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Главная страница Справка Коды ЭШД C00 - C99 C45

Коды ЭШД

C42 C43 C44

C45

C46 C47 C48

C45

Код энциклопедии шахматных дебютов (ЭШД)

Описание

RU: Шотландская партия
EN: Scotch Game

Ходы

1. e4 e5 2. Кf3 Кc6 3. d4 e:d4 4. К:d4

Дебюты

Дебют королевского коня , Шотландская партия , Система Стейница

[Event "Staunton Memorial 6th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2008.08.07"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Smeets, Jan"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2593"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[Annotator "Adams,M"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2008.08.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
c4 Ba6 9. b3 O-O-O 10. Bb2 ({The theoretical move is Der Theoriezug ist} 10. g3
) 10... Qg5 11. Qf3 ({Adventurous stuff. After the natural Abenteuerlustig.
Nach dem natьrlichen} 11. Nd2 Bb4 12. a3 Nf4 13. Qe3 Nxg2+ 14. Bxg2 Qxg2 15.
O-O-O Bxd2+ 16. Qxd2 Qf3 {Black is marginally better, but White has completed
development. steht Schwarz marginal besser, aber WeiЯ hat seine Entwicklung
vollendet.}) 11... Bb4+ 12. Kd1 Nf4 $5 ({More ambitious than Ehrgeiziger als} 
12... Nb6 {This had to be precisely calculated. The simple retreat might be
objectively better as in the game my opponent misses a good opportunity on
move 18. Dies musste genau berechnet werden. Der einfache Rьckzug kцnnte
objektiv besser sein, denn in der Partie verpasst mein Gegner eine gute
Mцglichkeit im 18. Zug.}) 13. h4 Qh6 14. g3 ({The immediate retreat Der
sofortige Rьckzug} 14. Bc1 $6 {is effectively defused by wird wirksam
entschдrft durch} d6 15. e6 Qf6) 14... Ne6 15. Bc1 ({Jan could play Jan konnte
hier oder an einigen anderen Stellen} 15. a3 {here or on a couple of other
occasions, but I think he was wise to refrain. einschalten, aber ich denke, es
war klug von ihm, es nicht zu tun.} Be7 (15... Bc5 $5) 16. Bc1 g5 17. hxg5 Qg7
{doesn't look pretty. sieht nicht schцn aus.}) 15... Qg6 ({Another critical
move here is Ein anderer kritischer Zug hier ist} 15... g5 16. hxg5 Qf8 {
leading to a position which is rather hard to assess but the difference in
development does look rather alarming. , was zu einer recht schwer
einzuschдtzenden Stellung fьhrt, allerdings wirkt der Unterschied in punkto
Entwicklung ziemlich alarmierend.} ({I didn't like} 16... Qg7 17. Qf6 {during
the game, but of course this is also rather messy missfiel mir wдhrend der
Partie, aber natьrlich ist auch dies ziemlich chaotisch.})) 16. h5 Qc2+ $1 ({
This unusual way of exchanging queens had to be tried as Dieser ungewцhnliche
Weg zum Damentausch war nцtig, denn} 16... Nd4 17. hxg6 Nxf3 18. gxh7 {is good
for White. ist gut fьr WeiЯ.}) 17. Kxc2 Nd4+ 18. Kd3 $2 ({During the game I
thought the king had to go walkabout, but the computer, which can always be
relied upon to ruin your favourite games, points out that after Wдhrend der
Partie hielt ich den Kцnigsmarsch fьr erzwungen, aber der Computer, der immer
zuverlдssig die eigenen Lieblingspartien ruiniert, weist darauf hin, dass nach
} 18. Kb2 $1 Nxf3 19. Be2 $1 {things are not so clear as the pawn cannot be
captured because die Dinge nicht so klar sind, da der Bauer nicht zu schlagen
ist, weil} Nxe5 $2 (19... Nd4 20. Bg4 {would have to be played but White looks
in good shape here mьsste wohl geschehen, hier aber scheint WeiЯ gut zu stehen.
}) 20. f4 {traps the elusive knight. In the game it continues to dodge its
pursuers. den unbдndigen Springer fдngt. In der Partie entkommt er seinen
Hдschern immer wieder.}) 18... Nxf3 19. Ke4 ({Developing a piece would be a
mistake: Eine Figur zu entwickeln, wдre ein Fehler:} 19. Bb2 $2 Ne1+ 20. Ke2
Nc2) 19... Nxe5 ({Another good possibilty was Eine weitere gute Mцglichkeit war
} 19... c5 $5 {as , denn} 20. Kxf3 Bb7+ {wins the exchange. gewinnt die
Qualitдt.}) 20. h6 ({Smeets should have bailed out with Smeets hдtte seinen
Kopf aus der Schlinge ziehen kцnnen mit} 20. Kxe5 Be7 21. Nc3 Bf6+ 22. Kf4 Bxc3
{From now on his monarch is fighting a lone battle. Von jetzt an kдmpft sein
Monarch eine einsame Schlacht.}) 20... Ng4 ({The computer is initially
enthusiastic about the weird continuation Der Computer begeistert sich
anfдnglich fьr die seltsame Fortsetzung} 20... g6 21. Kxe5 Rhe8+ 22. Kf6 (22.
Kd4 c5+ 23. Kd3 Bb7 24. Rh4 Re1 {is the clever idea ist die clevere Idee.})
22... Be7+ 23. Kxf7 Rf8+ 24. Kg7 Rh8 {but can't seem to find a mate.
Development is very overrated! , scheint aber kein Matt finden zu kцnnen.
Entwicklung wird sehr ьberschдtzt!} (24... Bf6+ 25. Kxh7 {seems to justify the
king walk scheint den Kцnigsmarsch zu rechtfertigen.})) 21. hxg7 Rhg8 22. Kf5 (
{White's king continues his forward march as there's not much to recommend his
position after Der Kцnig von WeiЯ setzt seinen Vorwдrtsgang fort, denn nach} 
22. Kf3 Rxg7 {ist seine Stellung wenig ersprieЯlich.}) 22... Rxg7 23. f3 Nf2 {
The knight leads a charmed life. Der Springer hat sieben Leben.} 24. Rh2 Bc5 {
Threatening Bd4. Drohend Bd4.} 25. Bh6 Rg6 26. Nd2 Bd4 27. Bg5 ({After Nach} 
27. Re1 Rf6+ 28. Kg5 Rg8+ 29. Kh5 Rf5+ 30. Kh4 {macht} Bf6+ {finishes up.
reinen Tisch.}) 27... Re8 28. Rxf2 ({I was hoping to create a beautiful mate
after Ich hatte gehofft, ein schцnes Matt zu kreieren nach} 28. f4 Kb8 {
planning Bc8 and d5, but my opponent saw it coming and opted for a less
glorious death. In any case mit dem Plan Bc8 und d5, aber mein Gegner sah es
kommen und wдhlte einen weniger glorreichen Tod. So oder so verhindert} 29.
Rxf2 {prevents immediate mate. das sofortige Matt.}) 28... Re5+ 0-1

[Event "Asia Chess Cup"]
[Site "Abu Dhabi"]
[Date "2016.03.29"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Adhiban, Baskaran"]
[Black "Gundavaa, Bayarsaihan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2663"]
[BlackElo "2517"]
[Annotator "Adhiban,B"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2016.03.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "India"]
[BlackTeam "Mongolia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IND"]
[BlackTeamCountry "MGL"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Qf6 {A funny line!} 5. Nxc6 Bc5 {
Back to the main lines!} 6. Qf3 Qxf3 {Slightly dubious Black needn't hurry
with this exchange.} ({Previously I had faced} 6... bxc6 7. Nd2 d6 8. Nb3 Bb6
9. a4 a5 10. Bd2 Qxf3 11. gxf3 Ne7 12. Be3 Bxe3 13. fxe3 O-O 14. O-O-O Re8 (
14... f5 15. e5 dxe5 16. Bc4+ Kh8 17. Nc5 $16) 15. Rg1 $14 {(Adhiban-Debashis
2012)}) 7. gxf3 bxc6 8. Nd2 (8. Rg1 {is useless due to} Ne7 $1) 8... Ne7 9. Nb3
Bb6 10. a4 a5 (10... a6 11. Be3 $1 (11. a5 Ba7 12. Be3 d6 $1 {Black needn't
take on e3 and the a5-pawn might feel uncomfortable after ...c5, ...Nc6.})
11... Bxe3 12. fxe3 {[%csl Ya6] and a6 feels stupid.}) 11. Be3 f5 (11... Bxe3
12. fxe3 d6 13. O-O-O O-O {Generally this position arises with Black to move,
hence White is just playing with an extra move!} 14. h4 $5) 12. Bxb6 ({Maybe
it was better to delay taking on b6:} 12. e5 $5 Bxe3 13. fxe3 f4 {I wasn't
sure if it was a good idea to allow this.} 14. exf4 (14. Rg1 $1 $16 {Comp})
14... O-O 15. Bc4+ Kh8 {Black is not doing so bad.}) 12... cxb6 13. e5 $1 {
Restricting Black's play.} (13. O-O-O fxe4 14. fxe4 O-O 15. Rd2 Ng6 $15 {
Black's pieces become a little bit active.}) 13... Ba6 $6 {Gives free play to
White.} (13... Ng6 14. O-O-O {was the point.}) (13... Bb7 14. Rg1 g6 15. Nd2 {
[%cal Gd2c4] White has a slight pull.}) 14. Bxa6 (14. O-O-O {would allow} Bxf1
15. Rhxf1 O-O-O {with a defendable endgame.}) 14... Rxa6 15. O-O-O Ra7 16. Rd6
$1 f4 $6 (16... Kf7 $5 17. Re1 {with e6 next and Black's weak queenside will
slowly start to feel the heat.} ({Another good move is} 17. Rhd1 Rd8 18. e6+ (
18. Nd2 Nc8 19. e6+ Ke7) 18... Ke8 19. Nd4 $16)) 17. e6 {Just in time before
Black gets in ...Nf5, ...Ke7.} dxe6 $6 (17... Rf8 {looked more stubborn.} 18.
Re1 (18. Nd4 $5 Rf6) (18. Rhd1 dxe6 19. Rxe6 Rf6) 18... Rf6 19. Nd4 dxe6 20.
Rdxe6 Rxe6 21. Nxe6 {with a long endgame grind.} ({The computer prefers} 21.
Rxe6 Rc7 (21... Kf7 22. Nxc6) 22. Re4 $14)) 18. Rxe6 Rd7 19. Rhe1 Kf7 20. Nd2
$1 (20. c4 {was another exciting option but I didn't like} Ra8 21. c5 bxc5 22.
Nxc5 Rc7 {with ...Nd5 next and the worst is over for Black.}) (20. Nd4 Rc8 $16
{White's position is really commanding but game continuation looked more
strong and greedy :).}) 20... Rhd8 ({After} 20... b5 {I was planning to
continue with} 21. axb5 ({Another strong move was} 21. Nb3 $5 Ra8 (21... bxa4
22. Nxa5) 22. Nc5 $16) 21... cxb5 22. Rb6 $1 (22. Ra6 a4 23. Ne4 Rb8 {Black
holds the position.} (23... Rhd8 24. Nc5)) 22... Rhd8 (22... b4 23. Nc4) 23.
Nb3 a4 24. Nc5 Rd5 25. Rb7 $5 Rxc5 26. Rexe7+ $16) 21. Nc4 b5 22. Nxa5 ({
Maybe a simpler way was} 22. axb5 cxb5 23. Nxa5 Ra8 24. b4 Nd5 {Black looked
somewhat active I thought, but after} 25. R6e5 $1 $16 {White is clearly better.
}) 22... Ra8 23. Rxe7+ $5 {My game against Safarli taught me not to
underestimate the combined strength of a knight and passed pawns.} (23. b4 bxa4
24. R6e4 $1 {(the computer's suggestion)} (24. Kb2 c5 $1) 24... a3 25. Rxf4+
Kg8 26. Rc4 $16) 23... Rxe7 24. Rxe7+ Kxe7 25. Nxc6+ Kd6 (25... Kd7 $1 {
The king will be better placed in the upcoming endgame battle.} 26. axb5 Ra1+
27. Kd2 Rh1 $17 {and the computer actually prefers Black since Black is much
faster in the upcoming pawn race. Hence objectively this exchange sacrifice
was wrong.}) 26. axb5 Ra1+ (26... Kc5 27. c4 $1 Kxc4 28. b6 Kd3 29. Kb1 $1 {
was a nice line.} (29. b4 {is bad due to} Ra6 $1)) 27. Kd2 Rh1 28. Nd4 {
The knight is best placed here since it doesn't get in the way of the pawns
and also can keep an eye on the kingside.} (28. c4 Rxh2 29. Ke2 {was my
original intention but I started to have doubts whether the pawns were
sufficient.} h5 30. b4 Kc7 31. c5 Rh1 32. Ne7 h4 33. b6+ Kb7 34. Nf5 Rc1 $1 35.
Nxh4 Rc4 $11) 28... Rxh2 (28... Kc5 29. b4+ $1 {was a cute trick.} Kb6 (29...
Kxb4 30. b6 {[%cal Gb6b7,Gd4b3]}) (29... Kxd4 30. b6 Rb1 31. b7 Rxb4 32. c3+
$18) 30. c4 Rxh2 31. c5+ Kb7 32. Kd3 Rxf2 33. b6 h5 34. Kc4 $1 $18 {[%cal
Gc4b5]}) 29. b6 $1 Kd7 ({Black's last chance was in} 29... Rxf2+ {It was hard
to decide between} 30. Kd3 ({and} 30. Ke1 $5 Rg2 31. b4 {also looked very
strong} Kd7 32. c4 {Passed pawns coming through!} Rb2 33. b5 h5 34. c5 Kc8 35.
c6 {Black looks totally lost but he has a cold blooded defence in the form of}
g6 $1 $17 {[%csl Rd4]}) 30... h5 31. b4 Kd7 (31... h4 32. c4 h3 33. c5+ Kd7 (
33... Kd5 34. b7 h2 35. b8=Q h1=Q (35... Rd2+ 36. Kxd2 h1=Q 37. Qxf4) 36. Qd6#)
34. c6+ Kc8 35. Nb5 Rxf3+ 36. Kd4 $18) ({Black's best option is the "inhuman"} 
31... Rf1 $1 32. Ke4 Kd7 33. Kxf4 {with a draw.}) 32. c4 Rf1 (32... Kc8 33. c5
Kb7 34. Kc4 $1 $18 {[%cal Gc4b5]}) 33. c5 Rd1+ 34. Kc4 (34. Ke4 h4 35. c6+ Kd6
{with a possible draw.}) 34... h4 35. Nb5 Kc8 36. c6 Rc1+ 37. Kd5 h3 38. Nd6+
Kd8 $1 (38... Kb8 39. c7+ Rxc7 40. bxc7+ Kxc7 41. Ne4) 39. Nf7+ (39. c7+ Kd7)
39... Ke7 (39... Kc8 40. Ne5 $1 $18) 40. b7 h2 41. b8=Q h1=Q {with the usual 0.
00 :).}) 30. c4 Rxf2+ 31. Kc3 h5 (31... Kc8 32. c5 Kb7 33. b4 h5 34. Kc4 $1 {
Once his highness joins the battle there is really nothing Black can do to put
up a fight!}) 32. c5 h4 33. c6+ Kd6 34. b7 Kc7 35. Ne6+ Kb8 36. Nc5 {Funnily
this win turned out to be quite crucial for our Indian team to.... draw the
match with Mongolia! SPOILER ALERT! Our only draw in the entire event we
managed to win all the remaining rounds!} 1-0

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[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 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
c4 Nb6 9. Nd2 Qe6 10. b3 Bb4 11. Bb2 O-O 12. O-O-O d5 13. exd6 Qxd6 14. Nf3 (
14. Qe3 $1 $14) 14... Qh6+ 15. Qe3 (15. Kb1 Bf5+ 16. Ka1 Rae8 $17) 15... Qxe3+
16. fxe3 Re8 17. e4 Nd7 $1 18. e5 a5 19. Bd3 Nc5 20. Bc2 a4 21. Nd4 axb3 22.
axb3 Ra6 23. h3 Ne6 24. Rhf1 Nxd4 25. Rxd4 g6 26. Be4 Be6 $10 27. Kc2 Be7 28.
Ra1 Rxa1 29. Bxa1 Ra8 30. Bb2 Ra2 (30... Ra6 $1 $10) 31. c5 $1 Ra5 (31... Bxc5
32. Ra4 Rxa4 33. bxa4 $14) 32. b4 Ra6 33. Bc3 f6 $2 (33... h5 $10) (33... Kf8
$10) 34. Rd1 fxe5 (34... f5 35. Bf3 Kf7 $10) 35. Ra1 Rxa1 36. Bxa1 $16 Bf6 (
36... Bd7 37. Bxe5 Bd8 38. Kb3 $16) 37. Bxc6 Bf5+ 38. Kb3 Kf7 39. b5 Ke7 40.
Kc4 Be6+ $138 1-0

[Event "Linares 10th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1992.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 028"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Schussler Hansen,Cu} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6.
c3 Nge7 7. Bc4 O-O (7... Ne5 {Schussler} 8. Be2 Qg6 9. O-O d6 (9... Qxe4 $2 10.
Nd2 Qg6 11. f4 N5c6 12. f5 Qf6 13. Ne4 Qe5 14. Qd3 $16) (9... d5 10. Bh5 $1
Qxe4 11. Nd2 Qd3 12. N4f3 $16 {Ehlvest,J-Beljavskij,A, Reykjavik 1991.}) 10. f3
(10. f4 $1 Qxe4 $6 11. Bf2 Nd7 12. Bd3 Qd5 13. c4 $18 {Steingrimsson,H-Lukacs,
P, Kecskemet 1991.}) 10... O-O 11. Kh1 d5 12. Nd2 dxe4 13. fxe4 Bb6 14. Bf4
N7c6 $10 {Illescas Cordoba,M-Karpov,An, Linares 1992 CBM 28 game 468.}) 8. O-O
Bb6 9. Nc2 $1 {An excellent way to rearrange his pieces - Ne3,f4,Nd2} (9. Bb3
Rd8 (9... d6 {Hansen,Cu} 10. Kh1 Nxd4 11. cxd4 Nc6 12. Nc3 Bxd4 13. Nd5 Qe5 14.
Bxd4 Qxd4 15. Nxc7 $16 {Dolmatov-Yusupov (10)/Wijk cm 30'/1991/1/2-1/2/}) (9...
Na5 10. Nc2 Qg6 11. Re1 d6 12. Nd2 Nxb3 $10 {Nijboer-Van der Wiel/NLD-ch/1991/}
)) (9. Kh1 {Hansen,Cu} Rd8 10. Qh5 h6 11. Nd2 d5 12. exd5 Nxd4 13. cxd4 Bf5 $15
{Kasparov-Kamsky/Tilburg/1991/}) (9. Na3 {Schussler} Nxd4 $5 (9... Qg6 10. Nxc6
bxc6 11. Re1 d6 12. Qd2 Bb7 13. Rad1 h6 14. Nc2 Rad8 $13 {Leko,P-Van der
Sterren,P, Nettetal 1992.}) 10. cxd4 d5 11. exd5 Rd8 12. Qh5 h6 13. Rfe1 Bf5
14. Qf3 Rd7 $1 15. Nb5 Rad8 $10 {Chandler,M-Short,N (2)/Eng-ch m/1991/1/2-1/2/
57 CBM 28/1} 16. Nc3 Bxd4 17. Bxd4 Qxd4 18. Bb5 $13) 9... d6 10. Bxb6 axb6 11.
f4 g5 {At this point Kasparov had to put on his glasses! The move itself is
not so bad if followed up carefully} (11... Be6 $5 {Hansen,Cu}) 12. f5 Ne5 13.
Be2 Bd7 14. c4 g4 $2 {This is really bad because it not only fails to disrupt
white's development but also concedes the f4 square- an ideal square for
white's king in the endgame} (14... Ba4 $1 15. b3 Bc6 16. Qd4 (16. Nc3 Nxc4 17.
Bxc4 Qxc3 {During the post-mortem Kasparov came close to making this work but
falling short} 18. Qh5 Kh8 19. Rf3 Qg7 $1 20. Raf1 f6 (20... Ng8 $5)) (16. Nd2
Kh8) 16... Kh8 17. Nc3 $14) 15. Nc3 h5 16. Qd2 Kh8 17. Qf4 Bc6 18. Ne3 Nd7 {
What else? White can play a4,b4 etc} (18... Rg8 $13 {Hansen,Cu}) 19. Bxg4 hxg4
20. Nxg4 Qh4 (20... Qd4+ {Hansen,Cu} 21. Kh1 {/\Qh6+f5-f6}) 21. Rf3 Ng6 22. Qe3
Qxg4 23. Qh6+ Kg8 24. Rh3 (24. Rg3 $1 {Much quicker} Qxg3 (24... Nde5 25. f6
$18) (24... Nge5 25. Rxg4+ Nxg4 26. Qg5+) 25. hxg3 Nge5 (25... Nf6 26. fxg6 $18
) 26. Qg5+ Kh7 27. Kf2 $1 $18) 24... Qxh3 {Now Nigel is given a chance to
fight on for awhile} 25. gxh3 Nge5 26. f6 Nxf6 27. Qxf6 Rae8 28. Kh1 Ng6 29. h4
Re6 30. Qg5 Rfe8 31. h5 Re5 32. Qh6 Rxe4 33. Nxe4 Rxe4 34. Kg1 Ne5 (34... Rg4+
35. Kf1 Nf4 36. a4 $1 $18) 35. Qg5+ Kh7 36. Qf5+ Kh6 37. Rf1 Re2 38. Qf6+ Kh7
39. Qg5 Be4 40. h6 Bg6 41. h4 Re4 42. h5 Rg4+ 43. Qxg4 Nxg4 44. hxg6+ fxg6 45.
Rf7+ Kxh6 46. Rxc7 Ne5 47. Rxb7 Nxc4 48. b3 1-0

[Event "PCA-World-ch Kasparov-Anand +4-1=13"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1995.09.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2795"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "1995.09.11"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 049"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Benjamin} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 {At this time, Kasparov hadn't yet found
the solution against my Open Ruy Lopez, that he employed in game 10, so he
deviates a bit earlier. Garry, for at least the time being, has decided not to
test Anand's Open variation to the Ruy Lopez.} exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 {
This variation was played twice in the 1990 World Championship match between
Kasparov and Karpov, with the champion scoring a win and a draw.} bxc6 6. e5
Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8. c4 Ba6 9. b3 g5 $1 {The point of thie move is very simple.
Black wants to stop f4 which is quite good against 9...g6. A theoretical
novelty. The usual choices are 9...Qh4 and 9...g6. Karpov tried 9...O-O-O
against Garry.} (9... g6 10. f4) 10. Ba3 {After a reasonable think, Kasparov
decided to follow an idea he had against g6 the previous move, reaching a
position which he had prepared with the only difference being the pawn on g5. 
The champion thought for 15 minutes here, and then played his next few moves
at a rapid tempo. As will be seen on move 15, the two players are following a
game where 9...g6 was played. It seems likely that Garry spent his time here
trying to decide whether ...g5 makes a big difference compared with ...g5.The
latter move, which seems Speelmanesque, allows not only ...Bg7 but ...Nf4 as
well.} d6 (10... c5 11. g3 Nb4 12. Bg2 O-O-O 13. O-O Bg7 14. Bb2 $1 {/\ a3})
11. exd6 {A forcing line.} Qxe2+ 12. Bxe2 Bg7 $1 13. cxd5 Bxe2 (13... Bb7 $4
14. dxc7 $1 Bxa1 (14... cxd5 15. Bb5+ Bc6 16. Bxc6#) 15. d6 $18) 14. Kxe2 Bxa1
15. Rc1 {This position was reached (with the pawn on g6) in Kuksov-Aleksandrov
Smolensk Cup 1991. [#]} O-O-O $3 $8 {Found after a 20-minute think. The point
is that Black needs the open centre for his rooks and any pawn capture (cxd6,
cxd5) closes the file and gives White time to bring his N to c4. A substantial
improvement over Kuksov-Aleksandrov,A., Smolensk Cup 1991, (remember the Black
pawn was on g6 instead of g5) which saw 15...cxd6 16. Rxc6 O-O 17.Bxd6 Rfd8 18.
Nd2 Rd7 19.Kd3 Re8 20.f4 f6 21.b4 with a considerable advantage for White.} (
15... cxd5 16. Rxc7 $16) (15... cxd6 16. Rxc6 Be5 (16... O-O 17. Bxd6 $16) 17.
Nd2 $1 {/\ Nc4+/-}) (15... Be5 16. Rxc6 Bxd6 17. Bxd6 cxd6 18. Na3 $1 Kd7 19.
Nc4 $16) 16. Rxc6 Rhe8+ (16... Rd7 $1 17. Nc3 (17. Kd3 Be5 18. dxc7 Rxc7 (18...
Rxd5+ 19. Ke4 Rb5 20. Nc3 Bxc3 21. Rxc3 Re8+ {White still has an uphill
struggle to draw.})) 17... Bxc3 18. Rxc3 Re8+ $15 {This leads to a position
that I wanted to reach in the game. Black has some chances.}) 17. Kd3 {The
best move and one which cost Garry 37 minutes on the clock. The alternative 17.
Kf3 is strongly met by 17... Re5.} Rd7 18. Nc3 $1 {It was Kasparov's turn to
sink into long thought (40 minutes!) here and he finally found a way to keep
the balance. If White has any chances to improve it has to be here. Two
alternatives to the game continuation are: (1) 18.Bc5 Kb7 19.Rxc7+ Rxc7 20.
dxc7 Kxc7 21.Bxa7 Kd6; (2) 18.Nd2 Be5! (less clear is 18...Re5 19.Nc4 Rxd5+ 20.
Ke4 Rd4+ 21.Ke3 Rd1 22.Bc5) 19.Nc4 Bxh2 20.g3 h5 21.dxc7 Rxd5+ 22.Kc3 h4 23.
Nd6 + Rxd6 and Black has all the chances. These lines are not meant to be
exhaustive, but rather to show that Anand seems to have found a very good
antidote to the Scotch.} (18. Nd2 Re5 19. Nc4 Rxd5+ 20. Ke4 $15 {Probably
White has enough ~/= here, but the method chosen in the game ismore efficient.}
) 18... Bxc3 $6 (18... Re5 19. Nb5 Rxd5+ 20. Kc4 Rd2 21. Bc5 $1 Be5 $1) 19.
Kxc3 $1 {I had underestimated this move. I only expected 19.Rxc3.} (19. Rxc3
Re5 $15) 19... Re5 20. Kc4 Re4+ {If Black tries to play 20...Re2 it will still
be a draw. Play might continue 20. ..Re2 21.Bc5 Rxa2 22.b4 and now there are
two possibilities: (1) 22...Kb7 23. dxc7 Rxc7 24.Rf6 (or 24.Rh6); (2) 22...a5
23.b5 Kb7 24.Ra6 cxd6 25.Ra7+ Kc8 26. Ra8+ Kb7 27.Ra7+. White can even win if
Black overpresses - 20...Kb7 21.dxc7 Rxc7 22.Bd6!} (20... Re2 21. Bc5 Rxa2 22.
b4 {Now White is completely safe.} Kb7 23. dxc7 Rxc7 24. Rf6 $44) 21. Kd3 Re5
22. Kc4 Re4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 32nd"]
[Site "Novi Sad"]
[Date "2016.11.10"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[Annotator "Andreikin,D"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2016.11.06"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "SRB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Mednyi Vsadnik"]
[BlackTeam "Alkaloid"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "MKD"]

{Dominguez is one of my favourite opponents. Before this one we had played 9
classical games. If our fights do not end with an agreement on a draw at the
10th move, then usually there is a long, tense fight with a conclusive, often
dramatic end. So it was time for a jubilee battle.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 {
Big surprise. I could be wrong, but according to my database Leinier was
playing this move for the first time.} exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nb3 {A reasonable
choice. In the case of other continuations - 5.Nxc6 and 5.Be3 - White needs to
know much more.} Bb6 6. Nc3 Nf6 {The pawn move looks more reliable:} (6... d6 {
White has a lot of continuations in this position. After} 7. Qe2 Nf6 8. Bg5 h6
9. Bh4 g5 10. Bg3 Qe7 11. h4 Rg8 12. hxg5 hxg5 13. O-O-O Be6 $11 {we have a
position from the old game Rublevsky-Grischuk, Elista 2007, which I remember
when studying this opening many years ago.}) 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 d6 {I made this
move quickly, hoping to get the position from the aforementioned game. It was
possible to think about concrete actions after:} (8... O-O 9. Bd3 g5 10. Bg3 d5
$1 {Black is ok! For lovers of beautiful draws:} 11. exd5 Bg4 12. f3 Re8+ 13.
Kf1 Nb4 14. fxg4 Nfxd5 15. Nxd5 (15. Bf2 Ne3+ 16. Bxe3 Rxe3 17. Bf5 Qf6 18. a3
Rd8 19. axb4 Rxd1+ 20. Rxd1 Qc6 21. Nc5 Bxc5 22. bxc5 Qxc5 23. h4 Qc4+ 24. Kf2
Qf4+ 25. Kg1 Qe5 26. hxg5 Re1+ 27. Rxe1 Qxe1+ 28. Kh2 Qh4+ 29. Kg1 Qe1+ 30. Kh2
$11) 15... Nxd5 16. Bf2 Bxf2 17. Kxf2 Qf6+ 18. Qf3 Qb6+ 19. Kf1 Ne3+ 20. Ke2
Nxc2+ 21. Kd2 Re3 $1 22. Qf5 Nxa1 23. Qh7+ Kf8 24. Qh8+ Ke7 25. Qxa8 Nxb3+ 26.
axb3 Qd4 27. Kc1 $11 {strange, but it is a dynamic balance.}) 9. f3 $5 $146 {
I think this is a very good novelty. Earlier, White played 9.Bd3 and 9.Bb5.
Now I understood that the white queen is still on d1 and this is another
position because White has the important resource Bb5.} g5 {Having thought for
about 20 minutes, I decided to go into a known structure with a small
concession.} ({The computer offers a funny idea:} 9... O-O 10. Qe2 Nd4 11. Qd3
Nc6 $5 {Now after 12.0-0-0 the black knight goes to g6 with tempo.
Alternatively:} 12. Nd5 g5 13. Nxb6 axb6 14. Bg3 Qe7 15. h4 Nh5 16. Bf2 g4 17.
a3 f5 $5 $132 {a fun position with mutual chances.}) 10. Bg3 a6 $5 {This is my
concession. I do not want to concede a 'hook' on the queenside, besides it
costs a tempo, but in the version:} (10... Be6 $6 11. Bb5 a6 12. Bxc6+ bxc6 13.
Qd2 $14 {White has easy play, and the fate of the black king is still unclear.}
) 11. Qd2 Qe7 $6 ({It was necessary to start with} 11... Be6 $5 {and after} 12.
h4 $6 Nh5 13. Bf2 Bxf2+ 14. Qxf2 {put the queen on an active position in one
move:} Qf6 $1 $11) 12. O-O-O $6 {The return inaccuracy. Energetic play would
allow him to create problems for Black:} (12. h4 $1 Rg8 (12... g4 $6 13. h5
gxf3 14. gxf3 Be6 15. Bh4 $16) 13. hxg5 hxg5 14. O-O-O Be6 15. Na4 Ba7 16. Na5
$1 {with a dangerous initiative on both flanks.}) 12... Be6 13. h4 $6 {This
move finally loses the advantage and gives an opportunity for counterplay on
the kingside.} ({He should play the simpler:} 13. Bf2 $5 Bxf2 14. Qxf2 Bxb3 15.
axb3 O-O-O 16. Nd5 Qe5 17. Bc4 {White has a pleasant position.}) 13... O-O-O {
A small tactical trick.} 14. Kb1 {White can win material only for a short time:
} (14. hxg5 hxg5 15. Rxh8 Rxh8 16. Qxg5 Nxe4 $1 17. Qxe7 (17. Nxe4 Qxg5+ 18.
Nxg5 Be3+ 19. Kb1 Bxg5 $11) 17... Be3+ 18. Nd2 Nxd2 {the white queen is in a
trap.} 19. Nd5 $5 (19. Qxe6+ $2 fxe6 20. Rxd2 Rh1 $19) 19... Nxf1+ 20. Nxe3
Nxe7 21. Rxf1 $11) 14... Nd7 {I like this move. The knight takes a
multi-functional position.} ({The computer recommends:} 14... Nh5 $5 15. Bf2
Bxf2 16. Qxf2 Qf6 17. Nd5 Qg7 {saying that Black is fine. But for chess
players with a heart the king on c8 looks too lonely. The g1-a7 and f1-a6
diagonals obviously did not inspire optimism in him.}) 15. Bf2 $6 {This move
is clearly directed at simplification.} ({An interesting try was} 15. Nd5 Bxd5
16. exd5 Nce5 17. Nd4 Qf6 18. h5 $5 Rde8 19. c3 $5 {the black pieces are
arranged so well that it is not completely clear whether there is a further
plan for improvement, while White still has some resources. Perhaps in
manoeuvring game White's chances are a little higher.}) 15... Qf6 {The queen
takes an optimal position and gives up the e7-square for the knight.} 16. Bxb6
Nxb6 17. Qf2 ({After} 17. Nd5 $6 Bxd5 18. exd5 Ne7 19. hxg5 hxg5 20. Rxh8 Rxh8
21. c4 Nd7 {the black knights are ready to start operations. Black's position
is better.}) 17... Kb8 {A useful prophylactic move. Obviously, Black is fine.}
18. Be2 Rhg8 {Do not hang about since the white rooks will occupy the h-file.}
19. hxg5 hxg5 20. Nd4 {The exchange of this knight seems to be quite
reasonable.} Nxd4 21. Rxd4 {If White is thinking about a draw, then the
exchange of queens now is most logical.} (21. Qxd4 Qxd4 22. Rxd4 Rh8 23. Rdd1
$11) 21... Qe5 {I could simplify the game immediately, but did not see any
reason to do so.} (21... d5 22. exd5 Nxd5 23. Nxd5 Bxd5 24. Rhd1 Bc6 25. Rxd8+
Rxd8 26. Rxd8+ Qxd8 $11) 22. Rhd1 {The computer does not like this move, I
think it looks quite natural. Keeping the h-file was solid.} (22. Rdd1 Rh8 23.
Bd3 $11) 22... Rh8 23. R4d2 $6 {This move looks a bit strange and passive
together with the previous one. In the spirit of the position, there was the
transfer of the rook to b4.} (23. a3 $5 Rh2 24. Rb4 Rdh8 25. Bf1 (25. Bxa6 $2
Qc5 $1 $17) 25... Qc5 26. Rbd4 Nd7 27. Na4 Qe5 28. Qd2 {White keeps active
ideas on the queenside, but the black pieces are located better.}) 23... Rh2
$15 {The first advance into the opponent's half of the board. The white
position is still normal, but a psychological and time advantage were already
on my side.} 24. Bf1 Rh1 {Black has many options, but the evaluation does not
change radically.} (24... Nd7 $5 25. Ne2 Rdh8 26. Nd4 Nc5 $15) 25. Qe3 ({
Perhaps White should try to exchange a pair of rooks right now:} 25. Be2 $5
Rdh8 26. Rxh1 Rxh1+ 27. Rd1 Rh2 $15) 25... Rdh8 26. Be2 $2 {The first sizeable
mistake. It was possible to move back with the queen.} Qg3 {Now the pawns
g2-f3-e4 are vulnerable.} 27. b3 {A window for the king and control of the
c4-square - a very practical solution in time trouble.} Nd7 {Systematic
improvement of a piece. I did not see any reason to change the character of
the game:} (27... Rxd1+ 28. Nxd1 Rh1 29. Kb2 Qxg2 30. Bxa6 Qg3 31. Be2 Nd7 32.
Nc3 Qe5 33. a4 {the white pawns are slightly broken, but now the black king
feels less comfortable.}) 28. Bf1 Qe5 29. Ne2 Nf6 (29... Nc5 $5 30. Qc3 f6 $15)
30. Nd4 $2 {The second serious mistake of White in this game. After the
exchange of queens the position remained very reliable:} (30. Qd4 $5 g4 31. Kb2
Qxd4+ 32. Nxd4 R8h2 33. e5 $5 dxe5 34. Nxe6 fxe6 35. fxg4 Nxg4 36. Be2 Rxd1 37.
Bxd1 Nf6 38. Rf2 Ne4 39. Rf8+ Ka7 40. Rg8 {with good chances for a draw.})
30... Nd5 {Now I have various tactical motifs. Another problem: I started to
spend too much time thinking about different possibilities.} 31. Qd3 Nf4 32.
Qe3 (32. Qc3 Bd7 33. Ne2 f6 $17 {the structure of the position has not changed,
but the black pieces are located optimally.}) 32... Nd5 33. Qd3 Nf4 34. Qe3
R8h2 {I wanted to include the second rook in a horizontal attack.} ({Another
strong possibility was} 34... f5 $5 35. Nxe6 Nxe6 36. Qe1 fxe4 37. Qxe4 Qxe4
38. fxe4 Nc5 39. Bd3 R8h4 40. Rxh1 Rxh1+ 41. Kb2 Re1 42. Rf2 Re3 $5 $15 {
Only Black can play for a win.}) 35. g3 $6 {Most likely it is this blunder
which brings about my 39th and 40th moves. White should go for the
complications, but it is not easy in time trouble.} (35. Bxa6 $1 c5 $5 {
I was planning to make the move during the game, but could not calculate the
line to the end.} 36. Nxe6 fxe6 37. Bc4 (37. Bf1 $2 Nd5 $19) 37... Nxg2 {
Here I finished the calculation, thinking that Black holds a dangerous
initiative. However, further analysis shows that White is ok:} 38. Qd3 d5 (
38... g4 $5 39. fxg4 d5 40. Rxg2 Rxd1+ 41. Qxd1 Rxg2 42. Qf1 $1 Rxg4 43. Qf8+
Kc7 44. Qxc5+ Kb8 45. Qf8+ Kc7 $11) 39. Rxh1 $1 {the only, but a sufficient
move.} Rxh1+ 40. Rd1 Rxd1+ 41. Qxd1 Qc3 42. exd5 Ne3 43. Qc1 exd5 44. Bd3 d4
45. a3 $11 {in this case the legendary pair of queen + knight does not promise
success.}) 35... Nd5 {Now the black knight starts out on another route.} 36.
Qd3 Nb4 37. Qe3 Nd5 38. Qd3 Nb4 39. Qe3 Qa5 $1 {The repetition of moves a few
times gave me the necessary time for the final calculation of a little
combination.} 40. a4 {The only defence, otherwise White loses two pawns by
force:} (40. c3 $2 Nxa2 41. Kb2 Nxc3 $1 42. Qxc3 Rxd2+ 43. Qxd2 Qxd2+ 44. Rxd2
Rxf1 $19) 40... Nd5 $1 $17 {The black knight spent a lot of time on the
d5-square and now sacrifices itself on this position.} 41. exd5 Rxd2 42. Rxd2
Rxf1+ 43. Ka2 $2 {The crucial mistake after much thought. I think White's
position was already lost, but it is still possible to defend. For example,
Stockfish is hoping for a rook endgame:} (43. Kb2 Qxd5 44. Qe2 Rh1 45. Nxe6
Qxe6 46. Qxe6 fxe6 47. Rd4 Rf1 48. Rg4 Rxf3 49. Rxg5 $17) 43... Bxd5 {Suddenly,
White loses one more pawn. Black is threatening to take on a4 and f3.} 44. Kb2
(44. c4 Bxc4 $19) (44. Qe8+ Ka7 45. Nb5+ axb5 46. Rxd5 Qc3 $19) 44... Bxf3 $19
{The black pieces are scattered over the board, but certain nuances remain. I
always have the move Qa5-e5... this is important.} 45. Qd3 ({Going into a
queen ending also leaves no chance for salvation:} 45. Nxf3 Rxf3 46. Qxf3 Qxd2
47. Qxf7 Qe3 $1 48. Qf6 Qxg3 49. Qd8+ Ka7 50. Qxc7 g4 $19 {The pawn easily
turns into a new queen.}) 45... Be4 $1 {The final touch!} 0-1

[Event "Hoogeveen Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogoveen"]
[Date "2005.10.26"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Baklan, Vladimir"]
[Black "Atalik, Suat"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "236"]
[EventDate "2005.10.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. c3 d6 $5 {Graf's move
which is no worse than} ({the customary.} 6... Nge7 7. Bc4 Ne5 8. Be2 Qg6 9.
O-O d6 10. f3 O-O 11. Kh1 d5 12. Nd2 dxe4 13. fxe4 $13) 7. Be2 Bd7 8. O-O Nge7
9. f4 O-O-O $6 {I have got pumped up with the win demanding tournament
situation.} (9... O-O 10. Qd2 Rfd8 $1 $13 {was a safer choice.}) 10. Qd2 (10.
Kh1 $142 {was an alternative.}) 10... Bxd4 11. cxd4 d5 12. b4 $1 ({I was
expecting} 12. e5 $6 Qg6 13. b4 Bh3 14. Bf3 Nf5 15. b5 Nce7 $15) 12... dxe4 13.
b5 Nb8 14. Nc3 Qg6 $1 15. Rac1 $2 {He had a fantastic move.} (15. f5 $3 {
I was really afraid of this.It opens c line and b8-h2 diagonal for white
simultaneously.} Bxf5 (15... Nxf5 16. Bf4 e3 17. Qc1 $1 (17. Qc2 $2 Nxd4 18.
Nd5 Nbc6 $1 19. Ne7+ Kb8 20. Nxg6 Nxc2 21. bxc6 hxg6 22. cxd7 Nxa1 23. Rxa1
Rxd7 $19) (17. Qd3 Nxd4 18. Nd5 Nxe2+ 19. Qxe2 Rhe8 20. Rac1 c6 21. Nxe3 $44)
17... Nxd4 18. Bxc7 $1 Nxe2+ 19. Nxe2 Bxb5 20. Bxd8+ Nc6 21. Qb2 $16) 16. Rac1
Rd7 (16... Nd7 $2 17. Bf4 Nc5 18. Na4 $1 Ne6 19. b6 $18) 17. Bc4 $44) 15... Bh3
16. Rf2 Nf5 $1 17. Nxe4 Rhe8 18. Bd3 Nxe3 19. Qxe3 Bf5 20. Nd6+ Qxd6 21. Bxf5+
Nd7 22. Qc3 g6 23. Bh3 Kb8 24. Rfc2 Rc8 $17 {After couple of forced moves I
have forced him into a position with weak pawns.} 25. f5 {Draw offer.} g5 26.
g3 (26. f6 Re4) 26... Re4 27. Rd2 Nf6 28. Bg2 Rd8 $1 29. Kh1 g4 $6 {This was
unnecessary.} (29... Rd7 30. Rcd1 Rde7 $17) 30. a4 Re7 31. Qb3 Qd7 32. Rf1 Qe8
33. a5 $2 (33. Rdd1 $1 Re2 34. a5 Ne4 35. b6 cxb6 36. axb6 a6 37. Rc1 Rxd4 38.
Rc7 Rdd2 39. Qc4 Rc2 40. Qxf7 Nf2+ 41. Kg1 Nh3+ 42. Kh1 $11) 33... Re1 34. Rd1
$2 {This drops a pawn.} Rxd1 35. Qxd1 Qxb5 36. a6 $5 {Interesting practical
decision.Being a pawn down and lost he gives another pawn just like that.} Qxa6
37. Qb3 Qb6 (37... Rd7 $2 38. Qb4 c6 39. Qf8+ Kc7 40. Qg7 $44) (37... Rf8 $2
38. Rb1 c6 39. Qb4 $18) (37... Nd5 $2 38. Rb1 c6 39. f6 $132) 38. Qxf7 Qxd4 39.
Qe6 $5 {Tricky play.} (39. Qb3 Qb6 40. Qc2 c6 41. Rb1 Rd2 $1 42. Qc1 Qf2 43.
Rxb7+ Ka8 $1 $19) 39... Re8 $6 {I had a bunch of better alternatives.} (39...
Rd6 40. Qb3 Rb6 41. Qf7 a5 42. Qf8+ Ka7 43. Qa3 Rb5 $19) (39... Qc3 40. Rb1 b6
$19) (39... Qb6 40. Qa2 c6 41. Rb1 Rd2 42. Qa1 Qf2 43. Qe5+ Ka8 44. Rg1 Qd4 45.
Qe6 Kb8 $19) (39... Qb2 40. Qe7 Re8 41. Qc5 c6 (41... Re2 42. Qf8+ Ne8 $2 43.
f6) 42. Qd6+ Kc8 43. Qc5 Re2 44. Rd1 Qe5 45. Qxa7 Re1+ 46. Rxe1 Qxe1+ 47. Qg1
Qxg1+ 48. Kxg1 Kd7 $19) 40. Qb3 b6 $6 {I have played this with a real blunder
in mind.} (40... Ne4 41. f6) (40... Qb6 $142 41. Qc2 Qb4 $19 {is the most
accurate winning plan.}) 41. Rd1 Qe5 ({And in the nick of time I have realised
} 41... Qf2 $4 42. Qe6 $1 $18) 42. Bc6 (42. Qc4 c5) 42... Rf8 $2 {With
continous time trouble I have continued to abuse my position.} (42... Qxf5 $1
43. Bxe8 (43. Qf7 Rc8 $1 44. Qc4 Rf8 45. Qa6 Qc8 46. Qa4 a6 $19) 43... Qe4+ $1
44. Kg1 Qxe8 $19 {should have won with 3 pawns up.}) 43. Qa3 (43. Qe6 Qc3 $17 (
43... Qc5 $4 44. Qxf6)) 43... Qc5 44. Qxc5 bxc5 45. Rc1 $17 {I have
underestimated the toughness of this ending.} a5 $6 {I have played this
natural move a little bit too quick.} (45... Rd8 46. Rxc5) (45... a6 46. Rxc5
Ka7 $17 {Was more patient.}) 46. Rxc5 Ka7 47. Ba4 (47. Rxa5+ $2 Kb6 48. Ra8
Rxa8 49. Bxa8 Kc5 $19) (47. Bg2 Kb6 48. Rc6+ Kb5 49. Rxc7 a4 $17) 47... Kb6 48.
Rb5+ Ka6 49. Rc5 Ne4 50. Rxc7 Rxf5 51. Bc2 $1 (51. Rxh7 Nf2+ 52. Kg2 Nh3 53.
Rxh3 gxh3+ 54. Kxh3 {looks drawish but in my opinion it is lost because h and
g pawns are not advanced enough.} Rh5+ 55. Kg2 $1 (55. Kg4 $2 Rxh2 56. Kf5 Ra2
57. Bd1 Rf2+ 58. Ke5 (58. Ke4 Kb5 59. g4 a4) 58... Rg2 59. g4 Kb5 60. Kf5 a4
61. Bxa4+ Kxa4 62. g5 Kb5 63. g6 Kc6 64. Kf6 Kd7 $19) 55... Rd5 (55... Rb5 56.
h4 Rb4 57. Bd7 a4 58. h5 a3 59. Be6 Rb2+ 60. Kh3 a2 61. Bxa2 Rxa2 $11) 56. h4
Rd4 57. Be8 a4 58. h5 a3 59. Bf7 Kb5 60. Kh3 Rc4 $19) 51... Nf2+ $2 {I had 3
alternatives and I have chosen the worst one once again.} (51... Rc5 $2 {
It is unbelievable but this does not win.} 52. Rxc5 Nxc5 53. Bxh7 $1 {The move
order is really important.First the bishop should be installed on a2-g8
diagonal.} (53. Kg2 $2 Kb5 54. h3 h5 55. hxg4 hxg4 56. Kf2 Kb4 57. Ke3 Kc3 58.
Bg6 a4 59. Bf7 Nb3 $19) (53. h3 $2 h5 $1 (53... gxh3 54. Kh2 Kb5 55. Kxh3) 54.
Bg6 a4 55. Bxh5 gxh3 56. Kh2 Ka5 57. Kxh3 Kb4 58. Bf7 a3 59. Ba2 Kc3 60. g4 Kb2
$19) 53... a4 54. Bg8 $1 (54. h4 $2 gxh3 55. Kh2 Ne6 $3 56. Bd3+ Ka5 57. Kxh3
Kb4 58. Bf5 (58. Bb1 Kb3 59. Bg6 Kb2 $19) 58... Ng5+ 59. Kg4 a3 60. Bb1 Kb3 61.
Kxg5 Kb2 $19) (54. Kg2 $2 Kb5 55. h3 gxh3+ 56. Kxh3 Kb4 57. g4 a3 58. Bb1 Kb3
59. g5 Kb2 60. g6 Ne6 $19) 54... Kb5 (54... a3 55. h4 gxh3 56. Kh2 $11) 55. h4
gxh3 56. Kh2 Kb4 57. g4 Nb3 58. g5 a3 59. Bxb3 Kxb3 60. g6 a2 61. g7 a1=Q 62.
g8=Q+ $11) (51... Re5 $142 52. Kg2 (52. Bxe4 Rxe4 53. Rxh7 a4 54. Rh8 Kb7 55.
Rh5 Kb6 56. Rh8 Re7 57. Rb8+ Rb7 58. Ra8 Ra7 59. Rf8 a3 60. Rf1 Kc5 61. h3 gxh3
62. Kh2 a2 63. Ra1 Kd4 64. Kxh3 Kc3 65. g4 Kb2 66. Rxa2+ Rxa2 67. g5 Kc3 68.
Kg4 Kd4 69. Kf5 Kd5 $1 $19 {is only move to win.}) 52... h5 $17) 52. Kg2 Rf6
53. Bxh7 Nd1 54. Bd3+ (54. Re7 $2 a4) 54... Kb6 55. Rc1 Rf2+ 56. Kg1 Rd2 57.
Bf5 Ne3 58. Bc8 (58. Be6 Rg2+ 59. Kh1 Rf2) 58... a4 59. h3 gxh3 (59... Rg2+ {
is trickier but should not change the result.} 60. Kh1 Rxg3 61. hxg4 Nxg4 62.
Rc4 $1 $11) 60. Bxh3 a3 (60... Nc2 61. Rb1+ (61. Bf5 Nd4) 61... Kc5 62. Rb2
Rd1+ 63. Kf2 Nb4 64. Re2 a3 65. Be6 $11) (60... Ka5 $142 {looks the best under
the circumstances.} 61. Be6 Rg2+ 62. Kh1 Rxg3 63. Rc8 a3 64. Ra8+ Kb4 65. Rb8+
Kc5 66. Ra8 $15) 61. Be6 Rg2+ 62. Kh1 Rxg3 63. Kh2 Rg6 64. Rc3 $1 $11 {R+N vs
R is easy to defend.} Nf1+ (64... Nc2 65. Bc4 Rc6 66. Rxc2 Ka5 67. Ra2 $1 $11)
65. Kh3 Rxe6 66. Rxa3 Kc5 67. Kg4 Ne3+ 68. Kf4 Nd5+ 69. Kf5 Re1 70. Ra8 Rf1+
71. Ke5 Nb6 72. Ra5+ Kc6 73. Ra2 Re1+ 74. Kd4 Rd1+ 75. Ke4 Kc5 76. Ra5+ Kb4 77.
Ra6 Nc4 78. Ra8 Re1+ 79. Kd4 Rd1+ 80. Ke4 Nb6 81. Ra7 Kc5 82. Rc7+ Kd6 83. Rb7
Nd5 84. Ra7 Nc3+ 85. Ke3 Kc5 86. Rc7+ Kb4 87. Rb7+ Kc4 88. Rc7+ Kb3 89. Rc8 Rd7
90. Kf4 Re7 91. Kf5 Kb4 92. Kf6 Re1 93. Kf5 Nd5 94. Kg5 Rf1 95. Kg4 Kb5 96. Kg3
Nb6 97. Rc2 Nc4 98. Ra2 Kc5 99. Ra8 Kd4 100. Ra4 Rf8 101. Kg4 Kd5 102. Kg5 Nd6
103. Ra5+ Ke6 104. Kg4 Nc4 105. Rc5 Ne5+ 106. Kg3 Rf3+ 107. Kg2 Rd3 108. Kf2
Kf5 109. Ke2 Rd4 110. Ke3 Re4+ 111. Kd2 Kf4 112. Kc3 Ke3 113. Rc8 Nd3 114. Rd8
Ne5 115. Rd5 Rc4+ 116. Kb3 Re4 117. Kc3 Kf4 118. Ra5 Re3+ {This draw had an
interesting effect on our tournaments.Baklan won it with some further wins and
could only be 8th drawing rest of my games.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kavala op 19th"]
[Site "Kavala"]
[Date "2010.08.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Tukhaev, Adam"]
[Black "Atalik, Suat"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2518"]
[BlackElo "2607"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2010.07.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 {The Scotch, one of the openings I have to study
constantly. In this very tournament my only loss came against the talented
Ukranian grandmaster Tukhaev.} exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 ({I should have returned to} 
4... Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 {is the stem position in this line.}
8. c4 (8. Nd2 g6 9. c4 Nf4 (9... Ba6 $5 10. Nf3 Qb4+ 11. Kd1 Rb8 12. Qc2 Ne7
13. Bd3 $14) 10. Qe4 (10. Qe3 Bh6) 10... Ne6 11. b3 Bh6 $5) (8. h4 {Granda
Zuniga's line looks funny.} a5 $5 9. c4 Nb6) (8. g3 $5 g6 9. c4 Nb6 10. b3 Bg7
11. Bb2 O-O 12. Bg2 Re8 13. O-O (13. f4 f6 14. O-O fxe5 15. fxe5 (15. Re1 $2
exf4) 15... Bxe5 16. Bxe5 Qxe5 17. Qf2 Bb7 {and I doubt if White has enough
compensation.}) 13... Bxe5 14. Bxe5 Qxe5 15. Qxe5 Rxe5 16. Nc3 Bb7 {is also no
good for white.}) 8... Nb6 (8... Ba6 9. b3 (9. h4 f6 10. Rh3 fxe5 11. Ra3 Nb4
12. Nc3 Qxh4 13. g3 Qd4 14. Rxa6 Nxa6 15. Bf4 O-O-O $19) (9. Qe4 Nb4 10. Nc3 (
10. a3 d5) 10... Rd8 11. Bf4 d5 12. exd6 Nc2+ 13. Kd2 Qxe4 14. Nxe4 Nxa1 15. c5
Bxf1 16. Rxf1 $44) (9. g3 O-O-O 10. Bg2 Re8 11. O-O Nb6 12. Re1 Bxc4 13. Qc2
Bd5 $17) (9. Nd2 O-O-O 10. b3 d6 11. Qg4+ Kb8 12. cxd5 Qxe5+ 13. Qe4 Qxa1 14.
Qb4+ Bb5 $1 15. Bxb5 Qxc1+ 16. Ke2 Qc5 17. Qxc5 dxc5 18. Bxc6 $44) 9... O-O-O (
9... g6 10. g3 Bg7 11. Bb2 O-O 12. Bg2 Rae8 13. O-O Bxe5 14. Qxe5 Qxe5 15. Bxe5
Rxe5 16. cxd5 Bxf1 17. Kxf1 cxd5 18. f4 (18. Nc3 c6 $11) 18... Re3 19. Bxd5 Rd3
20. Bf3 Re8 21. Kf2 c6 22. Be2 Rde3 23. Bd1 Rd3 $11) 10. g3 (10. Bb2 $2 Qg5 11.
Nd2 Bb4 12. g3 Nc3 13. f4 Qg6 14. Qe3 Nb1 $1 $17 {is the idea.}) 10... g5 11.
Bb2 Bg7 12. Bg2 Rde8 13. O-O Bxe5 14. Bxe5 Qxe5 15. Qxe5 Rxe5 16. cxd5 Bxf1 17.
Kxf1 cxd5 18. Nc3 c6 $13 {is the typical endgame.}) 9. Nc3 (9. b3 g6 (9... a5
$5 10. Ba3 Qg5 11. Bxf8 Qc1+ 12. Qd1 Qxd1+ 13. Kxd1 Rxf8 14. Bd3 a4 15. b4 Ba6
16. Nd2 O-O-O 17. Kc2 d6 18. exd6 Rxd6 19. Rhe1 Rfd8 20. Re3 Kb8 21. Rae1 f5
$16) (9... Qe6 10. Bb2 a5 11. Nd2 a4 12. Qe3 (12. g3 Bb4 13. Bg2 O-O 14. O-O d5
15. Nf3 Qg4 $13) 12... Bb4 13. Bd3 d5 14. O-O Bxd2 15. Qxd2 dxc4 16. bxc4 Ba6
17. Qg5 $44) 10. Bb2 Bg7 11. Nd2 O-O $32) (9. g3 g6 {is a direct transposition.
} 10. b3 Bg7 11. f4 d6 12. Bg2 dxe5 (12... Bb7 13. Ba3 f6 14. c5 fxe5 15. cxb6
exf4 16. bxc7 Qxe2+ 17. Kxe2 Kd7 18. Nd2 Rae8+ 19. Kd3 Re3+ 20. Kc2 Bxa1 21.
Rxa1 fxg3 22. hxg3 Rxg3 23. Rg1 Rxg2 24. Rxg2 c5 25. Rf2 Bd5 26. Nc4 Kxc7 27.
Rf6 $16) 13. Bxc6+ Bd7 14. Bxa8 exf4 15. Qxe7+ Kxe7 16. Ba3+ Kd8 $17) (9. Nd2
Qe6 10. b3 a5 11. Bb2 a4 12. g3 Bb4 13. f4 axb3 14. axb3 Rxa1+ 15. Bxa1 O-O 16.
Bg2 d5 17. O-O Rd8 $13) 9... Qe6 10. Qe4 Ba6 (10... g6 11. f4 (11. Bd3 Bg7 12.
f4 O-O 13. O-O (13. c5 Nd5 14. Bc4 Bb7 15. O-O d6 $17) 13... Ba6 14. b3 f5 15.
Qf3 d6 16. Qxc6 Qe8 17. Qxe8 Rfxe8 18. Be3 dxe5 19. Rac1 Rad8 20. Rfd1 exf4 21.
Bxf4 Rd4 22. g3 Red8 23. Be2 Rxd1+ 24. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 25. Nxd1 Bd4+ 26. Be3 Bxe3+
27. Nxe3 c5 $11) 11... d5 12. Qc2 Bb4 13. a3 Bxc3+ 14. Qxc3 dxc4 15. Be2 O-O
16. O-O f6 17. Bf3 $44) 11. b3 Bb4 12. Bd2 Bxc3 13. Bxc3 d5 14. Qh4 dxc4 15.
Rc1 Qg6 $1 16. Bb4 f6 17. Qh3 (17. exf6 $2 Kf7) 17... Bc8 18. Qf3 (18. Qg3 Nd5
19. Qxg6+ hxg6 20. Rxc4 Ba6 21. Re4 f5 22. Rd4 Bxf1 23. Kxf1 {looks very
similar to the main line.}) 18... Nd5 19. Rxc4 Qb1+ 20. Qd1 Qxd1+ 21. Kxd1 Ba6
22. Re4 f5 23. Rd4 Bxf1 24. Rxf1 Kd7 $11) 5. Nxc6 {I believe this is better
than the other moves.} Qf6 6. Qf3 (6. Qd2 {is the old move.} dxc6 7. Nc3 Bd4 8.
Nd1 (8. Bc4 Be6 9. Bxe6 fxe6 10. O-O O-O-O $132) (8. Bd3 Ne7 9. O-O (9. Nd1 $5)
9... Ng6 10. Kh1 Ne5 11. Be2 Ng4 12. Nd1 O-O 13. h3 Rd8 $40) 8... Be6 9. Qg5
Qg6 $13) (6. Qe2 bxc6 7. Nc3 Ne7 8. Be3 Ba3 $1) 6... bxc6 7. Nd2 d6 8. Nb3 Bb6
{I believe in Black's chances in this position.} 9. a4 (9. Bd2 $5 Qxf3 10. gxf3
Ne7 11. a4 (11. Rg1 O-O) 11... a5 {transposes to the game.}) 9... a5 10. Bd2
Qxf3 11. gxf3 Ne7 12. Be3 $146 (12. Rg1 O-O 13. Be3 Bxe3 14. fxe3 c5 15. O-O-O
Bb7 (15... Be6 16. Nd2 f5 17. e5 $1 $44) 16. Bb5 Bc6 17. e5 Rfd8 18. exd6 cxd6
$14 {is known.}) 12... Be6 (12... Bxe3 13. fxe3 f5 $132 (13... O-O 14. O-O-O c5
15. e5 $1)) 13. O-O-O $6 {I did not expect this move.} (13. Nd4 Bxd4 14. Bxd4
f6 15. f4 (15. Rg1 Kf7 16. f4 g6 17. O-O-O $14) 15... f5 $1 $132 {was my idea.}
) 13... Bxe3+ 14. fxe3 Bxb3 15. cxb3 O-O (15... f5 $5 16. exf5 Nxf5 17. e4 Nh4
$36) 16. Bc4 {This was the critical position in the game. I knew that Black
was supposed to be better alas I had difficulties to chose among many
different lines.} Rfe8 (16... Rae8 17. Rhg1 Ng6 18. Rg5 Re5 19. Rdg1 Rfe8 $15)
(16... Ng6 17. Rhg1 Rfe8 18. Rg5 Ne5 19. Be2 f6 $15) (16... Nc8 17. Rhg1 Nb6
18. Rg5 g6 19. e5 d5 20. Bd3 Nd7 21. e4 Rad8 $15) 17. e5 $5 {An inspired idea.}
(17. Rhg1 g6 (17... Ng6 18. Rg5 Re5 19. h4) 18. f4 Kg7 {and White is not doing
fine.}) 17... d5 ({Obviously nothing was clear after accepting the pawn sac.} 
17... dxe5 18. Rd7 Ra7 $11 {However my troops lacked mobility in case.}) (17...
Rad8 18. exd6 cxd6 19. e4 Ng6 20. Rd4 Kf8 21. Rhd1 Ke7 22. Kc2 Rd7 23. Kc3 Rb8
$15) 18. Bd3 Rab8 19. Bc2 $1 (19. Kc2 $2 Rb4 20. f4 Reb8 $17) 19... Ng6 $2 {
Here I have calculated terribly wrong.} (19... Rb4 20. f4) (19... Rf8 20. e4) (
19... g6 $1 20. f4 (20. h4 Nf5) 20... Kg7 $1 (20... f6 $2 21. exf6 Nf5 22. Bxf5
gxf5 23. Rhg1+ Kf7 24. Rg7+ Kxf6 25. Rxc7 Rb6) 21. e4 (21. h4 f6 22. h5 fxe5
23. fxe5 Kf7) 21... f6 22. exf6+ Kxf6 $15) 20. f4 f6 21. exf6 gxf6 {I have
never stopped and think.} (21... Rxe3 22. Rhg1 (22. f5 Nf4 23. Rhg1 Ne2+ 24.
Kd2 Nxg1 25. Kxe3 Re8+ 26. Kd4 Nf3+ 27. Kc5 Re2 $13 {was messy.}) 22... Kf7 23.
fxg7 Rg8 24. f5 Nf4 25. f6 Rh3 26. Rgf1 $1 $18 {was also not a picnic either.})
22. Rhg1 Kf7 23. Rg3 Rg8 (23... Ne7 24. Rdg1 $16) 24. Rdg1 (24. Rh3 $6 Rg7 25.
Rg1 Nf8 $14) 24... Ne7 (24... c5 25. Rh3 Nf8 26. Rd1 c6 27. e4 $16) 25. Rxg8
Rxg8 $4 (25... Nxg8 26. Bxh7 Ne7 27. Bc2 Rh8 $44) 26. Rxg8 Kxg8 27. b4 $1 $18 {
The a passe ended the game.} axb4 28. a5 Nc8 29. Bf5 Na7 30. Kc2 Kg7 (30... h6
31. Kb3 {was too fast.}) 31. Kb3 (31. e4 $142 $1 $18) 31... c5 32. Be6 (32. e4
$6 Nc6 33. Ka4 d4 34. Kb5 d3 35. Kxc6 c4 36. a6 c3 37. a7 d2 38. a8=Q d1=Q) (
32. a6 $5 {was the simplest.}) 32... c6 33. Bf5 h6 34. a6 Kf7 35. Ka4 Ke7 36.
Ka5 Kd6 37. Kb6 Nb5 38. a7 $5 (38. e4 $1 $18 {was again the simplest.}) 38...
Nc7 (38... Nxa7 39. Kxa7 Kc7 40. Ka6 c4 41. Ka5 c5 42. Kb5 Kd6 43. h4 $18) 39.
e4 {Anything would have won the game.} (39. b3 c4 40. bxc4 dxc4 41. e4 $18)
39... dxe4 40. Bxe4 c4 41. Kb7 (41. Bxc6 c3 (41... f5 42. Kb7) 42. bxc3 bxc3
43. Be4 $18) 41... c3 42. bxc3 bxc3 43. Bf5 h5 44. h4 c5 45. Bb1 c4 46. Bf5 1-0

[Event "Kavala op 20th"]
[Site "Kavala"]
[Date "2011.07.31"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Pavlidis, Antonios"]
[Black "Atalik, Suat"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2619"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2011.07.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
c4 Ba6 9. Qe4 $5 {Me and my beautiful friend Pavlidis meeting over the board
once again. He has chosen a weird move.} Nf6 {I was weighting up the
consequences of lines which might have continued with the fight, then I have
decided to repeat at least once.} (9... Nb6 10. Nc3) (9... Nb4 10. Nc3 Rd8 11.
c5 $5 (11. Kd1 $5) 11... Bxf1 12. Kxf1 Qxc5 13. Be3 Qa5 14. Bg5 Rb8 15. Rd1 $44
) 10. Qe2 Nd5 (10... Ng8 $6 11. b3 f6 12. Bb2 O-O-O {was in contention of my
thoughts.}) 11. b3 {He decided to play the main lines!} g6 12. f4 d6 13. Qd2 $5
(13. Qf2 Nf6 $1) 13... Nb6 14. Bb2 $1 {A typical policy for White in this
opening: He will end up losing the e5-pawn but good structure on the queenside
makes him to be at least fine.} dxe5 15. Be2 Bg7 16. Qa5 Bb7 17. O-O c5 18. Nd2
O-O 19. fxe5 Bxe5 (19... Nd7 20. Bf3 (20. Nf3 Nxe5) 20... Bxf3 21. Nxf3 Nxe5
22. Bxe5 Bxe5 23. Rae1 f6 24. Rf2 $44) 20. Bxe5 Qxe5 21. Bf3 Rab8 22. Qxa7 Ba8
$1 $36 {This is all I could have found.} 23. Kh1 {Draw offer.} Rfe8 24. Bxa8
Rxa8 25. Qb7 Rab8 26. Qf3 f5 27. Qf2 Qd4 28. Nf3 Qxf2 29. Rxf2 Nd7 30. Rd2 Nf6
31. Kg1 Ra8 32. Rd3 Ra3 $15 33. h3 Kg7 $6 ({I had to keep some control on my
7th rank.} 33... Kf8 $142 $15) 34. Rd2 h6 35. Re1 Rxe1+ 36. Nxe1 Ne4 37. Rd7+
Kf6 38. Rxc7 Rxa2 39. Nd3 Ra1+ 40. Kh2 Rb1 41. Nxc5 Nxc5 42. Rxc5 Rxb3 43. h4
$5 {This weird move surprised me and he offered a draw at the same time.} (43.
h4 f4 44. h5 g5 (44... gxh5 $11) 45. Rc6+ Kf5 46. Rxh6 g4 47. Rd6 $1 (47. Rh8
$2 Kg5 48. Kg1 Kh4 $19) 47... Rb2 (47... Kg5 48. h6 Rb1 49. g3 Rb2+ 50. Kg1
Rb1+ (50... fxg3 $4 51. h7 Rb8 52. c5 $18 {I was afraid of such a scenario.})
51. Kf2 Rb2+ 52. Ke1 fxg3 $11) 48. Rd5+ (48. h6 Rb1 (48... f3 49. h7) 49. g3
Rb2+ 50. Kg1 $11) 48... Kf6 49. h6 Kg6 50. Rd6+ Kh7 51. Rd4) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Athens Acropolis"]
[Site "Athens"]
[Date "2003.08.25"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Parligras, Mircea Emilian"]
[Black "Atalik, Suat"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2003.08.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Postny} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nxc6 Qf6 6. Qd2 dxc6 7.
Nc3 Bd4 $5 {The most popular one these days.} 8. Nd1 $5 {A rare move. Postny:
'A rare but logical continuation. White's more popular continuations are: 8.f4,
8.Bc4 and the main line 8.Bd3.'} (8. Bc4 Be6 9. Bxe6 fxe6 10. O-O O-O-O 11. Qe2
Bxc3 12. bxc3 Qxc3 13. Rb1 Nf6 14. f3 Rd4 $1 $13 {is already seen
Nataf-Beliavsky,Istanbul(EIC)2003.}) (8. Bd3 Ne7 9. O-O Ng6 10. Kh1 (10. Qe1
Ne5 11. Be2 h5 $1 12. Kh1 Be6 13. f4 Ng4 14. e5 Qg6 15. Bd3 Bf5 16. Bxf5 Qxf5
17. Qe4 Qd7 18. Nd1 $13 {T.Kosintseva-Stefanova,Ekaterinburg 2003.}) (10. Ne2
Bb6 $1 (10... Bxb2 11. Bxb2 Qxb2 12. f4 O-O 13. e5 $44) 11. Nf4 Ne5 12. Be2 Ng4
13. Nd3 Qh4 14. Qf4 g5 15. Qg3 Qxg3 16. hxg3 Rg8 17. Bxg4 Bxg4 18. Re1 c5 19.
Be3 c4 20. Nc5 $11 {Kovalevskaya-Stefanova,Ekaterinburg 2003.}) 10... Ne5 11.
Be2 Ng4 12. Nd1 Qd6 $1 $11 {Nataf-Onischuk,Cap d'Agde 2002.}) 8... Ne7 (8...
Be6 9. c3 (9. Qf4 {Postny} O-O-O 10. Qxf6 gxf6 11. Ne3 Ne7 12. c3 Bc5 13. g3 f5
$132 {1/2-1/2 Collas,D-Glavina Rossi,P/Pamplona 2001/EXT 2003 (46)}) 9... Bc5
10. Qc2 O-O-O 11. Be3 Bxe3 12. Nxe3 Qg6 13. Bd3 Nf6 14. O-O $13) 9. c3 Bb6 10.
Bd3 $146 (10. Qf4 Qxf4 (10... Qd6 {has been already performed.}) 11. Bxf4 Be6
12. Be3 O-O-O 13. Bxb6 axb6 14. Ne3 f5) 10... O-O 11. Qg5 (11. O-O Be6) 11...
Qxg5 {'?!' Postny. Postny: 'This exchange plays in white's hands.'} ({More
logical would have been} 11... Qd6 {Postny} 12. Bc2 Ng6 $132) 12. Bxg5 {
Postny: 'Now white has small, but stable advantage thanks to standart pawns
majority on the kingside.'} f6 13. Be3 f5 $5 {After Mircea's 8.Nd1 I have
already based my plans around f5 but there is no need to rush the things up.
Postny: 'Black is striving for active counterplay.'} (13... Be6 $5 14. Bxb6
axb6 15. a3 Rad8 (15... f5 $6 16. exf5 Nxf5 17. Bxf5 Bxf5 18. Ne3 Rad8 19. Rd1
Be6 (19... Bd3 20. f3 $14) 20. Ke2 $14) 16. Bc2 f5 17. exf5 Nxf5 (17... Bxf5 $6
18. Bb3+ Nd5 19. Ne3 Be6 20. O-O-O $14) 18. Bxf5 Rxf5 19. Ne3 Rb5 20. Rd1 (20.
b4 Rd3 21. Rc1 Re5 22. Ke2 Bc4 23. Kf3 Bd5+ $11) 20... Rd6 21. b4 Re5 22. O-O
b5 23. Rfe1 Bb3 24. Rb1 Bf7 $132) 14. Bxb6 axb6 15. exf5 Nxf5 {This has
appealed to me more than the alternative recapture.} (15... Bxf5 16. Bc4+ Nd5
17. Ne3 Be6 18. O-O Rfe8 19. Rfe1 Kf7 $11) 16. Bc4+ (16. Bxf5 Bxf5 17. Ne3 Be6
18. a3 Bb3 $13 {was my idea.}) 16... Kh8 17. Ne3 {'!?' Postny.} (17. O-O $14 {
Postny}) 17... b5 18. Bb3 Nxe3 {'!?' Postny. Postny: 'This exchange creates a
passed pawn for white, on the other hand white's king becoming somewhat
vulnerable.'} (18... Re8 {Postny} 19. O-O $14 (19. Ke2 $6 b4 $1)) 19. fxe3 Bg4
20. h3 Bh5 21. Rf1 $5 ({I was emphasizing more on} 21. g4 Bg6 22. O-O-O c5 23.
Rd7 c4 24. Bc2 Bxc2 25. Kxc2 c6 26. Kb1 Rae8 27. Re1 Rf3 28. h4 h6 $11) 21...
Rfe8 22. g4 Bg6 23. Ke2 {Postny: 'White's main hope in this endgame - the
passed pawn e3, while black has no opportunity to organize his own on the
queenside. On the other hand it's very hard for white to achieve progress,
while black has possibility to exploit some weak fields in white's camp such
as d3.'} Re7 24. Rf3 Be4 25. Rf7 Rxf7 26. Bxf7 {After the text an interesting
position occurs. I have decided to force the things but the continuation I
have chosen my not be the best.} c5 $2 {I had a weird idea of opening my 7th
rank and using my rook to attack via 6th rank.} ({Of course I knew that if I
would get rid of bishops the game petered out to be a draw.} 26... Bd5 27. Rf1
g6 28. a3 (28. Bxd5 cxd5 29. Rf7 Rxa2 30. Rxc7 Rxb2+ 31. Kd3 b4 32. cxb4 Rxb4
33. Rc5 Kg7 $11) 28... Kg7 29. Bxd5 cxd5 $11) ({Another natural move is} 26...
Rd8 27. g5 (27. Bb3 Bd3+ 28. Kf2 c5 $132) (27. Rd1 $4 Bf3+ $19) 27... g6 $5 $13
(27... Bd3+ 28. Ke1 $13)) 27. Rd1 c4 28. Rd7 g5 (28... h5 $2 29. a3 $1 (29.
gxh5 $2 Rxa2 30. Bg6 Rxb2+ 31. Ke1 Rb1+ 32. Kf2 Rb2+ 33. Kg3 Rg2+ 34. Kf4 Bxg6
35. hxg6 Rxg6 36. Rxc7 Rf6+ 37. Ke5 b6 38. Kd5 Rf3 $132) 29... hxg4 30. hxg4
$18) 29. a3 Ra6 (29... c5 $2 30. Bd5 Bd3+ 31. Kf2 Rf8+ 32. Kg2 b6 33. Rb7 Rf6
34. e4 Rd6 35. Kg3 $18) 30. Bd5 $1 {This was expected.} (30. Rxc7 Rf6 $11 (
30... Rh6 $2 31. Re7 Bd3+ 32. Kf3 Rxh3+ 33. Kg2 Rh4 34. Bh5 $18)) 30... Bd3+
31. Kf3 Rf6+ 32. Kg3 Rf1 {My rook has to swing to the first line.} (32... c6 $2
33. Bf3 b6 (33... Re6 34. Rxb7 Rxe3 35. Kf2 Re6 36. Rc7 $18) 34. Re7 $1 (34.
Rc7 $2 c5 35. Rc6 Kg7 36. Bd5 Rxc6 37. Bxc6 Kf6 38. Bxb5 Ke5 39. Bc6 h6 40. h4
Bg6 $11) (34. e4 $2 Re6) 34... Kg8 35. e4 $18) 33. Rxc7 $1 (33. Bxb7 Rb1 34. b4
(34. e4 Rxb2 35. Rxc7 Rb3 36. e5 Rxc3 37. Ba6 Rxa3 38. Bxb5 Ra5 $11) 34... Rg1+
35. Kh2 Rc1 $13) 33... Rg1+ 34. Kf2 Rf1+ 35. Kg2 Rb1 36. e4 {This is the
danger awaiting black, e pawns walk is pretty dangerous for black.} (36. h4 h6
(36... Rxb2+ 37. Kf3 h6 {is identic to the main note.} (37... gxh4 $2 38. g5 h6
39. Kg4 hxg5 40. Kxg5 Rf2 41. e4 $18)) 37. hxg5 hxg5 38. Rxb7 Rxb2+ 39. Kf3 Rb3
40. Be4 (40. e4 Rxc3 41. Ke3 Rxa3 42. Kd4 Be2 $11) 40... Rxc3 41. Bxd3 cxd3 42.
Rxb5 d2 43. Rd5 Rxa3 44. Rxd2 Kg7 45. Ke4 Kf6 46. Rd6+ Ke7 47. Rb6 Kf7 $14)
36... Rxb2+ 37. Kf3 Rb3 38. Ke3 ({Once again after} 38. h4 h6 {is forced.})
38... Rxc3 39. Kd4 Rxa3 40. Rxb7 Bf1 $2 {I have realised that I have made a
mistake immediately after I have played the move.} (40... Be2 $1 41. Rxb5 Rxh3
42. Bxc4 Bxg4 43. Rxg5 h5 44. e5 Rh1 $11) (40... Rb3 $2 41. Ke5 Rb2 42. h4 h6
43. Kf6 $18) 41. h4 h6 42. hxg5 hxg5 43. Rxb5 Be2 (43... Rg3 44. Be6 Kg7 45.
Ke5 Rf3 46. Rb7+ Kf8 47. Bf5 $18) 44. Be6 Kg7 {The problem is my c pawn is
going nowhere.} (44... c3 45. Rc5 Kg7 46. Ke5 Bd1 47. Rc7+ $18) 45. Ke5 $1 $18
{Despite of limited material the difference between kings decides the issue.} (
45. Bxc4 $2 Ra4 46. Rxg5+ Kf6 47. Rf5+ Ke7 48. Rc5 Bxg4 $11) 45... Ra7 46. Rc5
Kg6 47. Rc6 Kg7 48. Kf5 Ra5+ 49. Bd5 Bd3 50. Rc7+ Kh8 $4 {Idiotic. With this
new time control when I am down to minutes after the 40th move it turns out to
be a catastroph.} (50... Kh6 $1 51. Kf6 $1 {Whites king is walking to g8 to
deliver checkmate.} Ra6+ $1 (51... Ra1 52. Kf7 (52. Rc6 $2 Rf1+ 53. Ke5+ Kg7
54. Bxc4 Bxc4 55. Rxc4 Rf4 $11) 52... Rg1 53. Rc8 Rf1+ 54. Kg8 Rf6 55. e5 Bh7+
56. Kh8 Rf2 57. Bxc4 Bg6 58. Be6 Rf4 (58... Re2 59. Rc3 $18) 59. Bd7 Rf7 60. e6
Re7 61. Kg8 $18) 52. Kf7 Rd6 53. Rc8 Rd7+ 54. Kf6 Rd6+ 55. Ke5 Ra6 56. Bxc4
Bxc4 57. Rxc4 Kg6 58. Rd4 $1 $18) ({After having seen that} 50... Kf8 $4 51.
Kf6 Ra6+ 52. Be6 Ra8 53. Rh7 $18 {loses immediately I have automatically
committed the text and forgot that there exists a third place for the king.})
51. Kf6 Ra6+ 52. Kxg5 Ra5 53. Kh6 Ra6+ 54. Kh5 Rf6 55. Kg5 Ra6 56. Kf5 {
Anything wins.} (56. Bxc4 Bxc4 57. Rxc4 $18) 56... Ra5 57. Ke5 Ra1 58. g5 Rf1 (
58... Ra6 59. Kf5 Rd6 60. Bxc4 Bxc4 61. Rxc4 $18) 59. g6 Rg1 60. Rh7# 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-37"]
[Site "Turin"]
[Date "2006.05.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shytaj, Luca"]
[Black "Atalik, Suat"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2433"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[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 "Albania"]
[BlackTeam "Turkey"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ALB"]
[BlackTeamCountry "TUR"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bb4+ 5. c3 Bc5 {I think late Tony's
line gives some slightly worse position for black.However the positions are
not fully explored and contains some positional venom for both sides.} 6. Nxc6
bxc6 7. Bd3 d6 8. Nd2 Nf6 9. h3 $5 {This is an original approach.} (9. Nb3 Nd7)
9... O-O 10. O-O Re8 (10... Qe7 $142 $5 $13 {may well be the best to keep the
game going on.}) (10... Nd7 11. Nf3 Ne5 12. Nxe5 dxe5 $14) 11. Re1 Nd7 12. Nf3
Ne5 13. Nxe5 dxe5 $1 $11 {Did not Janowski teach us this game of chess?} (13...
Rxe5 $6 14. Bf4 Re8 15. e5 $16) 14. Bc4 (14. Be3 Bb6 $11 (14... Bxe3 $2 15.
Rxe3 Re6 16. Bc4 Rd6 17. Qh5 Qe7 18. Rf3 $18)) 14... Qxd1 $1 {I have to get
rid of queens.} (14... Be6 $2 15. Qa4 $1) 15. Rxd1 Be6 16. Bxe6 (16. Bb3 a5 17.
Ba4 Rad8) 16... Rxe6 17. Kf1 (17. b4 $5 {was looking more natural to me.} Bb6
18. a4 a6 (18... a5 $5 $13) 19. a5 Ba7 20. Ra2 Rd6 21. Rad2 Rad8 22. Kf1 Rxd2
23. Rxd2 Rxd2 24. Bxd2 c5 25. Ke2 (25. Be3 cxb4 26. cxb4 (26. Bxa7 $4 b3 $19)
26... Bxe3 27. fxe3 c6 28. Ke2 Kf8 29. Kd3 Ke7 30. Kc4 Kd6 31. g4 $1 $11) 25...
cxb4 26. cxb4 c6 $11) 17... Rd6 18. Bg5 $1 $11 {This twist has sort of puzzled
me.} f6 19. Bh4 g5 20. Bg3 a5 21. Ke2 Rb8 22. b3 Kf7 23. f3 Ke6 24. Rab1 Rxd1 (
24... h5 25. Be1) 25. Rxd1 a4 26. b4 Bb6 27. Kd3 c5 28. Kc4 cxb4 29. cxb4 Bd4 {
Black's initiative is only optical.} 30. Be1 (30. b5 $5 Rb6 31. Rd2 (31. Rxd4
$2 exd4 32. Bxc7 d3 $19) 31... a3 32. Bf2 Bxf2 33. Rxf2 c6 34. Kb4 (34. bxc6 $2
Rb2 $19) 34... Rxb5+ 35. Kxa3 Kd6 36. Rd2+ Kc7 37. Rb2 $11) 30... Rb6 31. Rb1
h5 32. Bd2 Rc6+ 33. Kd3 Rd6 34. Ke2 $5 (34. Kc4 $11) 34... Rb6 (34... c5 $6 35.
b5 c4 36. Rc1 Rb6 37. Rxc4 Rxb5 38. Rxa4 Rb1 39. Be1 Rb2+ 40. Kf1 Rc2 $1 $44 {
was absolutely unnecessary,especially in a team tournament.} (40... Rb1 41. Rc4
)) 35. Kd3 (35. Rc1 Kd7 36. Kd3 Rd6 37. Ke2 Rc6 38. Kd3 $11) 35... Rd6 36. Ke2
Rb6 37. Kd3 {A logical game!} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sigeman & Co 14th"]
[Site "Malmo"]
[Date "2006.05.06"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Hector, Jonny"]
[Black "Atalik, Suat"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2514"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2006.04.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. c3 Nge7 7. g3 h5 $5 {
This is an interesting move.It is inclusion in many plans may create
unexplored positions.} 8. f4 $2 {This looks positionally wrong to me.} (8. Bg2
$6 h4 (8... Ne5 9. f4 Nc4 10. Bc1 d5 11. exd5 O-O $40) 9. f4 (9. O-O hxg3 10.
fxg3 Qg6 $40) 9... hxg3 (9... Nxd4 10. cxd4 Bb6 11. g4) 10. hxg3 Rxh1+ 11. Bxh1
Qh6 12. Bf3 Qh2 13. Bf2 $15) (8. h3 {is of course the normal move.} d5 9. Bg2 {
After this I have decided to go to an obscure position with 2 knights versus
two bishops.} Bxd4 $5 (9... dxe4 10. Nd2 $13) 10. cxd4 dxe4 11. Nc3 (11. d5 $2
Qxb2) 11... Bf5 12. Nxe4 Bxe4 13. Bxe4 O-O-O 14. O-O Qe6 15. Bg2 Nd5 16. Re1
Nxe3 17. Rxe3 (17. fxe3 Qg6 18. Qf3 Rd6 $13) 17... Rxd4 18. Rxe6 Rxd1+ 19. Rxd1
fxe6 20. Bxc6 bxc6 $11) 8... Bxd4 9. cxd4 d5 10. Nc3 Bg4 11. Be2 dxe4 $6 {
This required a lot of calculation but I have missed something.} (11... Qe6 12.
e5 O-O-O $17) (11... Bxe2 $1 12. Qxe2 dxe4 (12... Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Qxd4 14. Rd1
Qb6 15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. Rxd5 h4 $15) 13. O-O-O (13. d5 Nd4 14. Nxe4 (14. Qd1 Nef5
15. Qa4+ b5 16. Bxd4 Nxd4 $17) 14... Nxe2 15. Nxf6+ gxf6 16. Kxe2 Nxd5 $17)
13... O-O-O 14. d5 Nb4 15. Qc4 Nd3+ 16. Kb1 Rxd5 17. Qxe4 Rhd8 18. Bxa7 R5d7
$17) 12. Bxg4 hxg4 13. d5 O-O-O (13... Rd8 $2 14. Qb3 Nf5 15. O-O-O Nxe3 16.
Nxe4 $16) 14. Qxg4+ Qf5 15. Qxf5+ Nxf5 {This all looked great for black but
there were some holes in my calculation.} 16. Bc5 (16. dxc6 Nxe3 17. Ke2 Nf5 (
17... Nc4 18. cxb7+ Kxb7 19. Rad1 Rxd1 20. Nxd1 $15) 18. cxb7+ Kxb7 19. g4 Nd4+
20. Kf2 Nc2 (20... e3+ 21. Kg3 $17) 21. Rad1 e3+ 22. Ke2 Rxd1 23. Nxd1 Rh3 $17)
16... b6 17. Ba3 $2 ({We both missed} 17. O-O-O $1 bxc5 (17... Na5 18. Bb4 Nc4
19. Nxe4 Nfe3 20. Rd3 (20. Rd4 c5) 20... Rxd5 21. Rxd5 Nxd5 22. Be1 $1 $13) 18.
dxc6 Rxd1+ (18... Rd4 19. Rxd4 cxd4 20. Nxe4 Rh6 21. Kd2 Rxc6 22. Kd3 $14) (
18... e3 19. Rxd8+ Kxd8 20. Rd1+ Nd4 (20... Kc8 21. Rd7) 21. Ne2 Rxh2 22. Nxd4
cxd4 23. Rxd4+ Ke7 24. Re4+ Kd6 25. Rxe3 Rh5 $1 $11) 19. Rxd1 Rxh2 20. Nxe4 Nd4
21. Nxc5 Rc2+ 22. Kb1 Rxc5 23. Rxd4 Rxc6 24. g4 $11) 17... Nxg3 $1 $19 {
This shot practically decides the game.} 18. Rg1 Nd4 19. hxg3 (19. Rxg3 Nc2+
20. Kd1 Nxa1 21. h3 Rd7 (21... c6 22. Be7 Rxd5+ 23. Nxd5 cxd5 $19) 22. Kc1 Rh4
23. Kb1 Rxf4 24. Rg1 f5 25. Kxa1 Rf2 $19 {The rook and two central pawns
easily prevails two minor pieces in this position.}) 19... Nc2+ 20. Kd1 (20.
Kf2 Rh2+ $19) (20. Kd2 Rh2+ 21. Ne2 Nxa1 22. Rxa1 Rxd5+ 23. Ke3 f5 24. Nd4 g6
$1 $19 (24... c5 25. Nxf5 Rxf5 26. Kxe4 Rf7 $19)) 20... Nxa1 21. Be7 Rd7 22.
Bh4 c6 $2 {This does not throw away the win but gives him extra possibilities.}
(22... b5 $1 {was easy to figure out.I do not know why I have rejected it.} 23.
Kc1 (23. b4 a5 24. a3 Nb3) 23... b4 24. Nxe4 Rxd5 25. Kb1 Re8 (25... f5 26. Ng5
Rhd8 27. Rc1 Rd1 28. b3 R8d2 29. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 30. Kb2 Kd7 $19) 26. Ng5 f6 $19)
23. Nxe4 $2 (23. Kd2 $5 {looks like a good attempt to create an impregnable
fortress but comes just short.} cxd5 24. Rxa1 f5 25. Nb5 d4 26. Rc1+ Kb7 27.
Rc4 d3 28. Rd4 (28. Nd4 $2 b5) 28... Kc6 29. Rxd7 Kxd7 30. Nd4 g6 31. Nb5 a6
32. Nc3 Kc6 33. b4 a5 34. a3 axb4 35. axb4 b5 $19) 23... cxd5 24. Ng5 Rc7 (
24... f6 $2 25. Ne6 Re8 26. f5 g5 27. Bxg5 fxg5 28. Kd2 $44) 25. Kd2 Nc2 26.
Nxf7 Rxf7 27. Kxc2 {So finally we have got a winning ending for black.Despite
of its easy look ,especially because of awkwardly placed Bh4,black has to
sweat a little bit more for his win.My idea was to sac the d pawn and get to
the second rank quickly.} Re8 $1 {Executing the plan.} (27... Kd7 $6 28. Kd3
Rff8 29. Rg2 {looks more resistent.}) 28. Kd3 d4 $1 29. Rc1+ (29. Kxd4 Rd7+)
29... Rc7 30. Rxc7+ Kxc7 31. Kxd4 Re2 32. Kc3 {Black has succeeded to exchange
the rooks and get to the second.Now in the second phase he should bring his
own king to the center and start harassing white's.} Kd6 $1 {I simply wanted
to avoid kingside pawns to be exchanged.} (32... b5 33. f5 $1 Rf2 34. g4 Rg2
35. f6 gxf6 36. Bxf6 Rxg4 $19 37. Kc2 $1 Rg2+ 38. Kb1 Kc6 $19 {is a more
technical win.White is still lost since he could not achieve a4 and b3 .}) 33.
a4 (33. f5 Ke5 34. g4 Rg2 $19) 33... a6 (33... Kd5 34. b3 Kc5 (34... Re3+ 35.
Kb4 Rf3 36. Ka3) 35. b4+ Kd5 36. b5 Re3+ 37. Kb4 Re4+ 38. Kb3 Kc5 $19) 34. Kb3
Kc5 35. Ka3 b5 $1 36. axb5 axb5 $19 {This pawn walking to b3 will decide the
game easily.} 37. f5 (37. Kb3 Re3+ 38. Kc2 Kc4 39. f5 Rf3 40. g4 b4 $19) 37...
Kc4 38. Ka2 (38. b3+ Kc5 39. b4+ Kc4 $19) 38... b4 39. Kb1 b3 40. Kc1 Rc2+ (
40... Kd3 41. Kd1 Rd2+ 42. Ke1 Rxb2 $19) (40... Rc2+ {After this my opponent
resigned.} 41. Kd1 Rxb2 (41... Kd3 42. f6 Rg2 43. Ke1 gxf6 44. Bxf6 Rxg3 45.
Kf2 Rg8 46. Be5 Ra8) 42. f6 Rf2 43. Ke1 Rxf6) 0-1

[Event "Kavala op 19th"]
[Site "Kavala"]
[Date "2010.08.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Potkin, Alexey V"]
[Black "Atalik, Suat"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2318"]
[BlackElo "2607"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2010.07.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{My opponent is the namesake of GM Vladimir Potkin.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4
exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 {I have insisted in the same line.} 5. Be3 $5 ({I have an
inclination for the other line.} 5. Nxc6 Qf6 6. Qf3 bxc6 7. Nd2 (7. Nc3 d6 8.
Qg3 Qg6 9. Bd2 Nf6) (7. Qg3 d6 8. Nc3 Qg6 9. Bd2 Nf6 {are twin lines.}) 7... d6
8. Nb3 Bb6 9. a4 a5 10. Bd2 Qxf3 (10... Be6 11. Bc3 Qh6 12. Nd4 Ne7 $13 {
is known.}) 11. gxf3 Ne7 12. Rg1 (12. Be3 Be6 {was my game with Tukhaev from
the same tournament.}) 12... O-O 13. Be3 Bxe3 14. fxe3 c5 15. O-O-O Bb7 16. Bb5
Bc6 17. e5 Bxb5 18. axb5 a4 19. Nd2 d5 20. Nb1 Rfd8 $14) 5... Qf6 6. c3 d6 $5 {
Just a different approach to the known.} (6... Nge7 {is of course the common
move.} 7. Bc4 O-O $5 8. O-O Bb6 9. Na3 Qg6 $14) 7. Bc4 $6 {I have thought that
this might have been risky.} (7. Bb5 Bd7 8. O-O Nge7 $14 {is playable.}) (7.
Be2 Nge7 (7... Qg6 8. Nb5 Bxe3 9. Nxc7+ Kd7 10. Nxa8 Qxg2 11. Rf1 Bf4 $44) 8.
O-O (8. Nb5 $2 Bxe3 9. fxe3 Qh4+ 10. g3 Qxe4) 8... O-O 9. Nb5 Bxe3 10. fxe3 Qg5
11. Nxc7 Qxe3+ 12. Kh1 Rb8 $11) (7. g3 Nge7 8. Bg2 Bd7 $11) 7... Ne5 $2 {
Here around calculation of variations became very difficult for me.} (7... Qg6
$1 8. O-O (8. Nb5 $2 Qxg2 9. Rf1 (9. Nxc7+ Kd7 (9... Kd8 10. Bxc5 Qxh1+ 11. Bf1
Qxe4+ 12. Be2 $11) 10. Bxc5 Qxh1+ 11. Bf1 Qxe4+ 12. Be2 Qe5 13. Bxd6 Qxd6 14.
Qxd6+ Kxd6 15. Nxa8 Nf6 16. Na3 Rd8 $17) 9... Bg4 10. f3 O-O-O $1 $19) 8... Ne5
$17 (8... Bh3 $2 9. Qf3)) 8. Be2 Nh6 $6 {Continuing in the wrong way.} (8...
Qg6 9. Nb5 (9. O-O $6 Bh3 10. Bf3 Nf6 $17) 9... Qxg2 10. Rf1 Bxe3 11. Nxc7+ Kd7
12. Nxa8 Bf4 $44) 9. f3 (9. O-O Qg6 10. f3 O-O) 9... O-O (9... Qg6 10. O-O) 10.
Qd2 $2 {A bad mistake neglecting the development.} (10. O-O Qg6 11. Nd2 f5 12.
Qb3+ (12. exf5 Nxf5 13. Qb3+ Be6) 12... Kh8 13. exf5 Bxf5 $1 $13 {is very
messy.}) 10... Qh4+ 11. Bf2 (11. g3 $2 Qh3 12. Bf1 Bxd4 13. Bxh3 Nxf3+ 14. Ke2
Nxd2 $19) 11... Qe7 12. g4 $2 {He committed an unnecessary error after a long
thought.} (12. O-O f5 13. exf5 Nxf5 14. Nxf5 Bxf2+ 15. Rxf2 Bxf5 16. Na3 $11)
12... d5 $1 (12... f5 13. gxf5 Nxf5 14. Nxf5 Bxf5 15. Bxc5 dxc5 16. Qd5+ Kh8
17. exf5 Qh4+ 18. Kf1 Rxf5 19. Nd2 Ng4 $19 {was also good.}) 13. h3 dxe4 14.
fxe4 f5 $1 {Another breakthrough.} 15. gxf5 Nxf5 16. Na3 (16. Nxf5 Bxf2+ 17.
Kxf2 Bxf5 18. exf5 Rxf5+ 19. Kg2 Rg5+ 20. Kh2 Nf3+ $1 21. Bxf3 Qe5+ $19 {
was the main line of the combination.}) 16... Nh4 $19 (16... Nxd4 17. Bxd4 Qh4+
18. Kd1 Rd8 $19) 17. Bxh4 (17. Nac2 Bxd4 18. Nxd4 c5 $19) 17... Qxh4+ 18. Kd1
Bxa3 19. bxa3 c5 {End of a realatively easy game.} (19... c5 20. Qe3 cxd4 21.
cxd4 Ng4 $19) 0-1

[Event "Paracin Summer op-A 10th"]
[Site "Paracin"]
[Date "2017.07.10"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Cerovic, Danilo"]
[Black "Atalik, Suat"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2335"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2017.07.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SRB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nb3 $5 Bb6 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. Qe2 a5
$5 8. a4 (8. e5 $2 O-O 9. exf6 a4 $17) 8... O-O 9. Bg5 (9. Be3 $5 Bxe3 10. Qxe3
Nb4 11. O-O-O d5 $132) 9... h6 10. Bh4 Nd4 11. Nxd4 $2 $146 {Danilo who had
really been burning a lot of time since the very early stages of the game
presumably missed the Qe7-a3 idea.} (11. Qd3 Nxb3 (11... d5 $2 12. Bxf6) 12.
cxb3 c6 13. O-O-O d5 $1 $132) 11... Bxd4 12. O-O-O Bxc3 13. bxc3 Qe7 $17 14.
Rd4 Re8 (14... Ra6 $5) 15. f3 d5 $1 16. e5 Qa3+ 17. Kd2 c5 18. Rd3 Qxa4 $5 (
18... Bf5 19. Re3 Qxa4 (19... d4 $5 20. cxd4 Qb2 21. Qc4 Rad8 $19) 20. exf6
Rxe3 $1 21. Qxe3 Re8 {could have been simpler.}) 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. Rxd5 (20.
Qe3 Rxe5 21. Qxh6 d4 $1 22. Qxf6 dxc3+ 23. Rxc3 Qd4+ 24. Rd3 Re2+ $19) 20...
Be6 21. Rd6 Rad8 $6 {I should have kept the queens on the board but my
opponent got frustrated and resigned prematurely.} (21... Bf5 $142 $19) (21...
Rad8 $6 22. Qe4 Qxe4 23. fxe4 fxe5 24. Rxd8 Rxd8+ 25. Kc1 a4 26. Bd3 a3 $19)
0-1

[Event "Vojvodina-ch 6th"]
[Site "Novi Sad"]
[Date "2015.07.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nestorovic, Lazar"]
[Black "Atalik, Suat"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2337"]
[BlackElo "2564"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2015.07.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nb3 $5 ({I wanted to give a
chance for} 5. Nxc6 Qf6 6. Qf3 dxc6) 5... Bb6 6. Qe2 d6 7. Nc3 Be6 8. Be3 Qf6
$5 {I have thought that this one should have been my novelty.} (8... Nf6 9.
O-O-O Qe7 10. g3 O-O-O 11. Bg2 Rhe8 12. Rhe1 Kb8 13. Kb1 {is the mainstream.})
9. O-O-O $6 {Lazar played this very quickly} ({but the critical one is
supposed to be} 9. Nd5 Bxd5 10. exd5 Nce7 11. O-O-O (11. Qb5+ c6) 11... O-O-O
$13 (11... Qe5 $5 12. Qb5+ Kf8)) 9... O-O-O 10. Kb1 Kb8 11. f4 Nge7 (11... Qe7
$5) 12. Bxb6 $6 {White could have done everything avoiding this exchange.} (12.
Nd5 $2 Bxd5 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. Rxd5 Rhe8 15. Rd3 Nb4 $19) (12. g3 h5 13. Bg2 Bg4
14. Bf3 Bxf3 15. Qxf3 h4 16. g4 g5 $13) 12... axb6 13. g3 h5 14. Bg2 Bg4 $6 {
There was no need to exchange the good bishop.} (14... g5 $1 $36) 15. Bf3 Bxf3
16. Qxf3 h4 17. Nb5 g5 18. Rhf1 (18. Qc3 $6 Qxc3 19. Nxc3 gxf4 20. gxf4 Rdg8
21. Rhg1 f5 $15) 18... hxg3 19. hxg3 gxf4 20. gxf4 Qe6 21. N3d4 Nxd4 22. Nxd4
Qc4 23. Qb3 $6 (23. Qd3 Qxd3 24. cxd3 Rh4 25. f5 Rdh8 $11) 23... Qxb3 24. axb3
Rh4 25. Ne2 Kc8 26. e5 dxe5 ({I could have avoided further exchanges with} 
26... Nf5 $142) 27. Rxd8+ Kxd8 28. fxe5 Ke8 (28... Nc6 29. Rxf7 Rh1+ 30. Nc1
Nd4 31. Rf2 c5 (31... Ke7 32. b4) 32. b4 $1 $11 {would have equalized as well.}
) 29. Nf4 c6 30. Kc1 (30. e6 f5) 30... b5 31. Kd2 Nd5 32. Nxd5 Rd4+ 33. Ke3
Rxd5 34. Rf5 $1 $11 b4 35. c3 (35. c4 $11) 35... Ke7 36. Ke2 bxc3 {The game
petered to be a draw.} (36... Ra5 37. Kd3 Ra2 38. Kc4 bxc3 39. bxc3 Rd2 40. Kc5
Rd5+ 41. Kc4 $11) 37. bxc3 c5 38. c4 (38. Ke3 b5 39. Ke4 Rd1 40. e6 Re1+ 41.
Kd3 Kxe6 42. Rxc5 Re5 $11) 38... Rd4 39. e6 Re4+ 40. Kd3 Rxe6 (40... Rxe6 41.
Rxc5 Rd6+ 42. Kc3 Ke6 43. Rc7 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tonto Village Chess.com"]
[Site "Tonto Village"]
[Date "2011.06.05"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Rensch, Daniel"]
[Black "Atalik, Suat"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2406"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2011.06.04"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 {Daniel chooses his beloved Scotch for
the second game.} Nf6 {I have chosen the sharpest line.} (4... Bc5 5. Nxc6 (5.
Be3 Qf6 6. c3 Nge7 7. Bc4 O-O 8. O-O b6 $13) 5... Qf6 6. Qf3 bxc6 7. Nd2 d6 8.
Nb3 Bb6 9. Bd2 Qxf3 10. gxf3 Ne7 11. a4 a5 12. Rg1 O-O 13. Be3 Bxe3 14. fxe3 c5
15. O-O-O Bb7 16. Bb5 Bc6 17. e5 Rfd8 18. exd6 cxd6 19. Bxc6 Nxc6 $11) 5. Nxc6
bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8. c4 Ba6 $5 (8... Nb6 9. Nc3 Bb7 {is very popular
these days.}) 9. b3 {Daniel goes for the main line.} (9. Nd2 g6 10. Nf3 Bg7 $5
11. Bg5 Qb4+ 12. Qd2 Qxd2+ 13. Kxd2 (13. Bxd2 Nb6 14. b3 d6 $13) 13... h6 $1
14. cxd5 Bxf1 15. Raxf1 hxg5 16. Nxg5 Rb8 17. b3 cxd5 $11) 9... g6 10. g3 Bg7
11. Bb2 O-O 12. Bg2 Rae8 13. O-O Bxe5 14. Qxe5 Qxe5 15. Bxe5 Rxe5 16. cxd5 Bxf1
17. Kxf1 cxd5 18. Nc3 c6 {After the long forced line we have a dynamically
equal endgame.} 19. Bf3 (19. Na4 Rfe8 20. Bf3 Kf8) (19. Rd1 Rb8 20. Bf3 a5)
19... Rb8 20. Na4 f5 $5 {Active play.} 21. Rc1 Kf7 22. Nc5 (22. Rc5 Rb5) 22...
Re7 23. Be2 g5 24. Nd3 Kf6 25. h3 a5 26. Rc2 (26. Rc5 Ra8 27. Bd1 Re4 $132)
26... Rbe8 27. Bh5 Ra8 28. Bd1 Ke6 29. Ke1 Kd6+ 30. Kd2 {Here around I have
failed to come up with a strong continuation.} Kc7 ({I did not want to put my
rook on} 30... a4 31. b4 Re4 (31... a3 32. Kc3 Re6) 32. a3) 31. Rc3 Kb6 32. Nc5
d6 33. Na4+ (33. Nd3 Re4 34. Bf3 Rd4 35. Rc1 c5 36. Kc3 a4 {does not look like
winning for any side either.}) 33... Kb7 34. Rd3 Rf8 35. Nc3 Rf6 (35... f4 36.
g4 Rfe8) 36. Be2 g4 37. h4 h5 38. Rd4 ({I was not afraid of f pawns thrust.} 
38. f4 gxf3 39. Bxf3 (39. Rxf3 $6 d4 40. Nd1 f4 41. Rxf4 Rxf4 42. gxf4 Rf7 $17)
39... f4 40. g4 hxg4 41. Bxg4 Rg6 42. Bf3 Rg3 43. h5 Rh3 44. Ne2 Rh2 $11) (38.
Re3 Re5 (38... Re4 39. Nxe4 fxe4 $44) 39. f4 d4 $1 40. fxe5 dxe3+ 41. Kxe3 dxe5
$17) 38... f4 {leads to an immediate draw.} (38... Re4 39. Nxe4 fxe4 40. Ke3
Rf5 41. Rd2 c5 $44) 39. gxf4 (39. Rxf4 Rxf4 40. gxf4 Rf7 41. Ke3 Re7+ $11)
39... Ref7 40. Ke3 Re6+ 41. Kd2 (41. Kd3 Ref6) 41... Ref6 42. Ke3 Re6+ 43. Kd2
Ref6 {Drawn by threefold repetition.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Valjevo"]
[Site "Valjevo"]
[Date "2007.06.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Pavasovic, Dusko"]
[Black "Atalik, Suat"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2567"]
[BlackElo "2584"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2007.06.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 {Dusko is known for his mastery of the
Scotch game.} Nf6 (4... Bc5 5. Nxc6 Qf6 6. Qf3 $1 bxc6 7. Qg3 h5 8. h4 Nh6 9.
f3 d5 10. Nc3 Bd4 11. Bd2 Rb8 12. O-O-O Be5 $13 {is a weird position which was
the subject of many Rublevsky-Grischuk games in Elista.}) 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5
Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8. c4 Nb6 9. Nc3 Qe6 10. Qe4 g6 $1 {This makes the line more
playable for Black.} 11. f4 $1 {I find this to be the real test of the line.}
d5 (11... Bg7 $6 12. c5 Nd5 13. Bc4 Bb7 14. Be3 $16 {gives White the upper
hand.}) 12. Qc2 $1 {After this Black has to be careful.} Bb4 $1 (12... dxc4 13.
Ne4 $44) ({or} 12... Nxc4 13. Bxc4 dxc4 14. Ne4 Be7 15. Be3 $44 {did not
appeal to me much.}) 13. cxd5 Nxd5 (13... Qxd5 14. Bd3 Bxc3+ 15. bxc3 Qc5 $1
$13 {was another major alternative.}) 14. Bd2 Nxc3 {Not the only move in the
position.} (14... O-O 15. Bc4 (15. Be2 Qe7 16. Nxd5 cxd5 17. Rc1 Bf5 18. Bd3
Bxd2+ 19. Qxd2 Bxd3 20. Qxd3 Qb4+ 21. Qd2 Qb6 $11) 15... Bxc3 16. bxc3 Qe7 $13)
15. Bxc3 $6 {Not the best.} (15. a3 $142 $1 Bc5 16. Qxc3 (16. Bxc3 O-O 17. Rd1
(17. O-O-O Qa2) 17... Qe7 $13) 16... Qd5 17. Be3 Bb6 18. Kf2 Qe4 $1 $11) 15...
Qf5 $1 $15 {Black is taking over the initiative.} 16. Qxf5 Bxc3+ 17. bxc3 Bxf5
18. Bc4 (18. O-O-O Ke7 19. Bd3 Be6 20. Be4 Rab8 21. Bxc6 Rb6 22. Be4 Bxa2 23.
Rd4 Bb3 $40) 18... Ke7 19. O-O Rhd8 20. Rad1 Bc2 (20... Rab8 21. Rxd8 Rxd8 22.
Rf2 Be6 23. Bxe6 Kxe6 24. Rb2 Rd3 25. Rb7 $132) 21. Rxd8 {He thought about
this for almost an hour.} (21. Rc1 $6 Bd3 22. Bxd3 Rxd3 23. f5 Rb8 $17) 21...
Rxd8 22. Rf2 Bd3 23. Bb3 (23. Bxd3 Rxd3 24. Rc2 c5 25. c4 Rd4 26. g3 Ke6 $15)
23... c5 (23... Bf5 $6 24. Kf1 Rd3 25. Rf3 $11) 24. Rd2 c4 25. Bd1 {A very
critical position for the game.} g5 {I thought that it was the only way to try
for a win.} (25... Rb8 26. Kf2 Rb1 27. Ke3 c5 $1 (27... Rc1 28. Kd4 c5+ 29.
Kxc5 Rxc3 30. Kd4 Rc1 31. Ba4 (31. Bf3 Bf5) 31... Rb1 32. Bc6 $14) 28. Bc2 Bxc2
29. Rxc2 Rd1 30. Ke4 Ke6 31. g4 $1 $11) 26. fxg5 Rd5 27. Kf2 Ke6 28. h4 Kxe5
29. Bh5 Ke6 (29... Ra5 30. Bxf7 Ra3 31. h5 Rxc3 32. g6 hxg6 33. Bxg6 (33. hxg6
Kf6 34. Rb2 $11) 33... Bxg6 34. hxg6 Kf6 35. Rd7 Kxg6 36. Rxc7 a5 37. a4 $11)
30. Bg4+ Ke5 31. Bh5 f6 32. gxf6 Kxf6 33. Be2 $1 $11 {After some logical moves
the game peters out to be a draw.} Kf5 34. Rb2 Ra5 (34... Bxe2 35. Kxe2 Rd3 36.
Rb7 Rxc3 37. Rxc7 Rc2+ 38. Kf3 Rc3+ $11) 35. Bxd3+ cxd3 36. Ke3 Rd5 37. Kd2 Rd7
38. Rb7 a6 39. Ra7 Kg4 40. Rxa6 Kxh4 41. Ra4+ ({White can not really try for a
win with} 41. Rc6 Kg3 42. a4 Kxg2 43. a5 h5 44. a6 h4 45. a7 Rd8 46. Rxc7 h3
47. Rg7+ $11) 41... Kg3 42. Rd4 Rg7 43. Kxd3 h5 44. a4 Rg5 45. Rd7 Kxg2 46.
Rxc7 h4 47. a5 $5 {Safest!} (47. Rh7 h3 48. c4 h2 49. Kd4 h1=Q 50. Rxh1 Kxh1
51. Kc3 Kg2 52. Kb4 Kf3 53. a5 Ke4 54. a6 Ke5 55. a7 Rg8 56. Kc5 Ra8 57. Kb6
$11) 47... Rxa5 48. Rg7+ Kf3 49. Rh7 Kg3 50. c4 h3 51. Kd4 h2 52. Rxh2 Kxh2 53.
c5 $11 {Now it is clear that it is a draw!} Kg3 54. c6 Kf4 55. c7 Ra8 (55...
Ra1 56. Kd5) 56. Kd5 Kf5 57. Kd6 Rc8 58. Kd7 Rxc7+ 59. Kxc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch GpA"]
[Site "San Diego"]
[Date "2006.03.10"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ibragimov, Ildar"]
[Black "Friedel, Joshua E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nxc6 Qf6 6. Qf3 bxc6 7. Nd2 d5 8.
exd5 Qxf3 9. Nxf3 cxd5 10. Bb5+ Bd7 11. Bxd7+ Kxd7 12. Ne5+ Ke6 13. Nd3 Bd6 14.
Nf4+ Bxf4 15. Bxf4 Nf6 16. O-O-O c6 17. Rhe1+ Kf5 18. Be3 Rhe8 19. f3 g5 20.
g4+ Kg6 21. Bf2 h5 22. h3 a6 23. Rd3 Rxe1+ 24. Bxe1 Re8 25. Kd1 Nd7 26. Ra3 Ra8
27. Re3 hxg4 28. hxg4 f6 29. Re7 Ne5 30. Ke2 Rh8 31. Bg3 Nc4 32. b3 Na3 33. Re6
(33. Kd3 {is strongly met by} Rh3) 33... Nxc2 34. Be5 ({Of course, not} 34.
Rxc6 Nd4+) 34... Rh2+ (34... Rf8 {loses to} 35. Kd2 Nb4 36. Bd6) 35. Kd1 Ne3+
36. Kc1 Rc2+ 37. Kb1 Kf7 38. Rxf6+ Ke7 39. Bd4 Rf2 40. Rxc6 Rxf3 41. Rxa6 Nxg4
42. Rg6 Rf5 43. a4 Ne5 44. Rb6 Nf3 $6 ({Better was} 44... Kd7 {, followed by
45...Nc6}) 45. Bc5+ Kd7 46. a5 d4 47. Bb4 Rd5 48. Rf6 g4 49. a6 Kc7 $2 (49...
d3 {was more tenacious:} 50. a7 d2 51. Bxd2 Nxd2+ 52. Kb2 $1 (52. Kc2 $2 {
falls short of} Ra5 53. Rf8 g3 54. a8=Q Rxa8 55. Rxa8 g2 56. Rg8 Nf3 $1 57.
Rxg2 Ne1+ {, with a draw}) 52... Ra5 53. Rf8 $1 {White wins anyway.} Rxa7 54.
Rf7+ Ke6 55. Rxa7 Kf5 {, retaining some chances to escape.}) {[%tqu "En","How
can White exloit the energy of his well-advanced pawn?","Try to deflect the
enemy pieces.","Sacrifice your bishop!","b4d6","This nice move decides the
game for White.",5]} 50. Bd6+ $1 {[%csl Ga6,Gd6] This elegant bishop move was
obviously overlooked by Black. Now the game is over.} Kd7 ({Or} 50... Rxd6 51.
Rxd6 Kxd6 52. a7 {, winning.}) (50... Kb6 {fails to} 51. Bb8+) ({If} 50... Kc8
{then} 51. Rf8+ Kd7 52. Bb4 {, and the a6-pawn is unstoppable.}) 51. a7 Ra5 52.
Bb4 $1 {Winning a rook and the game.} 1-0

[Event "Julian Borowski-B 4th"]
[Site "Essen"]
[Date "2002.05.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "De Gleria, Francesco"]
[Black "Feygin, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2419"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2002.05.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
c4 Nb6 9. Nd2 g6 10. Ne4 Qe6 11. Nf6+ Kd8 12. Bd2 Be7 13. O-O-O Ba6 14. Qf3
Bxc4 15. Bxc4 Qxc4+ 16. Bc3 Kc8 17. e6 fxe6 18. Rd4 Qc5 19. Ne4 Qf5 20. Qd3 e5
21. Qa6+ Kd8 22. Ng3 Bg5+ 23. Bd2 Bxd2+ 24. Rxd2 Qf4 25. b3 Qb4 26. Rhd1 Nd5 $4
{A terrible mistake, yielding White a decisive advantage.} (26... Rf8 $2 {
falls short of} 27. Rxd7+ Nxd7 28. Qxc6 {, but 26...Rb8 or 26...d5 would
retain excellent winning chances.}) {[%tqu "En","Black imprudent knight
centralization allows for an impressive refutation. Can you find it?","Exploit
the shaky position of the h8-rook.","Open the 6th rank!","d2d5","Excellent!
This powerful blow spells a quick end for Black.",5]} 27. Rxd5 $1 {[%csl Rd8,
Rh8][%cal Ga6f6,Gf6d8,Gf6h8] A nice refutation of Black's imprudent knight
move.} Qc3+ ({Or} 27... cxd5 28. Qf6+ Kc8 29. Qxh8+ Kb7 30. Qxe5 {, winning})
28. Kb1 cxd5 29. Qf6+ Kc8 30. Ne2 $1 {[%csl Rc3,Re5,Rh8][%cal Ge2c3,Gf6h8,
Gf6e5] An important finesse! Now White is winning also the e5-pawn, gaining a
decisive material advantage.} Qb4 31. Qxh8+ Kb7 32. Qxe5 c6 33. f4 a5 34. Nc1
a4 35. Rd4 Qf8 36. Nd3 d6 37. Rb4+ Kc7 38. Qe3 Ra6 39. bxa4 c5 40. Rb2 d4 41.
Qe6 Rc6 42. a5 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 1213"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2013.04.05"]
[Round "13.5"]
[White "Burg, Twan"]
[Black "Babula, Vlastimil"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2502"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "Babula/Meyer,CD"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2012.10.20"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Emsdetten Turm"]
[BlackTeam "Werder Bremen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

{A STRONG KNIGHT SACRIFICE (and a dangerous pawn roller)} 1. e4 e5 {This comes
as a surprise as 1...e5, a solid alternative to his beloved Sicilian, is only
occasionally played by Babula.} 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 {It's rare to
see now the Czech grandmaster defending against the Scotch, which by the way
in a modern setting is by no means a boring opening, especially with long
castling by White, see below for instance the game fragments of Carlsen and
Ponomariov.} Bc5 5. Nb3 ({More popular moves are} 5. Nxc6) ({and} 5. Be3) 5...
Bb6 6. Nc3 Nf6 {Black is not afraid of the pin.} ({Good alternatives are} 6...
d6 {and}) (6... Nge7) 7. Bg5 ({In practice} 7. Qe2 {is more successful, e.g.}
O-O 8. Bg5 Nd4 (8... h6 9. Bh4 a5 10. a4 Nd4 11. Qd3 Nxb3 12. cxb3 Re8 13.
O-O-O d6 14. Qc2 Bd7 15. Bc4 Be6 16. Rhe1 Qe7 17. e5 $1 dxe5 18. Rxe5 Qf8 19.
Bxf6 gxf6 20. Re2 $16 {Carlsen,M (2826) - Bacrot,E (2716), Nanjing 2010, 1:0/38
}) 9. Qd2 Nxb3 10. axb3 Re8 11. f3 h6 12. Bf4 d5 13. O-O-O d4 14. Kb1 Be6 15.
Nb5 Qe7 16. g4 Rad8 17. h4 $13 {Svidler,P (2747) - Ponomariov,R (2741),
Tashkent 2012, 1:0/44}) 7... h6 8. Bh4 d6 9. Bd3 {With idea of Nd5.} ({I knew} 
9. Qe2 {planning 0-0-0.}) 9... Be6 10. Na4 {White wants to exchange the strong
Bb6.} ({An interesting alternative is} 10. Qe2 {, e.g.} Qe7 11. O-O-O g5 12.
Bg3 O-O-O $13) 10... g5 $5 {More ambitious than} (10... Ne5 11. Nxb6 axb6 12.
Nd4 Ng6 $10) 11. Bg3 Qe7 $1 (11... Nd7 $5 {is also to be considered:} 12. Bb5
Qf6 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14. Qd2 Nf8 (14... O-O-O) (14... Qg6) 15. e5 (15. h4) 15...
dxe5 16. Qc3 Nd7 17. Nbc5 (17. Qxc6 O-O 18. O-O-O) 17... O-O-O (17... O-O) 18.
O-O-O Nxc5 (18... Rhe8) 19. Nxb6+ axb6 20. Bxe5 Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1 Qxf2 22. Bxh8
Qxg2 23. Bd4 $13 {/=, Paichadze,L (2480) - Javakhadze,Z (2418), Tbilisi 2012})
12. O-O $6 {White commits himself too early to (short) castling. Alternatives,
e.g.:} ({I} 12. f3 h5 $5 $15 (12... d5 $5)) ({II} 12. Qe2 $142 $5 Bxb3 (12...
h5 13. h4 Bxb3 14. axb3 Nd4 15. Qd1 Nxe4 16. O-O $13) 13. axb3 Bd4 (13... Nd4
$143 14. Qd1 Nxe4 15. O-O) 14. O-O-O $13 (14. f3 {/=})) 12... h5 $1 {The
logical continuation of the plan started on move 10.} 13. Nxb6 axb6 14. f3 ({
Of course not} 14. h3 $2 h4 15. Bh2 g4 $19) 14... h4 15. Be1 {Stronger than} (
15. Bf2 $6 g4 $1 $15 16. Be3 (16. Nd4 $6 g3) (16. f4 $2 g3 $1 17. hxg3 hxg3 18.
Bxg3 O-O-O $17 {and ...Rdg8 with an attack.}) 16... gxf3 (16... h3 17. g3 Ne5
$15) 17. Qxf3 Ng4 $15) 15... Nh5 $6 {My idea was to get my knights to e5 and
f4 and thus to create some threats to White's king. But these are illusory
conceptions.} ({Without 0-0-0 (and sometimes d5) Black hardly has any play.
Better moves are: I} 15... Ne5 16. Nd4 (16. Bc3 $6 h3 17. g3 g4) 16... O-O-O
$13 17. a4 $6 d5) ({II} 15... h3 16. g3 O-O-O (16... g4 $6 17. f4 $1) 17. Bc3 (
17. a4 $6 Bxb3 18. cxb3 d5) 17... Ne5 $13 18. Nd4 d5 $5) ({III} 15... O-O-O 16.
Bc3 Rhg8 $13) 16. Bb5 {White understands my intentions and foils them.} ({
But also worth considering was ignoring the plan by} 16. Bc3 $5 {, e.g.} Ne5
17. Nd4 Bd7 (17... O-O-O $2 18. a4 $1 {/\a5+/-}) (17... Nf4 18. Bb5+ $5 Kf8 (
18... c6 $6 19. Nxc6 bxc6 20. Bxe5) 19. Rf2 $14 {and I don't see a way for
Black to create threats to White's king.}) 18. b3 f6 19. a4 Nf4 20. Bb2 $13)
16... Kf8 $6 {I wrongly considered that my king is more safe on the kingside.}
({The correct move is} 16... O-O-O $1 17. Nd4 (17. Bxc6 $143 bxc6 18. Bc3 (18.
Nd4 d5 $1 $13) 18... Rhe8 19. Nd4 d5 $1) 17... d5 $1 $13 (17... Ne5 $6 18. a4))
17. Bxc6 $6 {This exchange helps only Black as the b7-pawn will advance to c5
to control the central square d4.} (17. Nd4 $142 Ne5 18. a4 $14 (18. Rf2 $14))
17... bxc6 $13 18. Bc3 Rg8 (18... f6 $5 19. Nd4 c5) 19. Nd4 $6 {Useless as the
following exchange favours Black as well..} (19. Qd2 c5 20. Nc1 {is better})
19... c5 20. Nxe6+ (20. Nf5 $6 Bxf5 21. exf5 Nf4) 20... fxe6 $5 {With the
positional idea ...e5 to shield Black against White's bishop.} (20... Qxe6 $6
21. a4 $14) 21. f4 $2 {Maybe this looks tempting but in fact it's just bad as
Black will get at least two pawns for the knight sacrifice. Furthermore
White's king will be in danger and White's Bc3 will have no targets at all.} (
21. a4 {was better:} e5 22. a5 bxa5 $10) 21... Nxf4 $1 (21... g4 $2 22. e5 $16
d5 23. f5) 22. Qh5 (22. g3 $6 hxg3 23. hxg3 Ke8 $17) 22... e5 $1 {No fear.} ({
If Black wants he can repeat the moves by} 22... Qe8 23. Qh7 (23. Qh6+ $2 Ke7
24. Bf6+ Kd7 25. Bxg5 Nxg2 $1 26. Kxg2 Qg6) 23... Qe7 24. Qh5 (24. Qh6+ $2 Ke8
25. Bf6 $2 Qf8 $1)) 23. g3 hxg3 (23... Qg7 24. Qf3 $1 {leads to the game.}) 24.
hxg3 Qg7 $1 {Black will resolutely maintain to his strong knight outpost
particularly as the acceptance of the sacrifice will open the g-file and give
him terrific attacking chances.} 25. Qf3 ({White is quite right to refuse the
offer now:} 25. gxf4 $2 gxf4+ 26. Kf2 Qg2+ 27. Ke1 Qxe4+ 28. Qe2 Qf5 $17 {
with a terrifying pawn roller in the centre.}) 25... Qh7 $6 {In this critical
and highly complicated situation with fascinating possibilities it was almost
impossible to find the best continuation in over-the-board-play. With the text
move Black's queen threatens the e4-pawn and pressure can be strengthened by ..
.Ra4. Not really bad, but let's have a closer look at some alternatives:} ({
I Noteworthy is} 25... Qh8 {with the idea to penetrate with the major pieces
over the h- and g-files.} 26. Kf2 $1 ({Now} 26. Rf2 $2 {is insufficient in
view of} Ke7 $1 27. Rh2 (27. gxf4 gxf4+ 28. Rg2 Rxg2+ 29. Qxg2 Rg8 $19 {
That is the point, the queen controls the g8-square.}) 27... Nh3+ 28. Kg2 g4
29. Qe2 Qh5 30. Rf1 Rh8 31. Rhh1 Raf8 $19) (26. Qh1 $6 {is not fully
convincing:} Qf6 27. gxf4 gxf4+ 28. Kf2 Rh8 29. Qg2 (29. Qf3 Rh2+ 30. Ke1 Ke7
$17) (29. Qg1 Ke7 30. Ke2 Rag8 31. Qf2 Rh3 {see in the main line}) 29... Ke7
30. Ke2 (30. Rh1 $2 Rag8 $19 31. Qf1 f3 $1) (30. Rg1 Rag8 31. Qxg8 Qh4+ 32. Kf3
Rxg8 33. Rxg8 Qh3+ 34. Kf2 Qe3+ 35. Kf1 Qf3+ 36. Kg1 Qxe4 $17) (30. Rg1 Rag8
31. Qxg8 Qh4+ 32. Ke2 Rxg8 33. Rxg8 Qh2+ 34. Kf3 Qh3+ 35. Kf2 Qe3+ 36. Kf1 Qxe4
$17) 30... Rag8 31. Qf2 Rh3 $17 32. Rg1 f3+ 33. Kd3 c4+ $1 34. Kxc4 Qe6+ 35.
Kb5 (35. Kd3 $2 Rg2 $1 $19) 35... c6+ 36. Kb4 c5+ 37. Kb5 Qd7+ 38. Kc4 d5+ $1
39. exd5 Rg4+ 40. Rxg4 Qxg4+ 41. Kb5 Qd7+ 42. Ka6 Rh8) 26... g4 ({or} 26...
Qh2+ 27. Ke1 Ke7 (27... Qxc2 28. Rf2 Qa4 29. Qh1 Qc4 30. gxf4 gxf4 31. Rd1 Re8
32. Qh7 Qf7 33. Qxf7+ Kxf7 34. Rdd2 Rg1+ 35. Rf1 Rxf1+ 36. Kxf1 Rh8 $15) 28.
gxf4 gxf4 29. Rf2 Qh6 30. Kd2 Rg3 31. Qe2 Qg6 $15) 27. Qxf4+ exf4 28. Bxh8 Rxh8
29. gxf4 Rh2+ 30. Kg3 Rxc2 31. b3 Rcxa2 32. Rxa2 Rxa2 33. Kxg4 $15) ({II} 25...
Qh6 $2 {is weak due to} 26. Rf2 $1 (26. Qh1 $2 Qf6 {is the same as 25...Qh8})
26... Ke7 27. gxf4 gxf4+ 28. Rg2 Rxg2+ (28... Raf8) 29. Qxg2 f3 (29... Rh8 30.
Kf2) 30. Bd2 $1 f2+ 31. Kf1 Qxd2 32. Qg7+ $10 Ke6 33. Qg4+ $8 Kf7 (33... Kf6
34. Qf5+ Kg7 35. Qd7+) 34. Qd7+ Kg6 35. Qf5+ Kh6 36. Qf6+ Kh5 37. Qf7+ Kg4 38.
Qf5+ Kg3 39. Qg6+ Kf3 40. Qh5+ Kg3 41. Qg6+ $11) ({III} 25... Rh8 $3 {is
probably the only way to victory, e.g.:} 26. gxf4 (26. Qg2 Qf6 $1 27. gxf4 gxf4
28. Kf2 Ke7 29. Ke2 (29. Rg1 Rag8 {transfers to 26.gxf4/29...Rag8}) 29... Rag8
30. Qf2 Rh3 $1 31. Rg1 (31. Kd1 Qg6 32. Qe1 Qh7 33. Kc1 Rg2 $19) (31. Be1 Qg6 {
-xe4-+}) 31... f3+ 32. Kd3 c4+ $1 (32... d5 $5 33. Rxg8 Qf4 34. Bxe5 $5 Qxe5 (
34... c4+ 35. Kd4 Qxe4+ 36. Kc3 Qxe5+ 37. Kb4 Qxb2+ 38. Ka4 Kd6 39. Qe3 Qxc2+
40. Kb4 Qb2+ 41. Ka4 Qc2+ $11) 35. Rag1 dxe4+ 36. Kc4 e3 37. R1g7+ Kd6 38. Rg6+
Kd7 39. Qg1 Rh4+ 40. Rg4 f2 41. Qg2 Rxg4+ 42. Rxg4 Qe6+ 43. Kd3 Qf5+ 44. Ke2
f1=Q+ 45. Qxf1 Qxg4+ 46. Qf3 Qd4 47. Qxe3 Qxb2 $17) 33. Kxc4 (33. Kd2 Qh6+ $19
34. Kd1 Rxg1+ 35. Qxg1 Rh1) 33... Qe6+ 34. Kd3 (34. Kb5 Qd7+ 35. Kb4 c5+ 36.
Kc4 d5+ $1 37. exd5 b5+ $19) (34. Kb4 c5+ 35. Kb5 {transposes to 34.Kb5}) 34...
Rg2 $1 35. Rxg2 fxg2+ 36. Kd2 (36. Ke2 Qg4+ {leads to the text}) 36... Qh6+ 37.
Ke2 Qh5+ 38. Kd2 Qg5+ 39. Ke2 Qg4+ 40. Kd2 Rf3 41. Qg1 Qf4+ 42. Ke2 Qxe4+ 43.
Kd2 Qd5+ 44. Ke2 Rf4 $19) (26. Rf2 Rh3 27. Qg4 Qh7 28. gxf4 gxf4 29. Qf5+ Qxf5
30. exf5 Kf7 31. Rh2 Rxh2 32. Kxh2 Kf6 {-xf5-+}) (26. Kf2 Rh3 $1 27. Qg4 (27.
Ke1 Qh7 28. Kd1 Ke7 $19) 27... Rh2+ 28. Kf3 (28. Ke3 Ke7 29. Rf2 Rxf2 30. Kxf2
Ne6 $19) 28... Nh5 29. Qe6 Re8 30. Ke3+ Nf4 31. Qg4 Ke7 32. Rf2 Rxf2 33. Kxf2
Rf8 34. Bd2 Nh3+ 35. Ke2 Rf2+ 36. Kd3 Rh2 37. Qc8 Qf8 $1 38. Qxc7+ Ke6 39. Qc6
Qf2 40. Qe8+ Kf6 41. Qf8+ Kg6 42. Qxd6+ (42. Qxf2 Nxf2+ 43. Ke3 Nxe4 44. Kxe4
Rxd2 $19 45. b3 Kf6 46. c4 g4 $19)) 26... gxf4+ 27. Qg2 (27. Kf2 Rh2+ 28. Ke1
Qh7 29. Kd1 Ke7 30. Be1 d5 $1 31. Rf2 Rxf2 32. Qxf2 dxe4 $19) 27... Qf6 28. Kf2
Ke7 29. Rg1 Rag8 30. Qxg8 Qh4+ 31. Ke2 Rxg8 32. Rxg8 Qh2+ 33. Kf3 (33. Kd3 $2
b5 $1 $19) 33... Qh3+ 34. Ke2 Qe3+ 35. Kf1 (35. Kd1 $2 f3 $19) 35... Qxe4 {
and in the face of a fabulous pawn roller this position is probably -+, e.g.}
36. Kg1 $5 Qxc2 37. Rg2 Qf5 38. Bd2 f3 39. Rf1 e4) 26. Qh1 Qg6 (26... Qf7 $5 {
deserves attention as well, e.g.} 27. gxf4 (27. Rf3 $143 Ra4 28. gxf4 gxf4+ 29.
Kf2 Qg6 (29... Rxe4 30. Rg1 Rxg1 31. Qxg1 $13 {/=}) 30. Rh3 (30. Rg1 $143 Qxg1+
31. Qxg1 Rxg1 32. Kxg1 Rxa2 $1 $15) 30... Rxe4 31. Rh7 $5 f3 32. Qh6+ Qxh6 33.
Rxh6 Rf4 34. Rg1 (34. Rh2 $143 Rf5 35. Bd2 d5) 34... Rxg1 35. Kxg1 Rg4+ 36. Kf2
e4 37. Rh2 Kf7 38. a4 Ke6 39. Rh6+ Kd7 40. Rh2 Kc6 41. Bf6 d5 $15) 27... gxf4+
28. Kf2 Ke7 29. Rg1 Rh8 30. Qf3 Rh2+ 31. Rg2 Rah8 32. Rag1 Qxa2 33. Rxh2 Rxh2+
34. Rg2 Rxg2+ 35. Qxg2 Kd7 36. Qg4+ Kc6 37. Qc8 Qc4 38. Qa8+ Kd7 39. Qd5 Qxd5
40. exd5 c6 41. dxc6+ Kxc6 42. Kf3 $11 {and here the three connected central
pawns for the bishop are good for equality but not for more.}) 27. a4 $2 {
White prevents Black's ...Ra4, but he has no time for such things.} ({Much
better is the logical} 27. gxf4 gxf4+ 28. Kf2 Qg3+ 29. Ke2 Ra4 {and again
Black is just slightly better, e.g.} 30. Qf3 (30. Rae1 Qg2+ 31. Qxg2 Rxg2+ 32.
Kf3 (32. Rf2 $143 Rxf2+ 33. Kxf2 Rxa2 $15) 32... Rg3+ 33. Kf2 Rxa2) 30... Qxf3+
31. Kxf3 Rg3+ 32. Kf2 Rxe4) 27... Ke7 $1 {Forces his opponent to eliminate the
annoying intruder on f4.} 28. gxf4 (28. Qf3 $2 g4 29. Qe3 Qh7 {with the deadly
threat of Rh8} 30. Rxf4 Rh8 $19) 28... gxf4+ 29. Kf2 Rh8 $1 ({Probably White
was counting only on} 29... Qg3+ $2 30. Ke2 Rh8 31. Qf3 Rh2+ 32. Rf2) 30. Qg2 (
30. Qf3 $2 Rh2+ 31. Ke1 Rah8 $19) 30... Qxg2+ ({Avoiding the queen swap by} 
30... Qf6 $6 {and trying to transpose to similar successful lines analysed
above (23...Rh8!!/26.Qg2/28...Ke7) doesn't work here. The only and significant
difference is the position of the a-pawn, who is here on a4 instead of a2 as
above, and this fact makes the white monarch relatively secure against attack.}
31. Ke2 Rag8 32. Qf2 Rh3 33. Rg1 f3+ (33... Qh8 34. Rxg8 Qxg8 35. Rg1 Qc4+ 36.
Kd2 Qxe4 37. a5 bxa5 38. Bxa5 f3) 34. Kd3 d5 $5 (34... c4+ $2 {doesn`t work
here because of} 35. Kxc4 {and as White`s king is not in danger here Black
must fight for equality}) (34... Rg2 35. Rxg2 fxg2+ 36. Ke2 Qg6 37. Rg1 Qxe4+
38. Kd2 Rh2 39. a5 bxa5 40. Bxa5 $13 {/=}) (34... Rgh8 35. Bd2 Kd7 36. c4 $13 {
/=}) 35. Rxg8 (35. exd5 $2 Rg2 36. Rxg2 fxg2+ 37. Ke2 Qg6 38. Rg1 Qxc2+ 39. Bd2
Qe4+ 40. Kd1 (40. Be3 c4 $19) 40... Rh1 $19) 35... Qf4 36. Bd4 $3 {White`s
surprising anchor} (36. Bxe5 $2 c4+ $1 37. Kc3 Qxe5+ 38. Kd2 Rh2 $19) 36...
dxe4+ 37. Kc4 {and in contrast to lines analysed above White`s king is safe
here:} Qf7+ 38. Kb5 Qxg8 39. Be3 $1 Kf6 40. a5 bxa5 41. Bxc5 Kf5 $13 {/=}) 31.
Kxg2 Rag8+ 32. Kf2 $1 {White gives up his c2 pawn rather than the one on e4. I
think that he is right, because if Black wins the e4-pawn then he can simply
push his e- and f-pawns.} (32. Kf3 Rg3+ 33. Ke2 Re3+ 34. Kd1 Rxe4 $17) 32...
Rh2+ 33. Ke1 Rxc2 $17 34. Kd1 Rh2 35. a5 $1 bxa5 36. Rxa5 Kd7 37. Ra7 Rgg2 38.
Ba5 $4 $138 {Suicidal activity in time trouble -White loses control.} ({
He should have stayed passive, e.g.} 38. Re1 Kc6 39. Ra8 $15 {and I am not
sure if Black can win this ending.}) 38... Rxb2 $19 {Now the fight is
practically over.} 39. Rxc7+ Ke6 40. Kc1 Ra2 41. Kb1 Rhb2+ (41... Rxa5 $4 42.
Rg1 $1 $10 Rh6 43. Rgg7 {with perpetual check}) 42. Kc1 Re2 ({There was an
easier way:} 42... Rg2 $5 43. Kb1 Rxa5 44. Rh1 Rg6 45. Rhh7 {as now there is
no perpetual} Ra4 $19) 43. Bc3 Rxe4 {But this is also an easy win for Black.}
44. Kd1 Re3 45. Be1 f3 46. Bd2 Ra1+ 47. Kc2 Rxf1 48. Bxe3 f2 49. Bg5 {Instead
of resigning White decided to let the game end in a mate.} Rg1 50. Kd3 f1=Q+
51. Ke4 Qe2+ 52. Be3 d5# {A somewhat lucky but fully deserved win by Vlastimil
Babula who scored 6,5 out of 9 (4 wins and 5 draws) for Werder Bremen in this
Bundesliga season, again a solid performance.} 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Black "Ibragimov, Ildar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "Baburin,A"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1996.10.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 056"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nxc6 Qf6 6. Qd2 dxc6 {This is
the same pawn formation as in the Exchange Variation of the Ruy Lopez and as
in the game Shirov-Almasi. The important difference is that here Black does
not have compensation in the two bishops for his spoiled pawn structure,
therefore strategically the situation is very dangerous for him.} 7. Nc3 {
Shirov,A (2685)-Almasi,Z (2650) Tilburg Fontys 1996 (2) 1-0} Nh6 8. Qf4 Qe7 9.
Be3 Bd6 10. Qg5 f6 11. Qh5+ Nf7 12. f4 Bb4 13. Bd3 f5 14. O-O O-O 15. Rae1 Nd6
16. e5 Ne8 17. Bd2 Be6 18. a3 Bc5+ 19. Be3 Rf7 20. Qe2 g6 21. Na4 Bxe3+ 22.
Qxe3 b6 23. Be2 Ng7 24. Rd1 Rd8 25. Nc3 Rff8 26. Bf3 Bc4 27. Rfe1 Qe6 28. b3
Bd5 {Now White transforms one advantage into another: he undoubles Black's
pawns in order to attack the d-pawn immediately after} 29. Nxd5 $1 cxd5 30. Qd4
c6 31. c4 $1 $18 dxc4 32. Qxd8 Rxd8 33. Rxd8+ Ne8 34. bxc4 Kg7 35. Red1 Kh6 36.
h3 Qe7 37. Kh2 Ng7 38. R8d6 Ne6 39. g3 c5 40. Rd7 Qe8 41. R1d6 b5 42. Bd5 1-0

