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Главная страница Справка Коды ЭШД C00 - C99 C42

Коды ЭШД

C39 C40 C41

C42

C43 C44 C45

C42

Код энциклопедии шахматных дебютов (ЭШД)

Описание

RU: Русская партия: 3 Nxe5
EN: Petroff Defence: 3 Nxe5 and unusual White 3rd moves

Ходы

1. e4 e5 2. Кf3 Кf6 3. К:e5

Дебюты

Дебют королевского коня , Русская партия (защита Петрова) , Гамбит Кохрена

[Event "London Classic 8th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2016.12.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2804"]
[BlackElo "2823"]
[Annotator "Aditya Mittal"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2016.12.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteClock "0:17:03"]
[BlackClock "0:33:42"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 $5 {Fabiano Caruana experiments with the Petroff.} 3. Nxe5
d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 Nc6 8. Qd2 {Black has two plans
at his disposal. Once is to castle short and the other is Be6-Qd7 and 0-0-0.
Caruana chooses the latter.} Be6 9. O-O-O Qd7 (9... Bxa2 $6 {26 games have
ventured into this territory. White needs to know a bit about the stuff that's
going on and he should be alright.} 10. b3 a5 $1 11. Kb2 a4 12. Kxa2 (12. Ra1
axb3 13. cxb3 Bxb3 14. Rxa8 Qxa8 15. Kxb3 Qa1 {looks really dangerous for
White but he can survive with} 16. Kc2 O-O 17. Qc1 $16) 12... axb3+ 13. Kxb3
Ra5 {Overall this position looks scary, but White's king can get out from
there safely after} 14. Kb2 Qa8 15. Rb1 Ra2+ 16. Kc1 {And Black is just a
piece down.}) 10. b3 O-O-O 11. Nd4 a6 $5 {Inviting White to exchange.} (11...
Nxd4 12. Bxd4 {Now two pawns are hanging - g7 and a7.}) 12. Nxe6 fxe6 {White
has the bishop pair. Black is solid but it is obvious that it is White who is
pushing here.} 13. g3 $1 {The bishop will come to h3 to harass the e6 pawn.} d5
{It is interesting to see how Fabiano neutralises his opponent's play against
the e6 pawn.} (13... Bf6 14. Bh3 Kb8 15. Rhe1 Rhe8 16. f4 $14 {The e6 pawn is
weak, but not to such an extent that Black is in grave trouble.}) (13... e5 14.
h4 Kb8 15. Bh3 Qe8 16. Qd5 $16 {is already a very passive position for Black.})
14. Bh3 Kb8 $1 {Taking the king out of the line of fire.} 15. Rhe1 Rhe8 $1 {
A good trick, of course an easy one but well, tricks are tricks. On one lucky
day your opponent might fall into it.} (15... Ba3+ 16. Kb1 Rde8 {was possible.
However, after} 17. f4 $14 {White has a stable edge.}) 16. f4 $1 {Keeping up
the pressure.} (16. Bxe6 $2 Ba3+ $1 $19 (16... Qxe6 17. Ba7+ Kxa7 18. Rxe6 Ba3+
19. Kb1 Rxe6 $19 {is also winning.})) 16... Bf6 17. Kb1 (17. Bd4 {I was
looking at this but it doesn't really work. One interesting line could go} Nxd4
18. cxd4 Qd6 $1 {Before White can mount pressure on e6, Black breaks with c5.}
19. Re2 c5 20. dxc5 Qxc5 $15 {Black has no problems. White has his own
queenside issues to solve.}) 17... Qd6 18. Qd3 $6 {From here Caruana starts to
take over.} (18. Bd4 {makes some difference now that the king is on b1.} Nxd4
19. cxd4 c5 {this is now considered of course.} 20. dxc5 Qxc5 21. Rxe6 Bc3 22.
Qc1 Rxe6 23. Bxe6 d4 $10 {The position should be around equal because of the
opposite coloured bishops.}) 18... e5 $1 {Once Black gets in this move, he has
no more problems. It's nice to see how Caruana was able to get everything out
of the c8-h3 diagonal and engineer this breakthrough.} 19. Bc1 $6 {MVL took a
lot of time for this move and that's what happens when you think a lot. You
tend to make uncharacteristic errors.} (19. fxe5 $1 Nxe5 20. Qd4 Nc6 (20... Nf3
21. Qa7# $1 {ouch!}) 21. Qd3 Ne5 22. Qd4 $10 {was relatively the best.}) 19...
e4 20. Qd2 {Mistakes don't come in a vacuum! One follows the other!} (20. Qe3
$15 {was relatively better.}) 20... Qc5 $1 {Attacking the c3-pawn.} 21. Bb2 d4
$1 22. Qe2 $5 {Objectively this is a poor move, but practically it is a very
interesting try, giving up the c3-pawn.} (22. cxd4 {was what I was expecting.}
Nxd4 {It is very difficult to defend as White.} (22... Bxd4 23. Qe2 (23. Qg2
Bxb2 24. Kxb2 Rxd1 25. Rxd1 e3 $1 $17 {and Black is clearly better.}) 23...
Bxb2 24. Kxb2 Rxd1 25. Rxd1 Nd4 26. Qc4 Qxc4 27. bxc4 Nf3 28. Bg2 $11) 23. Qc3
Qh5 24. g4 Qh4 25. g5 Ne2 26. Qc4 Bxb2 27. Kxb2 Rxd1 28. Rxd1 Qxh3 29. Qxe2 e3
$17 {After a complicated line, quite difficult for humans to find, Black keeps
the advantage.}) 22... dxc3 23. Rxd8+ Rxd8 (23... Nxd8 $1 24. Bc1 Nf7 {The
knight would be well placed on d6.}) 24. Bc1 {A critical moment. Fabiano went
wrong here. Can you do any better?} Rd2 $2 {Losing the advantage. Fabiano had
a few cunning decisions at his disposal.} (24... Nb4 $1 {was an amazing line.}
25. Qxe4 Nd3 $3 {A nice little fork.} 26. Bg2 (26. cxd3 c2# {is a pretty mate})
(26. Rd1 Nxc1 $1 27. Rxd8+ Bxd8 28. Kxc1 Qg1+ $19) 26... c6 27. Qe3 {White has
to find these only move to stay in the game.} Rd4 (27... Qxe3 28. Rxe3 Nxc1 29.
Kxc1 Rd2 {is also a very pleasant endgame to play.} 30. Be4 Rxh2 $17 {Black is
a pawn up and clearly pushing ahead.}) 28. Re2 Nxc1 29. Qxc1 (29. Kxc1 Qa3+ $19
) 29... Rd2 $3 {is a line where Black can crush his opponent.} 30. Bf3 (30.
Rxd2 $2 cxd2 31. Qxd2 (31. Qd1 Qc3 $19) 31... Qg1+ $19) 30... Rxe2 31. Bxe2 Qf2
$17 {Black has every reason to believe he can win.}) (24... Re8 $5 {was also
an interesting try.} 25. Bg2 Nd4 26. Qc4 Qxc4 27. bxc4 Re6 $17 {with a good
endgame. Black will push on.}) 25. Bxd2 cxd2 26. Qxd2 Bc3 27. Qc1 Bxe1 28. Qxe1
{After a lot of exchanges the position has fizzled out. Caruana had this brief
window of opportunity for a move which he didn't capitalise upon. Now it's
just a draw.} e3 29. c3 $1 {Taking away the b4- and d4-squares from the knight.
} Na7 30. Bf1 Nb5 31. Kb2 (31. Bxb5 axb5 $15 {With the passed pawn on e3, this
might be a risky position for White.}) 31... Qa3+ 32. Kb1 Qc5 33. Kb2 Qa3+ 34.
Kb1 {Quite a narrow escape for Maxime.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Karlsbad-02 International Masters"]
[Site "Karlovy Vary"]
[Date "1911.08.31"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Alapin, Simon"]
[Black "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[Annotator "Alekhine,Alexander"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "1911.08.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "25"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "HCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{DREISPRINGERSPIEL} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 {Diese Variante (Spanisch
im Nachzuge) ist mehrfach von bis Pillsbury nicht ohne Erfolg angewandt worden.
Sie dürfte wohl zum Ausgleich erreichen.} 4. Nxe5 Qe7 ({Üblicher ist} 4...
O-O 5. Be2 Re8 6. Nd3 Bxc3 7. dxc3 Nxe4 8. O-O d6 {usw. Der Textzug ist aber
auch ganz gut spielbar.}) 5. Nd3 Bxc3 6. dxc3 Nxe4 7. Be2 d5 {Dies ist aber
nicht im Geiste der Variante, da Weiß nun seinen Doppelbauern sofort
auflösen kann.} ({Richtiger war} 7... O-O 8. O-O d6 {usw.}) 8. O-O O-O 9. Nf4
c6 {Erzwungen,} ({da} 9... Rd8 10. Nxd5 Qe5 11. c4 c6 12. Bf4 Qe6 13. Bg4 f5
14. Bxf5 {usw. nicht geht. Weiß kommt nun etwas in Vorteil.}) 10. c4 dxc4 11.
Bxc4 Bf5 12. Qe2 ({Nicht sofort} 12. Re1 {wegen} Qe5 {usw.}) 12... Re8 13. Re1
{Diese Fesselung auf der e- Linie ist für Schwarz recht unbequem.} Qd7 ({Auf} 
13... Qf8 {könnte Weiß durch} 14. Qh5 {die bedenkliche Schwächung g6
erzwingen.}) 14. Be3 b5 {Um endlich den Damenspringer entwickeln zu können.}
15. Rad1 {Weiß, der die Eröffnung ganz ausgezeichnet behandelt hat, lässt
hier nach. Der Turmzug verschafft nur dem schwarzen Springer ein günstigeres
Entwicklungsfeld;} ({Richtig war} 15. Bb3 Na6 16. Rad1 Qc7 17. Qh5 {usw. mit
überlegenem Spiel. Jetzt wendet sich allmählich das Blatt.}) 15... Qc7 16.
Bd3 ({Auch hier noch wäre} 16. Bb3 {aussichtsreicher gewesen.}) 16... Nd7 17.
f3 {Weiß beginnt einem Gespenst nachzulaufen.} ({Am einfachsten war, in der
Erkenntnis, dass der Vorteil sich verflüchtigt hat, auf Ausgleich zu spielen:
} 17. g4 Bg6 18. Nxg6 hxg6 19. Bxe4 Rxe4 20. Bb6 $1 Rxe2 21. Bxc7 Rxe1+ 22.
Rxe1 $11) 17... Nd6 18. g4 {Offenbar in der Meinung, dass Schwarz die Läufer
nicht tauschen darf ...} Bxd3 $1 19. Qxd3 Ne5 {Die Richtigkeit dieses Zuges
wird ....} 20. Qf1 ({.... aus folgende Hauptvariante ersichtlich.} 20. Qxd6
Nxf3+ 21. Kf2 Qxd6 22. Rxd6 Nxe1 23. Rd2 g6 24. Re2 Rxe3 25. Kxe3 Re8+ 26. Kd2
Nf3+ 27. Kc3 Rxe2 28. Nxe2 c5 {und Schwarz steht besser. Die weißen Figuren
werden nun zurückgeworfen und Schwarz gewinnt sogar einen Bauern.}) 20... Ndc4
21. Bc1 Qa5 {Schwarz kommt in materiellen Vorteil, welcher allerdings dadurch
verringert wird, dass seine Dame sehr lange außer Spiel bleiben muss.} 22. Re2
Qxa2 23. Rde1 {Schwarz wird nun gezwungen, sich eine Zeitlang zu verteidigen.
Zunächst droht natürlich 24. b3 usw.} f6 24. Nd3 Rf8 $1 {Die Entfesselung
war notwendig. Außerdem erlangt Schwarz für die nun entstehende Schwäche
auf e5 einige Gegenchancen auf der f-Linie.} 25. b3 Nd6 26. Nxe5 fxe5 27. Qg2 {
Deckt c2 und droht mit 28. Txe5.} Rae8 28. f4 {Weiß nutzt seine Chancen
vortrefflich aus und erreicht beinahe Ausgleich.} ({Weit schwächer als der
Textzug war} 28. Rxe5 Rxe5 29. Rxe5 Qa1 30. Re1 Qc3 31. Rf1 a5 {wobei Schwarz
offenbar in Vorteil wäre.}) 28... e4 {Das Einzige.} ({Falls} 28... exf4 {so}
29. Rxe8 Nxe8 30. Qxc6 Qa1 31. Qe6+ {sowie Dxe8 und gewinnt.}) 29. f5 Qa1 $1 {
Es gibt keinen anderen Weg, die Dame wieder ins Spiel zu bringen.} 30. Qg3 {
Dieser Zug, der offenbar eine zweite Absperrung bezweckt, beruht auf einer
Überschätzung der Stellung und wird durch das folgende interessante
Gegenmanöver widerlegt.} (30. Bf4 Qd4+ 31. Kh1 (31. Qf2 e3 32. Rxe3 Ne4 {
und Schwarz steht besser}) 31... Nf7 32. Rxe4 Rxe4 33. Qxe4 Qxe4+ 34. Rxe4 {
mit Remisaussichten für Weiß trotz des gegnerischen Bauernübergewichts auf
dem Damenflügel.}) 30... Nf7 31. c3 b4 {Durch diesen rechtzeitigen Gegenstoß
bringt Schwarz seine Dame auf günstige Felder im Zentrum und erhält für den
Bauern e4 einen starken Angriff gegen den entblößten weißen Königsflügel.}
32. Bb2 Qa5 33. Rxe4 Rxe4 34. Rxe4 Qd5 35. Re2 {Eine feine Falle.} Qd1+ (35...
Qxb3 36. cxb4 Qxb4 37. Qc3 $1 Qxg4+ (37... Qxc3 38. Bxc3 {usw. mit leichtem
Remis}) 38. Rg2 Qd1+ 39. Kf2 {und gewinnt.}) 36. Qe1 Qxb3 37. cxb4 Ng5 {
Das Mitwirken des Springers sollte die Partie nun sehr rasch entscheiden} 38.
Qc3 Nh3+ 39. Kf1 {Offenbar das Einzige,} ({da auf} 39. Kg2 Nf4+) ({und auf} 39.
Kh1 Qd5+ {usw. und gewinnt.}) 39... Qd1+ 40. Qe1 Qd5 {Droht Matt, wogegen es
wieder nur eine plausible Parade gibt.} 41. Re4 Ng5 {Das führt auch
schließlich zum Gewinn, ist aber nicht das stärkste.} ({Sofort entscheidend
war} 41... h5 42. Qc3 Rxf5+ 43. gxf5 Qxf5+ 44. Kg2 Qxe4+ 45. Kxh3 Qg4#) 42. Qc3
Rf6 43. Rd4 Qh1+ 44. Ke2 Qxh2+ 45. Kd1 h5 46. Rd7 Nf7 47. g5 Qg1+ 48. Qe1 Rd6+
{Führt ein glatt gewonnenes Endspiel herbei.} 49. Rxd6 Qxe1+ 50. Kxe1 Nxd6 51.
f6 gxf6 {Natürlich ist auch nach gxf6 der Bauer unrettbar verloren.} 52. Bxf6
Kf7 53. Bd4 a6 54. Ke2 Kg6 55. Kd3 Kxg5 56. Be5 Nf5 57. Kc4 h4 58. Bh2 Kg4 59.
Kc5 Kh3 60. Bc7 Kg2 61. Kxc6 h3 62. Kb6 Ng3 63. Kxa6 h2 64. b5 h1=Q 65. b6 Ne4
66. b7 Nc5+ {WEIß GIBT AUF: Kommentar: A. Aljechin, "Meine besten Partien
1908-1923, 1983, S. 20-23; MDB 15: 24071} 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg International Preliminary"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1914.04.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Black "Marshall, Frank James"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[Annotator "Alekhine,Alexander"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "1914.04.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "Tournaments"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

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66,64,41,33,25,117,81,91,54,54,69,62,47,69,53,46,32,38,45,47,47,47,51,53,65,56,
35,64,64,84,78,99,77,85,92,80,89,94,63,89,51,8,53,20,0,26,48,40,39,39,-5,75,59,
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540,532,604,604,300,389,300,407,511,535,473,514,611,653,660,658,701,761,754]} 
1. e4 {in Best Games 1908-23, 24. s.a. Varnusz: Aljechin, der Größte. -
Velten,1995 <1914/17>     Kotov: Schacherbe II, 161.  Taulbut: Der richtige
Abtausch, S. 46f. Van Reek: Alexander Aljechin: Schaakspelers als
Eindspelkunstenaars, Deel 5, S. 11f. van Reek: Klassische WM I, 5.1. Knaurs
Schachbuch, 1953 (S. 214f).  Nunn: A.'s Best, 09. Alekhine in Kagan:
Schachmeisterpartien 1914, Bd. 1, S. 54. Kalendovsky I, 221. Haas: Alexander
Aljechin, S. 67. Skinner/Verhoeven: Alexander Alekhine's Chess Games, 319 
(Quelle: Shakhmaty Vestnik 1914, S. 359f). Tarrasch: Das Großmeisterturnier
zu St. Petersburg im Jahre 1914, S. 41ff.} e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4
5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. c4 {Die ganze Variante ist kaum geeignet, dem
Nachziehenden Erцffnungsschwierigkeiten zu verschaffen. Aussichtsreicher ist
sowohl 3.d4 (Steinitz) als auch 5.Qe2 (Lasker) oder noch 5.Nc3.} Bb4+ 8. Nbd2 {
!? Varnusz} Nxd2 {Ein unzweckmдЯiger Abtausch, welcher dem Anziehenden einen
betrдchtlichen Entwicklungsvorsprung ьberlдЯt.} (8... O-O $142 9. O-O Bxd2 $1
10. Bxd2 Bg4 {mit aussichtsreichem Spiel.}) 9. Bxd2 Qe7+ 10. Qe2 Qxe2+ $6 {
Der Damentausch ist in diesem Moment direkt verfehlt.} (10... Bxd2+ $142 11.
Kxd2 Qxe2+ 12. Bxe2 dxc4 13. Bxc4 O-O $14 {zwar wдre WeiЯ auch danach etwas im
Vorteil geblieben, doch wдre diese Fortsetzung bei weitem nicht so schlimm wie
die gewдhlte gewesen.}) 11. Kxe2 Bxd2 12. Kxd2 $1 Be6 (12... dxc4 13. Rhe1+ $1
$16 {mit noch größerer Kraft als in der Partie, da Weiß dabei noch den B
zum Angriff gegen die Schwächen der unentwickelten gegnerischen Stellung
behalten hätte.}) 13. cxd5 Bxd5 14. Rhe1+ Kd8 15. Be4 $1 Bxe4 $8 (15... c6 16.
Bxd5 cxd5 17. Re5 {hдtte einen P verloren.}) 16. Rxe4 Re8 $8 {Wiederum
notwendig, um die Turmverdopplung auf der e-Linie zu verhindern.} 17. Rae1 Rxe4
18. Rxe4 Nc6 19. Rg4 $1 {Gewinnt einen P.} (19. Ng5 $6 Kd7 $1) 19... g6 20. Rh4
$1 Ke7 {VerhдltnismдЯig das Beste.} (20... h5 $6 21. g4 {nebst gh: und WeiЯ
wьrde bals einen Freibauern bekommen.}) 21. Rxh7 Rd8 22. Rh4 Rd5 23. Re4+ $1 {
Erzwingt den folgenden Rьckzug des K.} Kf8 (23... Kf6 24. Kc3 {und die Drohung
Re8! wьrde sehr unangenehm werden.}) 24. Kc3 Rf5 {Bereitet das Hinьberspielen
des Nc6 nach d5 vor, was dem Gegner noch die meisten technischen
Schwierigkeiten bereiten wird.} 25. Re2 a6 (25... Ne7 26. Re5 {wдre nur
Zugumstellung.}) 26. a3 Ne7 27. Re5 $1 Rf6 {Der Turmtausch wдre natьrlich ganz
aussichtslos.} 28. Kd3 {Mit der Absicht Rc5. Schwarz verhindert zwar diesen
Zug, aber um den Preis einer weiteren Schwдchung seiner Bauernstellung, die
vom Gegner promt ausgenutzt wird.} b6 29. Re2 $1 {WeiЯ beabsichtigt, wie bald
ersichtlich wird, einen P zu opfern, um in die 7. Reihe mit seinem R
einzudringen, von wo aus er den freigewordenen Pd4 aufs wirksamste
unterstьtzen wird. Dies ist in der Tat der schnellste Weg zum Gewinn.} Nd5 30.
Ke4 Nf4 (30... Re6+ 31. Ne5 Nf6+ 32. Kf3 $18 {und WeiЯ beherrscht offenbar mit
seinen Figuren alle wichtigen Punkte.}) 31. Rc2 Nxg2 32. Ne5 $1 {droht auch
Nd7+, und Schwarz hat also keine Zeit, seinen Pc7 zu retten.} (32. Rxc7 $2 Rf4+
{/\ -Rf3:}) 32... Ke8 33. Rxc7 Rxf2 34. Nc4 $1 {Der N soll nach b7 gefьhrt
werden, von wo aus er das entscheidende Vorgehen des Freibauern unterstьtzen
wird.} b5 (34... Rf6 $142 {Here Black missed a much better defence, intending
either -b5 or -Re6+. After the narural reply} 35. d5 {it isn't easy for White
to evade the checks, for example:} Rf4+ 36. Kd3 (36. Ke5 Rf5+ 37. Kd6 Rf6+)
36... Rf3+ 37. Kd4 (37. Ke2 Rf6) 37... Rf4+ 38. Kc3 Rf3+ 39. Kb4 Rf4 {
intending either -b5 or -Ne3. (Nunn)}) 35. Nd6+ Kf8 36. d5 f6 37. Nb7 $1 Nf4
38. b4 g5 39. d6 Ne6 40. Kd5 $1 $18 {Entscheidend. Schwarz versucht noch,
seine Freibauern am Kцnigsflьgel zur Geltung zu bringen, indem er seinen R fьr
den Pd6 opfert. Aber natьrlich ist das nur eine Verzweiflungschance.} Nf4+ (
40... Nxc7+ 41. dxc7 Rc2 42. Nc5 $18) (40... Rd2+ 41. Kc6 Nd4+ 42. Kb6 $18) 41.
Kc6 Rxh2 42. Nc5 $1 {Schneidet den Nf4 ab und sichert damit das ungestцrte
Vorgehen des Pd6.} Rd2 43. Rc8+ Kf7 44. d7 Ne6 45. Nxe6 Kxe6 46. d8=Q Rxd8 47.
Rxd8 g4 48. Re8+ Kf7 49. Re2 f5 50. Kd5 Kf6 51. Kd4 f4 52. Ke4 Kg5 53. Rc2 f3
54. Rd2 Kh4 55. Kf4 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 9899"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1999.02.21"]
[Round "11.2"]
[White "Wahls, Matthias"]
[Black "Alterman, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "Alterman,B"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "1998.10.17"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hamburger SK"]
[BlackTeam "Bochum"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O Nc6 8. c4
Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Bf5 11. a3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Nc6 13. cxd5 Qxd5 14. Bf4 Na5 (
14... Bd6 {- 56/331}) 15. Bxc7 (15. Qa4 b6 16. Nd2 {1/2-1/2 Popovic,
P-Mikhalchishin,A/YUG-Cup 1994}) 15... Rac8 (15... b6 16. Bf4 Rac8 17. Bd2 Bd6
18. Re1 Qb3 19. Ba6 Rc7 20. Qe2 {= van der Poel,H-Boesveld,W/Nederland 1993/
Inf 59 (22)}) 16. Bxa5 Qxa5 17. c4 Bf6 18. Qb3 Qb6 19. Qxb6 axb6 20. Rfd1 (20.
Ra2 Rfe8 (20... Rfd8 21. Rd2 Bg4 22. Rfd1 Ra8 23. h3 Bxf3 24. Bxf3 Rxa3 25.
Bxb7 Ra4 $14) 21. Rd1 Rcd8 22. h3 Be4 23. Rad2 Ra8 24. Rb2 Re6 25. Ra2 b5 26.
cxb5 Bd5 27. Rad2 Rxa3 28. Rc1 g6 29. Rc5 Rd6 30. Ne5 Ra1+ 31. Rd1 {1/2-1/2
Mukabi,J-Pihlajasalo,A/ol (men), Elista RUS 1998 (41)}) 20... Rfd8 (20... Rfd8
21. Ra2 Be4 22. d5 (22. Rad2 Ra8 $44) 22... b5 $1 {[%cal Gd8d5,Gc8c1,Ye4d5]
Only this move opens the position for my bishops and rooks and Black has no
problem to equalize. Wahls offered draw because this reason.} (22... Bxf3 23.
gxf3 Rd6 24. Bf1 Ra8 25. a4 Be7 26. Bd3 Ra5 27. Re1 Bf8 28. Re8 g6 29. Rb8 Rf6
30. Kg2 Ra7 31. Re2 {1/2-1/2 Wedberg,T-Nielsen,P/Nordic Zonal, Munkebo DEN (3.
3) 1998 (50)}) 23. Nd2 (23. cxb5 Rxd5 24. Rxd5 Bxd5 25. Rd2 Rc1+ 26. Rd1 Rxd1+
27. Bxd1 Bxf3 28. Bxf3 b6 $11) 23... Bg6 24. g3 Bc3 25. Rc1 Be5 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-Cup3"]
[Site "Omsk"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Dvoirys, Semen I"]
[Black "Egin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[Annotator "Alterman,B"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1996.12.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Notkin} e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O
Be7 8. c4 Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Bf5 (10... Be6 {Notkin} 11. Be3 (11. Ne5 f6 (
11... c5 12. Nxe4 (12. Be3 cxd4 13. Bxd4 Nxc3 14. bxc3 Nc6 15. Nxc6 bxc6 16.
Qa4 $14 {Sokolov,A/}) 12... dxe4 13. d5 Bd6 14. f4 (14. a3 Bxe5 15. axb4 Bd7
16. bxc5 {Nadyrkhanov,S-Majorov,O/Krasnodar/1994/1-0/36/} Qc7 $5 $13) 14...
exf3 15. Nxf3 Bg4 16. a3 Bxf3 17. Rxf3 Na6 18. Bd3 g6 19. Bh6 Re8 20. Qd2 $16 {
Milos,G-Zarnicki,P/Cascavel/1996/1-0/57/}) 12. Bg4 Bc8 13. Bxc8 Rxc8 14. Nf3
Nxc3 15. bxc3 Nc6 16. Qa4 dxc4 17. Rb1 Rb8 18. Qxc4+ Kh8 19. Re1 $14 {Sokolov,
A-Mikhalchishin,A/Bern/1994/1-0/41/}) 11... f5 (11... Bf5 12. Rc1 dxc4 13. Bxc4
c6 14. Ne5 Nxc3 15. bxc3 Nd5 16. Qf3 Be6 17. Bd2 (17. Rfe1 Nxe3 18. Qxe3 Bxc4
19. Nxc4 Bf6 20. Rb1 b6 21. Qf3 Rc8 22. Ne3 g6 $10 {Kamsky,G-Anand,V/Sanghi
Nagar/1994/0,5/33/}) 17... Bg5 18. Bxg5 Qxg5 19. Rfe1 Rae8 20. g3 Qf5 21. Qd1
Nb6 22. Bd3 Qf6 23. Qc2 g6 24. Rb1 $14 {Topalov,V-Akopian,V/Linares/1-0/54/})
12. a3 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Nc6 14. Qa4 Kh8 15. Rab1 Rb8 16. Rfe1 f4 (16... a6 $6 17.
Bf4 $1 Bd6 18. Bg5 Be7 19. Bf1 $1 $16 {Ljubojevic,L-Beliavsky,A/Belgrade/1995/
0,5/26/}) 17. Bc1 dxc4 18. Bxc4 Bg4 $1 19. Be2 a6 20. Qd1 b5 21. d5 Bf5 22. Ra1
Na5 $13 {Shmuter,L-Tolstih,N/Volgograd/1994/0,5/42/}) 11. a3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Nc6
13. Nd2 (13. cxd5) (13. cxd5 {Notkin} Qxd5 14. Bf4 (14. c4 Qd6 15. d5 Ne5 16.
Nd4 Bd7 17. a4 Rfe8 18. Nb5 Bxb5 19. axb5 Nd7 $14 {Tischbierek,R-Yusupov,A/
Bielefeld/1992/0,5/35/}) 14... Bd6 15. c4 Qe4 16. Be3 Rad8 17. Ra2 b6 18. Re1
Bg6 19. Qc1 $14 {Kamsky,G-Yusupov,A/Moscow/1992/1-0/79/}) 13... Na5 14. cxd5
Qxd5 $10 15. Re1 (15. Bb2 {Notkin} Bf6 16. c4 Qd7 {ה/}) 15... Rad8 (15... c5 {
Notkin} 16. Bf3 Qd7 17. Nb3 Nxb3 18. Qxb3 Rab8 $10) 16. Bf3 Qd7 17. Nf1 Rfe8 {
Black keeps the pressure in the centre, all his pieces are very active and
White's structure c3-d4 only helps Black .} (17... c5 {Notkin} 18. Ne3 Bg6 19.
Nd5 Bd6 20. h4 $36) 18. Ne3 (18. Ng3 Bg6 $10) 18... Bg6 19. Ra2 (19. Nd5 {
Notkin} Bd6) 19... Bf8 (19... c5 $5) 20. a4 (20. Rae2 $5 c5 $1) (20. Rd2 {
Notkin} b5) (20. h4 $5 {Notkin}) 20... c5 $1 21. d5 (21. Rd2 $10) 21... c4 22.
Ba3 Bxa3 23. Rxa3 Bd3 24. g3 (24. Be2 $142 $10 {Notkin}) 24... Qd6 25. Ra2 Qf6
26. Be2 $2 (26. Ra3) 26... Bxe2 $6 (26... Qxc3 $142 27. Bxd3 Qxd3 28. Qxd3 (28.
Rd2 $8 Qb3 29. d6) 28... cxd3 29. Rd1 Nb3 $1) 27. Raxe2 Qxc3 28. Nxc4 Rxe2 29.
Qxe2 g6 (29... Qxc4 $4 30. Qe8+ Rxe8 31. Rxe8#) (29... Nxc4 $4 30. Qe8+ Rxe8
31. Rxe8#) 30. Ne5 Rxd5 31. Nxf7 Kg7 (31... Kxf7 $4 {the knight is invulnerable
} 32. Qe8+ Kg7 33. Re7+ Kh6 34. Qf8+) 32. Qe8 (32. Ne5 {Notkin} Qd2 33. Qf1 $5
{עg7/}) 32... Qc6 33. Qh8+ Kxf7 34. Qxh7+ Kf8 (34... Kf6 $2 {Notkin} 35. Qe7+
Kf5 36. Qf7+ $18) 35. h4 (35. Qh8+) 35... Nc4 (35... Qd6 36. Qh8+ Kf7 37. Qe8+
Kf6 38. g4 Rd1 39. Qh8+ Kf7 40. Qh7+ Kf8 41. Qh8+ Kf7 42. Qh7+ Kf8 43. Qh8+ Kf7
$10) (35... Qf6 {Notkin} 36. Qh6+ $10) 36. Qh8+ Kf7 37. Qh7+ Kf8 $8 {Black has
to return some of his gains} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2010.01.30"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2790"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2010.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Bf5 11. a3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Nc6 13. Re1 Re8 14. cxd5 Qxd5
15. Bf4 Rac8 16. h3 Be4 17. Qc1 Na5 18. Qe3 Bf8 (18... Bd6) (18... Bf5) 19. c4
Qd8 (19... Nxc4 20. Bxc4 Qxc4 21. Nd2 $18) 20. Ne5 Bf5 21. Qc3 b6 22. Rad1 (22.
c5 $1 Be6 23. Ba6 Ra8 24. Bb5 Re7 25. Rad1 Bd5 26. Bd3 $36) 22... Qf6 (22... f6
$1 23. Nd3 (23. Ng4 Bd6 24. Bxd6 cxd6 25. Ne3 Be6 $11)) 23. Qg3 (23. c5 $1 Be6
(23... Bxh3 24. Qg3 $1 (24. Qxh3 Qxf4 25. Bd3 g6 26. Re4) 24... Bf5 25. Bg5 Qe6
26. Bh5 g6 (26... Bg6 27. Bg4 Qd5 28. Bxc8 Rxc8 29. Nxg6 $18) 27. d5 $18) 24.
Qg3 $16) 23... Nc6 (23... c5 24. d5 Bd6 25. Bh5 g6 26. Re3 Bxe5 27. Bxe5 Rxe5
28. Rxe5 Nxc4 29. Rxf5 $1 Qxf5 30. Bg4 Qc2 31. d6 $18) 24. Ng4 Qg6 25. d5 (25.
Bxc7 Re4 (25... Bc2 26. Rd2 Na5 27. c5 $1 Nb3 28. Rxc2 Qxc2 29. Nh6+ (29. Nf6+
Kh8 30. Nxe8 Rxe8 31. Be5) 29... Kh8 30. Nxf7+ Kg8 31. Nh6+ Kh8 32. Be5 Nxd4
33. Nf7+ (33. Bxd4 Rxe2 34. Rxe2) 33... Kg8 34. Bxd4 Rxe2 35. Rxe2 Qd1+ 36. Kh2
Qxd4 37. Ng5 bxc5 38. Qf3 $16) 26. d5 (26. Bf3 Rxe1+ 27. Rxe1 h5 $132) 26...
Nd4 27. Bf1 Bxg4 28. Rxe4 Qxe4 29. hxg4 Ne2+ 30. Bxe2 Qxe2 31. Rf1 Re8 32. Qf3
Qxc4 33. d6 Qb5 34. Rd1 $14) 25... Na5 (25... Bc2 26. Rd2 (26. Rc1 Nd4) 26...
Na5 27. Rxc2 (27. Bxc7 Nxc4) 27... Qxc2 28. Nh6+ Kh8 29. Nxf7+ Kg8 30. Ne5 $36)
26. Bxc7 Bc2 $2 (26... Bc5 $1 27. Bf1 h5 28. Rxe8+ (28. Ne3 Qxg3 29. Bxg3 Bd7)
28... Rxe8 29. Ne3 Qxg3 30. Bxg3 Bd7) 27. Rc1 Nb3 28. Rxc2 $1 Qxc2 29. Nh6+ Kh8
30. Nxf7+ Kg8 31. Nh6+ Kh8 32. Nf7+ Kg8 33. Nh6+ Kh8 34. Be5 $1 Qg6 (34... Qd2
35. Nf7+ Kg8 36. Bc3 $1 Qc2 37. Nd6 $18) 35. Bg4 (35. Qxg6 hxg6 36. d6 Rxe5 37.
Nf7+ Kg8 38. Nxe5 (38. d7 Ree8 39. Ng5 Nd4 (39... Nc5 40. dxc8=Q Rxc8 41. Bf3)
40. c5 Nxe2+ 41. Rxe2 Red8 42. dxc8=Q Rxc8 43. cxb6 axb6) 38... Bxd6 39. Nxg6
$16) 35... Rxc4 (35... Rcd8 36. Nf5 $16 (36. Qxb3 Qxh6 (36... Bd6 37. Be6) 37.
Be6 $16)) 36. Qxb3 Rxe5 37. Rxe5 Rc1+ 38. Kh2 Bd6 39. f4 (39. Qe3) 39... Bxe5
40. fxe5 gxh6 (40... Qe4 41. d6 (41. Nf5 Qxe5+ 42. Qg3 Qxd5 43. Qb8+ Qg8 44.
Qxa7 Qf8 45. Qxb6 Rc3 46. a4 h5) 41... Qf4+ 42. Qg3 Rh1+ 43. Kxh1 Qxg3 44. Nf7+
Kg8 45. e6 (45. d7 Qe1+ 46. Kh2 Kxf7 47. d8=Q Qxe5+ 48. g3 Qb2+ 49. Kg1 Qxa3
50. Qd5+) 45... Qe1+ 46. Kh2 Qc1 47. d7 Qf4+ 48. Kg1 Qc1+ 49. Kf2 Qd2+ 50. Be2
Qf4+ 51. Bf3 Qd4+ 52. Kg3) 41. Qe3 Qb1 42. d6 Rh1+ 43. Kg3 Re1 44. Qf4 Rf1 45.
Bf3 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup final"]
[Site "Hyderabad"]
[Date "2002.10.20"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2755"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2002.10.15"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 2] This was the second game of the final.} 1. e4 {Kasimdzhanov had lost
only one game so far, but this was when I ambushed him theoretically in the
Sveshnikov. This year, he has been playing the Petroff a lot, including
against Ye Jiangchuan in the quarters, so I looked at that.} e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3.
Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 {Kasimdzhanov's chosen line in the
Petroff.} 7. O-O O-O 8. c4 c6 9. Qc2 {I spent the morning checking various
lines, but finally decided to follow his game against Ye which took place 4
days earlier.} Na6 10. a3 Re8 {I thought he might switch to f5, but he stays
the course as well.} 11. Nc3 Bf5 {Bg4 was the big hit sometime ago, but
Kasimdzhanov had some new ideas here.} 12. Re1 (12. c5 {Huzman} Nxc3 13. bxc3
Bxd3 14. Qxd3 Be7 15. Rb1 b5 16. a4 Nc7 17. Ne5 Bxc5 18. Nxc6 Qf6 19. axb5 $16
{1-0 Sonkoly,L-Barabas,A/HUN 1998/EXT 2000 (51)}) (12. Be3 {Huzman} Bg6 13. c5
Bc7 14. Ne2 Nb8 15. Bf4 Nd7 16. Bxc7 Qxc7 17. Nh4 Nef6 18. Nxg6 hxg6 19. b4 Re7
$11 {0-1 Ye Jiangchuan-Kasimdzhanov,R/Hyderabad IND 2002/(58)}) 12... h6 $1 {
Of course, I assumed he didn't want to repeat 12...Qf6 as in Lornje-Meijers
1989, but I looked at 12...Bg4} (12... Bg4 {as in Bologan-Konopka Panormo 2001}
13. Ne5 Bxe5 14. dxe5 Nac5 15. Nxe4 Nxd3 16. Qxd3 Bf5 17. cxd5 cxd5 18. Nf6+
Qxf6 19. Qxd5 Qb6 20. b4 Rad8 21. Qf3 Qg6) 13. c5 {Here I thought for quite a
while. There were some tempting possibilities for White, but I couldn't make
them work.} (13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Bxe4 Qe7 15. Bg5 (15. Bf4 Bxe4 16. Bxd6 Qe6 $1)
15... Qxe4 $1 16. Rxe4 Bxe4 17. Qb3 hxg5 18. Nxg5 Rab8 $1 {Due to the move Bd5,
Black doesn't have to worry about c5} 19. c5 (19. Nxe4 Rxe4 20. Rd1 {is
probably about equal}) 19... Bd5 20. Qd3 Bf4 $1 21. Qh7+ Kf8 22. h4 Bxg5 23.
hxg5 g6) (13. b4 Bxb4 $1 14. axb4 Nxb4 15. Qb1 Nxd3 16. Qxd3 Nd6 17. Qd1 Nxc4 {
Black has more than enough for a piece.}) 13... Bc7 14. Bd2 {Finally, by
connecting my rooks, I force him to swap the knight on e4, or so I thought.} (
14. Nxe4 dxe4 15. Rxe4 (15. Bxe4 Rxe4 16. Rxe4 Qd5) 15... Bxe4 16. Bxe4 {
I was tempted to go for this exchange sacrifice. It's only a pawn, but the two
bishops and the knight on a6 promise ~/=.} Nb8 {However, if Black immediately
swings his knight around, I didn't see anything convincing.} 17. Bd3 Nd7 18.
Bc4 Qf6 (18... Nf6 19. Bxh6 {Even this isn't clear.} gxh6 20. Qg6+ Kh8 21. Bxf7
)) 14... Ba5 $6 {This took me completely by surprise. However, it is a mistake.
} (14... Nxd2 15. Rxe8+ (15. Qxd2 Qf6) 15... Qxe8 16. Nxd2 Bxd3 17. Qxd3 {
This is probably about equal, but White can press on the queenside with b4-b5.}
) 15. Bf4 {I made this move simply because the square was available. Slowly it
began to dawn on me that Black has problems.} (15. Nxe4 {This move also leads
to an advantage for White.} dxe4 16. Bxa6 $1 (16. Bxe4 Bxe4 17. Rxe4 Rxe4 18.
Qxe4 Bxd2 19. Nxd2 Nxc5 20. dxc5 Qxd2 21. Qe5 Rd8) 16... exf3 (16... bxa6 17.
Bxa5 Qxa5 18. Ne5) (16... Bxd2 17. Nxd2 bxa6 18. Qc3 Qd5 19. Nc4 $16) 17. Rxe8+
Qxe8 18. Qxf5 Bxd2 19. Bc4 $1 {This move gives White the edge.} (19. Bd3 g6 20.
Qxf3 Rd8 $11) (19. Bxb7 Rb8 20. Ba6 Rxb2 {isn't clear either} (20... fxg2 21.
b4 $16) 21. Qxf3 $140 Be1 $1) 19... fxg2 (19... Rd8 20. d5 cxd5 21. Bxd5) (
19... Qe7 20. Qd3 Bg5 21. Qxf3 Rd8 22. Rd1 $16) 20. d5 cxd5 21. Qxd5 $1) (15.
b4 $2 Bxb4 $1 {This works even better because White has moved his bishop to d2.
} 16. axb4 Nxb4 17. Qb1 Nxd2 $17) 15... Bxc3 16. bxc3 {White simply wants to
play Ne5 and f3.} Nc7 17. h3 $1 {Of course, to play Bh2, but also so that
White can take his knight to g4.} (17. Ne5 Ne6 18. Be3 f6 19. Nf3 b6 $13) 17...
Ne6 (17... b6 18. Ne5 (18. cxb6 axb6 19. Ne5 Qf6 20. f3 Nd6 $1 21. Bxf5 Qxf5
22. Qxf5 Nxf5 23. Nxc6 Rxe1+ 24. Rxe1 Ne6 $132) 18... Ne6 (18... Qf6 19. f3 $16
) 19. Bh2 Qg5 20. h4 $1 Qxh4 21. f3 $16) 18. Bh2 N6g5 $2 {This takes away a
square that the e4 knight needs to go back.} ({Black could still go on with} 
18... Bh7 $1 19. Ne5 f6 20. Ng4 Nf8 $1 (20... b6 21. f3 N4g5 22. Bxh7+ Nxh7 23.
Re2 $1 (23. Qg6 Kh8 24. Bd6 $36) 23... Nhf8 24. Rae1 $14) (20... Qa5 $2 {
Unnecessaily sidetracks the queen.} 21. Rac1 b6 22. f3 N4g5 23. h4 Bxd3 24.
Qxd3 Nf7 25. Qg6 Kf8 26. Nxf6 gxf6 27. Bd6+ Nxd6 28. cxd6 $16) 21. f3 (21. h4
f5 22. Ne5 Qxh4) 21... Ng5 22. Bxh7+ Ngxh7 {This is pleasant for White, but
perhaps nothing more.}) 19. Ne5 $1 $16 {Now White's advantage assumes serious
proportions.} f6 (19... Bc8 20. h4 Ne6 (20... Nh7 21. f3 Nef6 22. g4 $16) 21.
f3 Nf6 22. g4 $16) (19... Bh7 20. Rab1 Re7 21. h4 Ne6 22. f3 Nf6 23. Ng4 $1
Bxd3 24. Nxf6+ gxf6 25. Qxd3 $16) 20. Ng4 Qa5 (20... Bxg4 21. hxg4 Nf7 22. Bxe4
dxe4 23. Rxe4 $16) 21. Ne3 Be6 (21... Bh7 22. h4 Ne6 23. f3 Qxc3 24. Bxe4 Qxc2
25. Bxc2 Nxd4 26. Bxh7+ Kxh7 27. Rad1 $18) 22. Rac1 {There is no longer any
defence} Nxh3+ (22... Bxh3 23. f4 $18) (22... f5 23. f3 Nf6 24. Bxf5 $18 {
Obviously, this just puts off the end}) 23. gxh3 Bxh3 (23... Ng5 24. Kh1 $1 Nf3
25. Rg1 $1 Nxg1 26. Rxg1 $18) 24. Nc4 {The simplest} Qxc3 25. Qxc3 Nxc3 26. Nd6
Rxe1+ 27. Rxe1 b5 28. Re3 Bg4 29. Bf5 {and Kasimdzhanov resigned.
Coincidentally, Xu Yuhua also won the Women's World Cup, so that we both
retained our titles. Once in China and once in India!} (29. Bf5 Bxf5 30. Nxf5
Ne4 31. Ne7+ Kf7 32. Nxc6 {Wins}) 1-0

[Event "Tilburg Fontys"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1998.10.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2795"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1998.10.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{I had drawn 7 times with White against Vlady before this game!} 1. e4 {
Blatny,P. Hecht} e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7.
O-O Be7 8. Re1 {In general, the lines with c4 work better directly, so this
was the first hint that I didn't intend to play c4 today.} Bg4 9. c3 f5 10. Qb3
O-O 11. Nbd2 Na5 {11...Kh8 is the other critical line, and Shirov played it
against Ivanchuk in Dortmund. This this line (11...Na5) has a good reputation
theoretically speaking, so I expected this.} 12. Qa4 Nc6 13. Bb5 Nxd2 14. Nxd2
Qd6 {Thus far, my game against Yusupov, but now a new twist.} 15. h3 $3 {
My second, Ubilava suggested this before continuing Nb3-c5. We soon realized
that there is a huge difference between Bg4 and Bh5.   Blatny,P: 'Anand hat
seine fruehere Partie gegen Jussupow offensichtlich sehr tief analysiert und
eine starke Neuerung gefunden. Der Bauer auf h2 wird nicht geschlagen und Lh5
haengt mit Schach, wie wir weiter sehen werden!'} (15. Nb3 Bh4 16. Rf1 f4 (
16... Qg6 $5 {This strong move forces White to react quickly} 17. Bf4 Bh3 18.
g3 {White will have some for the exchange here.} (18. Bg3 f4 $1)) 17. f3 Bf5
18. Nc5 Qg6 19. Qd1 Bh3 20. Qd2 Rae8 21. Nd3 a6 22. Bxc6 bxc6 23. Ne5 Rxe5 24.
dxe5 Be6 {It's quite difficult for White to use his extra exchange and Black
can still develop a kingside attack, so I decided to force a draw.} 25. Qd4 Bh3
26. Qd2 Be6 27. Qd4 {- Anand,V-Yusupov,A Linares 1993}) 15... Bh5 (15... Bh4
16. hxg4 fxg4 17. Rf1 $1 {I think Black doesn't have enough here. White copes
with the immediate sacrifices easily.} (17. Re2 Rae8) 17... Bxf2+ $140 18. Rxf2
Rxf2 19. Kxf2 Rf8+ 20. Ke2 Qg3 {The only trap that White must avoid is:} 21.
Kd1 $1 $18 {Two pieces are probably enough!} (21. Bxc6 $4 Rf2+ $1 22. Kd1 Qd3
23. Bxd5+ Kf8 24. Qb4+ Ke8 25. Bf7+ $1 Kd7 26. Qa4+ b5 27. Qxb5+ Qxb5 $19)) 16.
Nb3 Bh4 (16... f4 {Blatny,P} 17. Bxc6 {/\Re5}) (16... Nd8 {Blatny,P} 17. Bf4 $1
Qxf4 18. Rxe7 c6 19. Bd3 {<->7}) 17. Nc5 Bxf2+ $2 {'?!' Blatny,P. Blatny,P:
'Schwarz hat den wichtigen Unterschied gegenueber oben genannten Partie nicht
entdeckt. Das Opfer funktioniert jetzt nicht mehr.'} (17... Rae8 $2 18. Bg5 $1
$18) (17... f4 18. Re6 $1 (18. Nxb7 Qg6 19. Kf1 (19. Bxc6 Bf3) 19... Bxf2 $1
20. Bxc6 Bxe1 $19) 18... Qd8 19. Nd3 $1 (19. Nxb7 $2 Bxf2+ 20. Kxf2 (20. Kh1
Qh4 21. Bxc6 (21. Bf1 f3 22. Qxc6 fxg2+ 23. Bxg2 Bf3 $19) 21... Bf3 $1) 20...
Qh4+ 21. Kg1 f3 22. Qc2 (22. Bxc6 Qg3 23. Qc2 f2+ 24. Kf1 Qxg2+ $1 25. Kxg2
f1=Q+ $19) 22... f2+ 23. Kf1 Qg3 $19) (19. f3 $5 Bxf3 (19... Qg5 20. g4 $1) 20.
gxf3 Qg5+ 21. Kh1 Qg3 22. Qc2 Qxh3+ 23. Qh2 Qxf3+ 24. Qg2 $14) (19. Bf1 {
A good defensive move.} Qc8 20. Bd2 $14) 19... f3 20. g3 $16) (17... Nd8 {
Not pretty, but Black has to grovel a bit since his attack will not work.} 18.
Bf1 $1 {Qd7} c6 (18... b6 19. Nd3 Ne6 20. Qb4 $1 $16) 19. Nd3 Ne6 20. b3 $1 $16
) 18. Kxf2 Qh2 19. Bxc6 bxc6 (19... f4 20. Bxd5+ Kh8 21. Nd3 $1 f3 22. Nf4 Rxf4
(22... fxg2 23. Bxg2 Rxf4+ 24. Bxf4 Rf8 25. Re4 $18) 23. Bxf4 Qxg2+ 24. Ke3 $18
) 20. Qxc6 f4 {Black has nothing else.} 21. Qxd5+ Kh8 (21... Bf7 22. Qf3 (22.
Qg5 {Is also possible.}) 22... Bh5 23. Qxh5 {Transposes}) 22. Qxh5 f3 {In my
preparation, I had analysed 23.Qxf3, but during the game, I noticed that White
has 23.Bxh6 .} (22... Qg3+ 23. Kf1 f3 24. gxf3 {Quite simple - the knight on
c5 and the queen on h5 control all the keysquares.} Rxf3+ 25. Ke2 $18) 23. Qxf3
$1 {Actually, this is quite a safe line, so I decided to stick to it.} (23. Bh6
$1 {This seems to be correct.} fxg2+ 24. Ke3 Qg3+ (24... g1=Q+ 25. Rxg1 Qf2+
26. Kd3 Rf3+ 27. Qxf3 $1 Qxf3+ 28. Be3 $18 {Similar to the game.}) 25. Kd2 g1=Q
{At this point, I decided that23.Qxf3 was much more sensible. After I played
it, I realized that 26.Bxg7+ was winning for White.} (25... Rf2+ 26. Re2 g1=Q
27. Rxg1 Qxg1 28. Bxg7+ Kxg7 29. Qe5+ $18) 26. Bxg7+ $1 (26. Rxg1 $2 Rf2+ 27.
Qe2 Rxe2+ 28. Kxe2 Re8+ $19) 26... Kg8 27. Rxg1 Rf2+ 28. Qe2 Rxe2+ 29. Kxe2
Re8+ 30. Be5 $18) 23... Rxf3+ 24. Kxf3 Rf8+ 25. Ke2 Qxg2+ (25... Re8+ $1 {
More accurate.} 26. Be3 Qxg2+ 27. Kd3 Qxb2 28. Bc1 $1 Qb5+ 29. c4 Qc6 30. Rxe8+
Qxe8 31. Be3 $18) 26. Kd3 Qxh3+ 27. Kc2 $1 (27. Be3 {My original intention,
but at the board, I changed my mind.} Rf2 $1 {This complicates matters a bit.})
27... Qg2+ (27... Qf5+ 28. Nd3 $18) 28. Bd2 Qg6+ 29. Re4 $1 (29. Nd3 Rf3 30.
Re3) 29... h5 (29... Re8 30. Rg1 $1 $18) 30. Rae1 Re8 31. Kc1 Rxe4 32. Nxe4 $1
{This finishes it - after Ng5, Black's pawns are firmly blockaded.  Hecht:
'Der Springer gelangt nach g5, wonach die schwarzen Freibauern keine Gefahr
mehr darstellen. Dagegen geht es dem schwarzen Kцnig an den Kragen.'} h4 33.
Ng5 Qh5 34. Re3 Kg8 35. c4 {Kramnik resigned.} 1-0

[Event "URS-sf"]
[Site "Daugavpils"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Akopian, Vladimir Eduardovic"]
[Black "Rozentalis, Eduardas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1989.11.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {(Anand)} e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O
O-O 8. c4 c6 9. Re1 (9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Nc3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Bg4 12. Rb1 Nd7 (12...
b6 13. Rb5 Bc7 14. c4 dxc4 (14... Qd6 15. Re1 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Qxh2+ 17. Kf1 Nc6
18. Rxd5 Rae8 19. Be3 $2 (19. Rxe8 Qh1+ 20. Ke2 Rxe8+ 21. Be3 $16) 19... g6 $2
20. a3 $16) 15. Be4 Nc6 $1 16. Rg5 (16. Bxc6 $2 Qd6 $17) 16... Bxf3 17. Qxf3
Qd6 18. Rg3 Nxd4 19. Qg4 g6 20. Bxa8 Rxa8 $44 {Short-Timman KRO (m/3)1989}) 13.
h3 Bh5 14. Rxb7 Nb6 15. Bd2 h6 16. Re1 Qc8 17. Ba6 Qc6 18. Ne5 Qxb7 19. Bxb7
Bxd1 20. Bxa8 Bxe5 21. dxe5 Ba4 22. Bb7 Bb5 $10 {Serper-Akopian Tbilisi 1989})
(9. Nc3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Bg4 12. Qd3 Nd7 (12... Bh5 {This idea was
tried in Chandler-Barua in the Olympiad 1988} 13. Bg5 Qc7 14. Rae1 Nd7 15. Be7
Bxe7 (15... Rfe8 $2 16. Ng5 Bg6 17. Bxf7+ $1 $18) 16. Rxe7 $14) 13. Ng5 Nf6 14.
h3 Bh5 15. f4 h6 16. g4 hxg5 17. fxg5 b5 18. Bb3 Nxg4 19. hxg4 Qd7 20. gxh5
Qg4+ 21. Kf2 Rae8 22. Rg1 Qh4+ 23. Kg2 Qh2+ $1 {This novelty was played in
Sokolov,A-Oll,L.The old move was 23...Re4} 24. Kf1 Bf4 $1 25. Qf3 Re1+ 26. Kxe1
Qxg1+ 27. Ke2 Bxc1 28. Rxc1 Qxc1 29. g6 Re8+ 30. Kd3 Qb1+ 31. Kd2 Qb2+ 32. Kd3
$10) 9... Bf5 10. Qb3 Na6 11. cxd5 (11. Nc3 dxc4 (11... Nec5 $6 12. dxc5 Nxc5
13. Bxf5 Nxb3 14. axb3 $16 {Khalifman-Rosentalis}) 12. Qxc4 $1 (12. Bxc4 Nxc3
13. bxc3 b5 14. Bf1 Nc7 15. Ba3 Be6 $10 {Serper-Akopian Adelaide 1988}) 12...
Be6 13. Qa4 Nac5 14. dxc5 Nxc5 15. Bxh7+ Kxh7 16. Qc2+ Kg8 17. Ng5 $16 {Serper}
) 11... cxd5 12. Nc3 Bb4 (12... Be6 $1 13. Qd1 $1 $14 (13. Qxb7 $6 Nb4 (13...
Nec5 $2 14. dxc5 Nxc5 15. Qb5 a6 16. Bxh7+ $1 $16) 14. Bxe4 Rb8 15. Qxa7 Ra8
16. Qb7 Rb8 $10) 13... f5 $6 14. Ng5 $1 Nxg5 15. Bxg5 $16) 13. Qxd5 $1 Qxd5 (
13... Bxc3 14. Qxf5 Bxe1 15. Qxe4 $18) 14. Nxd5 Rfe8 (14... Bxe1 15. Ne7+ Kh8
16. Nxf5 Bxf2+ (16... Nxf2 17. Bxa6 $18) 17. Kf1 $18) 15. Re3 Rad8 16. Bb5 $1
$18 Rxd5 17. Bxe8 g5 18. Ba4 h6 19. Bc2 Nd6 20. Bxf5 Nxf5 21. Re5 Nc7 22. Rxd5
Nxd5 23. g4 Nfe7 24. Bd2 Bd6 25. Ne5 f6 26. Nc4 Bc7 27. Rc1 Kf7 28. Ne3 Ke6 29.
Bb4 Nc6 30. Bc5 a6 31. Nf5 Nf4 32. Re1+ Kd7 33. Be7 h5 34. Bxf6 hxg4 35. Kf1
Nd5 36. Bxg5 {An excellent game by Akopian (Anand)} 1-0

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 7th"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.08.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[Annotator "Anand,Viswanathan"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2019.08.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 {The Petroff remains one of Wesley's favourite openings.}
3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bf5 7. O-O Be7 8. Re1 O-O 9. c4 Nc6 10.
cxd5 Qxd5 11. Nc3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Bxd3 13. Qxd3 Rae8 {So far nothing new, but I
now had an idea I wanted to try.} 14. Rb1 b6 15. Bf4 {The point, Sevian had
played 15.c4 two years ago.} Bd6 {Now I began to feel excited, since I felt
that my main line could appear on the board.} (15... Qd7 16. d5 {keeps an edge.
}) 16. Ng5 f5 17. Rxe8 Rxe8 18. c4 {The point.} Qa5 {While I was waiting for
his move, I saw this, but it looked so wrong that I didnt give it my full
attention. A mistake - while ...Qxd4 is undoubtedly the best move, I should
have started to check this.} (18... Qxd4 19. Qxf5 Qxf4 {The only move.} 20.
Qd5+ Kf8 21. g3 {seems like the end, but Black still has some resources:} Nb4
22. Rxb4 c6 23. Qxc6 Qxg5 (23... Qc1+ {over the board, I suddenly wondered
what happens here.} 24. Kg2 Bxb4 {since Wesley was taking so long on his move,
I had time to work out the answer:} 25. Qd5 Ke7 (25... Re7 26. Qf5+ $1) 26.
Qe6+ Kd8 27. Nf7+ Kc7 28. Qxe8 {and now Black can't take on c4.} Qxc4 29. Qd8+
Kb7 (29... Kc6 30. Ne5+) 30. Qd7+ {now Black loses in all lines} Qc7 {this
loses to} (30... Kb8 31. Nd8 $1) (30... Ka6 31. Qa4+ Kb7 32. Nd6+) 31. Nd8+ Kb8
32. Nc6+ {wins.}) 24. Qxd6+ Qe7 25. Qf4+ Qf7 26. Qd2 {was the line I had
checked at home. Black might be able to hold.}) 19. Bd2 {Now I spent some time.
} Nb4 {Here to my amazement, while Qf3 and Qf1 both looked good, I couldn't
find a forced win.} (19... Bb4 20. Qf3 $1 {wins on the spot:} Nxd4 21. Qh5) 20.
Qf3 $2 {Finally I went for this.} (20. Qf1 {Much harder and I didnt see the
main point, but this leads to a forced win.} h6 (20... Qxa2 21. Re1 ({of
course not} 21. Bxb4 Bxb4 22. Rxb4 Qd2) 21... Rf8 22. Qe2 h6 (22... Kh8 23. Qh5
h6 24. Nf7+ Kh7 25. Bxh6 $18) 23. Qe6+ Kh8 24. Nf7+ Kh7 25. Bxh6 {wins.}) 21.
c5 $1 bxc5 22. dxc5 Bxc5 23. Qc4+ Kh8 24. Qf7 {The key move} (24. Nf3 Re4) (24.
a3 {The comp points out this move as well!} hxg5 25. axb4 Rb8 26. Rb3 Qa1+ 27.
Bc1 {and thanks to Rh3, Black loses.}) 24... Rf8 {Easy to think that White has
gotten it wrong, but in fact} (24... Bxf2+ 25. Kh1 Qe5 26. Bc3 $1) 25. Qg6 hxg5
26. Bc3 $18 {- just two simple moves and White wins.}) 20... h6 21. Bxb4 $2 (
21. a3 hxg5 (21... Qa4 22. axb4 hxg5 23. Qxf5 Bxb4 24. Bxg5 Qc6 25. Qd3 a5 26.
Be3 {and slowly push the h-pawn forward.}) 22. Qb3 $1 {I missed this
intermezzo and this still leaves White with a big advantage.} (22. axb4 Qa2 (
22... Bxb4 {Even this works.} 23. Qc6 Re2 24. Be3 Bd6 {and Black holds on.})
23. Qd3 Re4)) 21... Qxb4 22. Qd5+ Kh8 23. Nf7+ Kh7 24. Rf1 Re1 $1 25. Qxf5+ Kg8
26. Nxd6 cxd6 27. Qd3 (27. Qc2 Re7 {might be playable.} (27... d5 28. cxd5
Rxf1+ 29. Kxf1 Qb5+ {and I didnt see any real difference for White.} 30. Ke1 $1
{Analysing at home, I found that some accuracy is still required by Black.} (
30. Kg1 Qxd5 31. Qb3 $2 Qxb3 32. axb3 Kf7 33. Kf1 Ke6 34. Ke2 Kd5 35. Kd3 a5) (
30. Qe2 Qb1+ (30... Qxd5) 31. Qe1 Qb5+ 32. Kg1 Qxd5) 30... Qb4+ (30... Qxd5 31.
Qb3 Qxb3 32. axb3 Kf7 33. Kd2 a5 34. f4 h5 $3 {A little detail.} (34... Ke6 $2
35. g4 b5 36. g5 $1 (36. f5+ Kd5 37. Kd3 a4 38. bxa4 bxa4 $11) 36... hxg5 37.
fxg5 Kd5 38. Kc3 $1 {much simpler, and now Black can#t stop both h- and
d-pawns.} (38. Kd3 a4 {Now that the Kd3 needs an extra move to stop the a pawn.
...White needs to keep a pawn on the queenside.} 39. b4 $1 a3 40. Kc3 a2 41.
Kb2 Kxd4 42. h4 Ke5 43. h5 Kf5 44. h6 gxh6 45. gxh6 Kg6 46. Kxa2 Kxh6 47. Kb3
Kg5 48. Kc3 Kf6 49. Kd4 {and White wins})) 35. g3 Ke6 36. h3 Kd5 37. Kd3 b5 $11
38. f5 a4 39. bxa4 bxa4 40. g4 a3 41. Kc3 a2 42. Kb2 hxg4 (42... Kxd4 43. f6 $1
gxf6 44. gxh5 $18) 43. hxg4 Kxd4 44. g5 $11) 31. Ke2 Qxd4 32. Qc8+ Kh7 33. Qf5+
Kh8 34. g4 Qc4+ 35. Kf3 Qxa2 36. h4 {and White does seem to be winning.}) 28.
h3 (28. g3 Rc7 29. Qg6 Rxc4 30. Qe6+ Kh8 31. Re1 Rc7) 28... Rc7 29. Qg6 Rxc4
30. Qe6+ Kh8 31. Re1 Qd2) 27... Rxf1+ 28. Kxf1 Qb2 {If White had time to play
g4 or h4, then I would have real chances, but as it is, Black is too fast.} 29.
a3 d5 30. cxd5 Qa1+ 31. Ke2 Qa2+ 32. Ke3 Qxd5 33. g3 b5 34. Qc3 Qe6+ 35. Kd3 a5
{and I decided to acquiesce to the draw} 36. Qxa5 Qc4+ 37. Ke3 Qe6+ 38. Kd2
Qa2+ 39. Ke1 Qb1+ 40. Kd2 Qa2+ 41. Ke3 Qe6+ 42. Kd2 Qa2+ {A huge blow for me,
but I missed even better chances in the remaining games.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Grenke Chess Classic 1st"]
[Site "Baden-Baden"]
[Date "2013.02.16"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Fridman, Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2667"]
[Annotator "Andreikin,D"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2013.02.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 153"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 {Fridman is a great expert on the Petroff Defence. During
his chess career, he has played in this opening more than 80 games and has
good statistics. I think, this move didn't come as a surprise for the World
Champion.} 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 {The main line. Lately another move
became popular} (5. Nc3 $5 {By the way - an amusing miniature with Anand's
participation went thus:} Bf5 $4 6. Qe2 $18 {Black resigned. Zapata-Anand/1-0
Biel 1988.  After the normal move 5...Ne4xc3 the position contains a lot of
theory. Let's leave it for another time.}) 5... d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nb4 9. Be2 {This move is considered the main one, and leads to a long struggle.
White has at his disposal also another interesting opportunity:} (9. cxd5 $5
Nxd3 10. Qxd3 Qxd5 11. Re1 {Black must act very precisely for a draw.} Bf5 12.
Nc3 (12. Ne5 $5 {[Blatny,P]} g6 13. f3 $13 (13. Qf3 h5 (13... Qxd4 14. Nc3 Qxe5
15. Bf4 Qa5 16. b4 Qa3 17. Nd5 Qxf3 18. gxf3 Bd8 19. fxe4 Be6 20. Nxc7+ Bxc7
21. Bxc7 f6 22. a3 Rc8 23. Rac1 Kf7 {1/2-1/2 Beliavsky,A-Smyslov,V/Reggio
Emilia8687 1986/CBM 04}) 14. Bf4 O-O-O 15. Nc3 Nxc3 16. Qxc3 Bd6 17. Bg5 Rde8
18. Bf6 Rhg8 19. Nc4 Bf4 20. Be5 Bxe5 21. dxe5 Kb8 22. Rac1 Rc8 $14 {Grosar,
A-Puljek Salai,Z/Ljubljana op 1992/TD/1-0 (45)}) (13. g4 Bh4 14. Re2 Bxf2+ 15.
Rxf2 Nxf2 16. Qe3 Bxb1 17. Nxg6+ Be4 18. Nxh8 Nxg4 19. Qc3 Qd6 20. Qd2 f5 21.
h3 Qg3+ {0-1 Rogulj,B-Forintos,G/AUT-chT2S 9697 1997/EXT 99}) 13... Nf6 14. Qe3
O-O-O $1 (14... Qd6 $5) 15. Nc3 Qxd4 16. Qxd4 Rxd4 17. Be3 Rb4 18. b3 Be6 19.
Bf2 $1 {[%csl Gb4,Ge7][%cal Ge5f7,Ge5d3,Gd3b4]} Bd6 $1 20. Nd3 Rd8 21. Nxb4 (
21. Red1 Bxb3 22. axb3 Rxb3 23. Ne2 Rxd3 24. Rxd3 Bxh2+ 25. Kxh2 Rxd3 26. Rxa7
Rd2 27. Bh4 Nd5 $15) 21... Bxb4 22. Rec1 (22. Rac1 Rd3 23. Re3) 22... Bxc3 23.
Rxc3 Nd5 24. Rd3 b6 25. Rad1 {1/2 Anand,V (2769)-Kramnik,V (2758)/Linares 2000/
CBM 076/[Blatny,P]}) 12... Nxc3 13. Qxc3 Be6 $1 $11 14. Re5 (14. Qxc7 Bd6 $11)
14... Qc6 15. Qa5 Rd8 16. Bf4 O-O 17. Rc1 Qb6 18. Rb5 Qxa5 19. Rxa5 Ra8 20. d5
Bd7 21. Ne5 Bd6 22. Bg3 Bxe5 23. Bxe5 c6 24. dxc6 Bxc6 25. Bd4 a6 26. Re5 Rfe8
27. Rxe8+ Rxe8 28. Be3 Rd8 29. f3 f6 30. Kf2 Kf7 31. h4 {1/2 Naiditsch,A (2678)
-Kramnik,V (2772)/Dresden 2008. Having remembered the big computer analysis
Black reached a draw without play. Anand didn't want to force the game.}) 9...
O-O 10. Nc3 Bf5 11. a3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Nc6 13. Re1 Re8 14. cxd5 {I like this
move more than the drawing line:} (14. Bf4 dxc4 15. Bxc4 Bd6 $1 {and the
position quickly simplified:} 16. Rxe8+ Qxe8 17. Bxd6 cxd6 18. Ng5 Bg6 19. h4
Qe7 20. Qg4 h6 21. h5 Bxh5 22. Qxh5 hxg5 23. Rd1 Rf8 24. Rd3 Qe1+ 25. Kh2 Qxf2
26. Qxg5 (26. Rh3 Qf4+ 27. Kh1 Qc1+ 28. Kh2 Qf4+ 29. Kh1 Qc1+ 30. Kh2 {1/2
Grischuk,A (2763)-Chadaev,N (2580)/Astana 2012/CBM 149 Extra}) 26... Qf6 27.
Qxf6 gxf6 28. Rg3+ Kh8 29. Rh3+ Kg7 30. Rg3+ Kh8 31. Rh3+ Kg7 32. Rg3+ {
1/2 Ni Hua (2661)-Wang Yue (2714)/Danzhou 2011/CBM 143}) 14... Qxd5 15. Bf4
Rac8 {Now this move has become automatic.} (15... Bd6 $5 {Huzman} 16. c4 Qe4
17. Be3 (17. Bxd6 cxd6 18. Qd2 Qc2 $11) 17... Rad8 18. Ra2 Bg6 (18... Bf4 $2
19. Nd2 $18) 19. Qc1 (19. Qb3 Bf4 (19... b6 20. Rd2 Na5 21. Qc3 $14) 20. Bxf4
Qxf4 21. d5 Na5 22. Qc3 b6 $11) 19... Na5 20. c5 Be7 21. Bb5 (21. Rb2 $5 b6 22.
Ne5 {[%cal Ge2f3]} Bxc5 23. Bf3 Qf5 24. Nxg6 Bxa3 25. Ne5 c5 $132) 21... Qd5 $2
(21... c6 22. Bf1 $14 {[%csl Ra5]}) 22. Rae2 $2 (22. Bxe8 $1 Qxa2 23. Ba4 {
/\24.Bf4} Qc4 (23... Bf8 24. Bf4 $18) (23... Bf6 24. Bf4 Nc6 25. Bxc7 Rc8 26.
Qe3 h6 (26... Qe6 27. Be5 $18) 27. Bd6 Nxd4 28. Nxd4 Qc4 29. Qb3 Qxd4 30. Qxb7
$18) 24. Qxc4 Nxc4 25. Bf4 $18) 22... c6 23. Bg5 cxb5 $1 24. Bxe7 Rc8 $1 25.
Re5 Qd7 26. Bd6 (26. d5 $2 Nc4 27. d6 f6 28. Rd5 Bf7 $17) 26... f6 $1 27. Rxe8+
(27. Re7 $4 Rxe7 28. Rxe7 Qxd6 $19) 27... Rxe8 28. Rxe8+ {1/2 Kasparov,G (2838)
-Karpov,A (2688)/New York 2002/CBM 093/[Huzman]} (28. Rxe8+ Qxe8 $15 {[%cal
Ya5c4,Yg6f7,Yf7d5] In the final position only Black can play for a win but the
match situation guaranteed the victory for Karpov in the case of a draw in
this game.})) 16. h3 {Moving the adjecent pawn doesn't bring results:} (16. g3
$6 b5 (16... Bf6 17. Nd2 Qd7 18. Nc4 Bh3 19. Qd3 g5 20. Be3 Qd5 21. Bf1 Bxf1
22. Qxf1 Ne7 23. Rab1 Nf5 24. a4 a6 25. Qd3 b5 26. Na3 c6 27. Nc2 Qf3 28. Qd1
Qxd1 29. Rexd1 Nd6 30. Bd2 Kg7 31. Nb4 bxa4 32. Nd3 a3 33. Rb4 Ne4 34. Ra4 c5
35. Nxc5 Nxc5 36. dxc5 Red8 37. Rxa3 Rc6 38. Ra2 Rxc5 39. Rxa6 Rcd5 40. Ra2 Kg6
41. c4 Rd4 42. Rc2 Be7 43. Kf1 Bc5 44. Ke2 Re8+ 45. Be3 Rxd1 46. Kxd1 Bxe3 47.
fxe3 Rxe3 48. c5 Kf6 49. Kd2 Ra3 50. c6 Ra8 51. Ke3 Ke5 52. Kf3 h5 53. Rc5+ Kd6
54. Rxg5 h4 55. gxh4 Kxc6 56. Rf5 Kd6 57. Rxf7 Ke6 58. Rf4 Ke7 59. Kg4 Rf8 60.
Ra4 Kf6 61. h5 Kg7 62. Kg5 Rf7 63. Rf4 Rxf4 64. Kxf4 Kh6 65. h4 Kxh5 66. Kf5
Kxh4 {1/2 Gashimov,V (2719)-Wang Yue (2732)/Nanjing 2010/CBM 139}) 17. Nd2 Na5
18. Nf1 Nc4 19. Bxc4 Qxc4 20. Ne3 Qe6 21. Nxf5 Qxf5 22. Re5 Qd7 23. Qe2 Bd6 24.
Qxb5 c6 25. Rxe8+ {1/2 Karjakin,S (2720)-Smeets,J (2657)/Wijk aan Zee 2010/CBM
135}) 16... h6 {This symmetrical move is correct. Of course, all this is all
well-studied theory.} 17. Nd2 Na5 $5 {This move was a novelty in 2008! The
first to use it was Fridman himself, playing against Gharamian. Now this move
is popular, and in the database we can find a lot of interesting games.
Earlier in this position, Black played in a different way:} (17... Qd7 $5 {
Kasparov,G (2813)-Motylev,A (2651)/Moscow 2004/ 1/2, and Karjakin,S (2576)
-Gelfand,B (2693)/Pamplona 2004/ 1/2}) 18. Bf3 (18. Nf1 Qb3 19. Ne3 Qxd1 20.
Bxd1 Bd7 21. Nd5 Bd6 22. Bg4 Bxg4 23. Bxd6 cxd6 24. hxg4 {1/2 Gharamian,T 
(2555)-Fridman,D (2630)/Germany 2008/CBM 126 Extra}) 18... Qd7 19. Ne4 Rcd8 20.
Ra2 $1 $146 {Alexei Shirov used this idea but in a slightly different version.
( Shirov,A (2749)-Gashimov,V (2719)/Sestao 2010/ 0-1 )} (20. Ng3 Bg6 21. Bh5
Bd6 22. Bxd6 Rxe1+ 23. Qxe1 cxd6 24. Bxg6 fxg6 25. Qe4 Qf7 26. Re1 Rf8 27. Re2
Nc4 28. a4 Nb6 29. Qc2 Nd5 30. c4 Nf4 31. Re3 Rc8 32. c5 dxc5 33. dxc5 b6 34.
Ne4 bxc5 35. Rf3 Rf8 36. Nxc5 Qd5 37. Qb3 Qxb3 38. Rxb3 Rc8 39. Nd3 Nxd3 40.
Rxd3 Rc4 41. Rd6 Rxa4 {1/2 Akopian,V (2696)-Kasimdzhanov,R (2695)/Nalchik 2009/
CBM 130}) 20... b6 {A stable move. Black has an idea related to the attack on
the white center:} (20... Be6 21. Rae2 c5 $5 22. d5 $1 Bxd5 23. Rd2 Kf8 24.
Nxc5 Qf5 25. Rxd5 Rxd5 26. Bxd5 Bxc5 27. Rxe8+ Kxe8 28. Bg3 $14 {Two bishops
guarantee superiority for White.}) 21. Rae2 {All white pieces are ready to
participate in the attack!} Bxa3 $1 {A principled decision. Probably Fridman
was still in his home analysis.} 22. Bg4 $1 {This move puts Black before
maximum problems. Anand's opening preparation was deeper.} Rf8 $2 {This is a
human move.} ({The only correct decision is} 22... Be6 $1 {and in all
variations the balance remains:} 23. Bxh6 f5 24. Ng5 (24. Bg5 Rc8 25. Bh5 fxe4
26. Bxe8 Rxe8 27. Rxe4 Bf8 $5 $44) 24... Bc4 25. Bxf5 Bxe2 26. Qb1 Bd3 $3 27.
Rxe8+ (27. Bxd3 Rxe1+ 28. Qxe1 gxh6 29. Qe5 hxg5 30. Qxg5+ Kh8 31. Qh6+ Kg8 32.
Qg5+ Kh8 $11) 27... Rxe8 28. Qxd3 (28. Bxd3 gxh6 29. Bb5 Qg7 30. Qa2+ Kf8 31.
Qxa3+ Qe7 32. Ne6+ Kg8 33. Qa4 c6 34. d5 cxb5 35. Qg4+ Kh8 36. Qd4+ Kg8 37.
Qg4+ Kh8 $11) 28... Re1+ 29. Kh2 Qd6+ 30. g3 gxh6 31. Be6+ Kf8 32. Qf5+ Ke7 33.
Qh7+ Ke8 $11) (22... Bxg4 $4 23. Nf6+ $1 gxf6 24. Rxe8+ Rxe8 25. Qxg4+ Qxg4 26.
Rxe8+ $18) 23. Bxf5 Qxf5 24. Bxc7 $16 {White has a pawn center and
strategically located pieces. Black's knight and bishop are located very badly.
} Rd7 (24... Rd5 $5) 25. Be5 $1 {Energetic move! Anand correctly sees tactical
possibilities in this position.} f6 $1 {Only move!} (25... Nc4 $2 26. Ng3 $1
Qg6 27. Qa4 Nxe5 28. Rxe5 $18) 26. Ng3 Qe6 27. Qa4 $6 {I think that's a little
mistake. White could play positionally:} (27. Bf4 $1 Qd5 28. Re6 $1 $36 Rff7
29. Qg4 Kh7 30. Nh5 $16 {All white pieces are in the attack. Victory is near.})
27... Nc4 $2 {The decisive mistake.} ({Black had a good chance for a draw after
} 27... fxe5 28. Rxe5 Qf7 29. Rf5 Re7 $3 30. Ra1 Qb3 31. Qxa3 (31. Qxb3+ Nxb3
32. Rxa3 Rxf5 33. Nxf5 Re1+ 34. Kh2 Nd2 $1 $14) 31... Qxa3 32. Rxa3 $14) 28.
Bd6 $1 $18 {[%mdl 64] Not difficult, but beautiful tactics! I think, the final
part of the game does not need comments. Anand easily realized his large
material advantage.} b5 29. Rxe6 bxa4 30. Bxf8 Kxf8 31. Ra1 Bb2 32. Rxa4 Nb6
33. Ra6 Bxc3 34. Nf5 Bb4 35. Re2 Kf7 36. Rea2 Nc8 37. g4 g6 38. Nxh6+ Kg7 39.
g5 fxg5 40. Ng4 Rxd4 41. Rc2 Ne7 42. Rxa7 Bd6 43. Kg2 Kf7 44. Re2 Bb4 45. Re5
Bd6 46. Rxg5 Ke6 47. Ra6 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 18th"]
[Site "Kallithea"]
[Date "2002.09.24"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Atalik, Suat"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2551"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2002.09.22"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Kazan Ladya"]
[BlackTeam "Sarajevo Napredak"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BIH"]

1. e4 {Huzman} e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7.
Bf4 (7. Be3 Nd7 8. Qd2 Ne5 {is believed to be equal.}) 7... Nd7 8. Qd2 Nc5 9.
O-O-O Bg4 {That was my big time idea during the game.} (9... O-O 10. Be3 $1 (
10. Nd4 Re8 (10... Ne6 11. Be3 Nxd4 12. cxd4 c6 {is also more or less equal.})
11. f3 Ne6 12. Be3 Bg5 13. f4 Bf6 14. Nf3 b6 $13 {Dolmatov-Jussupow,Vilnius
1980.}) 10... Re8 11. Kb1 (11. Nd4 Ne4 12. Qe2 (12. Qd3 Bg5 13. f4 Nc5 14. Qd2
Bf6) 12... Bg5 13. f4 Bf6 14. Qf3 c5 15. Nb3 Bd7 16. Bc4 Qc8 $13) (11. h4 Bg4)
11... Bg4 $13) 10. Be2 O-O (10... Ne6 {Huzman} 11. Be3 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 c6 13. Kb1
Qa5 14. Rhe1 O-O-O 15. Bg4 Rhe8 16. Bd4 Bf8 17. Re2 c5 18. Be3 d5 19. Bg5 Be7
20. Bxe7 Rxe7 21. Qg5 $16 {1-0 Rutman,A-Vunder,A/St Petersburg 1997/EXT 2000 
(27)}) (10... Qd7 {Huzman} 11. h3 Be6 12. Nd4 O-O 13. Nxe6 fxe6 14. Kb1 Qa4 15.
Be3 Ne4 16. Qe1 Nf6 17. Bf3 Kh8 $13 {1-0 Philippe,C-Gorshkova,I/Le Touquet FRA
2002/(31)}) 11. h3 Bh5 (11... Be6 {Huzman} 12. Kb1 Re8 13. Nd4 $14) 12. g4 Bg6
{Black's white squared bishop has made quite a journey but landed on dangerous
b1-h7 diagonal.} 13. h4 {'|^' Huzman.} Re8 $6 ({Immediate} 13... Be4 $5 14. h5
Ne6 15. Be3 c5 {may be more to the point.}) 14. h5 Be4 15. Rhg1 Ne6 16. Be3 c5
{d4 square should be covered.} 17. g5 $1 (17. c4 b5 (17... Qb6 18. g5 Rad8 19.
g6 (19. Qc3 d5) 19... fxg6 20. hxg6 Bxg6 21. Bd3 Bf6 22. c3 Bh5 23. Rg3 Qc6 24.
Be2 Be5 25. Nxe5 dxe5 $17) 18. cxb5 (18. g5 bxc4 19. Ne1 d5) 18... d5) (17. Nh2
d5 18. f3 d4) (17. Ne1 d5 18. f3 (18. Bb5 Qa5) 18... d4 $1) 17... d5 {After
this it is very clear that everyone is looking for his chances on diffrent
flanks.} 18. g6 $1 {Immediately starting the action.} (18. Kb1 Rc8 $1 {
Insisting on with the idea of d4.} 19. g6 hxg6 20. hxg6 fxg6 21. Ne5 Bf6 22.
Ng4 d4 23. Bc4 b5 24. Bxb5 dxe3 25. Qxe3 Nd4 26. Bxe8 Qxe8 27. Nxf6+ gxf6 28.
cxd4 Bxc2+ 29. Ka1 Bxd1 30. Rxd1 Qxe3 31. fxe3 cxd4 $17) 18... hxg6 19. hxg6
fxg6 20. Ne5 (20. Kb1 $5 {Huzman} Bf6 21. Ng5 Nxg5 22. Bxg5 $44) 20... Bf6 21.
Ng4 {The point behind the pawn sac.} (21. f3 $2 Bf5 22. Nxg6 d4 23. cxd4 cxd4
24. Bf2 Bxg6 25. Rxg6 Bg5) 21... d4 $8 {'?!' Huzman. A really forced move.} (
21... Bh4 $2 22. f3 Bf5 23. Bb5) (21... Qa5 $1 {Huzman} 22. Nxf6+ gxf6 23. Kb1
d4 24. Bc4 $1 b5 25. Bxe6+ Rxe6 26. cxd4 Qxd2 27. Rxd2 cxd4 $11) 22. Bc4 $6 {
Unnecessarily complicating the issue.} (22. Nxf6+ Qxf6 23. cxd4 cxd4 (23...
Red8 $2 24. Bc4 b5 25. Bg5 $1 $18) 24. Bxd4 Nxd4 25. Qxd4 Qxd4 26. Rxd4 Rad8
27. Rgd1 Rxd4 28. Rxd4 Bf5 $14) 22... dxc3 $4 {An incredible blunder.} ({
I originally intended for the forcing} 22... b5 $1 23. Bxe6+ (23. Bxb5 dxe3 24.
Qe2 (24. Qxe3 Bg5) 24... Qa5) (23. Nxf6+ Qxf6 24. Bg5 (24. Bxe6+ Qxe6) 24...
dxc3 25. bxc3 Qf7) 23... Rxe6 24. Nxf6+ Qxf6 25. cxd4 cxd4 26. Qxd4 (26. Bxd4
Qf7) 26... Qf7 $40 {And in the resulting positions the weakness of c2 may talk.
}) (22... Bf3 $1 {Huzman} 23. Nxf6+ (23. Rde1 {Huzman} dxe3 24. Qxe3 Bg5 $19)
23... Qxf6 24. Bg5 (24. cxd4 $5 {Huzman} Bxd1 25. Rxd1 cxd4 26. Bxd4 Qf5 27.
Qe3 $44 (27. Qb4 $5 {Huzman})) 24... Qf5 (24... dxc3 {Huzman} 25. Qd6 $1 cxb2+
26. Kb1 Qf5 27. Rde1 Be4 28. f3 Bxc2+ 29. Kxb2 $18) 25. Rde1 Bd5 26. Bd3 Qf7
27. c4 Bf3 (27... Bc6 {Huzman} 28. Re5 $44) 28. Re5 $44) (22... dxe3 {Huzman}
23. Qxe3 Bg5 24. f4 $18) 23. Qe2 $1 $18 Qb6 (23... cxb2+ 24. Kb1 Qe7 (24... Qc7
25. Nxf6+ gxf6 26. Qg4 (26. f3 $6 Bf5 27. Rd5 Kf7) 26... Qe5 27. Rd5 $3 {
like what happened in the game.}) 25. Bxc5 $18) 24. Nxf6+ gxf6 25. bxc3 Qc7 26.
Qg4 $1 (26. f3 Bf5 27. Rd5 Kf7) 26... Qe5 27. Rd5 $3 Qxc3 $8 (27... Bxd5 28.
Qxg6+ Kf8 29. Bxc5+ $1 {and white mates.}) (27... Bf5 28. Qxf5) 28. Qxe4 Qa1+
29. Kd2 Qxg1 30. Rd7 $1 1-0

[Event "Vladimir op"]
[Site "Vladimir"]
[Date "2002.08.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Amonatov, Farrukh"]
[Black "Atalik, Suat"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2453"]
[BlackElo "2551"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2001.08.16"]
[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 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. c4
c6 9. Qc2 Na6 10. a3 Bf5 $5 $146 {An idea of GM Morozevich.} 11. Nc3 Re8 12.
Be3 {This looks like a human choice.} Bg6 {looked like the best to me} ({
because the following lines bring about some disorganisation in black's game.} 
12... Qf6 $2 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Nxd5) (12... Nc7 13. Rfe1 Qf6 14. c5 Bf8 15. Bf4
$16) 13. c5 Bc7 $1 {Sparing b8 for the knight.} (13... Bb8 14. Rae1) 14. Rfe1 (
14. Ne2 Nb8 15. Bf4 Bh5 (15... Nd7 16. Bxc7 Qxc7 17. Nh4 Nef6 18. Nxg6 hxg6 19.
b4 $14 {Ye Jiangchuan-Kasimdzhanov,Hyderabad 2002.}) 16. Bxc7 Qxc7 17. Ne5 Bxe2
18. Bxe2 Nd7 19. Nxd7 Qxd7 $11) 14... Nb8 ({Tactics are suicidal yet.} 14...
Ba5 $2 15. b4 Bxb4 16. axb4 Nxb4 17. Qb1 Nxd3 18. Qxd3 Nxc5 19. Qd1 $16) (14...
Qf6 15. b4 Nxc3 16. Qxc3 Be4 17. Nd2 Bxd3 18. Qxd3 Bf4 $11) 15. Ne2 Nd7 16. Bf4
(16. Nf4 Bf5) 16... Qb8 (16... Bh5 17. Bxc7 (17. Ne5 $2 Ndxc5 $1 18. dxc5 Bxe5
19. Bxe5 Rxe5 20. Ng3 Qg5 21. Bxe4 dxe4 22. Nxe4 Rae8 $17) 17... Qxc7 18. Nd2 (
18. Ng3 $2 Bxf3 19. gxf3 Ng5) 18... Nxd2 19. Qxd2 Bxe2 20. Rxe2 Rxe2 (20... Nf8
21. Rae1 Rxe2 22. Qxe2) 21. Qxe2 Nf8 22. Re1 $13 {White is no worse here.}) 17.
Bxc7 Qxc7 18. Nh4 Ndf6 19. f3 Ng5 20. Nf5 Bxf5 21. Bxf5 g6 $6 {This has given
an easy game for my opponent.} (21... Re7 $142 22. Qd2 Rae8 23. Ng3 h6) ({
I was calculating} 21... Re3 $6 22. Qd2 Rae8 23. f4 $1 Nf3+ 24. gxf3 Qe7 25.
Bd3 Nh5 26. Be4 $1 $18 {during the game.}) 22. Qd2 $1 {The Tadjik player is
tactically very alert.} (22. Bd3 Nh5 23. Qd2 Qd8 $1 $15) 22... Ne6 (22... h6
23. h4 Ngh7 24. Bd3 Kg7 25. Qf4 $14) 23. Bxe6 Rxe6 24. Nf4 Rxe1+ 25. Rxe1 Re8
$11 {The game steered towards a draw.} 26. Re3 Kf8 ({There is no need for
fishing in murky waters.} 26... Ne4 $6 27. Nxd5 (27. Nh5 gxh5 28. fxe4 Rxe4)
27... cxd5 28. fxe4 dxe4 29. b4 f5 30. d5 Qe5 31. d6 f4 32. Re1 e3 33. Qd3 a6 (
33... g5 34. Qb5) 34. Rd1 $16) 27. Nd3 {Here we settled for a draw.} (27. Nd3
Re7 (27... Rxe3 $5 28. Qxe3 Qe7 29. Kf2 $14) (27... Nd7 28. Rxe8+ Kxe8 29. Qh6
Qa5 30. Nb4 Qa4 31. Qd2 Nf8 32. Qf4 Qd1+ 33. Kf2 Ne6 34. Qb8+ Ke7 35. Qd6+ (35.
Qxb7+ $2 Kf6 36. Nxc6 Qd2+ 37. Kf1 Nf4 38. Qe7+ Kg7 39. Qe5+ Kh6 $17) 35... Kf6
36. Qe5+ $11) 28. Re5 Rxe5 29. Nxe5 Nd7 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paracin GM"]
[Site "Paracin"]
[Date "2018.07.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Savic, Miodrag R"]
[Black "Atalik, Suat"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2541"]
[BlackElo "2509"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "23"]
[EventDate "2018.07.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SRB"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Qe2 Qe7 6. d3 Nf6 7. Nc3 $5 (7.
Bg5 Nbd7 8. Nc3 h6 9. Bh4 g5 10. Bg3 Nb6) 7... Qxe2+ 8. Bxe2 g6 {From
Selezniev to Caruana.} 9. Nb5 $146 Na6 (9... Nd5 $5) 10. c3 c6 11. Na3 d5 12.
Nc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Beijing zt 3.3"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2005.10.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Wang, Hao"]
[Black "Ye, Rongguang"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2519"]
[BlackElo "2472"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2005.10.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 Nd7
8. Qd2 Ne5 9. O-O-O O-O 10. Kb1 Bf6 11. Nd4 Nc6 12. Be2 Nxd4 13. cxd4 d5 14. h4
Be7 15. h5 Kh8 16. g4 f6 17. Rdg1 Be6 18. Bd3 b6 19. Bf5 Bg8 20. Rg2 c5 21.
Rhg1 a5 22. c3 Ra7 23. Bc2 c4 24. Ba4 b5 25. Bxb5 a4 26. g5 fxg5 27. Bxg5 Bxg5
28. Rxg5 Qb6 29. Bxa4 Rxa4 30. Rxg7 Qf6 31. a3 Raa8 32. Ka2 Rae8 33. R1g6 Qf5
34. Rg5 Qd3 35. Qc1 Rb8 36. Qe1 ({White could force a draw by playing} 36.
Rxg8+ Rxg8 37. Qf4 $1 Rxg5 38. Qxg5 Rf8 (38... Qe4 {is not better in view of}
39. h6 {, and Black has to return the rook to escape:} Rxb2+ 40. Kxb2 Qe2+ {
, with a draw by perpetual.}) 39. Qe5+ Kg8 40. Qg5+ Kf7 41. Qxd5+) 36... Qe4
37. Qd2 Bf7 38. Rg1 $2 Rg8 $2 ({This natural move turns out to be the decsive
mistake. Correct was} 38... Bxh5 {, and White's attack has run out of steam.})
39. Qh6 $1 {After this move White's attack becomes irresistible.} Qf5 {[%tqu
"En","Black is a piece up, but his vulnerable king is too great a burden to
bear. How should White conclude his attack?","Try to expose the enemy king
even more and bring your queen on the ideal attacking position.","Sacrifice
your rook!","g7h7","This remarkable sacrifice destroys Black's defense and
yields White a decisive adavatage.",6]} 40. Rxh7+ $1 {[%csl Rf6,Gh5,Gh6,Rh8]
After this spectacular blow Black is doomed.} Qxh7 41. Qf6+ Rg7 42. h6 Rbg8 (
42... Bg6 {falls short of} 43. hxg7+ Qxg7 44. Rxg6) 43. hxg7+ (43. Rh1 $1 {
was another winning continuation.}) 43... Rxg7 44. a4 $1 Bg6 45. Rg4 Bh5 46.
Rg5 Bg6 47. f4 {Black is helpless against the march of White's a-pawn.} 1-0

[Event "AUT-ch"]
[Site "Moesern"]
[Date "1997.08.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Schlosser, Michael"]
[Black "Schroll, Gerhard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2350"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[Annotator "Balinov,I"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1997.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[EventCategory "6"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 059 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.09.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O Nc6 8. c4
Nf6 (8... Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3) 9. Nc3 Be6 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Re1 O-O 12. a3
h6 (12... Bf6 13. Be4 (13. Ne4 Bf5 $1 (13... Bxd4 14. Neg5 $40)) 13... Nce7 14.
Ng5 Bxg5 15. Bxg5 f6 16. Bh4 Qd7 17. Qc2 f5 18. Bf3 c6 19. Nxd5 Nxd5 20. Re5
$14) (12... Re8 $5) 13. Bc2 Re8 14. Qd3 Kf8 (14... Nf6 15. Ne4 Nd5 16. Ng3 Nf6
17. Nh5 $40) 15. Nxd5 (15. Qh7 Bf6 16. Nxd5 Qxd5 17. Be4 Qa5 18. d5 $18 (18.
Bd2 $5)) 15... Qxd5 16. Qh7 f5 {[#] [#]} (16... f6 17. Bxh6 gxh6 18. Qxh6+ Kf7
19. Bg6+ Kg8 20. Qh7+ Kf8 21. Qh8+ Bg8 22. Qh6#) 17. Bxh6 gxh6 18. Qxh6+ Kf7
19. Qh7+ Kf8 20. Qh6+ Kf7 21. Ne5+ Nxe5 22. Qh7+ Kf8 (22... Kf6 23. dxe5+ $18)
23. Qh6+ Kf7 24. Qh7+ Kf8 25. Rxe5 Qd6 26. Qh6+ Kf7 27. Qh7+ Kf8 28. Qh6+ Kf7
29. Bxf5 Bxf5 30. Rxf5+ Bf6 (30... Kg8 31. Qh5 Bf6 32. Qg6+ Bg7 33. Qf7+ Kh8
34. Rh5+ Bh6 $11) 31. Qh7+ Kf8 32. Qg6 Ke7 33. Re1+ (33. Re1+ Kd7 34. Qf7+ Re7
35. Rxe7+ Qxe7 36. Rxf6 {1-0 Schlosser,M-Schroll,G/AUT-ch 1997}) 1-0

[Event "Schlechter Memorial"]
[Site "Vienna"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Lau, Ralf"]
[Black "Penz, Harald"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2340"]
[Annotator "Balinov,I"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1996.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O Nc6 8. c4
Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Nxc3 $6 (10... Be6 11. a3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Nc6 13. cxd5
Bxd5 $10) 11. bxc3 Nc6 12. cxd5 Qxd5 13. c4 (13. Bf4 $1 Bd6 14. c4 Qf5 15. Bd2
$1 $14) 13... Qd6 $8 14. Be3 Rd8 15. Rb1 b6 16. Qd2 Qg6 17. Bd3 Bf5 18. Bxf5
Qxf5 19. Rb5 Qe4 20. Re1 Bf6 21. Bf4 Qg6 22. Rd5 $2 (22. d5 $1 Rac8 23. Qe2 Ne7
(23... Na5 24. Bxc7 Rxc7 25. Qe8+) 24. Ne5 Qf5 25. Bg3 $16) 22... Rxd5 23. cxd5
Ne7 24. d6 (24. Ne5 Qh5 25. g4 Qh4 $10) 24... cxd6 25. Bxd6 Nd5 26. Qe2 h6 27.
Qb5 Qf5 28. Be5 Nf4 $1 29. g3 Rc8 30. a4 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 19th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2013.11.09"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Bartel, Mateusz"]
[Black "Fridman, Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2626"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "Bartel,M"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2013.11.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Poland"]
[BlackTeam "Germany"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 {The main weapon of Daniel versus 1.e4. Nowadays he is one
of the greatest specialists in this opening.} 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 {
For quite some time this move should be regarded as the main one. Of course, 5.
d4 is a way more direct, but since there is no advantage for White anywhere, a
lot of players decide to go for 5.Nc3, where the game is less complex and
White usually get a small edge.} Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Bf4 {The beginning of a
"move-order-trap".} ({A slightly more popular move is} 7. Be3 {after which
Daniel played this year} Nc6 8. Qd2 O-O ({it's important to notice, that in
this move order Fridman was avoiding} 8... Be6 9. Ng5 Bxg5 10. Bxg5) 9. O-O-O
Ne5 {and Black was happy to achieve a playable position in some of Fridman's
games.}) 7... Nc6 8. Qd2 Be6 9. Ng5 $5 {This move is not anything special, but
I was extremely happy that this position arose on the board. The reason was
clear - Black has nothing better, but to take on g5.} Bxg5 10. Bxg5 {And here
we are. I mentioned in the previous comment that Black had nothing better than
to take. This is absolutely best and Black is - or at least should be -
absolutely fine. But the problem was not the evaluation of the position, but
my opponent's thoughts - in another move order (7.Be3, Nc6 8.Qd2) in his last
games he was avoiding this position playing 8...0-0 instead of 8...Be6. But
here, he had no choice, but to enter the position he had been avoiding!} Qd7 ({
Another possibility is} 10... f6 11. Be3 Qd7) 11. O-O-O O-O $6 ({Already at
this point my opponent had lost quite a significant amount of his time - if I
am not mistaken at least 20 minutes. Had he been in unknown territory, it
would have been normal, but he had played exactly this position several times.
However, being surprised by my move order, he started to think and finally
decided to castle short - which in my opinion is simply wrong. White has two
bishops and it makes him better prepared for fight on diffrent wings. That's
why a much more common move is} 11... f6 12. Be3 O-O-O {and White is slighlty
better, but the biggest number of games finish in a draw here.}) 12. Kb1 ({
Also possible was} 12. b3 a5 13. a4 {, but I can really see no reason to
weaken the queenside without any visible reason.}) 12... f6 {A responsible
move once Black's king is on g8.} ({Analysing this position it appeared to me
that} 12... Rfb8 {may have some sense. Black wants to play b5-b4, keeping an
option of a5-a4 in hand. It could lead to quite complex game after} 13. h4 b5
14. h5 h6 ({worse is} 14... b4 15. h6 f6 16. Be3 g6 17. Rh4 $1) 15. Bxh6 (15.
Be3 b4 16. c4 a5 {makes no sense for White}) 15... gxh6 16. Qxh6 Ne5 17. Bd3 f5
18. f4 Ng4 19. Qg6+ {and probably White has nothing more than perpetual.}) ({
Also possible was} 12... Ne5 {with the idea of ...Bc4 and after} 13. b3 a5 14.
a4 {Black can also try} Rfb8 {hoping to play b5 one day.}) 13. Be3 Qf7 14. b3 (
{It would be big positional mistake to play} 14. a3 {and allow Black to
exchange light-squared bishops after} Bc4 {. I'd say that without those
bishops, only Black can be better.}) 14... a5 15. a4 Ne5 $6 {I don't like this
move.} ({Of course, there was nothing after} 15... Bxb3 16. cxb3 Qxb3+ 17. Ka1
Qxa4+ 18. Qa2+ Qxa2+ 19. Kxa2 {and White is almost winning. What can I suggest
for Black? It's clear that Black has no visible plan - attack on the queenside
is stopped, White has no weaknesses and is ready to build an attack on the
kingside. As the position is almost closed and we have only one open file, it
was problably the most logical to play Rfe8-Re7-Rae8, to double rooks on the
e-file and be ready for counteraction at an appropriate moment.}) 16. Kb2 f5 $2
{This i a serious positional mistake. As said in the previous comment, I am
not sure how Black should continue, as I don't like Black's position at all.
But it's clear, that you shouldn't weaken your position. What's wrong with the
move? First, it gives up space for the bishop from e3 and at the same time the
pawn on f5 becomes a target!} 17. Bf4 $1 {Good reaction. Black was hoping to
get some space with f4, so White should stop this idea.} ({Much worse was} 17.
f4 $2 {, because after} Ng4 {Black can make use of the e4-square.}) 17... Ng6
18. Bd3 Bd5 $2 {This move makes no sense at all.} ({A better try was} 18...
Nxf4 19. Qxf4 Rae8 20. Rhe1 Qf6 21. h4 {and White is better - because of the
f5-weakness, activity of his pieces and the better king - but the advantage
isn't that big.}) 19. f3 Nxf4 20. Qxf4 Qf6 21. Rhe1 g5 $6 {Some players had
criticised this move - and that's right because it's what White dreams about -
but at the same time Black was already in serious troubles.} ({It wasn't
possible to play ...Rae8, because the pawn on f5 would be hanging (that's why .
..Bd5 was so bad), so the only other option was} 21... g6 22. h4 {and here
Black has a limited choice again as after} Rae8 $2 {he looses material:} 23.
Rxe8 Rxe8 24. Bb5 Bc6 25. Bxc6 bxc6 26. Qc4+ d5 27. Qc5) 22. Qd2 Bf7 23. h4 $6
{Having such a big plus, I relaxed a bit and played slightly inaccurately.} ({
Much better was} 23. g4 $1 {and after} f4 {(taking on g4 looks even worse)} 24.
h4 $1 gxh4 25. g5 $1 {White is almost winning.}) 23... gxh4 24. Qf4 Rae8 25.
Rh1 Re5 $6 {Not for the first time in this game, Daniel is looking for active
counterplay. It is usually good, but we see that every time Black looks for
active moves here, he weakens his position.} ({A better try was the passive} 
25... Bg6 {and after} 26. Rxh4 {Black would be worse, but still there would be
a lot of work for White, e.g.} d5 $5 27. Rdh1 Rf7 $16) 26. Rxh4 Rc5 27. Qd4 Bg6
28. Qxf6 $2 {An irrational decision. Black wasn't able to take on d4, so there
was no reason to force the exchange of queens, as it is the black king which
is weaker.} ({It would have been better to follow my first intention:} 28. Rf4
$1 {(with the threat of g4)} Qe5 $8 {and now White can try the interesting} 29.
Rd2 $5 {and it's hard for Black to find any decent option. It seems that after
most moves he loses material:} Rc6 30. Re2 Qxd4 31. cxd4 d5 32. Re5 Rd6 33.
Bxf5 {and White should win.}) 28... Rxf6 29. f4 {That was my point when I took
on f6. The problem is, that I thought I should win the rook from c5 easily,
and I was wrong.} Rc6 30. Bb5 Rb6 31. Ka3 {A calm move, taking the b4-square
under control. There were some tempting options, but neither of them seemed
satisfactory to me.} (31. b4 axb4 32. c4 d5 $5 (32... c6 {is worse:} 33. c5
dxc5 34. Bc4+ Bf7 35. a5 Ra6 36. Bxa6 bxa6 {and the computer shows that after}
37. Rd8+ Kg7 38. Ra8 Bc4 39. Rh3 {and White is better, but during the game I
wasn't sure about it}) 33. cxd5 Bf7 {and since the rook on b6 is no longer
trapped, White lost a big part of his advantage.}) (31. c4 $5 {was a real
alternative and after} c6 (31... c5 {looks very suspicious...}) 32. c5 $1 dxc5
33. Bc4+ Bf7 34. Rd8+ Kg7 35. Rd7 Kg8 ({White is winning immediately in the
event of} 35... Kg6 36. Rh3 $1 Bxc4 37. Rdxh7) 36. Rxf7 Rxf7 37. Rh5 Rb4 38.
Bxf7+ Kxf7 39. Rxf5+ Ke6 40. Re5+ Kd6 41. g3 {and White should be about to win,
but as it is a rook endgame, you can never be sure - especially when Black's
king is more active.}) 31... Bf7 ({White is also better after} 31... c6 32. Bd3
Kg7 33. Re1 (33. b4 axb4+ 34. cxb4 c5 35. c3) 33... Rf7 34. Rh3) 32. Rdh1 Bg6 (
{Black could have thought about} 32... h5 33. Be2 d5 34. Bxh5 {, but I think
it wouldn't help them.}) 33. Bc4+ d5 $2 {Being in serious time trouble Daniel
blunders.} ({Both after} 33... Kg7 34. Re1 $16) ({and after} 33... Kf8 34. R4h3
$5 (34. b4 Rc6 35. Kb3 $16) 34... c6 $2 35. b4 axb4+ 36. cxb4 $18 {it would be
hardly possible to save it, but in the game White's task was simple.}) 34.
Bxd5+ Bf7 35. Bf3 h6 36. Re1 ({Also possible was} 36. Rd1) 36... Rfd6 37. Re5
$1 {At the very first I was surprised and thought that my opponent was about
to get real counterplay, but I had enough time to calm myself down and to
calculate a few simple variations.} Rd2 38. Rxf5 Rxc2 39. Rg4+ {The point of
37.Re5. Black is losing material - at least another pawn - and so the game.}
Rg6 ({After} 39... Bg6 40. Rb5 {White was winning a piece, as well as after
any king's retreat.}) 40. Rxg6+ Bxg6 41. Rxa5 {Two pawns up and the better
position of the king make the rest easy.} b6 42. Ra8+ Kf7 43. Kb4 Ke7 44. c4
Rb2 45. a5 bxa5+ 46. Rxa5 Rb1 47. f5 $1 {Of course, all roads lead to Rome,
but it's alway easy to play for a mate in the endgame.} Bf7 48. Ra6 $1 h5 49.
f6+ {...and Black resigned.} 1-0

[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1981.04.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Timman, Jan H"]
[Black "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "Belov,I"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "1981.04.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O Nc6 8.
Re1 (8. c4 $142 Nf6 (8... Nb4 9. Be2 dxc4 10. Bxc4 O-O 11. Nc3 Nd6 12. Bb3 Kh8
13. a3 Nc6 14. h3 $14 {Zagrebelny,S-Rodriguez,Am/Luzern/1993/1:0 (41) Inf 59/
339/}) 9. Bg5 (9. cxd5 $5) (9. Nc3 $5) 9... O-O 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Bxe7 Ncxe7
12. Nc3 h6 13. Qb3 Rb8 14. Rfe1 Be6 $10 {Kamsky,G-Yusupov,A/Tilburg/1993/Inf
59/(339)/}) 8... Bf5 $5 9. Bb5 (9. c4 $142 Nb4 (9... O-O 10. Nc3 Nxc3 11. bxc3
Bxd3 12. Qxd3 dxc4 13. Qxc4 Bd6 (13... Bf6 $5) 14. Rb1 Re8 15. Be3 Qf6 16. Qa4
$1 $14 {Timman,J-Van der Sterren,P/NED(ch)/1983/1:0 (62) Inf 35/399/}) 10. Bf1
O-O 11. a3 Nc6 12. cxd5 Qxd5 13. Nc3 Nxc3 14. bxc3 Bf6 15. Bf4 Rac8 16. Re3 $5
Na5 17. Ne5 c5 18. g4 $1 $14 {Tal,M-Garcia Gonzalez/Jurmala/1983/1:0 (29) Inf
35/402/}) 9... O-O (9... Bf6 $1 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Nf1 Ne7 12. c3 Ng6 13. Bd3 Nd6
14. Bxf5 Nxf5 $10 {Karpov,An-Korchnoi,V/Merano(m/4)/1981/1:0 (53) Inf 32/404/})
10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. Ne5 Bh4 (11... Bd7 $14) (11... Qd6 12. f3 Nf6 13. Bf4 $16)
12. Be3 (12. g3 f6 13. Nd3 Bg5 $13) 12... Qd6 $6 (12... f6 13. Nf3 (13. Nxc6
Qd6 14. Na5 Rae8 $44) 13... Bg5 $13) 13. Qh5 Qf6 $8 14. Nf3 g5 15. Nbd2 Bg6 16.
Qh6 Nd6 {/\ Nf5/} (16... Nxd2 17. Bxd2 $16) 17. Bxg5 Bxg5 18. Qxg5 Qxg5 19.
Nxg5 $16 Rab8 (19... Bxc2 20. Rac1 Ba4 21. b3 Bb5 22. a4 $18) 20. b3 Nb5 21. c3
$1 (21. Ngf3 Na3 $13) 21... Nxc3 22. Ngf3 Rfe8 23. Ne5 Re6 24. Re3 Nb5 25. Nd7
$1 Rd8 (25... Rbe8 $2 26. Nf6+ $18) 26. Nc5 Ree8 (26... Rxe3 27. fxe3 $16) 27.
Nf3 f6 28. Rae1 Kf7 {/\ Bh5/} 29. g4 $6 (29. h3 $142 Bh5 30. g4 $16) 29... Be4
$5 (29... Nd6 $5) 30. Nxe4 dxe4 31. Rxe4 Rxe4 32. Rxe4 Nc3 33. Re1 Nxa2 34. Ra1
Nc3 35. Rxa7 Nb5 36. Ra4 $14 Ke6 37. Rc4 Kd6 38. Nh4 Rg8 39. Nf5+ Kd7 40. f3 h5
41. h3 hxg4 42. fxg4 Nd6 $1 43. Nxd6 $8 (43. Rc5 Rb8) 43... cxd6 44. Kh2 $1 (
44. Kf2 f5 45. gxf5 Rf8) 44... f5 $6 (44... Re8 $142 45. Rc3 (45. h4 Re2+)
45... Re4 46. Rd3 Ke6 $14) 45. gxf5 Rf8 46. d5 $1 cxd5 47. Rf4 Ke7 48. f6+ (48.
Kg3 Kf6 49. Kf3 Ke5 50. h4 Rb8 51. b4 d4) 48... Kf7 49. Kg3 Rb8 50. b4 d4 $1
51. Rxd4 Kxf6 52. h4 (52. Rxd6+ Ke5 53. Rg6 Rxb4 $10) 52... Ke5 53. Rg4 d5 54.
h5 d4 55. h6 Kd5 $1 (55... d3 $2 56. Kf2 $1 $18) 56. h7 Rh8 57. Rg7 Kc4 58. Rb7
$8 (58. Rd7 d3 59. Kf2 Kxb4 60. Ke3 Kc4 61. Rc7+ Kd5 $10) 58... d3 $2 (58...
Rf8 $142 $1 59. Rd7 d3 60. b5 Kc3 61. Kg4 d2 62. Kg5 Kc2 63. Kg6 Rb8 $1 64. Kg7
Rb7 $1 65. Rxb7 d1=Q 66. h8=Q Qd4+ $10 {Cvetkovic/}) 59. Kf2 $18 Re8 60. Rd7
Kc3 61. Re7 Rd8 62. Ke1 Kxb4 63. Rc7 $1 Kb5 64. Kd2 Kb6 65. Rg7 (65. Rg7 Rh8
66. Kxd3 Kc6 67. Ke4 Kd6 68. Kf5 $18) 1-0

[Event "Linares 17th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2000.02.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2851"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[Annotator "Blatny,P"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2000.02.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. c4
c6 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Nc3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Bg4 12. Rb1 Nd7 (12... b6 13. Rb5 $1 Nc6
$2 14. Rxd5 Bxh2+ 15. Nxh2 $1 $18) 13. h3 Bh5 14. Rb5 (14. Rxb7 Nb6 $19) 14...
Nb6 15. c4 $1 Bxf3 (15... dxc4 16. Rxh5 cxd3 17. Ng5 g6 (17... h6 18. Qxd3 $18)
18. Rxh7 Be7 19. Qg4 {/\Nf7} Bxg5 20. Bxg5 f6 21. Rh6 Qe8 22. Bxf6 Rxf6 23. Qh4
$18) (15... Nxc4 16. Rxd5 Bh2+ (16... Bxf3 17. Qxf3 Nb6 18. Rg5 {[%csl Gb7]
[%cal Gf3b7]} h6 19. Qf5 g6 20. Rxg6+ $18) 17. Nxh2 $1 $16) 16. Qxf3 dxc4 17.
Bc2 Qd7 (17... Rb8 18. a4 a6 19. Bg5 Qc7 $6 20. Bxh7+ Kxh7 21. Qh5+ Kg8 22. Bf6
$3 Bh2+ 23. Kh1 Qd6 24. Bxg7 Kxg7 25. Rg5+ Kf6 26. Re1 Qe6 27. Rxe6+ fxe6 28.
Rg6+ Ke7 29. Rg7+ {1-0 Kudrin-Machado/Thessaloniki ol 1988/}) 18. a4 g6 19. Bd2
$5 c3 $1 20. Bxc3 Rac8 21. Be4 (21. Bb3 Qc6 22. Rc1 a6 23. d5 Bh2+ 24. Kh1 Qd6
25. Rb4 Be5 26. Re4 Rxc3 27. Rxc3 Bxc3 28. Qxc3 Rc8 29. Qd2 $14 {1-0 Sokolov,
A-Hernandez,Y/Linares Anibal op 1999/CBM 68 ext (40)}) 21... Rc4 (21... f5 $6
22. Bc2 Rfe8 23. Bb3+ Kg7 24. Rd1 $14) 22. Rbb1 (22. Rfb1 Rfc8 23. R5b3 Nxa4
24. Bd2 Rxd4 25. Be3 Rxe4 26. Qxe4 Nc3 27. Rxc3 {1/2-1/2 Topalov,V-Akopian,V/
Torneo Magistral 6th 1997/CBM 59}) (22. Rb3 Rb8 23. a5 $14) 22... Rxa4 (22...
Rfc8 23. Ba1 Rxa4 24. Bxb7 Rc7 25. Be4 Ra3 $132) 23. Bxb7 Ra3 24. Rfc1 Qc7 25.
Ra1 Rb8 26. Be4 Rb3 27. Bd2 (27. Rab1 Na4 28. Rxb3 Rxb3 $11) 27... Bh2+ 28. Kh1
Rxf3 29. Rxc7 Rxf2 $11 (29... Bxc7 30. Bxf3 Nc4 31. Bg5 Bb6 {קd4}) 30. Kxh2
Rxd2 31. Raxa7 Nc8 $4 $18 {[%mdl 8192]} (31... Rxd4 $142 32. Rxf7 Rxe4 33. Rg7+
Kf8 (33... Kh8 34. Rxh7+ Kg8 35. Rag7+ Kf8 $11) 34. Rxh7 Kg8 $11) 32. Rab7 $1
Rxb7 (32... Ra8 33. Rxf7 $18) 33. Rxc8+ Kg7 34. Bxb7 Rxd4 35. g4 $18 h5 36. g5
h4 37. Rc7 Rf4 38. Bc8 Rf2+ 39. Kg1 Rf4 40. Kg2 Kf8 41. Bg4 Kg7 (41... f6 $5)
42. Rc5 Kf8 43. Bf3 Kg7 44. Kf2 Ra4 45. Ke3 Ra3+ 46. Kf4 Ra4+ 47. Ke5 Ra3 48.
Bd5 Re3+ (48... Rxh3 49. Rc7 Re3+ 50. Kf4 Re2 51. Rxf7+ Kh8 52. Bf3 Rb2 53. Kg4
Rb4+ 54. Kh3 {/\Bg4,Kh4}) 49. Kf4 Rd3 50. Bc4 Rd7 51. Rc6 Re7 52. Rf6 (52. Rf6
Rc7 53. Bd5 Rd7 54. Ke5 Ra7 55. Rxf7+ Rxf7 56. Bxf7 Kxf7 57. Kd6 Kf8 58. Ke6
Kg7 59. Ke7 $18 {[%csl Gg6]}) 1-0

[Event "Serbian-ch 29th"]
[Site "Sabac"]
[Date "1998.04.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Cabrilo, Goran"]
[Black "Marciano, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "Blatny,P"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1998.04.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nc4 Nxe4 5. Qe2 Qe7 6. Ne3 Be6 7. g3 Nc6 8.
Bg2 d5 9. O-O O-O-O 10. c3 f5 {[%csl Rd5,Ye4,Rf5][%cal Re7e4,Gg2e4,Gd2d3,Gd3e4,
Ge2e4]} (10... h5 11. d4 Qd7 12. Re1 Nf6 13. Nd2 h4 14. Nf3 hxg3 15. fxg3 Bh3
16. Bh1 Rh5 17. Ng2 Re8 18. Qd1 Rxe1+ 19. Qxe1 Bd6 20. Nf4 {Arribas,M-Wilkie,B/
WchJW U20 1988/EXT 88ch/1-0 (45)}) (10... h5 $5 $11) 11. d3 Nf6 12. Nc2 {
[%csl Yd8,Ye6,Ye7][%cal Ge2e7,Gf1e1,Ge1e2,Gc1g5,Gg5d8]} Qd7 13. Bg5 (13. Be3
Bf7 $11) 13... Bd6 (13... Re8 14. Re1 $11) 14. Nba3 h6 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. Nb5 (
16. f4 {/\d4,b4:h5-h4}) 16... f4 $1 {^^} 17. Rae1 Bf7 (17... Rhe8 18. d4 $11)
18. Nxd6+ Qxd6 19. Qg4+ Kb8 20. Qxf4 Qxf4 21. gxf4 Rhg8 $44 22. f5 (22. d4 $142
$5) (22. Kh1 Bg6) 22... d4 $1 23. Nxd4 (23. c4 Ne5) 23... Nxd4 24. cxd4 Rxd4
25. Kh1 $15 (25. Re3 Bxa2 26. Rfe1 c6 $17) 25... Bxa2 (25... Rxd3 26. a3 $15)
26. Re7 $17 (26. Be4 $142 $5 $17) 26... Rxd3 27. Rh7 Bd5 {_|_ << 3P : 1P} (
27... Bd5 28. Bxd5 Rxd5 29. Rxh6 Rxf5 $19) (27... Rd2 $5 28. Rxh6 Rxb2 29. Rxf6
) 0-1

[Event "Karditsa"]
[Site "Karditsa"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kotronias, Vasilios"]
[Black "Kalesis, Nikolaos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[Annotator "Blatny,P"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1994.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 043"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. c4
Be6 9. Nc3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 dxc4 11. Be4 Bc8 (11... c6 12. Ng5 h6 13. Nxe6 fxe6
14. Qe2 $1 b5 15. a4 $16) 12. Bg5 f6 13. Bd2 c6 14. Qe2 $44 {@,<->e,><c4} b5
15. Rfe1 a6 16. a4 Ra7 (16... Bb7 17. Nh4 $1 Qc7 18. Ng6 $3 Bxh2+ (18... Rf7
19. Qh5 bxa4 $140 20. Ne7+ $3 Rxe7 21. Bxh7+ Kf8 22. Bg6 Rxe1+ 23. Rxe1 Bxh2+
24. Kh1 Be5 25. Rxe5 $1 fxe5 26. Bg5 $18) 19. Kh1 hxg6 20. Bxg6 Bf4 21. Bxf4
Qxf4 22. Qe6+ Kh8 23. Re3 $18) 17. axb5 cxb5 18. Nh4 Bxh2+ $5 (18... f5 $2 19.
Bd5+ Kh8 20. Qh5 $18) 19. Kxh2 f5 20. Nxf5 Bxf5 21. Bf3 Nc6 $6 (21... Qd6+ 22.
Qe5 $16 {^^ _|_} (22. Kg1 Nd7 {/\Nf6})) (21... Nd7 $142 {/\Nf6+/=}) 22. Kg1 $1
Re7 23. Qd1 Rxe1+ 24. Qxe1 Re8 25. Qd1 Qb6 26. Bd5+ Kh8 27. Qf3 Bd7 $2 (27...
Ne7 $142 28. Re1 Qg6 29. Re5 $5 h6 30. Qe3 Qf6 $8 31. Bb7 $14 {_|_}) 28. Re1 $1
Rc8 (28... Rxe1+ $2 29. Bxe1 $18 {><f8,c6}) 29. Qf7 $18 Qd8 (29... Nb8 $8 30.
Re7 Qg6 (30... Qf6 $2 31. Qxf6 gxf6 32. Bh6 $18) 31. Bf4 $1 (31. Qxg6 hxg6 32.
Re4 g5 $8 33. Bxg5 Kh7 $8 34. Bf7 $1 Rc6 35. d5 $18) 31... Qxf7 32. Rxf7 Bc6
33. Be6 Re8 34. d5 {/\Be5+-}) 30. Bh6 $3 gxh6 (30... Qf8 31. Qxd7 $18) 31. Re8+
$1 1-0

[Event "Mitropa Cup 19th"]
[Site "Baden"]
[Date "1999.04.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sax, Gyula"]
[Black "Pavasovic, Dusko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2524"]
[BlackElo "2502"]
[Annotator "Blatny,P"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1999.04.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 071"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 8192]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7.
O-O Be7 8. c4 Nb4 9. Be2 dxc4 (9... O-O 10. Nc3 Bf5 11. a3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Nc6
13. Re1 dxc4 (13... Bf6 14. Bf4 Rc8 15. Qa4 a6 16. Qb3 Na5 17. Qb4 c5 18. dxc5
Nc6 19. Qb3 Na5 $11 {1/2 Ljubojevic,L-Yusupov,A, Belgrade 1989}) 14. Bxc4 Bd6
15. Bg5 Qd7 {+/=/= Ljubojevic,L-Yusupov,A, Barcelona 1989}) 10. Bxc4 O-O (10...
Nd5 11. Re1 Nef6 12. Nc3 c6 (12... Nxc3 13. bxc3 O-O 14. Qb3 c6 15. Rxe7 Qxe7
16. Ba3 $36 {1-0 Fiol,F-Catteau,Y/Cannes 1996/EXT 98 (24)}) 13. Bg5 O-O 14. Ne5
Be6 15. Qf3) (10... Nf6 11. Nc3 c6 12. Bg5 O-O 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Qb3 a5 15. a3
Na6 16. Ne4 $11 {1/2-1/2 Liss,E-Boim,I/Israel 1997/CBM 58 ext (43)}) 11. Ne5 (
11. a3 Nd6 12. Bb3 Nc6 $11 {0-1 Ilijin,N-Bex,P/Biel 1997/CBM 60 ext (60)}) (11.
Re1 Bf5 12. Ne5 Nf6 13. Bb3 c5 14. a3 Nbd5 15. Nc3 Be6 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. dxc5
Bxc5 18. Qf3 $14 {0-1 Hjartarson,J-Barua,D/Biel 1993/CBM 37}) (11. Nc3 Nd6 12.
Bb3 Bf6 13. Ne5 Nc6 (13... c5) 14. Bf4 Nf5 15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. d5 $16 {Sokolov,
A-Agzamov, USSR ch 1985}) 11... c6 (11... Nd6 12. Bb3 Nf5 13. Be3 (13. a3 Nd5 (
13... Nc6) 14. Nc3 Be6 15. Re1 c6 16. Bc2 Nc7 $11 {Sindik,R-Zysk,R, Baden
Baden 1985}) 13... Bf6 {1/2-1/2 Margolin,B-Pokrovski,P/Moscow 1995/EXT 97 (13)}
) 12. Nc3 {->[+]} (12. a3 Nd5 {[+]}) 12... Nxc3 (12... Nd6 13. Bb3 {/^a2-g8})
13. bxc3 Nd5 14. Qb3 {[%cal Gb3g8,Ge5f7]} Qc7 (14... Re8 15. Re1 $14) 15. Bxd5
cxd5 {[%csl Rc3,Rd5][%cal Gb3d5,Gc7c3]} 16. Bf4 Bd6 (16... Be6 17. Ng6 $18) 17.
Qxd5 Be6 18. Qf3 Rac8 19. Rac1 (19. Rfc1 Rfd8 $132) 19... Rfd8 (19... Bxa2 20.
Rfe1 (20. Ra1 Bc4 21. Rfe1 $13 (21. Nxc4 Bxf4 22. g3 Qxc4 23. Qxf4 $11))) 20.
a4 (20. Rc2 Bc4 21. Rd1 b6 $16) 20... Ba3 21. Ra1 (21. Rce1 f6 22. Nd3 Qc4 $11)
21... Qxc3 $4 {[%csl Ra3][%cal Gf3a3,Ga1a3]} (21... Bb2 22. Rab1 Qxc3 23. Qxb7
Rxd4 $11 (23... Qxd4 24. Nc6 Qxf4 25. Nxd8 Rxd8 26. Rxb2 $18)) 22. Rxa3 $18 (
22. Qxc3 $4 Rxc3 $15) 22... Qxd4 23. Qg3 Kh8 $4 (23... Rd5 $142) 24. Nxf7+ $1 (
24. Nxf7+ Kg8 (24... Bxf7 25. Be5 {/\#}) 25. Nxd8 $18) 1-0

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 27th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1999.07.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[Annotator "Blatny,P"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1999.07.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 072"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nb4 9. cxd5 Nxd3 10. Qxd3 Qxd5 11. Re1 Bf5 12. g4 Bg6 13. Nc3 Nxc3 14. Qxc3 f6
$1 $146 {[%mdl 4]} 15. Qxc7 (15. Bf4 $5) 15... O-O 16. Rxe7 (16. Nh4 $5 Bd6
$140 17. Nxg6 $1 hxg6 18. Qc3 f5 $44) 16... Qxf3 17. Rxg7+ Kh8 18. Bh6 $8 (18.
Bf4 $4 Be4 $19) 18... Qxg4+ (18... Be4 $4 19. Rxh7+ Bxh7 20. Qg7#) 19. Qg3 Qxd4
20. Rxg6 (20. Rxb7 $2 Rg8 21. Re1 Rac8 22. Ree7 Qd1+ 23. Kg2 Be4+ 24. Rxe4
Rxg3+ 25. hxg3 Qd5 $19) 20... hxg6 21. Qh3 $1 Kg8 $8 22. Bxf8 Rxf8 (22... Qxb2
23. Qe6+ Kxf8 24. Qd6+ $11) 23. Qb3+ Rf7 24. Rd1 Qg4+ 25. Kf1 Kg7 26. h3 Qe4
27. Qd5 $11 Qc2 28. Rd2 Qc1+ 29. Kg2 Re7 30. Qd8 Qc6+ 31. Qd5 Qxd5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1999.01.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[Annotator "Blatny,P"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1999.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8.
Re1 Bg4 9. c3 f5 10. Qb3 O-O 11. Nbd2 Na5 12. Qa4 Nc6 13. Bb5 Bh4 $5 {Schwarz
provoziert eine Schwдchung der weissen Kцnigstellung durch g3 und opfert
gleichzeitig einen Bauer fьr Initiative.} (13... Nxd2 {--> Anand-Kramnik/
Tilburg/1998/, analysiert in CBM 68.}) 14. g3 ({Natьrlich nicht} 14. Nxh4 $2
Qxh4 15. g3 (15. Nxe4 fxe4 {und der schwarze Angriff wird schnell sehr
gefдhrlich.}) 15... Qf6 {[%csl Rf2,Rf3,Rg2,Rh3][%cal Gf8f2,Gf4g3,Gf5f4] mit
guten Angriffsmцglichkeiten auf der f-Linie. Durch das provozierte g3 sind
jetzt viele wichtige Punkte auf dem weissen Kцnigsflьgel stark geschwдcht.})
14... Bf6 15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. Qxc6 Re8 17. Ne5 $1 Bxe5 18. dxe5 Ng5 ({Nach} 18...
Rxe5 {kann Weiss mit} 19. f3 $5 {einen Bauern opfern und er bekommt nach
forciertem} Nxd2 20. Bxd2 (20. Rxe5 $4 Nxf3+) 20... Rxe1+ 21. Rxe1 Bxf3 22. Bg5
$5 {die Initiative.Schwarz muss genau antworten mit} ({Interessant ist auch} 
22. Re6 Be4 23. Bg5 Qb8 24. Be3 $1 {aber nach dem richtigen} d4 $1 (24... Qd8
$2 25. Bd4 {und Schwarz ist ganz geklemmt. Weiss droht mit dem einfachen aber
sehr effektiven Plan Te5, De6+, Df7 usw. Nach z.B.} a6 {sieht es so aus:} 26.
Re5 Rb8 27. Qe6+ Kh8 28. Qf7 {[%csl Rg7][%cal Ge5e8,Gd4g7,Gf7g7]} Qf8 29. Qxc7
Rc8 (29... Rxb2 $4 30. Re8 {mit Matt.}) 30. Qe7 Rb8 31. Qxf8+ Rxf8 32. Re7 Rg8
33. Kf2 {mit leichtem technischen Gewinn. Weiss macht sich einfach einen
Freibauer auf dem Damenflьgel. Schwarz ist an den g7 auf ewig gefesselt, man
sieht auch die total unterschiedliche Stдrke beider Lдufer.}) 25. Qc4 $1 Kh8
26. Bxd4 Qxb2 {muss man sich mit Dauerschach nach} 27. Bxg7+ Kxg7 28. Re7+ Kh6
29. Qe6+ Kh5 $8 30. Qf7+ $8 (30. Rxh7+ $4 Kg4 31. Qg6+ (31. Rh4+ Kf3 32. Rf4+
Ke3 $19) 31... Kf3 32. Qh5+ Ke3 33. Qh6+ Ke2 34. Qa6+ Bd3 35. Re7+ Kd2 36. Qh6+
Kc2 $19) 30... Kg4 $8 (30... Kg5 $4 31. Qg7+ Kh5 32. Qxh7+ Kg4 33. Qh4+ Kf3 34.
Qf4+ Ke2 35. Qf2+ $18) 31. Rxe4+ $8 fxe4 32. Qf4+ Kh5 33. Qf5+ ({Das
Damenendspiel nach} 33. Qh4+ Kg6 34. Qxe4+ Kg7 35. Qxa8 Qb1+ 36. Kg2 Qxa2+ {
bringt Weiss nur unnцtige Risiken.}) 33... Kh6 34. Qf6+ {begnьgen.}) 22... Qb8
$8 (22... Qf8 $2 23. Re7 $40) (22... Qc8 $2 23. Re7 a5 (23... Qf8 24. Qe6+ Kh8
25. Rxg7 $3 $18) 24. Bh6 $3 Ra6 25. Rxg7+ (25. Re8+ $2 Kf7) 25... Kh8 26. Qc5
$1 Rxh6 27. Rxc7 $18) 23. Qe6+ Kh8 24. Re5 $5 (24. Qxf5 Be4 25. Qf2 {mit
weiterem Le3-d4 ist nur minimal besser fьr Weiss.}) 24... Qb6+ $140 25. Be3
Qxe6 26. Rxe6 {und obwohl Weiss einen Bauern weniger hat, kann er einen
kleinen aber dauernden Endspielvorteil behalten. Auf jeden Fall kann er ohne
Risiko auf Gewinn spielen.}) 19. f4 Nh3+ $1 $146 {Eine starke Neuerung von
Kramnik. Gegen Shirov nur wenige Tage zuvor bei Europa-Cup Finale hat er ohne
Erfolg} (19... Re6 {versucht.} {Nach} 20. Qc5 {ist jetzt} Nh3+ {nicht mehr so
stark, weil Weiss wird mit dem Angriff gegen Te6 (z.B. nach Sb3-d4) ein
wichtiges Tempo gewinnen.} (20... Ne4 {-->Shirov-Kramnik in diesem CBM.}) {
Eine Variante zur Illustration des Unterschieds ist} 21. Kg2 Rb8 22. Nb3 d4 $5
(22... Reb6 23. e6 $18) (22... Rbb6 23. Nd4 $18) 23. Nxd4 (23. c4) 23... Rxb2+
(23... Rbb6 24. c4 Rbd6 $1 (24... Qa8+ 25. Qd5 $18) 25. exd6 $1 Rxe1 26. Be3 $8
Rxe3 (26... Rxa1 $4 27. dxc7 Qc8 28. Qd5+ $18) 27. dxc7 Qc8 28. Qd5+ Kh8 29.
Qd8+ Re8 30. Qxc8 Rxc8 31. Re1 g5 32. Re7 gxf4 33. b4 f3+ 34. Nxf3 f4 35. Ne5
f3+ 36. Kf1 Bf5 37. g4 Rg8 38. Nf7+ Kg7 39. Nd6+ Kf6 40. Rf7+ Ke5 41. Nxf5 Rxg4
42. Ke1 f2+ 43. Ke2 Rxc4 44. Ne3 Rc3 45. Kd2 Rc6 46. b5 $18) 24. Bxb2 Qa8+ 25.
Nc6 $8 Rxc6 26. Qd5+ Kh8 27. Rad1 $1 Bxd1 28. Rxd1 {und Weiss gewinnt.}) 20.
Kg2 Rb8 21. c4 $1 {Weiss hat die gegnerischen Angriffsmцglichkeiten richtig
beurteilt und "zieht die Notbremse" zum Remis.} ({Jetzt wдre} 21. Nb3 {wegen
der bedrohten Stellung des weissen Kцnigs sehr riskant:} Rb6 22. Qc5 d4 $1 {
und wir sehen den grossen Unterschied gegenьber der oben angefьhrten Variante!
Es droht tцdlich Da8, die weisse Antwort ist also erzwungen:} 23. c4 (23. Nxd4
$4 Qa8+ $19) (23. cxd4 $2 Qa8+ 24. d5 Rd8 25. Qc4 Rxd5 {(droht Tb4)} 26. Nd4
Kh8 $19 {und Weiss wird mattgesetzt.}) 23... Kh8 24. Nxd4 (24. Qxd4 $6 Bf3+ $1
({Nicht aber} 24... Qa8+ 25. Qd5 c6 26. Qd6 (26. Qc5 $2 Rb5 $3 27. Qd4 Rd8 $1
$19 (27... c5+ $4 28. Qd5 $18)) 26... Rd8 27. Nc5 $1 {der einzige Weg zum
Blockierung der Diagonale a8-h1} Rxd6 28. exd6 {und alles bleibt noch sehr
unklar.}) 25. Kf1 Qa8 $1 26. Nd2 Rd6 $3 27. Qe3 Rxd2 $3 28. Qxd2 (28. Bxd2 Bg4
$1 $19) 28... Rd8 $1 29. Qc2 Be2+ $3 30. Kxe2 Qg2+ 31. Ke3 Qxc2 {und 32...Td3#}
) 24... Rd6 $3 25. Be3 (25. exd6 Rxe1 26. Be3 cxd6 {und Schwarz gewinnt.})
25... Qa8+ 26. Nc6 Rxc6 27. Qxa7 Rxc4+ 28. Qxa8 Rc2+ 29. Kf1 Rxa8 30. Rac1 (30.
e6 Bf3 31. Rec1 Rxh2 32. Bg1 Rh1 33. Ke1 Rd8 {mit Matt.}) 30... Rxh2 $19 {
und Schwarz gewinnt.}) 21... dxc4 22. Nxc4 (22. Qxc4+ $2 Kh8 {und Weiss hat
grosse Probleme mit der Verteidigung gegen die vielen Drohungen von Schwarz.})
22... Qd3 23. Ne3 ({Ganz schlecht wдre das passive} 23. Nd2 Kh8 $1 24. Qc4 {
, weil Schwarz am einfachsten} Qd8 {spielt, und mit Zugumstellung sind wir bei
der Position nach 22.Dxc4.}) {Schwarz muss jetzt Dauerschach mit} 23... Rxb2+ {
forcieren, anders zB. nach} (23... Kh8 {kommt einfach} 24. Nxg4 fxg4 25. Qe4 {
[%csl Rh3] und Weiss gewinnt. Der Springer h3 ist in dem Endspiel ganz "im
Abseits".}) 24. Bxb2 Qd2+ 25. Kh1 Nf2+ 26. Kg1 ({Nicht aber} 26. Kg2 $4 Nd1+
27. Kg1 Qxe1+ 28. Nf1 Qf2+ 29. Kh1 Qxf1#) 26... Nh3+ 27. Kh1 Nf2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sarajevo Bosnia 30th"]
[Site "Sarajevo"]
[Date "2000.05.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2851"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[Annotator "Blatny,P"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2000.05.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BIH"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 077"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O Nc6 8. c4
Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Bf5 11. a3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Nc6 13. Re1 Bf6 14. Bf4 Ne7 $6
(14... Na5 15. cxd5 Qxd5 16. Bf1 b6 17. Ne5 Rad8 18. g4 Be4 19. Qe2 Bxe5 20.
Bxe5 Nb3 21. Ra2 Bf3 22. Qe3 Na5 23. Rc2 f6 24. Bxc7 $14 {Anand,V-Sokolov,I/
Chess@iceland rapidplay Group B, Kopavo 2000/1-0 (56)}) 15. Qb3 $14 b6 (15...
Rb8 16. Be5 $14) 16. cxd5 Nxd5 17. Be5 Bg4 $6 (17... c6 $142 18. c4 Nc7 19. Bd3
$14) 18. Rad1 Be7 $6 19. h3 Bh5 20. g4 $1 $16 Bg6 21. Bg3 (21. Bb5 $5) 21...
Nf6 (21... a5 22. a4 Nf6 23. Ne5 $36) 22. Ne5 Ne4 $2 (22... Be4 $142) 23. Bf3
$18 (23. Nxg6 hxg6 24. Bf3 Nxg3 25. Bxa8 Qxa8 26. fxg3 Qf3 27. Rxe7 Qxg3+ 28.
Kf1 Qxh3+ 29. Ke2 Qxg4+ 30. Kd2 Qg5+ 31. Re3 $18) 23... Nxg3 (23... Bd6 24.
Bxe4 Bxe4 25. Rxe4 $18) 24. Nc6 $1 (24. fxg3 Qd6) 24... Qd6 25. Nxe7+ (25. Rxe7
$6 Qf4 26. Qd5) 25... Kh8 26. Bxa8 (26. Bxa8 Rxa8 27. Nxg6+ (27. fxg3 $4 Qxg3+
28. Kf1 Qf3+ 29. Kg1 Qg3+ 30. Kf1 Qf3+ 31. Kg1 Qg3+ $11) 27... Qxg6 (27... fxg6
28. Qf7 h5 29. Re7 Rg8 30. Rd3 $18) (27... hxg6 28. Qxf7 Rf8 (28... Qc6 29.
fxg3 Qxc3 30. Kg2 $18) 29. Re8 Ne2+ 30. Kf1 $18) 28. fxg3 $18) 1-0

[Event "Sarajevo Bosnia 30th"]
[Site "Sarajevo"]
[Date "2000.05.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2748"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[Annotator "Blatny,P"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2000.05.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BIH"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 077"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Bd3 d5 6. Qe2 Qe7 7. O-O Nc5 (
7... Nd6 8. Qd1 Qd8 9. Nc3 c6 10. Re1+ Be7 11. Qe2 Bg4 12. b3 Nd7 13. Bb2 Nc5
14. Na4 Bxf3 15. Qxf3 Nxd3 16. cxd3 {1/2-1/2 Morozevich,A-Kramnik,V/Corus Wijk
aan Zee NED 2000}) 8. Re1 Be6 (8... Qxe2 9. Bxe2 Ne6 (9... Be7 10. d4 Ne4 11.
c4 Be6 12. cxd5 Bxd5 13. Bd3 Nf6 14. Nc3 Bxf3 15. gxf3 a5 16. Bf4 $14 {
Pihlajasalo,A-Le Thi Phuong Lien/Budapest - FS-12 IM-B 1997/Rebel - Century/
1-0 (33)}) 10. d4 c6 11. c4 Bb4 12. Nc3 dxc4 (12... O-O 13. a3 Bxc3 14. bxc3 b6
15. Ne5 Rd8 16. a4 f6 17. Ng4 Kf7 18. a5 Na6 19. Ne3 Nac7 20. Rb1 Rb8 21. axb6
axb6 22. c5 $16 {Romero Holmes,A-Garcia Padron,J/Las Palmas 1991/Rebel -
Century/1-0 (61)}) 13. Bxc4 O-O 14. a3 Ba5 15. Ne5 Re8 16. b4 Bd8 17. d5 cxd5
18. Bxd5 $14 {Illescas Cordoba,M-Karpov,A/Barcelona m C.Falcon-mem g30 rapid 
[Aj 1999/1/2-1/2 (47)}) (8... c6 9. Qd1 Ne6 10. c3 $14) 9. Bb5+ c6 10. d4 cxb5
11. dxc5 Nc6 (11... a6 $6) 12. Be3 (12. Qxb5 $5) 12... a6 13. a4 b4 14. c3 a5 (
14... bxc3 15. Nxc3 Qc7 16. Nd4 Nxd4 17. Bxd4 $14) 15. cxb4 axb4 16. Nbd2 Qd7
17. Rad1 Be7 (17... Rxa4 18. Nc4 Ra2 19. Nb6 $36) 18. Nc4 Qd8 (18... Rxa4 $4
19. Nb6 Qc7 20. Nxa4 $18) 19. Nd4 (19. Nb6 Ra5 {[%csl Rb6,Rc5][%cal Ra5c5,
Re7c5]}) 19... O-O (19... Nxd4 20. Bxd4 (20. Rxd4 $143 Bxc5 21. Rd2 Rc8 $13)
20... O-O 21. Nb6 {[+]}) 20. Nb6 Ra5 21. Nb3 (21. Nxe6 $6 fxe6 22. b3 d4 $132)
21... Ra6 22. Qf3 {[%csl Yd5][%cal Gd1d5,Gf3d5,Gb6d5,Re6d5,Rd8d5]} Bf6 (22...
Ne5 $6 23. Qg3 Ng4 24. Nxd5 $16) 23. Bd4 (23. Nxd5 Bxd5 24. Rxd5 Qa8 $14) 23...
Nxd4 24. Nxd4 Bxd4 25. Rxd4 Qc7 26. Rxb4 Qxc5 27. Rb5 Qc6 28. Nxd5 (28. Nxd5
Bxd5 29. Rxd5 Rxa4 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amsterdam Euwe Memorial"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1994.05.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "Blatny,P"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1994.05.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 041"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Ftacnik} e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O
Be7 8. Re1 Bg4 9. c4 Nf6 10. Nc3 dxc4 (10... O-O $142) 11. Bxc4 O-O 12. d5 $1 (
12. Be3 {Ftacnik} Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Nxd4 $10) 12... Na5 (12... Nb8 {/\Nd7[+]}) (
12... Nb4 13. a3 Bxf3 14. gxf3 Na6 15. Qe2 Bc5 16. Bxa6 bxa6 $14) 13. Bd3 c6
14. h3 (14. dxc6 Nxc6 $10) 14... Bh5 (14... Bxf3 $2 15. Qxf3 Nxd5 (15... cxd5 {
Ftacnik} 16. Bg5 Nc6 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Nxd5 $14 {Gutman - Hergott, Graz 1987;
Yusupov}) 16. Nxd5 cxd5 $8 17. Re5 $1 d4 18. Rd5 $1 Qc7 (18... Qb6 19. Qe4 $18)
19. Bf4 $18) 15. Re5 $1 Bg6 (15... cxd5 $2 16. Nxd5 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 $16) (15...
Bd6 $5 16. Rxh5 $1 Nxh5 17. Bxh7+ Kxh7 (17... Kh8 18. Ng5 Nf6 (18... g6 19.
Nxf7+ Rxf7 20. Bxg6) 19. Qa4 $1) 18. Ng5+ Kg6 19. Qd3+ f5 20. Ne6 Qf6 (20...
Qb8 $5 21. g4 Nf4 22. Bxf4 Bxf4 23. Nxf8+ Qxf8 24. b4 $1 $36 {עg6}) (20... Re8
{Ftacnik} 21. g4 Qf6 22. gxh5+ Kxh5 23. Bg5 Qf7 $13) 21. g4 $1 $44 Rh8 22. Bg5
Qf7 23. Ne4 $3 Bc7 24. Nf6 $1 $18 {/\Qf5#}) (15... h6 $5 {Ftacnik} 16. g4 $5
Bg6 17. Bxg6 fxg6 18. Nd4 $13) 16. Bg5 (16. Bxg6 {Ftacnik} hxg6 17. d6 Bxd6 18.
Rxa5 Qxa5 (18... Ne4 $5 19. Qb3 (19. Nxe4 Bh2+ 20. Kxh2 Qxd1 21. Nc3 Qc2 $15) (
19. Qa4 Nxc3 20. bxc3 b5 21. Qh4 Be7 $1) (19. Qe1 $1 $16) 19... Qxa5 20. Nxe4
$16) 19. Qxd6 $16) 16... Bd6 (16... cxd5 17. Bxg6 hxg6 18. Nxd5 $14) (16...
Nxd5 17. Bxe7 Nxe7 18. Bxg6 $18) 17. Re2 Bb4 18. Bxf6 (18. Bxg6 {Ftacnik} hxg6
19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. Ne4 cxd5 21. Qxd5 f5 $1) (18. Rc1 $5 {Ftacnik} Bxc3 19. Rxc3
Bxd3 20. Bxf6 Qxf6) 18... gxf6 (18... Qxf6 19. Bxg6 (19. Ne4 Qd8 $1) 19... hxg6
(19... Qxg6 20. Ne5 $1 {Ftacnik} (20. Qd4 c5 (20... Bd6 21. b4 $18) 21. Qf4 {
/\Rad1 +/=/+/-}) (20. Qa4 Bxc3 21. bxc3 Qd3 $1) 20... Qd6 (20... Qf5 21. Qa4
Bxc3 22. bxc3 b6 23. dxc6 $16) 21. dxc6 $16) 20. Ne4 Qd8 21. Qd4 $1 (21. d6 $1)
21... cxd5 22. Neg5 $18 {/\Qh4-h7#,Qb4+-}) 19. Rc1 Rc8 $2 (19... Bxc3 20. Rxc3
cxd5 (20... Qxd5 21. Rd2 $36) 21. Bxg6 {Kasparovs choice considering the
position during the game.} (21. Nd4 $16 {Ftacnik}) 21... hxg6 22. Rd3 (22. Nh4
Re8 (22... Rc8 23. Rxc8 Qxc8 24. Nxg6 $18) 23. Rxe8+ (23. Rg3 $5) 23... Qxe8
24. Nxg6 fxg6 25. Qxd5+ Kh8 26. Qxa5 Qe1+ 27. Kh2 Qxf2 $16 {Kasparov judged
this position 50% as won for White and 50% as a draw.}) 22... Nc6 23. Rxd5 Qb6
$14) 20. Ne4 f5 (20... cxd5 21. Rxc8 Qxc8 22. Nxf6+ Kh8 23. Bxg6 fxg6 24. Nxd5
Bd6 25. Qd4+ Kg8 26. Nf6+ $18) 21. Ng3 Qxd5 22. a3 Bd6 23. Nxf5 (23. b4 {
Ftacnik} Nb3 24. Bc4 Nxc1 $1 25. Bxd5 Nxe2+ 26. Nxe2 cxd5 $13) 23... Rcd8 $2 {
The last blunder, now it s an easy win for White.} (23... Bxf5 24. Bxf5 Qxf5 (
24... Qxd1+ 25. Rxd1 Rcd8 26. Rd4 $16 (26. b4 {Ftacnik} Nc4 27. Rd4 $16)) 25.
Qxd6 $16 {פa5}) (23... Nb3 {Best try (Kasparov).} 24. Re5 Bxe5 25. Ne7+ Kg7
26. Nxd5 Nxc1 27. Bxg6 $16 {Timman} cxd5 28. Nxe5 $1 (28. Bf5 Nb3 $1 29. Bxc8
Rxc8 30. Qxb3 Rc1+ $19) 28... hxg6 29. Qxd5 $16) 24. Re5 $1 {פa5,ףd5} Bxe5 (
24... Qb3 {Ftacnik} 25. Rxa5 Qxd1+ 26. Rxd1 Bc7 (26... b6 27. Nxd6 Rxd6 28. Rg5
$18) 27. Ne7+) (24... Qxe5 {Ftacnik} 25. Nxe5 Bxe5 26. Ne7+ Kg7 27. Nxg6 $18)
25. Ne7+ $18 Kg7 (25... Kh8 {Ftacnik} 26. Nxd5 Bxb2 27. Qe2 Bxc1 28. Qe5+ f6
29. Nxf6 Bh6 $8 30. Bxg6 hxg6 31. Nh4 $18) 26. Nxd5 Bxb2 (26... Rxd5 {Ftacnik}
27. Nxe5 Rxe5 28. Bxg6 hxg6 29. b4 $18) 27. Nf4 Bxd3 (27... Bxc1 28. Qxc1 Bxd3
29. Nh5+ Kh8 30. Qh6 $18) 28. Nxd3 Bxc1 (28... Rxd3 {Ftacnik} 29. Qxd3 Bxc1 30.
Qc3+ $18) 29. Qxc1 Rxd3 30. Qg5+ (30. Qg5+ {Ftacnik} Kh8 31. Qxa5 $18) 1-0

[Event "Budapest FS02 GM"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2000.02.12"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ni, Hua"]
[Black "Ribshtein, Nati"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2390"]
[BlackElo "2362"]
[Annotator "Blatny,P"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2000.02.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O Nc6 8. c4
Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Be6 11. Ne5 f6 12. Nf3 (12. Bg4 Bxg4 (12... Bc8 13. Bxc8
Rxc8 14. Nd3 Nxc3 15. bxc3 Nxd3 16. Qxd3 c5 17. Be3 cxd4 18. Qxd4 Bc5 19. Qxd5+
Qxd5 20. cxd5 Bxe3 $15 {Zulfugarli,M-Motylev,A/Bydgoszcz Bank Pocztowy op 1999/
EXT 2000/0-1 (64)}) 13. Nxg4 dxc4 14. Nxe4 f5 15. Nd2 fxg4 16. Nxc4 c5 17. a3
Nc6 18. dxc5 Qxd1 19. Rxd1 Bxc5 20. Be3 Bxe3 21. Nxe3 h5 22. Rd5 {1/2-1/2
Anand,V-Kramnik,V/Chess Classics Giants 1st pl 1998/CBM 65 ext}) 12... c5 (
12... c6 13. Re1 Bf5 14. Nh4 Be6 15. a3 Na6 16. cxd5 Nxc3 17. bxc3 Qxd5 18. Rb1
Qd7 19. Bd3 g6 20. g3 Rfe8 21. Qa4 Bf8 22. Ng2 Nc5 23. dxc5 Qxd3 24. Be3 Qc2
25. Rxb7 Bd5 26. Rc7 {0-1 Malikov,S-Gagloshvili,R/RUS-chT 1996/EXT 99}) 13. Qb3
(13. a3 Nxc3 14. bxc3 Nc6 $11) 13... Nxc3 (13... Re8 14. Re1 $13) 14. bxc3 Nc6
(14... dxc4 15. Bxc4 Bxc4 16. Qxc4+ Qd5 17. Qe2 $14) 15. cxd5 (15. Qxb7 $5)
15... Na5 (15... Qxd5 $143 16. c4 (16. Qxb7 $6 Nxd4) 16... Qd8 17. d5 $16) 16.
Qc2 Qxd5 17. Bd3 Qh5 $2 (17... f5 $142 $14) 18. Re1 c4 19. Rxe6 $16 (19. Bxh7+
$5 Qxh7 20. Qxh7+ Kxh7 21. Rxe6 $18) 19... cxd3 20. Qxd3 Rfe8 21. Bd2 Bf8 22.
Rxe8 Rxe8 23. c4 Nc6 24. h3 Rd8 25. Bc3 Qc5 26. Qe2 (26. dxc5 $2 Rxd3 27. Bb2
Bxc5 $15) 26... Qa3 27. Qc2 a5 (27... b6 28. d5 Nb4 29. Bxb4 Qxb4 30. Nd4 $16)
28. d5 Nb4 29. Qb3 Nd3 (29... Qxb3 30. axb3 b6 31. Nd4 $18) 30. Rd1 Nf4 31.
Qxa3 Bxa3 32. Bxa5 (32. Bxa5 Rd7 33. Bb6 $18) 1-0

[Event "Linares 17th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2000.02.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[Annotator "Blatny,P"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[EventDate "2000.02.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. c4
c6 9. Qc2 Na6 10. a3 (10. Bxe4 dxe4 11. Qxe4 Re8 12. Qd3 (12. Qc2 Nb4 13. Qd1
Bf5 $44) 12... Bg4 $36) 10... Bg4 (10... Re8 $144 11. Nc3 Bg4) 11. Ne5 (11.
Bxe4 dxe4 12. Qxe4 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Qh4 $36) 11... Bxe5 12. dxe5 Nac5 13. f3 Nxd3
14. Qxd3 Nc5 15. Qd4 Nb3 16. Qxg4 Nxa1 17. Bh6 g6 18. Nc3 $5 (18. Bxf8 Qxf8 19.
cxd5 Qc5+ (19... cxd5 20. Qd4 Nc2 21. Qf2 Rc8 22. Qxa7 d4 23. Nd2 Qe7 24. f4
Ne3 25. Rb1 Qd7 26. Ne4 Kg7 27. Qb6 Rc6 28. Qb3 Qf5 29. Qd3 Rc2 30. Qxd4 Rxg2+
31. Kh1 Qh3 32. e6+ Kh6 {0-1 Ljubojevic,L-Hort,V/OHRA 1988/CBM 09}) (19... Nc2
$5) 20. Kh1 Qxd5 21. Nc3 Qb3 22. Qd7 Qxb2 23. e6 fxe6 24. Qxe6+ Kh8 25. Qe5+
Kg8 26. Rb1 $36 {Comp Genius 4 AMD-Comp Rebel 9 INTER/Debrecen op 1998/EXT
2000/1-0 (61)}) (18. cxd5 Qxd5 19. Nc3 Qc5+ 20. Kh1 Nb3 21. Bxf8 Rxf8 22. Qf4
Rd8 23. Ne4 Qb5 24. Rg1 Rd4 25. e6 fxe6 26. Qb8+ Kg7 27. Qc7+ Kh6 28. Qf4+ Kg7
29. Qc7+ Kh6 30. Qf4+ Kg7 31. Qf6+ Kg8 32. Qxe6+ Kg7 33. Qe7+ {1-0 Gipslis,
A-Giertz,N/Biel op MTO 1996/EXT 98}) 18... Qb6+ 19. Rf2 Rfe8 20. Qf4 f5 $6 (
20... Qc7 21. Re2 Re6 22. cxd5 cxd5 $13) 21. cxd5 Nb3 22. e6 (22. d6 Qc5 $13)
22... cxd5 23. Nxd5 Qxe6 24. Nc7 Qc6 25. Nxe8 (25. Nxa8 $4 Re1+ 26. Rf1 Qc5+
$19) 25... Rxe8 26. g4 $1 Qc5 (26... fxg4 27. fxg4 Re1+ 28. Rf1 Qc5+ 29. Kg2
$14) (26... Qd5 $142 27. Qc7 Qf7) 27. Kg2 $6 (27. Qa4 $1 Re1+ 28. Kg2 Qd5 (
28... Nd4 $2 29. Rd2 (29. Qd7 Ne6 (29... Re7 30. Qd8+ Kf7 31. Qf8+ Ke6 32. Bg5
$40) 30. gxf5 gxf5 (30... Qxf5 31. Qc8+ Kf7 32. Qxb7+ Kf6 33. h4 $40) 31. Qxb7
$18) 29... Ne6 (29... Nc6 30. Qb3+ Kh8 31. Qf7 $18) (29... fxg4 30. Qxd4 gxf3+
31. Kxf3 Qf5+ 32. Kg3 $18) 30. Qe8+ Qf8 31. Bxf8 (31. Qxf8+ Nxf8 32. Rd8 $18)
31... Nf4+ 32. Kg3 Rxe8 33. Bc5 $16) 29. Qxa7 $16) 27... Nd4 (27... b5 28. gxf5
Qxf5 29. Qxf5 gxf5 30. Kg3 $13) 28. b4 Qe5 29. Rd2 Qxf4 30. Bxf4 Ne6 31. Be3 a6
32. gxf5 Ng7 33. Bc5 Nxf5 34. a4 Ne3+ (34... b5 35. axb5 axb5 36. Rd7 $14) 35.
Kf2 Nc4 36. Rd7 Ne5 $1 (36... b5 37. axb5 axb5 38. h4 $14) 37. Rxb7 Nd3+ 38.
Kg3 Nxc5 39. bxc5 Rc8 40. Rb6 Rxc5 41. Rxa6 Kg7 $6 (41... Rg5+ $142 42. Kh3
Rh5+ 43. Kg3 Rg5+ 44. Kf4 Rh5 $11) 42. Ra7+ $14 Kh6 43. Rb7 Rg5+ 44. Kh3 Rh5+
45. Kg2 Rh4 (45... Ra5 46. Rb4 $16) 46. a5 Ra4 47. Rb5 g5 48. Rb6+ Kh5 49. a6
g4 50. f4 $1 Ra2+ (50... Rxf4 51. Rb5+ Kh4 52. Ra5 {[%cal Ga6a8]} Rf8 53. a7
Ra8 54. Ra4 h5 55. Ra5 $18) 51. Kg1 (51. Kf1 g3 $1 52. hxg3 Kg4 53. Ke1 Ra3 {
[%cal Ga3g3,Gg4f4]}) 51... g3 52. h3 (52. hxg3 Kg4 $11) 52... Rc2 53. Rb7 Ra2
54. Rg7 (54. Rxh7+ Kg6 55. Ra7 Kf5 $11) 54... Rxa6 55. Kg2 h6 56. Kxg3 Ra3+ 57.
Kg2 Ra2+ (57... Rxh3 $1 58. Kxh3 $11 (58. f5 Ra3 59. f6 Ra6 60. f7 Rf6 61. Kg3
Rf1 $11)) 58. Kf3 Kh4 59. f5 Kxh3 60. f6 Ra1 61. Kf4 Rf1+ (61... Kh4 $5) 62.
Ke5 h5 63. Rg5 h4 64. Rf5 Re1+ (64... Rxf5+ 65. Kxf5 Kg2 66. f7 h3 67. f8=Q h2
68. Kg4 h1=Q 69. Qf3+ Kg1 70. Qe3+ Kf1 71. Qc1+ Kg2 72. Qd2+ Kf1 73. Qd1+ Kg2
74. Qe2+ Kg1 75. Kg3 $18) 65. Kf4 (65. Kd6 Re8 66. Rg5 Kh2 67. f7 Rf8 68. Ke7
Rxf7+ 69. Kxf7 h3 70. Kf6 Kh1 71. Rg8 h2 72. Kg5 Kg2 73. Kf4+ Kf2 74. Ra8 h1=Q
75. Ra2+ Kf1 (75... Kg1 76. Kg3 $4 Qh8 $19) 76. Ra1+ Kg2 77. Rxh1 Kxh1 $11)
65... Rf1+ (65... Re8 $2 66. f7 Rf8 67. Kf3 Kh2 68. Kf2 Kh1 69. Rf3 Kh2 70. Kf1
h3 71. Kf2 $18) 66. Kg5 Rg1+ 67. Kh6 Rg8 68. Rg5 Rf8 69. Kg7 Ra8 70. f7 Kh2 71.
Kf6 (71. f8=Q Rxf8 72. Kxf8 h3 73. Kf7 Kh1 $11) 71... Rf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "MK Cafe Cup-A"]
[Site "Koszalin"]
[Date "1999.08.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Sulskis, Sarunas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2521"]
[Annotator "Blatny,P"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1999.08.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 073"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. c4
c6 (8... Nf6 $142) 9. Re1 ({Eine дhnliche Idee wie in dieser Partie (zuerst f5
provozieren und dann die geschwдchte Diagonale a2-g8 ausnutzen) war erstmals
in folgendem Beispiel zu sehen:} 9. Qc2 f5 10. Nc3 Kh8 $6 (10... Na6 $5 11. a3
(11. Qb3 Nb4) 11... Be6 {/\Nc7}) 11. Qb3 $1 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Nd7 (12... Nd6 $142)
13. Re1 Nd6 14. Bd3 f4 15. Qc2 $1 $16 g6 16. b3 Nb6 17. Ba3 Bf5 18. Qe2 $1 Nbc8
19. Bxf5 Nxf5 20. Qe5+ Kg8 21. Bxe7 Nfxe7 22. Ng5 Rf5 23. Qe6+ Kg7 24. Qxf5 $1
{1-0 Mortensen,E-Agdestein,S/Gausdal 1982/MCL Wahrscheinlich hat sich Onischuk
hier inspiriert; in seiner Ausfьhrung sieht diese Idee aber noch stдrker aus.})
9... Be6 (9... Nf6 $142 10. cxd5 (10. Ne5 Be6 11. c5 $6 (11. Qb3 $142) 11... b6
12. cxb6 axb6 13. Nc3 c5 14. Bc2 Qc8 15. Bg5 Nc6 16. Ne2 Nb4 (16... h6 $142)
17. Ba4 Qa6 $6 18. Nc3 cxd4 19. Qxd4 Bc5 20. Qh4 $36 {1-0 Makropoulou,
M-Amendola,K/Athens 1992/TD (29)}) 10... cxd5 (10... Nxd5) 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bh4
Nc6 13. Qb3 Qc7 $2 14. Nc3 Be6 15. Rac1 Qd7 16. Bb5 a6 $2 (16... Rac8 $16) 17.
Ne5 Qd6 18. Bxc6 bxc6 19. Bg3 $18 {1-0 Berescu,A-Hopper,P/Mamaia 1991/EXT 97 
(27)}) 10. Qc2 $1 {[%mdl 4]} ({Das verlockende} 10. Qb3 $6 {ist wegen} dxc4 $1
11. Bxc4 (11. Qxb7 $2 cxd3 12. Qxa8 Qb6 13. Rxe4 Na6 14. Qxf8+ Bxf8 15. Nc3 Nb4
$36) 11... Bxc4 12. Qxb7 (12. Qxc4 Nd6 13. Qb3 Nd7 $11) 12... Nd7 13. Rxe4 Bd5
14. Re1 (14. Re3 $2 Bxf3 15. Rxf3 (15. gxf3 $2 Bg5 16. Nc3 $17) 15... Ne5 $36)
14... Bxf3 15. gxf3 Bf6 {gut fuer Schwarz.}) 10... f5 11. Nc3 Nd7 ({Nach dem
Textzug entsteht eine schlechte Stellung fьr Schwarz, aber auch die
interessante Mцglichkeit} 11... dxc4 $5 12. Bxe4 Bc8 $5 {war nicht besser.} (
12... fxe4 $4 13. Qxe4 Rf6 14. Ng5 $18) {Hier behaelt Weiss den Vorteil mit}
13. Bxc6 ({Oder} 13. Qe2 fxe4 14. Qxc4+ Kh8 15. Ne5 Qe8 16. Nxe4 $18) 13...
Nxc6 14. Qe2 $1 Bd6 15. Qxc4+ Kh8 16. d5 $18) 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Qb3 $1 Kh8 (
13... Ndf6 14. Qxb7 Ng4 15. Re2 Bh4 16. g3 Bf6 17. h3 $18) 14. Nxe4 fxe4 (14...
dxe4 15. Qxe6 Bb4 16. Bxe4 Rf6 (16... Bxe1 17. Bxb7 Rb8 18. Bc6 $18) 17. Qb3
Bxe1 18. Bxb7 Rb8 (18... Rb6 19. Ng5 Qe7 $8 20. Qh3 $1 Rh6 $8 21. Qe3 $1 (21.
Nf7+ Qxf7 22. Bxh6 Bxf2+ 23. Kxf2 Rb8 24. Bc6 Rxb2+ 25. Kg1 gxh6 26. Qxh6 $18 {
_|_}) 21... Re8 $8 22. Qxe7 Rxe7 23. Nf7+ $1 Rxf7 24. Bxh6 Bxf2+ 25. Kxf2 gxh6
26. Re1 $18)) 15. Bxe4 dxe4 16. Qxe6 exf3 17. Qxe7 Nb6 18. Qxd8 Raxd8 19. gxf3
Rxd4 (19... Rxf3 20. Re7 $18) 20. Be3 $18 {_|_ Weiss hat einen Mehrbauern,
dazu noch einen starken Lдufer gegen einen schwachen Springer (Bauern auf
beiden Flьgeln, Schwдche a7). Das soll zum technischen Gewinn reichen und
Onischuk zeigt in weiterem Verlauf eine hervorragende Technik:} Rd7 21. Rad1 $1
Rdf7 (21... Rfd8 $4 22. Rxd7 Nxd7 23. Rd1 $18) 22. Bc5 Ra8 23. Rd3 h6 (23...
Nd7 24. Bxa7 Kg8 (24... Rxa7 $2 25. Rxd7 $18) 25. Ra3 $18) 24. Rde3 Na4 (24...
Nd5 25. Re8+ Rxe8 26. Rxe8+ Kh7 27. Rd8 $18) 25. Ba3 Rd8 26. b3 Nb6 27. Bc5 Rd5
28. Re5 Rxe5 (28... Rxf3 29. Bxb6 Rxe5 30. Rxe5 axb6 31. Re7 $18) 29. Rxe5 Rc7
(29... Nd7 30. Re8+ Kh7 31. Bxa7 Rxf3 32. Be3 Rf7 33. a4 $18) 30. Bxb6 $1 axb6
31. Rb5 Rc6 32. f4 Kg8 33. Kg2 Kf7 34. Kf3 Kf6 35. Ke4 Re6+ 36. Kd4 g6 37. a4
h5 38. h4 Re2 (38... Rc6 39. Ke4 Re6+ 40. Re5 Rc6 41. f5 g5 (41... gxf5+ 42.
Rxf5+ Kg6 43. Rg5+ Kh6 44. f4 Rc3 (44... Re6+ 45. Re5 Rc6 46. Kf5 $18) 45. Rb5
Rc6 46. Rd5 Kg6 47. Ke5 $18)) 39. Rxb6+ Kf5 40. Rxb7 Rxf2 41. Ke3 Rh2 42. Rb5+
Kg4 (42... Kf6 43. a5 Rxh4 44. a6 $18) 43. Rg5+ Kxh4 44. Kd4 (44. Rxg6 $2 Rh3+)
44... Rf2 45. Rxg6 Rxf4+ 46. Kc5 Rg4 (46... Rg4 47. Rd6 $18) 1-0

[Event "Linares 17th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2000.03.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2851"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[Annotator "Blatny,P"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2000.02.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

[Event "Linares 16th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1999.03.02"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[Annotator "Blatny,P"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1999.02.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 070"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nxf7 $5 {Obwohl diese Opfer vieleicht nicht
hundertprozentig korrekt ist, kann man Topalov's Mut nur loben. Im heutigen
Spitzenschach mit sehr exzessiven Hausvorbereitungen spielt das
Ьberraschungsmoment eine immer grцssere Rolle. Mir persцnlich ist diese Art
von "wirklichem" spielerischen Schach viel sympathischer als die Wiederholung
von langen hдuslichen Analysen. Psychologisch gesehen hat Weiss durch diese
"Provokation" im 4. Zug einen kleinen Vorteil (und das sogar gegen Kramnik,
den wahrscheinlich besten Kenner von Russisch!).} Kxf7 5. Nc3 {Ein Blick in
die Datenbank zeigt, dass ein paar schlechtere Zьge Schwarz sehr schnell eine
Katastrophe bringen kцnnen, auch nach "originellen" Fortsetzung von "Erfinder"
Cochrane:} (5. Bc4+ Ke8 (5... Be6 6. Bxe6+ Kxe6 7. d4 Kf7 8. Qf3 Nc6 9. c3 Be7
10. Bf4 Re8 11. Nd2 Kg8 {Schwarz hat zwar hier die Entwicklung des
"Problemturms h8" optimal gelцst und seinen Kцnig in relative Sicherheit durch
die kьnstliche Rochade gebracht, aber im weiteren Verlauf nutzt Weiss sein
starkes Bauernzentrum und einige gegnerische Fehler zur langsamen "Erstickung"
der schwarzen Stellung.} 12. O-O-O Nd7 $6 (12... a5 $5) (12... Qd7 {/\b5}) 13.
h4 $1 Nf8 14. Qg3 Ng6 $2 (14... Ne6 $142) 15. Bg5 Qd7 16. f4 d5 $6 (16... Nh8
$5 {[%cal Gh8f7,Ge7f8]}) 17. f5 Bxg5 18. Qxg5 Nf8 19. e5 h6 20. Qf4 Nd8 21. g4
Qa4 22. Kb1 c5 23. g5 hxg5 $6 24. hxg5 $18 {Majdanics,I-Duzs,J/Aggtelek 1993/
EXT 97 und Weiss gewann einige Zuege spaeter.}) 6. O-O Nc6 (6... c5 7. h3 Qc7
$6 (7... Nc6) 8. f4 Nc6 9. Nc3 a6 10. a4 Qe7 $6 11. Nd5 $5 Qd8 $2 (11... Nxd5
$142 12. exd5 $140 Qf7 $1) 12. d4 $6 {Damalige Befehl lautete: Zeit ist
wichtiger als Material...} cxd4 (12... Nxd4 $142) 13. e5 $6 Nxd5 (13... dxe5
14. Nxf6+ gxf6 15. Qh5+ Kd7 16. fxe5 Nxe5 {gefolgt von Kc7, Ld6 und Ld7 sollte
Schwarzen zum Gewinn reichen.}) 14. Bxd5 dxe5 15. Bxc6+ bxc6 16. Qh5+ Kd7 17.
fxe5 Kc7 18. Rf7+ Kb8 19. e6 Bd6 20. Bg5 Qb6 21. a5 Qc5 $4 (21... Qb5 $1) 22.
b4 $4 (22. Bf4 $3 Qb4 23. c3 $1 dxc3 24. bxc3 $18) 22... Qe5 $4 (22... Qc3 $1
$19) 23. Bf4 $1 Qxe6 $4 (23... Qxf4 $8 24. Rxf4 Bxf4 25. Re1 {und wegen der
schlecht koordinierten schwarzen Figuren behaelt Weiss einige Gewinnchancen.})
24. Qc5 $1 {Endlich ist diese Komцdie der Irrtьmer zu Ende!} Qxf7 25. Bxd6+ {
1-0 Cochrane,J-Mohishunder/Calcutta 1848/EXT 99 (25)}) 7. d4 Bg4 8. f3 Bh5 9.
Bg5 Be7 10. Re1 Bf7 11. Qd3 Na5 $6 (11... Bxc4 12. Qxc4 d5 $17) 12. Bb3 $6 (12.
Bxf7+ Kxf7 13. b4 Nc6 14. b5 $44) 12... Nxb3 13. axb3 h6 (13... c6) 14. Bxf6
Bxf6 15. e5 dxe5 16. Qb5+ Kf8 $6 (16... Qd7 $17) 17. dxe5 Bh4 18. g3 Qd4+ $6
19. Kg2 Be7 20. Nc3 Bc5 (20... Qb4) 21. Re2 Kg8 $2 22. Qxb7 Kh7 23. Rd1 $16 {
Hornetz,B-Eske,A/Polch 1993/GER, nach beideseitigen Fehlern Remis im 34. Zug.})
5... c5 {Ein prophylaktischer Zug, Kramnik versucht den Aufbau eines starken
weissen Bauernzentrums zu verhindern. Die Alternativen geben ihm Recht:} (5...
Be7 6. Bc4+ Be6 7. Bxe6+ Kxe6 8. f4 Nc6 (8... Re8 $5 9. d4 Kf7 10. e5 $140 dxe5
11. fxe5 Kg8 $1 12. O-O $1 (12. exf6 Bb4+ 13. Kf2 Qxf6+ $40) 12... Nd5 13. Ne4
$44 (13. Qg4 Nxc3 14. bxc3 (14. Bh6 $4 Qxd4+ $19) 14... Qd5 $15)) 9. d4 d5 $6
10. f5+ Kd7 $2 (10... Kf7 11. e5 Ne4 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Be3 $44) 11. e5 Bb4 12.
O-O $1 Bxc3 13. bxc3 Ne4 14. Qg4 $1 Kc8 (14... h5 15. Qxg7+ Kc8 16. f6 $18) 15.
f6+ Qd7 $2 (15... Kb8 16. Qxg7 b5 (16... Rg8 17. Qxg8 $1 Qxg8 18. f7 Qf8 19.
Bh6 $18) 17. f7 Kb7 18. Ba3 $18) 16. fxg7 $18 {Montavon,G-Pichl,U/Leipzig 1998/
EXT 99}) (5... c6 6. d4 Be7 7. Bc4+ Be6 (7... d5 8. exd5 cxd5 9. Nxd5 Be6 10.
Ne3 Bxc4 11. Nxc4 Nc6 12. c3 $13) 8. Bxe6+ Kxe6 9. O-O Kd7 $6 (9... Rf8 $142 {
[%cal Ge6f7,Gf7g8]}) 10. e5 Ne8 11. Bf4 Kc7 12. Ne4 (12. d5 $1 $44) 12... Qd7 (
12... d5 $1) 13. exd6+ Bxd6 14. Nxd6 Nxd6 15. d5 c5 $6 (15... Rf8 16. Bg3 $44)
16. Re1 Re8 $6 17. Qd2 $36 Na6 $4 18. Qa5+ $18 {Jepson,C-Muller,P/Hallsberg
1991/EXT 97}) 6. Bc4+ Be6 {Fast erzwungen,} ({nach} 6... Ke8 $6 {ist die
weitere schwarze Entwicklung sehr erschwert und der Kцnig bleibt im Zentrum,
was ziemlich gefдhrlich sein kann.}) 7. Bxe6+ Kxe6 8. d4 Kf7 $5 (8... cxd4 9.
Qxd4 Nc6 10. Qc4+ $44) 9. dxc5 Nc6 10. Qe2 $5 (10. cxd6 Bxd6 {gefolgt von Te8
und Schwarz hat seine Figuren schneller mobilisiert als Weiss.}) 10... Qd7 11.
Be3 {Meiner Meinung nach ist hier der Bauer wichtiger als eine Tempo, also} (
11. cxd6 $142 Bxd6 12. Qc4+ $13) 11... dxc5 12. f4 Re8 13. e5 Ng4 14. Rd1 Qf5
15. O-O h5 $1 ({Interessant, aber auch ein biЯchen riskant war} 15... Nb4 16.
Bc1 $1 Be7 (16... Nxc2 $2 17. Ne4 $1 ({Staerker als} 17. h3 h5) 17... Nd4 18.
Qc4+ Kg6 (18... Ne6 19. Ng3 $18) 19. Ng3 b5 $8 20. Qd5 Nf6 $8 21. Qb7 (21. Qxd4
cxd4 22. Nxf5 Kxf5 23. exf6 gxf6 $11) 21... Re7 (21... Qd7 $4 22. f5+ $18) 22.
Qa8 Qg4 (22... Re8 23. Qxa7 Re7 24. Qxc5 $18) 23. f5+ Kf7 24. exf6 gxf6 25.
Qd5+ $18) 17. Ne4 h5 18. h3 Nh6 19. a3 Na6 (19... Nc6 20. Qc4+ Kg6 (20... Qe6
$4 21. Ng5+ Bxg5 22. fxg5+ $18) 21. Ng3 Qf7 (21... Qc8 22. f5+ Kh7 23. Bxh6 $18
) 22. e6 Qf6 (22... Qf8 23. Qe4+ Nf5 24. Rd5 Ncd4 25. Nxf5 Nxf5 26. g4 $18) 23.
Qe4+ Nf5 24. Rd5 Ncd4 25. Nxf5 Nxf5 26. g4 hxg4 27. hxg4 Rh4 28. Qxf5+ Qxf5 29.
gxf5+ Kh6 (29... Kf6 $2 30. b4 $18) 30. Rd7 $18 {_|_}) 20. Qc4+ Kf8 21. Ng3 Qg6
22. Rd3 {mit unangenehmen Drohung f5.}) ({Auch} 15... Nxe3 16. Qxe3 Qxc2 {
geht nicht} (16... Nd4 17. Ne4 Kg8 18. c3 $16) {wegen} 17. Rd7+ (17. Ne4 Rd8)
17... Re7 (17... Kg8 18. f5 $3 Nxe5 (18... Rxe5 19. Qf4 $1 {[%csl Rc2,Rf7]
[%cal Gf5f6]} Be7 20. Rd2 $18) 19. Rd5 $16) 18. f5 $3 Qxb2 (18... Rxd7 19. e6+
Ke7 20. exd7+ Kxd7 21. Rf2 $18) 19. Rd2 Qa3 (19... Qb6 $2 20. e6+ Kg8 (20...
Ke8 21. Nd5 Qd8 22. f6 $18) 21. Nd5 Qa5 22. f6 $18) (19... Qb4 20. e6+ Kg8 (
20... Ke8 21. Nd5 Qg4 22. f6 $18)) 20. f6 gxf6 (20... Re6 21. Qh3 $1 Nd4 22.
Rxd4 cxd4 23. fxg7+ Kxg7 24. Qxe6 $18) 21. Qg5 $1 Nxe5 22. Qxf6+ Ke8 23. Qxh8
Ng6 24. Qf6 Bh6 (24... Bg7 25. Qd6 $18) 25. Qf5 $1 {mit entscheidendem
Mattangriff.}) 16. Bc1 Nd4 17. Qc4+ Kg6 (17... Qe6 $5 18. Qa4 (18. Qd3 Be7 19.
Ne4 Rd8 $17) 18... Kg8 19. h3 Nh6 (19... b5 20. Nxb5 Ne2+ 21. Kh1 Ng3+ 22. Kg1
Ne2+ 23. Kh1 Rb8 (23... Ng3+ $11) 24. Rf3 $13) 20. Qxa7 b5 21. a4 $13 (21. Rd2
Nhf5)) 18. h3 Nh6 19. Nb5 a6 (19... Qxc2 $4 20. Rxd4) (19... Nxc2 $5 20. Nxa7 (
20. Nd6 Bxd6 21. Rxd6+ Kh7 22. Qxc5 Qe4 $17) 20... Be7 21. Nb5 $15) 20. Nxd4
cxd4 21. Qxd4 Rc8 $6 (21... Qxc2 $142 22. Rf2 (22. Qb6+ Qc6) 22... Qc6 (22...
Qf5 23. Be3 $15) 23. Qd3+ (23. f5+ Nxf5 24. Qf4 Nh6 $17) 23... Nf5 24. Be3 h4
$17 {_|_}) 22. Qb6+ Kh7 23. Qxb7 Rxc2 24. Be3 (24. Qxa6 $2 Bc5+ $1 (24... Qe4
25. Qd3 Rxg2+ 26. Kh1 Qxd3 27. Rxd3 Re2 28. Rd2 (28. Bd2 Nf5 {[%csl Rg3][%cal
Gh5h4,Gh4g3,Gf5g3]}) 28... Re3 $13) 25. Kh2 Qe4 26. Rd2 (26. Qd3 $4 Rxg2+ 27.
Kh1 Rg1+ 28. Kh2 Qxd3 $19) (26. Bd2 Rd8 $19) 26... Rxc1 27. Rxc1 Qxf4+ 28. Kh1
Qxd2 29. Rxc5 Qe1+ 30. Kh2 Rd8 $1 {[%csl Rh2][%cal Gh6g4,Gd8d1,Ge1h4]} 31. Qa4
Rd2 $19) 24... Qg6 (24... Re2 $5 25. Bd4 Qe4 (25... Re4 26. Qxa6 Rxf4 $13) 26.
Qxe4+ Rxe4 $15) 25. Rc1 $1 Rxc1 (25... Nf5 $5 26. Bf2 $1 (26. Rxc2 Nxe3) 26...
Rxc1 {-- Partie}) 26. Rxc1 Nf5 27. Bf2 h4 28. Rc7 (28. Rc6 Qh5 $132) 28... Ng3
29. Kh2 Nf1+ 30. Kg1 Qb1 31. Bxh4 Bc5+ $1 (31... Bc5+ 32. Rxc5 Ng3+ 33. Kh2 (
33. Kf2 $4 Ne4+ $19) 33... Nf1+ $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "ISR-chT"]
[Site "Ramat Aviv"]
[Date "2000.04.28"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Rechlis, Gad"]
[Black "Zak, Uriel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2507"]
[BlackElo "2341"]
[Annotator "Blatny,P"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[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 "Jerusalem Elitzur"]
[BlackTeam "Maccabi Afek"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISR"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. c4
c6 9. Nc3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Bg4 12. Rb1 b5 13. Bd3 Nd7 14. a4 (14.
Re1 Nb6 15. Bc2 Re8 16. Bg5 Qc7 17. Qd3 g6 18. h3 Bf5 (18... Be6 19. Ra1 Bc4
20. Qd2 Bd5 21. Rxe8+ Rxe8 $15 {0-1 BountyHunter-Crafty on ICC/Internet Chess
Club 1999 (36)}) 19. Qd1 Rxe1+ 20. Nxe1 Bxc2 21. Nxc2 Re8 22. Ne3 Bh2+ 23. Kh1
Bf4 24. Bxf4 {1/2-1/2 Short,N-Makarichev,S/Rotterdam 1988/Inf 46}) 14... bxa4
15. h3 (15. Be4 Nf6 16. Bg5 h6 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. h3 Bh5 19. Bxc6 Rac8 20. d5 a3
21. Qd4 Bxf3 22. Qxf6 gxf6 23. gxf3 Rb8 $36 {0-1 Lukov Valentin-Radev Nikolai/
It Primorsko (Bulgaria) 1987 (37)}) (15. Qxa4 $2 Bxf3 16. gxf3 Qh4 $19) 15...
Bh5 16. Be4 (16. Qxa4 Bxf3 17. gxf3 Nf6 $13) 16... Nb6 17. c4 Nxc4 18. Qxa4 Nb6
19. Qxc6 Rc8 (19... Re8 20. Bg5 f6 21. Be3 $11) 20. Qb5 Bg6 21. Bxg6 hxg6 22.
Ra1 Rc7 23. Bd2 Nc4 24. Bg5 (24. Rfd1 Qd7 25. Qxd7 Rxd7 $11) 24... Qd7 (24...
Qa8 25. Rfe1 $14) 25. Qa6 (25. Qxd7 Rxd7 26. Rfc1 Rc8 $13) 25... Re8 26. Rfc1
Rec8 27. Re1 Nb6 28. Qd3 Qf5 (28... Nd5 29. Bd2 $11) 29. Qxf5 gxf5 30. Ra5 $2 (
30. Re2 $142) 30... g6 $4 {} (30... Bb4 $142 31. Rxf5 Bxe1 32. Nxe1 Rd7 $19)
31. Rea1 Ra8 32. Ra6 Rb7 33. Ne5 $11 (33. Kf1 $5 Kf8 {[+]}) 33... Bxe5 34. dxe5
Nd5 35. Rd6 Nc3 36. f3 Nb5 37. Rd3 a5 38. Ra4 (38. Rd8+ Rxd8 39. Bxd8 Nd4 40.
Rxa5 Ne6 $16) 38... Rba7 (38... Nc7 $5) 39. Bf6 $1 {[%csl Gg8][%cal Ga4h4,
Gh4h8]} g5 $6 (39... Ra6 $5 40. Rd7 (40. Rh4 Rxf6 41. exf6 a4 42. Rb4 $16 {
Pa->Q}) 40... Nc3 41. Rh4 Rxf6 42. exf6 a4 $16) 40. f4 $5 (40. Bxg5 $18) 40...
Kh7 (40... Rc8 41. fxg5 Ra6 42. Rd6 Rc1+ 43. Kh2 $18) (40... gxf4 41. Rxf4 Ra6
42. Rh4 Rxf6 43. exf6 f4 44. Rd5 Rb8 45. Rg5+ Kf8 46. Rh8#) 41. fxg5 (41. fxg5
f4 42. Rxf4 $18) 1-0

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Reinderman, Dimitri"]
[Black "Alterman, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "Blatny,P"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "1994.09.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 044"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nxe5 O-O 5. Be2 Re8 6. Nc4 (6. Nd3 Bxc3 7.
dxc3 Nxe4 8. Nf4 (8. O-O d5 $10) 8... d6 9. O-O Nd7 10. c4 Ndf6 11. f3 Nc5 12.
b3 Qe7 13. Rf2 Qe5 14. Rb1 Bd7 15. Bf1 Ne6 16. Nd3 Qh5 17. Bb2 a5 18. Qd2 Bc6 {
Nijboer,F-Piket,J/NED-ch/1994/} 19. Re1 $14) 6... Nxe4 (6... Bxc3 7. dxc3 Nxe4
8. Ne3 d6 9. O-O Nc6 (9... Nd7 10. Qd4 $14) 10. Nd5 Bf5 $13) 7. Nxe4 Rxe4 8. c3
Bf8 (8... d5 $5 9. Ne3 (9. d3 Re8 10. cxb4 dxc4 11. dxc4 Qe7 12. b5 (12. a3 Qe4
$132 {קg2,Pc4}) 12... Qe4 13. Kf1 Bh3 14. Rg1 $14) 9... Bf8 10. d4 Re8 $10) 9.
d4 Re8 10. Bf4 d5 11. Ne3 (11. Ne5 Nd7 12. Nd3 (12. O-O Bd6 $10) 12... c5 $10)
11... c6 12. Bd3 Be6 13. Qh5 (13. O-O $142 Nd7 $10) (13. Qc2 $5) 13... g6 14.
Qf3 $2 (14. Qe2 $142) 14... c5 $1 15. dxc5 $6 (15. Bb5 Nc6 $15 (15... cxd4 16.
Bxe8 Qxe8 17. cxd4 Qb5 18. O-O-O $1 $13)) 15... d4 $1 16. cxd4 Qxd4 17. Rd1
Qb4+ (17... Bd5 $6 18. Qg3 Bxg2 19. Qxg2 $1 Qxf4 20. Qxb7 Bxc5 21. Qxa8 Bxe3
22. O-O $1 (22. fxe3 Qxe3+ 23. Kf1 Qf4+ 24. Kg1 Qe3+ 25. Kg2 Qg5+ $10) 22...
Bxf2+ (22... Bb6 $5) 23. Kh1 {/\Qg2+- בf}) 18. Kf1 (18. Rd2 Bxa2 19. Bd6 Bg7
$17) 18... Nc6 $17 {עf1,Rh1} 19. Bd6 Bxd6 20. cxd6 Rad8 $1 21. Qg3 Rxd6 22.
Nc2 (22. a3 Rxd3 $3 23. Rxd3 (23. axb4 $4 Rxd1+ $19) 23... Qb5 $19) 22... Qc5
23. Qe3 Rxd3 $1 (23... Rxd3 24. Rxd3 (24. Qxc5 Rxd1+ 25. Ne1 (25. Ke2 Bg4#)
25... Bc4+ 26. Qxc4 Rexe1#) (24. Qxd3 Bc4) 24... Qxc2 $19) 0-1

[Event "Linares 17th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2000.03.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[Annotator "Blatny,P"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2000.02.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. c4
c6 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Nc3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Bg4 12. Rb1 Nd7 13. h3 Bh5 14. Rb5 Nb6
15. c4 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 dxc4 17. Bc2 Qd7 18. a4 g6 19. Be3 (19. Bd2 c3 $1 {
see Kasparov-Shirov/Linares 2000/CBM76}) 19... Rac8 20. Rfb1 c3 21. a5 Nc4 22.
Rxb7 Qe6 (22... Rc7 23. a6 Nxe3 24. fxe3 Rfc8 25. Kh1 Bf8 26. Rf1 Bh6 27. Bb3
Rf8 28. e4 Rxb7 29. axb7 Qxb7 30. Qxc3 $14 {De Firmian,N-Rozentalis,E/Wichern
op 5th 1999/EXT 2000/1/2-1/2 (55)}) 23. Ra1 $1 (23. Rc1 Nxe3 24. fxe3 Rc7 25.
Bb3 Qe7 26. a6 Kg7 27. Rxc7 Qxc7 28. Qb7 Rc8 $11 {Kazhgaleyev,M-Arencibia,W/
Elista ol (Men) 1998/CBM 66 ext/1/2-1/2 (44)}) (23. Rxa7 Nd2 $17) 23... Bb8 $6
(23... Nxe3 24. fxe3 $14) 24. Bb3 $1 Qd6 25. g3 Nxe3 26. Bxf7+ (26. fxe3 Rc7
27. Rxc7 Bxc7 $13) (26. Qxe3 Rc7 27. Rxc7 Qxc7 $13) (26. Rxf7 $2 Rxf7 $19)
26... Kh8 27. Qxe3 (27. fxe3 $2 Rc7 28. Rxc7 Bxc7 $19) 27... Qf6 28. Be6 Rce8
29. d5 Be5 $1 {[%csl Rf2,Rg1][%cal Re5d4,Rd4g1,Rf6f2] /\Bd4} (29... Qf3 30.
Qd4+ Qf6 31. Ra4 $18) 30. Ra2 $2 (30. Qxa7 Rxe6 $1 31. dxe6 (31. Rxh7+ Kg8 32.
dxe6 $40) 31... Bd4 32. Rxh7+ Kg8 33. Qb7 Qxf2+ 34. Kh1 c2 $1 (34... Qf1+ 35.
Rxf1 Rxf1+ $11) 35. Rf7 Bxa1 36. Rxf2 c1=Q+ 37. Kg2 Rxf2+ 38. Kxf2 Bd4+ $40 39.
Ke2 Qe3+ 40. Kd1 Qxe6 $17) (30. Rb4 Rb8 31. Rc4 c2 32. Rc1 Rb1 33. R4xc2 Bd4
34. Qf4 Rxc1+ 35. Rxc1 Bxf2+ 36. Kg2 Qg7 37. Qe4 $16) (30. Ra4 $1 Rb8 (30... c2
31. Rc4 Bd4 32. Qf4 Qxf4 33. gxf4 $18) 31. a6 c2 32. Rc4 Bd4 33. Qf4 Qxf4 (
33... Bxf2+ 34. Kg2 Qxf4 35. gxf4 Rxf4 36. Rcc7 $18) 34. gxf4 Rxf4 35. Rxc2 $18
) 30... Bd4 31. Qe1 (31. Qe2 Qxf2+ 32. Qxf2 Rxf2 33. Rxf2 Rf8 34. Rbf7 (34. Kf1
Rxf2+ 35. Ke1 Rh2 36. Rc7 c2 37. d6 Bf2+ 38. Kf1 (38. Kd2 Bc5+ 39. Kc1 Ba3#)
38... Bxg3 39. Rc8+ Kg7 40. d7 Bh4 41. Bd5 Rd2 $19) (34. d6) 34... Rxf7 35.
Bxf7 c2 $19) 31... Qf3 {[%csl Rb7,Rd5,Re6,Rf2,Rg1,Rg3][%cal Rd4f2,Rf3f2,Rf8f2,
Ga2f2,Ge1f2,Gg1f2,Rf3g3,Rf3b7,Re8e6]} 32. Kh2 Qxd5 33. Bxd5 Rxe1 34. Kg2 (34.
Rf7 $142 Rxf7 35. Bxf7) (34. f4 $5) 34... Bxf2 $1 35. Rf7 $19 (35. Rxf2 $5
Rxf2+ 36. Kxf2 c2 $19) 35... Rxf7 36. Bxf7 Bc5 37. Bb3 Kg7 38. Rc2 Bd4 39. a6 (
39. h4 Re3 $19 {[%csl Rg3][%cal Re3g3,Rd4e5,Re5g3]}) 39... Kf6 40. Ra2 Ke5 41.
h4 (41. Kf3 Re3+ 42. Kg2 Ke4 $19) 41... Ke4 0-1

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2000.01.24"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[Annotator "Blatny,P"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[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 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. c4 Bb4+ 8.
Nbd2 O-O (8... Nxd2 9. Nxd2 Qe7+ 10. Be2 dxc4 11. O-O O-O 12. Nxc4 Be6 13. a3
Bxc4 14. Bxc4 Bd6 15. Re1 Qh4 16. g3 Qh3 17. Qf3 Nc6 18. Re4 $14 {1-0 Gibis,
R-Endler,J/Regionalliga SO9899 1999/EXT 2000 (44)}) 9. O-O Bxd2 10. Bxd2 Bg4
11. Be3 (11. Bf4 Nc6 12. Re1 Nxd4 13. Bxe4 dxe4 14. Qxd4 exf3 15. Qxd8 Rfxd8
16. Bxc7 Rd2 17. b3 fxg2 18. Kxg2 h6 19. Bf4 Rd3 20. Re3 Rxe3 21. Bxe3 $11 {
1/2-1/2 Tarrasch,S-Marshall,F/St Petersburg prel 1914/HCL (47)}) 11... Nc6 12.
h3 Bh5 13. Rc1 Re8 14. a3 dxc4 15. Bxc4 Qf6 16. Be2 h6 17. Qb3 Rab8 (17... Ng5
18. Bxg5 hxg5 19. Qxb7 Bxf3 20. Bxf3 Nxd4 21. Bg4 $14) 18. Rfe1 Nd6 $6 (18...
Bxf3 $142 $5 19. Bxf3 Nxd4 20. Bxd4 Qxd4 $11) 19. g4 Bg6 20. d5 Ne5 (20... Na5
21. Qb4 Nac4 22. Rxc4 (22. Bxc4 $143 Qxf3 23. Be2 Qxh3 $17) 22... Nxc4 23. Qxc4
Qxb2 24. Qxc7 Qxa3 25. Bb5 $16) 21. Nxe5 Qxe5 22. Rxc7 Ne4 (22... Be4 23. Rd1
Rbd8 24. Rd2 $16) 23. Rcc1 b6 24. Bf1 Rbd8 25. Rcd1 f5 26. Bg2 $16 (26. Bb5 Rf8
27. Be2 fxg4 28. Bxg4 $16) 26... fxg4 $6 27. hxg4 Kh7 28. f3 $2 (28. Rd4 $5 $16
) (28. f4 $142 $1 Qd6 29. f5 Bf7 30. Bxb6 $1 Nc5 31. Bxc5 Qxc5+ 32. Kh2 Rxe1
33. Rxe1 Bxd5 34. Re5 Qc7 35. Qc3 $16) 28... Qg3 $1 29. Qb4 $2 (29. fxe4 Bxe4
30. Re2 Rxd5 31. Rxd5 Bxg2 32. Rxg2 Qe1+ 33. Kh2 Qh4+ $11) (29. Kf1 Rf8 $40)
29... a5 $1 (29... Rc8 30. fxe4 Bxe4 31. Re2 Bxg2 32. Rxg2 Qxe3+ 33. Kh2 $15)
30. Qd4 (30. Qxb6 Ng5 31. Rf1 Nh3+ 32. Kh1 Qh4 33. Bxh3 Qxh3+ 34. Kg1 Qg3+ 35.
Kh1 Re4 $17) 30... Ng5 $1 31. Rf1 (31. Kf1 Nxf3 32. Bf2 Rxe1+ 33. Rxe1 Qxg2+
34. Kxg2 Nxd4 35. Bxd4 Rxd5 36. Bxb6 Rd2+ 37. Kf3 a4 $11) 31... Rxd5 $1 32.
Qxd5 Rxe3 33. Rd2 (33. Qd6 Nh3+ $1 34. Kh1 Nf4 $19) 33... Nxf3+ $3 34. Rxf3
Rxf3 35. Qxf3 Qe1+ 36. Qf1 Qxd2 37. Qf2 Qd1+ 38. Kh2 Qxg4 39. Qxb6 Qf4+ $17 40.
Kg1 Qc1+ 41. Kh2 Qd2 42. Kg1 h5 43. Qc5 h4 44. Qe5 Kh6 45. b4 $19 axb4 46. axb4
Qxb4 47. Qe3+ Kh7 48. Qg5 Qd4+ 49. Kh2 Qf2 50. Kh3 Bf5+ 51. Kh2 Bg6 52. Kh3
Bf5+ 53. Kh2 Kg8 54. Kh1 Qe1+ 55. Kh2 Qe5+ 56. Kg1 Qd4+ 57. Kh2 Qf6 58. Bd5+
Kf8 59. Qxf6+ gxf6 60. Kg2 Ke7 61. Kf3 Kd6 62. Bf7 Ke5 63. Be8 Be6 64. Bb5 Kf5
65. Bd3+ Kg5 66. Be4 Bg4+ 67. Ke3 Bd1 0-1

[Event "CRO-ch"]
[Site "Pula"]
[Date "2000.01.09"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Palac, Mladen"]
[Black "Fercec, Nenad"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2476"]
[Annotator "Blatny,P"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[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 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. a3 Nc6 11. cxd5 Qxd5 12. Nc3 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Na5 14. Bf4 Bf5
15. Bxc7 Rac8 (15... b6 16. c4 Nxc4 17. Qb3 Be6 18. Bxc4 Qxc4 19. Qxc4 Bxc4 20.
Rfe1 Rfe8 21. Nd2 Be6 22. Ne4 Rec8 23. Rec1 Bd5 24. Nd6 Bxd6 {1/2-1/2 Lytchak,
B-Simon,H/NRW-Liga II 9899 1999/EXT 2000}) 16. Bxa5 Qxa5 17. c4 Bf6 18. Bd3 (
18. Qb3 Qb6 {1/2-1/2 Svidler,P-Sakaev,K/RUS-ch51 1998/CBM 67}) 18... Rfd8 19.
Bxf5 (19. Rb1 $5 Bg4 20. d5 $13) 19... Qxf5 20. Qa4 a6 (20... Bxd4 $5 21. Nxd4
Rxd4 22. Qxa7 Rdxc4 23. Qxb7 Rc2 $132) 21. c5 {[%csl Ra6,Gb6,Rb7,Gc5,Rc6,Gd4,
Rd5]} g6 22. Rab1 Qd5 23. Rb4 Kg7 24. Rfb1 Rc7 25. h3 h5 26. Qb3 Qxb3 27. R1xb3
(27. R4xb3 $6 Bxd4 28. Nxd4 Rxd4 29. Rxb7 Rxc5 $11) 27... Rdd7 28. g4 hxg4 29.
hxg4 Kf8 30. g5 Bg7 31. Re3 Rd5 (31... a5 32. Ra4 Rd5 33. Kf1 $16) 32. Re4 Rcd7
33. Kf1 a5 (33... f6 34. gxf6 Bxf6 35. Rb6 Bxd4 36. Nxd4 Rxd4 37. Rxd4 Rxd4 38.
Rxb7 {_|_}) 34. Ra4 f5 (34... Rd8 35. Rxa5 Bxd4 36. Nxd4 Rxd4 37. Rxd4 Rxd4 38.
Rb5 {[%cal Gf1e2,Ge2e3,Gf2f4] קb7}) 35. gxf6 Bxf6 36. Rxa5 Bxd4 (36... Kf7 37.
Rb5 $18) 37. c6 $1 bxc6 (37... Rxa5 38. cxd7 Bb6 39. Re8+ $18) 38. Rxd5 (38.
Rxd5 cxd5 39. Rxd4 $18) 1-0

[Event "Lost Boys"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1999.08.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Reinderman, Dimitri"]
[Black "Van der Sterren, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "Blatny,P"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1999.08.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 073"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nxf7 $5 Kxf7 5. d4 {Dieser Zug ist
wahrscheinlich nicht so stark wie} (5. Nc3 {welchen Topalov gegen Kramnik
nutzte, aber Reinderman feiert in dieser Partie mit dieser Fortsetzung einen
schnellen Erfolg.} c5 {1/2-1/2 Topalov,V-Kramnik,V/Linares 1999/CBM 70/(31)}) (
{Eine andere Mцglichkeit ist das "Original von Cochrane"} 5. Bc4+ Ke8 (5... Be6
6. Bxe6+ Kxe6 7. d4 Kf7 8. Qf3 Nc6 9. c3 Be7 10. Bf4 Re8 11. Nd2 Kg8 12. O-O-O
Nd7 $6 13. h4 $1 Nf8 14. Qg3 Ng6 $2 15. Bg5 Qd7 16. f4 d5 $6 17. f5 Bxg5 18.
Qxg5 Nf8 19. e5 h6 20. Qf4 Nd8 21. g4 Qa4 22. Kb1 c5 23. g5 hxg5 $6 24. hxg5
$18 {Majdanics,I-Duzs,J/Aggtelek 1993/EXT 97}) 6. O-O c5 (6... Nc6 7. d4 Bg4 8.
f3 Bh5 9. Bg5 Be7 10. Re1 Bf7 11. Qd3 Na5 $6 {Hornetz,B-Eske,A/Polch 1993/} (
11... Bxc4 12. Qxc4 d5 $17) 12. Bxf7+ Kxf7 13. b4 Nc6 14. b5 $36) 7. h3 Qc7 $6
8. f4 Nc6 9. Nc3 a6 10. a4 Qe7 $6 11. Nd5 $5 Qd8 $2 (11... Nxd5 $142 12. exd5
$140 Qf7 $1) 12. d4 $6 cxd4 13. e5 $6 Nxd5 (13... dxe5 14. Nxf6+ gxf6 15. Qh5+
Kd7 16. fxe5 Nxe5 {gefolgt von Kc7, Ld6 und Ld7 sollte Schwarzen zum Gewinn
reichen.}) 14. Bxd5 dxe5 15. Bxc6+ bxc6 16. Qh5+ Kd7 17. fxe5 Kc7 18. Rf7+ Kb8
19. e6 Bd6 20. Bg5 Qb6 21. a5 Qc5 $4 22. b4 $4 (22. Bf4 $3 Qb4 23. c3 $1 dxc3
24. bxc3 $18) 22... Qe5 $4 23. Bf4 $1 Qxe6 $4 (23... Qxf4 $8 24. Rxf4 Bxf4 25.
Re1 $16) 24. Qc5 $1 $18 Qxf7 25. Bxd6+ {1-0 Cochrane,J-Mohishunder/Calcutta
1848/EXT 99 (25)}) 5... Nxe4 $2 {[%mdl 8192] Van der Sterren reagiert auf die
ьberraschende gegnerische Erцffnungswahl mit einem Fehler. Auch} (5... Qe8 {
ist nicht empfehlenswert, Weiss bekam nach} 6. Bd3 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8. Nc3 Rf8 9.
f4 c6 $2 10. e5 $1 Nd5 11. Ne4 $1 Kg8 $8 12. Nxd6 Qe7 13. Nxc8 Rxc8 14. f5 $1 {
einen sehr starker Angriff. Es geschah noch} Qh4 15. g4 gxf5 16. Bxf5 Re8 17.
Qf3 Na6 18. Qb3 Rab8 19. Bd2 Nac7 20. Rf3 $18 Ne6 $6 (20... Qe7 21. Rh3 $18)
21. Rh3 {1-0 Huebner,H-Quast,M/Leipzig 1998/EXT 99}) ({Aber Schwarz hat zwei
gute Fortsetzungen:} 5... d5 6. e5 Ne4 7. Qh5+ $2 (7. Bd3 $142) 7... g6 8. Qf3+
$6 Kg7 9. Qf4 Be7 10. Qh6+ Kg8 11. h4 c5 12. Be3 cxd4 13. Bxd4 Nc6 14. Bc3 Be6
15. Qf4 Qb6 $19 {0-1 Charest,J-Leger,M/Quebec 1993/EXT 98 (47)}) ({Als bestes
gilt} 5... Bg4 $1 6. f3 Bh5 {Der schwarze Plan besteht darin, die Probleme auf
der empfindlichen Diagonale a2-g8 mittels Kg8 und Lf7 zu lцsen.} 7. Bc4+ d5 8.
exd5 Nxd5 9. Qd3 Kg8 10. O-O Bf7 11. Nc3 c6 12. Ne4 h6 13. Bd2 Nd7 14. g4 Qc7
15. Rf2 Bd6 16. Nxd6 Qxd6 17. f4 Re8 $17 {0-1 Krupkova,P-Zhu Chen/Medellin
1996/Juniors (47) und Weiss hat nicht genug Kompensation fьr die geopferte
Figur.}) 6. Qh5+ g6 ({Vielleicht hat Schwarz uebersehen, dass} 6... Ke7 {nach}
7. Qe2 {sofort verliert.} Kf7 (7... d5 $4 8. Bg5+) (7... Bf5 $4 8. Bg5+ $18) 8.
Qxe4 $18) 7. Qd5+ Kg7 8. Qxe4 $16 Nc6 {In weiterem Verlauf streckt Schwarz die
Waffen nicht, sondern nutzt seinen leichten Entwicklungsvorteil zum
gefдhrlichen Gegenspiel.} 9. c3 (9. Qd3 $6 Bf5 10. Qd1 Qh4 $40 {zeigt, dass
Weiss ganz vorsichtig sein muss.}) 9... Bf5 10. Qf4 Qd7 11. Be3 d5 12. Nd2 h6 (
{Interessante Idee ist} 12... Bd6 13. Qh6+ Kg8 14. Be2 {und jetzt versucht
Schwarz, durch ewige Jagd auf die weisse Dame einige Remischancen zu kriegen:}
Bf8 15. Qh4 Be7 16. Bg5 $1 (16. Qh6 Bf8) (16. Qf4 Bd6) (16. Qg3 Bd6 17. Qf3 Be6
18. Bh6 Ne7 19. O-O Nf5 $132 20. Bf4 $140 $2 Nh4 (20... Nxd4 21. cxd4 Rf8 22.
g3 g5 $132) 21. Qg3 Nf5 22. Qf3 (22. Qg5 $4 Be7 $19) 22... Nh4 $11) 16... Bxg5
17. Qxg5 Re8 18. Nf1 ({Zur riskanten Verteidigung} 18. Nb3 Bd3 19. Nc5 {
muss man entweder starke Nerven haben, oder Fritz sein...} Rxe2+ 20. Kd1 {
und nach Zurьckschlagen auf d3 wird sich Weiss konsolidieren und einen
gesunden Mehrbauern behalten:} Qd6 21. Nxd3 Re8 22. Qg3 $18 {_|_}) 18... Bd3
19. Ne3 (19. Ng3) 19... Bxe2 20. Kxe2 Ne7 21. Kd2 $16) 13. h3 Re8 14. g4 $1 {
Weiss muss sich fьr die Dame Platz auf g2 machen.} Bd6 15. Qf3 Bc2 {Das
bedeutet zwar "point of no return" fьr den Lдufer, Schwarz wollte aber nicht
mit Be6 die e-Linie "schliessen" oder nach Tausch auf e4 die weisse
Verteidigung erleichtern.} 16. Rc1 $1 (16. Qxd5 $4 Rxe3+ $19) 16... Rhf8 17.
Qg2 (17. Qe2 Rxe3 $1 18. Qxe3 (18. fxe3 $4 Bg3+) 18... Re8 19. Rxc2 $8 Rxe3+
20. fxe3 Qe6 21. Kf2 Be7 $13) 17... Ba4 (17... Be4 18. Nxe4 Rxe4 19. Bd3 $18 {
und Schwarz hat nicht genug Munition zum Weiterfьhren seines Angriffs.}) 18. b3
$1 Bf4 19. bxa4 Bxe3 20. fxe3 Rxe3+ 21. Kd1 $18 Nxd4 $5 {Praktisch die einzige
Mцglichkeit, wie man den Angriff fortsetzen kann. Die Stellung ist objektiv
sowieso verloren, also muss man versuchen, die grцssten Probleme fьr den
Gegner zu bereiten.} 22. cxd4 Qxa4+ 23. Nb3 c6 24. Qc2 (24. Rc2 $142 Rfe8 $140
25. Qd2 $18) 24... Qb4 25. Nd2 (25. Qd2 $4 Rxb3 26. axb3 Qxb3+ 27. Rc2 Qf3+ 28.
Qe2 $8 Qxh1 29. Qe5+ Kg8 (29... Rf6 $4 30. Rf2 $18) 30. Qe6+ Kh8 31. Qe5+ $11)
(25. Bg2 $142 $5 Rfe8 $140 26. Qd2 $18) 25... Rf2 26. Bd3 Qxd4 27. Rf1 Rh2 $6 (
{Zu einem sehr interessantem Endspiel koennte} 27... Rxf1+ 28. Bxf1 Rf3 {
fuehren:} 29. Be2 $8 (29. Ke1 Qf2+ 30. Kd1 Qd4) 29... Qg1+ 30. Nf1 Rxf1+ 31.
Bxf1 Qxf1+ 32. Kd2 Qg2+ 33. Kc3 Qxh3+ 34. Qd3 Qxg4 {Obwohl Schwarz 5 Bauern
fьr den Turm hat, sollte hier auch das einfache} 35. Qd4+ Qxd4+ 36. Kxd4 $18 {
[%csl Rb7,Rc6,Gd4,Rg7][%cal Gc1b1,Gb1b7,Gd4e5] zum Gewinn reichen, weil Weiss
einen guten Kцnig hat und die schwarzen Bauern noch nicht zu weit vor sind.})
28. Bxg6 $2 ({Sofort gewinnt} 28. Qb3 $1 b5 (28... b6 29. Qa3 $18) 29. Qa3 b4
30. Qa6 $18) 28... Ree2 $1 29. Bd3 $8 Rxd2+ 30. Qxd2 Rxd2+ 31. Kxd2 c5 32. Ke2
c4 (32... Qe5+ 33. Kf3 c4 34. Bb1 {-- Partie}) 33. Bb1 Qe5+ 34. Kf3 Qh2 35.
Rce1 (35. Rh1 Qd6 {[%csl Rb1,Gd3][%cal Gd5d4,Gd4d3]}) 35... Qxh3+ 36. Kf4 Kf6
$2 (36... d4 $142 $1 37. Bf5 b5 $132) 37. Rh1 $18 Qc3 38. Rxh6+ Kf7 39. Rh7+
Kf8 40. Rhh1 Qd2+ (40... Qf6+ 41. Bf5 Qb2 42. Kg5 $18) 41. Kf5 c3 (41... Kf7
42. Rh7+ Kf8 (42... Kg8 43. Re8+ Kxh7 44. Kf6+) 43. Ree7 $18) 42. Kg6 $1 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2000.01.28"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "Blatny,P"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[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"]

{[%mdl 2080]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7.
O-O Be7 8. c4 Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Be6 11. Ne5 f6 12. Nf3 (12. Bg4 Bxg4 (
12... Bc8 13. Bxc8 Rxc8 14. Nd3 Nxc3 15. bxc3 Nxd3 16. Qxd3 c5 17. Be3 cxd4 18.
Qxd4 Bc5 19. Qxd5+ Qxd5 20. cxd5 Bxe3 21. fxe3 Rxc3 $15 {Zulfugarli,M-Motylev,
A/Bydgoszcz Bank Pocztowy op 1999/EXT 2000/0-1 (64)}) 13. Nxg4 dxc4 14. Nxe4 f5
15. Nd2 fxg4 16. Nxc4 c5 17. a3 Nc6 18. dxc5 Qxd1 19. Rxd1 Bxc5 20. Be3 Bxe3
21. Nxe3 h5 22. Rd5 {1/2-1/2 Anand,V-Kramnik,V/Chess Classics Giants 1st pl
1998/CBM 65 ext}) 12... Kh8 (12... c6 13. Re1 Bf5 14. Nh4 Be6 15. a3 Na6 16.
cxd5 Nxc3 17. bxc3 Qxd5 18. Rb1 Qd7 19. Bd3 $132 {0-1 Malikov,S-Gagloshvili,R/
RUS-chT 1996/EXT 99 (25)}) (12... Re8 13. Re1 $14) 13. Qb3 Nxc3 (13... a5 $5
14. c5 Bf5 {[%csl Gb3][%cal Gf5c2,Gc2b3]} 15. Bf4 (15. a3 Nxc5 $1 $19) 15...
Nxc5 $6 16. dxc5 Bc2 17. Qa3 Bxc5 18. Nb5 d4 (18... Nd3 19. Qc3 Nxf4 20. Qxc2
$16) 19. Nxc7 d3 20. Bd1 $18) 14. bxc3 (14. Qxc3 $6 dxc4 15. Bxc4 Bxc4 16. Qxc4
c6 $15) 14... dxc4 (14... Nc6 15. Qxb7 Na5 16. Qa6 {[%csl Ga5,Ge6][%cal Ga6e6,
Ga6a5]} c6 17. cxd5 $16) 15. Bxc4 Bxc4 16. Qxc4 Qd5 (16... Nd5 17. Rb1 (17. a4
c6 18. Qb3 Qb6 $11) 17... Nb6 18. Qb3 c5 19. a4 c4 20. Qb5 Rc8 21. Bd2 Rc7 22.
Rfe1 $14) 17. Qb3 Qxb3 18. axb3 Nd5 19. Re1 Rfe8 20. Bd2 c6 (20... a5 $2 21. c4
{[%csl Ga5][%cal Gd2a5,Ga1a5]} Nb4 22. Rxe7 $1 Rxe7 23. Bxb4 $18) 21. c4 Nb6
22. Nh4 Kg8 (22... g6 $5) 23. Nf5 Kf7 24. Kf1 (24. Nxe7 Rxe7 25. Rxe7+ Kxe7 26.
Bb4+ Kf7 27. Kf1 $14) 24... Bf8 (24... g6 $142 25. Ne3 f5) 25. Rxe8 Kxe8 26.
Ne3 g6 27. Ke2 f5 $6 (27... a6 $142 28. Kd3 (28. c5 Nd5 29. Nxd5 cxd5 30. b4
Kd7 31. b5 $2 Re8+ $17) 28... Kd7 29. Ba5 Nc8 $14) 28. c5 Nd7 29. Nc4 Bg7 30.
Ra4 Kf8 (30... Bf8 31. Bf4 {()}) 31. Kd3 Bf6 (31... a6 32. Na5 $14) (31... Rd8
32. Nd6 b6 33. Rxa7 bxc5 34. Ba5 $18) 32. Na5 b6 33. cxb6 Nxb6 34. Ra2 $1 Rc8
35. Rc2 Rd8 (35... Kf7 36. Nxc6 Rc7 37. Bf4 $16) 36. Nxc6 Rd7 37. Bb4+ $18 Kf7
38. Bc5 Nd5 39. Kc4 (39. Nxa7 $143 Nb4+ 40. Bxb4 Rxd4+ 41. Kc3 Re4+ 42. Kd2
Rxb4 43. Rc7+ Ke6 44. Rc6+ Kf7 $14) 39... Nf4 (39... Nb6+ 40. Kb5 $18) 40. g3
Ne6 41. Ra2 {/\Ra7} 1-0

[Event "Linares 17th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2000.03.07"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[Annotator "Blatny,P"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2000.02.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nb4 9. cxd5 Nxd3 10. Qxd3 Qxd5 11. Re1 Bf5 12. Ne5 g6 13. f3 $13 (13. Qf3 h5 (
13... Qxd4 14. Nc3 Qxe5 15. Bf4 Qa5 16. b4 Qa3 17. Nd5 Qxf3 18. gxf3 Bd8 19.
fxe4 Be6 20. Nxc7+ Bxc7 21. Bxc7 f6 22. a3 Rc8 23. Rac1 Kf7 {1/2-1/2 Beliavsky,
A-Smyslov,V/Reggio Emilia8687 1986/CBM 04}) 14. Bf4 O-O-O 15. Nc3 Nxc3 16. Qxc3
Bd6 17. Bg5 Rde8 18. Bf6 Rhg8 19. Nc4 Bf4 20. Be5 Bxe5 21. dxe5 Kb8 22. Rac1
Rc8 $14 {Grosar,A-Puljek Salai,Z/Ljubljana op 1992/TD/1-0 (45)}) (13. g4 Bh4
14. Re2 Bxf2+ 15. Rxf2 Nxf2 16. Qe3 Bxb1 17. Nxg6+ Be4 18. Nxh8 Nxg4 19. Qc3
Qd6 20. Qd2 f5 21. h3 Qg3+ {0-1 Rogulj,B-Forintos,G/AUT-chT2S 9697 1997/EXT 99}
) 13... Nf6 14. Qe3 O-O-O $1 (14... Qd6 $5) 15. Nc3 Qxd4 16. Qxd4 Rxd4 17. Be3
Rb4 18. b3 Be6 19. Bf2 $1 {[%csl Gb4,Ge7][%cal Ge5f7,Ge5d3,Gd3b4]} Bd6 $1 20.
Nd3 Rd8 21. Nxb4 (21. Red1 Bxb3 22. axb3 Rxb3 23. Ne2 Rxd3 24. Rxd3 Bxh2+ 25.
Kxh2 Rxd3 26. Rxa7 Rd2 27. Bh4 Nd5 $15) 21... Bxb4 22. Rec1 (22. Rac1 Rd3 23.
Re3) 22... Bxc3 23. Rxc3 Nd5 24. Rd3 b6 25. Rad1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 17th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2000.03.08"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[Annotator "Blatny,P"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2000.02.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 (10. a3 Nc6 11. cxd5 Qxd5 12. Nc3 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Bf5 14.
Bf4 Na5 15. Re1 (15. Bxc7 b6 16. c4 Nxc4 17. Qb3 Be6 18. Bxc4 Qxc4 19. Qxc4
Bxc4 20. Rfe1 Rfe8 21. Nd2 Be6 22. Ne4 Rec8 23. Rec1 Bd5 24. Nd6 Bxd6 {1/2-1/2
Lytchak,B-Simon,H/NRW-Liga II 9899 1999/EXT 2000}) 15... Bd6 16. Ne5 Rad8 17.
a4 {1/2-1/2 Ivanchuk,V-Kramnik,V/Dortmund 1998/CBM 66}) 10... b6 $5 (10... Bg4
11. a3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Nc6 13. Rb1 Rb8 14. Re1 Bf6 15. Bf4 Ne7 16. h3 Be6 17. c5
b6 18. cxb6 axb6 19. Bd3 h6 20. Qc2 $14 {Krieger,H-Reimer,E/Brocco op 1990/EXT
97/0-1 (58)}) (10... Nf6 11. a3 Nc6 12. c5 Ne4 13. Qc2 Bg4 14. Be3 Nxc3 15.
Qxc3 Bf6 16. h3 Bh5 17. b4 h6 18. b5 Ne7 19. g4 Bg6 20. h4 $36 {Leyva,H-Charon,
M/Havana op 1992/EXT 2000/1-0 (45)}) (10... Nxc3 11. bxc3 Nc6 12. cxd5 Qxd5 13.
c4 Qd6 14. Be3 Rd8 15. Rb1 b6 16. Qd2 Qg6 17. Bd3 Bf5 18. Bxf5 Qxf5 19. Rb5 Qe4
20. Re1 $14 {Lau,R-Penz,H/Carl Schlechter mem 1996/CBM 55 ext/[Balinov]/1/2-1/
2 (30)}) (10... Be6 11. Bf4 $14) 11. Ne5 Bb7 12. a3 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Nc6 14. Bf3
Na5 (14... Nxe5 15. dxe5 {[%csl Gb7,Gd5][%cal Gf3b7]}) 15. c5 $5 (15. cxd5 Bxd5
16. Bxd5 Qxd5 17. Re1 $11) 15... c6 $1 (15... bxc5 16. Rb1 Bd6 17. Qa4 c6 18.
Rxb7 Nxb7 19. Qxc6 Bxe5 20. dxe5 Rb8 21. Bxd5 $44) 16. Re1 (16. cxb6 axb6 17.
Bg4 Bc8 $11) 16... Bf6 (16... bxc5 $5 17. Rb1 Bc8 $13) 17. Ng4 (17. Rb1 Re8 $13
) 17... Bc8 (17... bxc5 18. Ra2 $1 $14 (18. dxc5 $4 Bxc3 {[%csl Ra1,Re1][%cal
Rc3a1,Rc3e1]}) (18. Nxf6+ Qxf6 19. dxc5 Rfe8 $13 (19... Qxc3 20. Bd2 Qxc5 21.
Bb4 $11))) 18. cxb6 axb6 19. a4 Nc4 (19... Bxg4 20. Bxg4 Re8 $13) 20. Nxf6+
Qxf6 21. Ba3 Nxa3 22. Rxa3 Be6 23. Qb3 (23. Qb3 Rfb8 24. a5 bxa5 25. Rxa5 $11)
1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 17th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2000.03.10"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2851"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[Annotator "Blatny,P"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2000.02.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 (10. a3 Nc6 11. cxd5 Qxd5 12. Nc3 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Bf5 14.
Bf4 Na5 15. Re1 (15. Bxc7 b6 16. c4 Nxc4 17. Qb3 Be6 18. Bxc4 Qxc4 19. Qxc4
Bxc4 20. Rfe1 Rfe8 21. Nd2 Be6 22. Ne4 Rec8 23. Rec1 Bd5 24. Nd6 Bxd6 {1/2-1/2
Lytchak,B-Simon,H/NRW-Liga II 9899 1999/EXT 2000}) 15... Bd6 16. Ne5 Rad8 17.
a4 {1/2-1/2 Ivanchuk,V-Kramnik,V/Dortmund 1998/CBM 66}) 10... b6 (10... Nxc3
11. bxc3 Nc6 12. cxd5 Qxd5 13. c4 Qd6 14. Be3 Rd8 15. Rb1 b6 16. Qd2 Qg6 17.
Bd3 Bf5 18. Bxf5 Qxf5 19. Rb5 $14 {Lau,R-Penz,H/Carl Schlechter mem 1996/CBM
55 ext//1/2-1/2 (30)}) 11. a3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Nc6 13. cxd5 Qxd5 14. Re1 Bb7 15.
Bd3 Rae8 16. c4 Qd8 (16... Qh5 17. d5 Bd6 18. dxc6 Rxe1+ (18... Bxc6 19. Be3)
19. Qxe1 Bxc6 20. Be2 $14) 17. d5 Nb8 18. Qc2 $6 (18. Ne5 Bf6 (18... Nd7 19.
Qh5 $40) 19. Bb2 Nd7 20. f4 $14) 18... g6 $1 19. Ne5 (19. Bh6 Bf6 $1) 19... Bf6
20. Bb2 Nd7 21. f4 Bg7 22. Qf2 Nc5 23. Bc2 Qd6 24. Re3 f6 25. Ng4 Rxe3 26. Qxe3
(26. Nxe3 Re8 $13) 26... Bc8 27. f5 $5 (27. h3 Bxg4 28. hxg4 Rf7 29. Re1 Bf8
$11) 27... Bxf5 28. Bxf5 gxf5 29. Nf2 Ne4 (29... Na4 30. Bd4) 30. Nxe4 (30.
Nxe4 fxe4 31. Qxe4 f5 32. Qc2 Bxb2 33. Qxb2 Qc5+ 34. Kh1 Qxc4 35. Qe5 $13)
1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 27th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1999.07.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2701"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "Blatny,P"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1999.07.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 072"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8.
Re1 Bg4 9. c3 f5 10. Qb3 Qd6 11. Nfd2 O-O-O 12. f3 Ne5 $1 $146 {[%mdl 12]} 13.
Qc2 (13. dxe5 $4 Qc5+ 14. Kh1 Nf2+ 15. Kg1 Nh3+ 16. Kh1 Qg1+ 17. Rxg1 Nf2#) (
13. fxe4 $2 Nxd3 14. Rf1 Qh6 15. h3 fxe4 16. hxg4 Qe3+ 17. Kh1 Rd6 $19) (13.
fxg4 $2 Nxd3 14. Nxe4 fxe4 15. Rf1 h5 $1 16. g5 Nxc1 17. Rxc1 Bxg5 $19) ({
Wahrscheinlich ist das natьrliche} 13. Bxe4 $5 {stдrker als der Textzug, aber
ich kann auch verstehen, warum Leko diesen Zug nicht wдhlte. Nach} fxe4 ({
Schlechter ist} 13... dxe4 14. fxg4 $1 ({Nicht aber} 14. dxe5 Qc5+ 15. Kf1 ({
Gefдhrlich wдre} 15. Kh1 exf3 16. Qe6+ (16. Nxf3 Bxf3 17. Be3 (17. gxf3 Qf2 18.
Qe6+ (18. Bd2 Qxf3+ 19. Kg1 Rxd2 $19) 18... Kb8 19. Qxe7 Qxe1+ 20. Kg2 Qxc1 $19
) 17... Qc6 18. gxf3 Qxf3+ 19. Kg1 Bh4 $19) 16... Kb8 17. b4 Qf2 18. Rg1 {
wie folgende "computerunterstьtzte" Variante zeigt:} fxg2+ 19. Rxg2 Qe1+ 20.
Rg1 Qe4+ $3 21. Rg2 (21. Nxe4 Bf3+ 22. Rg2 Rd1#) 21... Bf3 $1 22. Nxf3 Rd1+ 23.
Ng1 Rxg1+ 24. Kxg1 Qe1#) 15... Bh4 16. g3 (16. Re2 Qxe5 17. Kg1 (17. fxg4 $2
Qxh2 {mit undeckbaren Drohungen.}) (17. g3 Bh3+ 18. Kg1 (18. Kf2 Qc5+ 19. Re3
f4 20. Nxe4 fxe3+ 21. Bxe3 Qe5 $13) 18... Bxg3 {mit starkem Angriff.}) 17...
Qc5+ 18. Kh1 Bh5 {mit Kompensation fьr die geopferte Figur. Weiss hat Probleme
mit dem Entwicklung von seinem Damenflьgel.}) 16... exf3 17. Nxf3 $8 Bxf3 18.
gxh4 Qc6 $1 {und Weiss muss sich nach} 19. c4 (19. Kf2 Bh1 $1) 19... Bd1 $1 20.
Rxd1 Qh1+ 21. Ke2 Qxh2+ {mit Remis durch Dauerschach begnьgen.}) 14... Nxg4 15.
Nf1 {und ich sehe keine Kompensation fuer das geopferte Material.}) 14. dxe5 (
14. fxg4 $2 Nd3) 14... Qc5+ 15. Kh1 Bh4 $1 (15... exf3 $2 16. Nxf3 Bxf3 17.
gxf3 Qf2 18. Qd1 $1 Rhf8 19. Rf1 $18) 16. Re2 (16. g3 $4 exf3 17. gxh4 Qf2 18.
Rg1 Bh3 {und Matt.}) 16... Bh5 {[%csl Ra1,Rb1,Rc1,Gc5,Gd8,Rh1,Gh4,Gh5,Gh8]
[%cal Gh8f8,Gf8f3,Gh5e2,Gh4e1,Gc5g1,Ge4f3] entsteht eine Stellung, in der
Schwarz fьr die die geopferte Figur einen unangenehmen Druck behдlt. Der
schwarze Plan ist einfach: Angriff auf der f-Linie und eine gute weisse
Verteidigung ist nicht zu sehen. Die Mehrfigur spielt wegen des weissen
"Lagers" auf dem Damenflьgel keine besondere Rolle.}) 13... Bh4 14. Rf1 (14. g3
$2 Nxd3 15. Qxd3 Bxg3 16. Re2 Bf2+ 17. Rxf2 (17. Kg2 Bh3+ 18. Kxh3 (18. Kh1 Qg6
) 18... Qh6+ 19. Kg2 Qg5+ 20. Kh3 Rd6 $19 {mit Matt.}) (17. Kh1 Qg6 $1 18. Rxe4
(18. fxe4 Bxe2 $19) (18. Nxe4 Bxf3+ 19. Qxf3 Qg1#) 18... Bh3 19. Rg4 $8 fxg4
20. Qxg6 hxg6 21. fxg4 Rh4 $1 {mit Matt.}) 17... Nxf2 $19) 14... Nxd3 15. Qxd3
Rhf8 $1 16. fxe4 (16. fxg4 Bf2+ $1 17. Rxf2 (17. Kh1 $4 Ng3+ $19) 17... Nxf2
18. Kxf2 fxg4+ 19. Ke1 (19. Kg1 Rde8 20. Nf1 Qf6 $19) 19... Qxh2 20. Kd1 Qxg2
$19 {und schwarze g- Bauer entscheidet den Kampf.}) 16... fxe4 17. Qe3 h6 $2 {
In kritischer Stellung der Partie ermцglicht Schwarz seinem Gegner, die
Entwicklung zu beenden. Danach entscheidet die weisse Mehrfigur. Schwarz
sollte sich die bekannte Frage stellen: Welche meiner Figuren nimmt am Angriff
noch nicht teil? Der Td8 kommt spдter nach dem Turmtausch nach f8, also muss
man die Dame von d6 aktivieren. Es gibt zwei Mцglichkeiten:} ({Interessant ist
der Damentausch nach} 17... Qh6 $5 18. Qxh6 $8 gxh6 {,aber hier kann Weiss mit
genauer Verteidigung ein besseres Endspiel bekommen:} 19. Na3 $1 (19. g3 $2 e3
20. Nb3 (20. gxh4 Rg8 $1 $19) 20... Rxf1+ 21. Kxf1 Rf8+ 22. Ke1 Bg5 23. h4 (23.
Na3 Rf2 24. h4 Rh2 $19) 23... e2 24. Bf4 Rxf4 $1 25. N1d2 $8 Be7 $1 26. Nc1 Rf6
27. Nd3 Bd6 28. Ne5 $8 Bxe5 29. dxe5 Rf5 {und Schwarz gewinnt.}) (19. Nxe4 $6
Rxf1+ 20. Kxf1 Rf8+ 21. Kg1 dxe4 22. Be3 $15) 19... e3 (19... Be2 $5 20. g3 $1
Bxf1 21. Nxf1 $14 {mit leicht besseren Endspiel.}) 20. Rxf8 Rxf8 21. Nf3 Bxf3
22. gxf3 Rxf3 (22... e2 23. Nc2 Rxf3) 23. Nc2 $1 e2 24. Bxh6 Rd3 25. Kg2 Rd1
26. Rc1 $8 Kd7 (26... Rxc1 27. Bxc1 e1=Q 28. Nxe1 Bxe1 29. Bg5 $1 {und Weiss
gewinnt wegen des gefangenen Lдufers einen Bauern.}) (26... e1=Q 27. Nxe1 Rxe1
28. Rxe1 Bxe1 29. Bg5 $1) 27. Kf3 e1=Q 28. Nxe1 Rxc1 29. Bxc1 Bxe1 30. Bg5 $1
Ke6 31. Ke2 h6 $8 {und in diesem Endspiel mit einem Mehrbauern (nach Lxh6 oder
Lf4 und Lxc7) hat Weiss einige Gewinnchancen.}) ({Die richtige Fortsetzung des
schwarzen Angriffs war} 17... Qa6 $1 18. c4 $1 (18. g3 $2 Bg5 $3 19. Qxg5 Qe2
$1 {[%csl Rf1,Rg2][%cal Gg4h3,Gh3f1]} 20. Qh4 e3 $19) 18... Rxf1+ 19. Nxf1 (19.
Kxf1 $2 Rf8+ 20. Kg1 Bf2+ 21. Qxf2 Rxf2 22. Kxf2 Qf6+ 23. Kg3 Bh5 24. h3 Qg5+
25. Kh2 Qf4+ 26. Kh1 e3 $19) 19... Rf8 20. Ng3 Qf6 $1 (20... Bxg3 21. Qxg3 (21.
hxg3 Qxc4 $44) 21... Be2 $1 (21... Rf1+ 22. Kxf1 Qxc4+ 23. Kf2 Qe2+ 24. Kg1
Qd1+ $11 {mit Remis durch Dauerschach.}) 22. Nd2 (22. Bf4 Qf6) 22... Qf6 23. h3
Qxd4+ 24. Kh2 dxc4 {und Schwarz besitzt gute Gewinnchancen.}) (20... Qxc4 21.
Na3 $14) 21. h3 $140 Bxh3 $1 22. Kh2 (22. gxh3 Bxg3 $19) (22. Nc3 Bxg3 23. Qxg3
Qf1+ 24. Kh2 Bxg2 $1 25. Bf4 Qxa1 26. Qg4+ Kb8 27. Bxc7+ Ka8 28. Qxg2 Rf6 $19)
22... Qg6 $1 23. Kxh3 Rf3 $1 24. Qxf3 exf3 25. Kxh4 fxg2 26. Be3 Qe6 $1 27. Bg1
h5 $1 28. Nxh5 Qe1+ $19) 18. Na3 Bg5 (18... Rxf1+ 19. Nxf1 Rf8 20. Ng3 $18 {_|_
}) 19. Qe1 e3 20. Nf3 Bxf3 21. Rxf3 Rxf3 22. gxf3 Qa6 23. Qf1 $1 e2 $6 (23...
Qf6 24. Qe2 $18 {_|_}) 24. Qh3+ Kb8 25. Bxg5 hxg5 (25... Qg6 26. Re1 Qxg5+ 27.
Qg2 $18) 26. Re1 Qd3 27. Qe6 1-0

[Event "Belgrade Investbank"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1997.11.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kovacevic, Aleksandar"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[Annotator "Blatny,P"]
[PlyCount "148"]
[EventDate "1997.11.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 062"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Borik} e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O
Be7 8. c4 Nb4 9. Be2 Be6 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Be3 Bf5 12. Rc1 dxc4 (12... Nxc3 13.
bxc3 Nxa2 14. Rc2 Bxc2 15. Qxc2 Nxc3 16. Qxc3 $14 {Short,N - Timman,J,
Hilversum 1989.}) 13. Bxc4 c6 14. Ne5 Nxc3 15. bxc3 Nd5 16. Qf3 (16. Qb3 $6 f6
$1 17. Nf3 (17. Qxb7 $2 fxe5 18. Qxc6 Be4 $19) 17... b5 (17... Qd7 $142 $5 18.
Rfe1 Kh8 19. Bd2 Bd6 20. Bf1 Nf4 21. Nh4 $13) 18. Be2 Kh8 19. Bd2 Nb6 $6 (19...
Bd6 $5 {/\ Nf4}) 20. Rfe1 Qd7 21. c4 bxc4 22. Bxc4 Nxc4 23. Qxc4 Rfc8 24. Nh4
Bf8 $10 {Georgiev,Ki-Ivanchuk,V/Debrecen/1992/0.5 (36)}) (16. Re1 $2 Ba3 17.
Qf3 Bxc1 18. Bxc1 Be6 19. Bd3 Qa5 20. Bd2 Qxa2 21. Bg5 Qa5 22. Qh5 f5 23. Bd2
Rae8 24. h3 Qd8 25. Rb1 $17 {Timman,J-Bareev,E/Linares (10)/1993/0-1 (52)} (25.
Rb1 Qc7 26. c4 Nf6 27. Qf3 Nd7 28. Bf4 Nxe5 29. Bxe5 Qd7 30. Qf4 a6 31. Rb6 Rf7
32. Be2 Qd8 33. Rb3 Rd7 34. Rg3 Rde7 35. Qh6 Qd7 36. Bd3 Rf7 37. d5 Ree7 38. d6
Re8 39. c5 a5 40. Bc2 a4 41. Bxa4 Bd5 42. Qf4 Re6 43. Re3 Qd8 44. h4 Rh6 45.
Rh3 Rg6 46. f3 Qa5 47. Kh2 Qxc5 48. h5 Re6 49. Rg3 h6 50. Bc2 Ba2 51. d7 Rxd7
52. Qxf5 Rxe5 {0-1 Timman,J-Bareev,E/Linares 1993})) 16... Be6 17. Bd2 (17. Bd3
Bd6 18. Bd2 Bxe5 (18... Qh4 19. Rfe1 Nf6 20. a4 Ng4 21. Bf4 Nxe5 22. Bxe5 Bd5
23. Qf5 Bxe5 24. Rxe5 g6 25. Qd7 Rab8 26. Rb1 Rfd8 27. Qc7 Qg4 28. Bf1 Qd7 29.
Re7 $16 Qxc7 30. Rxc7 a5 {DIA In dieser ьberlegenen Stellung hдtte Dr.Hьbner
seine Stellung mit 31.f3 nebst Kf2 verstдrken sollen, spдter den Bb7 gewinnen
und dann den Mehrbauern verwerten. Wesentlich ist, das WeiЯ bei Kf2 ruhig
c3-c4 spielen kann, weil} 31. Rb6 $2 {der Bauer d4 mit Ke3 gedeckt werden kann.
} Re8 32. c4 Be6 33. Rbxb7 Rxb7 34. Rxb7 Rd8 35. d5 cxd5 36. c5 Rc8 37. Rb5 d4
38. Bd3 Bf5 39. Bxf5 gxf5 40. Kf1 Re8 41. c6 d3 42. Rd5 Rc8 43. Rxd3 Rxc6 {
Huebner,R-Timman,J/Sarajevo cm2 1991/1/2-1/2 (60)}) 19. dxe5 Ne7 20. Bg5 Qc7
21. Qh5 h6 22. Bxh6 gxh6 23. Qxh6 Nf5 24. Bxf5 Bxf5 25. Qg5+ Bg6 26. f4 Rfe8
27. Rf3 Qe7 28. Qh6 Qf8 29. Qh4 Qe7 30. Qg4 Rad8 31. f5 Qc5+ 32. Kh1 Qxe5 33.
fxg6 f6 34. Qh4 Rd7 35. Rcf1 f5 36. Qg5 Rf8 37. h4 Rd5 38. Rf4 Qf6 39. Qxf6
Rxf6 40. h5 Kg7 41. g4 {1-0 Xie Jianjun-Wu Xibin/Beijing Lee Cup 1996}) (17.
Rfe1 Nxe3 18. Qxe3 (18. Bxe6 $2 fxe6 19. Qxe3 Bg5 20. Qh3 Bxc1 21. Qxe6+ Kh8
22. Rxc1 Qf6 $17) (18. fxe3 Bxc4 19. Nxc4 Qd5 20. Qxd5 cxd5 $10) 18... Bxc4 19.
Nxc4 Bf6 20. Rb1 b6 (20... Qd5 21. Ne5) 21. Qf3 Rc8 22. Ne3 (22. Rbd1 g6 23. d5
cxd5 24. Rxd5 Qc7) 22... g6 23. d5 Bg5 $1 (23... cxd5 24. Nxd5 Kg7 25. Red1 Rc6
26. Nxb6) 24. dxc6 Bxe3 25. Rxe3 Qd6 26. Rd1 Qxc6 27. Qxc6 Rxc6 28. Rd7 Rfc8
29. Ree7 (29. Rxa7 Rxc3 $10) 29... Rxc3 30. h3 Rf8 31. Rxa7 Rc1+ 32. Kh2 Rc6
33. Reb7 Rf6 {1/2-1/2 Kamsky,G-Anand,V/FIDE-cm1 Sanghi Nagar 1994}) 17... f6 (
17... Bg5 18. Bxg5 {Khalifman,A-Christiansen,L/BL 9192/1992/0.5 (18)}) 18. Nd3
Qd7 19. Rfe1 Bd6 20. h3 Bf7 21. Bb3 Rae8 22. Qg4 Rxe1+ 23. Rxe1 Rd8 24. Qxd7
Rxd7 25. Nf4 (25. Ne5 Bxe5 26. dxe5 fxe5 27. Rxe5 Nf6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Topalov,
V-Ivanchuk,V/Novgorod 1996/CBM 54 (32)}) 25... Nc7 26. Ne6 Nxe6 27. Bxe6 Bxe6
28. Rxe6 Kf7 29. Re1 Be7 30. Be3 Rd5 31. Kf1 Ra5 32. Re2 Ra3 33. Rc2 Ke6 34.
Ke2 b5 35. Bc1 Ra4 36. Kd3 Kd5 37. Re2 Bd6 38. Rc2 h5 39. Be3 Bc7 40. Bc1 Bd6
41. Re2 c5 42. dxc5 Bxc5 43. f3 Bd6 44. Be3 Be5 45. Bc1 a6 46. Rc2 g6 47. Be3
g5 48. Bd2 g4 49. hxg4 hxg4 50. Be3 g3 51. Bc1 Rh4 52. Re2 Rh1 53. Be3 f5 54.
Bd2 Ra1 55. Be3 Rf1 56. Rc2 Rd1+ 57. Ke2 Ra1 58. Kd3 f4 59. Bb6 Bd6 60. Bd4 Re1
61. Kd2 Rh1 62. Kd3 Rb1 63. Re2 a5 64. Kc2 Rf1 65. Kd3 a4 66. Rb2 b4 67. Rd2
Rc1 68. Bf6 b3 69. axb3 axb3 70. Rb2 Rd1+ 71. Ke2 Rg1 72. Kd3 Bc5 73. Bd4 Bxd4
74. cxd4 Re1 0-1

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 12th"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "1999.11.29"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Marciano, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2671"]
[BlackElo "2529"]
[Annotator "Blatny,P"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[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 "France"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "HUN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Be6 11. Ne5 f6 12. Nf3 (12. Bg4 Bc8 13. Bxc8 Rxc8 14.
Nf3 c5 15. Qe2 Re8 16. Nxd5 Bd6 17. Nxb4 Ng3 $132 {0-1 Ivanchuk,V-Kramnik,V/
Frankfurt 1998/CBM 65 ext (58)}) 12... c5 (12... Re8 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Ne1 $13)
13. Be3 (13. cxd5 Nxc3 14. bxc3 Nxd5 $132) 13... Rc8 14. a3 Nxc3 15. bxc3 Nc6 (
15... Na6 16. Qb1 Rc7 17. cxd5 Bxd5 18. c4 $14) 16. cxd5 cxd4 (16... Qxd5 17.
c4 $18) 17. Nxd4 Bxd5 (17... Qxd5 $4 18. Bf3 (18. Nxe6 $6 Qxe6 19. Qa4 Qe5 $14)
18... Qe5 19. Nxe6 $18) 18. Nf5 (18. Bg4 Rb8 19. Ne6 Bxe6 20. Bxe6+ Kh8 21. Qh5
$36) 18... Be6 19. Qb1 (19. Bg4 Kh8 $14) 19... g6 (19... Re8 20. Nd4 Nxd4 21.
cxd4) 20. Rd1 Qc7 21. Nxe7+ Qxe7 22. h4 (22. Qb2 Rfe8 $11) 22... b6 23. Ba6
Rcd8 24. Rxd8 (24. Qe4 Ne5 $11) 24... Rxd8 25. Qe4 Ne5 26. Bd4 Bd5 27. Qe3 Qd6
28. Bxe5 fxe5 (28... Qxe5 $2 29. Qxe5 fxe5 30. Rd1 $18) 29. Rd1 Qc7 (29... Qc6
30. Qxe5 b5 31. a4 Qxa6 32. Rxd5 $18) 30. Qd3 e4 31. Qd4 e3 (31... Rd6 32. Qe5
e3 33. fxe3 $18) 32. fxe3 (32. Qxe3 $6 Bf7 33. Rxd8+ Qxd8 $16) 32... Rd7 33.
Bc4 1-0

[Event "Bonn GSK"]
[Site "Bonn"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Gawehns, Klaus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2345"]
[Annotator "Blatny,P"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 040"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 (3... Nc6 {Four Knights}) 4. Nxe5 O-O 5. Be2 (5.
Nd3 Bxc3 6. dxc3 Nxe4 7. Be3 d6 8. Qf3 Re8 9. O-O-O $13 {0-0-0:0-0}) 5... Re8
6. Nd3 Bxc3 7. dxc3 Nxe4 8. O-O (8. Nf4 $5 c6 9. c4 d6 10. O-O Bf5 11. a4 a5
12. Ra3 Nd7 13. Re3 Ndc5 14. g4 Be6 15. f3 Nf6 16. Qd4 Qc7 17. b3 h6 18. Bb2
Rad8 19. Rf2 $1 $16 {Yim-Pilipjan/corr/1982/}) 8... d6 (8... d5 9. Nf4 c6 10.
Qd4 Qf6 11. f3 Qxd4+ 12. cxd4 Nd6 13. Kf2 $14 {Polovodin-Gljanec/Leningrad/
1981/}) 9. Nf4 Nc6 10. c4 a5 11. a4 {/\Ra3-e3} b6 12. Ra3 Bb7 13. Rh3 Ne5 14.
Nd5 Nc5 (14... c6 15. Nc3 Nxc3 16. Rxc3 Qc7 17. b3 Rad8 18. Re3 Re6 19. f4 Ng6
20. Rxe6 fxe6 21. f5 exf5 22. Rxf5 $14 {^^}) 15. b3 Ng6 16. Bg4 Bc8 17. Bb2 Ne4
18. Re3 c6 $6 19. Qd4 $1 Re5 20. Bxc8 cxd5 (20... Rxc8 21. f4 $1 (21. Nxb6 $2
c5 22. Qxe5 $6 (22. Qd1 Nxf2 $1) 22... dxe5 23. Nxc8 f5 24. f3 Nf6 25. Na7 Qd2
26. Bc1 Qxc2 $40 27. Ba3 $140 $4 Nf4 28. Rf2 $8 Qd1+ 29. Rf1 Qd2 $19) 21...
cxd5 22. fxe5 dxe5 23. Qxd5 Qxd5 24. cxd5 Rxc2 25. Bxe5 Nxe5 26. Rxe4 f6 27.
Rd1 $18 {_|_}) 21. Bb7 Ra7 22. Bxd5 Nf6 23. Rxe5 (23. Rfe1 Rae7 $16) 23... Nxe5
24. f4 Ned7 (24... Ng6 $5) 25. g4 $18 Nc5 26. f5 h6 27. h4 Re7 28. g5 hxg5 29.
hxg5 Ne8 30. g6 Nf6 31. Qh4 (31. Qh4 Ncd7 32. Rf3 $1 (32. gxf7+ $6 Rxf7 33.
Bxf7+ Kxf7 $18 {_|_}) 32... Qe8 33. Kf1 $1 {/\Rh3,Qh8#}) 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 9900"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2000.03.12"]
[Round "12.1"]
[White "Hracek, Zbynek"]
[Black "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2628"]
[Annotator "Blatny,P"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1999.10.09"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Werder Bremen"]
[BlackTeam "Solingen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

{[%mdl 8]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7.
O-O Be7 8. c4 Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 (10. a3 Nc6 11. cxd5 Qxd5 12. Nc3 Nxc3 13.
bxc3 Bf5 14. Bf4 Na5 15. Re1 (15. Bxc7 b6 16. c4 Nxc4 17. Qb3 Be6 18. Bxc4 Qxc4
19. Qxc4 Bxc4 20. Rfe1 Rfe8 21. Nd2 Be6 22. Ne4 Rec8 23. Rec1 Bd5 24. Nd6 Bxd6
{1/2-1/2 Lytchak,B-Simon,H/NRW-Liga II 9899 1999/EXT 2000}) 15... Bd6 16. Ne5
Rad8 17. a4 {1/2-1/2 Ivanchuk,V-Kramnik,V/Dortmund 1998/CBM 66}) 10... b6 (
10... Bg4 11. a3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Nc6 13. Rb1 Rb8 14. Re1 Bf6 15. Bf4 Ne7 16. h3
Be6 17. c5 b6 18. cxb6 axb6 19. Bd3 h6 20. Qc2 $14 {Krieger,H-Reimer,E/Brocco
op 1990/EXT 97/0-1 (58)}) (10... Nf6 11. a3 Nc6 12. c5 Ne4 13. Qc2 Bg4 14. Be3
Nxc3 15. Qxc3 Bf6 16. h3 Bh5 17. b4 h6 18. b5 Ne7 19. g4 Bg6 20. h4 $36 {
Leyva,H-Charon,M/Havana op 1992/EXT 2000/1-0 (45)}) (10... Nxc3 11. bxc3 Nc6
12. cxd5 Qxd5 13. c4 Qd6 14. Be3 Rd8 15. Rb1 b6 16. Qd2 Qg6 17. Bd3 Bf5 18.
Bxf5 Qxf5 19. Rb5 Qe4 20. Re1 Bf6 21. Bf4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Lau,R-Penz,H/Carl
Schlechter mem 1996/CBM 55 ext/(29)}) (10... Be6 11. a3 Nc6 12. cxd5 Bxd5 13.
Qc2 Nxc3 14. bxc3 $13) 11. Ne5 (11. a3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Nc6 $13) 11... Bb7 12. Re1
$1 (12. a3 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Nc6 14. Bf3 Na5 15. c5 c6 16. Re1 Bf6 $11) 12... dxc4
$2 (12... c5 $5 13. a3 (13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. d5 Bd6) (13. cxd5 Nxc3 14. bxc3 Nxd5)
13... cxd4 $5 14. Nxe4 dxe4 15. axb4 f6 16. Ng4 Bxb4 17. Bd2 Bxd2 18. Qxd2 h5
$132) 13. Bxc4 Nxc3 14. bxc3 Nd5 15. Qf3 c6 16. Bb3 Bd6 (16... f6 17. Ng4 $14)
17. Bc2 {[%csl Gg8][%cal Gc2h7,Gf3h3,Gh3h7,Ge5f7,Gc1h6]} (17. c4 Ne7 $14) 17...
Qc7 18. Qh3 g6 19. Bh6 Rfe8 20. c4 $1 Bxe5 (20... Nb4 21. Nd7 $1 Rxe1+ 22. Rxe1
Nxc2 23. Re8+ Rxe8 24. Nf6+ Kh8 25. Bg7+ $1 Kxg7 26. Nxe8+ Kf8 27. Nxc7 Bxc7
28. Qd7 $18) (20... Nf6 21. Qh4 Nh5 (21... Be7 22. Bg5 $16) 22. Nxf7 $5 Qxf7 (
22... Kxf7 23. c5 {[%csl Gf7][%cal Gc2b3,Gb3f7]} Bxh2+ 24. Qxh2 Qxh2+ 25. Kxh2
Nf6 26. Bb3+ Nd5 27. Kg3 $16) 23. c5 Be7 {/\Nf6-d5 and -+} (23... bxc5 24. dxc5
Be7 (24... Rxe1+ 25. Rxe1 Re8 26. Rxe8+ Qxe8 27. Qc4+ Kh8 28. cxd6 Qe1+ 29. Qf1
$18) 25. Qb4 Bxc5 26. Qxc5 $18)) 21. dxe5 (21. Rxe5 $143 Rxe5 22. dxe5 Qxe5 $17
) 21... Nb4 22. Bf5 $1 (22. Bb3 c5 (22... Rxe5 $2 23. Qc3 Rae8 24. f4 Rxe1+ 25.
Rxe1 Rxe1+ 26. Qxe1 $18) 23. e6 Rad8 $13) 22... Rxe5 $6 (22... gxf5 $4 23. Qg3+
Kh8 24. Qg7#) (22... Bc8 23. Qh4 Qe7 $6 24. Bg5 Qc5 25. Bxc8 Raxc8 26. Bf6 Nc2
27. Re4 Nxa1 $4 28. Qxh7+ Kxh7 29. Rh4+ Kg8 30. Rh8#) (22... c5 23. e6 (23. Qh4
Qd8 24. Bg5 Qd4 $17) 23... gxf5 24. Qxf5 Rxe6 25. Rxe6 fxe6 26. Qg5+ Kh8 27.
Rd1 $40) 23. Qc3 Rae8 24. f4 $1 Rxe1+ 25. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 26. Qxe1 Qd8 27. Qe5 f6
28. Qe6+ Kh8 29. Qf7 Qd4+ 30. Kf1 Qd1+ 31. Kf2 Qd2+ 32. Kg3 Qe3+ 33. Kh4 Qf2+ (
33... g5+ 34. Bxg5 fxg5+ 35. Kh5 Qe2+ 36. Kh6 $18) 34. Kh3 (34. Kh3 Qe3+ 35. g3
$18) 1-0

[Event "Sarajevo Bosnia 29th"]
[Site "Sarajevo"]
[Date "1999.05.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[Annotator "Blatny,P"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "1999.05.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BIH"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 071"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 3104]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7.
O-O Be7 8. c4 Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Bf5 (10... Be6 11. Be3 Bf5 12. Rc1 dxc4
13. Bxc4 c6 14. Ne5 Nxc3 15. bxc3 Nd5 16. Qf3 Be6 17. Bd2 (17. Rfe1 Nxe3 18.
Qxe3 Bxc4 19. Nxc4 Bf6 20. Rb1 b6 21. Qf3 Rc8 22. Ne3 g6 $10 {Kamsky,G-Anand,V/
Sanghi Nagar/1994/0,5/33/}) 17... Bg5 18. Bxg5 Qxg5 19. Rfe1 Rae8 20. g3 Qf5
21. Qd1 Nb6 22. Bd3 Qf6 23. Qc2 g6 24. Rb1 $14 {Topalov,V-Akopian,V/Linares/
1-0/54/}) 11. a3 (11. Bf4 c6 12. c5 Qa5 13. Qb3 b6 14. a3 Nxc3 15. Qxc3 Nd3 16.
Qxa5 bxa5 17. Bxd3 Bxd3 18. Rfe1 Bf6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Nokso Koivisto,A-Pihlajasalo,
A/Naantali 1996/EXT 98 (21)}) (11. Nxd5 Nxd5 12. cxd5 Qxd5 13. Bf4 c6 $15 {
0-1 Sergeeva,M-Le Thi Phuong Lien/Zagan 1997/CBM 59 ext (61)}) 11... Nxc3 12.
bxc3 Nc6 13. cxd5 (13. Bf4 dxc4 14. Bxc4 Bd6 15. Bg5 (15. Qd2 Bg6 16. Rfe1 Bxf4
17. Qxf4 Qd6 18. Qxd6 cxd6 19. Bd5 $14 {1/2-1/2 Kovalevskaya,E-Vifleemskaia,S/
Elista 1996/EXT 98 (26)}) 15... Qd7 16. Bd3 h6 17. Be3 Bxd3 18. Qxd3 Ne7 19. c4
Ng6 20. Rfd1 Rfe8 21. Rab1 b6 $13 {0-1 Wiese Jozwiak,M-Rzeczycka,B/Jachranka
1987/EXT 97 (58)}) (13. Be3 dxc4 14. Bxc4 Bf6 15. Bd3 Qd7 16. Rb1 b6 17. Bxf5
Qxf5 18. Qa4 Ne7 19. c4 c6 20. Rbd1 Rfd8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Schmittdiel,E-Panzer,P/
BL9091 1991/GER-chT (52)}) (13. Re1 Bf6 14. Bf4 Rc8 15. Qa4 a6 16. Qb3 Na5 $11
{1/2-1/2 Ljubojevic,L-Jussupow,A/Belgrade 1989/CBM 16 (22)}) 13... Qxd5 14. c4
(14. Bf4 Bd6 15. c4 Qe4 16. Be3 Rad8 17. Ra2 b6 18. Re1 Bg6 19. Qc1 Rfe8 20. h3
h6 21. Rd2 $14 {1-0 Kamsky,G-Jussupow,A/Moscow 1992/CBM 33 (79)}) (14. Be3 Rad8
15. c4 Qd6 16. d5 Ne5 17. Nd4 Qg6 18. Nxf5 Qxf5 19. Qa4 b6 20. h3 $14 {0-1
Nokso Koivisto,A-Hagsberg,R/Turku 1996/EXT 99 (57)}) 14... Qd6 (14... Qe4 15.
Be3 Bf6 $13 {1-0 Renet,O-Casafus,R/Buenos Aires 1994/CBM 42 (43)}) 15. Be3 (15.
d5 Ne5 16. Nd4 Bd7 17. a4 Rfe8 18. Nb5 Bxb5 19. axb5 Nd7 20. Ra3 Bf6 21. Re3
Nc5 $15 {1/2-1/2 Tischbierek,R-Jussupow,A/GER-CupT 1992/EXT 97-B (35)}) 15...
Bf6 {[%csl Rd4][%cal Rf3d4,Re3d4,Rd1d4,Gc6d4,Gf6d4,Gd6d4] The pressure on d4
grows} (15... Rfe8 16. Re1 b6 17. Ra2 Bf6 18. Qd2 Rad8 $132 {0-1 Kosec,T-Sorli,
M/SLO-chW 1996/EXT 97 (60)}) 16. Ra2 Rad8 (16... Rfe8 17. d5 Ne5 18. Nd4 $11)
17. d5 {()} Na5 (17... Ne7 18. Qa4 {׫} (18. Bxa7 $143 b6 $15)) (17... Ne5 $5)
18. Nd4 (18. Bd3 Bxd3 19. Qxd3 b6 $11) 18... Bd7 19. a4 Rfe8 20. Nb5 Bxb5 (
20... Qe5 $5) 21. axb5 b6 {[%csl Ga5,Gb6,Gc5,Gc7,Gd6][%cal Gf6a1,Gd6h2,Gd6a3]}
22. Bd2 {[%csl Ra5,Ra7][%cal Gd2a5,Ga2a7]} Nb7 (22... Be5 23. h3 $14) 23. Rxa7
Nc5 24. Bf3 Be5 25. g3 Qf6 (25... Ra8 26. Rxa8 Rxa8 27. Bb4 Ra2 28. Re1 $16)
26. Kg2 Re7 (26... Ra8 27. Rxa8 Rxa8 28. Re1 h6 $16) 27. h4 $40 h6 $8 28. Qc2 {
/^b1-h7} Rde8 {/\<=><->e} 29. Re1 Bd6 (29... Qd6 {גg3-c7,ףd6}) 30. Rxe7 Qxe7
(30... Rxe7 $4 31. Ra8+) (30... Bxe7 $4 31. Rxc7 $18) 31. Qf5 g6 {׻,Pg6,Ph6} (
31... Qe5 $5) 32. Qb1 h5 {גc1-h6,/^h4-d8,/^a1-h8} 33. Bg5 Qe5 34. Ra3 {<->e}
Qd4 {קc4} 35. Qc2 Nd7 {/\Ne5-c4} 36. Rd3 (36. Be3 Qf6 $16) 36... Qa1 37. Rd1
Qe5 (37... Qg7 38. Bd2 $16) 38. Bd2 Qf6 39. Bc3 Be5 40. d6 $1 $16 cxd6 (40...
Bxc3 41. dxc7 Nc5 (41... Nf8 42. Bb7 {/\c8Q}) 42. Rd8 Rxd8 (42... Rf8 43. c8=Q
$18) 43. Qxc3 (43. cxd8=Q+ Qxd8 44. Qxc3 $14) 43... Qxc3 44. cxd8=Q+ Kg7 45.
Qxb6 Qxc4 46. Qc6 $18) 41. Bd2 Qe6 42. Bd5 {[%csl Gd5,Re6,Rf7,Rg8][%cal Gd5g8,
Gd5a8,Gc2g6,Gd5g2,Gd5c4]} Qg4 43. Bg5 {/\Qg6גd5-g8} Kg7 44. Re1 {/\f4<->e} Rc8
45. Qa2 $1 {[%csl Rf7,Rg7][%cal Ga2a7,Ga7g7,Ge1e3,Ge3f3,Gf3f7]} Qf5 46. Re3 {
/\Rf3-f7} f6 47. Rf3 Qg4 48. Bf4 (48. Qa7 Kh8 49. Bc6 fxg5 50. Bxd7 Qe4 51.
hxg5 Ra8 (51... Rxc4 52. Qb8+ Kh7 53. Be6 Qxf3+ 54. Kxf3 Rc3+ 55. Kg2 $18) (
51... Rf8 52. Bc6 $18) 52. Qxb6 $18) 48... Re8 (48... Rd8 49. Qa7 Rf8 50. Bxe5
dxe5 51. Ra3 $18 {<->7}) 49. Qa7 {/\Be5} Re7 (49... Rf8 50. Bxe5 dxe5 51. Ra3
$18) 50. Qc7 Kh7 51. Bxe5 dxe5 52. Qd6 (52. Rxf6 $1 Rg7 53. Re6 $18) 52... Rg7
53. Bc6 Qd4 (53... Rf7 54. Ra3 Nc5 55. Bd5 $18 {[%csl Rb6,Rf7,Rh7][%cal Gd5f7,
Gd6b6,Ga3a8,Ga8h8]}) 54. Rd3 Qxd6 55. Rxd6 Nc5 56. Rxf6 $18 Ra7 (56... g5 57.
Rf5 gxh4 58. Rxh5+ Kg6 $18) 57. Bd5 (57. Bd5 Na4 58. Re6 $18) (57. Be8 Rg7 58.
Rxb6 Rg8 $18) 1-0

[Event "ISR-ch"]
[Site "Ramat Aviv"]
[Date "1998.11.10"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Rechlis, Gad"]
[Black "Bykhovsky, Avigdor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[Annotator "Blatny,P"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1998.11.08"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 068"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8.
Re1 Bg4 9. c3 f5 10. Nbd2 (10. Qb3) 10... Qd7 11. b4 a6 12. Qb3 Nxd2 13. Nxd2
O-O 14. Qc2 h6 15. Nb3 f4 16. Bh7+ Kh8 17. f3 Bf5 18. Bxf5 Rxf5 19. a4 Raf8 20.
Qd3 Bd6 21. b5 axb5 22. axb5 Nd8 23. Ba3 Bxa3 24. Rxa3 b6 $1 25. Ra8 $6 (25.
Ra7 $5 Nf7 $140 26. Rxc7 Qxc7 27. Qxf5 Qxc3 28. Rb1 (28. Qb1 Nd6 $17) 28... Re8
$1 29. h3 Nd6 (29... Re1+ 30. Rxe1 Qxe1+ 31. Kh2 Qg3+ 32. Kg1 Qe1+ $11) 30.
Qxd5 Qd3 (30... Nc4 31. Qf7 Re1+ 32. Kh2 $1 Ne3 $1 33. Qe8+ Kh7 34. Rxe1 Qxe1
35. Qe4+ $11)) 25... Nb7 26. Rxf8+ Rxf8 27. Re5 $2 (27. c4 $8 Nd6 $1 (27...
dxc4 $6 28. Qxc4 Nd6 29. Qc6 $1) 28. cxd5 Nxb5 $15) 27... Nd6 $1 28. Nc1 $6 (
28. Rxd5 $2 Qe6 $1 {[%csl Rb3,Rd5,Re1][%cal Ge6b3,Ge6e1]} 29. Rxd6 (29. c4 Qe1+
30. Qf1 Qe3+ 31. Kh1 Qxb3 $19) 29... Qe1+ $1 30. Qf1 Qe3+ 31. Qf2 cxd6 $19) (
28. Qe2 $142 $17) 28... Nc4 29. Re1 Qxb5 30. Re7 (30. Qe2) 30... Re8 $1 31. Qe2
$2 (31. Rxe8+ Qxe8 $19) 31... Rxe7 32. Qxe7 Ne3 $1 0-1

[Event "LAT-ch"]
[Site "Latvia"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Savko, Alexei"]
[Black "Meijers, Viesturs"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2365"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[Annotator "Blatny,P"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 041"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Ernst} e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nxf7 $5 Kxf7 5. d4 c5 $5 (5... c6 $5
{Ernst} 6. Bd3 Qa5+ 7. c3 Be6 8. O-O Qh5 $10 {Midjord,J-Jones,I/Manila ol/1992/
}) 6. dxc5 (6. Bc4+ d5 7. exd5 Bd6 8. O-O (8. dxc5 Re8+ {<->e}) 8... Re8 9.
dxc5 Bxc5 10. Nc3 Bg4 11. Qd3 Nbd7 $17 {Yandemirov-Pliseckij/Moskva/1983/})
6... Qe8 {<->e,קe4} (6... Qa5+ {Ernst} 7. Nc3 Qxc5 8. Be3 Qc7 $15 {Martinez,
J-Gorbovickis,I/Bratislava WCHJ/1993/}) 7. Nc3 (7. Bc4+ Be6 $15) 7... d5 (7...
Nxe4 $4 8. Qd5+ $18) (7... dxc5 8. Bg5 $5) 8. Bg5 Nbd7 (8... dxe4 $2 9. Bxf6 $1
gxf6 (9... Kxf6 $2 10. Nd5+ Kg6 11. Nc7 $18) 10. Qh5+ Ke7 11. Nd5+ Kd8 12.
Qxe8+ Kxe8 13. Nc7+ $18) 9. Bb5 Qe6 (9... dxe4 10. Bxf6 {/\Nd5-c7+-}) 10. O-O
Bxc5 $6 (10... dxe4 $142 11. Qe2 $44) 11. exd5 Qf5 12. Qd2 Ne5 13. Rae1 a6 (
13... Rd8 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. Ne4 $18) 14. Be2 Rd8 15. Kh1 Bb4 (15... Bxf2 $2 16.
Rxf2 Qxf2 17. Bh5+ $18) (15... Kg8 16. f4 $40) 16. f4 Ng6 17. Bd3 Qd7 18. f5
Nf8 19. d6 $1 Kg8 (19... Qxd6 20. Bc4+ $18) (19... Bxd6 $4 {Ernst} 20. Bc4+ $18
) 20. Bc4+ Kh8 21. Bxf6 gxf6 22. Qd5 Qg7 23. Re7 $18 Qg4 (23... Qxe7 {Ernst}
24. Qg8# $18) 24. h3 Rxd6 25. Qf7 Be6 26. Qxf6+ 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 12th"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "1999.12.06"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Zapolskis, Antanas J"]
[Black "Dutreeuw, Marc"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2399"]
[BlackElo "2394"]
[Annotator "Blatny,P"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[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 "Lithuania"]
[BlackTeam "Belgium"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "LTU"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BEL"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nc4 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 d5 (6... Be7 7.
Qf3 Bg5 8. Qe4+ Qe7 9. Qxe7+ Bxe7 10. Bf4 Bf5 11. Ne3 Bg6 12. Bd3 Bxd3 13. cxd3
$11 {1/2-1/2 Malaniuk,V-Kochyev,A/Tallinn 1987/EXT 97 (21)}) 7. Ne3 Be6 (7...
c6 8. Qd4 Be6 9. f4 f6 10. c4 c5 11. Qd3 d4 12. Qe4 Qe7 13. Nd5 Bxd5 14. Qxe7+
Bxe7 15. cxd5 Nd7 16. c4 $13 {1/2-1/2 Sulskis,S-Zulfugarli,M/Bydgoszcz 1999/
EXT 2000 (43)}) 8. Bd3 (8. Qh5 Qd6 9. Bd2 Nd7 10. O-O-O O-O-O $13 {1-0
Benjamin,J-Lev,R/London 1987/TD (28)}) 8... g6 9. Qe2 (9. O-O Bg7 10. f4 f5 11.
Qf3 c6 12. Bd2 Nd7 13. Rfe1 O-O 14. c4 d4 $11 {1/2-1/2 Schuster,T-Engert,I/
Hoechst 1955/EXT 98 (59)}) 9... Qe7 (9... Nc6 10. O-O $11) 10. O-O Nd7 (10...
Bg7 11. Re1 Nc6 12. Bb5 $14) 11. Re1 (11. f4 f5 $14) 11... Nc5 (11... c6 12.
Bd2 $11) 12. Bd2 (12. a4 O-O-O 13. b4 Nxd3 14. cxd3 Bg7 $36) 12... O-O-O 13. b4
(13. c4 dxc4 14. Bxc4 Bg7 $132) 13... Nxd3 14. cxd3 Qh4 (14... Bg7 15. Nc2 Rhe8
$15) 15. Nf1 Bg7 16. d4 Rhe8 17. Qb5 Qe7 $5 (17... Kb8 18. Re3 {/\Rae1} Bh6) (
17... f5 18. g3 {[%cal Gd2f4,Gf4e5]}) (17... g5 $5 18. Re3 $13) (17... Rd7 18.
Qa4 $16) 18. Bf4 g5 19. Be5 f6 20. Bg3 Qd7 21. Qa5 $36 Kb8 22. b5 b6 {[%csl
Rb6]} 23. Qb4 {[%csl Rb6][%cal Ga2a5,Ga5b6]} (23. Qa6 $5) 23... Bf8 24. Qb3 Bf5
(24... h5 $142 $5 25. h4 Bd6 $40) 25. Rxe8 Rxe8 26. Ne3 Be6 27. a4 h5 28. h3 (
28. a5 $5 Ka8 (28... h4 29. axb6 hxg3 30. Rxa7 gxf2+ 31. Kf1 (31. Kxf2 Qd6 $132
) 31... Rc8 (31... Qd6 32. Qa4 Qa3 33. bxc7+ $18) 32. Qa4 $18) 29. axb6 cxb6
30. Nxd5 $6 Bxd5 31. Rxa7+ $5 Qxa7 (31... Kxa7 32. Qa4+ Kb7 33. Qa6#) 32. Qxd5+
Qb7 33. Qa2+ Ba3 34. Qxa3+ Qa7 35. Qc1 $15) 28... h4 (28... f5 $142 $5 29. Be5
f4 $40) 29. Bh2 Bd6 (29... f5 30. a5 f4 31. axb6 cxb6 32. Nf1 {ץh2}) 30. Bxd6
Qxd6 31. a5 Bc8 32. axb6 (32. Qxd5 Qxd5 33. Nxd5 $16) 32... axb6 33. Qc2 (33.
Qxd5 $5 Qxd5 34. Nxd5 f5 35. Kf1 Bd7 36. c4 Re4 37. Rd1 $14) 33... Be6 34. Rd1
Qf4 35. c4 (35. Qa4 $142 $5 Qd6 36. Ra1 $36) 35... dxc4 36. d5 Bg8 37. Nxc4 (
37. Qg6 Rf8 38. d6 cxd6 39. Qg7 $18) 37... Re4 $2 (37... Bxd5 $142) 38. Nxb6 $1
cxb6 39. Qc6 Ka7 (39... Rc4 40. Qxb6+ Kc8 41. d6 $18) 40. d6 Be6 41. Qc7+ 1-0

[Event "Copenhagen K41"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Wang, Zili"]
[Black "Ye, Rongguang"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "Blatny,P"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1995.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 048"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Giese} e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O
Be7 8. c4 Nb4 9. Be2 Be6 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Be3 Bf6 12. a3 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Nc6 14.
cxd5 (14. Rb1 $6 b6 15. cxd5 Bxd5 16. Nd2 Ne7 17. Bf3 Nf5 18. Rb5 c5 $1 19.
Bxd5 Qxd5 20. Qf3 $6 (20. c4 $2 Nxe3 $1 21. fxe3 Qe6 $19) (20. Bf4 $142 $15)
20... Qd7 $1 21. Rfb1 cxd4 22. Ne4 Be7 $17 23. Rd5 Qxd5 $1 24. Nf6+ Bxf6 25.
Qxd5 Ne7 $1 26. Qb7 dxe3 $19 {Salai,L-Kolesar,M/Brno (ch)/1990/}) 14... Bxd5
15. Nd2 (15. Rb1 Rb8 (15... b6 $142) 16. Nd2 Be6 17. Bf3 Bf5 18. Ne4 Be7 19.
Rb5 Qc8 20. Ng3 Bd7 21. Be4 $36 {Saltaev,M-Tolstikh,N/Volgograd/1994/}) 15...
Ne7 $6 $146 (15... Na5 16. Qc2 b6 {1/2-1/2 Gipslis,A-Smyslov,V/Moscow Veteran
1991}) 16. Qc2 g6 17. Bd3 $1 Bc6 18. Ne4 Bg7 19. Rae1 $14 b6 20. Re2 h6 (20...
f5 $6 21. Ng5 Qd5 (21... h6 $6 22. Ne6 (22. Bc4+ Bd5 $8 23. Ne6 Bxe6 24. Bxe6+
$14) 22... Qd5 23. Nf4 {/\Bc4->}) 22. Nf3 {/\Bf4-e5;Bg5+/=/+/-}) 21. Rfe1 Nf5
$6 (21... f5 $142 22. Nd2 Nd5 $14) 22. Bf4 Qd7 (22... Bxd4 $2 23. cxd4 Nxd4 24.
Qc3 Nxe2+ 25. Rxe2 Bxe4 $8 26. Bxh6 $1 f6 27. Rxe4 Re8 (27... Rf7 28. Bc4 $18)
28. Rxe8+ Qxe8 29. Qxc7 $18) (22... Re8 $142) 23. Be5 $1 Qd8 (23... f6 24. Bf4
{גa2-g8}) 24. Ng3 Nxg3 25. hxg3 Qd5 (25... Re8 $2 26. Bxg6 $1 fxg6 27. Qxg6
Rxe5 28. Rxe5 Ba4 29. Re7 Qf8 30. Rxc7 {/\Ree7+-}) 26. f3 Bxe5 27. Rxe5 Qd6 28.
Bc4 $36 Rae8 $2 (28... Kg7 29. Qa2 (29. Re6 $4 fxe6 30. Rxe6 Qxg3 31. Rxc6 Rxf3
$19) 29... Rae8 30. f4 $14) (28... Rfe8 $5 29. f4 (29. Re6 $4 Rxe6 30. Rxe6
fxe6 31. Qxg6+ Kf8 32. Bxe6 Ke7 33. Qf7+ Kd8 34. Qf6+ Qe7 35. Qh8+ Be8 36. Qxh6
c6 {/\Kc7,Bd7-+}) 29... Kg7 30. Qb3 $14) 29. Re6 $1 {[%csl Yf6,Yf7,Yg6,Yh6]
[%cal Re6g6,Gc2g6]} Ba4 {-29...Ba4 30.Qb1 Rxe6} (29... Rxe6 30. Rxe6 fxe6 31.
Qxg6+ Kh8 32. Qxh6+ Kg8 33. Bxe6+ Rf7 34. Qg6+ $18) (29... Kh7 {Giese} 30. Rxd6
Rxe1+ 31. Kf2 $18) 30. Qb1 $1 (30. Qd3 $6 {Giese} Kh7 $1 31. Rxd6 Rxe1+ 32. Kf2
Rd1 $1 33. Qxd1 Bxd1 34. Rd7 {+/-/+-}) 30... Rxe6 31. Rxe6 (31. Rxe6 fxe6 (
31... Qxg3 32. Rxg6+ $18) (31... Qxa3 {Giese} 32. Rxg6+ Kh7 33. Rxb6+ f5 34.
Ra6 Qxc3 35. Rxa4 Qxd4+ 36. Kh2 $18) 32. Qxg6+ Kh8 33. Qxh6+ Kg8 34. Bxe6+ Rf7
35. Qg6+ Kh8 36. Qxf7 Qd8 (36... Qxg3 37. Qf8+ Kh7 38. Bf5+) 37. Bf5 $18) 1-0

[Event "USA-ch G2"]
[Site "Chandler"]
[Date "1997.08.30"]
[Round "6"]
[White "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Black "Schwartzman, Gabriel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Blatny,P"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1997.08.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 061"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Be6 (10... Bf5 11. a3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Nc2 $2 13. Ra2 $18)
11. Be3 Bf5 12. Qb3 {[%csl Gc3,Gc5,Gd4,Yd5,Ge3,Ye4,Ge5][%cal Gc4d5,Gb3d5,Gc3d5]
} (12. Ne1 dxc4 13. Bxc4 c6 14. Nd3 Nd6 15. Nxb4 Nxc4 16. Nd3 Qa5 17. Ne2 Qb5
18. Bc1 Rad8 19. a4 Qb6 20. b3 Na5 21. b4 Nc4 22. Qb3 Rxd4 23. Nxd4 Qxd4 $44 {
1-0 Polovnikova,E-Gorshkova,I/WchJW U20 1997/EXP 59 (46)}) (12. Ne5 f6 13. Nd3
Nxc3 14. bxc3 Nxd3 15. Bxd3 Bxd3 16. Qxd3 Qd7 17. cxd5 {1/2-1/2 Popovic,
P-Mikhalchishin,A/JUG-chT (Cetinje) 1993}) (12. Rc1 dxc4 13. Bxc4 c6 14. Ne5
Nxc3 15. bxc3 Nd5 16. Re1 (16. Qf3 Be6 17. Bd3 Bd6 18. Bd2 Qh4 19. Rfe1 $14 {
Huebner,R-Timman,J/Sarajevo cdt 8f 1991/1/2-1/2 (60)}) 16... Ba3 17. Qf3 Bxc1
18. Bxc1 Be6 19. Bd3 Qa5 20. Bd2 Qxa2 21. Bg5 Qa5 22. Qh5 f5 $19 {Timman,
J-Bareev,E/Linares 1993/0-1 (52)}) (12. a3 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Nc2 14. Ra2 Nxe3 $15)
12... c6 (12... dxc4 13. Bxc4 a5 14. a3 (14. Nxe4 Bxe4 15. a3 a4 16. Qd1 Nc2
17. Rc1 Nxe3 18. fxe3 $15 {0-1 Voitsekhovsky,S-Kolesar,M/Pardubice /1995 (37)})
14... Nxc3 15. axb4 b5 16. bxa5 bxc4 17. Qxc3 $16 {1-0 Zagrebelny,S-Pavasovic,
D/Ljubljana op 1994 (29)}) 13. c5 $5 (13. Rac1 dxc4 14. Bxc4 a5 (14... b5 15.
Bxf7+ Rxf7 16. Ne5 Nd5 17. Nxe4 Bxe4 18. Rxc6 Qe8 19. Rcc1 Bd6 20. Nxf7 Qxf7
$132 {Khalifman,A-Arkhipov,S/Moscow-B 1985/MCL 05/0-1 (57)}) 15. a3 Nxc3 16.
axb4 Nb5 17. bxa5 Rxa5 18. d5 Be4 19. dxc6 Bxf3 20. Bxb5 bxc6 21. Bxc6 Bxc6 22.
Rxc6 $16 {1-0 Adams,M-Christiansen,L/Cannes team60 1992/CBM 28/[Schussler] (51)
}) (13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Rfc1 Rc8 15. Ne5 f6 16. Nf3 Qd7 17. Nxe4 Bxe4 18. Ne1 {
1/2-1/2 De Firmian,N-Kaidanov,G/New York op 1994/EXP 40}) 13... Nxc3 14. bxc3 (
14. Qxc3 Nc2 15. Rac1 Nxe3 16. Qxe3 Re8 $15) 14... Nc2 15. Rad1 (15. Rac1 Nxe3
16. fxe3 Qc7 17. c4 Be4 18. Nd2 f5 19. Bf3 a5 20. cxd5 a4 21. Qb6 $13 {1-0
Kloppenburg,M-Pinkerneil,R/6/7 ICCF Cup sf 1991 (41)}) 15... Nxe3 16. fxe3 {
[%csl Gb4,Rb5,Rc2,Gc3,Yc4,Gc5,Rc6,Rd3,Gd4,Rd5,Ge3,Re4,Ge5,Re6,Gf4,Rf5]} Rb8 (
16... Qc7 17. c4 {[+]}) 17. c4 Be6 (17... b6 $5 18. Ne5 (18. cxd5 bxc5 19. Qc3
Qxd5 $132) 18... bxc5 19. Qa4 $13) 18. Qc2 Qc7 (18... dxc4 19. e4 b5 $5 $132)
19. Bd3 (19. cxd5 cxd5 (19... Bxd5 20. Bd3 h6 21. e4 $14) 20. Bd3 f5 $11) 19...
f5 (19... dxc4 20. Bxh7+ Kh8 21. Bf5 $14) 20. g3 (20. cxd5 cxd5 21. Rb1 b6 $13)
20... g6 21. cxd5 (21. Qa4 $5) 21... cxd5 (21... Bxd5 22. e4 fxe4 23. Bxe4 Bxe4
24. Qxe4 Rbe8 $15) 22. Rb1 Bf6 23. Rfc1 (23. Qa4 b6 $1) 23... Bf7 24. Ne1 Rfe8
$15 25. Ng2 $2 (25. Qf2 $142) 25... Rxe3 $1 26. Nxe3 Bxd4 27. Re1 Re8 28. Kf1 (
28. Qd2 f4 $1 29. gxf4 Qxf4 $19) (28. Qf2 Qxc5 29. Rbc1 Rxe3 $1) 28... Bxe3 $17
29. Qb3 Qxc5 30. Qxb7 Qd4 (30... d4 31. Qb5 $17) 31. Rbd1 (31. Qb5 $142 {<->e})
31... Qg4 (31... Bg1 32. Rxe8+ Bxe8 33. Rd2 Bxh2 34. Rxh2 Qxd3+ 35. Kg2 Qe4+
36. Kg1 Qe3+ 37. Kf1 Bf7 $19) 32. Kg2 d4 33. Bb5 (33. Be2 $142 Qe4+ 34. Bf3)
33... Re7 34. Qa8+ (34. Qxe7 Bd5+ 35. Qe4 Bxe4+ 36. Kf1 Qf3#) 34... Kg7 35. Bc6
Rc7 36. Bf3 Qg5 (36... Rc2+ 37. Kh1 Qh3 38. Bg2) 37. Re2 f4 38. Qb8 Rd7 39. Qa8
$2 (39. Qc8 Be6 40. Qc6 Qf5 41. g4 Qe5 $17) 39... fxg3 $19 40. h4 (40. hxg3 d3
(40... Bf4 $19) 41. Ree1 Bf4 $19) 40... Qxh4 41. Rh1 Qf4 42. Rb2 h5 43. Rb7
Rxb7 44. Qxb7 Qf5 45. Rf1 h4 46. Qe7 Qc2+ 47. Kh3 Qh2+ 48. Kg4 g2 0-1

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 07th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1999.11.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Voitsekhovsky, Stanislav"]
[Black "Kochyev, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2544"]
[BlackElo "2441"]
[Annotator "Blatny,P"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "1999.11.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 074"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. c4
c6 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Nc3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Bg4 12. Rb1 Nd7 13. h3 Bh5 14. Rb5 (14.
Rxb7 Nb6 15. Bd2 h6 16. Re1 Qc8 17. Ba6 Qc6 $44 {Nadyrhanov,S-Raetsky,A/
Krasnodar/1995/}) 14... Nb6 15. c4 (15. a4 a6 16. Rb1 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 $14) 15...
Bxf3 (15... Nxc4 16. Rxd5 Bh2+ 17. Nxh2 Qxd5 18. Bxc4 Qxc4 19. Qxh5 $16 {
Mahia,G-Pla,S/Mar del Plata/1988/}) 16. Qxf3 dxc4 17. Bc2 (17. Be4 Qd7 18. Rh5
g6 19. Rg5 Rab8 20. h4 $13) 17... Qd7 (17... Rb8 18. a4 a6 19. Bg5 Qc7 20.
Bxh7+ Kxh7 21. Qh5+ Kg8 22. Bf6 $40 {Kudrin,S-Machado,H/Thessaloniki/1988/})
18. a4 g6 (18... Bc7 19. Rc5 Bd6 {Adams-Anand/Oakham/1992/} 20. a5 $1 $16) 19.
Be3 (19. Bd2 c3 20. Qxc3 Rac8 21. Qb3 Rc7 22. Bd3 Rfc8 23. Re1 Bf8 24. a5 $16 {
1/2-1/2 Sokolov,A-Finegold,B/Reykjavik 1990/CBM 18 ext (53)}) 19... Rfd8 (19...
Rac8 20. Rfb1 c3 21. a5 Nc4 22. Rxb7 Rc7 23. a6 $14 {1/2-1/2 De Firmian,
N-Rozentalis,E/Hamburg 1999/EXT 2000 (55)}) 20. Rfb1 Be7 (20... Qc6 21. Qxc6
bxc6 22. R5b2 $15) 21. Be4 (21. a5 Nd5 22. Rxb7 $36) 21... Rab8 22. Bf4 Bd6 23.
a5 Bxf4 24. Qxf4 Na4 (24... Na8 25. Rxb7 Rxb7 26. Rxb7 $16) 25. Rxb7 Rxb7 26.
Rxb7 Qe6 27. d5 Qe8 28. d6 (28. Qf6 Nc3 29. Re7 Nxe4 30. Rxe8+ Rxe8 $18) 28...
Nc3 (28... Rd7 29. Rxd7 Qxd7 30. Qe5 $18) 29. Bf3 Rd7 30. Rxd7 (30. a6 $5 Qe1+
31. Kh2 Qe6 32. Rb8+ Kg7 33. Qd4+ Kh6 34. Qd2+ g5 35. Qxc3 Qxd6+ 36. g3 $18)
30... Qxd7 31. Bg4 h5 32. Qxc4 Qxd6 33. Bxh5 $1 (33. Qxc3 $6 hxg4 34. Qc8+ Kg7
$11) 33... Nd5 34. Bf3 Nc7 35. g3 Qe5 36. a6 Kg7 37. Kg2 Ne6 38. Bd5 Nd4 39. h4
(39. Bxf7 Qe4+ 40. Kh2 Nf3+ 41. Kh1 Qe1+ 42. Kg2 Ng5 43. Qd4+ Kxf7 44. Qxa7+
Kf6 $16) 39... Nf5 40. Qe4 Qd6 41. Bc4 Ne7 42. Qf3 Nf5 43. h5 Qd4 (43... Qc5 $5
44. Bd5 Qd6 $16) 44. Bb3 (44. Bxf7 $5 Kxf7 45. g4 $16) 44... Nd6 45. hxg6 fxg6
(45... Kxg6 46. Qd5 Qxd5+ 47. Bxd5 $16) 46. Bd5 (46. Qd5 Qxd5+ 47. Bxd5 g5 $16)
46... Nf5 47. Qb3 Kh6 48. Bf3 Qd2 (48... Kg5 49. Qe6 Qf6 50. Qe8 $16) 49. Be4
Nd6 50. Bd3 Kg7 51. Qd5 Nf7 52. Qd4+ Kf8 53. Qe4 g5 54. Bc4 1-0

[Event "Koop Tjuchem"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Timman, Jan H"]
[Black "Akopian, Vladimir Eduardovic"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Blatny,P"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1996.12.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8.
Re1 Bf5 9. c4 c6 10. Nc3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Bxd3 12. Qxd3 dxc4 13. Qxc4 Nd7 14. Qb3
Qc7 15. c4 Rfe8 16. Bb2 h6 17. g3 Qb6 18. Qc2 Qa5 19. Bc3 Qh5 20. Nh4 b5 21.
Qf5 Qxf5 22. Nxf5 Bf8 23. d5 bxc4 24. dxc6 Nb6 25. Rxe8 Rxe8 26. Rd1 Rc8 $4 (
26... g6 $11 {Akopian}) 27. Bxg7 $1 Bxg7 (27... Rxc6 28. Rd8 $1 Rc8 29. Ne7+
$18) 28. Ne7+ Kh7 29. Nxc8 Nxc8 30. Kf1 $18 {_|_} Be5 31. f4 Bd6 32. Rd4 c3 33.
Rc4 Kg6 34. Rxc3 Kf6 35. Ke2 Ke6 36. Re3+ Kd5 37. Re8 Nb6 38. c7 Bxc7 39. Re7
Bd6 40. Rxf7 a6 41. Ra7 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 15th final"]
[Site "Bugojno"]
[Date "1999.10.31"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Stefansson, Hannes"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[Annotator "Blatny,P"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1999.10.29"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "BIH"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Zemun Agrouniverzal"]
[BlackTeam "Sarajevo Bosna"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SRB"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BIH"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. a3 Nc6 11. Qc2 (11. cxd5 Qxd5 12. Nc3 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Bf5 14.
Bf4 (14. c4 Qd6 15. d5 Ne5 16. Nd4 Bd7 17. Rb1 b6 18. Nb5 Bxb5 19. Rxb5 {
1/2-1/2 Hjartarson,J-Jussupow,A/Barcelona 1989/CBM 12 (19)}) 14... Na5 15. Bxc7
Rac8 16. Bxa5 Qxa5 17. c4 Bf6 18. Qb3 Qb6 {1/2-1/2 Svidler,P-Sakaev,K/St
Petersburg 1998/CBM 67 (18)}) 11... Nf6 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. h3 Bf6 14. Rd1 Re8
15. Nc3 Be6 (15... Bf5 16. Qxf5 Nxc3 17. bxc3 Rxe2 18. Bg5 $16) 16. Bd3 h6 17.
Rb1 (17. Bb5 Qd7 $13) 17... Kh8 (17... Qd7 18. Bh7+ Kh8 19. Be4 Rad8 $15) 18.
Be4 Nce7 19. Ne5 (19. Na4 b6 $11) 19... Rc8 20. Qe2 Kg8 21. Qf3 c6 22. Ng4 Bxg4
23. Qxg4 $36 Kf8 24. Bc2 Nxc3 (24... Qc7 25. Ne4 $11) 25. bxc3 b5 26. a4 Nd5
27. Qf3 (27. axb5 Nxc3 28. Ba3+ Kg8 $17) 27... a6 28. Qd3 Bg5 (28... Qd6 29.
Qh7 Ne7 30. Qh8+ Ng8 31. Bh7 $16) 29. Ba3+ (29. c4 bxc4 30. Ba3+ Be7 31. Bxe7+
Rxe7 32. Qxc4 $14) 29... Be7 (29... Ne7 30. Qh7 b4 31. Bxb4 $18) 30. Bxe7+ Qxe7
31. Qh7 Qf6 (31... Qg5 32. Re1 f5 33. Bxf5 Nf4 $18) 32. Bf5 $1 g5 (32... Nxc3
33. Qh8+ Ke7 34. Re1+ Kd6 35. Rxe8 Ne2+ 36. Kh1 Rxe8 37. Qxe8 Qxf5 38. Qd8+ Qd7
(38... Ke6 39. Re1 $18) 39. Qb8+ Ke7 (39... Qc7 40. Qf8+ $18) (39... Kd5 40.
Qe5+ Kc4 41. Qc5+ Kd3 42. Rd1+ Ke4 43. Qe5#) 40. axb5 cxb5 (40... axb5 41. Re1
Qe6 42. Qc7+ Ke8 (42... Kf6 43. Qe5+ $18) 43. Ra1 $18) 41. Re1 Qe6 42. Qc7+ Ke8
43. Qa5 $18) 33. Bxc8 Rxc8 34. Rd3 $18 Re8 35. Rf3 Qg7 36. Qxg7+ Kxg7 37. Ra1
Kg6 38. axb5 axb5 39. Kf1 h5 40. g3 g4 41. hxg4 hxg4 42. Rd3 Kg5 43. Rc1 Rh8
44. Rdd1 1-0

[Event "Festival comtois 3rd"]
[Site "Belfort"]
[Date "1998.12.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Black "Rozentalis, Eduardas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "Blatny,P"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[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 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O Nc6 8. c4
Nf6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. h3 Nb4 11. Be2 dxc4 12. Bxc4 c6 13. a3 Nbd5 14. Re1 Be6 15.
Bd3 h6 16. Bd2 Re8 17. Rxe6 fxe6 18. Bg6 Rf8 19. Qe2 Nc7 20. Re1 Bd6 21. Bb1
Qe7 22. Ne5 Bxe5 23. dxe5 Nfd5 24. Nxd5 Nxd5 25. Qe4 g5 26. Qg6+ Qg7 27. Qxe6+
Kh8 28. h4 Nf4 29. Qc4 Rad8 30. Bc3 Nd5 31. hxg5 hxg5 32. Bd2 Nf4 33. Bb4 Qf7
$4 (33... Rfe8 34. e6 Rd4 $11) 34. e6 $18 Nxe6 35. Bxf8 1-0

[Event "Pula zt 1.2"]
[Site "Pula"]
[Date "2000.04.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Lutz, Christopher"]
[Black "Kutuzovic, Branko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2587"]
[BlackElo "2432"]
[Annotator "Blatny,P"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2000.04.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 077"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O Nc6 8. c4
Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Be6 11. Ne5 f6 12. Nf3 c5 13. Be3 Rc8 14. dxc5 Bxc5 15.
Bxc5 (15. Nd4 Nxc3 16. bxc3 Bxd4 17. Bxd4 Nc6 18. c5 Bf7 19. Re1 Re8 20. Bd3
Rxe1+ 21. Qxe1 Rc7 22. Qb1 h6 23. Qb3 Re7 24. h3 Qa5 25. Rd1 Kh8 26. Rb1 Bg8
27. Rd1 {1/2-1/2 Leko Peter-Anand Viswanathan/It (cat.18) Wijk aan Zee 
(Netherlands) 2000}) 15... Rxc5 (15... Nxc5 $2 16. a3 Nba6 17. cxd5 $18) 16.
Qb3 Nxc3 17. Qxc3 Nc6 $5 (17... Qb6 18. a3 Na6 19. b4 $36) (17... a5 $142 18.
a3 $132) 18. b4 $5 Rxc4 (18... d4 19. Qb2 Rxc4 20. Bxc4 Bxc4 21. Rfd1 $132) 19.
Bxc4 dxc4 20. b5 $14 Qa5 (20... Na5 21. Rfe1 Bf7 22. Rad1 $16) 21. Qe1 Qxe1 22.
Rfxe1 (22. Nxe1 Nd4 $15) 22... Nd8 23. Rac1 $16 Kf7 (23... Bd5 24. Nd2 $18) 24.
a4 Bd5 25. Red1 Bxf3 26. gxf3 Ke7 27. Rxc4 Ne6 28. Re4 f5 29. Re2 Rf6 30. a5
Rg6+ 31. Kh1 h5 (31... f4 32. Red2 Nc5 33. Rd4 $16) 32. h4 Rf6 33. a6 bxa6 34.
bxa6 Kf8 35. Rd5 Nf4 (35... Kg8 36. Ree5 Nc7 37. Rd7 Nxa6 38. Rxa7 $16) 36.
Rd8+ Kf7 37. Rd7+ Kg6 38. Ra2 (38. Ra2 Rf7 39. Rxf7 Kxf7 40. Rb2 $18) 1-0

[Event "Poikovsky Karpov 11th"]
[Site "Poikovsky"]
[Date "2010.06.13"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Black "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2668"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[Annotator "Bologan,V"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "2010.06.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O Nc6 8.
Nc3 Nxc3 9. bxc3 Bg4 10. Re1 O-O 11. Bf4 Rb8 {one of the ideas beside
defending on b7 is also to prepare Bd6 after wich Bh7 is not good; see the
comments below.} (11... Bd6 12. Bxd6 Bxf3 (12... Qxd6 13. Bxh7+ Kxh7 14. Ng5+
Kg6 15. Qxg4 f5 16. Qh4 Rh8 17. Re6+ Qxe6 18. Qxh8 $1 {with the inclusion of
the moves Rb1 and Rb8 this line would simply not be possible.}) 13. Qxf3 Qxd6
14. h4 Rae8 15. h5 Nd8 (15... Re6 16. g3 Rfe8 17. Rxe6 Rxe6 18. Kg2 Ne7 19. a4
Rf6 20. Qg4 Qe6 21. Qxe6 Rxe6 22. a5 h6 23. f4 Nc8 24. c4 dxc4 25. Bxc4 Rd6 26.
Ra4 Kf8 27. Bd3 $14 {Ivanchuk V - Huzman A, 25th ECC}) 16. g3 c6 17. Kg2 Re6
18. Qf5 Rh6 19. Re5 g6 20. hxg6 hxg6 21. Qg5 Kg7 22. Qe7 Qf6 23. Qxf6+ Kxf6 24.
c4 dxc4 25. Bxc4 Rfh8 $11 {Zhigalko A - Fridman D, 25th ECC}) (11... Qd7 12.
Rb1 Bd6 13. Bxd6 cxd6 14. h3 Bh5 {Short N - Howell D, Chess Classic} 15. g4 $5
Bg6 16. Nh4 $14) (11... Bh5 12. Rb1 Rb8 13. Qe2 Bd6 14. Qe3 Qd7 15. Bxd6 (15.
Ne5 Bxe5 16. dxe5 Bg6 17. Bxg6 hxg6 {= Smeets J - Gelfand B, 19th Amber Rapid})
15... Qxd6 16. Nh4 Bg6 17. Nxg6 hxg6 18. h4 $14) 12. h3 Bh5 13. g4 (13. Re3 Bd6
14. Bxd6 Qxd6 15. Rb1 f5 {!} (15... f6 16. c4 dxc4 17. Bxc4+ Kh8 18. c3 Rfe8
19. Ng5 Bg6 20. Rxe8+ Rxe8 21. Nf7+ Bxf7 22. Bxf7 Rf8 23. Bc4 $16 {Svidler P -
Motylev A, 25th ECC}) 16. Qe2 Rf6 17. Re1 f4 18. Re6 Rxe6 19. Qxe6+ Qxe6 20.
Rxe6 Bxf3 21. gxf3 Kf7 $11 {Brkic Ante - Huzman Alexander, Plovdiv (Bulgaria)})
13... Bg6 14. Bxg6 hxg6 (14... fxg6 $5 {was another possibility, but perhaps
Motylev was not sure about the structure he could get.}) 15. Qd3 Re8 16. Rab1 (
16. c4 Nb4 17. Qb3 dxc4 18. Qxc4 b5 19. Qb3 Nd5 20. Bg3 a5 21. a4 b4 22. Re5 c6
23. Rae1 $14) 16... Qd7 (16... Bd6 17. Rxe8+ Qxe8 18. Bxd6 cxd6 19. Re1 Qd8 20.
Qb5 Ne7 21. Ng5 $16) 17. c4 dxc4 18. Qxc4 Bd6 19. Bd2 $1 {It's not time yet to
swap the bishops. After c4 the bishop on d6 will feel uncomfortable.} Rxe1+ 20.
Rxe1 Re8 21. Rxe8+ Qxe8 22. Ng5 $1 {Beside the pressure on f7 White also takes
control over the square e4.} Nd8 23. d5 c6 24. Qe4 $1 {The key move of the
game. It's very important for White to hold the advantage in the centre by
keeping the pawn on d5. Thanks to this tempo White is just in time to play c4.}
Qxe4 25. Nxe4 Bb8 $6 ({Much better was} 25... Ba3 26. c4 f6 {but after} 27. Kg2
Kf8 28. h4 Nf7 29. dxc6 bxc6 30. Bc3 {White is still somewhat better.}) 26. c4
cxd5 27. cxd5 f5 $6 {Creating too many weaknesses: f5, g7, e6.} ({It was
enough to make one on e6 by playing} 27... f6 28. f4 Nf7 29. Kf2 Nd6 30. Kf3
Nc4 31. Bc1 $14) 28. Ng5 Bd6 29. Kf1 b5 30. Ke2 a6 31. Kd3 $2 (31. Bc3 Nf7 32.
Ne6 $18 {in the conditions of the severe time trouble for Alexander the game
would end soon.}) 31... Nf7 $1 32. Nf3 (32. Nxf7 Kxf7 {During the game I was
not sure that it's an easy draw for Black, which actually helped me to win it.
But now I see that the defensive resources are huge and if no mistakes are the
game should end in a draw.}) 32... Ne5+ $1 {Exchanging the knight is Black's
salvation.} 33. Nxe5 Bxe5 34. Bb4 (34. Bc3 Bd6) 34... Kf7 35. Bc5 Bf6 36. Ke3
Be5 37. Bb4 Ke8 38. f3 Kd7 39. h4 Kc7 40. h5 {Played on the last move before
the time control. The only good news for me was, that I can't lose this
position.} gxh5 41. gxh5 Kd7 42. Kd3 Kc7 43. Bf8 Kd7 44. Kc2 Kc7 45. Kb3 Kd7
46. Bc5 Kc7 47. a4 {The only resource for White to try to go through with the
king.} bxa4+ 48. Kxa4 Bc3 49. Bf8 Kd7 50. Kb3 Bf6 51. Kc4 Be5 52. Bb4 Kc7 53.
Bd2 Kd6 54. Bc1 Kc7 55. Bd2 Kd6 56. Be1 Kc7 57. Ba5+ Kd7 58. Kc5 Bd6+ 59. Kd4
Ke7 60. Kc4 Kf6 61. Bd2 f4 $4 {The last few moves were played with seconds
left on the clocks, so it's understandable. Long tournament, long game, long
defence...} (61... g5 {would make an easy draw since the pawn endgame after
Bb4 is just a draw.} 62. Bc3+ Kf7 63. Kd3 Kg8 64. Bd2 g4 65. fxg4 fxg4 66. Ke4
g3 67. Kf3 Kg7 $11) 62. Bc3+ Kg5 63. Bxg7 Kxh5 64. Bd4 $18 Kh4 (64... Kg6 65.
Bc5) 65. Bc5 Bb8 66. Kd4 Kg5 67. d6 a5 68. Kd5 a4 69. Bb6 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 2nd"]
[Site "Ohrid"]
[Date "2001.06.10"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Black "Huzman, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2578"]
[Annotator "Bologan,V"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2001.06.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 {It's not a big secret that Alexander is working with Boris Gelfand
for a long period of time and often they play the same openings. So for my
preparation I took into the consideration that Gelfand played succesfuly the
Petroff in his last game against Shirov in Astana.} 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4.
Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O Nc6 8. c4 Nb4 {With the new time control
the importance of the home preparation is even higher then before. In the
mentioned game Boris went for favourite Yussoupow's line with 8...Nf6. The
text came as a slight surprize for me, because Alexander doesn't too much
experience in the Petroff.} 9. Be2 O-O 10. a3 $5 {The old fashion line which
was introduce to me by Zigurds Lanka. Nowdays more popular is} (10. Nc3 {
which leads to two main lines 10...Bf5 and 10...Be6}) 10... Nc6 11. cxd5 Qxd5
12. Nc3 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Bf5 14. c4 Qd6 (14... Qe4 {was also possible}) 15. d5 $5
{Trying to get out my opponent from his preparation. The normal continuation
would be} (15. Be3 Bf6 16. Ra2 Rad8 17. d5 Ne5 18. Nd4 {but I was hoping that
at list in the side lines my opponent will start thinking.}) 15... Ne5 16. Nd4
Bd7 17. a4 c5 $5 {Novelty. The product of a deep thinking. Previously was
played} (17... Rfe8 18. Kh1 c5 19. Nb5 Bxb5 20. axb5 Bf6 21. Ra3 Ng6 22. f4 Bd4
23. Rh3 a6 24. bxa6 Rxa6 25. Bd3 Nf8 26. Qh5 h6 27. Rhf3 Nd7 28. Rg3 Nf6 29.
Qf3 Ra1 $17 {with the fool domination of Black pieces Gdanski J.(2512) -
Schandorff L.(2514) , Germany 2001 Bundesliga 2000/01 (36)}) (17... Qg6 $1 {
which makes sense. Beside the fact that the black queen is avoiding an
unpleasantt atack from a3 it also creates a new threat on the white king.} 18.
Kh1 (18. f4 Bh3 19. Bf3 Nxf3+ (19... Nd3 20. Be3 Bc5 21. Qd2) 20. Qxf3 Bc5 21.
Be3 Bd7 22. Nf5 Bxf5 23. Bxc5 Rfe8 $15) 18... Bc5 19. Bb2 Rfe8) 18. Nb3 {
Of course taking on c6 would lead to an slightly better ending for Black} (18.
dxc6 Nxc6 19. Nxc6 (19. Nb5 Qe5 20. Bf4 {!} Qxf4 21. Qxd7 Rab8 $15) 19... Bxc6
20. Qxd6 Bxd6 $15) 18... f5 $1 {Black already gave up in the center and on the
queenside. So his to fight back on the kingside. The simple development would
leave white pieces in the comfourtable position for attacking the queenside.} (
18... Bf6 19. Ra2 Rfe8 20. Be3 b6 21. a5 $14) 19. f4 Nf7 (19... Ng4 $5 {
This move has pluses and minuses. On g4 theknight is much more active and from
there he can always return to an comfourtable square f6, from another hand we
all know that the best blocker is the knight and it would better to have him
on d6.}) 20. Nd2 {At this point I didn't decide yet whether I will swap the
black square bishops or not and decided first to put my knight on f3. Later on
in the game I uderstood that the bishop exchange is inevitable so more presize
was} (20. Bb2 $5 Rfe8 21. Nd2 Bf6 22. Bxf6 Qxf6 23. Nf3 Re4 24. g3 Rae8 25. Bd3
Re3 26. Rb1 b6 27. Qc2 $14) 20... Bf6 21. Ra2 Rfe8 {Instead Khuzman considered
also} (21... g5 $5 {trying to create some counterplay on the kingside. My
intention during the game was simply to ignore it by} 22. Nb3 (22. fxg5 Nxg5
23. Nb3 (23. Bd3 Rae8 24. Bb2 b6 25. Bxf6 Qxf6) 23... Ne4 24. Bf4 Be5 25. Bxe5
Qxe5 26. Qd3 b6 27. Bf3 (27. a5 $6 b5 $1 28. cxb5 Rab8 29. Qe3 f4 (29... Bxb5
30. Nxc5) 30. Qf3 Ng5) 27... Nc3 28. Ra3 Nxa4 29. d6 Rae8 30. Qd5+ Kh8 31.
Qxe5+ Rxe5 32. Rfa1 a5 33. Rxa4 Bxa4 34. Rxa4 Rd8 35. Kf2 Rxd6 36. Ra2 $13)
22... g4 23. Qc2 Rfe8 24. Bd3 Nh6 25. a5 $14 {And the only sencible achievment
for black would be the gain of the important f3 square. Still I consider
white's perspectives as better.}) 22. Nf3 Re7 23. Bd3 Rae8 24. Qc2 g6 25. g3
Kg7 {Another structure could arise after} (25... a5 26. Bb2 b6 27. Rb1 Re3 28.
Kg2 Bxb2 29. Raxb2 Rb8 30. Kf2 Re7 (30... Bxa4 31. Qxa4 Rxd3 32. Re2 $16) 31.
h3 $14 {here I thought that black soonere or later will be not able to keep
both e5 square and b6 weakness.}) 26. a5 Bc8 27. Bd2 $6 ({The simple} 27. Bb2
$14 {would yield white the edge}) 27... b6 {Alexander is missing the only
opportunity in this game to start his real counterplay.} (27... Nh6 $1 28. h3 {
if not then I will have to suffer his knight on e3} g5 29. Kg2 (29. fxg5 $4
Qxg3+ 30. Kh1 Qxh3+ 31. Kg1 Qg3+ 32. Kh1 Re2 $19) 29... g4 30. hxg4 Nxg4) 28.
Rb1 Rb7 29. Bc3 Bd7 30. axb6 axb6 31. Ra6 $16 {Now it's easy white has got
everything he can wish - open files, active pieces, passed pawn, e5 square for
the knight....} Reb8 32. Qb2 Bxc3 33. Qxc3+ Qf6 34. Ne5 {the ending was also
possible} (34. Qxf6+ Kxf6 35. Kf2 Ke7 36. Re1+ Kd8 37. Ne5 $16) 34... Be8 (
34... Re8 {?} 35. Rbxb6 Rxb6 36. Rxb6 $18) 35. Qa1 Kg8 36. Re1 Nd6 37. Bf1 Qd8
38. Bg2 {Now white wants to prolongue the diagonal for the bishop by playing
Nc6 which together with the queene will create indefenceble threats to the
opponent king.} Re7 39. Rd1 Qc7 40. Bf3 $1 {Those timetroubles! With the new
time control it's very difficult to win even winning positions. What to say
about just better ones like in this game. Only forcing myself I decided to
adjourn the complications for the after 40 move thought.} (40. Nc6 Bxc6 41.
dxc6 Ne4 42. Ra8 Kf7 43. Rxb8 Qxb8 {and black is holding}) 40... Rb7 (40... b5
41. Nc6 Bxc6 42. Rxc6 Qd8 43. cxb5 $18) 41. Rb1 b5 {?} (41... Rb8 42. Qb2 Qc8
43. Rba1 Qc7 {would be still a game}) 42. Rc6 $1 $18 {Now it's all over,
finally the bishop reaches the king.} Bxc6 43. dxc6 Ra7 44. Qb2 Nxc4 {More
resistance would oppose} (44... b4 $5 45. Bd5+ Nf7 46. Nxf7 Rxf7 47. Re1 Qb8
48. Qf6 Qf8 49. Rd1 b3 50. Be6 $18) 45. Bd5+ Rf7 46. Nxc4 bxc4 47. Qf6 $1 1-0

[Event "Comtois Masters 5th"]
[Site "Belfort"]
[Date "2002.06.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Black "Koch, Jean Rene"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2498"]
[Annotator "Bologan,V"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "2002.06.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Huzman} e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O
Bg4 8. c4 Nf6 9. Nc3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Nxd4 11. Qh3 (11. Qe3+ Ne6 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13.
Nxd5 Qxd5 14. Be4 Qb5 15. a4 Qa6 16. Rd1 Be7 17. b4 O-O 18. Qh3 g6 19. Qc3 Ng5
20. Bxg5 Bxg5 21. Qxc7 Rad8 22. Rxd8 Rxd8 {= Bauer C.(2571) - Koch J.(2498),
2- 7-2002 Belfort 2002}) (11. Qg3 Ne6 12. Re1 Be7 13. Bf5 O-O 14. cxd5 Nxd5 15.
Qh3 Nf6 16. Bxe6 {N} fxe6 17. Qxe6+ Rf7 18. Bf4 c6 (18... Bc5 {!?} 19. Rad1 Qf8
{=}) 19. Rad1 Qf8 20. Ne4 Nxe4 21. Rxe4 Kh8 22. Be3 Bf6 23. Qb3 b6 24. a4 Rd8
25. Rxd8 Qxd8 {= Hamdouchi H.(2570) - Koch J.(2498), Belfort 28- 6-2002}) 11...
dxc4 12. Bxc4 Be7 13. Bg5 Qc8 (13... O-O 14. Rad1 c5 15. Rfe1 h6 16. Bxh6 gxh6
17. Qxh6 $36 {Kupreichik-Yusupov, 1987}) 14. Qe3 (14. Qh4 Nf5 15. Qf4 O-O 16.
Rfe1 h6 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Ne4 Bxb2 19. Rab1 g5 20. Qg4 Bg7 21. Qh5 Qd7 22. Nc5
Qd4 23. Rbc1 Nd6 24. Bb3 Rad8 25. Re7 Rde8 26. Rxc7 Qd2 27. Qd1 Qxd1+ 28. Rxd1
Rc8 29. Rd7 Rxc5 {1/2-1/2, Wiersma E.(2404) - Kroeze F.(2374), Netherlands
2000 Ch Netherlands (team) 2000}) (14. Qd3 Ne6 (14... c5 15. Rfe1 Ne6 16. Bxf6
Bxf6 17. Qf5 Kf8 18. Bxe6 fxe6 19. Rxe6 Kf7 20. Rae1 h5 21. Nd5 Rh6 22. Nxf6
gxf6 23. Re7+ Kf8 24. Qd5 {1-0, Howell D. - Van Kemenade R., Port Erin 2001 It
(open)}) 15. Bxe6 fxe6 16. Rfe1 (16. Qc4 $5 {Ponomariov} Qd7 17. Rad1 Qc6 18.
Qxc6+ bxc6 19. Rfe1 Rd8 20. Rxd8+ Kxd8 21. Rxe6 Kd7 22. Re2 Rb8 $14) 16... Qd7
{'!' Huzman.} 17. Qc4 O-O-O 18. Rxe6 Nd5 19. Bxe7 Qxe6 20. Bxd8 Rxd8 21. g3 {
'!?' Huzman.} c6 22. Rd1 Rd7 {=} (22... g5 {Ponomariov R.(2677) - Turov M.
(2546), Kharkov 2001 Cup Rector (cat.13)} 23. h4 gxh4 24. Qxh4)) 14... Ne6 (
14... Nc2 15. Qe2 Nxa1 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Nd5 Qd8 18. Nxf6+ Kf8 19. Qh5 $18) 15.
Bxf6 $5 $146 (15. Rfe1 O-O 16. Bh4 Re8 17. Re2 Ng4 18. Qg3 Bxh4 19. Qxg4 Bf6
20. Nd5 Qd8 21. Rd1 c6 22. Ne3 Qc7 23. Nf5 Qf4 24. Bxe6 Qxg4 25. Nh6+ gxh6 26.
Bxg4 {1/2-1/2, Degraeve J.(2589) - Koch J.(2507), Vichy 2000 Ch France}) 15...
Bxf6 16. Nd5 (16. Ne4 $5 Bxb2 (16... Qd8 17. Rad1 Qe7 18. Bxe6 fxe6 19. Nc5 O-O
20. Rd7 Qe8 21. Rxc7 $36) 17. Rab1 Be5 18. Bxe6 fxe6 (18... Qxe6 19. Rfe1 $16)
19. Nc5 Bf6 20. Rxb7 O-O 21. Qxe6+ Qxe6 22. Nxe6 Rf7 $11) 16... Qd8 $1 (16...
Bd4 17. Qe4 c6 18. Nf4) (16... Bxb2 17. Rae1 c6 (17... Kf8 18. Nf4 Bf6 19. Bxe6
fxe6 20. Nxe6+ Kf7 21. Qb3 $16) (17... Qd7 18. Nf4 $40) 18. Nf4) 17. Qb3 (17.
Nf4 Qd4 $1 (17... Qd6 18. Bxe6 (18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. Rfe1 (19. Rad1 Qb6 $14) 19...
O-O 20. Rad1 Qb6 $14) 18... fxe6 19. Rad1 Qe5 20. Nxe6 Qxe3 21. Nxc7+ Kf7 22.
fxe3 $16) (17... Qe7 18. Bxe6 fxe6 19. Nxe6 Kf7 20. Rfe1 $16) 18. Nxe6 Qxe3 19.
Nxc7+ Kd7 20. fxe3 Kxc7 21. Bxf7 (21. Rac1 Kb6 22. Bxf7 Rhf8 23. Bd5 Rad8 24.
Rfd1 $16) 21... Rad8 {=}) 17... Bd4 (17... O-O 18. Nxf6+ (18. Rad1 b5 $1 19.
Bxb5 Nd4 20. Qc4 Nxb5 21. Qxb5 Rb8 22. Qa6 Rxb2 23. Qxa7 $11) 18... Qxf6 19.
Qxb7 Rab8 20. Qxa7 $14 Rxb2 21. Rab1 $14) 18. Qxb7 O-O 19. Rab1 Rb8 20. Qa6 c6
$5 (20... Rxb2 21. Rxb2 Bxb2 22. Qxa7 Qh4 {=}) (20... Qg5 $5 $132) 21. Qxc6
Bxb2 22. Qa4 Be5 23. Rbd1 Rb7 {'?' Huzman.} (23... Rb2 $142) 24. Bd3 $5 {
'!' Huzman.} Qb8 (24... Nd4 25. Qc4 Rd7 $13) (24... g6 25. Qe4 Qb8 26. f4 $40)
25. f4 Bd6 $2 (25... Bd4+ 26. Kh1 Rd8 27. f5 Rxd5 28. fxe6 fxe6 29. Bxh7+ Kxh7
30. Rxd4 $14) 26. Qe4 g6 27. f5 {'|^' Huzman.} Nc5 (27... Bxh2+ 28. Kh1 Nc5 29.
Qd4 Nxd3 30. Nf6+ Kh8 31. Nd7+ Be5 32. Qxd3 $16) 28. Qh4 Be5 (28... Nxd3 29.
Rxd3) 29. f6 (29. Ne7+ Rxe7 30. Qxe7 Bxh2+ 31. Kh1 $16) 29... Re8 (29... Kh8
30. Qh6 Ne6 31. Rf3 $18) 30. Qh6 (30. Ne7+ Rbxe7 (30... Kh8 31. Bc4 $1 $18 (31.
Nxg6+ $1 fxg6 32. f7 Nxd3 33. fxe8=Q+ Qxe8 34. Rxd3 $18)) 31. fxe7 Qc7 32. Rxf7
$1 Kxf7 33. Qxh7+ Kf6 34. Qxg6+ Kxe7 35. Qh7+ Kf6 36. Rf1+ Ke6 37. Bc4+ Kd6 38.
Rd1+ Kc6 39. Qg6+ $18) 30... Ne6 31. Be2 $4 (31. Rf3 Bd4+ 32. Kh1 Qd8 33. Be4
$18) 31... Bd6 {'=' Huzman.} 32. Bg4 Bf8 33. Qh4 Rb2 34. Kh1 Qb7 35. Rfe1 Nc7 {
time '?!' Huzman.} (35... Rxa2 36. Bxe6 (36. Bf3 Qc8 $13) 36... Rxe6 37. Rxe6
fxe6 38. Ne3 $44) 36. Rxe8 Nxe8 37. Qe1 Nc7 38. Ne7+ Bxe7 $6 (38... Kh8 39. Bf3
Qb6 40. Nc6) 39. Bf3 Qb4 40. Qxe7 {time} (40. fxe7 Qxe1+ 41. Rxe1 Ne8 (41...
Kg7 42. h3 $16) 42. Bc6 Rb8 43. g4 f5 (43... f6 44. Rd1 Kf7 45. Rd8 Rb1+ 46.
Kg2 Rb2+ 47. Kg3 Rc2 48. Bxe8+ Kxe7 49. Rb8 Rxa2 50. Bc6 $16) 44. gxf5 gxf5 45.
Rd1 Kf7 46. Rd8 Rb1+ 47. Kg2 Rb6 48. Bxe8+ Kxe7 49. Ra8 Rb2+ 50. Kg3 Rxa2 51.
h4 $16) 40... Qxe7 41. fxe7 f5 42. Re1 (42. Bd5+ Kg7 43. Re1 (43. Bc6 Re2)
43... Rb8 44. Bc6 Kf7 45. h3 h6 46. g4 f4 47. Kg2 g5 48. Kf3 Rc8 49. Bd7 Rb8
50. Ba4 Ne8 51. Bb3+ Kg7 52. Re5 Rc8 $14) 42... Ne8 43. g4 $6 (43. Bd5+ Kg7 44.
Bb3 $14) 43... fxg4 44. Bc6 Kf7 45. Rf1+ Kxe7 46. Re1+ Kf6 47. Rxe8 Rxa2 $11
48. Bb5 h5 49. Kg1 a5 50. Ra8 h4 51. Ra6+ Kg5 52. Bd3 a4 53. Rxg6+ Kf4 54. Ra6
Kf3 55. Rf6+ Ke3 56. Bc4 Ra1+ 57. Kg2 Rc1 58. Re6+ Kd4 59. Be2 a3 60. Ra6 $4 (
60. Bxg4 a2 61. Ra6 a1=Q 62. Rxa1 Rxa1 63. Kh3 {=}) (60. Rd6+ $142 {Huzman} Kc5
(60... Ke3 61. Rd3+ Kxe2 62. Rxa3) (60... Ke5 61. Ra6 Rc2 62. Kf2 a2 63. Ke3)
61. Rd2 (61. Ra6 Rc2 62. Kf2 a2 63. Ke3 g3 64. hxg3 hxg3 65. Bf3 g2 66. Bxg2
Rxg2 67. Kd3 Kb4 68. Ra8) 61... h3+ 62. Kg3 Rg1+ 63. Kf4 g3 64. hxg3 h2 65. Bf3
h1=Q 66. Bxh1 Rxh1 67. g4 $11) 60... Rc2 $19 61. Kf2 a2 62. Ra3 g3+ $1 63. hxg3
hxg3+ 64. Kf3 (64. Ke1) 64... g2 (64... Rc3+ $19) 65. Rd3+ Ke5 66. Rd1 Rb2 67.
Bc4 Rb1 68. Bxa2 Rxd1 0-1

[Event "POL-ch 52nd"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Kaminski, Marcin"]
[Black "Weglarz, Leszek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2365"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1995.02.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O Nc6 8. c4
Nb4 9. Be2 dxc4 10. Bxc4 O-O 11. Nc3 Nf6 12. Ne5 c6 13. Bg5 b5 14. Bb3 Bb7 15.
Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Ne4 Bxe5 17. dxe5 Qe7 18. Qh5 c5 19. Nd6 c4 20. Bd1 g6 21. Qg4
Bc6 22. f4 Rad8 23. Bf3 f5 24. Qg3 Rxd6 25. exd6 Qxd6 26. Bxc6 Qxc6 27. a4 $1
Nd3 28. axb5 Qc5+ 29. Kh1 Re8 30. h3 Qd4 31. Qf3 Re4 32. Kh2 h5 $2 33. Ra6 Kh7
34. Qg3 Qg7 35. Rfa1 Re7 36. Qg5 $1 Rb7 (36... Nxb2 37. Rxg6 $1 Qxg6 38. Qxe7+
$18) 37. Rc6 Nf2 38. Qf6 Qxf6 39. Rxf6 Ne4 40. Rc6 Rxb5 41. Rxa7+ Kh6 42. Rc8
1-0

[Event "URS-ch46 First League"]
[Site "Ashkhabad"]
[Date "1978.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sveshnikov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Kochyev, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1978.10.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. c4
c6 9. Qc2 f5 (9... Na6 10. Bxe4 dxe4 11. Qxe4 Re8 12. Qd3 Nb4 13. Qb3 Bf5 14.
Bg5 $16) 10. Qb3 (10. Nc3 Be6 11. Qb3 $16 {Polugayevsky}) 10... Kh8 11. Nc3 Na6
12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Ne2 $1 Nb4 14. Bf4 a5 15. Bb5 Bxf4 (15... Bd7 16. Bxd6 Bxb5
17. Bxf8 Bxe2 18. Bxb4 Bxf1 19. Kxf1 $16) 16. Nxf4 g5 17. Ne2 g4 18. Ne5 f4 $6
(18... Nd2 19. Qg3 Nxf1 20. Rxf1 {/\Nf4}) 19. Rad1 f3 20. Ng3 Bf5 21. gxf3 $1
$16 Nxg3 22. fxg3 Bc2 23. Qe3 Bxd1 24. Nxg4 $1 $18 Rf5 25. Rxd1 Qb6 26. Bd7 Rf7
27. Qe5+ Rg7 28. Nf6 Rd8 29. Re1 Nd3 30. Qe8+ Rg8 31. Qf7 Qxd4+ 32. Kh1 Qh4 $1
33. Re7 $1 (33. gxh4 Nf2#) 1-0

[Event "POL-ch 52nd"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Gdanski, Jacek"]
[Black "Weglarz, Leszek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2365"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1995.02.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. c4
Nf6 9. Nc3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Bg4 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 Nc6 13. Be3 Nxd4 14. Qxb7 c5
15. Rad1 Rb8 16. Qa6 Qc7 17. b3 Rb6 18. Qa5 Nf3+ $2 19. gxf3 Nh5 20. Qa4 Rg6+
21. Kh1 Qe5 (21... Ng3+ 22. fxg3 Qxg3 23. Rd2 Qxh3+ 24. Rh2 $18) 22. Rd5 Qf6
23. Be2 1-0

[Event "URS-ch U26"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Serper, Grigory"]
[Black "Akopian, Vladimir Eduardovic"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1989.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 012"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1989.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1989.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. c4
c6 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Nc3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Bg4 12. Rb1 Nd7 13. h3 Bh5 14. Rxb7 Nb6
15. Bd2 {N} (15. Ba6 Qe8 16. Qe2 Qc6 17. Qb5 Qxc3 $10 {Sokolov,A-Rosentalis,E/
URS/1986/}) 15... h6 {>= 16.Ba6 (!); Nunn} (15... Qc8 $2 16. Rxb6 $1 {Nunn}
axb6 17. Bxh7+ Kxh7 18. Ng5+ Kg6 19. g4 Bxg4 20. hxg4 f5 21. Re1 Rf6 22. Re6 $1
Rxe6 23. gxf5+ $1 $18) 16. Re1 Qc8 17. Ba6 Qc6 18. Ne5 Qxb7 19. Bxb7 Bxd1 20.
Bxa8 Bxe5 21. dxe5 Ba4 22. Bb7 Bb5 23. Rb1 Bc4 24. a3 Rb8 25. Bc6 Rc8 26. Bb5
Rc5 27. Bxc4 Nxc4 28. Bf4 Ra5 29. h4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bugojno"]
[Site "Bugojno"]
[Date "1978.03.14"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Timman, Jan H"]
[Black "Hort, Vlastimil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1978.02.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 (5. Qe2 Qe7 6. d3 Nf6 7. Bg5
Qxe2+ 8. Bxe2 Be7 9. Nc3 c6 10. O-O-O Na6 11. Rhe1 Nc7 12. Ne4 Nxe4 $10 {
Spassky-Hort, Reykjavik (5) cm 1977}) 5... d5 6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1 Nd6
(8... Nf6 $6 9. Ne5 c5 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Nc3 Nc6 12. Bg5 Be7 13. Qf3 $14) 9.
Bf4 Bg4 10. h3 (10. Nbd2 Nd7 11. c3 Bh5 12. Qb3 Nb6 13. Ne5 Re8 14. Qc2 $14 {
Byrne-Reshevsky, USA-ch 1975}) 10... Bxf3 (10... Bh5) 11. Qxf3 c6 12. Nd2 (12.
Qg3 $5 Bh4 13. Qh2 (13. Qg4 f5) 13... Qf6 14. Nd2 $13) 12... Nd7 13. Re2 Re8
14. Rae1 Bf8 15. Qg3 Rxe2 16. Rxe2 Nf6 17. Bg5 Rc8 18. Qf4 $16 h6 19. Bxf6 Qxf6
20. Qxf6 gxf6 21. Kh2 b6 22. Kg3 Rc7 23. Kg4 Bg7 24. Nf3 Kf8 25. c3 c5 26. dxc5
bxc5 27. Nh4 (27. Kh5 {/\Nh2,Ng4}) (27. Rd2) 27... c4 28. Bh7 d4 29. cxd4 (29.
Nf5 d3 30. Re1 $13) 29... f5+ 30. Nxf5 Nxf5 31. Bxf5 Bxd4 32. Kf3 Rc5 33. g4
Rb5 34. Re4 Bb6 35. Rxc4 Rxb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1984.01.27"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Huebner, Robert"]
[Black "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1984.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 e5 4. Bxc4 exd4 5. exd4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. Nf3 O-O 8.
O-O Nc6 9. Re1 Bg4 10. Bg5 Nd5 $5 (10... Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Qxd4 $5 (11... Nxd4 12.
Qxb7 Rb8 13. Qxa7 (13. Qa6 Rxb2 14. Qxa7) 13... Ra8 $10) 12. Bb5 Bd6) 11. Bxe7
(11. Nxd5 Bxg5) 11... Ncxe7 12. h3 Bh5 13. g4 Bg6 14. Ne5 c6 15. Qf3 Kh8 $5 (
15... Qd6) 16. h4 f6 17. Nxg6+ Nxg6 18. Bxd5 (18. Nxd5 $6 Nxh4 19. Qg3 (19. Qh1
cxd5 20. Qxd5 f5) 19... cxd5 20. Bd3 f5) 18... cxd5 19. h5 Nh4 20. Qg3 f5 21.
g5 Qxg5 22. Qxg5 Nf3+ 23. Kg2 Nxg5 24. Re5 $1 (24. Nxd5 Rad8) (24. Re7 Rf7 25.
Rc1 Kg8) 24... Rad8 25. Rae1 a6 $1 (25... Kg8 26. Nxd5 {/\ Ne7}) 26. Rxd5 Kg8
27. Re7 Rxd5 28. Nxd5 Rd8 29. Ne3 g6 30. hxg6 hxg6 31. d5 b5 $10 32. Ra7 Rd6
33. Kg3 Nf7 34. b3 Kg7 35. a4 bxa4 36. bxa4 Kf6 37. a5 g5 38. Nc4 Rxd5 39.
Rxa6+ Kg7 40. Ra7 Kg6 41. Rc7 Ne5 42. Nxe5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 10th"]
[Site "Debrecen"]
[Date "1992.11.??"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Wittmann, Walter"]
[Black "Skembris, Spyridon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "1992.11.20"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "EU-chT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Austria"]
[BlackTeam "Greece"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AUT"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GRE"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. c4
c6 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Nc3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Bg4 12. h3 Bh5 13. Rb1 Nd7 (13... b6 $5
14. Re1 (14. Rb5 $6 a6 $15) 14... Nc6 (14... Bg6 $6 15. Bxg6 hxg6 16. Ne5 $5
$14 {><d5}) 15. Qa4 Qc7 $5 $13) 14. Rb5 (14. Rxb7 Nb6 $44) 14... Nb6 15. c4
Bxf3 (15... Nxc4 $5) 16. Qxf3 dxc4 17. Bc2 (17. Be4 Qd7 18. a4 Rab8 19. Bf5 Qc6
20. Be4 Qd7 $10 (20... Qc7 $6 21. a5 Nc8 22. Bxh7+ $5 Kxh7 23. Rh5+ Kg8 24. Qf5
$16 {->})) 17... Qd7 18. Rh5 $5 g6 $8 (18... h6 $4 19. Bxh6 gxh6 20. Qf6 {
/\ Rh6} Qe6 21. Bh7+ $1 Kxh7 22. Rxh6+ Kg8 23. Rh8#) (18... f5 $2 19. Bxf5 g6
20. Bxd7 Rxf3 21. Be6+ $16) 19. d5 $6 (19. Rxh7 $2 Kxh7 20. Qh5+ Kg8 21. Bxg6
fxg6 $19) (19. Bf5 Qe7 $5 (19... gxf5 20. Rxh7 Kxh7 $8 21. Qh5+ Kg8 22. Qg5+
$10)) (19. Bh6 {/\ Qf6} f5 $5 $13 (19... Rfe8 20. Ra5 $1 $44 {/\ h4-h5->})) (
19. Ra5 $5 $44 {/\ h4-h5->, Bh6, Rb1 בb}) 19... f5 $5 (19... gxh5 20. Bxh7+ (
20. Bf5 $10) 20... Kxh7 $8 (20... Kg7 $2 21. Qxh5 $18 {עg7}) 21. Qxh5+ $10)
20. Rh4 Qe7 $1 {צh4} 21. g3 $8 (21. Rd4 $2 Qe5 $19) 21... Rae8 $15 {/\ Qe2-+}
22. Be3 (22. Bb2 Qe2 $17 {/\} 23. Qc3 $2 Be5 $19) (22. Bh6 Rf7 {/\ Qe2-/+}) (
22. Bd1 $5 $15 {/\ a4-a5}) 22... Bc5 (22... Qc7 23. a4 $5 {פb6}) 23. d6 (23.
Bxc5 Qxc5 24. Rd1 $15) 23... Qxd6 $1 (23... Bxd6 $2 24. Bxb6 axb6 25. Qd5+ $14)
24. Rd1 $6 (24. Bxc5 $15) 24... Qe7 $6 (24... Rxe3 $5 25. fxe3 Qe7 $17) 25.
Bxc5 Qxc5 26. Qxb7 Rf7 27. Qf3 Rfe7 28. Rd2 $1 {><e2, |^<->d} Qe5 29. Kg2 Kg7
30. Rhd4 Rc7 31. h4 $5 $15 h5 32. Rd6 Re6 33. Rd8 (33. Rxe6 Qxe6 $15) 33...
Ree7 34. R2d6 (34. R8d6 $142 $15 {בd}) 34... Rc8 $1 (34... Re6 $2 35. Rxe6
Qxe6 36. Qc3+ $18) 35. Rxc8 Nxc8 36. Rd8 (36. Ra6 Nb6 $17) 36... Nb6 37. Qc6 $6
(37. a4 $5 $15) 37... Qc7 $1 $17 38. Qxc7 $8 (38. Rg8+ Kxg8 39. Qxg6+ {/\ 39...
Rg7?? 40.Qe8=} Kf8 $1 $19) 38... Rxc7 {R 9/i; /\ Rd7} 39. Rb8 Re7 (39... Rd7
$142 $17) 40. Kf3 Kf6 41. a4 Nd7 $1 42. Rc8 Re1 {ץc2} 43. Rc6+ $1 Re6 44. Rc7
Ne5+ 45. Ke3 $5 (45. Kg2 Rd6 {/\ Rd2}) 45... Nc6+ $1 46. Kd2 Ke5 47. Kc3 Kd6 $1
48. Rg7 (48. Rc8 Re2 $1 $17) 48... Kc5 {/\ Re2} 49. Bd1 Re1 $1 50. Bf3 $6 (50.
Kd2 Rg1 $1 $17 {/\ c3}) 50... Nd4 $1 $19 {עc3, Bf3} 51. Ba8 (51. Rc7+ Kd6)
51... Rc1+ 52. Kb2 (52. Kd2 Rc2+) 52... Rc2+ 53. Ka3 {><b4} Rc3+ 54. Ka2 Rd3 $1
55. Rxa7 (55. Rxg6 Kb4) 55... Rd2+ 56. Ka3 (56. Kb1 $19) 56... Nc2+ 57. Kb2
Nb4+ $1 58. Kb1 $8 (58. Kc3 Rc2#) (58. Ka3 Ra2#) 58... Rxf2 {/\ c3} 59. Rb7 c3
60. Rc7+ (60. Rb5+ Kc4) 60... Kd4 (60... Kd4 61. Rd7+ Ke5 62. Re7+ Kf6 63. Re1
Rb2+ 64. Kc1 (64. Ka1 Nc2#) 64... Nd3+ 65. Kd1 Rd2#) 0-1

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 10th"]
[Site "Debrecen"]
[Date "1992.11.??"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Kupreichik, Viktor D"]
[Black "Skembris, Spyridon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1992.11.20"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "EU-chT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Belarus"]
[BlackTeam "Greece"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BLR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GRE"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. c4 Be7 6. d4 O-O 7. Bd3 Ng5 8.
Nfd2 $5 (8. Nxg5) 8... Nc6 (8... f5 9. f4 Ne6 (9... Nf7 10. O-O $14) 10. Nf3
$14 {[+]}) 9. Nb3 Nb4 $5 10. f4 $6 (10. O-O $5 {/\ f4+- פg5} Nxd3 11. Qxd3 g6
$5 $13 (11... h6 12. f4 {/\ f5+/=|^[+]})) 10... Bg4 11. Qd2 $8 (11. Qxg4 Nxd3+
12. Ke2 Ne4 $1 $17) (11. Be2 Bf5 $1 {/\} 12. fxg5 $2 Nc2+ 13. Kf2 Nxa1 14. Nxa1
Bxb1 $19) 11... Nf3+ $3 $8 (11... Re8 12. O-O $1 $18) (11... Nxd3+ 12. Qxd3 Ne6
13. f5 Ng5 14. h4 $18) 12. gxf3 Bh4+ 13. Kf1 $8 (13. Ke2 $2 Re8+ 14. Kd1 Bxf3+
$19) (13. Kd1 Bxf3+ 14. Be2 Bxh1 15. Qxb4 a5 $1 {פb3} 16. Nxa5 $2 c5 $19)
13... Bh3+ 14. Ke2 (14. Kg1 $2 Nxd3 15. Qxd3 f5 {/\ Qf6-g6-+}) 14... a5 $3 {
פb3} (14... Bg2 15. Rg1 Re8+ 16. Be4 $1) 15. Kd1 (15. Nc3 a4) (15. Rg1 Qd7 $5
{/\ Rae8-> עe2}) (15. a3 Re8+ 16. Kd1 Nxd3 17. Qxd3 Bf2 {/\ Bg2, Qh4-> צh1,
h2, Kd1}) 15... Qd7 $1 16. a3 (16. Bf1 Bf5 17. Na3 Rfe8 18. Bg2 Nd3 19. Rf1 a4
$19) (16. a4 Qc6 $1 17. d5 Qb6 {/\ Rfe8, Bf2, Bg2->}) 16... Nxd3 17. Qxd3 Bf5
$1 18. Qc3 (18. Qd2 $2 a4 $19) (18. Qf1 Qa4 19. N1d2 Rfe8 {/\ Re3-+->}) 18...
a4 19. N3d2 (19. N1d2 Rfe8 $1) 19... Rfe8 {/\ Qe7-e1} 20. Nf1 $8 (20. Ne4 Bxe4
21. fxe4 Qg4+ 22. Kc2 Qg2+ $19) 20... Re1+ 21. Qxe1 (21. Kd2 Rae8 $19) 21...
Bxe1 22. Kxe1 Bxb1 $1 23. Rxb1 Qf5 $17 24. Ra1 Re8+ 25. Ne3 (25. Kf2 $17 {>=})
25... Qxf4 26. Kf2 Qxd4 27. Rd1 Qh4+ 28. Kg1 Re6 29. Ng2 Rg6 30. Be3 Qh3 31.
Rd2 Qxf3 32. Re1 h5 $1 33. Bd4 (33. h4 Qg3) 33... h4 34. Re8+ Kh7 35. h3 (35.
Re3 Rxg2+ $1 36. Rxg2 Qd1+ 37. Kf2 Qxd4 $19) 35... Qxh3 36. Re3 (36. Re4 f5 37.
Rf4 Qg3) 36... Qf5 $1 {/\ h3-+} 37. Kh2 $1 Rg3 $1 {/\ 38...Qh3, 38...c5} 38.
Rxg3 $6 hxg3+ $19 39. Kh1 $8 (39. Kg1 Qb1+) (39. Kxg3 Qg5+) 39... c5 40. Be3 (
40. Bg1 Qh5+) 40... Qf1+ 41. Bg1 f5 42. Rxd6 Qxc4 43. Rb6 (43. Ne3 Qe4+) 43...
Qg4 (43... Qg4 44. Be3 Qd1+ 45. Bg1 Qh5+ $19) 0-1

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 10th"]
[Site "Debrecen"]
[Date "1992.11.??"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1992.11.20"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "EU-chT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Bulgaria"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BUL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Be6 11. Be3 Bf5 12. Rc1 dxc4 13. Bxc4 c6 14. Ne5 Nxc3
15. bxc3 Nd5 16. Qb3 $6 (16. Qf3) 16... f6 17. Nf3 (17. Qxb7 $2 fxe5 18. Qxc6
Be4 $19) 17... b5 (17... Qd7 $142 $5 18. Rfe1 Kh8 19. Bd2 Bd6 (19... Bg4 $5)
20. Bf1 Nf4 (20... Rae8 21. g3) 21. Nh4 $13) 18. Be2 Kh8 19. Bd2 Nb6 (19... Bd6
$5 {/\ Nf4}) 20. Rfe1 Qd7 21. c4 bxc4 22. Bxc4 Nxc4 23. Qxc4 Rfc8 24. Nh4 Bf8
25. Nxf5 (25. h3 h6 $10) 25... Qxf5 26. Bb4 Bxb4 27. Qxb4 Rab8 28. Qe7 h6 29.
Qxa7 Rb2 30. Rf1 Re8 31. a4 (31. Qa6 Ree2 32. Qxc6 Rxa2 33. d5 (33. Rc5 Qe4 $10
) 33... Kh7 34. Qc5 Rad2 $10) 31... Ree2 32. d5 Qxd5 33. a5 Ra2 34. a6 Qb5 35.
Qa8+ Kh7 36. Qxc6 Qxa6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Nanjing Pearl Spring 3rd"]
[Site "Nanjing"]
[Date "2010.10.27"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gashimov, Vugar"]
[Black "Wang, Yue"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2010.10.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O Nc6 8. c4
Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Bf5 11. a3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Nc6 13. Re1 Re8 14. cxd5 Qxd5
15. Bf4 Rac8 16. g3 Bf6 $146 (16... b5 17. Nd2 Na5 18. Nf1 Nc4 19. Bxc4 Qxc4
20. Ne3 Qe6 21. Nxf5 Qxf5 22. Re5 Qd7 23. Qe2 Bd6 24. Qxb5 c6 25. Rxe8+ {
1/2-1/2 Karjakin,S (2720)-Smeets,J (2657)/Wijk aan Zee 2010/Mega2010 Update 07}
) 17. Nd2 Qd7 18. Nc4 Bh3 19. Qd3 g5 20. Be3 Qd5 21. Bf1 Bxf1 22. Qxf1 Ne7 23.
Rab1 Nf5 24. a4 a6 25. Qd3 b5 26. Na3 c6 27. Nc2 Qf3 28. Qd1 Qxd1 29. Rexd1 {#}
Nd6 $1 {Wang Yue has managed to manuever his way to an advantage, but
converting it turns out to be problematic.} 30. Bd2 Kg7 31. Nb4 bxa4 (31... a5
{was also worth considering.} 32. Nc2 Kg6 33. Ne3 Bd8 34. Ra1 f5 {and black is
better.}) 32. Nd3 a3 33. Rb4 Ne4 34. Ra4 c5 ({Holding on to the pawn with} 
34... Be7 {leads to} 35. Be1 Bf8 36. Nb4 c5 37. dxc5 Rxc5 38. Rxa3 $11) 35.
Nxc5 Nxc5 36. dxc5 Red8 37. Rxa3 {The position is now dead equal.} Rc6 38. Ra2
Rxc5 39. Rxa6 Rcd5 40. Ra2 Kg6 41. c4 Rd4 42. Rc2 Be7 43. Kf1 Bc5 44. Ke2 Re8+
45. Be3 Rxd1 46. Kxd1 Bxe3 47. fxe3 Rxe3 48. c5 Kf6 49. Kd2 Ra3 50. c6 Ra8 51.
Ke3 Ke5 52. Kf3 h5 53. Rc5+ Kd6 54. Rxg5 h4 55. gxh4 Kxc6 56. Rf5 Kd6 57. Rxf7
Ke6 58. Rf4 Ke7 59. Kg4 Rf8 60. Ra4 Kf6 61. h5 Kg7 62. Kg5 Rf7 63. Rf4 Rxf4 64.
Kxf4 Kh6 65. h4 Kxh5 66. Kf5 Kxh4 67. Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lopota FIDE GP (Women)"]
[Site "Lopota"]
[Date "2014.06.26"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Muzychuk, Anna"]
[Black "Koneru, Humpy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2561"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2014.06.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 161 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8.
Nc3 Bf5 9. Re1 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 O-O 12. Rb1 Na5 13. Bf4 c6 14. c4
dxc4 15. Qe4 Bf6 16. Bd2 c3 17. Bxc3 Nc4 18. Ne5 Nd6 19. Qg4 Re8 20. Nd7 Rxe1+
21. Rxe1 Bg5 22. h4 $5 {A bluff, maybe?} Bh6 (22... Bxh4 23. d5 Qg5 $17 {
It is hard to see where White's compensation is.}) 23. Bb4 f5 24. Qg3 Qxd7 25.
Bxd6 Rd8 26. Bc7 Rf8 27. Bf4 (27. Qb3+ $1 Qf7 28. Re6 $1 $16 {It is hard for
Black to untangle.}) 27... Bxf4 28. Qxf4 g6 29. h5 Re8 30. Re5 b5 31. h6 Kf7
32. Rxe8 Kxe8 33. Qb8+ Kf7 34. Qh8 Ke6 35. Qe5+ Kf7 36. Qg7+ Ke6 37. Qe5+ Kf7
38. Qg7+ Ke6 39. Qe5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tbilisi FIDE GP"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2015.02.26"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2797"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2015.02.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O Nc6 8. c4
Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Bf5 11. a3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Nc6 13. Re1 Re8 14. Bf4 dxc4
15. Bxc4 Bd6 16. Rxe8+ Qxe8 17. Ng5 Bg6 18. Bxd6 cxd6 19. h4 Qe7 20. Qg4 h6 21.
Nh3 Qe4 22. Nf4 (22. Qg3 {is another idea.}) 22... Ne5 23. dxe5 Qxc4 24. e6
fxe6 {The first new move of the game. These kind of deep lines were somewhat
popular in the Petroff many years ago, but, mainly due to the popularity of 4.
Nc3, they have died off somewhat.} 25. Qxg6 Qxf4 26. Qxe6+ Kh8 27. Rd1 Rf8 28.
f3 Qxh4 29. Rxd6 {Even though the players keep going for a while, it's almost
impossible for either side to make progress. White is pretty active, but if he
ever takes a pawn it's very likely he will run into a perpetual check, while
Black has no good way of using his rook for now, and if he does he too will
face a perpetual check.} Qg5 30. Rd7 Qc5+ 31. Kh2 Qh5+ 32. Kg1 Re8 33. Qg4 Qxg4
34. fxg4 b6 35. Rxa7 Rc8 36. Ra6 Rxc3 37. Rxb6 Rxa3 38. Kh2 Kh7 39. Rc6 Rd3 40.
Ra6 Kg8 41. Ra7 Re3 42. Rb7 Kf8 43. g5 hxg5 44. Rb5 Kf7 45. Rxg5 Kf6 46. Ra5 g5
47. g4 Rb3 48. Rf5+ Kg6 49. Kg2 Rb4 50. Kg3 Rb3+ 51. Kg2 Rb4 52. Kg3 Rb3+ 53.
Kg2 Rb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 5th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.11.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2790"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2010.11.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 O-O
8. Qd2 Nd7 9. O-O-O Re8 {#In spite of the fact that Gelfand has played this
more than once and got nothing but misery for his insistence, Kramnik decides
to try his hand at this line and see whether he cannot do better.} 10. h4 c6
11. Bd3 Nf6 12. Rde1 d5 13. Bd4 c5 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Qf4 Be6 16. Ng5 g6 17. Bb5
Rf8 18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. Rxe6 Bxc3 20. Qg4 Bg7 {#} 21. h5 $1 {Hardly encouraging
for Black.} c4 {A computer might coldly analyze this to a clear evaluation,
but a human will unquestionably worry about a6-b5 capturing the bishop.} 22.
hxg6 h6 23. Rd1 (23. Rhe1 $1 {was stronger, threatening Re7.} a6 {no longer
works due to} 24. Be8 {and Bf7+}) 23... Qa5 (23... a6 $2 24. Bxc4 $1) 24. Rxd5
Qxa2 25. Bxc4 Qxb2+ 26. Kd1 Kh8 27. f3 a5 28. Rd7 a4 {#The engines affirm this
is clearly better for white, but let's face it, this position could EASILY go
sour.} 29. Qh4 Qb1+ 30. Kd2 Qb4+ 31. Kd1 Qb1+ 32. Kd2 Qb4+ 33. Kd1 Qb1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bazna Kings 3rd"]
[Site "Bazna"]
[Date "2009.06.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2009.06.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 131"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8.
Re1 Bg4 9. c4 Nf6 10. Nc3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Nxd4 12. Qd1 Ne6 13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. Bb5+
c6 15. Nxd5 cxb5 16. Qb3 O-O 17. Be3 Bc5 18. Rad1 Bxe3 19. Rxe3 Qa5 20. Qc2 {#}
Rfe8 (20... Qxa2 {suddenly runs into a mate with a queen sacrifice:} 21. Ne7+
Kh8 22. Qxh7+ $1 Kxh7 23. Rh3#) 21. f4 b4 (21... Qxa2 {is again bad idea:} 22.
f5 Nf8 23. Rg3 Kh8 24. Qc3 {with a winning attack}) 22. f5 Nf8 23. Ne7+ {
Only this is a new move.} ({Leko-Gelfand, Nalchik 2009 continued} 23. Red3 Nd7
24. Qc7 Qc5+ 25. Kf1 Qb5 26. Qg3 Ne5 27. f6 g6 28. Qg5 {with a very strong
attack for White. Undoubtedly Gelfand analyzed all this and had an improvement
in mind. But Radjabov is the first one to deviate.}) 23... Kh8 24. Qc4 ({After
} 24. Rde1 {Black can choose between} Ne6 ({or} 24... Qb6 25. Kh1 Red8 26. Qb3
Qf6 27. Qxb4 Rd7 {in both cases with acceptable positions.})) 24... Ne6 25. Nd5
Qc5 26. Qxb4 Qxb4 27. Nxb4 Nc5 28. Nd5 Rxe3 29. Nxe3 {The endgame is slightly
better for White.} h5 30. f6 ({Another good try to fight for advantage was} 30.
b4 Re8 31. Nf1 Ne4 32. Rd7) 30... Ne4 31. fxg7+ ({Again White had an
attractive alternative:} 31. Rd7) 31... Kxg7 {#} 32. Kf1 ({Now after 32...Re8
Black equalizes and that's why the Azerbaijani GM offered a draw. As Radjabov
stated after the game, Black would have still had problems to solve after} 32.
Rd7 Rc8 {and now a move that escaped Radjabov' attention:} 33. h4 $1 ({Teimour
didn't want to make a move like} 33. Kf1 {which would have offered Black some
tactical possibilities})) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bazna Kings 3rd"]
[Site "Bazna"]
[Date "2009.06.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2009.06.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 131"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Bd3 {This variation is known to
lead to quiet positions and the present game changed nothing in that respect.}
Nf6 6. O-O Be7 7. c3 O-O 8. Bc2 Bg4 9. d4 Nbd7 10. Nbd2 Re8 {#} 11. Nc4 {
This is Ivanchuk's mini-improvement in this harmless opening variation. White
doesn't spend time for h2-h3 and transfers the knight to f5 with tempo.} (11.
h3 {is the move met previously.}) 11... Bh5 12. Ne3 Bf8 13. Nf5 c6 14. a4 d5 {
The knight on f5 is White's only achievement. However, the pawn structure is
simmetrical and Black has no weaknesses at all, so the position is equal
anyway.} 15. Bf4 Ne4 16. Ng3 {Black knight on e4 is strong as well, so
Ivanchuk exchanges it.} Bg6 17. Re1 Bd6 18. Bxd6 Nxd6 19. Rxe8+ Qxe8 20. h4 f6
21. Bxg6 hxg6 22. a5 Nf8 23. Qc2 Qd7 24. Nf1 Re8 25. Ne3 a6 26. g3 Qh3 27. Re1
Re4 28. Qd3 Nf5 29. Ng2 Rxe1+ 30. Nfxe1 Qg4 31. Nc2 Nd6 32. Nce3 Qf3 33. Qc2
Kf7 34. Nf4 Ne4 35. Nf1 Nd6 36. Qb3 Ne6 37. Nd2 {#} ({After} 37. Nd2 Qg4 38.
Nxe6 Kxe6 39. Kf1 f5 {it is Black who has a small initiative.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Morelia/Linares 23rd"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares"]
[Date "2006.03.08"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2006.02.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. a3 Nc6 11. cxd5 Qxd5 12. Nc3 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Bf5 14. Re1 Rfe8
15. Bf4 Rac8 {#} 16. Bd3 ({Leko chooses a quiet continuation. In San Luis he
tried the sharp} 16. h3 Be4 17. Nd2 {but eventually lost, Leko-Anand, San Luis
2005.}) 16... Qd7 17. Rb1 Bxd3 18. Qxd3 b6 19. d5 Bf6 20. c4 h6 21. h3 {
#All these moves have already been played several times at top level. White's
position is more active, but the central tandem of pawns is not easy to
advance.} Ne7 ({The following game is a good illustration of Black's
micro-problems in this structure:} 21... Re7 22. Rbd1 Rd8 23. Rxe7 Nxe7 24. Ne5
Bxe5 25. Bxe5 Re8 26. Bg3 Nf5 $6 27. Bxc7 $1 Qxc7 28. Qxf5 Qxc4 29. d6 {
with advantage for White, Leko-Anand, Linares 2003}) 22. Ne5 Bxe5 23. Bxe5 Nf5
24. Bb2 f6 25. Bc3 $5 {Not really a loss of time. Once the long diagonal has
been safely defended, the bishop needs to be transferred to another location.}
Nd6 26. Bd2 Rxe1+ 27. Rxe1 Re8 28. Rc1 Qf5 29. Qxf5 Nxf5 30. Bf4 Re7 {#} 31. g4
({Leko might have hoped that he would manage to force the enemy knight occupy
a passive position. Since the course of the game will prove the failure of his
plan, the prophilactic move} 31. Kf1 {, preparing c5, deserves being mentioned.
}) 31... Nd4 32. Kf1 Kf7 33. Be3 Nb3 34. Rc3 Na5 35. c5 Rd7 36. Bf4 {
#Apparently, White has obtained a clear advantage. He has certain queen side
pressure , while the knight is quite passive. For instance, 36...Rxd5 would be
met by 37.Bxc7, when the hanging position of the knight prevents the capture
of the c5-pawn.} b5 $1 {By taking the c4-square under control, Black solves
all his problems.} 37. Rd3 ({In case of} 37. c6 Rxd5 38. Bxc7 Nc4 {White's
c-pawn would be quite weak, in view of the threat ...Rc5.}) 37... Nc6 38. Bxc7
{Leko probably feared that his far advanced pawns would become weak and
decided to call it day already.} Rxc7 39. dxc6 Rxc6 40. Rd7+ Kg6 41. Rxa7
1/2-1/2

[Event "WchT 9th"]
[Site "Antalya"]
[Date "2013.12.03"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Baramidze, David"]
[Black "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2013.11.26"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Germany"]
[BlackTeam "US of America"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 {Um nach dem Tausch auf c3
und späterer langer Rochade ein bisschen Leben in die Russische Verteidigung
zu bringen.} Nxc3 ({Möglich ist auch} 5... Nf6) 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Bf4 O-O ({
Vorsichtigere Naturen spielen} 7... Nc6 8. Qd2 Be6 9. O-O-O Qd7 {1/2-1/2 (53)
Radjabov,T (2756)-Kramnik,V (2759) Baku 2009}) 8. Qd2 b6 {Ein Zug, der bisher
tatsächlich an dieser Stelle noch nicht gespielt wurde.} ({Die Hauptvariante
entsteht nach} 8... Nd7 9. O-O-O Nc5 10. Be3 Re8 11. Bc4 Be6 12. Bxe6 Nxe6 13.
h4 Qd7 14. Qd5 Qc6 15. Qf5 Qc4 16. Kb1 g6 17. Qh3 h5 18. Nd2 Qe2 19. Rde1 Qg4
20. Qh2 d5 21. f3 Qa4 22. g4 Bd6 23. Qf2 hxg4 24. fxg4 Qxg4 25. Reg1 Qh5 26.
Nf3 Re7 27. Bg5 Ree8 $11 {Anand,V (2799)-Kramnik,V (2799) Wijk aan Zee 2008,
½-½ (61)}) 9. O-O-O Bb7 10. h4 Nd7 ({Nach} 10... Bxf3 11. gxf3 {würde sich
Weiß über die offene g-Linie freuen und nach} Bxh4 $2 {über die sofortige
Aufgabe des Gegners wegen} 12. Qd5 c6 13. Qh5 $18) 11. Nd4 Nc5 12. Re1 (12. Nf5
Bf6 13. f3 Qd7 {bringt Weiß nichts ein.}) 12... Bf6 13. Bb5 (13. f3 $5) 13...
a6 14. Nc6 $5 {Das war die Idee von Lb5.} (14. Bc6 $2 Bxd4 15. Bxb7 Bxf2 16.
Qxf2 Nxb7 {kostet einen Bauern.}) 14... Qd7 (14... Qc8 $5 {ist angesichts der
Springergabel riskant, war aber spielbar und zieht komplizierte Varianten nach
sich:} 15. Bg5 {und nun:} (15. Ne7+ $4 Bxe7 16. Rxe7 axb5 {kostet natürlich
eine Figur.}) 15... axb5 (15... Bxg5 $2 16. hxg5 Re8 17. g6 {um über g5 mit
der Dame auf die h-Linie zu kommen.} hxg6 18. Qg5 Rxe1+ 19. Rxe1 Bxc6 20. Bxc6
Rb8 21. Re8+ (21. Rh1 $2 Qd8 22. Qg4 Ne6 23. Qh3 Qg5+ 24. Kb1 Qh6 $11) 21...
Qxe8 22. Bxe8 Rxe8 $16 {Mit wohl nur geringen Gewinnchancen für Weiß.}) 16.
Bxf6 Qg4 (16... gxf6 $4 17. Ne7+) 17. Ne7+ Kh8 18. Qg5 Qxg5+ 19. hxg5 Bxg2 (
19... gxf6 20. g6) 20. Rh2 Be4 21. f3 Bxf3 (21... Bg6 22. Nxg6+ fxg6 23. Re7
$14) (21... gxf6 22. fxe4 fxg5 23. e5 $11) 22. g6 fxg6 (22... gxf6 23. Rxh7#)
23. Nxg6+ Kg8 24. Nxf8 Rxf8 25. Be7 Re8 $15) 15. Ne7+ Qxe7 16. Rxe7 axb5 17.
Rhe1 ({Weiß hat keine Zeit, den Turm wegzuziehen, z.B.:} 17. Rxc7 Rxa2 18. b4
(18. Kb1 Rfa8 {ergibt Matt.}) 18... Ne4 19. Qe1 (19. Qe3 Ra1+ 20. Kb2 Rxh1 21.
Rxb7 Nxc3 22. Qxc3 {es droht Matt durch Tb1.} Bxc3+ 23. Kxc3 Rxh4 $17) 19...
Ra1+ 20. Kb2 Rxe1 21. Rxe1 Bxc3+ 22. Rxc3 Nxc3 23. Kxc3 Rc8+ 24. Kb2 Bxg2 $15)
17... Bxe7 (17... Rxa2 $2 18. Kb1 Rfa8 {scheitert an} 19. Re8+ $19) 18. Rxe7
Rxa2 19. Qe3 Ra1+ 20. Kd2 Bxg2 (20... Ne6 $5 {ergibt nach} 21. Rxe6 fxe6 22.
Qxe6+ Rf7 {ein forciertes Remis.} 23. Qe8+ Rf8 24. Qe6+) 21. h5 ({Interessant
war} 21. b4 Ne6 22. Bh6 $1 gxh6 (22... Kh8 23. Qg3) 23. Qg3+ Kh8 24. Qxg2 {
aber die weißen Bauern sind kaum mobil und der Turm ist derzeit eingesperrt.})
21... Rh1 22. h6 Rh3 23. f3 (23. hxg7 Ra8 (23... Rxe3 24. gxf8=Q+ Kxf8 25. Rxe3
$11) 24. Qe2) 23... Rxf3 24. Qd4 $2 {Wenn Schwarz jetzt nicht den folgenden
Trick in petto hätte, stünde Weiß auf Gewinn, aber...} (24. Qg1 Rxf4 25.
hxg7 Kxg7 26. Qxg2+ Kh8 27. Qg5 $11) 24... Rd3+ {Egal, was Weiß zieht - die
Dame ist weg.} 25. Qxd3 (25. cxd3 Nb3+ $19) 25... Nxd3 26. cxd3 Rc8 {Bilanz:
Schwarz hat drei Bauern mehr. Die ungleichfarbigen Läufer und die ungünstige
Verteilung der Bauernmehrheiten bereiten aber noch ein paar technische
Probleme.} 27. Re3 Bd5 28. Rg3 ({Zäher war} 28. Re7 {z.B.:} g6 29. Bg5 Be6 30.
d4 Kf8 31. Ke3 $17) 28... g6 29. Bg5 Kf8 30. Re3 Be6 {Nun lässt Schwarz den
Turm nicht mehr in die Stellung.} 31. d4 d5 32. Re1 Ra8 33. Ke3 Ra2 34. Kf4
Rxb2 35. Ra1 Ke8 36. Ra8+ Kd7 {Mit einem schwarzen Bauern auf c6 statt b5
wäre es Matt... Die Eroberung des Bauern h7 macht aber auch noch etwas
Hoffnung.} 37. Rh8 Rf2+ ({Präziser war} 37... Rg2 38. Rxh7 (38. Bf6 Rf2+ 39.
Ke3 (39. Ke5 Rf5#) 39... Rxf6 $19) (38. Bd8 Rf2+ 39. Ke3 Rc2 40. Kd3 Bf5+ $19)
(38. Rd8+ Kc6 39. Be7 Rh2 $19) 38... Rg4+ 39. Ke3 Rxg5 $19) 38. Kg3 Rc2 39.
Rxh7 Rxc3+ 40. Kg2 Rh3 {Provoziert...} 41. Rxf7+ Bxf7 42. Kxh3 Bg8 43. Kg4 b4
44. Bd2 b3 45. Bc3 Ke6 46. Kg5 Bh7 47. Bb2 c5 {So hatte sich Schwarz das
ausgerechnetet.} 0-1

[Event "Morelia/Linares 23rd"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares"]
[Date "2006.02.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2006.02.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 {#This method
of play against the Petroff becomes more and more popular. Instead of trying
to prove (and, what's even more difficult, convert) a strategic superiority in
the main lines, White aims for rapid piece development in a position with open
centre.} Be7 7. Bf4 ({This move is aimed to prevent a further knight jump to
e5. Svidler has nice memories with} 7. Be3 O-O 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. O-O-O Ne5 10. h4
Re8 11. h5 Bf6 12. Kb1 a6 13. Nh2 b5 14. Be2 Bb7 15. f4 Nd7 16. Bf3 Bxf3 {
and now the paradoxical} 17. gxf3 $5 {led to an interesting fight in
Svidler-Kramnik, Moscow 2005, which eventually ended with White's win.}) 7...
O-O 8. Qd2 Nd7 9. O-O-O Nc5 10. Be3 {Now that the knight has defined its plans,
the bishop retreats to a more stable square.} Re8 11. Bc4 Be6 12. Bxe6 Nxe6 13.
h4 {An important element of White's plan. White intends to activate his rook
by means of either Rh3-g3 or Ng5 and if N(B)xg5, then hxg5.} Qd7 14. Qd3 Qa4
15. Ng5 Nf8 {#} 16. Qd5 ({A strong novelty. White allows the exchange of
queens, but improves his structure of pawns dramatically.} 16. Kb1 c6 17. Qf5
f6 18. Ne6 Nxe6 19. Qxe6+ Kh8 20. Qf7 Qe4 21. h5 Rf8 {was OK for Black in
Todorovic-Antic, Kopaonik 2005.}) 16... Bxg5 17. hxg5 Qe4 18. c4 Qxd5 19. cxd5
{In spite of simplifications, White retains a huge advantage of space on both
wings. This will allow him to radically activate his rooks.} Nd7 20. Rd3 f6 21.
Rc3 Rac8 22. Rh4 Re7 23. Rhc4 Nb6 24. Bxb6 axb6 25. gxf6 gxf6 26. a4 {#There
are several elements that define White's clear advantage: his active rooks,
Black's numerous weaknesses as well as the already mentioned advantage of
space.} Kf8 27. Kd2 Rg7 28. g3 Ke8 29. Rf3 Rg6 30. Rh4 h6 31. Re4+ Kd7 32. Re6
Rf8 33. c4 h5 34. Rf5 Rg4 35. b3 {#} h4 {Possibly fearing the activation of
the white king, Black decides to abandon his passivity at the cost of one pawn.
} 36. gxh4 Rxh4 37. Rfxf6 Rxf6 38. Rxf6 Ke7 39. Re6+ Kf7 40. Re3 Rh1 41. Rf3+
Ke7 42. Ke3 Re1+ 43. Kf4 Kf6 44. Rh3 Re2 45. Rh7 Rxf2+ 46. Ke3 Rb2 47. Rxc7
Rxb3+ 48. Kd4 Rb4 49. Rd7 Rxa4 50. Rxd6+ Ke7 51. Rxb6 Ra7 52. c5 Kd8 53. Ke5
Kc7 54. Rh6 {#With a normal placement of pieces, Black should hold this
position. However, with such an extremely passive rook, he is just lost.} Ra5
55. Rh7+ Kb8 56. Rh8+ Ka7 57. d6 Rxc5+ 58. Ke6 Rc6 59. Ke7 1-0

[Event "Bazna Kings 3rd"]
[Site "Bazna"]
[Date "2009.06.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nisipeanu, Liviu Dieter"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "148"]
[EventDate "2009.06.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 131"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8.
Re1 ({The main theory starts with} 8. c4 {but the move made by Nisipeanu is
quite popular as well.}) 8... Bg4 9. c3 f5 {#} 10. c4 {But this is a rare
continuation. White uses the fact that with his last move Black weakened the
diagonal a2-g8.} ({Gelfand has vast experience against} 10. Qb3 {For instance:}
O-O 11. Nbd2 Na5 12. Qc2 (12. Qa4 Nc6 13. Bb5 Bh4 14. g3 Bf6 15. Bxc6 bxc6 16.
Qxc6 Rb8 17. c4 f4 {with strong compensation for the pawn, Cheparinov,I (2687)
-Gelfand,B (2720)/Sochi 2008 (41)}) 12... Bd6 13. b4 Bxf3 14. Nxf3 Nc4 15. Bxc4
dxc4 16. Be3 Re8 17. Rad1 Qf6 {and Black achieved a draw later on in Anand,V 
(2774)-Gelfand,B (2714)/Moscow 2004.}) 10... dxc4 11. Bxc4 Qd6 12. Nc3 O-O-O
13. Nxe4 fxe4 14. Rxe4 Qg6 {#} 15. Bd3 {The prepared novelty. In the game
Kholmov-Mikhalchishin, Minsk 1985 White made a weaker move 15.Rf4 and lost.}
Nxd4 ({There are little doubts that Nisipeanu analyzed very well the most
obvious reply} 15... Bf5) 16. Rxd4 Rxd4 17. Nxd4 Bxd1 18. Bxg6 hxg6 19. Bf4 Bg4
20. Nb5 c6 21. h3 ({In case of} 21. Nxa7+ Kd7 {the knight remains stuck on a7.}
) 21... Be6 22. Nd6+ ({Again} 22. Nxa7+ Kd7 23. Rd1+ Ke8 {can bring problems
only to White} (23... Bd5 $2 24. Nb5)) 22... Bxd6 ({Gelfand considered for a
while} 22... Kd7 23. Nxb7 Rh5 24. Rd1+ Rd5 25. Rxd5+ Bxd5 26. b3 {but decided
that the game continuation is safer.}) 23. Bxd6 Kd7 24. Be5 Rg8 25. b4 Ke7 26.
a4 Kf7 27. Bd4 a6 28. a5 Rd8 29. Bb6 Re8 {# White is basically a pawn up 
(Black's pawn majority on the queenside does not count). Besides, Black has a
weak pawn on g7. Gelfand admitted that the position is quite unpleasant for
Black, but that it should be a draw.} 30. f3 Bd5 31. Kf2 Bc4 32. Rd1 Bd5 33.
Be3 Re5 34. Rd4 Rf5 35. Ke2 Re5 36. Kf2 Rf5 37. Rd2 Re5 38. Bd4 Re8 39. Bc3 Re7
40. Rd4 Rd7 41. Rf4+ Kg8 42. Rg4 Kh7 43. Rg5 Bf7 44. Re5 Kg8 45. Kg3 Rd3 46.
Be1 Rd6 47. Bf2 Re6 48. Rg5 Rd6 49. Rg4 Rd7 50. Re4 {# Gelfand said after the
game that he was happy to find this set-up for Black. In spite of its
passivity, black pieces control all squares where the opponent rook could
eventually penetrate into Black's position. White cannot break through.} Kh7
51. Bc5 Kg8 52. h4 Kh7 53. Kf4 Kg8 54. Re5 Kh7 55. Ke3 Kg8 56. f4 Rd8 57. g3
Re8 58. Kd4 Rxe5 59. fxe5 Bd5 60. Bd6 Kf7 61. Kc5 Ke6 62. Kb6 c5 {The last
important step of Black's defense. Now the draw become obvious.} 63. bxc5 Bf3
64. Kc7 Be4 65. Kd8 Bc6 66. Bb8 Ba4 67. g4 Bc6 68. Bd6 Bf3 69. Kc7 Bc6 70. Kc8
Bf3 71. g5 Bc6 72. Kd8 Ba4 73. Bf8 Kxe5 74. Ke7 Bd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT 23rd"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2016.05.05"]
[Round "5.7"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Sjugirov, Sanan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2674"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2016.05.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Moscow Legacy Square"]
[BlackTeam "Samara region Zhiguli"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. c4 Be7 6. d4 O-O 7. Bd3 Ng5 8.
Nc3 Bg4 {Diagramm [#] Dieser unschuldig wirkende Zug wird taktisch widerlegt.}
(8... Nxf3+ 9. Qxf3 Nc6 10. Be3 Bf6 11. O-O g6 12. Qf4 Bg7 13. Rad1 Ne7 14. Qh4
Bf5 15. Bh6 Bxd3 {1/2-1/2 (15) Kuczynski,R (2510)-Rozentalis,E (2600) Germany
1995}) 9. Bxg5 $1 (9. Be2 $6 Nxf3+ 10. Bxf3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Nc6 12. Be3 Bg5 $11 {
0-1 (87) Tseshkovsky,V (2560)-Makarichev,S (2500) Minsk 1979}) 9... Bxg5 10.
Bxh7+ $1 Kxh7 11. h4 $1 {Diagramm [#] die Pointe! Das Motiv Lxh7 nebst Sg5+
ist natьrlich recht typisch, funktionierte hier aber in der Reinform nicht. In
Kombination mit h4 und Einbindung des Th1 ist es leichter zu ьbersehen.} Bd2+ (
11... Bxf3 12. hxg5+ Kg8 13. Qxf3 Qxg5 14. Qh3 (14. Rh5 $5 Qe7+ 15. Kd2 $18 {
[%cal Ga1h1,Gc3d5]}) 14... Re8+ 15. Kf1 f6 (15... Kf8 16. Qh8+ Ke7 17. Re1+)
16. Nd5 Na6 17. Kg1 {und WeiЯ steht klar besser, wohl bereits auf Gewinn.}) (
11... Bh6 12. Ng5+ Qxg5 13. hxg5 Bxd1 14. Rxd1 Nd7 15. f3 $16) (11... Bxh4 12.
Qd3+ Kg8 13. Rxh4 f5 14. g3 $14) 12. Qxd2 Re8+ 13. Kf1 Bxf3 14. Qd3+ Kg8 15.
Qxf3 {und WeiЯ hat kompensationslos einen Bauern gewonnen - einen Vorteil, den
Nepomniatchi sicher verwertet} Nd7 16. Rd1 Qf6 17. Qxf6 Nxf6 18. f3 d5 19. c5
b6 20. cxb6 axb6 21. Kf2 b5 22. a3 b4 23. axb4 Rab8 24. b5 c6 25. Rhe1 cxb5 26.
Rxe8+ Rxe8 27. Rc1 Ra8 28. Nxb5 Ra4 29. Rc8+ Kh7 30. g4 Rb4 31. Nd6 Rxd4 32.
Kg3 1-0

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 42nd"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2014.07.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[Annotator "Caruana,F"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2014.07.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{The previous day I had won a long and exhausting game against David Baramidze,
which might explain my rather sedate choice of opening in this game.} 1. e4 e5
2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 {The modern treatment of the Petroff.
It might seem a bit innocuous to the uninitiated, but this quiet line carries
with it a surprising amount of positional venom.} Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 Nc6
8. Qd2 {In our previous game in this variation, Ruslan castled kingside. This
time he goes for the safer queenside castle, where he is unlikely to meet a
crude attack.} Be6 9. O-O-O Qd7 10. Kb1 Bf6 11. h3 $5 {For this game I decided
to try an uncommon plan with g4 and Bg2. Years ago, I preferred the more
straightforward 11.h4 and won a nice game against Landa, but since then
remedies have been found for Black.} h6 12. b3 a6 13. g4 O-O-O 14. Bg2 g5 $2 {
This move surprised me. I was expecting the natural 14...Kb8.} (14... Kb8 {
My intention was} 15. Ng1 $5 {, with the idea of playing Ne2-f4 or f4-f5,
depending on Black's response. Although White's play is slow, Black remains
under some pressure. In any case, this was better for him than the game.}) 15.
Nd4 Nxd4 16. cxd4 d5 17. f4 {Now Black's kingside is weakened.} gxf4 18. Bxf4
h5 19. g5 Bg7 20. Rde1 {I wasn't very comfortable allowing ...h4, but I felt
it was necessary to act fast to prevent ...f6.} ({I saw no clear-cut way to
continue after} 20. h4 f6) 20... h4 21. Be5 {Now it seems I have a grip over
the dark squares, but due to the weakness of g5 and h3, it's difficult to make
any inroads into Black's position.} Rdg8 22. Qf4 Qd8 23. Bf1 Kb8 24. Bd3 {
Creating the threat of g6. I felt this was a clever maneuver, but Ruslan
quickly responded with an even more clever defense:} Bc8 $1 {I overlooked this.
} 25. Kb2 ({I was initially attracted to} 25. Qxf7 Bxe5 26. dxe5 Rf8 27. e6 $5
{, which seemed highly promising if Black accepts the queen sacrifice. Then I
noticed} Qxg5 $1 28. Qg6 Qe7 $1 {, and the e-pawn is safely blockaded.}) 25...
Bxe5 26. Rxe5 Rg7 {At this point I realized that I have no constructive ideas
to improve my position. On the other hand, Black also doesn't want to spoil
his ideal setup, so I decided to give him a move.} 27. a4 a5 {Not entirely
ideal, as this weakens the b5-square. I could see Pono was hesitant to play
this, but it's difficult to find another move.} 28. Ka2 {Keeping on waiting...}
Ka7 (28... Rhg8 29. Qxh4 Rxg5 30. Rxg5 Qxg5 31. Qxg5 Rxg5 32. h4 Rh5 33. Be2
Rh6 34. h5 {seems dangerous for Black, but because White's king is so far from
the action, Black shouldn't have many problems defending.}) 29. Qd2 Kb8 30. Qf4
Ka7 31. Rhe1 {Finally doing something, now that the king is misplaced on a7.}
Bxh3 32. Rh1 {This was the point of my last move. The only chance at progress
is to eliminate the h-pawns.} (32. Re7 Qd6 {poses Black no problems.}) 32...
Bc8 (32... Qd7 $2 33. Qf6 Rhg8 34. Re7 Qc8 35. g6 $1 {is immediately decisive.}
) 33. Rxh4 Rxh4 34. Qxh4 {Considering how quickly the game ends from here,
it's possible to assume that Black doesn't have significant improvements. In
fact, the position is far from lost for Black, although it is rather
unpleasant to defend.} b6 $2 {The first and perhaps already the decisive
mistake.} ({After} 34... c6 {, d5 is securely defended and White will have a
hard time breaking down Black's defense.}) 35. Qh6 Rg8 36. Qc6 $1 {A very
powerful move, luring Black's bishop to b7.} Be6 (36... Rxg5 37. Rxg5 Qxg5 38.
Qxc7+ Bb7 39. Qxf7 {might be defensible, but I'd rather not endure such a
torture.}) (36... Bb7 37. Qf6 Qxf6 38. gxf6 Kb8 39. Re7 Rf8 40. Bb5 $1 {
is where I finished my calculations during the game. Black is completely
passive and likely to be positionally squashed.}) 37. g6 Rg7 $2 {When he
played this move, I became very excited. I had already seen the winning
combination while he was thinking about his 36th move, but could hardly
believe my good fortune when he fell into it - so I spent my remaining time in
double and triple checking.} (37... Rf8 38. g7 Rg8 39. Rg5 $3 {is another
beautiful end to the game. Black is unable to take the rook, and has to sit
and wait for Rg1 and Bh7.}) (37... Bd7 {was the only chance to survive, but
it's also pretty close to hopeless:} 38. Qxd5 fxg6 39. Be4 Qc8 40. Re7 Rd8 41.
Qf7 Kb8 42. Qxg6 {, and besides being down a pawn, Black is also horribly
passive with a weak king.}) 38. gxf7 Bxf7 39. Re7 $1 {Now comes a double
deflection.} Qxe7 40. Ba6 $1 {There is no way for Black to stop mate.} Kxa6 41.
Qa8# {One of the most satisfying combinations I have ever played! The rest of
the tournament went just as smoothly, and I finished on a solid 5.5/7, without
any losses.} 1-0

[Event "Buenos Aires"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1980.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Panno, Oscar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "Chekhov,V"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "1980.10.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 Be7 6. Bd3 d5 7. O-O Bf5 (7...
O-O $5) 8. c4 $5 (8. Re1 $5) 8... dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nd7 10. Re1 O-O 11. Bd5 (11. Nc3
Nxc3 12. bxc3 $14) 11... Nd6 12. Nc3 Re8 13. Ne5 $14 Nb6 (13... Nf6 $6 14. Bb3
h6 (14... Bf8 15. Bg5) 15. Qf3) 14. Bb3 Bf6 15. Bf4 (15. Qf3 Be6 16. d5 $140
Bxd5) 15... Be6 16. d5 Bf5 17. Qf3 Bg6 18. Re2 Nd7 (18... Bxe5 19. Bxe5 Nbc4
20. Bd4) 19. Nxg6 Rxe2 20. Qxe2 hxg6 21. Bc2 $5 (21. Re1 $5 Qf8 {/\Re8/}) 21...
Nb6 22. Rd1 Qd7 23. h3 Re8 24. Qd3 a6 (24... Nbc4 $5 25. Bc1 Qf5 26. Qxf5 gxf5
27. Kf1 $14) 25. Bc1 Qf5 26. Qxf5 gxf5 27. Kf1 g6 $6 (27... Nbc4 $1) 28. Ne2 $1
Rd8 29. g4 $1 fxg4 30. hxg4 Ndc4 $6 (30... Ndc8 $5 31. g5 Bg7 32. Be4) 31. b3
Ne5 32. g5 Bg7 33. Be4 Nc8 34. f4 Nd7 35. Bf3 Nd6 36. Be3 (36. Ba3 Bf8 37. Rc1
Ne8) 36... Nf5 37. Bf2 Bf8 38. Be4 Nd6 39. Bf3 Bg7 $6 (39... Nf5) 40. Rc1 Ne8
41. Ng3 f5 42. Ne2 $1 Kf7 (42... Nb6 43. d6 $1) 43. Nd4 Bxd4 44. Bxd4 $16 Nb6
45. d6 $1 Rxd6 46. Be5 c6 (46... Rd2 47. Bxb7 Rxa2 48. Bxc7) 47. Bxd6 Nxd6 48.
Kf2 (48. Bxc6 $5 bxc6 49. Rxc6 Nbc8 50. Rxa6 $18) 48... Nd7 49. Ke3 a5 50. Be2
Ke7 51. Bc4 Ne4 52. Rh1 Nf8 53. a4 Nd6 54. Kd4 $18 b6 55. Rh8 Ne8 56. Rg8 Nc7
57. Rg7+ Kd6 58. Ke3 {/\Bf7/} 1-0

[Event "Vilnius zt"]
[Site "Vilnius"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lanka, Zigurds"]
[Black "Lauk, Ular"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[Annotator "Chekhov,V"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1993.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "LTU"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 035"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8.
Re1 (8. c4 c6 9. Re1) 8... Bf5 (8... Re8) 9. c4 c6 10. Qc2 (10. Qb3 Qd7 (10...
Na6 11. Nc3 dxc4 $5 {Serper-Akopian/Adelaide/1988/} 12. Qxc4 $1 Be6 13. Qa4
Nac5 14. dxc5 Nxc5 15. Bxh7+ Kxh7 16. Qc2+ Kg8 17. Ng5 $16 {Serper})) (10. Nc3
Nxc3 11. bxc3 Bxd3 12. Qxd3 dxc4 13. Qxc4 Nd7 14. Bg5 Nb6 15. Qb3 $14 {De
Firmian-Wolff/Philadelphia/1987/}) 10... Na6 11. a3 Bg6 12. c5 Bc7 13. Nc3 f5
$5 $146 (13... Re8 $6 14. b4 Qf6 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Bxe4 Rxe4 17. Rxe4 Qf5 18.
Nd2 Qh5 19. Nf1 Qd5 20. f3 Bxe4 21. Qxe4 $16 {Yudasin-Rozentalis/Lvov/1990/})
14. b4 Bh5 15. Ne5 Bxe5 16. dxe5 Nc7 17. f3 Qh4 (17... Nxc3 18. Qxc3 Ne6 19.
Qc2 g6 20. Be3 f4 21. Bf2 Qe7 $10) 18. Be3 Nxc3 19. Qxc3 Ne6 20. Qc2 g6 21. b5
f4 22. Bf2 Qe7 $10 23. Rab1 Rac8 24. bxc6 bxc6 (24... Rxc6 $6 25. Qb3 $16) 25.
Rb4 g5 26. h3 Rc7 27. a4 Be8 (27... Qf7 $5 {/\ Bg6}) 28. a5 Bd7 29. Reb1 Bc8
30. Rb8 Qg7 31. Qe2 h5 32. Kh1 $1 Rcf7 33. Rg1 g4 $6 34. Bh4 $1 (34. fxg4 $2 f3
$1 35. gxf3 Rxf3 36. gxh5 Rxh3#) 34... Nxc5 35. Bb1 Ne6 $6 (35... Be6 36. Bf6
Qh6 37. Rxf8+ Qxf8 38. Qc2 $16) 36. Bf6 Qh6 37. fxg4 Nd4 38. Qd3 $18 hxg4 (
38... Ne6 39. Qg6+ Qxg6 40. Bxg6) (38... c5 39. g5 $18) 39. Qxd4 f3 40. Rxc8 $1
fxg2+ (40... Rxc8 41. Qxg4+ Kf8 42. Qxc8#) 41. Rxg2 Qxh3+ 42. Kg1 Rxc8 43.
Rxg4+ (43. Rxg4+ Kf8 44. Qc5+ Ke8 45. Rg8+ Kd7 46. Qd6#) 1-0

[Event "Zonal Munich"]
[Site "Munich"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Unzicker, Wolfgang"]
[Black "Rabar, Braslav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "1954.06.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {1)BCM 1954, p.251. crosstables.} e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5.
d4 d5 6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O Nc6 8. c4 Nf6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. cxd5 Nb4 11. Bc4 Nbxd5 12.
Re1 c6 13. Bg5 Be6 14. Qb3 Nxc3 15. Bxe6 Nb5 16. Bf5 h6 17. Bh4 Nd5 18. Bg3 Bd6
19. Be5 Qb6 20. Bc2 g6 21. Rad1 Rad8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel GM"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2007.08.01"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "2007.07.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 120"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.10.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.10.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nb4 9. cxd5 Nxd3 10. Qxd3 Qxd5 11. Re1 Bf5 12. Ne5 Nd6 13. Nc3 Qa5 14. Qe2 O-O
15. b4 Qa6 16. Qxa6 bxa6 17. Nd5 Bd8 18. Nc6 Be6 19. Nde7+ Bxe7 20. Nxe7+ Kh8
21. d5 Rae8 22. Bg5 h6 23. dxe6 hxg5 24. exf7 Rxf7 25. Nc6 Rxe1+ 26. Rxe1 Rf4
27. Rc1 g4 28. g3 Re4 29. Kf1 a5 30. bxa5 Ra4 31. Nxa7 Rxa5 32. Nc6 Rxa2 33.
Ne5 Ra4 34. Rxc7 Ne4 35. Kg2 Nf6 36. Nf7+ Kh7 37. Ng5+ Kh6 38. Ne6 Ra2 39. Nxg7
Kg6 40. Ne6 Nd5 41. Rc1 Rd2 42. Re1 Kf5 43. Re2 Rd1 44. Nc5 Nf6 45. h3 gxh3+
46. Kxh3 Rd4 47. Kg2 Rd6 48. f3 Rd4 49. Ne4 Nd5 50. Rd2 Rxd2+ 51. Nxd2 Kg5 52.
Kf2 Kf5 53. Nc4 Nb4 54. Ke2 Nc6 55. Ke3 Ne7 56. Nb2 Nd5+ 57. Kf2 Nf6 58. Nd3
Kg5 59. f4+ Kg4 60. Ne5+ Kh3 {[%mdl 4096] Grischuk had played strongly and of
course should have decided the endgame in his favour. However there is only
one winning move at this point, which looks les logical than the move in the
game. When you consider that there was probably only the incremental time per
move remaining, the mistake can be excused. However this is hardly the case
for players above 2700 and Grischuk was very unhappy with his own mistake.
Grischuk hatte eine starke Partie gespielt und natьrlich hдtte er auch das
Endspiel fьr sich entscheiden mьssen. Allerdings gewinnt an dieser Stelle nur
ein Zug, der zudem unlogischer als der Partiezug aussieht. Wenn man bedenkt,
dass sicher nur noch das Inkrement pro Zug zur Verfьgung stand, so ist der
Fehler entschuldbar. Allerdings gilt dies wohl nicht fьr Spieler oberhalb von
2700 und Grischuk haderte deshalb sehr mit seiner eigenen Fehlleistung.} 61.
Kf3 $2 (61. f5 $1 $18) 61... Ng4 $1 62. Nd3 (62. Nxg4 {Stalemate/Patt}) 62...
Nh2+ $1 63. Ke4 Ng4 64. Ne5 Nf6+ 65. Kf3 Ng4 $1 66. Nc4 Nh2+ $1 67. Ke4 Nf1 $1
68. Ne3 Nxg3+ 69. Ke5 Kh2 70. Kd6 Nh5 71. f5 Ng7 72. f6 1/2-1/2

