21. Rab1 $16 {
[%csl Rh7][%cal Gd2e1,Ge1f1]} Rc8 22. Ke1 $1 (22. Ne1 Na5 23. Rb8 (23. Qf3 Qa2+
24. Kd1 Nc4 $17 {[%cal Gc4b6,Gc4d2]}) 23... Qxc3+ 24. Ke2 Qc4+ 25. Kf3 Qc3+ 26.
Kg4 Qxd4+ 27. f4 Qc5 $132) 22... Kg8 (22... Qxc3+ 23. Kf1 Nxd4 24. Nxd4 Qxd4
25. Kg1 Qxa4 26. Rxe6 $16 {[%cal Gb1b7]}) 23. R1b3 Na5 24. Nd2 Qc7 (24... Qxa4
25. Rxa6 $1 {[%cal Ga6a4]} (25. Rb8 Qe8 26. Rxc8 Qxc8 27. Ra3 $16) 25... Qa1+
26. Ke2 Nxb3 27. Rxa1 Nxa1 28. Kd3 $16 {[%csl Ra1]}) 25. Rb1 Nc4 $6 {It was
better to play} (25... Qxc3 {restoring the material balance, although even in
this case white is much better.} 26. Rb8 h5 {[%cal Gh7g7,Gg8h7,Gg7g8]} 27. Qe7
Rh8 $16) 26. Rb7 Qc6 27. Rb8 $18 Rg7 $2 28. Qd8+ $1 {[%csl Rg8]} (28. Qd8+ Rxd8
29. Rxd8+ Kh7 30. Rbb8 g5 31. h5 $18) 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 13th"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2001.11.06"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Volokitin, Andrei"]
[Black "Jacimovic, Dragoljub"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2566"]
[BlackElo "2486"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2001.11.06"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Macedonia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "MKD"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. bxc3 Ne4 8. Qg4
g6 9. Bd3 Nxd2 10. Kxd2 c5 11. h4 Bd7 (11... Nc6 12. Qf4 Qa5 13. h5 gxh5 14.
Nf3 b6 15. Rxh5 Ba6 16. Bxa6 Qxa6 17. Qf6 Rf8 $13 {Fercec,N-Glek,I/Open 1998})
12. h5 $5 {In this game black didn't manage to solve opening problems and very
soon found himself in very difficult position.} g5 13. f4 c4 (13... Nc6 14.
fxg5 Qxg5+ $5 (14... Qa5 15. dxc5 (15. Nf3 O-O-O 16. g6 cxd4 17. Ke2 dxc3 (
17... Qxc3 18. gxf7 Rdf8 19. Qf4 Nd8 20. Qxd4 Qxd4 21. Nxd4 $14 {Gaponenko,
I-Grabuzova,T/Timisoara-W 1994}) 18. Qf4 d4 19. g7 Rhe8 20. Kf2 Rg8 21. Qf6 Qc5
22. Rae1 Nb4 $17 {Koch,J-Goldgewicht,L/Cannes Martinez 1995}) 15... d4 16. Nf3
O-O-O 17. Ke2 Qxc3 18. Qf4 hxg5 19. Nxg5 Qxc5 20. Nf3 f5 21. Rh4 Rhg8 $132 {
Olivier,J-Goldgewicht,L/Cannes Masters 1995}) 15. Qxg5 hxg5 16. Ke3 g4 $5 {
[%csl Rg1]} 17. Rf1 Ke7 18. Rh4 Rag8 19. Rb1 $6 (19. Be2) 19... b6 20. Be2
cxd4+ 21. cxd4 f5 $1 $11 {Leko,P-Short,N/Batumi 1999/CBM 74}) 14. Be2 Bc6 $2 {
This move can be classified as decisive mistake, since from now on black
fights for a draw, but without real chanses to succied in his fight!} (14... f5
$5 15. exf6 e5 16. Qf3 e4 17. Qe3 Qxf6 18. fxg5 Qxg5 19. Qxg5 hxg5 20. g4 Nc6
$132 {Gamer,T-Hengl,C/Schwarzach 1998/EXT 2000}) 15. fxg5 Qxg5+ 16. Qxg5 hxg5
17. Nh3 Nd7 (17... Rg8 18. h6 Nd7 19. h7 Rh8 20. Nxg5 Ke7 21. Rh6 $18) 18. Nxg5
$16 Ke7 19. g4 $5 (19. Rag1 f6 20. Nf3 (20. exf6+ $6 Nxf6 21. g4 Rag8 22. Nh3
Ne4+ 23. Ke3 Nxc3 24. Nf4 e5 $1 $132) 20... fxe5 21. dxe5 Nc5 22. g4 Ne4+ 23.
Ke3 Nxc3 24. Nd4 $16) 19... f6 20. Nf3 fxe5 21. Nxe5 Nxe5 22. dxe5 Rhg8 {
[%csl Re5][%cal Gg8g5]} 23. Ke3 $1 {The most convincing way to victory.} (23.
Bf3 Rg5 24. Rae1 Rf8 25. Rh3 Kf7 26. Bd1 Kg7 27. Rf3 Rxf3 28. Bxf3 Kh6 29. Re2
$16) 23... d4+ (23... Raf8 24. Rhf1 Rg5 25. Kd4 $18) 24. cxd4 Bxh1 25. Rxh1 b5
26. Bf3 {[%cal Gh5h7,Gg4g6] A pair of passed pawns with some help from rook
and bishop decide the game in white's favor.} Rab8 27. h6 b4 28. h7 Rgd8 29.
Be2 Rdc8 (29... b3 30. cxb3 cxb3 31. axb3 Rxb3+ 32. Bd3 Rbb8 33. g5 Kf7 34.
Rf1+ Kg7 35. Rf6 $18) 30. Bxc4 $1 $18 {[%cal Gh7h8]} Rxc4 31. h8=Q Rxh8 32.
Rxh8 a5 33. Ra8 Rc3+ 34. Kf4 (34. Ke4 $5) 34... Rc4 35. Rxa5 Rxd4+ 36. Kg5 Rc4
37. Ra7+ Kd8 38. Kh5 Rxc2 39. g5 Ke8 40. Kg6 Rf2 41. Kg7 Rf5 42. g6 Rf2 43. Kh6
Kf8 44. g7+ Kg8 45. Ra8+ 1-0

[Event "Budapest FS12 GM-A"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2001.12.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Horvath, Adam"]
[Black "Czebe, Attila"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2491"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2001.11.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 087"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. bxc3 Ne4 8. Qg4
Kf8 9. Bd3 Nxd2 10. Kxd2 c5 11. Nf3 c4 $5 {One of the most crucial
continuations in ths line: black closes the center leaving white with
attacking chanses on the kingside while black tries to create counterplay on
the queenside pushing the b-pawn forward.} (11... Qa5 12. Qf4 Nc6 13. dxc5 Qxc5
14. Nd4 Nxd4 15. Qxd4 Qxd4 16. cxd4 Bd7 17. Rhb1 $14 {Brynell,S-Bagirov,V/
Leningrad 1989/CBM 14}) (11... Nc6 12. Qf4 Qe7 13. a3 Bd7 14. Rhb1 b6 15. Qe3
Na5 $1 $132 {Anand,V-Ivanchuk,V/Linares 1992/CBM 31}) 12. Be2 Nc6 13. a4 (13.
h4 b5 (13... Bd7 14. h5 b5 15. Rh3 a5 16. Rg3 Rg8 17. Nh4 b4 18. cxb4 axb4 $17
{Allemann,A-Moor,R/Baden 2000/EXT 2001}) (13... Rb8 14. Qf4 b5 15. a3 a5 16.
Qe3 Qe7 17. Rhb1 Bd7 18. g4 Be8 19. h5 f6 $13 {Khan,A-Marinello,B/USA 1993/EXT
98}) 14. a3 Bd7 15. h5 a5 16. Rhb1 Rb8 17. Qf4 Ke7 18. g4 Qf8 19. Qe3 $14 {
Christiansen,L-Kortschnoj,V/Reykjavik 2000/CBM 75}) 13... Bd7 14. h4 a6 15.
Rhb1 ({More flexible looks} 15. Qf4 b5 16. g4 b4 17. cxb4 Nxb4 18. c3 Nc6 19.
Rhb1 Rb8 20. Bd1 $14 {and white is clearly better: Short,N-Morozevich,A/
Germany 1998/GER-chT}) 15... Rb8 16. Qf4 b5 17. axb5 axb5 18. g4 Kg8 19. h5 Qe7
20. Qe3 b4 $5 {Only this move appears to be a novelty! In the previous game
black tried} (20... Kh7 $2 21. g5 Rhc8 22. gxh6 gxh6 23. Nh2 $16 {[%cal Gh2g4,
Gg4f6] and found himself in troubles: Madl,I-Goczo,M/Ostrava 1999/CBM 70}) 21.
cxb4 Rxb4 22. c3 ({It seems that it was better to keep the rook on the a-file:
} 22. Rxb4 $5 Qxb4+ 23. Qc3 Qxc3+ (23... Qe7 24. Qa3 Qd8 25. Qd6 $14) 24. Kxc3
Kh7 25. Nh4 Rb8 26. f4 Kg8 27. g5 $14 {with better prospects to white.}) 22...
Rxb1 23. Rxb1 Qa3 24. Bd1 Kf8 25. g5 (25. Bc2 $5) 25... Qa2+ 26. Bc2 Na5 27.
Rb8+ Be8 28. Ne1 $2 {This natural move turns to be decisive mistake!} (28. gxh6
Nb3+ 29. Kd1 Rxh6 30. Qg5 Qa1+ 31. Ke2 Qxc3 32. Qd8 Qxc2+ 33. Kf1 Nd2+ $1 {
[%csl Re8][%cal Gc2a4]} 34. Nxd2 Qa4 35. Qd6+ Kg8 36. Qe7 Qd1+ 37. Kg2 Qg4+ 38.
Kf1 Rxh5 39. Qxe8+ Kh7 $19 {[%cal Gh5h1]}) (28. g6 $13) 28... Nb3+ 29. Kd1 Qa7
$1 {[%csl Rb8,Rg5]} 30. Rc8 Qb7 31. Rd8 Qe7 $19 {[%cal Ge7d8,Ge7g5] White has
to give up an exchange or a pawn on g5, in both cases his chanse to survive
are minimal.} 32. Rxe8+ Kxe8 33. g6 fxg6 34. Bxg6+ Kd7 35. f4 Ra8 36. Qg3 Qa3
0-1

[Event "RUS-ch"]
[Site "Krasnodar"]
[Date "2002.08.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Black "Maiorov, Oleg Ivanovich"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2552"]
[BlackElo "2458"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2002.08.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 091"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. bxc3 Ne4 8. Qg4
Kf8 (8... g6) 9. Bd3 (9. h4 $5) 9... Nxd2 10. Kxd2 c5 11. Nf3 c4 (11... Nc6 12.
Qf4 Qe7 13. a3 Bd7 14. Rhb1 b6 15. Qe3 Na5 $1 $15 {Anand,V-Ivanchuk,V/Linares
1992}) 12. Be2 b5 (12... Nd7 13. h4 b5 14. Qf4 Nb6 15. a3 Na4 16. Rhb1 Rb8 17.
g4 a5 18. g5 $16 {Fuchs,R-Barczay,L/Berlin-Ost 1968}) (12... Nc6 13. a4 Bd7 14.
h4 Rb8 (14... a6 15. Qf4 b5 16. g4 b4 17. cxb4 Nxb4 $13 {Short,N-Morozevich,A/
Germany 1998}) 15. h5 a6 16. Qf4 b5 17. axb5 axb5 18. Rhb1 Qe7 19. Qe3 Kg8 20.
g4 Kh7 21. g5 Rhc8 22. gxh6 gxh6 23. Nh2 $16 {Madl,I-Goczo,M/Ostrava 1999}) 13.
Rhb1 $5 {First of all white prevents black's counterplay on the queenside.} (
13. h4 Nc6 14. a4 (14. a3 Bd7 15. h5 a5 16. Rhb1 Rb8 17. Qf4 Ke7 18. g4 Qf8 19.
Qe3 Kd8 20. Ne1 Kc7 21. f4 $14 {Christiansen,L-Kortschnoj,V/Reykjavik 2000})
14... bxa4 15. Rxa4 Rb8 16. h5 Bd7 17. Ra3 Kg8 18. Qf4 Be8 19. g4 f6 20. Qg3
Rb7 21. Ra6 Kh7 22. exf6 gxf6 23. Nh4 $36 {Heyne,M-Sellmayer,J/Bayern 1996})
13... Bd7 14. Qf4 Qe7 15. a3 a5 16. h4 Ke8 17. g4 Ra7 18. h5 (18. g5 $5 h5 19.
g6 $1 fxg6 20. Rg1 Rh6 21. Rg3 Kd8 22. Ng5 Be8 23. Bf1 Nd7 24. Bh3 Ra6 $13)
18... Rb7 19. g5 hxg5 20. Nxg5 Nc6 21. Rg1 {Rook is coming back to the
kingside.} Qf8 22. Qg3 Ne7 23. Nh3 (23. Bg4 $5 Nf5 24. Bxf5 exf5 25. Rh1 $14)
23... Nf5 24. Qg2 Kd8 25. Bg4 Ne7 (25... Nh6 26. Be2 Nf5 27. f4 Bc6 28. Ng5 Qe7
29. Bg4 Nh6 30. Bh3 $14) 26. Ng5 Rb6 27. f4 f5 28. Be2 Be8 29. Rgb1 {Time to
get back to the queenside.} Rh6 (29... Bxh5 $2 30. Rxb5 $1 $18 {[%csl Re6]})
30. a4 $1 b4 31. cxb4 axb4 32. a5 {White pawn is not so easy to stop.} Rb5 {
[%csl Gd5]} (32... Rb8 $6 33. a6 Nc6 34. Nxe6+ Rxe6 35. Qxd5+ Bd7 36. Bxc4 $18)
33. a6 Bc6 34. a7 Kd7 $8 (34... Ba8 35. Bxc4 $18) 35. a8=Q $5 (35. Ra6 $1 $16 {
[%cal Ga6d6]}) 35... Bxa8 36. Bxc4 Rb6 37. Be2 Qc8 38. Rb3 Ke8 39. Nh3 Rh7 40.
Nf2 Bb7 41. Ra4 Rc6 $5 {Sacrificng an exchange to get some counterchances.} 42.
Bb5 $18 (42. Bd1 $5 $18) 42... Kf8 43. Bxc6 Nxc6 44. c3 Ba6 $1 45. cxb4 Bb5 46.
Ra1 Nxd4 47. Rc3 Qb8 48. Rac1 {[%cal Gc3c8]} Be8 49. Nd3 Rxh5 50. Ke1 $1 Rh2
51. Qg3 Qb6 52. Kf1 Rh1+ 53. Kg2 Rh6 54. Qe3 Bh5 55. Rc8+ Kf7 56. R8c6 Bf3+ 57.
Qxf3 $2 {Suddenly white loses a thread and makes a losing move, while after} (
57. Kg3 $1 Rg6+ 58. Kf2 Rg2+ 59. Kf1 $18 {black may just resign!}) 57... Nxc6
58. Qf2 Rg6+ 59. Kf1 Qa6 $19 60. Qc2 Rg3 61. Kf2 Rxd3 62. Qxc6 Rd2+ {[%csl Rc6]
} 63. Kg1 Rd1+ 64. Kf2 Qf1+ 0-1

[Event "United Insurance 6th"]
[Site "Dhaka"]
[Date "2003.03.16"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Goloshchapov, Alexander"]
[Black "Reefat, Bin Sattar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2523"]
[BlackElo "2451"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2003.03.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "BAN"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Be3 {Very tricky move
demanding from both sides very accurate play, however it doesn't seem that
white gets an opening advantage at the end of the day. That's why I'd
recommend to opt for 6.Bd2, which seems to pose black more problems than the
move in the game.} Ne4 7. Qg4 Kf8 (7... g6 $5 8. a3 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 c5 (9... Nxc3
$5 10. Bd3 Nc6 11. h4 Ne7 12. f3 c5 13. dxc5 Nc6 14. Bd2 d4 $15 {Hernandez,
G-Glek,I/Linares op 1996 (50)}) 10. Bd3 cxd4 $6 (10... Nxc3 11. dxc5 Nc6 12.
Nf3 Qa5 13. O-O Qa4 14. Qxa4 (14. Qh3 $5 $36) 14... Nxa4 15. Bb5 Nc3 16. a4 Bd7
$11 {Hracek,Z-Vaisser,A/EuT-ch, Pula CRO 1997 (41)}) 11. cxd4 Qa5+ 12. Ke2 Bd7
13. f3 Nc3+ 14. Kf2 Nc6 15. Qf4 $14 {Coleman,D-Lautier,J/London Lloyds 1988 
(35)}) 8. a3 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 c5 10. Bd3 h5 {Black had also tried different moves
in this position, but this one seems to be the most crucial continuation.} (
10... Nxc3 $5) (10... Qa5 $5) 11. Qf3 $5 (11. Qf4 Qa5 12. Ne2 Nxc3 13. O-O
Nxe2+ 14. Bxe2 Nc6 15. c4 $13 {1/2-1/2 Kasparov,G-Kortschnoj,V/Kopavogur 2000/
EXT 2001 (19)}) (11. Qh3 Nxc3 12. dxc5 d4 13. Bd2 Qd5 14. f4 Nc6 15. Bxc3 dxc3
16. Ne2 Qxc5 17. Be4 Bd7 18. Rd1 Be8 19. Qxc3 Qxc3+ 20. Nxc3 Na5 $15 {
Fressinet,L-Vaisser,A/France 2001}) (11. Qf4 {Finkel,A}) 11... Nxc3 12. dxc5 {
This move has to be played otherwise black knight may come to d4.} (12. Nh3 Nc6
13. Nf4 Kg8 14. Nxh5 Qh4 15. g4 Nxd4 16. Qf4 Bd7 {0-1 Van Mil,J-Murey,J/
Amsterdam 1983/MCD (16)}) 12... Nc6 13. Qf4 d4 14. Bd2 Na4 $2 {This move is a
novelty and... the decisive mistake! Black knight is very badly placed on a4,
while black's idea to take a useless pawn on c5 leads to a deadly pin over the
diagonal a3-f8.} (14... Nd5 15. Qe4 Nde7 16. Ne2 Qd5 17. Qxd5 Nxd5 18. f4 Ke7
19. Bc1 Nc7 20. Bb2 Rd8 $15 {Hudecz,V-Jakab,A/Paks 1996}) 15. Bb5 {Forcing
black to take on c5.} Nxc5 (15... Nc3 16. Bxc6 bxc6 17. Nf3 $16 {[%csl Rd4]})
16. Bxc6 bxc6 17. Bb4 Qd5 18. O-O-O $1 {Solving a problem of the king and
bringing another piece to the attack.} Kg8 $8 19. Nf3 {White is not looking
for the advantures, however deserved attention sharp R:d4} (19. Rxd4 $5 Qxg2
20. Nf3 Qxh1+ 21. Rd1 Qxd1+ (21... Qg2 22. Ng5 $18 {[%csl Rg8][%cal Gd1d8]})
22. Kxd1 Nd7 23. Ng5 f6 24. exf6 Nxf6 25. Qc7 $18) 19... Qe4 20. Qg5 $1 {
[%cal Gg5d8,Gf3g5]} (20. Qxe4 Nxe4 21. Rxd4 c5 22. Rxe4 Bb7 23. Re3 cxb4 24.
axb4 Kh7 $14) 20... Nb7 21. Rxd4 Qf5 22. Rf4 Qxg5 23. Nxg5 $18 {All black
pieces take extremly passive position so white's attack is unstoppable even
with queens off the board.} c5 24. Bc3 Nd8 25. Rd1 Bb7 26. Rd7 Bxg2 (26... Bc6
27. Rc7 Rh6 28. Nxf7 Nxf7 29. Rxc6 $18) 27. Ba5 $1 Nc6 28. Rfxf7 Rh6 29. Rxg7+
Kh8 30. Bd2 Bd5 (30... Nxe5 31. Bc3 Nxd7 32. Nf7#) 31. Nh3 Nxe5 32. Bxh6 1-0

[Event "Linares 20th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2003.03.02"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2003.02.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 $5 5. e5 h6 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. bxc3 Ne4 8.
Qg4 g6 (8... Kf8) 9. Bd3 Nxd2 10. Kxd2 c5 11. h4 Bd7 (11... Nc6 12. Qf4 Qa5 13.
h5 gxh5 14. Nf3 b6 15. Rxh5 Ba6 16. Bxa6 Qxa6 17. Qf6 Rf8 $13 {Fercec,N-Glek,I/
Open 1998}) 12. h5 $5 {Leko is an expert in this complicated variation of
french defense. This time he comes up with variation which was considered as
promising pretty good chances for black and proves that earlier theoretical
assement is questionable.} g5 13. f4 Nc6 (13... c4 14. Be2 Bc6 $2 (14... f5 $5
15. exf6 e5 16. Qf3 e4 17. Qe3 Qxf6 18. fxg5 Qxg5 19. Qxg5 hxg5 20. g4 Nc6 $132
{Gamer,T-Hengl,C/Schwarzach 1998/EXT 2000}) 15. fxg5 Qxg5+ 16. Qxg5 hxg5 17.
Nh3 Nd7 (17... Rg8 18. h6 Nd7 19. h7 Rh8 20. Nxg5 Ke7 21. Rh6 $18) 18. Nxg5 $16
Ke7 19. g4 $5 $16 {Volokitin,A-Jacimovic,D/Leon 2001/CBM 86} (19. Rag1 {
Finkel,A} f6 20. Nf3 (20. exf6+ $6 {Finkel,A} Nxf6 21. g4 Rag8 22. Nh3 Ne4+ 23.
Ke3 Nxc3 24. Nf4 e5 $1 $132) 20... fxe5 21. dxe5 Nc5 22. g4 Ne4+ 23. Ke3 Nxc3
24. Nd4 $16)) 14. fxg5 Qa5 (14... Qxg5+ $5 15. Qxg5 hxg5 16. Ke3 (16. g4 $6
cxd4 17. cxd4 Nxd4 18. c3 Nc6 19. Nf3 Ke7 20. Rae1 Rh6 $1 (20... Rag8 21. h6 f6
22. h7 Rg7 23. exf6+ Kxf6 24. Rh6+ $44) 21. Nxg5 Rg8 $17) 16... g4 $5 (16...
Ke7 17. Rf1 Rh6 18. g4 c4 19. Be2 Rg8 20. Nh3 Nb8 21. Rf2 Ba4 $13 {Bryson,
D-Gunnarsson,J/Leon 2001}) 17. Be2 (17. Rf1 Ke7 (17... Rc8 18. Rf4 cxd4+ 19.
cxd4 Nb4 20. Ne2 Nxd3 21. cxd3 Rc2 22. Rxg4 Rxa2 23. h6 b5 24. Rf1 $1 $16 {
Sutovsky,E-Stellwagen,D/Amsterdam 2001}) 18. Rh4 ({Very interesting option was
} 18. h6 $5 Rac8 $5 19. Rf4 cxd4+ 20. cxd4 Nb4 21. Rxg4 Ba4 $5 22. Nf3 Bxc2 23.
Bxc2 Rxc2 24. Rg7 $14 {in both cases with complicated struugle with slightly
better prospects for white.}) 18... Rag8 19. Rb1 (19. Be2 $5) 19... b6 20. Be2
cxd4+ 21. cxd4 f5 $1 $11 {Leko,P-Short,N/Batumi 1999}) 17... Rc8 $6 (17...
cxd4+ 18. cxd4 Nb4 19. Rb1 Nxc2+ 20. Kd3 Rc8 (20... Na3 21. Rxb7 Bc6 22. Rc7
Bb5+ 23. Ke3 $16) 21. Bxg4 a5 22. Rxb7 Nb4+ 23. Ke3 Nc2+ 24. Kf4 Nxd4 25. Nf3
$14) 18. Bxg4 $6 (18. Rb1 $1 {[%csl Gb4]} cxd4+ 19. cxd4 b6 20. Bd3 Na5 21. Ne2
$16 {[%csl Rg4][%cal Gh5h8]}) 18... cxd4+ 19. cxd4 Nb4 20. Bd1 Rxc2 21. Bxc2
Nxc2+ 22. Kd2 Nxa1 23. Ne2 Ba4 24. Nc3 Nc2 25. Rh4 Nxd4 26. Rxd4 Bc6 $13 {
Peschlow,P-Naiditsch,A/Germany 1998}) 15. dxc5 (15. Nf3 O-O-O 16. g6 cxd4 17.
Ke2 dxc3 (17... Qxc3 18. gxf7 Rdf8 19. Qf4 Nd8 20. Qxd4 Qxd4 21. Nxd4 $14 {
Gaponenko,I-Grabuzova,T/Timisoara-W 1994}) 18. Qf4 d4 19. g7 Rhe8 20. Kf2 Rg8
$13 {Koch,J-Goldgewicht,L/Cannes 1995}) 15... d4 16. Nf3 O-O-O 17. Rab1 {
Pawns are of minor importance in such a position: what realy matters here is
securing the king and depriving an opponent of active play.} (17. Ke2 Qxc3 18.
Qf4 $2 (18. Rab1 $1) 18... hxg5 19. Nxg5 Qxc5 20. Nf3 f5 $1 21. Rh4 Rhg8 $17 {
Olivier,J-Goldgewicht,L/Cannes 1995}) 17... dxc3+ $1 ({Too dangerous was} 17...
Qxc3+ $6 18. Ke2 Qxc5 19. Qe4 hxg5 20. g4 Rdf8 (20... Kb8 21. Rb5 Qe7 22. Rhb1
b6 23. a4 $36) 21. Rb5 Qe7 22. Rhb1 b6 23. a4 $36 {[%cal Ga4a5] and black king
is in a grave danger.}) 18. Ke2 Rhg8 (18... hxg5 $5) 19. Qe4 $1 Qc7 20. g4 $1
Ne7 21. Bb5 hxg5 22. Rb3 $36 {[%csl Rb7]} Nd5 (22... Bc6 $2 23. Bxc6 Nxc6 24.
Rhb1 Na5 25. Rb5 Rd5 26. Qb4 (26. Qa4 Rxe5+ 27. Nxe5 Qxe5+ 28. Kf1 Qf6+ 29. Kg1
Qe5 $11) 26... Rxe5+ 27. Kf2 Nc6 28. Qxc3 Rd5 29. Rxb7 Qxb7 30. Rxb7 Kxb7 31.
Qf6 $18) 23. Rhb1 Bc6 $2 {This is a critical position of the game. So far
black played very strong and managed to get good counterchances, however with
his last move he permits white to launch the decisive attack. It was necessary
to look for counterplay with} (23... f5 $8 24. exf6 Nxf6 25. Bxd7+ (25. Qe5
Bxb5+ 26. Rxb5 Rd2+ 27. Ke1 Qxe5+ 28. Nxe5 Rg7 $13) 25... Rxd7 26. Qe5 Rd2+ $1
27. Ke1 (27. Kf1 $2 Rf2+ $1 $19 {[%cal Gf6g4]}) 27... Qxe5+ 28. Nxe5 Rd4 $1 29.
Rb4 (29. Nc6 Re4+ 30. Kf1 Rf8 31. Ne7+ Kd8 32. Ng6 Rf7 33. Rxb7 Nd7+ 34. Kg2
Re2+ $11) 29... Rgd8 $132 {[%cal Gd8d5] and black should hold this endgame.})
24. Bxc6 Qxc6 25. Nd4 $16 Qa6+ (25... Qxc5 $2 26. Rxb7 Nf4+ 27. Kf3 Rxd4 28.
Rb8+ Kc7 29. R1b7#) 26. Ke1 Rd7 27. c6 $1 {Opening up a b-file.} Rc7 (27...
bxc6 28. Qd3 $1 $18 {[%csl Rc8]} Qxd3 29. Rb8+ Kc7 30. R1b7#) 28. Rxb7 Rxb7 29.
Rxb7 Nb6 30. Qh7 $1 $18 Rf8 31. Qg7 Qa3 32. Qxf8+ $1 (32. Qxf8+ Qxf8 33. Nb5 {
[%cal Gb5d6,Gc6c7]} Qc5 34. Nd6+ Kd8 35. c7+ Qxc7 36. Rxc7 Kxc7 37. h6 $18) 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 4th"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2003.06.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Goloshchapov, Alexander"]
[Black "Volkov, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2558"]
[BlackElo "2634"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[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 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Be3 Ne4 7. Qg4 Kf8 (7... g6
$5 8. a3 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 c5 (9... Nxc3 $5 10. Bd3 Nc6 11. h4 Ne7 12. f3 c5 13.
dxc5 Nc6 14. Bd2 d4 $15 {Hernandez,G-Glek,I/Linares op 1996 (50)}) 10. Bd3 cxd4
$6 (10... Nxc3 11. dxc5 Nc6 12. Nf3 Qa5 13. O-O Qa4 14. Qxa4 Nxa4 15. Bb5 Nc3
16. a4 Bd7 $11 {Hracek,Z-Vaisser,A/EuT-ch, Pula CRO 1997 (41)}) 11. cxd4 Qa5+
12. Ke2 Bd7 13. f3 Nc3+ 14. Kf2 Nc6 15. Qf4 $14 {Coleman,D-Lautier,J/London
Lloyds 1988 (35)}) 8. a3 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 c5 10. Bd3 Nxc3 (10... Qa5 $5 11. Ne2
Nc6 12. Bxe4 cxd4 13. Bd2 dxe4 14. cxd4 Qd5 15. O-O b6 $5 (15... Nxd4 $6 16.
Nxd4 Qxd4 17. Rad1 Qxe5 18. Bc3 Qxc3 19. Rd8+ Ke7 20. Rxh8 Qe5 21. Qh4+ f6 22.
Rd1 $16 {Kurajica,B-Bednarski,J/Wijk aan Zee II 1973 (29)}) 16. Rfd1 Kg8 17. c4
Qxc4 18. Rac1 Qb3 19. Ng3 Ne7 20. Nxe4 $36 {Hernandez,G-Hergott,D/Linares NL
1992 (47)}) (10... h5 $5 11. Qf3 $6 (11. Qf4) 11... Nxc3 12. Nh3 Nc6 13. Nf4
Kg8 $15 {Van Mil,J-Murey,Y/Arnhem/Amsterdam 1983 (16)}) 11. dxc5 Nc6 (11... Qa5
$5 12. Bd2 Nc6 13. Ne2 Qa4 14. Qh5 Nxe2 15. Qxe2 Qd4 $1 16. O-O Qxe5 17. Qf3
$44 {Maxion,D-Busse,K/Dortmund op 1990 (36)}) 12. Nf3 f5 (12... Qa5 $6 13. O-O
Na4 $6 14. Bd2 $16 {Mokry,K-Chinchilla,E/Dubai olm 1986 (18)}) 13. Qh5 $1 {
Before this game white was automatically taking on f6, however Goloshchapov
succeded to come up with fresh ideas in this well known position, which
braught him very convincing defeat over very strong opponent.} (13. exf6 Qxf6
14. Qh5 e5 15. Bg6 Be6 $5 (15... Bd7 $6 16. O-O Kg8 17. Rfe1 Rf8 18. Bd2 Ne4
19. Rad1 $36 {Klovan,Y-Sherieshevsky,M/USSR 1977 (41)}) 16. O-O Bf7 17. Nh4 Re8
18. Rae1 Kg8 $13 {Lanka,Z-Morozevich,A/Kishinev 1998}) 13... d4 (13... Bd7 14.
g4 Qe7 15. Rg1 $36 {[%csl Rf8]}) 14. Bd2 Qd5 15. Bxc3 dxc3 16. Rd1 $1 Qxc5 (
16... Nxe5 17. Be2 Nxf3+ 18. gxf3 Qxc5 19. Rd8+ $18) 17. O-O {All white pieces
take comfortable positions, meanwhile black is forced to look for creative
solutions to complete development of the pieces.} Kg8 (17... Nxe5 18. Nxe5 Qxe5
19. Bxf5 Bd7 20. Rxd7 Qxf5 21. Qh4 Qf6 22. Qe4 $16) 18. Bxf5 $1 {Fantastic
tactical blow. Black pieces ae so badly placed that white can afford to
himself to sacrifice a piece without creating immediate threats.} exf5 19. Rd6
$1 {Hammering the last nail in the coffin! White's idea is just to doule the
rooks over the d-file.} Be6 {Unfortunately for black he has no choice, but to
give back the piece right away. An only choice he had was which one to give
up?!} (19... b5 20. Qe8+ Kh7 21. Qg6+ Kg8 22. Rfd1 Bb7 23. Rd7 $18) 20. Rxe6
$18 Qf8 (20... Rf8 21. Re1 Qxa3 22. Nh4 Ne7 23. Qd1 $16) 21. Qh3 Rd8 22. Re1 h5
$2 {[%csl Rg5]} (22... Qf7 23. Rd6 Re8) 23. Ng5 Nd4 24. Rd6 Qe7 25. Qxc3 Qxg5
26. Qxd4 Kh7 27. h4 Qe7 28. Rd1 Rde8 29. e6 Rhg8 30. g3 b6 31. Qe5 Qf6 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 4th"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2003.05.31"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Najer, Evgeniy"]
[Black "Glek, Igor Vladimirovich"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2551"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[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 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bc1 Ne4 7. Qg4 g6 8. Nge2
Nxc3 $5 {This move appears to be a novelty. However I'm not sure this game
will cause fans of this tricky line to switch to 8...N:c3 instead of the
theoretical 8...c5} (8... c5) 9. bxc3 ({White can also try} 9. Nxc3 $5 c5 10.
a3 Qa5 (10... Ba5 11. dxc5 d4 12. b4 dxc3 13. bxa5 Qxa5 14. Be3 $14) 11. Bd2
cxd4 12. Qxd4 Nc6 13. Bb5 (13. Qf4 d4 14. Nb5 Bxd2+ 15. Qxd2 Qxd2+ 16. Kxd2 Ke7
17. f4 $14) 13... Be7 $13 14. Nxd5 $140 $2 Qd8 $17) 9... Be7 10. Nf4 c5 11.
Bb5+ Nc6 (11... Bd7 $2 12. Nxe6 fxe6 13. Qxg6+ Kf8 14. Bxh6+ Rxh6 15. Qxh6+ $18
) 12. a4 cxd4 13. cxd4 Bd7 $6 {Permitting white to castle. More in the spirit
of the position was} (13... Bb4+ 14. Bd2 Bxd2+ 15. Kxd2 Bd7 16. Bxc6 Bxc6 17.
Nd3 Qa5+ 18. c3 Rc8 19. Rhc1 $13 {with very complicated position with mutual
chances.}) 14. O-O Qc7 15. Ba3 O-O-O (15... Bxa3 16. Rxa3 Nxd4 17. Nxd5 Qxe5
18. Bxd7+ Kxd7 19. Rd3 $40 {[%cal Gd3d7]}) 16. Bxe7 Nxe7 17. Nd3 $14 {White's
chances are clearly better due to serious pressure on the queenside.} Nc6 18.
Qf4 (18. c3 Na5 (18... b6 19. Bxc6 Bxc6 20. a5 Bb5 21. axb6 axb6 22. Qf3 Kb7
23. Rfb1 $14) 19. Nc5 Bxb5 20. axb5 b6 21. Rxa5 bxa5 22. Qe2 Qb6 23. Ra1 $36)
18... g5 19. Qe3 b6 20. Rfb1 ({The most logical continuation seemed} 20. Bxc6
$5 Bxc6 21. a5 $36 {with good chances to get to black king.}) 20... Na5 21. Qe1
$6 {Queen was better placed on e3 to disturb black king on it's way to the
kingside.} (21. Nb4 Bxb5 22. axb5 Kd7 23. Qf3 $16) 21... Bxb5 22. axb5 Kd7 23.
Ra3 (23. Nb4 Rc8 24. Ra3 Ke8 25. Rf3 Qc4 $13) 23... Rc8 24. h3 Ke8 25. Kh2 $6 {
Another inaccuracy after which white's advantage is history!} (25. f4 Qc4 26.
Qe3 Rg8 27. f5 exf5 28. c3 $44) 25... f5 26. Rba1 Kf7 27. Nc5 (27. Rxa5 bxa5
28. Nc5 Qb6 29. Rxa5 Rxc5 30. dxc5 Qxc5 31. Qa1 Ra8 32. Kg1 $13) 27... Qe7 28.
Rxa5 bxa5 29. Rxa5 (29. Qxa5 Ra8) 29... Rxc5 30. dxc5 Qxc5 31. Qa1 Ra8 32. Ra6
f4 33. Rc6 Qxb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 0203"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2003.03.09"]
[Round "12.7"]
[White "Van den Doel, Erik"]
[Black "Stellwagen, Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2594"]
[BlackElo "2426"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2002.10.19"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Porz"]
[BlackTeam "Solingen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. bxc3 Ne4 8. Qg4
g6 9. Bc1 $5 {Sharp continuation demanding from black very accurate play.} c5
10. Ne2 $5 (10. Bd3 cxd4 (10... Nxc3 11. dxc5 Qa5 12. Bd2 Qa4 13. Qf3 $5 (13.
h3 $5 Ne4 (13... Qxg4 $6 14. hxg4 Ne4 15. Bxe4 dxe4 16. Ne2 Nd7 17. Ng3 Nxc5
18. g5 h5 19. Bb4 Na6 20. Bd6 $14 {Gligoric,S-Pachman,L/Amsterdam izt 1964 (42)
}) 14. Ne2 Nxc5 15. Qf3 Qh4 16. O-O Nc6 17. g3 Qe7 18. Qe3 Bd7 19. Rab1 $44 {
Tal,M-Vooremaa,A/Tallinn 1981 (28)}) 13... Ne4 14. Bxe4 Qxe4+ 15. Qxe4 dxe4 16.
Ne2 Bd7 17. Rb1 Bc6 18. Nd4 $14 {Michel,P-Letelier Martner,R/Mar del Plata
1949 (36)}) 11. Ne2 dxc3 $6 (11... Qa5 12. O-O dxc3 13. Bxe4 (13. h4 $5 Nc6 14.
h5 Nxe5 15. Qf4 Nxd3 16. cxd3 g5 17. Qf3 Nd6 18. Qf6 Rh7 19. Nxc3 $44 {Toran
Albero,R-Linskens,R/San Rafael 1951 (34)}) 13... dxe4 14. Ng3 Nc6 15. Nxe4 Nxe5
16. Qg3 $16 {Boleslavsky,I-Lisitsin,G/URS-ch13 1944 (32)}) 12. Bxe4 (12. O-O h5
13. Qh3 Nc5 14. Nxc3 Nxd3 15. cxd3 Bd7 16. Rb1 Bc6 17. Ba3 $36 {Sulik,
F-Stahlberg,G/Mar del Plata 1941 (66)}) 12... dxe4 13. Nxc3 Qd4 $6 (13... Nc6
$5) 14. Bb2 Bd7 15. Rb1 Bc6 16. O-O Qc4 17. Qg3 $1 $40 {[%cal Gb2a3,Gb1b4] De
Vreugt,D-Glek,I/Wijk aan Zee 1999/CBM 69}) 10... cxd4 (10... Qa5 11. f3 Nxc3
12. Bd2 cxd4 13. Nxd4 Qc7 14. Qf4 a6 15. a4 Bd7 16. Bd3 $44 {Bolbochan,
J-Rossetto,H/Mar del Plata 1942}) 11. cxd4 (11. f3 $6 h5 $1 12. Qh3 Nxc3 13.
Nxd4 Nc6 14. Nxc6 bxc6 15. Bd2 Qb6 $1 16. Qh4 d4 $17 {0-1 Penrose,J-O'Kelly de
Galway,A/Hastings 1950 (54)}) 11... Qc7 $2 {Serious mistake after which black
faces serious difficulties. It was necessary to play} (11... Qa5+ $1 {with
unclear position} 12. c3 Nc6 13. Qf3 (13. f3 $6 Nxd4 14. fxe4 Nc2+ 15. Kf2 Nxa1
16. Qf3 Qxa2 $17 {Gempe,T-Offinger,R/Germany 1999}) (13. Be3 $2 Nb4 $1 14. cxb4
Qxb4+ 15. Kd1 Bd7 16. Ng3 Qb2 17. Rc1 Nxf2+ {0-1 Baumbach,F-Rittner,H/DDR corr
1949}) 13... Nb4 (13... b5 $5) 14. cxb4 Qxb4+ 15. Nc3 (15. Kd1 $2 Bd7 {[%cal
Gd7a4]} 16. a4 Bxa4+ 17. Rxa4 Qxa4+ 18. Ke1 Qb4+ 19. Kd1 a5 $17) 15... Qxc3+ (
15... Nxc3 $2 16. Bd2 $18 {[%cal Gd2b4]}) 16. Qxc3 Nxc3 17. Bd2 $1 Na4 18. Rc1
Kd8 $5 $13 (18... Bd7 $6 19. Rc7 Bc6 20. Bb4 $36 {[%csl Re8]})) 12. f3 Nc3 13.
Bd2 Nxe2 (13... Na4 14. h4 h5 15. Qg5 Nc6 16. Qf6 Rg8 17. g4 $36) 14. Bxe2 Nc6
15. Rb1 $16 {Black king won't feel safe neither on the queenside nor in the
center.} Bd7 (15... b6 16. O-O Bb7 17. Rb3 $1 (17. Bc1 $5 {[%cal Gc1a3,Ga3d6]}
O-O-O 18. c3 Na5 19. Ba3 $14) 17... O-O-O 18. Rfb1 $16 {[%cal Ga2a5]}) 16. O-O
O-O-O 17. Qf4 $1 {[%csl Rf7] Forcing black to determine his plans.} f6 (17...
Rdf8 $5) 18. exf6 (18. Qxf6 $6 Nxd4 19. Bd3 Rdf8 20. Qe7 Nc6 21. Qc5 b6 22.
Ba6+ Kb8 23. f4 g5 $132) 18... Qxf4 19. Bxf4 Nxd4 20. Ba6 $1 {It's important
to start with this move in order to prevent from black knight to come to c6.} (
20. Bd3 Rdf8 21. Be5 Nc6 $14) 20... Bc6 (20... bxa6 $4 21. Rb8#) 21. Bd3 Be8 (
21... g5 22. Be5 Nf5 23. Rfe1 $16) 22. Rfe1 Bf7 23. c4 $1 e5 $2 {This move is
identical to suicide, but black is in serious troubles no matter what he plays.
} (23... Nc6) 24. Rxe5 Nc6 (24... dxc4 25. Re7 $1 Rd7 (25... cxd3 26. Rc7+ Kb8
27. Rbxb7+ Ka8 28. Rxa7+ Kb8 29. Rcb7+ Kc8 30. Rb8#) 26. Rxd7 Kxd7 27. Rxb7+
$18) 25. Rxd5 $1 Bxd5 26. cxd5 Rxd5 27. Bxg6 $18 Rf8 (27... Nd4 28. Re1 $1 {
[%csl Ge6]} Nxf3+ 29. gxf3 Rg8 30. f7 Rxg6+ 31. Bg3 Rf6 32. Re8+ $18) 28. Be4
Rxf6 (28... Rd4 29. Bf5+ Kd8 30. Bxh6 Rxf6 31. Bg5 $18) 29. Bxd5 Rxf4 30. Be4
Kc7 31. g4 Rf7 32. Kf2 Kd6 33. h4 Ne5 34. Kg3 b6 35. Rd1+ 1-0