[Event "Lausanne YM f"]
[Site "Lausanne"]
[Date "1999.05.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2609"]
[BlackElo "2561"]
[Annotator "Bacrot,E"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1999.05.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 071"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 3]} 1. e4 {Mikhalevski,V} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 {L'йcossaise est la
nouvelle arme du jeune ukrainien, il jouait auparavant des systиmes peu
ambitieux comme 3.Cc3 ou 3.Fc4. Il a prouvй а Lausanne qu'il a beaucoup
travaillй les ouvertures, sortant des variantes longues de plus de vingt coups
d'abord dans notre confrontation en poule de qualification et dans ses parties
de 1/4 et 1/2 finale contre respectivement Leitao et Sadvakasov.} exd4 4. Nxd4
Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8. c4 Ba6 9. g3 g6 10. b3 Bg7 11. Bb2 O-O
12. Bg2 Rae8 ({Au championnat de France 98 contre David Marciano, malgrй un
ordre de coups diffйrent, j'avais optй pour} 12... Rfe8 {, la paix fut conclue
aprиs} 13. O-O Nb6 14. Re1 f6 15. e6 Qxe6 16. Qxe6+ Rxe6 17. Rxe6 dxe6 18. Bxc6
Rd8 19. Na3 f5 $1) 13. O-O Nb6 (13... Bxe5 14. Bxe5 Qxe5 15. Qxe5 Rxe5 16. cxd5
Bxf1 17. Kxf1 cxd5 {Mikhalevski,V: 'well-known theoretical endgame with
approximately equal chances arises.See my comments in CBM66. ' Cette finale
devrait mener а la nulle, mais elle est bien connue de mon adversaire. La
partie Ponomariov-Plaskett, Hastings 98, fut gagnйe par les blancs.}) 14. Re1
f6 (14... d5 {Mikhalevski,V} 15. Qd2 Qd7 16. Qa5 Qc8 17. Nd2 Rd8 18. Rac1 dxc4
19. Ne4 cxb3 20. Nf6+ Kh8 21. axb3 $16 {1-0 Abdel Aziem,R-Sarwat,W/Cairo EGY
1999 (29)}) 15. Qe3 $1 {Mikhalevski,V: 'has occuried only once formerly.'} (15.
e6 {Mikhalevski,V has been the most popular continuation.} Qd6 (15... Qxe6 $5
16. Qxe6+ Rxe6 17. Rxe6 dxe6 {1/2-1/2 Gashimov,S-Yudkovsky,Y/Tallinn 1997/EXT
98 (17)}) 16. Bh3 (16. e7 $2 Rf7 17. c5 Rfxe7 18. cxd6 Rxe2 19. Rxe2 Rxe2 20.
Bc3 Rc2 21. Be4 Rc1+ 22. Kg2 Bf1+ 23. Kf3 f5 {0-1 Charbonneau,P-Ippolito,D/
Philadelphia 1998/EXT 99 (23)}) 16... f5 (16... c5 17. Qd2 Bb7 18. Qxd6 cxd6
19. Na3 f5 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. exd7 Nxd7 22. Bg2 Bxg2 23. Kxg2 Ne5 $2 (23... a6
$5) 24. Nb5 Nf7 25. Rxe8 Rxe8 26. Nxa7 $16 {1-0 Palac,M-Nikolov,S/Ljubljana
1997/EXT 98 (41)}) 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Qb2+ Kg8 19. Nd2 Rxe6 20. Rxe6 dxe6 (20...
Qxe6 $5) 21. Nf3 $44 {[%csl Ra7,Rc6,Rc7,Re6,Rg8] 1/2-1/2 Handoko,E-Kuzmin,A/
Doha 1992/EXT 97 (25)}) (15. Ba3 $5 {Mikhalevski,V} c5 16. Qd2 fxe5 17. Qa5 e4
18. Nc3 Bd4 (18... Rxf2 $5) 19. Nxe4 Bxa1 20. Rxa1 Qg7 $6 (20... Bb7 $5) 21.
Rb1 Rxe4 22. Bxe4 Qd4 23. Qxc5 $18 {1/2-1/2 Massenzano,G-Diaz,N/Buenos Aires
1994/Juniors (54)}) 15... Qe6 $146 {Mikhalevski,V: 'Almost forced.' C'est le
premier coup qui a surpris Ponomariov, il a bien rйagi.} ({In case of} 15...
fxe5 $6 {Mikhalevski,V} 16. Ba3 c5 17. Bxc5 d6 18. Ba3 {[%cal Gb1c3] White is
clearly better:} e4 19. Nc3 c5 20. Rad1 Bb7 (20... Bd4 21. Rxd4 cxd4 22. Qxd4
$16 {[%csl Rd6,Re4]}) 21. Nxe4 Bxe4 22. Qxe4 Qf7 23. Qc2 Rxe1+ 24. Rxe1 Bd4 25.
Re2 $16 {1-0 Lejlic,S-Mujagic,R/Kladovo 1990/TD (44)}) 16. Ba3 $1 {Mikhalevski,
V: 'White decides to sacrifice a pawn in order to create piece counterplay.'
16.Cd2 Fxe5 17.Ce4 mйrite йgalement l'attention.} ({Attemps to keep the e-pawn
hand the initiative down to Black's hands:} 16. f4 {Mikhalevski,V} fxe5 17.
Bxe5 ({or} 17. fxe5 Bxc4 $1 18. bxc4 Nxc4 19. Qe2 Nxb2 20. Qxb2 Bxe5 21. Rxe5
Qxe5 22. Qxe5 Rxe5 $19) 17... Bxe5 (17... Bxc4 $5 18. bxc4 Nxc4 {is
interesting using pins along the e-file and the a1-h8 diagonal.}) 18. Qxe5 {
Black can choose between} Qxe5 ({and} 18... Qd6 19. Qxd6 Rxe1+ 20. Kf2 cxd6 21.
Kxe1 d5 $1) 19. fxe5 Rf5 {with better play for Black in all cases.}) (16. exf6
{Mikhalevski,V} Bxf6 17. Bc3 $8 (17. Qxe6+ $6 Rxe6 18. Nc3 (18. Rxe6 $2 Bxb2)
18... Bxc4 $1 19. bxc4 Nxc4 20. Rxe6 dxe6 21. Bxc6 Nxb2) (17. Bxf6 $4 Qxf6 $19)
(17. Nc3 $2 Qxe3 18. Rxe3 Rxe3 19. fxe3 Bxc4 $1 $19) 17... Qf7 18. Qd2 Rxe1+
19. Qxe1 Re8 20. Qd2 d5 {with minimal adge for Black.}) 16... Rf7 17. Nc3 fxe5
(17... Qxe5 $4 {Mikhalevski,V} 18. Qd2 {[%csl Re8]}) 18. Rad1 {Au prix d'un
pion, les blancs ont dйveloppй toutes leurs piиces et comptent maintenant sur
les Cb6 et Fa6 qui sont hors-jeu.} Bb7 {'!' Mikhalevski,V. Mikhalevski,V: 'In
order to meet 19.c5 with Nd5 and preparing d7-d5.' Mon rкve serait de jouer d5.
} 19. Ne4 ({Pendant la partie j'avais plus peur de} 19. Qd2 $5 {qui йvite 19...
d6. Mais 19...h6 semble raisonnable.} h6 $1 {Maintenant que la case g5 est
protйgйe, les noirs veulent jouer d7-d6.} (19... d6 $2 20. c5 Nc8 21. Ne4 d5
22. Qb4 $16) 20. c5 Nd5 $1 ({Pas} 20... Nc8 21. Bf1 d5 22. cxd6 cxd6 23. Bxd6
Rd8 24. Ne4 $16) 21. Nxd5 (21. Ne4 $44) 21... cxd5 22. Bxd5 Bxd5 23. Qxd5 Qa6
$1 {Une pointe trиs importante, la finale rйsultant de 23...Dxd5 24.Txd5 est
avantageuse pour les blancs.} 24. Bb2 Qxa2 25. Rd2 Rb8 $11) 19... Qf5 {'[]'
Mikhalevski,V.} ({L'alternative} 19... d6 {est contrйe par} 20. c5 Nd5 21. Qc1
$3 {la clй, si 21...Td7 22.Cg5 et les blancs vont gagner une piиce grвce а la
fourchette c5-c6, par exemple: Fh6 23.Cxe6 Fxc1 24.Txc1 Txe6 25.Fxd5 cxd5 26.c6
} Bf8 22. Ng5 Bh6 23. Nxe6 Bxc1 24. Rxc1 Rxe6 25. f4 $14 {Les blancs vont
rйcupйrer le pion avec une bonne position.}) {[#]} 20. Bd6 {'!' Mikhalevski,V.
Mikhalevski,V: 'White has to stop an advance of the d-pawn.The current move is
the only way to do so.' Un trиs joli coup qui restaure l'йquilibre matйriel.} (
20. Ng5 {Mikhalevski,V} Bh6) 20... Nc8 {'!' Mikhalevski,V. Mikhalevski,V: 'The
d-pawn must go forward!'} (20... Rc8 {En rйflйchissant а ce coup je ne voyais
pas comment je pouvais continuer! D'ailleurs les blancs prennent un net
avantage par} 21. a4 $1 {avec les variantes} Qh5 (21... Bf8 22. Bxf8 Rcxf8 23.
a5 Nc8 24. Ng5 $16) 22. a5 Bh6 23. Qc3 cxd6 24. Nxd6 $16) (20... cxd6 21. Nxd6
Qe6 22. Nxb7 d5 23. Nc5 Qd6 24. Na4 $16 {Les blancs dominent sur les cases
blanches.}) (20... Rc8 {Mikhalevski,V doesn't look good.}) 21. Bxc7 (21. Ba3 $5
{Mikhalevski,V} d5 $140 $2 (21... Nb6 $142 22. Bd6 $11) 22. Nc5 d4 23. Rxd4 $1)
21... d5 22. Nd6 {'[]' Mikhalevski,V.} Nxd6 23. Bxd6 {Arrivй а cette position
j'йtais plus tranquille, car je ne risquais plus de perdre directement. Les
blancs ont un lйger avantage grвce au modeste travail que fourni le Fb7 et а
leur pression sur le puissant centre noir qui peut кtre accentuй par l'avance
b4-b5.} Rd7 {Il est logique que les tours noires soient postйes derriиre leurs
pions d et e. Ces pions doivent tenir position car aprиs une avance d5-d4 ou
e5-e4 ils seraient bloquйs et faibles.} (23... d4 $4 24. Rxd4) (23... Rd8 24.
Bxe5 Bxe5 25. Qxe5 Qxf2+ 26. Kh1 Qxa2 27. Rf1 $16) 24. Bc5 {Mikhalevski,V:
'Solid move.White has won back a pawn keeping Black's pawn centre under fire,
and Black's bishop on b7 is passive.So I think White obtain small positional
adge,but he should be careful to prevent from Black's pawn centre to become
dangerous.'} ({Computer's} 24. Qxa7 {Mikhalevski,V seem to be dangerous in
view of} Ra8 25. Qc5 Rxa2 {[%cal Rd7d6] /\R:d6} {but after} 26. cxd5 $5 Rxd6 {
[%csl Rf2]} 27. dxc6 {the position is very unclear.For example:} Rd4 {[%csl
Rf2]} 28. f4 $1 Bf8 $1 (28... Rxd1 29. Rxd1 Rxg2+ 30. Kxg2 Qe4+ 31. Kf2 $13)
29. Qc3 Rxd1 (29... Bc8) 30. Rxd1 Rxg2+ (30... Bc8) 31. Kxg2 Qe4+ 32. Kf2 Bxc6
33. Qc4+ Qxc4 34. bxc4 exf4 35. gxf4 $13 {But why White need any complications.
The move in the game is just better.}) 24... a6 25. a4 {Mikhalevski,V:
'preparing attack on the queenside by the means of b3- b4-b5. Piece attack of
the cenre can also be taken in consideration.'} h5 {Mikhalevski,V: 'I think
White shouldn't lose time for preparatory moves,but to go on with the attack
on the queen side.Now Black has got time for regrouping.' Le roi noir se
trouvera plus en securitй en h7 que sur la huitiиme rangйe.} 26. h4 $6 {
Un coup affaiblissant les cases blanches, spйcialement g4. Le meilleur йtait
probablement 26.De2 avec l'idйe b4-b5.} Kh7 27. Kh2 $6 {C'est а prйsent le
pion f2 qui est affaibli. 27.De2 йtait encore а l'ordre du jour.} Qf7 28. Qe2
Rdd8 $11 {La position est incomparable avec celle survenue 3 coups plus tфt:
Pendant que les blancs s'affaiblissaient, les noirs ont regroupйs leurs
troupes avec succиs et menacent d'activer leur seule piиce mal placйe par
Fc8-g4. On peut dйjа йvaluer la position comme йgale.} 29. b4 ({Les blancs
avaient la possibilitй de forcer la nulle par} 29. Bb6 Rd6 30. Bc5 Rdd8 $11)
29... Bc8 30. b5 {Le choix le plus judicieux pour les blancs йtait de faire
nulle par rйpйtition car l'initiative est entrain de passer sous contrфle noir.
} (30. Bb6 Rd6 31. b5 (31. Bc5 Rdd8 $11) 31... axb5 32. axb5 e4 (32... Bg4 33.
f3 Bf5 34. Bc5 Rdd8 35. bxc6 dxc4 $13) 33. Bd4 cxb5 34. cxb5 Bg4 35. f3 Bd7 $11
) 30... axb5 31. axb5 e4 {Mikhalevski,V: 'Black's counterattack can be very
dangerous thanks to the strong pawn centre.'} 32. Qc2 (32. Qa2 $5) 32... cxb5
33. cxb5 $2 {Mikhalevski,V: 'A serious positional mistake.White had to destroy
Black's centre immediately.' Mon adversaire, qui n'йtait pas d'humeur
pacifique, aurait pu йgaliser par 33.cxd5. Il a oubliй mon prochain coup.[#]} (
33. cxd5 {Mikhalevski,V was necessary.} Bg4 (33... Rxd5 34. Rxd5 (34. Rxe4 $5
Rxe4 35. Bxe4 Rxd1 36. Qxd1 Qc4 $140 $4 (36... Bf5) 37. Qxh5+ Kg8 38. Bd5+)
34... Qxd5 35. Rxe4 (35. Bxe4 $2 Rxe4 $1 36. Rxe4 Bf5 37. f3 Bxe4 38. fxe4 Qc4
39. Qxc4 (39. Qf2 b4) 39... bxc4 $19 {[%cal Gc4c3,Gc3c2,Gg7h6]}) 35... Rxe4 36.
Bxe4 Bf5 37. Bxd5 Bxc2 38. Bb4 $1 $11) 34. Rd2 Rxd5 35. Rxd5 Qxd5 36. Rxe4 (36.
Bxe4 $2 Rxe4 $1 {see 33...R:d5}) 36... Rxe4 (36... Bh3 37. Kxh3 Rc8 38. Rb4
Rxc5 39. Bxd5 Rxc2 $11) 37. Bxe4 Bf5 38. Bxd5 Bxc2 39. Bb4 $1 $11) 33... d4 $3
{Mikhalevski,V: 'Now Black is on top.' Le moyen le plus radical de prйvenir
Fc5-d4. Toutes les piиces noires agissent maintenant trиs efficacement.} 34. b6
{'?' Mikhalevski,V.} (34. Bxe4 Rxe4 35. Rxe4 (35. Qxe4 Bb7 $19) 35... Bf5 $15 {
Ce sont dйjа les blancs qui doivent chercher la nulle, ce qui est trиs
difficile en pratique.} (35... Bf5 {Mikhalevski,V} 36. Rde1 Rc8 $5 (36... Bxe4
$5 37. Qxe4 (37. Rxe4 $2 Rc8) 37... Rd5 (37... Qxf2+ $5) 38. Rc1 Qxf2+) 37. Rf4
Qd5 38. Rxf5 gxf5 39. Rc1 (39. Qd1 $5) 39... d3 40. Qd1 Rxc5 (40... d2 $5) 41.
Qxh5+ Bh6 $17 {in all lines White has already to look for escape.})) (34. Bb6
Rd6 35. Bc5 Rd5 $1 36. Bxe4 Bf5 $17) (34. Rxe4 $2 {Mikhalevski,V} Bf5 35. Rxe8
Bxc2 36. Rxd8 Bxd1 $19) 34... Bb7 $17 {Mikhalevski,V: 'Look at Black's pieces.
They are all on the ideal places.Two strong pawns in the centre are supported
by two rooks and two strong bishops.The e4-pawn is inviolable.Black is clearly
better.'} 35. Qd2 {ce coup laisse place а une combinaison [#]} (35. Bxe4 Rxe4
36. Rxe4 Qf3 $19 (36... Qf3 {Mikhalevski,V} 37. Rde1 Re8 $1 $19)) (35. Rxe4 $1
{Mikhalevski,V was the last chance.}) 35... e3 $1 {Mikhalevski,V: 'Black pawns
continue victorious procession and White's position collapses.' D'autres coups
auraient pu augmenter l'avantage mais un calcul profond me donna confiance.}
36. fxe3 dxe3 37. Qe2 ({or} 37. Qxd8 {Mikhalevski,V} Rxd8 38. Rxd8 Bxg2 $19 39.
Kxg2 $140 Qf2+ {[%csl Re1]}) 37... Bxg2 {Il faut кtre vigilant, mon adversaire
espиrait sыrement me placer un sacrifice de dame pour faire nulle.} (37... Rd2
$2 38. Rxd2 exd2 {[#]} 39. Qxe8 $3 (39. Qxd2 Rxe1 40. Bxb7 Re5 $19) 39... Qxe8
40. Rxe8 d1=Q 41. Bxb7 Qc2+ 42. Bg2 Qxc5 43. b7 Be5 44. b8=Q Bxb8 45. Rxb8 $11)
38. Qxg2 {Le seul coup capable de garder encore l'йgalitй matйrielle.} (38.
Rxd8 Rxd8 39. Qxg2 Rd2 40. Re2 Qc4 $19) (38. Kxg2 Rd2 39. Rxd2 exd2 40. Qxd2
Rxe1 41. Qxe1 Qd5+ $19) 38... Rxd1 39. Rxd1 Qc4 $1 {En jouant ce coup j'йtais
content, la victoire ne pouvait m'йchapper. Le Fc5 n'empкchera pas le pion e
d'aller а promotion.} 40. Bd6 e2 41. Re1 {La derniиre chance de salut est de
donner la tour contre le pion e en espйrant compenser avec le pion b .} (41.
Rh1 Qd4 42. Bc7 e1=Q 43. Rxe1 Rxe1 44. b7 Be5 $1 {et c'est fini.}) 41... Bc3
42. Rc1 (42. Qb7+ Kg8 43. Qd7 Qe4 $1 $19 {'!' Mikhalevski,V.} 44. b7 Bxe1 45.
b8=Q Rxb8 46. Bxb8 Bb4 $19 {Il n'y a pas de perpйtuel et le pion e va а dame.})
42... e1=Q 43. Rxe1 Bxe1 44. b7 Qb3 {C'est la fin, le pion b7 ne permet pas de
sauver la partie.} 45. Qc6 Re2+ 46. Kh1 Bc3 47. Bc5 Bg7 48. Ba7 Qxg3 0-1

[Event "Kurgan"]
[Site "Kurgan"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Black "Kupreichik, Viktor D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "Belov,I"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 049 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nxc6 Qf6 6. Qd2 dxc6 (6... bxc6
7. Bd3 Ne7 8. O-O Ng6 9. Kh1 Ne5 10. Be2 d6 11. f4 Ng4 12. Bxg4 Bxg4 13. f5 $14
{Svidler,P-Yemelin,V/St-Peterburg/1993/1:0/38/}) (6... Qxc6 7. Bd3 Ne7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Nc3 d6 10. Qe2 a6 11. Kh1 Be6 12. f4 $14 {Rublevsky,S-Yilmaz,T/
Cheljabinsk/1991/1:0/58/}) 7. Nc3 Be6 8. Na4 Rd8 9. Bd3 Bd4 10. c3 (10. O-O a6
11. Qa5 (11. Nc3 c5 12. Nd5 Bxd5 13. exd5 Ne7 14. Re1 Rxd5 $1 15. Be4 Bxb2 $1
16. Bxd5 Bxa1 17. Bxb7 O-O 18. Qe2 Nc6 $10 {Golubev,M-Onishuk,A/Alusta4/1994/0,
5/34/}) 11... b5 12. Nc3 Bb6 13. Qxa6 Nh6 14. Be3 $1 $14 {Kasparov,G-Yusupov,A/
Horgen CS/1994/1:0/36/CBM43/}) 10... b5 (10... Bxf2+ 11. Qxf2 Rxd3 (11... Qxf2+
12. Kxf2 Rxd3 13. Nc5 Rd8 14. Nxb7 Rb8 15. Nc5 Ne7 16. b3 $16) 12. Qxf6 Nxf6
13. Nc5 Rd8 14. Nxb7 Rb8 15. Nc5 Nd7 $10 {Yusupov/}) 11. cxd4 Qxd4 12. Bc2 bxa4
13. Qxd4 Rxd4 14. Be3 Rb4 (14... Rd8 15. Bxa4 Ne7 16. O-O $16) 15. a3 Rxb2 16.
Bxa4 Ne7 17. Bd4 Rb7 18. Bxg7 Rg8 19. Be5 $16 Rg4 (19... Rxg2 20. Bg3 Rb2 (
20... Bg4 21. Bd1 Bxd1 22. Rxd1 Rb3 23. Kf1 $18) 21. Bd1 Ng6 22. Bf3 $18) 20.
Bc2 (20. f3 $2 Rxg2 $17) 20... Rg5 21. Bf4 Rc5 22. Bd3 Rb3 23. Kd2 Ra5 (23...
Rcc3 24. Bc2 Rxa3 25. Bxc7 $16) 24. Bxc7 Raxa3 25. Bc2 $1 Rxa1 26. Rxa1 Rb7 27.
Bf4 Bc4 28. Be3 a6 29. f4 f6 30. f5 $1 Nc8 31. Kc3 Bb5 32. Bd4 (32. Bc5 $5)
32... Ke7 33. Bc5+ Ke8 34. Bd4 Ke7 35. Bc5+ Ke8 36. Rd1 (36. g4 Rg7 37. h3 h5)
36... Rd7 $6 (36... Rg7 $142) 37. Rxd7 Kxd7 38. Kd4 Nd6 39. e5 $1 fxe5+ 40.
Kxe5 Nb7 (40... Nc4+ 41. Kf6 a5 42. Kg7 h5 43. f6 $18) 41. Ba3 Bc4 42. f6 (42.
Kf6 $5) 42... h6 43. Kf5 Bf7 44. g4 c5 45. Ba4+ Kd6 46. Bc1 Kd5 47. Bxh6 $18
Nd6+ 48. Kf4 c4 49. Bf8 Nb5 50. Bb4 Ke6 51. Bxb5 axb5 52. Kg5 Be8 53. h4 Kf7
54. Bc3 Bd7 55. h5 Be6 56. Kf4 b4 57. Bd4 c3 58. g5 c2 59. g6+ Kg8 60. Bb2 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg zt"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Tregubov, Pavel V"]
[Black "Shcherbakov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "Belov,I"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1993.01.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 034"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. c3 Nge7 7. Bc4 b6 (
7... Ne5 $1 8. Be2 Qg6 9. O-O d6 10. f4 Qxe4 11. Bf2 Bxd4 $1 12. cxd4 N5g6 13.
Nc3 Qxf4 14. Nb5 O-O 15. Nxc7 Rb8 16. d5 b6 $146 (16... Qg5 17. Bxa7 Bh3 18.
Rf2 Rbc8 19. Nb5 Nxd5 $10 {Luther-Smejkal,J/BRD/1992/}) 17. Nb5 Qg5 18. Nxa7
Bb7 19. Bg3 Nxd5 $13 {Morosevic-Balashov,Y/St.Peterburg/1993/}) 8. O-O Bb7 9.
Nb5 $146 (9. b4 Nxd4 10. cxd4 Bxb4 11. Qb3 $146 Ba5 12. f3 O-O 13. a4 d5 14.
Bd3 c5 15. e5 Qe6 $19 {Pederson-Kholmov/Katowice/1993/}) (9. f4 O-O-O 10. Qd2
$1 d5 11. e5 Qh4 12. Bd3 Na5 13. b3 $14 {Lukacs-Hazai,L}) 9... O-O-O 10. Bxc5
bxc5 11. Qa4 d5 (11... Kb8 12. Nd2 d5 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. Ne4 $16) (11... a6 12.
N5a3 Ne5 13. Be2 Qg6 14. Nd2 $14) 12. Be2 (12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Nxa7+ (13. Bxd5
Rxd5 14. Nxa7+ Nxa7 15. Qxa7 Rg5 $44) 13... Nxa7 14. Qxa7 Nf4 $40) 12... dxe4
13. Nxa7+ Nxa7 14. Qxa7 Qb6 (14... e3 $5 15. fxe3 Qg5) 15. Qxb6 cxb6 $15 16.
Na3 Nd5 17. Nc4 Nf4 18. Rfe1 Kc7 19. a4 f5 20. b4 (20. Bf1 $5) 20... Nxe2+ 21.
Rxe2 Rd3 22. a5 $6 (22. Rc1 Rhd8 23. g3 Rd1+ 24. Re1 $15) 22... b5 23. Na3 Ba6
$1 (23... Bc6 24. c4 cxb4 25. Nxb5+ $13) 24. g4 g6 25. c4 (25. Re3 Rxe3 26.
fxe3 Rd8 $17) 25... cxb4 26. Nxb5+ Kc6 27. Rb2 b3 (27... Bxb5 28. Rxb4 $1 $10)
28. Rxb3 Rxb3 29. Nd4+ Kc5 30. Nxb3+ Kxc4 31. Nd2+ Kc3 32. Nf1 f4 $19 33. Rc1+
Kb4 (33... Kd4 34. Rc6 Ra8 $1 $17) 34. Rc6 (34. Nd2 $1 e3 35. fxe3 fxe3 36. Nf3
$17) 34... Kxa5 35. Re6 Rd8 36. Re5+ Kb6 37. Re6+ Kb7 38. Rxe4 Rd1 39. Rxf4
Bxf1 40. h4 Kc6 41. Rf6+ Kd7 42. Kh2 Ke7 43. Rb6 Rd3 44. Rb7+ Kf6 45. Rxh7 Rh3+
46. Kg1 Be2 0-1

[Event "SWE-ch"]
[Site "Gothenburg"]
[Date "2004.07.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Berg, Emanuel"]
[Black "Wedberg, Tom Birger"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2533"]
[Annotator "Berg,E"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2004.07.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 101 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteClock "1:51:14"]
[BlackClock "0:20:46"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Qf6 {This move was unexpected. Usually
my opponent plays 4...Nf6.} 5. Be3 Bc5 6. c3 Qg6 {An interesting move that
Swedish Grandmaster Jonny Hector is used to play. Black puts pressure on the
g2 pawn and he also threatens to take on e4. 4...Nge7 is more common.} 7. Qe2
$5 {This move might look a bit strange, but there is an idea behind it. At
first the e4 pawn is taboo because of 8.Nxc6 Bxe3 9.Nd4 and White is winning a
piece. The other thing is that White now threatens to play Nb5. Therefore
Black is needed to exchange on d4 giving White a strong center.} ({Whiteґs
alternative to Qe2 is} 7. Nd2 Nf6 {and now} 8. f4 $1 {with an interesting game.
} ({If white plays} 8. f3 {there will follow} d5 $1 9. Bb5 Qxg2 10. Rg1 Qxh2 {
with a very complicated game, but my opinion is that black has got the better
chanses.})) 7... Nxd4 (7... Nf6 $4 {looses a piece after} 8. Nxc6 Bxe3 9. Ne5
Qg5 10. Nf3) 8. cxd4 ({It is also possible to take} 8. Bxd4 {Here Black can
choose between exchanging on d4 or moving back his bishop to b6. In the game
Berg-Vallejo Pons, Junior ch Avilles 2000 there followed} Bb6 (8... Bxd4) 9.
Bxb6 axb6 10. Na3 Nf6 11. Nb5 Kd8 12. f3 d5 $1 {and Black had a good game.})
8... Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Nxd2 Ne7 {Black prepares to play ...d7-d5 to break
up the strong looking White center and take control on the white squares.} 11.
g3 {White is now solving the problem with the g2 pawn and he is now ready to
develop his bishop to.} O-O 12. Bg2 d5 {Black sacrifices a pawn for activity.
It is nessesary for Black to hit the white center before itґs groving too
strong.} 13. exd5 Bg4 $146 {A novelty according to my database.} ({In the game
Berg-Blehm, World Jun ch Yerevan 2000 there followed} 13... Bf5 $2 14. O-O Rfe8
15. Rfe1 Bd7 16. Qc4 Qb6 17. Qc5 Nf5 18. Nc4 {with a clear advantage to white.}
) 14. Qc4 {White has got everything protected and is planning to play 0-0 with
a safe king and asolid pawn more. But Black is to move and Wedberg plays
ingeniously.} b5 $1 {The whitequeen is now threatened and must leave the
important c4-square.} 15. Qc3 {A safety move. White givs back the pawn on d5,
but on the other hand he gets time for castling.} ({After} 15. Qc5 Qd3 {
will follow with matethreat in e2 and White is forced to go into repetition
with} 16. Bf1 Qf5 17. Bg2 Qd3 {repeting moves.}) ({If White plays the natural
looking} 15. Qb3 Nf5 $1 {will follow and Black is not only threatening the d4
pawn, but also ...Re8+.}) ({The main alternative was} 15. Qxb5 {which maybe
also was the best option. But there is a hard decision to do sitting at the
board. Black has dangerous counterplay after} Rab8 {but if white plays correct
it seems like he will be better in the end.} 16. Qc5 (16. Qc4 $2 {is bad
because of} Rxb2 {and White still cannot castle as the knight on d2 will be
hanging.}) 16... Rxb2 (16... Qa6 {is well met with} 17. Nc4 $1 {and Black can
no longer stop White from castling. For instance} Rxb2 18. O-O {with double
attacks on b2 and e7. White will be at least one pawn to the good.}) 17. O-O $1
Rxd2 18. Qxe7 {White has managed to keep the pawn and has a somewhat better
position.}) 15... Rad8 16. O-O Nxd5 17. Qc5 Qb6 $2 {Too passive. After this
White gets a nice position with pressure against the weakened black quuenside
pawns. Instead he should have played} (17... Qd3 $1 18. Nb3 Bf3 {and after} 19.
Bxf3 Qxf3 20. Qxb5 {black can force a draw by} Nf4 21. gxf4 Qg4+ 22. Kh1 Qf3+ {
with perpetual checks.}) 18. Rac1 Be6 19. Nf3 {White is luring black to weaken
himself on the kingside. Now both Ne5 and Ng5 are threatened so blacks next
move is compulsory.} f6 20. Rfe1 Bf7 21. a3 {There is no need to hurry for
white. Instead he can slowly strengthen his position. On a3 the pawn keeps the
b4 square for the balck knight and it can no longer be attacked by the black
bishop.} Rd7 22. Nd2 {The knight has finnished his work on f3. Now c5 is the
next stop.} Qxc5 {Black simplifies the game a bit but is weaknesses are still
there.} 23. Rxc5 a6 24. Bh3 Rd6 25. Ne4 Re8 26. Rcc1 Rb6 27. Nc5 {The knight
has now reached the ideal place on c5. Here it keeps important squares for the
black pieces and it also starts to attack the black queenside pawns.} Rxe1+ 28.
Rxe1 a5 29. Bg2 {White is planning to exchange off the black knight on d5 to
be able to enter with the rook on e7 or e8 afterwards.} a4 30. f4 {White gains
some more space and also creates more free squares around his king.} (30. Bxd5
{was an interesting try, but after} Bxd5 31. Re7 {the white king might be
vulnerable on the first rank and ...b5-b4 will come into consideration.} {
For instance} b4 32. Nxa4 bxa3 33. Nxb6 a2 34. Re1 cxb6 {White has an exchange
more but the advanced pawn on a2 in combination with the strong bishop on d5
gives black sufficient compensation.}) 30... Rd6 31. Nb7 Rd7 $2 {Black gives
unnessesary chanses to white.} (31... Rc6 $4 {looses immediately after} 32.
Bxd5 Bxd5 33. Nd8 Rd6 34. Re8#) ({Instead black should have played} 31... Rb6 {
and if} 32. Kf2 $5 {there will follow} Rxb7 33. Re8+ $1 Bxe8 34. Bxd5+ Kf8 35.
Bxb7 Ke7 {with equality.}) 32. Nc5 Rd6 33. Nb7 Rd7 34. Bh3 {Now white forces a
good endgame.} Re7 35. Rxe7 Nxe7 36. Bd7 Bd5 37. Na5 $1 {A seemingly strange
move. The knight is now trapped on the edge and has no way out. But the b5
pawn is threatened and black has to play ...c6 after which the square on b7 is
not protected anymore.} c6 38. Kf2 {The white king is going for c5!} Kf7 39.
Ke3 g6 40. Kd3 {Now, white threatens to play Kc3 followed by Kb4-c5 winning
the c6 pawn. Therefore black must move away his bishop from d5 to be able to
answer Kc3 with ...Nd5+ forcing the white king to move back again.} Bg2 41. Kc3
(41. d5 {was an interesting alternative. The idea is to sacrifice a pawn to be
able to enter with the king via d4 to c5. But black also has the options
playing ...c6-c5 and the pawn on b5 is protected by tactical means, Bxb5 Bf1+
winning a piece.} c5 {Nu gеr inte b5-bonden att slе pе grund av ...Bf1+ med
pjдsvinst. Dдrfцr valde jag istдllet att fцrst spela undan kungen frеn
diagonalen. Men om vit nu fortsдtter med} 42. Ke2 {stеr han fortfarande bдttre
och har goda vinstchanser. Kanske var detta en bдttre fortsдttning fцr vit дn
vad som skedde i partiet.}) 41... Nd5+ 42. Kd2 Ne7 43. Kc3 Nd5+ 44. Kd2 Ne7 45.
d5 $1 Bxd5 {Forced. All other moves leads to the loss of a pawn for black.} 46.
Kc3 c5 $2 {Tom sacrifices back the pawn and gives another one on a4 trying to
save what can be saved. If he just lets the white king come to c5 he will be
lost, but there was a better option in} (46... g5 $1 {as my opponent told me
later on.} 47. fxg5 fxg5 48. Kd4 Be6 49. Bxc6 Nxc6+ 50. Nxc6 Kf6 51. Kc5 Bd7 $1
{White has got problems to pick up the black queenside pawns not giving black
counterchanses on the kingside. Ofcourse white is still better, but there is
unclear whether he can win or not. An interesting continuation is} 52. Kd6 $5 (
{If white plays the logical} 52. Kxb5 {there will follow} Kf5 53. Kc5 Be8 $1 {
and ...Kg4-h3 in the next moves with counterplay for black.}) 52... Be8 53. Nd4
{trying to keep the black king away from the white h-pawn and at the same time
makeing the black bishop passive.}) 47. Bxb5 Ke6 48. Bxa4 g5 49. fxg5 fxg5 50.
Nc4 h5 51. Ne3 Bf3 52. Kc4 Kd6 53. Bd1 Bxd1 54. Nxd1 Nf5 55. Kb5 Kd5 56. Nc3+
Kd4 57. a4 Nd6+ 58. Kc6 Nc4 59. Ne2+ Ke3 60. Kxc5 Nxb2 61. a5 $1 {White
sacrifices the knight since black has no possibility to stop the passed white
a pawn. Black is lost.} Nd3+ 62. Kb5 Kxe2 63. a6 1-0

[Event "NED-ch"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "2016.08.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Van Foreest, Jorden"]
[Black "L'Ami, Erwin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2601"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[Annotator "Besenthal,K"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2016.08.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
c4 Nb6 9. Nc3 a5 10. Bd2 a4 11. Qe4 g6 12. Bd3 Bg7 13. O-O O-O 14. Rae1 Bb7 15.
Bf4 Rae8 16. Qe2 Qb4 17. Ne4 Re6 {Diagramm [#]} 18. Qe3 $6 (18. Qc2 {war sehr
solide; Weiß hätte klaren Vorteil gehabt: Er beherrscht mehr Raum, sein
Springer steht besser, seine Läufer sind viel besser, am Königsflügel hat
er viele dynamische Möglichkeiten.}) 18... Ba6 ({Schwarz hätte hier ruhig} 
18... Nxc4 {versuchen sollen. Nach} 19. Qc5 Qxc5 20. Nxc5 Nxb2 21. Be2 Ba8 $14
{war seine Stellung verteidigungsfähig.}) (18... Qxb2 $2 19. Nc5 $16) 19. b3
$1 {Diagramm [#] Einfach, aber stark! Möglicherweise hatte Schwarz diesen Zug,
mit dem Weiß seinen Vorteil praktisch zementiert, einfach übersehen.} axb3
20. axb3 d5 $6 {Diagramm [#] Schwarz versucht noch ein wenig im Trüben zu
fischen.} ({Notwendig (d.h. objektiv besser) war passive Verteidigung mit} 
20... Ra8) ({oder gar} 20... Bc8 {doch mit Blick auf die praktische Partie
hatte Schwarz dazu verständlicherweise keine Lust.}) 21. exd6 {Öffnet dem
Lg7 die Diagonale - allein ein Angriffsziel gibt es dort nicht.} Rfe8 (21...
cxd6 22. Bxd6 Rxd6 23. Nxd6 $18) 22. Bh6 (22. dxc7 f5 23. Bd6 Rxd6 24. Nf6+
Bxf6 25. Qxe8+ Kg7 26. Re3 {gewinnt ebenfalls.}) 22... Bc3 (22... f5 23. Bxg7
fxe4 (23... Kxg7 24. Qd4+ Kg8 25. Nf6+) (23... Rxe4 24. Bxe4 Rxe4 25. Qc3 $18)
24. Ba1 $1 Qxd6 25. Be2 $18) 23. Qc1 $1 {Diagramm [#] Noch ein starker
Angriffszug. Schwarz wird der vielen Probleme nicht mehr Herr.} Bxe1 24. Rxe1 {
Es droht Sf6+ ebenso wie Da1.} Nd7 25. dxc7 f6 26. Qa1 Bc8 27. Re3 Qe7 28. c5
Ne5 29. Nd6 Nxd3 30. Nxe8 Rxe3 31. fxe3 g5 (31... Qxe8 32. Qxf6 {mit
undeckbarem Matt.}) 32. Nxf6+ Kf7 33. Bxg5 Kg6 (33... Qxc7 34. Ne4) 34. Ne4 Qe6
35. Qd4 Ne1 36. Bf4 1-0

[Event "Munich SKA"]
[Site "Munich"]
[Date "1994.05.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Black "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Blatny,P"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1994.05.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 042"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
c4 Ba6 9. Qe4 Nf6 10. Qe2 Nd5 11. Nd2 $6 (11. b3 {--> Hoffman-Leko}) 11... g6
12. Qe4 (12. Ne4 Qb4+ 13. Qd2 (13. Bd2 $2 Qxb2 $19) 13... Bxc4 14. a3 Qxd2+ 15.
Bxd2 Bxf1 16. Rxf1 Bg7 $17) 12... Nb6 13. Bd3 Bg7 14. O-O O-O (14... Qxe5 $4
15. Qxe5+ Bxe5 16. Re1 f6 17. f4 $18) (14... Bxe5 $2 15. Re1 Bf6 16. Re2 $1 Kf8
(16... Qxe4 17. Nxe4 Be7 18. Nc5 $1 {/\Bg5+-}) 17. Qf3 $40) 15. f4 f6 (15... d6
$142 16. Nf3 (16. Qxc6 dxe5 $36) (16. c5 d5 $15) 16... dxe5 17. f5 (17. Nxe5 $5
) 17... Bxc4 $1 18. Bxc4 Qc5+ 19. Be3 Qxc4 $17) 16. Nf3 Rae8 17. Re1 Qf7 (17...
fxe5 18. fxe5 d5 $36 {[+]}) 18. b3 d5 19. Qe2 fxe5 20. Nxe5 (20. fxe5 $2 dxc4
$17) 20... dxc4 21. bxc4 Qe6 (21... Bxe5 22. fxe5 Bxc4 23. Bh6 (23. Ba3 Bxd3
24. Qxd3 Qf2+ 25. Kh1 Rf4 $15) 23... Bxd3 24. Qxd3 Qf2+ 25. Kh1 Rf5 $15) (21...
Nxc4 $142 $1 22. Nxf7 (22. Bxc4 $2 Bxc4 23. Qb2 Bxe5 24. Rxe5 (24. fxe5 $4 Qf1+
25. Rxf1 Rxf1#) 24... Bd5 $17) 22... Bd4+ 23. Be3 (23. Kf1 Rxe2 24. Nh6+ Kg7
25. Rxe2 Bxa1 26. Ng4 Rd8 $15) 23... Rxe3 24. Qxe3 Nxe3 25. Bxa6 Rxf7 $1 $17 (
25... Nc2+ 26. Kf1 Bxa1 27. Rc1 Rxf7 28. Rxc2 Rxf4+ $17)) 22. Bb2 {/^[+]} Bxe5
23. Bxe5 Bxc4 24. Rac1 Bxd3 25. Qxd3 Qxa2 26. Rxc6 $40 Qf7 (26... Rxf4 $2 27.
Rxg6+ $18) (26... Rxe5 27. Rxe5 Qa1+ 28. Qf1 Qxf1+ 29. Kxf1 Rxf4+ 30. Ke2 Rf7
$16) 27. Rd1 Qf5 28. Qb3+ Qf7 29. Qc2 Qf5 30. Qc3 Nd7 31. Bxc7 Rf7 32. Bd6 Nf6
33. Qc4 Ne4 34. Be5 Rxe5 35. fxe5 Qf2+ 36. Kh1 Qe3 $2 (36... Qf4 37. Rb1 Nf2+
38. Kg1 Nh3+ $1 $10) 37. Rf6 $1 Nf2+ $2 (37... Nxf6 $142 38. exf6 (38. Rd8+ $2
Kg7 39. exf6+ Kxf6 $15 (39... Rxf6 $4 40. Rg8+ Kh6 41. Qh4#)) 38... Qb6 (38...
Qe8 $5) 39. Rf1 Qc7 $14 (39... h6 $5)) 38. Rxf2 Qxf2 39. e6 Re7 40. Rf1 Rc7 $8
41. Qb5 (41. e7+ $2 Rxc4 42. e8=Q+ Kg7 43. Qd7+ Kh6 44. Qh3+ Kg5 {=/+/-/+})
41... Qc5 42. Qe8+ Kg7 43. h3 Kh6 44. Qd8 Qe7 45. Qd4 Rc5 46. Qd2+ Qg5 (46...
g5 47. Qd4 Kg6 48. Qd3+ Kh6 49. Rf7 $18) 47. Qd6 Rc2 (47... Rf5 48. Rxf5 Qxf5
49. e7 Qe4 50. Qf6 Qb1+ 51. Kh2 Qb8+ 52. g3 $18) 48. Qf8+ $18 Kh5 49. Rg1 Qe3
50. g4+ Kg5 51. h4+ $1 (51. h4+ Kxh4 52. Qe7+ g5 53. Qxh7#) 1-0

[Event "Lazne Bohdanec"]
[Site "Lazne Bohdanec"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sax, Gyula"]
[Black "Blatny, Pavel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "Blatny,P"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1995.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 045"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. c3 Nge7 7. g3 d5 8.
Bg2 Nxd4 $2 (8... dxe4 $142 9. Nd2 Bxd4 10. cxd4 Bf5 11. Nxe4 Bxe4 12. Bxe4 Rd8
$10) 9. cxd4 Bb4+ 10. Nc3 c6 (10... dxe4 11. Qa4+ Nc6 12. O-O Bxc3 13. bxc3 $16
) 11. O-O dxe4 12. Nxe4 Qg6 13. Qb3 $1 (13. a3 Ba5 14. Bg5 Nd5 15. b4 Bc7 16.
Re1 O-O $13) 13... Nd5 (13... Ba5 $2 14. Qa3 $1 Bc7 15. Rae1 Be6 16. Bg5 $1 Nd5
(16... f6 $2 17. Nxf6+ $1 gxf6 18. Rxe6 $18) 17. f4 {/\f5+-}) 14. Nc3 Bxc3 15.
bxc3 O-O 16. c4 (16. Bxd5 cxd5 17. Qxd5 Bh3 $132) 16... Nxe3 17. fxe3 Re8 18.
Rf4 Qd6 $2 $16 (18... Re7 $142 $14) 19. Raf1 Re7 20. c5 Qc7 21. d5 cxd5 22.
Rxf7 $1 Be6 $8 23. Rxe7 Qxe7 24. Bxd5 Bxd5 25. Qxd5+ Kh8 26. e4 Rd8 27. Rf7 $1
Qe8 28. Qf5 (28. Qxb7 $142 Qe5 29. Qd5 $1 $18) 28... h6 29. Kg2 $6 (29. e5 {
/\e6+- _|_}) 29... Rd2+ 30. Kh3 $6 (30. Kf3 $1 Kg8 31. Rxb7 $18) 30... Kg8 $1
31. Rc7 $2 (31. Rxb7 $142 g6 32. Rb8 $3 gxf5 (32... Qxb8 33. Qxg6+ {/\Qxh6+-})
33. Rxe8+ $18 {_|_}) 31... g6 $1 32. Rc8 (32. Qf6 Rd7 $8 33. Rxd7 Qxd7+ 34. Kg2
(34. Kh4 $2 Kh7 $1 35. g4 (35. Qf1 g5+ 36. Kh5 Qe8+ 37. Kg4 Qxe4+ $17) 35...
Qd2 $1 $10) (34. g4 $2 Qd3+ 35. Kh4 Qxe4 $15) 34... Qd2+ 35. Kf3 $5 (35. Qf2
Qd3 36. Qf3 Qc2+ $10) 35... Qd1+ 36. Kf4 Qc1+ $1 $8 37. Kg4 (37. Ke5 Qxc5+ 38.
Ke6 Qc6+ 39. Ke7 Qc7+ 40. Ke8 Qc8+ 41. Qd8 Qe6+ 42. Qe7 Qc8+ $10) 37... Qd1+
38. Kh3 (38. Kh4 g5+ 39. Kh3 Qh5+ 40. Kg2 Qe2+ $10) 38... Qd7+ $10 (38... Qh5+
$6 39. Qh4 $16)) (32. Qg4 $2 h5 33. Qc8 Rd8 $1 34. Qxb7 Qe6+ 35. Kg2 Rd2+ 36.
Kg1 $8 Rd1+ 37. Kg2 Qxa2+ 38. Kf3 Rf1+ 39. Ke3 Qf2+ 40. Kd3 Rd1+ 41. Kc4 Qd4+
$19) 32... gxf5 33. Rxe8+ Kf7 34. Rb8 (34. Re5 fxe4 35. Rxe4 Rxa2 36. Rb4 b6 $1
(36... Rc2 37. Rxb7+ Kg6 38. Rb5 $1 {/\Ra5}) 37. cxb6 (37. c6 $2 Rc2) 37...
axb6 38. Rxb6 Kg7 $10) 34... fxe4 35. Rxb7+ Ke6 36. Rxa7 h5 $1 {עh3, (.)} (
36... e3 $2 37. Ra3 $1 e2 38. Re3+ Kd5 39. Kg4 $16) 37. c6 Rc2 38. c7 Kd5 $1
39. Kh4 (39. Ra5+ Kd4 40. Rxh5 e3 41. Rh7 e2 42. Re7 Kd3 43. Rd7+ Ke3 44. Re7+
Kf2 45. Rf7+ Kg1 46. Re7 $10) 39... e3 $1 40. Kxh5 Kd4 $1 (40... e2 $2 41. c8=Q
Rxc8 42. Re7 Rc2 43. Kg4 $1 {/\Kf3+-}) 41. Kg4 e2 42. c8=Q Rxc8 43. Re7 Kd3 $10
44. h4 Rg8+ 45. Kf3 (45. Kf3 Rf8+ 46. Kg4 $10 (46. Kg2 $2 Rf1 $1 {עg2}))
1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates m6"]
[Site "Sarajevo"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Timman, Jan H"]
[Black "Huebner, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "Blatny,P"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[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 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nf5 Qf6 (5... g6 6. Ne3
Nf6 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Bd3 Re8 9. O-O d6 10. Kh1 Ne5 11. Be2 Nc6 12. f3 a6 $1 13.
Bd2 Nd4 14. Bd3 c6 15. f4 Nb5 {1/2-1/2 Timman-Gligoric, 1984}) (5... d6 $5 6.
Nxg7+ $6 (6. Ne3 Qf6 7. Nc3 Nge7 8. Bd3 $5) 6... Kf8 7. Nh5 Qh4 8. Ng3 Nf6 9.
Be2 Ne5 10. b4 $5 (10. f3 $2 {Handoko-Timman, Zagreb/Rieka 1985} Nh5 $1 (10...
Rg8 $5 11. Qd2 $2 (11. Kd2 Be6 $17) 11... Rxg3 12. Qh6+ Qxh6 13. Bxh6+ Rg7) 11.
Qd2 h6) 10... Bxb4+ 11. c3 Bc5 12. Ba3 Nxe4 13. Bxc5 Nxc5 $15 {Karpov}) 6. Nc3
Nge7 7. Ne3 O-O 8. Bd3 $5 (8. g3 Ne5 (8... d5 $5 9. exd5 (9. Ncxd5 Nxd5 10.
exd5 Ne5 11. Bg2 (11. f4 Re8) 11... Bxe3 12. Bxe3 Bg4) 9... Bxe3 10. Bxe3 Ne5
$44 {Huebner}) 9. f4 N5g6 10. Bg2 c6 11. O-O d5 12. Kh1 $1 Bxe3 13. Bxe3 dxe4
14. Qc1 Bf5 15. Nxe4 $14 {Ljubojevic-Karpov,Montreal 1979}) 8... Ne5 (8... d6
$142 9. O-O Ne5) 9. Be2 N5g6 $2 (9... d6 $142 $1 {Kasparov} 10. f4 (10. g3 Bh3
$1 11. f4 N5g6 $132) 10... Qxf4 11. Ng4 Qxg4 12. Bxg4 Bxg4 13. Qd2 f5 14. h3
Bf3 $1) 10. g3 $1 d6 11. h4 $1 $16 (11. f4 Bh3 $132) 11... Re8 12. h5 Nf8 13.
Rh4 $1 {/\ 14.Rf4 Qd4 15.Qd4 Bd4 15.Nb5} c6 14. Na4 $1 Qd4 15. Nxc5 Qxc5 16.
Nc4 Rd8 17. Be3 Qb5 18. a4 Qa6 19. b4 d5 20. Nb6 (20. Bc5 $1 {Borik (drohend
Sd6 mit Damengewinn fьr nur eine Figur)} b5 21. Bxe7 Rd7 22. axb5 Qxb5 (22...
Qb7 23. Na5 Qc7 24. Bxf8 Kxf8 25. bxc6 {+-}) 23. Nd2 Qb7 24. Bxf8 {mit einer
Figur mehr. In der Partie leistete Dr.Hьbner mit den zwei Figuren gegen die
Dame noch einen hartnдckigen Widerstand.}) 20... Qxb6 21. Bxb6 axb6 22. exd5
Nf5 23. Rf4 Rxd5 24. Bd3 g6 25. hxg6 hxg6 26. Re4 Be6 27. Qd2 Nd4 28. Qc3 c5
29. bxc5 bxc5 30. Bc4 Rh5 31. Bxe6 Nfxe6 32. Rh4 Rf5 33. Kf1 Rf3 34. Qb2 Re8
35. Re1 Re7 36. a5 Rd7 37. Kg2 Rf5 38. Reh1 Ng5 39. a6 b5 40. c3 Ndf3 41. Rf4
1-0

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Hansen, Lars Bo"]
[Black "Almasi, Zoltan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "Blatny,P"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[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 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
Nd2 (8. c4 Ba6 9. b3 Qh4 10. a3 Bc5 11. Bb2 Nf4 12. Qf3 Ne6 13. g3 Nd4 $5 14.
Qd3 Qg4 15. Nd2 d5 16. Bg2 O-O-O 17. h3 Qh5 18. Bxd4 dxc4 19. Nxc4 Rxd4 20.
Nd6+ Kb8 21. Qxa6 Qxe5+ {=/+/-/+ Handoko-Xie Jun/Jakarta/1994/}) 8... g6 9. c4
Ba6 10. Qe4 (10. Ne4 Qb4+ (10... Bg7 11. Bg5 Qxe5 12. Nc5 $13) 11. Nd2 Bg7 $15)
10... f5 11. Qd4 $6 (11. exf6 $142 Nxf6 12. Qxe7+ Bxe7 {=/=/+ <->f,@ _|_})
11... Nb4 12. Qc3 c5 $1 13. Be2 (13. Nf3 $142 Bg7 14. Bg5 Qe6 15. Be2 Bb7 $15)
13... Bg7 14. f4 $2 (14. Nf3) 14... d6 (14... Bb7 15. Bf3 $1) 15. Nf3 (15. a3
Nc6 16. Bf3 Bb7 17. Qb3 O-O-O 18. Qa4 (18. Qb5 a6 19. Qa4 Nd4 $17) 18... Qe8
$17) 15... Bb7 $17 16. a3 Nc6 17. Qb3 Rb8 18. exd6 cxd6 19. Qe3 (19. O-O $4 Nd4
20. Nxd4 Bxd4+ 21. Kh1 Bxg2+ $19) 19... Nd4 (19... Qxe3 20. Bxe3 Bxb2 21. Ra2
Bc3+ 22. Bd2 {-/+/-+ _|_}) 20. Qxe7+ Kxe7 21. Kf2 Be4 $5 {/\Nb3,Rhe8} (21...
Bxf3 22. Bxf3 Nxf3 23. Kxf3 Rb3+ $1 $19) 22. Ra2 (22. Nd2 Nb3 23. Nxb3 Rxb3 {
/\Rhb8,Bd4-+}) 22... Nxe2 23. Kxe2 Rhe8 24. Kf2 Rb3 25. h4 (25. Re1 $142) 25...
Bxf3 26. gxf3 Bd4+ $19 {_|_} 27. Kg3 Kf7 28. Rd1 Re2 29. Bd2 Bf2+ 30. Kh3 Rxf3+
31. Kg2 Rd3 0-1

[Event "Aruba m2"]
[Site "Aruba"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Blatny,P"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1995.10.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "NAU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 050"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Hecht} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7.
Qe2 Nd5 8. c4 Nb6 9. Nc3 (9. Nd2 Bb7 10. b3 O-O-O 11. Bb2 d6 12. exd6 Qxd6 13.
O-O-O Qg6 14. Nf3 Bd6 15. Ne5 Qh6+ 16. Qe3 Bxe5 17. Rxd8+ Rxd8 18. Bxe5 Qg6 19.
g3 f6 $2 20. Bh3+ Kb8 21. Bxc7+ Kxc7 22. Qf4+ $18 {Leko,P-Janahi,Z/WchJM U14
Duisburg (05) ;TD 92\06 1992}) 9... Qe6 $146 (9... a5 10. Qe4 g6 11. Bd3 Bg7
12. f4 O-O 13. O-O d5 $2 (13... Bb7 $142) 14. cxd5 cxd5 15. Nxd5 Qc5+ 16. Be3
$1 Qxd5 17. Bxb6 Qxe4 18. Bxe4 cxb6 19. Bxa8 Ba6 20. Bd5 Bxf1 21. Kxf1 $16 {
_|_ Yakovich,Y-Sokolov,I/Oviedo 25' (11) ;EXP 38 1993}) (9... Bb7 10. Bf4 $6 (
10. f4) 10... O-O-O 11. O-O-O h6 12. h4 Qe6 13. Rh3 Ba6 $15 {Arnold,L-Ketterer,
C/Baden Baden op (07) ;TD 93\06 1993}) (9... Ba6 10. Qe4 Qe6 11. b3 Bb4 12. Bd2
Bxc3 13. Bxc3 d5 14. Qf3 (14. cxd5 cxd5 15. Qb4 Bxf1 16. Rxf1 Nd7 $10) 14...
dxc4 15. Be2 O-O 16. O-O Rad8 17. Rfe1 Rfe8 18. Rac1 c5 19. Bf1 Nd5 20. bxc4
Nb4 $1 (20... Nxc3 $2 21. Qxc3 Rd4 22. Qa3 $1) 21. Bxb4 (21. a3 Na2 $1) 21...
cxb4 22. Qe3 {1/2-1/2 Ljubojevic,L-Spassky,B/Montreal (06) ;MCL 02 1979}) 10.
Qe4 Bb4 (10... Ba6 $142 {-- 9...Ba6}) 11. Bd2 a5 (11... Ba6 $1 12. b3 (12. c5
$6 Nc4 (12... Bxf1 13. cxb6 Bc4 (13... Bxg2 $2 14. Qxg2 Qxe5+ 15. Kd1 $16) 14.
bxc7 Ba5 15. f4 $13) 13. Bxc4 Bxc4 14. f4 Bxc3 15. Bxc3 Bxa2 $15) 12... Bxc3 {
--9...Ba6}) 12. f4 d5 (12... Bxc3 13. Bxc3 d5 14. Qc2 dxc4 15. Be2 $14 {
^^,קc4,c6,c7}) 13. exd6 cxd6 (13... Bxc3 14. Qxe6+ Bxe6 15. Bxc3 cxd6 16. Rd1
Ke7 17. b3 f6 18. g3 {/\Bg2+/=}) 14. O-O-O Qxe4 15. Nxe4 d5 16. cxd5 cxd5 17.
Bxb4 axb4 (17... dxe4 18. Bc5 $14) 18. Nd6+ Ke7 19. Nxc8+ Rhxc8+ 20. Kb1 Ra5 (
20... Kd6 21. Bd3 h6 22. Rhe1 Re8 $10) 21. Rd4 $1 b3 $2 (21... Nc4 $142 22.
Bxc4 Rxc4 $10) 22. a3 Ra4 $6 (22... Nc4) 23. Rd3 Re4 (23... Rxf4 24. Rxb3 $16 {
_|_ o^a+b}) 24. Rxb3 Re1+ 25. Ka2 Nc4 26. g3 $1 Nd2 (26... Ne3 $2 27. Ba6 Rxh1
28. Rxe3+ Kd7 29. Bxc8+ Kxc8 30. Re7 (30. Rd3) 30... d4 31. Kb3 d3 32. Kc3 Rxh2
33. Rxf7 d2 34. Kc2 d1=Q+ 35. Kxd1 Rxb2 36. Rxg7 $18) (26... Kd6 27. Rd3 (27.
Bg2 Re2 28. Bf3 Rf2) 27... Ne3 28. Bh3 $16) 27. Rb7+ Kd6 28. Rd7+ $1 Kxd7 29.
Bb5+ Kd6 30. Rxe1 $18 {_|_} Nf3 31. Rd1 (31. Re2 $5 Nd4 32. Re8 Rc2 33. Rd8+
Ke6 (33... Kc5 34. Be8 Rxh2 35. Bxf7 $18) 34. Ba6 Rxh2 35. Bc8+ Ke7 36. Rxd5
$18 {_|_}) 31... Nxh2 32. Be2 $1 Rc2 $8 33. Bd3 Rg2 34. a4 $2 (34. Be4 $1 Rxg3
35. Rxd5+ Ke6 36. a4 $18) 34... Rxg3 35. a5 Re3 36. b4 Ng4 37. Bf1 (37. a6 $4
Nf2 38. a7 Re8 {/\Ra8-+}) 37... Re4 38. Rb1 Ne3 39. Bd3 Rxf4 $2 (39... Rd4 $142
$1 40. Rb3 Nc4 $132 (40... h5 $5)) 40. Kb3 $1 Nc4 (40... Kc7 41. b5 Nc4 42.
Bxc4 Rxc4 (42... dxc4+ 43. Kc3 {/\b6+,a6+ +-}) 43. Ra1 $1 Rc5 44. b6+ Kb8 45.
Kb4 $18 {_|_}) 41. Bxc4 dxc4+ {Hecht:T-T Motive: 2 verbundene weiter
vorgeschobene Freibauern vs 4 Freibauern. Leichter Gewinn!? Bessere
Verteidigung mцglich? Analyse!} (41... Rxc4 42. a6 (42. Ra1 Kc7 $1 43. b5 (43.
a6 Kb8 44. a7+ Ka8 45. b5 Rc5 46. Kb4 Rc4+ 47. Kb3 Rc5 $10) (43. Rd1 Kc6) 43...
Kb8 $1 (43... Rc5 44. b6+ $1 Kc6 45. a6 $18) 44. b6 (44. a6 Rc8 45. Kb4 d4 $1
46. b6 (46. Rd1 Rd8 47. b6 (47. Kc5 Ka7 $1 (47... d3 48. Kc6 d2 49. a7+ Ka8 $1
(49... Kxa7 $4 50. Kc7 $18) 50. b6 Rc8+ 51. Kb5 Rc2 52. Rf1 $1 f6 53. Rh1 h6
54. Rg1 g5 (54... Rc1 $4 55. Ka6 Rc6 56. Rxg7 $18) 55. Rf1 Kb7 56. Rxf6 Rb2+
57. Kc5 Rc2+ 58. Kb5 $10) 48. Re1 $1 d3 49. Re7+ Ka8 50. b6 d2 51. Ra7+ $10)
47... d3 48. Rd2 Rd5 49. Kc4 Ra5 50. Rxd3 Rxa6 51. Kb5 Ra1 52. Rd8+ Kb7 53.
Rd7+ Kc8 54. Rxf7 Rb1+ $10) 46... d3 47. Re1 d2 48. Re7 Rd8 49. Rb7+ $10) 44...
Rc8 45. Kb4 d4 46. a6 d3 47. Re1 d2 48. Re7 Rd8 $8 49. Rb7+ $10) 42... Kc7 43.
Ra1 $1 (43. Rd1) 43... Kb8 44. b5 Rc8 45. b6 d4 $10) 42. Ka4 Kc6 $6 (42... Kc7
$142 43. Kb5 $1 (43. b5 c3+ 44. Kb3 Kb7 $1 45. Kxc3 (45. a6+ Kb6 46. Ra1 c2 $1
47. Kxc2 (47. a7 $2 c1=Q $1) 47... Rc4+ 48. Kb3 Rc7 49. Kb4 Re7 $17) 45... Ra4
$17) 43... c3 (43... Kb7 44. a6+ Ka7 45. Ka5 Rf5+ 46. b5 c3 47. Re1 c2 48. Re7+
Ka8 (48... Kb8 49. a7+ Ka8 50. Ka6 Rf6+ 51. b6 $18) 49. Rc7 $18) 44. Rc1 Rf3
45. Ka6 Kb8 (45... h5 46. b5 Kb8 47. Re1 c2 48. Re8+ Kc7 49. b6+ Kd7 50. Re1
Rb3 51. Rc1 Rb2 52. Kb7 $18) 46. b5 Re3 47. b6 h5 48. Rd1 Re8 49. Rd7 h4 $1 $10
) (42... Re4 $5 43. b5 Kc7 44. b6+ Kb8 45. a6 Re8 $13 {Hecht: weiЯer Gewinn
mit Tb1-d1 /\Td7? Analyse!}) 43. b5+ Kc5 $2 (43... Kb7 $8 44. Re1 c3+ 45. Kb3
Rf5 46. Re7+ Kc8 $10 {_|_}) 44. b6 c3+ 45. Ka3 $1 $18 Rf3 (45... c2 46. Rc1
Rf3+ (46... Kb5 47. b7 Ra4+ 48. Kb2 Rb4+ 49. Kc3 Kc5 50. a6 $18) (46... Kc6 47.
Rxc2+ Kb7 48. Rc7+ $18) 47. Ka2 $1 Kd6 $1 48. a6 (48. b7 $4 Kc7 49. a6 Rc3 50.
Kb2 Rc6 51. Ra1 c1=Q+ $1 52. Rxc1 Rxc1 53. Kxc1 h5 $19) 48... Rf5 49. b7 Ra5+
50. Kb3 $18) 46. Kb3 Kc6 47. Kc2 $1 (47. Kc2 Kb7 48. a6+ Kb8 49. a7+ Kb7 50.
Ra1 $18) 1-0

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "Blatny,P"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[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 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 (5... Bb6 6. Nf5 Bxe3 7.
Nxe3 Nf6 8. Nc3 O-O 9. g3 $1 d6 10. Bg2 Bd7 11. O-O (11. h3 Qc8 12. g4 $5 $36)
11... Qc8 12. Re1 Bh3 13. Bh1 Re8 14. Qd2 a6 15. Rac1 Qb8 (15... b5 16. Ned5
Nxd5 17. Nxd5 {/\c4+/-}) 16. Ned5 Nxd5 17. Nxd5 Ne7 18. Nf4 (18. c4 Nxd5 19.
cxd5 $14) 18... Be6 {Sveshnikov-Barle/Ljubljana/1994/} 19. c4 Nc6 $14) 6. c3
Qg6 $5 7. Qe2 (7. Nb5 Bxe3 8. Nxc7+ Kd8 9. Nxa8 Bf4 10. Qf3 Bh6 (10... Bb8 $5)
(10... Be5 $5) 11. Qe2 (11. Be2 Nf6 $40) 11... Nf6 (11... Qd6 $5 {/\Qb8}) 12.
f3 Re8 {/\d5->}) 7... Nxd4 $5 (7... Bxd4) 8. Bxd4 (8. cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ (
9... Be7) 10. Nxd2 Qb6 $1 11. Nf3 d6 {+/=/=}) 8... Bxd4 9. cxd4 Ne7 10. Nc3 O-O
11. O-O-O c6 12. Qe3 d5 13. f3 (13. e5 f6 14. f4 fxe5 15. dxe5 Nf5 16. Qd2 d4
$132) 13... dxe4 14. fxe4 Bg4 $10 15. Rd2 Rad8 16. h3 Bc8 (16... Be6 17. g4 $36
) 17. Bc4 (17. g4 Rfe8 {/\Nd5}) 17... b5 18. Bb3 a5 19. Rf1 b4 20. Na4 Be6 $1
21. Nc5 Bxb3 22. axb3 (22. Qxb3 Qh6 $13) (22. Nxb3 Qe6 $5 (22... a4) 23. Kb1 f5
$132) 22... f5 23. e5 (23. exf5 Rxf5 $13) 23... Nd5 24. Qd3 Nc7 25. Rdf2 Ne6
26. Qc4 (26. Nxe6 Qxe6 27. Rxf5 Rxf5 28. Rxf5 Rxd4 $10 {_|_}) 26... Rd5 27.
Nxe6 Qxe6 28. g4 f4 29. Kb1 (29. Rxf4 $4 Rxf4 30. Rxf4 Qh6 $19) (29. Kb1 g5 $10
) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Altensteig"]
[Site "Altensteig"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Har Zvi, Ronen"]
[Black "Almasi, Zoltan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "Blatny,P"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "1994.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 043"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
Nd2 Nb4 (8... g6 9. Nf3 Bg7 10. c4 Ba6 11. Bg5 $36 {Buscher-Kishnev/Eupen/1993/
}) (8... Qe6 9. g3 Nb4 10. Nf3 Qg6 11. Kd1 Ba6 12. c4 c5 13. Bg2 O-O-O $13 {
Leko-Mainka/Lippstadt/1993/}) 9. Nf3 Ba6 10. c4 (10. Qd1 Bxf1 11. Kxf1 Qc5 12.
c3 Nd5 13. Qd3 Nb6 14. b3 Qd5 15. Qc2 $14 {Chernyshov-Berzinsh/Frydek Mistek/
1994/}) 10... c5 (10... d5 11. a3 Bxc4 12. Qd1 Bxf1 13. Kxf1 Na6 14. Qa4 Nb8
15. Bg5 Qe6 16. Rc1 Be7 17. Nd4 Qd7 18. h4 O-O 19. Rh3 $40 {Strikovic,A-Voiska,
M/Ibercaja op/1993/}) 11. a3 (11. Qe4 Rb8 {/\Bb7}) 11... Nc6 12. Bd2 Qe6 {
/\Be7,קc4} 13. Bc3 Be7 14. O-O-O O-O 15. h4 Rae8 16. Qe4 f6 17. Bd3 f5 18. Qf4
h6 19. Rhe1 Nd8 20. Nh2 Bb7 21. Nf1 Qg6 22. Ne3 Ne6 23. Qh2 Be4 24. f4 Bxd3 25.
Rxd3 d6 26. Nd5 Qf7 27. Qh3 (27. Qg3) 27... Bd8 28. exd6 $2 (28. Qg3 $142 dxe5
29. Bxe5 c6 30. Ne3 $14) 28... c6 $2 (28... Nxf4 $1 29. Nxf4 Rxe1+ 30. Bxe1
Qxc4+ 31. Kb1 Qxf4 32. d7 Qe4 $17 {_|_}) 29. d7 $1 cxd5 30. dxe8=Q Rxe8 31.
cxd5 Nxf4 32. Rxe8+ Qxe8 33. Re3 $1 Qf7 (33... Qd7 34. Qf3 Ng6 (34... Nxd5 $4
35. Rd3 $18) (34... Bc7 35. g3 Ng6 36. Rd3 $18 {_|_})) 34. Qf3 Bc7 35. Be5 Nxd5
36. Rd3 Bxe5 37. Qxd5 $18 {_|_} Bd4 (37... Qxd5 $2 38. Rxd5 Bd4 39. Rxf5) 38.
Qxf7+ Kxf7 39. Rb3 Kg6 40. Rb7 a5 41. Rd7 $1 (41. Ra7 Kh5 42. Rxa5 Kxh4 {
/\Kg3+/-}) 41... Bf6 (41... Kh5 $2 42. Rxd4 $1 cxd4 43. b4 $18) 42. Rd5 Be7 43.
Kd1 Kf6 44. Rd7 Ke6 45. Rc7 Bxh4 46. Rxg7 Bf6 47. Ra7 Bxb2 48. Rxa5 Kd5 49. Kc2
Bd4 50. Kd3 h5 51. Rb5 h4 52. a4 f4 53. a5 f3 54. gxf3 h3 55. a6 h2 56. a7 (56.
a7 h1=Q 57. a8=Q+ Ke6 (57... Ke5 58. f4+ $18) 58. Rb6+ $18) 1-0

[Event "Alushta4"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Golubev, Mikhail"]
[Black "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "Blatny,P"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 042"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nxc6 Qf6 {קf2} 6. Qd2 dxc6 7.
Nc3 Be6 8. Na4 Rd8 9. Bd3 (9. Qf4 Bxf2+ 10. Kxf2 Qd4+ $19 {ע,Na4}) 9... Bd4
10. O-O a6 11. Nc3 (11. Kh1 c5 $5 {<->d}) (11. Qb4 Nh6 12. Qxb7 Ng4 $40 {
><0-0,><f2}) 11... c5 12. Nd5 (12. Kh1 c4 13. Be2 Ne7 $36) 12... Bxd5 13. exd5
Ne7 (13... Rxd5 $4 14. c3 $1 Be5 15. Bb5+ axb5 16. Qxd5 $18) 14. Re1 (14. c3
Be5 15. Re1 $13) 14... Rxd5 $1 15. Be4 (15. c3 $4 Bxf2+ $19) 15... Bxb2 $1 16.
Bxd5 (16. Bxb2 Rxd2 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. Bxb7 Rxc2 19. Bxa6 $13) 16... Bxa1 17.
Bxb7 O-O 18. Qe2 Nc6 $10 19. Qxa6 (19. Bxa6 Nd4 20. Qd3 Nxc2 21. Qxc2 Qxa6 $10)
19... Qc3 $1 20. Qf1 (20. Rd1 $2 Qxc2 21. Qd3 Qxd3 22. Rxd3 Nd4 $17) 20... Nd4
21. Re3 Qxc2 $17 22. Ba3 Qxa2 23. Bxc5 Rd8 (23... Rb8 $142 {<->b,<->1}) 24. Ba6
$1 (24. Ra3 Qc2 25. Be7 Bb2 $1) 24... Qa5 25. Be7 Rb8 26. Bc4 Qa4 27. Bc5 (27.
Ra3 $2 Qxc4 28. Qxc4 $4 (28. Rxa1 $17) 28... Rb1+ 29. Qf1 Ne2+ 30. Kh1 Rxf1#)
27... Bb2 28. Re7 $132 Ne6 $8 29. Bxe6 fxe6 30. Rxe6 Qc2 31. Ba7 Rd8 32. g3 $10
Bf6 33. Qb5 h6 34. Qc6 Qxc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Women-ch"]
[Site "Jaen"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Polgar, Zsuzsa"]
[Black "Xie, Jun"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "Blatny,P"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1996.01.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "16"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 052"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Ftacnik} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nxc6 Qf6 6. Qd2 dxc6 7.
Nc3 (7. Bd3 Be6 8. Qf4 O-O-O 9. Nc3 Qxf4 10. Bxf4 Ne7 11. Bg3 f5 {Grigore,
N-Socko,B/WchJ-U16 Szeged (09) ;TD 94\01 1994/1-0 (53)}) (7. Bc4 Ne7 8. O-O O-O
9. Nc3 Be6 {1/2-1/2 Oral,T-Kalivoda,J/CZE-chT ;TD 93\08 1993}) 7... Be6 8. Na4
Rd8 (8... Bd6 9. Bd3 O-O-O 10. Qe2 Nh6 11. f3 Qd4 12. Nc3 Bb4 13. Bd2 c5 {
Grigore,N-Bagirov,R/EU-chJ U16 Herculane (08) ;TD 94\01 1994/1-0 (45)}) 9. Bd3
Bd4 10. c3 (10. O-O {-> 3rd game} b5 11. Nc3 Ne7 12. Kh1 Qh4 13. Ne2 Bb6 14. a4
{Chandler,M-Khalifman,A/BL 9394 (1993) ;BL 1994/1/2-1/2 (51)}) 10... b5 (10...
Bxf2+ 11. Qxf2 Rxd3 12. Qxf6 Nxf6 13. Nc5 Rd8 14. Nxb7 $13 (14. Nxb7 {Ftacnik}
Rb8 15. Nc5 O-O 16. O-O Rfe8 17. b3 (17. b4 Bc4 18. Re1 h6 19. a4 Re7 20. Be3
Rbe8 21. Bd4 Ng4 22. h3 Ne5 23. Kf2 Ng6 {1/2-1/2 Shrentzel,M-Sandor,C/Budapest
FS08 IM (03)/1994/ (41)}) 17... Bg4 18. h3 Bh5 19. Rxf6 gxf6 20. Nd7 Bg6 21.
Be3 a6 22. Bd4 Rbd8 23. Nxf6+ Kf8 24. Nxe8 Kxe8 25. Re1 {1/2-1/2 Oblitas,
C-Lobron,E/Moscow olm (05)/1994/ (54)})) (10... Be5 {Ftacnik} 11. Nc5 Bc4 12.
Qc2 Bxd3 13. Nxd3 Qd6 14. Nxe5 Qxe5 15. Be3 Nf6 16. O-O Ng4 17. g3 Nxe3 18.
fxe3 O-O 19. Rf4 Qe6 20. Qb3 Rd2 {0-1 Shrentzel,M-Grinshpun,E/Tel Aviv
Czerniak (10)/1994/ (31)}) (10... Qg6 $6 11. cxd4 Qxg2 12. Rf1 Rxd4 13. Nc5 $16
) 11. cxd4 bxa4 (11... Qxd4 12. Bc2 (12. Qc2 Qxd3 13. Qxd3 Rxd3 14. Nc5 Rd8 15.
Bf4 Rc8 16. Ke2 Ne7 17. Rac1 Bc4+ 18. Ke3 f5 19. f3 O-O 20. b3 Bf7 21. Rhd1
fxe4 22. fxe4 Rce8 {0-1 Sziebert,A-Siklosi,Z/HUN-chT1 9495 (04)/1995/ (34)})
12... bxa4 13. Qxd4 Rxd4 14. Bd2 Nf6 15. Bc3 Rc4 16. Bd3 Rc5 17. Bb4 Rg5 18.
Kf1 c5 19. Bd2 Rh5 20. Be2 Re5 21. f3 c4 22. Bc3 Rb5 23. Bd1 O-O 24. Bxa4 Rb6 {
1/2-1/2 Maiorov,O-Daniliuk,S/Novorossysk/1995/ (39)}) 12. Qc2 Qxd4 (12... Ne7
13. Be3 $14) (12... Bd7 13. Be3 $18) 13. Qxc6+ Kf8 $6 (13... Rd7 $142) (13...
Bd7 14. Qc4 $14) (13... Rd7 $5) 14. Be2 Ne7 $2 (14... Qb4+ 15. Kf1 (15. Qc3
Qxc3+ (15... Qxe4 16. Be3 (16. Qxc7 Qb4+ 17. Qc3 $14) 16... Qxg2 17. Bf3 Qg6
18. Qxc7 $40) 16. bxc3 $14) 15... Ne7 (15... Qd4) (15... Bc4 16. Bxc4 Ne7 17.
Qa6 Rd1+ 18. Ke2 Rxh1 19. Bd2 Qxd2+ 20. Kxd2 Rxa1 21. Qxa7 $18) 16. Qxc7 Rc8
17. Qf4 $16) 15. Qc2 (15. Qxc7 Rc8 16. Qb7 Rc2 17. Be3 Qxb2 18. Qxb2 Rxb2 19.
O-O-O Rb8 20. Bxa7 $16) 15... f5 16. O-O (16. exf5 Bxf5 17. Qxc7 a3 18. Qc3 $16
) 16... Qxe4 (16... fxe4 $2 17. Rd1) 17. Qxc7 Kf7 (17... Rc8 18. Qd6 Qxe2 19.
Bg5 Bc4 (19... Bxa2 20. Rfe1 (20. Rxa2 h6 21. b3 $18) 20... Qxb2 21. Qxe7+ Kg8
22. Reb1 a3 (22... Bxb1 23. Qe6+ Kf8 24. Be7+ Ke8 25. Bd6+ Kd8 26. Qe7#) 23.
Bf4 $18) 20. Rfe1) 18. Bh5+ g6 (18... Kf6 19. Bf3 Qb4 20. Qxa7 $18) 19. Bf3 Qc4
20. Qxa7 Qd4 (20... Rd7 21. Qe3 Rhd8 22. Re1 Bd5 23. Bxd5+ Qxd5 24. Qh6 Kg8 25.
Bg5 $14) (20... Rhe8 21. Bg5 Rd7 22. Qa5 {/\Rac1+/-}) 21. Qa5 (21. Qxd4 Rxd4
22. Be3 Rb4 23. a3 Rb3 24. Bd4 $16) 21... Nd5 $2 (21... Rhe8 22. Be3 Qxb2 23.
Qxa4 Kg8 24. Bg5 Qd4 25. Qxd4 Rxd4 26. Rfe1 Nd5) 22. Rd1 Qc4 23. Bg5 Rd7 (23...
Ra8 24. Qxd5 Bxd5 25. Bxd5+ $18) 24. Rac1 Qxa2 (24... Qb4 25. Rxd5 $18) 25.
Bxd5 (25. Bxd5 Bxd5 26. Rc7 $18) 1-0

[Event "Pardubice"]
[Site "Pardubice"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Blatny, Pavel"]
[Black "Malaniuk, Vladimir P"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Blatny,P"]
[PlyCount "148"]
[EventDate "1993.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 037"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. c3 Nge7 7. Bc4 Ne5 8.
Be2 d5 $5 (8... Qg6 9. O-O h5 $5 (9... Qxe4 $2 10. Nb5 Qc6 11. Bxc5 Qxc5 12.
Qd4 $1 $18) 10. f3 d5 11. Nd2 Bb6 12. Kh1 Bd7 13. a4 a5 14. Bg1 $13 {
Kindermann,S-Blatny,P/Bad Woerishofen op/1992/}) 9. O-O O-O (9... Qg6 10. Bh5
$1 Qxe4 (10... Qb6 11. b4 $16) 11. Nb5 Bxe3 (11... Bd6 12. Bxa7 $16) 12. Nxc7+
Kd8 13. Nxa8 Bc5 14. Nd2 $16) (9... dxe4 $2 10. Nb5 Bd6 (10... Qc6 11. Bxc5
Qxc5 12. Qd4 $18) 11. Bc5 $1 O-O $8 12. Nxd6 cxd6 13. Qxd6 $1 Qxd6 14. Bxd6
N5c6 15. Nd2 Re8 16. Rfe1 Bf5 17. Rad1 Rad8 18. Nb3 {+/-/+- _|_,
Steingrimsson-Malaniuk/Kecskemet/1991/}) 10. Nd2 $6 (10. f4 $142 $14) 10... Bb6
11. a4 (11. f4 $6 Qh6 $1 {ץe3}) (11. Nc2 Rd8 $10) 11... N5c6 12. exd5 (12.
Nxc6 bxc6 13. exd5 cxd5 14. Bxb6 axb6 $15) (12. Nc2 $5 $10) 12... Nxd5 13. Ne4
$6 (13. Bf3 Nxe3 14. fxe3 Qe7 $15 15. Nc4) 13... Qh4 14. Bf3 $8 Nxe3 15. fxe3
a6 $6 (15... Bd7 $15) 16. Nxc6 Bxe3+ $2 (16... bxc6 17. Nf2 $13) 17. Nf2 bxc6
18. Bxc6 Rb8 19. Qf3 $1 $13 Ba7 20. b4 Be6 {/\Bc4,פf2} 21. Kh1 $1 Bc4 22. Nd3
Rbd8 23. Rfd1 Bb3 (23... Rd6 $5 24. Ne5 (24. g3 Qg5 25. Nb2 Rf6 26. Qe4 Bb3 $1
{/\Rxc6-+}) 24... Rh6 25. h3 Rf6 $36) 24. Re1 Rd6 25. Ne5 Re6 26. b5 a5 (26...
axb5 $142 27. axb5 Bc5 28. Re4 Qf2 $10) 27. Re4 Qe7 (27... Qf2 $5 28. Qxf2 Bxf2
29. Rf1 Bb6 $10) 28. Rae1 Qd6 (28... Bc2 29. R4e2 Bxa4 $2 30. b6 $3 Bxc6 31.
Nxc6 Qd6 (31... Qh4 32. Rxe6 fxe6 33. Qxf8+ $1 Kxf8 34. Rf1+ Ke8 35. bxa7 $18)
32. Rxe6 (32. bxa7 Rxe2 33. Qxe2 Qxc6 34. Rb1 Qa8 35. Qa6 $16) 32... fxe6 33.
bxa7 Rxf3 34. a8=Q+ Rf8 35. Qa6 $18 {_|_}) 29. Nd7 $1 Rd8 (29... Rxe4 $6 30.
Qxe4 Bf2 $8 31. Nxf8 (31. Rf1 Rd8 32. c4 Ba7 33. Bd5 $1 Bxc4 (33... Qxd7 34.
Rxf7 Qxf7 35. Bxf7+ Kxf7 36. Qf3+ $18) 34. Bxc4 Qxd7 35. Rxf7 Qd1+ 36. Rf1+ Kh8
37. Bd3 Qh5 38. Qe7 Qd5 39. Rf3 $16 {_|_}) 31... Bxe1 32. Qxe1 $1 (32. Qxh7+
Kxf8 33. Qh8+ Ke7 34. Qe8+ Kf6 35. Qxe1 Qd1 $1 36. Qxd1 Bxd1 37. b6 $8 (37. c4
$2 Bxa4 38. c5 Ke5 39. Be8 Bb3 40. b6 cxb6 41. cxb6 Kd6 $19) 37... cxb6 38. Kg1
Ke5 39. Kf2 $10) 32... Qxf8 33. c4 $1 Qd8 (33... Qb4 $4 34. Qxb4 axb4 35. a5
$18) 34. c5 $1 Bxa4 35. h3 {/\Qxa5,b6 +- Pb _|_}) 30. c4 $5 Bxc4 (30... Rxe4
$142 31. Qxe4 h6 32. Qe8+ (32. Ne5 Qd4 $1 33. Qe2 $5) (32. Rf1 Qe6 $1 (32...
Bd4 $6 33. Rxf7 $1 $40) 33. Qxe6 fxe6 34. c5 Bxa4 $17) 32... Rxe8 33. Rxe8+ Kh7
34. Nf8+ $10) 31. Ne5 Ba2 $4 $138 (31... f5 $8 32. Qxf5 Rf6 $1 33. Nxc4 Rxf5 (
33... Qf8 34. Qxf6 $1 Qxf6 (34... gxf6 35. Re8 $18) 35. Re8+ {/\Ne5 +-}) 34.
Nxd6 Rxd6 35. Re7 Bb6 36. Be4 $14) 32. Qxf7+ Kh8 33. Qf4 $4 $138 (33. Ng6+ $1
Rxg6 (33... hxg6 34. Rh4#) 34. Re8+ {/\#}) 33... Rf8 34. Qc1 (34. Nf7+ $142
Rxf7 35. Qxd6 cxd6 36. Rxe6 Bxe6 37. Bd5 $1 g6 (37... Bxd5 $2 38. Re8+ Rf8 39.
Rxf8+ Bg8 40. Ra8 Bb6 41. Rb8 Ba7 42. Rb7 Bc5 43. b6 $18 {_|_}) 38. Bxe6 Re7
39. Re4 $10) 34... Bb3 35. h3 $2 (35. Nf3 Rxe4 $10) 35... Bf2 $1 36. R1e2 Bg3
37. Rd2 $4 Qe7 $4 (37... Qxd2 $19) 38. Rd7 $2 (38. Rd3 $142) 38... Qf6 $2 (
38... Qg5 $1 $19) 39. Nf3 $8 Rxe4 40. Bxe4 Bxa4 41. Bc6 Bd6 42. Qe1 Qf4 43. Qa1
Rg8 44. g3 (44. Rxd6 cxd6 45. Nd4 Bxb5 $1 46. Bxb5 $17 {_|_}) 44... Qxg3 45.
Rxd6 (45. Qxa4 Qxh3+ 46. Kg1 Bc5+ 47. Nd4 Qg3+ 48. Bg2 (48. Kh1 Re8 $19) 48...
Re8 49. Rf7 Qh4 $19) 45... Qxh3+ 46. Nh2 $8 cxd6 47. Qxa4 Qc3 $1 (47... Rf8 48.
Bg2 Qc3 49. Nf1) 48. Nf3 g5 49. b6 g4 (49... Qc1+ $6 50. Ng1 {/\b7<=>}) 50.
Qd4+ (50. Ng1 Rg6 $19) 50... Qxd4 51. Nxd4 a4 $1 52. Nb5 (52. Bxa4 $5 Rb8 53.
Kg2 Rxb6 54. Nf5 $17) 52... Rb8 53. b7 h5 54. Kg2 (54. Nxd6 $142 a3 55. Bd5 Kg7
56. Nb5 (56. Kh2 Kf6 57. Nb5 Ke5 58. Bc4 Rxb7 59. Nxa3 Rb2+ $1 60. Kg1 (60. Kg3
Kf6 $1 $19) 60... Kf4 $19) 56... Rxb7 57. Nxa3 Rd7 58. Bc6 Rd1+ 59. Kh2 h4 60.
Nc4 {-/+/-+ _|_}) 54... h4 55. Bd5 Kg7 56. Na3 $6 (56. Nxd6 $8 a3 57. Nb5 Rxb7
58. Nxa3 Rd7 59. Be4 Rd4 {-/+/-+}) 56... Kf6 57. Nc4 Kf5 58. Kh2 Kf6 59. Kg2
Kg5 60. Kh2 Kf4 61. Kg2 h3+ 62. Kh2 Rh8 $19 63. Nxd6 g3+ 64. Kg1 Rb8 65. Nc4
Kg5 66. Bc6 Kh4 67. Bxa4 (67. Kh1 a3 $1 68. Nxa3 Rf8 $19) 67... Rxb7 68. Ne3
Rb1+ 69. Bd1 Kg5 70. Kf1 Kf4 71. Nd5+ Kg5 72. Ne3 Ra1 73. Kg1 Kf4 74. Nd5+ Ke4
0-1

[Event "Alushta4"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sveshnikov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Malaniuk, Vladimir P"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "Blatny,P"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 042"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
c4 Nb6 9. Nd2 Bb7 10. b3 a5 11. a4 $5 (11. Bb2 {/^a1-e5-g7}) 11... Qe6 12. Bb2
Bb4 13. O-O-O O-O-O 14. Nf3 (14. f4 $6 d5 15. exd6 Qxd6 16. g3 (16. Bxg7 Ba3+
17. Bb2 (17. Kb1 Qg6+ $19) 17... Rhe8 18. Qg4+ Kb8 $36 {~/=}) 16... Rhe8 17.
Bh3+ Kb8 18. Ne4 Qe7 19. Rxd8+ Qxd8 $17 {<->e,ע}) 14... Qh6+ $1 15. Qe3 $6 (
15. Kb1 d5 $13 {<=> [+]}) 15... Qxe3+ 16. fxe3 Rde8 17. h4 (17. Bd3 {/^b1-f5,/
^c8-h3}) 17... f6 $5 18. exf6 gxf6 19. Bxf6 Rhg8 $44 20. Bg5 d5 21. Nd2 (21.
cxd5 Nxd5 22. Bc4 h6 23. Bxd5 cxd5 24. Bxh6 d4 $1 $40 {/^a8-h1,/^b1-h7}) 21...
c5 22. cxd5 Nxd5 23. Bc4 h6 24. Bxh6 Rxg2 25. Bxd5 (25. Nb1 Nxe3 26. Bxe3 Rxe3
27. h5 (27. Bd5 Bxd5 28. Rxd5 Rxb3 29. h5 c4 30. h6 Rgb2 $19) 27... Be4 28.
Be6+ Kb8 29. Rd8+ Ka7 30. Bd5 Rc2+ 31. Kd1 Rd3+ 32. Kxc2 Rxd5+ $19) 25... Bxd5
26. Rhf1 (26. e4 Rxe4 $1 27. Rh3 (27. Nxe4 Ba3+ 28. Kb1 Bxe4+ 29. Ka1 Bb2+ 30.
Ka2 Bc3+ $19) 27... Ree2 28. Rd3 (28. Bg5 Be4 $1 $19) 28... Be4 29. Rd8+ $8 (
29. Nxe4 Ba3+ 30. Kb1 Rb2+ 31. Ka1 Ra2+ 32. Kb1 Rgb2+ 33. Kc1 Ra1#) 29... Kxd8
30. Nxe4+ Kc8 31. Nd2 Kb7 32. Bg5 Rh2 33. Kc2 Bxd2 34. Rxd2 Rxd2+ 35. Bxd2 Kb6
$19) 26... c4 27. Nxc4 $2 (27. bxc4 Bc6 28. e4 Rxe4 $17 (28... Bxa4 29. Rg1
Bxd2+ $6 30. Bxd2 Rxe4 31. Rxg2 Rxc4+ 32. Kb2 Bxd1 33. Bxa5 Rxh4 34. Rg7 $10))
27... Bxc4 28. bxc4 Ba3+ 29. Kb1 Re6 $19 30. Bf8 Rb6+ 31. Ka1 Bb2+ 32. Ka2 (32.
Kb1 Bd4+ 33. Kc1 Bxe3+ $19) 32... Bc3+ 33. Ka3 Rgb2 0-1

[Event "Alushta4"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sveshnikov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "Blatny,P"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 042"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Hecht} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. c3 Nge7 7. Bc4
O-O (7... b6 8. O-O Bb7 9. Nb5 (9. Nb3 $142 $36) 9... O-O-O 10. Bxc5 bxc5 11.
Bd5 $1 a6 12. N5a3 Rhe8 13. Nc4 Nxd5 (13... d6 $10 {><e5}) 14. exd5 Ne7 15. Ne3
Nf5 16. Nxf5 Qxf5 17. c4 {=/+/= Szuek-Pinter/Hungary/1994/}) 8. O-O Bb6 (8...
Qg6 9. Nd2 d5 10. exd5 Ne5 (10... Nxd4 11. cxd4 (11. Bxd4 Bh3 12. Qf3 Bg4 13.
Qf4 Bd6 $44) 11... Bh3 12. Qf3 Bg4 13. Qe4 (13. Qg3 Nf5 14. Qf4 (14. Qxc7 $6
Bd6 $1 15. Qxb7 Bh3 16. g3 Rab8 17. Qxa7 Nxe3 18. fxe3 Bxg3 $1 19. Kh1 $8 Rxb2
$1 $19) 14... Bd6 15. Qg5 Qxg5 16. Bxg5 Nxd4 $15) 13... Bf5 $13) 11. Ne6 $5
fxe6 12. Bxc5 exd5 13. Bxe7 dxc4 14. Bxf8 Bh3 $1 15. g3 Rxf8 $44 16. Re1 $140
Qc6 (16... Rxf2 $5 17. Re2 $1 (17. Rxe5 $2 Qb6 $1 $19) 17... Rf5 18. Qa4 (18.
Qc2 Qb6+ 19. Kh1 Rf2 $1 $19) 18... a6 $1 19. Rae1 b5 20. Qa5 Qc6 $40) 17. Re4 (
17. f3 Qb6+ 18. Kh1 Nd3 $40) 17... Nf3+ 18. Nxf3 Qxe4 19. Ne1 Re8 $17) 9. Nc2
Qg6 (9... d6 {/^c8-e6-a2}) 10. Bxb6 (10. Nd2 Ne5 11. Be2 f5 12. Bxb6 Qxb6 $10 {
/^a7-f2,<->f,e}) 10... axb6 11. Nd2 Kh8 12. Ne3 d6 (12... f5 $142 13. exf5 Nxf5
14. Nxf5 Qxf5 15. Nf3 d6 16. Bd3 $14 (16. Re1 Ne5)) 13. f4 $14 f5 14. Bd3 Be6
15. Qc2 Qf7 (15... fxe4 16. Bxe4 Nf5 17. Rae1 Nxe3 (17... Rxa2 $4 18. Nxf5 Bxf5
19. Bxf5 Rxf5 20. Qxf5 $1 $18) 18. Rxe3 Bf5 19. a3 $14) 16. a3 h6 17. Rae1 fxe4
18. Nxe4 Nf5 19. Ng3 Bb3 (19... Nxe3 20. Rxe3 Bb3 $14 (20... Bc4 21. Bg6 Qd7
22. Rf2 $14 (22. Rfe1 $5 $40))) 20. Qd2 Nxe3 21. Rxe3 Bc4 22. Bxc4 Qxc4 23. f5
Ne5 24. Re4 $2 (24. f6 $142 Rxf6 (24... g5 25. Re4 {/\h4->}) 25. Rxf6 gxf6 26.
Rxe5 $3 dxe5 (26... fxe5 27. Qxh6+ Kg8 28. Nh5 Kf7 29. Qf6+ Ke8 30. Qg7 $1 Qf7
$8 31. Nf6+ Ke7 32. Nd5+ Ke6 33. Nxc7+ $18) 27. Qxh6+ Kg8 28. Nh5 $1 Qc5+ 29.
Kh1 Qe7 30. Nxf6+ Kf7 31. Nd5 $40) 24... Qc5+ 25. Kh1 Rf7 26. Rh4 (26. f6 $1)
26... Raf8 27. Re1 Qb5 28. h3 Kg8 $13 29. Rd4 Nc6 30. Rde4 d5 $2 (30... Ne5 $13
) 31. Re8 $2 (31. Re6 $16) 31... Qc4 (31... Rxe8 32. Rxe8+ Kh7 {=/+/=}) 32.
Rxf8+ Rxf8 33. Qe3 d4 $6 (33... Kh7 $14) 34. Qf4 Qc5 35. cxd4 Nxd4 36. Rc1 Qd6
37. Qxd6 cxd6 38. Rd1 Nxf5 39. Nxf5 Rxf5 40. Rxd6 Rf6 $4 (40... Rb5 41. b4 Re5
$1 42. Rxb6 Re1+ 43. Kh2 Ra1 44. Rxb7 Rxa3 $16 {_|_}) 41. Rxf6 gxf6 42. Kh2 $1
Kf7 43. Kg3 f5 44. Kf4 Ke6 45. a4 Kf6 46. g3 $1 Ke6 47. g4 $18 fxg4 48. Kxg4
Kf6 49. Kf4 Ke6 (49... Kg6 50. Ke5 Kh5 51. Kd6 Kh4 52. Kc7 Kxh3 53. Kxb7 h5 54.
Kxb6 h4 55. a5 $18) 50. Ke4 Kf6 51. Kd5 (51. Kd5 {Hecht} Kg5 (51... Ke7 {Hecht}
52. Ke5 Kd7 53. Kf6 Kd6 54. Kg6 Kc5 55. Kxh6 Kb4 56. h4 Kxa4 57. h5 Kb3 58. Kg5
Kxb2 59. h6 $18) 52. Kd6 Kh4 53. Kc7 Kxh3 (53... b5 54. a5) 54. Kxb7 h5 55.
Kxb6 h4 56. a5 Kg4 57. a6 h3 58. a7 h2 59. a8=Q $18) 1-0

[Event "Linares zt"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Van der Wiel, John"]
[Black "Gomez Esteban, Juan Mario"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[Annotator "Blatny,P"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1995.11.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 051"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Giese} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nb3 Bb6 6. a4 a6 7. Nc3
d6 8. Nd5 (8. Qe2 Nf6 9. Bg5 (9. Nd5 Nxd5 10. exd5+ Ne7 11. Bg5 f6 12. Be3 Bxe3
13. Qxe3 O-O 14. O-O-O Re8 15. Qd2 Bf5 16. Bd3 Qd7 $10 {Bethe,S-Osterkorn,C/
RLNN 8990/1990/}) 9... h6 10. Bh4 g5 11. Bg3 Qe7 12. O-O-O Bd7 13. f3 O-O-O 14.
Bf2 Bxf2 15. Qxf2 Kb8 16. Nd4 Qe5 17. Bc4 Nxd4 18. Qxd4 Qxd4 19. Rxd4 Be6 $10 {
Bethe,S-Osterkorn,C/RLNN 9091/1991/}) 8... Ba7 9. Be3 Bxe3 10. Nxe3 Nf6 (10...
Nge7 11. Be2 Be6 $10) 11. Bd3 O-O (11... Ne5 $5) 12. O-O Re8 13. f3 (13. Qf3
Ne5 $13) 13... Be6 14. c4 (14. Qd2 Bxb3 $5 15. cxb3 a5 16. Bb5 Nd7 $10) 14...
a5 15. Rf2 Nd7 (15... b6 16. Bc2 Nd7 17. Nd4 Nxd4 18. Qxd4 Qf6 19. Qxf6 Nxf6
20. g4 Nd7 21. h4 Ne5 $10 {Van der Wiel,J-Pinter,J/Manila olm/1992/}) (15...
Qb8 16. Rc1 Qa7 (16... Ne5) 17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. cxd5 Nb4 19. Bb5 Rec8 (19... Rxe4
$5 20. fxe4 Nxe4 21. Qd4 Qxd4 22. Nxd4 Nxf2 23. Kxf2 Nxd5 $13) 20. Qd4 $14 {
Van der Wiel-Winants/Antwerpen/1993/}) 16. f4 f6 (16... Nc5 17. f5 {/\f6}) 17.
Rd2 Nb4 (17... Nc5 18. Nxc5 dxc5 19. e5 $36) (17... Qe7 18. Nd5 $14) 18. Bb1
Qe7 (18... Bf7 19. c5 $16) 19. Nd4 Nc5 (19... Bf7 20. Nef5 Qf8 21. Qg4 $40) 20.
Ra3 Bd7 (20... Kh8 $142) 21. Nef5 Qf8 (21... Qf7 22. Rg3 $18) 22. Rg3 g6 23.
Qh5 (23. b3 Nxe4 $17) 23... Nxe4 $2 {[#]} (23... Ne6 24. Rxg6+ hxg6 25. Qxg6+
Ng7 (25... Kh8 26. Qh5+ Kg8 27. Nh6+ Kh8 28. Ng4+ Kg8 29. e5 $18) 26. e5 Bxf5
27. Nxf5 $18) (23... Kh8 $142 24. Rxg6 Qf7 $1 25. Nh4 $1 (25. Rh6 Qxh5 26. Rxh5
Nxe4 $15) 25... Nxe4 26. Bxe4 (26. Re2 Qxc4 $19) 26... Rxe4 27. Qh6 $13 Re1+
$140 $2 28. Kf2 Qe7 (28... Ree8 29. Rxf6) 29. Rg3 $1 $18) 24. Rxg6+ $1 hxg6 25.
Qxg6+ Kh8 26. Qh5+ {:Qg8} (26. Re2 $2 {Giese} Qg8) 26... Kg8 27. Re2 $1 $18 {
[%csl Re4][%cal Ye2e3,Ye3h3,Yh5g6] /\Qg6,Re3} (27. Bxe4 Rxe4 $13) 27... Bxf5 (
27... Qf7 28. Nh6+) (27... d5 28. Re3 Ng5 (28... Re7 29. Nxe7+ Qxe7 30. Bxe4
dxe4 31. Rg3+ $18) 29. Nh6+ {[%cal Gb1h7]} Qxh6 (29... Kh8 {Giese} 30. fxg5 $18
) 30. Rxe8+ Rxe8 31. Qxh6 $18) (27... Re7 {Giese} 28. Nh6+ (28. Nxe7+) 28...
Kh8 29. Bxe4 f5 30. Nf7+ Kg8 31. Nxf5 Bxf5 32. Nh6+ $18) 28. Nxf5 Nc5 (28... d5
29. Re3 (29. Bxe4 $2 Rxe4 (29... dxe4 $4 30. Qg6+ Kh8 31. Re3 $18) 30. Qg6+ Kh8
31. Qh5+ $10) 29... Ng5 (29... Re7 30. Nxe7+ Qxe7 31. Bxe4 dxe4 (31... Qc5 32.
Qg6+ Kf8 33. Qxf6+ Kg8 34. Qe6+ Kg7 (34... Kf8 35. Bg6 $18) 35. Kh1 Qxe3 36.
Qe7+ Kg8 37. Bh7+ $18) 32. Rg3+ $18) 30. Nh6+ {[%cal Gb1h7]} (30. fxg5 Rxe3 31.
Nh6+ Qxh6 32. gxh6 Kf8 (32... Kh8 33. Qf7 Re1+ 34. Kf2 $18) 33. h7 Ke7 34. h8=Q
Rxh8 35. Qxh8 $18) 30... Qxh6 (30... Kh8 31. fxg5 Rxe3 32. Nf7+ Kg8 33. Qh7#)
31. Rxe8+ $18 (31. Rxe8+ {Giese} Rxe8 32. Qxh6 $18)) 29. Qg6+ (29. Nh6+ $18 {
[%cal Gb1h7] Giese}) 29... Kh8 30. Nxd6 $1 {[%cal Yg6h7]} Qg8 (30... f5 31.
Bxf5 Re7 (31... Qxf5 32. Rxe8+ Rxe8 33. Qxe8+ $18) 32. Rxe7 Qxe7 33. Nf7+ Qxf7
34. Qxf7 $18) 31. Qh6+ 1-0

[Event "World Women-ch"]
[Site "Jaen"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Polgar, Zsuzsa"]
[Black "Xie, Jun"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "Blatny,P"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "1996.01.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "16"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 052"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nxc6 Qf6 6. Qd2 dxc6 7. Nc3 Be6
8. Na4 Rd8 9. Bd3 Bd4 10. O-O Qh4 (10... Ne7 11. c3 b5 12. cxd4 Qxd4 13. Qc2
Qxa4 $10 {Kasparov-Short/London/1994/}) (10... a6 11. Qa5 (11. Nc3 Ne7 12. Ne2
Bb6 13. Qf4 Ng6 14. Qxf6 gxf6 15. Ng3 $14 {Kasparov-Short/London/1994/}) 11...
b5 12. Nc3 Bb6 13. Qxa6 Nh6 $14 {Kasparov-Yusupow/Horgen/1994/}) 11. Qf4 Qh5 {
/\Be5} 12. Qg3 (12. Qxc7 $4 Be5 $18) 12... Ne7 13. Be3 Bf6 14. h3 O-O 15. f4 (
15. Qxc7 Rd7 16. Qg3 b6 17. Nc3 Rfd8 18. f4 Bxc3 19. bxc3 f5 20. e5 $14) 15...
Bh4 16. Qf3 Qxf3 17. Rxf3 f5 18. Nc5 fxe4 19. Bxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "ARG-World"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Hoffman, Alejandro"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "Blatny,P"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1994.04.??"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 042"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Ernst} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7.
Qe2 Nd5 8. c4 Ba6 9. b3 Qh4 (9... g6 10. Ba3 Qg5 11. g3 Nc3 12. Nxc3 Bxa3 13.
Ne4 Qe7 14. Nf6+ Kf8 15. Bg2 Bb4+ 16. Kf1 Rd8 17. Qb2 Ba3 18. Qc3 Bb4 $10 {
Kasparov-Ivanchuk/Amsterdam/1994/}) (9... O-O-O $10 {Ernst}) 10. Bb2 (10. a3 {
Ernst} Bc5 11. Qf3 Bd4 12. Ra2 Nb6 13. Bd3 $16 {Thorhallsson,T-Jonsson,B/
Hafnarfirdi/1992/}) 10... Bb4+ 11. Kd1 (11. Nd2 $2 Nc3 12. Bxc3 (12. Qf3 Ne4
13. Bc1 $8 Bc3 $1 (13... d5 14. exd6 O-O 15. Bd3 f5 $40) 14. g3 Qe7 15. Rb1
Nxd2 16. Bxd2 Qxe5+ $17) 12... Bxc3 13. Rc1 Qd4 $17) 11... Nf4 (11... O-O-O $2
{Ernst} 12. g3 Qh6 13. a3 Be7 14. Qd2 $1 $16 {Stefansson,H-Jonsson,B/
Hafnarfirdi/1992/}) 12. Qf3 (12. Qe3 Ne6 $15 {/^c5-f2}) 12... Ne6 13. g3 (13.
Nd2 $5 $13) 13... Qd8 (13... Qe7 14. a3 Bc5 {><d4}) 14. a3 Be7 15. Nd2 O-O 16.
Bd3 d5 (16... f6 $5 17. Qe2 (17. Qh5 g6 18. Bxg6 (18. Qe2) 18... hxg6 19. Qxg6+
Ng7 20. Ne4 fxe5 21. Bxe5 Rf7 $17 {/\d5}) 17... fxe5 18. Bxe5 Bf6 19. f4 (19.
Nf3 $2 d6 $1 20. Bxf6 Qxf6 21. Kc2 Rae8 $19) 19... d6 20. Bxf6 Qxf6 21. Rc1 Nd4
22. Qh5 g6 23. Qa5 Bc8 24. h3 $1 Qg7 25. Be4 Rb8 $40) 17. exd6 cxd6 (17... Qxd6
18. Kc2 Nd4+ 19. Bxd4 Qxd4 20. Qe4 $14 (20. Qxc6 $2 Bf6 $1 21. Ra2 Qc3+ 22. Kd1
Qxd3 23. Qxa6 Bc3 $1 24. Kc1 Bxd2+ 25. Rxd2 Qc3+ $19)) 18. Re1 (18. Qxc6 $2 Nc5
19. Qf3 Bb7 20. Be4 Nxe4 21. Nxe4 f5 22. Qc3 Rf7 $19) (18. Qe4 $142 $1 g6 19.
Qxc6 $1 Nc5 20. Qd5 (20. Qf3 $6 Bb7 (20... d5 $5 $132) 21. Be4 Nxe4 22. Nxe4 d5
$1 $40 (22... f5 $2 23. Qc3 $18)) 20... Bb7 21. Qd4 Bf6 22. Qxf6 Qxf6 23. Bxf6
Bxh1 24. Kc2 $1 Nxd3 (24... Bb7 25. Be7 Rfe8 26. Bxd6 Nxd3 27. Kxd3 Rad8 28. c5
$14) 25. Kxd3 Bc6 26. Be7 Rfe8 27. Bxd6 $14) 18... d5 $5 19. Qg4 (19. Rxe6 $142
$1 fxe6 20. Qh5 Rf5 $8 (20... h6 21. Bxg7 $1 Rxf2 (21... Kxg7 $4 22. Qg6+ Kh8
23. Qh7#) 22. Qg6 $1 $18 (22. Qxh6 $2 Rxd2+ $1 $19) (22. Bxh6 Rf6 23. Nf3 {
/\Qg5-g7#} Bf8 24. Bg5 Bg7 25. Ne5 Bc8 (25... dxc4 26. Qh7+ Kf8 27. Bxf6 $18)
26. Nxc6 Qd6 27. Bxf6 Bxf6 28. Qg6+ Bg7 29. Kc2 $1 $18)) 21. Bxf5 exf5 22. Qxf5
$16) 19... Ng5 (19... g6 20. Rxe6 $1 fxe6 21. Bxg6 $18) (19... Bf6 20. Qf5 Ng5
21. Bxf6 Qxf6 22. Qxf6 gxf6 23. Kc2 $16 {_|_}) 20. h4 dxc4 (20... Bc8 21. Bxh7+
$1 (21. Qh5 g6 22. Qh6 Bf6 $1 $13) 21... Kxh7 22. Qh5+ Kg8 23. hxg5 Bxg5 24.
Rh1 Bh6 (24... f6 25. Qh7+ Kf7 26. f4 Bg4+ 27. Kc1 $18) 25. Bxg7 $1 Bg4+ $8 26.
Qxg4 Bxg7 27. cxd5 $1 $18 {_|_}) 21. Bxh7+ (21. Bxc4 $2 Bxc4 22. bxc4 (22. Qxc4
Ne6) 22... Bf6 $1 $40) 21... Kxh7 22. hxg5 Bxg5 23. Rh1+ Kg8 (23... Bh6 $4 24.
Qxg7#) 24. f4 Qd3 (24... Qd5 25. Rh2 (25. Qh3 $2 Bh6 26. Bxg7 Rfd8 $40) 25...
cxb3 26. Qxg5 Qxg5 27. fxg5 Rad8 28. Rc1 $18 {_|_}) (24... Bf6 $2 {Ernst} 25.
Qh5 $18) 25. Rc1 $4 (25. Qxg5 c3 (25... f6 {Ernst} 26. Qa5 cxb3 27. Qc3) 26.
Bxc3 Qxc3 27. Rc1 Qd3 28. Qh5 f6 29. Qh8+ Kf7 30. Qh5+ Kg8 (30... Ke7 31. Re1+
$40) 31. Qh8+ $10) (25. Bxg7 $5 Rfd8 $1 (25... c3 26. Bxc3 Qxc3 27. Qxg5+ Qg7
28. Qxg7+ Kxg7 29. Rc1 $18 {_|_}) 26. Bc3 $3 Qxc3 27. Qxg5+ Qg7 $10) 25... Rfd8
$19 26. Bc3 cxb3 27. Bb4 (27. Qxg5 Qe2#) (27. fxg5 b2 $19) 27... b2 28. fxg5
b1=Q (28... b1=N {Ernst} 29. Qh5 Qxd2+ 30. Bxd2 Rxd2+ 31. Ke1 Re8+ $19) 0-1

[Event "Bugojno"]
[Site "Bugojno"]
[Date "1978.03.07"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Black "Ivkov, Borislav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[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 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
c4 Ba6 9. b3 f6 $5 (9... O-O-O 10. Bb2 f6 $1 11. exf6 $10 (11. Nd2 $2 fxe5 12.
O-O-O Re8 13. g3 Kb8 $15 {Radulov-Rukavina, Balkaniade 1972})) 10. Bb2 Nf4 (
10... fxe5 $2 11. Qh5+ g6 12. Qxe5 $18) 11. exf6 $5 (11. Qe4 fxe5 12. Qxe5
O-O-O) 11... Nd3+ 12. Kd2 Qxe2+ 13. Bxe2 Nxb2 14. Re1 {/\#} Bb4+ 15. Nc3 O-O
16. a3 Bxc3+ 17. Kxc3 Rxf6 18. f3 (18. Bf3 Rb8) 18... Re8 19. Bf1 Rxe1 20. Rxe1
Nxc4 21. bxc4 Kf7 22. Bd3 c5 23. Re5 d6 24. Re1 h6 25. Be4 Bc8 26. Bc6 $15
1/2-1/2

[Event "Oberliga Bayern 9495"]
[Site "Bayern"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?.1"]
[White "Milov, Leonid"]
[Black "Pinter, Jozsef"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1994.10.09"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Nuernberg SC NT 1873"]
[BlackTeam "Regensburg DJK"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
g3 g6 9. c4 Ba6 10. Nd2 Bg7 11. f4 O-O 12. Qe4 f5 13. Qf3 Nb6 14. Be2 c5 15.
O-O d6 16. Qa3 Bb7 17. Bf3 Bxf3 18. Nxf3 Nxc4 19. Qb3 d5 $17 20. Qc3 Nb6 21. b3
c4 22. Qa5 c5 23. Ba3 Rfc8 24. Rfd1 Bf8 25. Rac1 Qe8 26. Nd2 cxb3 27. axb3 Qc6
28. Nf3 Nd7 29. Qd2 Rab8 30. b4 (30. Qxd5+ Qxd5 31. Rxd5 Rxb3 32. Rxd7 Rxa3 $17
) 30... Nb6 31. Nd4 Qa4 $1 32. Nc2 cxb4 33. Bxb4 Rxc2 $1 34. Qxc2 Qxb4 35. Qc6
Qe7 36. Kg2 Rd8 37. Rd4 Rc8 38. Qxc8 Nxc8 39. Rxc8 Qb7 0-1

[Event "Bucharest"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Vajda, Levente"]
[Black "Todorovic, Goran M"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2370"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
c4 Ba6 9. b3 g6 10. g3 Bg7 11. Bb2 O-O 12. Bg2 Rae8 13. O-O Bxe5 $5 $146 (13...
Nb6) 14. Qxe5 Qxe5 15. Bxe5 Rxe5 16. cxd5 Bxf1 17. Kxf1 cxd5 18. Nc3 c6 $17 *

[Event "World U20-ch22"]
[Site "Belfort"]
[Date "1983.08.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Granda Zuniga, Julio E"]
[Black "Condie, Mark L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2365"]
[BlackElo "2345"]
[Annotator "Bulletin/Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1983.08.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nb3 (5. Be3) (5. Nxc6) 5... Bb6
6. Nc3 Nge7 (6... d6) 7. a4 (7. Bg5) (7. Qe2) 7... a6 (7... a5 {[%csl Rb5]} 8.
Bg5 f6 9. Bh4 O-O 10. Qd2 $14 {Radulov,I-Westerinen,H Raach zt 1969 (1) 1-0})
8. g3 (8. Bg5 f6 9. Bh4 O-O 10. a5 Ba7) 8... d6 9. Bg2 Bd7 $146 {[%cal Gd8c8]
Un plan assez passif} (9... Ne5 10. h3 {Bilek,I (2485)-Anderson,F Munich ol 
(Men) fin-B 1958 (3) 1/2}) 10. O-O Qc8 11. Nd5 $1 Nxd5 12. exd5 Ne5 (12... Ne7
$2 13. Re1 {[%csl Re7,Re8]}) 13. Nd4 (13. Kh1 {[%cal Gf2f4]} O-O $132) 13...
O-O 14. b3 Bg4 15. f3 Bh3 16. g4 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Bxd4 (17... h5 $5 {[%csl Rg2]}
18. Nf5 Qd7 19. h3 Rae8 (19... hxg4 $143 20. hxg4 {[%csl Rg8][%cal Gf1h1]}))
18. Qxd4 f5 $132 19. g5 Qe8 20. f4 Ng4 $2 {Le Ng4 n'a plus de cases de repli
et si l'attaque n'aboutit pas, ils vont perdre une pièce} (20... Ng6 21. Bd2 {
[%cal Ga1e1]} Qe2+ 22. Rf2 Qg4+ {[%csl Rg2]}) 21. Qd3 Qg6 {[%cal Gg6h5,Gh5h2]}
(21... Qh5 22. h3 {[%csl Rg4]}) 22. Kh1 Rae8 23. h3 Qh5 24. Kg2 {Gagne une
pièce mais le K Blanc est un peu exposé} Nf6 25. gxf6 Rxf6 {[%cal Gf6g6]} 26.
Rf3 $1 $18 Rg6+ 27. Kf1 Qh4 28. Bd2 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch 63rd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.12.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2010.12.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 140"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
c4 Ba6 9. Nd2 g6 10. Nf3 Qb4+ 11. Kd1 Nb6 (11... Rb8 12. Qc2 Ne7 13. b3 Bg7 14.
Bd2 Qb6 15. c5 Qb7 16. Bxa6 Qxa6 17. Qc4 Qxc4 18. bxc4 h6 19. h4 d5 20. cxd6
cxd6 21. Bc3 d5 22. Kc2 c5 23. Rab1 O-O 24. Rxb8 Rxb8 25. cxd5 Nxd5 26. Rd1
Nb4+ 27. Bxb4 cxb4 28. Kb3 Bf8 29. Rd7 {1-0 Ponomariov,R (2734)-Leko,P (2734)/
Dortmund 2010/Mega2010 Update 32 (57)}) 12. b3 Bg7 13. Qd2 Qe7 14. Bb2 O-O 15.
Kc2 c5 16. h4 d5 17. exd6 Qxd6 18. Bxg7 Qxd2+ 19. Nxd2 Kxg7 {#Not easy to
understand why Svidler accepted to enter this line, since the pawn structure
is shattered and weakened, and there is no obvious compensation for it.} 20.
Ne4 Nd7 21. Rd1 Bb7 22. Nc3 Nf6 23. f3 Rfe8 24. Bd3 a5 25. Rhe1 Bc6 26. Nb5
Rxe1 27. Rxe1 Re8 28. Rxe8 Nxe8 {#} 29. Kb2 $1 {White's plan to bring his king
to a3-a4 and pick up the pawn is straightforward and strong, and forces Black
to play precisely.} Kh6 30. Be2 {#To protect f3 and be able to answer Kh5 with
g3.} Ng7 $2 {A mistake. Black cannot capture the pawn with the king with Kh5,
since White has g3, so he goes for it with his knight instead. The problem is
that this takes far too much time.} ({The immediate} 30... g5 {was necessary.}
31. hxg5+ (31. g3 $2 gxh4 32. gxh4 Kh5) 31... Kxg5 32. g3 Ng7 33. f4+ Kh6 34.
Nxc7 Nh5 $11) 31. Ka3 Nf5 32. Ka4 Nxh4 33. Bf1 Nf5 34. Kxa5 Ne3 35. Nxc7 Nxf1
36. Kb6 Bd7 37. Nd5 Kg7 38. a4 Bc8 39. Ne7 1-0