[Event "World-ch32-KK3 Kasparov-Karpov +5-4=15"]
[Site "London/Leningrad"]
[Date "1986.08.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1986.07.28"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "24"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "MainBase"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Bg4 8. c4
Nf6 9. Nc3 Bxf3 (9... Nxd4 10. Qe1+ Ne6 11. Ne5 $16) 10. Qxf3 Nxd4 11. Qe3+ {
11.Re1 -Kasparov-Karpov(15), Moscow m(II) 1985 11.Qh3!? -Howell-van Kemenade,
England 1991} (11. Qd1 Ne6 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Bb5+ c6 14. Nxd5 cxb5 $13) 11...
Ne6 12. cxd5 Nxd5 (12... Bc5 $2 13. Qf3 Nd4 14. Re1+ Kf8 15. Qf4 Nxd5 16. Nxd5
Qxd5 17. Qxc7 Ne6 18. Qg3 Rd8 19. Rd1 h5 20. h4 $16 {Karpov}) 13. Nxd5 Qxd5 14.
Be4 Qb5 15. a4 (15. Qf3 $2 Nd4) 15... Qa6 $1 (15... Qb6 $2 16. a5 $1 $16 {
Forintos, Haag}) (15... Qc5 $2 16. Bxb7 Rb8 17. b4 $1 Qb6 (17... Qxe3 18. Bc6+
Ke7 19. Bxe3 $16) 18. Qxb6 cxb6 19. Bc6+ Kd8 20. Rd1+ Kc7 21. b5 Rd8 22. Rxd8
Nxd8 23. Bd5 Ne6 24. Bxe6 fxe6 25. Bf4+ $16 {Ivanchuk-Serper, Sochi 1986}) 16.
Rd1 $1 (16. Qf3 $2 Nd4 $1 (16... Nc5 $2 17. b4 Nxe4 18. Qxe4+ Be7 19. Bg5 $1 f6
(19... Qe6 $2 20. Qxb7 {/\ Rfe1}) 20. Bf4 {/\ Re1} Kf7 (20... Qc6 21. Qe2 {
/\ Rfe1; Rac1}) 21. b5 Qb6 (21... Qe6 22. Qxb7 $18) 22. Qd5+ Kf8 23. a5 c6 24.
axb6 cxd5 25. bxa7 $18 {Hobuss (NIC 7 1986)}) (16... Rb8 $5 17. b4 Bxb4 18. Rb1
c5 19. Bb2 {|^ Rausis} O-O 20. Qh5 (20. Qh3 Ng5 21. Qg3 f6 22. Bd5+ Kh8 23. h4
Ne6 $17) (20. Qf5 g6 21. Qe5 (21. Qf6 Nd4 $1) 21... f6 22. Qg3 (22. Qd5 Rbd8
23. Qb3 Kg7) 22... Rbd8 23. Rbd1 (23. Bxg6 $2 hxg6 24. Qxg6+ Ng7 25. Rbd1 Bd2
$1 {/\ Qd3}) (23. f4 $2 f5) 23... Bd2 $1 $17) 20... g6 21. Qh6 Qe2 $1 22. Bd5
Qd2 $17 {Hobuss (NIC 7 1986)}) 17. Qe3 O-O-O $1 {Kasparov} (17... Ne2+ $6 18.
Kh1 Ng3+ 19. hxg3 Qxf1+ 20. Kh2 $44)) (16. Bd3 Qb6 17. Qh3 $13 {Makarychev}) (
16. b4 Bxb4 17. Rb1 Bc5 18. Qf3 c6 19. Rxb7 O-O $10) 16... Be7 (16... Bc5 $6
17. Qf3 c6 (17... Rd8 18. Rxd8+ (18. Re1 O-O $13) 18... Nxd8 19. Bf4 $1 {
/\ Bc7+/= Makarychev} O-O (19... Ne6 20. Be5 $1 O-O $140 (20... Ng5 $140 21.
Qf5 $18) 21. Qf5 $18) 20. Qh5 $14 {Forintos, Haag}) 18. Rd7 $3 {Nunn} O-O $1 (
18... Kxd7 $2 19. Qxf7+ Be7 (19... Kd6 20. Bf4+ Nxf4 21. Qxf4+ Ke7 22. Qe5+ Kf7
23. Qf5+ Ke8 24. Qxc5 $18 {Kasparov}) 20. Bf5 c5 (20... Qe2 21. Be3) (20... Qc4
21. Bg5 (21. Bf4 $1 {Kasparov}) 21... Rhe8 22. Rd1+ Kc7 23. Bxe7) 21. Bg5 Qd6
22. Bxe6+ Qxe6 23. Rd1+) 19. Bd3 (19. b4 Bd4) 19... Qb6 (19... Qa5 $2 20. Bd2
$1 Qb6 21. b4 Bd4 22. a5 $18) (19... b5 $2 20. b4 Bxb4 21. Qe4 $18) 20. a5 Qb4
21. Bd2 $1 Qh4 (21... Qxb2 $2 22. Bc3 Qb3 23. Qh5 (23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. Qg4+ Kh8
25. Qf5 $18 {Kasparov}) 23... g6 24. Bxg6 $18) 22. Rxb7 $142 (22. g3 Qf6 (22...
Qh3 $2 23. Bf5) 23. Qxf6 gxf6 $13 24. Rxb7 $2 Rfd8 25. Rb3 Nd4 26. Rc3 Bb4 $19)
22... Rad8 23. Bc3 $14 {Kasparov}) (16... Bd6 $5 {/\ 0-0-0 Makarychev}) 17. b4
(17. Qh3 Rd8 18. Rxd8+ Bxd8 19. Be3 Bf6 $1 $132 {Kasparov}) (17. b3 Bf6 $1 18.
Ra2 O-O {Kasparov}) (17. Qf3 Rb8 $5 (17... c6 $6 18. Bf5 O-O $140 19. Qh3 $1
$16 {Ivanchuk}) (17... Rd8 18. Bd3 (18. Rxd8+ $5 Nxd8 19. Be3 $44 (19. Bf4 $44
{Ivanchuk})) 18... Qa5 $1 (18... Nd4 19. Qg4 $1 (19. Qg3 Ne2+ 20. Bxe2 Qxe2 21.
Rxd8+ Bxd8 22. Be3 O-O 23. Bd4 $44) 19... Qf6 20. Be3 Ne6 21. Qe4 $16) (18...
Qb6 $5 19. Be3 Qxb2 20. Rab1 Qc3 $13 (20... Qa3 $6 21. Qxb7 O-O 22. Qe4 g6 23.
Bxa7 $16)) 19. Bd2 (19. Qxb7 $2 Rxd3 $1 $19) 19... Bb4 $8 20. Be3 (20. Bb5+ $6
c6 21. Bxc6+ bxc6 22. Qxc6+ Kf8 23. Bxb4+ Qxb4 24. Rxd8+ Nxd8 25. Qd7 (25. Qd5
Qb8 $1 $17) 25... Qe7 26. Rd1 Qxd7 27. Rxd7 Ke8 28. Rxa7 h5 $17) 20... O-O (
20... c6 21. Qe4 (21. Bc4 $5 Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 Qxa4 23. b3 Qa5 24. Qe4 $44) 21...
g6 22. Bc4 Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 Qf5 $1 24. Qxf5 (24. Qh4 Be7) 24... gxf5 25. Bxa7 Ke7
26. Bb6 $14) 21. Qxb7 Nc5 $10 22. Bxc5 Bxc5 23. Qb5 {1/4-1/4 Timman-Yusupov (2)
, Hilversum m 1986 42/381}) 18. b4 (18. Qh3 $5) (18. Qh5 $5 {Rosendaal}) 18...
O-O 19. Rd7 $6 (19. Bb2 $5 $44) 19... Rbd8 $3 $17 {Ivanchuk - Howell,
Groningen 1986/87 -43/389}) 17... O-O $1 (17... Bxb4 $2 18. Qf3 (18. Bb2 O-O
19. Qh3 g6 (19... Ng5 20. Qg4 Qh6 21. Bc1 $1 Be7 22. h4 $18) (19... f5 20. Bxf5
Ng5 21. Qb3+ Kh8 22. Rd7 $18) 20. Rd3 $1 {/\ Qh7} h5 (20... Ng5 21. Qh6 f6 22.
Bd5+ Kh8 23. Qxg5 $1) 21. Qxh5 $1 gxh5 22. Rg3+) 18... c6 (18... Nc5 19. Rd4
$18 {Timman}) (18... Rb8 19. Bb2 O-O $2 20. Qf5 g6 21. Qf6 $18 {Kasparov}) 19.
Rd7 $1 O-O $1 (19... Be7 20. Rxb7 Nd4 21. Rxe7+ Kxe7 22. Ba3+ $18 {Kasparov}) (
19... Nd8 20. Bf5 O-O 21. Bb2 $18 {Kasparov}) (19... Kxd7 20. Qxf7+ Kd6 21. Bg5
$3 (21. Bf4+ $2 Nxf4 22. Rd1+ Nd5 23. Bxd5 Qe2 24. Bf3+ $13) 21... Nxg5 (21...
Rhe8 22. Rd1+ Kc5 23. Be3+ Kc4 24. Bd3+ $18) 22. Rd1+ Kc5 23. Qe7+ Kc4 24. Bd3+
Kb3 25. Rb1+ Kc3 26. Qxb4+ Kxd3 27. Rd1+ $18 {Kasparov}) 20. Qh3 g6 (20... h6
21. Bxh6) 21. Bxg6 $1 hxg6 22. Bb2 Ng7 23. Qh6 $18 {Dlugy}) (17... Bf6 $2 18.
b5 Qb6 19. Qxb6 axb6 20. Bxb7 Bxa1 21. Bxa8 O-O 22. Bc6 Rd8 23. Rxd8+ Nxd8 24.
Bd5 $16 {Kasparov}) 18. Qh3 $1 (18. b5 Rad8 $1 {Makarichev}) (18. Qf3 Rad8 $1 {
Makarichev}) 18... g6 (18... h6 $2 19. Qf5 (19. b5 $2 Qb6 20. Be3 Bc5 21. Bxh6
Bxf2+ 22. Kf1 Rfd8 23. Bh7+ Kf8 {Kasparov}) 19... g6 20. Qf3 {/\ Bb7; Bh6} (20.
Qe5 Ng5 21. Bxb7 $1 Qxb7 22. Bb2 f6 23. Qxe7 $16 {Kasparov})) 19. Bb2 {/\ Qc3}
(19. b5 Rad8 $1 20. Re1 (20. Bh6 Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1 Qxa4) 20... Qb6) (19. Qc3 $1
Ng5 $1 (19... f5 $2 20. Bd5 Bf6 21. Qb3 Bxa1 22. Bxe6+ $18) (19... c5 $6 20.
Bb2 Nd4 21. Bd3 Qb6 22. a5 Qc7 23. bxc5 Bxc5 24. Bf1 Rfd8 25. Ra4 Rac8 $140 26.
Raxd4 Bxd4 27. Qxc7 Rxc7 28. Rxd4 Rxd4 29. Bxd4 $16 {Aseev-Ivanchuk, Irkutsk
1986 42/(380)}) 20. Bxg5 (20. Bb2 Bf6 $1 21. Qxf6 Qxf6 22. Bxf6 Nxe4 23. Be7
Rfe8 24. Rd7 Nc3 $1 $10) 20... Bxg5 21. Qxc7 (21. a5 Qe6) 21... Rad8 $1 $10 {
Kasparov} (21... Rab8 $2 22. b5 Qb6 23. Qxb6 axb6 24. Rd6 $1 $16) (21... Rac8
$2 22. Bxb7 $1 Rxc7 23. Bxa6 $16) 22. Rxd8 $140 Rxd8 23. Bxb7 Qe2 24. Bf3 Qb2
$14 25. Rf1 $14) 19... Qc4 $1 (19... Nf4 $2 20. Qe3 $1 Qe2 (20... Bg5 21. Kh1 {
/\ Qc3}) 21. Qd4 f6 22. Bf3 $1) (19... Bxb4 $2 20. Rd3 $1 {/\ Qh7} Ng7 21. Qh6
f6 22. Rd7 $18) (19... Ng5 $2 20. Qh6 Bf6 21. Bxb7 $1 $18 {Kasparov}) 20. Rd7
$5 (20. Bxb7 $6 Rad8 $1 (20... Rab8 $6 21. Bd5 Qc2 22. Be5) 21. Qc3 (21. Rdc1
Qxb4 22. Ba3 Qxb7 23. Bxe7 Nf4 24. Qg4 Rfe8) 21... Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 Qxc3 23. Bxc3
Rb8 {Kasparov}) (20. Re1 Rad8 $1 (20... Bxb4 $2 21. Re3 $1 {/\ Qh7}) 21. Bxg6 (
21. Re3 Bg5) 21... fxg6 22. Rxe6 Qc2 {Kasparov}) (20. Bd5 Qc2 21. Be5 (21. Rab1
$5 Rad8 22. Rdc1 $1 $10) 21... Rad8 22. Rac1 (22. Rd3 Bg5 23. Rad1 c6 24. Qxe6
Rxd5 $1 $19) (22. Rdc1 Qd2 $1 23. Bxe6 fxe6 24. Qxe6+ Rf7 {Karpov} 25. Bg3 $15
{Kasparov} (25. Rxc7 $2 Qxf2+ 26. Kh1 Rd2 27. Rc8+ (27. Rg1 Qxg1+ $1) 27... Bf8
28. Rxf8+ Kxf8 29. Qc8+ Ke7 30. Qxb7+ Ke6 $19)) 22... Qxc1 $1 23. Rxc1 Rxd5 $15
24. Bb2 $2 Rfd8 25. Qf3 Rd3 $17 {Makarychev}) 20... Rae8 $1 (20... Qxe4 $2 21.
Qc3 f6 (21... Nd4 22. Re1 (22. Rxd4 Qe5 23. Re1 Qf6 24. Rxe7 Qxe7 25. Re4 $18 {
Kasparov}) 22... Qf4 23. Rxd4 Qf6 24. Rxe7 Qxe7 25. Re4 $18 {Makarychev}) 22.
Rxe7 $40) (20... Bxb4 $2 21. Bxg6 $1 {Kasparov}) (20... Bd6 $2 21. Bxg6 $1 {
Kasparov}) (20... Qxb4 $2 21. Bxg6 Ng5 (21... fxg6 22. Qxe6+ Rf7 23. Bf6 $1 Re8
24. Re1 $18) 22. Bxh7+ Nxh7 23. Ba3 $1 Qh4 24. Bxe7 Qxh3 25. gxh3 Rfc8 26. Ra3
$16 {Karpov}) 21. Bd5 (21. Bxb7 $2 Qxb4 22. Ba3 Qxa4 23. Rxe7 Rxe7 24. Qc3 (24.
Bb2 Nf4) 24... c5 $1 25. Bb2 Nd4 26. Rxa4 Ne2+ 27. Kf1 Nxc3 28. Bxc3 Rxb7 $19 {
Makarychev}) (21. Re1 Qxb4 22. Bc3 Ng5 (22... Qxa4 $2 23. Bxg6 $1) 23. Qd3 Qxa4
24. Bxg6 $1 (24. Rd4 Qa3 (24... Qa6 $2 25. Qxa6 bxa6 26. Bc6) 25. Ra1 Qc5 26.
Rd5 Nxe4 $1 27. Rxc5 Bxc5 $17) 24... hxg6 (24... Bf6 $2 25. Bxf7+ $1 Nxf7 26.
Qg3+ Ng5 27. Qxg5+ $1) 25. Rexe7 Rxe7 26. Rxe7 Qf4 (26... Re8 $2 27. Qd4 $1 $18
) 27. Qxg6+ $1 fxg6 28. Rg7+ Kh8 29. Rf7+ $10 {Kasparov}) 21... Qxb4 22. Bc3 (
22. Ba3 Qd4 {Karpov}) (22. Be5 Bf6 $1 23. Bxf6 Nf4 {Karpov}) 22... Nf4 $1 (
22... Qb6 $6 23. a5 Qa6 24. Re1 $40 {Kasparov}) (22... Qf4 $6 23. Bxe6 fxe6 24.
Qxe6+ Rf7 (24... Qf7 25. Qe3 $1 Qf4 26. Re1 $1 Qxe3 27. Rxe3 Bf6 28. Bxf6 Rxe3
29. Rg7+ $18) 25. Re1 (25. Bd4 Rd8 $1) 25... Qxf2+ 26. Kh1 Kf8 (26... Qf5 27.
Qxf5 Rxf5 28. g4 {/\ Bb4; Rc7}) 27. Rdd1 $1 $40 {Kasparov}) 23. Bxb4 (23. Qf3
$4 Qxc3 $19) 23... Nxh3+ 24. gxh3 Bxb4 $15 25. Rxc7 b6 (25... Re5 $142 $5 {
/\ Rf5 ><f2 Karpov}) 26. Rxa7 Kg7 27. Rd7 Rd8 (27... Re5 $6 28. Ra2 $1 (28. Rb1
Bc5 29. Rb3 $1 {/\ Rf3 Kasparov}) 28... Rf5 29. Rb2 Bc5 30. Rc2 $1 {/\ a5} Rc8
31. Be6 $1 {/\ Rf7 Makarychev}) 28. Rxd8 Rxd8 29. Rd1 Rd6 30. Rd3 h5 (30... Kf6
$2 31. Rf3+ {Karpov}) 31. Kf1 Rd7 32. Kg2 Bc5 33. Kf1 h4 34. Bc4 Re7 35. Rf3
Bd6 36. Kg2 Rc7 37. Bb3 (37. Bb5 $2 Rc2 {/\ Bc5-/+ Kasparov}) 37... f5 38. Rd3
Bc5 39. Rc3 Kf6 40. Rc4 (40. f4 $6 {Kasparov}) 40... g5 41. Rc2 Ke5 42. Bc4 (
42. Rd2 $5 {Kasparov}) (42. Bc4 Rd7 (42... Bb4 43. Bb3 $1 (43. Kf3 Rd7 (43...
Kd4 44. Bd3 $1) 44. Re2+ Kd4 45. Be6) 43... Rd7 44. Re2+ Kf4 45. Be6 Re7 46.
Re3) 43. Bb5 {/\ a5} (43. Be2 $5 Bb4 44. Rc4 Ba5 45. Rc2 Rd4 46. Bb5 Rd1 47.
Re2+ Kf4 48. Re3 $10) 43... Rd5 44. Re2+ Kf6 45. Rc2 $10 {Kasparov} (45. Bc4
$10)) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Smagin, Sergey"]
[Black "Arkhipov, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1986.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nc4 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Ne3 c6 7. Nd2 Nxd2 8.
Bxd2 Be6 (8... Nd7 9. Qe2 $1 Qe7 10. O-O-O Nf6 11. Bb4 $1 Qe6 12. Bxf8 Kxf8 13.
f3 $16) 9. Bd3 Be7 (9... Nd7 $142) 10. f4 $1 Na6 (10... O-O 11. f5 Bc8 12. Qh5
$36) 11. O-O Qb6 12. c3 O-O-O 13. b4 $16 Nc7 14. a4 a6 15. Qf3 Rde8 (15... g6
$142) 16. b5 $1 a5 (16... axb5 17. axb5 cxb5 18. f5 $18) 17. bxc6 (17. Rfb1 c5
$1 $132) 17... Qxc6 18. Rfb1 g6 19. Bb5 Nxb5 20. axb5 (20. Rxb5 $142 $18) 20...
Qb6 21. f5 $1 (21. Nxd5 Bxd5 22. Qxd5 f5 $1 $14) 21... gxf5 22. Nxd5 Bxd5 23.
Qxd5 Qe6 24. Qf3 (24. Qxe6+ fxe6 25. Rxa5 $16) 24... Bd8 25. b6 Qe4 (25... Bxb6
26. Rxa5 $1) 26. Qf1 Rhg8 27. Rb5 (27. Rxa5 $2 Rxg2+ $1 28. Qxg2 Qxb1+ 29. Kf2
Bh4+ $19) 27... Re6 28. Re1 Qg4 29. Rc5+ Kd7 30. Rd5+ Rd6 31. Rxd6+ Kxd6 32. g3
Rg6 33. Qb5 $18 Qf3 34. Qe5+ Kd7 35. Bf4 Re6 36. Qxf5 Qxc3 37. Qxf7+ Re7 38.
Qd5+ Ke8 39. Qg8+ Kd7 40. Qd5+ Ke8 41. Qb5+ (41. Qb5+ Kf7 42. Qh5+ Kg8 43. Qd5+
Kg7 44. Rf1 Qc8 45. Bh6+ $18) 1-0

[Event "Candidates f Fischer-Petrosian +5-1=3"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1971.10.14"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Fischer, Robert James"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1971.09.30"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 Nf6 {/\ Bg4} (5... Bg4 6. h3
Bh5 7. Qe2 Qe7 8. Be3 {/\ 9.Qb5+ /\ 9.g4 Bg6 10.Bg2+/- Suetin}) 6. Bd3 Be7 7.
h3 $1 {Korchnoi} O-O 8. O-O c6 (8... Re8 9. c4 Nbd7 (9... Nc6 10. Nc3 h6 11.
Re1 Bf8 12. Rxe8 Qxe8 13. Bf4 $16 {Fischer-Gheorghiu, Buenos Aires 1970}) 10.
Nc3 Nf8 11. d5 Ng6 12. Re1 Bd7 13. Bg5 $16 {Tal-Smyslov,Leningrad 1971}) 9. Re1
Nbd7 10. Bf4 (10. c4 {>= /\ 11.Nc3, 11.Bd2-c3 Korchnoi}) (10. Nbd2 Re8 11. Nf1
Bf8 12. Ng3 g6 $10 {Shamkovich}) 10... Re8 11. c4 Nf8 12. Nc3 a6 {/\ b5} (12...
b5 13. a4 a5 14. d5 $1 $16 {+-}) 13. Qb3 (13. b4 {! Suetin,Petrosjan} b5 14. a4
(14. cxb5 axb5 15. a4 bxa4 16. Rxa4 Be6 $17 {Shamkovich}) 14... bxc4 15. Bxc4
d5 $17) (13. d5 {Suetin}) (13. Qc2 {>= Korchnoi}) (13. Qd2 {>= Korchnoi}) (13.
a4 $1 {Botvinnik}) 13... Ne6 (13... b5 14. a4 $16 {Shamkovich} (14. cxb5 axb5
15. d5 $1 $16 {Suetin})) 14. Bh2 (14. Be3 {>= Korchnoi} b5 15. a4 bxc4 16. Bxc4
d5 17. Bd3 Bd6 $1 $15 {Shamkovich}) 14... Bf8 (14... b5 15. a4 bxc4 16. Bxc4 d5
17. Bf1 c5 $13 {Suetin}) 15. Re2 (15. a4 {! Botvinnik} a5 16. Re2 g6 $132 {
><d4 Shamkovich}) 15... b5 $1 {Zeit: W 0.55 S 1.03} 16. Qc2 Bb7 17. Rae1 (17.
d5 cxd5 18. cxb5 d4 19. Ne4 (19. bxa6 $4 Bxf3) 19... Nxe4 20. Bxe4 Bxe4 21.
Rxe4 axb5 $10 {Botvinnik}) 17... g6 {/\ 18...Bg7=/+ 18....Bh6!?=/+ 18....Qb6-/
+ Shakovich, Korchnoi} (17... bxc4 18. Bxc4 d5 19. Bb3 c5 20. Ba4 $1 Re7 21.
Be5 $16 {Suetin}) 18. b4 $5 (18. d5 $5 cxd5 19. cxb5 d4 20. Rxe6 Rxe6 21. Nxd4
$146 {Korchnoi}) 18... bxc4 (18... c5 $1 19. d5 Nd4 20. Nxd4 cxd4 21. Rxe8 Nxe8
22. Ne2 bxc4 23. Bxc4 Rc8 $40 {Awerbach}) (18... a5 $5 19. cxb5 (19. a3 axb4
20. axb4 bxc4 21. Bxc4 d5 22. Bd3 Bxb4 23. Rb1 Bxc3 24. Qxc3 Ba6 $1 $17 {
Shamkovich}) 19... cxb5 {/\ Bf3}) 19. Bxc4 Nc7 $1 (19... d5 $6 20. Bd3 Bxb4 21.
Rb1 Bxc3 (21... Qa5 22. Na4 {/\ a3}) 22. Qxc3 $16 {>< Bb7 Shamkovich}) 20. Bb3
$2 (20. Rxe8 Ncxe8 21. Qb3 d5 (21... Qd7 22. d5) 22. Bd3 $14 {Korchnoi}) (20.
Qb3 Qd7 21. Rxe8 Ncxe8 22. Ng5 d5 $14 {/\ Nc3-a4-c5 Suetin}) 20... Rxe2 21.
Rxe2 Ncd5 $1 (21... Qd7 $6 22. Ng5 $1 {Suetin}) 22. a3 $6 {>= 22.Nd5 Korchnoi}
a5 23. Nxd5 (23. Bxd5 {ist nicht besser. Botvinnik}) 23... cxd5 $1 $15 24. b5 (
24. bxa5 Qxa5 25. a4 $15 {Botvinnik} Ne4 $17 {Korchnoi}) 24... a4 $1 25. Ba2 (
25. Bxa4 $6 {! Botvinnik} Qa5 26. Bb3 Qxa3 $17 {Shamkovich}) 25... Qb6 $1 (
25... Qa5 {?! Botvinnik, ! Suetin} 26. Qd3 (26. Qb2 Ne4 27. Bf4 (27. Rc2 Ng5 $1
) 27... Rc8 28. Rc2 (28. Bd2 Nxd2 29. Rxd2 Bh6 $1) 28... Rxc2 29. Qxc2 Qxb5 $17
{Shamkovich}) 26... Rc8 {/\ 27...Rc3}) 26. Qb1 $1 (26. Qd3 Ra5 27. Rb2 Ba6 $1
$16 {Korchnoi}) 26... Ra5 {Zeit: W 1.31 S 2.02} 27. Rb2 Ne4 $2 (27... Bh6 $1
28. Qe1 (28. Rb4 Ne4 29. Qc2 $15 {Shamkovich}) 28... Ne4 29. Qb4 Qc7 30. Rb1
Ra8 $16 {Botvinnik}) (27... Ne8 {Klaman} 28. Rb4 Nc7 29. Qc2 $1 Nxb5 30. Qb2
$13 {Shamkovich}) 28. Bf4 $1 Nc3 (28... Bg7 29. Be3 $14 {Korchnoi}) 29. Qc2
Rxb5 (29... Nxa2 30. Rxa2 Qxb5 (30... Rxb5 $2 31. Qxa4 $1) 31. Rb2 (31. Qc7 $1
{Botvinnik}) 31... Qd7 32. Qb1 Ra7 33. Rb6 Bc6 34. Rb8 Ra8 35. Rxa8 Bxa8 36.
Qb8 Bc6 37. Bh6 Qe8 $1 38. Qxe8 Bxe8 39. Bxf8 Kxf8 $10 {Suetin}) 30. Rxb5 Nxb5
31. Qxa4 Qa6 $1 $10 32. Qxa6 Bxa6 33. Be3 (33. Bxd5 $4 Nc3 $19) (33. a4 $4 Nc3
$19) (33. Bc1 $4 Nc3 $19 {Alle Kurzvarianten Korchnoi}) (33. Bd2 $10 {Suetin})
33... Nxa3 {Zeit: W 1.46  S 2.21} 34. Bxd5 Bc4 35. Bc6 Nc2 (35... Nb1 {/\ Nc3,
Bd5 = Suetin}) 36. Bd2 Be2 37. Be4 Bxf3 38. Bxc2 {Remisvorschlag von Fischer
Zeit: W 2.03 S 2.26} 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-chT Republics 16th final A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1983.07.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "1983.07.23"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Latvia"]
[BlackTeam "Moscow"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "LAT"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O Nc6 8.
Re1 Nf6 9. c4 Bg4 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Nc3 O-O 12. Be4 Be6 13. Qc2 h6 14. Bh7+ Kh8
15. Bf5 Bxf5 16. Qxf5 Nf6 17. Bf4 Bd6 18. Be5 Ne7 19. Qh3 Ng6 20. Rad1 Re8 {[#]
} (20... Be7 21. Nh4 Nxh4 22. Qxh4 Re8 23. h3) (20... Kg8) 21. Re3 $6 (21. Ne4
$14 Be7 22. Nh4 Nxh4 23. Qxh4 Kg8 24. Qg3 $14 c6) 21... Kg8 22. Qg3 Nh5 $11 23.
Qg4 Nf6 24. Qg3 Nh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow-4teams"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1981.02.25"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1981.02.22"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Soviet Union U26"]
[BlackTeam "Soviet Union"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "URS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "URS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 Be7 6. Bd3 d5 7. O-O Nc6 8.
Re1 Bf5 {Adorjan-Hьbner/1980/} (8... Bg4 9. c4 Nf6 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Nc3 $14)
9. Nbd2 (9. c4 Nb4 10. cxd5 $2 Nxf2 $1) (9. Nc3) (9. a3) (9. c4 Nb4 10. Bf1 $1
$36 {Karpov-Portisch/1982/}) 9... Nxd2 10. Qxd2 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 O-O 12. c3 Qd7
13. Bf4 $14 a6 (13... Rfe8 14. h3 a6 15. Re3 Bd6 16. Ng5 g6 17. Bxd6 Rxe3 18.
Qxe3 Qxd6 19. Re1 $14 {Adorjan-Hьbner/1980/}) 14. Re3 Rae8 15. Rae1 Bd8 16. h3
Rxe3 17. Rxe3 (17. Qxe3 Qf5 $1) 17... f6 (17... Re8 18. Qf5 $1 Re6 19. h4 g6
20. Qh3 Qe8 21. Rxe6 Qxe6 22. Qxe6 fxe6 23. Ng5 $16) 18. Re2 Rf7 (18... Ne7 {>=
} 19. b3 c6 (19... Qf5 20. Qxf5 Nxf5 21. g4 $1) 20. c4 Qf5 21. Qe3 $1) 19. Nd2
$1 Be7 (19... Re7 20. Nb3 Rxe2 21. Qxe2 Be7 22. Qg4 Qxg4 23. hxg4 Bd6 24. Bxd6
cxd6 {+/-/+/=}) 20. Nf1 Bf8 21. Qf3 Re7 $2 $16 (21... Nd8 22. Ne3 c6 {+/=/=}
23. Bg3 Ne6 (23... Re7 24. Rd2 Re4 $6 25. c4 $1 Nf7 (25... Ne6 26. cxd5 cxd5
27. Qf5) 26. cxd5 cxd5 27. Qh5 $1) 24. h4 Re7 25. Rd2) 22. Ne3 {/\ 23.Kf1 24.
Nd5} Nd8 $8 23. Bxc7 $1 Qxc7 24. Nxd5 Qd6 (24... Rxe2 25. Nxc7 Re1+ 26. Kh2
Bd6+ 27. g3 Bxc7 28. Qf5 $16) 25. Nxe7+ Bxe7 26. Qe4 Bf8 27. Qe8 $6 (27. c4 $1
b6 (27... Nc6 28. Qe6+ Qxe6 29. Rxe6 Nxd4 30. Rb6) 28. g3 Nf7 29. Kg2 g6 30.
Rc2 f5 31. Qf4 Qc6+ 32. Qf3) 27... g6 28. a4 $6 Kg7 29. b4 $6 Qc7 30. Re3 Nf7
31. Qe6 Qd8 32. a5 h5 $1 33. Qe4 Qd7 34. Qe6 Qd8 35. Kf1 (35. Re1 Bd6 (35...
Nh6 $2 36. Qb6 $1 Qd5 37. c4 $1 Qxc4 38. Qxb7+ Nf7 39. b5 $1) (35... Qc7 $1 $10
) 36. c4 Bxb4 37. Rb1 Qxa5 38. c5 Qb5 39. Rb3 a5 40. Rf3 Qc6 41. Rxf6 Qxe6 42.
Rxe6 $10) 35... Nh6 36. g4 hxg4 37. hxg4 Nf7 38. Ke2 Ng5 39. Qb6 Qd7 40. Kd3
Bd6 41. Kc2 (41. Kc2 Bf4 42. Re2 Qd5 $6 43. Re7+ Kh6 44. Qxb7 $16) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 26th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1998.06.27"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "1998.06.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 066"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nf6 9. h3 Nb4 10. Be2 dxc4 11. Bxc4 O-O 12. Nc3 c6 13. Re1 Nbd5 14. Qb3 Nb6 15.
Bd3 Be6 16. Qc2 h6 17. Bd2 Nbd5 18. a3 Nxc3 19. bxc3 c5 20. Rxe6 $1 fxe6 21.
Re1 Qd6 22. Bc4 Nd5 23. Qe4 Rad8 24. dxc5 Qxc5 25. Bxh6 Rxf3 (25... gxh6 $2 26.
Qg6+ Kh8 27. Qxh6+ Kg8 28. Qg6+ Kh8 29. Re5 $18) 26. gxf3 gxh6 27. Qxe6+ Kf8
28. Re5 Rd6 29. Qxe7+ Nxe7 30. Rxc5 Rd1+ 31. Kg2 Ra1 32. Ra5 Nc6 33. Rb5 Rxa3
34. Rxb7 Rxc3 35. Bd5 Ne7 36. Be4 a5 37. Rb5 a4 38. Kg3 a3 39. Ra5 Kg7 40. Kf4
Ng6+ 41. Kg4 Ne7 42. Ra6 Rc5 43. h4 Ng8 44. Ra7+ Kf6 45. Kf4 Rc3 46. Ra6+ Kg7
47. Ke5 Rc5+ 48. Ke6 Rc7 49. Rxa3 Re7+ 50. Kd6 Re8 51. Bc6 Re2 52. Ra7+ Kf6 53.
Be4 Rd2+ 54. Bd5 h5 55. Kc5 Ne7 56. Be4 Rxf2 57. Ra6+ Kf7 58. Rh6 Ng8 59. Rh7+
Kf8 60. Rxh5 Nf6 61. Rf5 Ke7 62. Bd3 Rh2 63. Rf4 Ke6 64. Kd4 Rd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Interzonal-13c playoff place 4"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1985.08.04"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Van der Wiel, John"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1985.07.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "IZT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O Nc6 8. c4
Nb4 9. cxd5 Nxd3 10. Qxd3 Qxd5 11. Re1 Bf5 12. Nc3 Nxc3 13. Qxc3 Be6 14. Re5
Qc6 15. Qe1 O-O-O 16. Bg5 Bxg5 17. Rxg5 Bd5 18. Ne5 Qb6 19. Rxg7 Rhg8 20. Rg3
Qxb2 21. Rd1 Rxg3 22. hxg3 Bxa2 23. Qa5 Kb8 24. Nd3 Qb3 25. Rc1 b6 26. Qe5 Rc8
27. Nf4 Qb2 28. Rc6 Kb7 29. Kh2 $5 Qxf2 (29... Kxc6 30. d5+ $18) (29... Qd2 30.
Qe4 f5 $19) 30. Nd3 Qd2 31. Qe4 {[#]} Kb8 $4 (31... f5 $142 $1 32. Qf3 Kb8 33.
Ne5 Rd8 $19 {Van der Wiel} (33... Qxd4 $19 {Nunn})) 32. Ne5 Rd8 33. Nd7+ Kc8 {
[#]} 34. Rd6 $1 (34. Rd6 cxd6 35. Qc6#) 1-0

[Event "Reggio Emilia-A 8889 31st"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "1988.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1989.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1989.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O Nc6 8.
Re1 Bg4 9. c3 f5 10. Qb3 Qd6 (10... O-O 11. Nfd2 $2 Nxf2 12. Kxf2 Bh4+ 13. g3 (
13. Kf1 Bxe1 14. Kxe1 Qh4+ 15. Kf1 Rae8 $19) 13... f4 $1 14. Kg2 (14. gxh4
Qxh4+ 15. Kf1 f3 $1) (14. Kg1 fxg3 15. h3 Bxh3 16. Be4 g2 17. Qxd5+ Kh8 18.
Qxd8 Raxd8 19. Rd1 Bg4 20. Bc2 Rde8 $19) 14... fxg3 15. hxg3 (15. Be4 Bh3+ $1
16. Kg1 gxh2+ 17. Kxh2 Qd6+ 18. Kh1 Bxe1 19. Qxd5+ Qxd5 20. Bxd5+ Kh8 21. Nf3
Bg3 22. Ng1 Bf1 23. Nd2 Rae8 24. Ne4 Rxe4 25. Bxe4 Rf2 26. Nf3 Bg2+ 27. Kg1
Bxf3 28. Bxf3 Rxf3 {0-1  Ljubojevic,L-Makarichev/Amsterdam/1975/})) 11. Nfd2 $5
O-O-O 12. f3 Bh4 13. Rf1 Bh3 (13... Bf2+ 14. Rxf2 Nxf2 15. Kxf2 Qxh2 16. Nf1
Qh4+ 17. g3 $18) (13... Bh5 14. fxe4 fxe4 15. Bxe4 $1 (15. Nxe4 $6 dxe4 16.
Bxe4 Rhf8 17. Rxf8 Rxf8 18. Be3 Qf6 $13) 15... dxe4 16. Nxe4 Qg6 17. Nc5 b6 18.
Qe6+ $18) 14. Qc2 Qg6 15. Nb3 Rhf8 16. Na3 Rde8 17. Kh1 $4 (17. Bf4 $1 Bg5 18.
Bxg5 Nxg5 19. gxh3 Nxh3+ 20. Kh1 Nf4 21. Rae1 $18) 17... Nf2+ 18. Rxf2 Bxg2+
0-1

[Event "Amsterdam Euwe Memorial"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Salov, Valery"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1989.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 012"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1989.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1989.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. c4
c6 9. Nc3 (9. Re1 Re8 (9... Bf5 10. Qb3 $1 $14 Na6 (10... Qb6 11. Qc2 $1) 11.
Nc3 Nec5 $6 (11... dxc4 12. Bxc4 Nxc3 13. bxc3 b5 14. Bf1 Nc7 $14) 12. dxc5
Nxc5 13. Bxf5 Nxb3 14. axb3 $16 {Khalifman,A-Rosentalis,E/URS-YM Vilnius/1-0/
43/ ->CBM7 ->Inf.45/351}) 10. Nc3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Bg4 (11... dxc4 12. Bg5 Rxe1+
13. Qxe1 Qf8 14. Bxc4 Nd7 15. Bd3 Nb6 16. c4 c5 17. d5 $14 {Khalifman,
A-Rosentalis,E/URS/1986/}) 12. Bg5 Rxe1+ 13. Qxe1 Qd7 14. Qe3 Qe6 $1 15. Rb1 b6
16. cxd5 cxd5 17. c4 {+/= Nunn;  Timman; Huebner,R-Timman,J/Rotterdam EU-Cup f/
1988/1/2-1/2/31/ -> CBM9/S.52 ->Inf.46/393}) (9. Qc2 Na6 {9...f5 (!)} 10. a3 (
10. Bxe4 dxe4 11. Qxe4 Re8 12. Qd3 Bg4 {12...c5!?} 13. Bg5 Qd7 14. Nbd2 h6 15.
Be3 f5 $44) 10... Bg4 (10... f5 11. Nc3 $5 (11. c5 $6 Be7 12. Ne5 Nc7 13. f3
Ne6 14. Be3 (14. fxe4 $2 dxe4 $1) 14... Bg5 15. f4 Bh6 (15... Bf6 $1 16. b4 g5
$1 $15) 16. Nc3 Bd7 17. b4 Be8 18. g4 $5 g6 19. g5 Bg7 20. Ne2 Rc8 21. Qa4 $2 {
>= 21.a4!} a6 22. Rad1 Rc7 23. Qb3 h6 24. h4 hxg5 25. hxg5 N4xg5 26. fxg5 Bxe5
27. dxe5 f4 28. Bc1 Qxg5+ 29. Kf2 Qh4+ 30. Kg2 f3+ 31. Rxf3 Rxf3 32. Kxf3 Rf7+
{0-1; De Firmian,N-Kogan/USA-ch/1986/}) 11... Nc7 12. Ne2 $1 (12. Re1 $6 Kh8
13. b4 Bd7 14. Bb2 Be8 15. c5 $6 Be7 16. Ne5 Bh4 17. Rf1 Bg5 18. Ne2 Bh5 19.
Ng3 Bg6 20. Rfe1 Bf4 21. Bc1 Bxe5 22. dxe5 Qh4 23. Bb2 Ne6 24. Rad1 f4 25. Nxe4
dxe4 26. Bc4 e3 27. Rd3 f3 28. Rexe3 Qg4 {0-1; Gufeld,E-Kochiyev,A/URS/1980/
->Inf.29/218}) 12... Ne6 13. b4 Kh8 (13... Bd7 14. Bb2 Rf6 15. cxd5 {15.Rae1 
(?) Chandler-Dive/Wellington/1988/ -/+} cxd5 16. Qb3 Be8 17. Ne5 $14) 14. Bb2
Qe8 {>= 14...Rf6} 15. Rae1 Qh5 16. Ne5 f4 17. f3 N4g5 18. cxd5 cxd5 19. Bc1 $16
{Timman,J-Salov,V (2)/Saint John cm/1988/1/2-1/2/46/ ->CBM6/S.31 ->Inf.354})
11. Ne5 (11. c5 Bc7 12. Ne5 Bxe5 13. dxe5 Nexc5 (13... Naxc5 $6 14. f3 $1 Qb6
15. Be3 d4 16. Bxd4 Rfd8 17. Bxe4 $1) 14. Bxh7+ Kh8 15. b4 Qh4 16. Bd3 Nxd3 17.
Qxd3 Nc7 {Timman,J-salov,V (4)/saint John cm/1988/1/2-1/2/81/ CBM6/S.31}) (11.
Nbd2 Nxd2 12. Nxd2 Qh4 13. f4 Rae8 14. c5 Bb8 15. Nb3 Re7 16. Bd2 Rfe8 17. Rf2
Nc7 18. g3 Qh5 19. f5 f6 20. a4 {Short,N-Hort,V/BL/1988/} Na6 $1 21. Raf1 Bh3
$10) (11. Bxe4 dxe4 12. Ng5 (12. Qxe4 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Qh4 $15) 12... Bf5 13. Nc3
(13. Nxe4 Qh4 $1) (13. f3 Be7 $17) 13... Re8 14. Re1 Bc7 $1 $17 {Ljubojevic,
L-Timman,J/Linares/1988/0-1/34/ ->CBM6/S.31}) 11... Bxe5 12. dxe5 Nac5 13. b4 (
13. f3 $5 Nxd3 14. Qxd3 Nc5 15. Qd4 Nb3 16. Qxg4 Nxa1 17. Bh6 g6 (17... Qb6+ $5
18. Kh1 g6 $13) 18. Bxf8 Qxf8 19. cxd5 cxd5 20. Rc1 $14) (13. cxd5 Qxd5 14.
Bxe4 Nxe4 15. f3 Nc5 $1 {/\ 16...Nb3} 16. Rd1 Qb3 $1 17. Rd2 Qxc2 18. Rxc2 Nb3
$17) 13... Nxd3 14. Qxd3 Bf5 15. cxd5 cxd5 $10 {Hazai,L-Makarichev,S/Rotterdam
EU-Cup f/1988/0-1/44/  ->CBM9 ->Inf.46/399}) 9... Nxc3 10. bxc3 Bg4 (10... dxc4
11. Bxc4 Bg4 12. Qd3 Nd7 (12... Bh5 13. Bg5 Qc7 14. Rae1 Nd7 (14... Bxf3 15.
Qxf3 Bxh2+ 16. Kh1 Bd6 17. Re4 $16) 15. Be7 Bxe7 (15... Rfe8 16. Ng5 Bg6 17.
Bxf7+ $18) 16. Rxe7 Qd6 17. Rfe1 b5 18. Bb3 Bg6 19. Qe2 a5 20. c4 $18 {
Chandler,M-Baraua,D/Thessaloniki ol/1988/1/2-1/2/77/}) 13. Ng5 Nf6 14. h3 Bh5
15. f4 h6 16. g4 hxg5 17. fxg5 Nxg4 18. hxg4 Qd7 19. gxh5 (19. Qf5 $6 Bxg4 20.
Qxd7 Bxd7 21. Rxf7 Rxf7 22. g6 Be8 {Nunn,J-Salov,V/Brussels WCup/1988/1/2-1/2/
47/ -> CBM 7/S.36 ->Inf.45/353}) 19... Qg4+ 20. Kf2 $18 {Short,N-Huebner,R/
Tilburg/1988/1-0/24/ -> CBM9/S.52 -> Inf.46/394} Rae8 21. Rg1 Qh4+ 22. Kg2 b5
23. Bb3 Re4 $5 24. Qf3 $1 Bh2 25. Bd2 $1 $18 (25. Rh1 $2 Rg4+ 26. Kf1 Rg3 $1
27. Qxc6 Qh3+ 28. Kf2 Qf5+ 29. Ke1 Bg1 $1 (29... Rc8 $2 30. Be6 $1 $18 {
Psahkis,L-Mikhalchishin,A/URS-FL Klaipeda/1988/ -> CBM 11/S.58}) 30. Kd1 Qd3+
31. Bd2 Be3 $19 {Psakhis})) 11. cxd5 (11. Re1 Nd7 12. c5 Bc7 {12...Be7} 13. Bg5
$1 f6 14. Bh4 Rf7 15. Qc2 $16) (11. c5 Bc7 {11...Be7} 12. Bg5 Qxg5 13. Nxg5
Bxd1 14. Rfxd1 $14) (11. Rb1 dxc4 12. Bxc4 b5 13. Be2 Nd7 14. a4 a6 15. c4 bxc4
16. Qc2 Bxf3 17. Bxf3 Qh4 18. g3 Qxd4 19. Rd1 Qf6 20. Bxc6 Rad8 21. Bxd7 Rxd7
22. Bf4 Rfd8 $10) 11... cxd5 12. Rb1 (12. Bb1 Nc6 $13 (12... Bh5 $6 13. Qc2 Bg6
14. Qb3 b6 15. Bxg6 hxg6 16. Kh1 Bc7 17. Ba3 Re8 18. Rae1 Rxe1 19. Rxe1 a6 20.
Ne5 Ra7 21. f4 $16)) 12... b6 $6 (12... Nd7 $5 13. h3 Bh5 14. Rxb7 (14. a4 $5
b6 15. Bf5 $5 (15. Rb5 Nf6 16. Bg5 Be7 (16... Rc8 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. Rxd5 Bxf3
19. Qxf3 Qxf3 20. gxf3 Rxc3 21. Rxd6 Rxd3 $10 {Ivanchuk,V-Rosentalis,E/Lvov/
1987/}) 17. g4 Bg6 18. Bxg6 hxg6 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Qb3 Rc8 $1 $10) 15... Nf6
16. Bg5 Be7 17. Qd3 Bg6 18. Ne5 Bxf5 19. Qxf5 Rc8 20. Bxf6 Bxf6 21. Nd7 Re8 22.
Rfe1 Rxe1+ 23. Rxe1 Rxc3 24. Qxd5 $14 {Kotronias}) (14. Rb5 Nb6 15. c4 $5 (15.
a4 Bg6 (15... a6 $5 16. Rxb6 $5 (16. Rb1 a5 $10) (16. Bxh7+ $2 Kxh7 17. Ng5+
Qxg5 18. Bxg5 Bxd1 19. Rxb6 Bxa4 20. Rxd6 $15) 16... Qxb6 17. Bxh7+ Kh8 18. Bd3
$13) 16. Bxg6 hxg6 17. Qb3 Re8 18. Bg5 Qd7 19. a5 Nc4 20. Rxb7 (20. Nd2 $6 Qc6
$15 {Mestel,A-Miralles,G/thessaloniki ol/1988/1/2-1/2/86/ ->IOf.46/398}) 20...
Bc7 $1 {/\ 16...Na5} 21. Qb5 Qd6 22. Rb1 a6 23. Qb4 Qc6 $13) 15... Bxf3 (15...
Nxc4 16. Rxd5 Bh2+ {>= 16...Bxf3} 17. Nxh2 $1 Qxd5 18. Bxc4 Qxc4 19. Qxh5 $14)
16. Qxf3 dxc4 17. Bc2 $1 a6 $6 (17... Qd7 {! Nunn; +/- Beliavsky;} 18. a4 Rab8
19. Be3 {/\ Rfb1,a5 +/- Beliavsky}) (17... Qc7 18. a4 a6 19. Rh5 g6 20. Bh6
Rfe8 21. Qf6 Bf8 22. Bxf8 Rxf8 23. Rc5 Qd8 24. Qxd8 Raxd8 25. Rb1 Rd6 26. a5
Nd7 27. Rxc4 b5 $10) (17... Rb8 $5 18. a4 a6 19. Bg5 Qc7 20. Bxh7+ Kxh7 21.
Qh5+ Kg8 22. Bf6 Bh2+ $1 23. Kh1 Qf4 $1 24. Bxg7 Kxg7 25. Rg5+ Kf6 26. Qh6+ Ke7
27. Re5+ Kd7 28. Qxb6 $44) 18. Bg5 $1 axb5 (18... Qc7 19. Bf6 $1 axb5 20. Bxh7+
Kxh7 21. Qh5+ Kg8 22. Qg5 $18) 19. Bxd8 $16 {Beliavsky,A-Petursson,M/Reykjavik
WCup/1988/36/1-0/ ->CBM10/S.55 ->Inf.46/396}) 14... Nb6 $1 {Serper,G-Akopian,V/
URS-YM Tbilisi/1989/1/2-1/2/29/ -> CBM 12 Sokolov,A-Rosentalis,E/URS/1986/ ->
Inf.42/382} 15. Bd2 $1 {N} (15. Ba6 Qe8 16. Qe2 Qc6 17. Qb5 Qxc3 $10 {Sokolov,
A-Rosentalis,E/URS/1986/}) 15... h6 {Serper,G-rosentalis,E/URS-YM Tbilisi/1989/
-> CBM 12}) 13. Rb5 Bc7 (13... Nc6 $2 14. Rxd5 $1 Bxh2+ 15. Nxh2 $1 Bxd1 16.
Rxd8 Raxd8 17. Rxd1 $18) 14. c4 Qd6 (14... dxc4 $2 15. Be4 $1) 15. Re1 $1 Bxf3
16. Qxf3 Qxh2+ 17. Kf1 Nc6 18. Rxd5 Rae8 19. Be3 $2 (19. Rxe8 $1 Qh1+ (19...
Rxe8 $2 20. Rh5 $1) 20. Ke2 Rxe8+ 21. Be3 {/\ 22.Qf5; 22.Rd7} Qa1 (21... Re7
22. Rd7 $1 Rxd7 23. Qxc6 Qh5+ 24. f3 $18) 22. Qf5 Nxd4+ 23. Rxd4 Qxd4 24. Qxh7+
Kf8 25. Qh8+ Ke7 26. Qxe8+ $18) 19... g6 (19... f5 $5 20. Rxf5 $2 Nxd4 $1) 20.
a3 Qh1+ 21. Ke2 Qh4 22. g4 $1 f5 23. Rd7 f4 24. Rh1 Qf6 25. Qd5+ Re6 26. g5
Nxd4+ 27. Kd1 1-0

[Event "(GER-ch) Internationa06 DSB Mephisto GM"]
[Site "Hannover"]
[Date "1983.08.12"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Lobron, Eric"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1983.08.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O Nc6 8.
Re1 Bg4 9. c4 Nf6 10. Nc3 $2 Bxf3 $1 11. Qxf3 Nxd4 12. Qg3 dxc4 $6 (12... Ne6
$142 $15 {Kavalek}) 13. Bxc4 O-O $1 (13... Nc2 $2 14. Qxg7 Rf8 15. Bg5 $16) 14.
Bg5 Bd6 $1 (14... h6 15. Rxe7 $1 Qxe7 16. Nd5 $18) 15. Qh4 $6 (15. Qh3 $1 $10
Qd7 16. Qh4 Nf5 17. Qh3 Nd4 $10 {Kavalek}) 15... h6 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. Qxf6 gxf6
18. Re4 c5 19. Rh4 Kg7 20. Ne4 Be7 21. Ng3 f5 22. Rh3 Bd6 23. f4 $6 b5 24. Bd3
c4 25. Bxf5 Rfe8 26. Be4 Rad8 27. Rf1 b4 28. Kh1 c3 29. bxc3 bxc3 30. Nf5+ Nxf5
31. Bxf5 Bb4 32. a3 Ba5 33. g4 Re2 34. g5 h5 $1 35. Rxh5 c2 36. Bxc2 Rxc2 37.
f5 Bc7 38. g6 f6 39. Rh7+ Kg8 40. Re1 a5 {/\41..Be5,42...Rdd2} 0-1

[Event "NY State CA Winter-ch32"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1910.02.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Capablanca, Jose Raul"]
[Black "Marshall, Frank James"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1910.02.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "MainBase"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bg4 7. O-O Nc6 8.
Re1 f5 $2 {Capablanca} (8... Be7 {main line} 9. c4 (9. Bxe4 dxe4 10. Rxe4 Bxf3
11. Qxf3 Nxd4 $11) (9. c3)) 9. c4 Bd6 (9... Bb4 $142 10. Nc3 O-O $13) 10. cxd5
Bxf3 11. Qxf3 (11. gxf3 Qh4 12. fxe4 Qxh2+ 13. Kf1 O-O $40) 11... Nxd4 12. Qe3
Qf6 $2 (12... O-O $142 $1 13. Qxd4 Bc5) 13. Bxe4 fxe4 14. Qxe4+ $16 (14. Nc3
$18) 14... Kf7 15. Bg5 $1 Qxg5 16. Qxd4 Rhe8 17. Nc3 $16 Kg8 (17... Qf4) 18.
Ne4 Qh6 19. g3 Rad8 $2 (19... Be5) (19... Qg6) 20. Qxa7 $18 Bb4 21. Re3 b6 (
21... Rxd5 22. Nf6+ $18) 22. Qxc7 Rc8 23. Qd7 Qg6 24. d6 $1 $18 Rcd8 25. Qc7
Rc8 26. d7 $1 Rxc7 27. dxe8=Q+ Qxe8 28. Nf6+ gxf6 29. Rxe8+ Kf7 30. Re2 Rc4 31.
Rd1 Bc5 32. Kg2 Kg6 33. f4 h5 34. Kf3 f5 35. Re6+ Kf7 36. Re5 Rc2 (36... Kf6
37. Rdd5) 37. Rxf5+ Kg6 38. Rg5+ Kh6 39. Rd7 Rxb2 40. Rdg7 Rf2+ 41. Ke4 h4 42.
R5g6+ Kh5 43. g4# 1-0

[Event "Match Marshall-Janowski +6-2=2"]
[Site "Biarritz"]
[Date "1912.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Janowski, Dawid Markelowicz"]
[Black "Marshall, Frank James"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "1912.09.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,44,21,21,17,31,29,4,24,28,32,-1,2,2,21,-19,34,-4,29,47,18,-20,27,-122,
-97,-82,-57,-60,-60,-235,0,-121,-150,-150,-161,-161,-161,-161,-181,-215,-205,
-338,-359,-348,-322,-29991,-29994]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4
5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. c4 (7. O-O $142) 7... Bb4+ 8. Kf1 O-O 9. cxd5 Qxd5 10.
Qc2 Re8 11. Nc3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Qxf3 $1 13. cxb4 Nc6 14. Bb2 Nxb4 $1 15. Bxh7+
Kh8 16. gxf3 Bh3+ 17. Kg1 Nxc2 18. Bxc2 Re2 19. Rc1 Rae8 20. Bc3 R8e3 $1 21.
Bb4 (21. fxe3 Rg2+ 22. Kf1 Rxc2+ 23. Ke1 Rxc1+ $19) (21. Be4 Rxc3 22. Rxc3 $2
Re1#) 21... Rxf3 22. Bd1 Rf6 $1 0-1

[Event "Paris FIDE GP"]
[Site "Elancourt"]
[Date "2013.09.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[Annotator "ChessBase Website"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2013.09.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/7200:20/3600:900+30"]
[WhiteClock "2:00:00"]
[BlackClock "2:00:00"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Nf6 {
[%emt 0:00:03]} 3. Nxe5 {[%emt 0:00:23]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 4. Nf3 {[%emt 0:
00:11]} Nxe4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 5. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:17]} Nxc3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 6.
dxc3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 7. Be3 {[%emt 0:00:16]} Nc6 {
[%emt 0:00:17]} 8. Qd2 {[%emt 0:00:22]} Be6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 9. O-O-O {[%emt 0:
00:37]} Qd7 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 10. Kb1 {[%emt 0:00:27]} Bf6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 11.
Bg5 {[%emt 0:01:00]} Bxg5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 12. Nxg5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} O-O-O {
[%emt 0:00:04]} 13. Nxe6 {[%emt 0:00:53]} Qxe6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 14. g3 {
[%emt 0:00:37]} Kb8 $146 {[%emt 0:00:37]} 15. Bg2 {[%emt 0:01:54]} Rhe8 {
[%emt 0:00:41]} 16. Bd5 {[%emt 0:20:32]} Qd7 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 17. Qg5 {[%emt 0:
02:13]} f6 {[%emt 0:08:40]} 18. Qh4 {[%emt 0:05:55]} h6 $11 {[%emt 0:01:16]
Ponomariov was unable to obtain much against Giri's Petroff. The bishop
against knight duel really didn't favor the bishop. At least some credit has
to be given to Ponomariov as he refused a repetition in an equal position to
try to play for more. Even though he wasn't able to push through in the end it
is refreshing that at least one player wanted to play chess today.} 19. Rd2 {
[%emt 0:10:40]} Re7 {[%emt 0:06:02]} 20. b3 {[%emt 0:03:37]} Rde8 {[%emt 0:00:
38]} 21. Kb2 {[%emt 0:03:48]} Ne5 {[%emt 0:05:35]} 22. Qb4 {[%emt 0:03:07]} Nc6
{[%emt 0:00:09]} 23. Qf4 {[%emt 0:02:52]} Ne5 {[%emt 0:00:56]} 24. Qb4 {
[%emt 0:02:36]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 25. Qf4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Ne5 {[%emt 0:00:
05]} 26. h3 {[%emt 0:00:23]} c6 {[%emt 0:07:18]} 27. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:20]} Qc7 {
[%emt 0:00:04]} 28. c4 {[%emt 0:01:43]} Nf7 {[%emt 0:00:36]} 29. Qf5 {[%emt 0:
14:52]} Qb6 $1 {[%emt 0:06:16][%cal Gb6c5,Gc5f5]} 30. Rhd1 {[%emt 0:02:03]} Qc5
$132 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 31. Qxc5 {[%emt 0:06:17]} dxc5 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 32. h4 {
[%emt 0:00:28]} Kc7 {[%emt 0:00:33]} 33. Bh3 {[%emt 0:07:37]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:00:
05]} 34. Rxd8 {[%emt 0:01:15]} Nxd8 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 35. a4 {[%emt 0:01:48]} a5
{[%emt 0:03:23]} 36. Bf5 {[%emt 0:02:27]} Nf7 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 37. Kc1 {
[%emt 0:00:55]} Ne5 {[%emt 0:03:26]} 38. c3 {[%emt 0:01:24]} g6 {[%emt 0:03:32]
} 39. Bc2 {[%emt 0:01:42]} f5 {[%emt 0:08:14]} 40. h5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} gxh5 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} 41. Rh1 {[%emt 0:01:34]} Ng4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 42. Bxf5 {
[%emt 0:02:38]} Nxf2 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 43. Rxh5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Rg7 {[%emt 0:
03:20]} 44. Rh2 {[%emt 0:03:15]} Ng4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 45. Bxg4 {[%emt 0:00:28]}
Rxg4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 46. Rxh6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Rxg3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 47. Kc2 {
[%emt 0:00:08]} Rg2+ {[%emt 0:00:02]} 48. Kc1 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Rg1+ {[%emt 0:
00:03]} 49. Kc2 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Rg2+ {[%emt 0:00:01]} 50. Kc1 {[%emt 0:00:06]}
Rg1+ {[%emt 0:00:03]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris FIDE GP"]
[Site "Elancourt"]
[Date "2013.10.03"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[Annotator "ChessBase Website"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2013.09.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/7200:20/3600:900+30"]
[WhiteClock "2:00:00"]
[BlackClock "2:00:00"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:23]} Nf6 {
[%emt 0:00:05]} 3. Nxe5 {[%emt 0:04:15]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 4. Nf3 {[%emt 0:
00:06]} Nxe4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 5. d4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 6. Bd3
{[%emt 0:00:04]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 7. O-O {[%emt 0:00:05]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:
02]} 8. c4 {[%emt 0:00:25]} Nb4 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 9. Be2 {[%emt 0:00:05]} O-O {
[%emt 0:00:25]} 10. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Bf5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 11. a3 {[%emt 0:
00:06]} Nxc3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 12. bxc3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:02]}
13. Re1 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Re8 {[%emt 0:00:29]} 14. cxd5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Qxd5 {
[%emt 0:00:04]} 15. Bf4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Rac8 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 16. Qc1 {
[%emt 0:00:05]} Qd7 {[%emt 0:07:35]} 17. Qb2 $146 {[%emt 0:21:54]} (17. Bb5 Bd6
18. Ne5 Bxe5 19. Bxe5 a6 20. Qg5 Bg6 21. Bxc6 Qxc6 22. Qg3 f6 23. Bf4 Qc4 24.
h3 c5 25. Be3 b6 26. Rac1 Qb5 27. d5 Qb3 28. d6 Rcd8 29. Bf4 Qxa3 30. Ra1 Rxe1+
31. Rxe1 Qb3 32. Qf3 Re8 33. Ra1 a5 34. Qc6 Qxc3 35. Rc1 Qd3 36. Qxb6 c4 37.
Qc7 Bf5 38. Qxa5 h6 39. Qc5 Rc8 {1/2-1/2 (39) Lang,M (2456)-Eilmes,D (2349)
ICCF email 2006}) 17... Bd6 {[%emt 0:01:15]} 18. Bxd6 {[%emt 0:00:17]} cxd6 {
[%emt 0:01:01]} 19. Bb5 {[%emt 0:03:31]} d5 {[%emt 0:38:03]} 20. Ne5 {[%emt 0:
07:08]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:00:53]} 21. Qd2 {[%emt 0:02:50]} f6 {[%emt 0:04:22]} 22.
Nxc6 {[%emt 0:00:21]} bxc6 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 23. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Bxd3 {
[%emt 0:02:23]} 24. Qxd3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Qd7 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 25. h3 {[%emt 0:
00:15]} g6 {[%emt 0:03:16] The Petroff landed the players in a truly
symmetrical position that was very much dead drawn from move 25.} 26. Rab1 {
[%emt 0:01:51]} Rxe1+ {[%emt 0:00:22]} 27. Rxe1 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Re8 {[%emt 0:
00:17]} 28. Re2 {[%emt 0:00:27]} Rxe2 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 29. Qxe2 {[%emt 0:00:02]
} Kf7 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 30. Qa6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} g5 {[%emt 0:01:15]} 31. Qd3 {
[%emt 0:00:18]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 32. Qa6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:00:
04]} 33. Qd3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris FIDE GP"]
[Site "Elancourt"]
[Date "2013.09.28"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[Annotator "ChessBase Website"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2013.09.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/7200:20/3600:900+30"]
[WhiteClock "2:00:00"]
[BlackClock "2:00:00"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:16]} Nf6 {
[%emt 0:00:08]} 3. Nxe5 {[%emt 0:02:48]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 4. Nf3 {[%emt 0:
00:10]} Nxe4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 5. d4 {[%emt 0:00:45]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 6. Bd3
{[%emt 0:00:21]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:23]} 7. O-O {[%emt 0:00:44]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:
08]} 8. c4 {[%emt 0:01:14]} Nb4 {[%emt 0:00:41]} 9. Be2 {[%emt 0:00:44]} O-O {
[%emt 0:00:11]} 10. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:17]} Bf5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 11. a3 {[%emt 0:
01:17]} Nxc3 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 12. bxc3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:06]}
13. Bf4 {[%emt 0:08:41]} dxc4 {[%emt 0:07:04]} 14. Bxc4 {[%emt 0:01:03]} Bd6 {
[%emt 0:00:22]} 15. Bg5 {[%emt 0:02:14]} Qd7 {[%emt 0:04:54]} 16. Nh4 {[%emt 0:
04:49]} Na5 {[%emt 0:08:56]} 17. Bd3 {[%emt 0:05:52]} Bxd3 {[%emt 0:15:28]} 18.
Qxd3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Qg4 {[%emt 0:08:53]} 19. Nf3 {[%emt 0:02:16]} Qe6 {
[%emt 0:27:34]} 20. Rfe1 {[%emt 0:09:50]} Qd5 {[%emt 0:05:08]} 21. Be7 {
[%emt 0:06:15]} Rfe8 {[%emt 0:00:38]} 22. Ng5 {[%emt 0:00:27]} f5 {[%emt 0:01:
42]} 23. Bxd6 {[%emt 0:05:21]} cxd6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 24. Qh3 $146 {[%emt 0:01:
50]} (24. Nh3 Nc4 25. Nf4 Qf7 26. d5 Ne5 27. Qc2 Rac8 28. Ne6 Qg6 29. Nd4 f4
30. Qxg6 hxg6 31. Nb5 Red8 32. Nxa7 Rxc3 33. Nb5 Rc5 34. Nxd6 Rxd6 35. Rxe5
Rcxd5 36. Rxd5 Rxd5 37. Rb1 {1/2-1/2 (33) Alekseev,E (2711)-Ivanchuk,V (2740)
Dagomys 2008}) 24... h6 {[%emt 0:01:09]} 25. Qh5 {[%emt 0:00:53] Ponomariov
was simply unable to put a dent in Dominguez's Petroff and he had to settle
for a draw to make sure that his pawn structure didn't become a serious issue.}
Rxe1+ {[%emt 0:02:09]} 26. Rxe1 {[%emt 0:00:05]} hxg5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 27. Re8+
{[%emt 0:00:58]} Rxe8 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 28. Qxe8+ {[%emt 0:00:02]} Kh7 {[%emt 0:
00:08]} 29. Qh5+ {[%emt 0:00:03]} Kg8 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 30. Qe8+ {[%emt 0:00:04]
} Kh7 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 31. Qh5+ {[%emt 0:00:03]} Kg8 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 0304"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2004.03.27"]
[Round "12.1"]
[White "Lutz, Christopher"]
[Black "Dautov, Rustem"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "2003.11.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 100"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Porz"]
[BlackTeam "Baden Oos"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O Nc6 8. c4
Nf6 9. h3 Nb4 10. Be2 dxc4 11. Bxc4 O-O 12. Nc3 c6 13. Bg5 Nbd5 14. Re1 Be6 15.
Qb3 Rb8 16. Rad1 (16. Bh4 h6 17. Bg3 Bd6 18. Be5 Nc7 $6 (18... Nxc3 $1) 19.
Bxe6 Nxe6 20. Rad1 $14 {Kramnik,V-Dautov,R/Brissago sim 2004}) 16... Re8 17.
Bh4 h6 18. Bg3 $146 {Eine naheliegende Neuerung. Wie bereits Kramnik ьberfьhrt
Lutz seinen Lдufer nach e5.} (18. Ne5 Qb6 19. Qxb6 axb6 20. Bxf6 Bxf6 21. Nxd5
cxd5 22. Bb3 g5 $11 {Leko,P-Kramnik,V/ROW - Russia (rapid) 2002}) 18... Bd6 19.
Be5 Nxc3 $1 {Diese Entlastung im Zentrum ist der sicherste Weg zum Ausgleich.}
20. bxc3 (20. Bxe6 $6 Ne2+ $1 21. Rxe2 Rxe6 $11) 20... Bxc4 {Mцglicherweise
war 20...Nd5!? am besten, denn nach dem Textzug kann WeiЯ etwas Druck behalten.
} (20... Nd5 $5 {/\ 21...b5} 21. Qc2 $1 (21. a4 a6 22. Bxd6 Qxd6 23. a5 b5 24.
axb6 Rxb6 25. Qc2 Reb8 $11) (21. Qb2 b5 $11) 21... b5 22. Bd3 a6 $11) 21. Qxc4
Nd5 22. Qb3 b5 23. c4 bxc4 24. Qxc4 {Die Stellungsbewertung liegt irgendwo im
Bereich +/=/=. Der schwarze Springer steht schцn, aber nicht effektiv, wдhrend
sein weiЯer Widersacher stets bereit ist, von e5 den schwachen Bauern c6
anzugreifen.} Re6 {Deckt auf aktive Weise die Schwдche c6. Weniger gefiel mir
das passive Rc8-c7.} (24... Rc8 25. Bxd6 Rxe1+ 26. Rxe1 Qxd6 27. Ne5 Rc7 28.
Nd3 $14) 25. Rc1 Rb6 26. Bxd6 Rxd6 {Der Turmabtausch hдtte die Stellung
vereinfacht, aber ich wollte den Bauern d4 im Blick behalten.} (26... Qxd6 27.
Rxe6 Qxe6 28. Ne5 Ne7 $1 29. Qxe6 (29. Qa4 $14 a6 30. Qa5 Nd5 $11) 29... fxe6
30. Rc4 Ra6 31. a4 Nd5 32. Nxc6 Nb6 $11) 27. Re4 $1 {Ein starker Zug. Das
Einbruchsfeld e8 im Visier, plant Christopher die Turmverdopplung auf der
e-Linie.} Nf6 $2 {Hier verlor ich den Faden. Der Rьckzug des Springers auf ein
ungьnstiges Feld bringt Schwarz in eine passive Stellung. Stattdessen war 27...
Nc7! mit der Absicht Ne6 mehr im Sinne des vorherigen Spiels. Schwarz hдtte es
damit als Erster geschafft, den gegnerischen Zentrumsbauern anzugreifen und
stьnde dementsprechend nicht schlechter.} (27... Nc7 $1 28. Rce1 Ne6 29. Qa4 a6
30. Qc4 Qf6 $11) 28. Re2 $14 Rb7 {Ein weiterer Rьckzug, das Einbruchsfeld e7
muЯ ebenfalls ьberdeckt werden.} (28... Rd7 29. Ne5 Rc7 30. Qa4 Qd5 31. Rec2
$16) (28... Qb8 29. Rce1 Rb1 30. Ne5 Re6 31. Rxb1 Qxb1+ 32. Kh2 Qb5 33. Rc2 $16
) 29. Qc5 Rb6 $6 {Es wдre klьger, sich passiv zu verhalten -29...Rc7!.} (29...
Rc7 $1 $14) 30. Rce1 Rd5 (30... Rb7 31. Ne5 Rc7 32. Ng4 $5 Rxd4 33. Qc2 $1 Rc8
34. Nxf6+ gxf6 35. Re7 $44) 31. Qc4 a5 $2 {Verschafft dem Gegner lediglich ein
neues Angriffsobjekt, den a-Bauern.} ({Richtig war} 31... Rd7 32. Ne5 Rc7 33.
Qa4 Qd5 $14) 32. Qc3 $2 {Lutz nutzt nicht seine Chance. Die Zeit war reif fьr
33.Ne5!} (32. Re7 Kf8 33. Ra7 (33. Qe2 Rd7) 33... Qb8 34. Ra6 Kg8 $14) (32. Ne5
$1 $16 Qc7 (32... Qd6 33. Qc2 $1 $16 {Mit der Drohung 34.Ng4.}) 33. Rc2 Rd6 34.
Qc5 Rd5 35. Qc3 $16) 32... Rdb5 $1 {Nun ist Schwarz wieder im Geschдft, aber
in Zeitnot schaffe ich es erneut, meine Stellung zu ruinieren.} 33. Re5 (33.
Ne5 Qd5 34. Nc4 Ra6 $14) 33... a4 $138 34. Qc2 a3 35. Qd3 Rxe5 $2 {Dieser
Fehler aktiviert den weiЯen Springer. Nach 35...Qf8! wдre die schwarze
Stellung nicht mehr in Gefahr.} (35... Qf8 $1 36. R5e3 Ra5 37. Ne5 Ra8 $14) 36.
Nxe5 Qd6 $2 {Laut FRITZ hielt einzig das Bauernopfer 36...Rb2! die Stellung.} (
36... Qf8 37. Rc1 Rb2 38. Rxc6 Rxa2 39. Qc4 Rb2 40. Rc8 Ne8 41. Ra8 $16) (36...
Rb2 $1 37. Nxc6 Qd6 38. Ne7+ Kh8 39. Qc4 Rd2 40. Qxf7 Qxd4 $14) 37. Nc4 Qb4 38.
Rc1 Ra6 $2 (38... Rb8 $1 39. Nxa3 (39. Qxa3 Qxa3 40. Nxa3 Ra8 41. Nc2 Rxa2 42.
Nb4 Rd2 43. Nxc6 Ne4 44. f3 Ng3 $14) 39... Ra8 40. Nc4 (40. Rxc6 Qe1+ 41. Kh2
Qxf2 $14) 40... Rxa2 41. Rb1 Qf8 42. Ne5 $16) 39. Rb1 $1 Qf8 40. Rb7 $18 Ra8
41. Ne5 {Die Zeitkontrolle wurde geschafft, aber die schwarze Stellung ist
aufgabereif. Es zeichnete sich bald ab, daЯ Christopher diese Partie gewinnen
muЯ, um den Matchsieg der Porzer gegen Baden Oos zu sichern. Dieser
psychologische Druck wurde ihm offenbar zum Verhдngnis.} Ne8 42. Rxf7 $2 {
Wahrscheinlich hдtte Christopher in einer Einzelpartie 42.Nxf7! gespielt und
rasch gewonnen. Auch in den nдchsten Zьgen verpaЯt er mehrere konkrete
Gewinnmцglichkeiten.} (42. Nxf7 $1 Nd6 43. Nxh6+ Kh8 44. Rd7 Re8 45. Qxa3 (45.
Ng4 $6 Re1+ 46. Kh2 Ne4 $132) 45... Qf4 46. Qg3 $18) 42... Qd6 43. Rb7 (43. Qb3
$1 Kh7 (43... Qd5 44. Qb7 $1 Rd8 45. Qe7 $18) 44. Rd7 $18) 43... Qd5 44. Qc2 $2
(44. Qb3 $1 Qxb3 (44... Nd6 45. Nxc6 Qxb3 46. Rxb3 $18) 45. Rxb3 $18) 44... c5
$6 (44... Qxd4 $142) 45. Rd7 Qe6 46. f4 $2 (46. Qe4 $1 Ra4 (46... Rb8 47. d5
$18) 47. Qb7 $1 Rxd4 48. Re7 $18) 46... cxd4 47. Rxd4 Rb8 48. Kh2 Nf6 (48...
Rb2 $2 49. Qa4 Rxa2 50. Rd8 $18) 49. Qd2 Qf5 50. Qd3 (50. Ra4 $1 Rb2 51. Qc3
Nd5 52. Qg3 Rxa2 53. Ra8+ Kh7 54. Ra7 $18) 50... Qxd3 51. Rxd3 Ra8 52. g4 (52.
f5 $5) (52. Kg3 $5) 52... g5 $1 53. fxg5 (53. f5 Re8 54. Nc4 Re2+ 55. Kg3 Rxa2
56. Rxa3 Rxa3+ 57. Nxa3 Kh7 $16 {/\h5}) (53. Kg3 $5) 53... hxg5 54. Nc4 $2 $138
{Eine Fehlentscheidung in Zeitnot. Die Eroberung des zweiten Bauern ist
eindeutig falsch, denn der passive schwarze Turm erwacht zum Leben. Da das
reine Turmendspiel fьr WeiЯ leicht gewonnen ist, dьrfte der Gewinn in der
Partiestellung ebenfalls mцglich sein. Das kombinierte Spiel gegen die beiden
Schwдchen a3 und g5 sollte WeiЯ zum Erfolg fьhren.} (54. Kg3 $1 Ne4+ $1 (54...
Ra5 55. Nd7 Kg7 (55... Ne4+ 56. Kf3 Ra4 57. Nb6 Rb4 58. Rxa3 $18) 56. Nxf6 Kxf6
57. Re3 Ra4 58. Kf3 $18 {/\Ke2-d2-c2-b3}) 55. Kf3 Ra4 56. Ke3 Kg7 57. Nf3 Kf6
58. Rb3 Nd6 59. Rc3 Ne4 60. Rc6+ Kf7 61. Nd4 Nf6 62. Rc5 Kg6 63. Kd3 Nd7 64.
Rc6+ Nf6 65. Nf3 Ra5 66. Kc4 $18) 54... Ra4 $1 55. Nxa3 $2 Kf7 $14 56. Kg2 Ke6
$138 57. Kf2 Nd5 58. Ke1 Nf4 {Noch einfacher war 58...Nb4!.} (58... Nb4 $1 59.
Re3+ Kf6 60. Kd2 Nxa2 61. Kc2 Rf4 $11 (61... Nb4+ 62. Kb3 Nd5 $11)) 59. Re3+
Kf6 60. Kd2 (60. Kf2 Nd5 61. Rf3+ Kg6 $11 {/\Nb4}) 60... Ra8 $1 {Der Bauer h3
fдllt, und das resultierende Springerendspiel ist remislich.} 61. Kc2 Rh8 62.
Nb5 (62. Nc4 Rxh3 63. Rxh3 Nxh3 64. a4 Ke6 $11) 62... Rxh3 63. Rxh3 Nxh3 64. a4
Ke7 65. Kb3 Nf2 66. a5 Kd7 67. Ka4 Nxg4 68. a6 Kc8 69. Nd6+ Kb8 70. Ne4 1/2-1/2

[Event "GER-Kramnik"]
[Site "Brissago"]
[Date "2004.01.29"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Dautov, Rustem"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2004.01.29"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 100"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Huzman} e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O
Be7 8. c4 Nf6 {Eine solide alte Fortsetzung, heutzutage wird meistens 8...Nb4
gespielt.} (8... Nb4 9. Be2 O-O) 9. Nc3 O-O 10. h3 Nb4 11. Be2 dxc4 12. Bxc4 c6
13. Re1 Nbd5 14. Bg5 Be6 15. Qb3 Rb8 {Eine wichtige Stellung in der der
Variante 8...Nf6. WeiЯ steht aktiv, dafьr ist die schwarze Stellung sehr fest.}
16. Bh4 $5 $146 {Ein neuer Zug. WeiЯ droht Nf3-g5 und plant gleichzeitig die
Ьberfьhrung des Lдufer nach e5.} (16. Rad1 Re8 17. Bh4 h6 18. Ne5 (18. Bg3 {
Huzman} Bd6 19. Be5 Nxc3 20. bxc3 Bxc4 21. Qxc4 Nd5 22. Qb3 b5 $11 {1/2-1/2
Lutz,C-Dautov,R/Baden Oos GER 2004/(70)}) 18... Qb6 {'!' Huzman.} 19. Qxb6 axb6
20. Bxf6 Bxf6 21. Nxd5 cxd5 $11 {Leko,P-Kramnik,V/RUS-The World rapid 2002} 22.
Bb3 {Huzman} g5 23. Ng4 $11 {1/2-1/2 Leko,P-Kramnik,V/Moscow 2002/CBM 91/
[Huzman] (34)}) (16. Rac1 Nc7 $11 17. Bxe6 {Huzman} Nxe6 18. Bh4 Nf4 19. Rcd1
N4d5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Matulovic,M-Kurajica,B/Umag 1972/MCD (42)}) (16. Ne5 Re8 17.
Rad1 {Huzman} Qd6 18. Bh4 (18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Ne4 Qd8 20. Nc5 Qd6 21. Qf3 Bxe5
22. Rxe5 Nc7 23. Bxe6 Nxe6 24. Qg3 h6 25. Ne4 Qe7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Tsvetkov,
A-Gottardi,G/Memorial Konstantinopolsky (corr.), cor 1997 (33)}) 18... Qb4 19.
Qc2 Rbd8 20. Bd3 h6 $11 {1-0 Hulak,K-Toth,B/Budva 1981/MCD (32)}) (16. Nxd5
Bxd5 (16... cxd5 {Huzman} 17. Bd3 h6 18. Bf4 Bd6 19. Be5 Ne4 20. Rac1 Qa5 21.
Bxd6 Nxd6 22. Qc3 Qxc3 23. Rxc3 Rbc8 24. Ne5 Rxc3 25. bxc3 Rc8 26. Rc1 b5 27.
Rc2 {1/2-1/2 De Groot,A-Daw,G/WT/M\532 1991 (27)}) 17. Bxd5 (17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18.
Bxd5 Qxd5 19. Qxd5 cxd5 $11) 17... Nxd5 18. Bxe7 Nxe7 19. Qa3 Nc8 $11) 16... h6
{Diese Antwort ist naheliegend, aber in Frage kam auch die sofortige
Entlastung in Zentrum mittels 16...Nxc3.} (16... Re8 17. Ng5 $14) (16... Nxc3
$5 17. bxc3 (17. Bxe6 Ncd5 18. Bf5 Qb6 $11) 17... Bxc4 18. Qxc4 Re8 19. Re2 b5
20. Qb3 Nd5 21. Rae1 f6 22. Bg3 (22. c4 bxc4 23. Qxc4 Qd7 $11) 22... Rc8 23. a4
a6 24. c4 bxc4 25. Qxc4 a5 26. Re6 Qd7 27. Qe2 Kf8 $11) 17. Bg3 Bd6 18. Be5 {
WeiЯ droht nun 19.Bxf6.} Nc7 $2 {Spдtestens hier mьЯte ich auf c3 zugreifen,
mit einer etwa ausgeglichenen Stellung. Der fehlerhafte Textzug gibt die
Kontrolle ьber das wichtige Feld d5 auf und verhilft WeiЯ zu einem kleinen,
aber langfristigen Vorteil.} (18... b5 $6 19. Bxd5 Nxd5 20. Bxd6 Qxd6 21. Ne4
Qc7 22. Nc5 $16) (18... Nxc3 $1 19. Bxe6 (19. bxc3 Bxc4 20. Qxc4 Nd5 21. Qb3 b5
$11) 19... Ncd5 20. Bf5 Re8 21. Rad1 Qc7 $11) (18... Bxe5 $5 {Huzman} 19. dxe5
$140 (19. Nxe5 Re8 $1 (19... Nc7 20. Bxe6 Nxe6 21. Nxf7 Nxd4 (21... Rxf7 22.
Rxe6 Qxd4 23. Re7 Nd5 24. Rxf7 Kxf7 25. Rd1 $16) 22. Nxd8+ Nxb3 23. axb3 Rfxd8
24. Rxa7 Rd2 25. Re7 Rxb2 26. Raxb7 Rxb7 27. Rxb7 $16) 20. Rad1 Nc7 21. Bxe6
Rxe6 $11) (19. Rxe5 Nd7 20. Ree1 N7b6 $11) 19... b5 20. Bxd5 (20. Bf1 Ne3 $1
$19) (20. Nxd5 Nxd5 21. Be2 Qb6 22. Rad1 Rbd8 23. Nd4 Nf4 $11) (20. exf6 bxc4
21. Qxc4 Nxf6 22. Qe2 Bd5 $11) 20... Nxd5 21. Ne4 Qb6 22. Rac1 Rbd8 23. Nc5 Nc7
$1 24. Qc2 Bd5 25. Nh4 $14 {[%cal Gh4f5]}) 19. Bxe6 (19. Re2 {Huzman} Bxc4 20.
Qxc4 Re8 21. Rae1 Ncd5 $14 {/=}) 19... Nxe6 20. Rad1 $14 {Mit der klaren
Absicht d4-d5.} Nf4 {Schwarz hat nicht viele Mцglichkeiten, den unangenehmen
VorstoЯ d4-d5 zu verhindern. Die Alternative 20...Nc7 gefiel mir nicht wegen
21. Nh4! nebst Nf5.} (20... Re8 $6 21. d5 cxd5 22. Nxd5 Bxe5 23. Nxe5 Nxd5 24.
Rxd5 $36 Qc8 $14 {Huzman}) (20... Nc7 21. Nh4 $1 Nfd5 22. Nf5 Bxe5 23. dxe5 {
'+/-' Huzman.} Qg5 24. Nxd5 Nxd5 25. Qf3 $14) 21. Bxf4 {Eine verlockende Idee:
Kramnik will den schwarzen Lдufer auf f4 "fangen" und zum Tausch auf e5
zwingen. Nicht weniger gut war jedoch die Alternative 21. Qa4!?} (21. Nh4 $6
N6h5 $11) ({Huzman: White missed opportunity to create pawns weaknesses due to
resistance Qa4-Bf4.} 21. Qa4 $5 {'!' Huzman.} a6 22. Bxf4 Bxf4 23. d5 {'!'
Huzman.} Qc7 24. dxc6 bxc6 25. b3 (25. Ne4 $14 {[%csl Ra6,Rc6] Huzman}) 25...
a5 26. Qc4 $14 {Dank der Schwдchen a5 und c6 hat WeiЯ einen langfristigen
Vorteil}) 21... Bxf4 22. Ne5 Qc7 {AuЯer 23.g3 beabsichtigte WeiЯ den
Qualitдtsgewinn 23.Ng6. Die Alternative 22...Nd5 fьhrte zu einer passiven und
schlechteren Stellung.} (22... Nd5 23. Nxd5 cxd5 24. g3 $1 Bxe5 (24... Bg5 25.
h4 Bf6 26. Ng4 $16 {/\Ne3}) 25. Rxe5 Qd7 26. Kg2 Rfd8 27. Rde1 $14) 23. Qc2 $6
{Nach dieser Ungenauigkeit kann ich die Stellung endgьltig ausgleichen.
Prinzipiell und stark war 23.g3!} (23. Ng6 $2 Bh2+ 24. Kh1 Rfe8 25. g3 Bxg3 26.
fxg3 Rxe1+ 27. Rxe1 Qxg3 $15) (23. g3 $1 Bxe5 24. dxe5 Nd7 25. f4 (25. e6 Nc5
26. exf7+ Qxf7 $11) 25... Nc5 $1 (25... Qb6+ $6 26. Qxb6 Nxb6 27. Kf2 $16) 26.
Qc4 $1 $14 {WeiЯ steht mit seinen aktiven Figuren und dem starkem Bauernduo e5
und f4 ohne Zweifel besser.} (26. Qc2 Qb6 27. Qf2 Rbd8 $11) 26... Qb6 27. Kh1
Ne6 $5 (27... a5 $5 {/\Qb4} 28. a3 $14) (27... Rbd8 28. f5 $14) 28. f5 (28. Qe2
Rbd8 29. Ne4 Nd4 30. Qf2 Rd5 $132) (28. b3 $6 Qf2 29. Ne4 Qf3+ 30. Kh2 Rbd8
$132) 28... Ng5 29. Kg2 Qxb2+ (29... Rbd8 30. h4 Nh7 $14) 30. Re2 Qa3 31. h4
Nh7 32. Rd7 $36) 23... Rbd8 $11 24. Qf5 Bxe5 25. dxe5 Nd5 {In dieser Stellung
lieЯ Kramnik seine Uhr 40 Minuten laufen. Er konnte sich das leisten, denn
sein Zeitvorteil war erheblich. Nach Klarheit an den anderen Brettern suchend,
wollte sich Vladimir die Mцglichkeit offen lassen, mit 26.Ne4 auf Gewinn zu
spielen.} 26. Nxd5 {Hier beschloЯ er, Remis zu forcieren, denn sein Vorteil
gegen R. Hьbner wurde zu diesem Zeitpunkt offensichtlich.} ({Den Gewinnversuch
26.Ne4 braucht Schwarz nicht zu befьrchten:} 26. Ne4 $5 Ne7 27. Qh5 Qa5 $1 (
27... Rxd1 28. Rxd1 Rd8 $2 29. Rxd8+ Qxd8 30. Nd6 Ng6 31. Nxf7 $1 $16) 28. a3 (
28. Nd6 $4 Rxd6 $19) (28. f4 Qb6+ 29. Kh2 Rxd1 30. Rxd1 Qxb2 $15) 28... Ng6 $15
) 26... Rxd5 27. Rxd5 cxd5 28. e6 Rd8 $1 (28... fxe6 29. Qxe6+ Qf7 30. Qxf7+
Kxf7 31. Rc1 Re8 $11) 29. e7 Re8 30. Qxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 24th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1996.07.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Huebner, Robert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "Dolmatov,S"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1996.07.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 054"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nxe5 O-O 5. Be2 Re8 6. Nd3 Bxc3 7. dxc3 Nxe4
8. O-O (8. Nf4 d6 9. O-O Nd7 10. c4 a5 11. f3 Nec5 12. b3 Qf6 13. Rb1 c6 14.
Nh5 Qg6 15. Ng3 $14 {Shirov,A-Yusupov,A/GER/1995/}) 8... d5 9. Nf4 c6 10. c4 (
10. Be3 Nd6 $10) 10... d4 11. Bf3 (11. Re1 Na6 $10) 11... Ng5 (11... Na6 $2 12.
c3 $16) 12. Bg4 Ne6 (12... Na6 $5 13. Bxc8 Rxc8 $10) 13. Re1 Na6 (13... Nxf4
14. Rxe8+ (14. Bxc8 $2 Rxe1+ 15. Qxe1 Nxg2 $17) 14... Qxe8 15. Bxc8 Ne2+ 16.
Kh1 Qxc8 17. Qxe2 $14) 14. Bxe6 Bxe6 15. Nxe6 Rxe6 16. Rxe6 fxe6 17. Bd2 Qf6
18. Qe2 Qf5 19. c3 d3 20. Qe3 Nc5 21. Re1 Rd8 22. f3 b6 23. b3 (23. b4 Na4 24.
Qxe6+ Qxe6 25. Rxe6 Kf7 $5 (25... Nxc3 26. Bxc3 d2 27. Bxd2 Rxd2 28. Rxc6 Rxa2
29. b5 $16) 26. Re4 (26. Rxc6 $2 Re8 27. Rd6 Nb2 $44) 26... Nxc3 27. Bxc3 d2
28. Bxd2 Rxd2 29. a4 Ra2 $10) 23... h6 24. Kf1 Rd6 $14 25. Qf4 Rd7 (25... Qxf4
26. Bxf4 Rd7 27. Bd2 $14) 26. Qe5 (26. Qxf5 $5 exf5 27. Re5 f4 28. Ke1 g5 29.
h4 gxh4 $132) 26... Qxe5 27. Rxe5 Kf7 28. Ke1 Kf6 29. Re3 e5 30. Bc1 e4 $1 31.
Kd2 $6 (31. fxe4 $2 Ke5 $40) (31. Ba3 $5 d2+ (31... exf3 $6 32. Rxf3+ Ke5 33.
Bxc5 bxc5 (33... d2+ 34. Kd1 bxc5 35. Rf2 Ke4 36. Rxd2 $16) 34. Kd2 $16) 32.
Kd1 Nd3 33. Kxd2 $8 (33. Re2 $4 e3 $19) 33... Nf4+ 34. Kc2 Nxg2 35. Rxe4 g5 $14
) 31... exf3 32. gxf3 (32. Rxf3+ $2 Ke5) 32... Kf5 33. b4 Nb7 (33... Ne6 34.
Rxd3 Rxd3+ 35. Kxd3 g5 $14) 34. Rxd3 Nd6 35. Kc2 Ke6 36. Rd4 c5 37. bxc5 bxc5
38. Rg4 (38. Rd5 $5 Nxc4 (38... Rc7 39. Kd3 $16 Rd7) 39. Rxc5 Ne5 40. f4 Nf3 (
40... Nd3 41. Ra5) 41. h3 $16) 38... Rf7 39. Rg6+ Kd7 40. Be3 Rxf3 41. Bxc5 $2
(41. Rxg7+ $5 Kc6 42. Bxh6 Rf2+ (42... Nxc4 43. h4 $16) 43. Kb3 Rxh2 44. Bf4
$16) 41... Nxc4 42. Bxa7 Na3+ $1 43. Kb3 Nb5 44. Rxg7+ Kc6 45. Bb8 Rxc3+ 46.
Kb4 Rc2 47. Rg6+ Kb7 48. Bg3 Nd4 49. Rg4 (49. a4 Nc6+ 50. Kb3 Nd4+ $10) 49...
Nf3 50. Kb3 Rg2 51. Rg7+ Ka8 52. Rg8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "SUI-chT"]
[Site "Switzerland"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Donev, Ivo Hristov"]
[Black "Toth, Bela"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2385"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[Annotator "Donev,I"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 049 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Kortschnoj} e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 {Mir war bekannt, daЯ IM Bela Toth Spezialist
in der Russischen Verteidigung ist. Darum wдhlte ich eine ruhige positionelle
Variante, die mir einen ganz kleinen Vorteil verschaffte und mehr mit der
Franzцsischen-Abtauschvariante als mit Russisch zu tun hatte.} 3. Nxe5 d6 4.
Nf3 Nxe4 5. d3 Nf6 6. d4 {Dies ist die Stellung, die ich zu Hause analysiert
habe. Wenn jetzt der Nachziehende 6...d5 spielt, dann bekommen wir mit
Zugumstellung die Franzцsische-Abtauschvariante C01 (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.ed5 ed5
4.Nf3 Nf6). Natьrlich ist 6...Ne4 nicht gut, weil wir nach 7.Bd3 d5 die
normale Variante in der russischen Verteidigung bekommen, aber mit einem Tempo
mehr fьr WeiЯ! Schwarz wдhlte die dritte Mцglichkeit - schnelle Entwicklung,
ohne den d-Bauern zu ziehen.} Be7 7. Bd3 O-O 8. h3 $146 {Mit folgender Absicht:
Vermeidet ...Bg4; bereitet die Entwicklung Bf4 vor (nach ...Nd5 hat WeiЯ den
Abzug Bh2); nach 0-0 hat der weiЯe Monarch ein sogenanntes Luftloch auf h2.} (
8. O-O Bg4 9. Bf4 Nbd7 10. Nbd2 Nd5 11. Bg3 Bg5 12. c4 Nf4 13. Bxf4 Bxf4 14.
Qc2 Nf6 $10 {Lisek,J-Federau,J/BL2-N 9192 (1991) ;BL2 1992}) 8... c6 9. O-O Na6
{Es droht 10...Nb4 11.Be2 Bf5 mit angenehmem schwarzem Spiel.} 10. c3 Nc7 11.
Bf4 b6 {Welche Figur wьrden Sie jetzt weiterentwickeln? Den Damenspringer, den
Turm oder die Dame? Es ist wichtig, bei der Erцffnungsentwicklung jeden Zug
mit Verstдndnis auszufьhren. Aus eigener Erfahrung habe ich folgende
universale praktische Regel festgestellt: 1. Entwickle in der Erцffnung die
eigenen Figuren harmonisch in Richtung Zentrum! 2. Entwickle zuerst die
Figuren, die weniger Mцglichkeiten haben, so bleiben die Figuren mit mehreren
Mцglichkeiten offen fьr die spдtere Entwicklung, dies kann dann unangenehmer
fьr den Gegener werden.} 12. Re1 $1 {Fьr mich war klar, daЯ ich frьher oder
spдter die e-Linie besetzen muЯ. Der Rf1 ist die Figur, die weniger
Mцglichkeiten hat, darum entwickelte ich ihn zuerst. Der Nb1 hat folgende
Entwicklungsmцglichkeiten: a)Nach c3-c4, Nb1-c3 b)Nbd2 und c)Na3-c2. Die Dame
zieht auf Qd2, Qc2 oder sogar Qb3.} Bb7 13. Nbd2 Re8 14. Qc2 h6 {Alle weiЯen
Steine sind schon harmonisch im Zentrum (1. bis 4. Reihe) entwickelt. Der
Nachziehende ist auch voll entwickelt, steht aber ein wenig passiv auf den
letzten 3 Reihen, aber ohne Schwдche. Die Qd8 hat kein gьnstiges Feld (z.b.
nach Qd7 folgt Bf5). Das schwarze Lдuferpaar ist klar passiver entwickelt als
im Vergleich seine weiЯen Kollegen. Also: die weiЯe Stellung ist leicht besser.
Wie ist der richtige weiЯe Plan? Es ist klar, daЯ der Anziehende keinen Grund
fьr einen Kцnigsangriff hat. Das bedeutet, WeiЯ sollte durch einen
Bauernmarsch mehr Raum am Damenflьgel gewinnen und dort versuchern, die
Initiative zu erreichen.} 15. a4 (15. Re2 Nfd5 16. Bg3 Ne6 {/\Nf4} 17. Bc4 (17.
Bh7+ Kh8 18. Bf5 Bc8 19. Rae1 Nef4 $10) 17... Nef4 (17... Ndc7 18. Rae1 d5 19.
Bd3 $14) 18. Ree1 Qd7 $10 {/\Bf8}) (15. c4 d5 $1 $10 (15... c5 $5 16. d5 b5 17.
b3 $14 {WeiЯ hat Raumvorteil, und der Lдufer b7 ist am Damenflьgel isoliert.}))
15... c5 $1 {Der Lдufer b7 atmet auf.} (15... a5 16. c4 (16. Nc4 Ne6 17. Bh2 c5
$13) 16... d5 17. b3 $14) 16. Bh2 {WeiЯ bereitet im gьnstigsten Moment b2-b4
vor und vermeidet den Doppelangriff Nd5.} Bf8 17. dxc5 (17. b4 cxb4 18. cxb4
Rc8 19. Bf5 Ne6 $10) 17... Rxe1+ (17... dxc5 18. Ne4 (18. Rxe8 $5 Ncxe8 19. Re1
) (18. Ne5 $5 {/\Bc4}) 18... Nxe4 19. Bxe4 Bxe4 20. Rxe4 Rxe4 21. Qxe4 $14) 18.
Rxe1 bxc5 19. b4 cxb4 (19... d5 20. bxc5 Bxc5 21. Nb3 $14) 20. cxb4 Na6 21. Qb1
d5 22. Bxa6 Bxa6 {[%csl Gd4] [#] In der Diagrammstellung hat WeiЯ die
Bauermehrheit am Damenflьgel, dafьr besitzt Schwarz den Lдuferpaarvorteil und
den Zentralfreibauern d5. Der Anziehende hat drei wichtige Aufgaben: a) Den
schwarzen Freibauer so schnell wie mцglich mit einer Leichtfigur zu blockieren.
b) Einen Freibauer am Damenflьgel zu bilden. c) Wenn es mцglich ist, das
Lдuferpaar zu neutralisieren durch Abtausch des schwarzfeldrigen Lдufers. Mit
welcher Figur wьrden Sie den Zentralbauern blockieren?} 23. Be5 $1 {[%csl Gd4]}
Bb7 24. Bd4 $1 {[%csl Gd4][%cal Rd4f6,Rd4b6,Gd4f2,Gd4a1] [#] Von diesem
Zentralfeld aus erfьllt der weiЯe Lдufer mehrere Aufgaben: Er blockiert den
schwarzen Trumpf d5, der den Bb7 einschrдnkt; greift den schwachen Bauern a7
an; greift den schwarzen Kцnigsflьgel an (und Nf6) und deckt den eigenen
Kцnigs- und Damenflьgel.} Ne4 $1 {Besetzt den Zentralvorposten.} 25. Rc1 {
Der Turm hat keine Wirkung mehr auf der e-Linie.} Rc8 26. Rxc8 (26. Bxa7 $2 Nc3
27. Qd3 Ne2+ $1 $19) 26... Qxc8 27. Qb2 $1 (27. Bxa7 $2 Qa8 28. Bd4 Qxa4 $17) (
27. b5 Nc3 $1 $15) 27... a6 28. Ne5 (28. b5 $5 Nc5 29. Qc2 $14) 28... Qe8 (
28... Nxd2 $5 29. Qxd2 Qe8 30. a5 Bc6 (30... Qb5 31. Nd3 $13 {/\Bc5}) 31. Nxc6
Qxc6 32. Qc3 Qb5 33. Bc5 $10) 29. Nxe4 (29. a5 Qb5 $15) 29... dxe4 30. b5 Qe6
31. Qc3 {Bereitet Nc6 vor.} axb5 32. axb5 Bd5 33. Nc6 f6 {In diesem Moment
befanden sich beide Seiten in Zeitnot. Darum spielte ich schnell:} 34. Nb4 $6 {
Nach der Partie sagte mir mein Mannschaftskollege GM Viktor Kortschnoj: Warum
hast du nicht 34.Bc5! gespielt? So tauschst du die schwarzfarbigen Lдufer,
danach sind die weiЯe Dame und der Springer stдrker (bessere Harmonie) als die
schwarze Dame und der Lдufer. AuЯerdem hat WeiЯ einen starken entfernten
Freibauer. Der Nachziehende darf auf c6 auf keinen Fall schlagen, weil WeiЯ
sonst einen noch stдrkeren Freibauern bekommt. AuЯerdem stellt WeiЯ nach 34.
Bc5 eine Falle: 34...Bc6 35.bc6 Qc6?, und jetzt folgt ein Zwischenzug: 36.Qb3+,
und nach jedem Kцnigszug verliert Schwarz den ungedeckten Bf8.} (34. Bc5 $1 {
[%cal Rc5f8] [#]} f5 (34... Bxc6 $2 35. bxc6 Bxc5 (35... Qxc6 $2 36. Qb3+ $18)
36. Qxc5 Kf7 37. c7 Qc8 38. Qd6 Ke8 39. g4 $18) (34... Qd7 35. Qb4 (35. Qa3 Qe8
) 35... Bxc5 36. Qxc5 $14 {/\Qd5 nebst Ne7}) (34... Bd6 35. Bxd6 Qxd6 36. Qd4
$16 {/\Qd5 nebst Ne7;oder Nb4}) 35. Qa3 $1 Bxc5 36. Qxc5 $14) 34... Bb7 35. Bc5
Bd6 36. Bxd6 (36. Nc6 $2 Bxc6 37. bxc6 Be5 $17 {/\Qc6}) (36. Nc2 $5 Qe5 37.
Qc4+ Kf8 38. Bxd6+ Qxd6 39. Ne3 $14) 36... Qxd6 37. Qc4+ (37. Nc6 $142 $14)
37... Kf8 38. Nc6 {Das Dauerschach ist unvermeidlich.} Qd1+ 39. Kh2 Qd6+ 40.
Kg1 (40. g3 e3 $1 41. fxe3 Qd2+ 42. Kg1 Qxe3+ 43. Kg2 $10) 40... Qd1+ 41. Kh2
Qd6+ {IM Ivo Donev} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Nanjing Pearl Spring 3rd"]
[Site "Nanjing"]
[Date "2010.10.29"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Wang, Yue"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[Annotator "Edouard,R"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2010.10.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/7200:20/3600:900+30"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8.
Nc3 Nxc3 (8... Bf5 $5 {is another fashionable possibility. There follows 9.Qe1
or 9.Re1.}) 9. bxc3 Bg4 (9... O-O 10. h3 $1 {is just better for White: Black's
white-squared bishop is lacking potencial and White has some free play on the
kingside.}) 10. Re1 O-O 11. Bf4 Bh5 $5 (11... Bd6 12. Bxd6 Bxf3 (12... cxd6 $5
13. Re3 $1 {and Black got problems every time, facing both Qe2/Re1 ideas and
Rb1-Rb5 ideas. Still, I believe this should also be critical.}) 13. Qxf3 (13.
Bxc7 Bxd1 14. Bxd8 Bxc2 $11) 13... Qxd6 14. Re3 $1 {and the last important
game on this line was the following:} Rae8 15. Rae1 Rxe3 16. Rxe3 g6 17. h4 Nb8
18. h5 Nd7 19. g4 Nf6 20. h6 Kh8 21. Re5 c6 22. c4 Ng8 23. Qe3 dxc4 24. Bxc4 g5
25. Rxg5 Nxh6 26. Qe4 f6 27. Rh5 f5 28. gxf5 Nxf5 29. Be6 Qxd4 30. Rxh7+ {
1-0 Leko,P (2751)-Kasimdzhanov,R (2695)/Nalchik RUS 2009}) 12. Rb1 Rb8 {
Better not to weakness anything.} 13. Qe2 Bd6 14. Qe3 Qd7 $1 (14... Bxf4 15.
Qxf4 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Qd6 {This position is similar to the game Leko-Kasimdzhanov
mentioned above. Actually, even exactly the same, with Rb1 and ...Rb8 moves
included!} 17. Re3 g6 18. h4 Kg7 19. h5 Rfe8 20. Rbe1 Rxe3 21. Qxe3 a6 22. a4
Qa3 23. Be2 Qd6 24. Bf3 Rd8 25. h6+ Kf8 26. c4 Qf6 27. Qa3+ Qd6 28. Qe3 Qf6 29.
Qa3+ Qd6 30. Qc3 Qb4 31. Qxb4+ {1/2-1/2 Sasikiran,K (2677)-Wang,Y (2698)/
Vishakapatnam IND 2008}) 15. Ng5 $146 {An interesting try, but apparently a
draw by force. Sometimes (often?) the opponent knows or finds the best defense,
what can you do?} (15. Ne5 Bxe5 16. dxe5 Bg6 17. Bxg6 hxg6 18. Rbd1 Qe6 19. Bg5
Rbe8 20. Qd2 Nxe5 21. Bf4 Qf5 22. Bxe5 Rxe5 23. Rxe5 Qxe5 24. Qxd5 Qxc3 25.
Qxb7 Qxc2 26. Qb3 Qxb3 27. axb3 Rb8 28. Rd3 Kf8 29. Rc3 Rb7 30. Re3 Rb6 31. Kf1
Re6 32. Rc3 c6 33. Rc4 Ke8 34. Rd4 Re5 35. h4 Ke7 36. g3 Ke6 37. Kg2 Rb5 38.
Rd3 a5 39. g4 Rd5 40. Rf3 Rd4 41. Kg3 c5 42. Re3+ Kd7 43. f3 Rb4 44. f4 Kc6 45.
h5 gxh5 46. gxh5 Rb7 47. Kg4 Kd5 48. Kf5 Kd4 49. Rg3 f6 50. Kg6 a4 51. bxa4 c4
52. f5 c3 53. Rg1 c2 54. Rc1 Kc3 55. h6 gxh6 56. Kxf6 Kd2 57. Rh1 c1=Q 58. Rxc1
Kxc1 59. a5 Ra7 60. Kg6 Rxa5 61. f6 Ra6 {0-1 Smeets,J (2651)-Gelfand,B (2750)/
FRA 2010}) 15... h6 16. Nh3 Bg4 $5 17. Qg3 Bxh3 18. Bxd6 cxd6 19. Qxh3 (19.
gxh3 Rbe8 {is just OK for Black.}) 19... Qxh3 20. gxh3 Rfd8 21. Rb5 Kf8 22.
Reb1 (22. Rxd5 Rbc8 {probably makes almost no difference.}) 22... b6 23. Rxd5
Rbc8 24. c4 Ke7 25. Re1+ Kf8 26. Rb1 Ke7 27. Re1+ Kf8 {White is up a pawn, but
we must just have a glance at the right side of the board (plus doubled
c-pawns) to understand that Black enjoys full compensation.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 81st"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2019.01.22"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[Annotator "Fernandez,D"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2019.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 188"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.12.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.12.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nd3 Nxe4 5. Qe2 Qe7 6. Nf4 {Continuing a
bizarre fashion from the World Championship match, though it must be said that
trying to find an advantage in this position is a thankless task. Therefore,
you have to respect Nepomniachtchi (also a pioneer of the 5.Bd3 Petroff) for
trying.} Nc6 {Likewise. I'm not certain what's wrong with ...Nf6 or ...c6.} (
6... Nf6 7. Nc3 (7. d4 Qxe2+ 8. Bxe2 Bf5 $11) 7... c6 {would be my choice.} 8.
f3 {and now one high-level game went} g5 $5 (8... Qxe2+ 9. Bxe2 d5 10. d4 Bd6
$11) 9. Nd3 Be6 10. b3 Bg7 11. Bb2 Nbd7 12. O-O-O h6 13. Qf2 Ne5 $16 {with an
extremely original mess in Ganguly,S-Abasov,N Ulaanbaatar 2018}) 7. c3 Nc5 8.
d4 Qxe2+ 9. Bxe2 Ne6 10. d5 {Usually something has gone wrong if White has
gained tempi and achieved d5 in such positions. The Petroff is so solid that
Black is fine anyway, though. The problem, rather, lay in what happened if
White didn't rush d5.} (10. O-O {doesn't leave Black many good options for
development. The main one that makes sense is} Nxf4 11. Bxf4 Be6 12. Bf3 $14 {
but here I would award White a little something, mostly because he does still
have ways to force through the d5-break, at a moment of his choosing.}) 10...
Nxf4 11. Bxf4 Ne5 {Black is fine now.} 12. Na3 Bf5 13. Nb5 O-O-O $5 {
Sacrificing this pawn does not seem to have been entirely needed, though it is
in principle fine.} (13... Kd7 14. O-O-O a6 15. Nd4 Be4 $11) 14. Nxa7+ Kb8 15.
Nb5 Nd3+ 16. Bxd3 Bxd3 17. a4 (17. Nd4 Bc4 {regains the pawn.}) 17... Bc4 (
17... Re8+ 18. Be3 Bc4 19. O-O-O Bb3 20. Rd2 g6 {is probably no worse a
version than the next note.} (20... Re5 $5)) 18. O-O-O Bb3 19. Rd2 $1 Bxa4 ({
Bizarrely, the key to Black's position probably lay in the classy} 19... Re8 $1
20. a5 g6 $44) 20. Nd4 {Now this is a little hard to play for Black, mostly
because of the imminent mate threats.} Be7 $1 {Black recognises that the
priority is to exchange off the knight on d4.} 21. b3 Be8 $1 ({In the similar
line} 21... Bd7 22. Ra2 Bf6 23. Kd2 Bxd4 24. Rha1 $16 {Black's king lacks a
flight-square on d7 and probably perishes.}) 22. Ra2 Bf6 23. Rd1 (23. Be3 $14)
23... Bxd4 24. Rxd4 Bd7 25. c4 b6 26. b4 Kb7 $2 ({The even calmer response} 
26... Rhe8 27. c5 Bb5 $1 {was needed in order to fully neutralise White's
advantage. White cannot give mate with a single rook, and there isn't time to
keep both rooks AND double them.} 28. Be3 dxc5 29. bxc5 bxc5 30. Rf4 Bd3 31.
Rxf7 Rxd5 $13 {Black's pieces have acheived a measure of co-ordination.}) 27.
c5 dxc5 28. bxc5 c6 29. cxb6 cxd5 30. Be3 $1 $16 {When playing Kb7, Black must
have underestimated this quiet move.} (30. Rxd5 Be6 31. Rxd8 Rxd8 $14 {is
dangerous, but nowhere near as dangerous as the game.}) (30. Rb4 {is just
misguided:} Ra8 $11) 30... Ra8 31. Ra7+ Rxa7 32. bxa7 Bc6 33. Rg4 ({Engines
start speaking of wins which begin} 33. Rf4) 33... Rg8 34. Kd2 Kc7 $2 {Now the
position becomes definitely lost, due to immediate Rb8 and Bb8-type tactics.}
35. Rb4 $1 Bb7 (35... Ra8 36. Bf4+ Kc8 37. Bb8 $18 {is not really worth
playing on}) (35... Kd7 36. Rb8 Rc8 37. Bd4 g6 38. Ke3 Re8+ 39. Kd3 Rc8 40. f3
Re8 41. Bb2 $18 {Black can prevent White's king from reaching the kingside,
but cannot simultaneously prevent tactics based on Kc5 and perhaps Rb6xc6.})
36. Bb6+ Kc6 37. Ba5 {The bishop is lost.} 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-A 80th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2018.01.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Hou, Yifan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[Annotator "Fernandez,D"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2018.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. Nxe5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 4. Nf3 {[%emt 0:
00:00]} Nxe4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 5. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:00] To my mind, a fairly
underestimated line, and the reason I don't often play the Petroff now.} (5. c4
{is an interesting attempt at playing move orders, but I think Black is
considered to be fine after} Nc6 $11) (5. d4 {is the main move.}) (5. Qe2 {
was the first game, Carlsen-Caruana.}) 5... Nxc3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} (5... Nf6 {
would have been an interesting choice against Giri, considering he has
championed the Black side. From what I understand, the point for White is to
avoid the impulse to play too early against the c8-bishop, because that will
simply encourage a fianchetto and Black will be fine.} 6. d4 Be7 7. Bd3 O-O 8.
O-O Re8 9. Re1 $1 {The point of this is to force Black to commit his
light-squared bishop one way or another. Even moves that do not obviously do
this - such as ...d5 - really do make a decision, because they make the
fianchetto rather undesirable. White can play against either ...Bg4 or ...b6,
but should do so in different ways and definitely should not commit to h3 just
yet.} ({Following the immediate} 9. h3 b6 $1 {Vachier Lagrave,M-Giri,A Germany
2012, and Black was soon fine.}) 9... Nbd7 10. Bf4 {White is slightly better,
for instance} Nf8 11. h3 b6 12. Bb5 Bd7 13. a4 $14) 6. dxc3 {[%emt 0:00:00]}
Be7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 7. Be3 {[%emt 0:00:00] The choice is between this move
and Bf4. The current move allows Black lots of ...Ne5 possibilities, which I
believe he should take.} (7. Bf4 {meanwhile does not gel so well with the rest
of White's kingside attack.} O-O 8. Bd3 Nd7 9. Qd2 Nc5 $11 {for instance seems
fine for Black.}) 7... Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 8. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Be6 {
[%emt 0:00:00] White should play one of the queen moves and then castle
queenside, and I think given that White has played Be3, Black should castle
queenside too. No surprise then that the present game continued in that way.}
9. Qe2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} (9. Qd2 Qd7 {was similar enough and a game of mine:
Jackson-Fernandez, Coventry 2013.}) 9... Bf6 {[%emt 0:04:53]} 10. O-O-O {
[%emt 0:00:00]} Qe7 {[%emt 0:01:39]} (10... Qd7 {is more natural to me, not
worrying about White's Ng5 ideas, but more concerned with cuing up ...Bf5 in
future.}) 11. Kb1 {[%emt 0:05:03]} a6 {[%emt 0:13:52]} 12. Rhe1 {[%emt 0:05:47]
} O-O-O {[%emt 0:05:42]} 13. h3 {[%emt 0:24:30]} Rhe8 {[%emt 0:14:54]} (13...
h5 {is trivially easy to recommend in hindsight, but it should have been
reasonably obvious that White wanted kingside space.}) 14. g4 {[%emt 0:08:40]}
h6 {[%emt 0:05:19]} 15. Nd2 $1 $14 {[%emt 0:02:37] Now White is probably a
tiny bit better, but obviously an incredible amount of technique and further
errors need to be played out over the board before White can think about
winning.} Bg5 {[%emt 0:18:20]} 16. f4 {[%emt 0:08:04]} Bh4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 17.
Bf2 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Bxf2 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 18. Qxf2 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Qf8 {
[%emt 0:00:05]} 19. f5 {[%emt 0:21:05] Opting to set Black more direct
problems, but ceding the e5-square. While I am not sure this is the best
continuation, it could be the most practical, especially against slightly
lower-rated opposition.} (19. Nf1 {seems more natural to me, waving the idea
of Ng3-h5 around.}) 19... Bd7 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 20. f6 {[%emt 0:00:25]} g6 {
[%emt 0:09:21]} (20... Rxe1 21. Rxe1 g5 $11) 21. Be4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Kb8 {
[%emt 0:02:43]} 22. Nc4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Re6 $6 {[%emt 0:04:31] In practical
terms, another slight mistake. We obtain a similar structure to
Carlsen-Caruana, but with the minor pieces off the board Black faces more
difficulties.} 23. Bxc6 $1 {[%emt 0:04:11]} Rxe1 {[%emt 0:05:06]} 24. Rxe1 {
[%emt 0:00:11]} Bxc6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 25. Na5 {[%emt 0:01:00]} Re8 {[%emt 0:01:
43]} 26. Nxc6+ {[%emt 0:00:26]} bxc6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 27. Qg3 {[%emt 0:07:17]
The engine evaluation of 0.00 is hopelessly unhelpful for looking at this
position. What is important is that White is marginally more active and has a
better structure and advanced f6-pawn. Giving variations is slightly pointless
here, so I shall try and confine myself to comments only.} Qh8 {[%emt 0:03:55]}
28. Re7 {[%emt 0:01:36]} Rxe7 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 29. fxe7 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Qe8 {
[%emt 0:00:38]} 30. Qe3 {[%emt 0:02:50]} Kc8 {[%emt 0:02:23]} 31. h4 {[%emt 0:
06:10]} Kd7 {[%emt 0:06:22]} 32. Qxh6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Qxe7 {[%emt 0:00:02]}
33. b3 $14 {[%emt 0:01:45] White will be able to fix the f7-pawn and of course
a6 is still a weakness also. Doubtless this endgame will be discussed for a
while to come, including fortress possibilities and better White tries, but
the contours of what White must aim for are now clear.} Qe4 {[%emt 0:02:04]}
34. g5 {[%emt 0:03:23]} Qe5 {[%emt 0:00:54]} 35. Qf8 {[%emt 0:00:49]} Qd5 {
[%emt 0:01:48]} 36. Kb2 {[%emt 0:00:15]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:38]} 37. Qg8 {[%emt 0:
00:32]} Qf3 {[%emt 0:00:35]} 38. Qf8 {[%emt 0:00:52]} Qd5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 39.
Qg7 {[%emt 0:00:40]} Qf5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 40. Qg8 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Qf3 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} 41. a4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Qf1 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 42. Qf8 {[%emt 0:
00:00]} Qf5 {[%emt 0:10:37]} 43. Qa8 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Qf1 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 44.
Qe4 {[%emt 0:06:36] Again, in human terms White has acheived something else -
the centralisation of his queen. Black must wait around until White shows what
the next stage of his plan is - though presumably it must be b4.} Kd8 {[%emt 0:
02:49]} 45. Qg4 {[%emt 0:03:51] A mini-zugzwang.} d5 {[%emt 0:03:37]} 46. a5 $1
{[%emt 0:10:26]} Qe1 {[%emt 0:04:21]} 47. h5 {[%emt 0:07:33] This simplifies
Black's task a little bit, but does not completely give equality.} (47. Qf4 Qe6
48. Qf2 Qe7 49. Qf1 Qe6 50. b4 $14 {is another try}) 47... gxh5 {[%emt 0:00:13]
} 48. Qxh5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Qe6 {[%emt 0:01:15]} 49. Qh8+ {[%emt 0:00:24]} Ke7
{[%emt 0:02:36]} 50. b4 {[%emt 0:01:18]} cxb4 {[%emt 0:02:55]} 51. cxb4 {
[%emt 0:00:03]} Kd7 $11 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 52. Qd4 {[%emt 0:01:23]} Kc8 {[%emt 0:
01:15]} 53. Qf6 $5 {[%emt 0:02:59] Even the pawn endgame retains certain
practical difficulties and would be an ideal candidate for the next Naiditsch
book.} Qxf6+ {[%emt 0:07:00]} 54. gxf6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Kd7 {[%emt 0:00:59]}
55. Kb3 {[%emt 0:02:39]} Kc6 $4 {[%emt 0:00:40] My educated guess is that this
move arose out of a desire to win a moral battle for tempi. Against 55.Kc3
Black had ...Kd6 in mind, and so it was natural to try and avoid that
'critical square' with the present move... Well, we may never know.} ({Black
had to play} 55... Kd6 $1 {to draw, and the idea is of course ...c5.} 56. c4 (
56. Ka4 c6 57. Kb3 c5 $11) 56... c5 $1 57. b5 d4 58. b6 Kc6 59. Kc2 $11 {
Both kings are stuck.}) 56. c4 {[%emt 0:00:43] Suddenly White is completely
winning.} d4 {[%emt 0:00:43]} (56... dxc4+ 57. Kxc4 Kd6 58. b5 axb5+ 59. Kxb5
Kd7 60. a6 Kc8 61. Kc6 Kb8 62. a7+ {is even more trivial}) 57. Kc2 {[%emt 0:00:
22]} Kd6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 58. Kd2 $3 {[%emt 0:00:48] Amazing tempo play, but
stereotyped enough.The idea is that only after Black recaptures on c5 must
White play Kd3! as that position is a mutual zugzwang.} (58. Kd3 c5 {is once
again a draw.}) 58... c6 {[%emt 0:00:42]} 59. Ke2 {[%emt 0:00:18] Avoiding the
d3-square for the last time.} Kd7 {[%emt 0:00:50]} (59... Ke5 60. b5 $18) (
59... c5 60. bxc5+ Kc6 (60... Kxc5 61. Kd3) 61. Kd2 $1 Kxc5 62. Kd3 $18) 60.
Kd3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Kc7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 61. Kxd4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Kd6 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} 62. Kd3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Kc7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 63. Ke4 {[%emt 0:
00:00]} Kd6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 64. Kd4 {Not an undeserved victory, but a
slightly surprising one.} 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-A 80th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2018.01.27"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Hou, Yifan"]
[Black "Wei, Yi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[Annotator "Fernandez,D"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2018.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/6000+30:20/3000+30:900+30"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {
[%emt 0:00:08]} 3. Nxe5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 4. Nf3 {[%emt 0:
00:00]} Nxe4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 5. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:58]} (5. c4 Nc6 {can, as we
now know, lead to a quick repetition of moves...}) 5... Nxc3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} (
5... Nf6 $5 {was weakly recommended in my analysis to the first round- White
needs to get an idea or two and then he is better.}) 6. dxc3 {[%emt 0:00:04]}
Be7 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 7. Be3 {[%emt 0:00:08] Interestingly, this is the same
system chosen against Hou Yifan herself by Anish Giri.} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 8.
Qd2 {[%emt 0:00:06] Trying to make do without Anish's Bd3 and head directly
for Bb5xc6 to inflict on her opponent the structure that caused her so much
trouble back in round 1!} (8. Bd3 Be6 9. Qe2 Bf6 10. O-O-O Qe7 11. Kb1 a6 12.
Rhe1 O-O-O 13. h3 Rhe8 14. g4 h6 15. Nd2 $1 $14 {Now White is probably a tiny
bit better in practical terms, but obviously an incredible amount of technique
is needed before White can think about winning. Nevertheless he did in Giri,
A-Hou,Y, Tata Steel Masters 2018.}) 8... Be6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 9. O-O-O {
[%emt 0:00:11]} Bf6 {[%emt 0:02:50]} (9... Qd7 {was the main move, and in fact
this was used in a previous Wei Yi game - I wonder what the problem was?} 10.
Kb1 a6 11. h3 O-O-O 12. Be2 Bf6 13. Nd4 Bxd4 14. cxd4 d5 15. g4 f6 16. Rdg1 Na7
17. Rg3 Kb8 18. h4 h6 19. Bf4 g5 20. Be3 Nc8 21. f4 Nd6 22. Qb4 gxh4 23. Rxh4
f5 24. g5 {1/2-1/2 (24) Vallejo Pons,F (2705)-Li,C (2741) Palma de Mallorca
2017}) (9... O-O {is not a bad move, but Black will need a plan for dealing
with the slow kingside attack from White:} 10. Bd3 Qd7 11. h4 Rad8 $6 12. Ng5
Bf5 13. g4 $40) 10. Kb1 {[%emt 0:06:39]} Qd7 {[%emt 0:01:39]} 11. Bg5 {[%emt 0:
06:55] Pointing out a problem with the moves ...Bf6 and ... Qd7 in conjunction
(...Qe7 would not have had this problem, but it would have made Nd4 look more
convincing, so perhaps the issue lies with ...Bf6.)} (11. Ng5 Bxg5 12. Bxg5 f6
13. Bf4 O-O-O $11 {is the stereotyped continuation from both sides, when White
is well advised to not develop her f1-bishop quickly, or else it will simply
be harrassed.}) (11. h4 O-O-O 12. Nd4 Bxd4 $5 13. cxd4 d5 {Li,C-Wei,Y China
2017 led to the kind of position that the present event is making me
re-evaluate as closer to 'equal' than +/=.}) 11... Bxg5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 12.
Nxg5 {[%emt 0:00:11]} O-O-O {[%emt 0:00:08]} 13. Nxe6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Qxe6 {
[%emt 0:00:31]} 14. Bb5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Qf5 $146 {[%emt 0:30:50]} (14... Rde8
15. Rhe1 Qf5 16. Bxc6 bxc6 17. Re3 Rxe3 18. Qxe3 Kd7 19. Re1 Qe6 20. Qc1 Qg4
21. Qe3 Qe6 22. Qc1 Qg4 23. Qe3 {1/2-1/2 (23) Yu,Y (2675)-Bu,X (2693) Danzhou
2014}) 15. Bxc6 {[%emt 0:21:28]} bxc6 {[%emt 0:00:07] Mission accomplished,
kind of. White is now slightly better by virtue of pawn-islands, and it looks
very likely that we will reach a queen ending again!} 16. Rhe1 {[%emt 0:00:04]}
Rhe8 {[%emt 0:02:24]} 17. f3 {[%emt 0:05:24]} c5 {[%emt 0:10:01]} 18. b3 $14 {
[%emt 0:07:28]} Kb7 {[%emt 0:07:58]} 19. Re2 {[%emt 0:01:21]} (19. Kb2 $5)
19... Re6 {[%emt 0:17:52]} 20. Rxe6 {[%emt 0:01:44]} fxe6 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 21.
Re1 {[%emt 0:00:04]} e5 {[%emt 0:10:40] Reaching a position which is similar
in essence to Jones-Hou, except White is not a pawn down here.} 22. Qd5+ {
[%emt 0:02:22]} c6 {[%emt 0:01:11]} 23. Qd2 {[%emt 0:01:01]} Kc7 {[%emt 0:07:
25]} 24. Re4 {[%emt 0:01:33]} Qd7 {[%emt 0:02:04]} 25. f4 {[%emt 0:11:54] In
principle a good break to have made, but maybe White should have concentrated
a bit more on the front she had open first.} (25. Qd3 $14 {kept probing.})
25... exf4 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 26. Qe2 {[%emt 0:02:53]} Qf5 {[%emt 0:02:38]} 27.
Ra4 {[%emt 0:01:42]} Kb8 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 28. Qa6 {[%emt 0:01:38]} Qd7 {
[%emt 0:00:31]} 29. Rxf4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Re8 {[%emt 0:00:23]} 30. Kb2 {
[%emt 0:01:29]} h6 {[%emt 0:04:35]} 31. Qd3 {[%emt 0:02:53]} (31. h4 {was a
good idea - none of Black's pieces has much mobility and White can try and
arrange b4!? at a good time - or else just push kingside pawns until Black
feels he has to do something.}) 31... Kb7 {[%emt 0:00:53]} 32. h4 {[%emt 0:01:
25]} Re6 {[%emt 0:01:55]} 33. Rf8 {[%emt 0:08:39]} Re7 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 34. g4
{[%emt 0:02:34]} (34. Qg3 {keeps Black more tied down.}) 34... d5 {[%emt 0:01:
30]} 35. g5 $6 {[%emt 0:05:17] Now Black equalises with...} hxg5 {[%emt 0:03:
50]} 36. hxg5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Rf7 $11 {[%emt 0:00:15] ...since the position
is a little bit too open. Black can try to get counterplay based on the f-file
and diagonals a1-h8/ b1-h7 as indeed he proceeds to do.} 37. Rg8 {[%emt 0:04:
31]} Re7 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 38. Rf8 {[%emt 0:02:49]} Rf7 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 39. Rh8
{[%emt 0:00:13]} Qd6 {[%emt 0:04:35]} 40. Qh3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d4 {[%emt 0:00:
32]} 41. Re8 {[%emt 0:14:16]} (41. Qc8+ Kb6 42. Qb8+ Qxb8 43. Rxb8+ Kc7 44. Rg8
{might offer some small chances.}) 41... Rf2 {[%emt 0:22:18] Brave play -
Black has calculated all the necessary checks and attacking moves from White.
Now the ideas like ...d3 and ...Rxc2 force White to take real evasive action.}
42. Qd3 {[%emt 0:05:07]} Rg2 {[%emt 0:06:04]} 43. cxd4 {[%emt 0:10:58]} Qxd4+ {
[%emt 0:06:25]} 44. Qxd4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 45. Re7+ {
[%emt 0:00:43]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 80th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2018.01.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2834"]
[BlackElo "2811"]
[Annotator "Fernandez,D"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2018.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. Nxe5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 4. Nf3 {[%emt 0:
00:00]} Nxe4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 5. Qe2 {[%emt 0:00:00] A minor choice, generally
renowned for leading to a drawish ending.'} Qe7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 6. d3 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 7. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Qxe2+ {[%emt 0:06:
40]} 8. Bxe2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:12]} ({On schematic grounds, I
might have preferred} 8... c6 {[%csl Rc3] to close off all options of Nb5 and
'dominate' the c3-knight. The followup could then be ...d5 and ...Bg4, with
the idea of trying to exchange the light-squared bishop for anything, and
exchange the pair of dark-squared bishops.}) 9. Nd4 {[%emt 0:05:37]} a6 {
[%emt 0:04:25]} 10. Bf4 {[%emt 0:05:06] Now this pressures the d6-pawn, so as
to prevent ...c6 following a fianchetto. Black has little choice but to play ..
.Nc6 one way or another, and he will be left with doubled pawns.'} Bg7 {
[%emt 0:00:33]} (10... Nbd7 {is the maximalist move, trying to prevent Bf3
altogether.}) 11. h3 {[%emt 0:00:43]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:06:15]} 12. Bf3 {[%emt 0:00:
36]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 13. Nxc6 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Bxc6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 14.
Bxc6+ {[%emt 0:00:13]} bxc6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 15. O-O-O {[%emt 0:00:50]} Kd7 {
[%emt 0:06:33] Objectively, there is nothing whatsoever wrong with Black's
position, and as long as one doesn't get carried away with premonitions of
White kings appearing on a5 after the rooks come off (echoes of Rubinstein)
then it is also easy enough to play.'} 16. Rhe1 {[%emt 0:01:14]} Rhe8 {[%emt 0:
04:33]} 17. Ne4 {[%emt 0:00:42]} (17. Bd2 {[%cal Ge1e8,Gd1e1] may have been
wisest, focusing on the task of exchanging all the rooks as quickly as
possible and then placing pawns on light squares.}) 17... Nd5 {[%emt 0:07:57]}
(17... Nxe4 18. dxe4 Re6 19. f3 Rae8 20. Bd2 {[%cal Gc2c4,Gc1c2] is also fine
but now White's moves are definitely easier to find, starting with c4, Kc2, b3.
}) 18. Bd2 {[%emt 0:00:11]} f5 {[%emt 0:02:42]} 19. Ng5 {[%emt 0:00:11]} h6 {
[%emt 0:00:09]} 20. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:09]} g5 {[%emt 0:04:07]} 21. c3 {[%emt 0:
02:59]} c5 {[%emt 0:07:56]} 22. Kc2 {[%emt 0:02:16]} Bf6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} ({
The computer wants} 22... a5 {but it can never be good to allow this pawn to
be fixed.}) 23. Rxe8 {[%emt 0:01:08]} Rxe8 {[%emt 0:01:29]} 24. Re1 {[%emt 0:
00:11]} Rf8 {[%emt 0:05:21]} 25. Rh1 {[%emt 0:01:51]} Re8 {[%emt 0:06:55]} 26.
g3 {[%emt 0:01:59]} g4 {[%emt 0:09:09]} 27. Ng1 {[%emt 0:00:38]} Bg5 {[%emt 0:
00:14]} 28. Kd1 {[%emt 0:06:20]} a5 {[%emt 0:11:46]} 29. Ne2 {[%emt 0:02:30]
One of several acceptable moves.} (29. a4 Rb8 $1 $15 {was the point and White
is being stretched a bit thin.}) 29... a4 {[%emt 0:00:13]} (29... Rb8 $5 30. b3
a4 31. Bxg5 hxg5 {is a little bit testing, perhaps}) 30. Bxg5 {[%emt 0:05:53]}
hxg5 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 31. hxg4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} fxg4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 32. Rh5 {
[%emt 0:00:22]} Re5 {[%emt 0:01:40]} 33. Rh7+ {[%emt 0:00:31]} Ke6 {[%emt 0:07:
59]} 34. a3 {[%emt 0:13:54]} (34. d4 {screams out to be played, but there is
nothing much going on here either:} Rf5 35. c4 Nb6 36. b3 axb3 37. axb3 Rf3 $11
{Nevertheless, this was marginally safer for White than the game.}) 34... Rf5 {
[%emt 0:00:09]} 35. c4 {[%emt 0:02:06]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:05:21]} 36. Rh2 {[%emt 0:
00:45] It looks slightly dangerous to a human to allow ...Rxf2, because ...
Nd7-e5 with pressure will follow soon.'} Rf3 {[%emt 0:00:52]} 37. Kc2 {[%emt 0:
00:51]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:00:45]} 38. d4 {[%emt 0:05:54] Else White is in very
obvious difficulties.} Nb6 {[%emt 0:00:17]} (38... Rf5 {is a sensible engine
suggestion; this keeps a bit of pressure by not clarifying the situation of
the d4-pawn.} 39. Kd3 (39. Rh7 Nb6 40. dxc5 Rxc5 $36) 39... Rf7 {An engine
move; what was your first clue?} 40. Rh6+ $6 Ke7 41. Rh2 cxd4 42. Nxd4 Ne5+ 43.
Kc3 c5 $15) 39. dxc5 {[%emt 0:00:42]} dxc5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 40. Nc3 {[%emt 0:
00:00]} Ke5 (40... Ke5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} {Presumably the expected continuation
was:} 41. Nd1 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nxc4 42. Rh5 Kd4 43. Rxg5 Ne5 44. Rg7 {when
White is completely out of the woods.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 37th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2009.07.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[Annotator "Fier,A"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2009.07.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 131"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. c4
c6 9. Qc2 Na6 10. a3 Bg4 11. Ne5 Bxe5 12. dxe5 Nac5 13. f3 Nxd3 14. Qxd3 Nc5
15. Qd4 Nb3 16. Qxg4 Nxa1 17. Bh6 g6 18. Nc3 Qb6+ 19. Kh1 {When Kramnik played
this line against Bacrot some rounds earlier, I was wondering what he would do
against 19.Kh1... To me, this is the critical test for Black. Als Kramnik
dieses Abspiel einige Runden zuvor gegen Bacrot anwandte, fragte ich mich, was
er wohl gegen 19.Kh1 tun wьrde... Fьr mich ist dies der kritische Test fьr
Schwarz.} (19. Rf2 Rfe8 20. Qf4 Qc7 21. Re2 Re6 22. b4 {was Bacrot - Kramnik
which ended in draw. war die Partie Bacrot - Kramnik, welche remis endete.})
19... Qxb2 20. Qf4 f6 $2 {For some reason, this move is played more often than
20...f5, but I think that after this Black is just lost! Aus irgendeinem Grund
wird dieser Zug hдufiger gespielt als 20...f5, aber ich glaube, dass Schwarz
danach einfach verloren ist!} (20... f5 {is better, and after ist besser, und
nach} 21. Na4 Qe2 22. Rxa1 Rfe8 23. cxd5 cxd5 24. Qb4 Qxe5 25. Rg1 b6 26. Bf4
Qe2 27. Nb2 $13 {there are chances for both sides. gibt es Chancen fьr beide
Seiten.}) 21. Na4 $2 {Now Black is alive again... Jetzt lebt Schwarz wieder...}
(21. e6 $1 {A stunning move! Ein verblьffender Zug!} Qxc3 (21... Qb6 22. Bxf8
Rxf8 23. cxd5 $18) 22. Qd6 $1 (22. Qc7 $6 {looks dangerous, but only leads to
draw after sieht gefдhrlich aus, fьhrt aber nur zum Remis nach} f5 23. Bxf8
Rxf8 24. cxd5 Qc4 (24... Nb3 25. e7 Re8 26. Qd7 Kf7 27. Qe6+ Kg7 28. Qd7 Kf7
$11) 25. Rxa1 Qxd5 26. Qxb7 (26. Re1 c5) 26... Qxe6 27. Qxa7 $11) 22... Nb3 (
22... Qxc4 23. Rxa1 Qh4 (23... Qd4 24. Rg1 f5 25. e7 Rfe8 26. Qe6+ Kh8 27. Qf7
$18 {[%cal Gh6g5,Gg5f6]}) 24. Bxf8 Rxf8 25. Qd7 Qd4 26. Rg1 Qe5 27. e7 Rb8 28.
f4 $1 $18) 23. Qd7 f5 24. e7 (24. Bxf8 Rxf8 25. e7 {is an option. ist eine
Option.}) 24... Nc5 (24... Rfe8 25. Qe6+ Kh8 26. Bf4 $18) 25. exf8=Q+ Rxf8 26.
Qe7 Qf6 27. Qxc5 $18 {was surprisingly played before in the game Nevio,J -
Peunariemi,P corr 2002! wurde ьberraschenderweise zuvor gespielt, und zwar in
der Partie Nevio,J - Peunariemi,P corr 2002!}) 21... Qc2 22. Rxa1 (22. Bxf8
Rxf8 23. cxd5 fxe5 24. Qxe5 Qxa4 25. Rxa1 cxd5 26. Qxd5+ Rf7 {with a drawish
endgame. mit remislichem Endspiel.}) 22... Qxa4 23. e6 Qa5 24. Qd6 (24. cxd5 {
was interesting too, but Black holds without problems after war ebenfalls
interessant, aber Schwarz hдlt sich ohne Probleme nach} cxd5 25. Bxf8 Rxf8 26.
e7 Re8 $11) 24... Rfc8 (24... Qd8 25. Bxf8 Qxf8 26. e7 Qf7 27. cxd5 Re8 28. Re1
Qxd5 29. Qxf6 $11) 25. Qe7 Qc7 26. Qxf6 Re8 27. Re1 (27. cxd5 {Again this move
was possible. Erenut war dieser Zug war mцglich.} Qe7 28. Qe5 Rad8 (28... cxd5
29. Re1 $13) 29. Bg5 Rxd5 30. Qxd5 cxd5 31. Bxe7 Rxe7 32. Re1 Kg7 33. Re5 Kf6
34. Rxd5 Kxe6 {and Black has his king better placed and a queenside pawn
majority that gives him good chances. und Schwarz hat seinen Kцnig besser
platziert und eine Bauernmajoritдt am Damenflьgel, die ihm gute Chancen gibt.})
27... Qe7 28. Qe5 dxc4 29. Bg5 Qf8 30. Bf6 b5 31. f4 (31. Rd1 Re7 (31... c3 32.
e7 Qf7 33. Qxc3 $44) 32. Bxe7 Qxe7 33. Rd7 Rd8 $1 34. Qd4 Rxd7 35. Qxd7 Kf8 36.
Qxc6 $11) 31... a5 32. f5 Ra7 33. Re3 $2 (33. h3 {was better... now both
players need to play carefully to equalize. war besser... nun mьssen beide
Spieler sorgfдltig spielen, um auszugleichen.} Qxa3 {[%cal Ga3d3]} (33... b4 {
leads to an exotic endgame after fьhrt zu einem exotischen Endspiel nach} 34.
fxg6 hxg6 35. axb4 axb4 36. Qg5 Rg7 37. Bxg7 Qxg7 38. Rd1 c3 39. Rd7 c2 40.
Rxg7+ Kxg7 41. Qe5+ Kh7 42. Qc7+ Kh6 43. Qxc6 b3 {and I think there is nothing
better than und ich glaube, es gibt nichts Besseres als} 44. Kh2 Rxe6 45. Qxe6
c1=Q 46. Qxb3 $11) 34. fxg6 hxg6 35. Qe4 Qd3 36. Qxc6 Rf8 37. e7 Rxe7 38. Bxe7
(38. Rxe7 $2 Qf1+ 39. Kh2 Qxf6 $19) 38... Rf1+ 39. Rxf1 (39. Kh2 Rxe1 40. Qe8+
Kh7 41. Qf7+ Kh6 42. Qf8+ Kh7 43. Qf7+ $11) 39... Qxf1+ 40. Kh2 Qf4+ 41. Kh1
Qf1+ $11) 33... b4 $2 (33... Rd7 $1 {A trick which is very hard to see, but
winning. Ein Trick, der sehr schwer zu sehen ist, aber gewinnt.} 34. h3 (34.
exd7 Rxe5 35. Rxe5 Qxf6 36. Re8+ Kg7 37. h3 c3 38. d8=Q Qxd8 39. Rxd8 c2) 34...
Rd5 35. e7 Qf7 36. fxg6 hxg6 37. Qb2 Rf5 38. Bh4 (38. Rf3 Rxf3 39. gxf3 b4 40.
axb4 axb4 41. Qd4 c3 42. Qh4 Qd5 $19 {[%cal Gg8f7,Gf7e6]}) 38... g5 39. Bg3
Rxe7 $19) 34. fxg6 hxg6 35. Qg5 (35. Rg3 Rg7 (35... Qh6) 36. h4 c3 37. Bxg7
Qxg7 38. Qe4 Kh7 39. axb4 axb4 40. h5 Qf6 41. Qxb4 (41. Rxg6 Rxe6 42. Qxb4 Qf1+
43. Kh2 Rxg6 44. hxg6+ Kxg6 45. Qxc3) 41... c2 42. Qd2 Rxe6 43. hxg6+ Kg8 44.
Qxc2 Qh4+ 45. Rh3 Qe1+ 46. Kh2 Qe5+ 47. Rg3 Qh8+ 48. Kg1 Qa1+ $11) 35... Rg7
36. h3 c3 37. Bxg7 Qxg7 38. Qc5 (38. axb4 axb4 39. Rd3 {with the same idea of
33.h3 b4... mit derselben Idee wie 33.h3 b4...} c2 40. Rd7 b3 (40... Rxe6 41.
Rxg7+ (41. Rd8+ Kf7 42. Rd7+ Kg8) 41... Kxg7 42. Qd2 b3 43. Kh2 $11) 41. Rxg7+
Kxg7 42. e7 $11) 38... Qf8 (38... Qf6 39. axb4 axb4 40. Qxc6 Re7 41. Qc4 {
and probably White can hold. und WeiЯ kann sich wahrscheinlich halten.}) 39. e7
Qf1+ 40. Kh2 Qf4+ 41. Kh1 Qf1+ (41... Kg7 42. axb4 c2 (42... axb4 43. Re6) 43.
Rc3 Qxb4 44. Rxc2 Rxe7 45. Qxc6 $11) 42. Kh2 Qb5 43. axb4 Qxc5 (43... axb4 {
is very dangerous, but ist brandgefдhrlich, aber} 44. Qd4 $1 c2 45. Qd7 Qb8+
46. Rg3 Kg7 (46... c1=Q $4 47. Qe6+ Kh8 48. Qf6+ Kg8 49. Qxg6+ Kh8 50. Qg7#)
47. Qxc6 {followed by 48.Qxc2 is fine for White. nebst 48.Qxc2 ist in Ordnung
fьr WeiЯ.}) 44. bxc5 c2 45. Rc3 Rxe7 46. Rxc2 a4 47. Kg3 Kf7 48. Kf4 Kf6 49.
Ra2 g5+ 50. Kf3 Ra7 51. Ke4 a3 52. Kd4 Kf5 53. Rf2+ Kg6 54. Ra2 Kf5 55. Rf2+
Kg6 56. Ra2 Kf5 {A very tense and exciting game! Eine sehr enge und spannende
Partie!} 1/2-1/2

[Event "WchT 12th"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2019.03.09"]
[Round "5.16"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Ni, Hua"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[Annotator "Firouzja,A"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2019.03.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.04.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.04.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Iran"]
[BlackTeam "China"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IRI"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CHN"]

1. e4 {Going into the very interesting match Iran-China.} e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5
d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 {To me this is the best way to try to get some advantage
these days.} Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 O-O 8. Qd2 Nd7 9. O-O-O c6 10. Kb1 d5 {
The most fashionable line against 5.Nc3.} 11. h4 {I prepared this move before
the game, I think it leads to very interesting play.} Nf6 {The most frequent
move, but not the best one.} (11... Re8 $1 12. Bd3 Bc5 13. Bg5 $5 {The most
ambitious.} (13. Bd4 Bxd4 14. cxd4 Nf6 15. Rde1 Ne4 $11 {Nakamura-Caruana})
13... f6 14. Bf4 $13) 12. Ng5 $5 Ne4 $5 {Trying to exchange some pieces.} (
12... h6 13. Bd3 Ng4 14. Rde1 $14) 13. Qe2 $5 {[%cal Ge2h5]} Qc7 14. g3 $5 {
[%cal Ge3f4]} Bf6 $6 (14... Nd6 $1 {with the idea ...Bf5 looks solid.}) 15.
Nxe4 dxe4 16. Bg2 Re8 17. g4 $16 {White clearly has the advantage.} Be6 18. a3
$1 (18. g5 $6 Bxc3 $3 19. bxc3 Qa5 20. c4 Qb4+ $11) 18... Qc8 19. g5 Bg4 20. f3
exf3 21. Bxf3 Bxf3 22. Qxf3 Be5 23. Rd3 {[%cal Gh1d1,Gd3d7]} Qe6 24. Rhd1 {
It's really not easy to suggest a move for Black here.} a6 25. Bb6 $5 {Fixing
the pawns.} (25. Rd7 Re7) 25... f6 26. Rd7 (26. Re3 $16 {simply keeps a big
advantage. I wanted to force things, but it was not as easy as it looked.})
26... Re7 27. Rxe7 Qxe7 28. Qg4 Re8 29. h5 $5 Qe6 $4 (29... fxg5 30. Re1 Qf7
31. Qe2 (31. Qe4 Qxh5 32. Bd4 Bxd4 $1 {The move we both missed.} 33. Qxe8+ Qxe8
34. Rxe8+ Kf7 $19 {[%cal Gh7h1,Gg5g2]}) 31... Re6 32. Bd4 Bxd4 33. Qxe6 Qxe6
34. Rxe6 Kf7 35. Re4 Bf6 $11 {The engine says equal, but it was really hard to
understand over the board who is better here.}) 30. Qxe6+ Rxe6 31. Rd8+ Kf7 32.
Bc5 {Suddenly the black king is in big trouble!} Re7 33. g6+ hxg6 34. hxg6+ Ke6
35. Bxe7 Kxe7 36. Ra8 $18 {The rest should be easy because of weak pawn on b7.}
f5 37. Kc1 Kf6 38. Kd2 Kxg6 39. Ke3 Kh5 40. Re8 Bd6 41. Re6 Bb8 42. Re7 g5 43.
Rxb7 Bf4+ 44. Kf2 g4 45. Rb6 Bg5 46. Rxa6 Bh4+ 47. Kf1 f4 48. Ra8 f3 49. Rf8
Be7 50. Rf7 Bg5 51. a4 Kg6 52. Rf8 Bh6 53. Re8 Kf5 54. a5 g3 55. a6 g2+ 56. Kf2
{[%eval 205,0] I think on move 14 my opponent had a chance to keep the balance
with ...Nd6! Apart from that, this was a very smooth victory for me, but
unfortunately our team lost.} 1-0

[Event "Muenster"]
[Site "Muenster"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Jansa, Vlastimil"]
[Black "Forintos, Gyozo Victor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[Annotator "Forintos,G"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1992.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 031"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nc4 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Ne3 Qf6 $1 {Dieser
wichtige Zwischenzug wurde erstmals in der Partie Horvath,T-Forintos/ Ungarn/
1986/ gespielt. Die Idee ist, die weiЯe Dame zur Blockade des Lf1 zu zwingen.}
7. Qe2 (7. Bb5+ $2 c6 8. O-O cxb5 9. Nxd5 Qd8 10. Re1 Qxd5 11. Nc3 Qd8 12.
Rxe4+ Be7 13. Bg5 Nc6 $1 14. d5 O-O $19) 7... Be6 8. c3 c6 {8...Nc6 ist auch
mцglich} 9. g3 Nd7 10. Bg2 Qg6 11. Nd2 f5 12. O-O {12.Bf3 Qf6 geschah in
Horvath,T-Forintos (mit der Idee ...Ng5 und ...f4)} Bd6 {weniger riskant war
12...Be7, aber auch 12...0-0-0 kam in Betracht} 13. Nxf5 $5 {eine interessante
Idee, die WeiЯ aber sehr viel Bedenkzeit gekostet hat} Qxf5 14. Nxe4 dxe4 15.
Bxe4 Qf6 $1 16. d5 cxd5 17. Bxd5 Be5 $1 18. Bxb7 (18. Bxe6 Qxe6 19. Re1 $8 {
19.f4?? Ld4+!} O-O 20. f4 Qb6+ 21. Be3 Qc6 $1 22. fxe5 Nxe5 $17) 18... Rb8 19.
Bg2 O-O 20. Be3 Nb6 21. Rfe1 Bc4 22. Qc2 Bf7 {WeiЯ hat drei Bauern fьr die
Figur, aber auf zwei Flьgeln verteilt; er muЯ seine Bauern am Damenflьgel so
schnell wie mцglich mobilisieren} 23. f4 $1 Bc7 {23...Bd6 war auch mцglich,
wonach der Turm nicht auf e7 eindringen kann; dies ist aber ungefдhrlich, wie
die Folge zeigt} 24. Bd4 Qh6 25. Re7 Qd6 $1 26. Rae1 Nc8 $1 {der Turm muЯ sich
nun zurьckziehen und auch ...Bb6 ist schon vorbereitet, um den zentralisierten
Lдufer abzutauschen. 26...Nd5? 27.Bxd5! und die Punkte c7 und g7 bereiten
Probleme} 27. R7e5 Bb6 {es droht schon 27...Bxa2} 28. Rd1 Ne7 29. Kh1 Qc7 30.
Bxb6 Rxb6 31. b3 Rd6 32. Rxd6 Qxd6 33. c4 Rd8 $1 {mit der Drohung ...Qd1+.
WeiЯ ist in groЯer Zeitnot} 34. Re1 Nc6 {nun droht gefдhrlich ...Nd4 und ...Nb4
} 35. h3 $2 {das kostet mindestens einen Bauern; besser war 35.Qf2} Nb4 $1 {
die Dame hat kein gutes Feld, um den Pa2 zu verteidigen} 36. Qf2 $2 $138 {
36.Qb1 Qd2!; 36.Qe2 Re8! etc.} Nd3 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel-A 79th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2017.01.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Rapport, Richard"]
[Black "Wei, Yi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2017.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nc4 Nxe4 5. Qe2 Qe7 6. Ne3 {Playing against
Rapport is not easy for any chessplayer as the Hungarian star loves unusual
lines, original positions.} Be6 {Black is sensibly deciding not to lose time
on pawn moves like ...c6 and rather develop the pieces as quickly as possible.}
(6... c6 7. c4 (7. Nc3 Nxc3 8. bxc3 Nd7 9. g3 g6 10. a4 Bg7 11. Ba3 c5 12. Bg2
O-O 13. O-O Nf6 14. Rfe1 Qc7 15. d4 Rb8 16. Nc4 Be6 17. Ne3 b6 18. h3 Rfe8 $15
{0-1 (59) Stevic,H (2592)-Sakaev,K (2619) Budva 2009}) (7. g3 g6 8. Bg2 Nf6 9.
b3 Bg7 10. Bb2 O-O 11. O-O Re8 12. c4 Na6 13. Nc3 Be6 14. d3 Rad8 15. Rfe1 Nc7
16. Qd2 d5 17. cxd5 cxd5 18. Ne2 $14 {1-0 (38) Berg,E (2592)-Rozentalis,E 
(2599) Warsaw 2008}) 7... g6 8. Nc3 (8. d3 Nc5 9. Bd2 Bg7 10. Bc3 f6 $1 (10...
Bxc3+ 11. Nxc3) 11. b3 $6 (11. d4 Ne4 12. Nd2 Nxc3 {½-½ Nevednichy,V (2566)
-Saric,A (2472)/Djakovo 2005/}) 11... O-O 12. d4 Ne4 13. Bb2 f5 14. Na3 Re8 15.
O-O-O f4 (15... Nxf2 16. Qxf2 Qxe3+ 17. Qxe3 Rxe3 18. d5 $44) 16. Nec2 Qf8 (
16... Bh6 $1) 17. Re1 Re6 18. Qf3 Ng5 19. Qd1 $11 {0-1 (33) Navara,D (2660)
-Rabiega,R (2506) Germany 2006}) 8... Na6 9. Nc2 Nf6 10. d4 Bf5 11. Bg5 O-O-O
12. O-O-O h6 13. Bh4 g5 14. Bg3 Bg6 15. Qxe7 Bxe7 16. Bd3 Nh5 17. Rhe1 Bf8 18.
Bxg6 fxg6 19. d5 Nxg3 20. hxg3 Bg7 21. dxc6 bxc6 22. Re6 $16 {1/2-1/2 (43)
Felgaer,R (2573)-Fridman,D (2654) Caleta 2010}) (6... Nf6 7. b3 (7. g3 g6 8.
Bg2 Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. d4 Nc6 11. Qd1 Bd7 12. c4 Rae8 13. Nc3 Qd8 14. h3 {
1/2-1/2 (14) Heberla,B (2551)-Iljin,A (2508) Pardubice 2006}) 7... Nc6 8. Bb2
Be6 9. g3 d5 10. Bg2 O-O-O 11. d4 h5 (11... Qd7 12. Nd2 g6 13. h3 Bh6 14. O-O-O
Rhe8 15. Qf3 Bf5 16. b4 Be4 17. Qxf6 Bxe3 18. fxe3 Bxg2 19. Rh2 Re6 20. Qh4 Be4
$17 {1-0 (44) Murey,J (2496)-Harikrishna,P (2568) Pardubice 2002}) 12. Nd2 g6
13. O-O-O Bh6 14. Rhe1 Qb4 15. a3 Qb6 16. Kb1 Rhe8 17. Qd3 Ng4 18. Nxg4 hxg4
19. b4 a5 20. bxa5 Nxa5 $17 {0-1 (41) Berg,E (2610)-Nielsen,P (2680) Helsingor
2009}) 7. Nc3 (7. g3 Nc6 8. Bg2 d5 9. O-O O-O-O 10. c3 h5 (10... h5 $5 $11) (
10... f5 11. d3 Nf6 12. Nc2 Qd7 13. Bg5 Bd6 14. Nba3 h6 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. Nb5
f4 17. Rae1 Bf7 18. Nxd6+ Qxd6 19. Qg4+ Kb8 20. Qxf4 Qxf4 21. gxf4 Rhg8 $11 {
0-1 (27) Cabrilo,G (2490)-Marciano,D (2485) Sabac 1998}) 11. d4 Qd7 12. Re1 Nf6
13. Nd2 h4 14. Nf3 hxg3 15. fxg3 Bh3 16. Bh1 Rh5 17. Ng2 Re8 18. Qd1 Rxe1+ 19.
Qxe1 Bd6 20. Nf4 $15 {Arribas,M-Wilkie,B/WchJW U20 1988/EXT 88ch/1-0 (45)}) (7.
d4 d5 8. Nd2 Nd6 9. g3 Nd7 10. Bg2 Nf6 11. O-O O-O-O 12. Re1 c6 13. b3 g6 14.
c4 Bg7 15. Ba3 Rhe8 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. cxd5 cxd5 18. Nf3 Kb8 19. Ne5 Qc7 20.
Rac1 $16 {1-0 (30) Kengis,E (2565)-Fassl,E (2255) Vienna 1994}) 7... Nf6 {
Wei is sensibly declining to help the opponent with the opening of the
position. The lesser evil may well be the loss of a tempo with the knight
retreat.} 8. g3 (8. g4 Nc6 9. g5 Ng4 10. Ned5 Qd7 11. Nb5 O-O-O 12. Ndxc7 Bf5
$15) 8... Nc6 9. Bg2 Qd7 (9... O-O-O 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. Qa6+ Kb8 12. Qxc6 d5 13.
d4 $14) 10. b4 $5 {White is fighting for the initiative with the help of this
original pawn advance on the queenside.} d5 (10... Nxb4 11. Rb1 d5 12. a3 d4
13. axb4 dxe3 14. fxe3 $14) 11. b5 Nd4 {The first really tough decision for
the second player as there was nothing wrong with a more restrained retreat 11.
..Ne7.} (11... Ne7 12. Na4 a6 13. c4 Qd6 $11) 12. Qd3 c5 13. O-O (13. bxc6 Nxc6
14. Nexd5 Nxd5 15. Nxd5 O-O-O 16. Nf4 Qxd3 17. cxd3 Bf5 $11) 13... O-O-O 14.
Re1 h5 15. h4 g5 $2 {It is easy to dismiss this courageous idea with the help
of a computer and some hindsight. Black is accepting a high degree of risk
when a simple knight move was enough to maintain equality.} (15... Nf5 16. b6
axb6 17. Rb1 Nxe3 18. dxe3 c4 19. Qf1 Bc5 $11) 16. b6 (16. hxg5 Ng4 17. b6 $16)
16... a6 (16... axb6 17. hxg5 Ne4 18. Nexd5 $16) 17. hxg5 Ng4 18. Ncxd5 h4 19.
Nc7 $2 {[%mdl 64] Rapport was surely happy with his achievements as the
position has opened up to his advantage. Unfortunately there was no guarantee
that he would solve the tactical part correctly. In two moves the advantage
will turn into grief...} (19. Nxg4 $1 Bxd5 (19... Bxg4 20. Bb2 hxg3 21. Bxd4
cxd4 22. Qc4+ Kb8 23. Qc7+ Ka8 24. Nf6 $18) 20. Nf6 Bxg2 21. Nxd7 Nf3+ 22. Qxf3
Bxf3 23. Bb2 Rh5 24. Nxf8 hxg3 25. fxg3 Rxf8 26. Re7 $16) 19... h3 20. Bxb7+ $2
(20. Nxg4 hxg2 21. Nxe6 Rh1+ 22. Kxg2 Rxe1 23. Nxd8 Qxg4 24. Bb2 Rxa1 25. Bxa1
Kxd8 26. Bxd4 cxd4 (26... Qxd4 27. Qf3 Qd7 28. g6 $11) 27. Qc4 Qd7 28. f4 $11)
20... Kxb7 21. Qxa6+ Kc6 22. Nxg4 $2 {The knight on g4 was dangerous for the
white king, the bishop will be worse!} (22. Rf1 $1 Kd6 $1 23. Qb7 Bg7 24. Kh1
Rb8 25. Qe4 Qc6 $17) 22... Bxg4 23. b7+ {White feels correctly that he can
afford to try any idea in a completely lost position.} (23. Qa4+ Kd6 24. Qxd7+
Kxd7 $19) 23... Kxc7 24. Qa5+ Kb8 25. Qa8+ (25. Rb1 $2 h2+ 26. Kg2 Bf3+ 27. Kf1
h1=Q#) 25... Kc7 26. Qa5+ Kd6 $1 {Wei was forced to admit that the king can
not hide at the edge of the board and has to march to the absolute centre of
the board.} 27. Qb6+ Kd5 28. Re3 (28. c4+ Kxc4 29. Kh2 Rb8 $19) 28... h2+ 29.
Kh1 Qc6 30. Rb1 (30. b8=Q Rxb8 31. Qxb8 Kc4+ $19) 30... Qxb6 31. Rxb6 Bd6 32.
Bb2 Rde8 {In a contest for games with original positions this game would be a
great candidate for one of the top spots!} 0-1

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2001.07.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2001.07.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 085"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. h3 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8.
c3 c5 9. Bc2 Nc6 10. d4 Be6 11. Re1 h6 $1 {Topalov correctly sensed the
importance of the g5 square control, even though weakened diagonal b1-h7 could
have seemed dangerous.} 12. Be3 Re8 13. Nbd2 Bf8 (13... Nd5 14. Nf1 Nxe3 15.
Nxe3 $14) 14. Ne4 Nd5 (14... Nxe4 15. Bxe4 d5 16. Bc2 $14) (14... Bd5 15. Nxf6+
Qxf6 16. dxc5 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 Qxf3 18. gxf3 dxc5 19. Be4 $14) 15. dxc5 (15. Bc1
Bf5 16. Qd3 Qd7 $13) 15... Nxe3 16. Rxe3 dxc5 17. Qe2 Qc7 (17... Qb6 18. Re1
Qxb2 $2 19. Nf6+ gxf6 20. Bh7+ $18) 18. Re1 (18. Nfg5 hxg5 19. Nxg5 (19. Qh5
Bf5 20. Nf6+ gxf6 21. Bxf5 Bg7 $19) 19... g6 20. Nxe6 (20. Bxg6 fxg6 21. Nxe6
Qf7 $15) 20... Rxe6 21. Rxe6 fxe6 22. Qxe6+ Qf7 $15) 18... Rad8 19. Neg5 Rd6 $1
{[%mdl 256] Excellent defensive move played in cool blood, Morozevich will
have a hard time intensifying his attack.} (19... Bd7 $2 20. Qd3 $18) (19...
hxg5 $6 20. Nxg5 g6 (20... Bd6 21. Qh5) 21. Bxg6 $1 fxg6 22. Nxe6 $16) 20. Ne4
(20. Nxe6 $5 Rexe6 (20... Rdxe6 $2 21. Qd3 $18) 21. Bb3 Rxe3 22. Qxe3 $14)
20... Rdd8 21. Nfg5 $1 Bd5 $1 22. Qh5 $2 {White got carried away with the
prospects of triumphal attack, this impatient move loses.} (22. Nh7 $1 Bxe4 (
22... Kxh7 $2 23. Nf6+ Kh8 24. Rxe8 $18) (22... Be7 23. Nxc5 $1 Bxa2 24. Nf6+
gxf6 25. Qg4+ Kf8 (25... Kh8 26. Qf5 $18) 26. Bh7 $18) 23. Rxe4 Re7 24. Nxf8
Kxf8 $14) 22... Re5 $1 23. f4 Rf5 24. g3 (24. Ng3 g6 25. Qe2 Rxf4 $19) 24... g6
25. Qh4 c4 $1 (25... hxg5 26. Nxg5 Rxg5 27. Qxg5 c4 $17) 26. Kh2 (26. Nf3 Be7
27. Qxh6 (27. Qg4 h5 $19) 27... Bxe4 $1 (27... Rh5 $2 28. Nf6+ $1 Bxf6 29. Re8+
$18) 28. Bxe4 Rh5 $19) 26... Kg7 27. Qg4 (27. R1e2 Be7 $17) 27... hxg5 28. Nxg5
Rxg5 29. Qxg5 Qb6 30. f5 Be7 $1 {For the change black is now prepared to play
aggressively, opponent's concept was fully refuted.} 31. Qf4 (31. Rxe7 Qf2#)
31... Qxb2 32. Rxe7 (32. R1e2 Qc1 $19) 32... Qxc2+ 33. R1e2 Qxf5 34. Qxf5 gxf5
35. Re8 (35. Rxb7 Nd4 $19) 35... Rd7 $1 36. Rd2 Kf6 37. Kg1 Ne5 38. Kf2 Nd3+
39. Ke3 Bc6 40. Rb8 Re7+ 0-1

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2001.12.05"]
[Round "4.6"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Be6 11. Be3 Bf5 12. Qb3 c6 13. g4 $5 {[%mdl 4] A double
edged novelty tries to solve the riddle of the position with extreme meassures.
} (13. Rac1 dxc4 14. Bxc4 b5 (14... a5 15. a3 Nxc3 16. axb4 Nb5 17. bxa5 Rxa5
18. d5 Be4 19. dxc6 Bxf3 20. Bxb5 bxc6 21. Bxc6 Bxc6 22. Rxc6 {1-0 Adams,
M-Christiansen,L/Cannes 1992/ (52)}) 15. Bxf7+ Rxf7 16. Ne5 Nd5 17. Nxe4 Bxe4
18. Rxc6 Qe8 19. Rcc1 Bd6 20. Nxf7 Qxf7 21. Rc6 Rd8 {0-1 Khalifman,A-Arkhipov,
S/Moscow/1985/ (57)}) (13. cxd5 cxd5 (13... Nxc3 14. bxc3 Nxd5 15. Qxb7 Nxc3
16. Bc4 Rb8 17. Qxc6 Be4 18. Bxf7+ Rxf7 19. Qxc3 Bb4 20. Qc4 Bd5 21. Qd3 Rxf3
22. gxf3 Qd7 {1/2-1/2 Shirov,A-Gelfand,B/Leon 2001/ (28)}) 14. Rfc1 Rc8 15. Ne5
f6 16. Nf3 Qd7 17. Nxe4 Bxe4 18. Ne1 {1/2-1/2 De Firmian,N-Kaidanov,G/New York/
1994/ (18)}) (13. c5 Nxc3 14. bxc3 Nc2 15. Qxb7 Nxa1 16. Rxa1 Bf6 (16... Qe8
17. Qa6 f6 18. Ne1 Qc8 19. Qxc8 Bxc8 20. Bf4 Bd8 {1/2-1/2 Topalov,V-Kramnik,V/
Tilburg/1998/ (46)}) 17. Qxc6 Re8 18. Qa4 h5 19. Bb5 Re4 20. Nd2 Re6 21. Bc6
Rb8 22. Nf1 Bd3 {0-1 Benjamin,J-Christiansen,L/San Francisco 1998/ (39)}) 13...
Bxg4 14. c5 a5 15. a3 Na6 16. Qxb7 Nc7 (16... Nxc3 17. bxc3 Nc7 18. Rab1 Nb5
19. Ne5 Bxe2 20. Nxc6 Qe8 21. Nxe7+ Kh8 22. Rfe1 Rb8 23. Qxd5 Qxe7 24. Bd2 Nc7
{0-1 Topalov,V-Shirov,A/Moscow/2001/ (53)}) 17. Ne5 Bxe2 (17... Rb8 18. Nxc6
Rxb7 19. Nxd8 Rxd8 (19... Bxe2 20. Nxb7 Bxf1 21. Rxf1 $16) 20. Bxg4 Nf6 (20...
Rxb2 21. Nxe4 dxe4 22. Rfb1 $16) 21. Bf5 $14) 18. Nxc6 $1 Qd7 (18... Rb8 19.
Nxd8 Rxb7 20. Nxb7 $16) 19. Nxe2 Ra6 (19... Bf6 20. Ng3 (20. f3 Ng5 21. Bxg5
Bxg5 22. f4 Qg4+ 23. Kh1 Qxe2 24. Rae1 Qa6 25. Qxc7 $16) 20... Rfe8 21. Bf4 $16
) 20. Ne5 $1 {White keeps an excellent centralized piece that indirectly
defends his own exposed king.} (20. Nxe7+ Qxe7 21. Bf4 Ng5 22. Bxg5 Qxg5+ 23.
Ng3 Qf4 24. Rae1 Rh6 $132) 20... Qd8 21. Ng3 Bf6 (21... Nxg3 22. fxg3 $16) 22.
Nxe4 dxe4 (22... Bxe5 23. dxe5 dxe4 24. Qxe4 $18) 23. Qxe4 Re6 24. c6 (24. f4
Rfe8 25. Rac1 $18) 24... Bxe5 (24... Nd5 25. Rac1 (25. f4 $6 Bxe5 26. fxe5 Rxc6
$14) 25... Bxe5 26. dxe5 Nxe3 27. fxe3 $1 (27. Qxe3 Qd5 28. f3 Rxc6 29. Rxc6
Qxc6 $14) 27... Qg5+ 28. Kh1 Rxe5 29. Qf4 Qe7 30. c7 $18) 25. dxe5 f5 26. Qc4 (
26. Qf3 f4 27. Bc5 Rfe8 28. Bd6 Nb5 29. Qxf4 Nxd6 30. exd6 Rxd6 31. Qc4+ Kh8
32. Rae1 $18) 26... f4 (26... Qd5 27. Rfc1 Qxe5 28. Bf4 (28. Bd4 Qd5 29. Qxd5
Nxd5 30. Rc5 Nf4 31. Kf1 $18) 28... Qd5 29. b3 (29. Bxc7 Re1+ $1 30. Rxe1 Qxc4
31. Rac1 $11) 29... Rg6+ 30. Kf1 $18) 27. Bb6 Qd5 (27... Rf7 28. Bxc7 Rg6+ 29.
Kh1 Qxc7 30. Rac1 $18) 28. Qxd5 Nxd5 29. Bxa5 f3 (29... Rxc6 30. Rfd1 $18) 30.
c7 $5 {The pawn on seventh rank has enormous power.} (30. Rfd1 Rxe5 31. b4 Rfe8
32. a4 Nc3 33. Rd8 Rxd8 34. Bxd8 Nxa4 35. h3 $18) 30... Nf4 31. Rac1 (31. Rfd1
Nh3+ 32. Kf1 Rg6 33. Ke1 Rg1+ 34. Kd2 Rxd1+ 35. Rxd1 Nxf2 36. Rf1 $18) 31...
Ne2+ (31... Rc8 32. Rcd1 Rxe5 33. Rd8+ Re8 34. Rfd1 $18) 32. Kh1 Nxc1 33. Rxc1
Rc8 34. Rd1 Kf7 (34... Rxe5 35. Rd8+ Re8 36. b4 Kf7 37. h3 Ke7 38. b5 $18) 35.
Rd8 Rc6 (35... Re8 36. h3 $18) 36. h3 (36. Rxc8 $4 Rc1+ $19) 36... R8xc7 37.
Bxc7 Rxc7 38. Rd3 $1 Rc2 39. Rxf3+ Ke6 40. b4 Kxe5 41. Kg2 Rb2 42. Rf7 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT 16th"]
[Site "Dagomys"]
[Date "2009.04.10"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Efimenko, Zahar"]
[Black "Savchenko, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2682"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2009.04.04"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sankt Petersburg Chess Federation"]
[BlackTeam "Moscow ShSM-64"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8.
Nc3 Nxc3 9. bxc3 {This line is gaining a serious following in the fight for
the advantage against the Russian Defence. White stabilises the centre, but
keeps the option of c3-c4 advance for later. Pressure along the semi-open
b-file and a gradual build up along the e-file are not easy to parry for Black.
} O-O 10. h3 Be6 11. Re1 Qd7 12. Rb1 Rab8 13. Bf4 Bd6 {The defender has been
encountering difficulties in efficient play with his pieces. It seem more than
natural to exchange the dark-squared bishops.} (13... a6 14. a4 Rfe8 15. Qd2
Bd6 16. Bg3 h6 17. Re3 Bxg3 18. fxg3 Qd6 19. g4 Bd7 20. Rxe8+ Bxe8 21. g5 h5
22. Nh4 g6 23. Rf1 Bd7 24. Rf6 Qg3 25. Nxg6 fxg6 26. Rxg6+ Kf7 27. Qe2 {
1-0 Najer,E (2606)-Nielsen,P (2628)/playchess.com INT 2004 (30)}) (13... Bf6
14. Re3 Rfe8 15. Qe2 g6 16. Re1 Qd8 17. h4 Rc8 18. Ng5 Bd7 19. Qf3 Rxe3 20.
Rxe3 Be8 21. Qg3 Bd7 22. h5 Ne7 23. hxg6 fxg6 24. Qh4 h5 25. Bxg6 Nxg6 26. Qxh5
Nf8 27. Qf7+ Kh8 28. Re8 Qxe8 29. Qxf6+ Kg8 30. Be5 {1-0 Laurent,B (2365)
-Batagel,L (2017)/Metz 2006}) 14. Qd2 (14. Bxd6 cxd6 15. Re3 Bf5 16. Nh4 Bxd3
17. cxd3 Rfe8 18. Rxe8+ Rxe8 19. Qb3 g5 20. Nf3 Qf5 21. Re1 Rxe1+ 22. Nxe1 Nd8
23. Qa3 $16 {1/2-1/2 Areshchenko,A (2638)-Landa,K (2678)/Germany 2008 (59)})
14... f6 15. Bxd6 Qxd6 {In the event of recapturing with the c-pawn Black will
have to endure a problem with his structure for quite some time.} (15... cxd6
16. Re3 $14) 16. Nh4 Na5 $2 {Savchenko strives to limit White's options by
controlling the c4-square with the knight. The idea itself is commendable, but
its timing is ver unfortunate.} (16... g6 17. Qh6 Rf7 (17... Bf7 $2 18. Nxg6
hxg6 19. Bxg6 Bxg6 20. Qxg6+ Kh8 21. Qh6+ Kg8 22. Re3 Ne7 23. Rbe1 $18) 18. Re3
Ne7 19. Rbe1 Bd7 20. Rg3 $14) (16... Rfe8 $5 17. Re3 Re7 18. Rg3 g5 $11) 17.
Qe2 $1 Bd7 (17... Rfe8 18. Qh5 h6 19. Qg6 $18) 18. Qh5 f5 {As a direct
consequence, Black is forced to give up the pawn in order to limit the damage
on the kingside.} (18... g6 19. Bxg6 hxg6 20. Nxg6 Be6 21. Qh8+ Kf7 22. Qh7+
Ke8 23. Nf4 $18) (18... h6 19. Nf5 Bxf5 20. Qxf5 Rfe8 21. Qh7+ Kf8 22. Bg6 $18)
19. Bxf5 (19. Nxf5 $2 Bxf5 20. Bxf5 g6 21. Be6+ Qxe6 22. Rxe6 gxh5 $17) 19...
Bxf5 (19... g6 20. Bxg6 $1 hxg6 21. Nxg6 Qf6 22. Re7 Rf7 23. Rxf7 Kxf7 24. Ne5+
Ke6 25. Re1 Kd6 26. Nxd7 Kxd7 27. Qxd5+ Qd6 28. Qf5+ Kc6 29. Re6 $18) 20. Nxf5
Qf6 {Black is looking for the best line with at least some chances to survive
the difficult position.} (20... g6 21. Nh6+ Kg7 22. Qg5 Nc6 23. Rb5 $16) 21.
Ne7+ (21. Nh6+ gxh6 22. Qxd5+ Rf7 23. Qxa5 Qxf2+ 24. Kh1 Rbf8 25. Qxa7 Qxc2 26.
Qxb7 $16) 21... Kh8 22. f4 $1 {Efimenko is not lured into positions where the
black pieces can play actively; his ambition is to squeeze the opponent into
passivity.} (22. Nxd5 Qxf2+ 23. Kh1 Qxc2 24. Nxc7 $16) 22... c6 23. f5 Qf7 24.
Qxf7 (24. Qh4 Qf6 $5 25. Qg3 Rbe8 26. Re6 Qf7 27. Rbe1 $18) 24... Rxf7 25. Re6
Rd8 {Black is hoping to build his defence around the temporary immobility of
the white Trojan horse on the e7-square.} (25... Rf6 26. c4 $5 Rxe6 (26... dxc4
27. Re5 b5 28. Re3 Nb7 29. g4 $16) 27. fxe6 Re8 28. cxd5 $1 cxd5 (28... Rxe7
29. d6 Rxe6 30. d7 Rd6 31. Re1 $18) 29. Rf1 Nc6 (29... g6 30. Rf7 Nc6 31. Nxd5
Rxe6 32. c3 $16) 30. Nxd5 Kg8 31. Re1 Nxd4 32. Nc7 Re7 33. c3 $16) 26. g4 Rff8
(26... Rf6 27. Re5 Rfd6 28. h4 $16) 27. Rb4 a6 {Black is defending against the
threat of Ra4; his knight is not so strong after all.} (27... Rd7 28. Ra4 b6 (
28... Nc4 29. Rxa7 $18) 29. Nxc6 Nxc6 30. Rxc6 $18) 28. Rb1 Rd7 29. Kf2 Nc4 30.
Rbe1 Nd6 (30... Na3 31. Kg3 Nxc2 32. R1e2 Na3 33. g5 Nc4 34. Kg4 (34. Re1 Rd6
35. R6e2 $16) 34... Rd6 35. h4 Rxe6 36. Rxe6 $16) 31. Kg2 Ne4 $6 {Savchenko is
under the impression that passive defence will not enable him to survive. The
knight move into the centre only provokes the immediate tactical solution.} (
31... Nb5 32. R1e3 Na3 33. g5 Nxc2 34. R3e5 Na3 35. Kg3 Nc4 36. Re1 $16) 32. c4
$1 Ng5 33. R6e3 {Efimenko backs down from direct confrontation and misses the
chance to win with a charming combination.} (33. cxd5 $1 Nxe6 34. fxe6 Rxe7 (
34... Rd6 35. Nf5 Rxd5 36. c4 Ra5 37. e7 $18) 35. d6 Ree8 36. e7 Rg8 37. c4 b5
38. c5 b4 39. d7 a5 40. d5 cxd5 41. c6 $18) 33... dxc4 34. c3 Nf7 35. h4 Nd6 (
35... Nh6 36. Kg3 Ng8 37. a4 $16) 36. h5 Rdd8 37. a4 {[%mdl 32] The whole
concept of White's play lies in limiting his opponent's possibilities.} Rf7 38.
Re6 Rff8 (38... Rf6 39. d5 cxd5 40. Nxd5 Rxe6 41. fxe6 $18) 39. Kg3 Ne8 40. g5
Nc7 41. R6e5 Rd6 42. g6 {Black king is definitely constrained in the corner,
any attack against it will be decisive.} (42. a5 Nb5 43. R1e3 Nc7 44. Kg4 $16)
42... h6 (42... Rd7 43. a5 Nb5 44. R1e3 Nc7 45. Kh4 Nb5 46. f6 Rxf6 47. Nxc6
hxg6 48. Re8+ Kh7 49. Ne5 $18) 43. Rb1 b5 44. a5 Rdf6 (44... Nd5 45. Nxd5 Rxd5
46. Rbe1 Kg8 47. Kf4 $18) 45. Rbe1 Rd6 46. Rc5 {The c6-pawn can not be
protected; the game is over.} b4 (46... Re8 47. Ree5 $18) (46... Rff6 47. d5 $1
Nxd5 48. Nxd5 Rxd5 49. Re8+ $18) (46... Nd5 47. Nxd5 cxd5 48. Re7 $18) 47. Nxc6
(47. Rxc4 bxc3 48. Rxc3 Nd5 49. Nxd5 Rxd5 50. Re5 $18) 47... Nd5 (47... Nb5 48.
Nxb4 Nxc3 49. Rxc4 Nb5 50. d5 $18) 48. cxb4 c3 (48... Nf6 49. Rxc4 Nxh5+ 50.
Kh4 Nf6 51. Re6 $18) 49. Re6 (49. b5 axb5 50. a6 b4 51. a7 b3 52. Nb8 Nb6 53.
Rxc3 $18) 49... Rd7 (49... Rxe6 50. fxe6 Nf6 51. e7 Ne4+ 52. Kh4 Re8 53. Rc4
$18) 50. Re5 Nf6 51. Kh4 {Any decent idea wins, but Efimenko is trying to keep
all his advantages.} Rc8 52. Rxc3 Rxd4+ (52... Rdc7 53. d5 $18) 53. Nxd4 Rxc3
54. Rc5 Re3 (54... Rxc5 55. bxc5 Nd5 56. c6 Nc7 57. Ne6 $18) 55. Ne6 Re4+ 56.
Kh3 Ng8 57. b5 axb5 58. Rc8 {Black's king will be mated; White's strategy has
been fully vindicated.} (58. Rc8 b4 59. Nd8 $18) 1-0

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2001.07.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2001.07.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 085"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Hecht} e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O
Be7 8. c4 Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Be6 11. Ne5 f6 12. Nf3 Kh8 13. cxd5 {White
tries to define the center immediatelly, as waiting strategy has partly failed
in the games with this line.} (13. Re1 f5 (13... c5 14. Be3 (14. cxd5 Nxc3 (
14... Bxd5 15. Nxd5 Qxd5 16. Be3 Rfd8 17. a3 Nc6 18. dxc5 Qxd1 19. Raxd1 Bxc5 {
1/2-1/2 Fressinet,L-Motylev,A/Bucharest/2001/ (31)}) 15. bxc3 Nxd5 16. c4 Nc3
17. Qd3 cxd4 18. Bf1 Bg8 (18... Bf7 19. Nxd4 Bb4 {0-1 Malakhov,V-Motylev,A/
Elista/2001/ (68)}) 19. Nxd4 Bc5 20. Be3 Na4 21. Rab1 b6 22. Red1 {1-0 Brodsky,
M-Iordachescu,V/Bucharest/2001/ (43)}) 14... f5 15. cxd5 Nxc3 16. bxc3 Nxd5 17.
Bd2 cxd4 18. Nxd4 Bg8 19. Rb1 Qc7 20. Nb5 Qd7 21. c4 {1/2-1/2 Zvjaginsev,
V-Motylev,A/Linares/2001/ (21)}) 14. a3 Nc6 15. cxd5 Bxd5 16. Bd3 Bf6 17. Be3
Nxc3 18. bxc3 Qd7 19. Ng5 Ne7 20. c4 {1/2-1/2 Svidler,P-Adams,M/New Delhi/2000/
(37)}) (13. a3 Nxc3 14. bxc3 Nc6 15. Nd2 f5 16. Re1 Bf6 17. Nb3 b6 18. Bf3 Bg8
19. cxd5 Bxd5 20. Bf4 {1/2-1/2 Galkin,A-Motylev,A/Dubai/2001/ (26)}) 13... Nxc3
(13... Bxd5 14. a3 Nc6 15. Qc2 $14) 14. bxc3 Nxd5 15. Bd3 c5 (15... Nxc3 $2 16.
Qe1 $18) 16. c4 Nb4 17. d5 Nxd3 18. Qxd3 Bf7 {Adams dared to repeat the line
in the next round and the game with Anand was quickly drawn.} (18... Bd6 $5 19.
Qb3 Bg4 20. h3 Bh5 21. a4 {1/2-1/2 Anand,V-Adams,M/Dortmund/2001/ (21)}) 19.
Bf4 Bd6 (19... b5 $5 $132) 20. Bxd6 Qxd6 21. Nh4 b5 $1 (21... g6 22. Rab1 $14)
22. cxb5 Qxd5 23. Qxd5 Bxd5 24. Rfc1 Rfd8 $2 {[%mdl 4096] Despite the witty
point black will be fighting with great problems.} (24... c4 $5 25. Nf5 Rfd8
$13) 25. Rxc5 Bxa2 26. h3 Bf7 $6 (26... Be6 $1 27. Rc7 $14 Rdb8 28. Ra5 $14)
27. Nf5 Rd5 28. Rxd5 Bxd5 29. Ra5 $1 g6 (29... Rb8 30. b6 $18) 30. Nd4 Bb7 31.
Ne6 $1 h5 $2 {Decisive mistake due to the weakness of the f6 pawn} (31... f5 $1
$14 32. f4 h6 33. Kf2 Kg8 $14) 32. Nc5 Rb8 (32... Bd5 33. Nd7 Kg7 34. b6 $18)
33. Nd7 Ra8 34. Nxf6 a6 35. bxa6 (35. b6 $6 Rd8 36. Re5 Rd6 37. Re7 Rxf6 38.
Rxb7 a5 $14) 35... Rxa6 (35... Bxa6 36. h4 $1) 36. Rxa6 Bxa6 {Hecht: 'Guter
Springer und dominierender Kцnig bei festgelegten Bauern auf einem Flьgel'} 37.
h4 $1 Kg7 38. Ne4 Kf7 39. Kh2 Bd3 (39... Bf1 40. Kg3 Ke6 41. Nd2 Bd3 42. Kf4
$18) ({Wegen der Mцglichkeit} 39... Ke6 {Hecht} 40. Nc5+ $18 {gelangt der
weiЯe Kцnig eher nach f4 als der schwarze nach f5, was sich entscheidend
auswirkt.}) 40. f3 Bf1 (40... Bxe4 41. fxe4 Kf6 42. Kg3 Ke5 43. Kf3 $18) ({
Erneut} 40... Ke6 {Hecht} 41. Nc5+ $18) 41. Kg3 Ke6 42. Nd2 Bd3 43. Kf4 Kf6 44.
Ne4+ Kf7 45. Kg5 Bf1 46. g3 Be2 47. Nd2 Kg7 48. f4 Bd1 49. Nc4 (49. Nc4 Bc2 (
49... Bg4 {Hecht} 50. Nd6 Be2 51. f5 gxf5 52. Nxf5+ Kh7 53. Nd6 Bd1 54. Ne8 Be2
55. Nf6+ $18 {[%csl Rh5]}) 50. Ne3 Bd3 51. f5 $1 $18 Bb1 52. fxg6 Bxg6 53. Nd5
$18 {nebst Sf4 und Sxh5}) 1-0

[Event "Munich SKA"]
[Site "Munich"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1993.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 036"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nb4 9. Be2 Be6 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Be3 f5 (11... Bf5 12. Ne5 Bf6 13. g4 Be6 14. f4
$16 {Short,N-Anand,V/Amsterdam VSB/1993/}) 12. a3 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Nc6 14. Rb1 f4
(14... Rb8 15. cxd5 Bxd5 16. Bf4 Bd6 $10) 15. Bc1 Rb8 16. cxd5 Bxd5 17. Re1 Kh8
(17... Bf6 18. Bxf4 (18. c4 Be4) 18... Bxd4 19. Bxc7 Qxc7 20. Nxd4 $13) 18. Bd3
Qd7 (18... Bf6 19. Bc2 $16 (19. Bxf4 Bxd4 20. Nxd4 Rxf4 $10)) 19. c4 $1 (19.
Rb5 $5) 19... Bxf3 20. Qxf3 Nxd4 (20... Qxd4 21. Qh3 h6 22. Bb2 Qd6 23. Re6 $16
) 21. Qe4 Nf5 (21... Qf5 22. Qxd4) (21... g6 22. Qxe7 Rbe8 23. Qb4 $18) 22. Rb5
c5 (22... g6 23. Rxf5 Rxf5 24. Qxe7 Qxe7 25. Rxe7 Rd8 26. Be2 $18) 23. Bxf4
Rbd8 (23... Bd6 24. Qd5 Qc7 25. Bxd6 Nxd6 26. Rxc5 Qd8 27. Qd4 $16) 24. Bc2 b6
25. g4 Rde8 26. Rd1 (26. gxf5 $2 Bf6) 26... Bd6 27. Qd3 (27. Rxd6 Qc8 28. Qd3
Re1+ 29. Kg2 $18) 27... g5 $1 28. Qc3+ (28. Bxd6 Nxd6 29. Qxd6 Re1+ 30. Kg2
Qxg4+ 31. Qg3 Rxf2+ $1 32. Kxf2 Qe2#) 28... Nd4 29. Rxd4 Qxg4+ 30. Kh1 Re1+ 31.
Qxe1 Qf3+ 32. Kg1 gxf4 33. Re4 $1 (33. Qe4 Rg8+ 34. Kf1 Qh3+ 35. Ke2 f3+ $132)
33... Rg8+ 34. Kf1 Qh1+ 35. Ke2 Rg1 36. Qc3+ Kg8 37. Re8+ Kf7 38. Be4 $1 Qxh2
39. Ra8 Rg3 40. Rxa7+ Ke6 41. Bd5+ (41. Bd5+ Kf5 42. Rf7+ $18) 1-0

[Event "NED-ch49"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1994.06.12"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Van der Wiel, John"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1994.06.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 042"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. c4
c6 9. Nc3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Bg4 12. Qd3 Nd7 13. Ng5 Nf6 14. h3 Bh5
15. f4 h6 16. g4 hxg5 17. fxg5 b5 $1 18. Bb3 Nxg4 19. hxg4 Qd7 $1 $8 (19...
Bxg4 20. g6 $5 Qh4 21. Bf4 $16) 20. gxh5 Qg4+ 21. Kf2 Rae8 22. Rg1 Qh4+ 23. Kg2
Qh2+ 24. Kf1 Bf4 $1 (24... Re1+ 25. Kxe1 Qxg1+ 26. Kd2 $16) 25. Qf3 Re1+ 26.
Kxe1 Qxg1+ 27. Ke2 Bxc1 28. Rxc1 $1 Qxc1 29. g6 Re8+ 30. Kd3 Qb1+ 31. Kd2 Qe1+
32. Kd3 Qb1+ 33. Kd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Taiyuan 4th"]
[Site "Taiyuan"]
[Date "2007.07.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Black "Wang, Yue"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2007.07.04"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O Nc6 8.
Nc3 Nxc3 9. bxc3 Bg4 10. Re1 O-O 11. Rb1 Rb8 12. Bf4 {The line without c2-c4
is catching up in Russian defense. White enjoys lots of piece play and the
price in the compromised pawn structure is not too heavy.} h6 (12... Qd7 13.
Re3 g5 14. Bg3 f5 15. Be5 f4 16. Re1 Bf6 17. Bxf6 Rxf6 18. h3 Bh5 19. Ne5 Qe8
20. Ng4 Re6 21. Nf6+ Kf7 22. Qxh5+ Kxf6 23. Qh6+ Kf7 24. Qxh7+ {1-0 Browne,
W-Murray,P/Vancouver 1971}) (12... Bd6 13. Bxd6 Qxd6 14. Re3 f6 (14... h6 15.
h3 Bd7 16. Qe2 b6 17. Re1 a6 18. Ne5 b5 19. Qh5 Rbe8 20. R1e2 Nxe5 21. dxe5 Qb6
22. Rg3 c5 23. Ree3 c4 24. Ref3 cxd3 25. Rf6 dxc2 26. Qxh6 c1=Q+ 27. Qxc1 Re6
28. Qh6 {1-0 Ganguly,S (2579)-Sivanandan,B (2452)/Visakhapatnam 2006}) 15. h3
Bh5 16. Qe2 Qd7 17. g4 Bf7 18. Nh4 Rfe8 19. Nf5 Rxe3 20. Qxe3 Re8 21. Qg3 Nd8
22. h4 Bg6 23. h5 Bxf5 24. Bxf5 {1-0 Anand,V (2792)-Gelfand,B (2723)/Monte
Carlo 2006 (51)}) (12... Kh8 13. Re3 Bd6 14. Bxd6 Qxd6 15. Qe2 a6 16. h3 Bxf3
17. Qxf3 Kg8 18. h4 b5 19. Rbe1 Rb6 20. Qh5 g6 21. Qh6 Nd8 22. h5 {1-0
Cornette,M (2448)-Kovacs,G (2456)/Budapest 2006 (73)}) (12... Bf6 13. Re3 Ne7
14. h3 Be6 15. Qe2 Ng6 16. Bh2 Re8 17. Re1 Bd7 18. Rxe8+ Bxe8 19. Ne5 Nxe5 20.
Bxe5 Bc6 21. Bf4 g6 22. Qf3 Rc8 {1/2 Brkic,A (2541)-Sakelsek,T (2468)/Zadar
2006 (58)}) 13. h3 Bh5 14. Re3 (14. Qe2 Bd6 15. Qe3 Bg6 16. Bxg6 Bxf4 17. Qxf4
fxg6 18. Qg4 Rf6 19. Ne5 $14) 14... Bd6 15. Bxd6 Qxd6 16. Qe2 (16. g4 Bg6 17.
Ne5 Rfe8 18. Bxg6 (18. Nxc6 $2 Rxe3 19. Nxb8 Rxh3 $17) 18... fxg6 19. c4 $11)
16... f5 $5 {Wang Yue understands the need to find compensation for White's
activity. The advance of the f-pawn weakens the kingside, but helps the bishop
control the crucial e8-square.} 17. Re6 (17. Re1 Rbe8 (17... f4 18. Re6 Qa3 19.
Qd2 Qa5 20. Bg6 Bxf3 21. gxf3 Qxa2 $13) 18. Rxe8 Rxe8 19. Qd2 $11) 17... Bxf3
$1 18. gxf3 Qa3 (18... Qd7 19. f4 $1 $16) 19. Qd2 (19. Rxc6 $2 bxc6 (19... Qxa2
$4 20. Rb3 Qa1+ 21. Kg2 bxc6 22. Qe6+ Kh8 23. Rxb8 Rxb8 24. Qxf5 Kg8 25. Qh7+
Kf7 26. Bg6+ Kf6 27. Bh5 $18) 20. Qe6+ Kh8 21. Rxb8 Qc1+ 22. Kh2 Qf4+ 23. Kg2
Qg5+ $19) 19... Nd8 (19... Qa5 $6 20. Qe1 Qxa2 $2 (20... Nd8 21. Re8 Nf7 22.
Rxb8 Rxb8 23. Rxb7 $16) 21. Rxc6 bxc6 22. Qe6+ Kh8 23. Rxb8 Rxb8 24. Qxf5 $18)
20. Re5 (20. Ra6 bxa6 21. Rxb8 Qd6 $13) 20... Nf7 $1 21. Rxf5 (21. Rxd5 Qxa2
22. Rdb5 Nd6 23. R5b3 Qa5 $11) 21... Nd6 22. Rh5 $6 {Cheparinov is an
ambitious young player. It is excusable that he entertains the hope of
kingside attack, but Black will get massive play himself.} (22. Rxd5 Qxa2 23.
Rb3 Qa1+ 24. Kg2 Rxf3 $1 (24... Rbe8 25. Re5 $14) 25. Rxd6 Rxh3 26. Kxh3 Qh1+
27. Kg3 Qg1+ 28. Kh3 Qh1+ $11) 22... Rxf3 23. Kh1 Rbf8 24. Rg1 R8f4 $1 (24...
Rxf2 $2 25. Qxh6 $18) 25. Qe2 (25. Rxh6 Ne4 $1 26. Bxe4 dxe4 27. d5 Qxc3 28.
Qxc3 Rxc3 $17) 25... Ne4 {[%mdl 2048] The black pieces dominate the centre of
the board and the white forces seems scattered in comparison.} 26. Bxe4 (26.
Rg2 Rxf2 27. Qe3 Rxg2 28. Qxf4 Rf2 29. Qe3 Qxc3 $19) 26... dxe4 27. Qc4+ (27.
Rxh6 Qxc3 28. Rg2 c6 $17) 27... Kh7 28. Qe6 (28. Qxc7 Qf8 29. Rg2 Rxf2 $19)
28... Qf8 $1 {The final subtlety as the black queen returns home to defend the
g7-square and increase the pressure along the f file.} 29. Qg6+ (29. Re5 Qd6
$17) 29... Kh8 30. Re5 (30. c4 Rxf2 31. Re5 R4f3 $19) 30... Rxh3+ 31. Kg2 Rxc3
32. Rf1 (32. Re8 $2 Rxf2+ 33. Kh1 Rh3#) 32... Rc6 (32... Rxc2 33. Re8 Rg4+ $19)
33. Qh5 Kh7 (33... Kh7 34. Rg5 Rxc2 $19) 0-1

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 35th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2007.06.29"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2007.06.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Bf5 11. a3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Nc6 13. Re1 Re8 14. cxd5 Qxd5
15. Bf4 Rac8 16. Bd3 Qd7 17. Rb1 b6 18. d5 $5 {It took some time to
choreograph the best dance for the pieces in this variation of the Russian
Defence. Black's position remains very compact.} (18. Bb5 Bxb1 19. d5 (19. Qxb1
Bf6 20. Rd1 Qg4 21. Bg3 Ne7 22. Bxe8 Rxe8 23. Re1 Qd7 24. Qe4 Rc8 {1/2
Nisipeanu,L (2695)-Fridman,D (2562)/Turin 2006 (29)}) 19... Bd6 20. Rxe8+ Qxe8
21. Bxd6 Qe4 22. Bxc7 Bc2 23. Qd2 Nb8 24. d6 Ba4 25. Bd3 Qg4 {0-1 Nijboer,F 
(2549)-Ernst,S (2509)/Wijk aan Zee 2005 (54)}) 18... Bxd3 (18... Qxd5 19. Bb5
Qc5 20. Be3 Qd6 21. Qa4 Bxb1 22. Rxb1 Qxa3 23. Qxa3 Bxa3 24. Bxc6 $14) 19. Qxd3
Bf6 20. c4 Ne7 (20... h6 21. h3 (21. h4 Ne7 22. Rbd1 Ng6 23. Bg3 h5 24. Rc1 Bb2
25. Rxe8+ Rxe8 26. Rc2 Bf6 27. c5 bxc5 28. Rxc5 Ne5 {1/2 Polgar,J (2728)-Anand,
V (2786)/Wijk aan Zee 2005 (38)}) 21... Re7 (21... Ne7 22. Ne5 Bxe5 23. Rxe5
Ng6 24. Rxe8+ Rxe8 25. Bg3 Qe7 26. Kh1 {1-0 Anand,V (2786)-Shirov,A (2713)/
Monte Carlo 2005 (35)}) 22. Rbd1 Rd8 23. Rxe7 Nxe7 24. Ne5 Bxe5 25. Bxe5 Re8
26. Bg3 {1-0 Leko,P (2736)-Anand,V (2753)/Linares 2003 (65)}) 21. Rbd1 {
Kramnik is not without his share of experience with the problems of this
position. From the games quoted in the notes, the name of Anand stands out as
a specialist with both colours.} (21. Ne5 Bxe5 22. Bxe5 f6 23. Bf4 Nf5 24. c5
bxc5 25. Qc4 g5 26. Bd2 Nd6 27. Qxc5 Ne4 28. Qa5 c6 29. Be3 cxd5 30. Qxa7 Qxa7
31. Bxa7 Nc3 {1/2 Svidler,P (2742)-Kramnik,V (2743)/Dortmund 2006 (39)}) 21...
Rcd8 (21... Ng6 22. Bg3 h6 23. h3 $11) 22. h3 (22. Ne5 Bxe5 23. Bxe5 f6 $11)
22... Ng6 23. Bg3 h6 24. Qb3 Re7 $5 {The current world champion is a great
master in piece play. The rook move is probably the best way to occupy the
open e file.} (24... Rxe1+ 25. Rxe1 a6 26. a4 b5 27. cxb5 $5 axb5 28. a5 $14)
25. a4 Rde8 26. Rxe7 Nxe7 27. Re1 (27. d6 cxd6 28. Rxd6 Qc8 29. Be5 Bxe5 30.
Nxe5 Nf5 $11) 27... c6 28. Be5 (28. d6 Nf5 29. Rxe8+ Qxe8 30. Qd3 Nxg3 31. fxg3
(31. d7 $2 Ne2+ 32. Kf1 Qe7 $17) 31... Qd7 $11) 28... cxd5 29. Bxf6 (29. cxd5
Qxd5 30. Qb1 Ng6 $17) 29... dxc4 30. Qxc4 (30. Qb2 $2 gxf6 31. Qxf6 Ng6 $17)
30... gxf6 31. Nh4 $1 {Leko has sacrificed the pawn, but his compensation is
impressive. The knight would dearly love to land on the f5-square and Black
has to oppose it at all costs.} Kf8 (31... h5 32. Qe2 Qd5 33. g3 Qe6 34. Qxe6
fxe6 35. Rxe6 Kf7 $11) 32. Qf4 Ng8 (32... Kg7 $2 33. Rxe7 $1 Qd1+ 34. Kh2 Rxe7
35. Nf5+ Kf8 36. Qxh6+ Ke8 37. Qh8+ Kd7 38. Qxf6 $16) 33. Qb4+ (33. Rc1 Re5 34.
g4 $14) 33... Re7 34. Rc1 {This was the moment, when White could have
benefited from the disharmony in Black's camp with 34.g4!} (34. g4 $1 Ke8 35.
Rc1 $14) 34... Kg7 35. g4 Re8 36. Nf5+ Kh7 37. Qc4 (37. Qf4 Re5 38. Rc4 $14)
37... Re5 38. Qb4 (38. Qf4 $5) 38... Ne7 1/2-1/2

[Event "NED-ch49"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1994.06.14"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nijboer, Friso"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1994.06.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 042"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nxe5 O-O 5. Be2 (5. Nd3 Bxc3 6. dxc3 Nxe4 7.
Be3 d5 8. Qf3 $13) (5. d3 d5 $1) 5... Re8 6. Nd3 Bxc3 7. dxc3 Nxe4 8. Nf4 d6 9.
O-O Nd7 10. c4 Ndf6 11. f3 Nc5 12. b3 Qe7 13. Rf2 Qe5 14. Rb1 Bd7 15. Bf1 Ne6
16. Nd3 Qh5 17. Bb2 (17. Nb4 $2 Ne4 $1 18. Re2 Nc3 $19) 17... a5 18. Qd2 Bc6
19. Bxf6 $6 (19. Re1 $13) 19... gxf6 20. Qc3 Qh6 21. Re1 b6 22. f4 f5 23. Re3
Nf8 24. Rfe2 Re6 25. Rg3+ Ng6 26. Rg5 (26. Rxe6 fxe6 27. Qf6 Re8 28. Be2 Qg7 $1
$15) 26... Rae8 27. Qd2 $2 (27. Rxe6 fxe6 28. c5 $5 bxc5 (28... dxc5 29. Ne5
$40) 29. Qxa5 $13) 27... Qg7 28. Rxf5 $4 (28. c3 $15) 28... Rxe2 29. Bxe2 Qd4+
30. Kf1 Bxg2+ 31. Kxg2 Nh4+ 0-1

[Event "Interpolis-02"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1978.09.15"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Sosonko, Gennadi"]
[Black "Ribli, Zoltan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "25"]
[EventDate "1978.09.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 (3. d4) 3... d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Qe2 (5. d4) 5... Qe7
6. d3 Nf6 7. Bg5 Nbd7 8. Nc3 Qxe2+ 9. Bxe2 Be7 (9... h6 10. Bh4 (10. Bd2 g6 11.
O-O-O Bg7 $10 {Redolfi-Trifunovic, Mьnchen 1958}) 10... g5 11. Bg3 Bg7 $10) 10.
Ne4 h6 11. Nxf6+ Bxf6 12. Bxf6 Nxf6 13. O-O 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 35th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2007.06.30"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Alekseev, Evgeny V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2007.06.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 O-O
8. Qd2 Nd7 9. O-O-O Ne5 10. h4 b6 {Alekseev is bravely introducing a new way
of handling the problem in the fashionable 10.h4 line.} 11. Nd4 (11. Nxe5 dxe5
12. Bd3 Be6 13. Qe2 Qe8 $11) 11... Bb7 (11... Bxh4 12. g3 Bf6 13. Bg2 d5 14.
Bf4 Bb7 15. Nf5 $13) 12. Bg5 $1 Bf6 (12... Bxg5 $2 13. hxg5 Qd7 14. f4 $16) (
12... h6 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. f4 Nc6 15. Re1 Qf6 $11) 13. Qf4 Ng6 14. Qf5 (14.
Bxf6 Nxf4 15. Bxd8 Raxd8 16. Rg1 Ne6 $11) 14... Bxg5+ (14... Nxh4 $2 15. Bxf6
Nxf5 16. Bxd8 Nxd4 17. Bxc7 $16) 15. hxg5 Re8 {The whole opening idea for
Black would have been perfect had there been the precise move 15...Qc8!?} (
15... Qc8 $5 16. Qxc8 Raxc8 17. Rh2 Rce8 18. Bd3 f6 $11) 16. Qg4 (16. Bc4 $5
Qe7 (16... d5 17. Nf3 c6 18. Qh3 $16) 17. Rhe1 Qf8 18. Qh3 $14) 16... Nf8 $2 {
This passive move is not a critical inaccuracy, but certainly not a good
choice.} (16... c5 $5 17. Nb5 (17. Nf5 Bc8 18. Bd3 Ne5 19. Qf4 Ng6 20. Qxd6
Qxg5+ 21. Ne3 Be6 $11) 17... d5 18. Bd3 a6 19. Na3 b5 20. Kb1 Qe7 $11) 17. Bb5
$1 Re4 18. f4 g6 (18... Qc8 19. Nf5 Qe6 20. Bd3 $16) 19. Bd3 Re3 20. f5 c5 (
20... Qe7 21. Kb1 $14) 21. Ne2 {[%mdl 128] Anand should have been brave and
tested the tempting attack after 21.fxg6!? It is not a winning idea, but with
best play White could have kept some advantage.} (21. Nf3 Qe7 22. Kb1 $16) (21.
fxg6 $5 fxg6 (21... cxd4 22. gxf7+ Kxf7 (22... Kg7 23. Qxd4+ (23. cxd4 $6 Qe7
24. Qf5 Rxd3 25. Rxd3 Qxf7 26. Qxf7+ Kxf7 27. Rf1+ $14) 23... Re5 24. Rh5 Rc8 (
24... Bxg2 25. Qh4 $1 $18) 25. Qh4 $18) 23. Qf5+ Kg8 (23... Ke7 24. Bb5 $18)
24. Rxh7 Re7 25. Bc4+ d5 26. Rxe7 Qxe7 27. Bxd5+ Kg7 28. Qf6+ Qxf6 29. gxf6+
Kxf6 30. Bxb7 $16) 22. Nb5 (22. Nf3 Qe7 23. Bc4+ $14) 22... d5 23. Qf4 Qe7 24.
Nd6 $14) 21... c4 $5 {Black is fighting hard with complicated tactics in the
moment, when the simple swap on f5 was quite a safe option.} (21... gxf5 $5 22.
Qxf5 (22. Bxf5 Rxe2 23. Bxh7+ Nxh7 24. Qxe2 Qxg5+ 25. Kb1 Nf8 $15) 22... Re5
23. Qf2 Qxg5+ 24. Kb1 Rae8 $11) 22. fxg6 (22. Qxc4 Qxg5 23. Kb1 Rae8 $11) (22.
Bxc4 Re4 23. Qf3 Qxg5+ 24. Kb1 Qxf5 25. Qxf5 gxf5 26. Nd4 $11) 22... cxd3 23.
gxf7+ Kxf7 (23... Kg7 $2 24. Ng3 $1 Re5 25. Nf5+ Kxf7 26. Rxd3 $16) 24. g6+ $6
(24. Qf4+ Kg8 25. Qxe3 dxe2 26. Qxe2 Qxg5+ 27. Kb1 Kh8 $11) 24... hxg6 (24...
Nxg6 $2 25. Rxh7+ Kf6 26. Qd4+ Re5 27. Rf1+ $18) 25. Qf4+ Qf6 26. Qxe3 dxe2 27.
Qxe2 Re8 (27... Qg5+ 28. Kb1 Qxg2 $2 29. Qc4+ Kg7 30. Qd4+ $18) 28. Qc4+ Kg7
29. Rdf1 $6 {Anand must have been somewhat frustrated by the outcome of his
attacking efforts. Objectively the best move was swapping the pesky rook and
looking for counterplay on the queenisde.} (29. Rhe1 $1 Rxe1 30. Rxe1 Bxg2 31.
Qc7+ Kh6 32. Qxa7 Qf2 33. Qe7 Nd7 $11) 29... Qg5+ 30. Kb1 Bd5 (30... Ne6 $5 31.
Re1 b5 32. Qd3 Bxg2 33. Rh2 $13) 31. Qd4+ Re5 32. Rf2 Qe3 $6 (32... Ne6 $1 33.
Qa4 Qe7 $15) 33. Qxe3 Rxe3 34. Rd1 Be6 35. c4 $6 {The final phase of the game
was not played with any accuracy. White uses tactics to free his pawn mass,
but the simple swap of the rooks was probably safer.} (35. Kc1 $1 d5 36. Kd2
Re4 37. Re1 $11) 35... Bxc4 (35... Bg4 36. Rdf1 Nd7 $17) 36. b3 Be6 37. Rxd6
Bf5 (37... Nd7 38. Kb2 Nf6 39. Rc6 Ne8 $15) 38. Kb2 Nh7 39. Rdd2 Re7 40. Rfe2
Rc7 (40... Rxe2 $2 41. Rxe2 $11) 41. c4 Nf6 42. Rd4 Kh6 43. a4 Kg5 $15 {
Black could have played on without any risk...} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates FIDE sf1"]
[Site "Sanghi Nagar"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1994.07.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 042"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nb4 9. Be2 Be6 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Be3 Bf5 12. Rc1 dxc4 13. Bxc4 c6 14. Ne5 Nxc3
15. bxc3 Nd5 16. Qf3 (16. Qb3 $6 f6 $1 17. Nf3 b5 18. Be2 Kh8 19. Bd2 Nb6 $6
20. Rfe1 Qd7 21. c4 bxc4 22. Bxc4 Nxc4 23. Qxc4 Rfc8 24. Nh4 Bf8 $10 {Georgiev,
Ki-Ivanchuk,V/Debrecen/1992/0.5 (36)}) (16. Re1 $2 Ba3 17. Qf3 Bxc1 18. Bxc1
Be6 19. Bd3 Qa5 20. Bd2 Qxa2 21. Bg5 Qa5 22. Qh5 f5 23. Bd2 Rae8 24. h3 Qd8 25.
Rb1 $17 {Timman,J-Bareev,E/Linares (10)/1993/0-1 (52)}) 16... Be6 17. Rfe1 (17.
Bd3 Bd6 18. Bd2 Qh4 $1 19. Rfe1 Nf6 20. a4 Ng4 $1 21. Bf4 Nxe5 22. Bxe5 Bd5 23.
Qf5 Bxe5 24. Rxe5 g6 25. Qd7 $36 {Huebner,R-Timman,J/Sarajevo (m/4)/1991/0.5 
(61)}) (17. Bd2 Bg5 18. Bxg5 {Khalifman,A-Christiansen,L/BL 9192/1992/0.5 (18)}
) 17... Nxe3 18. Qxe3 (18. Bxe6 $2 fxe6 19. Qxe3 Bg5 20. Qh3 Bxc1 21. Qxe6+ Kh8
22. Rxc1 Qf6 $17) (18. fxe3 Bxc4 19. Nxc4 Qd5 20. Qxd5 cxd5 $10) 18... Bxc4 19.
Nxc4 Bf6 20. Rb1 b6 (20... Qd5 21. Ne5) 21. Qf3 Rc8 22. Ne3 (22. Rbd1 g6 23. d5
cxd5 24. Rxd5 Qc7) 22... g6 23. d5 Bg5 $1 (23... cxd5 24. Nxd5 Kg7 25. Red1 Rc6
26. Nxb6) 24. dxc6 Bxe3 25. Rxe3 Qd6 26. Rd1 Qxc6 27. Qxc6 Rxc6 28. Rd7 Rfc8
29. Ree7 (29. Rxa7 Rxc3 $10) 29... Rxc3 30. h3 Rf8 31. Rxa7 Rc1+ 32. Kh2 Rc6
33. Reb7 Rf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Toronto1"]
[Site "Toronto"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nickoloff, Bryon"]
[Black "Hebert, Jean"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1990.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 e5 4. Bxc4 exd4 5. exd4 Nf6 6. Nf3 Be7 7. Nc3 (7. O-O
O-O 8. Ne5 Nc6 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Nc3 Qd6 11. h3 Rb8 12. b3 Be6 13. Bxe6 Qxe6 14.
Be3 $14 {Stohl,I-Polgar,Zsu/Stara Zagora zt/1990/ ->CBM 17}) 7... O-O 8. O-O
Nbd7 (8... Bg4 9. Be3 Nc6 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Nxd4 12. Qxb7 $14) 9. Re1 Nb6
10. Bb3 c6 (10... Bg4 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 $14) 11. Bg5 Bf5 12. Nh4 $5 Bg4 (
12... Bg6 $5) 13. Bxf6 $1 Bxf6 (13... Bxd1 14. Bxe7 Qd7 15. Raxd1 Rfe8 16. Bc5
$16) 14. Qxg4 Bxh4 15. Rad1 Bf6 (15... Be7 16. Re3 $40) 16. Ne4 Be7 (16... Bxd4
$2 17. Ng5 c5 18. Qh5) 17. Nc5 Bd6 18. Re3 (18. Nxb7 Bxh2+ 19. Kxh2 Qc7+ 20.
Kg1 Qxb7 $14) 18... Qc7 19. Ne4 Be7 (19... Bxh2+ 20. Kh1 Bd6 21. Nf6+ Kh8 22.
Nxh7 $18) 20. Rh3 Rad8 21. Rdd3 g6 22. Rh6 Qd7 23. Qf4 (23. Rxg6+ Kh8 $1 (23...
hxg6 24. Qxg6+ Kh8 25. Qh6+ Kg8 26. Rg3+) 24. Qxd7 Rxd7 $132) 23... Nd5 24.
Bxd5 Qxd5 (24... cxd5 25. Rdh3 f5 26. Rxh7 dxe4 27. Qh6 $18) 25. Rxh7 g5 (25...
Kxh7 26. Rh3+ Qh5 27. Rxh5+ gxh5 $18) 26. Nf6+ Bxf6 27. Qxf6 Kxh7 28. Rh3+ {
Ftacnik,L} 1-0

[Event "Venice"]
[Site "Venice"]
[Date "1949.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Rossolimo, Nicolas"]
[Black "Szabo, Laszlo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "28"]
[EventDate "1949.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Qe2 Qe7 6. d3 Nf6 7. Bg5 Qxe2+ 8.
Bxe2 Be7 9. Nc3 h6 10. Bd2 (10. Bh4 Bd7 11. O-O-O Nc6 12. d4 O-O-O 13. Bc4 Rhf8
(13... Rdf8 14. Rde1 (14. Rhe1 Bg4 $5 (14... Bd8 15. d5 Ne7 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17.
Nd4 $16 {Yuchtman - Antoshin/ Moscow/1958}) 15. d5 Bxf3) 14... Bd8 15. d5 Nb8
16. Nd4 Re8 $6 (16... a6 $14) 17. Ndb5 Bxb5 {Fischer - Bisguer/New York USA ch/
1959} 18. Nxb5 a6 19. Nd4 g5 20. Bg3 Nh5 21. Nf5 $16 {Bobby Fisher/Ediciones
Eseuve}) 14. Rhe1 Bg4 {Fine - Alexander/Hastings/1935/36} (14... Rde8 15. d5
Nb8 16. Nb5 (16. Nd4 Nxd5) 16... a6 17. Nbd4 $14 {Katalimov - Baranov/Sotchi/
1952}) 15. d5 Bxf3 16. dxc6 Bxd1 17. Rxe7 $14 {Sozin}) 10... Nc6 11. Nb5 Bd8
12. O-O O-O 13. Rfe1 Bd7 14. h3 Re8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cannes NAO Masters"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "2002.03.03"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2591"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2002.02.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Wells} e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O
O-O 8. c4 c6 9. Re1 Bf5 10. Qb3 Na6 11. cxd5 (11. Nc3 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Nxc3 13.
bxc3 b5 14. Bf1 Nc7 $11) 11... cxd5 12. Nc3 Be6 13. a3 (13. Qxb7 Nb4 14. Bxe4
Rb8 15. Qxa7 Ra8 $11) 13... Nc7 14. Qc2 f5 15. Ne5 Rc8 16. Bf4 (16. f3 $5)
16... g5 $5 {'!' Wells. In this system black simply lives mainly from the
activity of his own centralized pieces. For this simple reason he is not
afraid to play such a committing move as 16...g5!? Wells: 'Undermining white's
knight. At the expense of his dark-squared bishop all black's other forces
enjoy a new lease of life.'} 17. Bd2 Na6 {'!' Wells.} 18. Qd1 Bxe5 {'!' Wells.}
(18... Qb6 19. Nf3 g4 20. Ng5 Nxg5 21. Bxg5 Nc7 22. Be2 $11) 19. dxe5 Nac5 (
19... Qb6 $2 20. Bxe4 fxe4 21. Be3 Qxb2 22. Nxd5 $16) 20. Bc2 (20. Nxe4 fxe4 (
20... Nxd3 $2 21. Bxg5 $16) (20... dxe4 21. Bc2 Rf7 22. Be3 $11) 21. Bc2 Nd7
22. Bc3 $11) 20... Nxd2 21. Qxd2 d4 $1 {[%mdl 32] The central "d" pawn can not
be underestimated, Fressinet will need to use great deal of phantasy for
holding balance.} 22. Na4 (22. Nb5 d3 23. Bd1 Ne4 24. Qe3 d2 25. Re2 Qb6 (25...
Bc4 26. Bb3 Qd5 27. Nc3 Nxc3 28. Rxd2 (28. Qxg5+ Kh8 29. Rxd2 Qxe5 30. Bxc4 Ne4
$19) 28... f4 29. Bxc4 fxe3 30. Bxd5+ Nxd5 31. Rxd5 Rxf2 32. e6 $15) 26. Qxb6
axb6 27. Nc3 Nxc3 28. bxc3 Rfd8 $19) 22... Nb3 {Wells: 'and while white was
able to create some confusion with the advance of his passed e-pawn, it was
the d4 pawn and the light squared bishop, the joint beneficiaries of the
excellent 16...g5! which won the day. Really a very graphic example of a
position simply springing into life.'} 23. Bxb3 Bxb3 24. e6 $1 Re8 (24... Qe8
25. e7 Rf7 26. Qxg5+ (26. Nc5 Rxc5 27. Qb4 Rxe7 28. Qxb3+ Qf7 29. Qb4 $44)
26... Kh8 (26... Rg7 27. Qxf5 Bxa4 28. Qd5+ Kh8 29. Qxd4) 27. Qf4 Bxa4 28.
Qxd4+ Rg7 29. g3 Bc6 $15) 25. e7 Rxe7 26. Qxg5+ $6 {White his complicating his
own life, elimination of the central pawn was much better.} (26. Rxe7 Qxe7 27.
Qxd4 Rd8 28. Qc3 $1 (28. Qxa7 Qe2 29. h3 (29. Nc3 Qxb2 $19) 29... Rd1+ 30. Rxd1
Qxd1+ 31. Kh2 Bxa4 $19) 28... Bxa4 29. Qc4+ Kh8 30. Qxa4 Qe2 31. Rf1 $11) 26...
Rg7 27. Qxd8+ Rxd8 28. Nc5 Bd5 29. g3 Rc7 30. Nd3 (30. Rac1 Rdc8 31. Nd3 Rxc1
32. Nxc1 (32. Rxc1 $2 Rxc1+ 33. Nxc1 Bc4 34. b3 d3 $1 $19) 32... Rc2 $17) 30...
Be4 31. Rad1 Rc2 32. b4 $2 {In the defense under pressure all players are
prone to make mistakes, white has missed the importance of the e2 square.} (32.
Kf1 $1 Bxd3+ 33. Rxd3 Rxb2 34. Red1 $11) 32... Bf3 33. Rc1 (33. Ra1 Be2 34. Nf4
Bc4 $19) 33... Rxc1 34. Rxc1 Be2 35. Nb2 d3 36. Re1 Rc8 $1 0-1

[Event "WCC cand"]
[Site "Cazorla"]
[Date "1998.06.03"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2790"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "1998.05.24"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 288]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Qe2 {This was a
shock for Kramnik as well as for the fans, but honestly: "Do you know any
safer method to make the coveted draw with white?"} Qe7 6. d3 Nf6 7. Nc3 Qxe2+
8. Bxe2 g6 (8... Be7 9. O-O Nc6 (9... O-O 10. Re1 Re8 11. Bg5 Kf8 12. Bf1 c6
13. Ne4 Nxe4 {1/2-1/2 Ivanovic,B-Gulko,B/Manila izt/1990/}) 10. Nb5 Kd8 11. Bd2
Bd7 12. Rfe1 h6 13. h3 Re8 14. Bf1 a6 15. Nc3 Bf8 16. Rxe8+ Bxe8 17. a3 Bd7 18.
Re1 Be6 19. g3 Kd7 20. Bg2 Re8 21. Ne2 {1/2-1/2 Forintos,G-Kholmov,R/Moscow/
1975/}) (8... c6 9. O-O Na6 10. Re1 Nc7 11. Nd4 Ne6 12. Bf3 Bd7 13. Be3 d5 14.
Re2 Bb4 15. Na4 O-O 16. Nxe6 Bxe6 17. Bc5 Bxc5 18. Nxc5 Bc8 19. Rae1 b6 20. Nb3
Bd7 21. Re5 Rfe8 22. Rxe8+ {1/2-1/2 Ivanovic,B-Jussupow,A/Erevan olm/1996/}) 9.
Nd4 (9. O-O Bg7 10. Nb5 Na6 11. d4 O-O 12. c3 Bg4 13. Re1 Rfe8 14. Bf4 Nd5 15.
Bd2 {1/2-1/2 Hazai,L-Petran,P/HUN-ch/1979/}) 9... a6 (9... Bg7 10. Ndb5 Kd8 11.
Bg5 Be6 12. Bf3 $14) 10. h3 (10. Bg5 $5 Nbd7 11. O-O-O Bg7 12. Rhe1 O-O 13. Bf3
$14) 10... Bg7 11. g4 Bd7 $1 {Black needs to finish his development and
combine it with exchange of active white pieces.} (11... Nc6 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13.
Bf3 $14) 12. Bf3 Nc6 13. Nxc6 (13. Be3 $2 Nxg4 $1 14. Nxc6 Nxe3 15. fxe3 Bxc6
$17) 13... Bxc6 (13... bxc6 $6 14. Be3 $14) 14. Bxc6+ bxc6 15. Bd2 h5 16. g5 (
16. Rg1 $2 hxg4 17. hxg4 Nxg4 $17) 16... Nd5 17. Nxd5 cxd5 18. O-O-O Kd7 {
The position is pretty equal, but it was still possible to try a bit longer.} (
18... Rb8 19. c3 Kd7 $11) (18... Kd7 19. f4 {/\ f4-f5}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "New Delhi/Teheran"]
[Date "2000.12.15"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 080"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. c4
c6 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Nc3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Bg4 12. Rb1 Nd7 13. h3 Bh5 14. Rb5 Nb6
15. c4 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 dxc4 17. Bc2 Qd7 18. a4 g6 19. Be3 Rac8 20. Rfb1 c3 21. a5
Nc4 22. Rxb7 Qe6 (22... Rc7 23. a6 (23. Bh6 Re8 24. Rxc7 Qxc7 25. Qxc3 Na3 26.
Re1 Rb8 27. Qxc7 Bxc7 28. Re7 {1-0 Motylev,A-Ristic,N/Novi Sad/2000/ (47)})
23... Nxe3 $2 (23... Nd2 24. Bxd2 cxd2 25. Qe3 Qc6 26. Rxc7 Bxc7 27. Qxd2 Qxa6
{1/2-1/2 Lukacs,P-Galyas,M/Budapest 2000/ (27)}) 24. fxe3 Rfc8 25. Kh1 $5 (25.
e4 Bf8) 25... Bf8 $2 (25... Kg7 26. Rf1 Qe7 27. e4 f6 $11) 26. Rf1 $16 {
1/2-1/2 De Firmian,N-Rozentalis,E/Hamburg/1999/ (55)}) 23. Bb3 (23. Rc1 Nxe3
24. fxe3 Rc7 25. Bb3 Qe7 26. a6 Kg7 27. Rxc7 Qxc7 28. Qb7 Rc8 {1/2-1/2/
Kazhgaleyev,M-Arencibia,W/Elista/1998/1/2-1/2 (44)}) (23. Ra1 $1 Bb8 $6 24. Bb3
$1 Qd6 25. g3 Nxe3 26. Bxf7+ (26. Qxe3 Rc7 27. Rxc7 Qxc7 $13) 26... Kh8 27.
Qxe3 Qf6 28. Be6 Rce8 29. d5 {0-1 Anand,V-Shirov,A/Linares 2000/ (41)}) (23.
Rxa7 Nd2 $17) 23... Qf5 (23... Bb8 24. Bh6 c2 25. Bxc2 $6 (25. Rc1 $1 $16)
25... Nxa5 26. Bxf8 Nxb7 27. Bb3 Qd7 28. Bh6 Nd6 29. Bf4 Qf5 30. Ba2 Nb5 {
1/2-1/2 Nijboer,F-Piket,J/Rotterdam/2000/ (30)}) 24. Qxf5 gxf5 25. Ra1 $1 {
[%mdl 2048] The bishop's pair and white active piece are forcing black into
exact play in an attampt to get enough compensation.} (25. Rxa7 Rb8 $1 $132)
25... f4 (25... Nxe3 $5 26. fxe3 Rc7 27. a6 Re8 28. Kf2 (28. Rf1 Rxe3 29. Rxf5
Ree7 $1) 28... f4 29. exf4 Bxf4 $14) 26. Bc1 Rfe8 27. f3 $1 (27. Kf1 $2 Nd2+ $1
28. Bxd2 cxd2 29. Rd1 (29. Bxf7+ Kf8 30. Bxe8 $2 Rc1+ $19) 29... Rc1 30. Bxf7+
Kf8 31. Bxe8 Rxd1+ 32. Ke2 Ra1 33. Kxd2 Kxe8 $17) 27... c2 (27... Re1+ 28. Kf2
Rh1 29. Ke2 $1 (29. Rxa7 $2 Ne5 $1 30. Bc2 (30. Ke2 Nc6) 30... Nc6 31. Rd7 Nxd4
32. Rxd6 Nxc2 33. Rb1 Re8 $19) 29... Nxa5 30. Rxa5 Rxc1 31. Rxf7 Re8+ 32. Re7+
Kf8 33. Rxe8+ Kxe8 34. Rxa7 Rg1 35. Rxh7 Rxg2+ 36. Kd3 $16) 28. Kf2 $1 (28.
Rxa7 Re1+ 29. Kf2 Bb4 $1 30. Bxc4 (30. Rb7 Bd2) 30... Rxc4 31. Ra8+ Kg7 32. a6
Bd2 33. a7 Rxc1 34. Rg8+ Kxg8 35. a8=Q+ Kg7 36. Qd5 Be3+ 37. Ke2 Rxa1 38. Qg5+
Kf8 39. Qd8+ $11) (28. Bxc2 Nxa5 $1 29. Rb2 Bc7 30. Kh2 Bb6 $11) 28... a6 (
28... Be7 $5 29. Bxf4 Bh4+ 30. g3 Bf6 31. Rd7 Red8 32. Rxd8+ Rxd8 33. Ra2 $1
Bxd4+ 34. Ke2 $16) 29. Ra4 (29. Ra2 Be7 $1 (29... Kg7 $6 30. Bxc2 Nxa5 31. Rd7
$16) 30. Bxf4 (30. Rxe7 Rxe7 31. Rxc2 Nd6 32. Rxc8+ Nxc8 33. Bxf4 $14) 30...
c1=Q 31. Bxc1 Nd6 32. Rxe7 Rxe7 33. Bf4 $14) 29... Nb2 $1 (29... Be7 $2 30.
Rxe7 Rxe7 31. Bxc4 Rb8 32. Bxa6 Rb1 33. Bxf4 c1=Q 34. Bxc1 Rxc1 35. Bd3 $18)
30. Bxf7+ $2 {This move is dropping the advantage, but even the better 30.Bxb2
was not tragic for black.} (30. Bxb2 Be7 $1 31. Rxe7 (31. g3 c1=Q 32. Bxc1 Rxc1
33. Ra2 $1 fxg3+ 34. Kxg3 $14) 31... Rxe7 32. Bc1 Rb7 (32... Rb8 33. Bxc2 Rc8
34. Ra2 Rec7 35. Bf5 $1 $18) 33. Bc4 (33. Ra3 Rb4 34. d5 Rd4 $1 35. Ra4 Rd1 36.
Bxf4 c1=Q 37. Bxc1 Rdxc1 38. Rg4+ $14) 33... Rb1 34. Bxf4 Rc6 $1 35. Bd3 (35.
d5 Rd6) 35... c1=Q 36. Bxc1 Rbxc1 37. g4 $14) 30... Kf8 31. Bxb2 (31. Rxb2 Kxf7
32. Raa2 Be7 $1 (32... Rc4 33. Rxc2 Rxd4 34. Rd2 $16) 33. g3 (33. Rxc2 Bh4+ 34.
g3 Bxg3+ 35. Kg2 Ke6 $1) 33... fxg3+ (33... Bf6 34. Rxc2 Bxd4+ 35. Kg2 fxg3 36.
Kxg3) 34. Kxg3 (34. Kg2 h5) 34... Rc6 35. Rxc2 Rg6+ 36. Kh2 Bd6+ 37. f4 Re1 $11
) 31... c1=Q 32. Bxc1 Rc2+ $1 33. Kf1 (33. Kg1 $2 Re1+ 34. Kh2 Rcxc1 $19) 33...
Rxc1+ 34. Kf2 Rc2+ 35. Kf1 Rc1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 25th"]
[Site "Ohrid"]
[Date "2009.10.10"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2009.10.04"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 133"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "St Petersburg"]
[BlackTeam "Tomsk 400"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8.
Nc3 Nxc3 9. bxc3 {This version of the Petroff Defence enjoys great popularity.
White supports his centre, opens the b-file and retains chances for active
play in the middlegame.} Bg4 10. Re1 O-O 11. Bf4 Rb8 12. h3 Bh5 13. Re3 Bd6 14.
Bxd6 Qxd6 15. Rb1 f6 (15... f5 16. Qe2 (16. Qe1 $5) 16... Rf6 17. Re1 f4 18.
Re6 Rxe6 19. Qxe6+ Qxe6 20. Rxe6 Bxf3 21. gxf3 Kf7 22. Re1 g6 $15 {1/2-1/2
Brkic,A (2521)-Huzman,A (2602)/Plovdiv 2008 (33)}) 16. c4 $1 {Svidler improves
on Topalov's play with an active blow in the centre.} (16. Qd2 Rfe8 17. Nh4
Rxe3 18. Qxe3 Re8 19. Qd2 Nd8 20. Nf5 Qd7 21. Qf4 Bg6 22. h4 Kh8 23. Qg4 Qf7
24. Qf3 b6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Topalov,V (2780)-Kramnik,V (2799)/Nice 2008 (38)})
16... dxc4 (16... Ne7 17. Qd2 Rfe8 18. Rbe1 $14) 17. Bxc4+ Kh8 {The game will
turn into a failed exercise by Black in damage limitation. It would have been
better to strive for an exchange of bishops.} (17... Bf7 $5 18. Qe2 (18. Qd3
Nb4 19. Bxf7+ Rxf7 20. Qa3 Nd5 21. Qxa7 Rff8 22. Ree1 b5 23. Qc5 $14) 18...
Nxd4 19. Bxf7+ Rxf7 20. Nxd4 Qxd4 21. Rxb7 Rbf8 22. Ra3 c6 $14) 18. c3 Rfe8 $6
(18... a6 19. a4 Na5 20. Bd3 $14) 19. Ng5 $1 Bg6 (19... Bxd1 $2 20. Nf7+ Kg8
21. Nxd6+ $18) (19... fxg5 20. Qxh5 Rxe3 21. fxe3 Qe7 22. Qe2 $16) 20. Rxe8+
Rxe8 $6 {There is a limit to the number of inaccuracies a defender can make
before his position turns from unpleasant to difficult. Svidler will enjoy the
simple advantage of a stronger bishop against the knight.} (20... Bxe8 21. Ne4
(21. Nf7+ Bxf7 22. Bxf7 g6 $14) 21... Qe7 22. Bd3 Bg6 23. Ng3 b6 $14) 21. Nf7+
Bxf7 22. Bxf7 Rf8 (22... Re7 23. Qh5 Nd8 24. Bg6 h6 25. Bd3 Kg8 26. Qa5 a6 27.
Qf5 $16) 23. Bc4 (23. Qh5 $1 Ne7 (23... f5 24. Re1 Qa3 25. Bb3 Na5 26. Qe8 Nxb3
27. axb3 h6 28. Qb5 $16) 24. Qb5 b6 25. Bc4 $16) 23... Na5 24. Bd3 g6 25. Qe2 (
25. h4 $5 b6 26. h5 Kg7 27. Qg4 f5 28. Qg5 c5 29. Re1 $16) 25... Kg7 {It must
be danerous for Motylev to neglect the plight of his poor displaced knight on
a5. In next few moves his full atention is focussed on the kingside.} (25...
Rd8 26. Bc2 Rd7 27. Re1 Kg7 28. h4 Nc6 $14) 26. h4 $1 Rf7 (26... b6 27. Rd1 (
27. h5 c5 $132) 27... Qd5 28. g3 $14) 27. h5 Re7 28. Qg4 Qe6 29. Qg3 Qf7 $2 {
We are sometimes amazed, how resilient are some chess positions despite all
the human inaccuracies. Black could have fought on with some success after the
centralisation of the black queen. The passive queen retreat is one concession
too many.} (29... Qd6 $1 30. f4 (30. Qh4 Qe6 31. a3 b6 $14) 30... Qe6 31. hxg6
Qe3+ 32. Qxe3 Rxe3 33. Rd1 hxg6 34. Kf2 Re6 $14) 30. Rb5 b6 31. hxg6 hxg6 32.
Rh5 $1 {[%mdl 2048] Svidler has managed to concentrate all his forces into a
coordinated kingside attack with devastating effect.} Re8 (32... Nb7 33. Rh4 f5
34. Qh3 Qf8 (34... Qg8 35. Bxf5 $18) 35. Bc4 Re1+ 36. Kh2 Nd6 37. Bd5 $18) 33.
Rh3 f5 (33... Nc6 34. Qh2 Re1+ 35. Bf1 Qg8 36. Qxc7+ Ne7 37. Qxa7 Qe6 38. Qa6
$16) 34. Bxf5 $1 {Black is still playing without his stranded knight so White
enjoys a superiority in the number of forces in action.} Nc6 (34... Qxf5 35.
Qxc7+ Kf6 (35... Kg8 36. Qh7+ Kf8 37. Qh8+ Ke7 38. Re3+ $18) 36. Rf3 $18) 35.
Bd3 Re6 (35... Rh8 36. Rxh8 Kxh8 37. Bxg6 $18) 36. Qh4 Qg8 37. Bc4 $1 {The
final combination belongs to the pleasures of successful chess, Svidler can
toy with attacking motifs.} (37. Qh6+ Kf6 38. Bc4 Re1+ 39. Kh2 Qxc4 40. Qf8+
Ke6 41. Qg8+ Kd6 42. Qxc4 $18) 37... Re1+ 38. Kh2 Qxc4 39. Qh8+ Kf7 40. Rh7+ (
40. Rh7+ Ke6 41. Qe8+ $18 (41. Qg8+ $18)) 1-0

[Event "Interpolis-03"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1979.11.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kavalek, Lubomir"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1979.11.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 (4. Nc4) (4. Nxf7 $5 Kxf7 5. d4 $1) 4...
Nxe4 5. d4 Be7 6. Bd3 Nf6 7. h3 O-O 8. O-O Nc6 9. c3 (9. Be3 Nb4 10. Nc3 d5 11.
a3 Nxd3 $10 {Loewental - Barnes/London/1862}) (9. a3 d5 10. Re1 (10. Nc3 a6 11.
Ne2 {Andersen-Pischel/Vienna/1873} h6 $10 {Forintos, Haag}) 10... h6 11. c4
dxc4 (11... Be6 $5 12. c5 Ne4 {Forintos, Haag}) 12. Bxc4 Bd6 13. Nc3 (13. Qd3
Qd7 $5 {/\Qf5}) 13... Bf5 $10 {Joner-Salve/Karlsbad/1911}) 9... Re8 10. Bf4 (
10. Qc2 h6 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. Nc4 Nd5 13. Ne3 (13. a4 Qf6 $132) 13... Nf4 $10 {
Rumin-Gogligze/Moscow/1935}) (10. Re1 Bd7 11. Nbd2 (11. Na3 h6 12. Nc4 Bf8 13.
Ne3 {Matulovic-Toth/Budapest m/1972} Qc8 $14 {Forintos, Haag}) (11. Bf4 h6 (
11... Bf8 $5 {Forintos, Haag}) (11... Nh5 12. Bh2 g6 13. Nbd2 Bf8 14. Rxe8 Qxe8
15. Qb3 $16 {Kaminski-Schulz/DDR ch/1989}) 12. Nbd2 Bf8 13. Qc2 Rxe1+ 14. Rxe1
$14 {I.Polgar-Toth/Kecskemet/1972}) 11... Bf8 12. Ne4 $5 d5 13. Ng3 Bd6 14.
Rxe8+ Qxe8 15. Qc2 h6 16. Bd2 Qf8 17. Nf5 $14 {Bronstein-Smyslov/USSR ch/1971})
10... Nh5 11. Bh2 g6 12. Re1 Bf8 (12... Ng7 13. d5 $5) 13. Rxe8 Qxe8 14. Nbd2
Bg7 15. Qb3 $14 Nf6 16. Re1 Qd7 17. Ne4 Nxe4 18. Bxe4 Nd8 19. d5 b6 20. Bd3 a6
21. Qc4 Bb7 22. Nd4 b5 23. Qb3 c5 24. dxc6 Nxc6 25. Nxc6 Qxc6 26. Bf1 d5 27.
Qb4 Rd8 28. Be5 Qe6 29. Bc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "ISR-chT"]
[Site "Israel"]
[Date "2005.05.06"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Erenburg, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2551"]
[Annotator "Gelfand,B"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2005.01.08"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Bf4 Nc6
8. Qd2 Bg4 9. Be2 Qd7 10. O-O-O a6 11. h3 Be6 12. Ng5 Bxg5 13. Bxg5 f6 14. Be3
(14. Bh5+ $2 g6 15. Bxf6 Rf8) 14... O-O-O 15. Rhe1 $1 $146 (15. b3 Rhe8 16.
Rhe1 Kb8 17. f4 Re7 18. Bf3 Rde8 19. Re2 Bf5 20. Rde1 Kc8 21. Bf2 Rxe2 22. Rxe2
Rxe2 23. Qxe2 Qe6 24. Qxe6+ Bxe6 25. Kd2 Kd7 {0-1 Lanin,A-Skatchkov,P/St.
Petersburg Chigorin mem 2004 (87)}) (15. g4 Rhe8 16. b3 Bf7 17. Rhe1 Bg6 18. f4
(18. f3 $5) (18. c4 d5 $3 19. cxd5 Qe7 20. Kb2 (20. c4 Nb4 21. Rf1 (21. g5 Nc2
22. Bg4+ f5 23. Kxc2 fxg4+ 24. Kb2 gxh3 $132) 21... Nc2 $11) 20... Nb4 21. d6
Qe5+ 22. c3 Rxd6 23. Bd4 Rxd4 $1 24. cxd4 Qa5 25. a3 Nd3+ $11) 18... Be4 19. c4
Qe7 $1 {/\d5} 20. Bd4 {1/2-1/2 Svidler,P-Gelfand,B/Dagomys RUS-TCh 2005 (20)})
15... Rhe8 16. c4 Qf7 (16... Ne7 17. Qb4) 17. Qc3 Bf5 (17... d5 18. cxd5 Bxd5
19. Bf1 $14) 18. a3 $1 (18. b4 d5 $5 19. cxd5 Rxd5 20. Bc4 Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1 Qe7
22. Bc5 Qe5 $11) 18... Be4 (18... h5 19. b4) 19. Bf1 (19. f3 Bg6 20. Bf1 Re7
$14) 19... Nb8 $6 (19... Ne7 20. f3 Bg6 21. b4 $14) 20. b4 b6 21. Kb2 Qg6 22.
f3 Bc6 (22... Bb7 23. a4) 23. a4 $1 Re5 (23... Bxa4 24. b5 Nd7 25. Ra1 Rxe3 (
25... Nc5 26. g4 $1 $16 (26. Bxc5 $6 Rxe1 27. Bd3 Qg3 28. Qxe1 Qxe1 29. Rxe1
dxc5 $14)) 26. Rxe3 Nc5 27. Qd2 $16) 24. Bd4 $2 (24. b5 Bb7 25. a5 $1 bxa5 26.
c5 $1 (26. Ra1 Rde8 27. Rxa5 $14) 26... axb5 (26... dxc5 27. Rxd8+ Kxd8 28.
Rd1+ Kc8 29. Bf4 $18) 27. cxd6 Nc6 28. dxc7 Rxd1 (28... Rdd5 29. Bf4) 29. Rxd1
Kxc7 30. Bf4 $18) 24... Rxe1 25. Rxe1 Re8 26. Ra1 Bb7 27. c5 (27. a5 bxa5 28.
b5 c5 29. Bf2 Qg5 $14) 27... bxc5 28. bxc5 dxc5 (28... d5 $2 29. Bd3 $18) 29.
Bxc5 (29. Qxc5 Nd7 30. Qc3 Ne5 $14) 29... Qg5 $2 (29... Nc6 $14) 30. Bd6 Nc6 $2
(30... Bc6 31. Bh2 (31. Bxa6+ Kd7 32. Bh2 Nxa6 33. Rd1+ Bd5 (33... Ke7 34. Qxc6
Rb8+ 35. Ka3 Qe3+ 36. c3 Qe2 37. Qe4+ Qxe4 38. fxe4 $16) 34. Qa5 (34. h4 Rb8+
35. Ka3 Qxh4 36. Rxd5+ Kc8 $13) 34... Rb8+ 35. Ka1 Qe3 36. Qxd5+ Ke7 37. Qd3
$14) 31... Qe3 32. Bd3 $16 (32. Qxe3 Rxe3 33. Bd3 $14)) 31. Bxa6 Qd5 32. Rd1 $1
Qxd1 33. Qxc6 Qd4+ (33... Qxd6 34. Qxe8+) 34. Ka2 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2002.01.24"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2671"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[Annotator "Gelfand,B"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2002.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 087"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {[%mdl 1] RR} e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7.
O-O O-O 8. c4 c6 9. Qc2 Na6 10. a3 f5 11. Nc3 Nc7 12. Re1 {Ftacnik: 'Grischuk
is in no hurry to close the center and believes, that the pressure against the
d5 square can bring him some advantage. '} Kh8 13. b4 Bd7 14. Bb2 Ne6 $1 $146 {
'!?' Ftacnik.} (14... Be8 15. c5 Be7 16. Ne5 Bh4 17. Rf1 Bg5 18. Ne2 Bh5 19.
Ng3 Bg6 20. Rfe1 Bf4 21. Bc1 Bxe5 22. dxe5 Qh4 23. Bb2 Ne6 24. Rad1 f4 {
Gufeld,E-Kochiev,A,USSR,1980}) 15. cxd5 (15. Ne2 N6g5 $1 16. Ne5 Bxe5 17. dxe5
f4 $40 18. Nd4 (18. f3 Nxf3+ 19. gxf3 Qg5+ 20. Ng3 fxg3 21. fxe4 Rf2) 18... f3
19. h4 Nh3+ 20. gxh3 Qxh4 $19) 15... cxd5 16. Nxd5 Rc8 $1 17. Qd1 {Ftacnik:
'Gelfand's pawn sacrifice has suddenly revealed how actively are all black
pieces cooperating.'} (17. Qb3 N6g5) (17. Nc3 Nf4) (17. Qe2 Bc6) 17... N6g5 $1
(17... Bc6 18. Ne3 Nf4 19. d5 $1 $16) 18. Ne5 (18. Ne3 Nxf3+ (18... Ba4 19. Qe2
Nc3 20. Bxc3 Nxf3+ 21. Qxf3 Rxc3 22. Qe2 $16) 19. Qxf3 Qh4 $1 (19... Ng5 20.
Qh5 f4 (20... Be8 21. Qd1 f4 22. Nf5 Bg6 23. Nxd6 Qxd6 24. d5 f3 $140 25. h4
fxg2 26. hxg5 Qf4 27. f3 Qh4 28. Bxg6 hxg6 29. Be5) 21. Nc4 $16 (21. Ng4 Bf5))
20. g3 Qh6 {/\Ng5,f4} 21. Qg2 (21. Bxe4 fxe4 22. Qg2 Rf3 $17) 21... Nxf2 22.
Qxf2 f4 23. gxf4 Rxf4 24. Qg2 Rcf8 $17) 18... Nh3+ $3 {Diagram [#] '!' Ftacnik.
} (18... Bc6 19. Nf4 $16) 19. gxh3 Qg5+ 20. Kf1 (20. Ng4 Nxf2 $1 $19) 20...
Bxe5 (20... Bc6 21. Nxc6 Qh4 22. Re2 Qxh3+ 23. Ke1 $16) (20... Ba4 21. Qxa4 Qh4
22. Re2) (20... Qh4 21. Re2 (21. Qe2 Bxe5 22. dxe5 Bc6 23. Bc4 (23. Bxe4 fxe4)
23... Qxh3+ (23... Nd2+ 24. Qxd2 Qxc4+ 25. Kg1 Bxd5 26. Rac1 $16) 24. Kg1 Nd2
$1 25. Qxd2 Qg4+ 26. Kh1 (26. Kf1 Qxc4+ 27. Re2 Bxd5 28. Rc1 Qb5 29. Rxc8 Rxc8
30. Kg1 $15) 26... Qxc4 $15) 21... Qxh3+ 22. Kg1 (22. Ke1 Bxe5 23. dxe5 Qxh2
24. Ne3 Qh1+ 25. Nf1 Ng5 26. Rc2 Rcd8 $1 $40 (26... Nf3+ 27. Ke2 Rxc2+ 28. Bxc2
) 27. Qe2 Nf3+ 28. Kd1 Bb5 $19) 22... Bxe5 23. dxe5 Qg4+ (23... Ng5 24. Re3)
24. Kf1 Qh3+ (24... Ba4 25. Qxa4 Nc5 26. bxc5 (26. Qd1 Qh3+ 27. Kg1 $11) 26...
Qxa4 27. e6 $36) 25. Kg1 $11) 21. dxe5 Bc6 $5 {'!' Ftacnik. Ftacnik: 'This
exact move is crowning the original attacking combination, white has to play
with extreme caution.'} (21... Nd2+ 22. Ke2 Be8 23. Ne3 Bh5+ 24. Kxd2 Bxd1 25.
Raxd1 Rfd8 (25... f4 26. Nc4 f3+ 27. Re3 Qh4 28. Ke1 Rxc4 29. Bxc4 Qxc4 30. e6)
26. Rg1 Qh6 27. Ke1 $16) (21... Be6 $5 22. Ne3 (22. Rxe4 fxe4 23. Bxe4 Bxh3+ (
23... Rcd8 $5) 24. Ke2 Qh4 25. f3 Bf5 $1 (25... Be6 $5) 26. Bxf5 Rxf5 27. Rc1
Qxh2+ 28. Kd3 Rcf8 $15 (28... Rd8 29. Ke4) 29. Bd4 Rxf3+) (22. Bc1 $2 Qh4 23.
Bxe4 fxe4 24. Nf4 Rxc1 25. Qxc1 Rxf4 $19) (22. f4 Qh4 23. Bxe4 fxe4 24. Kg1
Rcd8 (24... Bxd5 25. Qg4 (25. Qxd5 Rc2) 25... Qxg4+ (25... Qh6 26. Bd4 Rc6 27.
f5 Rxf5 28. Qxf5 Rg6+ 29. Kf1) 26. hxg4 Rxf4 27. h3 $11) 25. Bc1 Rxd5 26. Qe2
Qxh3 $15) 22... Qf4 $1 (22... Qh4 $2 23. Qe2 (23. Re2 Qxh3+ 24. Kg1 Rfd8 25.
Rc2 Ng5 26. Rxc8 Bxc8 27. Be4 Rxd1+ 28. Rxd1 Be6) 23... Qxh3+ 24. Kg1 Ng5 25.
f4 $18) 23. Re2 Qxh2 24. Ke1 Qh1+ (24... Rfd8 $6 25. Nf1 Qg1 26. Rc1 $1 (26. h4
Rd7) 26... Rxc1 27. Bxc1 Nc3 (27... Bc4 28. Rc2) 28. Qc2 Nxe2 29. Bxe2 $14) (
24... Rcd8 25. Nf1 Qg1 (25... Qh1 26. Re3) 26. h4 $13 Rd7 (26... g5 27. Qc2 Rc8
28. Qb1 gxh4 29. Bxe4 fxe4 30. Qxe4 h3 31. f3 $13) 27. Qc2 Rfd8 28. Rd1) 25.
Nf1 Ng5 26. Rc2 Rcd8 (26... Nf3+ 27. Ke2 Rcd8 28. Nd2 $18) 27. f4 Nf3+ (27...
Qxh3 $5 28. fxg5 Rxd3 29. Qe2 Rfd8 $44) 28. Kf2 Bd5 29. Kg3 $1 Ne1 $1 30. Qxe1
Qf3+ 31. Kh2 Qh1+ $11) (21... Rcd8 {Olpiner,Z.} 22. Bc1 $1 (22. Re3 Be6 (22...
f4 23. Rf3 Ba4 24. Qe2 $18) (22... Bc6 23. Bxe4 (23. f4 Qh6) 23... fxe4 24. Qg4
) 23. Nc3 Qh4 24. Qe2 Ng5 25. f4 Qxf4+ 26. Kg1 $13) (22. f4 Qh4) 22... Qh4 (
22... f4 23. Qf3) 23. Qf3 Bc6 24. Bxe4 fxe4 25. Qg3 (25. Rxe4 $16) 25... Qxg3
26. hxg3 Rxd5 $16) 22. Bc1 $1 (22. f4 Qh6 23. Bxe4 fxe4 24. Kg1 Rcd8 25. Qg4
Rxd5 26. Bc1 Rd3 $15) (22. Ne3 Rcd8 23. Qc2 Rxd3 24. Qxd3 Qf4 25. Nd1 Nd2+ 26.
Kg1 Nf3+ 27. Kf1 Qxh2 28. Ke2 Qxh3 $40) 22... Qh4 23. Bxe4 fxe4 24. Be3 (24.
Ra2 e3 $1 (24... Qxh3+ 25. Kg1 Rcd8 26. Rd2 $11) 25. Rxe3 Qc4+ $17) (24. Nf4
Rxf4 25. Bxf4 Qxh3+ 26. Kg1 e3 $19) 24... Qxh3+ (24... Rcd8 $2 25. Qg4) (24...
Rf3 25. b5 $1 Bxb5+ 26. Kg1 Rxh3 (26... Rd8 27. e6 Rxh3 28. e7 Re8 29. Bf4 Rd3
30. Bg3 Qg5 31. Nc7) 27. Bf4 Rd3 28. Bg3 Qd8 29. Qg4 Rxd5 30. Rxe4 $13) 25. Kg1
Bxd5 (25... Rcd8 26. Nf4 Qh4 27. Ng2) 26. Qxd5 Qg4+ (26... Rc6 $2 27. Bf4 $18 (
27. Qxe4 Rg6+ 28. Kh1 Rf5 29. Bf4 Rxf4 30. Rad1 $16)) 27. Kf1 Qh3+ (27... Qf3
28. Kg1 (28. e6 Rc2 29. Kg1)) 28. Kg1 Qg4+ 29. Kf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates FIDE m1"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[Annotator "Gelfand,B"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1994.01.16"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 039"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Hansen,LB} d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 e5 4. Bxc4 exd4 5. exd4 Nf6 6. Nf3 Be7 7.
O-O O-O 8. h3 Nc6 {!? Hansen,LB} (8... Nbd7 $5) 9. Nc3 Na5 10. Bd3 Be6 11. Re1
Nc6 12. a3 Qd6 $146 {!? Hansen,LB} (12... a6) (12... Re8 {Hansen,LB}) 13. Be3
Nd5 14. Qc2 Kh8 {! Hansen,LB} (14... h6 15. Rad1 $14) 15. Rad1 (15. Ne4 $5 Qd7
(15... Qd8 16. Ng3 $14) 16. Neg5 (16. Ng3 f5 $132) 16... Bxg5 (16... f5 17.
Nxe6 Qxe6 18. Bg5 $14) 17. Nxg5 h6 18. Nxe6 fxe6 $14) 15... f5 $2 {x e5,e6, /
^a2-g8} (15... Nxc3 16. bxc3 Qxa3 17. Bxh7 $1 (17. Rb1 Qd6 18. Rxb7 Rab8 $14) (
17. Rb1 $44 {Hansen,LB}) 17... Bb3 (17... g6 18. d5 $1 (18. Bxg6 $2 Bb3) 18...
Bf5 (18... Bxd5 19. Rxd5 Kxh7 20. Bc1 Qa6 21. Qd2 $18) 19. Qd2 Kxh7 (19... Na5
20. Bc5 $3 Qxc5 21. Qh6 $18) 20. dxc6 bxc6 21. Nd4 $16) (17... Qb3 18. Rb1 $1
Qxc2 19. Bxc2 $16) (17... Qa2 18. Qxa2 Bxa2 19. Be4 $16) 18. Qf5 g6 19. Qf4 $1
Kxh7 20. Qh6+ Kg8 21. Bg5 (21. Ng5 $2 Bxg5 22. Bxg5 Qd6 23. Re4 Bxd1 24. Rh4
Bh5 25. g4 Rae8 $1 26. gxh5 Re1+ 27. Kg2 Qd5+ $19) 21... Bxd1 (21... f6 22.
Qxg6+ Kh8 23. Re4 $1 fxg5 24. Qh6+ Kg8 25. Nxg5 Rf7 26. Nxf7 Kxf7 27. Qh5+ $1
$18) 22. Rxe7 $1 (22. Bxe7 $5 Qxe7 23. Ng5 $1 (23. Rxe7 Bxf3 $1 24. Rxc7 Bd5
$13) 23... Qxg5 (23... Qxe1+ $2 24. Kh2 $18) 24. Qxg5 Bc2 25. d5 $1 $36) 22...
Qd6 $8 23. Rd7 $1 (23. Re4 $2 Bxf3 24. gxf3 f5 $1 25. Rh4 Kf7 $19) 23... Qe6 $8
24. d5 Qf5 25. Nh4 $1 Qe5 26. dxc6 (26. Nxg6 $5 Qg7 27. Nxf8 Ne5 28. Re7 Rxf8
29. Qxg7+ Kxg7 30. Rxe5 $14) 26... Bc2 27. Nf3 $1 Qxc3 28. Qh4 $1 Qh8 $8 29.
Qxh8+ Kxh8 30. Bf6+ Kg8 (30... Kh7 31. Ng5+ $18) 31. Rd4 g5 32. Nxg5 $18) (
15... Rad8 {Hansen,LB}) 16. Bc1 Rad8 {?! Hansen,LB} (16... a6 $142 $14 {
Hansen,LB}) 17. Re2 $1 Bf6 18. Rde1 Bc8 (18... Bg8 $2 19. Nb5 $18) 19. Bc4 $1 (
19. Nb5 $6 Qd7) 19... Nxc3 (19... Nb6 $2 20. Nb5 Qd7 21. Be6 $18) (19... Nf4
20. Bxf4 Qxf4 21. Nd5 Qd6 22. Nxf6 Qxf6 23. d5 $16) 20. bxc3 $16 h6 21. a4 $6 (
21. h4 $142 $40) 21... b6 22. h4 $1 (22. Qa2 $6 Na5 23. Ba3 c5) 22... Na5 23.
Ba2 c5 24. Ng5 $1 Ba6 $6 (24... cxd4 $2 25. Nf7+ Rxf7 26. Bxf7 d3 27. Re8+ Kh7
28. h5 $18) (24... hxg5 $2 25. hxg5 cxd4 26. Qd3 $1 $18) (24... c4 25. Ne6 Bxe6
26. Rxe6 $16) (24... Qc7 $142 $1 25. dxc5 $1 (25. d5 c4 $1 26. Ne6 Bxe6 27.
dxe6 Rd3 $132) 25... bxc5 26. Ne6 Bxe6 27. Bxe6 Bxh4 (27... f4 28. h5 $16) 28.
Bxf5 $16) 25. Re6 Qd7 26. Qxf5 $1 {!! Hansen,LB} Bxg5 (26... hxg5 27. hxg5 $18)
27. Qg6 $1 $18 {/\ Bb1} Qf7 (27... Rf6 28. Re8+ Rf8 29. Bb1 $18) 28. Qxf7 Rxf7
29. hxg5 cxd4 30. cxd4 (30. gxh6 $5) (30. g6 $5 Rff8 31. Bxh6 $1 gxh6 32. Re7
$18) 30... Bc4 31. Re8+ (31. Bxc4 Nxc4 32. gxh6 $18) 31... Rxe8 32. Rxe8+ Kh7
33. Bb1+ g6 34. gxh6 Nc6 35. Be3 Re7 36. Rc8 Bd5 37. Bd3 Nb4 38. Be2 Be6 39.
Rd8 Nd5 40. Bg5 Rd7 41. Re8 Bf7 42. Rb8 Be6 43. Bf3 Rf7 44. Rd8 Rf5 45. Bd2 Nf6
46. Ra8 g5 47. Rxa7+ Kxh6 48. Ra6 Nd7 49. a5 Rb5 50. axb6 1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2001.11.29"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2596"]
[BlackElo "2701"]
[Annotator "Gelfand,B"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O Nc6 8. c4
Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. a3 Nc6 11. cxd5 Qxd5 12. Nc3 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Bf5 14. c4 Qd6
15. d5 Ne5 16. Nd4 Bd7 17. a4 Qg6 (17... c5 {-82/290}) 18. Bf4 $1 (18. Kh1 Bc5
19. Bb2 Rfe8 {Bologan}) (18. f4 Bh3 19. Bf3 Nxf3+ 20. Qxf3 Bc5 21. Be3 Bd7 22.
Nf5 Bxf5 23. Bxc5 Rfe8 $15 {Bologan}) 18... Bf6 19. Ra3 $5 (19. Rb1 b6 20. Re1
Rae8 21. Nb5 $14 {Bologan}) 19... Qe4 (19... Rfe8 20. Re3 $14) 20. Be3 Rfe8 (
20... Ng4 21. Bxg4 Bxg4 22. f3 (22. Qb1 $14) 22... Qe7 23. d6 $1 Qxd6 24. c5
$18) 21. f3 Qg6 (21... Qh4 22. Bf2 Qh6 23. Nb5 $14) 22. Bf2 $6 (22. Nb5 $1 $14
Bh3 $140 23. Rf2 Bh4 24. g3) 22... Be7 $1 $15 23. Ra2 Bc5 24. Qb1 Qf6 25. Rd1
h5 26. Bf1 a6 (26... b6 27. Nb5 $5) 27. Kh1 $1 h4 28. h3 b6 29. a5 Ng6 30. axb6
cxb6 31. Nb3 Bxf2 32. Rxf2 a5 33. c5 $6 (33. Nd4 $11) 33... a4 34. Nd2 bxc5 35.
Ne4 Qf4 36. Nxc5 Qe3 (36... Bf5 $5 37. Qc1 Rec8 $15) 37. Rc2 Bf5 38. Bd3 Bxd3
39. Nxd3 Red8 40. Nc5 (40. Qa2 $15) 40... a3 41. Qc1 Qe5 42. Rcd2 $2 (42. Ra2
$15) 42... Nf4 43. Nd3 Qxd5 $2 $138 (43... Nxd3 44. Rxd3 a2 45. Qa1 (45. Ra3
Rxa3 46. Qxa3 Rxd5) 45... Qxa1 46. Rxa1 Rdb8 47. Rdd1 Rb2 48. d6 Kf8 49. Re1
Rd2 50. Kh2 Ra3 51. d7 Rxd7 52. Re2 $17) 44. Nb4 $1 (44. Nxf4 Qxd2 45. Rxd2
Rxd2 $19) 44... Qg5 45. Rxd8+ Rxd8 46. Rxd8+ Qxd8 47. Qxf4 Qd1+ 48. Kh2 Qb3 49.
Qd2 g6 50. Qd8+ Kg7 51. Qd4+ Kg8 52. Nd5 a2 53. Nf6+ Kf8 54. Qd8+ Kg7 55. Qd4
Qb8+ (55... Kf8) 56. f4 a1=Q 57. Nh5+ Kh6 58. Qxa1 Kxh5 59. Qf6 Kh6 60. Qxf7 (
60. Qxh4+ Kg7 $14) 60... Qd6 61. Kg1 Qd1+ 62. Kh2 Qd6 63. Kg1 Qd1+ 64. Kh2
1/2-1/2

[Event "World-ch Carlsen-Caruana"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2018.11.24"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2835"]
[BlackElo "2832"]
[Annotator "Gelfand,B"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2018.11.09"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {It is noteworthy that Magnus shuffles beetween 1.d4, 1.c4 and 1.e4,
while Fabiano had always started his games with 1.e4.The reason is a totally
different attitude to opening preparation by world champion and the challenger.
} e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 {I am happy to see that Fabiano sticks to a Petroff, which
served him well this year (especially in the Candidates,where he didn't face
any problems in this opening) I had successfully used this opening for many
years and during World Cup 2009 which I won it was my only weapon. However,
before my World Championship match vs Vishy Anand in 2012, I switched to the
Sveshnikov (Magnus' choice in this match!) in order to surprise my opponent.
It seems that Fabiano has even more trust in Petroff than I had!} 3. Nxe5 d6 4.
Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 {One of the most popular systems nowadays.} Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7.
Be3 O-O {Here, two schools of thoughts exist. Vladimir Kramnik and myself had
always castled short, which is a more ambitious try. More popular is 7...Nc6,
followed by Be6, Qd7 and long castle with a solid, but passive position.
Fabiano tried it both, but had chosen a more principled approach in this
important game.} 8. Qd2 Nd7 9. O-O-O Nf6 (9... Ne5 {was a system I advocated
with quite a success, but since then some new, interesting ideas have been
found.}) (9... c6 {was Fabiano's choice earlier this year. He equalized
convincingly against Levon Aronian.} 10. h4 (10. Kb1 d5 11. c4 Nb6 12. cxd5
Nxd5 13. Bc4 Bf5 14. Bxd5 cxd5 15. Qxd5 Qc8 16. Nd4 Bg6 17. Ka1 Re8 18. Rhe1
Bf6 19. c3 Re5 20. Qb3 a6 21. Bf4 Rxe1 22. Rxe1 Qd7 23. Be5 Re8 24. f4 Bd8 25.
a4 h6 26. Rd1 Qg4 27. Rd2 b5 28. axb5 axb5 29. Qd1 Qd7 30. f5 Bg5 31. Rd3 Bxf5
32. Nxf5 Qxf5 33. Bg3 Ra8+ 34. Kb1 Rd8 35. Kc2 b4 36. cxb4 Rc8+ 37. Kb3 Qe6+
38. Rd5 Rd8 39. Kc4 Qc6+ {0-1 (39) Robson,R (2660)-Caruana,F (2804) Saint
Louis 2018}) 10... d5 11. Kb1 Re8 12. Bd3 Bc5 13. Rde1 Bxe3 14. Rxe3 Rxe3 15.
Qxe3 Nf6 16. Re1 Qd6 17. Qe8+ Qf8 18. Qxf8+ Kxf8 19. Kc1 Bd7 20. c4 dxc4 21.
Bxc4 Re8 22. Rxe8+ Bxe8 23. Kd2 Ke7 24. Ne5 Nd7 25. Nf3 Nf6 26. Ne5 Nd7 27. Nf3
Nf6 28. Ne5 {1/2-1/2 (28) Aronian,L (2780)-Caruana,F (2827) Batumi 2018}) 10.
Bd3 ({Fabiano failed to equalize with White in the following game} 10. h3 c5
11. Bf4 Be6 12. a3 d5 13. Ng5 Bd7 14. g4 Bc6 15. Bg2 Re8 16. Qd3 Bd6 {1/2-1/2 
(98) Caruana,F (2784)-Hou,Y (2654) Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden 2018}) 10... c5 11.
Rhe1 Be6 {Ex-women's world champion Alexandra Kosteniuk is the main advocate
of this setup.} 12. Kb1 (12. Bg5 {White won a beautiful game after} h6 $2 13.
Bxh6 c4 14. Bxg7 $1 cxd3 15. Qg5 Ne4 16. Qh6 Bg5+ 17. Nxg5 Qxg5+ 18. Qxg5 Nxg5
19. Bxf8 dxc2 20. Rxd6 Kxf8 21. h4 Nh7 22. Kxc2 {1-0 (62) Karjakin,S (2779)
-Harikrishna,P (2763) Shamkir 2016 CBM 173 [Mekhitarian,K]}) 12... Qa5 13. c4
Qxd2 14. Bxd2 {Black's position is extremely solid and I believe he has solved
all the opening problems. Either Magnus trusted in his ability to exploit
minimal advantages or he was not well prepared for this game. I would tend to
believe the first option.} h6 {A small deviation from an earlier game.} (14...
Rfe8 15. Ng5 Bd7 16. f3 Bc6 17. a3 h6 18. Ne4 Nxe4 19. Bxe4 Bxe4 20. Rxe4 Bf8
21. Bf4 g5 22. Bg3 f5 23. Ree1 Kf7 24. Kc1 Rxe1 25. Rxe1 Re8 26. Rxe8 Kxe8 {
1/2-1/2 (48) Sasikiran,K (2671)-Miroshnichenko,E (2606) Saint Louis USA 2018})
15. Nh4 (15. h3 $5 {would prevent Ng4-e5 ,but give Black time to prepare d6-d5}
) 15... Rfe8 16. Ng6 Ng4 17. Nxe7+ Rxe7 18. Re2 Ne5 19. Bf4 (19. Bc3 {was the
last attempt to spice things up:} Nxd3 $140 ({Safer is} 19... f6 20. Bxe5 dxe5
21. Bg6 Rd7 $11) 20. Rxd3 Rd7 21. Rg3 g6 22. Rxe6 (22. Bf6 $5) 22... fxe6 23.
Rxg6+ Kh7 24. Rxe6 {with a complicated endgame.}) 19... Nxd3 20. Rxd3 Rd7 {
The rest of the game is hardly interesting.} 21. Rxd6 Rxd6 22. Bxd6 Rd8 23. Rd2
Bxc4 24. Kc1 b6 25. Bf4 Rxd2 26. Kxd2 a6 ({Avoiding a cute trap:} 26... Bxa2 $2
27. b3 c4 28. Kc3 cxb3 29. Kb2) 27. a3 Kf8 28. Bc7 b5 29. Bd6+ Ke8 30. Bxc5 {
Even though White is a full pawn up, this is a dead draw.} h5 31. Ke3 Kd7 32.
Kd4 g6 33. g3 Be2 34. Bf8 Kc6 35. b3 Bd1 36. Kd3 Bg4 37. c4 Be6 38. Kd4 bxc4
39. bxc4 Bg4 40. c5 Be6 41. Bh6 Bd5 42. Be3 Be6 43. Ke5 Bd5 44. Kf4 Be6 45. Kg5
Bd5 46. g4 hxg4 47. Kxg4 Ba2 48. Kg5 Bb3 49. Kf6 Ba2 50. h4 Bb3 51. f4 Ba2 52.
Ke7 Bb3 53. Kf6 Ba2 54. f5 Bb1 $1 {The only finesse Black should know.} 55. Bf2
Bc2 (55... Bxf5 $4 56. h5) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Astana"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2001.05.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2712"]
[Annotator "Gelfand,B"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2001.05.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O Nc6 8. c4
Nf6 9. Nc3 Be6 10. c5 Bg4 11. Bb5 O-O 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 Re8 (
14... Nd7 15. b4 Bf6 16. Qd3 a5 17. bxa5 Rxa5 18. Rd1 Qc8 19. Rb1 Re8 20. Rb3
Nf8 21. Be3 Ne6 22. a4 $14 {1-0 Socko,B-Kuczynski,R/Warsaw POL 2001 (90)}) 15.
Be3 $146 (15. Re1 Rb8 16. Re2 Nd7 17. Qd3 Bf6 18. Rb1 Nf8 19. Rxe8 Qxe8 20. Be3
Qc8 21. b4 a6 22. Rb3 $14 {1-0 Palac,M-Pavasovic,D/Pozega 2000 (41)}) 15... Qb8
(15... Nd7 16. b4 Bf6 17. Rfc1 $14) 16. Rab1 Bf8 17. Rfe1 (17. Bf4 Qb4 18. Rfd1
Rac8) (17. b4 Ne4 18. Bf4 Nxc3 19. Qxc3 Re4) 17... Qb4 (17... Ne4 $6 18. Bf4
Nxc3 19. bxc3 $16 (19. Qxc3 $5) (19. Rxe8 Qxe8 20. bxc3 Rb8)) 18. a3 Qc4 (18...
Qb3 19. Qg3 (19. Bg5 $5) 19... Re7 20. Bg5 $16) 19. Rbc1 (19. Qg3 {Notkin,M.}
Re7 20. Red1 (20. Rbd1 Rae8) 20... g6 (20... Rae8 21. Bg5 Ne4 22. Nxe4 Rxe4 23.
Qxc7 $16) 21. Bg5 Bg7 $11) 19... Rab8 $2 (19... Re6 $5 20. Qd1 Rae8 21. Ne2 Qa6
22. Nf4 Re4 23. Nd3 Nd7 $11) 20. Qf5 $2 (20. b4 $1 a5 $6 (20... Qb3 21. Bg5
Qxa3 22. Bxf6 gxf6 23. b5 cxb5 24. Qg4+ Kh8 25. Nxd5 $16) 21. bxa5 Rb3 22. Nb1
$1 Qa6 23. Qd1 $16) 20... Qb3 21. Bg5 Ne4 $11 (21... Qxb2 22. Bxf6 gxf6 $5 (
22... Rxe1+ 23. Rxe1 Qxc3 24. Re3 Qc1+ 25. Kh2 Qb1 (25... Rb1 26. Bxg7 $1 Qh1+
27. Kg3 Rg1 28. Bxf8 Qxg2+ (28... Rxg2+ 29. Kh4 Kxf8 30. Rf3 Rg7 31. Qc8+) 29.
Kh4 Kxf8 30. Qc8+ Kg7 31. Rg3+ $18) 26. Qe5 (26. Qf4 Rb3 27. Re8 Rb8 28. Bd8
$18) (26. Qd7 $1 {Notkin,M.} gxf6 27. Rg3+ Bg7 28. Qg4 Qg6 29. Qf4 $1)) 23.
Red1 (23. Qd3 Bh6 24. Rxe8+ Rxe8 25. Rc2 Qxa3 {Notkin}) 23... Bh6 (23... Qxa3
24. Ne2) 24. Rc2 Qxa3 $13) 22. Nxe4 dxe4 23. Rxe4 Qd3 24. Rce1 Rxb2 25. Qf4 (
25. Qf3 Rxe4 (25... Qxf3 26. gxf3 Rc8 27. Re8 Rbb8 28. Rxc8 Rxc8 29. Rb1 g6 30.
Rb7 Bg7 31. Be3 a5 32. Ra7 Rd8) 26. Qxd3 Rxe1+ 27. Kh2 h5 $13) 25... Rxe4 26.
Qxe4 Qxe4 27. Rxe4 f6 28. Bf4 Kf7 29. Bxc7 Ra2 (29... Rb3 30. Bd6 (30. Re3 Rb1+
31. Kh2 Rd1) 30... Bxd6 31. cxd6 Rb7 $11) 30. Bd6 Rxa3 31. Bxf8 Kxf8 32. Re6
Rd3 33. Rxc6 Rd1+ 34. Kh2 Rxd4 35. Rc8+ Ke7 36. c6 Rc4 37. Rc7+ Kf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 13th"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2001.11.11"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2701"]
[Annotator "Gelfand,B"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[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 "Spain"]
[BlackTeam "Israel"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISR"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O Nc6 8. c4
Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Be6 11. Be3 Bf5 12. Qb3 c6 13. cxd5 Nxc3 $5 $146 (13...
cxd5 14. Rac1 $14) 14. bxc3 Nxd5 15. Qxb7 $5 (15. c4 Nxe3 16. fxe3 Qc7 $132) (
15. Bd2 $5) 15... Nxc3 (15... Qb6 16. Qxb6 axb6 17. Bd2 $16) 16. Bc4 Rb8 (16...
Be4 17. Ne5 $16) 17. Qxc6 Be4 $5 (17... Rc8 18. Qa6 Be4 19. Ne5 (19. Nd2 $5)
19... Bd6 20. Rfc1 Bxe5 21. dxe5 Rc6 22. Qa3 (22. Qxc6 Bxc6 23. Rxc3 Qa8 24.
Bf1 $14) 22... Rxc4 23. Rxc3 $14) 18. Bxf7+ Rxf7 19. Qxc3 Bb4 $5 (19... Bxf3 $5
20. gxf3 Bd6 21. Qc6 $1 Qf6 (21... Rb6 22. Qe4) 22. Qe4 $14 (22. f4 Qf5 $132))
20. Qc4 (20. Qb3 $5 Bxf3 (20... Bd5 21. Bg5 $5 Rxf3 (21... Bxb3 22. Bxd8 Bd5
23. Bg5 $14) 22. Qxb4 $1 (22. Bxd8 Rxb3 23. axb3 Rxd8 24. Rxa7 Bc3 $11) 22...
Rxb4 23. Bxd8 $16) 21. gxf3 Bd6 22. Qe6 Rb6 23. Qe4 $14) 20... Bd5 21. Qd3 Rxf3
22. gxf3 Qd7 $1 (22... Qf6 23. f4 g5 24. f5 $18 (24. f3 gxf4 25. Bd2)) (22...
Bd6 23. Qf5) 23. Rfb1 (23. Bf4 $5 Rf8 24. Bg3 Rxf3 25. Qe2 $13) 23... Qh3 (
23... Qf7 24. Bd2 $1 Bc4 25. Qc2 Rb6 26. Bf4 $3 $18) 24. Bf4 Rf8 25. Rxb4 $6 (
25. Bg3 $142 $1 a5 26. a3 Rxf3 27. Qf1 Qe6 (27... Qh6 $5 28. Qe2 $1 (28. axb4
Rxg3+ 29. fxg3 Qe3+ 30. Qf2 Qe4 $11) 28... Qh5 29. Rb2 Bf8 $132) (27... Qf5 28.
axb4 (28. Qe2 $5) 28... Qe4) 28. axb4 Qe4 29. bxa5 $8 (29. Rc1 Rc3 $3 30. f3
Qe3+ $11) (29. Rb2 Rb3 $3 30. f3 Rxf3) (29. Re1 Rxg3+ 30. fxg3 Qh1+ $11) (29.
Qh3 $2 Rf8 $19) (29. Rxa5 Rb3 $1 (29... Rxg3+ 30. fxg3 Qh1+ 31. Kf2 Qf3+ 32.
Ke1 Qc3+ 33. Kd1 Bf3+ 34. Qxf3 Qxf3+ 35. Kc2 Qe4+ 36. Kb2) 30. Rxd5 (30. f3
Qe3+) 30... Rxb1 31. Rd7 $11) 29... Rxg3+ (29... h5 $5) (29... Rb3 $2 30. f3
Rxf3 31. Rb8+ Kf7 32. Qxf3+ $1 Qxf3 33. Rf1 $18) 30. fxg3 Qh1+ 31. Kf2 Qf3+ 32.
Ke1 Qc3+ 33. Kd1 Bf3+ 34. Qxf3 Qxf3+ 35. Kd2 Qf2+ 36. Kd3 Qf3+ 37. Kc4 Qc6+ 38.
Kb4 Qb7+ 39. Ka3 Qe7+ 40. Rb4 Qe3+ 41. Ka4 $16) 25... Rxf4 26. Rb8+ Kf7 27.
Rb7+ $1 (27. Qe3 $4 Rg4+ $19) 27... Kg8 (27... Bxb7 28. Qb3+) (27... Kf6 28.
Qa6+) 28. Rb8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates qf1"]
[Site "Brussels"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[Annotator "Gelfand,B"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1991.08.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. c4
c6 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Nc3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Bg4 12. Rb1 b6 13. Rb5 Bc7 14. h3 (14. c4
{-47/328.48/417}) 14... a6 15. hxg4 $1 {N} (15. Rxd5 {-49/364}) 15... axb5 16.
Qc2 g6 (16... h6 $6 17. g5 $16) 17. Bh6 (17. Bxb5 $5 Nd7 18. Qb3 (18. Bh6 $5
Re8 $14) 18... Nf6 19. Bh6 Nxg4 $1 20. Bxf8 Kxf8 $10) 17... Re8 18. Bxb5 Re4 (
18... Re6 $6 19. c4 $16) (18... Nd7 $5 {-17.>>b5}) 19. g5 $2 (19. Ng5 $6 Re7 (
19... Rxg4 $4 20. Re1)) (19. c4 $1 $40) 19... Qd6 (19... Ra3 $1 20. g3 (20. c4
$2 Rxf3 21. gxf3 Qd6 $19) (20. Nd2 Qd6 21. g3 Re7 $15 {[]c6}) 20... Qc8 $1 $15
) 20. Ne5 Qe6 $2 (20... Rxe5 21. dxe5 Qxe5 22. g3 $1 (22. f4 Qe3+ 23. Kh1 (23.
Qf2 $6 Qxf2+ (23... Bxf4 $4 24. Re1 $1 $18) 24. Rxf2 Na6 25. Bxa6 Rxa6 26. g3
b5 $10) 23... Na6 $13) 22... Bd6 (22... Na6 $6 23. Bxa6 Rxa6 24. Qd2 $18) 23.
Qd2 Bc5 24. Kg2 $16) (20... Nc6 $1 21. Bxc6 (21. f3 $6 Rxe5 22. Bxc6 Re7 $1 $19
) 21... Rxe5 22. dxe5 (22. Bxa8 $2 Re2 $1 $19) 22... Qxc6 23. f4 Ra3 $1 $15)
21. f4 $1 (21. f3 Re3 $6 (21... Rxe5 $1 {-20...<<e5}) 22. f4 $5 $16 (22. Kf2 $6
Bxe5 $1 23. Kxe3 Bg3+ 24. Kd2 Nc6 $40)) 21... Nc6 $1 (21... Bxe5 22. fxe5 Nc6
23. Qf2 $16 {>>d3}) 22. Nxc6 (22. Bxc6 $6 Bxe5 23. Bxa8 Bxf4 24. Rxf4 Rxf4 25.
Qd2 Qf5 $1 26. Bxd5 Rf1+ 27. Kh2 Qg4 $3 (27... Qxd5 28. Qe2 $18) 28. Qe3 Qh4+
29. Qh3 Qf4+ 30. g3 Qf2+ 31. Qg2 Qe1 32. Kh3 (32. Qe4 Rf2+ 33. Kh3 Qf1+ 34. Kh4
Rh2+ 35. Kg4 Qh3+ $10 36. Kf3 (36. Kf4 Rf2+ $19) 36... Qf1+ $10 (36... Qh5+ $2
37. Kf4 Rf2+ 38. Ke5 Re2 39. Kf6 $3 Rf2+ (39... Rxe4 40. Bxf7+ Kh8 41. Bg7# {
(+)}) 40. Ke7 Re2 41. Bxf7+ Kh8 42. Qxe2 $1 Qxe2+ 43. Kf8 $18)) 32... Rf2 33.
Qh1 (33. Qe4 {-32.1/4e4}) 33... Qe2 34. g4 Qe3+ 35. Kh4 Re2 36. Bxf7+ $1 $10)
22... Rxf4 (22... Bxf4 $2 23. Rxf4 Rxf4 24. Ne5) 23. Rxf4 $2 (23. Qd2 $1 Rxf1+
24. Kxf1 Bg3 25. a4 Qe4 (25... Qf5+ 26. Kg1 Qb1+ 27. Bf1 Re8 28. Ne5 Bxe5 29.
dxe5 Rxe5 30. Qd4 Qe4 31. Qxb6 Qe3+ 32. Qxe3 Rxe3 33. a5 Rxc3 34. Kf2 $18) 26.
Bd3 Qh4 27. Qe3 $1 $16) 23... Bxf4 24. Ne5 (24. Qe2 $2 Rxa2 $1 $17) 24... Bxe5
25. dxe5 Qxe5 26. a4 (26. Qd2 $6 Ra3 $1) (26. Qf2 Qxc3 27. Qxb6 Qa1+ $1 28. Bf1
Qxa2 29. Qf6 Qa1 $10) 26... Qe1+ (26... Rc8 $2 27. Qf2 Rxc3 (27... Rc5 28. Qf6
$18) 28. Qxb6 $18) 27. Kh2 Rc8 (27... Qh4+ $10) 28. Qd3 Qe5+ (28... Rxc3 $4 29.
Qd4 $18) 29. Qg3 Qxc3 30. Qf4 (30. Qxc3 Rxc3 31. Kg1 Re3 $1 $10) 30... Qc7 31.
Kg3 Qc3+ $1 (31... Qxf4+ 32. Kxf4 $16) 32. Kh2 (32. Kg4 Qc2 $1 $10) 32... Qc7
33. Kg3 Qc3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-36"]
[Site "Mallorca"]
[Date "2004.10.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Black "Macieja, Bartlomiej"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[Annotator "Georgiev,Ki"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[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 "Bulgaria"]
[BlackTeam "Poland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BUL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "POL"]

1. e4 {Atlas,V} e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7.
Bf4 Nc6 8. Qd2 Bg4 9. O-O-O Qd7 10. Be2 O-O-O 11. h3 Bf5 (11... Be6) (11... Bh5
) 12. Nd4 Nxd4 13. Qxd4 c5 14. Qd2 (14. Qxg7 $4 Qa4 $19) 14... Qa4 15. Kb1
Bxc2+ $6 16. Qxc2 Qxf4 $11 17. Bf3 Kb8 18. Rhe1 Rd7 19. Bd5 $1 $146 {[%csl Rb7,
Re7,Rf7]} (19. Qb3) 19... Bd8 20. a3 {Atlas,V: 'At first glance, it is
difficult to imagine that Black can lose this position. Yet, White has a full
compensation for the sacrificed pawn and it is not very easy for Black to
prevent further development of White's initiative.'} (20. Re3 $5 Qg5 21. g3 Re7
$13) 20... Qf6 $1 21. Rd3 Re7 22. Rxe7 Qxe7 23. Rf3 f6 24. Ka2 (24. c4 Qd7 25.
Rb3 Bb6 26. Re3 g6 $11) 24... g6 25. Re3 Qd7 26. Qe2 $14 a6 27. Re6 f5 28. f4
Rf8 29. Re3 Ka7 30. g3 Qg7 (30... Bf6 $5) 31. h4 {Atlas,V: 'The march of
White's h-pawn weakens Black's kingside and creates additional targets for
active White's pieces.'} Bf6 32. Re6 Qd7 33. h5 $1 {><g6} g5 34. Qd3 gxf4 35.
gxf4 Bd8 $138 36. Re3 Rf6 37. Qe2 Rf8 38. Re6 Rf7 $1 {/\Re7=} (38... Rf6 {
Atlas,V is strongly met by} 39. Re8 {, and Black has serious problems.}) 39.
Qc2 Bh4 (39... Rf6) 40. Qd3 Bd8 41. Bb3 Rf6 42. Re2 d5 (42... Be7 $5) 43. Bxd5
Bc7 44. Qc4 Bd6 45. a4 Qc7 (45... Rh6 {Atlas,V is met by} 46. Bf3 (46. Re6 {
is not very convincing in view of} b5 $1) 46... Qc7 47. b4 cxb4 48. Qxc7 Bxc7
49. Re7 {, with a durable advantage.}) 46. b4 $1 h6 ({Of course, not} 46...
cxb4 {Atlas,V} 47. Qd4+ {, winning a rook.}) 47. Kb1 $1 Rf8 48. b5 Bxf4 $4 $138
({Essential was} 48... b6 {Atlas,V , although White has a large advantage
anyway.}) 49. b6+ $1 $18 Qxb6+ (49... Kxb6 {Atlas,V: 'loses to'} 50. Rb2+ Ka5 (
50... Ka7 {Atlas,V} 51. Rxb7+ $18) 51. Rb5+ axb5 52. Qxb5#) 50. Rb2 Rf6 51.
Qxf4 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2002.01.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2671"]
[Annotator "Gershon,A"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2002.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 087"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nb4 9. Be2 Be6 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Ne5 f6 12. Nf3 Kh8 13. a3 {This move was first
introduced by Leko in his game against Kramnik in Dortmund 2000. As we can see
he believes in this move} (13. Re1 c5 14. Be3 (14. cxd5 Nxc3 15. bxc3 Nxd5 16.
c4 Nc3 17. Qd3 cxd4 18. Bf1 Bg8 19. Nxd4 Bc5 20. Be3 Na4 21. Rab1 b6 $2 22.
Red1 $14 {1-0 Brodsky,M-Iordachescu,V/Bucharest 2001/CBM 82/[Huzman] (43)}) (
14. a3 Nxc3 15. bxc3 Nc6 16. Rb1 Qd7 $11) 14... f5 15. a3 (15. cxd5 Nxc3 16.
bxc3 Nxd5 17. Bd2 cxd4 18. Nxd4 Bg8 19. Rb1 Qc7 20. Nb5 Qd7 21. c4 {1/2-1/2
Zvjaginsev,V-Motylev,A/Linares 2001/CBM 81/[Huzman] (21)} Nb6 22. Bc3 Qxd1 23.
Rexd1 Rfc8 $11) 15... f4 16. Bd2 Nc6 17. Nxe4 dxe4 18. d5 Bxd5 19. cxd5 exf3
20. dxc6 fxe2 21. Qxe2 bxc6 22. Bxf4 Bf6 23. Be5 $16 {1/2-1/2 Grischuk,
A-Motylev,A/Moscow RUS 2001/The Week in Chess 369 (38)}) 13... Nxc3 14. bxc3
Nc6 15. Nd2 f5 16. Re1 Bf6 17. a4 $146 {I can't say that this move is the
biggest novelty of our time but there is an idea to this move: white prepares
an exit for his bishop and waits to see what black's plans are,.} (17. Bf3 Bg8
18. cxd5 Bxd5 19. Nb3 b6 20. Bf4 Ne7 21. Be5 c6 22. Bxf6 Rxf6 23. Nc1 Ng6 24.
Nd3 h6 25. Ne5 Nh4 26. Bxd5 Qxd5 27. f3 c5 28. dxc5 {1/2-1/2 Leko,P-Kramnik,V/
Dortmund 2000/CBM 78 (28).}) 17... Bg8 {the most natural move, freening the
'e' file for his pieces} 18. c5 Re8 19. Nf3 h6 $6 {[%csl Rf5,Rg6] A weakenning
of the kingside.} ({better was:} 19... Re4 $5 20. Bd3 Rxe1+ 21. Qxe1 Qd7 {
with an approximate equality}) 20. Rb1 $1 {An important intermidiate move .}
Rb8 {Now black can't fight for the 'e' file efficiently as his rook will be
protecting the 'b' pawn} (20... b6 21. Ba3 Qd7 22. Qd2 $14 {[%cal Ge2b5]}) 21.
Bd3 {[%csl Rb7,Rf5]} Rxe1+ 22. Qxe1 Qd7 23. Bf4 Re8 $2 {This move is a blunder
leading to a lost position by force} (23... Bh7 24. Rb2 $14) 24. Qd2 {[%csl
Rb7]} g5 $8 (24... b6 25. cxb6 cxb6 26. Bxh6 $1 $18) 25. Rxb7 $1 Rc8 (25...
gxf4 26. Qxf4 Qg7 (26... Bg7 27. Rxc7 $18) (26... Rc8 27. Qxh6+ $18) 27. Rxc7
Ne7 28. Rxa7 $16) 26. h4 (26. Bb5 $142 {Would have been the safest. The threat
is Be5, therefore, black must take the B. However, the test is good as well,}
gxf4 27. Qxf4 Bg7 28. Ne5 {[%csl Rc6][%cal Yb5d7]} Bxe5 29. Qxh6+ Qh7 30. Qxh7+
Kxh7 31. Bxc6 Bf4 32. Bd7 Rf8 33. Rxa7 $18) 26... gxf4 27. Qxf4 Bg7 28. Qxf5 $1
{Leko correctly assesses that the engame is easily won} Qd8 (28... Qxf5 29.
Bxf5 Rf8 (29... Re8 30. Bd7 $18) 30. Bd7 $1 Nb8 31. Bg4 $14) 29. Ng5 $1 {
Nice touch} hxg5 (29... Ne7 $4 30. Nf7+ Bxf7 31. Qh7#) 30. hxg5 {[%cal Gf5h3]
Black is 2 pieces up, but is completely helpless against white's threats} Qf8
$8 31. Qh3+ Bh6 32. Bf5 Re8 33. Rxc7 {A very precise play! The B on h6 is
going nowhere.} Re1+ 34. Kh2 Ne7 35. g4 Be6 36. Qxh6+ {the safest way to
victory. white's Q side pawns are too much for black to handle} Qxh6+ 37. gxh6
Nxf5 38. gxf5 Bxf5 39. Rf7 $1 {Forcing the B away from protecting the 'c8'
square. These little moves win big endgames.The rest is easy} Bg6 40. Rxa7 Rc1
41. Kg3 Rxc3+ 42. Kf4 Bh5 43. Ke5 Rf3 44. c6 Bg4 45. a5 Rxf2 46. a6 Rc2 47. Rc7
(47. Rc7 Ra2 48. a7 {[%cal Gc7b7,Gb7b8]}) 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Saulin, Dmitri"]
[Black "Makarichev, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2345"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "Giese"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1995.10.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 050"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Bg4 8. c4
Nf6 9. cxd5 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Qxd5 11. Qh3 Qxd4 12. Nc3 Bd6 13. Re1+ Kf8 14. Bf5
Ne7 15. Be3 Qc4 16. Bh6 $2 {[#]} Nxf5 {[%csl Gh4]} 17. Qxf5 Qh4 $1 {[%csl Gh4,
Rh2,Rh6]} 18. Bg5 (18. Be3 Qxh2+ 19. Kf1 Qh1+ 20. Ke2 Qxg2 21. Rg1 Qh2 $19)
18... Qxh2+ 19. Kf1 Qh1+ 20. Ke2 Qh5+ 21. f3 (21. Kf1 h6 $19) (21. Kd2 h6 22.
Rh1 Qg4 23. Qb5 (23. Qxg4 Nxg4 {>,_|_-+}) 23... a6 $19 {[%csl Rg5]}) 21... h6
22. Rh1 Re8+ 23. Kf2 (23. Kd2 Qg6 $19) 23... Qg6 24. Qxg6 (24. Qb5 c6 $19 {
[%csl Rg5]}) 24... Bc5+ 25. Kf1 fxg6 {>,_|_-+} 26. Bxf6 gxf6 27. Nd5 Kf7 $1 28.
Nxc7 Rd8 29. Rh4 Rd2 30. Rc4 Bb6 31. a4 Rf2+ 32. Ke1 Rxg2 0-1

[Event "Reggio Emilia 54th"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia"]
[Date "2012.01.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[Annotator "Giri,A"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2011.12.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Before this game, by beating Nikita Vitiugov, I just managed to get onto the
+1 situation and even though I was having black in this game and my opponent
was the tournament leader, I did have some small hopes to get into the fight
for the first place. Vor dieser Partie, durch den Sieg ьber Nikita Vitiugov,
hatte ich es gerade geschafft, in die +1-Situation zu kommen, und obwohl ich
in dieser Partie Schwarz hatte und mein Gegner der Fьhrende im Turnier war,
hegte ich doch etwas Hoffnung, in den Kampf um den ersten Platz einzusteigen.} 
1. e4 {It was no surprise that Hikaru would go again for his beloved 1.e4,
even after his painful loss the day before to Morozevich, which started with 1.
e4 as well. Es war keine Ьberraschung, dass Hikaru erneut sein geliebtes 1.e4
wдhlen wьrde, selbst nach seiner schmerzlichen Niederlage am Vortag gegen
Morozevich, die ebenfalls mit 1.e4 begann.} e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 {Normally speaking
this choice of opening suggests that Black is in a defensive mood, but somehow
I tend to win more and more games with this backhand approach (and obviously
with a bunch of luck...). Normalerweise lдsst diese Erцffnungswahl darauf
schlieЯen, dass Schwarz auf Defensive gepolt ist, aber irgendwie neige ich mit
diesem Rьckhandaufschlag (und offensichtlich einem Haufen Glьck...) dazu, mehr
und mehr Partien zu gewinnen.} 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 {This line has
established itself as kind of main lately. As a result I did spend quite some
time swimming in all the variations that arise and trying to find the best
place to get out of this pool. Dieses Abspiel hat sich in letzter Zeit als
eine Art Hauptpfad etabliert. Daher verbrachte ich doch ganz erhebliche Zeit
damit, in all den entstehenden Varianten zu schwimmen und zu versuchen, den
besten Platz zu finden, aus diesem Becken herauszukommen.} Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7.
Be3 Nd7 $5 {Till this game I almost exclusively went for long castle (after ...
Nc6). In fact there are two types of Petroff players, once that castle short
and others that castle long. While big guys like Kramnik and Gelfand belong to
the first category, I previously belonged to the second, accompanied by
Chinese experts, Wang Yue and Li Chao. Usually my 'team' made draws after some
suffering and Kramnik with Gelfand were having more exciting times, but got
occasionally mated. After having carefully checked that Black is not getting
mated (at least not by force), I decided to try to play with the fire as well.
Bis zu dieser Partie entschied ich mich fast ausschlieЯlich fьr die lange
Rochade (nach ...Nc6). Es gibt nдmlich zwei Typen von Russisch-Spielern, jene,
die kurz rochieren und andere, die lang rochieren. Wдhrend schwere Jungs wie
Kramnik und Gelfand der ersten Kategorie angehцren, war ich bis dato Mitglied
der zweiten, gemeinsam mit den chinesischen Experten Wang Yue und Li Chao.
Gewцhnlich schaffte mein 'Team' nach einigem Leiden Remisen, wдhrend Kramnik
und Gelfand aufregendere Zeiten hatten, aber gelegentlich auch mattgesetzt
wurden. Nachdem ich sorgsam gecheckt hatte, dass Schwarz nicht mattgesetzt
wird (zumindest nicht forciert), beschloss ich, ebenfalls mit dem Feuer zu
spielen.} 8. Qd2 O-O 9. O-O-O c6 10. h4 Re8 11. Bd3 d5 $5 {A new move and a
new idea. Previously Black has played ...Qa5 and ...Nf6, both of them were
played by noone less than Kramnik, but after both of them, Black didn't fully
solve his problems it seemed to me. I decided to wait with deciding where to
put my knight, as besides f6 it has interesting career on c5 as well as on f8.
Ein neuer Zug und eine neue Idee. Zuvor wurde von Schwarz ...Qa5 und ...Nf6
gespielt, beides von keinem Geringeren als Kramnik, doch mir schien, dass der
Nachziehende nach beiden Fortsetzungen seine Probleme nicht vollstдndig lцsen
konnte. Ich beschloss, mit der Entscheidung zu warten, wohin mein Springer
ziehen soll, da er neben c5 auch auf c5 sowie f8 eine interessante Karriere
hat.} 12. Ng5 $6 {Hikaru decided that there is no difference and that he can
mate me by the usual scheme. Obviously now I use the flexibility of my knight
- Hikaru entschied, dass es keinen Unterschied macht und er mich mit dem
ьblichen Schema mattsetzen kann. Natьrlich nutze ich jetzt die Flexibilitдt
meines Springers -} Nf8 $1 13. h5 {I would prefer Kb1, but this is possible
too. Ich wьrde Kb1 bevorzugen, aber dies ist auch mцglich.} Bf6 ({After Nach} 
13... h6 14. Nf3 {Black can't fully block White and thus is in some danger of
getting under either g4 or maybe even some Bxh6. kann Schwarz WeiЯ nicht
vollstдndige blockieren und schwebt damit in einiger Gefahr, entweder in g4
oder vielleicht sogar Bxh6 zu laufen.} Ne6 $6 15. g4 Ng5 $2 {fails to
scheitert an} 16. Nxg5 Bxg5 17. f4 $1) 14. Nf3 {Now it seems that Black has
won 2 tempi. Strictly speaking White can afford it, but he can definetely
forget about fighting for advantage this way. Nun scheint es so, dass Schwarz
zwei Tempi gewonnen hat. Streng genommen kann sich WeiЯ das erlauben, aber er
kann auf dieses Weise definitiv vergessen, um Vorteil zu kдmpfen.} Bg4 {
Black is developping pretty harmoniously. Schwarz entwickelt sich ziemlich
harmonisch.} 15. Rde1 {A normal move, played quickly by Hikaru, but I would
prefer a more ambitious Rdg1!?. Ein normaler Zug, von Hikaru schnell gespielt,
allerdings wьrde ich das ehrgeizigere Rdg1!? bevorzugen.} (15. Rdg1 $5 {
Here Black lacks a clear idea in fact, so I was even thinking about ...Rc8, ...
c5 or even moves like ...b5, ...a5 which don't have a clear threat yet, but
may produce some sweat of your opponent. Hier mangelt es Schwarz im Grunde an
einer klaren Idee, daher dachte ich an ...Rc8, ...c5 oder gar Zьge wie ...b5, .
..a5 , welche noch keine klare Drohung haben, aber vielleicht den Gegner ein
wenig zum Schwitzen bringen.} Bxf3 {however is not so good here as however is
not so good here as} (15... Rc8 $5) (15... b5 $5) 16. gxf3 {leads to a better
version for White. leads to a better version for White.}) 15... Bxf3 {I wanted
to create some weaknesses, as I felt that I can maybe already try to show some
ambitions of my own, thanks to my solid centre and pretty safe king, thanks to
bishop on f6 and knight on f8(e6). Ich wollte ein paar Schwдchen schaffen, da
ich fьhlte, dass ich vielleicht bereits versuchen kann, eigene Ambitionen zu
zeigen, dank meines soliden Zentrums und des ziemlich sicheren Kцnigs, des
Lдufers auf f6 und des Springers auf f8(e6).} 16. gxf3 {Played after 5 minutes,
so a draw offer that followed was no surprise. Nach 5 Minuten gespielt, daher
war das anschlieЯende Remisangebot keine Ьberraschung.} Ne6 {I took some 10-15
minutes to make sure I am absolutely safe here and to annoy Hikaru a bit, as
for 10-15 minutes he was in an uncertain state :-). Ich nahm mir etwa 10-15
Minuten, um mich zu vergewissern, dass ich hier absolut sicher stehe, und um
Hikaru ein wenig zu дrgern, da er 10-15 Minuten lang im Ungewissen blieb :-).}
17. f4 $6 {A very ugly move to me, played with a visible confidence. Hikaru
was probably trying to regain that psychological advantage that he had given
me one move ago by offering a draw. Ein fьr mich potthдsslicher Zug, mit
erkennbarer Zuversicht gespielt. Hikaru versuchte wahrscheinlich, den
psychologischen Vorteil zurьckzuerobern, den er mir einen Zug zuvor durch das
Remisangebot verschafft hatte.} (17. Kb1 {was better. I can't imagine Black
can be any better here objectively, even though the game is complex. war
stдrker. Ich kann mir nicht vorstellen, dass Schwarz hier objektiv irgendwie
besser stehen kann, obwohl die Partie komplex ist.}) (17. h6 {was an improved
way to play Hikaru's idea, which in itself was not bad. war eine verbesserte
Umsetzung fьr Hikarus Idee, welche an sich nicht schlecht war.} g6 18. f4 {
and after f5 White will get rid of his doubled pawns. und nach f5 wird WeiЯ
seinen Doppelbauern los.} Qd6 19. f5 Nc5 {and it should be level, as Black has
a pretty safe king. und es sollte ausgeglichen sein, da Schwarz einen ziemlich
sicheren Kцnig hat.}) 17... h6 $1 {I was happy to play this move, which is
only possible once white closes the c1-h6 diagonal. The point is that after f5
I always have the weird, but very effective blocking ...Ng5. Ich war glьcklich,
diesen Zug zu machen, der erst mцglich ist, nachdem WeiЯ die Daigonale c1-h6
schlieЯt. Die Pointe lautet, dass ich nach f5 immer den seltsamen, aber hoch
wirkamen Blockadezug ...Ng5 habe.} 18. a3 {Hikaru was worried about ...Qa5
followed by ...d4, but it anyway wasn't my intention as I thought that it
would lead to a dead equality and I was already trying to be more ambitious.
Hikaru sorgte sich wegen ...Qa5 nebst ...d4, doch dies war sowieso nicht meine
Absicht, da ich meinte, dass es zu totem Ausgleich fьhren wьrde, und ich
bereits versuchte, ehrgeiziger zu sein.} Qa5 {It took me some time to realize
that this move is good, as the previous move kind of anticipates it. In fact
White should probably anyway play Kb1, I thought, so it wouldn't matter. Ich
brauchte einige Zeit, um zu begreifen, dass diese Fortsetzung gut ist, da der
vorangegangene Zug sie ja sozusagen antizipiert. Tatsдchlich sollte WeiЯ
vermutlich trotzdem Kb1 spielten, dachte ich, daher wьrde es nichts ausmachen.}
19. Qd1 {I was getting more and more happy with each move by this point, but
White is still solid enough. An diesem Punkt wurde ich mit jedem Zug
zufriedener, aber WeiЯ steht noch immer solide genug.} Nc5 (19... c5 $5 {
was another way to start something that could turn into an attack. war ein
weiterer Weg, etwas zu beginnen, woraus ein Angriff werden kцnnte.}) 20. Bf5 $5
{Played after a long think. At first I thought it was too optimistic, but
after a long think, I realized that it's not so simple. Nach langem Nachdenken
gespielt. Zuerst dachte ich, dass es zu optimistisch wдre, aber nach einigem
Brьten stellte ich fest, dass es nicht so einfach ist.} (20. Rhg1 {was another
option as after war eine weitere Mцglichkeit, da ich nach} Na4 21. Bd4 Bxd4 22.
cxd4 Qb6 23. b3 Nc3 24. Qd2 {I can't win the pawn due to the Bh7+ trick. nicht
den Bauern gewinnen kann wegen des Tricks Bh7+.}) 20... Na4 21. Qd3 (21. Bd4 $5
{was practically a genius move as ...Qb5 transposes to a position discussed
later on. war praktisch ein Geniezug, da ...Qb5 zu einer Stellung fьhrt, die
spдter erцrtert wird.}) 21... Nc5 $5 {I think it was a right decision not to
grab the pawn. Obviously we both saw the Nxc3!? trick and even though I had
calculated all the lines pretty carefully, I just didn't trust it and decided
that with the time I have, which was less than 20 minutes for 20 moves, I
would be better off with a small but a stable edge. Ich denke, es war eine
richtige Entscheidung, den Bauern nicht zu schnappen. Natьrlich sahen wir
beide den Trick Nxc3!?, und obwohl ich alle Abspiele ziemlich sorgsam
berechnet hatte, traute ich dem Braten einfach nicht und beschloss, dass ich
bei der Zeit, die ich habe, sprich weniger als 20 Minuten fьr 20 Zьge, mit
einem geringen, aber stabilen Plus besser fahren wьrde.} (21... Nxc3 $1 {
obviously was the first move that came to my mind- war offensichtlich der
erste Zug, der mir in den Sinn kam -} 22. Bd2 $1 (22. bxc3 Bxc3 23. Kd1 d4 $1 {
just wins, as the bishop on f5 is also under attack after Bd2. gewinnt einfach,
da nach Bd2 auch der Lдufer auf f5 angegriffen ist.}) 22... d4 $1 {Initially I
stopped here, but after a long think I realized that after for example
Ursprьnglich stoppte ich hier, aber nach langem Nachdenken wurde mir klar,
dass nach beispielsweise} 23. Rxe8+ Rxe8 24. Re1 Rd8 {the position is close to
a mutual zugzwang, as Black has no threat. While I did realize that it should
be to my advantage I was worried that there is some strange idea that I could
be missing, so I decided to play it safe. die Stellung beiderseitigem Zugzwang
nahekommt, da Schwarz keine Drohung hat. Zwar verstand ich durchaus, dass dies
zu meinem Vorteil sein sollte, doch war ich besorgt, dass es irgendeine
seltsame Idee gibt, die ich vielleicht ьbersehe, daher beschloss ich, auf
Nummer sicher zu gehen.} 25. Re5 $5 {worried me for a while, but after machte
mir eine Zeitlang Sorge, doch nach} Bxe5 26. fxe5 Rd5 $1 {which I saw, Black
should be on top. He will probably lose the knight eventually, but he will
have too many pawns. , was ich sah, sollte Schwarz obenauf sein. Er wird
vermutlich am Ende den Springer verlieren, aber zu viele Bauern haben.}) 22.
Qd1 Qb5 $6 {During and shortly after the game I thought it was strong, but
after analyzing it carefully, things seemed 'a bit' different (as usual).
Wдhrend und kurz nach der Partie hielt ich dies fьr stark, doch nach
sorgfдltiger Analyse sahen die Dinge 'ein bisschen' anders aus (wie ьblich).} (
22... Ne4 {was also a good option, but I missed that after war ebenfalls eine
gute Mцglichkeit, doch ich ьbersah, dass ich nach} 23. Bd4 Bxd4 24. Qxd4 {
I have a very strong das bдrenstarke} Qc7 $1 {habe.}) 23. Qe2 $6 {The only
move I had expected, but there was an evil trap, which we both missed. Even my
coolhearted Houdini takes a while to find the way for White. Der einzige Zug,
den ich erwartet hatte, es gab jedoch eine bцse Falle, die wir beide ьbersahen.
Selbst mein kaltherziger Houdini braucht eine Weile, um den Weg fьr WeiЯ zu
finden.} (23. Bd4 $3 {- a trully genius idea, that we obviously missed - -
eine wahrlich geniale Idee, die wir offenkundig ьbersahen -} Na4 $2 24. b3 Nxc3
25. Bxf6 $3 {I can forgive myself for missing this one... Ich kann mir
verzeihen, dies nicht gesehen zu haben...} Nxd1 26. Reg1 {and being a queen
down White is just mating by force - und mit einer Dame weniger setzt WeiЯ
einfach forciert matt -} Kf8 27. Rxg7 Re6 {- otherwise Rh7 - - sonst Rh7 -} 28.
Bxe6 fxe6 29. Rhg1 {followed by Be5 and mate. To my defence I can say that 23..
.Bxd4! would equalize. nebst Be5 und Matt.  Zu meiner Verteidigung kann ich
sagen, dass 23...Bxd4! ausgleichen wьrde.}) (23. Bd3 {was suggested by Hikaru
after the game as a lesser evil. Maybe, but after wurde von Hikaru nach der
Partie als geringeres Ьbel vorgeschlagen. Mag sein, aber nach} Nxd3+ 24. Qxd3
Qxd3 25. cxd3 {Black still has a very pleasant endgame ahead of him. hat
Schwarz trotzdem ein sehr angenehmes Endspiel vor sich.}) 23... Qa4 {As I
missed the 24...Qc7! idea after 22...Ne4, I thought this was a nice way to
avoid Bd4. Da ich die Idee 24...Qc7! nach 22...Ne4 ьbersehen hatte, hielt ich
dies fьr eine schцne Methode, Bd4 zu vermeiden.} 24. Qd1 {Not needed it seems,
but the move I expected. Offenbar nicht nцtig, aber der Zug, den ich erwartet
hatte.} (24. Rhg1 {was stronger, as after war stдrker, da nach} Ne4 25. Qg4 {
Black can't take on c3 due to Bd3 followed by Qf5. A more solid move would
keep the position around equal, since compared to the position in the game,
White does have some ideas connected to the attack on the kingside. Schwarz
nicht auf c3 nehmen kann wegen Bd3 nebst Qf5. Ein soliderer Zug wьrde die
Stellung etwa im Gleichgewicht halten, da im Vergleich zu der Partiestellung
WeiЯ doch einige Ideen in Verbindung mit dem Angriff am Kцnigsflьgel hat.})
24... Ne4 {Now Black gets a small but stable advantage. Nun erhдlt Schwarz
einen geringen, aber stabilen Vorteil.} 25. Bxe4 Rxe4 26. Rhg1 (26. f3 {
would be strong, with idea Bd4 if Black drops the rook, but it fails to mit
der Idee Bd4 wдre stark, falls Schwarz den Turm wegzieht, scheitert aber an}
Rxe3 $1 27. Rxe3 Qxf4 28. Qd2 (28. Rhe1 d4 $1) 28... Bg5 29. Rhe1 Qf5 {winning
back the exchange, ending up with a pawn more. mit Rьckgewinn der Qualitдt,
wonach Schwarz am Ende einen Bauern mehr behдlt.}) 26... Rae8 27. Rg3 {Hikaru
tries to annoy me a bit on the kingside, but now Black is already solid enough.
Hikaru versucht, mich ein wenig am Kцnigsflьgel zu дrgern, aber jetzt steht
Schwarz bereits solide genug.} Kh8 28. Reg1 Qc4 $1 29. Kb1 c5 $1 {Just in time.
Now White should be careful already, as Black is ready to start some action.
Gerade rechtzeitig. Jetzt sollte WeiЯ bereits aufpassen, da Schwarz bereit
steht, irgendwelche Aktionen zu starten.} 30. Qd3 {Agreeing to his faith. Now
it's clear White is just hoping to suffer and survive. Fьgt sich in sein
Schicksal. Jetzt ist klar, dass WeiЯ einfach hofft, zu leiden und zu ьberleben.
} (30. Qf3 $5 {was too risky, but at least it stops d4. war zu riskant,
verhindert aber immerhin ...d4.} R4e6 (30... d4 $2 31. Qg2 $1) (30... Qb5 $5
31. Qg2 Rg8 32. Bc1) 31. Qg2 Rb6 32. Bc1 Rg8 {and in view of ...d4 White is
not in time with his tricks, which could start after f5. und angesichts von ...
d4 kommt WeiЯ nicht rechtzeitig mit seinen Tricks, die nach f5 beginnen
kцnnten.}) 30... b6 31. Qxc4 {It was maybe more precise to play Rd1 first, but
then maybe Hikaru was worried that I will not change queens anymore.
Vielleicht war es genauer, erst Rd1 zu spielen, aber andererseits hatte Hikaru
vielleicht sorge, dass ich dann die Damen nicht mehr tausche.} (31. Rd1 $5 Qa4
$5) 31... Rxc4 $1 {It's better to keep the d5-d4 resource. Es ist besser, sich
die Ressource d5-d4 zu bewahren.} 32. Rd1 {Probably realizing that d5-d4
followed by ...Re2 would be too much to bare, Nakamura chose to force me to
sac an exchange in hope that the arising position will by miracle be holdable.
Vermutlich in der Erkenntnis, dass d5-d4 nebst ...Re2 nicht zu ertragen wдre,
entschied sich Nakamura dafьr, mich zu einem Qualitдtsopfer zu zwingen, in der
Hoffnung, dass die entstehende Stellung wie durch ein Wunder haltbar sein wird.
} d4 $1 {I saw no reason to refrain from the sequence. Ich sah keinen Grund,
von der Sequenz Abstand zu nehmen.} 33. cxd4 cxd4 34. b3 dxe3 $1 35. bxc4 exf2
36. Rf3 (36. Rh3 {is another way to stop the pawn, but after ist ein anderer
Weg, den Bauern aufzuhalten, doch nach} Re1 37. Rh1 Bh4 $1 38. f5 g5 $1 {
White is absolutely lost as well. ist WeiЯ ebenfalls absolut verloren.}) 36...
Re1 37. Kc1 Bd4 38. c3 Be3+ 39. Kc2 f5 $1 {Now it's clear that eventually
Black will play g6 and the h-pawn will distract White from the f-pawn. Nun ist
klar, dass Schwarz am Ende ...g6 spielen und der h-Bauer WeiЯ von dem f-Bauern
ablenken wird.} 40. a4 a5 41. c5 Bxc5 {...and the Petroff defense won again. ..
.und die Russische Verteidigung gewann erneut.} 0-1

[Event "Montreal 6th"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2005.08.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kogan, Artur"]
[Black "Golod, Vitali"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2582"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2005.08.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 109"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Bd3 $5 ({
The main alternatives in this position:} 7. Bf4 $5) ({and} 7. Be3) 7... Nc6 (
7... O-O $142 8. Be3 ({After:} 8. Bf4 Re8 {[%csl Re1] I prevent White from
castling kingside, and achieving the prepared arrangement of his pieces.}) 8...
Nc6 {/\Ne5}) 8. Bf4 Be6 ({This was common in this position:} 8... Bg4 $5) 9.
Qe2 $1 {The queen is much stronger here than on d2. After the game, Artur told
me that he has found this piece arrangement long ago, and analyzed it with
"Fritz".} Qd7 10. O-O-O O-O $146 (10... O-O-O $6 11. Bb5 $1 Bf6 (11... a6 $2
12. Ne5 $1) 12. Nd4 $5 (12. Be5 Qe7 (12... a6 $5) 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Bxc6 bxc6
15. Qa6+ Kd7 16. Rhe1 $14 {Gaspariants,G-Khachaturov,A/Moscow,1968(1-0)(23)})
12... Bxd4 13. cxd4 $14) 11. h4 $5 Bf5 $140 12. Ng5 $1 $40 Rae8 13. Qf3 {
White already threatens - 14.Bxd6 (ץf5)} Bxd3 $5 {I spent a lot of time
before I made this move. Except that move, I also checked the following
alternatives:} (13... Bg4 $6 14. Bxh7+ Kh8 15. Qd3 g6 (15... Bxd1 $6 16. Bf5
Be2 $140 (16... Qd8 $2 17. Bd7 $1 $18 {[%csl Re8,Rh8][%cal Gd7e8,Gd3h7]}) 17.
Bxd7 Bxd3 18. Bxe8 $16) 16. f3 Bf5 17. Qd2 Kg7 18. h5 $40) (13... Ne5 $6 14.
Bxe5 Bxg5+ $8 15. hxg5 Rxe5 16. g4 $1 Bxd3 (16... Bg6 $2 17. Qh3 {[%csl Rd7,
Rg8][%cal Gh3h7,Gd3g6]}) 17. Qxd3 g6 18. f4 $36 {/\Qh3 קh7}) (13... h6 $5 14.
Bxf5 (14. Bxd6 $4 Bxd3 15. Qxd3 Bxg5+ 16. hxg5 Qxd6 17. Qxd6 cxd6 18. gxh6 gxh6
19. Rxh6 Re2 $17) 14... Qxf5 15. Rd5 $36) 14. Qxd3 g6 15. f3 {This moveis a
little bit passive. Here it was necessary to play the more active continuation:
} (15. Ne4 $5 {/\Bh6 צf8} Qe6 $1 16. Kb1 $1 (16. Bh6 $2 f5 $1 (16... Qxa2 $2
17. Qd5 $1 (17. Bxf8 $2 Bxf8 $1 $13 {[%csl Rc1][%cal Gf8h6,Ga2a1]}) 17... Qxd5
(17... Qa1+ $2 18. Kd2 $140 Qxb2 $2 (18... Qa5 $142) 19. Rb1 Qa3 20. Ra1 Qb2
21. Rhb1 $18 {ףb2}) 18. Rxd5 {+/=/+/-}) 17. Ng5 Bxg5+ 18. hxg5 (18. Bxg5 $2
Qxa2 $17) 18... Rf7 {[%csl Rh6]}) 16... Bd8 17. Ng3 $14) 15... Bf6 16. h5 Ne5
17. Qd2 $2 {Not the best square to retreat for the queen, because this allows
Black to start counterplay on the queenside.} (17. Qd4 $142 $36) 17... Bxg5 $6
{I didn't use the given chance. After the game, we checked this resource:} (
17... Nc4 $1 {[%mdl 64]} 18. Qd5 $1 (18. Nxh7 $2 {[%tqu "En","White's previous
move was a deciding blunder. Can you find why?","","","f6g7","I didn't see
this resource.",10,"g8h7","",0]} Bg7 $3 {I didn't see this resource.} (18...
Kxh7 $2 19. hxg6+ Kg8 20. Qd3 Ne5 $140 21. Bxe5 Bxe5 22. g7 $1 Kxg7 $8 23. Qh7+
Kf6 24. Qh4+ Ke6 25. f4 {[%csl Re5,Re6]} Bxf4+ $1 26. Qxf4 Qb5 $15) 19. h6 Qb5
$1 20. b3 Qa5 $1 $19 21. bxc4 $140 Qxa2 22. Qd3 Re2 $1 {/\Qa1#} 23. Qxe2 Bxc3
24. Nf6+ Kh8 $19 {/\Qa1#}) (18. Qd3 $2 Qb5 $19 {[%csl Rb2,Rg5]}) 18... Qa4 19.
hxg6 hxg6 $8 20. Nh7 Bg7 $1 (20... Bxc3 $143 21. Rd4 Bxb2+ 22. Kd1 (22. Kb1 $4
Bxd4 23. Qxd4 Na3+) 22... Bxd4 23. Qxd4 Re5 $8 24. Nf6+ Kg7 25. Bg5 {/\Rh7#}
Ne3+ 26. Bxe3 Qxd4+ 27. Bxd4 Kxf6 28. f4 Rd8 {עd1} 29. Kc1 Ke6 30. fxe5 dxe5
31. Be3 $14) 21. Kb1 Re2 22. Rc1 Rfe8 23. Bg5 R2e6 $13) 18. Bxg5 {Now White
has the advantage, at least because of the strong dark-squared bishop, which
can cause many problems to his opponent in the future.} f6 19. Bh6 $14 Rf7 20.
hxg6 Nxg6 (20... hxg6 $6 21. Bf4 $36 {<->h}) 21. Rde1 Re5 22. f4 $1 {<->e
Artur goes through this part of the game with strong moves.} Rxe1+ 23. Rxe1 Re7
24. Qd5+ Kh8 25. Rd1 (25. Rxe7 $142 Qxe7 26. b3 $1 (26. Kd2 $6 c6 27. Qf5 Kg8
28. Qc8+ $6 (28. c4 $5) 28... Kf7 29. g3 Qe4 $1 $132) 26... Qe1+ 27. Kb2 Qh4 {
ץh6} 28. f5 Qxh6 29. fxg6 Qxg6 30. Qxb7 $16 {[%csl Ga2,Ra7][%cal Ga2a4]})
25... b6 26. Qa8+ $6 {It was better not to take the Pa7 and with it to allow
Black to improve the position of his pieces.} (26. g4 $1 $16 {Kogan,A}) 26...
Re8 27. Qxa7 Qc6 {/\28...Nxf4 29.Bxf4? Ra8 (ףa7)} 28. Qa3 {I didn't play 28...
Ra8 in view of 29.Rxd6, but White didn't have any good move:} (28. g3 $4 Ra8
29. Rxd6 $140 Qh1+ 30. Kd2 $8 (30. Rd1 Qxd1+ 31. Kxd1 Rxa7) 30... Re8 $1 $19
31. Qxc7 $140 (31. Re6 Qd5+) 31... Qe1+ 32. Kd3 Qe2+ 33. Kd4 Qe4#) 28... Re2 $2
{This looks like a logical move, however, it is a serious mistake.} (28... Qxg2
$5 29. Qb3 {/\Qf7 עh8} (29. Qa4 Re2 $13) 29... Re7 $13) 29. Kb1 $2 $138 (29.
Qa6 $1 {[%csl Re2,Rh8][%cal Ga6c8,Ga6e2] leads to a clear advantage:} Qe8 30.
f5 Nh4 31. g4 $16) (29. g4 $4 Qe4 30. Qb3 Qe3+ 31. Kb1 Re1 $19 {[%csl Rb1]})
29... Rxg2 (29... Qd5 $6 30. Rc1 Qxg2 (30... Qa5 $5 31. Qb3 $140 Qh5 32. f5 $13
) (30... Ne7 $5 {[%csl Rh6][%cal Ge7g8]}) 31. c4 Qe4 32. Qc3 Qe6 $11) 30. f5
Ne5 $5 $15 {The situation rapidly changed. My knight is now standing on a very
strong square in the centre, and my queen and rook are very harmonious between
themselves, as opposed to my opponent.} (30... Ne7 $5 {קf5 Kogan,A}) (30...
Qe4 $5 31. Rc1 Nh4 $15 {קf5}) 31. Qb3 $6 (31. Re1 $142 Rg8 $15) 31... Qe4 32.
a4 Qxf5 33. a5 bxa5 $2 {I lose all of my advantage in one move. The point is
that I missed my opponent's 36th move, from which there is no turning back.} (
33... Qh5 $142 34. Qd5 $8 bxa5 35. Rf1 Qg6 36. Qa8+ Qg8 37. Qa7 Rg6 38. Be3 Qc4
$17) (33... Rg8 $5 $17 {[%csl Rd1,Rh6][%cal Gf5h5]}) 34. Qb8+ Rg8 35. Qxc7 Qh5
$1 {[%csl Rd1,Rh6][%cal Gh5h6,Gh5d1] I realized that it was time to escape.} (
35... Ng4 $6 36. Bc1 $14 {and I'm left only with weaknesses.}) {[%tqu "En",
"Can you find nice bomb that gives the equality to White?","","","h6g7","",10]}
36. Bg7+ $1 {[%mdl 64]} Rxg7 37. Qd8+ Rg8 38. Qxf6+ $11 Rg7 39. Qf8+ Rg8 40.
Qf6+ Rg7 41. Rxd6 $5 {Artur decided to play a little longer, just for the
audience.} Nf7 (41... h6 42. Qxh6+ (42. Rd5 $4 Qh1+) 42... Qxh6 43. Rxh6+ Kg8
44. Ra6 Nc4 45. b3 Nd2+ 46. Kc1 Ne4 $11) 42. Rd8+ Nxd8 43. Qf8+ (43. Qxd8+ $144
Rg8 44. Qf6+ Rg7 45. Qf8+ $11) 43... Rg8 44. Qf6+ {Despite the mistakes the
game was very interesting.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "World-ch Carlsen-Caruana"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2018.11.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2835"]
[BlackElo "2832"]
[Annotator "Grivas,E"]
[PlyCount "160"]
[EventDate "2018.11.09"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {So, the WC seems quite unpredictable! In game 2 he chose 1.d4, in game
3 1.c4 and now 1.e4!} e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 {Nothing less to be expected by the
Challenger - he has made his living by the 'Petroff Defence'!} 3. Nxe5 d6 {
(D) [#]} 4. Nd3 ({A quite unusual line. Their most recent game went} 4. Nf3
Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 Nc6 8. Bc4 O-O 9. Qd2 Bf5 10. O-O-O Qd7 11.
Kb1 Rfe8 12. h4 Bf8 13. h5 h6 14. Be2 Bg4 15. Nh2 Bxe2 16. Qxe2 Ne5 17. Bc1 Qc6
18. f4 Nc4 19. Qd3 Qe4 20. g4 Ne3 21. Rde1 Qxd3 22. cxd3 Nd5 23. Reg1 Re6 24.
g5 Ne7 25. gxh6 Rxh6 26. f5 Rh7 27. Ng4 Kh8 28. f6 Ng8 29. fxg7+ Rxg7 30. Be3
c5 31. Bf4 Re8 32. Ne3 Rxg1+ 33. Rxg1 Re6 {½-½ Carlsen,M-Caruana,F Saint
Louis 2018. But it was expected that M.Carlsen will come with something new,
but not that early... I would say that M.Carlsen is more interesting to his
physical strength and stamina than to try to get something in the opening from
his very well-prepared opponent…}) 4... Nxe4 5. Qe2 Qe7 {(D) [#]} 6. Nf4 ({
Another rare line chosen by the WC. There are quite a few games with} 6. Nc3
Nf6 7. Nf4 (7. b3 Nc6 8. Bb2 Bf5 9. Nf4 O-O-O 10. Qxe7 Nxe7 11. O-O-O Ng6 $11 {
So, W-Caruana,F Saint Louis 2018}) 7... c6 8. f3 g5 9. Nd3 $11 {Ganguly,
S-Abasov,N Ulaanbaatar 2018.}) 6... Nc6 (6... Nf6 {seems also safe:} 7. d4
Qxe2+ 8. Bxe2 Nc6 9. c3 g6 10. f3 Bg7 11. h4 h5 12. Na3 Ne7 13. Nb5 Kd8 14. Kf2
a6 $11 {Motylev,A-Rakhmanov,A Yaroslavl 2018.}) 7. Nd5 Nd4 $1 8. Nxe7 Nxe2 9.
Nd5 (9. Bxe2 Bxe7 {promises nothing to both sides!}) 9... Nd4 {(D) [#]} 10. Na3
({A novelty upon} 10. Bd3 Nc5 $1 (10... Nxf2 $2 11. Kxf2 Kd8 12. b3 $18 {
Seyb, A-Gaier,R Willingen 2001}) 11. Nxc7+ Kd7 12. Nxa8 Nxd3+ 13. cxd3 Nc2+ 14.
Kd1 Nxa1 $13 {.}) 10... Ne6 11. f3 N4c5 12. d4 Nd7 13. c3 c6 14. Nf4 Nb6 {
(D) [#] Black seems to have solved with success all his opening 'problems',
for the sixth time in 6 games in this match! Probably all seconds of both
players should be sent on vacation, as they do not really seem to be needed!
It is the first WC that I am following, without any strong 'feelings' in the
opening phase! Well, this is a well-known pawn structure, mainly coming from
the ‘Exchange Variation’ of the ‘French Defence’ (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.
exd5 exd5). There is a clear drawn tendency, mainly because there are not many
good pawn breaks and as some pieces can rapidly be exchanged, there is not
much play left. But of course we must keep I mind that an equal position is
not necessary a drawn one; mistakes need to be made and explored in order to
have a decisive result. And this can happen in any position…} 15. Bd3 d5 16.
Nc2 Bd6 17. Nxe6 Bxe6 18. Kf2 {(D) [#]} h5 ({A good reaction. White could be
slightly better after} 18... f5 $6 19. Re1 Kf7 20. g3 Rhe8 21. b3 g6 22. Ne3
$14 {.}) 19. h4 Nc8 {Planning the simple ...Ne7 and ...Bf5, with full equality.
} 20. Ne3 Ne7 21. g3 {(D) [#]} c5 $1 {Active and good play by Black.} 22. Bc2 (
22. dxc5 Bxc5 23. Kg2 d4 24. cxd4 Bxd4 {, is fine for Black.}) 22... O-O 23.
Rd1 Rfd8 24. Ng2 cxd4 25. cxd4 Rac8 26. Bb3 Nc6 {Again a fine idea, trying to
harass the b3-bishop.} 27. Bf4 Na5 28. Rdc1 {White is dreaming of getting a
better ending with the knight vs the e6-bishop, but Black of course is not
interested!} Bb4 $1 {Preserving the dark-squared bishops is essential.} 29. Bd1
({White cannot go for} 29. Bc7 Nxb3 30. axb3 Re8 31. Rxa7 Bd6 32. Rxb7 Re7 33.
Bxd6 Rxb7 34. Rxc8+ Bxc8 35. b4 Rd7 36. Bc5 Ba6 {, as only Black can have
winning chances here.}) 29... Nc4 30. b3 Na3 31. Rxc8 Rxc8 32. Rc1 Nb5 33.
Rxc8+ Bxc8 {(D) [#] The position seems to be dead equal, but from now on M.
Carlsen is not at his best...} 34. Ne3 $6 ({Troubles start! Good is} 34. Bb8 a6
35. Nf4 $11 {.}) 34... Nc3 35. Bc2 {(D) [#]} Ba3 $1 {White's queenside pawn
structure seems to be in trouble...} 36. Bb8 $6 ({Black seems to be doing good
after} 36. Bd3 Be6 (36... Nxa2 $6 37. Nxd5 Nb4 38. Nxb4 Bxb4 39. Ke2 $11) 37.
Nc2 Bb2 38. a4 Na2 $15 {.}) 36... a6 37. f4 {(D) [#]} Bd7 $1 38. f5 Bc6 ({
Obviously better than} 38... Nb5 $6 39. Nxd5 Nxd4 40. Bd1 $11 {.}) 39. Bd1 Bb2
({With hindsight I would have gone for an ending with the bishop pair after} 
39... Nxd1+ 40. Nxd1 f6 $15 {. Well, the presence of the central pawns is not
helping Black, but White will have to defend accurately. But Black's move is
stronger.}) 40. Bxh5 {(D) [#]} Ne4+ $2 ({The notorious 40th move!} 40... Nxa2
$1 {can be dangerous:} 41. Ba7 Nc3 42. Bb6 Nb5 43. Nc2 Nd6 $1 (43... Bd7 $2 44.
Bg4 Nd6 45. Ne3 Nc8 46. Bc7 Bxd4 47. Bf3 Bxf5 48. Bxd5 b5 49. Bb7 Bg4 50. Bxa6
Ne7 51. Be5 Ba7 52. Bb7 Nf5 53. Bf4 $11) 44. Bf3 (44. g4 Ne4+ 45. Ke2 Nf6 $17)
44... Nxf5 45. Bg4 Nd6 46. Nb4 Ne4+ $17 {.}) 41. Kg2 Bxd4 42. Bf4 Bc5 {(D) [#]
Black still seems to be doing better, but White finds a radical, and quite far
from obvious, solution.} 43. Bf3 $1 Nd2 {(D) [#]} 44. Bxd5 $1 ({An incredible
solution to White's problems. Endless suffering is the passive} 44. Nf1 Nxf3
45. Kxf3 d4+ 46. Ke2 Bb5+ 47. Ke1 Bd3 $15 {. For me it is more than obvious
that M.Carlsen's extreme and deep knowledge on various endings is the key
point here - how else can you make such a radical decision?}) 44... Bxe3 45.
Bxc6 Bxf4 46. Bxb7 Bd6 47. Bxa6 Ne4 {(D) [#] A consequence of forced moves
after White's 44th.} 48. g4 {(D) [#]} (48. Kf3 Nxg3 49. Bd3 Nh5 50. a4 Bb4 51.
Ke4 {is another great story! The analysis is extremely difficult and in
general I would say that White should hold here, but I can be proven wrong by
some powerful engine!}) 48... Ba3 $1 {The only move - Black's wins one of the
two connected white queenside pawns.} 49. Bc4 Kf8 50. g5 Nc3 51. b4 $1 {
It is important to retain an as far as possible outside pawn.} Bxb4 52. Kf3 Na4
53. Bb5 Nc5 54. a4 {(D) [#] So, White has just two pawns for the piece and he
doesn't seem able to make any progress. But can Black win? And if yes, how? He
will obviously need his king to capture the white a-pawn, but in the meantime
White will exchange the kingside pawns. I think that White can hold.} f6 55.
Kg4 $1 {The white king has to stay on the kingside, protecting his pawns.} Ne4
56. Kh5 Be1 57. Bd3 Nd6 {White can also wait here - I cannot see how Black
will radically improve, but M.Carlsen creates with his next a marvelous
position - the straightest way to gain a fortress! This kind of thinking is of
a legend player!} 58. a5 $1 Bxa5 59. gxf6 gxf6 60. Kg6 Bd8 61. Kh7 $1 {(D) [#]
A very nice position for White! Some facts to understand it: 1) The white
h-pawn shouldn’t move to h6. 2) The white king should be able to be retained
to g6- and h7-squares. 3) The white bishop should be able to check the black
king if he goes to f7. 4) Black can win if his king enters the h8- or
f7-squares.} Nf7 62. Bc4 Ne5 63. Bd5 Ba5 64. h5 Bd2 65. Ba2 Nf3 66. Bd5 Nd4 {
(D) [#]} 67. Kg6 $2 ({White blunders! Correct is} 67. Bc4 Bc3 68. Bd3 $11 {.})
67... Bg5 68. Bc4 {(D) [#]} ({What else? If} 68. h6 Ne2 69. Kh7 Nf4 70. Be4 Nh3
71. Bh1 (71. Kg6 Kg8 $19) 71... Nf2 72. Bf3 Nd3 73. Be2 Ne5 74. Bh5 Nf7 $19 {
, or}) (68. Be4 Kg8 $19 {.}) 68... Nf3 $2 ({And the favour is returned! Black
could cash the point with some delicate manoeuvres:} 68... Bh4 $1 69. Bd5 Ne2
70. Bf3 Ng1 $1 71. Bd5 Bg5 72. Kh7 Ne2 73. Bf3 Ng3 74. Bg4 {(the bishop 'lost'
the important a2-g8 diagonal)} Kf7 75. Kh8 Be3 76. Kh7 Bc5 77. Kh8 (77. Bd1
Nxf5 78. Bb3+ Ke7 79. Kg6 Nh4+ 80. Kg7 Bd4 $19) 77... Bf8 78. Kh7 Ne4 $19 {.})
69. Kh7 {Back to business!} Ne5 70. Bb3 Ng4 71. Bc4 Ne3 72. Bd3 $1 ({But not} 
72. Be6 $2 Bh4 73. Bd7 Nf1 74. Ba4 Ng3 75. Kg6 Kg8 $19 {. White must always
keep in mind the notes after the 61st move and never fall into a zugzwang!
Easier said than done!}) 72... Ng4 73. Bc4 Nh6 74. Kg6 {(D) [#] Black cannot
make progress, so he decides to move with the king.} Ke7 75. Bb3 Kd6 76. Bc2
Ke5 77. Bd3 Kf4 78. Bc2 Ng4 79. Bb3 Ne3 80. h6 Bxh6 (80... Bxh6 {Draw agreed.
White can draw with either} 81. Kxf6 {, or} (81. Kxh6 Nxf5+ 82. Kg6 Ke5 83. Bc2
{[%emt 3:12:44] . The game looked as another dull case in the start, but
quickly moved to a classic one! And what an endgame surprise by the great
Magnus!})) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Timman, Jan H"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "Hansen,Cu"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventDate "1991.10.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 026"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. c4
c6 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Nc3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Bg4 12. Rb1 Nd7 13. h3 Bh5 14. Rb5 Nb6
15. c4 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 dxc4 17. Bc2 Qd7 18. a4 Bc7 19. Rc5 (19. g3 a6 20. Rh5 g6
21. Bh6 f5 $17 {Arakhamia-Akopian Oakham 1990}) 19... Bd6 20. Rb5 (20. Rg5 Be7
(20... g6 $5) 21. Bf5 (21. Rxg7+ $3 Kxg7 22. Bf5 Qxd4 23. Be3 Qe5 24. Qg4+ Kh8
25. Bd4 $18) 21... Qxd4 22. Rg4 Qe5 23. Bd2 $13 {Adams-Anand Oakham 1990})
20... Bc7 21. Rc5 Bd6 22. a5 $1 $16 {N} Nc8 (22... Bxc5 23. dxc5 Nc8 (23... Na4
24. c6 $16) (23... Nd5 24. Rd1 Rad8 25. Be4 $16) 24. a6 $16) 23. Bf5 Qd8 24. a6
Ne7 25. axb7 Rb8 26. Bg5 f6 27. Be6+ Kh8 28. Bf4 Bxf4 29. Qxf4 Rxb7 30. d5 Ng6
31. Qxc4 Qb8 32. Rc1 Rb1 33. Rc7 Rxc1+ 34. Qxc1 Rd8 35. Bf5 (35. d6 $1 Qb6 (
35... Nf8 36. Bf5 Rxd6 (36... g6 37. Qh6 $18) (36... Qb5 37. Rc8 $18) 37. Rc8
$18) 36. Rc6 (36. Qc6 Qxc6 37. Rxc6 Nf8 38. d7 {/\Lf5,Tc8} g6 $10) 36... Qd4
37. d7 Nf4 38. Qc4 $1 (38. Bg4 f5 $1) 38... Qa1+ (38... Qe5 39. Rc8 $18) 39.
Kh2 {/\Tc8/Dxf4} Qe5 40. g3 $18) 35... Qb6 36. Qc6 Qa5 37. Kh2 Nf8 38. Rc8 Rxc8
39. Bxc8 (39. Qxc8 Qb4 $8 40. Qc7 a5 $132) 39... Qb6 $1 $10 40. Bg4 Kg8 41. f4
Kf7 42. f5 g6 (42... Qxc6 43. dxc6 Ke7 44. Bd1 Kd6 45. Ba4 $18 {><Sf8}) 43. Be2
$2 gxf5 $17 44. Bh5+ Kg7 45. Be8 Qxc6 46. dxc6 Ne6 47. Kg3 Kf8 48. Bh5 Ke7 49.
Bd1 Kd6 50. Ba4 a5 51. Kf3 Kc7 $2 (51... Nc5 52. Bc2 (52. Bb5 a4 $19 53. Kf4
Ne6+ 54. Kxf5 Nd4+) 52... a4 $19 53. Bxf5 a3 54. Bb1 Na4 55. Ba2 Nc3 56. Bb3
Kxc6 57. Kf4 Kd6 58. Kf5 Ke7) 52. Ke3 Kd6 53. g3 h6 54. h4 Nc5 55. Bc2 a4 56.
Bxf5 Nb3 (56... a3 57. Bb1 Kxc6 58. Kf4 Kd6 59. Kf5 Ke7 60. Kg6 $10) 57. Bb1
Kxc6 58. Kf4 Nd4 59. Kg4 a3 60. Kh5 Ne2 {/\Sc3} 61. Ba2 Nc1 62. Bf7 Kc5 63.
Kxh6 Kb4 64. h5 Nb3 65. Kg7 a2 66. h6 a1=Q 67. h7 f5+ 68. Kg8 f4 69. h8=Q $10 (
69. gxf4 $10) 69... Qxh8+ 70. Kxh8 fxg3 71. Bd5 {C. Hansen} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 10th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2016.09.27"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Li, Chao B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2808"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[Annotator "Havasi,G"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2016.09.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 175"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8.
Nbd2 {A less often played move instead of c4.} Bf5 9. Re1 Nxd2 10. Qxd2 Bxd3
11. Qxd3 O-O 12. c3 (12. Bf4 Qd7 (12... a6 13. Qf5 Bf6 14. c3 Ne7 15. Qh5 c6
16. Be5 Ng6 17. Re3 Be7 18. Rae1 f6 19. Bg3 $14 {1-0 (62) Alekseev,E (2677)
-Bezgodov,A (2508) Tyumen 2012}) 13. Re3 Rae8 14. Rae1 Bf6 15. c3 Rxe3 16. Rxe3
h6 $11 {1/2 (32) Zhou,W (2585)-Bu,X (2681) Danzhou 2010}) 12... h6 (12... Qd7
13. Bf4 a6 14. Ne5 Nxe5 15. Bxe5 f6 16. Bg3 Rfe8 17. Re2 Bf8 18. Rae1 {1/2 (18)
Anand,V (2786)-Gelfand,B (2696) Monte Carlo 2005}) 13. Re2 (13. Bf4 Bd6 {
is also equal.}) 13... Bd6 14. Qf5 Ne7 15. Qh5 Ng6 16. Bd2 (16. Ne5 Qh4 $1 $11)
16... Bf4 (16... Qd7 {was also good with the idea of Rae8.}) 17. g3 Bxd2 18.
Nxd2 Qg5 (18... c6 19. Rae1 Qg5 {is the same.}) 19. Qxg5 hxg5 20. Rae1 f6 21.
Nf1 Rad8 (21... c6 22. Ne3 Rae8 $11) 22. Ne3 Rfe8 23. Nf5 Rxe2 24. Rxe2 Kf7 25.
Kg2 Rd7 26. Kf3 Nf8 $11 {Black has fully equalised. White has had a little bit
of an initiative so far, but now Black is good.} 27. h4 g6 28. Nh6+ Kg7 29. Ng4
gxh4 30. gxh4 Kf7 31. Nh6+ Kg7 32. Ng4 Kf7 33. Re1 Rd6 34. Ne3 Ne6 35. Rh1 Ng7
{Preventing h5. A very precise move.} 36. a4 a6 (36... Nh5 {was also possible.
There is no need to do anything on the queenside.}) 37. b4 Rd8 38. b5 a5 39.
Ng2 Nh5 40. Rb1 b6 {Preventing b6.} 41. Rc1 Ng7 42. Rh1 Nh5 43. Re1 Rd7 44. Kg4
Rd8 45. Kf3 Rd7 46. Ne3 Ng7 47. Ng4 Nf5 (47... Nh5 {was more precise.}) 48. Rh1
Rd8 {Black wants to attack the h4-pawn, but White has a good response.} (48...
Nd6 $11) 49. h5 $1 g5 50. Ke2 Rh8 51. Kd3 Nh4 {Not a bad move, but from a
practical point of view, it is unnecessarily risky.} (51... Ng7 52. h6 Ne6 $11)
52. f4 (52. c4 $1 {is the suggestion of the computer} dxc4+ (52... Ng2 53. cxd5
Nf4+ 54. Ke4 Re8+ 55. Kf3 Nxd5 56. Nh6+ $1 {A very good move. He aims to put
the knight on f5, which is a very good base for the knight.} Kf8 57. Nf5) 53.
Kxc4 Nf5 $1 {... Kd5 Ne7 would be the plan.} (53... Rxh5 54. Kd5 $16) 54. Ne3)
52... Ng2 53. fxg5 Nf4+ 54. Ke3 Rxh5 55. Rxh5 Nxh5 56. gxf6 Nxf6 57. Nf2 Ke6
58. Kf4 Ne8 59. Ng4 Nd6 60. Ne3 Ne4 {A very interesting game.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Fraenkische GM 1st"]
[Site "Pulvermuehle"]
[Date "2000.01.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Blatny, Pavel"]
[Black "Stefanova, Antoaneta"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2512"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "158"]
[EventDate "2000.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 075"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8.
Re1 Bg4 9. c3 f5 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Qb3 Na5 12. Qa4 Nc6 13. Bb5 Nxd2 14. Nxd2 Rf6
15. Bd3 Bd6 16. Nf1 Rg6 17. Ng3 Ne7 18. Qc2 f4 19. Bxg6 Nxg6 20. f3 Bxf3 21.
Nf5 Qg5 22. Nxd6 cxd6 23. Kh1 Be4 24. Rxe4 dxe4 25. Qxe4 d5 26. Qe6+ Kh8 27.
Bd2 Rf8 28. Rf1 h6 29. a4 Qh5 30. Kg1 Rf6 31. Qc8+ Kh7 32. h3 Qe2 33. Rf2 Qd1+
34. Kh2 f3 35. g3 Rf7 36. Qg4 Re7 37. Bxh6 gxh6 38. Qxf3 Qxf3 39. Rxf3 {
[#] Technik. Der Springer auf der bestдndigen Suche nach den besten Feldern.}
Re2+ 40. Kg1 Kg7 41. Rf5 Ne7 42. Rf2 Re3 43. Kg2 Kg6 44. g4 Kg7 45. a5 Ng6 46.
Kh2 a6 47. Kg2 Nh4+ 48. Kh2 Nf3+ 49. Kg2 Ng5 50. h4 Ne4 51. Rf5 Re2+ 52. Kh3
Rxb2 53. Rxd5 Rb3 54. g5 hxg5 55. hxg5 Nxc3 56. Rd7+ Kg6 57. Kg4 Ne4 58. Kf4
Nxg5 59. Rd6+ Kh5 60. Rd5 Rf3+ ({Turmtausch erfordert sehr genaue Berechnung
und kann leicht ins Auge gehen, weil der Springer nicht der ideale Verteidiger
ist.} 60... Rb5 61. Rxb5 axb5 62. d5 (62. Ke3 Kg4 63. Kd2 Kf5 64. Kc3 Ne4+ 65.
Kb4 Nd6 66. Kc5 Ke6 $19) 62... b4 63. Ke3 b3 64. Kd2 Ne4+ 65. Kd3 Nc5+ 66. Kc3
Kg5 $19) 61. Ke5 Kg4 62. Kd6 Rc3 63. Ke7 Kf4 64. Rd7 Rb3 65. Kd8 Rb5 66. Kc8
Ne4 67. Kb8 Ke3 68. Ka7 (68. Rxb7 Rxa5 69. Rd7 Ra1 70. Kb7 a5 71. Kb6 a4 72.
Kb5 a3 73. Kb4 a2 74. Kb3 Nc3 $19) 68... Rxa5 69. Kxb7 Ra1 70. Kb6 a5 71. Kb5
Kd3 72. d5 a4 73. d6 Rb1+ 74. Kc6 Rc1+ 75. Kb5 a3 76. Ra7 Nxd6+ 77. Kb4 Rb1+
78. Kc5 Ne4+ 79. Kc6 Rb3 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-34"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2000.11.01"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Dutreeuw, Marc"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2402"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[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 "Bulgaria"]
[BlackTeam "Belgium"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BUL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BEL"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 b6 11. Ne5 Bb7 12. Re1 Re8 13. Bf3 f6 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15.
Bxe4 fxe5 16. cxd5 Bxd5 17. Bxd5+ Qxd5 18. Rxe5 Qf7 19. Be3 Bd6 20. Rxe8+ Rxe8
21. Qa4 a5 22. b3 Re4 23. Qb5 Rh4 24. g3 Rh5 25. Qc6 h6 26. Qe4 Qd7 27. h4 Qf7
28. Kg2 Rf5 29. Re1 Kh8 30. Re2 Kg8 31. Bd2 Rd5 32. a4 Rf5 33. Bc1 Rd5 34. Re3
Rf5 35. Rf3 Rxf3 36. Qxf3 {[#] Thema: Der "gute" weiЯe Lдufer. Spielidee:
Lavieren unter Verbesserung der Figurenpositionen} Qe6 37. Bd2 Qg6 38. h5 Qc2
39. Qd5+ Kf8 40. Be3 Qd3 41. Qe6 Qe2 42. Qf5+ Kg8 43. Qg6 Kh8 44. g4 Qd1 45.
Qe8+ Kh7 46. Qe6 Kh8 47. d5 Kh7 (47... Qd3 48. Qc8+ Kh7 49. Qf5+ Qxf5 50. gxf5
$18) 48. Qe4+ Kh8 49. Bd4 {[%csl Rg7][%cal Re4e8,Re8g6]} Bf8 50. Be5 Bd6 51.
Bb2 Bf8 (51... Kg8 52. Qe6+ Kf8 53. Qc8+ Ke7 54. Qf5 Qxb3 55. Bxg7 $18) 52. Qf3
$1 {Nach dem Damentausch ist das Lдuferendspiel kinderleicht gewonnen.} 1-0

[Event "RUS-Cup03 Geller Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1999.02.14"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Isanbaev, Ramil"]
[Black "Skatchkov, Pavel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2344"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "160"]
[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 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. c4
c6 9. Nc3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. g4 Bg6 14. Bxg6 fxg6
15. Qb3 Rxf3 16. Qxb7 Na6 17. Qxa6 Rxh3 18. Qc6 Rc8 19. Bg5 Rxc6 20. Bxd8 Rhxc3
21. Bg5 Bc7 22. Be3 Bb6 23. Rab1 Ra3 24. Rb5 Rd6 25. Rb2 Rc3 26. Kg2 Rc4 27.
Rd1 g5 28. Rd3 h6 29. Rb5 Kh7 30. a3 Rd7 31. Kg3 Kg6 32. Kg2 Kf6 33. Rb1 Rdc7
34. f4 Rc2+ 35. Kf3 gxf4 36. Bxf4 R7c3 37. Be5+ Kg6 38. Rb3 Rxd3+ 39. Rxd3 Rc4
40. Kf4 a5 41. Ke3 a4 42. Kf4 Bd8 43. Bd6 Bf6 44. Bc5 Rc1 45. Rf3 Re1 46. Kg3
Re4 47. Rf5 Bxd4 48. Bd6 Bb2 49. Rxd5 Bxa3 50. Bxa3 Re3+ 51. Kh4 Rxa3 52. g5
hxg5+ 53. Rxg5+ {[#] T - T+2 Einzelbauern a+g} Kh6 (53... Kf6 54. Ra5 (54. Rg4
g5+ 55. Rxg5 Rh3+ 56. Kg4 Rg3+ 57. Kxg3 Kxg5 58. Kf3 a3 $19) 54... Ke6 55. Kg4
Kd6 56. Kf4 Kc6 57. Ke4 Kb6 58. Ra8 Rh3 $19) 54. Ra5 Ra1 55. Kg3 g6 56. Kg4 Kg7
57. Ra6 Kf7 58. Kg3 Ra2 59. Kf3 Ra1 60. Ke3 Kg7 61. Kf3 Kh6 62. Ra5 a3 63. Kg3
g5 (63... a2 $2 64. Kg2 $11) 64. Kg2 Kh5 65. Kg3 Kg6 66. Kg2 Ra2+ 67. Kg3 Ra1
68. Kg2 Kf6 69. Kh2 Kg6 70. Kg2 Ra2+ 71. Kg3 Kf6 72. Kh3 Ra1 73. Kg2 g4 {[#]}
74. Kh2 $2 {Verschenkte Zeit! WeiЯ muЯ so spielen, daЯ er bei der erstbesten
Gelegenheit den Bg4 nehmen kann, um dann a) dieVerteidigung durch
Seitenangriff auf den a-Bauern zu haben oder b) Rьckkehr des Turms hinter den
Bauern und rechtzeitiger Annдherung des eigenen Kцnigs, falls Schwarz seinen
a-Bauern von der Seite deckt.} (74. Ra4 $1 Ke5 (74... Kg5 75. Kg3 Kf5 76. Kg2)
75. Rxg4 Rb1 (75... Kd5 76. Rg3 Kc4 77. Kh2 Kb4 78. Rg4+ $11 {
Remisverteidigung durch Seitenschachs, da Schwarz kein Versteck fьr den Kцnig
findet.}) 76. Ra4 Rb3 (76... Rb2+ 77. Kf3 a2 78. Ke3 Kd5 79. Kd3 Kc5 80. Kc3
$11) 77. Kf2 Kd5 78. Ke2 Kc5 79. Kd2 Kb5 80. Ra8 $11) 74... Ke6 75. Kg3 (75.
Ra4 Kd5 76. Rxg4 Rb1 77. Ra4 Rb3 78. Kg2 Kc5 79. Kf2 Kb5 80. Ra8 Kb4 81. Ke2
Kc3 82. Kd1 Kb2 $19 {[%cal Ra3a2]}) 75... Kd6 76. Kh2 Kc6 77. Rg5 Rb1 78. Ra5
Rb3 79. Rg5 g3+ 80. Kh3 Rc3 0-1

[Event "FRA-ch"]
[Site "Narbonne"]
[Date "1997.08.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Santo Roman, Marc"]
[Black "Marciano, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2385"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "1997.08.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 061"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. c4 Nc6 6. Be2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8.
d4 Bf6 9. Nc3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Bf5 (10... Re8 11. Be3 Ne7 12. Qd2 Bg4 13. h3 Bxf3
14. Bxf3 c6 15. Rab1 Rb8 16. Qc2 Ng6 17. Qa4 a6 18. Qb4 Bg5 19. Bxg5 Qxg5 20.
Qxd6 Qd2 21. Qb4 Qg5 22. Qd6 Qd2 23. Qa3 Nh4 24. Bd1 Re1 25. Qc1 Rxf1+ 26. Kxf1
Qd3+ 27. Kg1 Qe4 28. f3 Qg6 29. Rb2 Qg3 30. Qe3 Ng6 31. Re2 Rf8 32. Qf2 Qc7 33.
Bc2 Nf4 34. Re4 g6 35. Qh4 Ne6 36. c5 Qa5 37. Bb3 Qxc3 38. Qf6 Re8 39. Kh2 a5
40. Rf4 {1-0 Kupreichik,V-Schussler,H/Malmo 1987/TD 87\06}) (10... Na5 11. Be3
c6 12. Nd2 d5 13. Bd3 Re8 14. c5 b6 15. cxb6 axb6 16. Qc2 h6 17. Rab1 Ba6 18.
Bxa6 Rxa6 19. a4 Re7 20. Rfe1 Nb7 21. Bf4 Rxe1+ 22. Rxe1 c5 23. Qf5 g6 24. Qc2
Bg7 25. h3 Qd7 26. Rb1 cxd4 27. cxd4 Rxa4 28. Rxb6 Ra1+ 29. Kh2 Bxd4 30. Rc6
Ra8 31. Rc7 Qb5 32. Rc8+ Rxc8 33. Qxc8+ Kg7 34. Nf3 Bf6 35. Ne5 d4 36. Qc7 Qd5
37. Ng4 g5 38. Bg3 Nc5 39. Qb6 Ne6 40. Qb2 Qf5 41. Qb8 Bd8 42. Qb2 Kh7 43. Ne5
h5 44. Nf3 Bf6 45. Qb7 Kg7 46. Qd7 Qe4 47. Qa4 Qd5 48. Qd1 Nc5 49. Nd2 h4 50.
Bc7 Na6 51. Bb6 Qd6+ {0-1 Kauschmann,H-Forintos,G/RLNS 1991/BIG 90}) 11. Be3
Re8 12. Re1 Bg6 13. Nd2 Qd7 14. Bg4 Bf5 15. h3 g6 16. Qf3 h5 17. Bxf5 Qxf5 18.
Qxf5 gxf5 19. Bf4 Ne7 20. Nf3 Ng6 21. Bg5 Bg7 22. Rxe8+ Rxe8 23. Kf1 f4 24. Re1
Rxe1+ 25. Kxe1 f6 26. Bh4 Kf7 27. Ke2 c6 28. Kd3 Ke6 29. g3 d5 30. cxd5+ cxd5
31. Ne1 b5 32. Ng2 Bh6 33. gxf4 Nxf4+ 34. Nxf4+ Bxf4 {[%csl Rc3,Rf2,Rh3][%cal
Yf4c7,Yc7a5,Ye6f5,Yf5f4,Yf4f3,Yf3g2] [#] A poor White bishop glued to the edge
of the board. Black's winning plan: an attack on the pawn at c3 by the Black
bishop and decisive infiltration of the Black king via f5-f4-f3. [#]
Schlechter, am Rand eingeklemmter weiЯer Laьfer. Schwarzer Gewinnplan: Angriff
des schwarzen Lдufers gegen Bc3 und anschlieЯender Einmarsch des schwarzen
Kцnigs ьber f5-f4-f3.} 35. Bg3 Kf5 36. Bh4 (36. Bxf4 Kxf4 37. Ke2 h4 $19 {
a hopeless pawn ending for White due to Black's many tempo moves.
hoffnungsloses Bauernendspiel fьr WeiЯ wegegn der vielen schwarzen Tempozьge.}
38. Ke1 Kf3 39. Kf1 f5 40. a3 f4 41. Ke1 Kg2 42. Ke2 f3+ 43. Ke3 a6) 36... a6
37. Ke2 Bh2 38. Kf3 Bc7 39. Ke3 Ba5 40. Kd3 Kf4 41. Ke2 (41. Bxf6 Kf3 42. Bh4 (
42. h4 Kxf2 43. Bg5 Kf3 44. Be7 Kg4 45. Bf6 Bc7 $19 {[%cal Rc7g3,Rg3h4]}) 42...
Kg2 43. f4 Kxh3 44. Be7 Kg4 $19 {[%csl Rc3,Rf4][%cal Rh5h4,Rh4h3,Rh3h2]}) 41...
Bxc3 42. Bxf6 a5 43. Be5+ Kf5 44. Kd3 Be1 45. Ke2 Bb4 46. Kd3 a4 47. f3 Be1 48.
Bd6 b4 49. Ke2 b3 50. axb3 axb3 51. Kd3 Kg5 52. Be5 Kh4 53. f4 Kxh3 54. f5 Bb4
55. Bg7 h4 56. f6 Kg2 57. f7 h3 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-31"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1994.12.15"]
[Round "14.1"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Black "Rogers, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "1994.12.01"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 045"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Switzerland"]
[BlackTeam "Australia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SUI"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AUS"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 e5 4. Bxc4 exd4 5. exd4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. Nf3 O-O 8.
O-O c6 9. Re1 Bg4 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Nbd7 12. Bf4 Nb6 13. Bb3 Re8 14. Be5
Nbd5 15. Re2 Qd7 16. Rae1 Rad8 17. Bc2 g6 18. Bb3 b5 19. Bxf6 Nxf6 20. Re5 Kg7
21. d5 cxd5 22. Nxd5 Nxd5 23. Qxd5 Qxd5 24. Bxd5 Rf8 25. Rxe7 Rxd5 26. Rxa7 Rd2
27. Ree7 Rxb2 28. g3 Rc2 29. Reb7 Rc5 30. a3 h5 31. Kg2 Rf5 32. Ra5 Rc8 33.
Raxb5 Rxb5 34. Rxb5 {An classical endgame with the defending R before (?) and
not behind (!) the passed a-pawn. Black has to find counterplay on the
kingside creating a weak white pawn.} Ra8 35. Rb3 g5 36. Kf3 Ra4 37. Ke2 f5 38.
Kd2 h4 39. Kc2 hxg3 40. Rxg3 {Now the Pf2 is weak.} (40. fxg3 Kg6 (40... g4 41.
hxg4 Rxg4 42. Rf3 Kf6 43. Kb3 Kg5 44. a4 Re4 45. a5 Kg4 46. Rf4+ $18) (40... f4
41. Kb2 Kf6 $10 42. gxf4) 41. Rb6+ Kh5 42. Kb3 Re4 43. Rc6 f4 (43... Re3+ 44.
Rc3 f4 45. gxf4 Rxc3+ 46. Kxc3 gxf4 47. Kd3 Kh4 48. Ke2 Kg3 49. Kf1 $18) 44.
Rc3 Re8 45. a4 Rb8+ 46. Ka3 Rf8 47. gxf4 gxf4 48. Rf3 Kg5 49. a5 Kf5 50. Ka4
Ke4 $10) 40... Kh6 41. Rf3 g4 42. hxg4 fxg4 43. Re3 Kg5 44. Kb3 Rf4 45. Re2
Rf3+ 46. Kb4 Rf4+ 47. Kb5 Rf5+ 48. Kc6 Kf4 49. a4 Kf3 50. Rd2 Kg2 51. Rd4 Kh3
52. Rd3+ Rf3 (52... Rf3 53. Rxf3+ gxf3 54. a5 Kg2 55. a6 Kxf2 56. a7 Kg1 57.
a8=Q f2 $10) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Elbow Beach Club GM-B"]
[Site "Paget Parish"]
[Date "2001.01.29"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kalod, Radek"]
[Black "Becerra Rivero, Julio"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2538"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2001.01.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BER"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. c4 Be7 6. Nc3 Nxc3 7. dxc3 Nc6 8.
Be2 O-O 9. O-O Be6 10. Bf4 Qd7 11. Qd2 Rad8 12. Rad1 Rfe8 13. Rfe1 Qc8 14. Qc1
Bf5 15. h3 Bf6 16. Bf1 h6 17. g4 Bg6 18. Bg3 Rxe1 19. Rxe1 Re8 20. Qd1 Rxe1 21.
Qxe1 Qe6 22. Qxe6 fxe6 23. c5 e5 24. cxd6 cxd6 25. Bc4+ Bf7 26. Bxf7+ Kxf7 27.
Kf1 Ke6 28. Ke2 d5 29. Nd2 Bg5 30. f3 g6 31. Bf2 Bf4 32. Nb3 b6 33. a4 h5 34.
Be1 Kd6 35. Bf2 Nd8 36. Kf1 Ne6 37. Kg2 Kc6 38. Kf1 Kd6 39. Kg2 Kc6 40. Kf1 a6
41. Ke2 Ng5 42. h4 Ne6 43. Nd2 Nc5 44. Bxc5 bxc5 {[#] Entfernter Mehrfreibauer}
45. c4 Bg3 46. gxh5 gxh5 47. Ke3 Bxh4 48. cxd5+ Kxd5 49. Ne4 (49. Kd3 Bg5 50.
Ne4 c4+ 51. Ke2 Bc1 52. Nf6+ Kc5 53. Nxh5 Kb4 54. Kd1 Bxb2 55. Kc2 Bd4 56. f4
exf4 57. Nxf4 Kxa4 $19 {Schwarz besitzt den "richtigen" Lдufer bezogen auf das
Eckfeld a1}) 49... Kc4 50. b3+ Kb4 51. Kd3 Be7 52. Kc2 h4 53. Nf2 c4 54. bxc4
Kxc4 55. Kd2 Bg5+ 56. Ke2 a5 57. Ne4 Bf4 58. Nd6+ Kb4 59. Nb7 Kxa4 60. Kf1 h3
0-1

[Event "Olympiad-34"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2000.11.12"]
[Round "14.4"]
[White "Barua, Dibyendu"]
[Black "Perez Garcia, Rodney Oscar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2502"]
[BlackElo "2478"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2000.10.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "India"]
[BlackTeam "Cuba"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IND"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CUB"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O Bf5 8. c4
dxc4 9. Bxc4 O-O 10. Nc3 Nc6 11. Re1 Nd6 12. Bb3 Bg4 13. d5 Na5 14. Bc2 Nac4
15. b3 Nb6 16. h3 Bf5 17. Nd4 Bxc2 18. Qxc2 Bf6 19. Be3 Re8 20. a4 a6 21. Rac1
Rc8 22. Red1 Bg5 23. Bxg5 Qxg5 24. Nf3 Qh5 25. a5 Nd7 26. Na4 Re7 27. b4 h6 28.
Qd3 Nf6 29. Nc3 Rd8 30. Re1 Rde8 31. Rxe7 Rxe7 32. Qd4 Qf5 33. Re1 Rxe1+ 34.
Nxe1 Nde4 35. Nd3 Nxc3 36. Qxc3 Qxd5 37. Nc5 Nd7 38. Nxd7 Qxd7 {[#]
Technischer Gewinn durch Freibauernbildung und -Verwertung unter
Kцnigssicherung.} 39. g3 b6 40. axb6 cxb6 41. h4 Qf5 42. Qd4 a5 43. bxa5 bxa5
44. g4 Qf6 45. Qc5 Qf4 (45... Qxh4 $2 46. Qc8+ Kh7 47. Qf5+ $11) 46. Qc8+ Kh7
47. h5 Qe4 $1 {Sichern des eigenen Kцnigs.} 48. Kh2 a4 49. Kg3 a3 50. Qa6 Qe5+
51. Kh3 Qc3+ 52. Kg2 Qb3 53. Qa8 Qe6 {Die anfдlligen weiЯen Bauern werden
stets in die schwarzen Ьberlegungen mit einbezogen. Der Tausch des a-Bauern
gegen die Bauern g+h ergibt einen anderen technischen Gewinn, der zwar Zeit
braucht aber nicht sonderlich schwer zu erreichen ist.} 54. Kh3 a2 55. Qa5 Qb3+
56. Kg2 Qb1 0-1

[Event "Jakarta zt"]
[Site "Jakarta"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Adianto, Utut"]
[Black "Gunawan, Ronny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[Annotator "Horvath,Ta"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1993.01.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "INA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 035"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 (6... Nc6 7. O-O
Be7 8. c4 {Kamsky-Yusupov/CBM33/}) 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1 Re8 (8... Bf5 9. c4 c6 10.
Qc2 Na6 11. a3 Bg6 12. c5 Bc7 13. Nc3 f5 14. b4 Bh5 15. Ne5 $14 {Lanka-Lauk/
Vilnius/zt/1993}) 9. c4 c6 10. Nc3 Nxc3 11. Rxe8+ Qxe8 12. bxc3 Nd7 13. Qc2 g6
$2 (13... Nf8 14. Bg5 Bg4 15. Re1 Qd7 16. Ne5 Bxe5 17. dxe5 dxc4 18. Bxc4 h6
19. Bh4 $14) 14. c5 Bc7 15. Bg5 f6 16. Re1 Qf7 17. Bh6 b6 $2 (17... Nf8 {
/\Bd7 ;Re8}) 18. h4 $1 bxc5 19. h5 Nf8 20. Bxf8 Qxf8 21. Bxg6 $1 Bd7 22. Bxh7+
Kh8 23. Nh4 Qd6 24. g3 cxd4 25. Ng6+ $1 (25. Ng6+ $1 Kxh7 26. Nf8+ Kg8 27. Qh7+
Kxf8 28. h6 $18) 1-0

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Huebner, Robert"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1992.04.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 029"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Ernst Kortschnoj} e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3
Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. c4 Be6 9. Qc2 (9. Nc3 {Ernst} Nxc3 10. bxc3 dxc4 11. Be4 Qc8
12. Ng5 $1 Bf5 13. Qf3 Bxe4 14. Qxe4 g6 15. Qh4 $40 {Gutman.}) 9... f5 10. Nbd2
$6 (10. cxd5 Bxd5 11. Nc3 $2 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Bxf3) (10. c5 $5 Be7 11. Ne5) 10...
c6 11. c5 Bc7 12. b4 Nd7 13. b5 g5 (13... Qf6 14. Rb1 g5 15. bxc6 bxc6 16. Rb7
$13) 14. bxc6 bxc6 15. Qa4 Qf6 (15... Rc8 16. Ba6) 16. Qxc6 Rac8 17. Qa6 g4 (
17... Ndxc5 $6 18. dxc5 Nxc5 19. Qa3 Nxd3 20. Qxd3 Qxa1 21. Nxg5 $44) 18. Nxe4
$1 (18. Ne1 Nb8 19. Qa4 Nxc5 $19) (18. Bxe4 dxe4 (18... Nb8 $2 19. Qa4 fxe4 20.
Ne5 Bxe5 21. dxe5 Qxe5 22. Nb3 $16) (18... fxe4 19. Ng5 (19. Ne1 Nb8) 19... Bf5
20. Qxf6 Rxf6 21. h3 g3 $17) 19. Ne1 (19. Ng5 Bd5 $19) 19... e3 20. fxe3 (20.
Nb3 Bxb3 21. Qxf6 Nxf6 22. axb3 e2 $19) (20. Nb1 exf2+ 21. Rxf2 g3 $17) 20...
Qh6 21. Ndf3 (21. g3 Qxe3+ 22. Kh1 Bd5+ $19) 21... gxf3 22. Nxf3 Nb8 {/\ 23...
Qh5, 24...Bd5 -/+} 23. Qd3 Bd5) 18... fxe4 (18... dxe4 $2 19. Bc4) 19. Ng5 Bf5
20. Qxf6 Rxf6 (20... Nxf6 $6 21. Ba6 h6 (21... Rb8 22. h3) 22. Bxc8 Bxc8 23.
Rb1 $13) 21. Bc2 h6 22. Bb3 hxg5 23. Bxd5+ Kg7 24. Bxg5 Rff8 $6 (24... Rg6 25.
Be3 Nf6 26. Bc4 Rd8 27. Rab1 Bc8 $17) 25. Rfe1 $6 (25. Bb3 $142 {/\ Rac1, 27.d5
}) 25... Ba5 (25... Kg6 $2 26. Be7 Rfe8 27. Bxe4 $16) (25... Nf6 26. Bxf6+ Kxf6
27. Bxe4 Rfd8 28. Bxf5 Kxf5 29. Rad1 Ba5 30. Re5+ Kf6 31. Re4 Kf5 $10) 26. Red1
(26. Rec1 $5 Nf6 $10) 26... Nf6 27. Bb3 Kg6 $2 (27... Rfd8 $142 {Besser} 28.
Rac1 Bb4 $15) 28. Be3 Bc7 29. d5 Be5 30. Rac1 a5 31. g3 Rfd8 32. Bc4 a4 33. d6
a3 (33... Bd7 34. Ba6 Rc6 35. Bb7 $16) 34. Ba6 $1 (34. Bb3 $13) 34... Rb8 35.
Bd4 $1 (35. c6 $2 Bxd6 36. Rxd6 (36. c7 Bxc7 $19) 36... Rxd6 37. Bf4 Rbd8 38.
Bxd6 Rxd6 39. Bb7 Rd2 $19) (35. Bc4 $2 Rb2 36. Bb3 $13) 35... Bxd4 36. Rxd4 Rb2
37. c6 e3 38. fxe3 (38. Rf4 exf2+ 39. Kf1 Rh8 40. Rxf2 Rxf2+ 41. Kxf2 Ne4+ {
/\ Nxd6}) (38. c7 exf2+ 39. Kg2 (39. Kf1 Rh8 40. c8=Q Bxc8 41. Bxc8 Rxh2 $19)
39... Rh8 40. c8=Q Bxc8 41. Rxc8 Rxh2+ $19) 38... Rh8 39. c7 $2 $138 (39. d7
Rbxh2 40. Bf1 Rh1+ 41. Kf2 Ne4+ 42. Ke1 (42. Rxe4 Bxe4 43. c7 R8h2+ 44. Ke1 Bf3
$19 {=game}) 42... Nxg3 43. Kd2 (43. d8=Q Rxd8 44. Rxd8 Rxf1+ 45. Kd2 Ne4+ 46.
Kc2 Ng5+ 47. Kd2 Nf3+ $19) 43... Nxf1+ 44. Kc3 g3 45. d8=Q (45. c7 Bxd7 46.
Rxd7 g2 $19) 45... Rxd8 46. Rxd8 Kg7 $19) (39. Bf1 $1 Rxa2 $8 (39... Rbxh2 40.
Bg2 Be4 41. Rxe4) (39... Rhxh2 40. d7 Be4 41. Rxe4 $18) 40. d7 Rb2 41. d8=Q
Rxd8 42. Rxd8 a2 43. Ra1 $18) 39... Rhxh2 $2 $138 (39... Rbxh2 $19 40. Bf1 (40.
Bb7 Ne4 41. Kf1 (41. Bxe4 Bxe4 $19) 41... Rh1+ 42. Ke2 R8h2+ 43. Kd3 Rd2+ 44.
Kc4 Rxc1+ $19) 40... Rh1+ 41. Kf2 R8h2+ 42. Ke1 Rxf1+ 43. Kxf1 Rh1+ 44. Ke2
Rxc1 $19) 40. d7 $2 (40. Bf1 Bc8 $13) (40. Bb7 $10 Ne4 41. Bxe4 Bxe4 42. Rxe4
Rbg2+ 43. Kf1 Rf2+) 40... Rbg2+ 41. Kf1 Ne4 (41... Nh5 42. Rc6+ Kg7 43. Ke1
Rg1+ 44. Bf1 Nxg3 45. Rf4 Bxd7 46. c8=Q $13) 42. Rxe4 (42. Ke1 Rg1+ 43. Bf1 Rf2
$19) (42. d8=Q {Ernst} Rf2+ 43. Kg1 Rhg2+ 44. Kh1 Nxg3# $19) 42... Bxe4 43. Ke1
Rg1+ 44. Bf1 Bf3 (44... Bd3 $2 45. Rc6+ Kg7 46. Rf6 $18 (46. Rf6 $1 {Ernst}
Kxf6 47. d8=Q+ $18)) 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup final"]
[Site "Hyderabad"]
[Date "2002.10.15"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Ye, Jiangchuan"]
[Black "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2002.10.15"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. c4
c6 9. Qc2 Na6 10. a3 Re8 11. Nc3 Bf5 12. Be3 Bg6 13. c5 Bc7 14. Ne2 (14. b4 $5
Nb8 15. b5 Nd7 $11) 14... Nb8 15. Bf4 Nd7 {Black has fully solved his
development problems but White's space advantage on the Q- side still provides
him with some chances to get an edge.} (15... Bh5 $5 16. Bxc7 Qxc7 17. Ne5 Bxe2
18. Bxe2 Nd7 $11) 16. Bxc7 Qxc7 17. Nh4 Nef6 18. Nxg6 hxg6 $14 {/=} 19. b4 Re7
20. Qc1 (20. b5 Rae8 21. Rfe1 Nh5 22. Qc3 Ndf6 $132) 20... Rae8 21. Ra2 (21.
Qf4 Qxf4 22. Nxf4 g5 $15) 21... Nf8 22. a4 Ne4 23. b5 $36 {[%cal Ga4a6] <<} Qa5
24. f3 $6 {[%csl Re3]} Nf6 25. Qd2 Qc7 (25... Qxd2 26. Rxd2 $14) 26. a5 cxb5
27. Bxb5 N8d7 28. Qf4 $1 Rc8 29. Qxc7 Rxc7 30. Kf2 $6 (30. a6 $1 bxa6 (30... b6
31. Bxd7 Nxd7 (31... Rexd7 32. cxb6 axb6 33. Rb1 $18) 32. Nf4 $16) 31. Rxa6 $16
{[%csl Gc5]}) 30... Nb8 $1 31. Rb1 (31. a6 $5) 31... Nc6 32. Ra4 g5 33. Nc3 Nd8
34. Rab4 Nc6 35. Ra4 Nd8 36. Ra3 Nc6 37. Rd1 Re6 38. a6 Nb4 39. Ra4 $6 (39. Rb1
$1 Nxa6 (39... bxa6 40. Rxb4 axb5 41. Nxb5 Rce7 42. Rb2 $16) 40. Bxa6 bxa6 41.
Rb8+ Kh7 42. Rd8 Rb7 43. Ra2 $16) 39... Nxa6 40. Bxa6 bxa6 41. Rb1 Rce7 42. Rb2
$2 (42. Rb8+ Kh7 43. Rd8 $1 Ng4+ 44. Kg3 Ne3 45. Nxd5 $16) {[%tqu "En","Find
how Black can improve position of their knight by nice tactical blow.","","",
"f6g4","",10]} 42... Ng4+ $1 43. Kg3 (43. fxg4 $2 Rf6+ 44. Kg3 (44. Kg1 Re1#)
44... Re3#) 43... Ne3 $132 44. h3 f5 $1 45. Kf2 f4 46. Rab4 Kf7 47. Rb8 a5 48.
R8b7 a4 49. Rxe7+ Rxe7 50. Ra2 Rb7 51. Ke2 $2 (51. Rxa4 Rb2+ 52. Ne2 Rb1 53.
Rxa7+ Kg6 54. Ra6+ Kh7 55. Nc3 Rb2+ 56. Ne2 $11) 51... Rb3 52. Nxa4 Nf5 $17 53.
Kf2 $2 (53. Kd2 Nxd4 54. Nc3 Rb7 $17) 53... Nxd4 54. Rd2 Rb4 $19 55. Nc3 (55.
Nb2 Kf6 56. Ke1 a5 57. Nd3 Rb1+ 58. Kf2 Nc6 $19) 55... Ke6 56. Ne2 (56. Ra2 Rc4
57. Ra6+ Ke5 58. Na4 Rc2+ 59. Kg1 Nf5 $1 $19) 56... Nb3 57. Rc2 (57. Ra2 Nxc5 (
57... a5 58. Nc3 Ke5 $19) 58. Rxa7 d4 59. Rxg7 Rb2 60. Ke1 d3 61. Nc3 Rxg2 $17)
57... Rc4 $1 58. Ra2 a5 0-1

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2001.11.27"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Hamdouchi, Hicham"]
[Black "Tkachiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2501"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Bd3 d5 6. Qe2 Qe7 7. O-O Nd6 8.
Qd1 g6 9. Nc3 (9. Re1 Be6 10. Bf1 (10. Nc3 c6 11. Bf1 Bg7 12. d4 O-O 13. Bf4
Nd7 14. Qc1 Rae8 15. h3 Nb6 16. b3 Qd8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Moreno Carnero,J-Greenfeld,
A/Ohrid MKD 2001/ (26)}) 10... Bg7 11. d4 O-O 12. Bf4 Nc6 13. c3 Qd7 14. Nbd2
Rfe8 15. h3 f6 16. Qa4 Bf7 17. Rxe8+ Rxe8 18. b4 a6 19. Nb3 $14 {1-0
Morozevich,A-Shirov,A/Astana KAZ 2001/(65)}) 9... c6 10. b4 Bg7 11. Re1 Be6 12.
b5 O-O 13. bxc6 ({More precise was} 13. Ba3 $1 Nd7 (13... Qd7 14. Rb1 (14. Ne5
Qc7 $11)) 14. Rb1 Rab8 15. Na4 $36 (15. Ne2 {[%cal Ge2d4,Ge2f4]} c5 16. Nf4 Qf6
17. Nxe6 fxe6 18. Bb2 Qe7 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Qe2 Rbe8 $15 {[%csl Rd3]})) 13...
Nxc6 $1 14. Ba3 (14. Nxd5 Qd8 (14... Qd7 15. Nc3 Nb4 16. Ne5 Bxe5 17. Rxe5 Nxd3
18. cxd3 Nf5 $44) 15. Nc3 Nb4 16. Ne5 (16. Bf1 Bf5 $17) 16... Qa5 (16... Qg5
17. Ba3 Bxe5 18. Bxb4 Bxh2+ 19. Kxh2 Qh4+ 20. Kg1 Qxb4 21. Ne4 $11) 17. Qe2
Rfe8 $44 {Black have numerous threats.They more than enough compensate
sacrificed pawn.}) 14... Qd7 15. Nb5 Nc4 (15... Nxb5 16. Bxf8 Rxf8 17. Bxb5
Bxa1 18. Qxa1 $14) 16. Bxf8 Bxa1 17. Qxa1 Rxf8 18. Nbd4 (18. Qf6 $5 Re8 19.
Nbd4 Nxd4 20. Nxd4 $14) 18... Bg4 19. Nxc6 (19. Bxc4 dxc4 (19... Nxd4 20. Ne5
$1 Qa4 21. Nxg4 Qxc4 22. Nf6+ Kg7 23. d3 $18) (19... Bxf3 20. Bb5 Bg4 21. Bxc6
bxc6 22. Qc3 $36) 20. Nxc6 Qxc6 21. Ne5 Qc8 22. Qd4 Re8 23. Re3 Bf5 $132) 19...
bxc6 20. Bxc4 (20. Ne5 $142 Nxe5 21. Qxe5 $14) 20... Bxf3 (20... Bxf3 21. Bf1
Bg4 22. Qe5 c5 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sofia MTel Masters 1st"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "2005.05.21"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2005.05.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Bf5 11. a3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Nc6 13. Re1 Re8 14. cxd5 Qxd5
15. Bf4 Rac8 16. Bg3 $146 Bd6 17. Nd2 {[%cal Ge2f3]} Bxg3 18. hxg3 Na5 {
[%cal Yc7c5]} 19. Qa4 Bd7 20. Qc2 (20. Bf3 Bxa4 21. Bxd5 Rcd8 $11) 20... b6 (
20... Bf5 21. Qb2 (21. Qa4 Bd7 $11) (21. Bd3 Bxd3 22. Qxd3 Nb3 $11) 21... c5
$132) ({Immidiate attack of White centre} 20... c5 $5 {was also possible.} 21.
Bf3 Qd6 $11) 21. Bd3 h6 22. Bh7+ Kf8 23. Be4 Qd6 24. Nf3 (24. Bf5 g6 (24... Kg8
$11) 25. Bxd7 Qxd7 26. Ne4 Kg7 $11) 24... Be6 $1 {[%mdl 32] Anand takes
initiative by this strong manoeuvre of the bishop.} (24... c5 25. Ne5 Be6 $11)
25. Ne5 Bb3 26. Qe2 (26. Qc1 $5 c5 27. Qf4 Kg8 28. Qf5 g6 29. Qf4 cxd4 30. cxd4
Qxd4 31. Ng4 Re7 32. Nxh6+ Kf8 $13) 26... c5 {Bb3 prevents possibility to
defend pawn d4 by Rad1.} 27. Qg4 Rcd8 (27... cxd4 28. Nd7+ Kg8 29. Qf5 Qg6 30.
Qxg6 fxg6 31. cxd4 Red8 32. Ne5 Rxd4 33. Bxg6 $14) 28. Bf5 (28. Qf5 g6 29. Qf4
Kg7 $15) 28... cxd4 29. cxd4 Nc6 $1 (29... g6 $2 30. Bxg6 fxg6 31. Nxg6+ Kg7
32. Nf4+ Kh8 33. Qh5 Rxe1+ 34. Rxe1 Qf6 35. d5 $40) 30. Nxc6 Rxe1+ 31. Rxe1
Qxc6 $15 {[%csl Rd4]} 32. Qe2 Qd6 33. Qf3 Bc4 34. Qe3 Bb5 $1 {[%cal Yd8e8]} (
34... b5 35. g4 $132 {[%cal Gg4g5]}) 35. Rd1 Ba4 36. Rd2 Re8 37. Qc3 h5 $1 38.
Qc1 Qe7 39. Qc3 Qg5 $1 40. Bh3 (40. Qb4+ Kg8 41. Bh3 Bb3 $15) 40... Kg8 41. d5
f5 $1 {[%csl Rh3] Bh3 is out of the game forever now!} 42. d6 $6 (42. Rd4 $1
Bd7 43. Rc4 $1 Qe7 44. Rc7 g5 45. Rxa7 g4 46. Qc7 Rd8 47. Qxb6 $11) 42... Bd7
43. Rd1 Qg6 44. Qc7 (44. Qc1 Qf6 $15) 44... Qe6 45. Qxa7 $6 (45. Qc1 g6 $17 {
[%csl Rh3]}) ({After} 45. f4 $5 {Bh3 is complitely out of the game but it at
least protects pawn g2.It will be very difficult to improve position of Black
because pawn d6 gives White good counterchances.}) 45... b5 (45... g5 $1 46.
Qxb6 (46. Rd3 g4 47. Qxb6 Qf6 $17) 46... g4 $17) 46. Qc5 (46. Kh2 $1 g5 47. Re1
$1 Qf7 (47... Qxe1 48. Qxd7 Qe6 (48... g4 $2 49. Qxf5 gxh3 50. d7 $18) 49. Qc7
Qf6 50. d7 Rf8 51. Bxf5 $16) 48. Rc1 $1 (48. Re7 Rxe7 49. dxe7 Be8 $19 {
[%cal Yg5g4]}) 48... g4 49. Rc7 Rd8 50. Qe3 $1 {[%cal Ge3g5]} Ra8 (50... Qg7
51. Qe7 $18) 51. Qc5 $1 Rd8 (51... gxh3 $2 52. Rxd7 $16) 52. Qe3 $11) (46. f4
g6 $5 $17 {[%csl Rh3]} (46... Qe3+ 47. Qxe3 Rxe3 48. Bxf5 Bxf5 49. d7 $11))
46... g5 $1 47. g4 $2 (47. Qc1 Qg6 48. Qc7 Qf7 49. Qc1 g4 $19) ({Probably the
best chance for White was} 47. Bxf5 $1 Qxf5 48. Qxf5 (48. Rd5 $2 Re1+ 49. Kh2
Qb1 50. Rxg5+ Kf8 51. g4 h4 $19) 48... Bxf5 49. Rd5 Bd7 50. Rxg5+ Kf7 51. Rxh5
Ke6 $5 $17 {But still Black have good possibilities to win pawns d6 and a3 and
convert their advantage into victory.}) 47... hxg4 48. Bxg4 fxg4 $19 49. Qxg5+
Kh7 50. Qh5+ (50. Rd5 Qh6 $1 $19) 50... Kg7 51. Qg5+ Qg6 52. Qc5 Qf6 53. Qa7
Qf5 54. Qd4+ Kg6 55. Qc3 Qe5 56. Qd3+ Kg7 57. Qc2 Rh8 58. Qc7 (58. g3 Rh6 59.
Qc7 Qe4 $1 60. Qxd7+ Kg6 $19) 58... Qh2+ 59. Kf1 Qh1+ 60. Ke2 Re8+ (60... Re8+
61. Kd2 Qh6+ 62. Kd3 Qg6+ 63. Kd2 Qg5+ 64. Kd3 Qf5+ 65. Kd2 Qxf2+ $19) 0-1