[Event "ESP-chB playoff places"]
[Site "Ayamonte"]
[Date "2002.10.08"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Black "Herraiz Hidalgo, Herminio"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2458"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2002.10.08"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. bxc3 Ne4 8. Qg4
g6 (8... Kf8) 9. Bd3 Nxd2 10. Kxd2 c5 11. Nf3 (11. Qf4 cxd4 (11... Nc6 12. Nf3
Bd7 13. h4 Qe7 14. h5 g5 15. Qf6 $1 $16 {Kovalev-Vaisser (Paris 1991)}) 12.
cxd4 Qa5+ 13. Ke3 b6 14. Ne2 Nd7 15. Rhe1 Ba6 $11 {Petruchin-Piskov (Russland
1992)}) 11... Bd7 (11... Nc6) (11... cxd4 12. cxd4 Qa5+ 13. c3 Nd7 14. Bxg6 $5
fxg6 15. Qxe6+ Kd8 16. Qxg6 Qb6 17. Qc2 $13 {Schulz,R-Goebel,W/RLNS 1991 (41)})
(11... b6 12. h4 Qe7 13. Rhb1 Bd7 14. a4 Nc6 15. Qf4 Rc8 16. g4 Kd8 $132 {
Elssauid,A-Teo Kok Siong/Novi Sad olm 1990}) (11... Qe7 12. Rhb1 Nc6 13. a4 c4
14. Be2 b6 15. h4 Bd7 16. Qf4 O-O-O $13 {Pedzich,D-Daly,C/Cappelle op 1995 (41)
}) (11... c4 $6 12. Be2 Bd7 13. h4 Nc6 14. Qf4 Qe7 15. Nh2 h5 16. Nf3 $14 {
Shtyrenkov,V-Romanov,O/Pardubice op 1995 (35)}) (11... Qa5 12. a4 Nc6 13. Qf4
Bd7 14. dxc5 Qxc5 15. Nd4 Nxd4 16. Qxd4 Rc8 17. Rhb1 $14 {Hallebeek,F-Zueger,B/
Lugano op 1989 (39)}) 12. Rhb1 (12. Qf4 Bc6 (12... c4 13. Be2 Bc6 14. h4 Nd7
15. Nh2 Qe7 (15... f5 $6 16. exf6 Nxf6 17. Bf3 Qe7 18. Ng4 Nxg4 19. Qxg4 Qf6
20. Rae1 $14 {Martin Gonzalez,A-Garcia Gomez,P/ESP-ch 1994}) 16. Ng4 O-O-O 17.
Nxh6 Rdf8 18. Qg5 f6 19. exf6 Nxf6 20. Bf3 Qg7 $132 {Pedersen,N-Nielsen,U/
Aarhus-ch 1996}) 13. Rhb1 (13. h4 Nd7 14. Rh3 $6 (14. Nh2 Qc7 (14... cxd4 15.
cxd4 Qa5+ 16. Ke3 O-O-O 17. Qxf7 $16 {Vinck,M-Groffen,H/HZ Open 1999}) 15. Ng4
f5 16. Nxh6 Nb6 17. h5 gxh5 18. Qg5 $1 $16 {Loskutov,O-Shliahtin,I/RUS-chT 1995
}) (14. Rhe1 $6 Qe7 15. a4 $2 c4 16. Be2 a5 $1 {[%csl Ra4]} 17. Ra2 O-O-O $15 {
Degraeve,J-Gurevich,M/Festival comtois 3rd 1998}) 14... Qe7 15. dxc5 O-O-O 16.
Nd4 Nxc5 $1 17. Rb1 (17. Rf3 Rd7 18. Qf6 Qxf6 19. Rxf6 h5 20. f3 Re7 21. Re1
Rc7 $132 {Lindberg,B-Nielsen,P/Politiken Cup 1998}) 17... Qc7 18. Qf6 $6 Rhf8
19. f4 Ne4+ $1 20. Bxe4 dxe4 $36 {Spraggett,K-Glek,I/Cappelle la Grande op 1998
}) (13. dxc5 Nd7 14. h4 Qe7 15. Nd4 Nxc5 16. f3 Bd7 17. a4 a6 18. a5 Rc8 $13 {
Olivier,J-Sharif,M/Lyon op 1995}) 13... c4 14. Be2 Nd7 15. h4 Qe7 16. g4 (16.
Nh2 $5 {[%cal Gh2g4,Gg4f6]} g5 (16... O-O-O 17. Ng4 g5 18. hxg5 hxg5 19. Qe3
Rh7 20. Bf3 Rdh8 21. Re1 $14 {Nataf,I-Chaudagne,C/FRA-chT9697 final 1997}) 17.
hxg5 hxg5 18. Qg3 f6 19. exf6 Nxf6 20. Bf3 Rh4 21. Re1 g4 $13 {Bakre,
T-Naiditsch,A/Atom Cup GM 3rd 1998}) 16... O-O-O 17. g5 h5 $6 18. a4 a5 19. Ke1
Kc7 20. Qc1 Ra8 $132 {Hunt,A-Lalic,B/Port Erin 1999}) (12. Rab1 $6 c4 13. Be2
Bc6 14. h4 Nd7 15. Nh2 Qe7 16. Qf4 f5 $1 $132 {Toth,A-Hoang Thanh Trang/FSGM
Feb 1999}) (12. h4 c4 13. Be2 Bc6 14. Ng1 Nd7 15. f4 Rg8 16. h5 f5 17. Qg3 g5
$13 {Keitlinghaus,L-Glek,I/NRW-Cup Masters op 1997}) 12... Bc6 (12... c4 13.
Be2 Bc6 14. h4 Nd7 15. Nh2 Qe7 16. f4 (16. Qf4 O-O-O 17. Ng4 g5 18. hxg5 hxg5
19. Qe3 Rh7 20. Bf3 $14 {Nataf,I-Chaudagne,C/Clichy 1997}) 16... O-O-O 17. h5
f5 18. Qh3 g5 19. g4 Rdf8 $13 {Hunt,A-Benitah,Y/Oakham 1997}) (12... h5 13. Qf4
Bc6 14. Bb5 Qe7 15. a4 a6 16. Be2 Nd7 17. h4 Rc8 18. Ng5 $14 {Tseshkovsky,
V-Zhenetl,R/Krasnodar 1998}) 13. Bxg6 $5 {This idea was tried by white after
inclusion of 13.a3 c4, but it seems to be ok here as well.} (13. h4 Nd7 14. Qf4
{1/2-1/2 Goloshchapov,A-Vysochin,S/Alushta 1999/EXT 2001 (14)}) (13. a4 c4 (
13... Nd7 14. a5 Qe7 15. Ra2 O-O-O $132 {Absmaier,F-Strangmueller,A/Bayern 1999
}) 14. Bxg6 fxg6 15. Qxe6+ Qe7 16. Qc8+ Qd8 17. Qe6+ Qe7 18. Qc8+ {1/2-1/2
Kolev,A-Comas Fabrego,L/ESP 1999/EXT 2000 (18)}) 13... fxg6 (13... Rg8 $4 14.
Qxe6+ $18) 14. Qxe6+ Kf8 15. Qxg6 Nd7 16. Re1 {[%cal Ge5e7]} ({Doesn't work} 
16. e6 $6 Qf6 $1 17. Qg4 Rg8 18. Qh3 Qf4+ 19. Ke1 Nf6 $17) 16... Qe7 $8 17. Re3
Nb6 18. Ke1 Be8 $5 (18... Nc4 $5) 19. Qf5+ {Deciding to trade the queens.} (19.
Nh4 $5 Bxg6 20. Nxg6+ Kf7 21. Nxe7 Kxe7 $13 {[%csl Rc2,Rc3][%cal Ga8c8]}) 19...
Qf7 20. Qxf7+ Kxf7 21. dxc5 Nc4 $132 22. Re2 Ke7 {[%cal Ge8h5]} 23. Nd4 Bh5 24.
f3 Rac8 25. Rb1 (25. Nf5+ Kf8 26. Rb1) 25... b6 26. Nf5+ Kd8 27. cxb6 (27. Nd6
$5 Nxd6 28. cxd6 Rxc3 29. Rd1 Kd7 30. Rxd5 Bf7 31. Rd3 Rhc8 $14) 27... Nxb6 28.
Rb3 Bg6 29. Nd4 Ke7 30. Ra3 $6 {Taking another pawn, but forgetting to advance
the pawns on the kingside!} (30. f4 Rhf8 31. Rf2 {[%cal Gf4f5]} Bf5 32. Nxf5+
Rxf5 33. g4 Rff8 34. f5 $16) 30... Rc7 31. Rxa7 $6 (31. f4 $5) 31... Rxa7 32.
Nc6+ Kd7 33. Nxa7 Ra8 34. e6+ Kd6 $1 35. Nb5+ Ke7 36. a3 Ra5 37. Nd4 Rxa3 38.
Nc6+ Kd6 39. Nd4 Ke7 40. Nc6+ Ke8 (40... Kd6 $11) 41. Ne5 Bh7 42. Kd2 Ra2 43.
Ke1 Rxc2 44. Rxc2 Bxc2 45. Ng4 h5 46. Nf6+ Ke7 47. Nxh5 Kxe6 $11 48. Nf4+ Ke5
49. Ne2 Nc4 50. Kf2 Na3 51. Ke3 Nb1 52. f4+ Kd6 53. Nd4 Ba4 54. Kd3 Bd7 55. f5
Ke5 56. c4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 20th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2003.02.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2629"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2003.02.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bc1 $5 Ne4 7. Qg4 g6 8.
Nge2 c5 9. a3 Bxc3+ {I think that more accurate is 9...Ba5,but the move in the
game also has a right to exist.} (9... Ba5 10. b4 Nxc3 11. Nxc3 cxb4 $6 (11...
cxd4 12. Nb5 Bc7 13. f4 Nc6 14. Bd3 (14. Bb2 Bd7 15. Bd3 Bb8 16. Nxd4 Qb6 17.
Nb3 a6 18. Qe2 Ba7 $13 {Sheremetieva,M-Charkova,E/ROM-chT 1993 (42)}) 14... a6
15. Nxc7+ Qxc7 16. O-O Bd7 17. Bd2 Ne7 18. Qe2 Qb6 19. a4 $44 {1/2-1/2 Forster,
R-Quinn,M/WchJM-U18 1993}) 12. Nb5 b3+ 13. Bd2 Bxd2+ 14. Kxd2 Qa5+ 15. c3 Nc6
16. Qf4 Kf8 17. Bd3 $16 {Foerster,R-Eggenberger,U/Bad Ragaz op 1992 (22)}) (
9... cxd4 10. axb4 dxc3 11. f3 $5 cxb2 12. Bxb2 Qg5 13. Qxg5 Nxg5 14. h4 Nh7
15. Nd4 O-O 16. Bd3 $36 {Klavins,J-Shagalovich,A/URS-chT 1962 (37)}) 10. bxc3
$5 ({Nothing special promises} 10. Nxc3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Qa5 (11... Nc6 12. Bd3
Qa5 13. Bd2 Qa4 14. O-O c4 15. Be2 Qxc2 16. Qf4 Qf5 17. Qe3 $14 {Bogdanovic,
R-Meier,V/Bad Woerishofen 1988}) 12. Bd2 Qa4 13. c4 Nc6 14. dxc5 Qxc2 15. Qf4
d4 16. Be2 Qf5 $13 {and black has got sufficient counterchanses; Zolnierowicz,
K-Vaisser,A/Nimes op 1991 (48)}) 10... cxd4 ({Black can not play typical} 10...
Qa5 $2 {because of} 11. f3 $1 Nxc3 12. Bd2 cxd4 13. Nxd4 $1 (13. Qxd4 Nxe2 14.
Bxe2 Nc6 15. Qf4 Qc7 16. Bb5 Bd7 $13) 13... Qc7 14. Qf4 Nd7 15. a4 $1 $16 {
[%csl Rc3][%cal Gf4e3] and the knight is trapped.}) 11. cxd4 Qc7 (11... Nc6 $5
12. c3 Qa5 13. Qf3 Bd7 14. Qe3 Ne7 15. Bb2 Nf5 16. Qc1 Bb5 $36 {Pohla,
H-Arulaid,A/Soviet Union 1966}) (11... Qa5+ 12. c3 Bd7 13. f3 Bb5 14. fxe4 Bxe2
15. Qh3 Bxf1 16. Rxf1 dxe4 17. Kf2 Nd7 18. Kg1 $14 {Rytshagov,M-Anderton,D/
Gausdal 2000}) 12. f3 Nc3 13. Bd2 {White has pair of bishops, and there is a
dark-square complex in the black camp already proving to be a headache.} Na4 (
13... Nxe2 14. Bxe2 Bd7 (14... Qxc2 $4 15. Rc1 $18) 15. Bd3 Nc6 16. Rb1 O-O-O
17. Qf4 $14 {Hector,J-Pedersen,S/Oxford 1998}) 14. Nf4 a6 15. c4 $1 {White
explosively strikes at the center completing development of the pieces and
increasing the pressure.} dxc4 16. Bxc4 Nc6 (16... Qxc4 $2 17. Rc1 $18 {
[%csl Rc8][%cal Gc1c8]}) 17. Rc1 Qe7 $8 (17... Nb2 $6 18. Be2 Qd8 (18... Qb6
19. Nh5 $1 $18) 19. Nh5 $1 gxh5 20. Qg7 Kd7 (20... Rf8 21. Rxc6 $1 {[%cal
Gd2b4]} bxc6 22. Bb4 $18 {[%csl Rf8]}) (20... Ke7 21. Bb4+ Nxb4 22. Qf6+ Kd7
23. Qxf7+ Qe7 24. Rc7+ $1 $18) 21. d5 $1 exd5 22. Qxf7+ Qe7 23. Qxd5+ Kc7 24.
Bb4 {[%cal Gb4d6]} Qe6 25. Bd6+ Kd8 26. Qd2 Na4 27. Rxc6 bxc6 28. Qa5+ Ke8 29.
Qxa4 $18) 18. O-O (18. Bb3 $6 Nb6 $1 (18... Qxa3 19. Bxe6 Bxe6 20. Nxe6 fxe6
21. Rxc6 bxc6 22. Qxe6+ Qe7 23. Qxc6+ Kf7 24. Qxa4 $16) 19. a4 h5 $1 20. Qg3
Nxd4 21. Bd1 Nc6 $132) 18... Nb6 (18... Nb2 19. Nd3 $1 Nxc4 20. Rxc4 Qxa3 21.
Nc5 $16 {[%csl Ra3]}) 19. Nd3 (19. Nxg6 $6 fxg6 20. Bd3 g5 $1 21. f4 h5 $1 $13)
19... Qxa3 $6 {Too optimistic. It was necessary to play 19...Bd7 with worse,
but defendable position.} 20. Ra1 $6 {Permitting black to regroup his forces.
Much more convincing was} (20. Nf2 $1 {[%cal Gf2e4,Ge4f6,Ge4d6]} Qb2 (20... Bd7
21. Ne4 Nxc4 22. Rxc4 b5 23. Rc3 $18) 21. Ne4 Qxd4+ 22. Kh1 Nxc4 (22... h5 23.
Qf4 Nxc4 24. Rxc4 Qd3 25. Nd6+ $18) 23. Rxc4 Qd3 24. Rd1 Nxe5 25. Qf4 $1 $18 {
with decisive threats.}) 20... Qe7 21. Bb3 Qd8 $1 {[%csl Rd4]} 22. Be3 Nd5 23.
Bf2 h5 $1 {Black is in troubles anyway.At least after this one he is going to
suffer for a couple of pawns!} 24. Qe4 Nc3 25. Qe1 (25. Qe3 Nxd4 $1) 25... Nxd4
26. Bd1 Ndb5 27. Nc5 O-O 28. Ba4 $1 Nxa4 29. Rxa4 {Much stronger was} (29. Nxa4
$1 {[%cal Ga4b6]} Rb8 30. Nb6 Nd4 31. Rb1 $16 {and black pieces are in
zugzwang.}) 29... f5 30. Qc1 $1 {[%cal Gc1h6] Intending to disturb black on
the kingside.} (30. exf6 Qxf6 31. Qd2 e5 32. Re1 Bf5 $13) 30... Kh7 31. Rc4 Qe8
32. Qg5 b6 33. Na4 Bb7 34. Be3 Qf7 35. Nxb6 ({Much better was} 35. Rd1 $1 {
taking square d8 under control and preparing to penitrate to d7} Bd5 36. Nxb6
Qg7 37. Nxd5 exd5 38. Rxd5 $16 {[%cal Ge5e6,Gd5d7] with enormous advantage.})
35... Rad8 36. Rfc1 Qg7 37. h3 $2 ({Missing} 37. Bc5 $1 Rfe8 38. Bd6 $1 $18 {
and black is helpless to prevent Rc7.}) 37... Rd3 $1 $132 38. Bc5 Rf7 39. Bf2
Qxe5 40. Re1 Qg7 (40... Qf6 $1 41. Qxf6 Rxf6 42. Bh4 g5 $1 43. Bxg5 Rg6 44. h4
e5 45. Na4 Bd5 $15) 41. Rxe6 Nd4 {Time pressure is over and black has managed
to escape with some advantages. The trouble however is that his weakened
kingside structure limits his chances to gain the full point.} 42. Re1 $1 (42.
Bxd4 Rxd4 43. Rxd4 Qxd4+ 44. Kh2 Rg7 45. Kh1 a5 $15) 42... f4 (42... a5 43. Ra4
$1 Nc6 (43... Nb3 $6 44. Nc4 Bc6 45. Ne5 $1 Bxa4 46. Nxf7 {[%cal Ge1e7]} Rd7
47. Nd6 $1 $36 {[%cal Gd6e8,Ge8f6]}) 44. Re6 $1 Qh6 45. Qh4 Rd1+ 46. Kh2 $44)
43. Bxd4 (43. Qc5 $5 Nxf3+ $6 (43... Nc6 44. Rce4 $44) 44. gxf3 Rxf3 45. Nd5 g5
{[%cal Gg5g4]} 46. Rb4 $14) 43... Rxd4 44. Kh1 Rd6 45. Na4 $1 {[%cal Ga4c5,
Gc5e4]} (45. Nc8 $6 Rd5 46. Qh4 a5 47. Nb6 Rd6 48. Nc8 Rd3 $17) 45... Rd5 46.
Qh4 Qf8 47. Qf2 Qd6 48. Nc5 Rdf5 (48... Rd2 $5 49. Nxb7 Rxb7 50. Qh4 Rf7 51.
Rc8 Rd1 52. Rxd1 Qxd1+ 53. Kh2 Qd6 $15) 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2003.01.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Finegold, Benjamin"]
[Black "Kraai, Jesse"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2551"]
[BlackElo "2453"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "160"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. exf6 $6 {This variation is
considered by modern opening theory as leading to very comfortable position
for black. This game just supports theoretical evaluation.} hxg5 7. fxg7 Rg8 8.
h4 Nc6 9. h5 Rxg7 10. Bb5 $5 {Probably the best try by white, howeevr
insufficient for advantage.} (10. h6 Rh7 11. Bd3 (11. Qd3 f5 12. O-O-O Qf6 13.
g4 Bxc3 14. bxc3 Rxh6 15. Rxh6 Qxh6 16. gxf5 g4+ 17. Kb1 exf5 18. Re1+ $36 {
L'Ami,E-Barsov,A/Wijk aan Zee 1999}) 11... Rh8 12. Qh5 Qf6 13. Nf3 (13. Nge2
Nxd4 14. O-O-O Nxe2+ 15. Nxe2 Bd7 16. f4 $44 {Oms Fuentes,L-Rodriguez Fontecha,
M/Oropesa del Mar 2001}) 13... Nxd4 14. Nxg5 Nf5 15. h7 Bxc3+ 16. bxc3 Qxc3+
17. Ke2 Qe5+ 18. Kd2 Qf4+ 19. Ke2 Nd6 $15 {Landa,K-Morozevich,A/Samara 1998}) (
10. Qd2 Qf6 11. O-O-O Bd7 12. g4 O-O-O 13. Bg2 Na5 $15 {Abadia Pascual,
L-Torres Coll,J/Cala Mendia 2001}) 10... Qf6 (10... Bd7 11. Nf3 Qe7 12. Qd3
O-O-O 13. Bxc6 Bxc6 14. Ne5 Be8 15. O-O-O f6 $13 {Barmbold,J-Bischof,D/
Saarbruecken 2002}) 11. Nf3 Bd7 12. Qd3 Bd6 $1 {[%csl Ge5] This move taking e5
under control is importnat improvement comparing to 12....0-0-0 played in more
recent game.} (12... O-O-O 13. Bxc6 Bxc6 14. Ne5 Rh8 15. a3 Bxc3+ 16. Qxc3 Be8
17. f3 $14 {Zaniratti,I-Marcotulli,G/SEMI email 1999}) 13. h6 $6 {After this
move black is probably better so white shoul've taken one of the bishops after}
(13. Bxc6 Bxc6 14. Nb5 g4 15. h6 Rg8 16. Nxd6+ cxd6 17. Nd2 Rh8 18. h7 O-O-O
$13 {with mutual chances.}) 13... Rg6 $5 14. h7 O-O-O 15. Bxc6 Bxc6 16. O-O-O (
16. Qe3 Rh6 $17 {[%csl Rh7]}) 16... g4 17. Ne5 {White is forced to give up a
pawn, however his passer on the h-file is blocked by black pieces so white
doesn't have compensation for the lack of material.} Bxe5 18. dxe5 Qxe5 19. Ne2
Rh8 20. f4 gxf3 21. gxf3 Qg7 $17 22. Qa3 (22. Nf4 Rh6 $19) 22... Rxh7 23. Qxa7
Rxh1 24. Rxh1 Rh6 25. Rg1 Qe5 26. Qa3 Rh8 {Black has material and positional
advantage so his win is just a matter of time.} (26... Qxe2 $2 27. Qf8+ Kd7 28.
Qxf7+ Kd6 29. Qf8+ Ke5 (29... Kd7 30. Rg7#) 30. Rg5+ Kd4 31. Rg4+ Ke3 (31...
Ke5 32. Qf4#) 32. Qxh6+ $18) 27. Qd3 b6 28. f4 Qf6 29. Qe3 Kb7 30. Nd4 Rh4 31.
Rf1 Bd7 32. c3 c5 33. Nc2 Bb5 34. Rf2 Qf5 (34... Rh1+ 35. Ne1 Qg6 $19) 35. b3
Bd3 36. Ne1 Be4 {[%csl Re1]} 37. Kb2 Rh1 38. a4 {[%csl Rb3]} d4 $1 39. Qd2 Rh3
40. cxd4 Bd5 {White is incapable to protect the pawn on b3.} (40... Qd5 $1 41.
Qd1 Rxb3+ 42. Qxb3 Qxd4+ $19) 41. Nc2 Rxb3+ 42. Kc1 Rd3 43. Qe1 cxd4 44. Qb4
Qf6 45. a5 Rb3 46. Qxd4 Qxd4 47. Nxd4 Rb4 48. Nc2 Rc4 49. Kb2 (49. axb6 Be4 50.
Kd1 Bxc2+ 51. Rxc2 Rxc2 52. Kxc2 Kxb6 $19) 49... bxa5 50. f5 e5 51. Ne3 Rb4+
52. Ka1 Kc6 53. Rc2+ Kd6 54. Rc8 (54. Rd2 Rd4 $19) 54... Bb3 55. Ra8 a4 56. f6
Rf4 57. Kb2 Rxf6 58. Ra6+ Ke7 59. Ra7+ Kf8 60. Ng4 Re6 61. Ra5 f6 62. Nxf6 Rxf6
63. Rxe5 Rf3 64. Ra5 Ke7 65. Ra6 Kd7 66. Ra7+ Kc6 67. Ra8 Kb6 68. Rb8+ Ka7 69.
Rb4 Ka6 70. Rb8 Bd5 71. Rb4 Rb3+ 72. Ka1 $5 Ka5 (72... Rxb4 $11) 73. Rd4 Bc6
74. Rc4 Bb5 75. Rd4 a3 76. Rh4 Rc3 77. Rh1 Ka4 78. Rg1 Bd3 79. Ka2 Rc2+ 80. Ka1
Kb3 0-1

[Event "Belgrade"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Romanishin, Oleg M"]
[Black "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 039"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bd3 dxe4 5. Bxe4 Nf6 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. Nge2 h6 8.
Bxf6 Nxf6 9. Bf3 O-O 10. O-O c6 11. Ne4 (11. a3 Bd6 $10) 11... Nxe4 12. Bxe4
Bd6 $1 13. Qd3 f5 14. Bf3 e5 $1 15. dxe5 Bxe5 16. Qc4+ Kh7 17. Rad1 Qf6 18. Nd4
(18. c3 Be6 $15) 18... Bd7 19. c3 Rae8 20. Qa4 a6 21. Nb3 Bc8 22. Qb4 Re7 23.
Na5 g5 $1 24. g3 (24. Bxc6 $2 bxc6 25. Nxc6 Rb7 $19) 24... g4 25. Bg2 f4 26.
Rfe1 c5 $1 27. Qc4 (27. Qxc5 b6 $19) 27... Kg7 28. Nb3 b6 29. Kh1 h5 30. Nd2 f3
31. Bf1 h4 32. Re4 hxg3 33. fxg3 (33. hxg3 Rh8+ 34. Kg1 Qg6 $19 (34... Qh6 35.
Rxg4+ Bxg4 36. Qxg4+ Kf8 37. Qxf3+ Rf7 $17)) 33... Kh8 34. Bd3 f2 $1 35. Rxg4 (
35. Re2 Bb7+ 36. Be4 Rh7 37. Bxb7 Rxh2+ 38. Kxh2 Qh4+ 39. Kg2 Qh3#) 35... Bxg4
36. Qxg4 Qh6 37. Nf1 Rg7 38. Qe4 Bxg3 39. Nxg3 Rxg3 40. Qe5+ (40. Rf1 Rxd3 41.
Qxd3 Qc6+) 40... Rg7 41. Rf1 Qh4 42. Be2 Qh3 (42... Qh3 43. Qh5+ Qxh5 44. Bxh5
Rfg8 $19) 0-1