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A 14th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2015.03.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ponkratov, Pavel"]
[Black "Sasikiran, Krishnan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2682"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2015.03.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 166"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
c4 Ba6 9. Nd2 g6 10. Nf3 Bg7 11. Bg5 f6 12. exf6 Qxe2+ 13. Bxe2 Nxf6 14. O-O-O
O-O-O {Black obviously equalized without problems. He was able to eliminate
White's center and he has no real structural weaknesses: he will be able to
play d6 and c5 securing good positions for all of his pieces, the a7 pawn is
not easily attacked.} 15. Rhe1 Rde8 16. Nd2 {White initates a knight maneuver
that is as bad as it is long.} c5 17. Nb3 Bb7 18. g3 d6 19. Na5 Ba8 {By now it
is quite clear the knight doesn't belong on a5.} 20. Bf1 Ng4 21. Bh3 h5 22. Be3
Rhf8 23. f4 Kd8 {The h2 pawn and the e3 bishop are hanging. White's pieces are
discoordinated.} 24. Rd3 (24. Bg1 Bf3 25. Rxe8+ Rxe8 26. Rf1 Ba8 {concedes the
e-file and the game.}) 24... Bd4 $2 (24... Nxh2 {was simply a free pawn.}) 25.
Bxg4 hxg4 26. Nb3 Bxe3+ 27. Rdxe3 Rxe3 28. Rxe3 Rh8 29. Re2 Bf3 30. Rf2 Re8 {
Black is slightly better due to his powerful piece placement and easier play.
However White has decent chances of holding.} 31. Kd2 Kd7 32. Na1 Re4 $1 33. b3
Rd4+ 34. Ke3 Re4+ 35. Kd2 Rd4+ 36. Ke3 Rd1 37. Nc2 Rh1 38. Kd2 Rd1+ 39. Kc3 c6
40. Ne3 Rh1 41. Nf1 {Black's rook is trapped, but it does not matter. White
has no activity and the passed pawn on the d-file will provide enough
distraction for White's pieces.} d5 42. Nd2 $2 (42. b4 {was probably the only
way to keep fighting, but things still look grim.}) 42... d4+ 43. Kc2 Ke6 44.
Kb2 (44. Kd3 Re1 45. Nxf3 Re3+ 46. Kc2 gxf3 $17) 44... Kf5 45. Kc2 Re1 46. Kb2
Be2 {White has lost any semblance of coordination and Black's pieces are
strong enough to push the d-ppawn.} 47. Kc2 d3+ 48. Kb2 Rd1 49. Nb1 Rxb1+ (
49... d2 {also works, but the played move is much , much easier.} 50. Nxd2
Rxd2+ 51. Kc1 Rxa2 52. Kb1 Rd2 53. Kc1 Rd1+ 54. Kc2 Bf3 $1 {with a winning
pawn endgame if White takes on f3!}) 0-1

[Event "Jermuk FIDE GP (Women)"]
[Site "Jermuk"]
[Date "2012.07.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ruan, Lufei"]
[Black "Zhao, Xue"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2483"]
[BlackElo "2556"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2012.07.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 150"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{The game of the day was an attractive and instructive win by Ruan against
Zhao Xue. After the opening, a complicated position arose, and on move 19,
Black erred, allowing White to uncork an impressive tactical combination} 1. e4
e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8. c4
Ba6 9. b3 g6 10. g3 Bg7 11. Bb2 O-O 12. Bg2 Rae8 13. O-O Nb6 14. Re1 f6 15. e6
Qd6 16. Ba3 c5 17. Nc3 Rxe6 18. Ne4 Qe7 19. Qd2 d6 $2 ({Black should have
chosen} 19... Re8 20. Bxc5 d6 21. Be3 Bb7 22. Nxf6+ Bxf6 23. Bxb7 Bxa1 24. Rxa1
Rxe3 25. fxe3 Qxe3+ 26. Qxe3 Rxe3) 20. Nxc5 dxc5 21. Qa5 {and White secured a
significant advantage.} f5 22. Bxc5 Rxe1+ 23. Rxe1 Bc3 24. Bxe7 Bxa5 25. b4
Bxb4 26. Bxb4 Rd8 27. c5 Nd5 28. Ba5 Bc4 29. Rd1 Rd7 30. c6 Rd6 31. Bxc7 Rxc6
32. Rc1 Nxc7 33. Bxc6 Bxa2 34. Ra1 Bc4 35. Rxa7 Ne6 36. Ra4 Bb3 37. Rb4 Ba2 38.
Bb5 Bd5 39. Bc4 Bxc4 40. Rxc4 Kg7 41. f4 Kf6 42. Kf2 h6 43. Rc6 Kf7 44. Ke3 h5
45. h4 Nf8 46. Kd4 Nd7 47. Kd5 Nf6+ {[#]} 48. Rxf6+ Kxf6 49. Kd6 {and White
forces the black king into zugzwang, an instructional position for aspiring
chess players.} 1-0

[Event "Saratov Governor's Cup"]
[Site "Saratov"]
[Date "2011.10.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2011.10.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. Bd3 d6 (6... Qh4 7.
Qe2 Ne7 8. Nc3 O-O 9. Be3 Bb6 10. O-O d5 11. exd5 Nxd5 12. Bd2 Bd4 13. Rae1 Nb4
14. Qe4 Qxe4 15. Bxe4 Ba6 16. Ne2 Bc5 17. a3 Nd5 18. b4 Bd6 19. Nd4 Bxf1 20.
Kxf1 Nb6 21. Nxc6 Rfe8 22. a4 Kf8 23. a5 Nc4 24. Bc1 a6 25. f4 Re6 26. Bd5 Rf6
27. Re4 {1-0 (27) Carlsen,M (2821)-Caruana,F (2711) Biel 2011}) 7. Nc3 Ne7 8.
O-O O-O 9. Na4 Bd4 10. c3 Bb6 11. Bg5 f6 12. Bh4 Be6 13. Qc2 Qd7 14. Rad1 Ng6
15. Bg3 Qf7 16. b3 Rae8 17. c4 c5 {Although the bishop on b6 is now just a
fancy looking pawn after ...c5, White was threatening c5 himself after which
things could soon become ugly for Black.} ({Morozevich had a vicious little
counter to the attempt to centralize the bishop with} 17... Bd4 {Now he would
play} 18. c5 $1 {and win material. For example} Bxc5 (18... Be5 19. f4 Bd4+ 20.
Kh1 {and unless Black wants the same line as Bxc5, he has other problems with
the bishop x-rayed by the Rd1.} d5 21. exd5 Bxd5 22. Bxg6 {and the bishop on
d4 is lost.}) 19. Nxc5 dxc5 20. Qxc5 {and the queenside pawns fall like ripe
fruit.}) 18. f4 Ne7 19. e5 $1 {With this strike, White soon goes from slightly
better to much better. For some reason the engine keeps suggesting lines with
Nxb6, but short of a certain material win, there is no way White is going to
voluntarily solve Black's bishop problem for him.} f5 20. exd6 cxd6 21. Be2 d5
22. Bf2 {Although this may seem like an invitation for ...d4, Black is still
stuck with the short end of the stick despite the passed protected pawn.} Rc8 (
{If Black were to play the immediate} 22... d4 {then White would undermine the
pawns immediately with} 23. b4 $1 cxb4 (23... Rc8 24. Nxc5 Bxc5 25. bxc5 $16)
24. Nxb6 axb6 25. Rxd4 Rc8 26. Re1 $16 {followed by Bd3 and Re5.}) 23. Nb2 d4
24. Nd3 Ng6 25. Bf3 Qf6 26. Rfe1 Rfe8 27. g3 a5 28. Re2 Bd7 29. Rde1 Rxe2 30.
Qxe2 Bc6 $2 {A very bad idea that opens the door for White to penetrate along
the e-file.} 31. Bd5+ (31. Bxc6 {was also fine since Black has to take with
the queen with} Qxc6 (31... Rxc6 32. Qf3 {White penetrates from all angles.})
32. Qe6+ Qxe6 33. Rxe6 Rb8 34. Be1 Kf7 35. Rd6 Ke7 36. Rd5 $16 {and c5 or f5
falls.}) 31... Bxd5 32. cxd5 a4 33. Ne5 Ba5 {[#]Morozevich shows more of the
stellar form he has exhibited all year.} 34. Qc4 $3 {What can one say? Superb.}
Qd6 ({If Black takes with} 34... Bxe1 {then} 35. d6+ Kh8 36. Nf7+ Kg8 37. d7 $3
{The point.} Bxf2+ 38. Kxf2 Rf8 39. d8=Q Rxd8 40. Nxd8+ Kh8 41. Nf7+ Kg8 42.
Ng5+ Kh8 43. Qe6 $1 {and it is over.} Qxe6 44. Nxe6 $18) 35. Re2 axb3 36. axb3
Ne7 37. Qb5 Bb4 38. Nc4 Qd8 39. d6 Nc6 40. Ne5 Nxe5 41. fxe5 1-0

[Event "Corus-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2010.01.23"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Howell, David"]
[Black "Nyback, Tomi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2010.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{With Giri fighting to a draw against L'Ami, the chasing pack was ripe for a
shake-up, of which British Champion Howell was happy to take part.} 1. e4 e5 2.
Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. c3 Nge7 7. Bc4 Ne5 8. Be2 Qg6 9.
O-O d6 10. Kh1 O-O 11. Nd2 Ng4 12. Bf4 Nc6 13. f3 Nge5 14. Be3 $146 ({
deviating from} 14. Nxc6 {Mussanti-Popa (2002).}) 14... Bb6 15. f4 Nxd4 16.
cxd4 Nc6 17. f5 Qf6 18. e5 (18. Nf3 {bolstering the d-pawn and garnering
threats to ensnare Black's queen may have been a better try.}) 18... dxe5 19.
Ne4 Qd8 20. Bc4 Na5 ({With} 20... exd4 {standing as a viable alternative, the
text proves unsavoury.}) 21. f6 Bxd4 {was the straw that broke the camel's
back. Either of} (21... g6) (21... Nxc4 {were viable.}) 22. fxg7 Kxg7 23. Bg5 {
With his king's position compromised, and White's heavy artillery lying in
wait, Nyback sagely admitted defeat.} 1-0

[Event "Lopota FIDE GP (Women)"]
[Site "Lopota"]
[Date "2014.06.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Muminova, Nafisa"]
[Black "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2332"]
[BlackElo "2532"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[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"]

{Muminova's intuition and bravery is spot on. She finds aggressive and
powerful moves and can obtain winning positions against anyone. However when
it is time to wrap things up by precisely bringing the point home she often
fails to do so. Somehow instead of driving her crushing attack forward she
ended up getting mated when she ran out of ideas in the kingside...} 1. e4 e5
2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nb3 Bb6 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. Qe2 O-O 8. Be3 Re8
9. f3 d6 10. O-O-O Be6 11. Nc5 Bxc5 12. Bxc5 Qb8 13. Be3 a6 14. g4 b5 15. g5
Nd7 16. f4 Bc4 17. Qf3 Bxf1 18. Rhxf1 b4 19. Nd5 Ne7 20. Nf6+ $1 {Powerful and
effective.} gxf6 21. gxf6 Ng6 22. f5 $1 Re5 23. fxg6 $2 (23. Bd4 $1 Ra5 24. Qh3
$1 {Black cannot solve all of her problems.} Rxa2 25. fxg6 hxg6 26. Rf4 $18)
23... hxg6 24. Bh6 $2 {A waste of time and an impossible move to understand.}
Rh5 25. Be3 (25. Bg7 {leaves the bishop doing nothing on g7.}) 25... Ne5 26.
Qg3 Qc8 27. Bf4 Qe6 28. Bxe5 Rxe5 29. Rd5 Re8 30. Rxe5 Qxe5 {Now Black is the
one with all the pluses in the position.} 31. Rf4 Qd4 32. Qh4 Re6 33. a3 bxa3
34. bxa3 c5 35. Kb1 d5 36. exd5 Rb6+ 37. Kc1 Qe3+ 0-1

[Event "RUS-chT 21st"]
[Site "Loo"]
[Date "2014.04.13"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2014.04.07"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Moscow Inheritance"]
[BlackTeam "St Petersburg"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 {Wegen der Berlinder Variante sind einige 1.
e4-Spieler der Spanischen Partie derzeit müde. Schottisch ist da eine
Alternative.} exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8. c4 Nb6 ({
Die andere Hauptvariante ist} 8... Ba6 9. b3 g6 (9... O-O-O)) 9. Nc3 Ba6 10.
Qe4 g6 ({Die Hauptvariante entsteht nach} 10... Qe6) 11. Bf4 (11. c5 Bxf1 12.
cxb6 f5 13. b7 Rb8 14. Qe3 Bxg2 15. Rg1 Bd5 16. Qxa7 Qxe5+ 17. Be3 $11) 11...
Qb4 {In der Folge entstehen sehr verwickelte Varianten.} (11... Bg7 12. c5 Bxf1
13. cxb6 Ba6 14. bxc7 O-O 15. O-O-O Rfe8 16. Rhe1 Bc8 17. Qc4 a5 18. Ne4 Ba6
19. Qd4 Qe6 20. Qxd7 Qxa2 21. Qxc6 a4 22. Nf6+ Bxf6 23. exf6 Qc4+ 24. Qxc4 Bxc4
25. Rxe8+ {1-0 (25) Lagumina,G (2265)-Verrascina,N (2140) Rome 1997}) 12. e6
Qxb2 (12... fxe6 13. Be5 Rg8 14. c5 Qxe4+ 15. Nxe4 Bxf1 16. Nf6+ Kf7 17. Rxf1
Bxc5 18. Nxg8 Kxg8 19. Bxc7 $11) 13. exd7+ Kxd7 14. Qd4+ ({Nicht} 14. Rd1+ $2
Bd6 15. Qd4 Rae8+ 16. Be3 c5 17. Qf6 Kc8 $19) 14... Nd5 (14... Bd6 15. Rb1
Rhe8+ 16. Be3 Qa3 17. c5 Bxf1 18. Kxf1 Rxe3 19. Qxe3 Qxc5 20. Qxc5 Bxc5 21. g3
$11) 15. cxd5 (15. Qxh8 $2 {verliert:} Qxa1+ 16. Kd2 Qb2+ 17. Kd1 Nxc3+ $19)
15... Qxa1+ 16. Kd2 Bxf1 (16... Qb2+ $2 17. Kd1 Bxf1 18. dxc6+ Kxc6 19. Qd5+
Kb6 20. Na4+ {und Weiß gewinnt.}) 17. dxc6+ Kxc6 {Erstaunlicherweise
überlebt Schwarz.} 18. Qd5+ Kb6 19. Na4+ (19. Rxf1 Qxf1 20. Na4+ Ka6 21. Qc6+
Ka5 22. Bxc7+ Kb4 23. a3+ Kxa3 24. Qc3+ Kxa4 25. Qa5+ Kb3 26. Qc3+ {führt
auch nur zum Dauerschach.}) (19. Qxa8 Qxc3+ 20. Kxc3 Bg7+ 21. Kb3 Rxa8 22. Rxf1
{und Weiß hat einen Bauern weniger.}) 19... Ka6 20. Qc6+ Ka5 21. Bxc7+ Kb4 22.
Qe4+ (22. Qb7+ Kc4 23. Qc6+ Kb4 $11) 22... Ka3 23. Qf3+ Kxa2 24. Nc3+ Ka3 25.
Na2+ $1 {Ein letzter Trick.} Ka4 ({Auf} 25... Kxa2 $2 {folgt} 26. Qd5+ {
und nach} Ka3 27. Qa5+ Kb3 (27... Kb2 $2 28. Be5+) 28. Qxa1 Bb4+ 29. Ke3 Rhe8+
30. Be5 (30. Kf4 Re1 31. Qd4 Rc8 $13) 30... f6 31. Qd1+ Kc4 32. Qxf1+ Kc5 33.
Qc1+ Kb5 {muss Weiß für den vollen Punkt allerdings noch arbeiten.}) 26. Qc6+
Ka3 27. Qf3+ Ka4 28. Qc6+ Ka3 29. Qf3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Nanjing Pearl Spring 2nd"]
[Site "Nanjing"]
[Date "2009.09.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[Annotator "Carlsen,M"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2009.09.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 133"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 $1 {The Scotch. Judging by the time spent by my
opponent in the opening, as well as the position that arose, a good opening
choice for this game! Schottisch. Nach der Bedenkzeit zu urteilen, die mein
Gegner in der Erцffnung verbrauchte, sowie der Stellung, die sich ergab, eine
gute Wahl fьr diese Partie!} exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. c3 Nge7 7. Bc4 Ne5
8. Be2 Qg6 9. O-O d6 10. f4 $5 {An old move, seldom seen nowadays. Ein alter
Zug, heutzutage selten gesehen.} Qxe4 11. Bf2 Bxd4 {For those who want to know
why this and the next move are almost exclusively played here, I refer to
other sources :)  Fьr diejenigen, die wissen wollen, wieso dieser und der
nдchste Zug an dieser Stelle fast ausschlieЯlich gespielt werden, verweise ich
auf andere Quellen :)} 12. cxd4 N5g6 13. g3 {This move was introduced by
Morozevich against Kramnik, Monaco 2001. Dieser Zug wurde von Morozevich gegen
Kramnik in die Praxis eingefьhrt, Monaco 2001.} ({Earlier games mostly saw In
frьheren Partien geschah ьberwiegend} 13. Nc3 Qxf4 14. Nb5 O-O 15. Nxc7 Rb8 {
after which Black seldom had any problems. The text is the start of a more
positional plan, aiming to clamp down on the black position with d5 and play
for long-term compensation with the bishop pair. , wonach Schwarz selten
irgendwelche Probleme hatte. Der Text ist der Auftakt zu einem positionelleren
Plan, der darauf abzielt, mit d5 die schwarze Stellung einzuengen und auf
langfristige Kompensation mit dem Lдuferpaar zu spielen.}) 13... O-O $6 {
An inaccurate move. Leko explained afterwards that since he had already spent
quite a lot of time in the opening, he made this reflex move quicky, without
realizing that it would give him a difficult position. Ein ungenauer Zug. Leko
erklдrte hinterher, dass er, da er bereits eine Menge Zeit in der Erцffnung
verbraucht hatte, schnell diesen Reflexzug machte, ohne zu realisieren, dass
er ihm eine schwierige Stellung einbringen wьrde.} (13... Bh3 14. Bf3 Qf5 15.
Re1 d5 16. Qb3 {Is the critical continuation. Now both ist die kritische
Fortsetzung. Mцglich sind nun sowohl} O-O 17. Nc3 Bg4 18. Bxd5 {with a draw in
Nakamura-Grischuk, played slightly later at the ECC in Ohrid, or the
challenging 16... 0-0-0!? are possible. mit Remis in Nakamura-Grischuk,
gespielt kurz darauf beim Europa-Cup in Ohrid, oder das anspruchsvollere 16...
0-0-0!?.}) 14. Nc3 Qf5 15. d5 {This is the position I was aiming for. I do not
claim a real advantage for White here, but I think that it is much easier to
play White here, as he has a lot of space, while Black is cramped, and finds
it more difficult to find a way to arrange his pieces. Dies ist die Stellung,
die ich angestrebt hatte. Ich beanspruche keinen wirklichen Vorteil fьr WeiЯ
hier, aber ich denke, dass es hier wesentlich einfacher ist, WeiЯ zu spielen,
da er eine Menge Raum hat, wдhrend Schwarz beengt steht und es ihm schwerer
fдllt, einen Weg zu finden, seine Figuren zu arrangieren.} a6 (15... Bd7 {
was played a few days later in Ganguly-Acs, but that game didn't shake the
evaluation of the position: Black was suffering in that game as well. geschah
ein paar Tage spдter in Ganguly-Acs, aber diese Partie konnte die Einschдtzung
der Stellung nicht erschьttern: Auch in jener Partie hatte Schwarz zu leiden.})
16. Re1 Kh8 $5 {An interesting idea. The knight is seeking greener pastures
via the f6-square. Eine interessante Idee. Der Springer strebt ьber das Feld
f6 zu grьneren Weiden.} (16... b5 17. a3 {is hardly a solution to the problems,
as Black can never play ...Bb7 due to Bg4 Qf6 Bd4, trapping the black queen.
ist kaum eine Lцsung der Probleme, da Schwarz nie ...Bb7 spielen kann wegen
Bg4 Qf6 Bd4 und die schwarze Dame ist gefangen.}) 17. Rc1 Bd7 18. Bf3 {A very
useful move, preparing Ne2-d4, where the knight will occupy a dominant
position. Ein sehr nьtzlicher Zug, Ne2-d4 wird vorbereitet, wo der Springer
eine dominante Stellung einnehmen wird.} Rac8 19. Qb3 b5 20. Ne2 Qh3 21. Nd4
Bg4 $2 (21... Ng8 $1 {would have been a better choice, as Leko pointed out
after the game. Black intends to play ...Nf6 without having to worry about Rc6,
which was very strong in the game. wдre eine bessere Wahl gewesen, wie Leko
nach der Partie hervorhob. Schwarz beabsichtig, ...Nf6 zu spielen, ohne sich
wegen Rc6 sorgen zu mьssen, was in der Partie sehr stark war.} 22. Nc6 Nf6 23.
Bg2 Qf5 {and Black is definitely in the game. und Schwarz ist definitiv in der
Partie.} (23... Qh5 24. Bd4 $16 {is weaker. ist schwдcher.})) 22. Bg2 Qh5 23.
h4 $1 {The key move. Now all the black pieces on the kingside look rather
stupid, while the black queenside pawns are ripe for harvest. Der Schlьsselzug.
Nun wirken alle schwarzen Figuren am Kцnigsflьgel ziemlich dдmlich, wдhrend
die schwarzen Damenflьgelbauern reif zur Ernte sind} Ng8 $6 {Leko was already
short on time, and desperately wanted to create counterplay. He missed my next
move, having only counted on 24.Qa3.  Leko war bereits knapp and Zeit und
wollte unbedingt Gegenspiel aufziehen. Er ьbersah meinen nдchsten Zug, da er
nur mit 24.Qa3 gerechnet hatte.} 24. Rc6 $1 (24. Qa3 Nf6 25. Qxa6 Nxd5 26. Qxb5
c5 {when Black is doing very well. It has to be said that Black had a very
difficult position after other moves as well, as there is no simple way of
stopping Rc3 and Rec1, and c7 will drop. , wonach Schwarz sehr gut steht. Zu
sagen ist, dass Schwarz auch nach anderen Zьgen eine sehr schwierige Stellung
hдtte, da es keine einfache Mцglichkeit gibt, Rc3 und Rec1 zu stoppen, wonach
c7 fallen wird.}) 24... Nf6 25. Rxa6 {Now b5 is also dropping, and White
should be winning. My only worry was that the rook would remain out of play on
a6, while black occupies the e-file. However, this is far-fetched, especially
as Black might have problems with the back rank in some lines. Nun fдllt auch
noch b5, und WeiЯ sollte gewinnen. Meine einzige Sorge war, dass der Turm auf
a6 aus dem Spiel bleiben wьrde, wдhrend Schwarz die e-Linie besetzt. Dies ist
jedoch weit hergeholt, vor allem, da Schwarz in manchen Abspielen Probleme mit
der Grundreihe hat.} Bd7 (25... Rfe8 26. Rxe8+ Rxe8 27. Ra7 $1 {is hopeless
for Black. ist hoffnunglos fьr Schwarz.}) 26. Nxb5 Rb8 27. a4 Ng4 28. Bf3 Qh6 (
28... Qf5 29. Be4 (29. Ra7 Nxf4 (29... Rfe8 30. Rxe8+ Rxe8 31. Nd4 $1 Qb1+ 32.
Qd1) 30. gxf4 Nxf2 31. Kxf2 Qxf4 {is better for White, but gives some
counterplay. ist besser fьr WeiЯ, gibt aber etwas Gegenspiel.}) 29... Qh5 30.
Ra7 {looks like plain sailing for White. scheint fьr WeiЯ glatt zu laufen.})
29. Qc4 {I spent quite a bit of time around here, trying to allow as little
counterplay as possible. With this move I prevent ...Nxf2 Kxf2 Nxf4, while...
Hier etwa verbrauchte ich einiges an Zeit bei dem Versuch, so wenig Gegenspiel
wie mцglich zu erlauben. Mit diesem Zug verhindere ich ...Nxf2 Kxf2 Nxf4,
wдhrend...} Nxh4 {Desperation, but what else? Verzweiflung, aber was sonst?} (
29... Nxf2 30. Kxf2 Nxh4 {is met by wird pariert mit} 31. Rh1 $1 (31. gxh4 $4
Qxh4+ 32. Kf1 Bh3+ {and Black wins, is not such a good idea. und Schwarz
gewinnt ist keine so gute Ideee.})) 30. Bxg4 Bxg4 31. gxh4 Bf3 32. f5 {Now
White is easily winning, and the only thing remaining was the pleasant task of
making it to move 40 without blundering anything. Nun gewinnt WeiЯ leicht, und
das Einzige, was noch blieb, war die angenehme Aufgabe, es bist zum 40. Zug zu
schaffen, ohne etwas einzustellen.} Qh5 33. Qf4 Bxd5 34. Nxc7 Bb7 35. Rb6 f6
36. Bd4 Qf7 37. Ne6 Rg8 38. Kf2 Rbc8 39. Bc3 Bd5 40. a5 Rc4 41. Nd4 Ba8 42.
Qxd6 Qh5 43. Qf4 Rcc8 44. Rbe6 {And Black finally resigned. My first win in a
classical game against Leko! Und Schwarz gab endlich auf. Mein erster Sieg in
einer klassischen Partie gegen Leko!} 1-0

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 7th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2012.06.17"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[Annotator "Caruana,F"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2012.06.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{This game was played in the penultimate round. In the previous game, I had
miraculously survived a dead lost position against Radjabov, and as a result I
was in tied first place with +1. Diese Begegnung wurde in der vorletzten Runde
gespielt. In der Partie zuvor hatte ich auf wundersame Weise eine totale
Verluststellung gegen Radjabov ьberlebt, und als Resultat lag ich mit +1 auf
dem geteilten ersten Platz.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 {The decision to play
the Scotch for the first time in my life, in such an important game, and
especially against a player like Kramnik, wasn't such an easy one. However, I
felt like getting a new, interesting position from the opening, rather than
bashing my head against the Berlin Wall yet again. In hindsight, this decision
was a perfect one. Die Entscheidung, Schottisch zu spielen, zum ersten Mal in
meinem Leben, in so einer wichtigen Partie, und vor allem gegen einen Spieler
wie Kramnik, war keine sonderlich leichte. Doch mir war danach, aus der
Цffnung eine neue, interessante Stellung zu erhalten und mir nicht wieder den
Kopf gegen die Berliner Mauer einzurennen. Im Nachhinein erwies sich diese
Entscheidung als perfekt.} exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5
8. c4 Ba6 9. Nd2 g6 10. Nf3 Bg7 ({Before the game I had also checked Vor der
Partie hatte ich auch} 10... Qb4+ 11. Kd1 Rb8 12. Qc2 Ne7 {, with very complex
play, which perfectly suited my mood. gecheckt, mit sehr komplexem Spiel, was
perfekt zu meiner Stimmung passte.}) 11. Bg5 f6 {This move took me by surprise,
although I must admit it's a very logical one. Dieser Zug ьberraschte mich,
obwohl ich zugeben muss, dass er sehr logisch ist.} ({I had looked at the
following forced variation: Ich hatte die folgende forcierte Variante
betrachtet:} 11... Qb4+ 12. Qd2 Qxd2+ 13. Bxd2 Nb6 14. b3 d6 15. O-O-O dxe5 16.
Nxe5 Bxe5 17. Re1 Nd7 18. f4 f6 19. fxe5 Nxe5 20. Bc3 O-O 21. Be2 Rfe8 22. Bxe5
fxe5 23. Bf3 {, with a pleasant advantage, despite the pawn deficit. , mit
angenehmen Vorteil trotz des Bauerndefizits.}) 12. exf6 Qxe2+ 13. Bxe2 Nxf6 14.
O-O-O O-O-O 15. Be3 Rde8 16. Bd3 d6 ({After Nach} 16... Ng4 $2 {White can grab
the pawn safely: kann WeiЯ ruhig den Bauern schnappen:} 17. Bxa7 Kb7 18. h3 {
, with a clear advantage. , mit klarem Vorteil.}) 17. c5 {The only logical way
to proceed, as otherwise Black would play ...c5 himself, with a comfortable
position. Die einzig logische Fortsetzung, denn sonst wьrde Schwarz selbst ...
c5 spielen, mit bequemer Stellung.} Bxd3 18. Rxd3 Nd5 {The most natural move,
but perhaps not the best. Der natьrlichste Zug, aber vielleicht nicht der
beste.} ({Nach} 18... d5 19. Bd4 {leaves Black's position a bit awkward. ist
die schwarze Stellung ein wenig unbehaglich.}) ({However, the accurate Doch
das genaue} 18... Ne4 $1 19. cxd6 cxd6 {would have resulted in dead equality,
since White can't capture on a7 any more due to ...c5. hдtte zu totem
Ausgleich gefьhrt, denn WeiЯ kann nicht mehr auf a7 nehmen wegen ...c5.}) 19.
cxd6 cxd6 20. Bxa7 {Black should have enough compensation here, but over the
board it isn't so simple to prove it. Every one of Kramnik's next moves is
quite natural and hard to criticize, but each move slightly deteriorates
Black's position, until he no longer has any compensation for the pawn.
Schwarz sollte hier genug Kompensation haben, aber am Brett ist dies nicht so
leicht nachzuweisen. Jeder einzelne von Kramniks nдchsten Zьgen ist vцllig
natьrlich und kaum zu krisieren, doch jeder Zug verschlechtert die schwarze
Stellung , bis er gar keine Kompensation fьr den Bauern mehr hat.} Kc7 ({
Perhaps stronger was Stдrker war vielleicht} 20... Kd7 $5 {, which has the
advantage of avoiding Ne6 check in some variations. This seems sufficient for
rough equality. , was den Vorteil hat, in manchen Varianten das Schach Ne6 zu
vermeiden. Dies scheint zum ungefдhren Ausgleich zu genьgen.} 21. Rb3 Kc7 22.
Be3 Rb8 23. Rxb8 Rxb8 24. Bd4 Bxd4 25. Nxd4 Nf4 {, and Black regains the pawn
with a fine position. und Schwarz gewinnt den Bauern mit guter Stellung zurьck.
}) 21. Be3 Ra8 {Another small step in the wrong direction. Wieder ein kleiner
Schritt in die falsche Richtung.} (21... Rb8 22. Rd2 Rhe8 23. Re1 Nxe3 $1 {
It seems difficult to part with such a beautiful knight, but as is well known,
the pieces that remain on the board are more important than the pieces that
are traded off. This exchange ensures a bright future for Black's bishop,
which is much more versatile than White's knight. After Es scheint schwer,
sich von einem so schцnen Springer zu trennen, aber bekanntlich sind die
Figuren, die auf dem Brett verbleiben, wichtiger als diejenigen, die getauscht
werden. Dieser Abtausch sichert eine glдnzende Zukunft fьr den schwarzen
Lдufer, der weitaus vielseitiger ist als der weiЯe Springer. Nach} 24. fxe3 Rb4
{, Black has adequate compensation for the pawn. hat Schwarz ausreichende
Kompensation fьr den Bauern.}) 22. a3 Ra4 ({Another possible continuation was
Eine andere mцgliche Fortsetzung war} 22... Rhb8 23. Bd4 Nf4 24. Re3 Bxd4 25.
Nxd4 Nxg2 26. Re7+ Kb6 27. Rxh7 Nf4 {, and Black should be able to make a draw
due to White's broken pawn structure. , und aufgrund der zersplitterten weiЯen
Bauernstruktur sollte Schwarz remisieren kцnnen.}) 23. Re1 Rf8 $2 {After this
strategic mistake Black will be struggling for the rest of the game. It was
his last chance to trade off White's bishop. Nach diesem strategischen Fehler
wird Schwarz den Rest ьber der Partie zu kдmpfen haben. Es war seine letzte
Chance, den weiЯen Lдufer abzutauschen.} (23... Nxe3 {is simply mandatory now.
ist jetzt einfach Pflicht.} 24. fxe3 Re8 {, and Black will have to suffer a
bit, but he should be able to hold the position. und Schwarz wird ein bisschen
leiden mьssen, sollte aber in der Lage sein, die Stellung zu halten.}) 24. Ng5
{Now Black is even facing tactical problems. Nun sieht sich Schwarz sogar
taktischen Problemen gegenьber.} Re8 (24... Kd7 25. Rb3 {threatens Rb7, which
is surprisingly difficult to counter. droht Rb7, was ьberraschend schwer zu
kontern ist.}) 25. Bb6+ {I was happy to trade off some material, since it
became clear that my king would never be in any danger. Ich war froh, etwas
Material abzutauschen, weil damit klar wurde, dass mein Kцnig nie in Gefahr
schweben wьrde.} Kd7 26. Rxe8 Kxe8 27. Be3 Kd7 ({Maybe Black should still try
Vielleicht sollte Schwarz noch immer} 27... Nxe3 28. Rxe3+ Kd7 {, although
this version of the exchange is clearly unfavorable for him. versuchen, obwohl
diese Version des Abtauschs eindeutig ungьnstig fьr ihn ist.}) 28. Rb3 Kc8 29.
Bd2 h5 (29... h6 30. Nf7 {wins another pawn. gewinnt einen weiteren Bauern.})
30. Nf7 {I continue to pursue my advantage in the most concrete way, but
perhaps it was more practical (especially due to my time shortage at this
stage) to simply consolidate my position and begin advancing on the queenside.
Ich gehe meinem Vorteil weiter auf die konkreteste Weise nach, aber vielleicht
war es praktischer (vor allem angesichts meiner Zeitknappheit in dieser Phase),
einfach meine Stellung zu konsolidieren und zu beginnen, am Damenflьgel
vorzurьcken.} Kc7 31. Rg3 Ne7 32. b4 Kd7 33. Rd3 d5 34. Kc2 Nf5 35. Bc3 {
A very important move, as otherwise Black gets sufficient counterplay with ...
Nd4. Ein ganz wichtiger Zug, denn sonst erhдlt Schwarz ausreichendes
Gegenspiel mit ...Nd4.} d4 (35... Rxa3 36. Bxg7 Rxd3 37. Kxd3 Nxg7 38. Ne5+ Kd6
39. Nxg6 {is most likely winning for White. ist hцchstwahrscheinlich gewonnen
fьr WeiЯ.}) 36. Kb3 Ra8 37. Ng5 Kd6 {For the last couple of moves Kramnik has
defended accurately, and it seems like he is beginning to get counterplay with
...Kd5, supporting his advanced d-pawn. Ьber die letzten paar Zьge hinweg hat
Kramnik akkurat verteidigt, und es scheint, als wьrde er langsam Gegenspiel
bekommen mit ...Kd5, was seinen vorgerьckten d-Bauern stьtzt.} 38. f3 $6 {
An inaccuracy which.....wins the game immediately! Surprisingly, this move,
which was made with only seconds on the clock, almost spoils all the hard work
I had done. Eine Ungenauigkeit, welche... die Partie sofort gewinnt!
Ьberraschenderweise macht dieser Zug, der mit nur Sekunden auf der Uhr
gespielt wurde, die gesamte harte Arbeit, die ich zuvor geleistet hatte, fast
zunichte.} ({The precise Das prдzise} 38. Kc4 $1 Rxa3 39. Bxd4 Rxd3 40. Bc5+
Ke5 41. Kxd3 {gives White good chances to score the full point, although there
is still plenty of work to be done. gibt WeiЯ gute Chancen, den vollen Punkt
einzufahren, obwohl noch eine Menge Arbeit zu tun ist.}) 38... Kd5 39. Ne4 Ne3
$4 {A bizarre blunder, ending the game immediately. Instead, Black had a
miraculous chance to turn the game around. Ein bizarrer Bock, der die Partie
sofort beendet. Stattdessen hatte Schwarz eine wundersame Chance, die Partie
zu drehen.} (39... Rxa3+ $3 {is a move I hadn't even noticed during the game.
ist ein Zug, den ich wдhrend der Partie nicht einmal bemerkt hatte.} 40. Kxa3
Kc4 41. Rd1 (41. Bxd4 Kxd3 42. Bxg7 Nxg7 {is close to a draw due to Black's
active king. ist nahe am Remis aufgrund des aktiven schwarzen Kцnigs.}) 41...
dxc3 {, and it seems like Black's advanced c-pawn will secure a draw. und es
scheint, als wird der vorgerьckte c-Bauer von Schwarz ein Remis sichern.}) 40.
Rxe3 {And now it's all over. An unfortunately abrupt finish to an interesting
game. To my great shock (and probably to many others' as well) I found myself
in clear first place going into the final round. However, I wasn't quite up to
the challenge and lost without a fight against Levon Aronian, ending up in
shared second place. Und jetzt ist alles vorbei. Ein leider abruptes Ende
einer interessanten Partie. Zu meinem groЯen Schreck (und womцglich auch dem
vieler anderer) fand ich mich, als es in die letzte Runde ging, auf dem
unangefochtenen ersten Platz wieder. Allerdings war ich der Herausforderung
nicht ganz gewachsen und verlor ohne Kampf gegen Levon Aronian, wonach ich auf
dem geteilten letzten Platz landete.} 1-0

[Event "Dhaka"]
[Site "Dhaka"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Handoko, Edhi"]
[Black "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "Chekhov,V"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "BAN"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 048"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. Bd3 d5 7. e5 Ng4 8.
O-O Bc5 9. Qe2 Qh4 $5 (9... Qe7 $5 10. Bf4 g5 11. Bg3 (11. Bd2 Nxe5 12. Re1 Bd6
13. f4 gxf4 14. Bxf4 Bc5+ 15. Kh1 Nxd3 16. Qxe7+ Bxe7 17. cxd3 Kd7 $15 {
Webb,L-Leylic,S/London/1994/0|1/57/}) 11... h5 12. Ba6 Bxa6 13. Qxa6 Qe6 14. h3
h4 15. Bh2 Nxh2 16. Kxh2 g4 $40 {Tomescu,V-Musat,A/Bucharest/1993/0|1/38/}) 10.
h3 Nh6 $5 (10... h5 $6 11. Nd2 Qg3 12. Nf3 h4 13. b4 Bb6 14. c4 dxc4 15. Be4 $1
Bd7 16. e6 fxe6 17. b5 O-O-O (17... O-O 18. hxg4 h3 19. Ng5 $16) 18. bxc6 Rdf8
(18... Be8 19. Qxc4 Bxf2+ 20. Kh1) 19. cxd7+ $18 {Krakops,M-Slucker/LAT/1992/
1|0/19/}) 11. Be3 Be7 (11... Bxe3 $6 12. Qxe3 Nf5 13. Qc5 $16) 12. Nd2 g5 $1 (
12... O-O 13. Nf3 Qh5 14. Nd4 Qxe2 15. Bxe2 Bd7 16. Bxh6 gxh6 17. Bg4 $1 $16)
13. Nf3 Qh5 14. Nxg5 Qxe2 15. Bxe2 Nf5 16. Nf3 $6 (16. Bd2 Bxg5 (16... Rg8 $6
17. Nf3 $16) (16... Nd4 $6 17. Bh5 $1 $16) 17. Bxg5 Rg8 18. Bf4 $6 (18. h4 $1
h6 19. Bf6 Nd4 20. Bd1 $1 Bh3 21. Kh2 $1 $16) 18... Nd4 19. Bd3 Bxh3 20. Bg3
Bf5 21. Rfd1 Bxd3 22. Rxd3 Ne2+ (22... Nxc2 23. Rc1 Nb4 24. Rb3 $16) 23. Kh2
Rb8 24. b3 Rg5 25. Bh4 Rxe5 26. Re1 Re6 $15) 16... Nxe3 17. fxe3 Rb8 18. b3 c5
$44 19. Rad1 Be6 20. e4 $1 d4 (20... dxe4 21. Nd2 e3 22. Nc4 Bg5 23. Rf3 $14)
21. Nd2 Bg5 22. Nc4 O-O (22... Ke7 $5) 23. Rf3 Bh6 24. Nb2 $1 Bg7 25. Bc4 Rb6
$1 (25... Bxe5 $6 26. Bxe6 fxe6 27. Rdf1 $16) 26. Bxe6 Rxe6 27. Nd3 Rc6 28. Rf5
$6 (28. c4 $142 $1 dxc3 29. Rc1 Rd8 30. Rxc3 Rd4 31. Rxc5 Rxc5 32. Nxc5 Bxe5
33. Kf1 $14 (33. Rd3 Bd6 $1)) 28... c4 29. Nb4 Re6 30. bxc4 Bxe5 31. Nd3 f6 (
31... Bg7 32. e5 $14) 32. c5 Bg3 33. Nf2 (33. Rf3 Bh4 $1) 33... Bxf2+ 34. Kxf2
Rxe4 35. Rd5 Rb8 (35... Rfe8 36. Rd2) 36. R1xd4 Rxd4 37. Rxd4 Rb2 $10 38. Rd2 (
38. Rd8+ Kf7 39. Rd7+ Kg6 40. Rxc7 Rxa2 41. Ke3 Rxc2 42. Kd4 Rxg2 $10) 38...
Rxa2 39. c6 Kf7 40. Rd7+ Ke6 41. Rxc7 Rxc2+ 42. Kf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Goteborg SSK 40th Anniversary Group A"]
[Site "Gothenburg"]
[Date "1920.08.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Mieses, Jacques"]
[Black "Spielmann, Rudolf"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1920.08.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "HCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. c3 Nge7 7. Nd2 $6 O-O
(7... Nxd4 8. e5 Nc2+ $1 9. Qxc2 Qxe5 10. Nc4 Qe6 11. O-O-O) 8. Nxc6 Qxc6 9.
Bxc5 Qxc5 10. Be2 f5 11. O-O fxe4 12. Nxe4 Qe5 13. Qd4 $1 Qxd4 14. cxd4 d5 15.
Nd2 Bf5 16. Rac1 c6 17. g4 $1 Bd7 18. f4 Rae8 19. Rce1 g6 20. Nb3 b6 21. Nc1
Nc8 22. Nd3 Re4 23. Ne5 Be8 24. Ba6 Rxe1 25. Rxe1 Nd6 26. Rf1 c5 $1 27. dxc5
bxc5 28. Rd1 Rxf4 (28... d4 29. b4) 29. Rxd5 Nf7 30. h3 Ra4 31. Bc4 Nxe5 32.
Rxe5+ Rxc4 33. Rxe8+ Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Montreal International"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "1979.05.03"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "1979.04.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nf5 (5. Nb3 {main line}) 5... Qf6
$6 (5... d5 $1 6. Nxg7+ Kf8 7. Nh5 Qh4 8. Ng3 Nf6 9. Be2 Ne5 $44) 6. Nc3 Nge7
7. Ne3 O-O 8. g3 (8. Bd3 d6 (8... Ne5 9. Be2 N5g6 10. g3 d6 11. h4 Re8 12. h5
Nf8 13. Rh4 $14 {Timman,J-Huebner,R (3)/Sarajevo cm/1991/1-0/41/}) 9. O-O Ne5
10. Be2 Be6 $10) 8... Ne5 9. f4 N5g6 10. Bg2 c6 (10... Qb6 $6 11. Ncd5 Nxd5 12.
Nxd5 Qd6 13. e5 Re8 14. Kf1 Qa6+ 15. Qd3 Qxd3+ 16. cxd3 Bb6 17. Nxb6 axb6 18.
Kf2 f6 19. d4 $16 {^^}) 11. O-O d5 $1 12. Kh1 (12. e5 Nxe5 $1 13. fxe5 Qxe5 14.
Re1 Nf5 $17 (14... d4 $2 15. Ned5 dxc3+ 16. Be3 $1 $16)) 12... Bxe3 (12... d4
$2 13. Na4 dxe3 14. Nxc5 $16) 13. Bxe3 dxe4 14. Qc1 (14. Nxe4 Qxb2) 14... Bf5
15. Nxe4 Bxe4 $6 (15... Qe6 16. Nc5 (16. Nf2 $5 Bxc2 $2 17. Qxc2 Qxe3 18. Rae1
Qb6 19. f5 $18) 16... Qc8 $10 {/\b6,Bh3}) 16. Bxe4 Rfe8 17. Re1 b6 18. c3 {
/\Bd4} Nf5 19. Bf2 h5 20. Qc2 $16 {^^ Karpov} Nge7 21. Bf3 g6 22. Re5 Nd5 23.
Rae1 Rxe5 24. Rxe5 Ng7 25. c4 $1 (25. Bxd5 cxd5 26. Rxd5 Qc6 27. Qd3 $16) 25...
Ne7 26. Qa4 $2 (26. Qc3 $142 {Tal}) (26. Qd2 {/\Qd7} Ne6 (26... Nef5 27. Qd7
Rd8 28. Qxa7) 27. Qd7 Rd8 28. Rxe6 Rxd7 29. Rxf6 Kg7 30. Rxc6 $18 {Wade}) 26...
g5 $1 27. Qa3 $6 (27. Rxg5 $1 Qxb2 28. Kg2 f6 29. Rxg7+ Kxg7 30. Qd1 $16) (27.
c5 $16) 27... Ne6 28. Bxh5 Rd8 $132 29. Re2 gxf4 30. Qf3 Kf8 $1 31. Qe4 fxg3
32. hxg3 Qh6 33. Qh4 (33. g4 Rd1+ 34. Kh2 Qf4+ 35. Kg2 Qxe4+ 36. Rxe4 Rd2 $132)
33... Rd1+ (33... Nf5 34. Rxe6 $18) 34. Kg2 (34. Be1 $2 Nf5 $19) (34. Re1 $2
Rxe1+ 35. Bxe1 Qc1 $19) 34... Ng6 35. Bxg6 (35. Qh3 $2 Ngf4+ $19) 35... Qxg6
36. c5 $2 (36. b3 Qd3 37. Qh6+ Ke7 38. Qe3) 36... b5 $17 37. Qh8+ Ke7 38. Qe5 (
38. Qc8 Qd3 $1) 38... Rd5 39. Qe3 $2 (39. Qe4 $142 Qxe4+ 40. Rxe4 Rd2 $17)
39... Qb1 (39... Kf8 $5) 40. Qa3 Rh5 $1 41. Qxa7+ $2 (41. Be1 $142 Qh7 $1 42.
Qxa7+ Kf6 43. Rf2+ Kg6 $17) 41... Kf6 $19 42. Bg1 Rf5 $1 43. Rf2 Qe4+ 44. Kf1
Nd4 $1 45. Rxf5+ Qxf5+ 46. Bf2 (46. Kg2 Qf3+ 47. Kh2 Ne2) 46... Qd3+ 47. Kg1
Qd1+ 48. Kh2 Qe2 49. Kg1 (49. Kg2 Qf3+ 50. Kf1 (50. Kg1 Ne2+ 51. Kf1 Nxg3+ 52.
Kg1 Qh1#) 50... Qh1+ 51. Bg1 Nf3 $19) 49... Nf3+ 50. Kg2 Nd2 0-1

[Event "Montreal International"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "1979.04.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris Vasilievich"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1979.04.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Nd5 $6 7. c4 (7.
Bd3 Qh4 (7... d6 8. O-O Be7 9. exd6 cxd6 10. Be4 $1) (7... Bc5 8. Qg4 $1) 8.
O-O Bc5 9. Nd2 O-O 10. Ne4 Be7 11. Re1 d6 12. c4 Nb4 13. Nf6+ $1 Bxf6 14. Re4
Nxd3 15. Rxh4 Bxh4 16. Qxd3 dxe5 17. Qe4 Bf6 18. Qxc6 {Kopaev,N-Poliak,E/Kiev/
1946/1-0/}) 7... Nb6 8. Nc3 $2 (8. Bd3 Ba6 9. Qe2 (9. O-O Bxc4 10. Bxc4 Nxc4
11. Qg4 Nb6 12. Nc3 Nd5 13. Nxd5 cxd5 14. Bg5 Qb8 15. Rad1 Qb5 16. Rfe1 $36 {
Padevsky,N-Vitkovsky/1955/}) 9... Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Nc3 Re8 12. Qg4 d5 13. e6
fxe6 14. Qxe6+ Kh8 15. Qh3 $40 {Chortkov-Utiatsky,A/Moscow/1962/}) 8... Qe7 9.
Qe2 Ba6 10. Qe4 Qe6 (10... Qb4 $6 11. a3 Qb3 12. Bd3 $1 Bxc4 13. Bc2 $1) 11. b3
Bb4 12. Bd2 Bxc3 13. Bxc3 d5 14. Qf3 (14. cxd5 cxd5 15. Qb4 Bxf1 16. Rxf1 Nd7
17. O-O-O c5 18. Qb7 Nb6) 14... dxc4 15. Be2 O-O 16. O-O Rad8 17. Rfe1 Rfe8 18.
Rac1 c5 19. Bf1 Nd5 20. bxc4 Nb4 $1 (20... Nxc3 $2 21. Qxc3 Rd4 22. Qa3 $1) 21.
Bxb4 (21. a3 Na2 $1) 21... cxb4 22. Qe3 1/2-1/2

[Event "London Phillips&Drew"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1984.04.28"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Timman, Jan H"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1984.04.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 (6... Nd5 $2
7. c4 Nb6 8. Bd3 Ba6 9. Qe2 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Qg4 $16) 7. Qe2 Nd5 8. c4 Ba6
9. Qe4 (9. f4 Qb4+ 10. Kd1 Bc5 $17) (9. b3 Qh4 (9... O-O-O 10. g3 {-->
Kasparov-Karpov 1990 !!} (10. Qb2 {--> Ljubojevic-Seirawan}) (10. Bb2 {-->
Hort-Unzicker})) 10. Bb2 (10. a3 Nf4 11. Qe4 Ng6 12. Qe3 c5 13. Nc3 {-->
Karasev-Nasibullin} (13. g3 {--> Karasev-Alexandrov})) 10... Bb4+ 11. Kd1 Nf4
12. Qe3 Ne6 $15 {Gufeld-Vistaneckis,USSR 1955}) (9. Nd2 {--> 9.Qe4 Nf6 10.Qe2
Nd5 11.Nd2} Nb6 (9... Nf4 10. Qe4 Ng6 11. f4 O-O-O 12. b3 f6 13. Bb2 fxe5 14.
f5 $146 {Kozlov-Suleymanov,USSR 1969}) (9... Nb4 {--> Strauts-Shulman} 10. Nf3
c5 (10... d5 $2 11. a3 Bxc4 12. Qd1 Bxf1 13. Kxf1 Na6 14. Qa4 Nb8 15. Bg5 $16 {
Kopaev-Zhuhovicki,USSR 1945}) 11. a3 Nc6 12. Bd2 Qe6 13. Bc3 Be7 14. O-O-O f6
15. exf6 Qxe2 16. f7+ Kxf7 17. Bxe2 $10 {Barczay-Forintos,Hungary(ch) 1964}) (
9... g6 10. Nf3 (10. b3 Bg7 11. Bb2 O-O 12. O-O-O c5 $2 (12... Rab8 $13 {
Hennings-Savon, 1967}) 13. Ne4 $14) 10... Bg7 11. Bg5 f6 12. exf6 $16 {_|_
Barczay-Pogacs,Hungary(ch) 1964}) (9... O-O-O 10. Qe4 (10. b3 Nf4 {-->
Menzel-Boudre} (10... Re8 {--> Hunerkopf-Gohring})) 10... Nb6 {--> 9.Qe4 Nb6
10.Nd2 0-0-0 --> main line}) 10. b3 O-O-O (10... d5 11. exd6 cxd6 12. Bb2 f6
13. O-O-O Qxe2 14. Bxe2 $16 {_|_ Schmit-Radovici, 1964}) 11. Bb2 g6 (11... d6
12. exd6 Qxe2+ 13. Bxe2 $14 {_|_ Estrin-Goljak,USSR 1966}) 12. O-O-O (12. Ne4
Bg7 13. f4 Rhe8 14. Qd2 d6 $10 {<=> Lutikov-Nezhmetdinov,USSR 1952}) 12... Bg7
13. f4 Rhe8 14. Qf2 Bb7 $14 (14... d6 $6 15. c5 $1 Bxf1 16. Qxf1 dxc5 17. Qa6+
Kb8 18. Nc4 $16 {Narodnicki-Makarov,USSR 1962})) 9... Nb6 (9... Nf6 10. Qe2 Nd5
11. Nd2 (11. Qe4 $10 Nb6 (11... Nf6 $10) 12. Nc3 (12. Nd2 O-O-O (12... d5 {
--> Nethercot-De_La_Garza}) 13. b3 {--> Gavrilakis-Wahls --> main line}) 12...
O-O-O {--> Watanabe-Nickoloff --> main line}) 11... O-O-O (11... g6 {-->
Sveshnikov-Schussler}) 12. Qe4 Nb6 13. a4 d5 (13... Kb7 {--> Handoko-Kovacevic}
) 14. cxd5 Bxf1 15. d6 Rxd6 $1 16. Nxf1 Re6 17. f4 g5 $36 {--> Timman-Karpov,
Amsterdam}) 10. Nd2 (10. Bd3 Bxc4 $1 11. Bxc4 d5 $1 12. Bxd5 cxd5 $15) (10. Nc3
$10 O-O-O (10... f5 {--> Sveshnikov-Zaitsev}) 11. c5 Bxf1 12. cxb6 Ba6 13. bxc7
{/\Bf4+/= Randvir-Raisa, 1961} (13. bxa7 Kb7 14. Be3 {--> Watanabe-Nickoloff}))
10... O-O-O {--> 9.Nd2 0-0-0 10.Qe4 Nb6} (10... d5 {--> Nethercot-De_La_Garza})
11. c5 $2 (11. Be2 {--> Gobet-Litinskaya}) (11. b3 {--> Gavrilakis-Wahls}) (11.
a4 d5 {--> Timman-Karpov} (11... Kb7 {--> Handoko-Kovacevic})) 11... Bxf1 12.
cxb6 Ba6 13. bxa7 (13. bxc7 {--> Sanz-Fernandez_Garcia}) 13... Kb7 14. Nb3 (14.
Nf3) 14... f6 $1 (14... Qb4+ {--> Schmid-Krockenberger}) 15. f4 fxe5 16. fxe5
Re8 $1 17. Bf4 Qh4+ $1 18. g3 Qh5 19. Rc1 Ka8 $1 {/\Bb4} 20. h4 d5 $1 21. Qe3
g5 $1 22. Bxg5 Bb4+ 23. Kf2 (23. Nd2 Rxe5 $1 24. Qxe5 Re8) 23... Rhf8+ 24. Kg2
(24. Bf4 Rxe5 25. Qd4 Rxf4+ $1) 24... Rxe5 $1 25. Qxe5 Qf3+ 26. Kh2 Qf2+ (26...
Qf2+ 27. Kh3 Bc8+ 28. g4 Rf3+) 0-1

[Event "GBR-ch 105th"]
[Site "Hull"]
[Date "2018.08.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Gormally, Daniel"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2478"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2018.07.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
c4 Ba6 9. a3 {This move is not played, and is either a sign of bad preparation
or of exceedingly good preparation from White. Knowing him, I have my
suspicions.} (9. Nd2 {is one of the biggest moves, and has seen recent British
interest.} g6 10. Nf3 Qb4+ 11. Kd1 Ne7 12. Qc2 (12. Kc2 $5) (12. Bg5 $5 $11)
12... c5 13. Bd3 Bg7 $15 {Jones,G-Kramnik,V Douglas 2017}) 9... g6 (9... Nb6 $1
{I think this is the most accurate order against White's experiment.} 10. b3 g6
$15) 10. h4 h6 (10... Bg7 11. Bg5 Qc5 {is the engine recommendation, but this
is vaguely scary after} 12. Nd2 $5 {e.g.} O-O 13. Ne4 Qd4 14. Rd1 Qxe5 15. Nc5
$5 $44) 11. Nd2 (11. f4 $5 {might turn out to economise a bit on the game if
White can go straight to c2, e.g.} Nb6 12. Qc2 $11) 11... Bg7 12. Qe4 Nb6 13.
f4 d5 {Now Black obtains, and consolidates, a fairly static advantage in the
form of the better bishop.} 14. cxd5 cxd5 15. Qc2 Bxf1 16. Kxf1 O-O-O 17. Nf3 (
17. a4 f6 18. a5 Nd7 19. Qxg6 {is ridiculously sharp, but unlikely to ever be
that great for White:} Nc5 $40) 17... f6 18. Be3 fxe5 19. fxe5 Rhf8 $5 {
Good call by Adams to sacrifice the exchange.} (19... Qe6 {was the solid move,
but White is also consolidating following} 20. Re1 $11) 20. Bc5 Qxe5 21. Bxf8
Rxf8 22. Re1 (22. Qxg6 Qxb2 23. Rb1 Qa2 $13) 22... Qxb2 23. Qxb2 Bxb2 24. Re6
Bf6 25. Kf2 Kd7 {The situation has clarified and Black has the solid advantage
he was looking for. That he did not convert is a testament to Gormally's
oft-unnoticed class, and to the nerves surrounding this last-round encounter.}
26. Re2 c5 27. Kg3 (27. g4 d4 28. Kg3 d3 29. Re4 c4 $17) 27... c4 28. h5 {
Trying to open some lines for the rook.} Rg8 (28... g5 $19 {should really be a
reflex reaction.}) 29. hxg6 Rxg6+ 30. Kf4 Bg7 31. Rhe1 (31. Ne5+ Bxe5+ 32. Rxe5
Kd6 $17) 31... Kd6 $6 (31... Rf6+ 32. Kg4 Bf8 $17 {was slow and steady.}) 32.
Nh4 $1 {Now White is fine as his knight hops up the board and co-ordinates
with Re7-c7 ideas.} Rg5 33. Nf3 {The sane decision.} (33. Nf5+ {leads to an
absolute mess:} Kc5 34. Re7 Bc3 35. Rc7+ (35. R1e2 $5) 35... Kb5 36. Nd6+ Ka4
37. Rxa7+ Kb3 38. Rb1+ Ka2 39. Rxb6 Bd4 {The engine gives the bizarre '0.08'
but in a human game, anything can happen with no notice given.}) 33... Rg6 {
An abrupt draw by repetition!} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Counties CA-15 Masters"]
[Site "Hereford"]
[Date "1885.08.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Blackburne, Joseph Henry"]
[Black "Gunsberg, Isidor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "1885.08.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {1)Harding:Blackburne's Chess Games, page 59.} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4
4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. c3 Nge7 7. Qd2 O-O 8. Nb5 Bxe3 9. Qxe3 Qe5 10. Nd2 a6
11. Nf3 Qh5 12. Nxc7 Ra7 13. Rd1 Qa5 14. Nd5 Re8 15. Bc4 b5 16. Bb3 d6 17. O-O
Be6 18. Ng5 Qd8 19. Nxe6 fxe6 20. Nf4 1-0

[Event "Match Blackburne-Mason +1-1=0"]
[Site "London (Simpson's Divan)"]
[Date "1879.02.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Blackburne, Joseph Henry"]
[Black "Mason, James"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1879.02.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Bxd4 6. Bxd4 Nf6 7. Nc3 d6 8.
Be2 Nxd4 9. Qxd4 O-O 10. O-O-O Be6 11. f4 a6 12. f5 Bd7 13. g4 Bc6 14. Rdg1 Nd7
15. g5 f6 16. Bc4+ Kh8 17. g6 Ne5 18. Bb3 h6 19. Rg3 $16 Qe7 20. Qe3 Rfd8 (
20... Rfe8 $142 21. Rh3 (21. Rhg1 $16) 21... Qf8 22. Ne2 Nc4 23. Bxc4 Rxe4 24.
Qc3 Rxc4 25. Qxc4 Bxh1 26. Qxc7 $16) 21. Rh3 Qf8 22. Ne2 Re8 23. Nf4 Re7 24.
Ne6 (24. Rg1) 24... Rxe6 25. Bxe6 Re8 26. Rg1 $18 1-0

[Event "Counties CA-16 Masters"]
[Site "Nottingham"]
[Date "1886.08.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Zukertort, Johannes Hermann"]
[Black "Burn, Amos"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1886.08.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {1)Chess Monthly July 1886. p.331-332 [Hoffer] 2)Forster, Richard: Amos
Burn. 2004. McFarland. p.233-234. 3) Gillam: Nottingham 1886. Nottingham 2007.
p.34.} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. c3 Nge7 7. Qd2 Bxd4
8. cxd4 d5 9. Nc3 dxe4 $6 (9... Be6 $142 {Ryand-Burn 1st round}) 10. d5 $1 Ne5
11. Nb5 (11. Bg5 Qb6) 11... O-O 12. Bg5 $1 e3 $1 (12... Qb6 $1 13. Bxe7 Re8 14.
Qb4 $1 (14. Bh4 $4 Nd3+ $19 15. Bxd3 exd3+ 16. Kf1 Qxb5 $19) 14... Bd7 15. a4
Rxe7 16. Qxe7 Re8 17. Qg5 a6 18. Nc3 Ng4 $40 19. O-O-O Nxf2 20. Be2 Qc5 21. Kb1
b5 22. axb5 axb5 23. Qf4 b4 24. Na2 Nxh1 25. Rxh1 b3 26. Nc3 Ra8 27. Rd1 Bf5
28. Qxf5 Qa7 29. Kc1 Qe3+ $11) 13. Qxe3 Nxd5 (13... Qf5 14. Bxe7 Re8 15. d6
cxd6 16. Nxd6 $18) 14. Bxf6 Nxe3 15. Bxe5 Nc2+ 16. Kd2 Nxa1 17. Bd3 (17. Bc4
Be6) 17... Rd8 18. Bxc7 (18. Ke3 $142) 18... Rxd3+ (18... Bf5 $1 19. Bxd8 Rxd8
20. Rxa1 Bxd3 21. Nxa7 Bf1+ 22. Kc3 Bxg2 $11) 19. Kxd3 Bf5+ 20. Kc3 (20. Kd2
Nc2 $1 (20... Rc8 21. Rc1) 21. Nd6 Nd4 22. Ke3 $14) 20... Rc8 21. Rxa1 Bd7 22.
Nxa7 $2 (22. Kb4 Bxb5 23. Bb6 Bc6 24. Bxa7 Bxg2 25. Bd4 $11) 22... Rxc7+ 23.
Kb4 Kf8 $4 (23... Rc2 $15) 24. Rd1 $14 Be6 25. Rd2 Bxa2 26. b3 (26. Kb5 $14)
26... Bb1 27. Nb5 Rc1 28. Nd6 g5 $2 (28... Rc6 29. Kb5 Rc3 30. Rb2 Bc2 31. Kb4
Rc7 $11) 29. Nxb7 (29. Ka5 $1 $16 Rc7 30. Kb6 Rc3 31. b4 Rb3 32. Kb5 Rc3 33.
Nxb7 $16) 29... Be4 30. Nc5 $14 Bxg2 31. f4 Rg1 32. fxg5 Bh1 33. Rf2 Kg7 34.
Rf5 Kg6 35. Rf6+ Kg7 36. Rf5 Kg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "All Russian Masters-02"]
[Site "Vilnius"]
[Date "1912.08.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Levenfish, Grigory"]
[Black "Rubinstein, Akiba"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "1912.08.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "20"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Rubinstein beats the future author of the famous Rook ending book.
Löwenfisch/Smyslow:Theorie der Turmendspiele.1959.} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4
4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Bb6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Qd2 Nf6 8. Nxc6 bxc6 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bf4 Ng4
11. Bg3 Qg5 12. Qxg5 hxg5 {[%mdl 4096]} 13. Bc4 Ke7 14. Rd1 a5 15. h3 f6 16.
Ke2 Ne5 17. Bxe5 fxe5 18. Na4 g4 19. hxg4 Bxg4+ 20. f3 Bd7 21. Nxb6 cxb6 22. a3
Rad8 23. Ke3 Bc8 24. Bb3 b5 25. c3 Bd7 26. Kf2 Rb8 27. Ra1 a4 28. Ba2 Be6 29.
Bxe6 Kxe6 {[%mdl 4096] RR <-> RR} 30. Ke3 d5 31. g3 g5 32. f4 $2 (32. Rad1) (
32. exd5+ cxd5 33. g4 Rbd8 34. Rh5 Rxh5 35. gxh5 Rh8 36. Rh1 Kf5 37. h6 Kg6 38.
Rd1 Rd8 39. Rh1 $11) 32... gxf4+ 33. gxf4 dxe4 (33... exf4+ 34. Kxf4 Kd6 $17)
34. Kxe4 (34. Rag1 exf4+ 35. Kxe4 Kd6 36. Kxf4 Kc5 $15) 34... exf4 35. Kxf4 (
35. Raf1) 35... Kd5 $17 36. Rhd1+ Kc5 (36... Kc4) 37. Rd2 $2 (37. Kf5) 37...
Rhf8+ $19 38. Kg3 (38. Ke3 Rbe8+ 39. Kd3 Rd8+ 40. Kc2 Rxd2+ 41. Kxd2 Rf2+) (38.
Kg5 Rbd8 39. Re2 Rg8+ 40. Kh6 Rd3 41. Kh7 Rdg3 $19) 38... Rb7 39. Kh2 Rh7+ 40.
Kg1 Rg7+ 41. Rg2 Rxg2+ 42. Kxg2 Rd8 43. Kf3 Rd2 44. Ra2 Rd1 (44... Kc4 $19 45.
b3+ Kxc3) 45. Ke2 Rh1 46. Kd3 Rg1 47. c4 Rg3+ 0-1

[Event "Khanty-Mansiysk FIDE GP (Women)"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2014.04.14"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Muzychuk, Anna"]
[Black "Stefanova, Antoaneta"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2489"]
[Annotator "ChessBase Website"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2014.04.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]
[WhiteClock "1:30:00"]
[BlackClock "1:30:00"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nc6 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} exd4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 4. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:
00:00]} Bb4+ {[%emt 0:00:00]} 5. c3 {[%emt 0:00:35]} Bc5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 6.
Nxc6 {[%emt 0:00:36]} bxc6 {[%emt 0:04:06]} 7. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Qh4 {
[%emt 0:14:42]} 8. Qe2 {[%emt 0:00:33]} d6 {[%emt 0:02:16]} (8... Nf6 9. Be3
Bxe3 10. Qxe3 O-O 11. Nd2 Re8 12. g3 Qh5 13. f3 Rb8 14. b3 Qa5 15. b4 Qa3 16.
Qd4 Ba6 17. Bxa6 Qxa6 18. Kf2 d6 19. Rhe1 Nd7 20. Qc4 Qc8 21. Kg2 c5 22. a3 a5
23. b5 Ne5 24. Qf1 a4 25. Rab1 Qe6 26. f4 Qa2 27. Qe2 Nd7 28. Nc4 Qxe2+ 29.
Rxe2 f5 30. e5 Nb6 31. Nxb6 Rxb6 32. c4 Kf7 33. Rbe1 d5 34. cxd5 Rxb5 35. Rc1
Rd8 36. Rc4 Ra5 37. Rd2 Ke7 38. h3 {Tomczak,J (2565)-Gajewski,G (2653) Poland
2013 1/2-1/2}) 9. Be3 {[%emt 0:19:54]} Bxe3 {[%emt 0:11:03]} 10. Qxe3 {[%emt 0:
00:03]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 11. Qg3 $146 {[%emt 0:05:54]} (11. Nd2 O-O 12. O-O
Re8 13. h3 Nd5 14. Qf3 Nf4 15. Rfd1 Rb8 16. b3 Re6 17. Bf1 Rg6 18. Kh2 Qh6 19.
Qe3 Rb5 20. Nf3 Rxg2+ 21. Bxg2 Bxh3 22. e5 Bxg2+ 23. Kg3 g5 {0-1 (23) Rensch,D
(2384)-Benen,S (2323) Lindsborg 2004}) 11... Qh6 {[%emt 0:03:10]} 12. O-O {
[%emt 0:05:58]} Nh5 {[%emt 0:06:20]} 13. Qf3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Nf4 {[%emt 0:09:
24]} 14. Re1 {[%emt 0:03:27]} Rb8 $132 {[%emt 0:09:04][%csl Rb2,Gb8] Muzychuk
obtained nothing from her Scotch Opening and Stefanova was able to trade many
pieces and reach an easily drawn rook endgame.} 15. b3 {[%emt 0:03:45]} Nxd3 {
[%emt 0:02:37]} 16. Qxd3 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Rb5 {[%emt 0:01:14]} 17. Nd2 {
[%emt 0:06:02]} Rh5 {[%emt 0:02:06]} 18. Nf1 {[%emt 0:00:31]} O-O {[%emt 0:04:
57]} 19. Qe3 {[%emt 0:03:43]} Qxe3 {[%emt 0:01:45]} 20. Nxe3 {[%emt 0:00:04]}
f5 {[%emt 0:08:17]} 21. exf5 {[%emt 0:03:47]} Bxf5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 22. Nxf5 {
[%emt 0:02:06]} Rhxf5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 23. f3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} a5 {[%emt 0:03:
54]} 24. Re7 {[%emt 0:06:25]} R8f7 {[%emt 0:02:04]} 25. Rae1 {[%emt 0:00:15]}
Rc5 {[%emt 0:02:20]} 26. c4 {[%emt 0:01:33]} a4 {[%emt 0:03:14]} 27. Re8+ {
[%emt 0:07:48]} Rf8 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 28. R8e7 {[%emt 0:01:10]} Rf7 {[%emt 0:00:
11]} 29. Re8+ {[%emt 0:00:04]} Rf8 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 30. R8e7 {[%emt 0:00:04]}
1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris FIDE GP"]
[Site "Elancourt"]
[Date "2013.09.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[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 0:00:03]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Nc6 {
[%emt 0:00:06]} 3. d4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} exd4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 4. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:
00:03]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 5. Nxc6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} bxc6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 6.
e5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Qe7 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 7. Qe2 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Nd5 {[%emt 0:
00:11]} 8. c4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Nb6 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 9. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Qe6
{[%emt 0:00:44]} 10. Qe4 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Bb4 {[%emt 0:00:33]} 11. Bd2 {
[%emt 0:00:07]} Ba6 {[%emt 0:00:19]} (11... Bb7 12. Bd3 O-O-O 13. O-O-O c5 14.
Qe2 Rhe8 15. f4 d6 16. a3 Bxc3 17. Bxc3 g6 18. Rhf1 Na4 19. Ba5 dxe5 20. fxe5
f5 21. exf6 {1-0 (21) Caruana,F (2796)-Granda Zuniga,J (2664) Tromso 2013}) 12.
b3 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Bxc3 {[%emt 0:01:07]} 13. Bxc3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} d5 {
[%emt 0:00:11]} 14. Qf3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} dxc4 {[%emt 0:02:22]} 15. Be2 {
[%emt 0:00:27]} O-O {[%emt 0:02:46]} 16. O-O {[%emt 0:02:17]} Rad8 {[%emt 0:03:
49]} 17. Rac1 $146 {[%emt 0:00:10]} (17. Rfe1 Rfe8 18. Rac1 c5 19. Bf1 Nd5 20.
bxc4 Nb4 21. Bxb4 cxb4 22. Qe3 {1/2-1/2 (22) Ljubojevic,L (2590)-Spassky,B 
(2640) Montreal 1979}) 17... c5 {[%emt 0:14:30]} 18. Rfd1 {[%emt 0:00:09]} h6 {
[%emt 0:23:35]} 19. Ba1 {[%emt 0:19:44]} Rfe8 {[%emt 0:12:33]} 20. Qg3 {
[%emt 0:13:02]} Qg6 {[%emt 0:11:58]} 21. Qxg6 {[%emt 0:10:51]} fxg6 {[%emt 0:
01:06]} 22. h4 $14 {[%emt 0:17:02][%csl Rg6] The Italian super-star was able
to obtain a very slight edge from this Scotch, but it was not enough to win
the game. With clever regrouping of his pieces and an excellent feel for what
was truly important in the position Bacrot was able to neutralize White's pair
of bishops and his superior pawn structure by maintaining enormous pressure on
the c4 pawn throughout the game. White's own pawn on e5 limited the scopre of
his dark-squared bishop and he was unable to use this pair of bishops
advantage. The players repeated moves in an equal position that was at least
much more fighting than the Ivanchuk-Dominguez game.} Bc8 {[%emt 0:08:08]} 23.
bxc4 {[%emt 0:00:18]} Be6 {[%emt 0:04:27]} 24. Kf1 {[%emt 0:14:00]} Kf7 {
[%emt 0:13:02]} 25. Rxd8 {[%emt 0:04:04]} Rxd8 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 26. Ke1 {
[%emt 0:00:18]} g5 {[%emt 0:03:50]} 27. h5 {[%emt 0:07:12]} c6 {[%emt 0:02:32]}
28. Rc3 {[%emt 0:05:43]} Rd7 {[%emt 0:00:23]} 29. Bd3 {[%emt 0:05:27]} Ke7 {
[%emt 0:04:00]} 30. f3 {[%emt 0:03:40]} Na4 {[%emt 0:01:07]} 31. Ra3 {[%emt 0:
07:43]} Nb6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 32. Rc3 {[%emt 0:03:37]} Na4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 33.
Rb3 {[%emt 0:01:55]} Nb6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 10th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1992.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 028"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Schussler} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7
7. Qe2 Nd5 8. c4 Ba6 9. b3 g6 (9... Qh4 $5 {Schussler} 10. Bb2 (10. a3 Bc5 11.
Bb2 (11. g3 Bxf2+ {11. - Qe7 12.Bb2 + =} 12. Qxf2 Qe4+ 13. Kd2 Qxh1 14. Bg2
Qxh2 15. cxd5 cxd5 16. Bb2 $13 {(Wedberg,T)}) 11... Nf4 12. Qf3 Ne6 13. g3 Qh6
14. Nd2 Rb8 15. Qd3 O-O 16. Bg2 Rfd8 17. b4 d6 $10 {Sax,G-Van der Wiel,J, Wijk
1992 CBM 28 game 911.}) 10... Bb4+ 11. Kd1 Nf4 12. Qe3 Ne6 $15 {
Gufeld-Vistaneckis, Russia 1955.}) 10. f4 (10. Ba3 Qh4 11. Bxf8 Kxf8 {/\Re8
Portisch,L}) (10. Bb2 Bg7 11. Nd2 (11. g3 $5) 11... Nb4 $36 12. Nf3 c5 13. g3
O-O 14. Bg2 Rae8 (14... d5 15. O-O dxc4 16. bxc4 Rad8 17. Rfd1 Qe6 18. Bf1 Bb7
19. Ng5 Qf5 20. f4 h6 21. Nf3 g5 $15 {Sveshnikov,E-Haritonov,A Leningrad,1991})
15. O-O d6 16. Ne1 Qd7 17. Qd2 (17. f4 $5) 17... Bxe5 18. Bxe5 Rxe5 19. a3 Nc6
20. Nd3 Re7 $15 {Hjartarson,J-Portisch,L Reykjavik,1991}) 10... Qb4+ $1 {N} (
10... f6 11. Ba3 Qf7 (11... Nb4 12. Bb2 fxe5 13. a3 Nd5 14. Qxe5 Nf6 15. Be2
Bg7 16. Nd2 $16) (11... c5 12. g3 $1 fxe5 13. Bg2 c6 14. fxe5 Bg7 15. Bb2 O-O
16. Nd2 $14 {/\Nf3;Kasparov,Inf.53/297}) 12. Qd2 Nb6 13. c5 Bxf1 14. cxb6 axb6
$2 (14... Ba6 15. bxc7 fxe5 16. Qa5 Qxf4 $1 17. Qxa6 Qh4+ $3 18. Kd1 (18. g3
Qe4+ 19. Kf2 Bxa3 $17) 18... Qd4+ 19. Nd2 (19. Kc2 Qe4+) 19... Bxa3 20. c8=Q+
Rxc8 21. Qxc8+ Ke7 22. Qxh8 Qxa1+ 23. Ke2 Qxh1 24. Qxe5+ Kf7 25. Qf4+ $10 {
Kasparov}) 15. e6 $3 $16 {Kasparov,G-Karpov,A Tilburg(Interpolis) 1991}) 11.
Bd2 (11. Qd2 $4 Nxf4 $17) 11... Qb6 {/\Qd4} (11... Nxf4 $4 12. Qe4 $18) 12. Nc3
$5 (12. Qe4 $5 f5 $1 (12... Ne7 $2 13. Nc3 Bg7 14. Na4 $16) (12... Nb4 $6 13.
Nc3 Qd4 14. Qb1 $1 $16 {/\a3}) 13. Qc2 (13. exf6+ Kf7 $40 14. cxd5 Re8 15.
Qxe8+ Kxe8 16. Bxa6 Qxa6 $17) 13... Nb4 (13... Nxf4 $2 14. Bxf4 Qd4 15. Bd2
Qxe5+ 16. Be2 Qxa1 17. Bc3 $18) 14. Qb2 Qd4 $10) 12... Bb4 13. Qf3 (13. Nxd5 $6
cxd5 $36) 13... Nxc3 14. Bxc3 Bb7 $1 {/\c5,0-0-0} (14... Qd4 $5 15. Rc1 Bxc3+
16. Rxc3 O-O-O 17. Be2 (17. c5 Bxf1 18. Rxf1 f6 $36) 17... f6 $10) 15. O-O-O c5
16. Qe3 {/\Bb2+/-} Bxc3 17. Qxc3 O-O-O $10 {/^h1-a8} 18. h4 Rhe8 (18... d6 $6
19. exd6 cxd6 20. Rh3 $14 {><d6,f6}) 19. Rh3 d6 20. Rhd3 (20. exd6 Rxd6 21.
Rxd6 $6 Qxd6 $36) 20... dxe5 21. Qxe5 Qc6 22. Rxd8+ Rxd8 23. Rxd8+ Kxd8 24. Kd2
(24. Qh8+ Ke7 25. Qxh7 $4 Qe4 $19) 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 12th"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "1999.12.06"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Macieja, Bartlomiej"]
[Black "Dautov, Rustem"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2542"]
[BlackElo "2597"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[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 "Poland"]
[BlackTeam "Germany"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nxc6 Qf6 6. Qd2 Qxc6 {Ein
seltener Zug, der gar nicht schlecht ist.} 7. Nc3 (7. Bd3 {lдЯt fьr WeiЯ
einige weitere Optionen offen, wie z.B. b2-b4.}) 7... Ne7 (7... Nf6 8. Bd3 O-O
9. O-O Re8 10. Qd1 b6 11. Bf4 Bb7 12. Bb5 Qe6 13. e5 Nd5 14. Nxd5 Bxd5 15. Bg3
Bc6 16. Qd3 Bxb5 17. Qxb5 d5 $11 {Illescas Cordoba,M-Kortschnoj,V/Wijk aan Zee
1997}) 8. Bb5 $6 $146 (8. Bd3 O-O 9. O-O Bb4 $5 $11) 8... Qg6 9. O-O O-O (9...
a6 10. Bd3 O-O (10... d6 11. Nd5 $14) 11. e5 $36) 10. Na4 {WeiЯ verdrдngt den
gegnerischen Lдufer von der Diagonale a7-g1, um ohne Zeitverlust f2-f4 spielen
zu kцnnen.} (10. Qg5 Qxg5 11. Bxg5 a6 12. Bd3 f6 13. Bf4 d6 $11) (10. Kh1 a6
11. Bd3 d6 $11) 10... Bd6 $1 (10... a6 11. Bxd7 Bxf2+ $1 12. Rxf2 Rd8 13. Nc5
b6 (13... Bxd7 $2 14. Nxb7 $18) 14. Qg5 $14) 11. Bd3 {/\f4} Be5 $1 12. f4 (12.
c3 Qc6 $1 13. f4 Qxa4 14. fxe5 Ng6 15. Qg5 Qc6 16. Bf4 Re8 17. Kh1 b6 $15 {
><e5,e4}) 12... Bd4+ 13. Kh1 {WeiЯ hat sein Ziel erreicht, aber sein Springer
ist deplaziert. Dies gibt Schwarz den AnlaЯ zum Gegenspiel im Zentrum.} d5 $1
14. exd5 (14. f5 Qc6 15. Nc3 Rd8 (15... dxe4 16. Bxe4 (16. Nxe4 $2 Nxf5 $17)
16... Bxc3 17. Qd3 $13) 16. exd5 Nxd5 17. Nxd5 Qxd5 18. Qf4 Be5 19. Qg4 $11)
14... Bf5 15. Bxf5 $2 (15. Re1 $2 Bxd3 16. Rxe7 Be4 17. c3 Rae8 $1 18. Rxe8
Rxe8 19. cxd4 Bxg2+ $19) ({Besser war} 15. Rd1 $1 {/\Bf1, wonach Schwarz eine
ausreichende Kompensation fьr den Bauern hat, aber nicht mehr.} Rad8 (15...
Rfe8 $5 16. Bb5 c6 17. dxc6 bxc6 $44) (15... Bxd3 16. Qxd3 Nf5 $44 17. c3 $2 (
17. c4) 17... Bf2 18. Qh3 Rae8 $44) 16. c4 $1 {/\Bf1} (16. Qb4 c5 $1 17. Nxc5 (
17. Qxb7 Bxd3 18. Rxd3 Nxd5 $44) 17... Rxd5 18. Nxb7 Bxd3 19. Rxd3 Nf5 20. Bd2
(20. c3 $2 Bf2 $19) 20... Ng3+ 21. Rxg3 Qxg3 $17) 16... Bxd3 17. Qxd3 Nf5 18.
Nc3 Rfe8 $44) 15... Nxf5 $15 {/\Ng3} 16. Qd3 Rfe8 $2 ({Schwarz verpaЯt die
Mцglichkeit, unter gьnstigen Umstдnden den Bauern zurьckzuerobern:} 16... Rad8
$1 17. Nc3 (17. c3 $2 Be3 $1 $19) 17... Rd6 $1 {/\Ng3} 18. Rf3 (18. Ne2 Rxd5
19. c3 Ne3 20. Qxg6 hxg6 21. Bxe3 Bxe3 $15) 18... Rfd8 19. Bd2 Bxc3 20. Bxc3
Rxd5 21. Qe2 h5 $17) 17. Nc3 Qg4 $5 (17... Rad8 18. Bd2 Ne3 (18... c6 $5) 19.
Qxg6 hxg6 20. Bxe3 Rxe3 21. Nb5 $8 Rxd5 22. c4 Rd7 23. Rad1 c5 24. Rd2 $11) 18.
Bd2 Bxc3 19. Bxc3 Re3 $2 (19... Re2 $142 $1 20. Qf3 (20. Rg1 Rae8 $36) 20...
Qxf3 21. Rxf3 Rae8 22. Rc1 Ne3 $15) 20. Qd1 $8 Qg6 $44 (20... Re2 $2 21. Rf2 $1
$18 {habe ich zu spдt gesehen und bot deshalb hier Remis an. WeiЯ muЯ trotz
seines Mehrbauerns sehr aufpassen.}) (20... Qg6 {Schlecht ist z.B.} 21. Be5 Re8
22. c4 $2 f6 $19 23. Bxc7 Re2 24. Rg1 Ng3+ $19) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Porz Citroen-Cup"]
[Site "Cologne"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Schaefer, Markus"]
[Black "Smejkal, Jan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1992.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 031"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. c3 Nge7 7. Bc4 Ne5 8.
Be2 Qg6 9. O-O d6 10. f3 O-O 11. Nd2 d5 12. Kh1 Bb6 $1 {N} (12... dxe4 13. fxe4
Bb6 (13... Bg4 14. Bf4 Bxe2 15. Qxe2 Bd6 16. Bxe5 Bxe5 17. N2f3 Bxd4 18. cxd4
c6 19. Rae1 Rad8 20. Qc4 Qe6 $10 {Kindermann,S-Mikhalchishin,A Dortmund(op)
1992}) 14. Bf4 N7c6 15. Bh5 Qf6 16. N2b3 Qe7 17. Qc2 Bd7 18. Nf5 Bxf5 19. exf5
Rad8 {Illescas Cordoba-Karpov,An Linares 1992 54/293}) 13. Bg1 (13. f4 Ng4 14.
Bg1 dxe4 15. f5 Nxf5 16. Nxf5 (16. Bxg4 Ng3+ 17. hxg3 Bxg4 18. Qe1 Qh5+ 19. Bh2
f5 $13 {Karpov}) 16... Bxf5 17. Rxf5 $1 {Karpov} Qxf5 18. Bxg4 Qg6 $13 {
/\Rad8,f5} 19. Nc4 Rad8 20. Qe2) 13... dxe4 14. fxe4 Bd7 (14... Bg4 15. N2f3
Nxf3 16. Bxf3 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 Nc6 $10) 15. Qc2 Rad8 16. Rad1 N7c6 (16... Bg4 $5)
17. Nc4 (17. Nf5 Bxg1 18. Kxg1 Bxf5 19. exf5 Qg5) 17... Nxc4 18. Bxc4 Ne5 19.
Bd5 c6 20. Bb3 Kh8 21. Rde1 Qh5 22. Nf3 Bxg1 23. Kxg1 f6 $6 (23... Nxf3+ 24.
Rxf3 Bg4 25. Rd3 (25. Rg3 Qc5+ 26. Qf2 Qxf2+ 27. Kxf2 Bh5 28. Ke3 Rfe8) 25...
Qc5+ 26. Kh1 f6 $15) 24. Nxe5 Qxe5 25. Qf2 b6 (25... c5 26. Bd5 b6 $10) 26. Qd4
Bg4 $2 (26... Rfe8 27. Qxe5 Rxe5 28. Rd1 Re7 29. Rd6 $14) (26... Qc7 $10) 27.
Qxe5 fxe5 28. h3 Bh5 (28... Bc8 29. Rxf8+ Rxf8 30. Rd1 g6 31. Rd6 c5 32. Bd5
$16) 29. Rf5 $1 Bg6 30. Rxe5 Rd2 31. Rf1 Rxf1+ 32. Kxf1 Rxb2 33. Re7 $16 h5 34.
e5 a5 35. Rd7 a4 (35... Be4 36. e6 Bxg2+ 37. Kg1) 36. Bxa4 Be4 37. e6 $18 Bxg2+
38. Ke1 Bf3 39. Bd1 $1 Rb5 (39... Bxd1 40. e7 Re2+ 41. Kxd1 $18) 40. Bxf3 Re5+
41. Kf2 1-0

[Event "Bad Lauterberg Bohemia"]
[Site "Bad Lauterberg"]
[Date "1991.11.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nielsen, Peter Heine"]
[Black "Dautov, Rustem"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1991.11.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 027"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
c4 Nb6 9. Nd2 Qe6 (9... Bb7 $5 10. b3 O-O-O 11. Bb2 c5 12. O-O-O d6 13. exd6
Qxd6 (13... cxd6 14. Qg4+ Qe6 15. Be2 $14 {(Wedberg). Lukez-Wedberg, Цrebro
1991.}) 14. Qg4+ Kb8 15. Be2 h5 16. Qf5 Qh6 $13 {Chandler,M-Adams,M (CBM 27
game 454).}) 10. b3 a5 (10... Be7 11. Bb2 O-O 12. Qe3 (12. O-O-O d5 13. exd6
cxd6 14. Qf3 d5 15. Bd3 Qh6 $10 {Th.Thorhallsson-Hjartarson Island(ch),1991})
12... d5 (12... f6 13. Bd3 fxe5 14. O-O $2 d6 $17 {Stefansson,H-Petran,PA (CBM
27 game 191).}) 13. Bd3 Bb4 (13... Ba6 $5 14. O-O Rad8 15. Rac1 c5 16. Rfd1 (
16. f4 f5 17. Rfd1 d4 $10) 16... d4 17. Qe4 $14) 14. O-O Bxd2 15. Qxd2 dxc4 16.
Bc2 Ba6 17. Rfd1 cxb3 18. axb3 $146 {Steingrimsson-Sigfusson,Island(ch),1991})
11. Bb2 a4 (11... Bb4 12. a3 Bxd2+ 13. Qxd2 $14 d5 $2 (13... O-O $142 $14 {
Schussler}) 14. cxd5 cxd5 15. Rc1 $16 {Kasparov,G-Karpov,A/ Lion m 1990}) 12.
g3 (12. Qe3 $142 Bb4 13. Bd3 axb3 (13... a3 $2 14. Bd4 c5 15. Bxc5 Bxc5 16.
Qxc5 d6 17. Qe3 $16) (13... d6 14. O-O-O $1 (14. exd6 Qxe3+ 15. fxe3 cxd6 16.
Bxg7 Rg8 17. Bd4 Rxg2 18. O-O-O $10) 14... axb3 15. axb3 O-O 16. Qe4 $36) 14.
axb3 Rxa1+ 15. Bxa1 d6 16. O-O dxe5 17. Bxe5 Nd7 18. Bf4 Qxe3 19. Bxe3 $14)
12... Bb4 13. Bg2 O-O 14. O-O d5 $132 15. Nf3 $2 (15. f4 Qg6 $1 (15... f5 16.
Nf3 Ba6 17. Ng5 Qe7 18. Rfc1 h6 (18... dxc4 19. bxc4 Qc5+ 20. Kh1 Bxc4 21. Qh5
h6 22. Ne6 $16) 19. Nf3 Qe6 20. Nd4 Bc5 21. Qf2 Bxd4 22. Bxd4 dxc4 23. Bxb6
cxb6 24. Qxb6 $16) 16. Nf3 Qh5 $132 {/\Ba6}) 15... a3 $1 (15... Ba6 16. Nd4 Qg6
17. Rac1 c5 18. Nf3 h6 $13 (18... Qe6 $2 19. Ng5 Qg6 20. f4 $16)) 16. Bd4 (16.
Bc1 Bc3 17. Rb1 dxc4 18. Qc2 Bxe5 $17 {/\Qf5}) 16... c5 17. Be3 Ba6 18. Qc2 Qg6
(18... h6 $5 19. cxd5 Nxd5 20. Bxc5 (20. Rfd1 Nxe3 21. fxe3 Rad8 22. Bf1 Bb7
$17) 20... Bxc5 21. Qxc5 Bxf1 22. Rxf1 Rad8 $8 23. Qxa3 (23. Nd4 $2 Qe7 $17)
23... Qb6 $15) 19. Qxg6 hxg6 20. Rfc1 $1 dxc4 21. Nd2 $1 Rae8 $8 (21... c3 $2
22. Ne4 c4 23. bxc4 Nxc4 24. Bc5 $16) (21... cxb3 $2 22. Nxb3 c4 23. Nc5 $16) (
21... Bxd2 $2 22. Bxd2 Rad8 23. Be3 $16) 22. Nxc4 (22. f4 $142 f6 23. Nxc4 Bxc4
24. bxc4 fxe5 25. Rc2 $15) 22... Bxc4 $2 (22... Nxc4 23. bxc4 Rxe5 24. Bf4 Re7
$17 {/\Bc8-f5}) 23. bxc4 Rxe5 24. Rc2 $15 {פb6} Rd8 25. Bf4 Re7 26. Rb1 Red7
27. Bf3 $138 Nc8 28. Bg4 Re7 29. h4 Nb6 $138 30. Kg2 {><c7} Na4 31. Rb3 Nb2 32.
Be2 Red7 33. Bc1 $1 Nd3 34. Bxd3 Rxd3 35. Rxd3 Rxd3 36. Kf1 $10 Rd1+ (36... f6
37. Ke2 Rd7 38. Be3 Kf7 39. Rc1 Ke6 40. Rd1 Rxd1 41. Kxd1 Kf5 42. f3 $10) 37.
Ke2 Re1+ 38. Kf3 f6 39. Be3 Kf7 (39... Rb1 40. Bc1 $10) 40. Bc1 Rg1 41. Be3 Ke6
42. Rc1 Rxc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Barcelona Sants op 21st"]
[Site "Barcelona"]
[Date "2019.08.31"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ballester Llagaria, Luis Eduardo"]
[Black "Krysa, Leandro Sergio"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2312"]
[BlackElo "2516"]
[Annotator "Doe,John"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "2019.08.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nb3 Bb6 6. Nc3 Nge7 7. Bg5 f6 8.
Bh4 O-O 9. Qd2 a5 10. a4 Nb4 11. Bc4+ Kh8 12. O-O d6 13. Kh1 Ng6 14. Bg3 f5 15.
exf5 Bxf5 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. Qxd5 Bxc2 {il.legible} 0-1

[Event "Vejle"]
[Site "Vejle"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Hector, Jonny"]
[Black "Sahl, Bjarke"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[Annotator "Donev,I"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1994.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 040"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nb3 Bb6 6. a4 a6 7. Nc3 d6 8. Nd5
Ba7 9. Be3 (9. Bg5 $5 Qxg5 (9... f6 $142 $13) 10. Nxc7+ Ke7 11. Nxa8 $16) 9...
Bxe3 10. Nxe3 Nf6 11. Bd3 O-O 12. O-O Re8 13. f3 Bd7 (13... Be6 14. c4 a5 15.
Rf2 Qb8 $1 (15... b6 16. Rd2 $14) 16. Rc1 Qa7 17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. cxd5 Nb4 19.
Rxc7 Nfxd5 $1 $13) (13... d5 $6 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15. exd5 Nb4 16. c4 c6 17. d6 $1
$14) 14. c4 Qb8 $1 15. Rf2 Qa7 $1 $10 {/^g1-a7} 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. exd5 (17. cxd5
Ne5 18. Qd2 f5 $1 $15) 17... Nb4 (17... Ne5 18. Nd4 Re7 $15 {/\Rae8} (18...
Qxd4 $4 19. Bxh7+ $18)) 18. Bf1 Re3 19. a5 (19. Nd4 Rae8 20. Qd2 a5 $15) 19...
Rae8 20. Nd4 (20. Qd4 Qxd4 21. Nxd4 c6 22. dxc6 bxc6 $15) 20... g6 (20... Re1
$1 21. Qxe1 Rxe1 22. Rxe1 Qxd4 23. Re7 Ba4 24. b3 Kf8 25. Re4 Qc5 26. bxa4 g6
$17) 21. Ra3 Re1 22. Qd2 Qc5 23. Rb3 Na2 24. Rxb7 Nc1 25. Qc3 (25. b3 Ne2+ 26.
Nxe2 R8xe2 27. Qxe2 Rxe2 28. Bxe2 Qxa5 $15) 25... Rd1 $17 26. Rd2 $8 Ne2+ $1
27. Rxe2 Rxe2 28. b4 Ree1 $1 29. Qxe1 $8 Qxd4+ 30. Qf2 Qxc4 31. h3 Bb5 $19 32.
Kh2 Qxf1 33. Rb8+ Kg7 34. Qb2+ Kh6 (34... f6 35. Qc2 Qg1+ 36. Kg3 Qe1+ 37. Kh2
Qe5+ $19) 35. Qc2 Qg1+ 36. Kg3 Qe1+ 37. Kh2 Qe5+ 38. g3 Qd4 0-1

[Event "Nanjing Pearl Spring 3rd"]
[Site "Nanjing"]
[Date "2010.10.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2826"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[Annotator "Edouard,R"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[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 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nb3 Bb6 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. Qe2 O-O {
A rare move, but once played by Anand! To be honest, I just don't like this
line for Black.} (7... d6 {is more common.}) 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 $1 $146 (9. h4 d6
10. f3 hxg5 11. hxg5 Ng4 12. fxg4 Qxg5 13. Qf3 Bxg4 14. Qg3 Ne5 15. Be2 f5 16.
exf5 Qxf5 17. O-O-O Bxe2 18. Nxe2 Qf2 19. Qh2 Qxe2 20. Qh8+ Kf7 21. Rdf1+ Bf2
22. Qh7 Ke6 23. Kb1 Qg4 {0-1 Rublevsky,S (2649)-Anand,V (2781)/Bastia 2004})
9... a5 10. a4 Nd4 {Not forced, but attractive. But I am not sure that other
continuations are easier to play.} ({I checked the following line briefly:} 
10... Re8 11. O-O-O d6 12. f3 $5 Be6 13. g4 Bxb3 (13... Ne5 14. Nd4 $16) 14.
cxb3 Nd4 15. Qg2 $5 Nxb3+ 16. Kb1 Nd4 17. Bc4 c6 18. g5 hxg5 19. Bxg5 {nad and
Black will face a decisive attack.}) 11. Qd3 Nxb3 12. cxb3 Re8 13. O-O-O {
From there Etienne started to spend a lot of time for each move. But here I
already prefer White even if Black's position shouldn't be a desaster at all.}
d6 14. Qc2 $1 {White wants to go Bc4, and at the same time allow some
combinations with e5.} Bd7 $6 {I guess the idea for this move is to wait for
Bc4 and go ...Be6, without playing ...c6, weaknessing the d6-pawn. That's why
15.Kb1!? could be clever. But it looks like 15.Bc4 is almost winning by force.}
(14... c6 15. Bc4 Qe7 {ought to be a better defense. Somehow, I feel like
White should be at least slightly better. But things are far from easy, for
instance:} 16. Rhe1 Be6 17. Nd5 $5 (17. f3 Bxc4 18. bxc4 Qe6 {followed by ...
Nd7, and Black should have no problem.}) 17... cxd5 18. exd5 g5 $1 19. Bg3 Nxd5
20. Rxd5 Bc5 21. Rxc5 dxc5 22. Rxe6 fxe6 23. Qg6+ Qg7 24. Bxe6+ Rxe6 25. Qxe6+
Kh7 $11) 15. Bc4 Be6 16. Rhe1 Qe7 17. e5 $1 dxe5 18. Rxe5 {White is
threatening Nd5. From now Etienne play kind of all best defensive moves. But
it is not enough to hold this tough position against Carlsen.} Qf8 $8 19. Bxf6
gxf6 20. Re2 $16 Qg7 21. Bxe6 $1 Rxe6 22. Rxe6 fxe6 23. Rd3 Kh8 24. Rg3 Qh7 25.
Qd2 Bc5 $8 26. Ne4 Be7 27. Rh3 Kg7 (27... Rd8 28. Rxh6 Rxd2 29. Rxh7+ Kxh7 30.
Kxd2 $18) 28. Qd7 $18 Kf7 29. Ng5+ $5 (29. Nxf6 $5 Kxf6 30. Rf3+ $18) 29...
fxg5 30. Rf3+ Kg8 31. Qxe6+ Kh8 32. Rf7 Bd6 33. Rxh7+ Kxh7 34. Qf7+ Kh8 35. g3
Ra6 36. Kb1 Bb4 37. f4 gxf4 38. gxf4 1-0

[Event "Budapest FS03 GM"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Totsky, Leonid"]
[Black "Acs, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[Annotator "Endgame-CD"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[EventDate "1996.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 053"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nxc6 Qf6 6. Qd2 dxc6 7. Bd3 Be6
8. Nc3 O-O-O 9. Qf4 Qxf4 10. Bxf4 Ne7 11. Bg3 f6 12. f3 Bd4 13. O-O-O h5 14.
Rhf1 c5 15. Nb5 Be3+ 16. Kb1 c4 17. Be2 Bb6 18. c3 h4 19. Bf2 Bxf2 20. Rxf2 a6
21. Nd4 Bf7 22. f4 c5 23. Nf3 Rxd1+ 24. Bxd1 Nc6 25. Rd2 Kc7 26. Bc2 Be6 27.
Kc1 b6 28. Kd1 Bg4 29. Ke2 g5 30. fxg5 h3 31. Ke3 hxg2 32. Rxg2 Bxf3 33. Kxf3
fxg5 34. Kg4 Ne5+ 35. Kf5 Nf3 36. Rf2 Rf8+ 37. Kg4 Ne5+ 38. Kg3 Rxf2 39. Kxf2
b5 40. Ke2 Kd6 41. h3 Ng6 42. e5+ Nxe5 43. Ke3 Nd7 44. Bf5 Nb6 45. Kd2 Ke5 46.
Bg4 Ke4 47. Be6 Kf4 48. Bg4 Nd5 49. Bc8 Nc7 50. Bd7 b4 51. Bg4 Kg3 52. Bf5 a5
53. Bd7 Kg2 54. Bg4 Kg3 55. Bd7 Kf2 56. Bg4 Nb5 57. Be6 Nd6 58. Bd5 Kg3 59. Be6
a4 60. cxb4 cxb4 61. Ke3 b3 62. axb3 cxb3 63. Kd3 Nb5 64. Bd7 a3 65. bxa3 Nxa3
66. Kc3 Nc2 67. Kxb3 Ne1 68. Kc3 Nf3 69. Bc8 Ng1 70. Kd4 Nxh3 71. Ke5 Nf2 {
Remis. Rьckt der Bauer vor, dann opfert sich der Lдufer. Die einzige Chance
besteht darin, den Springer zwischen den Lдufer und das Feld zu stellen, auf
das der Bauer vorrьcken soll. Hier ist der weiЯe Kцnig aber so nahe am Bauern,
daЯ diesen Idee nichz durchfьhrbar ist.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2005.01.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[Annotator "Erenburg,S"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2005.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nb3 Bb6 6. Nc3 d6 7. a4 a6 {
Shakhriyar himself played this line with Black in December, where he continued:
} (7... Na5 $5 $146 8. Nxa5 Bxa5 9. Bd3 Qh4 10. O-O Nf6 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. exd5
O-O 13. c3 a6 14. Be3 Bd7 15. Re1 Rfe8 16. g3 Qf6 17. Bd4 Rxe1+ 18. Qxe1 Qxd4
19. cxd4 Bxe1 20. Rxe1 Bxa4 21. Re7 Bb3 22. Be4 b5 23. Rxc7 a5 $15 {0-1 De la
Riva Aguado,O-Mamedyarov,S/Pamplona ESP 2004/The Week in Chess 530 (39)}) 8.
Nd5 {Also playable 8.Be2 and 8.Bd3.} Ba7 9. Qf3 {[%mdl 4] White chooses an
aggressive option of long castle. In preceding games white usually chose the
following continuation:} (9. Be3 Bxe3 10. Nxe3 Nf6 11. Bd3 O-O 12. O-O Re8 13.
f3 Be6 14. c4 $1 a5 15. Rf2 Nd7 16. f4 {[%csl Re6][%cal Gf4f5]} f6 17. Rd2 Qb8
$1 $146 {[%cal Yb8a7,Ya7g1]} 18. Kh1 Qa7 19. Nd5 {[%csl Rc7]} Rac8 20. Qh5 $6
f5 $1 21. Rad1 Nb4 $1 $11 {0-1 Rublevsky,S-Naiditsch,A/Dortmund 2004/CBM 102/
[Postny] (39)}) 9... Nge7 $146 {In the previous game black tried} (9... Ne5 10.
Qg3 Ng6 11. Bg5 f6 12. Be3 c6 13. Nc3 Bxe3 14. Qxe3 Qe7 15. O-O-O Nh6 16. Qg3
Nf7 17. f4 O-O 18. h4 Rd8 19. h5 $36 {1-0 Ginzburg,M-Vasta,E/Mar del Plata
1996/CBM 51 ext (33)}) 10. Bg5 {[%mdl 4]} Be6 11. O-O-O {[%mdl 4]} Bxd5 {
changing white's active knight.} ({Probably, black doesn't equalize after} 
11... f6 12. Bf4 (12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Nxf6+ Kf7 14. Nh5+ Ke8 15. Nf6+ $11) (12.
Be3 Ne5 13. Qg3 Bxd5 $1) 12... Ne5 13. Qg3 N7g6 14. Be3 Bxe3+ 15. Qxe3 O-O 16.
f4 $14) 12. exd5 Ne5 13. Qe2 h6 {liberating himself from the unpleasant pin.} (
{It is too early for castle:} 13... O-O 14. f4 f6 (14... N5g6 15. f5 Ne5 16. f6
$16) 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. fxe5 fxe5 17. Qg4+ $36 {[%cal Yf1d3]}) 14. Be3 (14. Bxe7
{doesn't work, in view of} Qxe7 15. Re1 Qg5+ $1 $15) 14... Bxe3+ 15. Qxe3 Qd7 {
Black doesn't hurry with defining the position of his monarch, but keeps both
options of castling.} (15... O-O 16. f4 $14) 16. f4 Ng4 17. Qf3 Nf6 18. a5 $1 {
fixing Black's queenside pawns.} O-O 19. Rg1 {preparing to carry out g2-g4.}
Rae8 (19... Qg4 $5 {comes to consideration.}) 20. g4 Nexd5 $6 ({After} 20...
Nfxd5 $5 21. g5 $1 (21. Rxd5 $2 Nxd5 22. Qxd5 Re1+ 23. Kd2 Qe7 $15) (21. Bd3
Nb4 $1) 21... Qe6 {[%cal Rh6g5,Ye6e3]} 22. gxh6 (22. Bh3 Qe3+ 23. Qxe3 Nxe3 24.
gxh6 g6 $17) 22... Qxh6 23. Rg5 c6 24. c4 (24. Bd3 Ng6) 24... f6 25. Rg4 f5 26.
Rg5 Nc7 27. Nd4 $44 {White gets sufficient compensation.}) 21. g5 Re3 22. Qg2
$1 (22. Qf2 $2 Ne4 $15) 22... Nxf4 23. Qf2 N6d5 24. gxh6 g6 {[%tqu "En",
"Please find the best continuation for white.","","","d1d5","",10]} 25. Rxd5 $1
{In this way, White wins two knights for the rook.} Nxd5 {[%tqu "En","White
sacrificed an exchange. What now?","","","f1c4","",10]} 26. Bc4 $1 Qe7 (26...
Qh3 27. Bxd5 Qxh6 28. Rxg6+ $18) 27. Bxd5 {[%mdl 1024]} c6 {Black had to save
the queenside pawns.} 28. Rxg6+ Kh8 29. Rg3 Rxg3 30. Qxg3 Rg8 ({Worse is} 30...
Qe5 {in view of} 31. Be4 $1 Qxg3 32. hxg3 Rg8 33. Bf5 $18) 31. Qc3+ Kh7 32.
Qd3+ Kxh6 33. Bf3 Rg1+ 34. Bd1 Qg5+ (34... Qe5 $5 35. Nd2 $1 Qxa5 (35... Qf4 {
- see the game.}) 36. Qxd6+ Kh7 37. Qd4 $16) 35. Nd2 Qf4 $14 {White has two
light pieces for the rook and a pawn. It is not so easy to evaluate this
position, as Black's pieces are more active, than White's ones. Probably,
White's chances are slightly better, as it is not an easy job to lose this
position for White :)} (35... Qxa5 {-34...Qe5}) 36. h4 d5 37. Qh3 {adding the
resource of invasion into the black camp through the diagonal h3-c8.} f5 ({
The trade of the queens plays in White's hands:} 37... Rg3 38. Qh2 (38. Qc8 $2
Kg7 $1 {[%cal Yg3g2]}) 38... Rg4 39. Qxf4+ Rxf4 40. h5 $16) 38. Qc3 d4 {
Black's chances are not bad, thanks to White's pieces disconsolidation.} 39.
Qc5 $2 {throwing away a slight edge... Better was:} (39. Qd3 Rg2 (39... Rh1 40.
h5) 40. c3 dxc3 (40... c5 $5 $14 {is probably better.}) 41. Qxc3 Kg6 42. h5+
Kf7 43. Qd3 $16) 39... Qg4 (39... Rxd1+ {leads to a drawish endgame:} 40. Kxd1
Qg4+ 41. Ke1 Qg3+ 42. Kf1 Qf4+ 43. Ke2 Qe3+ 44. Kf1 (44. Kd1 Qg1+ 45. Nf1 (45.
Ke2 d3+ $19) 45... Qxf1+ $19) 44... Qxd2 45. Qxf5 $11) 40. Qf8+ {White doesn't
have anything better, than the perpetual check.} Kh7 41. Qf7+ Kh6 42. Qf6+ Kh7
43. Qf7+ Kh6 44. Qf6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Pamplona 14th"]
[Site "Pamplona"]
[Date "2004.12.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "De la Riva Aguado, Oscar"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2528"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[Annotator "Erenburg,S"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2004.12.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 2048]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nb3 {Other
theoretical lines are:} (5. Be3) (5. Nxc6) 5... Bb6 6. Nc3 ({Another
interesting attempt to get an advantage is} 6. Qe2 d6 7. Be3 Nf6 8. Nc3 O-O 9.
O-O-O Re8 10. f3 Ne5 11. Qd2 Be6 12. Be2 Bc4 13. g4 Bxe3 14. Qxe3 c6 15. g5 Nh5
16. f4 Bxe2 17. Nxe2 Nc4 18. Qf3 $16 {1-0 Ivanchuk,V-Topalov,V/Amber Blindfold,
Monte Carlo MNC 2004 (48)}) 6... d6 7. a4 {A fashionable line nowadays.} Na5 $5
$146 {[%mdl 4] A new move. This idea is very similar to one of the lines in
Caro-Kann: 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.Nf3 Nf6 7.h4 Nh5!?
} ({The main reply is considered to be} 7... a6 8. Nd5 Ba7 9. Be3 Bxe3 10. Nxe3
Nf6 11. Bd3 O-O 12. O-O Re8 13. f3 Be6 14. c4 $1 a5 15. Rf2 Nd7 16. f4 {
[%csl Re6][%cal Gf4f5]} f6 17. Rd2 Qb8 $1 $146 {[%cal Yb8a7,Ya7g1]} 18. Kh1 Qa7
19. Nd5 {[%csl Rc7]} Rac8 20. Qh5 $6 f5 $1 21. Rad1 Nb4 $1 $11 {0-1 Rublevsky,
S-Naiditsch,A/Dortmund 2004/CBM 102/[Postny] (39)}) ({Black tried also} 7... a5
8. Nd5 Ba7 9. Bb5 Bd7 10. O-O Ne5 11. Bxd7+ Qxd7 12. Be3 Bxe3 13. Nxe3 Nf6 14.
Re1 O-O 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. Qxd5 Nc6 17. Nd4 Nxd4 18. Qxd4 Rfe8 19. c4 Rad8 20. b3
b6 {1/2-1/2 Letelier Martner,R-Bronstein,D/Mar del Plata 1960/MCL (20)}) 8.
Nxa5 (8. Nd4 $6 {The fourth move with the same piece in the opening seems too
strange.} Ne7) 8... Bxa5 9. Bd3 Qh4 $5 {[%mdl 4] Black activated his queen,
and, at the same time, robbed from White the resource of pinning the knight
along the diagonal d8-h4:} (9... Nf6 10. O-O O-O 11. Bg5 $5) 10. O-O Nf6 11.
Nd5 $1 {The only way to fight for an advantage. After black played Qh4, white
will never have an idea of pushing forward his "f" pawn:} (11. f4 $4 Bb6+ 12.
Kh1 Ng4 $19) 11... Nxd5 12. exd5 O-O 13. c3 {threatening with winning the
dark-squared bishop.} a6 14. Be3 Bd7 15. Re1 ({Black isn't afraid of} 15. b4
Bb6 16. Bxb6 cxb6 {[%cal Ya8c8,Yc8c3] In spite of the double "b" pawns,
Black's position is excellent, as he can press white's queenside pawns through
the semi-open file "c".}) 15... Rfe8 16. g3 ({Deserves attention:} 16. Qb3 $5
$14 {[%cal Ye3d4] and White keeps some pressure on the queenside.} Rab8 $141 $2
17. Ba7 $1) 16... Qf6 17. Bd4 $2 {giving Black chances for an advantage.
Better was:} (17. Qb3 Qf3 18. Bf1 $14 {/=} (18. Qxb7 $4 Reb8 $19)) 17... Rxe1+
18. Qxe1 {[%tqu "En","Please enter the best move for black.","","","f6d4","",
10]} Qxd4 $1 19. cxd4 Bxe1 20. Rxe1 Bxa4 21. Re7 {Black is a pawn up, but
White's rook activity promises some compensation.} Bb3 22. Be4 b5 $1 ({Bad is} 
22... Rc8 23. Bf5 Rf8 24. Rxc7 (24. Be4 f5) 24... Bxd5 25. Bc8 $11) 23. Rxc7 a5
{Pushing forward the pawns of the queenside is the only way to get winning
chances.} 24. Rb7 {Other moves don't promise equality:} (24. Rd7 a4 25. Rxd6 b4
26. Rc6 a3 27. bxa3 bxa3 28. Rc1 a2 29. Ra1 Ra4 $17) (24. Bd3 b4 25. Bb5 Bxd5 (
25... g6 26. Bc6 Ra6 27. Rb7 $11) (25... a4 26. Bc6 Rb8 27. Ra7 $14) 26. Rd7
Rc8 27. Rxd6 Bf3 $17) 24... b4 25. f4 {activating the king.} Re8 26. Kf2 g5 $1
{winning an important tempo.} 27. Bd3 gxf4 28. gxf4 Bxd5 29. Rb5 Be4 30. Be2 ({
After} 30. Bxe4 Rxe4 31. Rxa5 Rxf4+ 32. Ke3 Rh4 $17 {Black's chances to win
the game are not bad.}) 30... Bc6 ({Black cannot win with the passive rook:} 
30... Ra8 31. Bf3 Bxf3 32. Kxf3 Kg7 33. Ke4 $44) 31. Rxa5 $6 ({Stronger was} 
31. Rb6 $1 Rc8 32. Bd1 {[%cal Yb6a6]} Kf8 33. Ra6 a4 34. Bxa4 Bxa4 35. Rxa4
Rc2+ 36. Ke3 Rxb2 37. Ke4 $11) 31... Re4 32. d5 (32. Rg5+ {isn't better, in
view of:} Kf8 33. d5 Bb7 34. Rf5 {[%cal Ye2h5]} Bc8 $1 (34... Rd4 35. Bh5 Bxd5
36. Ke3 Be6 37. Kxd4 Bxf5 38. Kc4 $11) 35. Rf6 Ke7 36. Bf3 Rc4 37. Rh6 Bf5 $17)
32... Rxf4+ 33. Kg3 Rf5 34. Ra6 Bxd5 35. Rxd6 Be6 (35... Rg5+ 36. Kf2 (36. Kf4
Rg2 37. Ke3 Be6 $17) 36... Kg7 37. Bf3 $15) 36. Rd4 Rg5+ (36... b3 37. Bc4) (
36... Re5 37. Bg4 f5 38. Bd1 b3 39. Kf4 $15) 37. Kf2 b3 38. Rb4 $4 ({White
could easily achieve a draw after} 38. Bc4 $1 Bxc4 39. Rxc4 Rb5 40. Rc3 $11)
38... Rc5 39. Bd1 Rc2+ $1 {winning another pawn.} 0-1

[Event "Montreal WCT"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2005.01.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nataf, Igor Alexandre"]
[Black "Perelshteyn, Eugene"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2557"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "Erenburg,S"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2005.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
c4 Ba6 9. b3 O-O-O {Another theoretical line is} (9... g6 {1/2-1/2 Radjabov,
T-Kasparov,G/Linares 2004/CBM 100/[Postny] (58)}) 10. g3 ({In practice} 10. Bb2
{also appears, but the move in the text seems to be preferable.}) 10... g5 {
This move is a rare one in this particular position, but it can transpose to 9.
..g5 variation. Usually black is trying to use the f7-f6 break.} (10... f6 {
1-0 Pavasovic,D-Jenni,F/Leipzig 2002/CBM 89/[Postny] (41)}) (10... Re8 11. Bb2
f6 {- see the commented game De la Riva Aguado,O-Xie Jun/Pamplona 1999/CBM 69 
[Mikhalevski,V]}) 11. Bb2 ({Worse is} 11. Ba3 $2 {, in view of} Nb4 $1 $146 12.
Bb2 Bg7 13. Bg2 Nd3+ $1 14. Qxd3 Bxe5 15. Bxe5 $6 Qxe5+ 16. Qe3 Qxa1 17. O-O {
[%csl Ra7]} Kb8 $19 {0-1 Macieja,B-Karpov,A/Warsaw 2003/CBM 95/[Postny] (34)})
11... Bg7 12. Nd2 Nb4 13. Nf3 (13. Kd1 $143 c5 14. Bg2 Bb7 15. Bxb7+ Kxb7 16.
f4 d6 $15 {0-1 Gaston,S-Verat,L/Paris 2001/CBM 83 ext (39)}) 13... Rhe8 {
Black tried also} (13... c5 {0-1 Kovchan,A-Potapov,A/Noyabrsk 2003/CBM 99/
[Postny] (40)}) 14. Bh3 c5 {opening the long diagonal for the light-squared
bishop.} ({Also possible:} 14... h5 15. a3 g4 16. axb4 gxf3 17. Qxf3 Qxb4+ 18.
Kf1 Bb7 19. Rxa7 c5 20. Ra8+ Bxa8 21. Qxa8+ Qb8 22. Qa1 c6 $2 23. e6 Bxb2 24.
exd7+ Rxd7 25. Qxb2 $18 {1-0 Baklan,V-Pedersen,N/Brussels 2000/EXT 2001 (45)})
15. O-O $146 {In the preceding game white continued} (15. Bg4 f6 16. Bh5 fxe5
$5 17. Bxe8 Rxe8 18. O-O Bb7 19. Rfe1 e4 20. Rad1 g4 21. Nh4 e3 22. Bxg7 Qe4
23. fxe3 Qh1+ 24. Kf2 Qxh2+ 25. Kf1 Qxg3 26. Ng2 $1 Re7 27. Qf2 $8 Qxf2+ 28.
Kxf2 g3+ 29. Kg1 Rxg7 $15 {1/2-1/2 Motylev,A-Jakovenko,D/Elista 2001/CBM 83/
[Postny] (41)}) 15... h5 {threatening with g5-g4.} 16. Bg2 Bb7 (16... g4 $6 {
doesn't lead to anything good for Black:} 17. Nh4 Bxe5 18. Rae1 f6 19. a3 Bxb2
(19... Nc6 20. Bxc6 dxc6 21. Ng6 $16) 20. Qxe7 Rxe7 21. Rxe7 Bxa3 22. Rd1 $16)
17. Rfe1 f6 {Black has to attack White's central pawn, which promises White an
obvious space advantage. Other possibilities are:} ({Deserved attention:} 17...
d6 {, that was played four days later in the same tournament:} 18. Qf1 Qf8 19.
Rad1 {1/2-1/2 Nataf,I-Mikhalevski,V/Montreal 2005/CBM 105_03 (19)}) (17... g4
18. Nh4 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 {[%cal Yh4f5]} Bf6 20. Nf5 Qe6 21. Qe4 Nc6 22. f4 gxf3+
23. Qxf3 Bh8 24. Re4 $14) 18. Qd2 fxe5 19. Bxe5 $6 ({White missed a better
opportunity:} 19. Nxe5 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Qf6 21. a3 Na6 22. Rad1 $14) 19... g4 ({
Of course, worse is} 19... Bxf3 20. Bxg7 Qxg7 21. Bxf3 $16) 20. Bb2 (20. Bxc7 {
doesn't work, in view of} Qf8 21. Bd6 (21. Bxd8 gxf3 $17) 21... Qh8 $1 $17)
20... Qf8 21. Rxe8 (21. Bxg7 {isn't better than the continuation in the game:}
Qxg7 22. Ng5 Bxg2 23. Kxg2 h4 $36) 21... Rxe8 22. Bxg7 Qxg7 23. Re1 Rxe1+ 24.
Nxe1 Qa1 $132 {Black's pawn structure is worse, but his pieces are more active.
Therefore, the position is probably equal.} 25. Qe2 {threatening with the mate
on e8.} (25. a3 {doesn't promise anything special.} Bxg2 (25... Qxa3 26. Bxb7+
Kxb7 27. Qxd7 Qxb3 28. Qb5+ $11) 26. axb4 Bc6 27. bxc5 Qe5 $44) 25... Bf3 (
25... Bxg2 {leads to unclear endgame.} 26. Kxg2 Qxa2 27. Qxa2 (27. Qe8+ Kb7 28.
Qxd7 Qe2 $19) 27... Nxa2 28. Nd3 $132 {Probably, White isn't worse, as he can
win black's kingside pawns, that will allow him to push forward his three
connected pawns.}) 26. Bxf3 gxf3 27. Qe4 (27. Qe8+ {leads to equality as well:}
Kb7 28. Kf1 Qxa2 29. Qe3 c6 $1 30. Nxf3 d5 31. cxd5 cxd5 32. Qxc5 Qxb3 $11)
27... c6 28. Kf1 Qxa2 (28... Qxa2 29. Qxf3 d5 30. Qe3 d4 (30... Kb7 31. Nd3)
31. Qe8+ Kb7 32. Qd7+ (32. Qxh5 Qb1 $1 33. Qe5 (33. Qxc5 $4 Qxe1+ $19) 33...
Kb6 34. Qb8+ $11 (34. h4 d3)) 32... Kb6 33. Qd8+ Ka6 34. Qc8+ $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Pamplona 14th"]
[Site "Pamplona"]
[Date "2004.12.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2576"]
[Annotator "Erenburg,S"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2004.12.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
c4 Nb6 {Another main line is 8...Ba6.} 9. Nc3 {Other possibilities are:} (9. b3
{1/2-1/2 Vallejo Pons,F-Leko,P/Linares 2004/CBM 100/[Postny] (25)}) ({and} 9.
Nd2) 9... Qe6 {Opening the diagonal for the dark-squared bishop and preparing
to attack Pc4 as well.} ({Popular alternative is} 9... a5) 10. Qe4 Ba6 {
Other continuations are:} (10... g6 {--> 1-0 Rublevsky,S-Lautier,J/Poikovsky
2004/CBM 100 [Postny,E] (49)}) (10... d5 {--> 1-0 Pavasovic,D-Carlsen,M/Wijk
aan Zee 2004/CBM 99 [Postny,E] (59)}) (10... Bb4 11. Bd2 Bxc3 12. Bxc3 d5 13.
cxd5 cxd5 14. Qb4 Nd7 15. Bb5 c6 16. Ba4 Rb8 17. Qd6 Qxd6 18. exd6 $16 {
1/2-1/2 Motylev,A-Vajda,L/Bucharest 2000/CBM 77 (110)}) 11. b3 Bb4 {Another
option is} (11... O-O-O {1/2-1/2 Morozevich,A-Khalifman,A/Wijk aan Zee 2002/
CBM 087/[Postny] (50)}) 12. Bd2 Bxc3 13. Bxc3 d5 14. Qh4 {This move was
introduced by G.Kasparov six years ago.} (14. Qf3 {--> 1/2-1/2 Ponomariov,
R-Spassky,B/Cannes 1998/CBM 65 [Mikhalevski,V] (58)}) 14... dxc4 15. Be2 Nd5 ({
Black doesn't equalize after} 15... O-O 16. O-O Nd5 17. Bxc4 Bxc4 18. Qxc4 $14
{1/2-1/2 Mikhalchishin,A-Onischuk,A/Batumi 1999/CBM 74 [Mikhalevski,V] (55)})
16. Bxc4 ({In the first game for 14.Qh4 line Kasparov played} 16. Bd4 {and got
the advantage after} c5 17. Bxc5 Nc3 18. Bxc4 Qxe5+ 19. Be3 $14 {1-0 Kasparov,
G-Adams,M/Sarajevo 1999/CBM 71 [Mikhalevski,V] (31)  However, the strong move
16...Qf5! /\ Nf4 [Morozevich-Piket/KasparovChessGP 2000] forced white to
switch to 16.Bxc4}) 16... g5 $1 {Other options don't bring black comfortable
play:} (16... Bxc4 17. Qxc4 Nxc3 18. Qxc3 O-O 19. O-O Rad8 20. Rac1 $16 {
1-0 Kulaots,K-Sepp,O/Puhajarve 2001/CBM 85 (56)}) (16... Bb5 17. O-O g5 18. Qd4
Bxc4 19. bxc4 Nf4 20. Rfe1 $14 {1/2-1/2 Macieja,B-Timman,J/Willemstad 2001/EXT
2002 (42)}) 17. Bxd5 {A very rare move, which was played only by Emil.} ({
Black had some problems in the following line:} 17. Qd4 Bxc4 18. Qxc4 Nf4 (
18... O-O-O $1 $146 {, but, in the last Olympiad Karjakin found some
improvement...} 19. O-O Nf4 20. Qxe6+ Nxe6 21. Rac1 Rd3 22. Rfd1 Rd5 23. Kf1
Rhd8 24. Re1 h5 25. g3 g4 26. Kg2 Ng5 27. e6 Nxe6 28. Bf6 Rg8 29. Re4 Rg6 30.
Be5 Nc5 31. Rxc5 Rxc5 32. Bf4 Re6 33. Ra4 a5 34. a3 Rb5 {0-1 Mamedov,
R-Karjakin,S/Calvia ESP 2004/The Week in Chess 520 (34)}) 19. Qxe6+ Nxe6 20.
O-O-O $14 {--> 1-0 Kasparov,G-Timman,J/Wijk aan Zee 2000/CBM 75 [Mikhalevski,V]
(36)}) (17. Qxg5 $4 Bxc4 $19 {[%csl Rc3]}) 17... Qxd5 $1 $146 {[%mdl 8] looks
like an improvement in comparison to the preceding game:} (17... cxd5 18. Qxg5
c5 19. O-O-O Bb7 20. f4 h6 21. Qh5 O-O-O 22. f5 Qe7 23. e6 $16 {1-0 Sutovsky,
E-Stefansson,H/Reykjavik 2004/CBM 099 ext (40)}) 18. Qxg5 Rd8 19. Qg4 ({
Comes into consideration:} 19. Rg1 $5 c5 (19... Qb5 20. Qg4 Rd3 (20... Rd2 21.
Bxd2 Qxe5+ 22. Kd1 Qxa1+ 23. Bc1 $16) 21. Rc1 Qc5 22. Qb4 Re3+ 23. Kd1 Rd3+ 24.
Kc2 Qxf2+ 25. Kb1 $16) (19... Qd3 20. Qe3) 20. Qg4 $1 {[%cal Yg4a4]} c4 (20...
Qd3 21. Rc1 c4 22. b4 Bc8 23. Qf4 Rg8 $13) 21. b4 $14) 19... h5 20. Qf3 Qxf3
21. gxf3 Rg8 $44 {Black is a pawn down, but he has some compensation, thanks
to his very active pieces. But, of course, the sides play only for two results
(1-0 or draw).} (21... Rd3 22. Rc1 Rxf3 23. Bd4 $16) 22. Rd1 {White is
interested to change one of the rooks, in order to weaken black's initiative.}
Bd3 23. Rc1 {threatening with Ba5.} Rg6 24. Bb2 Rd5 25. Kd2 {activating the
king.} Bf5+ 26. Ke3 Rd3+ 27. Ke2 Rd5 {The best location for the rook, as White
cannot drive away it from there.} 28. Rhd1 Kd7 29. Rd4 {White can attack the
black pawns on the both sides of the board from the 4th rank.} Re6 30. Rf4 Bg6
31. Ra4 f6 32. f4 c5 33. Ra5 $2 {I guess, there are some mistakes in the
scoresheet, otherwise, white could win another pawn on a7:} (33. Rxa7 $18)
33... Rc6 34. b4 Rb6 35. a3 Rb5 36. Ra6 {Unfortunately, we cannot know what
exactly was in the game...} ({Again, stronger was the simple} 36. Rxb5 Bd3+ 37.
Kf3 Bxb5 38. exf6 cxb4 39. axb4 $18) ({or} 36. Rxa7 $18) 36... cxb4 37. Rac6
bxa3 38. Rxc7+ Ke6 39. Bxa3 (39. R1c6+ {won immediately:} Kf5 40. Rxf6+ Kg4 (
40... Ke4 41. f3#) 41. Rxg6+ $18) 39... Kf5 40. R1c4 $2 (40. exf6 Kxf6 41.
R1c6+ Kf5 42. Rg7 $18 Rb3 43. Bc1 $18) 40... Rb3 41. Bc1 h4 $1 {liberating the
h5 square for the bishop.} 42. f3 (42. exf6 Kxf6 43. R4c6+ Kf5 44. Rxa7 Bh5+
45. f3 Bxf3+ 46. Kf2 Rd1 47. Rc5+ Kg4 48. Rg5+ Kh3 49. Ra3 Rxa3 50. Bxa3 $11)
42... Bh5 43. R7c6 Bxf3+ 44. Kf2 Ra5 (44... fxe5 45. fxe5 Ra5 46. Rd6 (46. Rf6+
Kxe5 47. Rxf3 Ra2+ $19) 46... Kxe5 47. Bf4+ Kf5 48. Bd2 $11) 45. Rxf6+ Kg4 46.
f5+ (46. Bd2 Rd5 47. Rd6 Rxd6 48. exd6 Rd3 49. Be3) 46... Kh3 47. Rd6 (47. Bd2
Rxe5 48. Rc3 Rxc3 49. Bxc3 Rc5 50. Bd4 Rd5 51. Kxf3 Rxd4 $11) 47... Rxe5 48.
Rdd4 Re2+ 49. Kf1 Kxh2 50. Rxh4+ Kg3 51. Rh7 Rf2+ 52. Kg1 $4 (52. Ke1 $11)
52... Rg2+ 53. Kf1 {[%tqu "En","Please find the best move for black.","","",
"f3e2","",10]} Be2+ {Interesting game, but, unfortunately, there are too many
mistakes in the scoresheet...} 0-1