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2006.01.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2006.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. a3 Nc6 11. cxd5 Qxd5 12. Nc3 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Bf5 14. Re1 Rfe8
15. Bf4 Rac8 16. Nd2 Na5 (16... Qd7 17. Nc4 Bd6 18. Bxd6 cxd6 19. Ne3 d5 20.
Bf3 Be6 21. c4 Ne7 22. c5 $14 {1/2-1/2 Grazinys,V-Hansen,H/IECG Email 2000/
Corr 2002 (31)}) (16... Bf6 17. Bf3 (17. Nc4 Bg6 18. Ne3 Qa5 19. Qb3 Bg5 20.
Nc4 Qf5 21. Bxg5 Qxg5 22. Bf3 $16 {1-0 Zaitsev,A-Kainov,A/Tula Federation Cup
final 2005 (55)}) 17... Qd7 18. Ne4 Bxe4 19. Rxe4 Rxe4 20. Bxe4 {1-0 Hansen,
S-Docx,S/Gothenburg SWE 2005/(35)}) 17. Nf1 (17. Bf3 Qd7 18. Nb3 (18. Nf1 Bd6
19. Rxe8+ Rxe8 20. Bxd6 cxd6 21. Ne3 Be4 22. h3 {1/2-1/2 Adams,M-Kramnik,V/
Wijk aan Zee NED 2005/(22)}) 18... Nxb3 19. Qxb3 b6 20. a4 Bd6 21. Be3 Be4 22.
Bxe4 Rxe4 $11 {Acs,P-Haba,P/Pardubice 88/(286) 2003/[Haba,P] (26)}) 17... Qb3 (
17... Qd7 18. Ne3 {1/2-1/2 Jakovenko,D-Kramnik,V/Moscow RUS 2005/(18)}) 18. Qd2
Qc2 {Bacrot is heading for an endgame - and he doesn't seem to be afraid of
the imminent pawn sacrifice.} (18... Nc4 19. Bxc4 Qxc4 20. Ne3 Qb5 21. c4 {
1/2-1/2 Lutz,C-Landa,K/Koelln GER 2006/(21)}) 19. Qxc2 Bxc2 20. Bg4 (20. Ne3
Bb3 21. Nf5 (21. Bg4 Be6 $11) 21... Be6 (21... Bf8 22. Bg4 Kh8 23. d5 $5 $36
Bxd5 $140 24. Ne7 $16) 22. Nxe7+ Rxe7 23. Bd3 Rce8 $11) 20... f5 $8 21. Bxf5 (
21. Bf3 Bd6 22. Bxd6 cxd6 23. Rxe8+ Rxe8 24. Ne3 Be4 $11) 21... Bxf5 22. Re5
Nc4 23. Rxf5 c6 $1 (23... c5 $5 24. Nd2 (24. a4 cxd4 25. cxd4 Bf6 26. Rb1 Bxd4
27. Rxb7 Re2 $44) 24... cxd4 25. cxd4 Bxa3 26. Nxc4 Rxc4 27. g3 Bb2 28. Rxa7
Bxd4 29. Rxb7 $14) 24. Bc1 (24. a4 $140 $2 g6 $19) 24... c5 $44 {[%mdl 32]
Black's counterplay against the c3-d4 duo provides him with a full
compensation for the pawn.} 25. a4 (25. Ne3 cxd4 26. cxd4 Bf6 27. Rf4 Bg5 $11)
(25. Rb1 cxd4 (25... b6 $5 26. a4 (26. d5 Bf6 27. Rf4 Nd6 28. Bd2 Re2 $44)
26... Bf6 $1 (26... cxd4 27. cxd4 Bf6 28. Be3 Re4 29. Ng3 Nxe3 30. Rxf6 $16)
27. Be3 Nd6 $15 {[%cal Yd6e4]})) 25... cxd4 26. cxd4 Bf6 27. Be3 Red8 $44 28.
Rd1 (28. Rf4 Nb6 $44) 28... b6 29. h3 (29. Rb5 Na3 30. Rb3 Nc2 31. d5 Rc4 $132)
29... Nb2 30. Ra1 Bxd4 $11 31. a5 Nc4 32. Bxd4 Rxd4 33. axb6 axb6 34. Rb5 Rc5
35. Rbb1 (35. Rxc5 bxc5 36. Rc1 $11) 35... Ra5 36. Ne3 Rxa1 37. Rxa1 Nxe3 38.
fxe3 Rd8 39. Rb1 Rb8 40. Rb5 Kf7 41. Kf2 Ke6 42. e4 Kd6 43. Ke3 Kc6 44. Rg5 Rb7
45. Kd4 Rd7+ 46. Kc4 Ra7 47. Re5 Ra4+ 48. Kb3 Ra7 49. Kc4 Ra4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sofia MTel Masters 1st"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "2005.05.21"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2005.05.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. a3 Nc6 11. cxd5 Qxd5 12. Nc3 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Bf5 14. Re1 Rfe8
15. Bf4 Rac8 16. Bd3 b5 $146 17. Qb1 (17. a4 $5) 17... Bxd3 18. Qxd3 a6 19. a4
b4 20. Rac1 (20. c4 $5 Qd7 21. d5 Bf6 22. Rad1 Rxe1+ 23. Rxe1 Ne7 (23... a5 $5
24. Bg5 Bc3 25. Bd2 Bxd2 26. Nxd2 Ne7 27. Nb3 $14) 24. Be5 (24. Ne5 Bxe5 25.
Bxe5 Ng6 $11) 24... Bxe5 25. Nxe5 Qxa4 26. Qe2 Rf8 27. Nd3 Re8 (27... Ng6 28.
Nc5 $1 Qa3 29. Nd7 $18) 28. Qb2 b3 29. Qc3 Ng6 30. Rxe8+ Qxe8 31. Qxb3 Nf4 $11)
(20. Qxa6 bxc3 21. Qd3 Bf6 22. Be3 c2 23. Qxc2 Nxd4 24. Bxd4 Bxd4 25. Nxd4 Qxd4
$11) 20... Bf6 21. Rxe8+ ({White have real chances for advantage after} 21.
cxb4 $5 Rxe1+ (21... Nxb4 22. Qb1 a5 23. Rxc7 Rxe1+ 24. Qxe1 $16) 22. Rxe1 Nxb4
23. Qb1 $1 c5 (23... Nc6 24. Qb7 $16) 24. dxc5 $16) 21... Rxe8 22. cxb4 Nxb4
23. Qc3 (23. Qb1 a5 24. Rxc7 (24. Bxc7 Bxd4 25. Re1 Rxe1+ 26. Qxe1 Bc5 27. Qe8+
Bf8 28. h3 Nd3 $11) 24... Bxd4 $11) 23... Na2 (23... Qf5 24. Bg3 Nd5 25. Qc6
Qe6 26. Qxe6 fxe6 27. Kf1 Rb8 28. Bxc7 Rb4 29. a5 Rb5 $14) 24. Re1 (24. Qc4 $5
Qe4 25. Qxa2 Qxf4 26. Qc4 g6 27. a5 Rd8 28. Qxc7 Qxc7 29. Rxc7 Rd5 $1 (29...
Bxd4 30. Kf1 $14 Bf6 31. Rc6 Ra8 32. Nd2 $14) 30. Rc5 Rxc5 31. dxc5 Kf8 $1 32.
Nd2 Ke7 33. c6 Bc3 34. Ne4 Bxa5 35. Nc5 Bb6 36. Nxa6 Kd6 $11) 24... Rxe1+ 25.
Qxe1 h6 26. Bxc7 Bxd4 $11 27. h3 Bf6 28. Qe8+ Kh7 29. Be5 Qd1+ (29... Bxe5 30.
Qxe5 (30. Nxe5 Qe4 $15) 30... Qd1+ 31. Kh2 Qxa4 32. Qf5+ $11) 30. Kh2 Qe2 31.
Qb8 Bxe5+ 32. Qxe5 Qxe5+ 33. Nxe5 f6 34. Nd3 Kg6 35. Kg3 Kf5 36. Kf3 Nc3 37. a5
Nb5 38. g4+ Kg5 39. Nc5 f5 40. Nxa6 fxg4+ 41. hxg4 Nd4+ 42. Kg3 Nc6 43. Nc7
Nxa5 44. Ne8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2006.01.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2006.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Bf4 O-O
8. Qd2 Nd7 9. O-O-O Nc5 10. h4 Bf6 (10... Bg4 11. h5 (11. Be2 Re8 12. Nd4 Bxe2
13. Qxe2 Qd7 14. Be3 Ne4 $11 {1-0 Jackova,J-Gara,A/Germany 2003/EXT 2004 (30)})
(11. Re1 Re8 (11... Ne6 12. Ng5 h6 13. Nxe6 Bxe6 14. Bxh6 gxh6 15. Qxh6 Bf6 16.
Bd3 Re8 17. Re3 Be5 18. Rhh3 {1-0 Fontaine,R-Skoberne,J/Portoroz op 2004 (18)})
(11... Bxf3 12. gxf3 Ne6 13. Bg3 Re8 $14 {0-1 Cinar Corlulu,N-Hernandez,Y/
Gothenburg SWE 2005/(42)}) 12. Nd4 Ne6 13. Nxe6 Bxe6 14. Bd3 Qd7 15. f3 a5 16.
Kb1 b5 $132 {0-1 Bologan,V-Motylev,A/chessassistantclub.com INT 2004/(48)})
11... Re8 (11... h6 12. Be2 Bf6 13. Nd4 Ne4 14. Qe3 Bxe2 15. Qxe2 Re8 16. Qf3
Bg5 $11 {1-0 Galego,L-Camejo Almeida,R/Portugal 1993/TD (49)}) (11... Qd7 12.
Re1 Bf6 13. Nd4 Rfe8 14. Rxe8+ Rxe8 15. f3 Qa4 16. Kb1 Bd7 17. b3 Qa5 18. h6
Ne6 19. Be3 g6 $11 {1-0 Manik,M-Novak,P/Litomysl CZE 2005/(43)}) 12. Bc4 c6 13.
Bxd6 Bxd6 14. Qxd6 Qxd6 15. Rxd6 Bxf3 16. gxf3 $16 {1-0 Anand,V-Carlsen,M/Leon
ESP 2005/(30)}) (10... c6 11. Bxd6 (11. Bg5 d5 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Nd4 Ne4 14.
Qe1 Qf6 15. f3 Nd6 16. Qd2 Bd7 17. Qg5 Qxg5+ 18. hxg5 {1/2-1/2 Rozentalis,
E-Arencibia,W/Elista 1998/CBM 66 ext (18)}) 11... Qxd6 12. Qxd6 Bxd6 13. Rxd6
Ne4 14. Rd4 Nxf2 15. Rg1 Ng4 16. Bc4 Bf5 17. Bd3 Bxd3 18. cxd3 Nf6 19. Re1 (19.
Kd2 Rfd8 20. a4 Ne8 21. Re1 Rxd4 22. Nxd4 Kf8 23. a5 Nc7 24. b4 Rd8 $14 {
1/2-1/2 Cheparinov,I-Dominguez,L/Cuernavaca MEX 2006/(54)}) 19... Rfe8 20.
Rxe8+ Rxe8 21. Kd2 Kf8 22. a4 Ke7 $14 {1/2-1/2 Topalov,V-Gelfand,B/Wijk aan
Zee NED 2006/(72)}) (10... b5 11. Bxb5 Rb8 12. Nd4 Bd7 13. Nc6 Bxc6 14. Bxc6
$16 {0-1 Yakivchik-Goreskul/Lvov 1999 (32)}) (10... Re8 11. Kb1 (11. Bc4 Be6
12. Bxe6 Nxe6 13. Be3 Qd7 14. Qd3 Qc6 15. Rde1 Nc5 16. Bxc5 Qxc5 17. Re3 Bf6
$11 {1/2-1/2 Almasi,Z-Fridman,D/Neukoelln GER 2005/(20)}) (11. Be3 Ne4 12. Qe1
Bg4 13. Bd3 Bf6 $15 {0-1 Van Oosterom,C-Skatchkov,P/Groningen NED 2005/(25)})
11... Ne4 12. Qe1 Bf6 13. Be3 c5 14. Bd3 Qa5 15. Bxe4 Rxe4 $11 {0-1 Bologan,
V-Rabiega,R/playchess.com INT 2004/EXT 2005 (28)}) (10... Be6 11. Ng5 Qd7 12.
Be3 b6 13. a3 a5 14. f3 $36 {1-0 Atlas,V-Nemet,I/Schweizer Liga Luzern-Riehen
sp05/12 2005/Inf 005 (30)}) 11. Ng5 h6 (11... Qd7 12. Kb1 h6 13. Bc4 Qf5 14. f3
hxg5 15. hxg5 Be5 16. Bxe5 dxe5 17. Rh4 $40 {0-1 Narings,N-Monteban,M/
Amsterdam NED 2005/(35)}) 12. Bd3 (12. Bc4 $5 Bf5 13. f3 $36) 12... Nxd3+ 13.
Qxd3 (13. cxd3 $5 b5 $5 (13... hxg5 14. hxg5 Be7 15. Qe3 Bf5 16. Rh2 (16. Rde1
Re8 17. Qf3 Bf8 $13) 16... f6 17. g4 $40) 14. Ne4 Re8 (14... Bb7 15. g4 $36)
15. f3 Be6 16. Nxf6+ Qxf6 17. g4 $13) 13... g6 14. Nf3 {White is trying to
take advantage of the opponent's weakened kingside.} (14. Ne4 Bg7 15. h5 g5 16.
Be3 Bf5 17. Bd4 d5 18. Nf6+ Qxf6 19. Bxf6 Bxd3 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. Rxd3 c6 $11
22. c4 dxc4 23. Rd7 b5 24. Rhd1 Rfe8 25. R1d6 Re1+ 26. Kd2 Rae8 $132) 14... h5
(14... Bg7 $5 15. Qd2 (15. h5 g5 16. Be3 Qf6 17. Bd4 Qf5 $11) 15... Kh7) 15.
Rde1 Bf5 16. Qd2 Re8 17. Bg5 $14 {White is still threatening with a kingside
offensive - and that allows him to keep a slight advantage.} Bxg5 18. Nxg5 (18.
hxg5 Be4 19. Qf4 Bxf3 20. gxf3 Qd7 $11) 18... Qf6 19. f3 {[%cal Gg2g4]} Re5 $1
{Black's counter play along the "e"- file forces White to swap pieces thus
reducing his own attacking potential.} 20. Rxe5 (20. g4 hxg4 21. fxg4 Bxg4 22.
Ref1 Rf5 23. Qg2 Re8 $17) 20... dxe5 (20... Qxe5 21. Re1 $16) 21. Rd1 Qc6 $11
22. b3 Re8 {[%cal Ye5e4]} 23. Kb2 e4 24. fxe4 Bxe4 25. Qf4 Bf5 26. Rd2 (26. Nf3
Qe4 $11) 26... Qc5 27. Nf3 Bg4 28. a4 Bxf3 $2 {Black swaps one piece too many
and lets White back into the driving seat.} (28... Kg7 $11) 29. Qxf3 $14 c6 30.
Rd7 Re7 31. Qd3 $1 {It's not easy to defend Black's queenside pawns -
especially while in a time-trouble.} Rxd7 $2 (31... a6 32. Rc7 $5 (32. b4 Qe5
$11) 32... Rxc7 33. Qd8+ Kg7 34. Qxc7 b5 35. Qa5 (35. a5 b4 36. cxb4 Qd4+ 37.
Ka2 Qe4 $11) 35... Qa7 36. axb5 cxb5 37. Qd8 $14) 32. Qxd7 Qb6 33. b4 $1 c5 $2
(33... a5 34. Kb3 Kf8 35. Qd4 $36) 34. a5 Qc6 $4 (34... Qf6 35. Qc8+ Kh7 36.
Qxc5 Qxh4 37. Qxa7 Qe4 38. Qa8 Qe7 39. b5 $18) 35. Qxc6 bxc6 36. Kb3 $18 Kf8
37. Kc4 cxb4 38. cxb4 Ke7 39. Kc5 Kd7 40. c4 f6 41. b5 g5 42. b6 axb6+ 43. Kxb6
Kc8 44. Kxc6 gxh4 45. c5 1-0

[Event "North Sea Cup 16th"]
[Site "Esbjerg"]
[Date "2001.07.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Van den Doel, Erik"]
[Black "Schandorff, Lars"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2607"]
[BlackElo "2551"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2001.07.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 085"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. a3 Nc6 11. cxd5 Qxd5 12. Nc3 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Bf5 14. c4 (14.
Re1 Qd6 15. a4 Rfe8 16. Qb3 Bf6 (16... b6 17. Bc4 Bg6 18. Ne5 Nxe5 19. dxe5 $36
) 17. Ba3 (17. Qxb7 $5 Rab8 18. Qa6 Rb6 19. Qc4 Na5 20. Qa2 Nb3 (20... Be6 21.
Qc2 Nb3 22. Rb1 $16) 21. Ba3 Qd7 22. Bc4 $1 Reb8 (22... Nxa1 23. Bxf7+ $18) 23.
Bxb3 Rxb3 24. Bb4 $16) 17... Qd7 18. Qxb7 Rab8 19. Qa6 Rb6 20. Qc4 Na5 21. Qa2
Be6 22. c4 (22. Qc2 Nb3 $44) 22... Nb3 23. a5 Rbb8 24. Rad1 Qa4 $36 25. Bd3
Nxa5 26. d5 {1/2-1/2 Sutovsky,E-Schandorff,L/Esbjerg 2001/CBM 85_01 (26)} (26.
d5 Bg4 27. Rb1 Bxf3 28. gxf3 Rxe1+ 29. Rxe1 g6 $15)) 14... Qd6 15. d5 Ne5 (
15... Bf6 16. c5 Qd7 17. dxc6 Qxd1 18. Rxd1 Bxa1 19. cxb7 Rae8 20. Be3 $16) 16.
Nd4 Bd7 17. a4 c6 18. Rb1 (18. Ba3 Qf6 19. Bxe7 Qxe7 $15) 18... cxd5 $6 (18...
b6 19. Qb3 Rad8 20. Rd1 Rfe8 21. Bf4 Bf6 $13) 19. cxd5 Qxd5 $2 (19... Rfd8 20.
Qb3 (20. Nb5 Bxb5 21. Rxb5 b6 $11) 20... Ng4 21. g3 Nf6 22. Bf3 $36) 20. Nf5
Qe6 $6 (20... Nf3+ 21. Bxf3 Qxf5 22. Rxb7 Rfd8 23. g4 Qf6 (23... Qe6 24. Re1
$16) 24. Qe2 Rac8 25. Rxa7 Bc5 26. Ra6 $14) 21. Nxe7+ Qxe7 22. Rxb7 $36 Qe6 (
22... Rfb8 23. Rxb8+ (23. Qd5 Rxb7 24. Qxb7 Qe8 25. a5 Bc6 26. Qc7 Bb5 $11)
23... Rxb8 24. Be3 Bc6 25. Qc2 $14) 23. Rb4 Rfc8 24. Rd4 $14 {White have clear
advantage due to pair of bishops and full control over line "d".} Be8 25. Bf4
Qf6 26. Qd2 Ng6 27. Bf3 Rd8 (27... Bc6 $2 28. Bg5 Qe6 (28... Qe5 29. Bxc6 Rxc6
30. Rd8+ Rxd8 31. Qxd8+ Nf8 32. Be7 $18) 29. Rd6 Qc4 30. Rc1 Qxc1+ 31. Qxc1
Bxf3 32. Qd2 $18) 28. Bd6 $1 Rac8 29. Rd1 $16 Bc6 (29... Nf8 30. Be5 Rxd4 31.
Qxd4 Qg5 32. h4 $16) 30. Bxc6 Rxc6 31. Be5 Rxd4 32. Qxd4 Qe7 33. Bxg7 $18 Qg5 (
33... Re6 34. h3 Re4 35. Qa1 Qg5 36. Bf6 $18) 34. g3 $2 (34. Qd7 $1 Rc1 (34...
Rc2 35. Bd4 Qd2 36. Qd8+ Nf8 37. Be3 Qxd8 38. Rxd8 $18) 35. Bb2 Rxd1+ 36. Qxd1
$18) 34... Nh4 35. Qb2 $1 (35. Qd7 Nf3+ 36. Kg2 Nh4+ 37. Kh1 Qh5 38. g4 Qg6 39.
Qd8+ Kxg7 40. Qxh4 Qe4+ 41. Kg1 Rg6 42. h3 Qxa4 $11) 35... h5 36. Bc3 Nf3+ 37.
Kh1 (37. Kg2 Rc8 38. Rd3 Nh4+ 39. Kh1 Qg4 $132) 37... Rc8 38. Bf6 (38. Rd3 h4 (
38... Qg4 39. Qe2 $16) 39. Qe2 Qc1+ 40. Kg2 Rxc3 41. Rxf3 $16) 38... Qf5 39.
Qb7 $1 (39. Bh8 Ne5 $1 40. f4 Qe4+ 41. Qg2 Qxg2+ 42. Kxg2 Ng4 43. Bd4 Rc2+ 44.
Kf3 Nxh2+ 45. Ke4 Rc4 $14) 39... Re8 40. Ba1 (40. Qc6 $1 Rc8 (40... Rb8 41. Kg2
h4 42. h3 $16) 41. Qd7 $16) 40... Kh7 41. Qb2 (41. Qb5 $1 Ne5 (41... Qxb5 42.
axb5 Re2 43. Kg2 Ng5 44. Rd7 $18) 42. Qb1 $16) 41... Re5 42. Qb1 Re4 43. Bc3 h4
$132 44. Rd8 Re1+ 45. Qxe1 Nxe1 46. Rh8+ Kg6 47. Rg8+ Kh7 48. Rh8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2002.02.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2589"]
[BlackElo "2522"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2002.02.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. c4
c6 9. Re1 Bg4 10. Bxe4 dxe4 11. Rxe4 f5 12. Re1 (12. Re3 Bf4 13. Rc3 Bxf3 14.
gxf3 Bxh2+ 15. Kxh2 f4 16. Rb3 Rf5 17. Kg1 Rh5 18. Qc2 Qg5+ 19. Kf1 Rh2 20. Ke2
Qg3 21. Qd1 Qxf2+ 22. Kd3 c5 23. Kc3 Nc6 24. dxc5 Rd8 $40 {0-1 Baroin,B-Simic,
D/ICCF email 1998/E-Mail 2000 (36)}) (12. Re6 Bc7 (12... Na6 13. Nc3 Qd7 14. d5
Nc5 15. Re3 Rad8 16. Qd4 f4 17. Ne5 Qf5 18. Nxg4 fxe3 19. Bxe3 cxd5 20. Qxd5+
Qxd5 21. Nxd5 Nd3 22. Bd4 h5 23. Nge3 Nxf2 24. Bxa7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Todorovic,
G-Ristic,N/YUG t-ch 1999 (36)}) 13. Nbd2 Qxd4 14. Qe2 Qd8 15. b3 Bd6 16. Bb2
Na6 17. Rd1 Nc5 18. h3 Bh5 19. Nb1 Bxf3 20. gxf3 Qg5+ 21. Kh1 Nxe6 22. Qxe6+
Kh8 23. Rg1 Rf6 $1 24. Bxf6 Qxf6 25. Qxf6 gxf6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Read,M-Mohrlok,D/
ENG-FRG corr 1990/CR97-90 (31)}) 12... Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Qh4 14. h3 (14. g3 Qxd4
15. Rd1 (15. Qb3 Qb6 16. Be3 Qxb3 17. axb3 Na6 18. Nc3 Bc5 $11 {0-1 Topalov,
V-Morozevich,A/Monaco MNC 2002/ (42)}) 15... Qxc4 16. Na3 Qe6 17. Nc4 Bc7 18.
b3 Nd7 19. Ba3 Rf7 20. Nd6 Bxd6 21. Rxd6 Qe8 22. h4 Nf6 23. h5 Qe4 $17 {
0-1 Gullaksen,E-Fyllingen,R/NOR-ch 1992/TD (70)}) 14... Qxd4 15. Qb3 Qb6 16.
Qxb6 axb6 17. Nc3 Nd7 (17... Bb4 18. Bd2 Nd7 19. Rad1 Rfe8 20. Rxe8+ Rxe8 21.
Na4 Bxd2 22. Rxd2 Re1+ 23. Kh2 Re7 24. b4 Kf7 25. b5 Ke8 26. bxc6 bxc6 27. Rd6
Re2 28. Rxc6 Rxa2 29. Nxb6 Nxb6 30. Rxb6 Rxf2 $11 {1/2-1/2 Hjartarson,J-Ye,R/
Novi Sad (ol) 1990/Inf 50/[Ye,Rongguang] (36)}) 18. Rd1 Rf6 19. Kf1 (19. Bf4
Bxf4 20. Rxd7 Rf7 21. Rad1 Re8 (21... Be5 22. Rxf7 Kxf7 23. Rd7+ Ke6 24. Rxb7
Kd6 25. Rxb6 Kc5 26. Rb3 Kxc4 27. Rb6 Kc5 28. Rb7 $14) 22. Kf1 Be5 23. Na4 Rxd7
24. Rxd7 Ra8 25. Nxb6 Rxa2 $11) 19... Nc5 $11 20. Be3 Be5 21. Rab1 h6 (21...
Na4 22. Nxa4 Rxa4 23. a3 Rxc4 24. Bxb6 $11) 22. Rd2 (22. Bd4 $11) 22... Bxc3
23. bxc3 Ne4 24. Rd7 c5 (24... f4 $5 25. Bxb6 Rxa2 26. Re1 Nd2+ 27. Kg1 Rg6 28.
Rd1 Nxc4 29. Rxb7 $15) 25. Bf4 $1 (25. Rb2 f4 $17) 25... Rxa2 26. f3 Rf2+ (
26... Nxc3 27. Re1 Rg6 28. g4 fxg4 29. hxg4 Rf6 (29... b5 30. Re8+ Kh7 31. Ree7
Nb1 (31... bxc4 $2 32. Be5 $40) 32. cxb5 b6 33. Ke1 $44) 30. Re8+ Kh7 31. Be5
Rxf3+ 32. Kg1 Ne2+ 33. Kg2 Nd4+ 34. Kg1 $11) 27. Kg1 Rg6 28. fxe4 Rxf4 29. exf5
Rg3 (29... Rxf5 30. Rxb7 Rf3 31. R7xb6 Rxb6 32. Rxb6 Rxc3 33. Rb7 Rxc4 34. Rc7
$15) 30. Rxb6 Rxf5 31. Rd5 $1 $11 Rfg5 32. Rxg5 hxg5 33. Rb3 b6 34. Kf2 Rd3 35.
Rxb6 Rxc3 36. Rg6 Rxc4 37. Rxg5 Rc2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 13th"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2001.11.15"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Van den Doel, Erik"]
[Black "Greenfeld, Alon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2583"]
[BlackElo "2581"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[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 "Netherlands"]
[BlackTeam "Israel"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NED"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISR"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. c4
c6 9. Qc2 Na6 10. a3 Re8 11. Nc3 Bg4 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Bxe4 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 Qh4
15. g3 Qxd4 16. Bg5 Qe5 17. Qd2 Qf5 18. Bg2 (18. Qxd6 Qxf3 19. Rae1 h6 20. Bc1
(20. Be7 Qb3 21. Qd4 Qb6 22. Qxb6 axb6 23. Re3 Nc5 24. Rd1 $14) 20... Qb3 21.
Rxe8+ Rxe8 {1/2-1/2 Short,N-Piket,J/Zuerich 2001/CBM 83/[Huzman] (21)}) 18...
Be7 (18... Nc5 $142 19. Rad1 (19. Rae1 Bc7 20. b4 Ne6 21. Be3 Rad8 $11) (19.
Qxd6 Qxg5 20. Rfe1 Ne6 $11) 19... Bc7 (19... Ne4 20. Bxe4 Rxe4 21. Qxd6 Qxg5
22. Rfe1 $16) 20. b4 Ne6 $11) 19. Bxe7 Rxe7 20. Rfe1 Qd7 $2 (20... Rd7 $142 21.
Qc3 Rad8 (21... Nc7 22. Re5 Qf6 23. Rae1 $16) 22. Qe3 (22. Re5 Qf6 (22... Rd1+
23. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 24. Bf1 Qd7 25. Qe3 $16) 23. Rae1 Rd1 24. Qe3 Rxe1+ 25. Qxe1 Nc7
$14) 22... Qc5) 21. Qxd7 Rxd7 22. Rad1 $16 Rc7 (22... Rxd1 23. Rxd1 Kf8 24. Rd7
Rb8 25. b4 $18) (22... Rdd8 23. b4 Kf8 24. b5 Rxd1 25. Rxd1 Nc5 26. bxc6 bxc6
27. Bxc6 $16) 23. b4 Kf8 24. Re5 $1 {[%cal Ge5a5]} Re7 (24... Re8 25. Ra5 Re6
26. c5 $16 {[%cal Gg2f1]}) 25. Rxe7 Kxe7 26. b5 Nc5 (26... Nb8 27. Bh3 $1 a6
28. b6 a5 29. Bc8 $18) 27. bxc6 bxc6 28. Bxc6 Rc8 29. Bd5 Rb8 30. Re1+ Kf6 {
This move allows exchange of Rooks,which is in White's favour.} (30... Kf8 $142
31. Re3 Rb2) 31. Re3 $1 {[%cal Ge3f3]} Rb3 32. Rxb3 Nxb3 33. f4 $1 {[%csl Rf6]
[%cal Gf4e5,Gg1e3]} Ke7 34. Kf2 f6 35. Bg8 $1 {This move prepares penetraition
of Kf2.} h6 36. Kf3 {[%cal Gf3e4,Ge4g6]} Kd6 (36... Nd2+ 37. Ke2 Nb1 38. Kd3
Nxa3 39. Kc3 Nb1+ 40. Kc2 Na3+ 41. Kb2 $18) 37. Ke4 Kc5 38. Kf5 Nd2 39. Kg6 a5
40. Bf7 {It was mistake in scoresheet.Right is} Nb1 41. a4 (41. a4 Nc3 42. Be8
Kb4 43. c5 $1 Kxc5 44. Kxg7 Kb4 45. Kxf6 Nxa4 46. f5 $18) 1-0

[Event "Cannes NAO Masters"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "2002.02.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nataf, Igor Alexandre"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2546"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2002.02.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nb4 9. Be2 Be6 {This move was mostly made in order to prevent a well-known
theoretical line} (9... O-O 10. a3 Nc6 11. cxd5 Qxd5 12. Nc3 Nxc3 13. bxc3) 10.
c5 a5 (10... Nc6 11. Bb5 Bd7 12. Bxc6 Bxc6 13. Ne5 Bb5 14. Re1 O-O 15. f3 Ng5
16. Nc3 $36 {1-0 Tredinnick,A-Evans,R/ENG-ch corr8990 1989/CR97-89 (38)}) (
10... O-O 11. Qb3 a5 12. a3 Na6 13. Qxb7 Naxc5 14. dxc5 Nxc5 15. Qc6 d4 16. Bf4
Ra7 $13 {1-0 Pane,A-Venni,A/4 CIM 1988 (39)}) 11. Ne5 $1 $146 {[%mdl 44]} (11.
Bf4 O-O 12. Nc3 g5 13. Bd2 Nc6 14. Bc1 f5 15. Ne1 b6 16. cxb6 cxb6 17. Nb5 Bf6
18. Nc2 Rc8 19. Re1 Qd7 {1/2-1/2 Socko,B-Motylev,A/2 IECC, Ohrid 2001 (19)}) (
11. a3 Nc6 12. Bb5 O-O 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14. Ne5 Bf6 15. Bf4 Bd7 16. f3 Ng5 17. Nc3
Rb8 18. Rf2 Ne6 19. Bg3 Re8 20. f4 Bxe5 21. fxe5 Qg5 22. Kh1 Rb7 23. Rd2 {
1/2-1/2 Topalov,V-Ye Rongguang/Antwerp 1997/CBM 61 (23)}) 11... f6 (11... O-O
12. f3 Nf6 13. Nc3 $16) 12. Nd3 O-O (12... Nc6 13. Nf4 Bf7 14. Bg4 $16) 13. Nf4
$1 (13. f3 Ng5 14. f4 Ne4 15. f5 Bf7 16. Nf4 Qd7 17. Nc3 Rfe8 18. Bg4 b6 $132)
13... Bf7 14. Bg4 $1 g6 15. Ne6 Bxe6 16. Bxe6+ Kg7 17. a3 (17. f3 Ra6 $1) 17...
Nc6 18. Nc3 Re8 (18... f5 19. Nxd5 Bg5 20. Bf4 $1 Bxf4 21. Nxf4 Qxd4 22. Qxd4+
Nxd4 23. Rad1 Rad8 24. Bd5 $16) 19. Nxd5 (19. Nxe4 dxe4 20. d5 Bxc5 21. dxc6
Qxd1 22. Rxd1 Rxe6 23. cxb7 Rb8 24. b4 Be7 25. bxa5 Rxb7 26. Be3 $11) 19...
Bxc5 (19... Bf8 20. Bf4 $1 Rxe6 21. Nxc7 Re7 22. Nxa8 Qxa8 23. d5 $16) 20. dxc5
Rxe6 21. Bf4 Ne5 22. Rc1 $16 c6 23. Nb6 Qxd1 24. Rfxd1 Rae8 25. Bxe5 $6 (25. f3
Ng5 26. Bxe5 $1 (26. Bd2 Nexf3+ $1 27. gxf3 Nxf3+ 28. Kf2 Nxh2 29. Kg3 Re2 30.
Nc4 h5 $44 (30... g5 31. Rh1 h5 32. Rxh2 h4+ 33. Kh3 g4+ 34. Kxh4 Rxh2+ 35.
Kxg4 $14)) 26... fxe5 (26... Rxe5 27. f4 Re2 28. fxg5 Rxb2 29. Rd7+ Kg8 30. Nc4
Ra2 31. gxf6 Ree2 32. Ne3 $1 Rxe3 33. f7+ Kf8 34. Rf1 $18) 27. Nc4 e4 (27... a4
28. Nd6 R8e7 (28... Rb8 29. Rc4 $18) 29. Rc4 $18) 28. Nd6 R8e7 29. h4 $16)
25... Rxe5 26. Nc4 (26. f3 Nxc5 27. f4 Rf5 (27... Re2 28. Rxc5 Rxb2 29. Nc4 Ra2
30. Rd2 Re1+ 31. Kf2 Rea1 32. Ke2 a4 33. g4 $16) 28. g4 Rxf4 29. Rxc5 Rxg4+ $44
) 26... Rxc5 27. f3 Ng5 28. h4 (28. Rd7+ Kh6 29. Rxb7 Ne6 $11) 28... Ne6 29.
Rd7+ Kf8 (29... Kh6 30. Rxb7 Nd4 (30... Nf4 31. Rc2 $11) 31. Kf2 $11) 30. b4 (
30. Rxh7 Re7 31. Rxe7 Kxe7 $15) (30. Rxb7 Nf4 31. Kf1 Re2 $11) 30... axb4 31.
axb4 Rd5 32. Rxb7 Nf4 33. Ra1 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS Cup final 6th"]
[Site "Nefteyugansk"]
[Date "2002.10.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Smirnov, Pavel"]
[Black "Skatchkov, Pavel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2562"]
[BlackElo "2471"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2002.10.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. c4
c6 9. Qc2 Na6 10. a3 f5 11. Nc3 Nc7 12. Ne2 Ne6 13. b4 Bd7 14. Bb2 a5 (14...
Rf6 15. Rae1 Rh6 16. Bc1 N4g5 17. Ne5 Bxe5 18. dxe5 Nf3+ 19. gxf3 f4 20. Bf5
Nd4 21. Nxd4 Qg5+ 22. Kh1 Rxh2+ 23. Kxh2 Qh4+ 24. Kg1 Qg5+ 25. Bg4 Bxg4 26.
Bxf4 Qxf4 27. Ne2 Qxf3 28. Qc3 $18 {1-0 Chandler,M-Dive,R/Wellington 1988/CBM
07 (36)}) (14... Be8 15. Ne5 Qf6 16. f3 Nxd4 17. Bxd4 Bxe5 18. Bxe5 Qxe5 19.
cxd5 Nd6 20. dxc6 Bxc6 21. Qc5 Rfe8 22. Rfd1 Rad8 23. Qxa7 Bb5 24. f4 Qe7 25.
Qc5 Bxd3 26. Rxd3 Qxe2 27. Rxd6 Rxd6 28. Qxd6 Qe3+ 29. Kf1 Qe2+ 30. Kg1 {
1/2-1/2 Lautier,J-Fressinet,L/Paris FRA 2002/(30)}) 15. Rad1 axb4 16. axb4 Bxb4
17. Qb3 c5 (17... Qe7 18. Ne5 dxc4 $6 19. Bxc4 $44 b5 20. Nxc6 Qd6 21. Bd5 Ra4
$2 22. Nf4 $2 {0-1 Grischuk,A-Morozevich,A/Prague 2002/CBM 89/[Huzman] (48)} (
22. Nxb4 {Huzman} Rxb4 23. Ba3 $1 $18)) 18. Ra1 $1 (18. dxc5 Bxc5 19. cxd5 Ba4
$19) (18. cxd5 Ba4 19. Qc4 b5 $19) 18... Rxa1 19. Rxa1 Bc6 20. cxd5 (20. Ne5
Qd6 $17) 20... Bxd5 21. Bc4 Nc7 $2 (21... Bxc4 $142 22. Qxc4 Re8 $13) 22. dxc5
Bxc5 23. Rd1 Nxf2 (23... Kh8 $142 24. Bxd5 (24. Rxd5 Nxd5 25. Bxd5 Bxf2+ 26.
Kf1 Qe7 $14) 24... Nxf2 25. Ba3 Nxd1+ 26. Bxc5 Re8 27. Bc4 b5 28. Bxb5 Nxb5 29.
Qxb5 Qb8 30. Qd3 Qb2 $14 {+/-}) 24. Rxd5 Nxd5 25. Bxd5+ Kh8 26. Bxg7+ $1 Kxg7
27. Qc3+ Qf6 (27... Rf6 $142 28. Qxc5 Nd3 29. Qd4 Qb6 30. g3 $16 {[%csl Rf5]})
28. Qxc5 Ng4 29. Ned4 $40 Ra8 30. Qc3 Qb6 (30... Kh8 31. Bxb7 Rb8 32. h3 $16)
31. h3 Ra3 (31... Nf6 32. Be6 $18) 32. Bb3 $2 (32. Qc1 $1 Rxf3 (32... h6 33.
hxg4 Rxf3 34. Kh1 Qxd4 35. Qc7+ Kf6 36. Qf7+ Kg5 37. Qh5+ Kf6 38. Qxh6+ Ke5 39.
Qe6+ Kf4 40. Qxf5+ $18) 33. Qg5+ Kf8 34. Qg8+ Ke7 35. Qxh7+ Kf6 36. Qh8+ Kg5
37. hxg4 $18) 32... Ne5 $2 (32... Qc5 $1 33. Qe1 Rxb3 34. Kh1 Rb6 35. hxg4 Rh6+
(35... fxg4 36. Nh4) 36. Kg1 fxg4 37. Qe3 Qd5 38. Ne5 $36) 33. Kh1 (33. Nxe5
Rxb3 34. Qc4 $1 $18 {[%cal Gc4f7]}) 33... Nxf3 34. Nxf3+ Qf6 (34... Kf8 35.
Qh8+ $18) 35. Qc7+ Kh6 (35... Kg6 36. Nh4+ Qxh4 37. Qf7+ Kh6 38. Qf8+ Kg6 39.
Bf7+ Kf6 40. Qd8+ $18) 36. Qc1+ 1-0

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 33rd"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2005.07.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Nielsen, Peter Heine"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2668"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2005.07.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8.
Re1 Bg4 9. c3 f5 10. Qb3 O-O 11. Nbd2 Na5 12. Qc2 Nc6 13. b4 a6 14. a4 Bd6 15.
Ba3 Kh8 (15... Rf6 16. b5 (16. h3 Nxd2 17. Nxd2 Bxh3 18. gxh3 Rg6+ 19. Kf1 Qh4
20. Bxf5 $18 {1-0 Lastin,A-Slugin,S/Voronezh RUS 2005/(28)}) 16... Nxd2 17.
Qxd2 Bxf3 18. bxc6 Rg6 19. g3 bxc6 20. Bxd6 $1 (20. Bxf5 Rf6 21. Qd3 Bxa3 22.
Rxa3 Qf8 23. Bxh7+ Kh8 24. Ra2 Qf7 $17 {1/2-1/2 Morozevich,A-Shirov,A/Monaco
2002/CBM 87 ext (36)}) 20... cxd6 21. Bxf5 Rf6 22. Qd3 g6 23. Qxf3 Rxf5 24. Qe2
$14 {0-1 Morozevich,A-Karpov,A/Prague 2002/CBM 89/[Huzman] (97)}) (15... Qf6
16. b5 axb5 17. Bxd6 cxd6 18. axb5 Na5 19. b6 Rfc8 20. Qb2 {1/2-1/2 Amonatov,
F-Turov,M/St Petersburg RUS 2003/(20)}) 16. Qb2 (16. b5 axb5 17. Bxd6 cxd6 18.
axb5 (18. Bxb5 $5 Na5 19. Rac1 Rc8 20. Qb2 Qb6 21. Qb4 Bxf3 22. Nxf3 Rc7 23.
Rc2 Rfc8 24. Rec1 Nc4 25. Ne1 $14 {1-0 Santo Roman,M-Koch,J/Belfort FRA 2004/
(45)}) 18... Na5 19. h3 Bh5 20. Nh2 Rc8 21. Ra3 b6 22. Ndf1 f4 23. f3 (23. Bxe4
dxe4 24. Qxe4 Qg5 25. Nf3 Qxb5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Wittmann,W-Blauert,J/Budapest HUN
2005/(65)}) 23... Qh4 24. Re2 Ng3 25. Nxg3 fxg3 26. Nf1 Bxf3 27. gxf3 Rxf3 $44
{1/2-1/2 Ponomariov,R-Adams,M/Wijk aan Zee NED 2005/(41)}) 16... Re8 17. b5
axb5 18. Bxb5 $6 (18. axb5 $5 Na5 (18... Rxa3 19. Rxa3 Bxa3 20. Qxa3 Nb8 21.
Bxe4 fxe4 22. Ne5 Be6 23. Qa7 $36) (18... Ne7 19. Bxd6 cxd6 20. Rxa8 Qxa8 21.
Nh4 $16) 19. Bxd6 cxd6 20. b6 $14) 18... Qf6 (18... Bf4 $5 19. Bf1 Qf6 $15) 19.
Bxd6 cxd6 20. a5 $6 {[%csl Ra5][%cal Ga5a6] The pawn a5 becomes weak now and
it will be lost soon.} Reb8 $1 21. Ra4 Qd8 (21... Nxa5 22. Qa3 Qd8 23. Ra1 b6
24. Bc6 Ra7 25. Bxd5 $14) 22. Rea1 Nxa5 23. Qa3 Bxf3 24. Nxf3 Nc4 $1 {Black
returns his extra pawn back in time, forcing an advantageous endgame.} (24...
b6 25. Bc6 $14) 25. Bxc4 Rxa4 26. Qxa4 dxc4 27. Qxc4 Qc8 $1 28. Qf7 $8 (28.
Qxc8+ Rxc8 29. Rb1 Rxc3 $17) 28... Qxc3 29. Rf1 Qc8 (29... g6 30. h4 Qc8 31.
Ng5 $44) 30. Nh4 Qf8 $1 31. Qxf5 Qxf5 32. Nxf5 b5 $6 (32... g6 $1 33. Ne3 (33.
Ne7 Nc3 $17) 33... Nc3 $1 34. Ra1 b5 35. Kf1 b4 $17) 33. f3 Nc3 (33... Nd2 $5
34. Rf2 (34. Re1 b4 35. Nxd6 b3 36. Ne4 Nc4 37. Nc3 b2 $15) 34... Nc4 35. Rc2
g6 36. Ne7 Kg7 37. Nd5 $11) 34. Nxd6 Ne2+ (34... b4 35. Ne4 Ne2+ 36. Kf2 Nxd4
37. Rd1 $11) 35. Kf2 Nxd4 36. Ke3 Ne6 37. Rb1 b4 38. Ne4 g5 39. g3 Kg7 40. Kd3
Rd8+ 41. Ke3 Rb8 42. Kd3 Rd8+ 43. Ke3 Rb8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 33rd"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2005.07.16"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Nielsen, Peter Heine"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2668"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2005.07.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Bf4 Nc6
8. Qd2 Bg4 9. Be2 Qd7 10. O-O-O a6 11. Rhe1 O-O-O (11... O-O 12. h3 Bf5 13. g4
Bg6 14. Bd3 {1/2-1/2 Bengtsson,B-Andersson,J/Sweden 1998/EXT 2000 (14)}) 12. h3
Be6 13. c4 Kb8 (13... d5 14. Nd4 $1 Nxd4 15. Qxd4 Qa4 16. Kb1 $36 dxc4 $140 17.
Qa7 $18) (13... h6 14. Qc3 Bf6 15. Qa3 $36) 14. Qc3 Bf6 15. Qa3 $1 $36 {
[%cal Gc4c5] White starts to develop his initiative on the queen's side using
the better position of his pieces.} Qe7 16. Be3 h5 17. Kb1 {I think that White
lost an important tempo with this move.} (17. b4 $1 {[%cal Gb4b5]} Na7 (17...
d5 18. Bc5 Qe8 19. b5 $16) 18. b5 g5 19. bxa6 b6 20. Nd4 $16) 17... g5 $1 $132
{[%cal Yg5g4]} 18. b4 {[%mdl 4]} g4 19. Nd2 Nd4 20. Bd3 d5 $1 (20... Bg7 21. b5
Nf5 22. bxa6 Qf6 23. Nb3 $36) 21. c5 Bg7 {[%cal Ye7f6]} 22. hxg4 hxg4 23. Nb3
Nxb3 (23... Nc6 24. b5 axb5 25. Bxb5 $36) 24. axb3 c6 $2 (24... Qf6 $1 25. c6 (
25. b5 axb5 26. c6 (26. Bxb5 d4 27. Bc1 Qxf2) 26... bxc6 $17) 25... d4 26. Bc1
Bd5 27. cxb7 Bxb7 $132) 25. Bf4+ Ka7 (25... Kc8 26. Qa5 Bc3 27. Qb6 $1 Bxe1 28.
Bxa6 Kd7 29. Bd6 $18) 26. b5 cxb5 27. Bxb5 $40 Rc8 (27... Bc3 28. Bd6 Qg5 29.
c6 Bxe1 30. Bc5+ Kb8 31. Bb6 $1 $16) (27... d4 28. Bd6 Qg5 29. Bd3 $16) 28. Bd6
Qf6 29. Be5 $5 (29. c6 $1 Qa1+ 30. Qxa1 Bxa1 31. Kxa1 axb5 32. c7 $16) 29...
Qg5 30. Bxg7 Qxg7 31. c6 Qf8 32. b4 Qd6 (32... Rc7 $142 33. cxb7 (33. Rd4 Qd6
34. Kb2 $14) 33... Qd6 34. Rd4 Rxb7 35. Bd3 Rh2 $132) 33. Rd4 Rc7 34. Kb2 Rhc8
(34... Rh2 $1 35. Ra1 Kb8 36. Qa5 (36. cxb7 Qb6 $19) 36... Rxg2 37. Qb6 Rxc6
38. Bxc6 Qxc6 39. Qxc6 bxc6 40. Rf4 Kb7 $11) 35. c3 Rxc6 $2 (35... Kb8 36. cxb7
(36. Ra1 bxc6 37. Qxa6 Rb7 38. Qa8+ Kc7 39. Qa5+ Rb6 (39... Kd7 40. Ba6 Ra8 41.
Bxb7 Rxa5 42. bxa5 c5 43. Rd2 d4 $132)) 36... Kxb7 37. Ra1 Ra8 38. Bd3 $16) 36.
Bxc6 Rxc6 37. g3 $18 Rc4 38. Red1 Qe5 39. Qb3 Rxd4 40. Rxd4 Qe1 41. Qc2 b5 42.
Rd1 Qe5 43. Qd2 Kb7 44. Re1 Qf5 45. Qe3 Qf6 46. Rh1 Qf5 47. Rh8 Qf6 48. Re8 Bd7
49. Re7 Kc8 50. Qc5+ Kd8 51. Re2 1-0

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 33rd"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2005.07.14"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2005.07.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 Nc6
8. Qd2 O-O 9. O-O-O Ne5 10. Be2 (10. Nd4 c5 11. Nb5 Qa5 (11... Be6 12. Nxd6 (
12. c4 Qb6 13. b3 Rad8 (13... Rfd8 14. Nc3 Nc6 15. Nd5 Bxd5 16. cxd5 Nd4 17. c3
Rdc8 18. Kb2 Nb5 19. a4 a6 20. Be2 Bf6 21. axb5 axb5 22. Bg5 $16 {1-0 Escher,
T-Fochtler,E/Wuerttemberg 1996/EXT 99 (55)}) 14. Nc3 Ng4 15. Bf4 Rfe8 16. f3
Nf6 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. cxd5 Bd7 19. Bd3 {1/2-1/2 Esquivel,L-Martello,J/
Chessfriend.com 2003/Telechess CBM 99 (19)}) 12... Qb6 13. b4 Bxd6 (13... Rfd8
$5) 14. Qxd6 Qxd6 15. Rxd6 cxb4 16. cxb4 Bxa2 17. Bf4 (17. Bd4 Rfe8 (17... f6
18. Bxe5 fxe5 19. Kb2 Bf7 20. Bd3 Rad8 21. Rxd8 Rxd8 22. Re1 $16 {1-0
Oleksienko,M-Smirnov,I/Lvov 2002/EXT 2003 (35)}) 18. Bxe5 (18. Bb5 $1) 18...
Rxe5 19. Bd3 Rd5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Rohl,J-Perea,O/Havana CUB 2004/(52)}) 17... f6
$10) 12. a3 (12. Kb1 a6 13. Na3 b5 $15 {1-0 Ivanez Rico-Lozano/cr E Mkl 1986 
(35)}) 12... a6 (12... Be6 13. Nxd6 Qb6 14. f4 $1 Ng4 15. f5 Qxd6 16. Qxd6 Bxd6
17. Rxd6 Nxe3 18. fxe6 fxe6 19. Bd3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Kramnik,V-Kasparov,G/New York
PCA-Intel GP 1995/EXP 47/[Vaisser] (66)}) (12... Rd8 13. Bg5 f6 14. Qd5+ Kf8
15. Bd2 Bd7 16. c4 Qb6 17. Qe4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Efimenko,Z-Savchenko,S/Alushta
2002/EXT 2003 (37)}) 13. Nxd6 Rd8 14. Nxc8 Raxc8 (14... Rxd2 15. Nxe7+ Kf8 16.
Rxd2 Kxe7 17. Rd5 $18 Nd7 18. Be2 $16 {1-0 Van der Wiel-Van der Sterren/
Nederland 1983 (21)}) 15. Qe1 (15. Qe2 $2 b5 16. Rxd8+ Rxd8 17. Bd2 $1 $146 (
17. Bxc5 $2 Bxc5 18. Qxe5 Bxa3 $1 $17 {1/2-1/2 Baciu,O-Ionescu Brandis,I/
Bucharest 1998/EXT 99/[Marin,M] (30)}) 17... Ng6 18. Kb1 b4 19. cxb4 cxb4 20.
axb4 Bxb4 21. Bc1 $1 Be7 22. g3 Qd5 23. Rg1 a5 24. Bg2 Qd6 25. Qb5 $16 {
1-0 Volokitin,A-Kozakov,M/Lvov 2001/CBM 87/[Huzman] (42)}) 15... b5 (15...
Rxd1+ 16. Qxd1 Rd8 17. Qe1 b5 18. Bd2 Bf6 19. f4 Nc6 20. Bd3 g6 21. Qe4 Qb6 22.
Qe3 a5 23. Rd1 b4 24. cxb4 axb4 25. a4 Nd4 26. b3 Qc6 {1/2-1/2 Forchert,
N-Raetsky,A/Germany 1996/EXT 98 (26)}) 16. Rxd8+ Rxd8 17. Be2 Qa4 18. f4 Nc6
19. Kb1 b4 20. cxb4 cxb4 21. b3 Qxa3 22. Bc1 Qa5 23. Bb2 Bc5 24. Bc4 Bd4 25.
Bxd4 Nxd4 26. Qe7 Nxc2 {1/2-1/2 Rohl Montes,J-Bick,J/Willemstad 2003/EXT 2004 
(26)}) (10. Kb1 a6 11. Be2 Be6 12. Nd4 Nc4 13. Qd3 Nxe3 14. Nxe6 fxe6 15. Qxe3
e5 16. Bd3 $36 {1-0 Anand,V-Kramnik,V/Monte Carlo MNC 2005/(52)}) (10. h4 Bg4
11. Be2 Qc8 12. b3 Re8 13. Kb1 Bf8 14. h5 a6 15. Rde1 b5 $132 {1/2-1/2 Topalov,
V-Kramnik,V/Sofia BUL 2005/(52)}) 10... Ng4 $1 {Black uses the possibility to
exchange the dark-squared bishop.} (10... Be6 11. Nd4 Bxa2 12. b3 a5 13. Kb2 a4
14. Ra1 $18 {1-0 Annageldyev,O-Skatchkov,P/Alushta UKR 2005/(35)}) (10... Bf5
11. Nd4 Qd7 12. h3 Rfe8 13. Kb1 a6 14. Nxf5 Qxf5 15. f4 Bh4 16. g3 Bf6 17. Rde1
Ng6 18. g4 Qe6 19. Bd3 $16 {1-0 Szell,L-Skyva,Z/Harrachov 1970/EXT 2005 (42)})
11. Bd4 (11. Bd3 Nxe3 12. Qxe3 Re8 13. Kb1 Bf6 14. Qf4 Bd7 15. g4 Bc6 16. Rhg1
Be5 $11 {0-1 Gheorghe,C-Ionescu Brandis,I/Eforie Nord 2002/EXT 2003 (35)}) (11.
Rhe1 Nxe3 12. Qxe3 Bf6 (12... Re8 $5 13. Kb1 Bf6 14. Qf4 Be6 $11) 13. Bd3 (13.
h4 Bg4 14. g3 Qd7 15. Qf4 Qf5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Berg,P-Schuster,T/Germany 1989/GER 
(23)}) 13... g6 14. Qf4 Bd7 15. h4 h5 16. Ng5 $36 {1/2-1/2 Blohm,D-Snyder,L/
San Francisco 2001/EXT 2002 (25)}) 11... c5 12. h3 $5 {White fights for the
initiative and decides to sacrifice his h-pawn to open this file.} (12. Be3 Be6
13. Kb1 Qa5 14. c4 Qa6 $15 {[%cal Yb7b5]}) 12... cxd4 13. hxg4 dxc3 14. Qxc3
Bxg4 15. Bd3 (15. Qd3 $5 g6 (15... h6 16. Qe4 $44 {[%cal Ge2d3]}) (15... h5 16.
Nd4 Bxe2 17. Nxe2 g6 18. Nc3 $44) 16. Qe3 h5 17. Bc4 Qc7 18. Bd5 $44) 15... h5
$1 {[%mdl 288] Black finds the correct defensive plan -Bg4 and pawn h5 stop
the development of White's initiative on the h-file.} 16. Qc4 (16. Qb4 Re8 (
16... d5 17. Qxg4 hxg4 18. Bh7+ $11) 17. Qxb7 $6 Rb8 18. Qa6 Bg5+ $1 19. Kb1
Bf6 20. b3 Qc7 21. Qc4 Qa5 $40) 16... Re8 (16... d5 17. Bh7+ Kh8 18. Rxd5 $16)
17. Bh7+ (17. Qd5 Bf6 18. c3 Rc8 $17) (17. Qf4 Qb6 $15) 17... Kf8 (17... Kxh7
$2 18. Qxg4 g6 19. Rd5 $40) 18. Qf4 Qb6 19. c3 Bf6 (19... Qxf2 20. Bg6 (20.
Rhf1 g5 $8 (20... Qc5 21. Qxf7+ $3 Kxf7 22. Ng5#)) 20... Bg5 (20... Bf6 21.
Bxh5 $44) 21. Qxg5 fxg6 22. Rhf1 Qe3+ 23. Qxe3 Rxe3 24. Ne5+ Ke7 25. Rf7+ Ke6
26. Nxg4 Rg3 27. Rxb7 Rxg4 28. Rd2 $11) 20. Rxd6 Qxf2 21. Rxf6 $1 {[%mdl 128]
Finally White destroys the position of the Kf8.} gxf6 22. Qxf6 $6 ({White
receives full compensation for the sacrifised material after} 22. Qh6+ Ke7 23.
Re1+ (23. Qf4 Rac8 $17) 23... Be6 (23... Kd7 24. Rd1+ Kc8 25. Qxf6 Qe3+ 26. Kb1
Qe7 27. Qf4 $44) 24. Bf5 $1 (24. Qf4 Rac8 25. Bf5 (25. Qb4+ Qc5 26. Qxb7+ Kf8
$17) 25... Rc4 $17) (24. Qxh5 Rh8 25. Qb5 Qb6 $17) 24... Rad8 25. Bxe6 fxe6 26.
Qg7+ Kd6 27. Qxb7 $13) 22... Qe3+ $1 (22... Bxf3 23. Qh6+ Ke7 24. gxf3 Rad8 (
24... Qxf3 25. Rd1 Rad8 26. Qg5+ f6 27. Qc5+ Ke6 28. Qc4+ Rd5 29. Bc2 $44) 25.
Qxh5 $11) 23. Kb1 Rad8 $1 24. a3 (24. Nd4 Qe5 25. Qf2 Kg7 26. Bc2 Rd6 $15) (24.
Ng5 $140 $4 Qe1+ $1 25. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 26. Kc2 Bd1+ 27. Kb1 Bb3#) 24... Qe6 25. Qf4
Kg7 26. Bc2 Qf6 (26... Qh6 27. Qc7 (27. Qg3 Re3 $17) 27... Rd7 28. Qg3 Re3 $17)
27. Qg3 Kf8 (27... Qd6 $5 28. Qh4 Qf4 29. Nd4 Rd5 $17 {[%cal Yd5e5]}) 28. Nd4
Re5 $1 $17 29. Bb3 Rde8 30. Ka2 a6 31. Rc1 Kg7 32. Rc2 Re3 33. Qh2 Qe5 (33...
Bd1 34. Rd2 Bxb3+ 35. Kxb3 h4 $17) 34. Qh4 f6 35. Rf2 Re4 36. g3 Re7 $2 (36...
Bd1 $1 37. Qh1 (37. Qh2 Rxd4 38. cxd4 Bxb3+ 39. Kxb3 Qd5+ 40. Kc2 Qc4+ $19) (
37. Rf4 Bxb3+ 38. Nxb3 (38. Kxb3 Qd5+ 39. Kc2 Re2+ $19) 38... Rxf4 39. gxf4 Qd5
$19) (37. Nf5+ Kh7 $19) 37... Rxd4 $2 38. Bxd1 (38. cxd4 Bxb3+ 39. Kxb3 Qe3+
$19) 38... Qd5+ $18) 37. Qh2 Re1 38. Rf4 Re4 39. Rf2 Qg5 40. Bc2 Qd5+ 41. Bb3
Qc5 42. Bc2 Re1 43. Rf5 $1 R1e5 (43... Bxf5 44. Nxf5+ Kf8 45. Qxh5 $1 $44) (
43... Qc4+ 44. Bb3 Qxd4 $1 45. cxd4 Bxf5 46. a4 b5 $1 $17) 44. Rf4 {[%cal
Gf4g4]} Be6+ 45. Bb3 (45. Ka1 $5 Re1+ 46. Bb1 Bg4 (46... Qd5 47. c4 Qxc4 48.
Nxe6+ Qxe6 49. Qxh5 $132) 47. Qc2 $132) 45... Bxb3+ 46. Kxb3 (46. Nxb3 Qd5 $17)
46... Re4 $2 (46... Kg8 $1 47. Kc2 (47. Rxf6 Re2 $1 48. Qh1 (48. Nxe2 Qb5+ $19)
(48. Qh3 Qd5+ 49. Ka4 Qc4+ 50. b4 b5+ 51. Ka5 Qc7+ 52. Rb6 (52. Kxa6 R2e5 $19)
52... Ra2 $19) 48... R7e4 $1 49. Nxe2 Qd5+ $1 50. Kc2 Rxe2+ $19) 47... Re4 48.
Qh4 Qe5 $17) 47. Rf5 Qb6+ (47... R4e5 48. Qxh5 Qd5+ 49. Kc2 Qe4+ 50. Kb3 $44)
48. Kc2 Rxd4 $1 (48... R7e5 49. Qxh5 $11) 49. Rxh5 $1 {[%mdl 256]} (49. cxd4
Qxd4 50. Rxh5 Qc4+ $19) 49... Rd6 50. Rh7+ Kf8 51. Rh8+ Kf7 52. Qh5+ Ke6 53.
Qg4+ f5 54. Qc4+ Ke5 (54... Kf6 55. Qh4+ $11) 55. Qf4+ Ke6 56. Qc4+ Ke5 57.
Qf4+ Ke6 (57... Kd5 $2 58. Qxf5+ Re5 (58... Kc6 59. Rc8+ Rc7 60. Qe4+ Rd5 61.
Rxc7+ Qxc7 62. c4 $18) 59. Qf3+ Kc5 60. b4+ Kb5 61. c4+ Kxc4 62. Qb3+ Kb5 63.
a4+ Kc6 64. Qc4+ Rc5 65. Rc8+ Kd7 66. Rxc5 $18) 58. Qc4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 33rd"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2005.07.14"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Nielsen, Peter Heine"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2668"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2005.07.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 Nc6
8. Qd2 Be6 9. O-O-O Qd7 10. h4 $5 {This move is connected with the idea to
take with the pawn h4 after exchanging on g5.} (10. Kb1 a6 (10... O-O-O 11. Nd4
Rhf8 12. Bb5 Bd5 13. f3 a6 14. c4 Bxf3 15. Nxf3 axb5 16. cxb5 Nb8 17. Qd3 $16 {
1-0 Ushakova,I-Jousopkanova,S/St Lorenzo 1995/Juniors (46)}) 11. h3 h6 12. g4
O-O-O 13. Bg2 f5 14. g5 Ne5 15. b3 Nxf3 16. Bxf3 f4 17. Bxf4 hxg5 18. Bxg5 Bxg5
19. Qxg5 Rxh3 $11 {1-0 Bologan,V-Charbonneau,P/Edmonton CAN 2005/(44)}) (10.
Nd4 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Qa4 12. a3 Bf5 13. Re1 Kd7 14. Rxe7+ Kxe7 15. Bxg7 $18 {
1/2-1/2 Sciortino,M-Bondielli,G/Porto San Giorgio 2001/EXT 2002 (53)}) (10. Ng5
Bxg5 11. Bxg5 f6 12. Be3 O-O-O 13. b3 Rhe8 14. h3 Bf5 15. Kb2 Kb8 16. Be2 Be4
17. Rhg1 Re7 18. g4 Rde8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Smirnov,P-Carlsen,M/Warsaw POL 2005/(27)}
) 10... h6 (10... O-O-O 11. Ng5 Bxg5 (11... Rhe8 12. Nxe6 Qxe6 13. Kb1 $14) 12.
hxg5 $14) 11. Kb1 O-O-O 12. Nd4 $1 (12. Bb5 a6 13. Ba4 b5 14. Bb3 Bxb3 15. axb3
d5 $11 (15... Qf5 16. Nd4 $14)) 12... Nxd4 (12... a6 13. Nxe6 fxe6 (13... Qxe6
14. g3 $14) 14. g3 $14) 13. Bxd4 (13. Qxd4 c5 14. Qd3 (14. Qf4 Bg5 $1 15. Qg3
Bxe3 16. Qxe3 Rhe8 $11) (14. Qxg7 $4 Rdg8 $19) 14... d5 $11) 13... Rhg8 14. h5
{[%csl Rg7,Rh6]} c5 (14... Qa4 $5 15. c4 (15. b3 Qa5) 15... c5 16. b3 Qc6 17.
Bb2 d5 $11) 15. Be3 Qc6 16. f3 Rge8 17. Bd3 d5 $11 18. Qf2 Qc7 {Black starts
to play without plan and White seizes an initiative on the king's side.} (18...
d4 19. cxd4 cxd4 20. Bc1 $11) 19. g4 Kb8 20. Rhg1 Bd6 (20... Qa5 21. Bf5 (21.
Bf4+ Ka8 22. Qh2 d4 23. c4 $14) 21... d4 22. Bf4+ Bd6 23. Bxd6+ Rxd6 $11) 21.
f4 f6 22. Qf3 Bf7 $2 (22... Re7 23. Bg6 Bg8 24. Rg2 $14) 23. Bg6 $16 {[%mdl 32]
After exchanging the light-squared bishops the weakness of the pawn d5 became
a decisive factor in the assesment of the position.} Bxg6 24. hxg6 Qc6 25. Bc1
Bf8 (25... Re4 26. Rge1 Rde8 27. Rxe4 Rxe4 (27... dxe4 28. Qe2 c4 29. f5 $16))
26. f5 $1 Re4 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (26... d4 27. Qxc6 bxc6 28. Rge1 Rxe1 (28...
dxc3 29. Rxe8 Rxe8 30. Rd7 $16) 29. Rxe1 Bd6 30. cxd4 cxd4 31. Re6 $16) 27.
Qxe4 1-0

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2001.07.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2794"]
[BlackElo "2802"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2001.07.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 085"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nf6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Re1 Be6 11. c5 Bg4 12. Be2 (12. Be3 Re8 (12... Bxc5 13. dxc5
d4 14. Bxd4 (14. Bd2 dxc3 15. Bxc3 Nd5 16. Rc1 Nf4 17. Be4 Qxd1 18. Rcxd1 Rfe8
19. h3 Bh5 20. Rd7 Bxf3 21. Bxf3 Rxe1+ 22. Bxe1 Ne5 23. Bxb7 Nxd7 24. Bxa8 $16
{1/2-1/2 Computer \-Computer \/It (open) Debrecen (Hungary) 1998 (69)}) 14...
Nxd4 15. Bxh7+ Nxh7 16. Qxd4 Bxf3 17. Qxd8 Rfxd8 18. gxf3 Ng5 19. Re7 Rac8 20.
Re3 Rd2 21. Ne4 {1/2-1/2 Short,N-Smyslov,V/Hastings 1988/CBM 11 (21)}) 13. h3
Bh5 14. g4 Bg6 15. Bb5 Bf8 16. Bxc6 bxc6 17. Ne5 Ne4 18. Nxc6 Qh4 19. Qf3 Nxc3
20. bxc3 Be4 21. Qg3 Qxg3+ 22. fxg3 a5 {1/2-1/2 Zuckerman,B-Soltis,A/Chicago
1974/MCD (22)}) 12... Ne4 (12... Re8 13. h3 (13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Bxe2 15.
Rxe2 Nd7 16. Nxd5 Bxc5 17. b4 c6 18. bxc5 cxd5 $15) 13... Bh5 14. Be3 Ne4 15.
Qb3 Nxc3 16. bxc3 Rb8 $11) 13. Be3 (13. Bf4 Bf6 14. h3 Bxf3 15. Bxf3 Bxd4 16.
Nxe4 dxe4 17. Bxe4 Qf6 $11) 13... Bf6 14. h3 (14. Qb3 Nxc3 15. bxc3 Rb8 $11)
14... Bh5 15. Qa4 Re8 16. Rad1 a6 17. a3 (17. a3 Ng3 18. fxg3 (18. Bd3 Bxf3 19.
gxf3 Nh5) 18... Rxe3 19. g4 Bg6 20. Qb3 Be4 21. g5 $1 (21. Qxb7 Qe8 22. Kf1 Rb8
23. Qxa6 Rxb2 24. Nxe4 dxe4 25. Bb5 exf3 26. Bxc6 Bxd4 27. Rxe3 fxg2+ 28. Bxg2
Rf2+ $1 29. Kg1 Bxe3 30. Kh1 Rxg2 $1 31. Kxg2 Qe4+ $19) 21... Bxf3 (21... Bxg5
22. Nxg5 Qxg5 23. Nxe4 Rxe4 24. Qxb7 $18) 22. gxf6 Bxe2 (22... Be4 23. Qxb7 Na5
24. Qb4 Nc6 25. Qa4 Qxf6 26. Nxe4 Rxe4 27. Bf3 Rxe1+ 28. Rxe1 Qxd4+ 29. Qxd4
Nxd4 30. Bxd5 $16) 23. Rxe2 Rxe2 24. Nxe2 Qxf6 25. Qxb7 Re8 (25... Rb8 26. Qxc7
Rxb2 27. Qc8+ Nd8 28. Rf1 Qe7 29. Nf4 $16) 26. Nc3 Rb8 27. Qxc7 Rxb2 28. Qc8+
Nd8 29. Kh1 Qg5 30. Qg4 $16) 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 6th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2005.06.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sulskis, Sarunas"]
[Black "Michalczak, Thomas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2369"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[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 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nxf7 Kxf7 5. d4 c5 6. Bc4+ d5 7. exd5 Bd6 8.
O-O cxd4 (8... Re8 9. Nc3 (9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Nc3 (10. Bg5 Bd6 (10... Qd6 11.
Bxf6 Qxf6 12. d6+ Kf8 13. Qd5 Bxd6 14. Qg8+ Ke7 15. Re1+ Be5 16. Qd5 Nc6 $13 {
0-1 Beaver,M-Pinter,A/TH-Trio 1996 (32)}) 11. Nc3 a6 12. Re1 Rxe1+ 13. Qxe1 Bf5
14. h3 h6 15. Bh4 g5 16. Bg3 Bxg3 17. fxg3 Qd6 18. Qf1 Bxc2 19. Re1 Nbd7 20.
Re6 Qc5+ 21. Kh2 Rc8 $17 {1/2-1/2 Rachez,P-Routier,L/France 2004/EXT 2005 (31)}
) 10... Bg4 11. Qd3 Nbd7 12. Bf4 Ne5 13. Bxe5 Rxe5 14. Rae1 Qe8 $15 {
Jandemirov-Plisetsky/Moskau/1995/}) (9. Be3 Bg4 10. Qd3 cxd4 11. Qxd4 Re4 $17 {
0-1 Harju,A-Blees,G/ICCF-Cup corr 1994/Corr 2000 (27)}) (9. Bg5 cxd4 10. Qxd4
Be5 11. d6+ Kf8 12. Qc5 Bxd6 $17 {0-1 Daniels,C-Dearnley,A/WCCF WWO96 1993/
Corr 2002 (55)}) (9. h3 cxd4 10. Nd2 Nbd7 11. Nf3 Ne5 12. Ng5+ Kf8 $17 {
1-0 Moeldner,J-Hoegerl,G/Wittlich 1997/EXT 2000 (37)}) 9... Bg4 10. f3 (10. Qd3
cxd4 11. Qxd4 Nbd7 12. Be3 Be5 13. Qd2 Rc8 $15 {1-0 Voith,W-Kiefel,A/
Regensburg 1997/EXT 2001 (28)}) 10... Bf5 11. dxc5 Bxc5+ 12. Kh1 Bd6 (12... Kg8
$5) 13. Nb5 Kg8 14. Bg5 a6 15. Nd4 $44 {1-0 Stellwagen,D-Smirnov,I/Heraklio
2002/CBM 91 ext (39)}) (8... Qc7 9. Bg5 Bg4 10. Qd3 cxd4 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. Qxd4
Bf5 13. Nd2 Nd7 14. Nf3 Rag8 $17 {1-0 Pritchard,D-Rawlinson,A/Telford 2004/CBM
103 ext (36)}) (8... Bg4 9. f3 Bf5 10. Bg5 cxd4 11. c3 Nbd7 12. cxd4 Bxh2+ 13.
Kxh2 Qc7+ 14. d6+ Qxc4 $19 {0-1 McIntosh,R-Krishnamurthy,P/IECC 2002/Telechess
CBM 97 (28)}) 9. Qxd4 Bf5 (9... Re8 10. Nc3 Bf5 11. Bg5 Nbd7 12. Rae1 a6 13.
Re6 Nc5 14. Rfe1 Nxe6 15. dxe6+ Kg6 $19 {0-1 Jordan,J-Schwartzman,G/Val
Thorens 1991/EXT 99 (24)}) 10. Bf4 (10. Nc3 a6 11. Bf4 Qc7 12. Rfe1 Rc8 13. Bb3
Kf8 14. Re5 Bxe5 15. Bxe5 Qf7 16. Qf4 Qg6 17. d6 Nbd7 $17 {0-1 Valverde
Fuentes,R-Barrios,C/San Jose 2001/CBM 82 ext (30)}) 10... Re8 11. Nc3 a6 12.
Rae1 {White's plan is connected with the penetration Re1-e6. After this the
blocade of the Pd5 will be destroyed and the Bc4 will play the decisive role
in White's attack.} Rxe1 (12... Kg8 13. Rxe8+ Nxe8 14. Re1 b5 15. Bb3 Nd7 16.
a4 (16. g4 $5 Qh4 $1 (16... Bxf4 17. Qxf4 Bg6 18. d6+ Kh8 19. g5 $1 $16) 17.
Bg3 Qxg4 18. Qxg4 Bxg4 19. Rxe8+ Rxe8 20. Bxd6 Bf3 21. h3 h5 $132) 16... Qf6
17. Qxf6 Ndxf6 18. Bg3 Bxg3 19. hxg3 Nd6 $17 {0-1 Mestrovic,Z-Howell,J/Cannes
op 1995/OPN, C42 (48)}) (12... Bxc2 13. Re6 (13. Bxd6 Qxd6 14. Re6 Qd8 15. Rfe1
b5 16. Rxe8 Nxe8 17. d6+ bxc4 18. Qd5+ Kf8 19. Qxa8 Qxd6 $11) 13... Bxf4 14.
Qxf4 b5 15. Rfe1 Kg8 (15... Rf8 16. d6 $1 bxc4 17. Qxc4 Kg6 18. Qg4+ Kh6 19.
Qh4+ Kg6 20. Qg3+ Kh6 21. f4 g6 22. Re7 $18) 16. Qxf6 Qxf6 17. Rxe8+ Kf7 18.
d6+ bxc4 19. R1e7+ Kg6 20. Re6 Qxe6 21. Rxe6+ Kf7 22. Re7+ Kf8 23. Rc7 Bf5 24.
Rxc4 Be6 $11) 13. Rxe1 Qc7 (13... Bxc2 14. Bxd6 Qxd6 15. Re6 Qd8 16. d6 Kf8 17.
d7 $1 Qxd7 18. Qc5+ $18) (13... Kf8 $140 14. Bxd6+ (14. Bd3 Bxd3 15. Bxd6+ Qxd6
16. Re6 Qc7 17. Qxd3 Nbd7 $11) 14... Qxd6 15. Re5 $4 Nc6 $1 $19) 14. Bxd6 Qxd6
15. Re5 $1 Bxc2 $2 (15... Bc8 16. Bb3 Nbd7 17. Re6 Qc5 18. Qf4 $16) 16. Re6 {
[%mdl 4] Black didn't prevent White's idea and his position is hopeless now.}
Qd8 (16... Qd7 17. d6 Qxe6 18. Bxe6+ Kxe6 19. Qc4+ Kxd6 20. Qc8 $1 $18) 17. d6
{[%mdl 32]} Kf8 18. Nd5 $1 Nc6 (18... Nbd7 19. Nxf6 Nxf6 (19... gxf6 20. Qd2
$18) 20. d7 $1 $18) 19. Qf4 $1 Bg6 20. Nxf6 gxf6 21. Qh6+ 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 6th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2005.06.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kritz, Leonid"]
[Black "Macieja, Bartlomiej"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2549"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[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 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nb4 9. Re1 Nxd3 10. Qxd3 c6 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Qb5+ Qd7 13. Qb3 O-O 14. Nc3 Nxc3
15. bxc3 Bf6 16. Ba3 (16. Bg5 Bxg5 17. Nxg5 h6 18. Nf3 Qd6 19. Ne5 b6 20. Re3
Bf5 21. Rae1 Rac8 22. g4 Bh7 23. Nf3 Rc7 $11 {1-0 Sadvakasov,D-Karpov,A/Astana
KAZ 2004/(39)}) 16... Rd8 17. Re3 Qc6 (17... Qc7 $142 18. Qxd5 Be6 19. Qb5 h6 (
19... Rd5 20. Qe2 Rdd8 21. Re1 h6 22. Bb4 b6 23. a4 a5 24. Ba3 $14 {1/2-1/2
Delooz,P-Hauschild,A/Chessfriend.com 2003/Telechess CBM 95 (58)}) (19... Rac8
20. Rae1 h6 21. Qe2 b6 22. Rd1 Qc6 $44 {1/2-1/2 Leventic,I-Jovanic,O/Zagreb
CRO 2004/(54)}) 20. h3 Rac8 21. Qb2 b6 22. Rae1 Qc4 23. R1e2 Qa4 24. Kh2 Rd5
25. Bb4 {1/2-1/2 Topalov,V-Adams,M/Dortmund 82/(286) 2001 (25)}) 18. Be7 Re8
19. Rae1 Rxe7 (19... Bxe7 20. Rxe7 Bd7 21. h3 f6 22. Qa3 a6 23. Nd2 Rxe7 24.
Rxe7 Re8 25. Nf1 Rxe7 26. Qxe7 Qe6 $11 {Topalov,V-Kramnik,V/Las Vegas (m/1) 76/
(299) 1999/(26)}) 20. Rxe7 Bxe7 21. Rxe7 f6 $1 {[%mdl 256] Black's position
looks very dangerous but neutralise White's initiative by precise defence.} 22.
Ne1 (22. Nd2 b6 23. Nf1 (23. c4 Be6 24. cxd5 Bxd5 25. Qg3 g6 26. Qh4 Bf7 $11)
23... Be6 24. Ne3 a5 $11) 22... b6 23. c4 $1 (23. Nd3 Be6 24. Nf4 Bf7 $11)
23... Be6 $1 (23... dxc4 24. Qg3 g5 25. h4 $40) 24. Qg3 (24. Qe3 Bf7 25. c5
bxc5 26. dxc5 a5 {[%cal Ya8c8]} 27. Nd3 (27. h3 Rc8 28. Nd3 Qa4 $1 $132 (28...
Bg6 29. Nf4 Bf7 30. Ne6 Bxe6 31. Rxe6 Qd7 32. Re7 $16)) 27... Qa4 $132) 24...
Bf7 25. cxd5 Qxd5 26. Rxa7 Re8 $11 27. Nf3 Qxd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 6th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2005.06.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nisipeanu, Liviu Dieter"]
[Black "Mista, Aleksander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2497"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[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 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8.
Nc3 Nf6 (8... f5 9. Ne2 $1 {[%cal Gc2c4,Ge2f4,Gc4d5,Gf4d5]} O-O 10. c4 Be6 11.
Nf4 Bf7 12. cxd5 Bxd5 13. Nxd5 Qxd5 14. Be3 (14. Bf4 $5 Kh8 (14... Bd6 15. Rc1
Kh8 16. Bc4 Qa5 17. Bxd6 cxd6 (17... Nxd6 18. Be6 $14) 18. Qb3 Rab8 19. Rfe1
$14) (14... Bf6 15. Rc1 Kh8 16. Bc4 Qd7 17. d5 Ne7 18. Qb3 $36 Ng6) 15. Bxc7
Rac8 16. Be5 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Rfd8 18. Be2 Qe6 19. Qa4 Bc5 $44) 14... Kh8 15. Re1
Rad8 16. Qa4 f4 17. Bc1 Ng5 $15 {1-0 Grischuk,A-Gelfand,B/Bastia 2003/CBM 098/
[Huzman] (42)}) (8... Bf5 9. Re1 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 (11. cxd3 O-O 12.
Rb1 Rb8 13. Rb2 Re8 14. Rbe2 Qd7 15. Bf4 b5 16. h3 a5 17. Qc2 a4 18. Kh2 Rf8
19. Bg3 Bd6 20. Bxd6 Qxd6+ 21. g3 b4 22. Kg2 b3 23. axb3 axb3 24. Qb2 Qg6 25.
Re3 f5 26. Nh4 Qf7 27. f4 Rb6 28. Ra1 Qh5 29. Re6 g5 30. fxg5 Qxg5 31. Nf3
Qxg3+ 32. Kxg3 {1-0 Heichal,G-Nagley,T/IECC email 1999/Corr 2002 (32)}) 11...
O-O $11 {0-1 Karjakin,S-Bologan,V/Dortmund 2004/CBM 103 (51)}) 9. h3 Nb4 10.
Bb5+ $1 {White tries to prevent the exchange of his B on d3.} (10. Re1 O-O 11.
Bf4 Nxd3 12. Qxd3 c6 13. Re3 Nh5 14. Be5 f5 15. Rae1 Rf7 16. Bh2 f4 17. Ng5 $1
$16 {1/2-1/2 Kristjansson,S-Ilincic,Z/Budapest HUN 2005/(59)}) 10... c6 (10...
Bd7 11. Bxd7+ Qxd7 12. a3 Nc6 13. Ne5 Qd8 14. Bf4 $14) 11. Be2 Bf5 (11... O-O
12. a3 Na6 13. Bxa6 bxa6 14. Ne5 $14) 12. a3 $1 Nxc2 $2 {This is, of course, a
provocation for White. Black can't save his Nc2.} (12... Na6 13. Bxa6 bxa6 14.
Ne5 Rc8 15. Ne2 O-O 16. Ng3 $36) 13. Ra2 c5 14. Bb5+ Kf8 15. dxc5 d4 16. Ne2 (
16. Bd3 Bxd3 (16... Be6 17. Ng5 Bxa2 18. Nxa2 $16) 17. Qxd3 dxc3 18. Qxc2 Bxc5
(18... Qd5 19. b4 $16) 19. bxc3 $36 {[%csl Rf8]}) 16... d3 (16... Qd5 17. b3
Qxb3 (17... Qxc5 18. Bd3 Bxd3 19. Qxd3 Rc8 20. Bg5 $18 {[%cal Gf1c1]}) (17...
d3 18. Nf4 Qxb3 19. Rb2 Qxa3 20. Bxd3 $18) 18. Rb2 Qxa3 19. Rxc2 Bxc2 20. Qxc2
Qxc5 21. Qd3 $16) 17. Nf4 d2 (17... Nd4 18. Nxd4 Qxd4 19. Be3 Qe5 20. b4 $16)
18. Bxd2 Bxc5 19. b4 $18 Nd4 20. bxc5 Nxb5 21. Rb2 Nd4 22. Nxd4 Qxd4 23. Rxb7
Be4 24. Rb4 Qe5 25. Re1 Rd8 26. Qc1 a5 27. Bc3 Qxc5 28. Bxf6 1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2001.11.27"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Touzane, Olivier"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2368"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Ftacnik} e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O
Be7 8. c4 Nf6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Re1 Be6 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. a3 Bf6 13. Be4 h6 14.
Bc2 Nxc3 $6 {'?' Ftacnik. Ftacnik: 'Surely a wrong decision, as white's center
will become compact and dangerous.'} (14... Nce7 15. Ne5 Bf5 16. Bb3 Be6 17.
Ne4 Bxe5 18. dxe5 b6 19. Qf3 c6 20. Bc2 Nf5 21. Rd1 $14 {Hracek,Z-Jussupow,A/
Nussloch 1996/Inf 66 (21)} Qh4 {1/2-1/2 Hracek,Z-Jussupow,A/Nussloch/1996/ (27)
}) (14... Nde7 15. Be3 Nf5 (15... Bg4 16. h3 Bh5 17. Qd3 Bg6 18. Ne4 $14 {
1/2-1/2 Huebner,R-Jussupow,A/Nussloch 1996/Inf 66/[Huebner,R] (46)} Nd5 19. Qb3
Na5 20. Qa4 Nc6 {1/2-1/2 Huebner,R-Jussupow,A/Nussloch 1996/ (46)}) 16. Ne2 (
16. Bxf5 {Lutz,Ch} Bxf5 17. d5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Nijboer,F-Jussupow,A/Essen 2001/
CBM 83/[Huzman] (19) Huzman}) 16... Qd7 17. Qd3 g6 18. Rad1 Rad8 19. Nf4 Nxe3
20. fxe3 Bf5 21. Qb3 Bxc2 22. Qxc2 Rfe8 $11 {Lutz,C-Jussupow,A/Deutschland 75/
(284) 1999/Inf 75/[Lutz,Ch] (22)}) 15. bxc3 {[%cal Gd1d3,Gc2h7]} Bc4 (15... Ne7
16. Ne5 $36) 16. Nd2 Bd5 17. Rb1 (17. Ne4 Re8 (17... Be7 {Ftacnik} 18. Qd3 f5
19. Ng3 $16) (17... Bxe4 {Ftacnik} 18. Bxe4 $14) 18. Qd3 $16 Kf8 19. Bf4 $14) (
17. Qh5 $5 Qd7 18. Ne4 $36) (17. c4 $2 {Ftacnik} Nxd4 (17... Be6 $5 {Ftacnik}))
17... Bg5 (17... Na5 {Ftacnik} 18. Ne4 $14) 18. c4 $1 (18. Bd3 {Ftacnik} Na5
$13) 18... Bxd2 19. cxd5 Bxe1 20. dxc6 Ba5 21. Qd3 (21. cxb7 Rb8 22. Qh5 $1 f5
(22... Bb6 23. Bxh6 g6 (23... Qxd4 {Ftacnik} 24. Bh7+ $1 Kxh7 25. Be3+ $18) (
23... gxh6 {Ftacnik} 24. Qxh6 f5 25. Bb3+ Rf7 26. Qg6+ Kh8 27. Bxf7 $18) 24.
Bxg6 $18) 23. Bxh6 {'!' Ftacnik.} Qe8 (23... gxh6 24. Qg6+ Kh8 25. Qxh6+ Kg8
26. Bb3+ Rf7 27. Qg6+ $18) 24. Qg5 Qd7 (24... Rf7 {Ftacnik} 25. Bb3 Kh7 26.
Bxf7 Qxf7 27. Bxg7 $1 Qxg7 28. Qxf5+ Qg6 29. Qd7+) 25. Qg3 $1 Rf6 26. Bb3+ Kf8
27. Bg5 Rb6 28. Qh3 $18) 21... g6 (21... f5 22. cxb7 Rb8 23. Qg3 (23. Rb5 Bb6
24. Rxf5 Qxd4 25. Rxf8+ Kxf8 26. Qxd4 Bxd4 27. Be4 Ke7 28. Kf1 Kd7 29. Bf4 g5
30. Bg3 Bc5 $17) 23... Rf6 24. Bf4 Rb6 25. Rxb6 Bxb6 26. Be5 Qg5 27. Bb3+ Kh7 (
27... Kf8 28. Bd6+ Ke8 29. Qe5+ Kd8 30. Bxc7+ Bxc7 31. Qd5+ Ke7 32. Qf7+ Kd8
33. Qf8+ Kd7 34. Ba4+ Ke6 35. Qc8+ $18) 28. Qxg5 hxg5 29. Bd5 $16) 22. cxb7 Rb8
23. Bxh6 Re8 24. Qf3 (24. Ba4 Re6 25. Be3 Rd6 26. Qe4 Bb6 $13) 24... Re6 $1 {
[%cal Ye6b6]} (24... Qxd4 $2 {Ftacnik} 25. Bb3 Re7 26. Bg5 Rd7 27. h3 (27. Rd1
{Ftacnik} Qe5) 27... Qc3 28. Qg4 Qd4 29. Qxd4 Rxd4 30. Be3 Rd3 31. Bc4 Rxe3 32.
fxe3 Bb6 33. Bd5 Bxe3+ 34. Kf1 $18) 25. Bb3 Rf6 26. Qg4 $6 {'?' Ftacnik.} (26.
Qe4 Rb6 $1 27. Qe5 Qf6 28. Qxa5 (28. Qxf6 {Ftacnik} Rxf6 29. Bd5 $14) 28...
R8xb7 29. Qc3 g5 $1 {[%csl Rh6]} 30. Qh3 Qg6 $17 31. Rb2 $140 Rxb3 32. Rxb3
Qb1+ 33. Rxb1 Rxb1#) 26... Rb6 $1 27. Bg5 (27. Ba2 {Ftacnik} R8xb7 28. Rxb6
Rxb6 29. Be3 $15) 27... Qe8 28. Qf3 R8xb7 $17 29. h4 Qd7 {[%cal Yd7f5]} 30. g4
(30. Qd3 {Ftacnik} Qf5 31. Qd1 Bc3 $17) (30. h5 {Ftacnik} Qf5 $19) 30... Rxb3
$1 {Simplest way to get advantage. Ftacnik: 'Sensible practical decision, the
endgame without pawn will be very unpleasant for the FIDE world champion.'} (
30... c6 {Ftacnik} 31. Kf1 Qxd4 32. Bf6 $15) 31. Rxb3 Rxb3 32. Qxb3 Qxg4+ 33.
Kf1 Qxd4 $17 34. Be3 Qa1+ 35. Kg2 Bb6 $1 36. Bxb6 (36. a4 {Ftacnik} Qe5 $17)
36... axb6 37. Qg3 Qc1 38. h5 Qc6+ $1 39. Kf1 $2 (39. f3 Qc2+ (39... Qd6 {
Ftacnik} 40. Qg5 Qxa3 41. hxg6 Qb2+ 42. Kh3 c5 43. Qd5 Qf6 $17) 40. Kf1 Qd3+
41. Kf2 Qxa3 42. hxg6 Qc5+ 43. Kf1 Qc1+ 44. Kf2 Qc2+ 45. Ke3 fxg6 $19) (39. Kg1
Qd6 40. Qg5 Kh7 $19 {[%cal Yd6a3,Yd6d1,Yd1h5]}) 39... Qh1+ 40. Ke2 Qxh5+ $19
0-1

[Event "Mario Covas 2nd"]
[Site "Santos"]
[Date "2002.02.24"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Morovic Fernandez, Ivan"]
[Black "Zarnicki, Pablo Adrian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2554"]
[BlackElo "2493"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2002.02.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nf6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Re1 Be6 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. a3 Bf6 13. Be4 h6 14. Bc2 Nde7 (
14... Nce7 15. Ne5 Bf5 16. Bb3 Be6 17. Ne4 Bxe5 18. dxe5 b6 19. Qf3 c6 20. Bc2
Nf5 21. Rd1 $14 {Hracek,Z-Jussupow,A/Nussloch 1996/Inf 66 (21)}) (14... Nxc3 $6
15. bxc3 Bc4 16. Nd2 Bd5 17. Rb1 Bg5 18. c4 $1 Bxd2 19. cxd5 Bxe1 20. dxc6 $44
{0-1 Anand,V-Touzane,O/Moscow 2001/CBM 86/[Huzman] (40)}) 15. Be3 Nf5 (15...
Bg4 16. h3 Bh5 17. Qd3 Bg6 18. Ne4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Huebner,R-Jussupow,A/Nussloch
1996/Inf 66/ (46)}) 16. Ne2 (16. Bxf5 Bxf5 17. d5 Ne5 18. Nxe5 Bxe5 19. Bd4 {
1/2-1/2 Nijboer,F-Jussupow,A/Essen 2001/CBM 83/[Huzman] (19)}) 16... Qd7 17.
Qd3 g6 18. Rad1 Rad8 19. Nf4 Nxe3 20. fxe3 Bf5 21. Qb3 Bxc2 22. Qxc2 Rfe8 23.
Qb3 {[%cal Gb3b7,Gb3g8,Gf4g6] This strong multifunctional move allows White to
stake out his claim for an advantage.} (23. Rc1 Re7 24. Qc5 Re4 25. Nd3 Rde8
$11 {1/2-1/2 Lutz,C-Yusupov,A/BL 98/99 Solingen-Porz sp 99/5 1999 (69)}) 23...
Na5 24. Qa2 (24. Qc3 Nc6 $11) 24... Qf5 25. Rc1 {[%cal Gc1c5,Gc5a5,Gc5f5]} (25.
b4 Nc6 26. Qc4 Re4 $36) 25... Rxe3 (25... Nc6 26. Rc5 Qe4 27. Nd5 Qe6 (27...
Bh4 28. Nxh4 Qxh4 29. g3 $18) 28. Qc4 $16) 26. Rxe3 Qxf4 27. Ree1 (27. Rce1
Bxd4 28. Nxd4 Qxd4 29. b3 $14) 27... Nc6 28. Kh1 (28. d5 Ne5 (28... Nd4 29. Rc3
$14) 29. Rc3 b5 $5 30. Rce3 Nc4 31. Re4 Qf5 $44) 28... Nxd4 29. Nxd4 Rxd4 30.
Rf1 Qd6 31. Qb3 b6 (31... Rh4 32. h3 $1 (32. g3 Rh5 33. Rf2 Kg7 34. Rcf1 Qc6+
35. Qf3 Rc5 36. b4 Qxf3+ 37. Rxf3 Rc6 $11) 32... c6 (32... b6 33. Qf3 $16) 33.
Rcd1 (33. Qxb7 Rxh3+ 34. gxh3 Qd5+ 35. Kh2 Be5+ 36. Kg1 Bd4+ $11) 33... Qe7 34.
Rfe1 Qc7 35. Qe3 $16) 32. Qf3 Kg7 33. Rxc7 $16 Rd5 (33... Rd3 34. Qb7 Qe6 35.
Qxa7 (35. Rc6 Qd5) 35... Rb3 36. Rc2 Rxb2 37. Rxb2 Bxb2 38. Qa6 $16 {[%csl Rb6]
[%cal Ga3a4]}) 34. Rc2 (34. Rxa7 $5 Rf5 35. Qd1 Qxd1 (35... Qd2 36. b4 Rf2 37.
Qc1 Rxg2 38. Rxf7+ $1 Kxf7 39. Qc7+ Kg8 40. Qc8+ Kh7 41. Qb7+ $18) 36. Rxd1
Bxb2 37. a4 $16) 34... Rf5 35. Qe2 Re5 36. Qf2 Rf5 37. Qe1 Rh5 38. h3 Re5 39.
Re2 Rxe2 40. Qxe2 h5 41. b4 (41. Qf3 $5) 41... a5 42. bxa5 bxa5 43. Qf3 h4 $1 {
[%csl Rh1] White can't possibly force the Q-exchange, and Black therefore,
will always have a sufficient counterplay against the underprotected white K.}
44. Qf4 Qc6 45. a4 Qc3 46. Qf3 Qd4 47. Qf4 Qc3 48. Qf3 Qd4 49. Qb3 Qe5 50. Qc4
Qe3 51. Rf3 Qe1+ 52. Rf1 Qe3 53. Rf3 Qe1+ 54. Qf1 Qe5 55. Rb3 Qd4 56. Rf3 Qe5
57. Rf4 Qc3 58. Re4 Qg3 59. Qf3 Qc7 60. Re1 Qc4 61. Rf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2001.07.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2794"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2001.07.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 085"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Be6 11. Ne5 f6 12. Nf3 Kh8 13. cxd5 Nxc3 14. bxc3 Nxd5
15. Bd3 c5 (15... Nxc3 $4 16. Qe1 $18) 16. c4 (16. Re1 Bg4 17. Bd2 cxd4 18.
cxd4 Qd7 $15) 16... Nb4 17. d5 Nxd3 18. Qxd3 Bd6 $1 {This move is a strong
improvement of the game Leko,P-Adams,M 2001.Black block the passed pawn d6,
occupy diagonal b8-h2 and preserve pair of bishops.It is clear now that White
couldn't pretend for an advantage.} (18... Bf7 19. Bf4 Bd6 20. Bxd6 Qxd6 21.
Nh4 (21. a4 $5) 21... b5 22. cxb5 Qxd5 23. Qxd5 Bxd5 24. Rfc1 $14 {1-0 Leko,
P-Adams,M/Dortmund GER 2001/ (49)}) (18... b5 19. Re1 Bg8 20. cxb5 Qd7 21. Bf4
$16) 19. Qb3 Bg4 20. h3 Bh5 21. a4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mario Covas 2nd"]
[Site "Santos"]
[Date "2002.02.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Milos, Gilberto"]
[Black "Zarnicki, Pablo Adrian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2493"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2002.02.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nf6 9. Nc3 Be6 10. c5 Bg4 11. Bb5 O-O 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 Re8 (
14... Nd7 15. b4 Bf6 16. Qd3 a5 17. bxa5 Rxa5 18. Rd1 Qc8 19. Rb1 Re8 20. Rb3
Nf8 21. Be3 Ne6 22. a4 $14 {1-0 Socko,B-Kuczynski,R/Warsaw POL 2001 (90)}) 15.
Re1 (15. Be3 $146 Qb8 16. Rab1 Bf8 17. Rfe1 Qb4 18. a3 Qc4 19. Rbc1 Rab8 $2 {
1/2-1/2 Shirov,A-Gelfand,B/Astana 2001/CBM 84_01/[Gelfand] (37)} (19... Re6 $5
$11 {Gelfand})) 15... Nd7 {[%csl Rd4][%cal Yd7f8,Yf8e6,Ye6d4,Ye7f6,Yf6d4]} (
15... Rb8 16. Re2 Nd7 17. Qd3 Bf6 18. Rb1 Nf8 19. Rxe8 Qxe8 20. Be3 Qc8 21. b4
a6 22. Rb3 $14 {1-0 Palac,M-Pavasovic,D/Pozega 2000 (41)}) 16. Bf4 (16. Re2 Bf6
17. Qd3 Rxe2 18. Nxe2 Qb8 $5 $11 {[%cal Yb8b5]}) (16. Qd3 Nf8 (16... a5 $5 17.
Re2 Bf6 $132) 17. Qa6 Qd7 (17... Ne6 18. Be3 $14 (18. Rxe6 fxe6 19. Qxc6 Bf6
20. Nb5 Re7 21. Bf4 Qc8 $1 $11)) 18. Be3 Ne6 $132) 16... Bf6 17. Rxe8+ Qxe8 18.
Qd3 Nf8 $1 19. Bxc7 Ne6 20. Re1 Qe7 $1 21. Bg3 (21. Be5 Nxc5 22. Qd1 Ne6 $11)
21... Qb7 $11 22. Ne2 Qxb2 23. Qa6 Qd2 (23... Qd2 24. Kf1 Nxd4 25. Nxd4 Bxd4
26. Qxc6 Rf8 $132 {[%csl Re1][%cal Yd4c3]}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2006.01.29"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Black "Koneru, Humpy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2638"]
[BlackElo "2537"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[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 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. d4 Be7 7. Bg5 O-O 8.
Qd2 c6 9. Bd3 Na6 10. a3 Nc7 (10... Re8 11. O-O-O b5 (11... Nc7 $5) 12. Bxf6
Bxf6 13. Ne4 $14 d5 (13... Be7 14. Rde1 Nc7 15. h4 $36) 14. Nxf6+ Qxf6 15. Rde1
$16 Nc7 (15... Bf5 16. Rxe8+ Rxe8 17. Re1 Rxe1+ 18. Qxe1 Be6 19. Qa5 $16) 16.
Rxe8+ Nxe8 17. Re1 Nd6 18. Ne5 Bf5 19. Nxc6 Bxd3 20. Qxd3 Qxf2 (20... Ne4 21.
f3 Qh6+ 22. Kb1 $16) 21. Qg3 $1 Qxg3 22. hxg3 Ne4 (22... Kf8 23. Re5 $18) 23.
Ne7+ Kf8 24. Nxd5 Nxg3 25. Nc7 Rb8 26. Re5 $18 h5 27. Kd2 g5 28. Ke3 f6 29.
Rxb5 Rxb5 30. Nxb5 h4 31. d5 Nf5+ 32. Kf2 g4 33. c4 a6 34. Nc3 Nd6 35. c5 Nc4
36. d6 Nxb2 37. c6 Ke8 38. Ne4 Nc4 39. d7+ Ke7 40. Nc5 {1-0 Almasi,Z-Koneru,H/
Wijk aan Zee 2006/(40)}) 11. O-O-O Bg4 (11... Ne6 12. h4 d5 13. Rde1 $36) 12.
h3 Bxf3 13. gxf3 Ne6 14. h4 Nh5 $6 (14... Nxd4 15. Bxh7+ Nxh7 16. Qxd4 d5 17.
Kb1 $36 {>>}) (14... Re8 15. Rdg1 Qa5 16. Kb1 Kh8) 15. Rdg1 d5 $4 {[%mdl 8192]}
(15... Re8 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. Qh6 Nf6 18. Ne4 Nxe4 19. Bxe4 g6 20. h5 $40) (
15... Nf6 16. f4 d5 17. h5 $40) 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. Qh6 f5 (17... Nf6 18. Rxg7+
$1 Nxg7 19. Rg1 $18) 18. Qxh5 $18 Qf6 19. Ne2 c5 20. dxc5 Rac8 21. Kb1 Rc7 22.
f4 Nxc5 23. Qf3 Rd8 24. Qe3 d4 25. Qe5 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2002.01.24"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2659"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2002.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 087"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. c4
c6 9. Qc2 Na6 10. a3 f5 11. c5 (11. Nc3 Nc7 12. Ne2 Ne6 13. b4 Kh8 14. Bb2 Qe8
15. Rae1 Qh5 16. Ne5 f4 17. f3 N4g5 18. cxd5 cxd5 19. Bc1 $1 $16 {1/2-1/2
Timman,J-Salov,V/Saint John (m2) 1988/(46) /\ Qb3}) (11. Nc3 {(Kogan,B) - 29/
218}) 11... Bb8 $5 $146 (11... Be7 12. Ne5 Nc7 13. f3 Ne6 14. Be3 Bg5 15. f4
Bf6 (15... Bh6 16. Nc3 Bd7 17. b4 Be8 18. g4 g6 19. g5 Bg7 20. Ne2 Rc8 21. Qa4
a6 22. Rad1 Rc7 23. Qb3 h6 24. h4 hxg5 25. hxg5 N4xg5 26. fxg5 Bxe5 27. dxe5 f4
$19 {0-1 de Firmian,N-Kogan,B/USA (ch) 1986 (32)}) 16. b4 g5 17. g3 gxf4 18.
gxf4 Kh8 (18... Bxe5 $5) 19. Nc3 Bxe5 20. fxe5 f4 21. Bf2 {Rusakov,Y-Glek,I/
corr 1988/Inf 45 (21)} N6g5 $1 $36) 12. Nc3 Nc7 13. Ne2 {Probably, White
should have rather exchanged the dark-squared bishops by playing} (13. Bf4 $5
Ne6 14. Bxb8 Rxb8 15. Ne2 $14) 13... Ne6 {Now White's Bc1 will have to occupy
quite a passive position on "b2".} 14. b4 Qf6 15. Bb2 Bd7 {[%cal Yd7e8,Ye8h5]
It is a classical way of developing the Bc8 in the "stonewall" system of the
Dutch opening.} 16. Rae1 {White is getting prepared to place his Nf3 on e5.} (
16. Ne5 Nxd4 17. Bxd4 (17. Nxd7 Qh6 $19) 17... Bxe5 $17) 16... Be8 17. Qc1 {
a provocative move.White is luring his opponent to play Bh5.} (17. Ng3 Bg6)
17... Bh5 (17... Bc7 $5) 18. Ne5 Bxe2 (18... Nxd4 19. Nd7 Qh4 20. Nxb8 Nxe2+
21. Bxe2 Raxb8 (21... Bxe2 {see the text}) 22. f3 Nf6 23. Bd3 $44) 19. Bxe2
Nxd4 20. Nd7 Qh4 21. Nxb8 Nxe2+ 22. Rxe2 Raxb8 23. f3 Nf6 24. Rfe1 $44 h6 (
24... Rf7 25. g3 Qh5 26. Qf4 Nd7 27. Re7 Rbf8 28. Qc7 $16) 25. h3 (25. g3 Qg5)
25... Rf7 (25... Qg5 $5) 26. Re6 Rd8 (26... Nh7 {[%cal Yh7g5]} 27. Be5 Rd8 28.
Bd6) 27. Be5 Nh7 (27... d4 28. Rd1 Rd5 29. Qc4 $44) 28. Bd6 Ng5 29. Re8+ Rxe8
30. Rxe8+ Kh7 31. Be5 Qh5 (31... Rd7 32. Qb1 Rf7 33. Qd3 $44) 32. Qe3 Qg6 33.
Kh1 f4 (33... Rd7 $5 34. Bd4 Ne4 35. Re5 $44) 34. Qe2 Rd7 {Black is trying to
develop some counterplay. To equalize,he could have limited himself to} (34...
Rf5 35. Re7 Rf7 $11) 35. Bxf4 d4 36. Qe5 d3 $2 (36... Nf7 37. Qe1 Qf5 $11) 37.
Bd2 $16 {[%csl Rg5]} Nf7 38. Qf4 b5 (38... Nd6 39. Rf8 $16) 39. Kh2 (39. Qe3 $5
$16) 39... h5 (39... Nd6 $1 40. Rf8 $1 Nc4 41. Qb8 Qe6 42. Rh8+ Kg6 43. Qg3+ (
43. Bc3 Ne3 44. Qg3+ Kh5) 43... Kf7 44. Bc3 $18) 40. Qe4 $1 Qxe4 41. fxe4 {
The Nf7 is out of the game, and Black's position is completely paralysed.} h4
42. Kg1 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 2nd"]
[Site "Ohrid"]
[Date "2001.06.09"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2601"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2001.06.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nb4 9. Re1 Nxd3 10. Qxd3 c6 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Qb5+ Qd7 13. Qb3 O-O 14. Nbd2 $5
$146 (14. Nc3 Nxc3 15. bxc3 Rd8 16. Ba3 Bf6 17. Re3 Qc7 (17... Qc6 18. Be7 Re8
19. Rae1 Bxe7 20. Rxe7 Bd7 21. h3 f6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Topalov,V-Kramnik,V/Las
Vegas USA 1999 (50)}) 18. Qxd5 Be6 19. Qb5 h6 20. h3 Rac8 21. Qb2 b6 22. Rae1
Qc4 23. R1e2 Qa4 24. Kh2 Rd5 25. Bb4 {1/2-1/2 Topalov,V-Adams,M/Dortmund GER
2001/ (25)}) (14. Ne5 Qd8 15. f3 Nd6 $1 $11 {Anand,V-Kramnik,V/Linares 75/(284)
1999/Inf 75 (15)}) 14... Bf6 $1 {[%mdl 36] A witty pawn sacrifice. In a few
moves Black will blockade pawn d4 and obtain a full compensation for the pawn.}
(14... Nf6 15. Ne5 Qd6 16. Ndf3 Ne4 17. Bf4 $36) (14... Nxd2 15. Bxd2 Bf6 16.
Rac1 b6 17. Bb4 Rd8 18. Ne5 Bxe5 19. Rxe5 $16) 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Rxe4 Qf5 $1 (
16... b6 17. Ne5 (17. Bg5 Bb7 18. Rh4 Bxg5 19. Nxg5 h6 20. Nf3 Rac8 $44) 17...
Bxe5 (17... Qf5 18. Nxf7 $1 $18) 18. dxe5 Bb7 19. e6 $16) 17. Rf4 (17. Re2 Be6
(17... Qh5 18. d5 Bg4 19. Bf4 $16) (17... b6 18. Ne5 (18. Bg5 $5 Ba6 19. Ree1
Bxg5 20. Re5 Qf4 21. g3 Qg4 22. Rxg5 $16) 18... Bb7 (18... Ba6 19. Re1 Rad8 20.
Nc6 Rd6 $44) 19. Bd2 Rad8 20. Bb4 $16) 18. Qxb7 Bd5 19. Qb5 Rab8 20. Qa5 Rfd8
21. Bd2 Qg6 22. Rae1 h6 $44) 17... Qh5 18. Be3 b6 19. Ne5 (19. d5 Bb7 20. Rd1
Rad8 21. d6 Rd7 22. Bd4 Rxd6 23. Bxf6 Rxf6 24. Rxf6 gxf6 25. Rd7 Qf5 $11) (19.
Ne5 Bxe5 20. Qb5 Bb7 21. dxe5 (21. Qxe5 Qg6 22. f3 Rfe8 23. Qc7 Qe6 24. Re1 Re7
$15) 21... Rfd8 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT 12th"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2005.04.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Inarkiev, Ernesto"]
[Black "Skatchkov, Pavel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2468"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2005.04.19"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[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"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Bf4 Nd7
8. Qd2 O-O 9. O-O-O Nc5 10. Nd4 Re8 11. f3 Ne6 12. Nxe6 (12. Be3 Nxd4 (12...
Bg5 13. Nxe6 (13. f4 Bf6 14. Nf3 (14. h3 Nc5 15. Bd3 Ne4 16. Bxe4 Rxe4 17. g4
Qe7 18. Rde1 Bh4 19. Bf2 Bxf2 20. Qxf2 Bd7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Grabics,M-Srebrnic,A/
Rijeka CRO 2005/(34)}) 14... b6 (14... Nc5 15. Bxc5 dxc5 16. Qf2 Qe7 17. Re1
Qf8 18. Rxe8 Qxe8 19. Qxc5 Qe4 20. Qc4 (20. Qxc7 Bf5 21. Bd3 Qe3+ 22. Kb1 Bxd3
23. cxd3 Qxd3+ 24. Ka1 b5 25. Re1 Qd5 26. Ne5 $16 {1/2-1/2 Sveshnikov,
E-Kochyev,A/Leningrad 1977/URS-ch (32)}) 20... Qe3+ 21. Kb1 Be6 22. Qxc7 Qf2
23. Qxb7 Rd8 24. Bd3 Bd5 25. Qc7 g6 $44 {1/2-1/2 Neelotpal,D-Singh,S/IND-ch
Calicut 2003/(66)}) 15. Bc4 Nc5 16. Bd5 Rb8 17. Nd4 Bxd4 18. cxd4 Ne4 19. Qd3
Nf6 20. Bf3 d5 21. Rde1 Bg4 22. h3 Bxf3 23. gxf3 Nh5 $15 {1/2-1/2 Dolmatov,
S-Jussupow,A/Vilnius 1980/URS-ch (41)}) (13. Bxg5 Qxg5 14. Nxe6 (14. Qxg5 Nxg5
15. Nb5 (15. Bc4 Ne6 16. Rhe1 Bd7 17. Kd2 Nxd4 18. cxd4 Kf8 19. Rxe8+ {1/2-1/2
Chekhov,V-Dvorietzky,M/Minsk USSR ch(1l) 1976 (19)}) 15... Ne6 16. c4 (16. Re1
Bd7 17. Rxe6 Bxb5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Braga,C-Jussupow,A/Wch U26 Graz 1981 (24)}) (16.
Bc4 Bd7 17. Bxe6 Bxb5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Yemelin,V-Kochyev,A/St Petersburg 1997/EXT
2000 (27)}) 16... b6 17. Bd3 Bb7 18. Rhe1 Re7 19. Be4 Bxe4 20. Rxe4 Kf8 $11 {
1/2-1/2 Kasparov,S-Poley,V/Minsk 1999 (56)}) 14... Qxd2+ 15. Kxd2 Bxe6 {
1/2-1/2 Tseitlin,M-Kochyev,A/St Petersburg 1992/CBM 30 (15)}) 13... Bxe3 14.
Nxd8 Bxd2+ 15. Kxd2 Rxd8 16. Bd3 Bd7 17. Rhe1 Re8 18. Rxe8+ Rxe8 19. Re1 Rxe1
20. Kxe1 {1/2-1/2 Dolmatov,S-Dvoretzky,M/Frunze 1983/MCD (20)}) 13. cxd4 c6 (
13... Bf6 14. Bd3 Be6 15. h4 c5 16. Bg5 h6 17. d5 Bd7 18. Bf4 b5 $132 {1/2-1/2
Sveshnikov,E-Kochyev,A/Lvov 1978/MCL (28)}) 14. Bd3 Be6 15. Kb1 a5 16. g4 b5
17. h4 a4 18. h5 Bc4 19. f4 {1/2-1/2 Stefansson,H-Bacrot,E/Reykjavik 2003/CBM
94 (19)}) (12. h4 Nxf4 13. Qxf4 d5 14. Nf5 Bf6 15. Bd3 Be5 16. Qd2 {1/2:1/2
Kuprejchik-Makarychev, USSR ch 1980/81}) 12... Bxe6 13. Kb1 (13. Bd3 a5 14. Kb1
a4 15. h4 c6 16. g4 Qa5 17. g5 Qd5 18. c4 $14 {0-1 Sambuco Salomone,
L-Barrionuevo,P/Buenos Aires ARG 2004/(38)}) 13... c6 (13... Qd7 14. Bd3 (14.
h4 Qa4 15. b3 Qc6 16. Bg5 a5 17. a4 Qc5 18. Bd3 d5 19. Rde1 c6 20. f4 Bg4 21.
f5 $36 {1-0 Alanic,X-Deleva,M/Le Grand Bornand 2003/EXT 2004 (36)}) 14... Bf5
15. g4 Bxd3 16. Qxd3 Qa4 17. Bc1 Bf8 18. h4 Re6 19. h5 Rae8 20. g5 $36 {
1/2-1/2 Cuartas,C-Lirindzakis,T/Thessaloniki 1984/EXT 97-B (58)}) 14. Bd3 Qa5
$6 {Black lose few tempoes by this move and attack of White on the king's side
became more dangerous than counterplay of Black on the queen's side.} (14... b5
$5 15. h4 a5 16. h5 b4 17. c4 d5 18. Qf2 a4 $132) 15. a3 b5 16. h4 Qd8 17. g4
a5 18. g5 b4 19. a4 d5 (19... Rb8 20. c4 {[%cal Gb2b3]} b3 21. cxb3 Rxb3 $140
22. Bxh7+ $16) 20. h5 bxc3 $2 (20... Qb6 21. h6 (21. g6 Bf6) (21. Bxh7+ Kxh7
22. g6+ Kg8) (21. Be5 bxc3 22. Bxc3 Bb4) 21... g6 22. Be5 bxc3 23. Qxc3 Bb4 24.
Qd4 Qxd4 25. Bxd4 Bd7 $14) 21. Qxc3 {[%cal Gh5h6]} d4 (21... Bb4 22. Qxc6 Rc8
23. Qb5 Rc5 24. Qb7 $16) 22. Bxh7+ $1 {[%mdl 128]} Kxh7 23. Rxd4 Qc8 (23... Bd5
24. h6 f6 25. hxg7+ Kxg7 26. Qd3 Rh8 27. Rg1 fxg5 28. c4 $18) 24. h6 $1 f6 25.
hxg7+ Kxg7 26. Bd6 $1 Bd8 (26... Rh8 27. Rg1 $18) 27. Rf4 Bf5 28. Rg1 (28. Qc5
Bg6 29. gxf6+ $18) 28... Kf7 29. Qc5 $1 Bg6 30. gxf6 Rg8 31. Re1 Qa6 32. Qe3
1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2001.12.03"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "169"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Hecht} e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O
Be7 8. c4 Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Be6 11. Ne5 c5 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. d5 Bc8 14. a3
Na6 15. Qc2 $1 $146 f6 16. Ng4 Bd6 (16... Qd6 17. f3 f5 18. Nf2 Bf6 19. fxe4
Be5 20. h3 Bd4 21. e5 Qxe5 22. Kh1 Bd7 23. Nd3 Ba4 24. Qxa4 Qxe2 25. Rf3 $1 $16
{1-0 Anand,V-Shirov,A/Moscow RUS 2001/(44)}) 17. f4 $1 {[%mdl 32]} exf3 (17...
Bxg4 $142 18. Bxg4 f5 19. Be2 $14) (17... f5 18. Ne3 $36 {[%cal Gg2g4]}) 18.
Bxf3 {White have clear advantage due to Na6,passed pawn d5 and space advantage.
} Qc7 19. g3 Bd7 $6 (19... f5 $5 20. Nf2 f4 $132 21. g4 Be5 22. Bd2 Bd7 23. Bc3
$14) 20. Nf2 b5 {Probably better was to refrain from this move.After few moves
pawn c5 would became weak.} 21. b3 Rae8 22. Kg2 Be5 23. Rb1 Bd4 24. Bd2 b4 {
Black decide to close Q's side because there were possibilities to play there
only for White.} 25. a4 Qc8 26. Rbe1 Bf5 27. Be4 Rxe4 28. Nxe4 Bh3+ 29. Kh1
Bxf1 30. Rxf1 Qg4 31. Nd6 $16 {[%csl Ra6,Rb4,Rc5] Exchanges didn't help Black.
Their weaknesses became obvious now.} Rd8 32. Qf5 h5 33. Qxg4 hxg4 34. Nb5 $1
Rd7 35. Bf4 (35. Rf4 Be5 36. Rxg4 Nb8 37. Be3 a6 38. Bxc5 axb5 39. axb5 $16 {
Three passed pawns should decide the game.}) 35... Re7 $1 {Shirov prepares a
counterplay.} 36. Nxd4 (36. Rd1 Kf7 37. Nxd4 cxd4 38. Rxd4 Nc5 $44) 36... cxd4
37. c5 g5 38. Bd6 (38. d6 Re8 (38... Rf7 39. c6 $1 gxf4 40. Rxf4 $18) 39. d7
Rd8 40. Bd6 Rxd7 41. Rd1 d3 42. Kg2 Rd8 $1 (42... f5 43. Kf2 f4 44. gxf4 gxf4
45. Rg1 Rg7 46. c6 $16) 43. Kf2 Rc8 $17) 38... Re3 39. c6 (39. Rxf6 d3 40. Rf2
Re2 41. Kg2 d2 $19) 39... Kf7 40. Bb8 $2 (40. Kg1 Kg6 41. Rd1 $16) 40... Nxb8
41. c7 Re8 42. cxb8=Q (42. Rc1 d3 43. cxb8=Q Rxb8 44. Rd1 Rc8 45. Rxd3 Rc3 $19)
42... Rxb8 43. Rd1 f5 44. Rxd4 Kf6 $17 {Endgame of this very interesting game
was played in mutual timetrouble and Shirov missed his winning chances.} 45.
Rc4 Ke5 46. Rc7 Kxd5 47. Rxa7 Rc8 48. Rd7+ Ke4 49. Rd1 Rc3 50. a5 Rxb3 51. a6
Ra3 52. Rb1 f4 53. Rxb4+ Ke3 {Hecht: '[#] LдЯt WeiЯ hier das Remis aus und
anschlieЯend Schwarz den Gewinn? Es geht allein um Zug 54! '} 54. Rb1 {'?'
Hecht.} (54. gxf4 $1 {Hecht} gxf4 55. Rb1) 54... Rxa6 (54... f3 $1 {Hecht} 55.
Kg1 Rxa6 56. Rb3+ Ke2 57. Rb2+ Kd3 58. Rb4 Ra1+ 59. Kf2 Ra2+ 60. Kg1 Rg2+ 61.
Kh1 Rd2 62. Kg1 Ke3 63. Rb1 Ke2 64. Ra1 Rd1+ 65. Rxd1 Kxd1 66. Kf1 Kd2 67. Kf2
Kd3 68. Kf1 (68. h3 {Hecht} gxh3 69. Kxf3 g4+ $19) 68... Ke3 69. Ke1 f2+ 70.
Kf1 Kf3 $19) 55. Rb3+ Ke2 56. Rb2+ Kd3 57. gxf4 gxf4 58. Rb4 Ra1+ 59. Kg2 f3+
60. Kf2 Ra2+ 61. Kg1 Rg2+ 62. Kh1 Rd2 63. Kg1 Ke3 64. Rb3+ Rd3 65. Rb1 Rd4 66.
Rb3+ Kf4 67. Rb8 Rd1+ 68. Kf2 Rd2+ 69. Kg1 Rg2+ 70. Kh1 Re2 71. Kg1 Ke3 72.
Re8+ Kd2 73. Ra8 Rg2+ 74. Kh1 Ke3 75. Ra3+ Kf4 76. Ra4+ Kg5 77. Ra8 g3 78. hxg3
Kg4 79. Rg8+ Kh3 80. Rh8+ Kxg3 81. Rg8+ Kf2 82. Ra8 Rg7 83. Ra2+ Kg3 84. Kg1 $1
Rb7 85. Rg2+ $1 $11 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2006.01.28"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Almasi, Zoltan"]
[Black "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2638"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[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 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Bf4 Nc6
8. Qd2 Be6 9. O-O-O Qd7 10. Kb1 a6 11. Nd4 (11. Bd3 O-O-O (11... h6 12. Qe2 Bf5
13. Bc4 Be6 14. Rhe1 Bxc4 15. Qxc4 O-O 16. h3 Bf6 $14 {1/2-1/2 Shaposhnikov,
E-Iljin,A/Sochi RUS 2005/(21)}) 12. Rhe1 (12. Ng5 Bxg5 13. Bxg5 f6 14. Be3 Ne5
15. Be2 Bc4 $11 {1-0 Pojer,R-Bondielli,G/Arco HUN 2005 (70)}) 12... h6 (12...
Kb8 13. h3 h6 14. Bf1 Rhe8 15. Nd4 Nxd4 16. cxd4 d5 $14 {1-0 Lintchevski,
D-Skjoldan,B/Herceg Novi SCG 2005/(39)}) 13. Qe2 Kb8 14. Nd4 Nxd4 15. cxd4 $11
{1-0 Hobusch,W-Steffan,J/DDR-Cup6 corr8183 1981/CR97-81 (27)}) (11. Bd3) (11.
h4 h6 12. a3 O-O-O 13. Nd4 Nxd4 14. cxd4 d5 $11 {1-0 Matikozian,A-Santalla,A/
Las Vegas USA 2005/(47)}) (11. Ng5 Bxg5 12. Bxg5 f6 13. Be3 O-O-O 14. h3 Ne7 (
14... Rhe8 15. Be2 Qf7 16. b3 Re7 17. g4 Rde8 18. Rhe1 h6 19. Bf3 Bd7 20. c4 f5
21. Bd5 Qg6 $132 {1/2-1/2 Almasi,Z-Rustemov,A/Solingen GER 2006/(41)}) 15. f3
h5 16. Bf2 Rde8 17. Be2 Nc6 18. Rhe1 Bf5 19. b3 Re7 20. Bf1 Rxe1 21. Rxe1 Re8
$14 {1/2-1/2 Golod,V-Malakhatko,V/Basel SUI 2006/The Week in Chess 586 (54)})
11... Nxd4 12. cxd4 d5 13. Bd3 Bd6 (13... O-O 14. h4 c6 15. h5 Bf5 16. Bxf5
Qxf5 17. g4 Qd7 18. g5 $36 {1-0 Romanov,E-Ustinov,A/Moscow RUS 2006 (37)}) 14.
Rhe1 (14. Rde1 O-O 15. Be5 Bxe5 16. Rxe5 f6 17. Re3 Rfe8 18. Rhe1 Qd6 19. g3 {
1/2-1/2 Izoria,Z-Erenburg,S/Moscow RUS 2006/(19)}) 14... O-O-O 15. Bg3 $14 {
White's control over the e-file provides him with a certain iniative. Besides,
the "d3" B looks better than his "e6" counterpart.} Bxg3 16. hxg3 Bf5 17. Bxf5
Qxf5 18. Re7 (18. Re5 Qd7 19. Rde1 Rhe8 $14) 18... Rhe8 (18... Rd7 19. Re5 Qg6
20. Rde1 $16) 19. Rde1 Rxe7 20. Rxe7 Qf6 21. Re5 (21. Qe3 Rd7 22. Re5 $14)
21... c6 22. f4 Rd6 {[%cal Yd6e6]} 23. f5 Rd8 24. b3 h6 25. Qb4 Qd6 26. Qe1 Kd7
(26... Kc7 $5) 27. Kb2 Qf8 (27... Kc7 $5 {was worth attention.}) 28. a4 f6 (
28... Qd6 29. a5 Kc7 $14 {/+/-}) 29. Re6 Re8 30. c4 Rxe6 (30... dxc4 $5 31.
bxc4 Rxe6 32. Qxe6+ (32. fxe6+ Ke8 {[%cal Yf8d6]} 33. c5 Ke7 34. Qb4 Qb8 $11)
32... Kc7 33. c5 b6 $14) 31. fxe6+ (31. Qxe6+ Kc7 32. cxd5 Qb4 $1 33. Kc2 Qxd4
34. Qe7+ Kb6 $11) 31... Ke8 32. cxd5 cxd5 $2 ({Black overlooks the saving} 
32... Qd6 $1 33. dxc6 (33. Qe4 Qxd5 34. Qg6+ Kd8 35. Qf7 (35. e7+ Kxe7 36.
Qxg7+ Ke6 37. Qg8+ Kd7 $11) 35... Qxd4+ $11) 33... Qxc6 34. Qc3 Qxe6 35. Qc4
Kd7 $11) 33. Qc3 $16 Qd6 34. Qc8+ Ke7 35. Qxb7+ Kxe6 36. Qxg7 Qb6 (36... Kf5
$142 37. Qxh6 Ke4 $132 38. Qf4+ Qxf4 39. gxf4 Kxd4 40. g4 Ke3 41. g5 fxg5 42.
fxg5 d4 43. g6 d3 44. g7 d2 45. g8=Q d1=Q 46. Qe6+ Kf4 $16 47. Qxa6 $140 Qd4+
$11) 37. Qg8+ Kd6 38. Qf8+ Ke6 39. Qc5 $1 Qb7 40. g4 Kf7 41. b4 $18 Qd7 42. b5
a5 (42... axb5 43. axb5 Qe6 44. b6 $18) 43. b6 Qxg4 44. Qxd5+ Kg7 45. Kc3 $1
Qd1 46. Qd7+ Kg6 47. b7 Qc1+ 48. Kb3 (48. Kb3 Qb1+ 49. Kc4 Qb4+ 50. Kd5 Qb3+
51. Kd6 Qb6+ 52. Ke7 Qb4+ 53. Ke8 $18 {[%cal Gd7b5]}) 1-0

[Event "Sigeman & Co 13th"]
[Site "Malmo/Copenhagen"]
[Date "2005.04.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Hermansson, Emil"]
[Black "Iordachescu, Viorel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2432"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2005.04.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nb4 9. Be2 Be6 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Ne5 c5 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. d5 Qc7 14. Ng4 $6 $146
{This unsucssessful novelty gives initiative to Black.} (14. a3 Qxe5 15. axb4
Bd7 16. bxc5 Bxc5 17. Rb1 (17. Qb3 b6 {1/2-1/2 Rizouk,A-Gustafsson,J/Andorra
2002/CBM 89 ext (17)}) 17... a5 18. Be3 b6 19. Qd2 f5 20. g3 h6 21. Bf4 Qf6 22.
h4 Rae8 23. h5 Re7 24. b4 axb4 25. Rxb4 e3 26. fxe3 Rxe3 27. Bxe3 Qd6 28. Bxc5
Qxg3+ {1/2-1/2 Areshchenko,A-Motylev,A/Dubai UAE 2005/(28)}) (14. Bf4 Bd6 15.
a3 Nc6 16. dxc6 {1/2-1/2 Ivanchuk,V-Nielsen,P/Bled 2002/EXT 2003 (16)}) 14...
Bxg4 15. Bxg4 Nd3 $36 16. Bd2 Bf6 17. Rb1 Bd4 (17... Bxb2 $5 18. Be2 (18. Qb3
Be5 19. g3 Bd4 20. Qxb7 Qe5 $17 {/\21..Nf2}) 18... Be5 19. Bxd3 exd3 20. h3 $15
{[%cal Gd1b3,Gb3d3,Gb3b7]}) 18. Be3 f5 (18... Qe5 19. Be2 Nf4 20. Qd2 $11) 19.
Be2 Bxe3 20. fxe3 Ne5 $15 {Usually in close positions knight is stronger than
bishop.} 21. Qd2 Rf6 22. Rbd1 Qd6 23. a3 Raf8 24. b4 b6 25. bxc5 bxc5 {This
move gives White possibilities for counterplay.} ({To my opinion} 25... Qxc5 $5
26. Qc3 Nf7 $15 {[%csl Rc4][%cal Yf7d6] was stronger}) 26. Qa5 g5 (26... Rh6
27. g3) 27. g3 (27. Qxa7 f4 28. Rf2 f3 $17 29. gxf3 $140 Ng4 $1 30. Rg2 Nxe3
31. Rxg5+ Rg6 $19) 27... h5 (27... f4 28. exf4 gxf4 29. Rxf4 Rxf4 30. gxf4 Ng6
31. Kh1 Nxf4 32. Rg1+ Kh8 33. Qxa7 $132 Qf6 34. Rf1 Qd6 35. Rg1 $11) (27... a6
28. Rb1 R8f7 29. Qc3 $132) 28. Rb1 $1 (28. Qxa7 h4 29. Kg2 Rg6 $1 $40 {[%cal
Yf5f4]}) 28... h4 29. gxh4 f4 (29... gxh4 30. Qe1 Rg6+ 31. Kh1 $14 {[%cal
Gf1g1]}) (29... g4 30. Qxa7 Rg6 (30... Rh6 31. Rf4 Kh8 $13) 31. Rf4 Nf3+ 32.
Kh1 $14) 30. hxg5 f3 (30... Rf5 31. exf4 $16) 31. gxf6 Ng4 (31... fxe2 32. Rf2
Rxf6 33. Rxf6 Qxf6 34. Qc7 Nf3+ 35. Kh1 e1=Q+ 36. Rxe1 Nxe1 37. Qg3+ $16) 32.
Rf2 Nxf2 33. Qxa7 $2 ({Return of Qa5 to defence saved the game.} 33. Qe1 $1 Ng4
(33... Nh3+ 34. Kh1 fxe2 35. Qxe2 Qd7 36. Rf1 Qh7 37. Qg4+ Kh8 38. f7 $18) (
33... fxe2 34. Qxf2 Rxf6 35. Qxe2 $16) 34. Qh4 Rxf6 35. Kh1 Rg6 36. Bf1 $11)
33... Nh3+ (33... Qxf6 $19) 34. Kh1 Qxf6 35. Bf1 Nf2+ 36. Kg1 Ng4 (36... Nd1 $1
37. Rxd1 f2+ 38. Kh1 Qf3+ 39. Bg2 Qxd1+ $19) 37. Qc7 f2+ 38. Kh1 Nxe3 39. Qg3+
Qg7 40. Qxg7+ 0-1

[Event "Lvov Cup of Galychina"]
[Site "Lvov"]
[Date "2001.12.27"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Jonkman, Harmen"]
[Black "Sulypa, Oleksandr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2491"]
[BlackElo "2513"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2001.12.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 087"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nxe5 O-O 5. Be2 Re8 6. Nd3 Bxc3 7. dxc3 Nxe4
8. Nf4 d6 9. O-O Nc6 10. f3 Nc5 11. Rf2 Ne7 {[%csl Re3][%cal Ye7f5,Yf5e3]
White is hoping to use the firepower of the bishops pair. To neutralise this
plan, it was necessary to exchange the Nf4.} (11... Ne6 $5 12. Nd5 Ne7 13. Ne3
d5) 12. c4 {[%mdl 4]} Nf5 13. Qd2 {[%cal Gb2b3,Gc1b2]} Bd7 14. b3 Qf6 15. Rb1
Qd4 $1 16. Nd3 $1 (16. Nd5 Qxd2 (16... Rac8 17. b4 Qxd2 18. Bxd2 Ne6 19. Bd3
$14) 17. Bxd2 Nd4 18. Be3 Nxe2+ 19. Rxe2 Ne6 $11) 16... Ne6 (16... Nxd3 17.
Bxd3 {Now the Ns-exchange would leave the advantage with White, because of the
bad position of the Qd4.} Qb6 18. Bb2 $14) (16... Ne3 $2 17. c3 $18) (16... Bc6
17. Bb2 Qe3 18. Qxe3 Nxe3 19. Nb4 $14) 17. Bf1 a5 18. Bb2 Qe3 19. Qc3 Qb6 20.
Re1 $16 f6 21. a3 {[%cal Gb3b4]} c5 $6 (21... Re7 22. b4 axb4 23. axb4 Rae8)
22. a4 {[%csl Rd5]} Qc6 (22... Ned4 23. Nf4 Rxe1 24. Qxe1 Re8 25. Qd2 Bc6 26.
Bc3 Qa7 27. Bd3 (27. Bxa5 Ne3 28. Bd3 Nexc2 $132) 27... b6 $14) 23. Qd2 d5 $2 (
23... b6 $5 {[%cal Yd7c8,Yc8b7]} 24. Rfe2 Ned4 25. Re4 {[%cal Gd3f4]} Rxe4 26.
fxe4 Nh4 27. Bxd4 cxd4 28. Nf2 $16) 24. Ne5 $1 fxe5 25. cxd5 Qb6 26. dxe6 $18
Bxe6 27. Rxe5 Rad8 28. Qc3 {[%cal Ge5f5,Gb2g7]} Nd4 29. Qxc5 Qxc5 30. Rxc5 b6
31. Rc7 Bf7 32. Bd3 Ne6 33. Bxh7+ $1 Kxh7 34. Rxf7 Rd1+ 35. Rf1 Rd2 36. Rf2
Rd1+ 37. Rf1 Rd2 38. Re1 Kg6 (38... Rxc2 39. Bd4 $18) 39. Rb7 Rxc2 40. Rxb6 1-0

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.12"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Stripunsky, Alexander"]
[Black "Kaufman, Larry C"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2542"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2002.01.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 087"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Bf4 Nd7
8. Qd2 Nc5 9. O-O-O Bg4 10. h3 (10. Be2 Ne6 11. Be3 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 c6 13. Kb1
Qa5 14. Rhe1 O-O-O 15. Bg4 Rhe8 16. Bd4 Bf8 17. Re2 c5 18. Be3 d5 19. Bg5 Be7
20. Bxe7 Rxe7 21. Qg5 Qc7 22. Rxd5 $18 {1-0 Rutman A-Vunder A/It \ St.
Petersburg (Russia) 1997 (27)}) (10. Bb5+ $5 c6 11. Be2 Qa5 (11... d5 12. c4
Ne4 13. Qe3 O-O 14. cxd5 cxd5 15. h3 $1 Bc5 16. Qb3 Qf6 17. Be3 $14) 12. Kb1
Be6 13. c4 Qxd2 14. Bxd2 Ne4 $5 15. Be3 c5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Rublevsky,S-Tolstikh,N/
Russia 1994/Inf 61 (15)}) 10... Bxf3 11. gxf3 Qd7 12. Rg1 O-O-O (12... Qf5 13.
Be3 Ne6 14. Rg4) 13. Be3 (13. Rxg7 Ne6 14. Rxf7 (14. Rg1 Qa4 $17) 14... Nxf4
15. Qxf4 Bg5 $17) 13... Bf6 $11 14. Rg4 Qf5 (14... Qc6 15. Bg2 h5 16. Rb4 Rhe8
17. Bh1 $13) 15. Rf4 Qh5 16. h4 Kb8 (16... Bxh4 17. Bh3+ Kb8 18. Bg4 Qg6 19.
Bf5 Qf6 20. Bd4 Qe7 21. Re1 Ne6 22. Bxa7+ Kxa7 23. Bxe6 fxe6 24. Qd4+ Kb8 25.
Rxh4 $11) 17. Bg2 {[%cal Gf4b4,Gf3f4,Gg2b7,Gb4b7]} a6 (17... Ne6 $5 18. Ra4 a6
19. f4 d5) 18. Rb4 Rhe8 19. f4 $36 {<<} b6 20. a4 $1 Qf5 21. Bc6 Re7 22. a5 $40
Ka7 23. Qe2 {[%cal Ge2c4]} Qc8 24. Qc4 Bxh4 25. Kb1 $1 {A strong preventive
move.} Bf6 26. Ka2 h5 27. Bxc5 bxc5 28. Rb3 $1 {White's obvious advantage
after...might have proved insufficient for getting a full point} ({White's
obvious advantage after} 28. Rb7+ Qxb7 29. Bxb7 Kxb7 30. Qd5+ Ka7 31. Qxh5 $14
{might have proved insuffcient for getting a full point.}) 28... h4 29. Ka3 $1
(29. Qd5 Qe6 30. Qf3 Rb8 $17) 29... Rh8 30. Qd3 $1 {[%cal Gd3f3]} h3 31. Qf3
$18 Qf5 (31... Qe6 32. Rb7+ Ka8 33. Bd5 Qe2 34. Rxc7+ Kb8 35. Rb7+ Kc8 36. Be6+
$1 Qxe6 37. Qc6+ $18) 32. c4 $6 (32. Rb7+ Ka8 33. Rxd6 cxd6 34. Rxe7+ Kb8 35.
Rb7+ Kc8 36. Be4 $1 Qe6 37. Bf5 $1 $18) 32... Rb8 (32... Qxc2 33. Rb7+ Ka8 34.
Rxd6 $16) 33. Rdd3 (33. Rxb8 Kxb8 34. Qb3+ Kc8 35. Rd5 $1 Qg4 (35... Qe6 36. f5
$18) 36. Qb7+ Kd8 37. f5 Rd7 38. Rxd6 $1 Bxb2+ 39. Kxb2 Rxd6 40. Qc8+ Ke7 41.
f6+ $18 (41. Qxc7+ $18)) 33... Re1 34. Ka2 Qc8 $2 (34... h2 35. Rxb8 Kxb8 36.
Rb3+ Kc8 37. Qh3 Qxh3 38. Rxh3 g6 39. Rxh2 $16) (34... Rb4 35. Qxh3 Qxh3 36.
Rxh3 g6 37. Rxb4 cxb4 38. Rb3 $16) 35. Rxb8 Qxb8 (35... Kxb8 36. Rb3+ Ka7 37.
Rb7+ Qxb7 38. Bxb7 h2 39. Qc6 $18) 36. Rb3 $18 Qd8 37. Rb7+ Ka8 38. Rxc7+ Kb8
39. Qb3+ 1-0

[Event "Rijeka Liburnija 1st"]
[Site "Rijeka"]
[Date "2005.04.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Fercec, Nenad"]
[Black "Jovanic, Ognjen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2504"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2005.04.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nb4 9. cxd5 Nxd3 10. Qxd3 Qxd5 11. Re1 Bf5 12. Ne5 O-O-O 13. Qf3 g6 14. g4 (14.
Nc3 Nxc3 15. bxc3 Qxf3 16. Nxf3 (16. gxf3 Be6 17. Nxf7 Bxf7 18. Rxe7 Rd7 (18...
Bd5 19. f4 Rd7 20. Re5 Rf8 $11 {0-1 Haese,G-Zecha,G/CC-BdF-Meisterkl-Zwi 1988 
(35)}) 19. Re5 Re8 {1/2-1/2 Moreno Carnero,J-Dutreeuw,M/Mondariz 2000/CBM 79 
(19)}) 16... Rde8 17. a4 Bd8 (17... f6 18. Bh6 Kd7 $15 {0-1 Da Silva Filho,
A-Da Silva,F/CADAP 2000/ICCF tele 9/2002 (64)}) 18. Bh6 Rxe1+ 19. Rxe1 Bd7 20.
Ne5 Re8 21. Ra1 Be6 $15 {1/2-1/2 Shredder 4-Junior 6/Computers-ch Cadaques
2000 (105)}) 14... Bh4 (14... Rhg8 15. gxf5 gxf5+ 16. Kf1 Kb8 17. Nc3 Qxd4 18.
Bf4 f6 19. Rad1 Qb6 20. Nd7+ Rxd7 21. Rxd7 Bd6 {1-0 Rachels Stuart-Kelson,R/
USA op 1987 (21)}) 15. Nc3 (15. Nd3 $6 Rhg8 (15... Nxf2 16. Qxd5 Nh3+ $1 17.
Kg2 Rxd5 18. gxf5 Bxe1 19. Nxe1 Re8 $17 {0-1 Fernandez Garcia,J-Fernandez,A/
Las Palmas 1985 (40)}) 16. a4 h5 17. h3 hxg4 18. hxg4 Qxd4 $19 {0-1 Maximov,
D-Moskovets,K/Kiev 2001/EXT 2002 (63)}) (15. Re2 Qxd4 (15... Rhg8 16. gxf5 Qxd4
17. Kf1 Qxe5 18. Rxe4 Qb5+ 19. Re2 Rd1+ 20. Kg2 gxf5+ 21. Kh3 f4 22. Bxf4 Qf5+
23. Kxh4 Rd4 {0-1 Halasz-Arkhipov/Kecskemet 1984 (23)}) 16. gxf5 Nxf2 17. Qe3
Qd1+ 18. Re1 Nh3+ 19. Kg2 Bxe1 20. Nc3 Bxc3 21. bxc3 gxf5 22. Qf3 Rhg8+ {
0-1 Holub,J-Bartos,J/Czechia 2001/EXT 2002 (22)}) 15... Nxc3 16. bxc3 Be6 17.
g5 (17. Qxd5 Bxd5 (17... Rxd5 18. g5 $1 $16) 18. c4 f6 19. cxd5 fxe5 20. dxe5
Rxd5 21. Re2 (21. Re4 Be7 22. Be3 g5 23. Rc1 c5 24. Rf1 h5 25. gxh5 Rxh5 $15 {
0-1 Hrdina,J-Langlois,D/ICCF-Cup8/9 V124 corr 1990/Corr 2000 (52)}) 21... Kd7
22. f4 Ke6 23. Be3 Be7 24. Rc1 {1/2-1/2 Hazai,L-Tischbierek,R/Leipzig 1986/EXT
97 (24)}) 17... h6 $6 {This new move makes problems only for Black.} (17...
Rhe8 18. c4 (18. Be3 f6 19. gxf6 Qxf3 20. Nxf3 Bxf6 $15 {0-1 Berclaz,P-Bormida,
A/ICCF EM/M/A001 1996 (40)}) 18... Qxd4 19. Rb1 c6 (19... Bd5 $5) 20. Bf4 Qc5
21. Nxc6 Rd3 22. Rxe6 fxe6 23. Qxd3 Qxf2+ 24. Kh1 Qxf4 25. Nxa7+ {1/2-1/2
Wahls-Jusupow/BL 1992 (33)}) 18. Qxd5 Rxd5 $2 ({It will be more difficult for
White to get advantage after} 18... Bxd5 $5 19. c4 (19. gxh6 Rde8 20. Be3 Bf6
$44) 19... Be6 20. d5 Bd7 $1 (20... Bh3 21. Re4 hxg5 22. Nxf7 Rhe8 23. Rxe8
Rxe8 24. Bxg5 $16) 21. Be3 (21. Nxd7 Rxd7 22. gxh6 b5 23. cxb5 Rxd5 24. a4 Bg5
25. Ra3 Rxh6 $11) 21... Be8 22. gxh6 Bf6 23. Bf4 g5 24. Bd2 b5 25. Rac1 bxc4
26. Ng4 Bd4 27. Bxg5 Rxd5 28. h4 Bb5 $11) 19. Nxg6 $1 $16 fxg6 20. Rxe6 Bxg5
21. Rxg6 ({White would have more chances to win if they prevent exchange of
the bishops.} 21. f4 Bh4 22. Rxg6 Be1 23. c4 Bc3 24. cxd5 Bxa1 (24... Bxd4+ 25.
Kg2 Bxa1 26. Kf3 $16) 25. Be3 (25. Kf2 Rd8 26. Kf3 Rxd5) 25... Rd8 26. Kf2 (26.
d6 Rxd6 (26... cxd6 27. Rxh6 $18) 27. Rxd6 cxd6 28. d5 $1 a6 29. f5 h5 30. Bb6
(30. Kg2 Kd7) 30... Kd7 31. Kg2 Ke7 32. Kf3 Be5 33. h3 Kf6 34. Ke4 Kg5 35. a4
$11) 26... Rxd5 27. Kf3 Bxd4 28. Ke4 Bxe3 29. Kxd5 Bxf4 30. Rg8+ Kd7 31. Rg7+
Kc8 32. h4 $16) 21... Re8 22. Bxg5 (22. Kf1 $16) 22... hxg5 23. Kf1 c5 $132 24.
Rg7 $1 cxd4 25. cxd4 a5 $2 (25... Rxd4 26. Rc1+ Kb8 27. Rcc7 (27. Rxg5 Rd2 28.
a4 Rf8 $132) 27... Rb4 $11) 26. Rb1 (26. Rc1+ Kb8 27. Rcc7 Rb5 $132) 26... b5
27. Rc1+ Kb8 28. Rc6 (28. Rcc7 b4 29. Rb7+ Ka8 $16) 28... b4 29. Rb6+ Kc8 30.
Ra6 Kb8 31. Rga7 Re4 32. Rxa5 Rdxd4 (32... Rexd4 33. Kg2 Rd2 34. Kg3 Rd1 35.
Rxd5 Rxd5 36. Ra4 Rb5 37. f4 Kc7 38. fxg5 Rxg5+ 39. Kh4 Rb5 40. Kg4 Kd6 $11)
33. Rf7 Rf4 $2 {Only this move is the decisive mistake.} 34. Rxf4 gxf4 35. Kg2
$18 Kc7 36. Ra4 $1 Kd6 (36... Kc6 37. a3 Rd3 38. Rxb4 f3+ 39. Kg3 Rxa3 40. Rd4
$18) 37. a3 Ke5 38. Rxb4 Rd3 39. Ra4 $18 Kf5 40. Ra8 Kg4 41. h3+ Kh4 42. a4 Ra3
43. a5 f3+ 44. Kh2 Ra2 45. a6 Rxf2+ 46. Kg1 Rg2+ 47. Kf1 Rg7 48. Kf2 Kxh3 49.
Kxf3 Kh4 50. Ke4 Kh5 51. Rc8 Rd7 52. Rc5+ Kg6 53. Ra5 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 2nd"]
[Site "Ohrid"]
[Date "2001.06.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Black "Volzhin, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2604"]
[BlackElo "2528"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2001.06.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. c4
c6 9. Qc2 Na6 10. a3 f5 11. Nc3 Nc7 12. c5 Be7 13. Ne2 Bf6 (13... Ne6 14. Nf4 (
14. b4 Bf6 15. Bb2 a6 16. a4 g6 17. Ne5 Bg7 18. f3 $14 {Kapustin - Kuzenkov,
corr 1986[Jussupow] (18)}) 14... Bf6 (14... N6g5 15. Nxg5 Nxg5 16. Re1 Bf6 17.
Be3 g6 18. f3 Qc7 19. Qf2 Qg7 20. Rad1 Re8 21. Bc2 Bd7 22. Kh1 Re7 23. Qg3 Nf7
24. Bg1 Rae8 $11 {0-1 Sherzer,A-Wolff,P/Philadelphia 1987/EXT 97 (50)}) 15.
Nxe6 Bxe6 16. Bf4 Bf7 (16... Qe8 17. Be5 Qh5 18. Qb3 Bxe5 19. Nxe5 Rab8 20.
Rfe1 Qh6 21. f3 Ng5 22. Re2 Qh4 23. Qc3 Rf6 24. g3 Qh5 25. Rf1 Rbf8 26. b4 a6
27. a4 f4 28. g4 Qh3 29. b5 axb5 30. axb5 h5 $132 {1-0 Kulaots,K-Lauk,U/
Tallinn op 2000/CA (44)}) 17. Be5 Bh5 18. Bxf6 Qxf6 19. Ne5 Rad8 20. f3 Ng5 21.
Rfe1 Ne6 22. Qf2 f4 23. b4 Rfe8 24. Qb2 Re7 25. Re2 Rde8 26. Rae1 Bg6 27. Bxg6
hxg6 28. a4 $36 {1-0 Gipslis,A-Raetsky,A/Berlin 1993/TD (44)}) 14. Nd2 (14. Bf4
g5 (14... Ne6 15. Be5 N6g5 (15... Bxe5 16. Nxe5 Qf6 17. f4 $14) 16. Nxg5 Bxg5
17. Nf4 $36) 15. Be5 Ne6 16. b4 g4 17. Nd2 Bxe5 18. dxe5 Nxd2 19. Qxd2 Qc7 (
19... f4 20. f3 $16) 20. Qc3 f4 21. f3 Qg7 $132) 14... Ne6 15. Nb3 Bd7 (15...
a5 $5 16. a4 (16. Be3 a4 17. Nbc1 f4 $36) 16... b6 17. f3 bxc5 18. dxc5 Rb8
$132) 16. f3 Be8 17. Kh1 g6 18. Bh6 Ng7 19. fxe4 fxe4 20. Bxe4 dxe4 21. Nc3 $16
Bf7 22. Nxe4 Be7 23. Nc3 Bc4 24. Rxf8+ Qxf8 25. Na5 (25. Ne4 Bd5 26. Nbd2 Qf5
27. Rf1 Qe6 28. Bxg7 Kxg7 29. Nc3 Rd8 $44) 25... Qf7 26. Bxg7 Kxg7 27. Nxb7 Rf8
28. h3 Qf6 29. Re1 (29. Qe4 $1 $16) 29... Rf7 30. Ne4 (30. Qd2 Qh4 31. Nd6 Bg5
32. Qd1 Bb3 33. Qe2 Re7 (33... Rf2 34. Qe5+) 34. Nde4 Bc4 35. Qd1 Bb3 $11)
30... Qh4 (30... Qxd4 31. Nbd6 Rf1+ 32. Rxf1 Bxf1 33. Qb3 $18) 31. Qc3 Bd5 32.
Nbd6 Bxd6 33. Nxd6 Rf2 (33... Bxg2+ 34. Kxg2 Qf2+ 35. Kh1 Rf3 36. Re7+ (36. Ne4
Rxh3+ 37. Qxh3 Qxe1+ 38. Kh2 Qxe4 $11) 36... Kf8 37. Re8+ Kg7 $11) 34. Qe3 Rxg2
$2 {[%mdl 8192]} (34... Rxb2 35. Qe5+ Kh6 36. Re4 Qg5 37. Qxg5+ Kxg5 38. Rg4+
Kf6 $44) (34... Bxg2+ $2 35. Kg1 Rxb2 36. Qe5+ $18) 35. Qe5+ Kh6 36. Nf7+ Bxf7
37. Kxg2 Bd5+ 38. Kg1 Qxh3 39. Qh2 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2002.01.22"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2659"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2002.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 087"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. c4
c6 9. Qc2 Na6 10. a3 f5 11. Nc3 Nc7 12. c5 Be7 13. Ne2 (13. Bf4 Ne6 14. Be5 Bf6
15. Ne2 (15. Bxf6 $5 Qxf6 16. Ne2 Bd7 17. Qb3 Rab8 18. Qa4 a6 19. Qb4 $14 {
1-0 Saleh Khaled 1207 EGY-Sullivan Jerry 1300 US/CL6-1997.06 1997 (33)}) 15...
Qe8 (15... Bd7 16. b4 Rc8 17. Qb2 Kh8 18. Bxf6 Rxf6 19. Ne5 Be8 20. f3 N4g5 21.
Rad1 $16 {0-1 Hazai,L-Valkesalmi,K/Espoo 1987/EXT 97 (57)}) (15... g5 16. b4 (
16. h3 h5 17. Bh2 g4 18. hxg4 hxg4 19. Ne5 Bxe5 20. Bxe5 Rf7 21. f3 Qg5 22.
fxe4 Qe3+ 23. Rf2 fxe4 24. Ng3 exd3 25. Qd2 Qxd2 26. Rxd2 Nf4 27. Bxf4 Rxf4 28.
Rxd3 $11 {1/2-1/2 Wolf,W-Lueckert,B/DDR-ch H170 corr 1974/CR97-74 (53)}) 16...
a5 17. Qb2 axb4 18. axb4 Rxa1 19. Rxa1 g4 20. Bxf6 Rxf6 21. Ne5 Rh6 22. g3 Qe8
23. Ra8 $16 {1-0 Rodriguez Lopez,R-Hernandez,Y/Mondariz 1995/EXT 97 (33)}) 16.
b4 Bxe5 17. Nxe5 Nxd4 18. Nxd4 Qxe5 19. Nf3 Qf6 20. Rac1 Bd7 21. Rfe1 Rae8 $17
{0-1 Franke,H-Dempster,D/WT/M\406 1990 (35)}) 13... Ne6 (13... Bf6 14. Nd2 Ne6
15. Nb3 Bd7 16. f3 Be8 17. Kh1 g6 18. Bh6 Ng7 19. fxe4 fxe4 20. Bxe4 dxe4 21.
Nc3 Bf7 22. Nxe4 Be7 23. Nc3 Bc4 24. Rxf8+ Qxf8 25. Na5 Qf7 26. Bxg7 Kxg7 27.
Nxb7 Rf8 28. h3 Qf6 29. Re1 Rf7 30. Ne4 Qh4 31. Qc3 Bd5 32. Nbd6 Bxd6 33. Nxd6
Rf2 34. Qe3 Rxg2 35. Qe5+ Kh6 36. Nf7+ Bxf7 37. Kxg2 Bd5+ 38. Kg1 Qxh3 39. Qh2
{1-0 Sutovsky,E-Volzhin,A/Ohrid MKD 2001/ (39)}) 14. b4 (14. Nf4 N6g5 (14...
Bf6 15. Nxe6 Bxe6 16. Bf4 Bf7 (16... Qe8 17. Be5 Qh5 18. Qb3 Bxe5 19. Nxe5 Rab8
20. Rfe1 Qh6 21. f3 $16 {1-0 Kulaots,K-Lauk,U/Tallinn op 2000/CA (44)}) 17. Be5
Bh5 18. Bxf6 Qxf6 19. Ne5 Rad8 20. f3 Ng5 21. Rfe1 Ne6 22. Qf2 f4 23. b4 $16 {
1-0 Gipslis,A-Raetsky,A/Berlin 1993/TD (44)}) 15. Nxg5 Nxg5 16. Re1 (16. b4 Bf6
17. Qc3 Ne4 18. Qb2 b6 19. Nh5 Be7 20. f3 Nf6 21. Ng3 g6 22. Bf4 Rf7 23. Rfe1
Bf8 24. Re2 a5 25. Rae1 $14 {1/2-1/2 Kulaots,K-Lauk,U/Puhajarve EST 2001/ (61)}
) 16... Bf6 17. Be3 g6 18. f3 Qc7 19. Qf2 Qg7 20. Rad1 Re8 21. Bc2 Bd7 22. Kh1
Re7 23. Qg3 Nf7 $11 {0-1 Sherzer,A-Wolff,P/Philadelphia 1987/EXT 97 (50)})
14... Bf6 15. Bb2 {[%cal Gf3e5]} Qc7 16. Rfe1 (16. Ne5 Nxd4 17. Bxd4 Bxe5 $17)
16... Bd7 17. Rad1 g6 {probably, a waste of time. More logical would be} (17...
Rae8 $5) 18. Nc1 g5 19. Nb3 Rae8 20. Ne5 {this is the point of White's whole
plan} Nxd4 21. Bxd4 Bxe5 22. Bxe5 Rxe5 23. Qc1 Re6 (23... f4 24. Nd4 g4 (24...
h6 25. Nf3 Re6 (25... Re7 26. Bxe4 dxe4 27. Qc4+ Kh7 28. Rxe4 $14)) 25. f3 Ng5)
24. g3 Rg6 25. Nd4 Bc8 26. Bb1 h5 27. f3 (27. f3 Nxg3 28. Qd2 Ne4 29. fxe4 fxe4
$13) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lvov Cup of Galychina"]
[Site "Lvov"]
[Date "2001.12.24"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Volokitin, Andrei"]
[Black "Kazakov, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2566"]
[BlackElo "2473"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2001.12.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 087"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 Nc6
8. Qd2 O-O 9. O-O-O Ne5 10. Nd4 c5 11. Nb5 Qa5 12. a3 a6 (12... Be6 13. Nxd6
Qb6 14. f4 $1 Ng4 15. f5 Qxd6 16. Qxd6 Bxd6 17. Rxd6 Nxe3 18. fxe6 fxe6 19. Bd3
Rae8 20. Be4 Re7 21. Re1 Ng4 22. h3 Nf6 23. Bf3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Kramnik,
V-Kasparov,G/New York PCA-Intel GP 1995/EXP 47/[Vaisser] (66)}) 13. Nxd6 Rd8
14. Nxc8 Raxc8 (14... Rxd2 15. Nxe7+ Kf8 16. Rxd2 Kxe7 17. Rd5 Nd7 18. Be2 b6
19. Bf3 Nf8 20. Re5+ Kf6 21. Bd4 {1-0 Van der Wiel-Van der Sterren/Nederland
1983 (21)}) 15. Qe2 (15. Qe1 Rxd1+ 16. Qxd1 Rd8 17. Qe1 b5 18. Bd2 Bf6 19. f4
Nc6 20. Bd3 g6 21. Qe4 Qb6 22. Qe3 a5 23. Rd1 b4 24. cxb4 axb4 25. a4 Nd4 26.
b3 Qc6 {1/2-1/2 Forchert,N-Raetsky,A/Germany 1996/EXT 98 (26)}) 15... b5 16.
Rxd8+ Rxd8 17. Bd2 $1 $146 (17. Bxc5 $2 Bxc5 18. Qxe5 Bxa3 $1 19. Bd3 Bd6 $17 {
1/2-1/2 Baciu Ionescu,O-Ionescu Brandis,I/Bucharest 1998/EXT 99/[Marin] (30)})
(17. Qh5 $142 {Marin}) 17... Ng6 {[%cal Yb5b4]} (17... b4 18. Qxa6 $1 (18. cxb4
cxb4 19. Qe1 Qd5 $1 20. axb4 Qa2 21. c3 Bg5 $1 $17) (18. Qxe5 bxa3 19. bxa3
Qxa3+ 20. Kd1 Bf6 $40) 18... Qxa6 19. Bxa6 bxa3 20. bxa3 Ra8 21. Re1 $16) (
17... Qc7 $5 18. Kb1 (18. Qe1 Qd6 $44 {[%cal Yd6d5,Yd5a2,Yd5g2]}) 18... Nc4 19.
Bc1 Bf6 20. Qe4 $14) 18. Kb1 (18. Qh5 $5) 18... b4 19. cxb4 cxb4 20. axb4 Bxb4
21. Bc1 $1 {[%cal Ge2a6]} Be7 22. g3 (22. Qxa6 Qe1 23. Qe2 Qa5 $132 {[%cal
Yd8a8]}) 22... Qd5 (22... Bf6 23. Qxa6 Qd5 24. Rg1 Rb8 25. Bc4 Qd4 26. Bb3 $16)
23. Rg1 a5 24. Bg2 Qd6 25. Qb5 $16 Qc7 26. Re1 Rb8 27. Qc6 $18 {Any endgame is
favourable for White, while Black has no real counterplay.That's why White's
position is winning.} Qd8 28. Bh3 Bf6 29. Qd7 Qf8 30. Re4 $1 h6 31. f4 $1 {
[%csl Rg6]} Kh7 32. Qc7 Rb5 33. Bf1 Rc5 34. Qd7 Ne7 35. Bd3 g6 36. g4 Nd5 37.
Re8 Qg7 38. f5 (38. g5 Bd4 39. f5 $18) 38... g5 39. Qd6 Nc3+ (39... Nc7 40. Re2
$18) (39... Bd4 40. f6+ $18) 40. bxc3 Rxc3 41. Bb2 Rxd3 42. Qxf6 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT 12th"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2005.04.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Popov, Valerij"]
[Black "Khenkin, Igor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2568"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "2005.04.19"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Saransk TPS"]
[BlackTeam "Moscow Youth of"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Bf4 Nd7
8. Qd2 Nc5 9. O-O-O O-O 10. Bc4 Be6 (10... a5 11. Be3 Be6 12. Bxe6 Nxe6 13. h4
a4 14. Qd3 (14. a3 Qd7 15. Rhe1 Bf6 16. Ng5 Qb5 17. g3 Rfe8 18. f4 Qc4 19. Kb1
h6 20. Nf3 Nc5 21. Bxc5 Qxc5 22. g4 Qc6 23. Rf1 Qb5 24. g5 Re2 25. Qc1 hxg5 26.
hxg5 Bxc3 27. Rd3 $16 {1-0 Thomson,T-Marsden,J/ICCF EM/TT/A/01 1998/74
telechess (44)}) 14... a3 15. b3 Re8 16. Kb1 Bf6 17. g4 b6 18. g5 Be7 19. Bc1
Nc5 20. Qd5 $14 {1/2-1/2 Farley,R-Micklethwaite,M/corr BCCP F6 1995 (33)}) (
10... Rb8 11. h4 Bf6 12. Nd4 Bd7 13. f3 a5 14. g4 b5 15. Bd5 b4 16. c4 a4 17.
Kb1 Qc8 18. g5 Bxd4 19. Qxd4 b3 20. cxb3 Bf5+ 21. Ka1 Rxb3 {1-0 Kosintseva,
T-Levushkina,E/Dresden GER 2004/(38)} (21... Qa6 $1 $17)) 11. Bxe6 (11. Bd5
Bxd5 12. Qxd5 c6 13. Qd2 d5 $15 {0-1 Hammarberg,O-Olsson,A/Uppsala 1969/EXT
2001 (32)}) (11. Be2 Bxa2 12. c4 b5 13. cxb5 a6 14. b6 cxb6 15. Qe3 Rc8 $17 {
0-1 Le Kieu Thien Kim-Vo Hong Phuong/VIE-chW Dalat City 2004 (64)}) (11. Qe2
Bxc4 12. Qxc4 Ne6 13. Be3 a5 14. h4 a4 15. g4 a3 16. b3 Re8 17. g5 Ra5 18. Rhg1
Qd7 19. h5 Qc6 $11 {0-1 Barbieri,G-Cristiani,C/Verona 1997/CBM 56 ext (57)})
11... Nxe6 (11... fxe6 12. Rhe1 Qe8 13. Kb1 Qg6 14. Bg3 Rae8 15. Nd4 Bg5 16. f4
Bf6 17. Qe2 d5 18. f5 exf5 19. Qf3 Ne4 $17 {0-1 Nouro,M-Christensen,T/Aalborg
1991/EXT 2000 (54)}) 12. Be3 Qd7 13. h4 Qb5 (13... Qa4 14. Kb1 Rfe8 15. Qd3 Nc5
16. Bxc5 dxc5 17. Ng5 Bxg5 18. hxg5 Qe4 19. Qh3 Rad8 20. Rxd8 Rxd8 21. f3 Qg6
22. f4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Saint Amour,P-Aktunc,O/IECG 2003/Telechess CBM 99 (37)})
14. Ng5 (14. Kb1 Qc4 15. Ng5 Bf6 16. f3 b5 17. Ne4 Be5 18. Bd4 f5 19. Ng5 Bxd4
20. Nxe6 Qxe6 21. Qxd4 Rae8 22. a3 a6 23. Qa7 Qc4 24. Qxa6 Re2 25. Rd4 Qc5 26.
a4 Rb8 27. axb5 Rxg2 28. Re1 Qxb5 $11 {1-0 Kosintseva,T-Polovnikova,E/Kazan
RUS 2004/(40)}) 14... Bxg5 $5 {It is a very interesting decision.Black hope to
neutralise pressure of White on the file ''h'' by the help of Nf8.Their rooks
on the file''e'' will create counterplay.} (14... Rae8 $5) 15. hxg5 Rfe8 16.
Qd3 (16. Rh3 Nf8 17. Rdh1 Re6 $132 {[%cal Ya8e8]}) 16... Qxd3 17. cxd3 Rf8 $1 {
[%cal Yf7f6] Black use the chance to exchange pawn g5 so deciding problems of
defence of the king's side.} 18. Rh4 (18. d4 d5 (18... f6 19. gxf6 Rxf6 20. d5
Nf4 21. g3 Ng6 22. f4 $14) 19. Rh5 $1 g6 20. Rh6 f5 21. gxf6 Rxf6 22. Rdh1 Rf7
$11) 18... f6 19. gxf6 (19. Rdh1 Nxg5 20. Bxg5 fxg5 21. Rxh7 Rae8 $11) 19...
Rxf6 20. Rdh1 h6 $11 21. Ra4 a6 22. Rb4 b5 23. Rg4 Kf7 24. Kd2 Rg6 25. Rxg6
Kxg6 26. a4 Rf8 $1 {[%cal Yf8f5,Yf5b5]} 27. axb5 axb5 28. Ra1 h5 $1 29. Ra5 Rf5
30. Ra8 Kf6 31. Rh8 g6 32. Rh7 Ke5 33. d4+ $6 (33. b3 $5 d5 (33... Kd5 34. c4+
Kc6 35. Rh6 $36) 34. d4+ (34. Rh8 Rf8 $11) 34... Kd6 35. f3 $14) 33... Kd5 34.
b3 c5 35. dxc5 dxc5 36. Ra7 $6 (36. Rh6 Rf6 37. f3 Ng7 $11) 36... h4 $1 {
[%csl Rg2]} 37. Ra6 g5 38. Ra8 Nf4 39. Rd8+ (39. Bxf4 Rxf4 (39... gxf4 40. Rh8
f3 41. gxf3 Rxf3 42. Rh5+ Kc6 43. Rxh4 Rxf2+ $11) 40. f3 h3 41. gxh3 Rxf3 42.
Rg8 Rg3 43. Rd8+ Ke4 44. Re8+ $11) 39... Kc6 40. g3 $2 {Passed pawn h4 gives
Black good chances to win the game.} Rd5+ $1 $17 41. Rxd5 Nxd5 42. gxh4 gxh4
43. c4 $8 Ne7 44. cxb5+ $1 (44. Ke2 b4 $1 45. Kf3 Nf5 46. Kg4 Nd4 47. Kxh4 Nxb3
48. f4 Na5 49. f5 Nxc4 50. f6 Ne5 51. Kg5 c4 52. Kf5 Kd5 $19) 44... Kxb5 45.
Ke2 Nf5 46. Kf3 Kb4 47. Bf4 (47. Bd2+ Kxb3 48. Kg4 Nd4 49. Be3 Kc3 50. f4 Kd3 (
50... c4 51. f5 h3 52. Bf4 (52. Kxh3 Nxf5 53. Bb6 $17) 52... Kd3 53. f6 Ke4 54.
Bd6 Kd5 55. f7 Ne6 56. Bf4 Ke4 57. Bd6 c3 58. Kg3 c2 59. Ba3 $11) 51. Bf2 c4
52. Bxh4 c3 53. f5 $132) 47... Kxb3 48. Kg4 Nd4 49. Kxh4 $2 (49. Be5 $1 Kc2 50.
f4 Nf5 $1 51. Bf6 $1 c4 52. Bxh4 $11) 49... c4 50. Kg4 c3 51. Be3 (51. Bg5 c2
52. Bc1 Kc3 53. f4 Ne2 54. Be3 Kd3 55. Kf3 Nd4+ 56. Kf2 Nb3 $1 $19 {[%cal
Gb3d2]}) 51... Kc4 52. f4 Kd3 53. Bc1 Ke4 $1 {[%cal Yd4e2]} 54. Ba3 Nb5 (54...
c2 55. Bb2 Nf5 56. Kg5 Nd6 57. Bc1) 55. Bc1 Nd4 56. Ba3 Nb5 57. Bc1 Nd6 $1 58.
Ba3 $2 (58. Kg5 $1 c2 59. Kf6 Nf5 60. Ke6 $132) 58... Nc4 59. Bc1 c2 60. Kg5
Ne3 61. Ba3 (61. Kf6 Nf5 62. Ke6 Nd4+ 63. Kd6 Ne2 64. Ba3 $11) 61... Nf5 62.
Bc1 $2 Nd4 $19 63. f5 (63. Bb2 Ne6+ $19) (63. Kf6 Ne2 $19) 63... Nxf5 64. Kg4
Nd4 65. Bb2 Nb3 66. Kg5 Nd2 $1 67. Bc1 Kd3 {[%cal Yd3e2,Ye2d1]} 0-1

[Event "Sofia MTel Masters 1st"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "2005.05.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2005.05.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Be6 11. Ne5 Bd6 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8] Very interesting
novelty.Black start to attack Ne5.} 12. a3 (12. f3 Nxc3 (12... Nf6 13. a3 (13.
c5 Bxe5 14. dxe5 Nd7 15. f4 d4 $1 $132) 13... Na6 (13... Nc6 14. Nxc6 bxc6 15.
c5 Be7 16. Bd3 $14) 14. Bg5 (14. f4 c5 15. cxd5 Nxd5 16. f5 cxd4 17. fxe6 Bxe5
18. exf7+ Kh8 19. Nxd5 Qxd5 20. Bxa6 bxa6 21. Qf3 Qd8 22. Bd2 Bf6 $11) 14...
dxc4 15. Nxc4 Be7 16. Na5 $5 (16. Ne5 c5 17. Bxa6 cxd4 18. Bxb7 dxc3 19. Bxa8
Qb6+ 20. Rf2 (20. Kh1 cxb2 21. Rb1 Rxa8 $15) 20... Bc5 21. Qe2 Bxf2+ 22. Qxf2
cxb2 23. Rb1 Rxa8 $11) 16... c5 17. Nxb7 Qb6 18. d5 Bxd5 19. Nxd5 (19. Bxf6 Bb3
$1 20. Qd3 c4+ 21. Qd4 Bxf6 22. Qxb6 axb6 $15) 19... Nxd5 20. Qxd5 Nc7 $1 (
20... Bxg5 21. Qxg5 Qxb7 22. Bc4 $1 $16) 21. Qe5 Bxg5 22. Qxg5 Qxb7 23. Qxc5
Qxb2 24. Bc4 Qb6 $11) (12... c5 $5 13. fxe4 cxd4 14. cxd5 Bxe5 15. dxe6 Qh4 16.
exf7+ Kh8 (16... Rxf7 17. h3 Rxf1+ 18. Kxf1 (18. Bxf1 Rf8 $1 19. Bc4+ Kh8 20.
Ne2 d3 $17) 18... dxc3 19. Qb3+ Kh8 20. Qxb4 cxb2 21. Bxb2 Qf6+ 22. Kg1 Bxb2
23. Qxb7 Re8 $44) 17. h3 dxc3 18. bxc3 Bxc3 19. Bd2 $1 $16) 13. bxc3 Bxe5 $1 (
13... Nc6 14. Nxc6 bxc6 15. c5 Be7 16. Bd3 $16) (13... Na6 14. f4 $36) 14. dxe5
Nc6 15. cxd5 Qxd5 $11) (12. Bf3 $5 f6 13. Nd3 (13. cxd5 Nxc3 14. bxc3 Nxd5 15.
Nd3 c6 16. c4 Ne7 17. c5 Bc7 18. Re1 Bd5 19. Rb1 Qd7 20. Bg4 f5 21. Bg5 Ng6 22.
Bh5 Rae8 $11) 13... Nxc3 14. bxc3 Nxd3 15. Qxd3 c6 (15... dxc4 16. Qe4 Bc8 17.
Be2 $36) 16. cxd5 Bxd5 (16... cxd5 17. Qb5 a6 18. Qxb7) 17. Bxd5+ (17. c4 Bxf3
18. Qxf3 Qd7 $11) 17... cxd5 18. Qb5 Rf7 $11) 12... Bxe5 $1 13. axb4 (13. dxe5
Nxc3 14. bxc3 Nc6 15. cxd5 Qxd5 $11) (13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. dxe5 Nd3 15. Bxd3 exd3
(15... Qxd3 16. Qxd3 exd3 17. b3 a5 18. a4 $11) 16. b3 Qd4 (16... a5 17. a4 $11
) 17. Be3 Qxe5 18. Qxd3 $11) 13... Bf6 $1 {[%cal Yf6d4]} 14. Nxe4 (14. cxd5
Bxd5 (14... Bf5 15. Bd3 Nxc3 (15... Nd6 16. Bf4 Re8 17. Bxd6 Bxd3 18. Bxc7 Qxc7
19. Qxd3 $16) 16. bxc3 Bxd3 17. Qxd3 Qxd5 18. Ra5 $14) 15. Bd3 Re8 (15... Nxc3
16. bxc3 Qd7 17. Re1 Rfe8 $14) 16. Qc2 Nxc3 17. bxc3 (17. Bxh7+ Kh8 18. bxc3 g6
19. Bxg6 fxg6 20. Qxg6 Be4 21. Qh5+ Bh7 $17) 17... g6 18. Bf4 Qd7 19. f3 (19.
c4 Qg4 20. Bg3 Be4 $11) 19... a6 $11) 14... dxe4 15. Be3 (15. d5 Bf5 16. Qb3
Be5 $132 {[%cal Yd8h4]}) 15... c6 $11 {[%cal Yf6d4,Yd8d4]} 16. Qd2 Qd6 17. Rfd1
Rfd8 18. b5 {White try to take initiative on the queen's side by pawn
sacrifice.} (18. Qc2 Qxb4 (18... Bf5 $5 19. Ra5 Qe6 20. d5 cxd5 21. Rdxd5 Rxd5
22. Rxd5 $14) 19. Ra4 Qd6 20. Qxe4 b5 $5 (20... Re8 21. Qf3 Qd7 $11) 21. Ra6 (
21. cxb5 Bb3 $17) 21... bxc4 22. Rxc6 Qd7 $11 23. Bxc4 $140 $2 Bf5 24. Qf3 Bg4
$19) 18... cxb5 19. d5 Bd7 (19... Qc7 20. Qa5 (20. Qb4 Be7 21. Qe1 Bd7 22. c5
$1 Bf6 23. Qb4 a6 24. Bd4 $44) 20... Qxa5 21. Rxa5 Bd7 22. cxb5 Bxb2 23. Rxa7
Rxa7 24. Bxa7 Rc8 $11) 20. c5 Qe7 21. Ra3 (21. Qc2 a6 22. Bf4 Bf5 $11) 21...
Bc6 $1 {Black force the move d6.They hope to blocade pawns of White.} 22. d6
Qe5 23. b4 (23. Bd4 $5 Qxd4 24. Qxd4 Bxd4 25. Rxd4 Kf8 26. f3 exf3 27. Bxf3 a5
(27... Bxf3 28. gxf3 Rac8 29. b4 b6 30. Rd5 Rd7 31. Ra6) 28. Kf2 a4 $11 {
[%csl Rc5]}) 23... Qb2 {It will be easier to blocade pawns of White in the
endgame.} 24. Qxb2 Bxb2 25. Ra5 a6 26. Rb1 (26. Bd4 Bxd4 27. Rxd4 f5 28. f3 Kf7
$11) 26... Be5 27. f4 exf3 28. Bxf3 Rac8 $11 29. Ra3 f6 30. Bg4 Bd7 31. Bf3 Bc6
32. Bg4 Bd7 33. Bf3 Bc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2001.11.29"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2666"]
[BlackElo "2641"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nb4 9. Be2 Be6 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Ne5 f6 12. Nf3 Kh8 13. Re1 c5 14. Be3 f5 15. a3
(15. cxd5 Nxc3 16. bxc3 Nxd5 17. Bd2 cxd4 18. Nxd4 Bg8 19. Rb1 Qc7 20. Nb5 Qd7
21. c4 {1/2-1/2 Zvjaginsev,V-Motylev,A/Linares 2001/CBM 81/[Huzman] (21)})
15... f4 (15... Nc6 16. Nxd5 cxd4 (16... Bxd5 17. cxd5 Qxd5 18. dxc5 Qxd1 19.
Raxd1 Bxc5 20. Bxc5 Nxc5 21. b4 Ne4 22. Rd7 $16) 17. Nxd4 Bxd5 18. cxd5 Qxd5
19. Nxc6 Qxc6 (19... bxc6 20. Qc2 $16) 20. Rc1 $16) (15... Nxc3 16. bxc3 Nc6
17. cxd5 Bxd5 18. dxc5 $16) 16. Bd2 (16. Bxf4 $5) (16. Bc1 Nxc3 17. bxc3 Nc6
$132) 16... Nc6 17. Nxe4 (17. cxd5 Bxd5 (17... Nxc3 18. Bxc3 Bxd5 19. dxc5 Bxc5
20. Qc2 Qb6 21. Ng5 Bxf2+ 22. Kh1 Bg8 23. Bc4 $18) 18. Nxd5 (18. Nxe4 Bxe4 19.
Bc3 Bxf3 20. Bxf3 cxd4 $15) 18... Qxd5 19. Bd3 Nxd2 20. Qxd2 cxd4 21. Be4 Qd6
22. Qd3 (22. b4 Bf6 23. b5 Ne5 24. Nxe5 Bxe5 25. Bxb7 Rad8 $11) 22... g6 23.
Bxc6 bxc6 24. Qxd4+ Qxd4 25. Nxd4 Bf6 $11) 17... dxe4 18. d5 Bxd5 (18... exf3
19. Bxf3 $16) 19. cxd5 exf3 (19... Qxd5 20. Bc3 (20. Qc2 exf3 21. Bxf3 Qd7 22.
Bxc6 bxc6 $17 {[%cal Yf4f3]}) 20... Qxd1 21. Raxd1 exf3 22. Bxf3 Bf6 (22...
Rfe8 23. Bxc6 (23. Re4 Bf6 24. Bxf6 gxf6 25. Rxf4 Nd4 26. Kf1 (26. Rxf6 Rad8)
26... Kg7 (26... Rad8 27. Bxb7) 27. b4 Nxf3) 23... bxc6 24. Rd7 Bf6 25. Rxe8+
Rxe8 26. Kf1 $14) 23. Bxf6 (23. Rd7 $5 Rfe8 24. Rxe8+ Rxe8 25. Kf1 (25. h4 $14)
25... Bxc3 26. bxc3 Ne5 27. Rxb7 Nc4 (27... Nxf3 28. gxf3 $14) 28. g3 Nxa3 29.
Rxa7 Nb1 30. Rc7 fxg3 31. hxg3 c4 $11) 23... gxf6 (23... Rxf6 24. Rd7 $16) 24.
Rd7 (24. Bxc6 bxc6 25. Rd7 $36 Rfe8 26. Rxe8+ Rxe8 27. Kf1 Rb8 $11) 24... Ne5
25. Rxb7 Rfb8 26. Rc7 Nxf3+ (26... Rc8 27. Re7 Nxf3+ 28. gxf3 Rab8 29. Rxa7
Rxb2 30. Ree7 $16) 27. gxf3 Rxb2 28. Ree7 $36) 20. dxc6 (20. Bxf3 Nd4 21. Bc3
Bf6 $11) 20... fxe2 21. Qxe2 bxc6 22. Bxf4 Bf6 (22... Rxf4 $5 23. Qxe7 Qd4 24.
Qe3 Rd8 $14) 23. Be5 (23. Rad1 Bd4) 23... Qe7 (23... Bxe5 24. Qxe5 Qd4 25. Re2
Rad8 $132 (25... Rab8 $5)) 24. Bxf6 Qxf6 25. Rac1 Rab8 26. Rc2 h6 $11 27. Qe5
c4 28. h3 Rb3 29. Qxf6 Rxf6 30. Re3 a5 $2 31. Rec3 (31. Rxb3 cxb3 32. Rc3 a4 {
[%cal Yf6d6,Yd6d2]} (32... Rd6 33. Rxb3) 33. Kf1 $1 Rd6 34. Ke2 $16) 31... Rxc3
32. Rxc3 Rd6 $1 33. Rxc4 (33. Rc2 Rd1+ (33... c3 34. b3 $1 (34. Rxc3 Rd1+ 35.
Kh2 Rd2 36. Rxc6 Rxb2 $14) 34... Rd1+ 35. Kh2 Rd3 (35... Rd2 36. Rxc3 Rxf2 37.
Rxc6 Rb2 38. Rc3 $16) 36. f3) 34. Kh2 Rb1 35. Kg3 c3 36. Rxc3 Rxb2 $11) 33...
Rd1+ 34. Kh2 Rd2 35. b3 (35. Rxc6 Rxb2 36. Rc5 Rxf2 37. Rxa5 $14) 35... Rd3 $1
(35... Rxf2 36. Rxc6 Rb2 37. Rc3 $16) 36. a4 Rxb3 37. Rc5 Ra3 38. Rxa5 c5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Sofia MTel Masters 1st"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "2005.05.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2005.05.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Bf5 11. a3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Nc6 13. Re1 Re8 14. cxd5 Qxd5
15. Bf4 Rac8 16. Bg3 $146 Bf6 (16... Bd6 17. c4 (17. Nd2 Bxg3 18. hxg3 Na5 (
18... Qd6 19. Bf3 $14) 19. Qa4 b6 20. Bf3 Qd8 $11) 17... Qa5 (17... Qe4 18. d5
Bxg3 19. hxg3 Ne5 $11) 18. d5 Ne5 19. Nd4 Bd7 $11) 17. Nd2 Qa5 18. Qc1 Bxd4 $2
{I think that this combination is incorrect and Kramnik missed something in
his calculations.} (18... Bg5 19. f4 (19. Ra2 Bh6 $11) 19... Bf6 20. Nc4 Qa4
21. Ne3 Nxd4 $1 22. Bd1 Qa5 23. cxd4 Bxd4 24. Kh1 Bxa1 25. Qxa1 Rcd8 $15) 19.
cxd4 Nxd4 20. Bc4 $1 (20. Bf1 Rxe1 21. Qxe1 Nc2 22. Qd1 Nxa1 23. Nc4 Qc5 24.
Qxa1 Be6 $15) 20... Nc2 ({Probably Kramnik's idea was to play} 20... Rxe1+ 21.
Qxe1 Nc2 {but Black is losing in the long line} 22. Qe7 $1 Nxa1 23. Bxf7+ Kh8
24. Be5 $3 Qxd2 25. Bxg7+ $1 Kxg7 26. Be8+ Kh6 27. Qf8+ Kg5 28. f4+ $1 Kxf4 (
28... Qxf4 29. Qe7+ Kh6 (29... Kg4 30. h3+ Kg3 31. Qe1+ Qf2+ 32. Qxf2#) 30.
Qf6+ Bg6 31. Qxf4+ $18) (28... Kg4 29. Bh5+ Kxh5 30. Qxf5+ Kh6 31. Qg5#) 29.
Qh6+ Ke5 30. Qxd2 Rxe8 31. Qe2+ $1 Be4 32. Qb5+ $18) 21. Rxe8+ Rxe8 22. Rb1
Re1+ 23. Qxe1 Nxe1 24. Rxe1 $16 {The arising endgame looks very difficult for
Black because White have good chances to decide the game by piece attack.It is
not easy for Black to combine defence of Kg8 with moving their pawns on the
queen's side.} Kf8 (24... Be6 25. Nf3 Qxa3 26. Bxc7 $16) 25. Nf3 f6 (25... Qxa3
$142 26. Bxc7 Qc5 27. Bf4 $16) 26. Rd1 Qc5 27. Bf1 Ke8 28. Nd4 Bd7 29. Rd3 $1
a5 30. h3 b5 31. Nb3 Qxa3 (31... Qb6 32. Rc3 $18) 32. Bxc7 a4 33. Bd6 Qb2 34.
Nc5 a3 $2 (34... Bc6 35. Re3+ Kf7 36. Re7+ Kg6 (36... Kg8 37. Ne6 $18) 37. Ne6
$18) (34... Bc8 $142 35. Re3+ Kd8 $16) 35. Re3+ $1 Kf7 36. Nd3 $1 $18 Qb1 (
36... Qa1 37. Bxa3 $1 $18) 37. Bxa3 Be6 (37... Bf5 38. Re7+ Kg6 39. Nf4+ Kh6
40. Bc5 $18 {[%csl Rh6]}) 38. Nf4 b4 (38... Bc4 39. Re7+ Kg8 40. Re8+ Kf7 41.
Rf8#) 39. Bxb4 Qxb4 40. Nxe6 g6 41. g3 1-0

[Event "Sofia MTel Masters 1st"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "2005.05.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2005.05.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Bf5 11. a3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Nc6 13. Re1 Re8 14. cxd5 Qxd5
15. Bf4 Rac8 {Mikhail Golubev (www.chesstoday.net): A kind of modern tabia.}
16. Qc1 $146 {[%mdl 8] This interesting move looks very naturally and needs
future tests.} Na5 (16... Be4 17. Qe3 (17. Be3 Qf5 18. Nd2 Bd3 19. Bf3 Bd6 $11)
17... Bg6 18. Bf1 (18. c4 Qf5 19. Qd2 Bd6 20. Be3 $14) 18... Kf8 19. c4 Qf5 20.
Qd2 Bd6 21. Be3 $14) (16... Bd6 $6 17. Be3 $16 {[%cal Gc3c4]}) (16... Bf6 $5
17. Qb2 Na5 18. Ne5 Qb3 $1 (18... Bxe5 19. Bxe5 Nc4 20. Bxc4 Qxc4 21. Qxb7 f6
22. Bf4 Qxc3 23. Qd5+ Kh8 24. Rec1 Qd3 25. Bxc7 $16) 19. Qxb3 Nxb3 20. Ra2 Nc5
$1 $11) 17. c4 Qe4 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (17... Qd8 18. Qc3 c5 19. d5 Bf6 20. Ne5 $5
(20. Be5 Bxe5 21. Nxe5 f6 $14) 20... b6 21. Bd3 $14) {[%tqu "En","Find how
White can exploit the unprotected position of the black pieces on the fifth
rank.","","","e2d1","",10]} 18. Bd1 $1 Qd3 19. Re3 $1 Qxc4 20. Re5 1-0

[Event "Sofia MTel Masters 1st"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "2005.05.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2005.05.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. a3 Nc6 11. cxd5 Qxd5 12. Nc3 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Na5 14. Re1 Bd6 (
14... Be6 15. Bd3 Qb3 16. Qe2 Rfe8 17. Rb1 Qa4 18. Bb5 {1-0 Semprevivo,
M-Alonso,H/Buenos Aires 2002/EXT 2005 (18)}) (14... Bf6 15. Rb1 c6 16. a4 Bf5
17. Rb2 b6 18. Nd2 Rad8 19. Bf3 Qd7 20. Ne4 Be7 21. Rbe2 Rfe8 $14 {1/2-1/2
Krstic,U-Rade,M/Pula 2001/CBM 84 ext (43)}) 15. Rb1 (15. Be3 b5 16. Ne5 Bb7 17.
Bf3 Qe6 {1/2-1/2 Baklan,V-Nielsen,P/Mainz GER 2004 (17)}) (15. Nd2 Bd7 16. Bf3
Qf5 17. Nf1 (17. Be4 Qg4 18. Bf3 Qg6 19. Nf1 Rae8 20. Ne3 b5 $11 {1/2-1/2
Radjabov,T-Kramnik,V/Linares ESP 2004/(23)}) 17... Rae8 18. Ne3 Qf4 19. g3 Qf6
20. Kg2 b5 21. a4 b4 22. Bd2 Nc6 23. a5 Rb8 24. Be4 $1 bxc3 25. Bxc3 $14 {
1/2-1/2 Nisipeanu,L-Bologan,V/Neum 2004/CBM 102/[Huzman] (30)}) 15... Bd7 (
15... a6 16. Bd3 (16. Nd2 $1 $16 {[%csl Rd5]}) 16... Bf5 17. Bxf5 Qxf5 18. Rb2
Rfe8 19. Rbe2 Kf8 20. a4 Nc4 21. Bg5 h6 22. Bh4 b5 $11 {0-1 Overton,D-Frostick,
C/corr 1993/Megacorr (42)}) 16. Be3 (16. Ne5 Bxe5 17. dxe5 Qxd1 18. Rxd1 Be6
$11) (16. Nd2 Rfe8 17. Bf3 Rxe1+ 18. Qxe1 Qf5 $11) 16... Nc4 17. Nd2 $5 {
White give Black advantage of two bishops.As compensation their pawn centre
becomes stronger.} Nxe3 18. fxe3 Qg5 19. Bf3 Rae8 20. Nc4 (20. Bxb7 Rxe3 21.
Ne4 Qh6 22. Nxd6 cxd6 23. Qd2 Rxe1+ 24. Qxe1 $11) 20... b6 (20... b5 $5 21.
Nxd6 cxd6 $11 {[%csl Rc3][%cal Ye8c8,Yc8c3]}) 21. e4 (21. Nxd6 cxd6 $11) 21...
Bf4 $36 22. Qc2 Re6 {Not many pieces defend Kg1 now and Black start to attack
its position.} (22... b5 23. Na5 (23. Nb2 c5 24. Rbd1 Be6 $15) 23... c5 24. Nb3
) 23. g3 b5 24. Nb2 Bd2 (24... Rf6 $5 25. Kg2 (25. Bg2 Be3+ 26. Kh1 Rh6 27. Bf3
c5 $1 $17) 25... Rh6 {[%cal Yh6h2]} 26. Qf2 Bd2 $17) 25. Re2 Be3+ 26. Kg2 f5 $1
(26... Rg6 27. Qd3 Bf4 28. Kh1 Bd6 29. c4 $36) (26... Rh6 $2 27. h4 $1 Rxh4 28.
Rxe3 $18) 27. h4 $1 Qh6 $6 ({Black missed nice tactical idea} 27... Qg6 $1 28.
Rxe3 (28. exf5 Rxf5 29. g4 Rxf3 $1 30. Qxg6 Rxg6 31. Kxf3 Bxg4+ 32. Kxe3 Re6+
$17) 28... fxe4 $1 (28... f4 29. Rd3 Qxg3+ 30. Kf1 Qxh4 31. Qf2 $16) 29. Bxe4 (
29. Be2 Rf3 $3) 29... Bc6 $1 {[%cal Yc6g2,Yg6c2]} 30. Rbe1 Rxe4 31. Rxe4 Rf4 $3
$40) 28. exf5 Ree8 29. Qb3+ (29. Be4 c5 30. Qd3 Bc1 31. dxc5 Bc6 32. Kh3 Bxe4
33. Rxe4 Qc6 $1 34. Rxe8 (34. Re2 Rxe2 35. Qxe2 Qh1+ 36. Kg4 g6 $1 $44 37. fxg6
$140 h5+ $1 38. Kxh5 Qd5+ 39. Kg4 Qf5#) 34... Qh1+ 35. Kg4 Rxe8 $44) 29... Kh8
30. Qd5 Bxf5 31. Rbe1 Re6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} ({Black had to escape from a pin by
} 31... Rd8 32. Qc5 (32. Qxb5 Bd2 33. Rd1 Bxc3 34. Qc5 Bxb2 35. Rxb2 $11) 32...
Bc1 $11) 32. Nd1 $1 {Saving Be3 will cost Black a pawn now.} Rd6 33. Qxb5 $16
Bd7 34. Qe5 Bd2 35. Rf1 Rdf6 36. Rff2 Ba4 (36... Bc1 37. Qe7 Bf5 38. Ne3 Bxe3
39. Qxe3 Qxe3 40. Rxe3 Bg4 41. Rf1 h5 42. Be2 $18) 37. Rxd2 Rxf3 38. Ne3 $1
R3f6 39. Qg5 $1 {The endgame will be winning for White because they can
improve position of Kg2 very quickly.} (39. Ng4 Rxf2+ 40. Rxf2 Rxf2+ 41. Nxf2
$18) 39... Rxf2+ 40. Rxf2 Qc6+ 41. d5 Rxf2+ 42. Kxf2 Qd6 (42... Qd7 43. Qe5 $18
) 43. Qf4 $1 Qxf4+ 44. gxf4 Kg8 45. Kf3 Kf7 46. c4 Bd7 47. f5 Kf6 48. Kf4 {
[%cal Ge3g4]} h5 49. c5 c6 (49... Ba4 50. d6 cxd6 51. Nd5+ Kf7 52. cxd6) (49...
Bc8 50. d6 c6 51. Nc4 Bxf5 52. Ne5 $18) 50. Ke4 Be8 51. dxc6 Bxc6+ 52. Nd5+ 1-0

[Event "Sofia MTel Masters 1st"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "2005.05.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2005.05.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 Nc6
8. Qd2 O-O 9. O-O-O Ne5 10. h4 (10. Kb1 a6 (10... Be6 11. Nd4 Nc4 12. Bxc4 Bxc4
13. h4 Qd7 14. b3 Ba6 15. g4 Rfe8 16. Nf5 Bf6 17. Bd4 Re2 18. Qf4 $36 {1/2-1/2
Tseshkovsky,V-Motylev,A/Moscow RUS 2005/(32)}) 11. Be2 Be6 12. Nd4 Nc4 13. Qd3
Nxe3 14. Nxe6 fxe6 15. Qxe3 e5 16. Bd3 c6 17. h4 Rf6 18. g3 d5 19. Qxe5 Rxf2
20. Rhf1 $16 {1-0 Anand,V-Kramnik,V/Monte Carlo MNC 2005/(52)}) (10. Nd4 c5 11.
Nb5 Be6 (11... Qa5 12. a3 Be6 13. Nxd6 Qb6 14. f4 $1 Ng4 15. f5 Qxd6 16. Qxd6
Bxd6 17. Rxd6 Nxe3 18. fxe6 fxe6 19. Bd3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Kramnik,V-Kasparov,G/New
York 1995/CBM 047 ext/(66)}) 12. Nxd6 Qb6 13. f4 Ng4 14. f5 Bxa2 15. Bf4 Rfd8
$17 {0-1 Tukhaev,A-Belikov,V/Alushta UKR 2005/(27)}) 10... Bg4 11. Be2 Qc8 12.
b3 (12. Nxe5 dxe5 13. Bxg4 Qxg4 14. Qd5 Bd6 $11) (12. Kb1 Re8 13. h5 Bf8 $13)
12... Re8 13. Kb1 Bf8 {Black arrange their pieces very harmonycally.It is very
difficult for White to develop initiative on the king's side.} 14. h5 a6 15.
Rde1 (15. h6 g6 $11) 15... b5 16. Rh4 Be7 17. Rhh1 Bf8 18. Bf4 Nd7 (18... Bxf3
$5 19. gxf3 Qf5 (19... Qb7 20. Rh3 a5 21. Be3 a4 22. f4 Nd7 23. Bf3 c6 24. h6
g6 25. f5 d5 $132) 20. Reg1 a5 21. Rg5 Qf6 $132) 19. Ng5 (19. Nd4 Nf6 (19...
Bxe2 20. Rxe2 Qb7 21. f3 Rxe2 22. Qxe2 Nf6 $11) 20. f3 c5 $1 (20... Bd7 {
[%cal Yc7c5]} 21. h6 g6 22. Bg5 $36) 21. fxg4 Ne4 $1 22. Qd3 cxd4 23. Bf3 Nxc3+
(23... Nf2 24. Qxd4 Nxh1 25. Rxh1 $44) 24. Kb2 d5 25. Qxd4 Qc6 $15 {[%csl Re4]
[%cal Yc3e4]}) 19... Bxe2 20. Rxe2 Nf6 {[%cal Yc8f5]} (20... Rxe2 21. Qxe2 h6
22. Nf3 (22. Ne4 d5 23. Ng3 Nf6 $11) 22... Nf6 $11) 21. Rxe8 Qxe8 $11 22. h6 $6
(22. Re1 Qc6) 22... gxh6 $1 23. Nf3 Ne4 24. Qe3 Bg7 $15 25. Nd4 $8 (25. Be5 Ng5
26. Bxg7 Qxe3 27. fxe3 Kxg7 28. Nd4 Kg6 $17) 25... c5 26. Ne2 Nxc3+ (26... Qe6
27. Bxh6 Nxc3+ 28. Nxc3 Qxe3 29. Bxe3 Bxc3 30. Rd1 Be5 31. f4 Bc3 32. Rxd6 Re8
33. Rd3 b4 34. Kc1 Re4 35. g3 Kg7 36. Bd2 $11) (26... a5 $5 27. Rd1 (27. Bxh6
Nxc3+ 28. Nxc3 Qxe3 29. Bxe3 Bxc3 30. Rd1 Ra6 $15) 27... h5 28. f3 Nxc3+ 29.
Nxc3 Qxe3 30. Bxe3 Bxc3 31. Rxd6 Re8 32. Rd3 b4 $15) 27. Nxc3 Qxe3 28. fxe3 (
28. Bxe3 Bxc3 29. Rd1 Be5 30. f4 Bc3 31. Rxd6 Re8 32. Rd3 b4 $15) 28... Bxc3
29. Bxd6 Rc8 30. Kc1 $1 {White found right plan of defence.Their king will
protect pawns of the king's side,Rh1 and Bd6 will create counterplay.} (30.
Rxh6 $140 $4 Rd8 $19 {[%cal Yc3g7]}) 30... Rc6 31. Bf4 Kg7 32. Kd1 c4 (32...
Rg6 33. g3 $15) 33. Ke2 Bf6 $5 34. Bxh6+ Kg6 35. Kf3 cxb3 36. cxb3 Rc2 37. a4
bxa4 (37... Rc3 38. axb5 axb5 39. b4 Be7 40. Bf4 h5 (40... Bxb4 41. Rh6+ Kg7
42. Rb6 $11 {[%cal Gb6b5,Gf4h6]}) 41. g4 h4 (41... hxg4+ 42. Kxg4 f5+ (42...
Bxb4 43. Rh6+ Kg7 44. Rb6 Rc5 45. Bd6 Rc4+ 46. Bf4 Bc5 47. Rxb5 Bxe3 48. Rg5+
Kf8 49. Rf5 $11) 43. Kf3 Rc4 44. Rh6+ Kf7 45. Rh5 Ke6 46. Rh6+ $11) 42. Ra1
Bxb4 (42... Rc4 43. Ra7 Bxb4 44. Ra6+ f6 45. Rb6 $11) 43. Ra6+ Kh7 44. Rh6+ $11
) 38. bxa4 Ra2 39. Bf8 Bg5 40. Rb1 $132 Rxa4 41. Rb6+ f6 (41... Kh5 42. Rb7 Ra1
43. Bc5 a5 44. Bd4 Rf1+ 45. Ke2 Rf5 46. e4 Rf4 47. Kd3 Kg6 48. Ra7 $11) 42. Rb7
Bh6 (42... h6 43. g4 f5 44. Rb6+ Kf7 45. Bxh6 fxg4+ 46. Kg3 Bd8 47. Rc6 a5 48.
Bf4 $11) (42... h5 43. e4 Bh6 44. Bxh6 Kxh6 45. g3 Ra1 46. Ra7 a5 47. Kf4 Kg6
48. Ra6 $11) 43. Bxh6 Kxh6 44. e4 Kg6 45. g4 Ra1 46. Kf4 a5 47. Rb6 a4 48. e5
a3 (48... Rf1+ 49. Kg3 a3 50. Ra6 a2 51. Rxa2 fxe5 52. Re2 Kf6 53. Rh2 $11) 49.
Rxf6+ Kg7 50. Kg5 a2 (50... h5 51. Rf2 $11) 51. Rf2 $1 Re1 (51... h6+ 52. Kf5
Kf7 53. g5 hxg5 54. Kxg5+ Ke6 55. Kf4 $11) 52. Rxa2 Rxe5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sofia MTel Masters 1st"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "2005.05.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2005.05.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Bf5 11. a3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Nc6 13. cxd5 Qxd5 14. Bf4 Na5
15. Bxc7 Rac8 16. Bxa5 Qxa5 17. c4 Bf6 (17... Qc7 18. Qb3 Rfd8 19. a4 Bf6 20.
Rfd1 Be4 21. Rac1 Bxf3 22. Bxf3 Bxd4 23. Qxb7 Qxb7 24. Bxb7 Rb8 25. Bd5 Bc5 26.
g3 Kf8 27. Rb1 a6 28. Kf1 Ke7 29. Ke2 {1/2-1/2 Watson,R-Moland Kovash,S/IECC
email 2000/Corr 2002 (29)}) 18. Bd3 (18. Ra2 Rfd8 19. Qb3 Qb6 20. Rb2 Qxb3 21.
Rxb3 b6 22. d5 Re8 23. Re3 Bg4 24. Rd1 Bxf3 25. Rxe8+ Rxe8 26. Bxf3 Be5 27. g3
Bd6 28. a4 a5 29. h4 g6 30. h5 Kg7 31. Kf1 Re7 32. Be2 Re8 33. Bd3 Kf6 34. Kg2
Re5 35. hxg6 hxg6 36. Rh1 Kg7 37. Kf3 {1/2-1/2 Ponomariov,R-Sulypa,A/Donetsk
1998/CBM 68 (37)}) (18. Qb3 Qb6 (18... Be4 19. Rad1 (19. Rfd1 Rfd8 20. Rac1 b6
21. d5 Qc5 22. Nd2 Bg6 23. Bd3 Bxd3 24. Qxd3 Bb2 25. Rb1 Qxa3 26. Qxa3 Bxa3 27.
Ra1 Bb4 28. Rxa7 b5 $11 {0-1 Tratatovici,M-Boim,I/Israel 2002/EXT 2003 (52)})
19... Rfd8 20. d5 b5 21. Nd2 bxc4 22. Nxc4 Qc5 23. Ne3 Bg5 24. Bd3 Bxd3 25.
Qxd3 $16 {1/2-1/2 Tichonov,J-Pokorny,P/Rakovnik 2001/EXT 2002 (33)}) 19. Qxb6
axb6 20. Ra2 (20. Rfd1 Rfd8 {1/2-1/2 Wahls,M-Alterman,B/Germany 1999/(20)}) (
20. Ne5 Rfd8 21. Rfd1 Bc2 22. Rd2 Bxe5 23. Rxc2 Bxd4 $11 {1/2-1/2 Erdelyi,Z-Le
Kieu Thien,K/Budapest 2002/CBM 89 ext (28)}) 20... Rfd8 (20... Rfe8 21. Rd1
Rcd8 22. h3 Be4 23. Rad2 Ra8 24. Rb2 Re6 25. Ra2 b5 26. cxb5 Bd5 27. Rad2 Rxa3
$44 {1/2-1/2 Mukabi,J-Pihlajasalo,A/Elista 1998/CBM 66 ext (41)}) (20... Bg4
21. d5 Bxf3 22. gxf3 Bd4 23. a4 Rfe8 24. Rd1 Bc5 $44 {[#]. 1/2-1/2 Karjakin,
S-Andreikin,D/Oropesa del Mar 2000/EXT 2001 (49)}) 21. d5 (21. Rd1 Be4 (21...
Bg4 22. d5 Kf8 23. h3 Bxf3 24. Bxf3 Rxc4 25. d6 Rd4 26. Rxd4 Bxd4 27. Bxb7 {
1/2-1/2 Eretova,J-Pokorny,P/CZE t-ch 2001 (27)}) 22. d5 b5 (22... Bxf3 23. gxf3
Rd6 24. Bf1 Ra8 25. a4 Be7 26. Bd3 Ra5 (26... Rdd8 27. Rb1 Bc5 $14) 27. Re1 Bf8
28. Re8 $16 {1/2-1/2 Wedberg,T-Nielsen,P/Nordic Zonal, Munkebo DEN (3.3) 1998 
(50)}) 23. cxb5 (23. Nd2 Bg6 24. h3 Kf8 25. g4 Bc3 26. cxb5 Rxd5 27. Rc1 Re8
28. Nb3 Bf6 29. a4 Rde5 30. Bf3 $16 {1-0 Jabot,D-Schubert,W/ICCF Email 1999/
Corr 2002 (30)}) 23... Rxd5 24. Rxd5 Bxd5 $44 {1/2-1/2 Mlacnik,F-Schellmann,F/
Krynica 1999/EXT 2000 (53)}) 21... b5 $11) 18... Bg4 (18... Rfd8 19. Rb1 (19.
Bxf5 Qxf5 20. Qa4 a6 (20... Bxd4 $11) 21. c5 g6 22. Rab1 Qd5 23. Rb4 $16 {
1-0 Palac,M-Fercec,N/Pula 2000/CBM 075/(38)}) 19... Bg4 20. h3 Bxf3 21. Qxf3
Rxd4 22. Rxb7 Rcd8 23. Rb5 Qd2 24. Be2 Qc2 25. Rb7 a6 26. Rfb1 $16 {1-0 Koch,
C-Martello,J/IECG 2002/Telechess CBM 105 (32)}) (18... Be6 19. Qb1 g6 20. Qxb7
Bxc4 21. Bxc4 Rxc4 22. Qb3 Qc7 23. Rfd1 Rd8 24. Qe3 Qd6 $44 {1/2-1/2 Muller,
H-Glaubitz,F/IECC 2003/Telechess CBM 97 (30)}) 19. h3 Bxf3 (19... Be6 20. Qb3
Rfd8 21. Rad1 b6 22. d5 Bd7 23. Qb4 Qc5 24. Rb1 Re8 25. Rfe1 g6 26. Rxe8+ {
1-0 Jimenez,J-Gazizov,M/Chessfriend.com 2004/Telechess CBM 103 (26)}) 20. Qxf3
Qd8 (20... Rcd8 21. Rab1 Bxd4 22. Rxb7 g6 23. Be4 Rd6 24. Rb5 Qc7 25. Rd5 Rf6
26. Qd3 Bc5 27. a4 Re8 $44 {1/2-1/2 Zhang Zhong-Karpov,A/Cap d'Agde 2000/CBM
80 (44)}) 21. Rad1 g6 22. Be2 (22. Qxb7 Bxd4 $14 {Black have good compensation
for the sacrificed pawn because Bd4 is much stronger than Bd3.}) 22... Rc7 $1 {
[%cal Yc7d7] Idea of Black is to push White to play d4-d5,after what to
blocade pawn pair c4-d5 on the black squares.} 23. Qd3 (23. c5 Bxd4 24. Qg4 Rd7
25. Bb5 Rd5 26. Bc4 Rd7 27. Rd2 Kg7 28. Rb1 f5 29. Qf3 Qe7 $11) 23... b6 24.
Rd2 Qe7 25. Rfd1 Rd8 26. Qc3 (26. Qf3 Rcd7 27. d5 Qd6 $11) 26... Rcd7 {[%mdl 4]
} 27. Bg4 (27. Qe3 Qxe3 28. fxe3 Re7 29. Kf2 Bg5 30. Rd3 Rde8 $11) 27... Rxd4
$1 $11 28. Rxd4 Rxd4 29. Rxd4 Qc5 30. Rd5 Bxc3 31. Rxc5 bxc5 32. Kf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2006.01.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Stellwagen, Daniel"]
[Black "Lagno, Kateryna"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2573"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[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 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8.
Re1 Bg4 9. c3 f5 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Qb3 Na5 12. Qc2 (12. Qa4 c6 13. Ne5 Bd6 14.
Ndf3 Bh5 15. Qc2 c5 16. dxc5 Bxc5 17. Be3 Bd6 18. Bd4 Rc8 19. Be2 Qc7 20. Qa4
Nc6 21. Nxc6 bxc6 22. Qxa7 Qxa7 23. Bxa7 c5 24. a4 $16 {1-0 Los,S-Plesec,D/
Caorle 1984/EXT 2002 (49)}) (12. Qb5 c6 13. Qa4 Bd6 14. Qc2 c5 15. Ne5 Bh5 16.
Ndf3 Qc7 17. Qa4 Nc6 18. Nxc6 bxc6 19. Ne5 cxd4 20. cxd4 c5 21. Qd7 cxd4 22.
Qxc7 Bxc7 23. Nc6 Bd6 24. Nxd4 Bc5 25. Bxe4 fxe4 26. Be3 $11 {1/2-1/2 Ribeiro,
R-Marcotulli,G/corr 2000/IXM (48)}) 12... Bd6 13. Ne5 Bh5 14. Ndf3 c5 15. dxc5
Bxc5 16. Be3 Bd6 ({Black could have used the "e5" N's unstable position to
improve his pawn structure} 16... Bxe3 $1 17. Rxe3 Qc7 18. Qa4 Nc6 19. Nxc6
bxc6 20. Nd4 Rf6 (20... Nxf2 $5 21. Qxc6 (21. Kxf2 Qf4+ 22. Rf3 Bxf3 23. gxf3
Qxh2+ $19) 21... Qxc6 22. Nxc6 f4 (22... Nd1 23. Re5 Nxb2 24. Bxf5 Bf7 $14) 23.
Re5 Nxd3 24. Rxh5 Rae8 (24... Nxb2 $2 25. Ne7+ Kf7 26. Re1 $18) 25. Rxd5 (25.
Rb1 Re2 26. Rxd5 Nxb2 27. Rd4 f3 $132) 25... Nxb2 26. Nxa7 Re2 $44)) 17. Qa4 $1
Kh8 (17... Re8 18. Bd4 a6 $1 19. b4 (19. Qd7 Qxd7 20. Nxd7 Rad8 21. Nde5 (21.
Nfe5 Nc6 $15) 21... Rc8 $11 {[%cal Ya5c4]}) 19... Bxf3 20. Nxf3 Nc4 (20... Nc6
21. Qb3 Kh8 $11) 21. Bxc4 dxc4 22. b5 Qc7 $11) 18. Bd4 Qc7 $6 (18... Nc6 $1 19.
Bb5 (19. Qb5 Re8 20. Nxc6 bxc6 21. Qb7 Rg8 $17) 19... Nxe5 20. Nxe5 Qg5 $36)
19. Qd7 $1 Qxd7 $6 (19... Nc6 20. Qxc7 Bxc7 21. Bb5 Be8 22. Nd3 Nxd4 23. Nxd4
Bxb5 24. Nxb5 Bb6 $14) 20. Nxd7 Rfd8 $2 (20... Rfe8 $1 21. Nfe5 (21. Nde5 Rac8
$132) 21... Nc6 22. Nxc6 bxc6 23. f3 Red8 24. fxe4 fxe4 25. Nf6 gxf6 26. Bxf6+
Kg8 27. Bxd8 exd3 28. Bg5 Be2 $44) 21. Nfe5 $1 {Finally, White manages to
drive the "e4" N away and thus expose Black's pawn weaknesses.} Nc4 (21... Be8
22. b4 Nc6 (22... Nc4 23. Bxc4 dxc4 24. f3 Bxe5 (24... Bxd7 25. Nf7+ Kg8 26.
Nxd8 $16) 25. Nxe5 Nd6 26. a4 $16) 23. Nxc6 bxc6 (23... Rxd7 24. Nxa7 $18) 24.
Nc5 $16) 22. f3 $1 (22. Bxc4 dxc4 23. f3 Ng5 24. Rad1 $16) 22... Nxb2 23. Bc2
Bxe5 $2 (23... Nd2 24. Bxf5 Ndc4 25. Rab1 b6 26. Be6 $16) (23... Nf6 24. Nxf6
gxf6 25. Nd3 Nxd3 26. Bxf6+ Kg8 27. Bxd3 Bc5+ 28. Bd4 $16) 24. Nxe5 Nd6 25.
Rab1 $18 Nbc4 26. Nxc4 dxc4 27. Re7 {White's infiltration into Black's
territory is decisive - Black is facing an inevitable material loss.} Bf7 28.
Be5 Kg8 29. Rd1 (29. Bxd6 Rxd6 30. Rbxb7 $18) 29... Ne8 30. Rxb7 Rxd1+ 31. Bxd1
Kf8 32. Bc2 Bd5 (32... g6 33. Ba4 $18) 33. Rb5 Be6 34. Ra5 g6 35. Ba4 Ke7 36.
Bc6 Rd8 37. Rxa7+ Bd7 38. Kf2 Ke6 39. Rxd7 1-0

[Event "Corus-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2006.01.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Black "Lagno, Kateryna"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[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 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 Nc6
8. Qd2 O-O 9. O-O-O Ne5 10. Kb1 a6 11. Be2 (11. Ne1 c5 12. h3 Be6 13. f4 Qa5
14. a3 Nc4 15. Bxc4 Bxc4 16. f5 Rfe8 17. Nd3 Bf6 18. Bf4 d5 19. g4 d4 $11 {
1-0 Korbut,E-Gaponenko,I/Biel SUI 2005/(56)}) (11. h4 Bg4 12. Be2 Qc8 13. h5
Re8 14. Rde1 Bf8 15. Rh4 Be7 16. Rhh1 Bf8 17. Rh4 Be7 {1/2-1/2 Inarkiev,
E-Motylev,A/Kazan RUS 2005/(17)}) 11... Be6 12. Nd4 Bc4 (12... Nc4 13. Qd3 Nxe3
14. Nxe6 fxe6 15. Qxe3 e5 16. Bd3 $36 {1-0 Anand,V-Kramnik,V/Monte Carlo MNC
2005/(52) The opposite coloured Bs provide White with a rather strong
initiative}) 13. f4 $1 Bxe2 14. Qxe2 Nc6 (14... Ng6 15. h4 Bf6 (15... Re8 16.
h5 Nf8 17. g4 $40) 16. h5 Ne7 17. g4 $40) 15. Nf5 g6 (15... Bf6 16. g4 g6 (
16... Qd7 17. Ng3 Rae8 18. g5 Bd8 19. h4 Qe6 20. Rhe1 $36) 17. Nh6+ Kh8 18. h4
Bg7 19. h5 $1 $40 Bxh6 $140 20. hxg6 Bg7 21. Qh2 h6 22. f5 $18) 16. Nh6+ (16.
Nxe7+ Qxe7 17. h4 Rae8 18. Rde1 {[%cal Gh4h5]} Qf6 19. h5 Re4 $132) 16... Kg7
17. f5 $1 $36 {[%mdl 4]} Bg5 18. Ng4 gxf5 (18... Re8 19. Qf2 Bxe3 20. f6+ (20.
Nxe3 $5 $16) 20... Kh8 21. Nxe3 Qd7 22. Nd5 $16) 19. Qd2 $1 (19. Rd5 $5 Bxe3
20. Nxe3 Ne5 21. Rf1 $16) 19... Bxe3 (19... f6 20. h4 fxg4 21. hxg5 $40) 20.
Nxe3 Qg5 21. h4 (21. Rdf1 $5 f4 22. Nd5 $16) 21... Qh5 22. Rdf1 Rae8 $2 (22...
Ne7 $142 23. g4 $1 fxg4 24. Nxg4 f6 25. Qg2 (25. Rhg1 Ng6 26. Qd4 Qc5 27. h5
$16) 25... Qd5 26. Qg3 Kh8 $16) 23. Rxf5 Qh6 24. Rg5+ Kh8 25. Nd5 $18 {White's
attack based on his strategic advantage, is being backed by certain material
gains as well.} Re6 26. Nxc7 Rg6 27. Rf1 Qxh4 28. Rxg6 hxg6 29. g3 $1 Qh3 30.
Qc1 Kg7 31. Rh1 Qg2 32. Qh6+ Kf6 33. Rd1 $1 {Nc7 joining the attack proves too
much for poor Black.} 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT 12th"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2005.04.28"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Geller, Jakov"]
[Black "Iljin, Artem"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2496"]
[BlackElo "2484"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2005.04.19"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Togliatti Lada"]
[BlackTeam "Kazan Ladya"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O Nc6 8.
Re1 Bg4 9. c3 f5 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Qb3 Na5 12. Qc2 Bd6 13. Ne5 Bh5 (13... Bxe5
14. dxe5 Qh4 15. Rf1 (15. Nf1 Nc6 16. Bf4 Rae8 17. f3 Bxf3 18. Bg3 Nxg3 19.
hxg3 Qh5 20. gxf3 Nxe5 21. Be2 f4 $44 {0-1 Volokitin,A-Dominguez,L/Bermuda BER
2005/(47)}) 15... Nc6 16. f4 Qe7 17. Nf3 Qc5+ 18. Kh1 Rad8 19. Rb1 a5 20. a3 d4
21. cxd4 Nxd4 22. Qxc5 Nxc5 23. Bc4+ Kh8 24. Be3 Bxf3 25. gxf3 Ncb3 $13 {
1-0 Smirnov,P-Ivanchuk,V/Yerevan ARM 2004/(58)}) 14. Nf1 $146 {This logical
move is too slow.Black are able to create counterplay in time now.} (14. b4 Nc6
15. Ndf3 Re8 16. Bb2 Qf6 17. Qb3 Kh8 18. Be2 Rxe5 $1 19. dxe5 Nxe5 20. Nxe5
Bxe5 21. Bxh5 Bxh2+ 22. Kxh2 Qh4+ 23. Kg1 Qxf2+ 24. Kh2 {1/2-1/2 Leko,P-Anand,
V/Linares ESP 2005/(24)}) 14... c5 $1 15. f3 cxd4 (15... Rc8 16. fxe4 fxe4 17.
Bxe4 dxe4 18. Qxe4 cxd4 19. cxd4 Bb4 20. Bd2 Rxf1+ 21. Rxf1 Bxd2 22. Rf2 Bg5 (
22... Bb4 23. Qf5 Bg6 24. Qe6+ Kh8 25. Raf1 Qe8 26. Nxg6+ hxg6 27. Qg4 $16) 23.
Rf5 $1 h6 24. h4 g6 25. Rf7 Bxh4 26. Rd7 $18) 16. cxd4 (16. fxe4 Bxe5 17. exf5
Qc7 $17) 16... Rc8 17. Qa4 $2 {This move is a new lose of time and Black seize
the initiative.} ({The best option for White was} 17. Qb1 Bb4 18. Re3 (18. Re2
Nc4 $11) 18... Nd6 $11) (17. Qd1 Bxe5 18. dxe5 Nc6 19. Be2 Qb6+ 20. Be3 d4 21.
fxe4 dxe3 22. exf5 Nd4 $1 $17) 17... Be8 18. Qd1 Qb6 $15 19. fxe4 (19. Be3 f4
20. fxe4 fxe3 21. Nxe3 Qxd4 22. Nf3 Qxb2 23. Nxd5 Bh5 $36) 19... fxe4 ({
Black obtained clear advantage after} 19... Qxd4+ $1 20. Be3 Qxe5 21. exf5 (21.
exd5 Bb4 22. Bd2 Bc5+ 23. Kh1 Qd4 24. Be3 Qxd5 25. Bxc5 Qxc5 $17) 21... Bb4 22.
Nd2 Nc4 $36) 20. Bxe4 dxe4 21. Rxe4 Bxe5 22. Rxe5 Nc6 23. Rg5 (23. Re4 Bg6 24.
Rh4 Nb4 $1 $17) 23... Qxd4+ ({Due to development advantage the initiative of
Black would be stronger with queens on the board.} 23... Nxd4 24. Be3 Rd8 25.
Bxd4 (25. Qe1 Bg6 26. b3 Bd3 27. Ng3 Rfe8 $17) 25... Rxd4 26. Qb3+ Qxb3 27.
axb3 a6 $17) 24. Qxd4 Nxd4 25. Be3 (25. Bd2 Rc2 $17) 25... Rd8 $2 (25... Nc2 $1
26. Rd1 Rxf1+ 27. Rxf1 Nxe3 28. Re1 Nc4 29. Re7 Bg6 $17 30. h4 (30. Rxb7 $140
Nd6 $19) 30... Nd6 31. h5 Bf7 32. Rd7 Ne4 33. Ra5 a6 34. Rxb7 Nf6 35. b4 (35.
Rxa6 Ng4 $17) 35... Ng4 36. Rc5 Rd8 37. Rc1 Bxa2 $17) 26. Bxd4 Rxd4 27. Re1 $15
Bc6 28. Re7 $6 (28. Rge5 Rfd8 29. Ng3 $15) 28... Rf7 29. Rge5 $2 (29. Re1 $142
$15) 29... Rd1 $2 ({Once again Black miss the chance to get a big advantage.} 
29... Rxe7 30. Rxe7 Rd1 $1 $17 31. Re2 (31. Kf2 Rb1 32. b3 Rb2+ 33. Re2 Rxe2+
34. Kxe2 Bxg2 $19) 31... Bb5 32. Rf2 Ra1 $17) 30. Re1 Rxe7 31. Rxd1 $15 Re2 32.
Rd2 Rxd2 33. Nxd2 $11 Bd5 (33... Kf7 34. Kf2 Ke6 35. g3 Kd5 36. Ke3 $11) 34. a3
Kf7 35. Kf2 Kf6 36. g3 Kf5 37. h4 Ke5 38. Ke3 h6 39. Nb1 g5 40. hxg5 hxg5 41.
Nd2 a6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Capablanca Memorial Elite 40th"]
[Site "Havana"]
[Date "2005.05.14"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Bruzon Batista, Lazaro"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2669"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "181"]
[EventDate "2005.05.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O Nc6 8. c4
Nb4 9. Re1 Nxd3 10. Qxd3 Bf5 (10... c6 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Qb5+ Qd7 13. Qb3 O-O
14. Nc3 (14. Nbd2 Bf6 $1 (14... b6 15. Ne5 Qb7 16. Nxe4 dxe4 17. d5 Bf5 18. Bf4
Bd6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Jovanovic,Z-Jovanic,O/Bosnjaci CRO 2005/(25)}) 15. Nxe4 dxe4
16. Rxe4 Qf5 $1 17. Rf4 Qh5 18. Be3 b6 19. Ne5 {1/2-1/2 Ponomariov,R-Motylev,A/
Ohrid 2001/CBM 84/[Huzman] (19)}) (14. Ne5 Qd8 15. f3 Nd6 $1 $11 {Anand,
V-Kramnik,V/Linares 75/(284) 1999/Inf 75 (15)}) (14. Bf4 b6 15. Ne5 Qb7 16. Nc3
Be6 17. a4 a6 $11 {0-1 Peng Xiaomin-Motylev,A/Shanghai 2001/CBM 85/[Huzman] 
(42)}) 14... Nxc3 15. bxc3 Rd8 (15... Bf6 16. Bg5 Bxg5 17. Nxg5 h6 18. Nf3 Qd6
19. Ne5 b6 20. Re3 Bf5 21. Rae1 Rac8 22. g4 Bh7 23. Nf3 Rc7 24. h3 Be4 25. Nd2
Bg6 26. Re5 $14 {1-0 Sadvakasov,D-Karpov,A/Astana KAZ 2004/(39)}) 16. Ba3 Bf6
17. Re3 Qc7 (17... Qc6 18. Be7 Re8 19. Rae1 Bxe7 20. Rxe7 Bd7 21. h3 f6 22. Qa3
a6 23. Nd2 Rxe7 24. Rxe7 Re8 25. Nf1 Rxe7 26. Qxe7 Qe6 27. Qd8+ Qe8 28. Qb6 Bc6
29. Ne3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Topalov,V-Kramnik,V/Las Vegas 1999/CBM 072 (50)}) 18. Qxd5
Be6 19. Qb5 Rac8 (19... h6 20. h3 Rac8 21. Qb2 b6 22. Rae1 Qc4 $44 {1/2-1/2
Topalov,V-Adams,M/Dortmund 82/(286) 2001 (25)}) 20. Rae1 h6 21. Qe2 b6 22. Rd1
Qc6 $44 {1/2-1/2 Leventic,I-Jovanic,O/Zagreb CRO 2004/(54)}) 11. Qb3 (11. cxd5
Qxd5 {This position arises from another order of moves and considers good for
Black.}) 11... dxc4 12. Qxb7 Nd6 13. Qc6+ (13. Qa6 O-O 14. Na3 Bf6 15. Bf4 Qc8
16. Qa4 Bd7 17. Qc2 Bf5 18. Qc1 Bd3 19. Ne5 $14 {1-0 Skripchenko,
A-Khachatorian,Y/Dubai 2003/CBM 93 ext (38)}) 13... Bd7 14. Qc5 O-O 15. Nc3
$146 {[%cal Gc3d5][%mdl 8] This move seems like strong improvement.Penetration
Nc3 to d5 will give advantage to White.} (15. Ne5 Nf5 16. Qd5 Be6 17. Qxd8 Bxd8
18. Be3 Bf6 19. Nd2 c5 20. Nexc4 Nxe3 21. Nxe3 Bxd4 $17 {1/2-1/2 Biro,
A-Voiteanu,G/Eforie Nord 1998/EXT 2000 (29)}) 15... Re8 (15... Be6 16. Bg5 $1
Bxg5 17. Nxg5 Bf5 18. Nf3 Rb8 19. b4 $1 cxb3 20. axb3 a5 (20... Rxb3 21. Rxa7
$16) 21. Nd2 $1 (21. Rxa5 Bg4 $1) 21... Qg5 22. Re3 Rfe8 23. Nf3 Qg6 24. Ne5
$16) 16. Nd5 Bf8 (16... Ne4 17. Nxe7+ Rxe7 18. Qxc4 $16) 17. Bg5 Qc8 (17... f6
18. Bf4 $16) (17... Qb8 $5 18. Be7 $1 Qxb2 19. Rab1 $1 (19. Bxf8 Ne4 (19...
Rxf8 20. Qxc7 $18) (19... Rxe1+ 20. Rxe1 Rxf8 21. Qxc7 $18) 20. Qa3 (20. Qxc4
Kxf8 21. Nxc7 Rac8 $132) 20... c3 21. Qxb2 cxb2 22. Rab1 Kxf8 23. Rxb2 $14 (23.
Nxc7 Nc3 $11)) 19... Qxa2 20. Ra1 Qb2 21. Bxf8 Ne4 22. Qa3 c3 (22... Qxf2+ 23.
Kh1 $16) 23. Rxe4 Rxe4 24. Nxc3 $16) 18. Be7 (18. Rxe8 $1 Bxe8 (18... Nxe8 19.
Be7 $16) (18... Qxe8 19. Nxc7 $18) 19. Be7 $16) 18... Nb7 19. Qxc4 c6 20. Bxf8
Be6 21. Qd3 (21. Qa6 $5 Bxd5 22. Rxe8 Qxe8 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. Qxb7 Qd8 $1 (24...
Bxf3 25. gxf3 Rb8 26. Qxa7 Rxb2 27. Kh1 $16) 25. Ne5 Rb8 26. Qxa7 Qg5 27. g3
Rxb2 $44) 21... Bxd5 22. Bb4 $16 {As a result of the opening White have an
extra pawn without any compensation.} h6 (22... f6 23. Rxe8+ Qxe8 24. Re1 Qh5
25. Re7 $16) 23. Rxe8+ Qxe8 24. Re1 Qd8 25. Ne5 (25. b3 a5 26. Be7 Qc7 {
[%cal Ya5a4]}) 25... Qg5 26. Qg3 $2 {It will be very difficult to transfer an
exta pawn into full point in the endgame.} (26. f3 a5 27. Bd2 Qf6 28. Nc4 $16)
26... Qxg3 27. hxg3 Nd8 (27... a5 28. Ba3 (28. Bd2 a4 29. Rc1 Nd8 $14) (28. Bc3
a4 29. a3 $14) 28... a4 $14) 28. a3 Ne6 29. Bc3 Rc8 30. f3 f6 31. Nd3 Kf7 32.
Kf2 Bc4 33. Nb4 h5 (33... c5 $1 34. dxc5 a5 35. Nc2 Nxc5 $132 {[%cal Yc5d3,
Yc5a4]}) 34. Rd1 a5 35. d5 $1 cxd5 (35... axb4 36. dxe6+ Bxe6 37. Bxb4 c5 38.
Bc3 $16) 36. Nxd5 Rd8 37. Ne3 Rxd1 38. Nxd1 a4 39. Ne3 Ba6 40. Nf5 Bd3 41. Nd6+
Ke7 42. Nc8+ Kd8 43. Nb6 Bb5 44. Ba5 Ke7 45. Bb4+ Kd8 46. Nd5 Kd7 47. Nc3 Bc6
48. Ke3 Nc7 ({Plan of active defence gave Black good chances for a draw.} 48...
f5 $5 $132 {[%cal Yg7g5,Yg5g4,Yf5f4]} 49. Kd2 g5 50. Ke3 f4+ (50... g4 $5) 51.
gxf4 Nxf4 52. Kf2 Ke6 $14) 49. Ne4 Bb5 50. Nd2 Ke6 51. Bf8 g6 52. b3 axb3 53.
Nxb3 Bf1 54. Kf2 Bc4 55. Nd2 Bb5 56. Ne4 Nd5 57. Bb4 g5 58. Bd2 Ke5 59. Be3 Ke6
60. Bd2 Ke5 61. Bc3+ Ke6 62. Bd4 g4 $2 (62... Ke7 $142) 63. a4 $1 Bc4 64. a5 f5
65. Nc5+ Kd6 66. a6 Nc7 67. a7 $18 Bd5 68. Nd3 Ne6 69. Be5+ Kd7 70. Nb4 Ba8 71.
Nc2 Nc5 72. Ke3 Ne6 73. Kf2 Nc5 74. Ke2 Ke6 75. Bh8 Kf7 76. Nd4 gxf3+ 77. gxf3
f4 $6 78. gxf4 Ne6 79. f5 $1 Nf4+ 80. Ke3 Nd5+ 81. Kf2 h4 82. Be5 Ke7 83. Kg2
Ne3+ 84. Kh3 Nxf5 85. Nxf5+ Ke6 86. Nxh4 Kxe5 87. Kg4 Kd6 88. f4 Kc7 89. Ng6 $2
(89. f5 $1 Bd5 (89... Kb6 90. f6 Bd5 91. f7 $18) 90. Ng6 Kb7 91. Ne7 Bb3 92.
Nc6 $18) 89... Kb6 $2 (89... Be4 $1 90. Ne7 Kb7 $11) 90. f5 Kxa7 91. Ne7 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2006.01.27"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2006.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 O-O
8. Qd2 Nc6 9. O-O-O Ne5 10. Kb1 b6 {Quite interesting. Black places his B on
the big diagonal and seems unperturbed by the prospect of the "f3" N coming to
"f5".} (10... Be6 11. Nd4 (11. Qe1 Nxf3 12. gxf3 Bf6 13. Bd3 Re8 14. Rg1 c5 15.
Qd2 Qa5 16. a3 d5 17. Bg5 $40 {1-0 Delgado,N-Sega,C/Dos Hermanas 2004/CBM 99
ext (33)}) 11... Bc4 (11... Nc4 12. Qd3 (12. Bxc4 Bxc4 13. h4 Qd7 14. b3 Ba6
15. g4 $36 {1/2-1/2 Tseshkovsky,V-Motylev,A/Moscow 2005/CBM 106/[Huzman] (32)})
12... Bd5 (12... Nxe3 13. Nxe6 fxe6 14. Qxe3 Rf6 15. Bd3 $36 {1-0 Kobalia,
M-Erashchenkov,D/playchess.com 2005/CT-1822 (49)}) 13. Bc1 Bf6 14. Qh3 Qc8 15.
Qg3 Ne5 16. Be2 Re8 17. h4 a6 18. f4 Nc6 19. Bg4 Qd8 20. Nf5 $36 {1-0 Kobalia,
M-Frolyanov,D/Warsaw POL 2005/(43)}) 12. f4 Bxf1 13. fxe5 Bc4 14. Qf2 f6 15.
exd6 Bxd6 16. b3 Bf7 17. Nf5 $16 {1-0 Ristic,N-Del Dotto,R/Porto San Giorgio
2001/EXT 2002 (28)}) (10... a6 11. Be2 (11. Ne1 c5 12. h3 Be6 13. f4 Qa5 14. a3
Nc4 15. Bxc4 Bxc4 16. f5 Rfe8 17. Nd3 Bf6 18. Bf4 d5 19. g4 d4 $132 {1-0
Korbut,E-Gaponenko,I/Biel SUI 2005/(56)}) (11. h4 Bg4 12. Be2 Qc8 13. h5 Re8
14. Rde1 Bf8 15. Rh4 Be7 16. Rhh1 Bf8 17. Rh4 Be7 {1/2-1/2 Inarkiev,E-Motylev,
A/Kazan RUS 2005/(17)}) 11... Be6 12. Nd4 Nc4 (12... Bc4 13. f4 Bxe2 14. Qxe2
Nc6 15. Nf5 g6 16. Nh6+ Kg7 17. f5 $16 {1-0 Naiditsch,A-Lahno,K/Wijk aan Zee
NED 2006/(33)}) 13. Qd3 Nxe3 14. Nxe6 fxe6 15. Qxe3 e5 16. Bd3 $36 {1-0 Anand,
V-Kramnik,V/Monte Carlo MNC 2005/(52)}) (10... Bf6 11. Nd4 Nc6 12. h3 (12. Be2
Nxd4 13. cxd4 d5 14. h4 Be7 15. h5 Kh8 16. g4 f6 17. Rdg1 Be6 18. Bd3 b6 19.
Bf5 Bg8 20. Rg2 c5 21. Rhg1 a5 22. c3 Ra7 23. Bc2 $14 {1-0 Wang Hao-Ye
Rongguang/Beijing CHN 2005/(47)}) 12... Nxd4 13. cxd4 Bf5 14. Bd3 Bxd3 15. Qxd3
Re8 16. Rhe1 Qd7 17. g4 g6 18. g5 Bg7 19. h4 Qg4 20. Rh1 Qe4 $11 {1/2-1/2
Naiditsch,A-Bacrot,E/Dortmund GER 2005/(23)}) (10... Re8 11. Nd4 a6 12. f4 Ng4
13. Bd3 d5 14. Rhe1 Bh4 15. g3 Nxe3 16. Rxe3 Rxe3 17. Qxe3 Bf6 18. Nf3 Qe7 19.
Qxe7 {1/2-1/2 Svidler,P-Anand,V/San Luis ARG 2005/(19)}) 11. Nd4 Bb7 12. h3 (
12. f4 Ng4 13. Bd3 Nxe3 14. Qxe3 Bf6 15. Qh3 g6 16. Rhe1 Re8 $11) 12... a6 13.
f4 Nd7 14. Nf5 Re8 {The f-pawn movement has weakened a couple of squares along
the e-file, and Black is ready to seize the opportunity.} 15. Rg1 (15. Bc4 Bf8
16. Rhe1 Nf6 $11) 15... Nc5 (15... Bf8 $5 16. g4 Nf6 17. Bd4 (17. Bg2 Ne4 18.
Qd3 Qd7 $11) 17... Ne4 $132) 16. Bxc5 bxc5 17. g4 Bf8 $11 18. Bc4 Qd7 19. Qf2
d5 20. Bxd5 ({Developing the kingside iniative was well worth considering} 20.
Qh4 $5 Rad8 (20... Qa4 21. b3 Qd7 22. Bd3 $36) 21. Bd3 g6 22. Nh6+ Bxh6 23.
Qxh6 $36) 20... Bxd5 21. c4 c6 22. cxd5 (22. Qd2 Rad8 23. cxd5 cxd5 24. c4 d4
$15) 22... cxd5 23. Ne3 d4 24. Nc4 $11 {[%csl Gc4] White neutralizes Black's
control over the e-file by his own "N vs B advantage".} Qb5 (24... Rab8 25.
Rge1 Qb5 26. Qf1 $11) 25. b3 Rab8 26. Kc1 Re4 27. Rge1 Rbe8 28. Rxe4 Rxe4 29.
Re1 Qe8 30. Kd1 f5 $1 {[%csl Rf4] Black freezes the f-pawn to make it an
easier prey in the endgame.} 31. Rxe4 $5 Qxe4 (31... fxe4 32. Qe2 Qe6 33. f5
Qc6 34. Na5 Qb5 35. Qc4+ Qxc4 36. Nxc4 g6 37. Nd2 gxf5 38. gxf5 e3 39. Ne4 $14)
32. Qe2 Qxe2+ 33. Kxe2 Kf7 34. Kf3 Ke6 35. gxf5+ Kxf5 36. a4 Be7 37. Nd2 g6 38.
Nf1 Bh4 39. Nd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2001.11.30"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Sulskis, Sarunas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2571"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Be6 11. Nxe4 $5 dxe4 12. Ne1 {White wants to prove that
their pawn advantage on the Q's side is more important than black's on the K's
side.} Bf5 ({Another plan of defence connect with} 12... c6 13. Qd2 (13. Be3 f5
14. g3 Qd7 15. Ng2 Rad8 16. a3 Na6 17. Qc2 Nc7 18. Rac1 Bf6 19. Rfd1 Kh8 20.
Nf4 Bf7 21. d5 g5 22. d6 gxf4 23. dxc7 Qxc7 24. Bxf4 Qe7 $11 {0-1 Van Gool,
R-Schoeber,P/Venlo 1992 (34)}) 13... f5 14. f3 exf3 15. Nxf3 a5 16. a3 Na6 17.
b3 Bf6 18. Bb2 Nc5 19. Qc2 Ne4 20. Bd3 Qb6 21. Rae1 Rae8 22. Kh1 g6 $14 {
1/2-1/2 Schlosser,M-Duer,W/AUT-chT 1993/TD (50)}) 13. Be3 Bf6 14. Qd2 {White
are implementing a new plan,connected with d5,f4 and after ...ef3 Nf3 white'
pieces will be well placed.} (14. a3 Nc6 15. Nc2 a5 16. b3 Qe7 17. Qc1 Rfd8 18.
Rd1 Rd7 19. g4 Rad8 20. gxf5 Nxd4 21. Nxd4 Bxd4 22. Bxd4 Rxd4 23. Rxd4 Rxd4 24.
Qe3 Qe5 25. Re1 c5 26. Qg3 {1-0 Nagy,B-Molnar,L/Heves, Rainbow op 1997 (26)})
14... a5 (14... c5 15. d5 (15. dxc5 Qxd2 16. Bxd2 Na6 $11) 15... Qd6 16. Rd1
$14) 15. a3 Nc6 16. d5 Ne5 17. f4 $1 exf3 (17... Ng4 18. Bxg4 Bxg4 19. f5 (19.
Nc2 $1 Re8 20. Bd4 $16 {[%cal Gc2e3]}) 19... Qd7 20. Qf2 Qa4 $1 21. h3 Bd1 $13)
18. Nxf3 $14 {[%cal Gc4c5]} Nxf3+ (18... Be4 $1 19. Ng5 (19. Nxe5 Bxe5 20. Bd4
Bxd4+ 21. Qxd4 f5 $14)) 19. Bxf3 Re8 20. Bd4 $1 $16 Bxd4+ 21. Qxd4 Qe7 (21...
b6 22. d6 Ra7 23. c5 $16) 22. c5 Rad8 23. Rae1 Qd7 24. Rc1 Qe7 25. Rfe1 Qxe1+
26. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 27. Kf2 Rc1 (27... Re7 28. Qa4 b6 (28... Ra8 29. Qb5 $16) 29. d6
$1 cxd6 30. cxb6 $16) (27... Rde8 28. Qa4 b6 29. d6 cxd6 30. cxb6 $16) 28. Qe5
$18 Rc2+ 29. Ke3 g6 30. g4 Bc8 31. Qxc7 $6 (31. Be4 Rc1 32. Qxc7 Re8 33. Kd2
$18) 31... Re8+ 32. Kf4 Rxb2 33. d6 Rd2 34. Qxa5 Rd4+ 35. Kg3 Rd3 36. Kf2 h6
37. Qb4 g5 38. Qb2 Re6 39. a4 $1 Bd7 40. a5 Bc6 41. Bxc6 bxc6 42. a6 Rh3 43.
Kg2 Rhe3 44. d7 1-0

[Event "Linares 19th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2002.02.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2838"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2002.02.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Ftacnik} e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O
Be7 8. c4 Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. a3 Nc6 11. cxd5 Qxd5 12. Nc3 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Bf5 14.
Re1 Rfe8 {Ftacnik: 'Black has no reason to brag about the result of the
opening phase, in the fight for an advantage white will have to rely on his
masterful handling of the middle game. '} (14... Bf6 15. Bf4 (15. Bf4 {1/2-1/2
Bezgodov,A-Motylev,A/Elista RUS 2001/(15)}) 15... Na5 (15... Qd7 16. Bd3 Bg6
17. Rb1 b6 18. Rb2 Bxd3 19. Qxd3 Rfe8 20. Rbe2 Rxe2 21. Qxe2 h6 22. h3 Be7 23.
Qe4 Rd8 24. c4 Bd6 25. d5 Na5 26. Bd2 Nb3 $11 {1/2-1/2 Nataf,I-Sakaev,K/Moscow
RUS 2001/ (34)}) (15... Rac8 16. Nd2 Na5 17. Bf3 Qd7 18. Ne4 Be7 19. Ng3 Bg6
20. Bg4 f5 21. Bf3 Bd6 22. Be5 Rfe8 23. Bxb7 Nxb7 24. Qb3+ Qf7 25. Qxb7 $16 {
1-0 Konguvel,P-Suvrajit,S/Calcutta 2002/CBM 88_01 (48)}) 16. Nd2 c5 17. Bf3 Qd8
18. Ne4 Bxe4 19. Rxe4 cxd4 20. cxd4 Nc6 21. Be3 Qd6 22. Rb1 Rad8 23. Qa4 b5 {
1/2-1/2 Short,N-Lalic,B/Port Erin HUN 1999 (23)}) (14... Rad8 15. c4 Qa5 $6 16.
Bd2 Qb6 17. Be3 Bf6 18. d5 Qb2 19. Bd3 Bxd3 $2 (19... Qxa1 $142) 20. Qxd3 b6 $4
21. Rab1 $18 {[ /\ Kd3-c4-b5 +- ] Pantaleoni L.. 1-0 Napoli Costa,A-Pantaleoni,
L/ITA corr 1991/CR97-91 (48)}) (14... Qd6 15. a4 Rfe8 16. Qb3 Bf6 17. Ba3 Qd7
18. Qxb7 Rab8 19. Qa6 Rb6 20. Qc4 Na5 21. Qa2 Be6 22. c4 Nb3 23. a5 Rbb8 24.
Rad1 Qa4 25. Bd3 Nxa5 26. d5 {1/2-1/2 Sutovsky,E-Schandorff,L/Esbjerg DEN 2001/
(26)}) 15. Bf4 Rac8 (15... Bd6 16. c4 Qe4 (16... Qa5 $2 {Ftacnik} 17. Bd2 Qb6
18. c5 $18) 17. Be3 (17. Bxd6 cxd6 18. Qd2 Qc2 (18... Rac8 {Ftacnik} 19. Rac1
$14) 19. Qxc2 Bxc2 $11) 17... Rad8 18. d5 $36) 16. c4 Qe4 17. Be3 (17. Qd2 Bf6
(17... Qc2 {Ftacnik} 18. Qxc2 Bxc2 19. d5 $14) 18. Rad1 Qc2 19. d5 Ne5 $11)
17... Bf6 18. Ra2 b6 (18... Rcd8 19. Rd2 $14 (19. d5 Ne5 20. Nxe5 (20. Nd2 {
Ftacnik} Qh4 $11) 20... Qxe5 $11) 19... Ne7 20. Qb3 b6 21. d5 $14) 19. h3 {
'!' Ftacnik.} Na5 (19... Rcd8 {Ftacnik} 20. Rd2 $14) 20. g4 {'!?' Ftacnik.
Ftacnik: 'Kasparov's style can be very aggressive, the mere mortals woud never
dare to play so daringly with pawns in front of the own king. '} (20. Bf1 {
Ftacnik} Qc6 21. d5 $14) 20... Bg6 (20... Bxg4 21. hxg4 Qxg4+ 22. Kh1 c5 23.
Nh2 $16) 21. g5 Be7 22. Ne5 Bd6 (22... Rcd8 23. Bf3 Qh4 (23... Qxe5 24. dxe5
Rxd1 25. Rxd1 Nxc4 26. Bf4 $16 {[%cal Gd1d7]}) 24. Bg4 $16 {[%csl Rh4]}) (22...
Bf5 $4 {Ftacnik} 23. Bd3 $18) 23. Nxg6 (23. Bf3 Qh4 24. Bg4 Bxe5 $8 25. Bxc8
Rxc8 26. dxe5 Qxh3 $44) (23. Bg4 {Ftacnik} Bf5 $1 $15) (23. Bd3 {Ftacnik} Qh4
24. Nxg6 hxg6 25. Qg4 Qxg4+ 26. hxg4 Rcd8 (26... Bf4 $5 $11 {Ftacnik}) 27. Rd1
Be7 $13) 23... hxg6 24. c5 (24. Bg4 Rcd8 (24... Nxc4 $5 25. Bxc8 Rxc8 $44 26.
Bc1 Qf5 27. Qb3 $16) 25. Qa4 {[%cal Gc4c5]} c5 (25... Qc6 $11 {Ftacnik}) 26.
Rae2 Qc6 $11) 24... Bf8 (24... bxc5 {Ftacnik} 25. dxc5 Bf4 26. Bf3 Qe5 $11) (
24... Bf4 {Ftacnik} 25. Bf3 Qf5 (25... Qe7 {Ftacnik} 26. Bg4 Rcd8 27. Rae2 Bxe3
28. Rxe3 Qf8 29. Qa4 $16) 26. Bg4 Qxg5 27. Bxf4 Qxf4 28. Bxc8 Rxc8 29. Qg4 $16)
25. Bg4 Rcd8 26. Rae2 Qd5 {Ftacnik: 'By the curious coincidence Linares saw
another game reaching this position. Black has slightly improved on the 5th
round and the players agreed to a draw. '} (26... Qc6 $1 27. cxb6 {1/2-1/2
Anand,V-Adams,M/Linares ESP 2002/(27)} (27. Qc2 {Ftacnik} bxc5 28. dxc5 Nb7 29.
Rc1 a6 $11)) (26... bxc5 $2 {Barsky,V} 27. Bd2 $18 {[%cal Gd2a5,Ge1e8]}) 27.
Bf4 {'!' Ftacnik.} Rxe2 28. Qxe2 c6 $2 (28... Qc6 $5 29. Bf3 Qd7 $11) (28...
Qxd4 {Ftacnik} 29. Bxc7 Rd5 (29... Bxc5 {Ftacnik} 30. Bxd8 Qxd8 31. Qe8+ Qxe8
32. Rxe8+ Kh7 33. a4 $16) 30. Bd6 Bxd6 (30... Rxd6 {Ftacnik} 31. cxd6 Qxd6 32.
Rc1 $16) 31. cxd6 Rxd6 32. Qe8+ Kh7 33. Qxf7 Qd5 $14) 29. Bc7 $1 Ra8 (29...
Qxg5 $6 {Ftacnik} 30. Bxd8 Qxd8 31. Qe8 $16) 30. Qe5 {'?!' Ftacnik.} (30. Qa6
$1 Qc4 (30... Qxd4 {Ftacnik} 31. cxb6 Bc5 32. Qxa5 Qxf2+ 33. Kh1 Bxb6 34. Bxb6
Qxb6 35. Qe5 $18) 31. Qxc4 (31. Bc8 $5 Qxd4 (31... Qxa6 32. Bxa6 $16) 32. cxb6
(32. Bxb6 Bxc5 33. Bxc5 Qxc5 34. h4 Rb8 $17) 32... Bc5 33. Re2 Nc4 $1 (33...
Bxb6 34. Bxb6 Qxb6 35. Re8+ Kh7 36. Qd3 $18 {[%csl Rh7]}) 34. b7 (34. Qa4)
34... Qd1+ 35. Kh2 Bd6+ (35... Qxe2 36. Qxc6 Ne3 37. bxa8=Q $1 (37. Qe8+ Kh7
38. Qxf7 Rb8 39. Bxb8 Nf1+ 40. Kg1 (40. Kh1 Bxf2 $19) 40... Ne3) 37... Qxf2+
38. Qg2 Nxg2 39. Qxg2 $18) 36. Bxd6 Qxd6+ 37. Kg2 Qd5+ 38. Kg3 (38. f3 Rb8 (
38... Qxg5+ 39. Kf1 Rb8 40. Qxc4 $18) 39. h4 Qc5) 38... Rb8 39. Qxa7 Qxg5+ 40.
Bg4 $16 Qd8 41. Kg2 Kh7 $13) 31... Nxc4 32. d5 {'!' Ftacnik.} cxd5 33. c6 Na5
34. Rc1 (34. Bd7 $2 {Ftacnik} Nxc6 35. Bxc6 Rc8 $17) 34... Bxa3 35. Rc2 Nc4 36.
Bg3 $16) 30... Qxe5 31. Rxe5 Nc4 (31... Nb3 32. d5 (32. cxb6 axb6 33. Bxb6 Ra6
$11) 32... Bxc5 (32... cxd5 {Ftacnik} 33. c6 Nd4 34. Bd7 Nb5 $19) 33. d6 (33.
dxc6 Nd4 34. Bd7 Nb5 (34... Nf3+ 35. Kg2 Nxe5 36. Bxe5 $16) 35. Rxc5 bxc5 36.
Bg3 a5 37. a4 Na7 38. c7 Nc8 39. Bc6 Ra7 40. Bd7 Ra8 $11) 33... Kf8 34. d7 Be7
$11) 32. d5 {[%mdl 512] '!' Ftacnik.} Nxe5 $2 {Ftacnik: 'Adams has certainly
experienced disbelieve, that white's concept might have been dangerous for him.
After his unfortunate mistake white's "c" pawn will turn into a superpower.'} (
32... f5 33. gxf6 Nxe5 34. Bxe5 gxf6 35. Be6+ Kg7 36. Bg3 Re8 37. Bd7 Re1+ 38.
Kg2 cxd5 39. c6 Bxa3 40. c7 Rc1 41. c8=Q Rxc8 42. Bxc8 $16) (32... cxd5 $1 33.
c6 Na5 $1 34. Rxd5 (34. Bd7 Nxc6 $1 35. Bxc6 (35. Rxd5 {Ftacnik} Na5 36. a4 $15
) 35... Rc8 36. Bxd5 Rxc7 37. Re8 $44) 34... Nxc6 35. Bd7 $44 Na5 36. a4 $15)
33. Bxe5 cxd5 (33... f5 34. gxf6 gxf6 35. Be6+ Kg7 36. Bg3 Re8 37. Bd7 Re1+ 38.
Kg2 cxd5 39. c6 Bxa3 40. c7 Rc1 41. c8=Q Rxc8 42. Bxc8 $18) (33... Re8 $5 34.
Bf4 (34. Bg3 {Ftacnik} f5 35. gxf6 gxf6 36. Bd7 Re1+ 37. Kg2 cxd5 38. c6 Bxa3
39. c7 Rc1 40. c8=Q+ Rxc8 41. Bxc8 Kf7 $14) 34... f5 (34... cxd5 35. c6 Bxa3
36. c7 Bc1 $5 37. Bxc1 Re1+ 38. Kg2 Rxc1 39. c8=Q+ Rxc8 40. Bxc8 $16) 35. gxf6
gxf6 36. dxc6 f5 37. Bf3 g5 38. Bxg5 Bxc5 39. Bf4 Kf8 40. c7 Ke7 41. Bb7 Kd7
42. a4 $16 {[%cal Gh3h8]}) 34. c6 f5 (34... Bxa3 35. c7 Be7 36. h4 f6 37. Be6+
Kf8 38. Bf4 $18) (34... d4 {Ftacnik} 35. c7 d3 36. Bf4 Bxa3 37. c8=Q+ Rxc8 38.
Bxc8 Bb4 39. Kf1 a5 40. Ba6 $16) 35. gxf6 gxf6 36. Be6+ {'!' Ftacnik.} Kg7 37.
Bg3 Bxa3 38. Bxd5 {'!' Ftacnik. Ftacnik: 'The promotion of the pawn on c8 can
be stopped only at a cost of a rook, the defender is simply doomed. '} Rc8 (
38... a5 39. c7 Rf8 40. Be6 $18) 39. c7 Bc5 40. Bb7 Rxc7 (40... Re8 {Ftacnik}
41. c8=Q Rxc8 42. Bxc8 $18) 41. Bxc7 a5 42. Bc6 g5 43. Kf1 Kg6 44. f3 Kh5 45.
Be8+ Kh6 (45... Kh4 46. Kg2 $18) 46. Ke2 f5 47. Bd8 1-0

[Event "HUN-ch places"]
[Site "Balatonlelle"]
[Date "2002.06.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sax, Gyula"]
[Black "Horvath, Jozsef"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2566"]
[BlackElo "2548"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2002.06.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O Nc6 8. c4
Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Bf5 11. a3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Nc6 13. Re1 Re8 14. Bf4 dxc4
15. Bxc4 Bd6 16. Rxe8+ Qxe8 17. Bxd6 cxd6 18. Ng5 Bg6 19. h4 Qd8 (19... Qe7 20.
Qg4 h6 21. Nh3 $1 Qf6 22. Re1 Bf5 23. Qf3 Kf8 $5 24. Nf4 Bd7 25. g3 $14 {
1-0 Anand,V-Karpov,A/Prague 2002/[Stohl] (59)}) (19... h6 20. h5 Bxh5 21. Qxh5
hxg5 22. Kf1 (22. Kh2 $5 Rc8 23. Re1 (23. Rh1 Ne7 24. Bd3 Ng6 $13) 23... Qd7
24. Rh1 Ne5 25. Kg1 Ng6 26. Qxg6 Rxc4 27. Qh7+ Kf8 28. Qh8+ Ke7 29. Qxg7 Qf5
30. Rh8 $36) 22... Qd7 23. Re1 d5 24. Bd3 g6 25. Qxg5 Kg7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Nijboer,
F-Ernst,S/Leeuwarden 2002/CBM 90_01 (39)}) 20. Qg4 d5 (20... Qa5 21. Qf3 Rf8
22. Bd5 $16) 21. h5 $1 Bc2 (21... dxc4 22. hxg6 hxg6 23. Qh4 $18) 22. Rc1 dxc4
23. Rxc2 h6 24. Ne4 $36 Rc8 $2 (24... Ne7 $5 25. Qf3 Nd5 26. Re2 $36 {[%cal
Ge4g3,Gg3f5]}) (24... Qe7 25. Ng3 (25. d5 Ne5 26. Qf5 Re8 27. d6 Qd7 $11) 25...
Rd8 26. Rb2 (26. Re2 Qxa3 27. Nf5 Qc1+ 28. Kh2 Qg5 29. Qxg5 hxg5 30. Ne7+ Kf8
$15) 26... b6 27. Nf5 Qf6 28. Qe4 $16) 25. Nd6 Rc7 26. Nxc4 $16 b5 27. Ne3 Ne7
28. d5 (28. Qe4 $5 Qd6 29. c4 $16) 28... Qd6 29. Qb4 (29. a4 a6 (29... b4 30.
Qxb4 $16) 30. axb5 axb5 31. Qd4 $16) 29... Qxb4 30. axb4 Rd7 31. Rd2 Rd6 32.
Kh2 Kf8 33. Kg3 Ke8 34. Kf4 Kd7 35. Ke4 Ra6 36. c4 (36. Kd4 $5 Ra1 37. Kc5 a6 (
37... Rc1 38. Rc2 $18) 38. c4 $16) 36... bxc4 37. Nxc4 f6 38. d6 $6 (38. Kd4 $1
) 38... Nc8 39. Kf5 (39. b5 Ra1 $132) 39... Rc6 $1 40. Ne3 $1 Nxd6+ 41. Kg6 Ke6
42. Kxg7 (42. Re2 $1) 42... Rc7+ 43. Kg6 (43. Kxh6 $2 Nf7+ 44. Kg7 Ne5+ $11)
43... Rc8 44. Nd5 $2 (44. Kxh6 $16) 44... Rg8+ 45. Kh7 (45. Kxh6 $2 Kf7 $1 {
[%csl Rh6]}) 45... Kf7 46. Nxf6 $2 (46. Ne7 $1 Rxg2 (46... Rg7+ 47. Kxh6) 47.
Rxd6 Kxe7 48. Ra6 Rxf2 49. Kxh6 $16) 46... Rg7+ 47. Kh8 Nf5 48. Rd5 (48. g4
Kxf6 49. gxf5 Rb7 $132) 48... Rg5 (48... Ne7 49. Rd6 Rxg2 50. Ra6 $16) 49. g4
$1 (49. f4 Rxg2 50. Rxf5 Ke6 51. Ra5 Kxf6 52. Rxa7 $18) 49... Kxf6 50. gxf5 $4
(50. Rxf5+ Rxf5 51. gxf5 Kxf5 52. Kg7 Kg5 53. f4+ $18) 50... Rxh5 $11 51. Ra5
Rxf5 52. Ra6+ Kg5 53. Rxa7 h5 54. Rg7+ Kf4 55. Rh7 Rb5 56. Kg8 Rxb4 57. Rxh5
Kf3 58. Rf5+ Rf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT 09th Group2"]
[Site "Ekaterinburg"]
[Date "2002.05.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Black "Diu, Viacheslav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2557"]
[BlackElo "2412"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2002.05.17"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Surgut Yugra"]
[BlackTeam "Khabarovsk Lokomotiv"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. c4
c6 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Nc3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Bg4 12. Rb1 Nd7 13. h3 Bh5 14. Rb5 Nb6
15. c4 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 dxc4 17. Bc2 Qd7 18. a4 g6 19. Bh6 Rfe8 20. Rfb1 Rad8 21.
g4 $146 (21. Be3 Bc7 22. a5 Nd5 23. Rxb7 Qd6 24. g3 Qe6 25. Bg5 f6 26. Bxf6 Rf8
27. Bxd8 Rxf3 28. Bxc7 Qe2 $19 {0-1 Bierkens,P-Ippolito,D/Philadelphia USA
2001/The Week in Chess 369 (40)}) (21. Bg5 Be7 22. a5 Nd5 $2 (22... Bxg5 $1 23.
axb6 Be7 $1 24. bxa7 b6 25. Be4 $1 Qxa7 26. Bd5 $36 (26. Bd5 Rf8 27. Qc3 $14))
23. Rxb7 Qe6 24. Bd2 $14 {1-0 Svidler,P-Akopian,V/Yerevan 1996/CBM 53/[Svidler]
(44)}) 21... Bf8 (21... Qc6 $5 22. d5 (22. Qc3 Be7 (22... f6 23. a5 Nd5 24. Qf3
Re1+ 25. Rxe1 Qxb5 26. Be4 $16) 23. d5 Qf6 24. Qxf6 Bxf6 25. a5 Re2 26. axb6 a6
27. Rc5 Rxc2 28. Rc7 $132) 22... Qc7 (22... Nxd5 23. Rxd5 Bh2+ 24. Kxh2 Qxd5
25. Qxd5 Rxd5 26. Rxb7 $16 {[%csl Rg8]}) 23. a5 Nd7 $13) 22. Bg5 Qc6 (22... Be7
23. a5 Bxg5 (23... Nd5 24. Rxb7 Qe6 25. Bd2 $14) 24. axb6 Re1+ 25. Rxe1 Qxb5
26. bxa7 Qa6 $11) 23. Be4 Rxe4 (23... Qxe4 24. Qxe4 Rxe4 25. Bxd8 Rxd4 26. Bxb6
axb6 27. Rxb6 c3 28. Rc1 $16) 24. Bxd8 c3 (24... Re1+ 25. Kg2 Rxb1 26. Qxc6
bxc6 27. Rxb1 Nxa4 28. Rb8 Kg7 29. g5 $18) 25. Kg2 $6 (25. d5 Qe8 $1 26. Bxb6
c2 27. Be3 (27. Rf1 axb6 28. Qd3 Re2 29. d6 (29. Rb2 c1=N $1 $17) 29... Bxd6 $1
30. Qxd6 Re1 31. Qc7 Rxf1+ 32. Kxf1 Qc6 $19) 27... cxb1=Q+ 28. Rxb1 b6 $11)
25... c2 26. Rc1 Ba3 27. d5 $2 (27. Bxb6 Bxc1 (27... axb6 28. d5 $18) 28. Rc5
Qe8 29. Rxc2 axb6 30. Rxc1 Rxd4 31. Qxb7 $11) 27... Nxd5 28. Rxd5 Qxd5 (28...
Bxc1 $1 29. Qxe4 f5 $1 (29... Bh6 30. Be7 c1=Q 31. Rd8+ Bf8 32. Qxc6 Qxc6+ 33.
Kg1 Qc7 $19) 30. Qf3 Bh6 $19) 29. Rxc2 $44 Re5 30. Bf6 Qxf3+ 31. Kxf3 Re8 (
31... Rc5 32. Rd2 Rc7 33. Rd8+ Bf8 34. g5 $44) 32. Rc7 Rb8 33. Bd4 a6 34. Ba7
Rd8 35. Rxb7 $14 Rd6 36. Rb3 $1 Bc1 37. Ke4 $16 g5 38. Rb6 $1 Rxb6 39. Bxb6 Kg7
40. Be3 $1 $18 Bxe3 41. fxe3 Kg6 $2 (41... Kf6 42. Kd5 Ke7 43. e4 Kd7 (43... f6
44. e5 fxe5 45. Kxe5 h6 (45... a5 46. Kf5 h6 47. Kg6 $18) 46. a5 $18) 44. Ke5
Ke7 45. Kf5 h6 46. a5 f6 47. e5 fxe5 48. Kxe5 Kd7 (48... Kf7 49. Kd6 $18) 49.
Kf6 Kc6 50. Kg6 Kb5 51. Kxh6 Kxa5 52. Kxg5 Kb5 53. h4 $18) 42. Ke5 a5 43. e4 h6
44. Kd5 Kf6 45. Kd6 (45. Kd6 Kg6 46. Kc5 Kf6 47. Kb5 Ke5 48. Kxa5 Kxe4 49. Kb5
f5 50. a5 f4 51. a6 f3 52. a7 f2 53. a8=Q+ $18) 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT 09th Group1"]
[Site "Ekaterinburg"]
[Date "2002.05.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Smikovski, Ivan"]
[Black "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2497"]
[BlackElo "2622"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2002.05.17"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Omsk Lidrikh"]
[BlackTeam "Tyumen Gazovik"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Be6 11. Ne5 c5 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. d5 Bc8 14. a3 Na6 15.
f3 Qc7 (15... Bd6 16. f4 f6 17. Ng4 f5 18. Ne5 Nb8 19. b4 Nd7 20. bxc5 Bxc5+
21. Kh1 Bd6 22. Bb2 Re8 23. Rb1 Qe7 24. Qb3 b6 25. Bh5 Rf8 26. Qg3 Bb7 27. a4
$36 {1-0 Leko,P-Topalov,V/Dubai UAE 2002/ (48)}) 16. Ng4 (16. f4 f6 17. Ng4
Bxg4 18. Bxg4 f5 19. Bh3 Bf6 $11) 16... f5 17. Nf2 Bd6 18. h3 (18. fxe4 Bxh2+
19. Kh1 Bg3 $36 {[%cal Yc7e7,Ye7h4]}) 18... Qe7 19. Qb3 $2 (19. f4 g5 20. Nh1
e3 21. fxg5 Qe5 22. g3 f4 $40) 19... Qh4 (19... e3 $1 20. Nd1 f4 $17) 20. Qe3
$2 (20. fxe4 fxe4 21. Bd2 Be5 22. Ng4 Bd4+ 23. Kh1 $13) 20... f4 21. Qc3 e3 22.
Ne4 Bxh3 23. gxh3 $2 ({The last chance for defence was} 23. Qe1 $1 Qh5 24. gxh3
Qxh3 25. Bd3 Rae8 $5 (25... Rf5 26. Qe2 {[%cal Ge2g2]}) 26. Ng5 (26. Nxd6 Re5
$19) 26... Qh5 27. Nxh7 Re5 28. b3 g6 29. Bb2 Rg5+ 30. Nxg5 Qxg5+ 31. Kh1 Rf7
32. Rf2 exf2 33. Qe6) 23... Rae8 24. Nxd6 (24. Qe1 Qxh3 25. Ng5 Qh6 $19) 24...
Qg3+ 25. Kh1 Qxh3+ 26. Kg1 Qg3+ 27. Kh1 Qh4+ 28. Kg2 Qg5+ 29. Kh2 Re5 $1 $19
30. Qxe5 Qxe5 31. Ne4 Qh5+ (31... Qh5+ 32. Kg1 Qg6+ 33. Kh1 Rf5 $19) 0-1

[Event "FIDE-Wch"]
[Site "San Luis"]
[Date "2005.10.11"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2005.09.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. a3 Nc6 11. cxd5 Qxd5 12. Nc3 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Bf5 14. Re1 Rfe8
15. Bf4 Rac8 16. h3 Be4 17. Nd2 {White tries to fight for an opening advantage
by a pawn sacrifice.} (17. Be3 Na5 $1 (17... Rcd8 18. Nd2 Bg6 19. Bf3 Qd7 20.
Qa4 Ne5 21. Qxd7 Nxf3+ 22. Nxf3 Rxd7 23. Ne5 Rd5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Leko,P-Bologan,V/
Dortmund Stechen 2004 (26)}) 18. c4 (18. Nd2 $5 Bf5 19. Bf3 Qd7 20. Ne4 Bd6 21.
Nc5 Bxc5 22. dxc5 Qxd1 23. Raxd1 c6 24. Rd4 Nb3 25. Rf4 g6 26. Rd1 Rc7 27. Rb4
Bc2 28. Rd6 a5 29. Rb6 $14 {1/2-1/2 Laznicka,V-Stopa,J/Legnica 2004/CBM 103
ext (64)}) (18. Ne5 Bf6 19. Ng4 Be7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Timman,J-Erenburg,S/
Gothenburg SWE 2005/(21)}) 18... Nxc4 $1 19. Bxc4 Qxc4 20. Nd2 Qd5 21. Nxe4
Qxe4 22. Bg5 Qxe1+ 23. Qxe1 Bxg5 $11 {0-1 Leko,P-Kramnik,V/Brissago 2004/CBM
103/[Lukacs] (65)}) (17. Bd3 Bxf3 18. Qxf3 Qxf3 19. gxf3 Bd6 20. Rxe8+ Rxe8 21.
Be3 Na5 22. Rb1 Rc8 23. Bf5 Rb8 24. Bd3 Rc8 25. Bf5 {1/2-1/2 Akopian,V-Bacrot,
E/Saint Vincent ITA 2005/(25)}) 17... Bxg2 18. Bg4 (18. c4 $5 Qf5 (18... Qxd4
19. Be3 $18) 19. Bg4 Qxf4 20. Bxc8 Rxc8 21. Kxg2 Qxd4 22. Nf3 Qxd1 23. Rexd1
Bd6 $11) 18... Bh1 (18... f5 $5 19. Be2 b5 (19... Na5 20. Qa4 $1 Bf8 21. Bf3
Bxf3 22. Rxe8 Rxe8 23. Qxe8 $16) 20. Bxb5 (20. a4 a6 21. axb5 axb5 22. c4 (22.
Bxb5 Qxb5 23. Kxg2 Bd6 24. Qf3 Ne7 $11) 22... Qxd4 23. Be3 Qd6 (23... Qf6 24.
Kxg2 f4 25. Ne4 Qg6+ 26. Ng3 Rcd8 27. Qb3 Qf7 $15) 24. Kxg2 f4 25. Ba7 $5 (25.
Ne4 Qxd1 26. Rexd1 fxe3 27. cxb5 Nb4 $11) 25... Qg6+ 26. Kh1 Nxa7 27. Bg4 Bc5
28. Bxc8 Nxc8 29. cxb5 Bxf2 30. Rxe8+ Qxe8 31. Ra8 $16) (20. c4 Qxd4 21. Be3
Qd6 22. Kxg2 f4 23. Ne4 Qg6+ 24. Ng3 Rcd8 25. Qb3 Qf7 26. Bh5 g6 27. Bf3 fxe3
$17) 20... Qxb5 21. Kxg2 Bd6 22. Qf3 Ne7 $132) 19. f3 Bh4 $1 (19... f5 20. Bh5
g6 21. Kxh1 gxh5 22. Qb1 $1 (22. Be5 Nxe5 23. Rxe5 Qf7 24. Qc2 Rf8 $15) 22...
b6 (22... Bd6 23. Rxe8+ Rxe8 24. Bxd6 Qxd6 (24... cxd6 25. Qxb7 $16) 25. Qxf5
$16) 23. Be5 $16) 20. Rf1 (20. Rxe8+ Rxe8 21. Qb3 $1 Ne7 (21... Bxf3 $5 22.
Bxf3 Qf5 23. Qxb7 Nd8 24. Qxc7 Bg5 25. Bg4 Qxf4 26. Qxf4 Bxf4 27. Nc4 $14) 22.
Be5 Qxb3 23. Nxb3 f5 (23... f6 24. Bxc7 Nd5 25. Bd6 f5 26. Bxf5 Bxf3 27. Rf1
$16) 24. Bh5 g6 25. Kxh1 gxh5 $11) (20. Re2 f5 21. Bh5 Rxe2 22. Qxe2 Nxd4 23.
cxd4 Qxd4+ 24. Kh2 Qxf4+ 25. Kxh1 Rd8 $36) 20... f5 21. Bh5 g6 22. Kxh1 gxh5
23. Rg1+ Kh8 24. Qf1 ({Transposition to an equal ending probably was the best
choice for White.} 24. Qb3 Qxb3 25. Nxb3 Bf6 $11) 24... Bf6 25. Rb1 (25. Qc4
Ne7 $11) 25... Ne7 26. Bg5 (26. Rb5 c5 $15) 26... Bxg5 27. Rxg5 Rg8 {Black
takes over the initiative now.} (27... c5 $5 28. Ne4 (28. Qf2 cxd4 29. Rb5 Rc5
30. Rxc5 Qxc5 31. Qxd4+ Qxd4 32. cxd4 Rc8 $17) 28... Rc6 29. Nxc5 b6 30. Na4 (
30. Ne4 $140 h6 31. Rxh5 Qf7 $19) 30... Rg6 $15) 28. Rxg8+ Rxg8 29. Qe2 Ng6 $36
30. Rb5 $6 (30. Qc4 $142 Qd6 31. Rxb7 Qe7 32. Rb1 Nf4 $36) 30... Qc6 $17 31.
Rxf5 (31. Qc4 Qe8 32. Qf1 (32. Rb1 Qe3 $17) 32... Qe3 $17) 31... Qxc3 32. Rd5
Qxa3 $19 33. Kh2 Qf8 34. Qe6 Qf4+ 35. Kh1 Rf8 36. Qe2 (36. Rxh5 Qxd2 37. Qxg6
Qe1+ 38. Qg1 Qxg1+ 39. Kxg1 Rxf3 $19) 36... h4 37. Rd7 Rf7 38. Rd8+ Kg7 39. Ne4
Qxf3+ 40. Qxf3 Rxf3 41. Nc5 b6 42. Ne6+ Kf6 43. Nxc7 Rxh3+ 44. Kg1 Rd3 45. Nb5
Kg5 46. Nxa7 h3 47. Nc6 Kg4 48. Ra8 Kg3 49. Ra1 h2+ 50. Kh1 Nf4 51. Ne5 Re3 52.
Rd1 Kh3 53. Nf7 Rg3 0-1

[Event "Comtois Masters 5th"]
[Site "Belfort"]
[Date "2002.07.02"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bauer, Christian"]
[Black "Koch, Jean Rene"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2571"]
[BlackElo "2498"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2002.06.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Bg4 8. c4
Nf6 9. Nc3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Nxd4 11. Qe3+ Ne6 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 Qxd5 14. Be4
Qb5 15. a4 Qa6 16. Rd1 Be7 17. b4 (17. Qf3 Rb8 $5 (17... Rd8 18. Bd3 Qa5 $1 19.
Bd2 Bb4 $8 20. Be3 O-O 21. Qxb7 Nc5 22. Bxc5 Bxc5 23. Qb5 {1/4-1/4
Timman-Yusupov (2), Hilversum m 1986 42/381}) 18. b4 O-O 19. Rd7 $6 Rbd8 $3 $17
{Ivanchuk - Howell, Groningen 1986/87 -43/389}) 17... O-O (17... Rb8 18. b5 Qb6
19. Qe2 O-O 20. a5 Qc5 21. Be3 Qb4 22. Bxa7 Ra8 23. Rdb1 Qc3 24. Be3 Rxa5 25.
Bd2 Qxa1 26. Qe1 Rfa8 27. Rxa1 Rxa1 28. Bb1 Bf6 {0-1 Moreno Carnero,J-Koch,J/
France 2001/EXT 2002 (28)}) 18. Qh3 g6 19. Qc3 (19. Bb2 Qc4 20. Rd7 Rae8 21.
Bd5 Qxb4 22. Bc3 Nf4 23. Bxb4 Nxh3+ 24. gxh3 Bxb4 $15 {1/2-1/2 Junglas,
A-Derlich,M/Nickenich 1998/EXT 2000 (27)}) 19... Ng5 (19... c5 20. Bb2 Nd4 21.
Bd3 Qb6 22. a5 Qc7 23. bxc5 Bxc5 24. Bf1 Rfd8 25. Ra4 Rac8 $14 {1/2-1/2 Aseev,
K-Ivanchuk,V/Irkutsk 1986/TD (74)}) 20. Bxg5 Bxg5 21. Qxc7 Rad8 22. Rxd8 (22.
Bd5 $5 Qb6 23. Qxb6 axb6 24. Bxb7 Bd2 25. b5 $16) 22... Rxd8 23. Bxb7 Qe2 {
Black has big chances for a draw due to his active pieces and opposite
coloured bishops.} 24. Bf3 Qb2 25. Rf1 Qxb4 26. Qxa7 Be7 $1 {[%cal Ye7c5]} 27.
Rc1 Bg5 28. Rf1 Be7 29. Qb7 Qxb7 30. Bxb7 Bc5 31. a5 h5 32. g3 Rd2 33. Kg2 Kg7
34. h4 Ba7 35. a6 Ra2 36. Kf3 f5 37. Kg2 Kf6 38. Kh3 Rxf2 39. Rc1 Re2 40. Bc8 (
40. Bd5 Re7) 40... Kf7 41. Rc7+ Re7 42. Bd7 Bd4 43. a7 Bxa7 44. Rxa7 Kg7 45.
Kg2 Kh6 46. Kf3 Kg7 47. Rc7 Kh7 48. Ra7 Kg7 49. Rb7 Kh6 50. Rc7 (50. Bc6 Rxb7
51. Bxb7 g5 $11) 50... Kg7 51. Kf2 Kh6 52. Rb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "FRA-ch"]
[Site "Val d'Isere"]
[Date "2002.08.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sokolov, Andrei"]
[Black "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2587"]
[BlackElo "2619"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2002.08.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 091"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. c4
c6 9. Qc2 Na6 10. a3 f5 11. Nc3 Nc7 12. Ne2 Ne6 13. b4 Bd7 14. cxd5 (14. Bb2
Rf6 (14... a5 15. Rad1 $6 axb4 16. axb4 Bxb4 17. Qb3 Qe7 (17... c5 $142 $1 {
[%cal Yd7a4]}) 18. Ne5 dxc4 $6 19. Bxc4 $44 {0-1 Grischuk,A-Morozevich,A/
Prague 2002/CBM 89/[Huzman] (48)}) (14... Be8 15. Ne5 Qf6 16. f3 Nxd4 17. Bxd4
Bxe5 18. Bxe5 Qxe5 19. cxd5 Nd6 20. dxc6 Bxc6 21. Qc5 Rfe8 22. Rfd1 Rad8 23.
Qxa7 Bb5 $1 $11 {1/2-1/2 Lautier,J-Fressinet,L/Paris FRA 2002/The Week in
Chess 399 (30)}) 15. Rae1 $2 Rh6 16. Bc1 N4g5 17. Ne5 Bxe5 18. dxe5 Nf3+ 19.
gxf3 f4 $17 {Chandler,M-Dive,R/Wellington 1988/Inf 45 (19)}) 14... cxd5 15. Qb3
Be8 16. Ne5 $1 {[%mdl 4] Due to the right move order in the opening Sokolov is
ready to push away Ne4 at the right moment.} Bc7 (16... Nxd4 17. Qxd5+ Bf7 18.
Qxd4 Bxe5 19. Qxe5 Qxd3 20. Bb2 Nf6 21. Nf4 (21. Ng3 Bg6 22. Rfd1 $36) 21...
Qe4 22. Rfe1 Qxe5 23. Rxe5 Ne4 24. Rxf5 Bc4 25. Rxf8+ Rxf8 $14) (16... Bxe5 17.
dxe5 Bh5 18. Nf4 Bf7 19. Nxe6 Bxe6 20. Be3 Qd7 21. f3 f4 22. fxe4 fxe3 23. exd5
Bxd5 (23... Qxd5 24. Qxd5 Bxd5 25. Rae1 Rxf1+ 26. Bxf1 $16) 24. Bc4 Bxc4 25.
Qxc4+ Kh8 26. Qc5 $16) 17. Be3 {[%cal Gf2f3]} (17. f3 $2 Nxd4 18. Nxd4 Bxe5 $17
) 17... Bf7 18. f3 Bxe5 19. dxe5 d4 20. fxe4 dxe3 21. Bc4 Nd4 22. Qa2 Nxe2+ 23.
Qxe2 Qe7 24. Rxf5 $16 Bxc4 25. Qxc4+ Kh8 26. Qc3 Rae8 27. Qxe3 Rxf5 28. exf5
Qxe5 29. Qxe5 Rxe5 30. Rc1 $18 h5 31. Rc7 Rxf5 32. Rxb7 a5 33. Rc7 axb4 34.
axb4 {[%cal Gc7c5]} Rf4 (34... Rb5 35. Rc4 Kg8 36. Kf2 Kf7 37. Ke3 Ke6 38. Rd4
$18 {[%cal Ge3c4]}) 35. b5 Rb4 36. Rc5 h4 37. Kf2 Kh7 38. Ke3 Rb2 39. Kd4 Kh6
40. Kc3 Rxg2 $2 (40... Rb1 $142 41. Kc4 Rb2 42. h3 Rxg2 43. b6 $18) 41. b6 Rg6
42. Rb5 Rc6+ 43. Kb4 Rc8 44. b7 Rb8 45. Ka5 (45. Ka5 g5 46. h3 g4 47. hxg4 Kg6
48. Ka6 h3 49. Rh5 $18) 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0506"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2005.10.22"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Areshchenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2005.10.21"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Werder Bremen"]
[BlackTeam "Solingen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Bg4 8. c3
Bd6 (8... Be7 9. Re1 f5 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Qc2 Bd6 12. Qb3 Kh8 13. h3 Bh5 14.
Qxb7 Rf6 (14... Nxd2 15. Nxd2 Qf6 16. Qb3 Ne7 17. Qc2 Rae8 18. Nf1 f4 19. b3 c6
20. a4 Qh4 21. Ba3 Bxa3 22. Rxa3 f3 $40 {0-1 Arnetta,M-Damasco,R/Porto San
Giorgio 1997 (34)}) 15. Qb3 Rg6 (15... Rb8 16. Qc2 Rg6 17. Nxe4 fxe4 18. Bxe4
dxe4 19. Qxe4 Bxf3 20. Qxf3 Qd7 $17 {0-1 Jodorcovsky,P-Enrico,J/Chaco 1993/EXT
98 (35)}) 16. Kf1 Bf4 17. Be2 Bxd2 18. Nxd2 Qg5 19. Bg4 fxg4 20. Nxe4 Qh4 $36 {
1-0 Merieux,C-Chau,O/France 2004/EXT 2005 (46)}) 9. Re1 f5 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Qb3
Kh8 12. h3 (12. Qxb7 Rf6 13. Nxe4 fxe4 14. Bg5 Na5 15. Qa6 (15. Bxf6 gxf6 16.
Qxd5 Bxh2+ 17. Nxh2 Qxd5 18. Bxe4 $18) 15... Bxf3 $17 {0-1 Fernandez Baniago,
F-Cobiella Rodriguez,J/Asturias 2000/EXT 2003 (30)}) 12... Bh5 13. Qxb7 Ne7 $1
{[%cal Ye7g6,Yg6f4][%mdl 32] Black develop their initiative on the king's side
by transfering Nc6 to f4.} 14. Qb3 ({I think that the best attempt for White
was a counterattack in the centre by} 14. c4 c5 $5 (14... dxc4 15. Bxe4 fxe4
16. Qxe4 (16. Ng5 e3 17. Rxe3 Rb8 18. Qe4 Bg6 $44) 16... Bb4 17. Ng5 Bg6 18.
Ne6 $16) 15. cxd5 Nxd2 16. Nxd2 cxd4 17. Nb3 Bf7 18. Nxd4 Bxd5 19. Qa6 Rf6 20.
Qa4 Rg6 $44) (14. Ne5 Bxe5 (14... c5 15. Nd7 Rf7 16. dxc5 Nxc5 17. Nxc5 Bxc5
18. Nb3 $16) 15. dxe5 Rb8 16. Qxa7 Ra8 17. Qb7 Rb8 $11 18. Qa6 $140 Nc5 $19)
14... Ng6 15. Bf1 (15. c4 Nf4 16. Bf1 Rb8 17. Qe3 c5 $44) 15... c5 $44 {
[%mdl 4] Black seizes an initiative on the both sides.} 16. g3 (16. dxc5 Bxc5
17. Nd4 Rb8 18. Qc2 Qd6 19. N2b3 Bb6 $44 {[%cal Yb6c7]}) 16... Rb8 17. Qd1 $2 (
17. Qc2 Qc7 18. Bg2 Nxf2 (18... cxd4 19. Nxd4 Nxf2 20. Nf1 Ne4 21. Ne6 Qc6 22.
Nxf8 Rxf8 $44) 19. Kxf2 Bxg3+ 20. Kf1 Bxe1 21. Nxe1 Nf4 $40) 17... cxd4 18.
cxd4 Qc7 (18... Bb4 $5 19. Bg2 (19. Be2 Qf6 20. a3 Bxf3 21. Bxf3 Bxd2 22. Bxd2
Rxb2 $17) 19... Bxd2 20. Bxd2 Rxb2 21. Re2 Qf6 $36) 19. Bg2 $2 {White misses a
decisive tactical blow of his opponent.} ({He had to use the Re1 for the
defence of the second rank.} 19. Re2 $8 Bxg3 20. fxg3 Nxd2 (20... Qxg3+ 21. Rg2
Qd6 22. Qe1 Nf4 23. Nxe4 Nxh3+ 24. Kh1 fxe4 25. Ne5 $13) 21. Rxd2 Qxg3+ 22. Rg2
Bxf3 (22... Qxf3 23. Be2 Qxh3 24. Bxh5 Nh4 25. Rh2 Qg3+ 26. Kh1 f4 27. Qg1) 23.
Rxg3 Bxd1 24. Ra3 $44) 19... Bxg3 $1 $19 {[%mdl 640]} 20. fxg3 Qxg3 21. Re2 (
21. Rxe4 fxe4 22. Qe1 Qd6 23. Nh2 Nf4 $19) (21. Nf1 Qf2+ 22. Kh1 Nh4 $19) 21...
Nf4 22. Qe1 (22. Nxe4 Nxh3+ 23. Kh1 fxe4 24. Qe1 Rxf3 $19) 22... Rbe8 $1 23.
Nxe4 Nxe2+ 24. Qxe2 fxe4 25. Qe1 Rxf3 (25... Qxg2+ $5 26. Kxg2 exf3+ 27. Kf2
Rxe1 28. Kxe1 f2+ 29. Kf1 Be2+ $19) 26. Qxg3 Rxg3 0-1

[Event "WchT 5th"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2001.10.17"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Nedev, Trajce"]
[Black "Safin, Shukhrat"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2514"]
[BlackElo "2538"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2001.10.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Macedonia"]
[BlackTeam "Uzbekistan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "MKD"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UZB"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. c4
c6 9. Qc2 Na6 10. a3 Re8 11. Nc3 Bg4 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Bxe4 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 Qh4
15. g3 Qxd4 16. Be3 Qf6 17. Be4 g6 18. b4 Nc7 19. Rad1 a5 (19... Qe7 20. Bg2
Ne6 21. Rfe1 Qc7 22. c5 Bf8 23. h4 h5 24. Rd3 Rad8 25. Red1 Rxd3 26. Rxd3 Rd8
27. Bf1 Rxd3 28. Bxd3 $14 {1-0 Wang Yu-Levushkina,E/Chennai IND 2001/(104)})
20. b5 $146 (20. Bg2 axb4 21. c5 Be5 22. axb4 Nb5 23. Rd7 Re7 24. Rxe7 (24. Qd3
Qe6 25. Rd1 Rxd7 26. Qxd7 Ra1 27. Qd8+ Kg7 28. Rxa1 Bxa1 29. Bf1 Bf6 30. Qb6
Nd4 31. Qxb7 Nf3+ 32. Kh1 Qd5 33. b5 Ne1+ 34. Kg1 Nf3+ {1/2-1/2 Zarezenko,
I-Karpov,A/Novosibirsk RUS 2001/(34)}) 24... Qxe7 25. Rd1 h5 26. Bf1 Ra1 27.
Rxa1 Bxa1 28. Bc4 Qf6 29. Qd3 Nd4 30. Qe4 Kg7 31. Kg2 Nf5 32. Bf4 Qd4 33. Qxd4+
Bxd4 34. Bd2 $14 {1-0 Leko,P-Piket,J/Monaco MNC 2001/(57)}) 20... cxb5 $2 (
20... Bxa3 21. bxc6 (21. Rd7 Re7 22. Rfd1 Rae8) 21... bxc6 22. Bg2 Bb4 23. Qa4
Ra6 $13) 21. c5 Be5 (21... Bf8 22. c6 (22. Bxb7 Rad8) 22... bxc6 23. Bxc6 Bxa3
24. Bxa8 Nxa8 25. Qd3 b4 26. Qb5 $16) 22. c6 $1 b6 23. Bxb6 $16 {[%cal Gd1d7]}
Ne6 24. c7 Rac8 (24... Bxc7 25. Bxa8 (25. Bxc7 Rac8 26. Qc6 $16) 25... Bxb6 26.
Rd6 $16) 25. Qc6 b4 26. axb4 axb4 27. f4 Bc3 (27... Bxc7 28. Bxc7 Qe7 29. Rd7
Qc5+ 30. Kh1 Qxc6 31. Bxc6 Rf8 32. Bd5 Nxc7 33. Bb7 Ne6 34. Bxc8 Rxc8 35. Rb7
$16) 28. f5 $1 $18 gxf5 29. Bxf5 Qe5 30. Rd5 Bd4+ 31. Bxd4 1-0

[Event "FRA-ch"]
[Site "Val d'Isere"]
[Date "2002.08.27"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Black "Degraeve, Jean Marc"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2619"]
[BlackElo "2586"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2002.08.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 091"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. c4
c6 9. Qc2 Na6 10. a3 Re8 11. Nc3 Bg4 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Bxe4 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 Qh4
15. g3 Qxd4 16. Bg5 Qe5 17. Qd2 Qf5 18. Bg2 (18. Qxd6 Qxf3 19. Rae1 h6 20. Bc1
(20. Be7 $5) 20... Qb3 21. Rxe8+ Rxe8 {1/2-1/2 Short,N-Piket,J/Zuerich 2001/
CBM 83/[Huzman] (21)}) 18... Nc5 (18... Bc7 $5) (18... Be7 19. Bxe7 Rxe7 20.
Rfe1 Qd7 $2 (20... Rd7 $142) 21. Qxd7 Rxd7 22. Rad1 $16 {1-0 Van den Doel,
E-Greenfeld,A/Leon 2001/CBM 86/[Huzman] (41)}) 19. Be3 (19. Rad1 Ne6 20. Be3
Rad8 21. Qc3 Bc5 22. b4 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 Bxe3 24. Qxe3 a5 25. h4 axb4 26. axb4 Qc2
27. Qd3 Qxd3 28. Rxd3 Kf8 29. Bh3 Ke7 30. Bxe6 {1/2-1/2 Nataf,I-Volzhin,A/
Stockholm SWE 2002/(30)}) 19... Bf8 $6 (19... Bc7 $5 20. Rad1 Rad8 21. Qb4 Bb6
$11) 20. Rad1 a5 21. b4 axb4 22. axb4 Ne6 (22... Ne4 23. Qd7 Qg6 24. c5 $36 {
[%csl Rf8]}) 23. b5 Rad8 (23... cxb5 24. Qd5 $1 Qxd5 25. cxd5 Nd8 26. d6 $44)
24. Qb2 Rxd1 25. Rxd1 Qg4 26. Qc2 cxb5 27. cxb5 Rc8 (27... Bc5 28. Bxb7 Bxe3
29. fxe3 Qg5 30. Qc1 $16 (30. Bc6 Qxe3+ 31. Qf2 Qxf2+ 32. Kxf2 Rb8 33. Ke3 $16)
) 28. h3 $1 Rxc2 29. hxg4 Bc5 (29... Rb2 30. b6 Nc5 31. Rd8 $1 $18) 30. Bxb7
Bxe3 31. fxe3 Rb2 32. Bc6 Kf8 33. Rd7 h6 34. Kf1 Nc5 35. Rd5 Na4 36. g5 Nb6 $2
(36... hxg5 $142 37. Rxg5 f6 38. Rd5 (38. Rh5 Nc3 $132) 38... Nc3 39. Rd8+ Kf7
40. Rd7+ Kf8 $14) 37. Re5 f6 38. gxf6 gxf6 39. Re4 $16 {[%csl Rb6]} f5 40. Rf4
Kg7 41. Ke1 Kg6 42. Be8+ Kf6 43. Rd4 $1 (43. e4 Nc4 44. Rxf5+ Ke7 45. Bc6 Ne3
46. Rh5 $18) 43... Ke5 44. Bc6 Rc2 45. Kd1 Rc5 46. Kd2 Nc4+ 47. Ke2 Nd6 (47...
Na5 48. Bd7 Nc4 49. Rh4 $18) 48. Rb4 Rc2+ 49. Kd3 Rc1 50. Bf3 {[%cal Gb5b8]}
1-0

[Event "American Continental 3rd"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "2005.08.08"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Milos, Gilberto"]
[Black "Arencibia Rodriguez, Walter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2005.08.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 109"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8.
Re1 Bf5 9. Nc3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 {White prepares an attack on the
king's side by this move.} (11. cxd3 c6 12. c4 Bc7 13. Qb3 b6 14. Ba3 dxc4 15.
dxc4 Re8 16. Rxe8+ Qxe8 17. Re1 Qd7 18. Re7 $18 {0-1 De la Fuente Gonzalez,
C-Vazquez Gomez,L/Oropesa del Mar 2001/EXT 2002 (48)}) 11... Nc6 (11... Nd7 12.
Rb1 Rb8 13. Qf5 (13. c4 dxc4 14. Qxc4 c6 $11) 13... c6 14. Bg5 Qc7 15. Be7 g6
16. Qh3 Rfe8 17. Qh4 (17. Ng5 h5 $11) 17... Nb6 $11) 12. Ng5 g6 13. Qh3 h5 14.
Bd2 (14. Qf3 $5 Qd7 15. Bf4 Bxf4 16. Qxf4 Rfe8 $14) 14... Qf6 (14... Na5 15.
Qf3 Nc4 16. Bf4 Qf6 $11) 15. Nf3 Bf4 16. Bxf4 Qxf4 $11 {Black neutralises the
attack of White and equalizes the game.} 17. Re3 (17. Rab1 Rab8 18. Ne5 Nxe5
19. Rxe5 Rfe8 $11) 17... Rae8 18. Rae1 Re4 (18... Rxe3 19. Rxe3 Qg4 $11) 19. g3
Qd6 $6 (19... Qg4 20. Qxg4 hxg4 21. Rxe4 dxe4 22. Ne5 Nxe5 23. dxe5 Re8 (23...
f5 24. exf6 Re8 25. Rd1 Re6 26. Rd7 Rxf6 27. Rxc7 Ra6 28. Rxb7 Rxa2 29. Rb4 $16
) 24. Rxe4 f5 $11) 20. Rxe4 dxe4 21. Rxe4 Qd5 22. Re3 Qxa2 23. Qd7 $36 Qxc2 24.
Qxc7 Nb4 $2 (24... Qb1+ 25. Kg2 Qb5 26. Qd7 Rd8 27. Re8+ Rxe8 28. Qxe8+ Kg7 29.
Qd7 a5 30. Ne5 (30. d5 Nd4 $1 $15) 30... Qb3 31. Nxc6 bxc6 32. Qxc6 a4 $44) 25.
Qc4 a5 26. Kg2 (26. Qb5 $5 Qd1+ 27. Kg2 Nc2 28. Re7 a4 29. Rxb7 a3 30. Ra7 $16)
26... Qa2 27. Qc5 b6 28. Qg5 $1 Nd5 29. Re5 Nxc3 30. Qh6 Nd5 (30... Nd1 31. Ng5
Qxf2+ 32. Kh3 Qf1+ 33. Kh4 $18) 31. Ng5 Nf6 32. Ne6 $1 {[%mdl 128]} Qxe6 (32...
Qxf2+ 33. Kxf2 Ng4+ 34. Ke2 Nxh6 35. Nxf8 Kxf8 36. Rb5 $18) (32... fxe6 33.
Qxg6+ Kh8 34. Rg5 $18) 33. Rxe6 fxe6 34. Qxg6+ Kh8 35. Qh6+ Kg8 36. Qg6+ Kh8
37. Qb1 Nd5 38. Qd1 $18 Kg7 39. Qxh5 a4 40. Qg4+ Kf6 41. h4 Ke7 (41... Ra8 42.
h5 a3 43. Qg6+ Ke7 44. Qg7+ Kd6 45. Qb7 Ra4 46. h6 $18) 42. Qg7+ Rf7 43. Qh8
Rf8 44. Qh7+ Rf7 45. Qc2 b5 46. Qc5+ Kf6 47. Qxb5 Ra7 48. Qb8 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0506"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2005.12.10"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Erenburg, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2582"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2005.10.21"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[BlackTeam "Katernberg"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. a3 Nc6 11. cxd5 Qxd5 12. Nc3 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Bf5 14. Bf4 Rac8
15. Bg3 {[%cal Gc3c4]} Bf6 {preventing c3-c4} 16. Nd2 (16. Re1 Rfe8 17. Qa4 Qa5
$11) 16... Na5 (16... Qa5 17. Qc1 (17. Rc1 Qxa3 18. Nc4 Qe7 19. Re1 Rfe8 20.
Ne3 Bg6 21. Qb3 $44) 17... Bg5 18. f4 Be7 19. Nc4 Qa4 20. Ne3 Be4 21. f5 $36)
17. Qa4 (17. Bf3 Qd7 $132 {/\c5}) 17... b6 18. Rfe1 (18. Bf3 Qd7 (18... Qd8 $5
19. Ne4 Be7 $14 {/=}) 19. Qxd7 Bxd7 20. Rfe1 Be6 $11 (20... c5 21. Ne4 $16) (
20... Rfe8 21. Rxe8+ Rxe8 22. Bxc7 Rc8 23. Bd6 Rxc3 24. Ne4 $36)) 18... Rfe8
19. Bd3 {A poisoned gift.} (19. Ba6 $5 Bd7 20. Qc2 Ra8 (20... Rxe1+ 21. Rxe1
Re8 22. Rxe8+ Bxe8 23. Bxc7 $16) 21. Bd3 (21. Bxc7 Qc6 {[%cal Yb6b5]}) 21...
Qh5 22. Bxc7 Rac8 23. Rxe8+ Bxe8 24. Re1 Bd7 25. Be5 $16) 19... c6 $11 20. Ba6
1/2-1/2

[Event "WchT 5th"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2001.10.14"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Safin, Shukhrat"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2538"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2001.10.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Uzbekistan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UZB"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. c4
c6 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Nc3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Bg4 12. Rb1 Nd7 13. h3 Bh5 14. Rb5 Nb6
15. c4 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 dxc4 17. Bc2 Qd7 18. a4 Rfe8 19. Bf5 Qc7 20. Be4 (20. a5
Qc6 21. Bxh7+ (21. Qxc6 bxc6 22. Rb2 c3 23. Rc2 Nd5 24. Bd7 Red8 25. Bxc6 Nb4
26. Rxc3 Rac8 27. d5 Nxd5 28. Rc4 Nb4 {1/2-1/2 Nataf,I-Schandorff,L/Esbjerg
DEN 2001/(28)}) 21... Kxh7 22. Qh5+ Kg8 23. axb6 axb6 24. Be3 Ra5 25. Rxa5 bxa5
26. Qxa5 b5 $17 {0-1 Sadvakasov,D-Vakhidov,T/Calcutta IND 2001/(32)}) 20... a6
21. Rg5 $1 Rxe4 $1 (21... Nxa4 $4 22. Rxg7+ Kxg7 23. Bh6+ Kxh6 24. Qf6+ Kh5 25.
g4#) (21... g6 22. Bxb7 Ra7 23. Bc6 Rc8 24. d5 $16) 22. Qxe4 Nxa4 23. Re1 g6 (
23... Rc8 $2 24. Rxg7+ $1 Kxg7 25. Qg4+ Kh8 26. Bg5 $1 Bh2+ 27. Kh1 Qc6 28. d5
$18) 24. h4 Nc3 (24... Rd8 25. h5 b5 26. hxg6 hxg6 27. Rxg6+ fxg6 28. Qxg6+ Qg7
29. Qe6+ Qf7 30. Qg4+ Qg7 31. Qe6+ $11) 25. Qf3 Na2 $1 (25... Nb5 26. d5 (26.
h5 Nxd4 27. Qf6 Qd8 $1)) 26. Ba3 Nb4 27. h5 Nd3 (27... Bh2+ 28. Kh1 Nd3 29. Re4
(29. Re2 Qf4 30. Qxb7 Rb8) 29... Bd6) 28. hxg6 hxg6 (28... fxg6 29. Re6 Bh2+
30. Kf1 (30. Kh1 Qf4) 30... Qf7 31. Rf6 Re8 32. g3 $18) (28... Bh2+ 29. Kf1 (
29. Kh1 hxg6 30. Qf6 Nxe1 31. Rh5 gxh5 32. Qg5+ $11) 29... fxg6 (29... hxg6 30.
Qd5 Qc6 31. Qxc6 bxc6 32. Re7)) 29. Bxd6 Qxd6 30. Re4 Rd8 (30... Kg7 31. Rg3
Rh8 $17) 31. Rg3 b5 $2 (31... Qc6 $1 32. Qg4 (32. Rh3 f5) 32... Kg7 33. Rh3 Rd5
) 32. Rh3 $40 Kg7 33. Qe3 $1 $18 Qf6 34. Qh6+ Kg8 35. Qh7+ Kf8 36. Qh8+ Qxh8
37. Rxh8+ Kg7 38. Rxd8 b4 39. d5 c3 40. Rc8 1-0

[Event "WchT 5th"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2001.10.17"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2633"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2001.10.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Germany"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nf6 9. h3 Nb4 10. Be2 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Nbd5 12. Re1 O-O 13. Nc3 c6 14. Bg5 Be6 15.
Qb3 Qb6 16. Qxb6 axb6 17. Nxd5 cxd5 18. Bb3 (18. Bd3 h6 19. Bf4 Rfc8 20. Nd2
Ne8 21. Nf1 Nd6 22. Ne3 Bf8 23. Be5 Ra5 24. Bxd6 Bxd6 25. Bf5 {1/2-1/2
Grischuk,A-Gelfand,B/Biel SUI 2001/(25)}) 18... Rfc8 19. Re2 Kf8 {Jussupow
didn't find right plan of defence. Black's problem is that it is very
difficult to create some counterplay.} (19... h6 $5) 20. Ne5 Ne4 $2 (20... h6
21. Bh4 g5 22. Bg3 Ne4 23. Rxe4 $1 dxe4 24. Bxe6 fxe6 25. Nd7+ Kf7 26. Nxb6 $16
) {[%tqu "En","Find a tactical solution.","","","e5d7","",10]} 21. Nd7+ $1 Bxd7
22. Bxe7+ Kxe7 23. Bxd5 $16 Kd6 (23... f5 $142 24. f3 (24. Bxb7 Kd6 25. Bxc8
Rxc8 $11) 24... Bc6 25. Bxc6 bxc6 26. fxe4 fxe4 27. Rxe4+ Kd6 $16) 24. Bxe4 Re8
25. Re3 {[%csl Rb6,Rb7][%cal Ge3b3]} Bc6 26. Bc2 Bd5 27. a3 Rec8 28. Bb3 Ra5
29. Rae1 {[%cal Ge3e7]} Rc7 {Svidler is making strong manouevre, puting aside
Black's defence.} 30. Rg3 $1 g6 31. Re8 $1 Bc6 (31... Kd7 32. Rf8 Ke7 33. Rh8
h5 34. Re3+ Kd7 35. Rf8 $18) 32. Rd8+ $1 Ke7 33. Rh8 Rh5 34. Re3+ Kf6 35. Rd8
$1 $18 {[%cal Gd4d6]} Bd7 36. d5 Re5 37. d6 Rc1+ 38. Kh2 Rxe3 39. fxe3 Bc6 40.
Rc8 $1 Rc5 (40... Re1 41. Bd5 $1 Bd7 42. Rc7 Be6 (42... Ke5 43. Rxd7 Kxd5 44.
Rxb7 Kxd6 45. Rxf7 $18) 43. e4 Re2 44. b4 $18) 41. Rc7 Rg5 42. e4 $1 Bxe4 43.
Rxf7+ Ke5 44. Re7+ (44. Re7+ Kd4 45. Rxe4+ Kxe4 46. d7 $18) 1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch"]
[Site "San Luis"]
[Date "2005.10.10"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "2005.09.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. c4
c6 9. Re1 Bf5 10. Qb3 Na6 11. Nc3 dxc4 (11... Nd2 $6 12. Bxd2 Bxd3 13. c5 $16 {
Khalifman}) (11... Nec5 $6 12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. Bxf5 Nxb3 14. axb3 dxc4 (14... d4
15. Nxd4 Bxh2+ 16. Kxh2 Qxd4 17. Kg1 a6 (17... Qf6 18. Bc2 (18. Be4 Rfe8 19.
Be3 a6 20. Bc5 Qg5 21. Be3 Qe5 22. Re2 Qc7 23. Rae1 $14 {1-0 Genesis-The King
2.0/3/92-12 London 1992 (49)}) 18... Rfe8 19. Be3 a6 20. Re2 Qh4 21. Rae1 b5
22. Ne4 Re6 23. f3 Rae8 24. Bg5 Qh5 25. g4 Qxg5 26. Nxg5 Rxe2 27. Rc1 h6 28.
Ne4 $14 {1-0 Foy,J-Trevis,R/Chessfriend.com 2003/Telechess CBM 95 (64)}) (17...
Rfe8 18. Be3 Qe5 19. Bc2 f5 20. Red1 f4 21. Bxa7 f3 22. Be3 Rxa1 23. Rxa1 fxg2
24. Be4 Qh5 25. Bxg2 $14 {1/2-1/2 Van Kempen,H-Tsvetkov,A/Pappier mem 1998 (43)
}) 18. Be3 Qe5 19. Bc2 $16 {Voina - Dempster, corr 1991}) 15. bxc4 Bb4 16. Bg5
Qb6 17. Be3 Qc7 18. g3 $16 {Khalifman - Rozentalis, Vilnius 1988 -45/351}) 12.
Bxc4 (12. Qxc4 Bxh2+ $1 13. Kxh2 Nd6 14. Qb3 Bxd3 $17 {0-1 Yemelin,V-Avrukh,B/
USSR 1991 (29)}) 12... Nxc3 13. bxc3 b5 14. Bf1 (14. Be2 Rb8 15. Ba3 Be6 16.
Qb2 b4 17. cxb4 Nxb4 18. Bxb4 Bxb4 $15 {0-1 Vanhamme,P-O'Sullivan,M/corr 1998 
(47)}) 14... Nc7 15. Bg5 (15. a4 a5 (15... Be6 16. Qc2 Bd5 17. Ng5 f5 18. axb5
cxb5 19. c4 bxc4 20. Bxc4 Qd7 21. Ra5 Bxc4 22. Qxc4+ Kh8 23. d5 $14 {1-0 Szucs,
C-Csillag,B/corr HUN-ch 1998/MegaCorr2 (47)}) 16. Bg5 (16. Ne5 Bxe5 17. Rxe5
Be6 18. Qc2 b4 19. Be3 h6 20. Bd3 Nd5 21. c4 Nxe3 22. fxe3 Qd6 $132 {0-1
Laplaza,J-Borisov,V/Memorial Ljubomirov corr. 1998 (33)}) 16... Qd7 17. Ne5
Bxe5 18. dxe5 Be6 19. Red1 Bxb3 20. Rxd7 Rfc8 $13 {1/2-1/2 Oll,L-Rozentalis,E/
Klaipeda 1988/CBM 11 (32)}) (15. Ba3 Be6 16. Qb2 Bd5 $11 17. Ne5 Re8 18. Bxd6 {
1/2-1/2 Serper - Akopian, Adelaida 1988 -47/(387)}) 15... Qc8 (15... Qb8 16.
Bh4 Nd5 17. Bg3) 16. Bh4 a5 $6 {Black tries to seize initiative on the queen's
side but it only weakens his pawn structure.} (16... Nd5 17. Bg3 (17. c4 bxc4
18. Bxc4 Rb8 $11) 17... Bxg3 18. hxg3 Nb6 19. Re5 $14) 17. Bg3 a4 18. Qb2 Bxg3
19. hxg3 Nd5 $2 ({Black should prevent the move c4 by} 19... Be6 $5 20. Bd3 Bf5
21. Qc2 Bxd3 22. Qxd3 f6 23. c4 Qd7 $11) 20. c4 bxc4 21. Bxc4 $14 Rb8 22. Qd2
Qb7 {[%cal Yb7b2]} 23. Ne5 Qb6 24. Rac1 {[%csl Rc6]} Be6 25. a3 $1 $16 {
[%csl Ra4][%mdl 36] The advantage of White is determined by more active pieces
and the weak pawns a4 and c6.} Rfc8 26. Ba2 h6 27. Rc2 (27. Rc5 Qb2 28. Qxb2
Rxb2 29. Bc4 $16) 27... Bf5 28. Rc5 (28. Rb1 $1 Qxb1+ (28... Qa7 29. Rxb8 Qxb8
30. Nxc6 $18) 29. Bxb1 Rxb1+ 30. Rc1 $18) 28... Qb2 29. Qxb2 Rxb2 30. Bc4 Kf8 (
30... Be6 31. Nxc6 Kh7 32. Rc1 $16) 31. Rc1 (31. Nxc6 Nb6 32. Bxf7 $18) 31...
Nb6 32. Nxf7 (32. Bxf7 Nd7 33. Nxd7+ Bxd7 $16) 32... Rb1 33. Rxb1 Bxb1 34. Ne5
Ke7 35. Ba6 Rc7 36. Be2 (36. Rc1 Ba2 37. Rxc6 Rxc6 38. Nxc6+ Kd6 39. Ne5 Kd5
$44) 36... Kd6 37. Bf3 Ba2 38. Be4 (38. Bxc6 $18) 38... Bd5 39. f3 Re7 40. Rc3
Rc7 41. Rc5 Bb3 42. Kf2 Nd5 43. Ke2 Ne7 44. Ra5 Rb7 45. Ke3 Bd5 46. Nd3 Bc4 47.
Nb4 Bb5 48. g4 Nc8 49. Kd2 Ra7 50. Rxa7 Nxa7 51. Nc2 c5 52. Kc3 Bf1 53. dxc5+
Kxc5 54. Ne3 Ba6 55. Bc2 Nb5+ 56. Kb2 Nd6 57. Bxa4 Kd4 58. Nf5+ (58. Nc2+ Ke5
59. Kc3 Kf4 60. Kd4 Kg3 61. Ne3 $16) 58... Nxf5 59. gxf5 h5 (59... Ke3 60. g4 (
60. Kc3 h5) (60. Be8 Kf2 61. g4 Kxf3 62. Bh5 Ke3) 60... Kxf3 61. Bd1+ Ke4 62.
Kc3 h5 63. Bc2+ Kf4 64. gxh5 Kg5 65. a4 Kxh5 66. a5 Kg5 67. Kd4 Kf6 68. Kc5 $18
) 60. g3 Be2 61. Bc6 Ke3 62. Kc3 Kf2 63. Kd2 $1 (63. g4 h4 (63... hxg4 64. fxg4
Bxg4 65. Bd7 $18) 64. g5 h3 65. f6 h2 66. f4 gxf6 67. gxf6 Bf3 $14) 63... Ba6 (
63... Bf1 64. g4 h4 65. g5 h3 66. f6 gxf6 67. gxf6 h2 68. f7 (68. f4 Bg2 69.
Bxg2 Kxg2 70. f7 h1=Q 71. f8=Q $18) 68... h1=Q 69. f8=Q $18) 64. g4 h4 65. g5
h3 66. f6 gxf6 67. gxf6 Bb5 (67... h2 68. f4 Bb5 69. Bh1 Be8 70. a4 Bh5 71. a5
Bf3 72. f7 Bxh1 73. f8=Q Bf3 74. Qc5+ Kg3 75. Qg5+ Bg4 76. Qh6 Bf3 77. f5 h1=Q
78. Qxh1 Bxh1 79. f6 Bd5 80. a6 Kf4 81. a7 Ke5 82. f7 $18) 68. Be4 (68. Bxb5 h2
69. f7 h1=Q 70. f8=Q Qe1+ 71. Kc2 $18) 68... Be8 69. f4 Bg6 (69... h2 70. a4
Bg6 71. f5 Bxf5 72. Ba8 Bg6 73. a5 $18) 70. Bxg6 1-0

[Event "CHN-RUS Summit Men 1st"]
[Site "Shanghai"]
[Date "2001.09.07"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Peng, Xiaomin"]
[Black "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2629"]
[BlackElo "2627"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2001.09.07"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 085"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nb4 9. Re1 Nxd3 10. Qxd3 c6 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Qb5+ Qd7 13. Qb3 O-O 14. Bf4 (14.
Nc3 Nxc3 15. bxc3 Rd8 16. Ba3 Bf6 17. Re3 Qc7 $1 18. Qxd5 Be6 19. Qb5 (19. Qc5
Qxc5 20. Bxc5 b6 21. Ba3 Rac8 $44) 19... h6 20. h3 Rac8 21. Qb2 b6 22. Rae1 Qc4
$44 23. R1e2 Qa4 24. Kh2 Rd5 25. Bb4 {1/2-1/2 Topalov,V-Adams,M/Dortmund 2001/
CBM 85_01 (25)}) 14... b6 15. Ne5 Qb7 16. Nc3 Be6 (16... Nxc3 17. Qxc3 Bf5 18.
Qc6 Rab8 19. Rac1 $36) 17. a4 a6 18. a5 $6 Nxc3 (18... b5 19. Na4 Rae8 (19...
Rac8 20. f3 Nf6 21. Nb6 Rc7 22. Bd2 $36 {[%cal Gd2b4]}) 20. f3 $36) 19. bxc3 (
19. Qxc3 bxa5 20. Re2 Bb4 $17) 19... b5 $15 20. Bc1 Rfe8 (20... Rfc8 21. Ba3
Bd8 22. Bb4 $11 {[%cal Ge5d3,Gd3c5]}) 21. Ba3 Bd8 22. Bd6 {[%cal Ge5d3,Gd3c5]}
Bf5 23. g4 Be4 $1 {Black prepare exchange sacrifice.The bad position of White
king,weaknesses of pawns a5 and c3 give Black more than enough compensation
for this.} (23... Be6 24. f4 (24. h3 $142 $15) 24... f6 25. Nd3 Qc6 26. Bb4 Bc7
27. f5 Bf7 28. Qc2 Re4 $17) 24. f3 Rxe5 $1 {[%mdl 32]} 25. Bxe5 Bxf3 26. Qc2
Be4 27. Qf2 Rc8 {[%cal Yc8c6,Yc6g6]} 28. Re3 Rc6 29. h4 Qc8 30. Rf1 f6 31. g5
f5 $19 {[%csl Ra5,Rc3,Rg1][%mdl 32]} 32. Kh2 (32. Qa2 Rc4 33. Qa3 Qd7 34. Rfe1
Ra4 $17) 32... Rc4 $1 (32... Rxc3 33. Rxc3 Qxc3 34. Bf4 Qxa5 35. Rc1 $132 {/-+}
) 33. Bf4 Bxa5 34. Bd6 Bxc3 35. Rxe4 dxe4 36. Qxf5 Qxf5 37. Rxf5 Rc8 38. Bc5
Re8 39. d5 e3 40. d6 e2 41. Bf2 Be5+ 42. Rxe5 Rxe5 0-1

[Event "Montreal 3rd"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2002.07.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Degraeve, Jean Marc"]
[Black "Rozentalis, Eduardas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2586"]
[BlackElo "2564"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2002.07.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 091"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. c4
c6 9. Re1 Re8 10. Nc3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Bg4 12. Bg5 Rxe1+ 13. Qxe1 Qc8 14. c5 Bf8
15. Qb1 h6 16. Ne5 Be6 17. Bf4 Nd7 18. a4 $146 (18. Qb2 b5 19. cxb6 Nxb6 20. a4
Nc4 21. Qe2 Nxe5 22. Qxe5 c5 23. Rb1 {1/2-1/2 Socko,B-Rozentalis,E/Bydgoszcz
POL 2001/The Week in Chess 339 (23)}) 18... Be7 (18... Nxe5 19. Bxe5 Qd7 20.
Ra2 {[%csl Rb7][%cal Ga2b2]}) 19. a5 Bd8 20. Qb4 {[%cal Ga1b1] White prepare
decisive penetraton of theQb4 to d6.} b5 (20... Nxe5 21. Bxe5 Bc7 22. a6 (22.
Bxc7 Qxc7 23. Rb1 Rb8 $14) (22. Bd6 Bxd6 23. cxd6 Rb8 24. Rb1 b6) 22... b5 23.
cxb6 Bxb6 $14) 21. axb6 axb6 22. Rxa8 Qxa8 23. cxb6 Nxb6 (23... Nxe5 24. dxe5
$1 (24. Bxe5 Qb7 25. Bc7 Bxc7 26. bxc7 Qxc7 $11) 24... Qa1+ 25. Bf1 $1 (25. Bb1
c5 26. Qb5 Bf5 27. h3 Bxb6 (27... Qxb1+ 28. Qxb1 Bxb1 29. b7 Bc7 30. e6 $1 Bxf4
31. e7 $18) (27... Bxb1 28. Kh2 $16) 28. Qxb6 Qxb1+ 29. Qxb1 Bxb1 $11) 25...
Bf5 26. b7 Bd3 (26... Bc7 27. e6 Bd3 28. h3 Qxf1+ 29. Kh2 Be4 30. Qxe4 $1 dxe4
31. Bxc7 $18) 27. h3 Qxf1+ 28. Kh2 Be4 29. Qxe4 $1 dxe4 30. b8=Q Qd3 31. e6 $1
fxe6 32. Bd6 $18) 24. Qd6 Na4 $2 (24... Bf6 25. Qxc6 Qa1+ 26. Bf1 Bxe5 27. Bxe5
Nc4 $44) (24... Qa1+ $5 25. Bf1 Bf6 $132) 25. Nxc6 Bf6 26. Bd2 $16 Nb2 27. Ba6
$1 Nc4 (27... Kh7 $142 28. Na5 Bf5 29. Qc6 $16) 28. Bxc4 dxc4 29. h3 Qa1+ 30.
Kh2 Qd1 31. Bf4 $1 Qd3 (31... Qe2 32. Be5 $1 Qxf2 (32... Bh4 33. d5 $18) 33.
Bxf6 Qxf6 (33... gxf6 34. Ne7+ Kh7 35. Qb8 h5 36. Qg3 $1 $18) 34. d5 $18) 32.
Be5 $1 Bh4 33. Bg3 Bf6 34. Be5 Bh4 35. Qb8+ Kh7 36. Qf8 f6 37. Bg3 $1 Bxg3+ 38.
fxg3 Qxc3 39. Qd6 $2 (39. Qe8 $1 Bd5 40. Ne7 Qxd4 41. Qd7 $1 Qe5 (41... c3 $140
42. Nf5 $18) 42. Nxd5 c3 43. Qc6 $18) 39... Qe3 40. d5 Bf7 41. Qd7 Be8 42. Qd8
f5 $2 (42... Bf7 $11) (42... Qe4 43. Ne7 Bf7 44. d6 Be6 45. Qe8 $1 Bd5 $140 46.
Qg6+ $1 Qxg6 47. Nxg6 Bc6 48. d7 Bxd7 49. Nf8+ Kg8 50. Nxd7 $16) 43. Qc7 c3 44.
Nd8 $1 Qg5 45. Ne6 Qf6 46. Qc8 $18 c2 47. Qxe8 $1 c1=Q 48. Nf8+ Qxf8 49. Qxf8
Qc2 50. d6 Qc5 51. Qe7 Qa3 52. Qe6 1-0

[Event "Najdorf Memorial 12th"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "2001.09.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Milos, Gilberto"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2692"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2001.09.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 085"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nf6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Re1 Be6 12. a3 Bf6 13. Be4 Rb8 $146 {This new
move is preparing original plan of counterplay on the queen's side.} (13... h6
14. h3 Qd7 15. Bc2 Bf5 16. Ne4 Rae8 17. Nxf6+ Nxf6 18. Rxe8 Rxe8 19. Ba4 Qd6
20. Be3 Re7 21. Rc1 Nd5 22. Bxc6 bxc6 23. Ne5 Nxe3 24. fxe3 Be4 25. Qg4 {
1/2-1/2 Topalov,V-Jussupow,A/Moscow 1994/CBM 45 (25)}) 14. Qd3 h6 15. Bh7+ Kh8
16. Bf5 Nxc3 (16... Bxf5 17. Qxf5 Nde7 18. Qh5 $36 Nxd4 $140 19. Bxh6 $16) 17.
bxc3 (17. Bxe6 $2 Nxd4 18. Nxd4 Bxd4 $17) 17... Bd5 18. Bf4 Ne7 19. Bg4 (19.
Be4 b5 (19... Bxe4 20. Rxe4 Nd5 21. Be5 b5 $14) 20. Be5 Bxe4 21. Rxe4 Ng6 $14 {
/=}) 19... Ng6 20. Bg3 b5 $1 21. Qf5 a5 $1 {[%cal Yb5b4][%mdl 36]} (21... Rb7
$5 22. Re3 c6 $11 {[%cal Yb7e7]}) 22. Re3 Rb7 23. Qh5 $6 (23. Rae1 c6 $11)
23... b4 $1 $36 24. axb4 axb4 25. Rae1 (25. cxb4 Bxf3 26. Bxf3 Rxb4 {[%csl Rd4]
} 27. Be5 $11) 25... c6 (25... b3 26. Bf5 b2 27. Bb1 $13) 26. cxb4 (26. Bf5
$142 bxc3 27. Rxc3 Bxf3 28. Qxf3 Ne7 29. Be5 $11) 26... Rxb4 27. Ne5 (27. Bf5
Bxf3 28. Qxf3 (28. Rxf3 Ne7 29. Be5 Bxe5 30. dxe5 Qd2 {[%cal Yg7g6]} 31. Rfe3
Rf4 $17) 28... Bxd4 29. R3e2 c5 $17) 27... Rxd4 28. Nxg6+ $2 (28. Nd7 Rg8 29.
Bc7 Qxc7 30. Nxf6 Rf8 31. Nd7 (31. Nxd5 Rxd5 32. Bf5 Qf4 $17) 31... Nf4 32. Qf5
Be6 33. Rxe6 Nxe6 34. Nxf8 Nxf8 35. Re8 Kg8 $17) 28... fxg6 29. Qxg6 {[%tqu
"En","Find the forsed line which brought victory to Black.","","","d5f7","",10]
} Bf7 30. Qf5 g6 $1 31. Qf3 Bd5 32. Qe2 Bc4 33. Qf3 Bd5 34. Qe2 Bc4 35. Qf3 Bg7
$1 $19 36. Qxc6 Rxg4 37. Bd6 (37. h3 Bd5 38. Qb5 Rd4 39. Re7 Rd2 $19) 37... Qa8
38. Qxa8 Rxa8 39. Be5 Bd5 40. Bxg7+ Kxg7 41. f3 Rd4 42. R1e2 h5 43. Kf2 Kf6 44.
Rb2 Ra6 45. Re8 Be6 46. Rf8+ Kg5 47. Rb5+ Bf5 48. Rb2 Rad6 49. Ke3 Rc4 50. Rfb8
Rd3+ 51. Kf2 h4 $1 52. Rh8 Rdc3 53. Rh7 Rc2+ 54. Rxc2 Rxc2+ 55. Kg1 h3 $1 56.
g4 Bd3 57. Rxh3 Kf4 58. Rh8 (58. Rg3 Be2 $19) 58... Kxf3 59. Rh3+ Ke2 (59...
Ke2 60. Rh8 Be4 61. h4 Rc1+ 62. Kh2 Kf2 $19) 0-1

[Event "CHN-RUS Summit Men 1st"]
[Site "Shanghai"]
[Date "2001.09.09"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Zhang, Pengxiang"]
[Black "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2487"]
[BlackElo "2627"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2001.09.07"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 085"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Hecht} e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O
Be7 8. c4 Nb4 9. cxd5 Nxd3 10. Qxd3 Qxd5 11. Re1 Bf5 12. g4 Bg6 13. Nc3 Nxc3
14. Qxc3 f6 15. b3 (15. Qxc7 O-O 16. Rxe7 Qxf3 17. Rxg7+ Kh8 18. Bh6 Qxg4+ 19.
Qg3 Qxd4 20. Rxg6 hxg6 21. Qh3 $1 Kg8 22. Bxf8 Rxf8 23. Qb3+ Rf7 24. Rd1 Qg4+
25. Kf1 Kg7 26. h3 Qe4 27. Qd5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Anand,V-Sokolov,I/Dortmund 1999/
CBM 72/[Blatny,P] (31)}) (15. Bf4 Qd7 (15... Kf7 16. Qxc7 Rhe8 17. Nd2 Qxd4 18.
Nc4 Rad8 19. Rad1 Qxd1 20. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 21. Kg2 Red8 22. Qxb7 R1d4 23. Qc7 R8d7
24. Qc8 Be4+ 25. Kg3 Bb7 $19 {0-1 Guid,M-Kobrin,M/Patras GRE 1999 (37)}) 16. h3
(16. Bg3 O-O 17. Qxc7 Qxg4 18. Nh4 Bd8 19. Qxb7 Bb6 20. Re7 Bd3 21. Qf3 Qxf3
22. Nxf3 Rfd8 23. Rc1 Kf8 24. Re3 Ba6 25. Ra3 Bb7 $44 {1/2-1/2 Jaulin,P-Picart,
L/Fouesnant 2000/Ajelibre (40)}) 16... O-O 17. Qxc7 Qd5 18. Nh4 Bb4 19. Nxg6
hxg6 20. Rec1 Rac8 21. Qxc8 Rxc8 22. Rxc8+ Kh7 23. a3 Qxd4 24. axb4 Qxf4 25.
Rxa7 Qxb4 $11 {1/2-1/2 Stevanec,L-Vukanovic,S/Ljubljana CRO 2000/ (31)}) 15...
Kf7 $146 {This move is a strong improvement of the game Zhang Pengxiang-Karpov
2000} (15... Kd7 16. Bf4 c6 17. Rad1 Rae8 18. Ne5+ Kc8 19. Nc4 h5 20. Rxe7 Rxe7
21. Qb4 Rd7 22. Nd6+ Rxd6 23. Qxd6 Qxd6 24. Bxd6 Rd8 25. Be7 Rd7 26. gxh5 Bxh5
27. Re1 Rxd4 $17 {0-1 Zhang Pengxiang-Karpov,A/Cap d'Agde FRA 2000 (73)}) 16.
Qxc7 Rhe8 17. Qc4 Qxc4 (17... Rad8 18. Bf4 Kf8 $44) 18. bxc4 b6 (18... Rac8 19.
c5 b6 20. cxb6 axb6 $44) 19. Bb2 Rac8 20. Rac1 Bd6 $44 {[%cal Yd6f4][%mdl 548]
Black have brilliant compensation for sacrifising pawn due to pair of bishops
and weaknesses of pawns c4,d4,g4.} 21. Rxe8 Rxe8 22. c5 Bf4 23. Rc3 (23. Re1
Rxe1+ 24. Nxe1 bxc5 (24... Ke6 25. Ng2 Bd2 26. Ne3 $15) 25. dxc5 Ke6 26. Ng2
Be5 $17) 23... Be4 $17 24. Nh4 bxc5 25. Ra3 (25. dxc5 Rd8 26. f3 (26. Nf3 Rd1+
27. Kg2 Be5 $19) 26... Rd1+ 27. Kf2 Rd2+ 28. Kf1 Bd5 29. c6 (29. Ba3 Be5 $19)
29... Rxb2 30. c7 Be6 31. c8=Q Bxc8 32. Rxc8 Rxa2 $19) 25... Rb8 26. Rb3 c4 $19
27. Rxb8 Bxb8 28. Ng2 Bxg2 $1 {[%mdl 4096] The simplest way to the victory.}
29. Kxg2 {Hecht: '[#] Schlechter Lдufer'} Ke6 30. h3 Kd5 31. Kf3 g6 32. Ke3 Bc7
33. Bc3 Bb6 34. a4 a6 35. f3 f5 {/\36...Bd4 37.Bd4 f4+ -+} 36. h4 (36. f4 h6
37. a5 (37. Bb2 Ba5 38. Ba3 Bc3 39. Bc5 Bb2 40. Bb6 Bc1+ 41. Kf3 c3 $19) 37...
Bd8 38. Bb4 fxg4 39. hxg4 h5 40. f5 gxf5 41. gxh5 Bg5+ 42. Kf3 Kxd4 43. Bf8 c3
44. h6 c2 45. h7 (45. Bg7+ Kd3 46. h7 c1=Q 47. h8=Q Qf1+ 48. Kg3 Bf4+ 49. Kh4
Qh1#) 45... Bf6 (45... c1=Q 46. h8=Q+ Kd3 $19) 46. Ba3 Kc3 47. Bc1 Kb3 48. Ke3
Ka2 49. Kd2 Kb1 50. Ba3 f4 $19) (36. Bb2 {Hecht} Bxd4+ 37. Bxd4 f4+ 38. Kxf4
Kxd4 $19) (36. gxf5 {Hecht} gxf5 37. f4 h5 38. Bb2 Ba5 39. Ba3 Bc3 40. Bc5 Bb2
41. Bb6 Bc1+ 42. Kf3 c3 $19) 36... fxg4 37. fxg4 h5 $1 38. gxh5 (38. g5 {Hecht}
Bc7 39. Be1 Bb8 40. Bf2 (40. a5 {Hecht} Bc7 $22) 40... Ba7 $19) 38... gxh5 {
[%csl Rd4,Rh4]} 39. Kf4 (39. Bb2 {Hecht} Bd8 $19) 39... Bxd4 40. Be1 c3 41. Kf5
c2 42. Bd2 Kc4 0-1

[Event "CHN-RUS Summit Men 1st"]
[Site "Shanghai"]
[Date "2001.09.07"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ye, Jiangchuan"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2001.09.07"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 085"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8.
Re1 Bf5 9. c4 c6 10. Nc3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Bxd3 12. Qxd3 dxc4 13. Qxc4 Nd7 14. Qb3
Qc7 15. c4 Rfe8 16. Bb2 Bf8 (16... h6 17. g3 Qb6 18. Qc2 Qa5 19. Bc3 Qh5 20.
Nh4 b5 $1 $11 {1-0 Timman,J-Akopian,V/Groningen 1996/Inf 68/[Timman,J] (41)})
17. g3 Qb6 (17... Rad8 18. Rad1 Rxe1+ 19. Rxe1 Nf6 20. d5 $36) 18. Qc2 Qa5 19.
d5 $1 cxd5 20. Qf5 Rxe1+ 21. Rxe1 Rd8 22. Rd1 (22. Ng5 Qxe1+ 23. Kg2 Nf6 24.
Bxf6 g6 25. Qh3 h6 26. Bxd8 hxg5 27. Bf6 Qe4+ 28. Kg1 Bg7 29. Qc8+ Kh7 30. Qh3+
$11) 22... g6 (22... h6 23. Rxd5 Qxa2 24. Be5 g6 25. Qf4 Bc5 26. Rd2 $16) (
22... Qb6 23. Ng5 (23. Ba1 dxc4 24. Kg2 Nf6 $17) (23. Bd4 Qe6 24. Qg5 Rc8 25.
Qxd5 Nc5 $11) 23... Qg6 24. Qxd5 h6 (24... Be7 25. Qxb7 $16) 25. Nf3 Qc2 26.
Rd2 $16) 23. Rxd5 (23. Qf4 $5 Be7 (23... Qb6 24. Ng5 f5 25. Ba1 $36) 24. Rxd5
Qb6 (24... Qxa2 25. Qd4 Bf6 26. Rxd7 $18) 25. Bd4 (25. Ne5 Nf6 $11) (25. Ng5 f5
26. Rxd7 $140 (26. Qd2 $5 $36) 26... Rxd7 27. Qe5 Qf6 28. Qxf6 Bxf6 29. Bxf6
Rc7 $15) 25... Bc5 26. Ne5 Nxe5 27. Bxc5 Qb1+ 28. Kg2 Rxd5 29. cxd5 $16) 23...
gxf5 (23... Qxa2 24. Qg5 Re8 25. Qd2 (25. Rxd7 Qxb2 26. Qf4 Re7 27. Rxe7 Bxe7
28. Qb8+ $11) 25... Re7 (25... Nb6 26. Qd4 f6 27. Qxf6 Nxd5 28. Qh8+ Kf7 29.
Qxh7+ Ke6 30. Ng5+ Kd6 31. Qxg6+ Kd7 32. Qf7+ $18) 26. Kg2 $44 (26. Rxd7 Rxd7
27. Qc3 f6 28. Qxf6 Qb1+ 29. Kg2 Qe4 30. Qh8+ Kf7 31. Qxh7+ Ke8 $17)) 24. Rxa5
Bc5 (24... Nb6 25. Rxf5 h6 26. Rf4 $16) 25. Ba3 $5 (25. Bd4 $1 Bb6 (25... Bxd4
26. Nxd4 Nb6 27. Nxf5 a6 28. c5 Nd5 (28... Nc4 29. Ra4 $16) 29. c6 $16) 26.
Bxb6 (26. Rd5 $1 $16) 26... axb6 27. Rxf5 Ra8) 25... Bxa3 26. Rxa3 a6 27. Rd3
$1 Kf8 28. Nh4 f4 29. Nf5 $36 fxg3 30. hxg3 Ke8 $1 31. Nd6+ Ke7 32. Nxb7 Rc8
$132 33. Re3+ Kf8 34. Nd6 Rc6 35. Re8+ Kg7 36. Nf5+ Kf6 37. Ne3 Nb6 38. Re4 Rc5
$1 {[%cal Yc5a5,Ya5a2]} 39. Rh4 Ke7 40. Rxh7 (40. Kg2 h5) 40... Nxc4 41. Nxc4
Rxc4 42. Rh4 $1 Rc5 43. Kg2 a5 44. Rf4 f6 45. g4 Kf7 46. Ra4 Kg6 47. Kg3 f5 48.
f4 Rc3+ 49. Kh4 Rc1 $1 50. Rxa5 Rh1+ 51. Kg3 Rg1+ 52. Kf2 Rxg4 53. Ra4 Rh4 54.
Kg3 Rg4+ 55. Kh3 Rg1 56. Rc4 Rd1 57. a4 Kf6 58. a5 Rh1+ 59. Kg3 Rg1+ 60. Kf2
Ra1 61. Rc6+ Kg7 62. a6 Ra3 63. Ke2 Ra4 64. Ke3 Kf7 65. Rb6 Kg7 (65... Kg7 66.
Rb7+ Kf6 67. a7 Ke6 68. Kd3 Kd5 69. Kc3 Kc5 70. Kb3 Ra6 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch sf 58th"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "2005.09.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Belov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2596"]
[BlackElo "2516"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 109"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. c4
c6 9. Re1 Bf5 10. Qb3 Qd7 11. c5 (11. Nc3 Nxc3 12. Bxf5 Qxf5 13. bxc3 b6 14.
cxd5 cxd5 15. Qb5 Qd7 $1 16. a4 Rd8 17. g3 Bc7 18. Bg5 f6 19. Bd2 Nc6 $11 {
1-0 Adams,M-Morozevich,A/Wijk aan Zee 2005/CBM 105/[Huzman] (49)}) (11. Be3
dxc4 (11... Na6 $5) 12. Bxc4 Qc7 13. Nc3 Nxc3 14. bxc3 Nd7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Leko,
P-Anand,V/Leon 2001/CBM 84/[Huzman] (20)}) (11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Nc3 Be6 13. Bxe4
dxe4 14. d5 Bxd5 15. Nxd5 {1/2-1/2 Mikhalchishin-Ionov/Klaipeda YB/11 1988 (15)
}) 11... Bc7 12. Nbd2 Be6 $5 (12... Re8 13. Nh4 Be6 14. Qc2 f5 (14... Qe7 15.
Nxe4 Bxh2+ (15... Qxh4 16. g3 Qg4 17. h3 $1 Qxh3 18. Ng5 $16) 16. Kxh2 Qxh4+
17. Kg1 dxe4 18. Rxe4 $36) 15. f3 Qd8 (15... Bxh2+ 16. Kxh2 Qc7+ 17. Kg1 Qg3
18. Re2 Qxh4 19. fxe4 fxe4 20. Nxe4 dxe4 21. Rxe4 $16) 16. g3 Nxg3 (16... Ng5
17. Bxf5 $16) 17. hxg3 Bxg3 18. Rxe6 Rxe6 19. Nxf5 Re1+ 20. Nf1 $16) 13. Nf1 (
13. Qc2 f5 14. b4 Qf7 $11) 13... f5 (13... b6 14. Qc2 Qd8 15. Ng3 $14) 14. Ng5
$1 Nxg5 (14... b6 15. Nxe6 Qxe6 16. f3 Qf6 17. Be3 $16) 15. Bxg5 b6 (15... h6
16. Bd2 b6 17. Re2 $16) 16. Re2 Qf7 17. Rae1 Re8 18. Qc2 g6 19. Nd2 ({The
strong prophylactic move} 19. a4 $1 $16 {made big problems for Black with
finishing the development of his pieces.}) 19... b5 $8 (19... Nd7 20. cxb6 Bxb6
21. Qxc6 $18) 20. f4 (20. Nf3 Nd7 21. Qd2 f4 $13) 20... Nd7 21. Nf3 Ba5 22. Rf1
$14 Qg7 23. Ne5 h6 24. Bh4 Nxe5 25. fxe5 (25. dxe5 Bd8 26. Bxd8 (26. Be1 a5 $11
) 26... Raxd8 27. b4 a5 $132) 25... g5 $1 26. Be1 Bxe1 27. Rexe1 f4 {Black
solved his opening problems. White can't get a decisive advantage only on the
queen's side and it is too dangerous for them to open the battle on the king's
side.} 28. a4 (28. g3 Bh3 29. Rf2 Rf8 30. gxf4 Rxf4 31. Rxf4 gxf4+ 32. Kh1 f3)
28... a6 29. Ra1 Rf8 30. Qd2 Qb7 31. Qe2 Kg7 32. b4 Qd7 33. Ra3 Ra7 34. Rfa1
Rb7 35. axb5 axb5 36. Bc2 Bg4 37. Qf2 Rc7 38. Ra5 Bf5 $132 39. Re1 Qe6 40. Ra3
Bxc2 41. Qxc2 Rcf7 $11 42. Rf1 Qg4 43. h3 Qe6 44. Qe2 Qg6 45. Ra6 Re7 46. Re1
Re6 47. Ra7+ Kg8 48. Rea1 h5 49. Qf2 Qe4 50. Ra8 Rxa8 51. Rxa8+ Kg7 52. Ra7+
Kg6 53. Kh2 Qf5 (53... g4 $6 54. hxg4 hxg4 55. Qh4 $40) 54. g3 (54. g3 f3 $11 {
[%cal Yg5g4]}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Queens-Kings"]
[Site "Jinan"]
[Date "2002.07.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Zhu, Chen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2682"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2002.07.21"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 091"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. c4
c6 9. Re1 Bg4 10. h3 Bf5 $6 (10... Bxf3 11. Qxf3 f5 12. Nc3 Qa5 13. Bf4 Bxf4
14. Qxf4 Nd7 15. Rac1 Rac8 16. f3 Qb6 17. Ne2 Rce8 18. cxd5 Ne5 19. Bb1 Ng6 20.
Qh2 Nd2 21. dxc6 Nxb1 22. Rxb1 Qxc6 $44 {0-1 Anand,V-Barua,D/New Delhi 1990 
(53)}) (10... Bh5 11. Bxe4 dxe4 12. Rxe4 Nd7 13. Nc3 f5 14. Re1 Nf6 15. Qd3 Ne4
16. Nxe4 fxe4 17. Qxe4 Bxf3 18. gxf3 Qc7 $13 {Krause-Nielsen/Copenhagen 1896 
(22)}) 11. Qb3 $1 Na6 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Nc3 Be6 14. Nb5 {White have an extra
tempo in comporation with teoretical line.} (14. Qxb7 Nb4 $1 (14... Nac5 15.
dxc5 Nxc5 16. Bxh7+ Kxh7 17. Qb5 $16) 15. Bxe4 Rb8 (15... dxe4 16. Qxe4 $16)
16. Bxh7+ Kxh7 17. Qxa7 Nc2 18. Rxe6 fxe6 19. Rb1 (19. Ng5+ Kg8 20. Nxe6 Qf6
21. Nxf8 Rxf8 $17) 19... Rxf3 20. gxf3 Qh4 $44) 14... Nb4 15. Nxd6 Qxd6 (15...
Nxd3 16. Nxb7 $16) 16. Bb1 $14 a6 $6 (16... Nc6 $142 $14) 17. Ng5 Nxg5 18. Bxg5
Rfe8 19. Bd2 Nc6 20. Qb6 Qd7 (20... Qd8 21. Qxb7 (21. Qxd8 Raxd8 22. Be3 $14 {
/=}) 21... Nxd4 22. Qb4 Nc6 23. Qa3 $14) 21. Bd3 Bxh3 $2 {This piece sacrifice
is unfounded.} (21... Bf5 22. Bf1 $14) 22. gxh3 Qxh3 23. Re3 $1 Rxe3 24. Bxe3
Re8 $2 (24... Qg4+ 25. Kf1 Re8 26. Re1 $16) 25. Bf1 $18 Qg4+ 26. Bg2 h5 27.
Qxb7 Nxd4 28. Bxd4 Qxd4 29. Bxd5 Qf6 30. Qc6 Qg5+ 31. Kf1 Qd2 32. Qxe8+ 1-0

[Event "Candidates Tournament Gp2"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2002.07.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2002.07.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8.
Re1 Bg4 9. c3 f5 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Qb3 Na5 12. Qc2 c5 13. Ne5 Bh5 14. f3 (14.
Ndf3 Rc8 15. Be3 c4 16. Be2 f4 17. Bc1 Bd6 18. Nd2 Bxe2 19. Rxe2 Bxe5 20. dxe5
Ng5 21. h4 Ne6 22. Nf3 Nc6 23. b3 d4 24. Rd2 d3 $17 {0-1 Hunt,A-Saljova,S/
Maidstone 1994/EXT 97 (57)}) 14... Bh4 15. fxe4 (15. g3 Nxg3 16. hxg3 Bxg3 17.
Re2 cxd4 18. cxd4 (18. Bxf5 dxc3 19. bxc3 Re8 20. Bxh7+ Kh8 21. Qf5 Qh4 $40)
18... Rc8 19. Qa4 Qh4 $40) 15... Bxe1 16. exf5 c4 (16... Nc6 17. Ndf3 Nxe5 18.
Nxe5 cxd4 19. g4 $1 (19. Bf4 Bh4 20. cxd4 Qb6 $17) (19. cxd4 Qb6 20. Be3 Rac8
21. Qa4 Bd2 $1 22. Bxd2 Qxb2 23. Rf1 Qxd2 24. Qxa7 Qe3+ 25. Kh1 Rce8 $19 {
[%cal Ye8e5,Ye3a7,Ye3d3]}) 19... dxc3 (19... Bf7 20. Nf3 Re8 21. Bg5 Qb6 22.
Kf1 $1 dxc3 23. bxc3 {[%csl Re1]}) (19... Re8 20. Bf4 Qh4 21. Qg2 $1 dxc3 22.
Qxd5+ Kh8 23. gxh5 $36) 20. gxh5 Re8 21. Bf4 Bd2 $13) 17. Bf1 Bxd2 18. Bxd2 Nc6
19. Re1 Qc8 $1 20. h3 Rxf5 21. g4 Nxe5 22. dxe5 Rxf1+ $2 (22... Bxg4 23. hxg4
Rf3) (22... Rf3 $1 23. gxh5 (23. Qd1 Qc5+ 24. Kh1 Rg3 25. Bg2 Bf7 (25... Bg6
26. Be3 $1 Rxe3 $140 27. Qxd5+) 26. e6 Bg6 $17) 23... Qc5+ 24. Kh1 Qf2 25. Bg2
Rd3 26. Rd1 Rf8 $1 $19 {/\27...Rff3}) 23. Rxf1 Bg6 24. Qd1 Qc5+ 25. Rf2 Re8 (
25... d4 26. cxd4 Qxd4 27. Qe2 $11) 26. Bf4 Bd3 27. Qf3 Be4 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch"]
[Site "San Luis"]
[Date "2005.09.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2005.09.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. a3 Nc6 11. cxd5 Qxd5 12. Nc3 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Na5 14. Rb1 a6 (
14... Nc4 15. a4 Be6 16. Rb5 c5 17. Ng5 Rab8 18. Qd3 Bxg5 19. Rxc5 Qxc5 20.
dxc5 Rfd8 21. Qg3 $16 {1-0 Sibarevic,M-Vianin,P/Geneve 1990/EXT 2000 (32)}) (
14... b6 15. Bf4 Bd6 16. Ne5 Bf5 17. Rb5 Qe4 18. Bg3 Qc2 19. Qe1 a6 20. Bd1 Qa2
$17 {0-1 Harper,R-Rene,M/Dos Hermanas 2004/CBM 99 ext (29)}) (14... c5 15. Qa4
Qd8 16. dxc5 Bxc5 17. Bg5 Qc7 18. Bf4 Qd8 19. Rfd1 $18 {1-0 Crut,A-Friot,E/
Bescanon 1999/EXT 2000 (23)}) (14... c6 15. Qa4 Qa2 16. Bd3 Qd5 17. Re1 $16 {
0-1 Li Ruofan-Koneru,H/Hyderabad World Cup QF w 2002/[Barsky] (35)}) 15. Ne5 (
15. Re1 Bf6 16. Bf4 Bf5 17. Bd3 Bxd3 18. Qxd3 Nc4 19. Nd2 Nxd2 20. Qxd2 Rac8
21. Be5 Bd8 22. Qe2 f6 23. c4 Qd7 24. Bf4 $16 {1-0 Balog,M-Varga,C/Harkбny
2002/Magyar Versenyek 2002 (48)}) 15... Bf5 (15... Qa2 16. Rb2 Qxa3 17. Rb4
Qxc3 18. Bd2 Bxb4 19. Bxc3 Bxc3 20. Qd3 Bb4 {1/2-1/2 Schirmer,W-Kraft,G/
Hamburg GER 2005/(20)}) 16. Bf3 Qe6 (16... Be4 17. Bxe4 Qxe4 18. Rb2 Qd5 19.
Re2 Bd6 20. Rfe1 b5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Blehm,P-Urban,K/Koszalin 1998/CBM 65 ext (27)}
) 17. Rb2 {White temporarily sacrifices a pawn by transferring the Rb1 to e2.}
Bxa3 18. Re2 Bxc1 (18... Qd6 19. Bf4 $1 (19. Qa4 Bxc1 20. Rxc1 Nc6 21. Nxc6
bxc6 22. Bxc6 Rab8 $14) 19... Nc6 20. Qb3 Na5 21. Qa4 $16) 19. Nc6 (19. Qxc1
Qd6 20. Qa1 Nc6 21. Rfe1 Be6 22. Nxc6 bxc6 23. Qa5 Rfb8 $11) 19... Qf6 20. Nxa5
(20. Ne7+ Kh8 21. Nxf5 Bf4 22. Ng3 Rad8 $15) 20... Bf4 21. Nxb7 Rab8 {The pair
of bishops compensates the pawn weaknesses of Black on the queen's side.} 22.
Rfe1 g6 (22... c6 23. Nc5 Rb1 24. Qa4 Rxe1+ 25. Rxe1 Bd2 26. Rd1 Bxc3 27. Qc4
Ba5 28. Qxa6 $14) 23. Ra2 (23. g3 $5 Bc8 24. Rb2 Bh6 25. Qd3 $14) 23... c6 24.
Nc5 (24. Nc5 Bd6 (24... Rb1 25. Qe2 (25. Qxb1 Bxb1 26. Rxb1 Rb8 27. Rba1 $14))
25. Qd2 Bxc5 26. dxc5 Rfd8 27. Qe3 Rb3 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch"]
[Site "San Luis"]
[Date "2005.10.05"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2005.09.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. a3 Nc6 11. cxd5 Qxd5 12. Nc3 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Na5 14. Ne5 Bf5 (
14... Qb3 15. Qd3 Qd5 16. Bf3 Qd6 17. Bf4 $16 {1-0 Susilodonata,A-Lintchevski,
D/Oropesa del Mar 2000/EXT 2001 (33)}) (14... Bf6 15. Bf3 Qd8 16. Qa4 c6 17.
Bf4 Be6 18. Rab1 b5 19. Qd1 Bxe5 20. Bxe5 Bd5 21. Re1 Re8 22. Bxd5 Qxd5 23. Qg4
g6 24. Qh4 $36 {1-0 Matras,A-Hernandez,Y/Warsaw 2001/CBM 82 ext (60)}) (14...
c5 15. Rb1 (15. Be3 cxd4 16. cxd4 Bf5 17. Qa4 Rac8 18. Bf3 Qd8 19. Rfc1 Rxc1+
20. Rxc1 b6 21. d5 Bd6 22. Nc6 Nxc6 23. dxc6 Qe7 $11 {1-0 Boukal,P-Stefanik,O/
corr 1985/corr (39)}) 15... Bf5 16. Rb5 b6 17. Re1 Rad8 18. Bf3 Qd6 19. Qe2
cxd4 20. cxd4 Rc8 21. Bd5 (21. Bd2 $5) 21... Be6 22. Be4 Nb3 $15 {1/2-1/2 Xu
Yuhua-Koneru,H/Hyderabad 2002/CBM 90 ext (44)}) 15. c4 Qd6 $2 {Black only lost
a tempo by this move.} ({Assesment of this line depends on the move} 15... Qd8
$5 16. c5 (16. Bf3 c5 17. Be3 cxd4 18. Bxd4 Qc7 19. Bd5 Rad8 20. Qf3 Be6 $11) (
16. Be3 c5 17. d5 Bd6 $11) 16... Bf6 (16... Be6 17. Be3 f6 18. Nd3 Bf7 (18...
Nc4 19. Qb3 $16) 19. Nf4 Qd7 20. Qc2 $16 {[%csl Ra5]}) 17. Qa4 Bxe5 18. dxe5
Nc6 19. Bf3 Qe7 $14) 16. c5 Qd5 (16... Qe6 17. Bf4 (17. Qa4 f6 18. Nf3 Qxe2 19.
Re1 Qc4 20. Qxa5 Bd8 21. c6 Bc8 $13) 17... Rad8 18. Qa4 b6 19. Rfe1 $16) 17.
Bf3 Be4 (17... Qd8 18. Re1 f6 19. Ng4 $16) 18. Bxe4 Qxe4 19. Bd2 $1 Nc6 (19...
b6 20. Bxa5 bxa5 21. Re1 Qd5 22. Qa4 Bf6 23. Nd7 $16) 20. Re1 Qh4 21. Nf3 Qh5
22. Rb1 Bf6 (22... Rab8 23. Bf4 $18) 23. Rxb7 Nxd4 (23... Rac8 24. Bf4 Qd5 25.
Rxc7 Nxd4 26. Nxd4 Qxd4 27. Rxc8 (27. Qxd4 Bxd4 28. c6 g5 29. Rxc8 Rxc8 30. Be5
Bxe5 31. Rxe5 Rxc6 32. Rxg5+ $16) 27... Rxc8 28. Bd6 $18) 24. Nxd4 Qxd1 25.
Rxd1 Bxd4 26. Be3 $1 {White wins a pawn now and it is enough for the victory.}
Bxe3 27. fxe3 c6 28. Rd6 Rae8 (28... Rfc8 29. Rdd7 Rf8 30. Rdc7 $18) 29. Kf2
Re5 30. Rxc6 Rfe8 31. Rcc7 Rxe3 32. Rxf7 Re2+ 33. Kg3 R8e3+ 34. Rf3 Rxf3+ 35.
Kxf3 Rc2 36. Rc7 $18 h5 37. c6 Kh7 38. h3 Kh6 39. Ke4 Kg6 (39... Kg6 40. Kd5
Rd2+ 41. Ke6 Rc2 42. Kd7 Rd2+ 43. Kc8 Rc2 44. Kb7 $18) (39... Rxg2 40. Rxa7 Rc2
41. Kd5 g5 42. c7 g4 43. Ra6+ Kg5 44. Rc6 $18) 1-0

[Event "Dortmund m1"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2002.07.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2581"]
[BlackElo "2623"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2002.07.13"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 091"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8.
Re1 Bf5 9. c4 c6 10. Qc2 Bg6 11. c5 Bc7 12. Nc3 f5 13. Ne2 Nd7 14. Bf4 Bh5 15.
Qc1 (15. Bxc7 Qxc7 16. Nd2 Rae8 (16... Bxe2 17. Rxe2 Rae8 18. Nb3 g6 19. Rae1
Kf7 20. Qc1 Nef6 21. Nd2 Rxe2 22. Bxe2 Re8 23. Nf3 Kg7 24. b4 $14 {1-0 Brodsky,
M-Maksimenko,A/Copenhagen 1994/EXT 99 (54)}) 17. f3 Nxd2 18. Qxd2 f4 19. Nc3 g5
20. g4 (20. Rxe8 Rxe8 21. Re1 {1/2-1/2 Finkelstein,J-Felber,R/ICCF Email 2001 
(21)}) 20... Bg6 21. Bxg6 hxg6 22. Re2 Rxe2 23. Qxe2 Nf6 24. Qd3 Qg7 25. Re1
Re8 26. Re2 Kf7 27. Qd2 Qh8 28. Rxe8 Nxe8 {1/2-1/2 Topalov,V-Leko,P/Monaco MNC
2001/(28)}) 15... Bxf4 (15... Bxf3 16. Bxc7 Qxc7 17. gxf3 Nxf2 (17... Nef6 18.
Nf4 $16) 18. Kxf2 Qxh2+ 19. Ke3 Rae8+ 20. Kd2 $16) 16. Qxf4 g5 $1 17. Qc1 Kh8
18. b4 (18. Bxe4 fxe4 19. Nxg5 Qf6 20. Qe3 Bg4 $44 {[%cal Yh7h6]}) 18... Qf6
19. Qb2 (19. Ne5 Nxe5 20. dxe5 Qxe5 21. f3 f4 (21... Rae8 $5) 22. fxe4 dxe4 $44
) 19... Bxf3 20. gxf3 g4 $1 21. fxe4 fxe4 22. Bxe4 Qxf2+ 23. Kh1 dxe4 24. d5+
Kg8 (24... Qf6 25. Qxf6+ Nxf6 26. dxc6 bxc6 27. Nd4 Rac8 28. Rf1 $44) 25. dxc6
Qf3+ (25... bxc6 26. Qb3+ Kh8 27. Qc3+ Nf6 (27... Qf6 28. Rad1 Ne5 29. Ng3 $11)
28. Rf1 Qxe2 29. Rxf6 Kg8 30. Rg1 $44) 26. Kg1 Qf2+ 27. Kh1 Qf3+ 28. Kg1 Qe3+
29. Kh1 Qf3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament Gp2"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2002.07.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2002.07.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. c4
c6 9. Re1 Bf5 10. Nc3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Bxd3 12. Qxd3 dxc4 13. Qxc4 Nd7 14. Qb3 Qc7
15. c4 Rfe8 (15... b6 16. Bb2 Rfe8 17. g3 Nf6 18. Qd3 Qd7 19. d5 cxd5 20. cxd5
Rxe1+ 21. Rxe1 Be7 22. Bxf6 Bxf6 23. d6 Rd8 24. Qd5 h6 25. Rd1 Qa4 26. d7 $16 {
1/2-1/2 Timman,J-Comp Kallisto/The Hague 1997/EXT 98 (51)}) 16. Bb2 h6 (16...
b6 17. Qc2 Bb4 18. Rxe8+ Rxe8 19. c5 Nf6 20. a3 Ba5 21. cxb6 Bxb6 22. Rc1 Rc8
23. Ne5 c5 24. dxc5 Qxc5 25. Qd2 Qf8 26. Nc6 Re8 27. Bxf6 gxf6 $16 {1-0
Polovnikova,E-Gagloshvili,R/Protvino 2001/EXT 2002 (48)}) 17. g3 Rad8 (17...
Qb6 18. Qc2 Qa5 19. Bc3 Qh5 20. Nh4 b5 21. Qf5 Qxf5 22. Nxf5 Bf8 23. d5 bxc4
24. dxc6 Nb6 25. Rxe8 Rxe8 26. Rd1 Rc8 $4 (26... g6 $11) 27. Bxg7 $1 Bxg7 28.
Ne7+ Kh7 29. Nxc8 $18 {1-0 Timman,J-Akopian,V/Groningen 1996/CBM 57/[Blatny,P]
(41)}) 18. Nh4 Bf8 19. Qc2 (19. Rad1 Qa5 20. Rxe8 Rxe8 21. Qxb7 (21. Bc3 Qa6
$11) 21... Nb6 22. c5 Qa4 $44) 19... Qa5 20. Ng2 Rxe1+ 21. Rxe1 b5 $1 $36 22.
Bc3 (22. cxb5 $2 cxb5 23. Qb3 Nb6 $15) 22... b4 23. Ba1 Nb6 24. Qb3 c5 25. d5
Qa6 26. Ne3 Re8 27. Rc1 Qc8 $1 {[%cal Ya7a5]} 28. a3 a5 $15 29. axb4 axb4 30.
Kg2 h5 31. h4 Qd7 32. Bb2 Qa4 33. Qd3 Qa2 34. Qc2 (34. Rc2 Qb1 35. Rd2 Qxd3 36.
Rxd3 Bd6 37. Kf3 g6 $15 {[%cal Yf7f5]}) 34... Na4 35. Ra1 (35. Ba1 Qxc2 36.
Rxc2 b3 37. Rd2 Rb8 38. Nd1 (38. Bb2 g6 $17) 38... Bd6 $17 {[%csl Rc4][%cal
Yb8b4]}) 35... Qxb2 36. Rxa4 (36. Qxa4 $4 Rxe3 37. Ra2 Ra3 $19) 36... Qxc2 37.
Nxc2 b3 38. Na3 b2 39. Kf1 $8 (39. Ra7 $2 Re1 40. Rb7 Ra1 $19) 39... g6 40. Ra5
Bg7 41. Nb1 Bd4 $17 42. Ra6 Kg7 43. Ra7 Re4 (43... Rb8 $5 44. Ke2 Rb4 $19) 44.
Rb7 Re8 45. Ra7 Bf6 $2 (45... Rb8 46. Ra4 Rb3 {[%cal Yb3f3,Yf3f2]} 47. Ke2 Rc3
$1 $19 {[%cal Yc3c1]}) 46. Ra5 Bd4 {Draw was agreed because of three times
moves repetition after 47.Ra7.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament Gp2"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2002.07.08"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2002.07.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. c4
c6 9. Qc2 Na6 10. a3 f5 11. Nc3 Nc7 12. b4 Bd7 (12... Nxc3 13. Qxc3 dxc4 14.
Bxc4+ Nd5 15. Qb3 Kh8 16. Bg5 Be7 17. Bxe7 Nxe7 18. Ne5 Nd5 19. Bxd5 cxd5 20.
Rfe1 $16 {1-0 Gaprindashvili,N-Sternina,V/Tbilisi 1973/EXT 2001 (53)}) (12...
Kh8 13. c5 Be7 14. Bf4 Ne6 15. Be5 Bf6 16. Rfd1 Bd7 17. Rab1 Be8 18. Be2 Bh5
19. Na4 Qe8 20. b5 Bxe5 21. dxe5 Nf4 $17 {0-1 Wang Yu-Nguyen Thi Thanh An/
Chennai 2001/CBM 84 ext (46)}) 13. Bb2 {/\14.Ne2,15.Ne5} Ng5 ({Probably it was
better} 13... Nxc3 14. Qxc3 dxc4 15. Bxc4+ Nd5 {and Bb2 is placed worse than
in the game Gaprindashvili-Sternina. But still the position of White looks
better due to the penetration Nf3 to e5.}) 14. Ne5 Bxe5 (14... dxc4 $5 15.
Bxc4+ Be6 $14) 15. dxe5 f4 {[%cal Yf4f3]} 16. f3 Kh8 17. Rfd1 Qe8 18. Rac1 (18.
cxd5 $1 $16 {Leko} cxd5 19. h4 Nf7 (19... d4 20. hxg5 dxc3 21. Qxc3 Bc6 22. e6
$18) 20. Bxh7 $16) 18... dxc4 $8 19. Bxc4 a5 $132 (19... Be6 20. Bxe6 Ncxe6 21.
Ne4 Nxe4 22. Qxe4 $16 {[%cal Gd1d6]}) 20. Qf2 $2 (20. bxa5 $5 Be6 $1 (20...
Rxa5 21. Qd2 Be6 22. Ne4 $16) 21. Bxe6 Ncxe6 22. Qa4 (22. Ne4 $142 Nxe4 23.
Qxe4 Rxa5 24. Rd6 $36) 22... Qg6 23. Kh1 Qh5 24. Rd2 $16) 20... axb4 21. axb4
Be6 $11 22. Bxe6 (22. Bd3 Nd5 23. Nxd5 Bxd5 $11) 22... Ncxe6 23. Qb6 Qh5 $1 24.
Rd6 (24. Qxb7 Nxf3+ 25. gxf3 Ng5 $40) 24... Nxf3+ 25. gxf3 Ng5 $44 26. Rf1
Nxf3+ 27. Rxf3 Qxf3 28. Qf2 $8 (28. Qxb7 Qg4+ 29. Kf1 f3 30. Rd2 f2 $19) 28...
Qh5 (28... Qg4+ 29. Qg2 Qf5 30. Nd1 (30. e6 Rf6 $1) 30... f3 31. Qg3 Ra2 32.
Rd2 $132 {[%cal Ge5e6]}) 29. Ne4 Ra2 30. Rd2 Qf5 31. Qf3 $13 h6 32. h3 Rxb2 $5
33. Rxb2 Qxe5 34. Rb1 Re8 35. Nf2 $1 Qf5 {[%cal Ye8e3]} 36. Rb3 $1 Qc2 37. Kg2
Re2 38. Ra3 Qg6+ 39. Qg4 (39. Kf1 $1 Rb2 (39... Re3 40. Rxe3 (40. Ra8+ Kh7 41.
Qxf4 Qb1+ 42. Kg2 Qg6+ 43. Qg4 Qxg4+ 44. hxg4 Rb3 $14) 40... fxe3 41. Qxe3 Qd6
42. Nd3 $16) (39... Re6 40. Qxf4 Rf6 41. Qd2 $16) 40. Qxf4 Qb1+ 41. Kg2 Rxb4
42. Qf8+ Kh7 43. Rg3 $1 Qb2 44. Qf5+ Kh8 45. Re3 $18) 39... Qxg4+ 40. hxg4 Rb2
$14 41. Kf3 Rxb4 (41... Rxb4 42. Nd3 Rb1 43. Nxf4 Kh7 $14 {/=}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Montreal 6th"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2005.08.10"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Charbonneau, Pascal"]
[Black "Bluvshtein, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2509"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2005.08.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 109"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. c4
c6 9. Qc2 Na6 10. a3 f5 11. b4 Nc7 12. Bb2 Ne6 {Black solved his opening
problems after the Na6 transfered to e6. His initiative on the king's side can
be very dangerous.} (12... Kh8 13. Nc3 Nxc3 14. Qxc3 dxc4 15. Bxc4 Nd5 16. Bxd5
cxd5 17. Rfe1 a5 18. Qb3 axb4 19. axb4 Rxa1 20. Bxa1 Re8 21. Rxe8+ Qxe8 22.
Qxd5 Qe4 23. Qxe4 fxe4 24. Ng5 Bxb4 25. Nxe4 Bf5 26. f3 $16 {1-0 Ganguly,
S-Singh,S/Calicut IND 2003/(44)}) 13. Re1 Qf6 14. Nc3 Qh6 15. h3 N4g5 (15...
Nf4 $5 16. Bf1 (16. Bc1 Ng5 17. Nxg5 Qxg5 18. g3 Nxh3+ 19. Kg2 f4 20. Bxh7+ Kh8
$40) 16... Qg6 17. Kh1 Qh5 $36) 16. Nxg5 Qxg5 17. Bf1 (17. Ne2 Nf4 18. Nxf4
Qxf4 19. g3 Qh6 $17) 17... Nf4 (17... Nxd4 18. Qd1 Qf4 19. g3 $16) 18. Re3 (18.
Kh1 $5 dxc4 19. Bc1 Qf6 20. Bxf4 Bxf4 21. Bxc4+ Kh8 22. Rad1 $11) 18... Kh8 19.
c5 Bc7 20. Rae1 Ng6 {[%cal Yf5f4]} 21. Re8 Bd7 22. Rxa8 Rxa8 23. Nb1 f4 24. Qb3
(24. Nd2 Bxh3 25. Nf3 Qf5 26. Bd3 Qg4 27. Bf1 Qh5 28. gxh3 Qxf3 29. Qf5 Rf8 30.
Qd7 Bd8 31. Bg2 Qh5 32. Re8 $132) 24... Nh4 25. Nd2 Re8 26. Rxe8+ Bxe8 27. Nf3
Nxf3+ 28. Qxf3 {White neutralizes the initiative of Black by exchanges.} Bh5
29. Qc3 f3 30. Bc1 Qg6 31. g3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} ({After} 31. Qe3 fxg2 32. Bxg2
Qf6 $15 {Black has only a minimal advantage.}) 31... Bxg3 {[%mdl 64]} 32. Qd3 (
32. fxg3 Qxg3+ 33. Kh1 Bg6 $19 {[%cal Yg6e4]}) 32... Bc7+ 33. Qxg6 Bxg6 $19 34.
b5 cxb5 35. Bxb5 Bf5 36. h4 Kg8 37. Bd2 Kf7 38. a4 Ke6 39. a5 a6 40. Ba4 Bg6
41. c6 Be8 $1 42. Bd1 Bxc6 43. Bxf3 b6 $1 {[%mdl 4096] Black has transformed
his advantage. The passed pawn a6 will decide the game now.} 44. axb6 Bxb6 {
[%cal Ya6a1]} 45. Bc3 a5 46. Be2 a4 47. Bd3 h6 48. Kg2 a3 49. Kg3 Ba4 50. Kg4
Bd1+ 51. f3 Bc7 52. h5 a2 53. Bh7 Ba5 54. Bb2 Bd2 55. Bg8+ Kd6 56. Bf7 Kc6 57.
Be8+ Kb6 58. Bf7 Bb3 {[%cal Yb6b4,Yd2c3]} 0-1

[Event "EU-Cup 18th"]
[Site "Kallithea"]
[Date "2002.09.23"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Efimenko, Zahar"]
[Black "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2557"]
[BlackElo "2634"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2002.09.22"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Momot Alexander"]
[BlackTeam "Tomsk 400"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Nc6 7. Bf4 Be7
8. Qd2 Bg4 9. Be2 Qd7 10. O-O-O (10. h3 Bh5 (10... Be6 11. Nd4 Nxd4 12. cxd4 d5
$11 {0-1 Okhotnik,V-Rozentalis,E/Uzhgorod 1988/TD (40)}) (10... Bf5 11. O-O-O
a6 12. g4 Bg6 13. Rhe1 O-O-O 14. Qd5 Bf6 15. g5 Be7 16. Nd4 Nxd4 17. Rxd4 c6
18. Qa5 c5 19. Bg4 Bf5 20. Bxf5 Qxf5 21. Rxe7 {1-0 Velimirovic,D-Nikcevic,N/
Herceg Novi 2001/CBM 84 ext (21)}) 11. O-O-O O-O-O (11... Bg6 12. Rhe1 a6 13.
Nh4 O-O-O 14. Nxg6 hxg6 15. Bf3 Rde8 16. c4 $14 {1-0 Predojevic,B-Le Kieu
Thien Kim/Budapest HUN 2002/(53)}) 12. Rhe1 a6 (12... Rhe8 13. g4 Bg6 14. Bb5
a6 15. Ba4 b5 16. Bb3 Na5 17. c4 (17. Bd5 c6 18. Be4 Nc4 19. Qd3 Bxe4 20. Rxe4
d5 21. Re2 Bd6 22. Bxd6 Rxe2 23. Qxe2 Nxd6 24. Qe3 Re8 25. Qb6 Qb7 26. Qd4 {
1/2-1/2 Schmid,L-Alexander,C/Dublin 1957/MCD (26)}) 17... Nxb3+ 18. axb3 Qc6
19. Nd4 Qb7 20. cxb5 axb5 21. Qa5 $16 {1-0 Boricsev,O-Raetsky,A/Fribourg 2000/
EXT 2001 (48)}) 13. Qd5 Bg6 14. Nd4 Nxd4 15. Qxd4 Kb8 16. Bg4 f5 17. Bf3 Bf6
18. Qb4 Qb5 19. Qxb5 axb5 20. Rd5 Rde8 21. Rxe8+ Bxe8 22. Rxf5 $16 {1-0 Foltys,
J-Shapira,L/Szcawno Zdroj 1950/MCD (34)}) 10... O-O-O (10... a6 11. Rhe1 (11.
h3 Be6 12. Kb1 Bf6 13. Rhe1 h6 14. Bc4 O-O-O 15. Bxe6 fxe6 16. Re4 e5 $15 {
0-1 Wallace,I-Engedal,K/Hallsberg 1993/EXT 2002 (33)}) 11... O-O 12. h3 Bf5 13.
g4 Bg6 14. Bd3 {1/2-1/2 Bengtsson,B-Andersson,J/Sweden 1998/EXT 2000 (14)}) 11.
h3 Be6 (11... Bxf3 12. Bxf3 Kb8 13. Rhe1 Rde8 14. Qd5 Rhf8 15. Re4 Qc8 16. Ra4
Bf6 17. Qb5 Ne5 18. Qa5 a6 19. Bxb7 Qxb7 20. Rb4 $18 {1-0 Dworakowska,
J-Zielinska,J/Lubniewice 1995/EXT 97 (39)}) 12. Bb5 (12. Ng5 Bxg5 13. Bxg5 f6
14. Be3 h5 15. c4 Ne5 16. b3 g5 17. Bxa7 Qc6 18. c5 Qxg2 19. Qe3 dxc5 20. Bxc5
Bf5 21. Be7 $2 Rde8 22. Bxf6 Qc6 23. Qd2 Qxf6 $19 {0-1 Santo Roman,M-Miralles,
G/Lyon 1988/CBM 07 (61)}) (12. Rhe1 a6 13. Ng5 Bxg5 14. Bxg5 f6 15. Be3 Ne5 16.
b3 g5 17. f4 gxf4 18. Bxf4 h5 19. Bf1 $14 {1-0 Tseshkovsky,V-Makarichev,S/
Tbilisi 1973/MCD (40)}) 12... a6 13. Ba4 Bf6 14. Bg5 (14. Nd4 Bxd4 15. cxd4
Bxa2 $5 16. d5 b5 $17) 14... Bxg5 15. Nxg5 (15. Qxg5 $5 f6 (15... Bxa2 $5 16.
b3 b5 17. Bxb5 axb5 18. Qxb5 Nb8 19. Qa5 Bxb3 20. cxb3 Rhe8 $13) 16. Bxc6 Qxc6
17. Qxg7 Bxa2 18. Qxf6 Rdf8 19. Qd4 Rhg8 $44) 15... b5 16. Bb3 (16. Nxe6 fxe6
17. Bb3 Na5 $11) 16... Bxb3 17. cxb3 h6 18. Nf3 Qf5 $11 19. Rhe1 Rhe8 20. c4
Qc5 21. Qf4 Rxe1 22. Nxe1 (22. Rxe1 d5 $36) 22... bxc4 23. Qxc4 Qxc4+ 24. bxc4
Re8 1/2-1/2

[Event "ARG-ch 72nd"]
[Site "Pinamar"]
[Date "2002.03.15"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Rosito, Jorge"]
[Black "Pierrot, Juan Facundo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2424"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2002.03.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O Nc6 8. c4
Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Be6 11. Ne5 f6 12. Nf3 Kh8 13. a3 Nxc3 14. bxc3 Nc6 15.
Nd2 (15. cxd5 Bxd5 16. Be3 (16. Bd3 f5 17. Re1 Qd7 18. Bf4 Rae8 19. Bb5 Bd6 20.
Rxe8 Rxe8 21. Bxd6 Qxd6 22. Ne5 {1/2-1/2 Aarthie,R-Goodger,M/York ENG 2000/(22)
}) 16... Na5 17. Qa4 c6 18. Nd2 Bd6 19. c4 Nxc4 20. Bxc4 {1/2-1/2 Averjanov,
A-Smirnov,I/UKR t-ch Alushta 2001/UKR (20)}) 15... Na5 (15... f5 16. Re1 Bf6
17. Bf3 (17. a4 Bg8 18. c5 $5 Re8 19. Nf3 h6 20. Rb1 Rb8 21. Bd3 $1 $16 {
1-0 Leko,P-Grischuk,A/Wijk aan Zee-A 2002/(47)}) 17... Bg8 18. cxd5 Bxd5 19.
Nb3 b6 20. Bf4 Ne7 (20... Re8 21. Be5 Qd7 22. Bxf6 gxf6 23. Nc1 Re6 24. Rxe6
Qxe6 25. Nd3 Re8 26. h3 {1/2-1/2 Galkin,A-Motylev,A/Dubai UAE 2001/(26)}) 21.
Be5 c6 22. Bxf6 Rxf6 23. Nc1 Ng6 24. Nd3 h6 25. Ne5 Nh4 26. Bxd5 Qxd5 27. f3 c5
28. dxc5 {1/2-1/2 Leko,P-Kramnik,V/Dortmund GER 2000 (28)}) 16. cxd5 Bxd5 17.
Bd3 Bg8 $5 {[%cal Yc7c5]} 18. Re1 c5 19. Bb2 $6 {[%csl Rb2]} (19. Qg4 $1 Nc6
20. Nf3 $36) 19... Nc6 20. Qg4 $2 (20. Qh5 $142 cxd4 21. cxd4 Qd5 22. Qh3 $13)
20... Ne5 $1 21. Qg3 $2 (21. dxe5 Qxd3 22. exf6 Bxf6 23. Ne4 Rae8 24. Nxf6
Rxe1+ 25. Rxe1 Rxf6 26. h3 $15) 21... Nxd3 22. Qxd3 Re8 $17 23. Rad1 $6 (23.
Re2 Qd7 (23... Qb6 24. Rae1 $11) 24. Rae1 Bf8 $17) 23... Qb6 24. Bc1 Rad8 25.
Nf3 Qb3 {[%csl Ra3,Rc3]} 26. h4 Bf7 27. Re3 c4 $19 28. Qe2 Bxa3 29. Bxa3 Qxa3
30. Re1 Rxe3 31. Qxe3 Qd6 32. Nd2 (32. Qe7 Qxe7 33. Rxe7 Bd5 $19) 32... a5 33.
Rb1 Bd5 34. h5 h6 35. f3 a4 36. Rb4 Qa6 37. Qe7 Ra8 38. Ne4 a3 0-1

[Event "EU-Cup 18th"]
[Site "Kallithea"]
[Date "2002.09.26"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Akopian, Vladimir Eduardovic"]
[Black "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2634"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2002.09.22"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Kazan Ladya"]
[BlackTeam "Tomsk 400"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Bf4 Nd7
8. Qd2 Nc5 9. O-O-O O-O 10. Be3 Re8 11. Bc4 (11. h4 Bg4 12. Be2 Qc8 13. Kb1 Ne4
14. Qe1 Bf6 15. h5 Qe6 16. h6 Nxf2 17. Qxf2 Qxe3 $17 {0-1 Short,N-Karpov,A/
Moscow 2002/CBM 91_01 (53)}) (11. Kb1 Bf6 12. Nd4 Ne4 13. Qc1 c5 14. Nb3 Qe7
15. Bb5 Rd8 16. f3 Ng5 17. Rhe1 Ne6 18. Bc4 Qc7 19. Bd5 a5 20. Nd2 a4 21. Ne4
Be7 22. f4 $36 {1/2-1/2 Dworakowska,J-Meenakshi,S/Hyderabad IND 2002/(51)})
11... Be6 12. Bxe6 Nxe6 13. h4 Qd7 (13... Nc5 14. Ng5 Bf6 15. Qd5 Bxg5 16. hxg5
Rxe3 17. fxe3 Qe7 18. Rh3 Qe4 19. Qd4 Re8 20. Rdh1 Re5 21. Rxh7 Qxh7 22. Rxh7
Kxh7 23. b4 Ne6 24. Qxa7 $18 {1-0 Bednarski,J-Hess,C/Hamburg 1983/MCD (28)})
14. Kb1 (14. Qd5 c6 (14... Qc6 15. Qf5 $36) 15. Qf5 Nf8 $11) 14... Qb5 {
this strong Q-manoeuvre helps Black to equalize the game immediately.} 15. g4
Qc4 16. Rdg1 (16. g5 Qe4 (16... Nc5 17. h5 Ne4 18. Qd3 $14) 17. Nd4 Nxd4 18.
Bxd4 Qf5 $11) 16... Nc5 17. g5 Ne4 18. Qd3 d5 $1 19. Qxc4 dxc4 20. Rg4 f5 $1
21. gxf6 Bxf6 22. h5 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 15th"]
[Site "Gothenburg"]
[Date "2005.07.31"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Pavasovic, Dusko"]
[Black "Sammalvuo, Tapani"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2566"]
[BlackElo "2441"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2005.07.30"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 109"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Slovenia"]
[BlackTeam "Finland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SLO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FIN"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nb4 9. Re1 Nxd3 10. Qxd3 c6 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Qb3 O-O 13. Nbd2 Bf6 {Black
sacrifices a pawn. He correctly predicts that the pair of bishops and the
weakness of the pawn d4 will compensate for his material deficit.} (13... Nf6
14. Nf1 a5 15. Ng3 a4 $132) (13... Bf5 14. Qxb7 $16) 14. Ne5 (14. Nxe4 dxe4 15.
Rxe4 b6 $1 $44 {[%csl Rd4][%cal Yc8b7]}) 14... Bxe5 $6 {Black is going to the
endgame where his chances for a draw are good, but he will have to defend
passively.} (14... Qa5 15. Ndf3 Be6 $11) 15. dxe5 Nxd2 16. Bxd2 Qb6 17. Qxb6
axb6 18. Bc3 $14 {[%csl Rb6,Rd5]} Ra4 19. a3 Rc4 20. Rad1 Be6 21. f3 h5 22. Re3
b5 23. Red3 Rd8 24. h3 Rd7 25. Kf2 d4 $2 {Black sacrifices a pawn being afraid
of the potential attack of White on the king's side. As a result of this
sacrifice he manages to exchange only one pair of rooks. But it is not enough
to guarantee a draw.} 26. Bxd4 Rc2+ 27. R1d2 Rxd2+ 28. Rxd2 g5 $2 {Black
creates a weakness in his position in vain.} 29. g4 hxg4 30. hxg4 Kg7 31. Ke3
Rd8 32. Rc2 Rc8 33. Bc3 Rd8 34. Bb4 Rc8 35. Rh2 Re8 36. Kd4 $1 Bc4 37. Bc3 Kg6
38. Kc5 Rc8+ 39. Kb6 Rc6+ 40. Ka7 (40. Kxb7 $2 Bd5 41. Ka7 Bxf3 $14) 40... Bd5
41. Rh5 {[%csl Rg5]} Ra6+ (41... Bxf3 42. Bd2 f6 43. exf6 Rc5 44. Rxg5+ Rxg5
45. Bxg5 Bxg4 46. Kxb7 $18) 42. Kb8 Re6 43. Bd2 $1 Rxe5 44. f4 Re8+ 45. Kc7 Bc6
(45... f6 46. fxg5 Re2 47. Rh6+ Kf7 48. Rxf6+ Kg8 49. Bc3 $18) 46. Rxg5+ Kh7
47. Bc3 Re7+ 48. Kb6 Re6 49. f5 Rd6 50. Be5 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 13th"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2001.11.10"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Nijboer, Friso"]
[Black "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2588"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[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 "Netherlands"]
[BlackTeam "France"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NED"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nb4 9. Be2 Be6 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Be3 Bf5 12. Rc1 dxc4 13. Bxc4 c6 14. Ne5 Nxc3
15. bxc3 Nd5 16. Qf3 Be6 17. Bd3 (17. Bd2 Bd6 (17... Bg5 18. Bxg5 Qxg5 19. Rfe1
$14 {1/2-1/2 Sokolov,A-Pavasovic,D/Cannes 1997/CBM 57 ext (30)}) (17... Bf6 18.
Rfe1 g6 19. Rb1 Rb8 {[#]} 20. Nxc6 bxc6 21. Rxb8 Qxb8 22. Bxd5 Bxd4 23. cxd4
Bxd5 24. Qf6 Re8 25. Rxe8+ Qxe8 26. h4 Qe6 27. Qd8+ Kg7 28. Bb4 h6 29. Qf8+ Kh7
30. Bd2 g5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Kaiumov,D-Barua,D/Calcutta 1997/CBM 56 ext (42)}) (
17... f6 18. Nd3 Qd7 19. Bb3 (19. Rfe1 Bf7 (19... b5 20. Bb3 Ba3 21. Rxe6 Qxe6
22. Nf4 Qf5 23. g4 Qc8 24. Nxd5 cxd5 25. Bxd5+ Kh8 26. Rb1 Rb8 27. Bf4 Rb6 28.
c4 bxc4 {1/2-1/2 Bordoni,N-Samraoui,M/Afroatin-ch prel-3 corr 1997/Corr 2000 
(28)}) (19... Bd6 20. h3 Bf7 21. Bb3 Rae8 22. Qg4 Rxe1+ 23. Rxe1 Rd8 24. Qxd7
Rxd7 25. Ne5 (25. Nf4 {Blatny,P} Nc7 26. Ne6 Nxe6 27. Bxe6 Bxe6 28. Rxe6 Kf7
$15 {0-1 Kovacevic,A-Kramnik,V/Belgrade 1997/CBM 62/[Blatny,P] (74)}) 25...
Bxe5 26. dxe5 fxe5 27. Rxe5 Nf6 $11 {Topalov,V-Ivanchuk,V/Novgorod 1996/Inf 67
(27)}) 20. Bb3 Bd6 21. c4 Ne7 22. Rcd1 Rae8 23. Bc3 Qf5 24. Qxf5 Nxf5 25. h3
Rxe1+ 26. Nxe1 Rd8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Morovic Fernandez,I-Karpov,A/Santiago 1998/EXT
99 (70)}) 19... Bg4 20. Qg3 Kh8 21. c4 Bd6 22. Nc5 Bxc5 23. dxc5 Ne7 24. Bf4
Rfe8 25. Bd6 $16 {1/2-1/2 Shirov,A-Kramnik,V/Monaco MNC 2000/(49)}) 18. Rfe1
Re8 19. Bb3 Qc7 20. h3 Nf6 21. Rb1 Bxb3 22. Rxb3 Nd5 $15 {0-1 Arbrile,
G-Almeida,M/Latin Am-Cup5 sf01 corr 1995/Corr 2000 (37)}) (17. Bb3 Ba3 18. Rce1
Nxc3 19. Bh6 Nb5 20. Qg3 Qf6 21. Bg5 Qf5 22. Bh6 Qf6 {1/2-1/2 Bashkov,V-Howell,
J/Pardubice 1994/EXT 97 (25)}) (17. Rfe1 Nxe3 18. fxe3 (18. Qxe3 Bxc4 19. Nxc4
Bf6 20. Rb1 b6 21. Qf3 Rc8 22. Ne3 g6 23. d5 Bg5 $1 $11 {1/2-1/2 Kamsky,
G-Anand,V/FIDE-cm1 Sanghi Nagar 1994 (33)}) 18... Bxc4 19. Nxc4 Qd5 20. Qe2 f5
21. Ne5 Bd6 22. Nf3 Rae8 $15 {1/2-1/2 Hansen,S-Nielsen,P/Roenne DEN 1999 (31)})
17... Bf6 (17... Bd6 18. Bd2 Bxe5 (18... Qh4 19. Rfe1 Nf6 20. a4 Ng4 21. Bf4
Nxe5 22. Bxe5 Bd5 23. Qf5 Bxe5 24. Rxe5 g6 25. Qd7 Rab8 26. Rb1 Rfd8 27. Qc7
Qg4 28. Bf1 Qd7 29. Re7 $16 {1/2-1/2 Huebner,R-Timman,J/Sarajevo 1991/
Candidates/[Schussler] (60)}) 19. dxe5 Ne7 20. Bg5 Qc7 21. Qh5 h6 22. Bxh6 gxh6
23. Qxh6 Nf5 24. Bxf5 Bxf5 25. Qg5+ Bg6 26. f4 $40 {1-0 Xie Jianjun-Wu Xibin/
Beijing 1996/CBM 54 ext (41)}) (17... c5 18. Bd2 cxd4 19. cxd4 Bb4 20. Be3 Qe7
21. Rc2 Rad8 22. Bc4 Rc8 23. Rfc1 Rfd8 24. Bb3 Rxc2 25. Rxc2 Nxe3 26. fxe3 Bxb3
27. axb3 Bd6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Olofsson,D-Ghafari,R/corr DSU 1997/80 telechess (46)}
) 18. Bd2 (18. Ng4 Bxg4 19. Qxg4 Re8 20. Bd2 g6 $11) 18... Qd6 19. Rfe1 Rad8 {
[%cal Yc6c5]} (19... c5 $5) 20. h4 (20. Rb1 $5 b5 21. h4) 20... c5 $1 {Black
plays according to standard rule:against flanc attack-counterattack in the
centre.} (20... Rfe8 21. h5 $36) 21. h5 (21. c4 $2 Ne7 $1 {[%csl Re5]}) 21...
cxd4 22. cxd4 Ne7 (22... Rfe8 23. Qe4 g6 24. hxg6 hxg6 25. Nxg6 $16) 23. h6 (
23. Bc3 Bxe5 (23... Bd5 24. Qg4 Rfe8 $15) 24. Rxe5 Nc6 25. Re3 Bxa2 $1 (25...
Bd5 $11)) 23... Ng6 ({Strong was simple} 23... Qxd4 24. Bc3 Qh4 25. hxg7 Bxg7
26. Re4 Qg5 $17) 24. hxg7 Bxg7 25. Qh5 Bxe5 $6 (25... Qxd4 26. Re4 Qd5 (26...
Qb2 27. Rc2 $36) 27. Rh4 h6 28. Nxg6 Qxh5 29. Ne7+ Kh8 30. Rxh5 Rxd3 $17 {
[%csl Re7]}) 26. Rxe5 Qxd4 27. Re3 $44 Rd5 28. Qh6 Qf4 $1 29. Qxf4 (29. Rxe6
Qxh6 30. Bxh6 fxe6 (30... Rxd3 31. Ree1 Rfd8 32. Rc7 $44) 31. Bxg6 hxg6 32.
Bxf8 Kxf8 33. Rc7 $11) 29... Nxf4 30. Rg3+ Ng6 31. Bg5 $1 Kg7 $6 (31... f6 32.
Bh6 Rfd8 33. Bxg6 hxg6 34. Rxg6+ Kh7 35. Rxf6 Rd1+ 36. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 37. Kh2 Bxa2
$11) 32. Rc7 $36 Rd7 33. Rxd7 Bxd7 34. Be4 b6 (34... Bc6 35. Bxc6 bxc6 36. Ra3
$14) 35. Ra3 a5 36. Be3 Rb8 (36... Re8 37. Bxg6 hxg6 38. Bxb6 $11) 37. Rc3 $1 (
37. f4 Re8 38. Bxg6 hxg6 39. Bxb6 $11) 37... b5 38. Rc7 Be6 39. f4 Bxa2 40. f5
Nf8 (40... Ne5 41. Bd4 Re8 42. Bc6 $18) 41. Bd4+ Kg8 42. Rc3 $40 b4 (42... f6
$1 43. Ra3 Bc4 44. Rxa5 Nd7 $15) 43. Rg3+ Ng6 44. fxg6 fxg6 45. Bc6 Rd8 46. Be5
Rd1+ $2 (46... Rd2 $142) 47. Kh2 Bd5 48. Ba4 Rd2 49. Rg5 Ra2 50. Bd7 Kf7 51.
Bc7 Rd2 $2 (51... Be4 52. Bxa5 h6) 52. Ba4 (52. Bxa5 Bxg2 $11) 52... Kf6 53.
Bd8+ Ke6 54. Bxa5 $18 h6 55. Bxb4 Rb2 56. Bc3 Ra2 57. Re5+ Kf7 58. Be8+ Kf8 59.
Bb4+ 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 18th"]
[Site "Kallithea"]
[Date "2002.09.23"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Nedev, Trajce"]
[Black "Gustafsson, Jan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2476"]
[BlackElo "2542"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "170"]
[EventDate "2002.09.22"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Skopje Alkaloid"]
[BlackTeam "Hohenems"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "MKD"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AUT"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. a3 Nc6 11. cxd5 Qxd5 12. Nc3 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Bf5 14. Re1 Rfe8
15. Bf4 Rac8 16. c4 Qe4 17. Be3 Bf6 18. Ra2 Na5 19. h3 b6 20. Bf1 (20. g4 Bg6
21. g5 Be7 22. Ne5 Bd6 23. Nxg6 (23. Bd3 Qh4 24. Nxg6 hxg6 25. Qg4 Qxg4+ 26.
hxg4 Bf4 27. Rae2 Bxe3 28. fxe3 c5 29. Kf2 Nc6 30. Kg3 cxd4 31. exd4 Rxe2 32.
Rxe2 Nxd4 33. Re7 Nc6 34. Rb7 Ne5 35. Be2 Nxc4 36. Rxa7 {1/2-1/2 Svidler,
P-Gelfand,B/Moscow 2002/CBM 91_01 (36)}) 23... hxg6 24. c5 Bf8 25. Bg4 Rcd8 26.
Rae2 Qc6 $1 27. cxb6 {1/2-1/2 Anand,V-Adams,M/Linares ESP 2002/(27)} (27. Qc2 {
Ftacnik} bxc5 28. dxc5 Nb7 29. Rc1 a6 $11)) 20... Qc6 21. d5 Qd6 {[%cal Yc7c6]}
22. Nd4 Bd7 23. Qd3 (23. Bd3 c6 24. Nf5 Bxf5 25. Bxf5 Rcd8 $15) (23. Nb5 $145
Bxb5 24. cxb5 Bc3 25. Ree2 c6 $5 26. bxc6 Nxc6 $11) 23... c6 24. dxc6 (24. Nf5
$5 Qe5 (24... Qf8 $5) 25. Ng3 cxd5 26. cxd5 Nc4 27. Bd2 Qb8 28. Rxe8+ Bxe8 29.
Ne4 $13) 24... Nxc6 $15 {[%csl Ra3,Rc4] The "a3" and "c4" weaknesses provide
Black with pretty good chances for an advantage.} 25. Nb5 Qxd3 26. Bxd3 Be5 $1
{[%mdl 32]} 27. Rc2 (27. Rd2 Be6 $1 (27... a6 28. Be2 axb5 29. Rxd7 Nb8 30. Rb7
bxc4 31. Rxb6 Nd7 $11) 28. f4 Bb8 29. f5 Bd7 $17 {[%cal Yc6e5]}) 27... Bb8 {
[%cal Yc6e5,Ye5d3,Ye5c4]} 28. Be2 Na5 29. Nd4 Bd6 $17 30. Rd2 Bc5 31. Rb1 (31.
Nb3 Nxb3 32. Rxd7 Bxe3 33. fxe3 Rxe3 $17) 31... h6 32. Kf1 Red8 33. Nc2 Be7 $17
{[%cal Ya5c4,Yc8c4,Yd7e6,Ye6c4] Now Black is ready to claim the "c4" pawn.} 34.
Nb4 Be6 35. Rxd8+ Bxd8 36. Rd1 Nxc4 37. Nc6 Nxe3+ 38. fxe3 Rxc6 (38... Bg5 $5
39. Nxa7 Rc3 $17) 39. Rxd8+ Kh7 {[%cal Yc6c3,Yc3a3,Yc3e3]} 40. Ra8 Rc7 41. Bf3
Kg6 42. h4 Kf6 43. Ke2 Ke5 44. Kd2 Bb3 45. Re8+ Kf6 46. Ra8 Ba4 47. g3 Ke5 48.
Kd3 Bc2+ 49. Kd2 Bf5 50. Re8+ Kf6 51. Ra8 Ke7 52. g4 Bc8 $1 $19 {[%csl Rc8]
After the "a8" R has been trapped, the game is over} 53. g5 hxg5 54. hxg5 Kd6
55. Bd1 Ke5 56. Bc2 g6 $1 57. Bb1 f6 58. gxf6 Kxf6 59. Ke2 g5 60. Kf2 g4 61.
Kg3 Kg5 62. Ba2 a5 63. Rb8 Rc3 64. Rxb6 Rxe3+ 65. Kf2 Rxa3 66. Be6 Bxe6 67.
Rxe6 a4 68. Ra6 Rf3+ $1 69. Kg2 Rf4 70. Kg3 Re4 71. Ra5+ Kf6 72. Rd5 Ke6 73.
Rd8 Ke5 74. Kf2 Rd4 75. Re8+ Kd5 76. Ke3 Rb4 77. Rg8 Rb3+ 78. Kf2 g3+ 79. Kg2
Kc4 80. Rg4+ Kb5 81. Re4 Rc3 82. Rf4 a3 83. Rf8 Kc4 84. Rb8 a2 85. Ra8 Kb3 0-1