[Event "Keres Memorial-03"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "1981.03.15"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Vooremaa, Andres M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[Annotator "Gagarin,V"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1981.03.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. bxc3 Ne4 8. Qg4
g6 9. Bc1 $5 (9. Bd3 Nxd2 10. Kxd2 c5 11. Nf3 Nc6 $14) 9... c5 10. Bd3 Nxc3 (
10... cxd4 11. Ne2 $1 Nc6 (11... Nc5 12. cxd4 Nxd3+ 13. cxd3 b6 14. h4 h5 15.
Qf3 $16 {Bronstein,D-Goldenov,B/URS/1944/}) (11... Qa5 12. O-O dxc3 13. Bxe4
dxe4 14. Ng3 $1 Nc6 15. Nxe4 Nxe5 16. Qg3 $16 {Boleslavsky,I-Lisitsyn,G/URS-ch/
1944/}) 12. Bxe4 dxe4 13. cxd4 (13. Qxe4 dxc3 14. f4 Qa5 15. a4 O-O $10 {Evans}
) 13... Nxd4 14. Qxe4 Nxe2 15. Qxe2 Bd7 (15... Kf8 $5) 16. O-O Qc7 17. Ba3
O-O-O 18. Bd6 Qc6 19. Rab1 $16 {Liberzon,V-Faibisovich,V/URS/1967/1:0/29/}) 11.
dxc5 Qa5 (11... Nc6 12. Nf3 Qa5 13. O-O $16) (11... Qc7 12. Nf3 Nd7 13. O-O
Nxc5 14. Re1 $14) (11... Nd7 $5 12. Nf3 Nxc5 $14) 12. Bd2 Qa4 $1 13. h3 (13.
Qf3 Ne4 $1 14. Bxe4 dxe4 15. Qc3 Bd7 16. Ne2 Bb5 17. Ng3 Nc6 18. Qb3 Nd4 $10)
13... Ne4 (13... Qxg4 $6 14. hxg4 Ne4 15. Bxe4 dxe4 16. Ne2 Nd7 17. Ng3 Nxc5
18. g5 h5 19. Bb4 Na6 20. Bd6 $16 {Gligoric,S-Pachman,L/Amsterdam izt/1964/}) (
13... h5 $5 14. Qxa4+ Nxa4 $10 {Keres}) 14. Ne2 (14. Nf3 Nxc5 $10) (14. Bxe4
Qd4 $5 (14... Qxe4+ 15. Ne2 $13) 15. Rd1 (15. Rb1 Qxe5 16. Rb4 (16. Ne2 $5)
16... dxe4 17. Ne2 Nc6 18. Rxe4 Qxc5 19. Qf4 {Klovans,J-Gusev,V/URS/1977/1:0/
42/} e5 20. Qf6 Rh7 21. O-O Bf5 $17 {/\ Qe7 Tukmakov}) 15... Qxe4+ 16. Ne2 Qxe5
17. f3 $13 {Rantanen,Y-Vooremaa,A/Tallinn/1979/}) 14... Nxc5 15. Qf3 Qh4 $5 (
15... Qd7 16. O-O b6 17. a4 Ba6 18. a5 Bxd3 19. cxd3 Nb3 20. Qf6 Rg8 21. axb6 (
21. Bxh6 $5 Nxa1 22. Rxa1 $44) 21... Nxd2 22. Rfc1 $1 Nb3 23. Rcb1 Nc5 24. d4
$1 Ne4 25. b7 Qxb7 26. Rxb7 Nxf6 27. exf6 Nd7 $10 {Arbakov,V-Gurevich,D/URS/
1978/0:1/49/}) 16. O-O Nc6 17. g3 Qe7 (17... Qxh3 $4 18. Nf4 $18) (17... Nxe5
$2 18. Qe3 Qf6 (18... Qh5 19. Nf4 $18) 19. Bc3 $1 (19. Qxc5 Nf3+ 20. Kg2 Nxd2
21. Bb5+ Bd7 22. Bxd7+ Kxd7 23. Qb5+ Kc8 $44) 19... Nf3+ 20. Kg2 d4 21. Nxd4
$18) 18. Qe3 Bd7 (18... Nxd3 $6 19. cxd3 Kf8 20. a4 Kg7 21. Bc1 $36 {/\ Ba3})
19. Rab1 $44 Rc8 20. Bb5 Kf8 (20... a6 21. Bxc6 Rxc6 22. Bb4 $44) 21. c4 $1
dxc4 22. Rfc1 b6 (22... Nd3 23. Rxc4 Ndxe5 24. Rcc1 (24. Rxc6 Nxc6 25. Bxc6
bxc6 26. Rb7 {/\ Qd4} Qd6 $1 $13) 24... Kg7 (24... b6 25. f4 $18) (24... a6 25.
Bxc6 Nxc6 26. Rxb7 $16) 25. Bxc6 (25. Bc3 $6 f6 $13) (25. f4 a6 26. Ba4 b5 27.
Bb3 Nc4 28. Bxc4 bxc4 29. Rxc4 $44) 25... Nxc6 26. Rxb7 $44) 23. Rxc4 Nb8 (
23... Kg7 $5 $44) 24. Nd4 a6 $2 {>< b6} (24... Kg7 $44) 25. Bxd7 Nbxd7 26. a4
$1 $16 Kg7 $6 (26... a5 $5 27. Nb5 Kg7 28. Nd6 Rcd8 $16) 27. a5 $1 bxa5 $2 (
27... b5 28. Rc2 {/\ Rbc1,Bb4} Na4 29. Nc6 Qe8 30. Rbc1 $16) 28. Rbc1 $1 $18 {
(.)} g5 (28... Nb6 29. Rxc5 $1 $18) (28... Qd8 29. Nb3 $18) (28... a4 29. Bb4
$18) (28... Ra8 $5 29. Nc6 $1 (29. Rxc5 Nxc5 30. Rxc5 g5 $16) 29... Qg5 (29...
Qe8 30. Rxc5 Nxc5 31. Rxc5 Rc8 32. Qf3 a4 (32... g5 33. h4 Qd7 34. hxg5 $18)
33. Qf6+ Kh7 34. Bxh6 $1 Rg8 35. Qh4 $18) 30. Rf4 $1 {>< Qg5} (30. f4 $2 Qf5 $1
$16) 30... Rhc8 (30... Rac8 31. Rxc5 Nxc5 32. Qxc5 {/\ Rf7} Qh5 33. Rxf7+ $1
Kxf7 34. Qe7+ Kg8 35. Qxe6+ Kf8 36. Qf6+ Kg8 37. Ne7+ $18) 31. Rxc5 Nxc5 32.
Qxc5 Qh5 33. Qe7 Qd1+ 34. Kg2 Rf8 35. Rd4 $18) 29. Bxa5 {/\ Bb4} (29. Bxa5 Nb7
30. Bb4 $18) 1-0

[Event "BL2-West 9798"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1998.03.01"]
[Round "?.2"]
[White "Klovans, Janis"]
[Black "Glek, Igor Vladimirovich"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "Glek,I"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1997.10.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Enger Spenge"]
[BlackTeam "Katernberg"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. bxc3 Ne4 8. Qg4
g6 9. Bd3 Nxd2 10. Kxd2 c5 11. Nf3 Bd7 12. Rab1 Bc6 (12... c4) 13. Rhe1 (13.
Bxg6 $5 fxg6 14. Qxe6+ Kf8 $13) 13... Qe7 14. h4 Nd7 15. dxc5 Nxc5 16. Nd4
O-O-O $1 17. Rb4 (17. Nxc6 bxc6 18. Qb4 Kd7 $1 $15) 17... Qc7 18. Qf4 f5 $5 (
18... Rd7 $5) (18... g5 $5) 19. Qe3 a5 20. Rb2 Ne4+ 21. Kc1 Bd7 22. Bxe4 dxe4 (
22... fxe4 $5 23. f4 $13) 23. f4 Kb8 24. Rd1 Rc8 25. Ne2 (25. Nb3 a4 $1 26. Nc5
(26. Na5 Qxa5 27. Rxd7 Rc7 $15) 26... Qxc5 27. Qxc5 Rxc5 28. Rxd7 Rc7 29. Rd6
Rxc3 30. Rxe6 {-25.Se2}) 25... Bc6 26. Rd6 Bd5 27. Nd4 Qxc3 28. Qxc3 Rxc3 29.
Nxe6 Bxe6 30. Rxe6 g5 $5 31. fxg5 (31. Kd2 $5 $11) 31... hxg5 32. hxg5 $2 (32.
Kd2 $1 Rg3 33. Re7 $11) 32... e3 $2 (32... Rh1+ $1 33. Kd2 e3+ $1 34. Ke2 Rg1 {
-32...e3 33.Kd1}) 33. Kd1 $2 (33. Rh6 $1 Rxh6 34. gxh6 Rc6 $11) 33... Rh1+ 34.
Ke2 Rg1 35. Re8+ (35. Re7 Rxg2+ 36. Ke1 Rc7 $17 (36... Kc8 $1 37. Rexb7 f4 38.
Rf7 e2 39. Rf8+ Kc7 {/\Te3,Th3-+})) 35... Kc7 $1 36. Re7+ Kc6 $1 37. Rexb7
Rxg2+ 38. Ke1 Kd5 $1 $19 39. R7b3 (39. e6 Ke4 40. Rh7 f4 41. Rh4 Rxg5 $19)
39... Rxb3 40. Rxb3 f4 $1 0-1

[Event "Cappelle op 14th"]
[Site "Cappelle la Grande"]
[Date "1998.02.28"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Spraggett, Kevin"]
[Black "Glek, Igor Vladimirovich"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "Glek,I"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1998.02.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.04.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.04.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 $1 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 (4. e5) 4... Bb4 $1 5. e5 h6 6. Bd2 Bxc3
7. bxc3 Ne4 8. Qg4 g6 (8... Kf8) 9. Bd3 Nxd2 10. Kxd2 c5 11. Qf4 (11. Nf3 Nc6 (
11... Bd7 12. Rab1 Bc6 13. Rhe1 Qe7 14. h4 Nd7 15. dxc5 Nxc5 16. Nd4 O-O-O 17.
Rb4 Qc7 18. Qf4 $15 {Klovans-Glek (2. Bundesliga 1998, ... 0-1)}) (11... Qc7
12. Qh4 cxd4 13. cxd4 Bd7 14. Qf6 Rg8 15. h4 Nc6 16. Rhc1 Qa5+ $13 {
Ivanchuk-Gurevich,M (Reggio Emilia 1989/90)})) 11... Bd7 $5 (11... cxd4 12.
cxd4 Qa5+ 13. Ke3 b6 14. Ne2 Nd7 15. Rhe1 Ba6 $11 {Petruchin-Piskov (Russland
1992)}) (11... Nc6 12. Nf3 Bd7 13. h4 Qe7 14. h5 g5 15. Qf6 $1 $16 {
Kovalev-Vaisser (Paris 1991)}) 12. Nf3 Bc6 13. h4 Nd7 14. Rh3 $6 (14. Rhe1) (
14. dxc5) 14... Qe7 (14... c4) 15. dxc5 O-O-O 16. Nd4 Nxc5 $1 17. Rb1 (17. Nxc6
bxc6 18. Rb1 Rd7 $1) 17... Qc7 $15 18. Qf6 $6 {/\ f2-f4, h4-h5} Rhf8 19. f4
Ne4+ $1 20. Bxe4 dxe4 {/\ R:d4!?} 21. Rb4 (21. h5 gxh5 (21... e3+ $5) 22. Rxh5
Rg8) 21... Rd7 $1 22. Kc1 Rfd8 23. a3 (23. Kb2 $2 a5) 23... a5 $5 (23... Qa5 $1
24. Kb2 Qc5 25. Nxc6 bxc6 $1 (25... Qxc6 $15) 26. Rxe4 $6 a5 $1 $40) 24. Rc4
Qb6 25. Re3 Kb8 26. Re1 $138 (26. Nxc6+ $5 bxc6 27. Rd4 Rxd4 28. cxd4 Qxd4 29.
Rb3+ Ka8 $1 30. Qe7 $1 (30. Kb1 Qd7 $19) (30. Qxf7 Qa1+ 31. Rb1 Qxa3+ 32. Rb2
Rb8 $19) 30... Qd7 $1 31. Qc5 Qd1+ 32. Kb2 Qd4+ 33. Qxd4 (33. Rc3 Qxc5 34. Rxc5
Rd4 $1 $19) 33... Rxd4 $17) 26... Bd5 27. Ra4 Rc8 28. Kd2 Qb2 29. Re3 Bb3 $1
30. Rxa5 Rxd4+ $1 0-1

[Event "Moscow-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Golubev, Mikhail"]
[Black "Smikovski, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "Golubev,M"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. bxc3 Ne4 8. Qg4
g6 9. Bd3 Nxd2 10. Kxd2 c5 11. Nf3 Nc6 12. Qf4 Qa5 13. Rab1 $5 $14 c4 (13... b6
14. Rb5 $1) 14. Be2 (14. Qf6 Rg8 15. Be2) 14... b5 15. a3 {N/} (15. Qf6 Rg8 (
15... O-O $5) 16. h4 $6 (16. a3) 16... b4 $1 17. h5 bxc3+ 18. Ke3 Ne7 $132 {
Rovner,D-Chistiakov,A/Kiev/1938/}) 15... Bd7 $5 (15... Rb8 16. Ra1) 16. Ra1 (
16. h4 $6 Qxa3 $5 17. Rxb5 Na5 $1 $132 {/\Qa2,Nb3}) (16. Qf6 $1 Rg8 17. Ra1 Qd8
$5 18. Qf4 g5) 16... O-O-O $3 17. h4 (17. Qxf7 Rhf8 18. Qxg6 Rf4 $1 19. Qxh6
Rdf8 $40 20. a4 $5) 17... Rdf8 (17... g5 $5 18. hxg5 hxg5 19. Nxg5 Rxh1 20.
Rxh1 Qxa3 $13 21. Nxf7 b4 $1 $44 (21... Rf8 $2 22. Nd6+ Qxd6 23. Rh8 $18)) 18.
Qf6 Rhg8 (18... Qd8 $5 19. h5 g5 20. Qxd8+ Kxd8 21. Nh2 f6 22. exf6 Rxf6 23.
Ng4) 19. Qf4 (19. h5 $5) 19... Rh8 (19... g5 20. hxg5 hxg5 21. Nxg5 f6 (21...
Rxg5 $2 22. Qxg5 Nxd4 23. Qe7) (21... Nxd4 $2 22. Qxd4 Rxg5 23. Qc5+) 22. exf6
e5 23. dxe5 d4 24. Ne4) 20. Qf6 Rhg8 21. Qf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "NED-chT 9900 playoff"]
[Site "Breda"]
[Date "2000.06.02"]
[Round "2.8"]
[White "Polgar, Sofia"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[Annotator "Gurevich,M"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2000.06.01"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hilversum HSG"]
[BlackTeam "Breda Panfox"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NED"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NED"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. Nge2 dxe4 6. a3 Be7 7. Bxf6 Bxf6 8.
Nxe4 O-O 9. Qd3 e5 10. Qf3 $5 {TN} (10. d5 Be7 11. O-O-O Nd7 12. g4 Nc5 13.
Nxc5 Bxc5 14. f3 f5 15. h3 Qh4 $15 {1-0 Bogoljubow,E-Tarrasch,S/Bad Pistyan
1922/HCL (36)}) (10. O-O-O exd4 11. Nxf6+ Qxf6 12. Qxd4 Nd7 13. Nc3 c6 14. Be2
Re8 15. Bf3 {1/2-1/2 Unzicker,W-Glek,I/Moscow 1991/TD (15)}) 10... Nd7 11.
O-O-O (11. Nxf6+ Nxf6 $5 (11... Qxf6 12. Qxf6 gxf6 13. O-O-O $14 {(/\14...Ng3)}
) 12. dxe5 Ng4 13. Qc3 (13. Qe4 c6 $1 {(/\14...Qa5,14...Qb6)} 14. f4 (14. h3
Qa5+ 15. Nc3 Nxe5 $132) 14... Qb6 15. Qd4 Rd8 16. Qxb6 axb6 $44) 13... f6 $132)
11... exd4 12. Nxf6+ $6 (12. Nxd4 Bxd4 13. Rxd4 Qe7 $11 {(/\14...Ne5)}) 12...
Nxf6 13. Rxd4 (13. Nxd4 Bg4 $17) 13... Qe7 14. h3 (14. Nc3 Bg4 $1 15. Rxg4 Qe1+
16. Nd1 Nxg4 17. Qxg4 Rad8 {(/\18...Qd2)} 18. Qe2 Rfe8 $19) 14... Bd7 $1 {
[/\15...Bc6]} 15. Ng3 (15. Qxb7 Rab8 16. Qxc7 (16. Qxa7 Bc6 $40 {(/\17...Ra8)})
16... Rfc8 17. Qd6 Qe8 $36) 15... Bc6 16. Qd1 (16. Nf5 Qe5 17. Qf4 Qxf4+ 18.
Rxf4 Rfe8 $15) 16... g6 $1 {[x Ng3]} 17. Rg1 $5 {[/\18.Bc4]} b5 $5 (17... Rad8
18. Bc4 Rxd4 19. Qxd4 $11 Rd8 20. Qf4 (20. Qxa7 $4 b6 {(/\21...Ra8)})) 18. Be2
Qe5 19. Qd2 Rfe8 20. Qf4 a5 $5 21. Qxe5 Rxe5 22. Rd3 $5 {[/\23.Bf3]} Rae8 23.
Bf3 Bxf3 24. Rxf3 Kg7 25. Rd1 h5 26. h4 R8e7 $15 {[/\27...Ng4; x Ng3,Rf3]} 27.
a4 bxa4 28. Rf4 Ng4 (28... Ne4 29. Nxe4 Rxe4 30. Rxe4 Rxe4 31. g3 Kf6 $15) 29.
f3 Ne3 30. Rd2 Rd5 (30... Nd5 $5 31. Rxa4 (31. Re4 f5 $17) 31... Re1+ 32. Rd1
Rxd1+ 33. Kxd1 Ne3+ $17) 31. Rxa4 (31. Rxd5 Nxd5 32. Rxa4 Re1+ 33. Kd2 Rg1 $17)
31... Rxd2 32. Kxd2 Nxg2 $17 33. Ne2 Rd7+ 34. Kc3 Rd6 35. Rc4 (35. Rxa5 Nxh4
$19) 35... Ne3 36. Rc5 Nf5 $6 $138 (36... Nd1+ 37. Kb3 Rb6+ 38. Ka3 Nxb2 $19) (
36... a4 $19) 37. Rxc7 Nxh4 38. Nd4 Ng2 (38... Rd5 39. Kc4 Re5 $17) 39. Rc5 Nf4
$2 (39... Ra6 $17) 40. Rxa5 h4 41. Kc4 $1 $13 (41. Ra1 Nd5+ $15 42. Kc4 $2 Ne3+
43. Kc3 Rxd4 44. Kxd4 Nxc2+ $19) 41... h3 42. Ra1 Kh6 43. b4 Kh5 44. b5 Kh4 45.
c3 $1 $11 {[/\46.Kc5]} (45. Kc5 Rd5+ 46. Kc4 Rd7 47. b6 Nd5 $15) 45... h2 46.
Kc5 Rd8 47. b6 Kg3 48. b7 Kg2 49. Nc6 Rh8 50. Kd6 (50. b8=Q Rxb8 51. Nxb8 h1=Q
52. Rxh1 Kxh1 $11) 50... h1=Q 51. Rxh1 Kxh1 52. c4 Kg2 53. Ke7 $5 {[/\54.Nd8]}
Ne6 54. b8=Q Rxb8 55. Nxb8 Kxf3 56. Kxf7 Nc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Taastrup"]
[Site "Taastrup"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Hutters, Tomas"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Gurevich,M"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1992.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 028"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nge2 Nf6 5. Bg5 dxe4 6. a3 Be7 7. Bxf6 Bxf6 (
7... gxf6 8. Nxe4 b6 9. Qd3 $6 {9.g3!} Bb7 10. O-O-O Nd7 11. Kb1 f5 12. N4c3 c6
13. Nf4 Qc7 14. Qe3 O-O-O 15. h4 $6 Nf6 16. Be2 Rhg8 $15 {Pilnik-Planinc/Mar
del Plata/1971/0-1/53/ -> 12/222}) 8. Nxe4 Nc6 $5 {TN; 8...0-0 -> 48\(399)} (
8... O-O 9. Qd2 (9. Nxf6+ Qxf6 10. Qd2 c5 $1) 9... Be7 10. O-O-O $6 (10. N2c3
$5 {Lputian} b6 11. Be2 Bb7 12. Bf3) 10... Nd7 11. g3 b5 12. Bg2 Rb8 {
Friedrich,N-Lputian,S/Berlin Summer/1989/}) 9. c3 O-O (9... e5 $5 10. d5 (10.
dxe5 Nxe5 11. Qxd8+ Bxd8 $15 {^^}) 10... Nb8 {/\ 11...Be7,f7-f5} 11. Nxf6+ Qxf6
12. Ng3 Qb6 $1 $15 {/\13...f5}) 10. f4 $1 Be7 11. Ng1 $6 {/\ Ng1-f3, Bd3} (11.
g3 $5 Nb8 {/\ Nb8-d7,c7-c5} 12. Bg2 Nd7 13. b4 $1 $14) 11... Nb8 12. Nf3 Nd7
13. Bd3 c5 $132 14. dxc5 (14. O-O cxd4 15. Nxd4 Nf6 16. Qf3 Qb6 $132 {/\ 17...
Bd7}) 14... Qc7 $5 (14... Nxc5 15. Nxc5 Bxc5 16. Qe2 {/\17.0-0-0|^}) 15. b4 b6
(15... Qxf4 16. O-O $36) 16. Qc2 (16. cxb6 $1 axb6 17. O-O Bb7 $132) 16... bxc5
17. O-O Bb7 18. Rae1 c4 $5 19. Be2 Bd5 20. Nd4 Rae8 $5 {[/\21...f5]} (20... f5
21. Ng5 Bxg5 22. fxg5 g6 $6 (22... Ne5 23. Qd2 $1 $14 {/\ 24.Qf4;24.Nf5}) 23.
Bf3 $16) 21. Ng5 g6 22. Bf3 Nb6 23. Kh1 Bf6 (23... Qxf4 $6 24. Nxh7 $1 Kxh7 25.
Bxd5 $36) 24. Ne4 Bxd4 $1 (24... Bg7 25. Nc5 $14) 25. cxd4 Bxe4 26. Bxe4 Rd8
$17 27. Rd1 Rd7 28. a4 $5 Rfd8 29. a5 Nc8 30. f5 $2 $138 (30. Qc3 Nd6 $17 {
/\ 31...Nb5}) (30. b5 Rxd4 31. Rxd4 Rxd4 32. b6 axb6 33. a6 Na7 $17 34. Bb7)
30... exf5 31. Bxf5 gxf5 32. Qxf5 Rd6 $19 33. Rde1 Rg6 34. Re3 Nd6 35. Qh5 Qb7
36. Rg3 Qxb4 0-1

[Event "Cappelle op 15th"]
[Site "Cappelle la Grande"]
[Date "1999.02.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Lanka, Zigurds"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2521"]
[BlackElo "2629"]
[Annotator "Gurevich,M"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "1999.02.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. Bxc3 Ne4 8. Ne2
c5 9. dxc5 Nxc3 (9... Nc6 10. Bd4 Qe7 11. Nc3 Nxc5 12. f4 O-O 13. Qd2 Bd7 14.
O-O-O Nxd4 15. Qxd4 Rac8 16. g3 Rc7 17. Kb1 Rfc8 18. f5) 10. Nxc3 O-O (10...
Qa5 11. Qd2 Qxc5 12. f4 O-O 13. O-O-O Nc6 14. h4) 11. Qd2 f6 (11... Qc7 12. f4
Qxc5 13. O-O-O) 12. exf6 (12. f4 fxe5 13. fxe5 Qh4+ 14. g3 Qh5) 12... Qxf6 13.
Bb5 (13. O-O-O Nd7 (13... Qxf2 14. Be2) 14. Qe3 Qf4) 13... a6 14. Ba4 (14. Bd3
Nd7 15. Na4 b5 (15... e5 16. Nc3) 16. cxb6 Bb7 17. O-O e5) 14... Nd7 15. Bxd7 (
15. c6 Ne5) 15... Bxd7 16. O-O Rac8 17. Nd1 (17. b4 b6) 17... Rxc5 18. c3 Bb5
19. Re1 Rc4 20. f3 Qg6 (20... d4 21. cxd4 Rxd4 22. Qe3 Rfd8 23. Nf2) 21. Qe3
Re8 22. Qe5 (22. Nf2 e5) 22... Qf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bad Zwesten op"]
[Site "Bad Zwesten"]
[Date "2008.01.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Mainka, Romuald"]
[Black "Tereick, Benjamin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2499"]
[BlackElo "2372"]
[Annotator "Gutman,L"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2008.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 123"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.04.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.04.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. bxc3 Ne4 8. Qg4
g6 {Die MacCutcheon-Variante ist wieder in Mode!} 9. Be3 (9. Bd3 {gilt als
sicherer.}) 9... Nxc3 {Es ist nicht klar, ob WeiЯ genьgend Kompensation fьr
den Bauern hat, schrieb Simon Alapin, Britisch Chess Magazine 1899} 10. Bd3 Bd7
$5 {Eine neue und wie es scheint chancenreiche Idee.} ({Schwarz hat es
meistens mit} 10... Qe7 {versucht, David Bronstein}) ({oder mit} 10... c5 {
zu reagieren, was WeiЯ aktives Spiel versprach.}) (10... Nc6 {brachte Erfolg
in Sutovsky-Nakamura, Torino Olympiade 2006, doch der junger Terreick scheint
das schwarze Spiel sogar zu verbessern.}) 11. Ne2 (11. Nf3 Bb5 $5 (11... Nc6 {
, wie Nakamura mit Zugumstellung spielte, ьberzeugt weniger.} 12. Bxg6 $5 {
Diese Figurenopfer wird etwas ьberraschend von Sutovsky in seiner Kommentaren
ьberhaupt nicht erwдhnt.} (12. Bd2 Ne4 13. Bxe4 dxe4 14. Qxe4 Ne7 15. Qxb7 Bc6
$44 {ist gut fьr Schwarz, Sutovsky}) ({ebenso wie} 12. O-O Ne7 {Sutovsky}) ({
In der obengenannten Partie folgte} 12. Qh3 Qe7 13. Bg5 (13. a3 O-O-O) 13...
Qa3 14. O-O Ne4 15. Bc1 {, wonach} Qa4 $5 16. Rb1 O-O-O 17. Rb3 {von Sutovsky
empfohlen,} Nxd4 18. Ra3 Qb4 19. Nxd4 Qxd4 20. Qe3 c5 21. Rxa7 Kb8 22. Ra5 Rc8
23. Bxe4 dxe4 24. Qa3 Qb4 $15 {Schwarz zufrieden stellen dьrfte.}) 12... Rg8
13. Bxf7+ Kxf7 14. Qh5+ Rg6 15. Nh4 Qg8 16. f4 Ne7 17. g4 Ke8 18. Rf1 Kd8 19.
Nxg6 Qxg6 20. Qxg6 Nxg6 21. Bd2 Ne4 22. Rb1 b6 23. Rb3 $44 {mit ziemlich
unklarem Ausgang.}) 12. O-O Bxd3 13. cxd3 Nc6 {wurde geplant,} 14. Qh3 ({oder} 
14. a4 h5 15. Qh3 Nb4) 14... h5 15. Rfe1 Qd7 16. a4 Ne7 17. Bg5 a5 $15 {
mit guten Aussichten fьr Schwarz.}) 11... Nxe2 12. Qxe2 c5 13. dxc5 d4 $5 (
13... Qa5+ 14. Bd2 Qxc5 15. O-O Nc6 16. Rab1 $44 {ьberlдsst WeiЯ genьgend
Ersatz fьr den Bauern.}) 14. Bd2 $6 ({Besser gefдllt} 14. Bxd4 Bc6 15. Qe3 Bxg2
16. Rg1 Qa5+ 17. Ke2 Bd5 18. c4 Bc6 19. Rab1 Na6 $11 {mit beiderseitigen
Perspektiven.}) 14... Bc6 15. O-O Qd5 ({Auch} 15... Nd7 16. Rfd1 Nxc5 $15 {
kommt in Betracht.}) 16. f4 (16. f3 Nd7 17. Rfe1 Qxc5 18. Rab1 a5 $15 {wдre
ebenfalls nachteilig fьr WeiЯ.}) 16... Na6 17. Rfd1 Nxc5 ({Mehr versprach} 
17... Qxc5 $5 18. Rab1 O-O 19. Qg4 Kg7 $15) 18. Bc4 Qe4 19. Bb4 Qxe2 20. Bxe2
d3 21. cxd3 Nd7 22. Rdc1 Nb6 23. Bd6 ({WeiЯ findet hier und auch weiter keinen
guten Platz fьr diesen Lдufer. Nach} 23. Rab1 Kd7 24. d4 Nd5 25. Bd2 Rac8 $11 {
bleibt das Gleichgewicht gewahrt.}) 23... Kd7 24. Kf2 Rac8 25. g3 Nd5 26. Rab1
h5 27. Rc4 h4 28. g4 b5 29. Rd4 a6 30. Rb2 (30. Bb4 a5 31. Bd2 $11) 30... Ba8
31. a4 $2 ({Hier war} 31. Bb4 $5 {schon erzwungen,} Rc1 32. Bd2 Rh1 33. Kg2 Ra1
34. Bf3 $11 {und WeiЯ steht nicht schlechter.}) 31... Rc1 32. axb5 axb5 33.
Rxb5 Rh1 34. Bf3 Rxh2+ 35. Kg1 Ra2 36. Bxd5 (36. Rc5 h3 $19) 36... Bxd5 37.
Rdxd5 exd5 38. Rb7+ Kc6 39. Rc7+ Kb6 40. Rc1 h3 41. Rb1+ Kc6 42. f5 Rh4 43. e6
Rxg4+ 44. Kh1 fxe6 45. Rb8 Rgg2 0-1

[Event "Ghent op 28th"]
[Site "Ghent"]
[Date "2005.07.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Degraeve, Jean Marc"]
[Black "Michiels, Bart"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2546"]
[BlackElo "2457"]
[Annotator "Gutman,L"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2005.07.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Be3 Ne4 7. Qg4 Kf8 8. a3
Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 c5 10. Bd3 Nxc3 11. dxc5 Nc6 12. Nf3 f5 13. exf6 Qxf6 14. Qh5 e5
15. Bg6 Kg8 16. O-O Be6 {Eine sehr interessante und extrem komplizierte
Stellung.} 17. Nh4 $5 ({Nach} 17. Rae1 Bf7 18. Nh4 Bxg6 19. Nxg6 Qf7 20. f4 Kh7
21. f5 Rhe8 {triumphierte der Schwarze in Arnold-Kritz, Budapest 2000}) 17...
Bf7 (17... Rf8 18. f4 $5 ({aber nicht} 18. Rae1 d4 {Guadalpi-Vallin,
franzцsische Mannschaftsmeisterschaft 2002.}) 18... e4 (18... exf4 19. Rae1 Qe7
20. Bxf4 Qxc5+ 21. Kh1) 19. f5) 18. f4 e4 19. f5 Rd8 (19... d4 20. Bd2 $5 ({
weniger ist mit} 20. Bf4 {zu erreichen, z. B.} Re8 (20... Bc4 $6 21. Rfe1 e3
22. h3 Ne5 23. Bh2 Nd7 24. Nf3 {geschah dagegen in Lanka-Nepeina Leconte,
Paris 2000}) 21. Rae1 e3 22. Bg3 Ne4 23. Rf3 Nxc5 {Casares Cabanas-Herraiz
Hidalgo, spanische Liga 2003}) 20... Bd5 ({oder} 20... Re8 21. Bxc3 dxc3 22.
Rae1) 21. Rae1 Ne5 22. Bxc3 dxc3 23. Rd1) 20. Rae1 Na4 (20... d4 21. Bd2 Bc4 {
lдuft in} 22. Bxc3 Bxf1 23. Kxf1 dxc3 24. Rxe4 Nd4 25. Nf3 {hinein.}) 21. Rf4
Nb2 (21... Rf8 {war kaum besser wegen} 22. Bxf7+ Rxf7 23. Ng6 Rh7 24. c4) (
21... Nc3 {sieht etwas hartnдckiger aus, doch bleibt nach} 22. a4 $5 (22. Bd2
Nb5 $1) 22... d4 23. Bd2 Bd5 24. Bxc3 dxc3 25. Rfxe4 Bxe4 26. Rxe4 Nd4 27. Nf3
Nc6 28. Re6 Qf8 29. Kh1 $1 {die schwarze Lage ziemlich trostlos.}) 22. Bxf7+
Qxf7 23. Ng6 Nc4 (23... Rh7 24. f6) ({und} 23... Kh7 {verliert wegen} 24. Rh4
Nc4 25. Bxh6 Kg8 26. Nxh8 Qxh5 27. Rxh5 gxh6 28. Rxh6 Kg7 29. Rh5) 24. f6 N4e5
(24... Rh7 25. Bd4 Nxd4 26. Ne7+) 25. fxg7 Qxg7 (25... Qxg6 26. gxh8=Q+ Kxh8
27. Qxg6 Nxg6 28. Rf7) 26. Nxe5 Nxe5 27. Ref1 Rh7 28. Rf6 Ng4 29. Bd4 (29. Rd6
$1 Rf8 30. Qxd5+ Kh8 31. Bd4 {war etwas schneller.}) 29... Nxf6 30. Bxf6 Qf8
31. Qg6+ Rg7 32. Bxg7 Qxg7 33. Qe6+ Kh8 34. Rf6 Qg5 35. h4 Qe3+ 36. Kh2 1-0