[Event "Sarajevo Bosnia-A 38th"]
[Site "Sarajevo"]
[Date "2008.05.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[Annotator "Erenburg,S"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2008.05.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BIH"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 125"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.07.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 8256]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bb4+ {The idea of this
rare continuation is to prevent the development of White's queenside knight to
c3. More popular lines are:} (4... Nf6) (4... Bc5) 5. c3 (5. Nc3 {would
probably lead to the Four Knights Opening:} Nf6) 5... Bc5 6. Nxc6 bxc6 ({
Of course} 6... Qf6 $4 {is not possible anymore, because of} 7. Nd4) 7. Bd3 Ne7
{Completing the development. Usually Black transfers his knight to e5 via g6.}
({In the most populat game of this line Black has tried to activate the queen
first, and only then to complete the development of the kingside:} 7... Qh4 8.
Qe2 Nf6 9. h3 $1 {However, Kasparov managed to exploit the unfortunate
position of Black's queen:} O-O 10. g3 Qh5 11. g4 Qe5 12. g5 Nxe4 13. Bxe4 Re8
14. Bf3 Qxe2+ 15. Bxe2 Ba6 16. c4 Bxc4 17. Nc3 $16 {1-0 Kasparov,G-Leko,P/
Fontys 1997/CBM 61 (31)}) 8. O-O {Morozevich chooses the most natural move
keeping all the available plans open. White played the more aggressive 8.Qh5
and 8.h4, as well as more popular 8.Nd2 in the preceeding games:} (8. Nd2 O-O (
{Black hasn't equalized after} 8... d5 9. O-O O-O 10. Nb3 Bb6 11. c4 $1 {
The threat c4-c5 forces Black into the following simplification.} dxe4 12. Bxe4
Qxd1 13. Rxd1 Be6 14. Bd3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Bacrot,E (2645)-Fontaine,R (2541)/Aix
les Bains 2003 (59)}) 9. O-O d6 10. Kh1 (10. b4 {could be recommended.} Bb6 11.
a4 {and there is no clear way to equalize the game. For instance:} a5 12. Nc4
Be6 13. Nxb6 cxb6 14. Be3) 10... f5 11. f4 Bb6 12. Qf3 Kh8 13. exf5 Bxf5 14.
Bxf5 Nxf5 $11 {0-1 Wiersma,E (2414)-Kasimdzhanov,R (2672)/Fuegen 2006/CBM 115 
(38)}) (8. h4 $5 {[%cal Yh4h5,Yh5h6] The idea of this early pawn advance is to
attack Black's monarch's residence.} O-O (8... d5 {looks more logical.}) 9. h5
h6 ({Probably better was} 9... f5 $5 10. e5 d6 11. h6 g6 12. Bc4+ $1 d5 (12...
Kh8 13. b4 Bb6 14. Bg5 $1 Qe8 15. Bf6+ $14) 13. Bd3 $14) 10. Bxh6 $1 gxh6 11.
Qg4+ Kh8 (11... Kh7 $2 12. e5+ Kh8 13. Qf4 f5 (13... Kg7 $2 14. Qf6+ Kg8 15.
Qxh6 f5 16. exf6 $18) (13... Ng8 $2 14. Qf5 $18) 14. Qxh6+ Kg8 15. g4 $1 $40)
12. Qf4 $14 {[%csl Rc5,Rh6,Rh8][%cal Gf4e5] 1/2-1/2 Nataf,I (2526)-Miles,A 
(2584)/Mondariz 2000 (60)}) ({White hasn't got anything special after} 8. Qh5
d6 9. Bg5 Rb8 10. b3 O-O 11. Nd2 Qe8 12. b4 Bb6 13. Nc4 Ng6 14. Nxb6 axb6 15.
Be3 f5 $1 $11 {1/2-1/2 Sax,G (2570)-Miles,A (2595)/Szeged 1997}) 8... O-O 9.
Bg5 $5 $146 {Morozevich's abilitiy to find new moves and ideas is incredible!
This moves looks so logical: it prevents normal development of black's
kingside and makes him weaken its position. Every time I encounter one of
Morozevich's novelties, I ask myself: "How come that nobody played it before?!"
} (9. Nd2 {was mainly played previously, which leads to 8.Nd2 0-0 9.0-0 line.})
({Another possible attempt to fight for an opening advantage is} 9. b4 Bb6 10.
a4 a5 11. Nd2 d5 12. exd5 $6 {improving Black's pawn structure.} (12. Nb3 {
looks better:} dxe4 (12... Re8 13. Qc2 $14) 13. Bxe4 Bf5 14. Bxf5 Nxf5 15. Bf4
$14) 12... cxd5 $2 ({Much stronger was} 12... axb4 $1 13. cxb4 Nxd5 $15 14. Ba3
$2 Ne3 $1 $19) 13. Nb3 c6 (13... Nc6 $5 14. b5 Ne5 15. Bxh7+ Kxh7 16. Qh5+ Kg8
17. Qxe5 $14) 14. Ba3 axb4 15. Bxb4 Re8 16. Qc2 Ng6 17. a5 Ba7 18. Rfe1 $14 {
0-1 Drei,A (2351)-Miles,A (2579)/Reykjavik 2000/CBM 075 ext (29)}) 9... f6 10.
Bh4 d6 $6 {Somehow after this move I wasn't able to find a way to equalize the
game for Black...} ({More consistent and stronger was} 10... Ng6 $1 {
activating the knight} 11. Bg3 Ne5 12. Be2 (12. b4 Bb6 13. Na3 d5) (12. Kh1 {
[%cal Yf2f4]} d5 $1 $15) 12... d5 $11 {and Black's active pieces compensate
for his inferior pawn structure.}) 11. Nd2 Ng6 12. Bg3 f5 {It looks like with
this breakthrough Black solves all the opening problems, but it is not the
case. White has always a slight advantage due to a superior pawn structure.} (
12... Ne5 {doesn't solve all the problems:} 13. Nb3 Bb6 14. Nd4 Bd7 (14... Nxd3
15. Qxd3 c5 (15... Bd7 16. Nxc6 {[%cal Yd3c4]}) 16. Nf5 Bxf5 17. exf5 d5 18.
Rfe1 $16) 15. Be2 $14 {with following a2-a4.}) 13. exf5 Bxf5 14. Bxf5 Rxf5 15.
a4 {Threatening to kill the bishop with b2-b4.} a6 (15... a5 {perhaps was
better than the move in the text, but White would have kept the initiative
either way:} 16. Qb3+ (16. b4 Bb6) 16... Kh8 17. Rae1 Rb8 18. Qc2 Qd7 19. Nc4
$14) 16. Qb3+ $1 {With the brilliant transfer of the queen to b7, where it
looks to be awkward, Morozevich gets an obvious advantage. It is not so easy
for Black to protect all his queenside pawns.} Kh8 17. Qb7 $1 Rb8 $2 {This
logical move is actually bad. After White gets a passed a-pawn, it turns out
that Black cannot do anything with his virtually active pieces.} (17... Rd5 {
is Fritz's suggestion. Black blocks the main diagonal, forcing White to trade
the queens:} 18. Ne4 Qc8 19. Qxc8+ (19. Qxc6 Ne7 $19) 19... Rxc8 20. Rfe1 $14)
(17... Ne7 {looks passive, but White's advantage is not as big as in the game:}
18. Ne4 (18. Bh4 g5) 18... Qb8 (18... Bb6 19. Bh4 Qc8 20. Qxc8+ Nxc8 $16) (
18... h6 19. Rad1 Qb8 20. Qxb8+ Rxb8 21. Rfe1 $14 Ng6 $2 22. Nxc5 Rxc5 23. Rxd6
$16) 19. Qxb8+ Rxb8 20. Rfe1 $14) 18. Qxa6 Rxb2 19. Ne4 $16 {White easily
neutralizes Black's initiative and converts his positional advantage to
convincing victory.} h5 (19... h6 20. a5 $16 (20. Qxc6 Rb6)) 20. h4 $1 {
The key move. After Black is stopped on the kingside and White got another
important spot g5, it looks like Black's position became lost...} Rb6 ({
Of course Black cannot take the pawn:} 20... Nxh4 $4 21. Bxh4 Qxh4 22. Qc8+ $18
) (20... Nf4 {was another logical attempt to attack White's king. But, White's
position is solid enough to parry all the threats:} 21. Rfe1 (21. Qxc6 $4 Rb6)
21... Qf8 22. Qxc6 $1 ({Only not} 22. Kh2 $2 Nxg2 23. Kxg2 Rfxf2+ 24. Nxf2
Rxf2+ 25. Bxf2 Qxf2+ 26. Kh3 Qf3+ 27. Kh2 $11) 22... Ne2+ (22... Nxg2 23. Kxg2
Bxf2 24. Nxf2 Rfxf2+ 25. Kh1 $18) 23. Kh2 Nxg3 24. fxg3 $18) ({In event of} 
20... Qf8 {White plays cool, taking the pawn:} 21. Qxc6 Ne5 22. Bxe5 Rxe5 23.
a5 $18 {and there is nothing Black can do.}) 21. Qc4 Qg8 (21... Qf8 {is met by}
22. Qe2 {[%cal Ye4g5]}) (21... Rb2 22. Qe6 $1 Ne7 23. Rae1 $18) 22. Qe2 Rb8 $2
{loses right away.} ({The last chance was} 22... Qe6 23. Rfe1 $18) 23. Ng5 $18
{Now the game is over, since White wins the h5 pawn and develops a decisive
attack.} Nf8 24. Qxh5+ Nh7 25. Rae1 Bb6 26. Re7 Rbf8 27. Kh2 R5f6 28. a5 {
Another impressive victory by the Winner of Sarajevo!} 1-0

[Event "Jakarta"]
[Site "Jakarta"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Handoko, Edhi"]
[Black "Xie, Jun"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Ernst,T"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "1994.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "INA"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 041"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 (
7... Ng8 $145 $5 8. b3 f6 9. Bb2 fxe5 10. Bxe5 $6 (10. Qxe5 Qxe5+ 11. Bxe5 d6
12. Bb2 Bf5 $10) 10... Ba6 $1 11. Qe3 (11. c4 O-O-O $36) 11... Bxf1 12. Kxf1
Nf6 13. Bxf6 (13. Bxc7 Qxe3 14. fxe3 Nd5 15. Bf4 Bc5 $40) 13... Qxe3 14. fxe3
gxf6 $15 {Mukhametdov,E-Bezgodov,A (02)/RUS-ch plof/1994/0-1/50/}) 8. c4 Ba6 9.
b3 Qh4 (9... O-O-O 10. g3 Re8 11. Bb2 f6 $10 {Kasparov-Karpov/New York/1990/})
(9... f6 10. Bb2 fxe5 11. g3 O-O-O 12. Nd2 {Thorhallsson,T-Fyllingen,R/Gausdal
int/1991/} Re8 $10) 10. a3 Bc5 11. Bb2 (11. Qf3 Bd4 12. Ra2 Nb6 13. Bd3 O-O-O
14. Re2 Rhe8 15. g3 Qe7 16. O-O Bxe5 17. Rfe1 Qf6 18. Bf4 $16 {Thorhallsson,
T-Jonsson,B/Iceland/1992/}) (11. g3 $2 Bxf2+ 12. Qxf2 Qe4+ $19 {Natali,
N-Kakhiani,K/Baden Baden op/1991/}) 11... Nf4 12. Qf3 Ne6 13. g3 Nd4 (13... Qh6
14. Nd2 Rb8 15. Qd3 O-O 16. Bg2 Rfd8 17. b4 d6 $10 {Sax,G-Van der Wiel/Waz A/
1992/}) 14. Qd3 Qg4 15. Nd2 d5 16. Bg2 (16. exd6 $6 O-O $17) 16... O-O-O 17. h3
Qh5 18. Bxd4 (18. O-O $2 dxc4 19. Qe4 c3 20. Bxc3 Bxf1 $17 21. Re1) 18... dxc4
19. Nxc4 Rxd4 20. Nd6+ Kb8 21. Qxa6 Qxe5+ 22. Qe2 (22. Kf1 Rxd6 23. Re1 Qf6 $17
) 22... Qxe2+ 23. Kxe2 cxd6 24. Bxc6 Rc8 25. Bb5 Rd5 26. a4 Bb4 27. Rac1 Rd2+
28. Kf3 Rc5 $1 $15 29. Rxc5 Bxc5 30. Rf1 d5 31. Be2 Rb2 32. Rd1 Rxb3+ 33. Rd3
Rxd3+ 34. Bxd3 g6 35. h4 Kc7 36. Ke2 Kb6 37. Bb5 Bd4 38. Be8 f6 39. f3 Kc5 40.
h5 gxh5 41. Bxh5 Be5 42. g4 Kd4 43. Bf7 Bc7 44. Bg8 h6 45. Bf7 Bb6 46. Bg8 $10
Kc4 47. Bf7 Kb4 48. Be8 Kc3 49. Bf7 d4 50. Bg6 Bc5 51. Bf5 Kb4 52. Bd7 Kc3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Leon"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Gomez Esteban, Juan Mario"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "Franco"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "1994.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 042"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nb3 Bb6 6. a4 a6 7. Nc3 Nge7 8.
Be2 d6 9. O-O O-O 10. Bg5 f6 11. Bh4 Ne5 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. Qxd5+ Kh8 14. a5 Ba7
15. Bh5 $6 (15. Rad1 Ng6 16. Bg3 f5 $36) 15... Qe7 16. Qd2 Nc4 17. Qe2 Be6 18.
Nd2 Ne5 19. Bg3 g6 20. Bf3 Rae8 21. Bf4 Bd7 22. Rfe1 Bc6 23. Be3 Bxe3 24. Qxe3
Nxf3+ 25. Qxf3 Qe5 26. Qa3 Qf4 27. Qe3 Qxe3 28. Rxe3 f5 29. Rae1 Re5 30. exf5
Rexf5 $2 (30... Rxe3 31. Rxe3 Rxf5 32. b4 Rd5 $17) 31. f3 Rxa5 32. Re7 Rc8 33.
Nb3 Rd5 34. c3 Kg8 35. Nd4 a5 36. R1e6 $1 {/\ Rf6-f7} Re5 37. Rxe5 dxe5 38.
Rxe5 a4 39. Re7 Bd5 40. Nb5 Bc4 41. Nxc7 Rd8 42. Re8+ (42. Re8+ Rxe8 43. Nxe8
$18) 42... Rxe8 43. Nxe8 Kf8 44. Nd6 Ba6 45. Kf2 Ke7 46. Ne4 b6 47. Ke3 h6 48.
Kd4 Ke6 49. c4 Bb7 50. Nc3 Bc6 51. Nd5 Bxd5 52. cxd5+ Kd6 53. Kc4 g5 54. g3 h5
55. f4 gxf4 56. gxf4 h4 57. Kd4 b5 58. f5 b4 59. f6 a3 60. bxa3 bxa3 61. Kc3 h3
62. Kb3 Kxd5 63. f7 Ke6 64. f8=Q 1-0

[Event "Amsterdam Euwe Memorial"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1994.05.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[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 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
c4 Ba6 9. b3 g6 10. Ba3 $5 $146 Qg5 (10... Qh4 $1 11. Bxf8 (11. g3 $2 Qd4 12.
Bb2 Bb4+ $19) (11. Qd2 Qe4+ 12. Be2 Bxa3 13. Nxa3 Nf4) (11. e6 $2 fxe6 (11...
Qd4 $2 12. e7 $1 $18) 12. Qb2 (12. Qe5 Qf6 $17) 12... Nf6 $17) 11... Qd4 12.
Bg7 Rg8 13. Qc2 Qxa1 14. cxd5 Bxf1 15. e6 Qxg7 16. exd7+ Kd8 17. Qxc6 $13) 11.
g3 Nc3 (11... Bxa3 12. Nxa3 Nc3 13. h4 $1 $14) 12. Nxc3 Bxa3 13. Ne4 (13. f4
Qe7 14. Bg2 O-O 15. O-O f6) 13... Qe7 (13... Qxe5 $4 14. Nf6+ $18) 14. Nf6+ Kf8
15. Bg2 (15. Bh3 $5 Bb4+ 16. Kf1 d5 17. Kg2 Kg7 18. Rac1 Rad8 19. Rhd1 $14)
15... Bb4+ 16. Kf1 Rd8 17. Qb2 Ba3 18. Qc3 Bb4 19. Qb2 Ba3 20. Qc3 (20. Qd4 Bc5
21. Qf4 Kg7 22. Re1 Bb4 23. Re2 d5 $132) 20... Bb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "PCA-World-ch Kasparov-Short +6-1=13"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1993.10.14"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1993.09.07"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "20"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 036"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nxc6 Qf6 6. Qd2 dxc6 7. Nc3 Be6
8. Na4 Rd8 9. Bd3 Bd4 10. O-O a6 (10... Ne7) 11. Nc3 Ne7 12. Ne2 Bb6 (12...
Bxb2 $6 13. Bxb2 Qxb2 14. Rab1 Qxa2 15. Rxb7 (15. Qc3 Rxd3 $1) 15... O-O 16.
Rxc7 Rfe8 $2 17. Qb4 a5 18. Qc5 Bd7 19. Nc3 Qe6 20. Ra1 $16) 13. Qf4 Ng6 $6 14.
Qxf6 gxf6 15. Ng3 h5 16. Be2 h4 17. Nf5 Bxf5 18. exf5 Ne5 19. Re1 Kf8 20. Bf4
$6 (20. Kf1) (20. a4 $5 {/\ Ra3}) 20... Rd4 21. g3 Kg7 22. Rad1 Re4 23. Kg2
hxg3 24. fxg3 (24. Bxg3 $1) 24... Bf2 $1 25. Kxf2 Rxh2+ 26. Kf1 Rexe2 27. Rxe2
Rh1+ 28. Kf2 Rxd1 29. b3 (29. Bxe5 $2 fxe5 30. Rxe5 Ra1 31. a3 Ra2 $17) 29...
Rd7 30. Rd2 $1 (30. Bxe5 $6 fxe5 31. Rxe5 Kf6 32. Rc5 Kg5 $17) 30... Rxd2+ 31.
Bxd2 c5 32. Ke3 c6 33. Ke4 c4 34. b4 b5 35. Bf4 Nd7 36. Kd4 Kf8 37. Bc7 Ke7 38.
g4 Kf8 39. Bd6+ Kg7 40. Bc7 Kf8 41. a3 1/2-1/2

[Event "PCA-World-ch Kasparov-Short +6-1=13"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1993.09.30"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "1993.09.07"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "20"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 036"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nxc6 Qf6 6. Qd2 (6. f4 dxc6 7.
Qf3 Nh6 8. h3 Bd7 9. Nc3 O-O-O 10. Bd2 Rhe8 11. O-O-O Qe7 12. g4 f6 13. Bd3 Nf7
14. h4 h6 15. h5 Bb4 16. Kb1 Bxc3 17. Bxc3 c5 18. Rhe1 Bc6 19. Qf1 Bd7 20. Qg1
Kb8 21. e5 fxe5 22. fxe5 Ng5 23. Qg3 Bc6 24. Rf1 {Schallopp,E-Riemann,F/DSB-1.
Kongress Leipzig (03)/1879/0-1 (76)}) 6... dxc6 7. Nc3 (7. Qf4 Be6 8. Nc3 Qxf4
9. Bxf4 O-O-O 10. Rd1 Rxd1+ 11. Nxd1 Ne7 12. Be3 Bxe3 13. Nxe3 Rd8 14. b3 c5
15. f3 Nc6 16. Be2 Nd4 17. Kf2 f6 18. Rd1 Nxe2 19. Rxd8+ Kxd8 20. Kxe2 Kd7 21.
Kd3 b5 22. f4 g6 23. f5 Bf7 24. Ng4 {Faibisovich,V-Peicheva,V/Groningen open 
(02)/1991/1-0 (52)}) (7. Bc4 Ne7 8. O-O O-O 9. Qg5 Qxg5 10. Bxg5 Ng6 11. Nc3 h6
12. Bd2 Ne5 13. Bb3 Be6 14. Bxe6 fxe6 15. Rae1 Rad8 16. Re2 b5 17. Nd1 Nc4 18.
Bc1 Rd7 19. b3 Rfd8 20. Ne3 Nd2 21. Rfe1 Nxe4 22. Nf1 Nc3 23. Re5 Bb6 24. a3 {
Oral,T-Manafi,R/Duisburg WchJM-U16 (01)/1992/0-1 (30)}) (7. Bd3 Be6 8. O-O (8.
Qf4 O-O-O (8... Bb4+ 9. c3 O-O-O 10. Bc2 Qg6 11. Qg3 Bd6 12. Qxg6 hxg6 13. h3
Bc4 14. Be3 Nf6 15. Nd2 Ba6 16. O-O-O Rhe8 17. Rhe1 Nd7 18. Nf3 f6 19. e5 Nxe5
20. Nxe5 Rxe5 21. Bxg6 Rh8 22. Bd3 Bxd3 23. Rxd3 a5 24. Bd2 {Oral,T-Gross,D/
TCH-ch Luhacovice (07)/1993/0.5 (71)}) 9. Nc3 Qxf4 10. Bxf4 Ne7 11. Bg3 Ng6 (
11... Bb4 $1 12. O-O Bxc3 13. bxc3 c5 14. Rad1 Nc6 15. a3 Rhf8 $1 { 16. f4 f5}
16. Bh4 $13 {Leko,P-Srokowski,J/Kecskemet/1992/} (16. Bh4 Rde8 17. Bb5 Bd7 $10
{Srokowski,J})) 12. f4 Rhe8 13. Ne2 Bg4 14. h3 Bh5 (14... Bxe2 $2 15. Kxe2 $16)
15. f5 (15. Rf1 Bb4+ $1) 15... Bxe2 16. Kxe2 Ne5 17. Bxe5 (17. Rad1 $14) 17...
Rxe5 18. Rad1 b5 19. Kf3 Re7 20. g4 Bd4 21. b3 {Smagin,S-Van der Sterren,P/
Prague Chip (05)/1992/0.5 (21)}) 8... O-O-O 9. Qe2 (9. Qg5 Qxg5 10. Bxg5 f6 11.
Bd2 h5 12. Nc3 Nh6 13. Rad1 Ng4 14. b3 a6 15. Na4 Ba7 16. Bb4 Ne5 17. Be2 Bg4
18. Bxg4+ Nxg4 19. Bc5 b6 20. Ba3 Rhe8 21. h3 Ne5 22. Rfe1 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 Nd7
24. Nc3 $14 {Pandavos,E-Dominiguez,J/Thessaloniki olm (3)/1988/1-0 (39)}) 9...
Ne7 (9... h5 10. e5 Qe7 11. Nd2 Nh6 12. Kh1 Ng4 13. Nf3 Bd5 14. Bf4 f6 15. Rae1
g5 16. Bg3 Kb8 17. h3 h4 18. Bh2 Bxf3 19. Qxf3 Nxh2 20. Kxh2 fxe5 21. Qe2 Rhf8
22. Be4 Qf6 23. Qf3 Rd2 24. Qxf6 $17 {Ehlvest,J-Fernandez,JL/Pamplona/1991/0-1
(49)}) 10. Kh1 g5 11. Qh5 h6 12. f4 Qd4 13. Bd2 gxf4 14. Bc3 Qe3 15. Bd2 Qd4
16. Bc3 Qe3 17. Bd2 Qd4 18. Bc3 {Bjelajac-Agzamov /Vrsac/1983/0.5 (18)}) 7...
Be6 8. Na4 $6 $146 (8. Bd3 O-O-O 9. O-O (9. Qe2 Bd4 $1 (9... Ne7 10. e5 $1 $16)
10. Bd2 Ne7 (10... Nh6 $1 11. f3 (11. f4 $2 Bg4 $17) (11. h3 Rhe8 $1 (11... g5
12. f3 { 0-0-0, g3, f4}) 12. Rf1 $1 {0-0-0, f4_|_} Qe7 (12... g5 $5 $13) 13.
O-O-O f6 14. f4 (14. Bc4 $2 Bxc3) 14... Nf7 $5 15. g4 $6 g5 $1) 11... Rhe8 12.
O-O-O Qe5 $5 13. g4 f6 14. Kb1 b5 $1 15. Rc1 $1 Bg8 $1 16. Nd1 Qe6 $13 17. b3
Nf7 18. c3 Bb6 19. Be3 Ne5 $1 20. Bc2 $6 Qd6 21. Nf2 $6 { f4_|_} (21. Nb2 $1
$13 {(+)c4}) 21... Qa3 $1 22. Bxb6 $6 axb6 { <<b7, <<a8} 23. Rhd1 Kb7 24. Rxd8
{Markovic,M-Mozetic,D/Vrnjacka Banja/1992/0-1 (42)}) 11. f4 Rhe8 12. e5 Qh4+
13. g3 Qh3 14. O-O-O f6 15. exf6 gxf6 16. Rde1 Bf7 17. Qf1 Qh5 18. f5 Be5 $1
$13 {Smagin,S-Mainka,R/Praha 53/(299)/1992/0.5 (18)}) 9... Bc4 (9... Ne7 10.
Kh1 Ng6 11. f4 Bc4 $15 12. e5 Qe7 13. Ne4 Bxd3 14. cxd3 f5 15. exf6 gxf6 16.
Qc2 (16. Qa5 Rd5) 16... Bb6 17. a4 f5 $17 18. a5 Bd4 19. Ng3 Qf6 (19... Nh4 $1
20. a6 Rhg8 21. axb7+ Kxb7 22. Bd2 Nxg2 $1 23. Kxg2 Qe2+ 24. Kh1 Rxg3 25. hxg3
Rd6 $19) 20. a6 b6 21. Bd2 Bxb2 $5 22. Nh5 Qh4 23. Qxc6 Ne7 $1 24. Qb7+ {
Conquest,S-Sokolov,I/Corfu/1991/0-1 (53)}) 10. Qe2 Bxd3 11. cxd3 Kb8 12. Be3
Bd4 13. Rac1 Ne7 14. Qd2 Qe6 15. b4 Qd6 16. Ne2 Bxe3 17. fxe3 f5 18. exf5 Qxd3
19. Qxd3 Rxd3 20. e4 Re3 21. Ng3 Rf8 22. Kf2 Ra3 23. Rc2 b5 24. Rd1 {
Kacheishvili,G-Lukacs,P/Debrecen EU-chT/1992/1-0 (49)}) 8... Rd8 (8... Bd6 $6
9. Bd3 O-O-O 10. Qa5 $1 $36) 9. Bd3 (9. Qe2 $2 Bxf2+ 10. Qxf2 Rd1+ $19) 9...
Bd4 10. O-O (10. c3 Bxf2+ 11. Qxf2 Rxd3 (11... Qxf2+ 12. Kxf2 Rxd3 13. Nc5 Rd8
14. Nxb7 Rb8 15. Nc5 Ne7) 12. Qxf6 Nxf6 13. Nc5 Rd8 14. Nxb7 Rb8 $10) 10... Ne7
(10... a6 11. Kh1 $1 {f4|^}) 11. c3 (11. Kh1 Qh4 12. f4 f5) 11... b5 $1 (11...
Be5 12. f4 Bd4+ 13. Kh1 $14) (11... a6 $6 12. cxd4 $1 (12. Qe2 Ba7 13. Be3 Bxe3
14. Qxe3 b6) 12... Qxd4 13. Qc2 Qxd3 14. Qxd3 Rxd3 15. Nc5 Rd8 16. Nxb7 $14)
12. cxd4 Qxd4 13. Qc2 $1 (13. Qa5 Qxa4 14. Qxa4 bxa4) 13... Qxa4 (13... Qxd3
14. Qxd3 Rxd3 15. Nc5 Rd8 16. Bf4 Bc4 17. Rfd1 $36) (13... bxa4 14. Be2 (14.
Rd1 Bg4 $1) 14... f5 $6 15. Bg5 $1 Qxe4 16. Qc5 $1 $40) 14. Qxa4 bxa4 15. Bc2
Bc4 (15... Rd4 16. Be3 Rc4 17. Rfc1 a6 18. b3 $14) 16. Re1 (16. Rd1 $5 Bb5 (
16... Rxd1+ 17. Bxd1 Bb5 18. Bf4 Kd8 19. Bg4 $16) 17. Bf4 Rd7 $14) 16... Bb5 (
16... Bd3 17. Bxa4 Rd4 18. b3 $1 Rxe4 19. Ba3 $16) 17. Be3 (17. Bf4 Rd7 (17...
Kd7 $5) 18. Rad1 Ng6 (18... Kd8 19. b3 axb3 20. Bxb3 Rf8 $13) 19. Be3 $10)
17... Nc8 (17... a6 18. Rad1 Rxd1 19. Rxd1 O-O $2 20. Bc5 Re8 21. Bxe7 Rxe7 22.
Rd8+ $18) 18. Bc5 (18. Rad1 Rxd1 19. Rxd1 Nb6 (19... O-O 20. Rd7 $14) (19...
Ke7 20. Bc5+ Ke6 21. f4 $36)) 18... Nb6 19. Rad1 Rxd1 20. Rxd1 a6 21. f4 Nd7
22. Ba3 (22. Bd4 f6 {/\ Ke7}) (22. Bb4 $5 c5 23. Ba5 $14) 22... h5 (22... c5
23. e5 g6 24. f5 Nxe5 25. Re1 (25. Bxc5 $132) 25... f6 26. fxg6 hxg6 27. Bxg6+
Kd7 28. Be4) 23. Kf2 (23. e5 Nb6 (23... Rh6 24. Re1 Nb6 25. f5 Nc4 26. Bc5 Nxb2
27. f6 $5 $36) 24. Bc5 Bc4 $5) 23... Rh6 $1 24. e5 c5 25. Bf5 Rb6 26. Rd2 (26.
Bxd7+ Bxd7 27. Rc1 Be6 28. Rxc5 Kd7 29. Ra5 Bxa2 30. Rxa4 $10) (26. Kg3 g6 27.
Bh3 f5 28. exf6 Rxf6 $10) 26... g6 27. Bc2 (27. Bxd7+ Bxd7 28. Bxc5 Rb5 $10) (
27. Bh3 f5 28. exf6 Nxf6) 27... Re6 28. Kg3 Nb6 29. Bxc5 Nc4 30. Rd5 Nxb2 (
30... Bc6 $2 31. Rd4 Nxb2 32. Ba3 $18) 31. f5 Bc6 (31... gxf5 32. Bxf5 Rh6 33.
Be3 h4+ 34. Kh3 Rh5 35. Bg4 $16) (31... Rc6 $5) 32. Rd2 (32. fxe6 Bxd5 33. Ba3
Nc4 34. Bxa4+ c6 35. exf7+ Kxf7 36. Bd6 Nxd6 37. exd6 Ke6 38. Kf4 Bxa2 39. Bxc6
Kxd6 $19) (32. Rd8+ $5 Kxd8 33. fxe6 $14) 32... gxf5 (32... Rxe5 33. Bd4 Nc4
34. Bxe5 Nxd2 35. fxg6 fxg6 36. Bxg6+ Kd8 37. Bxh5 $18) 33. Kf4 (33. Bxf5 Rxe5
34. Bd4 Rxf5 35. Bxb2 $15) 33... Nc4 (33... Rxe5 34. Bd4 Nc4 35. Bxe5 Nxd2 36.
Kxf5 $14) 34. Re2 f6 35. Bxf5 (35. Bd3 Nxe5 $1 (35... fxe5+ 36. Kxf5 Bd5 (36...
Bd7 $2 37. Bxc4 Rc6+ 38. Kxe5 Bg4 39. Re4 $18) 37. Be4 Nd6+ 38. Bxd6 Rxd6 39.
Kxe5 $10) 36. Bxf5 Bb5 37. Re3 Rc6) 35... Rxe5 (35... fxe5+ 36. Kg5 $18) 36.
Bd3 (36. Rxe5+ fxe5+ 37. Kg5 Bxg2) 36... Bd5 (36... Rxe2 37. Bxe2 Bd5 38. Bxh5+
) 37. Bd4 $2 (37. Bxc4 Bxc4 38. Rxe5+ fxe5+ 39. Kxe5 Bxa2 $10) 37... Rxe2 38.
Bxe2 Ke7 (38... Bf7 39. Bxf6 $14) 39. Bxh5 (39. g3 Bf7) 39... Bxg2 40. Bd1 a3
41. h4 Bd5 42. h5 (42. Bb3 Kf7 43. h5 c6) 42... Ne5 43. h6 Bxa2 44. Bc5+ Kf7 (
44... Ke6 45. Bc2 Bc4 46. Bxa3) 45. Bc2 Bc4 (45... Ng6+ 46. Bxg6+ $1 (46. Ke3
Be6 47. Bxa3 f5 48. Bb2 Kg8) 46... Kxg6 47. Bxa3 Kxh6 48. Kf5 Kg7 49. Bb2 Bb1+
50. Ke6 $10) 46. h7 Kg7 47. Bf8+ Kh8 48. Be7 Bd3 (48... Nd7 49. Bxa3) 49. Bxf6+
Kxh7 50. Bxe5 Bxc2 (50... Bxc2 51. Bxc7 $10) 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-CHN Summit Men 4th"]
[Site "Nizhnij Novgorod"]
[Date "2007.08.27"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ni, Hua"]
[Black "Inarkiev, Ernesto"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2663"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2007.08.20"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 120"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.10.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.10.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nxc6 Qf6 6. Qf3 bxc6 7. Nd2 Qe7 {
With the retreat of the queen Black is aspiring to a more complex fight than
after the typical exchange on f3.} 8. Bd3 Nf6 9. O-O O-O 10. Nb3 Bb6 (10... Bd6
11. Qf5 Re8 12. f3 $14) 11. c4 a5 (11... d6 12. Bd2 (12. c5 dxc5 13. Bg5 Rd8
14. Rfd1 Qe5 15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16. Qxf6 gxf6 17. Rac1 Bg4 18. Rd2 Rd6 $13) 12...
Be6 13. Bc3 $14) 12. a4 d6 13. c5 $5 {Ni Hua is testing his luck with the
positionally unpleasant sacrifice of the pawn, but the consequences were not
that clear.} (13. Bd2 Nd7 $13) 13... Be6 $6 (13... Bxc5 14. Nxc5 dxc5 15. Bg5
$16) (13... dxc5 14. Bg5 Rd8 $1 (14... Qe6 15. Nd2 Rd8 16. Nc4 $14) 15. Rfd1 h6
16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. Qxf6 gxf6 18. Bc4 Be6 19. Rdc1 Rab8 $13) 14. cxb6 Bxb3 15.
bxc7 Qxc7 16. Qg3 Rfe8 (16... Qe7 17. Bg5 Qe6 18. Rfc1 $16) 17. Ra3 Rab8 18.
Bd2 {The solution of the immediate crisis has brought Inarkiev problems, as he
does not have enough counter arguments in the fight against the bishop's pair.}
Nh5 (18... Nxe4 $2 19. Bxe4 Rxe4 20. Rxb3 $18) (18... Be6 19. Bc3 Qd8 20. Qg5
$16) 19. Qh4 Nf6 20. Rc1 c5 $6 {The ambition of creating a wall on the dark
squares will fail, as White will manage to penetrate on the h7 square.} (20...
Re5 21. Bc3 Rh5 22. Qf4 $16) (20... Re6 21. Bc3 (21. Rc3 Bd1 22. f3 Qb6+ 23.
Kh1 d5 $13) 21... Nd7 22. e5 Rh6 (22... g6 23. exd6 Qxd6 24. Qh6 Nf6 25. Bf1
$16) 23. Qe7 Re6 24. exd6 Qxd6 25. Qg5 $16) 21. Bg5 Re6 (21... Nd7 22. Bb5 Be6
23. Rd1 $16) 22. e5 $1 dxe5 (22... Rxe5 23. Bxf6 gxf6 24. Qxh7+ Kf8 25. Bb5 Bd5
26. f4 Re6 27. Rg3 $18) 23. Bxf6 Rxf6 24. Qxh7+ Kf8 25. Bb5 $1 {[%mdl 2048]
The disparity in the impact of the forces for both rivals is dramatic, the
black forces are missing even a semblance of coordination.} Rh6 26. Qe4 Be6 27.
Rac3 Rc8 (27... c4 28. Bxc4 Rb4 29. Qa8+ Rb8 30. Bxe6 $16) (27... f5 28. Qe1 e4
29. h3 $16) 28. Rxc5 Qxc5 29. Rxc5 Rxc5 30. h3 g5 $2 {Two rooks are able to
fight against the enemy queen, but not if they are uncoordinated and unable to
defend their own weaknesses.} (30... Ke7 31. Qa8 $18) (30... Rc8 31. Qe1 Ra8
32. Qxe5 $18) 31. Qe3 Rd5 32. Qxg5 Rg6 33. Qe3 {The misery for Inarkiev has
not ended with the loss of the g pawn, since the weakness on a5 cannot be
saved.} Kg8 (33... Rd1+ 34. Kh2 Bd5 35. f3 Bb7 36. Qc3 Kg8 37. Qxa5 $18) 34.
Kh2 Bc8 35. Qa7 Kg7 36. Bc4 $1 (36. Qxa5 Bb7 37. f3 Bc6 $16) 36... Rd7 (36...
Rgd6 37. Bxd5 Rxd5 38. Qe7 Bf5 39. b4 $18) 37. Qxa5 Bb7 38. g4 {Ni Hua can
afford to play with aplomb, since in a material sense he has 3 extra pawns.} e4
39. Qe5+ Kf8 40. Bb5 (40. b4 $18) 40... Rdd6 41. g5 Kg8 (41... Bc6 42. Bxc6
Rxc6 43. Qxe4 $18) 42. Bc4 Bc6 43. h4 e3 44. Qxe3 Rd1 45. Qe7 Rg7 (45... Rh1+
46. Kg3 Rg1+ 47. Kf4 Rg7 48. Qd8+ Kh7 49. Bd3+ $18) 46. a5 Rd4 47. Qc5 Rxh4+
48. Kg3 Rh6 49. a6 Be4 50. a7 Kh7 51. Qe5 (51. Qe5 Rxg5+ 52. Qxg5 Rg6 53. Qxg6+
fxg6 54. Bf1 $18) 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1977.01.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kupreichik, Viktor D"]
[Black "Eslon, Jaan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2385"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1977.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nb3 Bb6 6. Nc3 Qf6 7. Qe2 Nge7 8.
Be3 O-O 9. O-O-O d6 10. h4 Bd7 11. f3 Bxe3+ 12. Qxe3 a5 13. g4 a4 14. g5 Qe6
15. Nd2 (15. Bh3 $2 f5 $1) 15... d5 16. Bh3 f5 (16... Qd6 17. Nb5) 17. gxf6
Qxf6 18. exd5 (18. Bxd7 d4) 18... Bxh3 19. Rxh3 Nf5 20. Qg5 Ne5 21. Qxf6 Rxf6
22. Re1 Ng6 23. Re4 $1 Nd6 24. Rg4 a3 $6 25. b3 Ne5 26. Rg5 Re8 27. h5 h6 28.
Rg2 Ref8 29. Nce4 Rf4 (29... Nxe4 30. fxe4 $17) 30. Nc5 $1 R4f7 31. Ne6 Re8 32.
Re2 Nd7 33. Ne4 Nxe4 34. fxe4 Ne5 35. Rc3 Ree7 36. b4 Rf1+ 37. Kd2 Rh1 38. Ke3
Rxh5 39. Kd4 c6 40. Rxa3 cxd5 41. exd5 Nd7 42. Ra8+ Kf7 43. Rf2+ 1-0

[Event "Candidates final"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "2007.06.13"]
[Round "2.7"]
[White "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2007.06.06"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Marin} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nxc6 Qf6 6. Qf3 bxc6 7.
Qg3 h5 8. h4 Nh6 9. f3 d5 10. Nc3 Bd4 {Rublevsky tested this line five times
in their Elista match and in the end won only once, while losing two games.}
11. Bd2 Rb8 12. O-O-O Be5 13. f4 {Marin: 'A new step in the theoretical
dispute initiated by the 4th game of the match.'} (13. Qg5 Qd6 14. exd5 O-O 15.
Bc4 cxd5 16. Bxd5 Qxd5 17. Nxd5 Bxb2+ 18. Kb1 Bc3+ 19. Kc1 Bb2+ 20. Kb1 Bc3+ {
1/2 Rublevsky,S (2680)-Grischuk,A (2717)/Elista 2007/}) 13... Bd4 14. Qd3 (14.
e5 Nf5 15. Qf3 Qg6 16. Bd3 O-O $11) 14... Bg4 (14... dxe4 15. Qxe4+ Kf8 16. Be3
Bxe3+ 17. Qxe3 g6 $14) 15. e5 Bxc3 $1 16. Qxc3 {White feels obliged in the 7th
game to avoid the cheap draw by repetition after taking the queen. That was
the case in the 6th match game in a very similar position.} ({We are familiar
already with this kind of pseudo queen sacrifice. In case of} 16. exf6 {Marin}
Bxb2+ 17. Kb1 Bxf6+ 18. Kc1 Bb2+ 19. Kb1 {Black can force an immediate draw or
play on with} Bxd1 $5) 16... Qe6 17. Re1 O-O 18. Be3 (18. Qa5 d4 19. b3 Qe7 20.
Bd3 Nf5 $11) 18... Rfd8 (18... Nf5 19. Bxa7 Ra8 20. Bc5 Rfd8 21. a3 d4 22. Qc4
Qh6 $11) 19. Qc5 ({Marin: White needs to block the c6-pawn by physical means
in order to prepare Ba6. The careless} 19. Ba6 $2 {would unexpectedely lose to}
d4 $1 20. Bxd4 c5 $3 {After 20...c5!! White loses a bishop, for instance} ({
But not} 20... Qxa2 {because of} 21. Bc4 Qa1+ 22. Kd2 Qxb2 23. Qxb2 Rxb2 24.
Kc3 {when White remains in control. The exchange sacrifice} Rxc2+ {does not
work because of} 25. Kxc2 Rxd4 26. Kc3 Rxf4 27. Rhf1 {and White has every
chance to win this.}) 21. Bc4 cxd4 $1) 19... a5 $1 {Marin: 'Just in time. The
bishop will not enjoy the desired stability on a6 any more. Needless to say,
White is not interested in "winning" the a-pawn because this would open lines
for Black's attack.'} 20. Kb1 (20. Qxa5 $2 d4 21. Bf2 Ra8 22. Qb4 Qxa2 $17)
20... a4 21. Bd3 (21. Qa5 d4 (21... Nf5 22. Bf2 Ra8 23. Qxc7) 22. Bd2 Bf5 23.
Qxa4 Ra8 24. Qb3 d3 25. Qxe6 dxc2+ 26. Kc1 fxe6 27. Bc4 Ng4 $13) 21... Bf5 22.
Rc1 $6 {Grischuk has displayed a perfect plan of exploiting the blockade of
the e5-f4 pawn chain with the help of queenside activity. White has now
underestimated the impact of play with the bad bishop against the knight.} ({
Marin: Too optimistic. As a compensation for the exchange of the light-squared
bishops, White hopes to get pressure along the c-file, but Black counterplay
will prove much stronger. It would have been wiser to play} 22. Be2 {Marin:
'although Black can more or les force a draw in this case with the perpetual
pursuit starting with'} Ng4 (22... Bg4 {Marin}) 23. Bd4 Be4 $11) 22... Bxd3 23.
cxd3 Nf5 24. Bf2 {Marin: 'From strategic point of view, this is a complete
triumph for Black. However, he still needs to work out some tactical details.'}
(24. Bd2 Qg6 25. Qxc6 Qxg2 $17) 24... Rb5 $1 25. Qxc6 $2 (25. Qa3 Rdb8 26. Rc2
Rb4 27. g3 d4 $15) 25... Rdb8 $1 26. Qxe6 (26. b3 axb3 27. a4 Rb4 28. Qxe6 fxe6
29. Rxc7 Rxa4 $17) 26... Rxb2+ 27. Ka1 fxe6 {[%mdl 4096] Such a twist of fate
must have been shocking for Rublevsky, Black has all the trumps in his hands.}
28. Rb1 (28. Ba7 R8b7 29. Rc6 a3 30. Bc5 Rc2 31. Rb1 Nd4 $1 32. Bxd4 (32. Rxb7
Rc1+ 33. Rb1 Nc2#) 32... Rxb1+ 33. Kxb1 Rxc6 $19) 28... a3 $1 {Marin: 'In case
of general exchanges on b1, White would soon have captured the a4-pawn,
creating a very dangerous queenside passer.'} 29. Bc5 (29. Rxb2 Rxb2 30. Rf1 d4
$19) 29... Nxh4 $1 {Do not believe, that knight has no chance in the battle
with the bishop. Grischuk leaps about with his steed with visible gusto.} 30.
Rxb2 (30. Rbg1 Nf5 31. Rxh5 Ng3 32. Bxa3 Rd2 33. Rh2 Ne2 34. g4 Ra8 35. Bb2 Nc3
$19) (30. Bxa3 Rxb1+ 31. Rxb1 Rxb1+ 32. Kxb1 Nxg2 33. Bc1 h4 34. a4 h3 35. a5
h2 36. a6 h1=Q 37. a7 Nxf4 38. a8=Q+ Kh7 $19) 30... axb2+ 31. Kb1 Nxg2 32. f5
$5 {Desperate and at the same time spirited idea in order to complicate
matters.} (32. Rxh5 Nxf4 33. Rh2 Nxd3 34. Bd4 c5 $19) 32... Nf4 33. fxe6 Nxd3
34. Ba3 Nxe5 {Marin: 'My first thought in this position was: "Even I would win
this!" The rest of the moves were played by inertia.'} 35. Kc2 Nc4 36. Bc5 Nd2
$1 {The knight has fullfilled its mission in a charming way and the b-pawn
will promote.} 37. a4 b1=Q+ 38. Rxb1 Nxb1 39. a5 Rb5 0-1

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2001.12.01"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Milov, Vadim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2602"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[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 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nxc6 Qf6 6. Qd2 bxc6 7. Bd3 Ne7
8. Nc3 d6 9. O-O Bb6 (9... O-O 10. e5 $1 Qe6 11. exd6 Qxd6 12. Ne4 Qd5 13. Qg5
Qxg5 14. Bxg5 h6 15. Bxh6 Bxf2+ 16. Rxf2 gxh6 17. Nf6+ Kh8 18. Nh7 Re8 19. Rxf7
h5 20. Nf6 {1-0 Ciganikova,A-Quinn,D/Pula 1997/ (20)}) 10. Kh1 Qh4 11. f4 f5
12. b3 $5 {[%mdl 4] The clever development of the dark squared bishop, the
games are clearly indicating problems for black in the struggle for equality.}
fxe4 (12... O-O 13. Bb2 (13. Bc4+ Kh8 14. e5 d5 15. Bd3 Ba5 16. Ba3 d4 17. Bxe7
Qxe7 18. Nd5 Bxd2 19. Nxe7 Bd7 $11) 13... Be6 14. Rae1 $14) 13. Nxe4 O-O 14.
Bb2 (14. Ng5 Bf5 15. Bb2 Bxd3 16. Qxd3 Rae8 17. g3 Qh6 18. Rae1 $14) 14... Bg4
$6 (14... Nf5 15. Rf3 $14) (14... Bf5) 15. Ng5 Nf5 16. Bxf5 $1 {The bishop's
pair is less important than the safety of a white king and possibility to
benefit from the pressure along the a1-h8 diagonal.} Rxf5 (16... Bxf5 17. Qc3
Qh6 18. Qxc6 $16) 17. Qc3 Qh6 18. Rae1 (18. Qxc6 Raf8 19. Qc4+ d5 20. Qd3 c6
21. Rae1 $16) 18... Raf8 (18... Rc5 $2 19. Qg3 Rxc2 20. Qxg4 Rxb2 21. Re6 g6
22. Re7 $18) 19. h3 Be2 (19... Bh5 20. Ne6 R8f6 (20... R8f7 21. Qxc6 $18) 21.
Qc4 Bf7 22. Bxf6 Rxf6 23. f5 $18) 20. Rxe2 Rxg5 21. Re7 (21. Qxc6 Rgf5 22. Re7
R5f7 23. Qc4 Qh5 $16) 21... d5 (21... c5 $2 22. fxg5 $1 Rxf1+ 23. Kh2 $18) 22.
Rfe1 Rg6 (22... Rxf4 23. Re8+ Kf7 (23... Rf8 24. Rxf8+ Kxf8 25. Qf3+ Kg8 26.
Re8#) 24. Bc1 $18) 23. R1e6 $1 {White pieces are clearly triumphant in the
fight for the control in the position.} Rgf6 (23... Rxe6 24. Rxg7+ Kh8 25. Rg6+
d4 26. Qxd4+ Bxd4 27. Bxd4+ Qg7 28. Bxg7+ Kg8 29. Rxe6 Kxg7 30. Rxc6 $18) 24.
Rxf6 (24. Qxc6 Rxe6 25. Qxe6+ Qxe6 26. Rxg7+ Kh8 27. Rg6+ d4 28. Rxe6 Rxf4 $16)
24... Rxf6 (24... gxf6 25. Qxc6 Qxf4 26. Qxd5+ Kh8 27. Qd3 $18) (24... Qxf6 25.
Rxg7+ Kxg7 26. Qg3+ $18) 25. Qe5 d4 $2 (25... Bc5 26. Rxc7 Bd6 27. Rc8+ (27.
Rxg7+ Qxg7 28. Qxf6 Qxf6 29. Bxf6 Bxf4 30. g4 $16) 27... Rf8 (27... Bf8 28. f5
a6 29. Ba3 $18) 28. Rxf8+ Bxf8 29. a4 $16) 26. Ba3 $1 Qh4 27. Re8+ Kf7 28. Rf8+
Kg6 29. f5+ 1-0

[Event "Biel Accentus"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2011.07.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2821"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2011.07.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 144"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. Bd3 Qh4 7. Qe2 Ne7
$146 {Black has developed the queen to an active square and made castling for
White more complicated. The knight move to e7 is a novelty, Black players have
usually fared well after the natural move 7...Nf6.} (7... Nf6 8. h3 (8. Be3
Bxe3 9. Qxe3 O-O 10. Nd2 Re8 11. O-O d6 12. Rae1 a5 13. Qg3 Qxg3 14. hxg3 a4
15. f3 Be6 16. b3 Nd7 17. Re3 axb3 18. axb3 Ne5 19. Be2 Ra2 20. Rc3 c5 21. b4
cxb4 {1/2-1/2 Carlsen,M (2714)-Kamsky,G (2714)/Khanty Mansiysk 2007/}) 8... d5
(8... O-O 9. g3 Qh5 10. g4 Qh4 11. Nd2 Ne8 12. Nb3 (12. Nf3 Qe7 13. Bd2 Rb8 14.
b3 d6 15. Bc3 Bb4 16. Bxb4 Rxb4 17. e5 c5 18. exd6 Qf6 19. d7 Bxd7 20. Ne5 $14
{1-0 Kovchan,A (2554)-Annaberdiev,M (2459)/Konya 2011/ (61)}) 12... Be7 13. Nd4
Bc5 14. Nf5 Qd8 15. Bd2 Nd6 16. O-O-O Nxf5 17. gxf5 Qh4 18. Rh2 Bd4 19. Rg1 Be5
20. Rhg2 $16 {1-0 Motylev,A (2641)-Liang Chong (2531)/Moscow 2001/ (53)}) 9. g3
(9. exd5+ Kd8 10. O-O Bxh3 11. dxc6 Re8 12. Qd2 Bxg2 13. Kxg2 Qg4+ $11) 9...
Qh5 10. Qxh5 Nxh5 11. Nc3 (11. e5 Bd4 12. g4 Nf4 13. Bxf4 Bxb2 14. Kd2 Bxa1 15.
Nc3 Bxc3+ 16. Kxc3 c5 $17 {0-1 Nataf,I (2534)-Fressinet,L (2673)/Pau 2008/ (32)
}) 11... Nf6 12. Bf4 Bb4 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. Bd2 Nxc3 15. Bxc3 Bxc3+ 16. bxc3 Be6
17. f4 O-O 18. Kf2 Rab8 19. f5 Bd7 $14 {0-1 Ivanchuk,V (2739)-Malakhov,V (2706)
/Warsaw 2009/ (68)}) 8. Nc3 O-O 9. Be3 Bb6 10. O-O {Carlsen is a courageous
player, but he decided to abstain from castling long due to the semi-open
b-file. He correctly guessed, that the attack against the black king was
unlikely to succeed.} (10. O-O-O d5 $132) 10... d5 11. exd5 Nxd5 (11... cxd5
12. g3 Qf6 13. Qh5 $14) 12. Bd2 Bd4 {In the new era of chess and computers the
top players have to live with the fact, that achieving an advantage from the
opening is a rare feat. The remaining ambition is a bit more modest - to build
up a position, that can be full of life.} (12... Bg4 13. Qe4 Rae8 14. Qc4 Qh5
$14) (12... Nb4 $5 13. Qe4 (13. Be4 $2 Ba6 $17) 13... Qxe4 14. Bxe4 Rd8 15. Bf4
Nd5 16. Rad1 Be6 $11) 13. Rae1 Nb4 $1 (13... Nxc3 14. bxc3 Bb6 15. Qe8 $1 Rb8
16. Qxc6 Bb7 17. Qc4 $14) 14. Qe4 (14. Ne4 $2 Bg4 15. g3 Qh5 $19) 14... Qxe4
15. Bxe4 Ba6 16. Ne2 {The passive retreat of the knight is certainly far from
what White is dreaming about, but Black has problems with the coordination of
his pieces as well.} Bc5 17. a3 (17. Bxb4 Bxb4 18. c3 Be7 19. Bxc6 Rad8 20. b4
Bc4 $11) 17... Nd5 (17... Rae8 18. Nf4 (18. axb4 Rxe4 19. bxc5 Bxe2 20. f3 Re6
21. Rf2 Rfe8 (21... Bc4 22. Ra1 $16) 22. Bf4 $14) 18... Nd5 19. Bd3 Bxd3 20.
Nxd3 $14) 18. b4 Bd6 {Caruana is playing sensible moves and does not try to
solve the position with the help of tactics.} (18... Rfe8 19. Bf3 (19. Bd3 Bxd3
20. cxd3 Bd6 $11) 19... Bd6 20. Nd4 Bxf1 21. Rxf1 $14) 19. Nd4 $5 {[%mdl 1024]
Sporting the best rating in the world does not come cheap, Carlsen has to try
for a win even against the very good opponents. Breaking the balance with the
help of an exchange sacrifice fuels the tension in the position.} (19. g3 Be5
20. Kg2 f5 21. Bd3 Bxd3 22. cxd3 Rfe8 $11) 19... Bxf1 20. Kxf1 Nb6 (20... Rae8
21. Nxc6 Nf6 22. Bf3 Rxe1+ 23. Bxe1 a6 $11) 21. Nxc6 Rfe8 22. a4 {The danger
for Black does not seem to be great, but White's active approach is calling
for exact solutions.} (22. h3 g6 $11) 22... Kf8 (22... Nxa4 $6 23. Ne7+ Rxe7
24. Bxa8 Rxe1+ 25. Kxe1 $16) 23. a5 Nc4 24. Bc1 (24. Bc3 Bf4 25. Re2 Bd2 $1 26.
Bd4 Bxb4 27. Bxh7 (27. Nxb4 Rxe4 $17) 27... Rxe2 28. Kxe2 Bxa5 $15) 24... a6 {
The defender is choosing a passive move, that does not spoil anything. He
could have found the courage for the speedier clarification of the position
with the help of the active move 24...f5!} (24... f5 $1 25. Bxf5 Rxe1+ 26. Kxe1
Re8+ 27. Kf1 Ne5 28. Be4 Nxc6 29. Bxc6 Rd8 (29... Bxb4 $2 30. Bxe8 Kxe8 31. a6
$16) 30. Bd2 Be7 31. Bc3 Rd1+ 32. Ke2 Rb1 $11) 25. f4 $6 (25. g3 f5 26. Bxf5 (
26. Bd5 Rxe1+ 27. Kxe1 Re8+ 28. Kf1 Ne5 29. c3 Nxc6 30. Bxc6 $11) 26... Rxe1+
27. Kxe1 Re8+ 28. Kf1 Ne5 29. Be4 Nxc6 30. Bxc6 Bxb4 31. Bxe8 Kxe8 $11) 25...
Re6 $2 {A small comedy of errors on the highest level. The shocking and well
disguised move of the black knight to e3 would have clearly shown the gap in
White's concept.} (25... Ne3+ $1 26. Rxe3 (26. Bxe3 $2 Rxe4 $19) 26... Bxf4 27.
Rf3 Bxc1 28. Bd5 f6 29. Nd4 Rab8 $15) 26. Bd5 $1 Rf6 (26... Rxe1+ 27. Kxe1
Bxb4+ 28. Nxb4 Re8+ 29. Kf2 Nxa5 30. Nxa6 $18) 27. Re4 {A truly tragic finish
of the game for Caruana. One serious mistake and the battle was immediately
over.} 1-0

[Event "Donner Memorial-A"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Van der Sterren, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1994.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 043"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. c3 Nge7 7. Bc4 Ne5 8.
Be2 d6 9. O-O Qg6 10. Kh1 (10. Nd2 Bh3 $1 11. Bf3 $8) 10... Qxe4 11. Nd2 Qg6
12. Nb5 O-O (12... Bxe3 13. Nxc7+ Kd8 14. Nxa8 $16) 13. Nxc7 Rb8 14. Bf4 Bf5 $1
15. Nb3 (15. Bh5 Qf6 16. Nf3 Be4 $1 $15) 15... Bb6 16. Nb5 Rbd8 17. Qd2 N7c6
18. Be3 Bxe3 19. Qxe3 Rfe8 20. Qd2 (20. Nxa7 $2 Nd7 $1 $19) 20... d5 21. Rae1
Nc4 22. Qc1 Be4 $1 23. f3 Bf5 {xe3} 24. Bxc4 dxc4 25. N3d4 Nxd4 26. Nxd4 Bd3
$10 27. Rxe8+ (27. Rg1 h6) 27... Rxe8 28. Re1 Rxe1+ 29. Qxe1 h6 30. Qe8+ Kh7
31. Qb5 Qf6 32. Qxb7 Qg5 $1 33. h3 $8 Qc1+ (33... Qc1+ 34. Kh2 Qf4+ 35. Kh1
Qc1+ $10) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tashkent FIDE GP 2nd"]
[Site "Tashkent"]
[Date "2012.11.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2012.11.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UZB"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 152"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nb3 Bb6 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. Qe2 O-O 8.
Bg5 {The Scotch Game in its modern form is anything but a boring opening.
White sports very ambitious plans, hoping for long castling and an attack.
Black's development advantage gives him a chance to start the immediate
counterattack.} (8. Be3 Re8 9. f3 d5 (9... Bxe3 10. Qxe3 d6 {0-1 Karjakin,S 
(2269)-Zubov,O (2328)/Alushta 2001/ (58)}) (9... d6 10. O-O-O Be6 11. Kb1 Nd7
12. Qf2 Bxe3 13. Qxe3 a6 14. Be2 (14. Nd4 Nxd4 15. Qxd4 Qf6 16. Be2 b5 17. Rhe1
Qh6 18. g3 Nb6 19. f4 Rad8 20. e5 c5 21. Qf2 dxe5 22. fxe5 Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 Nd7
$11 {1/2 (32) Hansen,S (2577)-Georgiev,V (2566) Istanbul 2012}) 14... b5 15.
Rhe1 Nb6 16. Qf4 Ne5 17. Bf1 h6 18. Nd4 Qg5 19. Nxe6 fxe6 20. Qg3 Rf8 21. Ne2
Rae8 22. b3 Qxg3 23. hxg3 g5 $11 {1/2 (41) Panarin,M (2538)-Khalifman,A (2651)
Tyumen 2012}) 10. O-O-O Be6 11. Qf2 Ne5 $6 {/\...Ng4} (11... Qd6 $5) 12. h3 Ng6
13. Bxb6 axb6 14. f4 (14. exd5 Nxd5 15. Nxd5 Bxd5 16. c4 $2 Qg5+ $17) 14... Bd7
15. f5 $36 Ne5 16. exd5 b5 17. a3 Nc4 18. Bxc4 bxc4 19. Nd2 b5 20. g4 b4 21.
axb4 Ra1+ 22. Ndb1 Ne4 23. Nxe4 Rxe4 24. f6 $14 {1/2 (60) Caruana,F (2775)
-Naiditsch,A (2700) Dortmund 2012}) 8... Nd4 {Black does not have to worry
that he would not get a chance for counterplay. Naturally, the question about
achieving the maximum and crossing White's plans is difficult to answer.
Ponomariov is refraining from chasing away the bishop on g5, since it would
weaken the kingside.} (8... h6 9. Bh4 $1 (9. h4 d6 10. f3 hxg5 11. hxg5 Ng4 12.
fxg4 Qxg5 13. Qf3 Bxg4 14. Qg3 Ne5 15. Be2 f5 16. exf5 Qxf5 17. O-O-O Bxe2 18.
Nxe2 Qf2 19. Qh2 Qxe2 20. Qh8+ Kf7 21. Rdf1+ Bf2 22. Qh7 Ke6 23. Kb1 Qg4 {
0-1 Rublevsky,S (2649)-Anand,V (2781)/Bastia 2004}) 9... a5 (9... d6 10. O-O-O
Be6 11. Kb1 {1/2 (11) Leitao,R (2626)-Milos,G (2597) Santos 2011}) (9... Re8
10. O-O-O d6 11. f3 Be6 12. Kb1 Qe7 13. g4 Rad8 14. Qe1 Ne5 15. Be2 Ng6 16. Bg3
Bxb3 17. axb3 d5 18. exd5 Ba5 19. Bc4 Qf8 20. Qf2 a6 21. Ne4 Nxe4 22. fxe4 $14
{1/2 (53) Bok,B (2512)-Avrukh,B (2605) Biel 2012}) 10. a4 (10. O-O-O a4 11. Nd2
g5 12. Bg3 d5 13. h4 g4 14. h5 a3 15. b3 Bd4 16. Nb5 Bb2+ 17. Kb1 dxe4 18. Nc4
Qe7 19. Qe3 Nb4 20. Qxh6 $16 {1-0 (32) Negi,P (2658)-Sanikidze,T (2586) Baku
2012}) 10... Nd4 (10... Re8 11. O-O-O d6 12. f3 $5 Be6 13. g4 Bxb3 (13... Ne5
14. Nd4 $16) 14. cxb3 Nd4 15. Qg2 $5 Nxb3+ 16. Kb1 Nd4 17. Bc4 c6 18. g5 hxg5
19. Bxg5 $16) 11. Qd3 Nxb3 12. cxb3 Re8 13. O-O-O d6 14. Qc2 $1 Bd7 $6 (14...
c6 15. Bc4 Qe7 16. Rhe1 Be6 17. Nd5 $5 (17. f3 Bxc4 18. bxc4 Qe6) 17... cxd5
18. exd5 g5 $1 19. Bg3 Nxd5 20. Rxd5 Bc5 $11) 15. Bc4 Be6 16. Rhe1 Qe7 17. e5
$1 dxe5 18. Rxe5 Qf8 $8 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. Re2 $16 {1-0 (38) Carlsen,M (2826)
-Bacrot,E (2716) Nanjing 2010. Carlsen was able to put his strong opponent
under serious pressure.}) 9. Qd2 Nxb3 10. axb3 {The difference to the
Carlsen's game against Bacrot lies in the location of white queen. The plan
with opening the c-file becomes simply unrealistic.} (10. cxb3 h6 11. Bf4 Re8
12. f3 d5 $15) 10... Re8 {The impression from the opening is quite
double-edged for White. The adversary has no serious problems with equalising
the game. Ponomariov could have contemplated the move 10..h6 with equality,
but he might have been dreaming about something better.} (10... h6 11. Be3 Bxe3
12. Qxe3 Re8 (12... d5 13. O-O-O Ng4 14. Qg3 d4 15. Nb5 c5 16. Be2 Nf6 17. Nd6
Be6 18. e5 Nd5 19. Bc4 Nb4 20. c3 Bxc4 21. bxc4 dxc3 22. bxc3 Nc6 23. f4 $14 {
1/2 (40) Darini,P (2503)-Bruzon Batista,L (2711) Istanbul 2012}) 13. f3 (13.
O-O-O c6 14. Qd4 Qe7 15. f3 b5 16. Qd6 Qxd6 17. Rxd6 Re6 18. Rxe6 dxe6 19. e5
Nd5 20. Ne4 a5 21. c4 Ne3 22. Kd2 Nf5 $11 {1-0 (51) Negi,P (2638)-Sargissian,G
(2679) Leon 2012}) 13... c6 14. O-O-O d5 15. Qc5 Qb6 16. Qxb6 axb6 17. exd5
Ra1+ 18. Kd2 Rxd1+ 19. Kxd1 Rd8 20. Bc4 (20. Bd3 Nxd5 21. Nxd5 Rxd5 22. Ke2 Kf8
23. b4 Bf5 24. Bxf5 Rxf5 25. Ra1 $11 {1/2 (30) Bruzon Batista,L (2711)
-Fressinet,L (2714) Istanbul 2012}) 20... b5 21. Bd3 Nxd5 22. Nxd5 Rxd5 23. Ke2
Kf8 24. b4 Ke7 25. Ra1 Kd6 $11 {1/2 (30) Wang Hao (2726)-Aronian,L (2816)
Istanbul 2012 The endgame is completely even.}) 11. f3 h6 12. Bf4 {Retreating
with the bishop is not easy for White, each and every square has some
disadvantages.} (12. Bh4 Nxe4 13. Bxd8 Nxd2+ 14. Kxd2 Rxd8 15. Nd5 d6 16. Nxb6
cxb6 17. Bd3 Bd7 $15) 12... d5 13. O-O-O d4 14. Kb1 (14. Bc4 Nh5 15. Bg3 Nxg3
16. hxg3 Qd6 $11) 14... Be6 {Both players have been creative in the original
position, so missing a small finesse was quite understandable. In the peace of
the home study it seems that Ponomariov missed the chance for the better idea
14...c5!? with prospects for taking the initiative.} (14... c5 $5 15. Nb5 Nh5
16. Bc4 Be6 $15) 15. Nb5 Qe7 (15... c5 16. g4 $14) 16. g4 (16. Nxd4 $2 Bxd4 17.
Qxd4 Rad8 $19) 16... Rad8 (16... a6 17. Na3 Bc5 18. g5 $14) 17. h4 {Svidler
has decided for the risky unclear opening for a good reason, he was hoping for
the violent attack on the kingside.} c6 18. Na3 Bc7 (18... Bc5 19. g5 Nh5 20.
gxh6 Nxf4 21. Qxf4 Qf6 22. Qg5 Qxg5 23. hxg5 b5 $11) 19. Nc4 (19. Bxc7 Qxc7 20.
g5 Nh5 21. gxh6 g6 22. Qg5 Qf4 23. Bc4 $14) 19... Bxf4 20. Qxf4 Qc5 {
Ponomariov is not ready to play highly risky chess and so he plans to
eliminate the danger with the help of the queen exchange.} (20... Bxc4 21. Bxc4
b5 22. Bf1 Nh7 $11) 21. g5 Nh5 22. Qh2 Bxc4 23. Bxc4 b5 24. Bd3 Qe5 {Very
similar to the English Attack in the Sicilian Defence: the black knight on h5
feels much better than the first glance could ever reveal. It prevents the
opening of the h-file and due to its control of the f4-square is obstructing
the enemy activities on the kingside.} 25. Rdg1 (25. gxh6 Qxh2 26. Rxh2 gxh6
27. Rg2+ Kf8 $11) 25... Qxh2 26. Rxh2 g6 27. Rg4 (27. gxh6 a5 28. Rf2 Nf4 29.
Rg4 Nh5 $11) 27... Ng7 $6 {The main disadvantage of the current balanced
position is the difference in dynamics. Black would prefer the status quo,
White will actively try to improve his position. Ponomariov is trying to force
the taking on h6 due to the h6-h5 threat, but it will cost him two precious
tempi.} (27... a5 28. f4 Kg7 29. e5 Re7 $11) 28. gxh6 Nh5 29. f4 Kh7 (29... Kh8
30. b4 (30. e5 f5 $1 31. exf6 Re1+ 32. Ka2 Nxf6 33. Rxg6 Nd5 34. b4 Re3 35. Kb3
a5 $11) 30... Kh7 31. e5 Kxh6 32. Kc1 $14) 30. e5 Kxh6 31. b4 $1 {An important
detail that reveals the touch of a true master. Svidler is active on the
kingside, but he will not forget about fixing the structure on the opposite
flank.} Kg7 (31... Ra8 32. Re2 a5 33. f5 gxf5 34. Bxf5 $14) 32. Rf2 Kf8 (32...
Rd7 33. f5 Rxe5 34. fxg6 f6 35. Kc1 $14) 33. f5 $1 {[%mdl 32] The opening of
the position comes at a moment which is really unpleasant for the defender.}
gxf5 (33... Rxe5 34. fxg6 f6 35. g7+ Kg8 36. Bg6 Re1+ 37. Ka2 Re5 38. Bxh5 Rxh5
39. Rxf6 d3 40. cxd3 Rh7 41. Rxc6 Rxg7 42. Rxg7+ Kxg7 43. Rc7+ $16) 34. Rg5 (
34. Rxf5 Ng7 35. Rf6 Rxe5 36. Rxc6 Ne6 37. Ra6 $14) 34... Ng7 35. h5 Re6 $6 {
The defence forever remains an ungrateful task for any player. Choosing
properly what threats to parry first is next to impossible, one slip can
trigger dire consequences.} (35... Rxe5 36. h6 Ne6 37. h7 $18) (35... f4 $1 36.
h6 Ne6 37. h7 Ke7 38. Rg1 $14) 36. Rfg2 Ne8 37. Rxf5 {White has managed to
open up the position and created a very dangerous passed pawn on the h-file.} (
37. Bxf5 Rh6 38. Be4 $14) 37... Rd7 (37... Rd5 38. Rgg5 Nc7 39. Rf1 Ne8 (39...
Rdxe5 40. Rxe5 Rxe5 41. h6 Rh5 42. h7 $18) 40. Rgf5 Rd7 41. R5f3 $16) 38. Rf1
Rh6 {If anybody should be hesitating to believe that Black is under great
pressure he might consider the charming tactical line with a break of the
passed h-pawn after 38...Rde7.} (38... Rde7 39. Bg6 Rxe5 40. h6 Re1+ 41. Ka2
Rxf1 42. h7 Rh1 43. Bh5 $18) 39. e6 $1 Re7 (39... Rxe6 40. Bf5 Rf6 41. h6 $18)
40. exf7 Nf6 {The tragedy is complete, since Black can not even recapture the
daring pawn f7.} (40... Rxf7 41. Rxf7+ Kxf7 42. Bg6+ $18) 41. Rg6 Rxg6 42. hxg6
Nh5 43. Rh1 Re5 44. Be2 $1 {Svidler has managed to demonstrate his true
strength, his play was very impressive.} (44. Be2 $1 Rxe2 45. Rxh5 Rf2 46. Rh8+
$18) 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-31"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1994.12.04"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Handoko, Edhi"]
[Black "Speelman, Jonathan S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[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 "Indonesia"]
[BlackTeam "England"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "INA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 {Speelman} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. c3 Nge7 7.
Bc4 b6 8. Qd2 Qg6 (8... Bb7 9. b4 Bxd4 10. cxd4 Qg6 11. f3 O-O-O {Lau-Juergens/
Dortmund op/1992/}) 9. f3 (9. O-O $5 Qxe4 10. Bd3 Qh4 11. Nb5 O-O 12. Nxc7 $14)
9... Ne5 10. Bf1 (10. Bb3 $6 Ba6 $1) 10... d5 11. b4 Bd6 12. f4 Ng4 13. e5 Bxe5
$1 (13... Qe4 14. exd6 cxd6 (14... Nxe3 15. dxe7 Nc2+ 16. Kf2 Nxa1 17. Bb5+ Bd7
18. Re1 $16) 15. Ke2 $16) 14. fxe5 Qe4 15. Nc2 (15. Ke2 c5 16. Nc2 Bf5 17. Nba3
Qxe5 $44) 15... Nxe3 $1 16. Nxe3 Nf5 17. Bb5+ Kf8 18. Kf2 (18. Ke2 $2 Nxe3 19.
Qxe3 Qxg2+ $19) 18... Qf4+ 19. Ke2 d4 20. Nxf5 Qxe5+ 21. Kd1 Bxf5 22. Qe2 (22.
c4 {Speelman} h5 23. Rf1 Rh6 24. Qf4 Bg4+ 25. Kc2 Qe7 26. Nd2 Re6 $14) 22...
Qd6 23. Kc1 c6 (23... dxc3 24. Nxc3 Qxb4 25. Qb2 Qc5 $13) 24. Qf3 $1 Qh6+ 25.
Kb2 dxc3+ 26. Kb3 (26. Ka3 a5 $1 27. Qxc6 axb4+ 28. Kb3 Be6+ 29. Bc4 $13) 26...
Be6+ 27. Kxc3 $2 (27. Bc4 Bxc4+ 28. Kxc4 Qe6+ 29. Kd3 Rd8+ 30. Kc2 $13) 27...
Bd5 28. Qf5 Bxg2 $2 (28... a5 $1 29. bxa5 Qe3+ 30. Bd3 Rxa5 31. Qc8+ Ke7 32.
Qxh8 Rc5+ 33. Kb4 Qd4+ $19) 29. Bc4 $1 Qg6 30. Qxg6 hxg6 31. Nd2 $2 (31. Rd1
Rxh2 32. Rd7 Bd5 $17) 31... Bxh1 32. Rxh1 Rh3+ 33. Kc2 Rd8 34. Rf1 $2 Rxh2 $1
35. Bd3 (35. Rxf7+ Ke8 36. Rxg7 Rdxd2+ $19) 35... c5 36. bxc5 bxc5 37. Rf4 Rd4
38. Rxd4 cxd4 39. Bb5 f5 40. Kd3 Ke7 41. a4 Kf6 42. a5 g5 43. a6 g4 44. Bc6 g5
0-1

[Event "Poikovsky Karpov 08th"]
[Site "Poikovsky"]
[Date "2007.03.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Black "Tkachiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2649"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2007.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nxc6 Qf6 6. Qf3 bxc6 7. Qg3 h5 8.
h4 Nh6 9. f3 d5 {Tkachiev is trying to speed up opening of the position since
white has no pieces in the play. Safe line was 9...0-0 with no problems for
black.} (9... O-O 10. Nc3 Re8 11. Be2 (11. Bg5 $6 Nf5 12. Qf4 Qe6 $15) 11... d5
$11) 10. Nc3 Bb4 (10... O-O 11. Bg5 Bd6 12. Qf2 Qe6 13. O-O-O $14) 11. Bd2 dxe4
(11... d4 12. O-O-O Bd6 13. e5 Nf5 14. exf6 Nxg3 15. fxg7 Rg8 16. Ne4 Rxg7 17.
Nxg3 Rxg3 18. Be1 Rg6 19. Rxd4 $16) 12. O-O-O {The situation has rapidly
changed and black faces some problems.} e3 (12... O-O 13. Nxe4 $16) 13. Bxe3
Bxc3 (13... O-O 14. Ne4 Qe6 15. Bc4 $1 $16) 14. Bg5 $1 $146 {This natural blow
refutes black's strategy. In the foreruners encounter white did not find the
courage for complications.} (14. bxc3 $2 Nf5 15. Qg5 Nxe3 16. Qxe3+ Qe7 17.
Qxe7+ Kxe7 18. Bc4 Be6 19. Rd4 Rad8 20. Re1 Rxd4 21. cxd4 Rd8 22. c3 Kf6 23.
Bxe6 fxe6 $11 {0-1 Ni Hua (2607)-Najer,E (2677)/Ergun 2006/ (47)}) 14... Bxb2+
15. Kb1 Be6 (15... Be5 16. Qxe5+ $1 Qxe5 17. Rd8#) (15... Rb8 16. Bxf6 gxf6 (
16... Bxf6+ 17. Kc1 O-O 18. Qxc7 $18) 17. c3 Bf5+ 18. Rd3 (18. Bd3 $2 Ba3+ 19.
Ka1 Bb2+ $11) 18... Bxc3+ 19. Kc2 Be5 20. f4 $16) 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Re1 {
Black can claim only two light pieces for the queen and his attack is not
strong enough.} (17. Qxc7 O-O 18. Qxc6 Rab8+ 19. Kc1 Rb2 20. Bd3 Rxa2 21. Rde1
$18) 17... Rb8+ 18. Kc1 Nf5 (18... Bb2+ 19. Kd2 Rd8+ 20. Bd3 $18) 19. Qxc7 O-O
20. Rxe6 $1 {Very sensible decision to eliminate the bishop and win on the
light squares.} (20. Bd3 Nxh4 21. Kd2 $16) 20... fxe6 21. Bc4 Bb2+ 22. Kd2
Rbd8+ 23. Bd3 Bf6 (23... Rd6 24. Qxa7 $18) 24. Qxc6 Rd6 25. Qe4 Rc8 (25... Kf7
26. Rb1 $18) 26. g4 {Rublevsky enjoys spare material and mating attack, the
game is over.} Nd4 (26... Bc3+ 27. Kc1 Rb6 28. gxf5 Rcb8 29. Kd1 Rb1+ 30. Ke2
Rxh1 31. Kf2 $18) 27. g5 Be5 (27... Bd8 28. Qh7+ Kf8 29. Qh8+ Kf7 30. g6+ Kf6
31. Qf8+ $18) 28. f4 1-0

[Event "Women-Veterans"]
[Site "Prague"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Hort, Vlastimil"]
[Black "Xie, Jun"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1995.07.??"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 048"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Blatny,P} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7.
Qe2 Nd5 8. c4 Ba6 9. b3 Qh4 10. a3 Bc5 11. Bb2 (11. g3 Bxf2+ $1 12. Qxf2 Qe4+ {
Natali-Kachiani/Baden Baden/1991/} 13. Kd2 Qxh1 14. Bg2 Qxh2 15. cxd5 cxd5 16.
Nc3 c6 17. Bb2 Qh6+ 18. Qf4 $13) 11... Nf4 (11... Ne3 $5 12. g3 $1 $8 Qe4 13.
fxe3 Qxh1 14. Nc3 Rb8 15. b4 Qg1 $5 16. bxc5 Bxc4 17. Qxc4 Rxb2 18. O-O-O Rxh2
$13) 12. Qf3 (12. Qd2 $2 Nh3 $1 $19) (12. Qc2 Qg4 $5 13. f3 $1 Qg6 14. Qd2 Qh6
15. Bc1 g5 16. b4 $13) 12... Ne6 13. g3 (13. Bd3 Bd4 14. Ra2 $13) (13. Bd3 $142
{Blatny,P}) 13... Ng5 (13... Qh6 14. Qd1 (14. Nd2 O-O (14... Rb8 15. Qd3 $2 (
15. b4 $1 O-O $1 {/\ Bd4}) 15... O-O 16. Bg2 Rfd8 17. b4 d6 $1 $36 18. Qc2 Nd4
$2 (18... Bd4 19. exd6 Rxd6 20. Ne4 Bxb2 21. Qxb2 Rd4 22. O-O Bxc4 $15) 19.
Bxd4 $1 Bxd4 20. Rd1 dxe5 21. Nb3 Rd6 22. O-O Rbd8 23. Rfe1 Qf6 24. Rd2 $1 {
Sax,Gy-van der Wiel,J/Wijk/1992/0.5 (35)}) 15. Ne4 Rab8 16. Nxc5 Nxc5 17. b4
Na4 18. Bc1 Qe6 19. Qe4 c5 20. Bd3 f5 21. exf6 Qxe4+ 22. Bxe4 Rbe8 23. f3 Bxc4
24. bxc5 Nxc5 25. Be3 Nxe4 26. fxe4 Rxe4 {Ocytko,A-Aleksandrov,A/Wisla BES (02)
/1992/0-1 (37)}) 14... f6 15. exf6 O-O 16. Be2 Rxf6 17. O-O Rxf2 18. Rxf2 Rf8
19. b4 Rxf2 {0-1/Edvardsson,K-Carlhammar,M/Gausdal Peer Gynt (7)/1992/}) (13...
Qe7 $1 14. Nd2 O-O-O $1 15. b4 $8 (15. Bg2 Nd4 16. Qe4 d5 $1 17. exd6 Qxd6 18.
O-O Rhe8) 15... Bd4 16. Bxd4 $2 Nxd4 17. Qe4 Nc2+ $1 $19 {Gomez,A-Valdes,L/
Cuba/1991/}) (13... Nd4 $5 14. Qd3 Qg4 15. Nd2 d5 16. Bg2 O-O-O 17. h3 Qh5 18.
Bxd4 dxc4 19. Nxc4 Rxd4 20. Nd6+ Kb8 21. Qxa6 Qxe5+ 22. Qe2 Qxe2+ 23. Kxe2 cxd6
24. Bxc6 Rc8 $15 {Handoko,E-Xie Jun/Jakarta/1994/}) (13... Qh6 $5 {Blatny,P})
14. Qe2 (14. Qxf7+ Kxf7 15. gxh4 Nf3+ 16. Kd1 Rae8 17. Nd2 Bd4 18. Bxd4 Nxd4
19. f4 Rhf8 20. c5 Bxf1 21. Rxf1 Rb8 {Izeta Chavarri,F-Iruzubieta,J/Elgoibar 
(02)/1991/0.5 (44)}) (14. Qxc6 $142 $5 {Blatny,P} dxc6 15. gxh4 Nf3+ (15... Ne4
$2 16. Bg2 $18) 16. Ke2 Nd4+ $1 17. Bxd4 Bxd4 18. Ra2 Bxe5 19. Bg2 Bb7 $15 {
^^, קh4}) 14... Qe4 15. Qxe4 (15. h4 Qxh1 16. hxg5 $16 {Gutman} (16. hxg5 {
Blatny,P} O-O 17. Nd2 d5 $1 $19)) 15... Nxe4 16. f4 $2 (16. f3 Nf2 17. b4 (17.
Rg1 Nd3+ 18. Bxd3 Bxg1) 17... Be3 18. c5 $1 (18. Ke2 Bb6 {/^a6-f1} (18... Nxh1
$2 {Blatny,P} 19. Kxe3)) 18... Nd3+ (18... Bb7 19. Ke2 $16) (18... Bb5 19. Bxb5
cxb5 20. Ke2) (18... Bxf1 {Blatny,P} 19. Rxf1 Nd3+ 20. Ke2 Nxb2 21. Kxe3 d5 22.
exd6 cxd6 23. cxd6 Nc4+ 24. Kd4 Nxd6 25. Kc5 $16) 19. Bxd3 (19. Ke2 Bh6 $1 (
19... Nxb2+ {Blatny,P} 20. Kxe3 $14)) 19... Bxd3 20. Nc3 (20. f4 $2 Be4 21. Rf1
Bg2) 20... O-O-O $13) 16... Rb8 $1 (16... Nf2 17. b4 Be3 18. Ke2 Bb6 19. Ke1 $1
Be3 $10) 17. b4 Bf2+ 18. Kd1 Bxg3 $1 19. Rg1 (19. hxg3 Nf2+ 20. Ke2 Nxh1 21.
Kf3 c5 $1 {/\Bb7} 22. b5 Bb7+ $19) 19... Bxf4 20. Rxg7 Ke7 21. Bg2 $2 (21. Rg2
Rhg8 $17) (21. Rg2 $142 $17 {Blatny,P}) 21... Bh6 22. Bxe4 (22. e6 Bxg7 23.
Bxg7 Rhg8 24. Bxe4 Rxg7 25. exd7 Bxc4 $19) 22... Bxg7 23. Nd2 f6 24. exf6+ Bxf6
25. Bxf6+ Kxf6 26. Kc2 Rbe8 27. Rf1+ Ke7 28. Rf5 (28. Kc3 {Blatny,P} d5 $19)
28... Kd8 29. Bd3 (29. Ra5 Bxc4 30. Rxa7 Bd5 $19) 29... Bc8 30. Ra5 a6 31. Rh5
(31. c5 $142 {Blatny,P} d5 32. cxd6 cxd6 33. Bxa6 Bxa6 34. Rxa6 Kd7 $19 {_|_})
31... d6 32. Ne4 (32. Rxh7 Rxh7 33. Bxh7 Rh8 $19) 32... Re5 33. Rxe5 dxe5 34.
Ng5 Ke7 35. Bxh7 $2 (35. Nxh7 Be6 36. c5 Bg8 37. Ng5 Rxh2+ $19) 35... Rxh7 (
35... Rxh7 36. Nxh7 Bf5+ $19) 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-43"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "2018.09.27"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Tomczak, Jacek"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[Annotator "Ganguly, Surya Sekhar "]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2018.09.24"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Poland"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
h4 {Morozevich has beenplaying this line a lot and then it has recently been
played by Nepo and Hikaru. I had a look from White's side and 8...Qe6 bothered
me - it was played by Grischuk and Kramnik as Black in 2018} Qe6 9. g3 Nb4 $5 {
[%cal Gc8a6] A novelty and a strong one. Tomczak sank into deep thought
immediately after this move.} (9... d6 {Earlier both Grischuk and Kramnik
opted for this.}) 10. c4 Ba6 11. Bf4 (11. a3 Bxc4 $1 {is the tactical
justification} 12. Qxc4 Qxc4 13. Bxc4 Nc2+ 14. Ke2 Nxa1 {It turns out that it
won't be easy to trap the knight on a1.} 15. Nc3 (15. b4 a5) 15... Rb8 16. b4
a5) (11. b3 {would have been a better choice.}) 11... d5 $1 {As early as move
11 Kramnik has managed to get a clear advantage. At this stage it looked like
it would be a repetition of how he crushed Beradse in round 3.} 12. a3 (12.
exd6 Nd3+) 12... Bxc4 13. Qd1 Bxf1 $6 {I wonder what made Kramnik reject both
Qg6 and Qf5 here} (13... Qg6 {[%cal Gg6e4]} 14. Bxc4 dxc4 (14... Qe4+ 15. Be2)
15. O-O {Now among many strong alternatives the most natural and human would
be to play Nd3.} Nd3 (15... Nc2 {The engine prefers this}) 16. Qf3 Qe6 $5 $17 {
[%cal Ge6d5] In order not to calculate any complex line} (16... Bc5 {This is
stronger!} 17. Nd2 O-O-O $1 18. Nxc4 Nxf4 19. Qxf4 Rd4 20. Qc1 Rxh4 $19)) (
13... Qf5 {also with similar lines}) 14. Kxf1 Na6 {Now Black is not better
anymore} 15. Nc3 (15. Nd2 $142 $132) 15... Nc5 $1 16. b4 d4 $1 {Once again
Kramnik has got the initiative back.} 17. bxc5 (17. Qxd4 Nb3) 17... dxc3 18.
Qd4 (18. Rc1 Qc4+) 18... Rd8 $6 (18... Qd5 $1 {One of the simplest ways to
keep the advantage and it is also a typical Kramnik kind of move.} 19. Qxd5
cxd5 $17 {[%csl Rc5][%cal Ga8b8,Gf8c5]}) 19. Qxc3 Qd5 (19... Be7 {[%cal Ge8g8]
I still prefer Black here}) 20. Kg1 Bxc5 21. Rc1 Bb6 22. h5 (22. e6 fxe6 23.
Qxg7 Bd4 24. Qxc7 c5 $132 {[%cal Ge8g8]}) 22... O-O 23. h6 Rfe8 24. hxg7 Re6 {
There is nothing wrong with Black's position. In fact, it’s still slightly
better.} 25. Bg5 Qa2 $6 {Based on an oversight. Clearly Kramnik wanted to keep
his rook on the d-file and also wanted to stop any Qc2-Qf5 idea hence Qa2 made
sense. It gains a tempo and also allows black to keep the rook on the d-file.
Unfortunately, all of a sudden the attack doesn't come on h7 but the f8-square
becomes vulnerable!} (25... Bd4 $1 {Not a very obvious move. Why would Black
force White to move the queen when anyway White wants to move it eventually?
The point is that the white queen is right now protecting the g3-square and
hence it had to be moved! This feels absurd! Why on earth does g3 have to be
protected? With engines on it is very easy to say how come Kramnik didn't see
this two-move tactic but that is not the way human brain functions. Somehow
this move Bd4 looks like an idiotic move just helping White to get onto a
better square unless the forthcoming tactic is spotted.} 26. Qc2 Rg6 $1 $17 {
[%csl Rg3] The point! Now suddenly it appears that Black need not save the
d8-rook after all! g3 is hanging!}) 26. Rh2 {So now Black can keep the rook on
the d-file. White also cannot approach the h7-pawn easily. The important
question is which square to choose?} Rd5 $4 (26... Rd4 {still worse but not
lost yet} 27. Qf3 Qd5 28. Qh5 Qe4 29. Bf6 $36) 27. Qb4 {[%cal Gb4f8,Gb4h4] The
threat on the f8-square came out of nowhere. It was not even a threat all this
while.} c5 (27... Kxg7 28. Qh4 $18) 28. Qh4 {Now it's all over.} h6 29. Bxh6
Qb3 30. Bd2 Kxg7 31. Qh8+ Kg6 32. Qh7# 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 08th semifinal"]
[Site "Tel Aviv"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Hjartarson, Johann"]
[Black "Gelfer, Israel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2325"]
[Annotator "Gelfer,I"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Muenchen Bayern"]
[BlackTeam "Tel-Aviv Hapoel"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISR"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. c3 Nge7 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
O-O Bb6 9. Nc2 d6 10. Bxb6 axb6 11. f4 Be6 {N} 12. Bd3 $5 Rxa2 13. Rxa2 Bxa2
14. Nd2 Be6 15. Ne3 Bc8 16. Qe1 g6 17. g4 Qg7 18. Nf3 (18. f5 $5 f6 $13) 18...
Nd8 (18... f5 $142 $5) 19. Qg3 $6 (19. f5 $1) 19... f5 $1 20. exf5 gxf5 21. g5
Ne6 22. h4 Nc5 23. Bc4+ (23. Bc2 Ne4 $17) 23... Be6 24. Bxe6+ Nxe6 25. h5 Nc5
26. Kh2 b5 $6 (26... Qf7 $1 $17) 27. Rg1 b4 28. h6 Qg6 $6 (28... Qh8 29. Nh4 $1
) (28... Qf7 $142 29. cxb4 Ne4 {/\ Ng6-/+}) 29. cxb4 Qh5+ 30. Kg2 Ne4 31. Qh2
Ng6 $1 32. Ra1 $1 Qxh2+ (32... Re8) 33. Kxh2 Nxf4 34. Ra7 Rb8 35. Nxf5 Ne6 (
35... Kf7 {/\ Kg6}) 36. b5 N4xg5 37. Nxg5 Nxg5 38. b6 cxb6 39. Nxd6 Kf8 40. Kg3
$1 Ke7 41. Kf4 Kxd6 42. Kxg5 Rg8+ 43. Kh5 Kc7 44. Ra1 Rg2 45. Rf1 Rh2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Balatonbereny GM"]
[Site "Balatonbereny"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Anka, Emil"]
[Black "Schlindwein, Rolf"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[Annotator "Giese"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "1995.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 050"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Blatny,P} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nxc6 Qf6 6. Qd2 bxc6
7. Bd3 Ne7 8. O-O O-O 9. Kh1 d5 10. Qf4 Qxf4 11. Bxf4 dxe4 12. Bxe4 Nd5 13.
Bxd5 cxd5 14. Bxc7 Ba6 15. Rd1 Bxf2 16. Bg3 Bxg3 17. hxg3 Rab8 18. b3 Rbc8 19.
Rxd5 Rxc2 20. Na3 $17 Rxg2 $1 {[%cal Gb7h1]} 21. Kxg2 (21. Rd7 Rxg3 22. Rxa7
Bd3 {[%cal Yh7h5,Yd3e4,Yf7f5] ->>>} 23. Kh2 Rf3 $17) (21. Ra5 Bb7 22. Rxa7
Rxa2+ $19) 21... Bb7 22. Rad1 Rd8 23. Kf2 (23. Nb5 Rxd5 24. Rxd5 Bxd5+ 25. Kf2
a6 $17) 23... Rxd5 24. Rxd5 Bxd5 {_|_-/+} 25. Nb5 a6 26. Nc3 Bc6 27. Ke3 h5 28.
b4 Kf8 29. a4 Ke7 30. b5 axb5 31. axb5 Bb7 32. Kd4 Kd6 33. Nd1 Bd5 34. Nc3 Bg2
35. Nd1 Bf1 36. Ne3 Bh3 37. Nc4+ Ke6 38. Ne5 Bg2 39. b6 g5 40. Nd3 Kd6 41. Nc5
h4 42. gxh4 gxh4 43. b7 Kc7 44. Ke3 Bxb7 45. Kf4 Bc8 46. Ne4 Kd8 47. Ng5 Ke7
48. Nf3 h3 49. Kg3 Kf6 50. Nd4 Bg4 51. Nc6 Kf5 52. Nd8 f6 53. Nc6 Ke6 54. Nb4
Bf5 55. Nc6 Kd5 56. Ne7+ Ke5 57. Nc6+ Ke4 58. Ne7 Bg4 $4 {Blatny} (58... Be6
$142 59. Nc6 Bg4 60. Ne7 f5 61. Ng6 Ke3 62. Nf4 Kd4 63. Ne6+ (63. Ng6 Ke4 64.
Nf4 h2 $19) 63... Ke5 64. Nf4 h2 $1 65. Nd3+ Kd4 66. Nf2 Ke3 67. Nh1 (67. Kg2
h1=Q+ 68. Nxh1 Bf3+ $19) 67... Bf3 $19) 59. Kxg4 h2 60. Nf5 h1=Q 61. Ng3+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 79th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2017.01.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[Annotator "Giri,A"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[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"]

{I had been off to a slow start and before this game I was mentally prepared
to finally get things going.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 {One of the most
aggressive weapons in my repertoire. Against the Spanish Dmitry employs the
ever-solid Berlin Defence.} exd4 4. Nxd4 Qf6 $5 {a rare line that Dmitry
previously has never employed. The main point of the variation is that Black
often transposes to 4...Bc5 line (after 5.Nxc6 Bc5!? or 5.Be3 Bc5), having
avoided some extra options. Needless to say, this move order gives White other
options, one of which I played in the game.} 5. Nf3 $5 {You don't have to be
Einstein to realize that 5.Nb5 is the most challenging move. This timid move
has some point too. White just wants to finish his development and it is to be
seen whether the queen on f6 is in fact so well placed.} Bb4+ $5 {Taking away
the c3-square from the knight. A good move, that my opponent most likely found
over the board.} 6. c3 Bc5 7. Be2 d6 8. O-O Nge7 {Black develops in the most
logical way. In view of what happened in the game, there is also something to
be said for h6 or a6(5) on this move or on the previous one, besides other
possible alternatives.} (8... a6 9. Nbd2 Qe7) 9. b4 Bb6 10. Bg5 $1 {The most
challenging move.} Qg6 11. Bh4 $1 (11. Nbd2 {is natural but is well met with}
Bh3 $1 {fortunately I had seen this motif before, otherwise I am afraid it's
pretty easy to miss it.}) 11... Qh6 $6 {This felt dubious. It wasn't that easy
to find a move for Black, as 0-0 fails to b5!, but I am sure it is possible to
find one that is better than ...Qh6.} 12. Nbd2 Ng6 (12... Ne5 13. Nxe5 dxe5 14.
Nf3 {looks nice for White.}) 13. Bg3 $1 {An important move. Now it becomes
clear that White has emerged with something of an opening advantage.} (13. Bg5
Qh5 14. Nc4 {was tempting but then it turns out that after} Bg4 {it's not easy
for White to get rid of the unpleasant pin.}) 13... O-O (13... Nce5 {was what
I had expected. At least Black wouldn't have any huge structural problems here.
Still, after for example} 14. a4 a6 15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16. a5 Ba7 17. Kh1 O-O 18. f4
{White is having a good time.}) 14. a4 a5 (14... a6 15. Nc4 Ba7 {doesn't avoid
structural weaknesses-} 16. b5 $1 Nce7 17. b6 $1 {and White is obviously on
top.}) 15. Nc4 axb4 16. cxb4 Nf4 {Giving pup the bishop on b6 is a sign of
things having gone quite badly wrong; still Black remains reasonably solid and
stays in the game.} 17. Nxb6 cxb6 18. Bb5 {There are various ways to play, but
what I did makes sense.} Bg4 19. Qc1 {Here I went for the position with only
major pieces on the board, which seemed extremely promising to me.} Bxf3 20.
gxf3 g5 21. Bxf4 gxf4 22. Bxc6 Rfc8 23. b5 $6 {Although I felt it was better
to have more open files, considering the potential attack on the black king,
but it seems that it was better to play without including this.} (23. Kh1 $1
Rxc6 24. Qb2 Rac8 25. Rg1+ Kf8 26. Rad1 {With the king coming to e7 I was
under the impression that it is better to have the b-file open, but it seems
that ...Ke7 can anyway be met with e5! and the weak b6 pawn is a target for
the future as well.} Rc3 27. Rd3 $1) 23... bxc6 24. bxc6 Ra5 $1 25. Kh1 Rc5 26.
Qb2 R8xc6 27. Rg1+ Kf8 {So far both sides have played very logical moves. Here
comes my idea:} 28. a5 $5 {It was only after I made this move that I saw that
Black can force a draw here. Nevertheless it is probably the best shot by now.}
Qh3 29. axb6 Qxf3+ 30. Rg2 {It is important that 30...Rg5 fails here to Qh8+
and Ra7+, that's why it was important to take on b6 and not play 29.a6!.} Ra5
$2 {A clever resource, but there was a better one.} (30... Ke7 $1 {I thought
once we reached this position this move would no longer be hard to find, but
for some reason it escaped the attention of my opponent.}) 31. b7 Rxa1+ 32.
Qxa1 Rb6 33. h4 $1 {I took quite some time here, choosing between this and 33.
h3. At the end of the game I lacked some time, so in hindsight it was not a
good decision. Still, if 33.h3 were the way, it would have been a pity not to
have given it a thought. Chess can be a complicated game!} (33. h3 Qxh3+ (33...
Qb3 34. Qa8+ Ke7 35. Kh2 Qb2 $5 (35... Rxb7 36. Rg8 {White wins.}) 36. Rg8 $3
Qxf2+ 37. Rg2 {is a beautiful finish.}) 34. Kg1 Qh5 $1 {is the most
straightforward way to draw.} (34... Qb3 {loses-} 35. Qa8+ Ke7 36. Rg8 Qd1+ 37.
Kg2 f3+ 38. Kh2) 35. b8=Q+ Rxb8 36. Qh8+ Ke7 37. Qxb8 Qd1+ 38. Kh2 Qh5+ {
with a perpetual.}) 33... Qb3 34. Kh2 {I assumed 34...Rxb7 would lose to Qf6,
so felt that 34.Kh2 was anyway a better way to start.} (34. Qa8+ Ke7 35. Kh2 {
is another critical path. Now Black's only chance is} Qb2 $1 (35... Rxb7 36.
Rg8 {is lights out-} Qb6 37. Kg2 $1 {the most precise, eventually White's
attack will decide.}) 36. e5 $3 dxe5 37. f3 $1 {and now the machine spits out
an insane variation, where Black, as it seems is holding-} Qb4 38. Re2 Qd6 39.
Qc8 $1 h5 40. Qc3 Rb5 41. Rb2 Rxb2+ 42. Qxb2 Qb8 43. Qb3 $1 f6 44. Qb5 Kd6 45.
Qb6+ Ke7 46. Qc6 Qa7 {and Black holds suddenly.}) 34... Rxb7 $6 (34... Ke7 {
is now met with} 35. e5 $1) (34... Qb2 $1 35. Qa8+ Ke7 {transpose to the line
discussed above, in which Black seems to be holding.}) 35. Qf6 Qb6 $1 36. f3 $6
{A human way to play.} (36. Rg4 $3 {is insane!} Qxf2+ (36... d5 $1 {offers
some good survival chances.}) 37. Rg2 Qb6 38. Rc2 Rb8 39. e5 $1 {and White
wins.}) 36... Rb8 $2 {This felt wrong, but unfortunately having less than a
minute on the clock I missed a pretty chance.} (36... Qc7 $1 {in fact holds.}
37. h5 {can be met with} Rb5 $1) 37. Rd2 $2 (37. e5 $1 {this only works due to
the fact that the rook on b8 is vulnerable after ...dxe5 Qh8+ ...Ke7 Qxe5+.} d5
38. e6 $1 Qxe6 39. Qh8+ {wins a rook.}) 37... Re8 38. Qh6+ $2 {Now I thought
the idea of e5 wins, but I missed the defence:} (38. Rb2 $1 Qc7 39. Qh6+ Ke7
40. Qxh7 {keeps excellent winning chances.}) 38... Ke7 39. e5 Rg8 $1 {Now it's
just a draw. The king is going to be safe on d7 after exd6 while White has to
defend against the nasty threat of ...Qg1+. There is nothing better than just
trading down to a simple rook ending.} 40. Qxd6+ Qxd6 41. exd6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "ISR-ch"]
[Site "Tel Aviv"]
[Date "2002.12.01"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Black "Gofshtein, Leonid D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2519"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2002.11.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nxc6 Qf6 6. Qd2 dxc6 7. Nc3 Bd7
8. Bd3 O-O-O (8... Nh6 $5 9. h3 O-O-O 10. Qf4 Qe7 11. Be3 f6 12. Bxc5 Qxc5 13.
O-O-O Nf7 14. Rhe1 $14 {1/2-1/2 Tiviakov,S-Flear,G/Port Erin IOM 2001/The Week
in Chess 361 (47)}) 9. O-O $146 {[%mdl 8]} (9. Na4 Bd6 10. Qa5 Qd4 11. O-O (11.
Bd2 b5 12. Nc3 Qb6 13. Qxb6 cxb6 14. f4 (14. O-O-O Ne7 15. f4 b4 16. Ne2 f6 17.
h3 c5 $132 {0-1 Horvath,A-Mikhalchishin,A/Leipzig GER 2002/The Week in Chess
391 (42)}) 14... b4 15. Ne2 f6 16. O-O Ne7 $132 {1/2-1/2 Grosar,A-Mikac,M/Bled
SLO 2002/The Week in Chess 400 (24)}) 11... c5 12. Nc3 Kb8 13. Nb5 Bxb5 14.
Qxb5 Ne7 15. Be3 Qb4 $132 16. f4 f6 17. Qxb4 cxb4 {1/2-1/2 Pavasovic,
D-Jakubovic,N/Pula 2000/CBM 77 (28)}) 9... h6 $5 10. Qe2 g5 $6 (10... Qe5 $5
11. Be3 Nf6 12. h3 Rhe8 $132) 11. Be3 Qe5 12. Kh1 Bxe3 (12... Ne7 13. f4 gxf4
14. Bxf4 Qg7 $132) 13. Qxe3 Kb8 14. f4 gxf4 15. Qxf4 {White is offering trade
of queen, trying to use pawn majority over the kingside in the ending;} Qxf4
16. Rxf4 {[%mdl 4096]} Be6 17. Ne2 c5 $5 {Black is trying to achieve some
counterplay over the queenside, counterbalancing it to white's pressure over
the kingside;} 18. b3 Ne7 19. Rf6 Ng6 {[%cal Yg6e5,Yg6f4] The idea is to
prevent white's Ne2-f4 move;} 20. h3 c6 $5 {[%cal Yb8c7,Yc7b6,Yc7d6] Clearing
path for the king;} 21. Raf1 a5 {[%cal Ra5a4,Ra4b3,Rd8d3] Black intends a5-a4
looking for targets over the queenside;} 22. Nf4 Nxf4 23. R1xf4 a4 24. Rf3 {
defending against 24...ab 25.ab Bb3} Kc7 {[%cal Rc7d6,Rd6e5,Rc7b6,Rb6a5] Black
has two pathes for his king:Kc7-d6-e5 or Kc7-b6-a5;} 25. Bc4 $6 {White allows
black to enter his rook inside of white's position; 25.e5 would keep chances
mutual;} (25. e5 $5 Rd5 26. Re3 Kd7 $132) 25... Rd2 $5 26. Bxe6 fxe6 {This is
hard to give exact evaluation here, but in my opinion black chances are better
thanks to active rook d2, and better position of black king;} 27. Rf7+ {
Also in case of 27.Rxe6 black keeps better chances as it's proved below:} (27.
Rxe6 Rxc2 28. bxa4 Rg8 (28... Rxa2 29. Re7+ Kd6 30. Rxb7 Rxa4 $11) 29. Rf7+ Kb6
30. Ree7 c4 31. Rxb7+ Kc5 $36) 27... Kb6 28. bxa4 (28. Rf2 Rhd8 29. bxa4 c4 30.
c3 Rxf2 31. Rxf2 Rd3 $36) 28... c4 29. a5+ (29. c3 Rg8 (29... Rxa2) 30. Rf2)
29... Ka6 30. c3 (30. Rc3 Rg8 31. g4 Rgd8 32. Rxc4 Re2 33. Kg1 Rd1+ 34. Rf1
Rdd2 $36) 30... Rxa2 (30... Rg8 31. Rf2 Rxf2 32. Rxf2 Kxa5 33. g4 $13) 31. Rg7
{preventing 31...Rg8 move simply;} (31. R3f6 Rg8 32. Rxh6 Rgxg2 $36) 31... Rxa5
32. Rff7 Rb5 33. Kh2 Rb3 34. Re7 h5 {After 34...Rc3 35.Rb7 white gets some
counterplay thanks to vulnerable position of black king;} (34... Rxc3 $6 35.
Rxb7 Re3 36. Rb1 $132) 35. h4 {Mutual zugzwang!!} e5 {Black is trying to
devert white rook from 7th rank;} (35... Rh6 $5) (35... Rxc3 36. Rxb7 Re3 37.
Rb1 Rxe4 38. Rgb7 $132) (35... b5 36. Rxe6 Kb6 37. Rg3 b4 38. cxb4 c3 39. Re5
$132) 36. Rg3 (36. Rh7 Rxh7 37. Rxh7 Rxc3 38. Rxh5 b5 39. Rxe5 Rd3 40. h5 c3
41. h6 Kb6 42. h7 Rd8 $19) 36... Rd8 37. Rxe5 Rd3 38. Rxh5 Rbxc3 39. Rxd3 (39.
Rg6 Rd4 40. Re5 Re3 41. h5 Rexe4 42. Rxe4 Rxe4 43. Kg3 c3 $19) 39... Rxd3 40.
Rf5 (40. Rh8 c3 41. Ra8+ Kb5 42. Ra1 Kc4 $19) 40... b5 $5 41. h5 (41. g4 c3 $19
) 41... b4 $5 (41... c3 $5 42. h6 Rd7 43. Rf1 (43. Rc5 b4 44. Rxc6+ Kb5 45. Rc8
Rh7 46. Kg3 Rxh6 $19) 43... Rh7 $19) 42. Rc5 c3 43. Rxc6+ Kb5 $5 {In case of
43...Kb7 black escapes as it's proved in following line;} (43... Kb7 $2 44. Rc4
b3 45. Rb4+ Kc6 46. Rxb3 c2 47. Rxd3 c1=Q $11) 44. Rc8 Rd4 $1 {Decisive
mistake- black is winning now;} 45. Kg3 (45. g4 Rxe4 (45... Rc4 46. Rxc4 Kxc4
47. h6 c2 48. h7 c1=Q 49. h8=Q Qc2+ 50. Kg1 b3 $19) 46. Kg3 Rc4 47. Rxc4 Kxc4
48. h6 c2 49. h7 c1=Q 50. h8=Q Qc3+ $19) 45... Rxe4 $6 {This makes black more
difficult to reach the win, while 45...Rc4 would kill white at once;} (45...
Rc4 $19 46. Rxc4 Kxc4 47. h6 c2 48. h7 c1=Q 49. h8=Q Qc3+ 50. Qxc3+ bxc3 $19 {
[%cal Gc3c2,Gc2c1]}) 46. h6 Re7 47. Kf4 Rf7+ 48. Kg5 Rf2 49. g4 (49. h7 Rxg2+
50. Kf6 Rh2 51. Kg7 Ka4 $19) 49... c2 $4 {And again black could win the game
by 49...Rh2, but....} (49... Rh2 $1 50. Kg6 c2 51. g5 b3 52. h7 (52. Kh7 Kb4
53. g6 b2 54. Rb8+ Kc3 55. Rc8+ Kd4 56. Rd8+ Ke4 57. g7 c1=Q $19) 52... Rh1 53.
Rb8+ Ka4 54. Ra8+ Kb4 55. Rb8+ Ka3 $19) 50. h7 Rh2 51. Rxc2 $11 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel MTO op"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2005.07.26"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Tseshkovsky, Vitaly"]
[Black "Golod, Vitali"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2582"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "146"]
[EventDate "2005.07.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bb4+ 5. c3 Bc5 {This line was
frequently played by GM Anthony Miles.} 6. Be3 {My opponent spent 44 minutes
on the first 6 moves only!} ({The main alternative in this position:} 6. Nxc6
$5 {You can see comments to Bacrot,E-Fontaine,R/Aix les Bains,2003/CBM 097(1/
2-1/2)(Postny,E)(59)}) 6... Bb6 7. Nf5 $5 {It's one of numerous options in
this position.} Bxe3 ({On:} 7... Qf6 {You can find four games in Mega DataBase
2005.}) 8. Nxe3 Nf6 $2 {An unsuccessful move.} (8... Nge7 $5 9. Be2 d6 10. O-O
O-O 11. Nd2 Kh8 12. Nf3 f5 $11 {Popescu,D-Urzica,A/Tusnad,2000(1/2-1/2)(15)}) (
8... d6 $5 9. c4 Nge7 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Be2 f5 12. exf5 Nxf5 13. Nxf5 Bxf5 14.
O-O Qg5 15. f4 Qf6 16. Bf3 Kh8 $11 {Savic,M-Stefanova,A/Jahorina,2003(1-0)(52)}
) 9. f3 $1 {[%csl Ye3][%cal Yc3c4,Yb1c3] White plans to grab the center with:
"c4, Nc3". Also, his other knight is positioned very well "e3" , which allows
the full control over "d5".} ({Otherwise, White can't rely on the opening
advantage. For example:} 9. Nd2 d5 $1 10. Bb5 O-O 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. exd5 cxd5
13. Nb3 Qd6 14. Qd4 Rb8 15. O-O Rb6 $11 {Fontaine,R-Godena,M/France,2000(1/2-1/
2)(45)}) 9... O-O 10. c4 {[%mdl 16]} Ne5 $146 {According to my database it's a
novelty. In previous games Black chose three times 10...d6 and once 10...Qe7,
however could not receive equality.} (10... Nxe4 $2 11. fxe4 Qh4+ 12. Kd2 Qxe4
13. Nd5 $1 $16) 11. Nc3 d6 {I spent quite a lot of time thinking about this
move, but couldn't find anything besides the plan to push "b5" pawn. My idea
to force a opponent to play "a4" and then blockade the queenside with "a5".} ({
Hardly it was better:} 11... c6 12. Qd4 (12. Qd6 $143 Qb6 $132 {[%csl Rb2,Gb6,
Re3]}) 12... Re8 13. O-O-O $5 $14) 12. Be2 $14 a6 13. Qd2 Bd7 14. O-O Rb8 {
[%cal Gb7b5]} 15. a4 $1 ({Leads to favourable simplifications for Black:} 15.
Rac1 $6 b5 16. cxb5 axb5 17. b4 Re8 {+/=/=}) 15... a5 {I got my wish, but it
didn't make my position better for me :)} 16. Rad1 b6 17. Ned5 {The game of
Vitaly Tseshkovsky corresponds to the requirements of the position.} Bc6 18. f4
({After the careless:} 18. Nb5 $2 {I can exchange all of my opponent's knights:
} Bxb5 $1 19. Nxf6+ Qxf6 20. cxb5 Nd7 $11 {[%csl Yd7][%cal Yd7c5]}) 18... Ng6 {
I have to remove my knight from the "e5" point, otherwise, White will begin a
decisive pawns attack in the center:} (18... Ned7 $143 19. e5 $1 dxe5 20. fxe5
Nxd5 (20... Nxe5 21. Nxf6+ (21. Rxf6 $5 gxf6 22. Qh6 Ng6 23. Rf1 $40 (23. Ne4
$2 Bxd5 24. Rxd5 Qe7 25. Rh5 Rfd8 26. Qxh7+ Kf8 27. Qh6+ Kg8 (27... Ke8 $6 28.
Qe3 $40 Kf8 $140 $2 29. Rh8+ $1 {[%csl Rf6,Rf8][%cal Ge3h6]}) 28. Qh7+ Kf8 $11)
23... f5 24. Rxf5 Bxd5 25. Nxd5 f6 26. Bh5 $16) 21... gxf6 22. Qh6 Qe7 23. Rf5
{/\Rh5 +/-}) 21. cxd5 Bb7 22. Qf4 $1 (22. e6 $143 Nf6 23. exf7+ Rxf7 24. Bc4
$14) 22... Qe7 $140 23. d6 $16) 19. Bd3 $1 Nd7 $140 20. Bc2 {All of white's
pieces are located ideally.} Re8 21. Qf2 $16 {My position gradually is getting
worse.} Bxd5 22. cxd5 Nc5 23. Rde1 c6 $1 {Otherwise, the white knight will
sooner or later get to my weakest spot "c6".} 24. dxc6 Rc8 25. Rd1 {A bit an
indecisive continuation. It was better to immediately begin active measures on
the kingside:} (25. f5 $5 Ne5 $140 26. f6 $40 (26. Nd5 $6 Ncd3 27. c7 Rxc7 28.
Bxd3 Nxd3 29. Qxb6 Rc2 30. Qxd8 Rxd8 $132)) (25. Nd5 $5 Rxc6 26. f5 Ne5 27. f6
$40) 25... Rxc6 26. Qg3 Kh8 27. Rd2 Qf6 28. Qg4 {White is gradually
positioning his pieces in better positions. Only the upcoming zeitnot might
save me :)} h6 29. g3 Ne7 30. Qh5 Ng8 31. e5 $6 $138 {I was very happy to get
rid of my "d6" weakness.} (31. Rfd1 $5 $16) 31... dxe5 32. fxe5 Qxe5 33. Qxe5 (
33. Qxf7 $6 Rf6 34. Rxf6 Nxf6 $11) 33... Rxe5 34. Rxf7 $14 Re8 {I didn't want
to let my opponent play this move: "Rd8" and then knight can go to "f6".} 35.
Kg2 Nf6 36. h3 Kg8 37. Ra7 Rec8 (37... Rcc8 $5 {/\Rcd8 <->d}) 38. Bg6 Ne6 39.
Bf5 Re8 40. Re2 Kf8 $138 {The last time trouble move.} (40... Nc5 41. Rxe8+
Nxe8 42. Nd5 Kf8 $14) 41. Bg6 Rd8 42. Nb5 Ng5 $5 {Black had no other worthy
alternative:} (42... Rd7 $6 43. Ra8+ Nd8 $8 (43... Ke7 $4 44. Na7 $1 {[%csl
Rc6,Re7][%cal Ga7c8,Ga7c6]}) 44. Rf2 {+/=/+/-}) 43. h4 $140 Re6 $1 ({It was
strange to go back with the knight:} 43... Ne6 $2 44. Rf7+ Kg8 45. Re7 Nc5 46.
g4 $36 {[%csl Rg8][%cal Gg4g5]}) 44. Rc2 $6 {Amazingly, White cannot go for
anything serious now:} (44. hxg5 $5 Rxe2+ 45. Kf3 Rxb2 $1 (45... Re7 $2 46.
gxf6 Rxa7 47. Nxa7 Rd2 (47... gxf6 $143 48. Nb5 $16) 48. fxg7+ Kxg7 49. Be8
Rxb2 50. Bb5 {+/=/+/-}) 46. gxf6 gxf6 (46... Rb3+ $2 47. Kg4 (47. Kg2 $5) 47...
Rb4+ 48. Kh3 gxf6 49. Nc7 Rd6 50. Bf5 {[%csl Rf8][%cal Gc7e6]}) 47. Rf7+ Kg8
48. Rxf6 Rf8 49. Bh7+ Kg7 50. Rxf8 Kxf8 $11) (44. Nc3 Rxe2+ 45. Nxe2 Ne6 $11) {
[%tqu "En","Find the best continuation for Black?","","","g5e4","It's
discrepancy, which allows to receive a big positional advantage for contender.
",0,"f6g4","",10]} 44... Nge4 $2 {It's a discrepancy, which allows my opponent
to gain a big positional advantage.} (44... Ng4 $1 {[%csl Rc2,Rg2,Rg6][%cal
Gg4e3]} 45. hxg5 $8 Rxg6 46. Re2 (46. Rcc7 $143 Rxg5 47. Nd4 Re8 $15) 46...
Rxg5 (46... h5 47. Rb7 $11) 47. Nc7 Kg8 48. Ne6 Re8 49. Rb7 $11) 45. Rf7+ $1 {
White has calculated all consequences of this move precisely.} (45. Kh3 $143
Nc5 46. Rf7+ Kg8 47. Rc7 Kf8 $14) 45... Kg8 $140 46. Rfc7 (46. Rcc7 $4 Rd2+ 47.
Kg1 $140 (47. Kf3 Rf2+ 48. Ke3 Nd5+ 49. Kd4 Rd2+) 47... Ne8 $1 $19 {[%csl Rc7,
Rg6][%cal Ge6g6,Ge8c7]}) 46... Kf8 47. Rc8 $1 $16 {White has broken through my
defense.} Rxc8 48. Rxc8+ Ke7 $8 (48... Ne8 $4 49. Nc7 Rxg6 50. Rxe8+ Kf7 51.
Rxe4 $18) 49. Nd4 {I completely missed this idea. I was very lucky to find a
defense.} (49. Rc7+ $5 Kd8 50. Rxg7 $16) 49... Re5 $8 (49... Kd7 $143 50. Nxe6
Kxc8 51. Nxg7 {with a technically won endgame}) (49... Rd6 $4 50. Nf5+) 50.
Rc7+ (50. Nc6+ $2 Kd7 51. Nxe5+ Kxc8 {+/=/=}) 50... Kd6 $8 (50... Kf8 $2 51.
Nc6 $1 Re6 $8 52. Rc8+ Ne8 53. Bf5 $18) 51. Rxg7 Kc5 {I try to make active my
king.} 52. Nf3 Rd5 53. Re7 (53. g4 $5 $16) 53... Nd2 (53... Nd6 54. Kh3 $16)
54. Ne1 Kd6 ({Immediately loses the game the following move:} 54... Nc4 $2 55.
Rc7+ Kb4 (55... Kd4 $2 56. Nf3+ Ke3 57. Rxc4) 56. Nd3+ Kb3 57. Bf7 $18) 55. Rb7
$6 (55. Rf7 $142) 55... Nc4 $2 (55... Nd7 $2 56. Be8 {קb6} Kc6 57. Rxd7 Rxd7
58. g4 Kd6 59. Bxd7 Kxd7 60. Kg3 Ke6 61. Kf4 $18) (55... Re5 $1 {Tseshkovsky,V}
56. Rxb6+ $140 Ke7 {[%csl Gd2,Re1,Ge5,Gf6,Rg2][%cal Ge5e2,Ge5e1] and I
suddenly have a chance to start an attack (R+NN) on my opponent's king.
Considering the upcoming zeitnot, that gave me some good counterchances.}) 56.
Nd3 {Now I can forget about counterplay.} (56. b3 $5 Ne3+ 57. Kf3 Kc6 58. Re7
Neg4 59. Re6+ $16) 56... Ng4 57. b3 Nd2 58. Rxb6+ Kc7 59. Re6 (59. Nf4 $2 Ne3+
60. Kf2 Kxb6 61. Kxe3 Rd6 $11) 59... Nxb3 60. Kh3 Rd4 61. Bh5 (61. Bf5 $142 h5
62. Nf4 {קh5}) (61. Be8 $142 {(קa4) /\Nf4}) 61... Rxd3 62. Bxg4 $138 Nc5 63.
Rxh6 Ne4 {My opponent missed this obvious move. He had about 2.5 mins left,
and I had around 4 minutes to finish the game.} 64. Bf5 $6 (64. h5 $1 Rxg3+ 65.
Kh4 Rg1 66. Bf3 Nd2 67. Bd5 $18) 64... Rxg3+ 65. Kh2 Re3 66. Re6 $2 ({After:} 
66. Ra6 Nd6 67. Bg6 {White kept good chances for a win.}) 66... Re2+ $4 {
I forgot that white's king can go forward.} (66... Ng3 $1 67. Rxe3 $140 Nf1+
68. Kh3 Nxe3 69. Be4 Kd6 $11 {[%csl Ra4,Yh8][%cal Yd6e7,Ye7f7,Yf7g7,Ge3d1,
Gd1c3,Gc3a4,Yg7h8]}) 67. Kg1 $4 {White did not use my mistake. Vitaly
Tseshkovsky missed his last chance to win this game.} (67. Kh3 $1 Nf2+ 68. Kg3
Rxe6 69. Bxe6 Ne4+ 70. Kf4 Nc5 71. Ke5 $18 {[%cal Gh4h5,Gh5h6,Gh6h7] and my
king can not get to the corner of "h8".}) 67... Ng3 (67... Re1+ $2 68. Kg2 Re2+
69. Kf3 $18) 68. Rxe2 (68. Rf6 $5 Ra2 {קa4} 69. Rf7+ Kd6 70. Bd7 Ne2+ 71. Kf1
Nc3 72. h5 Ne4 {/\Ng3 and the most likely result in this game is a draw.})
68... Nxe2+ 69. Kf2 Nd4 70. Bd3 Kd6 71. h5 Ke5 72. h6 Kf6 73. Ke3 (73. Bc4 $142
Kg6 74. Ke3 Nf5+ $1 75. Ke4 Nxh6 76. Kd4 Ng4 77. Kc5 Nf2 $1 $11 {[%cal Yf2e4,
Ye4c3,Yf2d1,Yd1c3,Yc3a4]}) 73... Ne6 $11 {[%csl Ra4,Yf6,Yh8][%cal Ge6c5,Gc5a4,
Yf6f7,Yf7g8,Yg8h8] Despite the mistakes the game was very interesting.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "ISR-ch"]
[Site "Ramat Aviv/Modiin"]
[Date "2000.12.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Black "Golod, Vitali"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2609"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[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 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. Nd2 {[%mdl 4] After
two defeats in succession Emil chooses variant giving minimal advantage.} d5 7.
exd5 cxd5 8. Bb5+ Bd7 9. Bxd7+ Qxd7 10. O-O Be7 11. c4 {All these moves Emil
has made instantly.} (11. Nf3 $143 O-O 12. Bg5 c6 13. Re1 Rae8 14. c4 Qb7 15.
cxd5 cxd5 16. Qd4 Bd8 17. Be3 Ba5 18. Bd2 Bb6 19. Qd3 {1/2-1/2 Sutovskij,
E-Peng Xiaomin/Shenyang, 1999(19)}) 11... c6 $5 $146 ({Was checked in the
previous game:} 11... O-O $5 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Ne4 Rad8 14. Qf3 Rfe8 15. Rd1
Qe6 16. Bd2 Bf8 17. Re1 Qg6 {1/2-1/2 Sveshnikov,E-Morozevich,A/St. Petersburg,
1993(17)}) 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Nf3 O-O 14. Be3 {[%cal Ge3d4,Yd4b2] +/=/=} Ne4 15.
Bd4 Bf6 {I have decided here to exchange of the bishops that white would be
are burdened with protection pawn "a2".} 16. Bxf6 Nxf6 17. Nd4 Qb7 ({Another
possibilities is:} 17... Rfb8 {/\a5,a4(קb2)}) 18. Qd3 $1 Ne4 $5 ({Impossibly:
} 18... Qxb2 $4 19. Rfb1 $18 {[%csl Rb2]}) ({Also it deserves attention:} 18...
Rfc8 $5) 19. b3 g6 {[%csl Rf5,Yg6][%cal Yg6f5] /\Rac8} (19... Rfc8 $6 20. Nf5
$36 {[%csl Rd5,Gf5,Rg8][%cal Gd3d5]}) 20. Rfd1 Qb6 $5 {[%csl Gb6,Ge4,Rf2]} (
20... Rac8 $143 21. f3 $14) 21. f3 Nc5 22. Qb5 Kg7 $5 {The important
preventive move.} ({Badly:} 22... Qxb5 $2 23. Nxb5 $16 {[%csl Rd5][%cal Gb5c7,
Gd1d5]}) ({and} 22... Ne6 $2 23. Qxb6 axb6 24. Nc6 $16 {[%csl Rd5][%cal Gc6e7,
Gd1d5]}) 23. Rac1 ({Leads to equality:} 23. b4 Ne6 24. Qxb6 axb6 25. a4 Rfc8
$11) ({and} 23. Qxb6 axb6 24. Nc6 Ra3 $5 $11) 23... Ne6 $1 24. Rc6 $140 $2 {
[%mdl 8192]} ({Loses right away:} 24. Qxd5 {because of:} Rad8 25. Qe5+ Kg8 26.
Rc4 (26. Rc6 Rxd4 27. Rxb6 Rxd1+ 28. Kf2 axb6 $19) 26... Rfe8 $19 {[%csl Rd4,
Re5][%cal Ge6d4]} (26... Rd6 $143 27. a4 {[%cal Ga4a5]})) (24. Qxb6 axb6 25.
Nxe6+ fxe6 26. a4 (26. Rc6 $6 Rxa2 $140 27. Rxe6 Rc8 $36 {[%csl Rg1][%cal
Gc8c2]}) 26... Rfc8 $11) (24. a4 $5 {An interesting idea which was mentioned
by Sutovsky,E after the game.} Qxb5 (24... Nxd4 $143 25. Qxb6 Nxf3+ (25... Ne2+
$143 26. Kf2 axb6 27. Kxe2 {[%csl Rb6,Rd5]}) 26. gxf3 axb6 27. Rxd5 $14 {
[%cal Gd5b5]}) 25. Nxb5 Rfd8 {+/=/=}) 24... Qxd4+ $1 (24... Qxb5 $6 25. Nxb5
Rfd8 26. Nd4 $14) 25. Rxd4 Nxd4 {[%csl Rb5,Rc6]} 26. Qxd5 Nxc6 27. Qxc6 $15 {
[%mdl 4096]} Rac8 $6 ({Can be recommended:} 27... a5 $5 {/\a4(קa2,b3)}) 28.
Qe4 Rfd8 29. h4 {[%cal Gh4h5]} h5 ({Dubious:} 29... Rd2 30. h5 $132) 30. Qe2
Rd5 (30... Kg8 $142 {/\a5,a4 and so on.}) 31. Kh2 Rcd8 32. Qe3 R8d7 33. Kg3 Rd2
34. a4 Kh7 35. b4 R2d4 {[%csl Ra4,Rb4]} 36. Qc3 R4d6 37. Qc8 a6 38. Qc5 Re6 39.
Qc8 Rd5 40. Qb7 Rf5 41. Qc7 ({Senselessly:} 41. b5 {in view of:} axb5 42. axb5
(42. a5 Rff6 43. Qxb5 Ra6 $17 {[%csl Ra5] =/+/-/+}) 42... Re1 {[%csl Rb5] =/+/
-/+}) 41... Kg7 42. Qc3+ Kh7 43. Qc7 Re1 44. Qd6 ({Again weakly:} 44. b5 {
because of:} axb5 45. axb5 (45. a5 Ra1 46. Qb6 b4 47. a6 b3 48. a7 b2 49. Qxb2
Rxa7 {=/+/-/+}) 45... Rb1 46. b6 Kg7 $1 {[%csl Rb6][%cal Gf5f6]} 47. Qc3+ Rf6
48. Kh2 Rbxb6 49. g4 {[%cal Gg4g5]} hxg4 50. fxg4 Kh7 {=/+/-/+}) 44... Rb1 $6 (
44... Re6 $142 45. Qc7 $15) 45. a5 $1 {[%csl Rb1,Rf5] Interaction black RR now
is broken.} Rb2 46. Kh3 Rb3 47. Kh2 Rb1 48. Kg3 $11 Rb5 (48... Kg7 $144 49.
Qd4+ Kh7 (49... Rf6 $4 50. Kh2 {[%csl Gd4,Rf6][%cal Gg2g4,Gg4g5]} Rb3 51. g4
Rbxf3 52. g5 Rf2+ 53. Kg3 R2f3+ 54. Kg2 Rf2+ 55. Qxf2 Rxf2+ 56. Kxf2 $18 {
[%csl Ga5,Gb4][%cal Gb4b5]}) 50. Qd6 $11) 49. Qd7 (49. Qxa6 $2 R5xb4 {[%csl
Ra5] =/+/-/+}) 49... Kg8 50. Qd8+ Kh7 51. Qd7 {[%csl Rf7]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "World-ch34-KK5 Kasparov-Karpov +4-3=17"]
[Site "Lyon/New York"]
[Date "1990.12.01"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2800"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[Annotator "Gurevich,M"]
[PlyCount "203"]
[EventDate "1990.10.08"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "24"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Schussler} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7
7. Qe2 Nd5 8. c4 Nb6 $5 (8... Ba6) 9. Nd2 Qe6 (9... d6 $5) 10. b3 $5 a5 $1 (
10... Bb4 $5 11. Bb2 O-O) 11. Bb2 Bb4 (11... a4 $5) (11... a4 {Schussler} 12.
Qe3 $14) 12. a3 Bxd2+ 13. Qxd2 d5 $6 (13... a4 14. c5 Nd5 15. b4 d6 $13 (15...
Ba6 {Schussler} 16. Bxa6 Rxa6 17. O-O $16)) 14. cxd5 cxd5 15. Rc1 $1 $14 O-O $1
(15... c6 16. Qc2 { 17.>>d3>>}) 16. Rxc7 Qg6 17. f3 $1 Bf5 (17... a4 $5) 18.
g4 $1 $16 Bb1 $8 (18... Bxg4 $2 19. Rg1 $18) (18... Be6 19. Bd3 Qh6 20. Qxh6
gxh6 21. a4 $16) 19. Bb5 { 20.<<c6} Rac8 20. Rxc8 Rxc8 21. O-O (21. Qxa5 $6
Qc2 $132) 21... h5 (21... Rc2 22. Qd4 Qh6 23. Rf2 $16) 22. h3 hxg4 23. hxg4 Bc2
24. Qd4 (24. Rc1 Bxb3 25. Rxc8+ Nxc8 26. Qc3 Qc2) (24. Qe3 $1 { 25.>>d4>>})
24... Qe6 (24... Bxb3 $2 25. e6 $18) 25. Rf2 Rc7 (25... Bxb3 26. Rh2 Bc2 27.
Bc3 $16) 26. Rh2 (26. Bc3 $5) 26... Nd7 $1 27. b4 axb4 28. axb4 Nf8 $14 29. Bf1
(29. Be2 { 30.f4}) 29... Bb3 30. Bd3 Bc4 31. Bf5 Qe7 32. Qd2 (32. Bc3 Ne6 33.
Qd2 Rd7) 32... Rc6 $1 33. Bd4 Ra6 34. Bb1 Ra3 35. Rh3 {?} (35. Bc3 Qa7+ 36. Bd4
Qe7) (35. Rh5 $18 Ng6 (35... Rxf3 36. Qh2 Rf1+ 37. Kg2 f6 (37... Ng6 38. Rh8+
$1 Nxh8 39. Qh7+) (37... f5 38. Bc5 { 39.<<h8!}) 38. Bc5 $18) (35... Rb3 36.
Bc2 Qxb4 37. Qf2 Ng6 (37... Ra3 38. Qh4) 38. Bxb3 Qxb3 39. Qe3 $18) 36. Bc5 $1
Qe6 37. Qh2 f6 (37... Bd3 38. Qb2 $1 Qa6 39. b5) 38. Rh8+ $1 (38. Bxg6 $2 Ra1+)
38... Nxh8 39. Qh7+ Kf7 40. Qh5+ g6 (40... Kg8 41. Bh7#) 41. Qxh8 $18 {Douven})
35... Rb3 36. Bc2 Qxb4 (36... Rxb4 $5) 37. Qf2 $1 Ng6 $6 $138 (37... Ne6 $1 38.
Qh4 Rb1+ $13) 38. e6 $6 $138 (38. Bxb3 Bxb3 (38... Qxb3 39. Qd2 $16) 39. f4 $16
) 38... Rb1+ 39. Bxb1 (39. Kh2 Qd6+ $13) 39... Qxb1+ 40. Kh2 fxe6 41. Qb2 $1
$14 {Abgabezug} Qxb2+ 42. Bxb2 Nf4 (42... e5 43. Kg3) 43. Rh4 (43. Rg3 d4)
43... Nd3 44. Bc3 e5 45. Kg3 d4 (45... Kf7 46. Rh5 Ke6 47. Rh8) 46. Bd2 Bd5 47.
Rh5 Kf7 48. Ba5 $1 Ke6 49. Rh8 Nb2 (49... e4 50. fxe4 Bxe4 51. Bb6) 50. Re8+
Kd6 51. Bb4+ Kc6 52. Rc8+ (52. Rxe5 $2 Nd3 $10) 52... Kd7 53. Rc5 Ke6 54. Rc7
g6 (54... Kf6 55. Bf8 $16) 55. Re7+ Kf6 56. Rd7 Ba2 (56... Nd3 57. Rxd5 Nxb4
58. Rd6+ Kf7 59. f4 $18) 57. Ra7 Bc4 58. Ba5 Bd3 59. f4 $1 $16 exf4+ (59... e4
60. Bb6 $18) 60. Kxf4 Bc2 61. Ra6+ Kf7 62. Ke5 Nd3+ (62... d3 63. Ra7+ Ke8 64.
Ke6 Bb3+ 65. Kf6 Bc4 66. Re7+ Kf8 67. Bb4 $18) (62... Nc4+ 63. Kxd4 Nxa5 64.
Rxa5 $18) 63. Kxd4 Nf2 64. g5 Bf5 65. Bd2 Ke7 66. Kd5 Ne4 67. Ra7+ Ke8 68. Be3
Nc3+ 69. Ke5 Kd8 70. Bb6+ Ke8 71. Rc7 Ne4 72. Be3 Ng3 73. Bf4 Nh5 74. Ra7 Kf8
75. Bh2 Ng7 76. Bg1 Nh5 77. Bc5+ Kg8 78. Kd6 Kf8 79. Bd4 Bg4 80. Be5 Bf5 81.
Rh7 (81. Kc6 $18) 81... Kg8 82. Rc7 Kf8 83. Kc6 Kg8 84. Re7 (84. Ra7 { 85.
<<a3, 86.<<e3}) 84... Kf8 85. Bd6 (85. Ra7 $18) 85... Kg8 86. Re8+ Kf7 87. Re7+
Kg8 88. Be5 Kf8 89. Ra7 (89. Kd6 Bg4 90. Ra7 $18) 89... Bg4 90. Kd6 Bh3 91. Ra3
$1 Bg4 92. Re3 $1 $18 Bf5 93. Kc7 Kf7 94. Kd8 Bg4 95. Bb2 $1 Be6 (95... Nf4 96.
Re7+ Kf8 97. Ba3 $18) 96. Bc3 $1 Bf5 (96... Nf4 $2 97. Rf3 $18) 97. Re7+ Kf8
98. Be5 Bd3 99. Ra7 Be4 100. Rc7 Bb1 101. Bd6+ Kg8 102. Ke7 (102. Ke7 Ng7 103.
Rc8+ Kh7 104. Be5 Nf5+ 105. Kf8 $18) 1-0