[Event "EU-Cup 18th"]
[Site "Kallithea"]
[Date "2002.09.26"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2002.09.22"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Paris NAO"]
[BlackTeam "Sarajevo Bosna"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BIH"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Bf5 11. a3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Nc6 13. Re1 Re8 14. Bf4 dxc4
15. Bxc4 Bd6 16. Rxe8+ Qxe8 17. Ng5 Bg6 18. Bxd6 cxd6 19. h4 Qe7 20. Qg4 h6 21.
Nh3 Qe4 $5 (21... Qf6 22. Re1 Bf5 23. Qf3 Kf8 24. Nf4 Bd7 25. g3 Re8 26. Rxe8+
Bxe8 27. Qe4 g5 28. hxg5 Qxg5 29. Bd5 $16 {1-0 Anand,V-Karpov,A/Prague CZE
2002/(59)}) 22. Qg3 (22. Qxe4 Bxe4 23. Re1 Bf5 24. Nf4 Kf8 $11) 22... Na5 (
22... d5 23. Ba2 $5 Rd8 24. Nf4 Ne7 25. Rf1 {[%cal Ga2b1]} Nf5 26. Qh2 $16) 23.
Ba2 Qd3 24. Rf1 $1 {White's only way to push a claim for an advantage.} (24.
Nf4 Qxg3 25. fxg3 Bf5 $11 {[%cal Ya8c8,Yc8c3]}) 24... Qxg3 $2 {A strange
choice probably paving a way to the following blunder.} (24... Rd8 25. Nf4 Qxg3
26. fxg3 Bh7 $11) (24... Bf5 25. Nf4 Qxg3 26. fxg3 Re8 $11) 25. fxg3 Rc8 $2 (
25... Rf8 26. Nf4 Bc2 27. Re1 Rc8 28. Re7 Rxc3 29. Re8+ Kh7 30. Bxf7 $36) 26.
h5 Bd3 (26... Bxh5 27. Rf5 b6 28. Rxh5 Rxc3 29. Rf5 Nc4 30. Nf4 $16) 27. Bxf7+
Kf8 28. Rf2 (28. Rf3 Be4 29. Rf4 Ke7 30. Nf2 d5 $132 {[%csl Rc3]}) 28... Ke7 (
28... Rxc3 29. Nf4 (29. Rf3 Rc1+ 30. Kh2 Be4 31. Rf4 Ke7 32. Bg8 $16) 29...
Rc1+ 30. Kh2 Rf1 31. Rxf1 Bxf1 $11) 29. Bd5 Rf8 $2 (29... Rxc3 30. Rf7+ Kd8 31.
Rxg7 Rxa3 32. g4 $16) 30. Nf4 $18 Bh7 (30... Bf5 31. g4 $18) 31. Ba2 Kd7 32.
Ne6 $1 Rxf2 33. Kxf2 Bg8 34. Nf8+ Ke8 35. Bxg8 Kxf8 36. Bd5 {[%csl Ra5]} Ke7
37. Ke3 Kf6 38. Kf4 Nc6 (38... g5+ 39. Ke4 $18) 39. Bxc6 bxc6 40. c4 Ke6 41. g4
Kf6 42. g5+ hxg5+ 43. Kg4 (43. Kg4 a6 44. a4 a5 45. g3 $18) 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2005.12.27"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Black "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2005.12.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 2]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d3 Nf6 6. d4 Be7 7.
Bd3 Bg4 8. h3 Bh5 9. Nc3 (9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 (10. c3 Nc6 11. Be3 Qd7 12. Nbd2
Nd5 13. Qc2 Bg6 14. Bxg6 hxg6 15. c4 Nxe3 16. fxe3 d5 17. a3 Rad8 18. Rac1 $14
{1-0 Okhotnik,V-Kostin,A/Gyongyos 1994/EXT 98 (40)}) (10. c4 Nc6 11. g4 Bg6 12.
Nc3 Qd7 13. Bxg6 fxg6 14. d5 Nd8 15. Nd4 $36 {1-0 Rutter,N-Simpson,B/
Shropshire-ch 9900 1999/ENG (45)}) 10... Re8 11. Nbd2 (11. Bg5 Nbd7 12. Nbd2
Bg6 13. Nf1 Nd5 14. Bxg6 hxg6 15. Qd2 Bxg5 16. Nxg5 Rxe1 17. Rxe1 N7f6 $11 {
1/2-1/2 Rojas,L-Ferrara,A/Villa del Parque 1998/EXT 2001 (48)}) 11... d5 (11...
Nc6 12. c3 Qd7 13. Nf1 Bf8 {1/2-1/2 Rublevsky,S-Adams,M/Izmir TUR 2004/(13)})
12. c3 Bd6 13. Rxe8+ Qxe8 14. Qb3 Qc8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Varga,Z-Schwartzman,G/
Odorheiu Secuiesc 1992/EXT 97 (29)}) (9. Nbd2 Nbd7 (9... O-O 10. Nf1 Re8 11.
Ng3 Bf8+ 12. Be3 Bg6 13. O-O Nbd7 14. Bg5 c6 15. Qd2 Qb6 $11 {1-0 Savic,
M-Polovnikova,E/Zenica BIH 2005/(50)}) 10. c4 c6 11. O-O O-O 12. Re1 Re8 13.
Nf1 Bg6 14. Bxg6 hxg6 15. Bg5 Nh5 16. Bxe7 Rxe7 17. Rxe7 Qxe7 $11 {1/2-1/2
Chaumont,G-Noradounguian,G/Paris 1992/EXT 97 (31)}) (9. Bf4 O-O 10. O-O c5 11.
dxc5 (11. d5 Nbd7 12. c4 Ne5 13. Bxe5 dxe5 14. g4 e4 15. Bxe4 Nxe4 16. gxh5 Bd6
$40 {0-1 Kiltti,J-Pihlajasalo,A/Espoo 1996/EXT 99 (32)}) 11... dxc5 12. Na3 Nc6
13. c3 a6 14. Nc4 b5 15. Ne3 Qb6 16. Nf5 Rad8 17. Qc2 Bxf3 18. gxf3 Nd5 $15 {
0-1 Spangenberg,H-Zarnicki,P/Buenos Aires 1994/TD (47)}) (9. b3 Qd7 10. Bb2 Nc6
11. a4 Nb4 12. Be2 Bg6 13. Na3 O-O $15 {1-0 Hajdu,I-Barabas,A/Hungary 1999/EXT
2000 (29)}) (9. c3 Nbd7 (9... O-O 10. O-O d5 11. Bg5 Re8 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Nbd2
c6 14. Qc2 Bg6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Wernik,R-Tempone,M/Brasilero op 1982 (32)}) 10. Bf4
d5 11. Nbd2 Nf8 12. Qa4+ c6 13. O-O Bg6 14. Qc2 Bxd3 15. Qxd3 Ng6 $11 {0-1
Ford,M-Malkin,K/Hawick 2000/EXT 2001 (72)}) (9. c4 d5 10. Nc3 dxc4 11. Bxc4 O-O
12. O-O Nc6 13. Be3 a6 14. Be2 Nb4 15. Ne5 Bxe2 16. Qxe2 Nbd5 $11 {1-0 Gracey,
M-Buchanan,M/Dallas 2000/EXT 2002 (62)}) 9... c6 (9... Nbd7 10. Bg5 Nb6 11. Qe2
O-O 12. g4 Bg6 13. Bxg6 fxg6 14. Bd2 Qd7 15. O-O-O Rae8 16. Qd3 Qc6 $11 {
1/2-1/2 Zheliandinov,V-Butnorius,A/Kharkov 1967/URS-ch (60)}) (9... Nc6 10. g4
Bg6 11. Be3 Nb4 12. Bf5 Bxf5 13. gxf5 Qd7 14. a3 Nbd5 15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. Qd3 Bf6
$15 {1/2-1/2 Keitlinghaus,L-Schwartzman,G/Dortmund 1992/TD (21)}) 10. g4 $5 Bg6
11. g5 Nfd7 12. Bxg6 hxg6 13. Qe2 {Space and development advantage gives White
a dangerous initiative.} d5 (13... Qb6 14. Bf4 $1 Qxb2 15. Kd2 Kd8 16. Rab1 Qa3
17. Rxb7 $40) 14. Bd2 (14. Bf4 Nf8 15. O-O-O Ne6 $11) 14... Nf8 15. O-O-O Qd6 (
15... Ne6 16. h4 Nd7 $140 17. h5 $1 gxh5 18. g6 $40) 16. Rde1 Nbd7 17. h4 $1
Ne6 (17... Rh5 18. Qd3 O-O-O 19. Ne2 Ne6 20. Ng3 Rh7 21. h5 $16) 18. h5 O-O-O
$1 (18... Rxh5 19. Rxh5 gxh5 20. g6 O-O-O 21. gxf7 Ndf8 22. Ne5 $16) 19. hxg6
Nf4 20. Bxf4 Qxf4+ 21. Qe3 $1 {White succseed to improve the pawn structure
that permits him to create a passed pawn later.} Qxe3+ 22. fxe3 Rxh1 (22...
fxg6 23. Rxh8 (23. Ne2 $5 Rhf8 24. Ref1 Rf5 25. Nf4 $14) 23... Rxh8 24. e4 $14)
23. Rxh1 fxg6 24. Ne2 $1 {[%mdl 32]} (24. e4 $6 Rf8 25. Rh3 dxe4 26. Nxe4 Rf4
$132) 24... Rf8 25. Nf4 Bd6 26. Rh4 $14 Rf7 27. Kd2 Nf8 28. Ke2 Kd7 29. b3 $1 {
[%cal Gc2c4]} (29. Nd3 Rf5 $132) 29... Rf5 (29... b5 $5 30. Nd3 Rf5 31. c4 $36)
30. Rg4 Be7 31. Nh3 Bd6 32. Nh4 Rf7 33. c4 $16 b6 34. Nf2 dxc4 35. bxc4 b5 (
35... c5 $142 36. Ne4 (36. Nd3 Re7 37. Kf2 Rf7+ 38. Nf3 $16)) 36. c5 Bc7 37.
Nd3 $18 {[%csl Rc6,Rg6][%cal Gh4f3,Gf3e5,Gd3e5][%mdl 4096]} a5 38. Nf3 Re7 39.
Rh4 $1 {[%cal Gh4h8]} Ne6 40. Rh8 (40. Nde5+ Bxe5 41. Nxe5+ Kc7 42. Nxg6 $18)
40... Nf4+ 41. Kd2 Nxd3 42. Kxd3 Rf7 43. Nh4 Bg3 (43... Ke6 44. Rc8 Kd7 45. Ra8
a4 46. Nxg6 $16) 44. Nxg6 Rf5 $2 (44... a4 45. Ra8 Bc7 46. Rg8 $16) 45. Ra8 $18
Ke6 (45... Bc7 46. Ra7 Kd8 47. Ne7 $1 $18) 46. Ra7 Rf7 (46... Rxg5 47. Ne7 Bb8
48. Rb7 $18) 47. d5+ $1 cxd5 48. Nf4+ Bxf4 49. Rxf7 Bxe3 (49... Kxf7 50. exf4
b4 51. f5 $18) 50. c6 1-0

[Event "Biel GM"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2001.07.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2001.07.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 085"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O Nc6 8. c4
Nf6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Re1 Be6 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. a3 Bf6 13. Be4 h6 14. h3 Qd7 15.
Ne5 $146 (15. Bc2 Bf5 16. Ne4 Rae8 17. Nxf6+ Nxf6 18. Rxe8 Rxe8 19. Ba4 Qd6 20.
Be3 Re7 21. Rc1 Nd5 22. Bxc6 bxc6 23. Ne5 Nxe3 24. fxe3 Be4 25. Qg4 {1/2-1/2
Topalov,V-Jussupow,A/Moscow 1994/CBM 45 (25)}) 15... Bxe5 (15... Qd6 16. Nxc6
Qxc6 (16... bxc6 17. Bc2 Nxc3 18. bxc3 $36 {[%cal Gd1d3]}) 17. Qf3 Rad8 18. Be3
$1 {[%cal Ga1c1,Gc1c6]} (18. Bxh6 $5 gxh6 (18... Bxd4 19. Bg5 $16 {[%csl Rg8]})
19. Rac1 Qd6 20. Nxd5 Bxd5 21. Bxd5 Bg5 22. Bxb7 Bxc1 23. Rxc1 Qxd4 24. Rxc7
Qxb2 $11) 18... Qd7 19. Bxh6 $16) 16. dxe5 Nxc3 $1 (16... Rad8 17. Qh5 $36) 17.
Qxd7 (17. bxc3 Qxd1 18. Rxd1 Na5 $1 (18... Nxe5 19. Bf4 f6 20. Rab1 Rab8 21.
Bxb7 $14) (18... Rad8 19. Be3 Nxe5 20. Bxb7 Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1 Rb8 (21... a5 22.
Bf4 $14) 22. Ba6 Bc4 23. Bxc4 Nxc4 24. Bxa7 $16) 19. Be3 Rad8 $11) 17... Bxd7
18. bxc3 Rae8 19. f4 Na5 $1 20. Be3 f5 (20... b6 21. Rad1 Be6 $11) 21. Bd5+ (
21. Bd5+ Be6 22. Rad1 b6 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Pamplona 15th"]
[Site "Pamplona"]
[Date "2005.12.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Izoria, Zviad"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2005.12.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. d4 Be7 7. Bd3 Bg4 8.
h3 Bh5 9. Be3 (9. Bf4 O-O 10. g4 (10. Qe2 Nbd7 11. g4 Bg6 12. Bxg6 hxg6 13.
O-O-O Nb6 14. h4 Qd7 15. Rdg1 Qe6 16. Qxe6 fxe6 17. Ng5 Nfd5 18. Nxd5 Nxd5 19.
Bg3 Bxg5+ 20. hxg5 b5 $11 {0-1 Schuster,P-Turgut,T/ICCF Email 2003/ICCF
Telechess CBM 104 (45)}) 10... Bg6 11. Qd2 Nc6 12. Bxg6 hxg6 13. d5 Na5 14.
O-O-O Qd7 15. Rhe1 Rfe8 16. Qd3 b6 17. Qb5 a6 18. Qxd7 Nxd7 $14 {1/2-1/2 Tal,
M-Smyslov,V/Aker Brygge 1989/EXT 97 (27)}) (9. Ne4 Nxe4 10. Bxe4 d5 11. Bd3 O-O
12. O-O Nd7 $11 {1-0 Goh Wei Ming-Zarnicki,P/playchess.com 2005/CT-1822 (39)})
9... c6 (9... d5 $6 10. a3 (10. Qd2 Bxf3 11. gxf3 Nc6 12. O-O-O Qd7 13. Kb1
O-O-O 14. a3 Nh5 15. Ne2 g6 $11 {1-0 Perez,L-Perez,R/Havana CUB 2005/(53)}) (
10. Qe2 Nc6 11. O-O-O Bg6 12. Bxg6 hxg6 13. Ne5 Na5 14. Rde1 O-O 15. h4 Rc8 16.
h5 gxh5 17. Rxh5 Nxh5 18. Qxh5 f6 19. Ng6 c6 20. Rh1 Bd6 21. Nh8 {1-0 Mamedov,
R-Aliev,K/Lahijan IRI 2005/(21)}) 10... c6 11. g4 Bg6 12. Ne5 $36 Bxd3 13. Qxd3
Nfd7 14. O-O-O O-O 15. f4 b5 16. h4 $40 {1-0 Naiditsch,A-Koneru,H/Wijk aan Zee
2003/CBM 093/[Huzman] (28)}) 10. Qe2 (10. Qd2 Bxf3 11. gxf3 Nbd7 12. O-O-O Qa5
13. Rhg1 g6 14. Rde1 O-O-O 15. Bg5 Rhe8 16. Kb1 d5 17. Qf4 Qc7 18. Qxc7+ Kxc7
19. h4 Ng8 20. Bf4+ Bd6 21. Bg5 Be7 22. Bf4+ {1/2-1/2 Cheparinov,I-Timman,J/
Pamplona 2005/(22)}) 10... O-O (10... b5 11. O-O-O b4 12. Ne4 Nd5 13. Bd2 Bg6
14. g4 Kf8 15. Rde1 Nd7 16. h4 $16 {1-0 Mamedov,R-Lenic,L/Kirishi RUS 2005/(41)
}) 11. O-O-O Re8 (11... b5 12. g4 Bg6 13. Bxg6 hxg6 14. h4 $40) 12. g4 Bg6 13.
Ne1 $1 {[%cal Ge1d3]} d5 14. Bxg6 hxg6 15. Nd3 $1 {[%mdl 32] Black has no
counterplay, and White can launch his kingside offensive.} Qa5 16. Kb1 Bb4 (
16... b5 17. Qf3 b4 18. Ne2 $16) 17. Nxb4 Qxb4 18. h4 {White takes advantage
of the double pawns and rips the kingside files open to start a decisive
attack.} Nbd7 19. Qf3 Ne4 (19... Nb6 {[%cal Yb6c4]} 20. a3 Qa5 21. h5 $40) 20.
Nxe4 dxe4 21. Qh3 {[%cal Gh4h5]} Nb6 22. Bd2 $1 (22. h5 $2 Nc4 23. Bc1 g5 24.
h6 g6 $13) 22... Qb5 (22... Qxd4 $5 23. Bc3 $1 (23. h5 $2 Rad8 24. hxg6 fxg6
$13) 23... Qxf2 (23... Qc5 24. h5 gxh5 25. gxh5 Nd5 26. Bd4 Qd6 27. Rdg1 f6 (
27... Nf6 28. Qe3 Re6 29. Qg5 $18) 28. h6 g5 29. h7+ Kh8 30. Rxg5 $18) 24. h5
Qf3 25. Qh4 $40 {/+-}) 23. h5 Nc4 (23... gxh5 24. gxh5 (24. d5 Re5 $1 25. gxh5
Rxd5 26. Rdg1 Na4 27. Bc1 $40 {[%cal Gg1g7]}) 24... Nc4 25. Bc3 Qd5 26. Rdg1
$40) 24. Bc3 gxh5 (24... Qd5 $142 25. h6 $1 (25. g5 e3 $132) 25... f6 26. hxg7
Kf7 27. g5 $1 (27. Bb4 Qb5) 27... f5 (27... fxg5 28. Qh6 $40 e3 29. fxe3 Nxe3
30. Rdf1+ $18) 28. Bb4 Qb5 29. Qc3 $1 {[%cal Gd4d5]} Qd5 30. Bf8 $18) 25. d5 $1
$18 Na3+ 26. Kc1 (26. Kc1 Qe2 27. bxa3 Qxg4 28. Rdg1 $18) 1-0

[Event "ARG-ch 72nd"]
[Site "Pinamar"]
[Date "2002.03.14"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Giaccio, Alfredo Gustavo"]
[Black "Zarnicki, Pablo Adrian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2517"]
[BlackElo "2493"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2002.03.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nf6 9. h3 O-O 10. Nc3 Nb4 11. Be2 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Nbd5 13. Re1 c6 14. Bg5 Be6 15.
Qb3 Qb6 16. Qxb6 axb6 17. Nxd5 cxd5 18. Bb3 (18. Bd3 h6 19. Bf4 Rfc8 20. Nd2
Ne8 21. Nf1 Nd6 22. Ne3 Bf8 23. Be5 Ra5 24. Bxd6 Bxd6 25. Bf5 {1/2-1/2
Grischuk,A-Gelfand,B/Biel SUI 2001/(25)}) 18... Rfc8 19. Re2 h6 (19... Kf8 20.
Ne5 Ne4 21. Nd7+ $1 Bxd7 22. Bxe7+ Kxe7 23. Bxd5 $16 {1-0 Svidler,P-Jussupow,A/
Yerevan 2001/CBM 86 no vc (44)}) 20. Bf4 (20. Bh4 g5 21. Bg3 Ne4 22. Bh2 Bf6
$14) 20... Ne4 21. Ne5 Bg5 22. Nd3 (22. Bxg5 $5 hxg5 (22... Nxg5 23. Nd3 Kf8
24. Nb4 Ra5 25. Rae1 Nh7 26. f4 $36) 23. Rae1 Rc7 24. Nd3 Kf8 25. Nb4 Nf6 26.
Re5 $16) 22... Bf6 23. Nb4 (23. Be5 $5) 23... Ra5 24. Rd1 g5 25. Be5 Bg7 26. f3
(26. Nxd5 Bxd5 27. Bxd5 Rxd5 28. Rxe4 Rc2 $11) 26... Nf6 27. g4 Nd7 28. Bxg7
Kxg7 29. Nd3 (29. Kf2 Nb8 30. f4 Nc6 (30... gxf4 31. Nd3 $16) 31. Nxc6 bxc6 32.
f5 Bd7 33. Re7 Rc7 34. Rde1 Rca7 $14) 29... Nb8 30. f4 Nc6 31. f5 Nxd4 32. Re3
Nxb3 (32... Bd7 33. Ne5 Nxb3 34. f6+ Kh7 35. Nxd7 Rc1 36. Rxc1 Nxc1 37. Re7 Kg6
38. Re8 d4 39. Rg8+ Kh7 40. Rg7+ Kh8 41. Rxf7 d3 42. Rf8+ Kh7 43. Rd8 Kg6 $11)
33. fxe6 Rxa2 34. e7 Re8 35. Nb4 Rxb2 36. Nxd5 Nd2 $1 37. Rxd2 $1 (37. Nc7 Rxe7
38. Rxe7 Nf3+ 39. Kf1 Nh2+ $11) 37... Rxd2 38. Nc7 Rxe7 39. Rxe7 Kg6 40. Ne8 (
40. Nb5 Rd5 41. Nc3 Rd3 $11) 40... h5 41. Rxb7 hxg4 42. hxg4 (42. Rxb6+ $1 Kh7
(42... Kf5 43. Rf6+ Ke5 (43... Ke4 44. hxg4 Rd7 (44... Rd1+ 45. Kf2 Rd2+ 46.
Kf1 Rd1+ 47. Ke2 Rg1 48. Rxf7) 45. Rf5 $16) 44. hxg4 Rd4 45. Rf5+ Ke6 46. Rxg5
$16) (42... Kh5 43. Ng7+ Kh4 44. Nf5+ Kh5 45. Rh6#) 43. hxg4 Ra2 44. Nf6+ Kg7
45. Nh5+ Kh7 46. Rb4 Kg6 47. Ng3 $16) 42... Rb2 43. Rd7 Rb1+ 44. Kf2 Rb2+ 45.
Ke3 Rb3+ 46. Kd2 Rb2+ 47. Kc3 Rf2 $1 $11 48. Rd6+ f6 49. Rxb6 Rf3+ 50. Kd2
1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 18th"]
[Site "Kallithea"]
[Date "2002.09.27"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Baklan, Vladimir"]
[Black "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2619"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2002.09.22"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Kazan Ladya"]
[BlackTeam "Paris NAO"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. c4
c6 9. Qc2 Na6 10. a3 f5 11. c5 Bb8 12. Bxa6 (12. Nc3 Nc7 13. Ne2 (13. Bf4 $5 {
Huzman} Ne6 14. Bxb8 Rxb8 15. Ne2 Qf6 16. b4 a6 17. Qb2 f4 18. Ne5 N4g5 19. f3
Nf7 20. Kh1 Re8 21. Rfe1 Nf8 22. Nxf7 Kxf7 23. Rad1 g5 24. Qc2 Kg7 $11 {
1/2-1/2 Ni Hua-Vakhidov,T/Bled SLO 2002/(79)}) 13... Ne6 14. b4 Qf6 15. Bb2 Bd7
16. Rae1 Be8 17. Qc1 Bh5 18. Ne5 Bxe2 19. Bxe2 Nxd4 20. Nd7 Qh4 21. Nxb8 Nxe2+
22. Rxe2 Raxb8 23. f3 Nf6 24. Rfe1 $44 {1-0 Morozevich,A-Piket,J/Wijk aan Zee
2002/CBM 87/[Huzman] (42)}) 12... bxa6 13. Ne5 $5 Bxe5 14. dxe5 Qe7 15. b4 Qxe5
16. Bb2 {An interesting pawn sacrifice. The opposite-coloured Bs should favour
White in the middlegame.} Qe8 (16... Qf4 17. f3 Nf6 18. Re1 a5 19. Be5 Qh4 20.
Nd2 axb4 21. Qa4 $44) 17. Nd2 (17. Re1 Qg6 18. f3 Ng5 19. Re7 Ne6 20. Be5 (20.
Nd2 Qg5 $19) 20... Qg5 21. Bd6 Qe3+ 22. Kf1 a5 $17) 17... f4 $132 {[%cal Yf4f3]
} (17... a5 18. Rfe1 Qg6 19. Nf3 $44) 18. f3 (18. Rfe1 f3 19. Re3 Bh3 $1 20.
Nxf3 Bxg2 $1 21. Nh4 Qh5 (21... Bf3 $5 22. Bxg7 Rf4 (22... Kxg7 23. Qb2+ Kg8
24. Nxf3 Qh5 25. Kh1 $132) 23. Nxf3 Qg6+ 24. Kh1 Ng3+ 25. fxg3 Qxc2 26. gxf4
Kxg7 27. Rg1+ $40) 22. Nxg2 Rxf2 23. Qxf2 (23. Qb3 Qg4 $19) 23... Nxf2 24. Kxf2
Qxh2 25. Rf3 Re8 26. Rd1 $13) 18... Nxd2 19. Qxd2 Qe3+ 20. Qxe3 fxe3 $11 {
Yet, the very same factor (the opposite-coloured Bs) saves the day for Black
in the endgame.} 21. Rfe1 Re8 22. Bd4 a5 $1 23. Bxe3 Bf5 24. Bd4 Kf7 25. Bc3
Rxe1+ 26. Rxe1 axb4 27. axb4 Bd3 $1 28. Kf2 g6 29. Ke3 Bc4 30. Kd4 Re8 31. Rxe8
Kxe8 32. Ke5 Kf7 33. Kd6 Bb5 34. h4 Ba4 35. Bd4 Bb5 36. g4 a6 37. f4 Ba4 38.
Ke5 Bb5 39. f5 gxf5 40. Kxf5 Be2 41. h5 Bb5 42. Ke5 Ba4 43. Kd6 Bb5 44. Kc7 Ba4
45. Kd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2005.12.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2005.12.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Bf4 Nc6
8. Qd2 Be6 9. O-O-O Qd7 10. Ng5 Bxg5 11. Bxg5 f6 12. Be3 (12. Bf4 a6 13. Bd3
Ne5 14. Be2 Qa4 15. a3 O-O-O 16. Qd4 Qxd4 17. cxd4 Ng6 18. Bg3 Bd5 19. f3 Rhe8
20. Bd3 Re7 21. h4 Rde8 22. h5 $14 {1/2-1/2 Borin,F-Bondielli,G/Arco 2003/EXT
2004 (44)}) 12... O-O-O 13. Be2 (13. Bb5 a6 14. Ba4 b5 15. Bb3 Bxb3 16. axb3
Qf5 17. c4 Kb7 18. Qd5 Qxd5 19. cxd5 Ne5 $14 {/=}) 13... Rhe8 14. h3 Kb8 15. b3
Ne7 {Black's maneuvres are directed against White main threat of c3-c4-c5. As
a result, White fails to turn his pair of Bs into a real attacking force.} 16.
f3 (16. c4 $5 b6 (16... Nf5 17. Bf4 g5 18. Bh2 Qc6 19. g4 Nh4 20. f4 $36) 17.
Bf3 Nf5 18. Bf4 Nh4 $11) 16... Bd5 17. c4 Bc6 18. Rhe1 b6 $11 19. Bf1 Ng6 20.
Bd4 Qf7 21. Kb2 Rxe1 22. Qxe1 Re8 23. Qc3 Bb7 24. a4 (24. b4 $5 Ne5 (24... Nf4
25. Be3 Ne6 26. c5 $36) 25. c5 Bd5 $11) 24... a5 25. Bf2 Ne5 26. Re1 {f3-f4 is
quite risky, because it would result in weakening the strategic "e4" square.
Since there are no other possibilities to develop White's initiative, the draw
agreement looks pretty natural.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "ARG-ch 72nd"]
[Site "Pinamar"]
[Date "2002.03.20"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Felgaer, Ruben Alejandro"]
[Black "Pierrot, Juan Facundo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2509"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2002.03.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O Nc6 8. c4
Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. a3 Nc6 11. cxd5 Qxd5 12. Nc3 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Bf5 14. c4 (14.
Re1 Qd6 15. a4 Rfe8 16. Qb3 Bf6 17. Ba3 Qd7 18. Qxb7 Rab8 19. Qa6 Rb6 20. Qc4
Na5 21. Qa2 Be6 22. c4 Nb3 23. a5 Rbb8 24. Rad1 Qa4 $36 25. Bd3 Nxa5 26. d5 {
1/2-1/2 Sutovsky,E-Schandorff,L/Esbjerg 2001/CBM 85_01 (26)}) 14... Qd6 15. d5
Ne5 16. Nd4 Bd7 17. a4 a5 $2 {[%mdl 16384]} (17... c5 18. Nb3 f5 19. f4 Nf7 20.
Nd2 Bf6 21. Ra2 Rfe8 22. Nf3 Re7 23. Bd3 Rae8 24. Qc2 g6 25. g3 Kg7 26. a5 Bc8
27. Bd2 $16 {1-0 Bologan,V-Huzman,A/Ohrid MKD 2001/(47)}) (17... Rfe8 18. Nb5 (
18. Kh1 c5 19. Nb5 Bxb5 20. axb5 Bf6 21. Ra3 Ng6 22. f4 Bd4 23. Rh3 a6 24. bxa6
Rxa6 25. Bd3 Nf8 $11 {0-1 Gdanski,J-Schandorff,L/Germany 2001/CBM 82 ext (36)})
18... Bxb5 19. axb5 Nd7 20. Ra3 Bf6 21. Re3 Nc5 22. Bd3 Rxe3 23. Bxe3 g6 24. g3
a5 25. bxa6 Rxa6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Tischbierek,R-Jussupow,A/GER-CupT 1992/EXT 97-B 
(35)}) (17... b6 18. f4 Ng6 19. f5 Nh8 20. Ba3 Qf6 21. Bb2 Bc5 22. Kh1 Rfe8 23.
Bh5 Re4 $17 {0-1 Aura,K-Pihlajasalo,H/Hyvinkaa 1996/EXT 98 (34)}) (17... Qf6
18. Rb1 b6 19. Bb2 Qh6 20. Nb5 Bxb5 21. Bxe5 Ba6 22. Bxc7 Rac8 23. d6 Bd8 24.
c5 Bxe2 25. Qxe2 Bxc7 26. dxc7 Rxc7 {1/2-1/2 Sion Castro,M-Llanes Hurtado,M/
Cala Galdana ESP 1999 (26)}) (17... Qg6 18. Bf4 $1 Bf6 19. Ra3 $5 Qe4 20. Be3
Rfe8 21. f3 Qg6 22. Bf2 $6 (22. Nb5 $1 $14 {Gelfand} Bh3 $140 23. Rf2 Bh4 24.
g3) 22... Be7 $1 $15 {1/2-1/2 Dominguez,L-Gelfand,B/Moscow 2001/CBM 86/
[Gelfand] (64)}) (17... c6 18. Rb1 cxd5 $6 19. cxd5 Qxd5 $2 20. Nf5 Qe6 $6 21.
Nxe7+ Qxe7 22. Rxb7 $36 {1/2-1/2 Van den Doel,E-Schandorff,L/Esbjerg 2001/CBM
85/[Huzman] (48)}) 18. Ba3 Qf6 19. c5 $1 Rad8 20. Qb3 Ng6 21. Rad1 b6 (21...
Nf4 22. Bf3 $16) 22. d6 $1 cxd6 23. c6 Be6 24. Qxb6 $18 {[%csl Ra5,Rd6][%cal
Gc6c7]} Nf4 25. Bf3 Rb8 26. Qxa5 Ra8 27. Qb4 Nd5 (27... Rfb8 28. Nb5 $18) 28.
Qb3 $1 Rfb8 29. Qc2 Nb4 30. Bxb4 Rxb4 31. Nxe6 fxe6 (31... Qxe6 32. Rfe1 Qf6
33. c7 Rc8 34. Qc6 $18) 32. c7 Rc8 33. Qc6 Qf8 34. Rb1 Rf4 35. Qd7 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 15th"]
[Site "Gothenburg"]
[Date "2005.08.03"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Kritz, Leonid"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2544"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2005.07.30"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 109"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Germany"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 Nc6
8. Qd2 Be6 9. O-O-O Qd7 10. Bb5 (10. Kb1 a6 (10... O-O-O 11. Nd4 Rhf8 12. Bb5
Bd5 13. f3 a6 14. c4 Bxf3 15. Nxf3 axb5 16. cxb5 Nb8 17. Qd3 $16 {1-0 Ushakova,
I-Jousopkanova,S/St Lorenzo 1995/Juniors (46)}) 11. h3 h6 12. g4 O-O-O 13. Bg2
f5 14. g5 Ne5 15. b3 Nxf3 16. Bxf3 f4 17. Bxf4 hxg5 18. Bxg5 Bxg5 19. Qxg5 Rxh3
$11 {1-0 Bologan,V-Charbonneau,P/Edmonton CAN 2005/(44)}) (10. Nd4 Nxd4 11.
Bxd4 Qa4 12. a3 Bf5 13. Re1 Kd7 14. Rxe7+ Kxe7 15. Bxg7 $18 {1/2-1/2 Sciortino,
M-Bondielli,G/Porto San Giorgio 2001/EXT 2002 (53)}) (10. Ng5 Bxg5 11. Bxg5 f6
12. Be3 O-O-O 13. b3 Rhe8 14. h3 Bf5 15. Kb2 Kb8 16. Be2 Be4 17. Rhg1 Re7 18.
g4 Rde8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Smirnov,P-Carlsen,M/Warsaw POL 2005/(27)}) (10. h4 h6 11.
Kb1 O-O-O 12. Nd4 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Rhg8 14. h5 c5 15. Be3 Qc6 16. f3 Rge8 17. Bd3
d5 18. Qf2 Qc7 19. g4 Kb8 20. Rhg1 $36 {1-0 Adams,M-Nielsen,P/Dortmund GER
2005/(27)}) (10. h3 a6 11. Ng5 Bxg5 12. Bxg5 f6 13. Be3 O-O-O 14. b3 h5 15. g3
Rhe8 16. Bg2 Bf5 17. c4 Be4 18. f3 Bg6 19. Rhe1 Re7 20. Bf2 Rxe1 21. Rxe1 Re8
22. g4 Rxe1+ 23. Qxe1 Kd8 $14 {1-0 Charbonneau,P-Roussel Roozmon,T/Montreal
2005/(45)}) 10... a6 11. Ba4 O-O 12. Rhe1 b5 13. Bb3 Bxb3 14. axb3 a5 {Black
has good chances to develop his initiative on the queen's side.} (14... Qf5 $5)
15. Qd5 b4 (15... a4 16. b4 (16. Qxb5 axb3 17. cxb3 Rfb8 18. Qd5 Ra5 19. Qc4 d5
$44) 16... Bf6 17. Bg5 Bxg5+ 18. Nxg5 a3 19. b3 $13) 16. Qb5 $1 {White
neutralizes the initiative of Black on the queen side by a paradoxical
manoeuvre of the queen.} Rfd8 (16... Rfb8 17. Qa4 Ra6 18. Nd4 $11) 17. Qa4 Bf6
(17... bxc3 18. bxc3 Bf6 19. Kb2 $11) 18. Bg5 Bxg5+ 19. Nxg5 Rab8 20. Nf3 h6 (
20... bxc3 21. bxc3 d5 22. c4 d4 23. c3 Qd6 24. Nxd4 Qf4+ 25. Re3 Nxd4 26. Rxd4
Rxd4 27. cxd4 h6 $11) 21. c4 Kf8 22. Rd5 Ra8 23. h3 {[%cal Gc4c5]} Ne7 {
Black sacrifice a pawn. The dangerous position of the White queen will
compensate for the material deficit.} 24. Rxa5 Rxa5 25. Qxa5 c5 26. Rd1 Nc6 27.
Qb6 Ke7 (27... Ra8 $5 {[%csl Rb6]}) 28. Kd2 Rb8 ({Black missed his chance.
After} 28... Ra8 29. Ke2 Qc8 $17 {[%csl Rb6] the Qb6 is traped.}) 29. Qa6 Rb7
30. Qa8 Rb8 31. Qa1 Qf5 32. Re1+ Kd7 33. Re3 $16 Qg6 34. g3 Kc7 35. h4 Qf5 36.
Qd1 Ra8 37. Ke1 Ra2 38. Qb1 Ra8 39. Kf1 g5 40. Kg2 Kd7 (40... g4 41. Ne1 d5 42.
Nd3 $16) 41. Qd1 Ra2 42. Rd3 g4 $2 43. Rxd6+ Kc7 44. Ng1 Qe4+ 45. Kh2 Qf5 46.
Qd2 Rxb2 47. Rxh6 Nd4 $2 (47... f6 $1 48. Qe2 Kd7 49. Kg2 Nd4 (49... Rxc2 50.
Rxf6 $18) 50. Qe3 Rxc2 51. Rh8 Qe5 52. Qxe5 fxe5 53. h5 Nf5 54. h6 Ne3+ 55. Kh1
Nd1 56. Ne2 $1 Rxe2 57. h7 Nxf2+ 58. Kg1 $18) 48. Qe3 Ne6 49. Ne2 Qxc2 (49...
Kd7 50. Nf4 Nxf4 51. gxf4 g3+ 52. Kxg3 Rxc2 53. Rh5 $1 Qxh5 54. Qd3+ $18) 50.
Qe5+ Kb7 51. Qd5+ Kc7 52. Rf6 Nd8 53. Rd6 Qxe2 54. Rd7+ Kb6 55. Qd6+ 1-0

[Event "WchT 6th"]
[Site "Beersheba"]
[Date "2005.11.08"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Volokitin, Andrei"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2666"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2005.11.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Cuba"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CUB"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nb4 9. cxd5 Nxd3 10. Qxd3 Qxd5 11. Re1 Bf5 12. Ne5 g6 13. Nc3 (13. Qf3 Qxd4 (
13... O-O-O 14. g4 Bh4 15. Nc3 Nxc3 16. bxc3 Be6 17. g5 Rhe8 18. c4 Qa5 (18...
Qxd4 19. Rb1 Bd5 20. cxd5 Rxe5 21. Rxe5 Qxe5 22. d6 Rxd6 23. Bf4 Qd5 24. Qg4+
$16 {1-0 Zelcic,R-Saric,A/Sibenik CRO 2005/(58)}) 19. Be3 Bf5 20. Reb1 Qa6 21.
Nxf7 Re4 22. h3 Rde8 23. Rb5 Qe6 24. Ne5 b6 25. a4 c6 26. Rb2 c5 27. a5 $36 {
0-1 Rogulj,B-Saric,A/Omis CRO 2005/(39)}) (13... h5 14. Bf4 O-O-O 15. Nc3 Nxc3
16. Qxc3 Bd6 17. Bg5 Rde8 18. Bf6 Rhg8 19. Nc4 Bf4 20. Be5 Bxe5 21. dxe5 Kb8
22. Rac1 Rc8 23. Qb4 Rgd8 24. h3 Qd4 $11 {1-0 Grosar,A-Puljek Salai,Z/
Ljubljana 1992/TD (45)}) 14. Nc3 Qxe5 15. Bf4 (15. Nxe4 O-O-O (15... O-O 16.
Bh6 Rfe8 17. Ng3 Qxb2 18. Nxf5 gxf5 19. Qg3+ Kh8 20. Qxc7 $44 {1-0 Grosar,
A-Sifrer,D/Yugoslavia 1988 (43)}) 16. Bf4 Qa5 17. Rac1 Rd7 18. a3 Kb8 19. b4
Qb6 20. Nc5 Bxc5 21. Rxc5 h5 22. Rec1 Rc8 23. Qc3 a6 24. a4 $40 {1-0 Comp
Mchess Pro-Comp Hiarcs 2/(03) 1993 (90)}) 15... Qa5 (15... Qf6 16. Nd5 Qxb2 17.
Nxc7+ Kd7 18. Rad1+ Bd6 19. Rxe4 Bxe4 20. Qxe4 Rad8 21. Nb5 Qxb5 22. Rxd6+ Kc8
23. Qc2+ {1-0 Hamalainen,S-Pihlajasalo,H/Helsinki 2000/EXT 2001 (23)}) 16. b4 (
16. Rxe4 $5 {N} Bxe4 17. Qxe4 Qb4 (17... Qf5 $1 18. Qd4 O-O 19. Nd5 Rfe8 20.
Bh6 f6 21. g4 $1 Bc5 $1 22. gxf5 Bxd4 23. Nxc7 Rac8 $11) 18. Qe5 f6 19. Qxc7
Rd8 20. Re1 $44 {1-0 Moreno Ramon,A-Espinoza,R/La Habana 1994/Inf 62/[Moreno
Ramon,A] (38)}) 16... Qa3 17. Nd5 Qxf3 18. gxf3 Bd8 19. fxe4 Be6 20. Nxc7+ Bxc7
21. Bxc7 f6 22. a3 Rc8 23. Rac1 Kf7 {1/2-1/2 Beliavsky,A-Smyslov,V/Reggio
Emilia 1986/CBM 04 (23)}) (13. Qe3 O-O-O 14. Nc3 (14. Nf3 Rhe8 15. Nc3 Nxc3 16.
Qxc3 Bf6 $15 {1/2-1/2 Jacobs-Frobe/DDR-CupT8 corr 1988/CR97-88 (28)}) (14. g4
Bh4 15. Nc3 Nxc3 16. bxc3 Be6 17. g5 h6 $15 {1/2-1/2 Bogatyriova,L-Alyabusheva,
G/Sevastopol 2000/EXT 2001 (52)}) 14... Nxc3 15. Qxc3 Rhe8 16. Be3 Kb8 $15 {
1/2-1/2 Sarink,H-Goth,J/olm11 corr8794 1987/CR97-87 (28)}) (13. f3 Nf6 14. Qe3
O-O-O 15. Nc3 Qxd4 16. Qxd4 Rxd4 17. Be3 Rb4 18. b3 Be6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Anand,
V-Kramnik,V/Linares sp 00/4 2000/[Poldauf] (25)}) (13. g4 Nxf2 14. Qe3 (14. Qg3
Ne4 15. Rxe4 Bxe4 16. Nc3 Qxd4+ 17. Be3 Qb4 18. Qf4 f5 {0-1 Wengler,J-Kuehnel,
G/corr 1991 (18)}) 14... Qh1+ 15. Kxf2 Bh4+ 16. Ke2 Qg2+ {0-1 Thao,
L-Pourkashiyan,A/Teheran 2002/CBM 87 ext (16)}) 13... Nxc3 14. Qxc3 O-O-O 15.
Bf4 (15. Nc6 Qxc6 16. Rxe7 Qxc3 17. bxc3 Rhe8 $15 {0-1 Rogulj,B-Saric,A/
Sibenik 2005/CBM 108 ext (76)}) (15. Bh6 Rhe8 16. Rac1 c6 17. Nxc6 $1 (17. Be3
f6 18. Nc4 g5 19. b4 Kb8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Satheesan,M-Chauhan,R/IND-ch corr 2000/
Corr 2002 (31)}) 17... bxc6 18. Re5 Qd7 19. Qf3 Kc7 20. Ra5 Ra8 21. Ra6 $40 {
1-0 Henri,J-Kondali,J/corr 1987/corr/[Henri] (37)}) 15... Bd6 16. Bg5 (16. Rac1
f6 17. Bg3 Rhe8 18. a3 c6 19. Nf3 Bxg3 20. hxg3 Bg4 21. Rxe8 Rxe8 22. Re1 Rxe1+
23. Nxe1 Bf5 $15 {1/2-1/2 Rozentalis,L-Laursen,B/Baltic Sea tt6 corr9196 1991/
Corr 2000 (32)}) 16... Rde8 17. Nc4 (17. Bf6 Rhg8 18. Nc4 Rxe1+ 19. Rxe1 Be6
20. Nxd6+ Qxd6 21. Be5 Qc6 22. Qd2 Qd5 23. Rc1 c6 24. Rc5 Qxa2 25. h3 Qa1+ 26.
Kh2 {1-0 Goubnitsky,S-Pampa,A/ICCF-Cup5 corr 1986/Corr 2000 (26)}) 17... Bd7 $1
{Black neutralizes the initiative of White by this strong manoeuvre of the
bishop.} (17... Kb8 18. Bf6 Rhf8 19. Nxd6 Rxe1+ 20. Rxe1 cxd6 21. Qb4 Rc8 $11)
18. Bf6 (18. Nxd6+ Qxd6 19. Bh4 Bc6 $11) 18... Rxe1+ 19. Rxe1 Re8 20. Nxd6+
Qxd6 21. Be5 Qc6 $1 (21... Qb6 22. Rc1 c6 23. Qa3 $36) 22. Qd2 (22. Qa5 Qb6 $11
) 22... Qd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 15th"]
[Site "Gothenburg"]
[Date "2005.08.03"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Almasi, Zoltan"]
[Black "Nielsen, Peter Heine"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2619"]
[BlackElo "2668"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2005.07.30"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 109"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hungary"]
[BlackTeam "Denmark"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "HUN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "DEN"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Bf4 Nc6
8. Qd2 Bg4 9. O-O-O Qd7 (9... Bxf3 10. gxf3 Qd7 11. h4 O-O-O 12. Qd5 f5 13. Bb5
g6 14. h5 g5 15. Be3 f4 16. Bxa7 $16 {1-0 Cabanas,F-Kruger,B/CAN 1985/EXT 2002
(49)}) 10. Re1 (10. Bc4 Be6 (10... O-O 11. Bd5 Rae8 12. h3 Be6 13. c4 Bf6 14.
Bg5 Bxg5 15. Nxg5 Bxd5 16. cxd5 Ne5 17. Rhe1 h6 18. Ne4 {1/2-1/2 Volokitin,
A-Christiansen,L/Bermuda 2003/CBM 94_01 (18)}) 11. Bd3 (11. Bd5 O-O-O 12. c4
Bf6 13. Rhe1 h6 14. h3 Rhe8 15. Re3 Bxd5 16. cxd5 Ne5 17. Qb4 Nxf3 18. Rb3 c5
19. dxc6 Qxc6 20. Rxf3 Re2 $132 {1-0 Geller,J-Kazantsev,V/Samara 2001/EXT 2003
(39)}) 11... O-O-O 12. Rhe1 a6 13. Ng5 Bxg5 14. Bxg5 Rde8 15. Bf4 Bf5 16. Bc4
Na5 $1 17. Bd5 Be6 18. b3 Bxd5 19. Qxd5 Nc6 $11 {0-1 Vallejo Pons,F-Ponomariov,
R/Leon 2003/CBM 96/[Huzman] (48)}) (10. h3 Bxf3 11. gxf3 a6 12. h4 O-O 13. Bh3
f5 14. Qd5+ Kh8 15. h5 Qd8 16. h6 g6 17. Be3 Bg5 18. f4 Bxh6 19. Bf1 Bg7 20.
Qg2 Qe8 21. Qh3 h5 22. Bg2 $44 {1-0 Dembo,Y-Sendur,A/Budapest 2001/CBM 80 ext 
(40)}) 10... a6 11. Bc4 ({In my opinion only after} 11. Nd4 $5 {White has
chances to get an advantage.} O-O (11... Nxd4 12. Qxd4 O-O 13. Bd3 Bf6 (13...
Be6 14. Qe4 g6 15. h4 $36) 14. Qe4 g6 15. Bh6 (15. Qxb7 Qa4 16. Qb4 $1 Qxa2 17.
Bh6 (17. Bc4 a5 18. Qb5 Rab8 $11) 17... Be6 $1 18. Bxf8 Rxf8 19. f4 c5 $44)
15... Rfe8 16. Qxb7 $16) 12. h3 Bh5 (12... Be6 $5 13. Nxe6 fxe6 14. Bd3 $14)
13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. g4 Bg6 15. h4 $36) 11... Be6 $1 12. Bd5 (12. Bxe6 fxe6 13.
Bg5 O-O 14. h4 Rae8 $11) 12... Bxd5 13. Qxd5 O-O-O $11 {Black has no
weaknesses and neutralizes the initiative of White easily.} 14. Re4 (14. Qxf7
$4 Rhf8 15. Qc4 d5 $19) 14... Bf6 15. Bg5 $1 Bxg5+ 16. Nxg5 Rdf8 17. Rhe1 h6
18. Nf3 Re8 19. h3 Rxe4 20. Qxe4 Kd8 $1 21. Nd4 Nxd4 22. cxd4 (22. Qxd4 Re8 23.
Rd1 Re2 $11) 22... Re8 23. Qxe8+ Qxe8 24. Rxe8+ Kxe8 25. Kd2 Ke7 26. Ke3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Montreal 6th"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2005.08.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Charbonneau, Pascal"]
[Black "Roussel Roozmon, Thomas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2509"]
[BlackElo "2439"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2005.08.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 109"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 Nc6
8. Qd2 Be6 9. O-O-O Qd7 10. h3 a6 11. Ng5 Bxg5 12. Bxg5 f6 13. Be3 O-O-O 14. b3
(14. Be2 Rhe8 15. b3 Qe7 (15... Kb8 16. Kb2 Bf5 17. Rhe1 h6 18. Bf1 Bh7 19. f3
Re5 20. Bf4 Rxe1 21. Rxe1 Re8 22. Rxe8+ Qxe8 23. Qe2 Ne5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Leko,
P-Adams,M/Miskolc HUN 2005/(40)}) 16. Kb1 d5 17. Rhe1 Qa3 18. Bh5 Re7 19. Qc1
Qxc1+ 20. Kxc1 g6 21. Bg4 Bxg4 22. hxg4 d4 23. cxd4 Nxd4 24. Rh1 Red7 25. Kb2
Nc6 26. Rxd7 Rxd7 27. a4 Ne5 28. f3 $14 {1-0 Rasik,V-Engedal,K/Hamburg 1993/TD
(58)}) 14... h5 {[%csl Rg2,Rh3][%cal Yh5h4]} 15. g3 Rhe8 (15... Rde8 16. Bg2
Bf5 17. c4 Be4 18. f3 Bf5 {[%cal Yc6b4]} 19. Rde1 Re7 $14) 16. Bg2 Bf5 17. c4
Be4 18. f3 Bg6 19. Rhe1 Re7 20. Bf2 (20. Qc3 Rde8 21. c5 d5 $17) 20... Rxe1 21.
Rxe1 Re8 22. g4 (22. Rd1 Re6 23. c5 Qe7 $11) 22... Rxe1+ 23. Qxe1 Kd8 $14 {
White has a small advantage due to his pair of bishops. But Black has no
weaknesses and his position is defendable.} 24. a3 a5 25. Qe2 hxg4 (25... Qe7
26. Qxe7+ Kxe7 27. f4 $14) 26. fxg4 b6 27. g5 $1 {White opens the position for
his bishops and the defence of Black becomes more difficult.} Ne5 (27... fxg5
$5 28. Qd2 (28. Be3 Ne5 29. Bxg5+ Kc8 30. h4 Qf5 $11) 28... Ne5 29. Qxg5+ Kc8
30. Bd4 Qf5 31. Qxf5+ Bxf5 32. h4 g6 $14) 28. gxf6 gxf6 29. Bh4 Qg7 30. Qf2 $14
{/+/-} Ke7 31. a4 Bh7 32. Kb2 Qg6 33. Bd5 Qh6 (33... Qf5 34. Qxf5 Bxf5 35. Bg2
$14) 34. Bg2 Qg6 35. Bg3 Kf7 $2 {Black missed a simple but elegant blow on the
queen's side which will destroy his pawn structure.} (35... Qf5 36. Qd2 Kd7 $14
) 36. c5 $1 {[%mdl 32]} bxc5 37. Bxe5 dxe5 38. Bd5+ Kg7 39. Qxc5 Kh6 40. b4 $1
{The passed pawn on a4 will decide the game now.} (40. Qxc7 Qf5 41. Qc5 (41.
Qc3 Qf2) 41... Kh5 42. b4 axb4 43. Kb3 $16) 40... f5 $4 (40... axb4 41. a5 Qg3
42. Qf8+ Kg5 43. Qxb4 Qf2 44. h4+ Kh5 45. Bf7+ (45. Bb3 Bg6 46. a6 Qa7 47. Qb7
Qd4+ 48. Ka2 Be4 49. Qxc7 Kxh4 50. a7) 45... Bg6 46. Bxg6+ Kxg6 47. a6 $16) 41.
Qc6 $1 $18 Qxc6 42. Bxc6 Bg8 43. bxa5 Bc4 44. Bb7 f4 45. Kc3 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 15th"]
[Site "Gothenburg"]
[Date "2005.08.07"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Hansen, Sune Berg"]
[Black "Docx, Stefan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2568"]
[BlackElo "2310"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2005.07.30"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 109"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Denmark"]
[BlackTeam "Belgium"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "DEN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BEL"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. a3 Nc6 11. cxd5 Qxd5 12. Nc3 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Bf5 14. Re1 Rfe8
15. Bf4 Rac8 16. Nd2 Bf6 (16... Na5 17. Bf3 Qd7 18. Nb3 (18. Nf1 Bd6 19. Rxe8+
Rxe8 20. Bxd6 cxd6 21. Ne3 Be4 22. h3 {1/2-1/2 Adams,M-Kramnik,V/Wijk aan Zee
NED 2005/(22)}) 18... Nxb3 19. Qxb3 b6 20. a4 Bd6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Acs,P-Haba,P/
Pardubice CZE 2003/(56)}) 17. Bf3 Qd7 18. Ne4 Bxe4 19. Rxe4 Rxe4 20. Bxe4 $14 {
Owing the two bishops gives White good chances for an advantage.} Re8 21. Qd3
g6 22. h3 Na5 23. Rb1 c6 (23... b6 $5 24. Qf3 Be7 25. Be5 Bd6 26. Rd1 $36) 24.
Bf3 b6 (24... b5 $5 25. a4 Nc4 $11) 25. Rd1 Rd8 26. d5 $5 cxd5 27. Bxd5 {
Bd5 dominates over Na5.That's why White have clear advantage.} Qa4 28. Qf3 Kg7
29. Qd3 Qb5 {I think this is a mistake in the text of the game.} 30. Qe3 Re8 $4
{[%mdl 8192]} (30... h5 31. Qf3 Nc4 32. g4 $1 hxg4 33. hxg4 {[%csl Rf7][%cal
Gg4g5]} Qc5 (33... Nb2 34. Rd2 Nc4 (34... Na4 35. g5 Bxc3 36. Bc4 $1 Qb1+ (
36... Qe8 37. Rxd8 Qxd8 38. Bb5 $18) 37. Kg2 Rxd2 (37... Bxd2 38. Be5+ $18) 38.
Be5+ $1 $18) 35. Bxc4 Qxc4 36. g5 Be7 37. Be5+ Kg8 38. Qh3 $18) 34. g5 Be7 35.
Rd3 $1 b5 36. Qe4 $1 $40 {[%cal Gf4e5,Gd3h3,Gh3h8,Ge5h8]}) 31. Bh6+ Kh8 32. Qf3
Be5 (32... Bg7 33. Bxg7+ Kxg7 34. Qxf7+ Kh6 35. Rd4 $18) 33. Bxf7 (33. Qxf7 $18
{[%cal Gh6f8]}) 33... Rc8 (33... Rb8 34. Bf4 $1 $18) 34. Be6 Re8 (34... Rb8 35.
Bf4 $1 $18 {[%cal Ga3a4]}) 35. Bd7 1-0

[Event "FRA-ch Pool A"]
[Site "Marseille"]
[Date "2001.08.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Degraeve, Jean Marc"]
[Black "Koch, Jean Rene"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2602"]
[BlackElo "2518"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2001.08.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 085"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Bd3 d5 6. Qe2 Qe7 7. O-O Nd6 8.
Qd1 Qd8 9. Re1+ Be7 10. Nc3 c6 11. Qe2 Nd7 12. b3 (12. b4 Nf8 13. b5 Ne6 14.
bxc6 bxc6 15. Ne5 Qc7 16. Qf3 (16. Ba3 O-O 17. Rab1 Nf4 18. Qf3 Nxd3 19. Nxd3
Be6 20. Nf4 Nc4 21. Bxe7 Qxe7 22. Re2 Qf6 23. Qg3 Rfe8 24. Nxe6 fxe6 25. Rbe1
Re7 26. Nd1 Rae8 27. d3 Nb6 28. Ne3 $36 {1-0 Georgiev,K-Motylev,A/YUG t-ch
Novi Sad 2000/Ajelibre (61)}) 16... Rb8 17. Ba3 O-O 18. Qg3 Re8 19. Ng4 Kh8 20.
Qe5 (20. Ne5 Kg8 $11) 20... Kg8 21. Re3 $2 (21. Qg3 $11) 21... f5 (21... d4 22.
Bxh7+ (22. Qh5 g6 23. Qe5 h5 24. Nh6+ Kh7 25. Nxf7 Nf5 (25... Nxf7 26. Qxh5+
Kg8 27. Qxg6+ Kf8)) (22. Rh3 f5 (22... Ng5 23. Bxh7+ Kh8 24. Rh6 Bxg4 25. Bxd6
Bxd6 26. Bd3+ Kg8 27. Qxg5 dxc3 28. Rh7 Be5 29. Qxg4 cxd2) 23. Nh6+ gxh6 24.
Rg3+ Kf7 25. Be2 Ng5 26. Bh5+ Kg8 27. Bxe8 Nxe8 28. Qxe7 Qxe7 29. Bxe7 dxc3 30.
Rxc3 $14) 22... Kf8 (22... Kxh7 23. Qh5+ Kg8 24. Rh3 f6 25. Bxd6 $18) 23. Rh3 (
23. Rd3 dxc3 24. Bxd6 Bxd6 25. Rxd6 Ng5 $17) 23... f6 24. Bg6 Nf7 25. Bxe7+
Rxe7 26. Qh5 Nh6 27. Nxh6 Nf4 28. Nf5 $1 Nxh5 29. Rxh5 Kg8 30. Nxe7+ Qxe7 31.
Ne4 Bg4 $17 32. Kh1) 22. Bxd6 (22. Ne2 $1 fxg4 23. Bxh7+ Kxh7 24. Qh5+ Kg8 25.
Bxd6 Bxd6 26. Qxe8+ Nf8 $17) 22... Bxd6 23. Qxf5 Nf8 24. Qg5 Bxg4 25. Qxg4
Bxh2+ 26. Kh1 Bf4 $17 27. Rh3 (27. Rxe8 Rxe8 $17 {[%csl Rd2]}) 27... Bxd2 28.
Ne2 Qe5 29. Rd1 Ba5 (29... Rb4 30. c4 Rb2 31. Rh5) 30. Nd4 $132 Bc7 $2 31. Nxc6
Qe1+ 32. Bf1 Qxf2 33. Rf3 $1 (33. Nxb8 Bb6 $1 34. Be2 Rxe2 35. Qg3 Rd2 36. Rb1
Qxg3 37. Rxg3 Rxc2 $15) 33... Qxc2 34. Rxf8+ (34. Nxb8 Bxb8 35. Rxd5 $16) 34...
Rxf8 35. Ne7+ Kh8 36. Bd3 $4 Qxd3 {0-1 Thipsay,P-Yu Shaoteng/Calcutta 2001/CBM
85_01/[Huzman] (36)}) 12... Nc5 13. Qe5 Ne6 14. Bb2 Bf6 (14... O-O 15. Qg3 $1
$36) 15. Qg3 O-O 16. Ba3 $1 Be7 17. Re5 $36 f5 (17... f6 $1 18. Re2 (18. Bxh7+
Kxh7 19. Qh3+ Kg8 20. Rxe6 Bxe6 21. Qxe6+ Rf7 22. Re1 Nf5 $11) (18. Rh5 f5 $15
{[%csl Rh5]}) 18... f5 19. Qe5 (19. Re5 Ne4 20. Bxe7 Qxe7 21. Qh4 Qd6 (21...
Qxh4 22. Nxh4 Nf4 $11)) 19... Nf7 $1 (19... Rf6 20. Nd4 Nxd4 21. Qxd4 $36) 20.
Qxf5 Neg5 21. Bxe7 (21. Qxh7+ $5 Nxh7 22. Bxe7 Qe8 23. Bc5 Qd8 $11) 21... Bxf5
22. Bxd8 Nxf3+ 23. gxf3 Bxd3 24. cxd3 Raxd8 $44) 18. Rae1 Rf6 $2 (18... Ne4 19.
Nxe4 (19. Bxe4 dxe4 20. Bxe7 Qxe7 21. Nh4 f4 22. Qg4 Qd6 23. R5xe4 Nc5 $17) (
19. Bxe7 Qxe7 20. Bxe4 dxe4 21. Nh4 f4 22. Qg4 Qd6 23. R1xe4 Nc5 $15) 19...
fxe4 20. Bxe7 Qxe7 21. Nd4 Qf6 22. Nxe6 Bxe6 23. Be2 $11) 19. Nd4 Ne4 20. Bxe7
Qxe7 21. Nxf5 $1 Rxf5 22. Nxe4 dxe4 $2 (22... Rxe5 23. Qxe5 dxe4 24. Qxe4 g6
25. Bc4 Kf7 26. Qf4+ Qf6 (26... Kg8 27. Qe5 Kf7 28. Qh8 $18) 27. Qh6 b5 28.
Qxh7+ Kf8 29. Bd3 Nf4 $132) 23. Rxf5 exd3 24. Qxd3 $16 Bd7 25. Rfe5 Rf8 $2 (
25... Re8 26. Qe3 b6 27. f4 Qf8 $16) 26. Qe3 Rf6 27. Qxa7 $18 Qd6 28. Qe3 Nf4
29. Re4 Rf7 30. Qd4 Qh6 31. Qc4 Qf6 $4 (31... Nd5 32. R1e2 $18) 32. Re8+ 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 15th"]
[Site "Gothenburg"]
[Date "2005.08.03"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Black "Pavasovic, Dusko"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2634"]
[BlackElo "2566"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2005.07.30"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 109"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Bulgaria"]
[BlackTeam "Slovenia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BUL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SLO"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nb4 9. Be2 Be6 10. c5 Bf6 (10... a5 11. Ne5 $1 (11. Bf4 O-O 12. Nc3 g5 13. Bd2
Nc6 14. Bc1 f5 15. Ne1 b6 16. cxb6 cxb6 17. Nb5 Bf6 18. Nc2 Rc8 19. Re1 Qd7 {
1/2-1/2 Socko,B-Motylev,A/Ohrid 2001/CBM 84 (19)}) (11. a3 Nc6 12. Bb5 O-O 13.
Bxc6 bxc6 14. Ne5 Bf6 15. Bf4 Bd7 16. f3 Ng5 17. Nc3 Rb8 18. Rf2 Ne6 19. Bg3
Re8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Topalov,V-Ye Rongguang/Antwerp 1997/CBM 61 (23)}) 11... f6 12.
Nd3 O-O 13. Nf4 $1 Bf7 14. Bg4 $1 g6 15. Ne6 Bxe6 16. Bxe6+ Kg7 17. a3 Nc6 18.
Nc3 Re8 19. Nxd5 Bxc5 20. dxc5 Rxe6 21. Bf4 Ne5 22. Rc1 $16 {1/2-1/2 Nataf,
I-Topalov,V/Cannes 2002/CBM 88/[Huzman] (33)}) (10... Nc6 11. Bb5 (11. Nc3 O-O
12. Bd3 Ng5 13. Nxg5 Bxg5 14. Be3 Bf6 15. h3 b6 {1/2-1/2 Acs,P-Koziak,V/
Lubniewice POL 2003/(15)}) 11... Bd7 (11... Bf6 12. Bxc6+ (12. Bf4 O-O 13. Bxc6
bxc6 14. Ne5 Qb8 15. Qc1 Bxe5 16. Bxe5 f6 17. Bf4 Ng5 18. b3 $14 {0-1 Adams,
M-Bacrot,E/Cap D'Agde FRA 2003/(64)}) 12... bxc6 13. Qa4 Bd7 14. Bf4 O-O 15.
Nc3 (15. Qa5 $5) 15... Rb8 $1 16. Qxa7 $6 Rxb2 17. Na4 Rb4 $17 {0-1 Al
Modiahki,M-Iordachescu,V/Dubai 2004/CBM 101/[Huzman] (31)}) (11... O-O 12. Bxc6
bxc6 13. Ne5 Qe8 14. f3 f6 15. Nd3 Ng5 16. h4 Nf7 17. Re1 Bf5 18. Qe2 Bxd3 19.
Qxe7 Qxe7 20. Rxe7 Rfe8 $11 {0-1 Bindrich,F-Ilincic,Z/Budapest HUN 2005/(27)})
12. Bxc6 Bxc6 13. Ne5 Bb5 14. Re1 O-O 15. f3 Ng5 16. Nc3 $36 {1-0 Tredinnick,
A-Evans,R/ENG-ch corr8990 1989/CR97-89 (38)}) (10... O-O 11. Qb3 a5 12. a3 Na6
(12... Nc6 13. Qxb7 Bd7 14. Qb3 Bg4 15. Be3 Bf6 16. Qa4 Ne7 17. Nc3 $16 {
0-1 Ngo Dieu Hoa-Pham Le Thao Nguyen/Dong Thap VIE 2003/(56)}) 13. Qxb7 Naxc5
14. dxc5 Nxc5 15. Qc6 d4 16. Bf4 Ra7 $13 {1-0 Pane,A-Venni,A/4 CIM 1988 (39)})
11. Bf4 (11. a3 Nc6 12. b4 Bg4 13. Bb2 O-O 14. Nbd2 Re8 15. h3 Nxd2 16. Qxd2
Bf5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Zhigalko,A-Sakelsek,T/Halkidiki GRE 2003/(59)}) 11... O-O 12.
Ne5 {White tries to prevent the return of Nb4 to c6.} (12. Nc3 Nc6 13. Qa4 Bg4
14. Rad1 Re8 15. Rfe1 Qd7 $11) 12... Bxe5 $1 {But Black gets his way and
transfers the Nb4 to c6 for an attack of the basis of the pawn structure of
White - the pawn d4.} 13. Bxe5 Nc6 14. Bf4 Qf6 (14... Qh4 $5 15. Be3 (15. g3
Qf6 16. Be3 Ne7 $5 $11 {[%cal Ye7f5]}) 15... f5 (15... Ne7 $5 16. Qb3 Nf5 (
16... b6 $132) 17. Qxb7 Nxe3 18. fxe3 Rab8 19. Qxc7 Rxb2 $132) 16. g3 Qf6 17.
f3 Ng5 18. Kh1 Bf7 19. Nc3 Ne6 $5 20. Nxd5 Qd8 21. Bc4 Nexd4 22. Bxd4 Bxd5 23.
Bf6 Qxf6 24. Bxd5+ Kh8 25. Qa4 Qxb2 26. Rab1 Qe5 27. Bxc6 bxc6 28. Qxc6 f4 $132
) 15. Be3 Bf5 16. Nc3 Nxc3 17. bxc3 b6 $132 {Black get rid of his weakness on
b7 and equalizes the game.} 18. Rc1 Na5 (18... bxc5 19. dxc5 Rad8 20. Qa4 Rfe8
(20... d4 21. cxd4 Nxd4 22. Bxd4 Qxd4 23. Qxa7 $16) 21. Qf4 (21. Bb5 Re4 22.
Qa6 Re6 23. Qa4 Be4 $36) 21... Qg6 22. Bb5 Bh3 23. Qg5 $14) 19. Qa4 Rfe8 20.
Rfe1 Re7 21. Bf1 (21. Bb5 Qg6 22. Bf4 Rxe1+ 23. Rxe1 c6 24. Bf1 (24. Be2 Re8
$11) 24... Bd3 $1 $11) 21... Bd7 22. Qd1 (22. Qd1 Nc4 23. Bxc4 dxc4 $11) (22.
Qa3 Nc4 (22... Rae8 23. Bd2 Nc4 24. Bxc4 dxc4 25. Qxa7 Bc6 26. Rxe7 (26. cxb6
Qg5 $1 $19) 26... Qxe7 27. cxb6 Qe2 28. Qxc7 Qxd2 29. Rf1 Be4 30. b7 Qg5 31. f3
Bxf3 $1 32. Rxf3 Re1+ 33. Kf2 Qd2+ 34. Kg3 Qg5+ $11) 23. Bxc4 dxc4 24. d5 Qg6
$132) 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 15th"]
[Site "Gothenburg"]
[Date "2005.08.02"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Kulaots, Kaido"]
[Black "Pavasovic, Dusko"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2566"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "160"]
[EventDate "2005.07.30"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 109"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Estonia"]
[BlackTeam "Slovenia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "EST"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SLO"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nb4 9. Be2 Be6 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Ne5 c5 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. d5 Bc8 14. a3 Na6 15.
Qc2 f6 16. Ng4 Qd6 (16... Bd6 17. f4 $1 exf3 18. Bxf3 $16 {1/2-1/2 Topalov,
V-Shirov,A/Moscow 2001/CBM 86/[Huzman] (85)}) (16... f5 17. Ne5 Bf6 18. f4 Re8
19. Bd2 Bxe5 20. fxe5 Rxe5 21. Bc3 $44) (16... Bxg4 $5 17. Bxg4 f5 18. Be2 Bf6
19. Rb1 $14) (16... Nc7 17. f3 exf3 18. Bxf3 Bd6 19. Nf2 f5 20. Nd3 b5 21. Be3
bxc4 22. Nxc5 Qe7 23. Ne6 Nxe6 24. dxe6 Rb8 25. Qxc4 Bxe6 $11 {1-0 Motylev,
A-Mahesh Chandran,P/Calcutta 2002/CBM 88/[Huzman] (67)}) (16... Qc7 17. f3 f5
18. Ne3 f4 19. Ng4 e3 20. Bd3 h5 21. Nxe3 fxe3 22. Bxe3 Bd6 23. f4 Bd7 $13 {
1-0 Fricot,F-Sanfrutos Lуpez,F/IECG 2003/Telechess CBM 101 (35)}) 17. f3 f5 18.
Nf2 Bf6 $5 {Black sacrifices a pawn for attack.} 19. fxe4 Be5 (19... Bd4 $6 20.
Kh1 $16) 20. h3 Bd4 21. e5 {White gives the pawn back to neutralize the
initiative of Black.} (21. Kh1 $2 Qg3 $17) 21... Qxe5 22. Kh1 Bd7 (22... f4 $5
23. Nd3 (23. Bd3 $2 Qh5 $40 {[%cal Rf4f3] /\f3}) 23... Bf5 24. Nxe5 Bxc2 25.
Bd3 Bxe5 26. Bxc2 Nc7 $14) 23. Nd3 Qf6 (23... Ba4 24. Qxa4 Qxe2 25. Rf3 $1 $16
{1-0 Anand,V-Shirov,A/Moscow RUS 2001/(44)}) 24. Rb1 (24. Bf4 Rae8 25. Rae1 g5
26. Bd2 f4 $36) 24... g5 $5 {Black continues in developing of his initiative
on the king's side in spite of weakening of the position of Kg8.} 25. b4 b6 (
25... f4 26. bxc5 Bf5 27. Qd1 Rf7 28. Rb3 Nxc5 29. Nxc5 Bxc5 30. Bb2 Qh6 31.
Bg4 Bxg4 32. Qxg4 Re8 $13) 26. Bd2 ({Only the correct regrouping of his pieces
gave White chances for an advantage.} 26. Ne1 $1 f4 27. Nf3 Bf5 28. Bd3 $16)
26... f4 27. Nf2 (27. Ne1 Rae8 28. Bd3 Qh6 29. Nf3 Be3 $36) 27... Bf5 28. Bd3
Rae8 29. Rbe1 Rxe1 30. Bxe1 Nb8 $11 {[%cal Yb8d7,Yd7e5]} 31. Bd2 (31. Ne4 Qg6
32. bxc5 bxc5 33. g4 (33. Bf2 Nd7 34. Bxd4 cxd4 35. c5 Ne5 $17) 33... Qh6 34.
Kg2 Bg6 35. Nd2 Bxd3 36. Qxd3 Nd7 37. Nf3 Ne5 $11) 31... Nd7 32. Bxf5 Qxf5 33.
Qxf5 Rxf5 34. Nd3 b5 $1 {Black seizes the initiative by this strong break.} 35.
g4 Rf8 36. Nxc5 Nxc5 37. bxc5 Bxc5 38. cxb5 Rd8 $15 39. Bb4 (39. a4 Rxd5 40.
Rc1 Kf7 $15) 39... Rxd5 (39... Bxb4 40. axb4 Rxd5 41. Ra1 Rxb5 42. Rxa7 Rxb4
$15) 40. Bxc5 Rxc5 41. a4 Rc4 42. Rd1 Rxa4 43. Rd7 Ra5 44. Rb7 Ra2 45. Kg1 h6
46. Rc7 Ra5 47. Rb7 a6 48. b6 Rb5 49. Kf2 a5 50. Ra7 Rxb6 51. Rxa5 {In my
opinion this endgame is drawish. But the new time control doesn't help in
correct playing in the endgame.} Kg7 52. h4 Kg6 53. hxg5 hxg5 54. Ra3 Kf6 55.
Kf3 Rb5 56. Rc3 Ke5 57. Ra3 Rc5 58. Rb3 Kd4 59. Rb4+ Rc4 60. Rb5 Rc3+ 61. Kf2
Rc5 62. Rb2 Ke5 63. Rb3 Ke4 64. Rb4+ Kd5 65. Rb8 Ke5 66. Rd8 Ke4 67. Re8+ Re5
68. Ra8 Kd4 69. Rd8+ Rd5 70. Re8 Kc5 71. Ra8 Kd6 72. Ra3 Ke5 73. Kf3 Rb5 74.
Rd3 $2 Rb1 75. Ra3 Rg1 $19 76. Ra5+ Kf6 77. Ra6+ Ke7 78. Ke4 Rxg4 79. Ke5 f3
80. Ra7+ Kd8 0-1

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 15th"]
[Site "Gothenburg"]
[Date "2005.08.01"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Palac, Mladen"]
[Black "Pavasovic, Dusko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2566"]
[BlackElo "2566"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2005.07.30"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 109"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Croatia"]
[BlackTeam "Slovenia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CRO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SLO"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Bg4 8.
Re1 Be7 9. c3 f5 10. Qb3 O-O 11. Nbd2 Na5 12. Qa4 (12. Qc2 Nc6 13. b4 a6 14.
Ne5 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Bh4 16. Rf1 Bxf2+ 17. Rxf2 Nxf2 18. Kxf2 Qh4+ 19. Kg1 Qe1+
20. Nf1 f4 21. Bb2 Qxe5 22. c4 Qh5 23. cxd5 $16 {1-0 Karjakin,S-Vasilevich,T/
playchess.com INT 2004 (35)}) 12... Nc6 13. Qb3 Na5 14. Qc2 Nc6 15. b4 a6 16.
Ne5 $1 {This move looks like a serious attempt to get an advantage in this
popular line.} Nxe5 17. dxe5 c5 (17... Bh4 18. Rf1 (18. g3 Bg5 19. Nb3 Bxc1 20.
Raxc1 Qe7 21. Nd4 $14) 18... Bxf2+ 19. Rxf2 Nxf2 20. Kxf2 Qh4+ 21. Kg1 Qe1+ 22.
Nf1 Qxe5 23. Be3 $16) 18. f3 cxb4 (18... Qb6 19. Bxe4 $1 fxe4 20. fxg4 cxb4+
21. Kh1 Qc6 $1 (21... Qc5 22. c4 b5 23. Nb3 Qxc4 24. Qd1 $16) 22. Nb3 (22. Bb2
Rf2 23. Rf1 Raf8 24. Rxf2 Rxf2 25. Rf1 Qc5 26. Qd1 Qe3 $44) (22. Qb3 Qxc3 23.
Qxd5+ Kh8 24. Rb1 e3 25. Rb3 exd2 26. Bxd2 Qc2 27. Bxb4 Qf2 $44) 22... Qxc3 23.
Qxc3 bxc3 24. Be3 b5 25. Rad1 $14) 19. Bxe4 $1 fxe4 20. fxg4 Bc5+ (20... Qc7
21. Qb3 Qxe5 22. Bb2 $16) 21. Kh1 Rf2 (21... Qh4 22. Rf1 Qxg4 23. Qb3 $16) 22.
Qb3 $16 Kh8 23. Nf1 {White neutralizes the initiative of Black by precise play
and his material advantage will be seen.} (23. cxb4 Bd4 24. Rb1 Bxe5 25. Bb2
Bxb2 26. Qxb2 Qb6 27. Rf1 $16) 23... bxc3 24. Qxc3 Qb6 25. Qg3 Rff8 (25... Bd4
26. Be3 Rxf1+ 27. Rxf1 Bxe3 28. Rab1 Qc5 29. Rxb7 $16) 26. Qb3 $1 {[%mdl 4]
The strong pawns d5 and e4 will be blocked and then abolished in the endgame.}
(26. Ne3 Rad8 27. Rd1 Bd4 28. Ba3 Bxe3 29. Rab1 Qh6 30. Bxf8 Rxf8 31. Rxd5 $16)
26... Qxb3 27. axb3 Bd4 (27... d4 28. Ba3 Bxa3 29. Rxa3 e3 30. b4 Rae8 (30...
Rac8 31. Rd3 Rc4 32. Ng3 Rxb4 33. Nf5 $18) 31. Ng3 Rxe5 32. Rd3 $16) 28. Rb1
Bxe5 29. Bb2 $18 Bxb2 30. Rxb2 d4 31. Rd2 Rad8 32. Ng3 e3 33. Rd3 {[%mdl 32]}
h5 34. gxh5 Rd5 35. Kg1 Rc8 36. h3 Rcc5 37. Ne2 Rc2 38. Nf4 Rb5 39. Rxd4 Rxb3
40. Rd8+ Kh7 41. h4 Rc5 42. g4 Rc4 43. g5 g6 44. Red1 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 13th"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2001.11.10"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Kotronias, Vasilios"]
[Black "Arduman, Can"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2548"]
[BlackElo "2379"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[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 "Cyprus"]
[BlackTeam "Turkey"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CYP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "TUR"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. c4
c6 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Nc3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Bg4 12. Rb1 Nd7 13. h3 Bh5 14. Rb5 Nb6
15. c4 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 dxc4 17. Bc2 Qd7 18. a4 Rfe8 19. Be3 Re7 (19... Rad8 20.
Rfb1 Bc7 21. Be4 (21. Bg5 Qe6 22. Bd2 Rxd4 23. Be3 Nd5 $19 {0-1 Sokolov,
A-Piket,J/Ohrid MKD 2001/(25)}) 21... c3 (21... Nxa4 22. Rd5 Bd6 $2 23. Rh5 $1
g6 24. Rxb7 $16 {1-0 Khalifman,A-Leko,P/New Delhi/Theran 2000/CBM 81/[Huzman] 
(56)}) 22. Rc5 Re7 23. a5 Na4 24. Rd5 Qe8 25. Rxb7 Rxd5 26. Bxd5 Nb2 27. Bb3 h6
28. a6 Nc4 29. Bxc4 Qa4 30. Bd3 g6 31. g3 {1-0 Hilchenko-Borisov,V/Memorial
Ljubomirov corr. 1997 (31)}) (19... Qc6 20. Bxh7+ Kf8 21. Qh5 Nxa4 22. Rf5 $40
{1-0 Kokkila,T-Dempster,D/corr Finjub/IM 1993/CYB 14 (35)}) 20. Rfb1 Rb8 21. a5
Nc8 22. Bf5 Qc7 23. Bg5 (23. Qg4 c3 24. Bxh7+ Kf8 (24... Kxh7 25. Qh4+ Kg8 26.
Rh5 $18) 25. Bc2 g6 26. Bh6+ Kg8 27. Bxg6 {1-0 Bragin,A-Van Praet,J/olm12
corr9198 1991/Corr 2000 (27)}) 23... f6 (23... a6 24. R5b2 Qxa5 25. Bxe7 Nxe7
26. Rxb7 Rxb7 27. Qxb7 $16) (23... Re8 $5) 24. Bd2 a6 25. R5b2 Na7 (25... g6
26. Bxc8 Rxc8 27. Rb6 (27. Rxb7 Qc6 28. Qxc6 Rxc6 29. R7b6 $36) 27... c3 28.
Bxc3 Bh2+ 29. Kh1 Qxc3 30. Qd5+ Kh8 31. Kxh2 $16) 26. Rb6 Nc6 (26... Nb5 27.
R1xb5 Bh2+ 28. Kh1 axb5 29. g3 Bxg3 30. fxg3 Rbe8 31. Rxb5 $16) 27. Qd5+ Kh8
28. Qxc4 $16 g6 29. Bg4 Re4 30. Bc3 Qe7 (30... Nxd4 31. Qd3 Rbe8 (31... Rxg4
32. Bxd4 Rf4 33. Be3 $18) 32. g3 Bc5 33. Rxb7 Qe5 34. R1b2 $14) 31. Bf3 $18 Bc7
(31... Ne5 32. Qd5 Nxf3+ 33. gxf3 Re6 34. Rxb7 Rxb7 35. Rxb7 Qe8 36. Rb6 $18)
32. Bxe4 Qxe4 (32... Bxb6 33. Bxc6 $18) 33. Re1 Qf4 34. g3 Qf5 35. Re3 Qd7 36.
Kg2 Bxb6 37. axb6 1-0

[Event "Asia-ch"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2001.08.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sadvakasov, Darmen"]
[Black "Vakhidov, Tahir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2568"]
[BlackElo "2474"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2001.08.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 085"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. c4
c6 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Nc3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Bg4 12. Rb1 Nd7 13. h3 Bh5 14. Rb5 Nb6
15. c4 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 dxc4 17. Bc2 Qd7 18. a4 Rfe8 $146 19. Bf5 Qc7 20. a5 Qc6
$1 21. Bxh7+ $2 (21. Qxc6 bxc6 22. Rb2 c3 (22... g6 23. axb6 gxf5 24. b7 Rab8
25. Bd2 Re2 26. Rfb1 Bc7 27. Kf1 Re6 28. Be3 Bb6 29. d5 cxd5 30. Bxb6 axb6 31.
Rxb6 c3 32. R6b4 Re7 33. Rc1 $11) 23. Rc2 Nd5 24. Bd7 Red8 25. Bxc6 Nb4 26.
Rxc3 Rac8 27. d5 Nxd5 28. Rc4 Nb4 {1/2-1/2 Nataf,I-Schandorff,L/Esbjerg DEN
2001/ (28)} (28... Nb4 29. Bb5 a6 30. Rxc8 Rxc8 31. Bd7 Rd8 32. Ba4 Bc7 $15 {/=
})) 21... Kxh7 22. Qh5+ Kg8 23. axb6 axb6 24. Be3 (24. Rg5 $142 Qe4 (24... Ra5
25. d5 $132) (24... Bf8 25. d5 Qd7 (25... Qd6 26. Qg4 b5 27. Bb2 $132) 26. Rd1
b5 27. Bb2 $132) 25. Rg4 Qe2 26. f3 Ra5 27. Qh6 Bf8 $17) 24... Ra5 $1 25. Rxa5
bxa5 26. Qxa5 b5 $19 27. Ra1 (27. Rd1 c3 28. Qa2 b4 29. d5 Qb5 30. Qb3 Rc8 $19)
27... c3 28. Qa2 b4 29. Qb3 Rc8 30. Kf1 c2 31. Ke2 Qxg2 32. Kd2 Bf4 0-1

[Event "Goodricke op 13th"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2002.03.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Black "Panchanathan, Magesh Chandran"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2639"]
[BlackElo "2436"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2002.03.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O Nc6 8. c4
Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Be6 11. Ne5 c5 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. d5 Bc8 14. a3 Na6 15.
Qc2 f6 16. Ng4 Nc7 (16... Bd6 17. f4 exf3 18. Bxf3 Qc7 19. g3 Bd7 20. Nf2 b5
21. b3 Rae8 22. Kg2 Be5 23. Rb1 Bd4 24. Bd2 b4 25. a4 Qc8 26. Rbe1 Bf5 27. Be4
Rxe4 28. Nxe4 Bh3+ 29. Kh1 Bxf1 30. Rxf1 Qg4 31. Nd6 $16 {[%csl Ra6,Rb4,Rc5] 1/
2-1/2 Topalov,V-Shirov,A/Moscow 2001/CBM 86/[Huzman] (85)}) (16... Qd6 17. f3
f5 18. Nf2 Bf6 19. fxe4 Be5 20. h3 Bd4 21. e5 Qxe5 22. Kh1 Bd7 23. Nd3 Ba4 24.
Qxa4 Qxe2 25. Rf3 $1 $16 {1-0 Anand,V-Shirov,A/Moscow RUS 2001/(44)}) 17. f3
exf3 18. Bxf3 Bd6 19. Nf2 (19. Bd2 b5 20. b3 f5 21. Ne3 f4 22. Ng4 Qh4 23. Nf2
Bf5 24. Nd3 Rae8 $132) 19... f5 20. Nd3 b5 21. Be3 (21. b3 $5 Qh4 22. g3 Qd4+
23. Kg2 Qxa1 24. Bb2 Qxf1+ 25. Kxf1 bxc4 26. bxc4 Rb8 27. Be5 Bxe5 28. Nxe5 $36
) 21... bxc4 22. Nxc5 (22. Qxc4 Ba6 23. Qc2 Qh4 24. g3 Bxg3 25. hxg3 Qxg3+ 26.
Kh1 Qh4+ (26... Qh3+ $11) 27. Kg2 f4 $40 {[%csl Rg2]}) 22... Qe7 23. Ne6 Nxe6
24. dxe6 Rb8 25. Qxc4 Bxe6 26. Bd5 Bxd5 27. Qxd5+ Kh8 28. Rae1 Qc7 $2 (28...
Rxb2 29. Bd4 (29. Rxf5 Bxh2+ 30. Kh1 Rbb8 $17) 29... Qb7 30. Qxb7 Rxb7 31. Re6
Bxa3 32. Ra1 $15) 29. Rxf5 Bxh2+ 30. Kh1 Rxf5 31. Qxf5 Bg3 $2 (31... Bd6 32.
Rc1 Qb7 33. Qe6 Bf8 $14 {/=}) 32. Rc1 Qb7 33. Bxa7 Re8 34. Bd4 $16 Qe7 35. Qg4
Bd6 36. Kg1 h6 37. Rd1 Be5 38. Bxe5 (38. b4 $5) 38... Qxe5 39. Qd4 Qg3 40. Qf2
Qg4 41. Rd4 Qg6 42. Qd2 (42. Rf4 $5) 42... Qb6 43. Kh2 Rf8 44. b4 Qc7+ 45. Kg1
Qa7 46. Qe3 Qf7 47. Rd1 Re8 48. Qd4 Qe6 49. Qd3 (49. a4 Qg6 50. a5 Re2 51. Qd5
$16) 49... Qb6+ 50. Kh2 (50. Qd4 $142) 50... Qf2 51. Qg3 $1 (51. Qd4 Re3 52.
Qg4 $16) 51... Qxg3+ 52. Kxg3 Re3+ 53. Kf4 Rxa3 54. Rb1 $1 Ra6 55. b5 Rb6 56.
Ke5 Kh7 57. Kd5 Kg6 58. Kc5 $18 Rb8 59. b6 Kf5 60. Rb4 h5 61. b7 g5 62. Kc6 h4
63. Kc7 Rg8 64. b8=Q Rxb8 65. Kxb8 g4 66. Kc7 Kg5 67. Kd6 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 13th"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2001.11.08"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Nedev, Trajce"]
[Black "Volkmann, Friedrich Karl"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2514"]
[BlackElo "2414"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[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 "Macedonia"]
[BlackTeam "Austria"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "MKD"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AUT"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 Nxe4 4. Qe2 Qe7 5. Qxe4 d6 6. d4 dxe5 7. dxe5 Nc6
8. Bb5 Bd7 9. Nc3 Qb4 $1 $146 10. Bd2 ({Probably White have to test} 10. O-O
Qxe4 11. Nxe4 Nxe5 12. Bxd7+ Kxd7 (12... Nxd7 13. Bf4 O-O-O 14. Ng5 $18) 13.
Bf4 Ng6 14. Rad1+ Kc6 15. Be3 Re8 $11) (10. Bc4 $5 O-O-O 11. a3 (11. Bxf7 Qxe4+
12. Nxe4 Nxe5 13. Bb3 Bc6 14. f3 $16) 11... Qa5 12. Bxf7 Nxe5 13. Bd5 $16)
10... Qxe4+ 11. Nxe4 Nxe5 12. Bxd7+ Nxd7 13. O-O-O f6 $11 14. Bc3 O-O-O 15.
Rhe1 Re8 $1 16. Re3 Bc5 17. Nxc5 Nxc5 18. Rde1 Rxe3 19. Rxe3 Kd7 20. Rg3 Ne6
21. h4 h5 22. a4 Ke7 23. Rf3 Rd8 24. g3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-36"]
[Site "Mallorca"]
[Date "2004.10.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sadvakasov, Darmen"]
[Black "Rozentalis, Eduardas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2631"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[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 "Kazakhstan"]
[BlackTeam "Lithuania"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "KAZ"]
[BlackTeamCountry "LTU"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8.
Re1 Bg4 9. Bxe4 dxe4 10. Rxe4 f5 11. Re1 Nc6 (11... Nd7 12. Nbd2 Nf6 13. Nf1
Ne4 14. Ng3 Kh8 15. c4 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Bxg3 17. hxg3 Qxd4 $15 {1/2-1/2 Mutschnik,
I-Rabiega,R/playchess.com 2004/CBM 99 ext (49)}) (11... Bxf3 12. Qxf3 Qh4 13.
h3 Qxd4 14. Qxb7 Nd7 15. Nc3 $16 {1-0 Lanka,Z-Katishonok,N/Riga 1993/CBM 35
ext (31)}) 12. c3 Qf6 (12... Kh8 13. Nbd2 b5 (13... Qf6 14. h3 Bh5 15. Nc4 Rae8
16. Rf1 (16. Rxe8 Rxe8 17. Nxd6 Qxd6 18. Be3 Qd5 19. Bf4 h6 20. Bxc7 g5 21. Qd3
$16 {1/2-1/2 Vedreno Rios,J-Sanchez Romero,M/Pref 1992/EXT 98 (45)}) 16... f4
17. Nxd6 Qxd6 18. b3 b5 19. Bb2 Qd5 20. a4 a6 21. axb5 axb5 22. Ba3 Rf6 23. Bc5
h6 24. Qd3 Qxb3 25. Rfb1 Qd5 26. Rxb5 $16 {1-0 Kulaots,K-Rozentalis,E/Cappelle
la Grande FRA 2004/(48)}) 14. a4 a6 15. axb5 axb5 16. Rxa8 Qxa8 17. Qb3 Qb8 18.
Ng5 $16 {1-0 Aseeva,M-Rakitskaja,M/St Petersburg 1999/EXT 2001 (30)}) 13. Nbd2
(13. Qb3+ Qf7 (13... Kh8 14. Bg5 Qg6 15. Re6 Qh5 16. Nbd2 h6 17. Qxb7 Na5 18.
Qd5 hxg5 19. Qxa5 $16 {1-0 Felgaer,R-Ferrara,A/Buenos Aires 1998/EXT 2002 (50)}
) 14. Ne5 Qxb3 15. axb3 Rfe8 (15... Bxe5 $142 16. dxe5 f4 17. Ra4 g5 18. h4 h6
$44) 16. f4 $16 {1-0 Marcotulli,G-Fages,J/IECG 2001/Telechess CBM 99 (64)}) (
13. h3 Bh5 14. Qb3+ Kh8 15. Bg5 Qg6 16. Nbd2 Rae8 17. Kh1 b6 18. Qb5 Nb8 19.
Qf1 h6 20. Bh4 f4 $44 {1/2-1/2 Lanka,Z-Christensen,T/Budapest 1991/TD (30)})
13... Rae8 {Black want to exploit there development advantage by exchange of
pair of rooks.Control over file"e" is very important in this position.} 14. Rf1
{White try to sohranit more pieces in defence.} (14. Qb3+ Kh8 15. Rxe8 Rxe8 16.
h3 Bh5 17. Qxb7 Rb8 18. Qa6 Bxf3 19. Nxf3 Nxd4 20. Qd3 Nxf3+ 21. Qxf3 Qe5 $44)
14... Qg6 (14... Kh8 $5) 15. Nc4 f4 16. Kh1 (16. d5 Nd8 17. Nxd6 cxd6 18. Kh1
Qh5 $44) 16... Qh5 17. b4 Re6 $40 {[%cal Ye6h6][%mdl 4] This is typical way of
development of Black attack.} 18. Ncd2 Rfe8 19. Qb3 Kf8 (19... Nd8 20. c4 Nf7
21. c5 Bf8 22. Bb2 $14) 20. d5 Ne5 $1 {[%mdl 128]} 21. dxe6 Nxf3 22. Nxf3 Bxf3
23. c4 (23. Rg1 Bg4 (23... Bd5 24. c4 f3 25. g3 Bxe6 26. Bf4 $1 Bxf4 27. gxf4
Bh3 28. Rg5 Bg2+ 29. Kg1 $18) 24. Qc4 (24. c4 Rxe6 25. Rb1 Rh6 26. h3 Bxh3 27.
Qxh3 Qe2 $19) 24... Bxe6 25. Qd3 Bf5 26. Qd5 Re6 $40 27. Rf1 Rh6 28. h3 Qg6 29.
Re1 Bxh3 30. Kg1 c6 31. Qe4 Bf5 32. Qe2 Rh4 (32... Rh2 33. Qe8+ Qxe8 34. Rxe8+
Kxe8 35. Kxh2 $11) 33. Bd2 f3 34. Qxf3 Bh2+ 35. Kf1 Kg8 36. Rad1 Bd3+ 37. Re2
Be5 $17) 23... Be2 24. Rg1 (24. c5 $142 Be5 25. Bb2 Bxf1 26. Rxf1 Qe2 27. Rb1
Bxb2 28. Qxb2 Rxe6 $15) 24... Rxe6 25. c5 Rh6 $2 {Black missed real
opportunity to finish their attack"in style".} (25... Bc4 $1 26. Qa3 (26. Qf3
Qxf3 27. gxf3 Be5 28. Bd2 Bd5 $17) (26. Qxc4 $4 Qxh2+ 27. Kxh2 Rh6#) 26... Be5
27. Rb1 Bd5 $1 28. Rb3 (28. h3 f3 $1 $19) 28... Rh6 29. h3 Ra6 $1 $19) 26. h3
Be5 27. Rb1 Bb5 (27... Qg4 $1 28. Qa3 (28. c6 b5 $1) (28. Bb2 Bxb2 29. Rxb2 f3
$19) (28. a4 Rh5 $19 {[%cal Yf4f3]}) (28. b5 Bxb5 (28... Rh5 29. c6 f3 30. Qb4+
Qxb4 31. Rxb4 $16) 29. Qf3 (29. c6 Bxc6 30. Ba3+ Bd6 31. Kh2 f3+ 32. Bxd6+ cxd6
33. Qe3 Qh4 34. Rbe1 fxg2 35. Rxg2 $11) 29... Qxf3 30. gxf3 Bc6 31. Kg2 $11)
28... Rh5 (28... g5 29. Rb3 f3 30. Rxf3+ Bxf3 31. Qxf3+ Qxf3 32. gxf3 Rxh3+ 33.
Kg2 Rh2+ 34. Kf1 h6 $15) 29. Rb3 f3 30. Rxf3+ Bxf3 31. Qxf3+ Qxf3 32. gxf3
Rxh3+ 33. Kg2 Rh4 $17) 28. Re1 {White intercept the initiave by returning rook
to file"e".} (28. Bb2 f3 29. Bxe5 fxg2+ 30. Rxg2 Qxe5 31. Qg3 Qf6 32. Rd1 Bc6
33. f3 Rg6 34. Qxc7 Qxf3 35. Rd8+ Be8 36. Qh2 Kf7 $44) 28... Qf5 (28... Qg5 29.
Bb2 Rg6 30. Rg1 Bc6 31. f3 $18) 29. Qd5 (29. Bb2 $1 Bc6 30. Kg1 Rg6 31. f3 (31.
Bxe5 Rxg2+ 32. Kf1 Qg6 $19) 31... Qxh3 32. Qc2 Bxb2 33. Rxb2 Qh5 34. Qe2 Qg5
35. Qe5 $16) 29... Rh5 (29... Rxh3+ 30. Kg1 Rh5 31. Rb3 $1 (31. Qd8+ Kf7 32.
Bb2 Bc6 33. f3 (33. Bxe5 $4 Rh1+ 34. Kxh1 Qh3+ 35. Kg1 Qxg2#) 33... Rg5 $1 34.
Qd2 (34. Bxe5 $140 Rxg2+ $1 35. Kf1 (35. Kxg2 Qg4+ 36. Kf1 Qxf3+ 37. Kg1 Qg2#)
35... Rc2 36. Qh4 Qd3+ 37. Kg1 Rg2+ 38. Kh1 Bxf3 39. Qxf4+ Kg6 $19) 34... Bxf3
35. Bxe5 Rxg2+ 36. Qxg2 Bxg2 37. Kxg2 Qg4+ 38. Kf2 Qg3+ 39. Ke2 Qe3+ $11) 31...
Bc6 (31... f3 32. Qd8+ Kf7 33. Rxe5 Qxe5 34. Rxf3+ Kg6 35. Rg3+ Kf7 36. Qd2 $14
) 32. Qd8+ Kf7 33. f3 $14) 30. Qxb7 $1 (30. Rb3 Bc6 31. Qd8+ Kf7 32. f3 Rxh3+
33. Kg1 Rg3 34. Qd2 $16) 30... Rxh3+ (30... Qxb1 31. Qxb5 f3 32. Rd1 $1 $18)
31. Kg1 (31. gxh3 $2 Qxh3+ 32. Kg1 f3 33. Qa8+ Kf7 34. Qd5+ Kf8 $11) 31... f3
$6 (31... Rh6 32. Qxb5 (32. Qb8+ Be8 (32... Kf7 33. Qxb5 Qh5 34. Qd7+ Kf6 35.
Qd8+ Kf7 36. Qd5+ Kf6 37. Qxe5+ $18) 33. Rb3 $1 $18) 32... Qh5 33. Qb8+ Kf7 34.
f3 Qh1+ 35. Kf2 Bd4+ 36. Ke2 Re6+ 37. Kd3 Rxe1 38. Qxc7+ Re7 (38... Kg6 39.
Bxf4 $1 Rxb1 40. Qc6+ Kf7 (40... Kh5 41. Qd5+ Kg6 42. Qe6+ Bf6 43. Qe8+ Kf5 44.
Qe4#) 41. Qd7+ Kf6 42. Qxd4+ Kg6 43. Qe4+ Kf6 44. Qe5+ Kf7 45. Qf5+ Ke8 46.
Qe6+ Kd8 47. Bg5+ Kc7 48. Qd6+ Kb7 49. Qd7+ Kb8 50. Bf4+ Ka8 51. Qc8#) 39.
Qxf4+ Bf6 40. Kc2 Qxg2+ (40... Re2+ 41. Bd2 Qxg2 42. Qc4+ Kf8 43. Qd3 $16) 41.
Kb3 a5 $1 $44 (41... Qg6 42. Qc4+ Kf8 43. Qc2 Qh5 44. Qd3 $16) 42. a3 $140 a4+
$1 $19) (31... Rh4 32. Rb3 Qh5 33. g3 $18) 32. Rxe5 $1 Qxe5 33. Qc8+ Kf7 34.
Qxh3 Qe1+ 35. Kh2 fxg2 36. Qf3+ Kg8 37. Qd5+ Kf8 38. Kxg2 Qf1+ 39. Kg3 Qg1+ 40.
Qg2 Qe1 41. Qf3+ Kg8 42. Qd5+ Kf8 43. c6 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 4th"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2003.06.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Black "Meijers, Viesturs"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2634"]
[BlackElo "2512"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[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 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8.
Re1 Re8 9. c4 c6 10. Nc3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Rxe1+ 12. Qxe1 h6 13. Ne5 (13. Rb1 Nd7
14. a4 b6 15. Qe2 Rb8 16. Ne5 Bxe5 17. dxe5 Nc5 18. Bc2 dxc4 19. Qxc4 Be6 20.
Qe2 Rb7 21. Be3 Qc8 22. h3 Bf5 23. Rd1 Bxc2 24. Qxc2 Rd7 25. Bxc5 bxc5 26. Rd6
$16 {1-0 Fressinet,L-Dutreeuw,M/Mondariz 2000/CBM 79 (55)}) (13. h3 Be6 14. c5
(14. cxd5 cxd5 15. Rb1 (15. Ne5 Nc6 16. f4 Qc7 17. Bd2 Re8 18. Qg3 Ne7 19. Qf3
f6 20. Ng6 Nxg6 21. Bxg6 Bf7 22. Bd3 a6 {1/2-1/2 Hawelko,M-Garcia Gonzales,G/
Polanica Zdroj 1987/CBM 05 (22)}) 15... Qc7 16. Bd2 Nd7 17. Qe2 Nf6 18. Re1 Re8
19. Qd1 Bd7 20. Rxe8+ Nxe8 21. Qc2 {1/2-1/2 Zajac,M-Tadych,A/Zakopane 2001/EXT
2002 (21)}) 14... Bc7 15. Ne5 Nd7 16. f4 Bxe5 17. fxe5 b6 18. cxb6 axb6 {
1/2-1/2 Zajac,M-Tadych,A/Krynica 2001/EXT 2003 (18)}) 13... Nd7 14. f4 Nxe5 15.
dxe5 (15. fxe5 Be7 16. Qg3 Bh4 17. Qf3 Be6 18. cxd5 cxd5 (18... Qxd5 19. Be4
Qc4 $14) 19. Rb1 Qd7 $11) 15... Bc5+ 16. Be3 dxc4 $1 (16... Qb6 17. Bxc5 Qxc5+
18. Qf2 $14) 17. Bxc4 Qb6 18. Bf2 Be6 $1 $11 19. Bxe6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-36"]
[Site "Mallorca"]
[Date "2004.10.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2004.10.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Israel"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISR"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Bf5 11. a3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Nc6 13. Re1 Re8 14. cxd5 Qxd5
15. Bf4 Rac8 16. Bd3 Qd7 17. Bxf5 ({The logical attempt to get an advantage
was the move} 17. Bb5 {The pin of Nc6 is very unpleasant for Black but he can
save the balance by} Bd6 18. Bxd6 (18. Rxe8+ Rxe8 19. Bxd6 Qxd6 20. Ne5 Be4 21.
Qh5 Re7 22. Qh3 g6 23. Qc8+ Kg7 $11) (18. Ne5 Bxe5 19. dxe5 a6 20. Qxd7 Bxd7
21. Bd3 Ne7 $11) 18... Rxe1+ 19. Nxe1 $1 Qxd6 20. Qf3 Bd7 21. Nc2 (21. Bc4 Rf8
(21... Be6 22. Bxe6 fxe6 23. Nd3 $14) 22. Nc2 Be6 23. Ne3 Bxc4 24. Nxc4 Qe7 25.
Ne3 Re8 $11) 21... Re8 22. Bc4 Nd8 23. Ne3 c5 $132) 17... Qxf5 18. Bg3 Bd6 $11
{Black has no weaknesses and by accurate play he equalises the game.} 19. Qb3
b6 20. c4 (20. Qa4 Qd7 21. d5 (21. c4 Bxg3 22. hxg3 Rcd8 23. d5 Ne5 $11) 21...
Ne5 $11) 20... Qf6 21. d5 (21. Bxd6 Qxd6 (21... cxd6 22. Rxe8+ Rxe8 23. Qb5 Rc8
24. Re1 h6 25. Re4 Na5 26. Nd2 $14) 22. Qa4 Kf8 23. d5 Na5 24. Qc2 Kg8 $11)
21... Nd4 $11 22. Nxd4 Qxd4 23. Qa4 (23. Rad1 Bxg3 24. hxg3 Qc5 $11) 23... Re2
$1 24. Rad1 Qe4 25. Rxe2 Qxe2 26. Rf1 a5 $6 (26... Bxg3 27. hxg3 (27. fxg3 Qe7
$11) 27... Rd8 $11) (26... h6 $5) 27. Qd7 Qe8 28. Qxe8+ Rxe8 29. Bxd6 cxd6 30.
Rb1 Re4 $1 31. Kf1 Rxc4 32. Rxb6 Kf8 33. Rxd6 Ra4 34. Rd7 Ke8 35. Ra7 Rxa3 36.
Ke2 a4 37. d6 Ra2+ 38. Ke3 Ra1 39. Re7+ Kf8 40. Ra7 Ke8 41. Kf4 a3 42. Re7+ Kf8
43. Re3 Rd1 44. Rxa3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-36"]
[Site "Mallorca"]
[Date "2004.10.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Akopian, Vladimir Eduardovic"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2692"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[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 "Armenia"]
[BlackTeam "Israel"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISR"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Bf5 11. a3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Nc6 13. Re1 Re8 14. cxd5 Qxd5
15. Bf4 Rac8 16. Bd3 Qd7 17. Rb1 (17. Bb5 Bd6 18. Rxe8+ Rxe8 19. Bxd6 Qxd6 20.
d5 Rd8) 17... Bxd3 ({After the move} 17... b6 $5 {White can force Black to
transpose to the game by move 18...Bd3,because capture of pawn d5 leads to
unpleasant endgame.} 18. d5 (18. Bxf5 Qxf5 19. Bg3 (19. Qa4 Qxf4 20. Qxc6 Qd6
21. Ne5 Bf6 22. Qxd6 cxd6 23. Nc6 Rxe1+ 24. Rxe1 Kf8 25. Nxa7 Rxc3 26. Nb5 Rd3
$11) 19... Bd6 (19... Qd5 {Huzman}) 20. Qa4 Qd7 $14 21. d5 Ne5 22. Qxd7 Nxd7
23. Rxe8+ Rxe8 24. Bxd6 cxd6 25. Nd4 Ne5 26. Nb5 Nc4 $11) 18... Qxd5 19. Bb5
Qc5 20. Be3 Qd6 21. Qa4 Bxb1 22. Rxb1 Qxa3 23. Qxa3 Bxa3 24. Bxc6 Red8 25. Nd4
$14) 18. Qxd3 b6 19. d5 Bf6 ({Taking pawn a3 gives White strong initiative} 
19... Bxa3 20. Ng5 $1 g6 21. Ne4 Be7 22. Rbd1 Na5 (22... f5 23. Ng5 Bxg5 24.
Bxg5 $44) 23. Bh6 Qf5 24. Qd4 f6 25. Ng3 Qd7 26. d6 Bf8 (26... Bxd6 27. Ne4
Rxe4 28. Rxe4 $16) 27. Ne4 $1 Rxe4 28. Qxe4 Bxh6 29. dxc7 Bd2 (29... Qxc7 30.
Qe6+ Kh8 31. Rd7 $18) 30. Qb4 $1 Rxc7 31. Rxd2 $16) 20. c4 h6 21. h3 Rxe1+ (
21... Re7 22. Rbd1 Rd8 23. Rxe7 Nxe7 24. Ne5 Bxe5 25. Bxe5 {[%csl Rc7]} Re8 26.
Bg3 Nf5 $6 (26... c6 $5 27. d6 (27. dxc6 Qxd3 28. Rxd3 Nxc6 29. c5 bxc5 30. Rc3
Re6 31. Rxc5 Kf8 $11) 27... Nf5 28. Bh2 c5 $132) 27. Bxc7 Qxc7 28. Qxf5 Qxc4
29. d6 $16 {1-0 Leko,P-Anand,V/Linares 2003/CBM 94/[Huzman] (65)}) 22. Rxe1 Ne7
23. Ne5 (23. Be5 Bxe5 24. Nxe5 Qd6 25. Qf3 Rf8 26. Re3 a6 27. a4 b5 28. axb5
axb5 29. cxb5 Nxd5 $11) (23. Nh2 Ng6 24. Bg3 Be7 25. Ng4 Bd6 $11) 23... Bxe5
24. Bxe5 Nf5 25. Bb2 $14 Rf8 $1 {[%cal Yf7f6] Black found clear plan of
defence:1.to put Nf5 to d6,attacking pawn pair c4-d5,2.by moves f6 and Rf7
create fortress against White attack on tne king's side.} 26. Re5 (26. Qf3 Nd6
27. c5 bxc5 (27... Re8 $5 28. Rxe8+ (28. Rd1 bxc5 29. Qc3 f6 30. Qxc5 a6) 28...
Nxe8 29. c6 Qe7 30. Qg3 f6 31. Bd4 Nd6 32. Qg4 Qf7 $132) 28. Qc3 f6 29. Qxc5 a6
30. Rc1 Rb8 31. Bd4 Nf5 $11) 26... Nd6 27. Qg3 f6 28. Re6 Rf7 (28... Nxc4 29.
Bxf6 Rf7 30. Qg6 (30. Qd3 Rxf6 31. Rxf6 gxf6 32. Qxc4 Qd6 $11) 30... Nd6 31.
Be5 (31. Bc3 Qa4 $1 $132) 31... Nf5 32. Bxc7 Ne7 $1 33. Qb1 Nxd5 $11) 29. Qg6 (
29. Bxf6 $4 Rxf6 30. Rxf6 Ne4 $19) (29. Qg4 b5) 29... Kh8 30. h4 (30. Qc2 Re7
31. Rxe7 Qxe7 32. c5 bxc5 33. Qxc5 a6) 30... Re7 ({I don't see anythihg more
but draw for White after} 30... Nxc4 31. Bxf6 gxf6 32. Qxh6+ Kg8 33. Qg6+ Kh8)
31. Bxf6 (31. Qg4 Rxe6 32. dxe6 Qa4 $132) 31... gxf6 32. Qxh6+ Kg8 33. Qxf6 Rg7
34. Qf3 $1 {White prepare to meet move 34...Qf7 by 38.Rf6,because in the
endgame chances of Black are much better.} (34. h5 $6 Qf7 35. Qe5 Qf5 36. Qxf5
Nxf5 37. c5 $15) 34... Qf7 (34... Nxc4 35. h5 Qf7 (35... Nd6 36. h6 Rf7 37.
Qg3+ Kh7 38. Qd3+ Kh8 39. Qc3+ $11) 36. Qe2 Nd6 37. h6 Rh7 38. Qg4+ Kf8 (38...
Kh8 39. Qg5 $18) 39. Qg5 Ne8 40. Re4 $18) 35. Rf6 Qe7 36. g3 (36. h5 Qe1+ (
36... Nxc4 37. Re6 Qf8 38. Qd3 Nd6 39. h6 Rg5 40. Rg6+ Rxg6 41. Qxg6+ Kh8 42.
g4 Qe7 $17) 37. Kh2 Qe5+ 38. g3 Rg5 39. h6 Kh7 40. Qd3+ Qe4 41. Qxe4+ Nxe4 42.
Rf7+ Kxh6 43. Rxc7 Nxf2 44. Rxa7 Ng4+ 45. Kh3 Ne3 46. g4 Nxc4 47. Rc7 Na5 48.
Rd7 $15) 36... Rf7 (36... Nxc4 37. Re6 Qf7 38. Rf6 Qe8 39. Re6 $11 (39. h5 $5)
39... Qd8 $6 40. h5 Nd6 41. h6 $40 Rd7 42. Rg6+ Kh7 43. Qd3 Kh8 44. Qd4+ Kh7
45. Rg7+ $1 Kxh6 46. Rg4 Rf7 47. Qe3+ Kh5 (47... Kh7 48. Rh4+ Kg8 49. Qh6 $18)
48. Qe2 Qd7 49. f3 $18) (36... Rf7 37. Qg4+ Rg7 (37... Kf8 38. Re6 Qd7 39. Qh5
$36) 38. Qf3 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares Anibal op 08th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2001.01.18"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Black "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2631"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2001.01.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Be6 11. Ne5 f6 12. Nf3 Kh8 13. Re1 c5 14. Be3 (14. cxd5
Nxc3 15. bxc3 Nxd5 16. Qb3 $5 cxd4 (16... b6 17. c4 Nc7 18. d5 $16) (16... Nf4
17. Qb2 $1 Nxe2+ $140 $2 18. Qxe2 $18) (16... Qd7 $2 17. Bb5 $18) 17. Nxd4 (17.
Bc4 Bg8 18. Qxb7 Rc8 19. Bxd5 Rc7 20. Qa6 Bxd5 21. Nxd4 Rxc3 $11) 17... Bg8 18.
Bf3 Rc8 19. Ne6 Bxe6 20. Rxe6 $16) (14. a3 Nxc3 15. bxc3 Nc6 16. Rb1 Qd7 $11 (
16... Qc7 $5)) 14... f5 $1 {[%mdl 4]} 15. cxd5 (15. a3 f4 (15... Nc6 16. Nxd5
cxd4 17. Nxd4 Bxd5 18. cxd5 Qxd5 19. Nxc6 Qxc6 (19... bxc6 20. Qc2 $16) 20. Rc1
$16) (15... Nxc3 16. bxc3 Nc6 17. cxd5 Bxd5 18. dxc5) 16. Bxf4 (16. Bc1 Nxc3
17. bxc3 Nc6 $132) 16... Nxc3 (16... Rxf4 17. axb4 cxb4 18. Nxd5 Bxd5 19. Qc1
$1 (19. cxd5 Qxd5 20. Bd3 Nxf2 $1 21. Kxf2 Qxd4+ 22. Ke2 Qxb2+ 23. Qd2 Qf6 $44)
19... Bg5 (19... Rf5 20. cxd5 Nf6 21. Ne5 $16) 20. Nxg5 Qxg5 21. g3 $1 (21. f3
Qf6) 21... Nxf2 22. Bf1 Raf8 23. cxd5 Qg6 24. Re6 R4f6 $13) 17. bxc3 Rxf4 18.
axb4 cxb4 19. Qc1 Rf6 20. c5 bxc3 21. Qxc3 b6 $14) 15... Nxc3 16. bxc3 Nxd5 17.
Bd2 cxd4 18. Nxd4 (18. cxd4 Bf6 19. Rb1 b6 $11) 18... Bg8 19. Rb1 Qc7 20. Nb5
Qd7 21. c4 (21. c4 Nb6 22. Bc3 Qxd1 23. Rexd1 Rfc8 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2001.01.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2001.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 1]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7.
O-O O-O 8. c4 c6 9. Re1 Bf5 10. Qc2 Bg6 11. c5 Bc7 12. Nc3 Nf6 (12... f5 13.
Ne2 Nd7 14. Bf4 Bh5 15. Bxc7 Qxc7 16. Nd2 Bxe2 17. Rxe2 Rae8 18. Nb3 g6 19.
Rae1 Kf7 20. Qc1 Nef6 21. Nd2 Rxe2 22. Bxe2 Re8 23. Nf3 Kg7 24. b4 $14 {
1-0 Brodsky,M-Maksimenko,A/Copenhagen 1994/EXT 99 (54)}) (12... Na6 13. a3 Re8
14. b4 Qf6 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Bxe4 Rxe4 17. Rxe4 Qf5 18. Nd2 Qh5 19. Nf1 Qd5 20.
f3 Bxe4 21. Qxe4 $16 {Yudasin,L-Rozentalis,E/Lvov (zt) 1990/Inf 49 (21)}) (
12... Nxc3 13. Qxc3 Nd7 14. Bg5 f6 15. Bh4 Ba5 16. b4 Bxb4 17. Qxb4 Bxd3 18.
Re3 Ba6 19. Rae1 Rf7 20. Bg3 Nf8 21. Qb1 b6 22. Bd6 bxc5 23. dxc5 $44 {1-0
Hracek,Z-Bratanov,Z/Budapest HUN 2000 (30)}) 13. Bg5 Nbd7 (13... b6 14. b4 (14.
Bxg6 hxg6 15. b4 $14) (14. cxb6 axb6 15. Ne5 Bxd3 16. Qxd3 Qd6 17. Re3 Ne4 18.
Nxe4 dxe4 19. Rxe4 Qd5 (19... f6 20. Rh4 fxe5 21. Qxh7+ Kf7 22. Rh6 $1 $18) 20.
Bf6 Rxa2 21. Rae1 Nd7 $11 22. Nxd7) 14... a5 15. cxb6 Bxb6 16. b5 $16) 14. Ne5
Bxd3 15. Qxd3 Qc8 (15... Qb8 16. f4 Nxe5 17. fxe5 Nd7 18. Be7 Re8 19. Bd6 $36)
16. f4 Ba5 17. Qg3 Kh8 (17... Bxc3 18. bxc3 Ne4 19. Rxe4 dxe4 20. Bh6 (20. Nxd7
Qxd7 21. Bf6 g6 $13) 20... g6 21. Bxf8 Nxf8 22. f5 $1 $16 (22. Re1 f5)) 18. Qh4
Bxc3 (18... Ne4 19. Re3 Nxg5 20. Qxg5 f6 21. Ng6+ $1 hxg6 22. Qxg6 $18 {
[%cal Ge3h3]}) 19. bxc3 Ne4 20. Re3 {[%mdl 644]} Nxg5 (20... Nxe5 21. fxe5 Qe6
22. Rf1 b6 23. Be7 (23. Ref3 Nxg5 24. Qxg5 bxc5) 23... Rfe8 (23... Rg8 24. Rh3
Qg6 25. Rxf7 $16) 24. Rh3 h6 25. Bf6 Kg8 26. Bxg7 Kxg7 27. Rf6 Qxh3 28. Qxh3 (
28. gxh3 Nxf6 29. Qxf6+ Kg8 30. Qxc6 Rac8 31. Qxd5 bxc5 $16) 28... Nxf6 29.
Qg3+ Kh7 (29... Ng4 30. Qxg4+ Kf8 31. Qd7 Re6 (31... Rec8 32. Qd6+ $16) 32. Qb7
Rae8 33. cxb6 axb6 34. Qxb6 f6 35. exf6 $16) 30. exf6 Rg8 31. Qc7 $18) 21. Qxg5
h6 (21... Nxe5 22. fxe5 $16) 22. Qh5 (22. Qh4 b6 $132) 22... Nf6 (22... Kg8 23.
Rg3 Nxe5 24. fxe5 Qe6 25. Rf1 $40 {[%cal Gf1f6]}) 23. Nxf7+ $1 Kh7 (23... Kg8
24. Nxh6+ gxh6 25. Qg6+ Kh8 26. Qxh6+ Kg8 27. Rg3+ $18) 24. Ng5+ Kg8 25. Qg6 $1
hxg5 26. Re7 Ne8 27. Rae1 Qg4 $8 (27... Kh8 28. R1e6 gxf4 29. Qh5+ Kg8 30. Rh6
$1 $18) 28. fxg5 (28. g3 Rxf4 29. Rxe8+ Rxe8 30. Rxe8+ Rf8 $11) 28... Qh4 $2 ({
It seems strange,but I cannot see how White can improve their position after
calm} 28... Rb8 $1) 29. g3 Qh3 30. Rxb7 $16 Qf5 31. Qe6+ $1 Qxe6 (31... Kh8 32.
Qxf5 Rxf5 33. Rbe7 Rf8 34. R1e6 $18) 32. Rxe6 Rf7 33. Rxf7 Kxf7 34. Rxc6 Rb8
35. Ra6 (35. a4 $5 Rb3 36. Ra6 Rxc3 37. Rxa7+ Ke6 38. a5 Rc4 $132) 35... Rb7
36. h4 $1 Nc7 37. Rd6 Nb5 $2 {A decisive mistake. Much more stubborn was} (
37... Ke7 38. h5 Rb1+ 39. Kg2 (39. Kf2 Rb2+ 40. Kf3 Rxa2 41. h6 gxh6 42. gxh6
Rh2 43. g4 Ne6 $132) 39... Rb2+ 40. Kh3 Rxa2 41. h6 gxh6 42. gxh6 Ra1 43. Kg4
Rh1 44. Kf5 a5 $132) 38. g6+ Ke7 39. Rxd5 Nxc3 40. Re5+ Kf6 (40... Kd8 41. d5
Nxa2 42. c6 Rc7 43. h5 $18) 41. c6 Rb1+ (41... Rc7 42. h5 Rxc6 43. g4 Re6 44.
g5+ Ke7 45. h6 Rxe5 46. dxe5 gxh6 47. g7 Kf7 48. e6+ Kxg7 49. gxh6+ $18) 42.
Kg2 Rb2+ 43. Kf3 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-36"]
[Site "Mallorca"]
[Date "2004.10.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Dao, Thien Hai"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2687"]
[BlackElo "2601"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[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 "England"]
[BlackTeam "Vietnam"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "VIE"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nf6 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Re1 Be6 12. a3 Re8 13. Qc2 (13. h3 Bf6 14. Bc2
Nxc3 15. bxc3 Bd5 16. Rxe8+ Qxe8 17. Bf4 Qe7 18. Qd3 g6 19. a4 Na5 20. Re1 $14
{1/2-1/2 Ballester Sanz,J-Sospedra Sebastian,J/Valencia 1992/EXT 98 (56)})
13... h6 (13... Nf6 14. Be3 Bg4 15. Ne5 Nxd4 16. Bxd4 Qxd4 17. Nb5 $16 {
1-0 Martin Gonzalez,A-Olea Perez,M/Barcelona 2000/CBM 77 ext (25)}) 14. Rxe6 {
Typical sacrifise of exchange is not so dangerous for Black in this position
because he can regroup his pieces for defence very fast.} fxe6 15. Qe2 Bd6 16.
Bd2 Nf6 {[%cal Ye6e5]} 17. Bc4 Kh8 18. Bxe6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (18. Bb5 $142 a6
19. Bxc6 bxc6 20. Qc4 (20. Re1 c5 $17) 20... e5 $17) 18... Nxd4 $6 (18... Bxh2+
$1 19. Kxh2 (19. Nxh2 Nxd4 $19) (19. Kh1 Nxd4 20. Nxd4 Qxd4 21. Be3 Qh4 $19)
19... Qd6+ $19) 19. Nxd4 Bxh2+ 20. Kxh2 Qxd4 21. Kg1 Rxe6 22. Qxe6 Qxd2 $17 23.
Qb3 Re8 (23... Ng4 $1 24. Rf1 (24. Ne4 Qf4 $19) 24... Qf4 25. g3 Qf3 26. Qd5
Qxd5 27. Nxd5 c6 $17) 24. Qxb7 Re1+ 25. Rxe1 Qxe1+ 26. Kh2 Qxf2 27. Qxc7 Qh4+ (
27... Qxb2 $5 28. Qc8+ Ng8 (28... Kh7 29. Qf5+ Kg8 30. Qc8+ Kf7 31. Qc4+ Kg6
32. Qd3+ $11)) 28. Kg1 Ng4 29. Qc8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-36"]
[Site "Mallorca"]
[Date "2004.10.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Black "Macieja, Bartlomiej"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2669"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[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 "Moldova"]
[BlackTeam "Poland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "MDA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "POL"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8.
Re1 Bf5 9. c4 O-O 10. cxd5 Qxd5 11. Nc3 (11. Qb3 Qxb3 12. axb3 Nd6 13. Bxf5
Nxf5 14. d5 Nb4 15. g4 Nh4 16. Rxe7 Nxf3+ 17. Kg2 Nxd5 18. Rd7 Ne1+ 19. Kf1 Nf6
20. Rxc7 Nd3 $15 {1/2-1/2 Filipenko,A-Pripis,F/Yerevan 1983/MCD (42)}) (11. Qc2
Nb4 12. Bxe4 Nxc2 13. Bxd5 Rae8 14. Bxb7 Bb4 15. Rxe8 Rxe8 16. Bc6 Rb8 17. g4
Bg6 18. a3 Nxa1 19. axb4 Bxb1 $15 {1/2-1/2 Shirov,A-Ivanchuk,V/Monaco 2002/CBM
87 ext (28)}) (11. Bxe4 Bxe4 12. Nc3 Bxf3 13. Nxd5 Bxd1 14. Nxe7+ Nxe7 15. Rxe7
Rfe8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Tan,D-Perez Garcia,R/Gent 2004/CBM 101 ext (18)}) 11... Nxc3
12. bxc3 Bxd3 13. Qxd3 b5 (13... Rad8 14. Bf4 Qd7 15. Re3 h6 16. Rae1 Bd6 17.
Bxd6 Qxd6 18. h3 Rd7 19. Qb5 {1/2-1/2 Magem Badals,J-Perez,R/Pamplona ESP 2003/
(19)}) (13... Rae8 14. Bf4 Bd6 {1/2-1/2 Dimitrov,V-Vukanovic,S/Nis 1998/EXT
2002 (14)}) (13... Bf6 14. Bf4 $14 {1-0 Dogge,M-Daniels,H/Vlissingen 2002/CBM
89 ext (26)}) (13... Rfe8 14. Bf4 Bd6 (14... Qd7 15. Rab1 (15. Re3 Bf6 16. Rae1
Re7 17. Bg5 Rxe3 18. fxe3 Bxg5 19. Nxg5 g6 20. e4 $14 {1-0 Yagupov,I-Sorokin,M/
St Petersburg 2001/EXT 2002 (66)}) 15... b6 16. d5 Rad8 17. Rbd1 Na5 18. Ne5
Qc8 19. Qg3 $36 {1/2-1/2 Smirnov,P-Koneru,H/Chennai IND 2004/(34)}) 15. Ng5 g6
16. Bd2 Be7 17. h4 b5 18. Nf3 Bd6 19. a4 a6 $11 {1-0 Anand,V-Charbonneau,P/
Calvia ESP 2004/(34)}) 14. Bf4 Bd6 (14... Rac8 15. a4 a6 (15... b4 16. Qb5 $1
Rfd8 17. c4 (17. cxb4 Qd7 $1 (17... Bxb4 $4 18. Re8+ $18) 18. Qc4 Nxb4 $11)
17... Qd7 18. d5 $36 Nb8 19. Qa5 (19. Qxd7 Rxd7 20. Ne5 Rdd8 21. Ng6 Bf6 22.
Ne7+ Bxe7 23. Rxe7 Na6 24. Rae1 Kf8) 19... a6 20. Rad1 Bd6 21. Bxd6 Qxd6 22. c5
Qf4 23. Rd4 Nc6 24. dxc6 Rxd4 25. Nxd4 Qxd4 26. Qxc7 $16) 16. axb5 axb5 17.
Rab1 b4 18. c4 Qd7 19. d5 $16) 15. Ng5 g6 (15... f5 16. Ne6 Rf7 17. a4 $1 $16)
16. Ne4 (16. Qh3 h5 17. Ne4 Kg7 18. Qe3 $16 {Abramovic,B-Radulov,I/Vrnjacka
Banja 35/(399) 1983 (18)}) 16... f5 17. Nxd6 cxd6 18. Qg3 Rfe8 (18... Rfd8 19.
h4 b4 20. h5 $40) (18... Rad8 19. h4 b4 20. h5 $40) 19. Bxd6 Qxa2 20. h4 $1 {
[%mdl 4]} Qd5 21. h5 f4 $6 (21... Kg7 22. Bc5 {[%cal Gg3c7]} Rxe1+ 23. Rxe1 Qd7
24. Qd3 $1 $16 {[%cal Gd3b5,Gd4d5]}) 22. Bxf4 Qxh5 23. Bg5 $1 {[%cal Gd4d5]} h6
24. Bf6 Rxe1+ (24... Qf5 25. Qd6 Rxe1+ 26. Rxe1 Rf8 27. Re6 $1 Nb8 28. f3 $18)
25. Rxe1 Rf8 26. Qd6 Qf5 27. Re6 {[%mdl 32]} 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 4th"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2003.06.06"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Pavasovic, Dusko"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2701"]
[BlackElo "2584"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2003.05.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 096"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nb4 9. Be2 dxc4 10. Bxc4 O-O 11. Nc3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Nd5 13. Qc2 (13. Qb3 c6 (
13... Nb6 {1/2-1/2 Tatai,S-Smyslov,V/Graz 1984/MCD (13)}) 14. Re1 Nb6 15. Bd3
Be6 16. Qc2 h6 17. Bf4 Nd5 18. Be5 Qa5 19. c4 Nb4 20. Qc3 Qa6 21. Bf1 $16 {
1-0 Fortado,B-Zarembsky,I/Chicago 1997/EXT 2000 (44)}) (13. Qd3 c6 14. Bb3 Re8
15. Ne5 Bf8 16. Bd2 Be6 17. Rae1 g6 18. Qf3 Bg7 19. h3 Rc8 20. Rd1 b5 $11 {
1-0 Popovic,P-Kapelan,M/Vrsac 1989/CBM 15 (45)}) (13. Re1 c6 14. Qd3 Be6 15.
Bb3 Bf6 16. Ne5 Re8 17. Bc2 (17. Qf3 Bxe5 18. dxe5 Nb6 19. Bc2 Qh4 20. Re4 Qe7
21. Rd4 g6 22. Qg3 Bd5 23. f4 Kh8 24. Rd1 f5 25. exf6 Qxf6 26. Be3 $16 {
1/2-1/2 Enjuto Velasco,R-Avram,S/Zakopane 2000/CBM 77 ext (36)}) 17... g6 18.
Qg3 Bh4 19. Qf3 Qf6 20. Rb1 Nxc3 21. Rxb7 Qxf3 22. Nxf3 Bd5 {1/2-1/2 Tirard,
H-Maitesian,S/Hyeres 2001/EXT 2002 (22)}) (13. Ne5 c6 14. Bb3 (14. Qf3 Be6 (
14... f6 15. Nd3 Be6 16. Bd2 (16. Re1 Bf7 17. Nf4 Nxf4 18. Bxf7+ Rxf7 19. Bxf4
Qa5 20. Re2 Bf8 21. Rae1 Qf5 22. Qg3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Ramesh,R-Barua,D/Udaipur
2000/EXT 2001 (40)}) 16... Bf7 17. Bb3 Re8 18. Rab1 Qd7 19. Rfd1 Bf8 20. Nf4
Rad8 21. c4 Nxf4 22. Bxf4 Qf5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Emms,J-Barua,D/London 1993/TD (38)})
15. Re1 Bg5 16. Ba3 Re8 17. Rab1 Qc8 18. Rbd1 Nc7 19. Nxf7 Bxc4 20. Nxg5 $16 {
0-1 Emms,J-Rubio,J/Benidorm 1992/TD (43)}) 14... Be6 15. Bb2 {1/2-1/2
Savanovic,A-Pavasovic,D/Graz 1998/EXT 99 (15)}) 13... Be6 (13... c6 14. Bd3 (
14. Re1 h6 15. a4 Bd6 16. Ne5 Qf6 17. Bxd5 cxd5 18. Qb3 Be6 {1/2-1/2 Ravi,
T-Barua,D/Mumbai 2000/CBM 76 ext (18)}) 14... Nf6 15. Re1 Be6 $2 16. Ng5 $18 {
1-0 Groetz,H-Denk,A/St Poelten 2002/CBM 90 ext (27)}) 14. Bd3 h6 (14... g6 15.
Rb1 Rb8 16. Re1 Bf6 17. c4 Ne7 (17... Nb6 18. d5 Bd7 19. Bf4 Na4 20. Ne5 Nc5
21. Nxd7 Nxd3 22. Qxd3 Qxd7 23. Qg3 Rfc8 24. Rbd1 $16 {1-0 Vodicka,V-Pliva,V/
CZE 1999/EXT 2003 (48)}) 18. Ba3 Re8 19. d5 Bd7 20. Nd2 Nf5 21. Ne4 Bd4 22. Bb2
c5 23. Bxd4 Nxd4 24. Qd2 b6 25. Qh6 f6 26. Qf4 Bf5 27. h4 Bxe4 28. Bxe4 Re5 $11
{1-0 Sumaneev,D-Grechkin,D/Orel 1996/EXT 99 (55)}) 15. Rb1 b6 (15... Rb8 16.
Bd2 Nf6 17. Rfe1 $36) 16. Bh7+ Kh8 17. Be4 Rc8 18. c4 Nf6 (18... c6 19. Ne5 $36
) 19. Bb7 (19. Bc6 $5 Bd7 $140 (19... Bd6 20. Rd1 Bd7 21. Ne5 $16) 20. Ne5 Bxc6
21. Nxc6 $16) 19... Rb8 20. Bc6 Bd6 21. Rd1 {[%cal Gc4c5]} (21. Re1 Bd7 22.
Bxd7 Qxd7 23. d5 Rbe8 24. Bb2 $14) 21... Qc8 22. Rb3 (22. Qa4 $5 Bd7 23. Ne5
Bxc6 (23... Bxe5 24. dxe5 Bxc6 25. Qxc6 Ng4 26. Bb2 Qf5 27. Qf3 $1 $16) 24.
Nxc6 Qd7 25. c5 Be7 $13) 22... Bf5 23. Qb2 (23. Qe2 Bd7 24. Ne5 Qe8 $11) (23.
Qc3 Be4 24. Bxe4 Nxe4 25. Qc2 Re8 26. Re3 Qb7 (26... f5 27. Nh4 $1 $16) 27.
Rde1 Nf6 28. Rxe8+ Rxe8 29. Rxe8+ Nxe8 30. Qf5 $14) 23... Bd7 (23... Be4 24.
Bxe4 Nxe4 25. Re1 Nf6 26. Ne5 $36) 24. Ne5 (24. Bxd7 Qxd7 25. d5 Qf5 $11) 24...
Bxc6 (24... Bxe5 $2 25. dxe5 Bxc6 26. exf6 $40) 25. Nxc6 Qg4 $1 {[%mdl 256]}
26. Rf3 (26. f3 Qh5 27. g4 Nxg4 28. Nxb8 Rxb8 29. c5 Bxh2+ 30. Kg2 Re8 31. Qc2
(31. Rh1 Re6 $5 (31... Qg6 32. fxg4 Qxg4+ 33. Kf2 (33. Kxh2 Re2+ 34. Qxe2 Qxe2+
35. Kg3 Qxa2) 33... Qh4+ 34. Kg2 Qg4+ $11) 32. fxg4 Qxg4+ 33. Kxh2 (33. Kf2
Rf6+ 34. Ke1 Bg3+ 35. Kd2 Rf2+ $19) 33... Re2+) 31... Re6 32. Rh1 Qh4 33. fxg4
Qxg4+ 34. Kxh2 Re2+) (26. Re1 Rbe8 27. Rbe3 $11) 26... Rbe8 27. Nxa7 (27. Bxh6
Qe4 28. Ne5 Bxe5 29. dxe5 Ng4 30. Bf4 Nxe5 $11) 27... Qh5 28. h3 Qa5 29. Qd2 (
29. Nc6 Qa4 $1 {[%cal Ya4c6,Ya4d1]}) 29... Qxa7 (29... Bb4 30. Qb2 Bd6 31. Qd2
$11) 30. Rxf6 gxf6 31. Qxh6+ Kg8 32. Qh4 Qa5 (32... Qa5 33. Qg4+ Kh8 34. Qh4+
Kg8 35. Qg4+ $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "NED-ch58"]
[Site "Leeuwarden"]
[Date "2003.06.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Van den Doel, Erik"]
[Black "Nijboer, Friso"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2588"]
[BlackElo "2562"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2003.06.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 096"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. a3 Nc6 11. cxd5 Qxd5 12. Nc3 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Bf5 14. Re1 Rfe8
15. Bf4 Rac8 16. Bd3 Bg6 (16... Qd7 17. Rb1 (17. Qc2 Bxd3 18. Qxd3 h6 19. d5
Bf6 20. Rad1 Na5 21. c4 b6 22. c5 Red8 23. Be5 Be7 24. Bxg7 Kxg7 25. Ne5 Qe8
26. Qf5 Qf8 27. Re4 Bg5 28. h4 Qe7 29. hxg5 h5 30. Ng4 Qd7 31. Qf6+ Kh7 32. Re7
{1-0 Schoepf,A-Harmon,C/Budapest HUN 2003/(32)}) 17... Bxd3 18. Qxd3 b6 19. d5
Bf6 20. c4 h6 21. h3 Re7 22. Rbd1 Rd8 23. Rxe7 Nxe7 24. Ne5 Bxe5 25. Bxe5 $14 {
[%csl Rc7] 1-0 Leko,P-Anand,V/Linares 2003/CBM 94/[Huzman] (65)}) (16... Bxd3
17. Qxd3 h6 (17... Bd6 18. c4 (18. Ng5 g6 19. Qh3 h5 20. Ne4 Be7 21. Rab1 b6
22. Qf3 Qf5 23. a4 Na5 24. h3 Qd7 25. Be5 $16 {1/2-1/2 Dencsi,T-Harmon,C/
Budapest HUN 2003/(44)}) 18... Qh5 19. Bg3 b6 20. Qb3 Qa5 21. Re3 Rxe3 22. Qxe3
Qf5 23. Re1 Qd7 24. Qe4 Na5 25. Ng5 g6 26. Qh4 f5 27. d5 Rf8 28. Bxd6 cxd6 29.
Re6 $16 Re8 30. Rxd6 Re4 31. Qxe4 Qxd6 32. Qe8+ Kg7 33. h4 Qxd5 {1-0 Prasad,
D-Singh,R/Mumbai IND 2003/(33)}) 18. c4 Qd7 19. Rad1 Bd6 20. Be3 Rcd8 21. Qc3
Qf5 22. d5 Ne5 23. Nxe5 {1/2-1/2 Nedev,T-Pavasovic,D/Bled 2002/EXT 2003 (23)})
17. c4 Qd8 (17... Qh5 $2 18. d5 Na5 19. Bxg6 Qxg6 20. Qa4 $18 {[%cal Ga4a5,
Ga4e8]}) 18. Bxg6 hxg6 19. d5 Na5 20. Qd3 (20. Qa4 b6 21. Bd2 Nb7 22. Nd4 Nc5
23. Qc2 Bf6 24. Nc6 Qd7 $14) (20. Qc2 b6 21. Bd2 Nb7 (21... c6 $5 22. Bxa5 bxa5
23. dxc6 Bf6 24. Rad1 Rxe1+ 25. Rxe1 Rxc6 $14) 22. Nd4 Qd7 23. Nc6 a6 $14)
20... b6 21. Nd4 Bf6 (21... c6 22. d6 Bf6 23. Rxe8+ Qxe8 24. Rd1 Rd8 25. Nf3
$16) 22. Rad1 $14 Bxd4 23. Qxd4 Qd7 (23... Nb3 $5 24. Qc3 Rxe1+ 25. Rxe1 Nc5
26. Be5 f6 (26... Qf8 27. Qg3 $16) 27. Bd4 (27. Bf4 Qd7 28. h3 g5 29. Be3 Nb7
$14) 27... c6 $14) 24. c5 $6 (24. Be5 f6 25. Bg3 $14) 24... Nb3 25. c6 Qxc6 (
25... Qf5 $5 26. Qc4 (26. Qc3 Rxe1+ 27. Rxe1 Qxd5 28. Qh3 Qf5 $15) 26... Na5
27. Rxe8+ Rxe8 28. Qc1 Nb3 29. Qc3 Qxf4 30. Qxb3 Re2 $11) 26. Qxg7+ Kxg7 27.
dxc6 Rxe1+ $6 (27... Na5 28. Rxe8 Rxe8 29. Kf1 (29. Bxc7 Re6 30. Rc1 Rxc6 31.
Rxc6 Nxc6 $14 {/=}) 29... Re6 $1 (29... Nxc6 30. Bxc7 $14) 30. Rd7 Rxc6 $11)
28. Rxe1 Na5 29. Rc1 Re8 30. h4 Re6 $14 {/=} 31. Bxc7 Rxc6 32. Be5+ f6 33. Rxc6
Nxc6 34. Bb2 Kf7 35. Kf1 b5 36. Ke2 Ke6 37. g4 a5 38. f4 (38. Kd3 Ne5+ 39. Bxe5
Kxe5 $11) 38... f5 39. h5 gxh5 40. gxh5 Kf7 41. Kf3 Kg8 42. Kg3 Kh7 43. Kh4 Kh6
$11 {Black has built a fortress - the white K has no chance to sneak into the
black camp.} 44. Be5 Nd8 45. Bc3 a4 46. Bb4 Nc6 47. Bc3 Nd8 48. Bb4 Ne6 49. Bd6
Nd4 50. Bf8+ Kh7 51. Bc5 Nc6 52. Be3 Kh6 53. Bd2 Nd4 54. Bb4 Nf3+ 55. Kg3 Nd4
56. Kh4 Ne6 57. Bd6 Kg7 58. Be5+ Kh7 59. Bd6 Kh6 60. Bb4 Kg7 61. Bd6 Kh6
1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 20th"]
[Site "Izmir"]
[Date "2004.10.06"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Dvoirys, Semen I"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[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 "Beer Sheva"]
[BlackTeam "Warsaw Polonia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "POL"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. c4 Nc6 6. d3 Nf6 7. d4 Be7 8. Nc3
O-O 9. d5 (9. Be2 d5 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. O-O Bf5 12. a3 h6 13. Qb3 Nxc3 14. bxc3
Na5 15. Qb5 c5 16. Be3 {1/2-1/2 Slobodjan,R-Haba,P/Germany 2002/EXT 2003 (16)})
9... Ne5 (9... Nb8 10. Be2 a5 11. h3 Na6 12. O-O Bd7 13. Be3 Ne8 14. Nd4 f5 15.
f4 Nf6 16. Bf3 Nc5 17. Qc2 Qc8 18. Rae1 Re8 19. Bf2 g6 20. Re2 Bf8 21. Rfe1
Rxe2 22. Rxe2 Bh6 23. g3 Bg7 24. Kh2 Qf8 25. Ne6 Bxe6 26. dxe6 c6 27. e7 Qe8
28. Qd2 Qb8 29. Bxc5 dxc5 30. Na4 Qc7 31. Qe3 Re8 32. Qe6+ Kh8 33. Nxc5 Ne4 34.
Nd7 Nd6 35. Rd2 Nc8 36. Nf6 Bxf6 37. Qxf6+ Kg8 38. Rd8 {1-0 Bielicki,
C-Fernandez,A/Mar del Plata 1964/MCD (38)}) 10. Be2 (10. Nxe5 dxe5 11. Bd3 e4
$5 (11... c6 12. dxc6 bxc6 $11) 12. Nxe4 (12. Bxe4 Nxe4 13. Nxe4 Bb4+ 14. Kf1 (
14. Bd2 Re8 (14... Bxd2+ $5 15. Kxd2 Qh4 $44) 15. O-O Rxe4 16. Bxb4 Rxc4 $11)
14... Re8 $44) 12... Nxe4 13. Bxe4 Bb4+ 14. Bd2 Re8 15. f3 Rxe4+ $1 (15... Bc5
$5 16. Kf1 f5 17. Bd3 Qh4 $44) 16. fxe4 Qh4+ 17. Kf1 Qf6+ 18. Ke1 Qh4+ $11)
10... Nxf3+ 11. Bxf3 Nd7 12. O-O Bf6 (12... f5 $5 {This move comes into
consideration by analogy with the game Gelvig-Chigorin 1882 corr!}) 13. Ne4 Re8
(13... Nc5 $5 14. Nxf6+ (14. Nxc5 dxc5 15. Re1 Bd4 (15... Qd6 16. g3 $14) 16.
Qc2 Qf6 17. Be4 g6 18. Rb1 Bd7 $11) (14. Re1 Bf5 (14... Nxe4 15. Bxe4 Re8 16.
a4 $1 Bd7 17. Ra3 $36) 15. Nxc5 dxc5 16. Qb3 b6 (16... Qd6 17. Qxb7 Rfb8 (17...
Rfe8 $1 18. Rxe8+ Rxe8 19. Be3 Qb6 $1 $11) 18. Qc6 Qxc6 19. dxc6 Bxb2 20. Bxb2
Rxb2 21. Re7 $16 Rc8 22. Rae1 Kf8 23. Bd5 Bg6 24. f4 f6 25. Rd7 Be8 26. Ree7 $1
Bxd7 27. Rf7+ $18) 17. Bf4 Qd7 18. d6 c6 19. Qa4 Rac8 20. Be5 $14) 14... Qxf6
15. Be3 Qxb2 16. Bd4 Qa3 17. Re1 $44) 14. Re1 Ne5 15. Be2 (15. Nxf6+ Qxf6 16.
Be2 Qg6 (16... Bg4 17. f3 Bf5) 17. Bh5 Bg4 18. Bxg6 Bxd1 19. Rxd1 Nxg6 $11)
15... Ng6 (15... Bf5 16. Ng3 (16. Nxf6+ Qxf6 17. Be3 Qg6 18. Bh5 Qf6 19. Qd4
Bg6 20. Be2 Nd3 $14 {.=}) 16... Bg6 17. Be3 (17. f4 $140 $2 Nd3 18. f5 Bd4+ 19.
Kf1 Nxe1 20. fxg6 fxg6 21. Kxe1 (21. Qxd4 Nc2 $19) 21... Qh4 $17) 17... c5 (
17... Bh4 $5 18. Qd2 Qd7 $14 {/=}) 18. Qd2 (18. dxc6 Nxc6 19. Qd2 Qa5 $11)
18... Qd7 19. h3 Qa4 20. b3 Qa3 21. f4 Nd7 22. Rad1 Bh4 23. Bf2 Nf6 $132) 16.
Bf1 (16. Nxf6+ Qxf6 17. Qb3 Nf4 (17... Bg4 18. Be3 Bxe2 19. Rxe2 Nf4 20. Ree1
b6 $14) 18. Bxf4 Qxf4 19. Bd3 Re5 $11) 16... Bf5 (16... Be5 17. g3 (17. Bg5 Qd7
) 17... Bf5 18. Bg2 $14) 17. Nxf6+ Qxf6 18. a4 {'!'} a5 (18... Rxe1 19. Qxe1
Ne5 20. Ra3 $14) 19. Ra3 b6 20. Rae3 {'+/=' Pair of bishops, space advantage
and active possibilities on the queen's side give White better chances.} Bd7 (
20... Rxe3 21. Rxe3 Ne5 22. Be2 Bg6 23. Bd2 {[%cal Gd2c3]} Qf4 24. b3 Re8 25.
Bc3 $14) 21. b3 Rxe3 22. Bxe3 (22. Rxe3 $1 $16 {[%cal Gd1d2,Gc1b2]}) 22... Re8
23. Qd2 Qe5 24. f3 Kf8 25. Bf2 (25. c5 $1 bxc5 26. Bf2 Qf5 27. Rxe8+ Bxe8 28.
Qxa5 $16) 25... Qf4 26. Rxe8+ Bxe8 27. Qc3 {'!'} Qf5 (27... f6 $5 28. b4 Qe5
29. Qxe5 fxe5 30. bxa5 bxa5 31. Be1 Bxa4 32. Bxa5 c6 $11 33. Bc7 $140 Ke7 34.
c5 dxc5 35. d6+ Kd7 36. Bd3 Bb3 $1 $11) 28. b4 axb4 29. Qxb4 Qd7 (29... Qe5 30.
a5 bxa5 31. Qxa5 c6 32. Qb6 cxd5 33. Bg3 Nf4 34. cxd5 g5 $11) 30. a5 bxa5 31.
Qxa5 Qe7 32. c5 f6 33. c6 {'?!'} (33. Qb4 $1 Ne5 (33... Qd8 34. Bg3 Ne5 35. c6
$14) 34. c6 $14) 33... Qd8 (33... Qe5 $5 34. Bg3 Qd4+ 35. Bf2 Qe5 36. Qa2 Nf4
37. Bc4 Bf7 38. Qa8+ Qe8 $11 39. Qa5 $140 Bxd5 $1 40. Bxd5 Qg6 $17) 34. g3 (34.
Qb5 Bf7 35. Bc4 (35. Bd3 Qa8 36. g3 Ne5 37. Be4 g6 38. Qb2 (38. g4 Qa3 $1 $132)
38... Qa5 39. f4 Ng4 $11) 35... Qa8 36. Bd4 Ne5 37. Bb3 Qa3 $132) 34... Bf7 {
'<=>!'} 35. f4 Ne7 36. Bg2 (36. Bc4 $2 Nxc6 $17) 36... Qb8 37. h4 (37. h3 $142
Qb1+ 38. Kh2 Qc2 $11) 37... h5 (37... Qb1+ 38. Kh2 Qc2 39. Qxc7 (39. Qa8+ Be8
40. Qa7 Qd2 41. Be3 Qd3 42. Bd4 Qc4 43. Bxf6 $5 gxf6 (43... Nxd5 44. Bb2 Bxc6
45. Qb8+ Kf7 46. Qh8 $132) 44. Qxc7 Qc5 45. Qb8 Kf7 46. Qc7 $44) 39... Qxf2 40.
Qd8+ Be8 41. Qxd6 Bh5 (41... Qc2 42. c7 Qc3 $11 43. Qe6 (43. Qd8 Nf5 $1 44.
c8=Q Qxg3+ 45. Kg1 Qe1+) 43... Qxc7 44. d6 Qd7 45. dxe7+ Qxe7) 42. Qb8+ Kf7 43.
Qb3 Kg6 44. c7 $44) 38. Kh2 Kg8 39. Ba7 $11 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yongchuan zt 3.3"]
[Site "Yongchuan"]
[Date "2003.07.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Wang, Zili"]
[Black "Yu, Shaoteng"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2542"]
[BlackElo "2508"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2003.07.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Bf4 Nc6
8. Qd2 Bg4 9. Be2 Qd7 10. O-O-O O-O-O 11. h3 Bh5 (11... Be6 12. Rhe1 (12. Ng5
Bxg5 13. Bxg5 f6 14. Be3 h5 15. c4 Ne5 16. b3 $14 {0-1 Santo Roman,M-Miralles,
G/Lyon 1988/CBM 07 (61)}) (12. Bb5 a6 13. Ba4 Bf6 (13... Bc4 14. Rhe1 Bf6 15.
Bg5 Bxg5 16. Qxg5 b5 17. Bb3 f6 18. Qf4 Bxb3 19. cxb3 Rhe8 20. Nd4 Rxe1 21.
Rxe1 Nxd4 22. Qxd4 Re8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Mahdi,K-Zsifkovits,R/Vienna AUT 2003/(24)})
14. Bg5 Bxg5 15. Nxg5 b5 16. Bb3 Bxb3 17. cxb3 h6 18. Nf3 Qf5 $11 {1/2-1/2
Efimenko,Z-Motylev,A/Halkidiki 2002/CBM 92/[Huzman] (24)}) 12... a6 13. Ng5 (
13. Nd4 Nxd4 14. Qxd4 Bf6 15. Qa7 Qa4 16. g3 g5 17. Be3 Qxa2 $17 {0-1 Varaljai,
I-Rudolf,A/HUN 2000/EXT 2002 (36)}) 13... Bxg5 14. Bxg5 f6 15. Be3 Ne5 16. b3
g5 17. f4 gxf4 18. Bxf4 h5 19. Bf1 Kb8 20. Bh2 Qg7 21. Kb2 Bc8 22. a4 a5 23. b4
Qf7 24. Qf2 axb4 25. cxb4 Rhe8 26. Bg1 b6 27. a5 $40 {1-0 Tseshkovsky,
V-Makarichev,S/Tbilisi 1973/MCD (40)}) (11... Bxf3 12. Bxf3 Kb8 13. Rhe1 Rde8
14. Qd5 Rhf8 (14... f5 15. Qf7 g5 16. Bxc6 Qxc6 17. Be3 Rhf8 18. Qxh7 Bf6 19.
Bd2 Be5 20. Bxg5 Qxg2 21. Bd2 {1/2-1/2 Prasad,D-Konguvel,P/Kasaragod 1996/EXT
98 (21)}) 15. Re4 Qc8 16. Ra4 Bf6 17. Qb5 Ne5 18. Qa5 a6 19. Bxb7 Qxb7 20. Rb4
$18 {1-0 Dworakowska,J-Zielinska,J/Lubniewice 1995/EXT 97 (39)}) (11... Bf5 12.
Nd4 Nxd4 13. Qxd4 c5 14. Qd2 Qa4 15. Kb1 Bxc2+ 16. Qxc2 Qxf4 17. Rhe1 Kb8 18.
Bf3 Rd7 19. Qb3 $44 {0-1 Al Marri,O-Aliev,K/Doha QAT 2003/(103)}) 12. Rhe1 (12.
g4 Bg6 13. Bb5 a6 14. Ba4 Qe6 15. Bb3 Qd7 16. Rhe1 h5 17. Bd5 Rde8 18. Nd4 hxg4
19. hxg4 Nxd4 20. Qxd4 Qxg4 $17 {0-1 Huynh Mai Phuong,D-Pham Thi Nu/Hanoi 2002/
CBM 90 ext (30)}) 12... a6 (12... Rhe8 13. g4 Bg6 14. Bb5 a6 15. Ba4 b5 16. Bb3
Na5 17. c4 (17. Bd5 c6 18. Be4 Nc4 19. Qd3 Bxe4 20. Rxe4 d5 21. Re2 Bd6 22.
Bxd6 Rxe2 23. Qxe2 Nxd6 24. Qe3 Re8 25. Qb6 Qb7 26. Qd4 {1/2-1/2 Schmid,
L-Alexander,C/Dublin 1957/MCD (26)}) 17... Nxb3+ 18. axb3 Qc6 19. Nd4 Qb7 20.
cxb5 axb5 21. Qa5 $16 {1-0 Boricsev,O-Raetsky,A/Fribourg 2000/EXT 2001 (48)})
13. Qd5 Bg6 14. Nd4 Nxd4 15. Rxd4 (15. Qxd4 Kb8 16. Bg4 f5 17. Bf3 Bf6 18. Qb4
Qb5 19. Qxb5 axb5 20. Rd5 Rde8 21. Rxe8+ Bxe8 22. Rxf5 $16 {1-0 Foltys,
J-Shapira,L/Szcawno Zdroj 1950/MCD (34)}) 15... c6 {Finally Black will have to
do this move.In this case pressure of White on line "d"and on the diagonals
f3-a8 and f4-b8 will be strong.} (15... Rhe8 16. Red1 (16. Bg4 f5 17. Bf3 c6
18. Qa5 Bg5 $1 19. Red1 Bxf4+ 20. Rxf4 Re5 21. Qa3 Qe6 22. Rfd4 Re1 $11) 16...
Bf8 17. Bf3 c6 18. Qa5 $14) 16. Qa5 c5 (16... Rde8 {[%cal Ye7d8,Ye8e1]} 17. c4
$1 {[%csl Rd6]} (17. Rd2 Bd8 18. Qa3 d5 19. c4 d4 20. Be3 Qe7 $1 21. Qxe7 Bxe7
22. Rxd4 (22. Bxd4 Bg5 $44) 22... Bc5 23. Rd2 Bxe3 24. fxe3 Re5 $44) 17... Bd8
18. Qd2 $16) 17. Rd2 Rhe8 18. Bf3 Bf8 19. Red1 $16 Qc7 20. Qa4 f5 $5 {[%cal
Yg6f7]} (20... Qd7 21. Qc4 Qe6 22. Bd5 Qf6 23. Bg3 $16 {[%cal Gg3h4]}) 21. Rd5
(21. Bd5 h6 22. Qc4 Bh7 {[%cal Yg7g5]} 23. h4 $16) 21... h6 $1 22. c4 Bf7 23.
R5d3 {[%cal Gd3b3,Gb3b7,Gf3b7]} (23. Rxf5 $140 Be6 24. Rh5 Bf7) 23... Re6 (
23... g5 24. Bd2 {[%cal Gd2a5]} Qd7 25. Qb3 g4 26. hxg4 fxg4 27. Bd5 $16) 24.
Bd2 $1 Qe7 25. Qa5 {White have decisive advantage as the threat Qb6-a7 is
difficult to parry.} Rd7 26. Rb3 $40 {[%cal Ga5b6,Gb6a7]} Re4 (26... Re5 27.
Qb6 $1 Bxc4 28. Qa7 Rc7 29. Qa8+ Kd7 30. Rxb7 $18) 27. Bxe4 Qxe4 28. Qb6 $1 Kb8
(28... Bxc4 29. Re3 $18) (28... Qxc4 29. Qa7 $1 $18) 29. Re3 Qh4 30. Rde1 $18 {
[%cal Ge3e8]} Qd8 31. Qxd8+ Rxd8 32. Rf3 Bg6 (32... g6 33. g4 Bxc4 34. gxf5 $18
) 33. g4 fxg4 34. hxg4 Kc7 35. g5 $1 h5 (35... hxg5 36. Bxg5 Ra8 37. Be7 $18)
36. Re6 Bh7 37. g6 Bg8 38. Re4 d5 39. Bg5 $1 Rc8 40. Re1 Bd6 41. Be7 $1 Kd7 42.
Bxd6 Kxd6 43. cxd5 Bxd5 44. Rf5 Be6 45. Rxh5 Rf8 46. Rh7 Rg8 47. Reh1 Ke5 48.
Rh8 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2004.01.25"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2004.01.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Bf5 11. a3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Nc6 13. Re1 Re8 14. cxd5 Qxd5
15. Bf4 Rac8 16. h3 Bf6 (16... Be4 $5) 17. Nh2 Qa5 18. Bd2 (18. Ng4 Qxc3 19.
Nxf6+ gxf6 20. Be3 Rcd8 $132 {[%csl Rd4]}) 18... Ne7 (18... Rcd8 19. Bf3 h6 20.
Ng4 Bxg4 21. hxg4 Bg5 22. Bxg5 hxg5 23. Rxe8+ (23. Qc1 $1 $16 {[%csl Rg5][%cal
Gc1g5]} Rxe1+ 24. Qxe1 Kf8 25. Rb1 Re8 26. Qc1 $1 $16) 23... Rxe8 24. Qd3 Nd8
$1 $14 {1/2-1/2 Kramnik,V-Anand,V/Wijk aan Zee 2003/CBM 93/[Huzman] (51)} (
24... Nd8 {1/2-1/2 Timman,J-Karpov,A/Wijk aan Zee 2003/CBM 93(24)})) 19. Bf3 (
19. Ng4 Bxg4 20. Bxg4 Rcd8 $132 {[%cal Yc7c5]}) 19... Rcd8 20. Ng4 (20. Bxb7 c5
(20... c6 $5 {[%csl Rb7]}) 21. Ng4 Bxg4 22. hxg4 cxd4 23. cxd4 Qc7 $11) 20...
Bxg4 21. hxg4 $1 h6 (21... c5 $140 $4 22. g5 $18) 22. Rb1 (22. Bxb7 $1 c5 23.
dxc5 $5 (23. Be4 cxd4 24. cxd4 Qb6 25. Rb1 Qxd4 26. Ba5 Qxd1 27. Rexd1 Rxd1+
28. Rxd1 $14) 23... Qxc5 24. Qa4 $1 $16) 22... b6 23. a4 {[%csl Ra5] White has
a small but longtime advantage due to his pair of bishops. It is important
that a break of White's pawn centre is impossible now because of the bad
position of Qa5.} c6 (23... c5 24. Bb7 $1 $16) 24. Qc2 Qa6 25. Re4 Qc8 26. Rbe1
Qd7 27. Qd3 Nd5 {The transfer of Q to d7 made the position of Black defendable.
} 28. Rxe8+ (28. Qe2 Rxe4 29. Qxe4 c5 $132) 28... Rxe8 29. Rxe8+ (29. Rb1 {
As for me White had to leave one pair of rooks counting on opening new files
for his rook. In this case Black can't explore file "e".}) 29... Qxe8 30. c4 (
30. g3 Bg5 $1 $11) 30... Nc7 $1 {[%cal Yc7e6]} 31. a5 (31. d5 cxd5 32. cxd5
Qxa4 33. d6 Ne6 $15) 31... bxa5 $5 (31... Ne6 32. axb6 axb6 33. d5 Nc5 34. Qb1
cxd5 35. Bxd5 $14) 32. Bxa5 Ne6 33. d5 cxd5 34. Qxd5 $6 (34. cxd5 Nd4 $11 35.
Bd1 $6 Qe5 $15) (34. Bxd5 Nf4 $11) 34... Bd4 (34... Qa4 $5 35. g3 Bd4 $36) 35.
Be4 $2 (35. Qb5 $1 $11) 35... Qa4 $17 36. Kh2 (36. Bd3 $142 Qd1+ 37. Bf1 Qxg4
$17) 36... Bxf2 37. Bc3 Qa3 $1 38. Qd2 $2 (38. Qe5 Qb3 $5 (38... Bb6 $1 39.
Qb8+ Qf8 $17) 39. Bf5 Qd1 $40) 38... Bd4 $1 39. Bb4 $2 (39. Bxd4 Qd6+ 40. g3
Qxd4 (40... Nxd4 $19) 41. Qxd4 Nxd4 42. Kg2 Kf8 43. Kf2 Ke7 44. Ke3 Ne6 $19)
39... Qa1 (39... Be5+ 40. Kg1 Qg3 $19) 40. Bd5 $2 (40. Qe1 Be5+ 41. Kh1 Qd4 $19
) 40... Bg1+ $1 (40... Bg1+ 41. Kh3 Ng5+ 42. Kh4 Qf6 $19) 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 4th"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2003.06.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Solak, Dragan"]
[Black "Volkmann, Friedrich Karl"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2514"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[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 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 Nxe4 4. Qe2 Qe7 5. Qxe4 d6 6. d4 dxe5 7. dxe5 Nc6
8. Bb5 Bd7 9. Nc3 Qb4 10. Bc4 O-O-O 11. a3 Qa5 12. Bxf7 (12. Bf4 Bb4 13. O-O
Bxc3 14. bxc3 Be6 $1 15. Bd3 (15. Rab1 $5 Qxc3 16. Bb5 Rd5 $132) 15... Qxc3 16.
Rab1 Ba2 $1 17. Rbd1 Kb8 18. Rfe1 h6 19. Bg3 Rd4 20. Qe2 Rhd8 $15 {0-1 Nedev,
T-Volkmann,F/Istanbul 2003/CBM96_01 (37)}) 12... Nxe5 13. b4 (13. Bd5 $5 c6 (
13... Ng4 $5 14. O-O $1 (14. Bxb7+ Kb8 15. Qf3 Bc5 $44) 14... Nf6 (14... Qb6
15. Bf4 Bc5 16. Bg3 Rhf8 17. Na4 Bxa4 18. Qxg4+ $16) 15. Qe5 Kb8 16. b4) 14.
O-O Bd6 15. Bb3 Rhe8 $44 (15... Ng4 16. Bf4 Qc7 17. Bxd6 Qxd6 18. g3 Qh6 $44))
13... Bxb4 $8 14. Qxb4 Qxb4 15. axb4 Nxf7 16. Rxa7 Bf5 (16... Rhe8+ 17. Be3 Bf5
18. Ra2 Re6 19. Nb5 (19. O-O $1 Rc6 $140 20. Nb5 Rxc2 21. Ra8+ Kd7 22. Rxd8+
Nxd8 23. Nd4 $18) 19... Rd5 20. c4 (20. Ra5 $5) 20... Rd3 21. Ra8+ Kd7 22. O-O
Re4 $44 {1-0 Naiditsch,A-Volkmann,F/Istanbul 2003/CBM96_01 (45)}) 17. Ra2 (17.
Ra8+ Kd7 18. Ra2 Ra8 19. Rxa8 Rxa8 20. Kd1 Ne5 21. Re1 Nc6 $44 22. Nd5 Ra2 23.
Ne3 Bg6 $11) 17... Rd4 $1 18. O-O (18. b5 $142 Re8+ (18... Rhd8 19. Be3 Rc4 20.
Ra8+ Kd7 21. Rxd8+ Kxd8 22. Kd2 $16) 19. Be3 Kd7 (19... Rc4 20. Ra8+ Kd7 21.
Rxe8 Kxe8 22. Kd2 Nd6 23. Re1 Kd7 24. f3 $16) 20. O-O Rc4 21. Bd2 Nd6 $44)
18... Rhd8 $1 19. Re1 (19. b5 Rc4 $11) 19... Rxb4 20. Re7 Kb8 21. h3 Rd7 $11
22. Re8+ Rd8 23. Re7 Rd7 24. Re3 h5 25. f3 b6 (25... Nd6 26. g4 hxg4 27. hxg4
Bg6 $11) 26. g4 hxg4 27. hxg4 Bg6 28. Kf2 Kb7 29. Kg3 Nd6 30. Ne2 (30. f4 Ne4+
31. Nxe4 Bxe4 $11) 30... Nc4 31. Rb3 Rxb3 32. cxb3 Na5 33. b4 Nc4 34. Nf4 Bb1 (
34... Bf7 $5 35. Re2 Ka6 $132 {[%cal Ya6b5]}) 35. Re2 Rd1 36. Be3 g5 (36... Kc6
37. Bf2 Kb5 38. Re7 $11) 37. Ng2 $8 Bd3 38. Re1 Rxe1 39. Nxe1 Nxe3 40. Nxd3 Kc6
41. Ne5+ Kb5 42. Nf7 Kxb4 43. Nxg5 Kc4 $6 (43... c5 44. f4 c4 45. f5 Nd5 46.
Nf3 c3 47. Ne1 b5 48. g5 Kc5 49. Nc2 b4 50. f6 Kd6 51. Nd4 $11) 44. Kf4 Kd3 45.
Ke5 (45. Ne6 c5 46. g5 c4 47. g6 c3 48. g7 c2 49. g8=Q c1=Q $11) 45... b5 46.
Ne6 b4 47. g5 Kc4 (47... Nc4+ 48. Kf6 b3 49. Nc5+ Kc2 50. Nxb3 Kxb3 51. g6 Nd6
52. f4 c5 53. Ke5 Ne8 54. f5 c4 55. f6 Nxf6 56. Kxf6 c3 57. g7 c2 58. g8=Q+ Kb2
$11) 48. g6 b3 49. g7 b2 50. g8=Q b1=Q 51. Nxc7+ Kc3 52. Nd5+ (52. Qg5 $142 Qb6
53. Qf6 $5 Qxf6+ $1 $11 (53... Qxc7+ $2 54. Ke4+ $16)) 52... Kd2 53. Nxe3 (53.
Qg5 Qb8+) 53... Kxe3 54. Qd5 Qb8+ 55. Ke6 Qg8+ 56. Kd6 Qxd5+ 57. Kxd5 Kxf3
1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 4th"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2003.06.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Rozentalis, Eduardas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2701"]
[BlackElo "2586"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[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 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. c4
c6 9. Qc2 Re8 10. Nc3 Bf5 11. Re1 Bb4 12. Bg5 Qa5 (12... f6 13. Bf4 Bxc3 14.
bxc3 Nd7 15. Nd2 Qa5 16. f3 Qxc3 17. fxe4 dxe4 18. Qxc3 {1-0 Milos,G-Lahud,T/
Sao Paulo 2002/CBM 90 ext (18)}) (12... Nxg5 13. Rxe8+ Qxe8 14. Nxg5 Bg6 15.
Bxg6 hxg6 16. cxd5 Qd8 17. Qb3 Na6 18. h4 (18. Nxf7 Kxf7 19. dxc6+ Kf8 20. Nd5
Bd6 21. Qxb7 Nc7 $13) (18. Nge4 $1 $16) 18... Qd7 19. dxc6 bxc6 $18 {1/2-1/2
Inarkiev,E-El Gindy,E/Linares ESP 2003/(41)}) 13. Nxe4 dxe4 (13... Bxe1 14. Nd6
Bxd3 15. Qxd3 Re6 16. Qf5 (16. Nxf7 $5 Na6 (16... Bb4 17. Bd8 $1 $18 {[%cal
Gf3g5]}) 17. N7e5 Bb4 18. Qf5 Rae8 19. Qf7+ Kh8 20. Qxb7 $16 (20. Bd8 $5 Qxd8 (
20... Qa4 21. Ng5 $16) 21. Qxe6 Rxe6 22. Nf7+ Kg8 23. Nxd8 Re2 24. a3 Be7 25.
Nxb7 Rxb2 26. Na5 Nb8 $16)) (16. c5 Bb4 17. Qf5 Qc7 18. Bd8 Qd7 19. Ng5 Rg6 20.
Qxf7+ Qxf7 21. Ngxf7 Na6 22. a3 Bd2 $13) 16... Qc7 17. Bf4 (17. Bd8 Bxf2+ 18.
Kf1 (18. Kxf2 Qxd6 19. Ng5 Rf6 20. Bxf6 Qxf6 $17) 18... Qxd6 19. Ng5 Qxd8 20.
Qxf7+ Kh8 21. Nxe6 (21. Qxe6 Qf8 22. Nf7+ Kg8 23. Nd6+ Kh8 24. Ke2 Nd7 25. Nf7+
(25. Rf1 Qf6 26. Qxd7 Rf8 $132) 25... Kg8 26. Ne5+ Kh8 27. Nxd7 Qb4 $1 $132)
21... Qg8 22. Qxg8+ (22. Qxb7 Na6 23. Kxf2 Rb8 24. Qxa6 Qxe6 $132 {/=}) 22...
Kxg8 23. Nc7 Bxd4 24. cxd5 cxd5 25. Nxa8 Be5 $14) (17. cxd5 cxd5 (17... Rxd6
18. Rxe1 Nd7 19. Re7 Rf8 20. Bf4 $18) 18. Nb5 (18. Bd8 Bxf2+ 19. Kxf2 Qxd6 20.
Ng5 Rf6 $15) 18... Qd7 19. Ne5 Rxe5 20. Qxd7 Nxd7 21. dxe5 Ba5 22. Rd1 Nxe5 23.
Rxd5 $14) 17... Bb4 18. Ng5 Rg6 (18... Rxd6 19. Bxd6 (19. Re1 $1 $18 Bxe1 20.
Bxd6 g6 21. Qh3) 19... Bxd6 20. Qxh7+ Kf8 21. Re1 $16) 19. c5 Qd7 20. a3 Ba5
21. b4 Bc7 (21... Bd8 22. Qxf7+ Qxf7 23. Ngxf7 Bc7 24. Re1 Na6 25. Re7 Kf8 26.
Rd7 $16) 22. Re1 $16) 14. Bxe4 Bxe1 (14... h6 15. Bd2 Bxe4 16. Bxb4 Qxb4 17.
Rxe4 Rxe4 18. Qxe4 Qxc4 19. Qe8+ Kh7 20. Qc8 $18) 15. Bxf5 g6 16. Be4 Bb4 17.
c5 $16 {[%csl Rb4][%mdl 4]} Nd7 18. a3 Bxc5 19. dxc5 Qxc5 20. Rd1 Qxc2 21. Bxc2
{A couple of fierce Bs supported by the active "d1" R, enable White to
eventually find a breach in his opponent's defence.} Nb6 22. Kf1 Kg7 23. Bb3 h6
24. Be3 Rad8 25. Rc1 Re4 26. h4 $1 {[%mdl 32]} Nc8 27. Bc2 Ree8 28. h5 g5 29.
Nd4 Nd6 30. Nf5+ Nxf5 31. Bxf5 a6 32. g4 Rd5 33. Rc4 Kg8 34. Ke2 Rb5 35. b4 a5
36. Kf3 axb4 37. axb4 Rd5 38. Rc3 Rde5 {Characteristically of this European
Champs, the complete text of the current game is unfortunately unavailable.
It's obvious that White has a huge advantage in this final position.} 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 20th"]
[Site "Izmir"]
[Date "2004.10.09"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2687"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[Annotator "Huzman,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 "Sarajevo Bosna"]
[BlackTeam "Warsaw Polonia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BIH"]
[BlackTeamCountry "POL"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. a3 Nc6 11. Qc2 Bf6 12. Nc3 (12. Be3 Bf5 13. Bd3 Bg6 14. b4
Re8 15. c5 a6 16. Nc3 Nxc3 17. Qxc3 Be4 $5 (17... Bxd3 18. Qxd3 Qd7 $11) 18.
Nd2 Qd7 19. Rfd1 Bxg2 $1 20. Kxg2 Nxd4 21. Bxd4 $11 {0-1 Adams,M-Lalic,B/
Kilkenny 77/303 1999/[Lalic,B] (38)}) (12. cxd5 Qxd5 13. Bc4 $140 $2 Nxd4 14.
Nxd4 Qxd4 15. Rd1 Qe5) 12... Nxc3 ({Black doesn't receive full equality after} 
12... Nxd4 13. Nxd4 Bxd4 14. Nxd5 (14. cxd5 Bxc3 15. Qxe4 (15. bxc3 Qxd5) (15.
Bd3 Bf5 16. Bxe4 Bxe4 17. Qxe4 Re8 $15) 15... Re8 16. Qf3 Be5 $15) 14... Nc5 (
14... Nxf2 15. Rxf2 Bxf2+ 16. Kxf2 c6 17. Nf4 $14) 15. Rd1 (15. Be3 Bxe3 16.
Nxe3 Ne6 17. Rad1 Nd4 18. Qd2 c5 19. b4 b6 $11) 15... Ne6 16. Bg4 (16. Bd3 g6)
16... c6 (16... Qh4 17. Bf5 c5 18. g3 Qh5 19. Be3 $14) 17. Bxe6 fxe6 18. Rxd4
exd5 19. cxd5 cxd5 20. Qb3 Rf5 21. Bf4 $14) 13. bxc3 Be6 14. Bd3 (14. Rb1 dxc4
$5 (14... Na5 15. Bd3 h6 16. cxd5 Bxd5 17. Nd2 $14) (14... Rb8 15. Bd3 h6 16.
cxd5 Bxd5 17. Re1 $14) 15. Rxb7 Bd5 16. Rb2 Qd6 17. Qa4 Ne7 18. Bxc4 Bxf3 19.
gxf3 c5 $44) 14... h6 (14... g6 15. cxd5 Bxd5 16. Nd2 Re8 17. Nc4 $14 Nxd4 18.
cxd4 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Qxd4 20. f3 Qxa1 21. Bb2 Bxb2 22. Rxa1 Bxa1 23. Qb1 $14) 15.
cxd5 Bxd5 16. Rb1 Re8 (16... Bxf3 {The light squared bishop of Black is very
important in this kind of position but a plan with taking on f3 with
subsequent Na5 and c5 comes into consideration.} 17. gxf3 Na5 $5 (17... Rb8 18.
Bh7+ Kh8 19. Be4 $14) 18. Re1 (18. Be4 c5 19. Qa4 {[%cal Gb1b5]} Rc8 20. Rb5 a6
$1 21. Rxc5 Rxc5 22. dxc5 Qc7 $44) 18... c5 19. dxc5 $5 Qc7 20. Qa4 (20. Be3
Be5 21. h3 Rfe8 22. Bd4 Rad8 $44) 20... Bxc3 21. Qe4 f5 22. Qd5+ Qf7 23. Qxf7+
Rxf7 24. Re6 Rc8 $11) 17. Bf4 Na5 18. Rfd1 (18. Nd2 Bg5 19. Bg3 Bxd2 20. Qxd2
Nc4 $11) (18. Rfe1 $5 Rxe1+ 19. Nxe1 b6 20. c4 Bb7 21. d5 c6 22. Bd2 Rb8 23.
Bxa5 bxa5 24. Bh7+ Kh8 25. Be4 $14) 18... Nc4 19. Rb4 (19. Bxc4 Bxc4 20. Rxb7
Be2 21. Rdb1 Bxf3 22. gxf3 Qd5 (22... c5 23. Qb3 $16) 23. Kg2 (23. Rxc7 $6 Qxf3
24. Bg3 Re2 25. Qa4 Rae8 26. Rf1 Re1 $40) 23... c5 $44) 19... b5 (19... Nxa3 $5
20. Qb2 Be7 21. Ra4 Qd7 22. Rxa3 Qg4 23. Bg3 Bxa3 24. Qxa3 Bxf3 25. gxf3 Qxf3
26. Qb3 Re7 $13) 20. Rxb5 Bxf3 21. Bxc4 Bxd1 22. Qxd1 Qe7 {'?!'} (22... c6 $1
23. Rb7 (23. Rc5 Qd7 24. Qf3 Re1+ 25. Bf1 Rc8 $15) 23... Re7 24. Qb1 Qe8 25.
Kf1 Rd7 $11) 23. g3 Qxa3 (23... c6 24. Rc5 Qd7 25. Qf3 Rac8 26. Bxh6 $16) 24.
Rc5 Re7 25. Bxh6 Rae8 {'?'} ({White have nothing more than draw after} 25...
gxh6 $1 26. Qf3 Kg7 {'='} 27. Rf5 (27. Qg4+ $5 $11 Bg5 (27... Kh8 28. Qf3 Kg7
$11) 28. Rxg5+ hxg5 29. Qxg5+ Kf8 30. Qh6+ Kg8 31. Qg6+ $11 (31. Bd3 Re1+ 32.
Kg2 Qc1 33. Qh7+ Kf8 34. Bc4 Ke7 35. Qxf7+ Kd8 36. Qd5+ (36. Qf6+ Re7 37. Bb5
Qe1 $1 38. Qc6 Qe4+ 39. Qxe4 Rxe4 40. Bc6 Rxd4 41. cxd4 Rb8 $17) 36... Ke7 37.
Qxa8 Rg1+ 38. Kh3 Qh6+ 39. Kg4 Qg6+ $11)) (27. Qxa8 Qxc3 28. Kg2 Qxd4 $15)
27... Qa4 28. Bf1 Bxd4 29. Qxa8 Bxc3 30. Qf3 (30. Rf4 Qd1) 30... Be5 $11) 26.
Bd2 Rb8 (26... Rd8 27. Kg2 Qb2 28. Bf4 $16) 27. Kg2 Qb2 28. Bf4 Qb7+ 29. Bd5
Qc8 30. h4 Rb6 31. h5 a6 32. Qf3 (32. Qd3 $5 Kh8 (32... c6 33. Qf3 Re1 34. Be4
(34. Bxc6) (34. Rxc6 Rxc6 35. Bxc6 a5 36. Bd5 Qa6) 34... Qe6 35. Bxc6 Rbb1 36.
Kh2 $16) 33. Qc4 $16 {[%cal Gc4f7,Gc4c7]}) 32... Rb5 33. Rc6 Rb6 34. Rc5 (34.
Bd6 Rd7 35. Bc5 Rxc6 36. Bxc6 Rd8 37. h6 Qe6 38. Be4) (34. Rc4 $16) 34... Rb5
35. Rxb5 axb5 36. g4 Qd8 {'!'} 37. g5 (37. Bc6 $5) 37... Rd7 38. gxf6 (38. Bc6
Bxg5 39. Bxb5 c6 (39... Rxd4 $1 40. Bxc7 Qxc7 41. cxd4 $14) 40. Qxc6 Ra7 41.
Qd6 (41. Bd6 Bd2 42. Bd3 Ra5 43. Be7 Qd5+ 44. Qxd5 Rxd5 45. Be4 Rxh5 46. c4 Bc3
47. Bc5 Rxc5 $11) 41... Qa8+ 42. Kg3 Be7 $132) 38... Rxd5 39. Be5 Rxe5 (39...
g6 40. Qe4 gxh5 41. Kf1 Kf8 42. Qh7 Ke8 43. Qg8+ Kd7 44. Qxf7+ Kc8 45. Qe6+ $18
{[%cal Gf6f8]}) 40. dxe5 gxf6 41. exf6 Kh7 42. Qf5+ (42. Kh3 Qd7+ (42... c5 43.
Qf5+ Kh6 44. Qxc5 Qxf6 45. Kg4 Qg7+ 46. Kf4 Qf6+ 47. Ke4 Qe6+ 48. Qe5 Qc4+ 49.
Ke3 $16) 43. Kh4 Qd6 44. Qf5+ Kh8 45. Kg5 c5 46. Qe4 Qb8 47. Qe7 b4 48. cxb4
cxb4 49. Qxf7 Qg8+ 50. Qg6 Qd5+ $11) 42... Kh6 43. Qxb5 (43. Qf4+ Kxh5 44. Qf5+
Kh6 45. Qh3+ Kg5 (45... Kg6 46. Qg4+ $18) 46. f4+ Kxf4) 43... Qxf6 44. Qc5 Qf4
{'!'} (44... Qg5+ 45. Qxg5+ Kxg5 46. Kf3 Kxh5 47. c4 (47. Kf4 Kg6 48. Ke5 Kg5
49. c4 Kg4 $11) 47... Kg5 48. Ke4 Kg4 49. c5 f5+ 50. Ke5 f4 51. Ke4 (51. c6 f3
52. Ke4 Kg5 53. Kxf3 Kf5 54. Kg3 Ke5 55. f4+ Kd6 56. Kg4 Kxc6 57. Kg5 Kd7 58.
f5 Ke7 59. Kg6 Kf8 $11) 51... c6 52. Ke5 f3 53. Ke4 Kg5 54. Kxf3 Kf5 55. Kg3
Ke4 56. f4 Kd5 57. Kg4 Kxc5 58. Kg5 Kd6 59. Kg6 Ke7 60. Kg7 Ke6 $11) 45. Qe3
Qxe3 46. fxe3 Kxh5 47. Kf3 Kg5 48. Ke4 f5+ 49. Ke5 Kg4 50. c4 Kf3 51. Kxf5 Kxe3
52. Ke5 Kd3 53. Kd5 c6+ 54. Kc5 Kc3 $11 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 4th"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2003.06.10"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Black "Rozentalis, Eduardas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2634"]
[BlackElo "2586"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[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 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. c4
c6 9. Qc2 Na6 10. a3 Re8 11. Nc3 Bg4 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Bxe4 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 Qh4
15. g3 Qxd4 16. Be3 Qf6 17. Be4 g6 18. b4 Nc7 19. Rad1 Re6 (19... a5 20. b5 (
20. Bg2 axb4 21. c5 Be5 22. axb4 Nb5 23. Rd7 Re7 24. Rxe7 (24. Qd3 Qe6 25. Rd1
Rxd7 26. Qxd7 Ra1 27. Qd8+ Kg7 28. Rxa1 Bxa1 29. Bf1 Bf6 30. Qb6 Nd4 31. Qxb7
Nf3+ 32. Kh1 Qd5 33. b5 Ne1+ 34. Kg1 Nf3+ {1/2-1/2 Zarezenko,I-Karpov,A/
Novosibirsk RUS 2001/(34)}) 24... Qxe7 25. Rd1 h5 26. Bf1 Ra1 27. Rxa1 Bxa1 28.
Bc4 Qf6 29. Qd3 Nd4 30. Qe4 Kg7 31. Kg2 Nf5 32. Bf4 Qd4 33. Qxd4+ Bxd4 34. Bd2
$14 {1-0 Leko,P-Piket,J/Monaco MNC 2001/(57)}) (20. c5 Bf8 21. Rd7 axb4 22.
axb4 Re7 23. Rxe7 Qxe7 24. Rd1 Rd8 25. Rxd8 Qxd8 26. Qc4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Rosito,
J-Herrero,L/Mar del Plata 2002/CBM 87 ext (31)}) 20... Bxa3 (20... cxb5 $2 21.
c5 Be5 22. c6 $1 b6 23. Bxb6 $16 {1-0 Nedev,T-Safin,S/Yerevan 2001/CBM 86/
[Huzman] (31)}) 21. bxc6 $1 (21. Rd7 Re7 22. Rxe7 Bxe7 23. bxc6 bxc6 24. Qa4
Ra6 25. Rc1 Ne6 26. c5 Nc7 $1 $11 {1/2-1/2 Bologan,V-Khalifman,A/Prague 2002/
CBM 89/[Huzman] (42)}) 21... bxc6 22. Bd4 Qe6 $8 23. Ba1 $1 $44 {1-0
Kasimdzhanov,R-Akopian,V/Moscow 2002/CBM 90/[Kasimdzhanov] (61)}) (19... Qe7
20. Bg2 Ne6 21. Rfe1 Qc7 22. c5 Bf8 23. h4 h5 24. Rd3 Rad8 25. Red1 Rxd3 26.
Rxd3 Rd8 27. Bf1 Rxd3 28. Bxd3 $14 {1-0 Wang Yu-Levushkina,E/Chennai IND 2001/
(104)}) 20. Bg2 Qe7 (20... a5 21. bxa5 (21. c5 Be5 22. Rd7 Re7 23. Rfd1 Nd5 24.
Rxe7 Nxe3 $11) 21... Na6 22. c5 $16) 21. Rd3 a5 22. Bh3 f5 23. Rfd1 $1 {
[%mdl 32] White's invasion along the "d" file is unavoidable while an attempt
to create a fortress by sacrificing the Q fails because of the K's weakness.}
axb4 24. axb4 Bxb4 (24... Re8 25. c5 Be5 26. Bg2 $16) 25. Rd7 Rxe3 26. Rxe7
Rxe7 27. Qb2 (27. Qb3 $5 c5 28. Bg2 $16) 27... Na6 (27... c5 28. Bg2 $18) (
27... Bc5 28. Qxb7 Ra2 29. Qxc6 Bxf2+ 30. Kh1 $16) 28. c5 $1 Bxc5 29. Bf1 $1 b5
30. Ra1 $1 {[%mdl 4]} (30. Bg2 $5 Re6 31. Qb3 Nc7 32. Bxc6 Ra3 33. Rd8+ Kg7 34.
Qb2+ $16) 30... Bd6 $4 (30... Raa7 $142 31. Rd1 Nc7 (31... Ra8 32. Bg2 Re6 33.
Qb3 Nc7 34. Bxc6 $16) 32. Rd8+ Kf7 33. Qh8 Ke6 34. h4 $40) (30... Rea7 31. Rc1
$1 $16) 31. Qf6 Bb4 32. Qxc6 Rea7 33. Bxb5 Nc7 34. Qc4+ 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2001.01.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2629"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2001.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Be6 11. Ne5 f6 12. Nf3 Re8 13. Be3 (13. a3 Nxc3 14. bxc3
Nc6 15. cxd5 Bxd5 16. c4 Bxf3 17. Bxf3 Qxd4 18. Qxd4 Nxd4 19. Bxb7 Rab8 20.
Bd5+ Kf8 21. Be3 Nc2 22. Bxa7 Nxa1 23. Bxb8 Rxb8 24. Rxa1 Bxa3 25. Be4 Bb2 $11)
(13. Qb3 Nxc3 (13... Qd7 $5) 14. bxc3 dxc4 15. Bxc4 Bxc4 16. Qxc4+ Qd5 17. Qb3
Qxb3 18. axb3 Nd5 $11) 13... Bf8 14. a3 (14. Nxe4 dxe4 15. Nd2 f5 16. a3 Na6 (
16... Nd3 17. Qb3) 17. d5 Bf7 18. b4 Bd6 $132) 14... Nxc3 15. bxc3 Nc6 16. cxd5
Bxd5 17. c4 Bf7 18. Qc2 Na5 19. Bd3 g6 20. Bd2 (20. h4 $5 Qd7 (20... c5 21.
dxc5 (21. d5 b5 $132) 21... Qc7 22. Bd4 Bxc5 23. Bxf6 Qf4 24. Bg5 Qg4 25. Nh2
Qe6 26. Qc3 Nxc4 27. Rae1 Qd5 28. Ng4 $36) 21. Bd2 (21. h5 Qg4 22. hxg6 hxg6)
21... Nc6 22. d5 Ne7 (22... Ne5 23. Nxe5 fxe5 24. h5 Qg4 25. hxg6 Bxg6 26. Be3
$14) 23. Bc3 c6 24. Bxf6 cxd5 25. Bb2 Nc6 $132) 20... c5 21. d5 (21. Qa4 $5 Nc6
(21... b6 22. Bxa5 bxa5 23. d5 Rb8 24. Rab1 Rb6 25. Rb5 $14) 22. d5 Nd4 23.
Nxd4 cxd4 $14) 21... b5 $1 22. Bxa5 Qxa5 23. cxb5 Bxd5 24. Nd2 (24. Bc4 Bxc4
25. Qxc4+ Kg7 26. Rfd1 Rad8 $11) 24... Rad8 25. Rfd1 (25. Bc4 Kg7 26. Rfb1 Bb7
$11) 25... Kg7 26. h3 (26. Nc4 Bxc4 27. Bxc4 Rd4 $11) 26... Bf7 27. Nc4 Qc7 (
27... Bxc4 28. Bxc4 Rd4 $11) 28. Re1 Rxe1+ 29. Rxe1 Qd7 30. Nb2 Qd4 (30... c4
31. Bxc4 Bxa3 $11) 31. Re4 (31. Bc4 Qd2 32. Re2 Qxc2 33. Rxc2 Bxc4 34. Nxc4
Rd1+ 35. Kh2 Rb1 $11) 31... Qd5 32. Ra4 Qd7 33. Bc4 Re8 34. Qc1 (34. Nd3 Bxc4
35. Qxc4 Re2 $132) 34... Bxc4 35. Nxc4 Rb8 36. Qd2 Qxd2 37. Rxa7+ Kg8 38. Nxd2
Rxb5 $11 39. Kf1 (39. Ne4 Rb1+ 40. Kh2 Rb6 $132 {[%cal Yc5c4]}) 39... f5 40.
Nc4 Rb1+ 41. Ke2 Bg7 42. a4 Rc1 43. Ne3 f4 44. Ra8+ (44. Nd5 Rc2+ 45. Kf3 Bd4
46. Nxf4 c4 47. Rd7 Rxf2+ 48. Ke4 Bc5 $132) 1/2-1/2

[Event "United Insurance 5th"]
[Site "Dhaka"]
[Date "2001.02.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sandipan, Chanda"]
[Black "Vakhidov, Tahir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2431"]
[BlackElo "2482"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2001.02.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "BAN"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 082"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Bd3 d5 6. Qe2 Qe7 7. O-O Nd6 8.
Qd1 Qf6 (8... Qd8 9. Re1+ Be7 10. Nc3 c6 11. Qe2 Bg4 (11... Nd7 12. b4 Nf8 13.
b5 Ne6 14. bxc6 bxc6 15. Ne5 Qc7 16. Ba3 O-O 17. Rab1 Nf4 18. Qf3 Nxd3 19. Nxd3
Be6 20. Nf4 Nc4 21. Bxe7 Qxe7 22. Re2 $14 {1-0 Georgiev,K-Motylev,A/YUG t-ch
Novi Sad 2000/Ajelibre (61)}) 12. b3 Nd7 13. Bb2 Nc5 14. Na4 Bxf3 15. Qxf3 Nxd3
16. Qxd3 {1/2-1/2 Morozevich,A-Kramnik,V/Wijk aan Zee 2000/(16)}) 9. Nc3 c6 10.
Re1+ Be7 11. b3 (11. Qe2 Bg4) 11... Bg4 (11... O-O 12. Bb2 Bd8 13. Na4 Qh6 14.
c4 $36) 12. Qe2 (12. Be2 O-O 13. Bb2 Re8 $11) (12. Bb2 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 (13. gxf3
O-O 14. Nxd5 Qg5+ 15. Kh1 cxd5 16. Rg1 Qh6 17. Bxg7 Qxg7 18. Rxg7+ Kxg7 19. Qe2
Nc6 $15) 13... Qxf3 14. gxf3 Kd8 $11) (12. Ba3 $5 O-O (12... Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Qxf3
14. gxf3 Kd8 15. Re2 (15. Re5 $5 Nc8 (15... Nd7 $140 $2 16. Rxe7 Kxe7 17. Re1+
$18) 16. Bxe7+ Nxe7 17. Rae1 Nc8 18. Na4 Nd7 19. R5e2 Nd6 $11) 15... Nf5 (15...
Nd7 16. Rae1 Bf8 17. Na4 Nf6 18. Bb2 Nh5 19. Nc5 $36) 16. Bxe7+ Nxe7 17. Rae1
Nc8 18. Na4 Nd6 19. c4 $36) 13. Qe2 Re8 14. Qe5 Qxe5 15. Rxe5 $36) 12... Bxf3
13. gxf3 Kd8 $1 14. Bb2 (14. Ba3 Nc8) 14... Qg5+ (14... Nd7 $5) 15. Kh1 Re8 (
15... Bf6 16. Qe3 Nd7 17. Ba3 Kc7 $15) 16. Rg1 Qh6 17. Qe3 g5 18. Na4 (18. Ne2
Nd7 19. f4 g4 (19... gxf4 20. Nxf4 Bf8 21. Qf3 Ne4 $36) 20. Be5 f6 21. Bc3 f5
$17) 18... Nd7 19. c4 b5 $1 {By this strong move Black win the piece.But it
will be difficult to convert this advantage to victory.} (19... Qh5 $5 20. cxd5
Bf6 (20... cxd5 21. Rg3 $132) 21. Bxf6+ Nxf6 22. Qxg5 Qxf3+ 23. Rg2 Rg8 24. Be2
Qxg2+ 25. Qxg2 Rxg2 26. Kxg2 Nxd5 27. Kf3 $11) 20. cxb5 cxb5 21. Nc5 (21. Nc3
Bf6 $19) 21... Bf6 22. Bxf6+ Qxf6 23. Qxg5 Qxg5 24. Rxg5 Nxc5 25. Rxd5 Ncb7 26.
Bxb5 Re6 $15 27. Rc1 (27. Ba6 Kc7 28. Rc1+ Kb6 $15) 27... Rc8 28. Rc4 Rc7 (
28... Rxc4 29. Bxc4 (29. bxc4 Kc7 30. a4 (30. Ba6 Kb6 $17) 30... Rf6 31. Kg2
Rf5 $17) 29... Kc7 30. Bd3 h6 31. Kg2 Kc6 32. Rh5 $15) 29. Ba6 Kd7 30. Kg2 (30.
Bb5+ Kc8) 30... Rg6+ 31. Kf1 Rf6 32. Ke2 (32. Kg2 $142) 32... Kd8 {[%cal Yc7e7]
} 33. Rc3 Re7+ 34. Kd1 (34. Re3 Rh6 35. h4 Rd7 $17 {[%csl Rh4]}) 34... Rd7 35.
b4 Ke7 36. a3 Nd8 $1 37. Rh5 h6 38. a4 $6 {This move weakens pawn structure of
White on the queen's side and gives real winning possibilities.} Ne6 39. a5 Rf4
$17 {[%csl Ra5,Rb4]} 40. b5 Ra4 41. Rxh6 Rxa5 42. Rh5 Nd4 $17 {[%csl Rb5,Rd2,
Rf2,Rf3,Rh2] /-+ Now all White pawns look like "invalides" and Black win them
very easily.} 43. Rcc5 Ra1+ 44. Rc1 Rxc1+ 45. Kxc1 Nxf3 46. d3 Rc7+ 47. Kb2 Nd4
48. Re5+ Kf6 49. Rd5 N4f5 50. f4 Ke6 51. Re5+ Kd7 52. h3 f6 53. Re1 Rc5 54. h4
Nxh4 55. Rh1 Nhf5 56. d4 Nxd4 57. Rh7+ Ke6 58. Rxa7 N4xb5 59. Rh7 Rc6 0-1

[Event "Prague ProMoPro m1"]
[Site "Prague"]
[Date "2004.12.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kulaots, Kaido"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2597"]
[BlackElo "2602"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2004.12.03"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Bf5 11. a3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Nc6 13. Re1 Re8 14. Bf4 dxc4
15. Bxc4 Bd6 16. Rxe8+ Qxe8 17. Ng5 Bg6 18. Bxd6 cxd6 19. h4 Qe7 20. Qg4 h6 21.
Nh3 (21. Nf3 Qe4 22. Qg3 Rd8 (22... Qc2 $5) 23. Re1 Qf5 24. Ba2 Qf6 (24... Kf8
$5) 25. Nh2 (25. Bd5 $5 $36) 25... Qf5 26. Ng4 Kf8 27. Bb1 Qh5 28. Qf4 Bxb1 29.
Rxb1 Rd7 $1 30. Ne3 Ne7 $1 $11 {1/2-1/2 Grischuk,A-Karpov,A/Wijk aan Zee 2003/
CBM 93/[Huzman] (35)}) (21. h5 Bxh5 22. Qxh5 hxg5 23. Rd1 Rf8 $1 24. Rd3 Qe1+
25. Kh2 Qxf2 26. Rh3 Qf4+ 27. Kg1 Qc1+ 28. Kh2 Qf4+ 29. Kg1 {1/2-1/2 Movsesian,
S-Gelfand,B/Bled 2002/EXT 2003 (29)}) 21... Qe4 22. Nf4 (22. Qg3 Rc8 (22... Na5
23. Ba2 Qd3 24. Rf1 $1 Qxg3 $2 (24... Rd8 25. Nf4 Qxg3 26. fxg3 Bh7 $11) (24...
Bf5 25. Nf4 Qxg3 26. fxg3 Re8 $11) 25. fxg3 Rc8 $2 26. h5 $1 $16 {1-0 Grischuk,
A-Adams,M/Chalkidiki 2002/CBM 92/[Huzman] (43)}) 23. Bf1 (23. Qxd6 Qc2 24. Qg3
Na5 25. Bd5 Qxc3 26. Qxc3 Rxc3 27. Nf4 Bd3 28. Re1 Kf8 29. Re3 Rc1+ 30. Kh2 Bc4
$11 {0-1 Pruefer,S-Morozova,O/Chessfriend.com 2003/Telechess CBM 99 (38)})
23... Ne7 24. Qxd6 Nf5 25. Qb4 Nxh4 26. d5 Bf5 27. Qxe4 Bxe4 28. c4 Nf5 $11 {
1/2-1/2 Topalov,V-Gelfand,B/Monte Carlo 2003/CBM 93 ext (37)}) (22. Qxe4 Bxe4
23. Nf4 Kf8 24. f3 Bh7 25. a4 Rc8 26. Bb5 Ne7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Gavrilov,
A-Andreikin,D/St Petersburg 2003/EXT 2004 (71)}) 22... Ne5 23. dxe5 dxe5 $4 {
[%mdl 8192]} (23... Qxc4 24. exd6 (24. Qg3 dxe5 25. Nxg6 fxg6 26. Qxe5 Rf8 $11
{1/2-1/2 Gonzalez,Y-Morovic Fernandez,I/Havana 2003/CBM 96 (61)}) 24... Qxc3
25. Rf1 Be4 (25... Rd8 26. Nxg6 fxg6 27. d7 Qc6 28. Rd1 b5 29. h5 gxh5 30. Qxh5
a6 31. Qe5 $16 {1-0 Mortensen,E-Andersson,M/Sweden 2003/EXT 2004 (39)}) 26. Ne2
Qe5 27. Rd1 Rd8 28. Qf4 Qxf4 29. Nxf4 g5 30. hxg5 hxg5 31. Nh3 g4 32. Ng5 Bf5
33. Rd4 Kg7 34. Rf4 Bc8 35. Rd4 Kg6 $15 {0-1 Sevecek,R-Zilberberg,A/ICCF Email
2002/ICCF Telechess CBM 102 (78)}) 24. Bd5 Qxf4 25. Qxg6 1-0

[Event "POL-ch 60th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2003.05.01"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Macieja, Bartlomiej"]
[Black "Murdzia, Piotr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2634"]
[BlackElo "2452"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "155"]
[EventDate "2003.04.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Bf5 11. a3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Nc6 13. Re1 Na5 14. cxd5 Qxd5
15. c4 Qd8 (15... Qd6 16. Bd2 Nc6 17. d5 Nd8 18. Bd3 Bg6 19. Bxg6 hxg6 20. Bb4
c5 21. dxc6 Qxd1 22. Raxd1 Bxb4 23. cxb7 $18 {1-0 Aarthie,R-Kavitha,J/Mumbai
2003/CB04 (52)}) 16. Bd2 (16. Bd3 Bxd3 17. Qxd3 Bf6 18. Rb1 b6 19. Bf4 Qd7 20.
Re3 Nc6 21. d5 Ne7 22. Rbe1 Ng6 23. Bg3 Be7 24. h4 $16 {1-0 Holmsten,
A-Pihlajasalo,H/Tampere 1997/EXT 99 (36)}) 16... c5 17. Qa4 (17. d5 Bf6 (17...
Bd6 18. Bc3 Re8) 18. Ra2 b5 19. Bxa5 Qxa5 20. cxb5 Be4 21. Bc4 Bxf3 22. gxf3
$14) 17... b6 (17... Nc6 $5 18. d5 Nd4 19. Nxd4 cxd4 20. Qb5 $5 Bf6 (20... b6
$140 $4 21. d6 $18) 21. Bf3 b6 22. d6 Bd7 $132) 18. Bxa5 bxa5 19. Rad1 Qc7 20.
d5 (20. Bd3 Bg4 21. Be4 Rab8 $142 (21... Rad8 22. Rb1 Bd6 23. Rb7 Qc8 24. Qxa5
Bxf3 25. Bxf3 cxd4 $14) 22. h3 Bxf3 23. Bxf3 cxd4 24. Rxd4 Bc5 $14) 20... Bd6
21. h3 Rfe8 22. Bd3 Rxe1+ 23. Nxe1 Bd7 $1 24. Qc2 g6 25. Nf3 Re8 $14 {[%csl
Yd6,Yd7] /=} 26. Qc3 Bf8 $1 27. Rb1 Bg7 28. Qd2 h6 29. Bc2 Bf8 30. h4 Rb8 $5
31. Rxb8 Qxb8 32. Qxa5 Qf4 $132 33. Bd3 (33. Nd2 Qxh4 34. Qxa7 Qd4 35. Nf1 Bg4
$132) (33. Qd2 Qxc4 34. Ne5 Qb5 35. h5 g5 36. a4 Qb7 37. d6 Bg7 38. Nxd7 Qxd7
39. Qd5 Qe6 $11) 33... Qc1+ (33... Bg4 34. Nh2 Qc1+ 35. Nf1 $14) 34. Bf1 Bg4
35. Qd2 Qa1 36. Qf4 Bxf3 $1 37. Qxf3 Qe5 $14 {[%mdl 4096]} 38. g3 h5 39. Qb3
Bd6 40. Qd3 Kg7 41. Kg2 Qf6 42. f4 Qe7 43. Be2 Qf6 44. Bd1 Qe7 45. Kf2 Bc7 46.
Bc2 Bd6 47. Kf3 Bc7 48. Qc3+ Qf6 49. Qe3 Bd6 50. Ke2 Qe7 $11 51. Qxe7 Bxe7 52.
Kd3 Kf8 53. Kc3 Bd8 54. d6 Ba5+ 55. Kd3 f5 56. Ke2 Kf7 57. Ba4 Bc3 58. Bc6 Kf8
59. Bd5 Ba5 60. Kd1 Bc3 61. Be6 Ba5 62. Bd5 Bc3 63. d7 Ba5 64. Ke2 Ke7 65. Bg8
Kf8 66. Bd5 Ke7 67. Kd1 Kf8 68. Kc2 Ke7 69. Kb3 Kxd7 70. Bf7 Be1 71. Bxg6 Bxg3
72. Ka4 Kc7 73. Kb5 Bxf4 74. Bxf5 Bg3 75. Ka6 Kb8 76. Kb5 Bxh4 77. Bg6 Bf2 78.
Bxh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "POL-ch 60th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2003.04.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bartel, Mateusz"]
[Black "Urban, Klaudiusz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2443"]
[BlackElo "2451"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2003.04.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Konikowski} e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. d4 Be7 7.
Bd3 O-O 8. h3 c6 (8... Re8 {Konikowski} 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Re1 Nf8 11. Bf4 Ng6 12.
Bh2 a6 13. a4 d5 14. Ne5 c6 15. Ne2 Ne4 16. c3 a5 17. Qc2 Bd6 18. f3 Ng5 19.
Kh1 Nf8 20. Ng3 f6 21. Ng4 Bxg4 22. hxg4 Qc7 $132 {Landa,K-David,A/
Clermont-Ferrand FRA 2003/}) 9. O-O Re8 10. Re1 Nbd7 11. Ne2 Bf8 (11... d5 12.
Ng3 Nf8 13. Ne5 $16) 12. c4 (12. Ng3 {Konikowski} Rxe1+ 13. Qxe1 d5 14. Bg5 h6
15. Bf4 $14) 12... a6 {'?' Konikowski.} (12... d5 $5 $13 {Konikowski}) 13. Qc2
b5 14. Ng5 g6 15. Bd2 Bg7 (15... Bb7 16. b4 {[%csl Rb7][%cal Gc4c5]} c5 17.
cxb5 axb5 18. bxc5 dxc5 19. Bxb5 h6 20. Bc4 $1 hxg5 21. Qxg6+ Kh8 22. Bxf7 Re7
23. Bxg5 $40) 16. Nf4 Nf8 (16... Bb7 $5 17. b4 $1 (17. Qb3 h6 18. Nf3 Rxe1+ 19.
Rxe1 g5 20. Ne2 c5 $132) 17... h6 $140 18. Nxf7 $1 Rxe1+ 19. Rxe1 Kxf7 20.
Bxg6+ Kg8 21. Ne6 Qc8 (21... Qe7 22. Nc5 Qxe1+ 23. Bxe1 dxc5 24. dxc5 Rd8 25.
cxb5 axb5 26. Bc3 $16) 22. Bh7+ $1 Nxh7 23. Qg6 Qf8 24. Nxf8 Nhxf8 25. Qxd6
bxc4 26. Re7 $18) 17. cxb5 cxb5 18. Qc6 Ra7 (18... Rxe1+ 19. Rxe1 Ra7 20. Rc1
Bb7 21. Qc7 $16) 19. Rxe8 Nxe8 20. Re1 Bd7 (20... Nf6 21. Rc1 $16) (20... Nc7
$1 21. Ne4 (21. Nf3 Nce6 22. Nxe6 Nxe6 $11) 21... Bxd4 22. Qxd6 (22. Nxd6 Bd7
23. Qf3 Be6 $132) 22... Qxd6 23. Nxd6 Be6 24. Be4 $36) 21. Nxf7 $1 {[%mdl 64]}
Qf6 (21... Kxf7 22. Qd5+ Kf6 23. Nh5+ gxh5 24. Bg5#) 22. Qb6 Qxd4 23. Nh6+ $1
Kh8 24. Qb8 $1 Qxb2 25. Be3 $1 Rc7 26. Nd5 Rc8 $2 (26... Rc3 27. Nxc3 Qxc3 28.
Rd1 $16) 27. Ne7 $1 $18 Be6 (27... Bxh6 28. Nxc8 Bg7 29. Nb6 $18) (27... Qf6
28. Nxc8 Qc3 29. Rc1 Qxd3 30. Nxd6 Nxd6 31. Qxd6 $18) 28. Qxc8 Bxh6 29. Qxe8
Bd7 30. Qd8 Bg7 31. Qb6 Qe5 32. Bd2 Qb2 33. Qa5 Qd4 34. Be4 Be6 35. Nc6 Qb2 36.
Qb4 Qxa2 37. Bc3 1-0

[Event "Ciocaltea Memorial"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2001.03.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Vajda, Levente"]
[Black "Iordachescu, Viorel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2454"]
[BlackElo "2578"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2001.03.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 082"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. c4 Be7 6. Nc3 Ng5 7. d4 O-O 8.
Be2 Nc6 9. O-O Re8 10. Be3 Bf5 (10... Nxf3+ 11. Bxf3 Bg5 12. Bxg5 Qxg5 13. Nd5
Qd8 14. Qd2 Be6 15. Ne3 $14) 11. Nd5 Nxf3+ 12. Bxf3 Bf6 (12... Bf8 13. Qd2 Be4
14. Bxe4 Rxe4 15. Rfe1 Qd7 $14) 13. Re1 Be4 14. Bxe4 Rxe4 15. Qf3 Re6 16. Red1
Qd7 (16... a5 $5) 17. Qh3 $1 Bd8 (17... Nb8 18. Re1 c6 19. Nxf6+ Rxf6 20. Bg5
Re6 21. d5 cxd5 22. cxd5 Re5 23. Qg3 $1 $16) (17... Rd8 18. b4 a6 19. a4 $36
Ne7 $140 20. Nf4 Re4 21. Qf3 Qf5 22. g4 $16) 18. b4 Qe8 (18... Nb8 $5 19. Nf4
Re8 20. Qg3 (20. Qf3 Qc6) 20... c6 21. d5 (21. Nh5 g6 22. d5 Qf5 23. Nf4 Bf6
24. Rac1 Bb2 25. Rb1 Be5 $132) 21... Bf6 22. Rac1 Be5 23. Qf3 $14) 19. Qf3 $1
a6 20. a4 {[%mdl 36]} h6 21. h4 Rc8 (21... Nb8 $142 22. Re1 Nd7 23. g3 c6 24.
Nf4 Re4 25. Bd2 Nf6 $11) 22. g3 Nb8 23. Re1 Nd7 24. Bd2 Nf6 (24... c6 25. Nf4
Rxe1+ (25... Re7 26. Qg4 $1 Rb8 27. Rxe7 Bxe7 28. Nh5 $16) 26. Rxe1 Qf8 27. Qg4
Rc7 28. Nh5 g6 29. c5 $1 $16) (24... Nb6 $5 25. Nxb6 cxb6 26. d5 Rxe1+ 27. Rxe1
Qd7 28. Re4 $36 b5 $140 29. cxb5 axb5 30. axb5 Qxb5 31. Bxh6 $18) 25. Rxe6 Qxe6
(25... fxe6 26. Nf4 c6 27. Re1 e5 28. dxe5 dxe5 29. Bc3 Bc7 30. Nd3 Nd7 (30...
e4 31. Qf5 $16) 31. Qf5 $18) 26. Re1 Qd7 27. Nxf6+ Bxf6 28. Qxb7 Bxd4 29. Re4
$1 Be5 30. Qxa6 $16 Rf8 (30... f5 $5 31. Re2 f4 32. Qb7 fxg3 (32... Qg4 33. Qe4
h5 34. a5 $16) 33. Qd5+ Qf7 34. fxg3 Bxg3 35. Qxf7+ Kxf7 36. h5 $14 {/+/-}) 31.
Re1 Bd4 32. Qb5 (32. Qa5 $1 c6 33. b5 $16) 32... c6 33. Qh5 $2 (33. Qa6 $16)
33... Qa7 $1 34. Kg2 Bxf2 $6 (34... Qxa4 35. Qg4 c5 $1 36. Bxh6 Qxb4 $11) 35.
Re2 Bd4 36. a5 $14 Be5 37. Qf3 Qa6 38. Qd3 {[%cal Gb4b5]} Rb8 39. Re1 Qb7 (
39... Qa8 $142 40. Kh2 (40. Qf3 Qa6 41. Re4 $14) (40. Kg1 Qa7+ 41. Be3 c5 $132)
40... Qa7 41. c5 Qc7 42. Bc3 Rd8 43. a6 Bxc3 44. Qxc3 dxc5 45. bxc5 $14) 40. c5
$1 f6 $2 (40... Qc7 41. cxd6 Bxd6 (41... Qxd6 42. Qxd6 Bxd6 43. a6 Ra8 44. Ra1
Kf8 45. Kf3) 42. Bc3 $36) 41. a6 Qf7 42. cxd6 Rd8 43. Be3 Rxd6 44. Qe2 Rd8 45.
a7 $16 Qb3 46. Rd1 $1 Ra8 47. Rd7 $18 c5 (47... Qc3 48. Bf2 Qxb4 49. Qd3 Qf8
50. Bb6 $18 {[%cal Gd7d8]}) 48. bxc5 Qa4 49. c6 $1 Qxc6+ 50. Qf3 Qc8 (50...
Qxf3+ 51. Kxf3 $18 {[%cal Gf3b7]}) 51. Bb6 {[%cal Gd7d8]} 1-0

[Event "Ciocaltea Memorial"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2001.03.09"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Brodsky, Michail"]
[Black "Iordachescu, Viorel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2578"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2001.03.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 082"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Be6 11. Ne5 f6 12. Nf3 Kh8 13. Re1 c5 14. cxd5 Nxc3 15.
bxc3 Nxd5 16. c4 (16. Qb3 cxd4 (16... Qd7 17. Bb5 Qc8 18. c4 Nc7 19. d5 $18) (
16... Nf4 $140 $2 17. Qb2 Nxe2+ 18. Qxe2 $18) (16... b6 17. c4 Nb4 18. a3 Na6
19. d5 $36) 17. Bc4 (17. Nxd4 Bg8 18. Qxb7 Nxc3 19. Bf3 Qxd4 20. Qxe7 Rae8 21.
Be3 Ne2+ 22. Bxe2 Qxa1 23. Qxg7+ Kxg7 24. Rxa1 Re5 $15) 17... Bg8 18. Qxb7 Rc8
19. Bxd5 Rc7 20. Qa6 Bxd5 21. Nxd4 Rxc3 22. Ne6 $11) 16... Nc3 17. Qd3 cxd4 18.
Bf1 (18. Nxd4 Nxe2+ 19. Rxe2 Bf7 $15) 18... Bg8 (18... Bf7 $142 19. Nxd4 Bc5
20. Be3 Na4 $15) 19. Nxd4 Bc5 20. Be3 Na4 21. Rab1 b6 $2 (21... Re8 22. Red1
Nb6 23. Qf5 Qc8 $11 {/=/+}) 22. Red1 Qe8 23. Qc2 Rd8 (23... Rc8 24. Nb5 Bxe3
25. Nd6 Qe5 (25... Bxf2+ 26. Qxf2 Qc6 27. Nxc8 Rxc8 28. Rd4) 26. Qxa4 (26. Nxc8
Nc3 27. Nxa7 Nxb1 28. Rxb1 Bc5 $44) 26... Rcd8 27. fxe3 Rxd6 28. Rxd6 Qxd6 29.
Qxa7 $16) 24. Rb5 f5 (24... a6 $5 25. Rbb1 Bf7 $132) 25. g3 (25. Qxa4 $2 f4 26.
Ne6 Rxd1 27. Qxd1 (27. Bxc5 Rxf1+ 28. Kxf1 Qxe6 29. Bxf8 Qxc4+ 30. Qxc4 Bxc4+
31. Ke1 Bxb5 32. Bd6 $11) 27... fxe3 28. Nxf8 exf2+ 29. Kh1 Qxf8 $17) 25... f4
26. gxf4 a6 27. Rbb1 Bxd4 28. Rxd4 Rxd4 29. Bxd4 Rxf4 30. Rd1 Rg4+ 31. Bg2 Qc6
32. f4 Nc5 $2 (32... Bxc4 33. Be5 $18) (32... Qxc4 $1 33. Qxc4 Bxc4 34. h3 Rg3
(34... Rxf4 35. Be5 Rf8 36. Rd7 $44) (34... Rg6 35. Be5 $44) 35. Be5 Rd3 36.
Rxd3 Bxd3 37. Kf2 $15) 33. h3 Rg6 (33... Rg3 34. Kh2 Qg6 35. Qxg6 Rxg6 36. Bxc5
bxc5 37. Rd8 $18) 34. f5 Rg5 (34... Rg3 35. Be5 Rg5 36. Bf4 $18) 35. Be3 Qf6
36. Bxg5 Qxg5 37. Kh1 h6 38. Rf1 Qh4 39. f6 gxf6 40. Qg6 Nd7 41. Qf5 Qd4 42.
Bd5 Bh7 43. Qe6 1-0

[Event "Ashdod"]
[Site "Ashdod"]
[Date "2004.12.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kaidanov, Gregory S"]
[Black "Rozentalis, Eduardas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2611"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2004.12.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O Nc6 8.
Re1 Nf6 9. Bg5 O-O 10. c3 (10. Nbd2 Bg4 (10... Be6 11. c3 Qd7 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13.
dxe5 Ne8 14. Qh5 g6 15. Qh4 Bxg5 16. Qxg5 f6 17. exf6 Nxf6 18. Bxg6 hxg6 19.
Qxg6+ $16 {1/2-1/2 Ceming,B-Auburger,P/Bayern 2002/EXT 2003 (59)}) (10... a6
11. c3 b6 12. Nf1 Be6 13. Bc2 Ne8 14. Qd3 g6 15. Bh6 Ng7 16. Ng3 $14 {1-0
Rangarajan,S-Martinez Perez,J/Oropesa del Mar 1999/CBM 72 ext (28). 1-0
Fernandez,C-Crespo Arce,M/Asturias 1997/EXT 2001 (52)}) 11. c3 Re8 (11... Nh5
12. Bxe7 Nxe7 13. Bxh7+ Kxh7 14. Ng5+ $18 {1-0 Hunhoff,S-Musholt,J/
Muensterland 2003/EXT 2004 (49)}) (11... h6 12. Bh4 (12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Qb3 b6
14. h3 Be6 15. Nf1 Na5 16. Qc2 c5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Van Parreren,H-Cardoso,R/Luzern
1982/EXT 2000 (57)}) 12... Nh5 (12... g5 13. Bg3 Ne8 14. Qc2 Ng7 15. Ne5 Nxe5
16. Bxe5 $16 {1-0 Lopez Ortiz,J-Saldain,B/Villa Carlos Paz 2004/CBM 102 ext 
(67)}) 13. Bxe7 Nxe7 14. h3 Nf4 15. Bc2 Bf5 16. Nf1 Bxc2 17. Qxc2 Neg6 $11 {
0-1 Lavrov,M-Bogdanovich,S/Kharkov 2003/CBM 92 ext (49)}) 12. Qc2 h6 13. Bh4
Be6 (13... g5 14. Bg3 Qd7 15. Ne5 Nxe5 16. Bxe5 Rf8 17. h3 Be6 18. Nf1 $16 {
1-0 Sika,T-Mlodzik,V/Brno 1907/EXT 2000 (24)}) (13... Nh5 14. Bxe7 Rxe7 15.
Bh7+ Kf8 16. Ne5 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Qe8 18. Bf5 Bxf5 19. Qxf5 g6 20. Qg4 Rxe5 21.
Rxe5 Qxe5 22. Qb4+ Kg8 23. Nf3 Qe4 24. Qxb7 Re8 $132 {1/2-1/2 Kouvatsou,
M-Pandavos,E/Ikaria 1997/EXT 2003 (73)}) 14. Bf5 Bxf5 15. Qxf5 Qc8 16. Qd3 Qd7
17. Re2 Nh5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Savic,M-Barasiant,M/Cannes 1997/EXT 2000 (29)}) (10.
h3 Be6 (10... h6 11. Bh4 Nb4 12. Nc3 (12. Bf1 Bf5 13. Na3 Re8 14. c3 Nc6 15.
Nc2 Ne4 $11 {1-0 Fragakis,S-Patsourakis,A/Hania 2000/EXT 2004 (43)}) 12... c6
13. Ne5 Be6 14. Ng6 fxg6 15. Rxe6 g5 16. Bg3 Nxd3 17. Qxd3 Qd7 18. Re2 Nh5 $11
{1-0 Sleisz,T-Bagyanszky,A/Budapest 1994/EXT 99 (30)}) 11. Nc3 Qd7 12. Qd2 Rad8
13. Qf4 h6 14. Bh4 {1/2-1/2 Dinger,S-Shikha,A/Dubai UAE 2004/(14)}) 10... h6
11. Bh4 Nh5 12. Bxe7 Nxe7 13. Nbd2 (13. Qd2 $5 {[%csl Rf4]}) 13... Nf4 14. Bc2
Bg4 $132 15. Nf1 Neg6 16. Ne3 Qd7 17. h3 Be6 18. h4 $6 Bg4 19. g3 Nh3+ 20. Kg2
f5 $1 21. Rh1 $6 {After this passive move Black has time for a strong attack.}
({White had to check how Black will develop his initiative after the accepting
pawn sacrifice.} 21. Nxd5 Rae8 (21... f4 22. Bxg6 fxg3 23. Ne7+ Kh8 24. Ne5 $18
) (21... Kh8 22. Ne3 Qc6 23. Nxg4 (23. d5 Qd6 $44) 23... fxg4 24. Be4 Qd7 $40)
22. Bb3 Kh8 23. Ne3 Bh5 $13 {[%cal Yf5f4]}) 21... Rae8 22. Nf1 $2 Nxh4+ $1 {
[%mdl 512]} 23. gxh4 Nf4+ 24. Kg1 (24. Kh2 Re2 $19) 24... Ne2+ 25. Kg2 Nf4+ 26.
Kg1 Re2 $19 {[%mdl 128]} 27. Qc1 (27. N1d2 Qd6 {/\28...Rd2} 28. h5 Bxh5 (28...
Rxd2 29. Qxd2 Bxf3 30. Rh4 g5 31. Rxf4 gxf4 32. Bd1 Bg4 $17) 29. Nh4 (29. Rxh5
Qg6+ 30. Rg5 hxg5 $19) 29... Qf6 30. Rh2 Qg5+ 31. Kf1 Rxf2+ 32. Kxf2 Bxd1 33.
Rxd1 Re8 $19) 27... Bxf3 28. Qxf4 Bxh1 29. Bd3 (29. Bd1 Re1 30. Ba4 Qe7 $19)
29... Re4 $1 30. Bxe4 fxe4 31. Qh2 Bf3 32. Ne3 Rf6 33. Qg3 Kh7 34. Kh2 Bh5 35.
Rg1 Rf3 36. Qg2 Qd6+ 37. Kh1 Qf6 38. Rf1 Qxh4+ 39. Kg1 Rf6 (39... Rf6 40. Qh1
Rg6+ 41. Ng2 Bf3 $1 42. Qxh4 Rxg2+ 43. Kh1 Rg4+ $19) 0-1

[Event "Ciocaltea Memorial"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2001.03.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nisipeanu, Liviu Dieter"]
[Black "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2596"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2001.03.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 082"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. c4 Be7 6. Nc3 Ng5 7. Be2 O-O 8.
O-O Nc6 9. d4 Re8 (9... Nxf3+ 10. Bxf3 Bf6 11. Ne2 Bf5 12. Be3 Re8 13. Ng3 Bg6
14. Qd2 a5 15. Rac1 h6 16. Rc3 $11 {Kuzmin,G-Yusupov,A/Yerevan 1982 (16)}) 10.
Nd5 {[%mdl 36] This plan with penetration Nd5 gives White small but
comfortable advantage.} Nxf3+ (10... Bg4 11. Nxg5 (11. Be3 Nxf3+ 12. Bxf3 Bxf3
13. Qxf3 $14) 11... Bxe2 12. Nxf7 Bxd1 13. Nxd8 Bxd8 14. Rxd1 Nxd4 15. Kf1 Nf5
$11) 11. Bxf3 Bf6 12. Be3 (12. Nxf6+ Qxf6 13. Be3 Bf5 $11 {[%cal Yf5e4]}) 12...
Bf5 13. b4 a6 14. a4 h6 15. Qd2 (15. b5 Na5 16. Rc1 axb5 17. cxb5 c6 $11) 15...
Be4 16. Bxe4 Rxe4 17. Qd3 Re8 18. Rae1 {/\19.Bh6 Re1 20.Re1 gh 21.Re8!+-} (18.
b5 Nb8) 18... a5 19. b5 $2 (19. Bxh6 $1 Rxe1 20. Rxe1 gxh6 (20... Bxd4 21. b5
Qh4 22. Be3 Bxe3 23. Qxe3 Ne5 24. Qe4 (24. c5 $5 Re8 25. Rc1 $36 dxc5 $140 26.
Nxc7 Re7 27. Nd5 Re8 28. f4 Qxh2+ 29. Kxh2 Ng4+ 30. Kg1 Nxe3 31. Re1 $16) 24...
Qxe4 25. Rxe4 c6 26. Ne3 $14) (20... Nxb4 $2 21. Re8+ $1 Qxe8 22. Nxf6+ Kf8 23.
Bxg7+ Kxg7 24. Nxe8+ Rxe8 25. Qd2 $18) 21. Re8+ Qxe8 22. Nxf6+ Kg7 23. Nxe8+
Rxe8 24. Kf1 axb4 25. d5 Ne5 26. Qb3 c5 27. dxc6 Nxc6 28. Qg3+ $16) 19... Nb4
20. Nxb4 axb4 21. Qb3 Re4 $6 (21... Qb8 22. Qxb4 Qa7 23. Qc3 Re4 24. Rd1 Qa5
25. Qc2 Re7 26. Ra1 $14) 22. Rd1 $2 (22. f3 Re7 23. Bf2 $16) 22... Ra5 $1 23.
Qxb4 (23. f3 Re7 24. Bf2 Qa8 25. Ra1 Re2 $132) 23... Qa8 $11 24. b6 (24. Qc3
Rxa4 25. Bxh6 d5 $1 (25... gxh6 26. Qf3 $36) 26. cxd5 $140 gxh6 27. Qf3 Bxd4
$19) (24. b6 Rxa4 25. Qb3 c6 (25... cxb6 26. Qxb6 $11) 26. Rd2 (26. Bxh6 $5
Bxd4 27. Qg3 Be5 $17) 26... Qa5 $15) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 0405"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2005.03.12"]
[Round "12.1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Landa, Konstantin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2571"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2004.11.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Baden Oos"]
[BlackTeam "Muelheim Nord"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

{[%mdl 1]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7.
O-O Be7 8. c4 Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Bf5 11. a3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Nc6 13. Re1 Re8
14. cxd5 Qxd5 15. Bf4 Rac8 16. h3 h6 17. c4 Qe4 18. Bg3 Qc2 (18... Bf6 $5 19.
Bf1 Qc2 20. Qxc2 Bxc2 21. Rxe8+ Rxe8 22. Rc1 Ba4 (22... Be4 $5 23. d5 Bxf3 24.
gxf3 Ne5 $11) 23. d5 Ne5 24. Bxe5 (24. Nd2 $5) 24... Bxe5 25. Nxe5 Rxe5 $11 {
0-1 Naumann,A-Fridman,D/playchess INT 2005/(36)}) 19. Qxc2 $1 {Svidler managed
to prove that even in the endgame the passed d-pawn gives White a strong
initiative.} Bxc2 20. d5 Na5 21. Nd4 Ba4 (21... Bg6 22. Bg4 $18) 22. Bg4 Ra8
23. Bxc7 Nxc4 24. Rac1 $1 {Black can't blocade the pawn d5.} Nxa3 (24... b5 25.
Bd7 Bxa3 26. Bxe8 (26. Rxe8+ Rxe8 27. Rxc4 Re1+ 28. Kh2 bxc4 29. Bxa4 Bc5 30.
Nc2 Rd1 31. Bc6 Bxf2 $132 32. d6 $140 Bg1+ 33. Kg3 Rd3+ 34. Kg4 Bh2 35. Be4 h5+
$1 (35... Rd2 36. Kf3 Bxd6 37. Ba5 Rd1 $11) 36. Kh4 Bg3+ 37. Kxh5 Rd2 38. Ba5
Rxd6 $15) 26... Bxc1 27. Bc6 Bd2 28. Re2 Rf8 29. Nxb5 $18 {[%cal Gd5d8]}) 25.
d6 {[%mdl 32]} Bf6 26. Rxe8+ Bxe8 $2 ({White would have had more problems to
get advantage after} 26... Rxe8 $1 27. d7 Re4 (27... Bxd4 28. dxe8=Q+ Bxe8 29.
Bf3 b6 (29... Bb2 30. Re1 Bc6 31. Bxc6 bxc6 32. Be5 Nc2 33. Re2 Bxe5 34. Rxc2 (
34. Rxe5 $18) 34... Bd4 35. Rxc6 $18) (29... b5 30. Re1 Bd7 31. Rd1 Nc2 32. Be4
$18) (29... Nb5 30. Bxb7 Nxc7 31. Rxc7 Kf8 32. Bc6 $1 $18) 30. Bxb6 $1 axb6 31.
Rc8 $18) 28. Bb6 $1 g6 (28... Bxd7 29. Bxd7 g6 (29... Rxd4 30. Rc8+ Kh7 31.
Bxd4 Bxd4 32. Rc7 $18) (29... Bxd4 30. Rc8+ Kh7 31. Bf5+ g6 32. Bxe4 Bxb6 33.
Bxb7 $18) 30. Bc5 Rxd4 31. Bxd4 Bxd4 32. Rc7 b5 33. Be8 $16) (28... Rxg4 29.
hxg4 axb6 30. Rc8+ Kh7 31. d8=Q Bxd8 32. Rxd8 $16) 29. Rc8+ Kg7 (29... Kh7 30.
d8=Q Bxd8 31. Bxd8 $1 $18) 30. Bc5 Bxd7 31. Bxd7 Rxd4 (31... Bxd4 32. Bxa3 $18)
32. Bxd4 Bxd4 33. Rc7 b5 34. Be8 $16) 27. Bf3 $18 Bd7 28. Bxb7 Rf8 (28... Re8
29. Bc6 Bxd4 30. Bxd7 Re2 31. Bc6 Rxf2 32. d7 $18) 29. Bc6 $1 Bxc6 30. Nxc6 Nb5
31. Ba5 $1 {[%cal Gd6d7]} Nxd6 32. Bb4 Nb5 33. Bxf8 Kxf8 34. Rb1 a6 35. Nb8 Nc3
(35... Bd4 $142 36. Nxa6 Nc3 37. Rb7 Nd1 38. Rd7 $18) 36. Rb7 Kg8 37. Nd7 Bg5 (
37... Be7 38. Rb8+ Kh7 39. Nf8+ Bxf8 40. Rxf8 Kg6 41. Ra8 $18) 38. Rb8+ Kh7 39.
Nf8+ Kg8 40. Ne6+ Kh7 41. Nxg5+ hxg5 42. Ra8 Ne2+ 43. Kh2 f6 44. Rxa6 Nd4 45.
g3 Nf3+ 46. Kg2 Ne5 47. Kf1 Kg6 48. Ke2 Kf5 49. Ra7 Kg6 50. Ke3 Nc6 51. Rc7 Ne5
52. f4 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2001.01.26"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2790"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2001.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {McShane} e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O
O-O 8. c4 c6 9. Re1 Re8 10. Nc3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Bg4 12. Bg5 Rxe1+ 13. Qxe1 Qd7 (
13... Qc8 14. Be7 Bc7 (14... Bxe7 15. Qxe7 h6 16. Ne5 Be6 17. f4 Nd7 18. f5
Nxe5 19. fxe6 Nxd3 20. exf7+ Kh8 21. Rf1 Qf8 22. Qxb7 Rd8 23. Qc7 Ra8 24. Qxc6
Rb8 25. cxd5 Kh7 26. d6 $18 {1-0 Novik,M-Meijers,V/Leningrad 1989/TD (32)}) 15.
Qe3 h6 16. Re1 Bf5 17. Nh4 Bxd3 18. Qxd3 a6 19. Qf3 g6 20. Ba3 Nd7 21. Re7 f5
22. Nxf5 {1-0 Popovic,P-Nikcevic,N/YUG t-ch 1999 (22)}) (13... f6 14. Bd2 Qd7
15. c5 Bc7 16. Qe3 Qe6 17. Qxe6+ Bxe6 18. Re1 Bd7 19. c4 g6 20. h3 Kf7 21. Kf1
Be6 22. Rc1 Nd7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Kovac,M-Srebrnic,M/SLO t-chJ Novo mesto 2000/SLO 
(33)}) 14. c5 (14. Qe3 Qe6 (14... Na6 15. cxd5 cxd5 16. Rb1 $16 {Timman} (16.
Ne5 Bxe5 17. dxe5 Qc6 18. Qd4 Be6 19. Rb1 Nc5 20. Bb5 Qc7 21. Be3 b6 $11 {
1/2-1/2 Kostrov,A-Raetsky,A/Katowice 1993/EXT 98 (43)})) 15. Rb1 b6 16. cxd5
cxd5 17. c4 Qxe3 18. fxe3 Nc6 19. cxd5 Nb4 20. Bc4 Bf5 $44 {1/2-1/2 Huebner,
R-Timman,J/Rotterdam 1988/Inf 46/[Timman,J] (31)}) (14. Ne5 Bxe5 15. Qxe5 (15.
dxe5 Na6 16. cxd5 Nc5 17. Bc2 cxd5 18. Be3 Rc8 19. Qd2 Ne4 20. Bxe4 dxe4 21.
Qxd7 {1/2-1/2 Nordsieck,T-Stolte,A/NRW-I 1990/EXT 97-B (21)}) 15... f6 16. Bxf6
gxf6 17. Qxf6 Na6 18. Re1 Rf8 19. Qh4 Bf5 20. Re7 Qxe7 21. Qxe7 Bxd3 22. cxd5
Bg6 23. h4 $16 {1-0 Ivanov,A-Ippolito,D/Connecticut USA 2000/ (44)}) 14... Bc7
15. Nh4 $1 {[%mdl 4] McShane: 'The advance of the f-pawn is now an option, and
the bishop on g4 can be harassed. The most important factor in Anand's favour
is the amount he must know about this opening having battled it out from both
sides at the very top level. That said, it is odd to think that a player of
Piket's caliber can be made to look weak by anybody, even if it is by Anand.'}
(15. Qe3 Qe6 16. h3 Qxe3 17. fxe3 Be6 18. Bf4 Bxf4 19. exf4 b6 20. Rb1 bxc5 21.
Ng5 Bd7 22. Bxh7+ Kf8 23. Bc2 cxd4 24. cxd4 f6 25. Nh7+ Kf7 26. Rb7 Ke7 27. g4
$36 {1-0 Socko,B-Ippolito,D/World Junior Ch, Calicut IND 1998 (43)}) 15... h6 (
15... f6 16. Bd2 b6 17. Qb1 g6 18. h3 Bxh3 (18... Be6 19. Bxg6 $1 hxg6 20.
Qxg6+ Kh8 (20... Qg7 21. Qe8+ $18) 21. Qxf6+ Kg8 22. Ng6 $18) (18... Bh5 19. g4
g5 20. Ng2 $16) 19. Bxg6 $1 $16) 16. Bd2 Qd8 (16... Na6 17. h3 (17. f4 $5 Re8
18. Qg3 Bd8 (18... Be2 19. Nf5) 19. f5 h5 (19... Bxh4 20. Qxg4 Bf6 21. Bxh6 $16
) 20. Rf1 Be2 21. Bxe2 Rxe2 22. Bg5 $36) 17... Re8 18. Qf1 Qd8 (18... Be6 19.
f4 Bd8 20. Nf3 $16) 19. Re1 Be6 20. Nf5 $36) 17. f4 $1 Bc8 {McShane: 'This is
an unfortunate necessity so as not to stop the knight coming to d7. But by now
White has a big lead in development, and probes for more weaknesses on the
kingside.'} (17... b6 18. f5 Bh5 19. f6 $18) (17... Be6 18. f5 Bd7 19. Nf3 b6
20. g4 $40) 18. Qg3 {'!' McShane. McShane: 'Now Nd7 is prevented, due to Nf5.'}
b6 {'?' McShane. McShane: 'This 'freeing' move only frees d4 for the white
bishop. Instead'} (18... Qf8 {McShane: is safer, though after} 19. Re1 Nd7 {
is still impossible on account of} 20. Nf5 Kh8 (20... Nf6 21. Nxh6+) 21. Re8 $1
) 19. Re1 bxc5 (19... Qf8 20. Bc2 {[%cal Gg3d3]} Bd7 21. Qd3 g6 22. f5 Bd8 (
22... Qd8 23. fxg6 $18) 23. Qg3 Bxh4 24. Qxh4 g5 25. Bxg5 hxg5 26. Qxg5+ Qg7
27. Qd8+ Qf8 28. Qh4 $18 {[%cal Ge1e3,Ge3g3]}) 20. dxc5 Qf8 21. Be3 Na6 22. Bd4
{'!' McShane.} g5 {McShane: 'A desperate reaction, but Re8 was unstoppable
otherwise.'} (22... Nxc5 {McShane} 23. Re8) 23. Qf2 $1 {McShane: 'A calm
retreat unpins and defends c5.'} (23. Qf2 Bxf4 (23... gxh4 24. Qxh4 {McShane:
'and Black can't deal with both Qg3+ and Qf6, with mate to follow.'} Bd8 25.
Qg3+ $18) 24. g3 $18) 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-36"]
[Site "Mallorca"]
[Date "2004.10.27"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Delgado Ramirez, Neuris"]
[Black "Pavasovic, Dusko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2554"]
[BlackElo "2581"]
[Annotator "Huzman,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 "Cuba"]
[BlackTeam "Slovenia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CUB"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SLO"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Nc6 7. Be3 Be7
8. Qd2 Ne5 9. O-O-O (9. Nd4 c5 $5 $146 (9... O-O 10. O-O-O (10. f4 Ng4 11.
O-O-O c5 12. Nf3 Be6 13. Kb1 Qa5 14. a3 b5 $36 {1/2-1/2 Short,N-Condie,M/
Brighton 1984/MCL (30)}) 10... c5 (10... Bd7 11. f4 Ng4 12. Bd3 Re8 13. Rhe1 c6
14. Bg1 Qa5 15. Kb1 Bf8 16. h3 Nf6 17. g4 c5 18. Ne2 Ne4 $11 {1/2-1/2 Gomez
Baillo,J-Miralles,G/Novi Sad 1990/TD (30)}) 11. Nb5 Qa5 (11... Be6 12. Nxd6 Qb6
13. b4 Bxd6 14. Qxd6 Qxd6 15. Rxd6 cxb4 16. cxb4 Bxa2 17. Bd4 $14 {1/2-1/2
Nunn,J-Polgar,Z/Brussels 1985/EXT 2001 (42)}) 12. a3 a6 13. Nxd6 Rd8 14. Nxc8
Raxc8 15. Qe1 Rxd1+ 16. Qxd1 Rd8 17. Qe1 b5 18. Bd2 Bf6 19. f4 Nc6 20. Bd3 g6
21. Qe4 Qb6 $44 {[%cal Yb5b4] 1/2-1/2 Forchert,N-Raetsky,A/Germany 1996/EXT 98
(26)}) 10. Nb3 (10. Bb5+ Bd7 11. Bxd7+ Qxd7 12. Ne2 Nc4 13. Qd5 Nxe3 14. fxe3
Qe6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Cuijpers,F-Hartoch,R/Hilversum 1985/EXT 2002 (43)}) (10. Nf3
O-O 11. O-O-O (11. Be2 Bd7 12. O-O-O Ng4 13. h3 Nxe3 14. Qxe3 $11 {1-0
Gelashvili,A-Lundina,A/Elista 1998/CBM 64 ext (33)}) 11... Be6 12. a3 Qa5 13.
Bg5 (13. Ng5 Nc4 14. Qd3 Bxg5 15. Bxg5 Qb6 16. b3 Nxa3 17. Qxd6 Qa5 18. c4 b5 {
1/2-1/2 Braga,C-Lima,D/Goiania 1982/EXT 2003 (18)}) 13... f6 14. Bh4 b5 15. Qe1
Rab8 16. Nxe5 dxe5 17. f4 b4 $36 {1-0 Polzin,R-Christensen,T/Lyngby 1991/EXT
2000 (45)}) 10... Be6 (10... O-O $5 11. O-O-O (11. Bf4 Qb6 12. Be2 Be6 13. O-O
Rad8 {1/2-1/2 Schneider,D-Seres,L/Budapest HUN 2003/(13)}) 11... Be6 12. Qe1
Qc7 13. f4 Nc4 14. Bxc4 Bxc4 15. f5 f6 16. Bf4 Rfe8 17. g4 Rad8 18. Qg3 b6 19.
Rhe1 $14 {1-0 Graf,C-Hartl,A/Bayern 2000/EXT 2001 (34)}) 11. Bb5+ Nc6 12. O-O-O
O-O 13. Qe2 Qc8 $1 14. Bc4 Re8 $1 15. Bd5 Bf8 $1 $11 {Repkova,E-Zhu Chen/Halle
1995/Inf 65/[Wang Zili; Zhu Chen] (15)}) 9... Nxf3 (9... Be6 10. Nd4 Bd7 11. f4
Ng4 12. Bg1 c6 13. Bd3 Qa5 14. Kb1 O-O-O 15. h3 Nf6 16. g4 d5 17. Nf5 $16 {
1-0 Baklan,V-Balogh,T/Szombathely 1993/TD (37)}) (9... O-O 10. Bd4 Nxf3 11.
gxf3 c5 12. Be3 Be6 13. c4 Bf6 14. Rg1 Qb6 15. b3 Qa6 16. a4 Qc6 17. Bg2 Rfd8
18. Bg5 Bxg5 19. Qxg5 f6 20. Qg3 Qc7 21. f4 $36 {0-1 Lukas,M-Lawitsch,G/
Seefeld 1997/EXT 2000 (32)}) 10. gxf3 Be6 (10... O-O 11. h4 Be6 12. Bd3 (12. h5
Bf6 13. Rg1 Qd7 14. Bh6 g6 15. Bd3 Bf5 16. Qf4 {1-0 Tseshkovsky,V-Giertz,N/
Biel SUI 2004/(16)}) 12... f5 13. Bg5 Qd7 14. Rde1 Rae8 15. Rhg1 Bd5 16. f4 (
16. Qf4 $5 $36 {[%cal Gf4d4,Gd4d5,Gd4g7]}) 16... Kh8 17. Be2 Bxg5 18. fxg5 (18.
hxg5 $5) 18... Bc6 19. h5 $36 {1/2-1/2 Radjabov,T-Motylev,A/Izmir 2004/CBM
104_01/(19)}) 11. Rg1 (11. Kb1 Bf6 12. Bd3 c6 13. a3 Qa5 14. f4 O-O-O 15. c4 {
1/2-1/2 van der Wiel,J-Barua,D/Novi Sad (ol) 1990/Inf 50 (15)}) 11... Bf6 12.
Bd4 (12. Kb1 c6 13. Bd4 Qa5 14. b3 O-O-O 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. Qd4 Qe5 17. Qxa7
Qxh2 18. Kb2 Qe5 19. Bd3 Qc5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Cherniaev,A-Blauert,J/Davos SUI 2004/
(66)}) 12... Kf8 {Black will feel lack of coordination of the pieces during
the whole game.} (12... O-O 13. Qf4 (13. Qh6 g6 14. h4 Bxd4 15. cxd4 Qf6 16. h5
Bd5 17. Bd3 Bxf3 18. hxg6 fxg6 19. Bxg6 Qf4+ $11) 13... Bxd4 14. cxd4 c6 15.
Bd3 $36) 13. Be3 $5 (13. Kb1 Bxd4 14. cxd4 (14. Qxd4 Qf6 15. Qe4 Rb8 $14))
13... Qd7 {[%cal Yd7a4]} 14. Kb1 Re8 15. Bd3 g6 16. Bh6+ (16. h4 h5) 16... Bg7
17. Qf4 $1 Rg8 18. h4 $40 {[%mdl 4]} Bxh6 19. Qxh6+ Rg7 20. Rde1 $1 (20. h5 Bf5
$14) 20... f5 (20... Qa4 21. a3 Qa5 {[%cal Ya5h5]} 22. Rg5 c5 23. Re3 $16) 21.
h5 Qf7 22. b3 Qf6 23. hxg6 hxg6 24. Re3 $1 {[%cal Ge3g3,Gg1g6,Gg1e1,Ge1e8,
Gf3f4][%mdl 32] White can combinate threats on the files "e" and"g" now.} Kg8 (
24... Kf7 $142 25. f4 $16) 25. f4 Bf7 26. Rh3 Bd5 27. Rhg3 Re6 $2 (27... Kf7
$142 28. Kb2 c6 29. Rg5 Be6 $14) 28. Kb2 Kf7 (28... Be4 29. Bc4 $1 d5 30. Bf1 {
[%cal Gf2f3]} Rc6 31. Bb5 $1 Rb6 32. Be8 $1 $18) 29. Rg5 $1 {[%cal Gd3f5,Gg1g7]
} Be4 30. Be2 $1 d5 (30... Ke7 31. Bh5 Qf8 32. Bxg6 Kd8 33. Qh3 Rf6 34. f3 $18)
31. Rxg6 Rxg6 32. Rxg6 (32. Rxg6 Qxg6 33. Bh5 $18) 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2001.01.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2849"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2001.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 1]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7.
O-O O-O 8. c4 c6 9. Qc2 Na6 10. a3 Bg4 11. Ne5 Bh5 12. cxd5 (12. f3 f6 13. fxe4
fxe5 14. Rxf8+ Bxf8 15. exd5 cxd5 16. Bxh7+ Kh8 17. Nc3 dxc4 18. d5 Bc5+ 19.
Kh1 Qf6 20. Qf5 Rf8 {0-1 Cibin,A-Rey Saravia,F/ARG-Cup2 corr9293 1992/CR97-92 
(20)}) 12... cxd5 13. Nc3 $146 {[%mdl 44]} (13. Bxe4 dxe4 14. Qxe4 Re8 15. Bf4
Nc7 16. Qf5 Bg6 17. Qg4 Ne6 18. Nxg6 Bxf4 19. Nxf4 {1/2-1/2 Timoshenko,
G-Makarichev,S/Moskva (GMA) 1990/Inf 49 (19)}) 13... Nxc3 (13... Bxe5 $5 14.
dxe5 Nac5 15. Nxe4 (15. Bxe4 dxe4 (15... Nxe4 16. Nxe4 Bg6 17. Qb3 Bxe4 18.
Qxb7 Qh4 $44) 16. Nxe4 Nd3 17. Bg5 (17. Nd6 Nxe5 18. Nxb7 Qd5 $44) 17... Qd4 $5
18. Nd6 Qxe5 $1 (18... Nxe5 19. Be7 Rfb8 $16) 19. Qxd3 Qxg5 $11) 15... Nxd3 16.
Qxd3 Bg6 17. Qb3 Bxe4 18. Qxb7 (18. f3 Bg6 19. Qxb7 d4 $44) 18... Qh4 19. f3
Bd3 20. Rf2 Qd4 $44) 14. bxc3 Kh8 $6 (14... Bxe5 15. Bxh7+ $1 Kh8 16. dxe5 g6
17. Qd2 $1 Kxh7 18. Qh6+ Kg8 19. Bg5 f6 20. Bxf6 Rxf6 21. exf6 Qxf6 22. f3 $1
$16 {Kasparov}) (14... Bg6 $5 15. Nxg6 hxg6 16. Qb3 Rb8 $14) 15. f4 (15. Bxh7
$5 g6 16. Bxg6 (16. Qd2 Kxh7 17. Qh6+ Kg8 18. Bg5 Be7 $1 (18... f6 $2 19. Nxg6
fxg5 (19... Bxg6 20. Qxg6+ Kh8 21. Rfe1 fxg5 22. Qh6+ Kg8 23. Re6) 20. Qh8+ Kf7
21. Qxh5) 19. Bxe7 (19. f4 $5 $44) 19... Qxe7 20. Rae1 (20. g4 f6 $17) 20...
Qf6 (20... Qe6 21. h3 f5 22. g4 fxg4 23. hxg4 Bxg4 24. Nxg6 Be2 25. f3 $1 $18)
21. g4 (21. Nd7 Qg7 22. Qf4 f6 23. Nxf8 Rxf8 24. Qd6 $16) 21... Qg7 22. Qxg7+
Kxg7 23. gxh5 gxh5 24. Kh1 $36) 16... fxg6 17. Nxg6+ Bxg6 18. Qxg6 Qc7 19. g3
$44 {[%cal Gg6h5,Gh5d5]}) 15... Bxe5 $2 (15... f6 $5 16. Nf3 Qd7 17. Rb1 $36)
16. fxe5 Bg6 17. a4 $1 (17. Bxg6 fxg6 (17... hxg6 18. a4 Qd7 19. Qf2 Kg8 20.
Qh4 $40 {[%cal Gf1f3,Gf3h3]}) 18. Rxf8+ Qxf8 19. Qb3 Qf7 20. Be3 Rf8 21. Qb5
Nb8 22. Rb1 b6 23. a4 $16) 17... Qd7 18. Ba3 Rfe8 (18... Bxd3 19. Qxd3 Rfc8 20.
Rf3 $16 {[%cal Ga1f1,Gf1f7,Gf3h3,Gh3h7]}) 19. Bxg6 fxg6 (19... hxg6 20. Rf3 $18
{[%cal Ga1f1]}) 20. Qb3 b6 (20... Rac8 21. Bd6 Rc4 22. Qb5 Qc6 23. Rf7 Rxc3 24.
Qxb7 $18) (20... Nc7 21. Bd6 b6 22. a5 $18 (22. Rf3 $1 $18) 22... b5 23. a6 $16
{/+-}) 21. Bd6 Nc7 22. Rf3 $1 (22. a5 $5) 22... Rac8 23. Raf1 h6 24. Qc2 $1 (
24. Rf7 Qc6 25. Bxc7 (25. R1f3 $5 Ne6 26. Rxa7 $18) 25... Rxc7 26. Rxc7 Qxc7
27. Qxd5 Qxc3 28. Qd7 $18) 24... Qg4 (24... Re6 25. Rf7 Qc6 26. Rf8+ Rxf8 27.
Rxf8+ Kh7 28. Rc8 Rxd6 29. exd6 Qxd6 30. Qf2 Qe7 31. Qg3 Na6 32. Qe5 $18) (
24... Ne6 25. Qxg6 Qxa4 26. Rf6 $1 Qd7 27. Rf7 Qc6 (27... Qa4 28. Be7) 28. Rxg7
Nxg7 29. Rf7 $18 {Kasparov}) 25. Rg3 Qh5 (25... Qe4 26. Qxe4 dxe4 27. Rf7 Nd5
28. Rxg6 Rg8 29. e6 $18) 26. Rh3 Qg5 27. Rg3 Qh5 28. Bxc7 Rxc7 29. Rxg6 $18 Qh4
(29... Rxc3 30. Rxh6+ Qxh6 31. Qxc3 $18) (29... Rec8 30. Rg3 $18) 30. h3 Qxd4+
(30... Rec8 $5 31. Rg4 Qe7 32. Qg6 $18) 31. cxd4 Rxc2 32. Rf7 $18 Rg8 33. Rd6
Rc4 34. Rxd5 Rxa4 35. Rdd7 Ra1+ 36. Kf2 Ra2+ 37. Kf3 Kh7 38. e6 Kg6 39. d5 Rc8
40. Rc7 Re8 41. g4 a5 42. Rxg7+ Kf6 43. Rgf7+ Ke5 44. Rf5+ Kd4 45. e7 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-36"]
[Site "Mallorca"]
[Date "2004.10.26"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Charbonneau, Pascal"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[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 "India"]
[BlackTeam "Canada"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IND"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CAN"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O Nc6 8.
Re1 Bf5 9. c4 O-O 10. cxd5 Qxd5 11. Nc3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Bxd3 13. Qxd3 Rfe8 14.
Bf4 Bd6 (14... Qd7 15. Rab1 (15. Re3 Bf6 16. Rae1 Re7 17. Bg5 Rxe3 18. fxe3
Bxg5 19. Nxg5 g6 20. e4 $16 {1-0 Yagupov,I-Sorokin,M/St Petersburg 2001/EXT
2002 (66)}) 15... b6 16. d5 Rad8 17. Rbd1 (17. c4 Bf6 18. Bg5 $1 Nb4 19. Qd2
$14 {Matulovic,M-Kapelan,M/Vrsac 40/(382) 1985/[Matulovic,M] (22)}) 17... Na5
18. Ne5 Qc8 19. Qg3 Bf8 20. Ng4 Rxe1+ 21. Rxe1 Kh8 $14 {1/2-1/2 Smirnov,
P-Koneru,H/Chennai IND 2004/(34)}) 15. Ng5 g6 (15... f5 16. c4 Qa5 (16... Qxd4
17. Qxf5 $18) 17. Bd2 Nb4 (17... Bb4 18. c5 h6 19. Qb3+ Kh8 20. Rxe8+ Rxe8 21.
Qf7 $16) 18. Qb1 $1 $18) 16. Bd2 (16. Qh3 h5 17. Bxd6 cxd6 18. Qd7 Rxe1+ 19.
Rxe1 Nxd4 20. cxd4 Qxg5 21. Qxb7 Qd8 22. h3 $14) 16... Be7 (16... Rxe1+ 17.
Rxe1 Qxa2 18. Qh3 (18. Ne4 Be7 19. Bf4 Qd5 20. Bxc7 Rc8 21. Bd6 $1 f5 22. Qh3)
18... h5 19. Ne4 Be7 20. Bf4 $44) 17. h4 b5 $11 18. Nf3 Bd6 19. a4 a6 20. axb5
axb5 21. Rxa8 Rxa8 22. Bg5 h5 $2 {The Nf3 will stay on g5 now with big comfort
creating threats to Kg8.} (22... Na5 $5 23. h5 Nc4 24. h6 c5 $132) 23. Bf6 Bf8
24. Ng5 Bg7 25. Bxg7 Kxg7 26. Qg3 $1 Rc8 (26... Qd6 27. Qf3 Qd7 28. d5 Nd8 (
28... Na5 29. d6 Nc6 30. dxc7 Qxc7 31. Qd5 $36) 29. Qe4 $36) (26... Qd7 $5 27.
Qf4 Ra6 28. Ne4 Qe7 $14) 27. Qf4 Qd7 28. Qe4 (28. Ne4 Qe7 29. Re3 $36) 28...
Rd8 29. Re3 Qd5 (29... b4 30. cxb4 Nxd4 (30... Nxb4 31. Rf3 $1 Re8 32. Qb1 f6
33. Qxb4 fxg5 34. hxg5 $16 Qd6 $140 35. Qxd6 cxd6 36. Rf6 $18) 31. Qe5+ f6 32.
Qe7+ Qxe7 33. Rxe7+ Kf8 34. Rf7+ Ke8 35. Rxf6 $16) 30. Qf4 Rd6 31. Rf3 (31. Re6
Qf5 32. Qxf5 gxf5 33. Rxd6 cxd6 34. Nh3 $1 b4 $1 35. cxb4 Nxb4 36. Nf4 Nc2 37.
d5 Kf6 (37... Kh6 38. Kf1 $16) 38. Nxh5+ Ke5 39. g3 Kxd5 $14) (31. Re8 b4 32.
cxb4 Nxd4 33. Re7 Rf6 34. Qxc7 Ne2+ $132) 31... Nd8 32. Qe3 $1 {[%mdl 32]
White prepares the decisive penetration of Qe3.} b4 (32... Ra6 33. Qe8 (33. Kh2
Qd6+ 34. g3 Qd7 $14) 33... Ra1+ 34. Kh2 Ra2 (34... Qd6+ 35. g3 Qd5 36. Qe7 c6
37. Rxf7+ Nxf7 38. Ne6+ $18) 35. g3 Ra6 36. Qe7 Rc6 37. Rf4 $22 $16) 33. cxb4
Qxd4 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (33... Rd7 34. Qe5+ (34. Qe8 Qd6 35. Rf6 Qxf6 36. Qxd7
Qc6 $1 $11) 34... Qxe5 35. dxe5 Rd5 (35... Nc6 36. e6 fxe6 37. Nxe6+ Kh6 38.
Rf4 $16) 36. Rc3 c6 37. Nf3 $16) 34. Rxf7+ (34. Rxf7+ Nxf7 35. Ne6+ Rxe6 36.
Qxd4+ $18) 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0405"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2004.11.27"]
[Round "7.7"]
[White "Emms, John M"]
[Black "Holzke, Frank"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2504"]
[BlackElo "2492"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2004.11.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Solingen"]
[BlackTeam "Wattenscheid"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Bg4 8. c4
Nf6 9. Nc3 Nxd4 10. Qe1+ (10. cxd5 Bxf3 11. gxf3 c5 12. Bb5+ Nxb5 13. Re1+ Kd7
14. Nxb5 a6 15. Nc3 Bd6 16. Qc2 (16. Bf4 $1) 16... Re8 17. Bg5 h6 18. Bh4 Rc8
19. Ne4 $16 {1/2-1/2 Murariu,A-Diulger,A/Bucharest ROM 2004/CT-1452 (51)})
10... Be7 (10... Ne6 11. Ne5 Bb4 (11... d4 12. Nd5 Bh5 13. f4 $36) (11... dxc4
$5 12. Bxc4 (12. Be4 Qc8 13. Nxg4 Nxg4 14. Qe2 Nf6 15. Bf5 g6 16. Bh3 Bg7 17.
Qxc4 O-O $11) 12... Bf5 13. Bg5 (13. Qe2 Bd6 14. Re1 O-O 15. Nxf7 Rxf7 16. Bxe6
Bxe6 17. Qxe6 Qd7 $11) 13... Be7 14. Rd1 Qc8 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Nd5 $36) 12.
Nxg4 Nxg4 13. Bf5 Bxc3 14. bxc3 Nf6 15. Ba3 Qd7 16. Rd1 c6 17. cxd5 cxd5 18. c4
$40 {1-0 Beney,E-Vianin,P/Crans Montana 2000/EXT 2001 (29)}) 11. Nxd4 dxc4 12.
Nf5 cxd3 13. Nxg7+ Kd7 (13... Kf8 14. Bh6 Kg8 15. Qe5 Bf8 16. Qg5 Ne8 17. Qxg4
Bxg7 18. Rfe1 Qf6 19. Bxg7 Nxg7 (19... Qxg7 20. Qd7 $16) 20. Rad1 Qg6 (20...
Rd8 21. Rxd3 $18) (20... Qd6 21. Qf3 $16) 21. Qc4 $16) 14. f3 Qg8 $2 (14... Qf8
15. fxg4 Qxg7 16. Qe5 (16. g5 $5 Ng4 17. Qe4 Bc5+ 18. Kh1 Qd4 19. Qf5+ $1 Kc6
20. Ne4 $40) 16... Qxg4 17. Bf4 Rhg8 (17... c6 18. Bg3 Qe6 19. Qc7+ Ke8 20.
Rae1 $18) 18. Qxc7+ (18. Bg3 $5 Qc4 19. Rxf6 Bxf6 20. Qxf6 Rad8 21. Qf5+ $16)
18... Ke8 19. Qxb7 Rd8 20. Rae1 Nd5 $1 (20... Qd7 21. Qf3 $16) 21. Bg3 $1 (21.
Rf2 Qd7 22. Qb3 Rg6 23. Bc7 $1 Re6 $1 24. Rxe6 Qxe6 25. Qb5+ Rd7 26. Qb8+ Rd8
27. Qb5+ $11 (27. Bxd8 $4 Qe1+ 28. Rf1 Bc5+ $19)) 21... Qd7 22. Qb3 $36) (14...
Rg8 15. fxg4 Rxg7 16. Qe5 c6 17. Bg5 Ne8 18. Qf5+ Kc7 19. Bf4+ Bd6 20. Rad1 $16
) (14... Be6 $1 15. Qe3 Kc6 (15... Kc8 16. Nxe6 fxe6 17. Rd1 $16) 16. Nxe6 fxe6
17. Qe5 {[%cal Ge5b5]} b6 18. Bg5 Kb7 19. Rad1 $36) 15. Bh6 Be6 16. Rd1 Kc8 (
16... Bc5+ 17. Kh1 Kc8 18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. Rxd3 Qf7 20. Qe5 $18) 17. Nxe6 fxe6
18. Rxd3 Qf7 19. Qe5 $1 Rg8 (19... Bd6 20. Rxd6 $1 cxd6 21. Qxd6 $18 Rd8 $140
22. Ne4 $1 $18) 20. Nb5 $1 Ne8 21. Rc1 {[%mdl 128]} Bf6 (21... Bd8 $142 22.
Rxd8+ Kxd8 23. Bg5+ Rxg5 (23... Kc8 24. Nxc7 $1 (24. Rxc7+ Qxc7 25. Nxc7 Rxg5 (
25... Nxc7 26. Bf4 $18) 26. Qxe6+ Kxc7 27. Qe7+ $18) 24... Nxc7 25. Rxc7+ $1
Qxc7 26. Qxe6+ Qd7 27. Qxg8+ Kc7 28. Bf4+ Kb6 (28... Kc6 29. Qc4+ Kb6 30. a4 $1
Rc8 (30... Qc6 31. a5+ $1 Kxa5 32. Bc7+ $18) (30... a6 31. Be3+ Ka5 32. Qc3+
Kxa4 33. b3+ Ka3 34. Bc1+ Ka2 35. Qb2#) 31. Be3+ Ka5 32. Bd2+ $1 Qxd2 (32...
Kb6 33. a5#) 33. Qb5#) 29. Be3+ Kc6 30. Qxa8 Qd1+ 31. Kf2 Qc2+ 32. Kg3 Qg6+ 33.
Kh4 Qf6+ 34. Bg5 $18) 24. Qxg5+ Qf6 (24... Kd7 25. Qd2+ Ke7 26. Nxc7 $18) 25.
Qxf6+ Nxf6 26. Nxc7 $18) 22. Qf4 (22. Nxc7 $1 Bxe5 (22... Nxc7 23. Rxc7+ Kb8 (
23... Qxc7 24. Qxe6+ Kb8 25. Qxg8+ Qc8 26. Bf4+ $18)) 23. Nxe8+ Bc7 (23... Qc7
24. Nxc7 Bxc7 25. Rdc3 $18) 24. Nd6+ $18) 22... c6 (22... Qe7 $142 23. Qe4 $1
Bxb2 24. Rxc7+ $1 Nxc7 25. Nd6+ $18) 23. Qe4 $1 {[%cal Gc1c6]} Qe7 24. Rxc6+ $1
{[%mdl 64]} Kb8 (24... bxc6 25. Qxc6+ Nc7 (25... Kb8 26. Rb3 Qb7 27. Bf4+ e5
28. Nd6 $18)) 25. Bf4+ e5 26. Bxe5+ $1 (26. Bxe5+ $1 Bxe5 27. Qxe5+ Qxe5 28.
Rd8#) 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0405"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2005.01.29"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Nisipeanu, Liviu Dieter"]
[Black "Landa, Konstantin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2687"]
[BlackElo "2571"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2004.11.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Kreuzberg"]
[BlackTeam "Muelheim Nord"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. a3 Nc6 11. cxd5 Qxd5 12. Nc3 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Bf5 14. Re1 Rfe8
15. Bf4 Rac8 16. Bd3 Qd7 17. Rb1 Bxd3 (17... b6 18. Bb5 Bxb1 19. d5 Bd6 20.
Rxe8+ Qxe8 21. Bxd6 Qe4 22. Bxc7 Bc2 23. Qd2 Nb8 24. d6 $44 {0-1 Nijboer,
F-Ernst,S/Wijk aan Zee NED 2005/54)}) (17... Bxa3 18. Rxe8+ Rxe8 19. Rxb7 Bxd3
20. Qxd3 Bd6 21. Be3 Rb8 22. Rxb8+ Nxb8 23. Ng5 g6 24. Ne4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Klimov,
S-Solovyov,S/Smolensk RUS 2005/(60)}) 18. Qxd3 b6 19. d5 Bf6 20. c4 h6 (20...
Ne7 21. Be5 (21. Ne5 Bxe5 22. Bxe5 Ng6 23. Bg3 $14 {1-0 Oosterom,J-Rause,M/
ICCF 2003/CT-1661 (36)}) 21... Qf5 22. Qxf5 Nxf5 23. Bxc7 Be7 24. Bg3 f6 25. a4
Kf7 26. a5 Rxc4 27. axb6 axb6 28. Rxb6 Rd8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Sebag,M-Roussel
Roozmon,T/Bois Colombes FRA 2004/(41)}) 21. h4 (21. h3 Re7 (21... Rxe1+ 22.
Rxe1 Ne7 23. Ne5 Bxe5 24. Bxe5 Nf5 25. Bb2 $14 {1/2-1/2 Akopian,V-Gelfand,B/
Calvia de Mallorca ESP 2004/CT-1446 (36)}) (21... Ne7 22. Ne5 Bxe5 23. Rxe5 Ng6
24. Rxe8+ Rxe8 25. Bg3 Qe7 26. Kh1 Qc5 27. Rb5 Qe7 28. Rb1 (28. c5 h5 29. d6
cxd6 30. cxb6 Qe1+ 31. Kh2 h4 32. bxa7 hxg3+ 33. Qxg3 Ne5 34. Rb8 Nc6 35. a8=Q
Nxb8 36. Qb7 Qe6 37. Qb6 {1-0 Hansen,S-Schandorff,L/Koege DEN 2005/(37)}) 28...
Qc5 29. Rb5 Qe7 30. c5 h5 31. cxb6 axb6 32. Qc3 Qe1+ 33. Qxe1 Rxe1+ 34. Kh2 Rc1
35. h4 f5 36. Rb4 Rc5 {1/2-1/2 Hansen,S-Schandorff,L/Koege DEN 2005/(36)}) 22.
Rbd1 Rd8 23. Rxe7 Nxe7 24. Ne5 Bxe5 25. Bxe5 $14 {1-0 Leko,P-Anand,V/Linares
2003/CBM 94/[Huzman] (65)}) 21... Ne7 (21... Rxe1+ 22. Rxe1 Ne7 23. Be5 Qf5 24.
Qd4 Ng6 25. Bxf6 Qxf6 26. Qxf6 gxf6 27. h5 Nf4 28. Nd4 $16 {1-0 Leitao,
R-Coelho,L/Sao Paulo BRA 2005/(52)}) 22. h5 {It is a logical attempt to
improve Polgar's play. White prevents the move Ng6.} (22. Rbd1 Ng6 23. Bg3 h5
24. Rc1 Bb2 25. Rxe8+ Rxe8 26. Rc2 Bf6 27. c5 bxc5 28. Rxc5 Ne5 29. Qb5 Qxb5
30. Rxb5 Nxf3+ 31. gxf3 Be5 $14 {1/2-1/2 Polgar,J-Anand,V/Wijk aan Zee NED
2005/(38)}) (22. Be5 Bxe5 23. Nxe5 Qf5 (23... Qd6 24. Qf3 f6 25. Ng4 Ng6 26.
Re4 $36) 24. Qxf5 Nxf5 25. Nc6 a6 $11) (22. Bg5 $5 hxg5 23. hxg5 Qd6 24. gxf6
Qxf6 $11) 22... b5 $5 {Black tries to destroy White's pawn centre.} 23. cxb5 (
23. Rxb5 c6 24. Rc5 cxd5 25. Rxc8 Rxc8 26. Be5 Bxe5 27. Nxe5 Qe6 28. Qd1 Qd6
$11) 23... Qxd5 24. Qxd5 (24. Rbd1 c6 $11) (24. Ne5 c6 25. bxc6 Qxd3 26. Nxd3
Nxc6 $11) 24... Nxd5 25. Be5 Ra8 $1 {Black exchanges the weak pawn on a7 and
equalizes the game.} 26. Rbc1 Bxe5 27. Rxe5 Rxe5 28. Nxe5 a6 $11 29. Rc5 Nf4
30. bxa6 (30. a4 axb5 31. axb5 Ra1+ 32. Kh2 Rb1 33. g4 Ne6 $11) 30... Rxa6 31.
Rxc7 Nxh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-36"]
[Site "Mallorca"]
[Date "2004.10.29"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Hansen, Sune Berg"]
[Black "Fernandes, Antonio ETG"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2551"]
[BlackElo "2431"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2004.10.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Denmark"]
[BlackTeam "Portugal"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "DEN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "POR"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. a3 Nc6 11. cxd5 Qxd5 12. Nc3 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Bf5 14. Re1 Rfe8
15. Bf4 Rac8 16. Bd3 Bxd3 (16... Qd7 17. Qc2 (17. Rb1 Bxd3 18. Qxd3 b6 19. d5
Bf6 20. c4 h6 21. h3 Re7 (21... Rxe1+ 22. Rxe1 Ne7 23. Ne5 Bxe5 24. Bxe5 Nf5
25. Bb2 Rf8 26. Re5 Nd6 27. Qg3 f6 $14 {1/2-1/2 Akopian,V-Gelfand,B/Calvia ESP
2004/(36)}) 22. Rbd1 Rd8 23. Rxe7 Nxe7 24. Ne5 Bxe5 25. Bxe5 $14 {1-0 Leko,
P-Anand,V/Linares 2003/CBM 94/[Huzman] (65)}) (17. Bxf5 Qxf5 18. Bg3 Bd6 19.
Qb3 b6 20. c4 Qf6 21. d5 Nd4 22. Nxd4 Qxd4 $11 {1/2-1/2 Ivanchuk,V-Gelfand,B/
Calvia ESP 2004/(44)}) 17... Bxd3 18. Qxd3 h6 19. d5 Bf6 20. Rad1 Na5 21. c4 b6
22. c5 Red8 $2 23. Be5 $16 {1-0 Schoepf,A-Harmon,C/Budapest HUN 2003/(32)}) (
16... Bg6 17. c4 Qd8 18. Bxg6 hxg6 19. d5 Na5 20. Qd3 b6 21. Nd4 Bf6 22. Rad1
$14 {1/2-1/2 Van den Doel,E-Nijboer,F/Leeuwarden 2003/CBM 96/[Huzman] (61)})
17. Qxd3 b6 (17... h6 18. c4 Qd7 19. Rad1 Bd6 20. Be3 Rcd8 21. Qc3 Qf5 22. d5
Ne5 23. Nxe5 {1/2-1/2 Nedev,T-Pavasovic,D/Bled 2002/EXT 2003 (23)}) (17... Bd6
18. c4 (18. Ng5 g6 19. Qh3 h5 20. Ne4 $36 {1/2-1/2 Dencsi,T-Harmon,C/Budapest
HUN 2003/(44)}) 18... Qh5 19. Bg3 b6 20. Qb3 Qa5 21. Re3 Rxe3 22. Qxe3 Qf5 23.
Re1 Qd7 24. Qe4 Na5 25. Ng5 g6 26. Qh4 f5 27. d5 Rf8 28. Bxd6 cxd6 29. Re6 $16
{1-0 Prasad,D-Singh,R/Mumbai IND 2003/(33)}) (17... Qd7 18. d5 Bf6 19. Rad1
Rxe1+ 20. Rxe1 Ne7 21. c4 b6 22. Qe4 $14 {1-0 Czarnota,D-Holemar,D/Brno CZE
2004/(65)}) 18. Rad1 Na5 (18... b5 $5 19. Re3 Bd6 20. Ng5 f5 21. Rde1 $36) 19.
Re5 Qc4 20. Qe3 Qa4 21. Qd3 Bd6 $6 {This move gives White good attacking
possibilities on the king's side.} (21... Nc4 $5 22. Re2 Bd6 $15 23. Bxd6 Rxe2
24. Qxe2 cxd6) (21... Qc4 22. Qf5 $1 Nc6 (22... g6 23. Qh3 $36) 23. Re3 Bxa3
24. Rde1 Red8 (24... Rf8 25. Ng5 g6 26. Qf6 $18) 25. d5 $1 $18) 22. Ng5 g6 (
22... Bxe5 23. Qxh7+ Kf8 24. Re1 $40) 23. Ne4 $1 Kg7 $2 (23... Bxe5 $1 24. Bxe5
(24. dxe5 Red8 25. Qxd8+ Rxd8 26. Rxd8+ Kg7 27. f3 Nb7 28. Rd4 (28. Rb8 Nc5 $19
) 28... Qxa3 29. Bg5 $44) 24... Re6 25. Rf1 (25. Nf6+ Kg7 26. Ne8+ Kf8 27. Nf6
Nc4 $1 $17 28. Nxh7+ Kg8 29. Nf6+ Rxf6 30. Bxf6 Nb2 $19) 25... Nc4 (25... Rce8
26. f4 (26. Nf6+ Rxf6 27. Bxf6 Qxa3 $13) 26... Nc4 27. Ng5 $44 (27. d5 Nxe5 28.
fxe5 Rxe5 29. Nf6+ Kg7 $17) 27... Nxe5 28. fxe5 R6e7) 26. Qh3 $1 Nxe5 27. Ng5
h5 28. Nxe6 $36) 24. Re1 (24. Rxe8 Rxe8 25. Bxd6 Nc4 $1 26. Nf6 $1 (26. Be5+
Rxe5 $1 27. dxe5 Nb2 $11) 26... Kxf6 (26... Re6 27. d5 Rxf6 28. Be7 Rf5 29.
Qd4+ Kg8 30. Re1 $16) 27. Bxc7 Kg7 $44) 24... f6 $4 (24... Bxe5 $142 25. Bxe5+
Rxe5 26. dxe5 Nc4 27. e6 fxe6 28. Ng5 $40) 25. Nxd6 cxd6 (25... fxe5 26. Nxe8+
Rxe8 27. Bxe5+ Kg8 28. f4 Nc4 29. f5 Nxe5 30. dxe5 gxf5 31. Qxf5 Qxa3 32. e6
$18) 26. Re7+ $18 Rxe7 27. Rxe7+ Kg8 (27... Kh8 $142 28. Qe2 Qxa3 29. h3 $18)
28. Qe2 Qc4 (28... Qb3 29. Re8+ (29. h3 $1 Kh8 30. Re8+ Rxe8 31. Qxe8+ Qg8 32.
Qe7 $18) 29... Rxe8 30. Qxe8+ Kg7 31. h4 $18) 29. Re8+ Rxe8 (29... Kg7 30. Qe7+
Qf7 31. Bh6+ $18) 30. Qxe8+ Kg7 31. Qe7+ (31. Qe7+ Qf7 32. Bh6+ $18) 1-0

[Event "FRA-chT poule basse"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "2003.05.09"]
[Round "10.2"]
[White "Landa, Konstantin"]
[Black "David, Alberto"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2548"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2003.05.07"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Nancy"]
[BlackTeam "Drancy"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. d4 Be7 7. Bd3 O-O 8.
h3 Re8 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Re1 Nf8 11. Bf4 (11. Ne2 $5 Ng6 12. Ng3 $14) 11... Ng6
12. Bh2 a6 $1 {[%cal Yb7b5]} 13. a4 d5 14. Ne5 c6 15. Ne2 (15. Qf3 Qb6 16. Ne2
Nh4 17. Qf4 Ng6 18. Nxg6 hxg6 $14 {/=}) 15... Ne4 16. c3 a5 $14 17. Qc2 Bd6 18.
f3 (18. Bxe4 dxe4 19. Nxg6 hxg6 20. Bxd6 Qxd6 21. Ng3 f5 $11) 18... Ng5 19. Kh1
Nf8 {[%cal Yf7f6]} 20. Ng3 f6 21. Ng4 Bxg4 $1 22. hxg4 Qc7 23. Nf1 Bxh2 24.
Nxh2 Nfe6 $11 (24... Qg3 $1 25. Qd2 Nfe6 $36) 25. Qf2 Nf4 26. Bf1 Rad8 27. g3
Ng6 28. Kg2 Kf8 $6 (28... Nf8 $142) 29. Bd3 Rxe1 30. Rxe1 Kg8 (30... Re8 $2 31.
Rxe8+ Kxe8 32. Qc2 $16) 31. f4 $36 Nf7 32. Nf3 (32. Qc2 $142 Nf8 33. Nf3 Nd6
34. g5 $36) 32... Nd6 33. f5 $6 (33. Qc2 Qf7 34. Qb3 $5 {[%cal Gb3b6]} Re8 $1
35. Rxe8+ Qxe8 36. g5 Qe3 $132) 33... Nf8 34. g5 Re8 $1 35. gxf6 Rxe1 36. Nxe1
(36. f7+ $1 Qxf7 37. Nxe1 Qh5 $1 (37... Nd7 38. Qf4 Qe7 39. Nf3 Nf6 40. Qe5 Kf8
41. Ng5 $14) 38. f6 Ng6 $11) 36... gxf6 {[%csl Rd3]} 37. Nc2 Qe7 38. Ne3 Nf7 $1
{[%cal Yf7g5]} 39. Ng4 Kg7 40. Qd2 Qd8 41. Nf2 Ng5 42. Qe2 Kf7 43. Qh5+ Kg7 44.
Ng4 Qe7 45. Qh6+ Kf7 46. Kf2 Nd7 47. Qh5+ Kg7 48. Qh6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lausanne YM 5th"]
[Site "Lausanne"]
[Date "2004.09.17"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Black "Lagno, Kateryna"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2511"]
[BlackElo "2472"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2004.09.15"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8.
Re1 Bg4 9. c4 Nf6 10. cxd5 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Qxd5 12. Qg3 Qxd4 (12... O-O-O 13. Nc3
Qd7 14. Bb5 Bd6 15. Qd3 Bb4 16. a3 Ba5 17. Bxc6 Qxc6 18. Qf5+ {1-0 Martin
Gonzalez,A-Clari Mascarell,J/Benidorm 1993/EXT 97 (18)}) (12... O-O 13. Be3 Bd6
14. Qh4 Rfe8 15. Nc3 Qh5 16. Qxh5 Nxh5 17. Bb5 $16 {1-0 Kononenko,D-Smirnov,I/
Alushta 2002/EXT 2003 (54)}) 13. Nc3 (13. Qxc7 O-O 14. Rd1 Rac8 (14... Ne4 15.
Qf4 Rfd8 16. Nc3 Nxc3 17. Qxd4 Ne2+ 18. Bxe2 Nxd4 19. Be3 Nxe2+ 20. Kf1 Ng3+
21. hxg3 {1/2-1/2 Malmstrom,J-Benko,B/Chessfriend.com 2004/Telechess CBM 101 
(21)}) 15. Qg3 Ne5 16. Nc3 Nxd3 17. Rxd3 Qb6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Malmstrom,
J-Bourgault,P/IECG 2001/Complete 2001 (24)}) 13... O-O (13... Rd8 14. Bb5 Rd7
15. Qxg7 Rg8 16. Qh6 Ng4 $6 17. Qf4 Kd8 18. Qxd4 Rxd4 19. Bxc6 $16 {1/2-1/2
Huebner,R-Smyslov,V/Velden (m/1) 35/403 1983/[Kavalek,L] (55)}) 14. Nb5 (14.
Rd1 Qg4 (14... Bd6 $5 15. Qh3 Qe5 16. Be3 Rfe8 $15) 15. Qxc7 Nd5 16. Bxh7+ Kxh7
17. Rxd5 Nb4 18. Re5 Nc2 19. Rb1 Rad8 20. Qxe7 (20. h3 $1 Rd1+ 21. Nxd1 Qxd1+
22. Kh2 Bd6 23. Bf4 $16) 20... Rd1+ 21. Nxd1 Qxd1+ 22. Re1 Nxe1 $17 {1/2-1/2
Boey,J-Kuijpers,F/Roosendaal 1983/EXT 2001 (31)}) 14... Qg4 (14... Qd7 15. Rd1
Qg4 16. Qxg4 Nxg4 17. Be2 (17. Bf5 Nf6 18. Bf4 a6 {1/2-1/2 Borgstaedt,
M-Boesken,C/Duisburg 1986/EXT 2003 (18)}) 17... Nf6 18. Nxc7 Rac8 (18... Rad8
19. Be3 a6 (19... Bd6 20. Nb5 Be5 21. Nxa7 Nd4 22. Bd3 Ng4 23. Bg5 Bxh2+ 24.
Kf1 Rd5 $14 {1-0 Kasparov,G-Wolff,P/New York/London 1984/EXT 2003 (34)}) 20.
Bf3 Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1 Rd8 $14 {1/2-1/2 Gonzalez,R-Perez,R/CUB 1997/EXT 99 (59)})
19. Bf4 g5 20. Bg3 h5 21. h4 (21. Nb5 $5 h4 22. Bd6 Rfe8 $11) 21... gxh4 22.
Bf4 Rfd8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Kerekes,J-Nagley,T/IECC 2002/Telechess CBM 97 (36)}) (
14... Qb4 15. Bg5 Nh5 16. Bxe7 Nxg3 17. Bxb4 Nxb4 18. Rad1 Nh5 19. Nxc7 Rac8
20. Nb5 $11 {0-1 Shaplyko,A-Balogh,T/Zagan 1995/EXT 97 (37)}) 15. Bf4 {This
game shows that this plan is mistaken for White.} (15. Nxc7 Rad8 16. Qxg4 Nxg4
17. Be2 Nge5 18. Be3 Nb4 19. Rec1 Ned3 $11 {0-1 Levacic,P-Sarthou,G/Cannes
1995/CBM 46 ext (28)}) (15. Qxg4 Nxg4 16. Bf5 (16. Be2 $1 $11) 16... Nf6 17.
Nxc7 Rad8 $15 {0-1 Sax,G-Jussupow,A/Thessaloniki (ol) 38/421 1984/[Jussupow,A]
(36)}) (15. Qxc7 Bc5 $1 $40) 15... Qxg3 16. Bxg3 Rad8 17. Rad1 Bb4 18. Rf1 a6
19. Nxc7 Ba5 20. Bb1 $2 (20. a3 Rd7 (20... Nh5 21. Nd5 Nxg3 22. hxg3 Rxd5 23.
Bxh7+ Kxh7 24. Rxd5 $15) 21. Bf5 Rxc7 22. b4 Bb6 $17 {1/2-1/2 Andersson,U-Bang,
E/NBC Email 1999/ICCF Telechess (40)}) 20... Nd4 {[%cal Yd4e2]} 21. Bd3 (21.
Be5 Ne2+ 22. Kh1 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 Ng4 $19) (21. Kh1 Ne2 22. Bd6 Rxd6 23. Rxd6 Bxc7
$17) 21... Rd7 22. Be5 Rfd8 23. Rc1 Nc6 $19 24. Bf5 Re7 25. Bxf6 gxf6 (25...
gxf6 26. Nxa6 Nd4 $19) 0-1

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "New Delhi/Teheran"]
[Date "2000.12.01"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Dao, Thien Hai"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2755"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Bf5 11. a3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Nc6 13. Re1 Bf6 14. Bf4 Na5 15.
cxd5 Qxd5 16. Ne5 (16. Qa4 b6 17. Bxc7 Rfc8 18. Be5 Qb3 19. Qb4 Rxc3 20. Bxf6
gxf6 21. Nh4 Bg6 22. Bf3 Rf8 23. Qe7 Kg7 24. d5 Nc4 25. d6 Ne5 26. Rad1 Rd3 27.
Be2 Rxd1 28. Rxd1 Qxa3 29. h3 $44 {1/2-1/2 Benjamin,J-Nielsen,P/Las Vegas USA
1999 (59)}) (16. Nd2 Qd7 17. Bf3 Rfe8 18. Ne4 Be7 19. Ng3 Bg6 20. Bg4 Qc6 21.
Bf3 Qd7 22. Ra2 Bf8 23. Rae2 Rxe2 24. Qxe2 c6 25. h4 h6 26. h5 Bh7 27. a4 Rd8
28. Bg4 $16 {1-0 Polgar,J-Nielsen,P/Las Vegas USA 1999 (38)}) (16. Bxc7 Rac8
17. Be5 Rxc3 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Rc1 Rxc1 20. Qxc1 Re8 21. Qc7 Bg6 22. h3 Kg7 23.
Bf1 Rxe1 24. Nxe1 Nb3 $11 {1/2-1/2 Sokolov,A-Nielsen Peter,H/Bundesliga 1998 
(30)}) (16. Bf1 b6 17. Ne5 Rad8 18. g4 Be4 19. Qe2 Bxe5 20. Bxe5 Nb3 21. Ra2
Bf3 22. Qe3 Na5 23. Rc2 f6 24. Bxc7 Rd7 25. Bg3 Bxg4 26. Bg2 Qb3 27. Rcc1 Qf7
28. d5 Qh5 29. c4 Nb7 30. a4 $36 {1-0 Anand,V-Sokolov,I/Kopavogur ISL 2000/ 
(56)}) 16... c5 17. Bg4 $1 (17. Bf3 Qb3 18. dxc5 Rad8 19. Qc1 Qa4 $132) 17...
Bxg4 18. Nxg4 Qd8 19. Nxf6+ (19. Qa4 cxd4 20. Nxf6+ Qxf6 21. Be5 Qa6 22. cxd4
b5 23. Qb4 Nc6 $11) 19... Qxf6 20. Be5 Qc6 21. dxc5 $14 (21. d5 Qd7 22. Qd3 b5
23. a4 (23. Qg3 f6 24. Bd6 Rfe8 25. Red1 Rac8 $17) 23... Nb3 24. Rad1 (24. Ra3
c4 25. Qg3 f6 26. Bd6 Rfe8 $17) 24... bxa4 25. c4 f6 26. Bc3 Rfe8 $15) 21...
Rfe8 22. Qg4 f6 23. Bd6 Rxe1+ 24. Rxe1 Re8 25. Rxe8+ Qxe8 26. h3 Nc6 {White
has clear advantage,but all their attempts to create an attack fail,as after
White advance their Kingside`s pawns,their King becomes too open.} 27. Kh2 g6
28. Qc4+ Kg7 29. Qb5 Qd7 30. f3 Kf7 31. Qb3+ Kg7 32. Qb5 Kf7 33. h4 Kg7 34. Qe2
Kf7 35. Qd2 Kg8 36. Qh6 Qf7 37. Qf4 Kg7 38. Qe4 Qd7 39. Kg3 Qf7 40. Qg4 Qe8 41.
Kf2 Kf7 42. Qf4 Kg7 43. Qc4 Qd7 44. g4 Qe8 45. Qd5 Qf7 46. c4 Na5 47. Bf4 Qe7
48. Bd2 Nc6 49. Bc3 Kf8 50. g5 fxg5 51. hxg5 Qc7 52. Kg2 Qe7 53. Kf1 Qe3 54.
Bf6 a6 55. Qd6+ Ke8 56. Qd5 Kf8 57. Qd6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "New Delhi/Teheran"]
[Date "2000.12.03"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Vladimirov, Yevgeniy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2598"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. h3 Be7 7. O-O (7. c3
Nbd7 8. Bc2 Ne5 9. d4 Nxf3+ 10. Qxf3 c6 11. O-O O-O 12. Re1 Be6 13. Nd2 Qd7 14.
Nf1 Rae8 15. Ng3 Bd8 16. Bg5 Nd5 17. Qd3 f5 18. Bd2 g6 19. Bh6 Rf7 20. Qf3 {
1/2-1/2 Lalic,B-Nikcevic,N/Paris FRA 2000/The Week in Chess 298 (20)}) 7... O-O
8. c3 c5 (8... d5 9. Bc2 Bd6 (9... h6 10. d4 Bd6 11. Re1 Re8 12. Rxe8+ Qxe8 13.
Nbd2 Nbd7 14. Nh4 g6 15. Nf1 Bf8 16. Qd3 Bg7 17. Ng3 c5 18. Bd2 cxd4 19. cxd4
Nf8 $11 {1-0 Sandipan,C-Barua,D/Guntur, AP IND 2000 (55)}) (9... Re8 10. d4 Bd6
11. Bg5 Nbd7 12. Nbd2 Nf8 13. Re1 Rxe1+ 14. Qxe1 h6 15. Bh4 Ng6 16. Bg3 Bxg3
17. fxg3 Nf8 18. g4 N6h7 19. Qe3 c6 20. Ne5 Be6 21. Ndf3 Qe7 22. Re1 Re8 23. h4
$36 {1/2-1/2 Shirov,A-Anand,V/Leon ESP 2000/(51)}) 10. d4 Ne4 11. Nbd2 f5 12.
Ne5 Nd7 13. Nxe4 fxe4 14. f3 Qe7 15. fxe4 Rxf1+ 16. Kxf1 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Bxe5 18.
Kg1 Be6 19. Qh5 Qc5+ 20. Kh1 d4 21. Bf4 {1-0 Soriano,J-Calvo,V/Valencia 1995 
(21)}) (8... Nbd7 9. Bc2 d5 10. d4 Ne4 11. Bf4 (11. Nbd2 f5 12. Re1 c6 13. Nf1
Bd6 14. Bd3 Ndf6 15. c4 Bb4 16. N1d2 Kh8 17. c5 b6 18. a3 Bxd2 19. Nxd2 bxc5
20. Bxe4 fxe4 21. dxc5 a5 $17 {0-1 Czarnota,D-Lysiak,M/Polanczyk POL 2000/The
Week in Chess 316 (34)}) 11... Ndf6 12. Ne5 Bf5 13. Re1 Nd6 14. Bxf5 Nxf5 15.
Nd2 Nd7 16. Qg4 Nxe5 17. Bxe5 g6 18. Nf1 Re8 19. Re2 Nd6 20. Rae1 f5 21. Qf4
Bg5 22. Qh2 Re6 23. Bxd6 Rxd6 24. f4 Bh4 25. g3 Bf6 26. Nd2 $14 {1-0 Czarnota,
D-Korosciel,A/Polanczyk POL 2000/The Week in Chess 316 (39)}) 9. Bc2 Nc6 10. d4
Be6 11. Re1 Qc8 (11... Qd7 12. Bg5 Bd5 (12... Nd5 13. c4 $18) 13. Qd3 (13. Bxf6
Bxf6 14. Nfd2 Rfe8 15. Rxe8+ Rxe8 16. Qh5 Qe6 17. Qxh7+ Kf8) 13... c4 14. Qe3
Rae8 15. Nbd2 $16 h6 $140 $2 16. Bxh6 gxh6 17. Qxh6 $18) (11... Qb6 $5 12. Ng5
(12. Qd3 cxd4 13. Bg5 g6 $11) 12... cxd4 13. Nxe6 fxe6 14. Rxe6 d5 $132) 12.
Bg5 Nd5 (12... Bf5 13. Na3 (13. Bb3 $5) 13... Bxc2 14. Nxc2 $14) 13. Na3 $1 $16
{/\14.c4} (13. c4 $2 Ndb4 14. d5 Nxc2 15. Qxc2 Bf5 16. Qb3 Nd4 (16... Bxg5 $2
17. dxc6 $18) 17. Nxd4 Bxg5 18. Nxf5 Qxf5 $15) 13... h6 (13... cxd4 14. Qd3 (
14. Bxe7 Ndxe7 15. Nxd4 $16) 14... g6 15. Bxe7 Ndxe7 16. Nxd4 $16) 14. Qd3 $1
Bf5 (14... f5 15. Bxe7 Ncxe7 16. Nc4 $16) 15. Qxf5 Qxf5 16. Bxf5 Bxg5 17. Be4
Nc7 (17... Nf4 18. dxc5 dxc5 19. Bxc6 bxc6 20. Ne5 Rfe8 21. Nac4 Re6 22. g3 $16
) 18. Bxc6 bxc6 19. dxc5 dxc5 20. Ne5 $16 {[%csl Rc5,Rc6][%mdl 100]} Rfd8 21.
Nac4 Rd5 22. Nxc6 $18 Kf8 23. a4 h5 24. a5 Nb5 {[%tqu "En","Find a desicive
combination for White.","","","c4b6","",10]} 25. Nb6 $1 axb6 26. axb6 Rxa1 27.
Rxa1 Nd6 28. h4 $1 (28. Ra8+ Ne8 29. b7 Bf4 30. g3 Rd7 31. Ra7 (31. gxf4 Rxb7
$16) 31... Rd1+ 32. Kg2 Bd6 33. b8=Q Bxb8 34. Nxb8 $16 {/+-}) 28... Ke8 (28...
Bf4 29. g3 $18) (28... Bh6 29. Ra8+ Ne8 30. g3 Rd7 31. Na5 $18) 29. hxg5 Kd7
30. Na5 Kc8 31. c4 $1 Rxg5 (31... Rd2 32. b4 cxb4 33. c5 Ne4 34. c6 $18) 32.
Rd1 Rg6 33. Rd5 Nb7 34. Nxb7 Kxb7 35. Rxc5 Rxb6 36. Rxh5 Rxb2 37. Rh7 $18 Kc6
38. Rxg7 Rb7 39. Rg5 Kd6 40. Rd5+ Ke6 41. Rd1 Rb2 42. Rc1 Kd6 43. c5+ Kc6 44.
g3 Rb3 45. Kg2 f5 46. Rc4 Rd3 47. Kh3 Rd2 48. Rf4 Rd5 49. Kh4 1-0

[Event "Hoogeveen Essent Crown"]
[Site "Hoogeveen"]
[Date "2003.10.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2003.10.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O Nc6 8. c4
Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. a3 Nc6 11. cxd5 Qxd5 12. Nc3 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Qd6 $146 14. Rb1
b6 15. Re1 Be6 (15... Bf5 16. Rb5 Qg6 17. Rxf5 $1 Qxf5 18. Bd3 Qa5 (18... Qd7
19. Bb5 $18) (18... Qf6 19. Be4 $1 $16 {[%cal Gc1g5]} h6 20. Bxc6 Qxc6 21. Rxe7
Qxc3 22. Bf4 $16) 19. Ne5 $1 Nxe5 20. Rxe5 Qxc3 21. Rxe7 Rae8 22. Re3 $16) (
15... Re8 16. Bd3 Be6 {-see game}) 16. Bd3 Rae8 17. Rb5 $1 {[%cal Gb5h5]} Na5 (
17... a6 18. Rb1 a5 19. Rb5 $36) 18. Rbe5 Nc6 19. R5e2 $16 {[%mdl 32] White's
army has taken a commanding position and is ready to strike while Black's Rs
look pretty awkward and his light pieces are unable to stretch a helping hand
to their K} Bd7 (19... h6 20. Bb1 Bd5 21. Qc2 f5 22. Ba2 $16) 20. d5 Na5 21.
Ne5 Bf6 (21... Bc8 22. Qc2 Qxd5 23. Bxh7+ Kh8 24. c4 Qc5 25. Bb2 $40 {[%csl
Rh8]}) 22. Bf4 $1 Bxe5 23. Bxe5 Qxa3 24. Re3 $1 {The renown 2-Bs sac is on the
cards!} (24. Qd2 h6 25. Bxc7 Rxe2 26. Rxe2 Nb3 27. Qb2 Qxb2 28. Rxb2 Nc5 $14)
24... Qc5 $4 {[%mdl 8192] Karpov overlooks the threat, but it's to be said
that Black is already deep in trouble} (24... h6 25. Bxc7 (25. c4 Qb4 26. Bc3
Qd6 27. Rxe8 Rxe8 28. Rxe8+ Bxe8 29. Qg4 f6 30. Qe4 Kf8 31. c5 Qe7 $13) 25...
Rxe3 26. Rxe3 Qc5 27. d6 Nc4 28. Re7 $16) 25. Bxh7+ $1 Kxh7 26. Qh5+ (26. Qh5+
Kg8 27. Bxg7 Kxg7 (27... f5 28. Qg6 $18) 28. Rg3+ Kf6 29. Qg5#) 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 14th"]
[Site "Plovdiv"]
[Date "2003.10.14"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[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 "Georgia"]
[BlackTeam "Azerbaijan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GEO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AZE"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. c4
c6 9. Qc2 Na6 10. a3 Bg4 11. c5 Bb8 12. Ne5 Bxe5 13. dxe5 Nexc5 14. Bxh7+ Kh8
15. b4 Qh4 16. Bd3 Nxd3 17. Qxd3 Qh5 $1 {[%mdl 32] Taking control over the
white squares and securely blocking White's pawns. As opposed, their black
counterparts can be set in motion any time.} (17... Nc7 18. h3 Bh5 19. f4 f5
20. Nd2 Ne6 21. Nb3 b6 22. Nd4 Nxd4 23. Qxd4 Bf7 24. Be3 Rac8 25. Rac1 Rc7 26.
Rc3 Rfc8 27. Rfc1 $14 {1/2-1/2 Timman,J-Salov,V/Saint John 1988/Candidates (81)
}) 18. Re1 Bf5 (18... Nc7 $5) 19. Qg3 Nc7 20. Nd2 Ne6 21. Bb2 (21. Nb3 Rfd8 (
21... b6 22. Be3 $11) 22. Bb2 d4 23. Rad1 d3 $36) 21... b6 22. Nf1 c5 ({
Black should have prevented the "f1" N from getting to "e3", because using
this square as a springboard, it later proceeds to "d6" and secures White a
counterplay} 22... d4 $1 23. Qb3 Qg6 24. Rac1 (24. Ng3 Bd3 $17 {[%cal Yc6c4]})
24... c5 25. Red1 (25. Ng3 Bd3 $17) 25... Nf4 $1 26. Ng3 Be4 27. f3 Bd5 28. Qa4
Nd3 29. Rxd3 Qxd3 30. bxc5 bxc5 31. Rxc5 Qe3+ $1 32. Kf1 Rfd8 $140 $1 $17 33.
Qxd4 Bc4+ $19) 23. Ne3 d4 (23... Rfd8 24. Rad1 d4 25. Nc4 $132) 24. Nc4 b5 $5 {
This strategical pawn sac provides Black with an open "d"-file and a passing
"c4" P thus doing his cause a lot of good} (24... Qg4 25. Qxg4 Bxg4 26. Nd6 $13
) 25. Nd6 c4 26. Nxf5 Qxf5 27. Bxd4 $1 Rfd8 (27... Nxd4 $2 28. Qh4+ Kg8 29.
Qxd4 $16) 28. Be3 Kg8 29. h3 (29. a4 a5 $5 30. axb5 axb4) 29... Rd3 (29... Rd3
30. a4 Nd4 31. Rac1 a6 $44) 1/2-1/2

[Event "BIH-chT"]
[Site "Neum"]
[Date "2004.05.30"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Nisipeanu, Liviu Dieter"]
[Black "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2692"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2004.05.29"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BIH"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Kiseljak"]
[BlackTeam "Sarajevo Bosna"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BIH"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BIH"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. a3 Nc6 11. cxd5 Qxd5 12. Nc3 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Na5 14. Re1 (14.
Rb1 b6 (14... c5 15. Qa4 Qd8 16. dxc5 Bxc5 17. Bg5 Qc7 (17... f6 $8 18. Rfd1
Qe8 $16) 18. Bf4 Qd8 19. Rfd1 $18 {1-0 Crut,A-Friot,E/Bescanon 1999/EXT 2000 
(23)}) (14... c6 15. Qa4 Qa2 16. Bd3 $16 {0-1 Li Ruofan-Koneru,H/Hyderabad
2002/CBM 90 ext (35)}) (14... a6 15. Ne5 Bf5 16. Bf3 Be4 17. Bxe4 Qxe4 18. Rb2
Qd5 19. Re2 Bd6 20. Rfe1 b5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Blehm,P-Urban,K/Koszalin 1998/CBM 65
ext (27)}) 15. Bf4 Bd6 16. Ne5 Bf5 17. Rb5 Qe4 18. Bg3 Qc2 19. Qe1 a6 20. Bd1
Qa2 $17 {0-1 Harper,R-Rene,M/Dos Hermanas 2004/CBM 99 ext (29)}) (14. Bf4 $5) (
14. Ne5 c5 (14... Bf6 15. Bf3 Qd8 16. Qa4 c6 17. Bf4 Be6 18. Rab1 b5 19. Qd1
Bxe5 20. Bxe5 Bd5 21. Re1 Re8 22. Bxd5 Qxd5 23. Qg4 $36 {1-0 Matras,
A-Hernandez,Y/Warsaw 2001/CBM 82 ext (60)}) (14... Qb3 15. Qd3 Qd5 16. Bf3 Qd6
17. Bf4 $16 {1-0 Susilodonata,A-Lintchevski,D/Oropesa del Mar 2000/EXT 2001 
(33)}) 15. Rb1 Bf5 16. Rb5 b6 17. Re1 Rad8 18. Bf3 Qd6 19. Qe2 cxd4 20. cxd4
Rc8 21. Bd5 Be6 $132 {1/2-1/2 Xu Yuhua-Koneru,H/Hyderabad 2002/CBM 90 ext (44)}
) 14... Bd6 (14... Bf6 15. Rb1 c6 16. a4 Bf5 17. Rb2 b6 18. Nd2 Rad8 19. Bf3
Qd7 20. Ne4 Be7 21. Rbe2 Rfe8 $14 {1/2-1/2 Krstic,U-Rade,M/Pula 2001/CBM 84
ext (43)}) 15. Nd2 (15. Be3 b5 (15... Nc4 $5) 16. Ne5 Bb7 17. Bf3 Qe6 {1/2-1/2
Baklan,V-Nielsen,P/Mainz GER 2004/(17)}) 15... Bd7 16. Bf3 Qf5 17. Nf1 (17. Be4
Qg4 18. Bf3 (18. Qxg4 Bxg4 19. Rb1 Rfe8 20. f3 Bd7 $11) 18... Qg6 19. Nf1 (19.
Be4 Bf5 $15) 19... Rae8 20. Ne3 b5 $11 21. Bd2 Nc4 (21... c5 $5 $15) 22. Nxc4
bxc4 {[%cal Ye8b8,Yb8b3]} 23. Be3 Rb8 {1/2-1/2 Radjabov,T-Kramnik,V/Linares
ESP 2004/(23)} (23... Rb8 24. d5 Rb3 25. Qd4 Qd3 26. Be2 Qxc3 27. Bxc4 Rxa3 28.
Qxc3 Rxc3 29. Bf1 $11)) 17... Rae8 18. Ne3 Qf4 19. g3 Qf6 20. Kg2 (20. Bg2 $5
Bc6 (20... b5 21. a4 b4 (21... bxa4 $140 22. Rxa4 $1 $16) 22. Bd2 $1 (22. Nd5
Rxe1+ 23. Qxe1 Qg6 $1 24. cxb4 Nb3 $17) 22... Nc6 (22... b3 23. c4 b2 24. Rb1
Rxe3 25. Bxe3 Nxc4 26. Qb3 $16) 23. Nd5 Qg6 24. Nxb4 Bxb4 25. cxb4 Bg4 26. f3
$16) 21. Rb1 Bxg2 22. Kxg2 b6 $11) (20. Rb1 b6 21. Bg2 Bc6 $11) 20... b5 21. a4
b4 22. Bd2 Nc6 23. a5 (23. Nd5 Qg6 24. Nxb4 Bxb4 25. cxb4 Nxd4 $36) 23... Rb8
24. Be4 $1 (24. Nd5 Qg6 $11) 24... bxc3 25. Bxc3 Rfe8 26. Ng4 (26. Qd3 $1 Qh6 (
26... Nb4 27. Bxb4 Bxb4 28. Nd5 Qh6 29. Nxb4 Rxb4 30. Bf5 Qd6 31. Bxd7 Qxd7 32.
Qf5 $16) (26... h6 27. d5 Ne5 28. Qd2 $14) 27. Nf5 Bxf5 28. Bxf5 $14) 26...
Bxg4 27. Qxg4 Bb4 $1 28. Bxb4 (28. Rac1 Qd6 (28... Bxc3 29. Rxc3 Nxd4 30. Rxc7
a6 31. Bd5 $16) 29. Bxb4 Nxb4 30. Qf3 $14) 28... Nxb4 29. Qd7 (29. Rac1 Qd6 30.
Qf3 $14) 29... Qd6 $11 30. Qxd6 cxd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "New Delhi/Teheran"]
[Date "2000.12.14"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2755"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "146"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Bf5 11. a3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Nc6 13. Re1 dxc4 14. Bxc4 Bd6
15. Ra2 {[%mdl 12] Important novelty.White are trying to win battle over only
open line.} (15. Bg5 Qd7 16. Nh4 (16. Ne5 Bxe5 17. dxe5 h6 18. Qxd7 Bxd7 19.
Bh4 Be6 20. Bd3 g5 21. Bg3 Ne7 22. f4 Rad8 23. Be4 b6 24. Rf1 Bf5 $11 {1/2-1/2
Bologan,V-Karpov,A/Buenos Aires ARG 2000 (32)}) 16... Na5 17. Ba2 Be6 (17...
Bg4 18. Qd3 (18. Qc2 Rae8 19. h3 Be6 20. c4 Be7 21. Bxe7 Qxe7 22. Nf3 Qd8 (
22... Qd7 23. Qc3 b6 24. Rad1 f6 25. Nd2 Bf7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Noskowicz,K-Lasota,Z/
POL-ch34 sf06 corr 1990/CR97-90 (34)}) 23. d5 Bc8 24. c5 {1/2-1/2 Ljubojevic,
L-Yusupov,A/Barcelona WCup 1989/MAS C42 AY (24)}) (18. f3 Be6 19. d5 Bf5) 18...
Rae8 (18... h6 $2 19. Bxh6) 19. h3 (19. f3 Be6 20. d5 f6 21. Be3 (21. dxe6 $2
Bxh2+ (21... Bc5+ 22. Qe3 Bxe3+ 23. Bxe3 Qc6 24. e7+ Rf7 $17 {[%cal Ya5c4]})
22. Kxh2 Qxd3 23. e7+ Rf7 24. Rad1 Qb5 $19) 21... Bf7 22. c4 b6 $11) 19...
Rxe1+ 20. Rxe1 Re8 21. Re3 (21. Rxe8+ $5 Qxe8 22. Be3 Be6 23. c4 Qa4 24. d5 Bd7
25. c5 Bf8 26. Nf3 $36) 21... Rxe3 (21... Bh5 22. g4 (22. Bb1 Bg6 23. Nxg6 hxg6
$11) 22... Rxe3 (22... Bg6 23. Rxe8+ Qxe8 24. Nxg6 hxg6 25. Qxg6 $16) 23. Qxe3
Bg6 24. Nxg6 hxg6 25. Qe4 $14) 22. Bxe3 Be6 $1 23. d5 Bxh3 24. gxh3 Qxh3 25.
Qf5 (25. Nf5 Bh2+ 26. Kh1 Bg3+ $11) 25... Qxh4 26. Qc8+ Bf8 27. Bc5 Qg5+ $11 {
1/2-1/2 Svidler,P-Adams,M/New Delhi IND 2000/ (32)}) 18. Bxe6 fxe6 19. Nf3 (19.
Qg4 Rae8 20. Nf3 Qf7 $5 $11 {[%cal Yf7f5]}) 19... Rae8 20. Bh4 (20. Qd3 Qc6 21.
Ne5 Bxe5 22. Rxe5 b6 $132 {[%cal Ya5c4]}) 20... Qc6 21. Qc2 {/\22.Ng5} h6 22.
Bg3 Qd5 $11 23. a4 (23. Ne5 Nc4 24. Qg6 Bxe5 25. Bxe5 Re7 $11) 23... Nc4 24.
Re4 a6 25. Qe2 Qc6 $1 {[%cal Yc6c3,Yc6a4]} 26. Re1 Bxg3 27. hxg3 Nd6 28. Rxe6
Qxc3 29. Re5 Qb3 {1/2-1/2 Adams,M-Anand,V/New Delhi IND 2000 (29)}) (15. Ng5
Qd7 16. Qf3 (16. Ra2 $5) 16... Rae8 17. Rxe8 Rxe8 18. Bd2 Nd8 $1 19. Bd3 Bxd3
20. Qxd3 f5 $11 21. c4 Be7 $1 22. Nf3 Bf6 23. Rb1 b6 {/\24...c5} 24. c5 Qd5 (
24... bxc5 $5 25. Qc4+ Ne6 26. dxc5 (26. d5 Nd4 27. Nxd4 Bxd4 28. Rb7 a6) 26...
c6 $11) 25. cxb6 cxb6 26. Rb5 Qe4 27. Qc4+ Kh8 28. h3 h6 (28... Ne6 $5 29. Rd5
b5 $1 30. Rxb5 Nxd4 31. Nxd4 Bxd4 32. Qb4 $11) 29. Rb3 Qc6 30. Qd3 Qd5 31. Qb5
Qxb5 32. Rxb5 Ne6 33. Rd5 Kg8 34. Rd7 Rd8 35. Rxa7 Nxd4 36. Nxd4 Bxd4 37. Kf1
Bxf2 38. Bxh6 Bd4 39. Bd2 Re8 40. Rd7 Re4 41. g3 {1/2-1/2 Topalov,V-Adams,M/
New Delhi 2000/ (41)}) 15... Qd7 (15... Na5 16. Bd3 Bxd3 17. Qxd3 Re8 18. Rae2
Rxe2 19. Rxe2 h6 20. c4 $36) 16. Ng5 Bg6 (16... Na5 17. Bd3 Rfe8 18. Rae2 Rxe2
19. Qxe2 h6 20. Ne4 $14) (16... h6 17. Ne4 Rae8 18. Rae2 $14) 17. Ne4 Rfe8 18.
Rae2 Bxe4 19. Rxe4 Rxe4 20. Rxe4 Re8 21. f3 $5 (21. Qe2 Rxe4 22. Qxe4 Qe7 23.
f3 $14) 21... Nd8 22. Bb3 (22. Qe2 Re7 23. Bb3 (23. Bg5 Rxe4 24. fxe4 Bxa3 25.
Bxd8 Qxd8 26. Qa2 Qe7 27. Bxf7+ Qxf7 28. Qxa3 $11) 23... c6 24. a4 Ne6 $14)
22... c6 23. a4 Ne6 24. g3 Nc7 $14 25. Kg2 b6 26. Qd3 Nd5 27. Bg5 Bf8 28. h4 g6
29. Qd2 h6 $1 30. Bf4 (30. Bxh6 Bxh6 31. Qxh6 Rxe4 32. fxe4 Qg4 $1 33. exd5 (
33. Bxd5 Qe2+ 34. Kh3 cxd5 35. exd5 Qf1+ $11) 33... Qe2+ 34. Kh3 Qf1+ 35. Kh2 (
35. Kg4 $4 Qf5#) 35... Qf2+ $11) 30... Rxe4 31. fxe4 Nxf4+ 32. Qxf4 Kg7 33. h5
$1 (33. e5 Qf5 34. Qxf5 gxf5 35. Kf3 Ba3 $132 {[%cal Ya3b2,Yb2e5] /=}) 33...
gxh5 (33... g5 $6 34. Qf3 f6 35. e5 $36 {[%csl Rg7]}) 34. e5 Kg8 35. Qf3 Bg7
36. Qxh5 c5 $1 {White has obvious advantage here,but they didn`t find a way to
start an attack,which could be dangerous because of opposite coloured Bishops}
37. Qf3 cxd4 38. cxd4 Qe7 39. Qc6 Bf8 40. Qg6+ Bg7 41. Qf5 Qe8 42. Kh2 Qe7 43.
Kg1 Qe8 44. Kf2 Kf8 45. Ke3 Kg8 46. Kd3 Qe7 47. g4 Bf8 48. Bd5 Qa3+ 49. Ke4 Qe7
50. Qg6+ Bg7 51. Qc6 Bf8 52. Qb7 Qxb7 53. Bxb7 Bb4 54. d5 Kf8 55. Kf5 Be7 56.
Ba6 Bg5 {Now Black are out of danger.} 57. d6 Bh4 58. Bb5 Bg3 59. Ke4 Bh2 60.
Kf5 Bg3 61. Bc4 Bh4 62. Bd5 Ke8 63. Bc4 Kf8 64. Bb5 Bg3 65. Bc6 Bh4 66. Ke4 Bg5
67. Bb5 Bh4 68. Kd5 Bg3 69. e6 fxe6+ 70. Kxe6 Bf4 71. d7 Bc7 72. Kf6 Bd8+ 73.
Kg6 Bg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "New Delhi/Teheran"]
[Date "2000.12.05"]
[Round "3.8"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Hecht} e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O
O-O 8. c4 c6 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Nc3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Bg4 12. Rb1 Nd7 13. h3 Bh5 14.
Rb5 Nb6 15. c4 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 dxc4 17. Bc2 Qd7 18. a4 Rfe8 19. Be3 Rad8 20. Rfb1
Bc7 21. Be4 Nxa4 $146 {[%mdl 8]} (21... c3 22. Rc5 Re7 23. a5 Na4 24. Rd5 Qe8
25. Rxb7 Rxd5 26. Bxd5 Nb2 27. Bb3 h6 28. a6 Nc4 29. Bxc4 Qa4 30. Bd3 g6 31. g3
{1-0 Hilchenko-Borisov,V/Memorial Ljubomirov corr. 1997 (31)}) 22. Rd5 Bd6 $2 (
22... Qe7 $1 23. Rxb7 Nc3 24. Rc5 (24. Re5 Qd6 25. Bxh7+ Kxh7 26. Qxf7 Rxe5 27.
Rxc7 Ne2+ 28. Kf1 Ng3+ 29. fxg3 (29. Kg1 Qg6 $1 30. Qxg6+ Kxg6 31. dxe5 Rd1+
32. Kh2 Nf1+ 33. Kg1 Nxe3+ $19) 29... Rf8 30. dxe5 Rxf7+ 31. Rxf7 Qxe5 $17) (
24. Rxd8 Rxd8 (24... Qxd8 25. Bg5 (25. Bc6 Re7 $17) 25... Qc8 (25... Qd6 26.
Qxc3 Rxe4 (26... Qh2+ 27. Kf1 Rxe4 (27... Qh1+ 28. Ke2 Rxe4+ (28... Qxg2 29.
Rxc7 $18) 29. Be3 $16)) 27. Be3 Qd7 28. Rb4 $11) 26. Qxc3 Rxe4 27. Rxa7 Bb6 (
27... Bb8 28. Ra1 $11) 28. Rxf7 Bxd4 29. Qf3 Re1+ 30. Kh2 $11) 25. Bf4 Qxe4 (
25... Nxe4 26. Rxc7 Qe6 27. Be5 Qg6 $11) 26. Qxe4 Nxe4 27. Rxc7 Nc3 28. Be3 Nd5
29. Rxc4 $11) 24... Qxe4 (24... Rd7 $2 25. Bc6 $16) 25. Rcxc7 Qxf3 26. gxf3 Rb8
27. Rxb8 Rxb8 28. Rxc4 (28. Rxa7 Nd5 (28... Nb5 29. Rd7 c3 30. Kf1 $11)) 28...
Nd5 29. Rc5 Rd8 30. Ra5 Rd7 31. Kf1 f5 32. Ke2 Kf7 33. Kd3 $11) 23. Rh5 $1 g6
24. Rxb7 $16 Bc7 (24... Qxb7 25. Bxb7 gxh5 26. Bc6 $18) 25. Rd5 (25. Bc6 $5 Qd6
26. Bxe8 Rxe8 27. Re5 (27. Rxh7 Re7 28. Rxc7 Rxc7 (28... Qxc7 29. Rh4 f5 30.
Qa8+ Kf7 31. Bf4 $18) (28... Kxh7 29. Rxc4 $16) 29. Bf4 Qc6 30. Qg3 Kxh7 31.
Bxc7 Nb6 $11) 27... Rxe5 28. dxe5 Qxe5 29. g3 $16) 25... Qc8 (25... Qe7 26. Re5
$1 Qd6 27. Bd5 Rf8 (27... Re7 28. Bg5 $18) 28. Bh6 $18) 26. Rxd8 Rxd8 (26...
Qxd8 27. Bc6 $18) 27. Bd5 Rd7 28. Qf6 Qd8 $2 (28... Qf8 $8 29. Qc6 Qe7 30. Rxc7
Rxc7 31. Qxa4 c3 $132 {/+/-}) 29. Qxd8+ Rxd8 30. Bc6 $18 Bb6 31. Bxa4 Bxd4 32.
Bxd4 Rxd4 33. Rxa7 c3 34. Bb3 Rb4 35. Ra3 Kg7 36. Kf1 f5 37. Bc2 Rc4 38. Ke2
Kf6 39. Kd3 Rf4 $1 40. f3 Kg5 {[%cal Yg5h4,Yh4g3]} 41. Ke3 Rc4 42. Ra4 $1 f4+ (
42... Rxa4 43. Bxa4 Kh4 44. Kf4 $18) 43. Kf2 Rxa4 44. Bxa4 {Hecht: '[#] Der
Gewinn ist nur eine Frage der Zeit und der sauberen Technik. Der schwarze
c-Bauer spielt keine entscheidende Rolle. Man beachte, daЯ der Lдufer nicht
das Umwandlungsfeld des Randbauern beherrscht. '} Kh4 45. Bc2 Kg5 46. g3 fxg3+
47. Kxg3 Kh5 48. f4 ({Einfacher ist es, den Gewinnbauern zu schonen und den
abtauschfдhigen h-Bauern zu aktiveren} 48. h4 {Hecht} h6 (48... g5 49. hxg5
Kxg5 50. Bxh7 $18) (48... Kh6 49. Kg4 Kg7 50. h5 gxh5+ (50... Kf6 51. hxg6 hxg6
52. f4 $18) 51. Kxh5 h6 52. f4 $18) 49. Bb3 $18 g5 (49... c2 50. Be6 c1=Q 51.
Bg4#) 50. Bf7#) 48... Kh6 49. Kg4 Kg7 50. h4 $1 {[%cal Gh4h5]} h6 51. Kf3 Kf7
52. Ke4 Kf6 53. Kd4 g5 54. hxg5+ hxg5 55. f5 g4 56. Ke4 (56. Ke4 Kg5 57. Ke3
$18) 1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "New Delhi/Teheran"]
[Date "2000.12.06"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2689"]
[BlackElo "2755"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Be6 11. Ne5 f6 12. Nf3 Kh8 13. Re1 (13. a3 Nxc3 14. bxc3
Nc6 15. Nd2 (15. cxd5 Bxd5 16. Bd3 f5 17. Re1 Qd7 18. Bf4 Rae8 19. Bb5 Bd6 20.
Rxe8 Rxe8 21. Bxd6 Qxd6 22. Ne5 {1/2-1/2 Aarthie,R-Goodger,M/York ENG 2000/ 
(22)}) 15... f5 16. Re1 Bf6 17. Bf3 Bg8 18. cxd5 Bxd5 19. Nb3 b6 20. Bf4 Ne7
21. Be5 c6 22. Bxf6 Rxf6 23. Nc1 Ng6 24. Nd3 h6 25. Ne5 Nh4 26. Bxd5 Qxd5 27.
f3 c5 28. dxc5 {1/2-1/2 Leko,P-Kramnik,V/Dortmund GER 2000 (28)}) (13. Qb3 Nxc3
14. bxc3 dxc4 15. Bxc4 Bxc4 16. Qxc4 Qd5 17. Qb3 Qxb3 18. axb3 Nd5 19. Re1 Rfe8
20. Bd2 c6 21. c4 Nb6 22. Nh4 Kg8 23. Nf5 Kf7 24. Kf1 $14 {1-0 Adams,M-Timman,
J/Wijk aan Zee 2000/CBM 75/ (41)}) 13... f5 (13... c6 14. a3 Na6 15. cxd5 cxd5
16. Bd3 f5 17. Bf4 Rc8 18. Qb3 Bf6 19. Be5 Qe7 20. Rac1 Bg8 21. Bxa6 bxa6 22.
Ne2 $16 {1-0 Khalifman,A-Timman,J/Hoogeveen NED 2000 (36)}) (13... Bg8 14. a3
Nxc3 15. bxc3 Nc6 16. cxd5 Bxd5 17. Bb2 f5 18. Nd2 Bf6 19. c4 Bf7 20. Nb3 b5
21. cxb5 Bxb3 22. Qxb3 Nxd4 23. Qc4 Nxe2+ 24. Qxe2 Bxb2 25. Qxb2 a6 $11 {
1/2-1/2 Lutz,C-Van der Sterren,P/Venlo NED 2000/The Week in Chess 303 (30)})
14. a3 Nc6 15. cxd5 Bxd5 (15... Nxc3 16. bxc3 Bxd5 17. Bf4 Bd6 18. Qd2 Qf6 $11)
16. Bd3 Bf6 (16... Nxc3 $5 17. bxc3 Qd6 18. Rb1 Rae8 $11) 17. Be3 (17. Nxe4
fxe4 18. Bxe4 Re8 19. Bxd5 Rxe1+ 20. Qxe1 Qxd5 $15) (17. Bxe4 fxe4 18. Nxe4 Re8
19. Nxf6 Qxf6 20. Rxe8+ Rxe8 21. Be3 Bxf3 22. Qxf3 Qxf3 23. gxf3 Ne7 $1 $11)
17... Nxc3 (17... Qd7 18. Nxd5 (18. Qc2 Nxc3 (18... Rfe8 19. Nxd5 Qxd5 20. Bc4
Qd6 21. Rad1 $14) 19. Bxf5 Qf7 20. bxc3 Bxf3 21. gxf3 Bxd4 $17) 18... Qxd5 19.
Rc1 Rfe8 20. Qa4 $14) 18. bxc3 Qd7 19. Ng5 {[%cal Gc3c4]} Ne7 (19... Na5 $2 20.
Nxh7 Kxh7 21. Qh5+ Kg8 22. Bxf5 g6 23. Bxg6 $16) 20. c4 Bg8 21. Rb1 b6 (21...
f4 $5 22. Bxf4 Bxd4 23. Bg3 (23. Re4 Rad8) 23... Nf5 24. Bxf5 Rxf5 25. Nf3 c5
26. Be5 Re8 (26... Rd8 27. Nxd4 cxd4 28. Qd3 $14) 27. Bxd4 Rxe1+ 28. Qxe1 cxd4
29. Qe4 b6 30. Ne5 Qe6 31. f4 d3 32. Rd1 g5 $132) 22. Nf3 $14 Bf7 {[%csl Rd4]
[%cal Yf7h5,Yh5d1]} 23. Bg5 (23. Qd2 $5 Bh5 (23... Rad8 24. Bg5 Bxg5 25. Qxg5
$14) 24. Be2 Rad8 25. Bg5 Bxf3 26. Bxf3 Ng6 27. Bxf6 Rxf6 28. d5 Rff8 (28...
Nh4 29. Qf4 Nxf3+ 30. Qxf3 c6 31. Rbd1 Rd6 32. Re5 $14) 29. Re2 Rfe8 30. Rbe1
Rxe2 31. Qxe2 $14) 23... Bxg5 (23... Bh5 $2 24. Bxf6 Rxf6 25. Ne5 $1 Qe8 26.
Qd2 (26. Qc2 $16) 26... Rd8 27. d5 Qf8 28. Qg5 $36) 24. Nxg5 Bg8 25. Nf3 (25.
d5 $2 c6 26. Ne6 Rf6 $15) (25. Qc2 Nc6 (25... Rae8 26. Nf3 Nc6 27. Rxe8 Rxe8
28. Bxf5 $16) 26. d5 Nd4 27. Qc3 c5 $1 $11) 25... Nc6 26. d5 Na5 27. Re5 (27.
Nd4 c6 28. Qh5 cxd5 (28... g6 29. Qh4 cxd5 30. Re7 Qd6 31. Ne6 $140 dxc4 32.
Nxf8 Rxf8 $15) 29. Bxf5 Qd6 30. Ne6 Rf6 $132 {[%cal Yf6h6]}) 27... Rae8 (27...
c6 $5 28. Nd4 (28. Qd2 Rad8 29. Rbe1 Qd6 $132 30. Re7 cxd5) (28. Qc2 cxd5 29.
Bxf5 Qc7 30. cxd5 Qxc2 31. Bxc2 Nc4 $17) 28... cxd5 29. cxd5 Bxd5 30. Bxf5 Qf7
$132 {[%cal Yf8f2]}) 28. Rxe8 (28. Qc2 Rxe5 29. Nxe5 Qd6 30. Re1 c6 $11) 28...
Rxe8 29. Qc2 f4 $11 {[%cal Yc7c6]} 30. Rd1 Qd6 31. Qc3 Re7 32. Bc2 Nb7 $1 (
32... c6 33. c5 Qxc5 34. Qxc5 bxc5 35. d6 $16) 33. h3 a5 34. Nd4 Qf6 35. Qf3
Nd6 36. Qc3 Nb7 37. Qf3 Nd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2004.02.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Dvoirys, Semen I"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2594"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2004.02.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 100"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. c4 Nc6 6. d4 d5 7. c5 {To my
opinion taking down pressure to pawn d5 wouldn't bring advantage to White.} Bg4
(7... Be7 8. Bb5 O-O (8... Bd7 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 Bf6 11. Bf4 Nxd4 12. Nxd4
Bxd4 13. Qxd4 Bxb5 14. f3 Qh4 (14... Nf6 15. Nc3 $44) 15. Bg3 Qf6 16. Be5 Qh4
17. Nc3 {1-0 Dvoirys,S-Bick,J/Biel SUI 2003/(17)}) 9. O-O Bg4 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11.
h3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 Bf6 13. Rd1 Rb8 14. Nc3 Re8 15. b3 Rb4 16. Ne2 Qc8 17. Be3 a5
18. Nf4 Ng5 19. Qg3 Ne4 $11 {1/2-1/2 Rohl Montes,J-Molale,O/Bled 2002/EXT 2003
(32)}) 8. Bb5 (8. Be2 Be7 (8... Qf6 9. Nc3 O-O-O 10. Be3 h6 11. O-O g5 (11...
g6 12. h3 Bf5 13. Qb3 Nxc3 14. bxc3 $14) 12. Nxg5 Bxe2 13. Ngxe4 dxe4 14. Qxe2
Nxd4 15. Bxd4 Rxd4 16. Nxe4 Qe5 17. Rfe1 Bxc5 $11) 9. O-O Bf6 10. Be3 O-O 11.
Nc3 b6 $132) 8... Qf6 9. Nc3 (9. Be3 O-O-O $15) 9... Bxf3 (9... O-O-O 10. Bxc6
bxc6 (10... Qxc6 11. Ne5 Bxd1 12. Nxc6 Re8 13. Nxa7+ Kb8 14. Kxd1 Nxf2+ 15. Kc2
Nxh1 16. Nab5 $16 {[%cal Gc1f4]}) 11. Be3 $13) 10. Qxf3 Qxd4 11. O-O O-O-O (
11... Nxc3 12. bxc3 Qe4 13. Qd1 O-O-O 14. Bxc6 bxc6 15. Be3 Qc4 16. Rb1 $44)
12. Be3 (12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. Be3 Qf6 14. Qg4+ Qe6 {-see game}) 12... Qf6 13. Qg4+
Qe6 14. Qxe6+ fxe6 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Bxc6 bxc6 17. Rac1 Rd5 18. Rc4 Be7 19. b4
(19. Rxe4 Kd7 (19... Bxc5 20. Rxe6 Bxe3 21. fxe3 Rd2 22. b4 Rxa2 23. Re7 $16)
20. Ra4 Bxc5 21. Bxc5 Rxc5 22. Rxa7 Rd5 $11) 19... Kd7 $1 {It is a
multifunctional move.Black protect weak pawn e6 and prepare counterplay by a5.}
20. Rxe4 a5 $132 21. bxa5 (21. a3 axb4 22. axb4 Bf6 $11 {[%csl Rb4,Rc5] /=/+})
21... Ra8 22. Ra4 Bxc5 $15 23. Bxc5 Rxc5 24. a6 Rb5 25. Rd1+ Ke7 26. g3 c5 27.
Rd3 Ra7 28. Kg2 Rb6 29. Rda3 Kd6 30. Kf3 Kc6 31. Ra5 Rb5 32. Ke3 {White agree
to play pawns endgame counting that passed pawn a will compensate extra pawn
of Black.} (32. R5a4 Rb4 33. Ra5 Kb6 $15) 32... Rxa5 33. Rxa5 Kb6 34. Ra4 Rxa6
35. Rxa6+ Kxa6 {[%mdl 4096]} 36. Kd3 Kb5 37. Kc3 e5 $2 {Pawn a5 is closer to
Kc3 now.} ({Probably the best move was} 37... g5 $5 {with the idea to prevent
creation paseed pawn in future. To my opinion Black have good winning chances.}
38. f4 (38. f3 c4 39. a4+ (39. f4 gxf4 40. gxf4 Kc5 $19) 39... Kc5 40. h4 gxh4
41. gxh4 h5 42. f4 c6 $19) 38... gxf4 39. gxf4 c4 40. a3 (40. Kc2 Kb4 41. a3+ (
41. Kb2) (41. Kd2 c3+ 42. Kd3 h5 43. h4 c6 44. Kc2 Kc4 45. Kd1 Kd3 46. Kc1 c2
47. a4 Kc4 48. Kxc2 Kb4 49. Kd3 c5 $19) 41... Kc5 42. Kc3 h5 43. h4 Kd5 44. Kc2
Kd4 45. Kd2 (45. a4 Kc5 46. Kc3 c6 $19)) 40... Kc5 41. a4 h5 42. h4 c6 $22 $19)
38. f3 c4 39. h3 g6 40. h4 h6 41. a4+ Kc5 (41... Kxa4 42. Kxc4 (42. h5 $5 gxh5
43. Kxc4 Ka3 44. Kd5 Kb3 45. Kxe5 c5 46. f4 c4 47. f5 c3 48. f6 c2 49. f7 c1=Q
50. f8=Q Qe3+ $17) 42... Ka3 (42... h5 43. Kc5 Kb3 44. g4 Kc3 (44... hxg4 45.
fxg4 e4 46. Kd4 c5+ 47. Kxe4 c4 48. h5 $11) 45. gxh5 gxh5 46. Kc6 Kd4 47. Kxc7
Ke3 48. Kd6 $11) 43. Kc3 $1 (43. g4 g5 44. h5 (44. hxg5 hxg5 45. Kd5 Kb4 46.
Kxe5 c5 47. f4 gxf4 48. g5 (48. Kxf4 c4 49. g5 c3 $19) 48... f3 49. g6 f2 50.
g7 f1=Q 51. g8=Q Qe2+ $19) 44... Kb2 45. Kd5 Kb3 46. Kxe5 c5 47. f4 gxf4 48. g5
hxg5 49. Ke4 c4 50. h6 c3 51. h7 c2 52. h8=Q c1=Q 53. Qb8+ Kc2 54. Qc7+ Kd1 55.
Qd8+ Ke2 56. Qxg5 Qe3+ 57. Kd5 f3 $19) (43. Kd5 Kb3 44. h5 $1 (44. Kc6 Kc4 45.
Kxc7 g5 46. Kd6 Kd4 $19) 44... gxh5 45. Kxe5 c5 46. f4 c4 47. f5 c3 48. f6 c2
49. f7 c1=Q 50. f8=Q Qe3+ $17) 43... Ka2 44. Kc2 (44. Kc4 Kb2) 44... c6 45. g4
g5 46. h5 c5 47. Kc3 Kb1 48. Kc4 Kc2 49. Kxc5 Kd3 50. Kd5 Ke3 51. Kxe5 Kxf3 52.
Kf5 Kg3 53. Kg6 Kxg4 54. Kxh6 Kf5 55. Kg7 g4 56. h6 g3 57. h7 g2 58. h8=Q g1=Q+
59. Kf8 Qc5+ 60. Kg8 $11) 42. h5 $1 $11 {White are in time to move there pawn
into queen simultaneously with Black due to this strong move.} gxh5 (42... g5
43. a5 Kb5 (43... c6 44. a6 Kb6 45. Kxc4 Kxa6 46. Kc5 Kb7 47. Kd6 g4 48. fxg4
e4 49. g5 $11) 44. a6 Kxa6 45. Kxc4 Kb6 46. Kd5 c5 47. Kxe5 Kc6 48. f4 $11) 43.
a5 Kb5 44. a6 Kxa6 45. Kxc4 Ka5 (45... Kb6 46. Kd5 c5 47. Kxe5 Kc6 48. f4 c4
49. Kd4 Kb5 50. f5 c3 $11) 46. Kd5 Kb4 (46... Kb5 47. Kxe5 c5 48. f4 c4 (48...
Kc6 49. f5 Kd7 50. Kd5 Ke7 51. Kxc5 Kf6 52. Kd4 Kxf5 53. Ke3 $11) 49. Kd4 $1
Kb4 50. f5 c3 51. f6 c2 52. f7 c1=Q 53. f8=Q+ $11) 47. Kxe5 c5 48. f4 c4 49. f5
c3 50. f6 c2 51. f7 c1=Q 52. f8=Q+ Qc5+ 53. Qxc5+ Kxc5 54. Kf5 Kd5 55. Kg6 Ke4
(55... Ke4 56. Kxh5 Kf3 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Stepanakert Petrosian Memorial"]
[Site "Stepanakert"]
[Date "2004.03.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ghaem Maghami, Ehsan"]
[Black "Pashikian, Arman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2549"]
[BlackElo "2451"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2004.03.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 100"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. c4 Nc6 6. Nc3 Nxc3 7. bxc3 Be7 8.
d4 Bg4 9. Bd3 Bh5 (9... d5 10. O-O dxc4 11. Bxc4 O-O 12. Re1 Bd6 13. Qd3 Qf6
14. Bg5 Qf5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Heppekausen,J-Kuehn,M/Germany 1995/GER (41)}) (9...
O-O 10. O-O Bf6 11. h3 Bh5 12. Rb1 Na5 13. Bxh7+ Kxh7 14. Ng5+ Bxg5 (14... Kh6
$1 15. Nxf7+ Kg6 16. Nxd8 Bxd1 17. Ne6 Bc2 18. Rb2 Ba4 19. Nxf8+ Rxf8 $15) 15.
Qxh5+ Bh6 16. Bxh6 gxh6 17. Qxa5 $18 {0-1 Prats Rodriquez,J-Leiro Giralt,D/ESP
1999/EXT 2000 (50)}) 10. Rb1 Qc8 $6 {This move is not good because Qc8 has to
protect pawn b7 and this leads to lack of coordination of black pieces.} (10...
Rb8 11. O-O O-O 12. Be4 Bg6 $14) 11. O-O O-O 12. Re1 Bf6 13. Bf4 Bg6 $2 {
After this mistake White can exploit lack of coordination in the position of
Black.} (13... Qg4 14. Bg3 Rab8 15. c5 $1 $16) (13... h6 $5 14. Rb5 Bg6 15.
Bxg6 fxg6 $14) 14. Bg5 $1 Bxg5 15. Nxg5 Bxd3 (15... Nd8 $142 16. Bxg6 fxg6 (
16... hxg6 17. Qf3 Qf5 18. Qg3 f6 19. Ne4 $16) 17. Rb2 $16 {[%cal Gb2e2]}) 16.
Qxd3 g6 17. Qf3 $16 Rb8 18. Ne4 f6 $1 (18... f5 19. Ng5 Qd7 20. Qd5+ Kh8 21. c5
$16) 19. h4 (19. Re2 Kg7 20. Rbe1 Qd7 $14) 19... Kg7 (19... Qd8 20. Qf4 Kg7 21.
h5 $36) 20. c5 Qd7 (20... d5 21. Ng3 Qd7 22. Ne2 $1 $16 {[%cal Ge2f4,Gf4d5,
Gf4e6]}) 21. h5 Rbe8 $2 (21... d5 22. h6+ Kxh6 23. Nxf6 Qf7 24. Qh3+ Kg7 25.
Re6 h6 26. Rbe1 $16) 22. cxd6 (22. h6+ $5 Kxh6 23. Rxb7 d5 (23... f5 24. Qh3+
Kg7 25. cxd6 $18) 24. Qf4+ g5 25. Qh2+ Kg6 26. Rxc7 $18) 22... cxd6 23. Qf4 $1
Rd8 (23... d5 24. h6+ Kh8 25. Nxf6 Rxe1+ 26. Rxe1 Qd8 27. Re6 $18) 24. hxg6
hxg6 25. Re3 $1 g5 (25... Ne7 26. Rh3 Nf5 27. g4 $18) 26. Rg3 $1 (26. Nxg5 fxg5
27. Qxg5+ Kh8 28. Rh3+ $140 Qxh3 $1 29. gxh3 Rg8 $17) 26... Kh8 27. Qf3 $1 Qe7
28. Qh5+ (28. Rh3+ Kg8 (28... Kg7 29. Ng3 $18) 29. Rxb7 $1 Qxb7 30. Nxf6+ Rxf6
31. Qxf6 Qg7 32. Qe6+ Qf7 33. Rh8+ $18) 28... Qh7 29. Rh3 Qxh5 30. Rxh5+ Kg7
31. Rxb7+ Rf7 (31... Kg6 32. g4 Rf7 33. Rh6+ Kxh6 34. Rxf7 $18) 32. Rh7+ 1-0

[Event "Stepanakert Petrosian Memorial"]
[Site "Stepanakert"]
[Date "2004.03.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Macieja, Bartlomiej"]
[Black "Pashikian, Arman"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2451"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2004.03.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 100"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. c4
c6 9. a3 Na6 10. Qc2 f5 11. Nc3 Nc7 12. c5 Be7 13. Ne2 Bf6 (13... Ne6 14. Nf4
N6g5 (14... Bf6 15. Nxe6 Bxe6 16. Bf4 Bf7 (16... Qe8 17. Be5 Qh5 18. Qb3 Bxe5
19. Nxe5 Rab8 20. Rfe1 Qh6 21. f3 $16 {1-0 Kulaots,K-Lauk,U/Tallinn op 2000/CA
(44)}) (16... g5 17. Be5 g4 18. Bxf6 Qxf6 19. Ne5 Qh4 20. f4 g3 21. h3 Kh8 22.
b4 a6 23. a4 Nf2 24. Qd2 Rg8 25. Ra3 Rg7 26. Rfa1 Rag8 27. b5 Nxh3+ 28. gxh3 g2
29. Be2 $16 {1-0 Navara,D-Berezjuk,S/Ostrava 2002/CBM 88 ext (35)}) 17. Be5 Bh5
18. Bxf6 Qxf6 19. Ne5 Rad8 20. f3 Ng5 21. Rfe1 Ne6 22. Qf2 f4 23. b4 $16 {
1-0 Gipslis,A-Raetsky,A/Berlin 1993/TD (44)}) (14... Qc7 15. Nxe6 Bxe6 16. b4 (
16. Re1 Rae8 17. Ne5 Bc8 18. Bf4 Qd8 19. Re2 Bg5 20. Bxg5 Qxg5 21. b4 f4 22. f3
Bh3 23. Kh1 $16 {1-0 Seminara,J-Ferrara,A/Buenos Aires 1998/EXT 2002 (28)})
16... Bf6 17. Bb2 f4 18. Rfe1 Rfe8 19. h3 g6 20. Bxe4 dxe4 21. Rxe4 Bd5 22.
Rxe8+ Rxe8 23. Ne5 $14 {1-0 Gruenfeld,Y-Greenfeld,A/ISR t-ch playoff 2002 (45)}
) 15. Nxg5 Nxg5 16. Re1 (16. b4 Bf6 17. Qc3 Ne4 18. Qb2 b6 19. Nh5 Be7 20. f3
Nf6 21. Ng3 g6 22. Bf4 Rf7 23. Rfe1 Bf8 24. Re2 a5 25. Rae1 $14 {1/2-1/2
Kulaots,K-Lauk,U/Puhajarve EST 2001/ (61)}) 16... Bf6 17. Be3 g6 18. f3 Qc7 19.
Qf2 Qg7 20. Rad1 Re8 21. Bc2 Bd7 22. Kh1 Re7 23. Qg3 Nf7 $11 {0-1 Sherzer,
A-Wolff,P/Philadelphia 1987/EXT 97 (50)}) 14. b4 (14. Nd2 Ne6 15. Nb3 Bd7 (
15... a5 $5 16. a4 b6 17. f3 bxc5 18. dxc5 Rb8 $132) 16. f3 Be8 17. Kh1 g6 18.
Bh6 Ng7 19. fxe4 fxe4 20. Bxe4 dxe4 21. Nc3 $16 {1-0 Sutovsky,E-Volzhin,A/
Ohrid MKD 2001/ (39)}) (14. Bf4 Ne6 15. Be5 g5 (15... Bd7 16. b4 Rc8 17. Qb2
Kh8 18. Bxf6 Rxf6 19. Ne5 Be8 20. f3 N4g5 21. Rad1 $16 {0-1 Hazai,L-Valkesalmi,
K/Espoo 1987/EXT 97 (57)}) (15... Qe8 16. Bxf6 (16. b4 Bxe5 17. Nxe5 Nxd4 18.
Nxd4 Qxe5 19. Nf3 Qf6 20. Rac1 Bd7 21. Rfe1 Rae8 $17 {0-1 Franke,H-Dempster,D/
WT/M\406 1990 (35)}) 16... Rxf6 17. b4 Rh6 18. Qb2 Qh5 19. Ng3 Qg4 20. Ne5 Qh4
21. Nf3 $11 {1/2-1/2 Zagorski,F-Marolt,T/IECG 2002/Telechess CBM 95 (24)}) (
15... Re8 16. b4 Bxe5 17. Nxe5 Nxd4 18. Nxd4 Rxe5 19. f3 Nf6 20. Bxf5 Qe8 21.
Bd3 Bd7 22. Qd2 Qh5 23. Rae1 Rae8 $11 {0-1 Chumfwa,S-Olape,B/Abuja NGR 2003/
(39)}) 16. b4 (16. h3 h5 17. Bh2 g4 18. hxg4 hxg4 19. Ne5 Bxe5 20. Bxe5 Rf7 21.
f3 Qg5 22. fxe4 Qe3+ 23. Rf2 fxe4 24. Ng3 exd3 25. Qd2 Qxd2 26. Rxd2 Nf4 27.
Bxf4 Rxf4 28. Rxd3 $11 {1/2-1/2 Wolf,W-Lueckert,B/DDR-ch H170 corr 1974/
CR97-74 (53)}) 16... g4 (16... a5 $6 17. Qb2 axb4 18. axb4 Rxa1 19. Rxa1 g4 20.
Bxf6 Rxf6 21. Ne5 Rh6 22. g3 Qe8 23. Ra8 $16 {1-0 Rodriguez Lopez,R-Hernandez
Estevez,Y/Mondariz 1995/EXT 97 (33)}) 17. Nd2 Bxe5 18. dxe5 b6 19. cxb6 Qxb6
20. Nb3 Rf7 21. Rac1 Bd7 22. Bxe4 fxe4 23. Qc3 Raf8 24. Ned4 $16 {1-0 Miller,
J-Noire,E/IECG 2001/Telechess CBM 87 (32)} (24. Ned4 Nxd4 25. Nxd4 Re7 26. a4
Rc8 27. e6 Bxe6 28. Nxc6 Rf7 29. b5 Qc7 30. Qe3 Rcf8 31. a5 Qd6 32. a6 {
1-0 Miller,J-Noire,E/IECG 2001/Telechess CBM 87 (32)})) (14. Ne5 Ne6 15. f4 g5
(15... Bd7 16. b4 (16. Be3 Be8 17. Kh1 Bh5 18. b4 Bxe2 19. Bxe2 Bxe5 20. dxe5
g5 $132 {1/2-1/2 Bratovic,B-Madan,A/Balatonlelle HUN 2003/(48)}) 16... Be8 17.
Be3 Kh8 18. a4 a6 19. Qb3 g5 20. Bxe4 fxe4 21. fxg5 Bxg5 22. Rxf8+ Nxf8 23. Rf1
Ng6 24. Bf4 $36 {1/2-1/2 Zoeller,T-Rack,M/Griesheim 2000/EXT 2001 (36)}) 16. g3
(16. b4 Qc7 17. g3 gxf4 18. gxf4 Bd7 {1/2-1/2 Jobava,B-Lautier,J/Plovdiv BUL
2003/(18)}) 16... Kh8 17. Be3 gxf4 18. gxf4 Bxe5 19. fxe5 Rg8+ 20. Kh1 Qh4 $40
{1/2-1/2 Vesselovsky,S-Haba,P/Czech Rep CZE 2003/(37)}) 14... Ne6 15. Bb2 Qc7 (
15... a6 16. a4 g6 17. Ne5 Bg7 18. f3 $14 {Kapustin - Kuzenkov, corr 1986
[Jussupow] (18)}) 16. b5 (16. Nd2 Bg5 17. Nb3 Bd7 18. Bc1 f4 19. f3 Nf6 20. a4
g6 $1 21. b5 Ng7 22. Rb1 Bf5 23. Bd2 Rfe8 $13 {0-1 Zambrana,O-Krush,I/Buenos
Aires 2003/CBM 97/[Huzman] (35)}) (16. Rfe1 Bd7 (16... g6 17. Nc1 Bd7 18. Bf1
Rae8 19. Nd3 Bc8 20. Nfe5 N4g5 21. a4 f4 22. f3 Nf7 23. Nxf7 Rxf7 24. Qf2 Ree7
25. Re2 Ng7 26. Rxe7 Rxe7 27. Re1 g5 28. Ne5 Nf5 $132 {1-0 Mazi,L-Lazovic,G/
Bled 1999/CBM 69 ext (40)}) 17. Rad1 g6 18. Nc1 g5 19. Nb3 Rae8 20. Ne5 Nxd4
21. Bxd4 Bxe5 22. Bxe5 Rxe5 23. Qc1 $44 {1/2-1/2 Adams,M-Piket,J/Wijk aan Zee
2002/CBM 87/[Huzman] (27)}) (16. Rad1 g6 17. Qb1 Qg7 18. Ba1 Bd7 19. Kh1 Be8
20. Ne1 g5 21. f3 Bg6 22. Bc2 Rae8 23. fxe4 fxe4 $13 {0-1 Tseshkovsky,
V-Motylev,A/Ekaterinburg 2002/CBM 90 (29)}) 16... Bd7 {[%cal Yd7e8,Ye8h5] I
prefer the position of Black.They have clear plan of development of their
initiative on the K-side.White can't do nothing on the Q-side and control on
the square e5 is not important in this position.} 17. Rab1 Be8 (17... cxb5 18.
Qb3 Qc6 19. Bc1 a6) 18. bxc6 bxc6 19. Nd2 (19. Ne1 $5 {[%cal Gf2f3]} Bg6 (19...
Bg5 20. Bc1 $11) 20. f3 Rab8 $1 21. g3 (21. fxe4 fxe4 22. Ba6 Qa5 $17) 21...
N4g5 22. Ng2 Nh3+ 23. Kh1 $11) 19... Bg5 20. Nb3 $2 (20. Nf3 Bf6 21. Nd2 $11)
20... Bh5 21. Ng3 (21. Kh1 Bh4 $1 22. Nec1 Nf4 $36 23. f3 $140 Ng3+ $1 24. hxg3
Bxg3 $19) 21... Bg6 22. Bc1 Nf4 $36 23. Bxf4 Bxf4 24. Rfe1 Bg5 25. Nf1 Bh4 $1
26. Re2 a5 $1 27. Nbd2 (27. f3 a4 28. Nc1 Bf6 $17) (27. a4 Rab8 {[%cal Yb8b4]}
28. f3 Bf6 29. Ne3 Rb4 $36) 27... Bf6 28. Nf3 $2 Bh5 $17 {[%mdl 32]} 29. Ng3
Bg4 $1 (29... Bxf3 30. gxf3 Ng5 31. Kg2 g6 $17) 30. Rb6 Rab8 $1 31. Rxb8 Rxb8
$17 32. Nf1 $2 (32. Re3 Bxf3 (32... g6 33. Ne2 f4 34. Rxe4 dxe4 35. Bxe4 Re8
$17) 33. Rxf3 Bxd4 34. Nxf5 Qe5 {[%cal Yb8b2]} 35. Nxd4 Qxd4 $19) 32... Bxf3
33. gxf3 Ng5 34. Nd2 Nh3+ 35. Kh1 Nf4 36. Re1 Bxd4 37. Bxf5 g6 38. Nb3 Bf6 39.
Bd3 a4 40. Nc1 Qa5 41. Qd1 Qxc5 42. Rf1 Qxa3 43. Bc2 Qc3 44. Na2 Qc4 0-1

[Event "Linares 21st"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2004.02.26"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2004.02.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 100"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. c4
c6 9. Qc2 Na6 10. a3 Bg4 11. Ne5 Bh5 12. cxd5 (12. f3 f6 (12... Qb6 $1) 13.
fxe4 fxe5 14. Rxf8+ Bxf8 15. exd5 cxd5 16. Bxh7+ Kh8 17. Nc3 dxc4 18. d5 Bc5+
19. Kh1 Qf6 20. Qf5 Rf8 {0-1 Cibin,A-Rey Saravia,F/ARG-Cup2 corr9293 1992/
CR97-92 (20)}) 12... cxd5 13. Nc3 (13. Bxe4 dxe4 14. Qxe4 Re8 15. Bf4 (15. Be3
Nc5 16. Qc2 Ne6 17. Qf5 Qh4 (17... Bg6 18. Nxg6 hxg6 19. Qh3 Bf4 20. Nc3 Ng5
21. Qg4 Bxe3 22. fxe3 Nh7 23. Qf3 $16 {1-0 Baklan,V-Neubauer,M/Plovdiv BUL
2003/(42)}) 18. Nd2 Bg6 (18... Nxd4 $5) 19. Qg4 Qxg4 20. Nxg4 f5 21. Nc4 Bf8
22. d5 fxg4 23. dxe6 Rxe6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Potkin,V-Rozentalis,E/Bad Wiessee GER
2003/ (46)}) 15... Nc7 16. Qf5 Bg6 17. Qg4 Ne6 18. Nxg6 Bxf4 19. Nxf4 {1/2-1/2
Timoshenko,G-Makarichev,S/Moskva (GMA) 1990/Inf 49 (19)}) 13... Bxe5 (13...
Nxc3 14. bxc3 Kh8 $6 (14... Bxe5 15. Bxh7+ $1 Kh8 16. dxe5 Qc7 (16... g6 17.
Qd2 $1 Kxh7 18. Qh6+ Kg8 19. Bg5 f6 20. Bxf6 Rxf6 21. exf6 Qxf6 22. f3 $1 $16 {
Kasparov}) 17. Bf5 Qxe5 18. Be3 Rfe8 19. Bd4 Qf4 20. Rae1 $16 {1-0 Chopin,
P-Noire,E/IECG 2002/Telechess CBM 95 (56)}) (14... Bg6 $5 15. Nxg6 hxg6 16. Qb3
Rb8 $14) 15. f4 (15. Bxh7 $5) 15... Rc8 (15... Bxe5 $2 16. fxe5 Bg6 17. a4 $1
Qd7 18. Ba3 $16 {1-0 Kasparov,G-Shirov,A/Wijk aan Zee 2001/CBM 81/[Huzman] (45)
}) 16. Rb1 Rc7 17. h3 Qc8 18. Bd2 Bxe5 19. fxe5 Bg6 20. Bxg6 {1/2-1/2 Krylov,
S-Berlinsky,V/Linares 2001/CBM 80 ext (20)}) 14. dxe5 Nac5 15. Nxe4 (15. Bxe4
dxe4 16. Nxe4 Nd3 17. Bg5 (17. Nd6 Nxe5 18. Nxb7 Qd5 $44) 17... Qd4 $5 18. Nd6
Qxe5 $1 (18... Nxe5 19. Be7 Rfb8 $16) 19. Qxd3 Qxg5 $11) 15... Nxd3 16. Qxd3
Bg6 17. Qb3 Bxe4 18. Qxb7 (18. f3 Bg6 19. Qxb7 d4 $44) 18... Qh4 19. Qb3 (19.
f3 Bd3 20. Rf2 Qd4 $44) 19... d4 20. Qg3 $1 {In this position with opposite
colour bishops Black have initiative.So first of all White try to exchange
queens.} (20. f3 Bf5 21. Qa4 $1 {[%cal Ga4h4]} Rfd8 22. Rd1 Qe7 (22... Rd7 $5
23. Be3 Rad8 $44) 23. Rxd4 Qxe5 24. Rxd8+ Rxd8 25. Bf4 Qxb2 26. Re1 Be6 27.
Qxa7 $14) 20... Qxg3 21. hxg3 $14 Rfc8 22. f3 Bg6 23. Rf2 h5 (23... d3 24. Bd2
Rc2 25. Bc3 $14) 24. Bf4 d3 25. Bd2 $1 {By this move White neutralise activity
of Black connected with penetration Rc2.} Rc2 26. Bc3 $16 {[%cal Gf2d2,Gg1e3]}
Kf8 27. Rd2 Rc8 28. Rad1 Ke7 29. Kf2 Rc4 30. Ke3 Bf5 31. Rh1 g6 32. Rh4 Rxh4
33. gxh4 a6 (33... Kd7 34. Kf4 Rc1 35. g4 hxg4 36. fxg4 Rf1+ 37. Ke3 (37. Kg5
$5 Rg1 38. Kf6 Rxg4 39. h5 Rh4 40. hxg6 Bxg6 41. e6+ Ke8 42. exf7+ Bxf7 43.
Rxd3 Rh6+ $14) 37... Bxg4 38. Rxd3+ $16) 34. Kd4 (34. Kf4 Rc1 $132) 34... Kd7
35. Kc5 Kc7 36. a4 $22 Rc1 (36... Kb7 37. Kd6 Kb6 38. Ke7 Rxd2 39. Bxd2 {
The B-endgame is very difficult for Black as White easily make two passed
pawns and counterplay of Black connected with pawn d3 comes too late.} Be6 40.
b4 Kc6 41. g4 Kd5 42. gxh5 gxh5 43. Kf6 $16 {[%cal Gf3f5]}) 37. g4 hxg4 38.
fxg4 Bxg4 39. Rxd3 {[%mdl 4100] In this position White pieces are very active
and the factor of opposite colour bishops doesn't work here.} Rh1 40. Ba5+ $1
Kb7 41. Rb3+ Kc8 42. Rb4 $1 Rxh4 43. Rd4 $1 $18 {By this move White force
transposition in the winning R-endgame.} g5 44. Be1 Rh1 45. Rxg4 Rxe1 46. Rxg5
Kd7 47. Rf5 Ke7 (47... Ke6 48. Rf6+ Kxe5 49. Rxf7 Ra1 50. b3 $18 {[%cal Gf7a7,
Ga7a6]}) 48. b4 Ra1 49. a5 Rc1+ 50. Kb6 Rc4 51. b5 axb5 52. a6 Ke6 (52... Ra4
53. a7 b4 54. e6 $1 Kxe6 55. Ra5 $18) 53. Rf6+ Kxe5 54. Rxf7 (54. Rxf7 Ra4 55.
Kxb5 Ra1 56. a7 Kd6 57. Kb6 Rb1+ 58. Ka6 Ra1+ 59. Kb7 Rb1+ 60. Kc8 Ra1 61. Kb8
Rb1+ 62. Rb7 $18) 1-0

[Event "Belfort Masters 6th"]
[Site "Belfort"]
[Date "2003.12.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Hamdouchi, Hicham"]
[Black "Le Roux, Jean Pierre"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2588"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2003.12.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. c4
c6 9. Nc3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Bg4 12. Qd3 Nd7 13. Ng5 Nf6 14. h3 Bh5
15. f4 h6 16. g4 (16. Nf3 Bxf3 17. Rxf3 (17. Qxf3 Qd7 (17... Re8 18. g4 Qa5 19.
Qd3 Re7 20. Bd2 Ne4 $11 {1-0 Marcotulli,G-Ziffer,W/WCCF 2001/Telechess CBM 97 
(25)}) 18. Rb1 Rae8 19. Bd3 Re7 20. Bd2 Rfe8 21. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 22. Bxe1 Nd5 23.
Bd2 Qc7 24. g3 Nf6 25. c4 Bf8 26. Be3 b6 27. Kg2 Qd6 28. Rb3 Qe6 $11 {1-0 Sax,
G-Ionescu,M/Pula 1997/EXT 2000 (37)}) 17... Re8 18. Be3 Bc7 (18... Re4 19. Raf1
Qe7 20. Bd2 Re8 21. Qb1 Qc7 22. Bd3 R4e7 23. g3 Ne4 24. Be1 c5 $15 {0-1
Hartikainen,M-Lauk,U/FIN 1994/EXT 98 (37)}) 19. Raf1 Qd6 20. Bf2 Re4 21. Bh4
Rae8 22. Bxf6 Qxf6 $15 {1/2-1/2 Kamsky,G-Bareev,E/Linares 1993/CBM 34 (41)}) (
16. Ne4 Nxe4 17. Qxe4 Kh8 18. Qf5 (18. f5 Re8 19. Qc2 Qh4 20. Qf2 Bg3 $17 {
0-1 Wu Kaiyu-Yu Shaoteng/Tianjin 2001/CBM 83 ext (34)}) 18... Bg6 19. Qg4 Qf6
20. f5 Bh7 21. Bd2 Rae8 22. Rae1 Bc7 23. Bd3 Rxe1 24. Rxe1 Qd6 25. Bc1 b5 26.
Kf2 a6 27. g3 Ba5 28. Bf4 Qd7 29. Bd2 c5 $132 {1-0 Vajda,L-Ionescu Brandis,I/
Miercurea Ciuc 1998/EXT 2000 (42)}) 16... b5 (16... hxg5 17. fxg5 (17. gxh5
gxf4 18. h6 Nh5 19. Qf5 Qh4 20. Rf3 b5 21. Bf1 gxh6 $17 {0-1 Zhitnikov,
A-Sheikhman,V/IECG 2001/Telechess CBM 95 (24)}) 17... Nxg4 18. hxg4 Bxg4 (18...
Qd7 19. Qh3 (19. gxh5 Qg4+ (19... b5 $5) 20. Kf2 Rae8 21. Rh1 b5 22. Qf3 Qxf3+
23. Kxf3 bxc4 24. Bd2 {1/2-1/2 Koumanis,S-Zahilas,L/Ikaria 1994/EXT 97 (24)})
19... Bxg4 $2 (19... Qxg4+ $8 20. Qxg4 Bxg4 21. Rxf7 b5 $8 22. Rxf8+ (22. Bb3
Kh7 $11) 22... Kxf8 $11) 20. Qh4 $40 {0-1 Morozevich,A-Ippolito,D/New York
1997/CBM 57 ext (79)}) 19. g6 (19. Qe4 Qd7 20. g6 Be6 21. Bxe6 fxe6 22. Bg5 $40
{1-0 Capablanca,J-Northrup,G/New York 1909/Capablanca (41)}) 19... Be6 20. Rxf7
Qc8 21. Rxf8+ Kxf8 22. Ba3 $1 $18 {1-0 Ghizdavu,D-Stanciu,T/ROM 1971/EXT 2001 
(30)}) 17. Bb3 hxg5 (17... c5 $5 18. Bd5 $5 Bg6 19. Qxg6 hxg5 20. Qxg5 $14) 18.
fxg5 Nxg4 $1 (18... Bxg4 19. gxf6 $16) 19. hxg4 Qd7 $1 20. Qf5 (20. gxh5 Qg4+
21. Kf2 Rae8 22. Rg1 Qh4+ 23. Kg2 Qh2+ (23... Re4 24. Qf3 Bh2 25. Rf1 (25. Rh1
$2 Rg4+ 26. Kf1 Rg3 $1 27. Qxc6 Qh3+ 28. Kf2 Qf5+ 29. Ke1 Rc8 $2 (29... Bg1 $1
$19) 30. Be6 $1 {1-0 Psakhis,L-Mikhalchishin,A/Klaipeda 1988/Inf 46 (30)}) (25.
Bd2 $1 Rg4+ 26. Qxg4 Qxg4+ 27. Kxh2 $16) 25... Rg4+ (25... Bd6 26. Rh1 Rg4+ 27.
Kf1 Bh2 28. Rxh2 Qxh2 29. Qxg4 Qh1+ 30. Qg1 Qxh5 31. Qg2 Re8 32. Bd2 {1-0
Gesicki,J-Ochonski,P/Torun 1991/EXT 2002 (32)}) 26. Qxg4 Qxg4+ 27. Kxh2 Qh4+
28. Kg2 Qg4+ 29. Kf2 Re8 30. Be3 $16 {1-0 Egger,J-Duarte,M/Santiago 1991/EXT
2003 (49)}) (23... c5 24. Rh1 {1-0 Short,N-Huebner,R/Tilburg 1988/Inf 46/
[Short,N] (24)}) 24. Kf1 Bf4 $1 25. Qf3 Re1+ 26. Kxe1 Qxg1+ 27. Ke2 Bxc1 28.
Rxc1 $1 (28. g6 Re8+ 29. Kd3 {1/2-1/2 Rocha,W-Rodrigues,A/Americana 1998/EXT
2000 (29)}) 28... Qxc1 29. g6 Re8+ 30. Kd3 Qb1+ 31. Kd2 Qe1+ 32. Kd3 Qb1+ 33.
Kd2 {1/2-1/2 Sokolov,A-Oll,L/Odessa 1989/URS-ch (33)}) 20... Bxg4 (20... Qxf5
21. gxf5 $11) 21. Qxd7 Bxd7 22. Rxf7 (22. g6 Be6 $17) 22... Rxf7 23. g6 Be8 24.
Bg5 (24. Be3 $2 a5 25. Be6 Kf8 26. gxf7 Bxf7 27. Rf1 Ra7 $17 {1/2-1/2 Nunn,
J-Salov,V/Bruxelles 1988/Inf 45/[Nunn,J] (47)}) 24... a5 25. Kg2 $2 (25. Rf1
Raa7 26. Rf3 $1 {Salov,V} a4 27. Be6 Rac7 (27... Kf8 28. Rh3 $11) 28. Bd8 $1 (
28. Kg2 Kf8 29. Rh3 Rf6 30. Bxf6 gxf6 31. Rh8+ Kg7 32. Rxe8 Kxg6 $15) 28... Rb7
29. Bg5 c5 30. dxc5 Bxc5+ 31. Kh2 Kf8 32. gxf7 Bxf7 33. Rf5 Bd6+ 34. Kg2 $11)
25... a4 26. Be6 Kf8 27. Rh1 (27. gxf7 Bxf7 28. Rf1 Ra7 $17) 27... Rf6 28. Bxf6
gxf6 29. Bf5 Kg8 (29... Ra5 $5 {[%cal Yb5b4]} 30. Rh8+ Ke7 31. Rh7+ (31. g7 Bf7
32. g8=Q Bxg8 33. Rxg8 b4 34. Rg7+ Kf8 35. Rd7 Be7 36. d5 bxc3 37. dxc6 Rc5 38.
Bc2 Rxc6 $19) 31... Kd8 32. Rh8 $1 $11 Ra7 33. Be6 Re7 34. Bf7 $18) (29... Rb8
$1 30. Kf3 $1 (30. Rh8+ Ke7 31. Rh7+ Kd8) (30. Rh7 b4 31. Ra7 Be7 32. cxb4 (32.
g7+ Kxg7 33. Rxe7+ Kf8 $19) 32... Rb5 $1) 30... b4 (30... Bxg6 31. Bxg6 b4 32.
c4 b3 33. c5 Bc7 34. Be4 $132 bxa2 35. Ra1 Rb3+ 36. Ke2 Ra3 37. Bxc6 Ba5 38.
Bd5 Bc3 39. Rxa2 Rxa2+ 40. Bxa2 Bxd4 41. c6 Ke7 42. Kd3 Be5 43. Kc4 a3 44. Bb1
$11) 31. cxb4 Rxb4 32. Rh8+ Ke7 33. Rh7+ Kd8 34. Rh8 $11) 30. Rh7 $1 Bxg6 31.
Bxg6 Bf4 32. Rb7 Bd2 33. Be4 Rc8 34. Rb6 Bxc3 35. Rxc6 Rxc6 36. Bxc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sigeman & Co 12th"]
[Site "Malmo/Copenhagen"]
[Date "2004.05.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Black "Rozentalis, Eduardas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2542"]
[BlackElo "2619"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2004.04.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 101"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nf6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. h3 Nb4 11. Be2 Be6 12. a3 (12. c5 Bf5 13. a3 Nc6 14. Bb5 Ne4
15. Bxc6 Nxc3 16. bxc3 bxc6 17. Ne5 $14 {1/2-1/2 Slaby,J-Holemar,D/Marianske
Lazne CZE 2004/(50)}) 12... Nc6 13. c5 (13. cxd5 Bxd5 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15. Bb5 Nb8
16. Qb3 Nb6 17. Bf4 c6 18. Bd3 N8d7 19. Qc2 h6 20. Rad1 Nd5 21. Bg3 N7f6 $14 {
1/2-1/2 Wegener,O-Schneider,H/Osnabrueck 1994/Juniors (45)}) (13. b3 Ne4 14.
Bb2 Bf6 15. Bd3 Nxd4 $17 {0-1 Arganian,D-Kelson,R/Reno 1994/EXT 97 (33)}) 13...
Ne4 14. Bf4 Bf6 15. Rc1 Re8 16. Bb5 (16. b4 a6 17. Re1 Bf5 $11) 16... Nxc3 17.
Rxc3 (17. bxc3 Bd7 18. Rb1 b6 19. Qa4 Re6 $11 20. Rfe1 $140 a6 $1 $15) 17...
Bd7 18. Bxc6 (18. Bd3 $5 a5 19. Bb1 b6 $132) 18... Bxc6 19. Ne5 Bxe5 20. Bxe5
f6 $11 {Black's bad B alone is not enough to judge the position in White's
favour.The open "e" file will eventually lead to a mass R-swapping, and the
resulting endgame is a dead draw} 21. Bg3 Qd7 22. Re1 Re4 (22... Bb5 23. Rce3
Rxe3 24. Rxe3 a5 25. Qe1 Kf8 $11) 23. f3 Rxe1+ 24. Qxe1 Re8 25. Re3 $14 Rxe3
26. Qxe3 a5 $1 27. Qf4 (27. b3 a4 28. b4 Bb5 29. Qf4 c6 $11) 27... a4 $1 28. h4
h5 29. Qxc7 Qxc7 30. Bxc7 Kf7 $11 31. Kf2 Ke6 32. Ke3 Bb5 33. Kd2 Bf1 34. g3
Bg2 35. Ke2 Bh3 36. Bd6 g6 37. Ke3 Bf1 38. Bc7 Kd7 39. Bb6 Bg2 40. Ke2 Ke7 41.
Ba5 Kd7 42. Kf2 Bh3 43. Bd2 Bf5 44. Bh6 Bc2 45. Ke2 f5 46. Bf4 Kc6 47. Be5 Bb3
48. Kd2 Kb5 49. Kc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Capablanca Memorial Elite 39th"]
[Site "Havana"]
[Date "2004.05.17"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Felgaer, Ruben Alejandro"]
[Black "Arencibia Rodriguez, Walter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2592"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2004.05.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 101"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nf6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. cxd5 Nb4 11. Bc4 Nbxd5 12. Re1 c6 13. Ne5 Be6 14. Qf3 (14.
Bg5 Nxc3 15. bxc3 Bxc4 16. Nxc4 Nd5 17. Bxe7 Nxe7 18. Qb3 Qc7 19. Re2 Nd5 20.
Rae1 b5 21. Ne5 f6 22. Nd3 Kh8 $14 {1/2-1/2 Urbaneja,J-Jones,I/Novi Sad 1990/
TD (83)}) 14... Nc7 15. Bf4 Bxc4 (15... Qxd4 $1 16. Rad1 Qb6 17. Bg5 (17. Nxf7
Bxc4 18. Rxe7 Rxf7 19. Bxc7 Qxb2) (17. Bxe6 Nxe6) 17... Ncd5 18. Bxd5 cxd5 19.
Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Nxd5 Bxd5 21. Qxd5 $11 {[%cal Ge5d7]}) 16. Nxc4 Ncd5 17. Be5 Re8
18. Re2 Nxc3 19. bxc3 Qd5 (19... Nd5 20. Rae1 Bf8 21. Nd2 f6 $11) 20. Qd3 {
[%cal Gc4e3,Ge3f5]} Nd7 (20... b5 $5 21. Ne3 (21. Na5 Nd7 22. Rae1 Bf8 $11)
21... Qe4 $11) 21. Bxg7 $1 {[%mdl 512] A piece sac that is well worth
attention. The pinned "e7" B and the K stripped of his pawn-blanket provide
White with numerous attacking chances} Kxg7 22. Rae1 Qg5 (22... Kf8 23. Qxh7
Bf6 24. Qh6+ Bg7 25. Qd6+ Qxd6 26. Rxe8+ Rxe8 27. Rxe8+ Kxe8 28. Nxd6+ Ke7 29.
Nxb7 Nb6 $17) 23. Re3 Kf8 (23... Qf6 24. Nd2 h6 25. Ne4 Qf4 26. Ng3 Kf8 27. Qe2
$44) 24. Qxh7 Nf6 $2 {That enables White to activate his only up-to-now
neutral piece, and the N's participation in the attack proves decisive} (24...
Qh4 25. Qf5 Rad8 (25... Nb6 26. Ne5 Qf6 27. Qh5 $40) 26. Rh3 Qf6 27. Qh5 $40)
25. Qh8+ Ng8 $8 (25... Qg8 26. Qh6+ Qg7 27. Qxg7+ Kxg7 28. Rxe7 $18) 26. Ne5 $1
(26. Rg3 $2 Bf6 $19) 26... f6 (26... Rad8 27. Rg3 $18) 27. Rg3 (27. f4 $1 Qg7 (
27... Qh6 28. Qxh6+ Nxh6 29. Ng6+ $18) 28. Nd7+ Kf7 29. Qh3 $18) (27. Nd7+ $5
Kf7 28. Qh7+ Qg7 29. Qb1 $1 $18 {[%cal Gb1b3]}) 27... fxe5 28. Rxg5 Bxg5 29.
dxe5 $16 Re7 30. Qh5 Bh6 (30... Bd2 31. Re2 Rd8 32. h4 $16) 31. f4 Rd8 32. g3
$18 Rh7 (32... Red7 $142) 33. Rd1 $1 Rxd1+ 34. Qxd1 Kg7 (34... Re7 35. h4 Bg7
36. g4 $18) 35. Qd8 Kh8 36. f5 Be3+ (36... Rf7 37. e6 Rh7 38. h4 $18 {[%cal
Gf5f7]}) 37. Kg2 Bb6 38. Qf8 {[%cal Gf5f7]} 1-0

[Event "Dubai op 6th"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2004.04.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Al Modiahki, Mohamad"]
[Black "Iordachescu, Viorel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2579"]
[BlackElo "2627"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2004.04.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 101"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nb4 9. Be2 Be6 10. c5 Nc6 (10... a5 11. Ne5 $1 $146 {[%mdl 44]} (11. Bf4 O-O
12. Nc3 g5 13. Bd2 Nc6 14. Bc1 f5 15. Ne1 b6 16. cxb6 cxb6 17. Nb5 Bf6 18. Nc2
Rc8 19. Re1 Qd7 {1/2-1/2 Socko,B-Motylev,A/Ohrid 2001/CBM 84 (19)}) (11. a3 Nc6
12. Bb5 O-O 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14. Ne5 Bf6 15. Bf4 Bd7 16. f3 Ng5 17. Nc3 Rb8 18.
Rf2 Ne6 19. Bg3 Re8 20. f4 Bxe5 21. fxe5 Qg5 22. Kh1 Rb7 23. Rd2 {1/2-1/2
Topalov,V-Ye Rongguang/Antwerp 1997/CBM 61 (23)}) 11... f6 12. Nd3 O-O 13. Nf4
$1 Bf7 14. Bg4 $1 g6 15. Ne6 Bxe6 16. Bxe6+ Kg7 17. a3 Nc6 18. Nc3 Re8 19. Nxd5
Bxc5 20. dxc5 Rxe6 21. Bf4 Ne5 22. Rc1 $16 {1/2-1/2 Nataf,I-Topalov,V/Cannes
2002/CBM 88/[Huzman] (33)}) (10... O-O 11. Qb3 a5 12. a3 Nc6 (12... Na6 13.
Qxb7 Naxc5 14. dxc5 Nxc5 15. Qc6 d4 16. Bf4 Ra7 $13 {1-0 Pane,A-Venni,A/4 CIM
1988 (39)}) 13. Qxb7 Bd7 14. Qb3 Bg4 15. Be3 Bf6 16. Qa4 Ne7 17. Nc3 $16 {
0-1 Ngo Dieu Hoa-Pham Le Thao Nguyen/Dong Thap VIE 2003/(56)}) (10... Bf6 11.
a3 Nc6 12. b4 Bg4 13. Bb2 O-O 14. Nbd2 Re8 15. h3 Nxd2 16. Qxd2 Bf5 $11 {
1/2-1/2 Zhigalko,A-Sakelsek,T/Halkidiki GRE 2003/(59)}) 11. Bb5 (11. Nc3 O-O
12. Bd3 Ng5 13. Nxg5 Bxg5 14. Be3 Bf6 15. h3 b6 {1/2-1/2 Acs,P-Koziak,V/
Lubniewice POL 2003/(15)}) 11... Bf6 (11... Bd7 12. Bxc6 Bxc6 13. Ne5 Bb5 14.
Re1 O-O 15. f3 Ng5 16. Nc3 $36 {1-0 Tredinnick,A-Evans,R/ENG-ch corr8990 1989/
CR97-89 (38)}) 12. Bxc6+ (12. Bf4 O-O 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14. Ne5 Qb8 15. Qc1 (15. b3
Bxe5 16. Bxe5 f6 17. Bf4 Bf5 18. Qc1 Qb4 19. Rd1 Rae8 $132) 15... Bxe5 16. Bxe5
f6 17. Bf4 Ng5 18. b3 h6 19. h4 (19. Qd2 $5 a5 20. f3 $14) 19... Nf7 20. Qe1
Qc8 21. Qa5 g5 $132 {0-1 Adams,M-Bacrot,E/Cap D'Agde FRA 2003/(64)}) 12... bxc6
13. Qa4 Bd7 (13... Qd7 14. Bf4 O-O 15. Ne5 Bxe5 16. Bxe5 f6 17. Bf4 $14) 14.
Bf4 O-O 15. Nc3 ({Only an immediate assault on the "c7" P could leave White
any chance for an advantage} 15. Qa5 $5 Qb8 16. b3 Qb7 17. Bxc7 Nxc5 $1 18. Bd6
Ne6 19. Bxf8 Nxd4 20. Nxd4 Bxd4 21. Bxg7 Bxg7 22. Nc3 Qb6 23. Qxb6 axb6 24.
Rac1 Bxc3 25. Rxc3 Rxa2 $14) 15... Rb8 $1 16. Qxa7 $6 (16. Qa3 Re8 17. Rfe1 Bf5
$11) 16... Rxb2 17. Na4 (17. Qa3 Rb7 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. Ne5 Be6 20. Nxc6 (20.
Qe3 Bd5 $11) 20... Qd5 21. Qa6 Bc8 $11) 17... Rb4 {White's "d" P is weak, his
"a4" N feels uneasy, while black pieces are being rather active. All that
provides Black with a dangerous initiative} 18. Rab1 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (18. a3
Rxd4 (18... Rc4 $5 19. Nb2 Rxd4 $1 20. Be3 (20. Nxd4 Bxd4 $17) 20... Rc4 21.
Nxc4 Bxa1 22. Rxa1 dxc4 23. Ne5 Re8 24. Nxc4 Be6 (24... Qf6 $5) 25. Qa4 Qd5 $11
) 19. Nxd4 Bxd4 20. Rad1 (20. Rab1 $2 Bxf2+ 21. Rxf2 Nxf2 22. Kxf2 Qh4+ 23. Bg3
Qd4+ $19) 20... Qf6 21. Qxc7 Bg4 22. Rxd4 Qxd4 23. Qxc6 Nxf2 $5 (23... Rc8 24.
Qb5) 24. Rxf2 Qd1+ 25. Rf1 Qd4+ 26. Kh1 Qc4 27. Rf2 Rc8 28. Qd6 Qxa4 29. Qxd5
Be6 $11) 18... Qb8 $1 $19 19. Qxb8 Rfxb8 20. Nb6 (20. Rb3 R8b5 21. Nb2 Rxb3 22.
axb3 Rxb3 23. Nd1 Bg4 $19) 20... Rxb1 21. Rxb1 Rb7 22. Bxc7 (22. a4 cxb6 23.
cxb6 (23. Rxb6 Bc8 $19) 23... Nc3 $19) 22... Rxc7 23. Nxd7 Rxd7 24. Rb8+ Rd8
25. Rxd8+ Bxd8 26. Ne5 Nc3 27. Nxc6 Bf6 28. Kf1 (28. a3 Ne2+ 29. Kf1 Nxd4 $19)
28... Nxa2 29. Ke2 Nc3+ 30. Kd3 Nb5 31. Nb4 Nc7 0-1