[Event "Dresden ZMD op-A 21st"]
[Site "Dresden"]
[Date "2012.08.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kovchan, Alexander"]
[Black "Graf, Felix"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2596"]
[BlackElo "2462"]
[Annotator "Gutman,L"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2012.08.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 {Die McCutcheon Variane war in Dresden
ziemlich populдr.} 5. e5 h6 6. Bd2 ({Interessant ist} 6. Be3 $5 {von John
Watson unter "Ein verwirrender Rьckzug, Gefдhrliche Waffen Franzцsisch,
Everyman Chess, 2007, untersucht}) 6... Bxc3 7. bxc3 ({In Schцne-Ghadimi, ZMDI
2012, Runde 9, folgte} 7. Bxc3 Ne4 8. Ne2 c5 9. dxc5 Nxc3 ({nach} 9... Nc6 10.
Bd4 Qe7 11. Ng3 Nxc5 12. Nh5 $14 {stand WeiЯ etwas aktiver in Schцne-Hoffmann,
ZMDI 2012, Runde 7}) 10. Nxc3 O-O 11. Qd2 Nd7 12. f4 Nxc5 13. O-O-O Bd7 14. Kb1
b5 15. Bd3 b4 16. Ne2 a5 17. g4 Qb6 18. g5 (18. h4 b3 19. cxb3 a4 20. b4 Nxd3
21. Qxd3 Qxb4 $15 {The modern French, Dejan Antic/ Branimir Maksimovic,New in
Chess 2012}) 18... h5 19. g6 Nxd3 20. gxf7+ Rxf7 21. cxd3 Ba4 $6 ({ein
dubioser Zug, wдhrend nach} 21... b3 $5 22. axb3 a4 $15 {Schwarz zuerst kommt})
22. Rc1 g6 23. f5 Rxf5 24. Qh6 Be8 25. d4 Rf7 $4 26. Qxg6+ Rg7 27. Qh6 Bg6+ 28.
Ka1) 7... Ne4 8. Qg4 Kf8 (8... g6 $5 {wird von John Watson, Play the Frensh, 4
Auflage, Everyman Chess 2012, empfohlen.}) 9. Qf4 $5 ({Leichter hat es Schwarz
nach} 9. Bd3 Nxd2 10. Kxd2 c5 11. Nf3 c4 $11 {,The modern French}) 9... c5 10.
Bd3 Nxd2 11. Qxd2 Nc6 12. Nf3 Qa5 ({Eine gefдhrliche Strategie mit dem Kцnig
auf f8. Solider erscheint} 12... c4 $5 13. Be2 b5 $5 14. h4 a5 15. a3 Bd7 16.
O-O Rb8 $11 {Kovchan-Poluektov, Alushta 2011}) 13. dxc5 Qxc5 14. O-O ({
Dynamischer wirkt} 14. Rb1 a6 15. a4 b6 16. O-O Bd7 17. c4 $14 {
Kurnosov-Volkov, Dresden 2007}) 14... b6 15. c4 ({Und wieder kommt} 15. Rab1 $5
Bb7 16. Rfe1 Qe7 17. Nd4 {in Betracht.}) 15... Bb7 $2 ({Etwas дngstlich
reagiert. Mцglich war} 15... dxc4 16. Be4 Ke7 17. Qd6+ Qxd6 18. exd6+ Kxd6 19.
Rad1+ Kc7 20. Ne5 Nxe5 21. Bxa8 Bd7 $11) 16. cxd5 Qxd5 17. Qe3 ({Bessere
Aussichten versprach} 17. Qf4 $5 Ne7 18. Rad1 Qc5 19. Nd4 Kg8 20. c4 $14) 17...
Nb4 18. Rfd1 Qc5 19. Qxc5+ $2 ({Und wieder ein Fehler, das Enspiel wird sich
bald als gьnstiger fьr Schwarz erwiesen. Besser geschah} 19. Nd4 Kg8 20. Be2
Nd5 $11) 19... bxc5 20. Bb5 g5 21. Ne1 a6 22. Bf1 Be4 23. Rd7 Kg7 24. Rc7 Rhc8
25. Rxc8 Rxc8 26. c3 Nd5 27. f3 Bg6 28. Rc1 c4 29. Kf2 Rc5 30. Nc2 Nf4 ({
Klaren Vorteil sicherte} 30... Bd3 31. Nb4 Bxf1 32. Kxf1 Nc7 $17) 31. Nd4 Nd3+
32. Bxd3 cxd3 $6 ({Auch jetzt war} 32... Bxd3 $17 {vorzuziehen.}) 33. Nb3 Rxe5
34. Re1 Rd5 35. c4 Rd8 36. Ke3 Kf6 $2 ({Gute Gewinnchancen versprach} 36... d2
37. Nxd2 Rd3+ 38. Ke2 Rc3 39. Kf2 Rc2 40. Ke3 Kf6 $17) 37. Kd2 a5 38. Nc5 Rd4
39. Kc3 Rd8 40. Rd1 Ke7 41. Nxd3 h5 42. Nf2 (42. Rd2 Bxd3 43. Rxd3 Rxd3+ 44.
Kxd3 Kd6 45. Kd4 e5+ 46. Ke4 Ke6 47. g4 hxg4 48. fxg4 a4 49. a3 Kd6 $11 {
fьhrt ebenfalls zum Remis.}) 42... Rxd1 43. Nxd1 Kd6 44. Nf2 Kc5 45. g3 Bb1 46.
a3 Bf5 47. h4 gxh4 48. gxh4 f6 49. Nh1 Bh7 50. Ng3 Bg6 51. f4 Kd6 52. Kb3 Kc5
53. Kc3 Kd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund-A"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kindermann, Stefan"]
[Black "Knaak, Rainer"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Hansen,Cu"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1991.03.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Knaak} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. bxc3
Ne4 8. Qg4 g6 9. Bd3 Nxd2 10. Kxd2 c5 11. Qf4 {New move. Normal is 11.Nf3. 11.
Nf3 Nc6 12.Rhb1 Qc7 13.Qf4 cxd4 14.cxd4 f5! Polgar,J-Knaak,R Dortmund B 1990.}
Nc6 12. Nf3 cxd4 13. cxd4 Qc7 14. Qf6 $1 {The point of whites move order.} (14.
Rhb1 f5 {Polgar,J-Knaak,R Dortmund B 1990}) (14. Rab1 {Knaak} f5) 14... Rg8 15.
Rab1 Bd7 16. h4 Rc8 17. Ke2 Ne7 18. Qf4 (18. h5 $5) 18... Ba4 19. Rhc1 Rh8 20.
Qf6 Rg8 21. h5 gxh5 22. Qxh6 Rxg2 23. Qxh5 {+/-->} Rg7 24. Ng5 Qd7 25. Nh7 $18
Rxh7 26. Qxh7 Qc7 27. Qh8+ Kd7 28. Qf6 Rf8 29. c4 dxc4 30. Bxc4 Qc6 31. Bxe6+
fxe6 32. Rxc6 Rxf6 33. Rd6+ Kc7 34. exf6 Kxd6 35. fxe7 b6 36. Rg1 {C.Hansen}
1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 13th"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2001.11.07"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Gashimov, Vugar"]
[Black "Baklan, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2442"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2001.11.06"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Azerbaijan"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. Bxc3 Ne4 8. Bb4
c5 9. Bxc5 Nxc5 10. dxc5 Qc7 11. Nf3 Nd7 12. Qd4 Qxc5 13. O-O-O Qxd4 14. Rxd4
Ke7 15. Rg4 Rg8 16. Bd3 Nc5 17. Nd4 Bd7 18. Re1 Nxd3+ 19. cxd3 Raf8 20. Rg3 f6
21. exf6+ Rxf6 22. Nf3 g5 23. Re2 Rgf8 24. Kd2 Be8 25. h4 gxh4 26. Rg7+ Kd6 27.
Nxh4 Rxf2 28. Rxb7 R2f7 29. Rxf7 Rxf7 30. Nf3 Rg7 31. Nd4 Bd7 32. Nf3 Be8 33.
Nd4 Bd7 34. Nf3 Rg3 35. d4 Be8 36. Ne5 Bg6 37. Rf2 Bf5 38. Nf7+ Ke7 39. Nxh6
Bg6 40. Ng8+ Kd6 41. Ke1 Rg4 42. Rd2 Rh4 43. Nf6 Ke7 44. Rf2 Rxd4 45. b3 Rh4
46. Ng8+ Kd6 47. Rf8 Rh1+ 48. Kf2 d4 49. b4 Ra1 50. Rd8+ Ke5 51. g4 Rxa2+ 52.
Kg3 d3 53. Ne7 Be4 54. b5 Rg2+ 55. Kh3 Rg1 56. Nc6+ Kf4 57. Rf8+ Ke3 58. Ne5
Bd5 59. Nxd3 Kxd3 60. Rf7 Kc4 61. Rxa7 Kxb5 62. Kh4 Bf3 63. Rg7 Rxg4+ {[#]
Ьbergang in elementar gewonnenes Bauernendspiel wegen Opposition. Baklan kennt
sich eben aus.} 64. Rxg4 Bxg4 65. Kxg4 Kc4 (65... Kc4 66. Kf3 (66. Kf4 Kd4 67.
Kf3 e5 68. Ke2 (68. Kf2 Kd3 $19) 68... Ke4 $19) 66... Kd4 67. Ke2 Ke4 68. Kd2
Kf3 $19) 0-1

[Event "Itau Mercosul Cup 3rd"]
[Site "Sao Paulo"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Milos, Gilberto"]
[Black "De Souza, Mauro Guimaraes"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2586"]
[BlackElo "2359"]
[Annotator "Hindemburg,Melao"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "1999.10.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. bxc3 Ne4 8. Qg4
g6 9. Bd3 Nxd2 10. Kxd2 c5 11. Nf3 Qc7 12. h4 Nc6 13. Rhb1 (13. h5 g5 14. Nh2
$6 Qa5 $1 $17) 13... cxd4 14. cxd4 Bd7 15. Rb2 Rc8 16. Rab1 Na5 17. Ke2 b5 18.
Nd2 a6 19. Rh1 (19. Nb3 Nc4 20. Bxc4 Qxc4+ 21. Ke1 Qc3+ 22. Kf1 Rc4 $13) (19.
h5 $5) 19... Qd8 20. Rh3 Qe7 21. Rf3 h5 $11 22. Qg3 Rf8 23. Kd1 Bc6 24. Be2 Nc4
25. Rb1 (25. Nxc4 dxc4 $132) 25... b4 26. Rfb3 Nxd2 27. Kxd2 a5 28. R1b2 Ba4
29. Rf3 Qa7 {>< Pd4} 30. Qf4 Qc7 $15 31. Kc1 (31. g4 hxg4 32. Qxg4 Qc3+ 33.
Rxc3 (33. Kc1 Qe1+ 34. Bd1 Rc4 $17) 33... bxc3+ 34. Kc1 cxb2+ 35. Kxb2 Rxc2+
36. Ka3 Bd7 $15) 31... Rb8 32. Bd3 Qe7 33. a3 $5 Bb5 (33... b3 34. cxb3 Qxa3
35. Bc2 Qb4 (35... Bb5 36. Qd2 $11) 36. Qd2 Bd7 37. Qxb4 Rxb4 38. Rd3 $11) 34.
axb4 axb4 35. Bxb5+ Rxb5 36. Ra3 Qb7 (36... bxa3 37. Rxb5 Qa7 38. Kb1 Kd7 39.
Ka2 Qc7 40. Qd2 Qc4+ 41. Rb3 Rc8 42. Kxa3 Qxc2 43. Qxc2 Rxc2 44. Rb2 $11) 37.
Ra4 b3 $6 (37... Kd7 $11) 38. Qf3 $1 (38. cxb3 Rxb3 39. Rxb3 Qxb3 40. Ra8+ $11)
38... bxc2 39. Qa3 $1 $18 (39. Rxc2 Rb1+ 40. Kd2 Rb3 41. Qf4 $11) 39... Rxb2 $8
40. Ra8+ $1 Qb8 $8 41. Qa7 $1 (41. Qa4+ Kd8 42. Qa6 $5 $11 (42. Qa5+ $2 Kd7 $1
43. Ra7+ Ke8 44. Qa4+ Qb5 45. Ra8+ Kd7 46. Qxb5+ Rxb5 47. Rxf8 Ke7 48. Ra8 Rb4
$17)) 41... Rb1+ $8 42. Kxc2 Rb2+ $1 43. Kd3 Rb3+ 44. Ke2 Qxa8 45. Qxa8+ Ke7
46. Qa7+ Kd8 47. Qa4 $4 (47. Qa5+ Ke7 (47... Ke8 48. Qa4+) (47... Kd7 48. Qa4+)
(47... Kc8 48. Qc5+) 48. Qc7+ Ke8 49. Qc2 $1 Ra3 (49... Rb5 50. Qc6+) (49...
Rb4 50. Qc8+ Ke7 51. Qc5+) (49... Rb6 50. Qc8+ Ke7 51. Qc7+) (49... Rb7 50.
Qc8+) (49... Rb8 50. Qc6+ Ke7 51. Qd6+) 50. Qc8+ Ke7 51. Qc5+ $18) 47... Rb8
$14 48. Ke3 Rc8 49. Qa7 Ke8 (49... Rc4 $5) 50. Qb7 (50. Kf4 Rd8 51. Kg5 Rd7 52.
Qa8+ Ke7 53. Qa3+ Ke8 54. Kf6 Rg8 $1 55. Qa8+ Rd8 56. Qc6+ Rd7 57. f3 g5 $1 58.
Qa8+ $11 (58. hxg5 $4 Rg6#)) 50... Rd8 51. f3 f6 $2 {As Pretas conduziram
muito bem todas as fases da partida e mereciam o empate...} (51... Rd7 52. Qc8+
Ke7 53. Qc5+ Ke8 54. g4 Rh8 $11) 52. Qg7 $18 fxe5 53. Qxg6+ Kd7 54. Qg7+ Kc6
55. Qxe5 Rde8 56. Qxh5 1-0

[Event "Itau Mercosul Cup 3rd"]
[Site "Sao Paulo"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Milos, Gilberto"]
[Black "Vescovi, Giovanni P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2586"]
[BlackElo "2522"]
[Annotator "Hindemburg,Melao"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "1999.10.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. bxc3 Ne4 8. Qg4
g6 9. Bd3 Nxd2 10. Kxd2 Qe7 (10... c5 11. h4 Nc6 12. Rh3 Bd7 (12... Qa5 13.
Bxg6 $5) 13. Bxg6 $2 (13. Rf3 $5) 13... Rg8 14. Bxf7+ (14. h5 fxg6 15. hxg6
Qg5+ 16. Qxg5 hxg5 17. Rh6 cxd4 $19) 14... Kxf7 15. Qh5+ Ke7 16. Rf3 Qe8 17.
Qxh6 Qg6 18. Qe3 Na5 $19 {>< c4, Qe3, Kd2 Melгo - Maia, Sгo Paulo, 1999}) 11.
Nf3 b6 12. h4 {com a intenзгo de debilitar 'g4' e conseguir manobrar um Cavalo
para 'f6'} Ba6 (12... h5 $5 {deixaria as casas Pretas na ala do Rei muito
dйbeis. As Brancas poderiam prosseguir com} 13. Qf4 {e depois de Ng5, Rh3-f3
criaria um forte ataque na ala do Rei, com pressгo nos pontos 'f7', 'g6'.}) 13.
Bxa6 Nxa6 14. h5 g5 15. Nh2 c5 16. Qe2 Nb8 17. Ng4 Nd7 18. Qd3 Rc8 19. Rhb1 {
>< b5, b6, <->a} Kf8 20. a4 Rc7 21. a5 Kg7 22. axb6 Nxb6 23. Ra6 Rc6 24. Kd1
Rc7 25. Rba1 Nc4 26. Qf3 cxd4 27. Qf6+ $1 Kg8 (27... Qxf6 28. exf6+ Kh7 29.
cxd4 (29. Rxa7 $5)) 28. Qxe7 (28. Rc6 Qd7 29. Rxc7 (29. Rca6 Qe7 $11) 29...
Qxc7 30. Nxh6+ Rxh6 31. Qxh6 Qxe5 32. Rxa7 Nb2+ 33. Kc1 Qe1+ 34. Kxb2 Qxc3+ $11
) (28. Nxh6+ Kh7 29. Ng4 Qxf6 30. Nxf6+ Kh6 31. cxd4 Nb2+ 32. Kd2 Rhc8 33. Rc1
Nc4+ 34. Ke2 $16) 28... Rxe7 29. cxd4 Kg7 30. Rxa7 Rxa7 31. Rxa7 Rc8 32. Nf6
Nd6 33. exd6 $5 Kxf6 34. Kd2 Rd8 35. Ra6 Rc8 (35... e5 $5 36. d7+ Kf5 37. dxe5
Kxe5 38. Rxh6 Rxd7 39. Rh8 f5) 36. g4 Kg7 37. c3 Kf8 38. Rb6 Ke8 39. Kc2 Kf8
40. Kb2 Ke8 41. Kb3 Ra8 42. Kb4 Rc8 (42... Kd7 43. Rb7+ Kxd6 44. Rxf7) 43. Rb7
$18 Rc4+ 44. Kb3 Rc6 45. Rb8+ ({a maneira mais rбpida de vencer era} 45. f4 $1
gxf4 (45... f6 46. Re7+ Kf8 47. Rxe6 Rb6+ 48. Kc2 Kf7 49. d7 Rb8 50. Re8 $1
Rxe8 51. dxe8=Q+ Kxe8 52. fxg5 fxg5 53. c4 dxc4 54. Kc3 $18) 46. g5 Rxd6 (46...
Kf8 47. gxh6 Kg8 48. d7 $18) 47. gxh6 e5 $8 48. h7 Rh6 49. h8=Q+ Rxh8 50. Rb8+
Ke7 51. Rxh8 f3 52. Ra8 e4 53. Ra1 e3 (53... Kf6 54. h6 Kg6 55. Rh1 Kh7 56. Kc2
$18) 54. h6 $1 f2 (54... Kf6 55. Rh1 f2 56. h7 $18) 55. h7 e2 56. h8=Q e1=Q 57.
Ra7+ Kd6 (57... Ke6 58. Qe8+ Kf5 59. Rxf7+ Kg4 60. Qg8+ Kh3 61. Rh7#) 58. Qf8+
Ke6 (58... Kc6 59. Qc5#) 59. Qxf7+ Kd6 60. Qd7#) 45... Kd7 46. Rh8 Kxd6 47.
Rxh6 Rc8 48. Rf6 Ke7 49. Rf3 Kf8 50. Kb4 Kg7 51. Re3 Kf6 52. Kb5 Ke7 53. Kb6
Rh8 54. Rh3 Rh6 55. Kc7 Kf8 56. Kd7 Rf6 57. h6 Kg8 58. h7+ Kh8 59. f3 Rf4 60.
Ke7 f5 61. Kxe6 fxg4 62. fxg4 Rxg4 63. Kxd5 1-0

[Event "Paleochora op 13th"]
[Site "Paleochora"]
[Date "2020.07.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Christiansen, Johan Sebastian"]
[Black "David, Alberto"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2526"]
[Annotator "Kapnisis,Spyridon"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2020.07.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,117,24,24,73,37,37,50,82,50,102,34,13,53,53,53,53,-37,-6,-6,32,-28,47,
47,59,-15,74,28,28,34,107,43,49,43,25,25,25,25,41,34,44,34,34,-46,-46,-46,-46,
-26,-36,5,5,-2,0,0,0,-6,-6,-34,-34,-84,9,-54,-54,-54,-54,-46,-53,-30,-45,-78,
19,35,38,10,38,10,38,4,60,59,59,87,87,87,103,94,112,66,66,53,53,53,53,55,168,
92,51,76,82,82,120,120,150,150,301,290,309,309,309,309,329,356,390,400,400,419,
419,429,451,389]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bd2 Bxc3
7. bxc3 Ne4 {[#]} 8. Bc1 $5 {An interesting pawn sacrifice that has been tried
in the past by the Norwegian GM.} (8. Qg4 {is by far the main line.}) 8... Nxc3
(8... c5 9. Ne2 {Probably the best.} (9. Qg4 g6 10. Bd3 (10. dxc5 $2 Qa5 11.
Ne2 Nc6 $15 {0-1 (57) Kourkoulos Arditis,S (2473)-Polivanov,A (2452) chess.com
INT 2020}) 10... cxd4 $6 (10... Nxc3 $13) 11. Nf3 (11. Ne2 $5) 11... dxc3 12.
O-O Nc6 13. Bxe4 dxe4 14. Qxe4 $40 {[%cal Yc1a3] 1-0 (37) Van Foreest,J (2618)
-Sindarov,J (2505) Moscow RUS 2019}) (9. Bd3 Nxc3 10. Qg4 g6 (10... Kf8 11.
dxc5 Qa5 12. Bd2 Qa4 $13) 11. dxc5 Qa5 12. Bd2 Qa4 (12... Qxc5 13. Ne2 $44) 13.
h3 Ne4 $13) 9... f6 (9... cxd4 $2 10. cxd4 Nc6 11. c3 $16 {1-0 (31) Warmerdam,
M (2506)-McNeill,G (2114) chess.com INT 2020}) (9... Qa5 $6 10. f3 $1 Nxc3 $2 (
10... Ng5 11. h4 Nh7 12. Kf2 $5 $14) 11. Qd2 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Qc7 13. Bb2 Qxe5+ (
13... Na4 14. Nb5 Qd8 15. Ba3 $18 {1-0 (35) Zarubitski,V (2344)-Favaloro,A 
(2260) Tarvisio ITA 2017}) 14. Kf2 Na4 15. Bb5+ Bd7 16. Bxa4 Bxa4 17. Qb4 $18 {
1-0 (19) Beerdsen,T (2482)-Groffen,H (2067) Netherlands NED 2019}) 10. Ng3 (10.
f3 Ng5 11. Nf4 O-O 12. Ng6 Rf7 13. h4 (13. Be2) 13... Nh7 14. exf6 $14) 10...
O-O 11. Nxe4 dxe4 12. exf6 Qxf6 $13 {1/2 (19) Perez Ponsa,F (2560)-Santiago,Y 
(2473) Sao Paulo BRA 2019}) 9. Qg4 g6 (9... Kf8 10. Qg3 $1 Ne4 11. Qa3+ Kg8 12.
Ne2 Ng5 (12... b6 13. h4 Ba6 14. Rh3 $16 {[%csl Re4][%cal Yf2f3]}) 13. h4 Nh7
14. Nf4 $40 {[%cal Yf4h5,Ya3g3]} (14. g4 {1/2 (41) Christiansen,J (2554)
-Volkov,S (2547) Hell NOR 2019})) 10. Bd3 Qe7 $1 11. Bd2 Na4 12. h4 (12. Nf3
Bd7 (12... c5 13. dxc5 Nxc5 14. O-O Nc6 15. Rfe1 $44) (12... Nc6 13. Bb5 Nb6
14. Bxc6+ (14. O-O $13) 14... bxc6 15. O-O c5 16. Qh3 $44 {[%cal Yd2g5]}) (
12... Nb2 $5) 13. Rb1 Bc6 14. Bb4 Qd7 15. Qf4 $44 {White's long term
compensation is indisputable.}) 12... Bd7 13. h5 (13. Rb1 $5 Nc6 14. Rxb7 Nb6
15. Rxc7 Rb8 $1 16. Ne2 Kd8 17. Rxd7+ Qxd7 18. O-O $44) 13... g5 14. Rb1 Nc6 {
[#]} (14... c5 15. c3 $44 {[%cal Yf2f4,Yg1e2]} (15. Rxb7 c4 16. Bb4 Qd8 {[#]}
17. Bg6 $1 (17. Be2 $2 Qc8 $19) 17... Qc8 (17... fxg6 $2 18. hxg6 $18 {Black
is getting mated after g7 and Qh5.}) 18. Qf3 $1 Qxb7 19. Qxf7+ Kd8 20. Qf6+ Kc7
21. Ba5+ Nb6 22. Qxh8 Nc6 23. Qxh6 Nxa5 24. Ne2 $13)) 15. Ne2 $6 (15. Rxb7 $1 {
White should have accepted the challenge and sacrifice the exchange while
gaining a couple of pawns. After Rxb7 the black king will never find a safe
shelter and that's why the exchange sacrifice is fully justified.} Nb6 (15...
Qa3) 16. Rxc7 Kd8 17. Rxc6 Bxc6 18. f4 $44) 15... O-O-O 16. f4 gxf4 17. Qxf4
Rdg8 {Black should be satisfied by the oucome of the opening.} 18. O-O Be8 19.
Qf6 Qf8 (19... Qxf6 20. Rxf6 Nb6 21. Rbf1 $13) 20. Bb5 Nb6 21. Bxc6 $6 {[#]} (
21. Rf2 Qg7 {Black's extra pawn secures him the better chances.}) 21... Bxc6 $1
{Black correctly sacrifices the f7 pawn but frees his light-squared bishop
while keeping his pawn structure intact.} (21... bxc6 $2 22. Qf3 $14 {[%csl
Rc8,Re8]}) 22. Qxf7 Qxf7 23. Rxf7 Nc4 $17 24. Bc1 Ba4 $6 (24... Be8 25. Rf6
Bxh5 26. Nf4 Bg4 $17) 25. Rb3 $1 {[#]} Be8 $1 (25... Bxb3 $6 {Accepting the
exchange sacrifice would be a mistake since White drastically improves his
pawn structure and the black knight needs to leave the wonderful c4 square.}
26. axb3 Na5 27. Nf4 Rf8 $1 28. Rg7 (28. Rxf8+ $5 Rxf8 29. Nxe6 Rh8 30. Nf4 $13
) 28... Rfg8 $11) 26. Rf6 (26. Re7 $5 Bxh5 27. Nf4 Bg4 28. Nxe6 Bxe6 29. Rxe6
Rg4 $15) 26... Bxh5 27. Nf4 Bg4 28. Rg3 $2 (28. Nxe6 $5) 28... h5 29. Nxe6 h4
30. Rd3 Bxe6 31. Rxe6 Rg4 32. Rf6 h3 33. g3 Re4 $1 34. Rdf3 $1 {[#]
Sacrificing the pawn on d4 is necessary in order to defend against black's
threats.} Re2 $2 {Black loses valuable time and permits White to balance the
game. Eliminating the pawns on d4 and e5 should have been preferred.} (34... c5
$1 35. c3 (35. e6 cxd4 $17) (35. dxc5 $2 h2+ $1 36. Kh1 Nxe5 37. Rf1 Ng4 38.
R6f4 Rhe8 $19 {White has no counterplay while the pawn on h2 is a constant
reason of worry for White.}) 35... b5 $5 (35... cxd4 36. cxd4 Rxd4 37. e6 Re4
38. Kh2 d4 {is probably holdable for White but it is not going to be very easy.
}) 36. R3f4 (36. e6 b4 $1 $19) 36... Re2 37. a3 cxd4 38. cxd4 Rg8 39. Kh1 a6 $1
$17) (34... Rxd4 35. e6 h2+ 36. Kh1 Rd1+ 37. Rf1 Rxf1+ 38. Rxf1 c5 39. Rf2 Kc7
$15) 35. Rf2 Re1+ 36. Rf1 Re2 37. R6f2 $1 Re4 (37... Rxf2 $2 {Exchanging rooks
is a clear mistake since the white king becomes safe and White will try to
take advantage of his two passed pawns.} 38. Rxf2 $16) 38. Kh2 b6 $2 {[#]} (
38... Rxd4 $2 39. e6 $18) (38... c5 $5 39. Rf8+ Rxf8 40. Rxf8+ Kd7 41. dxc5
Nxe5 42. Kxh3 Rc4 $11) 39. c3 $2 (39. Rf8+ $1 {Exchanging a pair of rooks
would make White's work a lot easier.} Rxf8 40. Rxf8+ Kd7 (40... Kb7 41. c3 b5
(41... c5 42. Rf4 Re1 43. Rf7+ Kc6 44. Bf4 $18) 42. Bf4 b4 43. cxb4 Rxd4 44. e6
$16) 41. Rf7+ Ke8 42. Rxc7 Rxd4 43. Bg5 $16) 39... Kb7 40. Rf7 a5 41. R1f2 b5
42. Bf4 b4 43. cxb4 axb4 44. e6 Rxe6 45. Rxc7+ Kb6 46. Rc5 {[#]} Rg8 (46... Ne3
$5 47. Bxe3 Rxe3 48. Rxd5 Rg8 {The position has been simplified to an equal
four rooks endgame.}) 47. Kxh3 Ne3 48. Bc7+ Ka6 $6 (48... Kb7 49. Rf4 $1 Ra6
$11 (49... Rf6 $5 50. Be5 Rh8+ 51. Rh4 Rf1 52. Kh2 Rf2+ $11)) 49. Rf4 $1 Reg6
$6 (49... Rf8 $1 50. g4 (50. Rxf8 $4 Rh6#) 50... Rh6+ 51. Kg3 Rg8 {[%cal Yh6g6]
It is difficult for white to make progress}) 50. Rh4 R8g7 $6 (50... Nf5 51. Rh7
Nxd4 52. Ra5+ Kb7 53. Be5+ Kb6 54. Rxd5 Nf3 {Black should be able to make a
draw here as well.}) 51. Rh8 {[#]} Rxc7 $4 {An exchange sacrifice which shows
signs of panic. There was no reason for Black to take such drastic measures.} (
51... Rg8 $14) 52. Rxc7 Nf5 53. g4 $18 Nxd4 54. Rd7 Ne6 55. Kg3 Nc5 56. Rxd5
Ne4+ 57. Kf3 Nc3 58. Rf5 Kb7 59. g5 1-0

[Event "Dortmunder Schachtage-B 18th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1990.04.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Knaak, Rainer"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "1990.04.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. bxc3 Ne4 8. Qg4
g6 9. Bd3 Nxd2 10. Kxd2 c5 11. Nf3 Nc6 12. Rhb1 Qc7 13. Qf4 $6 {Simply
overlooking the advance of the f-pawn?} cxd4 14. cxd4 f5 $10 15. h4 Bd7 16. a4
(16. g4 $5) 16... O-O-O $15 17. Ke2 Kb8 18. Ra3 Rdg8 $1 19. Rh1 Qd8 $17 20. Qd2
g5 21. Qc3 gxh4 22. a5 Rxg2 $2 (22... Ka8) 23. Rb1 Ka8 24. Rab3 $1 Nxa5 $6 25.
Ra3 Nc4 26. Bxc4 dxc4 27. d5 $5 Rg4 $6 28. Qb4 $1 Bc8 29. d6 $5 (29. Qc5 $1 a6
30. d6) 29... b6 30. Nd2 Kb8 31. Nxc4 Rh7 32. Qc3 $2 (32. Qa4 $1 {/\ Nb6} Rb7
33. Rxb6 $1 Qxb6 34. Nxb6 Rxa4 35. Nxa4 $18) 32... Rb7 33. Rab3 Rgg7 34. Qf3
Qg5 $17 35. Ne3 f4 36. Nc4 Qf5 37. Rc3 h3 38. Qxh3 Qe4+ 39. Kd2 Qd4+ 40. Kc1 b5
$4 (40... Bd7) (40... Rg3 $1) 41. Na5 Bd7 $8 42. Nxb7 b4 43. Rxb4 Qxb4 44. Nc5
Rg1+ 45. Kd2 Qd4+ 46. Nd3 Rd1+ 47. Kxd1 Qxc3 48. Qxh6 Ba4 49. Qh8+ Kb7 50. Qh7+
Ka6 51. Ne1 Qa1+ 52. Kd2 Qxe5 53. d7 Qa5+ $8 (53... Qd5+ $2 54. Qd3+ Qxd3+ 55.
Nxd3 $18) 54. c3 Qd8 55. Nd3 Kb6 56. Ne5 Kc7 57. Qe4 Bxd7 58. Qxf4 Bb5+ 59. Kc1
Qd6 60. c4 Ba4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Far East Bank op"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1990.06.07"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Djuric, Stefan"]
[Black "Knaak, Rainer"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1990.05.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{SCHACH 8-9/1990 Seiten 35-36 Inf 49/343} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5
Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. Bxc3 Ne4 8. Bd2 Nxd2 9. Qxd2 b6 10. Nf3 O-O 11. h4
c5 12. Rh3 Nc6 13. Rg3 Kh8 14. c3 cxd4 15. cxd4 a5 16. Rc1 Ne7 17. h5 Bd7 18.
Bd3 Rc8 19. Rxc8 Qxc8 {[#]} 20. Ng5 $1 Nc6 $2 21. Nh7 $1 Rd8 22. Bb1 Ne7 (22...
Nxd4 23. Rc3 $1 Nc6 24. Nf6 Qc7 (24... Qb8 25. Nxd7 Rxd7 26. Rxc6 $18) 25. Qc2
Qxe5+ 26. Re3 Qf5 27. Qxf5 exf5 28. Nxd7 $18) 23. Nf6 Bb5 24. Rc3 Qb8 25. g4
Ba6 26. Qc2 g6 27. hxg6 Nxg6 28. Qc1 Kg7 29. Bxg6 Kxg6 30. Qc2+ (30. Qc2+ Kg7
31. Qh7+ Kf8 32. Nd7+ $1) 1-0

[Event "RSFSR-ch"]
[Site "Kuibyshev"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shabanov, Yuri"]
[Black "Poluljahov, Aleksandr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2375"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1990.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "6"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. bxc3 Ne4 8. Qg4
g6 9. Bd3 Nxd2 10. Kxd2 a6 $6 {Tempoverlust} 11. Qf4 (11. h4 $1) 11... c5 12.
Nf3 cxd4 13. Nxd4 Nc6 14. Rae1 Bd7 15. Qf6 $5 Qxf6 16. exf6 Kd8 17. f4 Nxd4 18.
cxd4 Kc7 19. c3 Kd6 20. h4 h5 $14 {WeiЯ sollte die Stellung nicht gewinnen
kцnnen.} 21. Ra1 Bc6 22. a4 Rac8 23. Rhb1 Kc7 24. a5 Kd6 25. Rb6 Kc7 26. Rab1
Rhg8 27. R1b4 Rgd8 28. Be2 Rd6 29. Ke3 Rcd8 30. Kf2 R6d7 31. g3 Rf8 32. Ke3
Rfd8 33. Bd1 Bb5 34. Be2 Bc6 35. Bf1 Rf8 36. Kd2 Rfd8 37. Kc2 Rf8 38. Kb2 Rfd8
39. Bd3 Rf8 40. Ka3 Ra8 41. Bc2 Rb8 42. Bd3 Ra8 43. Be2 Rad8 44. Kb2 Rf8 45.
Bf3 Bb5 46. c4 $5 dxc4 $4 (46... Bc6) 47. Rxb7+ Kc8 48. R4xb5 $1 axb5 49. Rxd7
Kxd7 50. a6 c3+ 51. Kc2 1-0