[Event "World-ch34-KK5 Kasparov-Karpov +4-3=17"]
[Site "Lyon/New York"]
[Date "1990.11.26"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2800"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[Annotator "Gurevich,M"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1990.10.08"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "24"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Schussler} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 (5. Nc3 Bb4 6.
Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 $10) 5... bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8. c4 (8. Nd2 {
Schussler} g6 9. Nf3 Bg7 10. a3 {Not 10.Lg5 Db4+ 11.c3 Sxc3.} a5 11. Bg5 Qe6
$10 {Blackburne-Piper, blindfold simultaneous game, London 1881.}) 8... Ba6 9.
b3 (9. Nd2) 9... O-O-O 10. g3 $5 (10. Bb2 Re8 11. g3) 10... Re8 11. Bb2 f6 12.
Bg2 (12. f4 $6) 12... fxe5 13. O-O $44 h5 (13... g6 $5) 14. Qd2 Nf6 15. Qa5 Bb7
(15... Kb7 $6 16. Re1 d6 17. Bxc6+ $16) 16. Ba3 (16. Qxa7 Qc5) 16... Qe6 17.
Bxf8 (17. Qxa7 Qg4) 17... Rhxf8 18. Qxa7 Qg4 { 19... 1/4d4} 19. Na3 $1 (19.
Nc3 $5 Qd4 20. Qa5 $13) 19... h4 20. Nc2 h3 21. Bh1 Ne4 $5 22. a4 $1 (22. f3
Nxg3 23. Rf2 Qg6 24. hxg3 Qxg3+ 25. Kf1 c5 26. Qxc5 Bxf3 27. Bxf3 e4) (22. Ne3
Nc3 (22... Qg6 $5) 23. Qxb7+ Kxb7 24. Bxc6+ Kxc6 25. Nxg4 d6 $14) 22... Nc3 (
22... Nd2 {Schussler} 23. a5 Nf3+ 24. Bxf3 Qxf3 25. Ne1 $1 $18) 23. Rae1 (23.
f3 Ne2+ 24. Kf2 Nd4 $40) 23... Ne2+ 24. Rxe2 Qxe2 25. Nb4 d5 $5 (25... Kd8 26.
Qxb7 Rxf2 27. Qb8+ Ke7 28. Nxc6+ $18) (25... Rf3 $1 26. a5 $6 (26. Na6 Kd8 $1
$10 27. Qxb7 Rd3 $1 { 28.... <<d1}) 26... Rxb3) 26. cxd5 (26. Nxc6 Bxc6 27.
cxd5 Bb7 28. d6 Qa6 $2 (28... e4 29. d7+ Kxd7 30. Qxb7 $13) 29. Qxb7+ Qxb7 30.
d7+ $18) 26... cxd5 27. Bxd5 (27. Nxd5 Qa6 28. Qc5 Qd6 $13) (27. Rc1 Qd2 $1 28.
Rc5 Re7 $1 29. Bxd5 Rxf2 $1) 27... Bxd5 28. Nxd5 Qc2 (28... Rf7 $6 29. Nb6+ $1
Kd8 30. Qb8+) 29. Qa6+ Kd7 30. Ne3 Qe4 $1 31. Rc1 (31. Rd1+ Ke7 32. Qf1 $5)
31... Rb8 32. Qf1 $1 Rxb3 (32... Rh8 {Schussler} 33. Qd1+ Kc8 34. Rc4 $18 {
Intending 35.Sd5.}) 33. Qxh3+ Kd8 34. Qh5 (34. Rd1+ Rd3 35. Qh4+ $2 (35. Rxd3+
Qxd3 36. Qh4+ $13) 35... Qxh4 36. Rxd3+ Qd4 $1) 34... Kc8 35. Qd1 (35. Qe2 Rb1
36. Qa6+ Kb8) (35. Qe2 Rb1 36. Qa6+ Kb8) 35... Rxe3 (35... Rd3 36. Qc2 (36. Qc2
{Schussler} Rf7 37. Nc4 $13)) 36. fxe3 Qxe3+ 37. Kh1 Qe4+ 38. Kg1 Qe3+ 39. Kh1
Qe4+ 40. Kg1 Rd8 {41.1/4c2 Abgabezug} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Namangan zt"]
[Site "Namangan"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Black "Vladimirov, Yevgeniy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2586"]
[Annotator "Gutman,L"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "UZB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 082"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Qh4 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Be2 Nf6 7. O-O Bxc3 {
"Consistent, as Black wants to capture on e4 with the knight rather then the
queen. The problem is that the queen is always vulnerable to Nf5 anyway.",
Peter Wells; "The Scotch Game".} 8. Nf5 $1 {The most consequent reply!} (8.
bxc3 Nxd4 $1 9. cxd4 Nxe4 {is less consequent way to play, we see:} 10. Bd3 (
10. Ba3 d5 11. Qe1 Kd8 $5 ({not} 11... Be6 $2 12. Rb1 Nd6 13. Qc3 O-O-O 14. Ba6
bxa6 15. Qc6 Qxd4 16. Bxd6 Rxd6 17. Qa8+ Kd7 18. Qxh8 Bf5 19. Rb8 Kc6 20. Qe8+
Bd7 21. Qxf7 Rg6 22. Rb3 Qe4 23. Rc3+ Kd6 24. Qf8+ Qe7 25. Qf4+ Qe5 26. Qb4+ {
1:0 Fersec-Zelic, Pula 1999}) 12. c4 Re8 {with counterplay, Gutman}) 10... d5
11. Ba3 Nd6 (11... Be6 12. c4 O-O-O $5 13. Qa4 Kb8 {and Black is quite
comfortable, Gutman}) 12. Bb5+ Kf8 (12... Nxb5 13. Qe2+ Kd8 14. Qxb5 c6 15. Qb4
Qf6 16. Rfe1) 13. Qe1 Be6 14. Qc3 Qd8 15. f4 g6 16. Bd3 Kg7 17. f5 gxf5 18.
Bxd6 Qxd6 19. Bxf5 Rae8 20. Qh3 c6 {was about equal, Swathi-E.Vladimirov,
Sangli 2000.}) 8... Qxe4 9. Bd3 Qg4 ({Zwei weitere Mцglichkeiten sind zu
prьfen: I)} 9... Qa4 10. Nxg7+ $1 Kf8 11. Bh6 Bxb2 ({or} 11... Ng8 12. Ne6+ Ke7
13. Bf8+ Kxe6 14. bxc3) 12. Re1 {and Black has no defence, Gutman}) ({II)} 9...
Qe5 10. bxc3 (10. Nxg7+ Kf8 11. Bh6 {is less convincing since 11. ...} Ng8 12.
Ne6+ Ke7 13. Bg7 dxe6 $1 14. Bxe5 Bxe5 15. c3 Nf6 {lives Black with three
minor pieces for the queen}) 10... Kf8 11. Rb1 d6 (11... a6 12. Re1 Qc5 13. Qf3
) 12. Rb5 Qe6 (12... Qxc3 13. Nxg7 Kxg7 14. Bb2) 13. Re1 Qxa2 14. Nxg7 {
, Gutman.}) 10. f3 Qa4 11. bxc3 {"The bishop pair and the excellent knight on
f5 obviosly give White good compensation. The full extent of Black's problems
is not at first evident.", Wells 11...} Kf8 (11... O-O {"is splattered by the
memorable combination", Wells:} 12. Nxg7 $1 Kxg7 ({Vlad-Dumitrasche, Tirgu
Mures 1992, went} 12... d6 13. Qd2 Qh4 14. g3 Qh3 15. Qg5 {1:0}) 13. Bh6+ Kg8 (
13... Kh8 14. Bxf8 d6 15. Qd2 Qh4 16. Bh6 Ng8 17. Bg5 Qa4 18. c4 Qa5 19. Qf4
Ne5 20. Bf6+ Nxf6 21. Qxf6+ Kg8 22. Qg5+ {1:0 Vukovic-Mozetic, Banja Vrucica
1991}) ({or} 13... Kxh6 14. Qd2+ Kh5 15. g4+ Nxg4 16. fxg4+ Qxg4+ 17. Kh1 {
, Kasimdzhanov}) 14. Qd2 (14. Qe1 {is also good, 14. ...} Nh5 15. f4 Qa3 16.
Qh4 Qc5+ 17. Kh1 Re8 18. f5 f6 19. Qxh5 Re7 20. Rf3 Kh8 21. Rg3 Qd5 22. Qh4 Qf7
23. Bc4 d5 24. Bxd5 Be6 25. fxe6 {and White won easily, Nimzo 98-Hiarcs 6,
computer game 1998}) 14... Qh4 15. Bg5 Qh5 16. Bxf6 Re8 17. g4 Qc5+ 18. Kh1 Re6
19. Qh6 Rxf6 20. Bxh7+ Kh8 21. Qxf6+ Kxh7 22. Qxf7+ {1:0 Fersec-Rupeni, Italy
1994.}) 12. Qe1 ({Nach} 12. Nxg7 Kxg7 13. Bh6+ Kxh6 14. Qd2+ Kg7 15. Qg5+ Kf8
16. Qh6+ Kg8 17. Qxf6 d6 18. Rae1 Bd7 19. f4 h5 20. Rf3 {verteidigt sich
Schwarz mit 20...} h4 ({Nicht ganz verlaesslich sieht die von Kasimdzhanov
angegebene Folge} 20... Bg4 21. Rg3 Qa5 22. h3 Qc5+ {im Hinblick auf} 23. Kf1
Rf8 24. hxg4 h4 25. Rge3 h3 26. Re8) 21. Ree3 Bg4 22. Rg3 hxg3 23. Rxg3 Rh5 24.
Rxg4+ Kf8 25. Rg7 Nd8 {aus.}) 12... Ne8 (12... d6 {erlaubt} 13. Nxg7 $1 Kxg7
14. Qg3+ Kf8 15. Bh6+ Ke7 16. Bg7 $1 ({ist praeziser als} 16. Rae1+ Be6 17.
Rxe6+ Kxe6 18. Re1+ Ne5 $1 19. f4 Rag8 20. Qh3+ {, Mat. Mueller-Schiffer, BL
1997/98, und nun 20...} Kd5 $1 21. c4+ Nxc4 22. Qf5+ Kc6 23. Qxf6 Qb4 {bot
sich an, Mat.Mueller}) 16... Be6 17. Qg5 Rhe8 18. Qxf6+ ({oder} 18. Bxf6+ {
, Kasimdzhanov}) 18... Kd7 19. Bxh7 {with a clear plus, Mat. Mueller.}) 13. Qg3
d6 (13... Qa5 {wird durch} 14. Rb1 $1 (14. Re1 d6 15. Nxg7 Nxg7 16. Bh6 Rg8 17.
Bxh7 Qh5) 14... d6 15. Rb5 Qa4 16. Nxg7 Nxg7 17. Bh6 {widerlegt.}) 14. Nxg7 Rg8
(14... Nxg7 15. Bh6 Rg8 16. Bxh7 Nd4 17. cxd4 Qxd4+ 18. Kh1 Rh8 19. Qg5 Be6 20.
Be4 {ist unerfreulich fuer Schwarz, Kasimdzhanov.}) 15. Bh6 Rxg7 16. Rae1 Ne5
17. f4 Nxd3 18. cxd3 Bf5 19. h3 $6 ({Ich halte} 19. Rxe8+ $1 Kxe8 20. Qxg7 {
fuer die beste Fortsetzung, auf Kasimdzhanovs 20...} Bxd3 21. Qf8+ Kd7 22. Qxa8
Bxf1 23. Kxf1 Qd1+ 24. Kf2 Qc2+ 25. Kg3 Qg6+ 26. Bg5 f6 {folgt} 27. Qxb7 fxg5
28. Qb5+ {mit gewonnenem Endspiel fьr Weiss.}) 19... Qb5 20. Rxe8+ (20. Rf3 Rc8
21. Rxe8+ Kxe8 22. Qxg7 Bxd3 23. Qf8+ Kd7 24. Qxf7+ Kc6 {und Weiss kommt nicht
weiter.}) 20... Kxe8 21. Qxg7 Bxd3 22. Re1+ Kd7 23. Qxf7+ Kc6 24. Kh2 ({
Laut Kasimdzhanov} 24. Re7 Rc8 25. Kh2 {war etwas genauer.}) 24... Bc4 $6 (
24... Bg6 25. Qf6 Qd5 {sollte zum Ausgleich fuehren, Kasimdzhanov.}) 25. Qxh7
Bxa2 26. Re7 Rc8 27. Qe4+ Kb6 $2 (27... Bd5 28. Qf5 Rd8 29. Bg5 {und Weiss
behaelt die Initiative, Kasidzhanov.}) 28. f5 Bd5 29. Qd4+ Kc6 30. f6 Rg8 31.
Bg7 Qf1 32. Qg4 Kb6 33. h4 $138 (33. f7 $1 Bxf7 34. Qb4+ Kc6 35. Qa4+ Kb6 36.
Bd4+ c5 37. Qb4+ {haette die Partie sofort entscheiden koennen, Kasimdzhanov.})
33... a5 34. h5 $2 (34. Qe2 $1 {war besser, Kasimdzhanov.}) 34... c5 $2 (34...
Qxf6 $1 {haette geschehen koennen, Kasimdzhanov.}) 35. h6 Qd3 36. f7 Bxf7 37.
Rxf7 Re8 38. Qd7 Qe4 39. Qxd6+ Kb5 40. Qd7+ Ka6 41. Qf5 Qh4+ 42. Qh3 Qe4 43. h7
a4 44. h8=Q 1-0

[Event "Linares Anibal op 08th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2001.01.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Reinaldo Castineira, Roi"]
[Black "Golod, Vitali"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2442"]
[BlackElo "2591"]
[Annotator "Gutman,L"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2001.01.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 082"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Qh4 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Be2 $5 {"The most
recent trend. By no means rejecting ideas of Ndb5, White would rather all but
force Black to accept his pawn offer (otherwise Black has made unnatural moves
without extracting any such concessions from his opponent) before setting his
knight on this commital course.", Peter Wells. The discovery of this pawn
sacrifice has significantly improved the reputation of the whole variation
with 5.Nc3. Formerly Black has been forced to rely upon 6. ...Qxe4!, because
if Black does not capture on e4, and most players tend not to, then Black
should have difficulties in equalising. 6. ...} Nge7 7. O-O (7. Ndb5 Ba5 8. g3
Qf6 $5 (8... Qxe4 9. O-O Qf5 10. Bf4 Ne5 {folgte in Ivanovic-Dimovska, TCh-Yug
Women Kragujevac 2000, wonach Weiss mit} 11. Nd5 $1 Nxd5 12. Qxd5 {antworten
sollte}) 9. O-O a6 {bereitet Schwarz keine Probleme.}) 7... O-O ({A new idea.
Alternatives are: I)} 7... a6 $2 8. Nf3 Qf6 9. Bg5 Qd6 10. Nd5 {leads to a
terrible position for Black, Turzo-Jonas, Zalakaros 1996}) ({II)} 7... Ba5 8.
Nf3 Qf6 9. Nd5 $1 Nxd5 10. exd5 Ne5 11. d6 $1 {also creates problems for Black,
Gutman.}) ({III)} 7... d6 8. Ndb5 Ba5 9. Nd5 Nxd5 10. exd5 Ne5 11. Qd4 $5 (11.
Bd2 $1 Bb6 12. Be3 Qd8 13. Bxb6 axb6 14. f4 {with White's pressure, Gutman})
11... Qxd4 12. Nxd4 O-O 13. h3 Re8 14. Be3 Bd7 15. a4 a6 16. c3 Ng6 17. Rfd1
Re5 18. Nf3 Re7 19. Bf1 Rae8 20. Nd2 Ne5 21. Bd4 Bb6 22. Bxb6 cxb6 23. f4 Ng6
24. Nc4 Bxa4 25. Rxa4 b5 26. Nxd6 bxa4 27. Nxe8 Rxe8 28. g3 {gave White a
clear advantage in Krstic-Zelic, Pula 1999}) ({IV)} 7... Bxc3 8. bxc3 Nxd4 9.
cxd4 $1 Qxe4 10. Re1 Qh4 11. Bd3 d5 12. Qe2 $1 ({After the less forceful} 12.
Rb1 O-O 13. Ba3 Re8 14. Qf3 Be6 15. c3 {, occured in P.Nielsen-Hector, Festuge
1991, 15. ...} Rab8 $1 {would have secured an edge for Black}) 12... Be6 13.
Qe5 Nc6 14. Qxg7 Qxd4 15. Qxd4 $5 ({Another method is} 15. Bb2 Qxg7 16. Bxg7
Rg8 17. Bf6 h6 18. f4 {, and White has a sufficient compensation for the pawn})
15... Nxd4 16. Bb2 c5 17. Bxd4 cxd4 18. Rab1 O-O-O 19. Rb4 {when the ending is
clearly better for White, Gutman.}) 8. Ndb5 (8. Nf3 Qf6 9. Nd5 {wird durch 9...
} Nxd5 10. exd5 Ne5 {erkrдftet.}) 8... Ba5 9. Nd5 Nxd5 10. exd5 Ne5 11. f4 Bb6+
(11... a6 12. Nd4 Ng6 13. f5 Bb6 14. c3 Ne5 ({oder} 14... Ne7 15. f6 Nxd5 16.
fxg7 Re8 17. Bc4) 15. f6 d6 16. Rf4 Qg5 17. Kh1 Ng6 18. fxg7 Re8 19. Rf5 (19.
Re4 $5 {kommt in Betracht}) 19... Qe7 20. Bg5 f6 21. Bxf6 Qe3 22. Bg5 Qxe2 23.
Nxe2 Bxf5 24. Ng3 Be4 25. Nh5 {1:0 Slaby-Krysztofiak, Kazimierz Dolny 2001})
12. Kh1 Ng6 13. f5 Ne5 14. d6 (14. f6 {ist auch hier zu ьberlegen.}) 14... c6
15. Rf4 Qd8 16. Nc3 {Die Lage des Schwarzen ist prekдr. 16...} Re8 17. Ne4 a5
18. Qe1 f6 19. Qg3 a4 20. Rh4 Ra5 21. Bh6 g6 22. fxg6 hxg6 23. Bc4+ Re6 24. Bf4
Kg7 25. Qh3 Qg8 26. Bh6+ Kf7 27. Nxf6 Nxc4 28. Nxg8 Rae5 29. Rf1+ 1-0

[Event "Antwerp"]
[Site "Antwerp"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Van der Wiel, John"]
[Black "Winants, Luc"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "Hansen,Cu"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "1993.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 037"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nb3 Bb6 6. a4 a6 7. Nc3 d6 (7...
Qf6 8. Qe2 Nge7 9. Nd5 (9. h4 Nd4 10. Nxd4 Bxd4 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. exd5+ Qe7 $10
{Schurmans-Dominguez/Thessaloniki/1988/}) 9... Nxd5 10. exd5+ Ne7 11. a5 Ba7
12. h4 d6 (12... h6 13. Ra4 {Hultquist,T-Vikstrom,B/corr/1979/} (13. Bd2 Qxb2 (
13... d6 14. Bc3 Qf4 15. g3 Qg4 16. Qxg4 Bxg4 17. Bxg7 $16 {Hertel,P-Bruckel/
corr/1988/}) 14. Rh3 Qxc2 15. Rc1 Qf5 16. Rc4 Kd8 17. d6 $13 {Seul,G-Daehr,C/
BL/1983/}) 13... Kd8 (13... O-O 14. g4 Qd6 15. g5 $13 {Spitzner,F-Krustkalns/
corr/1988/}) 14. Rf4 (14. g4 Re8 15. Re4 Qg6 16. Bg2 f5 $13 {Hultquist,
T-Vikstrom,B/corr/1977/}) 14... Qd6 15. c4 Qb4+ 16. Qd2 Qxd2+ 17. Bxd2 f6 18.
Rh3 $16 {Olthof,R-Sluyts,F/corr/1984/}) (12... Qd6 13. Ra4 Kd8 14. Re4 Nxd5 15.
Rh3 $16 {Welz,P-Hentzgen,corr/1983/ + Buisman,A-Valdivia,M/corr/1987/}) 13. Ra4
O-O (13... Qf5 14. Re4 Bxf2+ 15. Kd1 Qxd5+ 16. Nd2 Bf5 17. c4 Qc5 18. Rxe7+ Kd8
19. Re4 Bxe4 20. Nxe4 Qd4+ 21. Kc2 Re8 22. Qxf2 Qxe4+ 23. Bd3 $16 {Stoica,
V-Orlovski,R/Polska/1970/}) 14. Rf4 Nf5 15. g4 Bd7 16. gxf5 Rfe8 17. Be3 Qxb2 {
Estrin,Y-Uusi,G/Leningrad/1954/}) 8. Nd5 (8. Be2 Qh4 9. O-O Nf6 10. a5 Ng4 11.
Bxg4 Bxg4 12. Qd2 Ba7 13. Nd5 O-O-O $15 {Costa,F-Bezzola,P/corr/1986/}) (8. Qe2
Nd4 9. Nxd4 Bxd4 10. Nd5 c6 11. c3 Ba7 12. Ne3 Nf6 13. Nc4 O-O 14. Bg5 h6 15.
Bxf6 Qxf6 $15 {Jacubovics,N-Westerinen,H/Gausdal Troll/1992/}) (8. Qf3 Be6 9.
Nd5 Ne5 10. Qg3 Bxd5 11. exd5 Qe7 12. Be2 Nf6 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. O-O
{0,5/Fehrig,A-Pokern,N/BL/1981/}) (8. a5 Ba7 9. Be2 Nge7 10. O-O O-O 11. Nd5
Nxd5 12. exd5 Ne7 13. Re1 Bd7 14. Bf1 Ng6 $10 {Ljubojevic,L-Dzindzichashvili/
Tilburg/1985/}) (8. Bd3 h6 9. O-O Nge7 10. Kh1 O-O 11. f4 f5 $10 {Radakov,
K-Zupe,M/Cetinje tt/1990/}) 8... Ba7 9. Be3 (9. Qe2 Nge7 10. Bg5 O-O 11. O-O-O
f6 12. Be3 (12. Bh4 Be6 13. f4 Qd7 14. h3 Rae8 $15 {Schwertel,G-Lizan,L/corr/
1982/}) 12... Be6 13. Bxa7 Rxa7 14. Nd4 Nxd4 15. Nxe7+ Qxe7 16. Rxd4 Raa8 $15 {
Furmston,M-Hamarat,T/corr/1979/}) (9. Be2 Nf6 10. O-O Nxd5 11. exd5 Ne5 12. Nd4
O-O $10 {Pfleger,H-Keres,P/Tallin/1973/}) 9... Bxe3 10. Nxe3 Nf6 11. Bd3 O-O (
11... d5 $5) 12. O-O Re8 13. f3 Be6 {/\Bxb3//\d5 =} 14. c4 a5 (14... Nd7 $5 $13
) 15. Rf2 Qb8 $6 {/\Qa7 /^a7-g1} (15... Nd7 $5 {/\Nc5, ><d4,><b4}) 16. Rc1 Qa7
$6 17. Nd5 $1 $14 Bxd5 $8 18. cxd5 Nb4 19. Bb5 (19. Rxc7 $6 Nfxd5 20. exd5 $2
Nxd3 21. Qxd3 Re1+ $19) 19... Rec8 {/\c7-c6} 20. Qd4 Qxd4 21. Nxd4 Kf8 22. g4 {
()} h6 23. h4 g6 24. Rc3 Ke7 25. h5 $1 $16 Na2 (25... gxh5 26. Nf5+ Kf8 27.
Nxh6 {/\g4-g5} hxg4 28. fxg4 $16 {><f7}) 26. Rc4 Nd7 27. hxg6 fxg6 28. Rh2 Ne5
29. Rxh6 $5 Nxc4 30. Rh7+ Kf8 $2 (30... Kf6 $8 31. Bxc4 (31. f4 g5) 31... Nb4
32. f4 (32. Ne6 c6 $13) 32... g5 $13 33. e5+ (33. Nf3 gxf4 34. g5+ Kg6 $15)
33... Kg6 (33... dxe5 34. Rh6+ $18) 34. Rd7 gxf4 35. e6 $13) 31. Ne6+ Kg8 32.
Rg7+ Kh8 33. Bxc4 Nb4 34. Rxg6 $18 c6 35. g5 cxd5 36. Bxd5 Nxd5 37. exd5 Rc2
38. Rf6 {/\g6-g7,Rf8} Rxb2 39. g6 Rg8 40. f4 {/\f4-f5,Rf7} Rb4 41. f5 Rxa4 42.
Rf7 Rh4 43. Rxb7 a4 44. Ra7 {/\Kg1-g2-g3-g4-g5} Rb8 45. Kg2 Rc4 46. Rh7+ Kg8
47. Rg7+ Kh8 48. Rh7+ Kg8 49. Rg7+ Kh8 50. Rf7 {/\51.Rf8+ Rxf8 52.g7+} Kg8 51.
Kf3 {/\f6} a3 52. Rg7+ Kh8 53. Rh7+ Kg8 54. Rg7+ Kh8 55. Rh7+ Kg8 56. f6 {/\f7#
} Rc3+ 57. Kg4 {Hansen,Cu} (57. Kg4 Rb4+ 58. Nf4 {/\f7+}) 1-0

[Event "Vidmar Memorial"]
[Site "Portoroz"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Grosar, Aljosa"]
[Black "Gabriel, Christian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "Hansen,Cu"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "1993.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 037"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
c4 Qb4+ 9. Nd2 Nf4 10. Qe4 (10. Qe3 Ne6 11. Bd3 Qb6 12. Qg3 d5 $6 13. O-O a5
14. Kh1 h5 15. h4 g6 16. Nf3 $1 $36 {Smagin,S-Murey,Y/Wien op/1991/}) 10... Ne6
11. Be2 (11. g3 Bb7 12. Bg2 O-O-O 13. a3 Qb6 14. O-O Qd4 15. Qe2 Ba6 16. Rb1
Nc5 17. b3 Re8 18. Bb2 Qd3 19. Qd1 h5 20. b4 $16 {Pasman,M-Shvidler,E/Beer
Sheva/1984/}) (11. f4 Bb7 12. a3 (12. f5 c5 13. Qg4 Nd4 14. Bd3 O-O-O 15. O-O
f6 $13 {Bojkovic,S-Baretic,D/Novi Sad/1975/}) 12... Qb6 13. Nf3 c5 14. Qd3 Nd4
$15 {Valbrodt,A-Marco,G/Hastings/1895/}) 11... Bb7 12. O-O (12. a3 Qb6 13. O-O
(13. Nf3 c5 14. Qc2 Be7 15. O-O {0,5/Svesnikov,E-Geller,E/Sochi/1984/}) 13...
c5 14. Qe3 Be7 15. f4 Nd4 16. Bd3 Qh6 17. b4 O-O 18. Rb1 $14 {Estrin,Y-Zinser,
M/Moskva/1968/}) 12... c5 13. Qe3 Nd4 14. Bd3 {ףb4} Qb6 15. Rb1 (15. b3 $5 {
/\Bb2}) 15... Be7 16. f4 O-O-O (16... O-O $6 17. f5 $40) 17. Be4 (17. f5 f6
$132) 17... f5 18. Bxb7+ Qxb7 19. Nf3 (19. b4 $5 $14) 19... Nxf3+ (19... Qe4
20. Bd2 Nxf3+ (20... Qxe3+ 21. Bxe3 Nxf3+ 22. Rxf3 Kb7 23. Bf2 Rb8 $14) (20...
d5 $5 $13) 21. Qxf3 d5 22. exd6 Qxf3 23. Rxf3 Bf6 $10) 20. Rxf3 Rhe8 21. Qa3 {
/\Bd2,b4 ->} (21. Bd2 $5) 21... d6 (21... Qe4 $2 22. Re3 Qxb1 23. Qa6+ $18) 22.
Qa4 {><d1,><c6} (22. Rb3 $2 Qe4 23. Re3 Qxc4 (23... Qxb1 24. Qa6+ $18) 24. Qxa7
dxe5 $17) 22... Bh4 $6 (22... Qe4 $2 23. Re3 $1 Qxb1 24. Qa6+ $18) (22... dxe5
23. fxe5 Qe4 $2 24. Re3 $13) (22... Bf8 $5 {/\dxe5, - ץc1,צb1} 23. Rb3 (23.
Be3 dxe5 $17) 23... Qe4 24. Qa6+ Kd7 $17) 23. Be3 (23. Bd2 $6 dxe5 24. Rb3 Qe4
25. Qa6+ Kd7 26. Rd1 Qd4+ 27. Kh1 exf4 $17) 23... Re6 {/\dxe5} (23... dxe5 24.
Bxc5 $16) 24. Rh3 Be7 25. Qc2 (25. Rxh7 dxe5 $15 {/\Qe4} (25... Qe4 26. Qa6+
Kb8 27. Re1 $14)) 25... g6 (25... dxe5 26. Qxf5 $16) 26. Rxh7 dxe5 27. fxe5
Rxe5 28. Bf4 Qe4 $1 $15 (28... Re6 29. b3 $13) (28... Re4 29. Rf1 Rdd4 $6 30.
b3 $14) 29. Qxe4 Rxe4 30. Rf1 (30. Rxe7 $2 Rxe7 31. Bg5 Re2 $17) 30... Bd6 $1
31. Bxd6 Rxd6 {/\Rd2//\Rxc4 - עg1} 32. h4 Rxc4 (32... Rd2 33. h5 gxh5 34. Rxf5
$10 {/\Rxc5/Rf7}) 33. h5 gxh5 (33... Rc2 $5 34. hxg6 (34. h6 Rdd2 $17) 34...
Rxg6 35. Rxf5 (35. Rf2 Rxf2 36. Kxf2 Ra6 $17) 35... Rgxg2+ 36. Kf1 Rgd2 (36...
Rh2 37. Rxh2 Rxh2 38. Rf2 Rxf2+ 39. Kxf2 Kd7 40. Ke3 Ke6 41. Kd3 Kd5 42. b3 $10
) (36... Kb7 37. Rff7 $10) 37. Ke1 Rd6 38. Rff7 Rc6 39. Rf2 Rxf2 40. Kxf2 Ra6
$15) 34. Rxh5 Rd2 35. Rfxf5 Rcc2 (35... Rxb2 36. Rxc5 Rxc5 37. Rxc5 Rxa2 $15)
36. Rhg5 c4 (36... Rxb2 37. Rxc5 Rxa2 38. Rg7 Rd7 $15) 37. Rc5 Rxb2 38. Rxc4
Rxa2 39. Rg8+ Rd8 40. Rg5 Rd6 41. Rg7 Rd7 42. Rg6 a5 $15 43. Rg5 a4 44. Ra5
Rd1+ 45. Kh2 Rdd2 46. Rg4 Kb7 47. Kh3 (47. Raxa4 $2 Rxg2+ $19) 47... Rd3+ 48.
g3 a3 49. Rga4 Rc3 50. Rb4+ Kc6 51. Rba4 Ra1 52. Kg2 Rb3 53. Kh2 Kb6 54. Ra6+
Kc5 55. R6a5+ Kc6 56. Kg2 Rd3 57. Ra7 Kd6 58. Ra8 Rc3 59. Rd8+ Kc5 60. Rda8 c6
61. R8a5+ Kd6 62. Rg5 Rd1 63. Kh3 Rd5 64. Rg8 Kc7 65. Kh4 Rdd3 66. g4 Rh3+ 67.
Kg5 Rc5+ {Hansen,Cu} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Vidmar Memorial"]
[Site "Portoroz"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Grosar, Aljosa"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "Hansen,Cu"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1993.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 037"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Schussler} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 (4... Bb4+ {Schussler}
5. c3 Be7 6. Bc4 d6 $5 {6. - Nf6} 7. Qb3 Nf6 {7. - Ne5} 8. Bxf7+ Kf8 {+/=/+/-})
(4... Bc5 {Schussler} 5. Nb3 (5. Be3 Qf6 6. c3 Nge7 7. Bc4 Ne5 8. Be2 d5 9. O-O
O-O 10. Nd2 Bb6 11. a4 N5c6 $1 $10 {Blatny,P-Malaniuk,V, Pardubice 1993}) 5...
Bb6 6. a4 a6 7. Nc3 d6 8. Nd5 Ba7 9. Be3 Bxe3 10. Nxe3 Nf6 11. Bd3 O-O 12. O-O
Re8 13. f3 Be6 14. c4 $1 $14 {Van der Wiel,J-Winants, Antwerpen 1993}) 5. Nxc6
(5. Nc3 {Schussler} Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d6 $6 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 Qe7 10. O-O
g5 11. Bg3 Ng4 12. Bb5 $1 {Arkhipov,S-Muhamedzjano Nabereznye, Chelny 1993})
5... bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8. c4 Nb6 9. Nd2 a5 10. Qe4 (10. g3 Qe6 (10...
a4 11. f4 Ba6 12. b3 Qb4 13. Qd3 Qa5 14. Bb2 Bb4 15. Qc2 d5 $13 {Zapata,
A-Sisniega,M/Linares NL/1992/}) 11. Bg2 Bb4 12. O-O Bxd2 13. Bxd2 Nxc4 14. Bc3
$44 {Borge,N-Fedorov,V/Taastrup B/1992/}) (10. h4 a4 11. g3 Ra5 12. f4 Ba6 $15
{Shirov,A-Agdestein,S/Oslo m/1992/}) 10... Na4 (10... Ba6 11. b3 Qe6 12. Bd3
O-O-O 13. O-O Bb7 14. Qf4 h6 15. Bf5 $16 {Schmidt,W-Tolush,A/Polanica Zdroj/
1964/}) (10... d5 11. exd6 cxd6 12. Bd3 f5 13. Qxe7+ Bxe7 14. O-O Bf6 15. c5
dxc5 16. Nc4 Nxc4 17. Bxc4 Ba6 $10 {Handoko,E-Tisdall,J/Gausdal AC/1992/}) (
10... a4 11. Bd3 g6 12. O-O Bg7 13. Nf3 O-O 14. Re1 Bb7 15. Bg5 f6 16. Bh4 Rae8
$10 {Grosar,A-De Asis Dirceu,V/Biel op/1993/}) (10... g6 11. Bd3 Na4 12. Nb3 (
12. O-O Nc5 13. Qe2 Bg7 14. Nf3 Ne6 15. h4 O-O 16. h5 d6 17. hxg6 hxg6 18. exd6
Qxd6 19. Rd1 Nf4 20. Bxf4 Qxf4 21. Qe4 Qxe4 22. Bxe4 Rb8 $10 {Lau,R-Emms/
Copenhagen open/1992/}) 12... Bg7 13. O-O O-O 14. Re1 Bb7 15. Rb1 f5 16. exf6
Qxf6 17. Be3 Rae8 18. Qg4 $16 {Lau,R-Emms/Copenhagen Rapid/1992/}) 11. Be2 Nc5
12. Qe3 g6 13. O-O Bg7 14. Nf3 Ne6 15. Re1 (15. Bd2 $5 {/\Bc3 קa5,קe5,><d4})
15... O-O 16. Bd2 Bb7 17. Bc3 c5 $10 18. Rad1 (18. a4 $5 {קa5}) 18... a4 19.
Bd3 {/\Be4+/=} a3 20. b3 Bxf3 21. Qxf3 Nd4 22. Bxd4 (22. Qe3 Rfe8 23. f4 d6 $10
) 22... cxd4 23. Qd5 c5 24. f4 Kh8 25. Re2 (25. f5 Bh6 $15) 25... Rac8 26. Rf1
Bh6 27. g3 (27. f5 $2 Be3+ 28. Kh1 Rce8 $17) 27... Qe6 28. Qf3 {/\Be4-d5} d6
29. Kg2 dxe5 30. Rxe5 Qb6 31. Rfe1 Qb4 32. h4 Bg7 33. R5e2 (33. Re7 Bf6 $10)
33... Qb8 {/\Rfe8} 34. Qd5 {Hansen,Cu} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "Hansen,Cu"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "1992.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 031"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Ne4 7. Qd4 $6 (7.
Bd3 Nc5 8. Be3 (8. O-O d5 9. f4 f5 10. Nc3 g6 11. Ne2 Ne6 12. Be3 $14 {
Mieses-Bernstein Ostende 1907}) 8... Nxd3+ 9. cxd3 $6 Bb4+ 10. Nc3 O-O 11. O-O
Qe7 12. f4 d5 13. d4 f6 $6 (13... Bxc3 14. bxc3 Bf5 $10) 14. Qc2 $14 {
Taubenhaus-Minckwitz DSB 4.Kongres 1885}) (7. Qf3 Ng5 (7... f5 8. Nd2 Qe7 9.
Qxf5 d5 10. Qf4 g5 11. Qe3 Qxe5 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Bd2 Rb8 14. Be2 g4 15. O-O
Bd6 16. g3 Bc5 17. Bc3 Qf5 18. Qh6 $16 {Velez-Gomez,F Camaguey 1988}) (7... Qh4
8. g3 Ng5 9. Qe2 Qe4 10. Bxg5 Qxh1 11. Nc3 Bb4 12. O-O-O Bxc3 13. bxc3 Qxh2 14.
Qf3 O-O 15. Bd3 f6 16. Rh1 Qxh1+ (16... fxg5 17. Bc4+) 17. Qxh1 fxg5 18. Qxh7+
Kf7 19. Qg6+ {1-0 Huenerkopf-Klundt BL 1983}) 8. Qg3 Ne6 9. Bd3 d6 10. O-O dxe5
11. Qxe5 Qd6 12. Bf4 Qxe5 13. Bxe5 Bd6 14. Re1 O-O 15. Nd2 Rb8 16. Nc4 Bc5 17.
c3 $14 {Fabian-Pinkas Trnava Open 1990}) (7. Be3 d5 8. exd6 cxd6 9. Bd3 Nf6 10.
O-O Be7 11. c4 O-O $10 {Timman-Kortjnoj Sarajevo 1984 (inf 37/(343))}) (7. Nd2
Nxd2 8. Bxd2 d5 9. Bd3 Rb8 10. b3 g6 11. O-O Bg7 12. Qc1 O-O 13. Bg5 f6 14.
exf6 Bxf6 15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16. Qe3 $14 {Rewitz,P-Bank Friis,C DK 1992}) 7... f5 {
/\Bc5} (7... Nc5 $5) 8. f3 Bc5 9. Qc4 d5 $8 10. Qa4 (10. exd6 Bf2+ 11. Ke2 Nxd6
$17) 10... O-O $17 11. Qxc6 (11. fxe4 fxe4 $17 {עe1}) (11. Bd3 $2 Qh4+ 12. g3
Bf2+ 13. Kd1 $8 Bxg3 $17) 11... Qh4+ 12. g3 $8 (12. Ke2 Qf2+ 13. Kd1 Qd4+ 14.
Ke2 (14. Bd2 Nf2+ 15. Kc1 Nxh1 16. Qxa8 Ba6 $19) 14... Qc4+ 15. Kd1 Nf2+ 16.
Ke1 Bb4+ $19) 12... Nxg3 13. hxg3 Qxg3+ 14. Kd2 Qxf3 {/\15. - Be3+ -+} 15. Qxc5
$8 (15. Qxa8 Be3+ $19) 15... Qxh1 16. Qf2 Qh6+ (16... f4 $2 17. Bg2) 17. Kd1 f4
{/\Bg4+} 18. Qf3 c6 19. Bd2 g5 $1 $19 20. Nc3 g4 21. Qg2 Qh4 22. Be1 (22. Nxd5
f3 $19) 22... Qg5 {/\h7-h5-h4//\g3+Bg4+} 23. Qh1 g3 24. Bd3 h5 $6 (24... Bg4+
$1 25. Kc1 (25. Ne2 h5 $19) 25... f3+ 26. Kb1 Bh5 $19 {/\f2}) 25. Nxd5 g2 26.
Ne7+ Kf7 27. Qg1 Bg4+ 28. Kc1 f3+ 29. Kb1 Qxe7 30. Qe3 Ke8 31. Bf2 Bf5 32. Bc4
Rd8 33. a3 h4 $2 (33... Rd1+ 34. Ka2 Rxa1+ 35. Kxa1 h4 $19) 34. Ka2 Be6 35. Qe4
Bxc4+ 36. Qxc4 h3 37. Bh4 Qd7 $2 (37... f2 $1 38. Bxe7 (38. Qxc6+ Qd7 $19)
38... f1=Q 39. Qxc6+ Kxe7 40. Qc7+ Ke6 41. Qc6+ Kf5 $19) 38. Rd1 $1 g1=Q $8 39.
Rxd7 (39. Rxg1 Qd5) 39... Kxd7 40. e6+ Kc7 41. e7 Rde8 42. exf8=Q Rxf8 43. Qb4
Qg8+ 44. b3 Rf7 45. Bf2 Qg6 46. Qc4 Kb7 47. Bg3 (47. Qb4+ Ka8) 47... a5 48. Bf2
h2 49. Qc5 Kc8 50. Qc4 h1=Q 51. Qa6+ Rb7 52. Qa8+ Kc7 53. Qxa5+ Kd7 {Hansen,Cu}
0-1

[Event "Reunion op 09th"]
[Site "Reunion"]
[Date "2007.10.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Vitoux, Colomban"]
[Black "Wantiez, Fabrice"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2394"]
[BlackElo "2300"]
[Annotator "Hauchard,A"]
[PlyCount "179"]
[EventDate "2007.10.14"]
[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 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bb4+ {Un coup qu'affectionnait le grand
tony Miles} 5. c3 Bc5 6. Be3 Bb6 7. Nf5 {Trиs solide mais nйanmoins moins
ambitieux que Fou c4} Bxe3 8. Nxe3 Nf6 {Proposition de nulle de Fabrice qui a
йgalisй} 9. f3 O-O 10. c4 d6 11. Nc3 Nd7 (11... Be6 $5 12. Be2 Nh5 13. g3 $13)
12. Be2 Nc5 13. O-O a5 14. Qd2 f5 $5 15. exf5 Bxf5 16. Nxf5 Rxf5 17. f4 Kh8 18.
Rae1 Rf7 19. Nd5 Ne4 $6 (19... Nb4 $5 $11) 20. Qe3 Nf6 21. Bd3 $6 (21. Bf3 $14)
21... Nb4 22. Qe6 Qf8 23. Bb1 Re8 24. Qh3 Nbxd5 25. cxd5 Rfe7 $1 $11 26. Re6 $5
{Ambitieux! Colomban montre qu'il n'est pas la pour faire de la figuration}
Rxe6 27. dxe6 d5 28. Bg6 $5 {Objectivement les noirs doivent prendre la nulle
dans cette position mais Fabrice va en dйcider autrement} (28. f5 $5 Qc5+ 29.
Kh1 Qc4 30. Qf3 {je prйfиre jouer cette positon avec les blancs meme si les
noirs ne sont pas sans contre jeu} c5 $5 $13) 28... Qc5+ 29. Kh1 Qc4 30. Re1
Qb4 31. Rf1 Qc4 32. Re1 {Ici Fabrice aurait du rйpиter les coups} Re7 33. Qh4
$4 (33. g4 $5 Qxf4 $1 34. Rf1 Qg5 35. Qa3 $1 Qxg6 36. Qxe7 Qe4+ 37. Kg1 Qxg4+
38. Kh1 Qe4+ $11) 33... Qb4 $4 (33... Rxe6 $19) 34. h3 Qd6 $6 (34... Qd2 $5)
35. Bf7 $2 (35. f5 c5 36. Rf1 d4 37. g4 $36) 35... d4 $2 (35... Qb4 36. Qf2 Ne4
37. Qh4 Nf6 38. Re2 Qc4 $11) 36. Qf2 c5 37. b3 Qd5 38. Re5 Qd6 39. Kh2 (39. Qd2
$14) 39... d3 $2 (39... h6 40. Qc2 b6 41. a4 $14) 40. Qxc5 $1 {Fabrice craque
complиtement et va perdre ici sa chaine de pions} Qxc5 41. Rxc5 g6 42. Rc8+ Kg7
43. Rd8 $1 $16 Ne4 44. Rxd3 Nc5 45. Rd5 b6 46. Rd6 Rb7 47. Be8 Kf6 48. Bc6 Rb8
49. Bd5 b5 50. g3 (50. g4 $1) 50... g5 $2 51. Rc6 Nd3 52. fxg5+ Ke5 53. Bg2 $18
{C'est maintenant facilement gagnant mais Colomban va sadiquement prendre son
temps ...} Nb4 54. Rc1 $2 (54. e7 {terminait la partie tout de suite} Re8 55.
Rc5+ Kd6 56. Rxb5 $18) 54... Kxe6 55. Re1+ Kf7 56. Rf1+ Kg7 57. a3 Nc2 58. a4
b4 $6 (58... bxa4 59. bxa4 Rb4 60. Rc1 $1 Ne3 61. Bc6 $16) 59. h4 Re8 60. Rf6
Nd4 61. Bd5 Re2+ 62. Kh3 h5 {Avec la vague idйe de mettre un cavalier en g4
pour mater avec tour h2} 63. Rf7+ Kg6 64. Rf6+ Kg7 65. Rf7+ Kg6 66. Rf4 {
Colomban йtait mal a la pendule et il gagne donc du temps avec l'incrйment en
rйpиtant la position} Rd2 67. Bf7+ Kg7 68. Bc4 Nc2 69. Re4 Rf2 70. Re7+ Kf8 71.
Re4 Kg7 72. Rf4 Rd2 73. g4 {Si libиrant complиtement des menaces ! avec deux
pions passйs la cause est entendu} Ne3 74. Rf7+ Kh8 75. Rf8+ Kh7 76. Rf7+ Kh8
77. gxh5 {Encore un gain de temps avec la rйpиtition} Nxc4 78. bxc4 Rc2 79. h6
{Les noirs auraient pu abandonner mais le manque de temps des blancs a pousser
Fabrice a continuer} Rxc4 80. g6 Rc8 81. Rh7+ Kg8 82. Rg7+ Kh8 83. Rh7+ Kg8 84.
Rb7 {Une habitude chez Colomban de gagner du temps en rйpиtant la position!}
Rc3+ 85. Kg4 Rc4+ 86. Kf5 Rc5+ 87. Ke4 Rc8 88. Kd3 Rd8+ 89. Kc2 Rf8 90. h7+ {
Une partie qui aurait du etre nulle mais l'ambition n'est pas payante dans ce
tournoi ...} 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 30th"]
[Site "Bilbao"]
[Date "2014.09.17"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Ganguly, Surya Shekhar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[Annotator "Havasi,G"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2014.09.14"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "SHSM-64"]
[BlackTeam "Solvay"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ESP"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
c4 Ba6 9. Nd2 (9. b3 {is the most popular move.}) 9... g6 (9... O-O-O {is
another complicated line.}) 10. Nf3 Nb6 {And Black chooses this rare move.} ({
Nepomniachtchi had a game with the most popular} 10... Qb4+ 11. Kd1 Nb6 12. b3
Bg7 13. Qd2 Qe7 (13... Qxd2+ 14. Bxd2 O-O 15. c5 Bxf1 16. Rxf1 Nd5 17. Rc1 f6
18. exf6 Rxf6 $13 {Caruana-Jakovenko, Rhodes 2013}) 14. Bb2 O-O 15. Kc2 c5 16.
h4 d5 17. exd6 Qxd6 18. Bxg7 Qxd2+ 19. Nxd2 Kxg7 20. Ne4 $14 {
Nepomniachtchi-Svidler, Moscow 2010}) 11. b3 Bg7 12. Bb2 $146 {This is a
novelty on the highest level.} ({There was a game with} 12. g3 {, but after}
O-O 13. Bg2 f6 14. e6 f5 15. Bg5 Qb4+ 16. Bd2 Qa3 $36 {Black had a nice
initiative in Salgado Lopez-Harikrishna, Caleta 2014.}) 12... O-O 13. O-O-O
Rab8 {This is a tricky move, Black is threatening to play Bxc4.} (13... c5) (
13... Bb7 {and}) (13... Rfe8 {were interesting moves, it's hard to tell which
one is the best: White will play h4 and Qd2 followed by Bd3 in all cases.}) 14.
Qd2 {White wants to put his Q on a5.} (14. h4 $2 Bxc4 $1 $19) (14. Qe3 {
Avoiding ...Bxc4} c5 15. h4 $1 Rfe8 $13 ({If} 15... h5 {White has the
possibility of} 16. g4 $1 (16. Bd3 d5 $1 {equalises}) 16... Na4 $1 17. Ba1 $3 (
17. bxa4 Bb7 $1 18. Be2 hxg4 19. Nd2 Bxh1 20. Rxh1 Rfe8 $13))) 14... Rfd8 (
14... c5 15. h4 Bb7 {transposes to 14...Bb7}) (14... Bb7 15. h4 (15. Bd3 c5 16.
Rhe1 $13) 15... c5 16. Re1 h5 $13 (16... d6 17. h5 $36)) 15. Qa5 Bb7 16. c5 $1
{After this move Black will have an isolated P in the event of d6.} Nd5 17. Bc4
d6 (17... Bf8 18. Ba3 {is good for White as well.}) 18. cxd6 cxd6 19. Rhe1 dxe5
20. Bxe5 Bxe5 21. Rxe5 (21. Nxe5 {was also good} Qd6 22. g3 $14) 21... Qf8 22.
Bxd5 cxd5 {Let's take a look at the position after the exchanges. Black has B
vs a N, but he has an isolated P which is restricting the B. Black has an open
c-file and may have threats agains the white K. However, White will be able to
block the P, so the question is whether Black's activity can compensate for
the isolated P or not.} 23. Rd4 $5 {This seems to be a bit strange, because
the N should occupy the d4-square and the R leaves the 1st rank.} (23. Kb1 d4
$1 $132) (23. Qxa7 d4 $1 $132) ({In my opinion the best move is} 23. Nd4 $5
Qh6+ (23... Qg7 24. Re7 Qf6 25. Qe1) 24. Qd2 Qxh2 25. g3 $36 {and despite
being a pawn down, White has a nice position because of the other positional
factors.}) 23... Rdc8+ 24. Kb2 Rc5 $6 (24... Qd6 {was also possible}) (24... a6
{seems to be the most flexible, however after Re2, the position is also
double-edged.}) 25. Qxa7 $1 {White has to take the pawn.} (25. Qd2 Rbc8 26. Re1
Qd6 $13) 25... Rc6 26. Ra4 $1 (26. Qa5 $5 {was also good} Rbc8 (26... Ra6 27.
Qb4 $16) 27. Ne1 $1 $14 (27. Re2 $14)) 26... Rbc8 27. Re2 $1 (27. Ne1 Qd6 28.
Qd4 Rc1 {and Black seems to have enough counterplay.}) 27... Ba6 $4 {After
this blunder the game is over.} (27... R6c7 28. Qe3 $14 (28. Qd4 Qd6 {and
Black is just in time to create counterplay with the threat of Qc6.})) 28. Rxa6
$18 R8c7 29. Qa8 Rxa6 30. Qxa6 Qc5 31. a4 Qc1+ 32. Ka2 Rc2+ 33. Rxc2 Qxc2+ 34.
Ka3 Qc5+ 35. Kb2 Qxf2+ 36. Kc3 1-0

[Event "Dhaka"]
[Site "Dhaka"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Sevillano, Enrico"]
[Black "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "BAN"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 048"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. Bd3 d5 7. exd5 cxd5
8. O-O Be7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Bg5 Be6 11. Qf3 h6 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Na4 Rb8 14. Rab1
Qd6 15. b3 c5 16. Rbd1 Rb4 17. Bc4 Qe5 18. Rfe1 Qg5 19. Be2 Rf4 20. Qg3 Bd4 21.
Bf3 Qf6 22. c3 Be5 23. Nxc5 Re4 24. Nxe6 Bxg3 25. Nxf8 Rxe1+ 26. Rxe1 Qxc3 27.
Rd1 Bd6 28. Nd7 d4 29. Be4 Kh8 30. b4 Qxb4 31. Rc1 g6 32. Nf6 Bxh2+ 33. Kh1 Bd6
34. Rc8+ Bf8 35. Nd7 Qe1+ 36. Kh2 Kg7 37. Rxf8 {R+B+N - Q starker schwarzer
d-Freibauer bindet weiЯen R+B, N ohne Stьtzpunkt} Qxf2 38. Bd5 Qh4+ 39. Kg1
Qe1+ 40. Kh2 Qh4+ 41. Kg1 Qe1+ 42. Kh2 h5 43. Rxf7+ Kh6 44. Rf3 Qe2 45. Bb3 d3
46. Kg1 d2 47. Rf1 a5 48. Nf6 Qe3+ 49. Kh1 Qd4 50. Ng8+ (50. a4 Qd3 $19) 50...
Kg5 51. Nf6 a4 52. Bd1 Kh6 53. a3 Qc4 54. Kg1 Qc5+ 55. Rf2 Qc1 56. Rf1 Qxa3 57.
Kf2 (57. Ne4 Qe3+ 58. Nf2 a3 59. Bf3 a2 60. Bd5 a1=Q 61. Rxa1 Qe1+ $19) 57...
Qc5+ 58. Kf3 a3 59. g4 a2 0-1

[Event "Reggio Emilia 9596 38th"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia"]
[Date "1996.01.05"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Azmaiparashvili, Zurab"]
[Black "Godena, Michele"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "222"]
[EventDate "1995.12.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 051"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Endspiel-CD} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nge7 5. Be3 Nxd4 6. Qxd4
Nc6 7. Qd2 Bb4 8. c3 Ba5 9. Na3 Bb6 10. Nc4 Bxe3 11. Nxe3 d6 12. Bd3 O-O 13. f4
a5 14. O-O a4 15. Rae1 Ra5 16. Rf3 Re8 17. Nd5 Ne7 18. c4 c6 19. Nxe7+ Rxe7 20.
Bf1 Bg4 21. Rd3 Rd7 22. h3 Be6 23. Rd1 g5 24. f5 Bxc4 25. Rg3 Bxf1 26. Rxg5+
Kh8 27. Rg3 f6 28. Rxf1 Re5 29. Rf4 Rg7 30. Rd3 Qe7 31. Rd4 d5 32. Rxa4 dxe4
33. Qe3 Qc5 34. Qxc5 Rxc5 35. Raxe4 Rc2 36. Rf2 Rc1+ 37. Kh2 Rd7 38. Rfe2 Kg7
39. Re8 Kf7 40. Rh8 Kg7 41. Ree8 Kh6 42. Reg8 Rg7 43. Rxg7 Kxg7 44. Rc8 b5 45.
Rc7+ Kg8 46. b4 Rc4 47. a3 Rc3 48. Kg1 h5 49. Kf2 Kf8 50. Ke2 Ke8 51. Kf2 Kf8
52. Kf1 Kg8 53. Ke2 Kf8 54. Rh7 Rxa3 55. Rxh5 Ra2+ 56. Kf3 Ra3+ 57. Kg4 Kg7 58.
Rh4 c5 59. bxc5 Ra4+ 60. Kh5 Rxh4+ 61. Kxh4 Kf7 62. c6 Ke8 63. g4 b4 64. g5
fxg5+ 65. Kxg5 b3 66. f6 b2 67. c7 Kd7 68. f7 b1=Q 69. f8=Q Qg1+ 70. Kh5 Kxc7 {
Remis lt. ENDSPIEL-CD} 71. Qe7+ Kc6 72. h4 Qd1+ 73. Kg6 Qd3+ 74. Kg7 Kb5 75.
Qe5+ Kb4 76. h5 Qd7+ 77. Kf8 Qc8+ 78. Ke7 Qb7+ 79. Kf6 Qf3+ 80. Kg5 Qg2+ 81.
Kh4 Qh1+ 82. Kg4 Qd1+ 83. Kg5 Qg1+ 84. Kf5 Qd1 85. Qf4+ Kc3 {offenbar geschah
85...Ka3 - siehe 88...De7+} 86. h6 Qd7+ 87. Kg6 Qe8+ 88. Kg5 Qe7+ {offenbar
steht der sK auf a3, sonst gewinnt 89.Df6+} 89. Kg4 Qd7+ 90. Kg3 Qh7 91. Qd6
Kb2 92. Kf4 Qf7+ 93. Ke3 Qb3+ 94. Kd4 Qc2 (94... Qa4+ $10 {Endspiel-CD}) 95.
Kd5 (95. Qb4+ {Endspiel-CD} Ka1 96. Qc3+ $18) 95... Qd3+ 96. Kc5 Qh7 97. Kb6
Kb1 98. Qf6 Qd3 99. Qf4 Qb3+ 100. Ka5 Qd5+ 101. Kb4 Qb7+ 102. Ka3 Qa6+ 103. Kb3
Qe6+ 104. Kc3 Qc6+ 105. Kd3 Qc2+ 106. Kd4 Qb2+ 107. Kc5 Qc2+ 108. Kb5 Qe2+ 109.
Ka5 Qh5+ 110. Kb4 Qg6 111. Qb8 Qxh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2001.12.02"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Azmaiparashvili, Zurab"]
[Black "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2674"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "148"]
[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 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. c3 Nge7 7. g3 d5 8.
Bg2 Nxd4 9. cxd4 Bb4+ 10. Nc3 Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 dxe4 12. Bxe4 c6 13. O-O Bf5 14.
Bg2 O-O 15. c4 Be6 16. d5 cxd5 17. cxd5 Bxd5 18. Bxd5 Rad8 19. Bd4 Qd6 20. Bxg7
Kxg7 21. Bxb7 Qb6 22. Qf3 Ng6 23. Qc3+ Qd4 24. Rfc1 Rfe8 25. Qxd4+ Rxd4 26. Rc2
Re5 27. Rb1 Ra5 28. Bf3 Ne5 29. Be2 Rd6 30. Kg2 Nc6 31. Rb7 Nd4 32. Rd2 Nf5 33.
Rdb2 Rd4 34. Rc7 Nd6 35. Rc6 Ra3 36. h4 h6 37. Bf1 Ne4 38. Ra6 Rxa6 39. Bxa6
Nc3 40. Rc2 Nd5 41. Bc4 Nb4 42. Rc3 Nd5 43. Bxd5 Rxd5 44. Ra3 a5 45. Ra4 Kf6
46. Kf3 Kf5 47. Ke3 Rb5 48. Kd3 Ke6 49. Re4+ Kd6 50. Kc3 Rb1 51. Rd4+ Ke6 52.
Rd2 Ke5 53. Re2+ Kd6 54. Re4 f5 55. Ra4 Rf1 56. Rf4 Ke5 57. Kb3 Rb1+ 58. Kc3 {
Der Kцnig sollte am Damenflьgel eingesetzt werden.} (58. Ka4 $1 Rb2 59. a3 Ra2
60. h5 $22 Kf6 (60... Ra1 61. Rf3 Ke4 62. Re3+ Kd4 63. Kxa5 $18) 61. Rf3 Kg5
62. Kxa5 Kxh5 63. a4 Kg5 64. Kb4 $18) 58... Rc1+ 59. Kd2 Rf1 60. Ke2 Rc1 61.
Ra4 Rc5 62. Kd3 Kd5 63. Rd4+ Ke5 64. Rd8 Rb5 65. Ra8 h5 66. Ke3 Rc5 67. a4 Rc3+
68. Ke2 Rc5 69. Kf3 Rc3+ 70. Kg2 Rc5 71. Kh3 Kf6 72. Ra6+ Ke5 73. Kg2 f4 74.
Rh6 Kd4 {Timeout?!?} (74... Kd4 75. Rd6+ Kc3 76. gxf4 Rc4 77. Rd5 Rxa4 78. Rxh5
{sieht aber nach Gewinn fьr WeiЯ aus.}) 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 11th"]
[Site "Pula"]
[Date "1997.05.??"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Nedev, Trajce"]
[Black "Allahverdiyev, Anar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2380"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "1997.05.05"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Macedonia"]
[BlackTeam "Azerbaijan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "MKD"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AZE"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. c3 Nge7 7. Bc4 Ne5 8.
Be2 Qg6 9. O-O d5 10. Bh5 Bg4 11. Bxg6 Bxd1 12. Bxf7+ Kxf7 13. Rxd1 Nc4 14. b4
Nxe3 15. fxe3 Bb6 16. Nd2 Rhe8 17. c4 dxc4 18. Nxc4 Rad8 19. Nb5 a6 20. Nc3 Ba7
21. Kf2 Nc6 22. a3 b5 23. Nb2 Ne5 24. h3 c5 25. bxc5 Bxc5 26. a4 Rxd1 27. Ncxd1
b4 28. Rc1 Bd6 29. Ke2 Ke7 30. Nd3 Nxd3 31. Kxd3 Rd8 32. Rc4 Be5+ 33. Kc2 b3+
34. Kc1 Rd3 35. Rb4 Bd6 36. Rb7+ Ke6 37. Rb6 Kd7 38. Nb2 Ba3 39. e5 Rc3+ 40.
Kb1 Rxe3 41. Nd1 Re1 42. Rxb3 Rxd1+ {Dieses Endspiel, in dem alsbald alle
schwarzen Bauen bis auf den a-Bauern verlorengehen, habe ich nur wegen des
netten taktischen Witzes im 61.Zug aufgenommen. Dafьr auch die Medaille.} 43.
Kc2 Rc1+ 44. Kd2 Ra1 45. Rb7+ Ke6 46. Rxg7 Bb2 47. Rxh7 Rxa4 48. Rh6+ Kxe5 49.
Kc2 Bd4 50. Kb3 Ra1 51. h4 a5 52. h5 a4+ 53. Kc4 a3 54. Rh8 Bb2 55. Kb3 Rh1 56.
g4 Rh3+ 57. Ka2 {[#] Die Bindung von Lдufer und Bauer stellt den Schwarzen vor
einige technische Probleme. Die Lцsung im 61.Zug ist taktischer Natur:
Mattangriff mit T+L (ohne Bauer).} Bc1 58. Ra8 Ke4 59. Ra7 Rh2+ 60. Kb1 Bb2 61.
Ra6 Bc3 $1 62. h6 (62. Rxa3 Rb2+ 63. Kc1 (63. Ka1 Kd3 64. g5 Rf2+ (64... Kc2 $4
65. Ra2 $11) 65. Kb1 Rf1+ 66. Ka2 Kc2 67. Rxc3+ Kxc3 68. g6 Rg1 $19) 63... Kd3
64. Ra8 Rg2 65. Rd8+ Bd4 66. Kb1 Rb2+ 67. Kc1 Ra2 68. Rb8 Rh2 69. Kb1 (69. Rb3+
Bc3 70. Kb1 Rh1+ 71. Ka2 Ra1#) 69... Rh1+ 70. Ka2 Ra1+ 71. Kb3 Rb1+ $19) 62...
Rb2+ 63. Kc1 a2 64. g5 Rb1+ 0-1

[Event "Fraenkische GM 1st"]
[Site "Pulvermuehle"]
[Date "2000.01.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Hamdouchi, Hicham"]
[Black "Ibragimov, Ildar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2554"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "157"]
[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 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nxc6 Qf6 6. Qd2 dxc6 7. Nc3 Ne7
8. Na4 Bd6 9. f4 O-O 10. Qf2 Nd5 11. exd5 Re8+ 12. Be2 Bg4 13. Nc3 Bb4 14. Bd2
Bxe2 15. Nxe2 Qxb2 16. Rd1 Bxd2+ 17. Kxd2 Rad8 18. Nc3 Qb4 19. Qf3 cxd5 20. Kc1
d4 21. Nb1 Re6 22. Rd3 Rde8 23. Rhd1 c5 24. Rb3 Qa5 25. Qxb7 Re1 26. Rxe1 Qxe1+
27. Kb2 c4 28. Ra3 a5 29. Qb5 c3+ 30. Nxc3 dxc3+ 31. Rxc3 h6 32. a4 Rd8 33. g3
g6 34. Rc7 Rd1 35. Qe5 Qb4+ 36. Ka2 Qxa4+ 37. Kb2 Qb4+ 38. Ka2 Qa4+ 39. Kb2
Qa1+ 40. Kb3 Rb1+ 41. Kc4 Rb4+ 42. Kd3 Qd1+ 43. Ke3 Rb8 44. Rd7 Qxd7 45. Qxb8+
Kh7 46. c4 a4 47. Qa8 Qe7+ 48. Kd4 a3 49. c5 Qf6+ 50. Kd3 Qf5+ 51. Kd4 Qf6+ 52.
Kd3 Qb2 53. c6 a2 54. c7 a1=Q 55. Qxa1 Qxa1 56. c8=Q Qd1+ 57. Ke3 Qg1+ 58. Kf3
Qh1+ 59. Kf2 Qxh2+ 60. Kf3 Qg1 61. Qc7 Qh1+ 62. Kf2 Qd5 63. Qe7 Kg7 64. Qa7 h5
65. Qc7 Qf5 66. Kg2 Qg4 67. Qc3+ Kg8 68. Qd3 h4 69. Qd8+ Kg7 70. Qxh4 Qxh4 71.
gxh4 {[#] Die Stellung ist beliebig remis; fast .....!} Kf6 72. Kg3 Kf5 73. Kf3
f6 74. Kg3 Ke4 $4 {[%mdl 12288]} (74... g5 $11) (74... Ke6 $11) 75. Kg4 $22 f5+
(75... Kd5 76. f5 $18) 76. Kg5 Ke3 77. Kxg6 Kxf4 78. h5 Kg3 79. Kxf5 1-0

[Event "American Continental 2nd"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "2003.08.28"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Mieles Palau, Daniel"]
[Black "Burgos, Carlos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2468"]
[BlackElo "2335"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[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 Nc6 2. d4 e5 3. Nf3 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
c4 Ba6 9. b3 Qh4 10. a3 Nf4 11. Qe4 Ng6 12. Qxh4 Nxh4 13. Nd2 c5 14. Bb2 Bb7
15. f3 Be7 16. Kf2 Bg5 17. Rd1 Nf5 18. Bd3 Be3+ 19. Ke2 Bd4 20. Rb1 Bxb2 21.
Rxb2 Nd4+ 22. Kf2 O-O 23. b4 cxb4 24. axb4 f6 25. exf6 Rxf6 26. Be4 Bxe4 27.
Nxe4 Rc6 28. c5 Nb5 29. Rd1 d6 30. Rd5 h6 31. Ra2 a6 32. Ra5 Rb8 33. f4 Kf7 34.
f5 Re8 35. Kf3 Re7 36. g4 g6 37. h4 gxf5 38. gxf5 Re5 39. Rxe5 dxe5 {
Claustrophobia (Rc6). Klaustrophobie (Tc6)} 40. Kg4 Nd4 41. Ra2 Kg7 42. Rf2 a5
43. bxa5 Ra6 44. f6+ Kf7 45. Kh5 Rxa5 46. Kxh6 Ne6 47. Kh5 $2 (47. Ng5+ Nxg5
48. hxg5 $18 {is straightforward. ist simpel}) 47... Nf4+ 48. Kg4 Ra3 $2 (48...
Ke6 $8 $132 {like Ra4 wie Ta4}) 49. Kf5 1-0

[Event "NED-ch57"]
[Site "Leeuwarden"]
[Date "2002.06.26"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Van der Wiel, John"]
[Black "Jonkman, Harmen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2509"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2002.06.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Qf6 5. Nxc6 Bc5 6. Qd2 dxc6 7. Nc3 Ne7
8. Qf4 Qe6 9. Bd3 Ng6 10. Qg3 O-O 11. O-O Qe5 12. Kh1 Qxg3 13. hxg3 b5 14. f4
f6 15. a4 b4 16. Nd1 a5 17. Be3 Bd6 18. b3 Re8 19. Nb2 Nf8 20. Nc4 Ba6 21. Rfe1
Nd7 22. Rad1 Bc5 23. Nxa5 Bxd3 24. Rxd3 Rxa5 25. Rxd7 Rxe4 26. Rd3 Kf7 27. Kg1
Bxe3+ 28. Rexe3 Rxe3 29. Rxe3 Rc5 30. Re4 Rxc2 31. Rxb4 Ke6 32. Rc4 Rxc4 33.
bxc4 {[#] Thema: entfernter Freibauer, Tempospiel} c5 34. Kf2 Kd6 35. Kf3 {
Die Zeit, die Schwarz braucht um nach Nehmen der Bauern a4 und c4 auf c1 eine
Dame zu bekommen (11 Zьge!), nutzt WeiЯ, um am Kцnigsflьgel zum Erfolg zu
kommen.} (35. Ke3 Kc6 36. Kd3 Kb6 37. Kc3 Ka5 38. Kb3 $11) 35... h5 $2 (35...
Kc6 $1 36. Ke4 Kb6 37. Kd5 Ka5 38. Kxc5 (38. Ke6 Kxa4 39. Kf7 Kb4 40. Kxg7 Kxc4
41. Kxf6 Kb3 42. Kg7 c4 43. f5 c3 44. f6 c2 45. f7 c1=Q 46. f8=Q c5 $11) 38...
Kxa4 39. g4 $11) 36. g4 h4 (36... hxg4+ 37. Kxg4 g6 38. f5 $18) 37. Ke4 g6 38.
a5 c6 39. a6 Kc7 40. g5 fxg5 41. fxg5 1-0

[Event "NED-ch51"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1996.06.19"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Van der Wiel, John"]
[Black "Van der Sterren, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1996.06.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 054"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nb3 Bb6 6. a4 a6 7. Nc3 d6 8. Nd5
Ba7 9. Be3 Bxe3 10. Nxe3 Nf6 11. Bd3 O-O 12. O-O Ne5 13. f4 Nfg4 14. Nxg4 Bxg4
15. Qd2 Nxd3 16. cxd3 c5 17. a5 Be6 18. Qc3 f5 19. e5 Rc8 20. Rfe1 b5 21. exd6
b4 22. Qc2 Qxd6 23. Nxc5 Rxc5 24. Rxe6 Rxc2 25. Rxd6 {[#] Starkes schwarzes
Gegenspiel mit TT auf der 2.Reihe fьr Minusbauer. Ab Zug 47 starker w
Freibauer als Kompensation fьr Minusbauer} Re8 $1 26. Kh1 Rxb2 27. Rxa6 Ra2 28.
Rb1 Ree2 29. h3 (29. Rg1 b3 30. Rb6 b2 $19 {[%cal Ra2a1]}) 29... Rxg2 30. Rxb4
h6 31. Ra4 Rh2+ 32. Kg1 Rag2+ 33. Kf1 Rf2+ 34. Kg1 Rfg2+ 35. Kf1 Rb2 36. Kg1
Rhg2+ 37. Kh1 Rh2+ 38. Kg1 Rhd2 39. Ra1 Rg2+ 40. Kh1 Rh2+ 41. Kg1 Rbg2+ 42. Kf1
Rd2 43. Kg1 Rxh3 44. Rd6 Rg3+ 45. Kh1 Rgxd3 46. Rxd3 Rxd3 47. a6 Rd8 48. a7 Ra8
49. Ra5 g6 (49... g6 50. Kg2 Kf7 51. Kf3 Ke7 52. Ra6 $10) 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 2nd"]
[Site "Ohrid"]
[Date "2001.06.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kristjansson, Stefan"]
[Black "Bezgodov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2371"]
[BlackElo "2543"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[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 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nxc6 Qf6 6. Qd2 bxc6 7. Bd3 Ne7
8. O-O O-O 9. Nc3 Bd4 10. Rb1 Ng6 11. Ne2 Bb6 12. b3 Re8 13. Bb2 Ne5 14. Ng3 d6
15. Be2 Qh4 16. Kh1 Ng4 17. Bxg4 Qxg4 18. f3 Qg6 19. f4 f6 20. c4 a5 21. Bd4
Bxd4 22. Qxd4 Ba6 23. Rf3 c5 24. Qd3 Bb7 25. Re1 a4 26. Rfe3 axb3 27. axb3 Ra2
28. Qf1 h5 29. Qf3 h4 30. Nf5 h3 31. Qxh3 Bxe4 32. Nh4 Qh5 33. f5 Re5 34. Qg3
Bb7 35. h3 Rd2 36. Rxe5 dxe5 37. Rg1 Be4 38. Qe1 Rd4 39. Kh2 Qg5 40. Rf1 Bc6
41. Nf3 Bxf3 42. Rxf3 e4 43. Rf2 e3 44. Rf3 Rd3 45. Qf1 Rxb3 46. Qd1 Rb2 47.
Qd5+ Kh7 48. Rg3 Qh6 (48... Qf4 $142 49. Qf7 Rxg2+ 50. Kxg2 Qf2+ 51. Kh1 Qxg3
52. Qh5+ Kg8 53. Qe8+ $11) 49. Qe4 Rf2 $4 (49... e2 $1 50. Rg4 Kg8 51. Rh4 Qxh4
52. Qe8+ Kh7 53. Qg6+ $11) 50. Rg4 $1 Kg8 51. Rh4 {Aufgabe?!} (51. Rh4 Qxh4 $8
52. Qxh4 Rxf5 53. Qg4 Re5 54. Qe2 $16 {und WeiЯ steht noch vor erheblichen
technischen Problemen.}) 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 10th"]
[Site "Debrecen"]
[Date "1992.11.??"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Grosar, Aljosa"]
[Black "Hjartarson, Johann"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "Hjartarson,J"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1992.11.20"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 033"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Slovenia"]
[BlackTeam "Iceland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SLO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISL"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
c4 Nb6 9. Nd2 Bb7 10. b3 a5 $5 11. Bb2 (11. a4 $5 Qe6 12. Bb2 Bb4 13. O-O-O
O-O-O $5 {/\Rhe8,d6} (13... O-O 14. Qh5 Qg6 15. Qxg6 fxg6 16. Ne4 c5 17. Bd3
$14 {Lau,R-Smagin, Kobenhavn 1992})) 11... a4 12. f4 $5 (12. Rb1 axb3 13. axb3
Qe6 14. g3 c5 15. f3 Be7 16. Bg2 O-O 17. Ne4 d5 18. exd6 cxd6 19. O-O f5 20.
Nc3 Qxe2 21. Nxe2 $10 {Schmittdiel,E-Hjartarson,J/BL Dortmund-FC Bayern/1992/})
(12. g3 $2 axb3 13. axb3 Rxa1+ 14. Bxa1 Qa3 $1 $15) 12... axb3 13. axb3 Rxa1+
14. Bxa1 Qa3 15. Qd1 (15. Bd4 $6 Bb4 16. Kf2 c5 17. Be3 O-O $15) 15... Bb4 16.
Bd3 Qa5 (16... Qa2 $2 17. Bc2 $1 Qa5 $8 18. Ke2 O-O 19. Nf3 $16 {/\Qd3}) 17.
Bd4 $2 (17. Ke2 $1 d6 18. Nf3 Bc3 19. Bxc3 Qxc3 $10) 17... O-O 18. Be3 d6 $1 (
18... d5 $2 19. O-O $1 Bc5 $8 (19... d4 $2 20. Ne4 $1 dxe3 21. Nf6+ Kh8 $8 22.
Nxh7 Rd8 23. Qh5 Kg8 24. Ng5 Rd7 25. Qh7+ Kf8 26. Qh8+ Ke7 27. Qxg7 $18) 20.
Qe2 $14) 19. O-O (19. exd6 Re8 20. Kf2 Bc5 $17) 19... dxe5 $17 20. Rf3 $2 (20.
f5 Bxd2 $1 (20... Bc5 21. Qe2 Nd7 22. Ne4 Bxe3+ 23. Qxe3 f6 24. c5 $146) 21.
Bxd2 Qc5+ 22. Kh1 Qd4 $17) 20... f5 $1 21. fxe5 Qxe5 22. Rh3 $6 (22. Nf1 Bc5
$17) 22... g6 23. Bh6 Ra8 24. Qe2 Nd7 $1 $19 25. Nf1 Qxe2 26. Bxe2 Ra2 27. Bf3
Bc5+ 28. Be3 Bxe3+ 29. Nxe3 Ne5 30. g4 f4 31. Nf1 Bc8 32. Be4 Bxg4 33. Rc3 Re2
34. Bd3 Nf3+ 35. Kh1 Rf2 36. Rc2 Rxc2 37. Bxc2 Bh3 38. Be4 Bxf1 39. Bxf3 c5 40.
Be4 Kg7 0-1

[Event "Copenhagen Aruna"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "1997.05.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Hjartarson, Johann"]
[Black "Keitlinghaus, Ludger"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Hjartarson,J"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "1997.04.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 059"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nge7 $5 {This is continuation is Ivan
Sokolovґs idea. The main drawback behind this move is, that it is somewhat
passive and allows White to take firm control over the center, especially the
important square d5.} 5. Nc3 Nxd4 6. Qxd4 Nc6 7. Qd2 $5 $146 {A novelty,
inspired over the board. The idea is to build up a fianchetto and castle
queenside, thus creating attacking chanches on the other side.} (7. Qe3 Bb4 8.
Bc4 (8. Bd2 O-O 9. O-O-O d6 10. Qg3 Be6 11. f4 f6 (11... f5 $5) 12. Nd5 Bxd2+
13. Rxd2 Ne7 14. Bc4 (14. Ne3 $14) 14... Nxd5 15. Bxd5 {1/2-1/2 Sax
Gyula-Keitlinghaus Ludger/It (open) 1997}) 8... O-O 9. O-O d6 10. Nd5 Bc5 11.
Qg3 Kh8 12. c3 Ne5 13. Be2 c6 14. b4 Bxf2+ 15. Rxf2 cxd5 16. exd5 a5 $1 $13 {
Oll,L-Tkachiev,V/Moscow PCA-Intel qual 1995/1-0 (54)}) (7. Qd3 Bc5 8. Qg3 O-O
9. Bg5 f6 10. Bh6 Qe7 11. O-O-O d6 12. Bc4+ Kh8 13. Nd5 Qd7 14. Be3 Bxe3+ 15.
Qxe3 $14 {0-1 Van Den Doel,E-Sokolov,Ivan/Nederland/ch-t/1995/96 (37)}) 7...
Bb4 $6 (7... Bc5 $5 8. b3 O-O 9. Bb2 Qf6 10. f4 $14) 8. a3 Ba5 9. b4 $1 Bb6 10.
Nd5 (10. Bb2 Qf6 $5 $13) 10... O-O 11. Bb2 Re8 12. O-O-O $1 d6 (12... Rxe4 $2
13. Bd3 Re8 (13... Re6 14. Bf5 Re8 15. Bf6 $1 $18) 14. Bf6 $1 gxf6 15. Qh6 $18)
13. f3 Be6 14. Kb1 $16 {Whiteґs play in the opening has been very successful.
He controls more space than the opponent but the main advantage is, that Black
has no constructive plan in this position, because White has no weaknesses.
White on the other hand, is in no shortage of good ideas, like advancing on
the kingside. Black decides to exchange the powerful knight on d5, but this
does not solve his problems.} Bxd5 15. Qxd5 a5 16. b5 Ne7 17. Qd2 Ng6 18. h4
Ne5 19. h5 h6 20. Rh3 Kf8 21. g4 $6 d5 $1 {This is an excellent defensive idea
in a very difficult position. Black sacrifices a pawn to gain more space and
open lines for counterattack, in order to prevent White from slowly andvancing
on the kingside as he has been doing up to this point, seemingly regardless of
the existence of his opponent. White should have prevented this with 21.Qd5!}
22. exd5 {Avery difficult decision. White had to choose from 2 fundamentally
different lines in this position.} (22. Qxd5 Qe7 (22... Qxd5 23. Rxd5 f6 24.
Be2 $16) 23. Bd3 c6 24. Qxe5 Qxe5 25. Bxe5 Rxe5 $14 {In principle, the
opposite coloured bishops give Black good drawing chances in any endgame that
can arise after the pawn sacrifice. This is due to the good prospects he has
of blockading Whiteґs pawns on the kingside.}) 22... f6 23. Qg2 Qd7 24. Be2 Be3
$1 {Now it has become clear, that Whiteґs advance on the kingside has been
halted, at least for a while.} 25. a4 Kg8 26. Ba3 Rad8 27. Qf1 b6 28. Rh1 Kh8
29. Qe1 Nf7 30. Qc3 Bc5 $6 (30... Bf4 $1 $11) 31. Bxc5 Rxe2 32. Ba3 $14 Rde8
33. Rhf1 Nd6 34. Rd3 Rg2 $2 (34... R8e5 $14) 35. Re1 Rxe1+ 36. Qxe1 Nc4 37. Qe6
$1 $16 Qxe6 38. dxe6 Re2 (38... Nxa3+ 39. Rxa3 Re2 40. Rc3 Rxe6 41. Rxc7 Re3
42. Rc6 Rxf3 43. Rxb6 Rf4 44. Rc6 Rxa4 45. c4 $18) 39. Rd8+ Kh7 40. Bf8 Rxe6
41. Rd7 Kg8 42. Rxc7 Ne5 43. Rc8 $2 {A nervous decision that lets the
advantage slip away, yet it was played after a very long thinking.} (43. Bxg7
$1 Nf7 44. g5 $1 {I totally overlooked this. I could not quite figure out the
consequences of either} (44. Rxf7 Kxf7 45. Bxh6 Re1+ 46. Kb2 Rf1 47. Be3 Rxf3
48. Bxb6 Rf4 49. Bxa5 Rxa4 50. Bd2 Ke6 {and even though White is much better,
it is not clear if he can win, or}) (44. Bxh6 Nxh6 45. Rc6 Kf7 46. Rxe6 Kxe6
47. c4 {, also unclear.}) 44... hxg5 (44... fxg5 45. Bd4 $18) (44... Kxg7 45.
g6 $18) 45. h6 $18 {This is still a rather familiar psychological situation.
If one becomes engulfed in a very deep analysis of a certain line in a
particular position, it can easily happen that this has the result that one
overlooks a rather obvious idea in another line, even in the initial position
of the analysis.}) 43... Nxf3 44. Ba3+ Kh7 45. Rc6 Re4 46. Rxb6 Rxa4 47. Bb2
Rxg4 48. Bc3 Ne5 $2 {The N has been doing a very good job of creating
disharmony in the opponents camp and should have been kept on the board.} (
48... Rg5 $1 49. Rb7 $13) 49. Bxe5 fxe5 50. c3 Rg5 51. Re6 $1 $16 {It is
typical for rook endgames where one or both sides have connected passed pawns,
that the number of pawns on each side is of little signficance. It is the fact,
how far advanced they are and the prospects of blockading them that is of much
more importance. In this case it it White who has clearly the upper hand,
despite the material deficit, because it is clear that Blackґs King can not be
put to any use and his pawns are not causing any danger.} Rxh5 (51... e4 52. c4
Rxh5 53. b6 {see game}) 52. b6 e4 53. c4 Rc5 $6 (53... Rh3 54. Ka2 a4 55. c5
Rb3 56. Rxe4 Rb5 57. Rc4 $18) (53... Rh1+ 54. Kb2 Rh2+ 55. Ka3 Rh1 56. c5 $16)
54. b7 $18 Rxc4 55. Rb6 1-0

[Event "Bugojno"]
[Site "Bugojno"]
[Date "1984.06.06"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Timman, Jan H"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1984.05.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 027"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nf5 {Dieses Abspiel wird in der
Partie lehrreich beleuchtet.} g6 (5... d5 6. Nxg7+ Kf8 7. Nh5 Qh4 8. Ng3 Nf6 9.
Be2 Nxe4 10. O-O Be6 11. Nxe4 dxe4 12. Be3 Bd6 13. g3 Rg8 14. Nc3 {^D} Bxg3 {
Hьbner Dieser Zug wird von Timman nicht erwдhnt.} 15. fxg3 (15. Bh6+ Ke8 {
Dies verspricht WeiЯ auch nicht mehr als Remis}) (15. Bc5+ $2 Bd6+) 15... Rxg3+
$10 16. Kh1 $2 Rxe3) 6. Ne3 Nf6 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Bd3 Re8 9. O-O Ne5 10. Kh1 d6 11.
Be2 Nc6 12. f3 Nd4 13. Bc4 a5 14. Ng4 {^D} Be6 (14... Nxg4 15. fxg4 Ne6 (15...
Be6 16. Nd5 Bxd5 (16... Kh8 17. b3 $18) 17. Bxd5 {Der Angriff auf b7 und f7
gewinnt bei ausgezeichneter Stellung einen Bauern. Timman}) 16. Bh6 $1 {
/\ 17.Qf3, 17.Nd5 Timman} (16. Nd5 Bd4 $1 17. Nxc7 Qxc7 18. Bxe6 fxe6 19. Qxd4
e5 {Schwarz kann sich noch wehren.}) (16. Qf3 $1 {M.Trauth} Rf8 (16... Qd7 17.
Nd5 Bd4 18. c3 {/\ 19.Bh6 +-}) 17. Bh6 Ng7 18. Bxf7+ Kh8 19. Qh3 {/\ 20.Bg6 +-}
) 16... c6 {Hьbner} 17. Qf3 Qe7 18. e5 d5 19. Bxd5 Bd4 {Die schwarze Stellung
ist nicht rosig, aber auch nicht hoffnungslos, wдhrend das Damenopfer wohl
letzten Endes inkorrekt war. Hьbner}) 15. Bg5 Nxg4 16. Bxd8 Ne3 17. Qc1 Bxc4
18. Qxe3 Nxc2 19. Qd2 Nxa1 20. Bf6 Re6 21. Rxa1 Rxf6 22. b3 Be6 23. Na4 Ba3 24.
Qc3 Rf4 25. g3 Bb4 26. Qd3 Rf6 27. a3 b5 28. axb4 axb4 29. Kg2 bxa4 30. Qd4
Bxb3 31. Qxf6 a3 32. Qd4 c5 33. Qxd6 Rc8 34. Qd2 Be6 35. f4 h6 36. g4 Bxg4 37.
f5 Re8 38. Qxh6 gxf5 39. h3 1-0

[Event "Horgen CS"]
[Site "Horgen"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "Jussupow,A"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[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 {Blatny,P Ftacnik Kasparov Short} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5.
Nxc6 Qf6 6. Qd2 dxc6 7. Nc3 Be6 8. Na4 $5 Rd8 (8... Bd6 {!?-Short/?!-Ftacnik}
9. Bd3 (9. f4 $140 Nh6 {Short} 10. e5 Bxe5 11. fxe5 Qh4+) 9... O-O-O 10. Qa5
$36 {Ftacnik}) 9. Bd3 (9. Qe2 $4 Bxf2+ 10. Qxf2 Rd1+ 11. Ke2 Bg4+ 12. Ke3 Qd4+
$19) (9. Qf4 $2 Bxf2+ 10. Kxf2 Qd4+ $19 {Blatny}) 9... Bd4 (9... Qd4 $6 10.
Nxc5 Qxc5 11. Qg5 Qxg5 12. Bxg5 f6 13. Bf4 Rd7 14. O-O-O $16 {Van der Wiel,
J-Ye Rongguan/Amsterdam op/1994}) 10. O-O (10. c3 Bxf2+ 11. Qxf2 Rxd3 (11...
Qxf2+ $6 12. Kxf2 Rxd3 13. Nc5 Rd8 14. Nxb7 Rb8 15. Nc5 Ne7 {Ftacnik} 16. b3
$16 {/\Ba3,Ne6}) 12. Qxf6 Nxf6 13. Nc5 Rd8 14. Nxb7 {Short} Rb8 $10 {Ftacnik}
15. Nc5 Nd7 $10) 10... a6 (10... Ne7 $6 11. c3 (11. Kh1 Qh4 12. f4 f5 {Ftacnik}
) 11... b5 (11... Bb6 12. Qe2 $16 {Kasparov}) (11... O-O $6 12. Qe2 $16 (12.
cxd4 $140 Qxd4 13. Qc2 Qxd3 14. Qxd3 Rxd3 15. Nc5 Rd4 16. Nxb7 Rxe4) (12. Qc2
$16)) (11... a6 $6 12. cxd4 (12. Qe2 Ba7 13. Be3 Bxe3 14. Qxe3 b6 {Ftacnik} 15.
f4 $40) 12... Qxd4 13. Qc2 Qxd3 14. Qxd3 Rxd3 15. Nc5 Rd4 (15... Rd8 16. Nxb7 {
Ftacnik}) 16. Be3 (16. Nxb7 Rxe4 17. Nc5 Re5 $13) 16... Rb4 17. b3 Bc8 18. f3
b6 19. Nd3 Rb5 20. Bf4 $36) (11... Be5 $2 12. f4 Bd4+ (12... Bc4 $4 13. fxe5
Qxf1+ 14. Bxf1 Rxd2 15. Bxd2 $18) 13. Kh1 $16 {+/= Ftacnik}) 12. cxd4 Qxd4 13.
Qc2 (13. Qa5 Qxa4 14. Qxa4 bxa4 {-13.Qc2}) 13... Qxa4 (13... bxa4 14. Be2 $16 {
Kasparov} (14. Rd1 $2 Bg4 $1 {Ftacnik}) 14... f5 $6 15. Bg5 Qxe4 16. Qc5 $1 $40
{Ftacnik}) (13... Qxd3 14. Qxd3 Rxd3 15. Nc5 Rd8 16. Bf4 $16 {Kasparov} Bc4 17.
Rfd1 $36 {Ftacnik}) 14. Qxa4 bxa4 15. Bc2 Bc4 (15... Rd4 $6 16. b3 $5 $16 (16.
Be3 Rc4 17. Rfc1 a6 18. b3 $14 {Ftacnik})) 16. Rd1 $1 (16. Re1 $6 Bb5 17. Be3
Nc8 18. Bc5 Nb6 19. Rad1 Rxd1 20. Rxd1 $14 {Kasparov-Short/London/PCA wcm/11/
1993} Nd7 $5 21. Bxa7 Nb6 22. Bb8 Na8 23. Ba7 {1/2-1/2/Golubev,M-Onischuk,A/
Alushta/2/1994}) 16... Bb5 (16... Rxd1+ 17. Bxd1 Bb5 18. Bf4 f5 (18... Kd8 19.
Bg4 $16 {Ftacnik}) 19. exf5 Nxf5 20. Bxc7 $16 {Kasparov}) 17. Be3 $5 (17. Bf4
Rd7 $14 {Ftacnik}) 17... Nc8 18. Rxd8+ Kxd8 19. Rd1+ $16) (10... Nh6 $5 11. c3
Ng4 12. cxd4 Qxd4 13. Qc2 Qxd3 14. Qxd3 Rxd3 15. Nc5 Rd4 {Ochoa de
Echaguen-Sharif,Me/Barcelona/1993} 16. f3 $1 Nf6 (16... Bc4 $5 17. Re1 (17.
fxg4 Bxf1 18. Be3 (18. Kxf1 b6 $13) 18... Rb4) 17... Ne5 (17... b6 18. Nb3 (18.
fxg4 bxc5 19. Be3 Rxe4 $14) 18... Bxb3 19. axb3 Nf6 (19... Ne5 $5) 20. Rxa7 Kd7
21. Be3 $16) 18. Nxb7 $16 (18. Be3)) 17. Nxb7 $16) (10... h6 $5 {Kasparov}) (
10... b5 11. Nc3 Ne7 12. Kh1 Qh4 13. Ne2 Bb6 14. a4 a6 15. Qf4 Qxf4 16. Nxf4 (
16. Bxf4 Kd7 $5) 16... Bc8 17. Be2 O-O 18. Nd3 f5 19. e5 Nd5 20. Bg5 Rde8 21.
Bh5 $14 {Chandler,M-Khalifman,A/Bundesliga/1993}) 11. Qa5 $5 $146 (11. Qb4 $6
b5 (11... Nh6 12. Qxb7 Ng4 $40 {Blatny}) 12. Nc5 a5 13. Qa3 Qe7 14. Nxe6 Qxa3
15. bxa3 fxe6 16. Rb1 Nf6 $36) (11. Kh1 c5 $5 {Blatny}) (11. Nc3 c5 $5 (11...
Ne7 12. Ne2 Bb6 (12... Bxb2 $6 13. Bxb2 Qxb2 14. Rab1 Qxa2 15. Rxb7 (15. Qc3 $5
O-O (15... Rxd3 {Ftacnik} 16. Qxd3 $16) 16. Qb4 {/\Ra1} (16. Ra1 $140 Rxd3))
15... O-O 16. Rxc7 Rfe8 $6 17. Qb4 a5 18. Qc5 Bd7 19. Nc3 Qe6 20. Ra1 $16 {
Ftacnik}) 13. Qf4 Ng6 {?-Kasparov/!-Short} (13... Qxf4 $142 14. Nxf4 Bc8 $14 {
Kasparov}) 14. Qxf6 (14. Qg3 h5 $1 15. Bg5 h4 16. Bxf6 hxg3 17. Bxd8 Bxf2+ 18.
Rxf2 gxf2+ 19. Kxf2 Kxd8 20. h3 c5 $10 {Short}) 14... gxf6 15. Ng3 (15. Bh6 Rg8
{Short}) (15. b3 {Speelman} Ne5 16. Bb2 Rg8 17. Nf4 Bd4 $10 {Short}) 15... h5
16. Be2 h4 17. Nf5 Bxf5 (17... O-O 18. Be3 (18. Bh6 Rfe8) 18... Bxe3 19. Nxe3
Rd4 $10 {Short} 20. f3 Nf4 21. Rfe1 $5 Rd2 22. Bf1 (22. Kf1 Rfd8 23. a3 $14 {
/\Rad1,g3}) 22... Rfd8 23. a3 $14 {/\Rad1}) 18. exf5 Ne5 19. Rd1 $5 (19. Re1
Kf8 {Kasparov,G-Short;N (17)/PCA-Wch London/1993} 20. Rd1 $142 (20. a4 a5 21.
Ra3 Rd4 22. Be3 Rb4 {Short}) 20... Rxd1+ 21. Bxd1 Kg7 22. Be2 Rd8 23. Kf1 Rd4
24. Be3 Re4 25. Bxb6 cxb6 26. Rd1 Rf4 27. g3 hxg3 28. hxg3 Rxf5 29. f4 $16 {
Kasparov/"The official book of the match"/}) 19... Rxd1+ 20. Bxd1 Ke7 21. Be2
Rd8 (21... Rg8 22. h3 Rd8 23. Kf1 $14) 22. Kf1 Bd4 $5 $14 (22... Rd4 23. Bh6
$16 {Kasparov})) 12. Nd5 (12. Kh1 c4 13. Be2 Ne7 $36 {Blatny}) 12... Bxd5 13.
exd5 Ne7 (13... Rxd5 $4 14. c3 Be5 15. Bb5+ axb5 16. Qxd5 $18 {Blatny}) 14. Re1
(14. c3 Be5 15. Re1 $13 {Blatny} Rxd5 16. Qe2 Bd6) 14... Rxd5 (14... O-O 15. c3
Be5 16. Qe2 $16) 15. Be4 (15. c3 $4 Bxf2+) 15... Bxb2 16. Bxd5 (16. Bxb2 Rxd2
17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. Bxb7 Rd6 $5 $44 (18... a5 $5) (18... Rxc2 $6 19. Bxa6 $16 {
Blatny})) 16... Bxa1 17. Bxb7 O-O (17... Bc3 $4 18. Bc6+ $18) 18. Qe2 Nc6 $10 {
Golubev,M-Onischuk,A/Alushta4/1994}) 11... b5 (11... b6 $5 12. Qh5 $13) (11...
Rd7 {Ftacnik} 12. Nc5 Bxc5 13. Qxc5 $14) (11... Qe5 {Ftacnik} 12. Qxe5 Bxe5 13.
Nc5 Bc8 14. Nb3 g6 15. f4 Bg7 $14) (11... Qe7 $5 {Blatny,P}) 12. Nc3 Bb6 13.
Qxa6 Nh6 14. Be3 $1 (14. Bxh6 {Ftacnik} gxh6 15. Rad1 (15. a4 $6 {Blatny,P} Rg8
16. e5 (16. a5 $4 Qf3 17. g3 Bh3 {/\Qg2#}) (16. Kh1 $2 Bh3 $1 $19) 16... Qf3
17. Be4 Rxg2+ 18. Kh1 Rxh2+ $1 19. Kxh2 Qh3+ 20. Kg1 Ke7 $1 21. Bxh7 $8 Qg3+
22. Kh1 Qh4+ 23. Kg1 Bh3 $19) (15. Kh1 Rg8 $40) 15... Rg8 $132) 14... Bc8 15.
Qa3 Bxe3 16. fxe3 Qe5 $2 (16... Qg5 $142 $5 17. Qa7 (17. e5 Qxe3+ (17... Ng4
18. Ne4 Qxe5 $13) 18. Kh1 Ng4 19. Ne4 $13) (17. Be2 Qxe3+ 18. Kh1 f6) 17... Qe5
18. Be2 O-O $44) (16... Qe7 {Ftacnik} 17. Qxe7+ Kxe7 18. h3 f6 19. b4 Nf7 20.
a4 bxa4 21. Nxa4 Ne5 22. Rfd1 Be6 23. Nc5 $16) 17. Be2 $1 $16 {פh6,Ke8} Rd6 (
17... Ng4 18. Bxg4 Bxg4 19. Qb4 $16 {/\a4} (19. Rf4 {Ftacnik} Bc8 20. Raf1 f6
$14)) (17... f6 18. Qb4 Kf7 19. a4 $16) 18. Rad1 O-O (18... f6 $5 {Ftacnik} 19.
Rxd6 Qxd6 20. Qxd6 cxd6 $14) 19. Rxd6 cxd6 20. Rd1 c5 (20... Rd8 $142 21. Qa5
Qe7 (21... Re8 {Ftacnik} 22. Qb6 $16) (21... Qg5 $1 {Blatny,P} 22. Qb6 Bg4 $14
{/\<=>}) 22. a4 $16 (22. e5 d5)) (20... Ng4 $2 21. Bxg4 Bxg4 22. Qxd6 Qg5 23.
Qg3 $18) 21. Nxb5 Bg4 (21... Qxe4 {Ftacnik} 22. Qd3 $16 Qxd3 {Blatny,P} 23.
Rxd3 Bf5 24. Rxd6 Bxc2 25. Rc6 $18 {_|_}) 22. Qd3 Qxb2 23. a4 Qb4 (23... Bxe2
$142 24. Qxe2 Qb4) 24. Bf3 $1 {פh6} Qxa4 25. Nxd6 Qb4 26. h3 Be6 (26... Bxf3 {
Ftacnik} 27. gxf3 $16) 27. e5 Qh4 (27... Kh8 $5 {/\Ng8-e7}) 28. Qe4 Qe7 29. Rb1
$18 f5 $138 (29... f6 $5 30. Rb7 $40) 30. Qc6 Kh8 31. Qxc5 Rc8 (31... Qg5 {
Blatny,P} 32. c4 $18 {_|_}) 32. Qxc8+ $1 Bxc8 33. Rb8 Ng8 34. Rxc8 Qa7 (34...
h5 35. Bd5 Qxe5 36. Nf7+ $18) (34... Qe6 {Ftacnik} 35. c4 $18) 35. Kh2 (35. Bd5
$4 {Blatny,P} Qxe3+ 36. Kf1 (36. Kh1 $4 Qe1+ 37. Kh2 Qxe5+ $19) 36... Qf4+ 37.
Bf3 $8 g5 $36) 35... Qe7 (35... Qxe3 36. Nf7#) (35... h5 36. Bd5 Qxe3 37. Rxg8+
Kh7 38. Rxg7+ Kh8 39. Rg3 $1 Qf4 40. Bg8 h4 41. Nf7#) (35... h6 {Blatny,P} 36.
Bd5) 36. Re8 (36. Re8 {Ftacnik} Qc7 37. Bd5 $18) 1-0

[Event "Baden-Baden International"]
[Site "Baden-Baden"]
[Date "1925.04.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Mieses, Jacques"]
[Black "Rubinstein, Akiba"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[Annotator "Kmoch,Hans"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1925.04.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Kmoch: Rubinstein gewinnt! S.106} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5
5. Be3 Bb6 6. Bc4 Nge7 7. Nxc6 $2 {WeiЯ sollte seine Entwicklung ruhig
fortsetzen.} bxc6 8. Qf3 d5 9. exd5 cxd5 10. Bxb6 axb6 11. O-O O-O 12. Nc3 c6
13. Bd3 Ng6 14. Rfe1 f5 $1 {[%mdl 128]} 15. Ne2 Qf6 $1 16. Nf4 (16. c3 $5 Ne5
17. Qh3 Nxd3 18. Qxd3 f4 $36) 16... Nxf4 17. Qxf4 Qxb2 18. Qc7 {[#]} Qc3 $1 19.
Qxb6 {Turm auf die 2.Reihe} Rxa2 $1 20. Rab1 f4 21. Re7 Ra1 22. Rc7 f3 $1 {
Denn es drohte nichts.} 23. Ra7 Rxb1+ 24. Qxb1 fxg2 25. Re7 c5 26. Qd1 {
Droht Qh5. Es folgt jedoch eine Ьberraschung.} Qf6 $1 27. Bxh7+ (27. Qe2 c4 $1
$19) (27. Qe1 c4 $1 $19) 27... Kxh7 28. Qh5+ Qh6 29. Qxd5 Qc1+ 30. Kxg2 Rf5 31.
Qe4 Qg5+ 32. Kh1 Qg6 33. f3 Rg5 34. Qh4+ Rh5 35. Qf2 Be6 36. Qf1 Bd5 37. c4 Qc2
38. Re2 Bxc4 0-1

[Event "EU-Cup 24th"]
[Site "Kallithea"]
[Date "2008.10.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Najer, Evgeniy"]
[Black "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2682"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 127"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Saransk"]
[BlackTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

{Arkadij Naiditsch holte fьr Baden-Baden 5,5 aus 7 und spielte dabei eine
unterhaltsame Partie. Angesichts des schцnen schwarzen Sieges ьbersieht man
leicht, dass der WeiЯe vielleicht eine bedeutsame Neuerung gebracht hat.} 1. e4
e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. c3 Nge7 7. Bc4 Ne5 8. Be2
Qg6 9. O-O d6 10. f3 O-O 11. Kh1 d5 12. f4 $5 {Bisher erst einmal von
Movsesian gespielt.} ({Ьblich ist} 12. Nd2 dxe4 13. fxe4 Bg4 {und Schwarz kann
zufrieden sein.}) 12... Qxe4 (12... Ng4 13. Bg1 Bxd4 14. f5 Qg5 15. Bxd4 Ne3
16. Bxe3 Qxe3 $13) 13. b4 $5 {Neuerung!} (13. Bg1 Nc4 14. Bf3 Qg6 15. Qe2 c6
16. a4 {1/2-1/2 Movsesian,S (2661)-Hracek,Z (2602)/Czechia 2001/EXT 2002})
13... Bb6 (13... Bxd4 14. Bxd4 {- 13...Bb6 14.Bg1 Bxd4}) 14. Bg1 Bh3 $6 {
Das lдuft auf ein Figurenopfer hinaus.} ({Nun nicht} 14... Nc4 $2 {, denn nach}
15. Bxc4 dxc4 16. Re1 {geht der Ne7 verloren - daher der Zwischenzug 13.b4.}) (
{Auch} 14... Bxd4 {ist nicht ohne Risiko, aber notwendig:} 15. cxd4 (15. Bxd4
N5c6 (15... Nd7 $5) 16. Bd3 Qe6 17. f5 Qh6 18. f6 {behagte Naiditsch
vielleicht nicht, aber die Bewertung dieser Stellung ist vцllig unklar.} Ng6
$13) 15... N5c6 16. b5 Na5 17. Bd3 Qe6 18. Qc2 $13 {[%cal Rc2c7,Rd3h7]}) 15.
Rf2 Bxd4 16. cxd4 Ng4 17. Rf3 $1 ({Nach} 17. Bxg4 Bxg4 18. Qxg4 Qxd4 {wьrde
Schwarz die Figur zurьckgewinnen und behielte zwei Mehrbauern.}) 17... Bxg2+ {
Kein Opfer, sondern Notwendigkeit.} 18. Kxg2 Nf5 {Es droht eine Gabel auf e3.}
19. Qd2 $4 ({Nach} 19. Kh1 $1 {und z.B.} Rfe8 20. Bd3 Qe6 21. Nc3 {gibt es am
weiЯen Vorteil keinen Zweifel, aber die technische Realisierung wдre wegen der
schlechten Bauernstruktur nicht einfach.}) 19... Nh4+ $1 20. Kg3 Qg6 $1 21.
Kxh4 {Der Kцnig hat keine Wahl.} Nf6 $1 22. Re3 (22. Rg3 $2 Qh6+ 23. Bh5 Qxh5#)
(22. Rh3 $5 Ne4 23. Qc1 Qh6+ 24. Bh5 g6 25. Kg4 gxh5+ 26. Kf3 Qg6 27. Rh4 Nd6
28. f5 Nxf5 29. Rf4 Rae8 30. Bf2 Kh8 31. Qg1 Qf6 $17 {/-+}) 22... Qxg1 {
WeiЯ hat nun einfach nicht genug Zeit, um die restlichen Krдfte am Damenflьgel
zu entwickeln.} 23. Bf3 Rae8 24. Re5 Ne4 25. Bxe4 Rxe5 26. dxe5 dxe4 27. a4 e3
28. Qe2 Re8 {[%cal Re8e6]} 0-1

[Event "World Women-ch"]
[Site "Jaen"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Polgar, Zsuzsa"]
[Black "Xie, Jun"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1996.01.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "16"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 052"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Ftacnik Blatny,P} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 {Mit diesem Zug entschied Zsuzsa
das Match.} exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nxc6 Qf6 6. Qd2 dxc6 7. Nc3 (7. Bd3 Be6 8. Nc3
(8. O-O O-O-O 9. Qe2 h5 10. e5 Qe7 11. Nd2 Nh6 $10 {Ehlvest,J-Fernandez Garcia,
J/Pamplona (02) ;EXP 30 1991/0-1 (49)}) 8... O-O-O 9. Qf4 Qxf4 10. Bxf4 Ne7 11.
Bd2 Bd4 $10 {Gyimesi,Z-Lukacs,P/Budapest FS MarGM (04) ;EXP 42 1994/1/2-1/2 
(55)}) (7. Bc4 Ne7 8. O-O O-O 9. Qg5 Qxg5 10. Bxg5 Ng6 $10 {0-1 Oral,T-Manafi,
R/WchJM U16 Duisburg (01) ;TD 92\06 1992}) 7... Be6 8. Na4 Bd6 {Weicht von
bekanntem Terrain und der 5. Partie ab, in der WeiЯ nach 8...Rd8 9.Bd3 Bd4 10.
c3 b5?! in Vorteil kam.} (8... Rd8 {-> 3rd, 5th game}) 9. Qe3 $5 {Das
ungarische Team hat die Hausaufgaben viel besser gemacht. Obwohl mit der
Nebenvariante 8...Bd6 nicht unbedingt zu rechnen war, hat Zsuzsa eine Neuerung
parat. Der Witz: Das geplante 9...0-0-0 ist wegen 10.Q:a7 verhindert.} Nh6 $5 (
9... Ne7 10. f4 Ng6 11. g3 {/\12.e5;12.f5}) 10. h3 {Eine harmonische
Aufstellung erreicht WeiЯ, wenn noch f2-f4 geschafft wird, doch im Moment muЯ
vor allem die Entwicklung beendet werden. Schwarz hingegen muЯ schnell zu
f7-f5 kommen, um die Aufstellung des Nh6 zu rechtfertigen.} O-O 11. Be2 (11. g4
$5 {Polgar,Z}) 11... Rfe8 (11... Qg6 12. g4 $1 (12. O-O f5) (12. Bd2 b5 13. Nc3
b4 14. Na4 f5 $13)) 12. Nc3 Qe5 $2 {Jetzt bekommt WeiЯ die oben erwдhnte
Aufstellung gewissermaЯen geschenkt. Nach} (12... Qg6 $1 {will mir fьr WeiЯ
nichts rechtes einfallen.} 13. Qg5 (13. g4 $6 Bd5 14. f3 f5 15. gxf5 Nxf5 16.
exf5 Qxf5 17. Ne4 Bxe4 18. fxe4 Rxe4 {sieht fьr WeiЯ recht bцse aus.}) (13. f4
$6 Qxg2 14. Rg1 Qh2 (14... Qxh3 $5 15. Qxh3 Bxh3 16. f5 Bh2) 15. f5 Bxf5 $19) (
13. O-O f5 {/\ f4}) 13... f5 $13) (12... Be5 13. Bd2 Rad8 14. O-O Bd4 15. Qg3
Be5 16. Bg5 Bxg3 17. Bxf6 Bxf2+ 18. Rxf2 gxf6 19. Rxf6 Kg7 20. Raf1 $10) 13. f4
$1 Qa5 14. Bd2 Bb4 $6 (14... Bc5 $5 15. Qf3 f5 16. Nd5 $5 Qa4 (16... fxe4 17.
Nf6+ $1 gxf6 18. Qg3+ Ng4 19. Bxg4 $18) 17. Nxc7 fxe4 18. Qh5 $1 Bd4 19. Nxa8 (
19. Nxe8 e3 $13) 19... Rxa8 20. c3 $16) 15. a3 {[#]} Nf5 $2 (15... Rad8 16. Rd1
$16) (15... Rad8 $5) 16. exf5 Bc4 17. Qd4 (17. Ne4 Bxd2+ 18. Qxd2 Qxd2+ 19.
Kxd2 Rxe4 $10) (17. Bxc4 {Ftacnik} Rxe3+ 18. Bxe3 Bxc3+ $19) 17... Bxc3 (17...
Bxe2 18. Qxb4 $18) 18. Bxc3 Rxe2+ 19. Kf1 $1 {Das kann man schon mal ьbersehen:
Wegen der dreifachen Drohung Qg7#, Q:c4 und B:a5 besteht fьr Schwarz keine
Mцglichkeit, den Abzug zu verwerten.} (19. Kd1 $2 Qd5) 19... Qxc3 (19... Re4+
20. Qxc4 Qxf5 21. Qd3 Rxf4+ 22. Kg1 $18) 20. bxc3 (20. Qxc3 Rxc2+ (20... Rxc2+
{Ftacnik} 21. Kg1 Rxc3 22. bxc3 Re8 $14)) 20... Re4+ 21. Kf2 Rxd4 22. cxd4 {
Die Partie ist vorьber: eine glatte Qualitдt im Endspiel kann nicht
kompensiert werden.} Rd8 23. Rhe1 Kf8 24. Re4 (24. c3 Rd6) 24... g6 25. f6 (25.
fxg6 hxg6 26. c3 {Ph3->}) 25... Rd6 26. Re7 Rxf6 27. Rxc7 Rxf4+ 28. Ke3 Rf6 29.
Rxb7 a6 30. Re1 Bf1 31. g4 g5 32. Rb6 Bg2 (32... Bxh3 33. d5 $18) 33. Rg1 Bd5
34. Rg3 Bc4 35. d5 Bxd5 36. Rxa6 Kg7 37. Ra7 Rf4 38. a4 Kf6 39. Kd2 Rf2+ 40.
Kc1 Ke5 41. a5 Kd4 42. Kb2 Kc4 43. Rb7 c5 44. Rb6 1-0

[Event "POL Supercup"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2001.06.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Macieja, Bartlomiej"]
[Black "Staniszewski, Piotr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2608"]
[BlackElo "2448"]
[Annotator "Konikowski,J"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2001.06.23"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nxc6 Qf6 6. Qd2 dxc6 7. Nc3 Ne7
8. Na4 Bd6 9. f4 Qe6 (9... O-O 10. Qf2 Qe6 11. Bd3 f5 12. e5 Nd5 13. O-O Be7
14. Nc5 Qf7 15. a3 Bxc5 16. Qxc5 Be6 17. Rd1 Rfd8 18. Be2 Qe8 19. c4 b6 20. Qf2
Ne7 21. Be3 a5 22. Rxd8 Rxd8 23. b4 $16 {Macieja,B-Grabarczyk,M/Warsaw 2001/})
10. Qd4 $146 {[%mdl 8]} (10. Qe3 f5 11. e5 Nd5 12. Qd4 Be7 13. Be2 O-O 14. a3
Rd8 15. Qf2 Qf7 16. O-O Qf8 17. c4 Nb6 18. Nxb6 axb6 19. a4 Be6 20. Be3 Bc5 21.
b3 Rd2 22. Rfd1 $14 {Balinov,I-Anic,D/Makarska 1997/}) 10... Nf5 11. Qd3 c5 12.
Nc3 O-O 13. g3 (13. Be2 Nd4 $11) 13... Re8 (13... Rd8 $5) 14. Bd2 Nd4 15. Bg2 (
15. O-O-O b6 $13) 15... Bd7 16. O-O Bc6 {[%cal Rc6e4,Re6e4,Re8e4,Gc3e4,Gd3e4,
Gg2e4]} 17. Rae1 Rad8 18. Nd5 f6 19. c3 Bb5 20. c4 Bc6 $2 (20... Ba6 $5 21. e5
fxe5 22. fxe5 Bxe5 23. Nxc7 Qxc4 24. Qxc4+ Bxc4 25. Nxe8 Ne2+ 26. Kh1 Rxd2 $13)
21. Bc3 Qd7 22. b4 Bxd5 (22... b6 23. bxc5 bxc5 24. Bxd4 cxd4 25. Qxd4 $16) 23.
cxd5 (23. exd5 $142 $1) 23... Qb5 24. Qd2 Qc4 25. Ba1 Qc2 26. Rf2 Qxd2 27. Rxd2
b6 (27... Nb5 28. a4 Na3 29. b5 $16) 28. h4 (28. Rc1 $5) 28... a5 (28... c6 29.
Red1 cxd5 30. Bxd4 cxd4 31. Rxd4 $16) 29. bxc5 bxc5 30. Bc3 (30. Rc1 $5) 30...
Nb5 31. Ba1 c4 (31... Nd4 $5) 32. Rc2 Bb4 {[%cal Yc4c3]} 33. Rd1 c3 34. Rcc1
Nd6 35. Bxc3 Nxe4 36. Bxb4 axb4 37. Rxc7 (37. Bxe4 $5 Rxe4 38. Rxc7 Re2 39. Ra7
$18) 37... Nc3 {[%cal Rc3d5,Rd8d5,Gd1d5,Gg2d5]} (37... Nxg3 $5) 38. Rd2 Re1+
39. Kf2 (39. Kh2 $5 Ra1 40. Bh3 Rxa2 41. Be6+ Kf8 42. Rxa2 Nxa2 43. Rf7+ Ke8
44. Rxg7 $18) 39... Ra1 40. d6 Rxa2 $4 (40... Kf8 $142 $16) 41. Rxa2 $18 Nxa2
42. Bd5+ Kf8 43. Bxa2 Rxd6 44. Bc4 (44. Ke2 $5) 44... Rd2+ 45. Ke3 Rc2 46. Kd4
b3 47. Rf7+ Kg8 (47... Ke8 48. Rxg7 b2 49. Rb7 $18) 48. Rb7+ (48. Bxb3 $142)
48... Kf8 49. Bxb3 Rb2 50. Kc3 (50. Kc5) 50... Rb1 (50... Rg2 51. Rf7+ Ke8 (
51... Kg8 52. Rxf6+ Kh8 53. Rf8#) 52. Rxg7 $18) 51. Kc2 1-0

[Event "Bad Endbach"]
[Site "Bad Endbach"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Schmittdiel, Eckhard"]
[Black "Romanishin, Oleg M"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "Kortschnoj,V"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1995.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 047"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. c3 Qg6 $5 7. Qe2 (7.
Nb5 Bxe3 8. fxe3 Kd8 9. Nd2 Nf6 $15) 7... Nxd4 8. Bxd4 Bxd4 9. cxd4 Ne7 10. Nc3
O-O 11. O-O-O d5 {11...c6!?-Schmittdiel-Kupreichik} 12. exd5 Re8 13. Qe5 Bf5
14. Bc4 Nc6 (14... c6 $5 15. dxc6 Nxc6 $146) 15. Qg3 (15. Qxc7 Rac8 16. Qg3
Qh6+ 17. f4 Nb4 $146) 15... Qh6+ 16. f4 Na5 17. Bb5 c6 18. dxc6 bxc6 19. Ba4
$146 Nc4 20. Bb3 Na5 21. Ba4 Nc4 (21... Qd6 $5) 22. Bb3 Na5 23. Bc2 $6 (23. Ba4
) 23... Bxc2 24. Kxc2 Qd6 25. b3 c5 26. dxc5 Qxc5 27. Rd5 Qa3 28. Rhd1 Rac8 {
29.Kb1 Sc4 30.bc Tc4 31.Tb5 Tc3 32.De1! Tec8 33.Dd2=+} 0-1

[Event "POL-ch 54th"]
[Site "Sopot"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Socko, Bartosz"]
[Black "Grabarczyk, Miroslaw"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[Annotator "Kortschnoj,V"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "1997.03.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 059"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Hecht} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7.
Qe2 Nd5 8. c4 Nb6 9. b3 (9. Nd2 $142 $1) 9... g6 10. Bb2 Bg7 11. Nd2 d6 $1 12.
f4 O-O 13. g3 dxe5 14. Bg2 Bg4 $1 $15 15. Qe3 Rae8 16. O-O exf4 17. Qxe7 Rxe7
18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Rxf4 Rd8 (19... Bd7 20. Ne4 $44) 20. c5 $5 Nd5 21. Rxg4 Nf6
22. Re4 Nxe4 23. Nxe4 f5 24. Ng5 h6 25. Nf3 Re2 $44 26. a3 Kf6 27. Re1 (27. Bf1
Re3 28. Kf2 Rxb3 $17) (27. b4 Rb2 $44 (27... Re3 $44)) 27... Rxe1+ 28. Nxe1 {
Hecht: Versuchte Turmbeherrschung einschlieЯlich dreier Freibauern durch die
weiЯen Figuren. Der Turm opfert sich und Schwarz gewinnt leicht mit 4
Freibauern gegen den Springer. Ganz witzig!} Rd1 29. Kf2 Rb1 30. b4 Rb3 31.
Bxc6 Rxa3 32. Ke2 (32. Bd5 Ke5 33. Bf7 g5 34. Nc2 Rc3 $17) (32. Bb5 a5 33. bxa5
Rxa5 $17) 32... Ra2+ 33. Ke3 Rxh2 34. Ng2 g5 (34... Rh1 {Hecht} 35. Nf4 Rb1 36.
Nd5+ Ke5 37. Nxc7 Rxb4 38. Na6 Rc4 39. Bb7 g5 40. c6 {ist zu prьfen.}) 35. Kf2
Ke5 36. Bf3 h5 (36... Rh1 {Hecht} 37. Ne1) 37. c6 Kd4 38. Kg1 Rh3 39. Kf2 Ke5
40. Ne3 (40. b5 h4 41. gxh4 gxh4 42. Be2 Rh1 $19) 40... h4 41. g4 fxg4 $1 (
41... f4 42. Nf1 Kd4 43. Kg2 Rxf3 44. Kxf3 Kc3 45. b5 Kc4 46. Nd2+ Kxb5 47. Ne4
a5 48. Nxg5 a4 49. Ne6 a3 50. Nd4+ Kc4 51. Nc2 a2 52. g5 Kc3 53. Na1 Kb2 54. g6
Kxa1 55. g7 Kb1 56. g8=Q a1=Q 57. Qh7+ Ka2 58. Qxc7 $11) 42. Bg2 (42. Bxg4 Rh2+
43. Kf3 Ra2 $17) 42... Rg3 43. b5 (43. Bh1 a6 $1 {(.)} 44. Bg2 Rxg2+ $19) 43...
Rxg2+ {Durchschlagen des gordischen Knotens...!} 44. Kxg2 (44. Nxg2 {Hecht} g3+
45. Kf3 Kd4 {[%csl Rb5,Rc6][%cal Ra7a1]}) 44... g3 $19 45. Nc4+ Kd5 46. b6 axb6
47. Nxb6+ Kxc6 48. Nc4 Kd5 49. Ne3+ Ke4 50. Nc4 c5 51. Kh3 Kd4 52. Nd2 c4 53.
Nf3+ Ke3 0-1

[Event "Bern op"]
[Site "Bern"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Yakovich, Yuri"]
[Black "Barle, Janez"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[Annotator "Kortschnoj,V"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1992.02.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 028"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Ernst} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nf5 $6 {The theory
does'nt approve this move, but some players, including Timman, like to use it.}
d6 (5... d5 {Theory gives a preference to this move.}) 6. Nxg7+ Kf8 7. Nh5 Qh4
8. Ng3 Qf6 $5 (8... Nf6 $5 {Natural} 9. Be2 Ne5 {with the threat 10...Ng4
looks even stronger. But the move 8...Qf6 certainly leads White away from home
analysis.} (9... Ne5 {Ernst} 10. b4 $5 Bxb4+ 11. c3 Bc5 12. Ba3 Nxe4 $17 {
Timman - Borm, Holland 1985.})) 9. Qd2 h5 10. Qf4 h4 11. Ne2 h3 12. Nbc3 $15 (
12. gxh3 Bxh3 $15) 12... Nb4 13. Kd1 Bxf2 14. gxh3 Qxf4 15. Nxf4 Ne7 16. Bg2
Rg8 17. Rf1 Bd4 18. Nce2 Be5 19. Ng3 Ng6 20. c3 Nxf4 21. Bxf4 Bxf4 22. Rxf4 Nd3
23. Rh4 Nxb2+ $17 {Black obtained a solid positionel advantage. The game is
practically over.} 24. Ke2 Nc4 25. Kf2 Ne5 26. Ne2 Ke7 27. Nf4 Be6 28. Nd5+
Bxd5 29. exd5 Rh8 30. Rxh8 Rxh8 31. Bf1 Rh4 32. Rb1 b6 33. Rb4 Rh5 34. Kg3 Rg5+
35. Kf2 Rf5+ 36. Kg1 a5 37. Re4 Rf3 38. c4 Ra3 39. Re2 Rc3 40. h4 Kf8 41. Re4
Rc2 42. Be2 Rxa2 0-1

[Event "Reggio Emilia 9495 37th"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Godena, Michele"]
[Black "Romanishin, Oleg M"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Kortschnoj,V"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1994.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 045"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. c3 Qg6 $5 7. Nxc6 (7.
Nb5 Bxe3 8. fxe3 $13) 7... Bxe3 8. Nd4 Bxd4 9. Qxd4 Ne7 10. Nd2 O-O $10 11. Qe5
Nc6 12. Qg3 (12. Qxc7 d5 $1 $44) 12... Re8 13. Qxg6 hxg6 14. O-O-O d6 15. f3
Ne5 16. Be2 (16. Nc4 $10) 16... Be6 17. a3 f5 18. f4 Nd7 19. exf5 Bxf5 20. Bc4+
Kf8 21. Nf3 Nf6 $15 22. Nd4 Re7 23. Rhe1 Rae8 24. Rxe7 Rxe7 25. Bd3 Ne4 26.
Bxe4 $6 (26. Nxf5 gxf5 27. Bc2 $15) 26... Rxe4 27. g3 $6 (27. Rf1 $15) 27...
Bg4 28. Rd2 Re1+ $17 29. Kc2 a6 30. Rf2 $6 (30. b4 c5 $17) 30... c5 31. Kd2 $4
(31. Nb3 Bf5+ 32. Kd2 Rb1 33. Ke3 b6 34. c4 a5 35. a4 Bd7 $17) 31... Rd1+ 0-1