[Event "RUS-chT 11th"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2004.04.27"]
[Round "8.6"]
[White "Smirnov, Pavel"]
[Black "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2601"]
[BlackElo "2649"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[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 "Ekaterinburg Max Ven"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. c4
c6 9. Qc2 Na6 10. a3 Bg4 11. Ne5 Bf5 12. Be3 (12. b4 Qh4 13. Nc3 Nc7 (13...
Nxc3 $5 14. Bxf5 Qxd4 $13) 14. Nf3 Qh5 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Bxe4 Bxe4 17. Qxe4
Rfe8 18. Qd3 Ne6 19. Be3 $16 {1/2-1/2 Shirov,A-Adams,M/Sarajevo 2000/CBM 77 
(40)}) 12... Nac5 $1 {Black brings in his only out-of-the-game piece, thus
getting rid of any opening problems} (12... f6 13. Nf3 Qe8 14. Nc3 Bg4 15. cxd5
cxd5 16. Nxe4 dxe4 17. Bxe4 Qh5 18. h3 Bxh3 19. gxh3 Qxh3 20. Bd5+ Kh8 21. Qe4
Nc7 22. Bxb7 Rab8 23. Bc6 g5 24. Ne5 fxe5 25. dxe5 Be7 26. Qg2 $16 {1-0 Leko,
P-Gelfand,B/Monte Carlo MNC 2004/(35)}) 13. dxc5 Bxe5 14. cxd5 (14. Nd2 Nxd2
15. Qxd2 Bxd3 16. Qxd3 Qh4 $17 {0-1 Gajewski,G-Mamedyarov,S/Halkidiki GRE 2003/
(41)}) 14... Qxd5 15. Nc3 Bxc3 16. bxc3 Rad8 17. Bd4 (17. Rad1 Nxc3 18. Qxc3
Bxd3 $17) 17... Nxc3 $1 18. Bxf5 Qxd4 19. Rac1 (19. Bxh7+ Kh8 20. Rac1 Qxc5 21.
Bf5 Ne2+ 22. Qxe2 Qxf5 $17) 19... g6 (19... Qxc5 20. Bh3 Qxa3 21. Qxc3 Qxc3 22.
Rxc3 Rfe8 23. Rb1 $14) 20. Qxc3 Qxc3 21. Rxc3 gxf5 $15 22. Rg3+ Kh8 23. Rb3 Rd7
24. g3 (24. Rfb1 Re8 (24... Rfd8 25. g3 Rd1+ 26. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 27. Kg2 Rd7 28. Kf3
Kg7 29. Kf4 Kg6 30. h4 $44) 25. g3 Ree7) 24... Re8 25. Rfb1 Ree7 26. Rf3 Re5
27. Rfb3 Kg7 28. Rxb7 Rxb7 29. Rxb7 a5 30. Ra7 Rxc5 31. Kf1 $44 {Black is a
pawn up, but his Ps are too weak to take any advantage of the fact} Kf6 32. Ke2
Ke6 33. Kd3 (33. Kd3 f4 34. g4 (34. gxf4 Rh5 35. Ke3 $15) 34... h5 35. gxh5
Rxh5 36. f3 $15) 1/2-1/2

[Event "ARM-ROW m"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2004.06.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2004.06.10"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Rest of the World"]
[BlackTeam "Armenia"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ARM"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8.
Re1 Bg4 9. c3 f5 10. Qb3 O-O 11. Nbd2 Na5 12. Qc2 Bd6 $146 13. b4 (13. Ne5 $5 {
Sveshnikov}) 13... Bxf3 $1 {This is an important intermediate move that
secures the square c4 for Na5.} 14. Nxf3 Nc4 {[%mdl 4]} 15. Bxc4 (15. Qb3 b5
$11) (15. a4 $5 a6 (15... Qf6 16. Qb3 Qf7 17. Ra2 $13) 16. a5 b5 $11) 15...
dxc4 16. Be3 (16. Ne5 $2 Bxe5 17. dxe5 Qd3 $1 18. Qxd3 cxd3 19. Bb2 Nd2 $1 $17)
16... Re8 (16... Qf6 17. Ne5 $5 Bxe5 18. dxe5 Qxe5 19. Bd4 $44) 17. Rad1 Qf6
18. Ne5 $1 {Sacrificing the pawn White gives life for his pieces and gets
compensation that is enough for equality.} Bxe5 (18... Rxe5 19. dxe5 Qxe5 20.
g3 Qxc3 21. Qa4 {[%cal Ga4d7]} c6 22. b5 a6 $5 23. b6 $1 $13) 19. dxe5 Qxe5 20.
Bd4 $44 Qb5 $1 (20... Qf4 $6 21. Qa4 $1 {[%cal Ga4d7]} Rad8 22. Qb5 Nd6 23.
Rxe8+ Rxe8 24. Qd7 $36) 21. a4 Qd7 (21... Qc6 22. f3 Nd6 23. Be5 Rad8 24. b5
Qc5+ 25. Bd4 Qa3 26. Qd2 $44 {[%cal Gd2g5]}) 22. Bxa7 Nd6 23. Rxe8+ Qxe8 24.
Bc5 Qxa4 (24... Ne4 $5 25. a5 (25. Qe2) (25. Bd4 Qxa4 26. Qe2 Qa2 $15) 25...
Nxc5 26. bxc5 Qe5 (26... Qe6 27. Qb1 Rxa5 28. Qxb7 Rxc5 29. Qa8+ Kf7 30. Qd8
Kg6 31. h4 h6 $15) 27. Qb1 Rxa5 28. Qxb7 h6 $15) 25. Qxa4 Rxa4 26. Bxd6 cxd6
27. Kf1 $11 Ra6 (27... Ra3 28. Rxd6 Rxc3 29. Rb6 $11) 28. Rd4 b5 29. Rd5 Ra3
30. Rxd6 Rxc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Montreal-A 5th"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2004.08.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Lagno, Kateryna"]
[Black "Bluvshtein, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2472"]
[BlackElo "2462"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2004.08.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 103"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. c4
c6 9. Qc2 Na6 10. a3 Bg4 11. Ne5 Bf5 12. b4 f6 13. Nf3 Qe8 14. c5 Bb8 15. Nc3
Bg6 16. Nh4 f5 17. Nxg6 Qxg6 18. b5 (18. f3 Qh5 19. h3 Nxc3 20. Qxc3 Nc7 21.
Re1 Rf6 $1 22. Ra2 (22. Bf4 Ne6 23. Be5 Bxe5 24. Rxe5 Qh4 25. Bxf5 Qxd4+ 26.
Qxd4 Nxd4 $15) 22... Ne6 23. Rae2 Qg6 24. g4 Bg3 25. Rf1 Nf4 26. Bxf4 Bxf4 $11)
18... Nc7 19. bxc6 bxc6 20. Ne2 Ne6 21. f4 (21. Rb1 $5 Bc7 22. Rb7 Rf7 23. Qb1
Qh5 $132) 21... Bc7 22. Rb1 Qh6 23. Rb7 Rf7 {Black has prepared counterplay by
the move g5. White missed this and Black seizes the initiative.} 24. Be3 $2 {
[%mdl 16384]} (24. g3 Qf6 25. Qb2 (25. Kg2 Nxd4 26. Nxd4 Qxd4 27. Bb2 Qe3 28.
Bc1 Qd4 $11 (28... Qxc5 $4 29. Bxe4 $18)) 25... g5 26. fxg5 N6xg5 $13) 24... g5
$1 25. Rxc7 (25. Qb2 gxf4 26. Bc1 Qh4 {[%cal Yf4f3]} 27. h3 f3 $1 28. Rxf3 N6g5
$40 {/-+}) 25... Rxc7 26. fxg5 N6xg5 27. Bf4 $2 (27. Qc1 Qh4 (27... Qg6 28. Nf4
Qf7 29. Ne2 Ne6 30. Bxe4 dxe4 31. Ng3 Ng7 32. Nxe4 $44) 28. Rxf5 Rg7 29. Bxg5
Nxg5 30. Qe3 $44) 27... Rf7 28. Qc1 Qg6 $17 29. Kh1 Ne6 30. Be5 Re8 31. Qb2 f4
$1 32. Qc2 $2 (32. Qb1 Qg5 33. Bxe4 dxe4 34. Qxe4 Nxd4 35. Nxd4 Qxe5 36. Qxc6
Rc7 $17) 32... N6xc5 33. Nxf4 Nxd3 34. Qxd3 Rxf4 0-1

[Event "Bermuda"]
[Site "Bermuda"]
[Date "2004.01.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Iordachescu, Viorel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2634"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2004.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BER"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Be6 11. Ne5 f6 12. Nf3 Kh8 13. cxd5 Nxc3 14. bxc3 Nxd5
15. Bd2 (15. Bd3 c5 16. c4 Nb4 17. d5 Nxd3 18. Qxd3 Bd6 $1 19. Qb3 Bg4 20. h3
Bh5 21. a4 {1/2-1/2 Anand,V-Adams,M/Dortmund 2001/CBM 85/[Huzman] (21)}) 15...
Nb6 16. Re1 Bc4 17. Bxc4 (17. a4 $5 a5 18. Bxc4 Nxc4 19. Qb3 Nxd2 20. Nxd2 $16)
(17. Qb1 $5 Bxe2 18. Rxe2 Re8 19. Qb3 Bd6 20. Rae1 Rxe2 21. Rxe2 Qg8 $11) 17...
Nxc4 18. Qb3 Nxd2 19. Nxd2 $14 {White has good chances to get an advantage due
to the full control over file "e" and the weakness of square e6.} b6 20. Re2
Bd6 21. Rae1 Qd7 22. g3 $6 (22. Qe6 $5 Qc6 (22... Rad8 23. Nc4 $36 c5 $140 (
23... b5 24. Nxd6 Qxd6 25. Qxd6 Rxd6 26. Re7 Rc6 27. R1e3 $16) 24. Qxd7 Rxd7
25. Re6 Bf4 26. Re7 Rxe7 27. Rxe7 b5 28. Na5 $16) 23. Nc4 b5 24. Nxd6 cxd6 25.
Re3 $14) 22... Rae8 {Black has equal chances now as he neutralized the
pressure of White on the file "e".} 23. Ne4 Be7 24. Nd2 Bd6 25. Rxe8 Rxe8 26.
Rxe8+ Qxe8 27. Qd5 Qg8 $1 28. Qb7 Qxa2 29. Qa8+ Qg8 30. Qxa7 h5 (30... Qe8 $5
31. Qb7 b5 32. Ne4 Bf8 33. Qd5 c6 $11) 31. Qb7 Qe6 32. Qf3 g6 $11 33. Kg2 Kg7
34. h4 Be7 35. Qb7 Bd6 36. Qc6 Kf7 37. Nc4 Ke7 38. Ne3 Kf7 39. c4 f5 $1 $132
40. Qf3 (40. c5 bxc5 41. dxc5 Be5 $11) 40... Qe4 41. Qxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Montreal-A 5th"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2004.08.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nataf, Igor Alexandre"]
[Black "Bluvshtein, Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2553"]
[BlackElo "2462"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2004.08.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 103"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. c4
c6 9. Qc2 Na6 10. a3 Bg4 11. Ne5 Bf5 12. b4 (12. Be3 Nac5 $1 (12... f6 13. Nf3
Qe8 14. Nc3 Bg4 15. cxd5 cxd5 16. Nxe4 dxe4 17. Bxe4 Qh5 18. h3 Bxh3 19. gxh3
Qxh3 20. Bd5+ Kh8 21. Qe4 Nc7 22. Bxb7 Rab8 23. Bc6 g5 24. Ne5 fxe5 25. dxe5
Be7 26. Qg2 $16 {1-0 Leko,P-Gelfand,B/Monte Carlo MNC 2004/(35)}) 13. dxc5 Bxe5
14. Nd2 (14. cxd5 Qxd5 15. Nc3 Bxc3 16. bxc3 Rad8 17. Bd4 Nxc3 $1 18. Bxf5 Qxd4
19. Rac1 g6 20. Qxc3 Qxc3 21. Rxc3 gxf5 $15 {1/2-1/2 Smirnov,P-Motylev,A/Sochi
RUS 2004/(33)}) 14... Nxd2 15. Qxd2 Bxd3 16. Qxd3 Qh4 17. f4 dxc4 18. Qc2 Bf6
$17 {0-1 Gajewski,G-Mamedyarov,S/Halkidiki GRE 2003/(41)}) 12... f6 (12... Qh4
13. Nc3 Nc7 (13... Rae8 14. cxd5 Nxc3 15. Bxf5 Bxe5 16. dxe5 Nxd5 17. Bb2 Nac7
18. Rad1 Qh5 19. Rfe1 $16 {1-0 Sakai,K-Mary,P/Chessfriend.com 2003/Telechess
CBM 101 (43)}) 14. Nf3 Qh5 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Bxe4 Bxe4 17. Qxe4 Rfe8 18. Qd3
Ne6 19. Be3 $16 {1/2-1/2 Shirov,A-Adams,M/Sarajevo 2000/CBM 77/[Huzman] (40)})
13. Nf3 Qe8 14. c5 Bb8 15. Nc3 Bg6 16. Nh4 f5 17. Nxg6 Qxg6 18. Ne2 Nc7 19. f3
(19. Nf4 Qf6 20. Re1 g5 21. Ne2 Ne6 $11) 19... Ne6 $1 {[%mdl 36] Ne4 may not
leave! This gives Black time to consolidate his position.} 20. fxe4 (20. Be3
Qh5 21. h3 (21. g3 N4g5 22. Bxg5 Nxg5 23. f4 Ne4 $11) 21... Ng3 22. Nxg3 Bxg3
23. f4 Qh4 24. Bxf5 Rae8 $11) 20... fxe4 21. Rxf8+ Nxf8 (21... Kxf8 22. Bxe4
dxe4 23. Be3 $14 {[%csl Re4]}) 22. Bxe4 dxe4 23. Qc4+ (23. Nc3 Ne6 24. Be3 Bf4
$1 25. Bxf4 Nxf4 26. Nxe4 Nh3+ (26... Re8 27. Qb3+ Kh8 28. Ng3 Re2 29. Kh1 Rxg2
$13) 27. Kh1 Qxe4 28. Qb3+ Kh8 29. Qxh3 Qxd4 $11) (23. Bf4 Ne6 24. Bxb8 Rxb8
$11) 23... Kh8 (23... Qe6 24. Qxe6+ Nxe6 25. Be3 Nc7 26. Nc3 Nd5 $11) 24. Be3
$6 {White let the Black to blocade the pawn d4 and the advantage moves to
Black.} ({White could fight for an advantage after} 24. Bf4 $5 Ne6 (24... Bxf4
25. Nxf4 Qg4 26. Rf1 Rd8 27. d5 $14) (24... Nd7 25. Rf1 Nf6 26. Be5 Nd7 27. Rf7
Bxe5 28. Rxd7 Qg4 29. Rf7 (29. Rxb7 Bxh2+ $1 30. Kxh2 Qh4+ 31. Kg1 Qe1+ $11)
29... e3 $1 30. h3 Qe4 31. Qb3 Bf6 32. Rxb7 a6 $44) (24... Qe6 25. Qxe6 Nxe6
26. Be3 Bc7 (26... Nc7 27. Nc3 Nd5 28. Nxd5 cxd5 29. Rf1 Kg8 30. Rf5 $18) 27.
Nc3 Rd8 28. Rd1 $16) 25. Rf1 Bxf4 26. Nxf4 Nxf4 27. Rxf4 $14) 24... Nd7 25. Rf1
Nf6 $15 26. h3 Bc7 27. Bf4 Bxf4 28. Nxf4 Qe8 29. d5 $5 Qg8 30. Qd4 cxd5 31. b5
(31. Ne2 $5 Qe6 32. Qe3 $44 {[%cal Ge2d4]}) 31... Qe8 $6 (31... Rc8 $142) 32.
a4 (32. Nxd5 $5 Qd7 (32... Nxd5 33. Qxd5 Qxb5 34. Rf7 $11) 33. Rxf6 gxf6 34.
Qxf6+ Qg7 35. Qe6 Qd4+ 36. Kh2 Rd8 37. Ne3 $1 Rf8 38. Nd5 $44) 32... Qd7 33.
Rc1 (33. Rd1 Re8 $17 {[%cal Ye4e3]}) 33... Rc8 34. g4 $6 Qc7 35. Ng2 Nd7 (35...
h6 $5) 36. c6 Ne5 37. Qxd5 Nf3+ {Black failed to find the right order of moves
and White takes his chance to save the game.} (37... Rf8 $5 38. Qc5 Kg8 39.
Qd5+ Rf7 $17) 38. Kf2 Rf8 (38... Nh4 $5 39. Qxe4 $1 (39. Nxh4 Qf4+ 40. Ke2 Qxc1
$19) 39... Rf8+ 40. Ke2 Nxg2 41. Rf1 $1 (41. Qxg2 Qf4 $1 $40) 41... Nf4+ $140
$2 (41... Rd8 42. Rd1 Rf8 (42... Rb8 43. Rd7 Qg3 44. c7 Rg8 45. Rd8 $11) (42...
Nf4+ 43. Qxf4 $1 Qe7+ 44. Qe3 Qxe3+ 45. Kxe3 Rxd1 46. cxb7 Rd8 47. a5 $18) 43.
Rf1 $11) 42. Rxf4 $1 Qxf4 43. Qxf4 Rxf4 44. cxb7 $18 Rf8 45. a5 Kg8 46. a6 Kf7
47. b6) 39. Qc5 Kg8 40. Qd5+ Kh8 41. Qc5 Kg8 (41... Qf7 42. Qxf8+ $1 Qxf8 43.
cxb7 Nd4+ 44. Ke1 Nf3+ 45. Ke2 Ng1+ $11) 42. Qd5+ Rf7 43. cxb7 $1 Ng1+ (43...
Nd4+ $1 44. Ke3 Qxc1+ 45. Kxe4 (45. Kxd4 Qb2+ 46. Kc4 Qa2+ 47. Kd4 (47. Kc5
Qa3+) 47... Qxa4+ 48. Ke5 Qa1+ 49. Kxe4 Qb1+ 50. Ke3 Qc1+ 51. Ke4 Qc7 $19)
45... Qc2+ 46. Ke3 $1 Qf2+ 47. Kd3 Qe2+ 48. Kxd4 Qd2+ 49. Kc5 Qxd5+ 50. Kxd5
Rxb7 51. Ne3 Kf7 52. Nc4 Rd7+ 53. Kc6 Ke6 54. a5 Rd4 55. Kc5 Rd1 56. b6 axb6+
57. axb6 Kd7 $17) 44. Nf4 $3 $11 {[%mdl 320]} Qxf4+ 45. Kg2 Qf3+ 46. Kxg1 Qg3+
47. Kh1 Qxh3+ 48. Kg1 Qe3+ 49. Kg2 Qf3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Excelsior Cup"]
[Site "Gothenburg"]
[Date "2004.01.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Johannessen, Leif Erlend"]
[Black "Meijers, Viesturs"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2499"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2004.01.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. c4
c6 9. Qc2 Na6 10. a3 Bg4 11. Ne5 Bxe5 12. dxe5 Nac5 13. f3 Nxd3 14. Qxd3 Nc5
15. Qd4 Nb3 16. Qxg4 Nxa1 17. Bh6 Qb6+ $2 (17... g6 18. Bxf8 (18. cxd5 Re8 19.
Bg5 (19. Nc3 Qb6+ 20. Kh1 Qxb2 21. Ne4 Qxe5 22. Qh4 f5 23. Nf6+ Kf7 24. Nxe8
Rxe8 25. dxc6 bxc6 26. Qc4+ Re6 27. Qa2 {1-0 Perez Candelario,M-Rosa Cintas,R/
Mondariz Balneario 2002/CBM 90 ext (27)}) 19... Qb6+ 20. Kh1 Rxe5 21. Bf6 Qf2
22. Qc4 Re1 23. Nd2 Qxd2 24. Bc3 {0-1 Ismailov,O-Mamedyarov,S/Baku 2001/EXT
2002 (24)}) (18. Nc3 $5 Qb6+ (18... Nc2 19. Rf2 (19. e6 f5 20. Qf4 d4 21. Rd1
Qf6 22. Bxf8 Rxf8 23. Ne2 Qxe6 24. Nxd4 Qe3+ 25. Qxe3 Nxe3 $15 {0-1 Sedina,
E-Ionescu Brandis,I/Istanbul 2000/EXT 2001 (72)}) 19... Re8 20. Rxc2 Rxe5 21.
Qd4 f6 22. Bf4 Re6 23. cxd5 cxd5 24. Nxd5 Qa5 25. Bd2 Qd8 26. Bc3 Rc8 27. Rd2
Kf7 28. Qxa7 {1-0 Macieja,B-Mamedjarova,Z/Batumi 2002/CBM 90 (28)}) 19. Rf2 (
19. Kh1 $5) 19... Rfe8 20. Qf4 f5 $6 (20... Qc7 21. Re2 Re6 (21... Qe7 22. cxd5
cxd5 23. Nxd5 Qc5+ 24. Kf1 Re6 25. Nf6+ Kh8 26. Qh4 $18 {1-0 Tuttle,R-Lacunza,
M/IECG 2002/Telechess CBM 97 (33)}) 22. b4 dxc4 23. Ne4 Nb3 24. Nf6+ Kh8 25.
Bf8 Qb6+ 26. Re3 Rxe5 (26... c3 $1 $19) 27. Qxe5 $18 Qd4 28. Bh6 c3 29. Qxd4
Nxd4 30. Re7 Ne6 31. Rxf7 {1-0 Swathi,G-Mamedjarova,Z/Bled 2002/EXT 2003 (31)})
21. cxd5 Nb3 22. e6 cxd5 23. Nxd5 Qxe6 24. Nc7 Qc6 25. Nxe8 Rxe8 26. g4 $1 $14
{1/2-1/2 Shirov,A-Leko,P/Linares 2000/CBM 76/[Blatny,P] (71)}) 18... Qxf8 19.
cxd5 (19. Qd4 Nb3 20. Qe3 dxc4 21. Nc3 Qc5 $17 {0-1 Rowson,J-Ippolito,D/New
York 2002/EXT 2003 (23)}) (19. Qd7 Qc5+ 20. Kh1 Qxc4 21. Nd2 Qd4 22. e6 $11 {
1/2-1/2 Morais,G-Clarizza,J/ICCF 1995/ICCF tele 9/2002 (25)}) 19... Qc5+ (19...
cxd5 20. Qd4 (20. Rc1 Nb3 21. Rc7 Nc5 22. Nc3 Ne6 $132 {1/2-1/2 Maletin,
P-Karpov,A/Novosibirsk 2001/CBM 83 ext (31)}) (20. Nc3 Qc5+ 21. Kh1 Nc2 22. Qd7
d4 23. Qxb7 Rf8 24. Nd5 Ne3 25. Nxe3 dxe3 26. Qe4 Rb8 27. Re1 Rxb2 28. e6 f5
29. Qd3 Rd2 30. Qb3 Qb6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Brookes,J-Kubach,G/ICCF 1999/ICCF tele 1/
2002 (43)}) (20. e6 Nb3 21. Nc3 d4 22. Nd5 Qd6 23. Qg5 h6 24. Nf6+ Kg7 25. Nh5+
Kh7 26. Qf6 $1 $16 {1-0 Livshits,G-Seres,L/Budapest HUN 2004/The Week in Chess
484 (33)}) 20... Nc2 21. Qf2 Rc8 22. Qxa7 d4 $1 $44 {Ljubojevic-Hort,
Amsterdam 1988}) 20. Kh1 Qxd5 21. Nc3 Qb3 22. Qd7 Qxb2 23. e6 fxe6 24. Qxe6+
Kh8 25. Qe5+ Kg8 26. Rb1 $18 {1-0 Comp Genius 4 AMD-Comp Rebel 9 INTER/
Debrecen 1998/EXT 2000 (61)}) 18. Kh1 g6 19. Qf4 f6 (19... f5 20. Bxf8 Rxf8 21.
cxd5 cxd5 22. Nc3 $16 Qxb2 (22... d4 23. Nd5 Qb5 24. Ne7+ Kf7 25. Rxa1 Qxb2 26.
Rd1 Kxe7 27. Qh4+ $16) 23. Nxd5 Nc2 24. Nf6+ Kg7 25. Rd1 $40) 20. e6 Qxb2 (
20... Nc2 21. Nc3 dxc4 22. Ne4 $16) 21. Nd2 (21. Qc7 $1 f5 22. cxd5 Nc2 (22...
Rac8 23. Qd7 Rcd8 (23... cxd5 24. Bxf8 $18) 24. e7 $18) (22... cxd5 23. Nc3 $18
) 23. Bxf8 (23. Qd7 $5 $18) 23... Rxf8 24. d6 (24. e7 Re8 25. d6 Ne3 26. Rg1
Nd5) 24... Ne3 25. Rg1 Nd5 26. Qa5 $18) 21... Rfe8 $2 (21... Rfc8 22. Qd6 $1
Nc2 (22... Qd4 23. Qd7 f5 24. Qf7+ Kh8 25. e7 $18) (22... Kh8 23. Qe7 Rg8 (
23... f5 24. Qf7 $16) 24. Rb1 Qc3 25. cxd5 (25. Nf1) 25... cxd5 26. Nf1 b6 27.
Rc1 $18) 23. Qe7 f5 24. Qf7+ Kh8 25. Rb1 Qc3 (25... Qe5 26. f4 $18) 26. Rxb7) (
21... Rac8 22. Qd6 $1 $18) 22. Qc7 $1 f5 23. Qf7+ Kh8 24. e7 $1 (24. e7 Nc2 25.
Bg5 $18) 1-0

[Event "Montreal 4th"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2003.07.28"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nataf, Igor Alexandre"]
[Black "Lesiege, Alexandre"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2549"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2003.07.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. c4
c6 9. Qc2 Na6 10. a3 Re8 11. Nc3 Bg4 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Bxe4 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 Qh4
15. g3 Qxd4 16. Rb1 $1 $146 {[%cal Gb2b5][%mdl 12] This move is a very strong
novelty.The idea of it is to open diagonal for the Bf3 by pawn promoting b4-b5.
} Nc5 (16... Qf6 17. Be4 g6 18. b4 Nc7 19. b5 $16) 17. b4 Qd3 (17... Nd3 18.
Be3 Rxe3 19. fxe3 Qxe3+ 20. Kg2 Ne5 21. c5 (21. Rbd1 Bc7 22. a4 $16) 21... Bc7
22. Be4 Rd8 23. Rf2 Qh6 {[%cal Ye5g4]} 24. Qe2 $16) 18. Qxd3 Nxd3 19. Rd1 $1 (
19. Be3 Ne5 20. Be2 a6 21. Rbd1 Bc7 $14) 19... Ne5 (19... Re1+ 20. Rxe1 Nxe1
21. Be2 $5 (21. Be4 Re8 22. f3 f5 23. Bxf5 Nxf3+ 24. Kg2 Ne1+ 25. Kh3 $14)
21... Re8 (21... Nc2 22. Bb2 Re8 23. Kf1 Be5 24. Bxe5 Rxe5 25. Rd1 Kf8 26. Bd3
(26. Rd2 Nxa3 27. Ra2 Nb1 28. Bd3 Nc3 29. Ra3 Ne4 30. Rxa7 Nd2+ 31. Kg2 Re7 32.
c5 $16 {[%csl Rb7,Rc6]}) 26... Nd4 27. Bxh7 Nf3 28. Rd8+ Re8 29. Rxe8+ Kxe8 30.
Ke2 Nxh2 31. Bf5 $16 {[%csl Rh2]}) 22. Rb2 Nd3 23. Bxd3 Re1+ 24. Bf1 Rxc1 25.
Rd2 Bf8 26. Rd7 Ra1 27. Rxb7 Rxa3 28. b5 $1 cxb5 29. cxb5 $16 {[%cal Gf1c4]}) (
19... Nxc1 20. Rxd6 Re1+ 21. Kg2 Nd3 22. Rd1 $1 Rxd1 23. Bxd1 Ne5 24. Be2 {
[%cal Gf2f4]} g5 25. f4 gxf4 26. gxf4 Ng6 27. Kf3 Re8 28. Bd3 Kf8 29. c5 $14 {
/+/-}) 20. Bxc6 bxc6 (20... Nxc6 21. Rxd6 Re1+ 22. Kg2 Ne5 23. c5 Nc4 24. Rd3
$16) 21. Rxd6 c5 (21... Nxc4 22. Rxc6 Re1+ 23. Kg2 Nxa3 24. Ra1 Nb5 25. Ra5 Re5
26. Be3 $16 {[%csl Ra7]}) 22. bxc5 Nxc4 23. Ra6 $1 Re1+ 24. Kg2 h6 25. c6 Rc8
26. h4 Nb6 (26... Ne5 27. Rb5 Nxc6 28. Be3 $16) 27. Rxa7 Rxc6 28. Ra6 Rcxc1 29.
Rxc1 Rxc1 30. Rxb6 Ra1 31. Rb3 $1 h5 32. Kf3 Ra2 33. Ke3 f6 34. f4 $18 {
White have clear winning plan.Ke3 moves to the queen's side and helps pawn a3
go forward.In favour of White Black have no counterplay.} g5 35. fxg5 fxg5 36.
hxg5 Kg7 37. Kd3 Kg6 38. Kc4 Kxg5 39. Kb5 Rf2 40. a4 Rf5+ 41. Kb4 1-0

[Event "Biel GM"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2003.07.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2003.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. c4
c6 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Nc3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Bg4 12. Rb1 Nd7 13. h3 Bh5 14. Rb5 Nf6
15. Bg5 Rc8 16. g4 (16. Rxb7 Rxc3 17. Qd2 (17. Rxa7 Bxf3 $5 18. Qxf3 Qb6 19.
Bxf6 (19. Ra6 Qxa6 20. Bxa6 Rxf3 21. gxf3 Ra8 $11) (19. Ra4 Ne4 20. Bh4 Qc6 $1
$15) 19... Rxd3 $1 (19... Qxa7 20. Bxh7+ $1 Kxh7 (20... Kh8 21. Qh5 $18) 21.
Qh5+ Kg8 22. Qg5 g6 23. Qh6 $18) 20. Qg4 (20. Qxd3 Qxa7 21. Be5 Bxe5 22. dxe5
Qxa2 $11) 20... Bh2+ $1 21. Kxh2 Qxf6 22. Ra4 Qc6 23. Ra7 (23. Qf5 Qxa4 24.
Qxd3 Qxa2 $11) 23... Qb6 $11) 17... Rc7 (17... Qc8 $1 18. Bxf6 Rxd3 19. Qxd3
Qxb7 $15) 18. Rxc7 Bxc7 19. Ne5 Re8 20. f4 Bb6 21. Bb5 $16 {1-0 Chowdhury,
S-Radha,S/Calcutta 1994/EXT 97 (58)}) 16... Bg6 17. Bxg6 (17. Rxb7 Rxc3 18. Rb3
Bxd3 (18... Qc7 $5 19. Bxf6 gxf6 $15) 19. Rxc3 Bxf1 20. Qxf1 Qa5 21. Rc6 Ne4
22. Qa6 Qb4 23. Qxa7 f5 24. Rb6 Qc3 25. Rb7 Nxg5 26. Rxg7+ Kh8 27. Nxg5 {
1-0 Berthelot,Y-Grimberg,G/Clichy 1993/EXT 97 (27)}) 17... hxg6 18. Qb3 b6 19.
Re1 Re8 20. Rxe8+ Qxe8 21. Bxf6 gxf6 22. Rxd5 Bf8 $44 {Black have full
compensation for sacrifising pawn as Kg1 is weak and pawn c3 also needs to be
protected.} 23. g5 $5 Qe6 $1 {[%cal Ye6d5,Ye6h3]} 24. gxf6 (24. Kg2 Rxc3 25.
Qxc3 Qxd5 $17) 24... Rxc3 $1 (24... Qxh3 25. Ng5 Qxc3 26. Qxc3 Rxc3 27. Rd7 $16
) 25. Qxc3 (25. Qxc3 Qxd5 26. a4 a6 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-CHN Summit Men 2nd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2004.08.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Zhang, Zhong"]
[Black "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2603"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2004.08.10"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 103"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "China"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CHN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. c4 Be7 6. Nc3 Nxc3 7. dxc3 O-O 8.
Bd3 Nd7 9. Qc2 (9. O-O Nc5 10. Bc2 Bf6 11. Re1 Be6 12. Nd4 Bd7 13. Qf3 a5 14.
Be3 g6 15. Nb3 Bc6 16. Qg4 Nxb3 17. axb3 Re8 $11 {0-1 Berclaz,P-Kosebay,O/ICCF
Email 2001/ICCF Telechess (55)}) 9... g6 (9... Nf6 10. Be3 c6 11. O-O-O Qa5 12.
Kb1 b5 13. cxb5 cxb5 14. Nd4 Bd7 15. Rhe1 $16 {1-0 Rodriguez Vinuesa,
A-Hernandez,Y/Ayamonte 2002/CBM 90 ext (30)}) (9... h6 10. Be3 Bf6 11. O-O-O
Ne5 12. Nxe5 Bxe5 13. f4 Bf6 14. Qf2 Re8 15. h3 $36 {[%cal Gg2g5] 1/2-1/2
Velimirovic,D-Motylev,A/Novi Sad 2000/EXT 2001 (70)}) 10. Be3 (10. Bh6 Re8 11.
O-O-O Nc5 12. Rde1 Bg4 13. Nd2 Bf6 14. h3 Bd7 15. Nf3 Bc6 16. Be3 Bxf3 17. gxf3
Nxd3+ 18. Qxd3 Re5 $15 {1/2-1/2 Kuzmin,G-Strelnikov,O/Alushta 1998/EXT 2000 
(50)}) 10... Nc5 11. Be2 (11. O-O-O Nxd3+ 12. Qxd3 Bf5 13. Qd2 c5 14. Bg5 Bxg5
15. Nxg5 Qa5 16. b3 b5 17. cxb5 c4 $40 {1/2-1/2 Areshchenko,A-Mista,A/Cappelle
la Grande FRA 2003/(25)}) (11. Bxc5 dxc5 12. O-O-O Bd6 $11) 11... Re8 (11...
Bf5 12. Qd2 Ne4 $11) 12. Rd1 b6 (12... Bf5 13. Qc1 $14) 13. b4 (13. Nd4 Bg5 14.
Bxg5 Qxg5 15. O-O Bb7 16. Bf3 $11) 13... Bf5 14. Qc1 Nd7 15. O-O (15. Nd4 Be4
16. O-O a5 17. Qd2 Bf6 $11) 15... a5 16. a3 Be4 17. Rfe1 Qc8 18. Nd4 Ne5 19. f3
Bb7 20. Bf2 Bf8 21. Nb5 Bg7 22. Qf4 ({Move} 22. c5 {was the only possibility
to fight for an advantage.} bxc5 23. bxc5 d5 (23... dxc5 24. Bxc5 $14) 24. Bd4
Rb8 25. a4 $14) 22... Bc6 23. Nd4 (23. c5 bxc5 24. bxc5 Bxb5 (24... Nd7 $6 25.
Bc4 $1 (25. cxd6 Rxe2 26. Rxe2 Bxb5 27. c4 Ba4 28. Rde1 cxd6 29. Re7 Nf6 $15)
25... Rxe1+ 26. Rxe1 Ne5 (26... d5 27. Bd3 (27. Bxd5 Bxd5 28. Nxc7 Qb7 (28...
Be6 29. Nxa8 Qxa8 30. Qc7 $1) 29. c4 Be6 30. Nxa8 Qxa8 31. Qc7)) 27. cxd6 Nxc4
28. Nxc7 $1 Nxa3 29. Re7 $18) 25. Bxb5 c6 26. Bf1 d5 $11) 23... axb4 24. axb4
Bb7 $11 25. Bf1 Ba6 26. Nc2 Bb7 27. Nd4 Ba6 28. Nc2 Bb7 29. Nd4 Ba6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Abu Dhabi op 14th"]
[Site "Abu Dhabi"]
[Date "2004.08.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Timofeev, Artyom"]
[Black "Raetsky, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2611"]
[BlackElo "2399"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2004.08.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 103"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8.
Re1 Re8 9. c4 c6 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Nc3 Nxc3 12. Rxe8+ Qxe8 13. bxc3 Bg4 (13...
Nc6 14. Qb3 Qd7 15. g3 Bf8 16. Ba3 Bxa3 17. Qxa3 Qd8 18. Re1 Be6 19. Qc1 h6 20.
Nh4 Rc8 21. Qd2 Qa5 $11 {1-0 Kasparov,G-Ehlvest,J/Moscow 2002/CBM 90 (61)}) 14.
Be3 (14. Rb1 Qe7 15. h3 Bh5 16. Rb5 Qd7 17. c4 $16 {1/2-1/2 Topalov,V-Gelfand,
B/Monaco 2002/CBM 87 ext (35)}) (14. Bd2 Qd7 15. Rb1 b6 16. Rb5 a6 17. Rb1 Bc7
18. h3 {1/2-1/2 Morovic Fernandez,I-Pavasovic,D/Pinamar 2002/CBM 88 (18)})
14... Qd8 (14... Qd7 $142 15. Rb1 Nc6 16. h3 Bh5 17. Ne5 Bxd1 18. Nxd7 Ba4 19.
Nc5 Bxc5 20. dxc5 Nd8 21. f4 Rc8 22. Kf2 Rc7 (22... Bc6 23. g4 f6 24. h4 Ne6
25. f5 Nf8 26. c4 Nd7 27. Be2 Ne5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Grischuk,A-Tkachiev,V/Belfort
FRA 2004/(34)}) 23. g4 f6 24. c4 d4 25. Bxd4 Rd7 26. Ke3 Ne6 27. Bf5 Re7 28.
Bxe6+ Rxe6+ 29. Kd3 Bc6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Yemelin,V-Solozhenkin,E/St Petersburg
2000/CBM 77 (51)}) 15. Rb1 (15. h3 Bh5 16. Qb1 (16. Rb1 $5 b6 17. c4 Nd7 18.
cxd5 Nf6 19. g4 Bg6 20. Bxg6 hxg6 21. Bg5 Bf8 $11) 16... Bxf3 17. Qxb7 Nd7 18.
gxf3 Nb6 $44) 15... Nd7 16. h3 (16. Rxb7 Nb6 17. Qc2 Bxf3 (17... Bc8 18. Bxh7+
Kf8 19. Rxb6 axb6 $13) 18. gxf3 Qc8 19. Ba6 Qh3 $40) 16... Bxf3 17. Qxf3 Nb6
18. a4 $16 {White has a clear advantage due to the weakness of the pawn d5 and
the pair of bishops.} Rb8 19. a5 Na4 20. Bd2 Qxa5 21. Rb5 (21. Qf5 g6 22. Qf6
Bf8 23. Rb5 Qc7 24. Bf4 Qd8 25. Qe5 Rc8 26. Rxd5 Qe8 $14) 21... Qc7 22. Rxd5
Rd8 $2 (22... Nb6 $142 23. Rxd6 Qxd6 24. Bf4 Qd8 25. Bxb8 Qxb8 26. Be4 Qc7 27.
Bxb7 a5 28. Bc6 h6 29. Qe4 $16) 23. Rb5 $6 ({White didn't find the way to
advantage connected with the weakness of the 8th horizontal.} 23. Bf4 $1 Qe7 (
23... Nxc3 24. Rxd6 Rxd6 25. Qe3 Kf8 26. Qe5 $18) (23... Bxf4 24. Qxf4 Qe7 (
24... Qb6 25. Bxh7+ $18) 25. Qe4 $1 $18) (23... g6 24. Rxd6 Rxd6 25. Qg3 $18)
24. Bxd6 Rxd6 25. Rxd6 Qxd6 26. Qxb7 $18) 23... Nb6 24. h4 a6 25. Rg5 Re8 $4 {
[%mdl 8192] Black overlooked a typical mating combination.} (25... g6 26. h5
Rd7 27. Qg4 $40) 26. Rxg7+ (26. Rxg7+ Kxg7 27. Bh6+ Kxh6 (27... Kg8 28. Qg4+
Kh8 29. Qg7#) 28. Qf6+ Kh5 29. Qg5#) 1-0

[Event "American Continental 2nd"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "2003.08.28"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Zapata, Alonso"]
[Black "Alzate, Dario"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2543"]
[BlackElo "2426"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[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. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Bf4 O-O
8. Qd2 Nd7 9. O-O-O Nc5 10. Kb1 a5 (10... c6 11. Nd4 d5 12. f3 Ne6 13. Nf5 Bg5
14. Bxg5 Qxg5 15. Bd3 Qxd2 16. Rxd2 g6 17. Ne7+ Kg7 18. Nxc8 Raxc8 {1/2-1/2
Dolgener,T-Barth,N/Budapest 2000/CBM 75 ext (18)}) (10... Be6 11. Nd4 Bf6 12.
Nxe6 Nxe6 13. Be3 Nc5 14. g4 Ne4 15. Qd3 Re8 16. Bg2 Nc5 17. Qd5 $16 {1-0
Leray,J-Nay,R/Fouesnant 2002/EXT 2003 (36)}) (10... Bf6 11. Be3 (11. Nd4 d5 12.
f3 Ne6 13. Nxe6 Bxe6 14. g4 Be7 15. h4 c5 16. g5 Qa5 17. Bh3 Bxh3 18. Rxh3 Rad8
19. Qh2 Qb5 20. h5 d4 $132 {0-1 Stehno,P-Studnicka,T/Lahucovice CZE 2003/(61)})
11... b6 (11... Re8 12. Bc4 Be6 13. Bxe6 Rxe6 14. Nd4 Re8 15. f3 Nd7 16. Qf2
Ne5 17. Bc1 d5 18. Nf5 c6 19. g4 Ng6 20. h4 Re5 21. h5 Ne7 22. Ng3 $16 {
1-0 Totsky,L-Bezgodov,A/RUS-Cup Tula 1999 (32)}) 12. Nd4 Bb7 13. f3 a6 14. h4
Re8 15. Rh3 Bc8 16. Nc6 $1 Qd7 17. Nb4 Bb7 18. g4 a5 19. Nd3 Nxd3 20. Bxd3 b5
21. Bg5 $1 $36 {1-0 Shirov,A-Morozevich,A/Moscow 2002/CBM 91/[Huzman] (71)})
11. Be3 Ne6 (11... Bf6 12. Nd4 a4 13. f3 Re8 14. g4 Bd7 15. h4 a3 16. b3 Bc6
17. Rh3 Qd7 18. g5 Be7 19. h5 Ne6 20. g6 $40 {1-0 Nguyen Thi Thuan Hoa-Vang
Thi Thu Hang/Dong Thap VIE 2003/(38)}) 12. h4 Re8 13. Bd3 $36 {>>} d5 14. Ng5
Nf8 15. Qe2 Bf6 16. Qf3 (16. Bxh7+ $2 Nxh7 17. Qh5 Bxg5 18. hxg5 Bf5 $19) 16...
c6 17. g4 {/\18.Nf7 Kf719.g5->} Rxe3 $1 (17... Qe7 18. Rde1 h6 19. Bd2 Qd7 20.
Rxe8 Qxe8 21. Nh3 {[%cal Gg4g5]} Bxh4 22. g5 $40) 18. fxe3 (18. Qxe3 Bxg4 19.
Rde1 Bh5 20. Nh3 Ng6 21. Nf4 Nxf4 22. Qxf4 b5 23. Be2 $16) 18... Bxg5 19. hxg5
Qxg5 20. Rdf1 f6 $6 (20... Be6 $142 21. Qg3 (21. Bf5 Bxf5 22. gxf5 Re8 23. Rh3
Qf6 $14) 21... Re8 $44) 21. Bf5 (21. Rfg1 {[%csl Rg5][%cal Gh1h5]} g6 22. c4 (
22. Qg3 Qe5 $16) 22... Be6 $16) 21... Bxf5 22. gxf5 Re8 23. Rh3 {[%csl Rg5]
[%cal Gh3g3]} Nd7 (23... Re5 $1 24. Qf2 (24. Rg3 $140 Rxf5) 24... Nd7 {[%cal
Yd7c5,Yc5e4]} 25. Rg3 Qh5 26. Rfg1 Re7 27. Qg2 Qf7 $16) 24. Rg3 Qh4 $2 (24...
Qh6 $142 25. Rfg1 Ne5 26. Qg2 (26. Rxg7+ Qxg7 27. Rxg7+ Kxg7 28. Qg3+ Kf7 $14)
26... g5 27. fxg6 hxg6 28. Rh3 Qg7 29. e4 dxe4 30. Qxe4 $16) 25. Rfg1 Re7 26.
Qg2 $1 (26. Qg2 Qh6 27. Rh3 Qg5 28. Qf2 $18) 1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Tripoli"]
[Date "2004.06.22"]
[Round "2.7"]
[White "Ye, Jiangchuan"]
[Black "Ni, Hua"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2587"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[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 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 Nxe4 4. Qe2 Qe7 5. Qxe4 d6 6. d4 dxe5 7. dxe5 Nc6
8. Bf4 g5 9. Bd2 (9. Bb5 Bd7 10. Bd2 f5 11. Qe2 O-O-O 12. O-O f4 (12... Bg7 $11
) 13. Bc3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Seknadje,J-Nuvoloni,D/Paris 1989/TD (23)}) (9. Be3 f5
10. Qd5 Nb4 (10... Be6 11. Qd3 f4 $36) 11. Qb3 f4 12. Bd4 Bf5 13. Na3 O-O-O $44
{0-1 Isaeva,A-Szczygiel,A/Litomysl 1994/TD (30)}) (9. Bg3 $4 f5 10. Qe3 f4 $19
{1/2-1/2 Przytycka,J-Starczewska,M/Augustow 1996/EXT 2003 (47)}) 9... f5 (9...
Nxe5 10. Nc3 f5 11. Qe2 Bg7 12. O-O-O Be6 13. Qh5+ Nf7 14. Bb5+ c6 15. Rhe1
O-O-O 16. Bc4 Rd6 17. f4 $16 {1-0 Pisk,P-Kiritsenko,V/Karvina 1992/EXT 97 (39)}
) 10. Qe2 Bg7 (10... Be6 $142 11. Qh5+ Bf7 12. Qxg5 Qxe5+ 13. Qe3 O-O-O 14.
Qxe5 Nxe5 15. Be2 Rg8 16. Bc3 Re8 $44 {1-0 Hernandez Estevez,Y-Garcia,L/
Pamplona 1995/EXT 99 (37)}) 11. Nc3 Nd4 (11... Be6 12. Qh5+ Bf7 13. Qxg5 Qxe5+
14. Qe3 $16) (11... Bxe5 12. O-O-O Be6 13. Qh5+ Qf7 14. Qxg5 $16) 12. Qh5+ Qf7
13. Qxf7+ Kxf7 14. O-O-O $16 f4 (14... h6 15. f4 $16) 15. Bxf4 $1 (15. Ne4 $5
h6 16. Bc3 Nc6 17. Bc4+ $16) 15... gxf4 16. Rxd4 Bxe5 17. Bc4+ Be6 $2 (17...
Kg6 18. Re4 Bxc3 19. bxc3 Rf8 20. Rhe1 $16) 18. Bxe6+ (18. Re4 Bxc4 19. Rxe5
$18 {[%csl Rf4][%cal Ge5e4,Ge4f4,Ye5f5,Yf5f4]}) 18... Kxe6 19. Re1 Kf5 20. Rd5
Rhe8 21. g4+ $1 Kf6 $2 (21... fxg3 22. hxg3 c6 23. Rc5 Kf6 24. Ne4+ Kg6 $16)
22. g5+ Kf5 23. Nb5 $1 $18 Rac8 (23... f3 24. Nxc7 Rad8 25. Rexe5+ Rxe5 26.
Rxd8 Re1+ (26... Re2 27. Rf8+ Kg4 28. h3+ $18) 27. Rd1 Re2 28. Rf1 $18) 24.
Nd4+ Kxg5 25. Rdxe5+ Rxe5 26. Rxe5+ Kg4 27. f3+ Kh3 28. Rh5+ Kg2 29. b4 c5 30.
bxc5 Rd8 31. c3 Kf2 32. Kd2 Rd7 33. Kd3 Re7 34. a4 a6 35. a5 Rf7 36. Ke4 Ke1
37. Rf5 Rc7 38. Kxf4 Kd2 39. c4 Kd3 40. Ne6 Re7 41. Ke5 Kxc4 42. Kd6 Re8 43.
Rf7 Kb5 44. Rxb7+ Kxa5 45. c6 1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Tripoli"]
[Date "2004.06.29"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Akopian, Vladimir Eduardovic"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2689"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[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 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Be6 11. Ne5 f6 12. Nf3 Kh8 13. Re1 f5 14. a3 Nc6 15.
cxd5 Bxd5 16. Bf4 (16. Bd3 Bf6 17. Be3 Nxc3 18. bxc3 Qd7 19. Ng5 {[%cal Gc3c4]}
Ne7 20. c4 Bg8 21. Rb1 b6 22. Nf3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Svidler,P-Adams,M/New Delhi/
Theran 2000/CBM 81/[Huzman] (37)}) 16... Nxc3 17. bxc3 Bd6 18. Bxd6 (18. Qd2
Qf6 $11) 18... Qxd6 19. Bb5 Qg6 20. Bxc6 $5 (20. Qd3 Be4 21. Qe3 Rae8 $11)
20... bxc6 ({It is interesting what White meant in case of} 20... Qxc6 {
Pawn sacrifice by} 21. Ne5 {leads to an unclear position} (21. Re3 f4 22. Re5
Rae8 $15) 21... Qxc3 22. Re3 Qb2 (22... Qa5 23. Qh5 Rf6 24. Rae1) 23. Rb1 Qa2
24. Qc1 Be4 $13) (20... Bxc6 21. d5 Bb5 22. Ne5 $16) 21. g3 f4 22. Ne5 Qh6 23.
c4 fxg3 24. fxg3 Be6 $1 {[%cal Ye6h3]} (24... Rf2 25. Kxf2 Qxh2+ 26. Ke3 Qxg3+
27. Kd2 $18) 25. Qc1 Qh5 26. Nd3 $1 {[%cal Gd3f4]} (26. Nxc6 Bh3 $1 (26... Qf3
27. Qe3 Qxc6 28. Qxe6 $16) (26... Rf2 27. Kxf2 Qxh2+ 28. Ke3 Qxg3+ 29. Kd2 Qg2+
30. Re2 Qxc6 31. Qh1 $1 Qxh1 32. Rxh1 Bxc4 33. Re7 c6 34. Rg1 g6 35. Rb1 $16)
27. Ne5 Rf6 $44 {[%cal Ya8f8]}) 26... Qg4 $1 27. d5 cxd5 28. Nf4 Bg8 (28...
Rae8 29. cxd5 Bxd5 30. Nxd5 Rxe1+ 31. Qxe1 Qd4+ 32. Ne3 Rf3 33. Rd1 Rxe3 34.
Rxd4 Rxe1+ 35. Kf2 Re8 36. Rd7 Rc8 37. Ke3 $44) 29. cxd5 Rf7 $6 (29... Rf5 $142
30. Qxc7 Raf8 31. Rf1 Bxd5 32. Qxa7 (32. Nxd5 $2 Qd4+ $1 $19) 32... Bc4 $44)
30. Rb1 (30. Re4 $1 Rc8 (30... Raf8 31. Qe3 $16) 31. Qc5 $14) 30... Raf8 31.
Rb4 $1 Qf5 32. Qc5 a6 33. Rbe4 (33. Ne6 Re8 34. Rf4 Qd3 $132) 33... Qd7 34. Qc3
Qb5 35. Rb4 Qd7 36. Rbe4 Qb5 37. Rb4 Qd7 38. Rc4 Qb5 39. Rc5 (39. Ne6 Re8 40.
Rxc7 Qb6+ $1 41. Qc5 (41. Rc5 Rf6 42. Qb4 Qd6 $11) 41... Qxc7 42. Nxc7 Rxe1+
43. Kg2 Re2+ 44. Kh3 Rff2 $40) 39... Qb6 40. Ne6 Re8 41. Kg2 (41. Re3 Rd7 42.
Rc6 Qb5 $132) 41... Rf6 $1 42. Rxc7 (42. Re3 $5 Bxe6 43. dxe6 Qb7+ 44. Kg1
Rfxe6 45. Rxc7 Qxc7 46. Rxe6 $1 (46. Qxc7 Rxe3 $17) 46... Qa7+ 47. Kg2 $11)
42... Qf2+ 43. Kh1 Bxe6 (43... Rd8 $5 44. Qe3 (44. Rc5 Bxe6 45. dxe6 Rxe6 $17)
44... Rxd5 45. Nf4 Qb2 46. Qc3 $11) 44. dxe6 Rexe6 $11 45. Rc8+ Rf8 (45... Rf8
46. Rxf8+ Qxf8 47. Rxe6 $140 $4 Qf1#) 46. Rxf8+ Qxf8 47. Kg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "ISR-ch"]
[Site "Ramat Aviv/Modiin"]
[Date "2000.12.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Black "Huzman, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2609"]
[BlackElo "2574"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2000.12.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O Nc6 8. c4
Nf6 9. Nc3 Bg4 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Be4 Be6 12. Qd3 (12. Qc2 h6 13. Bf5 Bxf5 14.
Qxf5 Nxc3 15. bxc3 O-O 16. Be3 Qc8 17. Qc2 Na5 18. c4 b6 19. Rad1 Qa6 20. Nd2
Rfd8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Janocha,W-Kampfhenkel,U/Baltic Sea 1991/SEC 03 (32)}) 12...
Ncb4 (12... a6 13. a3 Bf6 14. Re1 Nce7 15. Ng5 g6 16. Nxe6 fxe6 17. Nxd5 Nxd5
18. Bf3 Kf7 19. Bg4 Re8 20. Qh3 Kg7 21. Bh6+ $16 {1-0 City Riga-City Orel/cr
steden 1896 (35)}) 13. Qb1 (13. Qe2 O-O 14. a3 Nc6 15. Re1 Re8 $11) (13. Qb5+
c6 14. Qxb7 Rb8 15. Qxa7 Ra8 $11) 13... c6 (13... h6 14. Ne5 (14. a3 Nc6 15.
Re1 O-O 16. Bh7+ Kh8 17. Bf5 $14 Nxc3 $140 18. bxc3 Bd5 19. Nd2) 14... O-O 15.
a3 Nc6 16. Nxc6 bxc6 17. Qc2 $14) 14. a3 Na6 15. Nxd5 (15. Re1 Nac7 16. Nxd5
Bxd5 {-see game}) 15... Bxd5 (15... cxd5 16. Bd3 h6 17. Ne5 Qb6 18. Be3 O-O 19.
f4 $36) 16. Re1 Nc7 (16... h6 17. Bxd5 cxd5 (17... Qxd5 18. Bf4 Rd8 19. Re5 Qd7
20. Qe4 $16) 18. Bf4 O-O 19. Qf5 $36) 17. Bg5 $1 Be6 (17... f6 $5 18. Bf4 Bxe4
19. Qxe4 Nd5 $11) (17... Bxg5 18. Bxd5+ Be7 (18... Kf8 19. Bc4 Bf6 20. Qa2 Qd7
21. Ne5 Bxe5 22. dxe5 Nd5 23. Rad1 Rd8 24. Qb3 g6 25. Bxd5 cxd5 26. Rd4 $16))
18. Bxe7 Qxe7 19. Ne5 (19. Qc2 O-O-O 20. b4 Qd6 $11) 19... O-O-O 20. Qc2 Rxd4
$2 {A big positional mistake,as Black`s King becomes weak.} (20... f6 21. Nf3
g5 22. Rad1 Qd7 $11) 21. Bxc6 $1 Qd6 (21... bxc6 22. Nxc6 Qf6 23. Nxd4 Qxd4 24.
Rac1 Qb6 25. Re3 Kb8 26. Rc3 $16) (21... Rhd8 22. Bxb7+ (22. Bf3 $5 f6 $140 23.
Bxb7+ Kxb7 24. Nc6 $16) 22... Kxb7 23. Nc6 Qg5 24. Nxd8+ Qxd8 25. Rad1 $14) {
[%tqu "En","Find a tactical idea for White and calculate possibility of
Black's counterplay.","","","c6d7","",10,"c6e4","",0]} 22. Bd7+ $5 (22. Be4 $1
Kb8 23. Nf3 Rc4 24. Qe2 $16) 22... Bxd7 23. Nxf7 Qf8 $2 (23... Qd5 $1 24. Nxh8
Bc6 25. f3 Rd2 (25... Qg8 26. Rad1 (26. Qc5 $5 {[%cal Gc5a7]}) 26... Rxd1 27.
Rxd1 Qxh8 28. Qf5+ Kb8 29. Qxh7 $1 Qe8 30. Qxg7 $18) 26. Qc3 (26. Qe4 Qg5 27.
Qg4+ Qxg4 28. fxg4 Rxg2+ 29. Kf1 Rxb2 $44) 26... Qg5 27. g3 Qh6 28. h4 (28. h3
Qd6 29. Qe5 (29. Re5 Rd3 30. Nf7 (30. Qc5 Rd1+ (30... Qxc5+ 31. Rxc5 Rxf3 32.
Rh5 $1 Rxg3+ 33. Kf1 h6 $44) 31. Rxd1 Qxd1+ 32. Kh2 Qxf3 (32... Qd2+ $11) 33.
Qg1 Qf8 $17) 30... Qd7 31. Qc4 Rxf3 $17) 29... Qf8 {-see main line}) 28... Qd6
29. Qe5 (29. Re5 Rd3 30. Nf7 (30. Qc5 Rd1+ 31. Rxd1 Qxd1+ 32. Kh2 Qxf3 33. Qg1
(33. Kh3 Qf1+ 34. Kg4 Bd7+ 35. Rf5 Qe2+ 36. Kf4 b6 $1 $19)) (30. Qe1 Qd4+ 31.
Kh2 Rxf3 32. Re2 g5 $17) 30... Qd7 31. Re7 (31. Qc4 Rxf3 32. Ng5 Rxg3+ 33. Kf2
Rg2+ 34. Kf1 b5 $1 $17) 31... Qxe7 32. Qxd3 Qxf7 33. Rd1 Qf6 $15) 29... Qf8 30.
Rad1 (30. Qc3 Rd7 31. Rad1 Rxd1 32. Rxd1 Qxh8 $15 {/=}) (30. Qf4 Qc5+ 31. Kh1
Qf2 32. Qf5+ Rd7 33. Rf1 Qxg3 $44) 30... Qxf3 (30... Rxd1 31. Rxd1 Qxf3 32. Rd2
Qf8 $5) 31. Rxd2 Qh1+ 32. Kf2 Qf3+ $11) 24. Nxh8 Qxh8 25. Re7 $6 (25. Qc5 $1 g6
26. Qxa7 $16) 25... Qf8 26. Rae1 Qf6 $2 (26... Kd8 $142 27. R7e5 Qd6 $132) 27.
h3 h6 28. Qh7 $1 $16 Ne6 29. Qc2+ Nc7 30. Qh7 Ne6 31. Qg8+ Nd8 32. Qxg7 Qb6 (
32... Qf4 33. Qe5 Qxe5 34. R7xe5 Nc6 35. R5e4 Rd2 36. R4e2 $16) 33. Rc1+ Bc6 (
33... Nc6 34. Re2 Rd6 35. b4 $18) 34. b4 Rf4 35. Qg3 Rf5 36. Rc5 $1 $18 Rxc5
37. bxc5 Qb1+ 38. Kh2 Bd7 39. Qe5 Nc6 40. Qh8+ Kc7 41. Rf7 Qb3 42. Qf6 Qd5 43.
Qf4+ Kc8 44. Rf8+ Nd8 45. Qxh6 Qxc5 46. Qf6 Qc7+ 47. f4 Bc6 48. h4 Qd7 49. h5
Qd2 50. Rg8 Qd5 51. Qg5 1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Tripoli"]
[Date "2004.06.20"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Iordachescu, Viorel"]
[Black "Morovic Fernandez, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2627"]
[BlackElo "2583"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[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 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O Nc6 8.
Re1 Bg4 9. c3 f5 10. Qb3 O-O 11. Nbd2 Na5 12. Qc2 c5 13. Ne5 Bh5 14. f3 cxd4
15. fxe4 dxc3 16. exd5 $1 (16. exf5 cxd2 17. Bxd2 Bf6 (17... Bh4 {1/2-1/2
Milos,G-Morovic Fernandez,I/Santos BRA 2003/(17)}) 18. Bc3 {1/2-1/2 Grischuk,
A-Bologan,V/Dagomys RUS 2004/(18)}) 16... cxd2 17. Bxd2 Qxd5 18. Bc3 {[%cal
Gc3a5,Gc3g7,Gc2h7] White's bishops control the whole board! Qd5 and Na5 are
under pressure of white pieces.} Kh8 (18... h6 19. Kh1 {/\20.b4} Bf6 20. Bxf5
Nc6 21. Nd7 $1 $18 {1-0 Avotins,M-Starke,H/ICCF Email 2002/ICCF Telechess CBM
100 (30)}) 19. Bxf5 Bh4 (19... Bf6 20. Bxh7 Rae8 21. Ng6+ Bxg6 22. Bxg6 Rxe1+
23. Rxe1 Qc5+ 24. Kh1 Bxc3 25. Qd3 $1 $16) (19... Nc6 20. Bxh7 Bc5+ 21. Kh1 Rf2
22. Be4 $1 Rxc2 23. Bxd5 $16) 20. Qe4 $1 {White transposse the game into an
endgame where Black wouldn't be able to escape material losses.} Qxe4 (20...
Qc5+ $142 21. Bd4 Qd6 22. Rf1 (22. Qxh4 Rxf5 23. b4 Nc6 24. Nxc6 bxc6 25. Re7
$16) 22... Bf6 23. Bxh7 Nc6 (23... Rae8 24. Rf5 Bxe5 25. Rxe5 Qh6 26. Bf5 Nc6
27. Rxe8 Rxe8 28. Qh4 $16)) 21. Rxe4 $16 {[%mdl 4]} Bd8 (21... Rxf5 22. Rxh4
Be8 23. Rg4 b6 (23... Bh5 24. Re4 $18 {[%cal Gg2g4]}) 24. Nc4 (24. Re1 $16)
24... Bg6 25. Nxa5 bxa5 26. Rd4 $16) 22. g4 Bb6+ (22... Be8 23. Rd1 Nc6 24. Nd7
Rg8 25. Rd6 $1 $18 {[%cal Gd6h6]}) 23. Kg2 Rad8 $2 (23... Bf7 24. Nxf7+ Rxf7
25. Rd1 $16) 24. gxh5 Rxf5 25. h6 $1 Kg8 26. hxg7 $18 {[%cal Ge5g4,Gg4h6,Gg4f6]
} h5 27. Kh1 Kh7 28. Rae1 Re8 29. Nd7 $1 Rxe4 30. Rxe4 (30. Rxe4 Rg5 31. h4
Rg1+ 32. Kh2 $18) 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch 56th"]
[Site "Krasnoyarsk"]
[Date "2003.09.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sveshnikov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2561"]
[BlackElo "2634"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2003.09.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Bf4 O-O
8. Qd2 Nd7 9. O-O-O Nc5 10. Nd4 Ne6 11. Be3 Nxd4 12. cxd4 c6 (12... Bf6 13. Be2
Be6 14. g4 Bd5 15. Rhg1 g6 16. c4 Bc6 17. f4 Re8 18. d5 Bd7 19. Bd3 c5 20. dxc6
bxc6 21. Bc2 {1/2-1/2 Zapata,A-Schussler,H/Bayamo 1981/EXT 2003 (21)}) (12...
Bf5 13. f3 Re8 14. g4 Bg6 15. Kb1 Bh4 16. Bf2 h6 17. f4 Be4 18. Rg1 Qf6 19.
Bxh4 Qxh4 20. Rg3 Re7 $11 {0-1 Huebner,R-Kramnik,V/Frankfurt 1996/EXT 98 (53)})
(12... d5 13. h3 (13. Bd3 Be6 14. h4 b6 15. Bg5 c5 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. c3 a5 18.
Rde1 Qd6 {1/2-1/2 Perez Lopez,J-Mellado Trivino,J/ESP 1999/EXT 2000 (18)})
13... Be6 14. Kb1 Qd7 15. g4 a5 16. Bg5 Bb4 17. c3 Bd6 18. Bf4 Bf5+ 19. Ka1 Be4
$11 {1/2-1/2 Vysochin,S-Kroeze,F/Rotterdam 1998/EXT 99 (27)}) (12... Re8 13.
Bd3 (13. Kb1 Bf5 14. f3 d5 15. g4 Bg6 16. Bg2 a5 17. f4 Bb4 18. Qf2 Be4 $15 {
1/2-1/2 Titova Boric,E-Hernandez,Y/Bled 2002/EXT 2003 (38)}) 13... c6 14. f3
Be6 15. Kb1 Bf8 16. g4 Bd5 17. Rdf1 b5 18. h4 Qd7 19. Bf5 Qb7 20. h5 c5 21. Rh3
b4 $15 22. g5 Qa6 {0-1 Adamski,M-Smirnov,I/Evpatoria 2001/EXT 2003 (22)}) 13.
d5 $1 (13. Bd3 Be6 14. Kb1 Qd7 15. c3 Bf5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Sveshnikov,E-Ehlvest,J/
Pinsk 1986/EXT 2000 (30)}) (13. Kb1 Be6 14. f3 b5 15. h4 f5 16. h5 Qe8 17. Bg5
Bxg5 18. Qxg5 Qf7 19. Ka1 a5 20. Bd3 Bxa2 21. Qxf5 Qxf5 22. Bxf5 Rxf5 23. Kxa2
Re8 $17 {0-1 Klenburg,M-Mikhalevski,V/Ashdod ISR 2003/(47)}) 13... c5 14. h4
Bf6 15. Be2 {[%cal Gg2g5]} Qb6 16. c3 Qa5 17. Bg5 $1 Bd8 $8 (17... Qxa2 18.
Bxf6 Qa1+ (18... gxf6 19. Qf4 $40) 19. Kc2 Qa4+ 20. Kb1 gxf6 21. Bd3 Kg7 22.
Bc2 Qg4 23. Rh3 $40) (17... Bxg5 18. hxg5 Qxa2 19. Bd3 Qa1+ 20. Kc2 Qa4+ 21.
Kb1 $40) 18. Kb1 b5 19. Bxd8 (19. Bd3 c4 20. Bc2 Rb8 21. a3 Qc7 $132 {[%cal
Ya7a5,Yb5b4]}) 19... Rxd8 (19... Qxd8 20. Bxb5 $16) 20. h5 h6 21. g4 $40 Re8
22. g5 (22. Rhg1 $5 {[%cal Gg4g5]}) 22... hxg5 23. h6 Bf5+ 24. Ka1 g6 25. Qxg5
Qd8 $1 26. h7+ (26. Qxd8 $142 Raxd8 27. Bxb5 Re5 28. Rhe1 (28. f4 Re3 29. Rde1
$16) 28... Be4 $132) 26... Kh8 27. Qd2 (27. Qxd8 $142) 27... a6 28. Bd3 Qf6 $44
29. Bxf5 Qxf5 30. Rhe1 a5 31. Re3 Rxe3 32. Qxe3 Qf6 33. a4 $2 bxa4 (33... Qh4
34. f4 bxa4 $15) 34. Ka2 Rb8 35. Rd2 Kxh7 $17 36. Qe4 Kg7 37. Qxa4 Rh8 38. Qb5
(38. Qxa5 Qf4 $1 $19) 38... Qf4 $19 39. Re2 Rh2 40. Kb3 Rxf2 41. Rxf2 Qxf2 42.
Ka4 Qh4+ 43. Kxa5 Qd8+ 44. Qb6 Qxb6+ 45. Kxb6 g5 46. Kc6 g4 47. Kxd6 g3 48. Kc7
g2 49. d6 g1=Q 50. d7 Qh2+ 51. Kc8 Qh8+ 52. d8=Q Qxd8+ 53. Kxd8 c4 0-1

[Event "American Continental 2nd"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "2003.08.29"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Zambrana, Oswaldo"]
[Black "Krush, Irina"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2404"]
[BlackElo "2449"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[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. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. c4
c6 9. Qc2 Na6 10. a3 f5 11. Nc3 Nc7 12. c5 Be7 13. Ne2 Ne6 (13... Bf6 14. Nd2 (
14. Bf4 Ne6 15. Be5 g5 (15... Bd7 16. b4 Rc8 17. Qb2 Kh8 18. Bxf6 Rxf6 19. Ne5
Be8 20. f3 N4g5 21. Rad1 $16 {0-1 Hazai,L-Valkesalmi,K/Espoo 1987/EXT 97 (57)})
(15... Qe8 16. Bxf6 Rxf6 17. b4 Rh6 18. Qb2 Qh5 19. Ng3 Qg4 20. Ne5 Qh4 21. Nf3
$11 {1/2-1/2 Zagorski,F-Marolt,T/IECG 2002/Telechess CBM 95 (24)}) 16. b4 g4 (
16... a5 $6 17. Qb2 axb4 18. axb4 Rxa1 19. Rxa1 g4 20. Bxf6 Rxf6 21. Ne5 Rh6
22. g3 Qe8 23. Ra8 $16 {1-0 Rodriguez Lopez,R-Hernandez Estevez,Y/Mondariz
1995/EXT 97 (33)}) 17. Nd2 Bxe5 18. dxe5 b6 19. cxb6 Qxb6 20. Nb3 Rf7 21. Rac1
Bd7 22. Bxe4 fxe4 23. Qc3 Raf8 24. Ned4 $16 {1-0 Miller,J-Noire,E/IECG 2001/
Telechess CBM 87 (32)}) (14. Ne5 Ne6 15. f4 g5 (15... Bd7 16. b4 (16. Be3 Be8
17. Kh1 Bh5 18. b4 Bxe2 19. Bxe2 Bxe5 20. dxe5 g5 $132 {1/2-1/2 Bratovic,
B-Madan,A/Balatonlelle HUN 2003/(48)}) 16... Be8 17. Be3 Kh8 18. a4 a6 19. Qb3
g5 20. Bxe4 fxe4 21. fxg5 Bxg5 22. Rxf8+ Nxf8 23. Rf1 Ng6 24. Bf4 $36 {1/2-1/2
Zoeller,T-Rack,M/Griesheim 2000/EXT 2001 (36)}) 16. g3 Kh8 17. Be3 gxf4 18.
gxf4 Bxe5 19. fxe5 Rg8+ 20. Kh1 Qh4 $40 {1/2-1/2 Vesselovsky,S-Haba,P/Czech
Rep CZE 2003/(37)}) 14... Ne6 15. Nb3 Bd7 16. f3 Be8 17. Kh1 g6 18. Bh6 Ng7 19.
fxe4 fxe4 20. Bxe4 dxe4 21. Nc3 $16 {1-0 Sutovsky,E-Volzhin,A/Ohrid MKD 2001/ 
(39)}) 14. b4 (14. Nf4 N6g5 (14... Bf6 15. Nxe6 Bxe6 16. Bf4 Bf7 (16... Qe8 17.
Be5 Qh5 18. Qb3 Bxe5 19. Nxe5 Rab8 20. Rfe1 Qh6 21. f3 $16 {1-0 Kulaots,K-Lauk,
U/Tallinn op 2000/CA (44)}) (16... g5 17. Be5 g4 18. Bxf6 Qxf6 19. Ne5 Qh4 20.
f4 g3 21. h3 Kh8 22. b4 a6 23. a4 Nf2 24. Qd2 Rg8 25. Ra3 Rg7 26. Rfa1 Rag8 27.
b5 Nxh3+ 28. gxh3 g2 29. Be2 $16 {1-0 Navara,D-Berezjuk,S/Ostrava 2002/CBM 88
ext (35)}) 17. Be5 Bh5 18. Bxf6 Qxf6 19. Ne5 Rad8 20. f3 Ng5 21. Rfe1 Ne6 22.
Qf2 f4 23. b4 $16 {1-0 Gipslis,A-Raetsky,A/Berlin 1993/TD (44)}) (14... Qc7 15.
Nxe6 Bxe6 16. b4 (16. Re1 Rae8 17. Ne5 Bc8 18. Bf4 Qd8 19. Re2 Bg5 20. Bxg5
Qxg5 21. b4 f4 22. f3 Bh3 23. Kh1 $16 {1-0 Seminara,J-Ferrara,A/Buenos Aires
1998/EXT 2002 (28)}) 16... Bf6 17. Bb2 f4 18. Rfe1 Rfe8 19. h3 g6 20. Bxe4 dxe4
21. Rxe4 Bd5 22. Rxe8+ Rxe8 23. Ne5 $14 {1-0 Gruenfeld,Y-Greenfeld,A/ISR t-ch
playoff 2002 (45)}) 15. Nxg5 Nxg5 16. Re1 (16. b4 Bf6 17. Qc3 Ne4 18. Qb2 b6
19. Nh5 Be7 20. f3 Nf6 21. Ng3 g6 22. Bf4 Rf7 23. Rfe1 Bf8 24. Re2 a5 25. Rae1
$14 {1/2-1/2 Kulaots,K-Lauk,U/Puhajarve EST 2001/ (61)}) 16... Bf6 17. Be3 g6
18. f3 Qc7 19. Qf2 Qg7 20. Rad1 Re8 21. Bc2 Bd7 22. Kh1 Re7 23. Qg3 Nf7 $11 {
0-1 Sherzer,A-Wolff,P/Philadelphia 1987/EXT 97 (50)}) 14... Bf6 15. Bb2 Qc7 (
15... a6 16. a4 g6 17. Ne5 Bg7 18. f3 $14 {Kapustin - Kuzenkov, corr 1986
[Jussupow] (18)}) 16. Nd2 (16. Rfe1 Bd7 (16... g6 17. Nc1 Bd7 18. Bf1 Rae8 19.
Nd3 Bc8 20. Nfe5 N4g5 21. a4 f4 22. f3 Nf7 23. Nxf7 Rxf7 24. Qf2 Ree7 25. Re2
Ng7 26. Rxe7 Rxe7 27. Re1 g5 28. Ne5 Nf5 $132 {1-0 Mazi,L-Lazovic,G/Bled 1999/
CBM 69 ext (40)}) 17. Rad1 g6 18. Nc1 g5 19. Nb3 Rae8 20. Ne5 Nxd4 21. Bxd4
Bxe5 22. Bxe5 Rxe5 23. Qc1 Re6 24. g3 Rg6 25. Nd4 $44 {1/2-1/2 Adams,M-Piket,J/
Wijk aan Zee 2002/CBM 87/[Huzman] (27)}) (16. Rad1 g6 17. Qb1 Qg7 18. Ba1 Bd7
19. Kh1 Be8 20. Ne1 g5 21. f3 Bg6 22. Bc2 Rae8 23. fxe4 fxe4 $13 {0-1
Tseshkovsky,V-Motylev,A/Ekaterinburg 2002/CBM 90 (29)}) 16... Bg5 (16... Nxd2
17. Qxd2 f4 18. f3 g6 $13) 17. Nb3 Bd7 18. Bc1 f4 19. f3 (19. Bxe4 dxe4 20.
Qxe4 f3 $1 21. Ng3 (21. gxf3 Bxc1 22. Raxc1 Ng5 $19) 21... Rae8 $44) 19... Nf6
20. a4 g6 $1 21. b5 Ng7 22. Rb1 Bf5 (22... Nf5 23. bxc6 bxc6 24. g4 $5 Nh4 (
24... Ne3 25. Bxe3 fxe3 26. Bxg6 $16) 25. Bd2 h5 $132) 23. Bd2 Rfe8 24. Nec1
Kh8 25. Na5 (25. bxc6 bxc6 26. Na5 Rab8 $11) 25... Ne4 26. Be1 (26. fxe4 dxe4
27. bxc6 exd3 28. Nxd3 b6 29. Nb3 Qxc6 30. Bxf4 Bf6 $44) 26... Ng3 (26... Bf6
$5 27. fxe4 (27. Ne2 Ng5 28. bxc6 b6 29. Nb3 N5e6 $132 {[%csl Rd4]}) 27... dxe4
28. Bc4 Bxd4+ 29. Kh1 f3 30. bxc6 b6 31. cxb6 axb6 32. Nab3 e3 33. Bd3 $16) 27.
hxg3 fxg3 (27... Rxe1 28. Rxe1 fxg3 (28... Qxa5 29. Ne2 fxg3 30. Nxg3 Bxd3 31.
Qxd3 Bh4 32. f4 Nf5 33. Nxf5 Bxe1 34. Nd6 $16) 29. Qc3 Qf4 30. bxc6 bxc6 31.
Nxc6 Qh4 32. Ne5 $16) 28. f4 $2 (28. Bd2 Qe7 (28... Bxd2 29. Qxd2 Qd8 30. Bxf5
(30. Qf4 Nh5 $19) 30... Nxf5 31. Ne2 Qh4 32. Nxg3 Nxg3 33. Rfe1 $15) 29. f4 Bh6
30. Ne2 Qxe2 (30... Qh4 31. Nxg3 Qxg3 32. Rf3 Qg4 33. bxc6 bxc6 34. Nxc6 Re2
$36) 31. Bxe2 Bxc2 32. Rbe1 Bxa4 33. Nxb7 Rxe2 34. Rxe2 Bxb5 $17) (28. Ne2 $1
Be3+ (28... Qe7 29. Kh1 (29. Nxg3 Qe3+ 30. Bf2 Qxd3 (30... Bxd3 31. Qd1 Qd2 32.
Nxb7 Bxb1 33. Qxd2 Bxd2 34. Rxb1 $44) 31. Qxd3 (31. Qa2 Qc3 32. Nxf5 Nxf5 33.
Nxb7 Nxd4 34. Nd6 Ne2+ 35. Kh1 Qg7 $40) 31... Bxd3 32. Nxb7 $44) 29... Bd2 30.
Bxf5 Nxf5 31. Ng1 Qh4+ 32. Nh3 Re2 33. Qxd2 (33. Bxd2 Ne3 $132) 33... Rxd2 34.
Bxd2 $14) 29. Kh1 Qd8 30. Bxg3 Qxa5 31. Be5 $14) 28... Rxe1 (28... Qxf4 $1 29.
Nab3 (29. Rxf4 Rxe1+ 30. Rf1 (30. Bf1 Bxc2 $19) 30... Be3+ 31. Kh1 Rxf1+ 32.
Bxf1 Bxc2 $19) 29... Qh4 $19) 29. Rxe1 Qxf4 30. Bxf5 (30. Nab3 Qh4 31. Nd2 (31.
Bxf5 Nxf5 32. Nd3 Qh2+ 33. Kf1 Rf8 $19) 31... Bxd2 32. Qxd2 Qh2+ 33. Kf1 Qh1+
34. Ke2 Bg4+ 35. Ke3 Qh6#) (30. Ncb3 Qh4 31. Bxf5 Nxf5 32. Qc3 Rf8 33. Qf3 Qh2+
34. Kf1 Ne3+ 35. Rxe3 Rxf3+ 36. Rxf3 Qh1+ $19) 30... Qxd4+ 31. Kf1 $2 (31. Kh1
gxf5 (31... Nxf5 32. Qb2 $18) 32. Nd3 Qh4+ 33. Kg1 Qh2+ 34. Kf1 f4 $1 {[%cal
Yf4f3]} 35. Ne5 (35. Rb2 f3 36. gxf3 Qh1+ 37. Ke2 Re8+ 38. Kd1 Qxf3+ 39. Re2 g2
$19) 35... f3 $1 36. Nxf3 Qh1+ 37. Ke2 Qxg2+ 38. Kd1 Qxf3+ 39. Qe2 Qc3 $19)
31... Rf8 $1 32. Rb3 (32. Nab3 Nxf5 33. Nxd4 Nxd4+ 34. Kg1 Nxc2 35. Rd1 Be3+
36. Kh1 Rf5 $19) (32. Ncb3 Qg4 33. Re5 Nxf5 34. Ke1 Ne3 35. Rxe3 Bxe3 $19)
32... Bxc1 (32... Rxf5+ 33. Rf3 Rxf3+ 34. gxf3 Bd2 $1 35. Re2 Bxa5 36. Nb3 Qh4
$1 37. Kg1 Bb4 $17) (32... Nxf5 $1 33. Rf3 Qh4 $19) 33. Rf3 Nxf5 (33... Qh4 $5
34. Be4 $1 Bf4 35. Bxd5 cxd5 36. Ke2 Nf5 $17) 34. Qxc1 Qh4 35. Ke2 $2 (35. Qa1+
$8 Nd4 (35... d4 36. Ke2) (35... Kg8 36. Qc3 Qh1+ 37. Ke2 Qxg2+ 38. Kd1) 36.
Rxf8+ Kg7 37. Qxd4+ $8 Qxd4 38. Rf3 Qxa4 39. Re7+ Kh6 40. Nxb7 Qxb5+ 41. Ke1
Qb1+ 42. Ke2 Qc2+ 43. Kf1 Qd1+ 44. Re1 Qa4 45. Nd6 Qh4 $17) 35... Nd4+ (35...
Nd4+ 36. Kd2 (36. Kd1 Nxf3 37. gxf3 Qxa4+ $19) 36... Nxf3+ 37. gxf3 Qd4+ 38.
Kc2 Qxa4+ $19) 0-1

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Tripoli"]
[Date "2004.07.07"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[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 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Be6 11. Ne5 f6 12. Nf3 Kh8 13. a3 Nxc3 14. bxc3 Nc6 15.
Nd2 Na5 (15... f5 16. Re1 (16. a4 Na5 17. cxd5 Bxd5 18. Rb1 Bg8 19. Re1 c5 $132
{0-1 Livshits,G-Smirnov,I/Alushta 2002/(34)}) 16... Bf6 (16... Bg8 17. Rb1 Rb8
18. Bf3 Bf6 19. cxd5 Bxd5 20. Nf1 Ne7 21. Ne3 {1/2-1/2 Illescas Cordoba,
M-Iordachescu,V/Bled 2002/EXT 2003 (21)}) 17. a4 (17. Bf3 Bg8 18. cxd5 (18. Rb1
Rb8 (18... b6) 19. cxd5 Bxd5 20. a4 Qd6 21. Bxd5 Qxd5 22. Rb5 Qd7 23. Ba3 $36 {
1-0 Wozniak,Z-Endean,A/IECC 2003/Telechess CBM 97 (65)}) 18... Bxd5 19. Nb3 b6
20. Bf4 Rc8 (20... Ne7 21. Be5 c6 22. Bxf6 Rxf6 23. Nc1 Ng6 24. Nd3 h6 25. Ne5
Nh4 26. Bxd5 Qxd5 27. f3 c5 28. dxc5 {1/2-1/2 Leko,P-Kramnik,V/Dortmund 2000/
CBM 78 (28)}) (20... Re8 21. Be5 Qd7 22. Bxf6 gxf6 23. Nc1 Re6 24. Rxe6 Qxe6
25. Nd3 Re8 26. h3 {1/2-1/2 Galkin,A-Motylev,A/Dubai UAE 2001/(26)}) 21. Be5
Qd7 22. Bxf6 Rxf6 23. Nc1 Re6 $1 $11 {1/2-1/2 Galkin,A-Motylev,A/Dubai 2001/
CBM 83/[Huzman] (26)}) 17... Bg8 (17... Re8 18. Ba3 Qd7 19. Nb3 b6 20. c5 Nd8
21. Bb5 c6 22. Bd3 $14 {1-0 Hermansson,E-Moen,A/Oslo NOR 2003/(48)}) (17... Qd7
18. c5 Na5 19. Bb5 c6 20. Bd3 Rae8 21. Rb1 Bf7 22. Rxe8 Rxe8 23. Qc2 Bg6 24.
Nf1 Nc4 25. Qb3 b6 26. cxb6 Nxb6 27. a5 Nc8 28. Qb7 $16 {1-0 Rocius,M-Lamarche
Rodriguez,L/ICCF Email 2001/ICCF Telechess CBM 100 (37)}) 18. c5 $5 Re8 19. Nf3
h6 (19... Re4 $5 20. Bd3 Rxe1+ 21. Qxe1 Qd7 $14) 20. Rb1 Rb8 21. Bd3 $1 $16 {
1-0 Leko,P-Grischuk,A/Wijk aan Zee-A 2002/(47)}) 16. cxd5 Bxd5 (16... Qxd5 $6
17. Re1 (17. Bb2 Qd7 (17... Qf5 18. c4 b6 19. Re1 Bd6 20. Bc3 Rae8 21. Bh5 g6
22. Bf3 Nxc4 23. Rxe6 Qxe6 24. d5 Ne3 25. dxe6 Nxd1 26. Rxd1 Rxe6 27. Nc4 $14 {
1/2-1/2 Krьger,H-Bergmann,M/Chessfriend.com 2003/Telechess CBM 93 (31)}) 18. c4
Bf5 19. Re1 Rae8 20. Bc3 Nc6 21. Nf3 Bd6 22. Nh4 b6 23. Nxf5 Qxf5 24. g3 Nd8
25. Qa4 Nf7 26. Bf1 (26. Qxe8 $1 Rxe8 27. Bg4 Qe4 28. Rxe4 Rxe4 29. Bf3 $16)
26... Rxe1 27. Rxe1 Ng5 $132 {1/2-1/2 Kupsys,A-Plaumann,R/ICCF Email 2002/ICCF
Telechess CBM 100 (50)}) 17... Rfe8 18. Bb2 {[%cal Gc3c4]} Qc6 19. Bd3 Bf7 20.
Qc2 $1 h6 21. c4 $16 {1-0 Fedorov,A-Sorokin,M/Moscow Aeroflot op 2003/CBM 94/
[Huzman] (38)}) 17. c4 (17. Bd3 Bg8 $5 18. Re1 c5 19. Bb2 $6 (19. Qg4 $1 Nc6
20. Nf3 $36) 19... Nc6 20. Qg4 $2 Ne5 $1 $17 {0-1 Rosito,J-Pierrot,J/Pinamar
2002/CBM 88/[Huzman] (38)}) 17... Bf7 18. Bb2 f5 $6 {[%csl Re5] This move
weakens the square e5. I think it was not necessary.} (18... c5 19. d5 Bg6 20.
f4 $36) (18... Bd6 $5 19. Bc3 c5 20. d5 Qc7 $14) 19. Bc3 c5 20. d5 Bf6 21. Qc2
b6 22. Bd3 Bxc3 23. Qxc3 Nb7 24. Nf3 $16 {[%cal Gf3e5] White has a clear
advantage due to his full control over file "e" and the weakness of square e5.}
Nd6 25. Ne5 f4 26. Rfe1 Bg8 27. Nc6 Qg5 28. Qe5 Qxe5 (28... Qh6 29. h4 $5 Rae8
30. Qg5 $16) 29. Nxe5 Rfe8 (29... b5 30. cxb5 Bxd5 31. Nd7 $16) (29... Rae8 30.
a4 g5 31. a5 $16) 30. a4 g6 31. g3 $1 fxg3 32. hxg3 Kg7 33. f4 Re7 34. a5 {
[%csl Rb6]} b5 35. cxb5 Bxd5 36. Bf1 Nf5 37. Ra3 (37. Kf2 $5) 37... Nd4 (37...
Rc8 38. Rc3 Kf6 39. Rec1 $16) 38. Rd1 (38. Rc3 $1 Rc8 39. Rec1 c4 $1 40. b6 (
40. Bxc4 Bxc4 41. Rxc4 Rxc4 42. Rxc4 Nxb5 $14) 40... axb6 41. axb6 Rb7 42. Nxc4
Rc6 43. Ne3 Rxc3 44. Rxc3 Bf7 45. Nc4 $16) 38... Rd8 (38... Rc8 39. Rc3 Be6 40.
Rdc1 Nb3 41. Nc6 Rec7 42. Re1 $16) 39. Rc3 Be6 40. Kf2 $2 {From this move the
minuses of the FIDE time control became obvious. The quantity of mistakes of
later moves was too high.} (40. Rdc1 $1 $16) 40... Rc8 $2 (40... Nxb5 41. Rxd8
Nxc3 $15) 41. Rb1 $16 g5 42. b6 (42. Bg2 $5 gxf4 43. gxf4 Rf8 44. b6 Rxf4+ 45.
Ke3 Rf8 46. Rxc5 $16) 42... axb6 43. axb6 gxf4 44. gxf4 Bd5 45. Bd3 $6 (45. Bh3
$1 Rf8 (45... Ne6 46. Rd1 $16) 46. Ke3 Rxf4 47. Rxc5 Re4+ 48. Kd3 Bb7 49. Bc8
$1 R4xe5 (49... Nf3 50. Nxf3 Re3+ 51. Kc4 Bxf3 $16) 50. Rxe5 Rxe5 51. Kxd4 (51.
Bxb7 Ne6 52. Bc6 Nd8 $16) 51... Re4+ 52. Kd3 Re7 53. Bxb7 Rxb7 54. Kc4 Kg6 55.
Kc5 h5 56. Kc6 Rb8 57. Rb5 h4 58. Kc7 Rh8 59. b7 Rh7+ (59... h3 60. b8=Q Rxb8
61. Kxb8 h2 62. Rb1 Kg5 63. Rh1 $18) 60. Kb6 Rh8 61. Ka7 Rh7 62. Ka8 Rh8+ 63.
b8=Q Rxb8+ 64. Kxb8) 45... Rf8 $2 (45... Ne6 46. Kg3 (46. Bf5 Kf6 47. Bh3 Rf8
48. Re1 Rb7 $14) 46... Rg8 $132) 46. Ke3 $6 (46. Rxc5 $1 Rxe5 (46... Ne6 47.
Rxd5 Nxf4 48. Rd7 Nxd3+ 49. Ke3 $18) (46... Rxf4+ 47. Ke3 Kf6 48. Rxd5 Rxe5+
49. Kxf4 Ne6+ (49... Rxd5 50. b7 Nc6 51. Rb6 $18) 50. Kg3 Rxd5 51. Bc4 $1 Rd8
52. b7 Rb8 53. Rb6 $18) 47. Rc7+ Kf6 48. fxe5+ Kxe5+ 49. Ke3 $18) 46... Nc6 $2
(46... Ne6 47. Rg1+ Kh8 48. f5 Ng7 49. Rxc5 Nxf5+ 50. Bxf5 Rxe5+ 51. Kd4 Rexf5
52. Rxd5 $14) 47. Rxc5 $18 Nxe5 48. fxe5 Bb7 (48... Rxe5+ 49. Kd4 $18) (48...
Rf3+ 49. Kd4 Bb7 50. Rc7 $18) 49. Be4 Rff7 50. Bxb7 Rxb7 51. Ke4 Rfd7 52. Rc6
Kf8 53. e6 Rd2 54. Rf1+ Ke8 (54... Kg7 55. Rc7+ Rxc7 56. bxc7 Rc2 57. e7 $18)
55. Rc8+ 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch 56th"]
[Site "Krasnoyarsk"]
[Date "2003.09.09"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2003.09.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 2]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7.
O-O O-O 8. c4 c6 9. Qc2 Na6 10. a3 f5 11. Nc3 Nc7 12. b4 a5 (12... Bd7 13. Bb2
Be8 (13... Ng5 14. Ne5 Bxe5 15. dxe5 f4 16. f3 Kh8 17. Rfd1 Qe8 18. Rac1 (18.
cxd5 $1 $16 {Leko}) 18... dxc4 $8 19. Bxc4 a5 $132 {1/2-1/2 Leko,P-Morozevich,
A/Dortmund 2002/CBM 90/[Huzman] (41)}) 14. c5 Be7 15. Ne5 g6 16. f3 Ng5 17.
Rae1 Bf6 18. Nd1 Bg7 19. g3 Nf7 20. f4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Rytshagov,M-Lauk,U/Tallinn
EST 2003/(32)}) (12... Nxc3 13. Qxc3 dxc4 14. Bxc4+ Be6 $1 (14... Nd5 15. Qb3
Kh8 16. Bg5 Be7 17. Bxe7 Nxe7 18. Ne5 Nd5 19. Bxd5 cxd5 20. Rfe1 $16 {1-0
Gaprindashvili,N-Sternina,V/Tbilisi 1973/EXT 2001 (53)}) 15. Bxe6+ Nxe6 16. Re1
Qd7 17. Ra2 Rae8 18. Rae2 Nc7 19. Ne5 Bxe5 20. dxe5 Re6 21. Rd2 Nd5 22. Qd4 $14
{1-0 Polgar,J-Lautier,J/Cap D'Agde FRA 2003/(48)}) (12... Kh8 13. Bb2 (13. c5
Be7 14. Bf4 Ne6 15. Be5 Bf6 16. Rfd1 Bd7 17. Rab1 Be8 18. Be2 Bh5 19. Na4 Qe8
20. b5 Bxe5 21. dxe5 Nf4 $17 {0-1 Wang Yu-Nguyen Thi Thanh An/Chennai 2001/CBM
84 ext (46)}) 13... Bd7 14. Ne5 Be8 15. Ne2 Qg5 16. Kh1 Qh4 17. g3 Qf6 18. f3
Ng5 19. Nf4 Nge6 20. Nxe6 Nxe6 21. f4 $16 {1-0 Zontakh,A-Kochyev,A/St
Petersburg 2002/EXT 2003 (34)}) 13. b5 $1 (13. c5 Be7 14. Bb2 Ne6 15. Na4 Bf6
16. Nb6 Ra7 17. Ne5 Nf4 18. f3 Bxe5 19. dxe5 Ng5 20. e6 Bxe6 21. Qd2 Nxd3 22.
Qxd3 axb4 23. axb4 Rxa1 24. Rxa1 $44 {1/2-1/2 Anand,V-Shirov,A/Monte Carlo MNC
2003/(39)}) 13... Bd7 14. Rb1 (14. b6 Ne6 15. cxd5 cxd5 16. Nxd5 Bc6 17. Ne3
Nf4 18. Bc4+ Kh8 $44) 14... Kh8 $6 {Unfortunately, this move deprives Black of
a possibility to meet Bf4 with g5} (14... Be8 $5 15. bxc6 bxc6 16. c5 Be7 17.
Ne2 Bf6 18. Rb6 $1 {[%csl Rc6]} Ne6 (18... Bh5 19. Rxc6 $16) 19. Nf4 $16) 15.
c5 Be7 16. bxc6 bxc6 17. Bf4 $16 Ne6 (17... g5 $2 18. Be5+ Bf6 19. Rb7 Ne6 20.
Bxf6+ Rxf6 21. Ne5 $18) 18. Be5 {[%mdl 32] White has just everything- the "c6"
pawn and the "e5" square are quite weak while the "b" file is under his total
control} Be8 {[%cal Ye8h5]} 19. Rb6 $1 Qc8 (19... Bf6 20. Ne2 Bh5 21. Rxc6 Qe8
22. Rxe6 $1 Qxe6 23. Nf4 Qe8 (23... Qf7 24. Bxf6 Bxf3 25. Be5 Bh5 26. f3 Ng5
27. Bd6 $18) 24. Bxf6 Rxf6 25. Ne5 Bf7 26. f3 Ng5 27. Bxf5 $16) (19... Bh5 20.
Rxc6 Qd7 21. Rb6 Bxf3 22. gxf3 N4g5 23. Kg2 $16) 20. Nd2 (20. Rfb1 Bh5 21. Rb7
Qe8 $132) 20... Bg5 (20... Bd8 21. f3 $1 {Svidler} Bxb6 22. cxb6 $44) (20...
Bf6 21. Bxf6 Rxf6 22. Ne2 $16) 21. Nb3 (21. f4 Bd8 22. Rb2 $14) 21... Bh5 (
21... Bd8 {Svidler} 22. f3 $1) 22. a4 $1 (22. f3 Be3+ 23. Kh1 a4 24. Nxa4 Rxa4
25. fxe4 fxe4 26. Rxf8+ Qxf8 27. Rb8 Nd8 28. Be2 Bxe2 29. Qxe2 Bg5 $13) 22...
Qe8 (22... Bf4 {Svidler} 23. Bxf4 Nxf4 24. f3 Nxc3 25. Qxc3 Rf6 26. Qd2 $16) (
22... Nf4 {Svidler} 23. f3 Nxd3 24. Qxd3 Nxc3 25. Qxc3 Bd8 26. Nxa5 f4 27. Rfb1
Qf5 28. R1b3 $16) 23. f3 N6xc5 (23... Be3+ 24. Kh1 Nxc3 25. Qxc3 f4 26. Na1 $5
$16 {[%csl Re3][%cal Ga1c2] Svidler}) (23... N4xc5 {Svidler} 24. dxc5 Be3+ 25.
Kh1 Nxc5 26. Nxc5 Bxc5 27. Bc7 $1 $16) (23... Rc8 {Svidler} 24. fxe4 Be3+ 25.
Kh1 fxe4 26. Ba6 Rxf1+ 27. Bxf1 Qf7 28. Ba6 Ra8 29. Nd1 $18) 24. Nxe4 (24. fxe4
Nd7 25. Ra6 $1 Rxa6 26. Bxa6 Nxe5 27. dxe5 fxe4 $44) 24... Nxe4 (24... fxe4 25.
Nxc5 exd3 26. Qxd3 $16) 25. Rb7 (25. g4 $5) (25. fxe4 fxe4 26. Ba6 $1 $16 Rxa6
$140 27. Rxf8+ Qxf8 28. Rb8 Be8 29. Qf2 $1 Bf6 (29... Qg8 30. h4 $1 (30. Qg3
Bh6 31. Qh4 c5 32. Nxc5 Be3+ 33. Kh1 Ra7 34. Qd8 Rf7 35. h4 Rf8 36. Qe7 $18 {
[%cal Gc5e6]}) 30... Bh6 31. g4 $18) 30. Nc5 Ra7 31. Bxf6 gxf6 32. Ne6 Qe7 33.
Qxf6+ $1 Kg8 34. Qf5 $18 {[%cal Gf5h5]}) 25... Bf6 (25... Nf6 26. Bxf5 $16) 26.
fxe4 Bxe5 27. dxe5 fxe4 (27... dxe4 28. Bc4 Qxe5 29. Qd2 e3 30. Qd4 $16) 28.
Rxf8+ Qxf8 29. Be2 (29. Bf1 $5 e3 30. Nc1 $16) 29... Bxe2 30. Qxe2 Qf5 31. Qf2
Qxe5 32. Qg3 $1 Qxg3 33. hxg3 h6 34. Kf2 Rf8+ 35. Ke2 Rf6 36. Nxa5 Rg6 (36...
c5 37. Rb5 $18) 37. Kf2 Rf6+ 38. Ke1 e3 (38... Rg6 39. Rb6 d4 40. Nxc6 d3 41.
a5 Rxg3 (41... e3 42. Ne5 d2+ 43. Ke2 Rxg3 44. Rg6 $18) 42. a6 e3 43. a7 d2+
44. Kd1 Rxg2 45. Rb8+ (45. a8=Q+) 45... Kh7 46. Rd8 $18) (38... d4 39. Nb3 $18)
39. Re7 d4 40. Nb3 c5 41. a5 (41. Nxc5 $18) 41... Ra6 42. Ke2 (42. Re5 d3 43.
Nxc5 d2+ 44. Kd1 Rxa5 45. Re8+ Kh7 46. Nb3 $18) 42... Rg6 43. Nxc5 Rxg3 44. a6
Rxg2+ 45. Kd3 Rd2+ (45... Ra2 46. Kxd4 e2 47. Kd3 $18) 46. Kc4 Kh7 (46... e2
47. a7 Ra2 48. Nd3 Kh7 49. Kb5 $18) 47. a7 Ra2 48. Kb5 d3 49. Na6 1-0

[Event "Ciocaltea Memorial"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2001.03.09"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Black "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2581"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2001.03.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 082"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Be6 11. Ne5 f6 12. Nf3 Kh8 13. Re1 c5 (13... Bg8 14. a3
Nxc3 15. bxc3 Nc6 16. cxd5 Bxd5 17. Bb2 f5 18. Nd2 Bf6 19. c4 Bf7 20. Nb3 b5
21. cxb5 Bxb3 22. Qxb3 Nxd4 $11 {1/2-1/2 Lutz,C-Van der Sterren,P/Venlo NED
2000/ (30)}) (13... c6 $6 14. a3 Na6 15. cxd5 cxd5 16. Bd3 f5 17. Bf4 Rc8 18.
Qb3 Bf6 19. Be5 Qe7 20. Rac1 Bg8 21. Bxa6 bxa6 22. Ne2 $16 {1-0 Khalifman,
A-Timman,J/Hoogeveen NED 2000 (36)}) (13... f5 14. a3 Nc6 15. cxd5 Bxd5 16. Bd3
Bf6 17. Be3 Nxc3 18. bxc3 Qd7 19. Ng5 Ne7 20. c4 Bg8 21. Rb1 b6 22. Nf3 $14 {
1/2-1/2 Svidler,P-Adams,M/New Delhi IND 2000/ (37)}) 14. cxd5 (14. Be3 f5 15.
cxd5 Nxc3 16. bxc3 Nxd5 17. Bd2 cxd4 18. Nxd4 Bg8 19. Rb1 Qc7 20. Nb5 Qd7 21.
c4 {1/2-1/2 Zvjaginsev,V-Motylev,A/Linares ESP 2001/ (21)}) 14... Bxd5 15. Nxd5
Qxd5 16. Be3 (16. a3 Nc6 17. dxc5 Qxd1 18. Bxd1 Nxc5 19. Bc2 Rfd8 20. b4 Nd3
21. Bxd3 Rxd3 22. b5 Ne5 23. Nxe5 fxe5 24. Bb2 Rb3 (24... Rd2 25. Bxe5 Bc5 26.
Bg3 Rf8 27. Rac1 b6 $44) 25. Bxe5 Bxa3 $11) 16... Rfd8 17. a3 (17. Qa4 $6 c4 {
[%cal Yb7b5]}) 17... Nc6 18. dxc5 Qxd1 19. Raxd1 Bxc5 20. Bxc5 (20. Bd3 $5 Bxe3
21. Bxe4 Bb6 22. Bxc6 bxc6 23. Kf1 $14 {/=}) 20... Nxc5 21. b4 Ne4 $1 {[%cal
Ye4c3]} 22. Rc1 a6 23. Bxa6 Rxa6 24. b5 Ra4 25. bxc6 bxc6 26. Rxc6 h6 $44 27.
h4 (27. Kf1 Rd3 28. Re6 Ng5 $11) (27. Rc7 Nd6 $1 28. Ree7 Nf5 $11) (27. Re3 $5
Rd1+ 28. Ne1 f5 29. g3 Ra1 30. f3 Nd2 31. Kf2 R1xa3 32. Re7 Ra7 $14) 27... Nd2
$1 28. Nxd2 Rxd2 29. g3 (29. h5 Rd5 $11) 29... Rxa3 30. Rc7 Ra8 31. Rb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2004.01.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2004.01.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. c4
c6 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Nc3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Bg4 12. Rb1 Nd7 13. h3 Bh5 14. Rb5 Nb6
15. c4 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 dxc4 17. Bc2 Qd7 18. a4 g6 19. Be3 (19. Bd2 c3 $1 {
see Kasparov-Shirov/Linares 2000/CBM76}) 19... Rac8 20. Rfb1 (20. Bh6 Rfe8 21.
Bf5 gxf5 22. Qg4+ fxg4 23. Rg5+ Kh8 {1/2-1/2 Zaw,W-Paciencia,E/Surabaya 2002/
CBM 89 ext (23)}) 20... c3 21. a5 (21. h4 $5 Nc4 22. Rxb7 Rc7 23. Rxc7 Bxc7 24.
h5 (24. Qf6 Nxe3 25. fxe3 Re8 26. h5 Bd8 27. Qf4 Bc7 $11 {1-0 Kuczynski,
R-Rozentalis,E/Warsaw 1999/EXT 2002 (33)}) 24... Nxe3 25. fxe3 Re8 $11 {
, Kuczynski- Rozentalis Warszawa 1999}) (21. d5 Rfe8 22. Bd4 Qe7 23. Bxc3 Qc7
24. R5b3 Nxa4 $19 {0-1 Martin,B-Dutreeuw,M/Istanbul 2000/EXT 2001 (69)}) 21...
Nc4 22. Rxb7 (22. Bh6 Rfe8 23. Rxb7 (23. Qf6 Bf8 24. Bxf8 Rxf8 25. Rxb7 Qc6 26.
Qxc6 {1/2-1/2 Froeyman,H-Dutreeuw,M/Belgium 2000/CBM 81 ext (26)}) 23... Qe6
24. Qxc3 Na3 25. d5 Qe5 26. Qxe5 Rxe5 27. Rd7 Nxb1 28. Rxd6 Nc3 $17 {1/2-1/2
Solodovnichenko,Y-Maly,A/Kharkov 2002/CBM 86 ext (49)}) 22... Qe6 (22... Rc7
23. Bh6 Re8 24. Rxc7 Qxc7 25. Qxc3 Na3 $2 26. Re1 $1 Rb8 27. Qxc7 Bxc7 28. Re7
$1 $18 {1-0 Motylev,A-Ristic,N/Jugoslavija 79/282 2000/[Motylev,A] (47)}) 23.
Ra1 (23. Rc1 $2 Nxe3 24. fxe3 Rc7 25. Bb3 Qe7 26. a6 Kg7 27. Rxc7 Qxc7 28. Qb7
Rc8 $11 {Kazhgaleyev,M-Arencibia,W/Elista ol (Men) 1998/CBM 66 ext/1/2-1/2 (44)
}) (23. Rxa7 Nd2 $17) (23. Bb3 $5 $146 Qf5 $1 (23... Bb8 24. Bh6 c2 25. Bxc2 (
25. Rc1 $1 $16) 25... Nxa5 26. Bxf8 Nxb7 27. Bb3 Qd7 28. Bh6 Nd6 29. Bf4 Qf5
30. Ba2 Nb5 {1/2-1/2 Nijboer,F-Piket,J/Nederland (ch) 78/(328) 2000/[RR] (30)})
24. Ra1 (24. Qxf5 gxf5 25. Ra1 $1 f4 (25... Nxe3 $5 26. fxe3 Rc7 27. a6 Re8 28.
Kf2 (28. Rf1 Rxe3 29. Rxf5 Ree7 $1) 28... f4 29. exf4 Bxf4 $14) 26. Bc1 Rfe8 $2
(26... Nd2 $1 $11) 27. f3 $1 $14 {1/2-1/2 Grischuk,A-Shirov,A/New Delhi/Theran
2000/CBM 80/[Ftacnik] (35)}) 24... Nd2 (24... Qxf3 25. gxf3 Nxe3 26. fxe3 Rc7
27. a6 Re8 28. Kf2 Ree7 $11 {0-1 Marechal,A-Kund,W/IECG 2001/Telechess CBM 91 
(39)}) 25. Qxf5 gxf5 26. g3 Rb8 (26... Nxb3 27. Rxb3 c2 28. Rc1 Rc4 29. Kf1
Rfc8 30. Ke2 a6 {1/2-1/2 Petran,P-Galyas,M/Budapest 2001/CBM 82 ext (30)}) 27.
Rxb8 Rxb8 {1/2-1/2 Anisimov,P-Egin,V/St Petersburg 2002/EXT 2003 (27)}) 23...
Rc7 (23... Bb8 $6 24. Bb3 $1 $16 {0-1 Anand,V-Shirov,A/Linares 78/328 2000/
[Shirov,A] (41)}) (23... Nd2 24. Qd1 Rc7 25. Rxc7 {1/2-1/2 Herrera,I-Zarnicki,
P/Havana 2002/CBM 88 ext (25)}) (23... Rfe8 24. Bb3 Re7 25. a6 Kg7 26. g4 Rcc7
27. Rc1 Nd2 28. Bxd2 cxd2 29. Rcxc7 Qe1+ 30. Kg2 Bxc7 31. g5 h6 32. gxh6+ Kh7
33. h4 Rd7 {1-0 Dobrowolski,A-Karpov,A/Pardubice 2002/EXT 2003 (33)}) 24. a6 $6
(24. Rxc7 $1 Bxc7 25. Bh6 Re8 (25... Rc8 $5 26. Qxc3 Qd6 (26... Qf6 27. g3 Nd6
28. Be3 $16) 27. g3 $16) 26. Qxc3 Bxa5 27. Qd3 Bc7 (27... Bb6 28. Bb3 Nb2 29.
Qc3 Qe2 30. Be3 $18) 28. Bb3 Qd6 29. g3 Ne5 30. Qb5 (30. Qe3 Qxd4 31. Rxa7 $36)
30... Nf3+ 31. Kg2 Rb8 32. Bxf7+ Kxf7 33. Qc4+ Kf6 34. Kxf3 $16) 24... Nxe3 25.
fxe3 Kg7 26. e4 f6 27. Qxc3 Rff7 28. Qb3 (28. Qb2 Qc4 29. Bb1 (29. Bb3 Rxb7 30.
axb7 Qb4 $11) 29... Bf4 30. Kf2 Rfd7 31. g3 Bc1 32. Qb4 Qxb4 33. Rxb4 Bd2 $11 {
[%cal Yd2c3]}) (28. Qb3 Qxb3 29. Bxb3 Rxb7 30. axb7 Rxb7 $11) (28. Rxc7 Rxc7
29. Qb2 Qc4 30. Bd1 Qd3 $40) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2005.02.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kobalia, Mihail"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2634"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[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 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Bf4 Nc6
8. Qd2 O-O 9. O-O-O Bf5 10. h3 (10. Bd3 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 Rb8 12. h4 Qd7 13. Ng5 f5
14. Qd5+ $18 {1-0 Rieling,T-Hasselmann,D/Germany 2001/EXT 2002 (25)}) (10. Be2
Re8 11. Nd4 Nxd4 12. cxd4 Bf6 13. Rhe1 Qd7 14. Kb1 Re4 $11 {1/2-1/2 Nemeth,
F-Grgurovic,A/Sozina 2004/CBM 98 ext (31)}) (10. h4 Qd7 11. Ng5 Rad8 12. f3 Ne5
13. g4 Be6 14. Bd3 h6 15. Bh7+ Kh8 16. Be4 Nc4 17. Qd3 Ne5 (17... d5 $1) 18.
Qe2 $13 {1-0 Renner,C-Weisshaupt,R/Bad Wiessee 2002/EXT 2003 (27)}) 10... Bf6 (
10... Rb8 11. Nd4 Nxd4 12. cxd4 Qd7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Llames Prado,R-Bombin Pinera,
D/Gijon 1999/EXT 2001 (26)}) 11. Rg1 {[%cal Gg2g4]} Ne5 12. Be2 Be6 13. Kb1 Nc4
14. Qc1 Nb6 {Black lost a lot of time for piece manoeuvres. So it is not
surprising that White received the initiative.} (14... Qd7 15. Nd4 Bd5 16. Bg5
Qd8 17. h4 $36) 15. Ng5 Bf5 $6 (15... Bxg5 $142 16. Bxg5 Qd7 $132) 16. g4 Bg6
17. h4 $36 {>>} Re8 18. Be3 {[%cal Gh4h5]} Qe7 (18... c6 19. h5 Bxc2+ 20. Kxc2
Bxg5 21. Bxg5 Rxe2+ 22. Kd3 Qe8 23. Be3 $16) 19. Rge1 Bxg5 20. hxg5 (20. Bxg5
Qxe2 (20... Qd7 21. h5 Be4 22. h6 $16) 21. Rxe2 Rxe2 22. Rd2 $16) 20... c6 21.
c4 (21. Qd2 Nd5 22. Bd4 Qe4 $132) 21... d5 (21... Qe6 22. b3 d5 23. Bxb6 axb6
24. cxd5 Qd7 25. dxc6 Qxc6 26. Bd3 $16) 22. Bxb6 (22. cxd5 Nxd5 23. Bd2 Qc5 24.
f4 Be4 $15) 22... axb6 23. cxd5 (23. Bd3 Qc5 24. Rxe8+ Rxe8 25. cxd5 cxd5 (
25... Qxf2 26. d6 $36) 26. Bxg6 hxg6 27. Qd2 $14) 23... cxd5 24. Bd3 Qc5 25.
Bxg6 hxg6 26. Rxe8+ (26. Qd2 $5) 26... Rxe8 27. Qf4 (27. Qd2 $1 Qc4 (27... Re4
28. f3 Re5 29. c3 $16) 28. b3 Qxg4 29. Qxd5 $16) 27... Qc4 28. Qxc4 dxc4 29. a4
Re5 30. Rd7 ({In the line} 30. Rd8+ Kh7 31. Rd7 Rxg5 32. Rxb7 Rxg4 33. Rxb6 Rf4
34. Rb4 Rxf2 35. Rxc4 {I think that White's pawns are faster.}) 30... b5 31. a5
b4 32. Rxb7 b3 $1 (32... Rxa5 33. Rb8+ Kh7 34. Rxb4 c3 35. f4 $18) 33. cxb3
cxb3 34. Rxb3 Rxa5 35. f4 Ra4 36. Rf3 (36. Rb8+ Kh7 37. b4 Ra3 $1 {[%cal Ya3f3]
} 38. Kc2 (38. Rb7 Rf3 $1 (38... Kg8 39. b5 Rf3 40. Kc2 Rxf4 41. b6 Rxg4 (41...
Rb4 42. Kc3 Rb1 43. Kc4) 42. Rc7 Rb4 43. b7 Kh7 44. Rxf7 $18) 39. Rxf7 Rb3+ 40.
Kc2 Rxb4 $14) (38. b5 Ra4 39. Kc2 Rxf4 40. Re8 Rxg4 41. Re3 Rxg5 42. b6 Rc5+
43. Rc3 Rb5 44. Rb3 Rc5+) 38... Rf3 $132) 36... Kf8 $11 37. b3 Re4 38. Kb2 Ke7
39. Ka3 Kd6 40. b4 Kc6 41. Ka4 Kb6 42. Rf1 Rc4 43. f5 gxf5 44. gxf5 Rg4 45. f6
Rxg5 46. fxg7 Rxg7 47. Rf6+ Kb7 48. Ka5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Manila zt 3.2a"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "2001.04.30"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Antonio, Rogelio Jr"]
[Black "Donguines, Fernie"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2548"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2001.04.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nxe5 O-O 5. Nd3 Bxc3 6. dxc3 Nxe4 7. c4 b6 8.
Be2 Nc6 9. Nf4 Ba6 10. O-O Re8 11. Re1 Qh4 $6 (11... Ne5 $142 12. Qd4 Bb7 13.
Nd5 Bxd5 14. cxd5 Nd6 $14) 12. g3 Qf6 13. f3 $1 Nc5 $6 (13... Qd4+ 14. Qxd4
Nxd4 15. fxe4 Nxc2 16. Bd2 Bb7 17. Rad1 Nxe1 18. Bxe1 $14 {/+/-}) (13... Ng5
14. Kg2 Qd4 15. c3 Qxd1 16. Rxd1 Ne5 17. b3 Bb7 18. Nd5 $16) 14. c3 Ne5 $2 {
[%mdl 8192]} (14... Ne6 15. Nd5 $16) 15. b4 Ne6 (15... Na4 16. Nd5 (16. Qxa4
Nxf3+ 17. Bxf3 Rxe1+ 18. Kg2 c6 $13 (18... Qxc3 19. Bxa8 Qxa1 20. Qxd7 $40))
16... Qd6 17. Qxa4 Nxf3+ 18. Bxf3 Rxe1+ 19. Kf2 Bxc4 20. Bf4 Rxa1 21. Bxd6
Rxa2+ 22. Qxa2 Bxa2 23. Ne7+ $16) 16. Nd5 Qf5 (16... Qg6 17. b5 c6 18. f4 cxd5
19. fxe5 $18) (16... Qd8 17. b5 Bb7 18. f4 Ng6 19. f5 $18) 17. f4 $18 Ng5 18.
fxg5 Bxc4 19. Bf4 Qe4 20. Bh5 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2003.01.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2688"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2003.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Bf5 11. a3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Nc6 13. Re1 Re8 14. Bf4 dxc4
15. Bxc4 Bd6 16. Rxe8+ Qxe8 17. Ng5 Bg6 18. Bxd6 cxd6 19. h4 Qe7 20. Qg4 h6 21.
Nf3 $146 {It is one more attempt of White to get an advantage. He tries to get
control over the "c"-line.} (21. Nh3 {[%cal Yh3f4,Yf4d5]} Qe4 (21... Qf6 22.
Re1 Bf5 23. Qf3 Kf8 $5 24. Nf4 Bd7 25. g3 Re8 26. Rxe8+ Bxe8 27. Qe4 $40 {
1-0 Anand,V-Karpov,A/Prague 2002/CBM 89/[Hecht/Stohl] (59)}) 22. Qg3 Na5 23.
Ba2 Qd3 24. Rf1 Qxg3 25. fxg3 Rc8 26. h5 Bd3 27. Bxf7+ Kf8 28. Rf2 Ke7 29. Bd5
Rf8 30. Nf4 Bh7 31. Ba2 Kd7 32. Ne6 Rxf2 33. Kxf2 Bg8 34. Nf8+ Ke8 35. Bxg8
Kxf8 36. Bd5 Ke7 37. Ke3 Kf6 38. Kf4 Nc6 39. Bxc6 bxc6 40. c4 Ke6 41. g4 Kf6
42. g5+ hxg5+ 43. Kg4 {1-0 Grischuk,A-Adams,M/Halkidiki 2002/CBM 92 no vc (43)}
) 21... Qe4 (21... Na5 $5 22. Bd5 Bd3 23. Re1 Qc7 24. Qg3 Bc4 25. Be4 Be6 $132)
22. Qg3 Rd8 (22... Na5 23. Re1 Qc6 24. Ba2 Bh5 (24... Bd3 25. Ne5 dxe5 26. Qxd3
$16) 25. Nd2 $14) (22... Qc2 $5 23. Re1 (23. Ne1 Qb2 24. Ra2 Qc1 $1 (24... Qb1
25. Re2 $14) 25. Re2 (25. Qxg6 Qxe1+ 26. Kh2 Ne5 $3 27. dxe5 d5 $1 28. Bxd5
Qxe5+ 29. Qg3 Qxd5 $15) 25... Nxd4 26. Bxf7+ Bxf7 27. cxd4 Qc4 $11) 23... Bh5
24. Re3 Qa4 $132) 23. Re1 Qf5 (23... Qc2 24. Bd5 Bh5 25. Qf4 $1 {/\} Qxc3 26.
g4 $16) 24. Ba2 Qf6 (24... Kf8 $5) 25. Nh2 (25. Bd5 $5 $36) 25... Qf5 26. Ng4
Kf8 27. Bb1 Qh5 28. Qf4 Bxb1 29. Rxb1 Rd7 $1 30. Ne3 Ne7 $1 31. g3 $6 (31. Qe4
Qg6 $11) (31. c4 $5 Qg6 32. Rb5 Qd3 $132) 31... Nd5 $11 32. Nxd5 Qxd5 33. Re1
Re7 $11 34. Rxe7 Kxe7 35. Qe3+ Qe6 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 54th"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "2001.05.08"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2623"]
[BlackElo "2601"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "2001.04.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nb4 9. Be2 Be6 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Ne5 f6 12. Nf3 Kh8 13. Re1 c5 14. cxd5 Nxc3 15.
bxc3 Nxd5 16. c4 Nc3 17. Qd3 cxd4 18. Bf1 Bf7 {I recommended this move in
previous magane,but Motylev played it before the CD reached the subscribers!} (
18... Bg8 19. Nxd4 Bc5 20. Be3 Na4 21. Rab1 b6 22. Red1 Qe8 23. Qc2 Rd8 24. Rb5
$14 {1-0 Brodsky,M-Iordachescu,V/Bucharest ROM 2001 (43)}) 19. Nxd4 (19. Qxd4
Qxd4 20. Nxd4 Rfe8 $11) 19... Bb4 (19... Na4 20. Rb1 Nc5 21. Qf3 Qxd4 (21...
Re8 22. Nf5 Bf8 $11) 22. Rxe7 Qd6 $11) 20. a3 Ba5 21. Nb3 Qxd3 22. Bxd3 Bb6 23.
a4 (23. Bd2 Rfd8 24. Bf1 Na4 $15 {[%csl Ra3,Rc4]}) 23... Rfd8 24. Bf1 Nd1 $1 {
[%mdl 2048] It is not so often,that You can see Black`s Knight on this square.}
25. c5 (25. Ra2 Rac8 26. a5 (26. Re7 $2 Bxc4 27. Bxc4 Rxc4 28. Rxb7 Rb4 $19)
26... Bxf2+ 27. Rxf2 Nxf2 28. Kxf2 Bxc4 29. Bxc4 Rxc4 30. Be3 $15) 25... Bxb3
26. cxb6 axb6 27. Re4 {[%cal Ge4b4]} (27. Re7 Bd5 28. Bf4 Nc3 29. Rc1 Rdc8 $1
$17) 27... b5 $1 28. a5 (28. Bxb5 Nc3 $19) 28... Bc4 (28... Nc3 29. Re3 b4 30.
Bb2 Re8 31. Rg3 Rec8 $17) 29. Re7 (29. Bxc4 Nc3 $1 30. Re7 bxc4 31. f3 b5 $17)
29... Nc3 (29... Re8 30. Rxe8+ Rxe8 31. Bxc4 bxc4 32. Bd2 Nb2 33. Kf1 $44) 30.
Bb2 (30. Be3 $5 Bd5 (30... Bxf1 31. Kxf1 Rxa5 32. Rc1 Nd5 33. Rxb7 b4 34. Bd2
$15) 31. Bd4 b4 $17) 30... Na4 31. Ba3 (31. Rxa4 bxa4 32. Bxc4 Rxa5 33. Ba3 Re5
$17) 31... b6 $1 32. a6 Rxa6 33. Rae1 h5 34. Bb4 Nc5 35. Bxc5 bxc5 36. Bxc4
bxc4 37. Rc7 Re6 38. Rf1 Rd5 39. g3 Re2 40. Rc1 Rf5 $6 (40... Re4 $5) 41. Rxc4
Rfxf2 42. Rh4 $1 Rf5 (42... Rg2+ 43. Kh1 (43. Kf1 Ref2+ 44. Ke1 Ra2 45. Rxh5+
Kg8 46. Kf1 Rgf2+ 47. Ke1 Rfb2 48. Rd7 Rxh2 $19) 43... g6 44. Rxc5 (44. Ra4
Rxh2+ 45. Kg1 Reg2+ 46. Kf1 Ra2) 44... Ra2 45. Ra5 $140 Rxh2+ $19) 43. g4 Rd5
44. Rxh5+ Rxh5 45. gxh5 Re5 46. h6 $1 gxh6 47. Kf2 Kg8 48. Kf3 Kf8 49. h4 h5
50. Rh7 Ke8 51. Rc7 Kd8 52. Rf7 Rf5+ (52... c4 53. Rxf6 Kd7 54. Rf4 Rc5 55. Ke2
c3 56. Kd1 $11) (52... Re6 53. Rh7 $132 Rc6 54. Rxh5 c4 55. Ke2 Ke7 $17 {
[%cal Yc4c1,Yf6f1]}) 53. Ke4 Re5+ 54. Kd3 (54. Kf4 Re6 (54... c4 55. Rxf6 Rc5
56. Ke3 c3 57. Rf1 Ke7 58. Rc1 Ke6 59. Kd4 $11) 55. Rh7 c4 56. Rxh5 Rc6 $17) (
54. Kf3) 54... Rd5+ 55. Kc4 (55. Ke4 Rd6 56. Rh7 Rd4+ 57. Kf5 Rxh4 $17) 55...
Rf5 56. Kb5 Ke8 57. Rc7 Re5 58. Kc6 c4 59. Kd6 Re4 60. Rc5 Rxh4 61. Ke6 Kd8 62.
Kxf6 Kd7 63. Kg5 Kd6 $8 $19 64. Rc8 Re4 65. Kxh5 Kd5 66. Kg5 Kd4 67. Kf5 Kd3
68. Rc7 Rh4 0-1

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2005.02.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Black "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[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 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 Nd7
8. Qd2 Ne5 9. O-O-O Nxf3 (9... Be6 10. Nd4 Bd7 11. f4 Ng4 12. Bg1 c6 13. Bd3
Qa5 14. Kb1 O-O-O 15. h3 Nf6 16. g4 $36 {1-0 Baklan,V-Balogh,T/Szombathely
1993/TD (37)}) (9... O-O 10. Kb1 (10. Bd4 Nxf3 11. gxf3 c5 12. Be3 Be6 13. c4
Bf6 14. Rg1 Qb6 $11 {0-1 Lukas,M-Lawitsch,G/Seefeld 1997/EXT 2000 (32)}) 10...
Be6 11. Nd4 Nc4 12. Bxc4 Bxc4 13. h4 Qd7 14. b3 Ba6 15. g4 Rfe8 16. Nf5 Bf6 17.
Bd4 Re2 18. Qf4 Qe6 $14 {1/2-1/2 Tseshkovsky,V-Motylev,A/Moscow RUS 2005/(32)})
10. gxf3 Be6 (10... O-O 11. h4 Be6 12. Bd3 (12. h5 Bf6 13. Rg1 Qd7 14. Bh6 g6
15. Bd3 $16 {1-0 Tseshkovsky,V-Giertz,N/Biel SUI 2004/(16)}) 12... f5 13. Bg5
Qd7 14. Rde1 Rae8 15. Rhg1 $36 {1/2-1/2 Radjabov,T-Motylev,A/Izmir TUR 2004/
(19)}) 11. Rg1 (11. Kb1 Bf6 12. Bd3 c6 13. a3 Qa5 14. f4 O-O-O 15. c4 {1/2-1/2
Van der Wiel,J-Barua,D/Novi Sad 1990/TD (15)}) (11. Bd3 c6 12. c4 d5 13. Qc3
O-O 14. Rhg1 g6 15. cxd5 cxd5 16. Bd4 Rc8 17. Qd2 Bf6 18. Qf4 Bxd4 19. Qxd4 Qa5
20. f4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Naiditsch,A-Landa,K/Bundesliga GER 2005/CT-1547 (24)})
11... Bf6 12. Bd4 (12. Kb1 c6 13. Bd4 Qa5 14. b3 O-O-O 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. Qd4
Qe5 17. Qxa7 Qxh2 18. Kb2 Qe5 19. Bd3 Qc5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Cherniaev,A-Blauert,J/
Davos SUI 2004/(66)}) 12... Kf8 (12... O-O 13. Qf4 (13. Qh6 g6 14. h4 Bxd4 15.
cxd4 Qf6 16. h5 Bd5 17. Bd3 Bxf3 18. hxg6 fxg6 19. Bxg6 Qf4+ $11) 13... Bxd4
14. cxd4 c6 15. Bd3 $36) 13. Be3 {The bad position of the Kf8 prevents the
coordination of the black pieces. I think that exchange on f3 leads to a
difficult position for Black.} (13. Kb1 Bxd4 14. cxd4 (14. Qxd4 Qf6 15. Qe4 Rb8
$14)) 13... a5 (13... Qd7 14. Kb1 (14. a3 Re8 15. Bd4 Qd8 16. Bb5 c6 17. Bxf6
Qxf6 18. Qxd6+ Kg8 19. Bc4 $16 {1/2-1/2 Perelshteyn,E-Hauchard,A/Montreal 2005
(40)}) 14... Re8 15. Bd3 g6 16. Bh6+ Bg7 17. Qf4 Rg8 18. h4 $40 {1-0 Delgado,
N-Pavasovic,D/Calvia ESP 2004/(32)}) 14. a4 (14. a3 Rb8 {[%cal Yb7b4]}) 14...
b6 (14... Bd7 15. b3 Bc6 (15... b5 16. Bxb5 Bxb5 17. axb5 a4 18. Kb2 Ra5 19. b6
$16) 16. f4 $16) 15. Bd3 Rb8 16. b3 d5 17. f4 Qd6 18. Rg3 d4 $6 (18... h5 $142
19. f5 Bd7 20. Bg5 h4) 19. Bxd4 Bxd4 20. cxd4 Qxd4 21. Kb1 Rd8 (21... h5 22. f5
h4 23. Re3 Bd5 24. Rde1 $16) 22. Re1 Qf6 23. f5 Bc8 (23... Bxf5 24. Rf3 g6 25.
Qh6+ Qg7 26. Qe3 $1 Qf6 27. Bxf5 gxf5 28. Rxf5 Qxf5 29. Qe7+ Kg7 30. Rg1+ Qg6
31. Rxg6+ hxg6 32. Qe5+ Kg8 33. Qxc7 $16) 24. Qf4 Rd6 (24... Qd6 25. Qe3 h5 26.
Reg1 Rh7 27. Qg5 $16) 25. h4 h6 26. Qe4 Rd8 27. Qf4 Rd6 28. h5 Bd7 29. Qc4 c5
30. Qa6 Qd8 31. Ka2 Rf6 32. Bb5 $1 Bxb5 33. Qxb5 g5 {I think that from this
moment the text of the game is mistakable.} 34. Rd3 (34. fxg6 fxg6 35. Rge3 Kf7
36. Qc4+ Kf8 37. hxg6 $18) 34... Qc7 (34... Qc7 $2 35. Re8+ Kg7 36. Rxh8 Kxh8
37. Qe8+ Kg7 38. Rd8 $18) (34... Qc8 $13) 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2003.01.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2003.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Ftacnik} e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O
Be7 8. c4 Nf6 9. h3 Nb4 10. Be2 dxc4 11. Bxc4 O-O 12. Nc3 c6 13. Re1 Nbd5 14.
Qb3 Nb6 15. Bd3 Be6 (15... Nfd5 16. a3 h6 17. Ne5 Bg5 18. Bxg5 Qxg5 19. Nf3 Qd8
20. Re5 Be6 21. Qc2 Nd7 22. Ree1 N7f6 $11 {0-1 St Amand,P-Barbeau,S/Quebec
1982/EXT 99 (50)}) (15... Qd6 16. Bg5 Be6 17. Qc2 h6 18. Bh4 Nbd5 19. Bg3 Qd8
20. a3 Re8 21. Ne4 Nxe4 22. Bxe4 Bf6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Heifez,E-Kranz,A/
Oberpullendorf 2002/CBM 89 ext (28)}) 16. Qc2 h6 (16... Bd5 17. Ne5 h6 18. Bf4
Re8 19. Re2 Be6 20. Qd2 Bf8 21. Rae1 Nbd5 22. Bg3 Rc8 23. Bh4 g5 24. Bg3 Nh5
25. Nxd5 Nxg3 26. fxg3 cxd5 27. Bb1 Qf6 28. Ng4 Qg7 29. Bf5 $16 {1-0
Ponomariov,R-Karpov,A/Wijk aan Zee NED 2003/The Week in Chess 429 (76)}) 17.
Rxe6 $146 {'!?' Ftacnik. After this typical exchange sacrifice White has full
compensation. But Black has enough resources for the defence. Ftacnik: 'In the
well known position Topalov chooses the method of a great shock with the help
of the exchange sacrifice. Anand himself has done the same in the game with
Jussupow, but under more favourable conditions.'} (17. Ne5 Re8 18. Bf4 Nbd5 19.
Nxd5 Nxd5 20. Bh7+ Kf8 21. Bd2 Bd6 22. Re2 Qf6 $11 {1/2-1/2 McDonald,N-Halasz,
T/Aarhus 1990/EXT 98 (32)}) (17. Bd2 Nbd5 18. a3 Rc8 (18... Nxc3 19. bxc3 c5
20. Rxe6 $1 fxe6 21. Re1 Qd6 22. Bc4 Nd5 23. Qe4 Rad8 24. dxc5 Qxc5 25. Bxh6
Rxf3 (25... gxh6 $2 26. Qg6+ Kh8 27. Qxh6+ Kg8 28. Qg6+ Kh8 29. Re5 $18) 26.
gxf3 gxh6 27. Qxe6+ Kf8 28. Re5 Rd6 29. Qxe7+ Nxe7 30. Rxc5 $16 {1/2-1/2 Anand,
V-Jussupow,A/Dortmund 1998/CBM 66/[ChessBase] (64)}) 19. Rad1 (19. Na4 Rc7 20.
Re2 (20. Nc5 Bc8 21. Rac1 Bd6 22. Ne5 Re8 23. b4 Rce7 24. Qb2 Nc7 25. a4 Ne6
26. Nxe6 Bxe6 27. Rcd1 Bd5 28. Bc3 Qc7 29. Bb1 Nd7 30. Qc2 Nf8 $11 {1/2-1/2
Lutz,C-Fridman,D/Essen 2002/CBM 90 (33)}) 20... Bd6 21. Rae1 Nh5 22. Bh7+ Kh8
23. Bf5 Nhf4 24. Bxf4 Nxf4 25. Re3 Nd5 26. R3e2 Nf4 27. Re3 {1/2-1/2 Gelfand,
B-Jussupow,A/Istanbul 2000/EXT 2001 (27)}) 19... Re8 20. Na4 Rc7 21. Ne5 Bf8
22. Ba5 b6 23. Bd2 Qc8 24. Re2 Rd8 25. b4 c5 26. bxc5 bxc5 27. Ba5 $16 {
1-0 Ivanchuk,V-Jussupow,A/Frankfurt 2000/CBM 76 ext (48)}) (17. a3 Nbd5 18. Na4
Nd7 19. Bd2 Re8 20. Rad1 Bf6 21. Ne5 Qc7 22. f4 Nf8 23. Nc5 Rad8 24. Bc1 Bc8
25. Qf2 Ne6 26. Ne4 Be7 27. Bc4 Nf8 28. f5 Nh7 29. Bf4 Qb6 30. Bxh6 $16 {
1-0 Bologan,V-Kasimdzhanov,R/Pamplona 2002/CBM 93_01 (41)}) 17... fxe6 18. Qe2
Qd7 (18... Qd6 $5 19. Bd2 (19. Ne4 Qd5 $13) 19... Nbd5 20. Re1 $44) 19. Bd2 (
19. Ne5 Qxd4 20. Ng6 Rf7 21. Ne5 Rd8 22. Nxf7 Kxf7 $17) 19... Bd6 20. Ne4 Nbd5
(20... Nxe4 {Ftacnik} 21. Qxe4 Rf5 22. Nh4 $40) 21. Nxd6 (21. Ne5 Qc7 22. Nxd6
Qxd6 23. Re1 $44) 21... Qxd6 22. Re1 Rad8 $1 {By this move Anand prepares
counterplay connected with move c5.} (22... Nf4 $2 {Ftacnik} 23. Bxf4 Qxf4 24.
Qxe6+ Kh8 25. Ne5 $18) 23. a3 (23. Qxe6+ Qxe6 24. Rxe6 Rfe8 $17) 23... Rfe8 24.
Bb1 c5 $1 (24... Nf4 {Ftacnik} 25. Qe3 g5 26. Qb3 Qd5 27. Qc2 $15) 25. Ne5 (25.
dxc5 Qxc5 26. Ne5 Qd4 $17) 25... cxd4 26. Qd3 Ne3 $6 {Ftacnik: 'White has
managed to organize some threats and Anand's reaction is not exact. With the
best play white could have been forced into suffering through difficult
endgame.'} (26... Ne7 $5 27. Ba2 Qb6 28. Nf3 Ned5 $17) (26... Qb6 {Ftacnik} 27.
Bxh6 $1 Qxb2 28. Bxg7 Qc3 $1 (28... Nf4 {Ftacnik} 29. Qf3 Ne2+ 30. Kh2 Kxg7 31.
Qd3 Nf4 32. Qg3+ Kf8 33. Qxf4 $16) 29. Bxf6 Qxd3 30. Bxd3 Nxf6 $17) 27. Nf3 (
27. Ng6 Nf5 28. g4 Ne3 $17 (28... Ne7 29. Bb4 Qc7 30. Bxe7 Rxe7 31. Nxe7+ Qxe7
32. Ba2 $44)) (27. fxe3 {Ftacnik} Qxe5 $19) 27... Ned5 (27... Nf5 {Ftacnik} 28.
Ba2 Nd5 29. Nxd4 Nxd4 30. Qxd4 a6 $17) 28. Bxh6 $1 (28. Ne5 $5 Qb6) 28... Nf4
$1 (28... gxh6 $2 {Ftacnik} 29. Qg6+ Kf8 30. Qxh6+ Kg8 31. Re5 $18) 29. Bxf4
Qxf4 30. Ba2 (30. Qb3 $1 Qd6 (30... b6 31. Bg6 Re7 32. Rxe6 $36) 31. Qxb7 (31.
Bd3 Nd7 (31... b6 32. Bc4 $44) 32. Ng5 $44) 31... Rd7 32. Qb3 (32. Qb5 {Ftacnik
} d3 $15) 32... d3 33. Rd1 Rb8 34. Qc3 $44) 30... Rd6 31. h4 {[%cal Gf3g5]} Qh6
(31... Nd7 {Ftacnik} 32. Qg6 Qf7 33. Qg3 $15) 32. Bc4 (32. Qf5 $5 Qh5 (32...
Kh8 33. Qc5 Rdd8 34. Ng5 $132) (32... d3 33. Bxe6+ Kf8 34. Qc5 Red8 35. Bb3 $13
) 33. Ng5 d3 34. Rxe6 Rexe6 35. Bxe6+ Kf8 36. Qc5 Ne8 37. Qf5+ $11) 32... Qh7
33. Qb3 d3 {'?!' Ftacnik.} (33... Rb6 $5 34. Qa4 (34. Qa2 {Ftacnik} d3 $15)
34... a6 35. Nxd4 Qxh4 36. Nxe6 Kh8 $17) 34. Rd1 $2 {Ftacnik: 'It is quite
remarkable, that two phenomenal tacticians have neglected th possibility of 34.
Rxe6! with a huge chances for a draw. Most likely explanation lays in the
territory of time trouble before the time control.'} (34. Rxe6 Rexe6 (34...
Rdxe6 {Ftacnik} 35. Bxe6+ Kh8 36. Ne5 Qh5 37. Nf7+ Qxf7 38. Bxf7 Re1+ 39. Kh2
d2 40. Qxb7 d1=Q 41. Qc8+ Kh7 42. Qf5+ $11) 35. Bxe6+ Kf8 36. Qb4 Ke7 (36...
Ne8 {Ftacnik} 37. Ng5 $14) 37. Qxb7+ Nd7 38. Bxd7 Rxd7 39. Qb4+ $11) 34... d2
$1 35. Qb4 (35. Rxd2 Rxd2 36. Nxd2 Qxh4 $17 37. Bxe6+ Kh8 38. Nf3 Qh6 $17) (35.
Qxb7 Qc2 36. Bb3 Qd3 37. Rxd2 (37. Ng5 Qe2 $17) 37... Qb1+ 38. Kh2 Rb6 $19)
35... Red8 $17 36. Ng5 Qc2 37. Bb3 (37. Qb3 {Ftacnik} Qxb3 38. Bxb3 Rc8 39. Kf1
Rcc6 40. Ke2 Rb6 $19) 37... Qc6 38. g3 (38. Qa5 {Ftacnik} Ra8 39. Nxe6 Rxe6 40.
Rxd2 Kh8 41. Bxe6 Qxe6 $17) (38. Kf1 {Ftacnik} Rc8 39. a4 Qa6+ 40. Qb5 Qxb5+
41. axb5 Rc1 $17) 38... Qb6 $1 $19 39. Nxe6 (39. Qc4 Rc6 $19) (39. Qa4 $142 Nh7
40. Nxh7 Kxh7 41. Qe4+ Kg8 42. Bc2 Qxb2 $19) (39. Qxb6 {Ftacnik} Rxb6 40. Nxe6
Rdd6 41. Nd4+ Kf8 42. Rxd2 Rxd4 43. Rxd4 Rxb3 $19) 39... Qxb4 40. axb4 Rc8 {
Ftacnik: 'Black has finally managed to defend himself and the pawn on d2 is
for Topalov a very unpleasant nut to crack.'} 41. Kf1 (41. Ng5+ Kf8 42. Ne6+
Kf7 43. Ng5+ Kg6 $19) 41... Kh8 42. Ng5 Rd4 43. Nf7+ Kh7 44. Ng5+ Kh6 45. Nf7+
Kg6 (45... Kh5 $5 {Ftacnik} 46. Ne5 Ne4 47. Ke2 Kh6 $19) 46. Ne5+ Kh7 47. Nf3
Rxb4 48. Nxd2 Rd8 49. Bc2+ (49. Ke2 {Ftacnik} Rxd2+ 50. Kxd2 Rxb3 $17) 49...
Kh8 50. b3 Rbd4 51. Ke1 b5 {Ftacnik: 'The defender has very bad cards with
passive pieces, but also after entangling white will not cope with the
queenside pawn majority.'} 52. Nb1 $6 (52. Nf3 Rxd1+ 53. Bxd1 a5 $19) 52...
Re8+ 53. Kf1 Rxd1+ 54. Bxd1 Ne4 55. Bc2 a5 56. Na3 (56. g4 b4 $19 {[%cal Ye4c3]
}) 56... Nd2+ 57. Kg2 Rb8 58. g4 b4 59. Nb1 Nxb1 60. Bxb1 Rc8 61. Bf5 Rc3 (
61... Rc3 62. Be6 a4 63. bxa4 b3 $19) 0-1

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2004.01.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2004.01.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8.
Re1 Bf5 9. c4 c6 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Nc3 Nxc3 (11... Bb4 12. Nxe4 (12. Re3 Nxc3
13. bxc3 Bxc3 14. Rb1 Bxd3 15. Qxd3 Ba5 16. Rxb7 Bb6 17. Ree7 Nc6 18. Ng5 $16 {
1/2-1/2 Sabo Benke,D-Castro,J/Hyeres 2002/EXT 2003 (28)}) 12... Bxe1 13. Neg5
Bxf2+ 14. Kxf2 Qf6 15. Qc2 Rc8 16. Qb1 Bg6 17. Bxg6 fxg6 18. Kg1 Nc6 19. Qd3 h6
20. Nh3 Nb4 21. Qb3 Rc4 22. Be3 Nc2 23. Rf1 Qb6 $44 {1-0 Grischuk,A-Lautier,J/
Cap D'Agde FRA 2003/(36)}) 12. bxc3 Bxd3 13. Qxd3 Nd7 14. Qf5 Nb6 ({The
attempt not to weaken K-side is not good enough as the next game showed} 14...
Nf6 15. Bg5 Qc8 16. Qd3 (16. Qxc8 $5 Raxc8 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. Re3 $14) (16. Nh4
$1 $16) 16... Nh5 17. Qb5 Qc6 18. Rab1 Rab8 19. Be7 Bxe7 20. Rxe7 Qxc3 21. Qxd5
Nf4 22. Qb3 $14 {1-0 Smirnov,P-Priya,P/Chennai IND 2004/(48)}) 15. Ng5 g6 16.
Qh3 h5 17. g4 {White has to play very energetically because Black has an
advantage on the Q-side.} Qd7 (17... Qf6 $5 18. gxh5 Rfe8 19. Rxe8+ Rxe8 20.
Kf1 $13) 18. gxh5 Qxh3 19. Nxh3 Rfe8 (19... gxh5 20. Bf4 Rfd8 21. Kh1 $1 Rac8
22. Re3 $36 {[%cal Ga1g1]}) 20. Bf4 Bxf4 21. Nxf4 g5 22. Nh3 $14 Na4 (22... f6
23. f4 g4 24. Nf2 Kf7 (24... f5 25. h3 $16) 25. Kg2 Na4 26. Nxg4 Nxc3 27. Nh6+
Kf8 28. Nf5 $16) 23. Rac1 $1 Rxe1+ 24. Rxe1 Nxc3 (24... g4 $1 25. Ng5 (25. Nf4
Nxc3 $132) 25... f6 $1 26. Ne6 Nxc3 $132) 25. Re7 $1 {[%mdl 4096]} (25. Nxg5 $2
f6 26. Nh3 Kf7 $44) 25... Kg7 (25... f6 $1 26. h6 $1 (26. f4 g4 (26... Ne4 $1
27. Nf2 Nxf2 28. Kxf2 Rc8 29. fxg5 fxg5 30. Rxb7 Rc2+ 31. Kg3 Rxa2 $11) 27. Nf2
f5 28. Nd3 $1 Rc8 29. Ne5 Ne2+ 30. Kf2 Nxf4 31. h6 $18) 26... b5 27. f4 Ne4 28.
fxg5 fxg5 29. Nxg5 Nxg5 30. Rg7+ Kh8 31. Rxg5 Rd8 $14 (31... Rg8 32. h4)) 26.
Rc7 $1 (26. Nxg5 Kf6 27. Rc7 Kxg5 28. Rxc3 Kxh5 {White may count to get
drawing the rook endgame with pawns "f" and "h" in the best case.} 29. Rc7 Rg8+
30. Kf1 Rg4 31. Rxb7 Rxd4 32. Rxa7 Rd2 $14) 26... Ne2+ $2 (26... g4 $1 27. Nf4
(27. Rxc3 gxh3 $14) (27. Ng5 Ne2+ 28. Kg2 Kh6 $1 29. Nxf7+ Kxh5 $11) 27... Nxa2
28. Nxd5 b5 $132) 27. Kf1 Nxd4 28. Nxg5 $16 Kh6 29. Nxf7+ Kxh5 30. Rxb7 {
White has good winning chances as he has an extra pawn and an active rook.} Nf3
31. Rb5 Kg6 32. Rxd5 (32. Nd6 $5 Nxh2+ 33. Ke2 Kf6 34. f3 Ke6 35. Nb7 Rf8 $11)
32... Nxh2+ 33. Kg2 Kxf7 34. Kxh2 Ke6 35. Ra5 Kd6 36. f4 $2 (36. Kg3 Rg8+ 37.
Kf3 Rf8+ 38. Ke3 Re8+ 39. Kd4 Rf8 $16) (36. f3 $1 Rf8 37. Kg3 Rf7 38. f4 $16)
36... Rg8 $1 37. f5 (37. Rxa7 Ke6 38. Ra5 Rg4 39. f5+ Kf6 $11) 37... Ke7 38.
Rxa7+ Kf6 39. Ra5 Rg4 40. a4 Rb4 $4 (40... Rg8 41. Rb5 Rg4 42. a5 Kg5 43. Rd5
Kf6 44. Kh3 Rg1 45. Kh4 Rg2 $11) 41. Kg3 Rc4 42. Kf3 Rh4 43. Ke3 Rg4 44. Kd3
Rf4 45. Ra8 Kg7 46. Ra7+ Kf6 47. Ra5 Rh4 48. Kc3 (48. Ra8 $1 $18) 48... Rf4 49.
Kd3 Rh4 50. Ra8 $1 Kxf5 51. a5 Kg6 (51... Ke6 52. a6 Kd7 53. a7 Ra4 54. Rh8 $18
) 52. a6 Kg7 (52... Ra4 53. Kc3 Kg7 54. Kb3 Ra1 55. Kb4 $18 {[%cal Gb4b6,Gb6a7]
}) 53. Ra7+ $1 Kf6 (53... Kg8 54. Rb7 $18) 54. Kc3 $1 Re4 (54... Rh1 55. Ra8
Ra1 56. Kc4 $18) 55. Rh7 Ra4 56. a7 (56. a7 Ke6 57. Kb3 Ra1 58. Kb4 Kd6 59. Kb5
$18) 1-0

[Event "Corus-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2003.01.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Stellwagen, Daniel"]
[Black "Koneru, Humpy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2427"]
[BlackElo "2496"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2003.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Bf5 11. a3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Nc6 13. Re1 Bf6 $6 14. cxd5
Qxd5 15. Bf4 (15. Nd2 Rfe8 16. Bf3 Qd7 17. Ne4 Be7 18. Ng3 Bg6 19. Ra2 Bf8 20.
Rae2 Rxe2 21. Qxe2 Rd8 22. h4 h6 23. h5 Bh7 24. Bg4 Qd5 25. Bf4 Bd6 26. Bxd6
Qxd6 27. a4 Kf8 28. Bf5 $36 {1-0 Felgaer,R-Pacheco,M/Yucay 2001/EXT 2002 (43)})
15... Rac8 16. Nd2 $1 {[%cal Ge2f3]} Qd7 (16... Rfe8 17. Bf3 Rxe1+ 18. Qxe1 Qd7
19. Ne4 Be7 20. Qd1 Bd6 $1 21. Bxd6 (21. Nxd6 $142 cxd6 22. Qb3 Na5 23. Qb4 b6
24. Qxd6 Rxc3 $132) 21... cxd6 22. Ng3 Ne7 $1 23. Nxf5 Nxf5 $132 {[%cal Yc8c3]
1/2-1/2 Short,N-Karpov,A/Prague 2002/CBM 89/[Huzman] (45)}) 17. Nb3 Rcd8 (17...
Rce8 18. Nc5 Qc8 19. Qa4 a5 20. Bf3 Rxe1+ 21. Rxe1 $36 {1/2-1/2 Shirov,
A-Kramnik,V/Monte Carlo 1999/CBM 69 ext (32)}) 18. Nc5 Qc8 19. Bf3 (19. Qb3 $5
Na5 20. Qa4 b6 21. Ba6 Qb8 22. Ne4 $36) 19... b6 (19... Na5 20. Ne4 (20. g4 b6
21. Ne4 Bxe4 22. Bxe4 g6 23. Qf3 c5 $132) 20... Bxe4 21. Bxe4 $16) 20. Ne4 Bxe4
21. Bxe4 $36 Ne7 22. Qf3 c6 (22... c5 23. d5 $16) 23. h4 Ng6 24. Bg5 $1 Bxg5
25. hxg5 Rd6 (25... c5 $142 26. d5 Qd7 27. c4 $16) 26. Bf5 Qd8 27. Qg4 f6 $2 {
[%mdl 16384]} (27... c5 $1 $132) 28. f4 fxg5 29. fxg5 Qc7 30. Re3 $40 {[%cal
Ge3h3]} Rdd8 (30... c5 31. Rh3 Qc6 32. Re1 $16) 31. Rh3 $18 Rxf5 32. Qxf5 Qe7
33. Qg4 Nf8 34. Rf1 Qxa3 35. g6 $1 Qe7 (35... Nxg6 36. Qe6+ Kh8 37. Qxg6 $18)
36. gxh7+ Nxh7 37. Qg6 Nf6 38. Rhf3 Rd6 39. Qf5 Re6 40. Rh3 a5 41. Qf4 b5 42.
Qh2 Kf7 43. Rh8 Kg6 44. Qg3+ Kf7 45. Qf3 Re4 46. Qh5+ Ke6 47. Qf5+ Kf7 48. g4
$1 Qe6 49. g5 Rg4+ 50. Kh1 Qe2 51. Qd7+ Kg6 (51... Qe7 52. Qxg4 $18) 52. Rxf6+
$1 gxf6 53. Rg8+ 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2003.01.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2807"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2003.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Bf5 11. a3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Nc6 13. Re1 Re8 14. cxd5 Qxd5
15. Bf4 Rac8 16. h3 $5 $146 {A strong prophylactic move. It is very difficult
for Black to found a useful move now.} (16. c4 Qe4 17. Be3 Bf6 18. Ra2 b6 19.
h3 Na5 20. g4 (20. Bf1 Qc6 21. d5 Qd6 22. Nd4 Bd7 23. Qd3 c6 24. dxc6 Nxc6 $15
{0-1 Nedev,T-Gustafsson,J/Halkidiki 2002/CBM 92 no vc (85)}) 20... Bg6 21. g5
Be7 22. Ne5 Bd6 23. Nxg6 (23. Bd3 Qh4 24. Nxg6 hxg6 25. Qg4 Qxg4+ 26. hxg4 Bf4
27. Rae2 Bxe3 28. fxe3 c5 29. Kf2 Nc6 30. Kg3 cxd4 31. exd4 Rxe2 32. Rxe2 Nxd4
$17 {1/2-1/2 Svidler,P-Gelfand,B/Moscow 2002/CBM 91/[Huzman] (36)}) 23... hxg6
24. c5 Bf8 25. Bg4 Rcd8 26. Rae2 Qc6 $1 27. cxb6 {1/2-1/2 Anand,V-Adams,M/
Linares ESP 2002/(27)}) (16. Bd3 Bxd3 17. Qxd3 h6 18. c4 Qd7 19. Rad1 Bd6 20.
Be3 Rcd8 21. Qc3 Qf5 22. d5 Ne5 23. Nxe5 {1/2-1/2 Nedev,T-Pavasovic,D/Bled
2002/EXT 2003 (23)}) 16... Bf6 $6 (16... Be4 $5 17. Nd2 Bxg2 18. Bg4 $1 (18. c4
Qf5 19. Bg4 Qxf4 20. Bxc8 Rxc8 21. Kxg2 Qxd4 $44) 18... f5 (18... Bh1 $5 19. f3
f5 20. Bh5 g6 21. Kxh1 gxh5 22. Qb1 $1 $44) 19. Be2 b5 20. a4 (20. c4 Qxd4 21.
Be3 Qd6 22. Kxg2 f4 23. Ne4 Qg6+ 24. Ng3 Rcd8 25. Qb3 Qf7 26. Bh5 g6 27. Bf3
bxc4 28. Qb5 Nb8 29. Bxa7 fxg3 30. fxg3 Rd2+ 31. Re2 c6 32. Rxd2 cxb5 33. Bd5
$16) 20... a6 21. axb5 axb5 22. c4 Qxd4 23. Be3 Qd6 24. Kxg2 f4 25. Ne4 Qxd1
26. Rexd1 fxe3 27. cxb5 Nb4 $11) 17. Nh2 $1 Qa5 18. Bd2 (18. Ng4 Qxc3 19. Nxf6+
gxf6 20. Be3 Rcd8 $132 {[%csl Rd4]}) 18... Rcd8 19. Bf3 h6 (19... Qa6 20. Ng4
Be7 21. Ne3 Bd3 22. Nd5 Bd6 23. Bf4 $36) 20. Ng4 Bxg4 21. hxg4 Bg5 22. Bxg5
hxg5 (22... Rxe1+ 23. Qxe1 Qxg5 24. Rb1 $16) 23. Rxe8+ ({White missed good
opportunity to get advantage after} 23. Qc1 $1 {[%csl Rg5][%cal Gc1g5]} Rxe1+
24. Qxe1 Kf8 25. Rb1 Re8 26. Qc1 $1 $16) 23... Rxe8 24. Qd3 Nd8 $1 $14 25. g3
c6 26. Kg2 Ne6 27. Rb1 Re7 28. c4 Qc7 29. Rh1 Nf8 (29... g6 30. d5 cxd5 31.
cxd5 Qd6 32. Qc3 $36 {[%cal Gc3h8,Gh1h8,Gc3c8]}) 30. Qf5 Rd7 31. d5 cxd5 32.
Bxd5 Qd8 33. a4 ({The obvious move} 33. Rh5 $1 {was probably the best option
for White.} Qe7 (33... b5 34. Qxg5 (34. Qe5 $5 bxc4 35. Rxg5 g6 36. Bxc4 Rd4
37. Ba2 $16) 34... Qxg5 35. Rxg5 bxc4 36. Bxc4 $16) 34. c5 (34. Rxg5 g6 35. Qf4
Qxa3 $14) (34. Qxg5 Qxa3) 34... g6 35. Qxg5 Qxg5 36. Rxg5 Kg7 37. c6 bxc6 38.
Bxc6 Rd6 39. Rc5 $16 {and White has an extra pawn and good chances to win the
game.}) 33... b6 34. a5 (34. Rh5 $5 $16) 34... bxa5 $14 35. Ra1 Qf6 $1 36. Rxa5
Rc7 {[%cal Yf8e6,Ye6c5]} 37. Qxf6 gxf6 38. Kf3 Ne6 39. Ke3 (39. Ke4 Kf8 40. Kf5
Ke7 $14) 39... Kf8 40. f4 gxf4+ 41. gxf4 Nc5 42. Rb5 a6 43. Rb8+ Ke7 44. Ra8
Kd6 45. Kf3 Ke7 46. Kg3 Rd7 47. Rc8 Nd3 {Now Black is threatening by manouevre
Rd8-d6 to exchange the rooks.} 48. Be4 Nb4 $11 49. c5 (49. Rb8 Rd4) 49... Rd8
50. Rc7+ Rd7 51. Rc8 Rd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "FRA-chT Gp-A"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "2003.04.04"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Rausis, Igors"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2537"]
[BlackElo "2671"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2003.01.31"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Gonfreville"]
[BlackTeam "Paris NAO"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nb4 9. Be2 Be6 10. Qa4+ Qd7 11. Qxd7+ Kxd7 12. Nc3 Rhd8 $146 {This novelty
provides Black with an important tempo necessary to fully develop his pieces
and to avoid complications hunting Bacrot during his game against Shirov.} (
12... Nxc3 13. bxc3 Nc6 14. Rb1 dxc4 15. d5 Bxd5 16. Rd1 Ke6 17. Rxb7 Rab8 18.
Rxc7 Rhc8 19. Rxc6+ Rxc6 20. Nd4+ Kd7 21. Nf5 Rb1 22. Nxe7 Rxc1 23. Nxd5 Rxd1+
24. Bxd1 $16 {1-0 Shirov,A-Bacrot,E/Reykjavik 2003/CBM 94_01 (54)}) 13. a3 (13.
cxd5 Bxd5 (13... Nxc3 14. bxc3 Nxd5 15. c4 $36) 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15. Re1 Nef6 16.
Bc4 Ke8 17. Bg5 Kf8 18. Re5 c6 19. Rae1 Re8 $11) 13... Nxc3 14. Ne5+ (14. bxc3
Nc6 15. Rb1 dxc4 16. Rxb7 Rab8 $11) 14... Ke8 15. bxc3 Nc6 $11 16. Nxc6 bxc6
17. cxd5 Bxd5 (17... cxd5 18. Bf4 Bd6 $11) 18. Re1 Kf8 {[%cal Yc6c5]} 19. Bf4 (
19. Be3 Rab8 $132 {[%cal Yb8b3]}) 19... Bd6 20. Bxd6+ cxd6 21. Bd3 g6 22. f3
Rdb8 23. Reb1 Ke7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2003.01.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Black "Koneru, Humpy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2496"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2003.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nf6 (5... Nxc3 6. dxc3) 6. d4
Be7 7. Bd3 Bg4 8. h3 Bh5 9. Be3 d5 $6 {[%csl Re5]} (9... Nc6 $5) 10. a3 c6 11.
g4 Bg6 12. Ne5 $36 Bxd3 13. Qxd3 Nfd7 14. O-O-O O-O 15. f4 b5 {[%cal Yb5b4]}
16. h4 {The possibilities of White attack on the king's side are much more
higher than Black one on the queen's side thanks to good coordination of their
pieces.} f6 17. Nf3 $1 b4 18. axb4 Bxb4 19. Nb1 Re8 20. h5 Qe7 21. Bd2 $1 {
[%cal Gh1e1]} Bxd2+ 22. Nbxd2 Qe3 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (22... Qd6 23. Rhe1 Rxe1 24.
Rxe1 $16) (22... Nf8 $142 23. h6 (23. g5 Nbd7 24. h6 g6 25. f5 $40) 23... g6
24. Rhe1 Qf7 25. Rxe8 Qxe8 26. Re1 Qd8 27. Qe3 Nbd7 28. Qe7 $16) {[%tqu "En",
"Find how White can make use of tactical mistake of Black.","","","h1e1","",10]
} 23. Rhe1 $1 Qxd3 24. Rxe8+ Kf7 25. Rde1 $1 Qe4 (25... Ne5 26. cxd3 Nxd3+ 27.
Kc2 Nxe1+ 28. Rxe1 $18) 26. Nxe4 Kxe8 27. Nxf6+ Kf7 (27... Kd8 28. Re8+ Kc7 29.
Nxh7 $18) (27... Kf8 28. Re8+ Kf7 29. Ng5+ Kxf6 30. Re6#) 28. Ng5+ (28. Ng5+
Kxf6 (28... Kf8 29. Re8#) 29. Re6#) 1-0

[Event "Manila zt 3.2a"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "2001.04.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Khatanbaatar, Bazar"]
[Black "Donguines, Fernie"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2481"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2001.04.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O Bg4 8.
Re1 Nc6 9. c3 f5 10. Nbd2 Qd6 11. Qa4 O-O 12. Qb3 (12. c4 Qb4 (12... Nxd2 13.
Nxd2 dxc4 14. Qxc4+ Kh8 15. Nb3 Bf6 16. Re6 {1-0 Biava,M-Casafus,R/Lewkowitz
mem-B corr9498 1994/Corr 2000 (16)}) 13. Qc2 Bxf3 14. a3 Nxd4 15. axb4 Nxc2 16.
Bxc2 Bh5 17. Nxe4 dxe4 18. Bd2 Bf6 $17 {0-1 Tusa,T-Tammela,K/Kuopio 1992/EXT
97 (42)}) (12. Bb5 Nxd2 13. Nxd2 Rf6 14. Nb3 Rg6 15. Nc5 Bf3 16. g3 Bh4 17. Kf1
Bxg3 18. fxg3 Rxg3 19. Re6 Bg2+ 20. Kf2 Rf3+ 21. Kxg2 Rf2+ 22. Kxf2 Qxh2+ 23.
Ke1 {1-0 Dzhumaev,M-Babich,R/Bratislava 1993/TD (23)}) (12. h3 Bh5 13. Qb3 Kh8
14. Qxb7 Rab8 15. Qa6 Rb6 16. Qa4 g5 17. Nf1 g4 18. hxg4 fxg4 19. Bxe4 gxf3 20.
Ng3 dxe4 {0-1 Sharif,M-Chow,A/New York 1984/MCD (20)}) 12... Kh8 13. Qxb7 Rab8
14. Qa6 Rb6 $146 (14... Nxd2 15. Nxd2 Rf6 16. Nf1 f4 17. b4 Qd8 18. Qa4 Qf8 19.
b5 Nd8 20. Qxa7 Ne6 21. f3 Bh5 22. Re5 Bf7 23. Qa4 Bd6 24. Rxd5 $16 {1-0 Biro,
G-Nagy,H/HUN 1999/EXT 2000 (45)}) 15. Qa4 Qg6 16. Bb5 (16. Ne5 Nxe5 17. dxe5
Bc5 $40) (16. Be2 $5 Bd6 (16... Bh3 17. Bf1 Bd6 18. Qc2) 17. Nf1 Qh5 $44 (17...
f4 $5)) 16... Bd6 17. Bxc6 Rxc6 18. Ne5 $2 {[%mdl 16384]} Bxe5 19. dxe5 Nxd2
20. Bxd2 Bf3 21. g3 f4 $1 $19 {[%cal Yg6g4,Yg4h3][%mdl 132]} 22. Qa3 Kg8 23. c4
Qh5 {/\24...Qh2} 24. h4 Qg4 25. Kh2 Rh6 0-1

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2005.02.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Areshchenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[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 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bf5 7. c4 c6 8. O-O
Be7 9. Qc2 O-O 10. Ne5 Bd6 (10... Na6 11. a3 f6 12. Nf3) 11. a3 Na6 12. b4 (12.
f3 $2 Bxe5 13. dxe5 Qb6+ 14. Kh1 Nf2+ 15. Qxf2 Bxd3 $19) 12... Qh4 (12... Nc7
13. f3 Bxe5 14. dxe5 Bg6 15. Rd1 Ng5 16. Nc3 Nge6 17. Be3 $14) 13. Nc3 Rae8 (
13... Nxc3 $2 14. Bxf5 Qxd4 15. Bxh7+ Kh8 16. Nf3 Qg4 (16... Ne2+ 17. Qxe2 Qxa1
18. Bb2 $18) 17. c5 Bc7 18. h3 Qh5 19. Bd3 $16) 14. cxd5 Nxc3 15. Bxf5 Bxe5 (
15... Nxd5 $5 {This positional queen's sacrifice gave chances to equalize the
game:} 16. g3 (16. Re1 $5 Qh5 (16... Nf6 17. g3 Qxd4 (17... Qh5 18. Bf4 $16)
18. Bb2 Qb6 19. Nc4 Qd8 20. Red1 Nd5 21. Bxh7+ Kh8 22. Qf5 $1 $18) (16... g6
17. Bd3 Nac7 18. g3 Qh3 19. Bf1 Qh5 20. Be2 Qh3 21. Bg4 $140 Qxg4 22. Nxg4
Rxe1+ 23. Kg2 Rfe8 $44) 17. Bd2 Nac7) 16... Qxd4 17. Bb2 Qxb2 18. Qxb2 Bxe5 19.
Qc2 Bxa1 20. Rxa1 g6 21. Bd3 Nac7 $14) 16. dxe5 Nxd5 17. g3 Qh5 18. Bb2 $16 {
White has advantage due to the pair of bishops and his pawn majority on the
king's side.} f6 19. exf6 Nxf6 20. Rae1 Nc7 21. h4 Ncd5 $6 (21... Nfd5 22. Be4
(22. Bd7 Re7 23. Rxe7 Nxe7 24. Re1 $16)) 22. Be6+ Rxe6 (22... Kh8 23. Re5 Qf3
24. Rfe1 $16) 23. Rxe6 Nf4 (23... Qg4 24. Rfe1 Qh3 25. Bxf6 Nf4 $1 26. gxf4
Qg4+ 27. Kf1 Qh3+ 28. Ke2 $1 Qxe6+ 29. Be5 Rxf4 30. Kd1 Qd5+ (30... Rxh4 31. f4
$18) 31. Kc1 Rc4 32. Bc3 $18) 24. Re3 (24. Re7 $1 Nh3+ 25. Kh2 Ng5 26. f4 Ng4+
27. Kg1 Nf7 28. Qc3 $18) 24... Nh3+ 25. Kh2 $2 {I think that the text of the
game is mistakable.} (25. Kg2 Nd5 26. Qc4 b5 27. Qd4 $1 Nxe3+ 28. Qxe3 Qf5 29.
Bd4 $1 {[%csl Rf2]} Rf7 30. f3 $18 {[%csl Rh3]}) (25. Kh1 $1 Nd5 (25... Qd5+
26. f3 $18) 26. Qe2 Qf7 27. Re5 $18) 25... Nd5 (25... Ng4+ 26. Kxh3 Nxe3 27.
Qb3+ Nd5 $15) 1-0

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2005.02.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "David, Alberto"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2573"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[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 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. c4
c6 9. Re1 Re8 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Nc3 Nxc3 12. Rxe8+ Qxe8 13. bxc3 b6 14. Qb3 (
14. Be3 Ba6 15. Ng5 h6 16. Bh7+ Kf8 17. Nf3 Nd7 18. Qc2 Qe7 19. Re1 Re8 20. Bf5
Nf6 21. Ne5 Qc7 22. Bf4 Bc8 23. Bd3 Re7 24. h3 Nd7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Carlsen,
M-Mamedyarov,S/Wijk aan Zee NED 2005/(50)}) 14... Be6 15. Ba3 (15. a4 Nc6 16.
Ba3 Na5 $11) 15... Bxa3 16. Qxa3 h6 17. Ne5 (17. Re1 Nd7 18. Qd6 Nf8 19. Ne5
Qd8 $11) 17... Nd7 18. Bb5 (18. f4 $5 Nxe5 (18... Qf8 19. Qb2 Rc8 20. Re1) 19.
fxe5 Qd8 20. Rf1 Qg5 $132) 18... Qf8 $11 19. Qxf8+ Nxf8 20. a4 Rc8 21. Ra3 Rc7
1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2005.02.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Tseshkovsky, Vitaly"]
[Black "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2581"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[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 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 Nc6
8. Qd2 Ne5 9. O-O-O O-O 10. Kb1 Be6 11. Nd4 Nc4 (11... Bc4 $5 12. b3 Bxf1 13.
Rhxf1 Re8 14. h3 $14 {[%cal Gf2f4]}) 12. Bxc4 Bxc4 13. h4 Qd7 14. b3 (14. h5
Rfe8 15. h6 g6 16. Rhe1 $36 {[%cal Ge3g5]}) 14... Ba6 {White has advantage due
to the passive position of the Ba6. Now he develops initiative on the king's
side.} (14... Be6 15. h5 a5 16. h6 g6 17. Bg5 $36) 15. g4 Rfe8 (15... Qxg4 16.
Rhg1 Qh5 17. Bh6 Bf6 18. Bxg7 $1 Bxg7 19. Rg5 $16) 16. Nf5 Bf6 17. Bd4 $6 {
The hurry of White leads to the equal position.} (17. Rhe1 $1 Re6 18. Bd4 $36
Bxd4 19. Qxd4 f6 20. Qd5 Rae8 21. Nd4 c6 22. Qxe6+ Rxe6 23. Nxe6 $16) 17... Re2
18. Qf4 Qe6 $1 19. Ne3 (19. Nh6+ Kf8 (19... gxh6 20. Bxf6 Qe4 21. Qc1 (21. Qxe4
Rxe4 22. c4 b6 $11) 21... Rxf2 22. Bd4 Re2 $13) 20. Bxf6 Qxf6 21. Qxf6 gxf6 22.
f3 Rae8 $11) ({The best chance to fight for advantage was} 19. Qf3 $5 Re8 (
19... Bxd4 20. Nxd4 Qe4 (20... Qe8 21. Nxe2 Bxe2 22. Qxb7 $18) 21. Qg3 Rd2 22.
Rde1 $18) (19... Qe4 20. Qxe4 Rxe4 21. Bxf6 gxf6 22. Rhe1 Rae8 23. Rxe4 Rxe4
24. f3 Re5 25. c4 b6 $14) 20. g5 Bxd4 21. Nxd4 Qe4 22. Qg3 Rd2 23. Rde1 Qxe1+
24. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 25. Kb2 Rdd1 26. Qg4 $16) 19... Re8 20. c4 (20. Bxf6 Qxf6 21.
Qxf6 gxf6 22. Nd5 Rxf2 23. Nxc7 Ree2 24. Nxa6 (24. Rhf1 Bd3 $1 (24... Rh2 25.
Rxd6 Rxc2 26. Rd8+ Kg7 27. Ne8+ Kf8 28. Nxf6+ Ke7 29. Re8+ Kd6 30. Rd1+ Kc7 31.
Rd7+ Kb6 $11) 25. Rxf2 Bxc2+ 26. Kc1 Rxf2 27. Rxd6 Be4 $132) 24... bxa6 25.
Rxd6 Rxc2 26. Rxa6 Rxc3 27. Rxa7 Rg3 $11) 20... Bxd4 21. Rxd4 Qe5 $11 22. Rhd1
Qxf4 23. Rxf4 b6 24. Nd5 (24. Kc1 Bb7 25. Rg1 Re4 $15) 24... Rc8 25. Kc1 Re5
26. g5 Bb7 27. a4 (27. Rd3 b5 $5 $132) 27... Kf8 28. Rd3 Bxd5 29. cxd5 Ke7 30.
Rdf3 Rf8 31. Rc4 Kd7 32. Rcf4 Ke7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Groningen Harmonie"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "2002.12.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nijboer, Friso"]
[Black "Smeets, Jan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2556"]
[BlackElo "2461"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2002.12.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O Nc6 8. c4
Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Bf5 11. a3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Nc6 13. Re1 Bf6 14. Qb3 $146 (
14. cxd5 Qxd5 15. Bf4 (15. Nd2 Rfe8 16. Bf3 Qd7 17. Ne4 Be7 18. Ng3 Bg6 19. Ra2
Bf8 20. Rae2 Rxe2 21. Qxe2 Rd8 22. h4 $36 {1-0 Felgaer,R-Pacheco,M/Yucay 2001/
EXT 2002 (43)}) 15... Rac8 16. Nd2 Qd7 (16... Rfe8 17. Bf3 Rxe1+ 18. Qxe1 Qd7
19. Ne4 Be7 20. Qd1 Bd6 $1 21. Bxd6 cxd6 22. Ng3 Ne7 $1 23. Nxf5 Nxf5 $132 {
1/2-1/2 Short,N-Karpov,A/Prague 2002/CBM 89/[Huzman] (45)}) 17. Nb3 Rcd8 (17...
Rce8 18. Nc5 Qc8 19. Qa4 a5 20. Bf3 Rxe1+ 21. Rxe1 Nd8 22. Ne4 Bxe4 23. Rxe4 b6
24. Qc4 Ne6 25. Bg4 Qb7 26. Bf3 b5 27. Qe2 Nxf4 28. Rxf4 Qb6 $11 {1/2-1/2
Shirov,A-Kramnik,V/Monte Carlo 1999/CBM 69 ext (32)}) 18. Nc5 Qc8 19. Bf3 b6
20. Ne4 Bxe4 21. Bxe4 Ne7 22. Qf3 c6 23. h4 Ng6 24. Bg5 Bxg5 25. hxg5 Rd6 26.
Bf5 Qd8 27. Qg4 $14 {1-0 Stellwagen,D-Koneru,H/Wijk aan Zee 2003/CBM 93_01 (53)
}) (14. Bf4 Na5 (14... Rc8 15. Qa4 a6 16. Qb3 Na5 17. Qb4 Nxc4 (17... c5 18.
dxc5 Nc6 19. Qb3 Na5 20. Qb4 Nc6 21. Qb3 Na5 22. Qb4 {1/2-1/2 Ljubojevic,
L-Jussupow,A/Belgrade 1989/CBM 16 (22)}) 18. Qxb7 c5 19. Bxc4 dxc4 20. Be5 Qa5
21. d5 Bxe5 22. Nxe5 Qxc3 23. Rac1 Qb3 24. Qxa6 c3 25. Nc6 Ra8 26. Ne7+ Kh8 27.
Qc6 Bg6 28. Qxc5 $16 {1-0 Sax,G-Jurkovic,A/Nova Gorica 2002/CBM 86 ext (34)}) (
14... Ne7 $6 15. Qb3 $14 b6 16. cxd5 Nxd5 17. Be5 Bg4 $6 18. Rad1 Be7 $6 19. h3
Bh5 20. g4 $1 $16 {1-0 Kasparov,G-Sokolov,I/Sarajevo 2000/CBM 77/[Blatny,P] 
(26)}) 15. cxd5 Qxd5 16. Qa4 (16. Nd2 Qd7 17. Bf3 Rfe8 18. Ne4 Be7 19. Ng3 Bg6
20. Bg4 Qc6 21. Bf3 Qd7 22. Ra2 Bf8 23. Rae2 Rxe2 24. Qxe2 c6 25. h4 h6 26. h5
$36 {1-0 Polgar,J-Nielsen,P/Las Vegas 1999/CBM 72 (38)}) (16. Bxc7 Rac8 17. Be5
Rxc3 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Rc1 Rxc1 20. Qxc1 Re8 $132 {1/2-1/2 Sokolovs,A-Nielsen,
P/Germany 1998/GER-chT (30)}) (16. Bf1 b6 17. Ne5 Rad8 18. g4 Be4 19. Qe2 Bxe5
20. Bxe5 Nb3 21. Ra2 Bf3 22. Qe3 Na5 23. Rc2 f6 24. Bxc7 Rd7 25. Bg3 Bxg4 26.
Bg2 Qb3 27. Rcc1 Qf7 28. d5 Qh5 29. c4 $18 {1-0 Anand,V-Sokolov,I/Kopavogur
2000/EXT 2001 (56)}) (16. Ne5 c5 17. Bg4 $1 Bxg4 18. Nxg4 Qd8 19. Nxf6+ Qxf6
20. Be5 Qc6 21. dxc5 $14 {1/2-1/2 Adams,M-Dao Thien Hai/New Delhi/Theran 2000/
CBM 81/[Huzman] (57)}) 16... b6 17. Bxc7 (17. Rad1 Be6 18. Bd3 c6 19. Ne5 Qb3
20. Qxb3 Bxb3 21. Rb1 Rfe8 22. Re3 Bd5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Varga,Z-Drazic,S/Budapest
2001/CBM 83 ext (46)}) 17... Rfc8 18. Be5 Qb3 19. Qb4 Rxc3 20. Bxf6 gxf6 21.
Nh4 Bg6 22. Bf3 Rf8 23. Qe7 $16 {1/2-1/2 Benjamin,J-Nielsen,P/Las Vegas 1999/
CBM 72 (59)}) 14... Na5 15. Qb4 Nxc4 16. Bxc4 (16. Qxb7 c5 17. Bxc4 dxc4 {
-see game}) 16... dxc4 17. Qxb7 c5 (17... Be6 $5 18. Bf4 (18. Ne5 c5 $132) (18.
Qb5 Bd5 19. Ne5 Bxe5 20. Rxe5 c6 $11) 18... c5 19. Be5 Bd5 $14) 18. Be3 Re8 (
18... Be6 $5 $132 {[%cal Ye6d5]}) 19. Qb5 Rc8 20. Rad1 Bd3 21. Rc1 {[%cal
Gd4c5]} Qb6 $6 (21... Be4 $1 22. dxc5 (22. Nd2 cxd4 23. Nxe4 Rxe4 24. cxd4 Bxd4
25. Rxc4 Re5 $11) 22... Bxf3 23. gxf3 Qd5 24. Kg2 Re6 $44) 22. Qa4 h6 (22...
cxd4 $2 23. Bxd4 Rxe1+ 24. Rxe1 Qb8 25. Bxf6 gxf6 26. Nd4 $16) 23. dxc5 Qb3 24.
Qa5 $16 Kh7 (24... Qb7 $142) 25. h3 Qb7 26. Bd4 Be4 27. Re3 Bxd4 28. cxd4 Bd5
29. Qb4 Qa6 30. Rce1 Red8 31. Ne5 Qf6 32. Qc3 Rb8 33. Nxc4 Bxc4 34. Qxc4 Rxd4
35. Qc2+ g6 36. Rf3 Rf4 37. Rxf4 Qxf4 38. c6 $18 Rc8 39. Rc1 Rc7 40. Qc4 Qxc4
41. Rxc4 Kg7 42. Kh2 Kf6 43. Kg3 Ke5 44. Rc1 Kd5 45. Kf4 f6 (45... Rxc6 46.
Rxc6 Kxc6 47. Ke5 Kd7 48. Kf6 Ke8 49. Kg7 h5 50. Kf6 Kf8 51. f4 $1 Kg8 52. f5
$18) 46. h4 $1 h5 (46... Rxc6 47. Rxc6 Kxc6 48. h5 $1 $18) 47. g4 $1 hxg4 48.
Kxg4 a5 (48... Rxc6 49. Rxc6 Kxc6 50. f4 Kd7 51. f5 gxf5+ 52. Kxf5 Ke7 53. Kg6
$18) 49. f4 Ke4 50. a4 (50. a4 Kd5 51. f5 $18) 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 12th"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "1999.12.04"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Black "Huebner, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[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 "Bulgaria"]
[BlackTeam "Germany"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BUL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 e5 4. Bxc4 exd4 5. exd4 Nf6 6. Nf3 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8.
Nc3 Nbd7 9. Re1 Nb6 10. Bb3 c6 11. Ne5 Nbd5 12. Bg5 Be6 13. Rc1 Re8 14. h3 Rc8
(14... Nd7 15. Bxe7 Rxe7 16. Ne4 f6 17. Nd3 Nf8 18. Qf3 Qc7 19. Ng3 Rd8 20. Nc5
Bf7 21. Rxe7 Qxe7 22. Nf5 Qc7 23. Qg3 $1 $16 {1-0 Sokolov,I-Huebner,R/Wijk aan
Zee 1996/CBM 51/ (29)}) 15. Rc2 (15. Qf3 Nc7 $11) 15... Nd7 16. Bxe7 Rxe7 17.
Nxd5 Bxd5 18. Bxd5 cxd5 19. Rce2 Nxe5 20. dxe5 h6 21. Qd3 (21. Rd2 $5 Rd7 (
21... Qb6 22. b3 Rd7 23. Rxd5 $140 Rxd5 24. Qxd5 Rc2 $132) 22. e6 fxe6 23. Rxe6
Rc6 24. Re5 d4 25. Rde2 $36) 21... Qa5 22. a3 Qc5 23. Rd2 Rd8 24. g3 f6 (24...
d4 $5) 25. b4 Qb6 (25... Qc8 $1 26. Rde2 fxe5 27. Rxe5 Rxe5 28. Rxe5 Qxh3 29.
Rxd5 Re8 30. Rd8 Qe6 $11) 26. Rde2 fxe5 (26... Re6 27. exf6 Rxe2 28. Qxe2 Qxf6
29. Qe7 $36) 27. Rxe5 Rxe5 28. Rxe5 d4 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (28... Qd6 29. Qd4 a6
$14) 29. Qc4+ Kh8 (29... Kh7 30. Re6 $1 Rd6 31. Re8 $40 d3 (31... Rc6 32. Qg8+
Kg6 33. Re7 Rc1+ 34. Kh2 Qf6 35. Re6 $18) 32. Qg8+ Kg6 33. Re7 Qd4 34. Qf7+ Kg5
(34... Kh7 35. Qf5+ Rg6 36. Re6 $18) 35. Re5+ $1 Qxe5 36. f4+ $18) 30. Re6 $1
Rd6 31. Re8+ Kh7 32. Qg8+ Kg6 33. Re7 1-0

[Event "Pamplona"]
[Site "Pamplona"]
[Date "2002.12.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Black "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2627"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2002.12.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nf6 9. h3 Nb4 10. Be2 dxc4 11. Bxc4 O-O 12. Nc3 Nbd5 13. Re1 c6 14. Qb3 Nb6 15.
Bd3 Be6 16. Qc2 h6 17. a3 Nbd5 $6 (17... c5 18. dxc5 Bxc5 19. Nb5 Nbd7 20. b4
Bb6 21. Bb2 $36) (17... Rc8 $5 {[%cal Yc6c5]}) 18. Na4 $1 {[%cal Ga4c5]} Nd7
19. Bd2 Re8 20. Rad1 Bf6 21. Ne5 $36 Qc7 22. f4 {[%csl Re6][%cal Gf4f5]} Nf8 (
22... Bh4 23. f5 Bxe1 24. Rxe1 $16) 23. Nc5 Rad8 24. Bc1 {[%cal Gc2f2]} Bc8 (
24... Bh4 $5 25. Rf1 Bc8) 25. Qf2 Ne6 26. Ne4 $16 Be7 27. Bc4 $1 Nf8 28. f5 $1
Nh7 29. Bf4 $1 Qb6 {[%tqu "En","All White pieces are ready for attack.Find how
they start storm of the position of Black king.","","","f4h6","",10]} 30. Bxh6
$1 {[%mdl 196]} gxh6 31. Qg3+ Ng5 (31... Kf8 32. Nxf7 Kxf7 33. Qg6+ Kf8 34.
Qxh6+ (34. Qxh7 Bf6 35. Nxf6 Rxe1+ 36. Kh2 (36. Kf2 Qxb2+ 37. Kxe1 Qxg2 38.
Qxh6+ Kf7 39. Nxd5 cxd5 40. Qh5+ Kf6 41. Bd3 Rg8 $132) 36... Qc7+ (36... Re3
37. Qxh6+ Kf7 38. Qg6+ Ke7 39. Qg5 $1 $18) 37. Qxc7 Nxc7 38. Rxe1 Bxf5 $16)
34... Kg8 35. f6 Bxf6 36. Nxf6+ Nhxf6 37. Qxf6 Re6 $1 38. Qg5+ $1 (38. Rxe6
Nxf6 39. Rxc6+ Nd5 40. Rxb6 axb6) 38... Kf8 39. Rxe6 Bxe6 40. Rf1+ Bf7 (40...
Ke8 41. Qg7 $18) 41. Qh6+ $1 Kg8 (41... Ke8 42. Qh8+ Ke7 43. Qg7 Rf8 44. Re1+
$18) 42. Kh1 {[%cal Gf1f5,Gf5g5]} Qxd4 43. Qg5+ $18) (31... Bg5 32. h4 Bxf5 33.
hxg5 Bxe4 34. gxh6+ Bg6 35. Nxg6 Rxe1+ 36. Qxe1 fxg6 37. Qe7 $18) 32. h4 f6 33.
hxg5 hxg5 34. Ng6 $18 Kf7 (34... Kg7 35. Nxg5 fxg5 (35... Bd6 36. Ne5 $1 $18)
36. Nxe7 $18) (34... Bxf5 35. Nxe7+ Rxe7 36. Nxf6+ $18) 35. Qh3 $1 (35. Qh2 Kg7
36. Ng3 Bc5 $1 37. Nh5+ Kf7 $132) (35. Qg4 $5 {[%cal Gg4h5]} Kg7 36. Nxg5 $18)
35... Kg7 36. Bxd5 $1 cxd5 (36... Bxf5 $142 37. Qxf5 Rxd5 38. Nxe7 $1 Rxf5 39.
Nxf5+ Kg6 40. Neg3 $1 Re5 $1 (40... Rxe1+ 41. Rxe1 Qxb2 42. Re7 $18) 41. Rf1
$16) 37. Nf2 $1 {[%cal Gf2g4]} Bd6 38. Rxe8 Rxe8 39. Ng4 Bxf5 40. Qh6+ Kf7 (
40... Kg8 41. Qh8+ Kf7 42. Qxf6+ Kg8 43. Qxf5 $18) 41. Nh8+ (41. Nh8+ Rxh8 42.
Qxf6+ Ke8 (42... Kg8 43. Qxg5+ Kf8 44. Qxf5+ $18) 43. Qxh8+ $18) 1-0

[Event "Groningen Harmonie"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "2002.12.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Stellwagen, Daniel"]
[Black "Ernst, Sipke"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2426"]
[BlackElo "2497"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2002.12.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. c4
c6 9. Nc3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Bg4 11. c5 Bc7 (11... Be7 12. Bf4 (12. Qc2 Bxf3 13.
Bxh7+ Kh8 14. gxf3 g6 15. Bxg6 Rg8 16. Kh1 Rxg6 $19 {1-0 Perez Gomar,I-Riverol,
J/Montevideo 2000/CBM 75 ext (34)}) 12... b6 (12... Nd7 13. Re1 Re8 14. Re3 f5
15. h3 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Rf8 17. Rae1 $16 {1-0 Costa,A-Goncalves,C/Lisbon 2001/EXT
2002 (24)}) 13. cxb6 axb6 14. Re1 Nd7 15. a4 Re8 16. Bc2 g6 17. h3 Bxf3 18.
Qxf3 Bf8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Doery,J-Degenhardt,H/Frankfurt 1988/EXT 97 (23)}) 12. Re1
(12. Rb1 b6 13. h3 Bh5 14. Re1 Nd7 15. cxb6 axb6 $15 {0-1 Di Lazzaro,G-Kohler,
P/St Jean 2002/EXT 2003 (49)}) (12. Bc2 Nd7 (12... Bh5 13. Qd3 (13. Re1 Nd7 14.
Ba3 (14. Qd3 Bg6 15. Qe2 Re8 16. Be3 Nf6 17. Bxg6 hxg6 $15 {0-1 Bezzy,
M-Delanoy,A/Forli 1992/TD (44)}) 14... Ba5 15. Bb4 Bxb4 16. cxb4 Qf6 17. Re3
Rfe8 18. a4 a6 $11 {1-0 Miklos,R-Lossnitzer,A/Hassloch 1997/EXT 2001 (59)})
13... Bg6 14. Qd1 b6 15. cxb6 axb6 $15 {0-1 Salzmann,J-Meijers,V/Porz 1992/TD 
(33)}) 13. Qd3 f5 14. Re1 h6 15. h3 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Qf6 17. Bf4 Bxf4 18. Qxf4 b6
19. cxb6 axb6 20. Bb3 g5 21. Qf3 b5 $14 {1/2-1/2 Zembaty,M-Szczygiel,A/Bytom
1995/EXT 97 (34)}) (12. Bg5 Qxg5 13. Nxg5 Bxd1 14. Rfxd1 (14. Bxh7+ Kh8 15.
Rfxd1 Bd8 $17 {1-0 Svatos,J-Petr,J/CZE 2001/EXT 2003 (29)}) 14... h6 15. Nf3
Nd7 16. Rdb1 (16. c4 Nf6 17. Nd2 dxc4 18. Nxc4 Rfd8 19. Rab1 Rab8 20. Be2 Nd5
$11 {1-0 Ivkina,O-Sukharev,V/Orsk 2001/EXT 2002 (56)}) 16... b6 17. Bf5 Rfd8
18. Bxd7 Rxd7 19. cxb6 axb6 $15 {0-1 Kodric,M-Pavasovic,D/Ljubljana 1993/EXT
97 (51)}) (12. h3 Bh5 13. Bf5 (13. Re1 Nd7 (13... Bg6 14. Ne5 Bxd3 15. Qxd3
Bxe5 16. dxe5 Na6 17. Be3 Qe7 18. Rab1 Qxe5 19. Bd4 Qc7 20. Qg3 Qxg3 21. fxg3
b6 22. cxb6 axb6 23. Bxb6 Rfe8 $14 {1/2-1/2 Petrovic,Z-Milunovic,T/Kladovo
1994/EXT 2000 (38)}) 14. Be2 Nf6 15. Bg5 h6 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. Ne5 Bxe2 18. Qxe2
Rfe8 $15 {1/2-1/2 Gupta,R-Radha,S/Calcutta 1994/EXT 97 (25)}) (13. g4 Bg6 14.
Bg5 f6 15. Be3 Bxd3 16. Qxd3 Nd7 17. Rab1 b6 18. Qf5 Re8 19. Rfe1 g6 20. Qd3
Nf8 $15 {0-1 Ciochina,C-Ilyes,I/Tusnad 2000/EXT 2001 (57)}) 13... Qf6 14. g4 h6
15. Qd3 Bg6 16. Kg2 Bxf5 17. Qxf5 Qxf5 18. gxf5 Nd7 19. Be3 Rfe8 20. Nd2 b5 21.
a4 {1/2-1/2 Cabello Aguilar,E-Perez Diaz,M/Asturias 2001/EXT 2003 (21)}) 12...
Nd7 13. Bg5 f6 (13... Qxg5 14. Nxg5 Bxd1 15. Raxd1 (15. Bxh7+ Kh8 16. Raxd1 Bf4
17. Bf5 Bxg5 18. Bxd7 Rfd8 19. Bg4 b6 $14) 15... Nf6 16. Re7 Ba5 17. Rxb7 Bxc3
18. Nf3 $1 $16 {[%csl Rc6][%cal Gf3e5]}) 14. Bh4 Rf7 (14... b6 $5 15. h3 (15.
Qc2 h6 16. Qa4 b5 17. Qa6 Qc8 $11) 15... Bh5 16. Qc2 h6 17. cxb6 axb6 18. Ne5
$1 $36) 15. Qc2 g5 (15... Nf8 16. Ne5 Bxe5 17. dxe5 $40) (15... g6 16. Nd2 Re7
17. c4 Be6 18. Rab1 Rb8 19. Qa4 $36) 16. Bg3 Bxg3 (16... Bxf3 17. gxf3 b6 18.
Bf5 Rg7 19. Qa4 $16) 17. hxg3 b6 $2 (17... Bxf3 $142 18. gxf3 b6 19. cxb6 axb6
20. Re6 $16) (17... Nf8 18. Nh2 Bh5 19. g4 Bg6 20. Nf1 $16 {[%csl Rf5][%cal
Gf1g3,Gg3f5]}) 18. Nh2 Bh5 19. g4 $18 Bg6 20. Bxg6 hxg6 21. Qxg6+ Rg7 22. Qf5
Nf8 23. Nf1 bxc5 24. dxc5 Rf7 25. Ng3 Qa5 26. c4 $1 dxc4 (26... Qxc5 27. Ne4 $1
$18) 27. Ne4 Re8 28. Re3 Kg7 29. Rf1 $1 {/\30.Nd6+-} Re5 30. Qf3 Ng6 (30... Nd7
31. Nd6 Rxe3 32. Qxe3 $18) 31. Nd6 Rxe3 (31... Rf8 32. Qxc6 Rxe3 33. fxe3 Ne5
34. Qb7+ Kg8 35. Nf5 Nf7 36. c6 Qc5 37. c7 $18) 32. Qxe3 Rf8 (32... Rd7 33. Qe6
Qd8 34. Qxc4 $18) 33. Nf5+ Kf7 34. Nh6+ Kg7 35. Nf5+ Kf7 (35... Kg8 36. Qe6+
Kh8 37. Qd7 Rg8 38. Qd6 $1 Rf8 39. Qh2+ Nh4 40. g3 $18) 36. Rd1 Qc7 (36... Rd8
37. Re1 $1 Kf8 (37... Ne5 38. Nd6+ Kg7 39. Nb7 $18) 38. Qe6 Qc3 39. Nd6 $18)
37. Nd6+ Kg7 $2 (37... Kg8 38. Qe6+ Kh8 39. Nxc4 $18) 38. Ne8+ Rxe8 39. Qxe8
Qf4 40. Rd7+ Kh6 (40... Kh6 41. Qg8 Qc1+ 42. Kh2 Qf4+ 43. Kh3 $18) 1-0

[Event "Dos Hermanas-A"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "2005.04.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Korneev, Oleg"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2611"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2005.04.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. a3 Nc6 11. Qc2 Nf6 (11... Bg4 12. Be3 Re8 13. h3 Be6 14. Bd3
f5 15. c5 Bf6 16. Nc3 Qd7 $11 {0-1 Comet P100-Hiarcs5 P100/Testspiel 1997 (78)}
) (11... Bf6 12. Nc3 (12. Be3 Bf5 13. Bd3 Bg6 14. b4 Re8 15. c5 a6 16. Nc3 Nxc3
17. Qxc3 Be4 $5 18. Nd2 Qd7 19. Rfd1 Bxg2 $1 20. Kxg2 Nxd4 21. Bxd4 $11 {
0-1 Adams,M-Lalic,B/Kilkenny 77/303 1999/[Lalic,B] (38)}) (12. cxd5 Qxd5 13.
Nc3 Nxc3 14. bxc3 Bf5 15. Qb2 Rfe8 16. Qxb7 Rab8 17. Qa6 Rb6 18. Qc4 Qxc4 19.
Bxc4 Na5 20. Bd5 c6 21. Ba2 Nb3 $44 {0-1 Kunzmann,H-Dziedzina,M/IECG 2001/
Telechess CBM 105 (60)}) 12... Nxc3 13. bxc3 Be6 14. Bd3 h6 15. cxd5 Bxd5 16.
Rb1 Re8 17. Bf4 Na5 18. Rfd1 Nc4 19. Rb4 b5 20. Rxb5 $1 Bxf3 21. Bxc4 Bxd1 22.
Qxd1 $44 {1/2-1/2 Short,N-Gelfand,B/Izmir 2004/CBM 104/[Huzman] (44)}) 12. c5 (
12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. h3 Bf6 14. Rd1 Re8 15. Nc3 Be6 16. Bd3 h6 17. Rb1 Kh8 $6 18.
Be4 Nce7 19. Ne5 Rc8 20. Qe2 $14 {1-0 Short,N-Sokolov,I/Bugojno 1999/CBM 74/
[Blatny,P] (44)}) 12... Bg4 13. Be3 Ne4 {[%csl Rd4][%cal Ye7f6,Yf6d4,Yc6d4]}
14. Nc3 (14. Nbd2 Nxd2 15. Qxd2 Bf6 16. b4 Ne7 $11) 14... Nxc3 15. bxc3 (15.
Qxc3 Bf6 16. b4 Ne7 $11) 15... Na5 (15... b6 16. Bb5 Bxf3 17. Bxc6 Be4 18. Qe2
Rb8 19. c4 $16) 16. Bd3 $5 (16. h3 Bh5 17. Rfe1 b6 $11) 16... Bxf3 17. gxf3 g6
18. Kh1 Kh8 (18... b6 19. Rg1 Qd7 20. Bh6 Rfe8 21. Bxg6 hxg6 22. Rxg6+ Kh8 23.
Rag1 $1 $18) 19. Rg1 b6 20. Rg3 Nc4 21. h4 $5 (21. Bxc4 dxc4 22. Qe4 f5 23. Qf4
Bf6 24. Rag1 Rf7 25. Rh3 Rg7 $15) 21... bxc5 22. h5 Bd6 (22... Nxe3 23. fxe3 c4
24. hxg6 $1 fxg6 25. Bxg6 $16) 23. Bg5 (23. Rh3 Qd7 24. Kg2 Nxe3+ 25. fxe3 c4
$17) 23... f6 24. Bh6 Bxg3 (24... Rg8 25. hxg6 Bxg3 26. g7+ (26. gxh7 Re8 27.
fxg3 cxd4 28. cxd4 Rb8 $17) 26... Rxg7 27. Bxg7+ Kxg7 28. fxg3 $14) 25. hxg6
hxg6 26. fxg3 f5 $1 (26... Rf7 27. Bxg6 Re7 28. Qf5 $1 Kg8 (28... Qd6 29. Qh5
Kg8 30. Bf7+ $1 $18) 29. Qg4 $40) 27. Bxf8 Qxf8 28. Bxc4 dxc4 29. Qe2 $2 (29.
Kg2 Qe7 30. Qd2 Re8 $11) 29... Re8 30. Qd2 cxd4 $6 (30... Qd6 31. Kg2 Kg8 $15)
31. Qxd4+ Kh7 32. Qxa7 (32. Qxc4 Qe7 $11) 32... Qd6 33. Qd4 (33. Qd4 Qxg3 (
33... Qxd4 34. cxd4 Rd8 35. a4 Rxd4 36. Rc1 c3 37. Rxc3 Rxa4 38. Rxc7+ $11) 34.
Qd7+ Kh6 35. Qxe8 Qh3+ 36. Kg1 Qg3+ $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dos Hermanas-A"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "2005.04.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Rustemov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2573"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2005.04.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Bf5 11. a3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Nc6 13. Re1 dxc4 14. Bxc4 Bd6
15. Ng5 Qd7 16. Ra2 (16. Qf3 Rae8 17. Bf4 (17. Rxe8 Rxe8 18. Bd2 Nd8 19. Bd3
Bxd3 (19... Bg4 $5 20. Bxh7+ Kh8 21. Qd3 g6 22. d5 Kg7 23. Ne4 f5 24. Nxd6 Qxd6
25. Bxg6 Qxg6 26. f3 Bh3 {0-1 Tokmachev,M-Milde,L/IECG 2003/Telechess CBM 105 
(26)}) 20. Qxd3 f5 21. c4 Be7 $1 22. Nf3 Bf6 23. Rb1 b6 24. c5 Qd5 $11 {
1/2-1/2 Topalov,V-Adams,M/New Delhi (m/2) 80/333 2000/[Adams,M] (41)}) 17...
Rxe1+ (17... Bxf4 18. Qxf4 Bg6 19. Rxe8 Rxe8 20. f3 h6 21. Ne4 Nxd4 22. Rd1 Qf5
23. Qxc7 Rc8 24. Qxb7 Rxc4 25. cxd4 $16 {1-0 Smirnov,P-Kopiylov,A/RUS-sf
Novosibirsk 2002/Inf 01 (42)}) 18. Rxe1 Bxa3 19. Ra1 Bd6 20. d5 Ne5 21. Bxe5
Bxe5 22. Rxa7 h6 $15 {0-1 Kuznetsov,V-Aleshin,O/Samara 2004/EXT 2005 (30)}) (
16. Ne4 Rae8 17. Nxd6 cxd6 18. Be3 d5 19. Ba2 Na5 20. Qf3 $11 {1/2-1/2 Zufic,
M-Jovanic,O/Porec op 2002 (29)}) 16... Na5 (16... Bg6 17. Rae2 Rae8 18. Ne4
Rxe4 19. Rxe4 Bxe4 20. Rxe4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Chandler,M-Adams,M/Southend 2001/CBM
083/[Huzman] (53)}) 17. Bd3 Rae8 (17... c5 $5 18. Rae2 (18. Bxf5 Qxf5 19. Ne4
Rad8 20. Rae2 Nc4 21. Qb3 Qd5 22. Nxc5 Bxc5 23. dxc5 Qxc5 $11) (18. Ne4 cxd4
19. cxd4 Be7 $132) 18... cxd4 19. Qc2 $1 g6 (19... Bxd3 20. Qxd3 f5 21. cxd4
$16 {[%csl Re6]}) 20. cxd4 Rac8 21. Bxf5 Qxf5 22. Qxf5 gxf5 $132 {[%cal Ya5c4]}
23. Nf3 $14) 18. Rae2 Rxe2 19. Qxe2 b6 20. c4 (20. Qf3 $1 Bxd3 (20... g6 21.
Bxf5 Qxf5 22. Qxf5 gxf5 23. Nf3 $14) (20... Bg6 21. Bxg6 fxg6 (21... hxg6 22.
Qe4 $16 {[%cal Ge4h4]}) 22. Qd5+ Kh8 23. Qe4 $16) 21. Qxd3 f5 (21... g6 22. Ne4
Be7 23. Bh6 $36) 22. Ne6 Rf7 23. d5 $36) 20... Nc6 21. Bb2 Be7 (21... Ne7 $5 {
[%cal Ye7g6]} 22. Bxf5 Qxf5 23. Ne4 Ng6 24. g3 $14) 22. Bxf5 Qxf5 23. Ne4 Bd6
24. Bc3 (24. d5 Na5) 24... f6 25. Qc2 (25. Nxd6 cxd6 26. Qe6+ Qxe6 27. Rxe6 Rd8
28. f4 Kf7 29. d5 Ne7 30. Bb4 b5 31. cxb5 Nxd5 32. Rxd6 Rxd6 33. Bxd6 Nc3 34.
Bc5 Nxb5 35. f5 $14) 25... Qd7 26. Qb3 Rf7 27. d5 Nd8 {[%cal Yd8b7,Yb7c5]}
1/2-1/2

[Event "Astana"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2001.05.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2001.05.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Hecht} e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Bd3 d5 6. Qe2 Qe7 7. O-O
Nd6 8. Qd1 g6 9. Re1 Be6 10. Bf1 ({Another possibility for White is} 10. Nc3
$146 c6 11. Bf1 Bg7 12. d4 O-O 13. Bf4 (13. Bg5 $5 f6 14. Bf4 $14) 13... Nd7
14. Qc1 (14. Ng5 Nf5 15. Ne2 h6 16. Nxe6 fxe6 {[%cal Ye6e5]}) 14... Rae8 15. h3
Nb6 16. b3 Qd8 17. a4 Nbc8 18. a5 a6 {[%cal Ye6f5,Yf5e4]} 19. Bg5 f6 20. Bd2
Bf5 21. Na4 Rxe1 22. Nxe1 Ne4 23. Bb4 Re8 24. Nd3 Ncd6 25. c3 h5 26. Ra2 Ng5 {
1/2-1/2 Moreno Carnero,J-Greenfeld,A/Ohrid 2001/ (26)}) 10... Bg7 11. d4 O-O
12. Bf4 Nc6 (12... Nd7 $5) 13. c3 Qd7 14. Nbd2 Rfe8 15. h3 f6 16. Qa4 $5 Bf7
17. Rxe8+ Rxe8 18. b4 $1 $36 {<<} a6 19. Nb3 Ne4 20. Nc5 Qf5 (20... Nxc3 21.
Qc2 Qf5 22. Qxc3 Qxf4 23. Nxb7 Nb8 24. Nc5 $16) 21. Be3 (21. Nxb7 $5 Nxd4 (
21... Qxf4 22. Qxc6) 22. cxd4 Qxf4 23. Re1 Bf8 24. Re3 $36 {[%csl Ra6,Rc7]})
21... Nd8 (21... Nxc3 22. Qb3 Ne4 23. Nxb7 $16) 22. Qc2 Qc8 23. a4 Nd6 (23...
Nxc5 24. bxc5 (24. dxc5 Nc6 25. b5 Ne5 26. Nd4 {[%cal Gc5c6]} Nc4 27. Bxc4 dxc4
28. c6 Bd5) 24... b6 25. cxb6 cxb6 26. Rb1 Re6 27. Qd3 $36) 24. Bf4 Nc4 25. a5
Ne6 26. Bg3 Nxc5 27. bxc5 Bh6 28. Bd3 Re7 29. Nh2 Qe8 30. Ng4 Bg7 31. Bh4 Re1+
(31... Qc6 $5) (31... Re6) 32. Rxe1 Qxe1+ 33. Kh2 f5 34. Nf6+ Kh8 35. Bxc4 dxc4
36. c6 $1 bxc6 37. Qb2 Bf8 (37... Qe7 38. Qb8+ Qf8 39. Qxc7 Be6 40. Nd7 Qf7 (
40... Bxd7 41. Qxd7 Qb8+ 42. Bg3 f4 43. Bh4 $16) 41. Qd8+ Qg8 42. Nc5 Qxd8 43.
Bxd8 Bc8) 38. Bg3 Bd6 39. Bxd6 cxd6 40. Qb8+ Kg7 41. Qxd6 Qxf2 {Hecht: '[#]
Starker Springer gegen schlechten Lдufer bei vielen Bauernschwдchen bei der
Lдuferpartei fьhren zu einem gewonnenen Leichtfigurenendspiel.'} (41... Qe6 42.
Qxe6 Bxe6 43. Ne8+ Kf7 44. Nd6+ Ke7 45. Nb7 g5 46. Nc5 Bc8 47. Kg3 $16) (41...
Qxc3 42. Nd7 Kh6 43. f4 $18 {[%csl Rh6][%cal Gd6f8]}) 42. Nd7 Kh6 (42... g5 {
Hecht} 43. Qf6+ Kg8 44. Qxg5+ Bg6 45. Qh6 Kf7 46. Qf8+ Ke6 47. Nc5+ Kd5 48.
Qd8#) 43. Qg3 $1 (43. Qf8+ {Hecht} Kg5 44. Qxf7 Qf4+ $11) 43... Qd2 44. h4 Be6
(44... Bd5 $5 {Hecht} 45. Qg5+ (45. Nc5 {Hecht} f4 46. Qg5+ Kg7 47. Qe7+ $11)
45... Qxg5 46. hxg5+ Kxg5 47. Nc5 Kf6 (47... Kf4 $6 {Hecht} 48. Nxa6 c5 49.
Nxc5 Ke3 50. a6 Kd2 51. Na4 Bc6 52. Nb6 Kxc3 53. d5 $18) 48. Nxa6 c5 49. Nxc5
Ke7 $14) 45. Nb8 Bc8 (45... Bd5 {Hecht} 46. Qg5+ Qxg5 47. hxg5+ Kxg5 48. Nxa6
$18) 46. Nxc6 $16 Bb7 47. Ne5 Bd5 48. Nd7 $1 {[%csl Ra6][%cal Gd7c5,Gc5a6]} Be4
49. Nc5 Kg7 (49... Bd3 50. Ne6 Be4 51. d5 $1 Bxd5 52. Qg5+ Qxg5 53. hxg5+ Kh5
54. Nf4+ $18) 50. Ne6+ Kh6 (50... Kf7 51. Ng5+ Ke8 52. Qe5+ Kd7 53. Nxe4 fxe4
54. Qd5+ $1 $18) 51. Qg5+ $1 {'+-' Hecht.} Qxg5 52. hxg5+ Kh5 53. Kg3 h6 (53...
Bc6 54. Kf4 Bxg2 55. Nc5 h6 56. gxh6 Kxh6 57. Nxa6 $18) 54. gxh6 Kxh6 55. Nc5
Kg5 56. Nxa6 f4+ 57. Kf2 Kf6 58. Nc5 Bc6 59. a6 Ke7 60. Nb7 Bd5 61. Na5 Kd6 62.
a7 Kc7 63. Nxc4 g5 64. Ne5 Kb6 65. c4 Bf7 (65... Bb7 66. d5 Kxa7 67. d6 Kb8 68.
c5 Bd5 69. c6 $18) 1-0

[Event "Bucharest m"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2005.03.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Istratescu, Andrei"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2674"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "148"]
[EventDate "2005.03.20"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Bf4 Nd7
8. Qd2 Nc5 9. O-O-O O-O 10. Be3 Re8 11. Bc4 (11. Kb1 Ne4 (11... Bf6 12. Qc1 Qe7
13. Nd4 Bd7 14. Bc4 c6 15. Rhe1 d5 16. Bf1 Rad8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Rodriguez
Guerrero,E-Perea,O/Havana CUB 2004/(19)}) 12. Qc1 (12. Qe1 Bf6 13. Nd4 Bg5 14.
Bxg5 Nxg5 15. Be2 Ne6 {1/2-1/2 Bakre,T-Suvrajit,S/Visakhapatnam IND 2004/(15)})
12... Bf6 13. Nd4 Bd7 (13... c5 14. Nb3 Qe7 15. Bb5 Rd8 16. f3 Ng5 17. Rhe1 Ne6
18. Bc4 Qc7 19. Bd5 a5 20. Nd2 a4 21. Ne4 $16 {1/2-1/2 Dworakowska,J-Meenakshi,
S/Hyderabad 2002/CBM 90 ext (51)}) 14. f3 Nc5 15. Nb3 Nxb3 16. cxb3 Bf5+ $11 {
0-1 Yasakov,I-Cottegnie,F/IECG 2003/Telechess CBM 99 (42)}) (11. h4 Bg4 12. Be2
(12. Qd4 Qc8 13. Qf4 Qf5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Van Kooten,L-Wang Yu/Groningen 2003/CBM
97 ext (51)}) 12... Qc8 13. Kb1 Ne4 14. Qe1 Bf6 15. h5 Qe6 $15 {0-1 Short,
N-Karpov,A/Moscow 2002/CBM 91_01 (53)}) (11. Nd4 Ne4 12. Qe2 c5 13. Nb3 Bg5 14.
f4 Bf6 $15 {0-1 Chulivska,V-Goreskul,A/Lvov 2003/EXT 2004 (24)}) 11... Be6 12.
Bxe6 Nxe6 13. h4 Qd7 (13... a5 14. g4 b5 (14... a4 15. a3 Qd7 16. Qd5 Qc6 17.
c4 Qxd5 18. cxd5 Nc5 19. Nd4 $14 {1-0 Sedlak,N-Vulinovic,R/Budva 2003/CBM 96
ext (41)}) 15. h5 b4 16. c4 a4 17. g5 b3 $36 {1-0 Ramaswamy,A-Pourkashiyan,A/
Abu Dhabi UAE 2004/(33)}) (13... c6 14. Ng5 Qa5 15. Kb1 Nf8 16. Qd3 Rad8 17. f4
d5 18. g4 $36 {1-0 Marechal,A-Laurent,B/Eupen 2003/CBM 95 ext (44)}) (13... Nc5
14. Ng5 Bf6 15. Qd5 Bxg5 16. hxg5 Rxe3 17. fxe3 Qe7 18. Rh3 Qe4 19. Qd4 $16 {
1-0 Bednarski,J-Hess,C/Hamburg 1983/MCD (28)}) (13... Bf6 14. g4 g6 15. h5 $16
{0-1 Vozovic,O-Goreskul,A/Lvov 2003/EXT 2004 (43)}) (13... Bf8 14. h5 h6 $6 15.
g4 $40 {1-0 Kayumov,S-Hilwani,T/Doha 2003/CBM 94/[Huzman] (38)}) 14. Kb1 Qb5 (
14... Qa4 15. Ng5 Nf8 16. Rh3 c6 17. Rg3 Qxh4 18. Rh3 Qg4 19. f3 Qf5 20. g4 Qd5
21. Qxd5 cxd5 22. Nxh7 $16 {1-0 Apicella,M-Laurent,B/Avoine 2003/CBM 95 ext 
(36)}) 15. Rh3 (15. g4 Qc4 16. Rdg1 Nc5 17. g5 Ne4 18. Qd3 d5 $1 19. Qxc4 dxc4
20. Rg4 f5 $1 21. gxf6 Bxf6 22. h5 {1/2-1/2 Akopian,V-Motylev,A/Chalkidiki
2002/CBM 92/[Huzman] (22)}) 15... Rad8 16. Ng5 Bf8 (16... Bf6 17. g4 d5 18.
Nxe6 Rxe6 19. h5 $14) 17. a4 $5 Qxa4 (17... Qa6) 18. Qd3 Nxg5 $6 {The opening
of the h-file is very dangerous for Black.} (18... g6 19. h5 Rd7 $1 (19... Bg7
20. Nxh7 Kxh7 21. hxg6+ Kg8 22. gxf7+ Kxf7 23. Qf5+ Kg8 24. Qh7+ Kf7 25. Rf3+
Ke7 26. Bg5+ $18) 20. Nf3 (20. Rdh1 Nxg5 21. Bxg5 Qe4 22. Qg3 Qf5 $13) (20. Ne4
Bg7 21. Rdh1 d5 $17) (20. Nxh7 Kxh7 21. hxg6+ Kg8 22. Rdh1 Bg7 $17) (20. hxg6
fxg6 21. Nf3 Rf7 22. Rh4 Qc6 23. Rdh1 $44) 20... Rde7 21. Rh4 Qc6 22. Rdh1 $44)
19. hxg5 Qe4 20. Qe2 (20. Rdh1 $5 Qxd3 21. cxd3 h6 22. gxh6 gxh6 (22... g6 23.
Rf3 Rd7 24. g4 Kh7 25. g5 $14) 23. Bxh6 Bxh6 24. Rxh6 $14) 20... Qxg2 21. Rdh1
Qe4 22. Rh4 (22. Qh5 h6 23. gxh6 g6 24. Qa5 c5 $11) 22... Qf5 23. Qc4 (23. Rxh7
Qxh7 24. Rxh7 Kxh7 25. Qh5+ Kg8 26. g6 fxg6 27. Qd5+ Kh7 28. Qh1+ $11 (28. Qxb7
$5)) 23... Re7 24. Rh5 Rde8 $2 (24... d5 $1 25. Qd3 (25. Qh4 Re4 26. Qh2 Bd6
$17) 25... Qxd3 26. cxd3 h6 27. gxh6 gxh6 28. Bxh6 Bxh6 29. Rxh6 Kg7 $15) 25.
Qh4 Re4 26. Qh2 $40 f6 27. gxf6 Qxf6 28. Rxh7 R8e5 29. Qg2 d5 $2 (29... Kf7 30.
R1h6 Qf5 31. Rh3 $1 $36) 30. R1h6 Qf5 31. Bc5 Re7 $8 32. Bxe7 Rxe7 33. Rh3 $2 (
33. Rh8+ Kf7 34. Rh5 $18) 33... Qxh7 34. Qxd5+ Kh8 35. Rxh7+ Kxh7 36. Qxb7 $16
c5 37. Qd5 g6 38. Ka2 $1 {[%cal Ga2b3,Gb3a4,Ga4a5,Ga5a6]} Rc7 39. c4 Rg7 40. f4
Kh8 41. Kb3 Rh7 42. Ka4 Kg7 43. Qe5+ Kf7 44. f5 gxf5 45. Qxf5+ Kg8 46. Qd5+ Rf7
47. c3 $1 Kg7 48. b4 cxb4 49. cxb4 Kf6 50. c5 Bh6 51. Kb5 Bf4 52. Ka6 Re7 53.
b5 Be3 54. Qf3+ Kg6 55. Qg4+ Kf6 56. Qh4+ Kf7 57. Qc4+ Kf6 58. Qd5 Kg6 59. b6
axb6 60. cxb6 Bf4 61. b7 Rf7 62. Qe4+ Kg7 63. Qxf4 $18 Rxf4 64. b8=Q Rf5 65.
Kb6 Kg6 66. Kc6 Rf6+ 67. Kd5 Rf5+ 68. Ke4 Rf7 69. Qd8 Rf6 70. Qg8+ Kh6 71. Ke5
Ra6 72. Qd8 Ra1 73. Qd3 Kg5 74. Qc3 Ra4 (74... Ra4 75. Qd2+ Kh4 76. Kf5 $1 Kg3
77. Qd3+ Kh4 78. Qc2 Ra5+ 79. Kf4 $18) 1-0

[Event "Linares 22nd"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2005.03.04"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2005.02.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8.
Re1 Bg4 9. c3 f5 10. Qb3 O-O 11. Nbd2 Na5 12. Qc2 Nc6 13. b4 a6 (13... Bd6 14.
b5 Ne7 (14... Nxd2 15. Nxd2 Ne7 16. Nf1 h6 17. f3 Bh5 18. Ng3 Bg6 19. Ne2 Qd7
20. Bf4 Rae8 21. Be5 Bf7 22. Nf4 $14 {1-0 Cheparinov,I-Gomez Esteban,J/
Elgoibar ESP 2004/(40)}) 15. Ne5 Bxe5 16. dxe5 Nc5 17. Nb3 Nxd3 18. Qxd3 f4 19.
Qd4 Ng6 20. Nc5 Nh4 21. Bxf4 Nxg2 $1 22. Bg3 Nxe1 $17 {1/2-1/2 Arakhamia Grant,
K-Engedal,K/Stockholm 1994/EXT 2000 (34) '-/+'}) 14. a4 (14. Ne5 Nxe5 15. dxe5
Bh4 16. Rf1 Bxf2+ 17. Rxf2 Nxf2 18. Kxf2 Qh4+ 19. Kg1 Qe1+ 20. Nf1 f4 21. Bb2
Qxe5 22. c4 $16 {1-0 Karjakin,S-Vasilevich,T/playchess.com INT 2004 (35)})
14... Bd6 (14... Kh8 15. Ba3 Bd6 16. b5 axb5 17. Bxd6 cxd6 18. Bxb5 Na5 $11 {
1-0 Santo Roman,M-Koch,J/Belfort FRA 2004/(45)}) 15. Rb1 {Leko tries to
improve Ponomariov's play. Ponomariov had to exchange the black-squared
bishops on d6, and after that Black took control of the square e5 and got
pressure along the c-file on the weak pawn c3.} (15. Ba3 Kh8 (15... Qf6 16. b5
axb5 17. Bxd6 cxd6 18. axb5 Na5 19. b6 Rfc8 20. Qb2 {1/2-1/2 Amonatov,F-Turov,
M/St Petersburg 2003/EXT 2004 (20)}) (15... Rf6 16. b5 Nxd2 17. Qxd2 Bxf3 18.
bxc6 Rg6 19. g3 bxc6 20. Bxf5 (20. Bxd6 cxd6 (20... Qxd6 $142 21. Bxf5 Rf6 22.
Re5 Raf8 23. Bd3 c5 $132) 21. Bxf5 Rf6 22. Qd3 g6 23. Qxf3 Rxf5 24. Qe2 $14 {
0-1 Morozevich,A-Karpov,A/Prague 2002/CBM 089/[Huzman] (97)}) 20... Rf6 21. Qd3
Bxa3 22. Rxa3 Qf8 23. Bxh7+ Kh8 24. Ra2 Qf7 25. Re3 Rf8 26. Qb1 g6 27. Rxf3
Rxf3 28. Bxg6 Qf6 29. Qc2 Qe6 30. Qb1 Qf6 31. Qc2 Qe6 32. Qb1 c5 33. dxc5 Qf6
34. Qc2 Qe6 35. Qb1 Qf6 36. Qc2 Qe6 {1/2-1/2 Morozevich,A-Shirov,A/Monaco 2002/
CBM 87 ext (36)}) 16. b5 axb5 17. Bxd6 cxd6 18. axb5 Na5 19. h3 Bh5 20. Nh2 Rc8
21. Ra3 b6 22. Ndf1 f4 23. f3 (23. Bxe4 dxe4 24. Qxe4 Qg5 25. Nf3 Qxb5 $15 {
1/2-1/2 Wittmann,W-Blauert,J/Budapest HUN 2005/(65)}) 23... Qh4 24. Re2 Ng3 25.
Nxg3 fxg3 26. Nf1 Bxf3 27. gxf3 Rxf3 $40 {1/2-1/2 Ponomariov,R-Adams,M/Wijk
aan Zee NED 2005/(41)}) (15. h3 Bh5 16. Ba3 Nxd2 17. Nxd2 Ne7 18. Be2 Bxe2 19.
Rxe2 Ng6 $11 {1-0 Citak,S-Moen,A/Izmir TUR 2004/(39)}) 15... Re8 (15... Qf6 $5
16. b5 axb5 17. Rxb5 (17. axb5 Bxf3 18. Nxf3 Na5 $132) 17... Rae8 $132) 16. b5
axb5 17. axb5 (17. Rxb5 Ra7 (17... Nxd2 18. Rxe8+ Qxe8 19. Nxd2 Qe1+ (19... Qh5
20. Nf1 f4 21. Rxb7 f3 22. Ng3 Qh4 23. Qb3 Be6 24. Qb5 $16) 20. Nf1 Bd1 21. Qa2
$16) 18. Qb3 Kh8 $11) 17... Na5 18. Ne5 {White realized the idea but at this
moment Black receives strong attack by a piece sacrifice.} Bxe5 (18... Bh5 19.
Nf1 Bxe5 20. dxe5 Nc4 21. f3 Ned6 22. Bf4 $1 Na3 23. Qc1 Nxb1 (23... Ndc4 24.
Ra1 $16) 24. exd6 $16) 19. dxe5 Nxf2 $1 {[%mdl 512]} (19... Qh4 20. Nf1 Rxe5
21. Be3 Bh5 22. f3 Nd6 23. Bf2 Qe7 24. Rxe5 Qxe5 25. Re1 Qf6 26. Ne3 $16) 20.
Kxf2 Qh4+ 21. Kf1 Qxh2 22. Ba3 (22. Bb2 Re6 $40) 22... Re6 $40 {[%mdl 128]} 23.
Qa2 (23. Bc5 Rg6 $40) 23... Rd8 24. Bc5 $1 {[%cal Gc5g1][%mdl 256]} Rh6 {
Black creates a "draw mechanizm" by this move.} (24... Rg6 $5 {[%cal Yg4h3]}
25. Rb2 (25. Bg1 Qf4+ 26. Bf2 Rh6 27. Kg1 Qh2+ 28. Kf1 Qh1+ 29. Bg1 Rh2 30. Nb3
Rxg2 31. Qxg2 Bh3 32. Re2 f4 $1 33. Bf5 Bxg2+ 34. Rxg2 Nc4 $19) 25... b6 26.
Be3 Qh1+ 27. Kf2 (27. Bg1 Bh3 28. Nf3 Rg3 $1 29. Nh2 Rxd3 30. gxh3 Nc4 31. Rg2
f4 $40) 27... Qh4+ 28. Kf1 $11) 25. e6 (25. Be2 Qh1+ (25... Qf4+ 26. Kg1 Qh2+
27. Kf2 $16) 26. Bg1 (26. Kf2 Qh4+) 26... Rh2 27. Bf3 Nc4 28. Bxd5+ Rxd5 29.
Nxc4 Rxg2 30. Qxg2 Bh3 31. Rb2 f4 $1 32. Ra1 f3 33. Qxh3 Qxh3+ 34. Kf2 Qh4+ $19
) 25... Qf4+ 26. Kg1 Qh2+ 27. Kf1 Qf4+ 28. Kg1 Qh2+ 29. Kf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 22nd"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2005.03.04"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "2005.02.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 Nc6
8. Qd2 Be6 9. O-O-O (9. Bd3 Qd7 (9... h6 10. O-O Qd7 11. Rfe1 O-O-O 12. Bb5 Qe8
13. Nd4 Bd7 14. Nxc6 Bxc6 15. Bxc6 Qxc6 16. Bxa7 $16 {1-0 De Loughry,
D-Parniani/Varna 1962/MCD (45)}) 10. a3 (10. Nd4 Ne5 11. Nxe6 Qxe6 12. O-O O-O
13. Bd4 Nxd3 14. cxd3 $11 {1/2-1/2 Garrido,J-Llorente Zaro,A/Toledo 2003/EXT
2004 (40)}) (10. O-O O-O 11. Ng5 Bxg5 12. Bxg5 Ne5 13. Be2 Bc4 14. Rae1 Bxe2
15. Rxe2 Rae8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Tartakower,S-Zuckerbaecker,L/Vienna 1914/EXT 2001 
(26)}) 10... Ne5 11. Nxe5 dxe5 12. f3 Rd8 13. Qe2 a6 14. Rd1 f5 15. Bf2 Bf6 $11
{1-0 Shiraliyeva,F-Avdeeva,Y/Baku 2001/EXT 2002 (26)}) (9. Nd4 Nxd4 10. cxd4 d5
{1/2-1/2 Ljuboschitz,A-Staller,P/Freudenstadt 2002/EXT 2003 (10)} (10... Qd7
11. d5 Bf5 12. Bd3 O-O 13. Bxf5 Qxf5 14. O-O h6 15. Rae1 {1/2-1/2 Bruun,
J-Sander,R/Gausdal 2000/CBM 77 ext (15)})) (9. Be2 Bf6 10. Ng5 Qd7 11. Nxe6
Qxe6 12. O-O O-O 13. Bf3 Ne5 14. Bd5 Qd7 15. Bd4 c6 16. Be4 Nc4 $2 17. Bxh7+
$16 {1-0 Zier,L-Sandrin,A/Hastings 1982/EXT 2004 (18)}) (9. Ng5 Qd7 10. Nxe6
Qxe6 11. Be2 Ne5 (11... O-O 12. O-O Ne5 13. Rfe1 Bf6 14. Bd4 c5 15. Be3 Rad8
16. Rad1 Nc4 17. Bxc4 Qxc4 18. Qd5 $14 {1/2-1/2 Jagodzinska,J-Sosnowska,E/
Poznan 1989/EXT 97 (33)}) 12. O-O Nc4 13. Bxc4 Qxc4 14. Rfe1 O-O 15. Bd4 Bd8
16. Re2 c5 17. Be3 Bf6 18. Qd3 Qxd3 19. cxd3 Rfe8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Valdes,
M-Fittante,G/Pula 1997/CBM 57 ext (43)}) 9... a6 {Black chooses the plan with
long castle. It prevents the pin of the Nc6 with the last move. But now White
gets advantage because of his bishops pair.} (9... Qd7 10. Kb1 (10. Nd4 Nxd4
11. Bxd4 Qa4 12. a3 Bf5 13. Re1 Kd7 14. Rxe7+ Kxe7 15. Bxg7 $16 {1/2-1/2
Sciortino,M-Bondielli,G/Porto San Giorgio 2001/EXT 2002 (53)}) 10... O-O-O 11.
Nd4 Rhf8 12. Bb5 Bd5 13. f3 a6 14. c4 Bxf3 15. Nxf3 axb5 16. cxb5 $16 {1-0
Ushakova,I-Jousopkanova,S/St Lorenzo 1995/Juniors (46)}) (9... Bf6 10. Kb1 Qd7
11. h3 h6 12. g4 O-O-O 13. Bb5 a6 14. Ba4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Jasny,S-Weissmann,L/
Ostrava 2002/CBM 88 ext (44)}) (9... O-O 10. Bd3 (10. Rg1 Na5 11. b3 c5 12. c4
Qc7 13. Ng5 Rad8 14. Bd3 g6 15. Be4 $14 {1-0 Goebel-Huether,M/Germany 1992/EXT
2002 (25)}) 10... Qe8 11. Kb1 Ne5 12. Nd4 Bf6 13. Rhe1 Bd7 14. Be2 Bc6 15. f4
Nd7 16. Nxc6 bxc6 17. Bf3 $16 {1-0 Kharitonov,S-Medvedkov,A/St Petersburg 1998/
EXT 99 (46)}) 10. Ng5 Bxg5 {Of course, Black exchanges his passive bishop.} 11.
Bxg5 Qd7 (11... f6 12. Bf4 Qd7 13. h4 Ne5 14. b3 O-O-O 15. h5 Rhe8 16. f3 Qc6
17. Qd4 Qc5 18. Qxc5 dxc5 19. h6 Rxd1+ 20. Kxd1 g6 21. Be3 Nd7 $11 {1/2-1/2
Forchert,M-Pautz,P/Enger Spenge 1989/EXT 2002 (64)}) 12. b3 f6 {White's last
move can push Black to the idea of short castle with the plan of attacking the
position of the Kc1 by a5-a4.} (12... O-O $5 13. Bd3 a5 14. a4 Ne5 15. Bb5 c6
16. Be2 d5 17. c4 Qc7 18. c5 $13) 13. Be3 O-O-O 14. h3 Qf7 15. Be2 $14 {
The closest plan for White is to open the position by c4-c5, but at first he
exchanges one pair of rooks on the e-file to prevent Black's counterplay.} h5
16. Rhe1 Rhe8 (16... g5 $5 17. f4 g4 18. Bd3 gxh3 19. f5 Bd5 20. gxh3 Ne5 $11)
17. f3 Qg6 18. Bf1 Bf5 19. Kb2 Re5 20. Bf4 Rxe1 21. Rxe1 Re8 22. Rd1 $1 {
[%mdl 36]} Bd7 23. c4 Qf5 $2 {This move is typical for Lasker's style! The Qf5
is now in danger and Black hopes that this will draw away White's attention
from the main plan.} 24. Bd3 Qc5 25. Bg6 Rh8 (25... Re7 26. Qd5 h4 27. Qg8+ Nd8
28. Qf8 $16) 26. Be4 Re8 27. c3 $1 {[%csl Rc5]} g5 28. Be3 Qe5 29. Bf2 $1 (29.
c5 f5 30. Bxc6 Bxc6 31. Bd4 Qe2 $11) 29... f5 30. Bd3 Qg7 {Qg7 is now in the
save place but pawns of the king's side are weakened.} 31. c5 dxc5 (31... d5
32. Bc2 Be6 33. Re1 Qf6 34. h4 $1 g4 35. Qf4 $16 (35. Qg5 $16)) 32. Bxc5 Kb8 $6
(32... Re5 $142 33. Qf2 (33. Bf2 Rd5 $132) 33... Rd5 $14) 33. Bc4 Bc8 $6 (33...
Ne5 34. Bf1 f4 35. Bd4 $14) 34. Bd5 Qe5 $2 (34... Rd8 35. Qe2 Ne5 $14) 35. Bxc6
bxc6 36. Bf2 Qe2 37. Ka3 $16 Qxd2 38. Rxd2 Kb7 39. h4 g4 40. f4 {[%csl Rc8]}
Re7 41. c4 Rd7 42. Re2 $2 (42. Rxd7 $5 {[%mdl 4096] I don't see how Black
could hold the position in the bishops endgame.} Bxd7 43. Bc5 {[%cal Ga3b2,
Gb2e5]} Be6 44. Kb2 Kc8 45. Kc3 Kd7 46. Kd4 Ke8 47. Ke5 Kf7 48. Ba7 $18) 42...
Rd3 $1 43. Kb4 g3 $132 44. Bc5 Rd7 $2 {[%cal Yd7g7,Yg7g4]} (44... Rd1 $1 45.
Re3 Rf1 46. Rxg3 Rxf4 47. Be7 Rg4 $11) 45. Be7 $2 (45. Re3 Rg7 46. Be7 $16)
45... Rd4 $1 46. Bg5 Re4 $1 47. Rd2 Kb6 $11 48. Rd3 c5+ 49. Ka3 Re2 50. Rxg3
Bb7 51. Bf6 Rxg2 52. Rg5 Rxg5 53. fxg5 (53. hxg5 h4 54. g6 h3 55. g7 h2 56.
g8=Q h1=Q 57. Qe6+ Bc6 58. Qxf5 Qc1+ 59. Bb2 Qe1 $11) 53... f4 54. Be5 f3 55.
Bg3 Be4 56. Kb2 Kc6 57. Ka3 Bb1 58. Bf2 Kd6 59. Kb2 Be4 60. Kc1 Bg6 61. Kd2 Bb1
62. a3 Bg6 63. Bg3+ Kd7 64. Ke3 Bc2 65. Kxf3 Ke6 66. Ke3 c6 67. b4 cxb4 68.
axb4 Kf5 69. Kd4 Bd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 22nd"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2005.02.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2804"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2005.02.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. a3 Nc6 11. cxd5 Qxd5 12. Nc3 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Bf5 14. Re1 Bf6
15. Bf4 Na5 (15... Rac8 16. Bd3 (16. Nd2 Na5 (16... Qd8 $5 $146 17. Nb3 $6 (17.
Qa4 $5) 17... Ne7 $1 18. Bf3 b6 {[%csl Rb3]} 19. Bg3 Qd7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Lautier,
J-Beikert,G/France 2003/CBM 95/[Huzman] (23)}) (16... Qd7 17. Nb3 Rce8 (17...
Rcd8 18. Nc5 Qc8 19. Bf3 b6 20. Ne4 Bxe4 21. Bxe4 Ne7 22. Qf3 c6 23. h4 $36 {
1-0 Stellwagen,D-Koneru,H/Wijk aan Zee 2003/CBM 93_01 (53)}) 18. Nc5 Qc8 19.
Qa4 a5 20. Bf3 Rxe1+ 21. Rxe1 Nd8 22. Ne4 Bxe4 23. Rxe4 b6 24. Qc4 Ne6 25. Bg4
Qb7 26. Bf3 b5 27. Qe2 Nxf4 28. Rxf4 $11 {1/2-1/2 Shirov,A-Kramnik,V/Monte
Carlo 1999/CBM 69 ext (32)}) (16... Nxd4 17. cxd4 Qxd4 18. Be3 Qxa1 19. Qxa1
Bxa1 20. Rxa1 b6 21. Kf1 Rfd8 22. Rc1 Bd3 $11 {1/2-1/2 Panarin,M-Afonin,A/
Rybinsk 2001/EXT 2002 (30)}) (16... Rfe8 17. Bf3 Rxe1+ 18. Qxe1 Qd7 19. Ne4 Be7
20. Qd1 Bd6 $1 21. Bxd6 cxd6 22. Ng3 Ne7 $1 23. Nxf5 Nxf5 $132 {1/2-1/2 Short,
N-Karpov,A/Prague 2002/CBM 89/[Huzman] (45)}) 17. Bf3 Qd7 18. Ne4 Be7 19. Ng3
Bg6 20. Bg4 f5 21. Bf3 Bd6 22. Be5 Kh8 (22... Rfe8 23. Bxb7 Nxb7 24. Qb3+ Qf7
25. Qxb7 $16 {1-0 Konguvel,P-Suvrajit,S/Calcutta 2002/CBM 88 (48)}) 23. h4 Bf7
24. h5 Kg8 25. Qc2 Bc4 26. Rab1 b6 27. Qc1 Rce8 28. Qf4 Bxe5 29. Rxe5 Rxe5 30.
dxe5 Be6 31. h6 $36 {1-0 Kasparov,G-Dao Thien Hai/Batumi 2001/CBM 86 (45)})
16... Na5 17. Ne5 Bxd3 18. Qxd3 Rfd8 19. Ng4 $16 {1/2-1/2 Palkovi,J-Penz,H/
Austria 2003/CBM 97 ext (26)}) (15... Qd7 16. Qb3 (16. Bb5 a6 17. Ne5 Bxe5 18.
Bxc6 Qxc6 19. Rxe5 Qd7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Hansen,S-Schandorff,L/Greve 2002/CBM 87
ext (24)}) (16. Bd3 Bg6 17. Rb1 b6 18. Rb2 (18. Bxg6 hxg6 19. Rb2 Rfe8 $11 {
1/2-1/2 Coleman,P-De Carlos Arregui,I/ICCF Email 2002/ICCF Telechess CBM 100 
(30)}) 18... Bxd3 19. Qxd3 Rfe8 20. Rbe2 Rxe2 21. Qxe2 h6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Nataf,
I-Sakaev,K/Moscow 2001/CBM 86 (34)}) 16... b6 17. Rad1 Na5 18. Qa2 Rad8 19. a4
Rfe8 20. Be5 Bxe5 21. Nxe5 Qe6 22. Qd2 f6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Pasko,A-Sorokina,V/
Kharkov 2003/CBM 92 ext (43)}) 16. Bf1 $1 {[%mdl 4] It is a very logical and
strong move - White open the e-file for his Re1.} (16. Qa4 b6 17. Rad1 (17. c4
Qd8 18. Rad1 Rc8 19. h3 Re8 20. Bd2 Nb7 21. c5 $36 {1-0 Yamaliev,V-De Wolf,B/
ICCF Email 2002/ICCF Telechess CBM 100 (36)}) (17. Nd2 Bd7 18. Qd1 Rac8 19. Bd3
Bf5 20. Ne4 Be7 21. Qh5 Bxe4 22. Qxd5 Bxd5 23. Rxe7 $16 {1/2-1/2 Short,
N-Bologan,V/Skanderborg 2003/CBM 98 no vc (45)}) 17... Be6 18. Bd3 c6 19. c4
Qh5 20. Qc2 b5 21. cxb5 cxb5 22. Qc5 Qxc5 23. dxc5 Nc4 24. a4 Nb2 25. axb5 Nxd1
26. Rxd1 $44 {1-0 Karjakin,S-Singh,S/FIDE.com 2002/EXT 2003 (42)}) (16. Nd2 c5
17. Bf3 Qd8 18. Ne4 Bxe4 19. Rxe4 cxd4 20. cxd4 Nc6 21. Be3 Qd6 22. Rb1 Rad8
23. Qa4 b5 {1/2-1/2 Short,N-Lalic,B/Port Erin 1999/CBM 74 (23)}) 16... c5 $6 ({
White can take the pawn c7 in case of} 16... Rfe8 17. Rxe8+ Rxe8 18. Bxc7 Rc8
19. Qa4 (19. Bxa5 Qxa5 20. c4 Bg4) 19... b6 20. Bf4 h6 21. Qb4 Nc4 22. Re1 $16)
(16... Nc4 $5 17. Ne5 (17. Bxc7 Rac8 18. Be5 Nxe5 19. dxe5 Qxd1 20. Rexd1 Be7
21. Nd4 Bd7 22. Rab1 b6 23. Bb5 Rfd8 $44) 17... Nxe5 18. Bxe5 Qc6 19. Bxf6 Qxf6
20. Qf3 b6 21. Re5 Be6 22. Qxf6 gxf6 23. Rh5 $16) 17. Be5 $1 cxd4 (17... Qc6
18. d5 Qb6 19. Qa4 Bxe5 20. Rxe5 $16 {[%csl Ra5]}) (17... Bg4 18. Bxf6 Bxf3 19.
Qa4 Nc6 20. Bh4 (20. Re3 Bh5 21. Bc4 Qf5 22. Be5 cxd4 23. cxd4 Rad8 24. Rae1
Qd7) 20... Be4 21. dxc5 Rfe8 22. Bg3 $16) 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Nxd4 $16 {[%csl
Rf5,Rf6,Rf7]} Bg6 (19... Rfe8 20. Qh5 Be6 21. Qh4 Qg5 22. Qxg5+ fxg5 23. Re5
$18) 20. h4 (20. Qa4 $5 {[%cal Ga1d1]}) 20... Rad8 (20... Rac8 21. Qa4 b6 22.
Re3 $16) 21. Qa4 Qc5 22. Qb4 Rd5 (22... Rc8 23. Re3 (23. g4 h5) 23... b6 24.
Rae1 $16) 23. g4 $1 {[%csl Rg6][%cal Gf1g2,Gh4h5][%mdl 32]} h5 (23... Qc8 24.
Bg2 Rc5 (24... Qxg4 25. Nc6 $1 Qxb4 26. axb4 bxc6 27. Bxd5 cxd5 28. Rxa5 $18)
25. h5 Bd3 26. Rad1 Bc4 27. Nf5 Kh8 28. Nd6 Qc7 (28... Qxg4 29. Nxf7+ $1 Rxf7
30. Rd8+ Kg7 31. Qxc5 $18) 29. Ne4 $18) 24. Bg2 $1 hxg4 (24... Re5 25. f4 Rxe1+
26. Rxe1 b6 27. f5 Bh7 28. gxh5 $16) 25. Bxd5 Qxd5 26. Qe7 Qd8 27. Qb4 Qd5 (
27... b6 28. Rad1 (28. Re7 Qb8 29. Rae1 g3 $132) 28... Qc8 29. Qe7 $18) 28. Qe7
(28. Rad1 Qh5 $132) 28... Qd8 29. Qxd8 (29. Rad1 $1 Qxe7 30. Rxe7 Rc8 31. Ne2
$1 Kf8 32. Red7 Kg7 33. h5 Bc2 (33... Bxh5 34. R1d5 $18) 34. R1d4 f5 35. R4d6
$18) 29... Rxd8 30. Re7 Rc8 31. Rc1 (31. Nb5 $5 Rc5 32. Nxa7 Rxc3 33. Nb5 Rd3
$16) 31... Kg7 32. Rd1 f5 $1 (32... Rxc3 33. Ne6+ Kh6 (33... Kh7 34. h5 Bxh5
35. Rd5 $18) 34. Rd8 $1 Kh7 35. h5 $18) 33. Ne6+ (33. Ne2 $5 $16) 33... Kf6 34.
Rc7 $1 Rh8 35. Nf4 $6 (35. Nd8 $1 Rxh4 36. Rd6+ Kg5 (36... Ke5 37. Rxg6 fxg6
38. Rc5+ Kd6 39. Rxa5 $18) (36... Kg7 37. Rd5 b6 38. Nxf7 $18) 37. Nxf7+ Bxf7
38. Rxf7 Rh3 39. Rd5 $18) 35... Rxh4 36. Kg2 $2 (36. Rd5 b6 37. Rxa7 (37. Rb5
Kg5 38. Nd5 Rh8 39. Rxa7 Nc6 40. Ra4 Ne5 41. Kg2 Nf3 $132) 37... Kg5 38. Ra6
Kxf4 39. Rxb6 Rh3 40. Rxa5 Rxc3 41. Kg2 $16) 36... Kg5 37. Nxg6 fxg6 38. Rh1 (
38. Rd5 b6 39. Rxa7 Rh3 40. Rc7 Nb3 41. Rc6 Nc5 42. Rxb6 Nd3 $132) 38... Rxh1
39. Kxh1 Kf4 $11 40. Kg2 Ke4 41. Kg3 b5 $1 42. Rxa7 Nc4 43. Ra6 (43. a4 bxa4
44. Rxa4 Kd3 45. Ra6 Nd2 46. Rxg6 Ne4+ 47. Kg2 Kxc3 $11) 43... Kd3 44. Kf4 Kxc3
45. Rxg6 Nxa3 46. Kxf5 Nc4 47. Ke4 Nd2+ 48. Ke3 (48. Kd5 b4 49. Rxg4 b3 50. f4
b2 51. Rg1 Nf3 52. Rf1 Nh4 $11) 48... Nc4+ (48... b4 $11) 49. Ke2 (49. Ke4 b4
50. Rxg4 b3 51. Rg3+ Kc2 52. Kd4 Nd2 53. Rc3+ Kd1 $11) 49... b4 50. Rxg4 b3 51.
Kd1 Nb2+ (51... Nb2+ 52. Ke2 (52. Kc1 Nd3+ 53. Kb1 Nxf2 $11) 52... Nc4 53. f4
b2 54. Rg1 Kc2 $11) (51... Ne3+ $5 52. fxe3 b2 53. Rc4+ Kxc4 54. Kc2 b1=Q+ 55.
Kxb1 Kd3 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 22nd"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2005.02.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2005.02.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8.
Re1 Bg4 9. c3 f5 10. Qb3 O-O 11. Nbd2 Na5 12. Qc2 Bd6 13. Ne5 (13. b4 Bxf3 14.
Nxf3 Nc4 15. a4 (15. Bxc4 dxc4 16. Be3 Re8 17. Rad1 Qf6 18. Ne5 $1 Bxe5 19.
dxe5 Qxe5 20. Bd4 $44 {1/2-1/2 Anand,V-Gelfand,B/Moscow 2004/CBM 102/[Huzman] 
(30)}) 15... Qf6 (15... a6 16. a5 b5 $11) 16. Qb3 Qf7 17. Ra2 Rae8 18. Rae2 c6
$11 {1/2-1/2 Adams,M-Nielsen,P/playchess.com INT 2004/(48)}) 13... Bh5 (13...
Bxe5 14. dxe5 Qh4 15. Rf1 $5 (15. Nf1 Nc6 16. Bf4 Rae8 17. f3 (17. Bg3 Qh6) (
17. e6 $5 Bh5 18. Bg3 (18. Bxc7 Rxe6 19. f3 Qe7 20. Bf4 (20. fxe4 fxe4 21. Bg3
exd3 22. Qxd3 Qc5+ $17) 20... Ne5 21. fxe4 fxe4 22. Bxe5 Rxe5 (22... exd3 23.
Qxd3 Rxe5 24. Qxd5+ $1 $16) 23. Be2) 18... Qf6 19. f3 Nxg3 20. Nxg3 Bg6 21. Qb3
$14) 17... Bxf3 18. Bg3 Nxg3 19. hxg3 Qh5 20. gxf3 Nxe5 21. Be2 f4 $40 {
0-1 Volokitin,A-Dominguez,L/Bermuda BER 2005/(47)}) 15... Nc6 16. f4 Qe7 17.
Nf3 Qc5+ 18. Kh1 Rad8 $11 {1-0 Smirnov,P-Ivanchuk,V/Yerevan ARM 2004/(58)}) 14.
b4 Nc6 {Black starts to fight for control over the square e5.} (14... Bxe5 15.
dxe5 Nc6 16. f4 (16. f3 Qh4 17. Bb2 Nxe5 18. fxe4 fxe4 $17) 16... Qh4 17. Rf1
$14) 15. Ndf3 (15. f4 Qh4 16. Ndf3 Bxf3 17. Nxf3 Qh5 $11) 15... Re8 (15... Qe8
16. Bb2 Rd8 17. b5 Nxe5 18. Nxe5 Bxe5 19. dxe5 Qg6 20. c4 (20. Bf1 Rfe8 21. c4
d4 $11) 20... Bf3 21. Bf1 d4 22. Qd3 Ng5 23. h4 Be4 24. Qg3 Ne6 $11) 16. Bb2
Qf6 {[%cal Yc6e5,Yd6e5,Ye8e5,Yf6e5]} 17. Qb3 (17. Nxc6 Bxf3 (17... bxc6 18. Ne5
Bxe5 19. dxe5 Qg5 20. c4 Re6 21. Bc1 Qh4 22. Be3 Rg6 $36) 18. gxf3 Qg5+ 19. Kh1
Qh5 20. Ne5 Bxe5 21. dxe5 Qxf3+ 22. Kg1 Re6 (22... Qg4+ 23. Kf1 Qh3+ 24. Ke2
Qxh2 25. Bxe4 Rxe5 26. Kd1 $13) 23. Re3 Rg6+ 24. Kf1 Qg2+ 25. Ke1 Qxh2 26. Bf1
Rg1 $40) 17... Kh8 (17... Rad8 18. Bxe4 fxe4 19. Qxd5+ Kh8 20. Qxe4 Bxf3 21.
Qxf3 Bxe5 22. b5 $1 (22. dxe5 Qxf3 23. gxf3 Nxe5 24. Kf1 Nc4 25. Rxe8+ Rxe8 26.
Bc1 $14) 22... Qxf3 (22... Qh6 23. g3 Rf8 24. Qg2 Nxd4 25. cxd4 $16) 23. gxf3
Na5 24. dxe5 Nc4 25. Bc1 Nxe5 26. Kg2 $16) 18. Be2 ({The only chance to fight
for advantage was} 18. Qxd5 Bxe5 $1 (18... Rad8 19. Bxe4 fxe4 (19... Bxe5 20.
dxe5 Qg6 21. Nh4 Qg5 22. Qxd8 Qxd8 23. Nxf5 Nxe5 24. c4 $44) 20. Qxe4 Bxf3 21.
Qxf3 Bxe5 22. b5 (22. dxe5 Qxf3 23. gxf3 Nxe5 $44) 22... Nxd4 23. Qxf6 Bxf6 24.
cxd4 Rxe1+ 25. Rxe1 c5 26. bxc6 bxc6 27. Kf1 c5 $11) 19. dxe5 (19. Bxe4 fxe4 (
19... fxe4 20. Nxe5 Nxe5 21. dxe5 Rxe5 22. Qxb7 Rf8 23. Qxa7 c5 $19) 20. Nxe5 (
20. dxe5 Nxe5) 20... Nxe5 21. dxe5 Rxe5 22. Qxb7 Rf8 23. Qxa7 c5 24. Rf1 Bf3 $1
$19) 19... Qg6 20. Bxe4 (20. Nh4 Qg5 21. Nxf5 (21. Bxe4 Rxe5 $15) 21... Rxe5
22. Qd7 Nxf2 $1 23. Kxf2 Qd2+ 24. Kf1 Rg8 $17) 20... fxe4 21. Qxe4 (21. Nh4)
21... Qxe4 22. Rxe4 Bxf3 23. gxf3 Nxe5 24. Kg2 Nd3 25. Bc1 $14) 18... Rxe5 ({
Another version of the exchange sacrifice was also possible:} 18... Nxe5 19.
dxe5 Rxe5 20. Nxe5 (20. c4 Bxf3 21. Qxf3 Bxb4 22. Rec1 d4 $1 23. Bxd4 Bc5 $17)
20... Bxe5 $11) (18... Bxe5 19. Nxe5 (19. dxe5 Qg6 20. c4 (20. Qxd5 Red8 21.
Qb3 Bxf3 22. Bxf3 Nxe5 $17) 20... Bxf3 21. Bxf3 Nd2 22. Qc3 Nxf3+ 23. Qxf3 dxc4
24. Qc3 b5 25. a4 a6 26. axb5 axb5 27. Rxa8 Rxa8 28. e6 Re8 $15) 19... Bxe2 20.
Rxe2 Nxe5 21. dxe5 Qe6 22. Rae1 Rad8 $11) 19. dxe5 Nxe5 20. Nxe5 (20. Nd4 Ng4
$40 {A. Baburin} (20... Bxe2 21. Rxe2 Nc4 $44 {[%csl Rb2]})) 20... Bxe5 $44 (
20... Qxe5 21. g3 f4 (21... Nxg3 22. hxg3 Bxe2 23. c4 Qe4 24. Qc3 d4 25. Qxd4
Qxd4 26. Bxd4 Bxc4 27. Bc5 $1 $16) 22. c4 Qf5 23. Bxh5 Qxh5 24. c5 Nd2 25.
Bxg7+ Kxg7 26. Qc3+ Be5 27. Qxd2 fxg3 28. hxg3 Bxa1 29. Rxa1 Re8 $14) 21. Bxh5
(21. g3 Bf7 $1 (21... Bxe2 22. Rxe2 Bxc3 23. Rae1 Bxb2 24. Qxb2 Qb6 25. Kg2 $14
{[%cal Gf2f3]}) 22. Bd3 f4 $36) 21... Bxh2+ 22. Kxh2 (22. Kh1 Qh4 $19) (22. Kf1
Nd2+ $19) 22... Qh4+ 23. Kg1 Qxf2+ 24. Kh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Julian Borowski-A 3rd"]
[Site "Essen"]
[Date "2001.05.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Black "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2001.05.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8.
Re1 Bg4 9. c4 Nf6 10. Nc3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Nxd4 12. Qd1 Ne6 13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. Bb5+
c6 15. Nxd5 cxb5 16. Bf4 Nxf4 17. Rxe7+ Kf8 18. Re5 Qd6 19. Rf5 (19. Qd4 f6 (
19... Ne6 20. Qe3 h5 21. Re1 Kg8 22. f4 Rh6 23. h3 a6 24. Rd1 Kh8 25. Qf3 h4
26. Rh5 Nd8 27. Ne3 Qg6 28. Rhd5 Qb6 29. Kh1 Ne6 30. Ng4 {1-0 Kostadinov,
K-Uvanov/corr BLG/K 1987 (30)}) 20. Qxf4 Qxe5 21. Qb4+ Kf7 22. Qb3 Kg6 23. Rd1
Rhe8 $17 {0-1 Kaminski,U-Howell,J/BL2-O 1992/GER-chT2 (83)}) 19... Rd8 20. Ne3
(20. Qf3 Nxd5 21. Rd1 Qe6 22. Rfxd5 Rxd5 23. Qxd5 Qxd5 24. Rxd5 Ke7 25. Rxb5 b6
$11 {0-1 Lelumees,B-Kobrin,M/Patras GRE 1999 (55)}) 20... Qxd1+ 21. Rxd1 Rxd1+
22. Nxd1 Ne6 23. Rxb5 b6 24. Nc3 Ke7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2004.01.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2004.01.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8.
Re1 Bg4 9. c3 f5 10. Qb3 O-O 11. Nbd2 Na5 12. Qc2 (12. Qa4 Nc6 13. Qb3 Na5 14.
Qc2 c5 15. Ne5 Bh5 16. f3 cxd4 17. fxe4 fxe4 $1 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. Bxe4 Bc5 $1 (
19... dxc3 $5 20. Bxh7+ Kh8 21. bxc3 Bd6 $44) 20. Nd3 (20. Bxh7+ $2 Kh8 21. Kh1
Qf6 $36) 20... Bd6 21. b4 Nc6 22. b5 Na5 23. cxd4 Rc8 24. Qd2 Qb6 25. Nc5 Bxc5
26. dxc5 Qxc5+ $2 (26... Rxc5 $142) 27. Kh1 b6 $2 28. Qd3 $16 {1-0 Anand,
V-Grischuk,A/Bastia 2003/CBM 98/[Huzman] (47)}) 12... c5 13. Ne5 Bh5 (13...
cxd4 14. Nxg4 fxg4 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Bxe4 h6 17. cxd4 Qxd4 18. Bh7+ Kh8 19. Be3
Qf6 20. Rad1 $16 {1-0 Bagusis,V-Zalys,I/Montreal 1983/EXT 2002 (25)}) 14. f3
cxd4 (14... Bh4 15. fxe4 (15. g3 $5) 15... Bxe1 16. exf5 c4 (16... Nc6 17. Ndf3
Nxe5 18. Nxe5 cxd4 19. g4 $1 dxc3 20. gxh5 Re8 21. Bf4 Bd2 $13) 17. Bf1 Bxd2
18. Bxd2 Nc6 19. Re1 Qc8 $1 20. h3 Rxf5 21. g4 Nxe5 22. dxe5 Rxf1+ $2 (22...
Rf3 $1 23. gxh5 (23. Qd1 Qc5+ 24. Kh1 Rg3 25. Bg2 Bf7 (25... Bg6 26. Be3 $1
Rxe3 $140 27. Qxd5+) 26. e6 Bg6 $17) 23... Qc5+ 24. Kh1 Qf2 25. Bg2 Rd3 26. Rd1
Rf8 $1 $19 {/\27...Rff3}) 23. Rxf1 Bg6 24. Qd1 Qc5+ 25. Rf2 Re8 (25... d4 26.
cxd4 Qxd4 27. Qe2 $11) 26. Bf4 Bd3 27. Qf3 Be4 {1/2-1/2 Morozevich,A-Adams,M/
Dortmund 2002/CBM 90/[Huzman] (27)}) 15. fxe4 fxe4 (15... dxc3 16. exf5 (16.
exd5 $5 cxd2 17. Bxd2 Qxd5 18. Bc3 $36) 16... cxd2 17. Bxd2 Bh4 {1/2-1/2 Milos,
G-Morovic Fernandez,I/Santos BRA 2003/(17)}) 16. Nxe4 dxe4 17. Bxe4 h6 $2 $146
{[%mdl 8192] Bologan makes a new move but unfortunately Black loses in the
main line.} 18. Bd2 $2 (18. b4 $1 dxc3 (18... Bd6 19. bxa5 Bxe5 20. Bh7+ Kh8
21. Rxe5 $18) 19. bxa5 Qd4+ 20. Kh1 Qxe5 21. Ba3 $3 $18 Rf1+ 22. Rxf1 Bxa3 23.
Rf5 Qe8 24. Re1 Bf7 25. Qxc3 $18) 18... Bh4 19. Rf1 Bf6 20. Rae1 (20. Rf5 $5
Bxe5 21. Rxe5 Qf6 22. Rf5 (22. Bh7+ Kh8 23. Rf5 Qb6 24. cxd4 Nc6 $11) 22... Qb6
23. cxd4 Rxf5 24. Bxf5 Nc6 (24... Qxd4+ 25. Kh1 Nc6 26. Bc3 $14) 25. Be3 Rd8
$44) 20... Bxe5 21. Bh7+ Kh8 22. Rxf8+ Qxf8 23. Rxe5 Nc4 $1 24. Rxh5 Nxd2 25.
Qxd2 dxc3 $1 $11 26. Qxc3 (26. Qc2 Qe8 $1 27. Rf5 Kxh7 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Poikovsky Karpov 06th"]
[Site "Poikovsky"]
[Date "2005.03.05"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2661"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2005.02.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Bf5 11. a3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Nc6 13. Re1 Re8 14. cxd5 Qxd5
15. Bf4 Rac8 16. h3 h6 (16... Bf6 $6 17. Nh2 $1 Qa5 18. Bd2 Rcd8 (18... Ne7 19.
Bf3 Rcd8 20. Ng4 Bxg4 21. hxg4 $1 $16 {0-1 Shirov,A-Bologan,V/Wijk aan Zee
2004/CBM 99/[Huzman] (40)}) 19. Bf3 h6 20. Ng4 Bxg4 21. hxg4 Bg5 22. Bxg5 hxg5
23. Rxe8+ (23. Qc1 $1 $36) 23... Rxe8 24. Qd3 Nd8 $1 $14 {1/2-1/2 Kramnik,
V-Anand,V/Wijk aan Zee 2003/CBM 93/[Huzman] (51)}) (16... Be4 $5 17. Be3 Rcd8 (
17... Na5 18. c4 (18. Nd2 Bf5 19. Bf3 Qd7 20. Ne4 Bd6 (20... Rcd8 $142 $1 $11)
21. Nc5 Bxc5 22. dxc5 Qxd1 23. Raxd1 c6 24. Rd4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Laznicka,V-Stopa,
J/Legnica POL 2004/(64)}) 18... Nxc4 19. Bxc4 Qxc4 20. Nd2 Qd5 21. Nxe4 Qxe4
22. Bg5 Qxe1+ 23. Qxe1 Bxg5 24. Qa5 Bf6 25. Qxa7 c5 $11 {0-1 Leko,P-Kramnik,V/
Brissago SUI 2004/(65)}) 18. Nd2 Bg6 19. Bf3 Qd7 20. Qa4 Ne5 21. Qxd7 Nxf3+ 22.
Nxf3 Rxd7 23. Ne5 Rd5 24. Nxg6 fxg6 25. a4 Kf7 26. Reb1 {1/2-1/2 Leko,
P-Bologan,V/Dortmund GER 2004/(26)}) (16... Be4 $5) 17. Qa4 (17. Nd2 Qd7 (17...
Na5 $5) 18. Nc4 Bd6 19. Bxd6 (19. Qd2 Bxf4 20. Qxf4 Re4 (20... Ne7 $5) 21. Qg3
Rce8 22. Ne3 R4e7 23. Bb5 a6 24. Bc4 Na5 25. Ba2 Be6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Kasparov,
G-Motylev,A/Moscow RUS 2004/(76)}) 19... cxd6 20. Ne3 $16 {1/2-1/2 Karjakin,
S-Gelfand,B/Pamplona ESP 2004/(26)}) (17. c4 Qe4 18. Bg3 Qc2 (18... Bf6 19. Bf1
Qc2 20. Qxc2 Bxc2 21. Rxe8+ Rxe8 22. Rc1 Ba4 23. d5 Ne5 24. Bxe5 Bxe5 25. Nxe5
Rxe5 $11 {0-1 Naumann,A-Fridman,D/playchess INT 2005/(36)}) 19. Qxc2 Bxc2 20.
d5 Na5 21. Nd4 Ba4 22. Bg4 Ra8 23. Bxc7 Nxc4 24. Rac1 Nxa3 25. d6 Bf6 26. Rxe8+
Bxe8 27. Bf3 $16 {1-0 Svidler,P-Landa,K/Katernberg GER 2005/(52)}) 17... Bd7
18. Qc2 (18. Rab1 Qf5 19. Bg3 Bd6 $11) 18... Qf5 (18... Bd6 $5 19. Be3 Bf5 20.
Qb2 Na5 21. Nd2 b6 22. c4 Qe6 $11) 19. Qxf5 (19. Qd2 Bd6 20. Bxd6 cxd6 21. Rab1
Na5 $11) 19... Bxf5 20. d5 Na5 21. Nd4 Bd7 22. Nb5 (22. Bf1 Bd6 $11) 22... Bxb5
23. Bxb5 c6 $1 $11 24. Ba4 Bg5 $1 25. Bxg5 Rxe1+ 26. Rxe1 hxg5 $11 27. dxc6
Nxc6 28. Bxc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Julian Borowski-A 3rd"]
[Site "Essen"]
[Date "2001.05.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nijboer, Friso"]
[Black "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2001.05.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nf6 9. Nc3 Be6 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Re1 O-O 12. a3 Bf6 13. Be4 h6 14. Bc2 Nde7 (
14... Nce7 15. Ne5 Bf5 16. Bb3 Be6 17. Ne4 Bxe5 18. dxe5 b6 19. Qf3 c6 20. Bc2
Nf5 21. Rd1 $14 {Hracek,Z-Jussupow,A/Nussloch 1996/Inf 66 (21)}) 15. Be3 Nf5 (
15... Bg4 16. h3 Bh5 17. Qd3 Bg6 18. Ne4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Huebner,R-Jussupow,A/
Nussloch 1996/Inf 66/ (46)}) 16. Bxf5 (16. Ne2 Qd7 17. Qd3 g6 18. Rad1 Rad8 19.
Nf4 Nxe3 20. fxe3 Bf5 21. Qb3 Bxc2 22. Qxc2 Rfe8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Lutz,C-Yusupov,A/
BL 98/99 Solingen-Porz sp 99/5 1999 (69)}) 16... Bxf5 17. d5 Ne5 (17... Ne7 18.
Bd4 (18. Qb3 Bxc3 19. bxc3 Qxd5 20. c4 Qd6 (20... Qc6 21. Bxh6 Rfe8 22. Bg5 Ng6
23. Nd4 $36) 21. Rad1 Qg6 22. Ne5 $44) 18... Nxd5 19. Nxd5 Qxd5 20. Bxf6 Qxd1
21. Raxd1 gxf6 22. Re7 Rfd8 23. Rc1 Rac8 24. h3 Rd7 $17) 18. Nxe5 (18. Nd4 Bg6
19. Qb3 Qd7 $15) 18... Bxe5 19. Bd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "FRA-chT Gp-A"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "2003.04.04"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Beikert, Guenther"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2444"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2003.01.31"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Paris NAO"]
[BlackTeam "Gonfreville"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Bf5 11. a3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Nc6 13. cxd5 Qxd5 14. Re1 Bf6
15. Bf4 Rac8 16. Nd2 Qd8 $5 $146 (16... Qd7 17. Nb3 Rce8 (17... Rcd8 18. Nc5
Qc8 19. Bf3 b6 20. Ne4 Bxe4 21. Bxe4 Ne7 22. Qf3 c6 23. h4 $36 {1-0 Stellwagen,
D-Koneru,H/Wijk aan Zee 2003/CBM 93_01 (53)}) 18. Nc5 Qc8 19. Qa4 a5 20. Bf3
Rxe1+ 21. Rxe1 Nd8 22. Ne4 Bxe4 23. Rxe4 b6 24. Qc4 Ne6 25. Bg4 Qb7 26. Bf3 b5
27. Qe2 Nxf4 28. Rxf4 $11 {1/2-1/2 Shirov,A-Kramnik,V/Monte Carlo 1999/CBM 69
ext (32)}) (16... Nxd4 17. cxd4 Qxd4 18. Be3 Qxa1 19. Qxa1 Bxa1 20. Rxa1 b6 21.
Kf1 Rfd8 22. Rc1 Bd3 $11 {1/2-1/2 Panarin,M-Afonin,A/Rybinsk 2001/EXT 2002 (30)
}) (16... Na5 17. Bf3 Qd7 18. Ne4 Be7 19. Ng3 Bg6 20. Bg4 f5 21. Bf3 Bd6 22.
Be5 Kh8 (22... Rfe8 23. Bxb7 Nxb7 24. Qb3+ Qf7 25. Qxb7 $16 {1-0 Konguvel,
P-Suvrajit,S/Calcutta 2002/CBM 88 (48)}) 23. h4 Bf7 24. h5 Kg8 25. Qc2 Bc4 26.
Rab1 b6 27. Qc1 Rce8 28. Qf4 Bxe5 29. Rxe5 Rxe5 30. dxe5 Be6 31. h6 $36 {
1-0 Kasparov,G-Dao Thien Hai/Batumi 2001/CBM 86 (45)}) (16... Rfe8 17. Bf3
Rxe1+ 18. Qxe1 Qd7 19. Ne4 Be7 20. Qd1 Bd6 $1 21. Bxd6 cxd6 22. Ng3 Ne7 $1 23.
Nxf5 Nxf5 $132 {1/2-1/2 Short,N-Karpov,A/Prague 2002/CBM 89/[Huzman] (45)}) 17.
Nb3 $6 {This move is quite typical for the variation in question. Yet,Black
manages to make White's idea look dubious by carefully restricting the N's
freedom of movement.} (17. Qa4 $5 a6 (17... Bd7 18. Ne4 $16) (17... Ne7 18. Bf3
Nd5 19. Be5 $36) 18. Nb3 Ne7 $5 19. Nc5 $140 b6 20. Nxa6 Nd5 21. Bd2 c5 $44)
17... Ne7 $1 18. Bf3 b6 {[%csl Rb3]} 19. Bg3 Qd7 $11 20. Qe2 Rfe8 21. Qa6 c6
22. h3 Bg5 {[%cal Yg5c1]} (22... Nd5 23. c4 Nc3 $13) 23. Re5 (23. Re5 Bf6 24.
Ree1 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "CUB-ch"]
[Site "Las Tunas"]
[Date "2001.04.07"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Herrera, Irisberto"]
[Black "Perez Garcia, Rodney Oscar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2432"]
[BlackElo "2471"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2001.04.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "16"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O Bf5 8.
Re1 Nc6 9. c4 Nb4 10. Bf1 O-O 11. a3 Nc6 12. cxd5 Qxd5 13. Nc3 Nxc3 14. bxc3
Bf6 15. Bf4 Qd7 16. Ra2 (16. Bg5 Bxg5 17. Nxg5 Rae8 18. Qb3 Na5 19. Qb4 b6 20.
Nf3 f6 {Glek,I-Antonov,V/USSR 1984/Inf 38 (20)}) (16. Bb5 a6 17. Ne5 Bxe5 18.
Bxc6 Qxc6 19. Rxe5 Qd7 20. Qf3 f6 21. Re3 {1/2-1/2 Wedberg,T-Van der Sterren,P/
Copenhagen 1984/EXT 2000 (21)}) 16... Rae8 17. Rae2 Rxe2 18. Qxe2 Be6 (18...
Na5 19. Ne5 Qa4 20. g4 (20. Qb2 c5 21. Bb5 Qb3 22. Qxb3 Nxb3 23. d5 Rd8 24. d6
Be6 25. Rd1 a6 26. Be2 Na5 27. Bf3 Bxe5 28. Bxe5 Rd7 29. Bf4 f6 30. Be3 c4 31.
Bb6 $16 {1-0 Ernst,T-Lev,R/London 1987/TD (39)}) 20... Be6 21. g5 Bxe5 22. Qxe5
c6 23. Qc7 b6 24. Rxe6 fxe6 25. Be5 Rf7 26. Qc8+ Rf8 27. Qxe6+ Rf7 28. Bd6 {
1-0 Korneev,O-Perez,R/Albacete-A 2000/Ajelibre (28)}) 19. Ng5 (19. Bg5 $5 Bd8
20. Bxd8 Qxd8 (20... Rxd8 21. Ng5 Bf5 22. d5 Nb8 23. Qe7 $36) (20... Nxd8 $14)
21. Qb5 Bd5 $11) 19... Bxg5 20. Bxg5 h6 21. Bc1 a6 (21... Na5 22. Qf3 b6 23.
Qg3 $36) 22. Qf3 b5 23. Qg3 $36 Ne7 24. Bd3 (24. Bxh6 $4 Nf5 $19) 24... Ng6 $4
{[%mdl 8192]} (24... Kh8 25. Qe5 (25. Bf4 Bf5 $11) 25... Kg8 26. a4 c6 (26...
bxa4 27. Ba3) 27. Ba3 $36) 25. Bxg6 (25. Bxh6 Bf5 26. Bxf5 Qxf5 27. Bd2 c5 $16)
25... fxg6 26. Bxh6 $1 $16 {+-} Bf5 (26... Qf7 27. Bf4 c6 28. Be5 $16) 27. Bf4
Re8 28. Be5 $1 Qe7 29. Ra1 c5 30. h3 {[%cal Ge5d6]} Qe6 31. Qf3 Re7 32. Re1 c4
(32... cxd4 33. cxd4 Rd7 34. Rc1 $16) 33. d5 $18 Qd7 34. d6 Re8 35. Qd5+ Kh7
36. Re3 Be6 37. Qd4 Kg8 38. Kh2 Rf8 39. Bg3 Re8 40. Bh4 Bf7 41. Be7 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2005.01.30"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2005.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Bf5 11. a3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Nc6 13. Re1 Re8 14. Bf4 dxc4
15. Bxc4 Bd6 16. Rxe8+ Qxe8 17. Qd2 $146 Qd7 18. Bxd6 cxd6 19. Re1 (19. Nh4 Na5
20. Nxf5 Nxc4 21. Qg5 f6 22. Qg4 Kh8 23. Re1 g6 $11) 19... Re8 $11 20. Rxe8+
Qxe8 21. Qf4 Qd7 22. Nh4 Bc2 23. Qd2 Bf5 24. Qf4 (24. Qe2 Bg4 25. f3 Bh5 26. g4
Bg6 27. f4 Bb1 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Asia-ch 4th"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2003.02.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sadvakasov, Darmen"]
[Black "Dao, Thien Hai"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2523"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2003.02.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Bf5 11. a3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Nc6 13. Re1 Bf6 14. Bf4 Na5 (
14... Rc8 15. Qa4 (15. cxd5 Qxd5 16. Nd2 Qd7 17. Nb3 Rce8 18. Nc5 Qc8 19. Qa4
a5 20. Bf3 $16 {1/2-1/2 Shirov,A-Kramnik,V/Monte Carlo 1999/CBM 69 ext (32)})
15... a6 16. Qb3 Na5 17. Qb4 Nxc4 18. Qxb7 c5 19. Bxc4 dxc4 20. Be5 $16 {
1-0 Sax,G-Jurkovic,A/Nova Gorica 2002/CBM 86 ext (34)}) (14... Ne7 $6 15. Qb3
b6 16. cxd5 Nxd5 17. Be5 Bg4 $6 18. Rad1 Be7 $6 19. h3 Bh5 20. g4 $1 $16 {
1-0 Kasparov,G-Sokolov,I/Sarajevo 2000/CBM 77/[Blatny,P] (26)}) 15. cxd5 Qxd5
16. Nd2 (16. Qa4 b6 17. Rad1 (17. Bxc7 Rfc8 18. Be5 Qb3 19. Qb4 Rxc3 20. Bxf6
gxf6 21. Nh4 Bg6 22. Bf3 Rf8 23. Qe7 Kg7 24. d5 $16 {1/2-1/2 Benjamin,
J-Nielsen,P/Las Vegas 1999/CBM 72 (59)}) 17... Be6 18. Bd3 c6 19. Ne5 Qb3 20.
Qxb3 Bxb3 21. Rb1 Rfe8 22. Re3 Bd5 23. Ng4 Be7 24. Rbe1 Be6 25. a4 Rad8 26. Ne5
Bd6 27. Bg3 Bd5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Varga,Z-Drazic,S/Budapest 2001/CBM 83 ext (46)}) (
16. Bxc7 b6 (16... Rac8 17. Be5 Rxc3 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Rc1 Rxc1 20. Qxc1 Re8
21. Qc7 Bg6 22. h3 Kg7 23. Bf1 Rxe1 24. Nxe1 Nb3 $11 {1/2-1/2 Sokolovs,
A-Nielsen,P/Germany 1998/GER-chT (30)}) 17. Be5 Rac8 18. Bd3 Bg6 19. Bxf6 gxf6
20. Re3 Nc4 21. Bxc4 Qxc4 22. Nd2 Qd5 23. Qf3 $16 {1-0 Saint Amand,P-Buscar,M/
Guelph 2002/CBM 89 ext (55)}) (16. Bf1 b6 17. Ne5 Rad8 18. g4 Be4 19. Qe2 Bxe5
20. Bxe5 Nb3 21. Ra2 Bf3 22. Qe3 Na5 23. Rc2 f6 24. Bxc7 Rd7 25. Bg3 Bxg4 26.
Bg2 Qb3 27. Rcc1 Qf7 28. d5 $36 {1-0 Anand,V-Sokolov,I/Kopavogur 2000/EXT 2001
(56)}) (16. Ne5 c5 17. Bg4 $1 Bxg4 18. Nxg4 Qd8 19. Nxf6+ Qxf6 20. Be5 Qc6 21.
dxc5 $14 {1/2-1/2 Adams,M-Dao Thien Hai/New Delhi/Theran 2000/CBM 81/[Huzman] 
(57)}) (16. Be5 Bxe5 17. Nxe5 c5 18. Bf3 Qb3 19. g4 Bc2 20. Qd2 Rad8 21. Rac1
Bg6 22. c4 b6 23. Re3 Qa4 24. Bd1 Rxd4 25. Qe1 Rxd1 26. Qxd1 Qxd1+ 27. Rxd1 $18
{1/2-1/2 Ivanov,A-Maslov,M/Smolensk 2001/EXT 2002 (48)}) 16... Qd7 (16... c5
17. Bf3 Qd8 18. Ne4 Bxe4 19. Bxe4 cxd4 20. cxd4 Bxd4 21. Rb1 Rc8 22. Rb5 Bb6
23. Qh5 g6 24. Qf3 Rc5 25. Rxc5 Bxc5 26. Rd1 Qf6 27. h3 Rd8 $11 {1/2-1/2
Priborsky,I-Bartos,J/Plzen 2001/EXT 2002 (43)}) 17. g4 $5 {This attempt to
push for an advantage is rather typical for this opening.} (17. Bf3 Rfe8 18.
Ne4 Be7 19. Ng3 Bg6 20. Ra2 (20. Re5 Nc4 21. Bg4 Qc6 22. Bf3 Qb6 23. Re2 Nb2
24. Qd2 Nc4 25. Qe1 Kf8 26. Bd5 Qb5 27. Bxc4 Qxc4 $15 {1/2-1/2 Friedel,
J-Lerner,D/USA 2000/EXT 2003 (43)}) (20. Bg4 Qc6 21. Bf3 Qd7 22. Ra2 Bf8 23.
Rae2 Rxe2 24. Qxe2 c6 25. h4 $36 {1-0 Polgar,J-Nielsen,P/Las Vegas 1999/CBM 72
(38)}) 20... Bd6 21. Bxd6 cxd6 22. Rae2 Kf8 23. Bd5 Rxe2 24. Qxe2 Rc8 25. Qf3
b6 26. Be6 Qe7 27. Re3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Sekanina,J-Pokorny,P/Rakovnik 2001/EXT
2002 (32)}) 17... Be6 (17... Bg6 18. g5 Be7 19. Bg4 Qd8 20. Nf3 $36 (20. h4 Bd6
21. Qf3 f6 $132)) 18. Be3 (18. g5 Be7 19. Bd3 c5 $132) 18... b5 19. a4 a6 20.
axb5 axb5 21. Ne4 Bh4 $6 (21... Be7 22. Nc5 Bxc5 23. dxc5 Qxd1 24. Rexd1 Nc4
25. Bf4 $14) 22. Nc5 Qc6 23. Bf3 $2 (23. g5 $1 Nc4 (23... Bd5 24. Bd3 {[%cal
Gd1h5]} Bf3 25. Qb1 Nc4 26. Bxh7+ Kh8 27. Rxa8 Rxa8 28. Be4 Bxe4 29. Qxe4 Qxe4
30. Nxe4 Kh7 31. Kg2 $16) 24. Rxa8 Rxa8 25. Bxc4 bxc4 (25... Bxc4 26. Qg4 $18)
26. Nxe6 Qxe6 27. Qf3 c6 (27... Rf8 28. d5 Qd7 29. Qe4 Qh3 30. Bc5 $18) 28. Bd2
Qd7 29. Qe4 $18) 23... Bd5 24. Bxd5 Qxd5 25. Bf4 Qd8 26. Qf3 c6 27. Red1 {
[%cal Gd4d5]} (27. Ra2 $5 Re8 (27... Nc4 28. Rae2 Bg5 29. Bg3 $14) 28. Rea1 $36
) 27... Be7 28. Bg3 Qc8 $11 29. Nd3 Re8 30. d5 cxd5 31. Ne5 Bf6 32. Rxd5 $2 (
32. Nxf7 $1 Kxf7 (32... Re4 33. Nh6+ Kh8 34. Rxd5 Qxc3 35. Qxe4 Qxa1+ 36. Kg2
$40) 33. g5 Qxc3 34. Qxd5+ Kg6 35. gxf6 Qc6 36. Qd3+ $40) 32... Nc4 33. Rxa8
Qxa8 34. Nxc4 (34. Rxb5 Qa1+ 35. Kg2 Bxe5 36. Qc6 Rd8 37. Qxc4 (37. Bxe5 Nd2
$132) 37... Qxc3 38. Rd5 Rc8 $11) 34... bxc4 35. Kg2 h6 36. h4 Re1 37. g5 $2
hxg5 38. hxg5 Bxg5 39. Bc7 (39. Rf5 Qxf3+ 40. Kxf3 Bf6 41. Rf4 $15) 39... Qa1 (
39... Ra1 $5 40. Rf5 Bf6 41. Qxa8+ Rxa8 42. Rc5 (42. Ba5 Rc8 $17) 42... Rc8 $1
$19) 40. Ra5 (40. Rb5 $1 Rg1+ 41. Kh2 Kh7 (41... Bh6 42. Bg3 $40) 42. Qe4+ g6
43. Qf3 Bh6 44. Be5 Bg7 45. Qh3+ Bh6 46. Qf3 Bg7 47. Bxg7 Kxg7 48. Rb7 Kh6 49.
Qh3+ Kg7 50. Qf3 $11) 40... Qb1 41. Bh2 Qg6 42. Qf5 Qxf5 43. Rxf5 Bf6 44. Rc5
$15 Rc1 45. Rxc4 Rxc3 46. Rxc3 Bxc3 47. Bd6 Kh7 48. Kh3 Kg6 49. Kg4 f5+ 50. Kg3
Kf6 51. f4 Ke6 52. Bc7 Kd5 53. Kf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 20th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2003.03.08"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[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"]

{[%mdl 2]} 1. e4 {Hecht} e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3
Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4 Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Bf5 11. a3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Nc6 13.
Re1 Re8 14. cxd5 Qxd5 15. Bf4 Rac8 16. Bd3 Qd7 (16... Bxd3 17. Qxd3 h6 18. c4
Qd7 19. Rad1 Bd6 20. Be3 Rcd8 21. Qc3 Qf5 22. d5 Ne5 23. Nxe5 {1/2-1/2 Nedev,
T-Pavasovic,D/Bled 2002/EXT 2003 (23)}) 17. Rb1 (17. Bb5 Bd6 18. Rxe8+ Rxe8 19.
Bxd6 Qxd6 20. d5 Rd8) 17... Bxd3 (17... b6 18. Bxf5 Qxf5 19. Bg3 Qd5) 18. Qxd3
b6 19. d5 Bf6 (19... Bxa3 20. Ng5 $1 (20. Rxe8+ Rxe8 21. Qb5 (21. Ra1 Bc5 22.
Ng5 g6 23. Ne4 Qf5 24. Nxc5 Qxf4 25. g3 Qe5 $11) 21... Qf5 (21... Nb8 22. Qxd7
Nxd7 23. Ra1 Bd6 24. Bxd6 cxd6 25. Rxa7 Nc5 $14)) 20... g6 21. Ne4 Be7 22. Rbd1
Na5 (22... f5 23. Ng5 Bxg5 24. Bxg5 $44) 23. Bh6 Qf5 24. Qd4 f6 25. Ng3 Qd7 26.
d6 Bf8 (26... Bxd6 27. Ne4 Rxe4 28. Rxe4 $16) 27. Ne4 $1 Rxe4 28. Qxe4 Bxh6 29.
dxc7 Bd2 (29... Qxc7 30. Qe6+ Kh8 31. Rd7 $18) 30. Qb4 $1 Rxc7 31. Rxd2 $16)
20. c4 h6 21. h3 Re7 22. Rbd1 Rd8 (22... Rce8 23. Rxe7 Nxe7 24. Re1 $14) 23.
Rxe7 Nxe7 24. Ne5 Bxe5 25. Bxe5 {[%csl Rc7]} Re8 26. Bg3 Nf5 $6 (26... c6 $5
27. d6 (27. dxc6 Qxd3 28. Rxd3 Nxc6 29. c5 bxc5 30. Rc3 Re6 31. Rxc5 Kf8 $11)
27... Nf5 28. Bh2 c5 $132) (26... Nc8 $5 27. Qd4 Nd6 28. c5 Re4 29. Qb2 Nf5 30.
c6 Qe7 $14) 27. Bxc7 Qxc7 28. Qxf5 Qxc4 29. d6 $16 Rd8 30. d7 Qc6 31. g3 (31.
Qe5 Kf8 $14) 31... a6 32. h4 b5 {Black's best chance to defend his position is
to create a passing pawn on the Q-side.} 33. Rd5 a5 34. Rxb5 g6 $1 35. Qd5 Qxd7
36. Qxd7 Rxd7 37. Rxa5 Kg7 ({Mit} 37... h5 {(Hecht) erreicht Schwarz
bekanntermaЯen die beste Bauernaufstellung am Kцnigsflьgel, die weiЯen
Raumvorteil auf dieser Seite verhindert und, falls erforderlich, Gegenspiel
mit f6 und g5 ermцglicht. Im ьbrigen geht der schwarze Turm nach a2/a3, um den
weiЯen f-Bauern anzugreifen, gleich ob der weiЯe Turm seinen a-Bauern von vorn
oder von der Seite verteidigt.}) (37... h5 {Hecht} 38. Rb5 Rd1+ $5 ({In Frage
kommt} 38... Rd3 $1 39. a4 Ra3 40. a5 Kg7 41. Kf1 Ra2 42. Kg2 Ra3 $14 {was die
Aktivierung des Kцnigs verhindert auf Kosten des Vormarschs des a-Bauern um
zwei Felder.}) 39. Kg2 Ra1 40. Rb3 Ra2 41. Kf3 Kg7 42. Ke3 Kf6 43. f3 Rg2 44.
a4 Ra2 (44... Rxg3 {ist mehr als kritisch wegen der Hinterstellung des weiЯen
Turms.} 45. a5 Rg1 46. Ra3 Re1+ 47. Kf4 Re7 48. a6 Ra7 49. Ra5 Ke7 (49... Kg7
50. Ke5 g5 ({Die Freibauernbildung} 50... f6+ 51. Kd6 g5 52. Kc6 gxh4 53. Kb6
Ra8 54. a7 Kg6 55. Kb7 Rxa7+ 56. Kxa7 h3 57. Kb6 h2 58. Ra1 Kg5 59. Rh1 Kf4 60.
Rxh2 Kxf3 61. Rxh5 Ke4 62. Kc5 f5 63. Rh8 f4 64. Kc4 Ke3 65. Kc3 f3 66. Re8+
Kf2 67. Kd2 Kg2 68. Ke3 $18 {kommt zu spдt und zeigt einen der typischen
Ablдufe in diesem Endspiel.}) 51. hxg5 Kg6 52. Kf4 $18) 50. Kg5 $18 {mit den
Ideen f4-f5 i.V. mit evtl. Kf6 bzw. Kh6.}) 45. Rb4 Ra3+ 46. Ke4 $16 {gefдllt
mir wegen der Aktivierung des weiЯen Kцnigs viel weniger als die
Klammeranmerkung zu 38...Td1+}) 38. a4 (38. Rb5 {(Hecht) ist die Alternative})
38... Rd1+ $6 (38... Rd4 $1 39. Kf1 h5 40. Ke2 Rb4 $16 {Judging by the endgame
theory, Black has considerable chances to save the game.}) 39. Kg2 Ra1 {
'?!' Hecht.} (39... h5 $1 {Hecht} 40. Rb5 Ra1 41. a5 Ra3 42. Kf1 Ra2 43. Ke1
Kf6 {vergleiche die Anmerkung zu 37...h5!}) 40. g4 {'!' Hecht. Hecht:
'Verhindert praktisch h5 und sichert Raumvorteil, was die schwarzen Chancen
auf Gegenspiel verringert.'} Kf6 41. Kg3 Rc1 {'?' Hecht. Hecht: 'wurde
vielfach und wohl zu Recht kritisiert.'} 42. Rb5 g5 $2 (42... Rc4 $142 {Hecht}
43. a5 Ra4 {und ist sicher hartnдckiger}) 43. Rf5+ Kg6 44. h5+ $16 {/+- Hecht:
'WeiЯ hat eine Superaufstellung erreicht, denn alles ist gedeckt. Doch sind
die Verhдltnisse nicht ganz so wie in Holzke-Niedermaier,BL02/03 (#40 in der
Endspieldatenbank), weil dort der weiЯe Kцnig sich frei bewegen kann. Hier
gibt es trotz berechtigter weiЯer Hochstimmung eine Schwierigkeit.'} Kg7 {
'!' Hecht.} 45. a5 Ra1 $2 (45... Rc4 $1 {I considered that move as the most
essential to Black's defensive strategy.P. Leko argues that White is still
nearly winning after Hecht: 'was den weiЯen Kцnig immobil macht. Und'} 46. Kf3
{'!' Hecht.} (46. f4 Rc3+ 47. Kf2 f6 (47... gxf4 {Hecht} 48. Rxf4 Ra3 49. Rf5
f6 $1 (49... Ra4 50. g5 $1) 50. Rb5 Kf7 51. Rb7+ (51. Ke2 Ra4 52. Kf3 Ke6 53.
Rb6+ Ke5 54. a6 Ra3+ $11 {дndert nichts}) 51... Ke6 52. Rb6+ Ke5 53. a6 Kf4 $11
) 48. Rd5 (48. Rb5 Ra3 49. f5 Ra4 50. Ke3 Kf8) 48... Ra3 (48... gxf4 49. Rd7+
Kf8 50. a6 $18) 49. f5 Ra4 50. Ke3 Kf8 51. Kd3 Ke7 52. Kc3 Rxg4 53. Kb3 Rg1
$132 {[%cal Yg5g1]}) (46. f3 Rc2 $14) 46... Ra4 47. Ke3 $1 Rxg4 48. Kd3 Kf8 $5
(48... Ra4 49. Kc3 Kf8 50. Kb3 Ra1 51. Kb4 Ke7 52. Kb5 Ke6 53. Rc5 Kd7 54. Kb6
Rb1+ 55. Rb5 $18) (48... Rh4 49. Kc3 Rxh5 50. a6 Rh1 51. Ra5 Rc1+ 52. Kb4 Rc8
53. a7 Ra8 54. Kb5 h5 55. Kb6 Kg6 56. Kb7 Rxa7+ 57. Rxa7 {'+-' Hecht.} h4 58.
Kc6 f6 59. Kd5 Kf5 60. Rh7 Kg4 61. Ke4 h3 62. Rh8 $18) (48... f6 {Hecht} 49.
Kc3 Kf7 50. Kb3 Ke6 51. a6 Kxf5 52. a7 Rh4 53. a8=Q Rxh5 54. Qc8+ Kf4 55. Qe6
Rh4 56. Qxf6+ $18) (48... Rh4 49. Kc3 Rxh5 50. a6 Rh1 51. Ra5 Rc1+ 52. Kd4 Rc8
53. a7 Ra8 54. Kc5 h5 55. Kb6 Kg6 56. Kb7 Rxa7+ 57. Rxa7 $18 {[%csl Rf7][%cal
Rb7c6,Rc6d5]}) 49. a6 Ra4 50. Rf6 Kg7 51. Rc6 Ra2 $132) 46. Kg2 {'+-!' Hecht.}
Re1 (46... Ra4 {Hecht} 47. f3 Ra2+ 48. Kf1 {[%cal Gf1b1,Gb1b5] mit jetzt
freiem Kцnig und klarem Gewinnplan}) 47. f3 Re6 48. Kf2 Kf8 49. Rb5 Kg7 50. Rf5
Kf8 51. Rc5 Kg7 52. Rb5 Kf8 53. Rb6 $1 {[%csl Rh6]} Re5 54. a6 Kg7 55. a7 Ra5
56. Rb7 Ra3 57. Ke2 Kf6 58. Kd2 Ke6 59. Kc2 f6 60. Kb2 {[%cal Gb2b6]} Ra4 61.
Kb3 Ra1 62. Kb4 Kd6 63. Rh7 Ke5 64. Kb5 Ra2 65. Kb6 Kd5 (65... Kd5 66. Rh8 $18)
1-0

[Event "Corus-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2005.01.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2005.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8.
Re1 Re8 9. c4 c6 10. Nc3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Rxe1+ 12. Qxe1 h6 13. Ne5 (13. Rb1 Nd7 (
13... dxc4 14. Bxc4 b5 15. Bd3 Be6 16. Qe4 Kf8 17. Qh7 $16 {1-0 Chuprys,
V-Marolt,T/Chessfriend.com 2003/Telechess CBM 95 (23)}) 14. a4 b6 15. Qe2 Rb8
16. Ne5 Bxe5 17. dxe5 Nc5 18. Bc2 dxc4 19. Qxc4 Be6 20. Qe2 Rb7 21. Be3 $16 {
1-0 Fressinet,L-Dutreeuw,M/Mondariz 2000/CBM 79 (55)}) (13. c5 Bc7 14. Nh4 $1
Bxh2+ (14... b6 15. Nf5 Be6 16. Ba3 Nd7 17. cxb6 axb6 18. Ne7+ Kh8 19. Nxc6
Bxh2+ 20. Kxh2 Qc7+ 21. Kg1 Rxa3 22. Qc1 Ra8 23. Bb5 Qd6 24. a4 Rc8 25. Na7 Rc7
26. Bxd7 Qxd7 27. Nb5 Rc6 28. Qf4 Qd8 29. Re1 Kg8 30. Re3 Rc4 31. Rg3 g5 32.
Qe5 Rxa4 33. Nc7 Kh7 34. Nxe6 fxe6 35. Qxe6 Ra1+ 36. Kh2 Qc7 37. Qf5+ Kg7 38.
f4 Rf1 39. Qe5+ {1/2-1/2 Stellwagen,D-Mamedyarov,S/Wijk aan Zee NED 2005/(39)})
15. Kxh2 Qxh4+ 16. Kg1 Qd8 17. Qe3 $5 {[%cal Ge3g3]} b6 18. Qg3 Kh8 19. Qh2 Qf8
20. Bf4 Nd7 21. Re1 $16 {1-0 Anand,V-Mamedyarov,S/Benidorm 2003/CBM 99/[Huzman]
(54)}) 13... Qf6 $146 {Black tries to neutralise the initiative of White by
exchanging the light-squared bishops.} (13... Nd7 14. f4 Nxe5 (14... Nf6 15. c5
Bc7 16. Rb1 $36 {1-0 Polgar,J-Mamedyarov,S/Benidorm ESP 2003/(47)} (16. a4 Qe7
17. a5 a6 18. Be3 Qd8 19. Bf2 Bxa5 20. Bh4 $44 {1-0 Strautins,V-Schulz,G/ICCF
Email 2002/ICCF Telechess CBM 100 (40)})) (14... Qc7 15. Bd2 Nf6 16. Qe3 b6 17.
Re1 Bb7 18. Qg3 (18. c5 $5) 18... c5 19. cxd5 cxd4 20. cxd4 Bxd5 21. f5 $13 {
0-1 Vaczi,I-Bopp,T/IECG 2003/Telechess CBM 99 (44)}) 15. dxe5 Bc5+ 16. Be3 dxc4
$1 (16... Qb6 17. Bxc5 Qxc5+ 18. Qf2 $14) 17. Bxc4 Qb6 18. Bf2 Be6 $1 $11 19.
Bxe6 {1/2-1/2 Motylev,A-Meijers,V/Istanbul 2003/CBM 96/[Huzman] (19)}) 14. Rb1
b6 15. cxd5 cxd5 16. c4 (16. Qe2 Be6 (16... Bf5 $140 17. Qf3 Bxd3 18. Qxf6 gxf6
19. Nxd3 Kg7 20. Rb5 $18) (16... Bb7 17. Qh5 Nc6 18. Ng4 $40 {[%cal Gc1h6]})
17. Qh5 Qe7 18. Bf4 (18. f4 Nd7 19. f5 Nf6 20. fxe6 (20. Qh4 Bc8 21. Qg3 Kh7
22. Bf4 Qc7 $11) 20... Nxh5 21. exf7+ Kf8 22. Ng6+ Kxf7 23. Nxe7 Kxe7 $11)
18... Nd7 $11) 16... Bf5 $1 $11 {Just in time!} 17. Rb3 Nd7 (17... Bxd3 18.
Rxd3 dxc4 19. Nxc4 Nc6 $11) 18. Bxf5 Qxf5 19. Rf3 Qe4 20. Re3 Qf5 21. Rf3 (21.
g4 $5 Qf4 22. Qd1 Rd8 23. cxd5 (23. Re1 Qf6 24. Nxd7 Rxd7 25. Re8+ Kh7 26. Qd3+
Qg6 27. Qxg6+ Kxg6 28. cxd5 Be7 $11 {[%cal Ye7f6]}) 23... Nxe5 24. Rxe5 Qf6 25.
Re4 Rc8 $44) 21... Qe4 22. Re3 Qf5 23. Rf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2004.01.22"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2004.01.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. c4
c6 9. Qc2 Na6 10. a3 f5 11. Nc3 Nc7 12. b4 Nxc3 (12... a5 13. b5 (13. c5 Be7
14. Bb2 Ne6 15. Na4 Bf6 16. Nb6 Ra7 17. Ne5 Nf4 18. f3 Bxe5 19. dxe5 Ng5 20. e6
Bxe6 21. Qd2 Nxd3 22. Qxd3 axb4 23. axb4 Rxa1 24. Rxa1 $44 {1/2-1/2 Anand,
V-Shirov,A/Monte Carlo MNC 2003/(39)}) 13... Bd7 (13... Ne6 14. cxd5 cxd5 15.
Nxd5 Bxh2+ 16. Kxh2 Qxd5 17. Bf4 Qd8 18. Be5 N4g5 19. Nxg5 Qxg5 20. f4 $16 {
1-0 Konguvel,P-Priya,P/Mumbai IND 2004/(31)}) 14. Rb1 Kh8 15. c5 Be7 16. bxc6
bxc6 17. Bf4 Ne6 18. Be5 Be8 19. Rb6 $16 {1-0 Svidler,P-Morozevich,A/
Krasnoyarsk RUS 2003/(49)}) (12... Bd7 13. Bb2 Be8 (13... Ng5 14. Ne5 Bxe5 (
14... dxc4 $5 15. Bxc4+ Be6 $14) 15. dxe5 f4 {[%cal Yf4f3]} 16. f3 Kh8 17. Rfd1
Qe8 18. Rac1 (18. cxd5 $1 $16 cxd5 19. h4 Nf7 (19... d4 20. hxg5 dxc3 21. Qxc3
Bc6 22. e6 $18) 20. Bxh7 $16) 18... dxc4 $8 19. Bxc4 a5 $132 {1/2-1/2 Leko,
P-Morozevich,A/Dortmund 2002/CBM 90/[Huzman] (41)}) 14. c5 Be7 15. Ne5 g6 16.
f3 Ng5 17. Rae1 Bf6 18. Nd1 Bg7 19. g3 Nf7 20. f4 Nxe5 21. dxe5 Ne6 $14 {
1/2-1/2 Rytshagov,M-Lauk,U/Tallinn EST 2003/(32)}) (12... Kh8 13. Bb2 (13. c5
Be7 14. Bf4 Ne6 15. Be5 Bf6 16. Rfd1 Bd7 17. Rab1 Be8 18. Be2 Bh5 19. Na4 Qe8
20. b5 Bxe5 21. dxe5 Nf4 $17 {0-1 Wang Yu-Nguyen Thi Thanh An/Chennai 2001/CBM
84 ext (46)}) 13... Bd7 14. Ne5 Be8 15. Ne2 Qg5 16. Kh1 Qh4 17. g3 Qf6 18. f3
Ng5 19. Nf4 Nge6 20. Nxe6 Nxe6 21. f4 Rd8 22. c5 Bc7 23. a4 a6 24. Rae1 Bh5 25.
Qf2 $16 {1-0 Zontakh,A-Kochyev,A/St Petersburg 2002/EXT 2003 (34)}) 13. Qxc3
dxc4 14. Bg5 $5 {Leko tries to improve the play of White in comparison with
the game Polgar,J-Lautier,J,2003. The idea of this move is exchanging the
black squared bishops or decoordination of Black pieces.} (14. Bxc4+ Be6 (14...
Nd5 15. Qb3 Kh8 16. Bg5 Be7 17. Bxe7 Nxe7 18. Ne5 Nd5 19. Bxd5 cxd5 20. Rfe1
$16 {1-0 Gaprindashvili,N-Sternina,V/Tbilisi 1973/EXT 2001 (53)}) 15. Bxe6+
Nxe6 16. Re1 Qd7 17. Ra2 Rae8 18. Rae2 Nc7 19. Ne5 Bxe5 20. dxe5 Re6 21. Rd2
Nd5 $14 {1-0 Polgar,J-Lautier,J/Cap D'Agde FRA 2003/(48)}) 14... Qd7 $1 (14...
Nd5 15. Bxc4 Qb6 16. Bxd5+ $5 (16. Rfe1 Be6 17. Qc2 Rae8 18. Re2 Qc7 19. Rae1
Qf7 $14) 16... cxd5 17. Rfe1 $36 {[%cal Gg5e7]}) (14... Qe8 $2 15. Bxc4+ Be6
16. Rfe1 Qg6 17. Rxe6 (17. Bxe6+ Nxe6 18. Qb3 Rfe8 19. Bd2 Qf7 $11) 17... Nxe6
18. Re1 Rfe8 19. Qb3 $18) 15. Bxc4+ Nd5 16. Qb3 h6 17. Bxd5+ cxd5 18. Bd2 Qf7
$14 {/=.The pair of bishops compensates fully the weakness of the square e5.
It is important for Black to prevent the exchange of the black squared bishops.
} 19. b5 Re8 20. Bb4 Bc7 21. Rac1 Be6 22. a4 Rac8 23. Qa3 {[%cal Gb4d6]} Qd7
24. Rfe1 Bf7 $11 25. Rxe8+ Rxe8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2005.01.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Bruzon Batista, Lazaro"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "2005.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O Bf5 8.
Re1 Nc6 9. c4 Nb4 10. Bf1 O-O 11. a3 Nc6 12. cxd5 Qxd5 13. Nc3 Nxc3 14. bxc3
Bf6 15. Bf4 Qd7 (15... Rac8 16. Rc1 (16. Re3 Na5 17. Ne5 c5 18. g4 Bg6 19. Bg2
Qd8 20. dxc5 Bxe5 21. Rxe5 Qf6 22. Bg3 Nc4 23. g5 Qa6 24. Re7 $16 {1-0 Tal,
M-Garcia Gonzales,G/Jurmala 1983/MCD (29)}) (16. Ne5 Nxe5 17. Bxe5 Bd8 18. Qa4
a6 19. c4 Qd7 20. Qxd7 Bxd7 21. Rab1 $14 {1/2-1/2 Yudasin,L-Cherepkov,A/
Leningrad 1984/MCL (23)}) 16... Rfd8 17. h3 h6 18. g4 Bg6 19. Bg2 Qd7 20. d5
Na5 21. c4 b6 22. Be5 $14 {1-0 Anand,V-Karpov,A/Frankfurt 1999/CBM 72 (45)}) (
15... Qa5 16. Qb3 Rab8 17. Rad1 Bg4 18. d5 $36 {1-0 Turov,M-Akimov,I/Bor 2000/
EXT 2001 (39)}) (15... Rfe8 16. Bxc7 Rxe1 17. Qxe1 Rc8 18. Bg3 Na5 $44 {
0-1 Shomoev,A-Zarnicki,P/playchess.com INT 2004 (61)}) 16. Nd2 (16. Ra2 Rad8 (
16... Rae8 17. Rae2 Rxe2 18. Qxe2 Na5 (18... Be6 19. Ng5 Bxg5 20. Bxg5 h6 21.
Bc1 a6 22. Qf3 b5 23. Qg3 $36 {1-0 Herrera,I-Perez,R/Las Tunas 2001/CBM 83/
[Huzman] (41)}) 19. Ne5 Qa4 20. g4 (20. Qb2 c5 21. Bb5 Qb3 22. Qxb3 Nxb3 23. d5
Rd8 24. d6 Be6 25. Rd1 a6 26. Be2 $14 {1-0 Ernst,T-Lev,R/London 1987/TD (39)})
20... Be6 21. g5 Bxe5 22. Qxe5 c6 23. Qc7 b6 24. Rxe6 fxe6 25. Be5 $18 {
1-0 Korneev,O-Perez,R/Albacete 2000/CBM 78 ext (28)}) 17. Rb2 Qc8 18. h3 b6 (
18... Na5 $5 {[%cal Yc7c5]}) 19. Rbe2 h6 20. Re3 Na5 21. Be5 Bxe5 22. Nxe5 $16
{1-0 Anand,V-Polgar,J/Mainz 2003/CBM 97/[Huzman] (41)}) (16. Bb5 a6 17. Ne5
Bxe5 18. Bxc6 Qxc6 19. Rxe5 Qd7 20. Qf3 f6 21. Re3 {1/2-1/2 Wedberg,T-Van der
Sterren,P/Copenhagen 1984/EXT 2000 (21)}) (16. Bg5 Bxg5 17. Nxg5 Rae8 18. Qb3
Na5 19. Qb4 b6 20. Nf3 f6 $11 {Glek,I-Antonov,V/USSR 1984/Inf 38 (20)}) 16...
Ne7 {[%cal Yc7c5]} 17. Qf3 (17. Ne4 Bxe4 18. Rxe4 Nd5 19. Bd2 c5 $132) 17... c6
(17... c5 $6 18. dxc5 Ng6 19. Bd6 $16) (17... Nd5 18. Be5 Bg4 19. Qg3 Rfe8 20.
Ne4 $36) 18. Nc4 {[%cal Gc4e5,Gc4d6]} Ng6 19. Bg3 Bg4 20. Qd3 Bf5 (20... Rad8
$5 {[%cal Yc6c5]} 21. Ne3 Be6 $11) 21. Qd2 Be6 22. a4 Rfd8 23. Rab1 b6 (23...
c5 24. Nd6 cxd4 25. cxd4 Bd5 26. a5 $14) 24. Bd3 Bf5 (24... c5 $5 25. Nd6 cxd4
(25... Qxa4 26. Rxe6 $1 fxe6 27. Bb5 Qa5 28. Nc4 (28. Qe1 Rxd6 29. Bxd6 $16)
28... Rxd4 29. cxd4 Qxd2 30. Nxd2 Bxd4 31. Nf3 $16) 26. cxd4 Qxa4 27. d5 $1 Bd7
28. Re4 Qa3 29. Qe3 $44) 25. Nd6 Bxd3 26. Qxd3 Be7 27. Nf5 $36 Bf8 28. Re3 Ne7
29. Nxe7+ Bxe7 30. Rbe1 Bf8 $11 {Black equalised the position by accurate play.
} 31. Be5 Re8 (31... c5 32. Rh3 h6 33. Qg3 $36) 32. h3 Rad8 33. Bg3 Rxe3 (33...
c5 $5) 34. fxe3 Bd6 (34... c5 $5 $11) 35. Bh4 Be7 36. Bf2 f5 $6 {This move
leads to the weakening position of Kg8.} (36... c5 $5 37. Qb5 Qc7 38. e4 Qf4
$132 {[%cal Ye7h4]}) 37. Bg3 Bf6 38. Rf1 g6 39. e4 fxe4 40. Qxe4 Bg7 41. Re1
$14 {[%cal Ge4e7]} Qd5 $2 (41... c5 $5 42. dxc5 bxc5 43. Bh4 Rf8 44. Qc4+ Qf7
45. Qxc5 Qb3 $132) (41... Bf6 $5) 42. Qe7 Rf8 (42... Qd7 43. Bh4 Qxe7 44. Rxe7
$16) 43. Qxa7 Qc4 (43... Qb3 $5 44. Kh2 Qxc3 45. Qxb6 Bxd4 46. Qc7 $36 {- game.
}) 44. Qxb6 Qxc3 45. Kh2 Bxd4 46. Qc7 $16 {The weak position of the Kg8 and
the dangerous passed pawn a4 give White a clear advantage.} Rf7 47. Re8+ Kg7
48. Re7 $1 Rxe7 49. Qxe7+ Kg8 50. Qd8+ Kf7 51. Qc7+ Ke6 $2 (51... Kg8 52. a5
Qa1 $132) 52. a5 h5 53. a6 h4 (53... Qc5 $142 54. Qh7 Bg1+ 55. Kh1 Qc1 56.
Qxg6+ Ke7 57. Qg7+ Ke6 58. Qe5+ Kd7 59. Qe1 $16) 54. Qd6+ Kf7 (54... Kf5 55.
Qd7+ Kg5 56. Qg4+ $18) 55. Qf4+ Kg7 56. Qxh4 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (56. Qc7+ Kg8 57.
Qd8+ Kf7 58. Qd7+ Kg8 59. Qe8+ Kg7 60. Qe7+ Kg8 61. Qxh4 Qe3 62. Qd8+ Kf7 63.
Qc7+ Kg8 64. h4 Qg1+ 65. Kh3 Qh1+ 66. Bh2 $18) 56... Qe3 $19 57. Bf2 Qxf2 58.
Qxf2 Bxf2 59. g3 Kf6 60. Kg2 Ba7 61. Kf3 Ke5 62. Ke2 Ke4 63. h4 Bb6 64. g4 Kf4
65. h5 gxh5 66. gxh5 Kg5 67. Kd3 Kxh5 68. Ke4 c5 69. Kd5 Ba7 0-1

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2005.01.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2005.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8.
Re1 Bg4 9. c3 f5 10. Qb3 O-O 11. Nbd2 Na5 12. Qc2 Nc6 13. b4 a6 (13... Bd6 14.
b5 Ne7 (14... Nxd2 15. Nxd2 Ne7 16. Nf1 h6 17. f3 Bh5 18. Ng3 Bg6 19. Ne2 Qd7
20. Bf4 Rae8 21. Be5 $14 {1-0 Cheparinov,I-Gomez Esteban,J/Elgoibar ESP 2004/
(40)}) 15. Ne5 Bxe5 16. dxe5 Nc5 17. Nb3 Nxd3 18. Qxd3 f4 19. Qd4 Ng6 20. Nc5
Nh4 21. Bxf4 Nxg2 $1 22. Bg3 (22. Kxg2 Qh4 23. Qe3 Rxf4 $17) 22... Nxe1 $17 {
1/2-1/2 Arakhamia Grant,K-Engedal,K/Stockholm 1994/EXT 2000 (34)}) 14. a4 (14.
Ne5 $5 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Bh4 16. Rf1 Bxf2+ 17. Rxf2 Nxf2 18. Kxf2 Qh4+ 19. Kg1 Qe1+
(19... Rae8 20. Bb2 Rxe5 21. c4 Re1+ 22. Nf1 $14) 20. Nf1 $14 {1-0 Karjakin,
S-Vasilevich,T/playchess.com INT 2004 (35)}) 14... Bd6 15. Ba3 (15. h3 Bh5 16.
Ba3 Nxd2 17. Nxd2 Ne7 18. Be2 Bxe2 19. Rxe2 Ng6 $11 {1-0 Citak,S-Moen,A/Izmir
TUR 2004/(39)}) 15... Kh8 (15... Rf6 16. b5 Nxd2 17. Qxd2 Bxf3 18. bxc6 Rg6 19.
g3 bxc6 20. Bxd6 (20. Bxf5 Rf6 21. Qd3 Bxa3 22. Rxa3 Qf8 23. Bxh7+ Kh8 24. Ra2
Qf7 $17 {1/2-1/2 Morozevich,A-Shirov,A/Monaco 2002/CBM 87 ext (36)}) 20... cxd6
(20... Qxd6 $142) 21. Bxf5 Rf6 22. Qd3 g6 23. Qxf3 Rxf5 24. Qe2 $14 {0-1
Morozevich,A-Karpov,A/Prague 2002/CBM 89/[Huzman] (97)}) (15... Qf6 16. b5 axb5
17. Bxd6 cxd6 18. axb5 Na5 19. b6 Rfc8 20. Qb2 $14 {1/2-1/2 Amonatov,F-Turov,M/
St Petersburg 2003/EXT 2004 (20)}) 16. b5 axb5 17. Bxd6 cxd6 18. axb5 (18. Bxb5
$5 Na5 19. Rac1 Rc8 20. Qb2 Qb6 21. Qb4 Bxf3 22. Nxf3 Rc7 23. Rc2 Rfc8 24. Rec1
Nc4 25. Ne1 $14 {1-0 Santo Roman,M-Koch,J/Belfort FRA 2004/(45)}) 18... Na5 19.
h3 Bh5 20. Nh2 (20. Ra3 b6 21. Qa2 Qc7 $11) 20... Rc8 21. Ra3 b6 22. Ndf1 {
[%cal Gf2f3] White is ready to drive away the Ne4 by the move f3.} f4 $1 {
This move is a strong positional pawn sacrifice.} 23. f3 ({In case of
accepting the sacrifice Black receives good compensation exploiting the weak
light squares in White's position and the passivity of White's knights.} 23.
Bxe4 dxe4 24. Qxe4 Re8 25. Qb1 Qd7 $44) 23... Qh4 24. Re2 Ng3 (24... Rfe8 $5)
25. Nxg3 fxg3 26. Nf1 Bxf3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 27. gxf3 Rxf3 28. Nd2 $2 {After
this mistake Black receives good winning chances.} ({The correctness of
Black's sacrifice had to be proven after the best defence of White.} 28. Rg2
Rcf8 {[%cal Yf3f2]} 29. Ra2 Rf2 (29... Nc4 30. Be2 $16) 30. Qd1 (30. Rxf2 gxf2+
31. Kg2 Qg5+ 32. Ng3 Nc4 $40) 30... R2f3 31. Be2 Rxc3 $13) 28... Rf2 $1 29.
Rxf2 gxf2+ 30. Kg2 Qg5+ $1 31. Kxf2 Rf8+ 32. Nf3 Qf4 33. Qe2 (33. Be2 Qh2+ 34.
Ke1 Rxf3 $19) 33... Qh2+ 34. Ke1 Qg3+ 35. Qf2 Rxf3 $17 36. Qxg3 Rxg3 37. Bf1 h5
38. Kd2 $2 (38. Kf2 h4 $17) 38... Rf3 $2 (38... Rxh3 $1 39. Rxa5 Rh2+ 40. Be2
bxa5 41. b6 Rf2 $19) 39. Ke2 Rg3 40. Kd2 Rf3 41. Ke2 Rg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2005.01.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2005.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Bf5 11. a3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Nc6 13. Re1 Re8 14. Be3 Bf6 (
14... a6 15. cxd5 Qxd5 16. c4 Qe4 17. Ra2 Bf6 18. Rd2 Rad8 19. h3 Qe7 20. g4
$16 {[%csl Rf6] 1-0 Rizouk,A-Angulo Martinez,J/Erandio ESP 2004/(33)}) 15. Nd2
Na5 $1 16. cxd5 Qxd5 17. Qa4 ({White is not in time to seize the centre by} 17.
c4 Qd7 18. Nf3 {because Black immediately destroys the pawn pair c4-d4 by} c5
$15) 17... Bd7 18. Qb4 (18. Bf3 Bxa4 19. Bxd5 Rad8 $11) 18... Be7 19. Qb2 Bc6
20. Bf3 Qd7 $11 21. Qa2 Rad8 22. a4 b6 23. h3 Bxf3 24. Nxf3 Qd5 25. Qxd5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2005.01.28"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2005.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. a3 Nc6 11. Nc3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Bf5 13. Re1 Re8 14. cxd5 Qxd5
15. Bf4 Rac8 16. Bd3 Qd7 17. Rb1 Bxd3 18. Qxd3 b6 19. d5 Bf6 (19... Bxa3 20.
Ng5 $1 g6 21. Ne4 Be7 22. Rbd1 Na5 23. Bh6 $44) 20. c4 h6 (20... Ne7 21. Be5 (
21. Ne5 $5 Bxe5 22. Bxe5 $14) 21... Qf5 22. Qxf5 Nxf5 23. Bxc7 Be7 24. Bg3 f6
25. a4 Kf7 26. a5 Rxc4 27. axb6 axb6 28. Rxb6 Rd8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Sebag,M-Roussel
Roozmon,T/Bois Colombes FRA 2004/(41)}) 21. h4 (21. h3 Re7 (21... Rxe1+ 22.
Rxe1 Ne7 23. Ne5 Bxe5 24. Bxe5 Nf5 25. Bb2 Rf8 26. Re5 Nd6 27. Qg3 f6 28. Re6
Rf7 $14 {1/2-1/2 Akopian,V-Gelfand,B/Calvia de Mallorca ESP 2004/(36)}) 22.
Rbd1 Rd8 23. Rxe7 Nxe7 24. Ne5 Bxe5 25. Bxe5 $14 {[%csl Rc7] 1-0 Leko,P-Anand,
V/Linares 2003/CBM 94/(65)}) 21... Ne7 (21... Rxe1+ 22. Rxe1 Ne7 23. Be5 Qf5
24. Qd4 Ng6 25. Bxf6 Qxf6 26. Qxf6 gxf6 27. h5 Nf4 28. Nd4 Kf8 29. Re4 Nxh5 30.
Rh4 Ng7 31. Rxh6 $16 {1-0 Leitao,R-Coelho,L/Sao Paulo BRA 2005/(52)}) 22. Rbd1
(22. Be5 Bxe5 23. Nxe5 Qd6 24. Qf3 f6 25. Ng4 Ng6 26. h5 Ne5 $11) (22. Ne5 Bxe5
23. Bxe5 Ng6 24. Bg3 Qg4 $132) (22. h5 $5 {This move looks like a logical
development of the idea of the previous Whites move.} b5 23. cxb5 (23. Rxb5 c6
$11) 23... Qxd5 24. Qxd5 Nxd5 25. Be5 Ra8 $1 26. Rbc1 Bxe5 27. Rxe5 Rxe5 28.
Nxe5 a6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Nisipeanu,L-Landa,K/Muelheim Nord GER 2005/(31)}) 22...
Ng6 23. Bg3 h5 24. Rc1 $1 {[%cal Gc4c5]} Bb2 25. Rxe8+ Rxe8 26. Rc2 Bf6 27. c5
bxc5 (27... Ne7 28. cxb6 cxb6 29. d6 Rd8 30. Nd2 $1 Qe6 31. Ne4 $36) 28. Rxc5
Ne5 29. Qb5 ({White misses the tactical chance to get an advantage} 29. Bxe5 $1
Bxe5 30. Ra5 $1 Qd6 $5 (30... c6 31. Rc5 $1 $16) (30... Bd6 31. Rxa7 Bc5 32.
Ra6 Rd8 33. Ng5 $36) 31. Qb5 (31. Rxa7 Qc5 32. Rb7 Qc1+ 33. Qf1 Qxa3 34. Nxe5
Rxe5 $11) 31... Rd8 32. Rxa7 Qxd5 (32... Bf4 33. Ra4 Bc1 34. Qd3 $16) 33. Qxd5
Rxd5 34. Nxe5 Rxe5 35. Rxc7 Ra5 36. Rc3 Ra4 37. g3 f6 $14) 29... Qxb5 30. Rxb5
Nxf3+ 31. gxf3 Be5 32. Ra5 Bd6 $1 33. Rxa7 Re1+ 34. Kg2 Rd1 {[%csl Rd5]} 35.
Ra5 Kh7 36. a4 Rd4 37. Kf1 f5 $11 38. Bxd6 (38. Bxd6 cxd6 39. Kg2 Rxh4 40. Ra6
$11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Asia-ch 4th"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2003.02.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sadvakasov, Darmen"]
[Black "Aliev, Kerim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2523"]
[BlackElo "2317"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2003.02.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. c4
Nc6 9. Nc3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Be6 11. cxd5 Bxd5 12. Nd2 {[%cal Gc3c4,Gd4d5,Gd2e4]} (
12. Bf4 Bd6 (12... Re8 13. Re1 g6 14. Nd2 f5 15. Nc4 Bf7 16. Rb1 b6 17. Qf3 Qd7
18. Ne3 Na5 19. g4 $1 $16 {1/2-1/2 Vainerman,I-Moskalenko,V/Kiev 1986/EXT 97 
(49)}) 13. Bxd6 Qxd6 14. Ng5 f5 15. c4 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Qg6 17. f4 h6 18. d5 Nd8
19. h4 hxg5 20. hxg5 Nf7 21. Qf3 Nh6 22. Qg3 $16 {1/2-1/2 Loewenthal,J-Morphy,
P/London 1858/EXT 2002 (44)}) 12... Be6 (12... f5 13. Bb2 Qd7 14. c4 Bf7 15. d5
$36) 13. Re1 Qd7 (13... Re8 14. Ne4 Qd7 15. Qh5 g6 16. Qh6 f5 17. Ng5 Bf8 18.
Qh4 Bd5 $132) 14. Ne4 Rad8 15. Qh5 g6 (15... h6 $5 16. Bxh6 $140 $2 (16. h3
Nxd4 17. Bxh6 (17. cxd4 Qxd4 18. Bxh6 Qxd3 $17) 17... Nf5 $1 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19.
Qg4+ Kh8 20. Qh5+ $11) (16. Nc5 Bxc5 17. Qxc5 b6 18. Qh5 Nxd4 (18... Rfe8 19.
Bxh6 gxh6 20. Qxh6 f5 21. Re3 f4 22. Qxf4 $18) 19. Ba3 Nf3+ 20. Qxf3 Qxd3 21.
Re3 Qd5 22. Qxd5 Rxd5 23. Bxf8 Kxf8 $14) 16... Bg4 $19) 16. Qh6 Bf5 $6 (16...
f6 $142 17. Rb1 (17. Bf4 Bd5 $14) 17... Na5 (17... b6 $2 18. Rb2 $36 {[%cal
Gb2e2]} Rde8 19. Bb5 $1 (19. Rbe2 Nd8) 19... Ba3 20. Rbe2 Bxc1 21. Qxc1 $16 {
[%cal Gc3c4,Gd4d5,Gb5e8]}) 18. Rb2 Bd5 19. Rbe2 $36) 17. Ng5 Bxg5 18. Bxg5 f6
19. Bc4+ Kh8 20. Be3 Na5 21. Be2 b5 $2 (21... Qf7 $5 22. Qh4 Rfe8 23. Rad1 Be6
$132) 22. d5 $1 a6 (22... Qxd5 23. Rad1 (23. Bxa7 Nc4 24. Bd4 Ne5 25. Rad1)
23... Qc6 24. Bd4 {/\25.Bb5 Qb5 26.Re7+-} Kg8 (24... Rde8 25. Bxb5 Qxb5 26. Re7
$18) 25. c4 $1 Nxc4 (25... Rxd4 26. Rxd4 Qc5 27. Bf3 c6 28. g4 $1 Bc8 29. cxb5
$18) 26. Bxc4+ bxc4 (26... Qxc4 27. Bxf6 $18) 27. Re7 Rf7 28. Rxf7 Kxf7 29.
Qxh7+ Ke6 30. Re1+ Kd5 31. Bxa7 $18) (22... Be4 23. Rad1 Bxd5 24. a4 Nc4 (24...
a6 25. Bf3 c6 26. Bb6 $18) 25. axb5 Qxb5 (25... Nxe3 26. Qxe3 Rfe8 27. Qxa7 Qe7
28. Qa1 $16) 26. Bd3 $1 Rf7 27. Bxg6 Rg7 28. Be4 $16) 23. Qf4 (23. Bc5 Rf7 24.
Rad1 Nb7 25. Bd4 {[%cal Gg2g5]} Re8 26. Bf3 Nd6 $16) 23... Nc4 $2 (23... Qxd5
$142 24. Qxc7 Nc4 25. Bd4 Rd7 26. Qg3 $16) 24. Bd4 Qd6 $2 (24... Nb6 25. Bxb6
cxb6 26. g4 Bc2 27. Rac1 Ba4 28. Bf3 $16 {[%csl Ra4]}) 25. Qxd6 Nxd6 26. g4 Bc8
(26... Be4 27. g5 Ne8 28. Bxb5 axb5 29. Rxe4 Rxd5 30. gxf6 Nxf6 31. Re6 Rf5 32.
Rc6 Rf7 33. a4 $1 $16) 27. g5 Ne8 $2 (27... Ne4 28. gxf6 (28. h4 Kg8 29. Bf1 (
29. Bd1 Nd2 30. Bxf6 Rxd5 $14) 29... f5 30. f3 Nd2 31. Bg2 f4 (31... Rxd5 32.
Re2 Nc4 33. f4 Rd7 34. Rae1 Nd6 35. Bd5+ Nf7 36. Bb3 $1 $18) 32. Rad1 Nc4 $132)
28... Nxf6 29. c4 Kg8 30. cxb5 axb5 31. Bxb5 (31. Bxf6 Rxf6 32. Bxb5 Bb7 33.
Re7 Rf7 34. Rxf7 Kxf7 35. Rc1 Bxd5 36. Rxc7+ Kf6 37. a4 Bf3 $132) 31... Nxd5
32. a4 $16) 28. Bf3 Kg8 29. d6 Rxd6 30. Bc5 Rd3 (30... fxg5 31. Bxd6 Nxd6 32.
Bd5+ Kh8 33. Re7 c5 34. Rc7 c4 35. a4 $16 {[%csl Rh8]}) 31. Be4 Rxc3 $2 (31...
Rd2 32. Bxf8 Kxf8 33. Bc6 (33. Rad1 Rxd1 34. Rxd1 Nd6 35. gxf6 Kf7 $14) 33...
Bd7 34. Bxd7 Rxd7 35. h4 $16 (35. Re6 fxg5 36. Rxa6 Nd6 $14)) 32. Bd5+ Kg7 33.
Re7+ Kh8 34. Bd4 (34. Bd4 Rd3 35. Rxe8 Rxe8 36. Bxf6#) 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2005.01.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2005.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8.
Re1 Bf5 9. c4 c6 10. Qb3 Qd7 (10... Na6) 11. Nc3 (11. Be3 dxc4 (11... Na6 $5)
12. Bxc4 Qc7 13. Nc3 Nxc3 14. bxc3 Nd7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Leko,P-Anand,V/Leon 2001/
CBM 84/[Huzman] (20)}) (11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Nc3 Be6 13. Bxe4 dxe4 14. d5 Bxd5 15.
Nxd5 {1/2-1/2 Mikhalchishin-Ionov/Klaipeda YB/11 1988 (15)}) 11... Nxc3 (11...
dxc4 $5 12. Bxc4 (12. Qxc4 Nxc3 13. bxc3 b5 14. Bxf5 Qxf5 15. Qb3 Nd7 $11)
12... Nxc3 13. bxc3 (13. Qxc3 Qc7 14. Ne5 Nd7 15. Bf4 Nb6 16. Bb3 a5 17. a3 a4
18. Ba2 Nd5 19. Qf3 Be6 $11) 13... b5 14. Bf1 Be6 15. c4 $14) 12. Bxf5 Qxf5 13.
bxc3 (13. Qxb7 Qd7 14. Qxd7 (14. Qxa8 Na4 15. c5 Na6 $17) 14... Nxd7 15. bxc3
dxc4 16. Nd2 (16. Rb1 Nb6) (16. Bg5 Nb6 17. Nd2 f6 $11) 16... Rfe8 $11) 13...
b6 14. cxd5 (14. Bg5 f6 15. Be3 Nd7 16. cxd5 Qxd5 17. c4 Qf7 $11) 14... cxd5 (
14... Qxd5 15. c4 Qf5 16. Ba3 Bxa3 17. Qxa3 Nd7 18. Re7 $36) 15. Qb5 (15. Ne5
Nd7 16. Qxd5 Bxe5 17. dxe5 Rfd8 $44 18. Ba3 $140 Nc5 19. Qf3 Qxf3 20. gxf3 Na4
$36) 15... Qd7 $1 16. a4 Rd8 17. g3 (17. Ra2 $5 Nc6 18. Rae2 h6 $11) 17... Bc7
18. Bg5 f6 19. Bd2 Nc6 $11 {Black finished the development of the pieces and
completely egualized the position.} 20. c4 Ne7 21. Rac1 a6 22. Qxd7 (22. Qb3
dxc4 23. Qxc4+ Nd5 $11) (22. Qb4 Re8 $11) 22... Rxd7 23. c5 Kf7 (23... bxc5 24.
dxc5 Nc6 25. Re6 Ne5 26. Nd4 $14) 24. Bb4 (24. c6 Rdd8 25. Bb4 Re8 $11) 24...
bxc5 25. Bxc5 Nf5 26. Rb1 Ba5 27. Re2 h5 28. Rb3 g5 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} 29. Nxg5+
$18 fxg5 30. Rf3 Bd8 31. Rxf5+ Bf6 32. h3 {[%cal Gg3g4]} a5 33. Rb2 {[%cal
Gb2b6]} Ra6 34. Rb5 Ke6 35. Rf3 g4 36. hxg4 hxg4 37. Rf4 {[%csl Rg4]} Rg7 38.
Rb2 Rg5 39. Kg2 Rc6 40. Rb7 Rg6 41. Ra7 Bd8 42. Rf8 Bc7 43. Re8+ Kd7 (43... Kf5
44. Re7 Bd6 45. Bxd6 Rgxd6 46. Rxa5 $18) 44. Re7+ Kc8 45. Ra8+ Kb7 46. Rxa5
Rgf6 47. Ra7+ Kc8 48. Rg7 Rfe6 49. Rg8+ 1-0

[Event "Corus-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2005.01.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2553"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2005.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. c4
c6 9. Re1 Re8 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Nc3 Nxc3 12. Rxe8+ Qxe8 13. bxc3 b6 $146 {
The favourite idea of Mamedyarov is to exchange the light-squared bishops!
White tries to avoid this.} (13... Bg4 14. Rb1 (14. Be3 Qd7 (14... Qd8 15. Rb1
Nd7 16. h3 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 Nb6 18. a4 Rb8 19. a5 Na4 20. Bd2 Qxa5 21. Rb5 Qc7 22.
Rxd5 $16 {1-0 Timofeev,A-Raetsky,A/Abu Dhabi UAE 2004/(26)}) 15. Rb1 Nc6 16. h3
Bh5 17. Ne5 Bxd1 18. Nxd7 Ba4 19. Nc5 Bxc5 20. dxc5 Nd8 21. f4 Rc8 22. Kf2 Bc6
(22... Rc7 23. g4 f6 24. c4 d4 25. Bxd4 Rd7 26. Ke3 Ne6 27. Bf5 Re7 28. Bxe6+
Rxe6+ 29. Kd3 Bc6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Yemelin,V-Solozhenkin,E/St Petersburg 2000/CBM
77 (51)}) 23. g4 f6 24. h4 Ne6 25. f5 Nf8 26. c4 Nd7 27. Be2 Ne5 28. cxd5 Bxd5
$11 {1/2-1/2 Grischuk,A-Tkachiev,V/Belfort FRA 2004/(34)}) (14. Bd2 Qd7 15. Rb1
b6 16. Rb5 a6 17. Rb1 Bc7 18. h3 {1/2-1/2 Morovic Fernandez,I-Pavasovic,D/
Pinamar 2002/CBM 88 (18)}) 14... Qe7 15. h3 Bh5 16. Rb5 Qd7 17. c4 dxc4 18.
Bxh7+ $16 {1/2-1/2 Topalov,V-Gelfand,B/Monaco 2002/CBM 87 ext (35)}) (13... Nc6
14. Qb3 (14. Rb1 b6 15. Bd2 Na5 $2 (15... h6 $5) 16. Ng5 $40 {1-0 Gruenfeld,
Y-Huzman,A/Ramat Aviv ISR 2004/(23)}) 14... Qd7 15. g3 Bf8 16. Ba3 Bxa3 17.
Qxa3 Qd8 18. Re1 Be6 19. Qc1 h6 $11 {1-0 Kasparov,G-Ehlvest,J/Moscow 2002/CBM
90 (61)}) (13... Nd7 14. Qb3 Nb6 15. Ba3 Bxa3 16. Qxa3 Be6 17. Re1 h6 18. Ne5
Qf8 19. Qb3 Rc8 20. Bb1 $36 {[%cal Gb3c2,Gb1h7] 1-0 Damaso,R-Fernandes,A/Maia
2003/EXT 2004 (42)}) 14. Be3 (14. Qb3 Be6 15. Ng5 (15. Ba3 Bxa3 16. Qxa3 Nc6
17. Qd6 Qd7 18. Qf4 h6 $11) 15... Bf5 16. Bb5 Bd7 (16... Qe1+ 17. Bf1 $16) 17.
Bf1 Bc6 18. Ba3 (18. Qc2 g6 19. Bd2 Qd7 20. Re1 Qc7 21. Nf3 Nd7 $11) 18... Bxa3
19. Qxa3 Nd7 20. Bd3 h6 21. Nf3 Qf8 $11) 14... Ba6 15. Ng5 h6 (15... Bxd3 16.
Qxd3 g6 17. c4 Nc6 18. cxd5 Nb4 19. Qb3 $14) 16. Bh7+ $1 Kf8 (16... Kh8 17. Qh5
Nd7 (17... Nc6 18. Bf5 Kg8 19. Re1 Nd8 20. Nh7 $1 $40) 18. Bf5 Nf6 19. Nxf7+
Kg8 20. Nxh6+ gxh6 21. Qxh6 Qf7 22. Bg5 $18) 17. Nf3 (17. Nh3 Nd7 18. Bf4 Bxf4
19. Nxf4 Nf6 $11) 17... Nd7 18. Qc2 Qe7 (18... Nf6 19. Re1 Qc6 20. Ne5 Qc7 21.
Bf4 Re8 22. Re3 $36) 19. Re1 Re8 20. Bf5 Nf6 21. Ne5 Qc7 (21... Bxe5 22. dxe5
Qxe5 23. Bc5+ bxc5 24. Rxe5 Rxe5 25. h3 $14) 22. Bf4 Bc8 23. Bd3 Re7 $11 {
Black finished the piece development successfully and equalized the game. His
last problem is to exchange the Ne5.} 24. h3 Nd7 25. Nxd7+ Bxd7 26. Rxe7 Kxe7
27. Qe2+ Be6 28. Bxd6+ Qxd6 29. Qb2 a5 $6 30. Be2 g5 31. Bf3 Kd8 32. Qb5 Kc7
33. Qa6 Kb8 (33... Qf4 $11) 34. Qb5 (34. c4 Bc8 35. Qb5 dxc4 36. Qxc4 f5 $132)
34... Ka7 35. Be2 Qc7 36. Qa6+ Kb8 37. Qb5 Qd6 38. Bf3 Ka7 39. Be2 Bd7 40. Qa6+
Kb8 41. Bf3 Qc6 42. c4 Bc8 43. Qb5 (43. cxd5 Qc1+ 44. Qf1 Qxf1+ 45. Kxf1 Kc7
$15) 43... Bb7 44. Qb1 Qxc4 45. Qxb6 a4 (45... Qc1+ $11) 46. Qd8+ Ka7 47. Qa5+
Kb8 48. Qd8+ Ka7 49. Qa5+ Kb8 50. Qd8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Groningen Harmonie"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "2004.12.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nijboer, Friso"]
[Black "Ernst, Sipke"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2567"]
[BlackElo "2521"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2004.12.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. c4
Nf6 9. c5 Be7 10. Qc2 (10. Nc3 b6 (10... Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 12. Bf4 c6 13. b4 Nbd7
14. a4 a6 15. Re1 Re8 16. g4 Bg6 17. Bg3 $14 {0-1 Ronnqvist,T-Rantanen,T/
Finland 2001/CBM 79 ext (39)}) 11. cxb6 axb6 12. Qc2 c5 13. Be3 Nc6 $11 {
0-1 Vives,G-Barrionuevo,P/Buenos Aires 2002/CBM 90 ext (25)}) (10. Ne5 b6 (
10... Nbd7 11. f4 (11. Bf4 Nxe5 12. Bxe5 Ng4 13. Bg3 Bh4 14. h3 Bxg3 15. fxg3
Ne3 16. Bxh7+ $14 {0-1 Roeder-Burkhardt,J/Koblenz 1992/EXT 2000 (26)}) 11... c6
12. Nc3 Ne8 13. Qc2 g6 14. Be3 Ng7 15. b4 a6 16. Rae1 Nf6 17. f5 $40 {1-0
Odeev,H-Nguyen Thanh Son/Istanbul 2000/EXT 2001 (31)}) (10... Be6 11. f4 c6 12.
Nd2 Nbd7 13. f5 Bxc5 14. Nef3 $18 {1-0 Grosar,K-Glavas,A/Pula 1999/EXT 2000 
(26)}) 11. cxb6 axb6 12. Nc3 c5 13. Be3 Bb7 14. Ne2 Nc6 $11 {0-1 Rosenthal,
S-Sellman,A/London 1883/HCL (47)}) (10. h3 Re8 11. Nc3 Nbd7 12. Bf4 Nf8 13. b4
Ne6 14. Bh2 b6 15. Re1 $14 {1-0 Neuschmied,S-Gavor,F/Austria 2001/EXT 2002 (40)
}) 10... b6 $6 (10... Nc6 11. a3 Bg4 12. Nbd2 a5 (12... Ne4 13. Nxe4 Bxf3 14.
Ng3 Be4 15. Nxe4 Nxd4 16. Nf6+ Kh8 17. Qa4 Bxf6 $17 {0-1 Plazaola,
S-Barrionuevo,P/Villa Ballester 2004/CBM 98 ext (36)}) 13. b3 h6 14. Bb2 Nh5
15. Rfe1 Nf4 16. Bf5 Bxf5 17. Qxf5 Ne6 $11 {0-1 Al Sherkh Khade,W-Rantanen,T/
Istanbul 2000/EXT 2001 (75)}) 11. c6 $1 {This wellcalculated move gives White
a big advantage. Black has to win the pawn c6 but it takes a lot of time and
white's development advantage became a decisive factor.} Qd6 12. Ne5 Ng4 13.
Bf4 $1 (13. Nxg4 Bxg4 14. Bxh7+ Kh8 15. Bf5 Bxf5 16. Qxf5 Nxc6 17. Bf4 Qf6 18.
Qh5+ Kg8 19. Bxc7 Rac8 20. Be5 Nxe5 21. dxe5 Qe6 $44) 13... Nxe5 14. Bxe5 Qxc6
15. Nc3 $1 Be6 (15... h6 16. Nxd5 $1 $18) 16. Bxh7+ Kh8 17. Bd3 $40 {[%cal
Gc2e2,Ge2h5][%mdl 4]} Nd7 18. Qe2 Kg8 19. Bb5 $1 Qb7 20. Bxg7 $1 {[%mdl 64]
This is a nice tactical blow practically finishing the game.} Kxg7 21. Bxd7 $18
Bxd7 22. Qxe7 c6 23. Rae1 (23. f4 $1 Rfe8 24. Qg5+ Kf8 25. f5 $18) 23... Rae8
24. Qg5+ Kh7 25. Re3 Rg8 (25... Rxe3 26. fxe3 $18) 26. Qh5+ Kg7 27. Rg3+ Kf8
28. Qh6+ Ke7 29. Re1+ (29. Nxd5+ $1 cxd5 30. Re3+ Kd8 31. Qf6+ Kc7 32. Rc3+ Kb8
33. Qd6+ Ka8 34. Rc7 Bh3 35. Rxb7 Bxg2 36. Rxf7 Bh3+ 37. Qg3 $18) 29... Kd8 30.
Rxg8 Rxg8 31. Qf6+ Kc8 32. Qxf7 Rxg2+ 33. Kh1 Rg4 34. f3 Rxd4 35. Re8+ Kc7 36.
Qe7 c5 37. Qe5+ (37. Qe5+ Kc6 38. Qf6+ Kc7 39. Nb5+ Bxb5 40. Qd8+ Kc6 41. Re6#)
1-0

[Event "Drammen Smartfish Masters"]
[Site "Drammen"]
[Date "2004.12.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Nielsen, Peter Heine"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2663"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2004.12.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Bd3 d5 6. Qe2 Qe7 7. O-O Nd6 8.
Re1 Qxe2 9. Rxe2+ (9. Bxe2 Be7 10. d4 Nc6 (10... f6 11. Bf4 Kf7 12. Nbd2 Bf5
13. Nf1 Nd7 14. Ne3 Be6 15. c4 c6 16. cxd5 cxd5 17. Nd2 Nb6 18. Bf3 Rac8 19.
Nb3 Ndc4 $11 {1-0 Breder,D-Blauert,J/Budapest HUN 2004/(78)}) 11. c3 {1/2-1/2
Beckmann,K-Dutreeuw,M/Germany 2000/EXT 2001 (11)}) 9... Be7 10. Nc3 Be6 11. Nd4
Kd7 12. Nxe6 fxe6 {I think Black has more perspectives, because White has big
problems with the pieces development on the queen's side. The advantage of two
bishops do not fully compensate this fact.} 13. Nd1 (13. Nb5 Nxb5 14. Bxb5+ c6
15. Bd3 Bf6 16. c3 c5 17. Bb5+ Nc6 18. d3 Rhe8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Leko,P-Kramnik,V/
Linares 1999/CBM 70 (28)}) 13... c5 14. c3 Nc6 15. Bc2 b5 (15... c4 16. d4 cxd3
17. Bxd3 e5 18. f3 Rad8 19. Nf2 $14) 16. d3 a5 (16... d4 $5 17. Bd2 Bf6 $36)
17. Bd2 a4 18. a3 Na5 (18... d4 $5) 19. Ne3 Nb3 $11 20. Rae1 Bf6 21. Ng4 Nxd2
22. Rxd2 b4 23. cxb4 cxb4 24. axb4 Ra6 (24... Rhb8 $1 25. d4 (25. Rde2 Rxb4 26.
Nxf6+ gxf6 27. Rxe6 Ne4 $17) 25... Rxb4 26. Nxf6+ gxf6 27. Bxh7 Rab8 28. Bc2
R8b6 29. f4 f5 30. Ra1 Nc4 31. Rd3 Nxb2 32. Rda3 Rxd4 33. Bxa4+ Kd6 34. g3 $15)
25. d4 Rb8 (25... Nc4 26. Bd3 Nxd2 27. Bxa6 Rb8 28. Nxf6+ gxf6 29. b5 Nb3 30.
Rd1 Kd6 31. f4 $13) 26. Bxh7 Rxb4 27. Nxf6+ gxf6 28. h4 $1 $132 {The passed
pawn h4 gives White counterplay which is enough for a draw.} Nc4 29. Rd3 Rxb2
30. Rg3 a3 31. Rg7+ Ke8 32. h5 a2 (32... Kf8 33. h6 a2 34. Bg6 $11) 33. h6 Kf8
34. Bg6 Rb8 35. Ra1 (35. Rf7+ Kg8 36. Rg7+ $11) 35... Nd2 36. Kh2 Nb3 37. Rf7+
Kg8 38. Rg7+ Kh8 39. Rh7+ Kg8 40. Rg7+ Kh8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Ciocaltea Memorial"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2001.03.11"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Black "Brodsky, Michail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2581"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2001.03.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 082"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Be6 11. Ne5 f6 12. Bg4 Bc8 13. Bxc8 Rxc8 14. Nf3 (14.
Nd3 Nxc3 15. bxc3 Nxd3 16. Qxd3 c5 17. Be3 cxd4 18. Qxd4 Bc5 19. Qxd5+ Qxd5 20.
cxd5 Bxe3 21. fxe3 Rxc3 $11 {/=/+}) (14. Ng4 f5 (14... c5 15. dxc5 Bxc5 16. a3
Nxc3 17. bxc3 Na6 18. cxd5 Nc7 19. c4 b5 20. cxb5 Nxb5 21. Be3 $16) 15. Ne5
dxc4 16. Nxc4 c5 $11) 14... c6 (14... Nxc3 15. bxc3 Nc6 16. Qa4 dxc4 17. Rb1
Rb8 18. Qxc4+ Kh8 19. Re1 Bd6 20. Qa4 Re8 21. Be3 a6 22. c4 $14) (14... c5 15.
Be3 (15. Qe2 cxd4 16. Nxd4 (16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. Qxe4 Rxc4 18. b3 Rc8 19. Nxd4 Nc3
20. Qe6+ Kh8 21. Bb2 $11) 16... Re8 17. Rd1 Bf8 $15) (15. Re1 cxd4 16. Nxd5 (
16. Nxe4 dxe4 17. Rxe4 d3 18. Bf4 Nc2 19. Rc1 f5 20. Rxe7 Qxe7 21. Qxd3 Qe4 $17
) 16... Nxd5 17. Rxe4 (17. Qxd4 Nxf2 18. Qxd5+ Qxd5 19. cxd5 Bc5 20. Be3 Nd3
$11) 17... Rxc4 18. Rxd4 $11) 15... cxd4 16. Nxd4 Qd7 17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18. cxd5
Qxd5 19. Nb3 $11) 15. Re1 Nxc3 (15... f5 16. a3 Na6 (16... Nxc3 17. bxc3 Na6
18. Qe2 Bf6 19. Rb1 Rf7 20. Bf4 $36) 17. Qb3 $16) 16. bxc3 Na6 17. Rb1 (17. Bf4
Nc7 (17... Qd7 18. Qb3 dxc4 19. Qxc4+ Kh8 $11) 18. Rb1 (18. Qa4 a6 19. c5 Qd7
$11) 18... b6 19. Qa4 dxc4 20. Qxc4+ Nd5 $11) 17... Rc7 18. c5 Rd7 19. Bf4 Rf7
20. Re6 Bf8 21. Qe2 Rde7 (21... Nc7 22. Bxc7 Qxc7 23. c4 $14) 22. c4 Qd7 23.
Rxe7 Rxe7 24. Qd3 Rf7 (24... Qe6 25. cxd5 Qxd5 26. Bd6 Rf7 27. Bxf8 Rxf8 28.
Qa3 Rf7 29. Re1 $36) 25. Nd2 Qe6 26. Qe3 Qf5 27. Bd6 Rd7 28. Bxf8 Kxf8 29. Qb3
(29. Re1 Nc7 $11) 29... Re7 30. cxd5 Qxd5 31. Qxd5 cxd5 32. Nf1 Nb8 33. Ne3 (
33. Ne3 Nc6 34. Nf5 Rc7 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bermuda"]
[Site "Bermuda"]
[Date "2005.02.05"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Volokitin, Andrei"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2661"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2005.01.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BER"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8.
Re1 Bg4 9. c3 f5 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Qb3 Na5 12. Qc2 Bd6 13. Ne5 Bxe5 14. dxe5 Qh4
15. Nf1 (15. Rf1 $5 Nxd2 (15... Nc6 16. f3 Bh5 17. Qb3 Nxd2 18. Bxd2 Rad8 19.
Rae1 $16) 16. Bxd2 Nc4 (16... f4 17. c4 Nxc4 18. Bxc4 dxc4 19. Qxc4+ Kh8 (19...
Rf7 20. e6 Rf6 21. Rfe1 $16) 20. f3 Bf5 21. Qxc7 $16) 17. Bf4 Rae8 18. Rfe1 Bf3
19. Bg3 Qh5 20. Bxc4 dxc4 21. gxf3 f4 22. Qe4 fxg3 23. fxg3 Qxf3 24. Qxc4+ Kh8
25. Qe2 $16) 15... Nc6 16. Bf4 Rae8 (16... Bh5 17. Bg3 Qe7 18. f3 Nxg3 (18...
Kh8 19. fxe4 fxe4 20. Bxe4 dxe4 21. Qxe4 $16)) (16... Bd1 17. Raxd1 Qxf4 18.
Ne3 Qxe5 19. Nxd5 $16) 17. f3 ({White had a very interesting possibility to
improve Bf4 by move} 17. e6 $5 Bd1 (17... Rxe6 18. f3 Bh5 (18... Bxf3 19. Bg3
Qh6 20. gxf3 Nxg3 21. Rxe6 Qxe6 22. hxg3 Ne5 23. f4 $16) 19. Bxc7 Re7 20. fxe4
fxe4 21. Bc4 $1 dxc4 22. Bd6 $14) 18. Raxd1 Qxf4 19. Ne3 Ne7 20. c4 c6 21. f3
d4 22. fxe4 dxe3 23. Rf1 $16) 17... Bxf3 $1 {[%mdl 512] Black catches the
initiative by a piece sacrifice.} (17... Bh5 18. g3 (18. Be3 Bxf3 19. gxf3 Nxe5
20. Be2 f4 21. Bd4 Ng5 22. Kh1 c6 $44) 18... Qe7 19. fxe4 fxe4 20. Be2 $16) 18.
Bg3 Nxg3 19. hxg3 Qh5 20. gxf3 Nxe5 $44 21. Be2 f4 $1 22. g4 Qg5 {[%cal Yh7h5]}
(22... Qh3 $5 23. Bd1 Qh4 $1 24. Qd2 c6 $36 {[%cal Yh7h5]}) 23. Qd2 (23. Qb3 c6
24. c4 h5 25. cxd5 hxg4 26. dxc6+ Kh8 $19) 23... c6 24. Nh2 h5 (24... Qh4 25.
Bf1 Rf6 26. Qf2 Qg3+ 27. Qg2 $13) 25. Rf1 (25. Qd4 hxg4 26. fxg4 f3 27. Bxf3
Qh4 $1 28. Bxd5+ cxd5 29. Qxd5+ Kh8 30. Qg2 $13) 25... hxg4 26. Nxg4 (26. fxg4
Qh4 27. Qe1 Qh3 28. Qd1 Rf6 $17) 26... Qh4 27. Nh2 (27. Bd1 $1 {[%cal Gd2h2]
White missed the opportunity to organize his defence.} Nc4 (27... Re6 28. Qf2
Qh3 29. Qg2 Qh4 30. Bc2 $16) 28. Qg2 (28. Qf2 Qh3 29. Bc2 $1 $14) 28... Ne3 29.
Nxe3 fxe3 $44) 27... Rf6 (27... Re6 28. Rf2 Rf5 29. Ng4 Rg6 30. Rh2 (30. Raf1
Nxg4 31. fxg4 f3 $1 32. Bxf3 Rxf3 33. Rxf3 Rxg4+ $19) 30... Qg3+ 31. Rg2 Qxf3
32. Qc2 Qe4 33. Qxe4 dxe4 34. Nxe5 Rxg2+ 35. Kxg2 Rxe5 $13) 28. Rf2 (28. Qd4 $5
Kh8 (28... Kf7 29. Rf2 (29. Qf2 Qh3 30. Kh1 Qg3 31. Qg1 Rh8 32. Rf2 Rfh6 33.
Raf1 $13) 29... Rg6+ 30. Kh1 (30. Rg2 Rh8 $19) 30... Qg3 31. Raf1 Rh8 32. Qxe5
Rgh6 33. Qc7+ (33. Qf5+ Ke7 34. Qe5+ Kd7) 33... Ke6 $19) (28... Ng4 29. Nxg4
Qg3+ 30. Kh1 Rxe2 31. Rf2 Rxf2 32. Qxf2 Rh6+ 33. Nxh6+ $18) 29. Rf2 Rg6+ 30.
Kh1 c5 $1 31. Qxc5 b6 32. Qd4 Nc6 33. Qd3 Qxf2 34. Qxg6 Rxe2 35. Qh5+ Kg8 36.
Qxd5+ Kf8 37. Qd6+ Kf7 38. Qc7+ (38. Qd5+ Ke7 39. Qg5+ Kd7 40. Qxg7+ Kc8 41.
Qg1 Rxb2 $17) 38... Ne7 39. Qxf4+ Kg8 40. Rg1 $11) 28... Rg6+ 29. Rg2 Ree6 30.
Rf1 $2 {Volokitin defended badly in this game.} ({White's position was still
defendable after} 30. Qd1 $1 Rg3 (30... Rxg2+ 31. Kxg2 Qg3+ 32. Kh1 Rh6 33. Qg1
Nxf3 34. Bxf3 (34. Qxg3 fxg3 35. Bxf3 Rxh2+ 36. Kg1 Rxb2 $17) 34... Qxf3+ 35.
Qg2 Qg3 36. Rg1 Rh3 37. Qe2 $11) 31. Kh1 Reg6 32. Rf2 Rh6 33. Qe1) (30. Qe1 $2
Nxf3+ $1 31. Nxf3 Rxg2+ 32. Kxg2 Rg6+ 33. Kf1 Qh1+ 34. Kf2 Rg2#) 30... Rxg2+
31. Kxg2 Rh6 $1 32. Rh1 Qg3+ 33. Kf1 Rxh2 34. Rxh2 Qxh2 35. Qd4 Qh3+ 36. Ke1
Nxf3+ 37. Bxf3 Qxf3 38. Qxa7 Qe3+ $1 39. Qxe3 fxe3 40. Ke2 Kf7 41. Kxe3 g5 42.
a4 Kf6 43. a5 Ke5 44. Kf3 Kf5 45. Ke3 g4 46. Kd4 g3 47. Ke3 Kg4 0-1

[Event "Dubai op"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2001.04.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Galkin, Alexander"]
[Black "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2556"]
[BlackElo "2601"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[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 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Be6 11. Ne5 f6 12. Nf3 Kh8 13. a3 Nxc3 14. bxc3 Nc6 15.
Nd2 f5 16. Re1 Bf6 17. Nb3 b6 18. Bf3 Bg8 19. cxd5 Bxd5 20. Bf4 Rc8 $1 {
[%cal Yc6e5,Yf6e5] Young champion of Russia is playing Petroff with good
understanding!Also in this game he demonstrates right plan to neutralize
White`s pressure.} (20... Ne7 {[%csl Re5]} 21. Be5 c6 22. Bxf6 Rxf6 23. Nc1 Ng6
24. Nd3 h6 25. Ne5 Nh4 26. Bxd5 Qxd5 27. f3 c5 28. dxc5 {1/2-1/2 Leko,
P-Kramnik,V/Dortmund GER 2000 (28)}) 21. Be5 (21. Nc1 $5 Na5 22. Nd3 c5 23.
Bxd5 Qxd5 24. Be5 cxd4 (24... Nc6 25. Bxf6 Rxf6 26. dxc5 bxc5 27. Ne5 $36) 25.
Nf4 Qd7 26. cxd4 $14 {/=}) 21... Qd7 22. Bxf6 Rxf6 23. Nc1 Re6 $1 $11 {[%mdl 4]
} 24. Rxe6 Qxe6 25. Nd3 Re8 26. h3 (26. h3 Be4 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Redbus KO"]
[Site "Southend"]
[Date "2001.04.14"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Chandler, Murray G"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2529"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2001.04.13"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Bf5 11. a3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Nc6 13. Re1 dxc4 14. Bxc4 Bd6
15. Ng5 Qd7 16. Ra2 Bg6 17. Rae2 Rae8 18. Ne4 Rxe4 19. Rxe4 Bxe4 20. Rxe4 Re8
21. Rxe8+ (21. f3 $5 Nd8 22. Bb3 c6 23. a4 Ne6 24. g3 Nc7 $14 {1/2-1/2 Adams,
M-Anand,V/New Delhi/Theran 2000/CBM 81/[Huzman] (73)}) (21. Qe2 {Huzman} Rxe4
22. Qxe4 Qe7 23. f3 $14) 21... Qxe8 22. g3 g6 $1 {[%mdl 4]} 23. a4 Ne7 24. Bg5
(24. Qf3 Nf5 $132) (24. Qb3 Nf5 25. Bd2 b6 $11 {[%cal Yc7c5]}) 24... Nf5 25. a5
c6 26. Qb1 (26. g4 Ng7 $11 {[%cal Yg7e6]}) 26... Qd7 27. a6 bxa6 $1 (27... b5
28. Bf1 $36 {[%csl Rb5,Rc6][%cal Gf1g2,Gb1e4,Gg2c6]}) 28. Bxa6 h6 29. Bd2 c5
$11 {[%mdl 4]} 30. Bc4 (30. Bd3 cxd4 31. Bxf5 Qxf5 32. Qxf5 gxf5 33. cxd4 h5
34. Kf1 Kg7 35. Ke2 Kf6 36. Kd3 Ke6 37. Kc4 f4 $11) (30. d5 $5 Be5 $132 {
[%cal Yf5d6]}) 30... cxd4 31. cxd4 Kh7 (31... Nxd4 $4 32. Qxg6+ $18) 32. Bc3
Bf8 33. Qa2 (33. d5 Bg7 $11) 33... Nxd4 34. Bxd4 Qxd4 35. Bxf7 Qd7 36. Bg8+ Kg7
37. Be6 Qc7 38. Bd5 Bc5 39. Qb2+ Kh7 40. Kg2 Qg7 41. Qc2 Bb6 42. h4 h5 43. Be4
Qf7 44. f4 Kg7 45. f5 gxf5 46. Bxf5 Qd5+ 47. Be4 Qc5 48. Qd1 Qd4 49. Qf3 Qe3
50. Qf5 Qe2+ 51. Kh3 Qg4+ $1 52. Qxg4+ hxg4+ 53. Kxg4 Bf2 (53... Bf2 54. Kh3
Bxg3 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Reykjavik Hrokurinn"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2003.02.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2671"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2003.02.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nb4 9. Be2 Be6 10. Qa4+ (10. c5 a5 (10... Nc6 11. Bb5 Bd7 12. Bxc6 Bxc6 13. Ne5
Bb5 14. Re1 O-O 15. f3 Ng5 16. Nc3 $36 {1-0 Tredinnick,A-Evans,R/ENG-ch
corr8990 1989/CR97-89 (38)}) (10... O-O 11. Qb3 a5 12. a3 Na6 13. Qxb7 Naxc5
14. dxc5 Nxc5 15. Qc6 d4 16. Bf4 Ra7 $13 {1-0 Pane,A-Venni,A/4 CIM 1988 (39)})
11. Ne5 $1 (11. Bf4 O-O 12. Nc3 g5 13. Bd2 Nc6 14. Bc1 f5 15. Ne1 b6 16. cxb6
cxb6 17. Nb5 Bf6 18. Nc2 Rc8 19. Re1 Qd7 {1/2-1/2 Socko,B-Motylev,A/Ohrid 2001/
CBM 84 (19)}) (11. a3 Nc6 12. Bb5 O-O 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14. Ne5 Bf6 15. Bf4 Bd7 16.
f3 Ng5 17. Nc3 Rb8 18. Rf2 Ne6 19. Bg3 Re8 20. f4 Bxe5 21. fxe5 Qg5 22. Kh1 Rb7
23. Rd2 {1/2-1/2 Topalov,V-Ye Rongguang/Antwerp 1997/CBM 61 (23)}) 11... f6 12.
Nd3 O-O 13. Nf4 $1 Bf7 14. Bg4 $1 g6 15. Ne6 Bxe6 16. Bxe6+ Kg7 17. a3 Nc6 18.
Nc3 Re8 19. Nxd5 Bxc5 20. dxc5 Rxe6 21. Bf4 Ne5 22. Rc1 $16 {1/2-1/2 Nataf,
I-Topalov,V/Cannes 2002/CBM 88/[Huzman] (33)}) 10... Qd7 11. Qxd7+ Kxd7 (11...
Bxd7 $5 12. Nc3 O-O-O 13. a3 (13. Bf4 $5 Bg4 14. Rfc1 Nxc3 15. bxc3 Bxf3 16.
gxf3 Nc6 $11) 13... Nc2 14. Ra2 $1 (14. Nxd5 $5 Nxa1 (14... Bc5 $5 15. Ra2 $1
Nxd4 16. b4 $16) 15. Nxe7+ Kb8 16. Ne5 Be8 17. Bd3 f6 (17... Rxd4 18. Nf5 Rxd3
19. Nxd3 g6 20. Nd4 Ba4 21. Re1 $36) 18. Bxe4 Rxd4 19. Bd5 fxe5 20. Be3 Nb3 21.
Bxd4 exd4 $132) 14... Bf6 $8 15. cxd5 Bf5 16. Rd1 Rhe8 17. Bb5 Re7 18. Kf1 g5 (
18... Nd6 19. Ba4 b5 20. Nxb5 Nxb5 21. Bxb5 Be4 22. b3 Bxf3 23. gxf3 Nxd4 24.
Bc4 Nxf3 25. h3 $14) 19. Bd3 g4 20. Ne5 Nd6 21. Bxf5+ Nxf5 22. Nxg4 Rde8 23.
Bd2 $16) 12. Nc3 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Nc6 14. Rb1 (14. cxd5 Bxd5 15. c4 Bxf3 16. Bxf3
Nxd4 17. Rd1 c5 18. Bxb7 Rab8 19. Be4 (19. Bd5 Bf6) 19... Bf6 $11) 14... dxc4
15. d5 {A.Shirov never fails to find some tactical chances- even in an endgame!
} (15. Rd1 $5 Bd5 16. Rb5 Bxf3 17. Bxf3 b6 18. Bd5 $14) 15... Bxd5 16. Rd1 Ke6
17. Rxb7 Rab8 18. Rxc7 Rhc8 19. Rxc6+ Rxc6 (19... Bxc6 20. Bxc4+ Kf5 21. Bd3+
Ke6 22. Re1+ Kd7 23. Bf5+ Kd8 24. Ne5 $16) 20. Nd4+ Kd7 21. Nf5 $1 {[%mdl 64]}
Rb1 $2 (21... Rb5 $1 22. Bg4 (22. Bf3 Rd6 23. Nxd6 Bxf3 24. Nxb5+ Bxd1 25. Nxa7
Ba4 $19) 22... Ke8 23. Nxe7 Kxe7 24. a4 Ra5 25. Ba3+ Kf6 26. Bb4 Rca6 27. Bxa5
Rxa5 28. Rd4 $11) 22. Nxe7 $16 Rxc1 23. Nxd5 Rxd1+ 24. Bxd1 Rd6 25. Ne3 Rd3 26.
Ba4+ Kd6 27. Nxc4+ Kc5 28. Ne3 Rxc3 29. Kf1 g6 30. Ke2 Kd4 31. Nc2+ Ke4 32. Bb3
f5 33. h4 f4 34. Ne1 Kf5 35. Nf3 Rc7 36. Kd3 h6 37. Kd4 g5 38. Bc4 Rd7+ 39. Bd5
Rc7 40. hxg5 hxg5 41. Be4+ Kf6 42. Ne5 Rc1 43. Nd3 Rc2 44. a4 Ra2 45. Bc6 Rc2
46. Kd5 g4 47. Nxf4 Rxf2 48. g3 $18 {[%csl Rg4]} Kf5 (48... Rf3 49. Kd4 Rb3 50.
Nd5+ Kg5 51. Nc3 $1 a5 52. Ne4+ Kg6 53. Ke5 $18) 49. Bd7+ Kg5 50. Ne6+ Kh5 51.
Nc5 $1 Rf3 52. Ne4 Rd3+ 53. Ke5 Ra3 54. Be8+ (54. Be8+ Kh6 55. Kf4 $18) 1-0

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2003.02.19"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2596"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2003.02.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8.
Re1 Bf5 9. c4 c6 10. Qb3 Na6 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Nc3 Be6 13. a3 Nc7 14. Be3 (14.
Qa4 f5 15. Ne2 f4 $5 16. Nc3 Ng5 17. Ne5 (17. Nxg5 {Rozentalis} Qxg5 18. Bd2
Rf6 19. f3 Rh6 20. Bf1 Qh4 21. h3 Bxh3 22. gxh3 Rg6+ 23. Bg2 Rxg2+ 24. Kxg2
Qg3+ 25. Kf1 Qxf3+ 26. Kg1 Qg3+ 27. Kf1 f3 $19 {0-1 Rajlich,V-Pham Minh Hoang/
Budapest 2002/CBM 90 ext (38)}) 17... f3 18. g3 $6 Nh3+ 19. Kf1 Bf5 $1 20. Bxf5
Rxf5 21. Bd2 Qf6 22. Re3 Bxe5 23. dxe5 Qe6 24. Qg4 $2 Ng5 $17 {1-0 Shirov,
A-Rozentalis,E/Germany 1999/EXT 2000/[Rozentalis] (42)}) (14. Qc2 f5 15. Ne2 (
15. Ne5 Rc8 16. Bf4 (16. f3 Qh4 17. Be3 f4 18. Bf2 (18. fxe4 fxe3 19. Nf3 Rxf3
20. gxf3 Bf4 21. Kh1 Qh5 22. Rg1 Qxf3+ 23. Qg2 Qxg2+ 24. Kxg2 dxe4 25. Bxe4 Rd8
26. Ne2 Bh6 27. Rac1 Nd5 28. Rgf1 g6 $44 {1/2-1/2 Goloshchapov,A-Quinn,M/
Hoogeveen 2002/CBM 90 ext (43)}) 18... Nxf2 19. Qxf2 Qf6 20. Qc2 g6 21. Qb3 Rb8
22. Rac1 Rfe8 23. Kh1 Kg7 24. Na4 Na6 25. Bxa6 bxa6 26. Qc3 Rbc8 27. Nc5 Bf5
28. b4 a5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Feygin,M-Rabiega,R/Essen 2002/CBM 90 (36)}) 16... g5 $5
17. Bd2 Na6 18. Qd1 Bxe5 19. dxe5 Nac5 20. Bc2 Nxd2 21. Qxd2 d4 $1 22. Na4 Nb3
23. Bxb3 Bxb3 24. e6 $1 Re8 25. e7 Rxe7 26. Qxg5+ $6 (26. Rxe7 Qxe7 27. Qxd4
Rd8 28. Qc3 $1 $11) 26... Rg7 27. Qxd8+ Rxd8 $17 {0-1 Fressinet,L-Gelfand,B/
Cannes 2002/CBM 88/[Ftacnik] (36)}) 15... Bf7 16. Bf4 Bh5 17. Bxd6 Qxd6 18. Ne5
Bxe2 19. Bxe2 Ne6 20. Rad1 Rad8 21. Qa4 a6 22. f3 Nf6 23. Bd3 g6 24. Bb1 Rfe8
25. Qa5 Kg7 26. Qd2 Re7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Akopian,V-Kasimdzhanov,R/Moscow 2002/CBM
90 (70)}) (14. Qd1 Nxc3 15. bxc3 Bg4 $1 16. Bb1 Bh5 17. Qc2 Bg6 18. Qb3 b5 19.
Bxg6 hxg6 20. a4 Qd7 21. a5 Rfe8 {, 1/2: 1/2- V.Yemelin- E.Rozentalis, Hamburg
(op) 1999}) 14... f5 15. Rad1 Kh8 (15... Qf6 $5) 16. Bc1 Qe7 17. Bb1 b6 18. Na2
$5 {[%cal Ga2b4,Gb4c6,Gc6e5]} Rae8 19. Nb4 f4 $1 {[%mdl 4] Black doesn't fail
to take advantage of White's passivity. Black pieces are massively
concentrated on the K-side, and that allows him to launch a mighty attack} 20.
Nc6 Qf7 21. Nxa7 (21. Nfe5 Qh5 22. Nxa7 f3 $1 $40) 21... Qh5 22. Nc6 (22. Qxb6
Bg4 (22... Rb8 23. Qc6) 23. Bxe4 dxe4 24. Qxd6 Bxf3 $1 (24... exf3 25. Re5 (25.
Qxc7 fxg2 $40) 25... Qf7 26. Rde1 Rxe5 27. Rxe5 fxg2 28. Qe7 Qxe7 29. Rxe7 Nd5
30. Re5 Bf3 $13) 25. gxf3 (25. Bxf4 Ne6 26. Bg3 Bxd1 $19) 25... e3 (25... Qxf3
26. Qxc7 Qg4+ 27. Kf1 Qh3+ 28. Kg1 (28. Ke2 Qf3+ 29. Kf1 e3 $19) 28... Qg4+ $14
) (25... exf3 26. Kh1 Qh3 27. Rg1 Rf6 28. Bxf4 (28. Qxc7 $4 Qxh2+ 29. Kxh2 Rh6#
) 28... Rxd6 29. Bxd6 Nd5 30. Be5 $16) 26. Bxe3 (26. fxe3 Rf6 27. Qxf4 Rxf4 28.
exf4 Rxe1+ 29. Rxe1 Qa5 $19) 26... Qxf3 27. Qxc7 fxe3 28. fxe3 Qf2+ 29. Kh1
Qf3+ $11) 22... Bg4 {/\23...Ng5} 23. Nce5 (23. h3 Bxh3 24. gxh3 Qxh3 $19 {
[%cal Ye8e6,Ye6g6]}) 23... Bxe5 24. dxe5 Nc5 25. Qc3 (25. Qxb6 Bxf3 26. gxf3
N5e6 $40 {[%cal Ye6g5]}) 25... Nb5 $1 26. Qd2 Bxf3 27. gxf3 Ne6 $1 (27... Nc7
$5 28. Qc2 N5e6 29. b4 Ng5 30. Rd3 Nce6 $36) 28. Qxd5 Ng5 $1 29. Be4 (29. Qxb5
Nxf3+ 30. Kg2 Qg4+ 31. Kh1 Qh3 32. Bxf4 Nxe1 33. Rxe1 Qf3+ 34. Kg1 Qxf4 35.
Qxb6 Rxe5 $17) (29. Rd3 Nc7 30. Qc6 Nce6 $44) 29... Nc7 $1 (29... Rxe5 30. Qxe5
Nh3+ 31. Kg2 Qxe5 32. Rd5 Qf6 33. Kxh3 $44) 30. Qb3 (30. Qc6 Nxe4 31. Qxe4 Ne6
$40) 30... Nce6 (30... Rxe5 $1 31. Kh1 (31. Qd3 Nh3+ 32. Kf1 Nxf2 33. Qd6 Rfe8
34. Qxe5 Rxe5 35. Rd8+ Ne8 $19) (31. Bb7 Nh3+ 32. Kf1 Rxe1+ 33. Rxe1 (33. Kxe1
Qc5 $19) 33... Qc5 $19) 31... Nce6 32. Bc6 (32. Bd5 Nc5 33. Qc3 Rxe1+ 34. Rxe1
Nh3 $19) 32... Nd4 33. Qb4 Rxe1+ 34. Rxe1 Rd8 $19) 31. Bd5 Rd8 {/\32...Rd5} (
31... Rf5 32. Kh1 Nc5 33. Qb5 $11) 32. Bxe6 Nxf3+ 33. Kg2 (33. Kf1 Nxh2+ 34.
Kg2 f3+ 35. Kg3 Rxd1 36. Rxd1 Qxe5+ 37. Kh4 Rf4+ 38. Bxf4 Qxf4+ 39. Kh3 Qh6+
40. Kg3 Qg5+ $11) 33... Nxe1+ 34. Rxe1 Qg6+ 35. Kh1 (35. Kf1 Rd3 (35... f3 36.
Bh3 $18) 36. Qc4 Rfd8 37. Bf7 Qg4 38. Qxf4 Qh3+ 39. Ke2 R8d4 40. Be6 Qxe6 41.
Qf8+ Qg8 42. Qxg8+ Kxg8 $11) 35... Rd3 $1 36. Qc4 (36. Qc2 Rfd8 37. Bb3 (37.
Bc4 Re3 38. Qxg6 Rxe1+ 39. Qg1 Rxg1+ 40. Kxg1 Rd1+ 41. Kg2 Rxc1 $17) 37... Qg4
$11) 36... b5 $1 37. Qxb5 (37. Bf7 bxc4 38. Bxg6 hxg6 $15) 37... Rfd8 38. Bb3 (
38. Bc4 Rd1 39. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 40. Bf1 Qe4+ 41. Kg1 (41. f3 Qxf3+ 42. Kg1 Qg4+ 43.
Kf2 Qh4+ 44. Kf3 Qh5+ 45. Ke4 Qg6+ $11 46. Kxf4 $140 Rxf1+ $19) 41... Qg6+ $11)
38... Qg4 39. Bc2 (39. e6 Qf3+ $11) 39... Qf3+ 40. Kg1 Qg4+ 41. Kh1 Qf3+ 42.
Kg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2005.01.26"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Nijboer, Friso"]
[Black "Ernst, Sipke"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2549"]
[BlackElo "2509"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2005.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O Nc6 8. c4
Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Bf5 11. a3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Nc6 13. Re1 Re8 14. cxd5 Qxd5
15. Bf4 Rac8 16. Bd3 Qd7 17. Rb1 b6 18. Bb5 $5 {This interesting tactical idea
is probably not enough for White's advantage.} Bxb1 19. d5 (19. Qxb1 $5 Bf6 (
19... Bd6 20. Be3 (20. Rxe8+ Rxe8 21. d5 Bxf4 22. Bxc6 Qe7 23. Bxe8 Qxe8 $11)
20... a6 21. Bxa6 Ra8 22. Bb5 Rxa3 23. d5 Bxh2+ 24. Nxh2 Qxd5 25. c4 Qd6 26.
Bf4 Rxe1+ 27. Qxe1 Qe7 28. Qxe7 Nxe7 29. Bxc7 $16) 20. Rd1 Qd5 (20... Re7 21.
Be5 $1 $44 (21. d5 $140 Qg4 $17)) (20... a6 21. Bxa6 Rcd8 22. Bb5 $16) 21. Bg3
Ne7 $5 (21... Na5 22. Bxe8 Rxe8 23. Bxc7 Qc6 24. Re1 Rxe1+ 25. Qxe1 Nc4 26. Be5
$14) (21... a6 22. Bxa6 Ra8 23. c4 Qe6 (23... Qd7 24. Bb5 $16) (23... Qd8 24.
Bb7 $16) 24. d5 $16) 22. Bxe8 Rxe8 23. Bxc7 Qc6 24. Be5 Nd5 25. Rd3 (25. Qb3
Nxc3 26. d5 Qc5 27. Qxc3 Qxc3 28. Bxc3 Bxc3 $11) 25... Be7 26. Qb3 b5 $44) (19.
Ne5 Qf5 20. Bxc6 Qxf4 21. Bxe8 Rxe8 22. Qa4 Ra8 23. Rxb1 Bd6 $11) 19... Bd6 (
19... Rcd8 $5 20. Bxc6 (20. Qb3 Bd6 21. Rxb1 Bxf4 22. Bxc6 Qf5 23. Bxe8 Rxe8
$11) (20. Nd4 Qxd5 $1 (20... Bxa3 21. Bxc6 (21. Rxe8+ Qxe8 22. Qxb1 Bc1 $3 23.
Bxc1 Qe1+ 24. Bf1 Nxd4 25. cxd4 Rxd5 $11) 21... Rxe1+ 22. Qxe1 Qg4 23. Bxc7 Rc8
24. d6 $18) 21. Bxc6 Qxc6 22. Nxc6 Rxd1 23. Nxe7+ Kf8 24. Rxd1 Bc2 $17) 20...
Qxc6 21. dxc6 Rxd1 22. Rxd1 Be4 $15) 20. Rxe8+ (20. Be3 Be4 21. Bxc6 Qg4 22.
Bxe8 Rxe8 $17) 20... Qxe8 21. Bxd6 Qe4 $1 22. Bxc7 Bc2 (22... Nd4 $2 23. Nxd4
Rxc7 24. d6 $18) 23. Qd2 Nb8 $1 24. d6 Ba4 25. Bd3 Qg4 26. h3 (26. Ne5 Qh5 27.
Qe2 Qxe2 28. Bxe2 Nd7 29. Bg4 Re8 30. Bxd7 Bxd7 31. f4 Ba4 $17 32. d7 $140 Bxd7
33. Nxd7 Re7 $19) 26... Qh5 27. Qf4 Bd7 28. Ne5 (28. Bc4 Nc6 29. Ng5 Rf8 $15)
28... Re8 29. Nf3 Nc6 {[%csl Rc7]} 30. Bc4 h6 31. g4 Qg6 32. Kg2 Kf8 33. Bd5 h5
34. g5 (34. Nh4 $5 Qf6 35. Qxf6 gxf6 36. gxh5 Re5 37. Bf3 Ra5 38. h6 Kg8 39.
Be4 $132) 34... f6 35. Nh4 $2 (35. Bxc6 Bxc6 36. d7 Bxd7 37. Qd6+ Re7 38. Bd8
Qe4 39. gxf6 Qg6+ 40. Kh2 Qxf6 41. Bxe7+ Qxe7 42. Qb8+ $11) 35... Qd3 $1 36.
Qf3 Qxf3+ 37. Bxf3 (37. Nxf3 fxg5 $17) 37... fxg5 38. Ng6+ Kf7 39. Bxh5 Kf6 40.
Ne7 Rh8 41. Nd5+ Ke5 $15 42. Bf3 Na5 $1 43. Kg1 (43. Ne3 $142 Bxh3+ 44. Kg3 Bd7
45. Bg4 $132) 43... Nc4 44. Ne7 Kf6 45. Nc6 (45. Bc6 Bxc6 46. Nxc6 Ke6 47. Nxa7
Nxd6 48. Bxb6 Rxh3 $17) 45... Rxh3 $19 46. Bd8+ Kf7 47. Bd5+ Ke8 48. Bc7 Rxc3
49. Nxa7 b5 50. Be4 Ne5 51. Bb6 Rxa3 52. Kg2 Bh3+ 53. Kh1 Bd7 54. Bd4 $4 Ra4
0-1