[Event "Minsk"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Sulskis, Sarunas"]
[Black "Savchenko, Stanislav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 054"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 {Die Mac Cutcheon Variante gilt als
nicht ganz vollwertig fьr Schwarz, aber die Ergebnisse sprechen eine andere
Sprache.} 5. e5 h6 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. bxc3 Ne4 8. Qg4 g6 9. h4 c5 10. Bd3 Nxd2 11.
Kxd2 Nc6 12. Nf3 (12. Rh3 $2 cxd4 13. cxd4 Qb6 14. Nf3 (14. Ne2 Qb4+ 15. Kd1
Nxe5 $17) 14... Bd7 15. Rhh1 $15) (12. Qf4 $5) 12... Qa5 (12... Qc7 $5 $13) (
12... cxd4 $5 13. cxd4 Bd7 $13) 13. Qf4 {Deckt e5, so daЯ WeiЯ auf d4 stets
mit dem Springer wiedernehmen kann.} b6 $5 (13... cxd4 14. Nxd4 Nxd4 15. Qxd4
Bd7 16. Rhb1 $14) 14. h5 (14. Rhb1 Ba6 15. a4 Bxd3 16. cxd3 a6 (16... cxd4 17.
Nxd4 Nxd4 18. Qxd4 $14 {Piskov}) 17. dxc5 Qxc5 18. d4 Qa5 (18... Qc4 19. Rxb6
Rc8 20. Ra3 Qf1 $13 {Piskov}) 19. Kd3 $1 Rc8 20. Qc1 g5 21. Qb2 $1 gxh4 22.
Qxb6 $1 $14 {1/2-1/2 Aseev,K-Piskov,Y/Berlin op 1991 (53)}) 14... gxh5 (14...
g5 {Sieht gewagt aus. Nach} 15. Qf6 Rg8 {steht WeiЯ am Kцnigsflьgel hoch
ьberlegen, muЯ aber erst die schwarze Initiative am Damenflьgel abwehren,} 16.
Nh2 (16. Bh7 Rf8 17. Qxh6 cxd4 18. Qxg5) 16... cxd4 17. Ng4 Qxc3+ 18. Ke2 Ba6
19. Bxa6 d3+ 20. cxd3 Nd4+ 21. Ke3 Nf5+ 22. Kf3) 15. Rxh5 Ba6 16. Qf6 (16. Bxa6
Qxa6 17. Rxh6 Rxh6 18. Qxh6 O-O-O 19. Qe3 Qa3 20. Qd3 Na5 21. Ke2 Nc4 22. Nd2
Nb2 23. Qb5 Qxc3 24. Rb1 Nc4 25. Nxc4 dxc4 26. Qc6+ Kb8 27. Rxb6+ axb6 28.
Qxb6+ {1/2-1/2 Kovalev,A-Glek,I/BL 9394}) 16... Rf8 17. Bxa6 Qxa6 18. Rxh6 cxd4
19. Nxd4 $6 (19. cxd4 $1 {Scheinbar ist der schwarze Springer deutlich besser
als sein weiЯer Kollege und der Springertausch zugunsten von WeiЯ, aber in der
Partie ist der schwache Kцnig das Hauptproblem des WeiЯen und der Springer ist
bekanntlich 'der beste Freund des Kцnigs'.} Qa5+ $1 (19... Rc8 $6 20. Rh8 Nb4 (
20... Qa5+ 21. c3 Ne7 22. Rxf8+ Kxf8 23. Qh6+ $14) 21. Rxf8+ Kxf8 22. Rh1 Rxc2+
23. Ke3 Qd3+ 24. Kf4 Qf5+ 25. Qxf5 exf5 26. a3 Nd3+ 27. Kxf5 Rxf2 28. Kf6 Rxg2
29. Rh8+ Rg8 30. Rxg8+ Kxg8 31. Ng5 $14) 20. c3 Qa3 21. Rc1 Qxa2+ 22. Rc2 Qb1
23. Rh8 Na5 24. Rxf8+ Kxf8 25. c4 $1 Nb3+ 26. Kc3 Na1 $1 27. Qh6+ Kg8 28. Rb2
Qf1 $10 {Analyse mit Hilfe von Fritz}) 19... Nxd4 20. cxd4 Rc8 $15 {Trotz des
Minusbauern hat Schwarz ein wenig bessere Aussichten. Sein eigener Kцnig ist
vorerst sicher und das Spiel gegen den weiЯen Kцnig wird wenigstens den Pa2
einbringen. Allerdings ist die Remisbreite noch nicht ьberschritten.} 21. Rh3 (
21. Qf3 Rc4 22. Qe3 Qa5+ 23. Kc1 Qa4 24. c3 b5 $36) 21... Rc4 22. Rd3 Qa5+ $1
23. c3 (23. Kc1 Qe1+ 24. Kb2 Rxc2+ 25. Kxc2 Qxa1 $15) 23... Qa3 24. Rc1 (24.
Kc2 $6 b5 $17) 24... Qxa2+ 25. Rc2 Qb1 26. Rh3 Qf1 27. Ra2 Rc7 28. Qf3 Rg8 29.
g4 Qb1 30. Rc2 b5 31. Rh1 Qb3 32. Qd3 Rxg4 33. Rh8+ Ke7 34. Rb8 a6 $6 (34...
Qa4 $5 35. Rxb5 (35. Qxb5 $2 Rxd4+ $19) (35. Qf3 $2 Rxd4+ $19) 35... Rxd4 $1
36. cxd4 Rxc2+ 37. Qxc2 Qxb5 38. Qc7+ Qd7 $17) 35. Qf3 $1 Rxd4+ 36. Kc1 Qa3+
37. Kb1 Qb3+ (37... Ra4 38. Qf6+ Kd7 39. Qxf7+ Qe7 40. Qg8 $13) 38. Kc1 Qa3+
39. Kb1 Qb3+ 40. Kc1 Qa3+ 41. Kb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Stara Zagora zt-B"]
[Site "Stara Zagora"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sznapik, Aleksander"]
[Black "Knaak, Rainer"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1990.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. bxc3 Ne4 8. Qg4
g6 9. h4 c5 10. Nf3 Nc6 11. Bd3 Nxd2 12. Kxd2 Bd7 13. Qf4 Qe7 14. Rab1 O-O-O
$10 15. dxc5 Qxc5 16. Nd4 f5 $1 17. Rb5 Qe7 18. Rhb1 b6 19. Rxd5 $1 g5 $1 (
19... exd5 $2 20. Ba6+ Kb8 21. e6+ Ka8 22. Qc7 Na5 23. Nc6 $1 Bxc6 24. Qxe7 $18
) 20. Nxc6 (20. Qh2 $13) 20... Bxc6 21. Rxd8+ Rxd8 22. hxg5 hxg5 $44 23. Qc4
Kc7 24. f3 Rd5 25. Re1 $2 (25. Rh1 $10) 25... a5 $1 $17 26. a4 Qc5 27. Qxc5
Rxc5 28. c4 f4 29. Kc3 Bxa4 $19 30. Kd4 Bc6 31. Rh1 a4 32. Ra1 Ra5 33. Ra3 Kd7
34. Ra1 a3 $6 (34... Ke7 $19) 35. Kc3 g4 $6 (35... a2 36. Kb3 Rxe5 37. Rxa2 Ra5
$1 $19) 36. fxg4 Rxe5 37. Rxa3 Bxg2 $2 (37... Ra5 $1 $17) 38. Ra7+ Kd6 39. Rf7
$10 f3 40. Rf4 Rg5 41. Kd2 e5 42. Rf6+ Kc5 43. Ke3 Rxg4 44. Re6 Rg5 45. Rh6 f2
46. Kxf2 Bc6 47. Re6 Bd7 48. Rh6 Rg4 49. Ke3 Bc6 50. Rh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings 9091"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1990.12.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Chandler, Murray G"]
[Black "King, Daniel J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1990.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. Bxf6 gxf6 7. Nge2 Nc6
8. a3 $5 {N} (8. Qd2) 8... Bxc3+ 9. Nxc3 $1 Qxd4 10. Qxd4 Nxd4 11. O-O-O c5 (
11... e5 12. Nd5 O-O $14) 12. Ne4 b6 (12... Ke7 13. Nxc5 e5 14. c3 Ne6 15. Ne4
f5 16. Nd6 Nc5 17. b4 $16) 13. c3 $1 Nf5 (13... Nc6 14. Bb5 $18) 14. g4 Nh4 (
14... Bb7 15. Nxf6+ Ke7 16. Rd7+ Kxf6 17. Rxb7) 15. Nxf6+ Ke7 16. g5 $14 h6 17.
f4 Rb8 18. Bb5 hxg5 19. fxg5 Nf3 $2 (19... Rb7 $5 20. Rd3 (20. Rhe1 $6 Nf3 21.
Bc6 Nxe1 22. Bxb7 Bxb7) 20... Rc7 21. Rhd1 Ng6 $13) 20. h4 $1 $18 Nxh4 21. Ng4
Bb7 (21... Ng6 22. Rxh8 Nxh8 23. Ne5 Bb7 24. Rd7+ Kf8 25. Rc7 Bc8) 22. Rd7+ Kf8
23. Rf1 Nf5 24. Ne5 Rh2 25. Rxf7+ Kg8 26. g6 Kh8 (26... Nd6 27. Nd7) 27. Bd3
Bg2 28. Rg1 Ng7 29. Rf2 1-0

[Event "Bern op"]
[Site "Bern"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Hebden, Mark"]
[Black "Vaisser, Anatoli"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "1992.02.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 028"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. bxc3 Ne4 8. Qg4
g6 9. Bd3 Nxd2 10. Kxd2 c5 11. h4 Qa5 12. Nf3 $1 (12. Rh3 cxd4 13. Bxg6 Qc7 14.
Rf3 $13 {Euwe-Maroczy/Haag/1921}) (12. h5 g5 13. f4 cxd4 14. Nf3 $2 (14. Ke2
$13) 14... dxc3+ $19 {Seirawan-Makarycev/Reykjavik op/1990}) 12... Nc6 13. Qf4
cxd4 (13... b6 14. Rhb1 Ba6 15. a4 Bxd3 16. cxd3 a6 17. dxc5 Qxc5 18. d4 $14 {
Assev-Piskov/Berlin op/1991/i51/281}) 14. Nxd4 Nxd4 15. Qxd4 $14 Bd7 16. Rhb1 {
N} (16. Rab1 b6 17. Qb4 Qxb4 18. cxb4 a6 19. c4 (19. Rhc1 Bb5 20. c4 dxc4 21.
Bxc4 O-O 22. Ke3 Rfd8 23. Rb3 g5 24. hxg5 hxg5 25. g3 $10 {Brunner-Glek/BL
9091/1991}) 19... dxc4 20. Bxc4 Bb5 21. Rbc1 O-O 22. Kc3 Rac8 23. Kb3 $10 {
Tomczak-Dokhoian/BL 9091/1991}) 16... Bc6 (16... b6 $2 17. a4 Qc5 18. Qxc5 bxc5
19. Rb7 $16) 17. Rb4 O-O-O 18. Rab1 Rd7 19. a4 Kb8 20. f3 Rc8 21. Ke2 Qd8 22.
Kf2 Ka8 23. Qe3 h5 24. Kg1 Qa5 25. Qd4 Qd8 26. Qe3 Rdc7 27. a5 Be8 28. c4 d4
29. Qf4 Bc6 30. c5 (30. Be4 $1 $16) 30... Qd5 31. Qxd4 Qxd4+ 32. Rxd4 Bd5 33.
c4 Bc6 34. Rd6 a6 35. Rb6 Ka7 36. Kf2 Rg8 37. f4 Rgc8 38. Rb2 Re7 39. Ke3 Rec7
40. Kd4 Re7 41. Kc3 Rec7 42. Bb1 Re7 43. Rbd2 Rec7 44. Kb4 Re7 45. Bc2 Rec7 46.
Bd1 Kb8 47. g4 hxg4 48. Bxg4 Rh8 49. Rh2 Rcc8 50. Rdd2 Rcf8 51. h5 gxh5 52.
Bxh5 Rh7 53. Bd1 Rg7 54. Rh6 f6 55. exf6 Rgf7 56. Ba4 Bxa4 57. Kxa4 Rxf6 58.
Rxf6 Rxf6 59. Rd6 Rxf4 60. Kb4 Kc7 61. Rxe6 Rf1 62. Re7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Zug Young Masters"]
[Site "Zug"]
[Date "2001.10.17"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Forster, Richard"]
[Black "Moor, Olivier"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2462"]
[BlackElo "2357"]
[Annotator "Kortschnoj,V"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2001.10.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. bxc3 Ne4 8. Qg4
g6 {An alternative 8...Kf8 would result in a big lead of white in development.
But now the king side of black is seriously weakened.} 9. Bc1 {The most
aggressive continuation.In order to exploit black weaknesses white needs the
black-square-bishop.} c5 10. Bd3 Nxc3 11. dxc5 Qa5 {A great conosseur of this
variation Alexander Chistiakov always played here 11...Nd7 and if 12.Nf3 then
Qc7.} 12. Bd2 Qa4 13. Qf3 {Immediate exchange of queens on a4 would also lead
to some white's advantage.} Ne4 14. Bxe4 Qxe4+ {In one of the games played 20
years ago an annotator suggested the following line:} (14... dxe4 15. Qc3 Bd7
16. Ne2 Bb5 17. Ng3 Nc6 18. Qb3 Nd4 {where black is taking over the initiative.
Certainly white's play can be improved, but still 14...dxe4 deserves to be
checked by practice.}) 15. Qxe4 dxe4 16. Ne2 Na6 {A novelty.} ({A well-known
theoretical line is:} 16... Bd7 17. Rb1 Na6 18. Rxb7 Nxc5 19. Rb4 {with a
verdict - white stands better.}) 17. c6 $1 {The best.} ({After} 17. Be3 $2 Bd7
18. Rb1 O-O-O {black has a good game.}) 17... b6 {The move is too pretentious.
However bad it looks, black had to take on c6. e.g.} (17... bxc6 18. Ng3 Kf8
19. Nxe4 Kg7 {After say} 20. Be3 c5 $1 21. Nxc5 Nxc5 22. Bxc5 Bb7 {black would
recapture a pawn...}) 18. Ng3 Nb8 19. c7 Na6 20. Nxe4 Nxc7 $2 {The losing move.
After 20...Kf8 black still had chances to save the game.} 21. Bb4 $1 Kd7 22.
O-O-O+ Kc6 23. c4 $1 {Another excellent move restricting mobility of black
pieces.} Ba6 24. Rd6+ Kb7 25. Rd4 Rhd8 26. Rhd1 Rxd4 27. Rxd4 Ne8 {Black
defends the position resoursfully...} 28. Kb2 $1 {...but is still very far
from the goal.} Kc7 (28... Rc8 29. Kb3 Kb8 {with the idea Bb7 was worth trying.
}) 29. Bf8 Rd8 30. Kc3 h5 31. Ng5 $18 Rxd4 32. Kxd4 b5 33. cxb5 Bxb5 34. Nxf7
Bf1 35. g3 Bh3 36. Ke3 Kd7 37. Kf4 Nc7 38. Bc5 {Black is losing the second
pawn - after Kg5+ Nh8.} 1-0

[Event "Subotica TS03 GM"]
[Site "Subotica"]
[Date "2003.03.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sedlak, Nikola"]
[Black "Delchev, Aleksander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2506"]
[BlackElo "2583"]
[Annotator "Kortschnoj,V"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2003.03.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. bxc3 Ne4 8. Qg4
g6 9. Bd3 Nxd2 10. Kxd2 c5 11. h4 c4 12. Be2 Nd7 $5 {An extremely unusual way
to treat this position. 12...Nc6 is the well-known alternative.} 13. Rh3 Qe7 {
Obviously, black is preparing a counter-action in the centre - f7-f5 exf6 Nxf6.
Another eventual threat is Qa3. So, a waiting but useful move was called for -
14.a3!?  By the way, another, so-called waiting move 14.a4 would prompt to
black an idea to change the plan: a7-a5, Nb6, Bd7, Nxa4...} 14. f4 Rg8 $1 {
Now f7-f5 is imminent. And strong.} 15. Bf3 {White makes up his mind to take
on f6. Otherwise, after} (15. Nf3 f5 16. Qg3 Qa3 {his position looks very
passive.}) 15... f5 16. exf6 Nxf6 17. Qg3 Bd7 18. Qe1 {A man-like decision
would be} (18. Re1 $5 Qa3 19. Re5 Qxa2 20. Qe1 {, giving up his queen side,
but coordinating his pieces for the assault in the centre.}) 18... O-O-O 19.
Qe5 ({A slow} 19. Rh1 {would be met by} Bc6 20. Nh3 Ne4+ {where the
centralized position of the white king would cause a real disaster.}) 19... g5
$1 ({After} 19... Bc6 20. Re1 Ne4+ 21. Bxe4 dxe4 22. Rxe4 $1 {white, having
acquired the square e5 for his knight, would have had a good game.}) 20. hxg5
hxg5 21. Rh6 {The trick was} (21. fxg5 Rxg5 $1 22. Qh2 (22. Qxg5 $2 Ne4+) 22...
e5 {with a clear advantage to black.}) 21... Rdf8 22. Re1 {Also the best.} gxf4
(22... g4 23. Bxd5 Qg7 {did not work, due to} 24. Rxf6 Qxf6 25. Bxb7+ Kxb7 26.
Rb1+ {and black would be mated.}) 23. Bxd5 $4 {A blunder! After} (23. Nh3 Ng4
24. Bxg4 Rxg4 25. Re2 Qg7 26. Qxg7 Rxg7 27. Rf2 Rg4 28. Ng1 $1 {black would
still have serious technical difficulties to convert his extra pawn into a win.
}) 23... Nxd5 24. Qxd5 exd5 {White resigned. After 25.Rxe7 Rg2+ he would have
lost a piece.} 0-1

[Event "Kramatorsk"]
[Site "Kramatorsk"]
[Date "2003.07.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kuzmin, Gennadi P"]
[Black "Maiorov, Oleg Ivanovich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2516"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[Annotator "Kortschnoj,V"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2003.07.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Finkel} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bh4 {'!?' Finkel.
Finkel: 'Very interesting continuation, which seems to be quite promising for
white.'} g5 7. Bg3 Ne4 {A very old line, perhaps, chronologically the very
first attempt of white to refute the Mac-Cutcheon variation.} 8. Nge2 c5 {
A modern way to treat this variation is 8...f5!?} 9. a3 Bxc3+ (9... Ba5 {Finkel
} 10. b4 (10. dxc5 Nxg3 (10... Nxc3 11. Nxc3 Bxc3+ 12. bxc3 Qa5 13. Qd2 Nd7 14.
Bd3 Nxc5 15. f4 Bd7 16. fxg5 hxg5 17. O-O $36 {Holaszek,H-Keller,D/Bad Aibling
1968}) 11. hxg3 Bxc3+ 12. Nxc3 Qc7 13. Qd4 a6 14. f4 Nc6 15. Qa4 $16 {Schaaf,
E-Steinweg/Cologne 1911}) 10... Nxc3 11. Nxc3 cxb4 12. Nb5 bxa3+ (12... b3+ 13.
c3 b2 14. Rb1 Qb6 15. Qd2 Nc6 16. Nd6+ Ke7 17. Rxb2 Qc7 18. Nb5 Qb6 19. Nd6 Qc7
20. Rb3 Nd8 21. h4 Bd7 22. hxg5 Ba4 23. Rb4 Bxb4 24. axb4 h5 25. Bh4 Kd7 26.
Bd3 Rg8 27. O-O Bb3 28. f4 a5 29. f5 axb4 30. Bb5+ Nc6 31. fxe6+ {1-0 Berezjuk,
S-Adamowski,J/Warsaw 1999/EXT 2003 (31)}) 13. c3 Bc7 14. h4 a6 15. Rxa3 Bd7 16.
Nxc7+ Qxc7 17. hxg5 Nc6 18. gxh6 $16 {Pillsbury,H-Reggio,A/Monte Carlo 1902})
10. Nxc3 (10. bxc3 $6 {Finkel} Qa5 (10... h5 $6 11. f3 Nxg3 12. hxg3 Nc6 13.
Qd2 f5 14. g4 fxg4 15. Ng3 h4 16. fxg4 $36 {Balla,Z-Lowcki,M/Bad Pistyan 1912/}
) 11. f3 Nxg3 12. hxg3 cxd4 13. f4 (13. Qxd4) 13... gxf4 14. gxf4 Nc6 $15 {
John,W-Nilsson,A/Gothenburg 1920}) 10... Nxc3 {The theory indicates - more
subtle is} (10... Qa5 11. Qd3 Nc6 12. dxc5 Bd7 13. O-O-O Nxc5 (13... Nxc3 {
Finkel} 14. Qxc3 Qxc3 15. bxc3 Rc8 16. f3 (16. h4 Rg8 17. hxg5 hxg5 18. f3 g4
19. fxg4 Rxg4 20. Rh3 $14 {Landa,K-Minasian,A/Linares 1999}) 16... Ke7 17. Bd3
a6 18. Kd2 Na5 19. Bf2 Nc4+ 20. Bxc4 dxc4 21. Rb1 $14 {Bernstein,O-Swiderski,R/
Coburg 1904}) (13... Nxc5 14. Qb5 Qxb5 15. Nxb5 Ke7 16. Nd6 b6 17. h4 f6 18.
exf6+ Kxf6 19. b4 Na4 20. c4 $16 {Jackova,J-Peng,Z/Varna 2002}) 14. Qb5 Qxb5
15. Nxb5 Ke7 {with a slight advantage for white.} 16. Nd6 {Finkel} b6 17. h4 f6
18. exf6+ Kxf6 19. b4 Na4 20. c4 $16 {Jackova,J-Peng,Z/Varna 2002}) (10... cxd4
{Finkel} 11. Qxd4 Nc6 12. Bb5 Nxg3 13. hxg3 Bd7 14. Bxc6 Bxc6 15. O-O-O $16 {
Narciso Dublan,M-Garcia Garrido,E/Lillet 1999}) 11. bxc3 Qa5 (11... cxd4 {
Finkel} 12. cxd4 Nc6 13. c3 Qa5 14. Qd2 Bd7 15. Be2 Rc8 16. h4 g4 17. O-O $16 {
Steiner,L-Lichtenstein,B/Vienna 1935}) 12. Qd2 Nc6 (12... cxd4 {Finkel} 13.
cxd4 Qxd2+ 14. Kxd2 Nc6 15. c3 Bd7 16. h4 Ke7 17. hxg5 hxg5 18. Bd3 $16 {
Pillsbury,H-Marshall,F/Monte Carlo 1902}) 13. dxc5 {'!?' Finkel. Finkel:
'White may not hurry with this move.'} (13. h4 {Finkel} Rg8 (13... g4 14. dxc5
Qxc5 15. h5 Bd7 16. Bh4 d4 17. Bf6 dxc3 18. Qe3 Nd4 19. Bd3 Rg8 20. Rb1 b6 21.
Qxh6 Bc6 22. Qh7 Kf8 23. h6 {1-0 Nikolsky,D-Ayupov,D/Toljatti 2000/EXT 2001 
(23)}) 14. hxg5 hxg5 15. dxc5 Qxc5 16. Bd3 Bd7 17. Rb1 Na5 18. Rh5 O-O-O 19.
Rb4 $14 {Dvorak,T-Gunnarsson,J/Olomouc 2001}) 13... Bd7 14. Bd3 (14. c4 {Finkel
} Qxc5 15. cxd5 exd5 16. Bd3 O-O-O 17. O-O Qe7 18. f4 $14 {Kostic,B-Donner,J/
Beverwijk 1952}) 14... Qxc5 15. O-O {Such type of position is always
considered preferable for white in the French. Especially here, where, due to
weakening of the king side formation, white has a clear plan of his offensive.}
Na5 (15... O-O-O {Finkel} 16. Rab1 Na5 17. Kh1 $36 {[%cal Gf2f4]}) 16. Kh1 {
'!' Finkel. Finkel: 'Preparing an advance of the f-pawn.'} Bb5 {In one of the
games of great Pillsbury, who won by the way, as white, all the games, played
with this line, something like 17...Rc8 18.f4 Qc3 19.Qc3 Rc3 20.Be1 happened,
with a big advantage for white.} (16... b6 {Finkel} 17. f4 Nc4 18. Qe2) 17.
Rab1 {Played in order to be able after Bd3 to be able to take back with a pawn
(otherwise Nb3).} Nc4 18. Qe2 Bc6 19. f4 Nxa3 {'?!' Finkel. Finkel: 'Risky
decision, but I can fully understand black who wants to get some material,
since his position is very dangerous anyway.'} 20. Ra1 Qxc3 {This greediness
is a clear sign, that the black position is incuperable. After a normal
defending move 18...Qe7 19.Qh5 was highly unpleasant.} (20... Nc4 {Finkel} 21.
f5) 21. fxg5 hxg5 22. Qf2 Rf8 23. Qf6 $1 ({After} 23. Bg6 {white had to reckon
with black's long castle. The queen's move is much stronger.}) 23... Kd7 (23...
Nxc2 24. Bg6 $1 Nxa1 (24... Kd7 25. Rac1 $18) 25. Qxe6+ Kd8 26. Qd6+ Ke8 27. e6
$18) (23... d4 $5 {Finkel} 24. Be1 $1 (24. Bg6 $6 Bd5 25. Bxf7+ Kd7 26. Rad1
Kc6 $13) 24... Qc5 25. Bd2 Kd7 26. Bxg5 $14) 24. Be1 $1 {Again, a nice move.
Finkel: 'Very strong manouvre.'} Qb2 (24... Qxa1 25. Bb4 Qxf1+ 26. Bxf1 {
- Black loses his knight and the pawn f7 as well.} Rae8 {Finkel} 27. Bxa3 $18)
25. Bd2 Rae8 26. Qf2 Nc4 (26... Nxc2 27. Bxg5 Qxe5 28. Bf6) (26... d4 {Finkel}
27. Rxa3 $1 Qxa3 28. Qxd4+ Kc8 29. Ra1 (29. Bb4 $6 Qa2 30. Bxf8 Rxf8 31. Qc5
Rd8 $15) 29... Qe7 30. Rxa7 Kb8 31. Be3 $1 Rd8 32. Ra8+ Kc7 33. Qb6+ Kd7 34.
Bb5 $1 $18 {[%csl Rd7]}) 27. Bxc4 dxc4 28. Qc5 $1 Qb6 {Black's position is
dead lost. Still, the most stubborn defence would be} (28... Rd8 $5 29. Bxg5 (
29. Ba5 {Finkel} b6 30. Qd6+ $18) 29... Qxc2 30. Rf2 Qg6) 29. Qd6+ Kc8 30. Ba5
Bxg2+ ({Or} 30... Rd8 31. Bxb6 Rxd6 32. exd6 axb6 33. Ra8+ Kd7 34. Rxf8) 31.
Kxg2 Qxd6 32. exd6 Kd7 33. Bc3 f5 (33... a6 {Finkel} 34. Bg7) 34. Rxa7 Ra8 35.
Rxb7+ Kxd6 36. Rb6+ Kc7 37. Rfb1 Rfe8 38. Be5+ Kd7 39. Rd6+ Ke7 40. Rb7+ Kf8
41. Rdd7 Red8 42. Bd6+ 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg International Final"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1914.05.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Tarrasch, Siegbert"]
[Black "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C12"]
[Annotator "Kotov,A"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1914.05.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "Tournaments"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 1]} 1. d4 {s.a. Best Games 1908-23, 26. (A)   Mednis: Macht des Kцnigs
im Schach, S. 21f.   Linder, S. 281f.   Varnusz: Aljechin der GrцЯte <1914/30>
Kalendovsky I, 233.   Shaburov: Aleksandr Alekhin: nepobezhdennyi chempion.
1992, 07.   Skinner/Verhoeven: Alexander Alekhine's Chess Games, 331.  
Tarrasch: Das GroЯmeisterturnier zu St. Petersburg im Jahre 1914, S. 165ff.} e6
2. e4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 (4. exd5 exd5 5. Bg5 {In der von Svenonius
empfohlenen Variante spielt Schwarz am besten} Nc6 {(von dem Verfasser
seinerzeit empfohlen und von Bogoljubow in seiner Partie gegen Mieses, Berlin
1920, in die Meisterpraxis eingefьhrt. (A)}) 4... Bb4 5. exd5 {Diese Variante
ist allmдhlich aus der Mode gekommen. Jetzt zieht man es meistens vor, das
Spiel auf einen Kцnigsangriff anzulegen. (A)} (5. e5 h6 6. Bd2 (6. exf6 {
Interessant ist ьbrigens auch Tschigorins Fortsetzung:} hxg5 7. fxg7 Rg8 8. h4
gxh4 {mit der Verstдrkung (statt 9.Qh5)} 9. Qg4 $1 {(Nun folgt die bekannte,
aber vermutlich (s. Kalendowsky I, S. 145f.) nie gespielte "5-Damen-Partie"
gegen N.N. (Grigoriev), Moskau 1915 (s. dort))}) 6... Bxc3 7. bxc3 Ne4 8. Qg4
Kf8 $1 9. h4 {Doch scheint die letzte Turnierpraxis (und insbesondere einige
Partien von Dr. Tarrasch als Schwarz) zu beweisen, daЯ dem Nachziehenden auch
bei dieser Spielweise genьgende Verteidigungsmittel zur Verfьgung stehen. (A)})
5... Qxd5 6. Bxf6 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 gxf6 8. Nf3 b6 {Diese B-Entwicklung ist hier
sehr stark, um so mehr, als, wie vor ein paar Jahren ein Leningrader
Schachfreund bewiesen hat, WeiЯ sie nicht gut mit einem Gegenfianchetto
beantworten kann. (A)} 9. g3 $2 Bb7 {Auch mit diesem einfacheren Zuge erlangt
Schwarz ein durchaus sicheres Spiel. (A)} (9... Nd7 $1 {mit der Idee} 10. Bg2 {
abzuwarten und dann die kurze Rochade von WeiЯ durch} Ba6 $1 {zu verhindern;
denn die Antwort} 11. Nh4 {wдre in diesem Falle wegen} Qa5 $1 {nicht zu
befьrchten. Diese wichtige Neuerung stellt das ganze mit dem 5. Zuge von WeiЯ
eingeleitete System direkt in Frage. (A)}) 10. Bg2 Qe4+ 11. Kd2 (11. Qe2 {
weit ertrдglicher, obwohl auch dann Schwarz nach dem Damentausch wegen der
Mцglichkeit, das Zentrum mit -c5 anzugreifen, die besseren Chancen behalten
wьrde. (A)} Qxe2+ 12. Kxe2 c5 $17) (11. Kf1 {Auch dieser Zug (Reti-Bogoljubow,
Berlin 1920) setzt den WeiЯen wegen der Unsicherheit seiner Kцnigsstellung
groЯen Unannehmlichkeiten aus. (A)}) 11... Qg6 $8 {Das einzige, um der Drohung
12.Nh4 zu entgehen, aber vollstдndig genьgend. (A)} 12. Nh4 Qh6+ 13. f4 Nc6 $1
{Droht mit 14.- 0-0-0 nebst -e5 und erzwingt dadurch eine weitere
Kцnigswanderung. (A)} 14. Qe2 O-O-O 15. Kc1 Kb8 {Mit der Drohung 16.-e5 was in
diesem Moment noch nicht erspieЯlich wдre. (A)} (15... e5 16. d5 exf4 17. Qg4+
Kb8 18. Qxf4 {(A)} (18. Nf5 $18 {Fritz 3})) 16. Kb2 Na5 $1 {Es war wichtig,
den Lдufertausch zu erzwingen, um das Hinьberspielen des Turms nach dem
Damenflьgel via d5 zu ermцglichen. (A)} 17. Bxb7 Nxb7 18. Rad1 Rd5 19. c4 {
Das Beste; nur muЯte WeiЯ auch im nдchsten Zug das Richtige treffen. (A)} Ra5
20. Ng2 $6 (20. Rd3 $142 Rd8 21. Rhd1 Qf8 22. Rb3 $15 {Nach der Antwort von
Schwarz bleibt ihm zu dieser Verteidigung keine Zeit mehr. (A)}) 20... Rd8 $1
21. Ne3 (21. Rd3 Qf8 {mit der starken Drohung 22.-Rd4: nebst -Qa3+/Qa2:+/-Qa1+/
-Qh1:. WeiЯ entschlieЯt sich also, um materiellen Nachteil zu vermeiden, zu
einer Bauernaktion im Zentrum, die seine Stellung natьrlich noch mehr schwдcht.
(A)}) 21... Qf8 22. c5 {Verhindert auf einen Augenblick das Eingreifen der Qf8
- aber eben nur auf einen Augenblick. (A)} bxc5 23. d5 c4 $1 24. Nxc4 (24. Qxc4
$2 Qa3+ $19 {(A)}) 24... Qb4+ 25. Ka1 Qc3+ 26. Nb2 Rd6 $1 {Weit stдrker als
der Bauerngewinn mittels 26.-R8d5:, denn nun kann WeiЯ (selbst nicht durch 27.
Rd3) die Verdopplung der R auf der a-Linie verhindern. (A)} 27. Qc4 Rda6 $1 {
Gewinnt die Q und 2 Bauern fьr die Tьrme, was bei der exponierten
Kцnigsstellung entscheidet. Natьrlich darf die Qc3 wegen eines zweizьgigen
Matts nicht genommen werden. (A)} 28. dxe6 (28. Qxc3 Rxa2+ 29. Kb1 Ra1#) 28...
fxe6 29. Kb1 Rxa2 30. Qxa2 Rxa2 31. Kxa2 Qxc2 32. Rc1 Qd2 33. Kb1 Nd6 {Das
Eingreifen des N sollte in wenigen Zьgen den Gegner zum Aufgeben zwingen. (A)}
34. Rc2 Qb4 35. Rd1 Nb5 36. Rd8+ Kb7 37. Rcd2 e5 {Etwas nachlдssig gespielt. 
(A)} (37... a5 $142 {Der kьrzere Weg, worauf WeiЯ keine Verteidigung gegen das
weitere Vorgehen dieses Bauern gehabt hдtte. (A)}) 38. fxe5 fxe5 39. Kc1 Nd4
40. Rd3 Qe1+ 41. Rd1 Qe4 42. Rd3 Qh1+ {Auch hier hдtte 42.-c5 nebst c4 rascher
gewonnen. Natьrlich ist die Verspeisung der letzten weiЯen P auch gut genug. 
(A)} 43. Rd1 Qxh2 44. Kb1 Qxg3 45. Rd3 Qe1+ 46. Ka2 h5 47. Re8 Qe4 48. Rc3 Nb5
49. Rc5 Qb4 $1 {Der letzte Damenzug erzwingt (wegen der Drohung Nc3+)
Qualitдtsgewinn. (A)} (49... Qb4 50. Rexe5 Nc3+ 51. Rxc3 Qxc3 52. Rxh5 {
Die einzige Mцglichkeit fьr WeiЯ, das Spiel fortzusetzen; darauf hдtte aber
Schwarz auf folgende Weise ganz leicht gewonnen:} Kc6 53. Rh4 Kb5 54. Rh5+ c5
55. Rh4 a5 56. Rf4 Qc2 $1 57. Ka3 Qg2 $1 {und der weiЯe R mьЯte die 4. Reihe
verlassen, worauf Qg3+ nebst a4 entscheiden wьrde. (A)}) 0-1