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "1999.08.19"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Nisipeanu, Liviu Dieter"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2584"]
[BlackElo "2628"]
[Annotator "Kostakiev,D"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "1999.07.31"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 072"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nxc6 Qf6 6. Qd2 dxc6 7. Nc3 Ne7
8. Qf4 Qe6 9. Bd3 O-O 10. O-O Ng6 11. Qg5 $1 {Probably Nisipeanu already had
had in mind the typical endgame who is in the text (and the subject of our
theme). Weaker is 11.Qg3?!because the change on g3 would double the pawns and
their quantity advantage should be decreased; the wining chances - too. That
is proved amung the other in the following game:} Qe5 $6 {Why it is better to
escape this typical endgame is soon to be understood.} 12. Qxe5 Nxe5 13. Be2
Bg4 14. Bxg4 Nxg4 15. h3 Nf6 16. Re1 Rfe8 17. Kf1 Bb4 18. f3 Rad8 19. Bf4 Rd7
20. Rad1 Bxc3 21. bxc3 {Lasker,E-Janowsky,D Wch09 Paris 1909 (3) 1-0 So from
the Scottish opening arises a variety of well known Ruy Lopez's endgame.
Usually the pawns on the Q's wing are intact. Here they are doubled,
disordered and seemingly an easy plunder. Emanuel Lasker was first to prove
that White's chances are decisively better in spite of the doubled pawns. 
After this game we shall remember one of his utmost instructive games on the
same topic against the chess-titan David Janowsky:} Red8 22. Rxd7 Rxd7 23. Ke2
Kf8 24. g4 Ne8 25. h4 Nd6 26. h5 Nb5 27. Bd2 f6 28. Rg1 h6 29. Rd1 Ke7 30. Be1
Rxd1 31. Kxd1 c5 32. Kd2 Nd6 33. Kd3 Nf7 34. f4 b6 35. c4 Ke6 36. Bg3 Ke7 37.
Bh4 Ke8 38. Be1 Kd7 39. Bd2 Ke7 40. Bc1 Ke6 41. Bb2 c6 42. Bc3 b5 43. Be1 Nd6
44. cxb5 cxb5 45. Bf2 Nb7 46. f5+ Kf7 47. e5 fxe5 48. Ke4 b4 49. Kxe5 c4 50.
Kd5 Na5 51. Bd4 a6 52. Be5 Kg8 53. Kc5 b3 54. axb3 cxb3 55. c4 Kf7 56. Kd5 Ke7
57. c5 Kd7 58. Bxg7 Nc6 59. Kc4 1-0

[Event "Las Palmas"]
[Site "Las Palmas"]
[Date "1996.12.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[Annotator "Kramnik,V"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1996.12.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Dolmatov Shamkovich} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 {Scotch game has is one of the
Kasparov's favorites} exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nxc6 Qf6 6. Qd2 dxc6 7. Nc3 Ne7 8.
Qf4 (8. Na4 {Dolmatov} Bd6 9. f4 O-O 10. Bd3 Ng6 11. g3 Re8 12. Qe2 Bb4+ 13. c3
Bf8 14. Be3 Bh3 15. Nc5 Bxc5 16. Bxc5 $10 {Gluzman,A-Romanishin,O/Moscow/1994/}
) 8... Ng6 (8... Qxf4 {Dolmatov} 9. Bxf4 Bd6 $5 10. Bxd6 (10. e5 Bb4 $132)
10... cxd6 11. O-O-O Kd7 $10) 9. Qxf6 gxf6 10. Bd2 (10. Na4 Bd6 11. Be3 f5 12.
exf5 Bxf5 13. O-O-O O-O-O {Play is even, Relange,E-Onischuk,A/WchJ-U20 Halle/
1995}) (10. f4 $5 {Dolmatov} f5 11. Bd3 Nh4 12. g3 Nf3+) 10... Rg8 11. Na4 (11.
f4 {Dolmatov} Nh4 12. Na4 Bd6 13. Kf2 b5 14. g3 bxa4 15. gxh4 Rb8 16. b3 $14)
11... Bd6 12. O-O-O Be6 13. Nc3 (13. f3 $6 {Dolmatov} Bxa2) 13... O-O-O 14. g3
(14. f3 $6 {Dolmatov} Nh4) 14... Bg4 (14... f5 $2 15. Bg5 {is good for White})
15. Be2 Ne5 16. Bf4 (16. f4 {Dolmatov} Bxe2 17. Nxe2 Ng4 18. Rdf1 (18. Rhf1
Nxh2 19. Rh1 Ng4 20. Rxh7 Nf2 21. Rf1 Nxe4) (18. Be1 Rde8 19. Nc3 Bb4 20. h3
Ne3 (20... Bxc3 21. hxg4 Bxe1 22. Rdxe1 Rxg4 23. Rxh7 Rxg3 24. Rxf7 $16) 21.
Rd3 Nc4 $13) 18... Bc5) 16... Bh3 $5 {after} (16... Bxe2 17. Nxe2 Bc5 18. Rxd8+
(18. Bxe5 {Dolmatov} fxe5 19. f3 Rd6 20. c3 Be3+ 21. Kc2 Rgd8 $10) 18... Rxd8
19. Bxe5 fxe5 20. Rf1 {the ending is even}) 17. Bh5 Bc5 18. Rxd8+ Rxd8 19. Nd1
Bg2 20. Re1 Nf3 (20... Bb4 $5 {Dolmatov} 21. Nc3 $8 (21. Re2 $2 Bf1 $17) 21...
Rd4 $5 (21... Bc5) (21... Bxc3 22. bxc3 Bf3 $2 23. Bxe5 Bxh5 24. Bxf6 $16) 22.
Rg1 Bxe4 23. Nxe4 Rxe4 24. Bxe5 Rxe5 25. Bxf7 Re2 $15) 21. Re2 Ng1 $1 {the
only way to keep the position balanced} (21... Nxh2 $5 {Dolmatov} 22. e5 (22.
f3 $2 Bxf3 23. Rxh2 Rxd1#) 22... fxe5 23. Rxe5 Bd6 24. Rf5 $14) 22. Bg4+ Kb8
23. Rd2 Rxd2 24. Kxd2 Bxe4 25. Nc3 Bg2 26. Be3 Be7 27. Bh5 (27. h4 $5 {Dolmatov
} Nf3+ 28. Ke2 Ng1+ (28... Ne5 29. Bf5 $14) 29. Kd2 Nf3+ 30. Kc1 Ne5 31. Bf5)
27... Nf3+ 28. Ke2 Ng1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Rubinstein Memorial 34th"]
[Site "Polanica Zdroj"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Black "Aleksandrov, Aleksej"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1997.08.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 061"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
c4 Ba6 9. g3 d6 $6 $146 10. Bg2 (10. exd6 cxd6 11. Qxe7+ Nxe7 $11) 10... dxe5
11. O-O e4 (11... O-O-O 12. Qg4+) (11... g6 12. b4 $5 (12. Qc2 Nb4 13. Qa4
O-O-O 14. a3 $16) 12... Nxb4 13. a3 Nd5 14. Qc2 $16) 12. Qc2 (12. Bxe4 f5 13.
Bf3 Qxe2 14. Bxe2 Nb4 $13) 12... Nb4 (12... Nb6 13. Bxe4 O-O-O 14. b3 $16) (
12... Nf6 13. Nd2 O-O-O 14. Nxe4 $16) 13. Qa4 Bb7 (13... Bxc4 14. a3) 14. Nc3
f5 15. Bf4 {/\16.Nd5} g5 16. Be3 Bg7 (16... Nd3 17. g4 $1 (17. Nd5 Qg7 (17...
Nxb2 18. Qb3) (17... Qe5 18. Bxg5 $16)) 17... Nf4 18. gxf5 (18. Nd5 Qe5 $13)
18... Nxg2 19. Kxg2 Qe5 (19... Bg7 20. c5 Bxc3 21. bxc3 O-O $2 22. Qb3+ Qf7 23.
Qxb7 Qxf5 24. Qxc7 $18) 20. c5 Qxf5 21. Qxe4+ Qxe4+ 22. Nxe4 $16) 17. Qa5 (17.
Bxg5 Qxg5 18. Qxb4 O-O-O $13) 17... Nc2 18. Bc5 Qe5 19. Rad1 Bf8 20. Na4 Bc8
21. a3 (21. Rd2 Bxc5 22. Nxc5 Nd4 23. b4 $16) (21. Qd2 Bxc5 22. Nxc5 O-O 23.
Qxg5+ (23. Nb3 e3) 23... Qg7 $16) 21... Be6 (21... Bxc5 22. Qxc5 Qxc5 23. Nxc5
Rb8 24. Rd2 Rxb2 25. Rc1 $18) (21... f4 22. Rd2 f3 23. Bh1 Bxc5 24. Qxc5 Qxc5
25. Nxc5 e3 26. fxe3 $18) 22. Rd2 Bxc4 23. Rc1 Bb3 24. Rdxc2 Bxc2 25. Rxc2 $18
Rd8 26. Bf1 h5 27. Qa6 Rh6 28. Bxa7 h4 29. Rxc6 Bd6 30. Qc4 (30. Rxc7 hxg3 31.
hxg3 f4 32. Qc6+ Kf8 33. Bc4 Rf6 34. Rc8 $18) 30... hxg3 31. hxg3 f4 32. Nc3
fxg3 33. Qxe4 gxf2+ 34. Bxf2 Re6 35. Qh7 Rd7 36. Qh5+ Kd8 37. Ra6 Rf7 38. Bc4 (
38. Rxd6+) 38... Qf4 39. Ra8+ Kd7 40. Bxe6+ Kxe6 41. Re8+ Kd7 42. Re2 g4 43.
Ne4 g3 44. Qb5+ c6 45. Qb7+ Kd8 46. Bb6+ Bc7 47. Qb8+ 1-0

[Event "Poikovsky Karpov 10th"]
[Site "Poikovsky"]
[Date "2009.06.12"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Black "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[Annotator "Kritz,L"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[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 Nc6 3. d4 {Schottisch ist eine gute Wahl, wenn man sich nicht
mit langen theoretischen Varianten der Spanischen Partie auseinandersetzen
will.} exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 {Dies gilt als die Hauptfortsetzung, wenn man
Ausgleich anstrebt.} ({Zu kдmpferischem Spiel fьhrt} 4... Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6.
e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8. c4 {Und nun kann Schwarz entscheiden, ob er gleich den
Springer zurьckzieht oder mit dem Rьckzug abwartet.} Ba6 (8... Nb6 9. Nc3 Qe6
10. Qe4 $132) 9. b3 g6 10. f4 $132) ({Eine wenig erforschte, aber spielbare
Fortsetzung ist} 4... Bb4+ 5. c3 Bc5 6. Be3 Bb6 $13 {Die Idee, warum Schwarz
zuerst das Schach gibt, ist, dass man dadurch dem weiЯen Springer das Feld c3
nimmt. Ansonsten wьrde in dieser Stellung 7.Nc3 folgen.}) ({Nicht
empfehlenswert ist} 4... Qh4 $6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Be2 Qxe4 7. Ndb5 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3
Kd8 9. O-O $44 {Die weiЯe Dauerkompensation ist stark genug, um Schwarz vor
Probleme zu stellen.}) 5. Nxc6 (5. Be3 {ist die andere mцgliche Fortsetzung.}
Qf6 6. c3 (6. Nb5 $6 Bxe3 7. fxe3 Qh4+ 8. g3 Qd8 9. Qg4 g6 10. Qf4 d6 11. Bc4
Ne5 12. O-O Bh3 13. Bxf7+ Kd7 14. N1c3 g5 $17 {Wang Hao - Harikrishna (Tiayuan,
2005)}) 6... Nge7 7. Bc4 Ne5 8. Be2 Qg6 9. O-O d6 10. f3 O-O $11 {und Schwarz
sollte keine Schwierigkeiten haben.}) 5... Qf6 6. Qf3 {Diese Variante wird ab
und zu verwendet. Sie ist relativ ungefдhrlich, doch die daraus entstehenden
Stellungen sind giftig und verlangen von beiden Seiten hцchste Konzentration.}
(6. Qd2 {gilt als Hauptzug} dxc6 7. Nc3 {Schwarz hat eine Reihe an
Mцglichkeiten, die zu interessantem Spiel fьhren.} Ne7 (7... Be6 8. Na4 Rd8 9.
Bd3 Bd4 10. O-O b5 11. Nc3 Ne7 12. a4 a6 $132 13. axb5 axb5 14. Kh1 O-O 15. f4
Qh4 16. Ne2 Bb6 17. f5 Bc4 18. b3 Bxd3 19. cxd3 c5 20. Bb2 $14 {Ivanchuk -
Amonatov (Odessa, 2007)}) (7... Bd4 8. Bd3 Ne7 9. O-O Ng6 10. Kh1 Ne5 11. Be2
Ng4 12. Nd1 O-O $132 {Morozevich - Tkachiev (Cannes, 2001)}) 8. Qf4 Qd6 (8...
Ng6 9. Qxf6 gxf6 10. Bd2 Rg8 11. Na4 Bd6 12. O-O-O Be6 13. Nc3 O-O-O 14. g3 Bg4
15. Be2 Ne5 $132 {Kasparov - Topalov (Las Palmas, 1996)}) (8... Be6 9. Qxf6
gxf6 10. f4 f5 11. Bd2 O-O-O 12. O-O-O Rhg8 13. g3 h5 14. Bh3 h4 $132 {Anand -
Shirov (Linares, 1997)}) 9. Be2 Ng6 10. Qg3 f5 11. f4 Qd4 $132 {Kasparov -
Anand (Frankfurt, 1999)}) 6... dxc6 7. Bc4 (7. Nc3 Be6 8. Qg3 O-O-O 9. Be3 (9.
Bg5 $2 Bxf2+ 10. Qxf2 Qxg5 $19) 9... Bd4 (9... Ba3 $2 10. Bg5 Qg6 11. bxa3 $18)
10. Bxd4 Rxd4 11. f4 Ne7 12. Bd3 Rhd8 (12... Kb8 13. O-O Rdd8 14. f5 Bc8 15. e5
$16 {Motylev - Romanov (Krasnoyarsk, 2007)}) 13. O-O {Nataf - Thorfinnsson 
(Reykjavik, 2009)} g6 $1 $132) 7... Ne7 (7... Qxf3 $6 {Ьblicherweise sollte
Schwarz auf das Nehmen auf f3 verzichten, denn dadurch wird das weiЯe Zentrum
gestдrkt.} 8. gxf3 Be6 9. Bxe6 fxe6 10. h4 Nf6 11. h5 O-O 12. Be3 Bd6 13. Nd2
Nd7 14. Ke2 Rf6 15. Rag1 $14 {Zvjaginsev - Khairullin (Sochi, 2007)}) 8. Qxf6 (
{Nichts bringt WeiЯ die Entwicklung des Springers nach d2:} 8. Nd2 Ng6 9. Qxf6
gxf6 10. Nb3 Bb6 11. a4 a5 12. Bd2 Rg8 13. Bc3 Ne5 14. Bf1 Be6 $132 {Nataf -
Gustafsson (Bremen, 2005)}) 8... gxf6 9. Bf4 Bb6 (9... Bd6 $5 {sieht ebenfalls
sehr solide aus.} 10. Be3 (10. Bxd6 $6 {WeiЯ verbessert die schwarze
Bauernstruktur.} cxd6 11. Nc3 Be6 12. Bd3 O-O-O 13. f4 f5 $11 {Schwarz hatte
keine Probleme in Savchenko - Zvjaginsev (Sochi, 2007)}) 10... Ng6 11. Nd2 f5
$132 {Szabo - Romanishin (Bucharest, 2008)}) 10. Nc3 (10. Nd2 {Die Entwicklung
des Springers nach d2 bringt ьblicherweise keine Vorteile fьr WeiЯ.} Ng6 11.
Bg3 h5 12. h4 Be6 13. Rd1 Ke7 14. Ke2 Rad8 15. Bb3 f5 16. exf5 Bxf5 17. Rhe1
Rhe8 $11 {Ni Hua - Sargissian (Turin, 2006)}) 10... Ng6 11. Bg3 h5 $1 {Durch
diesen Bauerzug will Schwarz den weiЯen Bauern nach h4 locken.} 12. h4 (12. h3
h4 13. Bh2 Rg8 $132) (12. f3 Be6 13. Bxe6 fxe6 14. Bf2 Ba5 $11) 12... Ne5 ({
Auch nach} 12... Be6 13. Bxe6 fxe6 {hat Schwarz gutes Spiel.} 14. O-O-O Rg8 15.
Rd3 Rd8 16. Rxd8+ Kxd8 17. Na4 f5 18. Nxb6 axb6 19. exf5 exf5 20. Kd2 (20. Rd1+
$6 Kc8 $15 {Vyskocil - Roussel Roozmon (Brno, 2008)}) 20... f4 21. Bh2 Nxh4 22.
Bxf4 Nxg2 23. Bg3 h4 24. Bxh4+ Nxh4 25. Rxh4 Kd7 $11) 13. Be2 (13. Bxe5 $6 {
Den schwarzfeldrigen Lдufer sollte man nicht geben.} fxe5 14. O-O Bd4 $15)
13... Be6 14. Na4 Ba5+ (14... Ke7 $5 {Es wдre auch mцglich, den Lдufer b6 zu
geben.} 15. Nxb6 axb6 16. a3 Ra4 17. f3 Rg8 $132) 15. c3 O-O-O 16. Nc5 Bb6 (
16... Bg4 17. f3 Be6 18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. Rd1 Rhg8 20. Bxe5 fxe5 21. g4 $14) 17.
Nxe6 fxe6 18. Rd1 Rdg8 19. Rh3 $6 {Jetzt wдre Zeit fьr den Ьbergang ins
Endspiel mit ungleichfarbigen Lдufern.} (19. Bxe5 $1 {Mit dem Bauern auf h5
ist kein Zweifel am weiЯen Vorteil.} fxe5 20. g3 Rg7 21. Rd3 Rf7 22. Rf3 Rd7
23. Rf6 $16) 19... Ng4 $1 {Schwarz lдsst den Tausch nicht mehr zu, jetzt hat
WeiЯ keinen guten Plan mehr.} 20. Bd3 Rg7 21. Rd2 Rd8 22. Ke2 Rgd7 $11 {
Die Stellung ist ausgeglichen, Schwarz hat alle seine Figuren aktivieren
kцnnen.} 23. Rd1 e5 (23... Kb8 $2 {Sieht prophyilaktisch aus, gerichtet gegen
24.Bc2. Doch WeiЯ kann sich trotzdem entfesseln:} 24. Bc2 $1 Bxf2 $6 25. Rxd7
Rxd7 {Es gibt zwar keinen Bb3 mehr, mit der Idee Bxe6, dafьr nutzt WeiЯ die
Tatsache aus, dass der schwarze Kцnig sich zu weit vom Kцnigsflьgel bewegt hat.
} 26. Bxf2 $1 Nxf2 27. Kxf2 Rd2+ 28. Kf3 Rxc2 29. g4 hxg4+ 30. Kxg4 Rxb2 31. h5
Rg2+ 32. Kf4 Kc8 33. h6 Rg8 34. h7 Rh8 35. e5 $18) 24. Bc2 Rd6 (24... Rxd1 25.
Bxd1 Bxf2 26. Bb3 (26. Bxf2 Nxf2 27. Kxf2 Rxd1 $15) 26... Be3 27. Be6+ Kb8 28.
Be1 Bf4 29. Rd3 $1 $16 {Die Schwдche des Bauern h5 sorgt dafьr, dass trotz des
Minusbauern nur WeiЯ auf Sieg spielen kann.}) 25. Bb3 Kd7 $1 {Das ist der
richtige Plan - der Kцnig muss zum Kцnigsflьgel ьberfьhrt werden.} 26. Rxd6+
cxd6 27. Bf7 Rh8 28. Kf3 {WeiЯ hat den Ьbergang ins Turmendspiel geplant, das
er risikofrei spielen kann.} Ke7 29. Bxh5 $1 Nxf2 $1 (29... Rxh5 30. Kxg4 $18)
30. Bxf2 Bxf2 (30... Rxh5 31. g4 $1 {Das Sicherste fьr WeiЯ ist es, die
gegnerische Bauern nicht zu verdoppeln, weil Schwarz bei Gelegenheit ьber die
a-Linie aktiv werden kann.} (31. Bxb6 axb6 32. c4 Rh8 33. h5 Ke6 34. g4 Kf7 35.
Kf2 Ra8 36. a3 Ra4 $13) 31... Rh8 32. h5 $14) 31. Kxf2 Rxh5 32. g4 Rh7 {
Der Turm muss auf der 7. Reihe bleiben, um die Bauern b7 und a7 verteidigen zu
kцnnen.} 33. c4 $1 (33. Kf3 d5 $11 {WeiЯ kommt nicht mehr voran.}) 33... Ke6
34. h5 d5 $2 {Wenn Schwarz einfach stehen bleibt, kann WeiЯ nicht viel machen.}
(34... Rg7 35. Kf3 Ke7 $11) 35. cxd5+ cxd5 36. exd5+ Kxd5 37. Ke3 Ke6 38. Ke4
Kf7 $2 {Schwarz verhдlt sich zu passiv.} (38... Rg7 39. Rh4 Rg8 $1 $11 {
Schwarz muss in der Lage sein, das Endspiel zu halten.} (39... Rxg4+ $2 40.
Rxg4 f5+ 41. Kf3 fxg4+ 42. Kxg4 Kf6 43. Kf3 Kg5 44. Ke4 Kxh5 45. Kxe5 Kg4 46.
Kd6 Kf3 47. Kc7 b5 48. b4 $18)) 39. Rc3 (39. Ra3 $5 {Ich denke, WeiЯ bekommt
hier einen ausreichenden Vorteil.} Rg7 (39... a6 40. Rb3 b5 41. Rc3 $18) 40.
Kf3 f5 (40... a6 41. Rb3 $18) 41. gxf5 Kf6 42. Rxa7 Kxf5 43. Ra4 $16) 39... Ke6
40. Rh3 Kf7 41. g5 $5 {Ein interessanter Versuch.} fxg5 42. Kf5 Rh6 (42... g4
$1 43. Kxg4 Kf6 44. Rf3+ Ke6 45. Kg5 Rg7+ 46. Kh4 e4 $11) 43. Kxg5 Ra6 44. Rb3
Rxa2 (44... b6 45. Rf3+ Kg8 46. Rc3 Rxa2 47. Rc8+ Kh7 48. Rc7+ Kg8 49. Kg6 Kf8
50. h6 Rxb2 51. Rc8+ Ke7 52. h7 $18) 45. Rxb7+ Kg8 (45... Ke6 46. h6 Ra1 47. h7
Rh1 48. Rxa7 $18) 46. Kf5 Ra1 47. Kxe5 a5 (47... Ra5+ 48. Kf6 Rxh5 49. Kg6 $18)
(47... Rh1 48. Kf6 $1 (48. Rxa7 Rxh5+ 49. Kd4 Rb5 50. Kc3 Kf8 51. b4 Ke8 52.
Kc4 Rh5 53. b5 Kd8 $11) 48... a5 $1 (48... Rxh5 49. Kg6 $18) 49. Rg7+ Kh8 50.
Ra7 Rh2 51. b3 Rh3 52. Rb7 Kg8 $13 {Vielleicht kann Schwarz Remis halten.}) 48.
Kd4 a4 49. Kc3 a3 50. b4 Kf8 51. Kb3 Rh1 52. Kxa3 Rxh5 53. Rd7 Ke8 54. Rd4 Rh7
55. Ka4 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 9th"]
[Site "Plovdiv"]
[Date "2008.04.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nedev, Trajce"]
[Black "L'Ami, Erwin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2518"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "L'Ami,E"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2008.04.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 124"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 {The most ambitious way of meeting
the Scotch.} 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8. c4 Ba6 9. b3 O-O-O 10. g3 g5
11. Bb2 Bg7 12. Nd2 Nb4 13. O-O-O $5 ({A very interesting pawn sacrifice which
I hadn't taken very seriously when preparing for the game. I thought taking on
a2 with check(!) and then jumping back to b4 should be great for Black. In
fact things are not that simple. White used to continue} 13. Nf3 {but that is
just fine for Black, in short;} Rhe8 14. a3 (14. Bh3 h5 15. a3 Nd5 16. Qd2 g4
17. cxd5 (17. Qa5 Kb7 18. cxd5 gxf3 (18... Qf6 $5) 19. O-O-O Bxe5 20. dxc6+
dxc6 21. Qxe5 Qxe5 22. Bxe5 Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 Rxe5 {can only be better for Black.}
) 17... Qc5 18. b4 Qxd5 19. Qxd5 cxd5 20. b5 Bb7 ({Instead} 20... Bxb5 $1 {
refutes White's idea} 21. Nd4 Rxe5+ 22. Kd2 Bc4 23. Bf1 (23. Bg2 c5 $17) 23...
Re4 24. Re1 Rxe1 25. Kxe1 Re8+ 26. Kd2 Re4 27. Bg2 Bxd4 28. Bxe4 Bxb2 {when
Black gets too many pawns.}) 21. O-O gxf3 22. Rfe1 {was unclear in
Jones-Gajewski, Crete 2007}) (14. h3 d5 $1 15. a3 dxc4 {isn't White's dream
either, since the knight is taboo} 16. axb4 Bxe5 $1 {mating.}) 14... g4 15.
axb4 gxf3 16. Qe3 Qxb4+ 17. Bc3 Rxe5 $1 18. Bxb4 Rxe3+ 19. fxe3 Bxa1 {
shouldn't be anything for White.}) 13... Nxa2+ 14. Kb1 Nb4 15. f4 gxf4 16. gxf4
Rhe8 $6 ({I played this move rather quickly, thinking that preparing to hit e5
by f7-f6 was the obvious way to play. First of all, let's say I give White a
few moves. He will go} 16... Z0 17. Ne4 {and} Z0 18. Bd4 {which means real
trouble. Since the game continuation doesn't stop this plan it can't be any
good.}) ({In hindsight I think} 16... Bb7 {is the move, to answer} 17. Ne4 {
with} c5 {. White has decent compensation, but not more than that.}) 17. Ne4 c5
18. Bg2 Bb7 19. Rhe1 Kb8 {Preparing the freeing move d7-d6.} 20. Qf2 $1 {
Simultaneously preventing d6 and attacking c5. White won the opening battle.}
Qf8 $6 {I had no intention to wait passively with moves like Na6 or Bh8, just
waiting for White to finish me off with f5-f6. Since things have gone wrong
anyway I decided to try and complicate matters with the text move.} 21. Nxc5
Bxg2 22. Ba3 $1 a5 {During the game I of course realised that something smelt
wring here but since I didn't see anything clear for White I decided to go for
it.} (22... d6 23. Bxb4 dxc5 24. Rxd8+ Rxd8 25. Bxc5 {wins back the piece,
with interest.}) 23. Na6+ (23. Nxd7+ Rxd7 24. Rxd7 Bc6 25. Rxc7 Kxc7 26. Qa7+
Kc8 27. Qxa5 Qd6 $3 28. Bxb4 Qd3+ 29. Kb2 Qd4+ 30. Ka2 Rd8 {is just better for
Black.}) ({A more serious try is} 23. Rxd7 {but} Bb7 $1 {seems to do the trick.
White has nothing concrete.} ({not} 23... Bc6 24. Bxb4 axb4 25. Na6+ Ka8 26.
Rxc7 {mating.})) 23... Kb7 24. Nc5+ Kb8 25. Na6+ Kb7 26. Nxb4 ({Better than
the interesting alternative} 26. Bxb4 $5 axb4 27. Qxg2+ (27. Nc5+ Kb8 28. Qxg2
Qxc5 29. Rd5 (29. Qxg7 Rg8 $132) 29... Qa7 $1 {with the idea} 30. Qxg7 Rg8 $1 {
is fine for Black.}) 27... Kxa6 28. Rd5 $1 (28. Rxd7 Qc5 $1 {is ok for Black.})
28... c6 {here I finished my calculation during the game, the line, however,
continues:} 29. Red1 $3 {and I am not sure I would have found} Bxe5 $3 ({
Black's pieces are helpless after} 29... cxd5 30. Rxd5 {Black's king lacks
shelter} Rb8 31. Qa2+ Kb7 32. Rxd7+ Kc8 33. Qa7 {winning.}) (29... Re7 {
allows the pretty} 30. Rb5 $3 cxb5 31. Rd6+ Ka7 32. Qf2+ Ka8 33. Ra6+ Kb7 34.
Qb6+ Kc8 35. Ra8#) (29... Ra8 {prevents the Rb5-idea of the previous line but
now the simple} 30. Rxd7 {is enough} Qc5 31. Qxg7 Qe3 32. Qg3 {winning.}) (
29... Qe7 30. Rxd7 $1) 30. fxe5 (30. Rxd7 Kb6 $1 {holds.}) 30... cxd5 31. Rxd5
Rxe5 32. Rxe5 d5 {and Black may actually survive.}) 26... axb4 27. Qxg2+ c6 28.
Bb2 f6 29. e6 Bh6 (29... dxe6 30. Rxd8 Rxd8 31. Rxe6 Rc8 32. f5 {doesn't
appeal somehow.}) 30. f5 dxe6 31. Rxd8 Rxd8 32. fxe6 Qe7 33. Qf2 {Up to this
point my opponent played very well, but with the point within reach he starts
to play less precisely. It should be noted that neither of us had much time
left on the clock .} Bd2 $5 {Trying to cause confusion.} 34. Re4 $2 ({Which
works!} 34. Qxf6 $1 Qd6 {might look scary in time trouble, but in fact is
resignable:} 35. Qf7+ Ka6 36. Re5 $1 {(threatening Ra5!)} Qd3+ 37. Ka2 Ra8 38.
Qc7 {curtains.}) 34... Bc3 $1 {Now all is fine.} 35. Bxc3 bxc3 36. Rd4 Rxd4 37.
Qxd4 Qxe6 38. Qxc3 {The queen-ending is a tiny bit better for Black due to the
passed pawn but there are no real winning chances.} f5 39. Qg7+ Kb6 40. Qd4+ c5
41. Qd8+ Kb7 42. Kc2 Qe4+ 43. Kc3 Qe3+ 44. Kc2 Qf2+ 45. Kc3 Qf3+ 46. Kb2 Qe2+ {
and we agreed a draw.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg Chigorin Memorial"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1909.03.05"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Mieses, Jacques"]
[Black "Lasker, Emanuel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[Annotator "Lasker,Emanuel"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "1909.02.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {1) Lasker:The international congress St.Petersburg 1909.Translation by
R.Teichmann (2) Lasker: Der internationale Schachkongreß zu St.Petersburg.
1909. Berlin.1909. (Nachdruck Olms.1989.)} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5
5. Be3 Bb6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Nd5 {What with White having to forfeit a tempo so as
to get rid of the Bishop. Black has quickly managed to equalise.} Nf6 8. Nxb6
axb6 9. Nxc6 {This exchange is quite unnecessary and merely strengthens
Black's centre, giving him the initiative.} bxc6 10. Bd3 Qe7 11. O-O Qe5 12.
Qc1 O-O 13. Re1 Re8 14. f3 Nd7 15. c3 Nf8 16. Qd2 Qh5 17. Bf4 f6 {White must
not be allowed to open up diagonals for his Bishops by e5.} 18. a3 Be6 19. Bg3
Nd7 20. Re3 Qf7 21. Rae1 Bc4 22. Bc2 Ra5 23. Qc1 Kh8 24. Qd1 Re7 25. Qd2 Bb3
26. Bxb3 {This exchange is forced for if he retreated Bb1 Black would get an
overwhelming position by advancing his c-pawn and later playing his Knight to
d3 via c5.} Qxb3 27. Rc1 Qf7 28. Rd1 {Better would be c4.} Kg8 29. Qc2 Ra8 30.
Ree1 b5 31. Ra1 Nc5 {Parrying the counter-thrust of the a-pawn just in time.}
32. Bf2 Nb3 33. Rad1 Ree8 34. Be3 Qc4 35. Qe2 Re7 36. Qc2 {If he swapped
Queens, the b-pawn would prove untenable in the long run.} Rae8 37. Bf2 Re6 {
Black is about to move his King over to the Queen-Wing and there is little
that White can do about it.} 38. Qb1 h5 {To forestall an attack on the pawn by
e5, once the Black King has moved.} 39. h3 Kf7 40. g4 {White must weaken his
own position in the attempt to disturb Black's plan by an attack.} hxg4 41.
hxg4 d5 42. exd5 Rxe1+ 43. Bxe1 {Rxe1 is ruled out by ...Nd2, etc.} Qe2 44.
dxc6 Qxf3 45. Rd7+ Kg8 46. Qd1 Re2 47. Qd5+ Qxd5 48. Rxd5 Rxe1+ 49. Kf2 Re6 50.
Rxb5 Nd2 51. a4 Ne4+ 52. Kg2 Rxc6 53. a5 Kf7 54. b4 Nd6 55. Rb8 Rxc3 56. a6 Ra3
57. Ra8 Kg6 58. Ra7 Nb5 59. Rb7 c6 60. Rb6 Nd4 61. Kf2 Kg5 62. Ke1 Kxg4 63. Kd2
f5 64. Kc1 f4 65. Kb2 f3 0-1

[Event "Cannes NAO Masters"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "2002.02.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2687"]
[BlackElo "2649"]
[Annotator "Lautier,J"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[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 {Postny} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7.
Qe2 Nd5 8. c4 Ba6 9. b3 g6 {Postny: 'This is one of the main variations, but
with very bad statistics for black...'} ({Another popular option is} 9... g5)
10. f4 Qb4+ {Postny: 'This check was introduced by Karpov in his game against
Gelfand ten years ago (CBM 28).'} 11. Bd2 Qb6 12. Qf3 $1 {Postny: 'In my
database I found only one game where white continued this way. In the current
game however, black suffered problems, so I think, that white should pay more
attention to this move... Usual continuations here are 12.Qe4 and 12.Nc3 as
Gelfand played. Kasparov in his game against Bacrot in Sarajevo 2000 (CBM 77)
played 12.Qe4 and in his comments he wrote "Since my match with Short (1993) I
haven't decided yet what is better - 12.Qe4 or 12.Qf3".'} Qd4 {'?!' Postny.
Postny: 'After this move black is clearly worse.'} (12... Nb4 {might be an
improvement (Postny).}) 13. Nc3 Nxc3 14. Qxc3 (14. Bxc3 $6 {Postny} Bb4 15. Rc1
Bxc3+ 16. Rxc3 O-O-O $132) 14... c5 (14... Bc5 {Postny} 15. O-O-O Qxc3+ 16.
Bxc3 Rf8 17. g3 O-O-O 18. Bh3 $16 {1-0 De la Riva Aguado,O-Crouan,S/
Montpellier 2000/EXT 2001 (29)}) 15. Bd3 $1 Bg7 (15... Bb7 16. Qxd4 cxd4 17.
O-O Bg7 18. Rae1 O-O 19. Bb4 Rfe8 20. Bc5 $16) 16. Qxd4 cxd4 17. O-O {Postny:
'Better pawnstructure and a space advantage yields white a clear advantage.'}
O-O {} (17... c5 $2 18. Rae1 O-O 19. f5 Rfe8 20. Be4 $18) 18. Bb4 Rfe8 19. Be4
(19. Rad1 f6 (19... Bb7 20. Bc5 f6 21. exf6 Bxf6 22. f5 g5 23. Bb1 Re2 24. Rf2
Rae8 25. Kf1 $16) 20. Be4 c6 {->> 19.Be4}) (19. Bc5 $142 f6 20. f5 $1 Bh6 (
20... Rxe5 21. Bxd4 $18) (20... gxf5 21. exf6 Bxf6 22. Rxf5 Bg7 (22... Re6 23.
Raf1) 23. Rg5 h6 24. Rg4 $18) (20... g5 21. Be4 c6 22. Bxd4 fxe5 23. Be3 Bf6
24. Rad1 $16) (20... fxe5 21. f6 Bxf6 22. Rxf6 Bb7 23. Be2 (23. Re1 d6 24. Ba3
e4 $14) 23... d6 24. Ba3 e4 25. Bb2 d3 26. Bf1 $16) 21. exf6 (21. Bxd4 fxe5) (
21. fxg6 Be3+ 22. Kh1 fxe5 23. Be4 $16) 21... Be3+ 22. Kh1 g5 23. Be7 $16)
19... c6 (19... Rab8 20. Bc5 $16) (19... Rad8 20. Rad1 d6 21. Bc6 Re6 22. Bd5
Re7 23. Rxd4 c5 24. Bxc5 dxc5 25. Bxf7+ Kxf7 26. Rxd8 $18) 20. Rfe1 {'!'
Postny. Postny: 'The R should be moved from the a6-f1 diagonal.'} (20. Rfd1 f6
21. Rxd4 d5 $132) (20. Rad1 f6 (20... d5 21. cxd5 {'!?' Postny.} Bxf1 22. Kxf1
$36 cxd5 23. Bxd5 $14) 21. Rxd4 d5 22. cxd5 (22. Rxd5 cxd5 23. Bxd5+ Kh8 24.
Bxa8 Rxa8 25. e6 f5 $13) 22... fxe5 (22... Bxf1 23. Kxf1 fxe5 24. Rc4 $36) 23.
fxe5 Bxe5 24. Rfd1 Bxd4+ 25. Rxd4 Rxe4 (25... Rad8 26. d6) 26. Rxe4 cxd5 27.
Re7 Rf8 28. h3 Rf7 29. Re8+ Kg7 30. Bc5 $14) 20... f6 21. exf6 $6 (21. Bd6 $1
fxe5 22. fxe5 Bh6 (22... Bf8 23. Rad1 Bxd6 24. exd6 Re6 25. Rxd4 Rae8 26. c5
$18) (22... Bxe5 23. Bxe5 Rxe5 24. Bd5+ cxd5 25. Rxe5 dxc4 26. Ra5 Bb7 (26...
c3 27. Rxa6 d3 28. Rd6 d2 29. Rxd7 (29. Kf2 Rf8+ 30. Ke2 Re8+ 31. Kd3 Re1 32.
Kxc3 Rxa1 33. Rxd2 Rc1+ 34. Kb4 Rc7 $14) 29... Rc8 30. Kf2 $16)) 23. Rad1 Be3+
24. Kf1 (24. Kh1 Re6 25. Bd3 (25. Rd3 Rae8 26. Rexe3 dxe3 27. Rxe3 Kg7 $1 $11 {
/\ Re5}) (25. Bf3 $5 h5 26. g4 h4 27. g5) 25... Rae8 (25... Bb7 26. c5) 26. b4
(26. c5 Bxd3 27. Rxd3 a5 $1) 26... Rxe5 (26... Bf4 27. b5 Bb7 28. c5 Bxe5 29.
Bc4 $16) (26... Kg7 27. a4) 27. Bxe5 Rxe5 28. c5 (28. a4 d6 29. b5 Bb7 30. a5
$14) 28... Bxd3 29. Rxd3 a5 30. bxa5 Rxc5 31. Ra3 $16) 24... Re6 (24... Rf8+
25. Bxf8 Rxf8+ 26. Bf3 Bc8 (26... Rf5 27. Rxe3 dxe3 28. Rxd7 $18) 27. Rd3 $18)
25. Rxe3 dxe3 26. Ke2 $16) 21... Bxf6 22. Rad1 $6 (22. Bc5 $5 Kg7 23. Kf2 d5
24. cxd5 cxd5 25. Bxd5 Rxe1 26. Rxe1 Rd8 27. Be4 Rd7 $16) 22... Kg7 23. Kf2 $6
(23. Bd6 $6 Re6 24. Be5 Bxe5 25. fxe5 Rxe5 26. Rxd4 Rae8 27. Rxd7+ Kh6 28. Rxa7
Bc8 $36) (23. Bc5 d5 24. cxd5 cxd5 25. Bxd5 Rxe1+ 26. Rxe1 Rd8 27. Be4 d3 28.
Kf2 Rd7 29. Ke3 d2 30. Rd1 Bc3 31. a3 $16 {/\ Bb4}) 23... d5 24. cxd5 cxd5 25.
Bd3 $6 {'?' Postny.} (25. Bxd5 Rxe1 26. Rxe1 (26. Bxe1 Re8 $1 (26... Rd8 27.
Be4 d3 28. Kf3 $16) (26... Rc8 27. Be4) 27. Bf3 d3 $132) 26... Rc8 $14 (26...
Rd8 $6 {Postny} 27. Re6 $1 $16) 27. Re6 Rc2+ 28. Kg3 Bc8 29. Re8 $40 {[%csl
Rg7][%cal Gb4f8]}) 25... Bxd3 26. Rxe8 (26. Rxd3 $6 Re4 27. Bd2 Rae8) 26...
Rxe8 27. Rxd3 Rc8 {Postny: 'The active R gives black sufficient counterplay.'}
28. Ke2 Kf7 (28... Rc2+ $6 29. Rd2 Rc1 30. Kd3 Rf1 31. Rc2 $16) 29. Be1 (29.
Kd1 h5 $1 (29... Ke6 30. g4 $14) 30. Be1 Ke6 31. Bf2 Kf5) 29... Re8+ 30. Kd1
Re3 $1 $11 (30... Re4 31. Bd2 $14) (30... Re3 $1 31. Kd2 (31. Rxe3 dxe3 32. Ke2
d4 33. Kd3 Ke6 34. Ke4 (34. Kc4 $2 Kf5) 34... h5 $11) (31. Rd2 {Postny} Re4 32.
g3 Ke6 {the endgame is about equal.}) 31... Re4 32. g3 Ke6 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "ESP-chT"]
[Site "Salamanca"]
[Date "1998.09.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Korneev, Oleg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "Lautier,J"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1998.09.05"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nxc6 Qf6 6. Qd2 dxc6 7. Nc3 Be6
8. Na4 Rd8 9. Bd3 Bd4 10. O-O Qh4 $6 11. Qf4 Qh5 12. Qg3 Ne7 13. Be3 $1 (13.
Nc3 {/\ Ne2} Bxc3 $1 14. bxc3 Rd7 15. Be3 (15. Qxg7 $4 Rg8 16. Qh6 Rxg2+ $1 17.
Kxg2 Bh3+ $19) (15. Ba3 O-O $11 {/\ c5}) 15... O-O 16. Bd4 (16. f4 f5 $15)
16... Qg6 $11) 13... O-O $2 (13... Qe5 $2 14. Bf4 Qa5 15. Bxc7 Qxa4 16. Bxd8
Kxd8 17. Qd6+ Ke8 18. b3 Nc8 19. Qxe6+ fxe6 20. bxa4 Bxa1 21. Rxa1 Nb6 22. Rb1
$18) (13... Bxe3 $6 14. Qxe3 b6 15. f4 $1 O-O (15... f6 16. f5 Bf7 17. e5 $16)
16. f5 Bc8 17. Qg3 $1 $16) (13... Bf6 $8 14. h3 (14. f4 $2 Bh4 15. Qxg7 (15.
Qf3 Bg4 $19) 15... Rg8 16. Qe5 Qxe5 17. fxe5 Bh3 18. g3 Bxf1 19. Rxf1 Bg5 $17)
14... O-O $14 {Zsu.Polgar-Xie Jun, Jaen 1996}) 14. Bxd4 Rxd4 15. Qxc7 $1 $16
Ng6 (15... Nc8 {(Korneev)} 16. Nc3 Nd6 17. Ne2 Rc8 (17... Rxd3 18. cxd3 Nb5 19.
Ng3 $18) 18. Qe7 (18. Qxc8+ Bxc8 19. Nxd4 c5 20. Nb5 $16) 18... Re8 19. Qxe8+
Nxe8 20. Nxd4 $16) (15... Rd7 $142 16. Qg3 Qa5 17. Nc3 Qb4 18. Rab1 (18. e5 $2
Nf5 $1 $132 (18... Qxb2 19. Rab1 Qa3 (19... Qxc3 $2 20. Bxh7+ $18) 20. Ne4 $36)
) 18... c5 19. a3 Qb6 20. Qe3 $16) 16. Nc3 Rd7 (16... Ne5 $2 17. Be2 Bg4 18.
Bxg4 (18. f3 $2 Rd7 $1 19. fxg4 Qg5 20. Qxd7 (20. h4 $2 Qe3+ $19) (20. Qa5 $2
Nf3+ $19) 20... Nxd7 $17) 18... Nxg4 19. Rad1 $18) 17. Qg3 f5 18. f4 $1 (18.
exf5 $6 Bxf5 19. Rad1 Bxd3 20. Rxd3 Rxd3 21. Qxd3 Nf4 $132) 18... fxe4 19. Nxe4
Bf5 20. Rae1 Kh8 21. Qf2 $1 {/\ Ng3} Bxe4 (21... Qh6 22. Nc5 Rdf7 (22... Bxd3
23. Nxd7 $18) 23. Bxf5 Rxf5 24. Ne6 $18) 22. Rxe4 $18 Qa5 23. a3 Ne7 {/\ Nd5-f6
} 24. Re5 $1 Qb6 25. Qxb6 axb6 26. Rfe1 Nd5 27. Re8 Rd8 28. Rxf8+ Rxf8 29. g3
g6 30. Bc4 Nf6 (30... Rd8 31. Rd1 $18) 31. Re7 Rd8 32. Bd3 (32. Rxb7 $2 Rd1+
33. Kg2 Rd2+ 34. Kh3 Rxc2 $132) 32... Rd7 33. Rxd7 Nxd7 34. Bf1 $1 {[%csl Rb7]
[%cal Rf1h3,Rh3c8]} Kg7 $2 $138 (34... Nf6 $8 35. Kf2 (35. Bh3 Ne4) 35... Kg7 (
35... Ng4+ 36. Ke2 Nxh2 37. Bh3 h5 38. Bc8 $18) 36. Bh3 Ne4+ 37. Ke3 Nd6 38.
Kd4 Kf6 39. a4 Ne8 40. b4 Nd6 41. c4 h6 42. c5 $18) 35. Bh3 Nc5 36. Bc8 Kf6 37.
b4 Na4 38. Bxb7 c5 39. Bc6 Nb2 40. bxc5 bxc5 41. Kf2 Ke6 42. Ke2 Nc4 43. Kd3
Na5 (43... Nxa3 44. c4 $18) 44. Be4 Kf6 45. h4 h5 46. a4 1-0

[Event "FRA-ch"]
[Site "Aix les Bains"]
[Date "2003.08.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Fontaine, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2541"]
[Annotator "Lautier,J"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2003.08.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Postny} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7.
Qe2 Nd5 8. c4 Ba6 9. b3 g6 {Postny: 'The main alternatives to this move are: 9.
..0-0-0, 9...Qh4 and 9...g5 which is considered as the main line.'} 10. f4 Qb4+
{Postny: 'This check was played for the first time on top level in the game
Gelfand,B-Karpov,A/Linares 1992 and nowadays it's frequently used by E.Bacrot.'
} (10... Bg7 {Postny} 11. Qf2 {- see the annotated game Tseshkovsky,
V-Harikrishna,P/Hastings 2002/CBM 93 [Postny]}) 11. Bd2 Qb6 (11... Nxf4 $4 {
Postny} 12. Qe4 $18 {[%csl Rb4,Rf4]}) 12. Qf3 {Postny: 'This move gained some
popularity recently.'} Nb4 $5 (12... Qd4 $6 {Postny} 13. Nc3 Nxc3 14. Qxc3 c5
15. Bd3 $14 {- see the annotated games: Lautier,J-Bacrot,E/Cannes 2002/CBM 88 
[Postny] and Rublevsky,S-Vescovi,G/Poikovsky 2003/CBM 95 [Postny]}) 13. Kd1 {
Postny: 'According to my database this position appeared only once with
Fontaine playing with white...'} Bb7 14. Nc3 c5 15. Qe3 $1 $146 (15. Nd5 $6 Bg7
16. Bxb4 cxb4 17. Kc2 Bxd5 18. cxd5 O-O 19. Bc4 d6 20. Rae1 Rae8 $15 {Fontaine,
R-Marciano,D/France 2002}) 15... Qe6 16. Nb5 {Postny: 'Black is now forced to
retreat with the knight to a passive square a6. However, the position remains
unclear, since white's king is not safe.'} (16. a3 Nc6 17. Nd5 O-O-O 18. Bc3
Ne7 $11) (16. Ne4 O-O-O (16... Bxe4 17. Qxe4 $14) 17. Nxc5 Bxc5 18. Qxc5 Bxg2
$1 $132) 16... Na6 $1 (16... O-O-O $6 17. Nxa7+ Kb8 18. a3 $16) (16... Kd8 $6
17. Be2 a6 18. Nc3 Qf5 19. Rc1 $16 Bxg2 $2 20. Rg1 Qh3 21. a3 {1-0 Nedev,
T-Gyimesi,Z/Plovdiv BUL 2003}) 17. Kc2 Bg7 18. Re1 O-O 19. Bd3 (19. Bc3 f6 20.
a3 (20. exf6 Qxe3 21. Rxe3 Bxf6 $11) 20... fxe5 21. fxe5 Rae8 (21... Rf7 $5 {
/\ Raf8}) 22. Qg3 Qb6 $1 23. Bd3 Nb8 $132) 19... f6 (19... Bxg2 $2 {Postny} 20.
f5 $1 Qb6 21. Rhg1 $40) 20. Qg3 (20. Re2 fxe5 21. fxe5 Rae8 22. Rhe1 (22. Bc3
d6) 22... Qb6 $11) 20... fxe5 21. fxe5 Rae8 22. Bc3 Bh6 $2 {Postny: 'Serious
mistake. The bishop has nothing to do on h6.'} (22... Qc6 23. Be4 Nb4+ (23...
Qxe4+ $2 24. Rxe4 Bxe4+ 25. Kb2 $16) 24. Kb1 (24. Kb2 $6 Qxe4 25. Rxe4 Rf2+ $1
26. Kc1 Bxe4 27. Bxb4 Rc2+ 28. Kd1 cxb4 $36) 24... Qb6 (24... Qxe4+ 25. Rxe4
Bxe4+ 26. Ka1 Nc2+ 27. Kb2 Nd4 28. Nxd4 Bxe5 29. Nf5 $1 Rxf5 30. Bxe5 Rfxe5 31.
Re1 $14) 25. Bxb7 Qxb7 $11 26. h4 a6 27. Na3 $13) (22... Nb4+ 23. Bxb4 (23. Kb1
{Postny} Qb6 $15) 23... cxb4 24. Nxc7 Bxe5 25. Nxe6 (25. Qh4 {'?' Postny.} Qe7
$1 $15 {'-/+' Postny.}) (25. Nxe8 Bxg3 26. Rxe6 dxe6 27. hxg3 Rxe8 {'=' Postny.
} 28. a3 a5 29. axb4 axb4 $15) 25... Bxg3 26. Nxf8 Bxe1 27. Nxd7 Kg7 $11 (27...
Bc3 $44 {Postny})) (22... Qb6 {/\ Nb4} 23. a3 Nb8 24. e6 Bxc3 25. Nxc3 Rxe6 26.
Rxe6 Qxe6 27. Re1 Qb6 28. Nb5 a6 29. Qxc7 Rf2+ 30. Re2 Rxe2+ 31. Bxe2 Qxc7 32.
Nxc7 Bxg2 33. b4 $11) 23. Rhf1 Rxf1 (23... Qc6 $6 24. Rxf8+ Rxf8 25. Be4 $16)
24. Rxf1 Bg7 {Postny: 'Admitting the mistake made on 22nd move.'} (24... Qc6 $6
25. Rf6 $16 Re6 26. Bf5 $5 Rxf6 27. exf6 Kf7 28. Nxa7 Qb6 29. Qh3 Nb4+ 30. Kb2
$18) 25. Re1 Qc6 {'?!' Postny.} (25... Rf8 26. a3 Bh6 27. Re2 $36 (27. Qh3 Qxh3
28. gxh3 Rf3 $132)) ({Postny: Relatively best for black was} 25... Qb6 26. a3 (
26. Kb1 {Postny} Nb8) 26... Nb8 27. e6 Rxe6 (27... Bxc3 28. exd7 $16) 28. Rxe6
dxe6 29. Bxg7 Kxg7 30. Qe5+ Kg8 31. Nxc7 $16) (25... Nb4+ $2 {(Postny) Now it
does not work anymore.} 26. Bxb4 Bxe5 (26... cxb4 27. Nxc7 Bxe5 28. Nxe8 Bxg3
29. Rxe6 dxe6 30. hxg3 $18) 27. Bxc5 Bxg3 28. Rxe6 Rxe6 29. hxg3 $18) 26. Be4
Qb6 27. Bxb7 Qxb7 28. a3 {Postny: 'Black's pieces are doomed to passivity,
while white can gradually strengthen his position without any problems.'} Re6
$2 (28... Nb8 $1 29. e6 (29. Qf3 {'+/-' Postny.} Qxf3 30. gxf3 Rf8 31. Nxa7 (
31. Re3 Nc6 32. Nxc7 Nd4+ 33. Kd3 Bh6 (33... Nxf3 $2 34. e6 $18) 34. Bxd4 cxd4
35. Kxd4 Bxe3+ 36. Kxe3 Rf5 37. Ke4 Rh5 $132) 31... Rxf3 32. Re2 $14) 29...
Rxe6 30. Rxe6 dxe6 31. Bxg7 Kxg7 32. Qxc7+ Qxc7 33. Nxc7 Kf6 34. Kd3 $14) 29.
Qf3 $1 Qb8 (29... Qxf3 $6 30. gxf3 $18) 30. Rd1 Qe8 31. Qd3 $1 (31. Qd5 $2 c6
32. Qxd7 cxb5 33. cxb5 Nb8 34. Qc7 Qxb5 (34... Bxe5 $2 35. Bxe5 Rxe5 36. Rd8
$18) 35. a4 (35. Rd8+ Re8 36. e6 Qe2+ 37. Bd2 (37. Rd2 Qe4+ 38. Kc1 Qe1+ $11)
37... Qxe6 38. Rxb8 Qf5+ 39. Kc1 Qf1+ 40. Kc2 Qf5+ $11) 35... Qe2+ 36. Rd2 Qe4+
37. Kc1 (37. Kb2 Re8 38. Rd8 Rxd8 39. Qxd8+ Bf8 40. Qxb8 Qxg2+ $132) 37... Qe1+
38. Kc2 Qe4+ $11) (31. Qb7 $2 Bxe5 $1 32. Bxe5 Rxe5 33. Nc3 (33. Qxa6 Re2+ 34.
Kb1 Qe4+ 35. Ka1 Qe5+ 36. Nd4 cxd4 37. Qc8+ Qe8 38. Qxe8+ Rxe8 39. Rxd4 $11)
33... Re6 34. Qd5 Nb8 35. Qxc5 Nc6 $11) 31... Re7 32. Qd5+ Kh8 (32... Qf7 $2
33. Nxa7 $18) (32... Rf7 33. Qb7 Qe6 34. Qc8+ Bf8 35. Kc1 $16 {/\ Nc7}) 33. Qb7
{Postny: 'Decisive invasion. White is winning material.'} Nb8 (33... Re6 34.
Nxc7 Nxc7 35. Qxc7 Bxe5 36. Rxd7 Bxc3 37. Rd8 $18) 34. Nxc7 $6 $138 (34. Qxc7
$1 Nc6 35. Nd6 Qf8 (35... Qg8 36. Rd5 $18) 36. Qc8 $1 Qxc8 37. Nxc8 Rf7 38. Nd6
Rf2+ 39. Rd2 Rxd2+ 40. Kxd2 Kg8 41. Ne4 $18) 34... Qf8 35. Qe4 (35. Nd5 Rf7
$132 {/\ Nc6}) (35. Qf3 Rf7 (35... Qxf3 $2 36. gxf3 Bxe5 37. Re1 Nc6 (37... d6
38. f4 $18) 38. Rxe5 Nxe5 39. f4 $18) 36. Qd3 Nc6 37. e6 Rf2+ 38. Kb1 Bxc3 39.
Qxc3+ Nd4 40. exd7 Qf5+ 41. Qd3 Qxd7 $132) 35... Nc6 36. Nd5 Rxe5 $6 {Postny:
'Last practical chance, but insufficient.'} (36... Re6 37. Nf4 Re7 (37... Rxe5
38. Bxe5 Bxe5 39. Ne2 $18) 38. Rd5 $16) (36... Re8 37. Qf4 (37. Nf6 $1 {Postny}
Bxf6 38. Rf1 Qe7 39. Rxf6 Nd4+ (39... Qxf6 $2 40. exf6 Rxe4 41. f7+ $18) 40.
Bxd4 cxd4 41. Ra6 $18) 37... Nxe5 38. Qxf8+ Rxf8 39. Rd2 $16) 37. Bxe5 Bxe5 38.
Kb1 $1 Qf2 39. Qc2 Qh4 40. Qe2 (40. g3 Qg4 41. Rf1 Qd4 42. Ka2 $18) 40... d6 $6
$138 (40... Qxh2 $142 41. Qf3 Bg7 42. Nf4 $1 {'+-' Postny.} (42. Re1 Qb8 (42...
h5 43. Nf6 $18) 43. Ka2 Ne5 44. Qe3 d6 $16) 42... Qh4 43. Qe4 Ne7 44. Rd6 $18 (
44. Rxd7 Qf6 $132)) 41. Qf3 $18 Bg7 (41... h5 42. Rf1 Bg7 43. Qf4 $18) 42. Nc3
$1 {/\ Ne4-d6} (42. Ne3 Ne7 43. Rxd6 Ng8) 42... h5 (42... Ne7 43. Ne4 Qxh2 44.
Nxd6 $18) 43. Qxc6 Bxc3 44. Qe8+ {Postny: 'Covering e1 square in order to make
the following capture possible.'} Kh7 45. Rxd6 Qg5 (45... Qg4 46. Qd7+ $18) 46.
Rd7+ Bg7 47. Qf7 Qe5 48. Qxg7+ 1-0

[Event "FRA-chT 9900"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "2000.04.01"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Turner, Matthew"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2487"]
[Annotator "Lautier,J"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1999.02.04"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 077"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nxc6 Qf6 6. Qd2 dxc6 7. Nc3 Be6
8. Na4 Rd8 9. Bd3 Bd4 10. O-O Ne7 11. c3 b5 12. cxd4 Qxd4 13. Qa5 Qxa4 (13...
bxa4 14. Bc2 O-O (14... Bc4 $6 15. Re1 Bb5 16. Bg5 {/\ Rad1} (16. Qxc7 Qc4 $132
) 16... Qxb2 (16... f6 17. Rad1 Qxb2 18. Rxd8+ Kxd8 19. Bf4 $16) 17. Bxe7 Kxe7
18. Bxa4 Bxa4 19. Qxa4 $16) 15. Re1 (15. Qxa4 Qxa4 16. Bxa4 Rd4 17. Bc2 Rc4 18.
Bb1 {/\ b3} Ra4 19. Be3 Rb8 20. Rd1 (20. Bc2 Rxa2 21. Rxa2 Bxa2 22. b3 a5 $11)
20... f6 21. Rd2 $14) (15. Be3 Qxb2 16. Bxa4 Rd7 17. Qxa7 Bxa2 18. Rad1 Rxd1
19. Rxd1 $14) 15... Qb6 16. Qc3 $1 (16. Qxa4 c5 17. Be3 Nc6 $132) 16... Qb5 (
16... c5 $2 17. Be3 $16) (16... Qd4 17. Qa3 $14) 17. Qa3 $14 (17. Be3 Nc8 $132
{/\ Nb6})) 14. Qxa4 bxa4 15. Bc2 Bc4 16. Re1 Bb5 17. Be3 Nc8 18. b3 $5 $146
axb3 (18... Nb6 $142 19. bxa4 Bxa4 (19... Nxa4 20. Bxa7 O-O 21. Be3 Ra8 22. Bb3
Nc3 23. f3 $14) 20. Bxa4 Nxa4 21. Bxa7 (21. Rec1 Rd6 22. Bxa7 Kd7 $5) 21... O-O
22. Rec1 Rd6 23. Rab1 Ra8 24. Be3 Re6 (24... h5 25. h3 Nb6 26. Rc2 $14) 25. Rb4
(25. f3 f5 26. Rc4 fxe4 27. fxe4 Nb6 28. Bxb6 Rb8 29. Rcb4 Rxb6 30. Rxb6 cxb6
31. Rxb6 Rxe4 32. Rxc6 Re2 $14) 25... h6 26. h3 (26. Rcc4 Nb6 27. Rc2 Ra4 $14)
26... c5 27. Bxc5 Rc6 28. Rbc4 Rxc5 29. Rxc5 Nxc5 30. Rxc5 Rxa2 31. Rxc7 h5 $14
) 19. Bxb3 Rd3 (19... O-O 20. a4 Bd3 21. f3 $14 {/\ Rec1}) 20. Rec1 {/\ Bc2}
Nb6 21. Bc2 Ra3 (21... Rd7 22. a4 $36) 22. Bb3 f6 $2 (22... Ra6 23. Bf4 (23.
Bc5 Ba4 $132) 23... O-O 24. Bxc7 Rc8 25. Bd6 Ba4 26. Bc5 Nd7 27. Be3 $14) 23.
Rc3 {/\ Bf7} Ra6 24. f4 $1 {/\ Be6, f5} Na4 (24... Ba4 25. Be6 $36) 25. Rc2 Ke7
(25... Bd3 26. Rd2 Bxe4 27. Rd4 Nc3 (27... Nc5 28. Rc1 Nxb3 29. Rxe4+ $18) 28.
Rc4 Ne2+ 29. Kf2 Bd3 30. Rb4 $18) 26. e5 $1 $40 Rd8 27. Re1 Rd3 28. Bf2 $16 {
>< Ke7} fxe5 $6 (28... Kf8 $142 $16) 29. Bh4+ Ke8 (29... Kd7 30. fxe5 c5 31.
e6+ Ke8 32. e7 c4 33. Rf2 $18) 30. Rxe5+ $18 Kd7 (30... Kf8 31. Rf5+ Ke8 32.
Re2+ Kd7 33. Be6+ Kd6 34. Be7+ $1 Kxe7 35. Bc8+ Kd6 36. Re6#) 31. Be6+ Kd6 32.
Bc8 c5 33. Re6+ Kd5 34. Bxa6 Rd1+ 35. Kf2 Kxe6 36. Bxb5 Rd4 37. Kf3 {
Clichy-Nancy: 6-3} 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-32"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.10.01"]
[Round "14.4"]
[White "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Black "Gretarsson, Helgi Ass"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[Annotator "Lempert,I"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1996.09.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Iceland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISL"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. c3 Nge7 7. Bc4 Ne5 8.
Be2 Qg6 9. O-O d5 10. Bh5 Bg4 11. Bxg6 Bxd1 12. Bxf7+ Kxf7 13. Rxd1 Nc4 14. b4
Bb6 15. Nd2 Nxe3 16. fxe3 Rhe8 17. c4 dxc4 (17... a5 $6 18. c5 Ba7 19. Nb5 Bb8
20. Nb3 axb4 21. exd5 Nf5 22. e4 Rxe4 23. d6 $14 {Konguveel,P-Barcenilla,R/
Calkutta/1994/}) 18. Nxc4 Rad8 $2 (18... Red8 $5 $13) 19. Nxb6 axb6 20. Nb5 $1
$16 Nc6 21. Rxd8 Rxd8 22. Nxc7 Rd2 23. Rf1+ Kg6 24. Nd5 Rxa2 25. b5 $1 Na7 26.
Rf8 Ra4 (26... Nxb5 27. Rf5 $1 $18) 27. e5 1-0

[Event "Gashimov Memorial 4th"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2017.04.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2822"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[Annotator "Lenderman,A"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2017.04.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Hello everyone and welcome to the round one Game of the Day at the Gashimov
Memorial. Today the choice was relatively straightforward, since the game
So-Mamedyarov was the game with by far the most fireworks. So, let's get to it.
} 1. e4 e5 {The first interesting choice. Mamediarov is capable of playing
almost any first move, but in this game he goes for the most common at the
elite level, 1...e5 against 1.e4.} 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 {A slight surprise, since
Wesley more commonly chooses the Ruy Lopez or the Italian game these days.}
exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8. Nd2 {8.c4 is more common,
but probably Mamedyarov wasn't surprised by 8.Nd2, since it has also become
popular of late, Also, Wesley himself played it in the 2015 Tata Steel against
Levon Aronian.} (8. c4 {is more common, after which Black can reply with both
8...Ba6 followed by ...Nb6, or 8...Nb6 straight away, with both having their
pluses and minuses.}) 8... a5 $5 {Not yet a novelty, but already we're in
rare-move territory. The most common for Black is 8...g6. Aronian tried 8...
Rb8!?} (8... g6 {is also a highly theoretical debate after} 9. c4 (9. Nf3 $5)
9... Nf4 (9... Ba6 $5)) (8... Rb8 {was played by Aronian and it seems like it
also got him a decent position. However, I'm sure Wesley analysed this
position quite deeply and had something better prepared in the event of ...Rb8}
9. c4 Nf4 10. Qe3 Ng6 11. f4 f6 (11... d6 {Perhaps that was stronger.}) 12.
Qxa7 Rb7 13. Qf2 fxe5 14. f5 Nf4 15. Qf3 (15. a3 $5 Qf7 16. g3 Nh5 17. b4)
15... Qf7 16. g3 Nh5 17. Be2 Nf6 18. g4 d5 19. g5 e4 (19... Ne4 $5) (19... Nd7)
20. Qh3 Ng8 $4 {A strange blunder.} (20... Nd7 21. Bh5 g6 22. Bxg6 hxg6 23.
Qxh8 Nc5 24. O-O Bxf5 $44 {was still very complex.}) 21. Bh5 g6 22. fxg6 Bxh3
23. gxf7+ Kd7 24. fxg8=Q Rxg8 25. Rg1 $18 {1-0 (54) So,W (2762)-Aronian,L 
(2797) Wijk aan Zee NED 2015. And White later on converted his extra piece.})
9. c4 {Wesley has his first big think here, for around 10 minutes, which
indicates he was at least a little bit surprised by the a5 move, or maybe he
was just trying to recall his preparation. Wesley goes for the principled
approach. It does seem like the only really logical move though, since sooner
or later c4 probably has to be played. The interesting thing though, is now
White transposes into a lot of lines with 8.c4 rather than 8.Nd2, and it's
possible that Mamedyarov tricked Wesley out of his preparation.} Nb6 10. b3 {
And now, a big 30-minute think on the b3-move. Probably Wesley saw the dangers
of this move, since it was relatively easy to anticipate Black's replies after
b3. However, it's possible that Wesley just couldn't find a great alternative
to it. Or maybe he evaluated the position down the line as a position with
good compensation for a pawn, which certainly has its merits as well.} (10. Qe3
) (10. Qe4) (10. g3 {are all adequate solutions but also are slightly less
ambitious and give Black easier play.}) 10... a4 11. Bb2 axb3 12. axb3 Rxa1+
13. Bxa1 Qa3 14. Qd1 {Of course... only move.} (14. Bc3 $4 Qc1+) (14. Bd4 $6
Bb4 15. Qd1 c5 16. Be3 Qb2 $15 {and Black has pressure.}) 14... Bb4 15. Bd3 {
When White played 10.b3 he probably had to foresee up to 15.Bd3 and see he's
at least ok in all the lines. That, as well as comparing to other possibilites
on move 10 explain the 30-minute think on that move.} (15. Be2 $2 {isn't
effective since then after} Qa5 $17 {White can't easily break the pin.}) 15...
Qa5 {Mamedyarov is still playing extremely fast which shows he's still in
preparation. Though while I'm analyzing with perhaps a weaker engine than
Mamedyarov, I'm wondering if it's just my engine being not so strong, or
perhaps Mamedyarov slightly confused his preparation, since it seems to me
that 15...Qa2 is a serious alternative that might even be stronger.} (15... Qa2
$5 16. Bd4 (16. Ke2 d5 {Now ...d5 seems very strong for Black.}) 16... O-O 17.
Be3 {and perhaps now} Qa5) 16. Ke2 $5 (16. Bd4 $5 {might be also very
interesting, trying to play Qc2.} O-O (16... Bc3 17. Bxc3 Qxc3 18. Qe2 O-O (
18... Qa1+ $6 19. Bb1) (18... Qc1+ 19. Qd1 Qc3 $11) 19. O-O Re8 $11 {with
comfortable equality.}) 17. Qc2) 16... d6 {Mamedyarov's first big think of the
game for around 10 minutes.} 17. Qc2 $1 {A very interesting positional pawn
sacrifice, which was the main point of Ke2, and possibly planned all along
when 10.b3 was played.} (17. exd6 $2 O-O $40 {is extremely dangerous for White.
}) 17... dxe5 18. Bb2 Qc5 $1 {Getting his queen out of the danger zone. This
move cost Mamedyarov 40 minutes thought.} (18... Nd7 19. Ra1 Qc5 20. Bf5 $44)
19. Nf3 Bg4 {This was a critical position, which probably Mamediarov seriously
thought about even before 18...Qc5, when he thought for 40 minutes. Here Black
has many interesting choices, but possibly ...Bg4 wasn't objectively the
absolute best.} (19... Qe7 {would allow a slightly annoying move,} 20. Be4 Qe6
21. Ng5 Qh6 22. h4 $44 {with good compensation for White since Black is a
little bit tied down here.}) (19... g6 $1 {At a high depth the computer really
screams for this move, but it seems like a very difficult move to play during
the game. Sure, it defends the pawn but it seems meaningless and seems like
the e5-pawn is hanging. However Black is doing well in all the lines here.} 20.
Nxe5 (20. Bxe5 O-O {is even more dangerous for White.} 21. Bf4 Qe7+ 22. Be3 Nd7
23. Rd1 Ne5 24. Nxe5 Qxe5 25. h3 Bc5 $15) (20. h4 Bg4 {But now that the
h7-pawn is protected, the Bg4-move is strong.} 21. h5 $1 Rf8 $1 22. Kf1 Nd7 {
and even though White has compensation, it looks like Black is to be preferred
slightly.}) 20... O-O {It's a tricky position but Black seems better here.} 21.
Be4 (21. Nf3 Re8+ 22. Kf1 Bg4 $36) 21... Re8 22. Rd1 f6 23. Bxg6 Rxe5+ 24. Kf1
Rg5 25. Bxh7+ Kf7 $17) (19... h6 $6 {isn't nearly as effective as g6.} 20. Nxe5
O-O 21. Rd1 Re8 22. Bh7+ Kf8 23. Qe4 Nd5 24. Kf1 $11 {With a mess, which is
likely going to end in a pereptual check.}) 20. Bxh7 Nd7 (20... Qe7 21. Be4 (
21. Bf5 $6 {doesn't work so well anymore for White.} Bxf3+ 22. Kxf3 g6) 21...
Qe6 22. h3 Bxf3+ 23. Kxf3 g6 24. g4 $11 {with dynamic equality.}) 21. Bf5 Bxf3+
$1 {The only move not to be clearly worse.} (21... Bxf5 $6 22. Qxf5 g6 23. Qg4
{lets White keep a very important knight on f3 which is very annoying for
Black to deal with.} Qe7 24. Rd1 Bd6 25. b4 $1 Bxb4 (25... c5 26. bxc5 Nxc5 27.
Qc8+ Qd8 28. Qxd8+ Kxd8 29. Nxe5 Re8 30. Kf3 $16) 26. Nxe5 $1 $18) 22. Kxf3 $5
(22. gxf3 g6 (22... Nf6 {would be quite good for Black.})) 22... g6 23. Bxd7+ (
23. Ra1 $5 Rh4 $1 24. Kg3 Rd4 $3 25. Bxd4 Qxd4 26. Ra8+ Ke7 27. Bxd7 Qf4+ 28.
Kh3 Qh6+ 29. Kg3 Qf4+ {would not be forced but would be a very interestling
sample line leading to perpetual check.}) 23... Kxd7 24. Qe4 (24. g3 {In
retrospect g3 might've been safer, to tuck the king in on g2, and not have to
worry about it being under attack. I think only White can be better here.})
24... Re8 25. Ke2 {Still objectively ok, but in my opinion playing a little
bit with fire.} (25. g3) 25... Kc8 {Black does the right thing and gets his
king into safety. It becomes easier for Black from here on, especially in time
pressure, which makes it no surprise that White is the one who cracks in the
end since his position in my opinion is now a little bit more difficult to
play despite the position being objectively equal.} 26. Rd1 f5 27. Qh4 (27. Qe3
$5) 27... Qe7 28. Qg3 ({Of course} 28. Qxe7 {is safer, after which White
doesn't really risk losing, but White continues to play very ambitiously and
is taking some risks.}) 28... g5 29. Bc3 Bc5 30. Bd2 $6 {And now with low time,
White makes the first objective inaccuracy of the game. The bishop ends up
being misplaced on d2, while ...f4 is a move Black wants to play anyway in
many lines.} ({Either} 30. b4 $5 Bxb4 31. Bxb4 Qxb4 32. Qxg5 Qxc4+ 33. Ke1 $11)
({Or} 30. Ra1 $11 {would still keep the game balanced.}) 30... f4 $1 {Now
Black starts to seize the initiative.} 31. Qh3+ Kb7 $6 {Now Black errs in
return.} (31... Kb8 $1 32. b4 Bd4 33. b5 e4 {and now bxc6 comes without check
and Black's initiative is quicker.} 34. Qb3 (34. bxc6 $6 e3 $1 35. fxe3 (35.
Rb1+ Ka8 {doesn't really help White.}) 35... Qe4 $3 {and Black has a decisive
attack.} 36. Qf3 Qc2 37. Rc1 Qa2 38. e4 Be3 $19) 34... c5 (34... Bb6 $5 35.
bxc6 Qe5) 35. b6 c6 36. Qa2 Qf7 {and Black has very strong initiative which
means White has nothing better than to go into an unpleasant endgame with...}
37. Qa7+ Qxa7 38. bxa7+ Kxa7 $15 {where White maybe can draw but has to work
for it.}) 32. b4 Bd4 33. Qd3 $6 {In time pressure it's understable that
mistakes start coming in bunches, even amongst elite players when the position
is so sharp.} (33. b5 $1 {White can create enough counterplay here.} e4 (33...
cxb5 34. Rb1 $1 c6 35. cxb5 c5 36. Qf5 {and it's still a mess.} (36. Qh6 Qe6))
34. bxc6+ Kxc6 35. Qb3 Bb6 36. Qa4+ Kb7 37. Ra1 Qc5 38. Qa6+ Kc6 39. Qa4+ $11)
33... Rd8 (33... Qd7 {might've been slightly more precise.}) 34. b5 Qe6 (34...
cxb5 {might've objectively worked though it's hard to blame Black for not
going for this in time pressure. Variations that arise here are very complex
and almost impossible to work out precisely in time pressure.} 35. Rb1 e4 $1
36. Rxb5+ Bb6 37. Qc2 e3 $5 (37... Qe6 38. c5 (38. Kf1 Kc8 39. c5 Qc6 $1 $17)
38... f3+) 38. fxe3 fxe3 39. Be1 Qe8 $1 {and Black still might be slightly
better.}) 35. bxc6+ Kxc6 36. f3 Rb8 37. Be1 g4 38. Rd2 gxf3+ 39. Qxf3+ $4 {
And now comes a shocker. Just two moves before making time control, Wesley So
makes a game losing blunder. It goes to show us that we're all human, and when
we're under pressure most of the game and have to work hard, at some point
people crack, even the best of the best.} (39. gxf3 $11 {would still be equal.}
) 39... e4 {And White resigned. I'm not exactly even sure what Wesley missed.
Maybe he forgot about the c4-pawn being hanging. Either way, despite the fact
that this great battle between two great fighters ended prematurely, I still
really enjoyed commentating on this game, since there were a lot of
interesting moments starting with the opening stage, and throughout the whole
game.} 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel-C 74th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2012.01.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sadler, Matthew D"]
[Black "Sachdev, Tania"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2411"]
[Annotator "Let's Check"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2012.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 147"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nxc6 Qf6 6. Qf3 bxc6 7. Nd2 d6 8.
Nb3 Bb6 9. Bd2 Qxf3 10. gxf3 Ne7 11. a4 a5 12. Rg1 Ng6 13. Be3 Bxe3 14. fxe3
O-O 15. Nd4 Bd7 16. Rg3 d5 17. Nb3 dxe4 18. Nc5 Bf5 19. fxe4 Bc8 20. O-O-O Ne5
21. Rd4 Be6 22. Be2 Rfe8 23. c3 Re7 24. b4 h6 25. Rg1 g5 26. Kb2 Ree8 27. Ka3
g4 28. Rgd1 h5 29. bxa5 Rxa5 30. Rd8 Kf8 31. Rxe8+ Kxe8 32. Na6 $2 (32. Kb4 Ra8
33. Nxe6 $11) 32... Bc4 $19 33. Nxc7+ Ke7 34. Bxc4 Nxc4+ 35. Kb3 Nxe3 36. Re1
Ng2 37. Rg1 Nh4 38. h3 Nf3 39. Rg3 Nd2+ 40. Kb4 Ra7 $2 (40... Nxe4 41. Rg1 Ra7
$19) 41. hxg4 $17 hxg4 42. Nb5 cxb5 43. axb5 Nxe4 44. Rxg4 Nd6 45. c4 Ra1 46.
Kc5 Rc1 47. Rd4 Rxc4+ 48. Rxc4 Nxc4 49. Kxc4 Kd6 50. Kd4 f5 51. b6 Kc6 52. Ke5
Kxb6 53. Kxf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-32"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.09.20"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Black "Peng, Xiaomin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "Makarichev,S"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1996.09.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "China"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CHN"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. c3 Nge7 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
O-O Ne5 9. Be2 Qg6 10. Nd2 d5 (10... d6 11. Bh5 Qf6 12. f4 N5c6 13. N2b3 $14 {
Sveshnikov,E-Yandemirov,V/Elista(RUS-ch)/1995/}) 11. Bh5 $1 Qf6 (11... Qa6 12.
N2b3 $1 Bd6 (12... Bb6 13. Be2 Nc4 14. Bg5 f6 15. Bc1 $140 $16 dxe4 $2 16. Nd2
$18) (12... Bxd4 13. Bxd4 $40) 13. Be2 Nc4 14. Bc1 $1 $40) 12. f4 N5c6 13. e5
Qh6 14. N2b3 Bxd4 15. cxd4 Nf5 16. Bd2 $1 (16. Bf2 $2 Qxf4) 16... Qe6 (16...
Ncxd4 17. Nxd4 Nxd4 18. f5 $1 (18. Bb4 $2 Ne2+ $1 19. Bxe2 Qb6+ $15) 18... Qb6
(18... Qa6 19. f6 $1 $16 (19. Bb4 Qb6 20. Bxf8 Kxf8 21. Kh1 Bxf5 $13)) 19. Be3
c5 20. Bxd4 (20. f6 $6 g6 21. Bxd4 (21. Qc1 Kh8 (21... Ne6 22. Bg4 d4 23. Bf2))
21... cxd4 22. Qd2 Kh8 23. Qh6 Rg8 $13) 20... cxd4 21. Qd2 d3+ 22. Kh1 Qd4 23.
Rae1 $16) 17. Rf2 $1 (17. Bc3 $4 Ne3) 17... g6 (17... Ncxd4 $2 18. Nxd4 Nxd4
19. Bb4 $16) 18. Bg4 h5 19. Bxf5 $1 Qxf5 20. Rc1 {xc7/} Be6 21. Rc3 $1 Rac8 22.
Rg3 $18 f6 (22... Bd7 23. Rg5 Qe4 24. f5 Nxd4 25. Nxd4 Qxd4 26. fxg6 fxg6 27.
Rxg6+ Kh7 28. Qxh5#) 23. Nc5 Nd8 24. exf6 Kh7 (24... Rxf6 25. Rg5) (24... Qxf6
25. Qxh5) 25. Rg5 Qxf6 26. f5 Bxf5 27. Rgxf5 Qxf5 (27... gxf5 28. Nd7 Qg7 29.
Nxf8+ Qxf8 30. Qxh5+) 28. Rxf5 Rxf5 29. Qe1 Nf7 30. Qe6 Nd6 31. Nd7 Ne4 32.
Qe7+ Kg8 33. Bh6 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 12th"]
[Site "Aix les Bains"]
[Date "2011.03.31"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Hracek, Zbynek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2631"]
[Annotator "Marchand,A/Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "149"]
[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 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 (4... Bc5 {La grande ligne} 5. Be3 (
5. Nb3 Bb4+ 6. c3 Be7 7. f4 d6 8. Bd3 Nh6 9. N1d2 O-O 10. Nf3 f5 11. O-O Kh8
12. h3 fxe4 13. Bxe4 Nf5 14. Kh2 Bh4 15. Nxh4 Qxh4 16. Qd3 Nfe7 {Vallejo Pons,
F (2724)-Bruzon Batista,L (2673) FIDE World Cup 2011 (2.1) 0-1} (16... Be6 17.
Bd2 d5 $5 {JL VILELA YB 101}))) 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 (6... Ne4 7. Qf3 Ng5 8.
Qg3 Ne6 9. Bd3 d5 (9... d6) 10. O-O {[%cal Gf2f4,Gf4f5]} Bc5 11. Nd2 O-O 12.
Nb3 Bb6) 7. Qe2 Nd5 8. c4 {Cette idйe de Blackburne rйsiste а l'йpreuve du
temps} Ba6 (8... Nb6 {L'alternative} 9. Nd2 (9. Nc3 Qe6 (9... Bb7 10. Bd2 g6
11. Ne4 O-O-O 12. a4 Ba6 13. Qf3 (13. f3 Bxc4 14. Qf2 Bxf1 15. Kxf1 Qe6 $132 {
Pavlidis,A (2419)-Bellos,I (1941) GRE CupT Peristeri 2011 (1) 1/2}) 13... Re8
$11 {Nepomniachtchi,I (2704)-Bacrot,E (2705) EU-Cup 28th Eilat 2012 (3.2) 1-0})
10. Qe4 Bb4 11. Bd2 Ba6 12. b3 Bxc3 13. Bxc3 d5 (13... d6) 14. Qh4 dxc4 15. Rc1
Qg6 16. g3 $5) (9. b3 a5 $132) 9... Qe6) 9. Nd2 $5 (9. b3 {La grande ligne}) (
9. g3 g6 10. b3 Bg7 11. Bb2) 9... g6 10. Nf3 {94} (10. b3 {La grande ligne} Bg7
11. Bb2 Nb4 12. Nf3 c5 13. g3 O-O 14. Bg2 d5 $1 {Svidler,P (2660)-Adams,M 
(2680) Tilburg Fontys 1997 (8) 1/2}) 10... Qb4+ {94 Tout a йtй jouй а tempo}
11. Kd1 {Il n'est pas facile pour les Noirs de profiter de la position du K
Blanc bloquй au centre et dans la pratique, les Blancs ont des bons rйsultats
а haut niveau.} Rb8 (11... Nb6 $5 12. b3 Bg7 13. Qd2 Qxd2+ 14. Bxd2 $14 {
Barbosa,E (2412)-Mecking,H (2590) BRA-ch 78th Campinas 2011 (10) 0-1}) (11...
Qa4+ 12. Qc2 Qxc2+ 13. Kxc2 Nb4+ 14. Kc3 c5 15. a3 (15. Be3 Bb7) 15... Nc6 16.
Bg5 (16. Bf4 Bg7) 16... Bg7 17. Bf6 Bxf6 18. exf6 {[%csl Ge7]} O-O 19. g4 Rfe8
20. g5 {[%cal Gf1h3,Gh3d7]} Bb7 (20... Re4 21. Nd2 Re5 $132) 21. Rg1 Nd8 22.
Nd2 Ne6 23. h4 Nf4 $11) (11... Bg7) 12. Qc2 Ne7 13. b3 {86} (13. Bd3 Bg7 14. a3
(14. Qb3 $5 {Avec un K dйroquй, l'йchange des Q ne peut pas кtre mauvais pour
les Blancs} c5 $1 15. Bd2 Qb7 16. Bc3 O-O 17. Qxb7 $11 {[%cal Gd1c2]}) 14...
Qb7 15. Re1 {Radjabov,T (2744)-Aronian,L (2801) Wch Blitz 5th 2010 (1) 1/2}) (
13. Qb3 c5 14. Qxb4 cxb4 15. Bd3 Bg7 16. Re1 O-O 17. Kc2 Nc6 18. b3 d5 19. cxd5
Bxd3+ 20. Kxd3 Rfd8 21. Bf4 Rxd5+ 22. Ke4 $14 {Howell,D (2625)-Adams,M (2715)
GBR-ch 98th Sheffield 2011 (6) 0-1}) 13... Bg7 {30} 14. Bd2 {73 Les Blancs
commencent а rйflйchir mais la position reste thйorique} (14. Bb2) 14... Qb6 {
79} 15. c5 $1 {[%csl Rc6,Rd7]} Qb7 16. Bxa6 Qxa6 17. Re1 $1 $146 {[%cal Ge1e5]
61 Les Blancs essayent de retarder l'йchange Qc4 en jouant un coup utile} (17.
Qc4 Qxc4 18. bxc4 {Ponomariov,R (2734)-Leko,P (2734) Dortmund SuperGM 2010 (1)
1-0}) 17... O-O {68 Une prйparation maison} (17... Nd5 {Quelques mois plus
tard, les Noirs n'ont pas eu trop de problиmes pour йgaliser} 18. Qc4 Qa3 19.
Nd4 O-O 20. Nc2 Qb2 {Forзant une rйpйtition de position} 21. Bc1 Qc3 22. Bd2
Qb2 23. Bc1 Qc3 24. Bd2 {1/2-1/2 Nedev,T (2493)-Petkov,V (2511)/Skopje 2011})
18. Qc4 $5 {jouй а tempo} Qb7 {44 Aprиs une longue rйflexion, les Noirs
йvitent l'йchange des Q} (18... Qxc4 19. bxc4 $11 {[%csl Rd7] Il n'est pas
facile pour les Noirs d'attaquer les P doublйs et le P arriйrй "d7" est trйs
faible}) 19. Rc1 Nd5 20. Ke2 $1 {[%cal Ge2f1] Pofitant du fait que les Noirs
n'ont pas eu le temps de jouer Re8} Rfe8 {[%csl Re5][%cal Ge8e2] 34} 21. Kf1
$14 {Les Blancs ont rйussi а roquer "а la main" et ils ont un bon avantage
d'espace.} Qb5 22. g3 {[%csl Gf4][%cal Gf1g2]} a5 $1 {[%cal Ga5a4]} 23. Qxb5 (
23. Kg2) 23... Rxb5 24. Re4 Ra8 25. Ne1 {24} a4 {08 Un coup naturel dans ce
genre de structure mais les Noirs vont avoir une mauvaise surprise car les
Blancs peuvent s'accrocher au P} (25... Re8 26. f4 f6 27. Nd3 Kf7) 26. Rxa4 $1
{Les Noirs ont du кtre surpris par cette rйponse pragmatique} Rxa4 27. bxa4 Rb2
28. Rc2 $1 Rb1 29. f4 $14 {[%csl Ge5,Rg7]} f6 $1 30. exf6 {21} Bxf6 {08} 31.
Ke2 Kf7 {05} 32. Nd3 Ke7 (32... Rh1 $6 33. h4 Rh2+ $2 34. Nf2 {[%csl Ga4,Rh2]
[%cal Ga4a5,Ga5a8]}) 33. Rc1 Rb8 34. a5 {[%csl Ga5,Gd2] Les Noirs ont
probablement du regretter а ce moment le sacrifice de P car le P passй devient
dangereux} Kd8 35. g4 $1 {Les Blancs commencent а prendre de l'espace} Ne7 36.
Bb4 $1 {[%csl Gb4][%cal Ga2a3] Le seul atout des Noirs йtait la possession de
la colonne "b" et maintenant ils n'ont plus assez de compensations pour le P}
Nd5 37. a3 $16 Ke7 38. Kf3 Rf8 39. Re1+ Kf7 40. Bd2 Ra8 41. Bb4 Ne7 42. h4 $1
Rh8 43. f5 $1 {15} gxf5 {25} (43... Bxh4 $6 44. Ne5+ $36 {[%csl Rd7,Ge5][%cal
Ge1h1]}) 44. g5 $1 {Un joli coup intermйdiaire, les Blancs redonnent le P mais
ils obtiennent uen forte majoritй а а l'aile-roi} Bg7 45. h5 {[%csl Gg5,Gh5]}
Rb8 {Les Noirs ne peuvent pas jouer grand-chose pour progresser} 46. Kf4 {
[%csl Gf4,Rf7] La position Noire est dйjа critique} Rb5 {Les Noirs passent
leur tour} 47. Ne5+ $1 {Force l'йchange du B qui dйfendait bien l'aile-roi}
Bxe5+ 48. Rxe5 Rb8 49. Re1 $1 {[%cal Ge1h1] "Ne pas se presser en finale",
aprиs avoir privй les Noirs de l'accиs а l'aile-dame par Bb4 et eliminй le
dйfenseur de l'aile-roi, ils peuvent maintenant changer d'objectif.} Ra8 50.
Rh1 {L'avantage d'espace permet de manoeuvrer plus facilement} Kg8 {Le signe
que les Noirs sont dйjа proches du zuzwang} (50... Ra7 51. g6+ $1 hxg6 52. h6
Ra8 53. h7 Rh8 54. Kg5 Nd5 55. a6 $18 {[%csl Ga6] Et les Noirs ne peuvent pas
suivre deux liиvres а la fois}) 51. Ke5 {[%cal Ge5f6]} Kg7 52. Rh2 {Commenзant
la lutte pour mettre les Noirs en zugzwang} Re8 53. Rd2 {[%csl Rd7]} Rd8 (53...
Nd5+ $6 54. Kxf5) 54. Rd3 Kf7 55. Bd2 Kg7 {le K Noir parait en sйcuritй mais
les Blancs vont trouver des ressources йtonnantes} (55... Rb8 $2 56. Rxd7) 56.
g6 $3 {Une leзon magistrale de technique!} Nd5 57. h6+ $3 {C'est digne d'une
йtude} (57. Kxf5 {Plus pragmatique mais le russe a le sens de l'esthйtique})
57... Kxg6 58. Rg3+ {[%csl Rg6]} Kh5 59. Rg5+ $1 {[%csl Rh5] le tourniquet est
particuliиrement redoutable car il se produit non pas sur la 08иme rangйe mais
sur une colonne et le K Noir est forcй de s'aventurer dans le camp Blanc Ce
qui est remarquable est le fait qu'il ne restait plus qu'une minute aux Blancs
en phase KO mais la technique est impeccable} Kh4 60. Rg7 $138 {[%csl Rh7]
Laisse un peu de rйpit aux Noirs} (60. Rxf5 $142 {[%csl Rh4]} Rg8 61. Rf7 {
[%csl Rd7,Rh7]} Rg2 62. Be1+ Kh5 63. Rf2 Rg4 64. Bd2 Ra4 65. Rf5+ Kg6 66. Rg5+
Kf7 67. Rg7+ {[%csl Rh7]}) 60... f4 $1 $13 {A ce niveau, la moindre faute est
exploitйe et les Noirs trouvent un contre-jeu inespйrй} (60... Kh5 61. Kxf5 {
[%csl Rh5]}) 61. a6 $1 {[%csl Ga6,Rd5,Rh4] Le rйveil du P passй et les piиces
Noires sont trйs mal placйes pour le contrer. Le Nd5 occupe une position
centale mais il est trйs peu utile} Re8+ 62. Kd4 Ra8 (62... Rf8 {[%csl Gf4]
[%cal Gf4f1]} 63. Rxh7 f3 64. Be1+ Kg5 (64... f2 65. Bxf2+ Rxf2 66. Rg7) 65. a7
f2 66. Bxf2 Rf4+ $1 67. Ke5 Rf5+ 68. Ke4 Rf4+ 69. Kd3 Rf3+ 70. Ke2 Rxa3 71.
Rxd7 Kxh6 72. Bd4 Rxa7 {Sauvant la nulle}) 63. Rxh7 {[%csl Gh6]} Kg5 (63...
Rxa6 64. Rg7 $18 {[%csl Gh6][%cal Gh6h7]}) 64. a4 Rxa6 65. a5 $1 {Le P "h6"
s'est sacrifiй mais le temps perdu permet aux Blancs de gagner le P "d7"} Ra8
66. Rxd7 Kxh6 $2 {Il restait pourtant aux Noirs beaucoup plus de temps (8 mns)
qu'а l'adveraire mais il est difficile de dйfendre longtemps ce genre de
position sans faire de fautes .} (66... Nf6 $8 67. Rxc7) 67. Rxd5 cxd5 68.
Bxf4+ Kg6 69. Bxc7 Kf6 70. Kxd5 Ke7 71. Kc6 Ke6 72. Bb6 Rc8+ 73. Kb7 Rg8 74. c6
Kd6 75. c7 {[%mdl 4096]} 1-0

[Event "Tashkent FIDE GP 2nd"]
[Site "Tashkent"]
[Date "2012.11.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Wang, Hao"]
[Black "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2012.11.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UZB"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 152"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
c4 Nb6 9. Nc3 Qe6 10. Qe4 {More than 10 years ago, this variation was
popularised by Kasparov, whose games dictated the trend in the Scotch Opening
for a long time. Fashion is a cruel lady and we will see that players are
starting to deviate from the initial ideas of such a great player.} Bb4 {
This is precisely how Kasparov's opponents reacted.} ({In the meanwhile} 10...
g6 {has become an important alternative, which has not been refuted yet, as
proven by the following recent game:} 11. Bd3 Bg7 12. f4 O-O 13. O-O d6 14.
Qxc6 dxe5 15. Qxc7 f5 16. c5 Rf7 17. Qd8+ Rf8 18. Qc7 Rf7 19. Qd8+ Rf8 20. Qc7
Rf7 21. Qd8+ Rf8 22. Qc7 {1/2 Kovalev,V (2477)-Beliavsky,A (2630)/Plovdiv 2012/
CBM 148}) 11. Bd2 Ba6 12. b3 Bxc3 13. Bxc3 d5 14. Qf3 $5 {Relatively
unexplored, but not new at all, as we will see.} ({Kasparov preferred} 14. Qh4
dxc4 15. Be2 Nd5 16. Bxc4 (16. Bd4 {Kasparov,G (2812)-Adams,M (2716)/Sarajevo
1999/CBM 071/[Mikhalevski,V] (1-0, 31) was a brilliant win by Kasparov, but
then the strong novelty} Qf5 $1 {played in a blitz game on the Internet (!)
changed the evaluation of the position, Morozevich,A (2748)-Piket,J (2633)/
Internet 2000/CBM 076/[Mikhalevski,V] (0-1, 67)}) 16... g5 17. Qd4 (17. Bxd5
Qxd5 18. Qxg5 {Sutovsky,E (2697)-Karjakin,S (2576)/Pamplona 2004/CBM 105/
[Erenburg] (0-1, 53)}) 17... Bxc4 18. Qxc4 O-O-O $5 (18... Nf4 {Kasparov,G 
(2851)-Timman,J (2655)/Wijk aan Zee 2000/CBM 075/[Mikhalevski,V] (1-0, 36)})
19. O-O Nf4 {Mamedov,R (2517)-Karjakin,S (2576)/Mallorca 2004/CBM 104/[Postny]
(0-1, 34)}) 14... dxc4 15. Rc1 $6 $146 ({This new move offers Black additional
possibilities with respect to the known} 15. Be2 {, without getting anything
in exchange.} O-O ({Here, castling long is less favourable than in the game,
but not really impossible:} 15... O-O-O 16. O-O Kb7 17. Rfb1 Rhe8 18. Qe4 {
[%cal Ge2g4]} cxb3 $5 19. Bxa6+ Kxa6 20. axb3+ {The rook is useful on a1 as we
can see, which speaks against 15.Rc1?!} Kb7 21. Qe2 {[%cal Ge2a6]} Kb8 {
[%cal Gb6c8,Gd8d5] There is no immediate danger for the black king, while the
control over the light squares offers Black counterplay.}) 16. O-O Rad8 17.
Rfe1 Rfe8 18. Rac1 (18. Bf1 {Ponomariov,R (2580)-Spassky,B (2535)/Cannes 1998/
CBM 065/[Mikhalevski,V] (1/2, 58)}) 18... c5 {An important move, clearing the
6th rank and preparing to unpin the c4-pawn.} 19. Bf1 Nd5 20. bxc4 (20. Bxc4
Bxc4 21. bxc4 Nb4 $15) 20... Nb4 $6 {This only apparently improves Black's
structure. In fact, it offers White a target.} (20... Nxc3 21. Rxc3 Rd4 $132)
21. Bxb4 $1 cxb4 22. Qe3 {1/2 Ljubojevic,L (2590)-Spassky,B (2640)/Montreal
1979/MCL/[ChessBase]} Rc8 23. f4 (23. Qxa7 c5 $1 $19 {[%cal Ge8e7]}) 23... Qb6
(23... c5 24. a3 $5) 24. c5 (24. a3 $1) 24... Qc6 25. Bxa6 Qxa6 26. Qb3 Rcd8
27. Qxb4 Qxa2 28. Qe4 {1/2 Zagorovsky,V-Omelchenko,L/Alekhine mem-A corr9196
1991/Corr Nr. 1}) 15... O-O-O $1 {The former World Champion immediately spots
the small drawback of White's novelty. After the rook's departure from the
a-file, the plan based on ...Kb7 and ...cxb3 wins time with respect to a
similar line above.} ({I failed to understand the secret idea behind the
novelty, since after} 15... O-O {White seems to have nothing better than
transposing to the known paths:} 16. Be2 (16. a4 {loses too much time with the
king in the centre.} c5 17. a5 Nd7) 16... Rad8) 16. Be2 Kb7 17. O-O cxb3 18.
Bxa6+ Kxa6 19. axb3 Kb7 {Black has emerged out of the opening with a pawn up
and his stability on the light squares insures him against any danger. In fact,
the king is a strong piece taking an active part in the defence of its own
residence.} 20. Ra1 {This practically admits that he has lost time.} ({There
is, however, no obvious way to build up effective pressure along the c-file:} 
20. Ba1 Rd5 21. Rc2 Rhd8 22. Rfc1 Qf5 $1 {Speculating with the back rank
weakness.} 23. Qe2 Qd3 $17 {After the queen exchange, Black will simply be a
pawn up.}) 20... Rd5 {A very strong "human" move. Very soon, Black's pieces
will be grouped very harmoniosuly.} ({The engines do not see any danger after} 
20... Qxb3 {either:} 21. Rfc1 Rhe8 22. h3 Qd5 23. Qe2 Qc4 24. Qb2 Rd3 25. Be1
Qe6 {Still, over the board the position may feel a bit shaky.}) 21. Qe2 Rb5 $1
{In the similar line above (with 15.Be2 instead of 15.Rc1), Black did not have
the time to defend the f1-a6 diagonal in this way.} 22. b4 Ra8 23. Rfc1 a6 {
Black has a rock solid queenside position and soon he will activate his knight,
winning another pawn.} 24. h3 Nd5 25. Bd2 Nxb4 26. Rc4 (26. Bxb4 Rxb4 {[%cal
Ga6a5]} 27. Rc5 Rb5 $17) 26... a5 $17 27. f4 Qd5 28. Rac1 Rd8 29. Be3 Nd3 {
Aiming for full domination.} (29... Qd3 30. Qf2 Na2 31. Qxa2 Qxe3+ 32. Qf2
Qxf2+ 33. Kxf2 Rb6 34. Ke3 {may offer White some chances to save the game.})
30. R1c2 c5 (30... g5 {seems to be very strong, but only with an engine by
your side. Over the board, the consequences of this rupture may not be that
obvious.} 31. Rxc6 (31. Rd4 Nxf4 $1 {leaves White with problems finding a
proper square for the queen. It is important to defend the c2-rook, in order
to avoid the intermediate ...Qb3.} 32. Qd2 Rb1+ 33. Kh2 Qxe5 34. Rxd8 Ne6+ 35.
g3 Nxd8 $19) (31. fxg5 Rb1+ 32. Kh2 Qxe5+ 33. Bf4 Qxe2 34. Rxe2 Rb4 35. Ree4 c5
$19) 31... Rd7 32. Rf6 a4 $19 {The rook seems to be active on f6, but in fact
it fails to fight against the main danger - the a-pawn.}) 31. Ra4 $6 ({Missing
thr chance to muddy the waters:} 31. Rxc5 $1 Rxc5 32. Bxc5 a4 (32... Nxc5 33.
Qb5+ Kc8 34. Rxc5 $11) 33. Kh2 $5) 31... Kb6 (31... g5 $1) 32. Rca2 $6 {
Almost self-trapping the rook.} Nb2 $1 33. Qxb2 {Desperation.} (33. R4a3 Qd1+
34. Qxd1 Rxd1+ 35. Kf2 Nc4 36. Rc3 Rb4 37. Rac2 Kb5 {White is helpless against
the advance of the black queenside army.}) 33... Qd1+ $5 (33... Rxb2 34. Rxb2+
Ka6 35. Bd2 Qxd2 36. Rxd2 Rxd2 $19) 34. Kh2 Qxa4 $1 35. Bxc5+ Kb7 36. Qf2 Qb3
37. Ra3 Qc4 38. Be3 g6 39. Qe1 Rd3 40. Qe2 Rbd5 0-1

[Event "Candidates final"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "2007.06.13"]
[Round "2.9"]
[White "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2007.06.06"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nb3 {A possible sign that
Rublevsky was coming short of bullets in the Scotch Opening. The knight
retreat is not supposed to cause Black any problems.} Bb6 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. Qe2 d6
8. Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 g5 10. Bg3 Qe7 11. h4 Rg8 12. hxg5 hxg5 13. O-O-O Be6 14. Rh6
O-O-O 15. Nd5 Bxd5 16. exd5 Ne5 17. Bxe5 dxe5 18. Qf3 {Black has a comfortable
development and a mighty bishop. This is compensated by the relative weakness
oh his kingside. The position is about equal.} Rd6 19. Nd2 {Aiming to activate
the knight, but leaving the d5-pawn vulnerable.} (19. c4 {would have been
answered by} Nd7 {, safely blocking White's queenside majority.}) 19... Ne8 20.
Rh5 Nf6 {White is attacking with only two pieces, which makes Black's task
rather easy.} 21. Qf5+ Kb8 22. Rh6 (22. Rxg5 {would lead to equality after}
Rxg5 23. Qxg5 Rxd5) 22... Ne8 23. Qh7 Qf8 24. Rh1 Nf6 25. Qf5 Nxd5 26. Ne4 $6 (
{Probably over looking Black's reply. Maybe White should have completed his
development with} 26. Bc4 $5 {maintaining the balance approximately even?!})
26... Ne7 $1 27. Qh7 Rxd1+ 28. Kxd1 f5 {White is in trouble now.} 29. Bc4 {
The only attempt to complicate matters.} fxe4 30. Bxg8 Nxg8 31. Qxe4 {Black
has a material advantage but his coordination is not perfect yet. Possibly,
Grischuk committed some inaccuracies in the next phase but remained in control
all the way.} a6 32. Rh8 Ka7 {After ensuring his king, Black is ready to start
his own attack.} 33. Qxe5 Qf7 34. Qxg5 Nf6 35. f3 Qd7+ 36. Qd2 Qb5 {The
endgame would be lost for Black, but with queens on board White is in
permanent danger, especially in rapid chess.} 37. c3 Nd5 38. Rh1 Be3 39. Qe2 {
and Rublevsky resigned without waiting to see the variation} (39. Qe2 $2 Nxc3+
$1 40. bxc3 Qb1#) 0-1

[Event "Morelia/Linares 24th"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares"]
[Date "2007.03.07"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[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 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nb3 ({This is the old main line.
In recent years, the main theoretical discussion has been held in the lines
starting with} 5. Be3 Qf6 6. c3) ({or} 5. Nxc6 Qf6 6. Qd2 dxc6) 5... Bb6 6. Nc3
Nf6 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 d6 9. Qe2 O-O ({The game between the players who showed
the most entertaining play in this tournament so far promisses to become
interesting from an early stage already. Black opts for an opposite castles
position, instead of the habitual} 9... Be6 {followed by long castle.}) 10.
O-O-O Re8 11. f3 Be6 12. Kb1 a5 {A lucky move for Black in this 12th round. It
eventually yielded Svidler a win in his game against Leko.} 13. Bf2 ({Allowing
the enemy pawn to advanced unhindered is probably not a good idea. Something
like} 13. Na4 Ba7 14. Qe1 {, preventing Black's plan but avoiding pawn
weaknesses such as a2-a4, might have been safer.}) 13... a4 14. Nc5 {Unlike
Svidler, Morozevich allows this knight jump. Given the fact that we have a
different pawn structure, such comparisons have a purely formal character.} a3
15. Nxe6 Rxe6 16. Bxb6 cxb6 17. Qd2 ({Ivanchuk probably thought that once it
will reach b2, the black a-pawn will be... the best defender of the white king.
The main alternative was} 17. b3 {but then White would have been under
permanent danger of getting mated on b2. A possible continuation would be} d5
18. Nxd5 Nxd5 19. Rxd5 Qf6 {, when White's lack of development and the
weakness of the dark squares from his camp would become noticeable.}) 17...
axb2 18. Bc4 Re5 {A nice way to activate the rook. With his king in a safer
situation than White's, Black has excellent play.} 19. Bb3 ({White's lack of
stability on the queenside can be felt inthe line} 19. Qxd6 $6 Qxd6 20. Rxd6
Rc5 {when Black wins material.}) 19... Rc5 20. Na4 Rca5 21. Nc3 ({A curious
decision. White throws away two whole tempi. Ivanchuk probably intended to play
} 21. Nxb2 {but then changed his mind.}) 21... Ne8 22. Nd5 Ne5 23. Qd4 Nd7 24.
Rd2 Nc5 25. Rhd1 Nxb3 26. axb3 Nc7 27. Nxc7 Qxc7 28. Qxb2 b5 {Can you guess
where this double pawn is going to?} 29. Rxd6 b4 {Suddenly, the threat ...Qc3
followed by mate on a1 gets contour.} 30. Rd7 ({White has to hurry preventing
Black's plans. He had no time to bring his kingside pawns into safety with
moves such as} 30. g3 {because of} Kh7 $3 {when the threats ...Qc3 or ...Ra3
followed by ...Qa5 would have been impossible to meet in adequate way. The
immediate 30...Qc3 would be bad because of the exchange of one pair of rooks
with 31.Rd8+.}) 30... Qxh2 31. Rxb7 Qxg2 32. Rxb4 Qxf3 33. Rbd4 Kh7 {
Everything is ready for the advance of the h-pawn now. With his queen very
passively laced, White can hardly react.} 34. b4 {This will not end up in a
pawn race, but weaken the position of the king only.} Ra4 35. e5 Qe2 36. R4d3
h5 37. b5 $2 Ra1+ $1 38. Qxa1 Rxa1+ 39. Kxa1 Qxe5+ {After the loss of the
b5-pawn, White will not be able to oppose anything to the advancing black
pawns.} 0-1

[Event "Candidates final"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "2007.05.07"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "2007.06.06"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. c3 Nge7 7. Bc4 Ne5 8.
Be2 Qg6 9. O-O d6 10. f3 O-O 11. Nd2 d5 12. Kh1 dxe4 13. Nxe4 ({This move is
not new, but Rublevsky did not employ it before. He had repeteadly rehearsed} 
13. fxe4 Bg4 14. Bf4 Bxe2 15. Qxe2 Bd6 16. Rad1 Rae8 {, but without any
special successes. After the game continuation he will also fail to prove
anything concrete for White. On the basis of the first two games, we can state
that Grischuk has managed to spot the weak points in his opening repertoire
quite accurately.} 17. Qb5 (17. Bg3 a6 18. N2b3 b5 19. Na5 Ng4 20. e5 Nc8 21.
Nac6 Ne7 22. Na5 {1/2-1/2 Rublevsky,S (2645)-Kobalia,M (2614)/Kazan 2005/CBM
109}) (17. Bxe5 Bxe5 18. Qb5 Bxd4 19. cxd4 Qb6 20. Qd3 Qxb2 21. Rb1 Qxa2 22.
Rxb7 f5 23. e5 Nd5 24. Nb3 Rf7 25. Ra1 Qf2 26. Qb5 Rd8 27. Rbxa7 g6 28. R7a2
Qe3 {1/2-1/2 Rublevsky,S (2645)-Georgiev,K (2666)/Saint Vincent 2005/CBM 110})
17... Ng4 18. e5 $5 c6 19. Qxb7 Bxe5 20. Bxe5 {1/2-1/2 Rublevsky,S (2645)
-Najer,E (2615)/Warsaw 2005/CBM 108} Nxe5 21. Qxa7 (21. N2f3 Nxf3 22. Nxf3 Nd5
$132) (21. Rde1 Nd5 22. Nf5 $13) 21... Ng4 22. Rde1 Nf2+ $5 (22... Ne3 $5) 23.
Rxf2 (23. Kg1 Nh3+ $11) 23... Nc8 24. Rxe8 Nxa7 $13) 13... Bb6 (13... Nd5 14.
Bc1 Be7 15. Ng3 Bh4 16. Ndf5 Bxf5 17. Nxf5 Qxf5 18. Qxd5 c6 19. Qd4 Bf6 $11 {
Hector,J (2538)-Larsen,K (2282)/Copenhagen 2003/CBM 095 ext (1/2-1/2, 56). was
also completely equal. White's pair of bishops is compensated by Black's
better development.}) 14. Re1 $146 {This looks like a refined move, creating
some X-Ray effects, but does not bother Black too seriously.} (14. Bf2 Nf5 15.
Qc1 Nxd4 16. Bxd4 Nd7 17. Qd2 Bxd4 18. Qxd4 Qb6 $11 {Milov,L (2472)-David,A 
(2595)/Bastia 2005 (1/2-1/2, 27)}) 14... Bf5 15. Bf4 Bxe4 16. Bxe5 Nc6 17. Nxc6
Bxc6 18. Bd3 Qh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates final"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "2007.06.10"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2007.06.06"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nxc6 ({Rublevsky wisely deviates
from} 5. Be3 {, which led to plain equality in the second game. Generally, he
is known for having a stable and narrow repertoire. However, just as in the
third game, he proves that he can display flexibility in choosing his opening
variations for such an important event as the Candidates' Matches.}) 5... Qf6
6. Qf3 $5 ({In fact, the aforementioned flexibility started manifesting itself
slightly earlier. In 2006 and 2007 Rublevsky played this relatively rare move
in a couple of games. Previously, he just stuck to the well-studied} 6. Qd2)
6... bxc6 7. Qg3 {A rare move at this stage of the game. White shows that he
is notinterested in the exchange of queens and hopes to prove that the enemy
queen si more exposed than his.} (7. Nd2 a5 8. Bd3 d6 9. Qg3 Ne7 10. O-O h5 {
After White's castle, h2-h4 is less appealing and Black immediately takes his
chance to win space on this wing.} 11. Nc4 h4 12. Qf4 Qxf4 13. Bxf4 Be6 14. Bd2
a4 $132 {Rublevsky,S (2688)-Grigoriants,S (2582)/Moscow 2006/CBM 116 (1/2-1/2,
36). Same plan on the opposite wing. Black has sufficient counterplay.}) 7...
h5 ({It is possible to choose a more restarined plan with} 7... d6 8. Nc3 Bd4
9. Na4 Qe7 10. Qd3 Bb6 11. f3 f5 12. Qc3 Bd7 13. Nxb6 axb6 14. Bd3 fxe4 15.
fxe4 Nf6 $132 {Ni Hua (2607)-Jakovenko,D (2667)/Taiyuan 2006 (1/2-1/2, 43)}) 8.
h4 Nh6 9. f3 d5 10. Nc3 Bb4 11. Bd2 dxe4 12. O-O-O e3 13. Bxe3 Bxc3 14. bxc3 $1
({An important novelty. Earlier this year, Rublevsky won a game after} 14. Bg5
Bxb2+ 15. Kb1 {Rublevsky-Tkachiev, Poikovsky 2007. We can understand Grischuk
from being ready to repeat this line. It is obvious that Black will get ample
compensation for the queen that he has to sacrifice in view of the threatened
mate on d8.}) 14... O-O (14... Nf5 15. Qxc7 $5 (15. Qg5 Nxe3 16. Qxe3+ Qe7 17.
Qxe7+ Kxe7 18. Bc4 Be6 19. Rd4 Rad8 $11 {Ni Hua (2607)-Najer,E (2677)/Ergun
2006 (0-1, 47)}) 15... Nxe3 $6 16. Rd6 Qe7 (16... Be6 17. Qxc6+ Ke7 18. Qc5 $1
Nxf1 19. Rd4+ Ke8 20. Qc6+ Ke7 21. Qb7+ $1 $18) 17. Qxc6+ Kf8 18. Qxa8 Qxd6 19.
Qxc8+ Ke7 20. Qb7+ Kf6 21. Bd3 $16 {[%csl Yf6]}) 15. Qg5 Nf5 16. Qxf6 gxf6 17.
Bf4 $16 {White has the pair of bishops and the better pawn structure.
Rublevsky is not the kind of player to let such a chance slip away.} Be6 18.
Ba6 Nd6 19. Bxd6 cxd6 20. Rxd6 Rab8 21. Rxc6 Bxa2 22. Kd2 Rfd8+ 23. Bd3 {
And now, he is a pawn up, and has the better structure and the more
centralized placement of his pieces.} Be6 24. Ra1 Rd7 25. Rc5 f5 26. Ke3 Re7
27. Kf4 {After this radical activation of the king, Black's position becomes
critical. The game is basically over.} Rb2 28. g3 Kg7 29. Kg5 Rd7 30. Ra3 Rb1
31. Rca5 Re1 32. Rxa7 Rd8 33. Ra1 Re5 34. R1a5 Re1 35. Bxf5 Bd5 36. Kf4 Rf1 37.
Be4 Bxe4 38. Kxe4 Re1+ 39. Kf4 Rc8 40. Rg5+ Kf6 41. Ra6+ Ke7 42. Re5+ Rxe5 43.
Kxe5 Rxc3 44. Ke4 Rxc2 45. Ra5 Rc4+ 46. Kd3 Rc1 47. Rxh5 Rg1 48. g4 Rh1 49.
Re5+ Kf6 50. Rf5+ Kg7 51. h5 Re1 52. Rf4 Ra1 53. Ke3 Ra3+ 54. Kf2 Ra2+ 55. Kg3
Ra1 56. Rf5 Rh1 57. Kf4 Rh3 58. Kg5 Rh1 59. f4 Rh2 60. Rd5 Ra2 61. h6+ Kg8 62.
Rd8+ Kh7 63. Rd7 Kg8 64. h7+ Kh8 65. Rxf7 Ra7 66. Rf8+ 1-0

[Event "Candidates final"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "2007.06.12"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2007.06.06"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{A tensioned but nonetheless short playing session. In Rublevsky-Grischuk
Black played a novelty, sacrificed a pawn and then the queen, but it all ended
by perpetual after 20 moves. Playing with the white pieces and desperately
needing to win, Shirov did not find the key to Aronian's defence.} 1. e4 e5 2.
Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nxc6 Qf6 6. Qf3 bxc6 7. Qg3 h5 8. h4 Nh6 9.
f3 d5 10. Nc3 Bd4 ({Deviating from} 10... Bb4 {, as played in the 4th game.
Abstractly speaking, moving with the bishop for the second time along the same
diagonal looks like a loss of tempo, while the text move can rather be
considered a centralization.}) 11. Bd2 Rb8 {Besides, the b-file is available
for the rook, now.} 12. O-O-O Be5 13. Qg5 Qd6 14. exd5 O-O {Black has taken
his king into safety and threatens ...Qb4, with a crushing attack.} 15. Bc4 {
Parrying the threat by developing a piece.} cxd5 {Releasing the tension in the
centre. 15...Bf5 or 15...Nf5 are worthinvestigatin g.} 16. Bxd5 Qxd5 $5 ({
Leading to an immediate draw and to... play-offs.} 16... Rxb2 {would have
sacrificed a smaller amount of material, but, paradoxically, would have been a
more ambitious decision. After} 17. Kxb2 Qxd5 18. Rhe1 Bf5 {Black has ample
compensation for the exchange, in view of the exposed position of the whiteking
}) 17. Nxd5 Bxb2+ 18. Kb1 Bc3+ $1 {Only here, so that White cannot interfere
the rook in efficient way.} 19. Kc1 Bb2+ 20. Kb1 Bc3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Morelia/Linares 24th"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares"]
[Date "2007.02.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[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 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. c3 Nge7 7. g3 d5 8.
Bg2 dxe4 ({Black does not intend to make any kind of concession in the centre,
but will end up in a slightly worse position anyway. The main alternative is
to give up the pair of bishops with} 8... Bxd4 9. cxd4 dxe4 10. Nc3 Bf5 11.
Nxe4 Bxe4 12. Bxe4 {when after} O-O-O 13. d5 Nxd5 $1 {White did not get
sufficient compensation for the sacrificed (lost) pawn in Ligterink,G (2430)
-Kortschnoj,V (2645)/Leeuwarden 1977/EXT 98/ (0-1, 40)}) 9. O-O O-O 10. Nd2 Bb6
11. Re1 Nxd4 12. Nxe4 Qg6 13. Bxd4 Nc6 14. Bxb6 axb6 15. Qd2 {In spite of the
almost complete symmetry, Black still faces some problems of development.} Qf5
$6 $146 ({A novelty. The placement of the queen in front of the bishop looks a
bit awkward. Leko probably wanted to solve his problems by displaying activity
with his queen, but Her Majesty will not enjoy sufficient stability along the
5th rank. A recent opening catastrophy went} 15... Ra5 16. Qf4 Ne5 17. Rad1 f6
18. b4 Ra8 19. Ng5 Bg4 20. Rd2 Rae8 21. Rxe5 {and Black resigned in
Rublevsky-Sasikiran, Khanty Mansyisk 2005.}) 16. h3 $1 {A deep move, aiming to
force the enemy queen to abandon the kingisde.} h6 17. g4 Qb5 18. a4 $1 {
The queen cannot find peace anywhere.} Rxa4 ({Black has to pick up the
gauntlet. In case of} 18... Qa5 19. b4 Qe5 20. f4 Qe7 21. f5 $16 {White would
have a crushing advantage of space.}) 19. Nf6+ $1 ({This spectacular move
offers White a very strong attack. The main alternative was} 19. Rxa4 Qxa4 20.
g5 $1 {, provoking the serious weakening of Black's king's position without
major material investments. For instance, if} h5 {then} 21. Nf6+ {when Black
has to reject the present with} Kh8 {, leaving White with a wide choice of
maintaining his initiative.}) 19... gxf6 20. Rxa4 Qxa4 21. Qxh6 Qa5 22. Qxf6 $6
({This move slows down White's attack unnecessarily.} 22. Be4 {would have been
considerably stronger, for instance} f5 23. Bxc6 bxc6 24. g5 Qc5 {(Forced, in
order to defend the e7-square.)} 25. g6 fxg6 26. Qxg6+ Kh8 27. Qh5+ Kg7 28. Re3
$16 {with strong threats. In the least of the cases, Black will lose his
c8-bishop, without bringing his king into safety. It should be said that} f4 {
only makes things worse because of} 29. Re5 $18) 22... Qc5 $2 ({Pure panic.
Leko probably failed to notice White's concrete threats and mechanically
approached with the queen. It would have required a cold-blooded approach to
play the "normal" developing move} 22... Bd7 $1 {The importance of activating
this bishop is revealed b the following line analyzed by Jacob Aagaard:} 23.
Bxc6 Bxc6 24. Re5 Qa1+ 25. Kh2 Qh1+ 26. Kg3 {and now the manoeuvre} Be4 27.
Rg5+ Bg6 {saves the day for Black. White will have to decide himself to force
a perpetual with Rxg6+ soon.}) 23. Be4 $1 {White threatens b4 and if ...Qb5,
then c4! In fact, this theme is familiar to us from the previous phase of the
game. After the enemy queen will quite the fifth rank, a checkon g5 will soon
lead to mate.} Ne7 $8 24. Rd1 $6 {Too soft.} (24. Bh7+ $1 {would have led to
favourable simplifications.} Kxh7 25. Re5 {Apparently, Ivanchuk missed this
move.} Qxe5 (25... Nc6 26. Rxc5 bxc5 27. f4 $40 {followed by the massive
advance of the kingside pawns would put the blackking in a critical position.})
26. Qxe5 Nc6 27. Qxc7 $16) 24... Ng6 25. Bxg6 fxg6 26. Qxg6+ Kh8 27. Qh6+ Kg8
1/2-1/2

[Event "World-ch Tournament"]
[Site "Mexico City"]
[Date "2007.09.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[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 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. c3 Nge7 7. Bc4 O-O (
7... Ne5 8. Be2 Qg6 9. O-O d6 10. f3 O-O 11. Nd2 d5 {Rublevsky,S (2680)
-Grischuk,A (2717)/Elista 2007/CBM 119/[Marin,M] (1/2-1/2, 18)}) 8. O-O Ne5 9.
Bb3 $5 {Morozevich remains faithful to his style. Instead of the approved 9.
Be2, he plays a move that has been only rarely seen in games between strong
players. Morozevich queda fiel a su estilo. En vez de la jugada corriente 9.
Be2, йl elige una jugada que se ha visto raramente en partidas entre jugadores
fuertes.} d6 10. f3 {But this is "almost" a novelty. In most of the games,
White preferred to develop his queen's knight, ignoring the threat ...Ng4.
Pero esta es "casi" una novedad. En la mayorнa de partidas, las blancas
preferieron desarrollar su caballo de dama, ignorando la amenaza ...Ng4} ({
However, for the sake of truth it should be said that no other reasonably
strong player seems to have reached this position with white. After} 10. Nd2
Ng4 {White has no compensation for Black's domination on the dark squares.})
10... Be6 11. Kh1 Bc4 12. Rf2 d5 $15 {White's opening experiment seems to have
ended into a complete fiasco. He is behind in development and his advantage of
space is just about to vanish. El experimento de apertura de las blancas ha
sido todo un fracaso. Morozevich se encuentra atrasado con su desarrollo,
mientras que la ventaja de espacio estб por esfumarse.} 13. Bc2 dxe4 ({Black
had a wide choice of tempting moves. The most logical seems to be Las negras
disponian de una gran variedad de jugadas tentadoras. La mбs lуgica parece} 
13... Rad8 {, but then White could consider playing f4, immediately or after
driving the bishop away with b3. , pero en este caso las blancas podrнan jugar
f4, inmediatamente o despuйs de prevнamente echar al alfil enemigo con b3.}) ({
Maybe Tal vez} 13... Qh4 {is best, preventing f4 in view of ...Ng4 and
planning to place his rooks on the open files. It would not have been easy for
White to complete his development. serнa lo mejor, impediendo f4 por ...Ng4 y
albergando la idea de desarrollar las torres en las colimnas abiertas. En este
caso, a las blancas les hubiera resultado bastante difнcil acabar su
desarrollo de forma satisfactorнa.}) 14. Nd2 $1 {White hurries to bring his
pieces into play. The point behind his last move is that 14...exf3? loses a
piece to 15.Nxc4 Nxc4 16.Qd3, atacking c4 and h7. Las blancas se apresuran a
acabar el desarrollo. La justificaciуn tбctica de su ultima jugada reside en
el hecho que 14...exf3? pierde una figura por 15.Nxc4 Nxc4 16.Qd3, tocando c4
y h7.} Bd3 $2 ({After this move White is back in the game. Once he cleared the
d5-square with his previous move, Black should have used it with Despuйs de
esta jugada, las blancas han "vuelto en la partida". Dado que una jugada antes
las negras habнan librado la casilla de d5, tendrнan que haberla aprovechado
con} 14... Nd5 {for instance} 15. Nxe4 Qb6 $15 {and White is still under
pressure. y las blancas siguen estando bajo presiуn.}) 15. Nxe4 Bxe4 16. fxe4
Qg6 17. Rf4 {White has a normal position now; his chances are by no means
worse and in fact his position might be easier to play. Svidler must have ben
still under the impression of his missed advantage, because in the next phase
of the game he plays a series of pseudo-active moves, completely losing
coordination. Las blancas tienen una posiciуn normal ya ylas posibilidades son
aproximadamente igualadas. Posiblemente, Svidler se encontraba todavнa bajola
impresiуn de su ventaja perdida, porque en la fase siguнente va a efectuar un
par de jugadas pseudo-activas, perdiendo su coordinaciуn por completo.} Nc4 (
17... Rad8 18. Qe2 Bb6 19. Raf1 $14 {[%cal Yc2b3] Black's position is solid
and he has a wonderful knight on e5, but he cannot do anything active.}) 18.
Bg1 $1 {Possibly underestimated by Svidler.} ({In case of the more passive} 18.
Bc1 {things would be OK for Black.}) 18... Qh6 (18... Nxb2 {[%csl Yb2] would
place the knight too far from the main theatre of operations.} 19. Qf3 {
[%cal Ye4e5]} Nc4 $6 {This only makes things worse.} 20. Nf5 $1 $40 Bd6 (20...
Nxf5 21. exf5 $18 {[%csl Yc4,Yc5]}) 21. Rg4 Ne5 22. Rxg6 Nxf3 23. Rxg7+ Kh8 24.
gxf3 Nxf5 25. Rg5 $16 {with white domination.}) 19. Rf3 Qd2 (19... Ne5 20. Rh3
Qf6 21. Qe2 $36 {[%cal Ya1f1]}) 20. Qb1 $1 Bb6 21. Bb3 $1 {Suddenly, Black is
in trouble. If the knight moves, Be3 wins the queen. De repente, las negras
estбn pasando apuros. Sн el caballo mueve, se perderia la dama por Be3.} Bxd4 {
Black surrenders strategically.} ({He would have preserved chances for
building up a fortress after} 21... Ne5 22. Be3 Nxf3 23. Bxd2 Nxd2 24. Qc2 Nxb3
25. Qxb3 Rad8 $14 {[%cal Ye7g6,Yg6e5] /+/- It would have required from White
certain technical effort to win this position.}) 22. cxd4 $16 {But now,
White's pair of bishops and his mobile centre offers him a huge advantage. As
a curiosity, I would remark that in his youth, Morozevich frequently played
the Chigorin Opening, which often leads to positions where two black knights
fight against two white bishops. Now, he became more complete as a player and
can deal with the opposite situation quite well. Pero ahora, la fuerte pareja
de alfiles y el centro mуvil de peones ofrece una abrumadora ventaja a las
blancas.} Na5 23. Bc2 Rad8 24. Rc3 Nac6 {With his knights uncoordinated and
the queen exposed, Black is completely helpless against such simple threats as
Rxc7.} ({Here is an illustrative line:} 24... Rd7 25. Qf1 {[%csl Ge2][%cal
Yg1e3]} Qh6 (25... Qg5 26. Rc5 {[%csl Ya5]} Qd2 27. Rd1 Qb4 28. Rb5 Qc4 {
[%csl Yc2]} 29. Qxc4 Nxc4 30. Rxb7 $18) 26. d5 {[%csl Ga5][%cal Yb2b4]} b6 27.
b4 Nb7 28. Ba4 $18 {[%csl Yc7]}) 25. d5 Nb4 (25... Ne5 26. Qf1 {[%cal Yg1e3]} (
26. Be3 Qe2) 26... Qg5 27. Be3 (27. Rxc7 f5 $5) 27... Qg4 28. Rxc7 $18) 26. Bb3
(26. Rxc7 {was also possible, of course, but Morozevich prefers to preserve
his pair of bishops.}) 26... Na6 27. Be3 Qe2 28. Bc4 Qg4 29. h3 Qh4 30. Bxa6 {
Just to give it away under more favourable circumstances...} bxa6 31. Rxc7 $18
f5 32. Bc5 Rfe8 33. d6 Ng6 34. exf5 Nf4 35. Qc2 Re2 36. Qb3+ Kh8 37. Rg1 {
White has parried Black's threats, retaining decisive material and positional
advantage.} 1-0