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2003.02.18"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Fedorov, Alexei"]
[Black "Sorokin, Maxim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2579"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2003.02.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Be6 11. Ne5 f6 12. Nf3 Kh8 13. a3 Nxc3 14. bxc3 Nc6 15.
Nd2 Na5 (15... f5 16. Re1 Bf6 (16... Bg8 17. Rb1 Rb8 18. Bf3 Bf6 19. cxd5 Bxd5
20. Nf1 Ne7 21. Ne3 {1/2-1/2 Illescas Cordoba,M-Iordachescu,V/Bled 2002/EXT
2003 (21)}) 17. a4 (17. Bf3 Bg8 18. cxd5 Bxd5 19. Nb3 b6 20. Bf4 Rc8 $1 (20...
Ne7 21. Be5 c6 22. Bxf6 Rxf6 23. Nc1 Ng6 24. Nd3 h6 25. Ne5 Nh4 26. Bxd5 Qxd5
27. f3 c5 28. dxc5 {1/2-1/2 Leko,P-Kramnik,V/Dortmund 2000/CBM 78 (28)}) (20...
Re8 21. Be5 Qd7 22. Bxf6 gxf6 23. Nc1 Re6 24. Rxe6 Qxe6 25. Nd3 Re8 26. h3 {
1/2-1/2 Galkin,A-Motylev,A/Dubai UAE 2001/(26)}) 21. Be5 Qd7 22. Bxf6 Rxf6 23.
Nc1 Re6 $1 $11 {1/2-1/2 Galkin,A-Motylev,A/Dubai 2001/CBM 83/[Huzman] (26)})
17... Bg8 18. c5 $5 Re8 19. Nf3 h6 20. Rb1 Rb8 21. Bd3 $1 $16 {1-0 Leko,
P-Grischuk,A/Wijk aan Zee-A 2002/(47)}) 16. cxd5 Qxd5 $6 {the Q's appearance
in the central area proves to be premature. Now Black's strongest piece turns
into a hunting goat for White's pawns.} (16... Bxd5 17. Bd3 Bg8 $5 18. Re1 c5
19. Bb2 $6 Nc6 20. Qg4 $2 Ne5 $1 21. Qg3 $2 Nxd3 22. Qxd3 Re8 $17 {0-1 Rosito,
J-Pierrot,J/Pinamar 2002/CBM 88/[Huzman] (38)}) 17. Re1 Rfe8 18. Bb2 {[%cal
Gc3c4]} Qc6 (18... Qd7 19. c4 Bf5 20. d5 $16) 19. Bd3 {[%cal Gd1h5,Gh5h7,Gd3h7,
Yd3b5,Yh5b5,Yb5e8] /\20.Qh5} Bf7 (19... Bg8 20. Qh5) 20. Qc2 $1 h6 21. c4 $16
Bf8 22. d5 Rxe1+ (22... Qd7 23. Bf5 Qd6 24. Bg6 $16) 23. Rxe1 Qd7 24. Bf5 Qd6
25. Bg6 Bg8 (25... Qd7 26. Bc3 b6 27. Bxf7 Qxf7 28. Bxa5 bxa5 29. Qa4 $16) 26.
Qc3 b6 27. Ne4 {[%mdl 4]} Qd8 (27... Qf4 28. h3 $1 {[%csl Rf4]} c6 29. g3 Qc7
30. Nxf6 gxf6 31. Qxf6+ Bg7 32. Re7 Qxe7 33. Qxe7 Bxb2 34. dxc6 Nxc6 35. Qd6
Na5 36. Be4 $18) (27... Qd7 28. Nxf6 gxf6 29. Qxf6+ Bg7 (29... Qg7 30. Re7 $1
$18) 30. Re7 Qxe7 31. Qxe7 Bxb2 32. Qxc7 $16 {[%cal Gd5d8]}) 28. Re3 (28. Nxf6
Qxf6 29. Qc2 Qd6 30. Be5 Qe7 31. Qd2 Qg5 32. Qxg5 hxg5 33. Re3 g4 34. Re4 Bh7
35. Bxh7 Kxh7 36. Bxc7 Nb7 $17) 28... Nb7 $2 (28... c6 $1 29. Rh3 (29. Nxf6
Qxf6 (29... gxf6 30. Re8 $18) 30. Qc2 Qxb2 31. Qxb2 Nxc4 32. Qc3 Nxe3 33. fxe3
Bxd5 34. e4 Bc5+) 29... cxd5 30. Nxf6 d4 31. Qxd4 Qxd4 32. Bxd4 Be6 33. Re3 Rd8
$132) 29. Rh3 $18 Bh7 (29... Be6 30. Rh4 $18) 30. Bxh7 Kxh7 31. Qd3 Kg8 32.
Rxh6 {[%mdl 64]} gxh6 33. Nxf6+ Kf7 34. Qf5 Nc5 (34... Bg7 35. Ng4+ Kg8 36.
Nxh6+ Bxh6 37. Qg6+ Kf8 38. Qxh6+ Kf7 39. Qg7+ Ke8 40. Qg6+ Kf8 41. Bg7+ $18)
35. Ne4+ Ke8 36. Qg6+ Kd7 37. Nxc5+ Kc8 38. Qc6 (38. Qc6 Bxc5 39. Qxa8+ Kd7 40.
Qc6+ Kc8 41. Qxh6 $18) (38. Bf6 Be7 39. Bxe7 Qxe7 40. Qg8+ Qd8 41. Qe6+ Kb8 42.
Nd7+ Kb7 43. Qc6+ Kc8 44. Nxb6+ axb6 45. Qxa8+ Kd7 46. Qxd8+ $18) 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 16th"]
[Site "Jerusalem"]
[Date "2015.03.08"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Akopian, Vladimir Eduardovic"]
[Black "Ipatov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2592"]
[Annotator "Ipatov,A"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "2015.02.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 166"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{The last rounds at the European Individuals are always tense, especially for
those who are entering the eleventh round with +3, and this game is not an
exception.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 {A slightly weird decision to play the Petroff
in a must-win situation, you might say. Most likely yes, but it also contains
some logic. It was pretty obvious before the game that my opponent would go
all-out in order to win so it made sense to me to play solid and wait for my
chance to come. And it came!} 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 {
This move had been also played by Nisipeanu against the winner of the
tournament a couple of rounds earlier. I wasn't aware about that game while
preparing for the last round; I found it just now :)} 7. O-O O-O 8. c4 c6 9.
Re1 Bf5 10. Qc2 ({A more popular move is considered to be} 10. Qb3 {It was
also the choice of Evgeny Najer, who is known for his deep opening preparation.
} Qd7 $5 {A relatively rare move.} (10... Na6 {is the main line.}) 11. Nc3 (11.
cxd5 cxd5 12. Nc3 Nxc3 13. Bxf5 Qxf5 14. bxc3 Nd7 $1 15. Qxb7 Nb6 {[%cal Gb6c4]
Black gets an obvious positional compensation for the pawn.} 16. Qa6 Nc4 17.
Bg5 Rfb8 18. Qa4 {Lastin,A (2639)-Landa,K (2615) Novokuznetsk 2008} h6 19. Be7
(19. Bh4 Rb6 20. Bg3 Nb2 21. Qa5 Nc4 22. Qa4 Nb2 $11) 19... Bf4 $1 20. Re2 Rb7
21. Rae1 Rab8 $44 {[%csl Gc4]}) (11. Be3 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Qc7 13. Nc3 Nxc3 14.
bxc3 Nd7 15. h3 b5 16. Bf1 Nb6 $132 {[%csl Gc4,Gd5] Leko,P (2730)-Anand,V 
(2794) Leon 2001}) 11... Nxc3 12. Bxf5 Qxf5 13. bxc3 (13. Qxb7 Qd7 14. Qxd7
Nxd7 15. c5 Bxh2+ (15... Bxc5 16. dxc5 Ne4 17. Nd4 Ndxc5 18. f3 Nf6 19. Nxc6
$14 {[%csl Ya2,Ya7,Yb2,Gd4][%cal Gb2b4,Ga2a4]}) 16. Nxh2 Ne4 17. Bf4 Rfe8 18.
f3 Nef6 19. Nf1 Nf8 {This is what GM Mihail Marin said about this position:
"The position remains complicated. The pawn structure is rather assymetrical,
while the force of the white bishop cannot be evaluated unilaterally. In
principle, it puts some pressure on Black, but its activity is restricted by
its own central pawns, which could transform it into a "bad" bishop in the
event of mass simplifications. Another important aspect is the hidden weakness
of the c6- and d4-pawns. Neither of them is in immediate danger, but they need
permanent care."} 20. Rxe8 Rxe8 21. Rd1 Re7 22. Nd2 Ne6 23. Be5 a5 24. Nb3 Ra7
25. a4 Nh5 26. Re1 h6 27. Kf2 Nhf4 28. Re3 h5 29. g3 Nh3+ 30. Ke1 g5 $132 {
Svidler,P (2728)-Ivanchuk, V (2750) Morelia/Linares 2007}) 13... b6 {White is
at a crossroads here.} 14. h3 $1 {So far this move has a perfect statistic for
White in both classical and correspondence games: 4/4 according to my database!
} (14. cxd5 cxd5 15. Ba3 (15. Qb5 Qd7 $1 16. a4 Qxb5 $5 (16... Rd8 17. g3 Bc7
18. Bg5 f6 19. Bd2 Nc6 20. c4 $13 {Adams,M (2741)-Morozevich,A (2741) Wijk aan
Zee 2005}) 17. axb5 a5 18. bxa6 Nxa6 {[%csl Rb6,Rc3] the weakness of b6-pawn
is compensated for by the weakness of c3-pawn.} 19. Rb1 Rfb8 20. Ne5 Nc7 21.
Nd7 Re8 22. Rxe8+ Rxe8 23. Kf1 b5 $11) (15. Ne5 Nd7 $1 {Without the inclusion
of h2-h3 and h7-h6, as in the game Najer-Nisipeanu, this works pretty well for
Black, because White doesn't have the idea g2-g4 at his disposal.} 16. Qxd5
Bxe5 17. dxe5 Nc5 $44 {[%csl Rc3][%cal Gf8d8,Ga8c8,Gc5d3]}) 15... Bxa3 16. Qxa3
Nc6 17. h3 Qd7 18. Ne5 Nxe5 19. Rxe5 Rae8 20. Rae1 Re6 21. Rxe6 {1/2 (21)
Svidler,P (2728) -Kramnik,V (2766) Wijk aan Zee 2007}) (14. Bg5 {was tried in
one correspondence game.} Nd7 ({why not a simple} 14... dxc4 $5 15. Qxc4 b5 16.
Qb3 Nd7 $11) 15. Be7 Bxe7 16. Rxe7 Nf6 17. Ne5 dxc4 18. Qxc4 Ne4 $1 19. Nf3
Rae8 $1 20. Rxe8 (20. Rxa7 g5 $1 21. h3 h5 $36) 20... Rxe8 21. Re1 (21. Qxc6
Qc8 $1) 21... Re6 22. Re3 b5 $11 {Ohtake,S (2446)-Gunkel,W (2356) ICCF 2013})
14... h6 $2 (14... Nd7 15. cxd5 Qxd5 16. c4 Qa5 (16... Qf5 17. Ba3 Qf6 18. Bxd6
Qxd6 19. a4 a5 20. Rab1 Rfe8 21. g3 g6 22. Kg2 h6 23. h4 $14 {Pessoa,F (2426)
-Simonenko, S (2459) ICCF 2008}) 17. Bd2 Qa3 18. Qc2 Rfe8 19. Rad1 Qa6 20. a4
$14 {Gooshchin,D (2494)-Jensen,E (2415) ICCF 2009}) (14... dxc4 $5 {this is my
proposal.} 15. Qxc4 b5 (15... Qb5 16. Qxb5 cxb5 17. Rb1 a6 18. a4 $1 $16) 16.
Qb3 Nd7 17. Ba3 Bxa3 18. Qxa3 Nb6 19. Ne5 Qe6 {[%csl Gc4,Gd5] Black should be
able to neutralise White's initiative, although I admit that Black hasn't
fully equalised yet.}) 15. cxd5 cxd5 16. Ne5 $1 {It turns out that Black
doesn't have an adequate way to protect his d5-pawn!} Bxe5 (16... Nd7 {here it
is not so good, because White has the strong} 17. g4 $1 {at his disposal} Qe6
18. Nf3 Qf6 19. Qxd5 $16) 17. Rxe5 Qd3 18. Rxd5 Nc6 19. c4 $16 {Najer,E (2634)
-Nisipeanu,L (2654) Jerusalem 2015. White has an extra pawn for nothing.})
10... Na6 11. a3 Bg6 12. c5 Bb8 {[%cal Ga6c7,Gc7e6] Keeping the c7-square free
for the knight.} 13. Nc3 f5 {[%csl Ge4,Re5] A very responsible positional
decision: Black strengthens the position of his knight on e4, but, on the
other hand, permamently weakens the e5-square.} 14. Ne2 $5 $146 {A novelty
according to my database. White is preparing Bc1-f4.} Nc7 15. Bf4 $2 {A
natural decision to exchange light-squared bishops and establish the control
over e5-square. However, as we all know, chess is a very concrete game and
this move seems to have a dynamic refutation.} (15. Nf4 $5 {was worthy of
consideration with a very complicated game ahead.}) (15. Qb3 $5) 15... Ne6 $2 {
Returning the favour.} ({I don't know why I didn't play the natural} 15... Bh5
$1 {[%csl Rd4][%cal Gc7e6,Yh5f3] , after which Black is just better!} 16. Ne5 (
16. Bxc7 Bxc7 17. Ne5 Bxe2 18. Rxe2 Bxe5 19. dxe5 Qe7 {[%csl Rc5,Re5] and
White has to decide which pawn to give up, not gaining any compensation for it
instead.}) 16... Bxe2 17. Qxe2 Ne6 {[%csl Rd4] and White's center falls apart.}
) 16. Bxb8 Qxb8 17. Nh4 ({Of course, White cannot invade into e5 and not get
punished for it:} 17. Ne5 $2 Nxd4 18. Nxd4 Qxe5 $17) 17... Qd8 18. Nxg6 hxg6
19. f3 {I spent a lot of time here trying to evaluate the consequences of 19...
Qh4, which seemed to lead to a very dry endgame.} N4g5 $1 {[%csl Rd4] I think,
Black is slightly better after this move: White needs to take care of his
d4-pawn, which can be attacked by means of Qd8-f6, Kg8-f7 followed by
Rf8-h8-h4. Also Black may create some attacking ideas on the h-file followed
by a knight sacrifice on f3. Another point is that the position has the closed
character, which generally favours the side with knights, which are more
flexible than bishops.} (19... Qh4 20. fxe4 (20. g3 $6 Qh6 (20... Qh3 $5 {
might be even stronger, as the machine points out.}) 21. fxe4 fxe4 22. Bxe4
Qe3+ 23. Kh1 dxe4 24. Nc3 Nxd4 $36) 20... fxe4 21. Bxe4 Qxe4 22. Qxe4 dxe4 23.
Rad1 Rad8 {While thinking on my 19th move I evaluated this position as nearly
equal without any chance to win. That's why I went for 19...N4g5.}) 20. b4 {
The clear sign that my opponent was in an ultra fighting mood. Objectively
this move is suspicious, because Black seems to be faster with his play on the
kingside than White on the queenside.} Kf7 $1 {[%csl Rd4,Rh2][%cal Gf8h8,Gh8h2,
Yh8h4,Yh4d4] I was very happy when I found this idea. Now the rook can join
the action through the h-file. The black king isn't in danger because the
position is closed and White doesn't have a direct way to punish his opponent
for such provocative moves with a king.} 21. Rf1 (21. h4 $2 {would offer Black
a serious attack} Nxf3+ $1 22. gxf3 Qxh4 {[%cal Gf8h8]} 23. Kg2 Nf4+ 24. Nxf4
Qg5+ $1 25. Kf1 Qxf4 26. Kg2 (26. Qg2 Rae8 $1 $40) 26... Rh8 (26... Qg5+ 27.
Kf1 Rh8 28. Qg2 Qh4 $13) 27. Rh1 Rae8 $1 $36) 21... Rh8 22. f4 {Clarifiying
the pawn structure.} ({My opponent might have been afraid of something like} 
22. b5 Qg8 $5 $13 {[%cal Gg8h7]}) 22... Ne4 23. Bxe4 dxe4 {[%csl Rd4,Ge4] The
pawn structure has changed dramatically, although White's weakness is still
the same: the d4-pawn.} 24. Qb3 Qf6 {After some thought I decided to switch
plans. Now my target isn't the attack on the kingside, now it is all about
d4-pawn.} (24... Qd5 {was tempting to play, but I didn't see the clear plan
for an advantage afterwards} 25. Qxd5 cxd5 $13) 25. Rad1 Rhd8 26. b5 $2 ({
Of course, White had to get rid of his weakness by pushing the d-pawn forward.
} 26. d5 $1 cxd5 27. Rxd5 Rxd5 28. Qxd5 Qe7 29. Rd1 Rd8 30. Qb3 Qc7 $11 {
[%cal Gf7e7] should be around equal, I think.}) 26... Rac8 27. Rd2 Rd7 28. Rfd1
Rcd8 $17 {[%csl Rd4] Black has managed to stabilise the situation and remains
better.} 29. bxc6 bxc6 30. h3 Ke8 31. d5 {Aiming to complicate matters in
mutual time trouble.} Nxc5 32. Qe3 Nb7 33. Nc3 Na5 34. Rd4 cxd5 35. Nxd5 $2
$138 Qd6 $4 $138 ({Missing an easy win after} 35... Qc6 $1 {[%cal Gd8d1] the
killing pin!} 36. Nb4 Qb6 $1 (36... Qc5 $4 37. Rxe4+ fxe4 38. Qxc5 $18) 37. Nc2
Rxd4 38. Rxd4 Qb1+ 39. Kh2 Qxc2 40. Rxd8+ Kxd8 $19) 36. Qc3 Nb7 37. Rc4 Qe6 {
Setting a small trap :)} 38. Rc6 (38. Nc7+ $2 Rxc7 39. Rxd8+ Kxd8 40. Rxc7 Qb6+
$19) 38... Qf7 39. Rc7 (39. Nc7+ Rxc7 40. Rxc7 Rxd1+ 41. Kh2 Qf6 $1 $17 (41...
Rd7 42. Rxb7 $1 Rxb7 43. Qc8+ Ke7 44. Qxb7+ Kf8 45. Qb8+ Qe8 46. Qxa7 $11))
39... Rxd5 40. Qc6+ (40. Rxf7 $2 Rxd1+ 41. Kh2 Kxf7 $19) (40. Rxd5 $2 Qxd5 41.
Qxg7 Rd7 42. Rc8+ Nd8 43. Qxg6+ Qf7 $19) 40... R8d7 41. Rxd5 Qxd5 42. Qxd5 Rxd5
43. Rxb7 {During the game I was pessimistic about my winning chances here. I
thought that the activity of White's rook should provide White good chances to
escape.} Rd7 44. Rb5 Ke7 {My strategy was easy: to activate the king and try
to get a position, where White would need to start calculating stuff and take
decisions. For this I was ready to give back the pawn.} ({Another plan was to
bring the king to h6 in order to prepare the g6-g5.} 44... Kf7 $5 {[%cal Gf7g8,
Gg8h7,Gh7h6,Yg6g5]}) 45. Ra5 Kd6 46. Kf2 Rb7 47. Ra6+ Kd5 48. Rxg6 a5 49. a4
Kd4 $1 {[%cal Gb7b2] Gaining a tempo by triangulating.} 50. Rd6+ Kc5 51. Rg6
Kb4 {Although, the position is objectively a draw, White still has to play a
decent amount of strong moves in a row, which is never easy with limited
minutes on the clock.} 52. g4 $1 {A natural move. White wants to create a
passed pawn on the kingside.} fxg4 53. hxg4 Kxa4 54. Ke3 Kb3 55. f5 a4 56. f6
$4 {Just one wrong move and the position becomes lost.} (56. Ra6 $11 {would
have saved the day for White.} a3 57. g5 a2 (57... Rb5 58. Kxe4 Rb4+ 59. Ke3
Ra4 60. Rxa4 Kxa4 61. f6 gxf6 62. gxf6 a2 63. f7 a1=Q 64. f8=Q $11) 58. f6 Kb2
59. fxg7 Rxg7 60. Rb6+ Kc2 61. Rc6+ Kb2 62. Rb6+ Ka1 63. g6 Re7 64. Rb8 $11) (
56. g5 $11 {was another possible move order to reach a draw.}) 56... gxf6 57.
Rxf6 a3 {It turns out that White doesn't have an adequate way to take the
e4-pawn. If it were possible, then his plan would be easy: to push the g-pawn
further and give up rook for the black a-pawn.} 58. g5 Ra7 $1 {The only
winning move, but it is still sufficient. One of the most important principles
of rook endings in action - "Keep your rook behind the passed pawn!"} 59. Rb6+
(59. Kxe4 a2 60. Rf1 Rg7 $1 {That's the trick! White doesn't have an optimal
way to keep his pawn.} 61. Rg1 (61. Kf5 Rf7+ $19) 61... Rxg5 $19) 59... Kc4 60.
Rb1 Rg7 $1 61. Rc1+ (61. Rg1 a2 62. Kf4 (62. Kxe4 Rxg5 $1) 62... e3 $19) 61...
Kb3 62. Rb1+ (62. Kf4 e3 $19) 62... Kc3 63. Rc1+ Kb2 64. Rc5 a2 65. Rb5+ Kc3
66. Ra5 Kb3 67. Kf4 e3 68. Rb5+ Ka4 69. Rb8 Ra7 {White resigned.} 0-1

[Event "Nussloch"]
[Site "Nussloch"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Lutz, Christopher"]
[Black "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "Jussupow,A"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 053"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nf6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Re1 Bg4 (10... Be6 $5) 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. h3 Be6 13. a3 a6
14. Qc2 $5 $146 (14. Bc2 Re8 15. Be3 Qd7 16. Qd2 Rad8 17. Rad1 $5 Nxc3 18. bxc3
Bxa3 19. Bg5 $44 {Timman,J-Yusupov,A/Dortmund 61/304 1994}) 14... h6 15. Be3 $5
(15. Bh7+ Kh8 16. Bf5 $14) 15... Bf6 16. Rad1 $14 Nce7 (16... Nxe3 17. fxe3 Ne7
18. Ne4 $36) 17. Ne4 Qc8 18. Bc1 Rd8 (18... Bf5 $4 19. Nxf6+ $18) 19. g4 $1 Nc6
$5 {><d4} (19... Bxg4 $4 20. hxg4 Qxg4+ 21. Ng3 Qxf3 $4 22. Be2 $18) 20. Bf1 $1
Be7 21. Nc5 $6 (21. Ne5 $142 Nf6 $1 22. Nxc6 bxc6 23. Qxc6 Bd5 24. Nxf6+ Bxf6
25. Qc3 $16) 21... Bxc5 22. dxc5 Nde7 $1 $10 {/\Bd5} 23. b4 Rxd1 24. Rxd1 Bd5
25. Qc3 Qe6 26. Re1 Qd7 27. Bb2 $6 {><f4} (27. Rd1 $142 $10) 27... f6 28. Bg2
$6 (28. Rd1 $5) 28... Rd8 $15 29. Qe3 (29. Bc1 $5) 29... Ng6 30. Bc3 Bf7 $5 {
/\Re8; /\Qd5} 31. Bf1 $2 $138 (31. Qd2 $142 $1 $15) 31... Qd5 $36 32. Bg2 Qa2
$17 {><a3} 33. Qc1 $6 (33. Nd4 Re8 34. Qc1 Rxe1+ 35. Qxe1 Nxd4 36. Bxd4 Nf4 $17
) (33. Ra1 Qc4 34. Nd2 Qd3 $17) 33... Rd3 $1 34. Re3 Nf4 $19 35. Bf1 Rxe3 36.
fxe3 Ne2+ 37. Bxe2 Qxe2 38. Nd4 Nxd4 39. Bxd4 Bc4 $2 {/\Bd3} (39... Bd5 40. Qf1
Qa2 $19) 40. a4 $2 (40. e4 $1 $15 {/\Qe3}) 40... Bd3 $1 $19 {/\Qf3, Be4} 41. e4
Bxe4 42. Qf1 Qd2 43. Qc4+ Kh8 44. Bf2 Bd5 (44... Bd5 45. Qd4 Qc1+ 46. Kh2 Qh1+
47. Kg3 Qf3+ 48. Kh4 g5+ 49. Kh5 Bf7+ 50. Kxh6 Qxh3+ $19) 0-1

[Event "Horgen CS"]
[Site "Horgen"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "Jussupow,A"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "1994.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 043"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8.
Re1 Bg4 9. c4 Nf6 10. Nc3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Nxd4 12. Qd1 Ne6 13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. Bb5+
c6 15. Nxd5 cxb5 16. Qh5 $146 (16. Qb3 O-O 17. Nxe7+ Qxe7 18. Qxb5 $10 {
Kasparov,G-Karpov,An (15)/ Wch32 - KK2 Moscow/ 1985/ 1/2-1/2/ 22/}) (16. Bf4 $5
) 16... O-O 17. Be3 (17. Nxe7+ $10) 17... Bg5 18. Rad1 {/\Nb6} Bxe3 19. Rxe3
Rc8 $1 (19... Qg5 20. Qxg5 Nxg5 21. f4 $16) 20. f4 (20. Rh3 Ng5 (20... h6 21.
Rg3 Kh8 $13 (21... Rc5 22. b4 Rc4 23. Qxh6)) 21. Rg3 h6 $13) (20. Red3 $44)
20... Rc5 $8 21. Re5 $2 (21. Red3 $2 Rxd5 $1 $17 22. Qxd5 Qb6+) (21. b4 $142
Rc4 22. f5 (22. Red3 $2 Nxf4 23. Nxf4 Qb6+) 22... Rh4 $8 23. Qe2 Nd4 24. Qf2
Qxd5 25. Qxh4 Nf3+ $15 (25... Ne2+ $15)) (21. Kh1 $2 Nxf4) 21... Rxd5 $1 $19
22. Rdxd5 Qb6+ 23. Kh1 Nxf4 24. Qf3 (24. Rxb5 Qc6 $19) 24... Nxd5 25. Qxd5 a6 (
25... Qf2 $2 26. Qxb5) (25... Rd8 $2 26. Re7) 26. h3 Qf2 $1 27. Re7 Qxb2 28.
Rxb7 Qc1+ 29. Kh2 Qf4+ 30. g3 $8 Qf2+ 31. Qg2 Qd4 32. Qf3 Qd2+ 33. Qg2 Qd4 34.
Qf3 Qc4 (34... g6 $19) 35. Qb3 Qxb3 36. axb3 Rd8 37. h4 g6 38. Rb6 Rd3 39. Rxa6
Rxb3 40. g4 Rc3 41. Rb6 Rc5 42. Kg3 (42. Rb8+ Kg7 43. Kg3 (43. g5 h6 $19) 43...
Kf6 $19) 42... Kf8 43. g5 Rc3+ (43... Ke7 $19) 44. Kf4 Rc4+ 45. Kg3 Rc3+ 46.
Kf4 Rc4+ 47. Kg3 b4 48. Rb7 Ke8 49. Kh3 Kd8 50. Rxf7 Kc8 (50... Kc8 51. h5 (51.
Rxh7 b3 52. Rh8+ Kb7 53. Rh7+ Rc7 $19) 51... b3 $19) 0-1

[Event "Linares 11th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "Jussupow,A"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1993.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 034"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Schussler} e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 (3. d4 {Schussler} Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5.
Nxe5 Nd7 6. Nxd7 Bxd7 7. O-O Qh4 (7... Bd6 8. c4 c6 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Qh5 O-O
11. Qxd5 Bc6 12. Qh5 g6 13. Qh3 Rc8 14. Bxe4 $1 (14. Bh6 Re8 15. Nd2 Bd7 16.
Qf3 Qh4 17. g3 Nxd2 18. Bxd2 Qxd4 $10 {Ivanchuk,V-Yusupov,A, Linares 1993, CBM
34 game 432}) 14... Bxe4 15. Nc3 Re8 16. Be3 {+/-/+/= - Timman,J-Yusupov,A,
Linares 1993, CBM 34 game 484}) 8. c4 O-O-O 9. c5 g5 10. Nc3 Bg7 11. g3 Qh3 12.
Nxe4 dxe4 13. Bxe4 Bb5 14. Bg2 Qf5 15. Be3 Bxf1 16. Bxf1 $16 {Anand,
V-Ivantchuk,V, Linares 1993, CBM 34 game 401}) 3... d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6.
Bd3 Nc6 (6... Bd6 {Schussler} 7. O-O O-O 8. c4 c6 9. Nc3 (9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Nc3
Nxc3 11. bxc3 Bg4 12. Rb1 b6 13. Rb5 Bc7 14. h3 a6 15. hxg4 $1 axb5 16. Qc2 g6
17. Bxb5 {17.Bh6} Qd6 18. g3 $14 {Ivanchuk,V-Bareev,E, Linares 1993, CBM 34
game 427}) 9... Nxc3 10. bxc3 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Bg4 12. Qd3 Nd7 13. Ng5 Nf6 14. h3
Bh5 15. f4 h6 $1 16. Nf3 {16.Ne4!?} Bxf3 17. Rxf3 Re8 {Kamsky,G-Bareev,E,
Linares 1993, CBM 34 game 434}) 7. O-O Be7 8. Re1 (8. c4 {Schussler} Nb4 9. Be2
O-O 10. Nc3 Be6 11. Be3 Bf5 12. Rc1 dxc4 13. Bxc4 c6 14. Ne5 Nxc3 15. bxc3 Nd5
16. Qf3 (16. Re1 $6 Ba3 17. Qf3 Bxc1 $15 {=/+/-/+ - Timman,J-Bareev,E, Linares
1993, CBM 34 game 479}) 16... Be6 17. Bd3 Bd6 18. Bd2 (18. Rfe1 Bxe5 19. dxe5
Nxe3 20. Rxe3 Qg5 $10) 18... Qh4 $10) 8... Bg4 9. c3 f5 10. Qb3 O-O 11. Nbd2
Na5 {ECO C42/(110)} 12. Qa4 Nc6 13. Bb5 Nxd2 (13... Rf6 14. Bxc6 Rxc6 15. Ne5
Ra6 {=Botvinnik ECO} 16. Qc2 Bh5 17. f3 {+/=/+/-}) 14. Nxd2 Qd6 (14... Nb8 $6
15. h3 $1 Bh5 16. Be2 $16) 15. Nb3 $6 (15. Nf1 $5 f4 16. f3 $13) (15. f3 Bh4 $5
(15... Bh5 $5 $13) 16. Re2 Bh5 17. Nf1 f4 $1 $13) 15... Bh4 $1 (15... f4 16. f3
(16. Nc5 Qg6 $6 (16... Bh4 $1 {-15...Bh4}) 17. Bd3 Bf5 18. Bxf5 Rxf5 19. f3 {
1/2-1/2 Yudasin - Khalifman, Simferopol USSR (ch-1l) 1988}) 16... Bh4 17. Re2
$13) 16. Rf1 $1 (16. Nc5 $2 Bxf2+ $1 (16... f4 $5 17. Nxb7 Qg6 {/\Bf3} 18. Bd3
(18. Bxc6 Bf3 $19) 18... Qxd3 19. Qxc6 Rae8 $1 20. Qxe8 (20. Bxf4 Bxf2+ $1 21.
Kxf2 Qd2+ $1 $19) 20... Rxe8 21. Rxe8+ Kf7 22. Re1 Qc2 23. g3 (23. Rf1 Be2 $19)
23... fxg3 24. hxg3 Bxg3 $1 $17 25. fxg3 $2 Bf3 $19) 17. Kxf2 Qxh2 {/\f4,f3->}
18. Ne6 (18. Bxc6 bxc6 (18... f4 $5 19. Bxd5+ Kh8 $40) 19. Qxc6 (19. Ne6 f4 $40
) 19... f4 20. Qxd5+ Kh8 $40) 18... f4 19. Nxf4 (19. Bxf4 Bxe6 $19) 19... Rxf4+
20. Bxf4 Rf8 $40) (16. g3 $2 f4 $1 17. gxh4 Qg6 $19) 16... f4 (16... Qg6 $5 17.
Bf4 Bh3 18. g3 $1 (18. Bg3 $2 f4 19. gxh3 fxg3 20. hxg3 Bxg3 21. fxg3 Qxg3+ 22.
Kh1 Qxh3+ 23. Kg1 Qg3+ 24. Kh1 Rf3 $19 (24... Rae8 25. Bxc6 Qh3+ 26. Kg1 Qg4+
27. Kh1 Qh5+ 28. Kg1 Qg5+ 29. Kh1 Rxf1+ 30. Rxf1 Re2 $19)) 18... Bg5 19. Bxg5
Bxf1 20. Bxf1 $1 (20. Rxf1 Qxg5 21. Bxc6 bxc6 22. Qxc6 f4 $17) 20... Qxg5 21.
Nc5 $15) 17. f3 Bf5 18. Nc5 Qg6 (18... Rae8 $6 19. Nxb7 Qg6 20. Bxf4 Bh3 21.
Bg3 Bxg3 22. hxg3 Qxg3 23. Qc2 $16) 19. Qd1 $1 $8 (19. Bxc6 $2 Bh3 $19) (19.
Bxf4 $4 Bc2 $19) 19... Bh3 (19... Rae8 20. Bxf4 (20. Bd3 Bxd3 21. Nxd3 Bg5 $15)
(20. Nd3 Bxd3 21. Bxd3 Qh5 22. Bd2 Bg3 23. h3 $13) 20... Bh3 21. Bg3 Bxg3 22.
hxg3 Qxg3 23. Qd2 $10) 20. Qd2 Rae8 21. Nd3 $1 {/\Kh1,><f4} (21. Bd3 Bf5 $15)
21... a6 $1 (21... Re3 $2 22. Kh1 $1 Rxd3 $2 23. Bxd3 Bxg2+ 24. Kg1 $1 $18) 22.
Bxc6 bxc6 23. Ne5 (23. Kh1 $4 Bxg2+ $19) 23... Rxe5 $1 (23... Qg5 $2 24. Kh1
Rxe5 $140 25. dxe5 Be6 26. g3 $18) 24. dxe5 Be6 $5 {/\Rf5,/\c5} 25. Qd4 Bh3 26.
Qd2 Be6 $44 27. Qd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Timman, Jan H"]
[Black "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[Annotator "Jussupow,A"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1994.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 042"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Blatny,P} e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7.
O-O Be7 8. Re1 Bg4 9. c4 Nf6 10. Nc3 O-O 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. h3 Be6 13. a3 a6 $5
$146 14. Bc2 (14. Ne4 Bf5) (14. Be3) (14. Qc2 h6 15. Bh7+ Kh8 16. Bf5 Bxf5 17.
Qxf5 Nxc3 18. bxc3 Bf6 $14) 14... Re8 (14... Qd7 15. Ne4 Bf5 16. Nc5 $14) 15.
Be3 Qd7 16. Qd2 Rad8 17. Rad1 Nxc3 18. bxc3 (18. Qxc3 Bd5 19. Ne5 $10) 18...
Bxa3 19. Bg5 (19. c4 Bb4 20. Qd3 g6 $17) 19... Be7 (19... f6 {Blatny,P} 20. Qd3
fxg5 21. Qxh7+ Kf8) 20. Qf4 Bd5 (20... Qd6 21. Qh4 g6 22. Qh6 (22. Ne5)) 21.
Bxe7 Rxe7 22. Ng5 $2 (22. Ne5 Qe8 (22... Nxe5 23. dxe5 Qe8 24. Bxh7+ Kxh7 25.
Rxd5 Rxd5 26. Qe4+ $14) 23. Qh4 h6 24. f4 $44) 22... h6 23. Ne4 Rde8 24. Re3
Bxe4 25. Bxe4 Na5 $6 (25... Qd6 26. Qf3 Nd8 $5) (25... Nd8) (25... Nd8 $142 {
Blatny,P}) 26. Bd3 b5 $6 27. Ra1 Nb7 $2 (27... Rxe3 28. fxe3 Qc6 $1 {Adams} 29.
Rf1 (29. Rxa5 Qxc3 30. Qf5 (30. Bxb5 $15) 30... g6 31. Qd7 Rxe3 32. Rxa6 Rxd3
33. Rxg6+ $1 $10) 29... Qd7 $44) 28. Rxa6 $14 Nd6 29. Re5 g5 $4 $138 (29... Re6
30. Ra1 c6 $14) (29... Rxe5 {Blatny,P} 30. dxe5 Nc4 31. Bxc4 bxc4 $16) 30.
Rxg5+ (30. Rxg5+ {Blatny,P} hxg5 (30... Kf8 31. Rg6 $18) 31. Qxg5+ Kh8 32. Qh6+
Kg8 33. Qh7+ Kf8 34. Qh8#) 1-0

[Event "Interpolis"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1992.10.18"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "Jussupow,A"]
[PlyCount "151"]
[EventDate "1992.10.08"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 032"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. c4
Be6 9. Re1 $5 Re8 (9... c6 {N} 10. cxd5 cxd5) (9... f5 $5 10. c5 (10. cxd5 Bxd5
11. Nc3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Nc6) (10. Qb3 $5 dxc4 11. Bxc4 (11. Qxb7 cxd3 12. Qxa8)
11... Bxc4 12. Qxc4+ Kh8 13. Nc3 $14) 10... Be7 11. Ne5 Nd7 12. Nxd7 Bxd7 (
12... Qxd7 13. f3 Nf6 14. Qe2 Bf7 15. Qxe7 Rae8 16. Qxd7 Rxe1+ 17. Kf2 $18) 13.
f3 Nf6 14. Re5 {Capablanka,J-Michelsen,E/New York/1915/} (14. Bf4 {/\Bc7})
14... b6 $5 15. Qe2 Rf7) 10. c5 (10. Qb3 dxc4 11. Bxc4 (11. Qxb7 cxd3 (11...
Bd5 $2 12. Qxd5 Bxh2+ 13. Nxh2 Qxd5 14. Nc3 $18) 12. Qxa8 $13 Bd5) 11... Bxc4
12. Qxc4 Nd7 13. Nc3 Ndf6 14. Qb3 Qc8 (14... b6 {Yus}) (14... Nxc3 {Yus}) 15.
Be3 c6 16. Rac1 Qd7 $10 {Schwarz}) (10. cxd5 Bxd5 11. Nc3 Nxc3 12. Rxe8+ Qxe8
13. bxc3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 Qe1+ 15. Bf1 Nc6 16. Bb2 Qd2 17. Qe2 $10 {Van Baarle,
J-Yusupov,A/Wolvega 25'/1992/}) (10. Qc2 Nc6 11. Bxe4 dxe4 12. Rxe4 Nb4 13. Qc3
Bf5 $44 {Lau,R-Huebner,R/Munich 30'/1992/}) 10... Be7 (10... Bf8 11. Nc3 Bf5
12. Qb3 Nc6 13. Qxb7 Nxc3 14. Qxc6 Bxd3 15. bxc3 Rxe1+ 16. Nxe1 Be4 17. Bf4 $16
{Kuczynski,R-Gdanski,A/Polanica Zdroj/1992/}) 11. Nc3 $1 $14 (11. Bxe4 $6 dxe4
12. Rxe4 Bxc5 $15 {Schwarz}) 11... Nxc3 (11... f5 $2 12. Qb3 $16 {><e4,b7,d5})
12. bxc3 Nd7 (12... b6 13. Qc2 h6 14. cxb6 axb6 15. Ne5 $16) 13. Bf4 b6 14. Qc2
(14. c6 Nf8 $14 {/\Bd6,><c6}) 14... Nf8 15. Ne5 Bf6 (15... bxc5 $6 16. Bb5 (16.
Nc6 Qd7 17. Bb5 Bd6 18. Nxa7 Bxf4 19. Bxd7 Bxd7 $13) 16... Nd7 17. Nc6 (17. Qa4
Nxe5 18. Bxe8 (18. Bxe5 $36) 18... Nd3 $13) 17... Qc8 18. Nxe7+ Rxe7 19. Bc6
Rb8 20. Bxd5 cxd4 21. cxd4 Nf6 22. Bxe6 fxe6 $16) 16. Bb5 (16. Nc6 $6 Qd7 17.
Bb5 $140 (17. Qa4 $140 a6 18. cxb6 cxb6 19. Bxa6 Rxa6) 17... a6 18. Ba4 b5)
16... Bxe5 $8 17. Bxe5 Bd7 18. c6 Bc8 $1 {/\a6,Re6,><c6} (18... Be6 19. Ba6 $18
) 19. Bg3 a6 20. Bd3 Re6 21. Rxe6 Bxe6 22. a4 $5 {/\Qe2} Qe8 (22... Ng6 23. f4
$1 $40) 23. Bxc7 Qxc6 24. Bg3 $14 {^^} h6 (24... Rc8 $142 $1 25. Ra3 b5 26.
axb5 axb5 27. Qb1 (27. Rb3 b4 $10) (27. Qb2 $5) 27... Bd7 28. Rb3 Qe6 $14) 25.
h3 Nd7 (25... Rc8) 26. Bh4 $1 $16 (26. f4 Nf6) (26. Ra3 $5 $16) 26... Qc7 27.
Qd2 {/\f4} Nf8 28. Ra3 $1 (28. f4 f5 $1 $14) 28... Ng6 29. Bg3 Qb7 (29... Qc6
$142) 30. Rb3 {><a6,b6} Nf8 {/\Nd7} 31. Qb2 Nd7 32. Qa3 Qc6 33. Qb4 Ra7 34. Kh2
Ra8 35. f3 Ra7 $138 36. Qd6 Qxd6 (36... Qxa4 37. Rxb6 $40) 37. Bxd6 f5 (37...
h5 $142 $16) 38. g4 g6 39. Kg3 Kf7 40. Bf4 Kg7 (40... g5 41. gxf5 gxf4+ 42.
Kxf4 $18) 41. gxf5 Bxf5 42. Bxf5 gxf5 43. Rb1 Kg6 (43... Ra8 44. Bc7 (44. Re1
$5 Kf7 45. Bxh6 $16) 44... Rc8 45. Bxb6 Rxc3 $16) 44. Re1 Nf6 45. Kh4 (45. Re6
$4 Kf7 {/\Nh5}) 45... Kf7 46. Bxh6 Rc7 (46... Ra8 47. Bg5) 47. Bd2 Rc8 48. Kg3
$18 Nh5+ 49. Kf2 Re8 50. Rg1 (50. Rxe8 Kxe8 51. Ke2 Kd7 52. Kd3 Kc6 53. h4 $18
{/\Kc2-b3,b4, Be3-g1,h2=}) 50... Ng7 $1 51. h4 Ne6 52. Rb1 $2 (52. Re1 $18)
52... Rb8 53. Ke2 $6 b5 54. Kd3 Kf6 55. axb5 axb5 56. h5 f4 $16 57. Ra1 Rh8 58.
Ra6 Rxh5 $2 (58... Kf7 $1 59. Rb6 Rxh5 60. Rxb5 $16) 59. Bxf4 Kf5 60. Be5 Nc5+
(60... Rh3 61. Ke3 $16) 61. dxc5 Kxe5 62. Rg6 $2 (62. f4+ $3 Kxf4 63. Kd4 $18)
62... Rh4 {/\Rc4=} 63. Rg4 Rh1 64. Rd4 $6 (64. Rg8 $142) 64... Ke6 $138 65. Kc2
$6 $138 Rh5 66. Kb3 Kd7 (66... Rf5 $10) 67. Kb4 Kc6 $4 (67... Rf5 $1 $10) 68.
Rg4 $18 Rh6 69. f4 Rf6 70. Rh4 Rf7 71. Rh6+ Kc7 72. Kxb5 Rxf4 73. Rh7+ Kc8 74.
Kb6 Rf1 75. Rh8+ Kd7 76. c6+ 1-0

[Event "Foros Aerosvit 3rd"]
[Site "Foros"]
[Date "2008.06.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[Annotator "Karjakin,S"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2008.06.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 125"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.07.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 ({The
incredible Das unglaubliche} 6... Nc6 7. Bf4 Qf6 $5 {was played by Ivanchuk
against me later in this tournament, although it was a draw, I was standing
better. wurde von Ivanchuk spдter in diesem Turnier gegen mich gespielt; es
endete zwar remis, aber ich stand doch besser.}) 7. Bf4 O-O 8. Qd2 Nd7 9. O-O-O
Nc5 10. Be3 Re8 11. Bc4 Be6 12. Bxe6 Nxe6 13. h4 Qd7 14. Qd3 Qc6 15. Qf5 Qc4
16. Kb1 (16. Ng5 {was played by me against Kramnik in Corus 2007. spielte ich
selbst gegen Kramnik im Corus-Turnier 2007.}) 16... g6 17. Qh3 h5 18. Nd2 Qe2
19. Rde1 Qg4 20. Qh2 d5 21. f3 Qa4 22. g4 Bd6 {This is still theory. Here I
played a novelty which I introduced while preparing against Wang Yue in Baku
and more deeply analysed before this tournament. Dies ist noch Theorie. Hier
brachte ich eine Neuerung, die ich bei der Vorbereitung gegen  Wang Yue in
Baku endeckt und vor diesem Turnier eingehender analysiert hatte..} 23. Qg1
$146 ({Zuvor wurde} 23. Qf2 {was played before. gespielt.}) 23... Ng7 24. Nb3
Qd7 25. Rd1 hxg4 26. fxg4 Re4 27. Rd4 Rae8 28. Bc1 {An improvement should be
sought by Black in the previous moves, because now it looks like White is
better! Schwarz sollte in den vorigen Zьgen nach einer Verbesserung suchen,
denn jetzt sieht es so aus, als stьnde WeiЯ besser!} Be5 $2 {This is already
the decisive mistake! Dies ist bereits der entscheidende Fehler!} ({Black
should have played Schwarz hдtte} 28... Re1 {although after spielen sollen,
obwohl WeiЯ nach} 29. Qxe1 Rxe1 30. Rxe1 {White is better. besser steht.}) 29.
Rxe4 dxe4 30. h5 {Now White has a very strong attack without any counterplay
for Black! Nun hat WeiЯ sehr starken Angriff ohne jegliches Gegenspiel fьr
Schwarz!} gxh5 31. gxh5 Kh8 32. Qg5 $18 f6 (32... Qf5 33. h6 $1 $18) 33. Qh6+
Kg8 34. Rg1 Qf7 35. Nd4 $1 {White includes all the pieces in the attack! WeiЯ
schaltet alle Figuren in den Angriff ein!} f5 36. Bf4 $1 Bxf4 37. Qxf4 Kh7 38.
Rg6 Re7 39. Qh6+ Kg8 40. Qg5 Kh7 41. Nxf5 $1 Nxf5 42. Rf6 {Black resigned!
Schwarz gab auf!} ({After Nach} 42. Rf6 Qe8 43. Qxf5+ Kg8 44. h6 {Black has no
defence against Rg6. hat Schwarz keine Verteidigung gegen Rg6.}) 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg International Final"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1914.05.22"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Lasker, Emanuel"]
[Black "Marshall, Frank James"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[Annotator "Kasparov,G"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1914.05.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "Lasker"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.01.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 640]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Qe2 Qe7 6. d3 Nf6 7.
Bg5 Be6 8. Nc3 Nbd7 9. O-O-O h6 10. Bh4 g5 11. Bg3 Nh5 12. d4 Nxg3 13. hxg3 g4
14. Nh4 d5 {[#] Black is just one move away from happiness. After castling on
the queenside his two bishops against the dubious knight on h4 will cause
White considerable trouble. This is a clear signal for Lasker: not time to
waste, the lion must pounce! Schwarz ist nur einen Zug von seinem Glьck
entfernt. Nach der langen Rochade werden seine beiden Lдufer WeiЯ groЯen
Kummer bereiten, besonders weil dieser einen wackligen Springer auf h4 stehen
hat. Das ist fьr Lasker ein klares Signal, daЯ es keine Zeit zu verschwenden
gibt. Der Lцwe muЯ springen!} 15. Qb5 $1 O-O-O 16. Qa5 {avoiding the insidious
Marshall trap Vermeidet eine heimtьckische Falle von Marshall:} (16. Nxd5 Bxd5
17. Qxd5 Qg5+ 18. Qxg5 hxg5 {winning the poor knight. erobert den armen
Springer.}) 16... a6 17. Bxa6 $1 bxa6 18. Qxa6+ Kb8 19. Nb5 Nb6 20. Rd3 Qg5+ (
20... Nc4 $5 21. Rb3 $1 {(anyway!)} Qg5+ 22. Kb1 (22. f4 $5 gxf3+ 23. Kb1 Nd2+
24. Ka1 Nxb3+ 25. cxb3 Qxg3 26. Nxf3 Bd6 27. Rc1 Bf4 28. Ne5 $1 Bxe5 29. Qa7+
$1 (29. dxe5 $2 Qe3) 29... Kc8 30. dxe5 Kd7 31. Nxc7 $1 Qh4 32. Nxd5+ Ke8 33.
Nc7+ Kd7 (33... Kf8 34. Nxe6+ fxe6 35. Rf1+ {and mate}) 34. Qc5 $1 {with
decisive threats.}) 22... Nd2+ 23. Ka1 Nxb3+ 24. cxb3 Bd6 25. Qa7+ Kc8 26.
Nxd6+ Rxd6 (26... cxd6 27. f4 $1 gxf3 28. Nxf3 Qe3 29. Re1) 27. Qa8+ Kd7 28.
Qxh8 Rc6 29. a3 Rc2 30. f4 gxf3 31. Nxf3 Qxg3 32. Qf8 $18) 21. Kb1 Bd6 22. Rb3
Rhe8 23. a4 $1 Bf5 24. Na7 $1 Bd7 25. a5 Qd2 26. axb6 Re1+ 27. Ka2 c6 28. Nb5
cxb5 29. Qa7+ {and Black resigned.} (29. Qa7+ Kc8 30. Qa8+ Bb8 31. Qa6# {
An impressive demolition.}) 1-0

[Event "World-ch29 Karpov-Kortschnoj +6-2=10"]
[Site "Merano"]
[Date "1981.10.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "Kavalek,L"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "1981.10.01"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "MainBase"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O Nc6 8.
Re1 (8. c4 Nb4 9. cxd5 Nxd3 10. Qxd3 Qxd5 11. Nc3 Nxc3 12. Qxc3 Be6 $1 13. Qxc7
Bd6 $1 {Gefolgt von 14...0-0, und Schwarz hat ausreichende Kompensation.}) 8...
Bf5 9. Bb5 (9. Nbd2 Nxd2 10. Qxd2 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 O-O 12. Bf4 Bd6 13. Ng5 g6 14.
Qd2 Qf6 15. Bxd6 Qxd6 16. Re3 {Kavalek-Reshevsky, USA-ch 1981. WeiЯ gewinnt
die Kontrolle ьber die e-Linie.}) 9... Bf6 $1 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Nf1 Ne7 12. c3
Ng6 (12... c6 13. Bd3 Nc8 {Mit der Idee, den S nach d6 zu bringen, von wo aus
er das Feld e4 kontrolliert Vielleicht meinte Kortchnoi aber, daЯ die
Kontrolle des Feldes e5 noch wicht- iger ist.}) 13. Bd3 Nd6 (13... Re8 14. Ne3
Bc8 15. Qc2 c6) 14. Bxf5 Nxf5 15. Qb3 b6 {Dieser Zug schafft ein >Loch< auf c6.
Vorsichtiger wдre 15...Tb8 gewesen.} 16. Qb5 a6 17. Qd3 Qd7 18. Ng3 Nxg3 19.
hxg3 a5 {Frьher oder spдter hдtte Schwarz diesen Zug ohnehin spielen mьssen,
aber er hдtte mit 19...h6 versuchen kцnnen, seinen 'guten' Lдufer zu behalten.
Eine andere Idee war 19...Le7 mit der Absicht 20...Le7-d6.} 20. Bg5 Bxg5 21.
Nxg5 Rfe8 22. b3 Rad8 (22... Rxe1+ 23. Rxe1 Re8 24. Rxe8+ Qxe8 25. Qf5 $1) 23.
Nf3 f6 24. Nd2 Kf7 {Schwarz hдtte die Stellung seines S durch das interessante
Manцver Sg6-h8-f7- d6 verbessern kцnnen; denn von d6 aus kontrolliert er die
Felder e4,c4,b5 u.f5 und zugleich unterstьtzt er die Vereinfachung des Spiels
durch Turmtausch.} 25. Nf1 h5 $6 {Auf jeden Fall schwдcht ein solcher Zug den
Kцnigsflьgel.} 26. Rxe8 Rxe8 27. Qf3 Rh8 28. Ne3 Ne7 29. Re1 g6 {Nimmt dem wS
das Feld f5, schwдcht aber den Bf6.} 30. Qf4 Kg7 31. g4 g5 (31... hxg4 32. Nxg4
Nf5 33. Nxf6 Kxf6 34. Qe5+ {WeiЯ gewinnt.}) 32. Qf3 hxg4 33. Nxg4 {In dieser
Situation, in der WeiЯ seinen Druck zu steigern versteht, hat Kort- chnoi nur
noch sieben Minuten Zeit fьr die letzten sieben Zьge.} Qd6 34. g3 c6 35. c4 f5
$2 {Gibt die Kontrolle ьber das Feld e5 auf. Die geschwдchten Bauern am
Kцnigsflь- gel bilden die Grundlage fьr alle zukьnftigen weiЯen VorstцЯe.} 36.
Qe3 $1 Ng6 (36... fxg4 37. Qxe7+ Qxe7 38. Rxe7+ Kf6 39. Rc7 {Das Turmendspiel
ist fьr Schwarz hoffnungslos.}) 37. c5 Qd8 (37... bxc5 38. dxc5 Qd8 39. Qd4+
Kf7 40. Ne5+ Nxe5 41. Qxe5 {Die weiЯen Schwerfiguren fegen die schwarze
Stellung weg.}) 38. Ne5 bxc5 (38... Re8 39. cxb6 Qxb6 40. Qxg5) 39. Nxc6 Qf6
40. Qe6 cxd4 $6 (40... Qxe6 41. Rxe6) 41. Qxd5 d3 {Das war der Abgabezug von
Kortschnoj - noch das Beste in dieser Stellung, aber der sowjetischen
Analyse-Maschinerie gelang es ohne grцЯere Schwierigkeiten, den Gewinnweg zu
finden.} 42. Qd7+ Qf7 43. Ne7 {Droht 44.Sf5+, die Partiefortsetzung ist
vollkommen erzwungen.} Kh7 44. Kg2 {Schafft die vernichtende Drohung 45.Th1+.}
Re8 45. Rh1+ Nh4+ 46. gxh4 Qxe7 (46... Rxe7 47. hxg5+ Kg8 (47... Kg6 48. Qd6+
Re6 49. Rh6+ Kxg5 50. Rxe6) 48. Qxd3 {WeiЯ hat bei anhaltendem Angriff zwei
Bauern mehr.}) 47. Qxf5+ Kg7 48. hxg5 Qb7+ 49. f3 Re2+ 50. Kf1 Kg8 51. Qxd3 Re6
52. Qd8+ Kg7 53. Qd4+ 1-0

[Event "Linares-03"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1981.01.28"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Spassky, Boris Vasilievich"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[Annotator "Kharitonov,A"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1981.01.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Qe2 Qe7 6. d3 Nf6 7. Bg5 Qxe2+ (
7... Nbd7 $5 8. Nc3 Qxe2+ 9. Bxe2 h6 10. Bf4 g6 11. O-O-O Bg7 12. h3 Nb6 $10 {
Trifunovic,P-Bronstein,D/URS-JUG/1957/0:1 (34)/}) 8. Bxe2 Be7 9. Nc3 c6 10. b4
(10. O-O-O Na6 11. Nd4 (11. Ne4 Nxe4 12. dxe4 Bxg5+ 13. Nxg5 Ke7 $10) 11... Nc7
12. Rde1 Ne6 13. Nxe6 Bxe6 14. f4 d5 15. Bf3 Kd8 $10 {Timman,J-Karpov,A/
Tilburg/1980/0:1 (36) Inf 30/239/}) 10... Nbd7 11. O-O Nf8 12. b5 Ne6 13. bxc6
bxc6 $10 (13... Nxg5 $2 14. cxb7 Nxf3+ 15. Bxf3 $18) 14. Bh4 $2 (14. Bd2 $142)
14... h6 15. Rab1 g5 $1 16. Bg3 Nh5 17. Rfe1 O-O 18. Nd2 Nxg3 19. hxg3 d5 $15
20. Bg4 Bd6 21. Na4 Nd4 $2 (21... f5 $5 22. Bd1 Kg7 {/\Kf6-/+/}) 22. Bxc8 Rfxc8
23. c3 Ne6 24. Rb7 $10 g4 25. Kf1 Kf8 26. d4 Rc7 27. Reb1 Rac8 28. Rxc7 Rxc7
29. Rb8+ Kg7 30. Nb3 h5 31. Nac5 Bxc5 32. dxc5 (32. Nxc5 Nxc5 33. dxc5 Re7 34.
Rc8 Re4 35. Rxc6 Rc4 $10) 32... Ng5 (32... Ng5 33. Nd2 Ne6 34. Nb3 $10) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares-03"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1981.01.26"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Black "Christiansen, Larry Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Kharitonov,A"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "1981.01.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nc4 Nxe4 5. Qe2 Qe7 6. d3 (6. b3 Nc6 7. Bb2
d5 8. Ne3 Be6 9. g3 O-O-O 10. Bg2 Qd7 11. Nc3 f5 $13 {Folian,L-Kharitonov,A/
Sochi/1978/1:0 (21)/}) 6... Nf6 7. Bg5 Qxe2+ 8. Bxe2 Be7 9. Nc3 Nc6 (9... Bd7
$5) 10. O-O-O (10. Nb5 Kd8 (10... Bd8 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. O-O-O $14) 11. O-O-O a6
12. Nc3 Be6 $10) 10... Be6 11. f4 $6 (11. Rhe1 $142 $10) 11... h6 $1 12. Bh4
O-O-O 13. Ne3 Nd4 $1 14. Rde1 $6 (14. Bf1 $5) 14... Nxe2+ 15. Rxe2 Rde8 $17 16.
Rhe1 Bd8 {/\Rhg8,g5-/+/} 17. Bxf6 (17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Ng4 Bd8 $1 (18... Bxc3 19.
bxc3 Kd8 $15) 19. f5 Bd7 20. Rxe8 Rxe8 21. Rxe8 Bxe8 22. f6 g6 23. Nxh6 $8 Bxf6
$15) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares-03"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1981.01.28"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kavalek, Lubomir"]
[Black "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "Kharitonov,A"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "1981.01.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 Be7 6. Bd3 d5 (6... Nf6 7. h3
O-O 8. O-O c5 9. Nc3 Nc6 10. Re1 a6 11. d5 Na7 12. a4 $16 {Karpov,A-Smyslov,V/
Moscow/1972/1:0 (42)/}) 7. O-O Nc6 8. Re1 Bf5 (8... Bg4 9. c4 Nf6 10. cxd5 Nxd5
11. Nc3 O-O 12. Be4 Be6 13. Qc2 h6 14. Bh7+ Kh8 15. Bf5 $14) 9. Nbd2 (9. c4 $5
Nb4 10. Bf1 O-O 11. a3 Nc6 12. cxd5 Qxd5 13. Nc3 Nxc3 14. bxc3 Bg6 15. c4 Qd7
16. d5 $16 {Karpov,A-Portish,L/Luzern(ol)/1982/1:0 (27)/}) (9. c4 Nb4 10. Bf1
dxc4 $5 11. Nc3 Nf6 12. Bxc4 O-O 13. a3 Nc6 14. d5 Na5 15. Ba2 c5 16. Bg5 Re8
17. Qa4 $14 {Karpov,A-Portish,L/Tilburg/1982/0:1 (32)/}) 9... Nxd2 10. Qxd2
Bxd3 11. Qxd3 O-O 12. Bf4 (12. c3 Qd7 (12... Bd6 13. Ng5 g6 14. Qh3 $36) 13.
Bf4 Bf6 14. Re3 Rae8 15. Rae1 Bd8 16. h3 Rxe3 (16... Rxe3 17. Qxe3 f6 {
/\Rf7-e7=/})) 12... Bd6 13. Bxd6 (13. Ng5 g6 14. Qh3 h5 15. Bxd6 Qxd6 16. c3
Rae8 $10) 13... Qxd6 14. Re2 Rae8 15. Rae1 Rxe2 (15... Qd7 $2 16. Qb5 $1 $16)
16. Qxe2 a6 $1 17. c3 f6 $10 18. Nh4 g6 19. Qf3 Qd7 20. g3 Ne7 21. Ng2 (21. Qe3
Re8 22. Ng2 Kf7 23. Qh6 (23. Nf4 c6 $10) 23... Kg8) 21... c6 (21... c6 22. Nf4
Nf5 23. Nd3 b6 $10) 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-chT Cup 10th"]
[Site "Ordzhonikidze"]
[Date "1978.05.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kochyev, Alexander"]
[Black "Kholmov, Ratmir D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "Kholmov,R"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "1978.05.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Burevestnik"]
[BlackTeam "Country Societies"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "URS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. d4 Be7 7. Bd3 O-O 8.
Ne2 (8. O-O Bg4 9. Ne2 Nc6 10. c3 Bxf3 11. gxf3 d5 12. Ng3 Ne8 13. f4 Bd6 14.
Qf3 Nf6 15. Kh1 Ne7 16. Rg1 Ng6 17. f5 Nh4 18. Qd1 Be7 19. Bg5 Ne4 20. Nxe4
dxe4 21. Bxe7 Qxe7 22. Qg4 g6 23. Rae1 Qf6 24. Rxe4 Nxf5 25. Rf4 Kh8 26. Bxf5
gxf5 27. Rxf5 Qh6 28. Rh5 f5 29. Qh3 Qc6+ 30. f3 Qd7 31. Rgg5 Rf6 32. Rxf5 Rd6
33. Re5 Qg7 34. Rhg5 Qf7 35. Qh5 Qd7 36. Rgf5 Rg6 37. Rg5 Rb6 {Gunsberg,
I-Marshall,F Monte Carlo 1901 1-0}) 8... Re8 9. O-O Nc6 $146 (9... Nh5 10. h3
g6 11. Nf4 Nxf4 12. Bxf4 Bf6 13. Qd2 Nc6 14. c3 Be6 15. Ng5 Bxg5 16. Bxg5 f6
17. Bh4 Rf8 18. f4 Ne7 19. Rae1 Bf5 20. g4 Bxd3 21. Qxd3 Qd7 22. d5 Rf7 23. Re6
Raf8 24. c4 h6 25. Be1 Kh7 26. Bc3 Ng8 27. g5 f5 28. Qd4 Ne7 29. Rfe1 c5 30.
dxc6 Nxc6 31. Qd5 Ne7 32. Qf3 h5 33. Qxh5+ {1-0 (33) Wolf,H-Albin,A Vienna 1905
}) 10. c3 Bf8 11. Ng3 h6 12. Bc2 (12. Bf4 $142) 12... d5 13. Bf4 Bd6 14. Bxd6
Qxd6 15. Qd3 Bd7 16. b4 a6 17. a4 Bg4 18. a5 g6 19. Rfe1 Kg7 20. h3 Bxf3 21.
Qxf3 Rxe1+ 22. Rxe1 Re8 23. Re3 Rxe3 24. Qxe3 b6 25. axb6 (25. Qe2 $5 {Inf})
25... cxb6 26. h4 a5 27. bxa5 bxa5 28. h5 Nxh5 29. Nxh5+ gxh5 30. Qf3 Ne7 31.
Qxh5 Qe6 32. g3 Ng8 33. Qe5+ Nf6 34. Kf1 Qc6 35. g4 Kf8 36. Qb8+ Ne8 37. Qe5
Nc7 38. Kg2 Qxc3 39. Qd6+ Kg7 40. Qe5+ Kg8 41. Qf5 Kf8 42. Qc8+ Kg7 43. Qf5
Qxd4 44. Qh7+ Kf8 45. Qxh6+ Ke7 46. Qg5+ f6 47. Qg7+ Kd6 48. Bf5 Qe5 49. Qd7+
Kc5 50. Qa4 Qc3 51. Bd7 Kd6 52. Bc8 $6 (52. Bf5 Ne6) 52... Nb5 $1 {[%csl Rc8]}
53. Qxb5 Qxc8 54. Qb6+ Ke7 55. Qxa5 Qxg4+ 56. Kf1 Qc4+ 57. Ke1 Ke6 58. Qd8 Qe4+
59. Kd2 Kf5 60. Qh8 Qd4+ 61. Ke2 Qe5+ 62. Kf1 Ke4 63. Qh7+ f5 64. Qb7 Qc3 65.
Qf7 Qd3+ 66. Ke1 Qb1+ 67. Ke2 Qb5+ 68. Ke1 d4 69. Qa2 d3 70. Qa8+ Kf4 71. Qa2
Qe5+ 72. Kf1 0-1

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2002.01.22"]
[Round "7.6"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Be6 {WeiЯ hat nun etliche Mцglichkeiten (11.Be3, 11.cd5,
11.a3 etc.) und Ivanchuk dachte einige Zeit nach.} 11. Ne5 {Auch das ist ein
ganz moderner Zug.} f6 12. Nf3 Kh8 13. h3 $6 {Das ist neu, doch ich habe groЯe
Zweifel, ob der Zug auch gut ist.} f5 $1 {Nun droht dxc4 und WeiЯ muss
reagieren.} ({Auch} 13... c5 {scheint okay zu sein.}) 14. a3 Nc6 15. Nxd5 ({
Nach} 15. c5 $6 {hat Schwarz am Kцnigsflьgel die Oberhand wдhrend WeiЯ auf der
anderen Seite noch viel Zeit braucht.}) 15... Bxd5 16. cxd5 Qxd5 $15 {Pd4 ist
schwach, WeiЯ hat dafьr kaum Kompensation.} 17. Qa4 (17. Bf4 $5) 17... Bf6 {
[%cal Rf6d4]} 18. Rd1 Rad8 19. Be3 (19. Bc4 Qd6 20. d5 a6 21. Qc2 Ne5 {Statt
d4 ist nun d5 schwach.}) 19... f4 $1 20. Bxf4 Nxd4 21. Nxd4 Bxd4 22. Be3 c5 23.
Bxd4 $1 (23. Bf3 Rxf3 $1 24. gxf3 Ng5 $40) (23. Qxa7 Nxf2 24. Bxd4 cxd4 25. Rf1
Qe5 $19 {(Fritz)}) 23... cxd4 24. f3 d3 $5 {Nur durch die Matchsituation
bedingt wickelt Ponomariov praktisch zum Remis ab.} ({Nach} 24... Nc5 25. Qc4 (
25. Qxa7 $2 Nb3 26. Rab1 Qc6 $19 {(Fritz)}) 25... Qe5 {steht Schwarz natьrlich
auch sehr gut, aber mir scheint, dass der Springer auf c5 vom Wege abgekommen
ist.}) ({Nach} 24... Ng3 $1 25. Bc4 (25. Bd3 $2 Rxf3 26. gxf3 Qxf3 $19) 25...
Qg5 26. Qxa7 {hat Schwarz viele schцne Mцglichkeiten; der Springer kann nach
f5 und h5 (spдter nach e3, h4 und f4), auch der d-Bauer stellt fьr WeiЯ eine
groЯe Gefahr dar. Einen Gewinn in einer grьndlichen Analyse (mit Hilfe von
Fritz) nachzuweisen ist freilich etwas leichter als das praktische Spiel.}) 25.
Qxe4 $1 {Auch Ivanchuk geht kein Risiko ein.} (25. Qxa7 Nc5 26. Bf1 d2 27. b4
Nb3 28. Ra2 Rfe8 29. Qf2 Qe6 {[%cal Re6e1]} 30. Raxd2 Nxd2 31. Rxd2 Rxd2 32.
Qxd2 Qe3+ 33. Qxe3 Rxe3 $17) 25... Qxe4 26. fxe4 dxe2 27. Rd5 $1 ({Nach} 27.
Rxd8 Rxd8 28. Re1 Rd2 29. b4 (29. Kf2 $2 Rxb2 30. Rxe2 Rxe2+ 31. Kxe2 Kg8 32.
Kd3 Kf7 33. Kd4 Ke6 $19) 29... Ra2 30. Kf2 Rxa3 31. Rxe2 Rb3 32. Rc2 h6 {
kann Schwarz noch risikolos auf Gewinn spielen.}) (27. Rd5 $1 Rde8 28. Rd4 Rf4
29. Re1 Rfxe4 30. Rxe4 Rxe4 31. Kf2 Kg8) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-34"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2000.11.04"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Macieja, Bartlomiej"]
[Black "Meijers, Viesturs"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2536"]
[BlackElo "2478"]
[Annotator "Konikowski,J"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[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 "Poland"]
[BlackTeam "Latvia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "LAT"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. c4
c6 9. Qc2 f5 10. Nc3 Kh8 (10... Na6 11. cxd5 Nb4 12. Qd1 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Nxd3 14.
Qxd3 cxd5 15. Qb5 Kh8 16. Kh1 Bc7 17. Ba3 a6 18. Qb3 Bd6 19. Rfe1 f4 20. Bxd6
Qxd6 21. Re5 Qc6 22. Re7 b5 23. Rae1 Qc4 24. Qa3 Bf5 25. Ne5 b4 26. Qxb4 (26.
Nxc4 $5 bxa3 27. Nb6 Rad8 28. R7e5 Bg6 29. Nxd5 Bf7 30. Nb4 $16) 26... Qxb4 27.
cxb4 Rac8 28. f3 h6 29. Nf7+ Kg8 30. Nd6 Rc2 31. R7e2 Rxe2 32. Rxe2 Bd3 33. Re7
Rf6 34. Nb7 Kf8 35. Re1 Bc4 36. a3 Rb6 37. Nc5 $16 {Ernst,T-Schneider,L/Malmo
1986/}) (10... Be6 11. Qb3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 dxc4 13. Bxc4 Bxc4 14. Qxc4+ Kh8 15.
Re1 Na6 16. Bg5 Qd7 17. Ne5 Bxe5 18. Rxe5 Rae8 19. Rae1 Nc7 20. Be7 Rg8 21. Bc5
Nd5 22. Kf1 b6 23. Ba3 f4 $132 {Dost,A-Grimm,M/Bayern 1999/}) 11. cxd5 (11. Ne5
$5) 11... cxd5 12. Nxd5 Bxh2+ 13. Kxh2 Qxd5 14. Bc4 (14. Re1 $5 Be6 15. Bxe4
fxe4 16. Qxe4 Qxe4 17. Rxe4 Bd5 18. Rf4 Rxf4 19. Bxf4 Bxf3 20. gxf3 $16) 14...
Qd6+ 15. Ne5 Nc6 16. Bf4 {[%cal Re5f7]} Qf6 17. Nxc6 bxc6 18. Be5 Qh6+ 19. Kg1
Ng5 20. f4 (20. Bd3 $5 $14) 20... Ne4 21. Bd3 Qg6 (21... Ng3 $5) 22. Rae1 Ng3
23. Rf3 Bd7 24. Ree3 Nh5 25. Qc5 Be6 $2 (25... Rfe8 $142) 26. Qxc6 Bxa2 27.
Qxg6 hxg6 28. Ba6 Bd5 29. Rf1 Kh7 30. Rh3 Kh6 31. Rc1 g5 32. Rc5 Be4 33. Rc7
Kg6 (33... g4 34. Rh2 Kg6 35. Bc4 a5 36. d5 $16) 34. fxg5 Kxg5 (34... Rh8 35.
Be2 Rag8 36. Rxa7 Kxg5 37. Kf2 $18) 35. Be2 Rh8 (35... g6 36. Bxh5 gxh5 37.
Rg3+ Kh4 38. Rcg7 $18) 36. Bxh5 Rxh5 37. Rg3+ Kh6 38. Bxg7+ Kh7 39. Be5+ (39.
Be5+ Kh6 40. Bf4+ $18) 1-0

[Event "Novak Nikolic Memorial 2nd"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "2000.02.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Vuckovic, Bojan"]
[Black "Govedarica, Radovan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2427"]
[BlackElo "2483"]
[Annotator "Kortschnoj,V"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2000.02.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nxf7 $5 {An adventurous sacrifice.} Kxf7 5.
d4 $1 {With a point: 5...N:e4 6.Qh5+, winning a piece back.} Qe8 {The move has
been played the most often, but I don't rate it too high.} ({I would recommend
instead} 5... c5 {with a hope after} 6. dxc5 d5 $1 {to take over an initiative
with black...}) 6. Nc3 g6 7. Bd3 Nc6 {Here, with some reservations, though, I
would suggest c7-c5 again - in order to put some pressure upon the central
pawns of white.} 8. Be3 Kg7 9. O-O Nb4 10. h3 $1 {Remarkable: white is not in
a hurry! After 10.f4 black would play Ng4, followed by N:d3 and then h5, thus
blockading white's pawn phalanx on white squares.} Nxd3 $6 {Black still could
wait with this exchange. 10...c6 was called for.} 11. Qxd3 $44 Rg8 $6 (11... c6
$5) 12. e5 $1 $16 {Now black badly needs a good advice!} dxe5 {12...Nd7 at
once was more stubborn.} 13. dxe5 Nd7 (13... Qxe5 14. Bd4 {and in regard to an
imminent Nd5 white wins a piece back.}) 14. Nd5 Nc5 15. Qc3 Ne6 (15... Na4 16.
Qxc7+ Qf7 17. Qxf7+ Kxf7 18. Nc7 {was also bad for black..}) 16. Nxc7 $1 {
A winning stroke! 16...Nc7 17.e6 mate!} Qd7 17. Nxa8 $18 b6 18. Rad1 Qb7 19.
Rd8 Be7 20. Rxg8+ Kxg8 21. Nxb6 axb6 22. Bxb6 Qxb6 23. Qxc8+ Kg7 24. c3 Nf4 25.
Qd7 Kf8 26. b4 Qa6 27. b5 Qa4 28. Re1 Qc2 29. b6 Qxc3 30. Re3 Qa1+ 31. Kh2 Qf1
32. Qg4 1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2001.12.05"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[Annotator "Kostakiev,D"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {. Recently, in the last open Wch, the chess grands Shirov and Topalov
have discussed many times the position after the move 13th.} e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3.
Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4 Nb4 9. Be2 (9. cxd5
$11) 9... Be6 (9... O-O) 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Be3 (11. Ne5 $5 c5 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13.
d5 Bc8 14. a3 {1-0 Anand,V-Shirov,A/Moscow RUS 2001 (44)}) 11... Bf5 12. Qb3 {
Introduced by Khalifman 1985, this move has its partisans as well as critics.
The statistic is more favorable for Black. 'Schussler: 'The main alternative
is 12.Rc1.''} (12. Ne1 dxc4 {1-0 Polovnikova,E-Gorshkova,I/WchJW U20 1997/EXP
59 (46)}) (12. Ne5 f6 13. Nd3 Nxc3 14. bxc3 Nxd3 {1/2-1/2 Popovic,
P-Mikhalchishin,A/JUG-chT (Cetinje) 1993 (16)}) (12. Rc1 dxc4 13. Bxc4 c6 14.
Ne5 Nxc3 15. bxc3 Nd5 16. Re1 {Timman,J-Bareev,E/Linares 1993/0-1 (52)} (16.
Qf3 Be6 {Huebner,R-Timman,J/Sarajevo cdt 8f 1991/1/2-1/2 (60)})) 12... c6 (
12... dxc4 13. Bxc4 a5 14. a3 (14. Nxe4 Bxe4 15. a3 a4 16. Qd1 {0-1
Voitsekhovsky,S-Kolesar,M/Pardubice /1995 (37)}) 14... Nxc3 {1-0 Zagrebelny,
S-Pavasovic,D/Ljubljana op 1994 (29)}) 13. cxd5 {''!?' Blatny,P. '} (13. Rac1 {
'!?' Blatny,P.} dxc4 14. Bxc4 b5 {'?!' Schussler.} (14... a5 15. a3 Nxc3 16.
axb4 {1-0 Adams,M-Christiansen,L/Cannes team60 1992/CBM 28/[Schussler] (51)})
15. Bxf7+ (15. Be2 Be6 $17) 15... Rxf7 16. Ne5 Nd5 17. Nxe4 Bxe4 18. Rxc6 Qe8 {
0-1 Khalifman,A-Arkhipov,S/Moscow 1985/MCL (57)}) (13. c5 $5 Nxc3 14. bxc3 (14.
Qxc3 Nc2) 14... Nc2 15. Rad1 (15. Rac1 {1-0 Kloppenburg,M-Pinkerneil,R/6/7
ICCF Cup sf 1991 (41)}) 15... Nxe3 16. fxe3 Rb8 17. c4 Be6 {0-1 De Firmian,
N-Schwartzman,G/Chandler 1997/CBM 61 (48)}) ({Topalov himself against Shirov
prefered 13 g4 and::} 13. Ne5 a5 14. g4 Be6 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. a3 f6 17. axb4
fxe5 18. d5 {1/2-1/2 Topalov,V-Shirov,A/Moscow RUS 2001/The Week in Chess 370 
(31)}) (13. g4 Bxg4 14. c5 a5 15. a3 Na6 16. Qxb7 Nc7 (16... Nxc3 17. bxc3 Nc7
18. Rab1 Nb5 {0-1 Topalov,V-Shirov,A/Moscow RUS 2001/The Week in Chess 370 (53)
}) 17. Ne5 Bxe2 18. Nxc6 Qd7 19. Nxe2 Ra6 {1-0 Topalov,V-Shirov,A/Moscow RUS
2001/The Week in Chess 370 (42)}) 13... cxd5 ({The latest deviation from the
followed path was in another Shirov's game:} 13... Nxc3 14. bxc3 Nxd5 15. Qxb7
{1/2-1/2 Shirov,A-Gelfand,B/Leon ESP 2001/The Week in Chess 366 (28)}) 14. Rac1
(14. Rfc1 Rc8 15. Ne5 f6 16. Nf3 Qd7 17. Nxe4 Bxe4 18. Ne1 {1/2-1/2 De Firmian,
N-Kaidanov,G/New York op 1994/EXP 40}) 14... a5 15. Na4 Rb8 {[#]} 16. Nc5 $146
(16. Bf4 Bd6 17. Bxd6 Qxd6 18. a3 {0-1 Plaskett,J-Fridman,D/Port Erin 1998/CBM
67 ext (64)}) ({Fritz 7:} 16. a3 Na6 17. Ne5 $14) 16... Bd6 $14 (16... b6 17.
Na4 Qd6 $14) (16... Qd6 17. a3 $14) 17. Rfd1 (17. a3 $142 $14) 17... b6 $11 18.
Nxe4 (18. Nd3) 18... dxe4 19. Ne5 {[#]} Qe8 (19... Qh4 $5) 20. Nc4 $14 Bc7 (
20... Qe7 $6 21. Nxd6 $140 (21. Bd2 Rbc8 22. Nxd6 Qxd6 23. Bxb4 axb4 24. Rc4
Rfd8 25. Qxb4 Qxb4 26. Rxb4 Rc2 27. Re1 Kf8 28. f3 Re8 29. Bd1 Rc1 30. Kf2 e3+
31. Ke2 Bc2 32. g3 (32. Rxb6 Bxd1+ 33. Rxd1 Rc2+ 34. Kd3 Rxg2 35. a4 Rxh2 36.
b4 Rf2 37. a5 Rxf3 38. Re1 e2+ 39. Kd2 Ra3 $11)) 21... Qxd6 22. d5 Rfd8 23. f3
Qe5 24. Bd4 Qf4 25. g3 Qd6 26. Be3 Rbc8 27. Bf4 $14 {^^}) 21. Na3 {[#]} Rb7 (
21... Qd7 $5 22. Nb5 Bd6 23. Nxd6 (23. d5) 23... Qxd6 24. a3 (24. f3 Nd5) 24...
Be6 25. Qa4 Bd7 26. Bb5 Bxb5 27. Qxb5 Nd5 $15) 22. Nb5 $14 Bb8 23. d5 Bd7 (
23... Qe5 24. d6 Nd3 25. Bxd3 exd3 26. Bd4 Qf4 27. Qd5 Be4 28. Qe5 Qxe5 29.
Bxe5 f6 30. f3 Bg6 31. Bf4 $14) 24. a4 (24. Nc3 $14) 24... Be5 25. d6 Qb8 26.
Rc7 Rd8 27. Qc4 Na6 28. Rc1 $2 (28. Rxb7 $1 Qxb7 29. Qd5 Qxd5 30. Rxd5 Re8 31.
Bxb6 Nb4 32. Rd2 $16) 28... Nxc7 29. dxc7 Rxc7 30. Nxc7 Rc8 31. Qd5 (31. Qxe4
Bxc7 32. Qh4 Bf5 33. Bf3 Be5 $11) 31... Rxc7 32. Rd1 $14 Qe8 $6 (32... Ra7 $6
33. Kh1 g6 (33... Bxh2 34. g3 Bxg3 35. fxg3 Qxg3 36. Qd6 $14) 34. Qxe4 Bf5 35.
Qc6 Re7 36. Bxb6 Re6 37. Qxe6 Bxe6 38. Rd8+ Qxd8 39. Bxd8 Bd7 40. Bxa5 $16) (
32... Rb7 $1 33. Kh1 g6) 33. Bxb6 Bxa4 34. Qxe5 $2 (34. Bxc7 $18 Bxc7 (34...
Bxd1 35. Bb5 Bb3 (35... Qe7 36. Bxe5 $18) 36. Qxb3) 35. Rc1 Bb8 36. Bg4 $18)
34... Qxe5 $11 35. Rd8+ Be8 36. Bxc7 Qe7 37. Bxa5 (37. Bb5 Qxd8 38. Bxd8 Bxb5
$11) 37... h6 38. Bb5 $11 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amsterdam VSB"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[Annotator "Kramnik,V"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1993.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 035"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Ftacnik} e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O
Be7 8. c4 Nb4 9. Be2 Be6 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Be3 Bf5 12. Ne5 $5 $146 (12. Rc1 $2 {
Ftacnik} Nxc3 13. bxc3 Nxa2 $17) 12... Bf6 $2 (12... Nxc3 13. bxc3 Nc2 14. Rc1
Nxe3 15. fxe3 Be4 (15... Be6 $5 $14) 16. Bf3 $14 Bg5 17. Qe2 $14) 13. g4 $1 Be6
14. f4 Nxc3 15. bxc3 Nc6 16. Bf3 (16. f5 $1 Bc8 17. Nf3 $1 Re8 18. Bf4 $16) (
16. Rb1) (16. Nxc6 {Ftacnik} bxc6 17. f5 Bc8 18. Qd2 $16) (16. Rb1 {Ftacnik})
16... Bxe5 17. dxe5 d4 $1 (17... dxc4 18. f5 Bd7 19. Qd5 Re8 20. Bf4 $16) 18.
cxd4 Bxc4 19. d5 $1 (19. Rf2 Bd5 20. f5 $36) 19... Ne7 20. Bc5 $1 Bxf1 21. Kxf1
$16 Qd7 22. Qb3 b6 23. Ba3 Rae8 (23... c6 $5 $16 {Ftacnik}) 24. Rd1 Ng6 (24...
Kh8 25. f5 $18) 25. e6 $1 (25. Bxf8 Rxf8 26. Qb4 $18) 25... Qd8 (25... fxe6 {
Ftacnik} 26. dxe6 Qxe6 27. Bd5 Rxf4+ 28. Kg1 Rxg4+ 29. Kh1 $18) 26. f5 Ne5 27.
Be2 Qh4 28. Qg3 (28. h3 h5 29. Bxf8 Rxf8 30. Qe3 $1 f6 31. gxh5 $16) (28. h3 {
Ftacnik}) 28... Qxg3 29. hxg3 fxe6 30. Bxf8 Kxf8 31. dxe6 Ke7 (31... h6 {
Ftacnik} 32. Rd5 $18) 32. g5 $1 c6 33. g4 (33. Rd4 {Ftacnik} g6 34. Re4 Kd6)
33... g6 34. Rd4 $1 gxf5 35. gxf5 Rf8 36. Rf4 b5 $1 37. Ke1 $1 (37. Kf2 Ng6 $5
(37... Ng6 {Ftacnik} 38. Rf3 Nh4)) 37... h6 38. gxh6 Rh8 39. Re4 Kf6 40. e7
Kxf5 41. Rxe5+ (41. Rxe5+ {Ftacnik} Kxe5 42. Bh5 $18) 1-0

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Ekaterinburg"]
[Date "2020.03.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Wang, Hao"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2020.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.04.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.04.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,85,19,31,25,28,13,7,51,38,38,9,15,12,12,12,56,67,63,35,49,38,44,50,67,
45,44,17,26,9,23,23,23,23,23,0,14,-31,20,8,2,5,15,18,33,33,33,33,33,2,9,0,18,0,
2,8,33,23,0,-21,55,23,23,23,23,23,107,107,159,159,159,116,159,116,141,131,131,
131,174,239,239,239,239,239,231,239,239,216]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4.
Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bf5 7. O-O Be7 8. Re1 O-O 9. Nbd2 (9. c4 {is more
aggressive.}) 9... Nd6 10. Nf1 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 c6 12. Bf4 Na6 {The knight heads
to e6 - a typical manoeuvre in such positions.} 13. h4 $146 {[%mdl 32] A new
plan of a kingside attack. Here is its idea: in order to develop his pieces 
(particularly, to place his queen on d7), Black will have to play ...f7-f6.
Then White plays h4-h5 and (after exchanging Black's d6 knight) places his own
knight on f5. It may not be easy for Black to push it away by ...g7-g6 (at
least, it will be a weakening move), and White will be threatening h5-h6 at
any moment. Other attempts to get an edge have not been successful so far:} (
13. Ng3 Nc7 14. b3 Ne6 15. Be5 Re8 16. c4 f6 17. cxd5 cxd5 18. Bxd6 Bxd6 $11 {
1/2 (70) Robson,R (2670)-Deac,B (2613) Douglas 2019}) (13. Re2 Nc7 14. Rae1 Ne6
15. Bxd6 Bxd6 16. g3 Qf6 17. c3 Rae8 18. Kg2 Re7 19. Ne3 Qg6 20. Qxg6 hxg6 $11
{1/2 (33) Danin,A (2511)-Volokitin,A (2634) Austria 2019}) (13. Ne3 Nc7 14. Re2
(14. Rad1 Ne6 15. Bxd6 Bxd6 16. g3 Re8 17. c4 dxc4 18. Qxc4 Qc7 $11 {1/2 (30)
Anand,V (2773)-Vidit,S (2695) Wijk aan Zee 2019}) (14. Nf5 Nxf5 15. Qxf5 Ne6
16. Bg3 Bf6 17. c3 g6 18. Qc2 Ng7 19. Re2 Re8 $11 {1-0 (66) Zhigalko,S (2616)
-Rakhmanov,A (2627) Ankara 2018}) (14. Bxd6 Bxd6 15. Nf5 g6 16. Nxd6 Qxd6 17.
g3 Rfe8 18. c3 Rxe1+ 19. Rxe1 Re8 $11 {1/2 (25) Buhmann,R (2573)-Bindrich,F 
(2599) Magdeburg 2019}) 14... Ne6 15. Bxd6 Bxd6 16. g3 Qd7 17. Rae1 Rfe8 (17...
Rae8 18. b3 Nc7 19. c4 Bb4 20. Ra1 f6 21. a3 Be7 22. Rae1 Bd8 $11 {1/2 (31)
Anand,V (2767)-Yu,Y (2738) Stavanger 2019}) 18. h4 Nc7 19. b3 f6 20. c4 Bb4 21.
Ra1 Bf8 22. Rae1 Bb4 23. Rb1 a5 $11 {1-0 (52) Yu Yangyi (2753)-Bai,J (2600)
China CHN 2019}) (13. Qb3 Nc7 (13... Rb8 14. Ng3 Nc7 15. Bxd6 Bxd6 16. Nf5 g6
17. Nxd6 Qxd6 18. Qd3 Rfe8 $11 {1/2 (21) Kokarev,D (2615)-Ni,H (2671) Riadh
2017}) 14. Ne3 Re8 15. c3 Rb8 16. Re2 Ne6 17. Bg3 Qb6 18. Qc2 Rbd8 19. Nd2 Qa6
20. Nb3 Ne4 $11 {1/2 (49) Romanov,E (2619)-Khismatullin,D (2632) Sochi 2018})
13... Nc7 14. Ng5 Bxg5 ({Of course, it was not easy to "bear" White's g5
knight by playing} 14... g6 {[%cal Yf8e8,Yd8d7]}) 15. Bxg5 f6 16. Bf4 Qd7 17.
Ng3 Rae8 (17... g6 $5 18. h5 Kf7 {[%cal Yf8e8] may be a safer way to contain
White's initiative.}) 18. Bxd6 Qxd6 19. Nf5 Qd7 20. Qh3 Kh8 21. h5 Rxe1+ 22.
Rxe1 Re8 23. Rxe8+ Nxe8 {Black has simplified the game but White keeps
pressure thanks to his strong f5 knight.} 24. g4 {Perhaps it was better to
refrain from this move at the moment and play} (24. Kf1 {then a4 etc. White
has no clear plan to improve his position but he can manoeuvre to confuse his
opponent.}) 24... a6 (24... Nd6 $4 25. Qa3) (24... Kg8 $5 {[%cal Yg7g6,Ye8d6]}
25. g5 $140 Qf7 $1) 25. b3 Qe6 26. Ne3 Nd6 27. h6 g6 28. c4 {White tries to
keep tension by all means.} (28. Qg3 Kg8 29. c4 Kf7 {was not dangerous for
Black.}) 28... dxc4 (28... Kg8 $5 29. cxd5 (29. Qg3 Kf7 30. c5 Ne4 31. Qb8 Qe7
$11) 29... cxd5 30. Qf3 Ne4 $11) 29. bxc4 Kg8 {This move is less accurate here
than it was a move earlier.} (29... Nxc4 $2 30. Nxc4 Qxc4 31. Qh2 $1 $18 {
E.Gleizerov}) (29... Nf7 $5 30. Qh2 $140 Qd6) 30. Qh2 Kf7 31. c5 Nb5 32. Qb8
Qd7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (32... Nxd4 33. Qxb7+ Qe7 34. Qxa6 Qe4 $1 (34... Qxc5 $143
35. a4 $14 {[%csl Ga4]}) {looks crazy but there is apparently no way for White
to make progress, e.g.} 35. Qb7+ (35. Qc4+ Kf8 36. a4 f5 $132) 35... Ke8 36.
Qxh7 (36. Qb8+ Kf7 37. Qc7+ Ke8 $1) 36... Ne2+ 37. Kf1 (37. Kh2 Qf4+ 38. Kg2
Qe4+ 39. f3 Qxe3 40. Qxg6+ Ke7 {, and it is White who must secure the draw})
37... Ng3+ $1 38. fxg3 (38. Ke1 Qb1+ 39. Kd2 Ne4+) 38... Qf3+ 39. Ke1 Qxe3+ {
with a perpetual. Of course, such a decision can hardly be taken in a
practical game.}) (32... Qe7 {was a normal move, with good drawing chances
after} 33. Qh8 Ke6 34. Nc2 (34. f4 Kd7) 34... Nc3 {, e.g.} 35. Qg8+ Kd7 36. Qb3
Nb5 37. a4 Nc7) 33. Qh8 Ke6 34. f4 $1 {This is very strong now.} Nxd4 (34...
Qe7 35. f5+ Kd7 (35... gxf5 36. Nxf5) 36. Kf2 {[%cal Rf5g6]} g5 (36... gxf5 37.
Nxf5 Qf7 38. a4 $1 Nc3 39. Nd6 $18) 37. Nc4 Kc7 38. Nb6 Na7 39. a4 a5 40. Qg8
$22 $18) 35. Qg8+ Qf7 36. Qc8+ Qd7 (36... Ke7 37. Qxb7+ Ke8 (37... Ke6 38. f5+)
38. Qb8+ Ke7 39. Qd6+ $18) 37. Qg8+ Qf7 38. Qd8 $1 {[%cal Rd8d6,Rd8d4] The
move Black missed. He loses a piece and the game.} Qd7 (38... Nb5 39. a4 $18)
39. f5+ gxf5 40. gxf5+ Nxf5 41. Qxd7+ Kxd7 42. Nxf5 Ke6 {[%cal Yf5f3]} 43. Ne3
{White has no problems converting his extra piece so Black resigns.} (43. Ne3
Ke5 44. Kf2 Kf4 45. Nc4 Kg5 46. Na5 Kxh6 47. Nxb7 Kg5 48. Nd8 Kf4 49. Nxc6 {
etc.}) 1-0

[Event "Linares 27th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2010.02.24"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[Annotator "Kritz,L"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2010.02.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 ({Die alte klassische
Spielweise nach} 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4 Bf5 9. Nc3 Nb4 10. Be2
O-O 11. a3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Nc6 13. Re1 Re8 14. cxd5 Qxd5 15. Bf4 Rac8 $11 {
fьhrt zu einer Stellung, die mit Hilfe des Computers fast bis zum Ende
ausanalysiert wurde und bei der Ausgleich als Diagnose festgestellt wurde.})
5... Nxc3 (5... d5 $6 {Ein Versuch direkt zu kontern endet mit einem
Misserfolg:} 6. Qe2 Be7 7. Nxe4 dxe4 8. Qxe4 O-O 9. Bc4 Re8 10. Ne5 $1 $18) 6.
dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 (7. Bf4 {ist eine parallele Variante, in der die einfachste
Methode auszugleichen dieselbe ist, wie nach 7.Be3.} Nc6 {Fьr Schwarz ist der
Plan mit der langen Rochade der sicherste, um Ausgleich zu erzielen.} 8. Qd2
Be6 9. O-O-O Qd7 10. Kb1 (10. h4 h6 11. g3 Bf6 12. Bg2 O-O-O 13. Kb1 Rhe8 14.
Rhe1 Bg4 15. Qd5 Rxe1 16. Rxe1 Re8 $11 {Efimenko - Zhou Jianchao (Al Ain, 2008)
}) 10... O-O-O $1 {Ich denke, nach allen Experimenten mit 10....a6, die
sofortige Rochade ist der beste Zug. WeiЯ kann mittels Bb5 nichts rausholen, d.
h. Schwarz braucht keine Zeit zu verlieren.} 11. Bb5 (11. Ng5 Bxg5 12. Bxg5 f6
$11 {Efimenko - Sakaev (Kallithea, 2008)}) 11... a6 12. Ba4 (12. Bxc6 Qxc6 13.
Nd4 $6 Qxg2 14. Rhg1 Qd5 15. Nxe6 Qxd2 16. Bxd2 fxe6 17. Rxg7 Bf6 $15) 12...
Bf6 13. Bg5 (13. Nd4 Bd5 $11) 13... Bxg5 14. Qxg5 b5 15. Bb3 f6 16. Bxe6 Qxe6
17. Qf4 (17. Qxg7 Rdg8 18. Qh6 Rxg2 19. Rhe1 Qf5 $11) 17... h5 18. h3 g5 $11 {
Ivanchuk - Kramnik (Moscow, 2008)}) 7... O-O {Persцnlich finde ich diese
Variante nicht folgerichtig. Man spielt Russisch, um auszugleichen, dann muss
man auch konsequent durchhalten und die sicherste Fortsetzung wдhlen - nдmlich
den Plan mit der langen Rochade, wo WeiЯ schon seit Jahren nichts Neues
erfinden kann.} (7... Nc6 $1 {gleicht problemlos aus.} 8. Qd2 Be6 9. O-O-O Qd7
10. Kb1 (10. h4 h6 11. Nd4 {Typischerweise vereinfacht sich das Spiel nach dem
Springertausch, so dass Remis ein 99% Ergebnis ist.} (11. Kb1 O-O-O 12. Nd4
Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Rhg8 14. h5 c5 15. Be3 Qc6 $11 {Adams - Nielsen (Dortmund, 2005)}
) (11. Bb5 a6 12. Ba4 b5 $5 13. Bb3 Bf6 14. Bd5 O-O-O $1 $11 (14... Rb8 15. Kb1
Bxd5 16. Qxd5 $14 Ne7 17. Qd3 Qf5 $11 {Zawadzka - Socko (Karpacz, 2008)}))
11... Nxd4 12. Bxd4 (12. cxd4 d5 $11) 12... Rg8 13. c4 (13. Bd3 c5 14. Be3
O-O-O $11 {Demnдchst spielt Schwarz d5.}) 13... O-O-O $11 {Dominguez Perez -
Wang Yue (Linares, 2009)} (13... c5 $6 {In dieser Stellung wдre das ein wenig
zu optimistisch - die weiЯen Lдufer werden viel bessere Positionen einnehmen.}
14. Bc3 O-O-O 15. g3 $1 $14)) (10. Ng5 Bxg5 11. Bxg5 f6 12. Be3 O-O-O $11 {
Der Vorteil des Lдuferpaares ist nicht auszunutzen.}) (10. Bb5 a6 11. Ba4 O-O
12. Rhe1 b5 13. Bb3 Na5 $1 (13... Bxb3 14. axb3 a5 15. Qd5 $14 {Karjakin -
Kritz (Gothenburg, 2005)}) 14. Bxe6 fxe6 $132) 10... Bf6 (10... O-O-O $5 11.
Bb5 a6 12. Ba4 Bf6 13. Bd4 Bxd4 14. cxd4 Bd5 $11 {Belov - Belozerov (Tomsk,
2006)}) 11. Be2 (11. Bb5 a6 {Am besten klдrt man die weiЯen Plдne bezьglich
seines weiЯfeldrigen Lдufers.} 12. Ba4 (12. Bxc6 Qxc6 13. Bd4 (13. Nd4 Qxg2 $15
) 13... Bxd4 14. cxd4 (14. Nxd4 Qxg2 $15 {Da Schwarz bald lang rochiert, hat
er nichts zu befьrchten, es ist eher WeiЯ, der sich um Ausgleich Gedanken
machen muss.}) 14... Qd5 15. b3 O-O-O $11) 12... O-O 13. Nd4 Bd5 14. f3 b5 15.
Bb3 Bxb3 16. Nxb3 Qf5 $11 {Es ist nichts von einem mцglichen weiЯen Vorteil zu
sehen.}) (11. h4 h6 $11 {Typische Reaktion - man sollte WeiЯ nicht zu Ng5
lassen, falls er mit dem Bauern nehmen kann.}) 11... O-O-O 12. Nd4 (12. Ng5
Bxg5 13. Bxg5 f6 $11 {Die Stellung wurde schon hundert mal gespielt, WeiЯ
verfьgt ьber einen symbolischen Vorteil, Schwarz sollte jedoch problemlos
Remis schaffen.}) 12... Bxd4 $1 {Die beste Fortsetzung, hier hat WeiЯ
ьberhaupt keinen Vorteil.} (12... Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Bxd4 14. Qxd4 c5 15. Qf4 d5 16.
Bf3 $36 {Obwohl die Stellung fьr Schwarz noch im grьnen Bereich liegt, hat
WeiЯ doch gewissen Druck aufbauen kцnnen.}) 13. cxd4 (13. Bxd4 f6 14. Be3 $11 {
Man kommt wieder in diese Stellung rein, die sehr remislich ist.}) 13... d5 $11
{Die weiЯen Lдufer hatten keinen Vorteil ьber die schwarzen Lдufer und
Springer in Dominguez Perez - Wang Yue (Sofia, 2009).}) 8. Qd2 Nd7 ({Nach} 8...
Nc6 9. O-O-O {hat Schwarz eigentlich keine Wahl - er muss Ne5 spielen. Nach
dem Partiezug hat Schwarz unterschiedliche Optionen.}) 9. O-O-O Re8 (9... Ne5 {
Das ist die Hauptvariante, in der Schwarz keine groЯen Schwierigkeiten hat.}
10. h4 (10. Kb1 Re8 (10... a6 11. Be2 Be6 12. Nd4 Nc4 13. Qd3 Nxe3 14. Nxe6
fxe6 15. Qxe3 e5 16. Bd3 $16 {Anand - Kramnik (Monte Carlo, 2005)}) 11. Nd4 a6
12. f4 Ng4 13. Bd3 d5 14. Rhe1 Bh4 15. g3 Nxe3 16. Rxe3 Rxe3 17. Qxe3 Bf6 18.
Nf3 Qe7 19. Qxe7 {1/2-1/2 Svidler - Anand (San Luis, 2005)}) 10... Bg4 (10...
Re8 11. h5 Bf6 12. Kb1 a6 13. Nh2 b5 14. Be2 Bb7 $132 {Svidler - Kramnik 
(Moscow, 2005)}) (10... b6 11. Nd4 Bb7 12. Bg5 Bf6 13. Qf4 Ng6 14. Qf5 Bxg5+
15. hxg5 Re8 16. Qg4 Nf8 17. Bb5 Re4 18. f4 g6 19. Bd3 Re3 20. f5 $16 {Anand -
Alekseev (Dortmund, 2007)}) 11. Be2 Qc8 12. h5 Re8 13. Nxe5 dxe5 14. Bxg4 Qxg4
15. Qd5 Qa4 16. Kb1 Bd6 17. c4 b6 $11 {Jakovenko - Shirov (Moscow, 2007)}) (
9... Nc5 {dieser Zug wird gespielt, wenn WeiЯ den Lдufer auf f4 hat.}) 10. h4
c6 {Das sieht komisch aus. Schwarz verliert Zeit wдhrend WeiЯ am Kцnigsflьgel
aufrollt. Besonders gegen Topalov ist das eine gefдhrliche Strategie.} 11. h5 (
11. c4 Nc5 12. Bd3 $2 {Wie kann man nur daran denken, den Lдufer zu geben?!}
Nxd3+ 13. Qxd3 Qa5 14. Bd2 Qf5 15. Bb4 Qxd3 16. cxd3 Bg4 $15 {Korbut - Lahno 
(Kemer, 2007)}) 11... h6 {Schwarz sollte WeiЯ nicht zu h6 kommen lassen, denn
danach wьrde sich sein Kцnig immer in Gefahr befinden.} (11... Nf6 12. h6 g6
13. Qd4 $5 $14 {und Schwarz kann sich nicht so gut bewegen.}) 12. Kb1 {Ein
gesunder prophylaktischer Zug - der Kцnig steht auf b1 immer besser als auf c1.
} Nf6 13. Bd3 {Das Opfer auf h6 hдngt in der Luft. Am besten unternimmt
Schwarz dagegen MaЯnahmen, bevor da etwas reinfliegt.} Bf8 14. Rdg1 $1 {
WeiЯ zieht konequent seinen Plan durch: g4-g5-Matt.} Ng4 ({Viel schlechter ist
der andere Versuch, g4 zu verhindern:} 14... Bg4 $2 15. Nh2 Bxh5 16. g4 Bg6 17.
g5 hxg5 18. Bxg5 $16 {und der weiЯe Angriff ist tцdlich.}) 15. Bf4 {Der
einzige Zug.} Qf6 16. Nh2 ({Nichts bringt} 16. Bg3 d5 17. Bh4 Qd6 18. Re1 Bd7
$11 {Wenn WeiЯ keinen Kцnigsangriff organisieren kann, dann bekommt er auch
keinen Vorteil.}) 16... Nxh2 ({Ein interessanter Versuch ist} 16... Ne5 {
Hier kann WeiЯ sogar seinen Lдufer geben, weil sein Angriff schon sehr weit
voran ist.} 17. g4 Nxd3 18. cxd3 Qe7 19. Be3 (19. g5 $2 hxg5 20. Rxg5 Qe2 $17)
19... Be6 20. g5 $40) 17. Rxh2 Bf5 18. Bxf5 {18.g4 verdient ebenfalls
Betrachtung.} (18. g4 Bxd3 19. cxd3 Qe6 20. Be3 d5 21. g5 hxg5 22. Rxg5 $40)
18... Qxf5 19. g4 Qe4 (19... Qd5 {sieht sehr schief aus...} 20. Qxd5 cxd5 21.
f3 $16) 20. g5 $40 {Es ist offensichtlich, dass WeiЯ aus der Erцffnung sehr
viel erreicht hat.} hxg5 21. Bxg5 (21. Rxg5 $4 Qe1+ $17) 21... Qe2 $2 {Schwarz
verliert eine Qualitдt, aber es ist schwer, etwas Besseres vorzuschlagen.} (
21... Re6 22. h6 g6 23. Rh4 Qe2 24. Qxe2 Rxe2 25. h7+ Kh8 26. Be3 $18 {Der
Turm ist gefangen genauso wie in der Partie.}) 22. Qxe2 Rxe2 23. Be3 Rxe3 (
23... Re8 {дndert nichts:} 24. Rh3 d5 25. Kc1 $18) 24. fxe3 $18 {Die Stellung
ist total gewonnen fьr WeiЯ, es ist schwer vorzustellen, was passieren sollte,
dass sie noch remislich wird!} Re8 25. Rh3 (25. h6 $5 {gewinnt wohl sofort.} g6
(25... Rxe3 26. hxg7 Bxg7 27. Rhg2 $18) 26. h7+ Kh8 27. Rh3 $18 {Schwarz muss
sich nun auch noch um den Bauer h7 kьmmern.}) 25... Re6 26. c4 (26. h6 $1 {
fьhrt zu der oben gezeigten Stellung.} g6 27. h7+ Kh8 28. Kc1 $18) 26... Be7
27. Rf3 $2 {"Show time!" Ganz egal, was die Idee dieses Zuges ist, im Endspiel
mit einem Qualitдt mehr muss man nichts erfinden! Man sollte die
Hauptprinzipen des Endspiels nicht vergessen - der Kцnig gehцrt ins Zentrum!} (
27. Kc1 $1 {Schwarz kann nichts Besseres machen als aufgeben, nicht mal Bf6
funktioniert.} Bf6 28. h6 g6 29. h7+ Kh8 30. Rf1 $18) 27... Re5 28. Rgf1 $2 {
Wozu? Warum tauscht man den h5-Bauern gegen den Bauern f7? Um Schwarz den
freien g-Bauern zu geben?} (28. h6 {ist auch nicht mehr so gut.} g6 29. h7+
Kxh7 30. Rxf7+ Kg8 31. Rf3 Kg7) (28. Rh3 {ist vielleicht die beste Wahl, um
alles von vorne anzufangen.}) 28... Rxh5 $1 {Wenn man so eine Chance bekommt,
muss man sie nutzen!} (28... f6 $2 29. Rh3 $18) 29. Rxf7 Re5 $16 {Die Stellung
ist immer noch gewonnen, aber Weiss hat seine Aufgabe wesentlich schwerer
gemacht.} 30. R7f3 (30. R1f3 g5 $1 (30... Rxe3 31. Rxg7+ Kxg7 32. Rxe3 $18) 31.
R7f5 Re4 32. b3 Kg7 $132 {und es geht los - die schwarzen Chancen sind nicht
schlechter.}) 30... Bf6 31. c3 $2 {Rдtselhaftes Spiel. Der Zug macht ьberhaupt
keinen Sinn, er bringt WeiЯ dafьr konkrete Probleme.} (31. Kc1 Re4 32. b3 $16 {
/\Kd2-Kd3}) 31... Re4 32. Rxf6 $4 {Man kann es nicht glauben, dass ein
GroЯmeister mit ьber 2800 so spielt. Topalov geht in ein remisliches
Turmendspiel ьber, ohne es zu versuchen, seinen materiellen Vorteil "normal"
zu verwerten.} (32. Rd1 $1 {hдlt den Bauern und erlaubt Schwarz kein
Gegenspiel.} Re6 (32... Be5 $2 33. b3 g5 34. Kc2 Kg7 35. Rdf1 $18) 33. Kc2 g5
34. Kd3 $16 {Die weiЯe Stellung ist immernoch nahhezu gewonnen.}) 32... gxf6
33. Rxf6 Rxe3 34. Rxd6 {Auf den ersten Blick sieht das Endspiel remislich aus.
Dass Gelfand es verloren hat, liegt wohl an einem taktischen Fehlgriff.} Kf7
35. Kc2 (35. Rd7+ Re7 36. Rxe7+ Kxe7 $11 {Der weiЯe Mehrbauer kann nicht
verwertet werden.}) 35... Re2+ 36. Kb3 Ke7 37. Rd4 c5 $1 {Ein Wartezug wдre
ein Fehler:} (37... Rf2 38. c5 Ke6 (38... Rf5 39. Rb4 Rxc5 40. Rxb7+ Kd6 41.
Rxa7 $18) 39. Ra4 a6 40. Rb4 Rf7 41. Rd4 $16 {WeiЯ hat seine Stellung
wesentlich verbessert.}) 38. Rd3 b6 {WeiЯ hдtte diesen Zug sowieso frьher oder
spдter mittels Rd5 erzwingen kцnnen.} 39. Ka3 Rc2 {Der schwarzer Kцnig hat
eine ideale Position, er kontrolliert alle Felder - d7 und d8.} 40. Rd5 {
Schwarz befindet sich im Zugzwang.} a5 (40... Rh2 {Ich denke, man konnte das
Remis einfach halten, wenn man an der Stellung nichts дndert.} 41. b4 cxb4+ 42.
cxb4 Rg2 43. Kb3 Rg3+ 44. Ka4 Rg2 45. a3 Rg3 46. c5 bxc5 47. bxc5 Ke6 $11 {
Dieses Endspiel muss Remis sein. Schwarz kann den a-Bauern geben und mit
seinem Kцnig zu den weiЯen Bauern rьberlaufen - damit entsteht eine
theoretische Remisstellung.}) 41. Rd3 Rh2 42. b3 Rc2 43. Ka4 $1 {Die einzige
Chance, die WeiЯ hat.} Rxa2+ 44. Kb5 Rb2 45. Kxb6 a4 46. Kxc5 Rxb3 $2 ({
Ein einfaches Remis erreichte Schwarz nach} 46... a3 $1 47. Kc6 (47. Rd6 Rxb3
48. Ra6 Rxc3 $11) (47. b4 $4 a2 $19) 47... Rxb3 48. Rd7+ Ke6 $1 {es ist
wichtig, den Kцnig im Zentrum zu behalten, um zum a-Bauern laufen zu kцnnen.}
49. Ra7 Rxc3 50. c5 Ke5 51. Ra4 Rh3 52. Kb6 Rb3+ 53. Kc7 Kd5 54. c6 Rc3 55.
Ra5+ Kc4 $11) 47. Kc6 a3 48. c5 Ke8 $4 {Nun ist die Stellung forciert verloren!
} (48... a2 49. Rd7+ Ke6 $1 {Ins Zentrum!!} 50. Ra7 Rb2 (50... Rxc3 $4 51. Rxa2
$18 {das ist selbstverstдndlich verloren.}) 51. Ra4 $1 {Die beste Chance.} (51.
c4 Ke5 52. Kc7 Kd4 53. c6) 51... Rc2 (51... Ke5 $5 52. Kd7 Rh2 53. Kc7 Rh7+ 54.
Kb6 Rh2 55. c6 Kd6 56. Rd4+ Ke5 57. c7 a1=Q 58. c8=Q Qb2+ $11) 52. Kb6 Kd5 $11)
49. Rh3 (49. Rd7 $4 Rxc3 50. Ra7 Kd8 51. Ra8+ Ke7 $11) 49... a2 50. Rh8+ Ke7
51. Ra8 $18 Rb2 52. Kc7 {Schwarz kommt in allen Varianten zu spдt.} Rc2 (52...
Ke6 53. c6 Kd5 54. Kd7 $18) 53. c6 Rb2 54. c4 Rc2 55. Ra6 Rb2 56. c5 Ke6 57.
Ra5 Rc2 58. Kb7 Rb2+ 59. Kc8 Ke7 60. c7 Ke8 61. Rxa2 Rxa2 62. Kb7 1-0

[Event "Jermuk FIDE GP"]
[Site "Jermuk"]
[Date "2009.08.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Inarkiev, Ernesto"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[Annotator "Kritz,L"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2009.08.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 {Die zur Zeit oft gespielte Alternative ist 3.d4} (
3. d4 Nxe4 (3... exd4 4. e5 Ne4 5. Qxd4 $14) 4. Bd3 d5 5. dxe5 {mit
kompliziertem Spiel.}) 3... d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 {Meiner Meinung nach die
einzige Fortsetzung, die WeiЯ erlaubt, um Vorteil zu kдmpfen, ьberhaupt nichts
bringt 5.Nc3.} (5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 Nc6 8. Qd2 Be6 $1 {Die Variante
mit der langen Rochade ist die sicherste aus der Sicht von Schwarz.} 9. O-O-O
Qd7 10. Ng5 Bxg5 11. Bxg5 f6 12. Be3 O-O-O $11 {Das weiЯe Lдuferpaar hat keine
groЯe Bedeutung, weil die Stellung relativ geschlossen ist.}) 5... d5 6. Bd3
Be7 {Die Hauptvariante. Spielbar ist auch das von Kramnik in Dortmund gewдhlte
6....Bd6.} (6... Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. c4 c6 9. Re1 Bf5 10. c5 Bc7 11. Nc3 Nd7 $132
{Naiditsch - Kramnik (Dortmund, 2009)}) 7. O-O Nc6 8. Nc3 {Ich kann mir nicht
vorstellen, dass dieser Zug ernsthaften Vorteil bringen kann. Aber immerhin
fьhrt er zu langem Spiel ohne forcierte Varianten. Alternativen sind 8.c4 und
8.Re1.} (8. c4 Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Bf5 11. a3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Nc6 13. Re1 Re8
14. cxd5 Qxd5 15. Bf4 Rac8 $11 {Das ist die Ausgangsstellung der Hauptvariante,
die bis zum tiefen Endspiel analysiert wurde und es gezeigt wurde, dass
Schwarz sich ьberall halten kann.}) (8. Re1 $5 {gewinnt mehr an Popularitдt in
letzter Zeit.} Bg4 9. c4 (9. c3 f5 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Qb3 Na5 12. Qc2 Nc6 13. b4
a6 14. a4 Bd6 15. Ba3 Kh8 $132 {Morozevich - Gelfand (Yerevan, 2008)}) 9... Nf6
10. Nc3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Nxd4 12. Qd1 Ne6 $132 {WeiЯ hat verschieden
Mцglichkeiten, seine Initiative zu entfalten, und ich denke, wir werden in
naher Zukunft einige interessanten Partien in dieser Variante sehen.}) 8...
Nxc3 (8... Bf5 9. Re1 ({Wenig bringt} 9. Qe1 Bb4 10. Qe3 Bxc3 11. bxc3 O-O 12.
Ng5 Re8 13. Nxe4 Bxe4 $11 {Karjakin - Bologan (Dortmund, 2004)}) 9... Nxc3 10.
bxc3 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 O-O 12. Rb1 Na5 13. Qf5 $36 {und WeiЯ hatte doch eine
kleine Initiative in Cheparinov - Roiz (Kemer, 2007)}) 9. bxc3 Bg4 10. h3 (10.
Re1 O-O 11. Bf4 Bh5 12. Rb1 Rb8 13. h3 Bd6 14. Bxd6 Qxd6 15. Re3 f6 16. Qd2
Rfe8 $11 {Topalov - Kramnik (Nice, 2008)}) (10. Rb1) 10... Bh5 11. Rb1 Rb8 12.
g4 $5 {Eine interessante neue Idee.} (12. Be3 $6 {Solch ein Zug ist eindeutig
zu langsam.} O-O 13. c4 Bg6 14. cxd5 Bxd3 15. Qxd3 Nb4 16. Qb3 Nxd5 17. Bd2 Bf6
18. c4 Ne7 $11 {Sokolov - Fridman (Eppingen, 2006)}) 12... Bg6 13. Ne5 Bxd3 ({
Gutes Spiel hat WeiЯ nach} 13... Nxe5 $6 14. dxe5 O-O 15. Be3 $1 (15. f4 Bc5+
16. Kg2 Bxd3 17. cxd3 f5 18. d4 Be7 $132) 15... b6 16. f4 f5 (16... Bxd3 17.
Qxd3 Qd7 18. f5 $14) 17. exf6 Bxf6 18. Bxg6 hxg6 19. Qd3 $14) 14. Nxd3 {
Die weiЯe Idee besteht darin, seine Dame nach f3 zu stellen und Druck gegen
den Bauern d5 auszuьben. Danach kann er entweder mit Nf4, Rb5, oder Bf4
fortfahren.} (14. cxd3 O-O {WeiЯ hat keinen konkreten Plan, um seine Stellung
zu verstдrken.} 15. f4 f6 $11) 14... O-O 15. Qf3 Na5 16. Bf4 (16. Rb5 $2 c6 $11
) (16. Nf4 $6 c6 17. Nh5 g6 $15) 16... Rc8 (16... Re8 $5 {verdient Betrachtung,
weil WeiЯ mit dem Direktspiel nichts erreicht:} 17. Rb5 $2 c6 18. Bxb8 (18.
Rxa5 Qxa5 19. Bxb8 Rxb8 20. Ne5 Rf8 21. Rb1 Qc7 $15) 18... cxb5 19. Bxa7 $2 b6
20. Re1 Nc6 21. Bxb6 Qxb6 22. Qxd5 Rd8 $17) 17. Rfe1 c6 $11 {Die Stellung ist
doch ausgeglichen, WeiЯ hat keinen Vorteil bekommen kцnnen.} 18. Re2 Bg5 $6 {
Eine Ungenauigkeit.} (18... Re8 $1 19. Rbe1 Nc4 $1 {Schwarz muss das Feld e5
unter Kontrolle nehmen, bevor er Qd7 spielt.} (19... Qd7 $2 20. Ne5 Qe6 21. Nc4
Qxe2 22. Qxe2 Nxc4 $16 {WeiЯ hat einige technische Probleme, aber die Stellung
ist gewonnen.}) 20. g5 Qd7 21. Qg4 Qxg4+ 22. hxg4 Kf8 $11) 19. Bxg5 Qxg5 20.
Rbe1 $14 {Jetzt hat WeiЯ schon einen klaren Vorteil dank der Kontrolle der
einzigen offenen Linie. Die weiЯen Tьrme wollen auf die siebte Reihe
eindringen, dazu steht der schwarze Springer am Rande des Brettes ziemlich
unglьcklich.} f5 (20... Nc4 21. Re7 Nd6 22. Qe2 $14) 21. Qg3 f4 $6 ({Besser
wдre} 21... fxg4 22. hxg4 Nc4 {wobei WeiЯ auch hier mit groЯem Vorteil steht:}
23. f4 Qd8 24. Nc5 $16) 22. Qf3 Qd8 {Schwarz muss die Dame evakuieren,
ansonsten kommt WeiЯ zu materiellen Vorteilen.} (22... Nc4 23. Nc5 Rf7 24. Re8+
Rf8 (24... Rxe8 25. Rxe8+ Rf8 26. Rxf8+ Kxf8 27. Ne6+ $18) 25. R8e7 Rf7 26.
Rxf7 Kxf7 27. Nxb7 $16) 23. Nc5 Rf7 24. Ne6 Qh4 {Schwarz nimmt materielle
Verluste in Kauf.} ({Noch schlechter ist} 24... Qf6 $2 25. Re5 Nc4 26. Rf5 Qg6
27. Rxf7 Qxf7 28. Qxf4 $16) 25. Re5 $6 (25. Nxf4 $5 {gewann einfach einen
Bauern.} Qf6 (25... Rcf8 26. Qg3 Qxg3+ 27. fxg3 $16) 26. Qg3 Nc4 (26... Qxf4 $4
27. Re8+ Rf8 28. Qxf4 $18) 27. Nd3 $16) 25... Nc4 26. Rh5 Qe7 {Das Problem ist,
dass nun der Turm auf e1 hдngt und WeiЯ daher nicht auf f4 nehmen kann.} 27.
Rf5 $1 (27. Re2 Re8 $11) 27... Re8 $2 {Wiederum eine falsche Entscheidung.} (
27... Nd6 $1 28. Rxf7 Qxf7 29. Qxf4 (29. Nxf4 $4 Rf8 $19) 29... Ne4 30. Qxf7+
Kxf7 31. Nc5 Nxc5 32. dxc5 b6 $14 {Das Endspiel ist etwas besser fьr WeiЯ,
jedoch hat Schwarz gute Chancen, Remis zu machen, weil die weiЯe Bauerstruktur
sehr kompromittiert ist.}) 28. Qxf4 Rf6 (28... Nd6 29. Rxf7 Nxf7 30. Re3 $16)
29. Rxf6 Qxf6 30. Qxf6 gxf6 31. f4 ({Ein grober Fehler wдre} 31. Kf1 $4 Kf7 $1
32. Nf4 Nd2+ $19) 31... Na3 {Schwarz gewinnt den Bauern zurьck, doch WeiЯ hat
bessere Aussichten dank dem superstarken Springer.} 32. f5 Nxc2 33. Re2 Na3 34.
Kf2 {Im Endspiel muss man den Kцnig ins Zentrum bringen.} Nb5 35. Re3 Nd6 (
35... Re7 36. Kf3 Kf7 {Die Idee, den Springertausch vorzubereiten,
funktioniert nicht:} 37. Kf4 Nc7 $2 38. Nd8+ Ke8 39. Rxe7+ Kxe7 40. Nxb7 $18)
36. Kf3 Kf7 (36... Ne4 $6 {erlaubt WeiЯ im weiteren Spielverlauf, c4 zu
spielen.} 37. Kf4 Kf7 38. h4 h6 39. c4 $14) 37. Kf4 h6 38. h4 Rh8 {Schwarz
hдlt sich, aber seine Stellung ist дuЯerst unangenehm.} 39. Re1 b6 40. a4 a5
41. Re2 Re8 42. Rb2 Nc4 43. Rh2 Rh8 44. Re2 Nd6 45. Re1 {Diese Stellung haben
wir schon gesehen, nur war WeiЯ am Zug. Schwarz gerдt in so was wie Zugzwang.}
Re8 46. Rb1 b5 ({Hier kann man} 46... Nc4 {nicht spielen, wie im 42. Zug, weil
WeiЯ den VorstoЯ} 47. g5 $1 {hat.} hxg5+ 48. hxg5 fxg5+ 49. Nxg5+ Kf6 50. Rh1
$18) 47. Ra1 {Schwarz hat nun eine weitere Schwдche - den Bauern a5.} bxa4 48.
Rxa4 Ra8 49. Nc5 Ra7 50. Ra1 Nb5 $2 (50... Ra8 $5 {Vermutlich konnte Schwarz
sich halten, wenn er 50....Ra8 gespielt hдtte.}) 51. g5 $1 {Die weiЯen Figuren
dringen nun in das schwarze Lager ein.} hxg5+ 52. hxg5 fxg5+ 53. Kxg5 Nxc3 54.
Rh1 Kg8 55. f6 $18 {Schwarz ist verloren.} Rh7 (55... Ne4+ 56. Nxe4 dxe4 57.
Kg6 a4 58. Rb1 Ra8 59. Rb7 a3 60. Rg7+ Kf8 61. Rh7 Kg8 62. f7+ Kf8 63. Rh8+ $18
) 56. Re1 Ne4+ 57. Kg6 Ra7 58. Nxe4 dxe4 59. Rxe4 Kf8 60. Rh4 Kg8 61. Rh1 Rb7
62. d5 c5 63. d6 c4 64. Rd1 Rd7 65. Rb1 Rd8 66. Rb7 c3 67. Rg7+ Kf8 68. Rh7 1-0

[Event "Linares 26th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2009.02.26"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Wang, Yue"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[Annotator "Kritz,L"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2009.02.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 {Die Russische Partie ist das grцЯte Problem fьr die 1.
e4-Spieler.} 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 {Ich verstehe nicht, wieso man
immer wieder diese Variante spielt, wobei es relativ klar ist, dass da nichts
drin ist...} Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 (7. Bf4 {ist eine Alternative, die im
Grunde genommen zu nichts Anderem fьhrt.} Nc6 $1 {Fьr Schwarz ist der Plan mit
der langen Rochade der sicherste, um einen Ausgleich zu erzielen.} 8. Qd2 Be6
9. O-O-O Qd7 10. Kb1 (10. h4 h6 11. g3 Bf6 12. Bg2 O-O-O 13. Kb1 Rhe8 14. Rhe1
Bg4 15. Qd5 Rxe1 16. Rxe1 Re8 $11 {Efimenko - Zhou Jianchao (Al Ain, 2008)})
10... O-O-O $1 {Ich denke, nach allen Experimenten mit 10....a6, die sofortige
Rochade ist der beste Zug. WeiЯ kann mittels Bb5 nichts rausholen, d.h.
Schwarz braucht keine Zeit zu verlieren.} 11. Bb5 (11. Ng5 Bxg5 12. Bxg5 f6 $11
{Efimenko - Sakaev (Kallithea, 2008)}) 11... a6 12. Ba4 (12. Bxc6 Qxc6 13. Nd4
$6 Qxg2 14. Rhg1 Qd5 15. Nxe6 Qxd2 16. Bxd2 fxe6 17. Rxg7 Bf6 $15) 12... Bf6
13. Bg5 (13. Nd4 Bd5 $11) 13... Bxg5 14. Qxg5 b5 15. Bb3 f6 16. Bxe6 Qxe6 17.
Qf4 (17. Qxg7 Rdg8 18. Qh6 Rxg2 19. Rhe1 Qf5 $11) 17... h5 18. h3 g5 $11 {
Ivanchuk - Kramnik (Moscow, 2008)}) 7... Nc6 8. Qd2 Be6 9. O-O-O Qd7 {Das
verlдuft hier eigentlich genauso wie in der Variante 7.Bf4.} 10. h4 (10. Ng5
Bxg5 11. Bxg5 f6 12. Be3 O-O-O $11) (10. Bb5 a6 11. Ba4 O-O 12. Rhe1 b5 13. Bb3
{Karjakin - Kritz (Gothenburg, 2005)} Na5 $1 14. Bxe6 fxe6 15. b3 Nc6 $11) (10.
Kb1 O-O-O 11. Bb5 a6 12. Ba4 Bf6 13. Bd4 Bxd4 14. cxd4 Bd5 $11 {Belov -
Belozerov (Tomsk, 2006)}) 10... h6 11. Nd4 {Typischerweise vereinfacht sich
das Spiel nach dem Springertausch, so dass Remis zu 99% das Ergebnis ist.} (11.
Bb5 a6 12. Ba4 b5 $5 13. Bb3 Bf6 14. Bd5 Rb8 15. Kb1 Bxd5 16. Qxd5 Ne7 17. Qd3
Qf5 $11 {Zawadzka - Socko (Karpacz, 2008)}) 11... Nxd4 12. Bxd4 (12. cxd4 d5
$11) 12... Rg8 13. c4 (13. Bd3 c5 14. Be3 O-O-O $11 {Demnдchst spielt Schwarz
d5.}) 13... O-O-O (13... c5 $6 {In dieser Stellung waere das ein wenig zu
optimistisch - die weiЯen Lдufer werden viel bessere Positionen einnehmen.} 14.
Bc3 O-O-O 15. g3 $1 $14) 14. Qc3 (14. Bxa7 $5 {ist ein interessanter, aber
sehr riskanter Versuch.} b6 15. c5 $1 Kb7 (15... dxc5 $4 16. Ba6# {Hьbsch...})
16. cxb6 cxb6 17. Bxb6 Kxb6 18. Qb4+ Kc7 (18... Ka7 19. Rd3 Qb7 20. Qa5+ Kb8
21. Rhh3 Bxh3 22. Rxh3 $1 $16) 19. Bb5 (19. Qa5+ Kb8 20. Rd3 Qa7 21. Qb5+ Qb7
$17 {Schwarz gewann ein Tempo im Vergleich zu 18....Ka7}) 19... Qc8 20. Rd3 Qb7
(20... Bf6 $2 21. Rhd1 Qb7 22. Rxd6 $18) 21. Qa5+ Qb6 (21... Kb8 22. Ba6 Qa7 (
22... Qc7 23. Qb5+ Ka8 24. Ra3 $18) 23. Qb5+ Ka8 24. Qc6+ Kb8 25. Rhh3 $18) 22.
Rc3+ Kb7 23. Bc6+ (23. Ba6+ Qxa6 24. Rc7+ Kb8 25. Qxa6 Kxc7 26. Qa7+ Kc6 $11
27. Qxe7 $4 Rd7 $19) 23... Qxc6 24. Rxc6 Kxc6 25. Qa6+ Kd7 26. Qb5+ Kc7 27.
Qa5+ $11 {Am Ende kommt ein spektakulдres Remis raus. Es wдre vielleicht ein
Versuch wert gewesen, denn Schwarz muss einige einzige Zьge im Verlauf der
Variante finden.}) 14... g6 15. g3 (15. Bxa7 Qa4 $1 {Zum Verlust fьhrt 15...b6:
} (15... b6 16. c5 Kb7 17. c6+ $1 Qxc6 18. Ba6+ $18) 16. Be3 Qxa2 17. Bd3 (17.
Bxh6 Rh8 18. Be3 Bxh4 $15) 17... b6 $11) 15... Qa4 16. Kb1 c5 {Schwarz hat
leicht ausgeglichen.} 17. Bf6 (17. Be3 h5 $11) 17... Bxf6 18. Qxf6 h5 {WeiЯ
hat nichts anzugreifen - die einzige Schwдche im schwarzen Lager, der Bauer d6,
ist sehr leicht zu verteidigen, besonders weil der Kцnig an der Verteidigung
teilnehmen kann.} 19. Rg1 (19. Bh3 $2 Bxh3 (19... Qxc4 $2 20. b3 Qb5 21. Bxe6+
fxe6 22. Qxe6+ $14) 20. Rxh3 Qxc4 $17) (19. b3 Qc6 20. Bd3 d5 $11) (19. Bd3 d5
$1 $11 {klдrt die Stellung sofort.}) 19... Rge8 (19... d5 $2 {Noch kann
Schwarz sich nicht befreien, aber das hat er auch nicht nцtig, der Druck, den
WeiЯ ausьbt, ist minimal.} 20. cxd5 Bxd5 21. Bh3+ Kb8 22. Qe5+ $18) 20. b3 Qb4
$6 {Das ist sicherlich nicht das beste Feld fьr die Dame, besonders weil
demnдchst ...Qb6 folgt. Besser ist 20...Qd7.} (20... Qd7 21. Bg2 Qe7 22. Qc3
Qf8 $1 $11 {Die Dame kommt nach h8 und entweder erobert sie die lange
Diagonale oder sie wird abgetauscht, wonach keine Figuren zum Gewinnen mehr
bleiben.}) 21. Kb2 Qb6 22. Bd3 (22. Bg2 $2 Bxc4 $17) 22... d5 {Schwarz spielt
sehr direkt, und gerдt doch unter gewissen Druck.} 23. cxd5 Rxd5 24. Be4 $1 (
24. Bc4 $6 Rxd1 25. Rxd1 (25. Bxe6+ $4 Rxe6 $19) 25... Bxc4 26. Qxb6 axb6 27.
bxc4 Re2 28. Rf1 Kc7 29. Kc3 $11) 24... Rdd8 (24... Rxd1 25. Rxd1 {fьhrt zur
Partiestellung}) 25. Rge1 Rxd1 26. Rxd1 {Schwarz kam ein wenig in Bedrдngnis,
denn alle weiЯen Figuren wurden auf einmal sehr aktiv.} c4 (26... Rd8 $4 27.
Bxb7+ Kxb7 28. Rxd8 $18) 27. Rd2 (27. Qe5 Qc7 28. Qb5 Re7 $13 {Schwarz hдlt
sich, aber man hat das Gefьhl, dass WeiЯ doch am Drьcker ist.}) 27... cxb3 28.
axb3 Kb8 29. Rd4 Qc7 {Die richtige Idee - Schwarz muss die Damen tauschen oder
zumindest die weiЯe Dame von ihrer aktiven Position vertreiben.} 30. Rb4 b6 31.
Rd4 (31. f4 {Um eventuell f5 zu spielen.} Qe7 32. Qe5+ Qc7 $11) 31... Rc8 (
31... Qe7 32. Qe5+ Qc7 33. Qg5 Rc8 (33... Qe7 34. Qb5 $14) 34. c4 $14) 32. c4
Re8 {Es drohte Bxg6.} 33. Bf3 a5 {Schwarz hat eine Art Festung aufgebaut.
Seine Figuren sind zwar passiv, doch hat WeiЯ keine Durchbruchsmцglichkeiten.}
34. Kc3 Ka7 35. Qf4 {Es bleibt nichst Besseres ьbrig, als das Glьck im
Endspiel zu suchen.} Qxf4 36. gxf4 (36. Rxf4 Kb8 {Der schwarze Kцnig kommt
rechtzeitig ins Zentrum und verhindert die weiЯe Expansion.} 37. Kd4 Kc7 38.
Rf6 Kd6 39. Bd5 Ke7 $11) 36... Rc8 $1 (36... Kb8 $2 37. Rd6 Ka7 (37... Kc7 $4
38. Rc6+ $18) 38. Kd4 $16) 37. Bd5 (37. Rd6 b5 $1 38. Bc6 (38. Rc6 $4 Rxc6 39.
Bxc6 bxc4 40. bxc4 Kb6 $19) 38... bxc4 39. bxc4 Kb8 40. Bd5 Re8 $11) 37... Rc5
38. Bxe6 fxe6 39. Re4 Rf5 40. Kd3 (40. Rxe6 Rxf4 41. Rxg6 Rxh4 $11) 40... Kb7
41. Ke3 Rf6 42. Re5 Kc6 43. Ke4 Kd7 44. Rb5 Kc6 $11 {Das Endspiel ist remis.
WeiЯ hat keine reellen Chancen, die Schwдchen von Schwarz auszunutzen, weil er
seinerseits eine schlechte Bauernstruktur am Kцnigsflьgel hat.} 45. Rg5 (45.
Ke5 $2 Rf5+ 46. Kxe6 Rxf4 (46... Rxb5 $2 47. cxb5+ Kxb5 48. Kf6 a4 (48... Kb4
49. Kxg6 Kxb3 50. f5 a4 51. f6 a3 52. f7 a2 53. f8=Q a1=Q 54. Kxh5 $16) 49.
bxa4+ Kxa4 50. Kxg6 b5 51. f5 b4 52. f6 b3 53. f7 b2 54. f8=Q b1=Q+ 55. Kxh5
$18) 47. Rg5 Rxh4 48. Rxg6 Rh3 49. f4 Rxb3 $19) 45... Kd6 46. Ke3 Kc6 47. Kf3
Kc7 48. Re5 Kd6 49. Rb5 Kc6 50. Rg5 Kc7 51. Ke3 Kc6 52. Ke4 Kd6 53. f3 Kd7 54.
Ke5 Ke7 55. Ke4 Kd6 56. Rb5 Kc6 57. Rg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "2011.05.14"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[Annotator "Kritz,L"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2011.05.05"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 (3. d4 Nxe4 (3... exd4 4. e5 Ne4 5. Qxd4 $14) 4.
Bd3 d5 5. dxe5 {mit kompliziertem Spiel.}) 3... d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 (5. Nc3
Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 Nc6 8. Qd2 Be6 $1 {Die Variante mit der langen Rochade
ist die sicherste aus Sicht von Schwarz.} 9. O-O-O Qd7 10. Ng5 Bxg5 11. Bxg5 f6
12. Be3 O-O-O $11 {Das weiЯe Lдuferpaar hat keine groЯe Bedeutung, weil die
Stellung relativ geschlossen ist.}) 5... d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 (6... Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8.
c4 c6 9. Re1 Bf5 10. c5 Bc7 11. Nc3 Nd7 $132 {Naiditsch-Kramnik (Dortmund 2009)
}) 7. O-O Be7 8. Nc3 ({Der Hauptzug ist:} 8. c4 Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Bf5 11.
a3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Nc6 13. Re1 Re8 14. cxd5 Qxd5 15. Bf4 Rac8 $11 {Das ist die
Ausgangsstellung der Hauptvariante, die bis ins tiefe Endspiel analysiert
wurde und wo gezeigt wurde, dass Schwarz sich ьberall halten kann.}) 8... Nxc3
(8... Bf5 9. Re1 ({Wenig bringt} 9. Qe1 Bb4 10. Qe3 Bxc3 11. bxc3 O-O 12. Ng5
Re8 13. Nxe4 Bxe4 $11 {Karjakin - Bologan (Dortmund, 2004)}) 9... Nxc3 10. bxc3
Bxd3 11. Qxd3 O-O 12. Rb1 Na5 13. Qf5 $36 {und WeiЯ hatte doch eine kleine
Initiative in Cheparinov-Roiz (Kemer 2007).}) 9. bxc3 Bg4 10. Re1 (10. h3 Bh5
11. Rb1 Rb8 12. g4 $5 {Eine interessante Idee.} Bg6 13. Ne5 Bxd3 14. Nxd3 {
Die weiЯe Idee ist es, die Dame auf f3 zu stellen und Druck gegen den Bauern
d5 auszuьben. Danach kann er entweder mit Nf4, Rb5, oder Bf4 fortfahren.} (14.
cxd3 O-O {WeiЯ hat keinen konkreten Plan, um seine Stellung zu verstдrken.} 15.
f4 f6 $11) 14... O-O 15. Qf3 Na5 $132 {Kamsky-Inarkiev (Jermuk 2009)}) 10...
O-O 11. Bf4 Bd6 {Der direkteste Weg zum Ausgleich - je mehr Figuren Schwarz
tauscht, desto einfacher ist sein Spiel.} (11... Bh5 12. Rb1 b6 {Eigentlich
bietet sich dieser Zug an. Die weiЯen Felder werden zwar geschwдcht, dafьr ist
der schwarze Turm nicht an die Verteidigung des Bauern gebunden.} 13. Qe2 (13.
Bb5 Na5 $11) 13... Bd6 14. Qe3 Re8 15. Ne5 Bxe5 16. dxe5 Qd7 17. Qg3 Qg4 $11 {
Li-Bu Xiangzhi (Tianjin 2011)}) (11... Qd7 {Ein seltener Zug.} 12. Rb1 Bd6 (
12... Rab8 $6 {WeiЯ konnte eine starke Initiative entwickeln:} 13. Re3 Rfe8 14.
Qe2 Bf8 15. Re1 Rxe3 16. Qxe3 Bf5 $2 17. Bxc7 $1 (17. Bxf5 Qxf5 18. Bxc7 Rc8
$11) 17... Qxc7 18. Bxf5 g6 19. Bd3 Na5 20. Qe5 $16 {Anand-Leko (Leon 2001)})
13. Bxd6 cxd6 $14 {Short-Howell (London 2009) Schwarz wurde zum Verdoppeln der
Bauern gezwungen und hat nun eine lange, passive Verteidigung vor sich.}) 12.
Bxd6 Bxf3 (12... Qxd6 $2 13. Bxh7+ Kxh7 14. Ng5+ $18) (12... cxd6 {Wenn
Schwarz zum Gegenspiel auf der c-Linie kommen wьrde, wдre dieses Nehmen gut
gewesen. Doch zu dem Gegenspiel kommt es nicht, daher ist der Partiezug besser.
} 13. Re3 Qd7 14. h3 Bh5 15. Qd2 Rae8 16. Nh4 Rxe3 17. Qxe3 Qe6 18. Nf5 $14 {
Topalov-Gelfand (Wijk aan Zee 2008)}) 13. Qxf3 (13. Bxc7 Bxd1 14. Bxd8 Bxc2 15.
Bxc2 Rfxd8 16. Bb3 Kf8 $11 {/\Na5}) 13... Qxd6 14. Re3 ({Keinen Vorteil bringt
ebenfalls} 14. Rab1 b6 {WeiЯ hat nicht genug Potenzial, um eine starke
Initiative zu entwickeln.} 15. Re3 (15. Rb5 Rad8 16. h4 Ne7 17. h5 Rfe8 18. Re5
h6 $11 {Leko-Gelfand (Nice 2008)}) 15... Rae8 16. Rbe1 Rxe3 17. Rxe3 g6 18. h4
Kg7 19. h5 Rd8 $11 {Vachier Lagrave-Motylev (Katernberg 2008)}) 14... Rae8 15.
Rae1 Re7 {Das Nehmen auf e3 ist gut genug.} (15... Rxe3 16. Rxe3 Nb8 $5 (16...
g6 17. h4 Nb8 18. h5 Nd7 19. g4 $14 {Leko-Kasimdzhanov (Nalchik 2009)}) 17. h4
Nd7 $11) 16. Rxe7 Nxe7 17. h4 {Der typische Plan - WeiЯ will seinen h-Bauern
aufrollen und den schwarzen Kцnig schwдchen. Eigentlich bringt das nicht viel.}
Rd8 18. c4 {Es ist nicht viel los in der Stellung.} (18. Qe3 Ng6 19. h5 Nf4 20.
Qe8+ Qf8 21. Qe5 Qd6 $11) 18... b6 $1 {Richtig! Man durfte nicht auf c4 nehmen.
} (18... dxc4 $2 19. Bxc4 Rf8 20. Qxb7 Qxd4 21. Qxc7 $18) 19. c3 {WeiЯ
verteidigt den Bauern d4 aus prophylaktischen Grьnden. Einen konkreten Plan
hat er nicht.} h6 $5 {Interessante Entscheidung. Typischerweise spielt man ...
g6, weil der Lдufer das Feld h7 kontrolliert und der Kцnig nach ...h6 immer
noch kein Luftloch hat. Auf der anderen Seite hat WeiЯ ьberhaupt kein aktives
Spiel.} (19... g6 20. h5 $36) 20. cxd5 Nxd5 21. Bc4 (21. Qf5 g6 22. Qf3 h5 $11)
21... c6 {Die Stellung ist ausgeglichen, weder Schwarz noch WeiЯ kann hier
etwas machen.} 22. Re5 Nf6 23. Qf4 Qd7 24. g3 Kf8 25. Bb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Poikovsky Karpov 10th"]
[Site "Poikovsky"]
[Date "2009.06.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Black "Inarkiev, Ernesto"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[Annotator "Kritz,L"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2009.06.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 131"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 {Es ist schцn zu sehen, dass
man endlich wieder цfters angefangen hat, die alte Haupvariante zu spielen. In
letzter Zeit wurde 5.Nc3 sehr populдr, wobei es offensichtlich ist, dass man
auf solche Art keinen Vorteil bekommen kann.} (5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 (
7. Bf4 Nc6 8. Qd2 Be6 9. O-O-O Qd7 $11) 7... Nc6 8. Qd2 Be6 9. O-O-O Qd7 $11)
5... d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. Re1 $5 {Das ist eine der Varianten, wo es
noch Luft fьr neue Erfindungen gibt. Die Hauptalternative ist 8.c4.} (8. c4 Nb4
9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Bf5 11. a3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Nc6 13. Re1 Re8 14. cxd5 (14. Bf4
Rc8) 14... Qxd5 15. Bf4 Rac8 $11 {In dieser Stellung wurden schon Hunderte
Partien gespielt, sie ist fast bis zum Ende ausanalysiert, und die Diagnose
lautet "Remis."}) 8... Bg4 9. c4 ({Zu interessantem Spiel fьhrt die Variante} 
9. c3 f5 10. Qb3 O-O (10... Bxf3 $6 11. gxf3 Qd6 12. fxe4 fxe4 13. Bf1 O-O-O
14. Be3 Rhf8 15. Nd2 $18 {Schwarz hat keinen Angriff.}) 11. Nbd2 (11. Qxb7 $6 {
Es ist zu gefдhrlich, den Bauern zu nehmen. Die schwarze Initiative kostet
mehr als nur einen Bauern.} Rf6 12. Qb3 Rg6 $44 {Rohit - Nasri (Denizli, 2003)}
) 11... Na5 12. Qc2 Nc6 13. b4 a6 14. a4 Bd6 $132) 9... Nf6 ({Ein grober
Fehler ist} 9... Nxd4 $4 {denn nach} 10. Bxe4 $1 dxe4 11. Qxd4 exf3 (11... Bxf3
12. Qxd8+ Rxd8 13. gxf3 $18) 12. Qxg4 $18 {verliert WeiЯ die Figur.}) (9...
Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Nxd4 11. Qe3 Nf5 12. Qh3 Nfd6 13. cxd5 Nf6 14. Nc3 $16 {Rogovoi
- Fedorov (St. Petersburg, 2000)}) 10. Nc3 Nxd4 (10... Bxf3 {Lange Zeit galt
diese Variante als ausgleichbringend, doch zuletzt wurde Schwarz vor Probleme
gestellt.} 11. Qxf3 Nxd4 12. Qd1 Ne6 13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. Bb5+ c6 15. Nxd5 cxb5
16. Qb3 (16. Qh5 O-O 17. Nxe7+ Qxe7 18. Qxb5 a6 19. Qb3 Rac8 20. Be3 Rfd8 $11 {
Smirnov - Landa (Novokuznetsk, 2008)}) (16. Bf4 Nxf4 17. Rxe7+ Kf8 18. Re5 Qd6
19. Qd2 Qxe5 (19... Ng6 $2 20. Ree1 f6 21. Rad1 Kf7 22. Qe3 Rhe8 23. Ne7 $1 $18
{Naiditsch - Kramnik (Dortmund, 2008)}) 20. Qb4+ Ke8 21. Re1 Ne2+ 22. Kf1 Rc8
23. f4 Qxd5 24. Rxe2+ Kd7 25. Rd2 Rc5 $11) 16... O-O 17. Be3 Bc5 18. Rad1 Bxe3
19. Rxe3 Qa5 20. Qc2 Rfe8 21. f4 b4 22. f5 Nf8 23. Red3 $1 {WeiЯ hat sehr gute
Kompensation fьr den schwarzen Mehrbauern.} (23. Ne7+ Kh8 24. Qc4 Ne6 $1 25.
Nd5 Qc5 26. Qxb4 Qxb4 27. Nxb4 $11 {Radjabov - Gelfand (Bazna, 2009)}) 23...
Nd7 (23... Rac8 $2 24. Ne7+ Rxe7 25. Qxc8 $18) 24. Qc7 Qc5+ 25. Kf1 Qb5 26. Qg3
$1 $44 {Leko - Gelfand (Nalchik, 2009)}) 11. cxd5 ({Gutes Spiel hat Schwarz
nach} 11. Nxd5 Bxf3 12. gxf3 Nxd5 13. cxd5 Qxd5 14. Be4 Qc5 15. Bxb7 Rd8 16.
Be3 O-O $132) 11... Bxf3 12. gxf3 (12. Qa4+ c6 13. Qxd4 Bxd5 14. Nxd5 Qxd5 15.
Qb4 O-O 16. Bxh7+ $8 (16. Qxe7 $2 Rfe8 17. Bxh7+ Kxh7 18. Qb4 Rxe1+ 19. Qxe1
Re8 $36) (16. Rxe7 $2 Qxd3 17. Re1 Qa6 $19) 16... Kxh7 17. Rxe7 Rfe8 18. Be3
Rxe7 19. Qxe7 Rd8 20. h3 Rd7 $11 {Akopian - Gelfand (Nalchik, 2009)}) 12... c5
13. d6 $5 $146 {Das ist ein neuer Zug. Wahrscheinlich kann WeiЯ bei genauer
schwarzer Verteidigung keinen wahren Vorteil bekommen, aber als Neuerung ist
er sehr stark!} (13. dxc6 Nxc6 14. Bb5 O-O 15. Qxd8 Bxd8 16. Bxc6 bxc6 17. Be3
Bb6 18. Rad1 Rfd8 19. b4 Bxe3 20. fxe3 Kf8 21. Kf2 Ke7 22. e4 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 a5
24. b5 cxb5 25. Nxb5 Rc8 26. Ke3 g6 27. Rd3 Rc2 28. Ra3 Rxh2 29. Rxa5 h5 30.
Ra7+ Nd7 31. Nc3 h4 32. Nd5+ Kd6 33. Ra6+ Kc5 34. Ra7 Kd6 35. Ra6+ Kc5 36. Ra7
Ne5 37. Ra5+ Kd6 38. Ra6+ Kc5 39. Ra5+ Kd6 40. Ra6+ Kd7 41. Kf4 Nd3+ 42. Ke3
Ne5 43. Kf4 {1/2-1/2 Polgar,J (2671)-Karpov,A (2700)/Hoogeveen NED 1999}) 13...
Qxd6 14. Nb5 Qd7 (14... Nxb5 15. Bxb5+ Kf8 16. Qxd6 Bxd6 17. Be3 a6 18. Rad1
Be7 (18... axb5 19. Rxd6 $16) 19. Ba4 b5 20. Bc2 $44 {Der weiЯe
Entwicklungsvorsprung dient als gute Kompensation fьr den Bauern.}) 15. Nxd4
cxd4 (15... Qxd4 16. Qb3 Qb4 (16... b6 17. Bc4 $18) 17. Qxb4 cxb4 18. Bd2 O-O-O
19. Rac1+ Kb8 20. Rxe7 Rxd3 21. Bxb4 $16) 16. Qe2 Kf8 17. Bb5 Qd8 (17... Qd6 $2
18. Bf4 $1 {und Weiss kommt zu groЯem Vorteil nach} Qxf4 19. Qxe7+ Kg8 20. Bc4
Rf8 21. Qxb7 h5 22. Re7 Kh7 (22... Rh6 23. Rxf7 Rg6+ 24. Kf1 $18) 23. Qxa7 Qxf3
24. Qxd4 Rd8 25. Qh4 $16) (17... Qe6 18. Qxe6 fxe6 19. Rxe6 Kf7 (19... Rc8 20.
Ba4 $1 $14) 20. Bc4 Rhc8 21. Bb3 Kf8 22. Bf4 $14) 18. Qd3 h5 19. Bg5 Qd5 $2 {
Soweit hat sich Schwarz gut verteidigt. Jetzt macht er einen groЯen Fehler und
erlaubt WeiЯ seine Initiative zu entfalten.} (19... h4 $5 {Schwarz hдtte
seinen Plan zu Ende fьhren mьssen - der Turm h8 muss ins Spiel gebracht werden.
} 20. Re5 Qb6 21. Rae1 Bd6 22. Rf5 Rc8 $132 {Man sollte nicht vergessen, dass
der weiЯe Kцnig auch geschwдcht ist - demnдchst spielt Schwarz h3 und WeiЯ
wird immer wieder Schwierigkeiten mit der Grundreihe haben.}) 20. f4 $1 {
WeiЯ bekommt Zeit, um seine Figuren zu aktivieren, er will Re5-Rae1 spielen.}
Bd8 $4 {Ein zweizьgiger Einsteller.} (20... a6 21. Re5 Qd6 22. Ba4 b5 23. Bb3
Rc8 24. Rd1 $14) 21. Qa3+ Kg8 22. Re5 {Die schwarze Dame wird in der Mitte des
Brettes gefangen - ein seltener Fall!} 1-0

[Event "Jermuk FIDE GP"]
[Site "Jermuk"]
[Date "2009.08.20"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2672"]
[Annotator "Kritz,L"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "2009.08.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

[Event "EU-ch 6th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2005.06.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kobalia, Mihail"]
[Black "Kritz, Leonid"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "2549"]
[Annotator "Kritz,L"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[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 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 {Das ist heutzutage die
aktuellste Fortsetzung, die man gegen Russisch spielt. Danach lдuft das Spiel
praktisch auf zwei Ergebnisse hinaus, wobei die Remischancen fьr Schwarz sehr
hoch sind.} Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 Nc6 8. Qd2 Be6 {Eine andere Mцglichkeit,
diese Stellung zu spielen ist} (8... O-O 9. O-O-O Ne5 {ich sehe hier
allerdings kleine Schwierigkeiten fьr Schwarz laut der Partie Anand-Kramnik 
(Monaco, 2005)} 10. Kb1 Be6 (10... a6 $2 {Kramnik} 11. Be2 Be6 12. Nd4 Nc4 13.
Qd3 Nxe3 14. Nxe6 fxe6 15. Qxe3 $14) 11. Nd4 Nc4 12. Qd3 Bg4 (12... Nxe3 13.
Nxe6 fxe6 (13... Nxd1 14. Nxd8 Nxf2 15. Qf3 Nxh1 16. Nxb7 $16) 14. Qxe3 Qd7 15.
Bd3 $14) 13. Qxc4 Bxd1 14. f3 $14) 9. O-O-O a6 10. Kb1 {Dieser Zug ist
gefдhrlicher als 10.b3.} (10. h4 $5 h6 (10... Qd7 $2 11. Ng5 Bxg5 12. hxg5 $16)
11. Kb1 Qd7 $14 {Einerseits ist es gut fьr WeiЯ, Raum am Kцnigsflьgel zu
gewinnen, andererseits wurde dadurch das Feld g4 geschwдcht.}) (10. b3 Qd7 11.
Be2 O-O-O {hier kann sich Schwarz die Rochade erlauben:} 12. Nd4 Nxd4 13. Qxd4
c5 14. Qxg7 Rdg8 15. Qh6 Rxg2 $11 {und} 16. Bxc5 $4 {scheitert am} Bg5+ $19)
10... Qd7 11. Be2 (11. Ng5 {eine standardmдЯige Abwicklung, die dem WeiЯen
einen symbolischen Vorteil bringt.} Bxg5 12. Bxg5 f6 13. Be3 O-O-O $11 {
Die beste Verteidigungsmethode hier ist die Verdoppelung der Tьrme auf der
e-Linie und Tausch aller mцglichen Figuren. Dabei sollte man mit der Bewegung
des h-Bauern vorsichtig sein, auf h7 steht er am besten, auf h6 auch noch gut,
aber auf h5 schon ziemlich gefдhrlich.}) 11... h6 $1 (11... O-O-O {wдre
Standard, aber keine gute Fortsetzung.} 12. Nd4 $1 Nxd4 (12... Bd5 $5) 13. Qxd4
c5 (13... Bf6 14. Qa7 Qa4 15. Qa8+ $1 Kd7 16. Qxb7 Qxa2+ 17. Kc1 Rb8 18. Rxd6+
Kxd6 19. Bc5+ Kd7 (19... Kxc5 20. Qxc7+ Kd5 21. Bf3#) (19... Ke5 20. f4+ Kxf4
21. Rf1+ Kg5 22. Be3+ Kg6 23. Qe4+ Bf5 24. Qxf5#) 20. Rd1+ $18) 14. Qxg7 Rdg8
15. Qh6 Rxg2 16. Bxc5 Qa4 (16... Bxa2+ $4 17. Kxa2 Qa4+ 18. Ba3 $18) 17. b3 $16
) 12. Rhe1 O-O-O {Jetzt scheint alles in Ordnung zu sein.} 13. Nd4 Nxd4 14.
Bxd4 (14. cxd4 d5 $11) (14. Qxd4 c5 15. Qxg7 $2 Rdg8 $19) 14... Rhg8 {Sieht
zwar passiv aus, aber dieser Zug ist ganz typisch fьr diese Variante, WeiЯ hat
ja sowieso keine Drohungen.} 15. h3 (15. f4 c5 16. Bf2 Bf6 17. h3 Qa4 18. b3 (
18. a3 Rge8 $11) 18... Qa5 $11) 15... Qa4 16. b3 (16. a3 Bg5 17. f4 Bh4 18. Rf1
Rde8 $11) 16... Qa5 17. Bg4 (17. g4 c5 18. Be3 Bf6 19. Kb2 (19. c4 $2 Bc3 $17)
19... d5 $11) 17... Bxg4 18. hxg4 Bg5 $1 {Ein starker strategischer Zug!
Schwarz will den Gegner zu f4 provozieren, um dann Bf6 zu spielen.} (18... Bf6
$2 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. f3 $14) 19. Qd3 (19. f4 Bf6 20. Bxf6 gxf6 21. Rh1 Rxg4 22.
Rxh6 Qf5 23. Rf1 Qe4 24. Rf2 Rg6 $11) 19... Qd5 (19... Qb5 20. Qh7 Qd7 21. f3
g6 22. c4 $14) (19... c5 20. Qf5+ Kb8 21. c4 g6 22. Qd5 $16) 20. Qg3 (20. c4
Qxg2 21. Qf5+ Kb8 22. Rg1 Qc6 23. Qxf7 Rdf8 $11) (20. f3 Bf6 $5 21. Bxf6 Qxd3
22. Rxd3 gxf6 23. Rh1 (23. Rde3 f5 24. Re7 Rdf8 $11) 23... Rg6 $11) (20. g3 Bf6
21. Bxf6 Qxd3 22. Rxd3 gxf6 23. f3 f5 $11) 20... Rde8 21. f3 (21. Rxe8+ Rxe8
22. c4 Qe4 23. Bxg7 f6 $1 $15) (21. c4 $4 Rxe1 22. cxd5 Rxd1+ 23. Kb2 Rxd4 $19)
21... Rxe1 22. Qxe1 Qe6 23. Qf1 $2 (23. Qxe6+ fxe6 24. c4 e5 $11) 23... Bh4 $1
24. Qh1 Bg3 $15 {Jetzt hat Schwarz sogar die Initiative ьbernommen. Aber da
WeiЯ keine offensichtlichen Schwдchen hat, und seine Figuren zwar nicht
optimal, aber fьr Verteidigungszwecke akzeptabel stehen, kann man nicht mehr
als Remis herauspressen.} 25. c4 Qe2 26. Rd3 Bf4 (26... Bf2 27. Bxf2 Qxf2 28.
Qh5 $11) 27. Kb2 Be5 28. Qh5 Bxd4+ 29. Rxd4 Qe5 30. Qf5+ $1 (30. Qxe5 $2 dxe5
31. Rd5 (31. Re4 Re8 32. f4 f6 $17) 31... f6 32. Kc3 Rd8 33. Kd3 c6 $17) 30...
Qxf5 (30... Kb8 31. Qxe5 dxe5 32. Rd7 f6 33. Kc3 $14) 31. gxf5 {Das
Turmendspiel mit gleichem Material ist natьrlich Remis. Schwarz wдhlt die
einfachste Methode aus und tauscht die Bauer des Kцnigsflьgels ab:} g6 32. fxg6
(32. Rg4 $6 Kd7 33. Kc3 Ke7 34. Kd4 Kf6 35. fxg6 Rxg6 36. Rxg6+ fxg6 $15 {
aber trotzdem Remis}) 32... Rxg6 33. Rd2 (33. g4 Rf6 34. f4 (34. Rd3 $6 Rf4 35.
Kc3 f5 36. gxf5 Rxf5 $15) 34... Rg6 35. f5 Rg5 36. Rf4 h5 37. gxh5 Rxh5 38. Kc3
Kd7 $11) 33... h5 34. Kc3 h4 35. Kd3 Rg3 36. Ke4 b6 37. Ke3 (37. Kf5 Kd7 38.
Kf6 h3 39. gxh3 Rxf3+ 40. Kg7 Rxh3 41. Kxf7 Rf3+ $11) 37... h3 {Die letzte
Schwдche wird erfolgreich abgetauscht} (37... Kd7 $2 38. Kf2 $16) 38. gxh3 Rxh3
39. Kf4 Kd7 40. Re2 Rh5 41. Kg4 Rh6 42. Kg5 Rg6+ 43. Kf5 Rh6 44. f4 Rg6 45. a3
{Es besteht keine Mцglichkeit fьr WeiЯ, einen Gewinnweg zu finden. Sobald der
Turm die e-Linie verlдsst, spielt Schwarz Ke7, ansonsten bewegt sich der Turm
auf den Feldern g6-h6 und WeiЯ kann ihn von dort nicht vertreiben. Bauer f7
bleibt unantastbar.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Jermuk FIDE GP"]
[Site "Jermuk"]
[Date "2009.08.21"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Alekseev, Evgeny V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[Annotator "Kritz,L"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2009.08.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 {Die zur Zeit oft gespielte Alternative ist 3.d4.}
(3. d4 Nxe4 (3... exd4 4. e5 Ne4 5. Qxd4 $14) 4. Bd3 d5 5. dxe5 {mit
kompliziertem Spiel.}) 3... d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 {Meiner Meinung nach die
einzige Fortsetzung, die es WeiЯ erlaubt, um Vorteil zu kдmpfen, ьberhaupt
nichts bringt 5.Nc3.} (5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 Nc6 8. Qd2 Be6 $1 {
Die Variante mit der langen Rochade ist die sicherste aus der Sicht von
Schwarz.} 9. O-O-O Qd7 10. Ng5 Bxg5 11. Bxg5 f6 12. Be3 O-O-O $11 {Das weiЯe
Lдuferpaar hat keine groЯe Bedeutung, weil die Stellung relativ geschlossen
ist.}) 5... d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 (6... Nc6 7. O-O Be7 {Ist die Hauptvariante.} 8. c4 (
8. Re1 $5 {gewinnt mehr an Popularitдt in letzter Zeit.} Bg4 9. c4 (9. c3 f5
10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Qb3 Na5 12. Qc2 Nc6 13. b4 a6 14. a4 Bd6 15. Ba3 Kh8 $132 {
Morozevich - Gelfand (Yerevan, 2008)}) 9... Nf6 10. Nc3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Nxd4 12.
Qd1 Ne6 $132 {WeiЯ hat verschiede Mцglichkeiten, seine Initiative zu entfalten,
und ich denke, wir werden in naher Zukunft einige interessante Partien in
dieser Variante sehen.}) 8... Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Bf5 11. a3 Nxc3 12. bxc3
Nc6 13. Re1 Re8 14. cxd5 Qxd5 15. Bf4 Rac8 $11 {Das ist die Ausgangsstellung
der Hauptvariante, die bis zum tiefen Endspiel analysiert wurde und es gezeigt
wurde, dass Schwarz sich ьberall halten kann.}) 7. O-O O-O 8. c4 c6 9. Re1 Re8
(9... Bf5 {ist der Hauptzug.} 10. Nc3 (10. c5 $2 Bc7 11. Nc3 Nd7 $132 {
Naiditsch - Kramnik (Dortmund, 2009)}) (10. Qc2 Bg6 11. c5 Bc7 12. Nc3 f5 $6
13. Qb3 Rf7 14. Ng5 b6 15. Bxe4 fxe4 16. Nxf7 Bxf7 17. cxb6 axb6 18. Ne2 $16 {
Anand - Morozevich (Monte Carlo, 2003)}) 10... Nxc3 11. bxc3 Bxd3 12. Qxd3 dxc4
13. Qxc4 Nd7 14. Qb3 (14. Bg5 Qc7 15. Be7 Nb6 16. Bxd6 Qxd6 17. Qb3 Rae8 18. c4
Qc7 19. a4 Nd7 20. Rab1 b6 $11 {Ivanchuk - Gelfand (Lviv, 2000)}) 14... Qc7 15.
c4 Rfe8 16. Bb2 h6 17. g3 Rad8 18. Nh4 Bf8 19. Qc2 Qa5 $11 {Adams - Morozevich
(Dortmund, 2002)}) 10. Nc3 ({Eine vertretbare Alternative ist} 10. cxd5 cxd5
11. Nc3 Nxc3 12. Rxe8+ Qxe8 13. bxc3 {, wonach Schwarz am besten} b6 {spielen
sollte.} (13... Bg4 14. Be3 Qd7 15. Rb1 Nc6 16. h3 Bh5 17. Ne5 Bxd1 18. Nxd7
Ba4 19. Nc5 Bxc5 20. dxc5 $14 {Grischuk - Tkachiev (Belfort, 2004)}) (13... Nc6
14. Qb3 Qd7 15. g3 Bf8 16. Ba3 Bxa3 17. Qxa3 Qd8 18. Re1 $36 {Kasparov -
Ehlvest (Moscow, 2002)}) 14. Be3 Ba6 15. Ng5 h6 16. Bh7+ Kf8 17. Nf3 Nd7 18.
Qc2 Qe7 19. Re1 Re8 20. Bf5 Nf6 $132 {Carlsen - Mamedyarov (Wijk aan Zee, 2005)
}) 10... Nxc3 11. bxc3 Rxe1+ (11... Bg4 12. Bg5 Rxe1+ 13. Qxe1 Qc8 14. c5 Bf8
15. Qb1 g6 16. Ne5 $14 {Ivanchuk - Tereladze (Yerevan, 2004)}) 12. Qxe1 h6 13.
c5 {Alternativen sind:} (13. Ne5 Nd7 (13... dxc4 $2 14. Bxc4 $16) (13... Be6
14. c5 Bc7 15. f4 Qc8 16. Rb1 b5 17. Rb2 $14 {Morozevich - Moiseenko (Sochi,
2006)}) 14. f4 Nf6 15. c5 Bc7 {->13.c5}) (13. Rb1 b6 14. cxd5 cxd5 15. c4 Ba6
16. Qe2 Bxc4 17. Bxc4 dxc4 18. Qxc4 a6 19. a4 Qc7 $11 {Akopian - Mamedyarov 
(Elista, 2008)}) 13... Bc7 14. Ne5 (14. Nh4 {wurde bis jetzt цfters gespielt.}
b6 {Im zweiten Versuch hat Mamedyarov die richtige Reaktion gefunden.} (14...
Bxh2+ $6 15. Kxh2 Qxh4+ 16. Kg1 Qd8 17. Qe3 b6 18. Qg3 Kh8 19. Qh2 Qf8 20. Bf4
Nd7 21. Re1 $44 {WeiЯ hatte ausgezeichnete Kompensation fьr den Bauern in
Anand - Mamedyarov (Benidorm, 2003)}) 15. Nf5 Be6 16. Ba3 Nd7 17. cxb6 axb6 18.
Ne7+ Kh8 19. Nxc6 Bxh2+ 20. Kxh2 Qc7+ 21. Kg1 Rxa3 $132 {Stellwagen -
Mamedyarov (Wijk aan Zee, 2005)}) 14... Nd7 $5 (14... Be6 15. f4 $14 {Der
Lдufer auf e6 ist anfдllig.}) 15. f4 Nf6 16. f5 $2 {Ein neuer und schlechter
Zug.} (16. Rb1 $5 {WeiЯ hat eine vorьbergehende Initiative, jedoch mit den
richtigen Zьgen kommt Schwarz zu vollwertigem Spiel.} Qe8 17. Rb2 Ne4 18. c4 f6
19. cxd5 cxd5 20. Bb5 Qe6 21. Ng6 Qf7 22. Nh4 g5 23. Nf3 Bf5 24. Bd3 b6 25. Re2
Re8 $132 {Polgar - Mamedyarov (Benidorm, 2003)}) 16... Ne4 $1 {Wenn Schwarz
seinen Springer problemlos nach e4 stellen kann, dann hat WeiЯ eindeutig was
falsch gemacht.} 17. Bxe4 dxe4 18. Qg3 (18. Qxe4 $2 Qe7 $1 19. f6 (19. Qe1 f6
20. Nd3 Qxe1+ 21. Nxe1 Bxf5 $17) 19... Qxf6 20. Bf4 Bf5 $15) 18... Bxf5 (18...
f6 $2 19. Bxh6 Qf8 20. Rf1 $1 fxe5 (20... Qf7 21. Rf4 fxe5 22. Rg4 $18) 21. f6
$18) ({Stдrker ist} 18... h5 $1 19. Bf4 (19. Bh6 Qf6 20. Bf4 Bxf5 $17) 19...
Bxe5 20. Bxe5 f6 21. Bc7 Qd5 22. Qg6 Bxf5 23. Qxh5 Qd7 24. Bf4 Re8 $15) 19.
Bxh6 Qf6 20. Bf4 Qe6 21. Rf1 $2 {Erneuter Fehlgriff.} (21. Rb1 $1 Qxa2 (21...
b6 22. Nxc6 Qxc6 23. Bxc7 bxc5 24. Be5 f6 25. d5 Qxd5 26. Bxf6 Qf7 27. Be5 Re8
$11) 22. Rxb7 Qa1+ 23. Kf2 Bxe5 24. Bxe5 Qa2+ 25. Ke3 Bg6 $11) 21... Bxe5 $1 {
Die Stellung mit ungleichfarbigen Lдufern ist etwas angenehmer fьr Schwarz.}
22. Bxe5 f6 23. Bf4 Re8 24. Be3 Kf7 ({Sehr logisch sieht} 24... b5 $1 {aus.
Schwarz blockiert die weiЯe Bauernmehrheit im Zentrum und am Damenflьgel.} 25.
Qc7 (25. cxb6 axb6 $15) 25... Bg6 26. Qxa7 Qc4 $44) 25. c4 $1 {WeiЯ nutzt die
Gelegenheit aus, die Beweglichkeit seiner Bauern zu behalten.} Bg6 26. Rc1 Bh5
27. Qf2 Kg8 28. a4 {Nun ist die Stellung vцllig ausgeglichen. Beide Seiten
wьrden zu viel riskieren, wenn sie versuchen wьrden, direkt auf Gewinn zu
spielen.} Re7 29. a5 a6 30. h3 Bf7 31. Qg3 Kh7 32. Rc3 Qd7 33. Kh2 Qd8 (33...
Qc7 {sichert das sofortige Remis.} 34. Qxc7 Rxc7 $11) 34. Qd6 Rd7 35. Qf4 Qxa5
36. Qxe4+ Kg8 {Der Bauerntausch hat nicht viel bewegt.} (36... Bg6 37. Qh4+ Kg8
38. Qe1 Bf7 $11) 37. Rc1 Qd8 38. Qg4 Qe8 39. Rc3 {Beide Seiten stehen auf
demselben Platz.} Qe6 40. Qxe6 Bxe6 {Das Endspiel mit ungleichfarbigen Lдufern
ist selbstverstдndlich Remis.} 41. h4 Kh7 42. Kg3 g5 43. hxg5 fxg5 44. d5 cxd5
45. cxd5 Rxd5 46. Rb3 Rd7 47. Rb6 Bd5 48. Rd6 Bc6 49. Rxd7+ Bxd7 50. Bxg5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Sofia MTel Masters 5th"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "2009.05.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Wang, Yue"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[Annotator "Kritz,L"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2009.05.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 131"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 {Nachdem Schwarz sich in
fast allen Varianten der Russischen Partie erfolgreich verteidigt hat, greifen
die Spieler sehr oft zu dieser relativ harmlosen, aber auch absolut
risikofreien Abwicklung.} ({Die alte klassische Spielweise nach} 5. d4 d5 6.
Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4 Bf5 9. Nc3 Nb4 10. Be2 O-O 11. a3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Nc6
13. Re1 Re8 14. cxd5 Qxd5 15. Bf4 Rac8 $11 {fьhrt zu einer Stellung, die mit
Hilfe des Computers fast bis zum Ende ausanalysiert wurde und ein Ausgleich
als Diagnose festgestellt wurde.}) 5... Nxc3 (5... d5 $6 {Ein Versuch direkt
zu kontern endet mit Misserfolg:} 6. Qe2 Be7 7. Nxe4 dxe4 8. Qxe4 O-O 9. Bc4
Re8 10. Ne5 $1 $18) 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 (7. Bf4 {ist eine parallele Variante,
in der die einfachste Methode auszugleichen dieselbe ist wie nach 7.Be3.} Nc6 {
Fьr Schwarz ist der Plan mit der langen Rochade der sicherste, um Ausgleich zu
erzielen.} 8. Qd2 Be6 9. O-O-O Qd7 10. Kb1 (10. h4 h6 11. g3 Bf6 12. Bg2 O-O-O
13. Kb1 Rhe8 14. Rhe1 Bg4 15. Qd5 Rxe1 16. Rxe1 Re8 $11 {Efimenko - Zhou
Jianchao (Al Ain, 2008)}) 10... O-O-O $1 {Ich denke, nach allen Experimenten
mit 10....a6, die sofortige Rochade ist der beste Zug. WeiЯ kann mittels Bb5
nichts rausholen, d.h. Schwarz braucht keine Zeit zu verlieren.} 11. Bb5 (11.
Ng5 Bxg5 12. Bxg5 f6 $11 {Efimenko - Sakaev (Kallithea, 2008)}) 11... a6 12.
Ba4 (12. Bxc6 Qxc6 13. Nd4 $6 Qxg2 14. Rhg1 Qd5 15. Nxe6 Qxd2 16. Bxd2 fxe6 17.
Rxg7 Bf6 $15) 12... Bf6 13. Bg5 (13. Nd4 Bd5 $11) 13... Bxg5 14. Qxg5 b5 15.
Bb3 f6 16. Bxe6 Qxe6 17. Qf4 (17. Qxg7 Rdg8 18. Qh6 Rxg2 19. Rhe1 Qf5 $11)
17... h5 18. h3 g5 $11 {Ivanchuk - Kramnik (Moscow, 2008)}) 7... Nc6 8. Qd2 Be6
(8... O-O 9. O-O-O Ne5 10. Kb1 Re8 (10... a6 11. Be2 Be6 12. Nd4 Nc4 13. Qd3
Nxe3 14. Nxe6 fxe6 15. Qxe3 e5 16. Bd3 $14 {Anand - Kramnik (Monte Carlo, 2005)
}) 11. h4 Bg4 12. Be2 Qc8 13. h5 Bf6 14. Nxe5 Bxe2 15. Qxe2 Bxe5 16. Qf3 $14 {
Bologan - Charbonneau (Turin, 2006)}) 9. O-O-O Qd7 10. Kb1 (10. h4 h6 11. Nd4 {
Typischerweise vereinfacht sich das Spiel nach dem Springertausch, sodass
Remis ein 99% Ergebnis ist.} (11. Kb1 O-O-O 12. Nd4 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Rhg8 14. h5
c5 15. Be3 Qc6 $11 {Adams - Nielsen (Dortmund, 2005)}) (11. Bb5 a6 12. Ba4 b5 {
'!?'} 13. Bb3 Bf6 14. Bd5 O-O-O $1 $11 (14... Rb8 15. Kb1 Bxd5 16. Qxd5 $14 {
Zawadzka - Socko (Karpacz, 2008)} Ne7 17. Qd3 Qf5 $11 {Zawadzka - Socko 
(Karpacz, 2008)})) 11... Nxd4 12. Bxd4 (12. cxd4 d5 $11) 12... Rg8 13. c4 (13.
Bd3 c5 14. Be3 O-O-O $11 {Demnдchst spielt Schwarz d5.}) 13... O-O-O $11 {
Dominguez Perez - Wang Yue (Linares, 2009)} (13... c5 $6 {In dieser Stellung
wдre das ein wenig zu optimistisch - die weiЯen Lдufer werden viel bessere
Positionen einnehmen.} 14. Bc3 O-O-O 15. g3 $1 $14)) (10. Ng5 Bxg5 11. Bxg5 f6
12. Be3 O-O-O $11 {Der Vorteil des Lдuferpaares ist nicht auszunutzen.}) (10.
Bb5 a6 11. Ba4 O-O 12. Rhe1 b5 13. Bb3 Na5 $1 (13... Bxb3 14. axb3 a5 15. Qd5
$14 {Karjakin - Kritz (Gothenburg, 2005)}) 14. Bxe6 fxe6 $132 15. b3 Nc6 $11)
10... Bf6 {Im selben Turnier aber frьher spielte Wang Yue zuerst 10...a6 und
erst danach ...Bf6. Wahrscheinlich hat die Analyse gezeigt, dass man vor Bb5
keine Angst haben muss.} (10... a6 11. Be2 (11. Nd4 Nxd4 12. cxd4 d5 13. Bd3
Bf5 14. Rhe1 Bxd3 15. Qxd3 O-O $11 {Adams - Gashimov (Baku, 2008)}) 11... Bf6 {
Um allen Abwicklungen mit mцglichem Nd4 aus dem Weg zu gehen.} (11... O-O-O 12.
Nd4 Nxd4 13. Qxd4 c5 (13... Bf6 14. Qa7 Qc6 15. Bf3 d5 16. Rhe1 Rhe8 17. c4 $14
) 14. Qxg7 Rdg8 15. Qh6 Qa4 (15... Rxg2 16. Bxc5 $16) 16. b3 Qa5 17. c4 Rxg2
18. Bf3 Rg6 19. Qf4 $14 {Die weiЯen Figuren stehen etwas besser.}) 12. Ng5 {
WeiЯ bleibt nichts anderes ьbrig, als in diese Stellung zu gehen, wo sein
Vorteil eher symbolischen Charakter hat.} (12. h4 h6 13. Rhe1 O-O-O 14. Nd4 $2
Bxh4 $15) (12. Rhe1 O-O-O 13. Nd4 Bxd4 $1 (13... Nxd4 14. Bxd4 Bxd4 15. Qxd4
Rhg8 (15... Kb8 16. Qxg7 Rhg8 17. Qxh7 Rxg2 18. Qh4 $16) 16. Qa7 c6 17. Rd4 $14
) 14. cxd4 d5 $11) 12... Bxg5 13. Bxg5 f6 14. Be3 O-O-O $11 {Ivanchuk - Wang
Yue (Sofia, 2009). Stellungen mit dieser Bauernstruktur und diesem
Materialverhдltnis wurden schon цfters gespielt. Das ьbliche Ergebnis hier ist
ein Remis.}) (10... O-O-O 11. Bb5 a6 12. Ba4 Bf6 13. Bd4 Bxd4 14. cxd4 Bd5 $11
{Belov - Belozerov (Tomsk, 2006)}) 11. Be2 (11. Bb5 a6 {Am besten klдrt man
die weiЯen Plдne bezьglich seines weiЯfeldrigen Lдufers.} 12. Ba4 (12. Bxc6
Qxc6 13. Bd4 (13. Nd4 Qxg2 $15) 13... Bxd4 14. cxd4 (14. Nxd4 Qxg2 $15 {
Da Schwarz demnдchst lang rochiert, hat er nichts zu befьrchten, es ist eher
WeiЯ, der sich um den Ausgleich Gedanken machen muss.}) 14... Qd5 15. b3 O-O-O
$11) 12... O-O 13. Nd4 Bd5 14. f3 b5 15. Bb3 Bxb3 16. Nxb3 Qf5 $11 {Es ist
nichts von einem mцglichen weiЯen Vorteil zu sehen.}) (11. h4 h6 $11 {Typische
Reaktion - man sollte WeiЯ nicht zu Ng5 lassen, falls er mit dem Bauern nehmen
kann.}) 11... O-O-O 12. Nd4 (12. Ng5 Bxg5 13. Bxg5 f6 $11 {Die Stellung wurde
schon hundert mal gespielt, WeiЯ verfьgt ьber einen symbolischen Vorteil,
Schwarz sollte jedoch problemlos ein Remis schaffen.}) 12... Bxd4 $1 {Die
beste Fortsetzung, hier hat WeiЯ ьberhaupt keinen Vorteil.} (12... Nxd4 13.
Bxd4 Bxd4 14. Qxd4 c5 15. Qf4 d5 16. Bf3 $36 {Obwohl die Stellung fьr Schwarz
noch im grьnen Bereich liegt, hat WeiЯ doch gewissen Druck aufbauen kцnnen.})
13. cxd4 (13. Bxd4 f6 14. Be3 $11 {Man kommt wieder in diese Stellung rein,
die sehr remislich ist.}) 13... d5 {Auf den ersten Blick hat WeiЯ den Vorteil
des Lдuferpaares auf seiner Seite, doch in Wirklichkeit kann er die Vorteile
seiner Lдufer nicht nutzen, weil die Stellung ziemlich geschlossen ist. Der
schwarze Lдufer ist keineswegs schlecht, weil er auf f5 sehr guten Halt hat.}
14. Rhe1 Rhe8 15. f3 Bf5 16. Bf1 (16. g4 $5 {ein aggressiver Versuch} Bg6 17.
h4 h5 $1 $11 {Schwarz hat sich sehr solide aufgebaut. Demnдchst spielt er ...
f6, verdoppelt seine Tьrme und vereinfacht die Stellung so weit wie mцglich.} (
17... h6 18. h5 Bh7 19. Bf1 $14)) 16... h5 17. a3 Kb8 {Es ist nicht so klar,
wozu man diesen Zug braucht. Logischer sieht der sofortige Aufbau mit ...
f6-Re7-Rde8 aus.} (17... f6 18. b3 Re7 19. Bf2 Rde8 $11) 18. b3 Re7 19. Kb2
Rde8 20. Bf2 Rxe1 21. Bxe1 {WeiЯ versucht, so viele Figuren wie mцglich auf
dem Brett zu behalten, denn je mehr abgetauscht werden, desto einfacher hat es
Schwarz.} a6 22. Bg3 Bg6 23. Qc3 (23. Qf4 $5 {sieht interessant aus, doch muss
die Dame bald wieder zurьck:} Nd8 24. h3 Ne6 25. Qd2 f6 $11) 23... f6 24. Re1 {
WeiЯ hat eingesehen, dass der Turm keine Perspektive hat und tauscht ihn ab.
Man kцnnte noch versuchen, Aggresivitдt anzudeuten, indem man die Bauern nach
vorne bringt:} (24. h3 Nd8 25. Bh2 Re6 $1 26. Qd2 Rc6 27. Rc1 Ne6 $11 {WeiЯ
kann nichts machen.}) 24... Rxe1 25. Bxe1 Ne7 (25... Nd8 $6 {Man braucht nicht
zu experementieren.} 26. Qb4 Ne6 27. Bxa6 Qc6 28. Bd3 Bxd3 29. cxd3 $13 {
WeiЯ hat erstmal einen Bauer gewonnen. Ob Schwarz Kompensation hat oder nicht,
ist nicht so wichtig - er braucht solche Komplikationen nicht.}) 26. h3 (26.
Qb4 Kc8 $11) 26... Qd6 27. Qc5 {Es ist nichts zu machen.} (27. Qb4 Qxb4 28.
axb4 Nf5 $11) 27... Qxc5 28. dxc5 Kc8 {Wie es sich gehцrt, Schwarz aktiviert
im Endspiel seinen Kцnig.} 29. Bf2 Kd7 30. c4 Bf7 31. cxd5 Bxd5 {Das
Lдuferpaar hat immer noch nichts anzugreifen - es gibt keine Schwдchen im
Lager von Schwarz.} 32. h4 Ke6 33. Kc3 Nf5 34. Bd3 g5 35. hxg5 fxg5 36. g4 hxg4
37. fxg4 Nh6 38. Be3 (38. Be2 Kd7 39. Be3 Be6 40. Bf3 c6 41. Bxg5 Nxg4 $11 {
Es ist erstaunlich, dass Rybka diese Stellung mit +0.43 bewertet, wobei man
hier ruhig Remis unterschreiben kann.}) 38... Nxg4 39. Bxg5 Nf2 40. b4 Nxd3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Astrakhan FIDE GP"]
[Site "Astrakhan"]
[Date "2010.05.22"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[Annotator "Kritz,L"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2010.05.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 O-O
8. Qd2 Nd7 9. O-O-O Ne5 10. h4 $1 c6 $5 11. Kb1 Bg4 12. Be2 Nxf3 (12... Qa5 $2
13. Nxe5 Bxe2 14. Nxc6 bxc6 15. Qxe2 Rab8 16. b3 $16 Qxc3 $4 17. Bd4 Qb4 18.
Qxe7 $18) 13. Bxf3 Bxf3 14. gxf3 Qa5 {Die Dame will eines der beiden
Schlьsselfelder, f5 oder h5, einnehmen, und damit den weiЯen Angriff
neutralisieren.} 15. h5 Qf5 16. Rdg1 (16. h6 g6 17. Qd4 f6 $1 (17... Bf6 18.
Qxd6 Qxf3 19. Bf4 Bh8 20. Be5 $1 $16) (17... Qf6 18. Qxf6 Bxf6 19. Rxd6 $16)
18. f4 {Den Bauern sollte man nicht geben - WeiЯ hat keine ausreichende
Kompensation dafьr.} (18. c4 Qxf3 $15) 18... d5 $11 {Beide Seiten haben ihre
Stдrken und Schwдchen, die Stellung hдlt sich im Gleichgewicht.}) 16... f6 $1 {
Sieht verrьckt aus, ist aber ein sehr starker Zug. WeiЯ hat keinen
weiЯfeldrigen Lдufer, um die Schwдche der weiЯen Felder im schwarzen Lager
auszunutzen. Schwarz seinerseits will den Kцnig mittels Rf7-Bf8 sichern, und
auch d5 spielen.} (16... Bf6 $2 17. Qxd6 $16) 17. Rg4 Qxf3 $2 {Dieser Zug ist
zweifelhaft. Die weiЯe Initiative scheint sehr stark zu sein.} (17... Rf7 18.
Rf4 (18. Rhg1 $2 {Nun kann WeiЯ die Tьrme nicht verdoppeln, weil der Bauer h5
hдngt.} Qxh5 $15) (18. h6 g6 $11 {Es ist nicht zu sehen, wie WeiЯ mit seinem
Angriff vorankommen kann.}) 18... Qe6 19. Re4 Qf5 20. Rf4 Qe6 $11 {Radjabov -
Wang Yue (Astrakhan, 2010)}) 18. Rhg1 {Die nдchsten Zьge sind erzwungen.} Rf7
19. Bh6 Bf8 20. Bxg7 $1 Rxg7 (20... Bxg7 21. Qh6 $18) 21. Rxg7+ Bxg7 22. h6 (
22. Qh6 $4 Qd1+ 23. Rxd1 Bxh6 $19) 22... Kh8 $1 {Schwarz darf es nicht
zulassen, dass der weiЯe Turm auf die siebte Reihe kommt.} (22... Re8 23. Rxg7+
Kh8 24. b3 $18) 23. Rxg7 $2 {Schwer zu sagen, warum WeiЯ nicht mit dem Bauern
nimmt. Es kцnnte sein, dass er die Verteidigung von Schwarz unterschдtzt hat.}
({Nach} 23. hxg7+ $1 Kg8 24. Qxd6 {hдtte der Nachziehende eine sehr schwere
Stellung gehabt:} Re8 (24... Qf5 25. Qe7 $18) 25. Qd7 Qe2 26. b3 $18 {Die
schwarze Stellung scheint hoffnungslos zu sein.}) 23... Rg8 $1 {Schwarz zwingt
WeiЯ die Tьrme zu tauschen. Im Damenendspiel hat WeiЯ zwar einen kleinen
Vorteil, die Remischancen von Schwarz sind jedoch sehr groЯ.} 24. Rxg8+ Kxg8
25. Qe1 (25. b3 $5 Kf7 $1 {Es ist der sicherste Remisweg, den Bauern h6 zu
erobern und den h-Bauern laufen zu lassen.} 26. Qxd6 Kg6 27. Qd7 Kxh6 28. Qxb7
Kg6 29. Qxa7 h5 $11 {Die Anzahl der Bauern spielt nicht so eine groЯe Rolle.
Der schwarze Bauer hat als erster seinen Lauf begonnen und das gleicht die
weiЯe Bauernmehrheit aus.}) 25... Kf7 26. Qg1 $1 {WeiЯ verhindert, dass
Schwarz den Bauern h6 angreifen kann.} Qh5 27. Qg7+ Ke6 28. b3 Qf7 {Es droht
29....Qxg7-Kf7} 29. Qh8 Kf5 {Es geht um die h-Bauern, die Bauern am
Damenflьgel sind nicht so wichtig.} 30. Qg7 (30. Qb8 Kg6 31. Qxa7 Kxh6 32. Qe3+
Kh5 33. Qf3+ Kg5 34. Qg3+ Kf5 35. Qxd6 h5 $11 {Schwarz steht zumindest nicht
schlechter.}) 30... Ke6 31. Qg4+ f5 32. Qc4+ d5 33. Qe2+ Kf6 34. f4 {Die
Stellung ist Remis, es ist eher Schwarz, der hier auf Vorteil spielen kann -
sollte WeiЯ einen ungenauen Zug machen, so fдllt der Bauer h6.} Qf8 35. Kb2 Kg6
(35... Qxh6 36. Qe5+ Kg6 (36... Kf7 37. Qxf5+ Ke7 38. Qc8 Qxf4 39. Qxb7+ Ke6
40. Qxa7 h5 41. a4 h4 42. Qb7 $1 h3 43. Qc8+ $18) 37. Qe6+ Kh5 38. Qxf5+ Kh4
39. Qf7 Kg4 40. Qxb7 Kxf4 41. Qxa7 Qg6 42. a4 $18 {Der weiЯe Bauer lдuft als
erster und sein Kцnig ist sicher gegen Schachgebote - so ein Endspiel ist
natьrlich verloren, trotz des schwarzen h-Bauern.}) 36. Qg2+ Kf6 (36... Kxh6 $4
37. Qg5#) 37. Qg5+ Ke6 38. a4 (38. Qg7 $4 {funktioniert nicht} Qxg7 39. hxg7
Kf7 $19) 38... b6 39. Qh5 {Im Rest der Partie passiert ьberhaupt nichts - WeiЯ
hat keinen Plan durchzufьhren.} Kf6 40. Qh4+ Kf7 41. Qh3 Kg6 42. Qg3+ Kf7 43.
Qg5 Ke6 {Diese Stellung hatten wir schon mal.} 44. Kb1 Qh8 45. Qh5 a5 46. Qh3
c5 47. Qe3+ Kf7 48. Qd3 Qf6 49. Qxd5+ Kg6 50. Qh1 Qd8 {Die Stellung ist Remis
trotz des weiЯen Mehrbauern, weil Schwarz nun das Feld g5 kontrolliert und die
weiЯe Dame deswegen an die Verteidigung des Bauern h6 gebunden ist.} 51. Kb2
Qf6 52. Ka2 Qd8 53. Kb2 Qf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 41st"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2013.07.27"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Wang, Hao"]
[Black "Fridman, Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2629"]
[Annotator "Kritz,L"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2013.07.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 {WeiЯ kann
wдhlen, wo er den Lдufer haben mцchte - auf e3 oder auf f4. Falls Schwarz den
Plan mit der langen Rochade wдhlt, spielt es keine groЯe Rolle. Falls Schwarz
jedoch 0-0 vorhat, gibt es einige Unterschiede.} 7. Be3 (7. Bf4 O-O 8. Qd2 Nd7
9. O-O-O Nc5 10. Be3 {WeiЯ verliert Zeit} (10. Nd4 Ne6 11. Be3 Nxd4 12. cxd4
Bf5 $11) 10... Re8 $11) 7... Nc6 8. Qd2 O-O {Ich glaube, das ist nicht die
prinzipiellste Fortsetzung. Die Stellung von Schwarz ist so solide, wenn er
Be6-Qd7-0-0-0 spielt, dass es fraglich ist, warum er zusдtzliche Risiken in
Kauf nehmen sollte.} (8... Be6 $5 9. O-O-O Qd7 10. Ng5 (10. h4 h6 11. Bb5 a6
12. Ba4 b5 13. Bb3 Bf6 14. Qe2 O-O-O 15. c4 Na5 $11 16. c5 Nxb3+ 17. axb3 Qc6
18. cxd6 Bxb3 19. Nd4 Bxd4 20. Rxd4 Rxd6 21. Rxd6 cxd6 22. Rd1 Be6 23. Qd3 Rd8
24. f3 Rd7 25. Bf4 Kb7 26. Bxd6 g6 27. Qe4 Bf5 28. Qxc6+ Kxc6 29. Bf4 Rxd1+ 30.
Kxd1 h5 {1/2-1/2 Shirov,A (2722)-Giri,A (2686)/Wijk aan Zee 2011/CBM 141})
10... Bxg5 11. Bxg5 f6 12. Be3 O-O-O $11) 9. O-O-O Ne5 10. Kb1 {WeiЯ besitzt
mehrere Mцglichkeiten, aber im Grunde genommen дndert sich nicht viel an dem
Spielverlauf.} (10. h4 c6 {Schwarz will Qa5-Be6 spielen und seine Figuren
schnell entwickeln.} 11. Kb1 Qa5 12. Nxe5 dxe5 13. Bc4 b5 14. Bb3 Qc7 15. Bg5
a5 $132 {1/2-1/2 Caruana,F (2757)-Fridman,D (2667)/Baden-Baden 2013/CB07_2013 
(41)}) (10. Nd4 c5 11. Nf3 {WeiЯ hat die Schwдche auf d6 provoziert} (11. Nb5
Be6 12. Nxd6 Qb6 $44) 11... Be6 12. a3 Ng4 13. Bf4 d5 $132 {1/2-1/2 Salgado
Lopez,I (2626)-Kasimdzhanov,R (2681)/Moscow 2011/CBM 141 Extra (34)}) 10... b6
{Ein seltener Zug. Sicherlich kann man den Lдufer nach b7 stellen, aber das
Problem ist, dass er dort wenig leistet.} (10... Re8 $5 {Das sieht am
logischsten aus. Schwarz will auf f3 nehmen und den Lдufer nach f8 stellen.}
11. Nxe5 dxe5 12. Bd3 c6 13. Qe2 Qc7 14. f3 Be6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Giri,A (2734)
-Ivanchuk,V (2753)/Leon 2013/CB23_2013 (47)}) (10... c6 11. Nxe5 dxe5 12. Bd3
Qa5 13. Qe2 Be6 $132 {1-0 Karjakin,S (2786)-Frolyanov,D (2563)/Moscow 2013/
CB07_2013 (35)}) 11. h4 $5 {Ein neuer Zug. WeiЯ ignoriert einfach den Plan von
Schwarz. Ich glaube, dass WeiЯ nach 11.Nd4 auch etwas besser steht.} (11. Nd4
Bb7 12. h3 a6 13. f4 Nd7 14. Nf5 Re8 15. Rg1 Nc5 16. Bxc5 bxc5 17. g4 Bf8 18.
Bc4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Adams,M (2707)-Bacrot,E (2717)/Wijk aan Zee 2006/CBM 111 (39)}
) 11... Bb7 12. Nd4 (12. Be2 Ng4 13. h5 Nxe3 14. Qxe3 Bf6 $132) 12... Qd7 {
Hier bringt ...Ng4 nichts, weil der Lдufer weggehen kann und WeiЯ danach f3
spielen wird.} (12... Ng4 13. Bf4 $14) (12... Bxh4 {Solchen Bauer will man
normalerweise nicht nehmen.} 13. Be2 Bf6 14. f4 $44) 13. f4 $1 {Das sieht sehr
verdдchtig aus, weil das Feld g4 geschwдcht wird, doch in Wirklichkeit bekommt
WeiЯ gutes Spiel.} Ng4 14. Bb5 Qc8 (14... c6 15. Bd3 Nxe3 16. Qxe3 Bf6 17. Nf5
$14 {und Schwarz hat auch noch die Schwдche auf d6.}) 15. Bd3 Nxe3 (15... c5
16. Nf5 (16. Bf5 $2 cxd4 17. Bxc8 dxe3 18. Qe2 (18. Bxb7 exd2 19. Bxa8 Rxa8 20.
Rxd2 f5 $19) 18... Bxc8 $19) 16... Re8 17. Rhe1 $14) 16. Qxe3 Bf6 17. Nf5 Re8
18. Qf2 Qe6 19. Rhe1 Qd7 20. g4 {Der Plan von WeiЯ ist klar - er will den
schwarzen Kцnig angreifen. Schwarz muss daher Figuren tauschen.} Rxe1 21. Rxe1
Re8 22. Rxe8+ Qxe8 {Diese Stellung ist schon einfacher zu verteidigen, weil
nicht mehr so viele Figuren auf dem Brett sind und WeiЯ keinen Mattangriff
organisieren kann.} 23. g5 Bd8 24. b4 $1 {Wir sind im Endspiel und der weiЯe
Kцnig fьhlt sich wohl. Es macht daher Sinn, die Bauern auf die Felder der
anderen Farbe als des eigenen Lдufers zu stellen.} Bc8 (24... f6 $1 {Schwarz
muss versuchen, die Stellung irgendwie zu цffnen. Jeder Bauerntausch ist zu
seinen Gunsten.} 25. Kb2 a6 26. Qd4 Kf8 {Die Stellung ist sehr solide.}) 25.
Ne3 {Wenn WeiЯ um Vorteil kдmpfen will, muss er den Springer behalten.} (25.
Qd4 Bxf5 26. Bxf5 g6 27. Bd3 Qe6 28. Bc4 c5 $11) 25... c6 26. f5 f6 $6 {
Das sieht logisch aus, aber nun bekommt WeiЯ klares Spiel. Eine gute
Alternative war 26...d5!} (26... d5 $1 27. Qf4 (27. f6 $6 Qe5 28. fxg7 Qxc3 $15
) 27... Qe7 $11 28. Qb8 $2 Qc7 29. Qa8 Qb7 $17) 27. Qf4 b5 {Schwarz nimmt das
Feld c4 unter Kontrolle.} (27... Qe5 $2 28. Qc4+ Kf8 29. Qxc6 $18) (27... d5 $5
28. b5 Bd7 29. Ng4 cxb5 30. Qd6 $36) 28. Ng4 Qe7 $2 {Das ist ein bedeutsamer
Fehler. Schwarz bekommt eine statische und dazu noch schwache Bauernstruktur.}
29. gxf6 $1 gxf6 30. Kb2 (30. Qg3 Kh8 (30... Kf8 31. Nh6 Ke8 32. Qg8+ Kd7 33.
Nf7 $16) 31. Nh6 Qf8 32. Qxd6 $1 Qxd6 33. Nf7+ Kg7 34. Nxd6 Bd7 35. Be4 $14)
30... d5 $2 {Die Bauernstruktur ist nun sehr unbeweglich.} (30... h5 $1 31. Nh2
Bd7 32. Qg3+ Kh8 $11) 31. Qg3 Kf8 (31... Kh8 32. Nh6 Qf8 33. Qb8 Bb6 34. h5 $14
) 32. Nh6 Ke8 33. Qg8+ Kd7 34. a3 $1 {Schwarz wollte ...d4 spielen.} (34. Nf7
Bb6 35. Qxh7 d4 36. Qg7 dxc3+ 37. Kxc3 Qe1+ 38. Kb3 Qb1+ 39. Kc3 Qe1+ $11)
34... Bb6 $2 (34... a5 $1 {Man sollte die weiЯen Bauern am Damenflьgel
schwдchen, um doch ...d4 vorzubereiten.}) 35. Qh8 $1 {Nun droht Ng8-Nxf6.} Bd8
(35... d4 36. c4 bxc4 37. Ng8 Qe1 (37... cxd3 38. Nxe7 d2 39. Qxc8+ Kxe7 40.
Qe6+ Kf8 41. Qe2 $18) 38. Nxf6+ Kc7 39. Be4 $18) 36. h5 {Der Bauer kommt nдher
ans Verwandlungsfeld.} Kc7 $2 {Hier steht der Kцnig furchtbar! Stдrker wдre
wieder ...a5!} (36... a5 $11) 37. Qg8 {Nun hat Schwarz keine Zeit, um die
Drohung Nf7-Qxh7 abzuwehren.} Kb7 38. Nf7 Bc7 39. Qxh7 $18 {Und die Stellung
ist verloren.} a5 {Das kommt offensichtlich zu spдt.} 40. bxa5 Kb8 41. Qg8 Bxa5
42. h6 Qe1 43. Nd6 Bxc3+ 44. Kb3 Kc7 45. Qxc8+ Kxd6 46. Qe6+ Qxe6 47. fxe6 Be5
48. Bf5 1-0

[Event "Astrakhan FIDE GP"]
[Site "Astrakhan"]
[Date "2010.05.24"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Wang, Yue"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[Annotator "Kritz,L"]
[PlyCount "182"]
[EventDate "2010.05.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 (5... d5 $6 {Der
Versuch direkt zu kontern endet mit einem Misserfolg:} 6. Qe2 Be7 7. Nxe4 dxe4
8. Qxe4 O-O 9. Bc4 Re8 10. Ne5 $1 $18) 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 (7. Bf4 {ist eine
parallele Variante, in der die einfachste Methode auszugleichen die selbe ist,
wie nach 7.Be3.} Nc6 {Fьr Schwarz ist der Plan mit der langen Rochade der
sicherste, um Ausgleich zu erzielen.} 8. Qd2 Be6 9. O-O-O Qd7 10. Kb1 (10. h4
h6 11. g3 Bf6 12. Bg2 O-O-O 13. Kb1 Rhe8 14. Rhe1 Bg4 15. Qd5 Rxe1 16. Rxe1 Re8
$11 {Efimenko - Zhou Jianchao (Al Ain, 2008)}) 10... O-O-O $1 {Ich denke, nach
allen Experimenten mit 10....a6, die sofortige Rochade ist der beste Zug. WeiЯ
kann mittels Bb5 nichts rausholen, d.h. Schwarz braucht keine Zeit zu
verlieren.} 11. Bb5 (11. Ng5 Bxg5 12. Bxg5 f6 $11 {Efimenko - Sakaev 
(Kallithea, 2008)}) 11... a6 12. Ba4 (12. Bxc6 Qxc6 13. Nd4 $6 Qxg2 14. Rhg1
Qd5 15. Nxe6 Qxd2 16. Bxd2 fxe6 17. Rxg7 Bf6 $15) 12... Bf6 13. Bg5 (13. Nd4
Bd5 $11) 13... Bxg5 14. Qxg5 b5 15. Bb3 f6 16. Bxe6 Qxe6 17. Qf4 (17. Qxg7 Rdg8
18. Qh6 Rxg2 19. Rhe1 Qf5 $11) 17... h5 18. h3 g5 $11 {Ivanchuk - Kramnik 
(Moscow, 2008)}) 7... Nc6 8. Qd2 O-O {Ein mцglicher Zug, wenn Schwarz eine
Stellung mit Chancen fьr beide Seiten spielen will. Wenn Schwarz auf Remis
eingestellt ist, dann ist 8....Be6 besser.} (8... Be6 9. O-O-O Qd7 10. Kb1 (10.
h4 h6 11. Nd4 {Typischerweise vereinfacht sich das Spiel nach dem
Springertausch, sodass Remis ein 99% Ergebnis ist.} (11. Kb1 O-O-O 12. Nd4 Nxd4
13. Bxd4 Rhg8 14. h5 c5 15. Be3 Qc6 $11 {Adams - Nielsen (Dortmund, 2005)}) (
11. Bb5 a6 12. Ba4 b5 $5 13. Bb3 Bf6 14. Bd5 O-O-O $1 $11 (14... Rb8 15. Kb1
Bxd5 16. Qxd5 $14 {Zawadzka - Socko (Karpacz, 2008)})) 11... Nxd4 12. Bxd4 (12.
cxd4 d5 $11) 12... Rg8 13. c4 (13. Bd3 c5 14. Be3 O-O-O $11 {Demnдchst spielt
Schwarz d5.}) 13... O-O-O $11 {Dominguez Perez - Wang Yue (Linares, 2009)} (
13... c5 $6 {In dieser Stellung wдre das ein wenig zu optimistisch - die
weiЯen Lдufer werden viel bessere Positionen einnehmen.} 14. Bc3 O-O-O 15. g3
$1 $14)) (10. Ng5 Bxg5 11. Bxg5 f6 12. Be3 O-O-O $11 {Der Vorteil des
Lдuferpaares ist nicht auszunutzen.}) (10. Bb5 a6 11. Ba4 O-O 12. Rhe1 b5 13.
Bb3 Na5 $1 (13... Bxb3 14. axb3 a5 15. Qd5 $14 {Karjakin - Kritz (Gothenburg,
2005)}) 14. Bxe6 fxe6 $132) 10... Bf6 (10... O-O-O $5 11. Bb5 a6 12. Ba4 Bf6
13. Bd4 Bxd4 14. cxd4 Bd5 $11 {Belov - Belozerov (Tomsk, 2006)}) 11. Be2 (11.
Bb5 a6 {Am besten klдrt man die weiЯen Plдne bezьglich seines weiЯfeldrigen
Lдufers.} 12. Ba4 (12. Bxc6 Qxc6 13. Bd4 (13. Nd4 Qxg2 $15) 13... Bxd4 14. cxd4
(14. Nxd4 Qxg2 $15 {Da Schwarz demnдchst lang rochiert, hat er nichts zu
befьrchten, es ist eher WeiЯ, der sich um Ausgleich Gedanken machen muss.})
14... Qd5 15. b3 O-O-O $11) 12... O-O 13. Nd4 Bd5 14. f3 b5 15. Bb3 Bxb3 16.
Nxb3 Qf5 $11 {Es ist nichts von einem mцglichen weiЯen Vorteil zu sehen.}) (11.
h4 h6 $11 {Typische Reaktion - man sollte WeiЯ nicht zu Ng5 lassen, falls er
mit dem Bauern nehmen kann.}) 11... O-O-O 12. Nd4 (12. Ng5 Bxg5 13. Bxg5 f6 $11
{Die Stellung wurde schon hundert Mal gespielt, WeiЯ verfьgt ьber einen
symbolischen Vorteil, Schwarz sollte jedoch problemlos ein Remis schaffen.})
12... Bxd4 $1 {Die beste Fortsetzung, hier hat WeiЯ ьberhaupt keinen Vorteil.}
(12... Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Bxd4 14. Qxd4 c5 15. Qf4 d5 16. Bf3 $36 {Obwohl die
Stellung fьr Schwarz noch im grьnen Bereich liegt, hat WeiЯ doch gewissen
Druck aufbauen kцnnen.}) 13. cxd4 (13. Bxd4 f6 14. Be3 $11 {Man kommt wieder
in diese Stellung rein, die sehr remislich ist.}) 13... d5 $11 {Dominguez
Perez - Wang Yue (Sofia, 2009). Die weiЯen Lдufer haben keinen Vorteil
gegenьber schwarzem Lдufer und Springer.}) 9. O-O-O Ne5 10. h4 $1 {WeiЯ lдsst
Schwarz seine Bauern verdoppeln, in der Hoffnung auf die offene g-Linie.} ({
Die alte Hauptvariante erlaubt Schwarz gutes Spiel zu bekommen:} 10. Nd4 $6 c5
11. Nb5 Be6 12. Nxd6 Qb6 $44 {Tukhaev - Belikov (Alushta, 2005)}) 10... c6 $5 {
Die letzte Entwicklung der Theorie. Es gibt jedoch auch gute Alternativen.} (
10... Re8 11. h5 Bf6 (11... Bg4 12. Be2 Qc8 13. h6 g6 14. Nxe5 Bxe2 15. Nxg6 $1
Bxd1 16. Qd4 $18 {Ponomariov - Gelfand (Odessa, 2008)}) 12. Kb1 a6 13. Nh2 b5
14. Be2 Bb7 15. f4 Nd7 16. Bf3 Bxf3 17. gxf3 Qe7 18. Ng4 Qe6 19. Rdg1 $40 {
Svidler - Kramnik (Moscow, 2005)}) (10... Bg4 11. Be2 Qc8 12. h5 h6 13. Kb1 Re8
14. Rde1 Bf6 15. Nh2 Bxe2 16. Qxe2 d5 17. Bc1 Qd7 $11 {Jakovenko - Volokitin 
(Dagomys, 2008)}) (10... Nxf3 {Es ist nicht eindeutig, ob das Nehmen gut ist.
Man spielt so nicht, aber vielleicht ist die Angst vor dem weiЯen Angriff
ьbertrieben.} 11. gxf3 Be6 12. Bd3 f5 $1 {Begrenzt die weiЯe Aktivitдt am
Kцnigsflьgel.} 13. Bg5 Qd7 14. Rde1 Rae8 $11 {Radjabov - Motylev (Izmir, 2004)}
) 11. Kb1 (11. c4 Be6 12. Ng5 Nxc4 13. Qd3 Bxg5 $1 {Es sieht aus wie
Selbstmord, doch Schwarz hat genug Zeit, um seinen Kцnig zu sichern.} 14. hxg5
g6 15. Bf4 Qb6 16. Qd4 {Nach dem Damentausch hat Schwarz nichts zu fьrchten.}
Qxd4 17. Rxd4 d5 18. Bxc4 dxc4 19. Be5 $11 {Gashimov - Gelfand (Astrakhan,
2010)}) 11... Bg4 12. Be2 Nxf3 {Es drohte 13.Nxe5.} (12... Qa5 $2 13. Nxe5 Bxe2
14. Nxc6 bxc6 15. Qxe2 Rab8 16. b3 $16 Qxc3 $4 17. Bd4 Qb4 18. Qxe7 $18) 13.
Bxf3 (13. gxf3 Bh5 $1 {Der Lдufer steht auf h5 ganz gut - er verhindert den
Sturmlauf des weiЯen h-Bauern.} 14. f4 Bxe2 15. Qxe2 Re8 16. f5 Bf6 17. Qg4 d5
18. h5 Re4 $11 {Leko - Gelfand (Astrakhan, 2010). Es gilt als Regel, dass wenn
Schwarz die Kontrolle ьber die zentralen Felder erobert, der weiЯe Angriff
viel an Kraft verliert.}) 13... Bxf3 14. gxf3 Qa5 {Die Dame will eines der
beiden Schlьsselfelder, f5 oder h5, einnehmen und damit den weiЯen Angriff
neutralisieren.} 15. h5 Qf5 16. Rdg1 (16. h6 g6 17. Qd4 f6 $1 (17... Bf6 18.
Qxd6 Qxf3 19. Bf4 Bh8 20. Be5 $1 $16) (17... Qf6 18. Qxf6 Bxf6 19. Rxd6 $16)
18. f4 {Den Bauern sollte man nicht geben - WeiЯ hat keine ausreichende
Kompensation dafьr.} (18. c4 Qxf3 $15) 18... d5 $11 {Beide Seiten haben ihre
Stдrken und Schwдchen, die Stellung hдlt sich im Gleichgewicht.}) 16... f6 $1 {
Das sieht verrьckt aus, ist aber ein sehr starker Zug. WeiЯ hat keinen
weiЯfeldrigen Laeдufer, um die Schwдche der weiЯen Felder im schwarzen Lager
auszunutzen. Schwarz seinerseits will den Kцnig mittels Rf7-Bf8 sichern und
auch d5 spielen.} (16... Bf6 $2 17. Qxd6 $16) 17. Rg4 Rf7 $1 $146 ({In der
Vorgдngerpartie spielte Gelfand} 17... Qxf3 18. Rhg1 Rf7 19. Bh6 Bf8 20. Bxg7
Rxg7 21. Rxg7+ Bxg7 22. h6 Kh8 {und hдtte nun nach} 23. hxg7+ $1 (23. Rxg7 $2
Rg8 24. Rxg8+ Kxg8 25. Qe1 Kf7 $11 {Jakovenko - Gelfand (Astrakhan, 2010)})
23... Kg8 24. Qxd6 {eine sehr schwere Stellung gehabt:} Re8 25. Qd7 Qe2 26. b3
$18) 18. Rf4 (18. Rhg1 $2 {Nun kann WeiЯ die Tьrme nicht verdoppeln, weil der
Bauer h5 hдngt.} Qxh5 $15) (18. h6 g6 $11 {Es ist nicht zu sehen, wie WeiЯ mit
seinem Angriff voran kommen kann.}) 18... Qe6 19. Re4 Qf5 20. Rf4 Qe6 21. Re4
Qd7 $5 {Schwarz schдtzt seine Stellung als vielversprechend ein und will die
Zьge nicht zum dritten Mal wiederholen.} 22. c4 {Richtige Entscheidung - man
sollte d5 verhindern.} (22. h6 g6 23. Rg1 d5 24. Reg4 Qe6 $15) 22... Bf8 23.
Rg4 Qf5 24. Rf4 Qe6 25. Re4 Qf5 26. Rf4 Qe6 27. Re4 Qd7 {Schwarz lehnt wieder
das Remisangebot ab, sieht jedoch ziemlich planlos aus.} 28. Rg4 b6 {Die Idee
hinter diesem Zug ist den Turm a8 ins Spiel zu bringen, sodass der Bauer a7
nicht verloren geht.} 29. Qd3 f5 $1 {Richtige Prophylaxe! WeiЯ hatte seine
erste richtige Drohung in Sicht.} (29... Re8 $2 30. h6 g6 31. Rxg6+ $3 hxg6 32.
Qxg6+ Bg7 (32... Kh8 33. Rg1 Bg7 34. hxg7+ Rxg7 35. Qxf6 $16) 33. hxg7 Rxg7 34.
Qxf6 $16 {WeiЯ hat die besseren Karten, weil der schwarze Kцnig sehr offen
steht. Die Bauern d6 und c6 sind auch anfдllig.}) 30. Rd4 Re8 31. Bf4 Rf6 32.
Rd1 h6 33. b3 Ree6 {Wie so oft in dieser Variante, greifen alle weiЯen Figuren
an, alle schwarzen verteidigen, und dabei kann WeiЯ nicht durchbrechen, weil
nicht genug Material auf dem Brett ist.} 34. Bg3 Qe8 35. Bh4 Rf7 36. Bg3 f4 37.
Rxf4 {Der einzige Zug.} (37. Bxf4 $2 c5 38. Re4 Rxe4 39. fxe4 Rxf4 $19) (37.
Bh4 Re5 38. Qg6 Rff5 $17) 37... Rxf4 38. Bxf4 Qxh5 $15 {WeiЯ hat
offensichtlich was falsch gemacht.} 39. Bc1 (39. Rg1 Rf6 $15 {und Schwarz
drьckt auf der f-Linie.}) 39... Qg6 $1 {Da der schwarze Kцnig schwдcher ist
als der weiЯe, muss Schwarz die Damen tauschen. Damit werden seine Bauern am
Kцnigsflьgel beweglich. WeiЯ kann dem Tausch nicht entgehen, weil ansonsten
die schwarze Dame das sehr wichtige Feld f5 einnehmen wird.} 40. Qxg6 (40. Qf1
Qf5 $15) 40... Rxg6 41. Be3 Rf6 $2 {Wie so oft in den heutigen Partien, wenn
es zum Endspiel kommt, fдllt die Spielqualitдt gewaltig. Statt des schnellen,
dynamischen Spiels muss Schwarz seinen Kцnig ins Zentrum bringen.} (41... Kf7
$1 42. Kc1 Ke6 $17 {Die weiЯe Lage ist sehr traurig.}) 42. f4 Rf5 $2 {Jetzt
auch, der beste Zug ist natьrlich Kf7!} (42... Kf7 43. Kc1 Ke6 44. Kd2 Kf5 $17)
43. c3 d5 44. cxd5 Rxd5 45. Rg1 (45. Rxd5 cxd5 $19 {Das Lдuferendspiel ist
verloren - der schwarze entfernte Freibauer entscheidet die Partie.}) 45... Kf7
46. Kc2 g6 47. c4 Rd7 48. f5 $1 {Die beste Chance, die WeiЯ hat. Wenn Schwarz
demnдchst mit seinem Kцnig nach f5 gekommen wдre, hдtte WeiЯ aufgeben kцnnen.}
gxf5 49. a4 c5 50. Rh1 Kg6 51. Rg1+ Kf6 52. Rh1 Kg6 53. Rg1+ Kh7 {Hier bitte
schцn: der schwarze Kцnig ist nun am Rande des Brettes und ein konkreter
Gewinnplan ist schwer zu finden.} 54. Rh1 a5 55. Rh5 Kg6 56. Rh1 {WeiЯ sieht,
dass Schwarz die Schachgebote nicht verhindern kann.} Bg7 (56... Rh7 57. Rg1+
Kf6 58. Bf4 h5 59. Bg5+ (59. Kd3 $2 Bh6 $19) 59... Kf7 60. Rd1) 57. Rg1+ Kh7
58. Rh1 Bf8 59. Rh5 Kg6 60. Rh1 {Schwarz weiЯ nicht, was zu tun.} Rd6 61. Bf4
Re6 62. Kd2 h5 63. Re1 $1 {Deswegen hat WeiЯ den Kцnig nach d2 und nicht nach
d3 gestellt.} (63. Rg1+ $2 {Hier funktionieren die Schachgebote nicht mehr:}
Kf7 64. Rh1 Bh6 $19) 63... Rc6 {Schwarz darf die Tьrme nicht tauschen.} (63...
Rxe1 64. Kxe1 Bg7 $8 (64... h4 65. Bc7 h3 66. Kf1 $16 {und WeiЯ steht sogar
besser, weil er zwei Bauern am Damenflьgel gewinnt.}) 65. Bc7 Bc3+ 66. Ke2 Bb4
67. Bxb6 $11) 64. Ke3 Re6+ 65. Kd2 Rf6 66. Be5 {Nun wird es ganz schwer, was
zu machen - die weiЯen Figuren stehen auf ihren besten Positionen.} Rc6 (66...
Bh6+ 67. f4 Re6 68. Rg1+ Kf7 69. Kd3 $11) 67. Rg1+ Kf7 68. Ke3 Bh6+ 69. f4 $11
{Die schwarze Figuren sind zu passiv, WeiЯ hat sich gerettet.} h4 70. Rh1 Re6
71. Kf2 Bg7 72. Bxg7 Kxg7 73. Rxh4 Re4 74. Kf3 Re1 75. Rh3 {Im weiteren alles
was WeiЯ braucht, ist, seinen Turm auf h3 oder g3 zu halten, und mit dem Kцnig
auf den Feldern f2-g2 herumzulaufen. Der schwarze Kцnig hat kein Durchkommen
und das Bauernendspiel ist selbstverstдndlich remis.} Rb1 76. Rg3+ Kf6 {
Schwarz muss auf die f-Linie.} (76... Kh6 77. Rh3+ Kg6 78. Rg3+ Kh5 79. Rh3+
Kg6 80. Rg3+ $11) 77. Kg2 Rb2+ 78. Kf1 Rh2 79. Kg1 Rd2 80. Kf1 Rd4 81. Rf3 Kg6
82. Kg2 Kh5 83. Kh3 Re4 84. Kg3 Re1 85. Rd3 Rg1+ 86. Kh3 Rg4 87. Rf3 Rh4+ 88.
Kg3 Rh1 89. Re3 Rg1+ 90. Kh3 Rf1 91. Kg3 Rg1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 36th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2008.07.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[Annotator "Kritz,L"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2008.06.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 125"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.07.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8.
Re1 Bg4 9. c4 Nf6 10. Nc3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Nxd4 12. Qd1 Ne6 13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. Bb5+
c6 15. Nxd5 cxb5 16. Bf4 (16. Qb3 O-O 17. Nxe7+ Qxe7 18. Qxb5 a6 19. Qb3 Rac8
20. Be3 Rfd8 21. Rad1 h6 22. h3 $11 {1/2-1/2 Rozentalis - Sutovsky (Esbjerg,
2001)}) 16... Nxf4 (16... O-O $2 {loses material after verliert nach} 17. Nxe7+
Qxe7 18. Bd6 $16 {Material.}) 17. Rxe7+ Kf8 18. Re5 Qd6 {This position has
already occurred several times.  Diese Stellung kam schon einige Male vor.} 19.
Qd2 $1 $146 {A very strong innovation! White wastes no time on rook moves and
continues his development. Eine sehr starke Neuerung! WeiЯ verliert keine Zeit
fьr Zьge mit dem Turm und setzt seine Entwicklung fort.} (19. Rf5 {After the
exchange of queens and rooks, White can achieve an advantage: Nach dem Tausch
von Turm und Dame kann WeiЯ keinen Vorteil erreichen:} Rd8 20. Ne3 Qxd1+ 21.
Rxd1 Rxd1+ 22. Nxd1 Ne6 23. Rxb5 b6 24. Nc3 Ke7 {1/2-1/2 Kasimdzhanov -
Jussupow (Essen, 2001)}) 19... Ng6 $2 {This is a mistake. Now Black comes
under pressure. Das ist ein Fehler. Jetzt kommt Schwarz unter Druck.} (19...
Qxe5 $5 {would have been stronger. Wдre stдrker gewesen.} 20. Qb4+ Ke8 (20...
Kg8 21. Ne7+ Kf8 22. Ng6+ $18) 21. Re1 (21. Qxb5+ Kd8 22. Rd1 Ne2+ 23. Kf1 (23.
Kh1 $142 Nd4 24. Qxb7 Rc8 25. h3 Rc5 (25... g5 $5) 26. Ne3 Re8 27. Nf5 Rc7 $2 (
27... Qe1+ $142) 28. Qb8+ Kd7 29. Rxd4+ Kc6 30. Qb3 Re6 31. Qf3+ Kb6 32. Rb4+
Kc5 33. Rb8 Qe1+ 34. Kh2 Qe5+ 35. g3 Rb6 36. Qa3+ Kb5 37. Nd6+ Kc6 38. Rd8 Qd4
39. Qf3+ Qd5 40. Qxd5+ Kxd5 41. Ne8+ Ke5 42. Nxc7 Rxb2 43. Kg2 Rxa2 44. Rd7 Kf6
45. Ne8+ Ke6 46. Rd3 g6 47. Re3+ Kf5 48. Re7 {1-0 Smirnov,P (2592)-Neelotpal,D
(2462)/Pardubice op 2008/20.07.2008}) 23... Nd4 24. Qa5+ b6 25. Qa4 Re8 $1 26.
Ne3 Ke7 $17) (21. Nxf4 a5 22. Qd2 Rd8 $17) 21... Ne2+ (21... Qxe1+ 22. Qxe1+
Ne6 23. Qb4 Kd7 24. Qe7+ Kc8 (24... Kc6 25. Nb4+ Kb6 26. Qd6+ Ka5 27. Nd5 $18)
25. Qxf7 $18) 22. Kf1 Rc8 (22... Kd7 23. Rxe2 Qxd5 24. Rd2 (24. Qe7+ Kc6 25.
Rc2+ Kb6 26. Qe3+ Ka5 27. Qa3+ Kb6 28. Qe3+ $11) 24... Qxd2 25. Qxd2+ Ke6 26.
Qe3+ Kf6 27. Qc3+ Ke6 28. Qxg7 $14 {In such an endgame, White has the better
chances, because Black has a bad king and a weak h-pawn. In so einem Endspiel
hat WeiЯ bessere Chancen, weil Schwarz einen schlechten Kцnig und einen
schwachen h-Bauern hat.}) 23. f4 (23. Qd2 Kd8 24. Nb6+ (24. Rxe2 Qd6 $17) 24...
Kc7 25. Nxc8 Rxc8 26. Rxe2 Qd6 $15) 23... Qxd5 24. Rxe2+ Kd7 25. Rd2 Rc5 26.
Rxd5+ Rxd5 $11) 20. Ree1 f6 (20... Rd8 21. Rad1 Ne7 (21... f6 22. Qe3 $16) 22.
Qe3 Nc6 (22... Nxd5 23. Rxd5 Qxd5 24. Qe7+ Kg8 25. Qe8+ Rxe8 26. Rxe8#) 23. Nf6
$3 Qxf6 (23... Qxd1 24. Qc5+ Qd6 25. Qxd6+ Rxd6 26. Re8#) 24. Qc5+ Kg8 25. Rd6
$3 $18) 21. Rad1 Kf7 (21... Re8 22. Rxe8+ Kxe8 23. Nxf6+ Qxf6 24. Qd7+ Kf8 25.
Qc8+ Kf7 26. Rd7+ Ne7 (26... Ke6 27. Rd8+ $18) 27. Qxh8 Qxb2 28. Qd8 Qa1+ 29.
Rd1 Qxa2 30. Qd3 $16 {With his bad king, Black has little chance of holding
the position. The queenside pawns will fall one after the other. Aufgrund des
schlechten Kцnigs hat Schwarz kaum Chancen, die Stellung zu halten. Die Bauern
am Damenflьgel werden einer nach dem anderen fallen.}) 22. Qe3 Rhe8 (22... Rhd8
23. Qb3 Kf8 24. Ne7 $16) 23. Ne7 $1 Qxe7 (23... Rxe7 24. Rxd6 Rxe3 25. Rxe3 $18
) 24. Qb3+ Kf8 25. Rxe7 Rxe7 26. Qxb5 $18 {Technically, the position is won.
Black has no chance to set up a fortress. Die Stellung ist technisch gewonnen.
Schwarz hat keine Chancen, eine Festung aufzubauen.} Rae8 27. g3 Ne5 28. Kg2
Nc6 29. b4 a6 30. Qb6 h6 31. a4 Ne5 32. Qc5 Kg8 33. b5 axb5 34. axb5 Nf7 35. h4
Kh8 36. Rd2 Kg8 37. Kh3 Kh8 38. f4 Kg8 39. h5 Kh8 40. Qf5 Nd8 41. Rd7 Ne6 42.
Qd5 1-0

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 36th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2008.07.06"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[Annotator "Kritz,L"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2008.06.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 125"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.07.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 {
Die von Schwarz gewaehlte Variante ist die Hauptvariante und gilt als sehr
solide.} 8. Re1 ({Nach den Zьgen} 8. c4 Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Bf5 11. a3 Nxc3
12. bxc3 Nc6 13. cxd5 Qxd5 14. Bf4 Rac8 15. Re1 Rfe8 {entsteht eine Stellung,
die in der modernen Theorie eine der am weitesten ausanalysierten Stellungen
ist.}) 8... Bg4 9. c4 {Eine seltene aber doch sehr giftige Variante. Die
andere Mцglichkeit ist 9.c3:} (9. c3 f5 10. Qb3 O-O 11. Nbd2 Na5 12. Qc2 Nc6
13. b4 (13. Qb3 $11 {Will WeiЯ Remis forcieren, so kann er das auf diese Art
machen.}) 13... a6 $132 {mit Chancen fьr beide Seiten.}) (9. Bxe4 $6 {so
leicht kann WeiЯ den Bauer nicht gewinnen.} dxe4 10. Rxe4 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 (11.
gxf3 f5 12. Re1 Qxd4 $15) 11... Nxd4 12. Qc3 Ne6 13. Qe1 O-O 14. Nc3 $11) 9...
Nf6 {Der einzige Zug. Alle anderen geben WeiЯ groЯen Vorteil.} (9... Bxf3 10.
Qxf3 Nxd4 11. Qe3 Nf5 12. Qh3 Nd4 13. cxd5 $16) (9... Nxd4 $4 10. Bxe4 dxe4 11.
Qxd4 $1 exf3 (11... Qxd4 12. Nxd4 $18) (11... Bxf3 12. Qxd8+ Rxd8 13. gxf3 exf3
14. Nc3 $18) 12. Qxg7 Rf8 13. Qxg4 $18) 10. Nc3 Bxf3 (10... Nxd4 $5 {kam nur
ein Mal in der Praxis der GroЯmeister vor. Meiner Meinung nach verdient der
Zug jedoch grцЯere Beachtung.} 11. cxd5 Bxf3 (11... O-O 12. Bxh7+ Nxh7 13. Qxd4
Bxf3 14. gxf3 $16 {Obwohl die weiЯe Bauernstruktur nicht schцn aussieht,
bieten ihm der Mehrbauer und die offene g-Linie gute Gewinnchancen.}) 12. gxf3
c5 13. dxc6 (13. Bb5+ Kf8 (13... Nxb5 14. Nxb5 Qb6 15. d6 O-O-O 16. Nxa7+ Qxa7
17. Rxe7 $16) 14. Bc4 Bd6 15. Be3 Qc8 $1 $132) 13... Nxc6 14. Be3 $5 (14. Bb5
O-O 15. Qxd8 Bxd8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Polgar,J (2671)-Karpov,A (2700)/Hoogeveen NED
1999 (43)}) 14... O-O 15. Rc1 $14 {Die Stellung ist vцllig offen und das weiЯe
Lдuferpaar ьberwiegt ein wenig die schlechte Bauernstruktur. Trotzdem ist die
Stellung spielbar fьr Schwarz.}) (10... dxc4 11. Bxc4 O-O 12. d5 Na5 13. Bd3
$14 {Die Lage des schwarzen Springers auf a5 ist zumindest verdдchtig.}) 11.
Qxf3 Nxd4 ({Schlechter ist} 11... dxc4 12. Bxc4 Nxd4 (12... Qxd4 13. Bb5 Kf8
14. Be3 Qd7 15. Rad1 Bd6 16. Bg5 $44) 13. Qxb7 O-O 14. Rd1 $14) 12. Qd1 Ne6 13.
cxd5 (13. Bf5 dxc4 (13... d4 14. Ne2 d3 15. Nf4 Nd4 16. Bxd3 $14 {Morozevich -
Gelfand (Mexico City, 2007)}) 14. Qa4+ c6 ({nicht so gut ist} 14... Qd7 15.
Qxc4 {und jetzt kann Schwarz nicht kurz rochieren:} O-O $4 16. Rxe6 $1 $18) 15.
Bxe6 fxe6 16. Qxc4 O-O (16... Nd5 17. Rxe6 O-O {fьhrt nur zur Zugumstellung.})
17. Rxe6 (17. Qxe6+ Rf7 18. Be3 Qd6 19. Qxd6 {1/2-1/2 Anand - Kramnik (Mainz,
2001)}) 17... Nd5 18. Be3 Bf6 19. Bc5 Re8 20. Rxe8+ Qxe8 21. Nxd5 cxd5 22.
Qxd5+ Qf7 23. Qd2 Rd8 24. Qb4 Qxa2 25. Re1 b6 26. Be7 Re8 27. Bxf6 Rxe1+ 28.
Qxe1 gxf6 29. Qb4 a5 {1/2-1/2 Morozevich - Ivanchuk (Moscow, 2007)}) 13... Nxd5
14. Bb5+ c6 15. Nxd5 cxb5 16. Qh5 {Kurz davor, in der dritten Runde des
Turniers, hat Naiditsch gegen Kramnik 16.Bf4 gespielt:} (16. Bf4 Nxf4 17. Rxe7+
Kf8 18. Re5 Qd6 {und hier brachte WeiЯ mit} 19. Qd2 $1 {eine starke Neuerung,
die ihm den Punkt brachte. Sicherlich hat Kramnik die Stellung analysiert und
eine Verbesserung der Variante gefunden, so dass Ivanchuk sie nicht
wiederholen wollte.} Qxe5 $1 (19... Ng6 $2 20. Ree1 $16 {Naiditsch - Kramnik 
(Dortmund, 2008)}) 20. Qb4+ Ke8 $11) (16. Qb3 O-O 17. Nxe7+ Qxe7 18. Qxb5 {
fьhrt zur selben Stellung wie in der Partie.}) 16... O-O 17. Nxe7+ Qxe7 18.
Qxb5 {Zwar lдuft das Spiel an beiden Flьgeln und WeiЯ verfьgt ьber einen
Lдufer, doch ist die Stellung ausgeglichen. Schwarz hat keine Schwдchen und
dazu noch einen kleinen Entwicklungsvorsprung, der ihm hilft, die Stellung zu
vereinfachen.} Rfd8 19. Be3 a6 20. Qb3 Rac8 21. h3 h6 {Mehrere Partien endeten
bereits hier mit Remis.} 22. Rad1 (22. Rac1 Nd4 23. Bxd4 $8 (23. Qa4 $4 Rxc1
24. Rxc1 Ne2+ $19) 23... Rxc1 24. Rxc1 Rxd4 $11) 22... Rxd1 (22... b5 $1 {
Es wдre sinnvoller, diesen Zug gleich zu spielen.} 23. Rxd8+ Rxd8 24. Rd1 (24.
Rc1 Nd4 25. Bxd4 Rxd4 $11) 24... Rxd1+ 25. Qxd1 Qb4 $11 {Keinesfalls steht
Schwarz schlechter - Dame und Springer sind ьblicherweise stдrker als Dame und
Lдufer.}) 23. Rxd1 b5 24. Rd3 Rc6 25. Qd5 Qe8 26. Rd2 Qc8 27. b3 {Zwar ist die
Stellung immer noch gleich, aber WeiЯ hat schon eine kleine Initiative
entwickelt. Es ist fьr mich trotzdem eine groЯe Ьberraschung, dass Kramnik
diese Partie verloren hat.} Rc3 28. h4 a5 29. Rd1 Rc2 30. Qxb5 Rxa2 31. h5 Nf8
32. Rd4 Qc7 33. Rd1 Rb2 34. Rc1 Qd7 35. Qb8 Rc2 36. Ra1 Qf5 $4 {Ein taktisches
Unglьck - Schwarz durfte das Feld d8 nicht aufgeben! Vielleicht war das ein
Fehlgriff, wer weiЯ...} (36... Qd5 37. Qb6 Rb2 38. Rxa5 Qd1+ 39. Kh2 Rxb3 $11)
37. Qd8 $1 $16 Qxh5 38. Rxa5 Qg4 39. Ra4 Qd7 40. Rd4 Qb7 41. b4 Rb2 42. Bd2
Rb1+ 43. Kh2 Qb5 44. Qd5 Qe2 45. Be3 Ng6 46. Qf5 Qf1 47. Kg3 Rb3 48. Re4 Nf8 $2
49. Rf4 1-0

[Event "Foros Aerosvit 3rd"]
[Site "Foros"]
[Date "2008.06.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nisipeanu, Liviu Dieter"]
[Black "Volokitin, Andrei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[Annotator "Kritz,L"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2008.06.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 125"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.07.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 {The most popular
continuation nowadays. Das ist wohl die populдrste Fortsetzung heutzutage.}
Nxc3 ({If Wenn} 5... d5 {were possible, it would be a dream for Black. But
unfortunately White simply wins the pawn. mцglich wдre, wдre das ein Traum fьr
Schwarz. Doch leider gewinnt WeiЯ danach einfach den Bauern:} 6. Qe2 (6. Nxe4
$2 dxe4 7. Qe2 Qe7 $15) 6... Be7 (6... f5 7. d3 Bb4 8. dxe4 fxe4 9. Bg5 Qd6 10.
Nd4 O-O 11. O-O-O $16 {Black does not have sufficient compensation for the
piece. Schwarz hat keine genьgende Kompensation fьr die Figur.}) 7. Nxe4 dxe4
8. Qxe4 O-O 9. Bd3 g6 10. O-O $14 {White has a sound extra pawn and it is hard
to see how Black can develop his initiative. WeiЯ hat einen gesunden
Mehrbauern und es ist nicht zu sehen, wie Schwarz seine Initiative entfalten
kann.} Bf5 $2 11. Qxb7 Bxd3 12. Qxa8 Bxf1 13. Kxf1 $18) (5... Nf6 {This move
is more playable than 5...d5, but unfortunately it also concedes a clear
advantage to White. Dieser Zug ist eher spielbar als 5...d5, aber leider
bringt er WeiЯ auch einen klaren Vorteil.} 6. d4 Be7 7. Bd3 O-O 8. h3 $1 Re8 9.
O-O $14 {The problem of the development of the c8-bishop will be a thorn in
Black's flesh for a long time. Das Problem der Entwicklung des Lдufers c8 wird
Schwarz noch lange quдlen.}) 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 (7. Bf4 {This is a different
system. In my opinion, Black play the line with queenside castling after both
of them, and equalise. Das ist ein anderes System. Meiner Meinung nach kann
Schwarz nach beiden Zьgen die Variante mit der langen Rochade spielen, und
ausgleichen.} Nc6 (7... O-O 8. Qd2 Nd7 9. O-O-O Nc5 $11 {is a sharper
continuation, which also leads to level positions, in which a lot of theory
has to be known, however. ist eine schдrfere Fortsetzung, die ebenfalls zu
ausgeglichenen Stellungen fьhrt, bei der man jedoch viel mehr Theorie kennen
muss.}) 8. Qd2 Be6 9. O-O-O Qd7 10. Ng5 (10. Bb5 a6 11. Ba4 b5 12. Bb3 O-O $11)
10... Bxg5 11. Bxg5 f6 12. Be3 O-O-O $11 {This sort of position often arises
when Black plays the moves Nc6-Be6. White has a symbolic advantage because of
his bishop pair, but they have no weak points to attack. On the whole, the
position is level. Dieser Typ von Stellung entsteht sehr oft, wenn man als
Schwarzspieler die Zьge Nc6-Be6 spielt. WeiЯ hat einen symbolischen Vorteil
durch das Lдuferpaar, doch die beiden Lдufer haben keine Schwдchen anzugreifen.
Die Stellung ist im GroЯen und Ganzen ausgeglichen.}) 7... Nc6 8. Qd2 O-O (8...
Be6 {This move is once more very solid and promises Black equality. Wieder ist
dieser Zug sehr solide und verspricht Schwarz Ausgleich.} 9. O-O-O Qd7 10. Ng5
(10. h4 h6 (10... O-O-O $6 11. Ng5 Bxg5 12. hxg5 $14 {The opening of the
h-file has given White an advantage. Durch die Цffnung der h-Linie hat WeiЯ
einen Vorteil erreicht.}) 11. Nd4 Nxd4 12. cxd4 (12. Bxd4 O-O $11) 12... d5 $11
) (10. Bb5 a6 11. Ba4 (11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. Rhe1 h6 $11) 11... b5 12. Bb3 O-O $11)
10... Bxg5 11. Bxg5 f6 12. Be3 O-O-O $11) 9. O-O-O Ne5 10. Be2 (10. Nd4 {
was for a long time considered the main move, but Black has a pleasant game
here: galt lange Zeit als Hauptzug, doch hat Schwarz hier ein sehr angenehmes
Spiel:} c5 11. Nb5 Be6 12. Nxd6 Qb6 $44) (10. h4 Bg4 (10... Nxf3 11. gxf3 {
The opening of the g-file gives White attacking chances. Die Цffnung der
g-Linie gibt WeiЯ gute Angriffschancen.} Be6 12. h5 Bf6 13. Rg1 $36) 11. Be2
Qc8 12. h5 h6 13. Kb1 Re8 $132 {Jakovenko - Volokitin (Dagomys, 2008)}) (10.
Kb1 Re8 11. h4 Bg4 12. Be2 Qc8 $132 {fьhrt zur Variante 10.h4.}) 10... Ng4 {
The decision to take the black-squared bishop is absolutely correct. After it,
White must be careful not to slip into a worse position. Die Entscheidung, den
schwarzfeldrigen Lдufer zu nehmen, ist absolut korrekt. Danach muss WeiЯ
ebenfalls aufpassen, um nicht in eine schlechtere Stellung zu geraten.} (10...
Be6 $6 11. Nd4 Bc4 12. f4 Bxe2 13. Qxe2 $14) 11. Bd3 (11. Bd4 c5 12. h3 cxd4
13. hxg4 dxc3 14. Qxc3 Bxg4 15. Bd3 h5 $15 {Naiditsch - Kramnik (Dortmund,
2005)}) 11... Nxe3 $1 {This can hardly be called an innovation, it is more of
a strengthening compared to the previous game. Black easily achieves equality
and soon after a slight advantage. Man kann es kaum eine Neuerung nennen, eher
eine Verstдrkung der Vorgдngerpartie. Schwarz kommt leicht zum Ausgleich und
bald danach schon zu einem kleinen Vorteil.} ({After Nach} 11... d5 12. Bf4 c5
13. c4 d4 14. h3 Nf6 15. Rde1 $14 {Nisipeanu - Karpov (Vitoria Gasteiz, 2007)
White can get a more pleasant game, though the position remains drawish. kam
WeiЯ doch zum angenehmeren Spiel, wobei die Stellung immer noch im remislichen
Bereich liegt.}) 12. Qxe3 Re8 13. Qf4 {WeiЯ will Bc4 spielen.} (13. Rhe1 c6 $1
(13... Bd7 14. Qf4 $1 Bf8 $6 15. Rxe8 Bxe8 16. Qe4 g6 17. Qxb7 $16) 14. Kb1 g6
15. Qf4 Be6 16. Nd4 Bd7 $11) 13... d5 (13... Be6 14. h4 Bf6 15. g4 $40) 14. h4
h6 15. Ne5 (15. g4 $2 Bd6 16. Qd4 c5 $19) 15... Be6 $11 {Black has no more
problems.  Schwarz hat keinerlei Probleme mehr.} 16. Ng4 Bd6 17. Qf3 Qd7 18.
Ne3 Qa4 19. Kb1 Qf4 20. Qxf4 Bxf4 21. Rhe1 c6 22. g3 Bc7 23. c4 Ba5 24. Rg1 d4
25. Nf5 Rad8 26. g4 Bc7 27. a3 c5 28. Rde1 Kf8 29. h5 Bd7 30. Be4 Ba5 31. Re2
b5 32. Nd6 Bxg4 33. Rxg4 Rxd6 34. cxb5 Re5 35. Bd3 Rdd5 36. Rxe5 Rxe5 37. Rh4
Be1 38. Rh2 Re6 39. f3 Re3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Astrakhan FIDE GP"]
[Site "Astrakhan"]
[Date "2010.05.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Akopian, Vladimir Eduardovic"]
[Black "Wang, Yue"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[Annotator "Kritz,L"]
[PlyCount "148"]
[EventDate "2010.05.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 {Das ist der Hauptzug, die Alternative ist 3.d4.} (
3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 (4. dxe5 d5 5. Nbd2 Nc5 6. a3 a5 7. Be2 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Re1
f6 10. exf6 Bxf6 $11 {Shabalov - Motylev (Moscow, 2010)}) 4... d5 5. Nxe5 (5.
dxe5 Be7 6. O-O Nc5 7. Be2 O-O 8. Be3 c6 9. c4 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Qxd1 11. Rxd1 Nbd7
12. Rc1 Na4 13. b3 Nab6 14. e6 fxe6 15. Bxe6+ Kh8 16. Nbd2 Ne5 $11 {Gashimov -
Gelfand (Bursa, 2010)}) 5... Nd7 6. Nxd7 Bxd7 {Man kann schon intuitiv sehen,
dass WeiЯ nicht viel erwarten kann.} 7. O-O Bd6 8. c4 c6 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Nc3
Nxc3 11. bxc3 O-O 12. Qh5 g6 13. Qxd5 Qc7 14. Qf3 Qxc3 $11 {Edouard -
Fressinet (Caleta, 2010)}) 3... d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 $1 {Heutzutage wollen
sich viele Spieler nicht mit den zahlreichen Abspielen der Haupvariante
auseinandersetzen und bevorzugen daher die ziemlich sinnlose 5.Nc3-Variante,
die keinen Vorteil bringt.} (5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 Nc6 {Das ist der
sicherste Weg zum Ausgleich. Wenn Schwarz mehr Gegenspiel haben will, kann er
auch den Plan mit der kurzen Rochade spielen.} (7... O-O 8. Qd2 Nd7 9. O-O-O
Re8 10. h4 c6 11. Kb1 Qa5 12. h5 h6 13. Bd3 Ne5 $132 {Dominguez Perez -
Gelfand (Nice, 2010)}) 8. Qd2 Be6 9. O-O-O Qd7 10. Kb1 a6 (10... Bf6 {ist auch
mцglich} 11. h4 O-O-O 12. Ng5 Bf5 13. Bd3 Bxd3 14. Qxd3 h5 $11 {Inarkiev -
Wang Yue (Astrakhan, 2010)}) 11. Ng5 Bxg5 12. Bxg5 f6 13. Be3 O-O-O $11 {
Inarkiev - Adams (Baku, 2008)}) 5... d5 6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O Nc6 8. c4 {WeiЯ
entscheidet sich fьr die wichtigste Hauptvariante der Russischen Partie.
Alternativen sind 8.Re1 und 8.Nc3.} (8. Re1 Bg4 9. c3 (9. c4 Nf6 10. Nc3 Bxf3
11. Qxf3 Nxd4 12. Qd1 Ne6 13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. Bb5+ c6 15. Nxd5 cxb5 16. a4 O-O
17. axb5 Bc5 $11 {Gashimov - Gelfand (Linares, 2010)}) 9... f5 10. Qb3 O-O 11.
Nbd2 Na5 12. Qc2 Nc6 13. b4 a6 14. Rb1 Kh8 15. a4 Bd6 $132 {Morozevich - Wang
Yue (Nice, 2009)}) (8. Nc3 Bf5 9. Re1 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 O-O 12. Rb1
Na5 $11 {Svidler - Ivanchuk (Astrakhan, 2010)}) 8... Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. a3 {
Zugumstellung ist 10.Nc3.} (10. Nc3 Bf5 11. a3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Nc6 13. cxd5 Qxd5
{-> 10.a3}) 10... Nc6 11. cxd5 Qxd5 12. Nc3 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Bf5 14. Re1 Rfe8 15.
Bf4 Rac8 {Das ist die Hauptstellung der Russischen Partie. Hunderte von
Partien sind hier gespielt worden und Schwarz hat gezeigt, dass er keine
Probleme hat.} 16. h3 (16. Bd3 Qd7 17. Rb1 b6 18. d5 Bxd3 19. Qxd3 Bxa3 20. Ng5
g6 21. Ne4 Be7 (21... Qf5 22. Bxc7 Rxc7 23. Nf6+ Qxf6 24. Rxe8+ Kg7 25. dxc6
Bc5 26. Rb2 $14 {Leko - Gelfand (Moscow, 2009)}) 22. Rbd1 f5 23. d6 cxd6 24.
Qd5+ Kh8 25. Nxd6 Bxd6 26. Bxd6 Rxe1+ 27. Rxe1 Re8 28. Rxe8+ Qxe8 29. h3 h6 $11
{Jakovenko - Kramnik (Moscow, 2007)}) (16. c4 Qe4 17. Be3 Qc2 $1 {Es ist die
richtige Entscheidung, die Damen zu tauschen. Die schwarze Dame im Zentrum ist
oft den gegnerischen Angriffen ausgesetzt.} 18. d5 Na5 19. Nd4 Qxd1 20. Rexd1
Bd7 21. Bd2 Bf6 $1 22. Bxa5 Bxd4 23. Rxd4 Rxe2 {1/2-1/2 Leko - Kramnik 
(Brissago, 2004)}) (16. Nd2 Na5 17. Nf1 Qb3 18. Ne3 Qxd1 19. Raxd1 Bd7 20. Nd5
Bd6 21. Bxd6 cxd6 $11 {Pruijssers - Fridman (Emsdetten, 2008)}) 16... h6 (16...
Be4 17. Qc1 $1 {Zuletzt hatte WeiЯ Schwierigkeiten, um hier auszugleichen.} (
17. Nd2 Bxg2 18. Bg4 Bh1 19. f3 Bh4 20. Re4 f5 21. Kxh1 fxg4 22. hxg4 Qf7 23.
Qb3 Ne7 24. Qxf7+ Kxf7 25. c4 Ng6 26. Bh2 Bf6 27. Rb1 b6 $11 {Shirov - Kramnik
(Wijk aan Zee, 2010)}) 17... Na5 18. Qe3 Bf8 19. c4 Qd8 (19... Nxc4 20. Bxc4
Qxc4 21. Nd2 Qa4 (21... Qc6 22. Nxe4 f5 23. Qb3+ $18) 22. Nxe4 f5 23. Nc3 $18)
20. Ne5 Bf5 21. Qc3 b6 22. Rad1 $14 {Anand - Kramnik (Wijk aan Zee, 2010)}) 17.
Qc1 {Dieser Zug wird selten gespielt und das vцllig zurecht. Es ist
ьberraschend, dass Akopian zwei Mal im selben Turnier den gleichen Zug spielt
und in beiden Partien nicht mal einen minimalen Vorteil bekommt.} (17. Nd2 Na5
18. Bf3 Qd7 19. Ne4 Rcd8 20. Ng3 Bg6 21. Bh5 Bd6 22. Bxd6 Rxe1+ 23. Qxe1 cxd6
24. Bxg6 fxg6 $11 {Akopian - Kasimdzhanov (Nalchik, 2009)}) (17. Bf1 Bd6 $1 {
Das ist eine Standardreaktion - Schwarz muss so viele Figuren wie mцglich
abtauschen, um ein gleiches Endspiel zu bekommen.} 18. Rxe8+ Rxe8 19. c4 Qe4
20. Bxd6 cxd6 $11 {Akopian - Gashimov (Elista, 2008)}) (17. c4 Qe4 18. Bg3 Bf6
19. Bf1 Qc2 20. Qxc2 Bxc2 21. Rxe8+ Rxe8 22. Rc1 Ba4 23. d5 Ne5 $11 {Shomoev -
Landa (Sochi, 2006)}) 17... Qd7 18. Qb2 Bd6 $1 {Eine sehr logische Fortsetzung,
die den weiЯen Druck sofort neutralisiert.} 19. Bxd6 cxd6 (19... Qxd6 20. Bc4 (
{Nichts bringt das Nehmen auf b7:} 20. Qxb7 Rxe2 $1 (20... Rb8 21. Qa6 $14) 21.
Rxe2 Rb8 22. Qxb8+ (22. Qa6 Nxd4 23. Qxd6 Nxe2+ 24. Kf1 cxd6 25. Kxe2 Rb2+ $15)
22... Nxb8 23. Re8+ Kh7 24. Rxb8 Qc6 $11 {Schwarz ist in Ordnung - die weiЯen
Tьrme sind nicht stдrker als die schwarze Dame.}) 20... b6 21. Qb5 Bd7 22. Qh5
Qf4 23. Bb5 Rcd8 24. a4 Kf8 {Schwarz kann nicht schlechter stehen.} 25. g3 Qf6
26. d5 Rxe1+ 27. Rxe1 Ne7 $11 {Akopian - Gelfand (Astrakhan, 2010)}) 20. Nh4
Be6 21. Rad1 d5 $1 {Es sieht nur so aus, als ob der schwarze Lдufer schlecht
wдre. Der Lдufer kann ьber f5 aktiviert werden, sobald der weiЯe Springer das
Feld h4 verlдsst, dazu hat Schwarz das Feld c4 und die offene C-Linie. Die
Stellung ist ausgeglichen.} 22. Bd3 (22. Nf3 Bf5 $11) 22... b6 {Man braucht
den Zug nicht unbedingt, man konnte auch gleich Na5 spielen.} (22... Na5 23.
Bb5 Nc6 (23... Nc4 $4 24. Qb4 $18) 24. Bd3 Na5 $11) 23. Bb1 Qd8 $1 {Die Dame
wird nach f6 ьberfьhrt, von wo sie das Feld e5 kontrolliert und auch nдher zum
Kцnig steht.} 24. Nf3 (24. Nf5 Na5 25. Qc2 Kf8 $11 {WeiЯ kann nicht wirklich
Fortschritte machen.}) 24... Qf6 25. Qb5 (25. Qc2 g6 $11 {mit der Idee Bf5 und
die Lдufer zu tauschen.}) 25... g6 {Jetzt droht Bxh3.} (25... Bxh3 $2 {
verliert.} 26. gxh3 Qxf3 27. Qxc6 $1 (27. Rxe8+ $2 Rxe8 28. Qxc6 Qxd1+ $19)
27... Qxd1 28. Qxe8+ Rxe8 29. Rxd1 $18) 26. Re3 $2 {Das verhindert den
Einschlag auf h3 nicht. Man sollte einfacher spielen, denn Vorteil hat man
sowieso nicht.} (26. Ne5 $1 Nxe5 27. dxe5 Qe7 28. Qb2 Rc5 29. Ba2 $11) 26...
Bxh3 $1 27. Rxe8+ (27. Ne5 Be6 $1 28. Nxc6 Bd7 29. Rxe8+ Rxe8 30. Qxd5 Bxc6 31.
Qc4 Bxg2 $3 32. Kxg2 Qg5+ 33. Kf1 Qh5 $19) 27... Rxe8 28. Qxd5 Bg4 $1 {Nun
wird die weiЯe Bauernstruktur endgьltig ruiniert.} 29. Re1 Rd8 (29... Rxe1+ 30.
Nxe1 $11 {Schwarz will jedoch mehr, als nur Ausgleich.}) 30. Qe4 Bxf3 31. Qxf3
(31. gxf3 $5 {Ьblicherweise sollte man die Damen tauschen, wenn man einen
schwachen Kцnig hat. Hier jedoch steht die weiЯe Dame sehr gut und kцnnte
unter Umstдnden die Bauernbewegung d5 unterstьtzen.} Kg7 32. f4 $13) 31... Qxf3
32. gxf3 Kf8 33. Kg2 Ne7 $15 {Schwarz steht besser, weil er die bessere
Bauernstruktur hat, und die weiЯen Zentrumsbauern sind unbeweglich.} 34. Kg3 (
34. Be4 f5 $5 (34... Nd5 35. Bxd5 Rxd5 36. Re3 $1 $15 {Vielleicht kann WeiЯ
sich retten.}) 35. Bb7 Rb8 36. Ba6 Nd5 37. c4 Nc7 38. Bb5 Rd8 $15) 34... Nd5
35. c4 $2 {Fehler, der zum Verlust fьhrt.} (35. Rc1 $1 Rc8 36. c4 Nf6 $15 {
Schwarz steht immer noch etwas besser, aber zumindest verliert WeiЯ nicht
forciert.}) 35... Nc3 $1 36. d5 {Der einzige Zug.} Re8 $1 37. Rh1 (37. Rxe8+
Kxe8 38. Bd3 Ke7 $19 {Dieses Endspiel ist eindeutig verloren.}) (37. Rc1 $4
Ne2+ 38. Kg2 Nxc1 $19) 37... Ne2+ 38. Kg2 h5 {WeiЯ ist hilflos - er hat
einfach keine Zьge und keinen einzigen Plan.} 39. Bc2 {Mit der Idee, den
Lдufer nach c6 zu stellen. Schwarz spielt jedoch genau und lдsst es nicht
geschehen.} Nf4+ {Die Zugwiederholung wurde wohl gespielt, um ьber die
Zeitkontrolle zu kommen.} 40. Kg3 Ne2+ 41. Kg2 Rc8 42. Bb3 (42. Re1 $2 Nf4+ 43.
Kg3 Rxc4 44. Bb3 Rd4 45. Re4 g5 $3 46. Rxd4 Ne2+ 47. Kg2 Nxd4 $19) 42... Nd4
43. Ba2 Ke7 $19 {Schlechter Lдufer a2, passiver Kцnig, anfдllige Bauern im
Zentrum - alles spricht dafьr, dass die weiЯe Stellung verloren ist.} 44. Rd1
Nf5 45. a4 Kd6 46. a5 Kc5 $1 (46... bxa5 $2 {Man sollte dem Gegner keine
einzige Chance anbieten.} 47. Rb1 Nd4 (47... Kc5 48. Rb5+ $11) 48. Rb7 Rc7 49.
c5+ Rxc5 50. Rxf7 $17 {und WeiЯ wird noch kдmpfen.}) 47. axb6 axb6 48. Bb1 (48.
Rb1 Nd6 $19 {Der Springer auf d6 spiel eine multifunktionale Rolle - er
verhindert das Schach von b5 und greift den c4-Bauern an.}) 48... Nd6 49. Bd3
Ra8 {Schwarz spielt die stдrksten Zьge - seine Figuren haben alle die besten
Positionen eingenommen.} 50. Rc1 Ra3 51. Be2 Ra2 52. Bf1 g5 $1 {Nun kommen die
Bauern des Kцnigsflьgels ins Spiel, um WeiЯ noch mehr einzugrenzen.} 53. Kg1
Rd2 54. Kg2 f5 55. Kg1 f4 56. Rb1 Rc2 (56... Nxc4 $2 57. Bxc4 Kxc4 58. Rxb6
Rxd5 59. Rh6 h4 60. Kg2 $11 {Das Endspiel ist Remis trotz des Mehrbauern.}) 57.
Rd1 $1 {Nun kann Schwarz den Bauer nicht nehmen.} Ra2 (57... Nxc4 $4 58. Bxc4
Rxc4 59. d6 $18) 58. Rb1 Rd2 59. Kg2 g4 $1 {Der entscheidende Sturm, ansonsten
kцnnte Schwarz kaum durchbrechen.} 60. fxg4 hxg4 61. Kg1 f3 {Der weiЯe Lдufer
hat nun ьberhaupt kein Feld mehr.} 62. Kh2 Ne4 $1 (62... Rxf2+ $2 63. Kg3 Rc2
64. Kxg4 f2 65. Kg3 $11) 63. Rb5+ Kd4 64. d6 Kc3 {WeiЯ kann aufgeben.} 65. Re5
g3+ 66. Kg1 (66. Kh3 g2 67. Bxg2 fxg2 68. Kxg2 Nxd6 $19) 66... gxf2+ 67. Kh2
Rd1 68. Rxe4 Rxf1 69. Re3+ Kxc4 70. Rxf3 Rd1 71. Rf4+ Kc5 72. Rxf2 Rxd6 73.
Rc2+ Kb4 74. Rb2+ Kc4 0-1

[Event "Sofia MTel Masters 5th"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "2009.05.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Wang, Yue"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[Annotator "Kritz,L"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2009.05.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 131"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 Nc6
8. Qd2 Be6 {Wenn man als Schwarzspieler Russisch als Erцffnung wдhlt, dann
sollte man auch nicht in die Verfьhrung reinfallen, und den remislichen
Varianten ausweichen. Die Variante mit der langen Rochade ist sicherlich die
solideste Fortsetzung gegen den von WeiЯ gewдhlten Aufbau.} (8... O-O 9. O-O-O
Ne5 10. Kb1 Re8 (10... a6 11. Be2 Be6 12. Nd4 Nc4 13. Qd3 Nxe3 14. Nxe6 fxe6
15. Qxe3 e5 16. Bd3 $14 {Anand - Kramnik (Monte Carlo, 2005)}) 11. h4 Bg4 12.
Be2 Qc8 13. h5 Bf6 14. Nxe5 Bxe2 15. Qxe2 Bxe5 16. Qf3 $14 {Bologan -
Charbonneau (Turin, 2006)}) 9. O-O-O Qd7 10. Kb1 a6 11. Be2 (11. Nd4 Nxd4 12.
cxd4 d5 13. Bd3 Bf5 14. Rhe1 Bxd3 15. Qxd3 O-O $11 {Adams - Gashimov (Baku,
2008)}) 11... Bf6 {Schwarz will wohl allen Abwicklungen mit mцglichem 12.Nd4
aus dem Weg gehen.} (11... h6 $5 12. Rhe1 O-O-O 13. Nd4 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 (14. Qxd4
c5 15. Qd2 (15. Qxg7 $4 Rdg8 $19) 15... d5 $11) 14... Rhg8 15. h3 Qa4 16. b3
Qa5 $11 {Kobalia - Kritz (Warsaw, 2005)}) (11... O-O-O 12. Nd4 Nxd4 13. Qxd4 c5
(13... Bf6 14. Qa7 Qc6 15. Bf3 d5 16. Rhe1 Rhe8 17. c4 $14) 14. Qxg7 Rdg8 15.
Qh6 Qa4 (15... Rxg2 16. Bxc5 $16) 16. b3 Qa5 17. c4 Rxg2 18. Bf3 Rg6 19. Qf4
$14 {Die weiЯen Figuren stehen etwas besser.}) 12. Ng5 {WeiЯ bleibt nichts
anderes ьbrig, als in diese Stellung zu gehen, wo sein Vorteil eher
symbolischen Charakter hat.} (12. h4 h6 13. Rhe1 O-O-O 14. Nd4 Bxh4 $15) (12.
Rhe1 O-O-O 13. Nd4 Bxd4 $1 (13... Nxd4 14. Bxd4 Bxd4 15. Qxd4 Rhg8 (15... Kb8
16. Qxg7 Rhg8 17. Qxh7 Rxg2 18. Qh4 $16) 16. Qa7 c6 17. Rd4 $14)) 12... Bxg5
13. Bxg5 f6 14. Be3 O-O-O {Stellungen mit solcher Bauernstruktur und diesem
Materialverhдltnis wurden schon цfters gespielt. Das ьbliche Ergebnis hier ist
ein Remis.} 15. Rhe1 Rhe8 16. b3 {WeiЯ verbessert seine Bauernstruktur. Am
besten sollte er die Bauern am Damenflьgel alle auf die weiЯen Felder stellen.}
Bg4 $1 {Schwarz spielt richtig - Lдufertausch ist eindeutig zu seinen Gunsten.
Durch das Erzwingen des Bauernzuges f3, schwдcht Schwarz das Feld e3 im weiЯen
Lager und bringt dadurch die gewьnschten Abtдusche nдher.} 17. f3 Bf5 18. Bf1
Bg6 (18... Re7 $5 {sieht ebenfalls sehr logisch aus.} 19. c4 Rde8 $11 {Nun
kann WeiЯ dem Turmtausch nicht entkommen.}) 19. Kb2 Re5 20. Bf2 Qf5 21. Bg3
Rxe1 22. Bxe1 Qg5 $6 {Bis jetzt war eigentlich nichts los, Schwarz hat
problemlos seine Hauptidee - den Abtausch der Schwerfiguren, in erster Reihe
die Tьrme, - durchgefьhrt. Der Damentausch auf g5 ist aber fraglich, weil er
die Bauerstruktur offener macht, und damit den weiЯen Lдufern mehr Platz
bietet.} (22... Re8 23. Bf2 Kb8 24. c4 a5 $11 {Wie vorher gibt es wenig zu
machen fьr beide Seiten.}) 23. Qxg5 fxg5 24. c4 (24. h4 {verdient Betrachtung,
bringt aber ziemlich wenig} gxh4 25. Bxh4 Re8 26. Kc1 Kd7 27. Kd2 Re5 $11 {
Es ist nicht zu sehen, wie WeiЯ die schwarze Stellung knacken kann.}) 24... Ne7
25. Bd2 $1 {Bevor WeiЯ Bc3 spielt, will er alle schwarzen Bauern des
Damenflьgels auf schwarze Felder bringen.} (25. h4 $2 {Hier ist dieser Versuch
sogar ein groЯer Fehler:} Nf5 $1 26. Bd2 (26. hxg5 Ne3 27. Rc1 Nxf1 28. Bf2 Re8
29. Rxf1 Re2 30. Bd4 Rxc2+ 31. Ka3 Rxg2 $15)) 25... h6 26. Bc3 Nf5 27. Re1 $1 {
WeiЯ spielt die besten Zьge.} (27. g4 Ne3 28. Re1 Nxf1 29. Rxf1 Rg8 $11) (27.
Bd3 $5 {sieht verlockend aus, wird jedoch kaltblьtig pariert:} Rg8 $1 (27...
Ne3 28. Re1 Bxd3 29. Rxe3 (29. cxd3 $2 Nxg2 30. Re7 Nh4 31. Bxg7 Nf5 32. Rf7
Nxg7 33. Rxg7 Rf8 34. Rh7 Rxf3 35. Rxh6 Rxd3 $17) 29... Bf1 30. Bxg7 Bxg2 31.
Bxh6 Rg8 32. f4 gxf4 33. Bxf4 $14) 28. Re1 (28. g4 Nh4 29. Bxg6 Nxg6 $15) 28...
Nh4 29. Bf1 Kd7 $11) 27... Re8 28. Rxe8+ Bxe8 29. Bd3 ({Nichts bringt der
direkte Versuch} 29. g4 Nh4 {Schwarz hдlt sich in allen Varianten.} 30. Bxg7 (
30. Be2 Bc6 31. Bxg7 Bxf3 32. Bd3 (32. Bxf3 Nxf3 33. Bxh6 Nxh2 34. Bxg5 Nxg4
$11) 32... Bxg4 33. Bxh6 Nf3 34. Be4 Nxh2 35. Bxg5 Nf3 $11) 30... Nxf3 31. h3 (
31. Bxh6 Nxh2 32. Be2 Bd7 33. Bxg5 Bxg4 $11) 31... h5 32. gxh5 (32. Bf6 hxg4
33. hxg4 Bd7 34. Be2 Nh2 $11) 32... Bxh5 33. Be2 Kd7 $11) 29... g6 30. Kc1 {
Richtige Entscheidung - der Kцnig gehцrt im Endspiel ins Zentrum.} (30. g4 $6
Nh4 31. Be4 Bc6 32. Bg7 Bxe4 33. fxe4 h5 34. Bf6 Nf3 $15) 30... Nh4 31. Bf1 Kd7
{Schwarz bringt auch seinen Monarchen nдher zum Spielgeschehen.} 32. Kd2 Ke6
33. Ke3 Nf5+ 34. Kf2 Kf7 {Die Stellung ist ausgeglichen, WeiЯ kann aus seinem
Vorteil keinen materiellen Nutzen ziehen.} 35. Bd3 Ne7 36. g4 Nc6 (36... b6 $6
37. c5 dxc5 38. Bc4+ Kf8 39. Bxa6 Nc6 (39... Bc6 40. Be5 $16) 40. a3 $14) 37.
Be4 Nd8 38. Bd5+ Ke7 39. Bg7 h5 {Die Stellung bleibt gleich, Schwarz will Bc6
spielen und einen der weiЯen Lдufer abtauschen.} 40. Bd4 Bc6 41. Be3 Kf6 42.
Kg3 Ne6 43. a4 ({Nichts bringt der Bauerngewinn} 43. Bxe6 Kxe6 44. Bxg5 hxg4
45. Kxg4 Bd7 $11 {Das Endspiel ist absolut Remis.}) 43... Ke5 44. Bxg5 $4 {
Ivanchuk hat sich bestimmt verrechnet.} Bxd5 45. f4+ Ke4 $3 {Vermutlich hat
WeiЯ die folgende Idee von Schwarz ьbersehen.} (45... Kd4 46. cxd5 Kxd5 47.
gxh5 gxh5 48. Kh4 Ke4 49. Kxh5 Kf5 50. h4 $14) 46. cxd5 Nxg5 47. fxg5 h4+ $3
$19 48. Kxh4 Kf3 {Plцtzlich ist WeiЯ verloren! Sein Kцnig kann dem Brettrand
nicht entkommen.} 49. b4 (49. Kh3 Kf2 50. Kh4 Kg2 51. h3 b6 $19) 49... b5 50.
a5 Kg2 51. h3 Kh2 0-1

[Event "Capablanca Memorial Elite 46th"]
[Site "Havana"]
[Date "2011.05.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[Annotator "Kritz,L"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2011.05.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8.
Re1 {Das gewinnt mehr an Popularitдt in letzter Zeit.} Bg4 9. Nc3 (9. c4 Nf6
10. Nc3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Nxd4 12. Qd1 Ne6 $132 {WeiЯ hat verschieden
Mцglichkeiten, seine Initiative zu entfalten, und ich denke, wir werden in
naher Zukunft einige interessante Partien in dieser Variante sehen.}) (9. c3 f5
10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Qb3 Na5 12. Qc2 Nc6 13. b4 a6 14. a4 Bd6 15. Ba3 Kh8 $132 {
Morozevich - Gelfand (Yerevan, 2008)}) 9... Nxc3 10. bxc3 O-O 11. Bf4 Bh5 (
11... Qd7 {Ein seltener Zug.} 12. Rb1 Bd6 (12... Rab8 $6 {WeiЯ konnte eine
starke Initiative entwickeln:} 13. Re3 Rfe8 14. Qe2 Bf8 15. Re1 Rxe3 16. Qxe3
Bf5 $2 17. Bxc7 $1 (17. Bxf5 Qxf5 18. Bxc7 Rc8 $11) 17... Qxc7 18. Bxf5 g6 19.
Bd3 Na5 20. Qe5 $16 {Anand - Leko (Leon, 2001)}) 13. Bxd6 cxd6 $14 {Short -
Howell (London, 2009), Schwarz wurde zum Verdoppeln der Bauer gezwungen, und
hat nun eine lange, passive Verteidigung vor sich.}) (11... Bd6 12. Bxd6 Bxf3 (
12... Qxd6 $2 13. Bxh7+ Kxh7 14. Ng5+ $18) 13. Qxf3 (13. Bxc7 Bxd1 14. Bxd8
Bxc2 15. Bxc2 Rfxd8 16. Bb3 Kf8 $11) 13... Qxd6 14. Re3 ({Keinen Vorteil
bringt ebenfalls} 14. Rab1 b6 {WeiЯ hat nicht genug Potenzial, um eine starke
Initiative zu entwickeln.} 15. Re3 (15. Rb5 Rad8 16. h4 Ne7 17. h5 Rfe8 18. Re5
h6 $11 {Leko - Gelfand (Nice, 2008)}) 15... Rae8 16. Rbe1 Rxe3 17. Rxe3 g6 18.
h4 Kg7 19. h5 Rd8 $11 {Vachier Lagrave - Motylev (Katernberg, 2008)}) 14...
Rae8 15. Rae1 Rxe3 16. Rxe3 Nb8 $5 (16... g6 17. h4 Nb8 18. h5 Nd7 19. g4 $14 {
Leko - Kasimdzhanov (Nalchik, 2009)}) 17. h4 Nd7 $11) 12. Rb1 Rb8 (12... b6 {
Eigentlich bietet sich dieser Zug an. Die weiЯen Felder werden zwar geschwдcht,
dafьr ist der schwarze Turm nicht an die Verteidigung des Bauern gebunden.} 13.
Qe2 (13. Bb5 Na5 $11) 13... Bd6 14. Qe3 Re8 15. Ne5 Bxe5 16. dxe5 Qd7 17. Qg3
Qg4 $11 {Li - Bu Xiangzhi (Tianjin, 2011)}) 13. Qe2 Bd6 14. Qe3 Bxf4 (14... Qd7
15. Bxd6 (15. Ne5 Bxe5 16. dxe5 Bg6 17. Bxg6 hxg6 18. Rbd1 Qe6 $15 {Smeets -
Gelfand (Nice, 2010)}) 15... Qxd6 16. Nh4 Bg6 17. Nxg6 hxg6 18. Qg3 {1/2-1/2
Bologan - Gelfand (Khanty Mansiysk, 2010)}) 15. Qxf4 Bxf3 {Die einfachste
Spielweise. Es ist schwer zu verstehen, warum WeiЯ hier eine Chance haben
sollte, um Vorteil zu kдmpfen.} 16. Qxf3 Qd6 $11 17. h4 $5 {Neue Idee.} (17.
Re3 g6 18. h4 Kg7 (18... h5 $5) 19. h5 Rfe8 20. Rbe1 Rxe3 21. Qxe3 a6 22. a4
Qa3 $132 {Sasikiran - Wang Yue (Vishakapatnam, 2008)}) 17... b6 18. Re3 Rbe8
19. Rbe1 Rxe3 20. Rxe3 {Das Nehmen mit dem Bauern bringt nichts.} (20. fxe3 f5
21. c4 Nb4 22. cxd5 Nxd5 $11) 20... g6 (20... Na5 $6 21. Qg3 $1 Qxg3 22. fxg3
$1 Nc6 23. Bb5 $14 {und der weiЯe Turm dringt auf die 7. Reihe ein.}) 21. h5
Kg7 22. Qh3 {WeiЯ hat das Maximum erreicht, aber das Problem ist, dass Schwarz
keine Schwдchen hat.} Ne7 $6 {Fraglich. Erlaubt WeiЯ ins Endspiel ьberzugehen.}
23. Qh4 (23. h6+ Kg8 24. Qh2 $1 Qxh2+ (24... Qd7 $4 25. Qe5 $18) 25. Kxh2 Nc8
26. c4 $14) 23... Re8 24. Bb5 {Jetzt ist es zu spдt fьr h6, denn Schwarz hat
den Zug Kf8.} (24. h6+ Kf8 25. Qh2 $2 Qxh2+ 26. Kxh2 Ng8 $19) 24... c6 {
Und WeiЯ hat nichts Besseres gefunden, als in das remisliche Endspiel zu gehen.
} 25. Bxc6 (25. Bd3 $5 b5 $11) 25... Qxc6 26. Rxe7 Rxe7 27. Qxe7 gxh5 (27...
Qxc3 28. Qe5+ Kf8 29. h6 $16 {Es kann sein, dass Schwarz sich irgendwie ins
Dauerschach retten kann, doch plцtzlich hat WeiЯ gewisse Gewinnchancen.}) 28.
Qe5+ Kf8 29. Qb8+ (29. Qxh5 Qxc3 30. Qxd5 Qxc2 31. Qa8+ Kg7 32. Qxa7 Qd1+ 33.
Kh2 Qxd4 $11) 29... Kg7 30. Qg3+ (30. Qxa7 Qxc3 31. Qxb6 Qe1+ 32. Kh2 Qxf2 $11)
30... Kf8 31. Kh2 a5 $11 {Das Endspiel ist absolut remislich, keiner hat hier
eine realistische Chance auf Sieg zu spielen, weil beide Kцnige schwach sind.}
32. Qb8+ Kg7 33. Qe5+ f6 34. Qxh5 Qxc3 {Es hat sich nichts verдndert - je
weniger Bauern auf dem Brett sind, desto grцЯer sind die Chancen auf
Dauerschach.} 35. Qxd5 Qxc2 36. f3 a4 37. Qd7+ Kg6 38. Qe8+ Kg7 39. Qe7+ Kg6
40. d5 Qd2 {Es sieht schon so aus, als ob der weiЯe Bauer durchlaufen kцnnte,
doch die Dauerschachdrohung hдlt ihn auf.} 41. Qe4+ (41. d6 Qf4+ 42. Kg1 Qd4+
43. Kf1 Qd1+ 44. Kf2 Qd2+ 45. Kg3 Qg5+ $11) 41... Kg7 42. f4 b5 43. f5 (43.
Qe7+ Kg6 44. f5+ Kxf5 45. Qxh7+ Kg5 46. Qg8+ Kh6 $11) 43... Kf8 44. Qe6 Qf4+
45. g3 Qf2+ 46. Kh3 Qf1+ 47. Kh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 73rd"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2011.01.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[Annotator "Kritz,L"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2011.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 141"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 {Nachdem Schwarz sich in
fast allen Varianten der Russischen Partie erfolgreich verteidigt hat, greifen
die Spieler sehr oft zu dieser relativ harmlosen, aber auch absolut
risikofreien Abwicklung.} ({Die alte klassische Spielweise nach} 5. d4 d5 6.
Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4 Bf5 9. Nc3 Nb4 10. Be2 O-O 11. a3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Nc6
13. Re1 Re8 14. cxd5 Qxd5 15. Bf4 Rac8 $11 {fьhrt zu einer Stellung, die mit
Hilfe des Computers fast bis zum Ende ausanalysiert wurde und wo Ausgleich als
Diagnose festgestellt wurde.}) 5... Nxc3 (5... d5 $6 {Ein Versuch direkt zu
kontern endet mit Misserfolg:} 6. Qe2 Be7 7. Nxe4 dxe4 8. Qxe4 O-O 9. Bc4 Re8
10. Ne5 $1 $18) 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 Nc6 8. Qd2 (8. Qd5 $5 {Eine interessante
und nicht zu oft gespielte Fortsetzung. Bringt allerdings auch keinen Vorteil.}
Be6 {Dieser Zug scheint sehr logisch.} 9. Qb5 Qc8 10. O-O-O a6 11. Qa4 {
In allen gespielten Partien hatte Schwarz keine groЯe Mьhe, um Ausgleich zu
erzielen.} O-O (11... Qd7 12. h4 Ne5 13. Qf4 Nxf3 14. Qxf3 $11 {Ohne Springer
konnte WeiЯ nichts erreichen in Volokitin - Eljanov (Sochi, 2006)}) (11... Bd7
12. Qf4 Nd8 13. Qg3 Ne6 $11 {Volokitin - Kritz (Mainz, 2006)}) 12. Qf4 Bf6 13.
Bd3 Ne5 14. Bd4 Bg4 15. Be4 Ng6 16. Qg3 Bxd4 17. Rxd4 Bf5 $11 {Karjakin -
Erenburg (Sochi, 2006)}) 8... Be6 9. Ng5 (9. O-O-O Qd7 10. Ng5 (10. Bb5 a6 11.
Ba4 O-O 12. Rhe1 b5 13. Bb3 Na5 $1 (13... Bxb3 14. axb3 a5 15. Qd5 $14 {
Karjakin - Kritz (Gothenburg, 2005)}) 14. Bxe6 fxe6 $132 15. b3 Nc6 $11) (10.
Kb1 Bf6 {Im selben Turnier, aber frьher spielte Wang Yue zuerst 10...a6 und
erst danach Bf6. Wahrscheinlich hat die hдusliche Analyse gezeigt, dass man
vor Bb5 keine Angst haben muss.} (10... O-O-O 11. Bb5 a6 12. Ba4 Bf6 13. Bd4
Bxd4 14. cxd4 Bd5 $11 {Belov - Belozerov (Tomsk, 2006)}) 11. Be2 O-O-O 12. Nd4
(12. Ng5 Bxg5 13. Bxg5 f6 $11 {Die Stellung wurde schon hundert mal gespielt,
WeiЯ verfьgt ьber einen symbolischen Vorteil, Schwarz sollte jedoch problemlos
ein Remis schaffen.}) 12... Bxd4 $1 {Die beste Fortsetzung, hier hat WeiЯ
ьberhaupt keinen Vorteil.} (12... Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Bxd4 14. Qxd4 c5 15. Qf4 d5 16.
Bf3 $36 {Obwohl die Stellung fьr Schwarz noch im grьnen Bereich liegt, hat
WeiЯ doch einen gewissen Druck aufbauen kцnnen.}) 13. cxd4 (13. Bxd4 f6 14. Be3
$11 {Man kommt wieder in diese Stellung rein, die sehr remislich ist.}) 13...
d5 {Dominguez Perez - Wang Yue (Sofia, 2009)}) (10. h4 h6 11. Nd4 {
Typischerweise vereinfacht sich das Spiel nach dem Springertausch, so dass
Remis ein 99% Ergebnis ist.} (11. Kb1 O-O-O 12. Nd4 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Rhg8 14. h5
c5 15. Be3 Qc6 $11 {Adams - Nielsen (Dortmund, 2005)}) (11. Bb5 a6 12. Ba4 b5
$5 13. Bb3 Bf6 14. Bd5 O-O-O $1 $11 (14... Rb8 15. Kb1 Bxd5 16. Qxd5 $14 {
Zawadzka - Socko (Karpacz, 2008)} Ne7 17. Qd3 Qf5 $11)) 11... Nxd4 12. Bxd4 (
12. cxd4 d5 $11) 12... Rg8 13. c4 (13. Bd3 c5 14. Be3 O-O-O $11 {Demnдchst
spielt Schwarz d5.}) 13... O-O-O $11 {Dominguez Perez - Wang Yue (Linares,
2009)}) 10... Bxg5 11. Bxg5 f6 12. Be3 O-O-O $11 {Der Vorteil des Lдuferpaares
ist nicht auszunutzen.}) 9... Bxg5 10. Bxg5 Qd7 11. Be2 O-O {Schwarz kann kurz
oder lang rochieren, die Stellung bleibt in jedem Fall ausgeglichen.} (11... f6
12. Be3 O-O-O $11) 12. O-O-O f6 13. Be3 Ne7 {Weiss hat zwar das Laeuferpaar,
aber beide seine Laeufer haben wenig zu tun. Die Stellung sieht nur offen aus,
eigentlich ist die Bauernstruktur ziemlich geschlossen und die Laeufer
geniessen keine Freiheit.} 14. b3 {Es gibt viele Mцglichkeiten, wie Schwarz
spielen kann. Eine riskante aber forcierte ist 14....Nf5. Die klassische
Spielweise wьrde jedoch empfehlen, die Bauern auf a5 und b6 zu stellen, und
danach versuchen alle mцglichen Figuren abzutauschen.} Rfd8 (14... Nf5 15. Bf4
g5 $5 {Man nimmt sofort den Laeufer, doch der Koenig wird geschwaecht.} 16. Bg3
Nxg3 17. hxg3 Rae8 $13 {Alle schwarze Figuren stehen neben ihrem Kцnig, es
mьsste nicht viel passieren.}) (14... a5 15. a4 b6 16. Bb5 Qc8 17. Rhe1 Rf7 $11
) 15. Rde1 $2 {Das ist sicherlich kein guter Zug. Wenn schon, dann musste man
den anderen Turm auf die e-Linie bringen. Auch 15.Bf3 war eine gute
Alternative.} (15. Bf3 c6 (15... d5 16. Rhe1 b6 {Verteidigung gegen Bc5} 17.
Bf4 c6 18. Qe2 Kf7 $14) 16. c4 Bg4 17. Bxg4 Qxg4 18. f3 Qf5 19. Rhe1 $36) 15...
Nd5 16. Bf3 c6 $1 {Das Nehmen auf e3 verliert einen Bauer. stattdessen geht
der Springer nach c7, von wo er das Feld e6 kontrollieren wird.} (16... Nxe3 $2
17. Qxe3 Re8 18. Bxb7 Rab8 19. Qf3 Bg4 20. Bd5+ $18) 17. Bd4 {Nun wollte
Schwarz den Lдufer nehmen.} Nc7 (17... c5 $4 18. Bxd5 Bxd5 19. Bxf6 Bxg2 20.
Rhg1 gxf6 21. Rxg2+ Kh8 22. Qh6 Qf7 23. Re6 $18) 18. g4 $1 {WeiЯ hat nur
diesen einzigen Plan.} Nb5 $1 {Der Bauer ist tabu.} (18... Bxg4 $4 19. Bxg4
Qxg4 20. Bxf6 $1 Rd7 21. Rhg1 Qf5 22. Bxg7 Rxg7 23. Rxg7+ Kxg7 24. Re7+ $18)
19. Rhg1 {WeiЯ kann den Lдufer nicht zurьckziehen.} (19. Be3 Bxg4 20. Bxg4 Qxg4
$17) 19... Nxd4 20. Qxd4 Re8 $1 {Richtig - Schwarz muss Figuren tauschen.} 21.
Kb2 $6 {Sehr langsam. Schwarz bekommt Zeit, um sich zu konsolidieren. Der
beste Chance war 21.g5!?} (21. g5 $5 fxg5 (21... f5 22. g6 h6 23. Re3 $16) 22.
Rxg5 $36 {und nun kann Schwarz nicht Bf5 spielen:} Bf5 $2 23. Rxe8+ (23. Reg1
Re7 $11) 23... Rxe8 24. Qxa7 Re1+ 25. Kb2 $14) 21... a6 $1 {Gute Prophylaxe.
Nun hдngt der Bauer a7 nicht mehr und Schwarz kann die Tьrme tauschen.} 22. h4
(22. g5 fxg5 23. Rxg5 Bf5 $11) 22... Rad8 (22... Bf7 23. Rd1 Rad8 24. g5 fxg5
25. Rxg5 $14) 23. h5 $5 (23. g5 fxg5 24. Rxg5 Bf5 25. Reg1 Re7 $11 {WeiЯ kann
nicht vorankommen.}) 23... h6 24. Be4 {WeiЯ spielt seine besten Karten aus. Er
muss den Lдufer nach g6 stellen und versuchen, mittels f4-g5 den schwarzen
Kцnig anzugreifen. Doch Schwarz hat genug Zeit fьr sein Gegenspiel.} c5 $1 (
24... Bxg4 $4 25. Rxg4 Qxg4 26. Bh7+ $18) 25. Qd1 d5 26. Bg6 Bf7 27. f4 {
WeiЯ ist sehr nah dran, aber er kommt zu spдt.} Bxg6 28. hxg6 d4 $1 29. c4 Rxe1
30. Rxe1 Re8 {Es wird zu viel getauscht, und die Stellung vereinfacht sich.}
31. g5 fxg5 32. fxg5 Rxe1 33. Qxe1 Qc6 34. gxh6 gxh6 35. Qe7 Qxg6 36. Qxb7 {
Schwarz riskiert nichts mit dem entfernten Freibauern.} Qd6 37. Qc8+ Kg7 38.
Qg4+ Kf7 39. Qf5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "London Classic"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2009.12.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Howell, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2597"]
[Annotator "Kritz,L"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2009.12.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 {Meiner Meinung nach die
einzige Fortsetzung, die es WeiЯ erlaubt, um Vorteil zu kдmpfen. Ьberhaupt
nichts bringt 5.Nc3.} (5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 Nc6 8. Qd2 Be6 $1 {
Die Variante mit der langen Rochade ist die sicherste aus der Sicht von
Schwarz.} 9. O-O-O Qd7 10. Ng5 Bxg5 11. Bxg5 f6 12. Be3 O-O-O $11 {Das weiЯe
Lдuferpaar hat keine groЯe Bedeutung, weil die Stellung relativ geschlossen
ist.}) 5... d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 (6... Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. c4 c6 9. Re1 Bf5 10. c5 Bc7
11. Nc3 Nd7 $132 {Naiditsch - Kramnik (Dortmund, 2009)}) 7. O-O Be7 8. Re1 {
Gewinnt mehr an Popularitдt in letzter Zeit.} (8. Nc3 {fьhrt zu дhnlichen
Stellungen wie nach 8.Re1 - Nc3} Nxc3 (8... Bf5 9. Re1 ({Wenig bringt} 9. Qe1
Bb4 10. Qe3 Bxc3 11. bxc3 O-O 12. Ng5 Re8 13. Nxe4 Bxe4 $11 {Karjakin -
Bologan (Dortmund, 2004)}) 9... Nxc3 10. bxc3 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 O-O 12. Rb1 Na5 13.
Qf5 $36 {und Weiss hatte doch kleine Initiative in Cheparinov - Roiz (Kemer,
2007)}) 9. bxc3 Bg4 10. h3 (10. Re1 O-O 11. Bf4 Bh5 12. Rb1 Rb8 13. h3 Bd6 14.
Bxd6 Qxd6 15. Re3 f6 16. Qd2 Rfe8 $11 {Topalov - Kramnik (Nice, 2008)} 17. Nh4
Rxe3 18. Qxe3 Re8 19. Qd2 Nd8 20. Nf5 Qd7 21. Qf4 Bg6 22. h4 Kh8 23. Qg4 Qf7
24. Qf3 b6 25. g3 Nb7 26. Kg2 Bxf5 27. Qxf5 g6 28. Qf3 Nd6 29. h5 g5 30. g4 Qe6
31. h6 Re7 32. Rh1 Kg8 33. Qd1 c6 34. Rh3 Qe1 35. Qf3 Qe6 36. Qd1 Qe1 37. Qf3
Qe6 38. Qd1 {1/2-1/2 Topalov,V (2780)-Kramnik,V (2799)/Nice FRA 2008/The Week
in Chess 698}) 10... Bh5 11. Rb1 Rb8 12. g4 $5 {Eine interessante neue Idee.}
Bg6 13. Ne5 Bxd3 14. Nxd3 {Weisse Idee ist, seine Dame auf f3 zu stellen und
Druck gegen d5 Bauer ausueben. Danach kann er entweder mit Nf4, Rb5, oder Bf4
fortfahren.} (14. cxd3 O-O {Weiss hat keinen konkreten Plan, um seine Stellung
zu verstaerken.} 15. f4 f6 $11) 14... O-O 15. Qf3 Na5 $132 {Kamsky - Inarkiev 
(Jermuk, 2009)}) ({Der Hauptzug ist:} 8. c4 Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Bf5 11. a3
Nxc3 12. bxc3 Nc6 13. Re1 Re8 14. cxd5 Qxd5 15. Bf4 Rac8 $11 {Das ist die
Ausgangsstellung der Hauptvariante, die bis zum tiefen Endspiel analysiert
wurde und es gezeigt wurde, dass Schwarz sich ueberall halten kann.}) 8... Bg4
9. Nc3 (9. c4 Nf6 10. Nc3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Nxd4 12. Qd1 Ne6 $132 {WeiЯ hat
verschiedene Mцglichkeiten, seine Initiative zu entfalten, und ich denke, wir
werden in naher Zukunft einige interessante Partien in dieser Variante sehen.})
(9. c3 f5 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Qb3 Na5 12. Qc2 Nc6 13. b4 a6 14. a4 Bd6 15. Ba3 Kh8
$132 {Morozevich - Gelfand (Yerevan, 2008)}) 9... Nxc3 10. bxc3 O-O 11. Bf4 Qd7
{Ein seltener Zug. Mir gefallen die Alternativen Bd6 und Bh5 besser.} (11...
Bd6 12. Bxd6 Bxf3 (12... Qxd6 $2 13. Bxh7+ Kxh7 14. Ng5+ $18) 13. Qxf3 (13.
Bxc7 Bxd1 14. Bxd8 Bxc2 15. Bxc2 Rfxd8 16. Bb3 Kf8 $11) 13... Qxd6 14. Re3 ({
Keinen Vorteil bringt ebenfalls} 14. Rab1 b6 {WeiЯ hat nicht genьgend
Potenzial, um eine starke Initiative zu entwickeln.} 15. Re3 (15. Rb5 Rad8 16.
h4 Ne7 17. h5 Rfe8 18. Re5 h6 $11 {Leko - Gelfand (Nice, 2008)}) 15... Rae8 16.
Rbe1 Rxe3 17. Rxe3 g6 18. h4 Kg7 19. h5 Rd8 $11 {Vachier Lagrave - Motylev 
(Katernberg, 2008)}) 14... Rae8 15. Rae1 Rxe3 16. Rxe3 Nb8 $5 (16... g6 17. h4
Nb8 18. h5 Nd7 19. g4 $14 {Leko - Kasimdzhanov (Nalchik, 2009)}) 17. h4 Nd7 $11
) (11... Bh5 {->8.Nc3}) 12. Rb1 Bd6 (12... Rab8 $6 {WeiЯ konnte eine starke
Initiative entwickeln:} 13. Re3 Rfe8 14. Qe2 Bf8 15. Re1 Rxe3 16. Qxe3 Bf5 $2
17. Bxc7 $1 (17. Bxf5 Qxf5 18. Bxc7 Rc8 $11) 17... Qxc7 18. Bxf5 g6 19. Bd3 Na5
20. Qe5 $16 {Anand - Leko (Leon, 2001)}) 13. Bxd6 cxd6 {Schwarz wurde zum
Verdoppeln der Bauern gezwungen und hat nun ein lange, passive Verteidigung
vor sich.} 14. h3 Bh5 {Man kann den Springer nicht nehmen.} (14... Bxf3 $2 15.
Qxf3 Ne7 16. c4 $18) 15. Rb5 Ne7 16. Qb1 $1 {Auf diese Weise kann WeiЯ sich
leicht entfesseln.} b6 (16... Bxf3 $4 17. Rxb7 Qc8 18. Rexe7 $18) 17. Nd2 Bg6
18. a4 $14 {WeiЯ hat bessere Aussichten, weil er am Damenflьgel die Initiative
hat. Schwarz dagegen hat kein richtiges Gegenspiel.} Rac8 19. Qb2 Rfe8 (19...
Bxd3 20. cxd3 $14 {verbessert nur die weiЯe Bauernstruktur.}) 20. Bf1 Qc7 21.
c4 dxc4 22. Nxc4 Nc6 23. Ra1 {Der weiЯe Vorteil hat sich schnell minimalisiert.
Schwarz hat keine Schwдchen mehr und auch keine Figuren, die schlecht stehen.}
Re4 $6 (23... h6 $5 {Dieser Zug kommt als erstes ins Betracht. Schwarz braucht
ein Luftloch, dabei stehen alle seine Figuren optimal. Das geplante Verdoppeln
der Tьrme auf der e-Linie bringt nichts.} 24. c3 (24. a5 Nxa5 25. Nxa5 bxa5 26.
c4 Rb8 27. Raxa5 Rxb5 28. Qxb5 Re1 $132) 24... Qd7 $11 {Die Stellung ist im
dynamischen Gleichgewicht, beide Seiten tun sich schwer, auf Gewinn zu spielen.
}) 24. c3 Rce8 $2 {Fortsetzung der falschen Strategie.} 25. Qd2 $2 {WeiЯ hatte
die Chance, die Stellung zu seinen Gunsten zu drehen.} (25. a5 $5 Nxa5 (25...
bxa5 26. Rb7 Qd8 27. Qb5 $1 $16) 26. Nxa5 bxa5 27. Rb7 Qc8 (27... Qd8 28. Rxa7
$16) 28. Rxa7 Re1 29. R7xa5 Bd3 30. Rxe1 Rxe1 31. Ra1 Rxa1 32. Qxa1 Bxf1 33.
Kxf1 Qc4+ 34. Kg1 $16 {Das Endspiel ist sehr wahrscheinlich gewonnen, obwohl
es noch langer Weg bis zum vollen Punkt ist.}) 25... h6 26. a5 {Jetzt ist es
nicht mehr so stark, weil WeiЯ nicht auf die siebte Reihe eindringen kann.}
Nxa5 ({Nichts дndert} 26... bxa5 27. Nxa5 Nxa5 28. Rbxa5 {->26....Nxa5}) 27.
Nxa5 bxa5 28. Rbxa5 R8e7 29. f3 ({Das Endspiel nach} 29. Rxa7 Qxa7 30. Rxa7
Rxa7 31. Bd3 Re6 32. Bxg6 Rxg6 $11 {ist wenig versprechend fьr WeiЯ, zwei
Tьrme kцnnen ьblicherweise gegen die Dame leicht dagegenhalten.}) ({Sehr
interessant war jedoch} 29. f4 $1 {Die Idee f5 (oder Bd3-f5) ist sehr stark.}
Re1 (29... d5 30. Rxa7 Qxa7 31. Rxa7 Rxa7 32. f5 $1 Bh7 (32... Bxf5 33. Bd3 $16
) 33. g4 Re8 34. Bg2 $16 {und WeiЯ hat groЯen Vorteil.}) 30. Rxa7 Rxa1 31. Rxa1
d5 $16 {WeiЯ hat einen gesunden Mehrbauern und seine Gewinnchancen liegen
relativ hoch.}) 29... R4e6 30. h4 (30. f4 {Jetzt ist es zu spдt.} Be4 {Der
Lдufer hat ein gutes Feld gefunden.} 31. f5 Rf6 32. Bd3 (32. g4 d5 $17) 32...
Bxd3 33. Rxa7 Qxa7 34. Rxa7 Rxa7 35. Qxd3 d5 $11) 30... h5 31. c4 $6 (31. Rxa7
$5 {wдre doch die beste Chance gewesen. Wenn man eine Leichtfigur auf dem
Brett lдsst, kann man noch etwas versuchen, besonders weil Schwarz h5 gezogen
und damit sich eine weitere Schwдche gemacht hat.} Qxa7 32. Rxa7 Rxa7 33. Bc4
Ree7 34. Kh2 $14) 31... Rd7 32. d5 $2 {Sehr schlechter Zug! Dadurch wird die
Schwдche des Bauern h5 nicht mehr so deutlich, plus die schwarzen Figuren
konzentrieren sich alle auf die Verteidigung der einzigen Schwдche - a7.} (32.
f4 $5 {WeiЯ kann die unglьckliche Lage der schwarzen Steine nutzen, doch er
spielt nicht energisch genug.} Rf6 (32... Be4 33. Rxh5 $16 {Weitere Folge des
Zuges h5.}) 33. g3 Qb8 34. Rb5 Rb7 35. Qa5 $14) 32... Ree7 33. Qd4 {WeiЯ
spielt weiterhin sehr direkt und einfach. Eine gute Chance hatte er nach 33.
Ra7:} (33. Rxa7 $1 Qxa7+ 34. Rxa7 Rxa7 {und jetzt} 35. c5 $3 dxc5 (35... Ra1
36. Kf2 $1 (36. cxd6 Rd7 $14) (36. Kh2 Rxf1 37. cxd6 Rd7 38. Qe2 Rxd6 39. Qxf1
Rxd5 $11 {Das ist eine todremisliche Stellung.}) 36... Rea7 37. Bc4 R7a4 38.
cxd6 Rxc4 39. d7 Ra8 40. Qg5 $18) 36. d6 Red7 37. Bb5 Rd8 38. d7 $16) 33... Qb8
{Jetzt ist die Stellung ausgeglichen. WeiЯ hat alle seine vielen Mцglichkeiten
vergeben.} 34. Rb5 Rb7 35. Kf2 Rec7 ({Nichts spricht auch gegen} 35... Rxb5 36.
cxb5 Bf5 $11) 36. Raa5 Rxb5 37. Rxb5 Rb7 38. Rxb7 Qxb7 39. c5 dxc5 40. Qxc5 $11
{Die Stellung ist ausgeglichen. Beide Spieler haben sehr viele Mцglichkeiten
nicht genutzt, daher ist Remis ein logisches Resultat.} Qb2+ 41. Ke3 Qe5+ 42.
Kf2 Qb2+ 43. Ke3 Qe5+ 44. Kf2 Qb2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Astrakhan FIDE GP"]
[Site "Astrakhan"]
[Date "2010.05.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gashimov, Vugar"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[Annotator "Kritz,L"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2010.05.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 O-O
8. Qd2 Nd7 9. O-O-O Ne5 10. h4 $1 {WeiЯ lдsst es zu, dass ein doppelter
f-Bauer entsteht - in der Hoffnung auf die offene g-Linie.} ({Die alte
Hauptvariante erlaubt Schwarz gutes Spiel zu bekommen:} 10. Nd4 $6 c5 11. Nb5
Be6 12. Nxd6 Qb6 $44 {Tukhaev - Belikov (Alushta, 2005)}) 10... c6 {Die letzte
Entwicklung der Theorie. Es gibt jedoch auch gute Alternativen.} (10... Re8 11.
h5 Bf6 (11... Bg4 12. Be2 Qc8 13. h6 g6 14. Nxe5 Bxe2 15. Nxg6 $1 Bxd1 16. Qd4
$18 {Ponomariov - Gelfand (Odessa, 2008)}) 12. Kb1 a6 13. Nh2 b5 14. Be2 Bb7
15. f4 Nd7 16. Bf3 Bxf3 17. gxf3 Qe7 18. Ng4 Qe6 19. Rdg1 $40 {Svidler -
Kramnik (Moscow, 2005)}) (10... Bg4 11. Be2 Qc8 12. h5 h6 13. Kb1 Re8 14. Rde1
Bf6 15. Nh2 Bxe2 16. Qxe2 d5 17. Bc1 Qd7 $11 {Jakovenko - Volokitin (Dagomys,
2008)}) (10... Nxf3 {Es ist nicht klar, ob das Nehmen gut ist. Man spielt so
nicht, aber vielleicht ist die Angst vor dem weiЯen Angriff ьbertrieben.} 11.
gxf3 Be6 12. Bd3 f5 $1 {Dies begrenzt die weiЯe Aktivitдt am Kцnigsflьgel.} 13.
Bg5 Qd7 14. Rde1 Rae8 $11 {Radjabov - Motylev (Izmir, 2004)}) 11. c4 {Ein
neuer Zug von Gashimov, der ohne Probleme bei Gelfand widerlegt wurde.} Be6 $1
{Wenn der Angriff auf den Bauern funktioniert, dann ist alles in bester
Ordnung. Die kritische Stellung entsteht nach 12.Ng5.} 12. Ng5 (12. b3 $2 Nxf3
13. gxf3 d5 $15 {Die offene lange Diagonale spielt gegen WeiЯ - sein Kцnig ist
nun auch nicht der beste.}) 12... Nxc4 (12... Bxc4 $2 13. Bxc4 Nxc4 14. Qd3 $18
) 13. Qd3 (13. Bxc4 Bxc4 $17 {WeiЯ kann keinen Nutzen aus der Lage der
schwarzen Figuren ziehen.}) 13... Bxg5 $1 {Es sieht aus wie Selbstmord, doch
Schwarz hat genug Zeit, um seinen Kцnig zu sichern. AuЯerdem ist es der
einzige Zug, der nicht verliert. Boris Gelfand muss das vorausgesehen haben,
als er 11....Be6! zog.} 14. hxg5 g6 15. Bf4 {Den Lдufer muss WeiЯ behalten,
ansonsten wird er gar keine Kompensation haben.} (15. Bd4 $2 Qxg5+ 16. Kb1 c5
17. Bc3 d5 $19) ({Die Idee auf Matt zu spielen funktioniert ebenfalls nicht:} 
15. Qd4 $2 Nxe3 16. Qh4 $2 h5 $19) 15... Qb6 16. Qd4 {Nach dem Damentausch hat
Schwarz nichts zu fьrchten.} (16. Qc3 Qxf2 17. g3 Nb6 18. Bxd6 Nd5 {und nun
muss WeiЯ die Damen doch tauschen} 19. Qd2 (19. Qd3 Rfd8 20. Be5 Bg4 $19) (19.
Qe5 Rfe8 20. Rd2 Qe3 $17) 19... Qxd2+ 20. Rxd2 Rfe8 21. Rdh2 Bg4 $15) 16...
Qxd4 17. Rxd4 d5 18. Bxc4 dxc4 19. Be5 {WeiЯ hat gute Kompensation fьr den
Bauern. "Nebenbei" droht 20.Rxh7. Das Beste, was Schwarz machen kann, ist den
Bauern zurьckgeben, und damit die weiЯe Initiative zu beseitigen.} f5 $1 (19...
f6 $6 {ist schlechter, weil WeiЯ mit dem Lдufer nehmen kann:} 20. Bxf6 $16) (
19... Rad8 $2 20. Rxh7 $1 f6 21. Re7 $1 Rxd4 (21... fxe5 22. Rxd8 Rxd8 23. Rxe6
Kf7 24. Rxe5 $18) 22. Bxd4 Bd5 23. gxf6 $18) 20. gxf6 (20. Rdh4 $2 Rf7 $15 {
Schwarz hat keine Probleme.}) 20... Rae8 {WeiЯ steht nicht besser, Schwarz
will demnдchst seinen Lдufer auf d5 stellen, die Tьrme auf e6 und f7, und die
Festung wird unantastbar sein.} 21. Rh6 {Schwer zu verstehen, was die Idee von
diesem Zug ist. Vermutlich hat Gashimov Remis forcieren wollen.} c3 22. Rxh7 {
Bringt das Remis sofort herbei.} (22. b3 $2 Bxb3 $17) (22. bxc3 Bxa2 23. f4 Be6
$11) 22... cxb2+ 23. Kxb2 Kxh7 24. Rh4+ Kg8 25. f7+ Kxf7 26. Rh7+ Kg8 27. Rh8+
(27. Rg7+ Kh8 28. Rxb7+ Kg8 29. Rg7+ Kh8 30. Rxa7+ Kg8 31. Rg7+ Kh8 $11 {
WeiЯ kann nichts mehr im gegnerischen Lager vernichten.}) 27... Kf7 28. Rh7+
Kg8 29. Rh8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 74th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2012.01.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[Annotator "Kritz,L"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2012.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 147"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Bd3 {Wenn man einfach Schach
spielen will, ist es eine Mцglichkeit, aber von einem Erцffnungsvorteil kann
da keine Rede sein.} (5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 Nc6 {Das ist der
sicherste Weg zum Ausgleich. Wenn Schwarz mehr Gegenspiel haben will, kann er
auch den Plan mit der kurzen Rochade spielen.} (7... O-O 8. Qd2 Nd7 9. O-O-O
Re8 10. h4 c6 11. Kb1 Qa5 12. h5 h6 13. Bd3 Ne5 $132 {Dominguez Perez -
Gelfand (Nice, 2010)}) 8. Qd2 Be6 9. O-O-O Qd7 10. Kb1 a6 (10... Bf6 {ist auch
mцglich} 11. h4 O-O-O 12. Ng5 Bf5 13. Bd3 Bxd3 14. Qxd3 h5 $11 {Inarkiev -
Wang Yue (Astrakhan, 2010)}) 11. Ng5 Bxg5 12. Bxg5 f6 13. Be3 O-O-O $11 {
Inarkiev - Adams (Baku, 2008)}) 5... Nf6 {Die sicherste Fortsetzung. 5...d5
ist ebenfalls mцglich.} (5... d5 6. Qe2 Qe7 7. O-O Nd6 8. Qd1 Qd8 9. Re1+ Be7
10. Qe2 (10. Nc3 c6 11. Qe2 Bg4 12. b3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 O-O 14. Ba3 Nc8 15. Qh3 g6
16. Bxe7 Nxe7 17. Re2 Kg7 18. Rae1 Ng8 19. Qg3 Nd7 $11 {Movsesian -
Harikrishna (Sarajevo, 2009)}) 10... Bg4 11. b4 c6 12. Bb2 Bxf3 13. gxf3 Nd7
$13 {Polgar - Macieja (Budapest, 2002)}) 6. h3 {WeiЯ spielt gegen den Lдufer
c8.} Be7 7. O-O O-O {Schwarz spielt sehr einfach und stark.} 8. c3 b6 $1 {
Wenn der Lдufer nicht nach g4 oder f5 gehen kann, dann ist die lange Diagonale
eine gute Alternative.} 9. Bc2 Bb7 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 (11. Re1 Re8 12. Nbd2
Bf8 13. Rxe8 Qxe8 {Figurentausch erleichtert die Aufgabe von Schwarz.} 14. Nf1
g6 15. Bf4 Bg7 16. Ne3 Nd5 17. Nxd5 Bxd5 $11 {Tiviakov - Wang Yue 
(Khanty-Mansiysk, 2007)}) (11. Bg5 Re8 12. Re1 Nd5 13. Qd3 g6 14. Bd2 c5 15. c4
Nc7 16. Bc3 (16. d5 b5 $1 17. b3 $4 Bf6 18. Bc3 $2 Rxe1+ 19. Nxe1 b4 $1 20.
Bxf6 Qxf6 $19) 16... d5 $11 {Ni Hua - Motylev (Tiayuan, 2005)}) 11... Re8 12.
Nc4 Bf8 13. Bg5 h6 {13....Qc8 ist ebenfalls spielbar.} (13... Qc8 14. Ne3 Be4
15. Bb3 Qb7 16. Nd2 Bg6 $11 {Najer - Lintchevski (Taganrog, 2011)}) 14. Bh4 g6
{Die schwarzen Figuren stehen sehr solide, und WeiЯ hat eigentlich keinen
wirklich gefдhrlichen Plan.} 15. Ne3 Bg7 16. Nh2 (16. Re1 Qc8 $11) 16... Qc8 {
Wieder ein solider Zug.} (16... g5 $6 {Das ist zu aggressiv.} 17. Bg3 Ne4 18.
Nf5 $14) 17. Nhg4 {WeiЯ hat nichts gefunden. Wenn Figuren getauscht werden,
wird die schwarze Aufgabe leichter.} (17. Re1 $5 Nh5 $1 $11) 17... Nxg4 18.
Nxg4 (18. hxg4 Nf6 $11 {Nun hat die Dame auch das gute Feld d7.}) 18... f5 $1 {
Schwarz riskiert nicht, weil sein Koenig nicht geschwaecht ist. Nach Nf6-Qd7
sind genugend Figuren da, um ihn zu beschuetzen.} 19. Ne3 Nf6 $1 {Natuerlich
nicht g5.} (19... g5 $4 20. Nxf5 gxh4 21. Qg4 $18) 20. Re1 Kh8 {Der Koenig
geht dem moeglichen Schach aus dem Weg.} (20... f4 $2 21. Bxf6 Bxf6 22. Ng4 $16
) (20... Qd7 21. Ba4 c6 22. d5 $1 b5 23. dxc6 Bxc6 (23... Qxc6 24. Qb3+ Kh7 25.
Bxb5 $18) 24. Bb3+ Kh7 25. Bxf6 Bxf6 26. Bd5 $16) 21. f3 Qd7 $1 {Jetzt
funktioniert Ba4 nicht mehr so gut.} 22. Qd2 (22. Ba4 b5 $1 $11 {und da Weiss
keinen Schach Qb3 hat, ist Schwarz in Ordnung.}) 22... Nd5 {Je mehr getauscht
wird, desto besser fuer Schwarz.} 23. Bf2 Kh7 24. Bb3 Nxe3 25. Rxe3 Rxe3 26.
Bxe3 Re8 $11 {Die Stellung ist absolut ausgeglichen.} 27. Re1 a5 28. Bc2 Bd5
29. b3 Bf7 30. a4 Bf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Elista FIDE GP"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "2008.12.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Gashimov, Vugar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[Annotator "Kritz,L"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2008.12.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 128"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 {Die moderne Variante.} ({
Die alte klassische Spielweise nach} 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4 Bf5
9. Nc3 Nb4 10. Be2 O-O 11. a3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Nc6 13. Re1 Re8 14. cxd5 Qxd5 15.
Bf4 Rac8 $11 {fьhrt zu einer Stellung, die mit Hilfe des Computers fast bis
zum Ende ausanalysiert wurde und ein Ausgleich als Diagnose festgestellt wurde.
}) 5... Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 (7. Bf4 {ist eine parallele Variante, in der
die einfachste Methode auszugleichen dieselbe ist, wie nach 7.Be3.} Nc6 8. Qd2
Be6 9. O-O-O Qd7 10. Kb1 a6 11. Ng5 Bxg5 12. Bxg5 f6 13. Be3 O-O-O $11 {
Inarkiev - Gashimov (Elista, 2008)}) 7... Nc6 8. Qd2 Be6 $1 {Wenn man als
Schwarzspieler Russisch als Erцffnung wдhlt, dann sollte man auch nicht in die
Verfьhrung reinfallen, und den remislichen Varianten ausweichen. Die Variante
mit der langen Rochade ist sicherlich die solidste Fortsetzung gegen den von
WeiЯ gewдhlten Aufbau.} (8... O-O 9. O-O-O Ne5 10. Kb1 Re8 (10... a6 11. Be2
Be6 12. Nd4 Nc4 13. Qd3 Nxe3 14. Nxe6 fxe6 15. Qxe3 e5 16. Bd3 $14 {Anand -
Kramnik (Monte Carlo, 2005)}) 11. h4 Bg4 12. Be2 Qc8 13. h5 Bf6 14. Nxe5 Bxe2
15. Qxe2 Bxe5 16. Qf3 $14 {Bologan - Charbonneau (Turin, 2006)}) 9. O-O-O Qd7
10. h4 (10. Ng5 Bxg5 11. Bxg5 f6 12. Be3 O-O-O $11 {Der Vorteil des
Lдuferpaares ist nicht auszunutzen.}) (10. Bb5 a6 11. Ba4 O-O 12. Rhe1 b5 13.
Bb3 Na5 $1 (13... Bxb3 14. axb3 a5 15. Qd5 $14 {Karjakin - Kritz (Gothenburg,
2005)}) 14. Bxe6 fxe6 $132) (10. Kb1 a6 11. Nd4 Nxd4 12. cxd4 d5 13. Bd3 Bf5
14. Rhe1 Bxd3 15. Qxd3 O-O $11 {Adams - Gashimov (Baku, 2008)}) 10... O-O-O $2
{Wozu?! Vielleicht ist die Partiestellung auch spielbar, doch es bietet sich
an, mit 10...h6! das Feld g5 abzudecken, wonach WeiЯ nicht mal in die Nдhe
eines Vorteils kommen kann.} (10... h6 11. Bb5 (11. Kb1 O-O-O 12. Nd4 Nxd4 13.
Bxd4 Rhg8 14. h5 c5 15. Be3 Qc6 $11 {Adams - Nielsen (Dortmund, 2005)}) 11...
a6 12. Ba4 b5 13. Bb3 Bf6 14. Bd5 O-O-O $1 $11 (14... Rb8 15. Kb1 Bxd5 16. Qxd5
$14 {Zawadzka - Socko (Karpacz, 2008)})) 11. Ng5 Bxg5 12. hxg5 $14 {Zu dem
Lдuferpaar hat WeiЯ auch noch die h-Linie.} a6 13. b3 Kb8 14. c4 {Leko
verstдrkt langsam seine Stellung.} Rdf8 {Schwarz hat vor, die Stellung zu
цffnen. Ich denke, es ist keine richtige Strategie gegen das Lдuferpaar! Aber
was soll man sonst machen - einen anderen Plan gibt es auch nicht.} 15. Bd3 Bf5
$1 {Das ist sicherlich ein richtiger Versuch - tauscht man einen Lдufer, so
gleicht sich die Stellung fast aus.} 16. Be2 $1 Bg4 (16... f6 17. c5 $1 fxg5
18. cxd6 cxd6 19. Bxg5 $16) 17. f3 Be6 (17... Bf5 18. g4 Bg6 19. c5 $14) 18.
Qc3 f6 {Einziger Zug, es gibt keinen anderen Weg, den Bauern zu verteidigen.} (
18... g6 19. Rh6 Qe7 20. Rdh1 Re8 21. Bf4 $16) 19. gxf6 Rxf6 20. b4 $5 {
Ein riskanter Plan. Man hдtte es auch auf dem Kцnigsflьgel versuchen kцnnen.} (
20. g4 $5 Rff8 21. Rhg1 {/\f4-f5} Ne5 22. Bd4 $16) 20... Ne7 21. Kb2 Nc8 22. b5
(22. c5 $1 {Das sieht sehr unangenehm aus.} Qa4 (22... d5 23. c6 Qxc6 24. Qxc6
bxc6 25. Bxa6 $16) 23. a3 dxc5 24. Bxc5 Nb6 $2 {Sieht logisch aus, aber...} 25.
Bxb6 cxb6 26. Rxh7 $3 Rxh7 27. Rd8+ Ka7 28. Qe5 $18) 22... axb5 23. cxb5 Re8
24. Bd3 (24. Rxh7 Bf5 25. Rh5 Rfe6 26. Rxf5 Rxe3 27. Bd3 Nb6 $44) 24... Bf5 25.
Bc4 (25. Bxf5 $2 Qxb5+ 26. Ka1 Qxf5 $19) 25... Be6 26. Bf1 Bg8 27. Bd4 Rf4 28.
a4 Qf7 29. Qb3 (29. a5 $5 Qa2+ 30. Kc1 Ne7 31. Re1 $14) 29... Qf8 30. Bc4 Bxc4
31. Qxc4 Nb6 32. Qb3 d5 $1 {WeiЯ hat einen groЯen Teil seines Vorteils
verloren - der Kцnigsangriff war ein ziemlich zweischneidiges Unternehmen.} 33.
Rxh7 Nc4+ (33... Re2 $5 34. Rdh1 (34. Bxb6 Rb4 35. Rdh1 Rxb3+ 36. Kxb3 Re8 $132
) 34... Nc4+ 35. Ka1 Qd6 36. Rh8+ Rf8 37. Bxg7 Rxh8 38. Rxh8+ Ka7 39. Bd4+ b6
$44) 34. Ka2 g5 $2 {Zu passiv, Schwarz erlaubt den Abtausch seines aktiven
Turmes. Immer noch wдre der direkte Angriff eine bessere Lцsung:} (34... Re2 $1
35. Bxg7 Qf5 36. Rh8+ Ka7 $40) 35. Rh8 $1 Qf7 36. Rxe8+ Qxe8 37. Bc3 $14 {
WeiЯ hat wieder einen soliden Vorteil.} g4 $2 (37... Qe6 {wьrde Schwarz mehr
Chancen lassen - den d5-Bauern sollte man nicht geben, weil damit der Punkt c4
verloren geht.} 38. Re1 Qg6 $14) 38. Rxd5 $1 gxf3 39. gxf3 Nb6 40. Re5 Qd8 41.
a5 Ra4+ 42. Kb2 Nc4+ 43. Kc1 Qf8 44. Kb1 Na3+ 45. Ka1 $3 (45. Ka2 Nxb5+ $1 $11)
45... Rf4 46. Ka2 Nc4 47. Rh5 {Jetzt ist die Partie vorbei.} Rxf3 48. b6 cxb6
49. axb6 Nxb6 50. Rb5 (50. Be5+ {gewinnt effektvoller!} Ka7 (50... Kc8 51. Qe6+
Nd7 52. Bd6 $18) 51. Bc7 $3 Rxb3 52. Ra5#) 50... Nd7 51. Rxb7+ Kc8 52. Rxd7
Kxd7 53. Qb7+ Ke6 54. Qc6+ Qd6 55. Qxf3 Qa6+ 56. Kb1 Qb6+ 57. Bb2 1-0

[Event "Givataim int"]
[Site "Givataim"]
[Date "1998.12.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kundin, Alexander"]
[Black "Ribshtein, Zvi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2320"]
[Annotator "Kundin/Alterman"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1998.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 068"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 32768]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Be7
7. O-O Nc6 8. c4 Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Be6 11. Be3 Bf5 12. Rc1 dxc4 13. Bxc4
Nxc3 $6 (13... c6 14. Ne5 Nxc3 15. bxc3 Nd5 {Theory}) 14. bxc3 Nd5 {/\Ba3} 15.
Qb3 Be6 16. Ne5 $1 {[%mdl 4]} f6 $6 {This move weakens all black's position
and  should've been avoided.} (16... Rb8 {/\b5!} 17. Bxd5 Bxd5 (17... Qxd5 18.
Qxd5 Bxd5 19. Nd7 Bxa2 20. Nxb8 Rxb8 21. Ra1 Bc4 $14) 18. c4 Be4 $14) 17. Nd3
Kh8 18. Rfe1 (18. Qxb7 $5 Nxe3 19. Bxe6 Nxf1 20. Rxf1 $44) 18... Rb8 {/\b5} {
[%tqu "En","Find a strong strategic move...","","","e3f4","",15]} 19. Bf4 $1 {
[%csl Rd5,Re6]} Bf5 (19... Nxf4 20. Nxf4 Bxc4 21. Qxc4 $14 {[%csl Re6] /+/-})
20. Bxd5 Bxd3 21. Bxb7 $16 Bd6 22. Bxd6 cxd6 23. c4 {[%cal Gc4c8]} Bg6 24. c5
dxc5 25. dxc5 Bf7 26. Qb2 Bd5 (26... Bxa2 27. c6 Qd5 28. Red1 Qb3 29. Qxb3 Bxb3
30. Rd3 Be6 31. Ra3 $18) 27. c6 Qc7 28. Qa3 Rfe8 29. Red1 Rbd8 30. h3 Re5 31.
Qg3 $138 (31. Qxa7 Rg5 $132) 31... Rd6 $138 32. h4 {The simplest winning plan
in this position is to double rooks on the d-file and force black to exchange
its active rooks. Black literally cannot move. However, during the zeitnot I
decided not to rush.} h6 33. Qa3 $6 (33. Rd2 Kh7 34. Rcd1 $18) 33... Re4 34.
Qg3 Re5 35. Qa3 Re4 36. Qh3 Rd8 37. Qg3 Re5 38. Re1 Rde8 39. Rxe5 Rxe5 {
Now, with only one rook left the winning is a matter of few moves.} 40. a4 a5
41. Ba6 $1 $18 {The bishop moves to b5 where he will protect both pawns and
help to advnace the c pawn.} Re7 $6 42. Bb5 Qxg3 43. fxg3 Rc7 44. Kf2 Kg8 45.
Ke3 Kf7 46. Kd4 Ke6 47. Kc5 f5 48. Re1+ Be4 49. Kb6 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 13th"]
[Site "Plovdiv"]
[Date "2012.03.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Zhigalko, Sergei"]
[Black "Guliyev, Namig"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2532"]
[Annotator "Let's Check Training"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2012.03.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 148"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. d4 Be7 7. Bd3 O-O 8.
h3 b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. Re1 Nbd7 11. Bf4 Re8 12. d5 Bf8 13. Qd2 Rxe1+ 14. Rxe1 a6
15. Bg5 h6 16. Bh4 b5 17. a3 Nb6 18. Nd4 Nbxd5 19. Nxd5 Bxd5 20. Qf4 c5 $2 (
20... Bb7 21. Nf5 g5 $11) 21. Nf5 $18 g5 22. Bxg5 hxg5 23. Qxg5+ Kh8 {[%tqu
"En","","","","e1e8","",10]} 24. Re8 $3 Nxe8 25. Qh5+ Kg8 {[%tqu "En","","","",
"f5e7","",10]} 26. Ne7+ $1 1-0

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 26th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1998.06.27"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1998.06.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 066"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Blatny,P Ftacnik} e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Nxe5 d6 5. Nf3 d5 6. Bd3
Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. Re1 Bg4 9. c3 f5 10. Nbd2 O-O (10... Qd6 {see Leko-Jussupow
here in CBM 66.}) 11. Qb3 {This line connected with the P grab is not highly
evaluated amongst the theoreticians. This game doesn't change the picture
either. Black has a very strong attack on the >>, and it is surprising that
Ivanchuk had the courage to play it against one of the best attacking player
of the world!} Kh8 (11... Na5 $5 {Blatny,P} 12. Qa4 Nc6 13. Qb3 Na5 14. Qa4 Nc6
15. Bb5 Nxd2 (15... Rf6 16. Bxc6 Rxc6 17. Ne5 Ra6 18. Qc2 Bh5 19. f3 $14) 16.
Nxd2 Qd6 17. Nb3 f4 18. Nc5 Qg6 19. Bd3 $1 (19. Nxb7 $6 Bf3 $1 (19... Bh3 $2
20. g3 fxg3 21. fxg3 (21. hxg3 Qf6 22. Bf4 $16) 21... Qf5 22. Bf4 g5 23. Bxc6
gxf4 24. Re5 Qf6 25. Bxd5+ Kh8 26. Qc2 Qg7 27. Qd3 $18) 20. g3 fxg3 21. fxg3
Bh4 $40) 19... Bf5 20. Bxf5 Rxf5 21. f3 $1 $11 {Yudasin-Khalifman,A/Simferopol
1988}) 12. Qxb7 Rf6 (12... Nxd2 $2 {Blatny,P} 13. Bxd2 Bxf3 14. Qxc6 Rf6 15.
Re6 Be4 16. Rxf6 Bxf6 17. Bxe4 fxe4 18. Bf4 $18 {Garbisu,U-Abell,F/ESP-chJ 1992
}) 13. Qb5 (13. Qb3 {Blatny,P} g5 (13... Qd6 $6 14. Bb5 Raf8 $2 15. Bxc6 Qxc6
16. Ne5 Qd6 17. f3 Nxd2 18. Bxd2 Bh5 19. Bg5 $18 {Losev,D-Bianchi,G/Russian
Winter op 1991}) (13... Bd6 $5) (13... Rg6 $5) 14. Bb5 Qg8 15. Bxc6 Rxc6 16.
Ne5 Rb6 17. Qc2 Bh5 18. f3 Nxd2 19. Bxd2 f4 20. c4 Rd8 21. Ba5 Ra6 22. Bc3 $1
Rf6 23. Ng4 $18 {Rychagov,A-Tammela,K/Kuopio op 1991}) 13... Rb8 14. Qa4 Bd6 {
all Black pieces are very active, while White suffers from passivity and lack
of development.} (14... Rg6 {Ftacnik} 15. Bb5 Nxd2 16. Nxd2 Rb6 17. Be2 Bh3 18.
g3 (18. Bf1 $16 {Blatny,P}) 18... f4 19. Nf3 Qf8 (19... fxg3 $142 $44) 20. Qd1
Bd6 21. Bd3 Rf6 {0-1 Hahnewald,P-Riedel,F/OLWuert/1988/ (30)} (21... Rf6 22.
Ng5 $1 (22. Ne5 $2 fxg3 23. hxg3 g6 24. f4 Nxe5 25. dxe5 (25. fxe5 Rf3 26. Bf4
Rxf4 27. gxf4 Qxf4 $40) 25... Bc5+ 26. Kh2 Qh6 $1 27. f5 Rxb2+ 28. Bd2 Qh5 29.
Kh1 Bg4+ 30. Kg2 Qh3# {Hahnewald,P-Riedel,F/OLWuert 1988}) 22... fxg3 23. hxg3
Bf5 $8 24. Bxf5 Rxf5 25. Qh5 Qg8 26. Re8 Bf8 $8 27. Qe2 $18)) 15. h3 (15. Bb5 {
Ftacnik} Nxd2 16. Bxd2 Bxf3 17. Bxc6 Bxh2+ 18. Kh1 Be5 19. dxe5 Rxc6 20. gxf3
Rc4 21. Qc2 Rb6 22. e6 Rh4+ 23. Kg2 Qf6 24. Rg1 Rxe6 25. Rae1 {1-0 Berthelot,
Y-Bex,P/FRA-chT/1993/ (36)}) (15. Be2 {Ftacnik} Qe8 16. Ne5 Bxe2 17. Nxe4 dxe4
18. Qxc6 Qh5 19. Qd5 c6 20. Qa5 f4 21. Qxa7 Rbf8 {0-1 Dzhumaev,M-Balogh,T/
WchJM-U18/1994/ (31)}) 15... Bh5 (15... Nxd2 {Ftacnik} 16. Nxd2 (16. hxg4 Nxf3+
17. gxf3 fxg4 18. fxg4 Rf3 19. Qxc6 Qh4 $1 20. Re8+ Rxe8 21. Qxe8+ Rf8 22. Qe1
Qh3 23. Bf5 Bh2+ 24. Kh1 Bg3+ $11) 16... Bxh3 17. gxh3 Rg6+ 18. Kf1 Qg5 19.
Qxc6 (19. Ke2 $1 {Blatny,P} Qh5+ (19... Re8+ 20. Kd1 Qh5+ 21. Re2 (21. f3 Rxe1+
22. Kxe1 Qxh3 23. Kd1 $18) 21... Rg1+ 22. Kc2 Rxe2 23. Bxe2 Qxe2 24. Qxc6 $18)
20. Nf3 Re6+ 21. Kd2 Rbe8 22. Rxe6 Rxe6 23. Kc2 $1 $18) 19... Qg2+ 20. Ke2 Bg3
21. Qd7 Qxf2+ 22. Kd1 Qxe1+ 23. Kc2 Bf4 24. Qxf5 Bxd2 {0-1 Ernst,T-Storland,K/
Arnold Cup/1987/}) 16. Be2 Rg6 {This is more direct than} (16... Be8 17. Qc2 (
17. Bb5 $1 {Blatny,P} Be7 (17... Rb6 $142 18. Bxc6 $140 Bxc6 19. Qxa7 Qc8 $1)
18. Nxe4 fxe4 19. Bg5 $1 exf3 20. Bxf6 Rxb5 21. Bxg7+ Kxg7 22. Qxb5 Nxd4 23.
Qd3 Ne2+ 24. Kf1 fxg2+ 25. Kxe2 Bh5+ 26. f3 Qe8 27. Kd1 Qa4+ 28. b3 Qh4 29.
Rxe7+ Qxe7 30. Kd2 $18 {_|_}) 17... Rg6 {Ftacnik} 18. Nf1 Bd7 (18... Qf6 $1 $13
) 19. Ne3 Be6 20. Bf1 f4 21. Nc4 Bxh3 22. Rxe4 dxe4 23. Qxe4 Qd7 24. Nxd6 cxd6
25. Bxf4 {1-0 Sax,G-Arlandi,E/Rome/1985/ (38)}) 17. Kf1 (17. Nxe4 fxe4 $1 18.
Ng5 {is Anand's suggestion. However after} Rxg5 $1 19. Bxg5 Qxg5 20. Bxh5 Ne7
$1 (20... Rf8 {Ftacnik} 21. Rf1 (21. Qxc6 {Blatny,P} Qf4 $1 (21... Qf6 22. Kh1
Qxf2 23. Qxd5 Qf4 (23... Qg3 $2 24. Qxd6 $8 cxd6 25. Rxe4 g6 26. Bf3 $1 Rxf3 $8
27. Rg4 $1 Qf2 28. gxf3 Qxb2 $13 {_|_}) 24. g3 Qxg3 25. Re2 Qxh3+ 26. Kg1 Qg3+
27. Rg2 Qe3+ 28. Kh1 Qh3+ $11) 22. Qxd5 $1 (22. f3 $2 Qh2+ 23. Kf1 Bg3 $1 24.
Qc5 $1 (24. Qxd5 Qh1+ 25. Ke2 Qxg2+ 26. Kd1 (26. Ke3 Bf4+ 27. Kxe4 Qc2#) 26...
Bxe1) 24... Qh1+ 25. Ke2 Qxg2+ 26. Kd1 Rb8 $1 27. Qxa7 Qxb2 28. Rc1 Bf4 $19)
22... Qxf2+ 23. Kh1 $11) 21... Ne7 22. Qd1 g6 23. Bg4 h5 {0-1 Boyle-Craig,T/
ENG-ch corr/1991/ (35)}) 21. Qd1 (21. Be2 Nf5 $40) 21... g6 22. Bg4 h5 $1 23.
Bd7 Rd8 24. Bb5 Nf5 25. Qc1 Bf4 26. Qc2 Nh4 27. Bf1 Nf3+ 28. Kh1 Nxe1 29. Rxe1
h4 $44 {Black has sufficient counterplay according Ivanchuk, because the ^-
helps for the active party.}) (17. Ne5 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Qg5 19. Bf1 Nxf2 $1 20.
exd6 Nxh3+ 21. Kh1 Nf2+ 22. Kg1 Nh3+ $11 {is a nice variation with perpetual.})
17... Bf4 {Ftacnik: Black obviously has some compensation for the sacrificed
pawn. The knight on e4 is extremely unpleasant for white and the attack
against white king can not be underestimated.} (17... Nxd2+ {Ftacnik} 18. Nxd2
Bxe2+ 19. Rxe2 Qd7 20. Nf3 $16) (17... Rb6 {Ftacnik} 18. Bb5 Ne7 19. Ne5 Bxe5
20. Nxe4 fxe4 21. dxe5 $16) (17... Nxf2 {Ftacnik} 18. Qxc6 Bg3 19. Qa4 $16) 18.
Nb3 Bxc1 (18... Qd6 $5 {Ftacnik} 19. Bd1 $1 (19. Bb5 Bxf3 20. gxf3 Nxf2 21.
Bxc6 Nxh3 $17) (19. Bxf4 Qxf4 20. Bd1 Nxf2 21. Kxf2 Qg3+ 22. Ke3 Re8+ $15) (19.
Nh4 Bxe2+ 20. Rxe2 Bxc1 (20... Rf6 {Blatny,P} 21. Nf3 $18) 21. Nxg6+ hxg6 22.
Rxc1 Qh2 23. Rxe4 fxe4 24. Qxc6 Rxb3 $1 $14) 19... Bxc1 20. Rxc1 Nxf2 21. Ne5
Nxe5 22. Bxh5 Qa6+ 23. Qxa6 Rxa6 24. Rxe5 $18) 19. Raxc1 Qd6 20. Rc2 $6 {
This slow move is too sophisticated and midgt have caused some headache for
White later in the game.} ({The straightforward} 20. Nh4 {is met by a nice
exchange sacrifice in order to continue the ->:} Qf4 $1 21. Nxg6+ hxg6 22. f3
Ne5 $3 {This move is based on the vertical motif, which can frequently be
overseen during a practical game!} 23. Qxa7 $1 (23. dxe5 $4 Ng3+) 23... Nxf3 $1
{Black is not afraid of sacrificing the entire board!} 24. Qxb8+ Kh7 25. Bxf3
Bxf3 26. Rxe4 $1 Bxe4+ 27. Ke2 Qg3 28. Rg1 Qd3+ 29. Kf2 f4 30. Nc5 Qd2+ 31. Kf1
Qd1+ 32. Kf2 Qd2+ $11 {with perpetual checks again.}) 20... Qf4 (20... Nxf2 {
Ftacnik} 21. Ne5 $1 (21. Kxf2 Qg3+ 22. Ke3 Bxf3 $19) (21. Nh4 {Blatny,P}) 21...
Nxe5 22. Bxh5 Ne4 23. Bxg6 Nxg6 24. Qxa7 $18) (20... Bxf3 $5 {Ftacnik} 21. Bxf3
Qh2 22. Ke2 Re8 23. Kd1 Rge6 24. Rf1 $14) 21. Bd1 Re8 (21... Re6 $5 {Ftacnik}
22. g3 (22. Be2 Bxf3 23. Bxf3 Qh2 24. g3 Rbe8 25. Ree2 Qxh3+ 26. Bg2 Qg4 $11)
22... Qh6 23. Ng1 Bxd1 24. Rxd1 f4 25. Nc5 Nxc5 26. dxc5 $14) (21... Bxf3 $142
{Blatny,P} 22. Bxf3 Re8 {/\Qh2~~}) 22. Nbd2 (22. Nc5 $2 {is inferior because
of the penetration after} Bxf3 23. Bxf3 Qh2) 22... Rge6 {Ftacnik: The pressure
becomes very dangerous, white is forced to simplify by changing the knight on
e4.} (22... Ng3+ $5 {Ftacnik} 23. fxg3 Rxe1+ 24. Kxe1 Qxg3+ 25. Ke2 Qxg2+ 26.
Kd3 f4 (26... Qxh3 {Blatny,P} 27. Rc1 $18) 27. Rc1 $1 (27. c4 Re6 28. cxd5 $1
Bg6+ 29. Kc4 $18) 27... Qxh3 28. Kc2 $16) (22... Nxd2+ {Ftacnik} 23. Rxd2 (23.
Nxd2 $2 Rxe1+ 24. Kxe1 Re6+ 25. Kf1 Qh2 $19) 23... Rxe1+ 24. Kxe1 h6 25. Rd3 $1
(25. Qb5 Rxg2 $13) 25... Qc1 26. Kf1 $14) 23. Nxe4 fxe4 (23... Bxf3 $1 {Ftacnik
} 24. Bxf3 (24. gxf3 Qh2 $17) (24. g3 $4 Rxe4 $1 $19) 24... Qh2 $1 25. g3 (25.
Re3 f4 $17 (25... Qh1+ 26. Ke2 fxe4 27. Bg4 Rf6 $40)) 25... Qxh3+ 26. Bg2 Qh5 (
26... Qh6 27. Qb5 $18) 27. f3 (27. Rce2 $1 {Blatny,P} fxe4 28. Qb5 $1 Rh6 29.
Qc5 $14 {[%csl Rc6,Rd5,Re4,Gg2][%cal Gc3c4,Gc4d5] _|_}) (27. g4 $5 Qxg4 (27...
fxg4 28. Rce2 dxe4 29. Rxe4 Rxe4 30. Rxe4 Rxe4 31. Bxe4 Ne7 32. Qxa7 $18 {_|_})
28. c4 $1 Qh5 $3 (28... Nxd4 $2 29. cxd5 Nxc2 30. dxe6 $18) (28... Rxe4 29.
Bxe4 dxe4 30. Rc3 $16) 29. cxd5 $140 Rxe4 30. Bxe4 (30. Rxe4 $4 Qd1+) (30. Rcc1
Nxd4 31. Rxe4 Rxe4 32. Qxa7 (32. Bxe4 $2 Qe2+ 33. Kg1 Qg4+ $1 34. Kf1 Qxe4 $19)
32... Qe2+ 33. Kg1 h6 $1 34. Bxe4 Qxe4 $40) 30... Rxe4 31. Rxe4 $8 Qh1+ 32. Ke2
Qxe4+ 33. Kd2 Nxd4 34. Rxc7 $1 h6 $1 $13 {_|_} (34... h5 35. Rc8+ Kh7 36. Qe8
$18) 35. Rc8+ $140 Kh7 36. Qe8 Nf3+ 37. Kc1 Qxd5 $13) 27... fxe4 28. fxe4 dxe4
$13) (23... dxe4 {Ftacnik} 24. g3 Qh6 25. d5 Rd6 26. Ng1 (26. dxc6 $2 exf3 27.
Rxe8+ Bxe8 28. Bxf3 Qxh3+ $17) 26... Bxd1 27. Rxd1 Red8 28. c4 $14) 24. g3 Qf5
25. Ng1 (25. g4 {Ftacnik} exf3 26. Rxe6 Qd3+ $19) 25... Bxd1 26. Rxd1 e3 $2
$138 {In time trouble Black loses the control.} (26... h5 $1 $17 {gave Black a
dangerus -> on the >> with more than enough compensation for the sacrificed P.}
) 27. Kg2 Qe4+ {Ftacnik: Shirov loses a crucial tempo and Ivanchuk will now be
able to defend all weaknesses on time.} ({Again} 27... Rg6 $1 {was the correct
way to keep the tension.}) (27... e2 {Ftacnik} 28. Re1 Qe4+ 29. f3 Qd3 30. Rcc1
$18 (30. Rcc1 {Blatny,P} Kg8 31. Qc2 $18)) (27... exf2 {Ftacnik} 28. Rxf2 Qe4+
29. Nf3 $18) (27... Rf8 $1 {Ftacnik} 28. f3 Ne7 $132) 28. f3 Qf5 29. Re2 {
The o^ e is blockaded and it is not easy for Black to open up the position
against the white K.} Rg6 30. Rde1 Qf4 (30... Qd3 {Ftacnik} 31. Qc2 $18) (30...
Qg5 {Ftacnik} 31. g4 h5 32. Qb5 Rf6 (32... hxg4 {Blatny,P} 33. fxg4 (33. hxg4
$2 Re4 $1 34. Rf1 Rh6 $1 $19) 33... Re4 34. Rf1 $1 $18 Rxg4+ 35. hxg4 Qxg4+ 36.
Kh1 Qe4+ 37. Nf3 (37. Rf3 Rxg1+ 38. Kxg1 Qxf3 39. Rg2 $18) 37... Rh6+ 38. Kg1
Rg6+ 39. Rg2 e2 40. Re1 Qe3+ 41. Kh1 Qxf3 42. Qxe2 Rh6+ 43. Kg1 Qh3 44. Rh2
Qg3+ 45. Kh1 $18) 33. f4 $1 Qxf4 34. Qxd5 $18) 31. g4 h5 32. Qb5 hxg4 (32...
Ree6 $1 {was the persistant defence, although after} 33. Qxd5 hxg4 34. hxg4
Rxg4+ 35. fxg4 Qxg4+ 36. Kh1 Rh6+ 37. Rh2 Rxh2+ 38. Kxh2 Qh4+ 39. Nh3 Qxe1 40.
Qh5+ $1 Kg8 41. Qe8+ Kh7 42. Qxc6 $16 {the _|_ clearly favours White.}) 33.
hxg4 Rh6 (33... Rxg4+ {Ftacnik} 34. fxg4 Qxg4+ 35. Kh1 Qe4+ 36. Rg2 Re6 37. Nh3
Rh6 38. Kg1 $18) (33... Rd6 {Ftacnik} 34. Qd3 Rde6 35. Nh3 Qh6 36. g5 $18) 34.
Qxd5 Ne7 (34... Rh2+ {Ftacnik} 35. Kf1 Rh6 36. Qc5 Nb8 37. d5 Nd7 38. Qb4 $18)
35. Qe5 {_|_ Ftacnik: Prolonging the game in a completely winning position.} (
35. Qe4 $18 {Ftacnik}) (35. Qd7 $18 {Blatny,P}) 35... Qxe5 (35... Rh2+ {Ftacnik
} 36. Kf1 Qxe5 37. dxe5 Rxe2 38. Rxe2 Nd5 39. c4 (39. f4 g5 40. c4 Nxf4 41.
Rxe3 $18) 39... Nb6 40. Rxe3 Nxc4 41. Rc3 Nxb2 42. Rxc7 Rxe5 43. Rxa7 $18) 36.
dxe5 $18 {Now the game is over, the rest is a matter of technique.} Nd5 37. Kg3
Rc6 (37... Rxe5 38. c4 $18 (38. c4 {Ftacnik} Nb6 39. b3 Rhe6 40. f4 Re4 41. Kf3
Rd4 42. Rxe3 $18)) 38. Nh3 (38. f4 {Ftacnik} g5 39. Nh3 gxf4+ 40. Nxf4 Rxe5 41.
Nxd5 Rxd5 42. Rxe3 $18) 38... Rxe5 39. Nf4 {Black's last hope, the e o^ will
fall soon.} Nxf4 (39... Ne7 {Ftacnik} 40. Rxe3 $18) (39... Ra6 {Ftacnik} 40. a3
Nxf4 41. Kxf4 Rae6 42. g5 $1 (42. Rxe3 $4 g5+ $19) 42... Rb5 43. Rxe3 Rxe3 44.
Rxe3 Rxb2 45. Re7 $18) 40. Kxf4 Ra5 (40... Rce6 {Ftacnik} 41. g5 $1) 41. a3 Rb5
42. Kxe3 Rcb6 43. b4 Ra6 (43... a5 {Ftacnik} 44. Kd4 $18) 44. Ra1 c5 (44...
Re5+ {Ftacnik} 45. Kf2 $18) 45. Rb2 cxb4 46. Rxb4 (46. cxb4 $18 {Ftacnik})
46... Rba5 (46... Rxb4 {Ftacnik} 47. cxb4 $18) 47. a4 Rc5 48. Ra3 (48. Ra3 {
Ftacnik} Rac6 49. Kd3 $18) 1-0

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 26th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1998.06.29"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "1998.06.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 066"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8.
Re1 Bg4 9. c3 f5 10. Nbd2 Qd6 (10... O-O 11. Qb3 {see Ivanchuk-Shirov here in
CBM 66.}) 11. c4 (11. Nf1 {with slow play White cannot fight against the
well-centralized black pieces:} O-O-O 12. Ne3 h5 13. h3 g6 14. Be2 (14. hxg4 $2
{unnecessarily opens the h <-> against his own K.} hxg4) 14... Bxf3 15. Bxf3
Bh4 16. Re2 Ne7 17. Nf1 Bf6 $13 {and the N on e4 is very well posted,
Adams-Makarichev, Oviedo rapid 1992}) (11. Qc2 O-O 12. b4 Bf6 13. a4 Rae8 14.
Ba3 Qf4 15. b5 Ne7 16. Bc1 Qd6 17. Ba3 $11 {Lau-Yusupov, Skien 1979}) 11... O-O
$2 {This light-hearted move cost dearly for Black.} (11... Nxd2 $1 {causes
more problems for White, for example:} 12. Bxd2 O-O-O (12... dxc4 13. Bxc4
O-O-O 14. Bc3 (14. d5 Nd4 15. Bc3 Nxf3+ 16. gxf3 Bh3 17. Re6 Qxe6 18. dxe6
Rxd1+ 19. Rxd1 $14 {leads to a somewhat better _|_ for White because of the
dangerous e o^.}) 14... Bf6 15. Rc1 (15. d5 Ne5) 15... Qf4 16. Bd2 Bxf3 17.
Bxf4 Bxd1 18. Be6+ Kb8 19. d5 g5 {The fight is rather complicated here because
of the many intermediate moves!} 20. Rcxd1 Ne7 21. Be3 $14 {P.Blatny-Schulte,
Oakham 1986}) 13. Bc3 Bf6 {is worthy of attention here with some pressure on
>< d4.}) (11... Nxd4 12. cxd5 (12. Qa4+ {is met by} b5 $1 13. cxb5 Nxf3+ 14.
Nxf3 Nc5 15. Qd4 Bxf3 16. gxf3 Nxd3 17. Qxd3 O-O {and Black escapes.}) 12...
O-O $1 {- 11...0-0} (12... Nxd2 13. Qa4+ $1)) (11... O-O-O {is already
inferior here:} 12. cxd5 Nxd4 13. Nxe4 fxe4 14. Bxe4 Nxf3+ 15. gxf3 $1 (15.
Bxf3 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Qxd5) 15... Bh3 16. Be3 $16) 12. cxd5 Nxd4 (12... Nxd2 13.
dxc6 Nxf3+ 14. gxf3 Bh3 15. Bc4+ Kh8 16. Re6 $16) 13. Bxe4 fxe4 14. Nxe4 Bxf3 (
14... Nxf3+ $2 15. gxf3 Bxf3 16. Nxd6 Bxd1 17. Nc4 $18 {with double attack.}) (
14... Qxd5 $2 15. Qxd4 $18) 15. Qxd4 Qb4 (15... Bxe4 16. Qxe4 $18) (15... Qg6
16. Ng3 Bf6 17. Qc4 $18) 16. Qxb4 Bxb4 17. Re3 Bh5 (17... Bxe4 18. Rxe4 Bc5 19.
Be3 Bxe3 20. Rxe3 Rad8 21. Re5 {and White is a P up without any compensation
for Black.}) 18. Rb3 Ba5 (18... a5 19. Be3) 19. Be3 (19. Rxb7 $2 {falls into}
Rae8 20. f3 Bb6+ 21. Kh1 Rxe4 $19) 19... Bf7 20. Ng5 {White has to eliminate
Black's ^^, which may cause technical problems in the _|_.} Bb6 (20... Bxd5 $2
21. Rb5) 21. Nxf7 Rxf7 22. Bxb6 axb6 23. d6 $1 cxd6 24. Rxb6 $18 {Rook
endgames have their drawish tendencies, therefore it is a good practical
chance steering towards these types of _|_. However, here White's P structure
is without any weakness. Black's d o^ is not dangerous at all. The b P is also
weak.} Rc7 25. Kf1 {In the _|_ the K has to come immediately!} Ra6 26. Rb4 $1 {
White doesn't want to exchange his active R attacking the weak b P.} Kf7 27. a3
d5 28. Rd1 Ke6 29. Rb5 Rd6 30. Ke2 {The K blockades the d o^ and the squares
where the black R can penetrate.} Ke5 31. Kd3 {No more threats of penetration
on c2 and e2.} Rdc6 32. Ke3 Rc5 33. Rxc5 {Now White can exchange his R,
because his K covers all the important squares.} Rxc5 34. Kd3 Rc4 35. Re1+ {
The black K has to retreat and now the white R comes deeply into the black
camp.} Kd6 36. Re8 Rf4 37. f3 Rh4 38. h3 b6 39. Rb8 Kc5 40. Rc8+ Kd6 41. Rf8 {
/\ Rf7 provoking additional weaknesses in the black P structure.} g5 (41... Ke6
$2 42. Rb8) 42. Rf6+ Kc5 43. b4+ Kb5 44. Rf5 Ka4 45. Rxg5 Kxa3 46. Rxd5 Rxb4
47. Rh5 {Finally White will have three connected o^ against one. This is too
much for Black.} Rb3+ 48. Ke4 Rb4+ 49. Ke3 Rb3+ 50. Kf4 Rb4+ 51. Kg3 {The
white K couls escape from the checks.} b5 52. h4 $1 {The R on the fifth rank
still attacks b5 P.} Rb1 53. Rxh7 b4 54. Ra7+ Kb2 55. Kf4 Rh1 56. Kg5 b3 57. h5
Kc3 58. Rc7+ Kd4 59. Rb7 Kc3 60. h6 b2 61. g4 b1=Q 62. Rxb1 Rxb1 63. h7 Rb8 64.
Kf6 Rb6+ 65. Kg7 Rb7+ 66. Kh6 Rb6+ 67. Kh5 Rb8 68. g5 1-0

[Event "ARG-ch"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1998.04.28"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Giaccio, Alfredo Gustavo"]
[Black "Ginzburg, Maximiliano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1998.04.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. c4
c6 9. Qc2 Na6 10. a3 Bg4 (10... f5) (10... Re8 $5 11. Nc3 Bg4 {
(Ehlvest-Dokhoian, SU 1996)} 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Bxe4 f5 14. Bxf5 Bxf3 15. gxf3
Qh4 $44 {Dohojan}) 11. Ne5 (11. c5 Bc7 12. Ne5 Bxe5 13. dxe5 Nexc5 14. Bxh7+
Kh8 15. b4 Qh4 16. Bd3 Nxd3 17. Qxd3 Nc7 18. h3 Bh5 19. f4 {(Timman-Salov,
Saint John (m/4) 1988)} f6 $5 20. Bb2 fxe5 21. Bxe5 Ne6 $13 {Salov}) 11... Bxe5
(11... Bh5 $6 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Bxe4 dxe4 14. Qxe4 Re8 15. Bf4 Nc7 {Timoshenko
G.-Makarichev, Moscow 1990} 16. Qxb7 $16 {Yusupov}) 12. dxe5 Nac5 13. f3 {
The is the only possible try to fight for an advantage.} (13. b4 $6 {weakens
the << and Black has a fine game after that.} Nxd3 14. Qxd3 Bf5 15. cxd5 cxd5 (
15... Qxd5 $11) 16. Qd4 Rc8 {Black has a stron pressure on the c <->.} 17. f3
Ng5 18. Bxg5 Qxg5 19. Nd2 h5 $1 $15 {Hazai-E.Vladimirov, Rotterdam EU Cup 1988}
) (13. cxd5 {is an attempt to solve the problems quickly making a draw.} Qxd5
14. Bxe4 Nxe4 15. Nc3 Nxc3 16. Qxc3 Rfe8 $11 {1/2:1/2 Ljubojevic-Akopian,
Linares 1995}) 13... Nxd3 14. Qxd3 Nc5 15. Qd4 Nb3 16. Qxg4 Nxa1 17. Bh6 g6 (
17... Qb6+ 18. Kh1 g6 19. Qf4 $1 $14) 18. cxd5 {This exchange sacrifice is
really interesting in order to maintain the |^.} (18. Bxf8 {is complicated
after} Qxf8 19. cxd5 Nc2 $1 $13 (19... cxd5 20. Qd4 (20. Rc1 $14) 20... Nc2 21.
Qf2 Rc8 22. Qxa7 d4 $1 $44 {Ljubojevic-Hort, Amsterdam 1988})) 18... Qxd5 (
18... cxd5 19. Nc3 Nb3 20. Bxf8 $14) 19. Nc3 Qc5+ 20. Kh1 Nb3 {[#]} (20... Nc2
$5 21. Qe4 Nxa3 $13 {deserves serious attention according Gipslis.}) 21. Qf4 {
is the agressive plan to fight for activity sacrificing the exchange again.} (
21. Bxf8 Kxf8 $5 {is the last chance here.} (21... Rxf8 22. Qf4 $1 Rd8 (22...
Re8 23. Ne4 $1 Qxe5 24. Nf6+ Kh8 25. Qh4 $16) 23. Ne4 $1 Qb5 24. Rg1 $1 Rd4 25.
e6 $1 $18 {Gipslis-Giertz,Biel open 1996})) 21... Rfe8 22. Ne4 Qxe5 23. Nf6+
Kh8 24. Qh4 Re6 {[#]} 25. Bd2 $1 (25. Bg5 {is not precise due to} h5 26. g4 $6
Qe2 $1) 25... Qxf6 $1 {It is better to sacrifice a Q, than getting mated.} (
25... h5 $2 26. Bc3 Qe2 27. Rg1 $18) 26. Bc3 Qxc3 27. bxc3 b6 {Now Black has a
R,N and a P for the Q, and it is not easy to break the blockade.} 28. Re1 Rae8
29. Rxe6 Rxe6 30. h3 c5 31. Qa4 Na5 32. Qd7 Kg7 33. Qxa7 h5 34. Kh2 (34. Qa6 $1
$14 {/\ g4 hindering the activization of the N.}) 34... Nc4 $1 {The N comes to
the >> with a great effect.} 35. Qa6 Ne3 36. g4 h4 37. Qd3 g5 38. Kg1 b5 $6 {
Unnecessarily weakens the P structure on the <<.} (38... c4 39. Qd4+ Kg6) 39.
Kf2 ({and not} 39. Qxb5 Nd5 40. Qxc5 {because of} Nf4 $132) 39... Nc4 $2 (39...
c4 40. Qd4+ Kg6 41. f4 gxf4 42. Kf3) 40. a4 $2 {Overlooking Black's response.}
(40. Qd5 Re5 41. Qc6 Nxa3 42. Qc7 $14) 40... Rd6 $1 41. Qf5 Rd2+ 42. Ke1 {[#]}
Rd1+ $1 43. Ke2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Villa Martelli"]
[Site "Villa Martelli"]
[Date "1998.05.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Milos, Gilberto"]
[Black "Zarnicki, Pablo Adrian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1998.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nb4 9. cxd5 Nxd3 10. Qxd3 Qxd5 11. Re1 Bf5 12. Nc3 (12. Ne5 {is the agressive
alternative leading to sharp play, where some theoretical knowledge is of
highly important.} g6 13. Qf3 (13. g4 $2 {is parried by the typical} Bh4 $1 14.
Re2 Bxf2+ $1 15. Rxf2 Nxf2 16. Qe3 Bxb1 17. Nxg6+ Be4 18. Nxh8 Nxg4 19. Qc3 Qd6
$19 {Rogulj-Forintos, AUT-chT 1997}) 13... Qxd4 14. Nc3 Qxe5 15. Bf4 Qa5 16.
Rxe4 (16. b4 $5 Qa3 $1 17. Nd5 Qxf3 18. gxf3 Bd8 19. fxe4 Be6 20. Nxc7+ Bxc7
21. Bxc7 $11 {Beliavsky-Smyslov, Reggio Emilia 1986/1987}) 16... Bxe4 17. Qxe4
{(Moreno-R.Espinoza, La Habana 1994)} Qf5 $1 18. Qd4 O-O 19. Nd5 Rfe8 20. Bh6
f6 21. g4 $1 Bc5 $1 22. gxf5 Bxd4 23. Nxc7 Rac8 24. Nxe8 Rxe8 25. Rd1 Bxb2 26.
Rd7 Rb8 27. Bf4 Be5 28. Bxe5 fxe5 $11 {Moreno Ramon}) 12... Nxc3 13. Qxc3 Be6 {
This P sacrifice was Smyslov's idea to keep the ^^ in an open position, and
the o^ d4 is well-blockaded.} (13... Qd6 $6 {Defending the c7 P leads to heavy
consequences.} 14. d5 $1 O-O 15. Bf4 $1 Qxf4 16. Rxe7 Rac8 17. Nd4 Rfe8 18. g3
Qg5 19. Rxe8+ Rxe8 20. Qxc7 $18 {Todorovic-D.Lalic, Jug.-St Kladovo 1990, and
the c7P has fallen anyway.}) 14. Re5 (14. Qxc7 Bd6 15. Qc2 O-O 16. Bd2 Bf5 17.
Qb3 Qxb3 18. axb3 f6 $44 {Hubner-Smyslov, Velden (m/3)}) (14. Bf4 Bd6 15. Bxd6
cxd6 $11 {and Black can successfully finish the development.}) (14. Bg5 {
- Zapata-A.Rodriguez, Cali zt. CBM 19}) (14. Ng5 $5 {is another try with some
small advantage:} Bxg5 15. Re5 Qd7 (15... Qc6 16. Rc5) 16. Bxg5 O-O 17. Rae1
Rfe8 18. Qg3 Bf5 19. h3 c6 20. Re7 $16 {Armanda-Rade, Budapest FS 03 1993})
14... Qc6 (14... Qd7 $143 15. d5 $5 (15. Bg5 f6 16. Re2 fxg5 17. Rae1 O-O-O 18.
Rxe6 Bf6 19. R6e4 $11 {Schulte Bartoldt-Schwartzman, Dortmund 1989}) 15... Bxd5
16. Bh6 (16. Rxe7+ Qxe7 17. Bg5 f6 18. Re1 Be6 19. Nd4 O-O-O 20. Nxe6 fxg5 21.
Nxd8 Qxd8 22. Qxg7 $14 {J.Koch-J.Horvath, Paris op. 1995}) 16... O-O-O 17. Bxg7
Rhg8 18. Rd1 Rxg7 19. Rexd5 Qxd5 20. Rxd5 Rxd5 21. g3 $14 {J.Olivier-Boudanne,
Cannes 1995}) 15. Qe1 O-O-O 16. Bg5 Bxg5 17. Nxg5 {Black has to defend himself
carefully here.} (17. Rxg5 Bd5 18. Ne5 Qb6 19. Rxg7 Rhg8 20. Rg3 $13 {Van der
Wiel-Short, Biel 1985}) 17... Rhe8 (17... Rxd4 18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. Rxe6 Qd5 20.
Re7 $14 {Grosar-Fiore, Formia op.1995}) (17... Bd5 18. Rc1 Qb6 19. Re7 Kb8 20.
Qc3 Rc8 21. b3 Rhe8 22. Rd7 Red8 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. Nxh7 Qd6 25. Ng5 f6 26. Nh3
$14 {Garcia Gildardo-A.Rodriguez, Latin Cup Bogota 1991}) 18. Rc1 Qd7 19. Qa5 (
19. Nxe6 Rxe6 20. Rxe6 fxe6 21. Qe5 c6 22. g3 Qxd4 23. Qxe6+ Kc7 $11 {led
nowhere in Grosar-Pavasovic, Maribor 1996.}) 19... Kb8 20. Nxe6 Rxe6 21. Rxe6
fxe6 22. Qe5 g6 23. g3 Qd6 24. Rc2 (24. Qg7 Qd7 $11) 24... Qxe5 25. dxe5 Rd5
26. f4 c5 27. Kf2 $14 {White has practical chances in the R _|_, because his K
can penetrate on the >>.} b5 28. a4 a6 (28... bxa4 29. Ke3 {/\ Rc4 +/=}) 29.
axb5 axb5 30. Kf3 Kc7 31. Kg4 $1 {/\ Kg5} h6 32. h4 c4 33. h5 (33. b3 $5 Rc5 (
33... Rd4 34. h5) (33... h5+ 34. Kg5 Rd3 35. bxc4 Rxg3+ 36. Kf6) 34. h5 gxh5+
35. Kxh5 Kc6 36. b4 Rd5 37. Kxh6 Rd3 38. g4) 33... gxh5+ 34. Kxh5 Rd3 35. Rg2 (
35. g4 $5 Rf3 (35... Rh3+ 36. Kg6 Kc6 37. Kf6) 36. Kxh6 Rxf4 37. g5) 35... Kc6
36. Kxh6 Kd5 37. Kg6 b4 38. Kf7 Rf3 39. Ke7 Rb3 $1 (39... c3 40. bxc3 bxc3 41.
g4 Rxf4 42. g5) 40. g4 Rxb2 $3 $11 {clearing the way for the passed pawns.} 41.
Rxb2 c3 42. Rc2 Kc4 43. f5 exf5 44. g5 b3 45. Rxc3+ Kxc3 46. g6 b2 47. g7 b1=Q
48. g8=Q f4 49. Qd5 Qb4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dresden zt 1.2"]
[Site "Dresden"]
[Date "1998.04.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Wahls, Matthias"]
[Black "Pavasovic, Dusko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1998.04.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 8]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7.
O-O Be7 8. c4 Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Be6 11. Ne5 c5 $6 {Blows up the [+], but
it seems to be early because of this game.} (11... f6 $142 {It is better to
drive away from the [+] the N before we begin central operations.} 12. Bg4 Bxg4
(12... Bc8 {This is a surprising move, but GM J.Horvath uses it with success.}
13. Bxc8 Rxc8 14. Nf3 (14. Nd3 $6 Nxc3 15. bxc3 Nxd3 16. Qxd3 c5 $1 {This
central blow comes in time.} 17. dxc5 Rxc5 18. Be3 Rxc4 $11 {Sokolov,A-Horvath,
J/ YUG-chT Igolo 1994}) 14... c5 $1 (14... Nxc3 $6 15. bxc3 Nc6 16. Qa4 {
gives the |^ into White's hands. The retreat with the b4N is already some
concession.} dxc4 17. Rb1 Rb8 18. Qxc4+ Kh8 19. Re1 $14 {Sokolov,
An-Mikhalchishin,A/ Bern op 1994}) 15. Be3 cxd4 16. Nxd4 Qd7 17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18.
cxd5 Qxd5 19. Nb3 (19. Qf3 f5) 19... Qxd1 20. Rfxd1 Nc5 21. Kf1 f5 22. Bxc5
Bxc5 23. Nxc5 Rxc5 24. Rac1 {(Sokolov,An-J.Horvath,J/ Mulhouse 1997)} Rxc1 25.
Rxc1 Rf7 26. Rc8+ Rf8 27. Rc4 Rf7 $11 {A.Sokolov}) (12... f5 {leads to little
investigated play.} 13. Bf3 Bf6 14. a3 Nc6 15. cxd5 Nxc3 16. bxc3 Bxd5 17. Nd3
Na5 $13 {Timoshenko,G-Oral,T/ Berliner Sommer 1995}) 13. Nxg4 dxc4 $1 {Here
the tactical battle is not bad for Black.} 14. Nxe4 f5 15. Nh6+ gxh6 16. Bxh6
Rf7 {Black's >> can easily be defended.} 17. Ng3 Qd6 18. Qh5 Qg6 $13 {Al
Modiahki,M-Barua,D/ Calcutta op 1996}) 12. Nxe4 $142 (12. Be3 cxd4 13. Bxd4
Nxc3 14. bxc3 Nc6 15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. Qa4 $14 {leads only to a small advantage
for White.}) 12... dxe4 13. d5 Bd6 (13... Bf5 {Wahls} 14. a3 Na6 15. f3 $14)
14. a3 $1 (14. f4 exf3 (14... Bc8 $143 15. a3 Na6 16. Bd2 f6 17. Ng4 Bxg4 18.
Bxg4 f5 19. Be2 Nc7 20. Bc3 $14) 15. Nxf3 Bf5 $1 {Black centralizes his B on
e4 instead of the passive retreat!} (15... Bg4 16. a3 Bxf3 (16... Na6 17. Ng5
$1) 17. Rxf3 Na6 18. Bd3 g6 19. Bh6 Qh4 $1 (19... Re8 $2 20. Qd2 Rc8 21. Raf1
$16 {Milos-Zarnicki/ Panamerican-chT 1996}) 20. Rh3 Qd4+ $14 {Milos}) 16. Ne1
Be4 17. g3 f5 $13) 14... Bxe5 (14... Na6 15. f4 $14) 15. axb4 Bd7 16. bxc5 Qc7
{[#]} (16... f5 17. f4 exf3 18. Rxf3 Qc7 19. d6 $1 $16 {Nadyrkhanov-Majorovas/
Krasnodar 1994}) 17. Be3 $1 $146 {White sacrifices his h P, but his phalanx in
the centre is decisive. Black cannot create anything against the White K. It
looks to me as a good home preparation, after which the 11...c5 looks line
dubious.} (17. g3 $6 {throws away White's main tryumph, the P phalanx.} Qxc5
18. Be3 Qc7 19. c5 Bh3 $1 20. Re1 Bxb2 21. d6 Qc8 $1 $15) (17. d6 Qxc5 18. Be3
Qb4 $5 $11 (18... Qc6 19. c5) 19. Rxa7 Rxa7 20. Bxa7 Ba4 21. b3 Bxb3 22. Qb1
Bxd6 23. Be3 Rc8 24. Rc1 Qa4 $13 {Farlan-Pavasovic/ Ljubljana op 1996}) 17...
Bxh2+ (17... Bxb2 18. Rb1 $16) 18. Kh1 Be5 (18... Bf4 $4 19. d6 $18) (18... f5
$5 {Black has to create counterchances at any rate.} 19. d6 Qd8 20. Kxh2 f4 21.
Qd5+ $1 (21. Bd4 Qh4+ 22. Kg1 f3 $44) 21... Kh8 22. Qxe4 $1 (22. Bd4 Qh4+ 23.
Kg1 f3) 22... Qh4+ 23. Kg1 Bc6 (23... Rae8 24. Qxb7 fxe3 25. fxe3 $18) 24. Qe7
$1 Rf6 (24... Qh6 25. Bd4 $1 Rae8 26. Qxg7+ Qxg7 27. Bxg7+ Kxg7 28. Bf3) 25. d7
(25. Bxf4 $5 Qxf4 (25... Bxg2 26. Kxg2 Qxf4 27. Ra3 $1) 26. d7 Rff8 27. Ra3 $1)
(25. Bd4 $2 Bxg2 $1 26. Kxg2 f3+ $19) 25... Bxd7 $1 26. Qxd7 $2 Rh6 27. Qh3 $1
$18) 19. Bd4 Rfe8 (19... Bxd4 {Wahls} 20. Qxd4 a5 21. Ra3 $16 {/\ R fa1}) 20.
b4 $18 {White's P chain is really impressive!} Qd8 (20... Bxd4 21. Qxd4 Qf4 22.
Ra3 $18) 21. Bxe5 Rxe5 22. Ra3 $1 {Defending all threats on the 3rd rank.} (22.
Qd4 Qh4+ 23. Kg1 Rg5 24. f4 $2 Rxg2+ $1 25. Kxg2 Bh3+ $19) 22... Qh4+ 23. Kg1
Rg5 24. f4 exf3 25. Rfxf3 (25. Bxf3 Qxc4 26. Qd2 Re5 27. Rc1 Qh4 28. c6 $18
bxc6 29. dxc6 Bf5 30. c7 Rae8 $13) (25. Raxf3 Re8 26. Rxf7 $140 $2 Rxg2+ $1 27.
Kxg2 Bh3+) 25... Re8 (25... h5 $142) 26. Rfe3 Rxe3 27. Rxe3 h5 28. b5 Rg6 29.
Bf1 Qf4 (29... Qg5 30. Qd2) 30. Qf3 Qg5 31. c6 bxc6 32. bxc6 Rf6 33. Qg3 (33.
cxd7 Rxf3 34. Re8+ Kh7 35. d8=Q Rxf1+ 36. Kxf1 $18) 33... Qxg3 34. Rxg3 Bxc6
35. dxc6 Rxc6 36. Kf2 f6 37. Ke3 g5 38. Kd4 Re6 39. c5 Kf8 40. Rc3 1-0

[Event "World-ch Kramnik-Leko +2-2=10"]
[Site "Brissago"]
[Date "2004.09.25"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2004.09.25"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 103"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 {Kramnik wants to build up the Russian Game as an
unbreakable wall, similarly to the Ruy Lopez Berlin against Kasparov.} 3. Nxe5
d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4 Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Bf5
11. a3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Nc6 13. Re1 Re8 14. cxd5 Qxd5 15. Bf4 Rac8 16. h3 Be4 $1 (
16... h6 17. c4 $16) (16... Bf6 17. Nh2 $1 Qa5 18. Bd2 (18. Ng4 Qxc3 19. Nxf6+
gxf6 20. Be3 Rcd8 $132 {Huzman}) 18... Rcd8 (18... Ne7 19. Ng4 (19. Bf3 Rcd8
20. Ng4 (20. Bxb7 c5 (20... c6 $5) 21. Ng4 Bxg4 22. hxg4 cxd4 23. cxd4 Qc7 $11)
20... Bxg4 21. hxg4 $1 h6 {(Shirov-Bologan, Corus Wijk aan Zee 2004 CBM 99)}
22. Bxb7 $1 {winning the P was simple!} c5 23. dxc5 $5 (23. Be4 cxd4 24. cxd4
Qb6 25. Rb1 Qxd4 26. Ba5 Qxd1 27. Rexd1 Rxd1+ 28. Rxd1 $14) 23... Qxc5 24. Qa4
$1 $16 {Huzman}) 19... Bxg4 20. Bxg4 Rcd8 $14 {and White has at least the ^^
in an opened position.}) 19. Bf3 h6 (19... Qa6 20. Ng4 Be7 21. Ne3 Bd3 22. Nd5
Bd6 23. Bf4 $36) 20. Ng4 Bxg4 21. hxg4 Bg5 22. Bxg5 hxg5 (22... Rxe1+ 23. Qxe1
Qxg5 24. Rb1 $16) 23. Qc1 $1 (23. Rxe8+ Rxe8 24. Qd3 Nd8 {1/2:1/2
Timman-Karpov, Corus Wijk aan Zee 2003} 25. g3 c6 26. Kg2 Ne6 27. Rb1 Re7 28.
c4 $14 {Kramnik-Anand, Corus Wijk aan Zee 2003 CBM 93}) 23... Rxe1+ 24. Qxe1
$14 {/\ Rb1 Anand}) 17. Be3 (17. Nd2 $5 {deserves attention.} Bxg2 18. Bg4 $1 (
18. c4 Qf5 19. Bg4 Qxf4 20. Bxc8 Rxc8 21. Kxg2 Qxd4 $44) 18... f5 (18... Bh1 $5
19. f3 f5 20. Bh5 g6 21. Kxh1 gxh5 22. Qb1 $1 $44) 19. Be2 b5 20. c4 (20. a4 a6
21. axb5 axb5 22. c4 Qxd4 23. Be3 Qd6 24. Kxg2 f4 25. Ne4 Qxd1 26. Rexd1 fxe3
27. cxb5 Nb4 $11 {Huzman}) 20... Qxd4 21. Be3 Qd6 22. Kxg2 f4 23. Ne4 Qg6+ 24.
Ng3 Rcd8 25. Qb3 Qf7 26. Bh5 g6 27. Bf3 bxc4 28. Qb5 Nb8 29. Bxa7 fxg3 30. fxg3
Rd2+ 31. Re2 c6 32. Rxd2 cxb5 33. Bd5 $14) 17... Na5 $1 {[%mdl 8] Kramnik's
strong novelty is based on a positional Q sacrifice after which Black wants to
bulid up a fortress.} (17... Rcd8 18. Nd2 (18. c4 Qf5 $132) 18... Bg6 19. Qa4
$5 {/\ Bf3} (19. Bf3 Qd7 20. Qa4 (20. Qb3 Na5 $11) 20... Ne5 $1 21. Qxd7 Nxf3+
22. Nxf3 Rxd7 23. Ne5 Rd5 24. Nxg6 fxg6 25. a4 Kf7 26. Reb1 {1/2:1/2
Leko-Bologan, Dortmund rapid 2004})) 18. c4 (18. Nd2 $5 {was the last chance
to avoid the "fortress" position.} Bf5 (18... Bxg2 $2 19. c4 Qc6 20. d5 Bxd5 (
20... Qg6 21. Bh5) 21. cxd5 Qxd5 22. Qa4 $18) (18... Bg6 19. c4 Qd8 20. Bg4 Ra8
21. Qa4 Nc6 22. Rad1 Bf6 23. d5 Ne5 24. Be2 b6) 19. Qa4 (19. c4 Qd7) 19... Bd7
20. Bf3 (20. Qc2 Bf5) 20... Bxa4 21. Bxd5 c6 22. Bf3 Bb5 $13) 18... Nxc4 $1 19.
Bxc4 Qxc4 20. Nd2 Qd5 21. Nxe4 Qxe4 22. Bg5 Qxe1+ 23. Qxe1 Bxg5 24. Qa5 (24.
Qb4 $5 b6 25. d5 Be7 26. Qa4 a5 27. Re1 Kf8 $44) 24... Bf6 $1 25. Qxa7 (25. Rd1
a6 26. d5 Be5 $44 {and it is very difficult to find a breakthrough here.})
25... c5 $1 {Even this was a home preparation of Kramnik.} 26. Qxb7 Bxd4 27.
Ra2 c4 {The o^ c4 is very strong.} 28. Re2 (28. a4 g6 (28... c3 29. Re2 $1 (29.
Rc2 Rb8 30. Qc6 Rec8 31. Qd7 (31. Qe4 Rc4 $1 32. Kh2 (32. Qf4 Re8) 32... Rxa4
33. Rxc3 Bxc3 $11) 31... Rd8 32. Qf5 g6 $11) 29... g6 (29... c2 30. Rxe8+ Rxe8
31. Qc6 $18) 30. Rxe8+ Rxe8 31. Kf1 $16) 29. a5 (29. Rc2 c3) 29... c3 30. Rc2
Rb8 31. Qd7 Re1+ 32. Kh2 Be5+ 33. f4 (33. g3 Rb2) 33... Rb2 $11) 28... Red8 $1
29. a4 (29. Rd2 Bf6 30. Rxd8+ Rxd8 31. Qc6 c3 32. a4 h6 33. a5 Rd2 34. a6 Bd4
35. a7 Bxa7 36. Qxc3 Rxf2 $11) 29... c3 30. Qe4 Bb6 $1 31. Qc2 $6 {White
pushes it too hard.} (31. Rc2 Ba5 (31... Rd2 $4 32. Rxc3 $18) 32. g3 g6 33. Kg2
Rd2 $11) 31... g6 32. Qb3 Rd6 33. Rc2 Ba5 34. g4 Rd2 35. Kg2 Rcd8 36. Rxc3 (36.
Rc1 Rb2 37. Qc4 Rdd2 38. Qc5 Bb6 39. Qxc3 Rxf2+ 40. Kg3 Rfe2 41. Qc8+ Kg7 42.
Rc3 Rg2+ 43. Kf4 Rb4+ 44. Kf3 Rf2+ 45. Kg3 Rb1 $132) 36... Bxc3 37. Qxc3 R2d5
$15 {The roles have been changed, now it is Black who can try to win.} 38. Qc6
Ra5 39. Kg3 Rda8 40. h4 R5a6 41. Qc1 Ra5 42. Qh6 Rxa4 (42... R8a6 43. Qd2 Rxa4
44. h5) 43. h5 (43. f3 R4a5 44. Qd2 (44. h5 g5 45. Qf6 h6 $17) 44... Ra2 $15)
43... R4a5 {[#] /\ g5} 44. Qf4 $4 {This blunder loses the game.} (44. hxg6 $1 {
was the only chance for a draw.} hxg6 45. g5 Rf5 46. f4 {building up the
fortress.} Ra4 47. Qh4 Kf8 (47... Rfxf4 48. Qxf4 Rxf4 49. Kxf4 Kg7 (49... Kf8
50. Ke4 Ke8 (50... Ke7 51. Ke5 $11) 51. Kd4 Kd8 52. Ke4 $11) 50. Ke5 $11) (
47... Re4 48. Kf3 $11) 48. Qh8+ $1 (48. Kf3 $2 Raxf4+ (48... Ke7 49. Qe1+ Kf8)
49. Qxf4 Ke7 $3 (49... Rxf4+ $2 50. Kxf4 Ke7 51. Ke5 $11) 50. Qxf5 gxf5 51. Ke3
Kd6 $19) 48... Ke7 49. Qb8 $1 Raxf4 (49... Rfxf4 50. Qe5+ $11) 50. Qc7+ $1 {
The black K has to retreat.} (50. Qxf4 $2 Rxf4 51. Kxf4 Kd6 $1 $19) 50... Kf8 (
50... Ke6 51. Qc6+ Ke5 52. Qc5+ $11) 51. Qxf4 Rxf4 52. Kxf4 $11 {and the P _|_
is draw!}) 44... g5 $1 45. Qf6 h6 $1 $19 {Probably this move was overseen by
Leko. The Q can be trapped on h6!} 46. f3 (46. f4 Ra3+ $1 47. Kf2 Ra2+ 48. Kf1
(48. Kf3 R8a3+ 49. Ke4 Ra4+ $19) 48... Rc8 $19) 46... R5a6 47. Qc3 Ra4 $1 {
The f3 P will soon or later fall and the P _|_ is already lost.} 48. Qc6 (48.
Qf6 R8a6) 48... R8a6 49. Qe8+ Kg7 50. Qb5 R4a5 51. Qb4 Rd5 52. Qb3 (52. f4 Rd3+
53. Kf2 Ra2+ 54. Ke1 Rh3 $19) 52... Rad6 53. Qc4 Rd3 54. Kf2 Ra3 55. Qc5 (55.
f4 Rd2+ 56. Ke1 Rh2 $19) 55... Ra2+ 56. Kg3 Rf6 $1 {/\ Ra4-f4} 57. Qb4 Raa6 58.
Kg2 Rf4 59. Qb2+ Raf6 60. Qe5 Rxf3 61. Qa1 Rf1 62. Qc3 R1f2+ 63. Kg3 R2f3+ 64.
Qxf3 Rxf3+ 65. Kxf3 Kf6 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 12th"]
[Site "Aix les Bains"]
[Date "2011.03.30"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Fridman, Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2661"]
[Annotator "Marchand,A/Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "167"]
[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 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 (4. Nxf7 Kxf7 5. d4 c5 6. Bc4+ d5 (6...
Be6 7. Bxe6+ Kxe6 $13)) 4... Nxe4 5. d4 (5. Nc3) 5... d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 (6... Be7
7. O-O Nc6 8. Re1 Bg4 (8... Bf5 9. c4 Nb4 10. Bf1 O-O 11. a3 Nc6 12. Nc3 Nxc3
13. bxc3 dxc4 14. Bxc4 Bd6 (14... Bg4) (14... Qd7) 15. Bg5 $14 Qd7 16. Nh4 Na5
17. Ba2 b5 18. a4 a6 19. axb5 axb5 20. Nxf5 Qxf5 21. Be7 Rfb8 {Karpov,A (2720)
-Portisch,L (2630) Turin 1982 (6) 1-0} (21... Rfe8 22. Bxd6 $36) (21... Bxe7
22. Rxe7 c6))) (6... Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. c4 c6 9. Nc3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Bg4 (10...
dxc4) 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Rb1 Nd7) 7. O-O Be7 (7... Bg4 8. c4 $1) 8. Nc3 Bf5 (
8... Nxc3) 9. Re1 (9. Qe1 {[%cal Ge1c3,Gc3e4]}) 9... Nxc3 10. bxc3 Bxd3 11.
Qxd3 O-O 12. Rb1 {[%csl Rb7]} (12. Bf4 Bd6 13. Ng5 g6 14. Qh3 h5 15. Qg3 (15.
Qf3 Qf6 16. Bxd6 Qxf3 17. gxf3 cxd6 18. Rab1 b6 19. Rb5 Rac8 20. Rxd5 Na5 21.
Rxd6 Rxc3 22. Rd7 Rxc2 23. d5 Rcc8 24. Ree7 Rce8 25. d6 Nc4 26. Ne6 Nxd6 27.
Nxf8 Rxe7 28. Rxe7 Kxf8 29. Rxa7 Kg7 {Guliyev,N (2516)-Fridman,D (2650)/Rijeka
2010/CBM 136/1-0 (34)}) 15... Qf6 16. Bxd6 cxd6 17. Nh3 Rae8 18. Qf4 Rxe1+ 19.
Rxe1 Kg7 20. Qg3 Qf5 21. Nf4 b5 22. h4 Rd8 23. Qg5 Qxg5 24. hxg5 b4 25. cxb4
Nxb4 26. c3 Nxa2 {Topalov,V (2801)-Bacrot,E (2717)/Morelia/Linares 2006/CBM
112/1/2-1/2 (54)}) 12... Rb8 (12... Na5 $5 {[%csl Gc4][%cal Ga5c4,Ga5b7,Gc7c5]}
13. Bf4 Bd6 14. Bxd6 {Sutovsky,E (2650)-Hera,I (2574) EU-ch 11th Rijeka 2010 
(5) 1-0}) (12... b6) 13. Bf4 Qd7 $146 ({RR} 13... a6 14. Re3 Bf6 15. Rbe1 b5
16. Qf5 Ne7 17. Qg4 Ng6 18. Bg3 Rb6 19. h4 Ne7 20. Be5 Nc8 21. Bxf6 Rxf6 22.
Ne5 Re6 23. h5 Rfe8 24. h6 Qf6 25. hxg7 Qxg7 26. Qh5 Nd6 27. Rg3 Rg6 28. Ree3 {
Pugachov,A (2462)-Fitel,V (2286)/Kurgan 2010/CBM 135 Extra/1-0 (31)}) 14. Re2
$1 {[%csl Rb8][%cal Gb1e1]} a6 (14... Rfe8) 15. Rbe1 $14 {[%csl Rb8]} Rbe8 (
15... Bf6) 16. Qe3 f6 {[%csl Re6] La position Noire, est passive mais trйs
solide} 17. Qe6+ {[%cal Gf4c7] Un choix discutable car mкme si les Blancs
gagnent un P, les Noirs ont des compensations} Qxe6 18. Rxe6 Kf7 19. Bxc7 Ba3
$1 20. Rxe8 Rxe8 21. Rb1 (21. Rxe8 Kxe8 {Malgré le P perdu, les Noirs peuvent
probablement annuler la finale car la structure Blanche n'est pas trés bonne.}
) 21... b5 {[%csl Rc3]} 22. Kf1 g5 $44 23. Nd2 $1 Rc8 $1 24. Bb6 Rb8 25. Bc5
Bxc5 26. dxc5 $11 {[%csl Rc2,Rc3,Rc5]} Rc8 27. Nb3 Nd8 (27... Ne5 {[%cal Ge5c4]
}) 28. Rd1 Nb7 29. Rxd5 Ke6 30. Rd1 Nxc5 31. Nd4+ Kf7 32. Nf5 {[%csl Gf5][%cal
Gf5d6,Gd6c8,Gd6f7]} Ne4 33. Re1 {[%cal Ge1e7]} Rc5 (33... Nd2+ 34. Ke2 Nc4 $11)
34. Rxe4 (34. g4 Nxc3 35. Re7+ Kg8 {[%csl Rg8]}) 34... Rxf5 35. Ke2 h5 36. c4
b4 37. Kd3 $1 {[%csl Gc4,Ge4,Rf7][%cal Gc4c8] Le K noir est coupй et le P
passй "c" peut-кtre dangereux} g4 (37... Rxf2 $2 38. c5 $40) 38. c3 Rxf2 39. c5
$1 {[%csl Gc5,Rf7]} f5 40. Re5 g3 $1 {[%csl Rg2]} 41. h4 {[%csl Rh5]} Kf6 42.
c6 $3 Kxe5 43. c7 bxc3 $2 (43... Rf3+ $3 {[%cal Gf3c3,Gc3c7,Gg3g1]} 44. gxf3 g2
45. c8=Q g1=Q) 44. c8=Q c2 45. Qc5+ Kf6 46. Qf8+ Ke6 47. Qg8+ Kd7 48. Qg7+ Kc8
49. Qh6 (49. Qf8+ Kd7 50. Qf7+ Kd6 51. Qf6+ Kc5 52. Qc3+) 49... f4 50. Qxa6+
Kd7 51. Qb5+ Kd6 52. Qb4+ Kd7 53. Qd4+ Ke8 54. Qe5+ Kd7 55. Qd5+ Ke7 56. Qc5+
Kd7 57. Ke4 f3 58. gxf3 g2 59. Qxf2 (59. Qf5+) 59... c1=Q 60. Qxg2 Qc4+ 61. Kf5
Qf7+ 62. Ke5 Qe7+ 63. Kf4 Qxh4+ {Les Noirs ont maintenant des bonnes de nulle
car le K Blanc peut difficilement йviter les йchecs perpйtuels} 64. Kf5 Qd4 65.
Qh3 {[%cal Gh3d7,Gh3h5]} Ke7 66. Qxh5 Qd5+ 67. Kg6 Qg8+ (67... Qxa2) 68. Kh6
Qh8+ 69. Kg5 Qf6+ 70. Kg4 Qe6+ 71. Qf5 Qxa2 72. f4 Qa1 73. Kg5 Qg7+ 74. Qg6 Qa1
75. Qe4+ Kf8 76. Qf5+ Ke7 77. Kg6 Qa6+ 78. Kh7 Qe2 $4 $138 {Il restait moins
d'une minute pour les Noirs en phase KO} (78... Qb7 {[%cal Gb7h7,Ge7e8]}) 79.
Qg5+ Kf7 80. Qg7+ Ke8 81. Qg6+ Kf8 82. Qf6+ Ke8 83. Kg7 Qc4 84. Qf8+ 1-0