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2009.11.22"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Amonatov, Farrukh"]
[Black "Volkov, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2631"]
[BlackElo "2629"]
[Annotator "Kritz,L"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[EventDate "2009.11.21"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 $6 {Ich denke diese Variante ist einfach
nicht spielbar. Wenn Schwarz ausgleichen will, kann er das sehr leicht machen,
indem er die Partie in die Rubinstein-Variante ьberleitet.} (4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4
c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 $14 {fьhrt zu komplexem Spiel mit guten Chancen fьr beide
Seiten. Allerdings kann WeiЯ bei genauem Spiel in allen Abspielen einen
Vorteil erzwingen.}) 4... Bb4 {Die MacCutcheon-Variante ist die Spezialitдt
von Volkov. Sie fьhrt zu unklarem Spiel.} (4... dxe4 $5 5. Nxe4 Nbd7 6. Nf3 h6
7. Nxf6+ Nxf6 8. Bh4 (8. Be3 {ist sogar noch schlechter} Nd5 9. Bd3 Nxe3 10.
fxe3 Bd6 11. e4 e5 12. dxe5 Bc5 13. Bb5+ c6 14. Qxd8+ Kxd8 15. Bc4 Ke7 16. c3
Be6 17. Bxe6 Kxe6 18. Ke2 Bb6 19. Rhf1 Rhf8 20. Rad1 Rad8 21. Rxd8 Bxd8 22. Rd1
Bc7 $11 {Leko - Ivanchuk (Morelia/Linares, 2007)}) (8. Bxf6 Qxf6 9. Bb5+ c6 10.
Bd3 Bd7 11. Qe2 O-O-O 12. O-O-O Bd6 13. Kb1 Kb8 14. a3 Bc8 15. Be4 e5 16. dxe5
Bxe5 17. Nxe5 Qxe5 $11 {Vallejo Pons - Ivanchuk (Monte Carlo, 2007)}) 8... c5
9. c3 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Bc5 11. Bb5+ Bd7 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Bxd7+ Kxd7 14. O-O Ke7
15. Qb3 Rab8 16. Rad1 Rhd8 $11 {Papp - M. Gurevich (Caleta, 2009)}) 5. e5 h6 6.
Be3 (6. exf6 $2 hxg5 7. fxg7 Rg8 8. Qh5 Qf6 $15) ({Die Hauptvariante ist} 6.
Bd2 Bxc3 7. bxc3 Ne4 8. Qg4 g6 9. Bd3 Nxd2 10. Kxd2 c5 $132 {Schwarz hat zwar
Gegenspiel, aber die weiЯen Aussichten sind doch etwas besser.}) 6... Ne4 7.
Qg4 Kf8 {Der beste Zug, schlechter ist 7...g6.} (7... g6 8. a3 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3
Nxc3 10. Bd3 Nc6 11. h4 Ne7 12. h5 g5 13. f3 c5 14. dxc5 Nc6 15. f4 $14 {
Amonatov - Nepomniachtchi (Moscow, 2008)}) 8. a3 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Nxc3 {Das ist
eine Nebenvariante. Der Hauptzug ist 9....c5:} (9... c5 10. Bd3 h5 (10... Nxc3
11. dxc5 Nc6 12. Nf3 f5 13. Qh5 d4 14. Bd2 Qd5 15. Bxc3 dxc3 16. Rd1 Qxc5 17.
O-O $44 {Goloshchapov - Volkov (Istanbul, 2003)}) 11. Qf3 ({schlechter ist} 11.
Qf4 $2 {weil die Dame auf f4 ungьnstig steht, wie man in der Partie sehen kann.
} Qa5 12. Ne2 Nxc3 13. O-O {WeiЯ kann nicht Bd2 spielen, weil nach Nxe2 die
weiЯe Dame angegriffen wird - daher ist 11.Qf3 besser.} (13. Bd2 Nxe2 14. Bxe2
Qa4 15. dxc5 Qxf4 16. Bxf4 Bd7 $11) 13... Nxe2+ 14. Bxe2 Nc6 15. c4 cxd4 16.
Bxd4 Nxd4 17. Qxd4 Bd7 18. cxd5 exd5 19. Bf3 Bc6 $11 {Kasparov - Korchnoi 
(Kopavogur, 2000)}) 11... Nxc3 12. dxc5 Nc6 13. Qf4 d4 14. Bd2 Na4 15. Bb5 Nxc5
16. Bxc6 bxc6 17. Bb4 Qd5 18. O-O-O $16 {Goloshchapov - Reefat (Dhaka, 2003)})
10. Bd3 Nc6 (10... c5 11. dxc5 Nc6 12. Nf3 f5 13. Qh5 Qe8 14. Qh3 Kg8 15. g4
Ne4 16. Rd1 Bd7 17. Rg1 $36 {Kurnosov - Aulinger (Bad Wiessee, 2004)}) 11. h4 {
Es gibt auch andere Mцglichkeiten, die Betrachtung verdienen:} (11. Nh3 f5 12.
Qg3 g5 13. f4 g4 14. Nf2 Ne4 (14... h5 $2 15. h3 h4 (15... Kg7 16. hxg4 hxg4
17. Rxh8 Qxh8 18. Kd2 Ne4+ 19. Bxe4 dxe4 20. Rh1 $18) 16. hxg4 hxg3 17. Rxh8+
Kf7 18. Rxd8 gxf2+ 19. Kd2 Nxd8 20. Kxc3 $18) 15. Bxe4 dxe4 16. h3 gxh3 17.
Rxh3 Qe7 18. c4 b6 19. d5 $44 {Areshchenko - Volkov (Gibraltar, 2006)}) (11.
Nf3 Ne7 12. O-O Bd7 13. Bd2 Na4 14. Rab1 Nb6 15. h4 $44 {WeiЯ besaЯ
langzeitige Kompensation in Petrosian - Vallejo Pons (Kallithea, 2008).}) 11...
Ne7 (11... f5 12. Qf3 Ne7 13. g4 c5 14. Nh3 cxd4 15. gxf5 exf5 16. Bxd4 $44 {
Bezgodov - Korchnoi (Chelyabinsk, 2007). Eine typische Stellung fьr diese
Variante - Schwarz hat einen Mehrbauern, dafьr besitzt WeiЯ das Lдuferpaar und
hat eine bessere Kцnigsstellung.}) 12. Nh3 ({Es verdient Betrachtung} 12. f3 $5
{mit der Idee, dem schwarzen Springer c3 das Feld e4 zu nehmen.} Na4 (12... Nf5
13. Bd2 Na4 14. Rb1 Nb6 15. Qf4 $44 {/\h5-g4}) 13. Rb1 $1 {Diesen Zug macht
man, nicht um auf b7 anzugreifen, sondern als MaЯnahme gegen Nb2!} Nb6 14. Ne2
Nc4 15. Bc1 Nf5 16. Qf4 h5 17. Ng3 g6 18. c3 b6 19. Ne4 $1 $44 {Popov -
Andreikin (Saint Petersburg, 2007}) 12... Nf5 13. Nf4 Ne4 (13... Nxe3 $2 14.
fxe3 $16 {Es ist immer sehr gefдhrlich, die f-Linie zu цffnen. WeiЯ hat nun
leichtes Spiel - 0-0-Rf2-Raf1, seine Kompensation ist mehr als ausreichend.})
14. Qf3 c5 {Das beste fьr Schwarz ist es immer, den Bauern zurьckzugeben.
Dadurch gewinnt er Zeit fьr seine Entwicklung und nimmt WeiЯ das Lдuferpaar
und damit einen groЯen Teil der Angriffsmцglichkeiten.} 15. Bxe4 (15. dxc5 $2
Qc7 $1 16. Bxe4 $2 Qxe5 $1 17. Rd1 dxe4 18. Qe2 Qc3+ 19. Bd2 Qxc2 $17) 15...
dxe4 16. Qxe4 Qa5+ {Richtige Entscheidung. Man sollte sich nicht zu viel um
den Bauern kьmmern.} (16... cxd4 $2 17. O-O-O Qc7 18. Bxd4 Bd7 19. Bc5+ Qxc5
20. Rxd7 Qxa3+ 21. Kb1 $16 {Der schwarze Kцnig ist in Gefahr, wдhrend dem
weiЯen nichts droht.}) 17. Bd2 Qa4 18. c3 Rb8 $1 {Schwarz will Bd7-Bc6 spielen.
} (18... cxd4 19. Rc1 $44 {Und wieder hat WeiЯ ausgezeichnete Kompensation.}) (
18... Bd7 19. Qxb7 Bc6 20. Qc7 cxd4 21. cxd4 Bb5 22. Rb1 Nxd4 23. f3 $14) 19.
g4 Ne7 20. f3 Nc6 21. Be3 b6 {Nachdem Schwarz seine Entwicklung beendet hat,
ist die Stellung im dynamischen Ausgleich.} 22. O-O Ba6 (22... Bb7 $2 23. dxc5
$1 Qxe4 24. fxe4 bxc5 25. Ng6+ $18) 23. Rf2 Rc8 24. Nxe6+ $2 {Unklar warum
WeiЯ so gespielt hat. Das entstehende Endspiel ist sicherlich besser fьr
Schwarz.} (24. dxc5 $5 {Vielleicht wдre 24.dxc5 besser gewesen.} Qxe4 25. fxe4
Nxe5 (25... bxc5 26. Ng6+ Kg8 27. Nxh8 Kxh8 28. Rxf7 $18) 26. Bd4 $3 {Das ist
der Punkt!} (26. Nxe6+ Kg8 27. Bd4 fxe6 28. Bxe5 Rxc5 $11) 26... Nxg4 27. Ng6+
Kg8 (27... Ke8 28. Nxh8 Nxf2 29. Kxf2 f6 30. h5 $18) 28. Ne7+ Kf8 (28... Kh7
29. Rxf7 e5 30. Nxc8 Rxc8 31. Rxa7 $18) 29. Nxc8 Nxf2 30. Nxa7 Nxe4 31. cxb6
$14 {Der weiЯe Bauer b6 ist sehr weit vorgedrungen und garantiert ihm Vorteil.}
) 24... fxe6 25. d5 Qxe4 26. fxe4+ Ke7 27. dxc6 Bd3 $1 (27... Rxc6 28. Rd1 Rd8
29. Rxd8 Kxd8 30. Rf7 Rc7 31. Rxc7 Kxc7 32. Kf2 Bd3 33. Kf3 $11 {Das Endspiel
ist Remis, WeiЯ spielt demnдchst h5-g5 und versucht, an den Bauern g7
ranzukommen, so dass der schwarze Kцnig nicht nach b5 rauslaufen kann.}) 28.
Rd1 c4 $15 {WeiЯ hat keine Gewinnchancen, Schwarz hat eindeutig die bessere
Bauernstruktur.} 29. g5 hxg5 30. Bxg5+ Ke8 31. Rf4 Rxc6 32. Rd2 Rf8 33. Rxf8+
Kxf8 34. Be3 (34. Rf2+ Ke8 35. Rf4 Rc5 $17 {Schwarz greift alle weiЯen Bauern
an: a3, e5...}) 34... Ke8 ({Nach} 34... Bxe4 {kann WeiЯ Remis erzwingen.} 35.
Rd7 a6 36. Rd6 Rxd6 37. exd6 b5 38. h5 $11) 35. Rg2 Rc7 36. Rg6 Kf7 37. Rg4 Rd7
{Die nдchsten 30 Zьge bringen keine Дnderung der Stellung, beide Kontrahenten
ziehen relativ planlos durch die Gegend.} 38. Kf2 Ke8 39. Rf4 Re7 40. Kf3 Bc2
41. Ke2 Rc7 42. Kd2 Ba4 43. Rg4 Rd7+ 44. Bd4 Rf7 45. Ke3 Bd1 46. Rf4 Re7 47.
Kd2 Bb3 48. Be3 Ba4 49. Bd4 Rd7 50. Rf2 Bc6 51. Ke3 Ke7 52. Rg2 Kf7 53. Rf2+
Kg8 54. Rf1 Rd8 55. Rf2 Be8 56. Rf1 Bg6 57. a4 {WeiЯ versucht seine einzige
Chance am Damenflьgel, allerdings hat Schwarz zu viele Abwehrmцglichkeiten.}
Be8 58. Ra1 Ra8 59. a5 bxa5 60. Rxa5 a6 {Es droht Bb5, wonach der weiЯe Turm
nichts mehr machen kann.} 61. Rc5 a5 $1 {Der sicherste Weg, schnelles Remis
herbeizufьhren.} 62. Kd2 (62. Rxc4 $2 a4 63. Rb4 a3 64. Rb1 a2 65. Ra1 Bb5 $17
{Wenn jemand hier gewinnen kann, dann nur Schwarz.}) 62... a4 63. Kc1 a3 64.
Kb1 Bg6 65. Rxc4 Bxe4+ 66. Ka1 a2 67. Rc7 Bb1 {Es ist nichts zu machen.} 68.
Re7 (68. Rc6 Kf7 $11) 68... Ra6 69. Rd7 Ra8 70. Re7 Ra6 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 12th"]
[Site "Aix les Bains"]
[Date "2011.03.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Roser, Kevin"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2423"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[Annotator "Marchand,A/Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2011.03.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 (3... Bb4) 4. Bg5 Bb4 (4... Be7 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Bxe7
Qxe7 7. f4) 5. e5 h6 6. Bd2 {La ligne principale} (6. Be3 Ne4 7. Qg4 Kf8 8. a3
(8. Bd3 Nxc3 9. a3 Ba5 10. Bd2 Na4 11. Bxa5 Nxb2 12. Bb4+ Kg8 13. Ne2 Nxd3+ 14.
cxd3 Nc6 $132 {Estrin}) 8... Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 c5 (9... Nxc3 10. Bd3 $44)) (6. exf6
hxg5 7. fxg7 Rg8 8. h4 gxh4 9. Qg4 (9. Qh5) 9... Qf6 10. Rxh4 Qxg7 11. Qxg7
Rxg7 12. Rh8+ Kd7 $11 {Keres}) 6... Bxc3 7. bxc3 (7. Bxc3 $143 Ne4 $132) 7...
Ne4 8. Qg4 {[%csl Rg7]} (8. Bc1 $5 Nxc3 9. Qg4 g6 10. Bd3 {[%cal Gd3g6]} c5 11.
dxc5 Qa5 12. Bd2 $44) 8... Kf8 {01h32} (8... g6 {L'alternative} 9. Bc1 Nxc3 10.
Bd3 c5 11. dxc5 Nc6 12. Nf3 Qa5 13. O-O Qxc5 14. Qh4 Ne7 {Smyslov,V-Donner,J
Venice 1950 (9) 1-0} (14... Qe7 15. Bg5 Qb4 16. Qh3 Ne4 17. Bxe4 dxe4 18. Nd2
$32 {[%csl Re8] Smyslov})) (8... g5 $6 9. Bd3 Nxd2 10. Kxd2 $16 {[%cal Gh2h4]})
9. Bd3 Nxd2 10. Kxd2 {[%emt 0:01:08] Le K Blanc n'est pas trop exposй au centre
} c5 {[%emt 0:01:32]} 11. Nf3 (11. h4) 11... cxd4 {[%emt 0:01:29]} ({RR} 11...
Nc6 12. Qf4 Qe7 13. a3 ({RR} 13. dxc5 Qxc5 14. Nd4 Nd8 ({RR} 14... Bd7 15. Rhb1
Nd8 16. a4 Rc8 17. Rb3 a6 18. h4 Rc7 19. g4 Nc6 20. Nxc6 Bxc6 21. Qb4 Qxb4 22.
cxb4 Bd7 23. Rc3 Rxc3 24. Kxc3 Ke7 25. Kd4 h5 26. gxh5 Rxh5 27. b5 b6 28. a5
Rxh4+ 29. Kc3 {Morozevich,A (2625) -Vallejo Pons,F (2450)/Pamplona 1999/CBM
069/1-0 (55)})) ({RR} 13. Rhb1 c4 14. Be2 Qa3) 13... Bd7 14. Rhb1 b6 15. Qe3
Na5 16. Ke1 ({RR} 16. dxc5 Qxc5 17. Qxc5+ bxc5 18. Bb5 Ke7) 16... Rc8 ({RR} 
16... Ke8) ({RR} 16... c4 17. Be2 Ke8) 17. Kf1 Ke8 18. Kg1 Kd8 19. h3 Kc7 ({RR
} 19... c4 20. Be2 Kc7) 20. Ba6 Rb8 21. dxc5 Qxc5 ({RR} 21... bxc5 22. c4 Rb6 (
{RR} 22... d4 23. Qd2 Nc6 24. Bb5) 23. cxd5 exd5 24. Bf1 Rhb8) 22. Nd4 Nc4 23.
Qf4 Rhf8 ({RR} 23... Rbf8 24. a4) 24. Rb4 b5 ({RR} 24... g5 25. Qg3 Nd2 26. Qe3
Ne4 27. c4) 25. Rab1 Rb6 ({RR} 25... Nxa3 26. R1b3) ({RR} 25... g5 26. Qg3 Nd2
27. Qe3) 26. Nxb5+ {Anand,V (2690) -Ivanchuk,V (2720)/Linares 1992/CBM 031/
[Anand]/1-0 (37)} ({RR} 26. Bxb5 a5 ({RR} 26... Nxa3 27. Qe3 Qe7 28. Ra1) 27.
R4b3 ({RR} 27. Bxd7 axb4 28. axb4 Qe7 29. Bb5) 27... Nxa3 28. Qe3 Qe7 29. Bxd7
Nxb1 30. Nxe6+)) 12. cxd4 Qa5+ 13. Ke2 (13. c3) 13... Nc6 $146 {Le GMI йtait
bien prйparй et il joue vite} ({RR} 13... b6 14. Qf4 Ba6 15. Qd2 Qxd2+ 16. Kxd2
Ke7 17. a4 Bxd3 18. Kxd3 Nc6 19. c3 Rac8 20. Nd2 Na5 21. Rhb1 Rc7 22. Nb3 Rhc8
23. Nxa5 Rxc3+ 24. Kd2 Rc2+ 25. Ke1 bxa5 26. Rb7+ R8c7 27. Rab1 Kd7 28. R1b5 {
Viszlai,A (2046)-Vavrak,P (2412)/ Tatranske Zruby 2002/EXT 2005/0-1 (42)}) 14.
Qf4 b6 15. g4 {[%cal Gh2h4,Gg4g5] C'est une position critique pour les Blancs
et le plan logique est d'attaquer а l'aile-roi mais les Noirs semblent ok} (15.
h4 $5 {Une autre option plus raisonnable йtait plutфt de prendre de l'espace а
l'aile-roi sans vouloir forcer la position et d'obtenir un milieu de jeu avec
des chances rйciproques} Ba6 16. a3 (16. Qd2 Bxd3+ 17. Qxd3 Rc8 18. c3 Ne7 19.
Rhc1 g6 20. Kf1 Kg7 21. Kg1 Rc4 (21... Rc7 22. Rc2 Rhc8 23. Rac1 b5 $15 {
[%csl Rc3]}) 22. Nd2) 16... Rc8 17. h5 $1 {[%csl Rg7,Rh6][%cal Gf4d2] La
meilleure structure Blanche а l'aile-roi va compenser les faiblesses de
l'aile-dame} Ke7 18. Qg4 {[%csl Rg7]} Bxd3+ 19. cxd3 Kf8 20. Rhc1 $11 {[%cal
Ge2f1]}) 15... Ba6 $1 {[%emt 0:01:17]} 16. h4 (16. a3 {Trop lent} Rc8 $132)
16... Nb4 $36 {62 Les Blancs n'ont pas obtenu grande chose а l'aile-roi alors
que les Noirs commencent а faire pression а l'aile-dame} 17. Qd2 Rc8 {[%emt 0:
00:59]} 18. Ne1 Ke7 {[%emt 0:00:37]} (18... Bxd3+ 19. cxd3 Qa3 $132 {[%csl Rd3]
}) 19. Ke3 Bxd3 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 20. cxd3 {[%emt 0:00:45]} Qa4 {[%csl Rc2] 25}
(20... Qa3 $5 {[%csl Rd3][%cal Gc8c3]}) 21. a3 Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:24]} (21... Nc2+
$6 22. Nxc2 Rxc2 23. Qb4+ $1 {[%cal Ga1a7]}) 22. Qb2 h5 $1 23. gxh5 Rxh5 $17
24. f4 Kd7 25. Nf3 Ne7 $1 $36 {[%csl Re3][%cal Ge7f5] La partie commence а mal
tourner pour les Blancs} 26. Rac1 Nf5+ {[%csl Re3,Gf5] 13} 27. Kf2 (27. Kd2 {
[%cal Gd2c1] Peut-кtre un moindre mal} Qa5+ (27... Rhh8 28. Qb4 (28. h5)) 28.
Qb4) 27... Rhh8 28. h5 g6 $1 {[%emt 0:00:28] C'est probablement dйjа gagnant
pour les Noirs} 29. h6 (29. hxg6 Rxh1 30. Rxc8 Kxc8) 29... Rxh6 30. Rxc8 Kxc8 {
[%emt 0:00:11]} 31. Rc1+ Kb7 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 32. Qc3 {[%cal Gc3c8]} Qd7 {
[%emt 0:00:06]} 33. a4 Rh8 34. a5 Rc8 $1 {Transposant dans une finale gagnante}
35. a6+ (35. Qxc8+) 35... Kb8 36. Qa3 Rxc1 37. Qxc1 Qa4 38. Ng5 Qa2+ 39. Kg1
Nxd4 $19 40. Qe3 Nf5 41. Qh3 Qb1+ 42. Kg2 Qc2+ 43. Kg1 Qd1+ 44. Kf2 Qd2+ 45.
Kg1 Qe1+ 46. Kg2 Nh4+ 47. Kh2 Qf2+ 48. Kh1 Nf5 49. Qh8+ Kc7 50. Nxe6+ fxe6 51.
Qh7+ Kc6 52. Qb7+ Kb5 53. Qd7+ Ka5 {Andrй MARCHAND: Dйfaite de Kevin contre le
super-GMI espagnol VALLEJO-PONS malgrй une bonne partie de sa part, bien qu'il
soit un peu mйcontent de lui. Sa crainte maintenant pour demain : avec 0,5 pt
sur 2, rencontrer un petit Elo !} 0-1

[Event "Morelia/Linares 24th"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares"]
[Date "2007.02.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2007.02.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 ({The old Mac Cutcheon variation.
Nowadays, the more solid} 4... Be7) ({and} 4... dxe4 {are by far more popular,
but, as usual, Morozevich aims for a complicated fight.}) 5. e5 h6 6. Bd2 Bxc3
7. bxc3 Ne4 8. Qg4 g6 ({Both players had some experience with the main
alternative.} 8... Kf8 9. Nf3 c5 10. Bd3 Nxd2 11. Kxd2 c4 (11... Nc6 12. Qf4
Qe7 13. dxc5 Qxc5 14. Nd4 Bd7 15. Rhb1 Nd8 16. a4 Rc8 17. Rb3 $14 {Morozevich,
A (2625)-Vallejo Pons,F (2450)/Pamplona 1999/CBM 069 (1-0, 55) Black's knight
is much worse placed than it will be in our main game.}) 12. Be2 Nc6 13. a4 (
13. Rhb1 Rb8 14. a4 Rg8 15. Qf4 Qe7 16. g4 b6 17. g5 hxg5 18. Nxg5 Rh8 $13 {
Leko,P (2749)-Ivanchuk,V (2711)/Monte Carlo 2005/CBM 105 ext (1/2-1/2, 43)})
13... Bd7 14. h4 a6 15. Qf4 b5 16. g4 b4 $13 {with sharp play on both wings,
Short,N (2660)-Morozevich,A (2590)/Germany 1998/GER-chT (1-0, 55)}) 9. Bd3 Nxd2
10. Kxd2 c5 11. h4 Qa5 (11... Bd7 {Leko,P (2736)-Radjabov,T (2624)/Linares
2003/CBM 094/[Finkel,A] (1-0, 32)}) 12. Nf3 Nd7 $5 $146 {As always, Morozevich
is playing his own way. The knight is heading for either b6 or c5, in order to
put the c3-square under some (eventually indirect) pressure.} ({After the usual
} 12... Nc6 {theory is relatively well-settled. The main line goes} 13. Qf4
cxd4 14. Nxd4 (14. h5 $5 {was also tried.}) 14... Nxd4 15. Qxd4 $14 {Hebden,M 
(2500)-Vaisser,A (2580)/Bern 1992/CBM 028/[Knaak] (1/2-1/2, 62)}) 13. Rhb1 {
A logical reaction. White concentrates his forces on the queenside, preventing
Black from taking over the initiative on that wing.} ({The tempting} 13. Bxg6 {
could be met by the cold-blooded} Nb6 $5 (13... Rg8 $4 14. Qxe6+ $1 $18) (13...
fxg6 14. Qxe6+ Kd8 15. Qxd5 $44) {when Black would win time for his
development, while the small material disadvantage is of temporary nature.} 14.
Bd3 Na4 $132) 13... cxd4 14. Qxd4 {From structural point of view, the opening
has been quite a success for Black. However, his considerable delay in
development and the difficulties in finding a safe place for the king make the
position difficult to judge.} a6 15. Rb4 Qc7 {This willing retreat might seem
a bit mysterious.} ({A more natural continuation would be} 15... b6 $5 {
[%cal Yc8b7,Ga8c8] /\...Bb7, ...Rc8. Morozevich probably feared that his quen
would remain isolated on a5. Here is a possible way for White to take any
concrete advantage out of this detail:} 16. Rb3 Bb7 17. Qb4 Qxb4 18. cxb4 {
White has all the chances to consolidate his control on dark squares. For
instance} g5 19. Re1 $1 (19. hxg5 hxg5 20. g4 d4 $132) 19... g4 20. Nd4 $14)
16. c4 a5 {In order to avoid the immediate activation of the rook along the
c-file (...dxc4 Rxc4), Black creates an additional weakness in his camp (b5).}
17. Rb3 dxc4 18. Qxc4 Nc5 $1 ({A highly instructive moment. It might seem as
if Black should be interested in trading queens, in order to solve his
aforementioned problems. However, after} 18... Qxc4 $2 19. Bxc4 {he could not
reach the desired stability on dark squares with} Nc5 {because of} 20. Rb5 {
. As we shall see, the black queen is needed precisely to defend the b6- and
c5-squares.}) 19. Rc3 (19. Rb5 $2 {is inefficient now because of} b6 {,
threatening ...Ba6.}) 19... b6 20. Qf4 Bb7 {Black has almost completed his
development, without making any major concession. He "only" needs to bring his
king into safety now.} 21. Nd4 Qd8 22. f3 g5 $5 {Morozevich' plans start
getting contour. He plans to leave the king in the centre in order to increase
his influence on dark squares on the wings.} 23. Qe3 {Leko prevents the
opening of the h-file for the black rook, but after Black's next move the
g-file will prove just as good.} gxh4 24. Nb5 Kf8 25. Nd6 Bd5 26. Rb1 Qg5 27.
Bf1 Qxe3+ 28. Rxe3 Rb8 29. Bc4 Rg8 {Black's plan has been crowned with success.
White does not have any chances for advantage.} 30. Re2 Bxc4 31. Nxc4 h3 32.
gxh3 Rg3 33. Ke3 Na4 34. Kf4 Rg5 35. Rb3 Ke7 36. h4 Rf5+ 37. Kg3 Rg8+ 38. Kf2
Rf4 39. Nxb6 Rxh4 40. Nxa4 Rxa4 41. Rb7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "FRA-chT"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "2007.11.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Olivier, Jean Christophe"]
[Black "Prusikin, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2376"]
[BlackElo "2564"]
[Annotator "Prusikin,M"]
[PlyCount "148"]
[EventDate "2007.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. Nge2 dxe4 6. a3 Be7 7. Bxf6 Bxf6 8.
Nxe4 O-O 9. Qd3 Be7 10. h4 $5 $146 (10. O-O-O) 10... Nd7 11. O-O-O c6 (11...
Rb8 $5 {[%cal Gb7b5]}) (11... c5 $5) 12. Nf4 Nf6 13. Nxf6+ Bxf6 14. Qe4 Re8 15.
c3 Qc7 16. Nd3 (16. Bd3 g6 17. h5 Bg5 18. g3 e5 19. dxe5 Bf5 $15) 16... Bd7 $6
(16... b6 $1 17. Ne5 Bb7 18. Bd3 g6 19. h5 c5 20. Qf4 Bg7 21. hxg6 hxg6 $13)
17. f4 (17. Ne5 c5 18. Nxd7 Qxd7 19. dxc5 Qc7 20. Bd3 $14) 17... Red8 18. Be2 (
18. h5 $14) 18... Rac8 (18... c5 19. Nxc5 Bc6 20. Qe3 Bxg2 21. Rhg1 Bd5 22. h5
$40) 19. Bf3 b6 20. Ne5 Be8 21. h5 (21. g4 $5 c5 22. g5 Be7 23. dxc5 Qxc5 24.
h5 Rxd1+ 25. Rxd1 Rd8 26. Rxd8 Bxd8 27. Qa8 Qc7 $11) 21... c5 (21... h6 $5) 22.
h6 (22. Ng4 Be7 23. h6 Bc6 24. Qe5 Qxe5 25. dxe5 Rxd1+ 26. Rxd1 Bxf3 27. gxf3
Rd8) 22... g6 (22... cxd4 23. hxg7 Bxg7 24. Rxd4 Rxd4 25. Qxd4 f6 26. Ng4 f5
27. Ne5 Qc5 28. Qd2 $1 $14) 23. d5 exd5 24. Rxd5 Rxd5 25. Qxd5 Rd8 26. Qe4 Kf8
27. g4 Bb5 28. Rd1 Rxd1+ (28... Re8 $5 29. Re1 $11) 29. Kxd1 Qd6+ 30. Kc2 Be8
31. g5 Bh8 32. Bg4 f5 33. gxf6 Bxf6 34. Bf3 Qe6 35. Bg4 Qe7 $2 (35... Qd6 $11)
36. Qd5 $1 Qd8 (36... g5 37. Nd7+ Bxd7 38. Bxd7 gxf4 39. Bb5 Qe5 40. Qb7 $16) (
36... Bxe5 37. fxe5 $16) 37. Nd7+ Bxd7 38. Bxd7 $16 c4 $5 39. Qd6+ $2 Be7 $2 (
39... Qe7 40. Qb8+ Kf7 $11) 40. Qe6 $2 (40. Qd5 $1 $16) 40... Bf6 $2 {Diagramm
#} (40... Qc7 41. Bc6 Qd6 42. Qxc4 Qc5 $11) 41. Kb1 $3 {Hier beginnt der
interessanteste Teil der Partie. Nach langem Nachdenken findet mein Gegner
diesen schönen Prophylaxezug, der die einzige Möglichkeit darstellt, auf
Gewinn zu spielen.} (41. f5 Qe7 42. fxg6 hxg6 (42... Qxe6 $4 43. g7+ $18) 43.
Qg4 Qe3 44. Qxc4 Qxh6 $11) 41... Qe7 42. Qc6 (42. Qd5 $5 $18) 42... Qe1+ 43.
Ka2 Bxc3 $5 {Was sonst?} 44. Qc8+ (44. Qd6+ $18) (44. Qxc4 $18) (44. Qa8+ $18)
44... Ke7 45. Bb5 (45. Qc7 $18) (45. Bh3 $18) 45... Qd2 $1 (45... Bd2 46. Qd7+
Kf6 47. Qd4+ Ke7 48. Qg7+ $18) 46. Qe8+ Kf6 (46... Kd6 47. Qd7+ Kc5 48. Qc6+
Kd4 49. Qxc4+ Ke3 50. Qxc3+ Qxc3 51. bxc3 Kxf4 52. Kb3 Kg5 53. Kb4 Kxh6 54. Bf1
$1 g5 55. Kb5 g4 56. Ka6 Kg5 57. Kxa7 h5 58. Kxb6 h4 59. c4 h3 60. c5 Kh4 61.
c6 g3 62. Bxh3 $18) 47. Qh8+ $2 {Vergibt den Gewinn noch nicht, macht aber die
Sache unnötig schwer.} (47. Qf8+ Ke6 48. Bxc4+ Kd7 49. Qg7+ $3 $18 (49. Bb5+
Ke6 50. Qc8+ $18)) 47... Kf5 48. Qxc3 Qxc3 49. bxc3 Kxf4 50. Bxc4 Kg5 51. Kb3
Kxh6 {Ein sehr spannendes Endspiel. Wohin mit dem weißen König? Nach a7 oder
doch zum Königsflügel?} 52. Kb4 $1 {Die richtige Richtung:} g5 53. Be2 $3 {
Der einzige Gewinnzug!} (53. Kb5 $2 g4 54. Ka6 Kg5 55. Kxa7 h5 56. Kxb6 h4 57.
Kc5 (57. Bf1 h3 $19) (57. a4 h3 $19) 57... g3 58. Bf1 Kg4 59. Kd4 Kf3 60. c4
Kf2 61. Bh3 g2 $11) 53... Kg6 54. Bd3+ $3 {Und wieder der Einzige!} Kg7 (54...
Kh6 $5 55. Kc4 $1 (55. Bf5 Kg7 56. Kb5 h5 57. Ka6 Kf6 58. Bd3 g4 59. Kxa7 g3
60. Bf1 Kg5 61. Kxb6 Kg4 $11) (55. Kb5 g4 56. Ka6 g3 $11) 55... g4 56. Kd4 Kg7
(56... g3 57. Ke3 Kg5 58. Bxh7 Kg4 59. Be4 Kh3 60. Ke2 Kg4 61. Bg2 Kf4 62. Kd3
$18) 57. Ke5 h5 58. Kf5 Kf7 59. Bf1 $1 Ke7 60. Kg5 Ke6 (60... Kd6 61. Kxh5 g3
62. Kg4 g2 63. Bxg2 Kc5 64. Bf1 b5 65. Kf3 a5 66. Ke3 $18) 61. Kxh5 Kf5 62. Kh4
Kf4 63. Ba6 g3 64. Kh3 Kf3 65. c4 Kf2 66. Bb7 $18) 55. Kb5 h5 56. Ka6 g4 57.
Be2 $4 {Erst hier kommt mein Gegner, der soweit eine starke, nach der
Zeitkontrolle gar eine brilliante Partie spielte, vom rechten Weg ab. Er
befand sich bereits in hochgradiger Zeitnot, es wurde noch ohne Zuschlag
gespielt.} ({Es galt, die immer noch studienartige Variante} 57. Kxa7 Kf6 58.
Kxb6 h4 59. c4 $1 h3 60. Bf1 $1 Kg5 61. c5 Kh4 62. c6 g3 63. Bxh3 $1 $18 {
zu finden.}) 57... Kf6 58. Kxa7 Kg5 59. Kxb6 h4 60. a4 $2 {Dieser Zug vergibt
auch noch das Remis. Entgegen der Engineangabe war dieses immer noch zu
erreichen:} (60. c4 h3 61. Bf1 Kh4 62. c5 g3 63. Bxh3 $1 Kxh3 64. c6 g2 65. c7
g1=Q+ 66. Kb7 Qb1+ 67. Ka7 Qf5 68. Kb7 Qb5+ 69. Kc8 $3 (69. Ka7 $2 Qc6 70. Kb8
Qb6+ 71. Kc8 Kg4 72. a4 Kf5 $19) 69... Kg4 70. a4 $1 $11 {Schlägt Schwarz den
Bauern, ergibt sich eine theoretische Remisstellung. Schlägt er ihn nicht,
kann er auch b5 kann Schach mehr geben, dadurch kann der König nicht mehr
nach c8 gezwungen werden: Remis!}) 60... h3 $19 61. Bf1 Kh4 62. a5 g3 63. a6 g2
64. Bxg2 hxg2 65. a7 g1=Q+ 66. Kb7 Qg7+ 67. Kb8 Qf8+ 68. Kb7 Qe7+ 69. Kb8 Qd8+
70. Kb7 Qd7+ 71. Kb8 Qb5+ 72. Kc7 Qa6 73. Kb8 Qb6+ 74. Ka8 Qc7 0-1