[Event "World-ch Tournament"]
[Site "Mexico City"]
[Date "2007.09.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[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 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. c3 Nge7 7. Bc4 Ne5 {
Two rounds earlier, facing the same variation against the same opponent,
Svidler jumped with his knight only after castling. Dos rondas antes,
enfrentandose con la misma variante y el mismo contrincante, Svidler saltу con
el caballo a e5 solo despuйs de enrocarse.} 8. Bb3 {Despite the unsatisfactory
result of the opening in the aforementioned game, Morozevich sticks to this
unusual bishop retreat. A pesar del resultado insatisfactorнo de la apertura
de dicha partida, Morozevich queda fiel a esta retirada no muy comъn de alfil.}
Qg6 9. O-O d5 {An accelerated form of central counterplay. The tactical
justification consists of the fact that the capture on d5 would lose material
to ...Bh3. Una forma accelerada de contrajuego en el centro. La justificaciуn
tбctica reside en el hecho de que la captura en d5 perderнa material por ...
Ah3.} (9... Qxe4 {is too risky. White has at least two ways to develop his
initiative.} 10. Re1 $1 $36 (10. Nd2 Qg4 11. Nb5 Qxd1 12. Raxd1 Bxe3 13. fxe3
Kd8 14. Bxf7 d6 {Meitner,P-Rosenthal,S/Vienna 1873/EXT 2002 (0-1, 72). looks
survivable for Black.}) 10... Qh4 $2 11. Nf3 $1 Nxf3+ 12. Qxf3 $16 {[%csl Yc5,
Yf7] Saleme,C-Van Riemsdijk,H/Villa Gesell 1970/EXT 98 (1/2-1/2, 66)}) 10. Bf4
{Technically speaking, this is not a novelty, but this is the first time the
move is played by a strong player.} (10. Nf5 $6 dxe4 11. Nxe7 Bxe7 12. Kh1 O-O
$17 {Cardoso,R-Bisguier,A/Malaga 1971/EXT 99 (0-1, 34)}) (10. Nf3 Nxf3+ 11.
Qxf3 Bg4 12. Qf4 Bxe3 13. fxe3 O-O-O 14. Nd2 Be6 $15 {Petrushin,A (2403)
-Kotenko,P (2395)/Russia 2002}) (10. exd5 $2 Bh3 11. g3 Qe4 $19) 10... Bg4 $1
$146 {Only this is the new move, but, as mentioned, the position after 10.Bf4
was only seen before in games between players of lower level.} ({Here is a
recent example:} 10... Qxe4 $6 {Risky, but not really easy to refute. Maybe
this is what Morozevich concentrated his preparation on.} 11. Bxe5 $2 {
Pointless.} (11. Qd2 $5 {[%cal Yf1e1]} Nc4 12. Bxc4 dxc4 13. Re1 Qg6 14. Na3
$44 {[%csl Gd4]}) 11... Qxe5 12. Re1 {Bodereau,M (1720)-Deregnaucourt,Y (1740)/
France 2001/EXT 2003 (1-0, 42)} Qd6 $17) 11. Qc2 (11. f3 $2 Nxf3+ $1 12. Rxf3
dxe4 $19) 11... f6 12. Ba4+ ({This looks pointless after Black's answer, but
maybe Morozevich did not like the position after} 12. Nd2 O-O-O {[%cal Yh8e8]
with strong centralization and excellent development for Black.}) 12... c6 13.
Nd2 O-O ({Now,} 13... O-O-O {would offer White some attacking chances after}
14. b4 {, as pointed out by Golubev.}) 14. f3 Bd7 15. Kh1 Bb6 16. Rae1 Rae8 {
We have reached a curious position. The pawn structure is perfectly
symmetrical if we take the centre of the board as a reference point. Both
sides' development is just normal, which makes the chances about equal. In the
next phase of the game, both players will manoeuvre in their own territory,
hoping to convince the opponent to release the tension in the centre and this
way get some micro-initiative. Hemos llegado a una posiciуn curiosa. La
estructura es perfectamente simetrica con respecto al punto central del
tablero. El desarrollo de ambos bandos es normal, por lo que las posibilidades
pueden ser evaluadas como iguales. En la fase siguнente de la partida, ambos
jugadores intentarбn "convencer" a su rival de ceder la tensiуn en el centro
para asн hacerse con una ligera iniciativa.} 17. Re2 Kh8 18. Bg3 Qh5 19. Qd1
Bc7 20. Rfe1 Bb8 21. exd5 {Finally giving in and, basically, admitting that
White has not obtained any advantage out of the opening. ЎFinalmente!} Nxd5 22.
Nf1 Nb6 23. Bc2 c5 24. Re4 $5 {Rudolf Spielmann would call this a passive
sacrifice, because Black is not forced to accept it. Rudolf Spielmann llamarнa
esta una entrega pбsiva, porque las negras no estбn forzadas de aceptarla.} Qf7
({But maybe in this case he should accept it! After Pero tal vez en este caso
Ўdeberнan hacerlo! Despuйs de} 24... cxd4 $5 25. Rh4 Qf7 26. Bxh7 g5 27. Bg6+
gxh4 28. Bxf7 Rxf7 {Black would get more than sufficient material compensation
for the sacrificed queen, while the weakness of his king is not easy to take
advantage of. las negras obtendrнan compensaciуn material mбs que suficiente
por la dama entregada, mientras que la debilidad de su rey no puede ser
aprovechada facilmente por las blancas.}) 25. Nb3 Bf5 26. R4e2 Rd8 27. Rd2 Bxc2
28. Qxc2 Rxd2 29. Nfxd2 c4 30. Nd4 Nbd7 {Black has more space, but the almost
symmetrical character of the position makes a draw the most probable result.}
31. Re2 a6 32. Ne4 b5 33. b4 Qd5 34. Nf2 Nb6 35. Re4 Qd7 36. Bxe5 Bxe5 37. Ng4
Bb8 38. Ne3 Re8 39. g3 g6 40. Kg2 f5 41. Rxe8+ Qxe8 42. Qd2 Be5 43. Ne2 Kg7 44.
Kf2 Qe7 45. f4 Bf6 46. g4 fxg4 47. Nxg4 Qd8 48. Qe3 Nd5 49. Qa7+ Qe7 50. Qxa6
Qd7 51. Nxf6 Nxf6 52. Qa8 Qh3 53. Ke1 Qd3 54. Qa7+ Kh6 55. Qd4 Qb1+ 56. Kf2
Ng4+ 57. Kg3 Qxa2 58. h3 Qxe2 59. hxg4 Qe1+ 60. Kf3 Qh1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 8th"]
[Site "Dresden"]
[Date "2007.04.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Van der Weide, Karel"]
[Black "Nijboer, Friso"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2502"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2007.04.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 118"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
c4 Nb6 9. Nc3 Qe6 10. Qe4 g6 {Practice over the past few years shows that this
move is an adequate solution to Kasparov's quest when he introduced 10.Qe4. My
faith in Black's position is based not only on my good results with it, but
also in its thorough analysis when I was preparing the material for "Beating
the Open Games".} 11. Bd3 {One of the numerous developing moves in this
position. White intends to get castled as soon as possible, but defining the
position of the king's bishop so soon could lead to loss of time at a later
stage. Van der Weide has quite some experience with this line, as we shall see.
} Bg7 12. f4 ({The generally desirable} 12. Bf4 $6 {, developing a piece
instead of weakening the pawn structure has the significant drawback that it
places the bishop on an exposed square. Concretely, after} Ba6 13. b3 d5 14.
cxd5 cxd5 {White cannot carry out the typical combination} 15. Nxd5 $2 {
because of} Qxd5 $1 16. Qxd5 Nxd5 {when the bishop is hanging.}) 12... O-O (
12... Ba6 $6 {is probably premature.} 13. b3 O-O (13... d5 $2 {does not work
because of} 14. cxd5 cxd5 15. Nxd5 $1 $16) 14. Ba3 $1 d5 (14... Rfe8 15. Qf3 $1
{Preventing ...d5 because of the simple cxd5 winning the a6-bishop.} f6 16.
O-O-O $5 {Clearing the long diagonal for the eventuality of ...fxe5-e4.} fxe5
17. f5 $1 $36 {[%csl Ga6]}) 15. cxd5 $6 (15. Qf3 $1 {Now, the threat cxd5,
winning the a6-bishop does not give Black time to save his exchange.} dxc4 16.
Bxf8 Rxf8 17. bxc4 $16 {Black hardly has compenstaion for the exchange.}) 15...
cxd5 16. Qe2 Bxd3 17. Qxd3 Rfd8 18. O-O Rac8 19. Rae1 c5 $132 {Van der Weide,K
(2446)-De Boer,S (2353)/Amsterdam 2006/CBM 113 ext (1/2-1/2, 52)}) 13. c5 {
White has not sufficient development to justify such a radical continuation.} (
{However the more neutral} 13. O-O {offers Black excellent counterplay after}
Ba6 14. b3 d5 $1 15. cxd5 cxd5 {With the king away from the centre, Nc3xd5 is
not possible anymore because of the simple ...Bxd3.} 16. Qe2 Bxd3 17. Qxd3 c5
18. Ba3 (18. Bb2 Rac8 19. Rad1 Rfd8 20. Ne2 d4 $132 {Zumsande,M (2391)-Marin,M
(2511)/playchess.com INT 2004/EXT 2005 (0-1, 46)}) 18... Rfc8 $6 {[%csl Yd5]
Slightly unnatural.} (18... Rac8 $1 $132 19. Rad1 $140 f6) 19. Rad1 a5 20. Qf3
(20. Nxd5 $2 Rd8 $1) 20... a4 21. b4 $1 $36 {Pavasovic,D (2527)-Pinter,J (2526)
/Sibenik 2005/CBM 108 ext (1/2-1/2, 45)}) 13... Nd5 14. O-O (14. Bc4 {is just
a loss of time and can hardly yield White any advantage.} Bb7 15. O-O (15. Kf2
$6 Qe7 16. Qd4 {Afromeev-Paronjan, Tula 2000} d6 $1 $15) 15... Qe7 16. Qd4 (16.
Be3 Nxe3 17. Qxe3 d5 18. cxd6 cxd6 19. Rae1 d5 20. Bb3 f6 21. e6 f5 22. Na4
Rfe8 $15 {Black will gradually surround the e6-pawn, taking advantage of the
fact that the white bishop is restricted by Black's central pawns.}) 16... d6
$1 $11 {This well-timed pawn break leads to mass simplifications.}) (14. Bd2 {
is strongly met by} Rb8 {[%csl Yb2]}) 14... d6 {After this well-timed pawn
break, White loses stability in the centre.} 15. exd6 cxd6 16. Nxd5 cxd5 17.
Qxe6 Bxe6 $146 ({This looks more natural than} 17... fxe6 {, although Black
did quite OK after} 18. cxd6 Rd8 19. Rb1 Bd4+ 20. Kh1 a5 21. Bd2 Rxd6 22. Rfc1
a4 23. h4 Ba6 $11 {Van der Weide,K (2466)-De Jong,J/Hilversum 2006/CBM 110 ext
(1/2-1/2, 45)}) 18. cxd6 Rfd8 19. Rb1 Bd4+ 20. Kh1 Rxd6 $11 {Black has
successfully solved the opening problems.} 21. Bd2 Rc8 22. h3 Rb6 23. b3 Bc3
24. Bxc3 Rxc3 25. Rbd1 a5 26. Rf2 a4 27. bxa4 Rb4 28. f5 gxf5 29. Bxf5 Rxa4 30.
Bc2 Rac4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 40th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2012.07.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2012.07.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 150"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nb3 Bb6 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. Qe2 O-O 8.
Be3 Re8 9. f3 d5 $146 (9... Bxe3 10. Qxe3 d6 {0-1 Karjakin,S (2269)-Zubov,O 
(2328)/Alushta 2001/EXT 2003 (58)}) (9... d6 {Panarin,M (2538)-Khalifman,A 
(2651)/Tyumen 2012/CBM 149 (1/2, 41)}) 10. O-O-O {We have a position with
mutual pins. The outcome of the opening greatly depends on who will manage to
solve the tension to his favour.} Be6 11. Qf2 Ne5 $6 {/\...Ng4} (11... Qd6 $5 {
/\...Qe5 (with or without ...Rad8) would be a simpler way to get out of the
pin and make the threat against the e4-pawn real.}) 12. h3 Ng6 13. Bxb6 axb6
14. f4 (14. exd5 Nxd5 15. Nxd5 Bxd5 16. c4 $2 Qg5+ $17) 14... Bd7 15. f5 $36
Ne5 16. exd5 b5 17. a3 Nc4 18. Bxc4 bxc4 19. Nd2 b5 20. g4 b4 21. axb4 Ra1+ 22.
Ndb1 Ne4 23. Nxe4 Rxe4 24. f6 Qa8 25. Qf3 Qe8 26. Qc3 (26. d6 $1 $16) 26... Qa8
27. Qf3 Qe8 28. Rhf1 g5 (28... Ba4 $5 {[%cal Ge4e2]}) 29. Qg3 Re3 30. Rf3 $2
$19 (30. Qf2 Qe4 (30... Re2 31. Rde1 $1 $18) 31. Rfe1 $16) 30... Re2 $1 $40 31.
Rf2 Ba4 32. Qf3 Rxb1+ $1 33. Kxb1 Bxc2+ 34. Kc1 Bxd1 35. Kxd1 Re3 36. Qf5 h6 $2
({The following winning line is not easy to spot during the game:} 36... Re1+
37. Kc2 Qa4+ 38. Kc3 Qb3+ 39. Kd4 Rd1+ 40. Kc5 Qe3+ 41. Kc6 {Naiditsch might
have stopped his calculating around here. It seems that the king escapes, but
this is not true.} Qb6+ 42. Kd7 Qd6+ 43. Kc8 Rxd5 $19) 37. b5 Re5 $2 (37...
Re1+ $1 $19) 38. Qf3 Qxb5 $2 $15 (38... Re1+ 39. Kc2 Qxb5 $40) 39. Re2 Qxd5+
40. Qxd5 Rxd5+ 41. Kc2 Rd6 42. Re8+ Kh7 43. Re7 Rxf6 44. Rxc7 Rf4 45. Kc3 Kg6
46. Rxc4 Rf3+ 47. Kc2 Rxh3 48. b4 h5 49. gxh5+ Rxh5 50. b5 Rh8 51. b6 Rb8 52.
Rb4 Kf6 53. Kd3 Ke6 54. b7 Kd6 55. Ke4 Kc6 56. Kf5 Rxb7 57. Rxb7 Kxb7 58. Kxg5
Kc6 59. Kf6 Kd5 60. Kxf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Foros Aerosvit"]
[Site "Foros"]
[Date "2007.06.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Black "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2663"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2007.06.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
c4 Ba6 9. b3 O-O-O 10. g3 g5 {This slightly extravagant advance of the g-pawn
was introduced into high level practice by Anand in his match against Kasparov,
although the idea had been occasionally played before in less important events.
(true, Anand played ...g5 one move earlier).} 11. Bb2 Bg7 12. Nd2 Nb4 ({
The main alternative is} 12... Rhe8 {, maintaining the tension.}) 13. Nf3 Rhe8
{An original tabyia of the third millenium. It looks as though Black has a
considerable lead in development, but this is a delicate matter in the Mieses
Scotch. Is the a6-bishop really developed? The answer to this crucial question
is far from one-sided. In certain cases, Black needs more tempi to activate
this bishop than White to get castled.} 14. a3 {We can see that the situation
of this knight is not entirely clear either.} ({The alternative} 14. Bh3 {
was examined in previous issues of CBM.} c5 $1 15. Bg4 {Motylev,A (2601)
-Jakovenko,D (2521)/Elista 2001/CBM 083/[Postny] (1/2-1/2, 41)} (15. O-O $6 h5
$1 {Nataf,I (2557)-Perelshteyn,E (2505)/Montreal 2005/CBM 105/[Erenburg] (1/
2-1/2, 28)})) 14... g4 15. axb4 $146 ({Previously, White has tried to trap
this knight on other squares, but he has generally failed to do so.} 15. Nh4
Bxe5 16. O-O-O Na2+ 17. Kc2 Qf6 18. Bxe5 Rxe5 19. Qd2 {The knight seems to be
in danger, but White is too poorly coordinated to be able to capture it.} Rde8
$5 (19... Re6 20. Bd3 d5 21. Bf5 d4 $44 {Reefat,B (2467)-Ganguly,S (2498)/
Kelamabakkam 2000/CBM 079 (1/2-1/2, 33)}) 20. Kb1 (20. Bd3 d5 $15 {Zorko,J 
(2339)-Roskar,R (2278)/Bled 2005/CBM 109 ext (0-1, 68)}) 20... Re2 $1 21. Qxd7+
Kb7 22. Bxe2 Rxe2 23. Rd2 Qxf2 $11 {and the open position of the white king
ensures Black a draw by perpetual, Macieja,B (2542)-Kallio,H (2360)/Stockholm
1999/CBM 074 ext (0-1, 60)}) 15... gxf3 16. Qe3 Qxb4+ (16... Bxe5 17. Bxe5 Qxe5
18. Qxe5 Rxe5+ 19. Kd2 Bb7 (19... Kb7 20. Bd3 {/\Ra4, Rha1} d5 21. b5 $1 $18)
20. Rxa7 Kb8 21. Ra1 $14) 17. Bc3 $5 {This might look like a blunder, but is
in fact a subtle sacrifice of another pawn.} ({The situation remains uncertain
after} 17. Kd1 {, too.}) 17... Rxe5 $1 18. Bxb4 Rxe3+ 19. fxe3 Bxa1 20. Bh3 Be5
21. O-O $44 {Despite his considerable material advantage and the reduced
number of remaining forces, Black has to play carefully. His kingside pawns
are weak and the a6-bishop can do nothing to defend them yet.} Bb7 (21... Kb7
22. Rxf3 f6 {/\...d5} 23. Be7 Re8 24. Bxf6 $1 Rf8 25. Bxe5 Rxf3 26. Bf4 $16)
22. Rd1 {[%csl Gd7] Threatening to paralyze Black with Bc5!} (22. Bc5 Kb8 $1)
22... c5 $1 23. Bxc5 Bc6 {Finally, the bishop is breathing, but Black's king
and rook are more passive than their rivals, while the f3-pawn is vulnerable.}
24. Kf2 h5 (24... a6 25. Bf5 $14 {/\e4, Kxf3}) 25. Bxa7 $6 {Having been two
pawns down for several moves, Rublevsky takes his first chance to re-establish
the material equality. In doing so, he reduces his chances for an advantage,
possibly as a consequence of overlooking Black's 27th move.} (25. Bf5 h4 26. e4
{, with advantage of space for White, looks more consistent. The a-pawn can
wait.}) 25... h4 26. Bd4 hxg3+ 27. hxg3 Rh8 $1 28. Bxd7+ Bxd7 29. Bxe5 Rh5 30.
Bf6 Bg4 $44 {The presence of opposite-coloured bishops and the advanced
f3-pawn offer Black reasonable chances to hold this position.} 31. Bh4 Ra5 32.
Rd8+ Kb7 33. Rd2 Ra1 34. e4 (34. Rb2 Rh1 $11) 34... Rb1 35. Bf6 Rxb3 36. Rb2
Rxb2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2007.12.09"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2007.11.24"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nxc6 bxc6 $5 {Not a very common
move.} (5... Qf6 {is almost authomatically played here, which is quite curious.
The move itself is not bad, as proven by years and decades of practice.
However, for the taste of certain players, it looks a bit like a premature
commitment, which makes one wonder why the move played by Kamsky has not been
taken too seriously before.}) 6. Bd3 {Just one of the possible moves here.} Qh4
{This is a more active way to attack the f2-pawn, leaving the f6-square
available for the knight at the same time.} 7. Qe2 {The most natural, but not
the only move tried here.} (7. O-O Nf6 8. Qd2 $6 {If we compare with the lines
starting with 5...Qf6, this move leads to a less favourable position for White.
} (8. h3 d6 {[%cal Gc8h3]} 9. Qf3 {looks more active.}) 8... O-O 9. Qf4 Qxf4
10. Bxf4 d6 11. Nd2 Nh5 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4 Nf4 14. Nb3 Nxd3 15. cxd3 Bb6 $15 {
Alatortsev,V-Lilienthal,A/Leningrad 1935/[ChessBase] (0-1, 65)}) (7. Qf3 {
places the queen on a slightly exposed square.} Nf6 8. Bf4 {This move allows
Black open the centre with all the comfort.} (8. Nc3 $5 {deserves being
investigated. The consequences of} Ng4 {are not entirely clear after} 9. g3 Ne5
10. Qxf7+ $1 Kxf7 11. gxh4 d5 $5 12. Be2 $1 {[%csl Gf3]}) 8... d5 $1 (8... O-O
9. Bg3 Qg5 10. Bf4 Qh4 11. Bg3 Qg5 12. Bf4 Qh4 {1/2-1/2 Ris,R (2395)-Winants,L
(2504)/Netherlands 2007/CBM 120 ext}) 9. Nd2 O-O 10. O-O Bb6 11. h3 Be6 $11 {
Mullon,J (2318)-Radulov,I (2359)/Clichy 2002/CBM 089 ext (0-1, 36)}) 7... Nf6
8. Be3 ({The attempt to harass the queen with the help of the pawns is rather
time consuming:} 8. h3 O-O 9. g3 Qh5 10. g4 (10. Qxh5 Nxh5 11. Nc3 {Godena,M 
(2558)-Volke,K (2490)/Dresden 2007/CBM 118 (1/2-1/2, 15)} d5 $5 12. exd5 Re8+
13. Kf1 cxd5 14. Nxd5 Bb7 15. c4 Nf6 16. Nxf6+ gxf6 17. Rh2 Rad8 $44) 10... Qh4
$6 (10... Qe5 $5 11. g5 Ne8 12. f4 Qe6 $132 {[%cal Gd7d5,Gf7f6] White's delay
in development prevents him from maintaining his advantage of space.}) 11. Nd2
Ne8 12. Nb3 Be7 13. Nd4 Bc5 14. Nf5 $14 {Motylev,A (2641)-Liang Chong (2531)/
Moscow 2001/CBM 086 (1-0, 53). White has almost completed his development and
stands actively.}) 8... Bxe3 9. Qxe3 O-O 10. Nd2 Re8 $1 (10... d6 {defines the
central structure too soon.} 11. Nf3 (11. h3 Ng4 12. Nf3 Qh5 13. Qd4 c5 14. Qc3
Re8 15. O-O Ne5 16. Nxe5 Qxe5 17. Qxe5 Rxe5 $11 {Van der Wiel,J (2570)-Winants,
L (2495)/Netherlands 1994/EXT 98 (1/2-1/2, 38)}) 11... Qh5 12. O-O Re8 13. Rfe1
Bg4 14. Nd2 Bd7 15. Qg3 Rab8 16. b3 c5 17. Nc4 $14 {Lecroq,M (2578)-Martin
Clemente,J (2569)/ICCF corr 2000/ICCF Telechess CBM 94 (1/2-1/2, 28). White
has an harmonious display of forces and the better structure.}) 11. O-O ({Now,
} 11. Nf3 Qh5 12. O-O {could be met by} d5 $1 $36 {without loss of time.})
11... d6 12. Rae1 $146 ({It is questionable whether this novelty,
concentrating the forces on the kingside in a mechanical way, is really better
than the previously played} 12. Rfe1 Ng4 (12... a5 $5 13. Nf3 Qh5 14. h3 {
[%cal Ga1d1] offers White a better version of the game.}) 13. Qg3 Qxg3 14. hxg3
Rb8 15. b3 Ne5 16. Be2 c5 17. f4 Nc6 18. c3 h6 19. Bf3 Bb7 20. Nc4 $14 {
Chytilek,R (2386)-Timoscenko,G (2513)/Czechia 2001/EXT 2003 (1/2-1/2, 48).
White has consolidated his advantage of space and retains the more flexible
pawn structure.}) 12... a5 {[%csl Ga2]} 13. Qg3 (13. Nf3 Qh5 {[%csl Gf1]
leaves the f1-rook misplaced now.}) 13... Qxg3 14. hxg3 {We have reached the
same structure as in Timoscenko's game, but Black has avoided the losses of
time cause by the knight's jumping around.} a4 $11 {Besdies, the pressure
exerted against the enemy queenside will soon allow him get rid of his main
structural weakness, the a-pawn and open the a-file for the rook.} 15. f3 Be6
16. b3 Nd7 17. Re3 axb3 18. axb3 Ne5 19. Be2 Ra2 20. Rc3 c5 21. b4 cxb4 (21...
cxb4 22. Rxc7 Rc8 23. Rxc8+ Bxc8 24. Rc1 Be6 $11 {[%cal Gg8f8,Gf8e7]}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 40th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2012.07.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2799"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2012.07.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 150"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
c4 Nb6 9. Nc3 Ba6 10. b3 O-O-O 11. Bb2 Re8 12. f4 f6 13. O-O-O fxe5 14. fxe5
Qxe5 15. Qxe5 Rxe5 16. Bd3 Re8 17. Rhf1 d5 $146 {Black cannot do without this
move for too long, since his queenside minor pieces need to be activated.} (
17... Be7 {Pavasovic,D (2544)-Rogic,D (2494)/St Veit 2000/EXT 2001/ (1-0, 49)})
18. cxd5 Bxd3 19. Rxd3 Nxd5 20. Nxd5 cxd5 21. Rxd5 Bd6 {Black's structure is
more fragmented, but his king is slightly safer. If we add the reduced
material remaining on board, the final result becomes obvious.} 22. Bxg7 Rhg8
23. Rf7 Re2 24. Rd2 Rxg7 25. Rxg7 Bf4 26. Rgd7 Rxg2 27. Kc2 Bxd2 28. Rxd2 Rg4
29. Rd3 Rg2+ 30. Rd2 Rg4 31. Rd3 Rg2+ 32. Rd2 Rg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-C 75th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2013.01.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kovchan, Alexander"]
[Black "Brunello, Sabino"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2579"]
[BlackElo "2572"]
[Annotator "Martin,A"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2013.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{The Scotch really is a popular choice for White in 2013 second only to the
Ruy Lopez at the highest level. The classical 4...Bc5 has always been a good,
solid response, but wobbled slightly after Kasparov re-evaluated 5.Nxc6!?
around the time of his match vs Short.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4
Bc5 5. Nxc6 $5 Qf6 6. Qd2 (6. Qf3 {is also a move which Black has to closely
consider.}) 6... dxc6 7. Nc3 Bd4 $1 {An unusual counter with which Black has
been scoring well. The main points seem to be to not only activate the Bishop
to the maximum, but to provide cover on the d file in order to castle long. If
White wants to shift the Bishop he has to retreat with Ne2 and this costs time.
} 8. Bd3 (8. Bc4 Be6 9. Bxe6 fxe6 10. Nd1 O-O-O $17 {is better for Black
already. White's pieces are uncomfortably placed.} 11. Qg5 Qf7 12. Be3 Nf6 13.
f3 h6 14. Qa5 Kb8 15. O-O Nh5 16. Bxd4 Rxd4 17. Ne3 Rhd8 18. Rfd1 Nf4 19. Qe1
c5 20. c3 Nd3 21. Qg3 R4d7 22. Rd2 a6 23. Kh1 g5 24. h3 Nf4 25. Rxd7 Qxd7 26.
Qf2 Qb5 27. b3 Qe2 28. Qxe2 Nxe2 29. Ng4 h5 30. Nf6 h4 31. Nh7 Nf4 32. e5 Rd7
33. Nxg5 Rg7 34. Ne4 Rxg2 35. Rg1 Rxa2 36. Nxc5 Rf2 37. Rg4 Rxf3 38. Rxh4 Rxc3
39. b4 Rxh3+ 40. Rxh3 Nxh3 41. Kg2 Ng5 42. Kg3 b6 43. Nxa6+ Kb7 44. b5 c5 45.
Kf4 Nf7 46. Ke4 Nh6 47. Kd3 Nf5 48. Kc4 Ne3+ 49. Kd3 Nd5 50. Kc4 Nc7 51. Nxc5+
bxc5 52. Kxc5 Nd5 53. b6 Nf4 {0-1 Tiviakov,S (2668)-Mamedyarov,S (2722)/San
Sebastian 2006}) ({To me} 8. f4 $5 {seems quite critical, but it has not been
tried too often. I suppose Black is OK after} Be6 (8... Nh6 $5 9. e5 Qh4+ 10.
g3 Qd8 11. Bg2 O-O 12. Ne4 a5 $13) 9. e5 Qh4+ 10. g3 Qd8 11. Bg2 Nh6) 8... Ne7
9. O-O Ng6 {Black is covering the dark squares in the centre.} 10. Ne2 Bb6 11.
Nf4 {A very respectful move, offering exchanges, which cannot give Black any
problems} ({Instead} 11. Ng3 Ne5 (11... O-O 12. Qg5 Qxg5 13. Bxg5 Ne5 14. Be2
f6 15. Bf4 Be6 $11) 12. Be2 O-O 13. Qc3 Re8 14. Be3 Ng4 $1 15. Qxf6 Nxf6 16.
Bxb6 axb6 17. f3 h5 {is active enough for Black to claim equality. He even
went on to win in the following high-class game:} 18. Rfd1 h4 19. Nf1 b5 20. a3
Nd7 21. Ne3 Nc5 22. c4 bxc4 23. Bxc4 g6 24. Rac1 Be6 25. Kf2 Kf8 26. b4 (26.
Ke2 $14) 26... Bxc4 27. Nxc4 Ne6 28. Na5 c5 29. Nxb7 cxb4 30. axb4 Ra2+ 31. Ke3
Rxg2 32. Nc5 Rxh2 33. Nxe6+ Rxe6 34. Rxc7 Rb2 35. Rdd7 Rb3+ 36. Kf4 Rf6+ 37.
Kg5 Kg7 38. f4 h3 39. Kg4 h2 40. Rd1 Rxb4 41. Re7 Rd6 42. Rh1 Rd2 43. e5 Kf8
44. Ra7 Rb3 45. Ra8+ Kg7 46. Ra7 Rg2+ 47. Kh4 Rg1 48. Rxh2 Rb8 {0-1 Rublevsky,
S (2671)-Akopian,V (2689)/Sochi 2004}) 11... Qh4 12. Nxg6 (12. g3 Qe7 13. Qc3
Bg4 (13... O-O {is safer and leads to an equal position.}) 14. Kg2 (14. h3 Bf3
$13) 14... O-O-O 15. f3 Bd4 16. Qa5 Bd7 17. Rd1 Kb8 18. Qe1 Ne5 19. Be3 Bxe3
20. Qxe3 g5 21. Nh5 f6 22. Be2 c5 23. Rd5 b6 24. Rad1 Rde8 25. g4 Bc6 26. R5d2
Qf7 27. Qb3 c4 28. Qc3 f5 29. exf5 Nxg4 30. Ng7 Ne3+ 31. Kf2 Nxd1+ 32. Rxd1
Rxe2+ 33. Kxe2 Rg8 34. f6 Rf8 35. Rd4 h6 36. h4 gxh4 37. Rxh4 Qg6 {0-1
Pavasovic,D (2597)-Svidler,P (2732)/Khanty-Mansiysk 2007/CBM 122}) 12... hxg6
13. Qf4 Be6 14. Qxh4 Rxh4 15. Re1 Rh8 16. Bg5 f6 17. Be3 Bxe3 18. Rxe3 g5 19.
Rf1 Ke7 {Two sets of doubled pawns and yet Black is not worse. He has active
pieces and a better king, which counterbalence White's structural advantage.
White has a long hard struggle to create a passed pawn, if it can be done at
all without compromising his position.} 20. Rg3 Rh4 21. e5 Kf7 22. Re1 Rd8 23.
h3 Rhd4 24. Be2 $6 {Rather optimistic. Perhaps White overestimates his chances.
} (24. b3 c5 25. exf6 gxf6 26. Rge3 R8d6 {looks OK for Black too.}) 24... fxe5
$1 25. Bd3 Kf6 {Why not?} 26. Rf3+ Rf4 27. Rfe3 Rd5 $1 28. b3 Rc5 29. R1e2 g4 {
The doubled pawns are dissolved and Black's advantage immediately increases.}
30. g3 (30. hxg4 Bxg4 31. f3 Bf5 32. Bxf5 Rxf5 33. c4 Rf4 34. g3 Rd4 35. Kf2 b5
$1 $17 {Black may win this position, he may not, but it will be extremely
unpleasant for White throughout.}) 30... Rd4 31. hxg4 Bxg4 32. Re1 a5 33. Kg2
Be6 34. Rh1 $2 {For the second time White plays too actively and mis-assesses
the position. He has to go passive with} (34. Rf3+ Ke7 35. Rfe3 {and hope that
he can hold.}) 34... e4 $1 35. Rhe1 (35. Bxe4 Rxe4 36. Rxe4 Bd5 37. f3 Rxc2+
38. Kh3 Bxe4 39. fxe4 Rxa2 $19) 35... Bd5 36. Bxe4 Rxe4 37. Rxe4 Rxc2 38. Kf1
Bxe4 39. Rxe4 Rxa2 {It is two pawns now and that is quite enough for an easy
win.} 40. Rf4+ Kg6 41. Ke1 Ra3 42. Rg4+ Kh7 43. Rh4+ Kg8 44. b4 Ra4 {It is
often the case that a paradoxical idea ( 6.Qd2) is met successfully by an
equally unusual response ( 7...Bd4) in order to reach a correct balance.} 0-1

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 5th"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.08.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2810"]
[BlackElo "2822"]
[Annotator "Mekhitarian,K"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2017.08.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 {It is kind of funny that Carlsen has
played only 4 classical games in the Scotch Game since he became a grandmaster.
Probably another reason for Wesley So to try it against the reigning World
Champion.} Bb4+ $5 {An off-beat variation, forcing White to play c3, and
removing that ideal square for the b1-knight. Magnus himself said he wasn't
expecting the Scotch and just thought about playing some variation to try and
develop his pieces.} (4... Nf6 {is the most popular response, with well-known
variations after the most ambitious 5.Nxc6 followed by 6.e5, or the simpler 5.
Nc3.}) (4... Bc5 {when White has options between the old moves Nxc6 and Be3,
or the more fashionable Nb3 followed by Nc3, Qe2, Be3 or Bg5 and possibly
castling queenside.}) 5. c3 Be7 $6 {should be inferior for Black. We arrive in
a Philidor-type position, where White has sound pieces and a space advantage.}
(5... Bc5 $5 {is also possible, now in the Nxc6 and Nb3 variations, the
b1-knight would like to go to c3.} 6. Be3 Bb6 {and here White would be happy
to play Nc3-Nd5 as well, justifying the ...Bb4+ and ...Bc5 manoeuvre.} (6...
Qf6 $2 {now this wouldn't make any sense, since the pawn is already on c3 
(this is played in the line after 4...Bc5 where White still has the pawn on c2)
}) 7. Nf5 $1 g6 8. Bxb6 axb6 9. Ne3 Nf6 10. f3 Qe7 (10... O-O 11. c4 {and
White tries to keep a positional advantage. Black has an interesting piece
sacrifice with ...d5 now:} d5 12. cxd5 Nxe4 13. fxe4 Qh4+ 14. Kd2 Qxe4 15. Bd3
Qd4 16. Qb3 Re8 17. Re1 Ne5 18. Na3 Nxd3 $2 (18... Bd7 $5 $40) 19. Qxd3 $6 (19.
Nac2 $1 $18) 19... Qxb2+ 20. Nac2 Bd7 (20... Qe5 $1 $132) 21. Qc3 $16 {1-0 (30)
Danin,A (2581)-Zeller,F (2402) Wunsiedel 2016}) 11. Be2 $5 (11. c4 Qb4+ 12. Qd2
Qxd2+ 13. Kxd2 {with a pleasant endgame} d6 14. Nc3 Kd8 15. Be2 Re8 16. Rac1
$14 {1-0 (40) Yu,Y (2662)-Salem,A (2570) Kocaeli 2013}) 11... Qc5 12. Qd2 h5 $6
13. Na3 Qe7 $2 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. exd5 Ne5 16. d6 $1 Qxd6 17. Qxd6 cxd6 18. Nb5
Ke7 19. a4 $18 {1-0 (47) Duda,J (2693)-Degraeve,J (2592) Chartres 2017}) 6.
Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 (7. Bc4 $5 Nf6 8. e5 $36) 7... d6 8. O-O Nf6 9. Re1 O-O 10.
Nd2 {I like White's position here, the knight will be well placed on f3, Black
has to be watching for moves like e5.} Re8 11. Nf3 Nd7 {A natural reaction -
the knight stands well on c5 in these kind of structures, but this will be the
start of his problems as well.} 12. Bf4 Nc5 13. Bc2 Bg4 $6 (13... Ne6 $5 14.
Be3 c5 {followed by ...Rb8 and ...a5} 15. b4 $5 {trying to avoid that plan}
cxb4 16. cxb4 $14) 14. h3 Bh5 15. Be3 $1 {Threatening to destroy Black's
structure; this is the key move to look for an advantage. Carlsen said in the
post-mortem that his position started to deteriorate now, after this and 16.
Ba4!, that he missed.} Nd7 (15... Qb8 16. Bxc5 dxc5 17. Rb1 $16 {has to be
ugly for Black.}) 16. Ba4 $1 c5 (16... Ne5 $2 17. g4 $1 Nxf3+ 18. Qxf3 Bg6 19.
Bxc6 $18 {is simply lost for Black.}) 17. g4 $5 (17. e5 $1 {was a very
interesting pawn sacrifice:} Bxf3 (17... Nxe5 18. g4 $1 Bg6 19. Nxe5 dxe5 20.
Bxe8 $18) (17... Rb8 18. b3 Bxf3 19. Qxf3 Nxe5 20. Qe4 Rf8 21. Rad1 $44) 18.
Qxf3 Nxe5 19. Qe4 {hitting the e8-rook} Rf8 20. Rad1 {threatening to take on c5
} Qc8 21. Bxc5 (21. b4 $5 cxb4 22. cxb4 $44 {trying to maintain the pressure,
without exchanging anything.}) 21... dxc5 22. Qxe5 Bd6 23. Qe4 $16 {with good
prospects.}) 17... Bg6 18. e5 (18. Bc6 $1 Rb8 19. b4 {was a very strong hidden
idea} h5 $1 {with a double-edged position, that should be safe enough for White
} (19... cxb4 $2 20. Qa4 $1 {winning the e8 exchange by force, because now b6
is under control} (20. Bxa7 $6 Ra8 $1 21. Bxa8 $2 Qxa8 22. Be3 Bxe4 $19 {
is horrible for White}) 20... Nb6 21. Bxb6 axb6 22. Bxe8 Qxe8 23. Qxe8+ Rxe8
24. cxb4 $18 {should be simply winning}) 20. bxc5 hxg4 21. hxg4 $16) 18... Rb8
19. Bf4 $2 {Now many simplifications take place, Carlsen equalises and gets
the initiative suddenly.} (19. b3 $1 $16 {was simple and strong, Black still
has to solve many problems.}) 19... Rxb2 $1 20. exd6 $2 (20. Bxd7 $1 {was the
best chance to equalise} Qxd7 21. exd6 cxd6 22. Ne5 Qc7 (22... Qc8 23. Nxg6
hxg6 24. Bxd6 $11) 23. Nc4 $11) 20... Bxd6 $1 21. Rxe8+ Qxe8 22. Bxd6 cxd6 23.
Qxd6 (23. Nd2 {the computer suggests this very sad idea to survive, a hard
decision to make after giving away a pawn. On the other hand, there is a Nc4
threat} d5 24. Nb3 Qe7 25. Bxd7 Qxd7 26. Nxc5 Qd6 27. Qd4 h5 $36) 23... Qe2 $1
{Maybe So missed this move.} 24. Qg3 Nf8 $1 $17 {White has many problems now,
with the weak king, weak pawns and having to control Black's initiative.} 25.
Re1 Rb1 $1 26. Rxb1 Bxb1 {At least the a2-pawn will be lost, White is in deep
trouble.} 27. Bc6 (27. a3 Be4 $1 {with mating ideas as well} 28. Nh2 Qe1+ 29.
Nf1 Qb1 $1 {threatening the unstoppable ...Bd3} 30. f4 Bd3 31. Qf3 c4 $19 {
Black will take on c3 at the proper time and win the game.}) 27... Bxa2 $19 28.
Qd6 Qc4 $1 29. Ne5 Qxc3 {With no counterplay left, and two pawns down, White
had to resign.} 0-1

[Event "Seville op 37th"]
[Site "Seville"]
[Date "2012.01.14"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Mellado Trivino, Juan"]
[Black "Rizouk, Aimen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2539"]
[Annotator "Mellado,J"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2012.01.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.02.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.02.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Partida presentado al Premio de Belleza} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4.
Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8. Nd2 $5 {Lo habitual es 8.c4. La
textual intenta consolidar el punto critico de la posicion:e5} Nb4 {existen
muchas jugadas en esta posiciуn y todas muy interesantes. El negro se inclina
por una linea de caracter directo.} (8... g6) (8... Nf4) (8... Rb8 $5) (8... a5
) (8... Bb7) 9. Nf3 Ba6 10. c4 d5 $5 (10... c5 {es la alternativa.}) 11. a3 $1
Bxc4 12. Qd1 $1 Bxf1 (12... Na6 {directamente parece claramente peor} 13. Bxc4
dxc4 14. Qa4 Nb8 15. Qxc4 $16) 13. Kxf1 Na6 14. Qa4 Nb8 15. Bg5 $5 (15. Be3 $5
{. Pero no la golosa}) (15. Qb3 Qc5 $1 16. Qb7 Qb5+ $15) 15... Qc5 $5 (15...
Qd7 $6 16. e6 $1 Qd6 (16... fxe6 17. Ne5 $18 Qd6 18. Qf4 Be7 19. Qf7+ Kd8 20.
Qxg7) 17. Bf4 Qc5 18. Rc1 Qb6 19. Be3 $18) (15... Qe6 16. Rc1 $14 {con idea de
Cd4} Be7 17. Nd4 Qd7 18. h4 O-O 19. Rh3 Re8 20. Bxe7 Rxe7 21. Qb4 Qe8 22. f4
Nd7 23. Rxc6 Nf8 24. Rc2 Ne6 25. Nc6 Rd7 26. Rg3 d4 27. f5 Nd8 28. Nxd4 c5 29.
Rxc5 Nb7 30. e6 Nxc5 31. Qxc5 fxe6 32. fxe6 Qf8+ 33. Qxf8+ Rxf8+ 34. Nf3 Re7
35. Rg5 Rxe6 36. Ra5 Re7 37. b4 Rc8 38. Kf2 Rc2+ 39. Kg3 Rc3 40. Kf4 Rc4+ 41.
Kg3 h6 42. h5 Rce4 43. Rc5 Kf7 44. Ra5 Kf6 45. Ra6+ R4e6 46. Ra5 Rd7 47. Kf4
Rc7 48. Ne5 g5+ 49. hxg6 Rce7 50. g7 Rxg7 51. Ng4+ Kg6 52. Ne5+ Kf6 53. Ng4+ {
1/2-1/2 (53) Strikovic,A (2465)-Voiska,M (2345)/Zaragoza 1993}) 16. Rc1 {
Diagrama [#]} Qb5+ $2 (16... Qb6 17. Be3 $1 (17. g3 Bc5 18. Rc2 h6 19. Bc1 Qa6+
20. Qxa6 Nxa6 21. b4 Bb6 22. Rxc6 Kd7 23. Rc2 Rhe8 24. Kg2 c6 25. Bb2 Nc7 26.
Rhc1 {1/2-1/2 (26) Kozak,P (2158)-Biolek,R (2098)/Czechia 2004}) 17... Qb7 (
17... Qxb2 $2 18. Rxc6 $1 Qxa3 19. Re6+ Kd8 20. Re8#) 18. h4 $16) 17. Qxb5 cxb5
18. Rxc7 $16 Na6 (18... Nd7 19. Ke2) 19. Rb7 $1 (19. Rc6 $6 Nc5 20. Be3 Ne6 21.
Ke2) 19... Nc5 (19... b4 20. axb4 Bxb4 21. Ke2 O-O 22. Ra1 Rfb8 23. Rxb8+ (23.
Rd7) 23... Nxb8 24. Rd1 $16) 20. Rxb5 a6 21. Ra5 $1 $18 {Las negras tiene todo
tocado.} d4 22. Nxd4 {Abandonan. Partida comentado por Juan Mellado con
anбlisis de R. Montecatine} 1-0

[Event "World Women-ch k.o."]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2015.03.26"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Muzychuk, Mariya"]
[Black "Koneru, Humpy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2526"]
[BlackElo "2581"]
[Annotator "Mikhalchishin,A"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2015.03.17"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 166"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. c3 Nge7 7. g3 {
Mariya's most powerful weapon.} d5 ({Other moves have bene tried against her
here} 7... h5 8. h3 d6 9. Bg2 Bd7 10. O-O O-O-O 11. a4 g5 12. Na3 g4 13. h4 Ng6
14. Bg5 $18 {Muzychuk,M (2464)-Pogonina,N (2501)/Moscow 2010}) (7... O-O 8. Bg2
d6 9. O-O a6 10. f4 Qh6 11. Kh1 f5 12. exf5 Bxd4 13. Bxd4 Nxd4 14. Qxd4 Nxf5
15. Qd3 c6 16. Nd2 d5 17. Rae1 Bd7 18. c4 {Muzychuk,M (2464)-Skripchenko,A 
(2456)/Moscow 2010 with pressure in the centre.}) 8. Bg2 dxe4 ({Here} 8... Nxd4
{has been played:} 9. cxd4 Bb4+ 10. Nc3 Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 dxe4 12. Bxe4 c6 13. O-O
O-O 14. c4 (14. Rb1 b6 15. Qh5 Bf5 16. Bxf5 Qxf5 17. Qxf5 Nxf5 18. Bf4 Rfe8 19.
Rfe1 f6 {Muzychuk,M (2462)-Harika,D (2525)/Antakya 2010/ with equality.}) 14...
Bf5 15. Bg2 Rad8 16. Qb3 Rd7 17. d5 cxd5 18. cxd5 Rfd8 19. Rad1 Qg6 20. Rd4 {
Muzychuk,M (2462)-Harika,D (2525)/Antakya 2010 The white central pawn is very
strong.}) 9. O-O O-O 10. Nd2 Bb6 11. Re1 {Mariya switched to this move after
not being successful with} (11. Nxe4 Qg6 12. Nb5 (12. Nxc6 Nxc6 13. Nc5 (13.
Bxb6 axb6 14. Re1 Be6 15. a3 Rad8 16. Qe2 Bg4 17. Qb5 h6 18. h3 Bf5 19. Re3
Rfe8 20. Rae1 Re5 {Muzychuk,M (2464)-Lagno,K (2539)/Moscow 2010 no problems
for Black,.}) 13... Re8 14. Re1 Bg4 15. Qb3 Ne5 16. Qd5 c6 17. Qd4 Nf3+ 18.
Bxf3 Bxf3 19. Qf4 Qh5 {Muzychuk,M (2464)-Kosintseva,N (2533)/Moscow 2010/
White will have problems with the light squares.}) 12... Bf5 13. Bxb6 cxb6 14.
Nbd6 Rad8 {Muzychuk,M (2464)-Kosintseva,T (2515)/Moscow 2010 The pin is very
bad,.}) 11... Nxd4 12. Nxe4 Qf5 13. Bxd4 ({It is dubious whether White can get
anything real after the pawn sac:} 13. cxd4 Nd5 14. Nc5 Bxc5 15. dxc5 Nxe3 16.
Rxe3 Qxc5 17. Rc1 Qa5 18. Ra3 Qe5 19. Qd2 c6) 13... Nc6 14. Bxb6 ({A similar
sacrifice was} 14. Nc5 Bxc5 15. Be4 Nxd4 16. cxd4 Qf6 17. dxc5 Qxb2 18. Qa4 c6)
14... axb6 15. f4 Be6 16. b3 h6 17. h3 Ra3 ({It as better to centralise the
rook:} 17... Rad8) 18. Qd2 Qa5 19. b4 Qa4 20. g4 $1 {Miss TAKTIKA burns all
bridges behind her!} Rd8 21. Qf2 Rxa2 22. Rxa2 Bxa2 23. b5 (23. g5 {was not so
strong:} hxg5 24. Nxg5 f6) 23... Na7 24. g5 hxg5 ({Not opening up the king was
possible:} 24... h5) 25. Nxg5 {White plays for all or nothing and here it was
necessary to exchange the rooks.} {Instead she blundered with} f6 $4 ({After
the correct} 25... Rd1 $1 {Black would be OK. Now the weakness of the back
rank is exposed by MISS TAKTIKA!}) 26. Qd2 $1 Rf8 27. Bd5+ $1 Bxd5 28. Qxd5+
Kh8 29. Qf7 $1 {A fast and powerful attack!} 1-0

[Event "Ankara FIDE GP (Women)"]
[Site "Ankara"]
[Date "2012.09.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ruan, Lufei"]
[Black "Koneru, Humpy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2492"]
[BlackElo "2593"]
[Annotator "Mikhalchishin,A"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2012.09.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nb3 {For various reasons this
old line has become more popular recently and happened in a few games in
Ankara.} Bb4+ {This is an old idea of Oleg Romanishin - how to disrupt the
simple and aggressive plan of White with long castling.} ({The old classical
way is still played frequently} 5... Bb6 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. Qe2 d6 8. Be3 O-O 9.
O-O-O Bxe3+ 10. Qxe3 a6 11. f3 b5 12. g4 b4 13. Ne2 Re8 14. g5 Nd7 15. Ng3 a5
16. Bb5 Bb7 17. Bxc6 Bxc6 18. Nd4 Bb7 19. Ndf5 g6 20. Nh6+ Kf8 21. f4 {1-0
Muzychuk,A (2538)-Lahno,K (2536)/Rostov on Don 2011; with serious attacking
prospects.}) 6. c3 ({The main idea of the variation is to drive the white
knights back:} 6. Bd2 a5 7. a3 Bxd2+ ({Retreat is possible and a bit more
aggressive} 7... Be7 8. Bc3 $5 $146 (8. a4) 8... Nf6 $1 9. e5 Ne4 10. Qg4 Ng5
11. h4 d5 12. Qg3 Ne6 13. Bb5 (13. f4 a4 14. Nc1 (14. f5 axb3 15. fxe6 Bxe6 16.
Qxg7 Rf8 17. cxb3 d4 18. Bd2 Qd5 $17) 14... f5 $1 15. exf6 Bxf6 $17) 13... d4
$1 14. Bxc6+ (14. Bxa5 Qd5 15. a4 $140 $2 Rxa5 $1 $19) 14... bxc6 15. Bxa5 Qd5
{Sveshnikov,E (2555)-Romanishin,O (2591)/Saint-Vincent , 2000 (23); with
fantastic compensation for the pawn.}) 8. Qxd2 (8. N1xd2 a4) 8... Nf6 9. Nc3
O-O 10. O-O-O d6 11. f4 Re8 12. Re1 Bd7 13. h3 a4 14. Nd4 Nxd4 15. Qxd4 Qb8 16.
Rd1 Be6 17. Bd3 Qa7 18. Qxa7 Rxa7 19. Rhe1 Ra5 {1-0 Varga,Z (2541)
-Mikhalchishin,A (2552)/Dortmund 1999; with unclear play in the endgame.}) 6...
Be7 7. c4 {The idea of this move is to obtain a structure similar to the
Maroczy Bind, fighting for a space advantage.} ({Here White had few very other
serious options, the most logical seems to be} 7. f4 d6 ({A funny idea has
been tried} 7... Nf6 $2 8. e5 Ng8 9. Qg4 $2 g5 $2 ({after} 9... g6 {Black has
the very unpleasant threat d7-d6.}) 10. Qg3 d6 11. Bc4 g4 (11... Nh6 $1) 12.
O-O f5 13. Rd1 a6 14. Qe3 {1-0 Kochetkova,J (2305)-Kaya,E (1974),Istanbul 2012;
with a decisive attack.}) 8. Bd3 Nf6 ({it is interesting to see how none other
than World Champion Boris Spassky handled the position:} 8... Bh4+ 9. g3 Bf6
10. Be3 h5 11. h3 g5 12. Qd2 gxf4 13. gxf4 Nge7 14. Na3 Bh4+ 15. Bf2 Ng6 16.
Kd1 $11 {1/2 Huebner,R-Spassky,B/Linares , 1985}) (8... d5) 9. N1d2 O-O 10. Qc2
a5 11. O-O Nd7 12. a4 g6 13. Nf3 Bf6 14. Be3 b6 15. Rad1 Qe7 16. Rfe1 Bg7 17.
Bf2 Bb7 18. Bc4 Rae8 19. Qd3 Nc5 20. Nxc5 dxc5 21. e5 {Muzychuk,A-Ozturk,K/
Ankara 2012; with a serious space advantage.}) (7. g3 {does not seem to be so
logical here:} Nf6 8. Bg2 O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. c4 a5 11. Nc3 $2 ({it is always
necessary to stop this black pawn, so an not to damage one's own position too
much!} 11. a4) 11... a4 12. Nd2 a3 13. b3 Bc5 14. Nb5 d6 15. h3 h5 16. Kh1 Bd7
17. f3 Qc8 18. Kh2 Ne5 {Kosintseva,T-Koneru,H/Ankara 2012; with a strong black
initiative.}) (7. Bf4 Bg5 8. Bg3 d6 9. Bd3 h5 10. h3 h4 11. Bh2 Qf6 12. Nd4
Nge7 13. O-O Bf4 14. Bxf4 Qxf4 15. Ne2 Qh6 16. Qd2 Qxd2 17. Nxd2 Ne5 {0-1
Arzumanian,G (2493)-Romanishin,O (2547)/Kharkiv UKR 2007; with an equal ending.
}) 7... Nf6 ({A very serious line is to try to conduct to attack the white
centre with f7-f5:} 7... Bf6 8. Bd3 d6 9. O-O Nge7 10. Nc3 Bxc3 $1 11. bxc3 O-O
12. Nd4 f5 13. f4 Nxd4 14. cxd4 fxe4 15. Bxe4 d5 16. cxd5 Nxd5 17. Ba3 Rf7 18.
Qb3 Nf6 19. Bd3 Qxd4+ 20. Kh1 Be6 21. Bxh7+ Kxh7 22. Qxe6 Kg8 23. Rad1 Qa4 24.
Qh3 {1/2 Movsesian,S (2647)-Landa,K (2550)/Tripoli LBA 2004}) 8. f3 ({It is
simpler to start with logical piece development} 8. Nc3 O-O 9. Be2 (9. Bd3 Bb4
10. Bd2 Ne5 11. Be2 d6 12. f3 Be6 13. Nd5 Bxd2+ 14. Qxd2 c6 15. Nxf6+ Qxf6 $11)
9... Re8 10. f3 a5 11. a4 $2 (11. O-O a4 12. Nd4 Bc5 13. Be3 $16) 11... d6 12.
O-O Nd7 $11 13. Be3 Bf6 14. Qd2 b6 15. Nd5 Nc5 16. Ra3 Bd7 $1 $132 17. Nc1 Nb4
$1 18. Bd1 Nxd5 19. cxd5 c6 $1 {Ivanovic,B-Petrosian,T/Tallinn 1979; and Black
starts to destroy the opponent's centre.}) (8. Bd3 a5 9. Be3 $2 (9. a4) 9...
Bb4+ 10. N1d2 (10. Nc3 a4 11. Nd2 a3) 10... Ne5 11. Be2 Nxe4 12. a3 Bxd2+ 13.
Nxd2 Nf6 14. Nf3 Nc6 15. Bg5 d6 16. O-O O-O {0-1 Vavpetic (2250)-Mikhalchishin
(2510)/Postoina 1991; with an extra pawn.}) 8... O-O ({The simple developing
move} 8... d6 {is possible:} 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Be2 Ne8 11. O-O f5 12. exf5 Bxf5
13. Nd5 Nf6 14. Nxe7+ Qxe7 15. Bg5 h6 16. Bh4 Ne5 17. Nd4 Bh7 18. Bf2 Rae8 {
Cioara,A-Godena,M/Nova Gorica, 2000; and Black completes his development with
a balanced position.}) 9. Be2 ({A better way to fight for some advantage was} 
9. Nc3 {'!?' Romanishin,O} a5 10. a4 $1 {Despite weakening the b4-square, it
is much more important to stop the opponent's space aggression.} Bb4 11. Be2 d6
12. O-O Ne5 13. Qc2 c6 14. Be3) 9... a5 10. O-O $2 {No! As was mentioned, it
is necessary to stop such pawns at any price.} (10. a4) 10... a4 11. Nd4 Bc5
12. Be3 Qe7 13. Nc3 $2 ({The correct idea was} 13. Qd2 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 Qe5 15.
Rd1 d6 16. Nc3 Be6 17. Rac1 Bxd4+ 18. Qxd4 Qxd4+ 19. Rxd4 Bd7 20. Kf2 {with
the more comfortable endgame. Now Black obtains the possibility to create some
weaknesses in White's position.}) 13... a3 $1 14. b3 ({After} 14. Rb1 axb2 15.
Rxb2 b6 {the weaknesses a2 and c4 will become a decisive factor for the future
fight.}) 14... Qe5 15. Ncb5 d5 $3 {This powerful blow reverses the course of
the game and destroys White's centre.} 16. Qd2 ({Simply the exhcange of queens
promised chances of survival:} 16. Kh1 dxe4 17. Nxc6 bxc6 18. Bxc5 Qxc5 19. Qd4
Qxd4 20. Nxd4 Bb7 21. Rfd1 $17) 16... dxe4 ({Black could chose a more active
continuation:} 16... Bb4 17. Qc1 dxe4 18. Nc2 Ba5 19. Kh1 Qe7 20. Ncxa3 Ne5 21.
Nc2 exf3 22. Bxf3 c6 23. Qa3 Qxa3 24. Nbxa3 Nxf3 25. Rxf3 Bg4 {with strong
threats.}) 17. Nxc6 ({More chances to save the game would exist after the
blockading plan} 17. f4 Qe7 18. Nxc6 bxc6 19. Bxc5 Qxc5+ 20. Qd4 Qb4 21. Nc3
Bg4 22. Rad1 Bxe2 23. Nxe2 h6 24. Qe3 Rfe8 25. h3 Rad8 26. Nc3 $17) 17... bxc6
18. Bxc5 Qxc5+ 19. Qd4 Qg5 {Black obtained a similar position as in the
annotation to move 16, but with one tempo up.} 20. Nc3 $2 ({Once more, it was
better to try to block the position by} 20. f4 Qg6 21. Nxc7 Bh3 22. Rf2 Rad8
23. Qc5 Bg4 24. Re1 {with some chances for survival.}) 20... Bh3 21. Qf2 Bxg2
$1 {Tactics which involve a double attack with the deflection of the white
queen.} 22. Qxg2 Qe3+ 23. Kh1 Qxc3 24. fxe4 Rad8 25. Bf3 (25. Rad1 {offered no
chance of survival:} Rfe8 26. Bf3 Rxd1 27. Rxd1 g6 28. Qe2 c5 $19) 25... Rd2
26. Qg3 Nd7 ({Black would also obtain a strong attack after} 26... Re8 27. Qxc7
Nd7 28. Qxc6 Qb2 29. Kg1 Qe5 30. Bg2 Re6 31. Qc8+ Nf8 {but still it would not
be so easy.}) 27. Qxc7 ({The dominating position of the knight would decide
the game in Black's favour after} 27. Rad1 Rxd1 28. Rxd1 Ne5 29. Bg2 Qc2 30.
Rf1 f6 $19) 27... Qe5 (27... Ne5 {seemed very strong and logical:} 28. Bg2 Ng4
{but Koneru decides to go into an endgame which is a more sophisticated
decision.}) 28. Qxe5 Nxe5 29. Kg1 (29. Bg2 {did not help at all:} Rfd8 30. Rf5
f6 31. Kg1 Rb2 32. Rf2 Ng4) 29... Rfd8 30. Rf2 Rb2 31. Kf1 Nxf3 32. Rxf3 Rxh2 {
Very technical play by the World Championship runner-up!} 0-1

[Event "Wch U20 52nd"]
[Site "Kocaeli"]
[Date "2013.09.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Black "Salem, AR Saleh"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2662"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "Mikhalchishin,A"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2013.09.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{This game is typical of Yu Yangyi's extremely good technique and the way he
plays.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bb4+ {A modern line to avoid
White's attacking options.} 5. c3 Bc5 6. Be3 Bb6 7. Nf5 g6 8. Bxb6 axb6 9. Ne3
Nf6 10. f3 Qe7 11. c4 Qb4+ {Transposition into an endgame seems to be logical.}
12. Qd2 Qxd2+ 13. Kxd2 d6 14. Nc3 Kd8 15. Be2 {The critical moment - White has
helplessly tried other ways here:} (15. f4 Re8 16. Bd3 Nb4 17. Bb1 Nd7 18. Ned5
Nxd5 19. cxd5 Nc5 20. Bc2 f5 21. exf5 Bxf5 22. Rae1 Rf8 23. g3 c6 24. b4 Na6
25. dxc6 bxc6 26. b5 cxb5 27. Bb3 Nc5 {Black defended very successfully in
Wang Hao (2743)-Aronian,L (2813)/Stavanger 2013.}) (15. Bd3 Ne5 16. Bc2 (16.
Be2 Re8 17. g4 Nfd7 18. h4 Nc5 19. Ned5 h6 20. Nf6 Rh8 21. g5 Ne6 22. Ke3 Nd7
23. f4 {with a very sharp ending, Rublevsky,S (2695)-Sargissian,G (2671)/
Khanty-Mansiysk 2013}) 16... h5 17. f4 Neg4 18. Ned1 h4 19. h3 Nh6 20. Ne3 c6
21. Rhf1 Re8 22. Rae1 Nh5 23. Rf2 Ng3 24. Nf1 Nxf1+ 25. Rfxf1 Kc7 {0-1 Najer,E
(2633)-Akopian,V (2691)/Khanty-Mansiysk RUS 2013 (61). Black was able to hold
the position without serious problems.}) 15... Re8 16. Rac1 Nd4 17. Rhd1 c6 18.
Bf1 Kc7 19. Ke1 Ne6 ({Very interesting was GM Miroshnichenko's proposal} 19...
Nf5 20. Nc2 Nd7 21. Kf2 Ne7 {intending to break with f7-f5.}) 20. b4 Nd7 21.
Kf2 Ng7 22. Rd4 f5 23. a4 Nf6 $6 ({Every Soviet player would try to block the
centre with} 23... f4 24. Nc2 Ne5) 24. Rcd1 Re6 25. g3 {Yu starts an attack at
a useful moment.} fxe4 26. Bh3 Re7 27. Rxd6 Nge8 $1 28. Rd8 exf3 29. b5 ({
Possible was the very sharp acceleration} 29. c5 bxc5 30. b5) 29... Rb8 $2 (
29... Re5 {was much better:} 30. a5 bxa5 31. b6+ Kxb6 32. Rxc8 Rxc8 33. Bxc8
Kc7 34. Bh3 Rh5) 30. a5 ({There would not be such a clearcut ending after} 30.
c5 bxc5 31. b6+ Kxb6 32. Rxc8 Rxc8 33. Bxc8 Ka5 34. Rd3 Kb4) 30... Nd7 $2 {
The final blunder, but the position would remain unclear after the correct} (
30... bxa5 31. b6+ Kxb6 32. Rxc8 Rxc8 33. Bxc8 Kc7 34. Bh3 Nd6 35. Kxf3 Nde4
36. Nxe4 Nxe4) 31. Rxc8+ Kxc8 32. Ned5 cxd5 33. Nxd5 Rg7 34. Nxb6+ Kc7 35. Nxd7
Ra8 36. b6+ Kc6 37. Rd5 Rxa5 38. Rxa5 Rxd7 39. Bxd7+ Kxd7 40. Kxf3 1-0

[Event "RUS-Cup07"]
[Site "Tomsk"]
[Date "1998.07.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Bezgodov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1998.07.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 067"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 20540]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5
Ne4 {Relatively rare continuation.Black usually prefer 6...Qe7.} 7. Nd2 (7. Qf3
{is the main line.Its opening survey you can find in CBM66(see Shovunov-Rodin,
Russian Club Cup 1998);Other moves(7.Bd3,7.Bc4,7.Qe2,7.Qd4 and 7.Be3) are not
very popular.}) 7... Nc5 (7... Nxd2 {is the only alternative.} 8. Bxd2 d5 (8...
Bc5 9. Qg4 $1 (9. Bd3) (9. Qf3) 9... g6 10. Qg3 h6 11. Bd3 Qe7 12. O-O a5 13.
Bc3 Qe6 14. Kh1 h5 15. f4 h4 16. Qf3 $16 {[%cal Gf4f5] 1-0 Kuijf,M-Bollen,J/
Ellmedingen 1978/EXT 97 (30)}) (8... Be7 9. Qg4 g6 10. Bh6 Rb8 11. O-O-O d5 12.
Qg3 Be6 $13 {1/2-1/2 Minasian,A-Kaidanov,G/Erevan 1996/EXT 96ch2 (49)}) (8...
Qh4 $5 {preventing 9.Qg4} 9. Bd3 Bc5 10. O-O O-O 11. Qf3 Rb8 12. Rae1 d5 (12...
Rxb2 $5) 13. exd6 Bxd6 14. g3 Qg4 $11 {0-1 Adamek,P-Zvara,P/Ceske Budejovice
1997/EXT 97 (32)}) 9. Bd3 (9. Qf3 Qh4 10. Bd3 Bc5 11. Qg3 Qxg3 12. hxg3 Rb8 13.
Bc3 d4 14. Ba5 Rxb2 15. Bxc7 Be6 $17 {0-1 Van der Wiel,J-Van der Sterren,P/
NLD-ch 1995/CBM 48 (33)}) 9... Be6 (9... Rb8 10. b3 Qh4 (10... g6 11. O-O Bg7
12. Qc1 O-O 13. Bg5 f6 14. exf6 Bxf6 15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16. Qe3 $14 {1-0 Rewitz,
P-Friis,C/DEN-chB 1992/TD 92\08 (30)}) 11. O-O Bc5 12. Qf3 O-O 13. Be3 Bb6 14.
a4 a5 15. Rae1 Be6 16. Qe2 Rbe8 17. f4 Bg4 18. Qd2 f6 19. Bxb6 cxb6 20. Qc3 c5
21. exf6 Qxf6 22. Qxf6 gxf6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Omari-Lokvenc,J/Varna 1962/MCD-ol (32)
}) 10. O-O Qd7 11. f4 Bc5+ 12. Kh1 Bf5 13. Qh5 g6 14. Bxf5 Qxf5 15. Qf3 {
[%cal Gf3c3]} Qxc2 16. Ba5 {[%cal Ga1c1]} Bb6 17. Bb4 Qe4 (17... Qxb2 $142 $1)
18. Qa3 $44 {1-0 Zelcic,R-Baumegger,S/18th Mitropa Cup, Portoroz SLO 1998 (54)}
) 8. Be2 $5 $146 (8. Nf3 Be7 9. Nd4 O-O 10. Be2 Re8 11. O-O Bf8 12. f4 d6 13.
Bf3 $1 $14 {1-0 Schmittdiel,E-Gostisa,L/Mitropa Cup 1995/EXP 46 (34)}) (8. g3
d5 9. exd6 cxd6 10. Qe2+ Be7 11. Bg2 d5 12. O-O O-O 13. Re1 Bf6 14. Nf3 Bf5 $11
{1-0 Lyell,M-Kolar,S/Bled 1997/EXP 57 (40)}) 8... Be7 {Let White complete
development and get the better position thanks to the better pawn structure.} (
{Black could try to win a pawn} 8... Qg5 $5 9. O-O (9. Nf3 Qxg2 10. Rg1 Qh3)
9... Qxe5 10. Re1 Qf6 $13 {and White should prove his initiative.}) 9. O-O O-O
{[%cal Gd7d5]} 10. Nb3 $1 {White is ready to change knights as then a-file is
opened and weakness on a7 will become essential.White has been also preventing
repairing of pawn structure by means of d7-d5 as after capture on d6 cd is not
beneficial because of N:c5.} Nxb3 (10... d5 $5 11. exd6 Bxd6 (11... cxd6 12.
Nxc5 dxc5) 12. Nxc5 Bxc5 13. Bd3 $1 {[%cal Gd3h7]} Qh4 14. Qf3 $14) 11. axb3 {
[%csl Ra7][%cal Ga1a7]} d5 12. exd6 Bxd6 $6 (12... cxd6 $142) 13. Ra4 $1 {
[%csl Ra7,Rc6,Rc7] Fourth rank is a good main road for the rook.} Bf5 14. Bd3 {
White is not afraid of changes as weaknesses on the queen side are weaker and
weaker after every change.} Bxd3 15. Qxd3 Qf6 16. g3 Rfe8 17. Kg2 Bc5 18. Rf4
Qe6 19. Rd1 Bd6 20. Rc4 c5 {First signal.Black weaken a8-h1 diagonal and White
takes it under control immediately.} 21. Qf3 $1 Rab8 {[%cal Gb8b4]} 22. Bd2 $1
{[%cal Gd1a1] preventing Rb4} f6 23. Ra1 $16 {Consequences of N:b3 and B:d6?
has become visible.Now White's advantage is out  of question.} Rbd8 24. Be3 {
[%csl Ra7,Rc5]} (24. Rxa7 $5 Bxg3 25. hxg3 Rxd2 26. Rxc5 $18) 24... Qe5 25. Rc3
$5 (25. Rxa7 Qxb2 26. Bxc5 {is enough for winning,but Morozevich prefer to
keep all his pawns.}) 25... Ra8 26. Ra5 $18 {[%csl Rc5]} Qe4 27. Bxc5 Qxf3+ 28.
Kxf3 Be5 29. Re3 Bxb2 30. Rxa7 Rxe3+ 31. Kxe3 Rxa7 32. Bxa7 {Bishops ending is
winning easily.} Kf7 33. Kd3 Ke6 34. b4 $1 {White is catching black's bishop.
After c3 mousetrap will be locked.} c6 35. Bd4 (35. c3 $5) 35... Bc1 ({or} 
35... Ba3 36. Kc3 {[%cal Gc3b3,Gd4e3]}) 36. Be3 Bb2 37. Kc4 (37. c3 $5) 37...
Kd7 {Black resigned as after simple 38.c3 /\39.Bd2(or Kb3 and Bd4) and then
Kc4-b3-a2 White wins a bishop.} ({or} 37... Be5 38. Bf4 $1 Bb2 39. c3) 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT 05th"]
[Site "Maikop"]
[Date "1998.06.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1998.06.03"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 066"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Kazan Sberbank-Tatarstan"]
[BlackTeam "Tomsk 400"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nxc6 {In the third round Sergey
tried to get advantage after 5.Be3 against Svidler,but didn't succeed.Now
another main line comes in consideration.} Qf6 6. Qd2 dxc6 7. Nc3 Qe7 $5 $146 {
Sensational novelty in well-known position.Black frees f6 square for a knight.
It's interesting that nobody tried this move before!} 8. Bd3 Nf6 9. O-O ({
A month later Landa will be playing} 9. Qg5 {but after} h6 $1 {Black are in
possesion of initiative.} 10. Qg3 (10. Qxg7 $2 Bxf2+ $1 11. Kxf2 (11. Kf1 Rh7
$1 {[%csl Rg7]}) 11... Rg8 {[%csl Rg7]} 12. Qxg8+ $8 (12. Bxh6 Ng4+ $1 13. Ke2
Rxg7 14. Bxg7 f6 $19 {[%csl Rg7]})) 10... g5 $1 {[%csl Rg3] Hunting goes on.}
11. h4 (11. O-O Bd6 12. Qf3 (12. f4 Nh5) 12... Ng4 $40 (12... Bg4)) 11... Nh5
12. Qf3 g4 13. Qe2 Qe5 $1 $15 {[%cal Gg4g3,Gc5d4,Gh5f4]} 14. g3 Bd4 (14... Be6
$5) 15. Nd1 Be6 16. c3 Bb6 17. Ne3 O-O-O 18. Bc2 Rhg8 19. a4 a5 20. Rg1 Kb8 21.
Bd2 Nf6 22. Ng2 Bc4 $1 {0-1 Landa,K-Ibragimov,I/ch-RUS, St Petersburg RUS 1998}
23. Qxc4 Bxf2+ $1 24. Kxf2 (24. Ke2 Qxg3 $19 {[%csl Re2]}) 24... Rxd2+ 25. Ke3
Rxc2 $19) 9... O-O 10. Qg5 h6 11. Qg3 (11. Qh4 $143 Re8) 11... Nh5 12. Qf3 Qh4
{[%csl Rf3][%cal Rc8g4]} 13. Be2 (13. e5 $2 Re8 $1 14. Re1 $140 $2 Bg4 15. g3 (
15. Re4 $2 Nf6 $3 {[%csl Rg1]} 16. exf6 $140 Rxe4 $1 (16... Bxf3 $4 17. Rxh4
Re1+ 18. Bf1)) 15... Bxf3 (15... Qxh2+ 16. Kxh2 Bxf3) 16. gxh4 Bd4) (13. h3
$143) 13... Nf6 14. e5 $6 (14. Qf4 $142 $5 Qxf4 15. Bxf4 Re8 (15... Bd4 16. Bd3
(16. Bf3 g5 $5 17. Bxc7 g4 18. Be2 Bxc3 19. bxc3 Nxe4) 16... Re8 17. Bxc7 $1 (
17. Rae1 Be6 $1 {[%csl Ra2]}) (17. Rfe1 Re7) 17... Bxc3 18. bxc3 Nxe4 19. Rfe1
Nf6) 16. Rad1 $5 (16. Bf3 Bd4 $1 17. Rfe1 (17. Bxc7 Bxc3 18. bxc3 Nxe4 19. Rfe1
Bf5 $11)) 16... Nxe4 17. Nxe4 Rxe4 18. Rd8+ Bf8 19. Be3 $13) 14... Nd7 (14...
Ng4 $5 15. Bf4 (15. Qf4 $2 g5 16. Qg3 Qxg3 17. hxg3 Nxe5) 15... Bd4 $1 16. Bg3
(16. Qe4 Bxf2+ 17. Kh1 Bb6 18. Bg3 Qg5 19. Bd3 g6 20. Qf3 {[%cal Gc3e4]} Qe7
$15) 16... Qg5 17. Qe4 $1 Rd8 $1 {[%cal Gc8f5]} (17... Bxe5 18. f4) 18. Bd3 (
18. h4 Qf5 (18... Qh5 {[%cal Gc8f5]}) 19. Rad1 Qxe4 20. Nxe4 Bf5) 18... g6 {
[%csl Re5][%cal Gc8f5]}) 15. Qf4 (15. Qe4 Qxe4 16. Nxe4 Bd4 17. e6 fxe6 $15)
15... Qe7 (15... Qxf4 $5 16. Bxf4 Re8 17. Rad1 $5 (17. e6 Rxe6 18. Bxc7 Nf6 $11
) 17... Nxe5 18. Bxe5 Rxe5 19. Rd8+ Kh7 $13) 16. Qg3 $1 {[%cal Gc1h6]} Kh8 $1 {
[%csl Re5]} (16... Qxe5 $6 17. Bf4) 17. Bf4 g5 $2 (17... Re8 $142 $1 {[%csl
Re5]} 18. e6 (18. Bc4 $6 Nxe5 $5 (18... Nb6 19. Bb3 Be6)) (18. Rae1 $6 g5 19.
Qh3 Kg7 (19... gxf4 20. Qxh6+ Kg8 21. Bd3 Nf8 $140 22. Ne4 $18) 20. e6 Nf8 $1)
(18. Rad1 Nxe5 19. Bxe5 Qxe5 20. Qxe5 $5 (20. Rd8 Qe7 21. Rxe8+ Qxe8 22. Qxc7
Be6 $1 $15) 20... Rxe5 21. Rd8+ Kh7 $13) 18... Qxe6 19. Bxc7 $11) 18. Qh3 $1 {
[]} Kg7 (18... gxf4 $2 19. Qxh6+ Kg8 20. Bd3 f5 21. Bc4+ Rf7 22. e6 $18) (18...
Qe6 $2 19. Bg4 Qg6 20. Bxg5 $1 {[%csl Rh8]}) 19. e6 $1 {Probably this strong
move was missed by Morozevich.} (19. Qg3 {[%cal Gh2h4] was enough for a draw.}
Kh8 20. Qh3) 19... Nb6 (19... Qxe6 20. Qxe6 fxe6 21. Bxc7 $14 {[%cal Gc3e4,
Ga1d1]}) (19... Nf6 20. Qg3 Bxe6 21. h4 Nh7 22. Ne4 $36) (19... gxf4 $6 20.
Qg4+ Kh8 (20... Qg5 $4 21. exd7 $18) 21. exd7 Bxd7 22. Qxf4 $14 {[%csl Rh8]})
20. Qg3 $1 (20. Ne4 $2 {[%cal Gh3c3]} Nd5 21. Nxc5 Qxc5 22. Be5+ f6 23. Bg3 Re8
$17) 20... Bxe6 21. Ne4 $1 Nd5 $8 (21... Bc4 $2 22. Nxg5 $1 (22. Bxc4 $2 Qxe4
23. Bxg5 Qxc4 $1 $17) (22. Nxc5 $6 Bxe2) 22... hxg5 (22... Bxe2 23. Ne6+ Kf6
24. Nxf8 Bxf1 25. Qh4+ $1 Kf5 $8 26. Qh5+ $1 Kf6 (26... Kxf4 27. g3+ Ke4 28.
Re1+) 27. Nh7+ Kg7 (27... Ke6 28. Re1+) 28. Qxh6+ Kg8 29. Nf6+) 23. Bxc4 $1 (
23. Bxg5 Qxe2 (23... f6 $2 24. Bd2+ Kh8 25. Bxc4 Nxc4 26. Qh4+ $18) 24. Be3+
Kh8 25. Qh4+ Kg8 26. Bxc5 $40 {White can continue an attack with a draw in the
pocket.}) 23... Bd6 $8 (23... Nxc4 24. Bxg5 f6 25. Rae1 $1 $18 fxg5 $140 (25...
Ne5 26. Rxe5 $1) 26. Rxe7+ Bxe7 27. Qc3+) 24. Bxd6 cxd6 25. Bb3 $1 $16 {
[%csl Rg7]}) 22. Bxg5 $1 (22. Nxc5 $2 Nxf4) (22. Nxg5 $143 hxg5 23. Bxg5 f6 24.
Be3+ Kh8 25. Qh4+ Kg8 26. Qg3+ $11) 22... hxg5 23. Nxc5 $1 (23. Nxg5 $143 Bf5
$3 24. Ne6+ (24. c4 Bd6 25. Ne6+ Kf6 26. Qg7+ Kxe6 27. cxd5+ Kd7 $19) 24... Kf6
25. Nxf8 Rxf8 $15 (25... Qxe2 $2 26. Rae1 $1 (26. Qh4+ Kg7 27. Qg5+ Bg6 $1 28.
Nxg6 fxg6 {[%csl Rf2]}) 26... Bxf2+ $140 27. Qxf2 Qxf2+ 28. Rxf2 Rxf8 29. g4
$18)) 23... f6 (23... Qxc5 24. Qxg5+ {[%cal Gc2c4] /\c4}) (23... Nf4 $5 24.
Nxe6+ (24. Qc3+ Qf6) 24... fxe6 $14) 24. Nxe6+ Qxe6 25. Bc4 $1 Rae8 $1 (25...
Qe5 $5) 26. Rad1 {[%csl Rb7,Rc7][%cal Gg3b3]} (26. Bxd5 Qxd5 27. Qxc7+ Rf7 28.
Qg3 Re2 $132) 26... Nf4 $1 27. Qxf4 $1 (27. Bxe6 $143 $2 Ne2+ 28. Kh1 Nxg3+ $11
) (27. Qb3 $2 Qg4) 27... gxf4 28. Bxe6 Rxe6 {[%cal Ge6e2] Despite damaged pawn
structure Black has good counter-chances in view of threat Re2(later Rd2) and
attacking h2 and g2 pawns on king side.} 29. Rd7+ (29. Rfe1 Rxe1+ (29... Rd8
30. Kf1) 30. Rxe1 Rd8 31. Kf1 Kf7) 29... Rf7 30. Rfd1 Re1+ $1 (30... Re2 $143
31. R7d2 Rfe7 32. Kf1) 31. Rxe1 Rxd7 32. Kf1 Kf7 (32... Rd2 $5 33. Re7+ (33.
Rc1 Kg6 34. Ke1 Rd7 35. Ke2 {[%cal Gc1d1,Ge2f3]} Kf5 36. Rd1 f3+ $1) 33... Kg6
34. Rxc7 Rxc2 35. Rxb7 Kf5 $5 {and Black has chances to equalize thanks to his
activity.}) 33. Re4 {[%cal Gf1e2]} (33. Ke2 Re7+ 34. Kd2 Rd7+ 35. Kc3 Kg6 $44 {
[%csl Rg2,Rh2][%cal Gg6f5,Gd7h7,Gd7g7]}) 33... f3 $1 (33... Rd2 $143 34. Rc4 {
[%cal Gf1e1,Ge1e2,Ge2f3]} f3 35. gxf3) 34. gxf3 Rd1+ {[%csl Ra2,Rb2,Rc2,Rh2]
[%cal Gd1b1]} 35. Ke2 $2 ({The only chance was} 35. Re1 Rd5 $1 {[%cal Gd5h5,
Gd5a5]} (35... Rd2 36. Re2 Rd1+ 37. Kg2 Ra1 $140 38. a3 Ra2 39. c3) 36. h4 $5
$14) 35... Rb1 $1 36. Rb4 $6 (36. b3 $142 $11 {could lead to the very
interesting pawn endgame after} Rb2 37. Kd3 Rxa2 38. Ra4 (38. Rh4 Kg6 39. Rg4+
Kf7 $1 (39... Kh6 40. Re4 {[%cal Ge4e7]}) 40. Rh4 $11 (40. Rd4 Ke6 41. Rh4 Ra5
42. Rh7 Rd5+ {[%cal Gd5d7]})) 38... Rxa4 39. bxa4 $13) 36... b5 {[%cal Ga7a5]
Now Black has very strong counterplay on the queenside and white has to submit
with a draw.} 37. Rb3 a5 $1 {[%csl Rb3]} 38. Kd2 Ke6 39. Re3+ (39. h4 $5) 39...
Kd6 40. Rd3+ Kc5 41. a3 $5 {Last trap.} Rh1 $1 $11 ({But not} 41... Rxb2 $4 42.
Kc1 Ra2 43. Kb1 {[%csl Ra2]}) 42. Rc3+ Kb6 (42... Kd5 $5) 43. Re3 (43. Re3 Rxh2
44. Ke2 Kc5 45. Re6 $140 Rh6 {[%cal Gc5d5]}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT 05th"]
[Site "Maikop"]
[Date "1998.06.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Totsky, Leonid"]
[Black "Yandemirov, Valeri"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1998.06.03"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 066"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ekaterinburg Agat"]
[BlackTeam "Kazan Sberbank-Tatarstan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
c4 Ba6 9. g3 g6 10. b3 Bg7 11. Bb2 {First key position.Black has to decide
where to castle.} O-O (11... O-O-O 12. Bg2 {Another key position.Now Black has
to chose the right rook.} Rde8 (12... Rhe8 13. O-O Bxe5 14. Qxe5 Qxe5 15. Bxe5
Rxe5 16. cxd5 Bxf1 17. Kxf1 cxd5 18. Nc3 c6 19. Rc1 Kb8 20. Na4 (20. Bf3 Rde8
21. h4 h6 22. Na4 Kc7 23. Nc5 Kd6 24. Nb7+ Kc7 25. Nc5 Kd6 26. Nb7+ {1/2-1/2
Relange,E-Mikhalevski,V/EUCup f 1996}) 20... Rde8 21. Nc5 R5e7 22. b4 Kc7 23.
Bf3 Kd6 24. Nd3 Rb8 25. Rc3 Ree8 26. Ra3 Rb7 27. Ra5 Ra8 28. a4 Re8 29. h4 h6
30. Ra6 Rc7 31. Be2 g5 32. hxg5 hxg5 33. Bg4 Re4 34. Bf5 Rc4 35. Ke2 Ke7 36.
Kd2 Kd6 37. Bh3 {Kislov,M-Stempin,P/Polish Team-ch, Krynica POL 1997/1-0 (57)})
13. O-O Bxe5 14. Qxe5 Qxe5 15. Bxe5 Rxe5 16. cxd5 Bxf1 17. Kxf1 cxd5 18. Nc3 c6
19. Rc1 Kd8 20. Na4 h5 21. Nc5 h4 22. Nd3 Ree8 23. Rc5 hxg3 24. hxg3 Kc7 25.
Ra5 Kd6 26. a4 Ra8 27. Ke2 a6 28. b4 Kc7 29. Rc5 a5 30. b5 Kd6 31. Bf3 Rhe8+
32. Kd2 Re4 33. Bxe4 dxe4 34. bxc6 exd3 35. Rg5 dxc6 36. Kxd3 $17 {Ashley,
M-Mikhalevski,A/FSIM A Oct, Budapest HUN 1997/0-1 (54)}) 12. Bg2 {One more key
position and the same choice as in the case with the  long castle.} (12. Bh3 $5
Nb6 13. O-O d5 14. Nd2 Rfe8 15. Rfe1 Rad8 16. Rac1 dxc4 17. Nxc4 Qb4 18. e6
Bxc4 19. Rxc4 Nxc4 20. exf7+ Kxf7 21. Be6+ Rxe6 22. Qxe6+ Kf8 23. Bf6 Qxe1+ 24.
Qxe1 Bxf6 25. Qe6 Kg7 26. Qxc4 Rd6 27. Qe4 Kf7 28. Kg2 Bd4 29. g4 h6 30. h4 Bb6
31. Qf4+ Kg7 32. Qe5+ Kg8 33. Qe8+ Kg7 34. f4 Rd2+ 35. Kf3 Rd3+ 36. Ke2 Rd6 37.
Qe7+ Kg8 38. f5 gxf5 39. gxf5 Bc5 40. Qxc7 Kf8 41. b4 {1-0 Ashley,M-Held,M/
FSIM A Oct, Budapest HUN 1997}) 12... Rae8 (12... Rfe8 13. O-O Bxe5 (13... Nb6
14. Re1 f6 (14... d5 15. Qc2 Qc5 16. Nd2 Rad8 (16... dxc4 17. Rac1 $36) 17.
Rac1 d4 $2 {>< Ba6,Nb6,d4/} (17... dxc4 18. bxc4 Bxe5 $2 19. Nb3 $18) 18. Nf3
d3 (18... Bxe5 $2 19. b4 $1 $18) 19. Qd2 Bc8 20. h3 $1 h5 (20... Bf5 21. g4)
21. Rcd1 Bf5 22. e6 $3 Rxe6 (22... fxe6 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. Qc3+ Kg8 25. Ne5 $16)
(22... Bxb2 23. exf7+ Kxf7 24. Qxb2 $16) 23. Rxe6 Bxe6 (23... fxe6 24. Bxg7
Kxg7 25. Qc3+ Kg8 26. Ne5 $16) 24. Bxg7 Kxg7 25. Qc3+ Kg8 26. Rxd3 Rxd3 27.
Qxd3 $16 {>< c6,c7,a7/} Nd7 $6 (27... a5 $5 {/\ a4/}) 28. Qc3 Bf5 (28... Nf8
29. Ne5 Bd7 30. b4 Qd6 31. c5 $16) 29. Nd4 Qe5 30. Qd2 c5 31. Nxf5 $1 Qxf5 32.
Qa5 Ne5 33. Qxa7 h4 34. Qa8+ Kg7 35. Qe4 Qf6 36. Qxh4 {1-0 Kasparov,G-Sokolov,
I/Erevan olm 1996}) 15. e6 Qxe6 16. Qxe6+ Rxe6 17. Rxe6 dxe6 18. Bxc6 Rd8 19.
Na3 Kf7 20. Rc1 Bf8 21. Rc2 Bc8 22. Nb5 a6 23. Nxc7 Bd6 24. Ne8 Be7 25. c5 Nd5
26. Nd6+ Bxd6 27. cxd6 Nb4 28. Rc4 Nxc6 29. Rxc6 e5 30. Ba3 f5 31. Bc5 Ke6 32.
Rc7 Bd7 33. Ra7 Rc8 34. b4 Rc6 35. f3 h6 36. Kf2 Rc8 37. Rxa6 Bc6 38. a4 Kd5
39. Ra7 Rd8 40. a5 Rd7 41. Rc7 Bb5 42. Rc8 g5 43. Ra8 g4 44. a6 {1-0 Lastin,
A-Petrov,A/Chigorin mem open, St Petersburg RUS 1997}) (13... Rad8 $5 14. Qd2
Nb6 15. f4 d5 16. Qa5 Bxc4 $1 17. Rc1 (17. bxc4 Nxc4 18. Qc3 Nxb2 19. Qxb2 f6
$1 $44) 17... Be2 18. Rxc6 $13 {0-1 Schmedders,H-Roesner,H/NRW-II 1996 (33)}) (
13... Rab8 14. Re1 Nb6 15. Qc2 Qb4 (15... f6 {See Stoljarov,S-Ginzburg,M/
EU-chJM U16 Rimarska Sobota 1996}) 16. Nd2 Na4 17. a3 Qb6 18. b4 Nxb2 19. Qxb2
c5 20. b5 Bb7 21. a4 Bxg2 22. Kxg2 d6 23. f4 Rbd8 24. Nf3 Qb7 25. Rad1 dxe5 26.
Rxd8 Rxd8 27. fxe5 c6 28. Qe2 cxb5 29. axb5 h6 {1/2-1/2 Messina,I-Ginzburg,M/
EU-chJM U14 Verdun 1995}) 14. Qxe5 Qxe5 15. Bxe5 Rxe5 16. cxd5 Bxf1 17. Kxf1
cxd5 18. Nc3 (18. f4 Re3 19. Bxd5 Rae8 20. Nd2 Rd3 21. Ne4 Kg7 22. Bc4 Rf3+ 23.
Kg2 Re3 24. Nf2 Re1 25. Rxe1 Rxe1 26. Kf3 Rc1 27. Bd3 d5 28. Ke3 Kf6 29. Kd2
Rg1 30. Be2 Ke6 31. Bd1 c5 32. Ke2 c4 33. bxc4 dxc4 34. g4 Kd5 35. Ke3 Re1+ 36.
Kd2 Rg1 37. Ke3 {Grosar,K-Balinov,I/Open, Bled SLO 1998/1/2-1/2 (102)}) 18...
c6 19. Rc1 (19. Na4 {A try to prevent the centralization of the black king
leads to the same position.For example:} Kf8 (19... Rae8 20. Bf3 (20. Nc5 $6
Re2 21. Nxd7 Kg7) 20... Kf8 21. Nc5 Ke7) 20. Nc5 Ke7 21. Nd3 Re6) 19... Rae8
20. Bf3 Kf8 21. Na4 Ke7 22. Nc5 Kd6 $11 {At this moment I would like to draw
your attention to the fact that the game Relange,E-Mikhalevski,V reached the
same position with the only difference:the moves h2-h4 and h7-h6 were
included!!!} 23. Nd3 R5e7 24. b4 Ra8 $1 25. a4 a5 26. b5 {1/2-1/2 Leko,
P-Almasi,Z/Ubeda 1997} (26. b5 {Now after} Rb8 27. Rc5 Re4 $1 28. Bxe4 $1 dxe4
29. Ne5 $1 Kxc5 $1 30. Nxd7+ Kc4 $1 31. Nxb8 cxb5 32. axb5 a4 33. b6 a3 34. b7
a2 35. Nc6 a1=Q+ 36. Kg2 Qf6 37. Na5+ Kb5 38. b8=Q+ Kxa5 39. Qa8+ Kb6 40. Qxe4
$11 {That's why the draw was agreed!]})) (12... f6 $6 13. e6 Rfe8 14. O-O dxe6
15. Qd2 Red8 16. Qa5 Nb4 17. Bc3 Nc2 18. Qxa6 f5 19. Bxg7 Qxg7 20. Qxc6 Rab8
21. Qxe6+ Kh8 22. Na3 Nxa1 23. Qe1 Nxb3 24. axb3 Rxb3 25. Qa5 Qd4 26. Nc2 Qd6
27. Qa1+ {1-0 Motylev,A-Sinkevich,P/Chigorin mem open, St Petersburg RUS 1997})
13. O-O Bxe5 (13... Nb6 {is the way to avoid the endgame.} 14. Re1 f6 (14... d5
15. Qc2 Qb4 16. Bc3 Qc5 17. Nd2 Rd8 18. a4 Rfe8 19. b4 Qe7 20. b5 Bc8 21. a5 d4
22. Bb2 Bf5 23. Qb3 Nd7 24. Bxc6 Nc5 25. Qf3 Nd3 26. Bxe8 Qxe8 27. Ba3 Nxe1 28.
Rxe1 Bh6 29. Ne4 Qxe5 30. g4 Bd2 31. Re2 d3 32. Nf6+ Qxf6 33. Rxd2 Qa1+ 34. Rd1
Qxa3 35. gxf5 Qb3 36. fxg6 hxg6 37. Qg4 d2 38. Kg2 Qd3 39. Qf4 {Mellado,
J-Fernando,D/IV It, Loures POR 1997/0-1 (53)}) 15. e6 Qd6 (15... d5 16. Qc2 f5
17. Nd2 Bxb2 18. Qxb2 Rf6 19. c5 Nc8 20. Nf3 Rxe6 21. Rxe6 Qxe6 22. h4 Bd3 23.
Re1 Be4 24. Ng5 Qd7 25. Qe2 Re7 26. Qa6 Bxg2 27. Rxe7 Nxe7 28. Kxg2 f4 29. Qxa7
d4 30. Qb8+ Kg7 31. Qxc7 Qxc7 32. Ne6+ Kf6 33. Nxc7 fxg3 34. fxg3 Ke5 35. Kf2
Nd5 36. Nxd5 Kxd5 37. b4 Kc4 38. a3 Kc3 39. b5 d3 40. b6 d2 41. b7 d1=Q 42.
b8=Q Qd4+ 43. Kg2 Qxc5 44. Qh8+ Qd4 45. Qxh7 Qe4+ 46. Kh2 Kb3 47. Qa7 Qc2+ 48.
Kh3 Qf5+ 49. Kh2 c5 50. Qa5 Qc2+ 51. Kh3 c4 52. Qb4+ Ka2 53. a4 c3 54. a5 Qf5+
55. Kg2 Qd5+ 56. Kh3 c2 57. Qa4+ Kb2 58. Qb4+ Qb3 59. Qd4+ Ka2 {0-1 Van der
Veen,J-Marks,H/Computerij, Zwolle NED 1998}) 16. e7 Rf7 17. c5 Rfxe7 18. cxd6
Rxe2 19. Rxe2 Rxe2 20. Bxc6 Rc2 21. Be4 Rc1+ 22. Kg2 Bf1+ 23. Kf3 f5 {0-1
Charbonneau,P-Ippolito,D/World Open 1998}) 14. Bxe5 Qxe5 15. Qxe5 Rxe5 16. cxd5
Bxf1 17. Kxf1 cxd5 18. Nc3 (18. Nd2 Rfe8 19. Nf3 Re2 20. Re1 Rxe1+ 21. Nxe1 d4
22. Nd3 a5 23. Nc5 d6 24. Bc6 Re7 25. Nd3 g5 26. Nb2 Re5 27. Nd3 Re7 28. a4 f5
29. b4 axb4 30. a5 b3 31. a6 Re5 32. Nxe5 b2 33. Bd5+ Kg7 34. Ba2 {1-0 Lyell,
M-Truta,S/Bled op18th 1997}) 18... c6 {This endgame has become classical.It
can be reached by four similar ways:1)First one has occuried in the current
game;2)If Black plays Rfe8 instead of Rae8 he gets the same position with rook
placed on a8 instead of "f8";3)By playing 0-0-0 instead of 0-0 and then Rhe8
Black gets the same position with king and rook placed accordingly on "c8" and
"d8";4)and finally Rde8 instead of Rhe8 leads to the same position with king
on"c8" and rook on"h8".The choice is not only a matter of taste,but mostly a
matter of right plan in the endgame.} 19. Bf3 $146 (19. Rd1 Rfe8 (19... f5 20.
Bf3 g5 21. h3 Kg7 22. Rd4 Kg6 23. Ra4 h5 24. Ne2 Kh6 25. Nc1 g4 26. Be2 Re4 27.
Rxa7 f4 28. gxf4 gxh3 29. Rxd7 Rg8 30. Rd6+ Kh7 31. Rd7+ Kh8 32. Rd6 Kh7 33.
Rd7+ Rg7 34. Rxg7+ Kxg7 35. Bxh5 Rxf4 36. Ne2 h2 37. Ng3 c5 38. Kg2 c4 39. bxc4
dxc4 40. Bd1 c3 41. Nh5+ {1-0 Berthelot,Y-Marciano,D/FRA-chT 1992}) 20. Bf3 f5
21. Ne2 Kg7 22. Rd4 R8e7 23. Ra4 g5 24. h3 Kg6 25. g4 fxg4 26. hxg4 Rf7 27. Kg2
Re6 28. Rxa7 Ref6 29. Ng1 Rf4 30. Kg3 d4 31. Be2 Rxf2 32. Rxd7 Rxd7 33. Kxf2
Kf6 34. Nf3 c5 35. Bd3 Re7 36. a4 Re3 37. Ne1 h5 38. gxh5 g4 39. Bc4 g3+ 40.
Kf1 Kg5 41. a5 Kxh5 42. a6 Re7 43. Bd5 Kg5 44. Bb7 g2+ 45. Nxg2 d3 46. Ne1 Rf7+
47. Nf3+ Kf4 48. a7 {1-0 Socko,B-Jakubowski,K/Polish Team-ch, Krynica POL 1997}
) (19. Na4 Rb8 20. Rc1 (20. Nc5 Re7 21. Rc1 Rb4 22. Rd1 a5 23. Bf3 Kf8 24. Na6
Rb6 25. Nc5 Rb4 26. Na6 {1/2-1/2 Mueller,M-Pirrot,D/BL9697 1997}) 20... Kf8 21.
Nc5 (21. Bf3 {see 19.Bf3.}) 21... Re7 (21... Ke7 $5 22. f4 $140 Re3 23. Kf2 d4
24. Rd1 Rc3) 22. Nd3 a5 23. Rc5 Ra8 24. h4 h6 25. Nf4 Kg7 26. Bh3 Ra7 27. h5
Re5 28. Bg4 a4 29. b4 Re4 30. a3 g5 31. Bf3 Rd4 32. Ne2 Rd3 33. Rc3 Rd1+ 34.
Kg2 f5 35. g4 fxg4 36. Bxg4 Rd2 37. Ng3 d4 38. Nf5+ Kh7 39. Rc4 Rd3 40. Rxd4
Rxa3 41. Rd6 Rb3 42. Rxh6+ Kg8 43. Rg6+ Kf8 44. Rf6+ Kg8 45. Ne7+ Kg7 46. Rg6+
Kf7 47. h6 Rxb4 48. Rg7+ Kf6 49. Ng8+ Ke5 50. Rxg5+ {1-0 Rublevsky,S-Nikolic,P/
Rubinstein mem 1996}) 19... Rb8 {[%cal Gg8f8,Gf8e7,Ge7d6] Black has been
planning to bring his king to the centre.} 20. Rc1 Kf8 21. Na4 Ke8 $6 ({Why not
} 21... Ke7 $142 {[%cal Ge7d6]}) 22. Nb2 Kd8 23. Nd3 Re8 24. Rc5 Ra8 {[%cal
Ga7a5] /\a5} (24... Kc7 $2 25. Bxd5) 25. b4 (25. Ra5 Kc7) 25... a5 {radically
preventing Ra5.} (25... Ke7 $5 {[%cal Ge7d6,Ge8b8] Black can prepare a7-a5 by
playing Kd6 and Reb8.Immediate 26. b4-b5 can be met with Kd6.The only drawback
of above mentioned plan is 26.Ra5,but White could play it on the previous move!
}) 26. b5 (26. bxa5 $2 {could become a serious mistake as "a5" and "a2" pawns
would be very weak.} Ke7 {[%csl Ra2,Ra5][%cal Ge7d6,Ga8a7,Ge8a8]}) 26... Re6 $8
(26... Rc8 $2 27. bxc6 dxc6 28. Rxa5) 27. a4 ({White could play} 27. Nf4 $5 Rf6
28. h4 {[%cal Gf1e2,Ge2d3]}) ({or} 27. h4 $5 {to prevent 27...Rb8}) 27... Rb8 {
[%cal Gc6b5] /\28...cb} (27... Ke7 $2 {[%cal Ge7d6]} 28. Nf4 Rf6 $140 $2 29.
Rxd5 $1 Rxf4 $2 30. Re5+ Kd6 31. gxf4) 28. Kg2 $5 {[%cal Gb5c6]} (28. bxc6 dxc6
29. Nf4 (29. Rxa5 $2 Rb3) 29... Rf6 30. h4 Ra8 {[%cal Gd8d7,Gd7d6]} 31. Ke2 $13
{[%cal Ge2d3,Gd3d4]}) 28... cxb5 29. Rxd5 $5 (29. Bxd5 $142 $1 Rd6 (29... Reb6
30. Bxf7 d6 31. Rg5 $1 (31. Rd5 $2 Ke7 {[%csl Rf7]}) (31. Rxb5 Rxb5 32. axb5
Rxb5 $13 {[%csl Ga5]})) 30. axb5 (30. Ne5 $6 f6 $1 31. Nf7+ Ke7 32. axb5 Rxd5
33. Rxd5 Kxf7 34. Rxd7+ $11) 30... f5 (30... f6 31. Nb2 $1 {[%cal Gb2c4,Gb2a4]}
Rdb6 32. Bc4 $14 {[%cal Gb2a4]}) (30... a4 $5) 31. Nb2 $1 (31. Ne5 Rdb6 32. Bc4
) 31... Rdb6 32. Bc4 $14 {[%cal Gb2a4]}) 29... bxa4 (29... b4 $2 30. Nc5 Re7
31. Nb3 $1) 30. Rxa5 (30. Nc5 Re7 31. Nxa4 Ra8 $11) 30... Rd6 31. Nc5 (31. Ne5
Ke7 (31... Rd4 $5)) 31... Rd2 (31... Rb2 $4 32. Nb7+) 32. Rxa4 (32. Nxa4 $2 Ra2
33. Bd5 Ra1 {[%cal Gb8b4]}) 32... Rbb2 (32... f5 $142 $1 {[%csl Ge4][%cal
Gb8b2] and Black is not worse.}) 33. Ne4 (33. Ra8+ Ke7 34. Ne4 Rdc2 {[%csl Rf2]
} 35. Bd1 Rc1 36. Bf3 $11) 33... Ra2 $2 (33... Rdc2 34. Bd1 Rc1 35. Rd4 $14) (
33... Rd3 $5 {[%cal Gf7f5]}) 34. Rxa2 Rxa2 35. Nc3 $2 $11 ({After} 35. Ng5 {
White simply wins a pawn.} Ke7 (35... f6 36. Nxh7 Ke7 37. h4 (37. Be4 $5) 37...
Ra5 38. g4 Kf7 39. g5 $16) 36. Nxh7 Ra5 37. h4 f6 $140 38. g4 $16) 35... Ra5
36. Nd5 Ke8 $6 (36... h5 $1 {[%cal Gd7d6,Gd7e6,Gd8d7] preventing 37.g4 and
then bringing king to e6 by playing first d6.}) 37. g4 $1 $14 h6 38. h4 Kf8 (
38... d6 $5) 39. g5 hxg5 40. hxg5 Ra4 41. Kg3 Rd4 42. Bg2 Ra4 43. f4 (43. Kf3
$5 {[%cal Gf3e3]} Rd4 44. Ke3 $140 (44. Nf6 Ke7) 44... Rg4) 43... Ra3+ 44. Kg4
Ra5 45. Be4 {[%cal Gg4f3,Gf3e3,Ge3d4,Gd4e5]} Ra3 $1 46. f5 gxf5+ 47. Bxf5 d6 {
Now it's not enough material to win.} 48. Be4 Ra1 49. Kf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT 05th"]
[Site "Maikop"]
[Date "1998.06.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shovunov, Baatr"]
[Black "Rodin, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2390"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "1998.06.03"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 066"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Elista Uralan"]
[BlackTeam "Saratov GShK"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Ne4 7. Qf3 (7.
Nd2 Nc5 (7... Nxd2 8. Bxd2 d5 9. Bd3 Be6 10. O-O Qd7 11. f4 Bc5+ 12. Kh1 Bf5
13. Qh5 g6 14. Bxf5 Qxf5 15. Qxf5 (15. Qf3 $6 Qxc2 {Zelcic,R-Baumegger,S/18th
Mitropa Cup, Portoroz SLO 1998/1-0 (54)}) 15... gxf5 $14) 8. Be2 Be7 9. O-O O-O
10. Nb3 Nxb3 11. axb3 d5 12. exd6 Bxd6 13. Ra4 Bf5 14. Bd3 Bxd3 15. Qxd3 Qf6
16. g3 Rfe8 17. Kg2 Bc5 18. Rf4 Qe6 19. Rd1 Bd6 20. Rc4 c5 21. Qf3 $14 {
1-0 Morozevich,A-Bezgodov,A/Russian Cup 7th Stage, Tomsk RUS 1998 (37)}) 7...
Ng5 (7... Nc5 8. Bc4 Ne6 9. Nc3 Bb4 10. O-O O-O 11. Ne4 d5 12. exd6 cxd6 13. a3
Ba5 14. b4 Bc7 15. Bd3 d5 16. Ng3 Be5 17. Qf5 {1-0 Kreiman,B-Ziatdinov,R/Open,
Toronto CAN 1998}) (7... f5 8. Nd2 Qe7 (8... Ng5 9. Qxf5 d5 10. Qd3 Bc5 11. f4
Ne6 12. Nf3 O-O 13. g3 $16 {1-0 Milov,L-Zvara,P/Pardubice op 1993 (35)}) 9.
Qxf5 d5 10. Qf4 g5 11. Qe3 Qxe5 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Bd2 Rb8 14. Be2 g4 15. O-O
Bd6 16. g3 Bc5 17. Bc3 Qd5 18. Qh6 Rf8 19. Rad1 Qf5 20. Qxc6+ Bd7 21. Rxd7
Bxf2+ 22. Kg2 Qxd7 23. Qxe4+ {1-0 Velez,N-Gomez,F/CUB-ch 1988}) (7... d5 $2 8.
exd6 Ng5 $4 9. Bxg5 Qxg5 10. Qxc6+ $18 {1-0 Meshcherjakova,E-Alavimo Ghadam,E/
WchJW-U10 1994 (26)}) (7... Qh4 $6 8. g3 Ng5 9. Qe2 Qe4 10. Bxg5 Qxh1 11. Nc3
Bb4 12. O-O-O Bxc3 13. bxc3 Qxh2 14. Qf3 O-O 15. Bd3 f6 16. Rh1 Qxh1+ 17. Qxh1
fxg5 18. Qxh7+ Kf7 19. Qg6+ {1-0 Huenerkopf,H-Klundt,K/BL8283 1983}) 8. Qg3 (8.
Qe3 Ne6 9. f4 Bc5 10. Qe4 Qe7 11. Nd2 O-O 12. Bd3 g6 13. c3 d5 14. exd6 cxd6
$15 {[%csl Re1] 1-0 Scholtens,E-Van den Akker,B/AKN Open, Haarlem NED 1998 (52)
}) (8. Qh5 Ne6 9. Bd3 d6 10. exd6 Qxd6 11. O-O g6 12. Qh4 Bg7 13. Nc3 O-O 14.
Be3 Nd4 15. Ne4 Qe5 16. f4 Qe6 17. Qf2 Nf5 18. Bc5 Rd8 19. Rad1 Qxa2 $4 20. Bc4
{1-0 Thorhallsson,T-Lurje,P/Forli op 1992}) (8. Qc3 Be7 (8... a5 9. a3 Be7 10.
Bd3 Ne6 11. O-O Ba6 12. Nd2 Bxd3 13. Qxd3 O-O 14. Nf3 d5 $11 {Schrancz,
I-Krylov,P/Stary Smokovec 1967/1-0 (50)}) (8... Ne6 9. Bc4 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11.
Nd2 d5 12. exd6 cxd6 13. Bxe6 Bxe6 14. Qxc6 d5 15. c3 Rc8 16. Qa4 Bd6 17. Qxa7
$16 {1-0 Barczay,L-Bilyap,S/Vrnjacka Banja zt 1967 (33)}) 9. f4 Ne4 10. Qf3 d5
11. exd6 Nxd6 12. Nd2 O-O 13. Bd3 Bh4+ 14. g3 Re8+ 15. Kf2 Bf6 16. Nb3 a5 17.
c3 a4 18. Nc5 Ra5 19. Be3 Bf5 20. Bxf5 Nxf5 21. Ne4 Rb5 22. Rab1 Qd3 {0-1
Kucera,P-Svatos,J/CZE-ch 1994}) 8... Ne6 $5 $146 (8... Be7 9. Bd3 O-O 10. O-O
f5 (10... d5 11. f4 Ne4 12. Bxe4 dxe4 13. f5 Bh4 14. Qg4 Qd4+ 15. Kh1 Be7 16.
Bd2 Rd8 17. Qg3 Qc4 18. Na3 Bxa3 19. Bh6 Bf8 20. Bxg7 Bxf5 21. Bxf8+ Bg6 22.
Bh6 Qxc2 23. Qg5 f5 24. Qe7 Bf7 25. Qf6 {1-0 Benko,P-Molnar,I/HUN-ch 1950}) 11.
f4 Ne6 12. Qh3 g6 13. Kh1 d5 14. Nc3 Nc5 15. b3 Be6 16. Ne2 Nxd3 17. Qxd3 c5
18. Qa6 Qd7 19. Ba3 Rfb8 20. Rfd1 $14 {1/2-1/2 Schmid,L-Ungnad/FRG-ch 1972 (41)
}) 9. Bd3 d6 10. O-O g6 $5 11. exd6 (11. Be4 $1 d5 (11... Bb7 12. Rd1) 12. Rd1
$1 {[%cal Gc2c4]} Ba6 (12... Qe7 13. Bf3 {[%cal Gc2c4]} Bg7 (13... Bb7 14. b3)
14. c4 Nd4 $140 15. cxd5 $1 (15. Rxd4 $2 Bxe5 16. Bg5 f6 17. Bh6) 15... Bxe5
16. Bf4 Nf5 (16... Nxf3+ 17. Qxf3 Bxf4 (17... Bxb2 18. d6 $1 cxd6 19. Qxc6+ Qd7
20. Qxa8 Bxa1 21. Bxd6 $16) 18. Qxf4 cxd5 19. Nc3 $1 c6 20. Qa4 $1 Qd7 $8 21.
Ne4 $1 Qe6 $140 22. Rxd5 $1) 17. d6 $3 cxd6 (17... Nxg3 18. dxe7 {[%cal Gd1d8,
Gf3c6]}) 18. Bxc6+ Bd7 19. Bxd7+ Qxd7 20. Qf3 $18) 13. b3 {[%cal Gc2c4]}) 11...
Bxd6 12. f4 $2 (12. Qf3 $142 Bb7 13. Ba6 $1 (13. Bh6 $2 Qh4) (13. Nd2 $5 O-O
14. Nc4 (14. Ne4)) 13... Qc8 14. Bxb7 Qxb7 15. Bh6 $1 O-O-O $140 16. Qxf7 Nd4
17. Bg7 Nxc2 18. Qe6+ Kb8 19. Bxh8 Rxh8 20. Nd2 Nxa1 21. Rxa1 Rf8 22. Rc1 $14 {
[%csl Rb8,Rc6]}) 12... O-O 13. Nc3 Nd4 14. Ne4 Be7 15. Qf2 (15. c3 Nf5 (15...
Bh4 16. Qe3 Nf5 17. Qf3) 16. Qf3 Be6 17. Rd1 Qb8 {[%cal Gb8b6]}) 15... Re8 16.
Be3 c5 17. Rad1 (17. c3 Bh4 $1 (17... Nf5 18. Rad1 Nxe3 19. Qxe3 Bg4 20. Be2 $5
(20. Rd2) 20... Qc8 21. Bxg4 Qxg4 22. Rd5 $1 $14) 18. g3 Nf3+ 19. Qxf3 Qxd3 20.
Nf2 Qxe3 21. Qxa8 Ba6 $1 (21... Bh3 22. Rfe1 (22. Qxe8+ Qxe8 23. Nxh3 Qe3+ 24.
Kg2 (24. Rf2 $2 Bxg3 $1) (24. Nf2 Bxg3 $1 25. hxg3 Qxg3+ 26. Kh1 Qf3+ 27. Kh2
Qxf4+ $44) 24... Qe4+ 25. Rf3 (25. Kg1 Qe3+) 25... Bf6 26. Raf1 $14) 22...
Qxe1+ 23. Rxe1 Rxa8 24. Nxh3 $14) 22. Qc6 $1 (22. Qxa7 Bxf1 23. Rxf1 Bxg3 $1
24. hxg3 Qxg3+ 25. Kh1 Qf3+ 26. Kg1 $11) 22... Re6 $1 (22... Bxf1 $2 23. Rxf1
Bd8 (23... Bxg3 24. hxg3 Qxg3+ 25. Qg2 $16 Qxf4 $140 $2 26. Ng4) (23... Re6 24.
Qa8+ Re8 25. Qb7 $1 $16) 24. Rd1 $14) 23. Qa8+ Re8) 17... Bg4 $1 18. Rd2 Bh4 $1
19. Ng3 (19. g3 $4 Nf3+) 19... Qe7 (19... Qe7 20. Re1 $13 {[%cal Gc2c3]} (20.
Bxd4 cxd4 21. Bb5 (21. Qxd4 $6 Bf6 22. Qf2 Bxb2 23. f5 Rad8 $1) 21... Red8 22.
Rxd4 Rxd4 23. Qxd4 Bf6 {[%csl Rb2]} 24. Qd5 $140 $6 Rd8 $36)) (19... Qd5 $5 20.
c3 $140 Qe6 21. Re1 Nf5) 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT 05th"]
[Site "Maikop"]
[Date "1998.06.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1998.06.03"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 066"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Kazan Sberbank-Tatarstan"]
[BlackTeam "Sankt Petersburg"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. c3 Nge7 7. Bc4 Ne5 8.
Be2 Qg6 9. O-O d6 10. Kh1 $5 (10. Bh5 Qxe4 11. Nd2 Qd3 (11... Qh4 12. Nb5 O-O)
12. Be2 Qg6 13. Bh5 Qd3 (13... Bg4 $5 14. Bxg6 (14. Qa4+ Bd7 15. Qd1) 14...
Bxd1 15. Bxf7+ (15. Ne6 $2 Bxe3 16. Nxc7+ (16. fxe3 hxg6 17. Nxc7+ Kd7 18. Nxa8
Bg4 $17) 16... Kd7 17. Nxa8 $17) 15... Nxf7 16. Raxd1 Bxd4 (16... Nd5 $5) 17.
Bxd4 Nf5) (13... Qf6 $2 14. Nb5 $1 O-O 15. Nxc7 Rb8 16. Ne4 $16) 14. Be2 Qg6
15. Bh5 Qd3 {1/2-1/2 Kotsur,P-Benjamin,J/4th World Team Ch, Lucerne SUI 1997})
(10. f3 O-O 11. Nd2 (11. Kh1 Bb6 (11... d5 12. Nd2 dxe4 13. fxe4 Bg4 14. Bf4
Bd6 15. Bxe5 Bxe2 16. Qxe2 Bxe5 17. Nc4 Bxd4 18. cxd4 Qe6 19. Qc2 f5 20. e5
Rad8 21. Rad1 Rd7 22. Rd2 Rfd8 23. Rfd1 f4 24. b3 Qd5 25. e6 Qxe6 26. Ne5 Rd5
27. Qxc7 Nf5 28. Qxb7 Ne3 29. Rc1 Qxe5 30. dxe5 Rxd2 31. Rg1 Ng4 32. h3 Nxe5
33. Qxa7 Re2 34. Qe7 Ra8 35. a4 h6 36. Qe6+ Kh8 37. Qf5 f3 38. gxf3 Re8 39. Rc1
Re3 40. Rc8 Rxc8 41. Qxc8+ Kh7 42. Qe6 Kh8 43. f4 Re1+ 44. Kg2 Nd3 45. Qc8+ {
1-0 Rosito,J-Sorin,A/ch-ARG 1998}) 12. a4 a6 13. Qb3 Kh8 14. Nd2 Nd7 15. a5 Ba7
16. c4 Re8 17. Nc2 Bc5 18. Qc3 Qf6 19. Qxf6 gxf6 20. b4 Bxe3 21. Nxe3 c6 22.
Kg1 Ne5 23. f4 N5g6 24. Bd3 Bd7 25. g3 Rad8 26. Kf2 Nf8 27. Rfd1 Ne6 28. Nf3
Nc7 29. Bc2 Be6 30. Rab1 d5 31. exd5 cxd5 32. Ba4 Rg8 33. c5 Bf5 34. Nxf5 Nxf5
35. Rdc1 Kg7 36. c6 Rb8 37. Bc2 Nd6 38. Bd3 b6 39. Nd4 Rge8 40. Nf5+ Nxf5 41.
Bxf5 h6 42. b5 axb5 43. axb6 Rxb6 44. Ra1 b4 45. Ra7 {1/2-1/2 Lalic,B-Franic,M/
Open, Zadar CRO 1997}) 11... f5 12. exf5 Bxf5 13. Nxf5 Nxf5 14. Bxc5 dxc5 15.
Nc4 Nxc4 16. Bxc4+ Kh8 17. Qd2 Rad8 18. Qf2 Qb6 19. Rae1 Nd6 20. Re6 c6 21. Bd3
c4 22. Qxb6 axb6 23. Bc2 Rfe8 24. Rfe1 Rxe6 25. Rxe6 Kg8 26. h4 Kf7 27. Re2 g6
28. g4 b5 29. Kf2 Ne8 30. f4 Nf6 31. Kf3 Nd5 32. f5 b4 33. cxb4 Nxb4 34. Be4
Nd5 35. g5 gxf5 36. Bxf5 Kg7 37. Rc2 {1-0 Voitsekhovsky,S-Kazantsev,V/Zepter
Open, Minsk BLR 1998}) (10. f4 Qxe4 11. Bf2 Bxd4 12. cxd4 N5g6 13. Nc3 Qxf4 14.
Nb5 O-O 15. Nxc7 Rb8 16. Nb5 Bd7 17. Nxa7 Qg5 18. a4 Nf5 19. Kh1 Rfe8 20. Bf3
Ngh4 21. Ra3 Nxf3 22. Rxf3 Ra8 23. d5 Re7 24. Qb3 Rae8 25. Qxb7 Be6 26. Qb4
Bxd5 27. Qf4 Qxf4 28. Rxf4 Re5 29. Nb5 g5 30. Rb4 Re2 31. Kg1 Bc6 32. Nc3 Rc2
33. Rb6 Ba8 34. Rb5 Nh4 {Helbich,J-Acs,P/XVII Mitropa Cup, Montecatini Terme
ITA 1997/1/2-1/2 (47)}) (10. Nd2 Bh3 $1 11. Bf3 $8) 10... Qxe4 (10... Ng4 11.
Bxg4 Bxg4 12. f3 Bd7 13. Nd2 O-O 14. Qb3 Rab8 15. Rae1 Kh8 16. a4 a6 17. Qa2 b5
18. a5 b4 19. c4 f5 20. exf5 Nxf5 21. Nxf5 Rxf5 22. Bxc5 Rxc5 23. Re7 Be6 24.
Re1 b3 25. Qa4 Bg8 26. Qd7 h6 27. h3 Bxc4 28. Nxc4 Rxc4 29. R7e6 Qg5 30. Qf7
Rc1 31. f4 Rxe1+ 32. Rxe1 Qf6 33. Qxc7 Rg8 34. Qc1 Rf8 35. Rf1 {Timmerman,
G-Hector,J/Antwerpen op 1994/1/2-1/2 (59)}) (10... O-O 11. f3 (11. Nd2 Ng4 12.
Bf4 Nf6 (12... Qf6 13. Bg3 Bxd4 14. Bxg4 $14 (14. cxd4 Qxd4 15. Rc1 Nf6 (15...
Nc6 16. Rc4 $1 Qxb2 17. Rc2 $18) 16. Rxc7 Nc6 $1 $13 {/\ 17...Ne8})) 13. Bd3 (
13. f3 $5 Nh5 14. Be3 f5 $13) 13... Qg4 $1 14. Qxg4 Nxg4 15. b4 Bxd4 $6 (15...
Bb6 $132) 16. cxd4 Nc6 17. Rac1 $2 (17. d5 Nxb4 18. Be2 Re8 19. Rfc1 Re7 20.
Rab1 a5 21. a3 Na6 22. Bxg4 Bxg4 23. Rxb7 Kf8 24. Be3 $14 {>< Na6}) 17... Nxd4
$1 18. h3 (18. Rxc7 Ne6 19. Bxd6 Rd8 $19) 18... Ne5 (18... Nf6 19. Be3 Ne6 20.
f4 $44) 19. Bxe5 dxe5 20. Rxc7 Ne6 (20... Rd8 21. Rfc1 (21. Bc4 Ne6 22. Bxe6
Bxe6 23. Nf3 f6 24. Rxb7 Bxa2 25. Ra1 Be6 26. Raxa7 Rxa7 27. Rxa7 Rb8 $10)
21... Ne6 22. R7c3 Nf4 23. Bf1 Be6 24. Nf3 f6 $10) 21. Rc3 Nf4 22. Bc4 Be6 23.
g3 $5 Bxh3 $6 (23... Bxc4 24. Nxc4 Nxh3 $1 25. Nxe5 $8 (25. f4 exf4 26. gxf4
Rac8 27. a4 Rfd8 28. Rff3 Nxf4 $1 (28... Rd4 29. Na5 Rxc3 30. Rxc3 g6 31. Rxh3
Rxb4 $16) 29. Rxf4 Rd4 $19) 25... Ng5 26. f3 Ne6 $10) 24. Rg1 $1 (24. gxf4 $2
Bxf1 25. Bxf1 (25. Nxf1 Rac8 $1 $15) 25... Rac8 $1 $15) 24... Ne6 25. g4 Nf4
26. Kh2 (26. Nf3 b5 $1 $8 27. Bxb5 f6 28. Bc4+ Kh8 29. Kh2 h5 30. gxh5 Rac8 $13
) 26... Rac8 27. Rxh3 Rfd8 28. Bd5 Rc2 29. Rd1 Nxh3 (29... Nxd5 30. Rd3 $18)
30. Kxh3 $14 Kf8 31. Kg2 f6 32. Nf1 $1 Rxa2 $2 33. Rc1 Rb2 34. Rc7 Rxb4 35. Ne3
$1 $18 Rb6 36. Nf5 g6 37. Rf7+ {1-0 Svidler,P-Arkhipov,S/RUS-ch 1994}) (11. f4
Qxe4 (11... Ng4 12. Bg1 f5 13. exf5 Nxf5 14. Bxg4 Ng3+ 15. hxg3 Bxg4 16. Qb3+
Kh8 17. Nf3 Bxf3 18. Rxf3 Qh5+ 19. Bh2 Rf6 20. Nd2 {0-1 Grosar,K-Basagic,V/
Bled opW 1993}) 12. Nd2 Qxe3 13. Nc2 Ng4 14. Nxe3 Nxe3 15. Qa4 Nxf1 16. Rxf1
Nd5 17. Bf3 Ne3 18. Re1 Bf5 19. b4 Bb6 20. Bxb7 Rae8 21. Bc6 Re6 22. h3 d5 23.
Bd7 Bc2 24. Qa3 Rg6 25. g4 Bd3 26. Kh2 Nc2 27. Qc1 Rd8 28. Bf5 Nxe1 29. Bxg6
Re8 30. Bxd3 Nxd3 31. Qf1 Re3 32. c4 c6 33. b5 Bc7 34. bxc6 Nxf4 35. cxd5 Re2+
{Berg,E-Acs,P/EU-chJM U16 1996/1-0 (65)}) 11... Kh8 12. Nd2 d5 13. Bf4 f6 14.
h3 Bb6 15. Bh2 dxe4 16. fxe4 Qe8 17. Nc4 Nxc4 18. Bxc4 Nc6 19. Nxc6 Qxc6 20.
Qd5 Qxd5 21. exd5 Bd7 22. a4 a5 23. Bb5 Rad8 24. Bxd7 Rxd7 25. c4 Bc5 26. Rfe1
Kg8 27. Bg1 Bxg1 28. Kxg1 Kf7 29. Ra3 Re8 30. Rae3 Rxe3 31. Rxe3 Re7 32. Kf2 b6
33. Rd3 Re4 34. b3 Ke7 35. Kf3 Re1 36. Kf2 Re4 37. Kf3 Re1 38. Kf2 Re5 39. Rg3
g6 40. Rf3 Re4 {1/2-1/2 Richter,O-Souleidis,G/BL2-W 1994}) (10... c6 11. Nd2
O-O 12. h3 f5 13. f4 Nf7 14. Bh5 Qh6 15. Qe2 fxe4 16. f5 Qf6 17. Nxe4 Qe5 18.
Bf4 Qd5 19. f6 Ng6 20. fxg7 Kxg7 21. Bh2 Bxd4 22. Rad1 Qe6 23. Rxd4 d5 24. Ng3
Qxe2 25. Bxe2 Nh6 26. Nh5+ Kg8 27. Rxf8+ Kxf8 28. g4 Be6 29. Kg1 Ke7 30. b4 Rf8
31. Bg3 Nf7 32. Nf4 Nxf4 33. Rxf4 Ng5 34. Rxf8 Kxf8 35. Kg2 Ne4 36. Be5 Kf7 37.
h4 Kg6 38. Kf3 b6 39. Bd3 c5 40. bxc5 bxc5 41. c4 Kf7 42. cxd5 Bxd5 43. Bxe4
Bxa2 44. Bxh7 {1-0 Mencinger,V-Roskar,R/Bled op 1992}) 11. Nd2 Qg6 12. Nb5 {
Second try.J.Lautier didn't get anything special against Van der Sterren in
1994.} (12. Bh5 Qd3 13. Be2 $11 (13. Qa4+ $2 Bd7 14. Qb3 Bxd4 $1 15. cxd4 Qxb3
16. axb3 N5g6 $17 {Makropoulou,M-Mastrovasilis,A/Komotini GP 1993/0-1 (69)}))
12... O-O (12... Bxe3 13. Nxc7+ Kd8 14. Nxa8 $16) 13. Nxc7 Rb8 14. Nc4 $5 $146
(14. Bf4 Bf5 $1 15. Nb3 (15. Bh5 Qf6 16. Nf3 Be4 $1 $15) 15... Bb6 16. Nb5 Rbd8
17. Qd2 N7c6 18. Be3 Bxe3 19. Qxe3 Rfe8 20. Qd2 (20. Nxa7 $2 Nd7 $1 $19) 20...
d5 21. Rae1 Nc4 22. Qc1 Be4 $1 23. f3 Bf5 {xe3} 24. Bxc4 dxc4 25. N3d4 Nxd4 26.
Nxd4 Bd3 $10 27. Rxe8+ (27. Rg1 h6) 27... Rxe8 28. Re1 Rxe1+ 29. Qxe1 h6 30.
Qe8+ Kh7 31. Qb5 Qf6 32. Qxb7 Qg5 $1 33. h3 $8 Qc1+ {1/2-1/2 Lautier,J-Van der
Sterren,P/Donner mem-A 1994}) 14... Nxc4 (14... Bh3 $142 $1 15. Rg1 (15. gxh3
$6 Nxc4 16. Bxc4 Qe4+) 15... Nxc4 16. Bxc5 (16. Bxc4 Bxe3 17. fxe3 Bf5 {
and Black get the game position with white rook on g1 instead of f1 that
should be in Black's favour.}) (16. gxh3 $2 Nxb2 $1 17. Qb1 $8 Qxb1 18. Raxb1
Bxe3 19. fxe3 Na4 $17) 16... dxc5 17. Bxc4 Bg4 $5 $11 (17... Qb6 $13)) 15. Bxc4
Bxe3 ({Now} 15... Bh3 {is senseless because of} 16. Qf3 (16. Rg1 Bxe3 17. fxe3
Bf5)) 16. fxe3 Bf5 (16... Bg4 $143 17. Qd2 (17. Qa4) 17... Rbc8 18. Bd3 $1 {
[%csl Ra7,Rd6][%cal Gc7b5]}) 17. Nd5 Rbe8 (17... Nxd5 $5 18. Bxd5 Be6) 18. Nf4
Qh6 {[%cal Gf5e4,Ge7c6,Gc6e5]} 19. Qf3 (19. Qa4 Nc6 20. Rae1 {[%cal Gc4d5]} Ne5
{[%cal Ge5g4]} 21. Be2 a6 22. Qb4 Bg4 $1 $132) 19... Nc6 20. Bd5 Ne5 21. Qg3
Bc8 {[%cal Ge5g4]} (21... Re7 $5) 22. Rad1 {[%csl Rd6]} Kh8 $1 {[%csl Re3]
[%cal Gf7f5,Ge5g4]} 23. Bb3 $6 (23. e4 $5) 23... Ng4 24. Nd5 (24. Rde1 Nf6 {
[%cal Gf6e4]}) 24... Be6 $1 {A try to play for a win.Both captures on e3 were
enough for a draw.} (24... Nxe3 25. Nxe3 Rxe3 26. Qf2 $5 (26. Qxd6 Qxd6 27.
Rxd6 f6 28. Kg1 $11)) (24... Rxe3 25. Nxe3 Nxe3 26. Rfe1 Nxd1 27. Rxd1 Kg8 $1
28. Qxd6 Qxd6 29. Rxd6 Re8 30. Kg1 Kf8 31. Ba4 Re1+ 32. Kf2 Ke7 $11) 25. Nc7 $1
{The simplest and probably the only way to equalize.} (25. Rd3 $2 Bxd5 26. Qxg4
(26. Bxd5 Rxe3 $1) 26... Bxb3 27. axb3 Rxe3) (25. Rf3 $2 Bxd5 26. Rxd5 Nxe3)
25... Nxe3 (25... Bxb3 26. axb3 (26. Rxd6 Rxe3 27. Rxh6 Rxg3 28. hxg3 (28. axb3
$2 Rxg2 $1) 28... Nxh6 29. axb3 Rd8 $15 {[%csl Rg2,Rg3]}) 26... Nxe3 27. Nxe8
Nxf1 (27... Rxe8 $4 28. Rfe1) 28. Qxg7+ (28. Qxd6 Rxe8 (28... Qxh2+ 29. Qxh2
Nxh2 30. Kxh2 Rxe8 31. Rd7) 29. Qxh6 gxh6 30. Rxf1 Re2 $11) 28... Qxg7 29. Nxg7
Kxg7 (29... Ne3 30. Rd3 Ng4 31. Rd4) 30. Rxf1 Re8 31. Kg1 $11) 26. Nxe8 Rxe8 $1
(26... Nxf1 27. Qxg7+ (27. Rxf1 Rxe8 28. Qxd6 Bxb3 29. Qxh6 gxh6 30. axb3 Re2
$11) 27... Qxg7 28. Nxg7 Bxb3 (28... Ne3 $2 29. Nxe6 fxe6 30. Re1 $14) 29. axb3
Kxg7 (29... Ne3 30. Rd3 Ng4 31. Rd4) 30. Rxf1 Re8 31. Kg1 $11) 27. Qxd6 Qg6 $1
28. Qg3 (28. Rg1 Bxb3 29. Qxg6 (29. axb3 Nxd1 30. Qxd1 (30. Qxg6 $4 Nf2#) 30...
Qe6 $15) 29... hxg6 30. axb3 Nxd1 31. Rxd1 Re2 32. h3 $1 a5 $1 33. Rd7 Rxb2 34.
Rxb7 a4 35. Rxf7 $11) 28... Nxf1 (28... Qxg3 $142 29. hxg3 Bxb3 30. axb3 Nxf1
31. Rxf1 Re7 $11) 29. Qxg6 hxg6 30. Bxe6 Rxe6 31. Rxf1 Re2 32. Kg1 $1 Rxb2 $11
(32... Kg8 33. Rf2 Re1+ 34. Rf1 Re2 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "MK Cafe Cup-A"]
[Site "Koszalin"]
[Date "1999.08.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nataf, Igor Alexandre"]
[Black "Kharitonov, Andrei Y"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2504"]
[BlackElo "2559"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[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 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nxc6 Qf6 6. Qd2 dxc6 7. Nc3 Qe7
$5 {This Morozevich's novelty goes through the difficult period.Neveretheless
I think Black didn't say his last word yet.For example 11...B:f2!? is
interesting in Van der Wiel,J-Korneev,O/Elgoibar ESP 1998 or 11...h6! Mellado
Trivino,J-Korneev,O/Elgoibar ESP 1998} (7... Ne7 {is the main line}) 8. Qg5 $1
{Mellado Trivino} Nf6 (8... Bd4 $5 {Interesting novelty of Korneev which
deserves serious attention.} 9. Qxe7+ Nxe7 10. Bf4 f5 $5 11. O-O-O Bxc3 $6 (
11... Bxf2 $142) 12. Bxc7 Bd7 13. bxc3 fxe4 14. Re1 O-O 15. Bd6 Rf7 16. Rxe4
Nd5 17. c4 {1/2-1/2 Van der Wiel,J-Korneev,O/Elgoibar ESP 1998 (17)
[Mikhalevski,V] CBM69.}) 9. Be3 $1 Bb4 $2 $146 {[%mdl 16384] As I had already
mentioned in my comments of Mellado Trivino,J-Korneev,O/Elgoibar ESP 1998
(CBM69) game this move leads to the clear adge for White.} ({Better is} 9...
Bd6 10. Bd4 Rg8 11. O-O-O h6 $1 (11... Be6 12. e5 Nd5 13. Ne4 $1 {That's why
Black should prefer 11... h6!} Qxg5+ 14. Nxg5 Be7 15. Nxe6 fxe6 16. c4 $14 {
1/2-1/2 Mellado Trivino,J-Korneev,O/Elgoibar ESP 1998 (51)[Mikhalevski,V] CBM69
}) 12. Qh4 Be6) (9... Bxe3 {is also playable,but leads to a slightly better
position for White thanks to the better pawn structure.} 10. Qxe3 Be6 11. h3
Nd7 12. Be2 f6 13. O-O-O O-O 14. Kb1 Rfe8 15. Bh5 Red8 16. Ne2 Kh8 17. Bg4 Ne5
18. Bxe6 Qxe6 19. b3 a5 20. Rxd8+ Rxd8 21. Qa7 Nf7 22. Nc3 Qe5 23. Qe3 Re8 24.
Rd1 Nd6 25. f4 {1/2-1/2 Leko,P-Svidler,P/Linares ESP 1999 (25)/CBM70 
[Mikhalevski,V]}) 10. e5 Ne4 $2 {[%mdl 8192] leads to the immediate disaster.}
(10... Ng4 {was necessary and Black is still in the game.} 11. Qxg7 Bxc3+ (
11... Qxe5) 12. bxc3 Qxe5 13. Qxe5+ Nxe5 14. Bd4 f6 15. f4 $14) (10... Nd5 11.
Qxg7 Rf8 12. Bd2 $16) 11. Qxg7 Rf8 12. a3 $1 $18 {All this can be found in my
comments of Mellado Trivino,J-Korneev,O/Elgoibar ESP 1998(CBM69)} Bxc3+ {
Finally Kharitonov makes a move which wasn't mentioned in CBM69,but can't hold
on more than three moves.} ({I suggested only} 12... Ba5 13. Bd3 $1 Nxc3 14.
Bd2 $1 Qc5 $140 15. b4 $1 Bxb4 16. axb4 Qxb4 17. e6 $1 f6 18. O-O $1 $18) ({and
} 12... Nxc3 13. axb4 Qxb4 14. Bh6 $1 Qe4+ 15. Kd2 Qd4+ 16. Bd3 Ne4+ 17. Kc1
$18) 13. bxc3 Bf5 (13... Nc5 {[%cal Gc5e6] doesn't save} 14. Bg5 $1 Qe6 15. Bh6
Nd7 16. Rd1 $1 $18) 14. Bd3 $1 {[%cal Ge3h6,Gf2f3]} Bg6 (14... O-O-O 15. Bxe4
Bxe4 16. Qg4+ {[%cal Rg4c8,Rg4e4]}) (14... Qh4 15. g3 $1 Qh5 (15... Qh3 16. f3
Qg2 17. Rf1 Nxc3 18. Bc5 $1 O-O-O 19. Bxf5+ Kb8 20. Bf2 $18) 16. g4 $1 Qg6 17.
Bh6 $1 Qxg7 (17... Rg8 18. gxf5) 18. Bxg7 Rg8 19. gxf5 Rxg7 20. Bxe4 $18) 15.
Bxe4 $1 (15. Bh6 {would bring unnecessary complications:} O-O-O (15... Nxc3 16.
Qxf8+) 16. Bxe4 Rg8 17. Bxg6 Rxg7 18. Bf5+ Kb8 19. Bxg7 Re8 $1 (19... Qg5 20.
Bf6 Qxf5 21. Bxd8 Qxe5+ 22. Kf1 Kc8)) 15... Bxe4 16. Bh6 {Black resigned as he
loses an exchange.} (16. Bh6 O-O-O 17. Qg4+ {[%cal Rg4c8,Rg4e4]} Qe6 18. Qxe6+
fxe6 19. Bxf8 $18) 1-0