[Event "Nalchik FIDE GP"]
[Site "Nalchik"]
[Date "2009.04.26"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2009.04.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 130"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8.
Re1 Bg4 9. c4 Nf6 10. Nc3 Bxf3 {In this game, Gelfand follows the approved
paths.} ({Later in the same tournament, he deviated with} 10... Nxd4 11. cxd5
Bxf3 (11... Nxf3+ 12. gxf3 Bh5 13. Bb5+ Kf8 14. Bf4 Bd6 15. Bg3 $14 {Nedev,T 
(2525)-Bakalarz,M (2330)/Dresden 2008/CBM 128 (0-1, 46)}) 12. gxf3 {This looks
like the critical continuation.} ({Gelfand faced} 12. Qa4+ c6 13. Qxd4 Bxd5 14.
Nxd5 Qxd5 15. Qb4 O-O 16. Bxh7+ Kxh7 17. Rxe7 Rfe8 18. Be3 Rxe7 19. Qxe7 Rd8
20. h3 Rd7 $11 {Akopian,V (2696)-Gelfand,B (2733)/Nalchik 2009/CBM 130 (1/2,
31)}) 12... c5 13. dxc6 {This move does not prepare problems for Black.} (13.
Bb5+ {looks stronger, but has never been tried before. Black has to give up
the right to castle, relying on the strength of his central knight.} Nxb5 $2
14. Nxb5 $16 {leaves Black with problems, because the threat d5-d6 is very
strong. For instance,} O-O $2 {simply loses a piece to} 15. d6 $18) 13... Nxc6
14. Bb5 O-O 15. Qxd8 Bxd8 16. Bxc6 (16. Be3 Ba5 17. Bxc6 bxc6 18. Rac1 Rfe8 19.
Re2 Bb6 {Radjabov,T (2744)-Gashimov,V (2717)/Sochi 2008/CBM 126 (1/2, 24)})
16... bxc6 17. Be3 Bb6 {Polgar,J (2671)-Karpov,A (2700)/Hoogeveen 1999/CBM 074
(1/2, 43). Both bishops are useful for keeping the pawn weaknesses together
and the position is about equal.}) 11. Qxf3 Nxd4 12. Qd1 Ne6 13. cxd5 Nxd5 14.
Bb5+ c6 15. Nxd5 cxb5 {This variation, which had been long considered to be
drawish, came into the limelight recently, after it led Kramnik to defeat
twice.} 16. Qb3 (16. Bf4 {Naiditsch,A (2624)-Kramnik,V (2788)/Dortmund 2008/
CBM 125/[Kritz] (1-0, 42)}) (16. Qh5 {Ivanchuk,V (2740)-Kramnik,V (2788)/
Dortmund 2008/CBM 125/[Kritz] (1-0, 49)}) 16... O-O 17. Be3 $146 {A logical
developing move, bringing new life into a variation that was considered to be
inoffensive.} ({A famous game continued with} 17. Nxe7+ Qxe7 18. Qxb5 {White
has retrieved the pawn, but after releasing the tension it will be virtually
impossible to prove the bishop's superiority over the knight. Black is too
well developed.} a6 19. Qb3 Rfd8 20. Be3 Rac8 21. Rac1 h6 22. h3 Nd4 {1/2
Kasparov,G (2700)-Karpov,A (2720)/Moscow 1985/MainBase}) 17... Bc5 {This
natural move will lead to the radical activation of White's forces, but it is
not easy to find a clear path to equality.} (17... Re8 18. Qxb5 (18. Rad1 Qa5)
18... Bc5 19. Rad1 $14) 18. Rad1 Bxe3 19. Rxe3 {Black's extra pawn does not
really count yet (not as a positive factor, at least, see the comment on
Black's 20th move). White is several tempi ahead with the mobilisation of
forces. His central knight paralyses Black, while the rook can create
dangerous threats along the 3rd rank.} Qa5 (19... a6 20. f4 $36) 20. Qc2 $1 {
A subtle move, creating the threat of mate.} Rfe8 (20... Rac8 $4 21. Ne7+ Kh8
22. Qxh7+ $1) ({In the absence of the b5-pawn, Black could play} 20... Rfd8 {
(?? in the current position), putting some pressure on the central knight,
with reasonable chances to hold the position. The way it is,} 21. Ra3 $1 $18 {
traps the queen. It is instructive to notice that in these two lines, the
members of the black Royal Family are trapped on the edge of the board with
the help of the same mechanism (white knight + rook and a black pawn). This
speaks volumes about the huge activity displayed by White's pieces as well as
Black' lack of coordination.}) 21. f4 $1 {With all his pieces on optimal
squares, White resorts to the help of this pawn to question the stability of
the only well placed black piece.} b4 22. f5 Nf8 23. Red3 $36 {White avoids
the exchange and creates such strong threats as Nc7 or f6.} Nd7 {This move
looks logical, because it prepares the recycling of the knight, but Black is
not sufficiently well developed and White will win almost by force.} 24. Qc7 $1
(24. Nc7 Nc5 $1 (24... b3 $2 25. Qc3 $1 $16)) 24... Qc5+ 25. Kf1 {White's
almost complete domination allows him to utilise the king for the purpose of
protecting the back rank.} (25. Kh1 Qf2 $1) 25... Qb5 {[%cal Gb5f1]} 26. Qg3 $1
{By switching the queen to the kingside, White renews the threats Nc7 and f6.}
Ne5 $6 (26... Rac8 {may have been the lesser evil, but after} 27. f6 g6 28.
Ne7+ (28. Nc7 $2 Rxc7 $1 29. Qxc7 Nc5) 28... Rxe7 29. fxe7 Ne5 30. Kf2 Nxd3+
31. Qxd3 $14 {Black's position remains unpleasant because of the strong
e7-pawn.}) (26... Rad8 $6 27. f6 g6 28. Nc7 Qf5+ 29. Qf3 $18) 27. f6 g6 28. Qg5
Kh8 29. Qh6 Rg8 30. Nc7 Qc4 {For the second time in this game, Black faces the
threat of Qxh7!+. Therefore, he has to keep the d3-rook pinned, or the
h3-square under control.} (30... Qc6 $2 31. Qxh7+ $1) 31. b3 Qg4 32. Rd4 Qf5+
33. Rf4 Ng4 (33... Qc2 $2 34. Qxh7+ $1) (33... Qh5 34. Qxh5 gxh5 35. Nxa8 $18)
34. Qg7+ $1 {White simplifies to a won ending with an extra knight.} Rxg7 35.
fxg7+ Kxg7 36. Rxf5 gxf5 37. Nxa8 Ne3+ 38. Ke2 Nxd1 39. Kxd1 $18 Kf6 40. Kd2
Ke5 41. Nc7 f4 42. Kd3 a6 43. Na8 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-A 73rd"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2011.01.28"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2011.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 141"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 Nc6
8. Qd2 Be6 9. O-O-O Qd7 10. h4 h6 11. Bb5 a6 12. Ba4 b5 13. Bb3 Bf6 14. Qe2
$146 (14. Bd5 {Zawadzka,J (2389)-Socko,M (2473)/Karpacz 2008/CBM 126 Extra (1/
2, 76)}) 14... O-O-O 15. c4 {This seemingly active continuation will result
into the loss of a pawn, without really questioning the enemy king's safety.}
Na5 16. c5 Nxb3+ 17. axb3 Qc6 18. cxd6 Bxb3 19. Nd4 Bxd4 20. Rxd4 Rxd6 21. Rxd6
cxd6 22. Rd1 {The presence of opposite coloured bishops and Black's imperfect
structure make a draw the most probable result.} Be6 23. Qd3 Rd8 24. f3 Rd7 25.
Bf4 Kb7 26. Bxd6 g6 27. Qe4 Bf5 28. Qxc6+ Kxc6 29. Bf4 Rxd1+ 30. Kxd1 h5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Nalchik FIDE GP"]
[Site "Nalchik"]
[Date "2009.04.28"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2009.04.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 130"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8.
Nc3 {Leko proves his broad preparation against the Petroff Defence.} ({In an
earlier round he obtained a convincing victory against Gelfand with the
classical} 8. Re1) 8... Nxc3 9. bxc3 Bg4 10. Re1 O-O 11. Bf4 {White has a
small structural defect, but this may be corrected with a well-timed c3-c4. At
the same time, he has a more active development of his minor pieces. Black's
main problem is his knight, which obstructs the c-pawn: it prevents the latter
from safely defending its colleague on d5 and yet it has no active squares to
which it can move.} Bd6 {This is the most natural move, aiming to exchange the
most active white piece. (It should also be noticed that the e7-bishop was
obstructing the e-file, being somewhat vulnerable at the same time). The only
drawback of this move is that it will force Black make a slight concession on
the next move.} ({The equally logical} 11... Qd7 {did not solve Black's
problems completely in Anand,V (2794)-Leko,P (2730)/Leon 2001/CBM 084/[Huzman]
(1/2, 56)}) (11... Bh5 $5 {has been tried, preparing ...Bd6 without allowing
the trick mentioned below. However, in a recent game play eventually
transposed to the same patterns as in our main game.} 12. Rb1 Rb8 13. Qe2 Bd6
14. Qe3 Bxf4 15. Qxf4 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Qd6 17. Re3 g6 18. h4 Kg7 19. h5 Rfe8 20.
Rbe1 Rxe3 21. Qxe3 $14 {Sasikiran,K (2677)-Wang Yue (2698)/Vishakapatnam 2008/
CBM 122 Extra (1/2, 31)}) 12. Bxd6 Bxf3 {This willing exchange, without
waiting for h2-h3 to be played, is necessary if Black wants to maintain his
structure intact.} ({The generally desirable} 12... Qxd6 $2 {allows} 13. Bxh7+
$1 Kxh7 14. Ng5+ $16) ({The other possible concession is} 12... cxd6 13. Re3
Qd7 14. h3 Bh5 15. Qd2 Rae8 16. Nh4 Rxe3 17. Qxe3 Qe6 18. Nf5 Rd8 19. Qg5 Bg6
20. Ne3 $14 {Topalov,V (2780)-Gelfand,B (2737)/Wijk aan Zee 2008/CBM 122 (1-0,
28)}) 13. Qxf3 Qxd6 14. Re3 ({Previously, Leko had provoked a slight weakening
of the enemy queenside with} 14. Rab1 b6 {. In the present game, he may have
thought that ...b6 is rather useful for Black.} 15. Rb5 (15. Re3 Rae8 16. Rbe1
Rxe3 17. Rxe3 g6 18. h4 Kg7 19. h5 $14 {Vachier Lagrave,M (2716)-Motylev,A 
(2672)/Germany 2008/CBM 127 Extra (1/2, 27)}) 15... Rad8 16. h4 Ne7 17. h5 Rfe8
18. Re5 h6 19. Rb1 Kf8 20. Bb5 c6 21. Bd3 Ng8 22. Rbe1 Nf6 {Black has
consolidated both his wings and has little to fear.} 23. g4 Nd7 24. R5e3 {
1/2 Leko,P (2753)-Gelfand,B (2737)/Nice 2008/CBM 123 Extra}) 14... Rae8 15.
Rae1 Rxe3 16. Rxe3 {The position has been simplified, but White retains the
more active pieces. The queen is quite effective on f3, keeping the d5-pawn
and the whole kingside under pressure. The only open file is under white
control and the bishop is more mobile than the knight. Black needs several
tempi to regroup. If he could make use of magic he probably would place his
knight on f6 and play ...c6 in one stroke, but this is rather time consuming
in the real world. The only question that remains open is whether White can
use this time to increase his pressure.} g6 17. h4 Nb8 $146 {This
straightforward start of the aforementioned plan is new.} (17... Qd8 $5 18. g3
(18. h5 Qg5) (18. Qg3 $5) 18... h5 19. Bf1 Qd7 20. Bg2 Rd8 21. Qf4 Qd6 (21...
Kg7 $5 {[%cal Gd7d6]}) 22. Qh6 b5 (22... Qf8 23. Qg5 Kg7 24. c4 dxc4 25. c3 $44
) 23. g4 hxg4 24. h5 {This attack looks dangerous, but now Black will be able
to give some meaning to his knight.} Ne7 25. Qg5 Kf8 26. Qxg4 (26. h6 $5 {
[%csl Re7][%cal Gh6h7]} f6 27. Qxg4 Kf7 28. Bf1 Rh8 29. Rh3 c6 30. Bd3 Rh7 $11)
26... c6 27. Qg5 gxh5 28. f4 Ng8 29. Rg3 Nf6 30. Qg7+ Ke7 31. Re3+ Ne4 {
Areshchenko,A (2664)-Landa,K (2613)/Germany 2008/CBM 127 Extra (1/2, 47).
Black has parried the immediate threats and can be optimistic.}) 18. h5 Nd7 19.
g4 Nf6 $6 {This looks too slow. By placing the knight on this square, Black
ties his queen down to its defence.} (19... c6 {would have been a higher
priority.} 20. h6 (20. c4 $2 {is impossible because of} dxc4 21. Bxc4 Qxd4)
20... b5 $5 {Black has not achieved full equality yet, but has managed to
stabilize one wing at least.}) 20. h6 Kh8 21. Re5 c6 22. c4 $1 $14 {After this
well timed break, White gets pressure on both wings.} Ng8 (22... dxc4 23. Bxc4
Nd7 (23... Qxd4 $2 $18 {[%csl Gf6]}) 24. Re3 f5 (24... Qxd4 25. Bxf7 Qf6 26.
Qxf6+ Nxf6 27. Be6 {[%csl Gh8]} Re8 28. g5 Nd5 29. Rf3 $14) 25. gxf5 Qxd4 26.
Be6 $14) 23. Qe3 dxc4 24. Bxc4 g5 $6 {Black intends to eliminate the h6-pawn,
but the weakening of the light squares is too high a price to pay.} 25. Rxg5
Nxh6 26. Qe4 f6 27. Rh5 $16 {White has a strong attack at no cost.} f5 28. gxf5
Nxf5 $2 29. Be6 {[%csl Gf5,Gh7]} Qxd4 30. Rxh7+ $1 (30. Rxh7+ Kxh7 31. Bxf5+ $1
$18 {[%csl Gd4]}) 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2010.01.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Smeets, Jan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2010.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Bf5 11. a3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Nc6 13. Re1 Re8 14. cxd5 Qxd5
15. Bf4 Rac8 16. h3 h6 17. Nd2 Na5 18. Nf1 Qb3 (18... Qd7 19. Ne3 Bg6 20. Bg4
f5 21. Qd3 Rf8 22. Bf3 $14 {Ivanchuk,V (2786)-Gelfand,B (2719)/Almaty (blz)
2008/EXT 2009 (1-0, 58)}) 19. Qd2 $5 $146 {White keeps the queens on board for
two main reasons. 1) The black queen is exposed and will most likely allow
White win time for strengthening his position. 2) With the black king's rook
pawn on h6, there are some sacrificial ideas in the air...} (19. Ne3 Qxd1 20.
Bxd1 Bd7 21. Nd5 Bd6 22. Bg4 Bxg4 23. Bxd6 cxd6 24. hxg4 {1/2 Gharamian,T 
(2555)-Fridman,D (2630)/Germany 2008/CBM 126 Extra}) 19... Nc4 20. Bxc4 Qxc4
21. Ne3 Qb5 22. c4 Qd7 23. c5 Bg6 24. Rac1 c6 25. Nc4 f6 {White has
consolidates his space advantage, but how to proceed?} 26. Bxh6 $5 {"Fire on
board" is still on! The sacrifice offers practical chances, but no advantage
probably.} ({The strategically desirable} 26. Bd6 {, aiming to exchange
bishops and install the knight on d6 fails to} b5 $1) (26. Rc3 {does not
strengthen White's attack because of} Bf7 {and the rook cannot be transfered
to the kingside, for instance} 27. Bxh6 Bxc4 $1) (26. Re3 $1 {looks like the
most constructive continuation, being a multi purpose move at the same time.
Apart from the attacking ideas, White retains the possibility of playing
positionally:} Rcd8 27. Bd6 $14 b5 28. Bxe7 $1 {With the rook on c8, this
would have offered White absolutely nothing because of ...bxc4.} Rxe7 29. Nd6)
26... gxh6 27. Qxh6 Bh7 28. Re3 Bf8 29. Rg3+ Kh8 30. Qxf6+ Bg7 31. Qg5 Bxd4 32.
Rd1 Rf8 33. Kh2 $13 Rcd8 $2 $18 34. Ne5 Qc7 35. Rxd4 Rxd4 36. Ng6+ Kg7 37.
Nxf8+ 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2010.01.24"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Smeets, Jan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2010.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 Nc6
8. Qd2 Be6 9. O-O-O Qd7 10. Kb1 Bf6 11. h4 h6 12. a3 $146 {It is very hard to
foresee the purpose of this modest pawn move.} ({We can get the reasons behind
it by replaying the following game:} 12. Nd4 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 (13. cxd4 {led to a
symmetrical position in Leko,P (2762)-Wang Yue (2736)/Nanjing 2009/CBM 133 (1/
2, 46)}) 13... Bxd4 14. Qxd4 O-O 15. Rg1 Rae8 16. g4 Qc6 17. Bg2 Qa6 {Here it
is! Black wins a tempo by attacking a2. This did not save him from White's
powerfull attack after} 18. b3 {followed by g5 in Caruana,F (2652)-Landa,K 
(2664)/Reggio Emilia 2010 (1-0, 25).}) 12... a6 $6 {If Black has nothing
better than this, the novelty is fully justified. In many cases, White will
simply win a tempo because his a-pawn is safe.} 13. Nd4 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 Qe7 ({
This is a loss of time, but} 14... Bxd4 15. Qxd4 O-O 16. Rg1 {looks even more
promissing than in the game Caruana-Landa.}) 15. Qf4 Be5 16. Qe4 O-O-O 17. Bxe5
f6 ({We can notice the negative effects of ...a6:} 17... dxe5 18. Bxa6 $1) 18.
Qe3 fxe5 19. Qa7 $40 {White destroys the residence of the black king without
the necessity of sacrificing material.} Qf7 20. Qa8+ Kd7 21. Qxb7 Rb8 22. Qxa6
Qxf2 23. Bc4 Bf5 24. Bd3 Be6 25. Bc4 Bf5 26. Bb3 Qb6 27. Qxb6 Rxb6 28. Rhf1 g6
29. Bd5 c6 30. Bf3 Ra8 31. Kc1 Ke7 32. h5 d5 33. hxg6 Bxg6 34. Rh1 Rh8 35. b4
e4 36. Be2 Ke6 37. Rh3 Rb7 38. Rdh1 Rbh7 39. a4 Bf5 40. Rh4 Ke5 41. Rh5 Kf4 42.
Rf1+ Ke3 43. Rhxf5 Kxe2 44. R5f2+ Ke3 45. Kd1 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 11th"]
[Site "Rijeka"]
[Date "2010.03.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2010.03.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 136"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.05.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.05.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Bf5 11. a3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Nc6 13. Re1 Re8 14. h3 $5 ({
The latest development in this line was} 14. cxd5 Qxd5 15. Bf4 Rac8 16. h3 Be4
17. Qc1 $5 $146 {Anand,V (2790)-Kramnik,V (2788)/Wijk aan Zee 2010 (1-0, 45)})
14... h6 $146 (14... Bg6 15. Nd2 (15. Be3 $5) (15. Bf4 $5) 15... Bf6 16. Bf3
Rxe1+ 17. Qxe1 Ne7 18. cxd5 Nxd5 19. Nb3 c6 20. Bd2 Qf8 21. c4 Nb6 22. Bb4 Qe8
23. Qc3 {with just some pressure for White, Rizouk,A (2457)-Razmyslov,A (2307)/
Seville 2005/CBM 104 ext (1/2, 27).}) 15. Be3 dxc4 16. Bxc4 Bd6 17. Nd2 Qh4 {
With his last moves, Black clearly intends to prove that the white kingside
has been weakened by White's non typical regrouping.} 18. Bd5 $1 {A key move,
putting the pressure against the enemy queenside and defending the own
kingside.} Re7 19. Qb3 {Black is in some sort of trouble already.} Na5 (19...
Nd8 {is safer, but quite passive.}) 20. Qb5 c6 21. Bxc6 Bxh3 $6 22. Bf3 $1 $18
Bd7 23. Qxa5 Qh2+ 24. Kf1 g5 25. Ke2 g4 26. Be4 Bc7 27. Qb4 Bd6 28. Qb3 1-0

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 4th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.11.14"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2009.11.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 133"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8.
Re1 Bg4 9. c4 Nf6 10. Nc3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Nxd4 12. Qd1 Ne6 13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. Bb5+
c6 15. Nxd5 cxb5 16. Qb3 O-O 17. Be3 Bc5 18. Rad1 Bxe3 19. Rxe3 Qa5 20. Qc2
Rfe8 21. f4 b4 22. f5 Nf8 23. Ne7+ ({Apparently, Gelfand found an improvement
for Black after} 23. Red3 $36 {Leko,P (2751)-Gelfand,B (2733)/Nalchik 2009/CBM
130/[Marin] (1-0, 43)}) 23... Kh8 24. Qc4 Ne6 25. Nd5 Rad8 $146 ({In fact,
Gelfand had played this same line after the defeat against Leko once already:} 
25... Qc5 26. Qxb4 Qxb4 27. Nxb4 Nc5 28. Nd5 Rxe3 29. Nxe3 h5 30. f6 Ne4 31.
fxg7+ Kxg7 32. Kf1 {1/2 Radjabov,T (2756)-Gelfand,B (2733)/Bazna 2009/CBM 131})
26. Ree1 Qc5+ 27. Qxc5 Nxc5 28. Rxe8+ Rxe8 29. Nxb4 g6 30. fxg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 74th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2012.01.28"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2012.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 147"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 Nc6
8. Qd2 Be6 9. O-O-O Qd7 10. Kb1 Bf6 11. Bg5 {A relatively unexplored move.} (
11. h4 {is more common. Amusingly, in the following game both sides kept
moving their rook pawns for another 3 plies!} h6 12. a3 a6 {Leko,P (2739)
-Smeets,J (2657)/Wijk aan Zee 2010/CBM 135/[Marin,M] (1-0, 45)}) 11... Qe7 12.
Bb5 a6 13. Bxc6+ {Playing for a microscopic, but, as we will see, stable
advantage.} (13. Ba4 b5 14. Bb3 Ne5 15. Bxf6 Nxf3 16. Qe3 Qxf6 17. Bd5 Rb8 18.
Bc6+ Ke7 19. Qa7 Rhc8 20. Bxf3 Rb6 21. Bb7 Re8 22. Rhe1 Kf8 $11 {Black has
managed to survive the forceful atack and has little to worry about.} 23. Bxa6
$6 Qd8 $1 {The bishop is caged suddenly.} 24. a4 (24. Bb7 c6 $1) 24... bxa4 25.
Ka1 Qb8 26. Qxb8 Rexb8 $17 {Ivanchuk,V (2779)-Gashimov,V (2746)/Monte Carlo
2011/CBM 142 (0-1, 28)}) 13... bxc6 14. Qf4 Bxg5 15. Nxg5 O-O 16. Rde1 {
For some hidden reasons, Topalov decides that the king's rook may still be
useful on the h-file.} ({After} 16. Rhe1 Qd7 17. f3 h6 18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. Qg4
Rf5 20. Re2 {White would be a tempo up if compared to the game, but this line
is not forced, of course.}) 16... Qd7 17. f3 h6 18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. Qg4 Rf5 20.
Re2 e5 21. Rd1 {There nothing exciting in this position, for sure, but White's
play is easier. Black has no obvious way to set his central pawns in motion,
while White can increase his pressure systematically.} Qf7 22. Qb4 Qd7 23. Qa4
Kh8 24. c4 Qe8 25. Rd3 Rf4 26. Qa5 Qe7 27. c5 Rf6 28. Qc3 Qe8 29. b3 Rb8 30. a4
$14 {White has consolidated his domination and has an obvious advantage.} Ra8
31. Re4 Qc8 32. Qd2 Qf8 33. Qa5 Qe7 34. Rde3 Qd7 35. Re1 Rf5 36. Qc3 Rd8 37. g3
Rf7 38. cxd6 $1 cxd6 39. f4 $1 {Opening the position at the right moment.} exf4
40. gxf4 c5 41. Re6 Rxf4 42. Rxh6+ Kg8 43. Qd2 Rf7 44. Rg1 $16 {And now, there
is an attack going already.} c4 $2 45. Qg5 $18 {[%cal Gg5h5]} Rdf8 46. Qh5 Rf1+
47. Kb2 {According to the engines, Black can delay mate for eight moves, by
means of the "Dilaram combination" starting with ...Rb1+ and so on.} 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-A 74th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2012.01.29"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2012.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 147"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 O-O
8. Qd2 Nd7 9. O-O-O Ne5 10. h4 c6 11. Bg5 {Almost never played before.} (11.
Kb1 Bg4 12. Be2 Nxf3 13. Bxf3 (13. gxf3 {Karjakin,S (2760)-Gelfand,B (2739)/
Moscow 2010/CBM 139/[Mueller,Karsten] (1-0, 57)}) 13... Bxf3 14. gxf3 Qa5 15.
h5 Qf5 16. Rdg1 f6 17. Rg4 Qxf3 (17... Rf7 {Radjabov,T (2740)-Wang Yue (2752)/
Astrakhan 2010/CBM 137/[Kritz] (1/2, 91)}) 18. Rhg1 {Jakovenko,D (2725)
-Gelfand,B (2741)/Astrakhan 2010/CBM 137/[Kritz] (1/2, 53)}) 11... f6 12. Bf4
Qa5 13. a3 Bg4 14. Be2 d5 $146 (14... Rad8 {Thiel,T (2291)-Sergeev,A (2379)/
Moscow 2006/EXT 2007 (0-1, 47)}) 15. Nxe5 fxe5 16. Bxe5 Rxf2 17. Rde1 Bxe2 18.
Rxe2 Rf7 19. g3 Raf8 20. Rhe1 Qd8 21. Qd4 $14 {White's centralisation and the
safer king offer him a small but lasting advantage.} b5 22. Kb1 Qd7 23. h5 Bg5
24. a4 Re8 {Allowing his structure to be spoiled.} ({Black may have feared
that after} 24... a6 25. Qb6 {he would lose control.}) 25. axb5 cxb5 26. Qd3
Rfe7 27. Bd4 Rxe2 28. Rxe2 Rxe2 29. Qxe2 {Black has somewhat relieved the
tension by simplifying.} Bf6 $2 30. Qf2 $2 (30. Bxa7 $1 $16 {[%csl Ge8]}) 30...
Bxd4 31. Qxd4 h6 32. b3 Qf7 33. Qe5 a6 34. Kb2 $14 {The position remains
unpleasant for Black. The centralised white queen is annoying.} Kh7 $6 (34...
Qd7 {would have offered better chances to defend:} 35. Qb8+ Kf7 36. Qb6 Qe6)
35. Qd6 $1 $36 {Brilliant judgmenet. In the subsequent pawn race, White will
be faster by one tempo.} Qxh5 36. Qxa6 Qe8 37. Qb7 Qe5 38. Qxb5 h5 39. Qd3+ Kh6
40. b4 g5 41. b5 h4 42. gxh4 gxh4 43. b6 Qb8 44. Qa6 Qd6 45. Qb5 d4 46. b7
dxc3+ 47. Ka2 Qe6+ 48. Ka1 1-0

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 4th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.11.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2009.11.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 133"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Bf5 11. a3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Nc6 13. Re1 Re8 14. cxd5 Qxd5
15. Bf4 Rac8 16. Bd3 Qd7 17. Rb1 b6 18. d5 Bxd3 19. Qxd3 Bxa3 $5 {A courageous
experiment introduced by Kramnik two years ago.} (19... Bf6 {is the normal
move, leading to a slightly more pleasant position for White after} 20. c4) 20.
Ng5 g6 21. Ne4 Qf5 $146 {This allows White to win the exchange, but apparently
Gelfand has analyzed the ensuing endgame very well, trusting that he would
have little trouble holding a draw.} (21... Be7 22. Rbd1 f5 23. d6 cxd6 24.
Qd5+ Kh8 25. Nxd6 Bxd6 26. Bxd6 Rxe1+ 27. Rxe1 Re8 28. Rxe8+ Qxe8 29. h3 h6 30.
c4 Kh7 {1/2 Jakovenko,D (2710)-Kramnik,V (2785)/Moscow 2007/EXT 2008}) 22. Bxc7
Rxc7 23. Nf6+ Qxf6 24. Rxe8+ Kg7 25. dxc6 Bc5 26. Rb2 Rxc6 27. Qd8 Qxd8 28.
Rxd8 a5 29. Kf1 a4 30. Ke2 a3 31. Ra2 b5 32. Rb8 Bd6 33. Rxb5 Rxc3 34. Kd2 Rc6
35. g3 h5 36. Kd1 h4 37. Ra5 hxg3 38. hxg3 Rb6 39. Rc2 Rb1+ 40. Ke2 Rb2 41. Kd3
Bb4 42. Ra4 Be1 43. Rxa3 Rxc2 44. Kxc2 Bxf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "World-ch Tournament"]
[Site "Mexico City"]
[Date "2007.09.21"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2007.09.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "MEX"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 120"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.10.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.10.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Bf4 O-O
8. Qd2 Nd7 9. O-O-O Nc5 10. Be3 Re8 11. Bc4 Be6 12. Bxe6 Nxe6 13. h4 Qd7 14.
Qd5 Qc6 15. Qf5 Qc4 ({A novelty over Una novedad con respecto a} 15... Nf8 {
as played in the fourth round game Svidler-Gelfand. The knight retreat looks
like a solid option and eventually led to a quick draw, but has the drawback
that it leaves White a free hand for developing his initiative. If Svidler was
ready to repeat the variation, he obviously had prepared some improvement. The
idea behind Kramnik's move is to question the enemy queen's domination over
the right wing as soon as possible. This will be the main theme of the next
phase of the game. que se habнa jugado en la cuarta ronda en la partida
Svidler-Gelfand. La retirada de caballo parece una opciуn sуlida y habнa
llevado a unas tablas rбpidas en dicha ocasiуn, pero tiene la desventaja de
dejar a las blancas manos libres para desarrollar su iniciativa. La idea
detrбs de la jugada de Kramnik es cuestionar lo antes posible la dominaciуn de
la dama enemiga en el flanco de rey. Este serб el tema principal durante la
siguнente fase de la partida.}) 16. Kb1 (16. Ng5 Bxg5 17. hxg5 {looks too
straigthforward to cause Black serious problems.} Nf8 {Safely defending the
h7-pawn and preparing the activation of rooks.} 18. Kb1 Re5 19. Qd3 Qxd3 20.
cxd3 Rae8 21. Rh3 b6 22. Kc2 R5e6 23. Rdh1 f6 {Finally annihilating White's
advantage of space on the kingside.} 24. gxf6 Rxf6 25. d4 d5 26. Kd3 h6 $11 {
Karjakin,S (2678)-Kramnik,V (2766)/Wijk aan Zee 2007/CBM 117 (1/2-1/2, 33)})
16... g6 17. Qh3 h5 18. Nd2 $146 {But only this is the really new move.} (18.
Nd4 Nxd4 $6 {This might be the cause to Black's future problems. White is
given the possibility to activate his major pieces.} (18... Ng7 $5 {[%cal
Yd6d5,Yc7c5,Ga8d8] , consolidating the kingside in advance and leaving the
enemy knight exposed in the centre deserves attention.}) 19. Rxd4 Qe6 20. Qf3
Bf6 21. Rb4 b6 22. Qc6 Rac8 23. Rd1 a5 24. Rc4 Rcd8 25. a4 Re7 26. Rd5 Qd7 27.
g3 Qxc6 28. Rxc6 Ra8 29. Ka2 $1 {[%cal Ya2c4,Yc4b5] Bartel,M (2569)-Fridman,D 
(2604)/Germany 2006/CBM 116 (1-0, 58). and White's domination on the light
squares eventually yielded him a win.}) 18... Qe2 $5 ({A super-refined move.
The immediate} 18... Qg4 {looks more natural, but Black has good reasons to
provoke the move Rde1. First of all (but not the most important), Black plans
to play ...d5 and it could be useful to eliminate any possibility of pressure
along the d-file. However, the essence is that the opposition of rooks along
the e-file favours Black. In certain cases, the e3-bishop could remain pinned,
while in others the exchange of rooks along the e-file would diminish White's
attacking chances on the kingside.}) 19. Rde1 Qg4 20. Qh2 (20. Qxg4 hxg4 21. h5
{looks tempting, but Black seems to have sufficient defensive resources.} gxh5
$1 (21... Kg7 22. hxg6 Kxg6 23. Rh6+ Kg7 24. Reh1 Rh8 25. Rxh8 Rxh8 26. Rxh8
Kxh8 {Apparently, everything is OK for Black, but the unexpected} 27. Bxa7 $5 {
(in the spirit of the first game of the Fischer-Spassky match) maintains
better chances for White after} b6 28. a4 $1) 22. Rxh5 Ng7 $1 {It appears that
the h-file does not offer White too many squares for his rook(s).} 23. Rhh1 (
23. Rh2 Bf6 24. Reh1 $6 {is risky because of} Nf5 $36 {[%csl Ge3,Gh8]} 25. Nf1
Nxe3 26. Nxe3 g3 $1 $17) 23... Nf5 $132) 20... d5 21. f3 Qa4 22. g4 {Finally,
White has managed to start a kingside attack which bears some similarity with
the sharp lines of the Sicilian Dragon. It should be noticed that his own king
finds himself in absolute safety, because of the absence of open files on the
queenside. Finalmente, las blancas han conseguнdo lanzar un ataque en el
flanco de rey que se parece a las agudas lнneas de la variante del Dragon de
la Siciliana. Cabe mencionar que su proprio rey se encuantra en absoluta
seguridad, por la falta de lнneas abiertas en el flanco de dama.} Bd6 (22...
hxg4 $2 23. h5 $1 $36) 23. Qf2 Ng7 {We can also notice some differences if
compared to the Dragon, which favour Black. We have here an open file, which
can always be used by the defending side for transposing to an ending by
exchanging all rooks. This could happen if White tries to undermine Black's
kingside fortress with Bd4, threatening Bxg7 and gxh5. Another aspect is
Black's advantage of space in the centre (something unthinkable in the Dragon).
Concretely, the presence of the d5-pawn restricts the activity of the white
knight. Tambiйn podemos observar ciertas diferencias con respecto al Dragon
que favorecen a las negras. La presencнa de una lнnea abierta ofrece a la
parte en defensa simplificar la posiciуn mediante el cambio de todas las
torres. Por ejemplo. esto podнa pasar en caso de Ad4, con idea de subminar la
fortaleza negra del flanco de rey con Axg7 y gxh5. Otro aspecto se refiere a
la ventaja de espacнo en el centro de las negras, algo impensable en el Dragon.
Concretamente, la presencнa del peуn de d5 en el centro restringe la actividad
del caballo enemigo.} 24. c4 $5 (24. Bd4 Rxe1+ 25. Rxe1 Re8 $11 26. Rg1 Be5 $1
{[%csl Gg7,Gh5]}) 24... dxc4 25. Bd4 {Svidler has cleared the e4-square for
his knight, which can make a lot of difference after the aforementioned
solution 25...Rxe1+ 26.Rxe1 Re8 because of 27.Ne4! However, the structural
modifications in the centre have also opened the d-file and the h1-a8 diagonal,
which will offer Black additional possibilities for defence and counterattack.
Svidler eliberу la casilla de e4 para su caballo, lo que serнa un factor
esencial despuйs de la parada mencionada anterirmente 25...Rxe1+ 26.Rxe1 Re8
por 27.Ne4! Sin embargo, las modificaciones structurales en el centro han
dejado abiertas la columna de d y la gran diagonal blanca, lo que les ofrecerб
posibilidades adicionales de defensa y contraataque a las negras.[#]} Qc6 $1 {
Indirectly defending the f6-square. Defendiendo la casilla de f6 de forma algo
indirecta.} 26. Bc3 ({Threatening Qd4. Amenazando Qd4. No era peligrosa} 26.
Ne4 {was not dangerous because of por} Be5 {revealing the idea behind Black's
previous move. There was no time for slow increase of the pressure with ,
dejando clara la idea de la jugada anterior de las negras. Tampoco queda
tiempo para aumentar la presiуn con} 27. Re2 {because of por} Rad8 {the d-file
serves Black quite well for starting his counterplay. cuando la columna de d
les sirve a las negras para fuerte contrajuego.}) (26. Bxg7 Kxg7 27. Qd4+ Kg8
28. gxh5 {would weaken the position of Black's king, but the own king would
start feeling insecure, too, after} c3 $1 29. Nc4 (29. Ne4 Be5 $1) 29... Rxe1+
({After} 29... cxb2 30. hxg6 $40 {White's king feels safer than his rival. The
black b2-pawn offers even better protection than the white pawn on the same
square.}) {Now, a logical (but more spectacular) way to achieve the same
result as in the game would be} 30. Rxe1 Re8 31. Rxe8+ (31. Rd1 Bf8 $1 {
[%cal Yf8g7]}) 31... Qxe8 32. Qxc3 gxh5 33. Nxd6 Qe2 $1 34. a3 Qd1+ 35. Ka2
Qxd6 $11) 26... Bc5 27. Qg3 Bd6 28. Qf2 ({The only reasonable way to avoid an
immediate draw was La ъnica manera de evitar lastablas inmediatas serнa} 28.
Qg2 {, but after the opening of the long diagonal the white queen would feel
dominated by her rival. Just think about Leko's uninspired queen retreats in
his game against Gelfand! , pero despuйs de la apertura de la gran diagonal la
dama blanca se sentirнa dominada por su rival. Recuerde las retiradas de dama
de Leko contra Gelfand, unos dнas antes.}) 28... Bc5 29. Qg3 Bd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "World-ch Tournament"]
[Site "Mexico City"]
[Date "2007.09.29"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2007.09.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "MEX"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 120"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.10.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.10.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 ({This Gelfand's fourth game
with the Petroff in this tournament, but the first time when he faces the
classical main line. His opponents from the previous games played En Mйxico,
esta es la cuarta partida de Gelfand con la Defensa Rusa, pero solo la primera
ocasiуn cuando tiene que enfrentarse a la antigua linea principal. En sus
partidas anteriores, sus contrincantes preferirieron} 5. Nc3) 5... d5 6. Bd3
Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. Re1 Bg4 ({Nowadays, How en dia,} 8... Bf5 {is almost
universally played and White usually gets big headaches trying to break
Black's fortress. We cannot know whether Gelfand had prepared the slightly
more active bishop for the whole tournament or just specially for this game.
es casi universalmente jugado, cuando romper la posiciуn de las negras es un
verdadero "comecoco" para las blancas. No podemos saber si Gelfand habнa
preparado la incursiуn algo mбs larga del alfil para todo el torneo, o
especialmente para su partida de hoy.}) 9. c4 Nf6 10. Nc3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Nxd4
12. Qd1 Ne6 13. Bf5 (13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. Bb5+ c6 15. Nxd5 cxb5 16. Qb3 O-O 17.
Nxe7+ Qxe7 18. Qxb5 a6 19. Qb3 Rfd8 20. Be3 Rac8 21. Rac1 h6 22. h3 Nd4 {
1/2-1/2 Kasparov,G (2700)-Karpov,A (2720)/Moscow 1985/MainBase}) 13... d4 $5 ({
Almost never played before. The main continuation is Esta jugada casi no fue
empleada antes. La continuaciуn principal es} 13... dxc4 14. Qa4+ c6 15. Bxe6
fxe6 16. Qxc4 {When White wins the pawn back, maintaining some pressure.} Nd5 (
{Maybe Black should refrain from this move? In the most recent game played at
top level he obtained a quick draw with} 16... O-O $5 17. Qxe6+ Rf7 18. Be3 Qd6
19. Qxd6 {1/2-1/2 Anand,V (2794)-Kramnik,V (2797)/Mainz 2001/CBM 084. , but
this has to be checked still. Maybe it ws all about tournament situation and
things like that.}) 17. Rxe6 O-O 18. Be3 Bf6 (18... Kh8 19. Nxd5 cxd5 20. Qd3
Bf6 21. Rd1 Bxb2 22. Qxd5 Qxd5 23. Rxd5 b6 24. Re7 Kg8 25. g3 Rf7 26. Rdd7 $16
{[%csl Ya7,Ga8,Yb6] Magem Badals,J (2529)-Lalic,B (2548)/Seville 2000/EXT 2001
(1-0, 66)}) 19. Bc5 Rf7 20. Rae1 (20. Rd6 Qc7 21. Re1 Bxc3 22. bxc3 Re7 23.
Rd8+ Rxd8 24. Rxe7 b5 25. Qb3 Qf4 $132 {Magem Badals,J (2529)-Illescas Cordoba,
M (2581)/France 2000/EXT 2001 (0-1, 44)}) 20... Bxc3 21. bxc3 h6 {Shirov,A 
(2734)-Jussupow,A (2636)/Batumi 1999/CBM 074 (1/2-1/2, 32)} 22. Bd4 $14 {
Jussupow}) 14. Ne2 d3 15. Nf4 Nd4 16. Bxd3 {As expected, White has won the
courageous pawn, but his pieces have been distracted from the control of the
d4-square, allowing Black to install his knight there. Como cabнa esperar, las
blancas han ganado el peуn valiente, pero minetras tanto sus figuras han sido
distraнdas del control de la casilla d4, permitiendo la instalaciуn del
caballo enemigo en el centro.} O-O 17. Be3 Bc5 ({A new move. In the only game
where 13...d4 was played, Black prefered Una jugada nueva. En la ъnica partida
anterior en la cual se habнa jugado 13...d4, las negras preferirieron} 17...
Bb4 {We can note Gelfand's different treatment of his bishops. His queen's
bishop made a longer move than in the main stream of theory, while his
colleague stopped just one square earlier than in the previous game. ,
Polgar-Shirov 1999. Podemos notar la actitud distinta de Gelfand hacнa sus
alfiles. El alfil de dama efectuу una jugada un poco mбs larga que en la
corriente principal de la teуria moderna, meintras que su colega parу una
casilla antes que en la partida anterior.} 18. Rf1 ({After the imaginative} 18.
Bxd4 Bxe1 19. a3 $5 {[%csl Ge1] , Black has} Re8 $1 {and it appears that it is
not so easy to maintain the bishop trapped and to win it effectively. For
instance} 20. Be3 Rxe3 21. fxe3 Bh4) (18. Bd2 $11) 18... c5 19. Ne2 (19. a3 Ba5
20. b4 $36) 19... Ng4 20. Bxd4 cxd4 21. Bf5 Ne5 22. Qxd4 Qxd4 23. Nxd4 {
1/2-1/2 Polgar,J (2671)-Shirov,A (2734)/Prague 1999/CBM 072} Nxc4 $11) 18. Qb1
$5 {The start of a far from natural regroupment. White's main problem is to
find a good square for his queen. Morozevich' main idea is to combine the
threat b4 with the pressure against the h7-pawn. El inicio de un
reagrupamiento bastante lejos de natural.} ({The natural} 18. Qd2 {is met by}
Qd6 $11 {[%cal Gc5b4] , winning a tempo because of the threat ...Bb4.}) (18.
Nh5 {, aiming to make some space available for the queen on the kingside is
not dangerous because of} g6 19. Nxf6+ Qxf6 20. Qd2 Ne6 $11 {[%csl Gd4]}) ({
However, things are slightly different after} 18. a3 $5 a5 {(Not forced, but
what else?)} 19. Nh5 g6 {, when White has} 20. b4 $3 {widening the area of
tension and causing Black serious problems of coordination. After} axb4 21.
axb4 $16 {[%csl Ga8,Gc5,Gd4,Gf6] the queen will not be able to defend all the
pieces in satisfactory way.}) 18... Qd6 {Natural centralisation.} 19. Rd1 (19.
b4 $2 Bxb4 20. Bxd4 {does not work because of} Bxe1) 19... Qe5 20. Bxh7+ $5 ({
The position is still not ripe for} 20. b4 $2 {because of} Nf3+ $1 21. gxf3
Bxe3 $17) (20. Kh1 {[%cal Yb2b4]} g6 (20... Rad8 21. b4 Ne6 {allows the
additional posibility} 22. Bxh7+ {If Black moves away with his king, Nd3 is
possible. Better is} Nxh7 23. Nxe6 Rxd1+ 24. Qxd1 Bd6 25. Nf4 Qe4 $44 {and
Black would have reasonable compensation for the pawn.}) 21. b4 $2 Ne6 $3 22.
bxc5 (22. Nxe6 $2 Ng4 $1 $19) 22... Nxf4 $11) 20... Nxh7 21. Nd3 Qf5 $5 {
Fighting for a win and... the second place in the Championship.} ({Black could
have forced a draw immediately with} 21... Ne2+ 22. Kh1 (22. Kf1 Qxh2 23. Nxc5
Nf4 24. Bxf4 Qxf4 $15) 22... Ng3+ $1 23. Kg1 $11 (23. hxg3 $2 Qh5+ 24. Kg1 Bxe3
25. fxe3 Nf6 $15)) 22. Nxc5 Nc2 23. b4 {A curious position. White has won a
pawn and keeps the enemy knight pinned. However, his queenside pieces are
temporarily stuck. For instance, the queen cannot move because of ...Nxa1. [#]
Una posiciуn bastante curiosa. Las blancas han ganado un peуn, manteniendo
clavado al caballo enemigo. Sin embargo, sus figuras del flanco de dama quedan
inmуviles por algъn tiempo. Por ejemplo, cualquнera jugada de dama perderнa
calidad por ...Cxa1.} (23. Nxb7 Nf6 {would lead to similar positions as in the
lines from the next comment.}) 23... Qg6 $6 {This careless move, dictated by
the understandable desire to unpin the knight as soon as possible, will remain
unpunished. Black has several ways of maintaining the tension. here are two of
them: Esta descuidada jugada, determinada por el comprensible deseo de
desclavar el caballo lo antes posible, quedarб sin castigar. Solo un anбlisis
ulterior revelarб cual serнa la mejor forma de mantener la tensiуn.} (23... Nf6
{[%csl Gd5][%cal Gf6g4]} 24. Rd2 (24. Nxb7 {would send the knight far from the
centre, allowing Black increase his pressure gradually, starting with} Rfe8)
24... Nxe3 25. fxe3 Qe5 {Black has the better structure and coordination,
while his queen occupies a dominating position. Therefore, he has excellent
compensation for the pawn.} 26. Qe1 Ng4 27. g3 Rfd8 28. Rad1 Rxd2 29. Rxd2 a5
$36 {and White has problems keeping his position together.}) ({The immediate} 
23... a5 {is also possible.} 24. Rd5 {Forced.} (24. b5 $2 {loses a piece to}
Nxe3 {[%csl Gc5]}) 24... Qg6 25. b5 (25. Ne6 $2 {does not work now because
after} Nxa1 $1 $19 {[%csl Gb1] the white queen is not defended, making the
intermediate Nxf8 impossible.}) 25... Nxa1 26. Qxa1 Qc2 $15) 24. a4 ({Missing
the spectacular Pasando por alto la espectacular} 24. Ne6 $1 {The knight's
incursion with gain of time is unpleasant enough (it could soon reach such a
central square as d5), but the point is that after La incursiуn del caballo es
bastante molesta por si misma (por ejemplo, podrб llegar a d5 con ganancнa de
tiempo), pero el problema es que} fxe6 {the queen remains undefended, allowing
dejarнa a la dama indefensa, permitiendo} 25. Rd2 {with a sound extra-pawn for
White. con unpeуn de mas para las blancas.}) 24... Nxa1 25. Qxg6 fxg6 26. Rxa1
Nf6 27. h3 Rfe8 28. a5 {White has sufficient compensation for the exchange,
because of his active minor pieces and advantage of space on the queenside. [#]
Las blancas tienen suficiente compensaciуn para la calidad, por su ventaja de
espacio del flanco de dama y la posiciуn activa de sus figuras menores.} b6 29.
Nb3 Ne4 30. c5 bxc5 31. Nxc5 Nc3 32. Na6 Nd5 33. Rc1 Nxe3 34. fxe3 Rxe3 35.
Rxc7 Re2 {White's king is very vulnerable now, but his queenside pawn majority
forces Black to quick action, not allowing him the necessary time to build up
a mate net with the reduced material left on board.} 36. Kh2 Rf8 37. Rxa7 Rff2
38. Kg3 Rxg2+ 39. Kf3 Rgf2+ 40. Kg3 Rg2+ 41. Kf3 Rgf2+ 42. Kg3 g5 43. b5 Rf4
44. b6 Re3+ 45. Kg2 Re2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "World-ch Tournament"]
[Site "Mexico City"]
[Date "2007.09.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2007.09.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "MEX"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 120"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.10.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.10.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Bf4 {
Gelfand proved already his ability to defend the positions where Black is
allowed to install his knight on e5. For a change, Svidler takes this square
under serious observation. Gelfand demostrу su capacidad de defender las
posiciones en las cuales las negras instalan el caballo en e5. Para variar un
poco, Svidler toma esta casilla bajo control} O-O 8. Qd2 Nd7 9. O-O-O Nc5 10.
Be3 Re8 11. Bc4 Be6 12. Bxe6 Nxe6 13. h4 Qd7 14. Qd5 {This is a rare move, but
it can lead to transpositions to known lines.} ({Svidler had previously played
} 14. Qd3 Qa4 {This move places the queen too far from the kingside.} ({
In fact,} 14... Qc6 15. Qf5 {transposes to the game Svidler-Kramnik, played in
the 8th round.}) 15. Ng5 Nf8 16. Qd5 Bxg5 17. hxg5 {Because of the poor
defence of his kingside, Black has been forced to make significant concessions
on this wing.} Qe4 18. c4 Qxd5 19. cxd5 Nd7 20. Rd3 f6 21. Rc3 Rac8 22. Rh4 Re7
23. Rhc4 Nb6 24. Bxb6 axb6 25. gxf6 gxf6 26. a4 $14 {/+/- Svidler,P (2765)
-Bacrot,E (2717)/Morelia/Linares 2006/CBM 112 (1-0, 59). and White eventually
converted his advantage of space and better pawn structure into a win.}) 14...
Qc6 (14... Qa4 15. Ng5 (15. Kb1 $5 {[%cal Gh4h5]}) 15... Qc6 16. c4 Qxd5 17.
cxd5 Nxg5 18. hxg5 {[%csl Gh7][%cal Yh1h3,Yd1h1]} f6 19. gxf6 Bxf6 20. c4 Re4
21. b3 Rae8 $11 {Shirov,A (2715)-Motylev,A (2647)/Wijk aan Zee 2007/CBM 117 (1/
2-1/2, 41)}) 15. Qf5 Nf8 ({For} 15... Qc4 {, see Svidler-Kramnik, played in
the 8th round.}) 16. h5 (16. Nd4 {is an important alternative, inviting Black
to define his queen's position.} Qc4 (16... Qxg2 $4 17. Rdg1 $18) ({After} 
16... Qd7 {White can avoid the exchange of queens with} 17. Qf3 $14 {[%cal
Yd4f5,Yh4h5] , maintaining certain pressure.}) 17. Kb1 Bf6 18. Qf3 ({More
consequent looks} 18. h5 $5 {[%csl Gf6] , when, compared to our main game,
Black cannot offer the queen's exchange anymore.}) 18... Nd7 19. g4 Bxd4 20.
Rxd4 Qc6 21. Qxc6 bxc6 22. g5 c5 23. Rf4 Re5 24. Kc1 Nb6 25. Re1 Rae8 $11 {
Naiditsch,A (2657)-Bacrot,E (2717)/Montpellier 2006/CBM 111 ext (1/2-1/2, 47)})
16... Qd7 17. Qd5 Qe6 18. c4 {Central strategy.} ({Although} 18. Qxb7 $5 {
is not the kind of move one gladly plays in positions with opposite castles,
here it deserves serious consideration. With Black's knight far away on the
kingside, Black's counterattack is not that dangerous.} Qxa2 19. Qd5 Qa6 $5 {
looks better, for instance} (19... Qa1+ $6 {only helps White activate his
position.} 20. Kd2 Qa6 (20... Qxb2 $4 21. Rb1 Qa3 22. Ra1 Qb2 23. Rhb1 $18) 21.
Ra1 Qc8 22. Nd4 $14 {[%cal Yd4c6] The king feels safe in the centre, while the
black queenside is seriously weakened. In any endgame, White would be clearly
better.}) 20. Nd4 Rab8 21. b3 Bf6 {Now,} 22. Kb2 {[%cal Yd1a1] plans the
activation of rooks along the a-file, but the king's opposition with the enemy
bishop forces White to be careful.}) 18... Qxd5 19. cxd5 Nd7 {White retains an
advantage in space, but this element loses part of its relevance because of
the previous simplifications. Las blancas mantienen ventaja de espacio, pero
este detalle pierde parte de su importancнa por las simplificaciones prйvias.}
20. Nd4 Nf6 21. Nf5 (21. c4 Ng4 $36 {[%cal Ye7f6]}) 21... Bf8 22. Bd4 (22. c4
Ng4 23. Bd4 {[%cal Yf2f3]} g6 24. hxg6 fxg6 25. Ng3 {[%cal Yf2f3,Yg3e4] Due to
his better control over the centre, White has chances to maintain a tiny edge.}
) 22... Nxd5 $1 (22... Nd7 23. Rh3 $36 {[%csl Gg7]} g6 24. Rdh1 $1 $40) 23.
Bxg7 Ne7 (23... Bxg7 24. Rxd5 $14 {[%csl Gf5]}) 24. Nxe7+ Rxe7 {In the absence
of knights, Black's kingside weaknesses are not too relevant.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 23rd"]
[Site "Kemer"]
[Date "2007.10.09"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Black "Roiz, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2007.10.03"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 121"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Merida Linex Magic"]
[BlackTeam "Saratov Economist"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8.
Nc3 Bf5 9. Re1 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 O-O {To a certain extent, the idea
of this variation is similar to that after the very fashionable 5.Nc3 Nxc3 6.
dxc3. White creates for himself pawn weaknesses in order to exchange the enemy
king's knight and leave the whole kingside slightly weakened. At the same time,
the remaining black knight will need a considerable amount of time to get
coordinated with the other pieces. For the moment, it is strongly restricted
by White's central pawns, but the very appetizing c4-square seems to be
waiting for it. In fact, it should be said that White's whole setup contains
an elevated dose of strategic risk. If his attack should fail to yield any
material or positional gain, the weakness of the pawn structure could prove
lethal in the endgame.} 12. Rb1 {Not a very popular, though a natural move.} (
12. c4 {would eliminate the strategic risk, but would lead to the kind of
positions White is trying to avoid, similar to the boring main lines of the
Petroff.} dxc4 (12... Re8 {allows White develop some initiative in the centre,
although Black remained well coordinated after} 13. cxd5 Qxd5 14. c4 Qd7 15.
Be3 Bf6 16. Rad1 h6 17. h3 b6 18. Qc2 Na5 19. Nh2 Rad8 {+/=/= White's
advantage (if any) is minimal, Torre,E (2520)-Speelman,J (2490)/Hastings 1980/
MCD (1/2-1/2, 39)}) 13. Qxc4 Bd6 14. a4 Re8 15. Bb2 Qd7 16. d5 $6 {Premature
activity, allowing Black obtain strong counterplay.} Nb4 17. Red1 Qf5 18. Rac1
Re4 19. Rd4 Rae8 $36 {Velimirovic,D (2520)-Mijailovic,Z (2330)/Banja Vrucica
1991/EXT 97 (0-1, 34)}) ({Up to this moment, the natural developing move} 12.
Bf4 {has been more popular at a high level, but White has not yet managed to
demonstrate anything concrete.} Bd6 (12... Na5 {is more natural, when White
should probbaly try to transpose to our main game with 13.Rab1.} 13. Re2 {
is less dangerous, because Black will have little trouble neutralising the
pressure along the e-file and retaining his strategic advantage.} Nc4 14. Rae1
Bf6 15. Qf5 c6 16. Bg5 Nd6 17. Qf4 Bxg5 18. Nxg5 h6 19. Nf3 Re8 $15 {Karjakin,
S (2591)-Bologan,V (2663)/Dortmund 2004/CBM 103 (0-1, 51)}) 13. Ng5 g6 14. Qh3
h5 15. Qg3 $5 {A logical attempt to force Black to release the tension,
instead of doing it himself.} (15. Bxd6 Qxd6 16. Qf3 Qd7 17. Re3 Rae8 18. Rae1
Rxe3 19. Qxe3 Qf5 $11 {Svidler,P (2743)-Gelfand,B (2727)/Turin 2006/CBM 113 (1/
2-1/2, 25). Without any effective pawn breaks at his disposal, White cannot
take advantage of the control of the only open file.}) 15... Qf6 ({Black does
not wish to give in, but the less ambitious} 15... Bxf4 16. Qxf4 Qd7 {[%cal
Ga8e8] seems to be just OK for him.}) 16. Bxd6 cxd6 {Now, both sides have
weaknesses in the centre and White is out of any strategic risk.} 17. Nh3 Rae8
18. Qf4 Rxe1+ 19. Rxe1 Kg7 20. Qg3 Qf5 21. Nf4 b5 22. h4 Rd8 23. Qg5 Qxg5 24.
hxg5 {Topalov,V (2801)-Bacrot,E (2717)/Morelia/Linares 2006/CBM 112 (1/2-1/2,
54). The general structure is anything but usual, but White's chances seem to
be preferable.}) 12... Na5 {The natural reaction. The knight defends the
attacked pawn and approaches the c4-square. However, the control over the
e5-square is released now, leaving White with a slight initiative. To what
extent this will be dangerous, we can only guess at this point in the game.} (
12... Rb8 $5 {was also tried in a recent game, with the aim of restricting
White's activity in the centre.} 13. Qf5 g6 14. Qh3 b5 15. Bf4 Qc8 16. Qg3 Rb7
{Black's regroupment looks a bit artificial, but how can White take advantage
of it?} 17. Ne5 $6 {This exchange solves Black's problems of coordination.} ({
White should have played a neutral useful move such as} 17. h4 $5 {eventually
followed by h5-h6.}) 17... Nxe5 18. Rxe5 c6 19. Rbe1 Bd6 20. R5e3 Bxf4 21. Qxf4
c5 $132 {Black has opened the communication between his wings now.} 22. Qh6
cxd4 23. cxd4 Qd7 24. h4 {This move comes too late. Black will manage to
simplify the position and avoid any real danger.} Rbb8 25. Qg5 Rbe8 26. h5 Rxe3
27. Rxe3 Re8 28. Rxe8+ Qxe8 29. h6 Qf8 $11 {Gashimov,V (2664)-Dominguez Perez,
L (2683)/Barcelona 2007 (1/2-1/2, 35)}) 13. Qf5 {Increasing the pressure on
Black's kingside.} ({The straightforward} 13. Rb5 {only loses time:} b6 14. Ne5
f6 15. Nf3 Bd6 16. Qf5 c6 17. Rb1 Re8 18. Bf4 {1/2-1/2 Kavalek,L (2555)
-Bisguier,A (2430)/New York 1972/MCD}) 13... Re8 14. Bf4 g6 15. Qh3 c6 {
An important moment. Black consolidates his d5-pawn, but leaves the knight
tied to the defence of the b7-pawn.} ({The main alternative was} 15... b6 {
. Suppose play continues as in the game:} 16. Ne5 Bf6 17. Ng4 Rxe1+ ({This is
the first moment when the presence of the pawn on c7 favours White. Black has
to give up the control of the e-file if he wants to keep the material equality.
} 17... Bg7 18. Rxe8+ Qxe8 19. Bxc7 {Maybe Black has some compensation in view
of the possible pressure along the c-file, but his kingside remains slightly
weak. The attempt to start counterplay with} Qe2 $6 {is easily parried with}
20. Ne3 $14 Nc4 21. Nxd5 Qxc2 22. Rf1 Qxa2 23. Qd7 $36 {[%csl Ga8]}) 18. Rxe1
Bg7 19. Nh6+ Kf8 ({In the event of} 19... Bxh6 20. Bxh6 Nc4 {White can take
advantage of the vulnerability of the d5-pawn in order to regroup quickly with}
21. Qf3 {, when the desirable ...Qh4 is not possible yet.} c6 {[%csl Gd5,Rh6]
[%cal Yd8h4] ><d5, /\...Qh4} 22. Qf4 $14 {and White's pressure is annoying.
One possible threat is h4 followed by Re8!+.}) 20. Re3 Nc4 {The knight hurries
to the defence, but it will be one tempo too slow...} 21. Nxf7 $1 (21. Rf3 Qe8
22. Be3 Nd6 23. Nxf7 Nxf7 24. Qxh7 Qe6 25. h4 $44) 21... Qc8 (21... Kxf7 $2 22.
Qe6+ Kf8 23. Rf3 $18) 22. Qxh7 Nxe3 23. Be5 Nf5 24. Ng5 {[%cal Ge5g7,Gh7h8]}
Qe8 {[%csl Rg1]} 25. g4 Bxe5 26. dxe5 Nh4 27. f4 $16) 16. Ne5 $146 ({White won
easily after} 16. Qg3 Rc8 (16... b6 $5) 17. h4 h5 (17... Qd7 $5) 18. Be5 (18.
Re6 $5) 18... Qd7 19. Qf4 Qg4 20. Qh6 {1-0 Van den Bosch,J-Barendregt,J/
Amsterdam 1954/EXT 99. Black had probably missed that after} f6 {White wins
with} 21. Ng5 $1 {In view of Black's missed possibility on the 18th move, I
wonder whether Cheparinov's novelty is really an improvement,}) 16... Bf6 17.
Re3 ({Now,} 17. Ng4 {is less effective because of} Bg7 {, without the
necessity of giving up the e-file.} 18. Nh6+ Bxh6 ({It should be said that ...
c6 is not 100% without drawbacks.} 18... Kf8 $4 {loses to} 19. Rxe8+ {when the
capture with the queen is impossible because of Bd6+, while} Kxe8 20. Re1+ Kf8
21. Nxf7 $1 $18 {is just as bad, for similar reasons: the d6-square is not
defended.}) 19. Bxh6 Qd6 20. Qf3 Nc4 {and Black can hope to simplify to a
promising ending, while White has to find ways to maintain the tension.}) 17...
Bxe5 18. dxe5 {White is just one tempo away from starting a dangerous attack
with Qh6.} Re6 $6 {And Black kindly offers him this tempo!} (18... Nc4 $5 {
was critical, when White has problems maintaining his king's rook active and
the e5-pawn defended. He can try} 19. Rxb7 $5 (19. e6 {can be parried with} Qe7
) 19... Rb8 $1 (19... Nxe3 {is risky.} 20. Rxf7 h5 $8 (20... Kxf7 21. Qxh7+ Ke6
22. Qxg6+ Kd7 23. Qd6+ Kc8 24. Qxc6+ Qc7 25. Qxa8+ Kd7 26. e6+ Ke7 27. Qxe8+ $1
$18) 21. Rf6 Nf5 22. Rxg6+ Ng7 23. Bh6 Re7 24. Qxh5 Rb8 25. h4 $44) 20. Rxb8
Qxb8 21. Re1 Nxe5 {leaves White poorly coordinated. The threat ...Nf3 forces
him to abandon the e-file.} 22. Rc1 (22. Bxe5 Rxe5 $15) 22... Qb2 $15 23. Qe3
$2 Nf3+ $1 24. Qxf3 Qxc1+ $1 $19) 19. Qh6 $36 {Finally, White has got what he
wanted: a strong attack at no cost.} Qf8 (19... Nc4 $2 20. Rh3 $18) 20. Qh4 f6
$5 (20... b5 21. Rh3 Qg7 22. Bg5 $16) 21. Bh6 Qf7 22. exf6 Rae8 (22... Qxf6 23.
Qxf6 Rxf6 24. Re7 Rf7 25. Rbe1 Rxe7 26. Rxe7 b5 27. f4 (27. f3 $16 {[%cal
Gg1c5]}) 27... Nc4 28. g4 $16 {[%cal Gf4f7,Gg1c5]}) 23. Rbe1 Nc4 24. Rxe6 Rxe6
25. Rxe6 Qxe6 26. h3 {The f6-pawn will perish soon, but White's advantage
consists of the safer position of his king.} Nd6 27. Qf4 Kf7 28. Bg5 a6 29. Bh4
Ne8 30. Qb8 Qd7 31. a4 h6 32. Bg3 Nxf6 33. a5 {Paradoxically, the queenside
structure favours White. The permanent possibility of infiltrating with the
king along the f2-b6 diagonal makes the position very dangerous for Black.} Qe7
34. Bd6 Qd7 35. f3 g5 36. Kf2 Ne8 37. Be5 Qe7 38. g4 Qc5+ 39. Bd4 Qxa5 $2 ({
Leaving the centre unattended will have fatal consequences, but} 39... Qe7 {
did not guarantee easy life either:} 40. h4 $1 Qc7 (40... gxh4 $6 41. Qf4+ {
[%csl Rh6]} Kg6 $2 42. Qf5#) 41. Qxc7+ Nxc7 42. Be3 Ne6 (42... Kf6 43. f4 gxh4
44. Kg2 Nb5 45. Kh3 Na3 46. Kxh4 Nxc2 47. Bf2 Kg6 48. f5+ Kh7 49. Kh5 Kg7 50.
Bc5 $22 Ne1 51. Bd4+ Kh7 52. g5 hxg5 53. f6 Ng2 54. f7 Nf4+ 55. Kxg5 Ng6 56.
Kf6 $18) 43. Kg3 Kg6 44. h5+ Kg7 45. f4 gxf4+ 46. Bxf4 Kh7 (46... Nxf4 $2 47.
Kxf4 Kf6 48. c4 dxc4 49. c3 c5 50. g5+ hxg5+ 51. Kg4 $18) 47. Be5 Kg8 48. Kf3
Kf7 49. Ke3 Kg8 50. c4 $1 dxc4 51. Kd2 Nc5 52. Kc3 b6 53. axb6 Na4+ 54. Kb4
Nxb6 55. Bd4 $16) 40. Qc8 (40. Qxb7+ Qc7 41. Qxa6 c5 42. Be3 Qh2+ $132) 40...
Qc7 41. Qf5+ Ke7 42. Qh7+ Kd8 43. Qxh6 $16 Qh2+ 44. Ke3 Nd6 45. Qxg5+ Kc8 46.
Kd3 Nc4 47. Qf5+ Kc7 48. Qh7+ Kc8 49. Be3 b6 50. Qf5+ Kb7 51. Qd7+ Kb8 52. Qe8+
Kb7 53. Qf7+ Ka8 54. Bf4 Nb2+ 55. Kd4 Qf2+ 56. Ke5 Nc4+ 57. Kf5 Qxc2+ 58. Kg5
1-0

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 1st"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2006.11.08"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2006.11.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Bf5 11. a3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Nc6 13. Re1 Re8 14. cxd5 Qxd5
15. Bf4 Rac8 16. Bd3 Qd7 17. Rb1 Bxd3 18. Qxd3 b6 19. Re3 $5 $146 {An
interesting novelty in a well known position. Instead of advancing his central
pawns immediately, White concentrates his forces on the kingside. This will
cost him a pawn, however.} (19. d5 Bf6 20. c4 {Svidler,P (2742)-Kramnik,V 
(2743)/Dortmund GER 2006/ (1/2-1/2, 39)}) 19... Bxa3 ({It would make little
sense to reject the present, as poisoned as this might seem. In case of} 19...
Bf6 {Black would not have equal rights over the e-file, because an exchange on
e3 would just improve White's struccture after fxe3 followed by the advance of
the central mass ofpawns.}) 20. Ng5 {An important element in White's plan. He
provokes important weaknesses in the enemy king's position.} g6 21. Ne4 {
This might be too straightforward.} (21. Rh3 $5 Qg4 $5 (21... h5 22. Rf3 Rcd8 (
22... Rf8 23. d5 $36) 23. Bxc7 $5 Qxc7 24. Nxf7 $36 {[%csl Gg6]} Rd6 (24... Kg7
25. Qd2 Rh8 26. Ng5 $40) (24... Qxf7 $2 25. Rxf7 Kxf7 26. Qf3+ Kg7 27. Qxc6 $18
) 25. Nxd6 Qxd6 {[%csl Gg6]} 26. Qc4+ Kh8 27. Rf7 (27. Re3 $5)) (21... Qf5 22.
Qxf5 gxf5 23. Rg3 $14 {[%cal Yg5e6,Ye6c7]}) 22. Be3 (22. Rf3 $5 {[%csl Gf7]})
22... Qf5 23. Qxf5 gxf5 24. Nxh7 ({The merits of driving back the white bishop
to e3 are revealed by the line} 24. Rg3 Bd6 $1) 24... Kg7 $13 {White's
kingside activity looks threatening, but if Black defends successfully, his
queenside pawns could become a serious threat.}) 21... Be7 22. Rbe1 Red8 23.
Qe2 Kg7 24. Qd2 h5 25. Rf3 f5 26. Ng5 ({After} 26. Ng5 Bxg5 27. Bxg5 Re8 {
Black enjoys stability on the light squares, which compensates for the
weakness of the dark squares around his king.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 34th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2006.08.04"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2006.07.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 114"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.10.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.10.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 {To a certain
extent, this could be considered a psychological weapon. By choosing the
Petroff Defence, Black usually aims for active piece play, by slightly
neglecting pawn control in the centre. In the variation played in the game,
the situation is somewhat reversed: White aims for a rapid development at the
cost of the slight deterioration of his pawn structure. Since in the main
lines of the Petroff Black has constantly proven the solidity of his position,
this alternate approach has become increasingly popular and cannot be
considered a side-line anymore. It should alse be mentioned that Kramnik, a
fervent adherent of the Petroff himself, frequently employs this system with
White.} Be7 7. Bf4 {By developing the bishop on this square, White aims to
inhibit the placement of the enemy knight on e5. The tension caused by the
knights' mutual position tends to favour Black from structural point of view.
By capturing on e5, White would accept being a pawn down for practical reasons
while otherwise he might get another pair of double pawns on the other wing.} (
{And yet, the optically more natural} 7. Be3 {is an important alternative.
White's main idea is to obtain attacking chances, even though this might
involve further structural concessions.} O-O 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. O-O-O Ne5 {In
previous issues of CBM several games where this position was reached have been
annotated.} 10. h4 (10. Be2 {1/2-1/2 Naiditsch,A (2612)-Kramnik,V (2744)/
Dortmund 2005/CBM 108/[Huzman] (58)}) (10. Nd4 {1/2-1/2 Kramnik,V (2715)
-Kasparov,G (2805)/New York 1995/CBM 047 ext/[Vaisser] (66)}) 10... Re8 (10...
Bg4 11. Be2 Qc8 12. b3 Re8 13. Kb1 Bf8 14. h5 a6 15. Rde1 b5 $132 {1/2-1/2
Topalov,V-Kramnik,V/Sofia 2005/(52)}) 11. h5 Bf6 {For the time being, Black
refrains from exchanging on f3, in order to avoid the opening of the g-file
for the white rooks. It should be mentioned that the f6-bishop fulfills only
defensive tasks at this stage of the game, because it is strongly restricted
by the double c3-pawn. In order to undermine this barrier and obtain queen
side counterplay, Black will need to massively advance his a- and b-pawns but
this plan is rather time consuming.} 12. Kb1 a6 13. Nh2 b5 14. Be2 Bb7 {
By moderately advancing the pawns, Black refrains from an immediate attack and
aims to just win some space and develop his queen's bishop on an active square.
} 15. f4 Nd7 16. Bf3 Bxf3 17. gxf3 $5 {Although the opening of the g-file is
one of White's ideas in this line, it has never happened in such an exotic way
until now, leaving the knight on the edge of the board. In fact, a closer look
reveals the fact that the knight should be heading for g4, which makes White's
last move quite logical.} Qe7 18. Ng4 Qe6 19. Rdg1 Kh8 20. h6 $36 {and White
eventually managed to outplay his mighty opponent in the game 1-0 Svidler,P 
(2740)-Kramnik,V (2739)/Moscow 2005/CBM 111 (48)}) 7... Nc6 8. Qd2 Be6 ({
The other possible development of the bishop also occurred in Kramnik's
practice:} 8... Bg4 9. Be2 Qd7 10. O-O-O ({White could have more or less
transposed to the plan from our main game by means of} 10. h3 Be6 11. Ng5 {
but Kramnik's inspiration from that day dictated something else.}) 10... a6 {
Black generally inserts this move before castling, because otherwise he could
get rid of the unpleasant pin created by Bb5 only by means of ...a6 and ...b5.}
11. Rhe1 O-O-O 12. h3 Be6 13. c4 {This apparently inoffensive move is the
well-masked start of a dangerous queen side attack.} Kb8 ({Probably not
suspecting anything yet. However, in case of} 13... Bf6 {White could have
considered switching back to the plan of getting the advantage of the pair of
bishops with two extra-tempi by means of} 14. Ng5 Bxg5 15. Bxg5 $14) 14. Qc3
Bf6 15. Qa3 {We can see here the concrete illustration of the significance of
such an abstract notion as the advantage of space (which, by the way, is
ensured by the double c4-pawn). White's queen enjoys much more liberty of
action than her rival and, taking advantage of the weakness induced by the
previous advance of the a-pawn, is ready to support a rather dangerous attack
against the enemy king's position.} Qe7 16. Be3 h5 17. Kb1 g5 {Black has
noticed a similar weakness on the kingside (h3) and immediately starts his
counterplay. However, with no king around, his action is by far less dangerous
than White's.} 18. b4 g4 19. Nd2 ({White disposed over an interesting
alternative consisting of the immediate} 19. b5 {when after} gxf3 20. Bxf3 {
the knight jump to e5 would be strongly met by 21.Bxb7! with decisive threats.
The lesser evil for Black would be} axb5 21. cxb5 d5 22. Bc5 Qd7 23. bxc6 Qxc6
{when White would retain certain pressure against the enemy castle with} 24.
Re3 $14) 19... Nd4 {Curiously, both players ignored the kingside tension for a
couple of moves.} 20. Bd3 d5 21. c5 {Black has reacted in the centre, winning
some space, but has not solved his queen side problems yet.} Bg7 22. hxg4 {
Finally.} hxg4 23. Nb3 Nxb3 24. axb3 {After this exchange, resulting into
another pair of double pawns, White can safely use his b4-pawn to open the
enemy king's position without fearing that his own king would remain
vulnerable.} c6 $6 {This move does not prevent b4-b5 in any way and just leads
to the weakening of the dark squares around the king.} ({Black was probably
concerned about c5-c6, but this move could have been inhibited with} 24... Bc3
{, putting pressure on the b4-pawn.}) 25. Bf4+ Ka7 (25... Kc8 {would be bad
because of} 26. Qa5 {followed by the queen's transfer to a7.}) 26. b5 $16 {
White has achieved one of those optimal situations when a strategic attack is
carried out against the wing where the enemy king is located, 1-0 Kramnik,V 
(2744)-Nielsen,P (2668)/Dortmund 2005/CBM 108 (51)}) 9. O-O-O Qd7 10. Kb1 a6
11. Ng5 {The standard plan in this position.} ({However, the apparently
inoffensive} 11. Nd4 Nxd4 12. cxd4 {is not without poison. After} d5 13. Bd3 {
the position certainly bears drawish tendencies, because of the completely
symmetrical pawn structure, but one detail that should not be neglected is
White's considerable advance in development, about three whole tempi. Indeed,
Black still needs to castle and if he wishes to neutralize the enemy bishops'
activity he has to place his own on d6 and f5. I suppose that the most
probable result is a draw in case of accurate black defence, but here is a
very instructive example where the generally volatile advance in development
tended to accumulate into small positional achievements.} Bd6 14. Rhe1 O-O-O {
Black has fulfilled two steps from the aforementioned plan, but White occupied
the only open file in the meanwhile.} 15. Bg3 {A natural way to maintain the
tension. However, since White is aiming to provoke the opening of the h-file,
one good question is whether he shouldn't have placed the other rook on e1.}
Bxg3 ({Being a couple of tempi behind, Black should not aim to increase the
tension with the otherwise desirable} 15... Bf5 {. After} 16. Bxd6 Bxd3 17. Be5
Be4 18. Bxg7 {Black has to give up playing symmetrically because, unlike his
opponent , he has not managed to remove the king's rook from the corner. We
can actually see here that from a certain point of view White's choice about
which rook to place on e1 was fully justified. After} Rhg8 19. Bf6 Rde8 20. f3
{White would retain a sound extra-pawn.}) 16. hxg3 {Generally, being allowed
to capture towards the centre is a small achievement, but here it doesn't seem
to have too much strategic significance. On dynamic territory, Black is still
two tempi behind his opponent. In order to complete the mobilization of his
forces he needs to play ...Bf5 and ...Rhe8, but which move order is best?} Bf5
{Black decides to solve the problem of his passive bishop at the cost of
giving up the control of the e-file. (The ultimate consequences of)} (16...
Rhe8 {are also uncertain. After} 17. Qf4 h6 18. Re3 Qd6 19. Qf3 $14 {Black is
under no immediate pressure but cannot solve the problem of the e-file easily.
Quite a difficult choice for Black, between two "almost but not entirely"
equal positions.}) 17. Bxf5 Qxf5 18. Re7 Rhe8 19. Rde1 Rxe7 20. Rxe7 Qf6 21.
Re5 c6 22. f4 Rd6 23. f5 $14 {Again, Black's position doesn't look really bad,
but he has no clear way of achieving complete equality. The fact that his king
is close to the main theatre of operations is a double-edged element. In
certain cases (such as after further exchanges) it could display useful
activity, but with queens and rooks on board it could easily get under
dangerous threats. In any case, Black could not hold his own in the game 1-0
Almasi,Z (2646)-Motylev,A (2638)/Wijk aan Zee 2006/CBM 111 (48)}) 11... Bxg5
12. Bxg5 f6 13. Be3 O-O-O {The contours of the position have been defined and
time has come to draw some preliminary conclusions. White has obtained the
theoretical advantage of the pair of bishops, which could prove quite
significant in case of mass simplifications. However, the small structural
defect restricts his active possibilities. I would like to draw a parallel
with a certain variation from the English Opening: 1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6
4.g3 Bb4 5.Bg2 0-0 6.0-0 e4 7.Ne1 Bxc3 8.dxc3 h6 9.Nc2 d6 10.Ne3 Bd7. White
eventually plays Qc2, Bd2, Rae1 and f3. After exf3 exf3, he can increase his
advantage of space with a well-timed Nd5, when Nxd5 cxd5 leads to a favorable
structure, especially in the ending. In our current position, White misses
this extra-knight. Unless he tricks his opponent to trade queen's or rooks on
the d5-square after a previous c3-c4 (but not bishops because this would
annihilate his advantage), he has no other way of getting rid of his double
pawns than play c4-c5. If he achieves that, his chances in the endgame will be
superior.} 14. b3 $146 {Curiously, this natural move is a novelty. One
important part of White's general plan is to restrict the enemy bishop by
placing several of his pawns on light squares. To a certain extent, this is
the same policy that Black has applied to the white dark-squared bishop.} ({
Previously, White had played mainly} 14. h3 {but Kramnik apparently considered
this to be an unnecessary weakening of the g3-square and refrained from it
until the end of the game. Anyway, here is how the other games continued:} Rhe8
(14... Ne7 15. f3 h5 16. Bf2 Rde8 17. Be2 Nc6 18. Rhe1 Bf5 19. b3 Re7 20. Bf1
Rxe1 21. Rxe1 Re8 22. Rd1 Bg6 23. c4 Qe7 24. Re1 Qd7 25. Rxe8+ Qxe8 26. c5 dxc5
27. Bxc5 {White has managed to get rid of his double pawn and is close to the
desired ending. However, the presence of queens can make his technical task
quite difficult, by enabling certain tactical nuances. Moreover, pieces with
such high mobility are not easy to exchange.} Qe5 28. Bf2 Qe7 29. Qc3 Qd6 30.
Kb2 Qe5 $6 {There was no need to help White achieve his aim, of course.} 31.
Qxe5 Nxe5 32. Bc5 $14 {White has excellent chances of putting his opponent
under long time pressure, 1/2-1/2 Golod,V (2577)-Malakhatko,V (2556)/Basel
2006/CBM 110 ext (54)}) 15. Be2 Qf7 16. b3 Re7 17. g4 {This action has a
double-edged character as we shall see.} (17. c4 $5) 17... Rde8 18. Rhe1 h6 19.
Bf3 Bd7 20. c4 f5 {Now, White faces some problems keeping both wings under
control.} 21. Bd5 Qg6 22. Rg1 fxg4 23. hxg4 Ne5 24. c5 Bc6 25. Bxc6 Nxc6 26.
cxd6 Rd7 27. Bf4 cxd6 28. Rg3 $13 {White's queen side operation has been
crowned by strategic success, but the weakness of his king side somewhat
restricts his active possibilities, 1/2-1/2 Almasi,Z (2640)-Rustemov,A (2564)/
Germany 2006/CBM 112 (41)}) 14... Rhe8 15. f3 h5 16. Bf2 {With the exception
of the omission of the move h3, the game runs along familiar paths for a while.
} Bf5 17. Be2 Re7 18. Rhe1 Rde8 19. Bf1 Rxe1 20. Bxe1 Re7 21. Bf2 Qe8 22. c4 a5
{But this move marks a novelty in Black's plan. Adams initiates a smart plan
aimed to slow down the white queen side pawns. He will place his own pawns on
dark squares and re-direct his knight on a more favourable route.} 23. a3 {
White has to spend a tempo on preventing the knight jump to b4, but this will
allow Black carry out his plan with all the comfort.} ({The hurried} 23. c5 {
is strongly met by} dxc5 $1 (23... Nb4 $6 {is not too efficient yet:} 24. cxd6
Bxc2+ 25. Kb2 Rd7 26. Re1 $36) 24. Bxc5 Rd7 25. Qe1 Rxd1+ 26. Qxd1 Qe5 27. Ba3
Nb4 $15) 23... b6 24. Qc3 Nb8 25. Kb2 Qc6 26. Qd2 Nd7 27. Qd5 Ne5 28. Re1 {
A last hope. Will the threats Rxe5 and f4 convince Black exchange on d5?} Be6 {
No, not really.} 29. Qd2 Qe8 $11 {Black has completed his regroupment and has
achieved approximate equality.} 30. f4 Nc6 31. Bd3 Bf7 32. Rxe7 Qxe7 33. Qd1
Kb8 34. Qf3 Nd8 35. Be4 f5 36. Bd3 g6 37. g3 Be8 38. Qe3 Qxe3 39. Bxe3 Ne6 40.
b4 axb4 41. axb4 c5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 75th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2013.01.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2861"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2013.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 153"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 Be7 6. Bd3 Nf6 7. O-O O-O 8.
h3 (8. Nc3 {would have transposed to Karjakin,S (2780)-Wang Hao (2752)/Wijk
aan Zee 2013/CBM 153 (1-0, 42), in which a completely different line was
played: 5.Nc3.}) 8... Re8 9. Nc3 Nbd7 10. Re1 Nf8 11. d5 {Ambitious, but not
really effective as the game proves.} (11. Bf4 Ng6 12. Bh2 a6 13. a4 d5 14. Ne5
c6 15. Ne2 Ne4 16. c3 a5 $11 {Landa,K (2643)-David,A (2548)/Clermont-Ferrand
FRA 2003/ (1/2, 48)}) 11... c6 12. Bf4 Bd7 13. Bc4 Ng6 14. Bg3 Rc8 15. dxc6
Bxc6 16. Bb3 d5 17. Qd3 Qb6 18. Nxd5 Bxd5 19. Bxd5 Nxd5 20. Qxd5 Qxb2 21. Rab1
Qxc2 22. Rxb7 Red8 23. Qb3 Qxb3 24. axb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-41"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2014.08.04"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Wang, Yue"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventDate "2014.08.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hungary"]
[BlackTeam "China"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "HUN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CHN"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 {Even though the Russian (Petroff) Defence has since
always been regarded as a solid opening, its reputation as almost unbreakable
started building up only in the late '90s, more or less at the same time as
the rise of the Berlin Defence. In the '70s and '80s the evaluation of the
Petroff greately depended on which side of the board Karpov was sitting. He
used to be merciless with White and unbeatable with Black.} 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3
Nxe4 5. Nc3 $5 ({Nowadays, there is not much White can hope for in the
classical main line:} 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3) 5... Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 Nc6 8. Qd2
Be6 9. O-O-O Qd7 {Despite his easy development and complete lack of weaknesses,
Black tends to experience micro-problems in this line. Wherever he is going to
castle, his king would be slightly more exposed than White's, while his minor
pieces tend to be a bit vulnerable.} 10. h4 {Inhibiting Black's castling short.
} (10. Kb1 {is more popular and there are many annotated games available:} Bf6
(10... a6 {Ivanchuk,V (2746)-Wang,Y (2738) Sofia 2009 CBM 131 [Kritz,L] (0-1,
51)}) (10... h6 11. h3 a6 12. g4 h5 {Karjakin,S (2776)-Mamedyarov,S (2761)
Beijing 2013 CBM 156 [Pavlovic,M] (0-1, 95)}) 11. h4 (11. Be2 O-O-O 12. Nd4
Bxd4 13. cxd4 d5 14. Rhe1 {Dominguez Perez,L (2717)-Wang,Y (2738) Sofia 2009
CBM 131 [Kritz,L] (1/2-1/2, 40)}) (11. Bg5 Qe7 12. Bb5 {Topalov,V (2770)-Giri,
A (2714) Wijk aan Zee 2012 CBM 147 [Marin,M] (1-0, 47)}) 11... h6 12. a3 (12.
Nd4 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Bxd4 14. Qxd4 O-O {Ponomariov,R (2751)-Wang,H (2733)
Bucharest 2013 CBM 157 [Rogozenco,D] (1/2-1/2, 47)}) 12... a6 13. Nd4 {Leko,P 
(2739)-Smeets,J (2657) Wijk aan Zee 2010 CBM 135 [Marin,M] (1-0, 45)}) ({
The last move makes the threat Ng5 (followed by hxg5 if given the case) quite
realistic, while} 10. Ng5 Bxg5 11. Bxg5 f6 12. Be3 {did not prove enough for
anything concrete in Gharamian,T (2655)-Solodovnichenko,Y (2574) Metz 2014 (1/
2-1/2, 25)}) 10... h6 11. b3 $146 {A subtle novelty.} ({The most popular
continuation is} 11. Kb1 {with possibilities of transposing above, although
Black can play} O-O-O {If now} 12. Nd4 {Black can react with} Nxd4 13. Bxd4
Rhg8 14. h5 ({The point is that} 14. Bxa7 $2 {runs into} Qa4 $17) 14... c5 15.
Be3 Qc6 {with normal play for Black, although in Adams,M (2719)-Nielsen,P 
(2668) Dortmund 2005 CBM 108 [Huzman] (1-0, 27) Black blundered twelve moves
later.}) 11... Bf6 ({The difference induced by Leko's novelty is that after} 
11... O-O-O 12. Nd4 {Black cannot react as in Adams-Nielsen above:} Nxd4 $2 13.
Bxd4 Rhg8 14. Bxa7 $1 $16 {...Qa4 is not available anymore and trapping the
bishop with} b6 $4 {is impossible due to} 15. Ba6#) 12. Nd4 $5 {A familiar
idea in a favourable form.} a6 ({The natural sequence} 12... Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Bxd4
14. Qxd4 {practically forces} O-O {, yielding White good attacking chances as
in Ponomariov-Wang above.}) 13. Nxe6 fxe6 {In view of his bishop pair and the
weakness on e6, White has emerged with a pleasant advantage out of the opening.
} 14. g3 O-O-O 15. Bh3 Kb8 16. Rhe1 Rde8 17. Bg2 {Now or on the next move,
White could have considered restricting Black's mobility with f2-f4. Leko
might have feared a blockade based on ...h7-h5 followed by ...Ne7-f5, but due
to the weakness of the e6-pawn that plan is not easy to carry out.} (17. f4 $14
{[%cal Gh4h5]} h5 (17... Ne7 $2 18. Bxe6 $1 Qxe6 19. Ba7+) 18. Bf2 g6 19. Re4
Qg7 20. Kb2 e5 21. Bg2 exf4 22. gxf4 Rxe4 23. Bxe4 $16 {[%csl Gb7,Gg6]}) 17...
d5 18. Bc5 g5 19. hxg5 hxg5 {Over the past moves, Black has gained space on
two important secotrs of the board and can now be happy with his position.} 20.
Qe3 Qg7 {After almost half an hour of thought, Black decides to punish his
opponent for weakening the c3-square in the early phase of the game. The game
enters a concrete phase now.} (20... g4 $132 {would have avoided the
complications, keeping good play for Black.}) 21. Bxd5 $5 {Quite a typical
move for our main theme of today: breaking the walls.} exd5 $6 {Wang played
this almost instantly, making clear that he had planned it in advance. He must
have misevaluated something, since Black will get a slightly inferior ending
in the best of cases.} ({The critical continuation is} 21... Bxc3 22. Bxc6 {
Over the board, it is not easy to find the only move to maintain approximate
equality:} Rd8 $3 {[%cal Gc3d2,Gg7a1] The tactical threat ...Bd2!+ winning
either the queen or the king, does not allow White to save his c6-bishop.} (
22... Bxe1 $2 23. Bd4 $2 e5 24. Ba7+ Ka8 25. Bxe8 Rxe8 26. Rxe1 $18) (22...
bxc6 23. Ba7+ $5 {It is useful to force the king on to on a light square.} Kb7
24. Bd4 Bxd4 25. Rxd4 c5 26. Rc4 $16 {With a strong attack against the
weakened queenside. On b7, the king is exposed to checks along the long
diagonal, which justifies the check on the 23rd move. The check on a1 leads to
nothing, as the king can safely go to d2-e2.}) 23. Bd7 (23. Be4 $2 Bd2+ $1 {
[%cal Gg7a1,Gd2e3]}) 23... Bxe1 24. Bd4 Bxf2 (24... Qxd7 25. Ba7+ $1) (24... e5
25. Bxe5 Bxf2 26. Qc3 Qe7 27. Bxc7+ Ka7 28. Bxd8 Rxd8 29. Bg4 Qa3+ 30. Kb1
Rxd1+ 31. Bxd1 Qc5 $11 {With his queenside dark squares weak White has no
chance to win.}) 25. Qxf2 e5 26. Ba7+ Ka8 27. Bg4 Rxd1+ 28. Bxd1 b6 29. Bxb6
cxb6 30. Qxb6 Qb7 31. Qf6 Rh1 32. Qxe5 Qf3 $11 {The pinned bishop prevents
White from generating winning chances.}) 22. Qxe8+ $1 Rxe8 23. Rxe8+ Bd8 24.
Rxd5 Kc8 ({If} 24... b6 25. Rdxd8+ Nxd8 26. Rxd8+ Kb7 27. Bd4 $14 {White's
position would be rather pleasant. Strictly speaking, he would have a small
material advantage already, with a safe king and chances for creating a passed
pawn. However, I doubt that he could hope for a win against accurate defence.})
25. Be7 Qxe7 $2 {This leads to a very difficult, quite possibly lost, ending.}
({Black might have failed to notice that after} 25... b6 $5 26. Bxg5 Kb7 27.
Bxd8 {he would have the resource} Qf7 $1 {attacking both rooks. The knight
controls the only square on which rooks can be connected.} 28. Rde5 Nxe5 29.
Rxe5 Qxf2 30. Bh4 $14 {White's coordination is worse than in the previous line,
so Black could count on a draw.}) 26. Rxe7 Bxe7 27. Kd2 {With rook and two
pawns against two minor pieces plus an active king White can endlessly torture
his opponent, although the win is far from sure yet.} Bf6 28. Ke3 Ne7 29. Rd3
Nf5+ 30. Kf3 b5 31. Kg4 Nd6 32. Kh5 Kd7 33. Kg6 Be7 34. f4 gxf4 35. gxf4 Ke8
36. f5 Nf7 37. Re3 Kf8 38. f6 Bd6 {White has made a lot of progress, but for a
long while Leko will not find a concrete plan, sticking to moving his rook
around.} 39. Rh3 Kg8 40. Kf5 Kf8 41. Rh5 Ke8 42. Rh7 Bf8 43. Rh4 Kd7 44. Rh7
Ke8 45. Rh1 Bd6 46. Kg6 Kf8 47. Rh7 Ne5+ 48. Kf5 Nf7 49. Rg7 Nd8 50. c4 $1 {
Finally something concrete. In principle, White will try to question the
stability of the black bishop with c4-c5, but that is not easy to achieve yet.}
bxc4 51. bxc4 Nb7 $2 {Making things simple for White. It many times happens
that Black has two knights and only one good square for them. Here we have the
opposite: two blocking squares (f7 and c5) and only one knight.} ({He should
have kept the pawn under control with} 51... Nf7 {, when White would have
needed to trick his opponent somehow. I failed to find a clear winning plan
against careful defence, but in practice Black may have lost anyway..} 52. Rg1
(52. Ke6 Nd8+ 53. Kd5 Nb7 54. Kc6 Nc5 55. Rg5 Ne6 56. Ra5 Nd4+ 57. Kb7 Ne6 58.
a4 Kf7 59. Kxa6 Kxf6 60. Rh5 Ke7 {[%cal Ge7d7,Gd7c8] Black is well regrouped
and White does not seem to be able to promote his pawn.}) (52. c5 Bxc5 53. Ke6
Nd8+ 54. Kd7 Nf7 55. Kxc7 Bd4 56. c4 Bxf6 57. Rg2 Ke7 {White will probably get
the a6-pawn, but Black should be able to defend. One key point is that if the
a-pawn crosses the middle of the board to a5, Black could think of giving up
his knight for the c-pawn reaching a theoretically drawn ending.}) 52... Ke8
53. Rb1 Kd7 54. Rb8 Kc6 55. Ra8 Kb7 56. Re8 Kc6 57. Re4 Kc5 $1 ({The passive} 
57... Kd7 {allows} 58. c5 Bxc5 59. Kg6 {when the saving check on e5 is not
available anymore.}) 58. Kg6 Ne5+ 59. Kg7 Nxc4 60. f7 Ne5 61. f8=Q (61. Kg8 Nd7
) 61... Bxf8+ 62. Kxf8 Nc6 {[%cal Gc6b4] Amazingly, Black seems to be active
enough to save this ending. The white king is too far away to defend the weak
pawns.} 63. c3 Na7 64. a4 Nc8 {[%csl Gc3][%cal Gc8b6,Gb6d5]} 65. Re6 Nd6 66.
Ke7 Kc4 67. Kd7 Kxc3 68. Kxc7 Nc4 69. Rxa6 Kb4 70. Ra8 Na5 71. Ra7 Nc4 {
and White cannot make progress.}) 52. Kg6 {With the unstoppable threat f6-f7.}
Ke8 53. f7+ Kd8 54. Rg8+ Kd7 55. Ra8 {Playing cat and mouse a bit.} ({Black's
counterplay would be easy to restrict after} 55. f8=Q Bxf8 56. Rxf8 Kc6 57. Rf5
Nd6 58. Ra5 Kb6 59. Ra4) 55... Nd8 56. Kg7 Ne6+ 57. Kg8 Nc5 {Allowing White to
create a second passed pawn would have been equally hopeless.} 58. f8=Q Bxf8
59. Kxf8 Kc6 60. Ke7 Kb6 61. Kf6 Kb7 62. Rh8 {Somewhere around this moment one
gets the feeling that Black has missed the right moment for resigning. But
this is typical for games deciding the final outcome of a match.} Nd7+ 63. Ke6
Nb6 64. c5 Na4 65. Kd5 Nc3+ 66. Kc4 Nb5 67. Rh6 Na7 68. Kd5 Nb5 69. Rh3 c6+ 70.
Kc4 a5 71. Rb3 1-0

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 34th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2006.08.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2006.07.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 114"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.10.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.10.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Bf5 11. a3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Nc6 13. Re1 Re8 14. cxd5 Qxd5
15. Bf4 Rac8 {Nowadays, this position is one of the hardest nuts to crack for
the 1.e4-players. Apparently, Black has made several concessions regarding the
placement of his pieces. The queen's knight has been developed in front of the
c-pawn, preventing the natural undermining of the centre by means of ...c5,
while the queen and the light-squared bishop are placed on exposed squares.
This is likely to allow White win space in the centre with gain of tempo, but
in practice things are less clear than that. To a certain extent, the
situation is similar to that arising in some of the variations of the Benoni:
Black's pieces display high but temporary activity; if driven away by the
enemy pawns, he would be simply lost strategically, but it is quite amazing
how often Black's dynamism is sufficient to prevent such a scenario. Besides,
even if White manages to advance his pawns to d5 and c4, Black has good
chances to block them, achieving an apparently precarious but in fact entirely
defensible position; this situation resembles certain cases from the Gruenfeld
Indian.} 16. Bd3 {The fact that this is White's main continuation clearly
speaks for the viability of Black's strategy. The exchange of pieces generally
favours the side who is (or will be) lacking space, but this seems to be a
concession White has to make since there is no other way to activate the rook
along the b-file.} Qd7 ({It is curious that the physical blockade of the
c-pawn by means of} 16... b5 {was introduced only recently in the game 1/2-1/2
Polgar,J (2732)-Kramnik,V (2753)/Sofia 2005/CBM 107/[Huzman] (44). White
retained some initiative and it is likely that her play can be improved on the
way. As mentioned above, Black usually doesn't mind allow the pawns advancing
one square each.}) 17. Rb1 Bxd3 {One of the points behind 16.Bd3 is that Black
is supposed to be forced to exchange himself on d3 before defending the b-pawn,
thus helping White's development.} ({However, in a very recent game Black
managed to equalize comfortably with the immediate} 17... b6 {. White's trick
is supposed to consist of} 18. Bb5 Bxb1 19. Qxb1 {when the pin along the a4-e8
diagonal certainly looks disturbing, but it didn't produce such an impressive
effect here:} Bf6 20. Rd1 Qg4 21. Bg3 Ne7 22. Bxe8 Rxe8 23. Re1 Qd7 24. Qe4 Rc8
25. Be5 Bxe5 26. Nxe5 Qe6 27. Qb7 f6 28. Nd3 Qc6 29. Qxc6 {1/2-1/2 Nisipeanu,L
(2695)-Fridman,D (2562)/Turin ITA 2006/TWIC 604}) 18. Qxd3 b6 19. d5 Bf6 20. c4
Ne7 ({The following game is quite suggestive for the limitations regarding the
strength of the white central pawns:} 20... h6 21. h4 ({Slightly more
ambitious than} 21. h3 Ne7 22. Ne5 {1/2-1/2 Kasparov,G (2804)-Anand,V (2786)/
Linares 2005/CBM 106. This short draw was in fact Kasparov's last official
game with White. If he had needed more than just a draw in order to secure the
win in the tournament, maybe we would have learned a bit more about how to
deal with this solid opening...}) 21... Ne7 22. h5 b5 $5 {and Black equalized
pretty easily in the game 1/2-1/2 Nisipeanu,L (2687)-Landa,K (2571)/Germany
2005/CBM 106/[Huzman] (31)}) 21. Ne5 {With this move White puts his bet on
long-term factors: the supposed superiority of the bishop over the knight in
open positions with pawns on both wings.} ({Alternatively, he can try to get
some (rather temporary) initiative with} 21. Be5 {for instance} Qf5 22. Qxf5
Nxf5 23. Bxc7 Be7 24. Bg3 f6 25. a4 Kf7 26. a5 Rxc4 27. axb6 axb6 28. Rxb6 Rd8
$11 {1/2-1/2 Sebag,M-Roussel Roozmon,T/Bois Colombes FRA 2004/(41)}) 21... Bxe5
22. Bxe5 f6 $146 {This is not just a new move, but also the expression of a
new concept.} ({After} 22... Ng6 23. Bg3 $14 {1-0 Oosterom,J-Rause,M/ICCF 2003/
CT-1661 (36) both remaining minor pieces occupy stable positions but this is
just a confirmation of the correctness of White's approach. By being a long
ranged piece, the bishop not only keeps the enemy knight under control but
also puts the c7-pawn under pressure and is ready to support the own d-pawn in
case it becomes a passed pawn as a consequence of an exchange in this area. On
the contrary, after the text move, neither of the minor pieces is stable. This
leads to an uncertain situation where the knight disposes not only over the
blocking d6-square, but also over several light central squares, which
remained vulnerable after the exchange of the light-squared bishops and the
advance of the central pawns. It is early to draw a definitive conclusion, but
in our main game the versatile knight proved to be a worthy opposition to the
long-ranged bishop.}) 23. Bf4 Nf5 24. c5 {A thematical advance. The strong
positional threat c6, which would lead to a huge advantage of space for White,
practically forces Black's next move, which opens the c-file for the white
major pieces and puts the c7-pawn in some danger.} bxc5 25. Qc4 g5 {Forcing
the bishop onto an exposed square.} 26. Bd2 Nd6 27. Qxc5 Ne4 28. Qa5 {It is
not easy to choose the best square for the queen.} (28. Qd4 {allows Black win
too much time with} c5 29. Qd3 c4 {when after} 30. Qd4 {he can consider playing
} Nxd2 {already, since his pawn is just as strong as White's.}) ({Maybe the
gambit continuation} 28. Qc2 $5 Qxd5 29. Be3 $44 {offers White more chances.
Black has won a pawn, but he has many weaknesses while his knight is obviously
unstable now.}) 28... c6 {Black has no other choice than maintain his
initiative.} ({In case of} 28... Nxd2 29. Qxd2 {the weakness of the black
castle could become a telling factor in the ending with major pieces, while
the symplifying attempt} c6 $6 {does not work properly because of} 30. d6 $16 {
In positions with major pieces, there is no better complement to the weakness
of the enemy king's position than the presence of an own passed pawn.}) 29. Be3
{With his d-pawn attacked and pinned, Svidler finds no other way to maintain
the material equality than attack the a-pawn. However, this will eventually
leave the bishop misplaced, allowing to his opponent to draw without any
problems.} ({Instead, he could question the viability of Black's plan to
install his knight on the relatively unstable e4-square by means of} 29. Bb4 $5
{Suddenly, all the knight's retreats after an eventual f3 are either blocked
by the own pawns or controlled by the enemy pieces. Black's best chance would
consist of} c5 $1 {making it clear that the bishop is also restricted in its
actions.} (29... cxd5 $2 {is bad because of} 30. f3 {when} Nd6 {loses
immediately to} 31. Qxd5+) (29... Qxd5 {is also not entirely satisfactory:} 30.
Qxd5+ cxd5 31. f3 a5 {Obviously the only move to save the knight.} 32. Bxa5 $14
{The same structure as in the game has arisen, but the mutual placement of the
minor pieces rather favours White. The bishop is more in the play, while the
knight is more restricted.}) {Now, after} 30. f3 {both} Qxd5 31. fxe4 Qd4+ {
and 30...cxb4 lead to roughly equal play.}) 29... cxd5 30. Qxa7 Qxa7 31. Bxa7
Nc3 32. Rxe8+ Rxe8 {Judging the position statically, White has obtained a
promising ending. He has an outside passed pawn and a long-ranged bishop
fighting against a knight. However, an examination of the dynamic factors
reveals the fact that Black's pieces cooperate perfectly, transforming the
central pawn into a dangerous weapon. The bishop only seemingly controls the
d4-square in view of the fork on e2 and is exposed to the threat ...Ra8.} 33.
Rb8 {The simplest way to avoid troubles but hardly offering chances for more,
since after the exchange of rooks the most important squares along the
bishop's diagonal are controlled.} Rxb8 34. Bxb8 d4 35. Kf1 {Fortunately for
White, his king is very near to the main theatre of operations.} Kf7 36. Ba7 d3
37. Ke1 d2+ 38. Kxd2 Nb1+ 39. Kd3 {After having blocked the enemy pawn, the
black knight finally eliminates it. The position is dead drawn.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "World-ch Tournament"]
[Site "Mexico City"]
[Date "2007.09.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "200"]
[EventDate "2007.09.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "MEX"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 120"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.10.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.10.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 Nd7
8. Qd2 Ne5 9. O-O-O O-O 10. h3 ({A very rare move. We are familiar with Una
jugada raramente empleada. Estamos familiares con} 10. h4 {from the game Anand
- Gelfand, played just two days earlier. de la partida Anand-Gelfand,
disputada dos dнas antes.}) 10... Nxf3 {Sure, why not? White's previous move
did not do anything for attacking purposes, practically giving up a tempo for
free in the structure arising after this exchange.} ({We can only try to guess
what Leko had in mind against the natural developing move} 10... Be6 {Levacic,
M (1993)-Xu,R (2079)/Instanbul 2005/CBM 109 ext (1/2-1/2, 22). , which was
played only in a girls' game.} 11. Nd4 {looks like a decent try. It depends
whether the endgame arising after the generally desirable knight jump} Nc4 {
offers White any chances or not:} 12. Nxe6 Nxd2 13. Nxd8 Nxf1 14. Nc6 (14. Nxb7
$6 Nxe3 15. fxe3 Bg5 16. Rhe1 Rfe8 17. Rd3 a5 {and White will have to give up
his e3-pawn in order to save his knight.}) 14... bxc6 15. Rhxf1 {. Black's
queenside weaknesses could cause him some problems in the long run.}) 11. gxf3
Bf5 12. h4 Re8 (12... Bxh4 $6 {would offer White too many attacking chances
after} 13. Bd3 {followed by doubling rooks on the h-file.}) 13. h5 Bf6 {
Optically speaking, White's position does not look too appealing. He has
several structural defects, while Black has a normal development. However, one
of the first (if not the very first) criteria of evaluating a position is the
situation of the kings. White's pressure along the g-file could become
unpleasant for the black king, meaning that Black has to overcome certain
difficulties before entering a long-dreamed of better ending. Desde un punto
de vista puramente уptico, la posiciуn de las blancas no parece muy atractiva.
Ellas tienen varios defectos de estructura, mientras que el desarrollo de las
negras es completamente "normal". Sin embargo, uno de los mбs importantes (si
no el mas importante) criterio de evaluaciуn de luna posiciуn es la situaciуn
de los reyes. La presiуn de las figuras mayores de las blancas a lo largo de
la columna de g puede resultar muy amenazadora para el rey negro, por lo que
se puede esperar que las negras pasen por muchos apuros antes de llegar al
soсado final mejor.} 14. Rg1 Qe7 15. Kb1 d5 {Gelfand highlights the fact that
White has not completed his development yet. This pawn is poisoned because
after 16.Qxd5? Rad8 the lack of connection between rooks leads White to
decisive material losses.} 16. Bd3 Bxd3 17. Qxd3 Rad8 18. Rg4 Kh8 19. a3 b6 20.
Rdg1 h6 21. Qd2 {[%cal Ye3h6] Both sides have completed the first phase of
mobilisation. With a series of simple threats in one move, White will take
over the initiative.} Kh7 22. Bd4 {[%cal Yg4g7]} Rg8 $8 (22... Bxd4 $2 23. Qxd4
f6 24. Qd3+ Kh8 25. Rxg7 Qxg7 26. Rxg7 Kxg7 27. Qg6+ Kf8 28. Qxf6+ Kg8 29. Qg6+
Kf8 30. Qxh6+ Ke7 31. Qg5+ Kd6 32. h6 {White plans to advance his pawns to h7
and f7, place his queen on g8 and approach with his king. Most probably, Black
cannot prevent this plan in proper way.}) 23. Re1 Qd6 24. Bxf6 gxf6 ({Forced,
because Forzado,porque} 24... Qxf6 {loses the f7-pawn to perderнa el peуn de
f7 despuйs de} 25. Rf4 {, for instance , por ejemplo} Qg5 26. Qd3+ Kh8 27. Rf5
Qh4 28. Rxf7 {with advantage to White. . After the text move, we can conclude
that White has converted his long-term pressure into something of more stable
nature, by chronically weakening Black's kingside. Besides, the pressure
persists. con ventaja de las blancas. Despuйs de la jugada del texto, se puede
decir que las blancas han convertido su presiуn a largo termini en algo mбs
concreto: los defectos crуnicos de la posiciуn del rey negro. Ademбs la
presiуn persiste todavнa.}) 25. Qd3+ Kh8 26. Qa6 {The idea behind this move is
obvious: since Black is busy on the kingside still, White hopes to win the
a7-pawn. However, Gelfand will manage to parry the threat with relative ease,
while the white queen's excursion far from the centre lets a good part of
White's advantage slip away.} ({He could have used the favourable moment to
transpose to a promissing rook endgame with} 26. Rxg8+ Kxg8 (26... Rxg8 27. Qe3
Kg7 28. Qe7 {is similar.}) 27. Qe3 Kg7 28. Qe7 {The abstract idea is the same
as in the case of Leko's Qa6: White takes advantage of the lack of
coordination reigning in Black's camp and his kingside vulnerability in order
to open a new front in another area, but it all happens in the neighbourhood
of the centre this time.} Qxe7 {I do not see favourable ways to avoid this
exchange. The threat Rg1 was very strong.} 29. Rxe7 Rc8 (29... c6 30. Rxa7 {
[%cal Ya7a6,Ra3a4]} b5 31. Kc1 $16 {[%csl Re1,Re2,Re3][%cal Yc1d2]}) 30. Kc1 $1
(30. Rd7 a5 31. Rxd5 Re8 $1 $132) 30... a5 31. Kd2 f5 32. Rd7 c6 33. Rd6 Rc7
34. Kd3 $16) 26... Rxg4 27. fxg4 {Ironically, it is White who has the better
structure on the kingside now. However, the black king starts feeling slightly
more secure. Ironicamente, ahora son las blancas quienes tienen la mejor
estructura en el flanco de rey. Sin embargo, el rey de las negras empieza
sentirse algo menos inseguro.} Qc6 28. Re7 ({After} 28. Qxa7 $2 Ra8 {the queen
is trapped.}) 28... Qd6 29. Re3 ({And, symmetrically,} 29. Rxf7 Kg8 {traps the
rook!}) 29... Qc6 30. Qd3 Kg7 31. Re7 {[%csl Gf7][%cal Yd3g6] Finally, White
has regrouped, abandoning his initial "plan", but after exchanging one pair of
rooks Black is better organzied for defence. Still, he has to be careful about
such spectacular threats as Qg6.} Kf8 32. Re1 Kg7 33. f4 Qd6 34. Qf3 $6 {
Another uninspired queen move.} (34. Qd2 $1 {would have defended the f4-pawn
and supported the programmed g5. Black would have been far from complete
equality yet:} d4 35. g5 d3 (35... dxc3 36. Qxc3 $40) 36. gxh6+ Kxh6 (36... Kh7
37. Rd1 $1 dxc2+ $2 38. Qxc2+ $1 $18) 37. f5+ Kh7 38. cxd3 Qxd3+ 39. Qxd3 Rxd3
40. Re7 Rd6 $1 41. Rxf7+ Kh6 42. Rxc7 a5 $14 {[%csl Gf5][%cal Yh6h5,Yh5g5] and
this endgame should be survivable.}) 34... c5 {Facing the permanent threat of
g5, Black decides to react in the centre. Confrontandose con la permanente
amenaza g5, las negras deciden reaccionar en el centro.} 35. Qf2 d4 $1 36. Rd1
Qe6 37. Re1 Qd5 38. Rd1 Qe6 39. Qg1 $6 {From here, the queen supports the
planned break g5 and keeps the d4-pawn under pressure. However, placing such
an important piece far from the centre hardly offers chances for an advantage.
Desde aquн, la dama apoya la ruptura lanificada g5, manteniendo el peуn de d4
bajo observaciуn al mismo tiempo. Sin embargo, al colocar una figura tan
importante lejos del centro, no se puede contar con mantener la ventaja.} Qe4 {
Gelfand's major pieces are familiar with this square from his game against
Anand. I assume that this time he would not refrain from grabbing the f4-pawn,
if only given a chance. Las figuras mayors de Gelfand estбn familiares con
esta casilla desde su partida de la primera ronda contra Anand. Supongo que en
este caso el se comerнa el peуn de f4, si le ofrecieran la oportunidad...} 40.
g5 fxg5 41. fxg5 d3 42. cxd3 Rxd3 43. Rxd3 Qxd3+ 44. Ka1 Qf5 {Suddenly, the
situation has changed very much in Black's favour. Both his remaining pieces 
(yes, the king IS a piece in the endgame) are more active than White's. Soon,
Black will get a dangerous kingside passed pawn. De repente, la situaciуn ha
cambiado a favor de las negras. Ambas figuras que les quedan (si, el rey ES
una figura en el final) son mбs activas que las de las blancas. Pronto, las
negras obtendrбn un peуn pasado en el flanco de rey.} 45. g6 fxg6 46. hxg6 h5
47. Qg3 Qf1+ 48. Ka2 Qc4+ 49. Ka1 Qf1+ 50. Ka2 Qc4+ 51. Ka1 Qg4 52. Qc7+ Kxg6
53. Qxa7 Qd1+ 54. Ka2 Qd5+ 55. Ka1 Qd1+ 56. Ka2 Qd6 57. Qa8 Qe6+ 58. Ka1 Qe1+
59. Ka2 Qe6+ 60. Ka1 h4 61. Qg2+ Kh5 62. Qf3+ Kg5 63. Qg2+ Kh5 64. Qf3+ Kg5 65.
Qg2+ Qg4 66. Qd2+ Kf5 67. Qd5+ Kf4 68. Qd6+ Kf3 69. Qf6+ Kg2 70. Qc6+ Qf3 71.
Qg6+ Kf1 72. Qxb6 {In queen endings, the number of pawns is less relevant than
the degree of danger they are posing. Obviously, the h3-pawn is a very serious
candidate to promotion, but the part played by White's queenside pawns should
not be underestimated. Without them, Black would probably find a way to parry
the checks with a counter-check, or by pinning the enemy queen. En finales de
damas, el nъmero de peones es menos importante que el peligro que representan.
Obviamente, el peуn de h3 es muy peligroso, pero el papel desempeсado por los
peones blancos del flanco de dama no debe ser menosvalorado. Sin ellos, es
probable que las negras conseguнrнan encontrar una forma de cubrir los jaques
enemigos con un contra-jaque o clavando la dama enemiga.} h3 73. Qd6 Qf2 74.
Qd3+ Kg2 75. Qd5+ Kg1 76. Ka2 Qf4 77. Qxc5+ {For instance, in the absence of
the b2-pawn, ...Qf2+ would win now. Por ejemplo, en la ausencнa del peуn de b2,
Df2+ ganarнa en esta posiciуn.} Kf1 78. Qb5+ Ke1 79. Qd5 h2 80. c4 Qh4 81. Qe5+
Kd1 82. Qd5+ Ke2 83. Qe5+ Kd1 84. Qd5+ Kc1 85. Qh1+ Kd2 86. Qd5+ Ke3 87. Qe5+
Kf3 88. Qf5+ Qf4 89. Qd3+ Kf2 90. Qd5 Kg1 91. Qg8+ Kf2 92. Qd5 Qf3 93. Qd2+ Kg1
94. Qg5+ Kf1 95. Qc1+ Kf2 96. Qd2+ Kg3 97. Qg5+ Kh3 98. Qh6+ Kg3 99. Qg5+ Qg4
100. Qd5 Qf3 {and, having reached the 100th move, Gelfand decided to call it a
day. y, al haber alcanzado la 100-a jugada, Gelfand se conformу con lo
inevitable.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Morelia/Linares 24th"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares"]
[Date "2007.03.03"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[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 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. a3 Nc6 11. cxd5 Qxd5 12. Nc3 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Bf5 14. Re1 Rfe8
15. Bf4 Rac8 16. h3 $5 {This move has a relatively short history (it was
introduced in 2003 by Kramnik against Anand), but has been submitted to a
thorough investigation over the past few years. White makes a generally useful
move, inviting Black to define his intentions.} Be4 17. Qa4 {A rare
continuation, successfully employed by Grischuk (true, in rapid games).} Qf5
18. Bg3 Bc2 ({After} 18... Bd6 19. Ne5 Bxe5 20. Bg4 Qg6 21. dxe5 Bf5 22. Bf3 {
White exerted unpleasant pressure over Black's position in Grischuk-Nielsen,
Monte Carlo 2006.}) 19. Qb5 Qxb5 20. Bxb5 a6 21. Bxc6 bxc6 22. Re5 ({A new
move. Grischuk preferred} 22. Ra2 {when after} Ba4 23. c4 Bb3 24. Rae2 Kf8 25.
c5 {Black found it very difficult to free himself from the pin along the
e-file in Grischuk-Volokitin, Foros 2006.}) 22... f6 23. Ra5 {With only rooks
on board, this manoeuvre would ensure White considerable advantage. However,
in the presence of minor pieces, the rook could easily remain misplaced on a5.}
Bd3 24. Ne1 Bb5 25. a4 Be2 26. Nc2 c5 {Black decides to solve the problem of
his double pawns in radical way.} 27. dxc5 Kf7 28. c6 {Preventing the complete
isolation of the rook on a5 after an eventual ...c6, but the extra-pawn
becomes vulnerable now.} Red8 29. Ne3 Rd2 30. Rb1 Bd6 31. Bxd6 Rxd6 32. Nf5
Rxc6 {Black has successfully solved hisproblems. The position is about equal.}
33. Nd4 Rb6 34. Re1 Bd3 35. Rc5 Rd6 36. Re3 Bb1 37. Nc6 Re8 38. Nd4 Rc8 39. Re2
Bd3 40. Re1 Rd7 41. f3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess Champions League"]
[Site "Vitoria Gasteiz"]
[Date "2007.11.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2007.11.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 121"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8.
Nc3 Bf5 9. Re1 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 O-O {For general ideas of this
variation as well as for a small survey see the notes to Cheparinov,I (2670)
-Roiz,M (2630)/Kemer 2007/CBM 121/[Marin] (1-0, 58)} 12. Rb1 Rb8 13. c4 $146 {
Since both Topalov and his second, Cheparinov, play this line with White, the
last move must be the fruit of their home analysis. The insertion of the moves
Rb1 and ...Rb8 is supposed to favour White, because after the opening of the
centre Black's rook would belong to the central d-file, while the white rook
could still be useful on the b-file.} (13. Qf5 {Gashimov,V (2664)-Dominguez
Perez,L (2683)/Barcelona 2007 (1/2-1/2, 35) is also examined in the notes to
the aforementioned game.}) 13... Bf6 {Before releasing the tension, Black
increases the pressure against the enemy centre. However, opening the e-file
and leaving the a3-f8 diagonal undefended before having completed development
is not without drawbacks as we shall see.} ({One of the differences induced by
the rook moves is that after} 13... dxc4 14. Qxc4 Bd6 {(as played with the
queen rooks on their initial positions)} 15. d5 {the b4-square is not
available (...Nb4 would threaten ...Nxd5!, winning time), while} Na5 $6 {
would be bad because of} 16. Qa4 b6 17. Bd2 $16 {Black has to retreat with his
knight to e7, thus allowing White to look for ways to develop his initiative
in the centre.}) 14. c3 ({Topalov probably considered that White's initiative
after} 14. Ba3 dxc4 15. Qxc4 Re8 {is of a temporary nature. Indeed, having
been developed with gain of time, the a3-bishop might remain out of play. In
the game, it will be developed to f4, keeping the backward c7-pawn under
constant pressure.}) 14... dxc4 {It seems that Black has to release the
tension in the centre already, since the generally useful moves do not work
out properly here. However, by this time it is not entirely clear whether this
really is a concession, because the queen is not especialy well placed on c4,
being exposed to the attack of the enemy knight with ...Na5.} (14... b6 {
[%csl Gc6] leaves the knight undefended, restricting Black's possibilities
after} 15. Ba3 {to} dxc4 16. Qxc4 Na5 17. Qa4 Re8 {, when White can maintain
stable domination with} 18. Bb4 Rxe1+ 19. Rxe1 Nc4 20. Qc6 Nd6 21. a4 $14) (
14... Na5 {loses material to} 15. Ba3 dxc4 16. Qf5 $1 $16 {[%csl Ga5,Gf8]}) 15.
Qxc4 Qd7 16. Bf4 {The pressure against the c7-pawn is aimed to contribute to
the queen's stability on c4.} Rbd8 17. h3 b6 18. Re4 {[%cal Gb1e1]} Na5 $5 {
White threatened to increase his pressure gradually and Black decided that
this was the right moment to free herself by tactical means.} ({The
preliminary exchange of one pair of rooks with} 18... Rfe8 19. Rbe1 Rxe4 20.
Rxe4 {before playing} Na5 {would leave the enemy queen more freedom of action
than in the game:} 21. Qxc7 Qd5 22. Re2 Nc4 23. Qxa7 $16) (18... Ne7 {is safer,
but slightly passive.} 19. Be5 $14 (19. Qxc7 $2 Qf5 {[%cal Ge7d5]})) 19. Qxc7
$1 {This move required some very precise calculation. We have seen Topalov's
queen infiltrating herself to the same dangerous looking area of the board in
the game Topalov,V (2783)-Carlsen,M (2690)/Morelia/Linares 2007/CBM 117 [Marin]
(1/2-1/2, 25), when the courageous incursion led to a forced draw by
repetition.} Qd5 20. Rbe1 $14 {It would be redundant to attach an exclamation
mark to this natural move, but we shall see that it is absolutely necessary in
order to keep troubles away from the queen.} Nc4 ({Topalov's fine point is that
} 20... Rd7 {fails to trap the queen because of the unexpected} 21. Qc8 $3 $16
{threatening Re8 and preparing the queen evacuation through a6 if necessary.}
Rxc8 $2 {is impossible, of course, because of} 22. Re8+ Rxe8 23. Rxe8#) 21.
Qxa7 $4 $19 {Having won the battle of principle in the phase of transition
from the opening to the middlegame, Topalov lets be himself carried away by
euphoria, caused by the false sensation that the queen is invulnerable.} ({
White had several reasonable moves here, but I would prefer} 21. Bg5 $5 {
, getting rid of the potentially "bad" bishop and weakening the defence of the
enemy kingside.} Bxg5 22. Nxg5 h6 (22... Qxg5 23. Qxc4 $16) (22... Nd6 23. Re5
Qxa2 24. Re7 $16 {[%csl Ra7,Rg7,Rh7][%cal Gg5e6]} Qc2 $6 {[%csl Gh7]} 25. Nxf7
$1) 23. Nf3 Nd6 24. R4e3 Qxa2 25. Ne5 $14 {Black has reestablished the
material equality, but White's position remains more active. After a further
knight move to c6, Black will be very passive.}) 21... Ra8 22. Qc7 Bd8 {
What could he have missed when he captured on a7? It is curious that this is
not the first game in which Topalov allowed Judit to trap one of his pieces.
At Wijk aan Zee in 2005, he played a suicidal e2-e3, leaving the f4-bishop
without an escape after ...g6-g5.} 23. Re5 Bxc7 24. Rxd5 Bxf4 {White will get
some vague saving chances if he could manage to drive the enemy bishop to a
passive position and exchange the wonderful c4-knight. However, this will be
tactically impossible, as we shall see.} 25. Re2 (25. g3 Bd2 $1 {forces White
give his knight away for the bishop, leaving the black knight unchallenged
master of the weak queenside squares.}) 25... Ra3 26. Rc2 (26. g3 Rxc3 $1 $19 {
[%csl Gf3]}) 26... Rfa8 27. Kf1 (27. g3 Bxg3 $1 28. fxg3 Ne3 $19 {On three
consecutive moves, the advance of the g-pawn has been impossible for three
different reasons!}) 27... Kf8 28. Ke2 Rxa2 29. Rxa2 Rxa2+ 30. Kd3 Nd2 31. Ne5
Bxe5 32. Rxe5 Nb3 (32... Nf1 $2 33. Re2 $1 {[%csl Rf1]}) 33. c4 Na5 34. c5 Nc6
0-1

[Event "Norway Chess 1st"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2013.05.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Wang, Hao"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2013.05.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 155"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 O-O
8. Qd2 {In this known position, Black usually chooses between 8...Nc6 and 8...
Nd7, with possible transposition to each other after a further ...Ne5.} b6 $146
({Even if you do not know too much about this line, the list of annotated
games below will give you an image of the intensity of the theoretical duel
over the past few years.} 8... Nc6 9. O-O-O Ne5 10. h4 (10. Nd4 {Kramnik,V 
(2715)-Kasparov,G (2805)/New York 1995/CBM 047 ext/[Vaisser] (1/2, 66)}) (10.
Be2 {1/2 Naiditsch,A (2612)-Kramnik,V (2744)/Dortmund 2005/CBM 108/[Huzman] 
(58)}) 10... c6 (10... Bg4 {Topalov,V (2778)-Kramnik,V (2753)/Sofia 2005/CBM
107/[Huzman] (1/2, 52)}) (10... Re8 {Svidler,P (2740)-Kramnik,V (2739)/Moscow
2005/CBM 111 (1-0, 48)}) 11. c4 (11. Kb1 Bg4 12. Be2 Nxf3 13. Bxf3 (13. gxf3 {
Karjakin,S (2760)-Gelfand,B (2739)/Moscow 2010/CBM 139/[Mueller,Karsten] (1-0,
57)}) 13... Bxf3 {Jakovenko,D (2725)-Gelfand,B (2741)/Astrakhan 2010/CBM 137/
[Kritz] (1/2, 53)}) (11. h5 {Nisipeanu,L (2672)-Gelfand,B (2741)/Medias 2010/
CBM 137/[Rogozenco] (0-1, 40)}) (11. Bg5 {Caruana,F (2736)-Gelfand,B (2739)/
Wijk aan Zee 2012/CBM 147/[Marin,M] (1-0, 48)}) 11... Be6 12. Ng5 Nxc4 (12...
Bf5 {Karjakin,S (2760)-Kramnik,V (2790)/Moscow 2010/CBM 139/[Stohl] (1-0, 32)})
13. Qd3 {Gashimov,V (2734)-Gelfand,B (2741)/Astrakhan 2010/CBM 137/[Kritz] (1/
2, 29)}) (8... Nd7 9. O-O-O Re8 10. h4 c6 11. Bd3 {Nakamura,H (2758)-Giri,A 
(2714)/Reggio Emilia 2012/CBM 146/[Giri,A] (0-1, 41)}) 9. O-O-O Bb7 {Black's
position looks flexible, but it has an organic defect: the f5-square is left
undefended.} 10. Nd4 Nc6 11. Nf5 Bf6 12. h4 Re8 $6 {Too slow.} ({Black should
have started fighting against the knight with} 12... Qd7 $5) 13. Bg5 Ne5 ({
The following lines offer an image of the potential of White's attack:} 13...
h6 14. Bxh6 $1 Bc8 (14... gxh6 15. Rh3 $40) (14... Qd7 15. Qf4) (14... Re5 15.
Bd3) 15. g4 gxh6 16. Nxh6+ Kf8 17. g5 Bg7 18. Nxf7 Kxf7 19. Qd5+ Be6 20. Qxc6)
14. f4 Ng4 15. Bb5 Re4 16. Ng3 Re6 17. Rde1 Rxe1+ 18. Rxe1 $14 h6 19. Qe2 (19.
Re8+ Qxe8 20. Bxe8 Rxe8 21. Bxf6 Nxf6 $14 {Black's fortress may not be easy to
crack.}) 19... Qc8 20. Bd3 Qe6 (20... hxg5 21. Bf5 Qd8 22. hxg5 Bxg5 23. Qxg4
$40) 21. Qxe6 fxe6 22. Bxf6 Nxf6 23. Rxe6 Bxg2 24. Re7 $16 Nd5 25. Bc4 Kf8 26.
Bxd5 Kxe7 27. Bxg2 Rf8 28. f5 Kf6 29. Kd2 d5 30. Ke3 Ke5 31. Bh3 Rd8 32. Ne2 c5
33. Kf3 Rd7 34. Nf4 Kf6 35. h5 a6 36. b3 Rd8 37. Ne6 Rd7 38. Kf4 a5 39. Bf1 c4
40. a4 Rd6 41. Bg2 Rd7 42. Bf3 1-0

[Event "Morelia/Linares 24th"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares"]
[Date "2007.02.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[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 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. c4
c6 9. Re1 Bf5 10. Qb3 {Both players had some experience with this position.
Black has achieved some activity in the centre, but faces some problems
completing the development of his queenside. As it so often happens,
developing the bishop earlier than the knight leaves the b7-square vulnerable.}
Qd7 ({A relatively rare move, which from the point of view of the general
rules of development might seem a bit paradoxical. Black moves his queen
before developing the knight, blocking the d7-square at the same time. In
doing so, he relies on the fact that White does not dispose over simple means
of developing his initiative, partly because of the active placement of the
black minor pieces in the centre. The more common continuation is} 10... Na6 {
, indirectly defending the b7-pawn (11.Qxb7 would be met by 11...Nb4). However,
in the long run the knight might remain passive on the edge of the board.
Ivanchuk had his first contact with this position 14 years ago:} 11. cxd5 ({
In a more recent game, Svidler preferred} 11. Nc3 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Nxc3 13. bxc3
b5 14. Bf1 Nc7 15. Bg5 Qc8 16. Bh4 a5 17. Bg3 a4 18. Qb2 Bxg3 19. hxg3 Nd5 20.
c4 bxc4 21. Bxc4 {with easier play for White, who went on winning a long
ending, Svidler-Morozevich, San Luis 2005.}) 11... cxd5 12. Nc3 Bb4 13. Nxe4
dxe4 14. Bxe4 Bxe1 15. Bxf5 {with interesting play in Anand-Ivanchuk,
Amber-blind 1993. White has excellent compensation for the exchange, in view
of his active pair of bishops and better coordination of forces. Apparently,
Ivanchuk liked White's play in this game, since he later tried it himself.
However, Black deviated with 12...Be6, when White retained a small plus with
13.Nb5, Ivanchuk-Shirov, Monte Carlo 2000.}) 11. Nc3 Nxc3 12. Bxf5 Qxf5 13.
Qxb7 $5 ({This is the first game in which White decides to capture this pawn,
although the move has been suggested in some comments already. Earlier this
year, Svidler failed to obtain any significant advantage after} 13. bxc3 b6 14.
cxd5 cxd5 15. Ba3 Bxa3 16. Qxa3 Nc6 17. h3 Qd7 18. Ne5 Nxe5 19. Rxe5 Rae8 20.
Rae1 Re6 21. Rxe6 {and a draw was agreed in Svidler-Kramnik, Wijk aan Zee 2007.
}) 13... Qd7 14. Qxd7 Nxd7 15. c5 ({The series of intermediate moves continues.
After the neutral} 15. bxc3 dxc4 16. Nd2 Nb6 {Black enjoys stability on light
squares.}) 15... Bxh2+ $5 ({An instructive moment. Black's central pawns are
not weak, but could become so if any of the c5- or d4-squares would become
available to the white minor pieces. The move played by Ivanchuk is the only
one to avoid such a situation. For instance, if} 15... Bxc5 16. dxc5 Ne4 {then}
17. Nd4 Ndxc5 18. f3 Nf6 19. Nxc6 {with better chances for White.}) ({Or,
similarly,} 15... Ne4 16. cxd6 Nxd6 17. Bf4 Ne4 18. Rac1 {and Black will
probably have to play ...c5 anyway.}) 16. Nxh2 Ne4 17. Bf4 Rfe8 18. f3 Nef6 19.
Nf1 Nf8 {The position remains complicated. The pawn structure is rather
assymetrical, while the force of the white bishop cannot be evaluated
unilaterally. In principle, it puts some pressure on Black, but its activity
is restricted by the own central pawns, which could transform it in a "bad"
bishop in case of mass simplifications. Another important aspects is the
hidden weakness of the c6- and d4-pawns. Neither of them is in imemdiate
danger, but they need permanent care.} 20. Rxe8 Rxe8 21. Rd1 Re7 22. Nd2 Ne6
23. Be5 a5 24. Nb3 Ra7 25. a4 {Blocking the a5-pawn on a dark square, but
ruining the flexibility of the own structure at the same time.} ({The pawn
structure arising after} 25. Bxf6 gxf6 26. a4 f5 {is not necessarily
favourable for White, because of the excellent placement of the black knight
and the relative weakness of the g3-square.}) 25... Nh5 {Untill now, Black has
been defending. Once the queenside situation has been stabilized, he starts
active operations on the other wing, where he has a mobile pawn majority.} 26.
Re1 h6 27. Kf2 Nhf4 28. Re3 h5 29. g3 {White prevents the blocking move ...h4,
but weakens the f3-square.} Nh3+ 30. Ke1 g5 31. Nc1 g4 32. fxg4 hxg4 33. Rb3
Nhg5 {Black's initiative has reached alarming heights. He only needs to
approach with his king in order to create decisive threats.} 34. Bb8 $5 ({
This was probably not intended as an active move (the bishop is not doing
anything special on b8) but as a form of preserving it from the exchange
operation ...Nf3+xe5 followed by ...Nxc5. White needs the c5-pawn in order to
generate counterplay after the probable elimination of Black's c6-pawn.} 34.
Rb8+ Kh7 35. Nb3 {would have solved thisproblem, but helped Black centralise
his king at the same time. For instance} Kg6 36. Rb6 Kf5 37. Rxc6 f6 38. Bd6
Rh7 {and the situation of White's king looks dangerous. It might all end with
a perpetual, but this is hard to foresee during the game.}) 34... Rd7 (34...
Re7 {is worth considering.}) 35. Ne2 Nf3+ 36. Kd1 Nfxd4 37. Nxd4 Nxd4 38. Rb6
Re7 {For the time being, Black has managed to keep his c6-pawn on board, but
the knight is stuck on d4, blocking the own d-pawn.} 39. b4 axb4 40. a5 Re3 41.
Rxb4 Nb5 42. Kd2 Re8 43. Rxg4+ Kh7 44. Bd6 d4 45. Bf4 Ra8 46. Rh4+ Kg7 47. Be5+
f6 48. Rg4+ Kf7 49. Rf4 Ke6 50. Bxd4 Nxd4 51. Rxd4 Rxa5 52. Rd6+ Ke5 53. Rxc6 {
Finally.} Ra3 {Admittedly, even in Sofia they would call it a day.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess Champions League"]
[Site "Vitoria Gasteiz"]
[Date "2007.11.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nisipeanu, Liviu Dieter"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2668"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2007.11.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 121"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 O-O
8. Qd2 Nd7 9. O-O-O Ne5 10. Be2 $5 {This move was considered inaccurate
because of a small tcatical detail.} (10. h4 {Anand (2792)-Gelfand (2733)/
Mexico 2007/CBM 120/[Marin] (1/2-1/2, 22)}) (10. h3 {Leko,P (2751)-Gelfand,B 
(2733)/Mexico City 2007/CBM 120/[Marin] (1/2-1/2, 100)}) 10... Ng4 {[%csl Rf2]
The f2-pawn is hanging now, which prevents the desirable answer Bf4.} 11. Bd3
$5 {This is not Nisipeanu's novelty, but it was played for the first time by a
Romanian girl! White relies on the fact that the capture on e3 would leave
White with a lead in development.} (11. Bd4 c5 $132 {Naiditsch,A (2612)
-Kramnik,V (2744)/Dortmund 2005/CBM 108/[Huzman] (1/2-1/2, 58)}) 11... d5 $146
(11... Nxe3 12. Qxe3 Re8 13. Kb1 Bf6 14. Qf4 Bd7 15. h4 $5 ({This looks like a
more efficient continuation of the attack than} 15. g4 $6 Bc6 16. Rhg1 Be5 $11
{Gheorghe,C-Ionescu Brandis,I/Eforie Nord 2002/EXT 2003 (0-1, 35)}) 15... Bc6
16. Ng5 g6 (16... h6 {avoids immediate danger, but the weakness of the light
squares could become a problem later.}) 17. Nxh7 $5 (17. Bc4 d5 18. Bxd5 Bxd5
19. c4 $14) 17... Kxh7 18. h5 $40) 12. Bf4 ({Now,} 12. Kb1 {is less indicated,
because Black is not forced to capture on e3 in any way and can continue
occupying the centre with} c5 {, maintaining ...Nxe3 in reserve.}) 12... c5 13.
c4 d4 14. h3 Nf6 {White has stabilized the situation in the centre and is
slightly better developed. However, if White's initiative is extinguished,
Black's advantage in space in the centre will offer him a good game.} 15. Rde1
{White does not question Black's stability in the centre in any way and relies
on piece pressure only. Judging from the further course of the game, this
might be not the best approach.} ({True, the immediate} 15. c3 {is strongly
met by} Qa5 $1 {[%csl Ra2][%cal Gd4c3] , hitting a2 and threatening to spoil
White's queenside structure with ...dxc3.}) ({An improved form of this plan
would be} 15. Rhe1 Re8 16. Kb1 Bd7 17. c3 $36 {[+]. It is true that in this
case White's king's position would become more vulnerable than in the game.
That's life, you cannot get something without giving away something else...})
15... Re8 16. Ng5 Bd7 17. h4 h6 18. Nf3 {[%csl Rf7,Rg6][%cal Gf3e5,Gh4h5]
Black did not threaten to capture the knight yet, but White did not find any
way of continuing his attack and switches his attention to the centre.} Ng4 19.
Ne5 Nxe5 20. Rxe5 Bf8 21. Rxe8 Bxe8 22. Be5 Bc6 {Black has regrouped in
optimal way and has at least equal play. White has to be circumspect already.}
23. Qf4 Qd7 (23... Bxg2 $2 24. Rg1 Bc6 25. Qxh6 $18) 24. Bb8 $5 {An original
move, but White is not sufficiently well mobilized to prevent the development
of the enemy rook.} (24. Bf5 Qe7 {[%csl Re5][%cal Ga8e8]}) 24... Qc8 ({With
his bishop hanging on b8, it is not entirely clear whether White could punish
the courageous (and greedy!)} 24... Bxg2 25. Rg1 Qh3) 25. Be5 Qd7 ({With the
bishop on e5,} 25... Bxg2 26. Rg1 Qh3 {is slightly more dangerous. Black
cannot free himself easily, while White can improve his position gradually.}
27. b3 Re8 28. Kb2 Qf3 $6 29. Qh2 $1) 26. Bb8 Qc8 27. Be5 1/2-1/2

[Event "World-ch Tournament"]
[Site "Mexico City"]
[Date "2007.09.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2007.09.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "MEX"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 120"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.10.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.10.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Bf5 11. a3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Nc6 13. Re1 Re8 14. cxd5 Qxd5
15. Bf4 Rac8 16. Qa4 {A rare continuation, aiming to take Kramnik "out of the
book". Eine seltene Fortsetzung, die Kramnik "aus dem Buch" werfen soll. Una
jugada poco frecuente, cuyo probable propуsito es de sacar a Kramnik del
"libro de aperturas".} Bd7 {This is the most normal reaction, aiming to
question the stability of the enemy queen on the right wing. Dies ist die
normalste Fortsetzung, mit der die Stabilitдt der feindlichen Dame auf dem
rechten Flьgel in Frage gestellt werden soll.} ({However, Allerdings ist auch} 
16... Bd6 {is also possible. mцglich:} 17. Bc4 (17. Be3 {[%csl Gd6][%cal Yc3c4]
} Qa5 18. Qb3 Qb6 $11) (17. c4 Qa5 18. Qxa5 Nxa5 19. Bxd6 cxd6 $132 {[%csl Yc4]
}) 17... Qa5 18. Rxe8+ Rxe8 19. Qb3 Bg6 20. Bxd6 cxd6 21. Bd5 Qc7 {Kryvoruchko,
Y (2581)-Frolyanov,D (2498)/Yerevan 2006/CBM 114 ext (1/2-1/2, 53). As so many
times in this opening, the position is only optically better for White. Black
had no special problems maintaining the equilibrium. Wie so oft in dieser
Erцffnung ist die Stellung nur optisch besser fьr WeiЯ. Schwarz hatte keine
sonderlichen Problemen, das Gleichgewicht zu halten.}) 17. Qc2 ({This seems to
be a new move. Dies scheint ein neuer Zug zu sein. Esta jugada parece ser
nueva.} 17. Rab1 {was played a couple of times. wurde einige Male gespielt.
fue jugada un par de veces anteriores.} Bf6 (17... Qf5 18. Bg3 Bf8 19. Rb5 Qf6
20. Rxb7 Nd8 21. Qxd7 Nxb7 22. Be5 Qd8 23. Qg4 Nd6 24. h4 Rb8 25. c4 f6 26. c5
fxe5 27. cxd6 cxd6 28. dxe5 Be7 29. Bd3 Rf8 30. Qh5 g6 31. Bxg6 hxg6 32. Qxg6+
Kh8 33. Re4 Rxf3 34. Qh6+ Kg8 35. Rg4+ {1-0 Shirov,A (2723)-Gelfand,B (2700)/
Monte Carlo 2003/CBM 093 ext}) 18. Qd1 b6 19. Ba6 (19. Ne5 {[%cal Yd1d7,Ge2f3]}
Bxe5 20. dxe5 Ne7 {White has more space and the pair of bishops, but Black has
the more compact structure and acceptable stability on the light squares. WeiЯ
hat mehr Raum und das Lдuferpaar, Schwarz dafьr die kompaktere Struktur sowie
annehmbare Stabilitдt auf den weiЯen Feldern.}) 19... Rxe1+ 20. Qxe1 Re8 21.
Qf1 Bd8 22. Bb5 $6 ({The exchange of the light-squared bishops is part of
Black's plan, because it weakens the c4-square. This detail makes this move
questionable. Der Tausch des weiЯfeldrigen Lдuers ist Bestandteil des
schwarzen Plans, weil dies das Feld c4 schwдcht. Dieses Detail macht diesen
Zug fragwьrdig.} 22. Bd3 $1) 22... Na5 23. c4 (23. Bd3 {[%cal Yc3c4] also
fails to maintain the pressure, because of} Bf5 $1) 23... Bxb5 $1 $11 {Palac,M
(2571)-Nikcevic,N (2448)/Cannes 2007/CBM 116 ext (1/2-1/2, 26)}) 17... Qf5 18.
Qxf5 {The exchange of queens solves Black's problems of coordination. Der
Tausch der Damen lцst die schwarzen Probleme mit der Koordination.} (18. Qd2 {
might be a better try, when Black should probably play kцnnte ein besserer
Versuch sein, wonach Schwarz wahrscheinlich} Bd6 {, aiming to simplify the
position anyway. spielten sollte mit der Absicht, die Stellung trotzdem zu
vereinfachen.}) 18... Bxf5 19. Bb5 {This move has the same drawback as in the
game Palac-Nikcevic: it is likely to lead to the exchange of the light-squared
bishops, making Black's defence easier. Dieser Zug hat denselben Nachteil wie
in der Partie Palac-Nikcevic: Er wird wahrscheinlich zum Abtausch der
weiЯfeldrigen Lдufer fьhren, was die schwarze Verteidigung erleichtert.} ({
However, after the immediate Doch auch nach dem sofortigen} 19. d5 Na5 20. Nd4
Bd7 {White has no easy way to make further progress either. fдllt es WeiЯ
nicht leicht, weitere Fortschritte zu erzielen.}) 19... Bd7 20. d5 Ne5 $1 21.
Bxd7 Nxd7 {Anand's experiment did not work out too well. Kramnik played
relatively quickly and obtained an entirely satisfactory position. White's
centre could become more of a weakness if Black is allowed to install his
minor pieces on c5 and d6. Anands Experiment hat nicht sonderlich gut
eingeschlagen. Kramnik spielte relativ schnell und erhielt eine vцllig
befriedigende Stellung. Wenn es Schwarz erlaubt wird, seine Leichtfiguren auf
c5 und d6 zu platzieren, kцnnte das weiЯe Zentrum eher zu einer Schwдche
werden. El experimento de Anand no funcionу muy bien. Kramnik jugу
relativamente rбpido y obtuvo una posiciуn enteramente satisfactorнa. El
centro de peones de las blancas puede volverse dйbil sн las negras
conseguнrнan instalar sus piezas menores en c5 y d6.} 22. Bxc7 $5 {White tries
to maintain his initiative, but further simplifications will make the position
slightly dangerous for him. WeiЯ versucht, seine Initiative zu behaupten, aber
weitere Vereinfachungen werden die Stellung leicht gefдhrlich fьr ihn machen.
Las blancas intentan mantener la iniciativa, pero las simplificaciones
adicionales harбn que la posiciуn se vuelva ligeramente peligrosa para ellas.}
Rxc7 23. d6 Rxc3 24. dxe7 ({Anand probably discarded Anand verwarf} 24. Rxe7 {
on general ground. With every subsequent exchange of pieces, the e7-pawn
becomes weaker. wahrscheinlich aus allgemeinen Erwдgungn. Mit jedem folgenden
Tausch wird der e7-Bauer schwдcher.} Rxe7 25. dxe7 Nf6 26. Nd4 ({After Nach} 
26. Rd1 Ne8 {the weakness of the first rank makes Rd8 impossible and forces a
prophylactic move such as macht die Grundreihenschwдche Rd8 unmцglch und
erzwingt einen prophylaktischen Zug wie} 27. h3 {when after , worauf nach} f6 {
[%cal Yg8f7] the pawn is in danger. der Bauer gefдhrdet ist.}) 26... a6 ({
More ambitious than Ehrgeiziger als} 26... Ne8 27. Nb5 Rc5 28. Nxa7 f6 $11 {
with plain equality. mit glattem Ausgleich.}) 27. h3 Ne8 28. Rb1 Rc7 $1 (28...
b5 $6 29. a4 $1) 29. Re1 f6 {and White has to resort to certain tricks in
order to save the pawn (although the final success is not guaranteed yet!).
und WeiЯ muss zu gewissen Tricks greifen, um den Bauern zu retten (obwohl der
endgьltige Erfolg noch nicht garantiert ist!).} 30. Kf1 Rd7 $5 (30... Kf7 31.
Ne6 $5 Rxe7 32. Nd8+ Kf8 33. Rxe7 Kxe7 34. Nxb7 {and the vulnerability of the
a6-pawn prevents Black from taking full advantage of his more active king. und
die Anfдlligkeit des Bauern a6 hindert Schwarz daran, seinen aktiveren Kцnig
voll zur Geltung zu bringen.}) 31. Nb3 $5 {[%csl Ga6,Gb7][%cal Yb3c5]} b6 $5
32. Re6 Rb7 {and White is still struggling. und WeiЯ muss noch immer strampeln.
}) 24... f6 {With queens on board, the e7-pawn would most probably ensure
White's win, but in the endgame it is more of a source of worries. Mit Damen
auf dem Brett wдre der e7-Bauer hцchstwahrscheinlich ein Siegespfand fьr WeiЯ,
im Endspiel aber ist er eher ein Sorgenkind. Con damas en el tablero, el peуn
de e7 asegurarнa lo mбs probable la victoria de las blancas, pero en el final
el peуn es una debilidad mas que nada.} 25. Rad1 (25. Rac1 {, aiming to invade
through c7, might be safer. mit der Absicht, auf a7 einzudringen, ist
vielleicht sicherer.}) 25... Rc7 $1 {Possibly underestimated by Anand.
Mцglicherweise von Anand unterschдtzt.} 26. Nd4 Ne5 27. f4 Nc6 28. Nxc6 bxc6
29. Rd6 c5 30. Ree6 c4 31. Rc6 Rexe7 32. Rxc4 Rxc4 33. Rxe7 Ra4 34. Rb7 {
White will lose a pawn, but the drawish tendency of this type of ending is
well-known. In the "theoretical" position, White's f-pawn stands on its
initial square. The way it is, it could easily become a weakness, but also
ensures White a stable advantage of space on the kingside. WeiЯ wird einen
Bauern verlieren, doch die Remistendenz dieses Endspieltyps ist wohl bekannt.
In der "Theoriestellung" befindet sich der weiЯe f-Bauer noch auf seinem
Ausgangsfeld. So wie es steht, kцnnte er leicht zur Schwдche werden, sichert
WeiЯ aber andererseits einen stabilen Raumvorteil am Kцnigsflьgel. Las blancas
perderбn un peуn, pero la tendencнa de acabar en tablas de este tipo de
finales es bien conocida. En la posiciуn "teуrica" el peуn blanco de f se
encuentra en su casilla incial . Una vez avanzado a f5, puede volverse dйbil,
pero tambiйn asegurar una estable ventaja de espacio de las blancas en el
flanco de rey.} h6 (34... h5 $5 {looks more active, but hardly changes the
evaluation. sieht aktiver aus, дndert aber kaum die Bewertung. parece mбs
activa.}) 35. f5 Rxa3 36. Kf2 h5 37. g3 a5 ({It might seem that Man kцnnte
meinen, dass} 37... h4 $5 {would have offered more chances to keep White under
pressure, by keeping the king's access to the f5-pawn open. However, White can
avoid troubles by relatively simple means: bessere Chancen geboten hдtte, WeiЯ
weiter unter Druck zu setzen, da dem Kцnig Zugang zum Bauern f5 erцffnet wird.
Doch WeiЯ kann Probleme mit relativ einfachen Mittel vermeiden: ofrecнa mбs
posibilidades de presionar a las blancas, por mantener abierto el acceso del
rey negro hacнa el peуn de f5.} 38. gxh4 $1 Kh7 39. Kg2 Kh6 40. h5 a5 {Black
plans to advance his pawn to a2 and then win the f5-pawn, thus creating a
passed pawn on the f-file, which would ensure a win. This plan would work
against passive white play. Schwarz plan, seinen Bauern nach a2 vorzurьcken
und dann den f5-Bauern abzuholen, womit er einen Freibauern auf der f-Linie
bekдme, der den Sieg garantieren wьrde. Gegen passives weiЯes Spiel wьrde
dieser Plan funktionieren.} 41. Ra7 a4 42. Kf2 Ra2+ 43. Kg3 a3 44. h3 Ra1 (
44... Kxh5 45. Rxg7 Rb2 46. Ra7 Rb3+ 47. Kf4 $1 $11 Kh4 $2 48. Rh7#) 45. Kh4 a2
46. Ra8 {Threatening mate in 1. Droht einzьgig matt.} Kh7 47. Ra7 Rf1 (47...
Kg8 48. h6 gxh6 49. Kh5 $132) 48. Rxa2 Rf4+ $1 49. Kg3 Rxf5 {After the capture
on h5, the endgame would still be a draw, but would face White with slightly
bigger technical problems than the ending from the game. Nach dem Schlagen auf
h5 wдre das Endspiel noch immer remis, aber WeiЯ stьnde doch vor leicht
grцЯeren technischen Problemen als in der Partie.}) 38. Ra7 a4 39. h4 $1 {
White is out of any danger now. The kingside is practically frozen and the
huge advantage of space prevents the standard plan: push the pawn to a3, in
order to leave the a2-square available for the transfer of His Majesty. If
Black tries to do so, he would lose the g7-pawn, after which White's
counterplay (for instance g4) is much more dangerous than in the standard
position (pawns on f2, g3, h4 and symmetrical for Black). Jetzt ist WeiЯ aus
dem Schneider. Der Kцnigsflьgel ist praktisch eingefroren, und der riesige
Raumvorteil verhindert den Standardplan: Bauern nach a3 vorstoЯen, um das Feld
a2 fьr den Transfer Ihrer Majestдt freizulassen. Wenn Schwarz dies versucht,
wьrde er den Bauern g7 verlieren, wonach das weiЯe Gegenspiel (z.B. g4)
weitaus gefдhrlich ist als in den Standardpositionen (Bauern auf f2, g3, h4
und symmetrisch fьr Schwarz). Ahora, las blancas se encuentran fuera de
peligro. El flanco de rey ha sido bloqueado y su gran ventaja de espacio
impide el plano estandar de las negras: avanzar el peуn hasta a3, para dejar
la casilla de a2 libre para Su Majestad. Si las negras intentarнan llevar a su
rey al flanco de dama, perderнan su peуn de g7, cuando el contrajuego de las
blancas (por ejemplo, con g4) serнa mбs peligroso que en las posiciones
habituales (con peones blancos en f2, g3 y h4 y simetrico para las negras).}
Ra2+ 40. Kf3 a3 41. Ke3 Ra1 42. Kf2 Kf8 43. Kg2 a2 {This move somewhat
restricts the activity of White's pieces (Kf2? loses to ...Rh1 and things like
that), but there is no place to hide for the black king either. Dieser Zug
schrдnkt die Aktivitдt der weiЯen Figuren etwas ein (Kf2? verliert wegen ...
Rh1 und solche Sachen), allerdings gibt es auch kein Versteck mehr fьr den
schwarzen Kцnig. Esta jugada restringe la actividad de las figuras blancas 
(por ejemplo, Kf2 pierde por ...Rh1! y otras cosas por el estilo), pero ahora
no queda manera de esconder a su proprio rey en elflanco de dama.} 44. Kh2 Ke8
45. Kg2 Kd8 46. Kh2 Kc8 47. Kg2 Kb8 48. Ra3 Kb7 49. Ra4 Kb6 50. Ra8 Kc5 51. Ra7
Kd5 52. Ra4 Ke5 53. Ra5+ Ke4 54. Kh2 {Actually, this move is not forced.
decades ago, Kholmov has proven that even without the f5-pawn White can hold a
draw. The only winning chance for Black is to create a passed pawn on the
f-file, but this is impossible in case of accurate defence from White.
Tatsдchlich ist dieser Zug nicht erwungen. Vor Jahrzehnten schon hat bewiesen,
dass WeiЯ selbst ohne den Bauern f5 remis halten kann. Die einzige
Gewinnchance fьr Schwarz besteht darin, einen Freibauern in der f-Linie zu
bilden, doch dies ist bei genauer Verteidigung von WeiЯ nicht mцglich. En
realidad, esta jugada no es forzada. Decadas atrбs, Jolmov demostrу que las
blancas pueden defender aunque les falte el peуn de f5. La ъnica posibilidad
de ganar para las blancas serнa crear un peуn pasado en la columna de f, pero
esto es imposible de realizar ante una defensa corecta de las blancas.} Kf3 55.
Ra3+ Kf2 56. Ra4 Kf1 57. Kh1 ({But this is an important move. In case of a
neutral move such as Dies ist allerdings ein wichtiger Zug. Im Fall einer
neutralen Fortsetzung wie Pero esta es una jugada importante. En caso de una
continuaciуn neutra como} 57. Ra5 $2 {, Black can simplify to a won pawn
ending with kann Schwarz in ein gewonnenes Bauernendspiel abwickeln mit las
negras simplificarнan a un final de peones ganado con} Re1 58. Rxa2 Re2+ 59.
Rxe2 Kxe2 {, for instance , zum Beispiel , por ejemplo} 60. Kg2 Ke3 61. g4 Kf4
$1 62. gxh5 Kg4 {and it is all over. und alles ist vorbei. y todo se acabу.})
57... Ke1 58. Kg2 {But now, there was no need to get back on the second rank.
Jetzt aber war es nicht nцtig, auf die zweite Reihe zurьckzugehen. Pero ahora
no habнa necesidad de volver a la segunda fila.} Kd1 (58... Rd1 {is very much
the same as in the game. verlдuft ganz дhnlich wie in der Partie. serнa muy
parecida a la continuaciуn de la partida.}) 59. Ra7 Rc1 60. Rxa2 Rc2+ 61. Rxc2
Kxc2 62. Kf3 {This is the difference. The white king is active enough now.
Curiously, he will have to use this activity to get... stalemated!! Das ist
der Unterschied. Jetzt steht der weiЯe Kцnig aktiv genug. Kurioserweise wird
er seine Aktivitдt dazu nutzen mьssen, sich... pattsetzen zu lassen! Esta es
la diferencнa. El rey blanco estб activo ahora. Curiosamente, su actividad le
servirб por quedar... Ўahogado!} Kd3 63. g4 hxg4+ 64. Kxg4 Ke4 {Did Anand
miscalculate anything? Hat Anand sich irgendwie verrechnet? їSe le habнa
escapado algo a Anand?} 65. Kh5 $1 {Not really! nicht wirklich! Realmente, no.}
Kxf5 {and, entirely in accordance with the Sofia rule, the players had to
split the point. und die Spieler mussten, in vцlliger Ьbereinstimmung mit der
Sofia-Regel, den Punkt teilen. y, completamente conforme con la ley de Sofia,
los jugadores se repartieron el punto.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "World-ch Tournament"]
[Site "Mexico City"]
[Date "2007.09.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2007.09.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "MEX"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 120"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.10.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.10.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 {Gelfand is a renowned Najdorf specialist. However, for
such important events he seems to prefer more solid openings. He defeated
Kasimdzhanov with the Petroff Defence in the third and last game of their
play-off in Elista, but it should be said the result of the opening was
anything but encouraging for Black. Gelfand ist anerkannter Najdorf-Spezialist.
Doch bei derart wichtigen Veranstalungen scheint er solidere Erцffnungen zu
bevorzugen. Mit Russisch schlug er in der dritten und letzten Tiebreak-Partie
in Elista Kasimdzhanov, allerdings muss man sagen, dass das Resultat der
Erцffnung fьr Schwarz alles andere als ermutigend war.} 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4
5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 Nd7 8. Qd2 Ne5 9. O-O-O O-O 10. h4 {White
starts advancing his kingside pawns, openly declaring his intentions to mate
the enemy king. His own king is out of any immediate danger. WeiЯ beginnt,
seine Bauern am Kцnigsflьgel vorzurьcken, womit er offen seine Absichten
erklдrt, den feindlichen Kцnig mattzusetzen. Sein eigener Kцnig schwebt in
keiner unmittelbaren Gefahr.} Re8 {Black has several ways to continue his
development. Schwarz hat diverse Wege, seine Entwicklung fortzusetzen.} (10...
Bg4 {looks an active continuation, but after sieht nach einer aktiven
Fortsetzung aus, doch nach} 11. Be2 {he has problems maintaining the tension
without making any other concession. The immediate threat is Nxe5 Bxe2, Nxf7!.
Capturing on f3 would open the g-file for attack, so that the slightly
unappealing hat er Probleme, die Spannung ohne irgendeine weitere Konzession
zu halten. Die unmittelbare Drohung lautet Nxe5 Bxe2, Nxf7!. Das Schlagen auf
f3 fьr die g-Linie fьr den Angriff цffnen, so dass das leicht unansehnliche}
Qc8 {is necessary. However, White has failed to prove anything concrete in
practice so far. nцtig ist. Allerdings ist es WeiЯ bisher nicht gelungen, in
der Praxis etwas Konkretes nachzuweisen.} 12. Kb1 (12. b3 Re8 13. Kb1 Bf8 {
Topalov,V (2778)-Kramnik,V (2753)/Sofia 2005/CBM 107/[Huzman] (1/2-1/2, 52)})
12... Re8 13. h5 Bf8 $13 14. Rde1 a6 15. h6 g6 16. Nxe5 $6 {If this is
necessary, White's whole strategy is mistaken. Wenn das nцtig ist, ist die
gesamte Strategie von WeiЯ verfehlt.} dxe5 {White has practically no
compensation for his spoiled pawn structure. WeiЯ hat praktische keine
Kompensation fьr seine entwertete Bauernstruktur.} 17. f3 Be6 18. Bg5 Qd7 19.
Qe3 Bd5 20. Rd1 Qe6 21. b3 b5 22. Bh4 c6 $15 {Jakovenko,D (2667)-Wang Hao 
(2610)/Taiyuan 2006/ (1-0, 58)}) 11. h5 Bf6 (11... Ng4 12. Bd3 Nxe3 13. Qxe3
Bf6 {loses too much time and leaves Black underdeveloped and under serious
pressure after verliert zuviel Zeit; Schwarz bleibt unterentwickelt und unter
ernsten Druck nach} 14. Qf4 h6 15. Kb1 Bd7 16. Rde1 Rxe1+ 17. Rxe1 d5 18. g4
$14 {Kasimdzhanov,R (2670)-Mamedyarov,S (2674)/Baku 2005 (0-1, 43)}) 12. Nh2
$146 {This is a thematic manoeuvre in this variation. White clears the way for
the f-pawn and hopes to question the stability of the f6-bishop with a further
knight jump to g4. However, nobody retreated with the knight in this concrete
position yet. Dies ist ein thematisches Manцver in dieser Variante. WeiЯ macht
den Weg fьr den f-Bauern frei und hofft, mit einem weiteren Springersatz nach
g4 die Stabilitдt des f6-Lдufers in Frage zu stellen. In dieser konkreten
Stellung allerdings ist noch niemand mit dem Springer zurьckgegangen.} (12. Kb1
h6 (12... a6 13. Nh2 {Svidler,P (2740)-Kramnik,V (2739)/Moscow 2005/CBM 111 
(1-0, 48)}) 13. Nh2 Ng4 14. Nxg4 Bxg4 15. f3 Bd7 16. Bd3 Bg5 17. Bxg5 Qxg5 18.
Qxg5 hxg5 19. Be4 Rab8 {Karjakin,S (2660)-Dominguez,L (2638)/Cuernavaca 2006/
CBM 112 (1/2-1/2, 50). Despite his seemingly active position, White has to be
careful, because too many of his pawns are placed on light squares. Trotz
seiner scheinbar aktiven Stellung muss WeiЯ aufpassen, da zu viele seiner
Bauern auf weiЯen Feldern stehen.}) 12... h6 13. Be2 Be6 14. f4 {However, this
might be a bit exaggerated. Black did not do anything wrong yet (he just
developed in natural way) to deserve such a treatment. White weakens his
central squares, while his centralisation is far from optimal. Just look at
his knight. Aber dies kцnnte ein wenig ьbertrieben sein. Schwarz hat noch
nichts falsch gemacht (er hat sich einfach natьrlich entwickelt), um eine
solche Behandlung zu verdienen. WeiЯ schwдcht seine Zentralfelder, wдhrend
seine Zentralisation bei weitem nicht optimal ist. Man betrachte nur seinen
Springer.} (14. b3 {[%csl Yc4][%cal Gf2f4] fails to bother Black because of
kann Schwarz nicht beunruhigen wegen} Qd7 15. f4 $6 Ng4 $15) (14. g4 {might be
a better way to continue the attack. kцnnte ein besserer Weg sein, den Angriff
fortzusetzen.} Nc4 (14... Qd7 15. g5 $40) (14... Qe7 15. Rdg1 $40) ({The
greedy Das gierige} 14... Bxa2 {does not lose the bishop as it might seem, but
does not prevent White's attacking plan in any way. verliert nicht, wie man
meinen kцnnte, den Lдufer, verhindert aber auch in keinster Weise den weiЯen
Angriffsplan.} 15. f4 $1 (15. b3 a5 16. Kb2 a4 17. Kxa2 $2 axb3+ $40 18. Kxb3
Qd7 19. Ra1 Qe6+ 20. Kb2 Nc4+ 21. Bxc4 Qxc4 $19) 15... Nc4 16. Bxc4 Bxc4 17. g5
$36) 15. Bxc4 Bxc4 16. b3 (16. Rhg1 Re5 17. b3 Rd5 {somewhat reduces White's
attacking potential. reduziert das weiЯe Angriffspotential ein wenig.}) 16...
Bb5 17. Rhg1 $40) 14... Nc4 15. Bxc4 Bxc4 {After the elimination of White's
light-squared bishop, Black can regroup easier. Nach der Eliminierung des
gegnerischen weiЯfeldrigen Lдufers kann Schwarz sich leichter umgruppieren.}
16. b3 $6 {White's desire is to force the bishop to choose between the two
available diagonals as soon as possible, but this move weakens the c3-pawn.
WeiЯ mцchte den Lдufer so bald wie mцglich zwingen, sich zwischen den beiden
verfьgbaren Diagonalen zu entscheiden, doch dieser Zug schwдcht den c3-Bauern.}
(16. g4 {was better, although less efficient than in the previous comment,
because White has weakened his squares along the e-file prematurely, allowing
Black to provoke favourable simplifications. war besser, wenngleich weniger
wirksam als im vorigen Kommentar, da WeiЯ verfrьht seine Felder in der e-Linie
geschwдcht, wodurch Schwarz vorteilhafte Vereinfachungen herbeifьhren kann.}
Qe7 17. Rde1 Bh4 18. Bf2 Qf6 $13) 16... Bb5 ({This is the kind of move one
plays without too much thought. However, Black had here the stunning Dies ist
die Art von Zug, die man ohne allzu groЯes Nachdenken spielt. Aber an dieser
Stelle hatte Schwarz das verblьffende} 16... c5 $3 {(suggested by Frederic
Friedel during the live transmission on Chessbase.com) at his disposal. The
idea is simple: to clear the queen's way to a5 and deprive the white bishop of
access to d4. With his knight on h2 and his bishop relatively inactive and
slightly hanging, White would have faced serious problems of coordination. 
(vorgeschlagen von Frederic Friedel wдhrend der Liveьbertragung auf Chessbase.
com) zur Verfьgung. Die Idee ist einfach: der Dame wird der Weg nach a5
freigemacht und dem Lдufer der Zugang zu d4 verwehrt. Mit seinem Springer auf
h2 sowie seinem relativ inaktiven und leicht hдngenden Lдufer hдtte WeiЯ vor
ernsten Koordinationsproblemen gestanden.} 17. Rhe1 (17. bxc4 Qa5 $40 18. Kb2
$2 Qb4+ $1 $19) (17. Kb2 b5 $1 18. Ng4 b4 19. Nxf6+ Qxf6 $36 20. bxc4 $2 bxc3+
21. Qxc3 Rab8+ $19) (17. Ng4 Be6 {[%csl Ge3][%cal Ye6g4]} 18. Nxf6+ {
(Unfortunately, forced) (Erzwungen, leider)} Qxf6 $17 {[%csl Yg4,Yh5] but this
would leave his light squares desperately weak. , doch danach wдren seine
weiЯen Felder hoffnungslos schwach.}) 17... b5 18. Ng4 Be6 19. Nxf6+ Qxf6 20.
Qxd6 Qxc3 21. Qe5 Qa5 $36) 17. Rhg1 $6 {A mysterious move. Anand might have
wanted to prepare Ng4xf6+ followed by g4-g5. Ein mysteriцser Zug. Vielleicht
wollte Anand Ng4xf6+ nebst g4-g5 vorbereiten.} (17. Ng4 Bd7 $1 18. Nxf6+ Qxf6
$17 {[%csl Yg4,Yh5]}) (17. Rhe1 Bh4 18. Bf2 Bxf2 19. Qxf2 a5 $132 20. a4 $6 Bd7
{[%cal Yb7b5]}) (17. g4 {was still to be preferred. war noch immer vorzuziehen.
} Qe7 $13) 17... Re4 {Yummy! What a square... Lecker! Was fьr ein Feld...} 18.
Ng4 Qe7 19. Rde1 Re8 20. Bf2 Qd8 $15 {Just in time. To be compared with the
way Grischuk exchanged rooks, keeping his kingside defended at the same time.
Gerade rechtzeitig. Zu vergleichen mit der Art und Weise, wie Grischuk die
Tьrme tauschte und gleichzeitig die Verteidigung seines Kцnigsflьgels
aufrechthielt.} 21. Rxe4 Rxe4 22. Re1 $6 Rxe1+ $6 $15 ({Black had the simple
tactic Schwarz hatte den einfachen Trick} 22... Rxf4 $1 {winning a pawn. , was
einen Bauern gewinnt.} 23. Nxf6+ (23. Qxf4 $2 Bg5 $19) 23... Qxf6 $17 {After
the game, Anand stated that both opponents calculated the same way out for
White, which does not work actually. I do not know which variation that could
be. Nach der Partie sagte Anand, dass beide Gegner denselben Ausweg fьr WeiЯ
berechnet hдtten, der tatsдchlich aber nicht funktioniert. Ich weiЯ nicht,
welche Variante das sein kцnnte.}) ({Personally, I would prefer Black's
position even after Ich persцnlich wьrde die Stellung von Schwarz sogar nach} 
22... Rxe1+ {The light squared bishop looks sooo powerful! He could retreat
with his bishop to f8 and then make some progress in the centre (b6, c5, etc..)
bevorzugen. Der weiЯfeldrige Lдufer sieht sooo mдchtig aus! Er kцnnte mit
seinem Lдufer nach f8 zurьckgehen und dann Fortschritte im Zentrum machen (b6,
c5 usw...)}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gashimov Memorial 3rd"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2016.05.28"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[Annotator "Mekhitarian,K"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2016.05.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 O-O
8. Qd2 Nd7 9. O-O-O c5 $5 $146 {A typical move to begin a possible counterplay
on the queenside, it is normally played after ...Nf6, but has never been tried
in this order.} 10. Bd3 (10. Bf4 {was a principled try, but here Black gets
interesting play:} Nf6 11. Bc4 {threatening Rhe1 and direct threats against e7/
d6} b5 (11... d5 12. Bxd5 Nxd5 13. Qxd5 $16 {looks good and safe for White})
12. Bxb5 Qa5 13. Bc4 Be6 $1 $132) 10... Nf6 11. Rhe1 Be6 12. Bg5 (12. c4 $6 {
trying to stop ...d5 like this is dangerous, since it creates a dangerous
contact point in the queenside} b5 $1 13. cxb5 a6 $40 {and White is already
starting to come under a strong initiative.}) (12. Kb1 $5 {keeping things
flexible for now (Ng5! is an idea if 12...d5 is played)} d5 13. Ng5 c4 14. Nxe6
fxe6 15. Bf1 $40 {and White can attack the e6-pawn and launch a pawn storm in
the kingside.}) 12... h6 $2 {It is hard to say what Harikrishna had missed,
White's attack is very straightforward.} (12... d5 $1 $36 {would conclude a
successful opening idea 9...c5!?, but it is far from easy:} 13. Qf4 {looks
very threatening, intending Qh4 to provoke ...h6} Qb6 $1 14. Qh4 h6 15. Bxh6
gxh6 16. Qxh6 (16. g4 $5 {doesn't change much} Rfe8 17. Qxh6 (17. g5 $2 Ne4 18.
Rxe4 dxe4 19. Qxe4 Kf8 20. Qh7 Bd6 $17 {now Black wants to play for a win})
17... Ne4 18. Rxe4 dxe4 19. Bxe4 Bf5 {pretty much the same line as in 16.Qxh6}
20. Qxb6 axb6 21. Bxf5 Rxa2 $13) 16... Ne4 $1 17. Rxe4 (17. Bxe4 dxe4 18. Rxe4
Rfd8 $17 {and Black is fine, Bf8-Bg7 is coming}) 17... dxe4 18. Bxe4 Bf5 $1 19.
Qxb6 axb6 20. Bxf5 Rxa2 $13 {with a weird endgame, where Black is definitely
in the game.}) 13. Bxh6 $1 c4 (13... gxh6 $2 {is simply losing} 14. Qxh6 $18 {
with a devastating attack, Ng5, Rxe6, etc.}) 14. Bxg7 $1 cxd3 (14... Kxg7 {
makes it all easier for White} 15. Qg5+ Kh8 16. Qh6+ Kg8 17. Ng5 cxd3 18. Rxe6
fxe6 19. Qg6+ Kh8 20. Rxd3 $18 {with mate to follow.}) 15. Qg5 {Now Black
doesn't have a choice, all the next moves are forced.} (15. Qh6 {was also good
enough, which makes me wonder even more what Black missed after playing 12...
h6?, considering Harikrishna is such a precise and gifted tactical player} Nh7
16. Rxd3 Re8 $2 (16... Bf6 17. Bxf8 Qxf8 18. Qxf8+ Nxf8 19. Rxd6 $18 {with a
similar endgame as was played}) 17. Rxe6 $1 fxe6 18. Qg6 $1 Nf8 19. Bxf8+ Kxf8
{there are many winning moves here} 20. Rd4 e5 21. Rg4 $18) 15... Ne4 16. Qh6
Bg5+ (16... f5 $2 17. Bxf8 $18 {followed by Qxe6, winning.}) 17. Nxg5 Qxg5+ 18.
Qxg5 Nxg5 19. Bxf8 dxc2 (19... Kxf8 {would be very similar to the game,
perhaps even worse} 20. Rxd3 d5 21. Re5 $1 Nh7 22. Rh5 Kg7 23. Rg3+ Kh8 24. Kd2
$18) 20. Rxd6 Kxf8 21. h4 Nh7 22. Kxc2 $18 {Reaching a very promising endgame,
White has three pawns and a rook against two pieces, which is definitely
enough for a win. Naturally, it is not simple, reinforcing the fact that
beating a player like Harikrishna demands precision and energy from beginning
to end, and, as we will see, Karjakin doesn't lack technique, as usual.} Nf6 {.
} 23. f3 Ke7 24. Rd4 Rh8 25. c4 Nd7 26. b3 {In the last moves, White placed
his pawns on squares of the same colour as the opponent's bishop, a standard
concept to use, specially in endings, aiming to limit that bishop's scope.} a6
27. Kc3 Nb8 28. g3 {Now the next part of the plan will be to prepare the h5-g4
advances to create serious threats with the kingside pawns.} Nc6 29. Rd2 Kf6
30. Rh2 b5 31. cxb5 axb5 32. Rd2 (32. g4 {was possible, following the plan,
but I guess Karjakin didn't want to give up the d-file in the following line:}
Rc8 {threatening ...Ne5} 33. Kb2 Rd8 34. h5 Kg7 $16 {and it is not quite clear
how to make progress.}) 32... Rh5 33. Re3 Ne7 34. Re4 Rf5 35. Rd3 Rc5+ 36. Kd2
$1 {Bringing the king to f2.} Nf5 37. Rg4 $1 {I like this move from a
practical point of view, even placing a rook on such a square.} (37. f4 {
would be a possible reaction, to avoid the awkward placement of the white rook
on g4. On the other hand, White did not want to place his pawns on dark
squares, allowing a possible blockade on the light squares.} Nh6 38. Re5 $1 {
a very deep computer-like move. I would definitely choose Karjakin's move 37.
Rg4 instead of trying to find a forced win. The important thing to learn from
here is that there is no rush to win any chess game, you get 1 point in all
cases, it doesn't matter if it takes 20 or 80 moves.} Rxe5 39. fxe5+ Kxe5 40.
a4 bxa4 41. bxa4 Nf5 42. a5 Bc4 43. Ra3 Ba6 44. Rb3 $18 {and apparently Black
can't stop White's passed pawns.}) 37... Rc8 38. Rc3 Ra8 39. Rc2 Ne7 (39...
Rd8+ {trying to take advantage of the Ne3/Nd4 tactical shots, wouldn't change
much:} 40. Ke1 Ne3 41. Rf4+ Kg6 42. Rd2 Rc8 43. Kf2 Nd5 44. Rfd4 $16 {and
White regroups slowly as in the game.}) 40. Rf4+ Kg7 41. Ke1 Nd5 42. Rd4 Kf6
43. Kf2 Ke5 44. Re4+ Kd6 45. h5 Ke7 46. g4 {Karjakin is not in a hurry, but
finally he starts advancing his pawns, in a way they become really dangerous.
Black will soon find himself in a hopeless situation.} Kd6 47. Rd2 f5 48. gxf5
Bxf5 49. h6 Rh8 50. Red4 Be6 51. Rh4 Ke7 52. Rh5 Nf6 53. Rxb5 Rxh6 54. a4 Rh1
55. a5 $18 Nd7 56. b4 Bc4 57. Rg5 Ke6 58. Rd4 Rc1 59. a6 Rc2+ 60. Kg3 Bf1 61.
a7 Nb6 62. Rd1 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 1718 playoff"]
[Site "Baden-Baden"]
[Date "2018.05.24"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2822"]
[Annotator "Mekhitarian,K"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Solingen"]
[BlackTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 {The mighty Petroff or Russian Defence! Fabiano Caruana
has been using it exclusively against 1.e4 and had amazing results in the last
tournaments - he basically won all the tournaments he played in at the
beginning of 2018 (and the London Classic at the end of 2017).} 3. Nxe5 d6 4.
Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. c4 c6 {This is the 7th time Caruana
as played this position since 2017!} 9. Nc3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Bf5 {
This is the idea he has been trying lately. 11...Bg4 is more common.} (11...
Bg4 {was played for the first time back in 1909, against the great World
Champion Capablanca.} 12. Qd3 (12. h3 Bh5 13. g4 Bg6 14. Ne5 Nd7 15. f4 {
enters a very tense position as well:} b5 16. Nxg6 hxg6 17. Bb3 Nb6 (17... c5
$1 $132) 18. Qf3 Qd7 $6 19. f5 $1 Nd5 20. fxg6 fxg6 21. Bxd5+ cxd5 22. Qxd5+
Kh7 23. Bf4 $16 {1-0 (45) So,W (2710)-Ipatov,A (2584) Tromsoe 2013}) 12... Nd7
13. Ng5 Nf6 14. h3 Bh5 15. f4 h6 16. g4 hxg5 17. fxg5 Nxg4 18. hxg4 Bxg4 $2 {
Black went wrong here, but it is amazing to see that the game was played at a
very high level until this move. Of course, Capablanca had White, but that was
a time where no one had any computers or advanced chess theory.} (18... Qd7 $1
19. gxh5 Qg4+ 20. Kf2 b5 $13 {with a very complicated position, the computer
evaluates it as equal.}) (18... b5 $5) 19. Qe4 Qd7 20. g6 $18 {1-0 (41)
Capablanca,J-Northrup,G New York,NY 1909}) 12. Bg5 (12. Re1 Nd7 13. Bg5 Qa5 {
Black has been scoring well in this position.} 14. Nh4 Nb6 15. Bb3 Bd7 16. Bd2
Rae8 17. Rxe8 Rxe8 18. Rb1 Qa6 {[%cal Ga6d3]} 19. Qh5 Nc4 20. Nf3 h6 {
Positionally, Black is doing fine with the better pawn structure, he just has
to keep watching the initiative around his king.} 21. h3 (21. Bxh6 $6 gxh6 22.
Qxh6 Bf8 23. Qf4 c5 $1 $17 {[%csl Rb1][%cal Ra6g6,Rf8h6]}) 21... Be6 (21... b5
$1 {[%cal Ga6c8,Gd7f5]} 22. Bxh6 $2 gxh6 23. Qxh6 Bf8) 22. Re1 Qb5 (22... b5
23. Bxh6 $1 gxh6 24. Qxh6 Bf8 25. Qh5 Bg7 26. Ng5 $40 {[%csl Re1] now White
has an important rook helping in the attack}) 23. Qh4 Nxd2 24. Nxd2 Qd3 25. Ne4
$11 {0-1 (40) Liang,A (2552)-Lenderman,A (2599) Saint Louis 2018}) 12... Qa5
13. Nh4 $5 Be6 14. Bxe6 Qxg5 (14... fxe6 $2 {is just bad.} 15. Qg4 $16) 15. Nf3
Qd8 (15... Qa5 $1 {has been the latest trend, after this game. I think the
main advantage for Black is that the rooks are connected, and he will be able
to play ...Rae8 faster now.} 16. Bb3 Nd7 (16... Qxc3 $2 17. Ng5 $1 $18 {
with a deadly attack}) 17. Qd3 {Tregubov played two games here and did not
have any problems:} Nf6 (17... Rae8 18. g3 g6 19. Nd2 Qd8 20. Rfe1 Kg7 21. Kg2
Rxe1 22. Rxe1 Re8 23. Rxe8 {½-½ (23) Bellahcene,B (2488)-Tregubov,P (2578)
Brest 2018}) 18. g3 g6 19. Rae1 Rae8 20. Kg2 Kg7 21. h4 h6 22. c4 Qd8 23. Bc2
Rxe1 24. Rxe1 Re8 $11 {½-½ (27) Cornette,M (2600)-Tregubov,P (2578) Brest
2018}) 16. Bb3 Nd7 17. Re1 g6 18. g3 Kg7 19. Qd3 Nf6 20. Rad1 (20. c4 c5 $1 (
20... Re8 $6 21. Rxe8 Qxe8 22. c5 Bc7 23. Ng5 $36) 21. d5 {was probably what
Giri wanted to avoid.} Re8 {should be fine for Black.}) 20... Rc8 21. h4 (21.
Ne5 {was another way to use the initiative, but Black is also fine after} Qc7
22. f4 c5 $1 23. Qf3 b5 $1 $132) 21... Rc7 $1 22. Kg2 Re7 23. Rxe7 Qxe7 24. Re1
Qd7 {Giri keeps a slightly more preferrable position, but there is nothing
serious going on, Black should be able to hold with precise play.} 25. Ne5 Bxe5
26. Rxe5 Re8 27. Qe2 h5 {Black does not need to to anything here, so Caruana
patiently waits to see what are White's intentions.} 28. f3 Kf8 29. Rxe8+ Nxe8
30. Qe5 Nd6 31. Kf2 Kg8 $6 (31... b6 $1 32. g4 {now doesn't work as well as in
the game:} hxg4 33. fxg4 Nb5 $1 $132 {[%csl Rc3,Rd4]}) 32. g4 $1 {Probably
underestimated by Caruana, now the position becomes more difficult to defend.}
hxg4 33. fxg4 Qd8 (33... Nb5 34. Qf6 $1 {[%cal Gf6g6]} Kf8 35. h5 gxh5 36. gxh5
{with a strong attack. ...Nxc3 loses the knight:} Nd6 (36... Nxc3 $2 37. Qh8+
Ke7 38. Qe5+ $18 {followed by either Qa5+ or Qc5+ picking up the knight.}) 37.
Qh8+ Ke7 38. Qe5+ Kf8 39. Kg3 $16) 34. Kf3 Kh7 $2 (34... Qd7 $1 {was the last
chance to stop White from playing h5. After the game continuation, the
defensive task is even more difficult.} 35. Qf6 Kh7 36. Kf4 b5 37. h5 gxh5 38.
gxh5 Qh3 $1 $132 {[%cal Rf6d6,Rh3h2] The knight can not be taken because of ...
Qh2+.}) 35. h5 $16 f6 36. Qe6 Kg7 37. Kf4 {Provoking ...g5+, a move that would
be very bad for Black.} a5 $1 38. a3 (38. Bc2 $1 gxh5 (38... Nf7 39. Bxg6 Qc7+
40. Ke3 Ng5 41. Qe8 Qg3+ 42. Kd2 Nf3+ 43. Kc1 $1 $18 {and White is able to
escape (Kb2-Bc2 will be played if Black keeps giving checks).}) 39. gxh5 Nf7 $5
$132 {trying some counterplay against the white king.}) 38... gxh5 (38... a4 $1
{It would be nice to add this move before playing the game variation.} 39. Ba2
{[%csl Ra3]} (39. Bxa4 $6 Nf7 $1 $132 {[%cal Rf7g5,Rd8c7] suddenly starting
some counterplay}) 39... gxh5 40. gxh5 Kh6 41. Bb1 Nb5 $1 $132 {A very
counterintuitive move.}) 39. gxh5 Kh6 40. Bc2 Qf8 $2 (40... c5 $1 41. Kf3 {
threatening Qg4 (because ...Qe8 will fail for Qf4+ then).} (41. dxc5 Nf7 $1
$132) (41. Qg4 $2 Qe8 $1 $11) 41... cxd4 42. cxd4 (42. Qg4 $6 Qe8 43. Qf4+ Kxh5
44. Qxd6 $2 (44. Qh2+ Kg5 45. Qf4+ Kh5 $11) 44... Qe3+ $19) 42... Kg7 $16 {
and the struggle continues!}) (40... Kxh5 $4 41. Qh3#) 41. Kf3 $1 {Now the
threat is Qg4 again, Black is already losing.} Ne8 {Now White starts to play
some mysterious king moves, that I understand only partly, to be honest.} (
41... Kxh5 $4 42. Qg4+ Kh6 43. Qg6#) 42. Kg2 (42. Qg4 $2 Qf7 $1 $132) 42... Nd6
43. Kf2 $1 {Achieving the ideal position for the king, but the bishop still
has to be manoeuvred to d3.} (43. Qg4 $2 Qg7 $1 {[%cal Rg7g2]}) 43... b6 (43...
Ne8 44. Bd3 $1 {finally forcing a black pawn to move.} Nd6 45. Qg4 $1 {works
now} Qg7 46. Qf4+ Qg5 47. Qxd6 Qd2+ 48. Be2 $18) 44. Kf3 {White threatens to
play Qg4 once again and Black has to give a pawn away in order to stop that.} (
44. Qg4 {doesn't quite work here:} Qg7 45. Qf4+ $2 Qg5 $1 46. Qxd6 Qd2+ {
and Black escapes with a draw:} 47. Kf3 (47. Kf1 Qc1+ $1) 47... Qxc3+ 48. Kg4
Qxc2 49. Qxf6+ Kh7 $11) 44... Ne8 45. Qxc6 Nd6 46. Qxb6 $18 Qe7 (46... Qa8+ {
wouldn't change much:} 47. Kf2 $1 Qd5 48. Qb8 $18) 47. Qb8 Nf7 48. Qg8 $1 Ng5+
49. Kf4 Nh3+ 50. Kf5 Qd7+ 51. Kxf6 {A nice technical win from Anish Giri, who
is always a force to be reckoned with amongst the top players.} 1-0

[Event "EU-ch (Women) 20th"]
[Site "Antalya"]
[Date "2019.04.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Vega Gutierrez, Sabrina Neide"]
[Black "Kashlinskaya, Alina"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2391"]
[BlackElo "2477"]
[Annotator "Mikhalchishin,A"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2019.04.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteClock "0:01:00"]
[BlackClock "1:30:00"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 Nc6
8. Qd2 Be6 9. O-O-O Qd7 10. a3 a6 ({Much riskier seems to be} 10... h6 11. Nd4
(11. Kb1 Rg8 12. Bd3 O-O-O 13. Qe2 Bf6 14. Bb5 Kb8 15. Rhe1 g5 16. Nd2 Bh8 17.
Nb3 Bxb3 18. cxb3 Qf5+ 19. Bd3 {with the better play, Kasimdzhanov,R (2698)-Li,
D (2488) Chengdu 2017}) 11... Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Rg8 13. Be2 c5 (13... a6 14. c4
O-O-O 15. Qc3 g6 16. b3 Bg4 17. f3 Be6 18. Rhe1 Rge8 19. Kb1 h5 20. Bf2 Qc6 21.
Bd3 d5 22. c5 Bd7 23. Bd4 Bf8 24. Rg1 {with a slight advantage, Alekseenko,K 
(2639)-Timofeev,A (2580) St Petersburg RUS 2018}) 14. Be3 d5 15. f4 O-O-O 16.
Bf3 Bg4 {with equality, Karjakin,S (2763)-Caruana,F (2784) Berlin GER 2018})
11. Nd4 ({It was possible to start an attack with} 11. h4 h6 (11... Bf6 12. Ng5
O-O-O 13. Nxe6 fxe6 14. g3 d5 15. Bh3 Kb8 16. Rhe1 Rhe8 17. f4 Na5 18. Bd4 Nc4
19. Qd3 Qb5 {game is equal,(35) Vachier Lagrave,M (2780)-Duda,J (2738) chess.
com INT 2019}) 12. Nd4 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Rg8 14. c4 c5 15. Bc3 Qa4 16. g3 O-O-O 17.
Bd3 h5 18. Rhe1 d5 19. cxd5 Rxd5 20. Qe3 g6 21. Be4 {and White kept a slight
advantage, Andreikin,D (2721)-Liu Qingnan (2543) China 2019}) (11. Be2 h6 12.
Nd4 Nxd4 13. cxd4 d5 14. Rhe1 O-O-O 15. Bf4 Bd6 16. Bd3 Rhe8 17. h4 Qe7 18. g3
Bxf4 19. Qxf4 Qd6 20. Qxd6 Rxd6 21. Kd2 {The endgame is fully equal, Bok,B 
(2611)-Kuzubov,Y (2690) Hersonissos GRE 2017}) 11... Nxd4 12. Bxd4 O-O ({
Some players here used a very agressive but wrong strategy, deciding to castle
to the other side:} 12... Rg8 $2 13. Bd3 h6 14. Bh7 Rh8 15. Be4 Kf8 16. Bxb7 $5
({Correct was} 16. c4 Bxc4 $2 17. Qc3) 16... Rb8 17. Bxa6 Qa4 18. Be2 d5 19.
Qe3 Rxb2 20. Kxb2 Bxa3+ 21. Kb1 Ke7 22. Bc5+ Kd7 23. Rxd5+ Bxd5 24. Qe7+ Kc6
25. Bxa3 Rb8+ 26. Kc1 {with winning position.Bacrot,E (2718)-Li Chao2 (2732)
Liaocheng CHN 2018}) 13. Rg1 ({Much better was to start different attack:} 13.
f4 b5 14. h3 a5 15. g4 b4 16. f5) 13... Qa4 14. f4 c5 15. Bf2 b5 {You can say
what you want, but Black started to attack first!} 16. Re1 ({A very dangerous
black attack starts after} 16. g4 b4 17. cxb4 Rab8 18. f5 cxb4 19. fxe6 bxa3)
16... Bf6 ({Another way was} 16... b4 17. cxb4 Rab8 18. Qe2 cxb4 19. Qxa6 Qd7
20. a4 Rfc8) 17. g4 b4 $1 {This typical attack is very dangerous here.} 18.
cxb4 Rab8 19. b5 ({The tricky defence} 19. Re4 {would be met with} a5 20. f5
Bd7 21. Qxd6 axb4 22. Bc4 Bc6) 19... axb5 20. g5 {[#]} Bxb2+ $1 {Black starts
a classical decisive attack.} 21. Kxb2 b4 22. Rg3 ({Or} 22. Ra1 bxa3+ 23. Kc1
a2 24. Qc3 Qxf4+ 25. Be3 Qh4 26. Be2 Rb4) 22... bxa3+ 23. Ka1 a2 ({Also
possible was the other way} 23... Rb2 24. Rxe6 fxe6 25. Bh3 Rxc2 26. Bxe6+ Kh8
27. Qe1 Qxf4) 24. Qc3 Qxf4 (24... Rb4 {followed by doubling rooks on the
b-file also won.}) 25. Rf3 Rb1+ 0-1

[Event "Lee Cup 4th"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "1997.09.04"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ye, Jiangchuan"]
[Black "Wu, Wenjin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2320"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1997.08.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 061"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 O-O 6. d3 d5 7. exd5 Nxd5 8.
Bd2 Nxc3 9. bxc3 Bd6 10. O-O Bf5 (10... h6 11. h3 f5 12. Re1 Qf6 13. c4 e4 14.
dxe4 fxe4 15. Rxe4 Bf5 16. Re3 Bxc2 17. Qxc2 Qxa1+ 18. Kh2 Qf6 19. c5 Be7 20.
Qb3+ Rf7 21. Bc3 Qg6 22. Rxe7 Nxe7 23. Ne5 Qf5 24. Qxb7 Rc8 25. Nxf7 {
Nikolenko,O-Kozlov,V/Belgorod GMA-qual 1989/TD 89\02/1/2-1/2 (49)}) 11. Rb1 Rb8
12. Re1 (12. Ng5 $5 h6 (12... Qd7) 13. Ne4 {/\f4} (13. Bxc6 $2 bxc6 14. Qf3 Qd7
$15)) 12... Qd7 13. c4 b6 14. Bc3 Rfe8 15. Qc1 (15. Nh4 $5 Be6 $1 (15... Bh3 $6
16. Bxh3 Qxh3 17. Qf3 $14) 16. Bxc6 Qxc6 17. Bxe5 Bxe5 18. Rxe5 Bh3 19. Qf3 Qa4
$44 20. Reb5 Bd7 21. R5b2 $13) 15... Bh3 $6 (15... f6 $142) 16. Bh1 $6 (16.
Bxh3 $142 Qxh3 17. Qe3) 16... f6 17. Nd2 Kh8 18. Nb3 $6 (18. Ne4 $142) 18...
Bf8 19. Qb2 $6 Rbd8 20. Re4 $6 Bf5 21. Re3 $6 (21. Ree1) 21... a5 $15 22. a4 $6
(22. Rbe1 $6 a4 23. Nd2 Bc5 $36) (22. Be4) (22. Ree1) 22... Nb4 (22... Bb4 $5)
23. Ra1 Bh3 24. Bf3 Na6 25. Bh5 g6 26. Bf3 Nc5 27. Nxc5 Bxc5 28. Re4 $4 (28.
Re2 $15) 28... Qf5 0-1

[Event "ISR-chT"]
[Site "Israel"]
[Date "2004.01.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Liss, Eran"]
[Black "Mikhalevski, Victor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2489"]
[BlackElo "2568"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2004.01.03"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Nbd2 $5 {
A relatively rare move. White's idea is to win a few tempi by exchanging a
developed knight.} ({The main move is} 7. O-O) 7... Nxd2 8. Bxd2 Nb4 $6 {
[%csl Rc2][%cal Gc8f5] An unfortunate idea. In fact I had a feeling that move
like this can't be right, but couldn't find a refutation. As it usually
happens I saw it right after playing the move. Now White's idea start to work.}
({Better was} 8... Bg4 9. Qe2+ Be7 10. c3 O-O 11. h3 Bh5 {and Black should be
able to equalize. Liss-Greenfeld,Israel,2002}) 9. Be2 {A modest, but strong
move. This move combined with the next one proves that Black's idea was wrong.}
({It was also interesting to play} 9. Bb5+ $5 c6 ({Bad is} 9... Bd7 $2 10. Qe2+
({Also possible} 10. O-O $5 {but it's better to play simple 10.Qe2.} Bxb5 $140
(10... Bd6 $142 11. Re1+ Kf8) 11. Re1+ Kd7 12. Ne5+ Kc8 13. Nxf7 Qf6 14. Nxh8)
10... Qe7 $8 11. Bxd7+ Kxd7 12. Ne5+ $16 {and Black has no compensation for
losing the right to castle.}) 10. O-O $1 {Freeing the e1-square for the Q.} ({
Now} 10. Qe2+ $2 {doesn't yield fruits} Qe7 11. Bxb4 $140 Qxe2+ 12. Kxe2 Bxb4 {
and Black's fine.}) 10... cxb5 ({Also playable} 10... Be7 $5 11. a3 (11. c3
cxb5 12. cxb4 $11) 11... cxb5 (11... Nxc2 {looks dangerous in view of} 12.
Bxc6+ $1 (12. Qxc2 cxb5) 12... bxc6 13. Qxc2) 12. Bxb4 Bxb4 13. axb4 O-O $14)
11. Qe1+ $1 Be6 12. Bxb4 Be7 $14 {and White has a slight advantage as his
knight is better than Black's "bad" bishop.} (12... Bd6 $5 $14)) 9... Bf5 {
[%csl Rc2] The idea of 8...Nb4. Probably I had to agree with the fact that Nb4
didn't work} ({and to play} 9... Bd6 $5 {finishing development of the K-side.})
10. O-O $1 {White ignores the threat and rightly so. The c2-pawn is
untouchable.} Be7 {It's time to complete development.} ({Now} 10... Nxc2 $2 {
loses to} 11. Rc1 {and Black has to give up two pieces for R since} Nb4 $2 {
is met by} 12. Bxb4 Bxb4 13. Qa4+ $18) ({and after} 10... Bxc2 $2 11. Qe1 $1
$18 {[%csl Rb4,Re8][%cal Ge2b5] Black king is becoming vulnerable.}) ({The
only alternative was} 10... Qd6 $5 {preparing 0-0-0.}) 11. c4 {/\Qa4. Right
idea,but wrong execution.} ({It was better to start with} 11. Bxb4 $1 {
avoiding Bc2.} Bxb4 12. c4 $1 {[%cal Gd1a4,Gd1b3]} O-O $8 {Time to run.} 13.
Qb3 {[%csl Rb4,Rb7,Rd5] This double attack on d5 and b4 is pretty unpleasant.}
Be7 {Probably the best. This way Black leaves the d-file open for his Q.} (
13... Qe7 14. cxd5) ({Provocative} 13... Bd6 {is dangerous:} 14. c5 (14. Qxb7
dxc4 $132 {[%cal Ga8b8]}) 14... Bf4 15. Qxb7 $140 Rb8 16. Qxa7 Rxb2 17. Rfe1
Re8 18. Bd3 $1 {Nice tactical resourse.} Rxe1+ (18... Bxd3 19. Qa3 $1 {[%csl
Rb2,Rd3]}) 19. Rxe1 (19. Nxe1 Bxh2+ 20. Kxh2 Qh4+ 21. Kg1 Qxf2+ 22. Kh1 Qh4+
23. Kg1 $11) 19... Bxd3 20. Qa3 $16 {and by winning back a piece White remains
with an extra pawn.}) 14. cxd5 (14. Rfe1 $5) (14. Ne5 $5) 14... Be4 {[%csl Rd5]
} 15. Bc4 ({Dubious is} 15. Qxb7 $6 Rb8 $1 16. Qxa7 Rxb2 $36 {and Black
develops a strong initiative.}) 15... b5 $1 {an interesting attempt to fight
for initiative} 16. Bxb5 Bxd5 17. Qc3 Rb8 $44 {and thanks to a bishop pair and
a semi-open b-file Black gets certain compensation for a pawn.}) 11... Bc2 $1 {
Correct defense. Black prevents development of the white Q to b3.} (11... O-O {
is dangerous in view of} 12. Qb3 dxc4 13. Bxc4 a5 $1 14. Bxb4 axb4 15. Ne5 Qxd4
16. Nxf7 $36 {and it's very annoying to wait for a discovered check without a
chance to do something about it.}) 12. Qc1 {[%csl Rc2][%cal Gd2b4]} Be4 $1 13.
Bxb4 (13. Qc3 $5 {deserved serious attention with the idea to meet} Nc2 {with}
14. Rad1 $1 {protecting the bishop against Bb4.} ({Inaccurate would be} 14.
Rac1 Bb4 15. Qb3 Bxd2 (15... Nxd4 $5) 16. Nxd2 Nxd4)) 13... Bxb4 14. Ng5 $5 {
An interesting idea. White is looking for chances with bishops of opposite
colour.} ({An attempt to trap the bishop with} 14. c5 {[%csl Rb4][%cal Ga2a3,
Gb2b4] would be answered by} c6 {and Black seems to hold.}) 14... O-O {Finally
Black completes development. Here I felt a relief, but probably it happened
too early:)} ({I could also try to keep the bishop with} 14... Bg6 $5 {but
frankly speaking I've underestimated the threats.}) 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Qe3 $1 {
White creates threats both to the e4-pawn and the b4-bishop(Qb3)} c5 $5 {
The idea of White's c5 was so annoying that I decided to play c5 myself.} (
16... Re8 17. c5 c6 18. Bc4 $36 {/\Qb3; Bxf7; Rad1,d5 looked dangerous}) ({
After inaccurate} 16... f5 $2 17. c5 {/\Qb3;a3 Black's B is traped.}) 17. Rad1
{This move came as a litlle surprise. I was concentrating on the other ones.} (
17. a3 cxd4 18. Qxe4 Re8 19. Qxb7 Bxa3 $1 (19... Rxe2 20. axb4 Rxb2 21. Rfd1
$16 {Probably Black will finish up a pawn down.}) 20. Rxa3 Rxe2 21. Rd3 Re7 {
and Black should be able to defend.} (21... Rb8 $2 22. Rxd4 $1)) (17. d5 $5 Qe7
(17... f5 18. a3 Ba5 19. Qxc5 Bb6 (19... f4 20. d6) 20. Qb4 Rc8 (20... a5 21.
Qc3 Qd6 22. b4) 21. Rad1 $16 {During the game I thought Black would have
sufficient compensation here, but now I'm not so sure.}) 18. Rad1 Qe5) (17.
dxc5 $2 {would only help Black.} Qe7 {[%csl Rc5][%cal Gb4c5]}) 17... cxd4 18.
Qxe4 ({After} 18. Rxd4 Qf6 $1 {[%csl Rb2,Rd4]} 19. Rd7 Qxb2 20. Rxb7 a5 $11 {
the position is equal.}) 18... Re8 19. Qc2 $6 {[%cal Ge2f3,Gc2b3] After this
careless move Black succeeds to equalize.} (19. Qd3 $5) ({Probably the best was
} 19. Qxb7 $1 Rxe2 (19... Rb8 20. Qf3 Bc5 $5 $14) 20. Qxb4 Qb6 $1 (20... Rb8 $2
21. Rxd4) 21. Qxb6 axb6 22. b4 $14 {and Black has to look for escsape at the
rook endgame being a pawn down.}) 19... Rc8 $1 20. a3 Bf8 $1 {The bishop will
be useful on the long diagonal!} 21. Bg4 {An attempt to discoordinate Black's
forces doesn't succeed.} (21. Bd3 $142) 21... Rc7 22. Qd3 {[%csl Rd4]} g6 $1 {
Imdirect defense of the d4-pawn. The bishop finds itself on the long diagonal.}
23. b4 (23. Qxd4 {would lead to a forced draw.} Qxd4 24. Rxd4 Bg7 25. Rd2 (25.
Rd7 $6 Rxd7 26. Bxd7 Re7 27. Rd1 Bxb2) 25... Rxc4 $11) 23... b6 $1 {[%csl Gc5]
[%cal Ga7a5] Preventing c5 and preparing counterplay with a5.} 24. g3 ({
And again} 24. Qxd4 {is not dangerous} Qxd4 25. Rxd4 a5 $1 $11 (25... Bg7 26.
Rd7 Rxc4 27. Bf3 a5 28. Bd5 Rf4 $14) 26. bxa5 $140 bxa5 27. a4 Bg7 28. Rd7 Rxc4
29. Bd1 Rb8 $1) (24. Bf3 $5) 24... a5 25. Rb1 (25. bxa5 bxa5 $11) 25... axb4
26. axb4 Ra7 $1 {[%csl Rb4][%cal Ga7a4] Black finds counterplay on the a-file.}
27. Rfc1 $6 {Liss misses my idea, but fortunately for him White keeps an
equality.} (27. Rfd1 Ra4 28. Kg2 (28. Qxd4 $4 Re1+ $1) 28... Rxb4 29. Rxb4 Bxb4
30. Qxd4 Qxd4 31. Rxd4 Bc5 32. Rd7 $11) 27... Qg5 $1 {[%csl Rb4,Rc1,Rg4] /
\Bxb4;><c1} ({Other moves order doesn't work:} 27... Bxb4 $2 28. Rxb4 Qg5 {
[%csl Rc1,Rg4]} 29. Qd1 $1 Rae7 30. Bf3) 28. Qxd4 $1 {White has to accept pawn
sacrifice.} ({Now} 28. Qd1 {is dangerous:} d3 $1) ({or} 28. Bf3 Bxb4 $1 {
[%csl Rc1]}) 28... Bxb4 $1 {[%csl Rc1,Rf2][%cal Gb4c5]} 29. Qxb6 $1 Bc5 {
[%csl Rf2]} 30. Qc6 {[#]} Rd8 $5 {I was happy about my position and looked for
chances to create pressure on f2.} ({An interesting tactical blow} 30... Bxf2+
$5 {would lead to perpetual} 31. Kxf2 Ra2+ 32. Kg1 Ree2 $5 (32... Rd8 33. Bf3
Qe3+ 34. Kh1 Rdd2 (34... Rxh2+ 35. Kxh2 Rd2+ 36. Bg2 Qh6+ 37. Kg1 Qe3+ 38. Kh2
$11) 35. Bg2 Rxg2 36. Qxg2 Rxg2 37. Kxg2 $11) 33. Bxe2 Qe3+ 34. Kh1 (34. Kg2 $4
Qxe2+ 35. Kh3 Qh5#) 34... Qxe2 35. Qc8+ Kg7 36. Qh3 Qf3+ 37. Kg1 Qf2+ 38. Kh1
$11) 31. Rc2 {A safe move. White protects the f2-square and Black has nothing
better than to repeat the position.} (31. Bf3 {was also possible and although
Black gets to f2 the position remains balanced.} Ra2 32. Rf1 Rdd2 33. Bd5 Bxf2+
34. Kh1 {[%csl Rf7][%cal Gc6e8]} Kg7 {/\Bxg3} (34... Bxg3 $4 35. Qe8+ Kg7 36.
Rxf7+ Kh6 37. Rxh7+ Kxh7 38. Qg8+ Kh6 39. Qh8#) 35. Qd7 Kh6 $1 {[%cal Gf2g3] /
\Bg3} 36. Qh3+ Qh5 37. Qxh5+ Kxh5 38. Rbd1 $11 {and exchanging one of the
rooks white reaches a draw.}) 31... Qxg4 (31... Bxf2+ 32. Rxf2 Qxg4 $11) 32.
Qxc5 Rd1+ 33. Rxd1 ({Of course not} 33. Kg2 $4 Qe4+ 34. Kh3 Rxb1 {[%csl Rc2]})
33... Qxd1+ 34. Kg2 Ra1 $5 {I was still trying to win.} (34... Qxc2 {leads to
immediate draw.} 35. Qxa7 Qxc4 $11) 35. Rb2 ({After} 35. Qd5 $5 {Black has
nothing better than} Qxc2 36. Qd8+ Kg7 37. Qd4+ Kg8 38. Qxa1 Qxc4 $11) 35...
Qf1+ 36. Kf3 h5 $5 {Last try.} (36... Qh1+ $2 {would be already too much.} {
After} 37. Kg4 {Black has to look for escape} (37. Kf4 $4 Qc1+ {[%csl Rb2,Rf4]}
) 37... h5+ (37... f5+ $2 38. Kh4 $1 (38. Kg5 Qc1+ 39. f4 Qxb2 40. Qc8+ Kf7 41.
Qd7+)) 38. Kh3) (36... Qd1+ $5 37. Kg2 (37. Re2 Ra8 $1 $11) 37... Qf1+ 38. Kf3
$11) 37. Rb8+ Kh7 38. Rh8+ {White forces a draw by perpetual.} ({Also} 38. Qd4
Ra3+ 39. Kf4 Qc1+ 40. Ke5 Qe1+ 41. Kf4 (41. Kd5 Ra5+ 42. Kc6 Qe6+) 41... Qc1+
42. Ke5 $11 {leads to perpetual.}) 38... Kxh8 (38... Kxh8 39. Qf8+ Kh7 40.
Qxf7+ Kh6 41. Qf8+ Kh7 $11 (41... Kg5 $4 42. Qf4#)) 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 31st"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2015.10.23"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Kryvoruchko, Yuriy"]
[Black "Wang, Yue"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2724"]
[Annotator "Mokal,P"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2015.10.18"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Alkaloid"]
[BlackTeam "Siberia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "MKD"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8.
Nc3 ({The Classical line of the Petroff has similarities with the P-structure
that the variation in the game brings about. For example} 8. c4 Nb4 9. Be2 O-O
10. Nc3 Bf5 11. a3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Nc6 13. Re1 Re8 14. cxd5 Qxd5 {[%csl Ga3,Ga7,
Gb7,Gc3,Gc7,Gd4] .}) 8... Bf5 (8... Nxc3 9. bxc3 Bg4 {is another popular way
of handling this position.}) 9. Re1 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 O-O 12. c4 dxc4
13. Qxc4 {[%csl Ga2,Ga7,Gb7,Gc2,Gc7,Gd4] We have reached the structure that
was mentioned in the above 8.c4 variation.} Bf6 14. c3 {[%cal Gc3d4]} ({
The game Shirov - Gashimov, 2009 reached the position after} 14. Ba3 {from a
different move order. It went -} Re8 15. Rxe8+ Qxe8 16. Re1 Qd7 17. c3 h6 18.
h3 Na5 {[%csl Rc7][%cal Gc1f4,Gf4c7,Gc1a3,Rc6a5] This is the difference from
the main game. With the B on a3 putting no pressure on the c7-P, Black easily
manoeuvres his N.} 19. Qd3 Rd8 20. Nd2 Qa4 $132 {0-1 Shirov,A (2745)-Gashimov,
V (2730)/Poikovsky 2009/CBM 131 (55)}) ({White had no time for} 14. Bf4 {
because of} Nxd4 15. Rad1 Nxf3+ 16. gxf3 Qc8 17. Qxc7 b6 $15 {[%csl Ra2,Rc2]})
14... Qd7 {An interesting decision, to allow White to tie down the c6-N.} ({
In some previous games, Black had used the opportunity to immediately play} 
14... Na5 {. Although it does not equalise completely, Black's play becomes
easier.} 15. Qa4 (15. Qb4 b6 16. Bf4 Qd7 17. Qb1 Rad8 18. h3 h6 {½-½
Mulligan,B (2276)-Weber,J (2268)/ICCF 2015/ICCF 2015.07}) 15... b6 (15... c6 $5
) 16. Bf4 c6 17. Be5 Re8 18. h3 Bxe5 19. Nxe5 Qd6 20. Re3 f6 21. Ng4 Rxe3 22.
Nxe3 Qe6 $11 {0-1 Gavrilov,A (2481)-Handke,F (2513)/Stockholm 2010/CBM 134
Extra (99)}) 15. Bf4 {[%csl Rc7]} Rfe8 16. Rab1 (16. h3 h6 17. Nh2 Qf5 18. Bg3
h5 19. Nf1 Qa5 20. Rxe8+ Rxe8 21. Rb1 Qf5 22. Rxb7 Na5 23. Qb5 {1-0
Pourramezanali,A (2455)-Mikheev,S (2259)/Baku 2013/CBM 156 Extra}) 16... b6 17.
a4 $146 ({In an earlier game, there was a premature draw after} 17. Qb5 a6 18.
Rxe8+ Qxe8 19. Qf5 {1/2-1/2 Bartlett,S (1800)-Wheeler,J (2016)/Torquay 2006/
EXT 2008}) 17... h6 ({Black could have taken the opportunity to free himself
with} 17... Na5 $142 18. Qxc7 (18. Rxe8+ Rxe8 19. Qxc7 Qxc7 20. Bxc7 Rc8 21.
Bf4 Rxc3 22. Bd2 Rb3 23. Rc1 h5 $11) (18. Qb5 c6 $11) 18... Qxc7 19. Bxc7 Rec8
20. Be5 Rxc3 21. Bxf6 gxf6 22. Re7 Rc4 $11) 18. Qb5 Rxe1+ (18... a6 19. Rxe8+
Qxe8 20. Qc4 {[%cal Gc4c7,Gc4a6]} Qd7 21. Re1 $14) 19. Rxe1 Rd8 ({After} 19...
Rc8 {White can maintain a slight pull in different ways. One of them is} 20. d5
Qg4 (20... Nb8 21. Qc4 c6 (21... c5 22. h3 $14) 22. Bxb8 Rxb8 (22... cxd5 23.
Qf4 $16) 23. dxc6 Qd6 24. Nd4 $14) 21. Bg3 Na5 (21... Bxc3 22. h3 (22. Qxc6
Bxe1 23. Nxe1 Rd8 {[%csl Rd5,Re1][%cal Gg4e2,Ge2d1,Gg4d7,Gd7d5]} 24. Qxc7 Rxd5
25. Qxa7 Qe2 26. f3 Rd1 27. Qb8+ Kh7 28. h3 $11)) 22. h3 Qf5 (22... Qc4 23.
Re8+ Rxe8 24. Qxe8+ Kh7 25. Qxf7 $16) 23. Kh2 Bxc3 24. Rc1 Bf6 25. Rxc7 Rxc7
26. Bxc7 $14) 20. h3 Ne7 ({Another option was} 20... Na5 $5 21. Qxd7 (21. Ne5
$5 Qxb5 22. axb5 Bxe5 23. Rxe5 (23. Bxe5 c6 24. bxc6 Nxc6 $11) 23... Nc4 24.
Re7 Na3 $11) 21... Rxd7 22. Re8+ Kh7 23. Rc8 {Although the position seems
clearly favourable for White at first glance, Black does have a resource in} c6
{[%cal Gb6b5] /\...b5.} 24. Kf1 (24. Ne5 $6 Bxe5 25. Bxe5 Kg6 26. g4 f6 27. Bg3
Kf7 $15 {[%cal Gf7e6,Ge6d5,Gd5c4]}) (24. g4 b5 (24... c5 $6 25. dxc5 Bxc3 (
25... Rd3 26. cxb6 axb6 27. Ne5 $16) 26. cxb6 $16) 25. Rb8 (25. axb5 cxb5 {
[%cal Gb5b4]} 26. Rb8 Rb7 $11) 25... bxa4 26. Rb4 Nb3 27. Rxa4 c5 $11) 24... b5
25. axb5 cxb5 26. Nd2 (26. Be5 Be7 27. Nd2 f6 28. Bf4 b4 $11) 26... b4 27. Ne4
(27. cxb4 Rxd4 28. bxa5 Rxf4 29. Rc7 a6 30. Rc6 Ra4 31. Rxa6 Bc3 32. Nb3 Ra3
$11) 27... Be7 (27... bxc3 28. Nxf6+ gxf6 29. Be3 $14) 28. cxb4 Rxd4 29. bxa5
Rxe4 $11) 21. Qb3 (21. Ne5 $5 Qxb5 (21... Bxe5 22. Bxe5 (22. Qxe5 Nd5 23. Bd2
Qxa4 $17) 22... c6 (22... Nd5) 23. Qc4 (23. Qd3 c5) (23. Qa6 Nd5 {[%csl Ra6]
[%cal Gd5c3]}) 23... Nd5 $11) 22. axb5 Bxe5 (22... Rd5 $2 23. Nc6 Nxc6 24. bxc6
$16) 23. Bxe5 c6 24. Bxg7 (24. bxc6 Nxc6 25. Bc7 Rd7 $11) 24... Kxg7 25. Rxe7
cxb5 26. Rxa7 b4 27. cxb4 Rxd4 28. b5 Rb4 $11) 21... Qd5 (21... Nd5 $5 22. Bg3
(22. Bc1 c6 (22... Re8 23. Rxe8+ Qxe8 24. Qxd5) (22... c5 23. c4 Nb4 24. d5 $14
) 23. c4 $6 (23. Bb2 Nf4 $36) 23... Ne7 24. Bb2 Nf5 $15) 22... a5 (22... c5 23.
c4 Nb4 24. d5 $14) (22... c6 23. c4 Ne7 24. Be5 Bxe5 25. Rxe5 Nf5 $11) 23. c4
Nb4 24. d5 c6 25. d6 $14) 22. Qa3 Qd7 23. Qb3 Qd5 24. c4 Qd7 25. d5 Nf5 $6 {
This move underestimates White's space advantage.} (25... c6 $142 26. d6 (26.
Be5 cxd5 27. Bxf6 gxf6 28. Nh4 dxc4 29. Qxc4 $44 {/=}) 26... Nf5 27. a5 (27.
Qd3 Nxd6 28. Rd1 Qe6 $1 29. Bxd6 Be7) 27... Nxd6 28. axb6 axb6 29. Bxd6 (29.
Rd1 Qc7 30. Rd3 Be7 $15) 29... Qxd6 30. Qxb6 $11) 26. Be5 $1 $14 Be7 $6 (26...
Re8 $142 $5 27. Bxf6 Rxe1+ 28. Nxe1 gxf6 $14 {White's structural advantage is
evident but it is not as threatening as in the game.}) (26... Bxe5 27. Nxe5 $14
{[%cal Ge5c6]}) 27. Bb2 Bd6 28. Qc3 f6 (28... Bf8 29. Ne5 $16 {[%cal Ge5c6]})
29. Qc2 Bf8 30. g4 (30. Re6 {[%cal Gc2f5]} Nd6 31. Nd4 Nb7 $14 {[%cal Gb7c5]})
30... Nd6 ({The black N would be too passive after} 30... Ne7 31. Nd4 $16) 31.
Nd4 Re8 32. Re6 Rxe6 $6 (32... Nb7 $142 {[%cal Gb7c5]} 33. Rxe8 (33. Qe2 Ra8
34. Nc6 (34. Nf5 Nc5 35. Re3 Nxa4) (34. Qf3 Re8 (34... Nc5 35. Rc6 $14 Nxa4 36.
Bc1 Nc5 37. Bf4 Rc8 38. Nb5 $16) 35. Qe3 Kf7 {[%cal Gb7c5]} 36. Rxe8 Qxe8 37.
Ne6 Bd6 $11 {[%cal Gb7c5] /+/=}) 34... Nc5 35. Re3 Nxa4 36. Ne7+ Kh7 37. Bd4
Re8 38. Qc2+ Kh8 39. Nc6 Rxe3 40. Bxe3 Nc5 41. Nxa7 $14) 33... Qxe8 34. Nb5 Nc5
35. Nxa7 Nxa4 36. Bd4 $14) 33. dxe6 $6 $14 {It is tempting to have such an
advanced passed pawn.} ({But White could have created more problems for Black
with a N on e6. For example} 33. Nxe6 $142 {[%cal Gc2h7]} Ne8 (33... Nb7 $2 34.
Qh7+ $1 Kf7 (34... Kxh7 35. Nxf8+ $18) 35. Bxf6 $18 Kxf6 36. Qf5+ Ke7 37. Qxf8#
) (33... Qf7 34. c5 $1 Nb7 (34... bxc5 35. Qxc5 $16 {[%csl Rc7]}) 35. cxb6 cxb6
36. Qc8 $16 {[%csl Gc8,Gd5,Ge6]}) 34. Qh7+ (34. a5 bxa5) (34. Bc3 c6) 34... Kf7
35. Qg6+ Kg8 36. a5 (36. Bc1 {[%cal Gc1h6]} Qxa4 37. Bxh6 Qd7 38. Bf4 Bd6)
36... bxa5 37. c5 a4 38. Qe4 $16 {[%csl Re8,Rf8]}) 33... Qe8 {[%csl Re6][%cal
Gc7c5]} 34. Qe2 Be7 {[%csl Ra4][%cal Ge8a4]} (34... a6 $5) 35. Nb5 (35. a5 Qa4
36. axb6 cxb6 {[%csl Rc4]} 37. Nf5 $5 Nxf5 38. gxf5 a5 39. Qh5 Qb4 40. Qf7+ Kh7
$11) 35... Qc6 (35... Nxb5 36. axb5 $14 (36. cxb5 $14)) 36. Ba3 Nc8 (36... Nxb5
37. cxb5 (37. axb5 Qe8) 37... Qe8 38. Bxe7 Qxe7 39. Qe4 Kf8 40. Qd5 $16) 37.
Nxa7 $5 Qxa4 (37... Nxa7 38. Bxe7 Qxa4 39. Bd8 Kf8 40. g5 $18) 38. Nxc8 Bxa3 $2
{The decisive mistake.} ({Black still had chances to hold with} 38... Qxa3 $142
{, for example} 39. Nxe7+ (39. Qe4 {[%cal Ge4g6]} Bc5 $1 {[%cal Ga3g3]} 40. e7
(40. Kg2 Qa2 {[%cal Ga2f2,Ga2c4]} 41. Qf4 $4 Qa8+ $1 $19 {[%csl Rc8]}) 40...
Qg3+ 41. Kh1 Qxh3+ $11) (39. Qe3 Qa1+ 40. Kh2 (40. Kg2 $2 Qa8+ $19) 40... Kf8
41. Qe4 Qe5+ 42. Qxe5 fxe5 43. Kg3 (43. Na7 Bd6 44. Nc6 g5 45. Kg2 Kg7 46. Kf3
Kf6) 43... Bc5 44. f4 (44. Na7 Ke7 $17) 44... c6 {[%cal Gb6b5]} 45. Na7 (45.
fxe5 b5 46. cxb5 cxb5 47. Kf4 b4 48. Ke4 b3 49. Kd3 b2 50. Kc2 Ba3 51. e7+ (51.
Nd6 Ke7 52. Nc4 Bc5 53. Kxb2 Bd4+ 54. Kc2 Kxe6 $11) 51... Ke8 52. Kb1 g6 53.
Nd6+ Kxe7 54. Nc4 Bc5 55. Kxb2 Bd4+ 56. Kc2 Ke6 57. Kd3 Bxe5 $11) 45... exf4+
46. Kxf4 b5 47. Nxc6 bxc4 $11) 39... Qxe7 40. f4 (40. Qe4 Kf8 41. Qa8+ Qe8 42.
Qd5 g5 {[%csl Re6] to single out the e6-P} 43. Kg2 Ke7 $11) 40... Kf8 41. f5
Qd6 42. Kg2 Ke7 $11) 39. e7 $1 Kf7 (39... Qe8 40. Qe6+ Kh7 41. Qf5+ Kh8 42. Qd5
{[%cal Gd5d8]} Bd6 43. Qb5 $18) 40. g5 $1 Qd7 (40... fxg5 41. Qf3+ $18) (40...
hxg5 41. Qh5+ g6 42. Qh7+ Ke6 43. Qg8+ $18) 41. gxh6 Qe8 42. Qh5+ 1-0

[Event "World Women-ch k.o."]
[Site "Teheran"]
[Date "2017.03.03"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Muzychuk, Anna"]
[Black "Tan, Zhongyi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2558"]
[BlackElo "2502"]
[Annotator "Moradiabadi,E"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2017.02.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "IRI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 O-O
8. Qd2 Qe8 9. Bd3 Nc6 10. O-O-O Ne5 11. Nxe5 dxe5 12. c4 Qa4 13. Kb1 Be6 14. f3
Rfe8 15. Qe2 Qa5 16. Bd2 Qc5 17. Bc3 f6 18. Qe4 g6 19. Qxb7 (19. h4 Qc6 20.
Qxc6 bxc6 21. Ba5 Rac8 22. g4 {could have been a possible endgame with a lot
of suffering for Black.}) 19... Bxc4 20. Bxc4+ Qxc4 21. Rd7 Bd6 22. Rd1 Rab8
23. Qd5+ Qxd5 24. Rxd5 Rbd8 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 26. a4 Rd7 27. Ra5 c5 28. Ka2 Rb7 (
28... f5 {and active play on the kingside was necessary.}) 29. Rb5 $6 {This
misses a great winning chance.} (29. Ra6 $1 Be7 30. Rc6 Kf7 31. a5 h5 32. Ka3
Rd7 33. Ka4 Bd6 34. Kb5 f5 35. Rc8 e4 36. fxe4 fxe4 37. Kc6 Ke6 38. Bd2 {
and White completely dominates. The game is close to over.}) 29... Rc7 30. Ba5
Rc6 31. Kb3 c4+ 32. Kc3 e4 $1 {This creates good practical chances but Black's
problems are not fully solved yet.} 33. fxe4 Bxh2 $2 (33... Be5+ $1 {was
necessary} 34. Kd2 (34. Kb4 Bd6+ {This is the key. White's king cannot proceed.
} 35. Kc3 Be5+) 34... Bxh2) 34. Kd4 (34. Rb7 $1 {Frees b5 and gives White
excellent winning chances.} Bg1 (34... Be5+ 35. Kb4 Bd4 36. Rd7 Bf2 37. Rc7 {
looks losing.}) 35. Rc7 Ra6 36. Kb4 Re6 37. Rxc4 h5 38. Rc8+ Kg7 39. Rc7+ Kh6
40. c4 Rxe4 41. Kb3 {and White seems faster but it requires thorough
evaluation.}) 34... a6 35. Rb7 Bg1+ 36. Kc3 {Black is safe now but...} Bh2 $2 {
Black should not give up on the b6-square.} 37. Bb6 $1 {Now White is close to
winning.} Bg3 38. Be3 $2 (38. a5 $1 {looks completely winning.}) 38... Re6 $1 {
The best practical solution!} 39. Kd4 $2 {This throws away most of White's
advantage} (39. Kxc4 Rxe4+ 40. Bd4 Re2 41. Bxf6 Rxc2+ 42. Bc3 Rxg2 43. a5 {
and White should win because his pawns are much more advanced and her king is
very active.}) 39... f5 $1 {Resourceful play by Tan Zhongyi. Anna's position
is still in good hands but she is too worried about her kingside.} 40. exf5 (
40. Kxc4 Rxe4+ 41. Kd3 Rxa4 42. c4 {should still give White excellent winning
chances.}) 40... gxf5 41. Bg5 h6 42. Bd2 f4 43. Kxc4 Re2 44. Bc3 Rxc2 45. Rg7+
Kf8 46. Rh7 Rxg2 47. Rxh6 Ke7 48. Kd5 Re2 49. Rh7+ Ke8 50. Be5 Rh2 51. Rxh2
Bxh2 52. Ke4 Kd7 53. Bxf4 Bxf4 54. Kxf4 Kc6 55. Ke5 Kc5 56. a5 Kb5 57. Kd5 Kxa5
58. Kc5 Ka4 59. b4 Kb3 60. Kb6 Kxb4 61. Kxa6 {A sad draw for Anna. She only
had five minutes to recover and prepare for the second game.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Poikovsky Karpov 10th"]
[Site "Poikovsky"]
[Date "2009.06.11"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Black "Gashimov, Vugar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[Annotator "Motylev,A"]
[PlyCount "149"]
[EventDate "2009.06.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 131"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Before the 8th round Vugar Gashimov and I were sharing 1st place with quite a
good result for the category 18 tournament - 5.5 out of 7. Despite of the
expectations of experienced and wise chess fans the game turned out to be
interesting and instead of a quick draw the observers were able to see a long
fight. The desire to play was called for not only on account of my fighting
spirit but mostly for practical considerations. The situation was quite clear
- before the last two rounds we had had equal points, but in the last round
Vugar would play with White vs Zakhar Efimenko (who was not on his best form
in Poikovsky), and I had play with Black vs Viorel Bologan. Also, in Poikovsky
Zakhar was choosing the Berlin Defence as his weapon against 1.e4 and Vugar
Gashimov had already won two confident games in our tournament. But in the
game vs Vugar I had White. So I understood - if I wanted to fight for victory
in the tournament I had to do it as early as round 8!} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 {
I expected this opening choice. From the last 30 games in Petroff defence
Vugar has lost only one - to Peter Leko, who had became now perhaps the main
killer of this "ferro-concrete" opening.} 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 {
The first surprise! Usually here Ihad played 5.Nc3 and had had quite good
results. On the other hand, for Black the problem is - how to win in the
Petroff if it does not surprise the opponent?} d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Bf5 11. a3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Nc6 13. Re1 Re8 14. Bf4 Rc8 {
And here is a surprise for me!} ({Vugar is avoiding the main continuation -} 
14... dxc4 15. Bxc4 Bd6 {An unusual approach for the followers of the Petroff
Defence insofar as Black is considered to be ok in all the main lines of this
opening. This variation had been already been played in the Poikovsky - in the
game Bologan - Shirov. Black did't have a single problem in the opening.} 16.
Rxe8+ Qxe8 17. Bxd6 cxd6 18. Ng5 Bg6 19. h4 Qe7 20. Qg4 h6 21. Nh3 Qe4 22. Qd7
Na5 23. Ba2 Qc6 24. Qxc6 Nxc6 {1/2 Bologan,V (2690)-Shirov,A (2745)/Poikovsky
RUS 2009/The Week in Chess 761}) {I hadn't analysed the move 14...Rc8 and I
was just aware of its availability. White's reaction looks quite logical and
it's strange that the move 15.c5 has been played just two times in tournament
practice.} 15. c5 $5 {Now the rook on c8 looks quite odd.} Bf6 {Black has to
take under control the e5-square.} 16. Qa4 ({Perhaps better was} 16. Qb3 $5 Na5
({White has a slight advantage after} 16... Rb8 17. Bb5 Re4 18. Bg3) 17. Qb4 b6
18. Ba6 Rxe1+ 19. Rxe1 Ra8 $14) 16... a6 ({Most probably Black is right in
avoiding the endgame arising in the event of} 16... Re4 17. Bg3 Qd7 18. Bb5 a6
19. Bxc6 Qxc6 20. Qxc6 bxc6 {and because of the weakness of the c7-pawn Black
has to fight for equality.}) 17. Bf1 Qd7 18. Qb3 ({The more subtle decision -} 
18. Rxe8+ $5 {deserved consideration:} Rxe8 19. Qb3 Rb8 {It seems that in the
case of two other defences of the b7-pawn, White gets an advantage.} (19... Nd8
20. Ne5 Bxe5 21. Bxe5) (19... Qc8 20. h3 (20. Qxd5 Be6 21. Qe4 Bf5)) {Now
there has arisen the same position as in the game except that White's rook
still on a1. Unexpectedly this position has some plusses - the rook is
supporting the a-pawn.} 20. a4 Na5 21. Qb4 ({interesting and} 21. Qb2 $5 {
immediately}) 21... Nc6 22. Qb2 {and White must push the pawn to a5 and fix
Black's pawn on b7 (22...Na5? is impossible in view of 23.Ba6). But it's very
difficult to evaluate how real is the weakness on b7, because the a5-pawn is
also needed for defence. Nevertheless I think White can try to find ways to
improve the position. During the game I just couldn't believe that the rook
could stand worse on e1.}) 18... Rxe1 19. Rxe1 Rb8 20. Bg5 {White is following
his own strategical line but it has to be executed in a different way -} ({
The mistake would be} 20. Ne5 $6 Bxe5 21. Bxe5 Re8 ({or} 21... b6)) ({The
solution was} 20. Be5 $1 Be7 (20... Bd8 21. Bg3) (20... Nxe5 21. Nxe5 Qd8 22.
g3) 21. Bg3 $1 Bf6 22. Bh4 $1 {- now the bishops are exchanged in a much more
comfortable situation for White and here it is safe to put the symbol +/=})
20... Bxg5 {Most probably the right choice} ({White was still pressing in the
event of} 20... Na5 21. Qa2 Bxg5 22. Nxg5) 21. Nxg5 b5 {It seems to me that
this an inaccuracy but it's just a personal view. I think the pawn structure
arising on the queenside is mostly to White's benefit (generally because of
the hypothetical possibility of White's knight coming to b4). It is very hard
to prove or refute because it's all about the very subtle evaluations lying
in-between = and +=. We can say that White is putting in an effort to achieve
+= and Black - to achieve = and in modern chess that's quite a lot.} ({The
stronger continuation was forcing matters with} 21... b6 $1 {and now White has
a choice between taking on b6 and retreating the queen.} 22. cxb6 {- this
position could arise in the game} (22. Qa4 {is not good enough:} h6 23. Nf3
bxc5 24. dxc5 Ne5 25. Qxa6 ({Black at least is not worse in the endgame after} 
25. Qxd7 Nxf3+ 26. gxf3 Bxd7 27. Re7 Be6 28. Rxc7 Rb3) 25... Nxf3+ 26. gxf3 Qd8
27. Qa4 Qg5+ 28. Kh1 Rb2 29. Qd4 c6 $44) ({in the case of the retreat of the
queen to d1 or a2 White still has advantage, but the size of it is close to
microscopic.} 22. Qd1 f6 23. Nf3 bxc5 24. dxc5) (22. Qa2 bxc5 23. dxc5) 22...
h6 $1 23. Nf3 Rxb6 24. Qa2 {Black is still slightly worse but he'll probably
equalise soon}) 22. Nf3 {White is returning the knight to the centre and the
long manoevring battle is starting.} (22. cxb6 {- 21...b6 22.cb}) 22... Qd8 23.
Qa2 {Black and White withdraw the queens far away from any knight moves:)} ({
In the event of the immediate} 23. a4 {Black could play} b4 $5 24. Bxa6 Na5 25.
Qb2 b3) 23... Be4 $5 24. Nd2 Bg6 $6 ({Probably better was} 24... Bf5 {keeping
the bishop in an active position} {and after} 25. g3 {probably even} a5 $5 (
25... Na5 26. Nf3 Nc4 (26... c6 27. Qd2 $36) 27. Ne5 Nxe5 28. Rxe5 Be6 $14) (
25... Qd7 26. Bg2 Ne7 27. Nf3 $14) 26. Bg2 Be6 {willing to simplify the
postion further.}) 25. g3 Na5 ({Interesting was} 25... Qd7 26. Bg2 Ne7 {
- but then White could change the knight's route again} 27. Nf3 $5 f6 28. Nh4 {
keeping a slight pressure.}) 26. a4 ({In the event of} 26. Nf3 Nc4 27. Ne5 Nxe5
28. Rxe5 c6 29. Qe2 Kf8 {/\ Rb7-e7 Black will equalise soon.}) 26... c6 ({
It was possible to play} 26... Nc4 27. axb5 $6 axb5 (27... Nxd2 28. Qxd2 axb5
29. Qf4 $14) 28. Nxc4 bxc4 29. Qa6 {in view of} Bf5 $1 {. White had to play 27.
Nf3! with almost the same variations as in the game.}) 27. Nf3 Nc4 ({Black
could try the interesting but objectively dubious} 27... b4 28. cxb4 (28. Qb2
$6 b3 $44) 28... Rxb4 {and here both} 29. Bxa6 ({and} 29. Qe2 {promise an
advantage to White.} Be4 30. Nd2 (30. Qxa6 f6 31. Nh4 g5 32. f3 gxh4 33. fxe4
$14) 30... g6 31. Nxe4 dxe4 32. Qxe4 Rxd4 33. Qc2 $14) 29... Be4 30. Qd2 $1
Rxa4 31. Ng5 Bg6 32. Qe2 Qf8 33. Qe8 Rb4 (33... Be4 34. Qd7 Nb3 35. f3 $1) 34.
Qd7 Rb8 35. Nf3 $14) 28. axb5 axb5 29. Qa7 $1 {White has achieved quite a lot.
The main problem is not to lose the queen by chance.} Ra8 (29... Be4 30. Ng5)
30. Qb7 Na5 31. Qb6 $1 f6 ({Maybe better was} 31... Qc8 $5 {that could lead to
the almost the same ending as in the game , and even in a slightly better
version for Black.} 32. Ra1 ({if} 32. Ne5 {when} Bc2 $1 $13 33. Ra1 $140 Ba4) (
{after} 32. Re7 $5 f6 $1 {Black's position looks quite dangerous but I
couldn't find anything concrete here.} 33. Nh4 Bc2 34. Qc7 (34. Rc7 Qe8) 34...
Qxc7 35. Rxc7 Re8 36. Ng2 Kf8 37. Ra7 Nb3 38. Ne3 Be4) 32... Nc4 (32... Ra6 $6
33. Bh3 $1 Qa8 34. Qc7) 33. Qc7 f6 34. Qxc8+ Rxc8 35. Nh4 (35. Ra7 Re8 (35...
Nb2 $2 36. Bh3) 36. Ra6 Be4 $5 37. Nh4 g5 38. f3 Bb1 39. Ng2 Re6 $13) 35... Bc2
36. Ra6 Rc7 37. f3) (31... Qxb6 $2 32. cxb6 Rb8 33. Ra1 $18) 32. Ra1 ({In the
event of} 32. Nh4 $2 {Black could just exchange on b6:} Qxb6 33. cxb6 Rb8 34.
Nxg6 hxg6 35. Bd3 f5 36. Ra1 Nc4 37. Bxc4 dxc4 38. Ra6 b4 (38... Kf7) 39. cxb4
c3 $11) 32... Nc4 33. Qxd8+ Rxd8 34. Ra6 Be8 $2 {A serious mistake.} ({
Necessary was} 34... Rc8 $1 {keeping the bishop in an active position and
preventing the activation of White's knight.} 35. Nh4 Bc2 36. Bh3 (36. f3 g5
37. Bh3 Rc7 38. Bf5 (38. Nf5 Bxf5 39. Bxf5 Ne3 40. Bd3 Nd1) 38... Bxf5 39. Nxf5
Kf7 40. Kf2 h5) 36... Rc7 37. Nf5 Bxf5 38. Bxf5 g6 39. Bd3 $14) 35. Ne1 $1 Nb2
36. Nc2 Na4 37. Nb4 {Just in time!} Rc8 38. Na2 {The move is not so bad, but a
much more stronger move was advised by Rybka:} (38. Ra7 $1 Nxc3 39. Bh3 Rd8 (
39... Rb8 40. Kf1) 40. Kf1 Ne4 {otherwise White would play f3, drive away the
knight, and only after take pawn on c6.} 41. f4 {x g5} Kf8 42. Ke2 $16 {
but for humans it's not so easy to sacrifice pawn like this especially then
you have quite a decent alternative.}) 38... Rc7 39. f3 Bg6 $2 {Giving a
chance to White...} 40. Nb4 $2 {Missing a good opportunity to transfer the
game into the technical phase! I was short of time and decided to repeat the
position by my 40th move. And, of course, Vugar also understood this and
didn't give me a second chance.} (40. Ra8+ $1 {could break the coordination of
the black pieces:} Kf7 41. Nb4 Nxc3 42. Ra6 Re7 43. Kg2 Re1 44. Nxc6 $16) 40...
Be8 41. Na2 Bd7 $1 {Of course! Now all the fight is to follow.} 42. Kf2 Bc8 43.
Ra8 Kf7 44. Ke3 Bb7 45. Rb8 Bc8 46. Kd2 Nb2 $1 {Necessary, otherwise the
knight on a4 could have been trapped.} 47. Nb4 Nc4+ 48. Kc1 $1 {A difficult
decision. At first sight I thought that the ending arising after the exchange
on c4 should be winning for White, but when I looked closely at the position I
understood that matters are far from clear and decided not to change the
character of the position.} (48. Bxc4 bxc4 49. Rb6 Bb7 {The bishop on b7 is
very ugly, but the winning plan (if it exists) is far from obvious.} (49... Bd7
$143 50. Na6 Rc8 (50... Ra7 51. Nb8 Ra2+ 52. Ke3 Bh3 53. Nxc6 Rc2 54. Nb4 Rxc3+
55. Kf2) 51. Rb7 Ke6 52. g4 $16) 50. g4 ({for example, nothing would be
achieved for White by a king march to the queenside -} 50. Kc2 g5 51. Kb2 Ke6
52. Ka3 h5 53. Ka4 Kd7 54. Nc2 Bc8) 50... Ke7 51. h4 {- White could try to
improve the pawn position on the kingside, but could he win if Black
maintained a waiting strategy?}) 48... Ne3 {It seems that here Vugar decided
to transfer the knight to e7. It's difficult to say which defensive plan is
right. The knight on e7 would definitely strengthen Black's defence but
deprive him of any chance of showing some activity. It seems to me that the
knight on c4 at least prevents the march of White's king and takes under
control some important squares. But from the other point of view, by leaving
the knight on c4 Black will always have to count on exchanging it for White's
bishop. Of course it's always difficult to choose between two unpleasant
alternatives.} 49. Be2 ({I could play the more active -} 49. Bd3 Bf5 (49... h5
$142) 50. Kd2 (50. Be2) 50... Nc4+ 51. Bxc4 bxc4 52. Rb6 {and here is a good
version of this ending for White.} Bd7 53. Na6 Rc8 54. Rb7 {I wasn't afraid so
much about the knight on e7 so I didn't want to prevent this transfer.}) 49...
Bd7 50. Ra8 Nf5 51. Na6 Rb7 52. Kb2 Ne7 53. Kb3 Bc8 54. Bd3 g6 ({Maybe, it
made some sense to play} 54... h5 {but such a pawn advance is very committal,
in the future the pawn could be needed for the defence.}) 55. Nb4 ({After} 55.
Kb4 Rd7 56. Ka5 Rb7 57. Nb4 Rc7 {I didn't seen how to improve the position so
I decided (as the books tell us) to open the second front.}) 55... Rc7 56. g4
$5 h6 ({In the event of} 56... h5 $5 57. gxh5 (57. h3 Kg7 $1 {/\ Kh6}) (57. Be2
hxg4 58. fxg4 g5) 57... gxh5 {- Black's pawn structure on the kingside is
slightly exposed, so now the king can go} 58. Nc2 Kg7 ({Black doesn't have
enough time for counterplay -} 58... Bf5 59. Bxf5 Nxf5 60. Kb4 h4 61. Ka5 Re7
62. Kb6 Re2 63. Nb4 Rxh2 64. Kxc6 $16) (58... Ng6 59. Kb4 $5 Nf4 60. Ka5 $1
Nxd3 61. Kb6 $18) 59. Kb4 Kf7 60. Ne3 $16) 57. h4 g5 $2 {An unfortunate
decision.} ({Black has to play} 57... h5 58. Be2 ({here} 58. gxh5 gxh5 {
is slightly less clear because the pawn on h4 is also weak.} 59. Na6 Bxa6 (
59... Rb7 60. Kb4) 60. Rxa6 Rc8 61. f4 $14) 58... Kg7 (58... g5 59. hxg5 hxg4
60. fxg4 fxg5 61. Nd3 Ng6 62. Kb4 $16) 59. Nd3 Kh6 60. Kb4 $16 {White has made
progress, but the fight isn't over yet.}) 58. h5 $1 {It's all over now. White
has not only restricted Black's knight and bishop but also created the new
weakness on h6. And the only possible counterplay (advance f6-f5) turns out to
be a myth, because white's knight would immediately would move to e5.} Kg7 (
58... f5 59. Be2 ({or} 59. Bxf5 Nxf5 (59... Bxf5 60. gxf5 Nxf5 61. Nd3) 60.
gxf5 Bxf5 61. Rd8 Bd7 62. Nd3) 59... Ng8 60. Nd3 Nf6 61. Ne5+ Ke6 (61... Kg7
62. Nxc6 $5 fxg4 63. fxg4 Rxc6 64. Ra7+ Kg8 65. Bxb5 Re6 66. Ra8) 62. Kb4 $18)
59. Na6 Rb7 (59... Bxa6 60. Rxa6 Kf7 61. Bf5 $5 Nxf5 62. gxf5 $18) 60. Kb4 f5 {
Last chance, otherwise the king will come to a5.} (60... Kf7 61. Ka5 Kg7 62.
Bb1 Kf7 63. Bg6+ Kg7 64. Nb4 Rc7 65. Be8 $18) 61. Bxf5 Bxf5 62. gxf5 Nxf5 63.
Ka5 {White's choice may be not the best but it is sufficient for victory.} (63.
Rc8 Ne7 64. Rb8 Rxb8 65. Nxb8 Kf6 66. Nd7+ Ke6 67. Ne5 $18) 63... Nh4 64. Nb4 (
64. Rc8 Rf7 65. Rxc6 Rxf3 66. Rd6 g4 67. c6 $18) 64... Nxf3 65. Nxc6 g4 66. Ne5
Nxe5 67. dxe5 g3 68. c6 $1 Rf7 69. e6 Rf2 (69... Re7 70. Kb6 Rxe6 71. Ra2 Re3
72. Rc2 $18) 70. Ra7+ $1 Kf6 71. e7 ({equal was} 71. c7) 71... Ra2+ (71... Kf7
72. c7) 72. Kb4 Re2 73. c7 Re4+ 74. Kb3 Rxe7 75. Ra6+ {Black resigned.} 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 16th"]
[Site "Neum"]
[Date "2000.09.25"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Black "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2661"]
[BlackElo "2574"]
[Annotator "Motylev,A"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2000.09.24"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "BIH"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 080"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sarajevo Bosna"]
[BlackTeam "Bucharest RAT"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BIH"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ROU"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Bd3 d5 6. Qe2 Qe7 7. O-O Nd6 8.
Qd1 Qf6 $5 $146 9. Re1+ Be7 10. Nc3 c6 (10... Be6 $5) 11. b4 (11. b3 Bg4 12.
Bb2 Bxf3 13. gxf3 $5 $13) 11... Bg4 12. b5 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Qxf3 14. gxf3 Kd8 $1
15. Ba3 Nc8 16. bxc6 bxc6 (16... Nxc6 $5) 17. Bxe7+ Nxe7 18. Rab1 Nc8 $1 (18...
Nd7 $6 19. Rb7 Nc8 20. Bf5 Nc5 $1 21. Bxc8 Rf8 $3 22. Rbe7 Kxc8 23. Ne2 Ne6 24.
Rb1 $14) 19. Na4 (19. Rb7 Nd6) 19... Nd6 20. Bf1 $6 (20. Nc5 Nd7 21. Na6 $13)
20... Nd7 21. Bh3 Re8 (21... f5 22. Re6 $1 Nf8 $5 (22... Kc7 23. Re7) 23. Re3
$14 (23. Rxd6+ $6 Kc7)) 22. Re3 $2 (22. Rxe8+ Kxe8 23. Bxd7+ Kxd7 24. Nc5+ Ke7
$15) 22... f5 $1 $17 23. Bf1 Kc7 24. Rbb3 $6 (24. Rbe1 f4 (24... Rxe3 $5 25.
fxe3 Rb8) 25. Re7 Rxe7 26. Rxe7 Nf5 27. Rf7 Rf8 $17) (24. d4 $142) 24... d4 $1
25. Re2 Rxe2 26. Bxe2 Re8 27. Kf1 Re5 $1 28. Rb4 $2 (28. Nb2 $8 Ra5 29. a4 $17
(29. a3 Nc5 30. Rb4 Rxa3 31. Rxd4 Ra1+ 32. Kg2 g5 $1 $19)) 28... Ra5 $1 $19 29.
Nb2 (29. Rxd4 c5 30. Rh4 g5) 29... Rxa2 30. Nd3 Ra1+ (30... Rxc2 31. Nf4 c5 (
31... Rxd2 $4 32. Ne6+ Kc8 33. Ba6+ $18)) 31. Ne1 (31. Kg2 c5 32. Rb2 Nc4)
31... c5 32. Rb2 Ne5 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-39"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2010.09.22"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Black "Rozentalis, Eduardas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2611"]
[Annotator "Movsesian,S"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2010.09.21"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Slovakia"]
[BlackTeam "Lithuania"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SVK"]
[BlackTeamCountry "LTU"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 Be7 6. Bd3 Ng5 $5 {This
strange-looking move had already been played by Rozentalis this year, so I was
not too surprised. I decided not to try to "punish" such an approach
immediately (actually, there is no direct way, at least, according to database
games in this line).} 7. Bxg5 (7. Nbd2 Bg4 8. h3 Nxf3+ 9. Nxf3 Bh5 10. Qe2 Nd7
11. g4 Bg6 12. Bxg6 hxg6 13. Bg5 Kf8 14. Be3 Nb6 15. O-O-O Qd7 16. d5 Re8 $13 {
McShane-Rozentalis, Toronto 2010}) 7... Bxg5 8. Qe2+ Kf8 ({After} 8... Be7 {
I wanted to play} 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Qe4 g6 11. Qf4 $5) 9. Nbd2 Nc6 10. c3 Bxd2+
11. Nxd2 Qe7 12. Qe3 $1 {More or less forcing Black to exchange queens on e3,
improving White's centre.} Bd7 13. O-O Qxe3 14. fxe3 Re8 15. e4 $14 Re7 16. a4
Ke8 $6 {I don't like this plan. Black remains very passive, while White is
allowed to improve his position gradually.} (16... g6 {was to be preferred} 17.
Nc4 Kg7 18. Ne3 Be6 19. Rf3 $14) 17. Nc4 f6 18. b4 Kd8 19. b5 Nb8 20. Ne3 Be6
21. a5 Rhe8 22. c4 c5 $6 {A very natural reaction. Black saw the possibilty to
change the course of the game by this sharp move. Unfortunately, some little
tactics work for White...} 23. bxc6 Nxc6 24. d5 Ne5 25. dxe6 Nxd3 26. Nf5 Rc7
27. Rad1 Nc5 ({A different knight move} 27... Nb2 {loses due to} 28. Rxd6+ Kc8
29. Rd2 $1 Nxc4 30. Rc2 $1 Rxe6 31. Rfc1 Rec6 32. Rxc4 Rxc4 33. Rxc4 Rxc4 34.
Nd6+ $18) 28. Rxd6+ Kc8 29. e7 g6 (29... Nxe4 30. Rfd1 $1 Nxd6 31. Nxd6+ Kd7
32. Nb5+ Kc6 33. Rd6+ Kc5 34. Rd5+ Kxc4 (34... Kc6 35. Nxa7#) 35. Nxc7 Rxe7 36.
Rd1 {and White should win this endgame.}) 30. e5 $1 gxf5 (30... fxe5 31. Ng7
Rcxe7 32. Nxe8 Rxe8 33. Rd5 $18) (30... Ne4 31. exf6 Nxf6 32. Rfd1 Nd7 33. Rxg6
$1 $18) 31. exf6 Ne4 32. f7 Nxd6 33. f8=Q $18 Rcxe7 34. Qh6 Nxc4 35. Qf4 Rc7
36. Rc1 Nd6 37. Rd1 Nc4 38. Qxf5+ Kb8 39. Qf4 Kc8 40. Rc1 Nd6 41. Qg4+ Kb8 42.
Rxc7 Kxc7 43. Qg7+ Kc6 44. Qxh7 Re5 45. Qc2+ Rc5 46. Qa4+ Kc7 47. Qa3 b6 48.
axb6+ axb6 49. h4 Kc6 50. Qf3+ 1-0

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 5th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.11.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[Annotator "Mueller,Karsten"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2010.11.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 O-O
8. Qd2 Nd7 9. O-O-O Ne5 10. h4 c6 11. Kb1 Bg4 12. Be2 Nxf3 13. gxf3 Bh5 14. f4
Bxe2 15. Qxe2 Bf6 16. Rhg1 Re8 17. f5 Kh8 18. h5 h6 19. Qd2 Kh7 20. Qxd6 Qxd6
21. Rxd6 Rad8 22. Rxd8 Rxd8 23. Bxa7 Rd5 24. Be3 Rxf5 25. Rh1 Bg5 26. f4 Bf6
27. Kc1 Rb5 28. Rh3 g6 29. hxg6+ fxg6 30. a4 Ra5 31. b3 Rh5 32. Rxh5 gxh5 33.
Kd2 h4 34. c4 h3 35. Bg1 Kg6 36. Ke3 Kf5 37. Kf3 Bc3 38. Be3 Be1 39. Bc5 h2 40.
Kg2 Kxf4 41. b4 h1=Q+ 42. Kxh1 Kf3 43. b5 cxb5 44. cxb5 Ke4 45. Bb6 Kd5 46. a5
Bg3 47. Kg2 {Ein Kцnig auf dem Marsch Karjakin gewinnt dieses Endspiel trotz
des geringen Gewinnpotenzials noch, weil Gelfands prophylaktischer Rьckzug...}
Bb8 $2 {...sich als Bumerang erweist.} ({Nach} 47... Bd6 {kann WeiЯ nicht
durchbrechen, z.B.} 48. a6 (48. Kf3 h5 $11) (48. c3 Kc4 49. a6 Bb8 50. Bc7 Kxb5
51. Bxb8 bxa6 $11) 48... bxa6 49. bxa6 Kc6 50. Bf2 h5 51. Kh3 Be7 52. c4 Kc7
53. c5 Bxc5 54. Bxc5 Kb8 $11) 48. a6 bxa6 (48... Kc4 {scheitert an} 49. Bc7 $1
{und Schwarz kommt jeweils ein Tempo zu spдt. Nach} (49. a7 $2 {ist WeiЯ
dagegen zu langsam:} Bxa7 50. Bxa7 Kxb5 51. Bd4 Kc4 52. Bf6 b5 53. Kf2 b4 54.
Ke2 b3 $11) 49... Kxb5 (49... Ba7 50. axb7 Kxb5 51. b8=Q+ Bxb8 52. Bxb8 Kc4 53.
Be5 $18) 50. Bxb8 Kxa6 (50... bxa6 51. Bf4 Kc4 (51... a5 52. Bxh6 Kc4 53. Bg7
$18) 52. Bd2 $18) 51. Bf4 h5 52. c3 Kb5 53. Bd6 Kc4 54. Bb4 $18) 49. bxa6 Kc4 (
{Wegen des Unglьcksrabens auf b8 ist} 49... Kc6 $6 {wegen} 50. a7 {nicht
spielbar.}) 50. Kf3 $1 {[%cal Gf3c6,Gf3h5]} Kc3 51. Ke4 h5 52. Bd4+ Kxc2 (52...
Kc4 {hilft auch nicht, weil sich der weiЯe Kцnig nun des h-Bauern annehmen
kann:} 53. c3 h4 54. Kf3 h3 55. Kf2 Kd3 56. Kg1 Kc4 57. Kh1 Kd3 58. Be5 Ba7 59.
Kh2 Kc4 60. Bd4 $18) 53. Bf6 Kd2 ({Nach} 53... Kb3 {vollendet der weiЯe
Monarch seinen eindrucksvollen Marsch durchs Zentrum:} 54. Kd5 Kb4 55. Kc6 Ka5
56. Kb7 {[%cal Gh1b7]} Kb5 57. Bd8 $18 {[%cal Gd8a5,Gd8h4]}) 54. Kd5 Ke2 55.
Kc6 Ba7 56. Bd8 Kf1 57. Bb6 1-0

[Event "Stepanakert-B"]
[Site "Stepanakert"]
[Date "2005.10.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Yegiazarian, Arsen"]
[Black "Lagno, Kateryna"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2537"]
[BlackElo "2509"]
[Annotator "Mueller,Karsten"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2005.10.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Bf4 Nc6
8. Qd2 Bg4 9. Be2 Qd7 10. O-O-O O-O-O 11. h3 Be6 12. Rhe1 h6 13. Bb5 a6 14. Ba4
b5 15. Bb3 Bxb3 16. axb3 Bf6 17. c4 Rhe8 18. Rxe8 Qxe8 19. cxb5 axb5 20. Qd5
Nb8 21. Nd4 Bxd4 22. Qxd4 f6 23. Be3 Qc6 24. Qg4+ Qd7 25. Qf3 Re8 26. Rd3 Qc6
27. Qg3 g5 28. Qg4+ Nd7 29. Rc3 Qd5 30. b4 f5 31. Qh5 Qe6 32. Ra3 f4 33. Ra8+
Nb8 34. Ba7 Kb7 $2 (34... Qe1+ {war besser, weil es mit Damen ganz anders
aussieht:} 35. Qd1 Kb7 36. Rxb8+ Kxa7 37. Rxe8 Qxe8 {und wenn jemand besser
steht, dann ist es Schwarz wegen des Raumvorteils.}) 35. Qxe8 $1 {[%mdl 4096]
Wickelt instruktiv in ein gewonnenes Bauernendspiel ab:} Qxe8 36. Rxb8+ Qxb8
37. Bxb8 Kxb8 38. Kd2 Kc8 39. Ke2 Kd7 40. Kf3 Ke6 (40... h5 41. h4 $18) 41. Kg4
Kf6 42. Kh5 Kg7 43. f3 c5 44. bxc5 {Der Durchbruch.} (44. c4 $5 {war ebenfalls
mцglich, z.B.} Kf6 (44... d5 45. cxd5 $18) 45. cxb5 Ke7 46. Kxh6 $18) 44...
dxc5 45. h4 $1 {Unterminiert die schwarzen Bauern.} Kf6 (45... gxh4 46. Kg4 $1
Kf6 47. Kxf4 h5 48. Ke4 c4 49. c3 $18) 46. Kxh6 gxh4 47. Kh5 Ke5 48. Kxh4 Kd4
49. g4 fxg3 (49... Ke3 50. g5 Kxf3 51. g6 Ke2 52. g7 f3 53. g8=Q f2 54. Qg2 Ke1
55. Qe4+ Kd2 56. Qd3+ Ke1 57. Qe3+ $18) 50. Kxg3 c4 51. Kf2 b4 52. Ke2 c3 53.
b3 Ke5 54. Ke3 (54. Ke3 Kf5 55. f4 Kf6 56. Kd4 Kf5 57. Kc4 Kxf4 58. Kxb4 Ke3
59. Kxc3 $18) 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0405"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2005.02.12"]
[Round "10.3"]
[White "Saltaev, Mihail"]
[Black "Efimenko, Zahar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2594"]
[Annotator "Mueller,Karsten"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2004.11.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Muelheim Nord"]
[BlackTeam "Werder Bremen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Qe2 Qe7 6. d3 Nf6 7. Bg5 Qxe2+ 8.
Bxe2 Be7 9. Nc3 h6 10. Bf4 Nc6 11. O-O-O Be6 12. h3 O-O-O 13. a3 g5 14. Be3
Rhe8 15. d4 Nd5 16. Nxd5 Bxd5 17. c4 Bxf3 18. Bxf3 f5 19. Bh5 Rf8 20. Rd3 Bf6
21. f3 a5 22. b3 b6 23. Bg6 Ne7 24. Bh5 d5 25. Rhd1 a4 26. c5 bxc5 27. dxc5
axb3 28. Rxb3 d4 29. Bd2 Nd5 30. g4 Be5 31. Re1 Bf4 32. Re6 Bxd2+ 33. Kxd2 Nf4
34. Rxh6 Rd5 35. c6 Rd6 36. Rxd6 cxd6 37. Rb7 d5 38. Ra7 Kb8 39. Rb7+ Ka8 40.
Rd7 Rc8 41. Bf7 fxg4 42. fxg4 Rxc6 43. Bxd5 Nxd5 44. Rxd5 Rc3 45. Rxg5 Rxh3 46.
Rd5 Rxa3 47. Rxd4 Kb7 {[%tqu "En","White to play and win","","","d2e2","Misses
the chance to shut off the king one decisive file further away.",0,"d4c4","",6,
"De","WeiЯ zieht und gewinnt","","","d2e2","verpasst die Chance, den Kцnig
eine entscheidende Linie weiter abzusperren:",0,"d4c4","",6]} 48. Ke2 $2 {
Misses the chance to shut off the king one decisive file further away.
Verpasst die Chance, den Kцnig eine entscheidende Linie weiter abzusperren:} (
48. Rc4 Kb6 49. Ke2 Kb5 50. Re4 Kc5 51. Re3 Ra8 52. Kf3 Kd4 53. Re7 Rf8+ 54.
Kg3 Rg8 55. Kf4 Rf8+ 56. Kg5 Rg8+ 57. Kf5 Rf8+ 58. Kg6 Rg8+ 59. Rg7 Ra8 60. g5
Ke5 61. Rf7 $18) 48... Kc6 49. Kf2 Rb3 50. Rd1 ({Nor does Auch} 50. g5 {
win gewinnt nicht:} Rb5 51. Rg4 Kd7 52. g6 Rb8 53. Kg3 Ke6 54. Kh4 Kf6 55. g7 (
55. Kh5 $4 Rh8#) 55... Rg8 $11) (50. Re4 Kd5 51. Re3 Rxe3 52. Kxe3 Ke5 $11)
50... Ra3 51. Kg2 Rb3 52. Kh2 Ra3 53. Rg1 Kd5 54. Rg3 Ra2+ 55. Kh3 Ke4 $2 {
Allows the following horizontal barrier Erlaubt die folgende horizontale
Absperrung.} (55... Ke6 56. Rf3 Ra8 57. g5 (57. Kh4 Rh8+ 58. Kg5 Rg8+ 59. Kh5
Rh8+ 60. Kg6 Rg8+ $11) 57... Ke7 (57... Ra4 $11) 58. Kg4 Rf8 $11) 56. Rb3 Ra1
57. Rb5 Ra8 58. Kh4 Rh8+ 59. Rh5 Rf8 60. Rh6 Kf4 61. Kh5 Ke5 62. g5 Rf1 (62...
Kf5 63. Rh7 Ra8 64. Rf7+ Ke6 65. g6 $18) 63. Ra6 Rg1 64. Kh6 Kf5 65. g6 Rb1 66.
Kh7 Rh1+ 67. Kg8 Rh6 68. Kf7 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-37"]
[Site "Turin"]
[Date "2006.05.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Goh, Wei Ming Kevin"]
[Black "Eid, Fadi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2413"]
[BlackElo "2361"]
[Annotator "Mueller,Karsten"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2006.05.21"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Singapore"]
[BlackTeam "Lebanon"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SIN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "LBN"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Bf4 Nd7
8. Qd2 O-O 9. O-O-O Nc5 10. Be3 Bg4 11. Be2 Re8 12. h3 Bh5 13. g4 Bg6 14. h4 c6
15. Rh3 Be4 16. Ng5 Qa5 17. a3 Qa4 18. Bxc5 Bxg5 19. hxg5 dxc5 20. Bd3 Bxd3 21.
Qxd3 Qe4 22. Rdh1 Qxd3 23. cxd3 h6 24. Kd2 Re6 25. gxh6 g5 26. Rf3 f6 27. Rf5
Rae8 28. Kc2 Kh7 29. Kb3 b6 30. Kc4 a5 31. b4 cxb4 32. axb4 axb4 33. Kxb4 Kg6
34. Kc4 Rh8 35. Rb1 b5+ 36. Kc5 Rxh6 37. Rb4 Rh3 38. Rd4 Kf7 39. Kb6 Re5 40.
Rxe5 fxe5 41. Rd7+ Ke6 42. Kxc6 e4 43. Rd6+ Ke5 44. Rd5+ Kf4 45. dxe4 Rxc3+ 46.
Kxb5 Kxe4 47. Rxg5 Rf3 48. Kc5 Rxf2 49. Kd6 Rf4 50. Re5+ Kf3 51. g5 {[%tqu
"En","How does Black save the game?","","","f3g4","",2,"f4g4","",0,"De","Wie
rettet sich Schwarz?","","","f3g4","",2,"f4g4","",0]} Kg4 (51... Rg4 $2 52. Ke6
Kf4 53. Kf6 Rg1 54. Rf5+ $18) 52. g6 Rf6+ 53. Re6 Kf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2016.04.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "Nakamura,H"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2016.04.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 $5 {The first surprise, but this was not entirely unexpected.
Varuzhan had already lost to Wesley So in a very brutal Rubinstein French
earlier in the tournament.} 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3
Be7 7. O-O Nc6 8. c4 Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Bf5 11. a3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Nc6 13.
Re1 Re8 14. Ra2 $5 {This idea isn't completely new, in fact it was featured in
Kasimdzhanov-Gelfand from the World Cup in 2007. However, Kasim's play wasn't
inspiring and the line never really came back into fashion.} Na5 15. cxd5 Qxd5
16. Rb2 c6 (16... a6 {Not best, but maybe not that bad either.} 17. Ne5 Bxa3
18. Bf3 Qd6 19. Rbe2 (19. Ra2 Bxc1 20. Rxa5 Bf4 21. Bxb7 Rab8 22. Rxa6) 19...
Bxc1 20. Qxc1 Nc6 21. Qb2 $14 {½-½ (30) Shankland,S (2634)-Robson,R (2631)
Saint Louis 2014. White is slightly better, but I'm not sure if it is enough
of an advantage to win.}) (16... b6 $2 17. Ne5 $1 (17. Rb5 c5 18. Ne5 Qd6 19.
Bf4 Bf6 $11 {0-1 (40) Filippov,A (2607)-Bu,X (2682) Ha Long City 2009}) 17...
Rad8 18. Bf3 Qd6 19. Rbe2 $14) 17. Ne5 (17. Qa4 Qd8 18. c4 Bf6 19. Be3 Be4 20.
Rd2 b6 $11 {0-1 (52) Kasimdzhanov,R (2677)-Gelfand,B (2733) Elista 2007} 21.
Ne5 Qe7 22. Ng4 Bg5 23. Bf1 Bxe3 24. Rxe3 Qg5 25. Qd1 Bf5 26. Ne5 f6 27. Nf3
Qf4 28. Rde2 Bd7 29. Qe1 Rxe3 30. Rxe3 Qd6 31. h3 c5 32. d5 Kf8 33. Nd2 Bf5 34.
Be2 Qd7 35. Bh5 Nb7 36. g4 Bg6 37. Bxg6 hxg6 38. g5 Nd6 39. gxf6 gxf6 40. Qa1
Kg7 41. Re6 Rf8 42. a4 Rf7 43. Qc3 Nf5 44. Nf3 Qxa4 45. Ng5 Rf8 46. Re1 Nd4 47.
Re7+ Kg8 48. Qd3 Nf5 49. Qe2 Qa1+ 50. Kh2 fxg5 51. Qe6+ Kh8 52. Rb7 Qd4) 17...
Bxa3 18. Bf3 Qd6 19. Rbe2 Bxc1 20. Qxc1 Be6 21. Be4 $6 $146 (21. Bh5 Rf8 22.
Re3 Nc4 $17 {0-1 (45) Melia,S (2467)-Nebolsina,V (2310) Rijeka 2010}) (21. Qb1
$5 {This is also an interesting alternative.}) 21... Rad8 (21... f6 22. Nf3 (
22. Qb1 {I suspect Varuzhan was afraid of this move because of how long he
spent deciding between 21...Rad8 and 21...f6.} fxe5 23. Bxh7+ Kh8 (23... Kf8 $6
24. dxe5 Qc5 25. Qc1 Rad8 26. Qg5 Nc4 27. Bg6 Nd6 $3 28. Bxe8 Rxe8 29. Re3 Nf7
30. Qg6 Kg8 31. Rg3 Qf8 32. Re4 Nh8 {I guess this position is equal, but the
whole line feels very far from human.}) 24. Bg6 Nc4 25. Bxe8 Rxe8 26. Qxb7 Bd5
27. dxe5 Qe6 28. Qxa7 Bxg2 29. Kxg2 Qg4+ 30. Kh1 Qf3+ 31. Kg1 Qg4+ $11) 22...
Bf7 23. Qb1 g6 24. h4 Kg7 25. h5 $44 {There is definitely compensation here,
but I feel that Black should be able to defend with correct play.}) 22. Qb1 g6
23. f4 $6 {This move is probably fine, but I was very unhappy with myself
during the game after the next couple of moves.} (23. h4 $1 Kg7 $8 24. h5 Nc4
$8 25. Bxg6 Nxe5 26. dxe5 Qe7 27. Be4 Rg8 {A computer move after which Black
seems to be fine, but all of these moves would have been extremely hard to
find.}) 23... c5 $1 24. f5 {I played this after a 45 minute think. For almost
all of that time, I was trying to figure out what to do against 24...Bb3. I
tried to find alternatives, but nothing else besides f5 made any sense.} cxd4
$2 {A strange decision played almost instantly by Varuzhan. This decision
confused me greatly. I had no concrete plan against 24...Bb3, but I saw
nothing better.} (24... Bb3 $1 25. Bd3 $3 {A brilliant computer move and one
which I had seen, but completely underestimated.} (25. Bxb7 {Most likely, this
is the move I would have played after which White cannot claim an advantage.}
cxd4 (25... Rf8 26. fxg6 hxg6 27. d5 $1 Nxb7 28. Qxb3 Qxd5 29. c4 Qd4+ 30. Kh1
Na5 31. Qb5 Qc3 32. Qxc5 Nb3 33. Qxa7 Rd2 {White is up a pawn, but Black
should again be able to liquidate into a drawn endgame.}) 26. Nc4 Bxc4 27.
Rxe8+ Kg7 (27... Rxe8 {Not this order.} 28. Rxe8+ Kg7 29. fxg6 hxg6 30. Qe1 $3
Qf6 (30... Nxb7 31. Qh4 $18) 31. Bf3 dxc3 32. Re3 c2 33. Be4 $16) 28. Rxd8 Qxd8
29. cxd4 Qxd4+ 30. Kh1 Bd3 31. Rd1 Bxb1 32. Rxd4 Nxb7 33. Rb4 Bxf5 34. Rxb7 a6
$11) 25... cxd4 26. fxg6 hxg6 27. Nc4 Qd7 28. Nxa5 Rxe2 29. Bxe2 Ba4 30. Bc4
Kg7 31. Qe4 dxc3 32. Qe5+ Kg8 33. Qxc3 Qd4+ 34. Qxd4 Rxd4 35. Rf1 Rd7 36. Ra1
Bc2 37. Bb5 Re7 38. Kf2 $16 {I assume that this is probably still pretty close
to a draw, but White can definitely press.}) (24... Bc4 $2 25. fxg6 fxg6 (25...
hxg6 26. Bxg6 $18) 26. Nxc4 Nxc4 27. Bd5+ Qxd5 28. Rxe8+ Rxe8 29. Rxe8+ Kf7 30.
Qe1 Qd7 31. Rb8 $18) (24... Bd5 $2 25. Bxd5 Qxd5 26. Ng4 Rxe2 27. Nf6+ Kf8 28.
Nxd5 Rxe1+ 29. Qxe1 Rxd5 30. c4 Nxc4 31. f6 $18) 25. fxe6 Rxe6 26. Nxf7 Kxf7
27. Bd5 $2 {Another dilemma. I played 27.Bd5 because I wasn't certain if I
could untangle all my pieces and win in the 27.Qa2 variations. However, I
simply forgot that it was possibile to sac the queen for the 2 rooks at the
time.} (27. Qa2 Kg7 (27... dxc3 28. Bxg6+ hxg6 29. Rxe6 Qd4+ 30. Kh1 Rd5 31.
Re7+ Kf6 32. Qe2 $18) 28. Qxa5 Rde8 29. c4 (29. Qxa7 $2 d3 30. Bxd3 Qxd3 31.
Rxe6 Rxe6 32. Qxb7+ (32. Rxe6 Qb1+ 33. Kf2 Qf5+ 34. Kg1 Qb1+ $1 $11) 32... Kf6
33. Rxe6+ Kxe6 34. Qc6+ Ke5 35. Qe8+ Kf5 36. Qe1 $14) 29... R8e7 30. c5 Qc7 31.
Qb4 Re5 32. Bf3 Rxe2 33. Rxe2 Rxe2 34. Bxe2 Qe5 35. Qxb7+ Kh6 36. Qb5 Qe3+ 37.
Kh1 Qc1+ 38. Bf1 d3 39. Qxd3 Qxc5 40. Qe4 a5 41. g3 $18) 27... Qxd5 28. Rxe6
dxc3 $2 {The last blunder after which there are no remaining opportunities to
save the game.} (28... Qxe6 29. Rxe6 Kxe6 30. Qe4+ (30. Qa2+ {During the game
I thought this was simply winning, but to my horror I completely forgot about}
Rd5 $11 {in my calculations.}) 30... Kd6 (30... Kf7 31. cxd4 Nc6 32. d5 Ne7 33.
Qe6+ Kf8 34. d6 Nc6 35. Kf2 $18 {This should be winning.}) 31. Qxd4+ Kc7 32.
Qxa7 Nc6 33. Qc5 Rd7 $11) 29. R6e5 Qd4+ 30. Kh1 b6 31. Qa2+ Kg7 32. Re7+ Kh6
33. Qf7 Nc4 34. Qxh7+ Kg5 35. R7e6 Qd3 36. h4+ Kf4 37. Qh6+ (37. Qh6+ Kg3 38.
Qg5+ Kf2 39. Qf4+ Qf3 40. Qxf3#) 1-0

[Event "Beijing FIDE GP"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2013.07.10"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[Annotator "Pavlovic,M"]
[PlyCount "190"]
[EventDate "2013.07.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 {A very popular
line against the Petroff. It gives White certain prospects of gaining the
initiative.} Be7 7. Be3 Nc6 8. Qd2 Be6 9. O-O-O Qd7 10. Kb1 h6 $5 {A rare
approach at this point, but the game will soon join usual pathways. It seems
that Mamedyarov wants to avoid some Ng5 or Bg5 ideas, which do occur in this
line often.} (10... Bf6 11. Bg5 (11. h4 h6 12. Nd4 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Bxd4 14. Qxd4
O-O 15. Rg1 Qc6 $1 16. Be2 Qc5 $11 {1/2-1/2 (21) Rasmussen,E (2346)-Blitsko,B 
(2377) ICCF 2012}) 11... Bxg5 (11... Qe7 12. Bb5 a6 13. Bxc6+ bxc6 14. Qf4 Bxg5
15. Nxg5 O-O 16. Rde1 Qd7 17. f3 h6 18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. Qg4 Rf5 20. Re2 e5 21.
Rd1 Qf7 22. Qb4 Qd7 23. Qa4 Kh8 24. c4 $14 {1-0 (47) Topalov,V (2770)-Giri,A 
(2714) Wijk aan Zee NED 2012. Due to the weaker structure Black is forced to
stay a bit passive.}) 12. Nxg5 O-O-O 13. Bb5 a6 14. Ba4 ({The alternative
offers nothing to White:} 14. Bxc6 Qxc6 15. Nxe6 fxe6 16. f3 e5 17. Rhe1 Rdf8
18. Re4 Rf6 $11 {1/2-1/2 (22) Bobras,P (2560)-Fridman,D (2670) Baden Baden GER
2012}) 14... Rde8 15. Rhe1 h6 16. Nxe6 Rxe6 17. Rxe6 fxe6 18. c4 $14 {It looks
a bit unpleasant for Black at the moment.} Rf8 19. Qe3 Qf7 20. f3 Qg6 21. c5 $1
(21. a3 Rf6 (21... Nb8 $5) 22. c5 d5 23. Bxc6 bxc6 24. Qe2 Kd7 25. Rd4 $16 {
1/2-1/2 (39) Yu Yangyi (2615)-Wang Yue (2702) Xinghua CHN 2012}) 21... d5 22.
Bxc6 bxc6 23. Qe2 Kd7 24. Rd4 $14 {this is possible to play for a win with
White.}) (10... a6 11. h4 (11. Ng5 Bf5 12. h3 O-O 13. Be2 Ne5 14. Nf3 Nxf3 15.
Bxf3 c6 16. g4 Be6 17. Bg2 Rfe8 18. Bf4 Rad8 19. Qe3 b5 20. Qb6 d5 21. Rd2 {
1/2-1/2 (21) Nepomniachtchi,I (2706)-Alekseev,E (2691) Irkutsk RUS 2010. Black
is definitely not worse, the position is unclear.}) (11. h3 O-O-O 12. Nd4 Nxd4
13. Bxd4 Rhg8 14. c4 c5 15. Bc3 Qc6 16. Qe1 (16. Qe3 g6 17. Rg1 {The idea is
Be2-f3 and the play revolves around that: can Black prevent that or not?} d5
18. cxd5 Rxd5 19. Rxd5 (19. Re1 $5 c4 20. Be2 Bc5 21. Qg3 Qb6 22. Rgf1 Rgd8 23.
Bg4 f5 24. Bf3 R5d7 $13) 19... Qxd5 20. b3 Rd8 21. Bd3 (21. Be2 Qc6 22. Bf3 Qb6
23. Re1 Rd7 24. Bg4 Bxg4 25. hxg4 Qc6 26. f3 c4 $13) 21... Qc6 22. Be4 Qc7 23.
Re1 Kb8 24. Bf3 Rd7 25. Bg4 Bxg4 26. hxg4 {White has some pressure here no
doubts about that, but Black managed to neutralise the white initiative} Qc6
27. f3 Bd8 28. Qe5+ Ka7 29. Qh8 c4 30. Kb2 cxb3 31. axb3 Be7 32. Re4 b5 33. Be5
a5 34. Rd4 Kb7 35. Qe8 Rxd4 36. Qb8+ Ka6 37. Bxd4 Bc5 38. Bxc5 Qxc5 39. Qa8+
Kb6 {1/2-1/2 (39) Volkov,A (2284)-Yartsev,V (2325) ICCF 2012}) 16... g6 17. Rg1
d5 18. cxd5 Rxd5 19. Rxd5 Qxd5 20. b3 Qd6 21. Qe3 (21. Be2 $5 Bd5 22. Be5 Qc6
$13) 21... Qh2 22. f3 Qc7 23. Be2 Bd6 $11 {1/2-1/2 (37) Voss,M (2665)-Velilla
Velasco,F (2566) ICCF 2010}) 11... h6 12. Be2 {this looks to me like the most
promising idea for White:} (12. Nd4 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Rg8 14. c4 c5 $5 {a highly
interesting approach} 15. Bc3 (15. Be3 O-O-O 16. g3 d5 17. cxd5 Qxd5 18. Qxd5
Bxd5 19. Bh3+ Kc7 20. Rhe1 Rge8 21. Bf4+ Kc6 22. Rxd5 $5 {interesting but
still not enough for an advantage} Kxd5 23. Bg2+ Kc4 24. Bf1+ Kd5 25. Bg2+ Kc4
26. Bxb7 Kb5 27. Bc7 Bf6 $11 {1/2-1/2 (46) Jones,G (2596)-Laxman,R (2446)
Ekurhuleni RSA 2011}) 15... b5 16. Qe3 (16. b3 $5 {not an easy move for
tournament chess} bxc4 17. Bxc4 Bxc4 18. bxc4 O-O-O 19. Ka1 Qc6 20. f3 Kb7 21.
Qd3 $14) 16... bxc4 (16... b4 17. Be5 $1) 17. Qf4 (17. Be2 O-O-O 18. f4 g6 19.
h5 d5 20. Ba5 d4 21. Qf3 $13) 17... Qb5 18. Qe4 d5 19. Rxd5 Bxd5 20. Qxd5 Rd8
21. Qh5 Bf6 22. Bxf6 gxf6 23. b3 Rd4 24. Bxc4 Rxc4 25. Re1+ Kf8 26. Qxh6+ Rg7 {
1/2-1/2 (26) Pavlovic,M (2540)-Bogosavljevic,B (2531) Kragujevac SRB 2010})
12... O-O-O 13. h5 $5 Bf6 14. Nd4 Nxd4 15. Bxd4 Qe7 16. Rhe1 Kb8 17. f4 c5 18.
Bxf6 Qxf6 19. g4 $14 {1/2-1/2 (31) Delgado Ramirez,N (2619)-Pierrot,F (2439)
Buenos Aires ARG 2010. Although Black managed to make a draw, to me this looks
like a chance for trying to get an advantage for White.}) (10... O-O-O 11. Nd4
$1 a6 12. Nxe6 fxe6 13. g3 {very logical play by White} Bf6 14. c4 d5 15. Bg2
d4 16. Qe2 Kb8 17. a3 e5 18. h4 Rhf8 19. Bd2 Be7 20. Rhf1 d3 21. Qe4 dxc2+ 22.
Qxc2 Qg4 23. Bxc6 bxc6 24. Be3 g6 25. Rde1 $14 {1-0 (118) Olofson,D (2542)
-Stephan,P (2554) ICCF 2009}) 11. h3 a6 12. g4 (12. Be2 Bf6 13. Rhe1 O-O-O 14.
Nd4 Bxd4 15. Bxd4 f6 $1 {this type of position is known and Black has defended
such positions with very good results} (15... Rhg8 16. Be3 Kb8 17. f4 Rge8 18.
Bf3 f6 19. b3 Re7 20. Bf2 Rde8 21. g4 Bf7 22. Rxe7 Rxe7 23. Bg1 Bg6 24. Qg2 Qe8
25. f5 Bf7 26. Kb2 $11 {1-0 (42) Bajarani,U (2393)-Mirzoev,A (2563) Baku AZE
2011. The position is still in equlibrium.})) 12... h5 $5 {This is obviosly
Mamedyarov's intended improvement} (12... O-O-O 13. Bg2 $1 {White has managed
to get his bishops on the right squares} f5 (13... g5 14. Nd4 Nxd4 15. Qxd4 c5
16. Qd2 Bf6 17. f4 gxf4 18. Bxf4 Qa4 19. b3 Qa5 20. c4 Qxd2 21. Rxd2 Bg5 22.
Rf1 Bxf4 23. Rxf4 Rhg8 24. Rf6 Rg6 25. Rxg6 fxg6 26. Rf2 $16 {1-0 (58) Bologan,
V (2636)-Belov,V (2586) Sochi RUS 2007}) (13... Kb8 14. Nd4 Nxd4 15. Bxd4 Rhg8
16. f4 Qa4 17. b3 Qa5 18. f5 Bg5 19. Qd3 Bd7 20. Bd5 Bc6 21. Bxc6 bxc6 22. h4
$16 {1-0 (46) Havlikova,K (2285)-Srebrnic,A (2219) Porto Carras GRE 2011}) 14.
g5 Ne5 15. b3 Nxf3 16. Bxf3 f4 17. Bxf4 hxg5 18. Bxg5 Bxg5 19. Qxg5 Rxh3 20.
Rxh3 Bxh3 21. Re1 Rf8 22. Bh5 Rf5 23. Qh4 Re5 24. Rxe5 dxe5 25. Bg6 $14 {
1-0 (44) Bologan,V (2700)-Charbonneau,P (2509) Edmonton CAN 2005}) 13. gxh5 $6
{I really doubt that such a move is any good.} (13. Bg2 $5 hxg4 14. hxg4 O-O-O
15. Nd4 Rxh1 (15... Nxd4 16. Rxh8 Rxh8 17. Qxd4 c5 18. Qxg7 $16) (15... Ne5 16.
Nxe6 Qxe6 17. Bd5 $36) 16. Rxh1 Nxd4 17. Qxd4 c5 18. Qxg7 Qa4 19. b3 Qxg4 20.
Qxg4 Bxg4 21. Rh6 Be6 22. c4 Rg8 23. Bf3 b5 $132) 13... Rxh5 {Now the rook is
nicely placed on the fifth rank.} 14. Rg1 Bf6 15. Bg5 O-O-O 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17.
h4 Ne5 $1 18. Qe3 Kb8 19. b3 Bg4 $17 20. Be2 Bxf3 21. Bxf3 Rxh4 {Black has
collected a pawn and White is in a very difficuilt position; eventually he
didn't manage to save the game.} 22. Bg2 Qf5 23. Rd4 Rg4 24. Rxg4 Nxg4 25. Qd4
Qxf2 26. Qxf2 Nxf2 27. Rf1 Ng4 28. Bh3 Ne5 29. Rxf6 c6 30. Rf2 Rg8 31. c4 Rg3
32. Bf5 Kc7 33. Rh2 Rf3 34. Rh5 a5 35. Kb2 Rg3 36. Rh7 Kb6 37. Bc8 Rg8 38. Bf5
Kc5 39. Rh4 Rg2 40. Rf4 Rg3 41. Bc8 b6 42. a3 Rf3 43. Rxf3 Nxf3 44. Kc3 d5 45.
b4+ axb4+ 46. axb4+ Kd6 47. cxd5 cxd5 48. Kd3 Ne5+ 49. Ke3 Nc6 50. c3 Ke5 51.
Kd3 Ne7 52. Bb7 Nf5 53. Bc8 Nd6 54. Bg4 f5 55. Bf3 f4 56. Bh5 Nc4 57. Bf3 Ne3
58. Be2 Ng2 59. Bg4 Ne3 60. Be2 Nc4 61. Bf3 Nd6 62. Bh5 Ne4 63. c4 d4 64. Bf3
Ng5 65. Bg4 f3 66. c5 f2 67. Ke2 $2 {Mueller,Karsten: 'This blockade can be
broken.'} ({After} 67. Be2 $1 bxc5 68. bxc5 Ne6 69. Bf1 Nxc5+ (69... Nf4+ 70.
Kc4 Ke4 71. c6 d3 72. c7 d2 73. c8=Q d1=Q 74. Qb7+ Ke3 75. Qa7+ $11) 70. Ke2
Ne4 71. Bg2 {Black amazingly can not win according to the endgame tablebases.})
67... bxc5 $6 (67... Kf4 {is much easier from the practical point of view:} 68.
cxb6 (68. c6 d3+ 69. Kxf2 Ne4+ 70. Ke1 Kxg4 71. c7 Nd6 72. Kd2 Kf4 73. Kxd3 Ke5
$19) (68. Bd7 Kg3 69. Bc6 d3+ 70. Kf1 Nf3 71. Bxf3 Kxf3 72. cxb6 d2 73. b7
d1=Q#) 68... Kg3 69. b7 Kg2 70. b8=Q f1=Q+ 71. Kd2 Qb1 (71... Ne4+ 72. Kc2 Qc4+
73. Kb2 Qc3+ 74. Ka2 Qc2+ 75. Ka3 Nd2 $19 76. Bh3+ Kxh3 77. Qh8+ Kg2) 72. Qa8+
$6 Ne4+ 73. Ke2 $6 Qf1#) 68. bxc5 Kf4 69. c6 Kg3 (69... d3+ $2 70. Kxf2 Ne4+
71. Ke1 Kxg4 72. c7 $11) 70. c7 Kg2 (70... d3+ $2 71. Ke3 f1=Q 72. c8=Q $11)
71. c8=Q f1=Q+ 72. Kd2 Ne4+ 73. Kc2 d3+ 74. Kb2 $6 (74. Kb3 $1 {escapes the
direct mating attack. But Black wins in the long run after} Qb1+ 75. Ka3 Qa1+
76. Kb3 Nd2+ 77. Kb4 Qd4+ 78. Kb5 Ne4 $19 {due to his centralised pieces. Guy
Haworth confirms that the Lomonossov seven men endgame tablebases indeed give
a win for Black in 57 moves starting with 74...Qb1+.}) 74... Kg3 $2 {Mueller,
Karsten: 'Mamedyarov does not have time for this.} ({He should continue his
attack with'} 74... Qf2+ 75. Ka3 (75. Kb1 Qe1+ 76. Kb2 Qb4+ 77. Ka1 Qa3+ 78.
Kb1 Nd2#) (75. Kb3 Qb6+ 76. Kc4 Nd6+ $19) 75... Qa7+ 76. Kb4 Qb6+ 77. Ka3 Qa5+
$19 78. Kb3 Nd2+ 79. Kb2 Qb4+ 80. Kc1 Nb3+ 81. Kb2 Nc5+ 82. Ka2 Qa4+ 83. Kb2
Qc2+) 75. Qf5 $1 Qg2+ (75... Qxf5 76. Bxf5 d2 77. Kc2 $11) 76. Ka3 Qh1 77. Bd1
$1 Qxd1 78. Qxe4 Qe2 79. Qg6+ Kf2 80. Qf6+ Qf3 81. Qd4+ Ke2 82. Qe5+ Kf2 83.
Qd4+ Kf1 84. Qa1+ Kg2 85. Qg7+ Qg3 86. Qb7+ Kf2 87. Kb2 Ke2 88. Qe4+ Qe3 89.
Qg2+ Qf2 90. Qe4+ Kd2 91. Kb3 $2 {Mueller,Karsten: 'Karjakin, who has defended
well, now cracks under the pressure, as his king can be forced to leave the
drawing zone near the pawn.'} ({One way to draw is} 91. Qc4 Ke1+ (91... Qb6+
92. Ka2 Qa5+ (92... Ke3 93. Qc1+ Ke2 94. Qc4 $11) 93. Kb2 Qe5+ 94. Kb3 Qe3 95.
Qb4+ Ke2 96. Qc4 $11) 92. Kb1 d2 93. Qe4+ Qe2 94. Qh4+ Qf2 95. Qe4+ Kf1 96.
Qd3+ Qe2 97. Qh3+ Ke1 98. Qh4+ $11) 91... Qb6+ 92. Kc4 Qa6+ (92... Qc7+ $5 {
Mueller,Karsten: 'wins quicker.'} 93. Kb5 (93. Kb3 Qc3+ 94. Ka2 Qa5+ 95. Kb2
Qb5+ 96. Ka3 Kc3 $19) 93... Qc3 $19 {and Black's king is cut off in the losing
zone.}) 93. Kb3 $6 Qb5+ 94. Ka2 Kc3 95. Qe1+ Kc2 (95... Kc2 {Mueller,Karsten:
'and White resigned as he runs out of checks after'} 96. Qf2+ d2 $19) 0-1

[Event "EU-Cup 31st"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2015.10.22"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Li, Chao B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[Annotator "Pavlovic,M"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2015.10.18"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Socar"]
[BlackTeam "Siberia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 Nc6
8. Bd3 $5 {An unusual idea in a well known position. The main move is of
course 8.Qd2, it seems that Adams is using less known positions to surprise
opponents} ({I will give one recent example of the main idea...} 8. Qd2 Be6 9.
O-O-O Qd7 10. b3 $5 Bf6 11. h3 h6 12. g4 O-O-O 13. Bg2 Kb8 14. Rde1 a6 15. Re2
d5 16. Nd4 Nxd4 17. Bxd4 Bxd4 18. Qxd4 g6 19. Rhe1 h5 20. f3 Qd6 21. Re5 hxg4
22. fxg4 c6 23. Kb1 Ka8 24. Bf1 Qb8 25. Qe3 $14 {1-0 (83) Dominguez Perez,L 
(2736)-Vazquez Igarza,R (2581) Linares 2015}) 8... Bf6 {Adams didn't manage to
find any advantage when he previously tried the same idea...} (8... Ne5 9. Nxe5
dxe5 10. Qf3 c6 11. Qg3 Bf6 12. O-O-O Be6 13. Rhe1 Qe7 14. a3 O-O 15. h4 Rfd8
16. Bg5 $14) (8... Be6 9. Qe2 Qd7 10. O-O-O O-O 11. Kb1 Rae8 12. h3 Bd8 13.
Rhe1 Bf5 14. Bxf5 Qxf5 15. g4 Qc8 16. Qc4 a6 17. Nd4 Nxd4 18. cxd4 c6 19. Bf4
d5 20. Qb4 Bh4 $11 {½-½ (34) Adams,M (2722)-Giri,A (2730) London 2012}) 9.
Qe2 Qe7 10. O-O-O Bd7 11. Rhe1 O-O-O 12. Qf1 {I think already here Black is
experiencing problems due to exposed queen on e7...} Be6 13. Bb5 Ne5 14. Bxa7
$1 {Getting this pawn is very important} Nxf3 15. gxf3 Be5 $1 {Black finds way
to create counterplay} (15... c6 16. Bd3 Be5 17. Re4 Qf6 18. Bb6 $16) 16. Re4
Qf6 17. Ra4 {It was better to defend the f3-pawn:} (17. Qe2 $1 Bxh2 18. Ra4 $36
{White preserves better chances but the position remains complicated.}) 17...
Qxf3 18. Be3 c5 $1 19. h4 Kc7 $13 {Now things are not clear at all: White's
initiative on the queenside has been repulsed, the rook on a4 is now bad, on
the other hand the centralised Black pieces are really strong.} 20. Be2 Qc6 21.
Bb5 Qf3 22. Be2 {Correctly assessing the position, Adams repeats moves but ...}
Qh3 {Black declines.} 23. Qg1 Qh2 24. Qxh2 Bxh2 {The queens are off a board
and we can say that Black is slightly better here.} 25. h5 $1 {Making space
for a rook...} Be5 26. Rh4 h6 27. Kd2 b6 (27... Bf6 28. Rh2 Ra8 29. a3 Rhe8 {
Preventing for a while a4 which is good for White to take some more space}) 28.
a4 $1 Bf6 29. Rh2 Rhe8 30. Rg1 Bd5 31. b3 Re5 32. c4 Bc6 33. Rh3 Kb7 34. Rhg3
d5 35. cxd5 Bxd5 36. Kc1 c4 $2 {An overambitious move, instead:} (36... Rde8 {
Around equal but more pleasant to play with Black}) 37. bxc4 Be6 38. c5 $1 {
Closing the fifth rank for Black's rook. Obviously Black missed following
tactical idea...} bxc5 39. f4 {Winning material.} Rxe3 (39... Rf5 40. Bg4 $16)
40. Rxe3 Bd4 41. Rd3 Bc4 42. Rxg7 $1 Bxd3 43. Rxf7+ Kb8 44. cxd3 Be3+ 45. Kc2
Rd4 46. f5 {With f and a passers White is obviously much better, close to
winning actually.} Rxa4 47. Bf3 Bg5 48. Bd5 Ra6 49. Be6 Rd6 50. Rg7 Bf4 51. Rg6
Kc7 52. f6 Rd8 53. f7 Rf8 54. Kc3 Kd6 55. Kc4 Be3 56. Bd5+ Kd7 57. Bc6+ Ke7 58.
Be8 Bd4 59. Kd5 Bf2 60. Re6+ Kd8 61. Kc6 Bd4 62. Bd7 1-0

[Event "Szeged m"]
[Site "Szeged"]
[Date "2015.08.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Li, Chao B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[Annotator "Pavlovic,M"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2015.08.14"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 {A highly popular line and
Leko plays it on a regular basis.} Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 Nc6 8. Qd2 Be6 9.
O-O-O Qd7 10. b3 $5 {The main move is 10.Kb1 played also by Leko many times
but it seems that this little move can be even better.} Bf6 (10... a6 11. h4 (
11. Ng5 $5 Bxg5 12. Bxg5 f6 13. Be3 O-O-O {with the difference that instead of
Kb1 White has b3 which is a small improvement.}) 11... Bg4 12. Be2 O-O-O 13.
Ng5 Bxe2 14. Qxe2 Bf6 15. Ne4 Qf5 16. Nxf6 gxf6 17. g4 Qe6 {1/2-1/2 (40) Antal,
T (2251)-Csonka,A (2409) Zalakaros 2011; with a defendable position for Black.}
) 11. h3 {Novelty.} (11. Bg5 Bxg5 12. Nxg5 O-O-O 13. Nxe6 Qxe6 14. Bc4 Qf6 {
1-0 (21) Dorst,J (2207)-Koronowski,H (1700) Vellmar 2015. Black is fine.})
11... h5 (11... O-O-O 12. Ng5 Bxg5 13. Bxg5 f6 14. Be3 a6 15. Be2 {with
similar play to what happens after 10..a6 11.Ng5!?}) 12. Bg5 Qe7 ({It was
better to go} 12... Bxg5 13. Qxg5 f6 14. Qf4 a6 15. Bd3 O-O-O 16. Rhe1 Kb8 17.
Be4 d5 18. Kb2 Qf7 19. Bf5 Bxf5 20. Qxf5 {White is slightly better.}) 13. Bb5
$1 {In the spirit of the position!} O-O-O 14. Bxc6 bxc6 15. Rhe1 {White has
the initative, and Leko has won the theoretical battle.} h4 $6 {Obviously
confronted with passive play Black seeks counterplay so trying to activate
with ...Rh5 makes perfect sense, the only problem is that White can simply put
pressure on the weak pawns.} 16. Re4 (16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. Qd4 c5 (17... Bd5 18.
Qxa7 Bxf3 19. gxf3 Qxc3 20. Re7 $1 {wins for White}) 18. Qxf6 gxf6 19. Re4 Bd7
20. Rf4 {White is clearly better.}) 16... Rh5 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. Rf4 Rf5 (18...
Qh6 19. Ra4 Qxd2+ 20. Rxd2 Bd5 21. Rxa7 Bxf3 22. gxf3 Rg5 {is still a pawn
down but Black has chances to defend this rook endgame.}) 19. Rxf5 Bxf5 20. Qf4
g5 (20... g6 21. Kb2 Rh8 22. Re1 $1 {White has the better play, for instance}
c5 23. Ng5 Rh5 24. Re8+ Kb7 25. Ne4 {White wins.}) 21. Nxg5 Re8 22. Kb2 (22.
Nf3 Re4 23. Qg5 Qxg5+ 24. Nxg5 Re2 25. Rd2 Re1+ 26. Kb2 Rg1 27. f3 f6 28. Nf7
$5 Bg6 29. Nh6 f5 30. Re2 {White is better, although such an unusual knight
move as 28.Nf7 is not easy to make in a practical game, especially when there
are other good moves as well.}) 22... Qg6 23. Rd2 Bd7 {Obviously something
went badly for Black in the opening, a pawn down and an inferior position.} 24.
Qxh4 (24. f3 Qh6 25. Rd4 Rg8 {Black has got counterplay.}) 24... f6 25. Nf3
Qxg2 26. Qxf6 Qxh3 {The situation has cleared up and White is a clear pawn up,
but still there is a long way to the win.} 27. Rd3 ({A better try was} 27. Rd4
c5 28. Rh4 Qe6 29. Qxe6 Rxe6 30. Ng5 Re2 31. Rf4 Kd8 32. Ne4 Bc6 33. Ng3 Re8
34. c4 {and next the king goes to d2 and White has good chances in this
endgame.}) 27... Qg2 28. Qd4 Kb7 29. Nd2 {Leko struggled to find a good square
for his knight and that surprisingly put him in an unpleasant position.} c5 $1
30. Qf4 Re2 {It is not clear now how White can improve his position in order
to get an initiative.} 31. f3 {An ambitious move, still trying to win the game,
probably it was the last moment to take a draw.} (31. Nc4 Rxf2 32. Rd2 Rxf4 33.
Rxg2 {just a draw.}) 31... Bb5 $1 32. c4 Be8 {The situation has changed now
and the pressure on the second rank combined with a potential ...Bg6 makes
White's position worse.} 33. Ka3 $2 {Already in an unpleasant situation White
makes a blunder.} Bc6 $6 (33... Bg6 $1 {turnes the tables at once! From a pawn
down and worse position Black is now simply winning.} 34. Rd5 Qh1 $1 35. Qf6
Rxd2 $1 {wins.}) 34. Kb2 Qg7+ 35. Rc3 a5 36. Nb1 Qh8 37. a4 Be8 38. Na3 Kb6 39.
Qg5 Bc6 40. Qf4 Rf2 $1 {White is lost.} 41. Qc1 Rxf3 42. Nb1 Qf6 43. Qd2 Rh3
44. Qe2 Rh1 45. Nd2 Qd4 46. Qe3 Qg4 0-1

[Event "Kharkov Rector Cup 3rd"]
[Site "Kharkov"]
[Date "2001.04.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Turov, Maxim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2553"]
[Annotator "Ponomariov,R"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2001.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 4096]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7.
O-O Bg4 8. c4 Nf6 9. Nc3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Nxd4 11. Qh3 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Be7 13. Bg5
Qc8 $1 (13... O-O 14. Rad1 c5 15. Rfe1 h6 16. Bxh6 gxh6 17. Qxh6 $36 {
Kupreichik-Yusupov, 1987}) 14. Qd3 Ne6 15. Bxe6 fxe6 16. Rfe1 (16. Qc4 $5 Qd7
17. Rad1 Qc6 18. Qxc6+ bxc6 19. Rfe1 Rd8 20. Rxd8+ Kxd8 21. Rxe6 Kd7 22. Re2
Rb8 $14) 16... Qd7 $1 (16... O-O 17. Qc4 $36) 17. Qc4 O-O-O 18. Rxe6 Nd5 19.
Bxe7 (19. Re5 Nb6 $1) 19... Qxe6 20. Bxd8 Rxd8 21. g3 $5 $146 (21. Rd1 Nf4 $5 (
21... c6 22. Nxd5 (22. g3 $142) 22... b5 $1 23. Qb4 Rxd5 24. Qf8+ Kb7 25. Qxg7+
Kb6 26. Rc1 Qe2 $44) 22. Rxd8+ Kxd8 23. Qd4+ Qd6 24. Qxg7 Ne2+ 25. Kf1 Nxc3 26.
Qxc3 Qxh2 $11) 21... c6 (21... Qf5 $5 22. Qc5 b6 23. Qb5 Kb7 24. Rd1 c6 25. Qc4
$14) 22. Rd1 g5 $1 (22... Rd7 $2 23. Nxd5 Rxd5 24. Rxd5 Qxd5 25. Qxd5 cxd5 26.
f4 Kd7 27. Kf2 Ke6 28. Ke3 Kf5 29. h3 $18) 23. h4 gxh4 24. Qxh4 h6 25. Kg2 $6 (
25. Qe4 $142 Qxe4 26. Nxe4 $14 {קh6}) 25... Ne3+ $2 (25... Rd7 $11 26. Qh3
$140 Qxh3+ 27. Kxh3 Nxc3 28. Rxd7 Kxd7 29. bxc3 c5 30. Kg4 b5 31. Kf5 a5) 26.
fxe3 Rxd1 27. Nxd1 Qd5+ 28. Kh2 Qxd1 29. Qxh6 Qc2+ 30. Kh3 Qxb2 31. Qe6+ Kc7
32. g4 $16 Qe2 33. e4 c5 34. e5 c4 35. Qd6+ Kc8 36. Kh4 Qd3 37. Qe6+ Kd8 38.
Qg8+ Ke7 39. Qg7+ Ke6 40. Qf6+ Kd5 41. Qd6+ Ke4 42. Qxd3+ Kxd3 43. e6 c3 44. e7
c2 45. e8=Q c1=Q 46. Qd7+ Ke2 47. g5 Qh1+ 48. Qh3 Qd5 49. Qg4+ Kf2 50. Qf4+ Ke1
51. g6 Qxa2 $6 52. g7 Qg8 53. Qf8 $1 $18 Qc4+ 54. Kg5 Qd5+ 55. Kf6 Qc6+ 56. Ke7
Qc7+ 57. Ke6 Qc6+ 58. Qd6 Qc4+ 59. Kd7 Qa4+ 60. Kd8 Qb3 61. Qf8 1-0

[Event "Nanjing Pearl Spring 1st"]
[Site "Nanjing"]
[Date "2008.12.21"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Bu, Xiangzhi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2008.12.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 128"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 {Ivanchuk avoids the main theoretical dispute which could
arise most probably in Petroff.} Nf6 3. Bc4 Bb4 4. Nf3 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. Nd5 $5
{After this move the game is already out of theory even though it has appeared
in a few games beforehand. White is trying to play d2-d4 without wasting time
on the d2-d3 developing move. The common continuation is, obviously, 6.d3.
Here one example from the "old school":} (6. d3 Be6 7. Bxe6 fxe6 8. Ne2 Nbd7 9.
c3 Ba5 10. a4 c6 11. Ng3 Qe7 12. Qe2 h6 (12... Bc7 13. d4 d5 $5 $13) 13. d4 Bc7
14. b3 Qf7 15. Ba3 Rfe8 16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. Nxe5 dxe5 18. Rfd1 Red8 19. Bc5 $14 {
1-0 Larsen,B (2625)-Smyslov,V (2620)/Las Palmas 1972/MCD (77)}) 6... Be6 $6 {
Not the best reply. After all, White made a second move with the same piece in
the opening, why not exchange it?} (6... Nxd5 7. Bxd5 c6 8. Bb3 Bg4 (8... Qe7 {
followed by 9...Be6 is playable as well.}) 9. h3 Bh5 $11) 7. d4 Bxd5 (7... Nxd5
$6 8. exd5 Bg4 9. c3 Ba5 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 {and White is
clearly better thanks to pair of strong bishops.}) (7... exd4 8. Nxd4 Bxd5 9.
exd5 Nbd7 {is not more than slightly worse for Black.}) 8. exd5 e4 $2 {This
push is the source of Black's troubles. It looks like the Chinese GM got tired
to the end of the tough tournament. It's curious that this bad move is also
suggested by all modern engines!} ({It was necessary to release the pressure
in the centre by} 8... exd4 9. Qxd4 (9. a3 Bc5 10. b4 Bb6 11. Bb2 Nbd7 12. Nxd4
Re8 13. Bb3 a5 14. c4 axb4 15. axb4 Rxa1 16. Qxa1 Ng4 $132) 9... Nbd7 10. Qh4
Re8 {with a playable position.}) 9. Nh4 {I must say that it's already not the
first time that Bu has got a bad position against Ivanchuk right before move
ten! (check the encounter between the same players in Sofia 2008)} c6 10. c3
Ba5 (10... cxd5 11. Bb3 Ba5 12. f3 $16) 11. Bg5 Nbd7 12. Nf5 Nb6 {[%tqu "En",
"Find the strongest continuation for White.","","","f2f3","Ignoring the threat
on the bishop. It is more important to open the f-file. A passive retreat by
the bishop would allow Black to defend.",15,"c4b3","was far less convincing in
view of",0]} 13. f3 $3 {Ignoring the threat on the bishop. It is more
important to open the f-file. Variations that arise here, are quite easy for
White, but it's not easy to find such a move! A passive retreat by the bishop
would allow Black to defend.} (13. Bb3 $6 {was far less convincing in view of}
Qd7 $1 14. Nh6+ gxh6 15. Bxf6 Nxd5 16. Bxd5 cxd5 17. Qh5 Bd8 $14) 13... h6 (
13... Nxc4 14. fxe4 {[%csl Rf6][%cal Gg5f6,Gf1f6,Gf5g7] and then 15.Nxg7 is
inevitable and crushing.}) 14. Bh4 e3 (14... Nxc4 15. fxe4 {is not better for
Black than on the previous move.}) 15. Qd3 Nxc4 (15... cxd5 16. Bb3 Re8 17.
Nxe3 $18) 16. Qxc4 Qd7 17. Nxe3 $18 {White has won a pawn without any
compensation.} Nh5 18. Rae1 Bd8 19. Bxd8 Rfxd8 20. Qd3 Rab8 21. b3 Nf6 22. dxc6
bxc6 23. Re2 a5 24. Rfe1 {[%cal Ge3f5]} g6 25. d5 $6 {I think that the
exchange of knights gives Black some hope.} (25. Nc4 $18) 25... Nxd5 26. Nxd5
cxd5 27. Qxd5 Qa7+ 28. Kh1 Qc5 29. Qd2 $1 {Correctly avoiding the exchange of
queens. Rook endgames always contain drawing chances for the defending side.}
d5 30. Re5 a4 31. bxa4 h5 $2 (31... Kg7 {would force Ivanchuk to work hard for
a full point. Compared to the variation that occurred in the game, the
h6-square is covered.}) 32. f4 $1 {Suddenly, the black king is in real danger.}
Rbc8 33. f5 Qxc3 34. Qh6 (34. Qh6 gxf5 35. R5e3 $18 {[%cal Ge3g3]}) 1-0

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2018.03.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2800"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2018.03.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Qe2 {The majority of games end
in an uneventful draw after this move. The current game happened to be a big
exception.} (5. d4) ({and} 5. Nc3 {are more ambitious lines.}) 5... Qe7 6. Nc3
{This is a relatively rare way to handle this boring variation. Normally 6.d3
follows automatically.} ({The following game was played in the same event a
few rounds later:} 6. d3 Nf6 7. Nc3 Qxe2+ 8. Bxe2 g6 9. Bg5 Bg7 10. O-O-O O-O
11. Rhe1 h6 12. Bh4 Nc6 $11 {1/2-1/2 (65) So,W (2799)-Caruana,F (2784) Berlin
2018}) 6... Nxc3 7. dxc3 Qxe2+ 8. Bxe2 Nc6 9. Be3 Be7 {It's clear that the
position is completely equal. However, if both players do not agree to a draw
and continue playing, then anything can happen.} 10. O-O-O O-O {Castling on
opposite sides usually hints at a sharp battle, when the queens are on the
board. Here the queens are off, so not too much excitement. Yet.} 11. Rhe1 (11.
Rhg1 a6 12. g4 Re8 13. h4 Be6 14. Ng5 Bd7 15. Kb1 $6 Ne5 {White already has to
fight for equality.} 16. h5 Bb5 17. Bxb5 axb5 $15 {1/2-1/2 (31) Artemiev,V 
(2697)-Khalifman,A (2614) Moscow 2018}) 11... Bf6 12. Nd2 {[%cal Gd2e4]} Re8
13. Bf3 Ne5 14. Bf4 Kf8 15. Bd5 (15. Be4 h6 $11) 15... c6 16. Bb3 Bf5 17. h3 (
17. f3 h6 18. g4 Bh7 $11) 17... g5 {This pawn will have a glorious career!} 18.
Bh2 Kg7 19. c4 $6 {Kramnik wanted to prevent the advance d6-d5, but his choice
by itself looks quite ugly to me.} (19. f4 gxf4 20. Bxf4 h5 $11 {Black has
good bishops near the king and his slight defects in the pawn structure are
not really noticeable.}) 19... g4 $1 20. Ne4 Bxe4 21. Rxe4 Bg5+ 22. Kb1 gxh3
23. c5 $2 {Consequent, but objectively bad.} (23. f4 $2 Ng4 $17 {[%csl Rh2]}) (
23. gxh3 f5 24. Ree1 (24. Bxe5+ dxe5 25. Rd7+ Kf6 26. Re1 e4 $17) 24... Nf3 25.
Rxe8 Rxe8 26. Bxd6 Re2 $15) 23... f5 $1 ({Less precise is} 23... hxg2 $6 {
because after} 24. cxd6 Nf3 {White has the move} 25. Rg4) 24. Rb4 hxg2 {
Now the g4-square is not available for the white rook. So, he has to grab
everything he can on the queenside.} 25. Rxb7+ Kh8 26. cxd6 Nf3 27. Ba4 $1 (27.
Bg1 $2 Re2 {simply loses, so White has to give the bishop.}) 27... Nxh2 28.
Bxc6 Rad8 $1 (28... Re4 $6 {is spectacular, but less effective in view of} 29.
Rg1 (29. Bxe4 $2 {falls into Black's idea:} fxe4 30. Rg1 e3 $1 31. Rxg2 e2 32.
Rg1 Nf1 {and the pawn queens.})) 29. d7 Re2 30. Bxg2 Rxf2 31. Bc6 Ng4 {So,
Caruana is up a piece for a couple of pawns, but the position remains sharp
and in a mutual time-scramble anything can happen.} (31... Nf1 {was another
way to get the knight to e3.}) 32. Rxa7 (32. c4 Ne3 33. Rg1 Be7 {should be
winning for Black, though not at all easy, of course.}) 32... Ne3 33. Rg1 h6 $2
{Wasting an important tempi in a sharp position. The bishop is not hanging due
to the weakness of White's back rank.} (33... Rxc2 $1 34. Ba4 (34. Rc7 Bf6 $19)
34... Rf2 $19) 34. Rc7 $1 {[%cal Gc7c8]} Kg7 $6 (34... Kh7 $1 35. Bb5 $17 (35.
a4 $2 Rxc2 36. Rc8 Bf6 $19 {Compared to 34...Kg7, here the bishop is not
pinned and can move.})) 35. a4 {Now the engine already shows the evaluation of
0.00, but for a human player it gives very little information. The game is on
for all three possible results.} Kf7 (35... Rxc2 36. Rc8 Rxc6 37. Rxd8 Rd6 38.
Re8 Ng4 39. Rf1 $11) 36. Bb5 (36. a5 Rxc2 37. a6 Ke7 38. a7 Rxc6 39. Rxc6 Kxd7
40. Rgc1 Ra8 41. Rc7+ Ke6 42. R1c6+ Ke5 $11) 36... Ke7 $6 ({The race between
the passed pawns is very exciting:} 36... f4 $6 37. a5 f3 38. Rg3 $1 Nf1 39.
Rxg5 $1 hxg5 40. Rc8 Rxd7 $1 (40... Ke7 $2 41. Rxd8 Kxd8 42. a6 {[%csl Ga6]
the pawn is unstoppable}) 41. Bxd7 Re2 42. a6 f2 43. Bh3 (43. a7 $2 Nd2+ 44.
Ka2 f1=Q 45. a8=Q Qb1+ 46. Ka3 Qa1+ 47. Kb4 Qxb2+ $19) 43... Nd2+ 44. Ka2 Re7
45. Rd8 {and White seems to be on top.}) (36... Nd5 {was the safest way to
force some simplifications.} 37. Rc8 Nb6 38. Rxd8 Bxd8 39. a5 Nxd7 40. Bxd7
Bxa5 $11) 37. a5 Rf4 {[%cal Gf4b4]} 38. c3 $1 Kd6 $6 {Fabiano is eager to
bring his king into play, but actually it only makes things worse for him.} (
38... Rg4 {was preferable. It should be met by} 39. Rh1 $1) 39. Rb7 $6 (39.
Rc6+ $1 {would be a nice geometrical trick by the rook.} Ke7 40. a6 Rxd7 41.
Rc8 Ra7 42. Re8+ Kf6 43. Rxe3 $18) 39... Rg4 40. Re1 f4 41. a6 h5 (41... f3 42.
a7 f2 43. Rxe3 Bxe3 44. Rb8 {Black is up a rook, but it is not sure if he can
save even half a point. White's passed pawns are too strong.} Rg1+ 45. Kc2 (45.
Ka2 $4 Rxd7 46. a8=Q Ra7+) 45... Rg2 46. Bf1 Bxa7 47. Rxd8 Rg7 48. Bb5 f1=Q 49.
Bxf1 Rxd7 $16) 42. a7 {If somebody cares about the evaluation of the position,
then I can tell that currently White is winning. But the race is getting more
and more exciting.} Ra8 43. b4 (43. c4 $1 h4 44. c5+ {Underlining again why it
was better to keep the king away from the fire.} Kxc5 45. Rc1+ Kd6 46. Rc8 Rxa7
47. Rxa7 $18) 43... h4 44. c4 $2 ({White could win a rook and be an exchange
up after} 44. d8=Q+ Bxd8 45. Rd7+ Ke5 46. Bc6 Rxa7 47. Rxa7 $16) (44. Kb2 h3
45. Kb3 {bringing the king into play, to support the passed pawns was also a
sound idea.}) 44... h3 45. c5+ ({Again it was possible to grab the rook after} 
45. d8=Q+ $1 Bxd8 46. Rd7+ Ke5 47. Bc6 Rxa7 48. Rxa7 {though it's already less
effective than on the previous move.}) 45... Ke5 46. Rb8 (46. c6 h2 47. c7 Rg1
{Absolutely spectacular!} 48. Bc6 $1 Rxe1+ 49. Ka2 Nd5 $1 50. Bxd5 Kxd5 51.
c8=Q h1=Q (51... Re2+ 52. Kb3 Re3+ 53. Ka4 h1=Q 54. Qc5+ Ke6 55. Rb6+ Kxd7 56.
Qd6+ Ke8 57. Qg6+ Kd7 $11) 52. Rb5+ Kd4 53. Qc5+ Kd3 54. Qd6+ Ke2 55. Re5+ Kf3
56. Qd3+ Kg4 57. Qf5+ $11) (46. Be2 Rg3 47. c6 h2 48. Bf3 $1 Rg1 49. Rc1 Ng2 $1
50. c7 Rxc1+ 51. Kxc1 h1=Q+ 52. Kb2 Qf1 53. c8=Q Qf2+ 54. Kb1 Qf1+ {with a
perpetual check.}) 46... Rxa7 47. Rg8 Bf6 $1 48. d8=Q $8 ({To Kramnik's horror,
after} 48. Rxg4 $2 Kf5 {[%cal Ga7a1] his king is suddenly in a mating net!} 49.
Rxe3 fxe3 $19 {[%cal Gh3h2]}) 48... Bxd8 49. Rxg4 Bf6 50. Rg6 $8 Rb7 51. Be2
Rxb4+ 52. Ka2 {White has won the exchange, but lost most of his passed pawns.
The position is now balanced.} Nc2 $6 (52... Be7 53. c6 Ra4+ 54. Kb1 Rb4+ $11)
53. Rc1 Nd4 54. Bd3 $6 (54. Bg4 $1 {[%csl Rf6][%cal Gc1e1] would force Black
to fight for a draw. His bishop is clumsy for the moment.}) 54... Ra4+ 55. Kb1
$6 (55. Kb2 $1 {was more precise, though at first sight it doesn't seem
logical to put the king on the long diagonal facing the black bishop.} Ke6 56.
Rh1 $11) 55... Nb3 $1 56. Re1+ Kd5 57. Kc2 (57. Rxf6 Ra1+ 58. Kb2 Rxe1 59. Kxb3
h2 60. Bc4+ Kxc5 61. Rf5+ Kd4 (61... Kd6 62. Bd5 f3 63. Bxf3 Re3+ 64. Kc2 Rxf3
65. Rh5 Rf2+ 66. Kd3 $11 {[%cal Gd3e3]}) 62. Rxf4+ Ke3 63. Rh4 $11) 57... Nd4+
58. Kb1 $6 (58. Kc1 $1 Nf3 (58... Be5 59. Rh6 $11) 59. Rd1 Ra1+ 60. Bb1+ {
Compared to the game White has this important move.}) 58... Nf3 59. Rd1 $2 {
The losing move. It's a pity that Vladimir collapsed under pressure.} ({After} 
59. Rxf6 $1 Nxe1 60. Bf1 h2 61. Rh6 {White could still save the day.}) 59...
Ra1+ 60. Kc2 Rxd1 61. Ba6 (61. Kxd1 h2 62. Rh6 Bh4 $19) 61... Rd2+ 62. Kc1 Bb2+
63. Kb1 Kxc5 64. Bb7 Ne5 65. Rf6 f3 66. Rf5 f2 {A dramatic end for this highly
turbulent game. This game had a great impact on the whole tournament. Kramnik
collapsed in the following rounds, while Caruana gained confidence and
eventually won the event, earning the right to challenge Carlsen in the world
championship match!} 0-1

[Event "Rohde op 10th"]
[Site "Sautron"]
[Date "2010.10.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Marholev, Dimitar"]
[Black "Pap, Gyula"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2407"]
[BlackElo "2519"]
[Annotator "Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2010.10.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2012"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Qe2 (5. d4) 5... Qe7 6. d3 Nf6 7.
Bg5 Nbd7 (7... Qxe2+ 8. Bxe2 $32) 8. Nc3 Qxe2+ 9. Bxe2 h6 10. Bh4 g5 $1 11. Bg3
Nh5 12. Nd5 Kd8 13. Ne5 {[%cal Ge2h5]} dxe5 14. Bxh5 f5 15. h3 $2 $146 (15. f3
$142 {[%cal Gg3f2] Un moindre mal} c6 16. Nc3 Bg7 17. O-O-O f4 18. Bf2 Ke7 19.
Rhe1 c5 20. Bg6 a6 21. Nd5+ Kd6 22. Be4 Rb8 23. a3 b6 24. b4 a5 25. bxa5 bxa5
26. Kd2 Ba6 27. Rb1 c4 28. Nb6 cxd3 29. cxd3 Nxb6 {Pavlovic,R (2146)-Rajcevic,
S (2176)/Belgrade 2008/CBM 126 Extra/1-0 (47)}) 15... c6 16. Nc3 f4 $1 $17 {
[%csl Rg3]} 17. Bh2 {Le Bh2 est complйment enfermй et la position rappelle un
peu la fameuse partie gagnйe par Capablanca contre Winter en 1919 avec un Bg3
rйduit au rang de simple spectateur.} Nf6 18. Bf3 Bf5 19. O-O-O Bc5 (19... Kc7
$5 {[%cal Ga8d8]}) 20. Be4 Bxe4 21. Nxe4 Nxe4 22. dxe4+ Ke7 23. Bg1 h5 24. f3
Bxg1 (24... Bd6 $5 {[%csl Rh1]}) 25. Rdxg1 g4 $1 26. hxg4 hxg4 27. fxg4 Kf6 28.
Rh5 Rxh5 29. gxh5 Kg5 {[%csl Rg1][%cal Ga8d8]} 30. g4 Rd8 $44 {[%csl Rc1,Rg1]}
31. Rd1 Rh8 32. Rg1 f3 {[%cal Gg5f4]} 33. Kd2 Kf4 34. Rh1 Kg3 (34... Kxg4 35.
Ke3) 35. g5 $4 Kg2 36. g6 Kxh1 37. g7 Rd8+ $4 $138 (37... Rg8 $8 38. h6 Kg1 39.
h7 Rxg7 40. h8=Q Rg2+ 41. Kc3 f2 $19) 38. Ke3 Kg2 39. h6 f2 40. h7 f1=Q 41.
g8=Q+ Rxg8 42. hxg8=Q+ Kh2 43. Qg6 Qe1+ 44. Kf3 Qf1+ 45. Ke3 Qe1+ 46. Kf3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Sautron op 16th"]
[Site "Sautron"]
[Date "2016.10.29"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Zubarev, Alexander2"]
[Black "Istratescu, Andrei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2016.10.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]
[WhiteClock "0:35:37"]
[BlackClock "1:05:03"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e5 {[%emt 0:02:23]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {
[%emt 0:00:10] Une nulle assurait la victoire dans le tournoi pour Andréi} 3.
Nxe5 {[%emt 0:02:29]} d6 {[%emt 0:02:00]} 4. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Nxe4 {
[%emt 0:00:04]} 5. Nc3 {[%emt 0:01:33] La défense russe est moins populaire
depuis quelques années notamment à cause de cette variante Nc3 qui donne des
bons résultats aux Blancs} Nxc3 {[%emt 0:02:04]} (5... Nf6 6. d4 $14) 6. dxc3
{[%emt 0:00:05]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 7. Be3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} (7. Bf4) 7... Nc6
{[%emt 0:00:37]} 8. Qd2 {[%emt 0:00:47][%cal Ge1c1]} Be6 {[%emt 0:02:05]} (8...
O-O {L'alternative}) 9. O-O-O {[%emt 0:04:59]} a6 {[%emt 0:02:41] Qd7 est plus
courant mais c'est probablement une simple transposition} (9... Qd7 10. Kb1 (
10. h4) 10... Bf6 (10... O-O-O 11. Nd4 $1 Nxd4 12. Qxd4 $1 {[%cal Gd4a7,Gd4g7]
Une double attaque qui justifie le coup prophylactique a6})) 10. Bd3 $5 {
[%emt 0:17:42] Une ligne secondaire et ce n'était probablement pas une
préparation car les Blancs ont réfléchi longuement.} (10. Ng5 Bxg5 11. Bxg5
Qd7 12. b3 f6 13. Be3 O-O-O 14. h3 Qf7 15. Be2 h5 16. Rhe1 Rhe8 17. f3 Qg6 18.
Bf1 Bf5 19. Kb2 Re5 20. Bf4 Rxe1 21. Rxe1 Re8 22. Rd1 Bd7 23. c4 Qf5 24. Bd3
Qc5 25. Bg6 Rh8 26. Be4 Re8 27. c3 g5 28. Be3 Qe5 29. Bf2 f5 30. Bd3 Qg7 31. c5
dxc5 32. Bxc5 Kb8 33. Bc4 Bc8 34. Bd5 Qe5 35. Bxc6 bxc6 36. Bf2 Qe2 37. Ka3
Qxd2 38. Rxd2 Kb7 39. h4 g4 {Topalov,V (2757)-Anand,V (2786) Linares 2005 1/
2-1/2 (69)}) (10. Kb1 {La grande ligne} Qd7 11. h4 $14 (11. h3 O-O-O 12. Ng5
Bxg5 13. Bxg5 $14) 11... h6 (11... O-O-O) 12. Nd4 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 (13. cxd4 d5
$11) 13... Rg8 $5) (10. h4 h6 (10... Qd7 11. Kb1 (11. Ng5 Bxg5 12. hxg5 $14 {
[%csl Rh7][%cal Gf1d3]}) 11... h6) 11. Bd3) (10. Be2 {Ce coup parait moins
actif mais il a le mérite d'éviter les échanges sur Ne5 attaquant le Bd3}
Qd7 11. Kb1 Bf6 {Ivanchuk,V (2746)-Wang,Y (2738) Sofia MTel Masters 5th 2009 
(2) 0-1}) 10... Qd7 {[%emt 0:05:42]} (10... h6 11. Kb1 Qd7 12. h4 Ne5 $1 (12...
Bf6 13. Qe2 Ne5 14. Nxe5 Bxe5 15. a3 Bf6 (15... O-O-O) 16. f3 Qa4 $13 {Caruana,
F (2767)-Thorfinnsson,B (2421) Reykjavik op 2012 (6) 1-0}) 13. Nxe5 dxe5 $132 {
Nisipeanu,L (2690)-Erenburg,S (2582) Bundesliga 0607 2006 (11.2) 1/2}) 11. Ng5
$5 {[%emt 0:07:15][%cal Gg5e6]} (11. Kb1 O-O-O) 11... Ne5 {[%emt 0:03:47] La
simplification commence et il est probable que la nulle soit proposée après
le 25ème coup qui était le minimum imposé par le réglement.} 12. Nxe6 {
[%emt 0:02:17]} Qxe6 {[%emt 0:01:16]} 13. Kb1 {[%emt 0:02:46]} Nxd3 {[%emt 0:
03:26]} 14. Qxd3 {[%emt 0:02:20]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:49]} 15. Rhe1 {[%emt 0:01:12]
} Rfe8 {[%emt 0:01:06]} 16. f3 {[%emt 0:10:16]} Bf8 {[%emt 0:02:03]} 17. Bf2 {
[%emt 0:02:48]} Qg6 {[%emt 0:03:32]} 18. Qxg6 {[%emt 0:01:40]} hxg6 {[%emt 0:
00:21]} 19. Rxe8 {[%emt 0:03:16]} Rxe8 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 20. Re1 {[%emt 0:00:06]
Les deux adversaires jouent trés vite et la nulle est inéluctable.} Rxe1+ {
[%emt 0:00:05]} 21. Bxe1 {[%emt 0:00:04]} f6 {[%emt 0:00:26]} 22. c4 {[%emt 0:
00:32]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 23. Kc1 {[%emt 0:00:21]} Ke6 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 24.
Kd2 {[%emt 0:00:14]} d5 {[%emt 0:01:40]} 25. cxd5+ {[%emt 0:04:17]} Kxd5 {
[%emt 0:00:07]} 26. Kd3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Bd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Match Rossolimo-Tartakower +1-1=8"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "1948.11.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Rossolimo, Nicolas"]
[Black "Tartakower, Saviely"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[Annotator "Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1948.10.31"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Qe2 Qe7 6. d3 Nf6 7. Bg5 Be6 (
7... Qxe2+ {La grande ligne}) 8. Nc3 h6 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. d4 Be7 11. Qb5+ Nd7
12. Nd5 Bxd5 13. Qxd5 c6 14. Qb3 Qe6+ 15. Qxe6 fxe6 16. Bd3 O-O-O $132 17. O-O
Bf6 18. Rad1 Kc7 19. Rfe1 e5 20. Bf5 exd4 21. Nxd4 Bxd4 22. Rxd4 Rhe8 23. Rde4
Rxe4 24. Rxe4 Rf8 25. Bh3 Rf7 26. g3 Nf6 27. Re3 d5 28. f4 c5 29. c3 {Aprиs 07
rondes, les deux adversaires sont toujours а йgalitй} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Augsburg Gutmann Memorial 5th"]
[Site "Augsburg"]
[Date "2017.12.30"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Prusikin, Michael"]
[Black "Rozentalis, Eduardas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2549"]
[Annotator "Prusikin,M"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2017.12.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. h3 Be7 7. O-O Nc6 8.
c3 Ne5 9. Bc2 Nxf3+ 10. Qxf3 c6 11. d4 Be6 12. Re1 $146 (12. Bf4 $6 Rg8 13. Re1
Qd7 14. Qe2 g5 15. Bh2 g4 $13 {1/2-1/2 (35) Staroske,U (2442)-Sapundjiev,G 
(2414) ICCF email 2009}) 12... Qd7 13. Nd2 O-O-O (13... g5 {war möglich, aber
nicht wirklich gefährlich für Weiß}) 14. Nf1 (14. c4 $5) 14... Rde8 15. Ng3
g6 16. Bg5 (16. c4 $1 d5 17. Bg5 $1 (17. c5 h5 $1 {ist weniger klar}) 17... Ng8
18. Bf4 dxc4 19. b3 $40) 16... Qd8 $6 {[#]} (16... Nd5 17. Bxe7 Nxe7 18. Bd3
$14) 17. c4 $1 h6 18. d5 $1 cxd5 19. Be3 $1 Kb8 20. Bd4 $1 dxc4 21. Bxg6 $1 Bd5
22. Qa3 b6 (22... fxg6 23. Qxa7+ Kc8 24. Bb6 $18) 23. Bc2 (23. Bf5 $5) 23...
Rhg8 24. Ba4 (24. Rad1 $1 Bb7 25. Qc3 Nd5 26. Qxc4 Nf4 27. Be4 d5 28. Qa4 $16)
24... Nd7 25. Rad1 Bb7 26. Bb5 Bf8 $1 27. Rxe8 Qxe8 28. Qc3 $1 (28. Qa4 $4 Rxg3
$1 29. fxg3 Qe2 30. Bf2 Qe4 $19) 28... d5 29. Re1 Qd8 30. Qf3 $6 (30. Nh5 $1
Bc8 $8 31. Qf3 $16) 30... Bc5 31. Bxd7 $6 (31. Nf5 $1 $16) 31... Qxd7 $6 (31...
Bxd4 32. Qf4+ Ka8 33. Qxd4 Qxd7 34. Re5 $11) 32. Qf4+ $6 (32. Nf5 $14) 32...
Ka8 33. Re3 (33. Nf5 $11) 33... Bxd4 34. Qxd4 Re8 35. Nf5 Rxe3 36. Nxe3 Bc6 37.
Ng4 $2 (37. g4 $11) 37... h5 38. Ne5 Qe6 39. Nf3 (39. g4 hxg4 40. Nxc6 Qxc6 41.
h4 $11) 39... Kb7 (39... f6 $17) 40. Qh8 $6 (40. Qh4 b5 $15) 40... d4 (40...
Qf5 $17) 41. Nxd4 Qe1+ 42. Kh2 Qxf2 43. Nxc6 Qf4+ 44. Kh1 Qf1+ 45. Kh2 Qf4+ 46.
Kh1 Kxc6 47. a4 $2 (47. Qa8+ Kb5 48. Qxa7 Qc1+ 49. Kh2 Qxb2 50. Qd7+ Kb4 51.
Qe7+ Kc3 52. Qe3+ $11) 47... Qf1+ 48. Kh2 Qf4+ 49. Kh1 h4 $2 (49... Qf5 $19)
50. Qa8+ Kc5 51. Qxa7 Qc1+ 52. Kh2 (52. Kh2 Qxb2 53. Qe7+ Kc6 54. Qe4+ $11)
1/2-1/2

[Event "Bodensee-Cup"]
[Site "Ueberlingen-Nussdorf"]
[Date "2019.05.10"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Prusikin, Michael"]
[Black "Kvetny, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2522"]
[BlackElo "2414"]
[Annotator "Prusikin,M"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2019.05.10"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,64,30,26,25,18,65,9,35,35,31,15,24,13,10,8,-1,-12,12,-3,21,15,7,11,21,
5,-12,0,2,-51,-10,-45,-24,-45,-13,-32,-58,-73,-77,-76,-72,-76,-64,-87,-68,-95,
-74,-49,-75,-80,-80,-146,-149,-153,-243,-254,-304,-567,-613,-640,-372,-753,
-780,-1135,-1376,-1374,-1359]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5.
Bd3 Nf6 6. O-O Be7 7. h3 Nc6 8. c3 $2 {[#]} (8. Re1 O-O (8... g5 9. Bb5 g4 10.
hxg4 Bxg4 11. d4 a6 12. Bxc6+ bxc6 13. Bg5 $16) 9. c3 d5 10. Bc2 d4 (10... h6
11. d4 Bd6 12. Ne5 $14) 11. d3 h6 12. cxd4 Bb4 13. Re4 $5 Bf5 14. Be3 Ne7 15.
Nc3 $14) 8... g5 $3 $146 (8... Ne5 9. Bc2 Nxf3+ 10. Qxf3 c6 11. d4 Be6 12. Re1
Qd7 13. Nd2 O-O-O 14. Nf1 Rde8 15. Ng3 g6 16. Bg5 Qd8 17. c4 h6 18. d5 cxd5 19.
Be3 Kb8 20. Bd4 dxc4 21. Bxg6 Bd5 22. Qa3 b6 23. Bc2 Rhg8 24. Ba4 Nd7 25. Rad1
Bb7 26. Bb5 Bf8 27. Rxe8 Qxe8 28. Qc3 d5 29. Re1 Qd8 30. Qf3 Bc5 31. Bxd7 Qxd7
32. Qf4+ Ka8 33. Re3 Bxd4 34. Qxd4 Re8 35. Nf5 Rxe3 36. Nxe3 Bc6 37. Ng4 h5 38.
Ne5 Qe6 39. Nf3 Kb7 40. Qh8 d4 41. Nxd4 Qe1+ 42. Kh2 Qxf2 43. Nxc6 Qf4+ 44. Kh1
Qf1+ 45. Kh2 Qf4+ 46. Kh1 Kxc6 47. a4 Qf1+ 48. Kh2 Qf4+ 49. Kh1 h4 50. Qa8+ Kc5
51. Qxa7 Qc1+ 52. Kh2 {1/2-1/2 (52) Prusikin,M (2520)-Rozentalis,E (2549)
Augsburg 2017}) 9. Be2 $2 (9. Bb5 $8 g4 10. hxg4 Bxg4 11. d4 Rg8 12. d5 a6 13.
Ba4 b5 14. dxc6 bxa4 15. Re1 d5 16. Bf4 Nh5 17. Be5 f6 18. Bh2 Kf8 19. Na3 Bd6
$13) 9... g4 10. hxg4 Bxg4 11. d4 Qd7 12. Na3 Rg8 13. Nc4 O-O-O 14. Ne1 h5 15.
Ne3 d5 16. f3 Be6 17. Bb5 a6 18. Bxc6 Qxc6 19. Nd3 h4 20. Ne5 Qe8 21. Qd3 Nh5
22. Nf5 Ng3 23. Nxg3 hxg3 24. Re1 Bd6 25. f4 f6 26. Nf3 Qd7 27. Nh4 Rg4 28. f5
Qh7 29. Rxe6 Qxh4 30. Qf3 Bf4 31. Re7 Bxc1 32. Rxc1 Rh8 0-1

[Event "URS-ch48 Final"]
[Site "Vilnius"]
[Date "1981.01.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Psakhis, Lev"]
[Black "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "1980.12.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "LTU"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 3] To be honest I was very tired at this point. In the last rounds I
had been having some troubles - 1 point from 5 (great result!) - was on -1 and
just dreaming about make short draw and going to sleep. But for sure it's a
shame, to make draw (with White!) without playing so I decided to make 12-15
moves and to see what the result of the opening would be.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6
{What to do against Petrov was something I didn't know in 1975, at the time of
this game against Yusupov and which I don't know now. It is a very boring
opening! I lost a few games trying to win at any price.} 3. Nc3 {This was end
of my home preparation - chess in 1981 were very different from chess in 2011!}
Bb4 {I never analysed this move, but was happy that at least I would get the 2
bishops} 4. Nxe5 O-O 5. Be2 Re8 6. Nd3 Bxc3 7. dxc3 Nxe4 8. Nf4 {The idea of
that move is very simple - I wanted to stop ...d7-d5.} c6 (8... d6 9. O-O Nd7
10. c4 Nf8 11. f3 Nc5 12. b3 Nfe6 13. Nh5 g6 14. Ng3 Qf6 15. Rb1 Qd4+ 16. Kh1
Qxd1 17. Bxd1 a5 18. Kg1 b6 19. Re1 Bb7 {1-0 Conquest,S-Piket,J/EUR-ch Ohrid
2001/The Week in Chess 345 (41)}) 9. c4 d6 10. O-O Bf5 ({After} 10... Nd7 $5
11. Be3 Qf6 12. c3 a5 13. Nh5 Qg6 14. Bd4 Ndf6 15. Re1 Bg4 16. Nxf6+ Nxf6 17.
f3 Bf5 18. Bf1 Nd7 19. Kh1 h5 {Black won in one game, but I doubt that this
was the normal result of the opening}) 11. a4 $1 {[%mdl 4] A very strong and a
nice move. White's rook will now get a chance to join game very quickly. I
made this move without spending too much time and decided that maybe I will
not get a chance to sleep that day - I was starting to like my position.} (11.
Be3 Nd7 12. Re1 Ndc5 13. Bf1 a5 14. f3 Ng5 15. Qd2 Qf6 16. Nh5 Qg6 17. Bxg5
Qxh5 18. g4 Bxg4 19. fxg4 Qxg4+ {1-0 Kindermann,S-Pavasovic,D/Lippstadt 1998/
ChessBase (39)}) 11... a5 12. Ra3 $1 Nd7 13. Re3 Ndc5 14. g4 $1 {Getting more
and more space - bishops need it!} Be6 15. f3 Nf6 16. b3 {I managed to get an
advantage. White has two bishops, active pieces and big difference in time -
up to now I had spent 35 minutes and Yusupov 2 hours 5 minutes. So maybe
White's strategy was not so bad!} h6 17. Qd4 Qc7 18. Rd1 $146 ({A move worth
considering was} 18. Bb2 $5 Rad8 ({and at least after} 18... d5 {White can play
} 19. cxd5 Bxd5 20. Nxd5 cxd5 21. Bb5 $36) 19. Rf2 Bc8 20. Rg2 Ne6 21. Nxe6
fxe6 22. f4 c5 23. Qd3 e5 24. g5 hxg5 25. Rxg5 exf4 26. Bxf6 Rxe3 27. Qg6 Qf7 {
1-0 Oim,T-Pililian,V/corr 1983/ChessBase (32)}) ({Alos interesting idea} 18. h4
$5) 18... Rad8 19. Bb2 ({It will be interesting to check} 19. Ba3 b6 20. Bb2 {
[%csl Rb6] and in many lines the b6-pawn can be weak}) 19... d5 $5 {The main
problem is that I just missed this move. Nobody is perfect!} 20. cxd5 ({
White could reach a small, but stable advantage after} 20. Nh5 $142 Ncd7 21.
Nxf6+ (21. c5 Nxh5 22. gxh5 Nf6) 21... Nxf6 22. c5 $36) 20... Bxd5 21. Nxd5 ({
Now} 21. Nh5 $143 Nxh5 22. Qxc5 Nf4 {doesn't look great, but is not bad}) (21.
Qxc5 $5 Qxf4 22. Rdd3 h5 $5 23. Bc1 $36 {with better chances}) 21... Rxd5 22.
Rxe8+ Nxe8 23. Qe3 Ne6 $6 ({I think that Black had to play} 23... Rxd1+ $5 24.
Bxd1 Ne6 25. Be2 $14 {and White's advantage is not big}) 24. Rxd5 ({Strange
that I didn't play now} 24. Re1 $142 {[%cal Ge2c4] for example in the endgame
after} Qf4 25. Qxf4 Nxf4 26. Bc4 Rd8 27. Kf2 Nd6 28. Bf1 $36 {a long and
difficult defence is waiting for Black.}) 24... cxd5 {[%mdl 4096] bishops pair}
25. Bd3 Qd6 26. Qe5 Qd8 27. Bf5 (27. Kf1 N8c7 (27... Nf6 28. Bf5) 28. Bf5)
27... Qb6+ 28. Kf1 N8c7 29. Bd3 ({I was afraid to take on e6 -} 29. Bxe6 Nxe6 (
29... Qa6+ 30. Kf2 Nxe6 31. Qxd5 Qb6+ 32. Kf1 $8 Qa6+ {transposition}) 30. Qxd5
Qa6+ (30... Qc7 31. Qd2) 31. Qb5 Qd6 32. Qe2 Qd5 $14 {[%cal Gf7f5] and Black
has some compensation for the pawn}) 29... Qc5 30. h4 $1 $14 {A useful move -
White is getting more space on the kingside. By the way, it is not clear what
White will do next : play h5 or g5} Kf8 31. Bc3 (31. g5 hxg5 32. hxg5) (31. Bc1
$5 {[%cal Gc1e3]}) 31... f6 32. Qe1 b6 33. b4 $5 {A double-edged move. From
one point of view, White opens diagonals for his bishops, from another now not
so many pawns will be on the board.} Qc6 34. bxa5 bxa5 (34... d4 $2 35. Bb4+
Kf7 36. Qe4 $18) 35. Bxa5 Qxa4 36. Bb4+ ({I could play immediately} 36. h5 $5 {
[%csl Gg6] but White will always have time for this move.}) (36. Qb4+ Qxb4 37.
Bxb4+ Ke8) 36... Kg8 37. Qc3 Qd7 38. Kf2 Kf7 39. h5 (39. Qa1 Nf4) (39. Qd2 $5)
39... Nb5 $6 $138 ({A stronger option was to play} 39... Nf4 $5 40. Bf5 Nce6
$14 {and Black's pieces are very well connected.}) 40. Bg6+ Kg8 41. Qa1 {
Move 41! Clearly the following idea was better:} (41. Qe3 $142 $1 Nd6 $140 42.
Qa3 Nf7 43. Qa8+ Nfd8 44. Bf5 Kf7 45. c3 $16 {and it's difficult to find any
good idea for Black.}) 41... Qb7 {The game was adjourned here. I didn't know
how to evaluate this position. Surely White has chances for a win, but I
couldn't find any straightforward plan. So my main idea was to improve the
positions of my pieces, create troubles for Black and exploit his mistakes.
Fortunately I fulfilled this plan 100%} 42. Qa5 (42. Qe1 $5) 42... Nbc7 (42...
Qb8 $142 $5 43. Kf1 Nf4 $14) 43. Bd6 Qc6 44. Ba3 ({Maybe} 44. Bg3 $5 {[%csl
Gg3] was even better - I want to keep the bishop closer to the king!}) 44...
Nb5 (44... Nf4 45. Bf5) 45. Bb4 Nec7 46. Be7 ({I wanted to avoid moves with
the c-pawn, but possibly it was the right time for it. After} 46. c3 $5 Nd6 (
46... d4 $140 $2 47. Be4 Qc4 48. Qb6) 47. Qa7 Nc8 48. Qe3 Ne6 49. Bf5 Kf7 50.
f4 $36 {White slowly but surely improves his position, and Black must just
wait.}) 46... Ne6 47. Bd3 Kf7 (47... Nd6 $5) 48. Bb4 Nec7 49. Bg6+ $6 (49. c3
$5) ({Missing good chances - after the natural} 49. Qa4 $1 Kg8 50. Ba5 $1 (50.
Be1) 50... Qc5+ 51. Kg2 Nd6 52. Bxc7 Qxc7 53. Qa8+ $16 {[%csl Gc2] I could win
a pawn with good chances for a win.}) 49... Kg8 50. Be7 Qe6 (50... Ne6 51. Qb4)
51. Bc5 (51. Qb4 $5 Qe5 52. f4) 51... Qc6 $6 ({I suppose that Artur had to play
} 51... d4 $5 52. Qe1 Qe5 $1 $14 (52... Qd5 $2 53. Qe7) ({maybe} 52... Qxe1+ $5
53. Kxe1 Ne6 {is also possible, but its still not a draw - White can improve
his position.} 54. Bb4 Nf4 55. Be4 Kf7 56. Kd2 Nc7 57. Bc5 Nce6 58. Bd6 Ke8 59.
Bf5 Kd8 60. Bxe6 Nxe6 61. Kd3 Kd7 62. Ba3 {[%cal Ga3c1,Gf3f4]}) 53. Qxe5 fxe5
54. Ke1 Ne6 55. Bb4 Nf4 56. Kd2 Nd5 $8 57. Bc5 Nf4 $14 {with good chances for
defence}) {I decided that now was exactly the perfect time for the exchange of
queens:} 52. Qb6 $1 Qxb6 (52... Qa8 53. Bd3 Qe8 54. Bb4 Kh8 55. Qb7 Kg8 56. Ba5
) 53. Bxb6 Ne6 54. Be8 Nbc7 (54... Ned4 $5) (54... Nc3 $5) 55. Bc6 Kf7 56. Ba5
(56. f4 Ke7 57. f5 Kd6 58. Bb7 Nc5 59. Bxc7+ Kxc7 60. Bxd5 Kd6 {White has won
a pawn, but how can he win the game now?}) 56... Nd4 (56... g6 {doesn't solve
the problems, after} 57. Ke3 (57. hxg6+ Kxg6 58. f4 f5 59. Bd7 Kf6 60. Bxc7
Nxc7 61. Bxf5 h5) 57... gxh5 58. gxh5 f5 $16 {Black still has many problems} (
58... d4+ 59. Ke4)) (56... Ke7 57. Bb4+ Kf7 58. c3 {[%cal Gf2c2,Gc2a4]}) 57.
Ba4 Ndb5 58. Ke3 Ke6 59. f4 $1 Kd6 $6 {This move is losing for sure. Good or
bad, Artur has to play} (59... f5 $8 60. g5 Kf7 61. g6+ (61. Bb3 g6 62. hxg6+
Kxg6 63. gxh6 Kxh6 64. Bxc7 Nxc7 65. Kd4) 61... Ke6 62. Bb4 Nd6 63. Bc3 Nce8
$140 64. Bxe8 Nxe8 65. Be5 $18 {but the endgame is winning for White in any
case}) 60. Bb4+ Ke6 (60... Kc6 61. f5 Ne8 62. Kd3 {[%cal Gc2c4,Gb4f8]} Kb6 63.
Bf8 Ka5 64. Bb3 Nbc7 65. Kd4 $18) 61. f5+ Ke5 ({After} 61... Kf7 62. Kd3 {
Black will have problems with all his pieces} Na7 (62... Kg8 63. c4 dxc4+ 64.
Kxc4 Na7 65. Bc5 Nc8 66. Bd7 $18) 63. Kd4) 62. Bf8 Nc3 (62... d4+ 63. Kf3) 63.
Bc6 Na6 64. Bb7 $1 {Nice endgame!} 1-0

[Event "URS-chT Cup 11th"]
[Site "Rostov on Don"]
[Date "1980.05.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gufeld, Eduard"]
[Black "Kochyev, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1980.05.23"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Dinamo"]
[BlackTeam "Burevestnik"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "URS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "URS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. c4
c6 9. Qc2 f5 10. Nc3 (10. Qb3 {Sveshnikov,E (2565)-Kochyev,A (2555) URS-ch
FL46 Ashkhabad 1978 (6) 1-0}) 10... Na6 {[%cal Ga6b4,Gb4d3,Gb4c2]} 11. a3 Nc7
12. Re1 $146 (12. b4 {Gaprindashvili,N-Sternina,V URS-ch (Women) 1973 1-0})
12... Kh8 13. b4 $1 $14 {[%cal Gb4b5,Gc4c5]} Bd7 14. Bb2 (14. c5) 14... Be8 15.
c5 Be7 16. Ne5 Bh4 {[%csl Rf2]} (16... Ne6 $5 {[%cal Ge6d4]} 17. Nd1) 17. Rf1 (
17. g3 Bf6 (17... Bg5 $2 18. f3 Nxc3 19. Bxc3 {[%csl Rf5]} g6 {[%csl Gc3][%cal
Gc3h8]})) 17... Bg5 18. Ne2 Bh5 (18... Ne6) 19. Ng3 Bg6 20. Rfe1 Bf4 21. Bc1
Bxe5 22. dxe5 Qh4 $1 {[%cal Gf5f4,Gf4f3]} 23. Bb2 Ne6 (23... f4 24. Nxe4 dxe4
25. Bxe4 f3 $1 $40) 24. Rad1 f4 25. Nxe4 dxe4 26. Bc4 (26. Bxe4 $2 f3 $1) 26...
e3 $40 27. Rd3 f3 28. Rexe3 Qg4 0-1

[Event "EU-Cup 05th final"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1986.12.10"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Tseshkovsky, Vitaly"]
[Black "Vladimirov, Yevgeniy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1986.12.10"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Trud"]
[BlackTeam "Moscow CSKA"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "URS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nc4 Nxe4 5. d3 Nf6 6. d4 d5 7. Ne3 $6 (7. Ne5
$142) 7... c5 $1 8. Bb5+ Nc6 9. O-O Be6 10. b3 Be7 11. Ba3 cxd4 12. Bxc6+ bxc6
13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Qxd4 O-O $132 15. Nd2 a5 $1 16. Rfe1 Qa7 (16... a4 $5) 17.
Qh4 h6 18. c3 Rfd8 19. Nf3 c5 20. Red1 a4 $36 21. b4 d4 $1 22. cxd4 cxb4 23. d5
Nxd5 24. Nxd5 Bxd5 25. Qxb4 Bxa2 $3 {[%csl Ga4,Rd1]} (25... Bxf3 26. gxf3 Rab8
27. Rxd8+ Rxd8) 26. Rxd8+ Rxd8 27. Rxa2 Rd1+ 28. Ne1 Qb7 $1 29. Qa5 Qd5 30. Qc3
Qxa2 {[%mdl 512]} 0-1

[Event "Rohde op 06th"]
[Site "Sautron"]
[Date "2006.11.01"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Berthelot, Yannick"]
[Black "Bergez, Luc"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2309"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2006.10.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 {Le coup qui pose le plus de problиme а Yannick qui espйrait jouer
uhe sicilienne.} (1... d5 {Berthelot,Y (2298)-Bergez,L (2395) Rohde op 4th
2004 (9) 1-0}) (1... c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 {Berthelot,
Y (2285)-Bergez,L (2380) Cannes op 1998 (9) 1-0}) 2. Nf3 Nf6 $1 {Un bon choix
pour calmer un tacticien} 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 (5. d4) (5. Qe2) 5...
Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 (7. Bf4) 7... Nc6 8. Qd2 O-O 9. O-O-O Ne5 10. Kb1 (10.
Nd4) 10... Nxf3 ({RR} 10... a6 11. Be2 Be6 12. Nd4 Nc4 13. Qd3 Nxe3 14. Nxe6
fxe6 15. Qxe3 e5 16. Bd3 c6 17. h4 Rf6 18. g3 d5 19. Qxe5 Rxf2 20. Rhf1 Rf6 21.
Qh5 g6 22. Qe2 Qd6 23. h5 Raf8 24. hxg6 hxg6 25. Rh1 {Anand,V (2786)-Kramnik,V
(2754)/Monte Carlo 2005/CBM 105 ext/1-0 (52)}) ({RR} 10... Re8 11. Nd4 a6 12.
f4 Ng4 13. Bd3 d5 14. Rhe1 Bh4 15. g3 Nxe3 16. Rxe3 Rxe3 17. Qxe3 Bf6 18. Nf3
Qe7 19. Qxe7 {1/2-1/2 Svidler,P (2738)-Anand,V (2788)/San Luis 2005/CBM 110 no
vc}) 11. gxf3 {[%csl Rg7][%cal Gh1g1]} Bf5 $146 (11... Be6) 12. Bd3 Bxd3 13.
Qxd3 Bg5 14. f4 Bf6 15. Rhg1 Re8 16. Rg4 {[%cal Gd1g1]} Qe7 17. f5 h5 18. Rg3
Qe4 $1 19. Rdg1 {[%cal Ge3h6]} Kf8 20. a3 Qxd3 21. cxd3 Re5 22. Rf3 Rae8 23.
Kc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "POL-chT 66th"]
[Site "Katowice"]
[Date "2010.09.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Balogh, Csaba"]
[Black "Dobrowolski, Piotr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2608"]
[BlackElo "2399"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2010.09.04"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Wroclaw Polonia"]
[BlackTeam "Wroclaw AZS WSB"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "POL"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 Nc6
8. Qd2 Be6 9. O-O-O Qd7 10. h4 (10. Kb1 {La grande ligne} Bf6 11. h3 (11. Nd4
Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Bxd4 13. Qxd4 O-O 14. h4 Rfe8 15. f3 Qc6) (11. Bg5) 11... h6 12.
b3 a6 13. g4 O-O-O 14. Bg2 g5 (14... Kb8 15. Ng1 {Caruana} (15. Rhe1 Rhe8 $13 {
Tadic inf 123}) (15. Ne1 Ne7 16. Nd3 Nd5 17. Bd4 Bxd4 18. cxd4)) 15. Nd4 {
Caruana,F (2789)-Ponomariov,R (2723) Dortmund SuperGM 42nd 2014 (2) 1-0}) 10...
h6 11. Kb1 a6 12. Nd4 Nxd4 13. cxd4 (13. Bxd4 O-O 14. Be2 Rfe8 15. Bf3 Bf8 16.
Qf4 d5 17. c4 Bd6 18. Be5 dxc4 19. Bxd6 cxd6 20. Qxd6 Qb5 21. Rhe1 Bf5 22. g4
Rxe1 23. Rxe1 Be6 24. Qe5 Qxe5 25. Rxe5 Rd8 {1/2-1/2 (25) Zhigalko,S (2678)
-Mamedyarov,S (2743) Kocaeli 2014}) 13... d5 14. Bd3 O-O-O 15. Bf4 Bd6 16. Rde1
(16. h5 $5 {[%csl Rg7]}) 16... Rhe8 17. f3 Bxf4 18. Qxf4 Qd6 19. Qxd6 {Le GMI
va tenter sa chance dans une finale en estimant que le P"d5" gêne une peu le
Be6} Rxd6 $11 20. Kc1 Kd8 21. Kd2 Bd7 22. b3 Rxe1 23. Kxe1 (23. Rxe1 {Plus
naturel mais les Blancs préfèrent garder les R} Re6 $11) 23... Rf6 24. Kf2
Bf5 25. Bxf5 Rxf5 26. c3 (26. h5 $5 {[%csl Rg7]}) 26... Rf6 27. Re1 Rc6 28. Re3
Kd7 29. f4 Rf6 30. g3 Re6 31. f5 Rxe3 32. Kxe3 f6 33. Kf4 h5 34. g4 b5 $1 35.
gxh5 Ke7 36. a4 bxa4 37. bxa4 a5 38. Kg4 Kf7 {Une partie plate jusqu'au bout}
39. h6 gxh6 40. Kh5 Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Rohde op 06th"]
[Site "Sautron"]
[Date "2006.10.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Koziak, Vitali"]
[Black "Bedouin, Xavier"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2453"]
[BlackElo "2342"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2006.10.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 (4. Nxf7 Kxf7 5. d4 c5 $1 {Le gambit
COCHRANE donne des rйsultats trйs corrects pour les blancs mais 5. c5 est la
ligne critique} (5... Qe8 $143 6. Nc3 $36) 6. dxc5 (6. Bc4+) 6... Nc6 7. Bc4+
Be6 8. Bxe6+ Kxe6 9. O-O d5 10. e5 Ne4 11. Qg4+ Kf7 12. Qf5+ Ke8 13. Nc3 (13.
Be3 Bxc5) 13... Nd4 14. Qh3 $13 {Vitolinsh,A (2415)-Dautov,R (2515) Sokolsky
mem 1988 0-1}) 4... Nxe4 5. c4 (5. d4 {la ligne principale de la dйfense
PETROFF}) 5... Nc6 6. Nc3 $5 (6. d3 Nf6 7. d4 d5) 6... Nxc3 7. dxc3 {[%csl Gd5]
au dйtriment de la structure de P, le MI a un bon contrфle de la case "d5"} (7.
bxc3 Be7 8. d4 Bf5 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O Bf6) 7... Be7 8. Be3 ({RR} 8. Be2 O-O 9.
O-O Re8 10. h3 Bf6 11. Be3 b6 12. Nd4 Nxd4 13. cxd4 Bb7 14. Qd2 h6 15. Rfe1 Bg5
16. Bg4 Kf8 17. d5 Bxe3 18. Rxe3 Rxe3 19. Qxe3 Qe7 20. Qxe7+ Kxe7 21. a4 g6 22.
f4 h5 {Peng Xiaomin (2550)-Ivanchuk,V (2730)/Elista 1998/CBM 066 ext/1/2-1/2 
(46)}) (8. Bd3 Bg4) 8... Bf5 9. Be2 Qd7 $146 {Peut-кtre pas la meilleure case
pour la Q} ({RR} 9... O-O 10. O-O Re8 11. a4 Bf6 12. a5 a6 13. Nd4 Nxd4 14.
cxd4 c5 15. Bf3 Be4 16. Bxe4 Rxe4 17. Qc2 Qe7 18. dxc5 dxc5 19. Bxc5 Qe6 20.
Qb3 Qc6 21. Be3 Rxc4 22. Rac1 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 Qd7 24. Rd1 {Sveshnikov,E (2530)
-Plaskett,J (2470)/Hastings 1984/MCD/1/2-1/2 (39)}) 10. O-O O-O 11. Nd4 Nxd4
12. Bxd4 (12. cxd4 d5 $1) 12... Rfe8 13. Bf3 c6 14. Be3 Bf6 15. h3 (15. Qd2 {
[%csl Rd6][%cal Ga1d1]} Be5 16. Rad1) 15... Be5 16. Bg4 Bxg4 17. Qxg4 f5 (17...
Qxg4 18. hxg4 $11 {[%csl Gf5]}) 18. Qf3 Qf7 19. Rfd1 f4 20. Bd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Plancoet op-A 10th"]
[Site "Plancoet"]
[Date "2013.07.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Milchev, Nikolay"]
[Black "Kukov, Velislav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2433"]
[BlackElo "2370"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2013.07.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Qe2 Qe7 6. d3 Nf6 7. Bg5 Qxe2+ 8.
Bxe2 Be7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. O-O c6 11. Rfe1 Nbd7 (11... h6 12. Bf4 Re8 {1/2-1/2 
(12) Gurevich,I (2585)-Dzindzichashvili,R (2540) New York 1994}) 12. d4 Re8 13.
h3 Nf8 14. Bd3 {(=)} Be6 {Les Noirs refusent mais ils ne vont pas insister
longtemps} 15. Ne4 Nxe4 16. Bxe4 Bxg5 17. Nxg5 Bd5 18. Bxd5 cxd5 19. Kf1 h6 20.
Rxe8 Rxe8 21. Nf3 Nd7 22. Re1 Rxe1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 37th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2009.07.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2009.07.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 131"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. c4
c6 9. Re1 Bf5 10. c5 $6 {Perhaps the question mark is unjustified, because
alternative moves do not bring an advantage by force either. Vielleicht ist
das Fragezeichen unberechtigt, weil die alternativen Zьge auch keinen Vorteil
erzwingen.} (10. Nc3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Bxd3 12. Qxd3 dxc4 13. Qxc4 Nd7 $11) (10.
Qb3 Na6 $13) 10... Bc7 11. Nc3 Nd7 $1 {Now Black does not have to take on c3. 
Jetzt muss Schwarz nicht auf c3 schlagen.} 12. Qc2 (12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Bxe4 Bxe4
14. Rxe4 Nxc5 $11) 12... Re8 13. Be3 (13. Bg5 $5) 13... h6 14. b4 $2 (14. Nd2)
14... Ndf6 $1 15. h3 {This looks like a mistake, but ...Ng4 should not be
allowed. Das sieht wie ein Fehler aus, aber ...Ng4 mцchte man auch nicht
zulassen.} Qd7 $1 {There is probably no defence against the invasion on g3. 
Gegen den Einschlag auf h3 gibt es wohl keine Verteidigung.} 16. Ne2 Bxh3 $1
17. Ne5 (17. gxh3 Qxh3 18. Ng3 Nxg3 19. fxg3 Bxg3 20. Qg2 Qxg2+ 21. Kxg2 Bxe1
22. Rxe1 Ng4 23. Bd2 Rxe1 24. Bxe1 Re8 $19) 17... Bxe5 18. dxe5 Rxe5 19. f3
Rae8 20. Bf4 Rh5 21. fxe4 dxe4 22. Bc4 Bxg2 $1 23. Ng3 Bf3 24. Qb3 Rh4 25. Bd6
Qh3 26. Bxf7+ Kh7 27. Qb2 Ng4 0-1

[Event "POL-chT 66th"]
[Site "Katowice"]
[Date "2010.09.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Szelag, Marcin"]
[Black "Dobrowolski, Piotr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2464"]
[BlackElo "2399"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2010.09.04"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Poznan Pocztowiec"]
[BlackTeam "Wroclaw AZS WSB"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "POL"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O Nc6 8. c4
Nb4 9. cxd5 Nxd3 10. Qxd3 Qxd5 11. Re1 Bf5 12. Nc3 Nxc3 13. Qxc3 Be6 14. Qxc7 (
14. Re5 Qc6 15. Qa5 Rd8 16. Bf4 O-O 17. Rc1 Qb6 18. Rb5 Qxa5 19. Rxa5 Ra8 20.
d5 Bd7 21. Ne5 Bd6 22. Bg3 Bxe5 23. Bxe5 c6 24. dxc6 Bxc6 25. Bd4 a6 26. Re5
Rfe8 27. Rxe8+ Rxe8 28. Be3 Rd8 29. f3 f6 30. Kf2 Kf7 31. h4 {1/2-1/2 (31)
Naiditsch,A (2678)-Kramnik,V (2772) Dresden 2008}) 14... Bd6 15. Qc3 O-O 16.
Bd2 a5 $146 (16... Rac8 17. Qe3 Qh5 18. Qg5 Qxg5 19. Nxg5 Bd5 20. Ne4 Rfd8 21.
Bc3 Bf8 22. a3 f6 23. Re3 Rc6 24. Nc5 Bxc5 25. dxc5 Rxc5 26. Rd1 Rdc8 27. Red3
Be6 28. Rd8+ Kf7 29. Rxc8 Rxc8 30. f3 h5 31. h4 {1/2-1/2 (31) Mikhalchishin,A 
(2526)-Pavasovic,D (2566) Portoroz 2005}) 17. a3 Qh5 {[%csl Rh2][%cal Ge6d5,
Gd5f3]} 18. h3 Bd5 19. Ne5 Ra6 $5 20. Rac1 f6 21. Ng4 Qg6 22. Ne3 Be4 23. Qc4+
Kh8 24. d5 h5 (24... f5 $5 {[%cal Gf5f4,Gf4f3]}) 25. Bc3 f5 26. Qd4 Bb8 27. Qc5
Rg8 {[%csl Rg8]} 28. Qe7 Ba7 {[%csl Rg2]} 29. Re2 {[%cal Ge2g2]} (29. Qxb7 Bxe3
) 29... Bf3 30. Rd2 f4 (30... Re8 31. Qxb7 f4 $132) 31. Ng4 $1 Bxg4 (31... Re8
$1 {Gagne un tempo important} 32. Qxb7 (32. Qxg7+ Qxg7 33. Bxg7+ Kxg7 34. gxf3
hxg4 35. fxg4) 32... hxg4 $17) 32. hxg4 Qxg4 33. Rd3 $2 $138 (33. Qe4 {[%cal
Ge4g4]}) 33... Rg6 $2 (33... f3 $1 {Un coup intermédiaire indispensable pour
parer la défense Qe4} 34. Rxf3 Rg6 $19 {[%csl Rf3,Rg1,Rg2]}) 34. Qe4 $8 {
[%cal Ge4g2,Ge4g6,Ge4g4]} Kh7 35. d6 (35. Kf1 Rf8 (35... h4)) 35... Re8 36. Qf3
Qxf3 37. Rxf3 Rxd6 38. Rxf4 Re2 39. Kf1 Rde6 40. Rd1 Re7 41. Rd5 Rc2 42. Rxh5+
$36 Kg6 43. g4 Ree2 44. Rhf5 $1 $36 {[%csl Rc2,Re2,Gf4,Gf5] bizarrement, les R
Noires doublées en 07ème rangée ne sont pas trés dangereuses et le Bc3
contrôle l'importante case "d2"} Bb8 45. Rd4 Ba7 46. Rdf4 Bb8 47. Rf3 Re4 48.
Rf7 Rc1+ 49. Kg2 Rxg4+ 50. Kh3 Kh5 51. R3f5+ g5 52. Rh7+ Kg6 53. Kxg4 Rg1+ 54.
Kf3 Kxf5 55. Rxb7 g4+ 56. Ke2 Bh2 57. Bxa5 Rc1 58. Bd2 Ra1 59. Rb5+ Ke4 60.
Rb4+ Kf5 61. Rb5+ Kf6 62. Bc3+ Kg6 63. Be5 1-0

[Event "World Women-ch"]
[Site "Tirana"]
[Date "2011.11.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Hou, Yifan"]
[Black "Koneru, Humpy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2578"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,A"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2011.11.14"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ALB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 O-O
8. Qd2 Qe8 $5 {Humpy for a second game in a row manages to surprise the
Chinese prodigy. This strange looking move is an interesting alternative to
the more usual Nd7 and Nc6. Humpy herself had tried Nd7 previously and
suffered a defeat to Zhu Chen.} 9. O-O-O {After another eighteen minute think,
Yifan chooses what is the most logical move. She removes herself from the pin
and castles queenside, already indicating the typical kingside aggression that
characterizes this Nc3 system.} (9. Bd3 {Might be worth considering, as the
queen sortie to a4 lacks strength in this particular instance.}) 9... Qa4 10.
Kb1 (10. Qd5 {is the Let's Check suggestion, which means it is the move
recommended by the combined power of many computers, but it hardly seems like
a move any human would consider over the board.} Nd7 11. Bd3 Nf6 {and Black is
fine anyways.}) 10... Nc6 11. h4 Be6 12. b3 Qa5 13. Nd4 {It's possible that
Yifan already did not like her position. The psychological power of this
strange queen maneouvre might have gotten to her. She decides to simplify to a
position that must surely be very equal, preparing to strike another day.} (13.
h5 Bf6 {was quite unpleasant, however}) (13. Bd3 Bf6 14. Ng5 h6 (14... Qxc3 15.
Qxc3 Bxc3 16. Bxh7+ Kh8 17. Be4 $16) (14... Bxc3 $2 15. Bxh7+ Kh8 16. Qe2 $18)
15. Ne4 {was a world of interesting. White might be forced to sacrifice on h6
to create something though, and it is unclear how good that sacrifice would be.
}) 13... Nxd4 14. cxd4 Qxd2 15. Rxd2 d5 {The symmetrical pawn structure surely
makes this position equal, but equal does not mean drawn.} 16. h5 h6 17. Bd3 a5
18. a4 Bb4 19. Rdd1 Bc3 20. Rh4 c6 21. Bc1 Bd7 22. Bb2 Bb4 23. Ka2 Rfe8 24.
Rhh1 b5 25. c3 Bf8 26. axb5 $6 {Although it's impossible to say this hands the
advantage to the opponent, it's hard to recommend such an exchange. The king
will become somewhat uncomfortable in the next few moves, Ba3 would've
retained the balance in a simpler way.} cxb5 27. Rde1 Bd6 28. Ba3 Rxe1 29. Rxe1
b4 30. Bb2 a4 31. bxa4 (31. cxb4 $2 {would already be fatal...} axb3+ 32. Kxb3
Ba4+ 33. Kc3 Rc8+ {and white must give up a lot of material.}) 31... Bxa4 32.
Kb1 {White's king is a little exposed, but with precise play White should
still be ok.} bxc3 33. Bxc3 Rb8+ 34. Ka2 Ra8 35. Kb2 Kf8 36. Ra1 Rb8+ 37. Kc1
Bf4+ 38. Bd2 Rc8+ 39. Kb2 Rb8+ 40. Kc1 Rc8+ 41. Kb2 Rb8+ 42. Kc1 Rc8+ {Black
has nothing better than to repeat moves. She could exchange bishops, the
opposite colored nature of them almost guarantees the draw. Another hard
fought game by these two players.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gashimov Memorial 3rd"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2016.06.01"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Hou, Yifan"]
[Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2663"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,A"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2016.05.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O Nc6 8.
Nc3 Bf5 9. Re1 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 O-O 12. Re2 Qd6 13. Rb1 b6 14. Bd2
Bf6 15. Rbe1 Na5 16. Qf5 g6 17. Qh3 Qc6 18. Bg5 Nc4 19. Bxf6 Qxf6 20. Ne5 Nxe5
21. Rxe5 Qc6 22. R1e3 $6 (22. Qe3 $14 {followed by h4-h5 still laves Black
with some problems to solve.}) 22... Rae8 $11 23. Qh6 Rxe5 24. dxe5 Qb5 25. g4
{White goes for the all out attack, but Black is just in time for a perpetual.}
Qb1+ 26. Kg2 Qxc2 27. Rh3 Qe4+ 28. Kf1 Qb1+ 29. Kg2 Qe4+ 30. Kf1 Qb1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 0607"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2006.11.18"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "Rabiega, Robert"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2506"]
[Annotator "Reeh,O"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2006.10.28"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Bindlach"]
[BlackTeam "Berlin Tegel"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nc4 Nxe4 5. Qe2 Qe7 6. Ne3 {Pretty
artificial. Ziemlich gekьnstelt.} c6 7. c4 g6 8. d3 Nc5 9. Bd2 Bg7 10. Bc3 f6
$1 {Leaving the Bc3 somewhat displaced. Danach ist der Lc3 etwas deplatziert.}
(10... Bxc3+ 11. Nxc3 {would of course play into White's hands. wьrde WeiЯ
natьrlich in die Hдnde spielen.}) 11. b3 $6 $146 ({RR} 11. d4 Ne4 12. Nd2 Nxc3
{1/2-1/2 Nevednichy,V (2566)-Saric,A (2472)/Djakovo 2005/CBM 106 ext}) 11...
O-O 12. d4 Ne4 13. Bb2 f5 {Black is more than okay. Schwarz steht mehr als gut.
} 14. Na3 Re8 15. O-O-O f4 (15... Nxf2 {would win a pawn, but gives White some
compensation following wьrde einen Bauern gewinnen, allerdings bekдme WeiЯ nach
} 16. Qxf2 Qxe3+ 17. Qxe3 Rxe3 18. d5 {einige Kompensation.}) 16. Nec2 Qf8 (
16... Bh6 $1) 17. Re1 Re6 18. Qf3 Ng5 19. Qd1 Ne4 20. Qf3 Ng5 21. Qd3 {White
avoids a repetition of moves. WeiЯ schlдgt die Zugwiederholung aus.} f3 22. Ne3
(22. Rxe6 $1) 22... Na6 23. Nac2 Ne4 $1 {The attack on f2 can only be parried
by tricks. Den Angriff auf f2 kann WeiЯ nur mit Tricks abwehren.} 24. Ng4 Qf4+
25. Re3 fxg2 (25... Qxg4 26. gxf3 {winning back the piece. mit Rьckgewinn der
Figur.}) 26. Bxg2 Nxf2 27. Nxf2 Qxf2 28. Rg3 {Allowing a brilliant finish.
Erlaubt ein brillantes Finish.} ({Following Nach} 28. Rxe6 Bxe6 29. Bh3 {
Black would just enjoy a healthy plus pawn. besдЯe Schwarz einfach einen
gesunden Mehrbauern.}) {[%tqu "En","Black can take the enemy position by storm.
How?","The white back rank is weak. Furthermore, with Bh6+ the white king can
always be forced to b1, entering the same diagonal as the queen (f5-b1).",
"Find a move which deflects the white knight from the defence of the back rank,
clearing the diagonal f5-b1 at the same time.","a6b4","Super!   After this,
White's position falls together like a house of cards.  Add yourself the same
amount of point if you started with 28...Bh6+, which just transposes.",10,"De",
"Schwarz kann die feindliche Stellung im Sturm erobern. Wie?","Die weiЯe
Grundreihe ist schwach. AuЯerdem kann der weiЯe Kцnig jederzeit mit Lh6 nach
b1 gezwungen werden, wonach er auf der gleichen Diagonale wie die Dame (f5-b1)
steht.","Finden sie einen Zug, der den weiЯen Springer von der Verteidigung
der Grundreihe ablenkt und gleichzeitig die Diagonale f5-b1 rдumt.","a6b4",
"Super!   Danach bricht die weiЯe Stellung wie ein Kartenhaus zusammen.  Geben
Sie sich die gleiche Anzahl von Punkten fьr 28...Lh6+, was nur Zugumstellung
bedeutet.",10]} 28... Nb4 $3 {Deflecting the knight from e1 and clearing the
diagonal f5-b1. Lenkt den Springer von e1 ab und rдumt die Diagonale f5-b1.}
29. Nxb4 Bh6+ 30. Kb1 Re1+ 31. Rxe1 Qxe1+ 32. Kc2 {[%tqu "En","How can Black
crown his attack?","King and queen of white are on the same diagonal. If the
queen left the square d2 unprotected, Black could checkmate in three moves.",
"Deflect the white queen from d2!","c8f5","Bravo!",10,"De","Wie kann Schwarz
seinen Angriff krцnen?","Kцnig und Dame von WeiЯ stehen auf derselben
Diagonalen. Wenn die Dame die Deckung von d2 aufgibt, kцnnte Schwarz dreizьgig
mattsetzen.","Lenken Sie die weiЯe Dame von d2 ab!","c8f5","Bravo!",10]} Bf5 $1
{The final point: White loses the queen or gets checkmated. Die Schlusspointe:
WeiЯ verliert die Dame oder wird matt.} 33. Qxf5 Qd2+ {and White resigned,
since after 34.Kb1 Qd1+ 35.Bc1 Qxc1++ he will get checkmated. und WeiЯ gab auf,
denn nach 34.Kb1 Dd1+ 35.Lc1 Dxc1++ wird er mattgesetzt.} 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-28"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kudrin, Sergey"]
[Black "Machado, Hermes Amilcar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2340"]
[Annotator "Rogers,I"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1988.11.13"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "US of America"]
[BlackTeam "Brazil"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BRA"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. c4
c6 9. Nc3 ({Black's copycat system has enjoyed a measure of popularity since
it was discovered that the obvious} 9. Qc2 {can be met by} Na6 $1) (9. Nc3 {
is currently considered to be the critical test of Black's plan.}) 9... Nxc3
10. bxc3 Bg4 ({This is more solid than} 10... dxc4 11. Bxc4 Bg4 12. Qd3 $1 Nd7
13. Ng5 Nf6 14. h3 Bh5 15. f4 {when (at the time this game was played) the
complications were believed to favour White (1-0 (24) Short,N (2665)-Huebner,R
(2600) Tilburg 1988 CBM 009).}) 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Rb1 Nd7 13. h3 Bh5 14. Rb5 $5
({Capturing the b-pawn is impossible due to} 14. Rxb7 Nb6 {but the rook is
destined for action on the kingside!}) 14... Nb6 15. c4 $1 Bxf3 {The bishop is
merely a liability on the fifth rank and so exchanging it is a sensible
decision.} ({On} 15... Nxc4 {White can try} 16. Rxd5 $1 Bh2+ 17. Nxh2 $1 Qxd5
18. Bxc4 {with advantage.}) 16. Qxf3 dxc4 17. Bc2 Rb8 (17... a6 18. Bg5 axb5
19. Bxd8 {1-0 (36) Beliavsky,A (2655)-Petursson,M (2530) Reykjavik 1988 CBM
010 r6}) 18. a4 a6 19. Bg5 $1 ({Black was probably expecting} 19. Rh5 g6 {when}
20. Rxh7 {leads only to a draw.}) 19... Qc7 $6 ({However the text move is very
annoying since} 19... f6 {loses to} 20. Qh5) ({When faced with this position
against Belyavsky at the Reykjavik World Cup Tournament, Petursson chose to
give up his queen with} 19... axb5 {(r9), although he failed to hold the game
in the long run. Machado goes his own way but soon realises that he has
underestimated White's attack.}) 20. Bxh7+ Kxh7 21. Qh5+ Kg8 22. Bf6 $3 Bh2+ ({
White's rook is still immune from capture:} 22... axb5 23. Qg5 {mates}) ({
and taking the bishop allows} 22... gxf6 23. Qg4+ Kh7 24. Rh5#) ({Since other
obvious defences are also inadequate, e.g.} 22... Rfc8 23. Rg5 Bf8 24. Qh6) ({
or} 22... Nd7 23. Bxg7 $1 {etc., Black's desperate reply is probably the best
chance.}) 23. Kh1 Qd6 24. Bxg7 $1 Kxg7 25. Rg5+ Kf6 26. Re1 $1 Qe6 ({With 27.
Qh6# threatened and} 26... Rh8 {losing to} 27. Rf5+ Kg7 28. Qxf7+ Kh6 29. Rh5#
{, Black could have been excused for resigning here.}) 27. Rxe6+ fxe6 28. Rg6+
Ke7 29. Rg7+ 1-0

[Event "Bazna Kings 4th"]
[Site "Medias"]
[Date "2010.06.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nisipeanu, Liviu Dieter"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2010.06.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 O-O (
{In the third round Wang Yue played against Nisipeanu} 7... Nc6 8. Qd2 Be6 9.
O-O-O Qd7 10. h4 h6 11. Nd4 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Rg8 13. c4 c5 14. Bc3 O-O-O 15. Qe3
Rde8 16. Kb1 Bf6 17. Qg3 Bxc3 18. Qxc3 Qc6 19. Be2 Bf5 20. Bf3 Be4 21. Bxe4
Qxe4 {and the game ended soon with a draw.}) 8. Qd2 Nd7 9. O-O-O Ne5 ({Gelfand
used to implement a slightly different plan} 9... Re8 10. h4 c6 {but after
having some problems with it the Israeli Grandmaster switched to Ne5 and c6.})
10. h4 ({Here are two examples from Gelfand's practice just one month ago:} 10.
Kb1 c6 11. h4 Bg4 12. Be2 Nxf3 13. Bxf3 (13. gxf3 Bh5 14. f4 Bxe2 15. Qxe2 Re8
16. f5 Bf6 17. Qg4 d5 18. h5 Re4 19. Qg3 Qe7 20. h6 g6 21. fxg6 fxg6 22. a3 Qe5
23. Qh3 Qe6 24. Qg3 Qe5 25. Qh3 Qe6 26. Qg3 {1/2-1/2 Leko,P (2735)-Gelfand,B 
(2741)/Astrakhan 2010}) 13... Bxf3 14. gxf3 Qa5 15. h5 Qf5 16. Rdg1 f6 17. Rg4
Qxf3 18. Rhg1 Rf7 19. Bh6 Bf8 20. Bxg7 Rxg7 21. Rxg7+ Bxg7 22. h6 Kh8 23. Rxg7
Rg8 24. Rxg8+ Kxg8 25. Qe1 Kf7 26. Qg1 Qh5 27. Qg7+ Ke6 28. b3 Qf7 29. Qh8 Kf5
30. Qg7 Ke6 31. Qg4+ f5 32. Qc4+ d5 33. Qe2+ Kf6 {and everything ended up with
a draw later on, Jakovenko,D (2725)-Gelfand,B (2741)/Astrakhan 2010.}) 10... c6
11. h5 {A new move.} (11. c4 Be6 12. Ng5 Nxc4 13. Qd3 Bxg5 14. hxg5 g6 15. Bf4
Qb6 16. Qd4 Qxd4 17. Rxd4 d5 18. Bxc4 dxc4 19. Be5 f5 20. gxf6 Rae8 21. Rh6 c3
22. Rxh7 cxb2+ 23. Kxb2 Kxh7 24. Rh4+ Kg8 25. f7+ Kxf7 26. Rh7+ Kg8 27. Rh8+
Kf7 28. Rh7+ Kg8 29. Rh8+ {1/2-1/2 Gashimov,V (2734)-Gelfand,B (2741)/
Astrakhan 2010.}) 11... h6 12. Kb1 Ng4 $1 13. Bf4 d5 14. Bd3 Bd6 15. g3 (15.
Nd4 Bxf4 16. Qxf4 Qf6 17. Qc7 Qe5 18. Qxe5 Nxe5 19. Rde1 Nxd3 20. cxd3 c5 $11)
15... Re8 {This is probably the critical moment of the game. White makes an
ambitious move based on wrong calculations.} ({After} 15... Bxf4 16. gxf4 {
White has good chances to develop an attack on the g-file.}) 16. Rde1 Rxe1+ 17.
Rxe1 Bxf4 18. Qxf4 ({Interesting is} 18. gxf4 Nf6 19. Ne5 Nxh5 20. Qe3 {
and try to organize some attack, but this requires careful analysis, of course.
}) 18... Nxf2 19. Ne5 Qf6 (19... Nxd3 $4 20. Qxf7+) 20. Nxc6 Ne4 $1 21. Bxe4 ({
In his calculations Dieter missed that after} 21. Rxe4 {(his initial idea when
he played 16.Rde1)} dxe4 22. Qxe4 {Black simply plays} Qxc6) ({In the post
mortem the players came to the conclusion that the best chances to fight for a
draw was probably} 21. Nb4 {but even here after} Qxf4 ({Gelfand was going to
start with} 21... Be6 {and if} 22. Qe3 {then} Qf2) 22. gxf4 Be6 {there is no
clear draw for White. For instance:} 23. c4 ({or} 23. Bxe4 dxe4 24. Rxe4 Re8
25. Kc1 f6 26. Nd3 Bf7) 23... Nd2+ 24. Kc1 dxc4 25. f5 Bd7 26. Re7 Rd8) 21...
Qxf4 {Here White has several options, but the choice is actually very
difficult, because everywhere Black keeps better prospects.} 22. Ne7+ (22. gxf4
dxe4 23. Nd4 Bg4 $1 ({Worse is} 23... f5 24. Kc1)) ({The somewhat surprising} 
22. Bd3 {doesn't solve all the problems either, since after} Kf8 23. gxf4 bxc6
24. f5 ({or} 24. Kc1 Bg4 25. Rh1 f5) 24... Bd7 25. Kc1 Re8 26. Rxe8+ Kxe8 27.
Kd2 Ke7 28. Ke3 Kf6 29. Kf4 c5 {Black should be winning.}) 22... Kf8 23. gxf4
dxe4 24. Nxc8 (24. Rxe4 Bg4 {is also lost for White.}) 24... Rxc8 25. Rxe4 Rc5
{The endgame is very difficult for White. Black takes the h-pawn and is the
first one to start advancing his passed pawns. Nisipeanu's time trouble only
made it even worse for the Romanian.} 26. b4 Rxh5 27. Kb2 (27. Rc4 g5 28. fxg5
hxg5 {is also lost.}) 27... Rf5 28. Rc4 g5 29. fxg5 hxg5 30. Rg4 Kg7 31. c4 Kg6
32. c5 Kh5 33. Rg1 g4 34. Kc3 Kh4 35. a3 Rd5 36. Kc4 Rd2 37. c3 f5 38. b5 f4
39. c6 bxc6 40. bxc6 Rd8 0-1

[Event "Bazna Kings 4th"]
[Site "Medias"]
[Date "2010.06.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Wang, Yue"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2010.06.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O Nc6 8. c4
Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Bf5 11. a3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Nc6 13. Re1 Re8 14. Bf4 dxc4
15. Bxc4 Bd6 16. Rxe8+ Qxe8 17. Ng5 Bg6 18. Bxd6 cxd6 19. h4 Qe7 20. Qg4 h6 21.
h5 Bxh5 22. Qxh5 hxg5 23. Rd1 Rf8 24. Rd3 Qe1+ 25. Kh2 Qxf2 {This is a
theoretical position, which since 2002 has been known to lead to a forced draw.
Therefore Radjabov's choice is difficult to explain.} 26. Qxg5 {Formally this
is a new move, which nevertheless was mentioned by Gelfand back in 2002 as
harmless.} (26. Rh3 Qf4+ {with equality was met in 2002 in two games of
Gelfand. Since then the variation is considered to be a draw.}) 26... Qf6 27.
Qxf6 gxf6 28. Rg3+ Kh8 29. Rh3+ Kg7 30. Rg3+ Kh8 31. Rh3+ Kg7 32. Rg3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bazna Kings 4th"]
[Site "Medias"]
[Date "2010.06.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nisipeanu, Liviu Dieter"]
[Black "Wang, Yue"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2010.06.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 Nc6
8. Qd2 Be6 9. O-O-O Qd7 10. h4 h6 11. Nd4 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Rg8 13. c4 c5 14. Bc3
O-O-O 15. Qe3 Rde8 $1 {A strong novelty, which points out the vulnerable
position of the queen on e3.} ({In the game Li,C (2643)-Bu Xiangzhi (2704),
China 2009 Black won quickly after} 15... Qa4 {but only thanks to White's
blunder.} 16. Kb1 d5 17. cxd5 Bxd5 18. Qxe7 $4 (18. b3) 18... Qxa2+ 19. Kc1
Qa1+ 20. Kd2 Qxd1+) 16. Kb1 (16. Qg3 {is answered strongly by} g5 $1 {and
White must be careful to keep the balance.}) 16... Bf6 17. Qg3 (17. Bxf6 $2 {
runs into} Bg4 $1 {winning material.}) 17... Bxc3 18. Qxc3 Qc6 19. Be2 Bf5 20.
Bf3 Be4 21. Bxe4 Qxe4 $1 ({Much weaker is} 21... Rxe4 22. Qf3 {and Black still
has problems.}) 22. g3 Re6 {The position is equal. Black can easily protect
his only weakness on d6.} 23. b3 Qe5 24. Qa5 Kb8 25. Rhe1 Qf6 26. Rxe6 Qxe6 27.
Qc3 Kc7 28. Qa5+ Kb8 29. Qc3 Kc7 30. Re1 Qd7 31. Qa5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bazna Kings 4th"]
[Site "Medias"]
[Date "2010.06.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2010.06.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8.
Re1 Bg4 9. c4 Nf6 10. Nc3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Nxd4 12. Qd1 Ne6 13. Bf5 c6 {A rare
move. Gelfand played once before 13...d4:} (13... d4 14. Ne2 d3 15. Nf4 Nd4 16.
Bxd3 O-O 17. Be3 Bc5 18. Qb1 Qd6 {1/2-1/2 Morozevich,A (2758)-Gelfand, B (2733)
/Mexico City 2007}) 14. cxd5 Nxd5 15. Qg4 Nxc3 16. bxc3 O-O 17. Rb1 Qc7 18. Bh6
(18. Bxe6 fxe6 19. Qxe6+ Rf7 {is equal.}) 18... Bd6 $2 {Already the decisive
mistake.} ({Necessary was} 18... Bf6 19. Qh3 Rfe8 20. Bxh7+ Kf8 {with a messy
position.}) 19. Qh3 $1 Rfe8 ({After} 19... gxh6 20. Qxh6 {White will win back
material and remain with a powerful attack.}) 20. Bxg7 $1 {This bishop
sacrifice destroys the pawn shelter of the black king. White wins in all
variations.} Bxh2+ {Trying to confuse White. Unfortunately for Gelfand, there
is no escape for Black.} (20... Kxg7 {doesn't change anything:} 21. Qxh7+ Kf6 (
{or} 21... Kf8 22. Rxb7 $1 Qxb7 23. Bxe6 Rxe6 24. Rxe6) 22. Bxe6 Rxe6 23. Qh6+
Ke7 24. Rxe6+ fxe6 25. Rxb7 $1 Qxb7 26. Qg7+ {wins}) 21. Kf1 $1 ({Going to h1} 
21. Kh1 {is worse in view of} Kxg7 22. Qxh7+ Kf6 23. Bxe6 Rh8 {and Black has
some time to defend thanks to the counterplay on the h-file.}) ({And of course
not} 21. Qxh2 Qxh2+ 22. Kxh2 Nxg7 {with advantage for Black.}) 21... Kxg7 22.
Qxh7+ Kf6 (22... Kf8 {also leads to a decisive attack for White:} 23. Qh6+ Kg8
24. Re4 Bf4 25. Qh7+ Kf8 26. Rbe1) 23. Bxe6 Bf4 (23... Rxe6 {loses after} 24.
Qh6+ Kf5 ({or} 24... Ke7 25. Rxe6+ fxe6 26. Rxb7 Qxb7 27. Qg7+) 25. Rxe6 fxe6
26. g4+ Kxg4 27. Qg6+ Kh4 28. Rb4+ Bf4 29. Qg3+ Kh5 30. Rxf4) 24. Qf5+ Kg7 25.
Rb4 $1 {Bringing the queen's rook into attack is the last finesse.} Rxe6 26.
Rxe6 fxe6 27. Qg4+ Kh8 28. Rxf4 {The rest is clear. In order to defend Black
will lose material.} Qh7 29. Qxe6 Qh1+ 30. Ke2 Qh5+ 31. g4 Qb5+ 32. Kf3 Qd3+
33. Kg2 Qd5+ 34. Qxd5 cxd5 35. Rf7 b5 36. Rd7 a6 37. f4 Rc8 38. f5 1-0