[Event "AUT-chT 1718"]
[Site "Austria"]
[Date "2018.04.07"]
[Round "11.4"]
[White "Acs, Peter"]
[Black "Prusikin, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2588"]
[BlackElo "2514"]
[Annotator "Prusikin,M"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2017.11.16"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Jenbach"]
[BlackTeam "Salzburg Royal"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AUT"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AUT"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. bxc3 Ne4 8. Qg4
Kf8 9. Bd3 Nxd2 10. Kxd2 c5 11. h4 Nc6 12. Qf4 c4 13. Be2 Bd7 14. Qe3 (14. Bh5
Qe7 15. Ne2 b6 (15... Ke8 16. Qe3 b5 17. f4 Kd8 18. Bf3 Qa3 19. f5 a5 20. Bh5
Rf8 21. Qg3 b4 22. Qxg7 bxc3+ 23. Ke3 Kc7 24. Rac1 Ne7 25. g4 exf5 26. Bxf7
fxg4 27. Rhf1 Rab8 28. e6 Ba4 29. Bh5 Bxc2 30. Rf7 Rxf7 31. Qe5+ Qd6 32. exf7
Bg6 33. Qxd6+ Kxd6 34. Bxg6 Nxg6 35. Rf1 Ke6 36. h5 Nf8 37. Nxc3 Rb7 38. Rf4
Rxf7 39. Rxf7 Kxf7 40. Nxd5 Ke6 41. Ke4 Nd7 42. Nc7+ Kd6 43. Nb5+ Kc6 44. Nc3
Nf6+ 45. Ke5 g3 46. Kxf6 g2 47. Ne2 c3 48. Ke6 c2 49. d5+ Kb7 50. d6 g1=Q 51.
Nxg1 c1=Q 52. Nf3 Qc4+ 53. Kf5 Qd3+ 54. Kf4 Qxd6+ 55. Ne5 Qf6+ 56. Ke4 Qh4+ 57.
Kd5 Qxh5 58. a4 Qd1+ 59. Kc5 Qxa4 {0-1 (59) Darini,P (2471)-Batchuluun,T (2521)
Sharjah 2014}) 16. g4 Ke8 17. g5 g6 18. Bf3 h5 19. Qf6 Rf8 20. a4 Kd8 21. Bg2
Kc7 22. f4 Qd8 23. f5 Ne7 24. Bh3 Nxf5 25. Bxf5 Qxf6 26. gxf6 exf5 27. Nf4 Kc6
28. a5 b5 29. a6 Rfe8 30. Ke3 Rab8 31. Ra2 Rb6 32. Ng2 Be6 33. Kf4 Rc8 34. Kg5
Re8 35. Nf4 Rbb8 36. Ra5 Bd7 37. Re1 Be6 38. Nxe6 Rxe6 39. Kh6 Rg8 40. Kh7 Ree8
41. e6 Rh8+ 42. Kg7 Rhg8+ 43. Kh6 Rh8+ 44. Kg5 Rhf8 45. Kf4 Rh8 46. Raa1 fxe6
47. Ke5 Rh7 48. Rab1 Rg8 49. Rg1 {1-0 (49) Liedl,W (2401)-Loeschnauer,R (2491)
ICCF email 2015}) 14... b5 15. a3 a5 16. Nf3 Rb8 (16... Qb6 17. h5 Rb8 18. g4
Be8 19. Nh2 Bd7 20. Nf3 b4 21. axb4 axb4 22. Rhb1 bxc3+ 23. Qxc3 Qxb1 24. Rxb1
Rxb1 25. Qa3+ Ke8 26. Bd1 Rb7 27. Ng1 Kd8 28. Ne2 Ra7 29. Qd6 Kc8 {1/2-1/2 (29)
Daubenfeld,N (2507)-Pessoa,F (2519) ICCF email 2012}) 17. h5 Qe7 18. g4 Ke8 19.
Nh4 $146 (19. Rhg1 b4 20. axb4 axb4 21. Rgb1 Kd8 22. cxb4 Rxb4 23. Qc3 Rxb1 24.
Rxb1 Kc7 25. Rb5 Ra8 26. Rc5 Qd8 27. Qb2 Qb8 28. Qxb8+ Rxb8 29. g5 Rb1 30. gxh6
gxh6 31. Nh2 Kb6 32. Rxc6+ Bxc6 33. Ng4 Ka5 34. Nxh6 Be8 35. Bf3 Kb4 36. Ng4
c3+ 37. Ke3 Ba4 {0-1 (37) Sanchez,J (2533)-Brunello,S (2583) Milan 2012}) 19...
b4 20. axb4 axb4 21. cxb4 Qxb4+ 22. Qc3 Ke7 23. Qxb4+ Rxb4 24. Kc3 Rhb8 25. f4
{[#]} f6 $2 (25... R4b7 26. f5 Na7 27. Kd2 Nc6 $11) 26. Rhg1 $2 (26. g5 $1 hxg5
27. Ng6+ Kf7 28. fxg5 fxg5 29. Raf1+ Kg8 30. Rf2 $18) 26... Be8 $1 27. Ra6 R4b6
28. Rxb6 Rxb6 29. g5 fxg5 30. fxg5 hxg5 31. Rxg5 Kf8 32. Rg1 Ra6 33. Rf1+ Ke7
34. Rf4 $6 (34. Rg1 $11) 34... Ra3+ 35. Kd2 $2 (35. Kb2 Rh3 $15) 35... Rg3 (
35... c3+ 36. Ke3 Nb4 37. Bd3 Nxd3 $1 (37... Ra1 38. Ng6+ Kd8 39. Rf3 Re1+ 40.
Kf2 Rc1 41. Ke3 Ba4 42. Rf8+ Kd7 43. Nf4 Nxc2+ 44. Bxc2 Bxc2 45. Rf7+ Ke8 46.
Rc7 Bf5 47. Ne2 $11) 38. h6 $1 gxh6 39. Kxd3 Bb5+ 40. Ke3 Ra1 41. Ng6+ Ke8 42.
Rf8+ Kd7 43. Rf7+ Kc8 44. Rf8+ Kb7 45. Rf2 Re1+ 46. Kf3 Ba4 47. Nf4 Rc1 48. Ke3
Rxc2 $19) 36. c3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tel Aviv super 1st"]
[Site "Tel Aviv"]
[Date "1999.05.17"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Black "Psakhis, Lev"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2564"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1999.05.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 071"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 2096]} 1. e4 {Finkel,A} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 $5 {The first
time in my life I choose this complicated line, and it looks not the last!} 5.
e5 h6 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. Bxc3 Ne4 8. Ne2 {Sutovsky played already this rare
variant (and with success!), but I had the feeling that black hasn't too many
troubles.} (8. Bb4 $6 c5 9. dxc5 $140 $2 Nxf2 $1) 8... Nc6 {Glek preferes this
move too.} (8... c5 9. dxc5 Nc6 (9... Nd7 {Finkel,A} 10. Bd4 Qc7 11. f3 Nexc5
12. Nc3 O-O 13. Nb5 Qd8 14. Qd2 b6 15. O-O-O Ba6 16. Nd6 Bxf1 17. Rhxf1 $14 {
Van Riemsdijk,H-Garbarino,R/GEBA 1991}) (9... Nxc3 10. Nxc3 Qa5 11. Qd2 Qxc5
12. f4 O-O 13. O-O-O Nc6 14. h4 a6 15. Kb1 b5 $132 {Berzinsh,R-Achoundov,R/
WchJM-U18 1992}) 10. Bd4 Qe7 11. Nc3 Nxc5 12. f4 O-O 13. Qd2 Bd7 14. O-O-O Nxd4
15. Qxd4 Rac8 16. g3 $14 {1-0 Sutovsky,E-Comas Fabrego,L/Pamplona 1998 (45)
and why not to follow the recommendation of an expert.}) (8... O-O {Finkel,A}
9. Qd3 (9. Bb4 $5 c5 10. Ba3 cxd4 $6 11. Bxf8 Qxf8 12. f3 d3 13. fxe4 dxe2 14.
Qxe2 $16 {Galkin,A-Morozevich,A/RUS-Cup9 1997}) 9... f6 10. f3 Nxc3 11. Qxc3
fxe5 12. dxe5 Nc6 13. f4 Qe7 14. O-O-O Nb4 15. Kb1 c5 16. a3 Nc6 17. g4 $36 {
Kogan,A-Kaminik,A/ISR-chT 1996}) 9. Nf4 {N} (9. Ng3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 g6 11. h4 Qe7
(11... Ne7 12. Be2 c5 13. O-O c4 14. h5 Nf5 15. Bg4 Qg5 {'<=>' Finkel,A.
Finkel,A: ' Krakops,M-Glek,I/EU-chTM 1997 '}) 12. a4 Na5 13. Qb1 b6 14. h5 g5
15. Bd3 Bd7 16. Nf1 c5 17. Ne3 c4 $13 {1/2-1/2 Schmittdiel,E-Glek,I/Oberwart
op 1993 (65)} (17... c4 {Finkel,A} 18. Be2 $14 {Schmittdiel,E-Glek,I/Oberwart
op 1993})) 9... Qe7 10. Bd3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Bd7 {I didn't like to see white's
knight on h5, but I was not sure, that the position after the possible
continuation} (11... g6 12. Bxg6 fxg6 (12... Qg5 13. h4 $1 Qxf4 14. g3) 13.
Nxg6 Qg7 14. Nxh8 Qxh8 15. Qh5+ Kd8 {is to black's favour.}) 12. Nh5 Rg8 $1 {
[#]} (12... O-O-O 13. Nxg7 Rdg8 (13... Qg5 14. Nh5 Qxg2 15. Ng3 Qh3 (15... Rdg8
16. Bf1) 16. Qh5 Qxh5 17. Nxh5 $16) 14. Nh5 Rxg2 15. Nf6) (12... Qg5 $6 {
Finkel,A} 13. O-O O-O 14. f4 Qh4 15. g3 Qh3 16. f5 $16) 13. Bh7 ({Big
complications could be raised after} 13. Qg4 O-O-O 14. Bh7 Rh8 15. Qxg7 Qa3 16.
Kd2 (16. O-O Qxc3 17. Nf6 Nxd4 $132) 16... Qa5 17. Nf6 Nxd4 18. Nxd7 Kxd7)
13... Rh8 14. Bd3 (14. Nxg7+ $2 Kf8 $19) 14... Rg8 15. O-O {'!?' Finkel,A.} (
15. Bh7 $5 $11) (15. Bh7 $11 {Finkel,A}) 15... O-O-O 16. a4 {'?!' Finkel,A.} (
16. f4 $5 {Finkel,A} Qa3 $5 17. Qd2 Na5 (17... Qa5 $5 {[%cal Gc6d4]} 18. Be2 (
18. Rf2 $5) 18... Ne7 19. Rf3 Bb5 20. Bd3 Bxd3 21. cxd3 Nf5 22. Rf2 $14) 18.
Rf3 c5 (18... Qb2 $6 19. Qe1 Nc4 20. Rg3 $14) 19. Bf1 $5 (19. Rg3 $6 cxd4 20.
cxd4 Qb2 21. Rd1 Qxd4+ 22. Kh1 Nc4 23. Bxc4 Qxd2 24. Rxd2 dxc4 $15) 19... Nc4
20. Bxc4 dxc4 21. Rg3 $14) 16... Na5 {[%cal Gc7c5,Gc8b8,Gd8c8] '!' Finkel,A.}
17. f4 c5 18. Bb5 {'?!' Finkel,A.} (18. f5 $2 exf5 19. Nf4 (19. Bxf5 $2 Bxf5
20. Rxf5 g6 $19) 19... Be6) 18... Kb8 19. Bxd7 Qxd7 20. Qd3 Qc7 $1 $15 {
[%csl Rc2,Rc3][%cal Gd8c8] '=/+' Finkel,A.} 21. Rab1 Rc8 22. f5 (22. Rb5 cxd4
23. cxd4 b6) 22... cxd4 (22... exf5 $6 {Finkel,A} 23. Rb5 $1 cxd4 24. cxd4 Nc6
25. Nf4 $1 $16) 23. cxd4 (23. fxe6 {Finkel,A} fxe6 24. cxd4 Qxc2 25. Qa6 Qc3
$15) 23... Qxc2 24. Qb5 {'?!' Finkel,A.} (24. Qa6 Qc3 25. fxe6 Ka8 $1 26. Qb5 (
26. Rxb7 Nxb7 27. exf7 Rgf8 28. e6 Qxd4+ 29. Kh1 Qe5 $19) 26... fxe6) (24. Qxc2
{Finkel,A} Rxc2 25. fxe6 fxe6 26. Rf7 Rc7 27. Rbf1 Rxf7 28. Rxf7 Nc6 29. Nxg7
Nxd4 30. Kf2 Nc6 $15) 24... Qc3 {'!' Finkel,A.} 25. Kh1 Rc6 $1 $17 {[%csl Gc6]
[%cal Gc6b6,Gc6e6] '!' Finkel,A.} 26. h3 (26. fxe6 {Finkel,A} fxe6 27. Rf3 Qd2
$1 $17) 26... a6 27. Qe2 Qxd4 {'-+' Finkel,A.} 28. Rf4 (28. fxe6 {Finkel,A}
fxe6 29. Rf7 g6 30. Nf6 Rgc8 $19) 28... Qc3 29. fxe6 fxe6 30. Rf7 d4 $5 {
[%csl Gd4][%cal Rd4d1] '!' Finkel,A.} 31. Rd7 (31. Nxg7 {Finkel,A} d3 32. Qf3
Qc2 33. Rd1 Nc4 $19) 31... Rgc8 32. Qg4 $6 (32. Nxg7 Qg3) ({Just after the
stubborn} 32. Nf4 $5 g5 33. Nd3 {white could continue resistance.}) 32... d3
$19 33. Qxg7 (33. Rd1 Qxe5) 33... R6c7 (33... d2 $4 {Finkel,A} 34. Rdxb7+ Nxb7
35. Qxb7#) 34. Rxc7 (34. Nf6 d2 35. Rd1 Qe3) 34... Rxc7 35. Qg8+ $6 (35. Qf8+
Ka7 36. Qf2+ Rc5 37. Nf4 Qc2 38. Qg1 Kb8 (38... d2 39. Nd3 Qxb1 40. Qxb1 Rc1+
41. Qxc1 dxc1=Q+ 42. Nxc1 Nc4) 39. Nxe6 Rxe5 40. Rc1 Nb3 $1 $19) 35... Ka7 36.
Qxe6 Nc4 37. Nf4 d2 38. Rg1 Qd4 {'!' Finkel,A.} (38... Qd4 39. Qg4 Qxg1+ 40.
Kxg1 Ne3) 0-1

[Event "Cappelle op 31st"]
[Site "Cappelle la Grande"]
[Date "2015.03.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kovchan, Alexander"]
[Black "Arun Prasad, Subramanian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2576"]
[BlackElo "2502"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "201"]
[EventDate "2015.02.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bh4 g5 7. Bg3 Ne4 8. Nge2
c5 (8... f5 9. f3 Nxg3 10. hxg3 Bd7 11. a3 Bxc3+ 12. Nxc3 Nc6 13. f4 g4 14. Qd2
Qe7 15. Nd1 O-O-O 16. Ne3 h5 17. O-O-O Kb8 18. c4 dxc4 19. Bxc4 Nxd4 20. Qxd4
Ba4 21. Rxh5 Rhe8 22. Qc3 Bxd1 23. Nxd1 Qc5 24. Rh7 Qg1 25. Bb3 c5 26. Qa5 Qxg2
27. Bxe6 Rd4 28. Bxf5 Red8 29. Bc2 Rd2 30. Qc3 c4 31. e6 Re2 32. Rd7 Re8 33. f5
a6 34. Ba4 Rc8 35. e7 b5 36. f6 Qc6 37. Qd4 {1-0 (37) Onischuk,V (2614)-Volkov,
S (2599) Al Ain 2014}) 9. a3 Bxc3+ 10. Nxc3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Qa5 12. Qd2 Nc6 13.
dxc5 Qxc5 14. h4 Rg8 15. hxg5 hxg5 16. c4 $146 (16. Bd3 Bd7 17. Rh7 O-O-O 18.
Rxf7 Rh8 19. O-O-O Qxa3+ 20. Kb1 Na5 21. Qc1 Qxc3 22. Qb2 Qc5 23. Be2 Kb8 24.
Rd4 Rh1+ 25. Ka2 Nc4 26. Qc3 Qb5 27. Bxc4 Qa4+ 28. Qa3 Ra1+ 29. Kxa1 Qxa3+ 30.
Kb1 dxc4 {0-1 (30) Gutsko,N (2287)-Kiselev,V (2535) Lugansk 2010}) 16... dxc4
17. Rd1 Qxa3 $1 {Gagne non seulement un P mais aussi le contrôle de la case
"b4"} 18. Bxc4 Qb4 19. Qxb4 Nxb4 20. Bb5+ Ke7 21. f4 a6 22. Be2 Bd7 23. fxg5 (
23. Bf3 {[%cal Gf3g2]}) 23... Nxc2+ 24. Kf2 Bc6 25. Bh4 Ke8 26. Bh5 Nb4 27. Rd6
Bd5 28. Rf1 Nd3+ 29. Kg1 Nxe5 30. Rxd5 $1 exd5 31. Re1 Kf8 (31... Rh8 $5 {
[%cal Gh8h5]} 32. Rxe5+ Kd7 33. g4 (33. Rxd5+ Ke6) 33... a5 34. Bg3 {[%cal
Gh5f7]}) 32. Rxe5 Rh8 $1 {Force la poussée "g4" et le Bh5 sera hors-jeu} 33.
g4 Kg8 34. Re7 Rh7 35. Rxb7 a5 36. Bf2 a4 37. Bd4 a3 38. Rb1 a2 39. Ra1 $13 {
Une position étonnante avec le Bh5 et la Rh7 complètement hors-jeu} Ra4 40.
Bf6 Rg7 $1 41. Kf2 $1 Ra3 42. Ke2 d4 43. Kd2 d3 44. Bb2 $36 {La pauvre Ra3
risque d'être en surcharge} Ra8 45. Bxg7 Kxg7 46. Kxd3 {Avec un Bf5, la
position Blanche serait probablement gagnante} Ra5 $1 47. Kc3 Rxg5 48. Rxa2 f5
$1 49. Ra4 Kf6 50. Kd3 fxg4 {Les Noirs ont bien progressé vers la nulle en
rentrant dans cette finale théorique difficile à gagner} 51. Bxg4 Re5 52. Bf3
Kf5 53. Kd4 Re8 54. Ra1 Kf4 55. Bd5 Re2 56. Rf1+ Kg3 57. Be4 Rf2 58. Rg1+ Kf4
59. Bd3 Rf3 60. Rg7 Rf2 61. Re7 Rf3 62. Be2 Rf2 63. Re8 Kg5 64. Ke3 Rf6 65. Bd3
Rd6 66. Rf8 Re6+ 67. Be4 Re5 68. Rg8+ Kf6 $11 {Les Blancs n'ont toujours pas
réussi à bloquer le K Noir à la bande} 69. Kf4 Re6 70. Bd5 Re1 71. Ra8 Rf1+
72. Bf3 Re1 73. Ra5 Re6 74. Bd5 Rb6 75. Rc5 Rd6 76. Be4 Re6 77. Bd5 Rb6 78. Bc4
Rd6 79. Rf5+ Ke7 80. Ke5 Rd7 81. Be6 Rc7 82. Bd5 Rd7 83. Rh5 Rc7 84. Rh6 Rd7
85. Bc6 Rc7 86. Re6+ Kf8 {Les Blancs ont progressé un peu} 87. Rg6 Ke7 88. Rh6
Kd8 89. Kd6 Rd7+ $1 {La pointe!} 90. Kc5 Rg7 91. Re6 Re7 92. Rd6+ Kc7 93. Rh6
Rg7 94. Bd5 Kd8 95. Kd6 Rd7+ 96. Ke5 Re7+ 97. Be6 Kc7 98. Rh1 Rg7 99. Rc1+ Kb6
100. Kd6 Rg5 101. Rc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg International Final"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1914.05.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Marshall, Frank James"]
[Black "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C12"]
[Annotator "Reinfeld,F"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "1914.05.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "Tournaments"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Marshall plays the opening in a splendid style and gets a won game. But then
he (...) is checkmated on the first rank!} 1. e4 {in: The unknown Alekhine 
(bzw. 100 instructive Games), 93.  s.a. v. Bardeleben in Kagan:
Schachmeisterpartien 1914, Bd. 1, S. 57.  Deutsches Wochenschach 1914, S. 195.
Kalendovsky I, 230.  Tscharuschin: 226 KP, 28. (T)  <1914/29>   Skinner/
Verhoeven: Alexander Alekhine's Chess Games, 328.   Tarrasch: Das
GroЯmeisterturnier zu St. Petersburg im Jahre 1914, S. 148f. (T)} e6 2. d4 d5
3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bd3 Nf6 {Es scheint, daЯ Mac Cutcheons Variante der
franzцsischen Partie dem Anziehenden, wenn ьberhaupt, nur einen minimalen
Vorteil lдЯt. (T)} 5. Bg5 {Dieser Zug, der im Wettkampf Lasker-Tarrasch
mehrmals angewendet wurde, ist nicht gut und sollte zum Nachteil von WeiЯ
ausschlagen. (T) Allows rapid equality.} c5 $2 {Fehlerhaft. Zuvor muЯ ...de:
Be4: geschehen, damit der Pe4 nicht vorgehen kann. (T) But this cedes the
initiative to White!} (5... dxe4 $1 6. Bxe4 c5 7. dxc5 Qxd1+ $1 8. Rxd1 Nbd7 9.
Bxf6 Nxf6 10. Bf3 Bxc5 11. Nge2 Ke7 {and Black's two B's give him at least an
equal game (Em. Lasker-Tarrasch, WM 1908).}) 6. e5 $1 h6 (6... cxd4 $1 7. a3 (
7. exf6 dxc3 8. fxg7 cxb2+ 9. Kf1 Bc3 $1) 7... Be7 8. Nb5 a6 9. Nxd4 Nfd7 {(T)}
) 7. Bd2 cxd4 (7... Nfd7 8. Qg4 $1 Kf8 (8... g6 $2 9. Bxg6 $1 $16 {(Schwarz)})
(8... cxd4 $2 9. Qxg7 Ke7 10. Nxd5+ $1 $16 {(Schwarz)}) 9. dxc5 $1 {[%cal
Gg4b4] mit Angriff auf den Bb4, so daЯ WeiЯ Zeit findet, seinen Pe5 mit f2-f4
zu decken. Diese Fortsetzung hдtte jedoch vor der in der Partie gewдhlten, bei
der das schwarze Spiel binnen kurzem vцllig desorganisiert wird, bei weitem
den Vorzug verdient. (T)} Nc6 10. f4 {with good attacking chances.}) 8. Nb5
Bxd2+ 9. Qxd2 Nfd7 10. Nd6+ Kf8 11. Qf4 $16 {WeiЯ hat nun ein total
ьberlegenes Spiel. (T)} (11. f4 Nc6 12. Nf3 Qb6 13. O-O Nc5 14. f5 Nxd3 15.
Qxd3 exf5 16. Nxc8 Rxc8 17. Qxf5 Ne7 $17 {Whetcroft-Feltham, corr 1960.}) 11...
f6 12. exf6 gxf6 {Nimmt der N, so wird der Punkt e5 schwach. (T)} (12... Qxf6
$2 {loses a piece.}) (12... Nxf6 {gives White a powerful hold on the black
squares.}) 13. Nxc8 $1 {Man wundert sich, weshalb Marshall den stark
postierten Nd6 gegen den unentwickelten Bc8 abtauscht, aber der Tausch ist
nicht zu tadeln; er ist nдmlich sehr fein gegen das drohende Vorgehen der
schwarzen Mittelbauern. (T)} (13. Nf3 $2 {verbietet sich wegen} e5 {nebst ...
e4 mit Gabelangriff. (T)}) 13... e5 {"?" Darauf hatte WeiЯ gerade gerechnet. 
(T)} (13... Qxc8 {was relatively better, although after} 14. Qxd4 $16 {White
would have the better game because of the insecure position of Black's K.}) 14.
Qf3 e4 {Wegen des Angriffs auf den Pd5. (T)} (14... Qxc8 {Again somewhat
better, although after} 15. Qxd5 $16 {White's mastery of the white squares
would give him the advantage.}) 15. Bxe4 dxe4 16. Qa3+ {Diesen Zug hat Schwarz
bei dem Vorgehen seines Kцnigsbauern offenbar ьbersehen. (T) Saves the piece.
Alekhine must have overlooked this "airplane check".} Kg7 17. Nd6 {Jetzt steht
der N noch viel stдrker als vorher. Die Mittelbauern sind schwach und die
schwarze Kцnigsstellung gefдhrdet. Schwarz ist total verloren, wehrt sich aber
recht wacker. (T)} Nc6 18. O-O-O Nde5 $1 19. Ne2 $6 (19. Qg3+ Kh7 20. Nf5 Rg8
21. Qh3 Rg6 22. Ne2 {(T)}) (19. Nxe4 $142 Qd5 {. (T)}) 19... d3 20. f4 $2 {
Das ist nicht gut. Am einfachsten und stдrksten war es, jetzt den Pe4 zu
schlagen. Mit einem P mehr und trefflicher Stellung muЯte WeiЯ klar gewinnen,
wдhrend jetzt der Gewinn wieder etwas fraglich wird. (T) Marshall never missed
a chance to complicate matters, but here simplicity was called for.} (20. Nxe4
$142 $18 {This obvious move would have left him with a P up and a fairly easy
win.}) 20... exf3 21. gxf3 Qa5 $1 {Jetzt ist der Ne2 angegriffen, den Schwarz
bisher natьrlich nicht schlagen durfte, da er durch Nf5+ die Q verloren hдtte.
(T)} (21... dxe2 $2 22. Nf5+ $18 {wins the Q.}) (21... Nxf3 $2 {loses a piece
because of} 22. Rxd3 {threatening 23.Rf3: and also 23.Nf5+.}) 22. Rhg1+ Kh7 23.
Rxd3 {Geistreich gespielt. Auf ...Nd3+ Qd3+ f5 Nf5: hat WeiЯ einen Mattangriff.
Und beim Q-Tausch behдlt er seinen Mehrbauern, den er freilich vorher billiger,
nдmlich ohne grцЯeres Kopfzerbrechen, und besser haben konnte. (T)} Rhg8 $1 {
Nun kann WeiЯ die Q nicht tauschen, weil er dabei durch ...Nd3:+ die Qualitдt
verliert. Der Rd3 muЯ ziehen, und zwar womцglich so, daЯ er die Qa3 deckt,
aber wohin? Auf e3 und c3 beiЯt er auf Granit; auf b3 steht er am
aggressivsten.... (T) It is now doubtful whether White can win.} (23... Nxd3+
24. Qxd3+ f5 25. Nxf5 {leaves White with an easy win, for example} Rhg8 26.
Nd6+ Kh8 27. Nf7#) 24. Rb3 $4 {In his bewilderment, Marshall blunders
catastrophically.} (24. Rc3 Qxa3 25. Rxa3 Rxg1+ 26. Nxg1 Rg8 27. Ne2 Rg2 $132 {
and Black has enough counterplay for a draw.}) (24. Qxa5 $2 Nxd3+) (24. Rdd1
Qxa3 25. bxa3 Nxf3 26. Rxg8 Rxg8 27. Nxb7 Nxh2 28. Nc5 {(T)}) 24... Rxg1+ {
By thus turning defeat into victory, Alekhine was able to secure 3rd prize,
ahead of Tarrasch an Marshall.} (24... Rxg1+ 25. Nxg1 Qe1# {Oh weh! Wer konnte
das denken! Aber wenn man in die Ferne schaut, kann man leicht das
Nдchstliegende ьbersehen. Das Spiel war ьbrigens auch ohne das Versehen
wahrscheinlich fьr WeiЯ nicht mehr zu gewinnen, denn auf Rc3 oder Re3 tausch
Schwarz die Tьrme, besetzt mit dem R die g-Linie und dringt nach dem Q-Tausch
auf g2 ein, wonach er den P zurьckgewinnt und das Spiel vermutlich remis wird.
(T)}) 0-1