[Event "Bucharest Kings 7th"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2013.10.08"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Nisipeanu, Liviu Dieter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2674"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2013.10.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 {Surprise! Nisipeanu had played the Russian Game (also
known as the Petroff Defence) only once before and that happened long ago - in
1996 - when he was facing his trainer...} 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 {
A fashionable modern line.} Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Bf4 O-O 8. Qd2 Nd7 9. O-O-O Nc5
10. Be3 c6 ({One of the best specialists of this opening, Vladimir Kramnik
usually preferred here} 10... Re8) 11. c4 {Caught by surprise Ponomariov
chooses a move with a poor reputation.} ({The main continuation is} 11. Bxc5
dxc5 12. Qf4) 11... Ne4 12. Qe1 Re8 13. Bd3 Bf6 14. Qb4 c5 15. Qb3 b6 {We can
draw the conclusion after the opening: the white queen is somewhat misplaced
on b3 and Black has an easy game.} 16. c3 {The queen wants to return to c2.}
Bb7 17. Qc2 Re6 {As mentioned before Black is extremely solid. White can play
something like Rhe1 or maybe Nd2 at once, but these moves will most likely
lead to exchange of pieces and positions where White can hardly play for a win.
Instead of this Ponomariov chooses the most aggressive plan: to attack the
black king!} 18. h4 $5 h6 (18... h5 {was another option, although the Romanian
GM didn't like White's possibility to go with the knight to g5 (now or later
on).}) 19. Rh3 Qd7 20. g4 Re7 21. Rg1 h5 {Very sharp play begins!} ({A good
alternative was} 21... d5 $1 {which Nisipeanu saw during the game, but he was
very tempted by the advance of the h-pawn.}) 22. Ng5 $1 Rae8 ({The
consequences of} 22... hxg4 23. Bxe4 Bxg5 {were difficult to evaluate during
the game. They lead to a double-edged position after} 24. Bxb7 Bxe3+ (24...
Rxe3 $2 25. hxg5) 25. fxe3 Qxb7 26. Rxg4) 23. Qd1 $1 {Again the strongest move.
} hxg4 24. Rxg4 Bc8 25. Nxe4 {The start of a forced variation, leading to an
equal endgame.} Rxe4 26. Rxe4 Rxe4 27. Bxe4 Qxh3 28. Qxd6 Qf1+ 29. Kc2 Qxc4 30.
Qc6 Qe6 31. Qa8 Qe8 32. h5 Bd7 33. Qb7 ({A more precise move is} 33. Qxe8+ Bxe8
34. Bf4 Bd8 35. Kd3 {and unlike in the game it is Black who needs some
accuracy.}) 33... Bg4 {Nisipeanu shows his ambitions, attacking the h5-pawn
and threatening Qa4+.} ({Black could repeat the moves instead with} 33... Bc8
34. Qa8 Bd7) 34. f3 ({After} 34. Bd5 {Black plays the simple} Bxh5) 34... Bxf3
35. Bxf3 Qxe3 36. Kb3 {Black is a pawn up, but White's king is safer. The
opposite-coloured bishops neutralise completely Black's slight material
advantage and after} Qe7 {the draw was agreed.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bucharest Kings 7th"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2013.10.09"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2013.10.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{In today's round players with the white pieces put considerable pressure on
their opponents. Caruana achieved a pleasant strategic advantage against
Ponomariov, but converting it into a full point proved to be impossible and
the draw was agreed on move 41. In the other game Wang Hao with the black
pieces was constantly under pressure against Nisipeanu and lost an exchange in
a complicated middlegame. The resulting endgame was difficult for Black and
Nisipeanu converted his advantage by sacrificing back the exchange and
creating a passed pawn, which decided the game. White won on move 42.} 1. e4 e5
2. Nf3 Nf6 {Apparently the Petroff Defence was starting to be popular in
Bucharest.} 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 ({Ponomariov
himself against Nisipeanu played yesterday} 7. Bf4 {but the opening outcome
was more than satisfactory for Black.}) 7... Nc6 8. Qd2 O-O ({Another plan is} 
8... Be6 9. O-O-O Qd7 {after which Black can choose later which side to castle.
}) 9. O-O-O Ne5 {Caruana had this position in his previous practice four times
and in all games he inevitably chose 10.h4. But in the present game the
Italian GM went for a completely different setup.} 10. Nxe5 {A relatively rare
move, never met at this high level before.} dxe5 11. Bd3 Be6 {Looking at the
position it seems that Black is doing very well thanks to his superior pawn
structure. All he needs to do is to exchange pieces, ideally the queens. But
obviously things are not so simple. White will avoid the exchange of queens
and will try to create some activity on the kingside, taking advantage of the
fact that his own king is potentially better protected against a possible
advance of his opponent's pawns. As we'll soon see, Caruana's plan is to
provoke the advance f5-f4 and then use the e4-square for his pieces.} 12. Qe2
Qe8 13. Kb1 f5 {After some 20 minutes of thought Ponomariov chooses the most
natural move in the position: Black is trying to make use of his kingside pawn
majority.} 14. Bc4 Bf6 {A serious inaccuracy, after which Black will suffer
for the entire game.} ({As indicated after the game by the players, Black
shouldn't have had many problems after} 14... Bd6) 15. g4 $1 {Now suddenly
White gets a strategic advantage.} Bxc4 ({If Black tries to keep his mighty
pawn on f5 with} 15... g6 {then after} 16. gxf5 gxf5 17. Bh6 {White has good
attacking prospects.}) (15... fxg4 16. Qxg4 $14) 16. Qxc4+ Qf7 17. Qb4 $1 {
As mentioned before, White is avoiding the trade of queens.} ({Black has no
problems whatsoever in an endgame:} 17. Qxf7+ Rxf7 18. gxf5 Bh4 $5) 17... f4
18. Bc5 (18. Bc1 {was suggested by Caruana as a possible improvement. The idea
is to transfer the bishop to the long diagonal later to put pressure on e5.})
18... Rfb8 {Protecting b7.} 19. f3 b6 (19... Bh4 $5) 20. Bf2 Rd8 21. Qe4 $14
Qe6 22. c4 g6 23. h4 Kf7 24. h5 c6 25. a4 ({Here White missed the opportunity
to transfer the bishop to the desired diagonal:} 25. hxg6+ hxg6 26. Bd4 $1 {and
} Qxc4 $2 {loses due to} 27. Rh7+ Ke6 28. Qxg6) 25... Rxd1+ 26. Rxd1 Rd8 27.
hxg6+ hxg6 28. Rxd8 Bxd8 29. Be1 a5 $1 30. Bf2 Qd6 31. Kc1 Ke8 32. c3 Kd7 33.
Kc2 c5 {White's positional advantage is not enough for a win.} 34. Qb7+ Bc7 35.
Qd5 g5 $1 (35... Qxd5 36. cxd5 {looks very dangerous for Black. After the game
Ponomariov indicated the following win for White if Black continues} Kd6 {:}
37. Kd3 Kxd5 38. c4+ Ke6 39. Bh4 $1 Kd6 40. Ke4 Ke6 41. b3 Kd6 42. Bf6 Ke6 43.
g5 {and Black loses due to zugzwang.}) 36. Be1 Ke7 37. Qe4 Qh6 38. Bd2 Qh1 {
Now that Black has counterplay Caruana gave up his hopes.} 39. Qb7 Kd8 40. b4
Qf1 41. Qd5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg Four Masters"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1895.12.13"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Lasker, Emanuel"]
[Black "Pillsbury, Harry Nelson"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1895.12.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "Tournaments"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Nachdem Lasker im Jahre 1894 Weltmeister geworden war, suchte die
Schachwelt nach einem geigneten Herausforderer. Die Petersburger
Schachgesellschaft lud die ersten fünf Preisträger des Turniers zu Hastings
nach St.Petersburg ein. Alle kamen, nur Siegbert Tarrasch nicht.} e5 2. Nf3 Nf6
3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O Nc6 8. Re1 Bg4 9. c3 f5 10.
Qb3 O-O 11. Bf4 $2 {It is difficult to explain this strategically horrible
move. Surely Lasker knew that he exposes his kingside under a strong attack.
Probably he underestimated Black's position and hoped to defend.  Pillsbury
played very energetically and demonstrated that white's position is simply too
bad to be defended.} (11. Nbd2) 11... Bxf3 12. gxf3 Ng5 13. Kg2 Qd7 14. Qc2 $2
(14. Bxg5 $8 {The only move was to trade black knight for the bishop. Black
has a large advantage anyway, but at least there is no forced win.} Bxg5 15.
Na3 Bf4 16. Nc2 Ne7 (16... Qd6 17. Ne3 (17. Qxb7 Rab8 18. Qa6 Qh6 $19) 17...
Ne7 18. Qxb7 Bxh2 $15) (16... Rab8 17. Ne3 Ne7 $17) 17. Qxb7 Rab8 (17... Ng6
18. Nb4) 18. Qxa7 Ng6 19. Kh1 Nh4 $17) (14. Qxb7 $2 Ne6 15. Bb5 (15. Bd2) 15...
Nxf4+ 16. Kf1 Qd8 17. Qxc6 (17. Bxc6 Rb8 $19) 17... Bd6 $19) 14... Ne6 $1 {
Now it is finished. With big development advantage and all pieces into play,
Black is winning. White has neither time nor pieces to defend the king.} 15.
Bc1 (15. Be5 Nxe5 16. dxe5 (16. Rxe5 Nf4+ 17. Kh1 g6 (17... Nxd3 18. Qxd3 Bd6
19. Re1 (19. Rxd5 Qf7 20. c4 Qh5 $19) 19... Qd8 20. Nd2 Qh4 21. Nf1 c6 $17) 18.
Nd2 Bd6 19. Re3 Qd8 $19) 16... Nf4+ 17. Kh1 Rae8 18. Nd2 Bc5 19. Nb3 Bxf2 20.
Qxf2 Nxd3 $19) (15. Qd2 g5 16. Be5 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Nf4+ 18. Kh1 Kh8 $17 {/-+.})
15... Bd6 16. Nd2 Rae8 17. Nf1 {Now Pillsbury finishes the game with several
nice tactical moves.} Nexd4 $1 18. Qd1 Rxe1 19. Qxe1 Nxf3 $1 20. Kxf3 f4 {
White's queenside remained undeveloped and can only watch the end of their
monarch.} 21. Qd1 Ne5+ 22. Ke2 (22. Kg2 f3+ 23. Kh1 Qh3 $19) 22... Qg4+ 23. Kd2
Qxd1+ 24. Kxd1 Nxd3 25. Ke2 Ne5 26. f3 Re8 27. b3 Ng4+ 28. Kd2 Ne3 29. Bb2 Ng2
30. h3 Bc5 31. Nh2 Bf2 32. c4 dxc4 33. bxc4 h5 {A painful defeat for Emanuel
Lasker. The more impressive is his final result in the tournament. He didn't
collapse after this loss with White. Neither did he start to play risky,
trying to take revenge. Not, he continued to play in his usual manner - calm
and objective, leaving emotions behind. And this self control brought him the
final victory.} 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg Four Masters"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1895.12.30"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Lasker, Emanuel"]
[Black "Pillsbury, Harry Nelson"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1895.12.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "Tournaments"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Qe2 {Having reached an worse
position in their first round game, Lasker decided to play quietly this time
and tries to outplay his young opponent without taking risks.  Played for the
first time by Morphy (only once though), the move 5.Qe2 gained some popularity
thanks to Lasker and later Capablanka played it as well. Nowardays Black found
clear ways to hold equality in the arising positions.} Qe7 6. d3 Nf6 7. Bg5 Nc6
$5 {Black has some other good ways of solving the opening problems, but this
knight move is playable as well. Lasker was not able to find an advantage in
this game and also in the future practice White failed to do so.} (7... Be6 8.
Nc3 Nbd7 (8... h6 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. d4 $14 {1-0 Morphy,P-Loewenthal,J/New
Orleans 1850 (55)}) 9. O-O-O h6 10. Bh4 g5 11. Bg3 Nh5 12. d4 Nxg3 13. hxg3 g4
14. Nh4 d5 15. Qb5 $1 $36 {1-0 Lasker,E-Marshall,F/St Petersburg 1914 (29)}) (
7... Qxe2+ 8. Bxe2 Be7 9. Nc3 Bd7 (9... c6 {is the most precise way according
to the theory, with full equality.}) 10. O-O-O Nc6 11. Rhe1 O-O 12. d4 Ng4 13.
Bxe7 Nxe7 14. Bb5 Bxb5 15. Rxe7 Ba6 16. Rxc7 Nxf2 17. Re1 Rfe8 18. Ree7 Rxe7
19. Rxe7 $16 {1-0 Lasker,E-Teichmann,R/Cambridge 1904 (38)}) 8. Nc3 {It is
amazing that Lasker keeps the pawn structure and does not take on f6, thus
avoiding opening of the g-file and all the resulting complications.  After
losing first two games against Pillsbury, one could expect the World Champion
to complicate things and go for revenge in their present game from the third
round. However, Lasker decided not to take major risks in this game.} (8. Bxf6
{The most ambitious move. White breaks the opponent's pawn structure, but
gives up the bishop's pair. The arising position is balanced, with chances for
both sides.} gxf6 9. Nc3 $5 (9. Qxe7+ Bxe7 10. Nc3 Bg4 11. Be2 O-O-O $11) 9...
Bg4 $140 $6 10. Nd5 Qxe2+ 11. Bxe2 O-O-O 12. Nxf6 {and Black has no sufficient
compensation for the pawn.}) 8... Be6 9. O-O-O (9. d4 d5 10. Ne5 $2 Nxd4) (9.
Ne4 O-O-O) 9... O-O-O 10. d4 d5 11. Ne5 Qe8 $1 12. Qf3 Be7 ({It is Pillsbury's
turn to avoid complications:} 12... Nxe5 13. dxe5 Bg4 14. Qg3 Bxd1 15. exf6
gxf6 16. Bf4 (16. Bxf6 Rg8 $1) 16... Bxc2 $1 (16... Bh5 $2 17. Qh3+ Kb8 18.
Qxh5 Qe1+ 19. Nd1 $16) 17. Kxc2 $14 {/~~.}) 13. Bb5 {Lasker makes all the
logical moves but still Black has possibilities to hold - his position is very
solid and Black has some tactical ideas as well.} Nxe5 (13... Nd7 14. Bxe7
Ncxe5 15. dxe5 Qxe7 $11) 14. dxe5 Nd7 15. Bxd7+ (15. Bxe7 Qxe7 $11) 15... Qxd7
16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. Nxd5 Qc5 18. Nc3 Qxe5 19. Rde1 Qa5 {Again versus Pilssbury
Lasker ended up in a slightly inferiour position. This time the position is
almost equal (similar pawn structure) and Lasker simply forces a draw by
exchanging everything:} 20. a3 Rd4 21. Qe3 Rhd8 22. Rd1 Qb6 23. Rxd4 Qxd4 24.
Qxd4 Rxd4 25. Rd1 Rxd1+ 26. Kxd1 Kd7 27. Kd2 a6 28. Ke3 Bf5 29. Ne4 Bxe4 30.
Kxe4 Ke6 31. f4 f5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bucharest Kings 7th"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2013.10.15"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Wang, Hao"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2013.10.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{In the 9th round of Kings Tournament the leader Fabiano Caruana unexpectedly
lost with the white pieces to Wang Hao. Caruana achieved a large advantage
against the Petroff Defence, but then the things went completely downhill for
the Italian and first he let the advantage slip away and in time trouble White
missed even the forced draw.  Nisipeanu-Radjabov is best explained by
Nisipeanu's own words after the game: "If you want to become a 2700-player,
you don't have to beat them, it's enough to make a draw with them"ќ. The
Romanian chose a safe strategy and only the tournament rules didn't allow the
players to shake hands before move 30.  Thus before the last round Caruana was
leading with plus two score, Nisipeanu and Wang Hao were on 50 per cent and
Ponomariov with Radjabov shared places 4-5 with minus one.  The last round
started at 13:30 local time.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3
Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 (7. Bf4 O-O 8. Qd2 Nd7 9. O-O-O Nc5 10. Be3 c6 11. c4
Ne4 12. Qe1 Re8 $11 {Ponomariov,R (2751)-Nisipeanu,L (2674) Bucharest 2013})
7... O-O (7... Nc6 {was played by Wang Hao in the fifth round:} 8. Qd2 Be6 9.
O-O-O Qd7 10. h4 h6 11. Kb1 Bf6 {Ponomariov,R (2751)-Wang,H (2733) Bucharest
2013}) 8. Qd2 {In this popular position Black usually chooses between 8...Nc6
and 8...Nd7. It is also common to develop the bishop to e6, f5 of g4.} b6 $5 {
The patent of Wang Hao, who played this move earlier this year. In no other
games did Black try 8...b6. At this point Caruana started to think longer.} 9.
O-O-O Bb7 10. Nd4 Nc6 11. Nf5 Bf6 12. Ng3 {An improvement over Wang Hao's
previous game, which forced the Chinese GM to start thinking over the board as
well. Up until this moment Caruana had spent about half an hour, while Wang
Hao was replying instantly.} (12. h4 Re8 13. Bg5 Ne5 14. f4 Ng4 15. Bb5 Re4 16.
Ng3 Re6 17. Rde1 Rxe1+ 18. Rxe1 {was good for White in Nakamura,H (2775)-Wang
Hao (2743) Sandnes 2013, but Black's play can certainly be improved at several
points.}) 12... Ne7 {Played after more than 20 minutes of thinking. Most
likely Wang Hao was trying to recall his home preparation.} 13. Nh5 Nf5 14. Bf4
Be5 15. h4 g6 $6 {A committal, rather dubious move.} 16. Bd3 $1 gxh5 (16... Ng7
$5) 17. Bxf5 Qf6 18. Bxe5 dxe5 (18... Qxf5 19. Bd4 {leads to an unpleasant
position for Black due to the more vulnerable position of his king. For
instance} c5 20. Be3 d5 21. Rh3 $16) 19. Bd3 {Black's pawn structure is broken
and his position is becoming dangerous.} Kg7 $6 {This move is hard to
understand. Even Wang Hao couldn't explain its purpose after the game...} (
19... Rad8 {looks more logical}) ({or even} 19... Kh8) 20. Qe2 ({An attractive
alternative was} 20. Rh3 Rg8 21. Rg3+ Kh8 22. Rg5) ({Also} 20. f3 {is a good
option.}) 20... e4 21. Bc4 Qh6+ 22. Kb1 Rad8 23. a3 {Defending such a position
with Black is highly unpleasant.} f5 {[#]} 24. Bb3 {Now Qc4 becomes an
additional option for White. Strong was} (24. Rxd8 Rxd8 25. Rd1 Rd6 26. g3 {
and White keeps a clear strategic advantage.}) 24... Kg6 {Another daring move
with the king.} (24... c5 {is preferable, and if} 25. Qc4 Qf6 26. Qa4 {Black
has} Qc6 $1) 25. Rh3 ({Again} 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 26. Rd1 {was a simple and good
solution.}) 25... f4 26. Rxd8 Rxd8 27. g4 ({Even here White could transfer the
rook to the d-file with the help of unexpected tactics -} 27. Rd3 $1 {and
Black is in troubles:} Rxd3 (27... Qf8 28. Bf7+ $3 Kxf7 29. Qxh5+) (27... exd3
28. Qe6+ Kg7 29. Qe7+ {with an imminent mate}) 28. cxd3 e3 29. Qe1 $1 {
followed by fxe3 and Qg3, keeping the attack.}) 27... c5 28. Rh1 (28. gxh5+ Kf6
(28... Kg7 29. Rd3 $1) (28... Qxh5 $2 29. Bf7+) 29. Rh1) 28... f3 29. Qc4 (29.
gxh5+ {is stronger}) 29... Bd5 30. Qa4 Bxb3 {Here both players had about 10
minutes left on the clock - very little for such a sharp position, with a lot
of variations to calculate. White is still better, but things are getting more
and more complicated and under pressure Caruana collapses - a rare case for
the young Italian GM. In the next part White's play is obviously influenced by
the time trouble.} 31. cxb3 (31. Qc6+ $142 Kg7 32. Qc7+ Bf7 33. Qxd8 hxg4 34.
Qc7) 31... Qf4 32. Re1 $6 hxg4 33. Rxe4 Qf5 34. Ka2 Kh5 {Black is not worse
any longer.} 35. Re1 (35. Rf4 Qg6 {is bad for White.}) 35... h6 36. Qxa7 g3 37.
fxg3 $2 ({White could still make a draw:} 37. Qe7 gxf2 38. Re5 Qxe5 39. Qxe5+
Kg4 40. Qe4+ Kg3 41. Qg6+ Kh2 42. Qc2 Kg1 43. Qg6+ $11) 37... f2 38. Rf1 Kg4
39. Qg7+ Kf3 40. g4 Qf4 {The time trouble is over and Black is winning now!}
41. Qb7+ Ke2 42. Rb1 Rd3 ({Instead Wang Hao had a nice forced win:} 42... f1=Q
43. Qe7+ Kd2 44. Qxd8+ Kc2 45. Rxf1 Qxf1 {with inevitable mate}) 43. Qg2 ({
A more stubborn try was} 43. Qxb6 f1=Q 44. Rxf1 {and Wang Hao had to find} Qxf1
$1 (44... Kxf1 $2 {is a mistake due to} 45. Qxc5 Qxg4 46. Qf8+ Ke2 47. Qxh6 {
and it is still a question if Black can win this.}) 45. Qxc5 Kd2 $1 46. a4 Kc2
{Black is very active and should win}) 43... Rd1 {Now it is easy for Black.}
44. Rxd1 Kxd1 45. Qf1+ Kd2 46. g5 hxg5 47. hxg5 Qg3 48. Qb5 Qd3 0-1

[Event "Bucharest Kings 7th"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2013.10.14"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Wang, Hao"]
[Black "Nisipeanu, Liviu Dieter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2674"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2013.10.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 {The Petroff Defence had been absent during the last two
rounds of the Kings Tournament, now it's time for it to return.} 3. Nxe5 d6 4.
Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 ({In the previous three games from the Kings Tournament 2013
the players on the White side preferred exclusively} 5. Nc3) 5... d5 6. Bd3 Bd6
7. O-O O-O 8. c4 c6 9. Nc3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Bf5 ({A much more
popular continuation is} 11... Bg4) 12. Ng5 {Wang Hao immediately uses the
fact that his knight is not pinned and opens the diagonal d1-h5 for an
eventual "sortie" with the queen on f3 or h5. Nevertheless Black has enough
resources to defend against opponent's threats.} ({"Probably White must play} 
12. Re1 {said Wang Hao after the game. To which Nisipeanu replied quietly "I
was obviously prepared against it"...}) 12... h6 {The Romanian GM is not
afraid of ghosts.} ({After} 12... Nd7 {White could consider the advance of the
kingside pawns:} 13. g4 Bg6 14. f4 {with a sharp middlegame.}) 13. Qf3 ({
In the event of} 13. Nxf7 Rxf7 {nothing is achieved by} 14. Qh5 {in view of}
Qf6 {with advantage for Black.}) 13... Bg6 ({Nisipeanu was spending time
calculating} 13... Qf6 14. g4 hxg5 15. Qxf5 Qxf5 16. gxf5 Bf4 {with the idea
Nd7-f6, but then realised that there is no need for it: Black doesn't have
even the slightest problem after the move played in the game.}) 14. Nh3 ({
An interesting alternative for White was} 14. Ne4 Bxh2+ {(otherwise Black
still must fight for equality)} 15. Kxh2 Qh4+ 16. Qh3 $1 Qxh3+ (16... Qxe4 17.
Ba3 Rd8 18. Rae1 {offers White an obvious initiative for the sacrificed pawn.})
17. gxh3 Bxe4 18. Rg1 $1 {and it turns out that White will win back the pawn.
It is unclear if this is enough for an advantage, though.}) 14... Nd7 15. Nf4 (
15. Bf4 Qf6 {is also equal.}) 15... Bh7 16. Nh5 {White threatens Qg4.} Qh4 $1 {
Activates the queen and defends against White's idea.} 17. Bf4 Bxf4 18. Nxf4 {
White didn't achieve much with his long knight manoeuvre (Ng1-f3-g5-h3-f4),
while Black completed development and exchanged some pieces. The position is
equal.} Rae8 19. Rae1 Nf6 20. Bd3 Bxd3 21. Nxd3 Ne4 (21... Rxe1 22. Rxe1 Re8
$11) 22. g3 Qf6 23. Qxf6 Nxf6 24. Ne5 Re6 25. f4 Rc8 26. Nc4 Rxe1 27. Rxe1 Kf8
28. Nd6 Rb8 ({Both players agreed that in the event of} 28... Rc7 29. c4 {
the awkward rook on c7 leaves White with some hopes for advantage.}) 29. Kf2 b6
30. Kf3 Rd8 {The tournament rules in Bucharest allow draws only after 30 moves.
Having achieved this limit the players shared the point right away.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bucharest Kings 7th"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2013.10.11"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Wang, Hao"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2013.10.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 {The Petroff Defence is no longer a surprise in this
year's edition of the Kings Tournament.} 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6.
dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 Nc6 8. Qd2 Be6 9. O-O-O Qd7 10. h4 h6 11. Kb1 Bf6 12. Nd4 Nxd4
13. Bxd4 Bxd4 14. Qxd4 O-O 15. Be2 (15. Rg1 Rae8 16. g4 Qc6 17. Bg2 Qa6 18. b3
Bd7 19. g5 h5 20. g6 Re7 21. Bd5 Be6 22. Rde1 c5 23. Qd1 Rfe8 24. Qxh5 fxg6 25.
Rxe6 {1-0 (25) Caruana,F (2652)-Landa,K (2664) Reggio Emilia 2010}) 15... Rae8
16. Bf3 b6 17. g4 Qb5 18. g5 {A logical novelty.} (18. Qd2 f6 19. Rhe1 Bf7 20.
Be4 d5 21. Bd3 Qa5 22. Rxe8 Rxe8 23. b3 Qc5 24. h5 Kf8 25. Kb2 d4 26. Bf5 dxc3+
27. Qxc3 Qxc3+ 28. Kxc3 a5 {was equal and ended with a draw in (44) Ni Hua 
(2657)-Giri,A (2588) Wijk aan Zee 2010.}) 18... Qc4 {A logical answer by Wang
Hao. Without queens White's kingside attack is obviously less dangerous for
Black.} 19. gxh6 {White is forced to trade queens, since the pawn a2 was under
attack.} Qxd4 20. Rxd4 gxh6 21. Bc6 Rd8 22. Ra4 a5 23. b4 axb4 24. cxb4 Bd7 25.
Bxd7 Rxd7 26. Re1 Kg7 {In the future White has the possibility to create a
passed a-pawn and therefore the endgame is not so simple for Black, who needs
to play carefully in order to reach the draw.} 27. Kb2 Kg6 28. Ra3 (28. h5+
Kxh5 29. Rg1 {with the idea Ra3-h3 mate is refuted by} Re8 {(or Re7)} 30. Ra3
Re4 31. Rh3+ Rh4) 28... Kh5 {"Too optimistic" (Wang Hao).} 29. Rg3 f5 $2 ({
Correct is} 29... c5) 30. Re6 $1 {Now Black is really walking on the edge.} b5
31. Kb3 f4 32. Rgg6 Rh7 33. f3 Rf5 34. c4 bxc4+ ({Probably} 34... Re5 {is
better:} 35. cxb5 Re3+ 36. Kc4 Ra3 (36... Kxh4 $2 37. Rxe3 fxe3 38. Kd3 {
must be winning for White})) 35. Kxc4 Re5 36. Ref6 $1 Kxh4 {Here and on the
next move White should have pushed the a-pawn and only deep analysis can show
if Black is able to defend.} (36... Re3 37. Rg4 Rxf3 38. Rgxf4 Rh3 39. a4 {
is also difficult for Black.}) 37. Rxf4+ (37. a4 Rg5 38. Rxf4+ Kg3 39. Rg4+ $1
Kxf3 40. R4xg5 hxg5 41. Rxg5 $16) 37... Kh3 38. Rfg4 ({Again} 38. a4 {would
have been highly unpleasant for Black:}) 38... h5 {Now Black is out of real
danger.} 39. Rg3+ Kh2 40. Rg2+ Kh1 41. Rg1+ Kh2 42. R6g2+ Kh3 {[#]} 43. Rg7
Rxg7 44. Rxg7 Re3 45. a4 (45. Rxc7 Ra3 $1) 45... Ra3 46. Kb5 c5 47. bxc5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 6th"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2842"]
[BlackElo "2822"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2018.08.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 Nc6
8. Bc4 $5 {This move is almost unexplored on a high level.} O-O ({After} 8...
Bf6 9. Qe2 O-O 10. O-O-O Re8 11. h3 Be6 12. Bxe6 Rxe6 13. g4 {Dubov,D -
Fridman,D Tbilisi 2017, White had a definite initiative on the k-side and
eventually won.}) (8... Be6 9. Bxe6 fxe6 {, as was checked in a few games
doesn't seem to fully solve Black's problems in view of} 10. h4 $1 Qd7 11. Ng5
e5 12. Qd5 Bxg5 13. hxg5 $14) 9. Qd2 ({Another possibility was} 9. Qe2 Re8 10.
O-O-O Bg4 {, though White's queen is placed rather awkwardly here. For
instance,} 11. h3 Bxf3 12. gxf3 Bg5 13. f4 Bxf4 14. Bxf7+ Kxf7 15. Qc4+ Kf8 16.
Qxf4+ Qf6 $11) 9... Bf5 ({A move deserving serious attention is} 9... Ne5 $5
10. Nxe5 dxe5 11. O-O-O Qxd2+ 12. Rxd2 Bf5 13. Re1 Rfe8 {, and then in 1
correspondence game Black managed to slowly liquidate White's pressure along
central files. However, play of such a character would most likely suit Magnus.
}) 10. O-O-O Qd7 11. Kb1 $146 {This typical prophylactic move is a novelty.} ({
The previously played} 11. Rhe1 Rae8 12. Bd5 Be6 13. c4 Bf6 14. Bg5 Bxg5 15.
Qxg5 h6 {led to equal position in Takacs,B - Horvath,I Hungary 2008}) ({
Another interesting try was} 11. h3 $5 Na5 12. Bd3 {, and the effect} Qa4 13.
Kb1 Nc4 {doesn't lead to full equality:} 14. Bxc4 Qxc4 15. b3 Qa6 16. Nd4 Bd7
17. c4 $14) 11... Rfe8 12. h4 {The most aggressive. Magnus is intending to
push his kingside pawns as soon as possible.} (12. h3 Be4 13. Bd5 Bf6 14. g4 g6
{looks very solid for Black.}) 12... Bf8 {This move looks somewhat passive,
but Fabiano searches for counterplay along the e-file.} (12... Bf6 13. Bg5 $1
Be5 14. Nd4 Bxd4 15. cxd4 d5 16. Bf1 {would have yielded White a definite
advantage due to the pair of bishops.}) 13. h5 h6 14. Be2 $1 {After this move
Black can hardly stop g2-g4} Bg4 (14... a6 15. Nh2 Be4 16. Rhg1 $36) 15. Nh2
Bxe2 16. Qxe2 Ne5 {This move is connected with loss of time, since White is
going to push the k-side pawns and attack the knight.} ({A safer one was} 16...
Re4 $5 17. Nf1 (17. g4 {is well met by} Rae8 18. Qd3 d5 $1 19. Qxd5 Qxd5 20.
Rxd5 Bd6 $132) 17... Rae8 18. Nd2 R4e5 19. g4 Qe6 {White is still somewhat
better, but Black's counterplay shouldn't be underestimated.}) 17. Bc1 Qc6 18.
f4 (18. g4 $5 Qc4 19. Qxc4 Nxc4 20. b3 Ne5 21. c4 $14 {also would have kept
Black under long-lasting pressure.}) 18... Nc4 19. Qd3 Qe4 {Black manages to
liquidate into the endgame, but it doesn't fully solve his problems.} 20. g4
Ne3 21. Rde1 Qxd3 22. cxd3 Nd5 23. Reg1 $1 {White reasonably prefers to keep
both rooks on the board.} (23. g5 $6 {would be premature:} Rxe1 24. Rxe1 g6 $1
{and the initiative is almost gone.}) 23... Re6 $6 ({Much better was} 23... Re2
$1 24. g5 Kh7 25. Ng4 Rae8 {, and the activity of rooks offers Black definite
counter-play. For instance,} 26. g6+ (26. f5 hxg5 27. Bxg5 Be7 28. Bxe7 R8xe7
29. c4 Nf6 $11) 26... Kg8 27. f5 f6 28. c4 Nb4 $132) 24. g5 Ne7 $6 {This is
too passive.} ({After} 24... Kh7 25. Ng4 Re2 26. f5 hxg5 27. Bxg5 Be7 28. Bxe7
Rxe7 29. h6 g6 30. fxg6+ fxg6 31. Rf1 $16 {The h-passer also would have put
Black in danger, but it was the lesser evil.}) 25. gxh6 Rxh6 26. f5 Rh7 27. Ng4
(27. f6 $1 {was stronger:} Nd5 28. fxg7 Rxg7 29. Rf1 Re8 30. h6 Rg6 31. Nf3 $18
{and Black doesn't seem to withstand the pressure.}) 27... Kh8 28. f6 Ng8 29.
fxg7+ {This inaccuracy enables Black to activate the pieces.} ({More energetic
was} 29. h6 $1 Nxf6 ({Black is almost paralysed also after} 29... gxf6 30. Rf1
Re8 31. Be3 c5 32. c4) 30. Nxf6 gxf6 31. Re1 {White is dominating over the
board, and he should be able to win.}) 29... Rxg7 30. Be3 c5 $1 {It's
necessary to cover the d4-square.} 31. Bf4 $6 {Another step in the wrong
direction.} ({A much stronger move was} 31. Bd2 $1 Re8 (31... Kh7 32. Nf2 $16)
32. c4 Re6 33. Bc3 f6 34. Rg3 $16 {and Black is still doomed to passive
defence.}) 31... Re8 $1 32. Ne3 Rxg1+ 33. Rxg1 Re6 {Black's pieces are slowly
getting out now.} 34. Nd5 Nf6 35. Nc7 Re2 36. Nb5 Re6 $1 {A cool-blooded reply,
that makes it difficult for White to make real progress.} 37. Rf1 $6 {Spoiling
all the advantage.} ({The last chance was} 37. Nxa7 Kh7 38. Rh1 Ng4 39. Nb5 Nf2
40. Rf1 Nxd3 41. Bxd6 $1 Bxd6 42. Rxf7+ Kh6 43. Rd7 Re1+ 44. Kc2 c4 45. Rxd6+
Kxh5 $14 {Black is very active, but the draw isn't guaranteed yet.}) 37... Kg8
38. Nc7 {Accepting a draw by repetition.} (38. Nxa7 Nxh5 39. Bc1 Rf6 40. Rg1+
Rg6 {is fine for Black.}) 38... Re2 39. Nb5 Re6 40. Nc7 Re2 41. Nb5 Re6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wichern op 5th"]
[Site "Hamburg"]
[Date "1999.10.22"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Black "Rozentalis, Eduardas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2598"]
[BlackElo "2586"]
[Annotator "Rozentalis,E"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "1999.10.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. c4
c6 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Nc3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Bg4 12. Rb1 Nd7 13. h3 Bh5 14. Rb5 Nb6
15. c4 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 dxc4 17. Bc2 Qd7 18. a4 g6 19. Be3 Rac8 (19... Rfd8 $6
$146 20. Rfb1 Be7 21. Be4 Rab8 22. Bf4 Bd6 23. a5 $16 {Voitsekhovsky-Kochyev,
Chigorin mem 1999}) 20. Rfb1 c3 21. a5 (21. h4 $5 Nc4 22. Rxb7 Rc7 23. Rxc7
Bxc7 24. h5 Nxe3 25. fxe3 Re8 $11 {, Kuczynski- Rozentalis Warszawa 1999})
21... Nc4 22. Rxb7 Rc7 $146 (22... Qe6 $2 23. Rc1 $2 (23. Bb3 $1 $16 {pinning
the knight}) 23... Nxe3 $11 {,  Kazhgaleyev-Arencibia, Elista (ol) 1998}) 23.
a6 Nxe3 $2 {Black overestimates his position. It was better going for the draw.
} (23... Nd2 24. Bxd2 cxd2 25. Qe3 Qc6 $11) 24. fxe3 Rfc8 25. Kh1 $5 (25. e4
Bf8) 25... Bf8 $2 {This leaves the pawn on f7, where it will be vulnerable.} (
25... Kg7 26. Rf1 Qe7 27. e4 f6 $11) 26. Rf1 $16 Bh6 27. Bb3 Rf8 $2 {Looses.
The only chance was:} (27... Kh8 28. Qf6+ Bg7 29. Qxf7 $16) 28. e4 $2 (28. Rxc7
Qxc7 29. Qb7 $18 {And the weakness of f7 makes black position undefendable.})
28... Rxb7 29. axb7 Qxb7 30. Qxc3 Qxe4 31. Qc7 Qe3 $6 {Waste of time.} ({
Black could push the pawn,} 31... a5 32. Bc4 {because white can't take the pawn
} (32. Rxf7 $2 Qb1+) 32... Kh8) (31... Qxd4 $2 32. Rxf7 $18) 32. Bxf7+ Kh8 33.
Qe5+ $138 (33. Qxa7 $2 Bf4 $40 {with strong threats on b8-h2 diagonal.}) (33.
d5 Bg7 34. d6 Qd3 35. Re1 Qd2 36. Rf1 Qd3 $11) 33... Qxe5 34. dxe5 Kg7 35. e6
Bg5 $15 {Black has got slightly better ending, because of stuck bishop on f7.
However, position is drawish.} 36. Ra1 Ra8 37. Ra6 Be7 38. g3 Kf6 39. Kg2 Bc5
40. h4 Rb8 41. h5 g5 42. g4 Rb4 43. Kf3 Rf4+ 44. Kg3 Bf2+ 45. Kh3 Bb6 46. h6 $5
(46. Kg3) 46... Ke7 47. Ra2 Rf6 48. Rd2 Rxh6+ 49. Kg2 Rf6 50. Rd7+ Kf8 51. Kg3
$132 h6 52. Rb7 Bc5 53. Rb8+ Ke7 54. Rb7+ Kf8 (54... Kd8 $4 55. Rd7+ Kc8 56. e7
$18) 55. Rb8+ Ke7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 9900"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1999.10.09"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Rozentalis, Eduardas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2586"]
[Annotator "Rozentalis,E"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1999.10.09"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Luebeck"]
[BlackTeam "Castrop Rauxel"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. c4
c6 9. Re1 Bf5 10. Qb3 Na6 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Nc3 Be6 13. a3 ({Only draw after} 
13. Qxb7 Nb4 14. Bxe4 Rb8 $11) 13... Nc7 14. Qa4 $146 (14. Qc2 f5 {,
Popovic-Fahnenschmidt 1988}) (14. Qd1 $146 Nxc3 15. bxc3 Bg4 $1 16. Bb1 Bh5 17.
Qc2 Bg6 18. Qb3 b5 19. Bxg6 hxg6 20. a4 Qd7 21. a5 Rfe8 {, 1/2: 1/2- V.
Yemelin- E.Rozentalis, Hamburg (op) 1999}) 14... f5 15. Ne2 f4 $5 16. Nc3 (16.
Qc2 Ng5 17. Nxg5 Qxg5 18. Bxh7+ Kh8 {and black has dangerous attack.}) 16...
Ng5 17. Ne5 f3 18. g3 $6 {Allows black to swap white-coloured bishops. Better
was:} (18. Qc2 $142 Kh8 19. g3) 18... Nh3+ 19. Kf1 Bf5 $1 20. Bxf5 Rxf5 21. Bd2
Qf6 22. Re3 ({The best was} 22. Rac1 $1 $13 {with very unclear chances.}) 22...
Bxe5 23. dxe5 Qe6 24. Qg4 $2 {Leads to big advantage for black.} ({Again} 24.
Rc1 Ng5 $140 25. g4 $13 {was the only possibility.}) 24... Ng5 $17 {(25...h5,
25...Nf7)} 25. Ree1 Nf7 26. Bf4 h5 $4 (26... g5 $1 27. Bd2 (27. Rad1 Nh6) 27...
Nxe5 28. Qh5 (28. Qd4 Rf4) 28... g4 29. Qh4 {Now white finds excellent chance.}
Qg6 $19 {was winning.}) 27. Qxf3 (27. Qh3 $2 g5) 27... g5 28. Ne2 $3 gxf4 (
28... Nxe5 29. Qc3 Nb5 30. Qb3) 29. Nd4 Qa6+ (29... Qg6 30. Nxf5 Qxf5 31. Qxf4
Qxf4 32. gxf4 Nh6 33. e6 $16) 30. Kg2 $1 ({It is better than} 30. Kg1 {, as
white now controls f3 square.}) 30... Rxe5 (30... Rg5 31. e6 Nd6 32. Qxf4 $36)
(30... Nxe5 31. Qc3) 31. Rxe5 Nxe5 32. Qxf4 Re8 33. Rc1 $1 {The key move of
the combination: awkward position of the knight.} (33. Re1 $2 Nf7 $19) 33...
Qb6 34. Qg5+ (34. Nf5 Re6 35. Qg5+ Ng6) 34... Ng6 $4 {The loosing move,
instead of still holding a draw:} (34... Kf8 $8 35. Nf5 Ne6 36. Qh6+ Kg8 37.
Qxh5 Qd8 $11) 35. Rxc7 Qxc7 36. Qxg6+ Kf8 37. Ne6+ Rxe6 38. Qxe6 $18 Qc4 39.
Qh6+ Ke7 40. Qxh5 d4 41. Qe5+ Kd7 42. Qe4 1-0

[Event "North Sea Cup 16th"]
[Site "Esbjerg"]
[Date "2001.07.09"]
[Round "4"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Rozentalis, Eduardas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2511"]
[BlackElo "2588"]
[Annotator "Rozentalis,E"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2001.07.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 085"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. c4 Be7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O Nc6 8.
Nc3 Nxc3 9. dxc3 Bf6 10. Be3 Re8 11. Qd2 Ne5 12. h3 b6 13. Rad1 Bb7 14. Nh2 Qd7
15. Ng4 Qf5 16. Nxf6+ Qxf6 17. Kh2 Qf5 18. b3 Re6 19. Rg1 Rae8 20. Rde1 h5 21.
Qd1 g6 22. Qd2 Qf6 23. Rgf1 c5 24. Bd1 Qf5 25. Bc2 Qf6 ({Black pieces dominate
in the centre. White is passive but solid.} 25... Nf3+ $2 {just looses:} 26.
gxf3 Qxf3 27. Rg1) ({but there was another interesting possibility:} 25... Qf3
$5 26. gxf3 ({White is obliged to accept the sacrifice, otherwise he looses
immediately:} 26. Rg1 Qxg2+ 27. Rxg2 Nf3+) 26... Nxf3+ 27. Kg3 h4+ 28. Kg4 (28.
Kf4 $2 Rf6+ 29. Kg4 Bc8+ 30. Bf5 Rxf5 31. Bf4 Nxe1 {and Black wins.}) 28... f5+
29. Bxf5 $1 {The best and the only. White returns the queen and equal endgame
arises. I haven't seen all the other variations, but saw this draw, so I
declined this tempting chance. However, White is loosing if he tries to keep
the queen:} (29. Kf4 $2 g5+ 30. Kxf5 Re5+ 31. Kg4 ({or} 31. Kg6 R8e6+ 32. Kh5
Nxd2 {followed by Bf3x.}) 31... Nh2+ 32. Kh5 Kg7 $3 {all the pieces have to
take part in attack!} 33. Bf5 (33. Bxg5 {doesn't help-} Rh8+) 33... Rxf5 34.
Bd4+ cxd4 35. Qxd4+ Ree5 36. f3 Bc6 37. Rxe5 Rxe5 38. Qxe5+ dxe5 {and Black
wins.}) 29... gxf5+ 30. Kf4 $1 ({White shouldn't be greedy again:} 30. Kxf5 $2
Kf7 $1 {with the threats Rf6 and Re4.} 31. Bg5 Rxe1 32. Rxe1 Bc8+ 33. Kf4 Nxd2
{and Black wins.}) 30... Nxd2 31. Bxd2 {and draw is inevitable.}) 26. Bd1 ({
White has to control the key square f3. Any inaccurate move is harmful:} 26. f4
$2 Nf3+ 27. gxf3 Rxe3) (26. Bg5 $2 Nf3+ 27. gxf3 Qxf3 28. Rg1 Rxe1) 26... Qf5
27. Bc2 (27. f4 Nd3 28. Bc2 Be4 $17) 27... Qf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 31st"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2015.10.22"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2015.10.18"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Padova"]
[BlackTeam "Alkaloid"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ITA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "MKD"]

{In the previous round, Leko had lost a better position out of the opening
against Veselin Topalov. Against Ivanchuk's Petroff it seemed as if nothing
bad could happen, but slowly and steadily White drifted into a lost position.} 
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 Nc6
8. Qd2 Bf5 9. O-O-O Qd7 10. Kb1 O-O 11. h4 Rae8 12. Be2 Bd8 13. h5 h6 14. Nh2
Ne7 15. Bf3 (15. g4 Be6 (15... Be4 16. f3 Bh7 17. Bd3 $14 (17. g5 Nf5 $17)) 16.
g5 $40 {It is surprising that Leko did not go for this straightforward
attacking idea. White's play on the kingside is extremely strong.}) 15... Be6
$1 {The exclamation here is for giving up the b7-pawn. Usually it's a good
idea to open up the lines leading to your opponent's king when it's a case of
opposite side castling.} 16. Bxb7 (16. g4 $1 $40 {should have been preferred
as Bxb7 doesn't really do much apart from winning a pawn.}) 16... c6 17. Ba6
Nd5 18. Nf3 Qc7 19. Qd3 $6 (19. Bd3 {Bringing the bishop back was more
important.} Nxe3 20. fxe3 Qa5 $13) 19... Nxe3 20. fxe3 d5 $1 {In spite of
being a pawn down Black is better because he has the open b-file towards the
white king whereas White doesn't really have concrete plan of getting to the
guy sitting pretty on g8.} 21. Qe2 Qb6 22. Nd4 Bg5 23. Nxe6 Rxe6 24. Bd3 Bf6 (
24... Rb8 25. b3 Qc5 26. c4 Rxe3 27. Qf2 Bf6 $17) 25. Qd2 {White is a pawn up
but as we already know when it is an opposite coloured bishop middlegame
initiative is more important than material. And in this position Ivanchuk has
a clear initiative. You might think it to be exaggerated, but it is true that
with accurate play, Black should be winning here.} (25. Ka1 Rb8 26. Rb1 {
was a more tenacious way of defendng.}) 25... Rb8 $1 26. b3 Qc5 $6 {This lets
White resist for some more time.} ({The winning move was} 26... Qa5 $1 27. Kb2
c5 $1 $19 {[%cal Gc5c4,Ge6a6] with the idea of Ra6 as well as c4 is very
strong.}) 27. Kb2 a5 28. a4 Rb4 (28... Rxe3 {winning back the pawn and
maintaining the initiative was also pretty good.}) 29. Rb1 Re8 30. Rhf1 Reb8
31. Ra1 {Leko tries to defend as tenaciously as he can.} Rg4 32. Rxf6 $5 {
A very interesting practical sacrifice.} gxf6 33. Qf2 {Black is still better
but it is no longer one-way traffic as moves like Qf5 are threatened. The
bishop on f6 was the one providing a lot of energy to the black attack. With
its disappearnce the king on b2 feels quite safe.} Qd6 34. Qf5 Rxg2 35. Qh7+
Kf8 36. Bg6 $2 {Leko tries this desperate sacrifice thinking that he would
have enough for an entire rook. In a practical game especially when you are
low on time, picking up this bishop looks extremely dangerous, but objectively
fxg6 is a winning move.} Rb7 {This move almost throws away Black's advantage.}
(36... fxg6 $1 37. hxg6 {This might have been Leko's idea. But now Black has
the only winning move} Ke8 $1 38. Rf1 (38. g7 Qg3 $19 {[%cal Gg3b8,Gg3g8]})
38... Kd8 39. g7 Qe6 40. Rf2 Rg5 41. Qh8+ Kc7 42. Qxh6 Qd7 43. Rxf6 Rxg7 $19 {
I would be kidding myself if I said that Black's defensive task was easy but
it did exist and Ivanchuk was objectively winning.}) 37. Rf1 Ke8 $2 {The
losing mistake by Ivanchuk. I think he forgot that the rook on g2 is hanging.}
(37... c5 $1 $17 38. Qxh6+ Ke7 39. Qg7 Qe6 $19) 38. Qg8+ $1 Qf8 (38... Kd7 39.
Bf5+ Kc7 40. Qxg2 $18) 39. Bxf7+ $1 (39. Bxf7+ $1 Rxf7 40. Qxg2 $18 {The
tables have turned and White is completely winning. Not only is his king safer
but he is also a pawn up. Ivanchuk saw no reason to continue the fight.}) 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 1617"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2016.12.03"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2698"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2016.10.15"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[BlackTeam "Hockenheim"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

{This is the first time that Vishy Anand and Baadur Jobava sat opposite each
other for a chess game. Anand is known for his active style, but he sticks to
well established rules. Jobava on the other hand likes to play complex chess
even if it means playing unsound moves. Hence, this encounter was quite
interesting to watch for the chess fans.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 {Baadur Jobava
playing the Petroff is like Mikhail Tal playing the Berlin! This is clearly a
case of high respect for the opponent. As we shall see, soon things do become
completely unclear!} 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 (6... Nc6 {
is one of the main lines.}) (6... Be7 {is another main option.}) 7. O-O O-O {
You can say that Black has an extra tempo at this point which he has used to
move his knight from f6 to e4. The knight is not so secure on this square and
this is exactly the point that White tries to exploit.} 8. c4 c6 9. Nc3 {
With pressure on d5 and e4, the exchange on c3 becomes necessary.} Nxc3 10.
bxc3 dxc4 (10... Bg4 {is a reasonable alternative.}) 11. Bxc4 {This is all
well known and the main move here 11...Bg4. But Baadur went for an unknown
line which is not played very often.} Nd7 (11... Bg4 12. Qd3 $1 ({
Interestingly in 1981 when Anand was just 12 years old, his opponent Arvind
Aaron played this move with White.} 12. Bd3 Nd7 13. h3 Bh5 14. Re1 h6 $2 {
Understandably Black would like to prevent Ng5. But this move weakens his
kingside.} (14... Nf6 {is preferable.}) 15. Bd2 Nf6 16. Rb1 b6 17. c4 $14 {
1-0 (46) Aaron,A-Anand,V Tamil Nadu 1981 EXT 2011 [Bulletin]}) (12. h3 Bh5 13.
Re1 Nd7 14. Bf1 Re8 15. Rxe8+ Qxe8 16. Be3 b5 17. a4 a6 18. axb5 axb5 19. Rxa8
Qxa8 $10 {1/2-1/2 (40) Ehlvest,J (2650)-Anand,V (2635) Linares 1991 CBM 022})
12... Nd7 13. Ng5 Nf6 14. h3 Bh5 15. f4 $36 {It looks like White has the
initiative, but Black can defend after} h6 $1 16. g4 hxg5 17. fxg5 b5 18. Bb3
Nxg4 19. hxg4 Qd7 $1 $15 (19... Bxg4 20. g6 $13)) 12. Re1 h6 {Preparing to
play ...Nf6 when Bg5 will not be possible.} (12... Nf6 13. Bg5 $14 {is quite
an irritating pin.}) 13. Ne5 $6 {This simplifies the position too soon.} (13.
Qc2 $1 {The threat is to take on h6 followed by Qg6+} Nb6 (13... Nf6 $2 14.
Bxh6 $1 gxh6 15. Qg6+ Kh8 16. Qxh6+ Kg8 17. Ne5 $18) (13... b5 14. Bb3 Qf6 {
Trying to prevent Bxh6.} 15. Qe4 $16) 14. Bd3 Be6 15. c4 $14 {is the right way
for White to proceed. He has the nice central pawns which will push back the
black pieces.}) 13... Nxe5 $1 (13... Bxe5 14. dxe5 Nb6 15. Bd3 $14 {White
retains the queens and has good attacking chances.}) (13... Nf6 14. Qb3 $1 $14)
14. dxe5 Bc5 15. Qh5 {Anand gets his queen into the attacking zone. He is now
threatening moves like Bxh6 and it is not so easy to stop these ideas. But
Baadur has calculated well.} Be6 $1 {Jobava sees that a sacrifice on h6 is
possible, but he has a counter sacrifice prepared.} ({Let's see how a neutral
move loses in this position.} 15... Qe7 $2 16. Bxh6 gxh6 17. Qg6+ Kh8 18. Qxh6+
Kg8 19. Re4 $18 {The rook is threatening to go to h4 and there is no good way
to stop the mate along the h-file.} (19. Bd3 {is also quite strong.} f5 (19...
f6 20. exf6 {leads to the same position}) 20. exf6 (20. Bc4+ $1 {is even
stronger as after} Rf7 21. Rad1 $18 {White is just winning}) 20... Rxf6 21.
Qg5+ Qg7 22. Bc4+ Kh8 23. Qxc5 $18)) (15... b5 {is also possible, but gives
White an additional opportunity.} 16. e6 $1 (16. Bb3 Be6 {is similar to the
game}) 16... Bxf2+ 17. Kxf2 Qf6+ 18. Kg1 bxc4 19. Ba3 Bxe6 20. Bxf8 Rxf8 $44)
16. Bxh6 {This move had to be made.} gxh6 (16... Bxc4 $2 17. Qg4 $1 g6 18. Qxc4
$18 (18. Bxf8 $2 Be6 19. Qxe6 Bxf2+ (19... fxe6 20. Bxc5 $15) 20. Kxf2 fxe6 $17
)) 17. Bxe6 {Taking the bishop on e6 would be a mistake as Qg6+ would end the
game. But here comes the counter shock!} Bxf2+ $1 (17... fxe6 18. Qg6+ Kh8 19.
Qxh6+ Kg8 20. Re4 $1 {The rook lift is immediately decisive.} Bxf2+ 21. Kh1 $18
) 18. Kxf2 (18. Kh1 $2 Qg5 $1 $19 {This move is easy to miss. The attack is
stopped and White is simply losing material.} (18... Bxe1 {leads to just a
draw.} 19. Qg6+ Kh8 20. Qxh6+ Kg8 21. Qg6+ Kh8 22. Qh6+ Kg8 23. Rxe1 (23. Bf5 {
would have been nice, but falls short because of} Qh4 $1 $19) 23... fxe6 24.
Qg6+ $11 {There is no way to get the rook into the game because of the back
rank weakness.})) 18... fxe6+ {There's the discovered check!} 19. Kg1 Qg5 $1 {
The queen joins in the game and it is Black who takes over the initiative.
Great defence by Baadur.} 20. Qh3 (20. Qxg5+ {might well have been a better
decision.} hxg5 21. Rad1 Rad8 $11 {Both sides have no real issues and the game
should end in a draw.}) 20... Rf5 21. Rab1 (21. Re4 h5 $15) 21... b6 22. Qd3
Rd8 $1 {True to his active style Baadur activates his last passive piece.} 23.
Qc4 Rd2 $1 {Black loses two pawns but his activity clearly compensates for the
material deficit.} 24. Qxe6+ Kg7 (24... Kh8 25. Qxc6 Rff2 {would transpose to
the game.}) 25. Qxc6 Rff2 {[%csl Gd2,Gf2,Gg5] White is two pawns up, but look
at Black's activity! It's fearsome! Anand has to be careful.} 26. Qb7+ (26. g3
Qh5 $1 {A powerful move which ends the game.} (26... Rxh2 27. Qb7+ Kh8 28. Qa8+
$11) 27. Qb7+ Rf7 28. Qh1 Qf5 29. Rf1 Rf2 $1 30. Rfe1 Rxa2 {Picking up this
pawn is important as now you can transpose into a winning pawn endgame.} 31.
Rf1 Qxf1+ 32. Rxf1 Rxf1+ 33. Kxf1 Ra1+ 34. Kg2 Rxh1 35. Kxh1 a5 $19) 26... Kh8
(26... Rf7 27. Qe4 Rff2 28. Qb7+ {Black has to play ...Kh8 like in the game in
order to make progress.}) 27. Qa8+ Qg8 {Black has to play this in order to
avoid the perpetual. His doubled rooks on the second rank give him some
chances.} 28. Qxg8+ Kxg8 29. Kh1 $1 {The final accurate move of the game. Can
you see Anand's point?} Rxg2 30. Rg1 $1 {[%cal Gg1g8] That's it. The rooks are
exchanged and the game ends in a draw.} Rxg1+ 31. Rxg1+ Kf7 $11 32. a4 Ra2 33.
Rg4 Ke6 34. Kg1 (34. Re4 Rc2 $11) 34... Kxe5 35. Rh4 Kd5 36. Kf1 Ke5 37. Kg1
Kd5 38. Kf1 Ke5 {A thoroughly entertaining game that can be dubbed as the
"exchange of bishop sacrifices"!} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Shenzhen Du Te Cup 3rd"]
[Site "Shenzhen"]
[Date "2019.04.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Black "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2019.04.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

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31,29,52,45,49,41,48,29,52,40,18,11,27,17,43,6,9,9,16,13,47,36,40,27,30,64,60,
43,57,-3,66,127,121,143,129,129,145,80,89,118,152,132,133,176,143,183,179,195,
191,196,177,184,184,209,193,174,187,199,214,203,190,200,241,227,227,235,269,
289,289,290,294,254,247,223,224,199,210,213,208,181,184,167,180,121,134,172,
182,210,219,159,159,140]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 {Somehow I find it curious that
an attacking player and excellent calculator like Yu Yangyi plays the Petroff.}
3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nd3 $5 {Harikrishna avoids the main line and uses a positional
weapon that he has prepared.} Nxe4 5. Qe2 Qe7 6. Nc3 (6. Nf4 Nc6 7. Nd5 Nd4 {
was played at the Carlsen Caruana World Championship Match.}) 6... Nf6 (6...
Nxc3 {is definitely a playable alternative.} 7. dxc3 Qxe2+ 8. Bxe2 Nc6 9. Be3 {
gives White a developmental edge.}) 7. Nf4 c6 8. d4 Qxe2+ 9. Bxe2 d5 10. O-O
Bd6 (10... Bf5 {is a possible move, but after} 11. Re1 {The king on e8 already
starts to feel uncomfortable.} Be7 12. Bd3 Bxd3 13. Nxd3 $14 {White's position
is to be preferred.}) 11. Bd3 O-O 12. Nfe2 {The knight retreats to e2 to make
the f4 square available for the bishop.} Ne8 {The first time you see the move,
it just seems wrong. Black is undeveloping the knight without any provocation.
But when you delve deeper you understand the point of this move, not just in
chess terms but also in psychological. In chess terms, Black wants to prepare
against Bf4 by exchanging his bishops and getting the knight to d6. In
psychological terms, Hari and Yu Yangyi had already played this position
before where Yu Yangyi had played Nbd7 and would not have been comfortable
with the resulting positions.} (12... Nbd7 13. Bf4 Bxf4 14. Nxf4 Re8 15. f3 Nf8
16. h4 h5 17. Rfe1 Bd7 18. Kf2 g6 19. b4 Rxe1 20. Rxe1 Re8 21. Rb1 Ne6 22. Nxe6
Bxe6 23. b5 Rc8 24. bxc6 Rxc6 25. Rb3 Kf8 26. Ne2 Rc7 27. Nf4 Bd7 28. Ke3 Ke7
29. Kd2 Kd6 30. Rb1 b6 31. Re1 Rc8 32. Ra1 Ba4 33. Nh3 Nh7 34. Nf4 Nf6 35. Ne2
Bd7 36. a4 Ne8 37. Nc3 a5 38. Nd1 Nc7 39. Ne3 Ne6 40. c3 f5 41. Bc2 f4 42. Nd1
g5 43. hxg5 Nxg5 44. Rb1 Rb8 45. Nf2 h4 46. Nd3 h3 47. gxh3 Nxf3+ 48. Ke2 Ng5
49. Nxf4 Nxh3 50. Nxh3 {1/2-1/2 (50) Harikrishna,P (2727)-Yu,Y (2760) China
2018}) 13. Re1 Nd7 14. Bf4 {Hari keeps it simple, he exchanges the bishops and
doesn't try too hard to make the knight on e8 look funny.} Nb6 $6 {[%csl Rb6]
This move definitely seems wrong. After a move like b3 the knight on b6 won't
be doing anything active.} (14... Bxf4 15. Nxf4 Ndf6 {The other knight will
come to d6 and it looks fine for Black.}) 15. f3 $1 {[%cal Gf2f3] A nice move
taking the e4 square away, but more importantly preparing to activate the king
to f2.} a5 16. a4 Bd7 17. b3 h6 $6 {This move in itself doesn't make much
sense. Black wants to play g5 at some point to force White's hand. However,
this same pawn will become a weakness and help White to open more lines with
h4.} 18. Nd1 g5 19. Bxd6 Nxd6 20. Nb2 Rac8 21. Kf2 $1 {[%csl Gf2] The king
clears the last rank, gets closer to the game and prepares h4 followed by gxh4
and Rh1.} Na8 {As mentioned earlier, the knight on b6 was not at all useful
and tries to look for better squares.} (21... c5 $6 22. dxc5 Rxc5 23. Nd4 $16)
22. h4 $1 f6 (22... gxh4 23. Rh1 h3 24. Rag1 $16 (24. g4 f5 $132)) 23. Rh1 Kg7
24. Ng3 {The knight is ideally placed looking at all the weaknesses.} Nc7 25.
c4 $1 {Harikrishna is playing on both sides of the board. The idea is c5
pushing Black further behind.} b6 26. Rac1 {[%cal Gd5c4]} (26. c5 bxc5 27. dxc5
Nb7 {makes the c5 pawn weak.}) 26... dxc4 $2 {A very bad positional error by
Yu Yangyi.} (26... f5 {This was definitely better. It is possible to feel that
the g5 pawn can become weak. But this was a situation for desperate measures
and Black has to go for it.} 27. hxg5 hxg5 28. Rh5 Rh8 $1 (28... Kg6 29. Rch1
$16) 29. Rxg5+ Kf6 30. f4 Ne6 {Black pieces suddenly spring to action.} 31.
Nxf5 Nxc4 $1 (31... Nxg5 32. fxg5+ Ke6 33. Re1+ Ne4+ 34. Bxe4 dxe4 35. g4 $16)
32. bxc4 Nxf4 33. Rg4 Nxd3+ 34. Nxd3 Bxf5 $13) 27. Nxc4 {The b6 pawn is
falling now, so the knight has to be taken.} Nxc4 28. bxc4 {[%csl Rb6,Gc1,Gd3,
Gf2,Gg3,Gh1][%cal Gh1h8,Gc1b1,Gb1b6] The net result of taking on c4 is that
the b6 pawn is extremely weak and White has a central majority which is quite
easy to get rolling.} Rcd8 (28... Na6 29. Bf5 $1 Rcd8 30. Bxd7 Rxd7 31. Nf5+
Kg6 32. g4 $18 {The knight on f5 is dominant.}) 29. Rb1 Be6 30. hxg5 (30. Bf5 {
was a strong move.} Bxc4 (30... Rxd4 31. Bxe6 Nxe6 32. Nf5+ $18) 31. Rxb6 Bd5
32. Be4 $18) 30... fxg5 31. Rxb6 Rxd4 32. Ke3 Rfd8 33. Be2 {There is no good
way to defend the c6 pawn.} R4d7 (33... R4d6 34. Ne4 $18) 34. Rxc6 Re7 35. Kf2
Rdd7 36. Rb1 {White is a pawn up and is much more active. For a player like
Harikrishna, this is quite easy to convert.} Ne8 37. Rbb6 Kf7 38. Ne4 Rc7 39.
Rxc7 Rxc7 40. c5 Ke7 41. Ra6 Ng7 42. Rxa5 Nf5 43. Ra8 Bd5 44. Rh8 Ke6 (44...
Bxe4 45. fxe4 $18) 45. a5 (45. g4 Bxe4 46. fxe4 Nd4 47. Rxh6+ Ke5 {Black gets
unnecessary counterplay.}) 45... Ke5 46. a6 Nd4 (46... Bxe4 47. fxe4 Kxe4 48.
Bf3+ Ke5 49. Re8+ Kf6 50. Bb7 $18) 47. Re8+ Ne6 48. Bb5 Kd4 49. Nf6 Kxc5 50.
Nxd5 Kxd5 51. Bd3 Nc5 52. Be4+ Nxe4+ (52... Kc4 53. Bb7 Nxb7 54. a7 $18) 53.
Rxe4 Ra7 54. Ra4 {The rook is tethered to the a-pawn. The White king will go
to the kingside and gobble things up.} Kc5 55. Kg3 Kb5 56. Ra2 h5 57. f4 {
A fantastic effort by Harikrishna, who is choosing the right kind of positions
that are the most uncomfortable for his opponents, and making them go wrong.}
1-0

[Event "Danzhou 6th"]
[Site "Danzhou"]
[Date "2015.07.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Wei, Yi"]
[Black "Bu, Xiangzhi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2724"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah"]
[PlyCount "204"]
[EventDate "2015.07.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 167"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{After his win against Batista Bruzon in round two, everyone felt that Wei Yi
would do exceptionally well in the tournament. He did not live up to the
expectations scoring just +1 in the event. However, his last round battle
against Bu Xiangzhi is worthy of close inspection not only because Wei Yi was
completely winning but this game shows the other side of the 16-year-old
Chinese grandmaster.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6.
dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 Nc6 8. Qd2 Be6 9. O-O-O Qd7 10. Kb1 Bf6 11. h3 h5 $5 {Stopping
White's expansion with g4.} 12. Nd4 Bxd4 $5 (12... Nxd4 {looks more natural
but after} 13. Bxd4 {The bishop on f6 feels uncomfortable because it cannot
really move off the diagonal.} Bxd4 14. Qxd4 $14 {The centrally posted queen
is very powerful and gives White a small edge.}) 13. Bxd4 (13. cxd4 d5 14. Bf4
$14 {was another valid option.}) 13... f6 {Black would not like to take on d4
and centralize the white queen but in that process he will leave White with a
bishop pair.} 14. Be2 O-O-O 15. Rhe1 Rde8 16. Be3 $14 {White is slightly
better as he has the bishop pair. His plan includes, retaining the bishops and
slowly but surely advancing his queenside pawns. Look how Wei Yi achieves this.
} Bf7 17. b3 Re7 18. f3 Rhe8 (18... h4 19. Bf2 g5 {is possible but later f4
break would be pretty strong.}) 19. Bf2 a6 20. h4 Re5 (20... Ne5 {is a good
square for the knight as it cannot be kicked off with f4, it will jump into g4.
But White will just improve with Kb2, a4 etc and Black will not be able to do
much.}) 21. Bf1 Rd5 (21... Rxe1 22. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 23. Qxe1 Qf5 {could have been a
better way to play. In the game, White is able to retain one of his rooks and
that puts additional pressure on Black.}) 22. Qf4 (22. Rxe8+ Qxe8 23. Bd4 $1 {
is a strong move because the rook on d5 is completely misplaced.} Nxd4 24. cxd4
c5 25. c3 cxd4 26. cxd4 $16) 22... Rxe1 23. Rxe1 Re5 24. Rd1 Bg6 25. Kb2 $1 {
improving the position of the king.} Re7 26. Qd2 Re8 27. Be1 Re7 28. Qf2 Qe6
29. Bd2 Qe5 30. Re1 Qa5 31. Be3 Qe5 32. a4 $1 {The queenside pawn offensive
begins.} Kd7 33. Qd2 Kc8 34. Bf2 Qf5 35. Rd1 Qd7 36. Be1 Qe6 37. Bf2 Qd7 38.
Ra1 $1 {An excellent move White now plans to activate his rook along the
fourth rank with a5 and Ra4. Though objectively it might not be the best idea
yet it makes some progress in the position and forces Black to take some
concrete measures.} Qe6 39. Bc4 Qd7 40. Bf1 {You can see how Wei Yi patiently
repeats the position many times in the game. This is always a good idea when
you are pressing in the position as it sometimes frustrates your opponent and
makes him commit some hasty decision.} Qe6 41. a5 Qe5 42. Bc4 Qf5 (42... Nxa5
$2 43. Re1 Nxc4+ 44. bxc4 $18) 43. Ra4 Qd7 (43... Nxa5 44. Bd3 $16) 44. Bf1 Qe6
45. c4 Qe5+ 46. Qc3 Qxc3+ 47. Kxc3 {The queens are exchanged and in a way it
becomes easier to push the queenside pawns now.} Re5 48. b4 Ne7 49. Ra1 {
The well placed bishops and rook along with the king and the queenside pawn
storm give White excellent chances.} Nf5 50. Bd3 Ne7 51. Bf1 {Once again you
see the repetition in action.} Nf5 52. Kd2 Be8 53. Bd3 Bd7 54. b5 g5 {Finally
Black decides something must be done but it is already quite late.} (54... axb5
55. f4 Re7 56. cxb5 $16) 55. g3 {A patient move.} ({Wei Yi didn't want to
spice up the matters with} 55. bxa6 bxa6 56. c5 $5 $16) 55... axb5 56. f4 gxf4
57. gxf4 Re7 58. cxb5 Nh6 59. a6 {With patience and level headed play Wei Yi
has been able to crown his strategy by creating an outside passer. He now has
a completely winning position.} bxa6 60. bxa6 Kb8 61. Bd4 Ng4 62. Be2 Bc6 {
preventing Bf3.} 63. Ra5 Rh7 64. Bd3 Rh6 65. c4 Rh8 66. Bg6 {The positional
advantages will now be converted into a material plus.} Rg8 67. Bxh5 (67. Rxh5
{was maybe even better as the bishop was taboo thanks to back rank mate.})
67... Be4 68. c5 Nh2 69. cxd6 cxd6 70. Bxf6 {White is two pawns up and it
should all be over within a few moves now} Nf1+ 71. Kc3 Rg3+ 72. Kb4 Ne3 73.
Rb5+ (73. Rg5 $1 Nd5+ 74. Kc4 Nxf6 75. Rxg3 Nxh5 76. Rg5 Nxf4 77. Rg4 d5+ 78.
Kc5 $18 {followed by Kb6 and it's all over.}) 73... Kc7 74. Rg5 Nc2+ 75. Kc4
Ra3 76. Rg7+ Kb6 77. Bd4+ Ka5 (77... Kxa6 78. Ra7#) 78. Be8 $2 {A bad mistake
by Wei Yi which throws away almost all the advantage.} (78. a7 $1 Ra4+ 79. Kc3
Rxd4 (79... Nxd4 80. a8=Q+ Bxa8 81. Ra7+ Kb5 82. Rxa4 Kxa4 83. Kxd4 $18) 80.
Bg6 $1 $18 {A difficult move to see from far. The bishop on e4 is over loaded
and White wins the game.}) 78... Rf3 79. Rg5+ Kxa6 80. Bb5+ Kb7 81. Rg7+ Kb8
82. Rg8+ Kb7 83. Rg7+ Kb8 84. Ba7+ Ka8 85. Ba4 Rxf4 86. Kb5 Bb7 $2 (86... Rxh4
87. Kb6 Rh8 $14) 87. Kb6 (87. Bg1 $3 {The only available square for the bishop
but good enough to win.} Na3+ 88. Kb6 Rb4+ 89. Ka5 Rxh4 90. Rg8+ $18) 87...
Rb4+ 88. Bb5 Rxb5+ $1 89. Kxb5 Kxa7 {Black has overcome the worst and now
defends the position without any difficulties.} 90. h5 Nd4+ 91. Kc4 Nf5 92. Rf7
Nh6 93. Rf6 Ng8 94. Rf8 Nh6 95. Kd4 Kb6 96. Ke3 Bd5 97. Kf4 Nf7 98. Rg8 Kc6 99.
Rg6 Kd7 100. h6 Nxh6 101. Rxh6 Kc6 102. Rxd6+ Kxd6 {A sad end to the game for
Wei Yi but an experienced chess player will surely be in awe of his technique
as well as patience. It was a great technical effort to milk that small
advantage against a strong player like Bu Xiangzhi.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.16"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Fedoseev, Vladimir1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2810"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah"]
[PlyCount "165"]
[EventDate "2017.09.03"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00] Quintiliano,R} e5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]
} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:06] Quintiliano,R: 'The Petroff Defence was present in
almost every round of the World Cup, as its solidity is ideally suited to the
World's Cup format of mini-matches. It was also Wesley's choice in the
previous game of his short encounter with Fedoseev, and that game was a quick
draw.'} 3. Nxe5 {[%emt 0:00:13]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 4. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:04]}
Nxe4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 5. d4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 6. Bd3 {
[%emt 0:00:04]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 7. O-O {[%emt 0:01:17]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:
07]} 8. Nbd2 {[%emt 0:02:16] Wesley So saw Anish Giri playing this line and
according to the American, if Anish plays something in the opening you can be
sure that it's solid.} (8. c4 {is the main variation} Nb4 9. Be2 O-O {Anand
has played this variation successfully in past.} 10. Nc3 Bf5 11. a3 Nxc3 12.
bxc3 Nc6 13. Re1 Re8 14. cxd5 Qxd5 15. Bf4 Rac8 16. h3 Be4 17. Qc1 Na5 18. Qe3
Bf8 19. c4 Qd8 20. Ne5 Bf5 21. Qc3 b6 22. Rad1 Qf6 23. Qg3 Nc6 24. Ng4 Qg6 25.
d5 Na5 26. Bxc7 Bc2 27. Rc1 Nb3 28. Rxc2 Qxc2 29. Nh6+ Kh8 {1-0 (45) Anand,V 
(2790)-Kramnik,V (2788) Wijk aan Zee 2010}) 8... Bf5 {[%emt 0:00:13]} (8... Nd6
9. c3 Bf5 10. Nb3 O-O 11. Re1 Bxd3 12. Qxd3 a5 13. a4 Ne4 14. Be3 Qc8 15. Ne5
Bd6 16. f3 Nf6 17. Nxc6 bxc6 18. Re2 Re8 19. Rae1 Nd7 20. Bf2 Rxe2 21. Qxe2 Qb7
22. Nc1 Rb8 23. Nd3 Qb3 24. Bg3 h6 25. Bxd6 cxd6 {1/2-1/2 (35) Giri,A (2769)
-Yu Yangyi (2750) Shenzhen CHN 2017}) 9. Re1 {[%emt 0:06:56]} Nxd2 {[%emt 0:00:
11]} 10. Qxd2 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Bxd3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 11. Qxd3 {[%emt 0:00:05]
White has a small edge in this position thanks to the control of the e-file
and some superior development.} O-O {[%emt 0:00:10]} 12. c3 {[%emt 0:09:38]} ({
An instructive top game went} 12. Bf4 {Quintiliano,R} Bd6 13. Bg3 Bxg3 14. hxg3
Qd7 15. Re3 $1 Rfe8 16. Rae1 Rxe3 17. Rxe3 h6 (17... Re8 $2 18. Qf5 $1 {
is a nice trick}) 18. Qb3 Rb8 19. Ne5 Qd6 20. Nxc6 Qxc6 21. c3 a5 22. Qa3 b6
23. Qe7 {Adams,M (2738)-Wang,Y (2737) Baku ol (Men) 42nd 2016 (7.1) 1-0 and
despite the simplifcations, the endgame's practical difficulties proved to be
too much for Black -}) 12... Qd7 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 13. Bf4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} a6 {
[%emt 0:00:06]} 14. Re2 {[%emt 0:06:42] Re3 used to be played earlier and now
it is Re2. I am sure that there is some difference between the two, but not
something very huge.} (14. Re3 Rae8 15. Rae1 Bd8 16. h3 Rxe3 17. Rxe3 f6 18.
Re2 Rf7 19. Nd2 Be7 20. Nf1 Bf8 21. Qf3 Re7 22. Ne3 Nd8 23. Bxc7 Qxc7 24. Nxd5
Qd6 25. Nxe7+ Bxe7 26. Qe4 Bf8 27. Qe8 g6 28. a4 Kg7 29. b4 Qc7 30. Re3 Nf7 31.
Qe6 Qd8 32. a5 h5 33. Qe4 Qd7 34. Qe6 Qd8 35. Kf1 Nh6 36. g4 hxg4 37. hxg4 Nf7
38. Ke2 Ng5 39. Qb6 Qd7 40. Kd3 Bd6 41. Kc2 {1/2-1/2 (41) Kasparov,G (2625)
-Karpov,A (2690) Moscow 1981}) 14... Rae8 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 15. Rae1 {[%emt 0:
00:07]} Bd8 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 16. Nd2 {[%emt 0:05:37]} ({Fedoseev was tested in
this line once again very soon after the World Cup and this time he was
prepared.} 16. h3 Rxe2 17. Qxe2 f6 18. Nd2 a5 19. Qb5 Ne5 20. Qxd7 {1/2-1/2 
(20) Jakovenko,D (2710)-Fedoseev,V (2733) Sochi 2017}) 16... Rxe2 {[%emt 0:00:
06]} 17. Qxe2 {[%emt 0:00:05]} a5 {[%emt 0:00:08] Fedoseev was playing his
moves extremely fast and it seemed as if he was very well prepared. As Wesley
said after the game that he was thinking that a draw would most likely happen
and he would have to prepare for the tiebreaks.} 18. Nb3 {[%emt 0:11:57]} (18.
Nf3 f6 19. h4 {was another way to go but after} Rf7 {with the idea of ...Re7,
it should be even.}) 18... b6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 19. Nc1 {[%emt 0:00:12]} f6 {
[%emt 0:00:07]} 20. a4 {[%emt 0:05:13]} Ne7 $1 {[%emt 0:06:21]} (20... Rf7 21.
Qb5 {White has some pressure.}) 21. Nd3 {[%emt 0:08:27]} g5 {[%emt 0:01:08] An
aggressive approach by Fedoseev} (21... Ng6 22. Bg3 Rf7 $1 {would have been
the best way to kill the game - shake hands and go back home.}) (21... Qxa4 22.
Bxc7 $5 (22. Qe6+ Rf7 (22... Kh8 23. Bxc7 $16) 23. Bg3 $13) 22... Bxc7 23. Qxe7
$14) 22. Bc1 {[%emt 0:03:54]} Ng6 {[%emt 0:06:24]} (22... Qxa4 $2 {
(Quintiliano,R) would show some problems in Black's position} 23. h4 $1 h6 24.
hxg5 hxg5 25. f4 $1 $40) 23. b3 {[%emt 0:10:23]} Be7 $2 {[%emt 0:01:05] After
this move, Wesley takes over and is able to put tremendous pressure on
Fedoseev.} (23... Rf7 $11 {Once again, it's this same idea of ...Rf7-e7 that
gives Black the equality.}) 24. h4 $3 {[%emt 0:03:47] Taking advantage of the
knight being overloaded on g6. Quintiliano,R: 'The most important thing in
this game, besides the excellent technique displayed by White from now, is how
he sensed the opportunity after Black's mistake, calculated with precision and
forced a clearly better endgame. It is a wonderful example of tactics and
calculation supporting strategy and positional feeling.'} gxh4 {[%emt 0:06:33]}
(24... Rf7 {Quintiliano,R} 25. h5 Nf8 26. f4 $1 h6 27. fxg5 hxg5 28. Nf2 {
[%cal Gf2g4]} f5 29. Nd3 $1 $16 {[%cal Gd3e5]}) 25. Nf4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Rf7 {
[%emt 0:22:48] This move arrives but a bit late now in this position. White
has a definite edge.} (25... Nxf4 {Quintiliano,R} 26. Qxe7 Qg4 27. Bxf4 Qxf4
28. Qd7 $1 $16 {[%csl Yd5][%cal Ge1e7] also looks very dangerous for Black.})
26. Qe6 {[%emt 0:08:30] A good practical decision. After this point, only two
results are possible - White wins or draw.} (26. Qh5 {was another option} Nxf4
27. Bxf4 Bd6 28. Bxd6 Qxd6 29. Re8+ Rf8 30. Qg4+ Kh8 31. Re3 Rf7 32. Qxh4 $14)
26... Qxe6 {[%emt 0:01:43]} 27. Rxe6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Nxf4 {[%emt 0:01:32]} (
27... Nf8 {Quintiliano,R} 28. Rc6 {[%cal Yf4d5]} Bd6 29. Nxd5 Ng6 (29... Ne6
30. Nxc7 $1) 30. Rc4 $16) 28. Bxf4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Bd8 {[%emt 0:00:50]} 29. b4
$1 {[%emt 0:00:19] Black cannot take as White would get an outside a-passer.
But if he doesn't then his a5-pawn would be weak.} Kg7 {[%emt 0:08:07]} (29...
axb4 30. cxb4 $16 {[%cal Ga4a8]} Kg7 {Quintiliano,R} 31. Rc6 $1 {[%cal Ya4a5]
now the distant passed pawn decides the game} Be7 32. a5 $1 Bxb4 33. a6 Rf8 34.
Bxc7 Ra8 35. Rxb6 Ba5 36. Rb7 Bxc7 37. Rxc7+ Kg6 38. a7 $18) 30. bxa5 {[%emt 0:
03:34]} bxa5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 31. Ra6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} c6 {[%emt 0:00:13]
Quintiliano,R: 'The lesser evil, at least Black avoid the immediate disaster. '
} 32. Rxc6 {[%emt 0:00:04] The material is even and effectively White is a
pawn up because the h-pawns are doubled.} Kg6 {[%emt 0:00:48]} 33. Rc5 {
[%emt 0:03:18]} Rd7 {[%emt 0:05:58] Now the slow grind begins. White has the
better pawn structure, much more active rooks, active bishop and he is clearly
better.} 34. f3 {[%emt 0:02:43]} Kf5 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 35. Bd2 {[%emt 0:02:16]}
Ke6 {[%emt 0:00:25]} 36. Rc6+ {[%emt 0:00:43]} Kf5 {[%emt 0:02:29]} (36... Ke7
37. Be1 h3 38. Bh4 (38. gxh3) 38... Rb7 39. Rxf6 Rb1+ 40. Kh2 Ke8 41. Rh6 hxg2
42. Kxg2 Bxh4 43. Rxh4 Rb3 $16 {Rook endgames are always notorious for their
drawing tendencies.}) 37. Be1 {[%emt 0:02:32]} Kg5 {[%emt 0:00:24]} 38. Rc5 {
[%emt 0:02:45]} f5 {[%emt 0:04:52] Quintiliano,R: 'A new and necessary
concession.'} (38... h6 {Quintiliano,R} 39. c4 $1 Bb6 40. Rxd5+ Rxd5 41. cxd5
Bxd4+ 42. Bf2 Be5 (42... Bxf2+ 43. Kxf2 Kf5 44. f4 $18) 43. Bb6 $18) 39. Kh2 {
[%emt 0:01:19][%csl Gh3] I like this move, it covers the important possibility
of an h3-break and also Black's ambition of getting his king in White's camp
via Kf4-e3 is also stopped as Bd2 is a quick checkmate.} Kh5 {[%emt 0:07:31]}
40. Bf2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Rd6 {[%emt 0:05:34]} 41. Be3 {[%emt 0:14:29]} Bb6 {
[%emt 0:08:05]} 42. Rb5 {[%emt 0:00:21]} Bd8 {[%emt 0:02:36]} 43. Bf4 {[%emt 0:
03:51]} Rd7 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 44. Be5 {[%emt 0:02:07] White has improved his
bishop's position.} Kg5 {[%emt 0:01:03]} 45. Rc5 {[%emt 0:01:38]} f4 $6 {
[%emt 0:02:42] As Wesley said after the game, he was very happy to see his
opponent pushing this pawn on to a dark square. It only meant that if the
players ever went into a bishop endgame, it would be completely lost for Black.
} ({Black should have opted for waiting strategy with} 45... Kg6 46. Kh3 Kg5 {
White has a clear advantage, maybe close to winning, but he has to find the
way to break Black's position.} (46... Kh5 {Quintiliano,R} 47. Rc6 $1 {Black
is running out of moves and falls into a sort of zugzwang} h6 48. Kh2 Kg5 49.
f4+ Kh5 50. Ra6 $22 Rb7 51. Rd6 $18)) 46. Rc6 {[%emt 0:01:39]} Kf5 {[%emt 0:00:
19]} 47. Ra6 {[%emt 0:01:20][%csl Ra5,Rc7][%cal Ge5c7] Now Black's bishop and
rook are tied to the defence of his weak a5- and d5-pawns, White's bishop
controls the vital c7-square which stops Black's counterplay on the c-file.}
Kg5 {[%emt 0:00:52]} 48. Kh3 {[%emt 0:01:10]} Kf5 {[%emt 0:00:23]} 49. Rc6 {
[%emt 0:03:42]} Kg5 {[%emt 0:01:09]} 50. Re6 {[%emt 0:01:34]} (50. Rc5 Kf5 51.
Rb5 {This is some kind of zugzwang for Black.} h5 (51... Kg5 52. Bb8 Kf5 53. c4
$18) 52. Bb8 Ke6 (52... Kg5 53. c4) 53. Bxf4 Ra7 54. Be5 $18) 50... Be7 {
[%emt 0:00:47]} 51. Rc6 {[%emt 0:02:01]} Bd8 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 52. Bd6 {[%emt 0:
00:53]} Kf5 {[%emt 0:07:47]} 53. Kh2 {[%emt 0:01:52]} Rg7 {[%emt 0:07:51]} 54.
Be5 {[%emt 0:01:07]} Rd7 {[%emt 0:01:36]} 55. Rd6 {[%emt 0:01:53] Wesley makes
a big decision here of exchanging rooks. He has made sure that the ensuing
bishop endgame is completely winning for him.} Rxd6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 56. Bxd6 {
[%emt 0:00:01]} Kg5 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 57. Kg1 {[%emt 0:00:59]} Kf5 {[%emt 0:00:
40]} 58. Kf2 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Kg5 {[%emt 0:01:28]} 59. Kf1 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Kf5
{[%emt 0:04:26]} 60. Ba3 {[%emt 0:00:10] Wesley puts his bishop on the c1-h6
diagonal.} Ke6 {[%emt 0:07:30]} 61. Ke2 {[%emt 0:00:16]} Kf5 {[%emt 0:02:10]}
62. Bc1 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Kg5 {[%emt 0:01:14]} 63. Kf1 {[%emt 0:00:05]} (63. Kd3
$2 {would have been a mistake as Black will get a break-through with} h3 $1 64.
gxh3 Kh4 65. Bxf4 h5 66. c4 dxc4+ 67. Kxc4 Kxh3 $11) 63... Bc7 {[%emt 0:00:27]}
64. Bd2 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Bd8 {[%emt 0:00:28]} 65. Be1 {[%emt 0:00:04] Once the
bishop comes to e1, the white king can move without any worries, as the ...h3
gxh3 break gives him access to the black king.} Kf5 {[%emt 0:00:46]} 66. Ke2 {
[%emt 0:00:02]} Ke6 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 67. Kd3 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Kd7 {[%emt 0:00:
15]} 68. c4 {[%emt 0:00:17][%csl Ga5,Gf4,Gh4] White creates a passed pawn.} Kc6
{[%emt 0:00:20] Quintiliano,R: 'The simple way to win such endgames is
overload the opponent's bishop, which is always having a difficult time
protecting more than one pawn. So the zugzwang will mark Fedoseev's fate and
Wesley executes it in textbook style.'} (68... Ke6 $5 69. Bc3 Bc7 70. Bd2 h6
71. Bc1 Bd6 72. Kc3 Bc7 73. Bd2 Bd6 74. Kd3 Bc7 75. Bc3 Bd8 76. Be1 Kd6 77. Bd2
$18) 69. Bc3 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Bb6 {[%emt 0:04:11]} 70. Bb2 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Bd8
{[%emt 0:00:53]} 71. Bc1 {[%emt 0:01:02]} Bc7 {[%emt 0:00:45]} 72. Bd2 {
[%emt 0:00:04] Zugzwang. It's really beautiful to see how Wesley plays waiting
moves and puts his opponent in a helpless situation. For a dynamic player like
Fedoseev this is a nightmare.} h5 {[%emt 0:00:39]} 73. Bc3 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Bb6
{[%emt 0:01:16]} 74. Bb2 {[%emt 0:00:18]} Bc7 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 75. Ba3 {
[%emt 0:00:15]} Bd8 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 76. Bf8 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Bg5 {[%emt 0:03:
34]} 77. Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:10] Black's bishop is tied up now!} Kd6 {[%emt 0:00:
03]} 78. Be5+ {[%emt 0:00:06] Once again White's bishop arrives on e5 with
great effect.} Kc6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} (78... Ke6 79. Bc7 $18 {[%csl Ra5]}) 79.
Kc3 $1 {[%emt 0:00:08] Zugzwang} Bh6 {[%emt 0:01:01]} 80. Bf6 {[%emt 0:00:06]}
Bf8 {[%emt 0:00:23]} 81. Kd3 {[%emt 0:00:08]} h3 {[%emt 0:00:58]} 82. gxh3 {
[%emt 0:00:04]} Bd6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 83. Be5 {[%emt 0:01:33] ...and the
f4-pawn falls and with it the game, Wesley played a really good endgame.} 1-0

[Event "Qatar Masters op"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2015.12.26"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Wei, Yi"]
[Black "Bromberger, Stefan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2521"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah/CB Website"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2015.12.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 O-O
8. Qd2 Nd7 9. O-O-O c6 10. c4 Nc5 11. Bxc5 dxc5 12. Qf4 Qa5 13. Bd3 Bf6 14. a3
Be6 15. Ng5 Bxg5 16. Qxg5 Rad8 17. Rhe1 Rfe8 18. f4 h6 19. Qh5 f6 20. Bg6 Rxd1+
21. Qxd1 Rd8 {Wei Yi had not been having a great tournament in Doha, but in
this round he showed some nice tactical brilliance. Here Qe2 was also good for
a clear advantage for White, but the Chinese prodigy goes for the queen
sacrifice.} 22. Rxe6 Rxd1+ 23. Kxd1 {The funny thing about this position is
that the black king can never escape the mating net and hence the queen will
always be tied down. At the right moment when the white king will be in the
perfect position, White should play Re8+ and make the transition to a winning
pawn endgame.} Qd8+ 24. Ke2 Kf8 25. Kf3 Qd7 (25... Qd1+ 26. Kg3 Qd8 27. Re1 {
is similar to the game.}) 26. Re1 Qd8 27. Kg4 Qd7+ 28. Kh5 Qd8 29. a4 {
Improving the position to the maximum.} (29. Re8+ {Just for curiousity's sake,
the pawn ending even now is winning.} Qxe8 30. Bxe8 Kxe8 31. Kg6 Kf8 32. Kh7
Kf7 33. h4 {is also winning as after} b5 34. b3 b4 35. a4 a5 36. g3 $1 (36. g4
f5 $1 37. g5 h5 $11) 36... Kf8 37. g4 Kf7 38. g5 $18 {wins as in the game.})
29... a5 $2 30. g4 Qd7 31. h4 Qd8 32. Re8+ $1 Qxe8 33. Bxe8 Kxe8 34. Kg6 Kf8
35. Kh7 Kf7 36. g5 $1 (36. g5 hxg5 37. hxg5 fxg5 38. fxg5 Kf8 39. g6 $18 {
A nice game for Wei Yi but quite an easy calculation compared to the brilliant
ones that he has shown in the past.}) 1-0

[Event "FRA-chT Top 12"]
[Site "Montpellier"]
[Date "2015.06.01"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Vazquez Igarza, Renier"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[Annotator "Schulz,Andre"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2015.05.30"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 166 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.06.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.06.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Clichy-Echecs 92"]
[BlackTeam "Montpellier"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. c4
c6 9. Re1 ({Oder} 9. Nc3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Bg4 12. h3 Bh5 13. g4 Bg6
14. Ne5 Nd7 15. f4 b5 16. Nxg6 hxg6 17. Bb3 Nb6 18. Qf3 Qd7 19. f5 Nd5 20. fxg6
fxg6 21. Bxd5+ cxd5 22. Qxd5+ Kh7 23. Bf4 Rfd8 24. Bxd6 Qxd6 25. Qxd6 Rxd6 26.
Rab1 a6 27. Rf3 Rc8 28. Kf2 Kh6 29. Ke2 Kg5 30. a4 Rb6 31. axb5 axb5 32. Kd3
Kh4 33. Rb4 g5 34. d5 Rf6 35. Rxf6 gxf6 36. d6 Kxh3 37. d7 Rd8 38. Rd4 f5 39.
gxf5 g4 40. f6 g3 41. f7 g2 42. f8=Q Rxf8 43. d8=Q Rf3+ 44. Ke2 g1=Q 45. Qh4+ {
1-0 (45) So,W (2710)-Ipatov,A (2584) Tromsoe 2013}) 9... Bf5 10. Qc2 ({Die
Alternative} 10. Qb3 Qd7 11. Nc3 Nxc3 12. Bxf5 Qxf5 13. bxc3 b6 14. h3 h6 15.
cxd5 cxd5 16. Ne5 Bxe5 17. Rxe5 Qd3 18. Rxd5 Nc6 19. c4 Qe2 20. Qc3 Rac8 21.
Bb2 Rfe8 22. c5 Rb8 23. Ba3 b5 24. Rd7 Rbd8 25. Rd6 Rc8 26. d5 Ne5 27. c6 Nc4
28. Rd7 Nd2 29. h4 Re4 30. c7 Kh7 31. Rxf7 Rg4 32. Bb2 {1-0 (32) Najer,E (2634)
-Nisipeanu,L (2654) Jerusalem 2015}) 10... Nd7 ({Hier spielte man häufiger} 
10... Bg6 11. c5 Bc7 12. Nc3 Na6) 11. Nc3 Ndf6 12. Ne5 Bg6 (12... Bc7) 13. Nxg6
{In dieser theoretisch bekannten Position der Russischen Verteidigung spielt
Schwarz nun eine interessante Neuerung, mit der Idee, Weiß mattzusetzen.
Allerdings hat die Kombination ein Loch.} Bxh2+ (13... fxg6 14. Bxe4 Bxh2+ 15.
Kxh2 Ng4+ 16. Kg3 Rxf2 17. Re2 Rf1 18. Nxd5 cxd5 19. Bxd5+ Kh8 20. Kxg4 Rh1 21.
Qe4 Rh4+ 22. Kg3 Rxe4 23. Rxe4 g5 24. Bd2 Qf6 25. Rae1 Rf8 26. Bb4 {1-0 (26)
Ivanchuk,V (2705)-Frolyanov,D (2486) Yerevan 2004}) (13... hxg6 14. Bxe4 Nxe4
15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Qxe4 Re8 17. Qxe8+ Qxe8 18. Rxe8+ Rxe8 19. Be3 f5 20. g3 Re4
21. b3 f4 22. gxf4 Bxf4 23. Re1 Kf7 24. Kg2 Kf6 25. Kf3 Kf5 26. Rg1 Bxe3 27.
fxe3 Rh4 28. Rf1 g5 29. Rf2 a6 30. c5 g6 31. a3 a5 32. a4 g4+ 33. Ke2+ Ke6 34.
Kd3 Rh3 35. Re2 g3 36. hxg3 Rxg3 37. Rb2 Rh3 38. b4 axb4 39. Rxb4 Rh7 40. a5 g5
41. Rb6 Kf5 42. a6 bxa6 43. Rxc6 g4 44. Rxa6 g3 45. e4+ Kf4 46. Rg6 Kf3 47. d5
g2 48. d6 Rh6 49. Rxh6 {1-0 (49) Flores Ramos,J (2353)-De Blois Figueredo,A 
(2068) ICCF email 2007}) 14. Kxh2 Ng4+ 15. Kg1 fxg6 {Es droht nun Dh4 und Sxf2
mit Gewinn.} 16. Bxe4 Qh4 17. Bf3 Qh2+ 18. Kf1 Rae8 (18... Qh1+ 19. Ke2 Rae8+
20. Be3 $18) 19. Rxe8 (19. Be3 $2 Nxe3+ 20. fxe3 Rxf3+ $19) 19... Rxe8 20. Ne4
{Der einzige Weg, den Angriff ohne Schaden abzuwehren.} Qh1+ (20... dxe4 21.
Bxg4 Qh1+ 22. Ke2 Qxg2 23. Be3 Qxg4+ 24. Kd2 $18) 21. Ke2 Qg1 (21... dxe4 22.
Bxg4 $18) 22. cxd5 (22. Bxg4 Rxe4+ 23. Kf3 $18) 22... cxd5 23. Bxg4 Rxe4+ 24.
Kf3 h5 {Weiß hat den Strum mit zwei Mehrfiguren überstanden und macht jetzt
noch einen pfiffigen Zug.} 25. Be6+ Kh7 (25... Rxe6 26. Qc8+) 26. Qc8 1-0

[Event "Cali zt"]
[Site "Cali"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Zapata, Alonso"]
[Black "Rodriguez Cespedes, Amador"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1990.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "COL"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nb4 {9.Be2} 9. cxd5 Nxd3 10. Qxd3 Qxd5 11. Re1 Bf5 12. Nc3 Nxc3 13. Qxc3 Be6
14. Bg5 (14. Qxc7 Bd6 15. Qc2 O-O 16. Bd2 Bf5 17. Qb3 Qxb3 18. axb3 f6 19. Bc3
Kf7 20. Nd2 Rfd8 21. Ne4 Bf8 22. b4 b6 {Black has almost equalized.
Hьbner-Smyslov, (m3) 1983.}) 14... Bd6 15. Bh4 O-O 16. a3 Rfe8 17. Ne5 f6 18.
Nd3 Qc4 19. Bg3 Bxg3 20. hxg3 Rad8 21. Nc5 Qxc3 22. bxc3 {At least Black is
not worse after 22. - Bc8.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mitropa Cup 13th"]
[Site "Leibnitz"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Schlosser, Michael"]
[Black "Sarno, Spartaco"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2360"]
[BlackElo "2385"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "1990.09.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. c4
c6 9. Nc3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Rb1 Nd7 14. Rb5 Nb6
15. c4 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 dxc4 17. Bc2 Qd7 18. a4 Rae8 (18... Bc7 19. Rc5 Bd6 20.
Rg5 Be7 $2 21. Rxg7+ Kxg7 22. Bf5 Qxd4 23. Be3 Qe5 24. Qg4+ Kh8 25. Bd4 $18 {
Adams-Anand, Oakham 1990.}) (18... g6 $5 19. Bd2 c3 20. Qxc3 Rac8 21. Qb3 $14 {
Sokolov,A-Finegold,B, Reykjavik 1990.}) 19. Bd2 Qc6 20. d5 Qc7 21. Rfb1 Rb8 22.
Bc3 Nd7 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. Qg4+ Kh8 25. Qf5 $16 Nf6 26. Qxf6+ Kg8 27. g3 b6 28.
Qg5+ Kh8 29. Qf6+ Kg8 30. a5 Bc5 31. Qg5+ Kh8 32. Qf6+ Kg8 33. Rxc5 bxc5 34.
Qg5+ Kh8 35. Qf6+ Kg8 36. d6 Rxb1+ 37. Bxb1 Qd8 38. Qf5 Kg7 39. Qxh7+ Kf6 40.
Qf5+ Kg7 41. Qh7+ Kf6 42. Qh6+ Ke5 43. Qf4+ Kd5 44. Be4+ Kd4 45. Bf3+ Kc3 46.
a6 Qd7 47. Qf6+ Kb4 48. Bg4 Qd8 49. Qb2+ Ka5 50. Qd2+ Kxa6 51. Be2 Qf6 52. Qd5
Kb6 53. Bf3 Qd4 54. Qb7+ Ka5 55. Bc6 a6 56. Qc7+ Kb4 57. Qb6+ Kc3 58. d7 Kd2
59. Qa5+ c3 60. Ba4 Ke1 61. Bc6 Qxf2+ 62. Kh1 Qd4 63. Qa2 a5 64. Qxa5 Kf2 65.
Kh2 c2 66. Qa2 Qd3 67. Bg2 {What a triumph for the Black king!} 0-1

[Event "Cannes team g/60"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Christiansen, Larry Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1992.02.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 028"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nb4 9. Be2 (9. cxd5 Nxd3 10. Qxd3 Qxd5 11. Re1 Bf5 12. Nc3 Nxc3 13. Qxc3 Be6
$10) 9... O-O 10. Nc3 (10. a3 Nc6 11. cxd5 Qxd5 12. Nc3 Nxc3 13. bxc3 b6 {
(Mihalchishin,A)}) 10... Be6 11. Be3 Bf5 12. Qb3 {The main alternative is 12.
Rc1.} c6 13. Rac1 dxc4 14. Bxc4 a5 $6 (14... b5 15. Bxf7+ (15. Be2 Be6 16. Qd1
Nxc3 17. bxc3 Nxa2 18. Rc2 b4 $17 {(Hьbner)}) 15... Rxf7 16. Ne5 Nd5 17. Nxe4
Bxe4 18. Nxf7 Kxf7 19. Rxc6 Kg8 $17 {(Hьbner)}) 15. a3 Nxc3 16. axb4 $5 Nb5 17.
bxa5 Rxa5 18. d5 $1 Be4 (18... Nd6 $2 19. Bb6 $18) 19. dxc6 Bxf3 (19... bxc6
20. Ne5 Bd5 21. Rfd1 $16) 20. Bxb5 bxc6 21. Bxc6 Bxc6 22. Rxc6 $16 Qa8 23. Rfc1
Re8 24. h3 Bf8 25. Qc4 Ra4 26. Qc2 Rb4 27. Rc4 Qb7 {28. - Rb5!.} 28. Rxb4 Qxb4
29. Bd2 Qb5 30. Qc6 Qb8 31. b4 Re2 32. Qc3 h5 33. Qd3 Re6 34. b5 Rd6 35. Bf4
Rxd3 36. Bxb8 f6 37. Rb1 $18 Rd7 38. b6 Rb7 39. Bf4 Bc5 40. Be3 Bxe3 41. fxe3
Kf7 42. Kf2 Ke6 43. Kf3 Kd5 44. Kf4 g6 45. e4+ Kd4 46. h4 Kc5 47. e5 g5+ 48.
hxg5 fxg5+ 49. Kxg5 h4 50. Kf6 Kc6 51. e6 Kd6 52. e7 1-0

[Event "Capablanca Memorial-A"]
[Site "Cuba"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Zapata, Alonso"]
[Black "Howell, James C"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 036"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Bg4 8.
Re1 Be7 9. c4 Nf6 10. cxd5 Bxf3 $5 11. Qxf3 Qxd5 12. Qxd5 {12.Qg3} Nxd5 13. Be4
{13.Bc4 Ndb4} (13. Nc3 Ndb4 $5 14. Bb5 $13 (14. Be4 Nxd4 15. Bf4 c6 16. Be5
Ndc2 17. Bxg7 Rg8 18. Bxc2 Nxc2 19. Bf6 O-O-O 20. Bxe7 Rde8 21. Rec1 Nxa1 22.
Nd5 Kd7 23. Nf6+ Kxe7 24. Nxg8+ Rxg8 25. Rxa1 Rd8 {=/+/-/+ De Firmian,N-Ristic,
N, Vrnjacka Banja 1993})) 13... O-O-O (13... Ndb4 $2 14. a3 f5 15. Bxc6+ Nxc6
16. d5 $18 {/\ 17.Bg5}) (13... Nf6 $5 14. d5 (14. Bxc6+ bxc6 15. Bg5 Kd7 $10)
14... Nxe4 15. dxc6 O-O-O $10) 14. Nc3 Bb4 15. Bxd5 Rxd5 16. Nxd5 Bxe1 17. Nxc7
Bxf2+ 18. Kxf2 Kxc7 19. Bf4+ Kd7 20. Rd1 $15 {20. - Ne7!?, 20. - Rc8} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Elenite"]
[Site "Elenite"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kotronias, Vasilios"]
[Black "Skembris, Spyridon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 032"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. c4
c6 {8. - Be6 - Kamsky,G-Yusupov,A, Tilburg 1992, CBM 32 game 947.} 9. cxd5 (9.
Nc3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Bg4 11. Rb1 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Qc7 13. h3 Bh5 14. Rb2 {
Hartikainen,M-Ruchieva,N, Helsinki op 1992, CBM 32 game 262.}) 9... cxd5 10.
Nc3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Bg4 12. Rb1 b6 (12... Nd7 13. h3 Bh5 14. Rb5 Nb6 15. c4 Bxf3
16. Qxf3 $14 dxc4 17. Be4 (17. Bc2 Qd7 18. a4 Bc7 19. Rc5 Bd6 20. Rb5 Bc7 21.
Rc5 Bd6 22. a5 $1 $16 {Timman,J-Anand,V, Tilburg 1991.}) 17... Qd7 18. a4 Rab8
19. Bf5 (19. Rg5 $2 f6 $1 20. Qh5 $2 g6 21. Bxg6 fxg5 $19 {(Kalinichenko)})
19... Qc6 20. Be4 Qd7 21. Bf5 Qc7 $5 22. a5 {Holmsten,A-Lelchuk,Z, Helsinki op
1992. CBM 32 game 268.}) 13. Rb5 Bc7 14. h3 (14. c4 dxc4 15. Be4 Nc6 16. Rg5 $1
Bxf3 17. Qxf3 Qd6 $13 {Oll,L-Akopian,V, Manila (ol) 1992.}) 14... a6 15. hxg4
axb5 16. Qc2 g6 17. Bh6 Re8 18. Bxb5 $13 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 09th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1991.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. c4
c6 9. Nc3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Bg4 12. h3 (12. Qd3 Nd7 13. Ng5 Nf6 14.
h3 Bh5 15. f4 h6 16. g4 hxg5 17. fxg5 b5 18. Bb3 Nxg4 19. hxg4 Qd7 20. gxh5
Qg4+ 21. Kf2 Rae8 22. Rg1 Qh4+ 23. Kg2 Qh2+ $1 $10 {Sokolov,A - Oll,L, Soviet 
(ch) 1989.}) 12... Bh5 13. Re1 Nd7 14. Bf1 Re8 15. Rxe8+ Qxe8 16. Be3 b5 17. a4
a6 18. axb5 axb5 19. Rxa8 Qxa8 $10 20. d5 cxd5 21. g4 Bg6 22. Bxb5 Qb7 23. c4
dxc4 24. Bxc4 Bf8 25. Bd5 Qb1 $6 26. Qxb1 Bxb1 27. Ng5 Ne5 28. f4 h6 29. fxe5
hxg5 30. Bxg5 Bc5+ 31. Kg2 Kf8 32. h4 Be7 33. Bxe7+ Kxe7 $10 34. Kg3 f6 35. Kf4
Bc2 36. h5 g5+ 37. hxg6 Bxg6 38. Be4 Bf7 39. exf6+ Kxf6 40. g5+ Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates m6"]
[Site "Sarajevo"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Huebner, Robert"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "1991.01.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "BIH"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Borik} e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O
Be7 8. c4 Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Be6 11. Be3 Bf5 12. Rc1 dxc4 (12... Nxc3 13.
bxc3 Nxa2 14. Rc2 Bxc2 15. Qxc2 Nxc3 16. Qxc3 $14 {Short,N - Timman,J,
Hilversum 1989.}) 13. Bxc4 c6 14. Ne5 Nxc3 15. bxc3 Nd5 16. Qf3 $14 Be6 17. Bd3
Bd6 18. Bd2 Qh4 19. Rfe1 Nf6 20. a4 Ng4 21. Bf4 Nxe5 22. Bxe5 Bd5 23. Qf5 Bxe5
24. Rxe5 g6 25. Qd7 Rab8 26. Rb1 Rfd8 27. Qc7 Qg4 28. Bf1 Qd7 29. Re7 $16 Qxc7
30. Rxc7 a5 {DIA In dieser ьberlegenen Stellung hдtte Dr.Hьbner seine Stellung
mit 31.f3 nebst Kf2 verstдrken sollen, spдter den Bb7 gewinnen und dann den
Mehrbauern verwerten. Wesentlich ist, das WeiЯ bei Kf2 ruhig c3-c4 spielen
kann, weil} 31. Rb6 $2 {der Bauer d4 mit Ke3 gedeckt werden kann.} Re8 32. c4
Be6 33. Rbxb7 Rxb7 34. Rxb7 Rd8 35. d5 cxd5 36. c5 Rc8 37. Rb5 d4 38. Bd3 Bf5
39. Bxf5 gxf5 40. Kf1 Re8 41. c6 d3 42. Rd5 Rc8 43. Rxd3 Rxc6 44. Rd5 $14 Rc4
45. Rxa5 Kg7 46. Ra8 Rb4 47. a5 Ra4 48. a6 Ra2 49. g3 h6 50. h4 f4 51. gxf4 Ra4
52. a7 Ra2 53. Kg2 Ra3 $10 54. f3 Ra2+ 55. Kg3 Ra3 56. Kf2 Ra2+ 57. Ke3 Ra4 58.
Kd3 Ra3+ 59. Kc4 Ra1 60. Kd4 Ra5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Interzonal-16"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Hjartarson, Johann"]
[Black "Barua, Dibyendu"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "1993.07.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 037"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O Nc6 8. c4
Nb4 9. Be2 dxc4 (9... O-O 10. Nc3 Be6 {Christiansen`s move} (10... Bf5 $5 11.
a3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Nc6 13. Re1 dxc4 (13... Bf6 14. Bf4 Rc8 15. Qa4 a6 16. Qb3 $6
Na5 $1 17. Qb4 c5 18. dxc5 Nc6 19. Qb3 Na5 $10 {1/2 Ljubojevic,L-Yusupov,A,
Belgrade 1989}) 14. Bxc4 Bd6 15. Bg5 Qd7 {+/=/= Ljubojevic,L-Yusupov,A,
Barcelona 1989}) 11. Be3 {Now possible is 11. - Bf5, 11. - f5, 11. - Nxc3 and
11. - f5.}) 10. Bxc4 O-O 11. Re1 $5 (11. Ne5 Nd6 $1 12. Bb3 Nf5 13. a3 Nd5 {
13. - Nc6!?} 14. Nc3 Be6 15. Re1 c6 16. Bc2 Nc7 $10 {Sindik,R-Zysk,R, Baden
Baden 1985}) (11. Nc3 Nd6 12. Bb3 Bf6 (12... Kh8 $5 13. Ne5 f6 14. Nf3 Bg4 15.
h3 Bh5 16. Be6 Bxf3 $1 $13 {Mnatsakanian-Diez, Varna 1985 (17.Dxf3 Sc2)}) (
12... Bg4 13. h3 Bh5 14. g4 $1 Bg6 15. Ne5 $16 {(Karpov,A)}) 13. Ne5 Nc6 {
13. - c5! (Karpov,A)} 14. Bf4 Nf5 15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. d5 $16 {Sokolov,A-Agzamov,
USSR ch 1985}) 11... Bf5 $1 12. a3 $6 Nd6 13. Bb3 Nd3 14. Re3 Nxc1 15. Qxc1 Bf6
16. Nc3 c6 $10 17. d5 $6 Rc8 $1 18. dxc6 {18.Qd2} Rxc6 19. Ne5 Rc5 20. Qe1 Rxe5
$1 21. Rxe5 Qb6 22. Rd5 Qxb3 23. Rxd6 Qxb2 $15 24. Nd5 Be5 25. Ne7+ Kh8 26.
Nxf5 Qxa1 27. Qxa1 Bxa1 28. Rd7 g6 29. Nd6 Kg7 30. g3 Bd4 31. Nxb7 {31.Rxb7!}
Bb6 32. a4 Rc8 $1 33. Nd6 $1 (33. a5 Rc7 34. axb6 Rxd7 35. bxa7 Rd1+ 36. Kg2
Ra1 $19) (33. Rxf7+ Kxf7 34. Nd6+ Ke6 35. Nxc8 Bc5 $19) 33... Rc1+ 34. Kg2 Kf6
35. Ne4+ $6 {35.Nxf7!?} Ke6 36. Rb7 h6 $1 37. a5 Bd4 38. Rb4 Kd5 $17 39. f3
Rc2+ 40. Kf1 f5 41. Rb5+ Ke6 42. Rb4 Kd5 43. Rb5+ Kc4 44. Nd6+ Kc3 45. Rb7 Rf2+
46. Ke1 a6 $19 47. g4 Rxf3 48. gxf5 gxf5 49. Rf7 Kd3 50. Rxf5 Bc3+ 51. Kd1 Rxf5
52. Nxf5 h5 53. Ng3 h4 54. Nf5 h3 55. Ng3 Bxa5 56. Ne2 Bd2 57. Ng1 a5 58. Nf3
Bf4 59. Ng1 a4 60. Nf3 a3 61. Ne1+ Kc3 0-1

[Event "Tbilisi"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Chiburdanidze, Maia"]
[Black "Kachiani Gersinska, Ketino"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2345"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1991.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. c4 Be7 6. d4 (6. Nc3 Bf5 7. Nd5
$5 O-O 8. Be2 Re8 $10) 6... O-O 7. Bd3 $1 {Otherwise Black equalizes with Bg4
and Nc6.} Ng5 (7... Nf6 8. h3 $1 d5 9. O-O Nc6 10. Nc3 Nb4 11. Be2 dxc4 12.
Bxc4 Nbd5 {White is minimally better.}) 8. O-O Nxf3+ 9. Qxf3 Nc6 10. Nc3 f5 (
10... Nxd4 $2 11. Qe4 Nf5 12. g4 $18) 11. Be3 g5 $5 12. Qh5 Qe8 13. Qxe8 Rxe8
14. Nd5 $14 Bd8 15. Rfe1 f4 16. Bd2 Rf8 17. Bc3 a5 18. Re2 Bg4 19. f3 Bh5 20.
Rae1 Nb4 $1 21. Nxb4 (21. Bxb4 axb4 22. Nxb4 c5 $10) 21... axb4 22. Bxb4 Bf6 $1
$10 23. Bc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kolkata"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Prasad, Devaki V"]
[Black "Ye, Rongguang"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1991.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. c4 Nc6 6. d4 d5 7. Nc3 Bb4 8. Bd2
Nxd2 9. Qxd2 O-O $10 10. cxd5 Re8+ 11. Be2 Ne7 12. O-O Nxd5 13. Bc4 Nb6 14. Bb3
Be6 15. Bxe6 Rxe6 16. Rfe1 Qd6 17. Rxe6 Qxe6 18. Re1 Qc4 19. Qe3 Nd5 20. Qe4 c6
21. a3 Nf6 22. Qe2 Qxe2 23. Rxe2 Bd6 24. Ne4 Nxe4 25. Rxe4 Rd8 26. Kf1 f6 27.
Ke2 Kf7 28. h3 Bc7 29. Kd3 Bb6 30. Kc4 Rd5 31. a4 a5 32. b3 Rf5 33. b4 axb4 34.
Re2 Rf4 35. Kd3 h5 36. Re4 Rf5 37. Re2 Rd5 38. Kc4 Ba7 39. a5 g5 40. g4 hxg4
41. hxg4 Rd8 42. Re4 Rh8 43. Ne1 Rh1 44. Nd3 Rg1 45. f3 Rg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sydney"]
[Site "Sydney"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Madl, Ildiko"]
[Black "Solomon, Stephen J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2390"]
[BlackElo "2385"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "1990.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[EventCategory "6"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O Nc6 8. c4
Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Be6 11. Be3 f5 12. a3 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Nc6 14. Qa4 {
14.Rb1, 14.cxd5} Rb8 15. cxd5 Bxd5 16. Bc4 Bf6 17. Bxd5+ Qxd5 18. c4 Qa5 19.
Qc2 f4 20. Bd2 Qh5 21. Bc3 b5 22. d5 Ne5 23. Bxe5 Bxe5 24. Rae1 Bf6 25. Rd1 c6
26. cxb5 cxb5 27. d6 a5 28. Qe4 b4 29. Rd5 Qf7 30. Rxa5 b3 31. Ng5 Bxg5 32.
Rxg5 b2 33. h4 Rfc8 34. a4 Rc1 35. Rb5 Rxb5 36. axb5 b1=Q 37. Qxb1 Rxb1 38.
Rxb1 Qd5 39. b6 Qxd6 40. b7 Qb8 41. f3 Kf7 42. Rb6 g6 43. Kh2 Ke7 44. Kh3 Kd8
45. Rb1 Kd7 46. Rb2 Kc6 47. Rc2+ Kd5 48. Rb2 Kc4 49. Rb6 Kd3 50. Rb3+ Kc2 51.
Rb6 h6 52. Rb5 g5 53. hxg5 hxg5 54. Kg4 Kd3 55. Rb3+ Ke2 56. Rb2+ Ke3 57. Rb3+
Kf2 58. Rb2+ Kg1 59. Rb1+ Kxg2 60. Rb2+ Kf1 61. Rb1+ Ke2 62. Rb2+ Kd3 63. Rb3+
Kc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1991.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 026"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Ernst Anand} e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7.
c4 c6 8. Nc3 (8. O-O O-O 9. Qc2 Na6 10. a3 Bg4 $13) 8... O-O 9. O-O Nxc3 10.
bxc3 Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 12. Rb1 (12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Rb1 Nd7 14. Rb5 Nb6 15. c4 Bxf3
16. Qxf3 dxc4 17. Bc2 Qd7 18. a4 Bc7 (18... Rab8 19. Bg5 Bc7 20. Bf6 $1 Qd6 21.
Be5 Qe7 22. a5 $14 {Gavrilov,Frog (corr) 1989/1990.}) 19. Rc5 Bd6 20. Rb5 (20.
Rg5 Be7 $2 {20. - g6!, Anand.} 21. Rxg7+ Kxg7 22. Bf5 Qxd4 23. Be3 Qe5 24. Qg4+
Kh8 25. Bd4 $18 {Adams,M-Anand,V, Oakham 1990.}) 20... Bc7 21. Rc5 Bd6 22. a5
$5 Nc8 23. Bf5 Qd8 24. a6 Ne7 25. axb7 Rb8 26. Bg5 f6 27. Be6+ Kh8 28. Bf4 Bxf4
29. Qxf4 Rxb7 30. d5 $14 {Timman,J-Anand,V, Reykjavik w-cup 1991 (CBM 26/game
912).}) 12... dxc4 13. Bxc4 b5 14. Bd3 Nd7 15. a4 a6 16. Be4 Rc8 17. Qd3 Bg6
$10 18. Bxg6 hxg6 19. Bg5 Qa5 20. c4 bxc4 21. Qxc4 Nb6 22. Qb3 (22. Qd3 {Ernst}
Nxa4 23. Bd2 $10) 22... Rb8 23. Bd2 Qf5 24. Rbc1 Rfc8 25. a5 (25. Rfe1 $10 {
Anand}) (25. Rfe1 $15 {Ernst}) 25... Nd5 26. Qc4 Rb5 27. Rfe1 Nf4 28. Ne5 $6 (
28. Bxf4 {Anand} Qxf4 {><a5}) 28... Rb2 29. Be3 $2 {29.Bxf4! Qxf4 30.Nf3} (29.
Bxf4 {Anand} Qxf4 30. Nf3 (30. Ng4 $15 {Ernst}) 30... Rb5) 29... Bxe5 $1 30.
dxe5 Nd3 $1 31. g4 Qf3 $19 32. Qxd3 Rxf2 33. Bxf2 Qxd3 34. e6 fxe6 35. Rxe6
Qxh3 36. Rc4 Rd8 37. Rce4 Rd1+ 38. Be1 Qg3+ 39. Kf1 Qf3+ 40. Kg1 g5 0-1

[Event "Beersheba"]
[Site "Beersheba"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "30"]
[EventDate "1990.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O Nc6 8.
Re1 Bg4 9. c4 Nf6 10. cxd5 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Qxd5 12. Qh3 (12. Qg3 Qxd4 13. Nc3 O-O
14. Nb5 Qg4 $10 {Sax-Jusupov, Thessaloniki (ol) 1984.}) 12... Qxd4 (12... Nxd4
13. Nc3 Qd7 14. Qxd7+ Kxd7 15. Be3 Ne6 16. Rad1 Bd6 $44 {Kasparov-Karpov (m28)
1984/85.}) 13. Nc3 Rd8 14. Bf5 O-O (14... h5 $5 15. Qg3 Kf8 16. Be3 Qb4 17. a3
Qa5 18. Qf3 g6 $10 {Velimirovic-Kurajica, Bela Crkva 1984.}) 15. Be3 Qb4
1/2-1/2

[Event "WchT 3rd"]
[Site "Luzern"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Zagrebelny, Sergey"]
[Black "Rodriguez Cespedes, Amador"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1993.10.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 038"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Uzbekistan"]
[BlackTeam "Cuba"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UZB"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CUB"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
(8. Re1 Bg4 9. c4 Nf6) 8... Nb4 (8... Nf6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. h3 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Na5
12. Bd3 Be6 13. Re1 c5 (13... Nc6 14. a3 $5 a6 15. Bf4 Nd5 16. Bg3 Bf6 17. Bc2
Nce7 18. Ne4 Bf5 19. Nxf6+ Nxf6 20. Bb3 c6 21. Ne5 Nfd5 22. Qf3 Be6 23. Rad1
Nf5 $10 {Gufeld,E-Schьssler,H,Havanna 1985}) 14. dxc5 $5 {14.Bg5} Bxc5 15. Bg5
$14) 9. Be2 dxc4 {9. - Be6} 10. Bxc4 O-O 11. Nc3 $1 (11. Ne5 Nd6 $1 12. Bb3 Nf5
$10 {Sindik-Zysk,Baden-Baden 1985}) 11... Nd6 12. Bb3 Kh8 $5 (12... Bg4 13. h3
Bh5 14. g4 Bg6 15. Ne5 $16) (12... Bf6 13. Ne5 $1 Nc6 14. Bf4 Nf5 15. Nxc6 bxc6
16. d5 $14) 13. a3 $5 (13. Ne5 f6 14. Nf3 Bg4 15. h3 Bh5 16. Be6 $2 Bxf3 $1 17.
gxf3 {17.Qxf3 Nc2 - +} Qe8 18. Bf4 f5 $17 {Mnatsakanian-Diez, Varna 1985})
13... Nc6 14. h3 Bf6 15. Bf4 Bf5 16. Rc1 Rc8 17. Re1 $14 h6 18. Be5 Bh7 19. Ba4
Na5 20. Bxf6 Qxf6 21. Ne5 Qd8 22. b4 $5 Nac4 23. Bb3 Nxe5 24. dxe5 Nf5 25. Nb5
$1 Qe7 $2 (25... Qxd1 26. Rexd1 c6 27. Nd6 Rc7 $14) 26. e6 $1 Rcd8 {26. - fxe6}
27. Qg4 c6 28. exf7 Qf6 29. Nc7 $18 Nd6 30. Qg3 Ne4 31. Rxe4 $1 Bxe4 32. Ne6
Rd3 33. Nxf8 $1 Rxg3 34. fxg3 Qd4+ 35. Kh2 Qf2 36. Rg1 Bf5 37. Be6 Bxe6 38.
Ng6+ Kh7 39. f8=Q Qa2 40. Nf4 Bd5 41. Qf5+ 1-0

[Event "Prague Bohemians-A"]
[Site "Prague"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Rogers, Ian"]
[Black "Finegold, Benjamin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1990.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 $6 4. Bc4 (4. Nxe5 O-O 5. Be2 Re8 6. Nd3 Bxc3 7.
dxc3 Nxe4 8. c4 $14) 4... O-O 5. Qe2 d6 6. a3 Bxc3 7. dxc3 Be6 8. Bg5 Nbd7 9.
Nd2 Qe8 10. Bd3 h6 11. Bh4 Nh7 12. g4 Nc5 13. f3 Qc6 14. O-O-O a5 15. Bb5 Qb6
16. Bf2 c6 17. Bc4 Qc7 18. Bxc5 dxc5 19. Bxe6 fxe6 20. h4 b5 21. g5 h5 22. g6
Nf6 23. Rhg1 b4 24. cxb4 axb4 25. Nc4 bxa3 26. Nxa3 Ra4 27. Qd2 Qa7 28. Qc3 Rd4
29. Rg5 Rxd1+ 30. Kxd1 c4 31. Rg2 Rd8+ 32. Kc1 Rd4 33. Kb1 Ne8 34. Rg5 Nd6 35.
Qe1 Nb5 36. Nxb5 cxb5 37. Rxe5 c3 38. Rxe6 Kf8 39. Qc1 Rd8 40. bxc3 Kg8 41. Qd2
Ra8 42. Re8+ Rxe8 43. Qd5+ Kf8 44. Qf5+ Kg8 45. Qd5+ Kf8 46. Qf5+ Kg8 47. Qd5+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Warsaw"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sznapik, Aleksander"]
[Black "Tischbierek, Raj"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1990.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. a3 $5 {The usual move is 10. Nc3.} Nc6 11. cxd5 Qxd5 12. Nc3
Nxc3 13. bxc3 Bf5 14. c4 Qe4 15. Ra2 Bf6 16. Rd2 Rad8 17. Bb2 Ne7 18. Re1 Qf4
19. g3 Qd6 20. Bf1 Bg4 21. h3 Bxf3 22. Qxf3 c5 23. d5 Bxb2 24. Rxb2 b6 25. Rbe2
Nc8 26. Re5 Qd7 27. Bd3 Nd6 28. Qh5 g6 29. Qh4 Rde8 30. Re7 Qd8 31. Rxe8 Rxe8
32. Qxd8 Rxd8 33. Re7 b5 34. cxb5 c4 35. Bf1 Nxb5 36. a4 Nd6 37. Rxa7 Rc8 38.
Ra6 c3 39. Bd3 Nc4 40. Rc6 Rxc6 41. dxc6 Nb6 42. c7 Kf8 43. a5 Nc8 44. Kf1 1-0

[Event "Lvov zt"]
[Site "Lvov"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Dvoirys, Semen I"]
[Black "Rozentalis, Eduardas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "1990.02.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. c4
c6 9. Nc3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Bg4 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Rb1 b6 13. Rb5 Bc7 14. h3 (14. c4
dxc4 $5 15. Be4 Nc6 16. Rg5 $1 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 Qd6 18. Rg3 $1 {Short-Timman, (m),
Hilversum 1989}) 14... a6 15. Rxd5 $5 Qxd5 16. hxg4 Nc6 17. Ng5 h6 18. Ne4 Rad8
19. g5 Rfe8 20. Re1 Nxd4 21. cxd4 Qxd4 22. Qc2 Qxd3 23. Qxc7 Rc8 24. Qb7 Rxc1
25. Rxc1 Qxe4 26. Qxb6 Qf4 27. Rf1 Re6 28. Qd8+ Kh7 29. Qd3+ Qe4 30. Qxe4+ Rxe4
31. gxh6 Kxh6 32. Rd1 Ra4 33. Rd2 Kg5 34. Kf1 f5 35. g3 Ra3 36. Kg2 g6 37. Rc2
Kh5 38. Rd2 a5 39. Rc2 a4 40. Rd2 g5 41. Rc2 Kg4 42. Rc4+ f4 43. gxf4 gxf4 44.
Rc2 Kf5 45. Rb2 Rc3 46. Rb4 a3 47. Ra4 Kg4 48. Ra8 Kf5 49. Ra4 Ke5 50. Ra5+ Kd4
51. Ra4+ Kc5 52. Rxf4 Rc2 53. Ra4 Rxa2 54. Kg3 Kb5 55. Ra8 Kb4 56. Rb8+ Kc3 57.
Ra8 Ra1 58. f4 Kb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Brussels SWIFT"]
[Site "Brussels"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Seirawan,Y"]
[PlyCount "149"]
[EventDate "1986.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 (3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. Nxe5 Nd7 6. Nxd7 $5) 3...
d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O Nc6 8. c4 Nb4 9. Be2 Be6 10. Nc3 O-O
11. Be3 f5 $5 {Diagram #} 12. a3 $1 (12. cxd5 $6 Nxd5 13. Nxe4 fxe4 14. Ne5
Nxe3 15. fxe3 Rxf1+ 16. Qxf1 Bg5) (12. c5 $5 f4 13. Bc1 Nc6 14. Qb3 Ng5 15. Rd1
Qd7 16. Qxb7 $5 Nxf3+ 17. Bxf3 Rab8 18. Qa6 Bf6 19. Ne2 g5 20. h3 Rb4 21. a3
Rxd4 22. Nxd4 Nxd4) 12... Nxc3 (12... Nc6 $2 13. Nxd5 Bxd5 14. cxd5 Qxd5 15.
Rc1) 13. bxc3 Nc6 14. Qa4 $5 (14. cxd5 Bxd5 15. c4 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 f4 17. Bd5+
Kh8 18. Bc1 Nxd4 19. Rb1 Bc5 20. Bb2 $6 Qf6) 14... f4 15. Bd2 Kh8 16. Rab1 Rb8
17. Rfe1 dxc4 (17... a6 $5 18. c5 $1 (18. Bd3 dxc4 19. Bxc4 Bg4)) 18. Bxc4 Bg4
19. Be2 Bd6 (19... a6 $5 20. h3 Bh5 21. Ng5 Bxe2 $1 (21... Bxg5 $2 22. Bxh5 f3
23. Bxg5 Qxg5 24. Bxf3 $1 Rxf3 25. Qxc6 $1) 22. Ne6 Qd5 23. Rxe2 f3 $1 24. Ree1
$2 (24. Re3 $8) 24... fxg2 25. Nxf8 Rxf8 26. Qd1 Qf5 27. Kxg2 Qxf2+ 28. Kh1 Rf3
$19 {M.Rohde-Y.Seirawan, 1986 US Championship.}) 20. h3 Bh5 {Diagram #} 21. Rb5
$1 Be8 $2 (21... Bg6 22. c4 {Big advantage for White, A.Karpov.} (22. c4) (22.
Ng5 $5 Re8 23. Qc4 Qf6 24. Bd3 Rxe1+ 25. Bxe1 a6 $1 26. Bxg6 axb5 27. Nf7+ Kg8
28. Nh6+ (28. Nxd6+ $4 bxc4 $19) 28... Kf8 $5 29. Qg8+ Ke7 30. Qxh7 Rf8 31. f3
Kd7 32. Ng4 Qe6 33. Bf2) 22... a6 $1 23. Rb2 (23. Rbb1 $2 Bxb1) (23. Rb3 $2 Bc2
) (23. Rd5 $2 Be4) 23... Qf6 24. Bc3 (24. c5 $2 Bxc5) 24... Be4 25. Qd1 Rbe8 $1
26. Rxb7 Bxf3 27. Bxf3 Rxe1+ 28. Qxe1 Nxd4 $11 29. Qd1 (29. Bd1 f3 30. g3 $4
Bxg3) 29... Ne2+ 30. Qxe2 Qxc3) 22. Qc2 $1 a6 23. Rf5 $1 Rxf5 24. Qxf5 Bg6 25.
Qg4 $1 Qf6 26. Bc4 Rf8 27. a4 $1 Bc2 (27... Ne7 28. Ne5) (27... Bf5 28. Qg5 h6
29. Qxf6 Rxf6 30. Re8+ Kh7 31. Ne5) (27... h6 $4 28. Re6 $16) 28. Qh5 (28. Ng5
$1 Bf5 29. Ne4 $1 Bxg4 30. Nxf6 Bxh3 31. Nxh7 Kxh7 32. gxh3) 28... h6 $6 (28...
g6 29. Qd5 Bxa4 30. Ne5 Nd8 $5) (28... Bxa4 29. Ng5 h6 30. Nf7+ Kh7 31. Re6 $18
) 29. Re8 $1 Bf5 (29... Bxa4 $2 30. Re6 Qf5 31. Qxf5 Rxf5 32. Nh4 $16) (29...
Bg6 30. Rxf8+ Bxf8 31. Qd5 $140 $1 {Qd5-g8 checkmate.}) 30. Bd5 $1 Bd7 31.
Rxf8+ Qxf8 32. Nh4 Be8 33. Qe2 $1 {Diagram #} (33. Ng6+ $2 Bxg6 34. Qxg6 Ne7
35. Qe4 Nxd5 36. Qxd5) 33... Nd8 $2 34. Qe4 Qe7 35. Ng6+ Bxg6 36. Qxg6 c6 37.
Bb3 b5 38. Kf1 Qf8 39. Bc2 Kg8 40. Bb3+ Kh8 41. h4 $6 (41. c4 $1 bxc4 (41...
bxa4 42. Bxa4 c5 43. Bc2 Kg8 44. Qh7+ Kf7 45. dxc5 Bxc5 46. Bxf4) 42. Bxc4)
41... Nb7 42. c4 Qg8 43. Qd3 $2 (43. d5 $1 cxd5 44. cxb5 axb5 45. Bc3 Qh7 46.
Qe8+ Qg8 47. Qxg8+ Kxg8 48. Bxd5+ $18) (43. Bc2 $3 Qxc4+ 44. Bd3 Qg8 45. Bc3 b4
46. Bb2 $18 {J.Timman}) 43... Qh7 44. Ke2 g5 45. c5 Bc7 46. axb5 axb5 47. h5
Ba5 {Diagram #} 48. Bc1 $2 (48. Qxh7+ Kxh7 49. d5 $1 Bc7 50. d6 (50. dxc6 Nxc5
51. Bd5 $16) 50... Ba5 $1) 48... Qe7+ 49. Kd1 (49. Kf3 g4+ 50. Kxg4 Qg5+ 51.
Kf3 Qxh5+) 49... Qe1+ 50. Kc2 Qxf2+ 51. Kb1 Qg3 52. Qxg3 (52. Qd1 $1 Qxg2 (
52... Bd8 53. Bb2 Bf6 54. d5 Bxb2 55. dxc6 $18) 53. d5 $1 Qe4+ 54. Bc2 $18)
52... fxg3 53. Kc2 $2 $14 {A.Karpov} (53. Bb2 $1 Kg7 (53... Kh7 54. Kc2) 54.
d5+ Kf8 55. dxc6 Nd8 (55... Nxc5 56. Ba3 $1 b4 57. Bxb4 Bxb4 58. c7) 56. Bd5
$18) 53... Kg7 54. d5 Nxc5 55. Bb2+ Kf8 56. dxc6 Na6 $1 {Diagram #} 57. Ba3+ $1
Ke8 $1 58. Be6 $1 Bb4 $1 59. Bb2 (59. c7 $2 Nxc7) 59... Bf8 $2 (59... Be7 60.
Bd7+ Kd8 61. Bg7 Nb8 62. c7+ $1 (62. Bxh6 $2 Nxd7 63. cxd7 Kxd7 64. Bg7 Ke6 65.
h6 Kf7) 62... Kxc7 63. Bxb5 $18 {J.Timman}) (59... Bd6 $1 60. Bg7 Nb4+ 61. Kd1
Ke7 $3 62. Bd7 Nd5 63. Bxh6 Kf6 {Diagram #} 64. Kd2 (64. Be8 $2 Ne3+ 65. Kd2
Nf5 $1 66. Bf8 Bxf8 67. c7 Nd6) (64. Kc1 Ne3 65. Bh3 (65. Bf8 Bf4) 65... g4 66.
Bxe3 gxh3 67. gxh3 g2 {Diagram #} 68. Kd1 Bf4 $1 69. Bg1 $6 (69. Bd4+ Be5 70.
Be3 Bf4 $11) 69... Ke6 70. Ke2 b4 $17) 64... b4 65. Kc2 Ne3+ 66. Kb3 Nxg2 67.
Bf8 $1 Bc7 68. h6 Nf4 69. Be8 (69. h7 Ng6 70. Bh3 Kf7 71. Bh6 Nh8 72. Bxg5 Kg6
$11) 69... g2 70. h7 g1=Q 71. h8=Q+ {Diagram #} Kf5 72. Qh7+ Kg4 73. Qxc7 $4
Qd1+ $19) 60. Bd7+ Kd8 61. Be5 Nb4+ 62. Kd2 {Diagram #} Nd5 {My sealed move.}
63. Be6 Nc7 (63... Bb4+ $8 {A.Karpov} 64. Kc2 (64. Ke2 $2 Nf4+ $11) (64. Kd1 $2
Bc3 $1 $11) (64. Kd3 $2 Nf4+ $11) 64... Nc7 65. Bf7 Na6 66. Bg7 Ke7 67. Bg6 Ba5
(67... Bd6 $1 68. Kd1 Nb4 69. Be4 Na2 70. Bf5 Nb4 71. Bd7 $18 {J.Timman}) 68.
Kd1 $16 {A.Karpov}) 64. Bf7 Ne8 $2 (64... b4 $8 65. Kd3 Nb5 66. Bd5 Bd6 67. Bg7
Ke7 68. Bxh6 $2 Kf6) 65. Bxe8 $1 Kxe8 66. Bf6 $1 g4 67. Kc3 Bd6 68. Bg7 Bf4 69.
Kb4 Kd8 70. Kxb5 Kc7 71. Kc5 Be3+ 72. Kd5 Bf4 73. Bf8 $22 Kb6 74. Bd6 Bg5 75.
Bxg3 1-0

[Event "FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss"]
[Site "Douglas"]
[Date "2019.10.20"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Sethuraman, SP."]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[Annotator "Sethuraman,SP"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2019.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,83,22,29,24,24,40,34,30,28,28,28,32,20,20,17,20,21,29,27,25,25,34,32,
28,28,32,30,79,33,33,38,33,-13,-12,-14,0,-17,-17,-13,-7,-2,6,14,10,31,62,52,
114,109,106,82,86,68,68,76,65,61,133,137,137,144,148,148,137,137,194,201,226,
234,234,235,242,242,241,224,262,253,335,339,348,367,404,390,390,395]} {After
my sixth round victory against the strong Israeli GM Rodshtein, I made a few
draws against strong opposition with every game almost lasting for 6-7 hours.
This was the penultimate round and I was eagerly looking forward to break my
drawing streak.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 {Petroff from Shirov is the most unlikely
knowing his style of setting the board on fire but he did already play this
against the World Champion Magnus Carlsen few days back So I was kind of
expecting it .} 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 Nd7 8.
Qd2 Nf6 {The new trend which became extremely popular after the
Carlsen-Caruana WC match .} 9. O-O-O O-O 10. Bd3 d5 {The Chinese prodigy Wei
Yi played this a few times} (10... c5 {is the most popular option.}) 11. Rhe1
Bg4 12. Qe2 $5 $146 {I had prepared this nice novelty for a long time and was
very happy to use it in this game. The point is just to recapture the f3
knight with the queen threatening h3.} (12. Bg5 Ne4 13. Bxe4 dxe4 14. Bxe7 Qxe7
15. Qf4 f5 $15 {Nepomniachtchi,I (2773)-Wei,Y (2736) Abidjan 2019}) (12. h3
Bxf3 13. gxf3 Re8 14. f4 c5 $132 {Vachier Lagrave,M (2780)-Wei,Y (2736)
Abidjan 2019}) 12... Re8 {After a long thought Alexei went for this dubious
move. Perhaps it was better to play 12..c6 which was the main move in my
preparation.} (12... c6 13. h3 Bh5 14. g4 Bg6 15. Bxg6 hxg6 16. Kb1 $14) 13. h3
Bh5 14. g4 (14. c4 {was more accurate:} Bc5 (14... c6 15. cxd5 Qa5 (15... Nxd5
$2 16. c4 Nxe3 17. Bxh7+ $18) (15... cxd5 16. Bb5 Rf8 17. g4 Bg6 18. Ne5 $16)
16. d6 $1 Bxf3 (16... Bxd6 $2 17. g4 $18) 17. Qxf3 Bxd6 18. Kb1 $16) (14... Bb4
15. c3 Bc5 16. cxd5 Bxe3+ 17. fxe3 $14) 15. cxd5 Bxe3+ 16. fxe3 $16) 14... Bg6
15. Bxg6 (15. c4 $142 Bb4 16. c3 Bc5 17. cxd5 Bxe3+ 18. fxe3 $14) 15... hxg6
16. g5 $6 (16. c4 $142 {was the final chance to get a better version of this
c4 idea.}) 16... Ne4 17. c4 {With the pawn already on g5 White's h3 pawn is
quite loose.} (17. Qb5 $2 c6 18. Qxb7 Qa5 $19) 17... Bb4 (17... Qd7 $1 18. Rxd5
Qxh3 {During the game I assumed this to be very dangerous for Black with the
h-file open. But in fact Black gets good counterplay here and it is not clear
if White is even better because he is not in time to get Rh1 and double
something on the h-file threatening mate.}) 18. Rxd5 Qc8 19. Rh1 {Supporting
the h3 pawn.} c6 20. Rdd1 (20. Rd3 Qe6 21. Rb3 a5 $132) 20... Qf5 $6 {Now
White gets an extra tempo to consolidate his extra pawn.} (20... Qe6 21. Nd4) (
20... Bc5 $142) 21. Nd4 Qe5 (21... Qa5 22. Kb1 Rad8 23. Nb3 Qf5 24. Qg4 $16)
22. Qg4 Qc5 23. Nb3 (23. a3 $1 {As I saw 23.Nb3 is simply better, I somehow
didn't consider other options. This is a quite nice line winning the piece,
but White has to be bit careful and precise as his king is vulnerable now.}
Bxa3 24. Nb3 Qe7 (24... Qf8 25. Rd4 {transposes}) 25. Rd7 Qf8 26. Rd4 $1 Qe7
27. bxa3 Qxa3+ 28. Kd1 Nc3+ 29. Kd2 Qb4 30. Kd3 $18) 23... Qf5 24. Rd7 a5 25.
Rxb7 (25. a4 $1 {was precise:} b5 26. Qxf5 gxf5 27. cxb5 cxb5 28. axb5 a4 {
I was afraid of this pawn march during the game but it is nothing serious and
White has a clear advanatage.} 29. Nd2 a3 30. Kb1 f4 31. Nxe4 fxe3 32. Rd4 $16)
25... Nd6 26. Qxf5 gxf5 27. Rc7 Nxc4 28. Bc5 a4 $2 (28... Re2 {Although White
is better ,this was the best resistance}) 29. Bxb4 axb3 30. a3 Re2 31. cxb3
Nxb2 32. Rd7 {and the knight on b2 is trapped.} Rxf2 33. Bd2 Nc4 34. bxc4 Rxa3
35. Kb2 Rg3 36. h4 {The rest is simple.} f4 37. Kc2 f3 38. Rd3 Kh7 39. Kc3 Rfg2
40. Rf1 f2 41. Rxg3 Rxg3+ 42. Kd4 {Finally a win after a series of draws :)}
1-0

[Event "Linares 13th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1995.03.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Akopian, Vladimir Eduardovic"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "Shirov,A"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1995.03.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 046"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nxe5 O-O 5. Be2 Re8 6. Nd3 Bxc3 7. dxc3 Nxe4
8. Nf4 $1 d6 9. O-O Nd7 10. f3 $5 (10. c4 a5 (10... c6 $5 11. f3 $140 $2 Qb6+)
11. f3 Nec5 12. b3 Qf6 13. Rb1 c6 14. Nh5 $1 Qg6 15. Ng3 $14 {Shirov,A-Yusupov,
A/BL 9394/1994/}) 10... Nef6 11. c4 Qe7 12. Rf2 Qe5 13. Rb1 Nf8 14. b3 Bd7 15.
Nd3 (15. Nd5 $5 Nxd5 16. cxd5 $14) 15... Qe7 16. Bb2 Qe3 $1 (16... Ng6 17. Qd2
Qe3 18. Qc3 $14) 17. Nb4 (17. Qf1 Ng6 18. Re1 Qb6) 17... a5 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19.
cxd5 Ng6 20. Bf1 Nh4 $5 (20... Bf5 21. Rc1 Nf4 22. Bd4 Qe7 23. c4 $14) 21. c4
Nf5 22. Qd2 b6 23. Bc3 h5 24. Bd3 $1 (24. Qxe3 Nxe3 $10) 24... Re7 25. Qxe3
Rxe3 (25... Nxe3 26. Re1 Rae8 27. Rfe2 Bf5 28. Be4 $1 Ng4 29. h3 $1 (29. Bxf5
Rxe2 30. Rxe2 Rxe2 31. fxg4 Rxa2 $132) 29... Nh6 (29... Nf6 30. Bxf6 gxf6 31.
Kf2 $16) (29... Ne5 30. Bxf5 Nxf3+ 31. Kf2 Nxe1 32. Rxe1 $16) 30. Bd3 $1 Rxe2
31. Bxe2 $1 $14 (31. Rxe2 Rc8 $10)) 26. Rd2 Rae8 27. Kf2 R3e7 28. Rc1 $1 (28.
a3 Ne3 {/\ Bf5}) 28... f6 (28... Ne3 29. Re2 $1) 29. a3 Kf7 30. b4 axb4 31.
axb4 Ne3 32. Bd4 $1 (32. Re2 b5 $1) 32... Nf5 33. Bb2 Ne3 (33... Ra8 34. c5
bxc5 35. bxc5 g5 $14) 34. c5 bxc5 35. bxc5 Bf5 36. Ba6 $1 (36. Bb5 Bd7) 36...
Ra8 37. Be2 Bg6 $2 $138 (37... Bh7 38. cxd6 cxd6 39. Rc6 Rd8 40. Ba3 Nf5 41. g4
Ra7 $1 $14) 38. cxd6 cxd6 39. Rc6 Rd8 40. Ba3 Nf5 41. g4 hxg4 (41... Ra7 $2 42.
gxf5 Rxa3 43. fxg6+ $18) 42. fxg4 Nh6 43. Bxd6 Red7 44. Bc7 Re8 45. h3 Kg8 46.
Rc5 Rc8 47. d6 Nf7 48. Bb5 Nxd6 49. Bxd6 (49. Bxd7 Ne4+ 50. Ke2 $18) (49. Bxd6
Rxc5 50. Bxd7 $18) 1-0

[Event "Sharjah FIDE GP"]
[Site "Sharjah"]
[Date "2017.02.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Li, Chao B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[Annotator "Silver,A"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2017.02.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. c4
c6 9. Nc3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Bf5 12. Bg5 {The novelty, at least at
master level or greater. An odd one at first sight as it forces the queen away
to a better square it would normally do anyhow, and invites an attack to be
evicted. However, it will be clear the Russian has this well in mind and plays
very quickly.} Qc7 13. Re1 h6 14. Nh4 Bh7 {[#]} 15. Bxh6 $1 {Not only strong,
but still well part of Nepomniachtchi's preparation as the respective time per
move shows.} Bxh2+ {Unpleasant as the move came, Li Chao spends 26 minutes no
doubt trying to see what trouble he had landed in, and comes up with a good
reply.} ({The obvious question is what prevents him from just taking with} 
15... gxh6 16. Qg4+ Kh8 17. Nf5 Bxf5 18. Qxf5 Bxh2+ (18... f6 19. Re6 {This is
the main computer line, and considering how quickly White was playing, one can
be sure he knew it well and had it prepared.} Nd7 20. Rae1 Nb6 21. Bd3 {
and now the attack is overwhelming. The immediate threat is Re7!} Qd7 22. Qh5 {
and Black must lose material to save the king from an immediate demise.}) (
18... Nd7 $2 19. Bd3 Nf6 20. Qxf6+ {etc.}) 19. Kh1 Qf4 20. Qh3 {and the Bh2 is
trapped. However, as will be clear, this was still the best path for Black.})
16. Kh1 Bf4 {The fatal imprecision.} ({Best was} 16... gxh6 17. Qg4+ Kh8 18.
Nf5 Bxf5 19. Qxf5 Qf4 20. Qh3 {and it transposes to the note above.}) 17. Bxg7
$1 Kxg7 18. Qg4+ Kh8 19. Nf5 Bxf5 20. Qxf5 Qd6 21. g3 Bh6 22. Kg2 {With the
obvious idea of Rh1 attacking on the h-file.} b5 23. Bb3 Qg6 24. Qxg6 fxg6 25.
Re7 g5 26. Re6 Kg7 27. Rh1 Rh8 28. Re7+ Kg6 29. Bc2+ ({It is mate in six after
} 29. Bc2+ Kf6 30. Rhe1 g4 31. R1e6+ Kg5 32. Rg6+ Kh5 33. Re5+ Bg5 34. Rexg5#)
1-0

[Event "Norway Chess 7th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2019.06.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[Annotator "So,Wesley"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2019.06.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{I and my family love coming back to Norway every year. It is such a wonderful
chess tournament and always a pleasure for me to play. The organization always
treats the players so well you can't help but be inspired to do your best.
Plus, they serve a lot of Norwegian salmon which is our favorite food!} 1. e4
e5 (1... c5 {Here is my game with the very strong, disciplined and resouceful
Yu Yangi. Considering that Yu is an aggressive and combative player I imagined
that the Sicilian would be part of his repertoire.}) 2. Nf3 Nf6 {Yu Yangyi
defended with the Petroff during the whole Norway Tournament. Of course it's a
very solid opening, and he scored an excellent 50% in the classical games
using it. Even Vishy Anand opted for 2.Bc4 in the Armageddon against him, just
to avoid the Petroff. In top level tournaments it is important to have a main
opening to rely on that is irrefutable, otherwise your opponents will put
nonstop pressure on you. In fact I tested the Petroff myself two days later
against Caruana in the Armageddon just to see how it would go, and I got a
draw after a long defense.} 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 (5. d4 {is what
Grischuk and Anand chose against him in the same tournament.}) 5... Nxc3 6.
dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 Nc6 (7... O-O {is a totally different story. But I noticed
that recently Yu exclusively castles long.}) 8. Qd2 Be6 9. O-O-O Qd7 {The
Petroff is such a complex and subtle opening. People who claim it is boring
don't know how to play it but just let the computer evaluation do their
thinking for them. I myself find the variations extremely interesting. For
instance here Black already has to pay careful attention to his next move. He
meets 10.Kb1 with Bf6, 10.h4 with h6, 10.b3 with a6 or h6, and anything else
with 10...0-0-0. Black is also ready to give up the bishop pair anytime
meeting Ng5 with Bxg5. It's not simple to play with both colors. I believe
that the Petroff is still far from exhausted and we'll see many top level
battles and manoevers here in the future, if the trend heads this way.} 10. Kb1
({In the Armageddon blitz Caruana played} 10. h4 h6 (10... Bf6 11. Bg5 {
is the whole point. Now White can improve his pawn structure.} Qe7 12. Qf4) 11.
Nd4 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 {against me,and apparently Black has to castle short and
hope for the best. Instead I went for} Rg8 $2 (12... O-O $1) 13. c4 c5 14. Bc3
O-O-O 15. Qe3 $16 {When White's bishop on c3 is particularly well placed.})
10... Bf6 {This all has been played by Yu in Round 1 against MVL. I was
slightly pleased and disappointed also to have this appear on the board.
Pleased because I am able to play my preparation, but disappointed because
Black has a really solid position.} 11. h4 (11. Ng5 {MVL went for} Bxg5 12.
Bxg5 f6 13. Bf4 O-O-O 14. b3 h5 {White has a long lasting slight pressure
because of the bishop pair, but usually fails to find a way to make progress.}
15. h3 Rhe8 16. Be2 Bf7 17. g4 hxg4 18. hxg4 Re7 19. g5 Rde8 20. Bf1 Be6 21.
gxf6 gxf6 22. Be3 Rh7 23. Rxh7 Qxh7 $11 {Now Black is totally equal and he has
no weaknesses.} 24. c4 Bf5 25. Kb2 Qe7 26. Qc3 Qe5 27. Be2 Nb4 28. Qxe5 fxe5
29. c3 Nc6 30. Bf3 a6 31. c5 dxc5 32. Bxc5 Rd8 33. Rxd8+ Nxd8 34. c4 Ne6 35.
Be3 c5 36. a3 a5 37. Kc3 Kc7 38. Bd1 b6 39. b4 axb4+ 40. axb4 cxb4+ 41. Kxb4
Nd4 42. Bh6 Ne6 43. Be3 {1/2-1/2 (43) Vachier Lagrave,M (2779)-Yu,Y (2738)
Stavanger 2019}) 11... O-O-O 12. Nd4 Nxd4 ({Black can give up the bishop pair
with} 12... Bxd4 13. cxd4 d5 14. h5 {and accept a slightly worse position.})
13. Bxd4 Be5 {Played in order to avoid doubling his pawns. This all has been
played before.} 14. Qe3 (14. Be2 {was played by MVL last year.} Qa4 15. b3 Qa5
{and maybe here White can play 16.Kb2 or a different move because after} 16. f4
Bxd4 17. Qxd4 g6 {the queen was coming quickly to c5 and Black maanged to
consolidate in the game MVL-Caruana St. Louis 2018.}) (14. f4 {can be met by}
c5 {amongst others.}) 14... Qa4 15. b3 Qa5 (15... Bxd4 {gives White the extra
option} 16. Rxd4 Qc6 17. Be2 {where I'd have some pressure on the queenside.
The bishop is coming quickly on f3 and my pieces are more active than Black's.}
) 16. Bxe5 {This was my idea for this game. It has been played in a few email/
correspondence games. Therefore it can't be bad. It seems a bit
counterintuitive at first, as now it is Black who has the better pawn
structure. In return White argues that the queen on a5 is misplaced.} (16. Bd3
Bxd4 17. Qxd4 {is another possibility, although I think Black is doing fine
here. For instance} g6 18. Rde1 c5 19. Qf6 d5 {and his counterplay on the
queenside seems to come on time.}) 16... dxe5 17. Be2 {What attracted me to
this line is that the computer wants to go 17...Rde8 as its first line! Well
if that's the best way that Black can defend then this line ought to be worth
trying.} g6 {A very natural new move, but it should not be very good. It's
better to wait for White to play Qg3, or Qg5 before going g6 in order to make
me lose a tempo.} (17... Rde8 18. Kb2 Qb6 19. Qg3 g6 20. h5 $14) (17... Rhe8 {
may be the best defense.}) 18. c4 $6 {I thought for a long time here, and came
up with this move. I want to meet Qb6 with c5 to keep his queen misplaced. But
apparently Qb6 is not a threat yet-he first has to defend his e5-pawn, and
this gives White time to improve his position.} (18. h5 $1 {is the best, not
giving Black time to consolidate. It's not possible to defend all his
weaknesses on the kingside.} Rhe8 (18... Rxd1+ 19. Rxd1 Rd8 20. Rxd8+ Kxd8 21.
Kb2 $16) (18... Bf5 19. Bd3) (18... Qb6 {is not possible yet as e5 is hanging}
19. Qxe5) 19. Rxd8+ Rxd8 20. hxg6 hxg6 21. f3 $14 {next I want to consolidate
my queenside with Kb2, with some pressure. I control the h-file while Black
can only sit and wait.}) ({Even} 18. Kb2 {gives White a pleasant advantage.}
Qb6 19. Qxe5 Qxf2 20. h5) 18... Rxd1+ 19. Rxd1 Rd8 {Another negative effect of
my c4 is that my dark-squares have become vulnerable.} 20. Bd3 Qb6 {Trading
pieces makes perfect sense. Petroff players know this very well. Trade,trade,
and head for the endgame with Black---why not?} 21. Qxb6 {I decided to double
his pawns and 'fix' b7 on a light-square, instead of 21.Re1.} (21. Re1 Qxe3 22.
Rxe3 Rd4 23. g3 f6 24. f4 {we could basically get a similar endgame, but I
wanted to double his pawns.}) 21... axb6 22. Re1 {Around here of course I
realized that my 18.c4 was not accurate and the ending is just more or less
equal. Nevertheless I tried to keep playing and hoping to put some pressure.}
f6 ({The active way to defend is} 22... Rd4 23. g3 (23. h5 Rg4 24. hxg6 hxg6
25. g3 Rg5) 23... f6 24. f4 Kd7 25. fxe5 f5 {when he has enough counterplay
with Rg4 and f4.}) 23. f4 Re8 {Yu decides to defend passively.} ({Simpler is} 
23... Rd4 24. fxe5 f5 25. h5 Rg4 $11 {I always thought that in the endgame the
rook always has to remain active.}) 24. fxe5 Bg8 $6 {This gives me some
chances to have pressure.} (24... Bd7 {was what I was expecting. I can try} 25.
Rf1 fxe5 26. Rf7 {to control the 7th rank, but with a few accurate moves Black
should defend.} (26. Be4 Be6 {followed by Kd7-e7.}) 26... e4 (26... Bc6 27. g3)
27. Be2 h5 28. Kc1 Bf5 {Black has some weak pawns, but nevertheless its hard
for me to make progress.}) 25. h5 (25. Kc1 Rxe5 26. Rxe5 fxe5 {looks like a
clear draw to me.}) 25... gxh5 26. Bf5+ Kb8 27. e6 c5 (27... c6 {is according
to the computer the only way to put Black within the range of equality, but
its hard to explain or understand why anybody would prefer c6 over 27...c5.})
28. Re3 {Playing like a real chess player (a human being).} ({If you follow
the computer's first line, it gives} 28. g3 Kc7 29. Kb2 {to keep the passed
e-pawn, and meeting Kd6 with Rd1 check. However if you make a few more natural
moves:} Re7 (29... Kd6 $2 30. Rd1+ Ke5 31. Rd5# {checkmate!}) (29... h4 30.
gxh4 Kd6 31. h5) 30. Kc3 (30. Ka3 Kd6 31. Ka4 {leads nowhere after} Bxe6 32.
Bxe6 Rxe6 33. Rh1 Re2 $11) 30... Kd6 ({Black cannot just wait with his rook. If
} 30... Re8 31. Re3 Re7 32. Kd2 Re8 33. Ke2 {and White slowly creeps in.}) 31.
Rd1+ Kc7 32. Rd7+ Rxd7 33. exd7 Kd8 $1 {There is no way for White to break the
fortress and I believe Black should draw.} 34. Kd2 Ke7 35. Ke3 Kd8 36. Kf3 Ke7
37. Kg2 Kd8) 28... Kc7 29. Rg3 $5 {This was my idea. In return for my passed
e6-pawn I activate my rook along the 7th rank and fix his weaknesses on b7 and
h7. As I said earlier, I believe that the rook always need to be active in the
endgame.} Bxe6 30. Rg7+ Kb8 $6 {Again a very natural move. I feel 95% of
normal chess players would opt to defend their pawns.} ({But apparently Black
draws in all lines with} 30... Kd6 $1 {This is one position where a computer
definitely has the upper hand. With brute force it can calculate all
variations till the very end. Now it gives 0.00, but I wouldn't be able to
explain everything why.} 31. Bxe6 Rxe6 (31... Kxe6 32. Rxb7 f5 (32... Rg8 $2
33. Rxb6+ Ke5 34. Rc6 $18) 33. Rxb6+ Ke5 34. Rc6 Kd4) 32. Rxb7 (32. Rxh7 Re2
33. Rxb7 Rxg2 34. Rxb6+ Ke5 35. Rc6 f5 36. Rxc5+ Ke4 $11) 32... Ke5 33. Rxh7 f5
34. Rxh5 Rg6 $11 {and I cannot make progress even with two pawns up. The
f-pawn is simply running too fast, while my queenside is not ready to push yet.
}) 31. Be4 Bc8 32. Bd5 ({I saw} 32. Bf3 {but} h4 33. Rxh7 h3 34. gxh3 Re3 {
concerned me. I didn't want to have all pawns on the same side, and the rook
endgame with} 35. Bg4 Bxg4 36. hxg4 Rg3 37. Rg7 (37. Rf7 Rxg4 38. Rxf6 Ka7 {
draw?}) 37... f5 38. g5 f4 39. Kc1 Rg2 40. Kd1 f3 {seems like a clear draw to
me.}) 32... Re2 {Here I realized that he has Rxc2 all the time in reply to
Rxh7.} 33. Bf3 Rd2 ({I did not see anything wrong with} 33... Rf2 {to keep his
rook far away from my king. His move gives me extra possibilities.}) 34. Bxh5
$1 {Otherwise he could push his pawn to h4.} Bf5 35. Bf3 Rd7 ({By using a
small trick I manage to keep some pressure and chances.} 35... Bxc2+ 36. Kc1 {
attacks the unfortunate rook on d2, giving me time to snatch his queenside
pawns.}) (35... Rxc2 36. Rxb7+ Kc8 37. Ka1 $18 {wins for me also, as I will be
two pawns up.}) 36. Rg8+ Ka7 37. Kc1 {Preventing him from coming back to the
7th rank.} Re7 {In time trouble and desperation Yu decided to give up a pawn
and head straight for the rook ending, but I'm afraid it was not the best
choice. He needed to play} (37... Bg6 {to defend the f6-pawn, when his
position is unpleasant, but holdable.} 38. Rf8 (38. a4 Re7) 38... Rd6 (38...
Rf7 39. Re8 f5 40. Re6 $16) 39. a4 Re6 40. Kd2 Rd6+ 41. Kc3 Re6 {Black defends
all his pawns and weaknesses for now. I don't see a way for me to make
progress here.}) 38. Rf8 Be4 $2 {The losing move.} (38... Re6 {is much more
accurate. Basically Black wants to trade all kingside pawns, leaving a 4 vs 3
drawn rook endgame on the queenside. His 38...Be4 gave me the extra option to
capture with my g-pawn.} 39. Rf7 Be4 40. Bxe4 Rxe4 41. Rxh7 Rg4 42. Rh2 Rg3 43.
Kd2 f5) 39. Rxf6 Bxf3 40. gxf3 $1 {This saved the day for me. Now the rook
ending is easily winning. Add to the fact that we were both low in time 
(Norway does not give extra time to the players after move 40, just 10 second
increments) makes defending impossible.} (40. Rxf3 Re2 41. g3 Rg2 $11) 40...
Re2 41. Rh6 Rf2 42. Rh3 $1 h5 43. Kb2 Ka6 ({Alas even active defense with} 
43... Kb8 44. Kc3 Kc7 45. Kd3 Kd6 46. a4 {does not help Black. Next comes Ke4
and take on h5. White wins.}) 44. a4 h4 45. Kc3 Ka5 46. Kb2 ({Even the direct} 
46. Kd3 Kb4 47. Ke4 $1 Rxc2 48. f4 {wins easily.} Re2+ 49. Kf3 {My f-pawn is
simply going to run too fast and Black has no blockers.}) 46... Ka6 47. Kc1 {
Playing a cat and mouse game. I was trying to zugzwang him for no apparent
reason.} Ka7 (47... Ka5 48. Rxh4 Rxf3 49. Rh8 {is what I was hoping for.}) 48.
Kb1 Ka6 ({Was there some sort of mirauclous, impossible for anyone to find
over-the-board draw with} 48... Kb8 49. Kb2 Kc7 50. Kc3 Kd6 51. Kd3 Ke5 52.
Rxh4 Rxf3+ 53. Ke2 Rf6 54. Rh7 Kd4 55. Kd2 Rf2+ 56. Kc1 Kc3 57. Rh3+ Kb4 58.
Kb2 Rf8 59. Rh7 Rb8 {!? The computer seems to think so. Well I'm not
disappointed at all to have missed it.}) 49. Kb2 Ka7 50. Kc3 {We had been
badly down on time for the last 10 moves, so much so that we both stopped
writing down the moves.} Kb8 51. Kd3 Kc7 52. Ke4 $1 {I finally got on the
right track after moving the pieces around for some time.} Re2+ (52... Rxc2 53.
f4 Kd6 54. Rxh4 Rc3 55. Rh6+ Kc7 56. f5 Rxb3 57. f6 Kd7 58. Kf5 Rf3+ 59. Kg6
Ke6 60. Kg7 Rg3+ 61. Rg6 {I'm pleased to say that I saw this line over the
board.}) 53. Kd3 Rf2 54. Ke4 Re2+ 55. Kf5 Rxc2 56. f4 Rf2 57. Rxh4 Rf3 58. Kg5
Rxb3 59. f5 Rg3+ 60. Rg4 {Most pawn endgames with an outside passed pawn are
obviously winning.} Ra3 61. f6 Rxa4 62. f7 Ra8 63. Kf6 b5 64. Rg8 Ra1 65. f8=Q
Rf1+ 66. Ke5 {I was pleased with this win, because I was able to play my new
concept (16.Bxe5) and beat the ever-solid Petroff defense, while avoiding an
Armageddon (Yu is a beast in Armageddon blitz, and in the end he tied for 2nd
place because of it!) I made a few inaccuracies here and there, but at the
same time we both managed to keep the game very interesting and hard fought,
all the way to the endgame.} 1-0

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 5th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.11.13"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2790"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2010.11.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 {One of the
main attractions of this line is it often leads to a complex struggle with
opposite-side castling and in that case White's king is well protected on the
<< by the doubled c-pawns. However, this doesn't mean that White gets a strong
-> automatically: the open <-> e is a strong neutralizing factor and he must
reckon with Black's [+]<=> as well.} Be7 7. Be3 {/\Qd2,0-0-0} ({The other main
move with similar ideas is} 7. Bf4 {, but this is recently somewhat less
fashionable among the top players (although in general it's played rather more
often, than the text-move). Now Black has a choice:} {Developing the B to f4
allows Black to play} O-O (7... Nc6 8. Qd2 Be6 9. O-O-O {The usual
continuation is} Qd7 ({An enterprising idea is} 9... Bxa2 $5 10. b3 a5 11. Kb2
a4 12. Kxa2 axb3+ 13. Kxb3 Ra5 (13... Na5+ 14. Kb2 Qd7 15. Ra1 O-O 16. Qd5 b5
17. Ne5 Qe6 18. Qxe6 fxe6 19. Rxa5 Rxa5 20. Nc6 Ra6 21. Nxe7+ Kf7 22. Bxb5 Rb6
23. c4 Kxe7 24. Bg5+ Kf7 25. Kc3 $18 {Karjakin,S (2723)-Kosteniuk,A (2517)/
Moscow WCh 5'/2009/}) 14. Kb2 Qa8 15. Bc4 ({Risky, but possibly more critical
is the yet untested} 15. Rb1 $5 O-O 16. Bd3 Ra2+ 17. Kc1 Ra1 18. Qd1) 15... d5
16. Bxc7 (16. Bb3 Ba3+ 17. Kb1 Be7 {1/2,Sjugirov,S (2585)-Maslak,K (2551)/Ulan
Ude/2009/}) 16... O-O 17. Bxa5 (17. Ra1 Rxa1 18. Rxa1 Qc8 19. Qxd5 Qxc7 $132)
17... Nxa5 18. Ne5 (18. Bxd5 $2 Nc4+ $1 19. Bxc4 Qa3+ 20. Kb1 Ra8 21. Bxf7+ Kf8
{0-1,Mosionzhik,I (2162)-Nagibin,G (2366)/Moscow/2009/}) 18... Ba3+ 19. Kb1
Nxc4 20. Nxc4 dxc4 21. Qd7 b5 22. Rd5 $2 (22. Rhe1 Qxg2 $44) 22... b4 $36 {
Berbatov,K (2250)-Lampert,J (1791)/EU-chJ Herceg Novi/2008/} (22... Bb4 23.
cxb4 c3 24. Rc5 Qa3 25. Rxc3 Qxc3 26. Qd3 Qxb4+ $40)) 10. Kb1 a6 (10... O-O-O
11. Ng5 Bxg5 12. Bxg5 f6 13. Be3 Kb8 14. b3 Ne7 15. f3 b6 16. Kb2 Bd5 17. a4
Bb7 18. Bb5 Bc6 19. Bd3 a5 20. Rhe1 h5 21. Bf2 Rde8 22. Ra1 Nc8 23. Reb1 g5 24.
Bd4 $14 {Radjabov,T (2756)-Kramnik,V (2759)/Baku rpd/2009/}) 11. Ng5 (11. h3 h6
12. Nd4 Nxd4 13. cxd4 d5 14. Bd3 O-O-O 15. Rhe1 Rhe8 16. Re2 Bf5 17. Bxf5 Qxf5
18. Rde1 Bb4 19. Qxb4 Rxe2 20. Rxe2 Qxf4 21. a3 Qd6 22. Qe1 Rf8 $11 {/+/=,
McShane,L (2657)-Giri,A (2677)/Khanty Mansiysk olm/2010/ The control of the
<->e gives White the initiative, but proved insufficient to for anything more
tangible in a simplified and symmetrical position.}) 11... Bxg5 (11... Bf5 12.
Bc4 {/\} h6 $2 13. Nxf7 Rf8 14. Qd5 Bg6 15. Ne5 $16) 12. Bxg5 f6 13. Be3 O-O-O
14. b3 Rhe8 15. f3 h5 16. Bf2 Bf5 17. Be2 Re7 18. Rhe1 Rde8 19. Bf1 Rxe1 20.
Bxe1 Re7 21. Bf2 Qe8 22. c4 $11 {[%csl Gf1,Gf2] /+/=^^,Kramnik,V (2743)-Adams,
M (2732)/Dortmund/2006/ Once again White has a very slight edge, this time due
to his ^^, but converting it is very difficult.}) 8. Qd2 Nd7 9. O-O-O Nc5 {
, in this main branch he is currently doing fine. Just one fine example, in
which he managed to get directly at White's K (really an exception in this
line):} 10. h4 Bf6 11. Ng5 h6 12. f3 Rb8 $5 13. g4 b5 14. Bd3 Re8 15. Bh7+ Kf8
16. Nh3 (16. Ne4 $5 Nxe4 17. Bxe4 Bxg4 18. fxg4 Rxe4 19. g5 $36) 16... b4 17.
cxb4 a5 18. g5 Bxh3 19. gxf6 Qxf6 20. c3 axb4 21. cxb4 Na6 22. a3 Bf5 23. Bxf5
Qxf5 $13 24. Rhg1 $4 Nxb4 $1 25. axb4 Ra8 26. b3 Ra1+ 27. Kb2 Qf6+ {0-1,
Rublevsky,S (2687)-Shirov,A (2699)/RUS-chT Sochi/2006/}) ({As mentioned above,
White's main idea is << castling, so the older} 7. Bd3 {/\0-0 practically
doesn't appear nowadays, rightly being considered sterile.}) 7... O-O ({
Also here Black regularly plays} 7... Nc6 8. Qd2 Be6 9. O-O-O Qd7 ({or even} 
9... Bxa2 $5 10. b3 a5 11. Kb2 a4 12. Kxa2 axb3+ 13. Kxb3 Ra5 14. Kb2 Qa8 15.
Bc4 d5 16. Bxd5 Ba3+ 17. Kb1 Be7 18. Kb2 Ba3+ 19. Kb1 Be7 20. Kb2 {1/2,Burg,T 
(2342)-Pruijssers,R (2413)/Venlo/2008/}) 10. Kb1 a6 11. Ng5 {, here he can
even try} Bf5 12. Bc4 h6 $5 13. Nf3 (13. Nxf7 $5 Rf8 14. Qd5 $13 {is more
testing}) 13... Be6 14. Be2 Bf6 15. Nd4 Nxd4 16. Bxd4 Bxd4 17. Qxd4 O-O 18. Bf3
Rae8 19. h4 b6 20. b3 Qb5 21. Kb2 Qc5 22. Rhe1 a5 $11 {Alekseev,E (2700)
-Ivanchuk,V (2741)/Astrakhan/2010/ If there will be more attacking games like
ours, he will probably resort to this restrained continuation even more often.}
) 8. Qd2 Nd7 9. O-O-O Ne5 {This natural centralizing move is Black's most
popular option.} ({Kramnik understandably wants to improve upon} 9... Re8 10.
h4 c6 11. Bd3 Nf6 12. Rde1 d5 13. Bd4 c5 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Qf4 Be6 16. Ng5 g6
17. Bb5 Rf8 18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. Rxe6 Bxc3 20. Qg4 Bg7 21. h5 c4 (21... Qa5 22.
Rxg6 $1) 22. hxg6 h6 {Nakamura,H (2741)-Kramnik,V (2791)/Moscow/2010/ (23)} 23.
Rhe1 $36) 10. h4 {White turned his attention to this thrust, once it was
discovered that} (10. Nd4 {allows} c5 11. Nb5 Be6 $1 12. Nxd6 Qb6 13. f4 (13.
b4 Rad8 14. Bxc5 Qc7 15. Nb5 Qc6 16. Qe1 Rxd1+ 17. Qxd1 Bxc5 18. bxc5 Qa6 19.
Qh5 Ng4 20. Bd3 h6 21. Qh4 Qxa2 22. Re1 Bd7 23. Re4 Bxb5 24. Rxg4 Qa3+ 25. Kd2
Bxd3 26. cxd3 Qb2+ 27. Kd1 Qxc3 $17 {Landa,K (2574)-Kosyrev,V (2539)/playchess.
com INT/2005/}) 13... Ng4 14. Nc4 Qa6 15. Na3 c4 16. f5 Bxf5 17. Bxc4 b5 (17...
Qg6 $5 18. Bf4 Bxa3 19. bxa3 Nf6 $44) 18. Bb3 Nxe3 19. Qxe3 Bxa3 20. bxa3 Qxa3+
21. Kb1 a5 $15 {El Shaddai,R (2406)-Abeljusto (2428)/playchess.com INT/2007/})
10... c6 {The latest fashion, but Black has tried other moves as well:} (10...
Bg4 11. Be2 Qc8 12. h5 {However, playable seems to be} h6 (12... Re8 $6 13. h6
$1 (13. Nxe5 dxe5 14. Bxg4 Qxg4 15. Qd5 Qa4 16. Kb1 Bd6 17. c4 b6 18. g4 Qd7
19. Qe4 Qe6 20. Rd3 Rac8 21. Rhd1 Rf8 22. a4 f5 $132 {Jakovenko,D (2710)
-Shirov,A (2739)/Moscow/2007/}) 13... g6 14. Nxe5 Bxe2 (14... dxe5 15. Bxg4
Qxg4 16. Qd5 $16) 15. Nxg6 Bxd1 16. Qd4 f6 17. Qd5+ {1-0,Ponomariov,R (2719)
-Gelfand,B (2723)/Odessa rpd/2008/}) 13. Nxe5 (13. Kb1 Re8 14. Rde1 Bf6 15. Nh2
Bxe2 16. Qxe2 d5 17. Bc1 Qd7 18. f4 Nc4 19. Qd3 Qb5 20. Ka1 Rxe1 21. Rxe1 Re8
$132 {Jakovenko,D (2711)-Volokitin,A (2684)/RUS-chT Dagomys/2008/}) (13. Rdg1
Re8 14. Nxe5 dxe5 15. f3 Rd8 16. Bd3 Bf5 17. g4 Bxd3 18. cxd3 f6 19. Rd1 Qe6
20. Kb1 Rd7 21. Qe2 Rad8 22. Rd2 a5 23. d4 exd4 24. Bxd4 Qxe2 25. Rxe2 Kf7 $11
{Huschenbeth,N (2404)-Naumann,A (2528)/GER-ch Bad Liebenzell/2010/}) 13... Bxe2
14. Qxe2 dxe5 15. Qc4 c6 16. a4 (16. g4 b5 17. Qe4 Qe6 18. Kb1 Rfd8 19. Rd3
Rxd3 20. cxd3 $11 {1/2,Balogh,C (2561)-Fridman,D (2621)/Bundesliga/2007/CBM 123
}) 16... Rd8 17. Rxd8+ Bxd8 18. Rd1 Bb6 19. g4 Qe8 20. Qe4 Qe7 21. b3 Bxe3+ 22.
fxe3 f6 23. Qb4 Re8 $11 {Caruana,F (2652)-Gashimov,V (2758)/Khanty Mansiysk
WCup/2009/}) (10... Re8 11. h5 Bf6 12. Kb1 h6 ({Kramnik had a bad experience
with} 12... a6 13. Nh2 b5 14. Be2 Bb7 15. f4 Nd7 $6 (15... Nc4 16. Bxc4 bxc4
17. h6 Qd7 $5 $13) 16. Bf3 Bxf3 17. gxf3 Qe7 18. Ng4 Qe6 19. Rdg1 Kh8 20. h6 g6
21. Re1 Qf5 22. Bd4 Bxd4 23. Qxd4+ $36 {Svidler,P (2740)-Kramnik,V (2739)/
RUS-ch Moscow/2005/}) 13. Nh2 Ng4 14. Nxg4 Bxg4 15. f3 Bd7 16. Bd3 Bg5 17. Bxg5
Qxg5 18. Qxg5 hxg5 19. Be4 Rab8 20. Kc1 b6 21. Kd2 Re5 $11 {Karjakin,S (2660)
-Dominguez Perez,L (2638)/Cuernavaca/2006/}) 11. c4 (11. h5 h6 12. Kb1 Ng4 13.
Bf4 d5 14. Bd3 Bd6 15. g3 Re8 16. Rde1 Rxe1+ 17. Rxe1 Bxf4 18. Qxf4 Nxf2 19.
Ne5 (19. Qe3 $5 Nxd3 20. Qe8+ Qxe8 21. Rxe8+ Kh7 22. cxd3 $44) 19... Qf6 20.
Nxc6 Ne4 $1 21. Bxe4 $6 Qxf4 22. Ne7+ Kf8 23. gxf4 dxe4 24. Nxc8 Rxc8 25. Rxe4
Rc5 $17 {Nisipeanu,L (2672)-Gelfand,B (2741)/Medias/2010/ For more details see
notes by Rogozenco in CBM 137}) ({Until lately White used to play} 11. Kb1 {
and now:} Bg4 (11... Qa5 12. h5 (12. Be2 Be6 13. b3 Nxf3 14. Bxf3 Bf6 15. Bd4
Bxd4 16. Qxd4 Qc5 17. Kb2 Qxd4 18. cxd4 d5 19. Rhe1 Rfe8 20. Re3 Kf8 $11 {
Kokarev,D (2622)-Maslak,K (2560)/RUS-chT Dagomys/2010/}) 12... Be6 13. b3 Nxf3
14. gxf3 Bf6 15. Bd4 Bxd4 16. Qxd4 Qd5 17. h6 Qxd4 18. Rxd4 g6 (18... d5 $5 19.
hxg7 Kxg7 20. Bd3 h6 $11) 19. Rxd6 Rfd8 20. Rxd8+ Rxd8 21. Bd3 Rd5 $132 {
Mastrovasilis,D (2583)-Carstensen,J (2295)/Leros/2010/}) 12. Be2 Nxf3 13. Bxf3
(13. gxf3 Bh5 14. f4 Bxe2 15. Qxe2 Re8 16. f5 Bf6 17. Qg4 d5 18. h5 Re4 19. Qg3
Qe7 20. h6 g6 21. fxg6 fxg6 22. a3 Qe5 23. Qh3 Qe6 24. Qg3 Qe5 $11 {Leko,P 
(2735)-Gelfand,B (2741)/Astrakhan/2010/}) 13... Bxf3 14. gxf3 Qa5 15. h5 Qf5
16. Rdg1 f6 17. Rg4 Rf7 $1 (17... Qxf3 18. Rhg1 Rf7 19. Bh6 Bf8 20. Bxg7 Rxg7
21. Rxg7+ Bxg7 22. h6 Kh8 {Jakovenko,D (2725)-Gelfand,B (2741)/Astrakhan/2010/}
23. hxg7+ Kg8 24. Qxd6 Re8 $14) 18. Rf4 Qe6 19. Re4 Qf5 20. Rf4 Qe6 21. Re4 Qd7
22. c4 Bf8 23. Rg4 b6 24. Qd3 f5 25. Rd4 Re8 26. Bf4 Rf6 27. Rd1 h6 28. b3 Ree6
29. Bg3 Qe8 30. Bh4 Rf7 31. Bg3 f4 $15 {Radjabov,T (2740)-Wang Yue (2752)/
Astrakhan/2010/}) 11... Be6 12. Ng5 Bf5 $146 {[%mdl 8]} (12... Nxc4 $5 13. Qd3
(13. Nxe6 Nxd2 14. Nxd8 Nxf1 15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. Rhxf1 d5 $11) 13... Bxg5 14.
hxg5 g6 15. Bf4 Qb6 16. Qd4 (16. b3 Qxf2 {/\} 17. g3 Bd5 $1 $17) (16. Qc3 Qxf2
17. g3 Nb6 18. Bc4 Bg4 $5 $13 {/3}) 16... Qxd4 17. Rxd4 d5 18. Bxc4 (18. Bg3 f5
$11) 18... dxc4 19. Be5 f5 20. gxf6 Rae8 (20... h5 $11) 21. Rh6 c3 22. Rxh7
cxb2+ 23. Kxb2 Kxh7 24. Rh4+ Kg8 25. f7+ $11 {Gashimov,V (2734)-Gelfand,B 
(2741)/Astrakhan/2010/ - see also notes by Kritz in CBM 137. I don't really
know why Kramnik refrained from taking on c4, or what improvement did Karjakin
have on his mind - perhaps future practice will show. In any case the
text-move is probably even more risky, as the B is exposed also on f5.}) 13.
Kb1 ({Maybe White doesn't need this otherwise useful move and can even play
the immediate} 13. f3 h6 14. Be2 $5 $13) 13... Re8 14. f3 {[%mdl 576] The N is
not really planning to retreat to e4, so this move already initiates the
following great tactical complications, connected with a piece sacrifice.} h6
15. Be2 $1 {Courage, which deserves commendation. Objectively White is already
more or less committed to playing the text-move:} (15. g4 hxg5 $5 (15... Bc8
16. Be2 f5 (16... hxg5 17. hxg5 $36) 17. f4 Nxg4 18. Bxg4 fxg4 19. Qd3 $1 hxg5
20. hxg5 $44) 16. gxf5 (16. hxg5 Nxf3 17. Qg2 Bxg5 18. Bxg5 Qxg5 19. Qh3 Qh4
20. Qxh4 Nxh4 21. Rxh4 Re4 $17) 16... Nxf3 17. Qf2 Nxh4 $15 {/~~}) (15. Ne4 $6
Bxe4 16. fxe4 Bxh4 $36) 15... d5 (15... hxg5 $142 $5 16. hxg5 {is obviously
dangerous, but in view of what happens later it deserves closer attention. The
tentative conclusion is White has enough for the piece and doesn't risk too
much, but this still seems to be Black's best choice:} Qc8 (16... Qd7 17. g4
Bg6 {allows White to win a tempo with} 18. Bd4 {, but this still isn't fully
clear:} (18. Rdg1 $5 Qe6 {-16...Qc8}) 18... f6 $142 $5 (18... Qe6 19. f4 Be4 (
19... Nxg4 20. Bxg4 Qxg4 21. Qh2 f6 22. gxf6 Bxf6 23. Bxf6 $16 {/\} gxf6 24.
Rdg1 $18) 20. Rh4 $5 (20. fxe5 dxe5 $1 (20... Bxh1 $2 21. Rxh1 dxe5 (21... Qg6
22. Bd3 Qxg5 23. Bh7+ Kf8 24. Bf5 Kg8 25. Be3 $18) 22. Bd3 $1 {[%cal Rh1h8] /
\Rh8+-} Ba3 (22... Bd6 23. Bh7+ Kf8 24. Bf5 $18) 23. Be3 e4 24. Qh2 Kf8 25.
bxa3 $18) 21. Bc3 (21. Bd3 Bxg5 22. Qh2 Qh6 $15) 21... Bxh1 22. Rxh1 Qg6 23.
Bd3 e4 24. Qh2 f6 25. Be2 Qxg5 26. c5 Rad8 27. Bc4+ Rd5 28. Qc7 $13) 20... Ng6
(20... c5 21. f5 $40) 21. f5 Bxf5 22. gxf5 Qxf5 23. Rh5 $44) 19. gxf6 (19. f4
Nxg4 {/\f5-/+}) 19... Bxf6 20. g5 Bd8 (20... c5 21. gxf6 cxd4 22. Rdg1 $1 (22.
f4 d3 23. Bxd3 Nxd3 24. cxd3 Qf5 25. fxg7 Kxg7 26. Rhg1 Kf7 $132) 22... Qf7 (
22... Qf5 23. f4 Qxf6 24. fxe5 dxe5 25. c5 $40) 23. fxg7 (23. f4 d3 $1 $132 {/\
} 24. Bh5 dxc2+ 25. Ka1 Nxc4 26. Qc3 Bxh5 27. Rxg7+ Qxg7 28. fxg7 Rac8 29. Rxh5
Ne5 30. Qb3+ Kxg7 31. Qxb7+ Nf7 32. Rh7+ $8 Kxh7 33. Qxf7+ $11) 23... Qf5 (
23... d3 24. cxd3 Qf6 25. Ka1 $16) 24. f4 (24. Rh8+ $5 Kxg7 25. Rh4 $44 {f})
24... d3 25. cxd3 Nxd3 26. Ka1 Nxf4 27. Bg4 Qe5 28. Bd7 Re7 (28... Red8 $2 29.
Rxg6 Nxg6 30. Qh6 Kf7 31. Rf1+ Ke7 32. Ba4 $1 Rg8 33. Qxg6 Rxg7 34. Qb1 $1 $18
{->}) 29. Rh8+ Kxg7 30. Rxa8 Rxd7 31. Re1 $14) 21. f4 Be4 $5 $13) (16... f6 {
seems dubious due to} 17. g4 Be6 18. gxf6 (18. f4 Nxg4 19. Bxg4 Bxg4 20. g6 f5
21. Qh2 Bh4 22. Bf2 Qf6 $11) 18... Bxf6 19. g5 Be7 20. f4 $1 Ng4 (20... Nxc4
21. Bxc4 Bxc4 22. Qh2 Kf7 23. Qh5+ g6 24. Qh7+ Ke6 25. Bc5 $1 Bd5 26. Rhe1+ Kd7
27. c4 $1 $18) 21. Bd4 $40 {/\} Qc8 22. Qd3 Bf5 23. Bxg4 Bxd3 24. Bxc8 Bxc2+
25. Kxc2 Raxc8 26. g6 $18) 17. g4 (17. Rh2 f6 $5 (17... Qe6 18. Rdh1 f6 19. g4
Bg6 20. f4 Nxg4 21. f5 $1 Qxf5 22. Bd3 Qxd3 23. cxd3 Nxh2 24. Rxh2 fxg5 25. Kc1
$5 $14) 18. g4 Bg6 $15 {is inconclusive}) 17... Bg6 (17... Bd7 18. f4 $1 Nxg4
19. Bxg4 Bxg4 20. Qh2 $16) 18. Rdg1 (18. Rh4 f6 19. gxf6 Bxf6 20. g5 Bd8 21. f4
Nf7 22. Bd3 Qe6 $17 {gives Black good chances to beat off the ->.}) (18. f4
Nxg4 19. Bxg4 Qxg4 20. Qh2) 18... Qe6 (18... f6 19. f4 Be4 20. fxe5 Bxh1 21.
Bd3 $1 Bf3 22. Qh2 $18) 19. f4 Be4 20. Rh3 (20. fxe5 Bxh1 21. Rxh1 g6 $1 $15 {
[%cal Ye7f8,Yf8g7] /\Bf8-g7}) 20... Nxc4 (20... Nd7 21. f5 Qe5 22. Bd3 $1 $40)
(20... Bxg5 $5 21. fxg5 c5 22. Bf4 $13 {/+/=}) 21. Bxc4 Qxc4 22. Qh2 f5 23. g6
Qxc2+ 24. Qxc2 Bxc2+ 25. Kxc2 fxg4 26. Rxg4 Bf6 27. Rg2 Kf8 28. Re2 Kg8 29. Rd2
$14 {and White's pressure persists even in the _|_.}) 16. g4 Bg6 $6 {After
this White gets a clear-cut initiative, which he will never relinquish even
despite some mutual inaccuracies.} ({Swapping Q doesn't solve Black's problems
after} 16... Nxc4 17. Bxc4 dxc4 18. gxf5 Qxd2 19. Rxd2 $16 (19. Bxd2 $5 hxg5
20. hxg5 $36)) (16... hxg5 17. gxf5 gxh4 18. f4 $36 {gives White a pull for
free.}) (16... Bc8 $5 {is a typical "inhuman" move, but seems to be the most
resilient option:} 17. cxd5 cxd5 $1 (17... Qxd5 $2 18. Qc3 $18) (17... hxg5 18.
hxg5 $1 (18. d6 Qxd6 19. Qxd6 Bxd6 20. Rxd6 Ng6 21. hxg5 Bxg4 $11 (21... Rxe3
$2 22. Rd8+ Nf8 23. g6 $1 {[%cal Rh1h8] /\Rh8} fxg6 24. Bc4+ Be6 25. Bxe6+ Rxe6
26. Rxa8 $18)) 18... Ng6 (18... Qxd5 19. Qe1 Qe6 20. Qh4 f5 21. gxf5 Qxf5 22.
f4 $18) 19. Bd3 Qc7 (19... Qd6 20. Qg2 $1 $40 Bd8 21. dxc6 Qxc6 22. Qh2 Rxe3
23. Bxg6 fxg6 24. Rxd8+ Kf7 25. Qf4+ Bf5 26. Rxa8 Qxc2+ 27. Ka1 $18) 20. f4 (
20. Qg2 $143 Bd6) 20... Bxg4 21. Qh2 Bb4 (21... Bxd1 22. Qh7+ Kf8 23. Qh8+ Nxh8
24. Rxh8#) 22. Bd4 Qxf4 23. Qh7+ Kf8 24. Bxg6 Bxd1 25. Bf6 $1 $18) 18. Qxd5 (
18. Nh3 Bxh4 $5 19. Nf4 Bg5 20. Nxd5 Be6 $132) 18... Qxd5 19. Rxd5 Bf8 (19...
Bxg5 $5 20. hxg5 Nc6 21. Rd3 Nb4 22. Bd2 Nxd3 23. Bxd3 hxg5 24. Bh7+ Kh8 25.
Bxg5 $44) (19... Ng6 20. Ne4 Nxh4 21. Rh5 Ng6 22. Bb5 Rd8 23. g5 $40) 20. Ne4
Nxf3 $5 21. Bxf3 Bxg4 22. Bg2 f5 $14 {<=>}) 17. f4 dxc4 (17... hxg5 18. fxe5
gxh4 19. g5 $16 {->}) (17... Nxc4 18. Bxc4 dxc4 19. Qf2 Qa5 20. f5 Bh7 (20...
Bxf5 21. gxf5 Bf6 22. Bd4 $1 $16 {/\} hxg5 23. Bxf6 gxf6 24. hxg5 $18) 21. Nxh7
Kxh7 22. g5 $40) (17... d4 $5 18. Bxd4 hxg5 19. hxg5 $1 (19. Qe1 gxf4 20. Bxe5
$14) 19... Be4 20. Qc3 Bxh1 21. Rxh1 {[%cal Rd4e5,Rc3h3]} (21. Bxe5 Bd6 {/\}
22. Rxd6 Qxd6 23. Bxd6 Rxe2 $132) 21... Bxg5 22. fxg5 (22. Bxe5 Rxe5 $8 23.
Qxe5 Bf6 24. Qe4 g6 $14) 22... Ng6 (22... Qxg5 23. Rh5) 23. Bd3 Qxg5 24. Bxg7
$16) 18. Qc3 $40 Nd3 (18... Nd7 19. f5 (19. h5 $5) 19... Bf6 20. Qxc4 $5 (20.
Qd2 Bxf5 21. gxf5 Nb6 22. Qxd8 Bxd8 23. Bxb6 Bxb6 24. Bxc4 hxg5 25. hxg5 Re4
26. b3 Rd8 27. g6 $16) 20... Rxe3 21. fxg6 $40) 19. f5 $1 (19. cxd3 $6 Bxg5 20.
hxg5 Rxe3 21. gxh6 Qf6 $132) (19. Qxc4 $6 Nxb2 $1 20. Rxd8 (20. Kxb2 Bf6+ 21.
Kb1 Qe7 $44) 20... Nxc4 21. Rxe8+ Rxe8 22. Bxc4 Bxg5 23. hxg5 Rxe3 24. f5 Bxf5
25. gxf5 hxg5 $13) 19... Bxg5 (19... Bf6 20. Qxc4 Rxe3 21. Bxd3 hxg5 (21... Bh5
22. Ne4 $18) 22. hxg5 $1 $18) 20. fxg6 Rxe3 21. gxf7+ $2 (21. Qxc4 $1 Qe7 (
21... Rxe2 22. Qxf7+ Kh8 23. Rxd3 Qe7 24. hxg5 Re1+ 25. Rd1 Rxh1 26. Rxh1 Qxf7
27. gxf7 Kh7 28. gxh6 $16 {/+-}) 22. Bxd3 Bxh4 23. Bf5 $1 $16 {[%csl Gf5,Rh4]
^--> The point is White takes on f7 only after improving the position of his
pieces (/\a3,Rd7), whereas now Black's K can feel relatively safe on f8.})
21... Kf8 22. Qxc4 Rxe2 $2 {Black repays the favour, without the B his K will
be exposed again.} ({After} 22... Bxh4 23. Bxd3 Bf6 24. Rde1 Qd4 $132 {he is
fully back in the game.}) 23. hxg5 Qxg5 (23... b5 24. Qb3 (24. Qc3 b4 25. Qxd3
Qxd3 26. cxd3 Re6 27. gxh6 Rxh6 28. Rxh6 gxh6 29. Rf1 $16) 24... Qd5 25. Qxd5
cxd5 26. Rxd3 $16 {leads to a dreary _|_, but the text-move loses by force.}) (
23... Qd5 24. Qc3 $5 $40) 24. Qxd3 Qe3 (24... Re5 25. Rhf1 Rd5 26. Qh7 Rxd1+ (
26... Ke7 27. Rxd5 cxd5 28. Qg8 $18) 27. Rxd1 Kxf7 28. Rd7+ Kf6 (28... Ke6 29.
Rxg7 Rf8 30. a3 $18) 29. Qe4 $1 Qe5 30. Rf7+ $18) 25. Qh7 $18 {Black's K will
be chased out into the open and the game is decided.} Qe4 (25... Ke7 26. Rhf1
Rf8 27. Qxg7 Rd2 (27... Qg5 28. Qd4 $18) 28. Rde1 Re2 29. Qc3 $1 $18) 26. Qg8+
Ke7 27. Qxg7 Qxc2+ 28. Ka1 Rf8 29. Rhf1 {[%cal Rg7f6] /\Qf6#} Rd2 $8 30. Rfe1+
Re2 (30... Kd7 31. Rc1 Re2 32. Red1+ Rd2 33. Rf1 Rf2 34. Rcd1+ Kc7 (34... Ke7
35. Qe5+ Kxf7 36. Rd7+ $18) 35. Qe5+ Kb6 (35... Kc8 36. Qe6+ Kc7 37. Qd6+ $18)
36. Qe3+) 31. Qc3 $1 {Wins at least a R.} Kxf7 (31... Qxc3 32. Rxe2+ Kxf7 33.
bxc3 $18) 32. Qf3+ 1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2001.12.06"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 {The Petroff was extremely popular in Moscow, it helped
Shirov to eliminate Topalov (in their match it came to be in 5 out of 7 games).
} 3. Nxe5 {Nowadays White's main attempt.} ({After} 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5.
Nxe5 Nd7 6. Nxd7 Bxd7 7. O-O {the most solid is} Bd6 $1 8. c4 c6 9. cxd5 cxd5
10. Nc3 (10. Qh5 O-O 11. Qxd5 Bc6 12. Qh5 g6 13. Qh3 Ng5 $44 {or} (13... Bb4 $5
14. Be3 Re8 $44 {give White little hope for an advantage.})) 10... Nxc3 11.
bxc3 O-O 12. Qh5 f5 $5 (12... g6 13. Qxd5 Qc7 $11 {is also playable, winning
the P back.}) 13. Qf3 (13. Re1 Qc7 14. Bd2 Rae8 15. Bc2 $6 g6 16. Qf3 Re4 $1
17. g3 Bb5 18. Bf4 Bxf4 19. gxf4 Qd6 $1 20. Bxe4 fxe4 $17 {Svidler,
P-Ponomariov,R/FIDE WCh Moscow/2001/}) 13... Kh8 $1 14. Bf4 Qc7 15. Bxd6 Qxd6
16. Rfe1 Rac8 $11) 3... d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4 ({
After the older} 8. Re1 Bg4 9. c3 (9. c4 Nf6 $132) 9... f5 10. Qb3 O-O 11. Nbd2
Na5 12. Qa4 Nc6 13. Bb5 Bh4 $1 14. g3 Bf6 15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. Qxc6 Re8 17. Ne5
Bxe5 18. dxe5 Ng5 19. f4 Nh3+ $1 20. Kg2 Rb8 21. c4 dxc4 22. Nxc4 Qd3 23. Ne3
Rxb2+ $1 24. Bxb2 Qd2+ 25. Kh1 Nf2+ $11 {1/2,Anand,V-Kramnik,V/Wijk aan Zee/
1999/ still remains a model game. Black has a >>|^ for the sacrificed material,
so White has again turned to the main alternative in the text.}) 8... Nb4 (8...
Nf6 {is also playable and it's not simple for White to get an edge:} 9. Nc3 O-O
10. Re1 Be6 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. a3 Bf6 13. Be4 h6 14. Bc2 (14. Qd3 $5) 14... Nce7
(14... Nxc3 $2 {is antipositional and only strengthens White's [+]} 15. bxc3
Bc4 16. Nd2 Bd5 17. Rb1 Bg5 18. c4 $1 Bxd2 19. cxd5 Bxe1 20. dxc6 Ba5 21. cxb7
(21. Qd3 $2 g6 22. cxb7 Rb8 23. Bxh6 Re8 24. Qf3 Re6 25. Bb3 Rf6 26. Qg4 Rb6
$17 {Anand,V-Touzane,O/FIDE WCh Moscow/2001/}) 21... Rb8 22. Qh5 $1 f5 23. Bxh6
$16) (14... Nde7 15. Be3 Nf5 16. Ne2 Qd7 17. Qd3 g6 18. Rad1 Rad8 19. Nf4 Nxe3
20. fxe3 Bf5 21. Qb3 Bxc2 22. Qxc2 Rfe8 $132 {Lutz,C-Jussupow,A/Bundesliga
9899/1998/}) 15. Ne5 Bf5 16. Bb3 Be6 17. Ne4 Bxe5 18. dxe5 b6 19. Qf3 c6 20.
Bc2 Nf5 21. Rd1 Qh4 22. b4 Rad8 23. Bb2 Qf4 24. Qe2 Qh4 25. Qf3 Qf4 26. Qe2 Qh4
27. Qf3 $11 {1/2,Hracek,Z-Jussupow,A/Nussloch/1996/}) 9. Be2 {The B is
valuable, after} (9. cxd5 Nxd3 10. Qxd3 Qxd5 11. Re1 Bf5 12. g4 Bg6 13. Nc3
Nxc3 14. Qxc3 f6 $1 {it's White, who should be glad he has a draw after} 15.
Qxc7 (15. b3 Kf7 16. Qxc7 Rhe8 17. Qc4 Qxc4 18. bxc4 b6 19. Bb2 Rac8 20. Rac1
Bd6 21. Rxe8 Rxe8 22. c5 Bf4 23. Rc3 Be4 $40 {Zhang Pengxiang-Motylev,A/
Shanghai Summit/2001/}) 15... O-O 16. Rxe7 Qxf3 17. Rxg7+ Kh8 18. Bh6 Qxg4+ 19.
Qg3 Qxd4 20. Rxg6 hxg6 21. Qh3 Kg8 22. Bxf8 Rxf8 23. Qb3+ Rf7 $11 {Anand,
V-Sokolov,I/Dortmund/1999/}) 9... O-O (9... dxc4 10. Bxc4 O-O 11. Nc3 Nxc3 (
11... Nd6 $143 12. Bb3 $36) 12. bxc3 Nd5 13. Ne5 $14 {is slightly more
pleasant for White.}) 10. Nc3 {Stil the most topical moves.} (10. a3 Nc6 11.
cxd5 Qxd5 12. Nc3 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Bf5 14. c4 (14. Bf4 Na5 $5 (14... Rac8 {
is also playable}) 15. Bxc7 Rac8 16. Bxa5 Qxa5 $44) 14... Qd6 15. d5 (15. Be3
$142 Bf6 16. Ra2 Rad8 17. d5 Ne5 $13) 15... Ne5 16. Nd4 Bd7 17. a4 Qg6 $1 $146
18. Bf4 Bf6 19. Ra3 Qe4 20. Be3 Rfe8 21. f3 Qg6 22. Bf2 Be7 23. Ra2 Bc5 $36 {
Dominguez,L-Gelfand,B/FIDE WCh Moscow/2001/}) 10... Be6 {Shirov's move is the
most popular, but not the only one.} ({Kramnik shocked Kasparov in Linares
2000 with} 10... b6 $5 {but later the interest declined, as} 11. a3 (11. Ne5
Bb7 12. Re1 $5 c5 $13 {/\} 13. Bf3 cxd4 14. Nxd5 f5 15. Nxe7+ Qxe7 16. Bf4 d3
$1 $132) 11... Nxc3 12. bxc3 Nc6 13. cxd5 Qxd5 14. Re1 Bb7 15. Bd3 Rae8 16. c4
Qd8 17. d5 Nb8 18. Ne5 $1 Bf6 19. Bb2 g6 20. Qd2 $14 {is comfortable for White
and} Nd7 $6 {simply costs a P after} 21. Nxd7 Bxb2 22. Nxf8 Bxa1 23. Nxg6 Rxe1+
24. Qxe1 hxg6 25. Qxa1 $16 {Kasparov,G-Olafsson,H/Kopavogur act/2000/}) ({
The second most popular move is} 10... Bf5 11. a3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Nc6 13. Re1 (
13. cxd5 Qxd5 {-10.a3}) {but maybe it will become number 1 due to} 13... Be6 $5
$146 (13... dxc4 $143 14. Bxc4 $14) 14. cxd5 Bxd5 15. Be3 Na5 16. Ne5 Bd6 17.
c4 Be6 18. Qc2 c5 19. Bd3 h6 20. Rad1 Qc7 21. Qc3 Rfd8 22. h3 Bxe5 23. dxe5 Rd7
24. Bf1 b6 25. Bf4 Rad8 26. Rd6 Nb7 27. Qg3 $1 $132 {Svidler,P-Ponomariov,R/
FIDE WCh Moscow/2001/}) 11. Ne5 (11. Nxe4 dxe4 12. Ne1 c6 $5 $11 (12... Bf5 13.
Be3 Bf6 14. Qd2 a5 15. a3 Nc6 16. d5 Ne5 17. f4 exf3 18. Nxf3 Nxf3+ 19. Bxf3
Re8 20. Bd4 Bxd4+ 21. Qxd4 Qe7 22. c5 $16 {Svidler,P-Sulskis,S/FIDE WCh Moscow/
2001/})) ({The duel Topalov-Shirov took place after} 11. Be3 Bf5 $5 12. Qb3 c6
13. cxd5 (13. Ne5 a5 14. g4 Be6 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. a3 f6 (16... a4 $5 17. Qd1
Na6 $15) 17. axb4 fxe5 18. d5 cxd5 19. cxd5 Bxd5 20. Bc4 Bxc4 21. Qxc4+ Kh8 22.
bxa5 Rxa5 $11 {Topalov,V-Shirov,A/FIDE WCh Moscow/2001/}) (13. g4 Bxg4 14. c5
a5 15. a3 Na6 16. Qxb7 Nxc3 (16... Nc7 $2 17. Ne5 $1 $16 {loses material.}) 17.
bxc3 Nc7 18. Rab1 Nb5 19. Ne5 (19. Bxb5 $5 Bxf3 20. Qxc6 $14) 19... Bxe2 20.
Nxc6 Qe8 21. Nxe7+ Kh8 22. Rfe1 Rb8 {Topalov,V-Shirov,A/FIDE WCh Moscow/2001/}
23. Qxb8 Qxb8 24. Rxe2 Qe8 25. Nxd5 Qc6 $132) 13... Nxc3 $5 (13... cxd5 14.
Rac1 a5 15. Na4 Rb8 16. Nc5 Bd6 17. Rfd1 b6 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. Ne5 Qe8 20. Nc4
Bc7 21. Na3 Rb7 22. Nb5 Bb8 23. d5 Bd7 24. a4 Be5 25. d6 Qb8 26. Rc7 Rd8 27.
Qc4 Na6 {Shirov,A-Topalov,V/FIDE WCh Moscow/2001/} 28. Rxb7 Qxb7 29. Qd5 $16)
14. bxc3 Nxd5 15. Qxb7 Nxc3 16. Bc4 Rb8 17. Qxc6 (17. Qxa7 $5 Nb5 $13) 17...
Be4 18. Bxf7+ Rxf7 19. Qxc3 Bb4 20. Qc4 Bd5 21. Qd3 Rxf3 $1 22. gxf3 Qd7 23.
Rfb1 Qh3 $44 {Shirov,A-Gelfand,B/EU-chT Leon/2001/}) 11... c5 {A radical
continuation, critical for its evaluation is the position after White's 15-th
move. Maybe it will be necessary to return to the less ambitious, but more
solid} (11... f6 12. Nf3 Kh8 (12... c5 13. Be3 $1 $36) 13. Re1 Bg8 (13... c5 $5
) 14. a3 Nxc3 15. bxc3 Nc6 16. cxd5 Bxd5 17. Bb2 f5 18. Nd2 Bf6 19. c4 Bf7 20.
Nb3 b5 $5 21. cxb5 Bxb3 22. Qxb3 Nxd4 23. Qc4 Nxe2+ 24. Qxe2 Bxb2 25. Qxb2 a6
26. Rad1 Qf6 27. Qxf6 Rxf6 28. Re7 axb5 29. Rxc7 h5 30. Rb7 $11 {1/2,Lutz,
C-Van der Sterren,P/Venlo NED-GER/2000/}) 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. d5 Bc8 (13... Bd6
$6 14. a3 $1 $16) 14. a3 Na6 {An important moment. If Black could get his N to
d6 without concessions, he would have an excellent position. But Shirov will
never manage and the Na6 will actually not make another move in the whole game.
} 15. Qc2 $1 {A significant improvement over the older} (15. f4 f6 16. Ng4 Bxg4
17. Bxg4 f5 18. Be2 Bf6 19. Rb1 Bd4+ 20. Kh1 Nc7 21. b4 b6 22. bxc5 bxc5 23.
Qa4 {Baklan,V-Gunnarsson,J/EU-chT Leon/2001/} Ne8 $11 {and Black has at least
equality. The text postpones the committal advance of the f-pawn till Black
misplaces his forces.}) 15... f6 (15... Bd6 16. f4 f6 17. Ng4 $14 {leads to a
position we will see later on, only here Black can't take en passant anymore.}
({Black also has to reckon with the unclear} 17. Qxe4 $5 Re8 18. Bh5 Re7 19.
Nf7 Qc7 20. Nxd6 Rxe4 21. Nxe4 $13)) 16. Ng4 Qd6 $5 $146 (16... Bd6 17. f4 (17.
f3 $143 $6 f5 18. Nf2 Qh4 $40) 17... exf3 (17... Bxg4 18. Bxg4 f5 19. Be2 $14 {
[%cal Yg2g4,Yb2b4] is different from the note above, here Black's B is further
away from its ideal d4-square and White will be the first one to get some play
on the flanks (b4,g4) going.}) 18. Bxf3 Qc7 19. g3 Bd7 20. Nf2 b5 21. b3 Rae8
22. Kg2 $1 Be5 23. Rb1 Bd4 24. Bd2 b4 25. a4 Qc8 26. Rbe1 Bf5 27. Be4 Rxe4 28.
Nxe4 Bh3+ 29. Kh1 Bxf1 30. Rxf1 $16 {Topalov,V-Shirov,A/FIDE WCh Moscow/2001/
Black's temporary initiative is over and his positional weaknesses have become
clear, Shirov saved the game only with his opponent's help.}) ({Also accepting
the pawn sacrifice with} 16... f5 17. Ne5 Bf6 18. f4 Re8 19. Bd2 (19. Be3 $5)
19... Bxe5 20. fxe5 Rxe5 21. Bc3 $44 {is not too enticing, as White fully
controls the dark squares.}) (16... Bxg4 $5 17. Bxg4 f5 18. Be2 Bf6 19. Rb1 {
deserved attention. Although this is a better version of the 15.f4 position 
(White can play also Bf4 at some moment), White's edge is minimal. Also in the
game Shirov's B aims for d4 via f6.}) 17. f3 $1 ({We have already indicated} 
17. f4 $6 Bxg4 18. Bxg4 f5 {is OK for Black.}) 17... f5 {Consistent.} (17...
Bxg4 $2 18. fxg4 $16 {[%csl Re4] ><e4}) (17... exf3 18. Bxf3 $14 {now or a
move later leads to the same type of position Shirov has already had with
Topalov and which he was trying to avoid.}) 18. Nf2 Bf6 19. fxe4 Be5 {An
important intermediate move.} (19... Bd4 $6 20. Kh1 $16) 20. h3 Bd4 21. e5 $5 (
21. Kh1 $2 Qg3 $17 {is not good anymore and otherwise White finds it difficult
to unpin the N, so he gives back the extra P.}) 21... Qxe5 22. Kh1 Bd7 $6 {
Somewhere here the fate of the game was decided. Shirov probably considered
the _|_} (22... f4 $5 23. Nd3 (23. Bd3 $2 Qh5 $40 {[%cal Rf4f3] /\f3}) 23...
Bf5 24. Nxe5 Bxc2 25. Bd3 Bxe5 26. Bxc2 Nc7 $14 {/= devoid of perspectives,
but White's edge remains at best only minimal.}) 23. Nd3 Ba4 $2 {[%mdl 16384]
Although this move fits tactically, strategically the exchange of the
light-squared B is very advantageous for White and Black's game will
surprisingly rapidly go downhill.} ({More or less necessary was} 23... Qf6 24.
Bf4 Rae8 25. Rae1 $14 {[%csl Ra6] פa6 White is better, as the Na6 can be
activated only by a weakening g5, but this is incomparably better than the
text.}) 24. Qxa4 (24. Nxe5 Bxc2 25. Bd3 $14 {leads to the _|_, mentioned in
the note to 22...Bd7?!, but Anand rightly wants more.}) 24... Qxe2 25. Rf3 Rae8
{[%csl Re8] Black will have only problems with the R on the e<->.} (25... b5
26. cxb5 $1 (26. Qxa6 Qd1+ 27. Kh2 Rae8 $1 $132 {only complicates matters.})
26... Nb4 (26... c4 $2 27. bxa6 $18) (26... Nc7 27. Bf4 Nxd5 28. Qc4 Qe4 29.
Re1 Be3 30. Qa2 $1 $18) 27. axb4 c4 28. d6 cxd3 29. Qb3+ Kh8 30. Qxd3 $16 (30.
Bf4 $5 $16)) (25... Nc7 {fails to} 26. Bf4 $16 {with tempo.}) ({Maybe the best
was the passive} 25... Qe8 26. Qb3 $16 {but White retains a clear advantage.})
26. Bf4 $16 {[%csl Gd5][%cal Ra1e1] /\Re1,o^d5} h6 {Practically an exchange
sacrifice, but there was hardly anytrhing better.} (26... Bxb2 $2 27. Ra2 $18)
(26... Rf6 {But more practical and much safer is} 27. Kh2 $1 (27. Re1 Qxe1+ 28.
Nxe1 Rxe1+ 29. Kh2 Bg1+ 30. Kg3 Rg6+ 31. Kh4 {and there is no mate in sight:}
Rxg2 (31... Bd4 32. g4 $1 (32. Re3 $2 Bf6+ 33. Kh5 Rh6+ $1 34. Bxh6 g6#) 32...
fxg4 33. Re3 $1 $18) 32. Qd7 Bd4 33. Kh5 $1 $16) 27... Rg6 28. Bg3 $16 {
[%cal Rd3f4,Ra1e1] /\Nf4,Re1}) (26... Be3 27. Qb3 $16 (27. Rd1 $5 $16 {and the
N again aims for e6 with great power.})) 27. Bd6 $1 (27. Re1 $2 Qxe1+ 28. Nxe1
Rxe1+ 29. Kh2 g5 {immediately forces a draw, as the ambitious} 30. Bd6 Bg1+ 31.
Kg3 $2 {can favour only Black due to} h5 $1 32. h4 (32. Rd3 $2 Rfe8 $19) 32...
f4+ 33. Bxf4 gxf4+ 34. Rxf4 Bh2+ $17 {/=/+ and already White has to fight for
a draw.}) (27. Kh2 {was also possible, but the text is more direct.}) 27... Rf6
28. Nf4 Qe4 29. Ne6 Rexe6 ({The passive} 29... Ra8 30. Qb5 $18 {is out of
question.}) 30. dxe6 Qxe6 (30... Rxe6 31. Bg3 Bxb2 32. Re1 Qc6 (32... Qxe1+ 33.
Bxe1 Rxe1+ 34. Kh2 Be5+ 35. g3 $18) 33. Qxc6 Rxc6 34. Rxf5 {[%cal Re1e7] /\Re7}
Rb6 35. Re8+ Kh7 36. Ra8 $16 {/+-}) 31. Bg3 Bxb2 32. Re1 Qf7 $8 (32... Qc6 33.
Qb5 $1 {/\Re7+-}) 33. Bh4 $1 (33. Re8+ Kh7 34. Ra8 $16 {wins the Pa7, but
Anand is still more interested in the 7-th rank and the coordination of his
forces.}) 33... Re6 (33... g5 $2 34. Rfe3 $1 {loses more or less by force after
} (34. Re8+ Kh7 35. Rfe3 $1 {-34.Rfe3!}) 34... Qg6 35. Re8+ Kh7 36. Qd7+ Rf7
37. R8e7 Rg7 38. Rxg7+ Bxg7 39. Re6 Nb8 40. Qd5 $18) 34. Rxe6 Qxe6 35. Qc2 Bd4
36. Qxf5 $5 {A clever move, Anand wants the Q off and rightly feels the Pc4 is
poisoned.} (36. Rxf5 Nb8 $16 {still gives Black chances to resist.}) 36... Qxc4
$6 {[%mdl 128]} (36... Qxf5 37. Rxf5 Nb8 (37... Nc7 $143 38. Bg3 Ne6 39. Rd5
$18) 38. Bf2 $5 $16 {/+- gives Black only minimal survival chances, but now
White's trio of attacking pieces will completely dismantle Black's defence.} (
38. Rd5 Nc6 39. Rd7 b6 $16)) 37. Kh2 {White has enough time for useful
prophylaxis.} Qe2 (37... Qc1 $2 38. Qe6+ Kh7 39. Qe4+ Kg8 40. Be7 Qg1+ 41. Kg3
$18) ({If Black does nothing, e.g.,} 37... b6 38. Rf4 $18 {[%cal Rf4e4,Re4e8] /
\Re4-e8}) 38. Bg3 $1 {[%csl Ra6] Dominates the unhappy Na6.} (38. Qc8+ Kh7 39.
Qxb7 Nc7 $1 $16 {still gives Black some counterchances.}) 38... Qd1 {The Q
can't return to the defence.} (38... Qe8 39. Qd5+ $18) (38... Qe7 39. Qd5+ Kh7
40. Rf7 $18) 39. Rf1 Qb3 40. Qe4 {Doesn't change the result, but} (40. Qg6 $142
$1 $18 {[%cal Rf1e1,Rg3d6] /\Re1,Bd6}) 40... Qb5 (40... Qc4 41. Qe8+ Kh7 42.
Rf8 g5 43. Be5 $1 $18) (40... Qe3 41. Qd5+ Kh7 42. Qf5+ g6 43. Qd7+ Bg7 44. Rf7
Qc3 45. Qe7 {[%cal Rg3e5] /\Be5+-}) 41. Qe6+ Kh7 42. Qf5+ Kg8 43. Qc8+ Kh7 44.
Rf8 {[%cal Rc8f5] /\Qf5} (44. Rf8 c4 (44... Qc6 45. Qf5+ Qg6 46. Rh8+ $1 $18)
45. Rh8+ Kg6 46. Qg4+ $18 {loses the Bd4.}) 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch 57th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2004.11.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2813"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "152"]
[EventDate "2004.11.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Huzman} e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O
Be7 8. c4 Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. a3 ({Another way to achieve the same position is} 
10. Nc3 Bf5 11. a3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Nc6 13. cxd5 (13. Re1 Re8 14. Bf4 {also used
to be popular, but started disappearing from the scene due to} dxc4 15. Bxc4
Bd6 16. Rxe8+ Qxe8 17. Ng5 Bg6 18. Bxd6 cxd6 19. h4 Qe7 20. Qg4 h6 21. Nh3 Qe4
(21... Qf6 22. Re1 Bf5 23. Qf3 Kf8 24. Nf4 Bd7 25. g3 Re8 26. Rxe8+ Bxe8 27.
Qe4 $36 g5 $2 28. hxg5 Qxg5 29. Bd5 Bd7 30. Qh7 Qf6 31. Bxf7 $1 $18 {Anand,
V-Karpov,A/Eurotel Prague/2002/}) 22. Nf4 Ne5 $1 23. dxe5 Qxc4 (23... dxe5 $4
24. Bd5 Qxf4 25. Qxg6 {1-0,Kulaots,K-Timman,J/Prague m/2004/}) 24. exd6 (24.
Qg3 dxe5 25. Nxg6 fxg6 26. Qxe5 Rf8 27. Qg3 Qf4 28. Qxf4 Rxf4 $15 {Gonzalez,
Y-Morovic Fernandez,I/Havana/2003/}) 24... Qxc3 25. Rf1 Be4 $1 26. Ne6 Bd3 27.
Qf3 fxe6 28. Rd1 Qxa3 29. Rxd3 Qc1+ 30. Kh2 Qc6 $11) 13... Qxd5 {-10.a3
Kasparov's move-order gives Black less chances to deviate from the main line,
but for the time being Motylev doesn't want to do that.}) 10... Nc6 11. cxd5
Qxd5 12. Nc3 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Bf5 14. Re1 Rfe8 15. Bf4 Rac8 {Black's main move.} (
15... Bd6 {has also been tested, but after} 16. c4 Qe4 17. Be3 {the Bd6
remains exposed and White retains his initiative with} Rad8 18. Ra2 $1 (18. Qb3
{allows} Bf4 $1 $11 {/\} 19. Nd2 $2 Nxd4 $1 $19) 18... Bg6 19. Qc1 Na5 20. c5
Be7 21. Bb5 $14 Qd5 $6 {Kasparov,G-Karpov,A/New York act X3D/2002/} 22. Bxe8 $1
Qxa2 23. Ba4 $16 {[%cal Re3f4] /\Bf4}) 16. h3 {A refined move, introduced by
Kramnik. A luft may be useful in tactical complications, freeing h2 for the
Nf3 is another idea.} ({Some 2 years ago White played mostly} 16. c4 Qe4 17.
Be3 {Now the newest wrinkle is} Qc2 $5 (17... Bf6 $143 18. Rc1 $1 $14 b6 $6 19.
h3 (19. c5 $5 Na5 20. Bd2 Qd5 21. Bxa5 bxa5 22. Bc4 Qd7 23. Qb3 a4 24. Qa2
Rxe1+ 25. Rxe1 Bg6 26. Ne5 Bxe5 27. dxe5 Re8 28. Qb2 h6 29. h3 Kh7 30. Bb5 Rb8
31. Bxd7 Rxb2 32. f4 $16 {Marciano,D-Ernst,S/BL2-W 0203/2003/}) 19... Bg6 20.
c5 $1 Ne7 21. Ba6 Rcd8 22. Bg5 Qc6 23. cxb6 Qxb6 24. Bxf6 gxf6 25. Qa4 $16 {
[%csl Ra7,Rc7,Rf6,Rf7] ק,Kasparov,G-Karpov,A/New York act X3D/2002/}) 18. d5
Na5 19. Nd4 Qxd1 {Now more ambitious is} 20. Raxd1 (20. Rexd1 Bd7 21. Bd2 Bf6
22. Bxa5 Bxd4 23. Rxd4 Rxe2 $11 {Leko,P-Kramnik,V/WCh Brissago (3)/2004/})
20... Bd7 21. Nb5 {, but even here Black should equalize:} a6 (21... Bxb5 22.
cxb5 Rcd8 $132) 22. Nxc7 Rxc7 23. d6 Bxd6 24. Rxd6 Ba4 $11) ({Earlier Leko has
successfully tried} 16. Bd3 $5 {, but careful play should neutralize White's
|^:} Qd7 17. Rb1 (17. Bxf5 Qxf5 18. Bg3 Bd6 19. Qb3 b6 20. c4 Qf6 21. d5 Nd4
22. Nxd4 Qxd4 23. Qa4 Re2 24. Rad1 Qe4 25. Rxe2 Qxe2 26. Rf1 a5 27. Qd7 Qe8 28.
Qxe8+ Rxe8 29. Bxd6 cxd6 30. Rb1 Re4 31. Kf1 Rxc4 32. Rxb6 Kf8 33. Rxd6 Ra4 $11
{Ivanchuk,V-Gelfand,B/Calvia olm/2004/}) 17... Bxd3 18. Qxd3 b6 19. d5 Bf6 20.
c4 h6 21. h3 Rxe1+ (21... Re7 22. Rbd1 Rd8 23. Rxe7 Nxe7 24. Ne5 Bxe5 25. Bxe5
Re8 26. Bg3 $14 Nf5 $6 27. Bxc7 Qxc7 28. Qxf5 Qxc4 29. d6 Rd8 30. d7 $36 {
Leko,P-Anand,V/Linares/2003/}) 22. Rxe1 Ne7 23. Ne5 Bxe5 24. Bxe5 Nf5 25. Bb2
Rf8 26. Re5 Nd6 27. Qg3 f6 28. Re6 Rf7 $1 29. Qg6 Kh8 30. h4 Re7 $11 {Akopian,
V-Gelfand,B/Calvia olm/2004/}) 16... h6 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8] An interesting
novelty, Motylev doesn't want to commit any of his bishops and makes a similar
useful move instead.} (16... Bf6 $143 17. Nh2 $1 Qa5 18. Bd2 Ne7 (18... Rcd8
19. Bf3 h6 20. Ng4 Bxg4 21. hxg4 Bg5 22. Bxg5 hxg5 {Kramnik,V-Anand,V/Wijk aan
Zee/2003/} 23. Qc1 $1 $36 {[%csl Rb7,Rg5] ><b7,g5}) 19. Bf3 Rcd8 20. Ng4 Bxg4
21. hxg4 {[%cal Rg4g5] /\g5} h6 {Shirov,A-Bologan,V/Wijk aan Zee/2004/} 22.
Bxb7 $1 c5 23. Bf3 cxd4 24. cxd4 Qb6 25. Rb1 Qxd4 26. Be3 $36 {[%csl Ge3,Gf3]
^^}) ({Until now the main move was} 16... Be4 17. Be3 (17. Nd2 Bxg2 18. c4 Qf5
19. Bg4 Qxf4 20. Bxc8 Rxc8 21. Kxg2 Qxd4 $11) 17... Na5 $5 {It would be
interesting to know, how Kasparov intended to fight against Kramnik's idea, a
possible answer is} ({After} 17... Rcd8 18. Nd2 Bg6 {interesting is Huzman's
recommendation} 19. Qa4 $5 Qa5 20. Qb3 Qb6 21. Bf3 $14) 18. Nd2 (18. c4 Nxc4
19. Bxc4 Qxc4 20. Nd2 Qd5 21. Nxe4 Qxe4 22. Bg5 Qxe1+ 23. Qxe1 Bxg5 24. Qa5 Bf6
25. Qxa7 c5 $44 {/=,Leko,P-Kramnik,V/WCh Brissago (1)/2004/}) 18... Bf5 (18...
Bg6 19. Qa4 {[%csl Ra5] פa5}) 19. Bf3 Qd7 20. Ne4 Bd6 (20... b6 21. Ng3 $14) (
20... Rcd8 $142 $1 $11) 21. Nc5 $5 Bxc5 22. dxc5 Qxd1 23. Raxd1 c6 (23... Be4
$5) 24. Rd4 Nb3 25. Rf4 g6 26. Rd1 Rc7 27. Rb4 Bc2 28. Rd6 $14 {[%csl Ge3,Gf3]
^^,Laznicka,V-Stopa,J/Legnica/2004/}) 17. Nd2 {Alternatives, mentioned in the
note to move 16, lead to similar positions even with the P on h3 and h6
respectively.  Huzman: 'White decides to transfer the Nf3 to e3 for better
control of the central squares.'} ({White could have tried also} 17. Be3 {
, but Black can calmly improve his R with} Rcd8 $5 $132) 17... Qd7 (17... Na5
$5 18. Bf3 Qd7 19. Ne4 Rcd8 $11 {is a better version of the Laznicka-Stopa
game.}) 18. Nc4 Bd6 $1 {Huzman: 'Black tries to neutralise the pressure of Bf4
on the open file "e" for Re8.'} 19. Qd2 $1 ({Huzman: A good and simple example
how to play against the plan of Black was shown in the game} 19. Bxd6 cxd6 20.
Ne3 {'+/-' Huzman. Huzman: '1/2-1/2 Karjakin,S-Gelfand,B/Pamplona ESP 2004/(26)
'} Ra8 (20... Rcd8 {seems more logical.}) 21. Qa4 a6 22. Qb3 Be4 23. Bg4 Qc7
24. a4 Ne7 25. Be6 Rf8 $11 26. Nd5 Bxd5 {1/2,Karjakin,S-Gelfand,B/Pamplona/
2004/}) (19. Be3 Bf8 $1 $11 {- the e3-square is meant for the N.}) 19... Bxf4
20. Qxf4 Re4 {The R will have to retreat anyway, so perhaps Black should have
played something else:} (20... Ne7 $5 {/\} 21. Ne5 Ng6 22. Nxg6 fxg6 $11) 21.
Qg3 Rce8 22. Ne3 R4e7 23. Bb5 $5 {[%mdl 32] The manoeuvring fight starts. The
B aims for the /^a2-g8, but first Kasparov "softens" Black's <<. This will
bring dividends 9 moves later.} (23. Ra2 $5 {[%cal Ga2b2] Huzman} Be4 24. Rb2
Qd6 $11) 23... a6 24. Bc4 Na5 {Later on the N will be misplaced on the edge.} (
24... b5 $5 25. Ba2 Be4 $11) 25. Ba2 Be6 {Huzman: 'Black neutralises the
pressure of Ba2 in the same way like with Bf4.'} (25... Qc6 $5 {Huzman} 26. Kh2
Bh7 $11) 26. d5 Bf5 27. Red1 {[%cal Rd5d6]} Re5 {Prevents d6.} 28. Rd4 Qd6 29.
Kh2 Bg6 (29... Bd7 $5 {[%cal Ya5b7,Yb7b5] /\b5,Nb7 '=!?' Huzman.} 30. a4 {
Huzman} Re4 31. Qxd6 cxd6 32. Rb4 $11) 30. a4 Re4 $6 (30... Kh8 $142 $11 {/+/=}
) 31. Qxd6 cxd6 32. Rb4 $1 Rc8 33. c4 $36 {[%csl Ra5,Rg6] פa5,Bg6 Now both
Black's minor pieces are stranded and White takes over the initiative. Motylev
managed to save the game only with some luck.} Kf8 (33... Rd4 $5 {Huzman} 34.
Rb6 Rd8 $11) 34. Rd1 Ke7 35. g4 Kd7 36. Kg3 Rce8 37. Rb2 h5 {'?' Huzman.} (
37... Rxe3+ $1 {Huzman} 38. fxe3 Rxe3+ 39. Kh2 Ra3 40. Bb1 Bxb1 41. Rdxb1 Rxa4
$44) 38. Bb1 R4e5 39. Bxg6 fxg6 40. c5 $1 {Huzman: 'This is a very important
resourse. White opens the 6th rank to penetrate with the rooks there.'} dxc5
41. Rb6 $16 Rxe3+ {'?!' Huzman.} (41... hxg4 {Huzman} 42. hxg4 g5 43. Nf5 Re4
44. Rc1 $1 c4 45. Rd6+ Kc7 46. Rg6 $16) 42. fxe3 Rxe3+ 43. Kf4 Rxh3 44. Rxg6
Rh4 45. Rxg7+ Kd6 46. Rg6+ Kd7 47. Rc1 b6 48. Rxb6 Rxg4+ 49. Kf3 c4 50. Rh1 Rg5
51. Rxa6 Nb3 52. Kf4 Rg4+ 53. Ke3 c3 (53... Rg5 $142 $16) 54. Rc6 $2 (54. Rxh5
$1 $18 {[%cal Rh5h7,Ra6a8] /\Rh7,Ra8#}) 54... h4 55. Rb1 Rg3+ 56. Kf4 Nd4 57.
Rb7+ Kd8 58. Ra6 (58. Rcc7 $1 {Huzman} c2 59. Ke5 Rg1 60. Rh7 $1 Kc8 61. Rbc7+
Kb8 62. d6 Nc6+ 63. Rxc6 c1=Q 64. Rxc1 Rxc1 65. Rh8+ Rc8 66. Rxh4 $18) 58...
Kc8 59. Rh7 (59. Re7 $1 {Huzman} Kb8 60. Rb6+ Ka8 61. Rbb7 $1 c2 62. Rbc7 $18)
59... Kb8 60. Rb6+ Ka8 61. Ra6+ Kb8 62. Rb6+ Ka8 63. Rf6 Rg8 64. Ke4 c2 65. Rc7
Kb8 66. d6 {'?' Huzman.} (66. Rff7 $1 $18 {Huzman}) 66... Rc8 67. Kxd4 c1=Q 68.
Rxc1 Rxc1 69. Kd5 Kc8 70. Rf8+ Kd7 71. Rf7+ Kd8 72. a5 Rd1+ 73. Kc6 Rc1+ 74.
Kb7 Rb1+ 75. Ka7 h3 76. Rh7 Rb3 (76... Rb3 77. a6 Kc8 78. Rc7+ Kd8 $11 {/\} 79.
Rb7 h2) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament Gp2"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2002.07.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2002.07.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 2]} {This game enabled Leko to qualify.} 1. e4 {Huzman} e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3.
Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4 {Definitely the main
move now, although recently Morozevich has tried also the older} (8. Re1 Bg4 9.
c3 f5 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Qb3 Na5 12. Qc2 c5 $5 $146 13. Ne5 Bh5 14. f3 Bh4 $1 {
Critical for the whole line is probably} 15. Rf1 $5 (15. fxe4 $2 Bxe1 16. exf5
c4 17. Bf1 Bxd2 18. Bxd2 Nc6 19. Re1 Qc8 20. h3 Rxf5 $1 21. g4 Nxe5 22. dxe5
Rf3 $1 (22... Rxf1+ $2 23. Rxf1 Bg6 24. Qd1 Qc5+ 25. Rf2 Re8 26. Bf4 Bd3 27.
Qf3 Be4 {1/2,Morozevich,A-Adams,M/Dortmund ct/2002/}) 23. gxh5 Qc5+ 24. Kh1 Qf2
25. Bg2 Rd3 26. Rd1 Rf8 $1 {[%cal Rf8f3] /\Rff3-+}) 15... cxd4 16. fxe4 (16.
cxd4 $2 Qb6 $36) 16... fxe4 17. Rxf8+ Qxf8 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. Bxe4 $13 {/+/=})
8... Nf6 {A favourite of Jussupow, also sometimes played by Gelfand and Karpov.
Adams played it for the first time, earlier he preferred the more active main
move} (8... Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Be6 11. Ne5 f6 12. Nf3 Kh8 13. cxd5 Nxc3 14.
bxc3 Nxd5 15. Bd3 c5 16. c4 Nb4 17. d5 Nxd3 18. Qxd3 Bd6 $1 {[%cal Gb8h2]
Prevents White's B from occupying the crucial h2-b8/^.} (18... Bf7 $2 19. Bf4
Bd6 20. Bxd6 Qxd6 21. Nh4 b5 22. cxb5 Qxd5 23. Qxd5 Bxd5 24. Rfc1 $36 {Leko,
P-Adams,M/Dortmund/2001/}) 19. Qb3 Bg4 20. h3 Bh5 21. a4 $11 {1/2,Anand,
V-Adams,M/Dortmund/2001/}) 9. h3 $5 ({Seemingly more logical is} 9. Nc3 {
but after} Be6 $5 (9... Bg4 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. h3 {only costs a tempo, forcing
the B back to e6 anyway.} Bh5 $6 12. Be4 $1 $16) (9... O-O {can transpose into
the game.}) 10. c5 (10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Re1 O-O 12. a3 Bf6 13. Be4 {leads to a
position theory considers satisfactory for Black, an interesting idea is
Karpov's} Rb8 $5 14. Qd3 h6 15. Bh7+ Kh8 16. Bf5 Nxc3 17. bxc3 Bd5 18. Bf4 Ne7
19. Bg4 Ng6 20. Bg3 b5 $1 21. Qf5 a5 22. Re3 Rb7 $132 {Milos,G-Karpov,A/Buenos
Aires/2001/}) 10... Bg4 11. Bb5 O-O 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 Re8 15.
Be3 Qb8 16. Rab1 Bf8 17. Rfe1 Qb4 18. a3 Qc4 $132 {Shirov,A-Gelfand,B/Astana/
2001/ and Black's forces are sufficiently active to compensate his defective
pawn structure.}) 9... O-O (9... Be6 10. c5 $36 {[%csl Re6] is not ideal now,
as the Be6 has no deployment is only a source of trouble.}) 10. Nc3 Nb4 (10...
dxc4 11. Bxc4 {leads to a position, which can also arise from the Accepted
Queen's Gsmbit or even Exchange French with 4.c4. As here Black is far from
the ideal blockade of the isolated Pd4, White's activity promises him an edge.
A famous example is} Na5 12. Bd3 Be6 13. Re1 Nc6 14. a3 a6 15. Bf4 Qd7 16. Ne5
$1 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Nd5 18. Nxd5 Bxd5 19. Qc2 g6 20. Rad1 c6 21. Bh6 Rfd8 22. e6
fxe6 23. Bxg6 $16 {Kasparov,G-Karpov,A/Moscow WCh/1985/}) 11. Be2 dxc4 {
Logical.} (11... Bf5 $143 12. a3 Nc6 13. Bf4 $5 dxc4 14. Bxc4 Ne8 15. Bd5 Bd6
16. Ne5 $16 {Dolmatov,S-Karner,H/Tallinn/1985/}) ({But more attention deserves
} 11... Be6 $5 12. a3 Nc6 {/\} 13. c5 Ne4 $132) 12. Bxc4 c6 (12... Nbd5 13. Re1
c6 14. Bg5 {only transposes.} ({Black doesn't have to worry unduly about} 14.
Qb3 Nb6 15. Bd3 Be6 16. Qc2 h6 17. a3 Nbd5 18. Bd2 Rc8 19. Na4 Rc7 20. Re2 Bd6
21. Rae1 Nh5 22. Bh7+ Kh8 23. Bf5 Nhf4 24. Bxf4 Nxf4 25. Re3 Nd5 26. R3e2 Nf4
27. Re3 $11 {1/2,Gelfand,B-Jussupow,A/Istanbul olm/2000/})) 13. Bg5 Nbd5 14.
Re1 Be6 15. Qb3 $1 {An important move that enables White to maintain his
pressure, otherwise Black can play Nc7.} Qb6 {[%mdl 4] Introduced by Gelfand,
but the easy and seemingly simple model way Leko outplays his strong opponent
with indicates transposing into a worse _|_ with little active <=> is perhaps
not an ideal solution.} ({The older} 15... Rb8 16. Ne5 {seems passive, but
after the patient} Re8 (16... Nc7 $2 17. Bxe6 Nxe6 18. Nxf7 Nxd4 19. Nxd8+ Nxb3
20. Nxc6 $1 bxc6 21. axb3 $16) 17. Rad1 Qd6 18. Bh4 Qb4 19. Qc2 Rbd8 20. Bd3 h6
21. Bg3 {Hulak,K-Toth,B/Budva zt/1981/} Nb6 $1 $13 {is playable for Black.}) ({
A nakoniec nemozno uplne odvrhnut ani radikalne Also possible seems the radical
} 15... Nxc3 16. Bxe6 (16. bxc3 Bxc4 17. Qxc4 Re8 (17... Nd5 $2 18. Bxe7 Nxe7
19. Qb4 $16) 18. Re2 Nd5 19. Rae1 f6 $11 {/\Qd7 and Black should gradually
neutralize White's |^.}) 16... Nb5 17. Bc4 Nd6 18. Bd3 Nd5 $11 {/+/= and White
has at best only a slight edge.}) (15... Re8 $6 16. Bxf6 $1 Bxf6 17. Bxd5 $1
cxd5 18. Qxb7 $16 {Nataf,IA-Delgado,N/Havana/2001/ loses a P without special
compensation.}) 16. Nxd5 cxd5 (16... Nxd5 $4 17. Bxd5 $18) 17. Qxb6 axb6 18.
Bb3 ({In the initial game with 15...Qb6 White's small pull quickly evaporated
after} 18. Bd3 h6 19. Bf4 Rfc8 20. Nd2 Ne8 $1 21. Nf1 Nd6 22. Ne3 Bf8 23. Be5
Ra5 24. Bxd6 Bxd6 25. Bf5 $11 {1/2,Grischuk,A-Gelfand,B/Biel/2001/ In the
following games White logically kept the potentially weak ><d5 under fire.})
18... h6 $6 $146 {Not a very good novelty.} (18... Bb4 $142 $1 19. Re2 (19. Re5
Nd7 20. Re2 Rfc8 21. Ne1 Nb8 $1 22. Nd3 Nc6 23. Nxb4 Nxb4 24. g4 h6 25. Bf4 g5
26. Be3 Bd7 $1 27. a3 {1/2,Kasimdzhanov,R-Fridman,D/Essen/2002/} Ba4 $1 $11) (
19. Rec1 Ne4 20. Bf4 Rfc8 {also isn't too convincing, exchanges on the <->c
only ease Black's defensive task.}) 19... Ne4 {Now this N move wins a tempo
and after} 20. Bf4 Rfc8 21. Ne5 Bf8 22. Nd3 Nd6 $132 {[%csl Gc4][%cal Yd6c4] +/
=/= the N strives for another active outpost c4.}) (18... Rfc8 {doesn't change
the character of the position and after} 19. Re2 Kf8 (19... h6 {Huzman} 20. Bf4
Ne4 21. Ne5 Bg5 22. Nd3 (22. Bxg5 $5 {Huzman} hxg5 23. Rae1 Rc7 24. Nd3 Kf8 25.
Nb4 Nf6 26. Re5 $16) 22... Bf6 23. Nb4 Ra5 24. Rd1 g5 25. Be5 Bg7 26. f3 Nf6
27. g4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Giaccio,A-Zarnicki,P/Pinamar ARG 2002/The Week in Chess
384 (50)}) 20. Ne5 Ne4 $2 {loses a pawn to} 21. Nd7+ $1 Bxd7 22. Bxe7+ Kxe7 23.
Bxd5 Kd6 24. Bxe4 Re8 25. Re3 $16 {Svidler,P-Jussupow,A/WChT Yerevan/2001/})
19. Bf4 {Huzman: 'It is very strange that in a decisive game Black chooses
such a passive variant. Leko creates a typical example of transformation of a
small advantage into victory.'} Rfc8 20. Ne5 g5 $2 {'?!' Huzman. An unforced
weakening, which will cost Black dearly. Huzman: 'This move weakens the king's
side of which White makes use later.'} (20... Ne4 $6 21. f3 {/\} (21. Re2 {
Huzman} Nd6 $4 (21... Bg5 {Huzman} 22. Bxg5 Nxg5 23. Nd3 {[%csl Rd5][%cal
Gd3b4,Gd3f4,Ge2e5,Gb4d5,Gf4d5,Ge5d5,Gb3d5]}) 22. Ng6 $18) 21... Nd6 $2 22. Ng6
$1 Nf5 23. g4 $18) (20... Ne8 $142 $14) (20... Bb4 {/\Ne8+/=}) 21. Bh2 Bb4 22.
Re2 Ne4 {[%cal Re4d2] /\Nd2} 23. Nd3 {Leko is not afraid of ghosts, Black's
activity is only temporary.} (23. Ng4 h5 24. Ne3 Ra5 25. Nxd5 Bxd5 26. Bxd5
Rxd5 27. Rxe4 Rc2 $44 {<=>}) 23... Bf8 (23... Nd2 $2 24. Bd1 Ba5 25. b4 $18) (
23... Ba5 24. Rd1 $16 {[%csl Ra5] ץa5}) 24. Rae1 Bg7 {Only increases the
effect of White's next move. But it's difficult to find anything better:} (
24... Bf5 25. g4 (25. Bxd5 $2 Nf6) 25... Bh7 26. Ne5 $16 {[%cal Rb3d5] /\Bd5}
Bb4 $2 27. Bxd5 Bxe1 28. Rxe1 Nd6 29. Nd7 $40) 25. Be5 Bxe5 (25... Bf8 {
not only costs a tempo, but forces black to reckon with} 26. f3 Nd6 27. Bxd6
Bxd6 28. Rxe6 $5 fxe6 29. Rxe6 $16) (25... f6 $2 26. Rxe4 $1 $16 {/+-}) 26.
Nxe5 Kg7 27. Nd3 $1 $16 {[%csl Gb3,Rb6,Rb7,Rd5,Re6,Rg5] White has a clear
positional advantage. His B is better than Black's, also his central P is less
vulnerable than the ><d5. Moreover Black has weaknesses on both flanks. Leko
first ties down Black's forces by transferring his N to b4.} Rc7 28. Nb4 Rd8
29. g4 $1 {It's necessary to chase away the Ne4, but} (29. f3 Ng3 30. Re5 Nf5
$1 {<=>><d4 The text takes away f5 from Black's N and fixates the ><g5.}) ({
Material gains are still premature:} 29. Nxd5 $6 Bxd5 30. Bxd5 Nxf2 $5 $11) (
29. Bxd5 $6 Bxd5 30. Nxd5 Rxd5 31. Rxe4 Rc2 $132) 29... Nf6 (29... h5 30. f3 {
[%cal Re2e5] /\Re5->}) 30. Kg2 Rd6 (30... Rdc8 $5 {/\Rc1} 31. Re5 $5 $16 {
and one of Black's R probably has to return to the <->d, as} Nd7 32. Rxd5 $1 (
32. Rxe6 $5 $16) 32... Bxd5+ 33. Nxd5 Rc1 (33... Rc6 34. Ba4 Rd6 35. Ne7 $16)
34. Re7 $16 {/+- is even worse.}) 31. f3 {Prepares Kg3.} Bd7 {[%cal Yd7b5,
Yb5c4] /\Bb5-c4} 32. Kg3 Kf8 ({Black stops half-way, but even after the more
logical} 32... Bb5 33. Re7 Rdd7 34. R7e5 Bc4 35. Bc2 $1 $16 {[%cal Rc2f5,Rh3h4]
/\h4,Bf5 his predicament is similar to the game.}) 33. h4 Bb5 34. Re5 {
Shatters Black's >>.} gxh4+ 35. Kxh4 Bc4 36. Bc2 $1 {White still needs his B.}
Bb5 (36... Bxa2 37. b3 Rxc2 (37... Rc3 $2 38. R5e3 $18) 38. Nxc2 Bxb3 39. Ne3 (
39. Nb4 $5) 39... Nd7 40. Rb1 $5 $16 {/+-} (40. Rh5 $143 Re6)) 37. a3 $1 {
Prophylaxis against Rc4.} Rd8 (37... Rc4 38. Rd1 {/\Bb3 forces the R to
retreat anyway.}) 38. Kg3 Kg7 39. Bf5 Kf8 {Aimed against Re7. Somewhat more
resilient was} (39... Rc4 40. Rd1 Ba4 41. Rd2 Rc7 42. Bd3 {[%cal Yd2h2,Yg4g5] /
\Rh2,g5 but even here Black can defend his >< only temporarily.}) 40. Rh1 Kg7
41. Nc2 {The N's task on b4 is over and Leko trnsfers it to the >>.} Re8 (41...
Rc4 {prevents Ne3, but allows} 42. g5 $1 Ng8 (42... hxg5 43. Bd3 $18) 43. gxh6+
Nxh6 44. Bd3 Rc6 45. Bxb5 Rxc2 46. Rg5+ Kf6 47. Kf4 Ng8 48. Rh8 Rcc8 49. Bd3
$22 {+-}) 42. Ne3 Rce7 43. Kf4 $1 Bc6 44. Bc2 Bd7 45. g5 $1 (45. g5 hxg5+ $2
46. Rxg5+ {mates, otherwise Black loses at least 2 P.}) 1-0

[Event "Staunton Memorial 7th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2009.08.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Smeets, Jan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2009.08.08"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 ({\/Although
the currently greatest guru of the Petroff Kramnik played the symmetrical} 6...
Bd6 {in his latest tournament outing in Dortmund, the text move still remains
more popular.}) ({This and the possible transposition} 6... Be7 7. O-O Nc6 {
occur in more than half of the games with this line and until now prevailed
also in Kramnik's practice.}) 7. O-O Be7 8. c4 {While this is in general the
most popular alternative, lately Black has faced somewhat more problems after
the classical} (8. Re1 Bg4 9. c4 Nf6 10. Nc3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Nxd4 12. Qd1 Ne6 13.
cxd5 Nxd5 14. Bb5+ c6 15. Nxd5 cxb5 16. Qb3 O-O 17. Be3 $1 Bc5 18. Rad1 Bxe3
19. Rxe3 Qa5 20. Qc2 Rfe8 21. f4 b4 22. f5 Nf8 23. Red3 $14 {Leko,P (2751)
-Gelfand,B (2733)/Nalchik/2009/}) ({, or the less usual} 8. Nc3 $5 Nxc3 9. bxc3
Bg4 10. Re1 O-O 11. Bf4 Bd6 12. Bxd6 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Qxd6 14. Re3 Rae8 15. Rae1
Rxe3 16. Rxe3 g6 17. h4 Nb8 18. h5 Nd7 19. g4 Nf6 20. h6 Kh8 21. Re5 c6 22. c4
$36 {Leko,P (2751)-Kasimdzhanov,R (2695)/Nalchik/2009/ M.Marin annotated both
games in CBM 130.}) 8... Nb4 9. cxd5 {White wants to profit from the fact that
Black has not castled yet by mainly tactical means. To achieve this he is even
willing to part with his valuable Bd3. However, this rare sideline will
probably become even more scarce after our game...} ({The main line} 9. Be2 O-O
10. Nc3 Bf5 11. a3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Nc6 13. Re1 Re8 14. cxd5 ({After} 14. Bf4 {
as in Motylev-Gashimov, Poikovsky 2009 (see CBM 131), the reaction with the
best reputation is} dxc4 15. Bxc4 Bd6 $11) 14... Qxd5 15. Bf4 Rac8 $132 {
leads to a Petroff tabia, featured in hundreds of games, a large percentage of
which are high-level encounters. The current verdict is White has problems to
gain even a slight edge.}) 9... Nxd3 {Logical, but also practically forced.
The alternatives are clearly inferior:} (9... Qxd5 $2 10. Bxe4 Qxe4 11. Re1 Qc2
12. Rxe7+ $1 Kxe7 13. Qe1+ Kd8 14. Na3 Qa4 15. Ne5 $1 (15. b3 Nd3 $16) 15...
Be6 16. b3 Qa5 17. Nc2 $18) (9... Nf6 $6 10. Bb5+ Bd7 11. d6 $5 Bxd6 12. Re1+
Be7 13. Bxd7+ Qxd7 14. Ne5 Qd6 15. Qa4+ $16 {Naegele,T-Fochtler,E (2245)/
Wuerttemberg/1996/} {/\} c6 $2 16. Nc4 Qxd4 17. Qxb4 $18) 10. Qxd3 Qxd5 (10...
Nf6 $6 11. Qb5+ Qd7 (11... Bd7 12. Qb3 O-O 13. Nc3 b5 14. Bg5 b4 15. Bxf6 gxf6
16. Ne4 Kh8 17. Rfe1 a5 18. Rac1 Bb5 19. Nh4 Rg8 20. d6 $18 {Timman,J (2650)
-Kovacevic,V (2530)/Zagreb/1985/}) 12. Qxd7+ Bxd7 13. Nc3 O-O-O 14. Bg5 $14)
11. Re1 (11. Ne5 O-O (11... f6 $5 12. Nf3 Bf5 13. Nh4 Nd6 14. Nxf5 Qxf5 15. Qb3
Qb5 $11 {/=/+}) 12. Re1 Nf6 13. Nc3 Qd8 14. d5 Re8 (14... Bb4 $132) 15. Bg5 h6
16. Bh4 Ng4 17. Bg3 Bd6 18. Nc4 Rxe1+ 19. Rxe1 Bxg3 20. Qxg3 $14 {So,W (2577)
-Le Kieu Thien,K (2286)/Vung Tau/2008/}) (11. Nc3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 (12. Qxc3 O-O
13. Qxc7 Bd6 14. Qc3 Qh5 15. h3 Be6 16. Bd2 Rfe8 $44 {0-1 Kovacevic,R (2095)
-Randjelovic,D (2040)/Kladovo 1991/EXT 2002 (30)}) 12... O-O $11 {is too soft
and leads nowhere.}) 11... Bf5 {The sequence of natural moves continues.} (
11... Nf6 $2 12. Bg5 Qd6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Nc3 c6 15. Ne4 Qf4 16. d5 cxd5 17.
Nc3 Be6 18. Nxd5 Bxd5 19. Qxd5 Qb4 20. a3 Qxb2 21. Rxe7+ {1-0,Tanti,J-Lynch,J/
corr/1997/} Kxe7 22. Re1+ Kf8 23. Ne5) 12. Ne5 {Here White already has a
choice.} ({After} 12. g4 Bg6 13. Nc3 Nxc3 14. Qxc3 {Black has the strong} f6 $1
15. Bf4 (15. Qxc7 O-O (15... Qd7 $5 $44) 16. Rxe7 Qxf3 17. Rxg7+ Kh8 18. Bh6
Qxg4+ 19. Qg3 Qxd4 20. Rxg6 hxg6 21. Qh3 Kg8 22. Bxf8 Rxf8 23. Qb3+ Rf7 24. Rd1
Qg4+ 25. Kf1 Kg7 26. h3 Qe4 27. Qd5 $11 {Anand,V (2771)-Sokolov,I (2656)/
Dortmund/1999/}) ({Even more recent tries, including a game between the same
opponents, don't promise an advantage:} 15. Nh4 Kf7 16. Qxc7 Rhe8 17. Nxg6 hxg6
18. Bf4 Rad8 19. Rad1 Rd7 20. Qc3 g5 (20... Red8 21. a3 g5 22. Bg3 Bf8 23. f3
Qb5 24. Re4 Bc5 25. Kg2 Bb6 26. Bf2 Rc7 27. Qd2 Rcd7 $11 {Howell,D (2593)
-Gashimov,V (2703)/Dresden olm/2008/}) 21. Bg3 Bd8 22. Rxe8 Kxe8 23. b3 Bb6 24.
Re1+ Re7 25. Qc8+ Kf7 26. Rxe7+ Kxe7 27. Qh8 Kf7 28. Qh5+ Kf8 29. h4 Bxd4 30.
hxg5 fxg5 $11 {1/2 Adams,M (2712)-Smeets,J (2601)/Wijk aan Zee 2009 (39)})
15... Kf7 16. h4 h5 17. Qxc7 Rhe8 18. Ng5+ $5 fxg5 19. Bxg5 Kg8 $142 (19... Be4
20. Rac1 Rad8 $2 (20... Bh1 $1 21. Rxe7+ Rxe7 22. Qxe7+ Kg8 23. f3 Bxf3 $132)
21. Qf4+ Bf6 22. Rc7+ Kg6 23. gxh5+ Kxh5 24. Bxf6 Bh1 {Thinius,M (2421)-Korman,
M (2151)/Bundesliga/2009/} 25. Rxg7 $1 Rxe1+ 26. Kh2 $18) 20. Bxe7 Qxd4 21.
gxh5 Bxh5 22. Qe5 Qg4+ 23. Qg3 Rac8 24. Qxg4 Bxg4 25. Bb4 Be2 26. Rac1 {
1/2,Radjabov,T (2761)-Kramnik,V (2759)/Nice rpd/2009/} Rxc1 27. Rxc1 Re4 $11) (
12. Nc3 Nxc3 13. Qxc3 Be6 (13... c6 $143 $2 14. Bh6 $1 {/\} gxh6 15. Re5 Qd7
16. Rae1 Be6 17. d5 $40 {wins the piece back with a powerful initiative.}) 14.
Re5 {also leads only to equality:} (14. Qxc7 Bd6 15. Qc2 O-O 16. Bd2 Bf5 17.
Qb3 Qxb3 18. axb3 f6 19. Bc3 Kf7 20. Nd2 Rfd8 21. Ne4 Bf8 22. b4 b6 $44 {
Huebner,R (2625)-Smyslov,V (2595)/Velden cm/1983/}) (14. Bg5 Bd6 $15) {
Probably even more convincing is} 14... Qc6 (14... Qd7 15. d5 (15. Bg5 f6 16.
Re3 fxg5 17. Rae1 O-O-O 18. Rxe6 Bf6 $11) 15... Bxd5 16. Rxe7+ Qxe7 17. Bg5 f6
18. Re1 Be6 19. Nd4 O-O-O 20. Nxe6 fxg5 21. Nxd8 Qxd8 22. Qxg7 h5 $1 23. h3 h4
24. Re6 Re8 {and the defence holds after} 25. Rxe8 Qxe8 26. Qxg5 Qe1+ 27. Kh2
Qxf2 28. Qg8+ Kd7 29. Qd5+ Ke7 30. Qe5+ Kd7 31. Qd5+ Ke7 32. Qe5+ {1/2,
Pavasovic,D (2598)-Socko,B (2631)/AUT-chT/2009/}) 15. Qa5 (15. Qe1 O-O-O 16.
Bg5 Bxg5 17. Rxg5 Bd5 18. Ne5 Qb6 (18... Qh6 $15) 19. Rxg7 Rhg8 20. Rg3 Qxb2
$15 {Van der Wiel,J (2520)-Short,N (2575)/Biel izt plof/1985/}) 15... Rd8 16.
Bf4 (16. Bg5 Bxg5 17. Nxg5 O-O 18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. Qc3 {1/2,Vallejo Pons,F (2693)
-Kasimdzhanov,R (2672)/Donostia 2009/} Qd6 20. Re4 Rf4 $11) 16... O-O 17. Rc1
Qb6 18. Rb5 Qxa5 19. Rxa5 Ra8 20. d5 (20. Bxc7 Rfc8 $36) 20... Bd7 21. Ne5 Bd6
$1 22. Bg3 Bxe5 23. Bxe5 c6 24. dxc6 Bxc6 $11 {1/2,Naiditsch,A (2678)-Kramnik,
V (2772)/Dresden olm/2008/}) 12... O-O-O $1 {This move-order limits White's
options.} (12... Nd6 $143 $6 13. Nc3 Qa5 14. Qe2 O-O 15. b4 Qa6 16. Qxa6 bxa6
17. Nd5 Bd8 18. Nc6 Be6 19. Nde7+ Bxe7 20. Nxe7+ Kh8 21. d5 Rae8 22. Bg5 h6 23.
dxe6 hxg5 24. exf7 Rxf7 25. Nc6 $16 {Grischuk,A (2726)-Polgar,J (2707)/Biel /
2007/}) (12... g6 {gives White more alternatives:} 13. f3 $5 (13. Qf3 Qxd4 (
13... O-O-O {-12...0-0-0 transposes back into the game}) 14. Nc3 Qxe5 15. Bf4
Qa5 16. b4 (16. Rxe4 Bxe4 17. Qxe4 Qb4 (17... Qf5 $1 18. Qd4 O-O 19. Nd5 Rfe8
20. Bh6 f6 21. Nxc7 Bc5 22. g4 Qc2 $15) 18. Qe5 f6 19. Qxc7 Rd8 20. Re1 Kf7 21.
a3 Qc5 22. Qxb7 Rhe8 23. Be3 Qf5 24. Qxa7 Rd7 $6 (24... Kg8 $142 $13) 25. Qa4
$36 {Moreno Ramon,A (2330)-Espinoza,R (2410)/La Habana/1994/}) 16... Qa3 17.
Nd5 Qxf3 18. gxf3 Bd8 19. fxe4 Be6 20. Nxc7+ Bxc7 21. Bxc7 f6 $11) (13. Nc3
Nxc3 14. Qxc3 O-O-O 15. Bf4 Bd6 16. Bg5 Rde8 17. Bf6 $5 (17. Nc4 Bd7 18. Bf6
Rxe1+ 19. Rxe1 Re8 20. Nxd6+ Qxd6 21. Be5 Qc6 22. Qd2 Qd5 {1/2,Volokitin,A 
(2666)-Dominguez,L (2635)/WChT Beersheba/2005/}) 17... Rhf8 18. Nc4 Rxe1+ 19.
Rxe1 Kb8 20. Nxd6 cxd6 21. Be7 Rc8 22. Qb4 Rc6 23. b3 $14 {Dominguez}) 13...
Nf6 14. Qe3 O-O-O (14... Be6 $5 15. Nc3 Qd6) 15. Nc3 Qxd4 16. Qxd4 Rxd4 17. Be3
Rb4 18. b3 Be6 19. Bf2 Bd6 20. Nd3 Rd8 21. Nxb4 Bxb4 22. Rec1 Bxc3 23. Rxc3 Nd5
24. Rd3 b6 25. Rad1 $14 {1/2,Anand,V (2769)-Kramnik,V (2758)/Linares/2000/
Although a draw was agreed here, White could have continued without much risk.}
) ({Possibly playable, but not without risk is also} 12... f6 13. Nc3 (13. Nc4
$5 {/\} O-O-O 14. Ne3 Qa5 15. Bd2 Nxd2 16. Qxf5+ Qxf5 17. Nxf5 Bb4 18. Nxd2
Bxd2 19. Red1 $14) 13... Nxc3 14. Qxf5 Nb5 15. Qg4 (15. Qh5+ g6 16. Qh3 fxe5
17. Rxe5 Qxd4 18. Qe6 Qd1+ 19. Re1 Qd7 20. Bg5 O-O-O 21. Qxe7 Rde8 22. Qc5
Rxe1+ 23. Rxe1 Re8 24. Be3 b6 25. Qc4 Kb7 $11 {Drozdov,I (2410)-Pavasovic,D 
(2320)/Ljubljana/1994/}) 15... Nxd4 16. Nd3 Kf7 17. Nf4 (17. Rxe7+ Kxe7 18.
Qxg7+ Qf7 19. Qg4 Rad8 20. b3 Qg6 $19 {Ulibin,M-Serper,G/Sochi/1986/}) 17...
Qg5 $5 (17... Qf5 $2 18. Rxe7+ Kxe7 19. Qxg7+ Kd6 20. Be3 Rhg8 21. Qf7 c5 22.
Qxb7 Rgb8 23. Qa6+ Rb6 24. Qa3 Kc7 25. Bxd4 cxd4 26. Qe7+ Kb8 27. Nd3 $1 $16 (
27. Rc1 $2 Rc6 $1 $11 {Jonsson,B (2395)-Schandorff,L (2551)/Panormo/2001/}) (
27. Re1 $5 $16)) 18. Qh3 Qf5 19. Qc3 Qc5 20. Qh3 $11) 13. Qf3 {What else?} (13.
Nc3 $2 Qxe5 $1 $17) 13... g6 14. g4 $6 {With hindsight this is too ambitious.
White still has the modest} (14. Nc3 Nxc3 15. bxc3 (15. Qxc3 Rhe8 16. Bf4 Qxd4
17. Nxg6 Qxc3 18. Nxe7+ Rxe7 19. bxc3 Rxe1+ 20. Rxe1 Rd3 $15) 15... Qxf3 16.
gxf3 (16. Nxf3 Rde8 $15 {[%csl Ge7,Gf5] ^^}) 16... Be6 17. Nxf7 Bxf7 18. Rxe7 {
, which leads to a drawish _|_. A plausible follow-up is} Bd5 (18... Rd7 $11)
19. Bf4 Rd7 20. Rae1 Rf8 21. Re8+ Rxe8 22. Rxe8+ Rd8 23. Re7 Rd7 $11) 14... Bb4
$1 $146 {[%mdl 8] A strong novelty. Black doesn't sideline his B as in the
previously played line} (14... Bh4 15. Nc3 (15. Nd3 $2 Nxf2 16. Qxd5 Nh3+ 17.
Kg2 Rxd5 18. gxf5 Bxe1 19. Nxe1 Re8 20. Nf3 Rxf5 $17 {Nyysti,S (2445)
-Rytshagov,M (2492)/Gothenburg/2003/}) (15. Kg2 Bxf2 16. Re2 (16. Nc3 $6 Nxc3
17. Kxf2 Ne4+ 18. Kg2 Rhg8 $1 $40) 16... Bxd4 17. gxf5 Qxe5 18. Rxe4 Qf6 19.
Nc3 gxf5 20. Re1 Rhg8+ 21. Kh1 Bxc3 22. bxc3 Rd3 23. Qxd3 Qc6+ 24. Re4 fxe4 25.
Qh3+ Qd7 26. Qxd7+ Kxd7 $11 {Slugin}) 15... Nxc3 16. bxc3 Be6 17. g5 (17. Qxd5
Bxd5 18. c4 f6 19. cxd5 fxe5 20. dxe5 Rxd5 $11 {/=/+ can be better only for
Black}) {Even after the main move} 17... Rhe8 {Black must defend with care
after} (17... f6 $6 18. gxf6 Rhf8 19. Qxd5 Bxd5 20. f7 Bxf7 21. Bh6 Bd5 22.
Bxf8 Rxf8 23. Re2 Rf5 24. h3 (24. c4 $5 Rg5+ 25. Kf1 Bg2+ 26. Ke1 Rf5 27. Rd1
c5 28. Rd3 cxd4 29. Rxd4 Bxf2+ 30. Rxf2 Rxe5+ 31. Re2 $16 {Palac,M (2566)
-Mihalj,M (2298)/Bratto/2005/}) 24... a5 25. Rb1 $5 (25. a4 $2 {[%csl Ra4] ><a4
} b6 26. Rb1 Rg5+ 27. Ng4 Bc6 28. Ra1 Rf5 29. Raa2 Bd5 30. Rab2 Bc6 31. Ra2 Bd5
32. Rab2 {1/2,Ivanchuk,V (2787)-Galkin,A (2608)/WCup Khanty-Mansiysk/2007/})
25... b6 26. Rbb2 $16 {Galkin}) (17... h6 18. Qxd5 Rxd5 (18... Bxd5 $5 19. c4
Be6 20. d5 Bd7 $1 {/\} 21. Be3 Be8 22. gxh6 Bf6 23. Bf4 g5 24. Bd2 b5 25. Rac1
bxc4 26. Ng4 Bd4 27. Bxg5 Rxd5 28. h4 Bb5 $11 {Huzman}) 19. Nxg6 $1 fxg6 20.
Rxe6 Bxg5 21. Rxg6 (21. f4 $5 $16) 21... Re8 22. Bxg5 hxg5 23. Kf1 c5 24. Rg7
cxd4 25. cxd4 $14 {Fercec,N (2504)-Jovanic,O (2435)/Rijeka/2005/}) 18. c4 $1 (
18. Be3 f6 $1 19. c4 $8 (19. Qxf6 Bf5 $40) 19... Qxf3 20. Nxf3 Bxg5 21. Nxg5
fxg5 22. d5 $11) 18... Qxd4 19. Rb1 c6 (19... Bd5 20. cxd5 Rxe5 21. Rxe5 Qxe5
22. d6 Rxd6 (22... c6 23. Qxf7 Rd7 24. Qf8+ Rd8 25. d7+ Kc7 26. Qf4 Qxf4 27.
Bxf4+ Kxd7 28. Rxb7+ $18 {Brkic,A (2526)-Steingrimsson,H (2447)/EU-ch Kusadasi/
2006/}) (22... Qe1+ 23. Kg2 Rxd6 24. Qxb7+ Kd8 25. Qb8+ Kd7 26. Qb5+ Kd8 27.
Be3 $1 Rd1 28. Rxd1+ Qxd1 29. Qc4 $1 {Silva Filho,A (2000)-Villares,C (2228)/
corr/2005/} Qh5 30. f3 $1 $18 {[%csl Rh4,Rh5] ףh5,Bh4}) 23. Bf4 Qd5 {Zelcic,R
(2514)-Saric,A (2472)/CRO Cup Sibenik /2005/} 24. Qh3+ Qe6 25. Qxh4 Rd4 26. Rb3
$1 $14) 20. Bf4 (20. Nxc6 Qxf2+ 21. Qxf2 Bxf2+ 22. Kxf2 bxc6 23. Bf4 Rd3 (23...
Rd4 24. Be5 Rxc4 25. Rb8+ Kd7 26. Rb7+ Kd8 27. Rxa7 Rc5 28. a4 $14 {Slugin})
24. Rb8+ Kd7 25. Rb7+ Kd8 26. c5 Bc8 27. Rxf7 Rd7 28. Rf6 Rxe1 29. Kxe1 Re7+
30. Kd2 Re6 31. Rf8+ Re8 32. Rf7 Re7 33. Rf6 Re6 $11 {Volokitin,A (2645)
-Koneru,H (2545)/Cap d'Agde/2006/}) 20... Qc5 21. Nxc6 Rd3 22. Re3 $5 ({a)} 22.
Rxe6 fxe6 (22... Rxe6 23. Qxd3 Qxc6 24. Rd1 $18) 23. Qxd3 Qxf2+ 24. Kh1 Qxf4
25. Nxa7+ (25. Rd1 Qc7 26. Nxa7+ {-25.Nxa7+}) (25. Rf1 Qc7 26. Nxa7+ Kb8 27.
Nb5 Qc6+ 28. Kg1 Qc5+ 29. Kg2 e5 $13) 25... Kb8 26. Nc6+ Kc8 (26... Kc7 $2 27.
Rd1 $3 $18) 27. Rd1 (27. Na7+ Kb8 28. Nc6+ $11) 27... Qc7 28. Na7+ Kb8 29. Qd4
e5 30. Qxh4 Kxa7 $11) ({c)} 22. Qxd3 Bxf2+ 23. Kg2 Bxe1 24. Nxa7+ Qxa7 25. Rxe1
Qxa2+ 26. Kg1 $11) 22... Rxe3 (22... Bxf2+ 23. Qxf2 Rxe3 24. Nxa7+ Qxa7 25.
Bxe3 Qa5 26. Qb2 $14 {Slugin}) 23. Nxa7+ Qxa7 24. Bxe3 Qa8 25. Qe4 Bd7 26. Qxh4
Qxa2 27. Re1 Qa5 $132 {1/2,So,W (2577)-Le Quang,L (2577)/Vung Tau/2008/ It's
likely that somewhere in this tactical labyrinth Adams has prepared an
improvement for White, but his opponent is the first to come with an effective
new idea.}) 15. Re2 $6 {[%mdl 8192] Presumably shocked, Adams quickly loses
his way in the tactical complications.} ({More resilient is} 15. Re3 $142 {
, but the following lines give the impression that only Black's play can be
improved - White with his undeveloped << forces can at the very best hope for
some uneasy equality.} Qxd4 (15... Rhg8 16. Nc3 $1 $14) 16. gxf5 (16. Nxf7 Qd1+
17. Kg2 Qxc1 18. gxf5 Nd6 19. Nxh8 gxf5 $5 (19... Rxh8 20. fxg6 hxg6 $44) 20.
Qd5 f4 $1 21. Rb3 f3+ 22. Rxf3 Qxb2 $36) 16... Ng5 17. Qe2 (17. Qg3 Qd1+ 18.
Kg2 Qxc1 19. Qxg5 Rd1 $40) 17... f6 $5 (17... Qd1+ 18. Qxd1 Rxd1+ 19. Kg2 Rxc1
20. h4 Bc5 (20... Bd2 21. Nxd2 Rxa1 22. hxg5 gxf5 (22... Re8 23. f6 $1 $36) 23.
Ra3 (23. a3 Re8 $13) 23... Rg8 $132) 21. Re2 Ne4 $1 22. Rxe4 gxf5 23. Rc4 Rg8+
24. Kf3 Rxc4 25. Nxc4 Rg1 $44) 18. Nd3 (18. Rd3 Qxe5 19. Qxe5 fxe5 20. Rxd8+
Rxd8 21. Bxg5 Rd1+ 22. Kg2 gxf5 $44 {/=/+}) (18. Rb3 Rhe8 19. Bxg5 fxg5 (19...
Rxe5 20. Be3 Qh4 21. Na3 gxf5 22. Rc1 $14) 20. Re3 $8 (20. Rxb4 $2 Qxb4 $19 {
[%csl Re5] ><e5}) 20... Qd1+ 21. Qxd1 Rxd1+ 22. Kg2 gxf5 $32 23. Rd3 Rc1 $15)
18... gxf5 $5 (18... Bd6 19. Nc3 gxf5 20. Nb5 Qd5 $13) 19. Nxb4 Qxb4 $44 {|^})
15... Bxg4 (15... Qxd4 $143 $2 16. gxf5 Qd1+ 17. Kg2 Qxc1 18. Rxe4 $1 (18. Qxe4
gxf5 $40) 18... Qxb2 19. Nxf7 a5 20. Nxh8 Qxa1 21. a3 $16) ({Smeets chooses
the "human" solution, but perhaps more promising is the paradoxical and
computer-like} 15... Rhg8 $5 $17 {/\} 16. gxf5 $2 gxf5+ 17. Kf1 Qxe5 $1 $19)
16. Nxg4 (16. Qxg4+ f5 17. Qf3 (17. Qg2 Qxd4 18. Bf4 (18. Nf7 Qc4 $19) 18... g5
19. Bg3 Nxg3 20. hxg3 Rhe8 21. Na3 Rxe5 22. Nc2 Qxb2 $19) 17... Qxd4 18. Bf4
Bd6 19. Nf7 Bxf4 20. Nxd8 (20. Nxh8 Ng5 21. Qb3 Bd6 $40 {-+}) 20... Rxd8 21.
Nc3 Nd2 22. Qh3 (22. Qg2 Qd3 $19) 22... Qd6 $17 {/-+}) 16... Nc3 $1 17. Qxd5 $6
(17. Re3 $142 Qxf3 18. Rxf3 Ne2+ 19. Kg2 Nxc1 20. Nc3 Rxd4 21. Ne5 Bxc3 22.
bxc3 Rd1 23. Rxf7 Rd5 24. Nc6 $17 {/=/+ was the best chance.}) 17... Nxe2+ 18.
Kf1 Rxd5 19. Kxe2 Rxd4 $32 {|^,׻} 20. Ne3 Rh4 (20... Re8 $5 21. Kf3 Re5 $17)
21. Nf1 Bd6 22. Be3 Bxh2 (22... Rb4 23. Bc1 $8 Re8+ 24. Kd1 Bf4 25. a3 Rd4+ 26.
Bd2 $17 {is also very promising for Black, but taking another pawn is more
concrete.}) 23. Nxh2 Rxh2 24. Nd2 Re8 $17 {/-+ The dust has settled and Black
has a R+3P for 2 minor pieces. His material advantage is sufficient for a
technical win, but it will take some time, as he can get his P going only
gradually.} 25. Rc1 b6 (25... Rh5 $142 26. Kf3 Rf5+) 26. Kf3 (26. Rc6 $142 $5
Kd7 (26... Re6 $5) 27. Rf6 {is perhaps slightly better, but a single move
can't change the general evaluation of the position.}) 26... Rh3+ 27. Kg2 Rh5
28. Rc4 Rd5 29. Kf3 Re6 30. b3 Kd7 31. Rf4 f6 32. Rh4 h5 33. Nc4 c5 34. Ke2 Rd4
35. Rh1 Ke7 36. Nb2 Kf7 37. Kf3 Rd5 38. Ke2 Rd4 39. Kf3 Rd7 40. Ke2 Re4 41. Kf3
Re8 42. Kg3 Rh8 $1 $19 {/\g5,Kg6 Forces a weakening advance of the Pf2.} 43. f4
Ke6 44. Kf3 Kf5 45. Rg1 Rg7 (45... h4 $19) 46. Rd1 g5 {o^} 47. fxg5 fxg5 {
[%csl Gg5,Gh5]} 48. Rd5+ Ke6 (48... Kf6 $5 $19) 49. Ke4 $6 (49. Rxg5 Rxg5 (
49... Rf8+ 50. Kg3 Rxg5+ 51. Bxg5 Rf1 $19) 50. Bxg5 h4 51. Bf4 h3 52. Bh2 Rd8
53. Ke3 Rg8 54. Nd3 Kf5 55. Ne1 Re8+ 56. Kf2 (56. Kd2 Ke4 $19) 56... b5 $19)
49... h4 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel-A 75th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2013.01.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Wang, Hao"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[Annotator "Sumets,A"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2013.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 153"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nf6 $5 (5... Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7
7. Be3 O-O 8. Qd2 Nd7 9. O-O-O Ne5 {In this position Karjakin has chosen
between 10.h4 and 10.Kb1:} 10. h4 (10. Kb1 c6 11. Nxe5 dxe5 12. Bd3 Qa5 13. Qe2
Be6 14. c4 Rfe8 (14... Rad8 15. Bd2 Qc7 16. Bc3 Bd6 17. g4 b5 18. h4 b4 19. Bd2
Bc5 20. Rde1 Bd4 21. h5 $1 (21. Bxb4 Bxb2 22. Kxb2 Qb6 23. a3 c5 24. Qe3 cxb4
25. Qxb6 bxa3+ 26. Kxa3 axb6 $11) 21... a5 22. f4 f5 $6 (22... c5 23. fxe5 a4
24. Qe4 g6 25. Bh6 $16) 23. fxe5 fxg4 24. Rhf1 $16 {Karjakin,S-Frolyanov,D
Moscow RUS 2013 1-0 (35)}) 15. g4 e4 16. Bxe4 Bf6 17. g5 (17. a3 $5 Rab8 18. g5
Bxg5 19. Qh5 h6 20. Rhg1 Bf5 21. Bxf5 Qxf5 22. Bxg5 Rbd8 $1 23. f4 hxg5 24.
Qxg5 $14) 17... Bxb2 $11 18. Kxb2 Qb4+ 19. Kc1 Bxc4 20. Bd3 Qa3+ 21. Kd2 Qa5+
22. Kc1 Qa3+ 23. Kd2 Qa5+ 24. Kc1 {1/2-1/2 Karjakin,S-Mamedyarov,S/ Porto
Carras 2011/EXT 2012}) 10... c6 11. c4 Be6 12. Ng5 Bf5 13. Kb1 Re8 14. f3 h6
15. Be2 d5 16. g4 Bg6 $6 17. f4 dxc4 18. Qc3 $40 {[Ftacnik,L] Karjakin,
S-Kramnik,V Moscow 2010/CBM 139 1-0 (32)}) (5... Bf5 $4 {A terrible blunder} 6.
Qe2 {1-0 Zapata,A-Anand,V Biel-B 1988} Qe7 7. Nd5 Qd7 8. d3 $18) 6. d4 Be7 7.
Bd3 (7. Bf4 O-O 8. Bd3 Re8 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Re1 Nf8 11. h3 Be6 12. Ng5 h6 13.
Nge4 Nxe4 14. Nxe4 Bf5 $11 {Wang Hao-Bu Xiangzhi Ningbo 2012 1/2-1/2 (26)} (
14... Ng6 15. Bg3 Bh4 $11)) (7. h3 O-O 8. Bd3 Re8 9. O-O b6 10. Re1 Bb7 11. Bf4
a6 12. Ne4 Nbd7 13. Nfd2 Nd5 14. Bh2 f5 15. Ng3 g6 16. Qf3 b5 17. Nxf5 gxf5 18.
Bxf5 Nf8 19. c4 $16 {Vachier Lagrave,M-Giri,A Emsdetten GER 2012 1/2-1/2 (43)})
7... O-O 8. O-O Re8 9. Ne2 Nbd7 (9... Nc6 10. c3 d5 11. Ng3 Bd6 12. Nf5 Bf8 (
12... Bxf5 $5 13. Bxf5 Ne4 $13) 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. Ne3 Qd6 16. Qb3 (
16. h4 $1 Be6 17. Bc2 Ne7 18. h5 $40) 16... Be6 17. Rfe1 a6 18. Re2 b5 19. Rae1
Re7 20. Bb1 (20. Qc2 $14) 20... g6 21. h4 h5 22. Ng5 Na5 23. Qd1 Rae8 $11 24.
Nxe6 Rxe6 25. g3 Nc4 26. Nxc4 bxc4 27. Rxe6 Rxe6 28. Rxe6 Qxe6 29. b3 cxb3 30.
axb3 a5 {1/2-1/2 Yu Yangyi-Bu Xiangzhi/Xinghua CHN 2012}) 10. Ng3 Nf8 11. c4 $6
(11. Nf5 Bxf5 12. Bxf5 Ng6 $6 (12... d5 13. c3 c6 14. Re1 Bd6 $11 {Black has a
very solid position}) 13. Qd3 d5 14. Re1 Bd6 $2 15. Bg5 $16 {Panarin,M-Rabiega,
R playchess.com INT 2004 1/2-1/2 (32)}) (11. c3 {I think that this ancient
move is the strongest one} Ng6 12. h3 d5 13. Ne5 c5 14. Be3 (14. Kh1 $6 {
Wolf, H-Burn,A Ostend 1905 HCL 1-0 (45)}) 14... Qc7 15. f4 $14) 11... d5 $1 12.
c5 {It is difficult to offer something better than 12.c5.} (12. h3 dxc4 13.
Bxc4 Be6 $11) 12... Bg4 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 Ne6 15. Be3 g6 $1 {The key move
that Black needed to foresee in advance when he played 11... d5!} 16. Rae1 c6
17. b4 Nd7 18. Qd1 $6 (18. Qg4 $5 {trying to prevent Bg5} Nf6 (18... Bg5 $4 19.
Bxg5 Qxg5 20. Rxe6 $18) 19. Qd1 Nd7 20. Qg4 $11 (20. Qd2 Bg5 21. Bxg5 Qxg5 $11)
(20. Qc1 Bf6 21. Ne2 Bg7 {With the further ...Qh4, ... Nf6-e4 Black has very
good counterplay})) (18. b5 $6 Bf6 19. Qg4 Bg7 20. bxc6 bxc6 21. Bc2 Rb8 $15)
18... a6 19. Ne2 Bg5 20. Kh1 (20. Bxg5 Qxg5 21. f4 Qh4 $15) (20. f4 Bh4 21. Bf2
Bxf2+ 22. Rxf2 f5 $15) 20... Bxe3 21. fxe3 f5 $15 {It is difficult to believe
that Black eventually lost the game.} 22. Ng1 Qh4 23. Nf3 Qh6 24. Re2 Ng5 25.
Qe1 Nf6 $6 (25... Ne4 26. Bxe4 (26. Kh2 Ndf6 27. Ne5 Re7 28. a4 Rae8 29. Kg1 (
29. b5 $2 Nxc5) 29... Qg5 $15) 26... Rxe4 27. Nd2 (27. Qg3 $6 f4) 27... Re7 28.
Rf3 Rae8 29. Qf2 Nf8 $15) 26. Nxg5 Qxg5 27. g4 $1 Ne4 $2 {Black didn't feel
the danger. It was time to make a draw.} (27... Qh6 $1 28. Kg2 Qg5 29. Qg3 (29.
Kh1 Qh6 $11) 29... Ne4 30. Bxe4 Rxe4 31. gxf5 Qxg3+ 32. Kxg3 Rf8 33. Rf4 Rxf4
34. exf4 Rxf5 $11) 28. Bxe4 {The situation on the board has changed
drastically. Black should fight for a draw now.} fxe4 (28... Rxe4 $5 {is
probably Black's best chance to save the game.} 29. gxf5 Rh4 (29... gxf5 $4 30.
Rg1) 30. Rf3 Rf8 31. Kh2 Qg4 32. Rg3 Qxf5 33. Rxg6+ hxg6 34. Qxh4 Kg7 {with
some compensation for the pawn}) 29. Qg3 Rf8 30. Ref2 Qe7 31. Kg2 Rxf2+ 32.
Rxf2 Kg7 (32... Rf8 $5 33. g5 Rxf2+ 34. Kxf2 Qd8 35. h4 {Black has to avoid
the queen exchange. In a position of mutual zugzwang White has at least 3
tempi a3, a4, a5. If Black plays with computer precision, probably he will
make a draw.}) (32... g5 $6 33. Rf5 h6 (33... Rf8 34. Qd6 Qxd6 35. cxd6 Rd8 36.
Rxg5+ Kf7 37. Rf5+ Kg6 38. h4 Rxd6 39. h5+ Kg7 40. g5 $16 {I think that Black
cannot hold this endgame}) 34. h4 gxh4 35. Qf4 Rf8 36. Qxh6 $1 ({now due to
the weakness of pawn e3, the pawn endgame seems to be OK for Black. For example
} 36. Rxf8+ Qxf8 37. Qxf8+ Kxf8 38. Kh3 Kg7 39. Kxh4 Kf6 40. Kh5 Kg7 41. g5
hxg5 42. Kxg5 Kh7 $1 43. Kf6 Kh6 $11) 36... Rxf5 37. Qg6+ (37. gxf5 $4 Qg7+ 38.
Qxg7+ Kxg7 $11) 37... Kh8 38. Qxf5 $18) 33. g5 a5 {Trying to create some
counterplay.} 34. bxa5 Rxa5 35. h4 Ra8 36. Qd6 $1 Qxd6 37. cxd6 Rf8 (37... Rd8
38. Rf6 Rd7 39. Kg3 Rf7 40. Re6 b5 41. h5 gxh5 42. Kh4 $18) 38. Rf4 $1 Ra8 (
38... Rxf4 39. exf4 Kf8 40. f5 $18) 39. Kg3 Rxa2 40. Rf6 Ra8 (40... Ra7 $5 41.
Kf4 (41. d7 $4 Ra8 42. Rd6 Rd8) 41... Ra8 42. h5 (42. Ke5 $4 Re8+ 43. Kf4 (43.
Re6 $4 Kf7 $19) 43... Rf8 $11) 42... gxh5 43. Kf5 h4 44. d7 $18) 41. Re6 Rd8
42. Re7+ {Black's position is hopeless.} (42. Re7+ Kf8 (42... Kg8 43. d7 Kf8
44. Rxh7 Kg8 45. Re7 Kf8 46. Re6 $18) 43. Rxh7 Rxd6 44. Rxb7 Rd8 45. Rc7 Rd6
46. Kg4 Kg8 47. h5 $18) 1-0

[Event "AUT-chT 1718"]
[Site "Austria"]
[Date "2018.04.05"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Black "Haba, Petr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2689"]
[BlackElo "2444"]
[Annotator "Sutovsky,E"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2017.11.16"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Absam"]
[BlackTeam "Grieskirchen/Schallerbach"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AUT"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AUT"]

{Smooth wins aren't always smooth. Another illustration comes from my game
with Petr Haba.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 {I have
tried all the main systems versus thePetroff. This one is the most ambitious,
and also the most fun: in the other lines you play the position with +0.3
knowing that in fact you have got nothing. And here the computer would claim 0.
00 but you sometimes manage to outsmart it in the analysis - and even to
deliver a mate in the game versus a human.} Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 O-O 8. Qd2
{Previously I tried the 8.Bd3-Qe2 setup, but this might be a bit too
straightforward.} Nd7 9. O-O-O c6 {Black has several options here - all of
them are objectively sound, but White's play is somewhat easier. Petr's choice
is one of the most logical, and he played it quickly, indicating he was ready
for the opening discussion.} 10. Bd3 d5 11. h4 {That's the only plan, but it
is quite dangerous for Black. Sometimes annotators use the word "poisonous" in
the wrong place. 11.h4 is not poisonous at all. I am not trying to hide my
intentions - I am just going forwards. So, it is not poisonous - I'd rather
call it spiky!} Nf6 12. Bg5 (12. h5 {actually not as stupid as it may look, as
after} Ne4 13. Qe1 Qa5 14. Kb1 {I'd be ready to continue the attack. But I
chose the move that restricts Black's options.}) 12... Bg4 {Played after very
long thought. It is logical, but does not solve all the problems. Another
sound option was 12...Re8, with the infamous 0.00 given by the engines. I keep
my right to disagree though.} 13. Rde1 Re8 {Here it was my turn to delve into
the position. I considered 14.h5 (it turns out to be the best according to its
Majesty the Comp), but wasn't sure if I'd have enough after 14...Ne4, other
options of course were 14.Ne5 and 14.Nd4 - in the end I preferred to get my
queen close to his king.} 14. Qf4 Qd6 (14... Bxf3 {was the move I focused on.
Here I intended} 15. gxf3 ({after} 15. Qxf3 Ne4 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. g4 {White
has a little bit of nothing, with nothing being a key word}) {and after} 15...
Qd6 {would choose between several options, tending to play} 16. Qg3 (16. Qf5 g6
17. Reg1 {was tempting, but after} gxf5 18. Bxf6+ Kf8 {I got no more than
perpetual - let alone that Black does not have to capture the queen.}) 16...
Qxg3 17. fxg3 {with a slightly better endgame.}) 15. Ne5 Be6 {This I regarded
as very dangerous for him, and although it is true - the position is dangerous,
Black is still objectively OK.} 16. Re3 Nd7 17. Rhe1 Nxe5 {I regarded this as
a mistake during the game, thinking he had to play 17...Bf8, where I'd
continue 18.Qg3 with nice pressure. After he took on e5 I decided it was a
time to go for the kill.} 18. Rxe5 Bf8 19. Bf6 $2 {The move that won the game,
but objectively not a good one. White has a nice pull after 19.Re3 or 19.Qg3,
but I thought the position promised much more...} h6 $2 {Petr spent most of
his time here, but failed to find one of the two defences. If you want to test
yourself - pause here and try to find at least one of them.} (19... gxf6 20.
Qxf6 Bg7 21. Rg5 Qf8 22. Qh6 f5 23. Rxe6 {was my intention while playing 19.
Bf6, but when Petr started thinking over his 19th move, I realised that Black
has a very strong riposte here:} Kh8 $1 {Now 24.Rxe8 Bxh6 (pin!) loses for
White, and I have to play} 24. Rxg7 Qxg7 25. g3 Qxh6+ 26. Rxh6 {when Black is
already slightly better, but White will hold the balance. Petr neglected this
line completely, however he did see another one that would hold for Black -
just failing to find an important move at the end of the line:}) (19... Bd7 20.
Bxg7 Kxg7 21. Rg5+ Kh8 22. Qxf7 Rxe1+ 23. Kd2 Re2+ 24. Bxe2 Bh6 25. Bd3 Bxg5+
26. hxg5 {We both saw this and thought White was winning after 26...Bf5 27.
Bxf5 Qf4+ 28.Kd3. However, the position is drawn after} Qh2 $1 27. Qxd7 Rf8 {
and in all the lines it ends with a perpetual delivered either by White or
Black.}) 20. R1e3 $1 {The only non-losing move. But at the same time it is
winning, and does it rather easily. Petr said he missed it, checking only the
various sacrifices that indeed wouldn't work after 19...h6.} g6 {What else?
White was going to play 21.Rg3 and deliver mate.} 21. h5 $1 {the cleanest -
here I calculated till the end.} Bg7 22. hxg6 fxg6 23. Qg3 $1 {Important
finesse (though computers don't think so!).} Bxf6 24. Qxg6+ Bg7 25. Rf3 {
And mate is inevitable. It looks like a nice win even if Black had a chance to
parry the attack, doesn't it? Well, not quite. The most important lesson is
that the defensive resources in chess are nearly inexhaustible, and we should
be looking for them even in the most dangerous positions. And of course, not
overlook them while sacrificing. But some things never change, you know...} 1-0

[Event "Yerevan"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Akopian, Vladimir Eduardovic"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "Svidler,P"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1996.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 053"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Blatny,P Dolmatov Ftacnik} e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5
6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. c4 c6 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Nc3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Bg4 12. Rb1
Nd7 13. h3 Bh5 14. Rb5 (14. Rxb7 Nb6 15. Bd2 h6 16. Re1 Qc8 17. Ba6 Qc6 $44 {
Nadyrhanov,S-Raetsky,A/Krasnodar/1995/}) 14... Nb6 {[#]} 15. c4 (15. a4 a6 16.
Rb1 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 $14) 15... Bxf3 (15... Nxc4 16. Rxd5 Bh2+ 17. Nxh2 Qxd5 18.
Bxc4 Qxc4 19. Qxh5 $16 {Mahia,G-Pla,S/Mar del Plata/1988/}) 16. Qxf3 dxc4 17.
Bc2 (17. Be4 Qd7 18. Rh5 g6 19. Rg5 Rab8 20. h4 $13) 17... Qd7 (17... Rb8 {
Dolmatov} 18. a4 a6 19. Bg5 Qc7 20. Bxh7+ Kxh7 21. Qh5+ Kg8 22. Bf6 $40 {
Kudrin,S-Machado,H/Thessaloniki/1988/}) 18. a4 g6 (18... Bc7 19. Rc5 Bd6 {
Adams-Anand/Oakham/1992/} 20. a5 $1 $16 {Adams-Anand (Oakham 1992)} (20. Rg5 {
Dolmatov} Be7 21. Rxg7+ Kxg7 22. Bf5 $16 {Adams,M-Anand,V/Oakham/1990/})) (
18... Rab8 {Ftacnik Blatny,P}) (18... Bc7 {Ftacnik}) 19. Bh6 (19. Bd2 c3 20.
Qxc3 Rac8 21. Qb3 Rc7 22. Bd3 Rfc8 23. Re1 Bf8 24. a5 Nc4 25. Bxc4 Rxc4 26.
Rxb7 Qxd4 $10 {Sokolov,A-Finegold (Reykjavik 1990)}) 19... Rfe8 20. Rfb1 $146 (
20. Be4 $2 Rab8 21. Rfb1 $2 Qe6 $17 {Riand-Delanoy (Genf 1992)} (21... Qe6 {
Ftacnik} 22. Rxb6 axb6 23. Rxb6 Qxe4 24. Qxe4 Rxe4 25. Rxd6 Re1+ 26. Kh2 c3 {
0-1 Riand,J-Delanoy,A/Geneve op (03)/1992/})) 20... Rad8 (20... Qe6 21. Be3 (
21. g4 $5 Qe2 22. Bd1 Qxf3 (22... Qe1+ 23. Kg2 $16) 23. Bxf3 $14) 21... Rab8
22. a5 Na8 23. Rxb7 Rxb7 24. Rxb7 Nc7 25. Rxa7 Nd5 $14 {De Firmian-Appleberry 
(New York 1994)}) (20... Bf8 21. Be3 (21. Bxf8 Rxf8 22. a5 Nc8 23. Rxb7 Qxd4
24. Rd1 Qe5 25. Rxf7 Nd6 26. Rxf8+ Rxf8 $10) 21... Rad8 22. a5 Nd5 23. Rxb7 Qe6
24. Bg5 Be7 (24... Rd7 25. Ba4 Rxb7 26. Rxb7 $16) 25. Bd2) (20... Qc6 $5 21.
Kf1 (21. d5 Qd7 $17 22. a5 $4 (22. Be3 {Ftacnik}) (22. Be3 {Blatny,P} Re7 23.
Bxb6 axb6 24. Rxb6 $15) 22... Qxb5 $19) 21... Qxf3 22. gxf3 c3 $1 {/\Nb6-c4-d2}
23. Bb3 $1 Rab8 24. a5 Nc8 25. Rc1 Ne7 26. Rxc3 Nf5 $10) 21. Bg5 (21. g4 Qc6 $1
22. d5 Qc7 23. a5 Nd7 24. Rxb7 Qxa5 $15) (21. a5 $2 Qxb5 $1 22. Rxb5 Re1#) (21.
Be3 $6 {Ftacnik} Bc7 22. a5 Nd5 23. Rxb7 Qd6 $17) 21... Be7 (21... Qe6 22. g3
Be7 23. a5 Nd5 (23... Bxg5 24. axb6 $16) 24. Be4 $1 Nc3 $1 (24... Nc7 25. Re5
Qd6 26. Rxb7 Bxg5 27. Rxg5 Rd7 28. Rc5 $14) 25. Re5 (25. Qxc3 Qxe4 26. Bxe7
Rxe7 $15) (25. Bxe7 Nxb5 26. Bxd8 Nxd4 $17) 25... Qxe5 26. dxe5 Nxb1 27. e6 $1
(27. Bxe7 Nd2 28. Qa3 Rd7 29. Bh4 Nxe4 30. Qa4 Nc5 31. Qxc4 Rxe5 $17) 27... f6
28. Bxb1 fxg5 29. Ba2 $13) (21... Rb8 {Ftacnik} 22. Be3 Re7 23. a5 Nc8 24. Be4
b6 $13 (24... b6 {Blatny,P} 25. Bc6 Qc7 $15)) 22. a5 (22. Bxe7 Rxe7 23. a5 Nc8
$1 (23... Nd5 {Blatny,P} 24. Rxb7 Qxb7 25. Rxb7 Rxb7 26. Be4 Rbd7 $15) 24. Rxb7
Qxd4 $17 (24... Qxd4 $2 25. Rxe7 Nxe7 26. Rd1 $18)) (22. Be3 Qd6 $1 23. a5 Nd5
24. Rxb7 Nxe3 25. fxe3 Qf6 $10) 22... Nd5 $2 (22... Bxg5 $1 23. axb6 Be7 $1 (
23... Re1+ 24. Rxe1 Qxb5 25. bxa7 Qa5 (25... Ra8 26. Qg3 $1 $18) (25... Qa6 $13
{Dolmatov} 26. Qg3) 26. Re5 Qa1+ 27. Kh2 h6 (27... Qc1 28. Re2 Qf4+ 29. Qxf4
Bxf4+ 30. g3 $18) 28. h4 $1 (28. Rxg5 hxg5 29. Qxb7 Kg7 30. Qb8 $16) 28... Bxh4
(28... Qxd4 29. Ra5 Qxh4+ 30. Kg1 $18) 29. Bxg6 $1 fxg6 30. Qe4 Qxa7 31. Qxg6+
$18) 24. bxa7 b6 25. Be4 $1 (25. Rxb6 Qxa7 26. Rb7 Qa3 (26... Qxd4 27. Ba4 $14)
27. Qc6 Rc8 (27... Qc3 {Blatny,P} 28. Ba4 $14)) 25... Qxa7 26. Bd5 $36 (26. Bd5
Rf8 27. Qc3 $14)) 23. Rxb7 Qe6 (23... Qc6 $2 {Ftacnik} 24. Be4 $18 (24. Be4 {
Blatny,P} f6 25. R1b5 $18)) 24. Bd2 $14 Bf6 (24... Qf6 {Ftacnik} 25. Ba4 $1
Qxf3 (25... Rf8 {Blatny,P} 26. Bh6 $16) 26. gxf3 c3 27. Bh6 $18) (24... Bd6 {
Ftacnik} 25. Rxa7 $16 (25. Rxa7 Re7 26. Rxe7 Bxe7 27. Re1 $16)) (24... c3 $2 {
Dolmatov} 25. Bxc3 Qc6 26. Be4 $16) 25. Re1 Qc6 (25... Qd6 26. Rxe8+ Rxe8 27.
Be4 $16) 26. Rxe8+ Qxe8 $2 (26... Rxe8 $142 27. Rxa7 Qe6 $1 {/\ 28... Bxd4} 28.
Rb7 (28. Qg4 $6 Qxg4 29. hxg4 c3 30. Bh6 Bg7 31. Bxg7 Kxg7) (28. Ba4 $6 Rd8 (
28... Rd8 29. Be3 $16)) (28. Ba4 $16 {Ftacnik}) 28... Bxd4 29. a6 $36) 27. Be4
Qe6 (27... Qc6 {Ftacnik} 28. Rxa7 $16 (28. Rxa7 {Blatny,P} Qe6 29. Ra8 $1 Nc7
30. Rxd8+ Bxd8 31. d5 $18)) 28. Rxa7 $16 c3 (28... Bxd4 29. Ra8 $1 $18 (29. Ra8
$3 {Dolmatov} Rxa8 30. Bxd5 $16)) (28... Ne7 29. Bb4 Rxd4 30. Bc3 Rxe4 31. Qxf6
Qxf6 32. Bxf6 Nc8 33. Ra8 $18) 29. Bh6 $1 (29. Bxd5 Qxd5 30. Qxd5 Rxd5 31. Bxc3
Bxd4 $14 (31... Bxd4 {Ftacnik} 32. Bxd4 Rxd4 $16)) 29... Ne7 (29... Bxd4 30.
Bxd5 Qe1+ 31. Kh2 Qe5+ 32. g3 Bxa7 33. Qxf7+ Kh8 34. Qxa7 c2 35. Bb3 $18 Qe3)
30. d5 Qd6 (30... Nxd5 31. Bxd5 Qe1+ (31... Rxd5 32. Ra8+ Rd8 33. Rxd8+ Bxd8
34. Qxc3 $18) 32. Kh2 Qe5+ 33. g3 Rxd5 34. Ra8+ Rd8 35. Rxd8+ (35. a6 $18 {
Ftacnik}) 35... Bxd8 36. a6 $18) (30... Qe5 31. Bf4 Qd4 32. Be3 Qe5 33. Ra6 $16
) 31. g3 $1 (31. Bf4 Be5 $13) 31... Rc8 32. Rb7 (32. Rd7 $5 Qe5 33. d6) 32...
Bd4 (32... c2 33. Bxc2 (33. Rb6 {Ftacnik} Qc5 (33... c1=Q+ 34. Bxc1 Rxc1+ 35.
Kg2 Qe5 36. Rxf6 $16) 34. Qxf6 $18 (34. Qxf6 {Blatny,P} c1=Q+ 35. Bxc1 Qxc1+
36. Kg2 $18)) 33... Rxc2 34. Rb6 $18) (32... Be5 33. Bc2 Qxd5 34. Qxd5 Nxd5 35.
a6 $18) 33. Bf4 Be5 (33... Qf6 34. d6 Nf5 35. d7 $18) (33... Qc5 {Ftacnik} 34.
d6 $18) 34. Rb6 Bxf4 (34... Qc7 {Ftacnik} 35. d6 $18 (35. d6 {Blatny,P} Qc5 36.
dxe7 Qxe7 37. Bxe5 Qxe5 $18)) 35. Rxd6 Bxd6 36. Qf6 $1 Nf5 (36... Ba3 37. d6 c2
38. Bxc2 Rxc2 39. Qxe7 $18) 37. g4 (37. a6 c2 38. Bxc2 Rxc2 39. a7 Rc8 40. Qb2
$18) 37... Be7 (37... c2 38. Bxc2 Rxc2 39. gxf5 Bc5 40. fxg6 $18) 38. Qa6 Nd6
39. Bc2 Rb8 $2 (39... Bf8 40. Qa7 Nb5 41. Qd7 Rc5 42. a6 $18) 40. Qc6 Rc8 41.
Qd7 Bf8 42. a6 Rc5 43. a7 Ra5 {[#]} 44. Qa4 $1 (44. Qa4 $1 {Ftacnik} Rxa4 45.
Bxa4) 1-0

[Event "Dortmund 46th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2018.07.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[Annotator "Szabo,Kr"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2018.07.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bf5 {This move has
become popular in the last 2 years.} (6... Be7 {,}) (6... Bd6) ({and} 6... Nc6
{are still far common lines.}) 7. O-O Be7 8. Re1 O-O 9. Nc3 (9. c4 {is the
most common move, for example:} Nc6 10. cxd5 Qxd5 11. Nc3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Rae8
13. Bf4 Bxd3 14. Qxd3 Bd6 15. c4 Qh5 16. Bxd6 cxd6 17. Qa3 Qa5 18. Qxd6 Rxe1+
19. Rxe1 Rd8 20. Re3 h6 $1 $11 {Anand-Wei Yi, Wijk aan Zee 2018}) 9... Nxc3 10.
bxc3 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 Nc6 ({1 year earlier Nepomniachtchi had a game for} 11...
Nd7 12. Rb1 (12. c4 $5) 12... Nb6 13. Qf5 Re8 14. Bg5 f6 15. Bf4 Bd6 $11 {
Nepomniachtchi-Jobava, Tbilisi 2017, with a balanced position.}) 12. Re2 {
A useful move, because later White can double on the e-file with his Rs.} (12.
c4 $5 {was the alternative choice.}) 12... a6 13. Bf4 Qd7 14. Rae1 Rfe8 15. h4
$146 {Novelty by Nepomniachtchi. White has gained some space on the kingside,
opens the back rank and controls the g5-square too.} (15. a4 {was played in a
correspondence game,} Rad8 16. h4 h6 17. h5 Bd6 18. Bxd6 Rxe2 19. Qxe2 Qxd6 20.
Nh4 Qf6 (20... Qd7 $5) 21. g3 Kf8 22. Qd3 Re8 23. Rb1 Na5 24. Qh7 $14 {
Ainutdinov-Farias, ICCF email 2014, with some pressure.}) 15... h6 {Black also
plays a useful move, moreover he avoids the Ng5.} 16. Qe3 $5 {Practically this
is a clever move, because White pins the B and sometimes he can sacrifice on
h6 too. However it is not clear how things will evolve after exchanging on e8.}
b5 ({In the event of} 16... Bf6 17. Qxe8+ Rxe8 18. Rxe8+ Kh7 {and White has
two Rs against the Q, but Black is safe, since it is not easy to break his
position.}) 17. h5 Rac8 18. Nh2 {White prepares for Qg3, Ng4 with some
attacking chances on the kingside.} b4 $2 {This is a logical move to create
weakness in the White's queenside, but here it is a mistake.} (18... Rcd8 {
was better, as} 19. Bxh6 gxh6 20. Qxh6 Bf8 21. Qg5+ Kh8 22. Ng4 Rxe2 23. Rxe2
f5 24. Nh6 Qg7 $1 $132 {This is the point of 18...Rcd8, the R is not hanging
on c8 after Qxf5.}) 19. Qg3 $6 {The straightforward continuation, but he
missed the tactical chance.} (19. Bxh6 $1 {was the strongest reply,} gxh6 20.
Qxh6 Bf8 (20... Qd6 $6 {could have been met by the brilliant} 21. Re6 $3 fxe6
22. Rxe6 $18) 21. Qg5+ Kh8 22. Ng4 Rxe2 23. Rxe2 f6 (23... f5 24. Nh6 $1 Qg7
25. Qxf5 $1 $16 {and White has three pawns for the piece and still he can
continue the pressure.}) 24. Nxf6 Qg7 25. Qf5 Ne7 26. Qe5 $36 {and White has a
promising position.}) 19... Bd6 $6 {Another inaccuracy. At first sight this is
a logical move, because Black would like to simplify the position, however it
allows White's following play.} ({The solid} 19... Kh8 {was important,} 20. Ng4
bxc3 $132 {with a complicated middlegame.}) 20. Ng4 (20. Rxe8+ {leads only to
an equal endgame,} Rxe8 21. Rxe8+ Qxe8 22. Bxd6 cxd6 23. Qxd6 Qe1+ 24. Nf1 Qxc3
25. Qxd5 Nxd4 $11) 20... Kh8 21. Rxe8+ ({Probably} 21. Bxd6 $1 {was more
precise,} Rxe2 (21... cxd6 $6 22. Ne3 $1 $16 {and Black's P structure is bad
enough.}) 22. Rxe2 cxd6 (22... Qxd6 23. Qf3 $14) 23. Qf4 Kh7 {Otherwise Nxh6!}
24. Ne3 $14 {with a comfortable position for White.}) 21... Rxe8 22. Rxe8+ Qxe8
23. Bxd6 cxd6 24. Qxd6 Qe1+ 25. Kh2 Qe6 $1 {A very nice cool-blooded reply!
Black doesn't take anything, just comes back with the Q. After the exchange of
Qs, White has enough weaknesses on the queenside, which gives counterplay for
Black.} (25... Qxc3 $2 {does not work as} 26. Qf8+ Kh7 27. Qxf7 Qxd4 28. f3 $18
{and Black is in big trouble.}) 26. Qf8+ (26. Qxe6 fxe6 $132 {and Black is
fine.}) 26... Kh7 27. Ne3 $1 {White finds his best chance.} bxc3 28. Qc5 Qf6
29. Qxc3 (29. Qxd5 {gave more practical chances,} Nxd4 30. Kg1 $1 Ne2+ 31. Kf1
Nf4 32. Qe4+ Kg8 33. g4 {and still Black needs to play accurate moves.}) 29...
Qxf2 30. Qxc6 Qf4+ 31. g3 Qxe3 32. Qxd5 Qf2+ 33. Kh3 Qxc2 {The natural human
reply.} ({The engine suggests} 33... f5 $11 {and always threatening with
perpetual checks.}) 34. Qxf7 Qc8+ 35. Kg2 Qc2+ 36. Qf2 Qe4+ 37. Kg1 a5 38. a4
Kg8 39. Qa2+ Kf8 (39... Kh8 $1 {was more accurate,} 40. Qc4 Qf3 $11 {and White
can't improve his position.}) 40. Qc4 Qg4 41. Qc5+ Kg8 42. Qd5+ Kh7 43. Kf2 Qd1
44. Qe4+ Kg8 45. Qe6+ $6 (45. d5 $1 {was the most precise reaction,} Qxh5 46.
Ke3 $1 $16 {and White has good chances with his d-P.}) 45... Kh7 46. d5 Qxa4 $2
{Loses immediately, but of course, it is not easy in a practical game.} (46...
Qc2+ {could hold the position, for example:} 47. Kf3 Qb3+ 48. Kg4 Qxa4+ 49. Kh3
Qd1 $11 {and draw.}) 47. d6 Qc2+ 48. Kf3 $2 {The last mistake!} (48. Ke3 $1 {
was the winning move,} Qc3+ 49. Ke4 Qc6+ 50. Qd5 Qa4+ 51. Ke5 Qd7 (51... Qe8+
52. Kf4 $18) 52. Qxa5 $18 {and Black is losing.}) 48... Qd3+ $1 $11 {Giri
finds the best way.} 49. Kg2 (49. Kf2 Qd2+ $11) 49... Qc2+ 50. Kh3 Qc6 $1 {
Another great move!} 51. Qf5+ Kg8 52. d7 Qd6 $1 53. Kh2 a4 $1 {Only move, but
this is the most natural reply.} 54. Qg4 {The last trap.} Kf7 $1 {The black K
simply goes to attack the d7-P.} ({The straightforward} 54... a3 $2 {loses
because of} 55. Qc4+ Kh7 56. Qe4+ $18) 55. Qxa4 Ke7 56. Qe4+ Kxd7 57. Qg4+ Ke8
58. Qxg7 Qd2+ 59. Kh3 Qd7+ $1 {Very precise play, the P endgame is drawish.}
60. Qg4 (60. Qxd7+ Kxd7 61. Kg4 Ke6 62. Kf4 Kf6 63. g4 Ke6 $1 $11 {with a
theoretical drawish P endgame.}) 60... Kd8 {and a draw after a big struggle!}
1/2-1/2

[Event "WchT 10th"]
[Site "Tsaghkadzor"]
[Date "2015.04.22"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Black "Bu, Xiangzhi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[Annotator "Szabo,Kr"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2015.04.19"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 166"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Armenia"]
[BlackTeam "China"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CHN"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O Nc6 8. c4
Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Bf5 11. a3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Nc6 13. cxd5 Qxd5 14. Re1 Rfe8
15. Bf4 Rac8 16. Qc1 $5 {A tricky move introduced by Anand in 2005.} (16. Bd3)
({and} 16. h3 {are the main moves.}) 16... Bf6 {This was the recommendation as
an improvement from the Anand-Kramnik game. The B belongs here, controlling
the e5-square and putting pressure on the d4-pawn in the event of c4.} (16...
Na5 $2 {seems to be Black's main idea, but here White has} 17. c4 Qe4 $2 {
Kramnik continued playing logically. He still threatens with ...Nb3 and also
wants to play ...Qc2.} (17... Qd8 18. Qc3 $14 {is also better for White.}) 18.
Bd1 $1 {A very strong move! Controlling the c2- and b3-squares.} Qd3 {
Attacking the c4-pawn, but here comes the tactical point of Anand:} 19. Re3 $3
Qxc4 20. Re5 $3 {and Kramnik resigned as he loses a piece, 1-0 Anand-Kramnik,
Sofia 2005.}) 17. Qb2 {This is the point! White lures the c6-knight to a5 in
order to be able to occupy the e5-square.} Na5 (17... b6 $2 {drops the c7-P
after} 18. Ba6 $1 $16) 18. Qb4 $146 {Novelty by Movsesian.} (18. Ne5 $5 {
was played by Robson} Bxe5 (18... c5 $5) 19. Bxe5 Qb3 20. Qd2 Nc4 (20... Qe6 $5
) 21. Qg5 $1 Nxe5 22. Qxf5 Nc4 23. Qc5 $1 Nd6 24. Bg4 $1 $14 {Robson-Volokitin,
Tromso 2013, and White has a comfortable position.}) 18... Be7 19. Qa4 Bd7 20.
Qd1 {Finally White's Q has gone back to the initial square, but Black's Bs are
not so active. These are small nuances.} Bc6 21. Bf1 Qf5 22. Bg3 Bxf3 23. gxf3
({The endgame with} 23. Qxf3 Qxf3 24. gxf3 Bd6 {is equalising for Black
without any problem.}) 23... Qd7 (23... Bd6 {was the alternative,} 24. Qa4 Rxe1
25. Rxe1 {with some pressure on Black's position.}) 24. Re5 {Otherwise ...Bd6.}
c5 ({The solid} 24... b6 $5 {was also possible, followed by ...Bd6.}) 25. dxc5
(25. Rb1 $1 {was more accurate} Nc6 (25... a6 26. c4 $1 $36) 26. Re4 (26. Rh5
$5) 26... cxd4 27. cxd4 Red8 28. d5 Qxd5 29. Qxd5 Rxd5 30. a4 $44 {with
compensation for the P.}) 25... Qxd1 26. Rxd1 Bxc5 27. Rxe8+ Rxe8 {White has
the bishop pair, but his pawn structure is really bad, so the evaluation is
approximately equal.} 28. Bb5 Ra8 $5 {The R looks passive in the corner, but
it will come back soon.} (28... Rc8 {could have been met by} 29. Bd7 {.}) 29.
a4 Bb6 30. Rd7 a6 31. Be2 Rd8 32. Re7 {White is ambitious, but he should
already exchange the Rs and play for a draw.} (32. Rxd8+ $142 Bxd8 33. Bd3 $11
{and it should be a drawish endgame.}) 32... Kf8 33. Re4 Rd7 34. Bf4 f6 35. Kf1
Bc5 36. Ke1 Kf7 37. Bf1 {White regroups his pieces, but he can't activate his
Bs.} g6 (37... Bd6 38. Bh3) 38. Re2 $6 (38. Be3 Rc7 39. Bxc5 Rxc5 40. Kd2 {
and obviously Black is slightly better, but White is solid, he can try to hold
his position.}) 38... Bd6 39. Be3 $6 (39. Bxd6 Rxd6 {is similar to the 38.Be3
line.}) 39... Bxh2 $1 {Bu simply accepts the P, because White can't trap his B.
} 40. f4 Nc4 41. Bc1 (41. Bh3 Rd3) 41... f5 42. Ra2 Rc7 43. Bd3 $2 {The
decisive mistake.} ({White should have played} 43. Ke2 $1 {and now he is
threatening with Kf3-g2.} Nd6 44. Rc2 Ne4 45. c4 {and still this is not easy
to save Black's B.}) 43... Nb6 $1 {The N is ready to go to d5 to save his h2-B,
moreover the c3-P is also hanging.} 44. c4 Nd5 $1 {This is the point!} 45. Ba3
Nxf4 $19 {Black is 2 Ps up, his position is completely winning.} 46. Bf1 Ne6
47. Rd2 Be5 48. Bb4 Bd4 49. Kd1 h5 50. Kc2 h4 51. Bg2 Be5 52. Kb3 Kf6 53. Ba5
Rh7 54. Bb6 h3 55. Bh1 h2 56. a5 Rh3+ 57. Ka2 Rc3 58. Rd1 Rxc4 59. Bxb7 Nc5 60.
Bd8+ Kg7 61. Bc6 Rc2+ 62. Ka3 Rc3+ 63. Ka2 Nd3 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel-A 76th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2014.01.21"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[Annotator "Szabo,Kr"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2014.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 159"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 {
More popular nowadays than 7.Bf4. White's idea is to castle queenside and in
case of opposite castled kings to attack on the kindgside. However Black has
no weaknesses and he has a rock-solid position.} O-O (7... Nc6) ({and} 7... Bg4
{are the other major alternatives.}) 8. Qd2 b6 {An unexpected decision. Black
usually develops his B on e6, but now he wants to put it on the long diagonal.}
(8... Nd7) ({and} 8... Nc6 {are more popular.}) 9. O-O-O Bb7 10. h4 {The
typical move in this system. White prepares for Bd3 combined with Ng5.} (10.
Nd4 {was also possible.}) 10... Nd7 11. Bd3 Nf6 {The most natural reply. This
is the right place for the N to protect the h7 P.} ({In the event of} 11... Nc5
12. Ng5 h6 13. Bh7+ Kh8 14. Bf5 Bf6 {with an unclear fight.}) 12. Bd4 {A very
logical move. The B is very dangerous on d4, and he prepares for Qf4.} (12. Bg5
$5 {was an interesting alternative,}) 12... c5 {Of course, Black wants to
remove the d4 B from the centre.} 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Qf4 d5 (14... Re8 {could
have been met by} 15. Ng5 (15. Kb1 {was the solid reaction.}) 15... g6 16. Qg3
{and White has several threats on the queenside.}) 15. h5 ({In the event of} 
15. Ng5 g6 16. Qg3 Qb8 17. f4 h6 $132) 15... Re8 16. g4 (16. Qf5 {was an
interesting, provocative move} g6 17. Qf4 {and now suddenly the h-file will be
opened. For example:} Bg7 18. hxg6 hxg6 19. Ng5 Qf6 {and probably Black can
hold, but White still has some practical chances.}) 16... g6 $2 {A decisive
mistake. Black opens the h-file himself, and after this Black's position
collapses.} ({The temping} 16... d4 $1 {gave the only counterplay,} 17. g5 (17.
Rh3 h6 $1 {and Black looks nicely placed.}) 17... Bxf3 18. gxf6 Qxf6 19. Qxf6
gxf6 20. Rdg1+ Kh8 21. Rh3 Be4 $11 {with an equal endgame.}) 17. hxg6 hxg6 18.
g5 $1 Bg7 {It seems Black has avoided the threats, especially because he has a
"Dragon bishop". But...} 19. Rh7 $3 {What a wonderful tactical blow!} d4 (19...
Kxh7 20. Qxf7 $18 {and Black gets mated.}) 20. Bc4 Qe7 $2 {Loses immediately,
but Black's position was already bad.} (20... Bxf3 {was the only chance} 21.
Rxg7+ $1 Kxg7 22. Qxf7+ Kh8 23. Qxg6 $1 Re7 $1 24. Qf6+ Rg7 25. Qxf3 Qxg5+ 26.
Kb1 Rd8 $16 {and Black's position is very dangerous, but he is still not
finished.}) 21. Qh4 $1 {and Black resigned, because he can't avoid White's
mating attack. A great victory by Dominguez!} (21. Qh4 $1 Bxf3 22. Rxg7+ Kxg7
23. Qh6+ Kg8 24. Qxg6+ Kf8 25. Qh6+ Kg8 26. g6 $18) 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 16th"]
[Site "Jerusalem"]
[Date "2015.03.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Najer, Evgeniy"]
[Black "Nisipeanu, Liviu Dieter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2634"]
[BlackElo "2654"]
[Annotator "Szabo,Kr"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2015.02.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 166"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. c4
c6 9. Re1 Bf5 10. Qb3 Qd7 (10... Na6 {is the other main line.}) 11. Nc3 Nxc3
12. Bxf5 Qxf5 13. bxc3 b6 14. h3 $1 {The most precise move in this position.
White keeps the tension in the centre; he plays a useful move and moreover he
opens his back rank.} (14. cxd5 cxd5 15. Qb5 Qd7 $1 (15... Nd7 $4 16. Qc6 $18)
16. a4 Qxb5 (16... Rd8 17. g3 $1 Bc7 18. Bg5 (18. Ra2 $5) 18... f6 19. Bd2 Nc6
20. c4 $1 Ne7 21. Rac1 {+/=/= Adams-Morozevich, Wijk aan Zee 2005.}) 17. axb5
a6 18. bxa6 Nxa6 $11 {with a nearly equal endgame.}) 14... h6 $6 $146 {Black
also plays a similar move to that of his opponent. On the other hand, this is
too slow and now White can immediately gain the initiative.} (14... dxc4 15.
Qxc4 b5 16. Qb3 Nd7 17. Ba3 Qg6 {(A.Kovacevic-Jakovljevic, Sibenik 2009)} 18.
Nh4 $1 Qf6 19. Bxd6 Qxd6 20. Nf5 Qf6 21. Ne7+ Kh8 22. Re3 $36 {with some
initiative.}) ({The natural} 14... Nd7 $5 {was the most accurate reaction.})
15. cxd5 cxd5 16. Ne5 $1 {The best reply, now Black can't protect his d5-P.}
Bxe5 ({Probably} 16... Nd7 $5 {was the better practical chance, but} 17. g4 $1
(17. Qxd5 $6 Bxe5 18. dxe5 Nc5 $132) 17... Qe6 18. Nf3 Qf6 19. Qxd5 {and White
is a healthy P up.}) 17. Rxe5 Qd3 18. Rxd5 Nc6 19. c4 Qe2 20. Qc3 Rac8 21. Bb2
Rfe8 22. c5 $6 {A small inaccuracy, which gives some counterplay for Black.} (
22. Rd7 $16 {was more logical and White is better.}) 22... Rb8 $1 {Nisipeanu
immediately finds his chance.} 23. Ba3 $6 (23. cxb6 {was more accurate} Rxb6
24. Ba3 $14) 23... b5 $1 {The right move, suddenly Black has nice counterplay
on the queenside.} 24. Rd7 Rbd8 $2 {Black gives up his queenside play.} (24...
b4 $1 {was correct} 25. Qb3 Rf8 26. Qd5 (26. Bb2 $2 Na5 $1 $17 {and already
Black is better.}) (26. Bc1 Nxd4 $1) 26... Rbc8 27. Bc1 Qe1+ 28. Kh2 Qxf2 $132
{with a double-edged fight.}) 25. Rd6 $1 {A very good move by Najer. Now Black
is in trouble again.} Rc8 26. d5 Ne5 27. c6 Nc4 $6 (27... Nd3 28. Bc5 $16) 28.
Rd7 $18 {Suddenly White's Ps are really strong, his position is winning.
Nevertheless Black still has some practical chances.} Nd2 {A tricky move.} 29.
h4 (29. Bb2 $2 {could have been met by} Qe1+ $1 30. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 31. Kh2 Nf1+ 32.
Kg1 Nd2+ $11 {and Black survives with this perpetual check.}) 29... Re4 30. c7
$2 {A big mistake, which allows unpleasant counterplay for Black!} (30. Re7 $1
{was the strongest reply to exchange Black's active R and his c6, d5 Ps decide
the game.} Rxe7 31. Bxe7 $18) 30... Kh7 $2 {Black returns the compliment and
he loses immediately.} (30... Rg4 $1 {would have been able to save the game}
31. Rd8+ Kh7 $1 32. Qxd2 (32. Rxc8 Nf3+ 33. Qxf3 Qxf3 34. Rh8+ Kg6 $1 35. g3
Rxg3+ 36. fxg3 Qxg3+ $11 {with perpetual checks.}) 32... Qxd2 33. Rxc8 Rc4 34.
d6 b4 $132 {and Black is not losing.}) 31. Rxf7 Rg4 32. Bb2 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-A 80th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2018.01.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2811"]
[Annotator "Szabo,Kr"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2018.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. c4
c6 9. Qc2 Na6 10. a3 Bg4 11. Ne5 Bf5 12. b4 Nc7 $146 {A novelty by Caruana.} (
12... f6 13. Nf3 Bg6 14. Nc3 (14. c5 $5) 14... Nxc3 15. Bxg6 hxg6 16. Qxc3 $11
{Leko-Ivanchuk, Monte Carlo blind rapid 2006, with a balanced position.}) 13.
f3 Bg6 {A nice solution to the pin.} 14. c5 (14. fxe4 $2 {does not work, as
there is} Bxe5 15. dxe5 dxe4 $17 {followed by ...Qd4.}) ({In the event of} 14.
Nxg6 fxg6 15. fxe4 dxe4 16. Rxf8+ (16. Bxe4 $2 {loses immediately, as} Bxh2+ $1
17. Kxh2 Rxf1 $19 {and Black is winning,}) ({or} 16. Be2 $2 Qh4 17. g3 (17. h3
Qg3 $19 {followed by ...Qh2 mate.}) 17... Bxg3 $1 18. hxg3 Qxg3+ 19. Kh1 Rxf1+
20. Bxf1 Qe1 $1 21. Kg1 Rf8 $19 {with a decisive attack.}) 16... Bxf8 $132 {
with a complicated position.}) 14... Bxe5 15. dxe5 Ng5 ({Still} 15... a5 $5 {
was also possible,} 16. Bb2 (16. fxe4 $2 {is bad again} dxe4 $17 {and Black is
better.}) 16... Ng5 {is transposing to the text move.}) 16. Bb2 d4 $2 {A
mistake, which allows White's subsequent attack on the kingside.} (16... Nge6
17. f4 Bxd3 18. Qxd3 {transposes to 16...Bxd3.}) (16... Bxd3 17. Qxd3 Nge6 18.
f4 g6 19. f5 gxf5 20. Rxf5 Qh4 21. Nd2 a5 22. Raf1 {and White's position looks
more tempting, however the engine isn't afraid of anything.}) ({Or even} 16...
a5 17. f4 Bxd3 18. Qxd3 Ne4 {was also possible and Black is not worse.}) 17. f4
$1 {White immediately starts his kingside play.} Nd5 {The only move, but White
is better here too.} 18. fxg5 Ne3 19. Qd2 Bxd3 20. Qxd3 Nxf1 21. Kxf1 Qxg5 22.
Nd2 $1 {White continues the development, doesn't think about the material.}
Qxe5 {Black gets some pawns, but the two pieces are stronger, than the rook.}
23. Nf3 ({The engine suggest} 23. Nc4 $1 {, but the human move is 23.Nf3 to
protect the h2-pawn.} Qxh2 24. Qxd4 f6 25. Nd6 $16 {and finally White has a
clear advantage.}) 23... Qh5 24. Qxd4 f6 25. Qc4+ Kh8 26. Bc1 $1 {After 24...
f6 the bishop is already useless on the a1-h8 diagonal. He prepares for Bf4-d6.
} Rfe8 27. Bf4 a5 28. Bd6 axb4 29. Qxb4 Qd5 (29... Qf7 {was more solid, however
} 30. Kf2 Ra7 31. a4 $16 {is also unpleasant for Black.}) 30. Qxb7 h6 (30...
Qd3+ $1 {was a better chance to win the a3-pawn,} 31. Kg1 Rxa3 32. Rxa3 Qxa3
33. h3 $1 {A great cool-blooded reply!} ({The greedy} 33. Qxc6 $2 {could have
been met by} Qc1+ 34. Kf2 Qc2+ $1 35. Kg3 Qg6+ $11 {with perpetual checks.})
33... Qe3+ 34. Kh2 Qe4 35. Qd7 Ra8 {and White should be better, but it is
still not clear how the knight can attack the c6-pawn.}) 31. Kg1 $1 {Now White
keeps the a3-pawn.} Ra4 32. h3 Rc4 33. Qb2 Qd3 34. Ra2 $1 {A nice reaction to
protect the 2nd rank.} Qd1+ 35. Kh2 Rc1 36. a4 {Black doesn't have any threat
on the first rank.} f5 (36... Qh1+ 37. Kg3 $18 {and the white king is safe.})
37. Qb7 f4 38. Bxf4 Rxc5 39. Rd2 Qxa4 40. Qf7 Rg8 41. Be5 Qc4 42. Rd6 $1 {
A smart finish to the game!} (42. Rd6 $1 Qc1 (42... Qxf7 43. Rxh6#) 43. Rd8 $1
$18 {and mate on g7!}) 1-0

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2018.03.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2799"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[Annotator "Szabo,Kr"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2018.03.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Qe2 Qe7 {Recently Caruana had a
few games in this Petroff line.} 6. d3 ({In round 4 Kramnik played} 6. Nc3 {
against Caruana,} Nxc3 7. dxc3 Qxe2+ 8. Bxe2 Nc6 9. Be3 Be7 10. O-O-O O-O 11.
Rhe1 Bf6 12. Nd2 Re8 13. Bf3 Ne5 14. Bf4 Kf8 15. Bd5 c6 16. Bb3 Bf5 17. h3 g5
18. Bh2 Kg7 $11 {Kramnik-Caruana, Berlin 2018, with a balanced position, which
later Black managed to win.}) 6... Nf6 7. Nc3 Qxe2+ 8. Bxe2 g6 9. Bg5 ({
In January Carlsen continued with} 9. Nd4 a6 10. Bf4 Bg7 11. h3 Bd7 12. Bf3 Nc6
13. Nxc6 Bxc6 14. Bxc6+ bxc6 15. O-O-O Kd7 16. Rhe1 Rhe8 17. Ne4 Nd5 18. Bd2 f5
19. Ng5 h6 20. Nf3 g5 $11 {Carlsen-Caruana, Wijk aan Zee 2018, with an equal
position.}) 9... Bg7 10. O-O-O (10. Bxf6 $6 {is dubious, because of} Bxf6 11.
Nd5 Bd8 $15 {followed by ...c6 and Black is fine with his bishop pair.}) 10...
O-O $146 {The first new move in the game.} (10... h6 11. Bd2 Bd7 12. Rde1 O-O
13. Bd1 a6 14. Ne4 Nxe4 15. Rxe4 Nc6 16. h3 Rae8 17. Rhe1 Rxe4 18. Rxe4 Re8 $11
{C.Foisor-M.Foisor, Warsaw 2011}) 11. Rhe1 h6 12. Bh4 Nc6 13. d4 a6 14. a3 ({
The tempting} 14. d5 $6 {could have been met by} Ne7 {preparing for ...Nf5.}
15. Bxa6 Nexd5 $1 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. Bc4 Nf4 $15 {and Black looks nicely placed.
}) 14... Bd7 15. d5 Na7 16. Nd4 Nc8 {Black immediately activates his knight.
He would like to put it on b6.} 17. Nb3 g5 18. Bg3 Re8 19. Na5 b5 (19... b6 20.
Nc6 {is similar, but ...b5 looks more useful, because the black knight can go
to b6.}) 20. f3 (20. Bf3 $2 {is bad, because of} Nb6 $17 {followed by ...h5
and White is in trouble.}) ({Probably the knight manoeuvre with} 20. Na2 $5 {
was more accurate,} Nb6 (20... Ne4 21. Bd3) 21. Nb4 Ne4 22. c3 {and White
holds the dark squares on the queenside.}) 20... Nh5 21. Bf2 Nf4 22. Bf1 Nb6 {
Suddenly Black becomes active and the d5-pawn is weak.} 23. Rxe8+ Rxe8 24. Bxb6
{Otherwise ...Bxc3 and ...Nbxd5.} cxb6 25. Nb7 Be5 26. Ne4 Rb8 (26... g4 $1 $15
{was stronger, to create a weakness on f3.}) 27. Nexd6 ({Of course} 27. Nbxd6
$2 {loses immediately, because of} f5 $19 {.}) 27... Ng6 $1 {It is very
important to come back with the knight.} ({In the event of} 27... Kf8 28. g3
Ng6 29. Bd3 Ke7 30. Re1 $16 {and suddenly Black is in big trouble.}) 28. g3 Ne7
29. a4 Nf5 (29... bxa4 30. Bxa6 {only helps White.}) 30. Nxf5 Bxf5 {The
b7-knight seems trapped, but White finds great counterplay.} 31. Re1 f6 32.
Rxe5 $1 {An exchange sacrifice, but the knight can come back on d6 and he gets
pawns for it.} fxe5 33. Nd6 Bd7 34. axb5 axb5 35. Bxb5 Bxb5 36. Nxb5 Rf8 {
Black wins back a pawn, but White is active, so he has some compensation.} 37.
Kd2 Rxf3 38. Ke2 g4 39. Nd6 ({The impatient} 39. d6 $2 {could have been met by}
Kf7 $19 {and White will lose the d6-pawn.}) 39... h5 40. Nc4 b5 41. Nxe5 Rf5
42. Ng6 Kf7 43. Nf4 h4 44. Ng2 ({The careless} 44. Kd3 $4 {is a blunder, as}
Rxf4 $1 45. gxf4 g3 46. hxg3 h3 $19 {and he can't stop the h-pawn.}) ({If} 44.
Ke3 Re5+ {and the king has to go back.}) 44... hxg3 45. hxg3 Rf3 $1 {The best
practical chance.} ({In the event of} 45... Rxd5 46. Ne3 Rd4 (46... Rg5 47. Kd3
$11) 47. c3 Ra4 48. Kd3 $11 {and easy draw for White.}) 46. Ne3 Rxg3 47. c4 (
47. Kf2 $4 {is a big mistake, because} Rf3+ 48. Ke2 Rf4 $19 {and Black could
cut the white king off from the g-pawn.}) 47... bxc4 48. d6 $1 {The most
precise solution.} Ke6 49. Nxc4 Rf3 50. d7 $1 Rf8 51. Ne3 g3 52. d8=Q Rxd8 53.
Kf3 Rd3 {Still the engine gives -+, but the position is drawish already.} (
53... Rg8 54. b4 $11) 54. Kf4 Rb3 55. Ng2 Kd5 56. Nh4 Kc4 57. Kg4 Rd3 58. b4 (
58. Kh3 {is also fine,} Kd4 59. Nf5+ Ke5 60. Nh4 $11 {and draw.} ({But not} 60.
Nxg3 $4 Kf4 $19)) 58... Rb3 (58... Kxb4 59. Kh3 Kc4 60. Nf5 $11) 59. b5 Kd5 60.
b6 Ke4 61. b7 Rxb7 62. Kxg3 Rg7+ 63. Kf2 Rg4 64. Ng2 Rxg2+ 65. Kxg2 {A nice
fighting game!} 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg International Preliminary"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1914.04.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Tarrasch, Siegbert"]
[Black "Marshall, Frank James"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[Annotator "Tarrasch,S"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1914.04.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "Tarrasch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. c4 Bb4+ 8.
Nbd2 {Soweit wie in Marshalls Partien gegen Capablanca und Aljechin. Jetzt
aber zeigt Marshall die richtige Entgegnung, die alle Hoffnungen des Weißen
zuschanden macht.} Bxd2+ 9. Bxd2 O-O 10. O-O Bg4 $1 {Droht mit Abtausch auf d2
und f3 (oder umgekehrt) den Königsflügel aufzureißen. Weiß muß also mit
dem Bd2 ein Tempo verlieren und danach ist eher Schwarz etwas in Vorteil, denn
seine Figuren stehen aggressiver als die weißen.} 11. Bf4 ({Nach} 11. Be3 {
wäre die Stellung der weißen Figuren noch inoffensiver.}) 11... Nc6 12. Re1 {
Noch am besten. Weiß vermeidet es wenigstens, in Nachteil zu geraten, nachdem
er aus der Eröffnung keinen Vorteil hat herausschlagen können.} Nxd4 (12...
Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Nxd4 14. Qe3 Nf5 15. Qh3 {wäre für Weiß vorteilhaft.}) 13.
Bxe4 {Weiß hat nichts besseres.} ({Nach} 13. cxd5 Bxf3 14. gxf3 Ng5 $1 {
stände Schwarz sehr gut.}) 13... dxe4 14. Qxd4 exf3 15. Qxd8 Rfxd8 16. Bxc7
Rd2 {Nun ist ein Endspiel entstanden, das Weiß noch gerade halten kann.} ({Mit
} 16... Rdc8 {wäre für Schwarz wegen der Antwort} 17. Re7 Kf8 18. Bd6 {
nichts zu holen.}) 17. b3 fxg2 18. Kxg2 h6 19. Bf4 Rd3 20. Re3 Rxe3 21. Bxe3 a6
22. Kg3 Bd7 23. Rd1 Bc6 24. Bb6 Re8 25. Rd8 Rxd8 26. Bxd8 Be4 27. b4 Bd3 28. b5
{Dieses Bauernopfer erleichtert Weiß das Spiel auf Remis. Denn danach hat er
auf dem Damenflügel nur noch einen einzigen Bauern zu decken, was viel
einfacher ist, als wenn er nach c4-c5 dort drei Bauern und damit ebensoviele
Angriffsobjekte für Schwarz übrig blieben.} Bxc4 29. bxa6 Bxa6 30. a3 {
Das Spiel könnte nun bereits als remis abgebrochen werden.} f6 31. Kg2 Kf7 32.
Kg1 {Weiß legt sich auf den Bauch und der Gegner bemüht sich im folgenden
vergeblich, ihn herumzudrehen.} Ke6 33. Ba5 g5 34. Bb4 h5 35. Bc3 h4 36. Ba5 g4
37. Bd8 Be2 38. Kh1 h3 39. Kg1 f5 40. Bc7 Kd5 41. Bb8 Ke4 42. Bc7 Bf3 43. Bd6
Bg2 44. Bc7 f4 45. Bd6 Kf3 46. Bc7 b5 47. Bd6 Ke4 48. Bc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg International Preliminary"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1914.04.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Capablanca, Jose Raul"]
[Black "Marshall, Frank James"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[Annotator "Tarrasch,S"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1914.04.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "Tarrasch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 {Marshall hat sich der russischen Partie, die von jeher
etwas anrüchig war, seit Jahren mit Eifer und Erfolg angenommen und es ist
ihm ziemlich gelungen, sie zu rehabilitieren. Das in den letzten Tagen vor dem
Turnier von einem Spaßvogel verbreitete Gerücht, daß er für dieses sein
Verdienst einen hohen russischen Orden erhalten habe, halte ich jedoch nicht
für glaubwürdig.} 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 {An diesem Springer hängt die
Entscheidung der Partie. Gelingt es, nachdem schon d2-d4 geschehen ist, ihn
zurückzutreiben oder zum Abtausch zu nötigen, so erlangt Weiß das bessere
Spiel; andernfalls bildet diese Figur einen wichtigen Vorposten, der einen
Vorteil für Schwarz begründet.} 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 {Hier steht der Läufer
weit besser ...} ({als auf} 6... Be7 {, wohin er früher meist gezogen wurde.})
7. c4 {Gewöhnlich geschieht dieser Zug erst nach der Rochade, aber im
jetzigen Moment s c h e i n t er stärker zu sein.} ({Denn auf die} 7. O-O {
, statt c2-c4, folgt} Bg4 8. c4 O-O 9. cxd5 f5 {, wobei Schwarz für den
geopferten Bauern immer eine gutes Angriffsspiel erlangt.}) ({Wollte Schwarz
jetzt, nach} 7. c4 Bg4 ({oder} 7... f5 {fortfahren}) 8. cxd5 f5 {fortfahren,
so entfesselt Weiß mit} 9. Qa4+ {den Springer} Nd7 {und spielt ihn dann mit
Vorteil nach} 10. Ne5 {In diesem Damenschach liegt also die Pointe des von
Janowski gegen denselben Gegner zuerst angewandten Zuges.}) 7... Bb4+ ({Oder} 
7... O-O 8. cxd5 Re8 ({bei} 8... f5 {bliebe nun der Damenläufer eingesperrt.})
9. O-O Bg4 10. Bxe4 Rxe4 11. Nc3 {mit besserem Spiele für Weiß.}) ({Bei dem
Versuche, das Zentrum mit} 7... c6 {zu verteidigen, erhält Schwarz immer ein
gedrücktes Spiel.}) 8. Nbd2 O-O 9. O-O Nxd2 ({Viel stärker ist} 9... Bxd2 10.
Bxd2 Bg4 {wie Marshall später gegen Tarrasch spielte.}) 10. Bxd2 Bxd2 11. Qxd2
{Weiß ist nun in der Entwicklung voraus, allein Marshall weiß dem Gegner
diesen Vorteil streitig zu machen.} Nc6 12. Rfe1 Bg4 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. Rxe5 dxc4
15. Bxc4 Qf6 16. Rae1 {Die Beherrschung der einzigen offenen Linie mit beiden
Tьrmen sollte eigentlich einen entscheidenden Vorteil bedeuten.} Rad8 17. Re7 {
Beginn einer hübschen Kombination, die jedoch nicht den erhofften Erfolg hat.}
({Auf} 17. Re7 Rxd4 {würde Weiß mit} 18. Rxf7 {,}) ({... und auf} 17. Re7
Qxd4 {durch Damentausch nebst} 18. Qxd4 Rxd4 {nebst} 19. Rxc7 {in Vorteil
kommen.}) ({Einfacher, aber nachhaltiger war} 17. Qe3 {,} Z0 {nebst} 18. d5 Z0
{und dann erst} 19. Re7 {.}) 17... Be6 {Eine prekäre Situation für Weiß:
Turm und Läufer sind angegriffen ...} 18. R7xe6 $1 ({... und auf} 18. Rxc7 {
gewinnt Schwarz durch} Rxd4 19. Qc3 Rxc4 20. Rxc4 Bxc4 21. Qxc4 Qxb2 {einen
Bauern.}) {Nun ergeben sich sehr interessante Verwicklungen.} 18... fxe6 19.
Rxe6 Qxd4 $1 20. Re8+ {Oder Rd6+, was mit Qxc4 zu derselben Stellung fьhrt.} ({
Oder} 20. Rd6+ {, was mit} Qxc4 {zu derselben Stellung führt.}) 20... Qxc4 {
Der Kцnig darf natьrlich nicht ziehen.} 21. Rxd8 Rxd8 22. Qxd8+ Kf7 {Das Spiel
hat zum Remis aufgelцst. Die folgenden Gewinnversuche sind beiderseits bei
richtigem Spiel unzulдnglich.} 23. Qd7+ Kf6 24. g4 Qxa2 25. Qd8+ Kg6 26. Qd3+
Kf7 27. Qf3+ Ke7 28. Qxb7 Qc4 29. h3 Kd6 30. b3 ({Schlägt Weiß statt dessen
den a-Bauern} 30. Qxa7 {, so gewinnt Schwarz durch} Qc1+ 31. Kg2 Qxb2 {den
b-Bauern und wäre dann durch seinen Freibauern im Vorteil.}) 30... Qd4 31.
Qa6+ c6 32. Qb7 a5 33. Qb8+ Kd7 34. Qb7+ Kd6 {Remis durch Wiederholung der
beiden letzten Züge.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg International Final"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1914.05.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Capablanca, Jose Raul"]
[Black "Marshall, Frank James"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[Annotator "Tarrasch,S"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[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. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Qe2 {Nachdem die gewцhnlichen
Fortsetzungen d4 und Nc3nicht mehr verfngen wollen, muЯ man gegen das
russische Springerspiel etwas anderes versuchen. Die hier gewдhlte Fortsetzung
ist schon in der Mitte des vorigen Jahrhunderts in einer Partie Morphy -
Lцwenthal gespielt worden. Zu einem starken Angriff fьhrt sie nicht, aber WeiЯ
erlangt das etws bequemere Spiel.} Qe7 6. d3 Nf6 7. Bg5 Be6 {Schwarz kцnnte
durch Damentausch die Spiele sehr vereinfachen, aber korrekt im strengen Sinne
kann das nicht sein, denn WeiЯ gewinnt dabei ein Tempo. nach dm geschehenen
Zuge steht WeiЯ eine Idee besser, denn sein Lдufer ist aggressiver entwickelt
als der schwarze, sein Springer ist nicht gefesselt und seiner Dame steht das
Feld e3 zur Verfьgung, so daЯ die Entwicklung des weiЯen Kцnigslдufers
leichter ist als die des schwarzen.} 8. Nc3 h6 (8... Nc6 9. d4 {mit der
Drohung mit Bxf6 die Bauernstellung am Kцnigsflьgel zu zerreiЯen oder mit
d4-d5 einen Offizier zu gewinnen.}) (8... Nbd7 {Hier steht er nicht so gut,
wie sein Pendant auf c3.}) 9. Bxf6 (9. Bh4 {Lasker zog dies in Partie Nr. 74.
Was besser ist, ist schwer zu sagen.}) 9... Qxf6 10. d4 Be7 {Damit bietet
schwarz den Pb7 zum Opfer - eine ganz aussichtsreiche Fortsetzung.Der sichere
Zug ist c7-c6, aber danach steht WeiЯ entschieden besser.} 11. Qb5+ {WeiЯ
lдsst sich auf das Abenteuer ein. Was sollte er auch sonst tun, um seinem
Spiel eine Spitze beizubringen?} Nd7 12. Bd3 {Er will die Dame gleich mit
Mattangriff zurьckziehen. Schwarz kann den bauern nicht bequemdecken; rochiert
er lang, so gewinnt WeiЯ durch Qa5, дhnlich wie n der Partie Lasker - Marshall,
ebenfalls einen Bauern.} g5 {Um das spдter drohende Matt durch Qg7 bequem
decken zu kцnnen. Jetzt droht g5-g4 mit Gewinn des Damenbauern.} 13. h3 O-O 14.
Qxb7 {Wenn man A sagt, muЯ man B sagen. WeiЯ muЯ jtzt den Bauern schlagen,
sonst ist er blamiert.} Rab8 15. Qe4 Qg7 16. b3 ({Auch bei der} 16. O-O-O {
hдtte Schwarz gute Angriffschancen.}) 16... c5 $2 {Das ist schwach.} ({Die
richtige Fortsetzung war} 16... Nc5 17. Qe3 $1 Bf6 18. O-O Rfe8 19. Qd2 g4 {
mit vorzьglichem Angriffsspiel fьr Schwarz.}) {Also scheint die Expedition der
weiЯen Dame verfehlt gewesen zu sein. Und weiter kann man feststellen, daЯ der
Abtausch Bxf6 nicht das Beste und der Rьckzug Bh4 empfehlenswerter war. Denn
nach diesem Tausch hatte WeiЯ kaum etwas Besseres, wenn er sich nicht mit
bloЯem blassem Entwicklungsspiel bescheiden wollte, als die Fortsetzung Pd4
und Qb5+.} 17. O-O cxd4 18. Nd5 $1 Bd8 19. Bc4 {Nun hat Schwarz keine Spur von
Angriff, und, da er den Pd4 wieder hergeben muЯ, eine verlorene Partie.} Nc5
20. Qxd4 Qxd4 21. Nxd4 Bxd5 22. Bxd5 Bf6 23. Rad1 Bxd4 {Den Lдufer sollte er
nicht tauschen. Vielleicht war mit den ungleichfarbigen Lдufern noch etwas zu
machen. [Tarrasch spielt darauf an, dass ungleichfarbige Lдufer im Endspiel,
und dahin geht die Partie gerade ьber, ein starker Remisfaktor sind.]} 24. Rxd4
Kg7 25. Bc4 Rb6 26. Re1 Kf6 27. f4 Ne6 28. fxg5+ hxg5 29. Rf1+ Ke7 30. Rg4 Rg8
31. Rf5 Rc6 32. h4 ({Schwarz zog Rc6, um sich nach} 32. Bxe6 fxe6 33. Rfxg5
Rxg5 34. Rxg5 Rxc2 {schadlos zu halten. Dann hдtte Schwarz plцtzlich zwei
verbundene Freibauern im Zentrum.}) 32... Rgc8 33. hxg5 Rc5 34. Bxe6 fxe6 35.
Rxc5 Rxc5 36. g6 Kf8 37. Rc4 Ra5 (37... Rxc4 38. bxc4 {ergibt ein Endspiel, in
dem WeiЯ nach dem Prinzip des entfernten Freibauern gewinnt.}) 38. a4 Kg7 39.
Rc6 Rd5 40. Rc7+ Kxg6 41. Rxa7 {Zwei verbundene Freibauern gewinnen fast immer;
aaber zwei verbundene Freibauern m e h r - das Endspiel sollte leicht gewonnen
sein. WeiЯ spielt im folgenden etwas sorglos und gibt so dem Gegner noch
einige Chancen.} Rd1+ 42. Kh2 d5 43. a5 Rc1 44. Rc7 (44. a6 Rxc2 45. Rd7 Ra2
46. a7 d4 47. b4 {gehцrte zum Gewinn nur noch die Kunst eines mдЯig
geschickten Billiardspielers.}) 44... Ra1 45. b4 Ra4 46. c3 $2 {Jetzt werden
die Bauern zersprengt.} (46. Rb7 {muЯte geschehen.}) 46... d4 $1 {Marshall hat
das recht geschickt gespielt. Aber contre la force, point de rйsistance!} 47.
Rc6 dxc3 (47... Kf5 48. a6 dxc3 49. b5 {hilfte WeiЯ, die Trennung der Bauern
zu vermeiden.}) 48. Rxc3 ({Auf das vermutlich mit Rc6 geplante} 48. Rxe6+ {
hдtte WeiЯ noch einen schweren Stand.} Kf5 49. Rc6 Rxb4 50. Rxc3 Ra4 51. Rc5+
Kg4 {WeiЯ kann noch mit Mьhe und Not gewinnen, indem er den Pg2 aufgibt und
mit seinem Kцnig dem Pa5 zu Hilfe kommt.}) 48... Rxb4 49. Ra3 $1 {Die Tьrme
gehцren hinter die Bauern. Diese eben erzielte Stellung macht den Gewinn
wieder leicht.} Rb7 50. a6 Ra7 51. Ra5 Kf6 52. g4 Ke7 53. Kg3 Kd6 54. Kf4 Kc7
55. Ke5 Kd7 56. g5 Ke7 57. g6 Kf8 {Marshall mag keine Partie aufgeben.} 58.
Kxe6 Ke8 59. g7 Rxg7 60. a7 Rg6+ {Das racheschach, wegen dessen Marshall
vermutlich ьberhaupt nur weitergespielt hat.} 61. Kf5 {Oder sollte er gehofft
haben, daЯ der Andere vielleicht anderswohin gehen wьrde? Nachdem WeiЯ diesen
Problemzug gefunden hat, gab Schwarz endlich auf.} 1-0

[Event "Canadian op"]
[Site "Edmonton"]
[Date "2000.07.16"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Wells, Peter K"]
[Black "Rowson, Jonathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2506"]
[BlackElo "2494"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2000.07.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 2] The game between two grandmasters in the last round mostly ends to a
draw. But not this time. Wells was sharing the first place before the last
round with Spraggett and Benjamin, and could try to get a clear first, after
the quick draw between two others.On the other hand, Rowson, had half a point
less, and actually had nothing to lose in this game!} 1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 Bg4 3. e4
Nf6 4. Bd3 e6 5. h3 Bh5 6. O-O d5 (6... Be7 7. Re1 d5 8. exd5 Nxd5 9. Nbd2 O-O
$11 {0-1 Boensch,U-Hickl,J/Lippstadt 1994/CBM 43 (50)}) 7. Nbd2 Be7 8. c3 O-O
9. exd5 $146 (9. Re1 c5 10. exd5 Nxd5 (10... exd5 {and like in the main game.})
11. Nb3 cxd4 12. Nbxd4 Nd7 13. Qc2 $14 {1/2-1/2 Donchev,D-Chytilek,R/Ceske
Budejovice 1994/EXT 97 (83)}) 9... exd5 (9... Nxd5) 10. Re1 {White intends to
move the knight-d2 to g3 via f1,getting rid of unpleasant pin of the other
knight. White position looks very safe and stable.} c5 $1 {Only chance to get
a counterplay.} 11. dxc5 (11. Nf1 $6 cxd4 12. cxd4 Nc6 13. Be3 Qb6 $36) 11...
Bxc5 12. Nb3 Bb6 {Black has got a good isolated pawn on d5. Black pieces can
be entered to the game very comfortable.} 13. Bg5 ({White could try to trade
black square bishops, but it wasn't so successfull:} 13. Be3 Nc6 14. Bxb6 Qxb6
15. g4 (15. Be2 Rfe8 $15) 15... Bg6 16. Bxg6 hxg6 17. Nfd4 a5 $132 {[%csl Rb2,
Rf2,Rg4][%cal Ga5a4] and white has a number of pawn weaknesses all over.})
13... h6 14. Bh4 (14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. g4 Bg6 16. Bxg6 Qxg6 17. Qxd5 Nc6 $44 {
[%csl Rf2,Rg4,Rh3] White's position is vulnerable.}) 14... Nc6 15. Bf5 (15. g4
Bg6 {[%cal Gd8d6,Yf6e4] intending Qd8-d6, and then entering the knight to e4.})
15... g5 16. Bg3 Ne4 $1 {[%mdl 512] The great positional sacrifice. Suddenly
white gets worse position.} 17. Bxe4 dxe4 18. Rxe4 f5 19. Re6 Qxd1+ 20. Rxd1 f4
21. Bh2 {[%csl Rh2] The point of the sacrifice is that bishop on h2 completely
blocked by black pawns, and can not be entered to the game in the close future.
} Rad8 $1 {Black doesn't spend a time on protection of h-pawn, and he inserts
pieces to the game as fast as it possible. The first rank is another weakness
of white's position, and it was probably better for white to avoid exchange of
pair of rooks.} 22. Rxd8 (22. Rde1 Bxf3 23. gxf3 Kg7 24. h4 $15) 22... Rxd8 23.
Nfd2 (23. Nbd2 Bf7 24. Re1 (24. Rxh6 Kg7 $17) 24... Bxa2 25. b3 Na5 $17) 23...
Bf7 24. Re2 Bc4 $1 25. Re1 Ne5 $1 {White even doesn' have a time to think
about g2-g3 break- every move of black creates an immediate threat.} 26. Nxc4 (
26. Rxe5 Bxb3 $17) 26... Nxc4 27. Kf1 (27. g3 Nd2 $1 $17 {[%cal Gd2f3,Gd2b3,
Yd8d2]}) 27... Nxb2 28. g3 f3 $1 {[%csl Rf2] No one chance for that bishop!}
29. g4 Bxf2 $1 30. Kxf2 (30. Re7 Bh4 31. Nd4 Rxd4 $1 32. cxd4 Nc4 $19) 30...
Nd3+ 31. Kf1 Nxe1 32. Kxe1 Re8+ 33. Kf1 Re2 34. Bg3 {Finally white can move
out the bishop but it is too late.} (34. Bd6 Rxa2 35. Nd4 a5 36. Nxf3 a4 37.
Nd4 a3 38. Nb5 Ra1+ {[%cal Ga3a2] and a3-a2.}) 34... Rxa2 35. Nd4 a5 $1 36.
Nxf3 a4 {[%cal Ga4a3] The only way to stop a-pawn is to give a bishop for it,
but that ending will be totaly hopeless for white.} 0-1

[Event "Beersheba 16th"]
[Site "Beersheba"]
[Date "1997.03.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Dvoirys, Semen I"]
[Black "Rozentalis, Eduardas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1997.02.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 058"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O Nc6 8. c4
Nf6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. cxd5 Nb4 (10... Nxd5 {is more popular theoretical line}) 11.
Bc4 (11. Re1 Nfxd5 {Tyomkin,D} (11... Nbxd5 12. Qb3 (12. Bg5 Be6 13. Ne5 $14 {
Veitch - Hooper, London 1954}) 12... c6 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bh4 (14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15.
Bxe7 Nxe7 16. Bc4 $14 {Pandavos - Jones, Thessaloniki ol 1988}) 14... Nf4 15.
Bf1 Ne6 16. Rad1 {+/= Beliavsky,A-Mascarinas,R/Lvov 1981}) 12. Bb1 Bg4 13. a3
Nxc3 14. bxc3 Nd5 15. Qd3 g6 16. Bh6 Re8 17. Ba2 Bf5 18. Qd2 c6 $11 19. c4 $6
Nf6 20. h3 c5 $15 {0-1 Vasiukov,E-Dolmatov,S/Moscow-4teams 1981 (59)}) 11...
Nbxd5 12. Ne5 $5 $146 (12. Re1 c6 13. Bg5 (13. Ne5 Be6 14. Bg5 Nxc3 15. bxc3
Bxc4 16. Nxc4 Nd5 17. Bxe7 Nxe7 {Urbaneja,J-Jones,I/Novi Sad olm VEN-WLS 1990/
1/2-1/2 (83)}) 13... Be6 14. Qb3 Nxc3 (14... Qb6 $142) 15. Bxe6 $16 {Unziker -
Rabar, Munich 1954}) 12... Be6 13. Qb3 Nxc3 14. bxc3 Bxc4 15. Nxc4 Qd5 16. Bf4
Nh5 (16... c5 $5 17. Rfe1 $14 {[%cal Ge1e5]} (17. dxc5 Bxc5 18. Rad1 Qc6 (18...
Qf5 19. Bd6 $16))) 17. Be5 f6 18. Rfe1 $1 (18. Bxc7 $2 Rac8 19. Bd6 Rxc4 20.
Bxe7 Nf4 21. f3 Rfc8 $17) 18... Rf7 $6 {[%cal Gb7b5]} (18... fxe5 $142 19. Rxe5
Qf7 $8 (19... Qd8 $4 20. Nd6+ Kh8 21. Nf7+ Rxf7 22. Qxf7 $18) 20. Nd2 (20. Na5
Bh4 21. Rxh5 (21. g3 Nf4 $1 {Tseitlin Ma}) 21... Bxf2+ 22. Kh1 Rae8 23. Rf5 (
23. Nxb7 Qxb3 24. axb3 Be1 $1 {Greenfeld A}) 23... Qxb3 24. Rxf8+ Kxf8 25. axb3
Be1 $1 $17) 20... Bh4 21. g3 Nf4 $5 (21... Nxg3 22. hxg3 $11) 22. gxf4 Qxb3 23.
axb3 Rxf4 $15) 19. Rab1 $6 (19. Bxc7 $5 {[%cal Gc4b6] /\Nb6} Rc8 20. Nd6 Qxb3
21. axb3 Rxc7 22. Nxf7 Kxf7 23. Rxa7 $14) 19... Bf8 20. Qa4 (20. Bg3 Nxg3 21.
hxg3 c5 $15) 20... Rd8 21. Na5 $2 (21. h3 c5 (21... fxe5 22. Rxe5 Qd7 (22...
Qd6 23. Rxh5 Qg6 24. Rhb5) 23. Qxd7 Rfxd7 24. Rxh5 c5 25. Ne5 Rc7 $14) 22. Ne3
(22. Bh2 cxd4 23. cxd4 Qxd4 24. Rbd1 (24. Red1 Qe4) 24... Qc3) 22... Qd7 23.
Qxd7 Rdxd7 24. Bb8 cxd4 25. cxd4 Rxd4 26. Bxa7 Ra4 27. Bb8 $11 {[%csl Rh5]
[%cal Gg2g4]}) 21... c5 22. Nc4 (22. Nb3 $2 {[%csl Yd4] This move disconnnects
all white pieces,as you see from this variation} fxe5 23. Rxe5 Qd6 $1 24. Rxh5
$141 Qg6 {[%cal Yg6h5,Yg6b1]}) 22... b6 (22... fxe5 23. Rxe5 Qd7 24. Qxd7 Rfxd7
25. Rxh5 cxd4 $15) 23. Rbd1 $4 (23. Bg3 $142 Nxg3 24. hxg3 cxd4 25. cxd4 Rc7 (
25... Qxd4 26. Red1 (26. Rbd1 $2 Qc3) 26... Qe4 27. Nxb6 $1) 26. Ne3 $15) 23...
fxe5 $1 {Black took the bishop in a right moment.} 24. dxe5 (24. Rxe5 Qd7 (
24... Qb7 25. Rxh5 Rxf2 26. Kxf2 Qf7+ 27. Kg1 Qxh5 28. Ne5 b5 $1 29. Qb3+ c4
$15) 25. Qxd7 Rfxd7 26. Rxh5 cxd4 $17) 24... Qa8 $19 25. e6 Re7 26. Nd6 g6 27.
Nf7 Rxd1 28. Qxd1 Nf4 29. Qg4 Nxe6 30. Nd6 Qd5 31. Ne4 Rf7 0-1

[Event "Maastricht Complete Chess m"]
[Site "Maastricht"]
[Date "2004.02.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Stellwagen, Daniel"]
[Black "Baramidze, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2489"]
[BlackElo "2456"]
[Annotator "Van Reek,J"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2004.02.10"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 100"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 {Baramidze plays a surprising opening.} 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3
Nxe4 5. Nc3 $5 {White avoids sharp variations.} Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Bf4 O-O 8.
Qd2 Nd7 9. O-O-O Re8 10. Kb1 (10. Bd3 {was played in Zapata - Morovic, Mario
Covas 2003.}) 10... Nc5 11. Be3 c6 12. Nd4 $5 ({The exchange} 12. Bxc5 dxc5 13.
Bd3 {keeps an even game.}) 12... d5 13. f3 Qb6 14. h4 $5 {Stellwagen plays a
couragious move. Both players plan an attack on the hostile king.} Bd6 15. Bf4
Qc7 $2 {A passive move.} 16. Bxd6 Qxd6 17. g4 Ne6 18. Nxe6 Qxe6 19. Bd3 Qf6 ({
Baramidze has chosen for the defence. He avoids} 19... Qe3 $4 20. Rhe1 $1) 20.
Rdf1 Bd7 21. g5 Qe5 22. f4 Qd6 $2 ({Another passive move. More active is} 22...
Qe3 23. Qd1 b5) 23. f5 $1 f6 24. gxf6 gxf6 25. c4 $6 ({The attack goes on with
} 25. Rhg1+ Kh8 26. Qh6 Rg8 27. Rg6 Raf8 28. Re1) 25... Kh8 26. cxd5 cxd5 27.
Rhg1 Rg8 28. a3 $2 ({An advantage is kept by} 28. Rg6 $1) 28... Rxg1 29. Rxg1
Rg8 30. Rxg8+ Kxg8 31. Be4 Kg7 $1 32. h5 ({The pointe is} 32. Qxd5 Qxd5 33.
Bxd5 b6 $1 {and Black regains the pawn.}) 32... b6 33. h6+ Kf8 34. Bd3 Qg3 35.
Qb4+ Kf7 36. Ka2 Qg5 $2 ({Black can force a draw by} 36... Qf3 $1 37. Qd6 Bxf5
38. Qc7+ Kg6 39. Qg7+ Kh5 40. Qxf6 Be4 41. Qxf3+ Bxf3 42. Bxh7 Kxh6) 37. Qd6
Bxf5 38. Qc7+ Kg6 39. Qg7+ Kh5 40. Qxa7 Bxd3 41. cxd3 Kxh6 42. Qxb6 {White has
a better pawn structure after the exchanges.} Qf5 ({Baramidze does not trust} 
42... Kg6 43. a4 h5 44. a5) 43. a4 Qxd3 44. Qxf6+ Kh5 45. Qc6 Qd2 46. Qb5 Kg5
47. a5 Qd4 48. a6 h5 49. Qa5 1-0

[Event "Prague Masters 1st"]
[Site "Prague"]
[Date "2019.03.07"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2711"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "Vidit,S"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2019.03.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.04.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.04.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,91,19,38,25,16,13,9,21,38,31,34,35,46,28,8,14,-8,9,19,20,22,37,27,57,
38,55,30,116,87,73,99,91,85,84,90,83,84,83,83,77,79,91,81,79,76,75,77,79,83,83,
68,68,68,67,61,69,52,59,72,57,49,38,43,42,47,62,71,74,74,77,73,67,69,90,83,71,
67,83,123,124,118,175,175,179,194,192,205,210,224,234,216,220,222] Last time I
played against Gelfand, I missed 100 hundred wins and even got stalemated. So
this time I was more determined than ever to win.} 1. e4 e5 (1... c5 {The
Sicilian has been Gelfand's opening for decades. He used to play Najdorf, and
after his match against Anand his pet line became the Sveshnikov.}) 2. Nf3 Nf6
{Expected. In his 1v1 match against GM Markus Ragger, he employed the Petroff
regularly, although the results were a bit shaky.} 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5.
Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 O-O {This is all the rage of 2019. Chess has
become extremely concrete nowadays. Previously, Black used to play 'safe' with
Nc6, Be6 and castling queenside.} 8. Qd2 Nd7 9. O-O-O Nf6 (9... c6 {No one so
far has been able to break Fabiano's defenses in this line with c6-d5}) 10. Bd3
c5 {I first saw this line when GM Motylev played it against GM Anish Giri in
the World Cup 2017. My first impression of this system was dubious. Although
when Fabiano played it against Magnus at the WCh recently, I started to take
it more seriously.} 11. Kb1 {A rare move. Usually White plays Rfe1 but then it
is met with Be6, attacking the pawn on a2. The point of Kb1 is that now Be6
can be met with Ng5.} (11. Rhe1 {Gelfand managed to escape by a hair's breadth
in the 1st round against David Navara. David found some deep line where Black
had to be extremely precise to hold.} Be6 12. Bg5 (12. Kb1 Qa5 13. c4 Qxd2 14.
Bxd2 h6 {1/2-1/2 (55) Carlsen,M (2835)-Caruana,F (2832) London 2018}) 12... d5
13. Qf4 Re8 14. Re5 Qc7 15. Qh4 h6 16. Bxh6 $1 Ne4 17. Qf4 Nxf2 18. Qg3 Ng4 19.
Bf4 Bd6 20. Bh7+ {[#]} Kf8 (20... Kh8 {Walking in the fire with Kh8 was
apparently was the only move to survive!}) 21. Rde1 Rad8 22. Qh4 Nxe5 23. Nxe5
Bxe5 24. Bxe5 $16 {1/2-1/2 (100) Navara,D (2739)-Gelfand,B (2655) Prague 2019})
11... b5 {Played instantly.} 12. Rhe1 Rb8 13. Bg5 c4 $6 {The idea of playing
c4-d5 etc. is pretty standard in this line, but in this precise position it
just doesn't work.} (13... Be6 {is the most logical move.}) 14. Nd4 $1 Bd7 15.
Nf5 Bxf5 16. Bxf5 Ne4 {Probably Black's best bet. The attack on the queenside
is just too slow.} (16... d5 17. Qd4 b4 18. cxb4 h6 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Qc5 $16)
17. Bxe4 Bxg5 18. Qxd6 Qxd6 19. Rxd6 Rfe8 20. Rdd1 {Although White has a
doubled pawn, his chances for winning seemed quite realistic since the Black's
queenside pawns were ripely placed on light squares.} Kf8 21. Bc6 Rxe1 22. Rxe1
Bf6 23. a3 $6 {Not a bad move in itself. However, I started to play moves
without a plan. Black's pieces are completely stuck, and it was the right
moment to create a plan.} (23. a4 $1 {It's usually advisable to keep more
pawns when you are on the offensive. But here there were concrete reasons. For
example, Black's next moves are obvious. To free his rook from b8, Black will
play Be7 & a6 to support b5. After that, I would have to play Bd7, but then it
would be met with Rd6. Imagine the same position with a6/axb5 axb5 included.
Now the b5 pawn is loose, which ties the rook on b8 permanently.} a6 (23...
bxa4 24. Ka2 $1 {is the point of, course.}) 24. axb5 axb5 {Now slowly White
can aim to transfer the rook to d5. Techincally this should be winning for
White}) 23... g6 24. g3 $6 a6 25. Re2 Be7 {I realized that I had messed up.
After a 15min think, I composed myself, went deep into the position and
started playing strongly & with high intensity.} 26. Kc1 {Prophylactic move.
Black is going to play Bc5, and then I didn't want to play f4 as it would
create weaknesses on the kingside. Another point is to have Rd2 whenever Black
brings the rook to d6.} Rb6 {Now that his rook is free, Black is back in the
game. Now I had to start the endgame grind all over again.} 27. Bd7 Rd6 28. Rd2
Rf6 {Black can only exchange the rooks if his king is protecting the a6-b5
pawns.} 29. Kd1 $1 Bc5 30. Ke1 Ke7 31. Bc8 $1 {The beginning of a sweet
manouevre.} Rc6 32. Re2+ $1 Kd8 (32... Kf8 {would allow the rook to enter:} 33.
Bd7 Rd6 34. Re8+ Kg7 35. Bc8 $16) 33. Bb7 Rf6 34. Bd5 $1 {All this drama to
make the rook awkwardly placed on f6!} Rf5 $6 (34... g5 $1 {It makes sense to
put the pawns on the dark squares.}) 35. Bb7 Rf6 36. f4 $1 {freeing the rook
on e2 and also restricting Black's pieces even further.} h5 $2 {I was shocked
to see this move. After h4 all the black pawns will permanently be on light
squares. Also, all bishop endgames are now lost for Black. For better or worse,
he had to play h6-g5 or wait passively.} (36... Kc7 37. Bd5 h6 $1 {At least
due to the idea of g5 he has some counterplay.}) 37. h4 Rd6 (37... Kc7 38. Bd5
Kd6 39. Re5 {would also slowly lose}) 38. Re5 $1 {The final precise move.} (38.
Rd2 Rxd2 39. Kxd2 Kc7 40. Bd5 Bf2 {It looked unneccesary to allow any
counterplay.}) 38... Rb6 (38... Ba7 39. Rd5 {Black will drop one more pawn. It
looks completely lost.}) 39. Rxc5 Rxb7 40. Rc6 $18 a5 41. f5 Kd7 42. Ra6 gxf5
43. Rf6 Ke7 44. Rxf5 b4 45. axb4 axb4 46. Kd2 1-0

[Event "Volgograd"]
[Site "Volgograd"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Stripunsky, Alexander"]
[Black "Veresagin, Jurij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2360"]
[Annotator "Wahls,M"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 041"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. c4
c6 9. cxd5 (9. Nc3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 dxc4 $5) 9... cxd5 10. Nc3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Bg4 (
11... Nc6 12. Ng5 $1) 12. Rb1 Nd7 (12... b6) 13. h3 Bh5 14. Rb5 (14. a4 b6 15.
Rb5 Nf6 16. Bg5 Rc8 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. Rxd5 Bxf3 19. Qxf3 Qxf3 20. gxf3 Rxc3 21.
Rxd6 Rxd3 $10 {Ivanchuk,V-Rozentalis,E ,Lvov 1987}) (14. Rxb7 Nb6 15. Bd2 Qc8 (
15... h6 16. Re1 Qc8 17. Ba6 Qc6 18. Ne5 Qxb7 19. Bxb7 Bxd1 20. Bxa8 Bxe5 21.
dxe5 Ba4 22. Bb7 Bb5 $1 23. Rb1 Bc4 24. a3 Rb8 25. Bc6 Rc8 26. Bb5 Rc5 $44 {
Serper,G-Akopian,V ,Tblissi 1989}) (15... Bg6 16. Bxg6 hxg6 17. Qb3 Qc8 18.
Rxb6 axb6 19. Qxd5 Rd8 20. Qb3 Qa6 21. Rb1 Bc7 22. Rb2 $10 {Vodicka-Kalivoda ,
CSFR 1989}) 16. Bxh7+ $1 Kh8 (16... Kxh7 $2 17. Ng5+ Kg6 18. g4 Bxg4 19. hxg4
Qxb7 20. Re1 $1 {Idee 21.Dc2 +-}) 17. Rxb6 axb6 18. Bb1 $14 {Akopian}) 14...
Nb6 15. c4 (15. a4) 15... Bxf3 (15... Nxc4 16. Rxd5 Bh2+ 17. Nxh2 Qxd5 18. Bxc4
Qxc4 19. Qxh5 Qxa2 $2 (19... Qxd4 20. Nf3 Qc4 (20... Qf6 21. Be3 $16 {Jusupov})
21. a3 b6 22. Be3 Rad8 (22... Rac8 $1 23. Rd1 Rfd8 {Vladimirov}) 23. Rc1 Qd3
24. a4 $14 {Dvojris-Vladimirov ,Barnaul 1988}) (19... Rfd8 $1 $44 {Horvath,
J-Greenfeld,A ,Budapest 1989}) 20. d5 $1 $16) 16. Qxf3 dxc4 17. Bc2 Qd7 (17...
a6 $6 18. Bg5 f6 (18... Qc7 19. Bxh7+ $1 Kxh7 20. Qh5+ Kg8 21. Bf6 Bh2+ 22. Kh1
Qf4 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. Rg5+ Kf6 25. Qh6+ Ke7 26. Re5+ Kd7 27. Qxb6 $18 {Kudrin})
(18... axb5 19. Bxd8 Rfxd8 20. Qh5 g6 21. Qxb5 Bc7 22. a4 Rxd4 23. Qc5 Rd7 24.
g3 $16 {Beljavskij-Petursson ,Reykjavik 1988}) 19. Qh5 h6 20. Bxh6 axb5 21. Qg6
Qc7 22. Qh7+ Kf7 23. Re1 Rg8 24. Qg6+ Kf8 25. Qxf6+ $18 {Beljavskij}) (17...
Rb8 18. a4 a6 19. Bg5 Qc7 20. Bxh7+ $1 Kxh7 21. Qh5+ Kg8 22. Bf6 Bh2+ 23. Kh1
Qf4 24. Bxg7 Kxg7 25. Rg5+ Kf6 26. Qh6+ Ke7 27. Re5+ Kd7 28. Qxb6 $44 {Kudrin}
Rfe8 $5 {Jusupov}) (17... Qc7 $5 18. a4 (18. Bxh7+ $2 Kxh7 19. Rh5+ Kg8 20. Qf5
f6 21. Rh7 Qf7 22. Bh6 g6 23. Rxf7 gxf5 $19) 18... a6 19. Rh5 g6 20. Bh6 Rfe8
21. Qf6 Bf8 22. Bxf8 Rxf8 23. Rc5 Qd8 24. Qxd8 Raxd8 25. Rb1 Rd6 26. a5 Nd7 27.
Rxc4 b5 28. axb6 Nxb6 $10 {Beljavskij}) 18. a4 Rab8 (18... Rfe8 $2 19. Bf5 Qc6
20. Bxh7+ Kxh7 21. Qxf7 Be5 22. Rxe5 Rxe5 23. dxe5 $18 {Howell-Barua ,Great
Britain 1991}) (18... Bc7 19. Rc5 Bd6 20. a5 $1 Nc8 (20... Bxc5 21. dxc5 Nc8
22. a6) 21. Bf5 Qd8 22. a6 Ne7 23. axb7 Rb8 24. Bg5 $16 {Timman-Anand ,Tilburg
1991}) (18... g6 19. Bd2 c3 20. Qxc3 Rac8 21. Qb3 Rc7 22. Bd3 Rfc8 23. Re1 Bf8
24. a5 Nc4 $10 {Sokolov,A-Finegold ,Reykjavik 1990}) 19. Bd2 $5 {Eine Neuerung
mit sehr viel Gift,wie die nachfolgenden Varianten belegen.} (19. Bg5 Nc8 (
19... Bc7 20. Bf6 $1 Qd6 21. Be5 Qe7 22. a5 Na8 23. Bxh7+ Kxh7 24. Qh5+ Kg8 25.
Bxg7 f6 26. Qh8+ Kf7 27. Bxf8 Rxf8 28. Qh5+ Kg8 29. Qd5+ {Gavrilov-Frog corr.
1989/90} Rf7 30. g3 Bd6 31. Qxc4 $14 {Gavrilov}) 20. Rfb1 b6 21. Qh5 g6 (21...
f5 22. Qe2 Ne7 23. Qxc4+ Kh8 24. Qd3 g6 25. Qc3 Rbc8 26. Qb2 $16 {Gavrilov})
22. Bf6 Bf4 23. Qh4 Qd6 24. g3 a6 25. Rh5 $18) (19. Bb2 Nc8 (19... Rfe8 $1 {
Haba}) 20. Qc3 a6 {Chandler-Haba ,Deutscjland 1992} 21. Rh5 $1 g6 22. Rh6 Ne7
23. d5 f6 24. Qxc4 $16) 19... Rfe8 (19... Nc8 {Analog zur Variante 19.Lg5 Sc8.
Schwarz wehrt sich gegen die Drohung 20.Tfb1 nebst a5.} 20. Rfb1 {Ein Zug von
groЯem logistischen Wert,wie sich sogleich zeigen wird.} b6 21. Rh5 {Die
Pointe von 19.Ld2. Es steht kein Lдufer auf g5.} (21. Bxh7+ $2 Kxh7 22. Rh5+
Kg8 23. Qf5 f6 (23... g6 $2 24. Qf6 gxh5 25. Bh6)) 21... g6 (21... h6 $2 22.
Bxh6 gxh6 23. Qf6 $1 {Idee 24.Lh7}) 22. Bh6 f5 (22... Re8 23. Qf6 Bf8 24. Bxf8
Rxf8 25. Rxh7 $1 Kxh7 26. Rb5 Kg8 (26... Qxb5 27. axb5 Kg8 28. h4 $18) (26...
Kh6 27. Rh5+ Kxh5 28. Qf4 g5 29. g4+ Qxg4+ 30. hxg4+ Kh6 31. Qf6#) 27. Rh5 gxh5
28. Qg5+ Kh8 29. Qh6+ Kg8 30. Qh7#) 23. Bxf8 Kxf8 (23... Bxf8 24. Bxf5 $1 gxf5
(24... Qf7 25. Qg4) 25. Qg3+) 24. Rh4 $16 (24. Bxf5 Qf7) (24. Rb5 Qe6 $1)) (
19... g6 20. Rfb1 Bc7 21. a5 Nc8 22. Bh6 (22. Rxb7 $2 Rxb7 23. Rxb7 Qxd4) 22...
Rd8 23. Rxb7 {Vorteil WeiЯ}) (19... Bc7 $5) 20. Bf5 Qc6 $2 (20... Qe7 $1 21.
Rfb1 g6 (21... Qe2 $2 22. Bxh7+ $1) 22. Bc2 (22. a5 $2 Nc8 23. Bc2 b6) 22...
Nc8 $5 (22... Qe2 $2 23. Qc3)) (20... Qc7 21. Rfb1 {Idee a5.Vorteil WeiЯ}) 21.
Bxh7+ $1 Kf8 (21... Kxh7 22. Qxf7 $18 Be5) 22. Qh5 Nd7 (22... Nxa4 23. Rf5 Re7
24. Bg6 $18) 23. Bf5 Nf6 24. Qh8+ Ng8 25. Bh7 Ke7 26. Qxg7 $18 {Ich danke
Arthur Jusupov,dessen C42-Monographie diesem Kommentar als Grundlage diente.}
Kd7 27. Bxg8 a6 28. Bxf7 axb5 29. Bd5+ Re7 30. Qg4+ Ke8 31. Bxc6+ 1-0

[Event "Politiken zt"]
[Site "Munkebo"]
[Date "1998.09.18"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Wedberg, Tom Birger"]
[Black "Nielsen, Peter Heine"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "1998.09.10"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 067"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{This was a tie break game with 25 minutes per player plus 10 seconds extra
per move.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7.
O-O Be7 8. c4 Nb4 9. Be2 Bf5 10. Nc3 O-O 11. a3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Nc6 13. Bf4 Na5 (
13... Bd6 14. Bg5 Be7 15. cxd5 Qxd5 16. Bxe7 Nxe7 17. Ne5 Rad8 18. Bc4 Qd6 19.
Qf3 b6 20. Rfe1 Be6 {1/2-1/2 Palmo,P-Pihlajasalo,H/Naantali 1996/EXT 97 (20)})
14. cxd5 Qxd5 15. Bxc7 Rac8 16. Bxa5 Qxa5 17. c4 Bf6 18. Qb3 Qb6 19. Qxb6 axb6
20. Rfd1 Rfd8 21. Ra2 Be4 $1 22. d5 Bxf3 23. gxf3 Rd6 24. Bf1 Ra8 25. a4 Be7
26. Bd3 Ra5 $2 (26... Rdd8 27. Rb1 Bc5 $14) 27. Re1 Bf8 28. Re8 g6 29. Rb8 Rf6
30. Kg2 Ra7 31. Re2 Kg7 32. Ree8 Bc5 33. Ra8 $2 (33. Bc2 $1 Bd6 34. Rbd8 Bc5
35. Rd7 Bd6 36. Re6 Bc5 37. Kg3 {+/-/+-}) 33... Rxa8 34. Rxa8 Rd6 35. Rc8 Rd7
36. a5 Kf6 37. f4 Bd4 38. axb6 Bxb6 39. Rb8 Bc5 40. Kf3 b6 41. Ra8 Re7 42. Ra1
Bd4 43. Rd1 Bc5 44. Ra1 Bd4 45. Ra8 Bc5 46. Bc2 Re1 47. Bd3 Rh1 48. Kg3 Rg1+
49. Kf3 Rh1 50. Kg3 Rg1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Palma de Mallorca FIDE GP"]
[Site "Palma de Mallorca"]
[Date "2017.11.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Rapport, Richard"]
[Black "Li, Chao B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2692"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[Annotator "Yermolinsky,A"]
[PlyCount "156"]
[EventDate "2017.11.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d3 Nf6 6. d4 Be7 7. Bd3 O-O 8.
O-O Re8 9. Bf4 Nbd7 10. c4 d5 11. Qb3 c5 12. cxd5 Nb6 13. Nc3 cxd4 14. Nxd4
Nfxd5 15. Nxd5 Qxd5 16. Nb5 Rd8 17. Be2 Qxb3 18. axb3 Nd5 19. Be5 Bd7 20. Rfd1
Bxb5 21. Bxb5 Nb4 22. Bc7 Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 a6 24. Be2 Kf8 25. Bg4 g6 26. g3 h5
27. Bh3 Nc6 28. Rd7 Nb8 29. Rd5 Nc6 30. Rd7 Nb8 31. Rd5 Nc6 32. Bb6 Ke8 33. Rd7
Rb8 34. f4 h4 35. Kf2 hxg3+ 36. Kxg3 Bd8 37. Bc5 Be7 38. Bxe7 Nxe7 39. Kh4 f6
$2 {A time trouble error, allowing the white bishop to reign supreme.} (39...
b5 40. Kg5 Rb6 {is nothing special for White.}) 40. Be6 $1 a5 41. Kg4 Kf8 42.
h4 b5 43. h5 gxh5+ 44. Kxh5 a4 45. b4 (45. Kh6 $1 {would cut down on Black's
counterplay:} axb3 46. Bxb3 Ke8 47. Be6 Rb6 48. f5 $16) 45... Ke8 46. f5 Nc6
47. Rh7 Rd8 48. Kg6 Rd2 49. Kxf6 Kd8 50. Rb7 Nxb4 51. Rxb5 ({The win wasn't
that close, but still within Richard's reach had he found} 51. Kg7 $1 Na6 (
51... Rg2+ 52. Kf8 Rxb2 53. Rd7+) 52. f6 Nc5 53. Rb8+ Kc7 54. Rc8+ Kb6 {
and now the study-like idea} 55. Bf5 $1 (55. Bh3 Rxb2 56. f7 Rf2 57. f8=Q Rxf8
58. Kxf8 a3 59. Ra8 b4 60. Ke7 Ne4 {is likely going to be a draw.}) 55... Rf2
56. Kg6 Rg2+ 57. Kh5 Rf2 58. Kg5 Rg2+ 59. Kf4 Rf2+ 60. Ke5 Re2+ 61. Kd4 {
getting the king in the middle of action.}) 51... Rxb2 52. Ra5 (52. Rb7 a3 53.
Rd7+ Kc8 $1 (53... Ke8 54. Rd6 $18) 54. Ra7+ Kb8 55. Rxa3 {would lead to the
same thing.}) 52... Nc6 53. Rxa4 {Rapport put in a great effort here, but the
position is objectively drawn, and he couldn't overcome the stubborn
resistance by Li Chao.} Rb4 54. Ra3 Kc7 55. Kf7 Ne5+ 56. Ke7 Nc6+ 57. Kf7 Ne5+
58. Kg7 Rg4+ 59. Kf8 Rf4 60. Ke7 Nc6+ 61. Kf7 Rf2 62. Ra1 Rf4 63. Ra2 Kd6 64.
Ra6 Kc7 65. f6 Ne5+ 66. Kg7 Rf1 67. Bh3 Rf3 68. Be6 Rf1 69. Ra7+ Kd6 70. Bh3
Rg1+ 71. Kf8 Rg3 72. Bc8 Rc3 73. Ra6+ Kc7 74. Re6 Re3 75. f7 Kxc8 76. Ke8 Nxf7
77. Rxe3 Nd6+ 78. Ke7 Nf5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2018.03.24"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[Annotator "Yermolinsky,A"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2018.03.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 {Karjakin has
had a lot of success in this line, which he has always played against the
Petroff since the early days of his career. Among others, Sergey has defeated
Kramnik and Gelfand. Interestingly enough, three of his losses came at the
hands of another participant in this tournament, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov!} Nc6 7.
Be3 Be7 8. Qd2 Be6 9. O-O-O Qd7 10. a3 $5 {Not a very popular move, but
Karjakin had a plan.} ({Since Fabiano does not employ the Petroff that often,
he has faced this position only once. Vachier-Lagrave (London Classic 2016)
played} 10. b3 O-O-O 11. Nd4 {and here Fabiano replied with} a6 $5 12. Nxe6
fxe6 {giving White the bishop pair. Eventually, the game was drawn, as MVL had
to worry about his king safety.}) ({White shouldn't hurry with} 10. Nd4 {
as Black can change his plans regarding his king's placement:} Nxd4 11. Bxd4
Qa4 12. a3 O-O) 10... h6 (10... O-O-O 11. Nd4 Nxd4 $2 12. Bxd4 {double attacks
on a7 and g7.}) 11. Nd4 Nxd4 ({Now} 11... O-O-O 12. Nxe6 fxe6 13. g3 d5 {
doesn't look so attractive to Black who doesn't have any play against the
white king on the dark squares.}) 12. Bxd4 Rg8 13. Be2 c5 {Practically forced.}
({Else} 13... b6 14. c4 O-O-O 15. Rhe1 {offers White some edge due to the
drafty residence of the black king.}) 14. Be3 d5 15. f4 O-O-O 16. Bf3 Bg4 {
[#] Fabiano is looking to relieve pressure by trading bishops.} ({Black had} 
16... f5 {but that would mean accepting a slightly worse position for many
moves to come.}) 17. Bxd5 $3 {Excellent decision from Sergey, who really knows
how to handle decisive games. The value of this move lies in creating an
extremely unpleasant situation for Fabiano. Objectively Black may not be much
worse, but he finds it hard to develop any play.} ({Of course, not} 17. Qxd5 $2
Qxd5 18. Rxd5 Bxf3 19. Rxd8+ Rxd8 20. gxf3 Rd5) 17... Bxd1 18. Rxd1 Qc7 19. c4
Rge8 20. Qf2 b6 ({Perhaps} 20... f5 {was the better choice.}) 21. g4 $1 (21.
Bxf7 $2 {falls into a trap:} Rxd1+ 22. Kxd1 Bh4) 21... Bf6 (21... Bd6 {can be
answered by} 22. Kb1 {since now} Rxe3 23. Qxe3 Bxf4 24. Qd3 $1 Kb8 (24... Bxh2
$4 25. Bb7+) 25. h3 {offers White long-term attacking chances. With
opposite-coloured bishops safety of the kings is paramount.}) 22. Kb1 Rd7 23.
Rd3 {Imagine yourself in Caruana's place. He has no active play and he has to
wait and see while Karjakin improves his position. Eventually White can strike
with b2-b4 or advance his h-pawn.} g5 $6 {I can understand why Fabiano played
this move, but it's just not good enough.} 24. Ka2 Ree7 25. Qf3 Kd8 26. Bd2 Kc8
27. Qf1 $1 Rd6 {Now White wins the second pawn, and, more importantly, gets a
passer on the h-file.} ({On} 27... Kd8 28. Rh3 {breaks down Black's defences.})
28. fxg5 Bxg5 29. Bxg5 hxg5 30. Qf5+ Rdd7 31. Qxg5 Qe5 32. Qh6 Kd8 ({The
endgame after} 32... f6 33. h4 Kc7 34. g5 Rh7 35. Qg6 Rdg7 36. Qxf6 Qxf6 37.
gxf6 Rd7 38. f7 Rd8 39. Rf3 Rf8 40. Rf4 {is near hopeless for Black, as his
rooks are doomed to passivity.}) 33. g5 $1 {In mild time trouble (actually,
Caruana had less time) Karjakin remains precise.} Qd6 34. Qh8+ Re8 35. Qh4 Qg6
36. Qg4 Re5 37. h4 Ke7 38. Rd2 {Not a bad move,} ({while both} 38. Qg3 Qf5 39.
Rf3) ({and the immediate} 38. Bxf7 Qf5 (38... Qf5) 39. Rxd7+ Kxd7 40. Qd1+ {
were also winning.}) 38... b5 {[#] Now Sergey finds a techical solution, which
wins slowly but surely.} 39. Bxf7 $5 Qf5 40. Rxd7+ Kxd7 41. Qxf5+ Rxf5 42. g6
Ke7 43. cxb5 Rh5 44. c4 Rxh4 45. a4 Rg4 46. a5 Kd6 47. a6 Kc7 48. Kb3 {The
white king simply marches on to the K-side, while Black's defences are
hopelessly stretched.} 1-0