[Event "Mid America op 20th"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2016.03.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Boros, Denes"]
[Black "Sadorra, Julio Catalino"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2458"]
[BlackElo "2521"]
[Annotator "Sadorra,J"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2016.03.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 {The McCutcheon Variation.} 5. e5 h6 6.
Bd2 Bxc3 7. bxc3 Ne4 8. Qg4 Kf8 {After this, my opponent paused for a while
and played...} 9. Qf4 {...a rare line, but I recall that Black should be fine
here.} c5 10. Bd3 Nxd2 11. Qxd2 Nc6 12. Nf3 Qa5 {Keeping options open with c4
& cxd4. It seems that he may not have considered this natural move in his
preparation as he started thinking here.} ({The other way to play this is
shown in GM Sergey Volkov's games:} 12... c4 13. Be2 Ke7 14. O-O (14. a4 Kd7
15. O-O Kc7 16. Qc1 Bd7 17. Nd2 Rc8 18. Qb2 Kb8 19. Kh1 f6 20. exf6 gxf6 21. f4
e5 22. Nf3 exd4 23. cxd4 Qe7 24. Rf2 c3 25. Qxc3 Nb4 26. Qb3 Rxc2 {0-1 (26)
Kargin,A (2386)-Volkov,S (2623) Moscow 2008}) 14... Kd7 15. g3 Kc7 16. Nh4 Bd7
17. f4 Ne7 (17... g6 $5 18. Ng2 h5 19. Nh4 Rc8 20. Nf3 Kb8 $11 {0-1 (76)
Moradi,A (2209)-Volkov,S (2607) Rasht IRI 2016}) 18. a4 a5 19. Qc1 Ra6 $1 20.
Qa3 Kb8 21. Bg4 g6 22. Ng2 Nc8 23. Ne3 Nb6 $15 {0-1 (57) Niyazmetov,R (2230)
-Volkov,S (2614) Tashkent UZB 2015}) 13. dxc5 Qxc5 14. Rb1 b6 15. O-O Bb7 {
I already like my position as I can continue with normal moves.} 16. Rfe1 {
He played this after some thought, probably preparing Nd4 or planning a rook
lift to the kingside in the future.} Rc8 17. h4 Ke7 {A preparatory move, with
the idea of ...Rhd8, ...Nf8, then taking action in the centre or on the
queenside.} (17... Qa5 $5 {but iy would be awkward to have to face} 18. a4 $5 (
18. Rb5 Qa4 $11)) (17... Na5 18. Nd4 $1 {is one of his ideas} Qxc3 (18... Nc4
19. Bxc4 Qxc4 20. Nb5 $1 $36 (20. Re3)) 19. Qxc3 (19. Qf4 $5 $36) 19... Rxc3
20. Nb5 $14) (17... Rc7 $142 18. Rb5 Qa3 19. Rb3 (19. c4 dxc4 20. Bxc4 g6 21.
Qf4 Qe7 $11) 19... Qe7 $1 (19... Qc5 20. Qf4 $36) 20. Qf4 Na5 $11) 18. Rb5 ({
I was more concerned about} 18. a4 $5 {now ...Qa3 ideas will be met by Ra1.
Then I thought it's double-edged as it can also become target for me later.
Maybe I'll continue normally with:} Rhd8 19. Rb5 Qa3 $13) ({I also considered} 
18. Re3 d4 $5 (18... Rhd8) 19. Nxd4 Nxd4 20. cxd4 Qxd4 {seemed easier to play
for me due to my static advantage.} 21. h5 (21. Rg3 $6 Qxe5 22. Qb4+ Rc5 {
I don't think White has enough for the pawn}) 21... Rhd8 $15) 18... Qa3 19. Nd4
{Here, I spent a few minutes to understand what he's doing and to concretely
check my idea.} Qa4 {He may have missed this "creeping move" as he spent a
good amount of time again after this.} 20. Nxc6+ (20. Qf4 $5 Nxd4 21. Rb4 Qxa2
22. Rxd4 Qb2 23. Re3 $13) 20... Rxc6 21. Rb4 Qa3 22. Qf4 Qxc3 23. Re3 $6 {
After some thought I decided on a favourable small tactic, as anything else
gives him a strong intitiative.} ({I think he had to retreat first with} 23.
Rbb1 $1 {before going Re3 which is a difficult move to make. But what can I do
to stop his idea?} d4 (23... Rhc8 24. Re3) 24. Qg4 Kf8 (24... g6 25. Qf4 $40)
25. Re4 $36) 23... Rc4 $1 (23... Qa1+ 24. Kh2 Qc1 25. Qg4) (23... Qd2 24. Ra4
a5 25. Qg4 {with pressure on g7 and later on f7.}) 24. Rxc4 dxc4 25. Bxc4 (25.
Qxc4 Qxc4 26. Bxc4 Rc8 27. Bb3 b5 $15 {with a very pleasant ending.}) 25...
Qxc2 {Here my opponent spent more time again, but I sensed that it was due to
difficulty developing his initiative.} 26. Bb3 {Here I had a critical choice
to make: to go to d2 at once or throw in a check first.} ({The normal move} 26.
Rg3 {may have been his original idea, but it runs into a forcing refutation}
Qe4 $1 27. Qxe4 Bxe4 28. Rxg7 Rc8 29. Bb3 Bg6 $19) 26... Qc1+ $1 ({It's
similar but I don't have any counter-pressure/play after} 26... Qd2 27. Qa4 a6
(27... a5) (27... Qa5 28. Qg4 $132) 28. Qa3+) 27. Kh2 Qd2 $6 {This was my main
idea with checking first--now f2 will hang and taking on e5 later could come
with check. However there is a more convincing way to continue but it had to
worked out accurately.} (27... Rd8 $142 $1 28. Qg4 {this concerned me during
the game, but Black can counter it by force with} (28. Qb4+ Qc5) 28... Qd2 $1
29. Bxe6 (29. Qxg7 Qxf2 30. Rg3 Qf4) 29... Qxf2 30. Re2 Qd4 31. Qxg7 Qf4+ (
31... Qxh4+ 32. Bh3 Rd1 $17) 32. g3 Qf3 33. Qf6+ Qxf6 34. exf6+ Kxf6 35. Bb3
Rd7 $17) 28. Qa4 a6 $1 {The correct and more solid choice!} (28... a5 29. Qa3+
Qb4 30. Qxb4+ axb4 31. Rg3 $1 $11 {and White will regain his pawn.}) 29. Qa3+
Ke8 $8 (29... Kd7 $4 {running to b8 looks better positionally but things
always have to be checked concretely in open positions like this!} 30. Rd3+
Qxd3 31. Ba4+ $18) 30. Kg1 {A nice tension move.} (30. Rg3 $5 g5 $1 {gains me
time} 31. h5 Qd4 $15 (31... Qxf2 32. Qd6 $132)) 30... Qd4 {With little time on
the clock to make the time-control, I started to go with my intuition more. My
next idea is to go ...Qc5 and what can go wrong with a centralising move? :-)}
31. Qc1 Kd7 32. Qa3 Ke8 33. Qc1 Kd7 34. Qa3 {After checking that I can deal
with the kingside pressure later, I went with my "king safety first" plan.} Qc5
$6 (34... Rd8 $142 $1 {this small tactic simply kills White's initiative} 35.
Ba4+ (35. Rd3 Qxd3 36. Ba4+ Kc8) (35. Rc3 Qe4 $1 (35... Qxe5 $2 36. Rd3+ Ke8
37. Rxd8+ Kxd8 38. Qf8+) 36. f3 Qe1+ $19) 35... Kc8 36. Rc3+ Kb8 $17) 35. Qa4+
Kc7 $138 (35... Ke7 $5 36. Qg4 g5 $1) 36. Qg4 (36. Qf4 Qe7) 36... g5 $1 {
Trying to grab the initiative on the kingside, or going for "active defence".}
({At first I was looking at the solid} 36... g6 {but felt that he would still
have pressure on my kingside after.} 37. Qf4 Qe7 38. Rd3 $1 (38. Rc3+ Kb8 39.
Rd3 g5 $1 $15 (39... h5 40. Rd6)) 38... Kb8 39. Rd6 $44) 37. Qh5 ({If} 37. hxg5
{I intended} Rg8 (37... hxg5 38. Re1 Qc3 $17) 38. Qh5 (38. Rg3 Rxg5 $17) 38...
Rxg5 39. Qxf7+ Kb8 40. Qe8+ Ka7 $19) ({or} 37. h5 Kb8 $17) 37... Kb8 38. hxg5
$138 Rg8 (38... Qc1+ $1 39. Kh2 Qf1 40. Rg3 Qxf2 41. gxh6 Qf4 42. h7 Be4 $17)
39. Qxh6 (39. Qxf7 Rxg5) 39... Qc1+ 40. Kh2 Qf1 {I was pleased with my last
moves before the time-control.} 41. f3 $2 {I had doubts that this way the
"best solution" to his problem.} ({I thought he had to simplify} 41. Rg3 Qxf2
42. g6 $1 {I spotted this after checking the line for forcing/active ideas}
fxg6 43. Rxg6 Rxg6 44. Qxg6 Qh4+ 45. Kg1 Qe1+ 46. Kh2 Qxe5+ 47. Qg3 Qxg3+ 48.
Kxg3 {and I thought that White should draw this. Maybe fatigue caused him to
miss this as he spent a while on move 41.}) 41... Qc1 {Played quickly as it
felt right and I saw no tricky defensive ideas after I put my Q on f4.} 42. Rd3
Qf4+ 43. Kh1 Rxg5 44. Rd7 $1 {The best defence, after which I started to
concentrate more as things were not as straightforward} Ka7 $1 {Prophylaxis.} (
44... Qxe5 45. Qf8+ Ka7 46. Rxb7+ Kxb7 47. Qxf7+ Qc7 48. Qxc7+ Kxc7 49. Bxe6 {
was his main idea, which I think gives White great drawing chances.}) 45. Bc2
Qc1+ {Giving him a choice.} (45... Qg3 46. Qxg5 $1 Qxg5 47. Be4 {and during
the game I only saw} Kb8 (47... a5 $1) 48. Rxb7+ Kc8 49. g4 {with some drawing
chances.}) 46. Bd1 ({I also considered} 46. Kh2 $5 Rxg2+ 47. Kxg2 Qxh6 48. Be4
Kb8 (48... a5 $142) 49. Rxb7+ (49. Bxb7) 49... Kc8 50. Rxf7 Qg5+ 51. Kf2 Qxe5
52. Bb7+ Kd8 53. Bxa6 b5 $17) 46... Qe3 (46... a5 $5) 47. Be2 $2 {In his
second time-trouble, he finally errs.} Qxe5 $1 48. f4 Qa1+ {This is what he
missed.} (48... Qxf4 49. Bf3 {etc} Qc1+ 50. Kh2 (50. Rd1 Qe3 51. Rd7) 50...
Rxg2+ 51. Kxg2 Qxh6 52. Rxb7+ Ka8 53. Rxb6+ Ka7 54. Rb7+ $11) 49. Bd1 (49. Rd1
Rxg2 50. Rxa1 Rg6+) 49... Rg8 50. Kg1 Rxg2+ 51. Kf1 Rg3 {Controlling a key
square he needs for his counterplay!} 52. Kf2 Qc3 53. Qh1 Qe3+ 54. Kf1 Qxf4+
55. Ke1 {Here at least I have Re3-e4, and after calming down I saw the killer
tactic.} Re3+ 56. Be2 Qb4+ $1 57. Kf2 Rxe2+ 58. Kxe2 Qb5+ {Picking off his
rook, forcing him to resign. This was a very satisfying victory not only
because I used my favourite French but it was also a long, hard fought game!}
0-1

[Event "Moscow FIDE GP"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2017.05.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Hou, Yifan"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[Annotator "Sadorra,J"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "2017.05.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. exd5 $5 {An interesting opening
choice by the #1 female player in the world.} Qxd5 6. Bxf6 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 gxf6
8. Qd2 Qa5 9. Bd3 Bd7 10. Ne2 Bc6 11. f3 ({The other way to continue here is} 
11. Nf4 Nd7 12. c4 Qxd2+ 13. Kxd2 e5 $6 (13... Nb6 $5 {leads to a similar
position to the main game.}) 14. d5 exf4 15. dxc6 bxc6 16. Rhe1+ Ne5 17. Re4
$14 {1/2-1/2 (67) Mammadova,G (2354)-Volkov,S (2599) Al Ain 2014}) 11... Nd7
12. c4 Qxd2+ 13. Kxd2 {It is very possible that Yifan has this "endgame line"
well studied out as it is well-known that Vallejo is a French expert and
common practicioner of the defence.} Nb6 $5 {This is the new deviation in this
game. Compared to castling, Vallejo wants to have the option of keeping his
king close to the centre.} (13... O-O-O 14. Ke3 Rdg8 15. Rhg1 h5 16. h4 Nf8 {
[%csl Rc8,Ge3,Rf6,Rf7,Rh5][%cal Ge3f4,Ge3d4,Gf8g6,Gg6e7] 0-1 (55) Iskos,A 
(2107)-Markidis,K (2291) Kavala 2012. This ending is tenable for Black but he
still has to be careful due to his kingside weaknesses and slightly less space.
}) 14. h4 Rg8 15. Rhg1 Rd8 16. Ke3 Ke7 17. g4 (17. Rab1 $5 {is a more accurate
move order to avoid Black's possible next move.}) 17... h6 (17... Na4 {is a
strange but effective way to hold as suggested by the strongest analyst in the
world.} 18. Rab1 (18. Bxh7 $2 {trading Black's weak pawn} Rh8 19. Bd3 Rxh4 {
only favours Black.}) 18... b6 19. Rb3 {[%cal Gb3a3,Ga3a7]} (19. h5 h6 $11) (
19. Ng3 h6 $11) (19. Be4 Be8 20. Rb3 h5 21. Rbb1 Bd7 $11) 19... h5 $1 20. Rbb1
hxg4 $1 {Allows White to create a passed pawn but ensure its blockade
rendering it a source of counterplay as well.} (20... Rh8 21. g5 fxg5 22. Rxg5
$14 {[%csl Ra4,Rh5]}) (20... Bd7 21. gxh5 Rh8 22. Rg7) 21. fxg4 Bd7 {[%csl Rg4]
[%cal Ge6e5,Gc7c5]} (21... Rh8 22. h5 Rdg8 {also works.}) 22. h5 (22. Kf3 e5
23. Rbe1 Bc6+ 24. d5 (24. Be4 Bd7 $11 {[%csl Rc4][%cal Ga4b2]}) 24... Bd7) (22.
Rg3 c5 $1 23. Rbg1 (23. d5 exd5 24. cxd5 Rxg4 $17) 23... cxd4+ 24. Nxd4 Rc8 $17
) 22... Rg5) 18. Rab1 Nc8 $6 {[%cal Gc8d6] Vallejo decides to relocate the
knight to a better square, but underestimates the problems it can create with
time/tempo that his position needs--to improve pieces and to defend against
enemy threats.} 19. Nc3 (19. c5 $5 {[%csl Rc8] is a responsible decision due
to the weakening of the pawn structure but also one that can certainly give
Black problems as it restricts the knight on c8.} b6 (19... h5 {creating
counterplay like this is futile after} 20. Be4 $1 Bxe4 21. fxe4 b6 22. gxh5 Rh8
23. Ng3 $16 Rdg8 24. Kf3 {Now Black can barely do anything because activating
the rest of his pieces can only lead to more trouble:} bxc5 25. dxc5 Kd7 26.
Rgd1+ Kc6 27. Ne2 $40 {[%csl Rc6]}) 20. Be4 $1 {this follow-up has to be
foreseen of course. The main idea is to trade off Black's most active piece,
highlighting the superiority of White's knight over Black's.} Bxe4 (20... Bd5
21. a4 $16 {[%cal Ga4a5,Ge2f4] White has many ways to improve the position.})
21. fxe4 e5 $2 {[%csl Rf5]} (21... bxc5 22. dxc5 $16 {[%cal Ge2d4,Gb1b7]}) 22.
dxe5 fxe5 23. Ng3 Ke6 24. Nf5 Rh8 (24... Rg6 $2 25. h5 Rf6 26. Rgd1 $18) 25.
Rgd1 Rxd1 (25... Ne7 26. Rxd8 Rxd8 27. Nxh6) 26. Rxd1 bxc5 27. Rd5 $16 {
White has better pieces and more weaknesses to attack.}) 19... b6 20. a4 $1 (
20. c5 $5 {is once again possible.}) 20... Nd6 {Black's position is already
difficult to play.} ({The lesser evil is probably} 20... a5 {[%csl Rb5]} 21.
Nb5 (21. c5) 21... Rd7 22. Be4 $14) 21. Nb5 Ne8 (21... Rd7 22. Nxa7 $18) (21...
Nxb5 22. axb5 {[%csl Ra7]} Bb7 23. Ra1 Ra8 24. c5 e5 25. c3 $16) (21... Bxb5
22. axb5 e5 23. c3 Nb7 {[%csl Ra7][%cal Gb7a5]} 24. Be4 Na5 25. Bd5 $16) 22. a5
$5 ({A more energetic way to increase the advantage is} 22. Nxa7 $1 Bxa4 23.
Ra1 Bd7 24. c5 $1 {[%csl Rd7,Re8][%cal Gc5c6]} bxc5 25. dxc5 f5 26. c6 Bc8 27.
gxf5 (27. g5 hxg5 28. hxg5 Nd6 {isn't so clear.}) 27... Rxg1 28. Rxg1 exf5 29.
Rg8 {[%csl Rc7,Rf5,Rh6] One of the black pawns will eventually fall.}) 22...
Bxb5 23. Rxb5 $2 {[%csl Rh6][%cal Rb5h5,Rh5h6] Yifan foregoes the improvement
of her structure to pressure Black's weak h6. Unfortunately, she either missed
Vallejo's next move or underestimated his defensive resources.} ({A simpler
and better way is} 23. cxb5 Nd6 24. Ra1 Kd7 (24... Nb7 25. axb6 axb6 26. Ra7
Rb8 27. Be4 $18) 25. c4 Nb7 26. axb6 axb6 27. Ra7 Na5 (27... Nd6 28. c5 Nc8 29.
cxb6 Nxb6 30. Be4 $16 {[%csl Rc7][%cal Gg1c1,Rc1c7]}) 28. c5 Ra8 29. Ra6 $1 $16
) 23... f5 $1 24. axb6 axb6 25. c5 ({If} 25. Rbb1 fxg4 26. fxg4 Ra8 $11 {
Black also stablises the position and reaches equality.}) 25... Nf6 $1 {
Vallejo continues to defend accurately. In fact, Yifan also has to start being
careful now as well.} (25... bxc5 $2 {allows White's rook to have a nice
outpost on c5.} 26. Rxc5 fxg4 27. Rxg4 $1 Rxg4 28. fxg4 {[%csl Rc7,Rh6]}) 26.
cxb6 (26. c4 bxc5 27. Rxc5 Kd6 $36) 26... cxb6 27. Be2 (27. c4 {[%csl Gd5]
[%cal Rb5b6]} fxg4 28. fxg4 $2 (28. Rxb6 g3 $132) 28... Nxg4+ 29. Ke2 Rxd4 30.
Rxb6 Ra8 {[%csl Rd3,Re2] and Black suddenly has a decisive attack!}) 27... Nd5+
28. Kd2 Nf4 {[%csl Gf4] from the bad c8-square, the knight has now become a
monster on f4!} 29. c3 Rc8 ({A better try to create problems is} 29... Ra8 30.
Bc4 h5 $1 {[%csl Rh4]} 31. g5 Rgc8 32. Bb3 Ng6 33. Rh1 Rc6 {[%csl Rc3,Rd4,Rh4]
[%cal Ga8c8,Rc8c3] While White can probably hold this, Black has a long-term
initiative.}) 30. Bf1 $2 {Yifan starts to crack under pressure.} ({The safest
way to keep the balance is} 30. Bd1 {[%cal Gd1g4]} Rc6 (30... h5 31. Rxb6) 31.
Re1 $11) (30. Bd3 $5 h5 31. Bxf5 exf5 32. Rxf5 Ne6 33. Rxh5 {and White should
achieve a draw with very few pawns left on the board for her opponent.}) 30...
h5 {[%csl Rh4]} 31. c4 hxg4 32. fxg4 fxg4 $1 {Vallejo correctly decides to
keep his g8-rook as it will be helpful for pushing forward his passed pawn.} (
32... Rxg4 33. Rxg4 fxg4 34. Ke3 Ng6 35. h5 Nh4 36. Kf4 $11 {[%cal Gb5b3,Gb5g5]
}) 33. Rxb6 f5 {This seems to be most logical and safest way to continue the
position but it doesn't give White any problems. Black has to act more quickly
and to foresee small tactics to keep better chances from this position.} (33...
g3 $1 {[%cal Rg3g2,Rf4h3]} 34. Rb7+ $1 {The best defence} (34. Bg2 Rxc4 $19) (
34. Ke3 Rg4 35. Kf3 Rcg8 $17) 34... Kf6 (34... Kf8 35. Ke3 Rg4 36. Kf3 $11) 35.
Rb3 {[%cal Gg3g2,Gb3f3,Gf3f6]} Rcd8 $1 {This in-between move must be foreseen
to be convinced that 33...g3 is the better way to go!} (35... g2 36. Rf3 {
Seeing this idea which started from the check is what will bother many in
their analysis of 33...g3}) 36. Rbxg3 Rxd4+ 37. Ke3 (37. Kc3 Rgd8) 37... Rgd8
$15 {[%csl Rc4,Re3,Rh4] Black can push here till the end of time!}) 34. Ke3 Nh3
(34... Nh5 35. Bd3 $132 {[%cal Gd4d5]} (35. d5 $5 exd5 36. Bd3 f4+ 37. Kd4 $13)
) 35. Bxh3 $1 (35. Rg2 {is simply scary to play} Ra8 $36 {[%cal Gf5f4,Ga8a3]})
35... gxh3 36. Rxg8 Rxg8 37. Rb1 Rh8 38. d5 $1 {simplifying to a theoretically
drawn rook ending with f+h pawns.} exd5 39. cxd5 Rxh4 40. Kf2 Kd6 (40... h2 41.
Kg2 Kd6 42. Kh1 Kxd5 43. Rd1+ Ke4 44. Ra1 f4 45. Ra3 {Black cannot make any
more progress} f3 46. Rxf3 Kxf3) 41. Kg3 Rh5 42. Kh2 Kxd5 43. Rb5+ {For the
rest of the game, Yifan proves that she knows how to defend this f+h pawns
rook ending. Feel free to open your endgame manual to check if both players
really know their stuff!} Ke4 44. Rb4+ Ke5 45. Rb5+ Kf6 46. Rb1 Rh4 47. Rb3 Ke5
48. Rb5+ Kf4 49. Rb3 Rh8 50. Rb1 Ke3 51. Rb3+ Kd2 52. Rb2+ Kc3 53. Rb5 Rh5 54.
Rd5 Kc4 55. Rd8 Kc5 56. Rd7 Kb6 57. Rd3 Kc6 58. Rd8 Rh4 59. Rf8 f4 60. Rd8 Kc5
61. Rd7 Kc6 62. Rd3 Rh8 63. Rxh3 Rxh3+ 64. Kxh3 Kd5 65. Kg2 Ke4 66. Kf2 f3 67.
Kf1 Ke3 68. Ke1 f2+ 69. Kf1 Kf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg International Final"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1914.05.22"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Capablanca, Jose Raul"]
[Black "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C12"]
[Annotator "Tarrasch,S"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1914.05.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "Tarrasch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Reinfeld: 'in: The unknown Alekhine (bzw. 100 instructive Games), 96. s.
a. Varnusz: Aljechin der Größte <1914/27>  Kalendovsky I, 235.  Euwe/Prins:
Capablanca, S. 57. (E)   Skinner/Verhoeven: Alexander Alekhine's Chess Games,
333.   Tarrasch: Das Großmeisterturnier zu St. Petersburg im Jahre 1914, S.
183f.'} e6 2. e4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 h6 {Reinfeld: '?' Diese Neuerung dürfte
keine Nachahmung finden.} 5. Bxf6 Qxf6 {Reinfeld: '?!' Nun opfert er einen
Bauern ohne Ersatz. Dieses neue Gambit wird von Capablanca spielend widerlegt.}
(5... gxf6 {Reinfeld} 6. exd5 exd5 {Rather than submit to this crippling P
weakness, Alekhine decides to give up a P. It must be admitted that the
speculation has little to recommend it, especially against a good player.}) 6.
exd5 Bb4 7. Bb5+ c6 8. dxc6 Nxc6 9. Nge2 O-O 10. O-O Rd8 {Reinfeld: 'Black has
some pressure for the P, but this is all too nebulous against a master of
Capablanca's caliber. The simple yet energetic manner in which the Cuban
continues, is a masterly model for the treatment of such situations.'} 11. Ne4
{Reinfeld: '!'} Qh4 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. f4 Ba6 {Reinfeld: 'This looks promising;
but Capablanca is satisfied that he can curb the B's.'} 14. c3 Bf8 15. Qe1 Qh5
16. Rf2 c5 {Reinfeld: 'The only means of getting some play, but he must part
with the powerful weapon of the B-pair.'} 17. Nxc5 Bxc5 18. dxc5 Qxc5 19. Nd4 {
Reinfeld: 'Tarrasch comments admiringly on the excellence of Capablanca's play,
stressing the power of the centralized N.' Nun hat Weiß nicht nur einen
Bauern mehr, sondern infolge der Springerstellung auch das überlegene Spiel.
Aber es ist doch lehrreich, zu sehen, wie elegant Capablanca seinen Vorteil
zum Gewinn ausnutzt. Es ergeben sich noch sehr lebhafte Kombinationen.} Rd5 20.
h3 Rad8 21. Qe3 e5 {Reinfeld: 'Opening up the e-file is logical enough, but
White can now get strong play on the f-file.'} 22. fxe5 Rxe5 23. Qf3 Qe7 (23...
Qc7 {was weiteren Abtausch vermeidet.}) 24. Nc6 Re1+ 25. Rxe1 Qxe1+ 26. Kh2 Rd7
27. Nd4 {um der Fesselung Bb7 zu entgehen.} Bd3 28. Qg3 {Reinfeld:
'Threatening to force the exchange of Q's with 29.Rf3, which would leave White
with an easy win.'} Qb1 29. Qb8+ Kh7 30. Qe8 Rb7 31. Ne6 $1 {Reinfeld: 'The
obstreperous N cannot be captured.'} Bb5 (31... fxe6 {Reinfeld: '??'} 32. Rf8 {
mit Rh8+ und Qf8#.} g5 33. Rh8+ Kg7 34. Qf8+ Kg6 35. Rxh6#) (31... Bc4 {
Reinfeld} 32. Nf8+ Kg8 33. Qc8 Bd5 34. c4 Qc1 {sonst Nd7+/Rf7:} 35. Nd7+ Kh7
36. Nf6+ gxf6 37. Qf5+ Kg8 38. Qxd5 $18) (31... Rxb2 $2 {Reinfeld} 32. Rxf7 Rb7
33. Nf8+ Kg8 34. Ng6+ Kh7 35. Qh8+ Kxg6 36. Qxg7+ Kh5 37. Qg4#) 32. Qc8 Re7 33.
Nf8+ Kg8 34. Nd7+ Kh7 35. Qc5 Qe1 36. Qf5+ Kg8 37. Qxb5 Rxd7 (37... Qxf2 38.
Qb8+ Kh7 39. Nf8+ Kg8 40. Ng6+ Kh7 41. Nxe7 {gewinnt der Turm zurück.}) 38.
Re2 Qd1 39. Re8+ Kh7 40. Qf5+ g6 41. Qe5 f6 42. Qxf6 {Reinfeld: 'Now that the
mating threat has cost Black another P, the end is in sight.'} Qd6+ 43. Qxd6
Rxd6 44. Re7+ Kg8 45. Rxa7 {Reinfeld: 'A very impressive game by Capablanca.'}
1-0

[Event "Norderstedt IM"]
[Site "Norderstedt"]
[Date "1998.10.14"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Velicka, Petr"]
[Black "Petrosian, Suren"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2375"]
[Annotator "Velicka,P"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1998.10.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "4"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bd2 (6. exf6 $6 hxg5 7.
fxg7 Rg8 {ist in Ordnung fьr Schwarz.}) 6... Bxc3 7. bxc3 {Keinen Sinn macht} (
7. Bxc3 $6 Ne4 8. Bd2 (8. Bb4 c5 $1 9. Bxc5 Nxc5 10. dxc5 $11) 8... Nxd2 9.
Qxd2 c5 $11) 7... Ne4 8. Qg4 $5 g6 9. Bd3 Nxd2 10. Kxd2 c5 11. Nf3 Bd7 $5 12.
dxc5 Qe7 13. Nd4 Qxc5 14. Rab1 b6 15. Nb5 Bxb5 16. Bxb5+ Nd7 17. Qf4 Qe7 18. h4
$5 {Ein starker Zug: Weiss deckt erstens g5 gegen Damentausch und цffnet
zweitens dem Th1 den Weg.} (18. Qa4 Kd8 19. Bc6 Nc5 $1) 18... O-O-O $5 19. a4
Nc5 20. Bd3 Kc7 21. a5 $1 Rb8 22. Rb5 g5 $1 {Schwarz muЯte schnell reagieren,
sonst entscheidet der Druck auf der b-Linie.} 23. Qb4 gxh4 24. axb6+ axb6 25.
Rb1 Qg5+ 26. Kd1 Qxe5 $1 27. Rxb6 Nd7 28. Rb7+ Rxb7 29. Qxb7+ Kd8 30. Bb5 Qc7
31. Bxd7 Kxd7 32. Qa6 Rb8 33. Qa4+ Ke7 34. Qxh4+ Ke8 35. Qa4+ Ke7 36. Qh4+ Ke8
37. Rxb8+ Qxb8 38. Qxh6 Qb1+ 39. Qc1 Qb5 {SM64/21/98} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Ordzhonikidze zt 1.9"]
[Site "Ordzhonikidze"]
[Date "2000.06.14"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Rogovski, Vladimir"]
[Black "Vysochin, Spartak"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2466"]
[BlackElo "2494"]
[Annotator "Wells,P"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2000.06.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Be3 Ne4 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3
Nxc3 9. Qg4 g6 10. Bd3 Nc6 11. Nf3 Qe7 12. Bd2 Na4 13. Bb5 Nb6 14. Bxc6+ bxc6
15. Bb4 {[%csl Yb4] For his pawn white has got himself a very fine piece.
Watch it! Its fate is the key to assessingwhat is going on.} Qd8 16. a4 a5 17.
Bc5 Ba6 18. h4 Nd7 19. Ba3 Rb8 20. Qf4 c5 $1 {[%cal Ga3c5] The first step. The
pernicious bishop is neutralised.} 21. dxc5 c6 22. Rh3 Qc7 23. Rg3 Rb7 24. Kd2
Qb8 25. Re1 Qa7 26. Qe3 Bc4 27. Nh2 {[%cal Yh2g4,Yg4f6] There are some very
good things about black's position. The bishop on c4 could be one of them, but
is at risk of being on a 'sitting pretty' outpost with no clera role. There is
pressure on the c5 pawn, but no 'neutral' way to strengthen it, and in any
case, with the bishop sitting on a3, would we really want to win it any way.
Without this bishop though, black's position would come to life - c5 would
fall, and the king's position on d2 might start to look decidedly complacent.
Hence....} Rb4 $3 {[%mdl 512]} 28. Bxb4 axb4 {[%csl Ra4,Rc5,Rd2,Re4] A huge
energy in black's position is unleashed.} 29. Ng4 Nxc5 30. Nf6+ Ke7 {I think
white could have defended better in the remainder, but in any case the
contrast between white's lack of any punch against black's king, and the ton
of open lines which open up against whites is striking.} 31. Rb1 Qa5 32. h5 d4
33. Qf3 b3+ 34. Kc1 Nd3+ $1 $19 35. Qxd3 Bxd3 36. Rxd3 Qxe5 37. Rf3 Qe1+ 38.
Kb2 Qe2 39. Rc1 Rb8 0-1

[Event "BEL-ch"]
[Site "Eupen"]
[Date "2003.07.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Saiboulatov, Danial"]
[Black "Michiels, Bart"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2366"]
[BlackElo "2376"]
[Annotator "Winants,L"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2003.07.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.09.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.09.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 {La dйfense Mc Cutcheon, ainsi nommйe
en hommage au joueur amйricain qui avait rйussi а battre le champion du monde
William Steinitz, lors d'une sйance de parties simultanйes, donnйe au
Manhattan Chess Club de New York en 1885.} 5. e5 h6 6. Bd2 {La rйplique
consacrйe : les Noirs abandonnent les deux Fous, pour avancer leur Cavalier
sur e4.} Bxc3 7. bxc3 Ne4 8. Qg4 g6 9. Bd3 Bd7 {L'une des innombrables
inventions de Murey ; les Noirs renoncent а l'йchange sur d2 et n'hйsitent pas
а sacrifier pion, pour instaurer le blocus des cases blanches.} 10. Nf3 ({
L'approche du GMI franзais Eloi Relange me parait trиs intйressante :} 10. Bxe4
dxe4 11. Ne2 {vers g3, puis e4 et finalement f6.} Bc6 12. Ng3 Qd5 13. Nf1 $1
Nd7 14. Ne3 Qb5 15. a4 Qa6 16. c4 {а l'avantage des Blancs ; Relange-Kaminik,
Paris 1998}) 10... Bc6 11. h4 {Dans ce type de position, le pion est
gйnйralement avancй jusque h5, dans le but de provoquer g5, puis de dйgager la
colonne -f-, par la poussйe sur f4. Ce plan se rйvиle donc moins efficace
quand le Cavalier est en dйjа dйveloppй en f3.} ({Une suite plus йnergique :} 
11. O-O Nd7 12. c4 $1 {Eliminant d'un seul coup les pions doublйs ;
Zelcic-Kaminik, 1996}) 11... Nd7 12. Qf4 {Pris au dйpourvu, Saiboulatov ne
parvient pas а dresser un plan adйquat et tombe rapidement dans une position
infйrieure.} Qe7 13. O-O {Et maintenant ce roque paraоt йvidemment contraire а
l'idйe du onziиme coup.} O-O-O 14. Bc1 Rdg8 {L'artillerie vient soutenir
l'infanterie.} 15. Qe3 g5 16. hxg5 $2 {Le sympathique joueur montois n'йtait
manifestement pas dans son meilleur jour. Cette prise n'ouvre les lignes qu'au
bйnйfice de l'ennemi.} (16. h5 {s'imposait.}) 16... hxg5 17. Bxe4 {Espйrant
capturer g5 dans de bonnes conditions, mais les Noirs disposent d'un joli coup
intermйdiaire.} g4 $1 {L'arrivйe de la Dame sur h4 menace.} 18. g3 dxe4 19. Nh4
Nb6 {L'idйe mкme de Murey, toutes les cases blanches s'effondrent.} 20. a4 Nd5
21. Qd2 e3 $1 {Le Bc6 ne tardera pas а jouer un rфle important le long de la
grande diagonale.} 22. fxe3 Nxc3 {Il devait y avoir plusieurs faзons de
procйder. En voici une, qui йtait apparemment encore plus rapide :} (22... Rxh4
$1 23. gxh4 g3 {suivi de Qxh4. Une variante :} 24. e4 Qxh4 25. exd5 ({ou} 25.
Qh6 Qxe4 26. Rxf7 Nf4 27. Rf8+ Kd7 28. Rf7+ Ke8 {et gagne.}) 25... Bxd5 26. Qh6
Rh8 27. Qxh4 Rxh4 {et mat en deux coups.}) 23. Ba3 (23. Qxc3 {ne sauvait pas
la partie non plus. En voici la dйmonstration :} Rxh4 24. Ba3 (24. gxh4 Qxh4
25. e4 g3 26. Qd2 Bxe4 27. Qh6 Rh8 28. Qxh4 Rxh4 {Le mat suit}) (24. d5 Bxd5
25. e4 Bxe4 26. gxh4 Qxh4 27. Rxf7 Bc6 {Les Noirs doivent l'emporter}) 24...
Qg5 25. Kf2 ({Sur} 25. d5 Bxd5 26. e4 Rgh8 27. gxh4 Qxh4 28. Qd2 g3 29. Qg2
Qxe4 $1 {force encore le mat.}) 25... Rh2+ 26. Ke1 Rxc2 $1 27. Qxc2 Qxe3+ 28.
Qe2 (28. Kd1 Qxd4+ 29. Ke2 Rh8) 28... Qc3+ 29. Kf2 Rh8 $1 {et les Blancs sont
perdus.}) 23... Rxh4 24. gxh4 {Perd joliment, mais supposons :} ({a)} 24. Bxe7
Rh1+ 25. Kf2 Ne4+ 26. Ke1 (26. Ke2 Rh2+) 26... Rxf1+ 27. Kxf1 Nxd2+ {et reste
avec une piиce de plus.}) ({b)} 24. Qxc3 {revenait par interversion des coups
а la note prйcйdente.}) 24... Qxh4 25. Qh2 {[#]} g3 $1 {La touche finale : la
Dame ne peut кtre prise sous peine du Cavalier sur e2. 26. Les Blancs
abandonnent.} 0-1