[Event "NED-ch53"]
[Site "Rotterdam"]
[Date "1998.07.03"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Van der Wiel, John"]
[Black "Ernst, Sipke"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2300"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1998.06.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 066"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Hecht} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bb4+ {Favourite move of A.Miles.
} 5. c3 Bc5 (5... Ba5 6. Nxc6 (6. Bc4 Nf6 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. O-O Nxe4 9. Re1 d5
10. Bxd5 cxd5 11. f3 Bb6+ 12. Be3 Bxe3+ 13. Rxe3 Qg5 14. Qe1 O-O 15. fxe4 dxe4
16. Rxe4 Bb7 17. Qe3 Qg6 {0-1 Naxakis,T-Sorokin,V/EU-chJM U10 1997}) 6... dxc6
7. Qxd8+ Kxd8 8. Bc4 Be6 9. Bxe6 fxe6 10. O-O Nf6 11. Na3 Nxe4 12. Re1 Nd6 13.
Rxe6 Rf8 14. Bg5+ Kd7 15. Re7+ Kd8 16. Re5+ Kd7 17. Rxa5 Rf7 18. Rd1 Raf8 19.
f3 Rf5 20. Rxf5 Rxf5 21. Bh4 Rh5 22. Bg3 Ke7 23. Bxd6+ cxd6 24. Nc2 Ra5 25. a3
Rb5 {1-0 Jennewein,M-Speier,R/RLPF-op 1991}) 6. Be3 (6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 (7.
Bc4 Nf6 8. Bg5 $2 Bxf2+ $1 $17 (8... O-O $2 9. O-O {Jindriskova,D-Lach,Z/
Svetla op 1994/1/2-1/2 (43)})) 7... Ne7 (7... Qh4 $6 8. Qe2 Nf6 9. h3 O-O 10.
g3 Qh5 11. g4 Qe5 12. g5 Nxe4 $2 13. Bxe4 Re8 14. Bf3 Qxe2+ 15. Bxe2 Ba6 16. c4
Bxc4 17. Nc3 Rab8 18. Kf1 Be6 19. b3 f6 20. gxf6 Bd4 21. Bb2 Bxf6 22. Na4 Bh4
23. Nc5 Rf8 24. Rh2 Bxh3+ 25. Kg1 Rbe8 26. Nxd7 Bxf2+ 27. Rxf2 Bxd7 28. Bc4+
Be6 29. Rxf8+ Kxf8 30. Rf1+ Ke7 31. Bxe6 {1-0 Kasparov,G-Leko,P/Fontys 1997})
8. Qh5 (8. Nd2 O-O 9. O-O d6 (9... Ng6 10. Nb3 Bb6 11. Nd4 Qf6 12. Qc2 d5 13.
Nf3 Bg4 14. Bg5 Qd6 15. Nd4 Rae8 16. h3 Bd7 17. Rfe1 Ne5 18. exd5 Nxd3 19. Rxe8
Rxe8 20. dxc6 Bxc6 21. Qxd3 Bxg2 22. Kxg2 Qd5+ 23. Kh2 Qxg5 $17 {1-0 Pavasovic,
D-Godena,M/18th Mitropa Cup, Portoroz SLO 1998 (40)}) 10. Kh1 f5 11. f4 fxe4
12. Nxe4 Bb6 13. Ng3 Nf5 14. Qf3 Nxg3+ 15. Qxg3 Bf5 16. Bd2 Qd7 17. Rae1 Rae8
18. h3 Qf7 19. b3 Qh5 20. Kh2 h6 21. c4 Bd4 22. Rxe8 Rxe8 23. Qf3 Qxf3 24. Rxf3
Bxd3 25. Rxd3 Bf2 26. Ba5 Re7 27. Rf3 Bc5 28. Kg3 Kf7 29. Rd3 Bb6 30. Bxb6 axb6
31. Kf2 Re4 32. g3 h5 $11 {Hauchard,A-Miles,A/Open, Cappelle la Grande FRA
1998/1/2-1/2 (46)}) 8... d6 9. Bg5 Rb8 10. b3 O-O 11. Nd2 Qe8 12. b4 Bb6 13.
Nc4 Ng6 14. Nxb6 axb6 15. Be3 f5 16. exf5 Nf4 17. Qxe8 Nxd3+ 18. Kd2 Rxe8 19.
Kxd3 Bxf5+ 20. Kd2 c5 21. a3 Ra8 22. Rhe1 Kf7 23. Kc1 Re6 24. Kb2 Rae8 25. a4
Be4 26. g3 Bf3 27. a5 cxb4 28. axb6 bxc3+ 29. Kxc3 c5 30. Ra7+ Kg6 31. Rb1 Rb8
32. Rd7 Bc6 {1/2-1/2 Sax,G-Miles,A/Geza Maroczy GM, Szeged HUN 1997}) (6. Bc4
d6 7. Be3 Ne5 8. Bb3 Nf6 9. Nd2 Nfg4 $15 {Hoehn,M-Kleinschmidt,F/Hessen qual
1990/1-0 (78)}) 6... Bb6 (6... Nxd4 7. cxd4 Bb4+ 8. Nc3 Nf6 9. Bd3 O-O 10. O-O
d5 11. e5 Ng4 12. Bf4 Bxc3 13. bxc3 f6 14. Qd2 g5 15. Bg3 fxe5 16. dxe5 Be6 17.
f4 gxf4 18. Rxf4 Nh6 19. Bh4 Qe8 20. Bf6 Ng4 21. Rxg4+ {1-0 Van Sluijs,
W-Alders,R/Vlissingen op 1996}) 7. Qa4 {[%cal Gd4c6]} (7. Nd2 Nf6 (7... Nge7 8.
Bd3 Ne5 9. Nc4 d6 10. Nxb6 axb6 11. O-O O-O 12. Be2 f5 13. exf5 Nxf5 14. Nxf5
Rxf5 15. f4 Nc6 16. Bd3 Rf6 17. Qc2 h6 $14 {1/2-1/2 Zahariev,Z-Miles,A/7th
Open 1997}) 8. Nxc6 bxc6 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 O-O (10... d6 11. Qf3 g5 12. Bg3 g4
13. Qd3 Nh5 14. Nc4 Qf6 15. a4 Ba6 16. Qd2 Bxc4 17. Bxc4 a5 18. O-O-O O-O-O 19.
Rhf1 Rde8 20. Rde1 Re7 21. f4 Nxg3 22. hxg3 Rhe8 23. Bd3 Qe6 24. Kb1 Qb3 25.
Rh1 Qxa4 26. Rxh6 f5 27. e5 dxe5 28. Bxf5+ Kb8 29. Bg6 Rf8 30. Bc2 Qb5 31. Rh5
Rfe8 32. Bg6 Rg8 33. Rhxe5 Rxe5 34. Rxe5 Qf1+ 35. Re1 {Wall,G-Kennaugh,C/4NCL,
Birmingham ENG 1998/1-0 (66)}) 11. Bd3 Re8 {1/2-1/2 Borgo,G-Godena,M/Open,
Bozen ITA 1998}) (7. Bc4 Ne5 8. Be2 Nf6 9. f4 Nc6 10. Bf3 d6 11. O-O O-O 12.
Bf2 Ne7 13. c4 Ng6 14. g3 Bh3 15. Re1 Qd7 16. Kh1 Ne5 $1 $15 {0-1 Hadzidakis,
M-Miles,A/7th Open 1997 (28)}) 7... Nge7 $146 (7... Rb8 8. Nd2 Nge7 9. Be2 O-O
10. O-O d6 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Bxb6 axb6 13. f4 f5 14. Bd3 fxe4 15. Nxe4 Bf5 16.
Rae1 Qd7 17. Qc2 Rbe8 18. Ng3 Bxd3 19. Qxd3 Nd5 20. f5 Rf7 21. Rxe8+ Qxe8 22.
Ne4 Qe5 23. Ng5 Re7 24. Nxh7 Qe2 25. Qxe2 Rxe2 26. f6 gxf6 27. Nxf6+ Nxf6 28.
Rxf6 Rxb2 29. Rf2 Rb1+ 30. Rf1 Rb5 31. h4 Rc5 32. Rf3 {Garcia,G-Miles,A/Ubeda
op 1997/1/2-1/2 (54)}) 8. Nd2 (8. Nxc6 bxc6 (8... dxc6 9. Bxb6 cxb6 10. Be2 $14
) 9. Bxb6 cxb6 10. Nd2 O-O 11. O-O-O Qc7 $11 {[%cal Gd7d5] /\d5}) 8... O-O 9.
O-O-O (9. Nxc6 {see 8.N:c6}) 9... Nxd4 10. Bxd4 (10. cxd4 $6 d5 $1 {and} 11. e5
$6 {is not good in view of} Nf5) 10... Bxd4 11. Qxd4 d5 $1 (11... Nc6 $5) 12.
Nf3 c6 $1 {[%cal Gd8a5]} 13. exd5 Qxd5 14. Qb4 $6 (14. Bc4 $142 Qxd4 15. Nxd4
$14) 14... Qxa2 $1 15. Bc4 $8 (15. Qxe7 $2 Bf5 16. Bd3 $140 Bxd3 17. Rxd3 Qa1+
$19) 15... c5 $2 (15... Qa1+ $2 16. Kc2 $1 (16. Kd2 c5 $1 {[]} 17. Qb5 Qa6 18.
Qxa6 $44 (18. Qxc5 Qh6+ 19. Kc2 $11)) 16... Bf5+ (16... a5 17. Bxf7+ Kh8 18.
Rxa1 Bf5+ 19. Kb3 {see16...Bf5}) 17. Kb3 a5 (17... c5 18. Qxc5 $18) 18. Bxf7+
$1 Kh8 $8 (18... Kxf7 $2 19. Ne5+ $1 (19. Qc4+ $2 Be6 20. Qxe6+ (20. Ng5+ $2
Ke8 21. Nxe6 a4+ 22. Kc2 Rxf2+ 23. Kd3 Qxb2) 20... Kxe6 21. Rhe1+ Kf7 22. Rxa1
$14) 19... Ke8 (19... Kf6 20. Qd6+) (19... Kg8 20. Qc4+) 20. Rxa1 $18) (18...
Rxf7 $2 19. Rxa1) 19. Rxa1 axb4 20. Rxa8 Rxa8 21. Re1 $1 $16 {[%cal Gb3b4]}) (
15... a5 $142 $1 16. Qxe7 Qa1+ (16... Qxc4 $2 17. Rd8 Qf4+ 18. Nd2 $18) 17. Kc2
(17. Kd2 Qxb2+ 18. Ke1 Qxc3+ $17) 17... Bf5+ 18. Bd3 Bxd3+ 19. Kxd3 Qxb2 $40 {
For instance} 20. Rd2 Rad8+ 21. Nd4 $8 Qb6 $1 {[%cal Gc6c5]} 22. Kc2 c5 $36 {
[%csl Rc2,Rg2][%cal Gb6g6]}) 16. Qxc5 (16. Qb5 $5 a6 (16... Qa1+ $5 17. Kc2
Bf5+ 18. Kb3 Qa6 19. Qxa6 (19. Qxc5 Rac8 $1 20. Bxa6 Rxc5 21. Bd3 $11) 19...
bxa6 $13) (16... Qa6 17. Qxa6 bxa6 18. Rhe1 $14) 17. Qxc5 Qa1+ $8 (17... Qa4 $2
18. Qxe7 Qxc4 $140 (18... Bf5 19. b3 Qa1+ 20. Kd2 Qb2+ 21. Ke3 $1 Qxc3+ (21...
Rae8 $2 22. Bxf7+ $1) 22. Kf4) 19. Rd8) 18. Kc2 Qa4+ (18... Bf5+ $4 19. Kb3 $18
) 19. Bb3 Qf4 $5 (19... Qe4+ 20. Kc1 Qf4+ 21. Rd2 Nc6 $14) (19... Bf5+ 20. Qxf5
Qxb3+ 21. Kxb3 Nxf5 22. Rd5 $14 (22. Rd7 $14)) 20. Qxe7 Bf5+ 21. Rd3 Bxd3+ 22.
Kxd3 Rfe8 $44 {The analyse of this position with black pawn on a7 instead of
a6 you can find below.}) 16... Qa1+ $8 17. Kc2 Qa4+ $8 (17... Bf5+ $4 18. Kb3
$18) 18. Bb3 b6 (18... Qe4+ 19. Kc1 Qf4+ 20. Rd2 Nc6 $14) (18... Qf4 $5 19.
Qxe7 Bf5+ 20. Rd3 Bxd3+ 21. Kxd3 Rfe8 22. Qg5 $1 Rad8+ (22... Qe4+ 23. Kd2 Qe2+
24. Kc1 Qxf2 25. Rd1 $16) 23. Kc2 Re2+ 24. Kb1 Qxg5 25. Nxg5 Rdd2 (25... Rxf2
26. Re1 $1 h6 $140 (26... Kf8 $142 27. Nxh7+ Kg8 28. Ng5 Kf8) 27. Nxf7 Rxf7 28.
Re7 Rd1+ 29. Ka2 Rdf1 30. Rxb7 $18) 26. Bxf7+ Kf8 27. Bc4 Rxb2+ 28. Ka1 Rxf2
29. Re1 {[%cal Gg5h7]} g6 $8 30. h4 $1 (30. Nxh7+ Kg7 31. Re7+ Kh6 32. Nf6 Rxg2
33. h4 g5) 30... Kg7 $1 $44) (18... Bf5+ 19. Qxf5 Qxb3+ 20. Kxb3 Nxf5 21. Rd7 (
21. Rd5 $5)) 19. Qe5 $1 (19. Bxa4 $5 bxc5 20. Rhe1 Ng6 (20... Bf5+ 21. Kc1 Ng6
22. Rd5 Be6 23. Rxc5 Nf4 $14) 21. Rd5 $14) 19... Bf5+ $8 20. Qxf5 Qxb3+ 21.
Kxb3 Nxf5 22. Rd7 $16 Rfe8 23. Rhd1 Kf8 $5 24. Ng5 $6 (24. Rb7 $142 $1 Re7 25.
Rdd7 Rxd7 26. Rxd7 Ke8 27. Rc7 Nd6 {[%cal Ge8d8]} 28. Ne5 $16) 24... f6 $8 25.
Rf7+ (25. Nxh7+ $2 Kg8) (25. R1d5 Nh4 26. Nxh7+ Kg8 27. Ng5 $3 Nxg2 $1 $14 (
27... fxg5 28. Rxg5 {[%csl Rg8,Rh4]})) 25... Kg8 26. Rdd7 {[%cal Gg2g4]} fxg5
$2 (26... a5 $1 27. g4 Rad8 $1 (27... Ne7 28. Rfxe7 Rxe7 29. Rxe7 fxg5 30. Ka4
Rf8 31. Re2 $14 {[%cal Ga4b5]}) 28. Rb7 $1 (28. gxf5 Rxd7 29. Rxd7 fxg5) 28...
Ne7 (28... fxg5 $2 29. gxf5) (28... Rb8 29. gxf5 Rxb7 30. Rxb7 fxg5 31. Rxb6
$14) 29. Rbxe7 Rxe7 30. Rxe7 fxg5 $14) 27. Rxf5 {[#] Hecht: Die Kraft der
Tьrme auf der 7. Reihe.} Rf8 (27... Red8 28. Rb7 Rdb8 29. Rxb8+ Rxb8 30. Rxg5
$16) 28. Rxg5 g6 (28... Rf7 $16) 29. Re5 (29. f3 $5 {[%cal Gg5e5]}) 29... Rxf2
30. Ree7 Rxg2 (30... h5 31. Rg7+ Kf8 32. Rxg6 $18 (32. Rh7 $5 $18)) 31. Rg7+
Kh8 32. Rxh7+ Kg8 33. h4 $18 {Now Black lose "g" pawn and game is over.} Rg4
34. Rdg7+ Kf8 35. Rb7 Kg8 36. Rbg7+ Kf8 37. h5 $1 {[%cal Gh5h6] /\h6} Rh4 $8 (
37... gxh5 {Hecht} 38. Rxg4 hxg4 39. Rh8+ $18) 38. Rxg6 {[%cal Gh7h8]} (38. h6
$4 Rxh6) 38... Re8 39. h6 {[%cal Gh7h8]} Re5 40. Rc6 (40. Rgg7 {Hecht} Rb5+ 41.
Kc2 Rh2+ 42. Kd3 Rxh6) 40... Rb5+ 41. Kc2 Rh2+ 42. Kd3 Rc5 (42... Rd5+ 43. Kc4
$18) 43. Rxc5 {The simpliest.} bxc5 44. Rxa7 (44. Kc4 $5) 44... Rxh6 45. Kc4 (
45. Kc4 Rh2 46. b3 Rh5 47. Rc7 $18) 1-0

[Event "Penta Media GM"]
[Site "Kelamabakkam"]
[Date "2000.08.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ganguly, Surya Shekhar"]
[Black "Iuldachev, Saidali"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2498"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2000.08.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 079"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
c4 Ba6 9. b3 f6 $5 {Rarely used,but quite an interesting attempt of equalizing.
Black is striving to reach a slightly worse endgame with good chances to
equalize later on.} ({Other continuations are more popular:} 9... O-O-O) (9...
g6) (9... Qh4) (9... Nb6) (9... g5) 10. Bb2 ({A nice game was won by Yuldashev
after} 10. exf6 Nxf6 11. Nc3 O-O-O 12. Qxe7 (12. Bb2 $5) 12... Bxe7 13. Bb2 Bc5
{[%csl Re1,Rf2]} 14. Be2 (14. Bd3 $142) 14... d5 15. O-O Rhe8 16. Bf3 (16. Bd3
$142) 16... dxc4 $1 17. Bxc6 Re6 18. Bb5 Bxb5 19. Nxb5 Ng4 $1 20. bxc4 (20. Ba3
$142) 20... a6 21. Nc3 Rd2 $19 22. Na4 Bxf2+ 23. Kh1 Be3 24. Rf8+ Kb7 25. Rb1
Kc6 26. h3 Rg6 {[%csl Rg2,Rh1]} 27. Re1 Nf2+ 28. Kh2 Nd3 {[%csl Re1,Rg2,Rh2]
0-1 Van den Dikkenberg,E-Yuldashev,S/Gent 1999/EXT 2000 (28)}) 10... fxe5 ({
The only game in 9...f6-line played on the high level continued} 10... Nf4 {
and after sharp tactical battle Black got an extra pawn:} 11. exf6 $5 (11. Qe4
fxe5 12. Qxe5 O-O-O $13) (11. Qe3 $5 {Mikhalevski,V}) 11... Nd3+ 12. Kd2 Qxe2+
13. Bxe2 Nxb2 14. Re1 {[%csl Re8][%cal Ge2h5] /\#} Bb4+ 15. Nc3 O-O 16. a3
Bxc3+ 17. Kxc3 {[%csl Rb2]} Rxf6 {[%csl Rf2]} 18. f3 (18. Bf3 Rb8) 18... Re8 $1
{[%cal Gf6e6]} 19. Bf1 Rxe1 20. Rxe1 Nxc4 21. bxc4 Kf7 $15 {1/2-1/2 Ljubojevic,
L-Ivkov,B/Bugojno 1978/MCL/[Bulletin] (26)}) 11. Qh5+ {[%csl Rd5,Re8]} g6 12.
Qxe5 $14 {[%csl Rd5,Rh8] '+-' Bulletin.} Nf6 $8 ({Of course not} 12... Qxe5+ $4
13. Bxe5 {[%csl Rd5,Rh8]}) 13. Nd2 (13. c5 $2 {is bad in a view of} Bxf1 14.
Kxf1 Qxe5 $1 15. Bxe5 Bxc5 $1 16. Bxf6 O-O {[%csl Rf2,Rf6]} 17. Bc3 (17. Bh4
Bd4 {[%csl Ra1]} 18. Nc3 Bxc3 $17) 17... Rxf2+ 18. Ke1 Re8+ 19. Kd1 Rxg2 $17)
13... Bh6 $6 $146 {[%mdl 8192] I think Black simply missed 14.Ne4.Otherwise
that's very dubious provocation.} (13... Qxe5+ 14. Bxe5 Bg7 15. O-O-O (15. c5
Bxf1 16. Kxf1 O-O {[%cal Gf6g4]}) 15... O-O (15... d6 $5) 16. f3 d6 17. Bb2
Rae8 18. Bd3 Re3 19. Ne4 Nxe4 20. Bxg7 Nf2 21. Bxf8 Kxf8 22. Rhf1 Nxd1 23. Rxd1
c5 $14 {/= 1/2-1/2 Vinje Gulbrandsen,A-Odendahl,S/Gausdal 1982/MCD (28)}) (
13... Bg7 14. Qxe7+ Kxe7 15. O-O-O Rhe8 {1/2-1/2 Peters,A-Heidrich,M/Germany
1995/GER-chT2 (38)} 16. Be2 $5 $14) 14. Ne4 Bg7 $8 15. O-O-O $6 {Looks logical,
but makes check from h6 possible which allows Black to solve the problem of
the pin.} (15. Be2 $5 {[%cal Ge4f6] Deserved serious attention.Creating a
threat of N:f6 White forces transfering to a better endgame with an adge of
bishops pair or with weak queen side pawns.} Nxe4 (15... Qxe5 16. Bxe5 O-O 17.
Bxf6 $1 Bxf6 18. O-O-O {[%csl Rd7]} d5 19. Nxf6+ Rxf6 20. Bf3 $1 dxc4 21. Rhe1
$1 $14 {[%csl Ra7,Rc6,Rc7,Rg8][%cal Ge1e7]}) 16. Qxe7+ (16. Qxg7 Qb4+ (16...
Qxg7 17. Bxg7 Rg8 18. Bb2 $16 {[%csl Rb2,Re2]}) 17. Kf1 Rf8 18. Qe5+ Qe7 19.
Qxe7+ Kxe7 20. f3 Rae8 $14) 16... Kxe7 17. Bxg7 Rhe8 18. Rd1 $14) 15... Bh6+ {
This bishop doesn't feel tiredness.} (15... Qxe5 $5 {was more precise as it
excludes possibility of 17.N:f6+ which occuried in the game.} 16. Bxe5 Bh6+ (
16... Nxe4 $6 17. Bxg7 Rg8 $8 (17... Nxf2 $2 18. Bxh8 Nxh1 19. c5 $1 {[%csl
Ra6,Rh1]} Bxf1 20. Rxf1 {[%csl Gf2,Rh1]} O-O-O 21. Bb2 $18) 18. Bd4 $16 {
[%csl Gd4,Gf1][%cal Gf2f3]}) 17. Kc2 (17. Nd2 O-O {[%cal Gf6g4]} 18. f3 d6 19.
Bb2 $14 {[%cal Gc1c2] /=}) 17... Nxe4 18. Bxh8 Nxf2 19. Re1+ Kf7 20. Rg1 Rxh8
21. c5 $1 {[%mdl 64] see 15...Bh6 16.Kc2 Q:e5 17.B:e5}) 16. Kc2 Qxe5 17. Nxf6+
(17. Bxe5 {was interesting having in mind 21.c5!} Nxe4 18. Bxh8 Nxf2 (18...
O-O-O $2 {[%csl Rf2,Rh8]} 19. Bd4 c5 20. Bd3 $18) 19. Re1+ Kf7 20. Rg1 Rxh8 21.
c5 $1 {[%csl Rf2,Rf7][%mdl 64] The point of previous play.} Bc8 $1 {[%mdl 64]}
(21... Bf8 22. Bxa6 Bxc5 23. Rgf1 $14) 22. Bc4+ {[%cal Gg1f1]} d5 $1 (22... Kf6
$2 23. Rgf1 {[%csl Rf2,Rf6]}) (22... Kg7 23. Re7+ Kf6 24. Rf7+ Ke5 25. Re1+ Kd4
26. Rxf2 Kxc5 27. Rf7 $14) 23. cxd6+ Kf6 24. Rgf1 $1 (24. dxc7 Bf5+ 25. Kc3
Ne4+ $13) 24... Bf5+ {That's why 22...d5!} 25. Kc3 Ng4 (25... cxd6 26. Rxf2 $16
{[%cal Gg2g4]}) 26. dxc7 {[%csl Gc7]} (26. h3 $2 Ne3 {[%csl Rf1]}) 26... Ne3 (
26... Rc8 27. Re6+ Kg5 28. Re7 {[%cal Gc4a6]}) 27. Rf3 Rc8 28. Rexe3 Bxe3 29.
Rxe3 Rxc7 30. Kd4 $14 {[%csl Ra7,Rc6][%cal Gd4c5]}) 17... Qxf6 18. Bxf6 O-O 19.
Bh4 {[%csl Rd7]} Rae8 $2 {I can't understand why Black was ignoring the threat
of R:d7.} (19... d6 $142) (19... Rf7 $142) 20. Bd3 $2 {And it's not less
surprising why White doesn't take the pawn.} (20. Rxd7 $16 {and White should
've been afraid of} Re1 {because of simple} 21. f3 {[%cal Rh4e1]} (21. Rxc7 {
is also possible})) 20... c5 {[%cal Ga6b7] Opening a big diagonal for the
white-squared bishop.} 21. f3 Bb7 22. Rhe1 d6 23. Rxe8 Rxe8 24. Re1 Kf7 25.
Rxe8 Kxe8 $14 {White is slightly better thanks to the better pawn structure,
but this adge can hardly be converted into a full point.} 26. Kd1 Bf4 $1 27. h3
c6 28. Bf2 Bg5 29. Ke2 Kf7 30. g3 Bh6 31. f4 Bc8 32. Kf3 Bf5 33. Bxf5 gxf5 {
Now it's impossible to break through.Black can simply wait and draw is
enevitable.} 34. g4 Ke6 35. Be3 Bf8 36. Bd2 Kf6 37. Bc3+ Kg6 38. Bb2 a6 39. Bc3
(39. h4 $2 {[%cal Gh4h5] would be bad because of} fxg4+ 40. Kxg4 h5+ 41. Kf3
Kf5 $15 {[%csl Rf4,Rh4] /-/+}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "1999.08.01"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Sadvakasov, Darmen"]
[Black "Peng, Xiaomin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2468"]
[BlackElo "2574"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "1999.07.31"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 072"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
c4 Nb6 9. Nc3 Qe6 10. Qe4 g6 {After the game Kasparov,G-Adams,M/Sarajevo 1999
Black doesn't want to repeat 10...Bb4.} (10... Bb4 11. Bd2 Ba6 (11... a5 12. f4
d5 13. exd6 cxd6 14. O-O-O Qxe4 15. Nxe4 d5 16. cxd5 cxd5 17. Bxb4 axb4 18.
Nd6+ Ke7 19. Nxc8+ Rhxc8+ 20. Kb1 Ra5 21. Rd4 b3 22. a3 Ra4 23. Rd3 Re4 24.
Rxb3 Re1+ 25. Ka2 {Polgar,J-Piket,J/Aruba 1995/CBM 50/[Blatny,P]/1-0 (47)}) 12.
b3 Bxc3 13. Bxc3 d5 14. Qh4 $1 $146 (14. Qf3 dxc4 15. Be2 Bb7 16. bxc4 Nxc4 17.
Qg3 c5 18. O-O h5 19. Rad1 Rh6 20. Bd3 Kf8 21. f4 Nb6 22. f5 Qxa2 23. Rd2 h4
24. Qg5 Qd5 25. f6 Rxf6 26. Rxf6 gxf6 27. Qh6+ Kg8 {1-0 Kummerow,H-Michalczak,
T/Germany 1998/GER-chT (27)}) 14... dxc4 15. Be2 Nd5 16. Bd4 c5 17. Bxc5 Nc3
18. Bxc4 Qxe5+ 19. Be3 Ne4 20. O-O Bxc4 21. bxc4 O-O 22. Rfe1 Rfe8 23. f3 Nd6
24. Bf2 Qf5 25. c5 Nb5 26. Qb4 Qd3 27. Red1 a5 28. Qa4 Qe2 29. Re1 Qd3 30.
Rxe8+ Rxe8 31. Rd1 {1-0 Kasparov,G-Adams,M/Sarajevo BIH 1999 (31)/CBM71 
[Mikhalevski,V]}) 11. f4 $146 {Strange enough,but this move haven't been
played yet.} (11. Bd3 Bg7 12. f4 (12. Bf4 Ba6 13. O-O-O Bxc4 14. Bxc4 Qxc4 15.
Qxc4 Nxc4 16. b3 Nb6 17. Kc2 O-O-O 18. a4 a5 19. Rhe1 Rde8 20. Rb1 d5 21. Ne2
c5 22. Bd2 Rxe5 23. Bxa5 Rhe8 24. Nf4 Rxe1 25. Rxe1 Rxe1 26. Bxe1 Be5 27. Nd3
Bd6 28. a5 Nd7 29. h3 Kb7 {0-1 Turov,M-Grabarczyk,M/Cappelle la Grande 1998/
CBM 63 ext (29)}) 12... Ba6 13. c5 Bxd3 14. Qxd3 Nd5 15. O-O Nxc3 16. Qxc3 f6
17. Be3 O-O 18. exf6 Qxf6 19. Rfd1 Qxc3 20. bxc3 Rad8 21. Rd3 d5 22. cxd6 Rxd6
23. Rad1 Rfd8 24. Rxd6 cxd6 25. Bxa7 Bxc3 {Shadrina,T-Varavin,V/Pardubice 1997/
CBM 59 ext/0-1 (44)}) 11... Bg7 (11... d5 $1 {was the simlest way to solve
opening problems.} 12. cxd5 ({or} 12. exd6 cxd6 13. Be2 {and Black can chose
between quiet} Qxe4 ({and more agressive} 13... Bg7 $5 {[%cal Gg7c3]} 14. Qxc6+
Bd7 15. Qf3 Rc8 $1 16. O-O O-O $1) 14. Nxe4 Bf5 $1) 12... cxd5 $11) 12. c5 (12.
Bd3 {see 11.Bd3}) 12... d5 $5 {[%mdl 576] Very unxpected decision.Black
sacrifices two pawns for not very clear initiative in an arised endgame.} ({
After} 12... Nd5 13. Bc4 Nxc3 (13... Bb7 14. O-O {[%cal Gf1d1]} Qe7 {[%cal
Ge7c5]} 15. Qd4 $1 Nxc3 (15... f6 $2 16. Bxd5 $1 cxd5 (16... fxe5 $2 17. Qb4 $1
) 17. Nxd5 fxe5 (17... Bxd5 18. Qxd5 c6 19. Qd6 $1 $16) 18. Nxc7+ Kd8 19. Qd6
$1 Rc8 20. Bd2 $1 {[%cal Gd2a5]}) 16. bxc3 $14 {[%csl Rb7,Rd7][%cal Ga1b1]})
14. bxc3 {White is slightly better}) 13. cxd6 ({Certainly not} 13. exd6 $4
Bxc3+) 13... cxd6 14. Qxc6+ Bd7 15. Qxd6 Qxd6 16. exd6 O-O {Despite two extra
pawns White must play very accurate to prove his advantage.} 17. Be3 (17. Ba6
Bd4 $1 {[%csl Re1]}) (17. Kf2 $5) 17... Na4 $5 {Again interesting decision.} ({
In case of} 17... Rab8 {White manages to keep one of his extra pawns with the
aid of series of precise moves.} 18. Rd1 $1 (18. Rc1 Bxc3+ $3 19. bxc3 (19.
Rxc3 Nd5 (19... Rfe8 20. Rb3 $1) 20. Rd3 Nxe3 21. Rxe3 Rxb2 $44 {[%csl Ra2,Rd6]
}) 19... Nd5 20. Kf2 (20. Bxa7 Rb2 $1 $44 (20... Ra8 $2 21. Bc4 $1 Nxf4 22. O-O
$1 $18)) 20... Rb2+ (20... Rfe8 21. Bxa7 Rb2+ 22. Kf3 {and Black's
compensation is not sufficient}) 21. Kf3 Bc6 $1 (21... Nxe3 $5 22. Kxe3 Re8+
23. Kd4 Rd2+ 24. Bd3 Re6) 22. a3 (22. Bd4 Nf6+ 23. Kg3 Ne4+ 24. Kh4 Nxd6 $44 {
[%cal Gd6f5]}) 22... Ne7+ 23. Kg4 h5+ 24. Kh3 Bd7+) 18... Nc8 19. Bc1 $1 (19.
Be2 Rxb2 20. Bd4 Re8 $1 $44) 19... Rb6 20. Be2 $1 Re8 21. Kf2 $16) 18. Nxa4 {
Probably this natural move is an inaccuracy,though after it White is still
better.} (18. Nd5 $5 {following up with Ba6 and 0-0 seems to be more clear way
to an advantage.} Rab8 (18... Nxb2 19. Rc1 Be6 20. Nc7 Rad8 21. Nxe6 fxe6 22.
Rc6 $16) 19. Ba6 $1 Rxb2 20. O-O $1 $16) (18. Rc1) 18... Bxa4 19. Rc1 $5 (19.
Rb1 $5 {was also possible keeping the b2-pawn for a while} Rac8 (19... Bc2 20.
Rc1 Rac8 21. d7 Rc6 22. Bb5 Re6 23. Kf2 $18) 20. Kf2 $1 Rc2+ (20... Bc2 21. Rc1
$1 Bxb2 22. Ba6 $1 $16 {[%csl Gd6]} Bxc1 23. Rxc1 Rc3 $8 24. d7 $1 Rd8 25. Bb5
$1 $18) 21. Be2 $1 (21. Kg3 Bxb2 22. Bd3 Rc3 23. Rxb2 Rxd3 24. Kf2 Rc8 $1 25.
Bxa7 Rxd6 $14) 21... Bb5 22. Rhe1 Bxb2 (22... Rd8 23. Rbc1 $1 Rxb2 24. Rb1 $1
Bxe2 (24... Rxb1 25. Rxb1 Bxe2 26. Kxe2 $16 Rxd6 $140 $2 27. Rb8+ Bf8 28. Bc5
$18) 25. Rxb2 Bxb2 26. Rxe2 Ba3 27. Bxa7 $16) 23. Kf1 Bc6 24. Bxa7 $16) 19...
Bxb2 20. Rc4 $1 Bd7 21. Rc7 Be6 $1 {[%mdl 256] So far Black puts as many
problems as possible and White makes a mistake first.} (21... Rfd8 22. Ba6 $1)
22. Bc5 $6 (22. a4 $6 Rfd8 23. Bb5 (23. Bc5 Bc3+ 24. Ke2 Ba5 25. Re7 Rac8 26.
Bxa7 Rxd6 $44 {[%csl Re2]}) 23... Rxd6 24. Bxa7 Bb3 $1 {[%cal Gb3a4,Gd6d1]} (
24... Rxa7 25. Rxa7 Bc3+ 26. Ke2 Bg4+ 27. Kf2 Bd4+ 28. Kg3 Bxa7 29. Kxg4 $16 {
[%csl Ga4]}) 25. Ke2 Bxa4 $1 26. Bxa4 Ra6 27. Bb3 R6xa7 28. Bxf7+ Kg7 29. Rxa7
Rxa7 30. Bd5 Ra1 $11) (22. Kd2 Ba3 $1 23. Bc5 Bxc5 24. Rxc5 Rfd8 $11) (22. Ba6
$1 {was the only way to keep an advantage.} Ba3 (22... Rfd8 $2 23. Bb7 Rab8 24.
Bxa7) (22... Rad8 23. Bc5 $1) 23. d7 (23. Bc5 $2 Bxc5 24. Rxc5 Rfd8 $11 25. Rc6
$140 $2 Bd5) 23... Bd6 (23... Rfd8 24. Bc8 $1 (24. Bb7 $2 Bd6 $1 25. Rc6 Rab8
$11) 24... Bd6 25. Rxa7 (25. Rb7 Rb8 $1 26. Rxb8 Bxb8 27. Kf2 (27. O-O Bxd7 28.
Rd1 Re8 $1 $11) 27... Bxd7 28. Rd1 Rxc8 29. Rxd7 $14) 25... Rxa7 26. Bxa7 Bxd7
27. Bxd7 Rxd7 28. Be3 $16) 24. Rb7 $1 (24. Rxa7 Rxa7 25. Bxa7 Bxd7 26. O-O Be6
$1 $11 {[%cal Gf8a8,Ge6a2]}) (24. Rc6 Bb4+ 25. Kf2 Bxd7 26. Rc4 (26. Rc7 Be6
27. a4 Ba5 $1 $11 {[%cal Ga5b6]}) 26... Ba5 $11 {[%cal Gd7e6]}) 24... Rfd8 (
24... Rfb8 25. Rxb8+ (25. Rxa7 Bxd7 $1 26. Rxd7 (26. O-O Be6 $1) 26... Bb4+ $1
27. Kf2 Rxa6 28. Ra1 Bc3 $11) 25... Rxb8 26. Bxa7 Rd8 (26... Ra8 27. Bb7 Rd8
28. Be3 $1 Rxd7 29. Bc8 $1) 27. Be3 (27. Bb5 $5 Bxd7 28. Bxd7 Rxd7 29. Be3 Rb7
30. O-O Rb2 31. Rd1 $1 $16) 27... Rxd7 28. a4 $16) 25. Bb5 Bxa2 {[%cal Ga2d5]}
26. O-O $16 {[%csl Gd7]}) 22... Bc3+ 23. Kf2 Ba5 24. Ba6 (24. Rxa7 Rxa7 25.
Bxa7 Bb4 $1 $11 {[%cal Gf8a8]}) (24. Rb7 Rfc8 $44 {[%cal Gc8c2,Ga5b6]}) 24...
Rab8 $1 {Now Black gets sufficient activity to escape} (24... Rfb8 $5 25. Re7 (
25. Rb7 $5 Rxb7 26. Bxb7 Rb8 27. Bf3 Rb2+ 28. Kg3 Rxa2 29. Bxa7 Bb4 30. Bb8 Bc5
{[%cal Gc5f2]} 31. Rf1 Rd2 $11) 25... Rb2+ 26. Kg3 Rc2 $1 27. Bd4 Bb4 28. Bb7
Rb8 29. Be5 Rxa2 30. Rd1 Kf8 31. Rc7 $14) (24... Bxc7 25. dxc7 Rfe8 26. Rc1 (
26. Bb7 Rac8 27. Bd6 $16)) 25. Rd1 (25. Rxa7 Rb2+ 26. Kg3 Rc2 $1 (26... Rxa2
27. Rd1 $16) (26... Bd5 27. Rd1 $1 $16) 27. Bd4 Bb4 $1 (27... Bd5 $6 28. Be2 $1
Rxe2 (28... Bb4 29. Bf3 Bxf3 30. Kxf3 Bxd6 $16) 29. Rxa5 $16) 28. a4 Bxd6 {
[%cal Gg6g5,Ge6d5]} 29. Rd1 (29. Rf1 Bb8 30. Rb7 (30. Re7 Bc4 31. Bxc4 Rxc4 $11
) 30... g5 (30... Bc4 $143 31. Bxc4 Rxc4 32. Ba7 $1) 31. Be5 Bxe5 32. fxe5 Bd5
$11) 29... g5 30. Be5 gxf4+ 31. Bxf4 Bxf4+ 32. Kxf4 Rxg2 $11) 25... Rb2+ (25...
Bxc7 $2 26. dxc7 Rb2+ 27. Kf3 Rc2 28. Bxf8 Kxf8 29. Rd8+ Ke7 30. c8=Q $18) 26.
Kg3 Rc2 $1 {[%cal Ga5c7]} 27. Bb6 $1 (27. Bd3 Rc3 28. Bd4 Bxc7 29. Bxc3 Bxd6
$11) 27... Rxa2 28. Bxa5 Rxa5 29. Bc4 $5 (29. Be2 Rd8 $11) 29... Bxc4 $1 30. d7
(30. Rxc4 Ra3+ 31. Kh4 Rd8 $11) 30... Be6 (30... Ra3+ $5 31. Kf2 Ra2+ 32. Kg1
Be6 33. d8=Q Rxd8 34. Rxd8+ Kg7 $11) 31. d8=Q Rxd8 32. Rxd8+ Kg7 $11 {[%cal
Ga5a3] White can't win as one of his rooks has to protect third or second rank
and he has no time to take care about Black's a-pawn.} 33. Rd3 h5 34. Rcc3 {
[%cal Gc3a3]} Rb5 35. Ra3 a5 36. Re3 {[%cal Ge3e5]} Kf6 37. Re4 (37. Re5 Rxe5
38. fxe5+ Kxe5 39. Rxa5+ Kf6 $11) 37... Rb2 $1 {[%cal Ge6d5,Gh5h4]} 38. Rxa5
h4+ 39. Kxh4 (39. Kf3 h3 40. gxh3 Rxh2 $11) 39... Rxg2 40. h3 Rh2 41. Re3 Rh1 {
[%csl Rh3] Black is simply waiting as White can't make progress.} 42. Rc5 Bf5
43. Rc6+ Be6 44. Rb6 Kg7 45. Ra6 Bf5 46. Ra2 Kf6 47. Rae2 Be6 48. Re1 Rh2 49.
Ra1 Bf5 50. Ra8 Kg7 51. Ra6 Rh1 52. Rb6 Be6 53. Rb2 Kf6 54. Rd2 Bf5 55. Kg3
Rxh3+ 56. Kf2 Rh4 57. Kf3 Rh3+ 58. Ke2 Rh8 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS Cup final 4th"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "2000.08.24"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kotsur, Pavel"]
[Black "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2589"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2000.08.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 079"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nxc6 Qf6 6. Qd2 dxc6 7. Qf4 $6 {
Very rare move.Its idea is to save tempo delaying Nc3.It can also be explained
by the fact that earlier this year Balashov had lost against this line and
White wanted to remind him this game.} ({Usually white plays} 7. Nc3 {
automatically and rightly so as 7.Qf4 doesn't promise much.}) 7... Qe7 $1 {
Correct reaction.This time Black refrains from standard Be6 and keeps the
queens on the board.At the same time the f6-square is now accessible for the
knight.A similar idea could be seen after 7.Nc3,but then white meets Qe7 with
Qg5! and in according to the practice gets an upper hand.Now it's impossible
and Black completes the development very fast.} ({In the recent games Black
also tried 7...Be6 and 7...Ne7.} 7... Be6 8. Bd3 Bb4+ 9. c3 Qxf4 10. Bxf4 O-O-O
11. cxb4 Rxd3 $11 {1/2-1/2 Chernyshov,K-Mokry,K/Ostrava CZE 2000/The Week in
Chess 291 (24)}) (7... Ne7 8. Qxf6 gxf6 9. Bf4 Bd6 10. Bg3 Be6 11. Nd2 h5 12.
Nc4 Bxc4 13. Bxc4 h4 14. Bxd6 cxd6 15. Rd1 Rd8 16. O-O f5 17. exf5 Nxf5 18. g4
$1 $14 {1-0 Maljutin,E-Balashov,Y/Samara RUS 2000/The Week in Chess 294 (33)})
8. Nc3 ({In the only preceding game White found himself in trouble after} 8.
Bd3 Nf6 9. Nc3 Ng4 {[%csl Rf2][%cal Gc5d6] and it's already not so simple to
find a good defence:} 10. Nd1 Bd6 {[%csl Rf4]} 11. Qg5 f6 12. Qh5+ g6 13. Qh4
h5 $1 {[%csl Rh4][%cal Gg6g5]} 14. f4 Bf5 $1 15. O-O Bc5+ 16. Kh1 Bxe4 17. Bxe4
Qxe4 18. Re1 O-O-O $1 19. Rxe4 Rxd1+ 20. Re1 Rxe1+ 21. Qxe1 Nf2+ 22. Kg1 Nd3+
23. Be3 Nxe1 24. Bxc5 Re8 25. Kf2 Nxc2 26. Rc1 b6 27. Rxc2 bxc5 28. Rxc5 Kb7
$15 {0-1 Balinov,I-Ibragimov,I/Graz 1996/EXT 98 (46)}) 8... Nf6 {[%csl Rf2,Rf4]
[%cal Gf6g4] Unfortunate position of White's Queen creates many problems.} 9.
Qh4 $1 {Probably the only chance to keep equality.} ({For instance} 9. Bd3 {
is strongly met by} Ng4 $1 {[%csl Rf2,Rf4][%cal Gc5d6] See 8.Bd3}) ({and} 9.
Be3 Bd6 10. Qh4 Be5 {[%cal Ge7b4] is also unpleasant.In both cases White
sufers because of the early Qf4.}) 9... Ng4 10. Qxe7+ Kxe7 11. Nd1 {A bit
passive,but playable.} (11. Bg5+ $5 {looks more natural:} f6 12. Bh4 Bb4 13.
O-O-O $11) 11... Rd8 {[%csl Rf2,Rh1][%cal Rd8d1]} 12. Bd3 $6 ({Again} 12. Bg5+
f6 13. Bh4 {deserved serious attention,but White is still trying to get
something from the opening.}) 12... Be6 $1 {[%cal Gg4e5] Strengthening the
pressure.} 13. h3 $6 {[%mdl 16384] It looks like Black underestimated 14...Bb4!
} ({Otherwise he would prevent Ne5 with the aid of} 13. f4 $1 {and White meets}
f5 {with} 14. h3 $1 (14. exf5 $2 Bd5 {[%csl Re1,Rg2]} 15. Kf1 Be4 $1 {[%csl
Rd1][%cal Gd8d1]} 16. h3 Nf6 $1 17. Nf2 Bxf2 18. Kxf2 Bxd3 19. cxd3 Rxd3 $15)
14... fxe4 (14... Bb4+ $2 15. c3 $1 Rxd3 (15... Nf6 16. exf5 $1 $16) 16. hxg4
Rad8 (16... Bc5 17. gxf5 Rad8 18. Nf2 $1 (18. Ke2 $4 Bc4 {[%csl Re2]})) 17. Be3
$1 $18 {[%csl Rb4,Rf5]}) (14... Nf6 $6 15. exf5 Bd5 16. Be3 $1) 15. hxg4 exd3
16. f5 $1 {[%cal Gc1g5]} dxc2 $8 (16... h6 17. fxe6 dxc2 18. Ne3 $18) 17. Bg5+
Kf8 $1 (17... Ke8 18. Bxd8 (18. Nc3 Bc4 $1 19. Bxd8 Rxd8 {[%csl Gc2][%cal
Gc5e3]}) 18... cxd1=Q+ 19. Rxd1 Bb4+ 20. Kf2 Bc5+ 21. Kg3 Bd6+ 22. Rxd6 $1 (22.
Kh3 Bxa2 $13) 22... cxd6 23. fxe6 Rxd8 24. Rxh7 Kf8 $14) 18. Bxd8 (18. Nc3 Bc4
$1 19. Bxd8 Rxd8 {[%cal Gc5e3]}) 18... cxd1=Q+ 19. Rxd1 Bb4+ 20. Kf2 Bc5+ 21.
Kg3 (21. Ke1 $142 Bb4+ $11) 21... Bd6+ 22. Rxd6 $140 $6 (22. Kf2 $142 Bxa2 23.
Bg5 $13) 22... cxd6 23. fxe6 Rxd8 24. Rxh7 Re8 $1 {That's the point of 17...
Ke8!}) 13... Ne5 14. Be2 Bb4+ $1 {Forcing to weak the d3-square.} 15. c3 ({Both
} 15. Nc3 Nc4) ({and} 15. Kf1 Nc4 {are very unpleasant}) 15... Bc5 16. Be3 Bb6
$1 ({Certainly not} 16... Bxe3 17. Nxe3) 17. b3 f6 $1 {It's important not to
forget about prophylaxis.} 18. Rc1 a5 $1 {[%cal Ga5a4] Black continue to
create weaknesses in the White's camp.The idea of a4 is quite annoying.} 19.
Bxb6 cxb6 20. Nb2 a4 $1 21. bxa4 (21. Nxa4 {makes penetrating of the Black's
rooks to the second rank possible.} b5 22. Nc5 Rxa2 {[%cal Gd8d2]}) 21... Bxa2
$17 {[%csl Ra4,Rb2][%cal Ga2b3,Ge5d7,Gd7c5] Black's initiative brings its
fruits.Thea a4-pawn is doomed.} 22. Rd1 Bb3 $1 {[%csl Ra4]} 23. Rd4 $2 {
[%mdl 8192] After this tactical blunder Black's advantage becomes decisive.} (
23. Rxd8 {was necessary}) 23... b5 $1 $19 24. Rxd8 ({Doesn't help} 24. f4 Ng6
25. Rxd8 Kxd8 26. f5 Nf4 $19 {[%cal Gb5a4]}) ({The idea of can be seen in the
following line:} 24. axb5 Ra2 $1 25. Nd1 Bxd1 $1 26. Bxd1 Rxd4 27. cxd4 Nd3+
28. Kf1 Nb2 $1 $19 (28... Nxf2 29. Bb3 Ra1+ $19) 29. Ke1 $140 Nxd1 {[%csl Re1,
Rh1]}) 24... Kxd8 25. axb5 Ra2 26. Nd1 Bxd1 $1 {Very impressive win of the
representative of older generation.} (26... Bxd1 27. Bxd1 (27. Kxd1 Ra1+) 27...
Nd3+ 28. Kf1 Nb2 $1 $19) 0-1

[Event "RUS-Cup10"]
[Site "Tomsk"]
[Date "1997.07.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kotsur, Pavel"]
[Black "Frolov, Denis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2325"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1997.07.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Kortschnoj.} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7
7. Qe2 Nd5 8. c4 Ba6 9. b3 Qh4 10. a3 Bc5 11. g3 Bxf2+ 12. Qxf2 (12. Kxf2 $2
Qd4+ 13. Kf3 (13. Kg2 Qxa1 14. Qc2 Qxe5 15. Bd3 (15. cxd5 Qxd5+ 16. Kg1 $140
Bxf1) 15... Ne3+ 16. Bxe3 Qxe3 $19 {0-1 Tomczak,R-Lukacs,P/BL2-N 1995 (26)})
13... Qxa1 14. Qc2 Qxe5 15. cxd5 Qxd5+ 16. Qe4+ Qxe4+ 17. Kxe4 Bxf1 18. Rxf1
$17 {0-1 Vukovic,Z-Basagic,Z/JUG-ch Banja Vrucica 1991 (31)}) 12... Qe4+ 13.
Kd1 (13. Kd2 $5 {This move was the first reaction on 11... B:f2 line.Now white
prefer 13.Kd1} Qxh1 14. Bg2 Qxh2 15. cxd5 cxd5 16. Nc3 Bb7 $13 17. Kd3 d4 18.
Ne4 f5 19. exf6 O-O 20. Bf4 Rae8 21. Re1 Bxe4+ 22. Rxe4 Rxe4 23. Kxe4 Rxf6 24.
Kxd4 Qh5 25. Bd5+ Kh8 26. Qe1 c6 27. Bc4 h6 28. Qe7 Qd1+ 29. Kc3 Qa1+ 30. Kb4
Qd4 31. Be5 c5+ 32. Ka5 Qd2+ 33. Ka4 {1-0 Morozevich,A-Ivanov,V/Moscow-ch 1992}
) 13... Qxh1 14. Nd2 Nc3+ (14... O-O {1/2-1/2 Rewitz-Nielsen,95}) 15. Kc2 Ne4
16. Nxe4 Qxe4+ 17. Bd3 Qg4 (17... Qxe5 $5 18. Bb2 Qd6 (18... Qg5 $5) 19. Re1+
Kf8 $13 {1-0 Darchia,D-Llaneza,P/World Junior (Girls), Zagan POL 1997 (38)})
18. Bf5 Qh5 19. h4 $1 {/\g4} f6 {is forced.Black must open the position of his
king.} 20. exf6 {'+/-' Kortschnoj.} (20. g4 $143 Qf7 21. exf6 g6 $13 {0-1
Novak,D-Riou,I/Candas op 1996 (41)}) 20... O-O $146 {This is probably better
than 20...gf,but the black's position is still in a danger.} (20... gxf6 21.
Bb2 (21. Qe1+ $1 $16 {(Kortschnoj) Gutman}) 21... O-O-O $6 22. Bxf6 Rhf8 23. g4
Qf7 24. Qxa7 Bb7 25. Bxd8 $18 {Grabics,M-Majigsuren,D/WchJW U20 1996/JUN 97/1/
2-1/2 (64)} (25. Bxd8 Rxd8 26. Re1 h5 27. Qc5 hxg4 28. Bxg4 Qh7+ 29. Qf5 Qxh4
30. Re8 Qh2+ 31. Kc1 Qg1+ 32. Kc2 Qh2+ 33. Re2 Qh4 34. a4 Kb8 35. c5 {Grabics,
M-Majigsuren,D/WchJW U20 1996/JUN 97/1/2-1/2 (64)})) 21. g4 Qe8 $8 (21... Qf7
22. fxg7 Qxg7 (22... Rfe8 23. Bxh7+ $18) 23. Bb2 {/\24.Qd4+-}) 22. Bb2 {
'!' Kortschnoj.} (22. fxg7 $5 Rf7 (22... Qe4+ 23. Kd2 (23. Bxe4 {Kortschnoj}
Rxf2+ $15) 23... Rf7 {see 22...Rf7} (23... Rxf5 24. gxf5 (24. Qxf5 $2 Qd4+)
24... d5 25. f6 $1 Kf7 26. Bb2 dxc4 (26... Re8 27. Rg1 $1) 27. Re1 c3+ $1 28.
Kc1 $1 cxb2+ 29. Kxb2 $18)) 23. Bb2 $16) 22... gxf6 {'?' Kortschnoj.} (22... g6
23. Re1 (23. f7+ Rxf7 24. Qd4 Qe2+ 25. Kb1 Kf8) 23... Qd8 24. Bd3 $16 (24. f7+
$143 Rxf7 25. Qd4 Qf6 26. Qxf6 Rxf6 27. Bxf6 gxf5 $13)) (22... Rxf6 $142 $16 {
Kortschnoj}) 23. Rg1 $16 {'+-' Kortschnoj. /\g5} h6 $2 (23... Kh8 24. g5 {
White has to win}) 24. g5 $18 fxg5 25. Qd4 Qe7 26. Qh8+ {black has resigned in
view of Kf727.Qg7 Ke828.Re1!+-.} (26. Rxg5+ $1 hxg5 27. Qh8+ Kf7 28. Qh5+ Kg8
29. Qg6+) (26. Qh8+ {Kortschnoj} Kf7 27. Qg7+ Ke8 28. Re1 $1 Qxe1 29. Bg6+ $18)
1-0

[Event "Hotel Agro GM"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1999.08.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Varga, Zoltan"]
[Black "Acs, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2541"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "176"]
[EventDate "1999.08.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 073"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Hecht} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nxc6 Qf6 6. Qd2 bxc6 (
6... dxc6 {Nowadays this capture is much more popular than 6...bc.}) 7. Bd3 d6
{Very rare idea.Usually Black prefers 7...Ne7} (7... d5 8. O-O Ne7 9. Qf4 Qxf4
10. Bxf4 dxe4 11. Bxe4 Bd6 12. Bxd6 cxd6 13. Re1 Be6 14. Nd2 Rb8 15. b3 h6 16.
Nf3 c5 {1/2-1/2 Timman,J-Spassky,B/Wijk aan Zee 1998/EXT 99 (16)}) (7... Ne7 8.
O-O O-O {[%cal Gd7d5] is the main line}) (7... Nh6 8. O-O O-O 9. Nc3 d6 10. Qg5
{The same idea with h3 played instead of Nc3 has occuried in the Varga-Acs
game.} Qxg5 11. Bxg5 Ng4 12. h3 Ne5 13. Be2 f5 14. Na4 Nf7 $5 15. Bc4 Bd4 16.
c3 Bb6 $14 {0-1 Ionescu,D-Tikhomirov,S/Bucharest ROM 1999 (47)}) 8. O-O Nh6 (
8... Ne7 9. Nc3 Ng6 (9... O-O 10. e5 $1 Qe6 (10... Qxe5 11. Re1 Qf6 12. Ne4 Qh4
13. g3 $18) (10... dxe5 11. Ne4 {[%csl Rc5,Rf6]}) 11. exd6 Qxd6 12. Ne4 Qd5 13.
Qg5 $1 Qxg5 14. Bxg5 h6 15. Bxh6 $1 Bxf2+ 16. Rxf2 gxh6 17. Nf6+ Kh8 (17... Kg7
$142) 18. Nh7 Re8 19. Rxf7 h5 20. Nf6 {1-0 Ciganikova,A-Quinn,D/Pula 1997/CBM
57 ext (20)}) 10. Na4 Bb6 11. Nxb6 axb6 $14 {1/2-1/2 Pinter,G-Shishkim,V/
Budapest 1997/CBM 61 ext (59)}) 9. h3 O-O 10. Qg5 $146 (10. Nc3 $5 Qg6 11. Qg5
f5 12. Qxg6 hxg6 13. exf5 Bxf5 14. Ne4 Bd4 15. g4 Bd7 16. c3 Bb6 17. Ng5 Rf6
18. Kg2 Nf7 19. Nxf7 Kxf7 20. Bg5 Re6 21. Rfe1 Rae8 22. Kf1 Rh8 23. h4 Rf8 24.
f3 Kg8 {Marciano,D-Mitkov,N/Toulouse 1996/CBM 57 ext/1-0 (60)}) 10... Qxg5 11.
Bxg5 f5 (11... Rb8 $5 12. b3 f5) 12. Bxh6 gxh6 13. Nc3 (13. Nd2 $142 Rb8 $140
14. Nb3 fxe4 $6 15. Bxe4 Ba6 16. Nxc5 $1 dxc5 (16... Bxf1 17. Nd7 Ba6 18. Nxf8
Kxf8 (18... Rxf8 19. Bxc6 $16) 19. b3 c5 20. Bxh7 $16) 17. Rfb1 $16 {and White
is better thanks to the better pawn structure.}) (13. exf5 $6 Bxf5 14. Bxf5
Rxf5 $15 {[%csl Rf2]}) 13... f4 {[%cal Gf4f3]} (13... Rb8 $5 14. Na4 Bd4 15. c3
Be5 $5 $13) 14. Rad1 {[%cal Gc3a4]} Kg7 {[%cal Gf4f3]} (14... Be6 $5) (14... f3
$5 15. Na4 Bb6 (15... Bd4 $2 16. Bc4+ {[%cal Rd1d4,Rc4g8]})) 15. Be2 {[%csl
Gd4,Gf3][%cal Gc3a4] preventing f3 and preparing Na4} Re8 {[%csl Re4]} 16. Bf3
{[%cal Gc3a4,Gc3e2]} Re5 (16... a5 $5 {with the idea to meet} 17. Na4 {with}
Ba7) 17. Ne2 Ba6 18. Nxf4 $1 {[%mdl 512] An interesting sacrifice.White gets
pawn and better pawn structure for exchange and Black has to look for his
c6-pawn which immediately become easy target for the White's knight.} (18. Rfe1
Bxe2 $11 (18... Rf8 $143 19. Nd4 $14)) 18... Bxf1 19. Kxf1 {[%cal Gf4d3]} Re7 (
19... Bb6 20. Nd3 Re6 (20... Ra5 21. a3) 21. Nb4 c5 22. Nc6 $1 Rf8 23. a4 {
[%csl Rb6][%cal Ga4a5]} a5 (23... c4 $2 24. a5 Bc5 25. b4 cxb3 26. cxb3 {
[%csl Rc5][%cal Gb3b4]} Ba3 27. Nxa7 $16) 24. Rd5 $14) 20. Nd3 Bd4 (20... Rb8
$5 21. c3 a5 22. e5 Rb6 23. g3 $14 {[%cal Gf3g4,Gf2f4]}) 21. Nb4 Bxb2 22. Nxc6
Rf7 (22... Ree8 23. Rb1 Bf6 24. Rb7 $16) 23. e5 $1 {Nice tactical blow.White
is making use of unfortunate position of Black's rook on the big diagonal.} Re8
{Acs decides to give an exchange back in order to relieve the defence.} ({After
} 23... Rff8 24. Rb1 $1 {arises endgame with the bishops of opposite colours
while White is two pawns up.} (24. exd6 cxd6 25. Rxd6 Rac8 $14) 24... Bc3 25.
Rb3 (25. Rb7) 25... Ba1 26. Rb7 {[%csl Rc7]} dxe5 27. Rxc7+ (27. Bd5 $5 $16)
27... Rf7 28. Rxf7+ Kxf7 29. Nxe5+ Bxe5 30. Bxa8 $16 {and it's difficult to
say whether Black can keep the position.}) 24. Bh5 {This move could wait.} ({
After} 24. exd6 $142 $1 {Black has to make difficult decision either keep an
exchange allowing White developing of strong initiative or play an endgame a
pawn down.} Rd7 (24... cxd6 25. Bh5 Rc8 26. Bxf7 Rxc6 27. Bb3 $16) 25. Rb1 Bf6
26. Rb7 (26. Ne7 Bxe7 27. Bc6 Rxd6 28. Bxe8 Rd2 29. Rb7 Rxc2 30. Rxa7 Rxf2+ $11
) 26... Rxd6 27. Rxc7+ $16) 24... Bxe5 25. Bxf7 (25. Rd3 $5 {[%csl Ra7,Rc7]
[%cal Gd3a3]}) (25. Re1 $5 Kf8 26. Bxf7 Kxf7 27. Re3 {[%cal Ge3a3]}) 25... Kxf7
26. Re1 $6 {Loss of important tempo.} (26. Rd3 $142 $5 {[%csl Ra7,Rc7][%cal
Gd3a3]}) 26... a6 27. Re3 Bf6 28. Rxe8 $6 (28. Ra3 $142 {White should keep the
rooks first to prevent possible counterplay and secondly just because his rook
is more active.}) 28... Kxe8 29. Ke2 Kd7 30. Nb4 a5 31. Nd5 Bh8 32. Kd3 c6 33.
Ne3 d5 34. a4 h5 $1 {In according to the endgame rules Acs puts his pawn on
the square of opposite to his bishop colour.} 35. c3 Ke6 {The pawn centre and
strong bishop compensate defect of pawn structure.} 36. Nc2 Kd6 37. Ne1 Bg7 38.
Nf3 Bf6 39. g3 Bd8 (39... Ke6 40. Nd4+ Bxd4 {is dangerous as the pawn ending
is most likely won for White.} 41. cxd4 $16) 40. Nd4 c5 $1 {Correct decision.
Black shouldn't be afraid of 42.c4 as he gets sufficient counterplay.} 41. Nb5+
Ke5 42. Ke3 (42. c4 {[%csl Rc5] fixing the weakness on c5 looks strong,but
after} dxc4+ $1 43. Kxc4 Ke4 {[%csl Rf2,Rg3,Rh3][%cal Ge4f3] Black keeps
equality.}) 42... c4 43. f4+ Ke6 44. Nd4+ Kf6 45. Kf3 Kf7 {[%cal Gd8f6]} (45...
Bb6 $5) 46. f5 $6 {[%csl Re5] It wasn't necessary to weaken pawns of the king
side.Now initiative passes to Black.} (46. g4 $142) 46... Bf6 47. Ne2 Ke7 {
[%cal Ge7d6]} 48. g4 hxg4+ 49. hxg4 h6 $5 50. Ke3 (50. Kf4 $142 Kd6 51. Kf3 Ke5
$140 52. Nd4) 50... Bg5+ 51. Kf3 ({But not} 51. Kd4 $2 Kd6 $22 $17 {[%cal
Gg5f6]}) 51... Bd2 $5 52. Kf2 (52. Nf4 $5 {leads to a drawish pawn endgame in
all lines .} Kd6 (52... Bxf4 $2 53. Kxf4 Kf6 54. Kf3 Kf7 55. Ke3 Ke7 56. Kd4
Kd6 57. f6 Ke6 58. f7 Kxf7 59. Kxd5 Kg6 60. Kxc4 Kg5 61. Kd5 Kxg4 62. c4 $18)
53. f6 (53. Ne2 Ke5) 53... d4 (53... Bxf4 54. Kxf4 d4 $1 55. cxd4 (55. f7 Ke7
56. cxd4 Kxf7 57. Ke4 Ke6 58. d5+ Kd6 59. Kd4 c3 60. Kxc3 Kxd5 61. Kd3 $11)
55... Ke6 56. d5+ Kxf6 57. Ke4 c3 58. Kd3 Ke5 59. Kxc3 Kxd5 60. Kd3 $11) 54. f7
Ke7 55. Nd5+ Kxf7 56. cxd4 c3 57. Ke2 Kg6 58. Ne3 Kg5 59. d5 Bxe3 60. Kxe3 Kf6
61. Kd3 Ke5 62. Kxc3 Kxd5 63. Kd3 $11) 52... Kf6 53. Kg3 Kg5 54. Kf3 h5 (54...
Kf6 $11) 55. gxh5 Kxf5 56. Nd4+ Kg5 (56... Kf6 57. Nb5 Kg5 58. Ke2 Bf4 59. Nd4
Kxh5 60. Nc6 $11 {[%csl Ra5][%cal Gc6e7]}) 57. Ne6+ Kf5 (57... Kh6 $142 58. Nf4
d4 59. Nd5 dxc3 (59... d3 60. Nb6 Bxc3 61. Nxc4 $11) 60. Ke2 Kxh5 61. Kd1 Kg4
62. Nb6 $11) 58. Nd4+ Kf6 (58... Kg5 $11) 59. Nb5 Ke5 $1 (59... Kg5) 60. Ke2
Bg5 61. Nd4 Ke4 $2 {[%mdl 8192] loses a pawn.} (61... Bh6 $142 62. Nc6+ Kd6 63.
Nxa5 $140 $2 (63. Nd4 Ke5 $11) 63... Kc7 {[%csl Ra5][%cal Gc7b6]}) 62. Nc6 Bh6
63. Nxa5 d4 64. Nxc4 dxc3 65. Na3 Kd4 66. Nb5+ Kc4 67. Nxc3 $1 Kb4 {
Fortunately Black keeps the position as White can't make progress without
giving up the a-pawn.} (67... Kxc3 $4 68. a5 $18) 68. Kd3 Bg7 69. Kc2 Bh6 (
69... Bxc3 $4 70. a5 $18) 70. Kd3 Bg7 71. Ne2 Kxa4 {Hecht: '[#] Laut
Endspiel-CD ist das Endspiel remis. Es gibt keine Stelle, an der sich an
dieser Bewertung irgend etwas дndert.'} 72. Ke4 Bh6 73. Nd4 Kb4 74. Ne6 Kb5 75.
Kf5 Kc6 76. Kg6 Bc1 77. Ng5 Kd7 78. h6 Ke8 {Hecht: '[#]'} 79. h7 {Hecht:
'Macht keinen Sinn. Zuerst muЯ der Kцnig nach g8, um ьberhaupt Gewinnchancen
mittels Sg7 geltend machen zu kцnnen. Freilich lesen wir bei John Nunn in
"Secrets of Minor-Piece Endings" auf Seite 88ff, dass WeiЯ normalerweise nur
gewinnen kann, wenn sein Kцnig die f-Linie hдlt, um zwischen f7 und f8
manцvrieren zu kцnnen. der schwarze Kцnig steht dann zwangslдufig auf der
d-Linie. Siehe dazu den Teil einer Studie von Horwitz, 1885 (Endspiel Nr. 40).'
} (79. Kg7 {Hecht} Bb2+ 80. Kg8 {[%cal Rg5e6,Re6g7]} Ke7 (80... Bc1 81. h7 Bb2
82. Ne6 Bh8 83. Nf4 Ba1 84. Nh5 Bh8 85. Ng7+ Ke7 86. Kxh8 Kf8) 81. Nh3 Bc1 $1
82. h7 Bb2 83. Nf4 Ba1 84. Nh5 Bh8 85. Kxh8 Kf7 $11 {Diese Varianten werden
von der Endspiel-CD bestдtigt.}) 79... Bb2 {This position is a theoretical
draw so futher attempts of White are useless.} 80. Nf7 Ba1 81. Nh6 Kf8 82. Ng4
Ke7 83. Nh6 Kf8 84. Nf5 Bb2 85. Ng3 Ba1 86. Nh5 {[%cal Gh5f6]} Bh8 $8 87. Nf4
Ke7 88. Nh5 Kf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-Cup07"]
[Site "Tomsk"]
[Date "1998.07.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Salinnikov, Denis Y"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2370"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1998.07.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 067"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 60]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7
7. Qe2 Nd5 8. c4 Ba6 9. b3 g6 10. f4 {has become popular after Kasparov-Karpov
Tilburg 1991} Bg7 (10... Qb4+ {Karpov's novelty which he tried against Gelfand
in Linares in 1992.} 11. Bd2 Qb6 12. Qe4 {Gelfand has played 12.Nc3.} Nb4 $6 (
12... f5 $142 $1) 13. Nc3 Bb7 14. a3 f5 15. Qb1 Na6 16. b4 d6 17. c5 {1-0
Pavasovic,D-Rogulj,B/Dresden 1998/ see my comments in CBM 65_03 (17)}) ({
Despite Karpov's failure in Tilburg in 1991 against Kasparov} 10... f6 $5 {
as after} 11. Ba3 Qf7 12. Qd2 Nb6 13. c5 Bxf1 14. cxb6 {Black can follow
Kasparov's recommendation} Ba6 {instead of Karpov's 14...ab?} 15. bxc7 fxe5 16.
Qa5 Qxf4 $1 17. Qxa6 Qh4+ $3 18. Kd1 (18. g3 Qe4+ 19. Kf2 Bxa3 $17) 18... Qd4+
19. Nd2 (19. Kc2 Qe4+) 19... Bxa3 20. c8=Q+ Rxc8 21. Qxc8+ Ke7 22. Qxh8 Qxa1+
23. Ke2 Qxh1 24. Qxe5+ Kf7 25. Qf4+ $10 {Kasparov}) 11. Qf2 {The main line of
10...Bg7 variation.} ({Other moves can't be recommended.} 11. Qe4 f5 12. Qe2
Nb4 13. Qd2 c5 14. Nc3 d6 15. a3 Nc6 16. Nd5 Qf7 17. Bb2 dxe5 18. fxe5 O-O 19.
O-O-O Rab8 20. Kc2 Nxe5 $17 {1/2-1/2 Kjeldsen,J-Ochsner,T/DEN 1991/EXT 97 (63)}
) (11. Qf3 Nb4 12. Qc3 c5 13. Be2 f6 $142 $1 (13... Qh4+ 14. g3 Qh3 15. Bf3 $13
{1/2-1/2 Vatanski,A-Sorsa,N/FIN-chJ U16 1996/EXT 97 (36)})) 11... Nf6 (11...
Nb6 {also was tried.}) 12. Be2 (12. Bd3 $2 {is bad in view of} Ng4 13. Qe2 Nxe5
$1 14. fxe5 Qxe5 (14... Bxe5 $5) 15. Nc3 Qxe2+ 16. Kxe2 Bxc3 $17 {0-1 Turzo,
A-Jakovenko,D/Budapest 1995/EXT 95b (42)}) 12... Ne4 (12... d6 13. Bf3 O-O 14.
O-O Bb7 15. Bb2 Nd7 16. exd6 cxd6 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Nc3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Van der
Wiel,J-Beliavsky,A/Groningen 1994/CBM 45 (38)}) (12... O-O 13. Bb2 (13. Bf3 $5)
13... Ne8 (13... Ne4 $5 14. Qe3 f5) 14. O-O f6 15. Ba3 d6 16. exd6 cxd6 17. Bb2
f5 18. Bxg7 Qxg7 19. Nd2 Nf6 20. Bf3 d5 $11 {0-1 Grosar,K-Vedenina,O/Halle
1995/EXT 95ch (57)}) 13. Qe3 f5 14. Ba3 $1 $146 {It's clearly better than two
other options.} (14. Nd2 d5 {0-1 Sandor,C-Petran,P/Budapest 1995/EXT 97 (26)}
15. Nxe4 $5) (14. Bf3 d5 15. O-O O-O $2 (15... Qe6 $5) 16. Bxe4 fxe4 17. Ba3
$18 {0-1 Van der Veen,H-Lytchak,B/NRW-Liga II 1996/NRW-II (37)}) 14... Qe6 $6 (
14... d6 $142 $1 {[%cal Gc6c5]} 15. Nd2 Nxd2 16. Qxd2 O-O-O $14 (16... Bb7 $5))
15. Nd2 Nxd2 (15... d5 $6 16. Nxe4 fxe4 17. Rc1 $1 $16 {[%cal Gc4d5]}) 16. Qxd2
O-O-O (16... d6 17. Qa5 $16) (16... Bb7 17. Qa5 O-O-O {see 16...0-0-0}) 17. Qa5
Bb7 $8 (17... Kb7 $2 18. Rc1 $1 $18 {[%cal Gb3b4,Gb4b5]} d6 (18... d5 19. cxd5
$18) 19. b4 $18) 18. O-O $1 (18. Qxa7 d6 $132) 18... Kb8 $2 (18... d6 $142 19.
Bb2 $1 $14 (19. exd6 $2 cxd6 20. Rae1 (20. Bf3 $142) 20... Qe3+ 21. Kh1 Bc3))
19. Bc5 {Now bishop brings up the diagonal a7-g1 and black's position is
getting difficult.} a6 20. Bf2 $1 $16 {[%cal Ga5c5,Gc5a7] Preparing Qa5-c5-a7
and then c5.} d6 $8 (20... g5 21. Qc5 gxf4 22. Rad1 (22. Qa7+ Kc8 23. c5 $18 {
[%csl Rc8][%cal Ge2a6]})) 21. exd6 $1 cxd6 (21... Bxa1 $2 22. dxc7+ Kc8 23.
cxd8=Q+ Rxd8 24. Rxa1 $18 {[%csl Rc8]}) 22. Rae1 Qd7 23. b4 {Attack on the
queen side decides the game as black doesn't have any counter chances.} (23. c5
$5 {[%cal Ge2a6]}) 23... Rde8 24. b5 Qc7 25. b6 $1 {[%cal Gc4c5] Now White
gets positionally winning position as bishop on b7 is out of play and queen
has to stand on c8 defending the a6 pawn.White simply changes black square
bishops and the rest is out of interest.} Qc8 26. c5 $1 {[%csl Ra6,Rb7]} d5 27.
Bd3 $18 {[%cal Ga5a4,Gf2d4] preparing Bd4} Re4 28. Bxe4 fxe4 29. Qd2 Qf8 30.
Bd4 Bf6 {If Black doesn't resign White would continue 31.Qc3 fully dominating
on the board.} 1-0

[Event "Rubinstein Memorial 36th"]
[Site "Polanica Zdroj"]
[Date "1999.08.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Black "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2587"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1999.08.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 073"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bb4+ {A. Miles' speciality and a rare
guest in the modern practice.Main lines are 4...Nf6 and 4...Bc5} (4... Bc5 5.
Be3 Bb6 6. c3 Nge7 (6... d6 7. Bb5 Nge7 8. Nd2 O-O 9. O-O f5 10. exf5 Nxd4 11.
Bxd4 Bxd4 12. cxd4 Bxf5 13. Nf3 Ng6 14. Bd3 Kh8 15. Rc1 c6 16. Rc3 Nf4 17. Bc2
Bg4 18. Re1 Qf6 19. Rce3 Nh3+ 20. Kf1 Qh4 21. Qe2 Qh5 22. Qd3 Nf4 23. Qe4 Nxg2
{0-1 Fleissig,P-Alekhine,A/Bern 1922/EXT 99 (23)}) 7. f4 f5 8. Nd2 d6 9. Bd3
O-O 10. O-O Bd7 11. N2f3 d5 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Bc4 Be6 14. Nxe6 Bxe3+ 15. Kh1
Qd6 16. Nxf8 Kxf8 17. Qxd5 Qxd5 18. Bxd5 Ne7 19. Bb3 Ng6 20. Ng5 {1-0 Van
Foreest,D-Siebenhaar,W/Gouda 1884/HCL (20)}) 5. c3 Bc5 6. Be3 {[%cal Gd4c6]} ({
Kasparov's} 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 {carry more conviction:} Qh4 $6 8. Qe2 Nf6 9.
h3 O-O 10. g3 Qh5 11. g4 Qe5 12. g5 Nxe4 $2 13. Bxe4 Re8 14. Bf3 Qxe2+ 15. Bxe2
Ba6 16. c4 Bxc4 17. Nc3 Rab8 18. Kf1 Be6 19. b3 f6 20. gxf6 Bd4 21. Bb2 Bxf6
22. Na4 Bh4 23. Nc5 Rf8 24. Rh2 Bxh3+ 25. Kg1 Rbe8 26. Nxd7 Bxf2+ 27. Rxf2 Bxd7
28. Bc4+ Be6 29. Rxf8+ Kxf8 30. Rf1+ Ke7 31. Bxe6 {1-0 Kasparov,G-Leko,P/
Tilburg 1997/CBM 61/[ChessBase] (31)}) 6... Bb6 {The same position with Black
to move is known from the last century and Alekhine's simultaneous game.See 4..
.Bc5.} 7. Nxc6 $146 {A new continuation which doesn't allow to hope on the
opening advantage.Almost all other possible moves were already tried.Probably
White has to look for advantage in 7.Nf5!?.See Ivanchuk's game.} (7. Nd2 Nge7 (
7... Nf6 8. Nxc6 bxc6 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 O-O 11. Bd3 Re8 {1/2-1/2 Borgo,
G-Godena,M/Bozen 1998/CBM 65 ext (11)}) 8. Nc4 Bxd4 9. Bxd4 O-O 10. Bd3 d5 11.
Ne3 Nxd4 12. cxd4 dxe4 13. Bxe4 f5 14. Bf3 f4 15. Qb3+ Kh8 16. Nc2 Nf5 17.
O-O-O a5 18. Rhe1 Ra6 19. d5 Rd6 20. Qc3 b6 21. Nd4 Nxd4 {Hoen,R-Miles,A/
Slough 1997/CBM 62/[Mikhalevski,V]/0-1 (32)}) (7. Nf5 $5 Bxe3 8. Nxe3 Nf6 9. f3
O-O 10. c4 d6 11. Nc3 Nd7 12. Qd2 Nc5 13. Be2 f5 14. exf5 Bxf5 15. Nxf5 Rxf5
16. O-O-O a5 17. Rhe1 Rf7 18. g3 Qd7 19. f4 Nb4 20. b3 Qf5 21. Nb5 Ne4 {
Ivanchuk,V-Morovic Fernandez,I/Cap d'Agde 1998/EXT 99/1/2-1/2 (43)}) (7. Bc4) (
7. Qa4 Nge7 (7... Rb8 8. Nd2 Nge7 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O d6 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Bxb6
axb6 13. f4 f5 14. Bd3 fxe4 15. Nxe4 Bf5 16. Rae1 Qd7 17. Qc2 Rbe8 18. Ng3 Bxd3
19. Qxd3 Nd5 20. f5 Rf7 21. Rxe8+ Qxe8 {Garcia,G-Miles,A/Ubeda op 1997/EXP 56/
1/2-1/2 (54)}) 8. Nd2 O-O 9. O-O-O Nxd4 10. Bxd4 Bxd4 11. Qxd4 d5 12. Nf3 c6
13. exd5 Qxd5 {Van der Wiel,J-Ernst,S NLD-ch 1998/CBM66[Mikhalevski,V]}) 7...
bxc6 8. Bd4 Nf6 9. e5 (9. Bd3 $5) 9... Nd5 10. Bc4 O-O 11. O-O ({In case of} 
11. Bxd5 $6 cxd5 12. Bxb6 axb6 13. Qxd5 Ra5 14. Qd4 Re8 {Black takes
initiative in his hands.}) 11... d6 $1 12. a4 $2 {[%mdl 16384] White doesn't
feel danger.He had to think about developing of his pieces.} ({Again} 12. Bxd5
$6 cxd5 13. Bxb6 axb6 14. Qxd5 Ra5 {can't satisfy White.}) (12. exd6 $142 Qxd6
13. Re1 {[%cal Gb1d2]}) 12... Be6 $1 13. a5 $2 {[%mdl 16384] White follows
principle:"If you said "A" say "B" ."It's not always like that.In the current
case White loses another important tempo which could be used for the
developing of his knight.Now initiative moves to the Black's hands.} (13. Nd2
$142 c5 $140 14. Bxd5 Bxd5 15. Be3 {[%cal Ga4a5]}) 13... Bxd4 14. Qxd4 Qg5 $1
$15 15. Re1 $2 {[%mdl 8192] This is already a decisive mistake.Sutovsky loses
first his central pawn for nothing and then the game.} (15. f4 {was White's
last chance.After} dxe5 16. fxg5 exd4 17. Bxd5 $8 (17. cxd4 $2 Ne3) 17... Bxd5
18. cxd4 {he obtain some chances to equalize:} Rab8 19. Rf2 Rb4 20. Nc3 $1 Be6
$15 (20... Rxd4 21. Nxd5 Rxd5 (21... cxd5 22. Rc1 Rc8 23. Rfc2 {[%csl Ra7,Rc7]}
) 22. Rc2 $132 {[%csl Ra7,Rc6,Rc7]})) (15. exd6 $6 Bh3 (15... Nf4 16. g3 cxd6
17. Re1) 16. Qe4 Nf4 17. g3 Bxf1 18. Bxf1 Nd5 19. c4 Nb4 $1 20. dxc7 Qc1 $1 $15
) 15... Nf4 16. g3 ({Or} 16. Bf1 dxe5 17. Qxe5 Nh3+ 18. Kh1 Nxf2+ $17) 16...
Nh3+ $1 17. Kg2 (17. Kf1 dxe5 {doesn't look better}) 17... c5 {It's suddenly
becomes clear that White has to leave his bishop unprotected.} 18. Qe3 (18. Qd2
Bxc4 19. Kxh3 Qh5+ 20. Kg2 dxe5 $17) (18. Qe4 $2 {is refuted by nice tactical
blow:} d5 $1 19. f4 (19. Bxd5 Bxd5 20. Qxd5 Nf4+ {[%csl Rd5,Rg2]}) 19... Qg4
$19) 18... Bxc4 19. Kxh3 Qh5+ $1 {It's logical to keep queens on the board
because all white squares are weak and White's king feels very uncomfortable}
20. Kg2 Bd5+ (20... Rae8 $5) 21. Kg1 Rae8 22. f4 (22. Qd3 Rxe5 23. Rxe5 Qxe5
24. Nd2 Re8 $19) 22... f6 $1 {Look at the position.All Black men occupy good
attacking positions while White thinks only about losing as less material as
possible.This is the typical result of neglecting principles of developing.}
23. Qd3 $8 Qf7 $1 24. e6 $8 Rxe6 $17 25. Na3 {Finally White develops his
knight,but now it's too late to save the day.} (25. Nd2 Rfe8 26. Rxe6 Qxe6 27.
Rd1 Bc6 $19) 25... Rfe8 26. Rxe6 Qxe6 27. Rd1 (27. f5 $142 Qe4 28. Qxe4 Rxe4
29. Nb5 Re2 $17) 27... Bc6 $1 28. Qc4 (28. b4 Qa2 $1 29. Qc4+ Qxc4 30. Nxc4 Re4
$1 31. Na3 cxb4 32. cxb4 Ba4 33. Rb1 Re3 $19) 28... Qxc4 29. Nxc4 d5 (29... Re4
$5 30. b3 (30. Nd2 Re2 $19) 30... Bb5 31. Nd2 Re2 $19 {[%cal Gb5c6]}) 30. Na3 (
30. Nd2 $5) 30... Re2 31. b4 d4 $1 {[%mdl 64] Decisive break-through.Onischuk
is precise till the very end.} 32. b5 (32. bxc5 Rg2+ 33. Kf1 Ra2 $1 34. Nb1
Rxh2 35. cxd4 $140 Rh1+ 36. Ke2 Bf3+ $19) 32... Bf3 $1 33. cxd4 Rg2+ $1 34. Kf1
Ra2 $19 {[%cal Rf3d1,Ra2a3] The point of 31...d4.White loses a piece.} 35. Rc1
(35. Rd3 Be2+) 35... Rxa3 36. a6 cxd4 37. Kf2 (37. Rxc7 d3 38. Rd7 Ra2 39. Ke1
Re2+ 40. Kf1 d2 $19) 0-1

[Event "Monaco m"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1997.09.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1997.09.10"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 061"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. c3 Nge7 7. Bc4 Qg6 8.
O-O Ne5 9. Be2 d6 10. Kh1 Qxe4 ({Black usually played} 10... O-O 11. f4 (11. f3
Kh8 12. Nd2 d5 13. Bf4 f6 14. h3 Bb6 15. Bh2 dxe4 16. fxe4 Qe8 17. Nc4 Nxc4 18.
Bxc4 Nc6 19. Nxc6 Qxc6 20. Qd5 Qxd5 21. exd5 Bd7 22. a4 a5 23. Bb5 Rad8 24.
Bxd7 Rxd7 25. c4 Bc5 26. Rfe1 Kg8 27. Bg1 Bxg1 28. Kxg1 Kf7 29. Ra3 Re8 30.
Rae3 Rxe3 31. Rxe3 Re7 32. Kf2 b6 33. Rd3 Re4 34. b3 Ke7 35. Kf3 Re1 36. Kf2
Re4 37. Kf3 Re1 38. Kf2 Re5 39. Rg3 g6 40. Rf3 Re4 {1/2-1/2 Richter,
O-Souleidis,G/BL2-W 1994}) ({Svidler} 11. Nd2 {is the main move of 10...0-0
line} Ng4 12. Bf4 Nf6 (12... Qf6 13. Bg3 Bxd4 14. Bxg4 $14) 13. Bd3 (13. f3 $5
Nh5 14. Be3 f5 $13) 13... Qg4 $1 14. Qxg4 Nxg4 15. b4 Bxd4 $6 (15... Bb6 $132)
16. cxd4 Nc6 17. Rac1 $2 (17. d5 Nxb4 18. Be2 Re8 19. Rfc1 Re7 20. Rab1 a5 21.
a3 Na6 22. Bxg4 Bxg4 23. Rxb7 Kf8 24. Be3 $14 {>< Na6}) 17... Nxd4 $1 18. h3 (
18. Rxc7 Ne6 19. Bxd6 Rd8 $19) 18... Ne5 (18... Nf6 19. Be3 Ne6 20. f4 $44) 19.
Bxe5 dxe5 20. Rxc7 Ne6 (20... Rd8 21. Rfc1 Ne6 22. R7c3 Nf4 23. Bf1 Be6 24. Nf3
f6 $10) 21. Rc3 Nf4 22. Bc4 Be6 23. g3 $5 Bxh3 $6 (23... Bxc4 24. Nxc4 Nxh3 $1
25. Nxe5 $8 Ng5 26. f3 Ne6 $10) 24. Rg1 $1 (24. gxf4 $2 Bxf1 25. Bxf1 Rac8 $1
$15) 24... Ne6 25. g4 Nf4 26. Kh2 (26. Nf3 b5 $1 $8 27. Bxb5 f6 28. Bc4+ Kh8
29. Kh2 h5 30. gxh5 Rac8 $13) 26... Rac8 27. Rxh3 Rfd8 28. Bd5 Rc2 29. Rd1 Nxh3
(29... Nxd5 30. Rd3 $18) 30. Kxh3 $14 Kf8 31. Kg2 f6 32. Nf1 $1 Rxa2 $2 33. Rc1
Rb2 34. Rc7 Rxb4 35. Ne3 $1 $18 Rb6 36. Nf5 g6 37. Rf7+ {1-0 Svidler,
P-Arkhipov,S/RUS-ch Elista 1994}) 11... Ng4 (11... Qxe4 12. Nd2 Qxe3 13. Nc2
Ng4 14. Nxe3 Nxe3 15. Qa4 Nxf1 16. Rxf1 Nd5 17. Bf3 Ne3 18. Re1 Bf5 19. b4 Bb6
20. Bxb7 Rae8 21. Bc6 Re6 22. h3 d5 23. Bd7 Bc2 24. Qa3 Rg6 25. g4 Bd3 26. Kh2
Nc2 27. Qc1 Rd8 28. Bf5 Nxe1 29. Bxg6 Re8 30. Bxd3 Nxd3 31. Qf1 Re3 32. c4 c6
33. b5 Bc7 34. bxc6 Nxf4 35. cxd5 Re2+ 36. Kh1 {Berg,E-Acs,P/EU-chJM U16
Rimavska Sobota 1996/1-0 (65)}) 12. Bg1 f5 13. exf5 Nxf5 14. Bxg4 Ng3+ 15. hxg3
Bxg4 16. Qb3+ Kh8 17. Nf3 Bxf3 18. Rxf3 Qh5+ 19. Bh2 Rf6 20. Nd2 {0-1 Grosar,
K-Basagic,V/Bled opW 1993}) 11. Nd2 Qg6 12. Nb5 O-O 13. Nxc7 Rb8 14. Bf4 Bd7
$146 {/\Bc6} ({In the first game of 10...Q:e4 line black tried} 14... Bf5 15.
Nb3 Bb6 16. Nb5 Rbd8 17. Qd2 N7c6 18. Be3 Bxe3 19. Qxe3 Rfe8 20. Qd2 d5 21.
Rae1 Nc4 22. Qc1 Be4 23. f3 Bf5 24. Bxc4 dxc4 25. N3d4 Nxd4 26. Nxd4 Bd3 27.
Rxe8+ Rxe8 28. Re1 Rxe1+ 29. Qxe1 h6 30. Qe8+ Kh7 31. Qb5 Qf6 32. Qxb7 Qg5 33.
h3 Qc1+ {1/2-1/2 Lautier,J-Van der Sterren,P/Amsterdam Donner mem-A 1994/CBM
43/[Ftacnik]}) 15. Nb3 Bc6 16. Bg3 Bb6 17. Nb5 Nf5 18. N3d4 Nxg3+ 19. fxg3 {
/\20.Bh5 Qh6 21.Nf5} Be4 (19... Rbd8 $5) 20. Bh5 Qh6 21. Bf3 d5 $5 (21... Bxf3
$142 22. gxf3 Qf6 $11 (22... Qg6 $5) (22... Nc4 $6 23. Qe2 d5 24. Rfe1 $14))
22. Bxe4 dxe4 23. Qe2 e3 (23... Nd3 24. Qxe4 Nxb2 25. Nf5 Qg5 26. Nbd6 $16) 24.
Nf5 Qe6 $2 (24... Qg5 $142 25. Nbd4 $1 (25. Nbd6 {/\Ne4} Kh8 $1 $13 {[]}) 25...
Rbd8 (25... Rfe8 26. h4 (26. Qxe3 Qxe3 27. Nxe3 Nd3 $11) 26... Qg6 27. Qxe3 $14
) 26. Rae1 $1 Bxd4 $1 27. Nxd4 Nc6 $1 28. Nxc6 (28. Qxe3 Qxe3 29. Rxe3 Nxd4 30.
cxd4 Rxd4 31. Re7 Rb4 $11) 28... bxc6 29. Qxe3 Qxe3 30. Rxe3 Rd2 $14 {/=}) 25.
Nbd4 Bxd4 26. Nxd4 Qb6 27. Qxe3 $16 Rbe8 (27... Nc4 28. Qe2) 28. Qf2 (28. b3 $5
) 28... g6 (28... Ng4 29. Qf4 (29. Qf3 Ne5 30. Qe2 Nc6 31. Qf2 Nxd4 32. cxd4)
29... Ne3 30. Rf2 $16) 29. h3 Nd3 30. Qf3 Nc5 (30... Nxb2 $2 31. Rab1 $18) 31.
b3 $6 Ne4 {><c3} 32. Rad1 Qc7 33. Rd3 f5 $44 34. Qf4 $6 (34. c4) 34... Qb6 35.
c4 $6 g5 $2 (35... Rd8 $142 36. Rfd1 (36. Qe5 Nxg3+) 36... Nc5 37. Re3 (37.
R3d2 Ne4 38. Rd3 Nc5) 37... Ne4 38. Red3 Nc5 $11) 36. Qc1 (36. Qf3 f4 $1) 36...
Qa5 (36... Rd8 37. Qe3 Qg6 $5 $44 {/\f4!}) 37. Kh2 $1 (37. Qc2 $6 Qe5 38. Ne2
Rd8 $1) 37... Qe5 38. Rff3 (38. Qe3 $5) 38... h5 $2 (38... Rd8 $142) 39. Nxf5
$1 $18 h4 (39... Rxf5 40. Rd5) 40. Rd5 Qc7 41. Qe3 Rf6 42. Kg1 hxg3 43. Nxg3
1-0

[Event "Lee Cup 4th"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "1997.08.30"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Oll, Lembit"]
[Black "Peng, Xiaomin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[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. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. c3 Nge7 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
O-O Bb6 9. Na3 Nxd4 (9... Rd8 10. Nac2 d5 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Be2 Bb7 13. exd5
cxd5 14. Bf3 Nf5 15. Bxb6 axb6 16. g3 c5 17. Bg2 Bc6 18. Qg4 Ra4 19. Qf3 Rd6
20. Rfe1 g6 21. Qd3 h5 22. a3 Kg7 23. Rad1 Ra8 24. Ne3 {Riou,I-Koerholz,L/
Candas op 1996/EXP 51/0-1 (34)}) 10. Bxd4 (10. cxd4 d5 11. exd5 Rd8 12. Qh5 h6
13. Rfe1 Bf5 14. Qf3 Rd7 15. Nb5 Rad8 16. Bf4 Bg6 17. Nc3 Bxd4 18. Rad1 Bh5 19.
g4 Bxc3 20. bxc3 g5 21. gxh5 Qxf4 22. Qxf4 gxf4 23. Rb1 Nxd5 24. Rxb7 f3 {
Chandler,M-Short,N/ENG-ch m 1991/CBM 28/1/2-1/2 (56)}) 10... Bxd4 11. cxd4 (11.
Qxd4 Qxd4 12. cxd4 c6 13. Rfe1 b5 14. Bb3 a5 15. Rac1 Bb7 $13 {1/2-1/2 Rohl,
T-Onischuk,A/Moscow olm 1994 (100)}) 11... d5 12. exd5 (12. e5 Qb6 13. Bd3 Qxb2
14. Nb5 c6 15. Rb1 Qxa2 16. Ra1 {1/2-1/2 Schmaltz,R-Slobodjan,R/GER-chJ U20
1992/EXT 92ch}) 12... Nf5 13. Nc2 $14 b6 $2 (13... Nd6 $142) 14. Qf3 $1 Qg5 15.
Rfe1 (15. Rae1 $5) 15... Nd6 16. Bd3 Bb7 17. Re5 $16 f5 18. Rae1 Rad8 19. Qe3 (
19. Re7) 19... Qxe3 20. fxe3 $6 {><e5;/\Nc2-b4-c6} (20. Nxe3 $142) 20... a5 $1
21. Rc1 g6 22. Na3 Rf7 23. b3 (23. Nc4 {doesn't create any threat.White start
fill uncomfortable position of his rook on e5.}) 23... Kf8 {Black is preparing
Rg7,Nf7 and after Re6-B:d5} 24. Bb5 Rg7 25. Bc6 {White has managed to save d5
pawn,but his rook is still in a danger.} Ba6 $1 (25... Bc8 $6 26. Nb5 $1 {
/\27N:d6 cd 28.Re8!+/-} Nf7 $140 (26... Ba6 27. Nxd6 cxd6 28. Re6 Bc8 $140 29.
Re8+) 27. d6 $1 cxd6 28. Re8+ $1 Rxe8 29. Bxe8 $16) 26. h4 {White is
preventing 26...Nf7 27.Re6 Ng5,but anyway he must sacrifice an exchange...Now
we can see that 20.fe wasn't very smart.} (26. Nc4 Nf7 27. Re6 Ng5 (27... Bc8
$5) 28. Re5 Nf7 $11) 26... Nf7 27. Re6 Bc8 28. Nc4 h5 $5 {An intresting idea.
Black is planning to play 29...g5 and after 30.hg to take on e6 and then N:g5
bringing his knight into the play.} ({Certainly} 28... Bxe6 29. dxe6 Nd6 {
was also possible}) 29. Kf2 g5 30. hxg5 Bxe6 31. dxe6 Nxg5 32. d5 Ne4+ (32...
Ke7 33. Rh1 Ne4+ 34. Kf3 Rg3+ (34... Nf6 35. Ne5 Nxd5 36. Nf7 Rxf7 37. exf7
Kxf7 38. Bxd5+ Rxd5 39. Rxh5 Kg6 $11) 35. Kf4 Rg4+ {see the game}) 33. Kf3 Rg3+
34. Kf4 Ke7 35. Rh1 Rdg8 $2 (35... Rg4+ $142 $1 36. Kf3 (36. Ke5 $2 Ng3) 36...
h4 $1 37. Ne5 Rg3+ 38. Kf4 Rxg2 39. Rxh4 Rf2+ 40. Nf3 Nf6 $17 (40... Nd2 $5))
36. Rxh5 R8g4+ $2 (36... R3g4+ $1 37. Kf3 (37. Ke5 $6 Nf6 38. d6+ (38. Rh1 Re4+
$1 39. Kxf5 Reg4 $1 $19) 38... cxd6+ 39. Nxd6 Nxh5 40. Nxf5+ Kd8 41. e7+ Kc7
42. e8=Q Rxe8+ 43. Bxe8 Ng7 $17) 37... Kf6 $1 38. Rh6+ R8g6 $15) 37. Kxf5 $16
Nf6 38. Rh8 $2 (38. d6+ $3 cxd6 39. Nxb6 $1 Nxh5 $1 (39... Rg8 40. Nd5+ Nxd5
41. Rh7+ $16 (41. Bxd5 $16)) 40. Nd5+ Kf8 41. e7+ Kg7 42. e8=Q Rg5+ 43. Ke4 (
43. Ke6 Re5+ 44. Kxd6 Rxe8 45. Bxe8 Nf6 46. Bc6 Nxd5 47. Bxd5 Rxe3 $14) 43...
Re5+ 44. Qxe5+ dxe5 45. Kxe5 $14) 38... Rg5+ 39. Kf4 R5g4+ 40. Ke5 Rxg2 $2 (
40... Rg5+ $142 41. Kf4 (41. Kd4 R3g4+ 42. Kd3 Nxd5 43. Rh7+ Kf6) 41... R5g4+
$11) 41. d6+ cxd6+ 42. Nxd6 Rg5+ 43. Nf5+ Rxf5+ 44. Kxf5 $16 Rxa2 (44... Rf2+
45. Ke5 Ng4+ 46. Kd4 $16) 45. Rb8 Rf2+ 46. Ke5 Ng4+ 47. Ke4 Kxe6 48. Rxb6 $18
Kd6 49. Ba4+ Ke7 50. Rb7+ Kd6 51. Rb5 Rf7 52. Kd4 Rf1 53. Rd5+ $1 Ke7 54. Rxa5
Rd1+ 55. Ke4 Nf6+ 56. Kf3 Kd6 57. Bb5 Rh1 58. Bc4 Rh4 59. Ra6+ Ke5 60. Re6+ Kf5
61. Re7 1-0

[Event "NED-ch53"]
[Site "Rotterdam"]
[Date "1998.06.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Van der Wiel, John"]
[Black "Van der Sterren, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1998.06.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 066"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nxc6 Qf6 6. Qd2 dxc6 7. Nc3 Be6
8. Na4 Rd8 9. Bd3 Bd4 10. O-O b5 11. Nc3 (11. c3 $5 Be5 (11... bxa4 12. cxd4
Qxd4 13. Qg5 $1 h6 (13... Nf6 $5) 14. Qg3 Nf6 15. Bc2 $8 Nxe4 $1 16. Qa3 $1 Nd6
$1 17. Rd1 Qc4 18. Bxa4 O-O 19. Be3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Shaked,T-Gligoric,S/Cannes
Generations 1998}) 12. f4 bxa4 13. fxe5 Qxe5 14. Qe2 Nf6 15. Bf4 Qh5 16. Qc2
O-O 17. Rae1 Bxa2 18. Qxa4 Rxd3 19. Qxa2 Qc5+ 20. Kh1 Re8 21. Bxc7 Rd7 22. e5
Ng4 23. b4 Qd5 24. Qxd5 cxd5 25. Bd6 f6 26. exf6 Rxe1 27. f7+ Rxf7 {1/2-1/2
Relange,E-Smyslov,V/Cannes mT 1996}) 11... Ne7 {the main line.} (11... Nh6 {
is very rare alternative,but looks playable.} 12. Ne2 (12. a4 Ng4 13. axb5 Be5
14. g3 h5 15. Qg5 h4 16. Qxf6 gxf6 17. Ne2 hxg3 18. hxg3 Nh2 19. f4 Bd6 20. f5
Bd7 21. Rd1 Bc5+ 22. Kg2 Ng4 23. Rh1 Rxh1 24. Kxh1 cxb5 25. Bf4 Bb6 26. Kg2 Bc6
27. Nc3 b4 28. Bb5 Bxb5 29. Nxb5 Ne5 30. c3 c6 31. Nd4 Bxd4 32. cxd4 Rxd4 33.
Rxa7 Rxe4 34. Bxe5 Rxe5 35. Rc7 Rc5 36. b3 Rc3 {Sziebert,A-Acs,P/Budapest FS08
GM 1995/1/2-1/2 (59)}) 12... Bb6 13. h3 Bc4 14. Qf4 Qxf4 15. Nxf4 Bxd3 16. Nxd3
Ng8 17. a4 Ne7 18. Bf4 a5 19. b4 axb4 20. Nxb4 O-O 21. a5 Bd4 22. Ra2 c5 23.
Nd5 Nxd5 24. exd5 Rxd5 25. Bxc7 Ra8 26. g4 f5 27. Kg2 fxg4 28. hxg4 Rd7 29. Bf4
Rda7 30. c3 Bxc3 31. Be3 Rxa5 32. Rxa5 Rxa5 33. Bxc5 b4 34. Bb6 Ra6 35. Bc5 b3
36. Rd1 b2 37. Rd8+ Kf7 38. Rb8 Ra1 39. Rb7+ Ke6 {0-1 Koskoska,G-Kim,O/Erevan
olw 1996}) 12. a4 {It was introduced by Nunn in his game against Flear in 1994
(see below).Current game is second try.} (12. Kh1 {is more popular.} Qh4 (12...
Qg6 13. Ne2 O-O (13... Bb6 $5) 14. Nxd4 Rxd4 15. Qg5 $14 {1-0 Turzo,A-Andrade,
J/EU-chJM U18 1996 (53)}) 13. Ne2 Bb6 14. a4 a6 (14... O-O 15. Qf4 Qxf4 16.
Bxf4 bxa4 17. Nc3 c5 18. Rxa4 Rd4 $13 {1-0 Koskoska,G-Lang,H/Erevan olw 1996 
(38)}) 15. axb5 (15. Qf4 Qxf4 16. Nxf4 Bc8 17. Be2 O-O 18. Nd3 f5 19. e5 Nd5
20. Bg5 Rde8 21. Bh5 Re6 22. Rfe1 f4 23. axb5 axb5 24. Ra8 h6 25. Bxf4 Bxf2 26.
Nxf2 Nxf4 27. Bf3 Bd7 28. Ra7 Nxg2 29. Bxg2 Rxf2 30. Rxc7 Rd2 31. Bh3 Rxe5 32.
Rxe5 Bxh3 33. Re8+ Kh7 34. Re1 Bg2+ 35. Kg1 Bd5 36. Ree7 Rg2+ 37. Kf1 h5 38. h4
Kh6 39. Ke1 Rg4 {Chandler,M-Khalifman,A/BL9394 1994/1/2-1/2 (51)}) 15... axb5
16. Ng3 O-O 17. Qe2 Kh8 18. Be3 f5 19. Bxb6 cxb6 20. exf5 Bxf5 21. Nxf5 Nxf5
22. Ra7 Rde8 23. Rf7 Nd6 24. Re1 Rg8 25. Re7 Rxe7 26. Qxe7 Qxe7 27. Rxe7 Re8
28. Rxe8+ Nxe8 29. f4 Nd6 30. g4 g6 31. Kg2 b4 32. Kf3 Kg7 33. h4 c5 34. Ke3 {
1/2-1/2 Wells,P-Gretarsson,H/Berliner Sommer 1995}) 12... a6 $146 (12... b4 $1
{leads to an active counterplay and is enough for equality.} 13. Ne2 c5 $1 14.
Nxd4 Qxd4 15. Qf4 c4 16. Be2 Ng6 17. Qxc7 O-O $1 18. c3 (18. Bf3 Ne5) 18...
bxc3 19. bxc3 Qxc3 20. Bg5 Rd7 21. Qc5 {1/2-1/2 Nunn,J-Flear,G/Isle of Man op
1994}) 13. Qf4 {White's idea is using better pawn structure in the endgame.}
Qxf4 (13... Bxc3 $6 14. bxc3 Qxc3 15. Ra3 {[%cal Gf4c7]} (15. Bd2 $5)) (13...
O-O $6 14. Qxc7) (13... Rc8 14. Ne2 (14. Qxf6 Bxf6 15. axb5 axb5 16. Be3 $5 {
[%cal Gf2f4]} (16. f4 Bd4+ 17. Kh1 f6)) 14... Qxf4 15. Nxf4) 14. Bxf4 Rc8 (
14... Rd7 $5 15. axb5 axb5 16. Ra8+ Rd8 17. Rxd8+ (17. Rfa1 Kd7 $1 {[%cal
Ge7g6]}) 17... Kxd8 18. Rd1 Bxc3 (18... Kc8 $2 19. Bxb5 $1 Bxc3 $140 20. Ba6+
Kb8 21. bxc3 $18) 19. bxc3 (19. Bxb5+ $2 Bd7 $1) 19... Kc8) 15. Rfe1 {[%cal
Gf4e3] White has to do something with a strong bishop on"d4".Van der Wiel
decide to change it by playing Be3.} ({Another option was to play} 15. Rfb1 $5
{[%cal Gc3e2] with an idea to expel the bishop on "d4" by knight.It looks a
bit artificial,but probably is not so bad.} Ng6 16. Bg3) 15... O-O 16. Be3 {
every changed peace advances White to the win.} Bxe3 (16... Rfd8 $5 17. Bxd4
$140 Rxd4 18. axb5 axb5 19. Ra7 Ng6) 17. Rxe3 Rfd8 18. f4 $14 {[%cal Gf4f5,
Gg2g4] Extra pawn on king side goes forward.} f6 {is necessary.Otherwise White
would play f4-f5,then g2-g4 restricting the bishop and finally preparing e4-e5.
} ({but not} 18... g6 $6 19. Rf1 {[%cal Gf4f5]}) 19. axb5 axb5 20. f5 Bf7 21.
e5 fxe5 22. Rxe5 Kf8 (22... Nd5 23. Nxd5 {I think White wouldn't have anything
against one more change.It moves him nearer to the ideal-pawn ending!}) 23. Ne4
{[%cal Ge4g5,Ge4c5]} (23. Rae1 {looks more logical.}) 23... Rd5 24. Nc5 $5 (24.
Rxd5 $5 Nxd5 (24... cxd5 25. Ng5) 25. Nc5 {leads to the game position.}) 24...
Rcd8 (24... Rxe5 25. Nd7+ Kg8 26. Nxe5 $14) 25. Rxd5 (25. Rae1 $5 Rxe5 26. Rxe5
Rd5 27. g4 {[%cal Gg1f2,Gf2f3,Gf3f4] and White is still clearly better.}) 25...
Nxd5 26. Re1 $6 (26. Be4 $142 $1 {[%cal Gg1f2,Gf2f3,Gg2g4,Gh2h4] prevanting
Nb4 and going on with the plan of strengthening position by playing Kg1-f2-f3
and then advancing "g" and "h"pawns.}) 26... Nb4 $1 {[%cal Gd8d5] Now Black
get counter-chances.} 27. Be4 (27. Ne6+ $2 Bxe6 28. fxe6 Ke7 $1 (28... Kg8 $2
29. Be4 $16) 29. Bxh7 Rd2 {[%csl Rb2,Rc2,Re6]}) (27. Re5 $1 {against Rd5.} Nxd3
28. cxd3 $1 {and white is still better thanks to strong knight on "c5" and an
extra pawn on the king side.}) 27... Rd2 28. c3 Nc2 29. Rc1 Ne3 30. Re1 Nc2 31.
Rc1 Ne3 32. Bxc6 {White can't submit with a draw.} (32. Re1 $11) 32... Rxb2 {
[%csl Rf5]} 33. Nd7+ $1 Kg8 (33... Ke7 $4 34. Re1 Kd6 35. Rxe3 Kxc6 36. Ne5+
$18) 34. Ne5 (34. Ra1 Bd5 $1) 34... Nxf5 35. Ra1 $1 {[%cal Ga1a8,Ga1a7]} (35.
Rf1 Ne7 $1 (35... Be6)) 35... Ra2 (35... Ba2 $4 36. Rxa2) (35... Kf8 $4 36. Rf1
$18 {[%cal Gg2g4]}) (35... g6 $5 36. Ra8+ Kg7 37. Ra7 Ne7 $1 $11) 36. Rd1 $1 (
36. Rxa2 Bxa2 37. Bxb5 $11) (36. Rf1 $143 Ne7 $1 {[]} (36... Be6 $4 37. Rxf5))
36... Nd6 $8 37. Nxf7 Nxf7 38. Bxb5 (38. Re1 $3 {The fantastic position has
arised.Black a pawn up,but has to be very careful not to lose two pawns at
once.} g6 39. Re8+ $1 Kg7 40. Re7 Ra1+ $1 (40... Rd2 $6 41. Rxc7 (41. Bxb5 $143
Rd1+ 42. Kf2 Rd5 43. Bc4 Rf5+ $14) 41... Kf6 42. Bxb5 $16 {/+/=}) 41. Kf2 Kf6 (
41... Ra2+ $2 42. Ke3 Ra1 43. Rxc7 $16) 42. Rxc7 Ra2+ $1 (42... Rb1 $5) 43. Ke3
$1 (43. Kg3 Nd6 $1 {[%csl Rc3][%cal Ga2a3]}) 43... Ne5 44. Bxb5 Rxg2 45. Rxh7
Rc2 $1 (45... Rxh2 $4 46. Rxh2 Ng4+ 47. Kf3 Nxh2+ 48. Kg3 $18 {[%csl Rh2]}) 46.
Kd4 Nf3+ 47. Kd3 Rxh2 $11) 38... Nd6 39. Bc6 (39. Rxd6 $4 Ra1+ 40. Kf2 cxd6)
39... Rc2 (39... Kf8 $5) 40. Rd3 (40. Rf1 $142 {[%cal Gf1f3]}) 40... Kf7 41.
Rf3+ Ke7 $11 1/2-1/2

[Event "Vlissingen HZ op 03rd"]
[Site "Vlissingen"]
[Date "1999.08.14"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Baklan, Vladimir"]
[Black "Mikhalevski, Victor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2591"]
[BlackElo "2516"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "1999.08.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
c4 Ba6 9. g3 g6 10. b3 Bg7 11. Bb2 O-O-O (11... O-O {is another option.}) 12.
f4 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8] An interesting novelty.It's strange enough,but this move
have never been played yet.} ({Earlier} 12. Bg2 {was played almost
automatically.}) 12... f6 $1 {Accepting the challenge.} 13. Qf2 $5 {[%cal
Gc4d5,Gf2a7] Probably most dangerous for Black continuation.} (13. e6 $2 f5 $1)
(13. exf6 $5 {leads into complicate endgame where White is probably slightly
better.} Qxe2+ (13... Qb4+ 14. Qd2 (14. Nd2 Bxf6) 14... Rhe8+ (14... Qxd2+ 15.
Nxd2 (15. Kxd2 Nxf6 16. Kc2 $5 $13) 15... Rhe8+ 16. Kd1 Nxf6 $13 (16... Bxf6 $4
17. cxd5)) 15. Kd1 Qxd2+ 16. Nxd2 Nxf6 $13 (16... Bxf6 $4 17. cxd5)) 14. Bxe2
Bxf6 $1 15. Bxf6 (15. cxd5 $2 Bxb2 16. Bxa6+ Kb8) 15... Nxf6 {/\Rhe8,d5}) ({
As variations show} 13. Qd2 {is worse than 13.Qf2:} Nb6 14. c5 $8 Bxf1 15. cxb6
Bb5 $1 16. a4 (16. bxc7 Kxc7 17. Qa5+ Kb7 18. a4 Ba6 19. Nc3 fxe5 20. O-O-O e4
$1 $17 (20... exf4 $2 21. Rhe1 Qf7 22. Ne4 $1)) (16. Qa5 $2 fxe5 $1 17. Qxa7
exf4+ 18. Kd1 Qe2+ 19. Kc1 Bxb2#) 16... Ba6 17. Qa5 Kb7 18. bxc7 Rde8 $1 19.
Nc3 fxe5 (19... d5 $2 {/\Qc7} 20. Nxd5 $1 {/\Nb4} (20. Nb5 $2 fxe5 21. Ba3 {
/\Nb6} c5 $1) 20... cxd5 21. Qxd5+ Kxc7 22. Ba3 $1 (22. Rc1+ Kb8) 22... Rd8
$140 23. Qa5+ $1) 20. O-O-O d5 $1 $17 (20... exf4 $2 21. Rhe1 $1 Qxe1 22. c8=Q+
$1) (20... e4 $2 21. c8=Q+ $1 Rxc8 22. Nxe4 $1 Bxb2+ (22... Qxe4 23. Bxg7 $1 (
23. Rxd7+ $2 Ka8)) 23. Kxb2 Qxe4 24. Rxd7+ Kb8 25. Qxa6 $18) 21. Nxd5 $140 cxd5
22. Qxd5+ Kxc7 23. Rhe1 {[%cal Ge1e5] /\R:e5} e4 $19) 13... Nb6 $1 {This
almost forced move took about 40 minutes of thinking.The reason is very simple:
in both lines(13...fe and 13...Nb6) I couldn't find any sensible defence.} ({
Piece sacrifice by means of} 13... fxe5 $2 {doesn't work} 14. cxd5 exf4+ 15.
Kd1 Bxf1 (15... Bb7 $142 $16) 16. Bxg7 $1 Qxg7 (16... fxg3 17. Qxa7 $1 Qe2+ 18.
Kc1 Qe1+ 19. Kb2 Qe2+ 20. Ka3 Qe7+ 21. b4) (16... Be2+ 17. Kc1 $1) 17. Qxa7 $1
{[%csl Rc8]} d6 18. dxc6 $18 {[%csl Rc8]}) 14. c5 Bxf1 15. cxb6 fxe5 $3 {
[%mdl 512] The only move and strong piece sacrifice.Calculating 13...Nb6 I was
considering only 15...Ba6 for a long time and only after I have finally
realised that it leads to a very bad position in all lines I had found 15...
fe!! which is without any doubt most difficult move of the game.} (15... Ba6 $2
16. bxc7 Qb4+ {Other moves are even worse:} (16... Kxc7 17. Qxa7+ Bb7 18. Nc3
$1 {[%csl Rc7][%cal Gc3d5,Gc3b5,Ga1c1] /\Nd5;Nb5} (18. Ba3 d6 $1) 18... Qb4 19.
O-O Ra8 20. Rac1 $3 $16) (16... Rde8 17. Qxa7 $1 (17. Ba3 c5 $1) 17... Qb4+ 18.
Kd1 $1 (18. Nd2 Qb7 $13) 18... Qb7 19. Qxb7+ Kxb7 20. exf6 $18) 17. Kd1 $1 Rdf8
(17... Rde8 18. Qxa7 Qb7 19. Qxb7+ Kxb7 20. exf6 $18) (17... Kxc7 18. Qxa7+ Bb7
(18... Qb7 19. Qxb7+ Kxb7 20. exf6 $18) 19. exf6 Qd6+ 20. Qd4) 18. Qxa7 (18.
Ba3 Qe4 19. Re1 $5 (19. Qxa7 Qxh1+ $13)) 18... Qb7 19. Qxb7+ Kxb7 20. exf6 Bxf6
21. Bxf6 Rxf6 22. Nc3 $16 {+/=}) 16. Rxf1 {Last move of the game!I have to
admit that both players were already short of time while position is very
complicated.Here is the possible developing of events:} (16. Kxf1 $5 {During
the game I thought this move leads to a very dangerous attack,but analyse
shows that not everything is so simple:} exf4 $1 17. Nc3 $5 (17. g4 $5 {
is also interesting} Qe4 $5 (17... axb6) 18. bxa7 $5 (18. Kg1 $2 Bxb2 19. Qxb2
(19. bxa7 Kb7) 19... Qe1+ 20. Kg2 f3+ $19 {[%csl Rh1]}) (18. Rg1 $2 f3 $1 {
[%cal Ge4d3] /\Qd3} 19. Qd2 Qe2+ $1 20. Qxe2 fxe2+ 21. Kxe2 Bxb2 $19 {[%csl
Ra1]}) (18. Bxg7 $5 Qxh1+ 19. Qg1 (19. Ke2 $2 Rhe8+ 20. Kd2 axb6 $19 21. Bf6
$140 Qd5+ 22. Kc1 (22. Kc2 Re3 $1 {[%csl Rc2][%cal Gd5d3,Ge3e2]}) 22... Qd3 $1
{[%cal Ge8e2]}) 19... Qf3+ 20. Qf2 Qd1+ 21. Qe1 (21. Kg2 Qxg4+) 21... Qxe1+ (
21... Qd3+ 22. Qe2) 22. Kxe1 Rhe8+ 23. Kf2 cxb6 $140 (23... Re3 $5) 24. Bf6 $13
{[%csl Rd8]}) 18... Qxh1+ 19. Qg1 $5 (19. Ke2 Rhe8+ 20. Kd2 Qd5+ 21. Kc2 Qe4+
22. Kd2 $5 (22. Kd1 Kb7 23. Bxg7 f3 24. Nc3 Qxg4 $15) 22... Kb7 (22... Qe3+ 23.
Qxe3 fxe3+ 24. Ke2 $1 Kb7 25. Bxg7 d5 $36) (22... Qd5+ $11) 23. Bxg7 f3 (23...
Qe3+ $5 24. Qxe3 fxe3+ 25. Ke2 d5 $36) 24. Nc3 Qxg4 $15) 19... Qf3+ 20. Qf2
Qd1+ (20... Qh1+ $11) 21. Qe1 Qxe1+ 22. Kxe1 Kb7 23. Bxg7 Rhe8+ 24. Kf2 $13) (
17. bxa7 $2 {A serious mistake as the b-pawn has to stay on b6 creating the
threat of mate in case of fg Q:g3 which is very important as a tempo in
defence.} Kb7 18. Nc3 (18. gxf4 Bxb2 19. Qxb2 Rhf8 20. a8=Q+ (20. Qd2 Qe5 21.
Kg2 Rxf4 22. Re1 Rg4+ 23. Kh1 Qxa1 $19) (20. Qd4 Qg5 21. a8=Q+ Kxa8 (21... Rxa8
$4 22. Qb4+ $11) 22. Qa4+ Kb7 23. Qb4+ Kc8 $19) 20... Rxa8 (20... Kxa8 $2 21.
Qa3+) 21. Qd2 (21. Qd4 g5 $19 (21... Qg5 $4 22. Qb4+ $11)) 21... Qe4 $1 (21...
Qe5 $4 22. Qb4+ $11) 22. Kg1 Rxf4 23. h3 Rf1+ 24. Kxf1 Qxh1+ 25. Ke2 Re8+ 26.
Kd3 Qf3+ $19) 18... fxg3 19. Qxg3 Rhf8+ 20. Kg2 (20. Kg1 Bd4+ 21. Kg2 Rf2+ 22.
Qxf2 Bxf2 $19 23. Kxf2 $140 Rf8+ 24. Kg2 Qg5+ 25. Kh3 Rf3#) 20... Bxc3 $1 21.
Bxc3 Qe4+ 22. Kg1 Rf3 23. Qg5 Rf4 $1 $19 {[%cal Gf4g4,Ge4e3]}) 17... fxg3 (
17... Rhf8 18. bxa7 Kb7 19. g4 $1 (19. gxf4 Bxc3 20. Bxc3 Qe4 21. Kg1 Rxf4 $19)
19... Qe3 $44) 18. Qxg3 {[%cal Rg3c7] /\Qc7.That's why ba shouldn't be played.}
(18. bxa7 $2 Kb7 {-17.ba?}) 18... axb6 $44 {[%csl Rf1]}) (16. Rxf1 {Baklan}
exf4+ 17. Kd1 fxg3 (17... Qd6+) 18. Qxg3 $1 axb6 19. Bxg7 Qxg7 20. Nc3 d5 $1
$36 {It's very rarely happens that such a short game can be so rich in content!
}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 13th Group3"]
[Site "Slough"]
[Date "1997.09.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Hoen, Ragnar Harald"]
[Black "Miles, Anthony John"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2335"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1997.09.22"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Oslo Schakselkap"]
[BlackTeam "Slough Chess Club"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NOR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bb4+ 5. c3 Bc5 6. Be3 (6. Nxc6 bxc6 7.
Bd3 Qh4 8. Qe2 Nf6 9. h3 O-O 10. g3 Qh5 11. g4 Qe5 12. g5 Nxe4 13. Bxe4 Re8 14.
Bf3 Qxe2+ 15. Bxe2 Ba6 16. c4 Bxc4 17. Nc3 Rab8 18. Kf1 Be6 19. b3 f6 20. gxf6
Bd4 21. Bb2 Bxf6 22. Na4 Bh4 23. Nc5 Rf8 24. Rh2 Bxh3+ 25. Kg1 Rbe8 26. Nxd7
Bxf2+ 27. Rxf2 Bxd7 28. Bc4+ Be6 29. Rxf8+ Kxf8 30. Rf1+ Ke7 31. Bxe6 {1-0
Kasparov,G-Leko,P/Fontys 1997/CBM 61}) 6... Bb6 7. Nd2 Nge7 8. Nc4 (8. Bd3 Ne5
9. Nc4 d6 10. Nxb6 axb6 11. O-O O-O 12. Be2 f5 13. exf5 Nxf5 14. Nxf5 Rxf5 15.
f4 Nc6 16. Bd3 Rf6 17. Qc2 h6 {- Zahariev,Z-Miles,A/7th Open 1997/EXT 97}) 8...
Bxd4 $1 9. Bxd4 (9. cxd4 d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 $10) 9... O-O 10. Bd3 (10. Be2 $5)
10... d5 11. Ne3 (11. exd5 $6 Nxd4 12. cxd4 (12. d6 $2 Nef5 13. cxd4 Re8+ $17)
12... Nxd5 $15) 11... Nxd4 12. cxd4 dxe4 13. Bxe4 f5 $5 (13... c6 $5 14. O-O
Be6 $15) 14. Bf3 (14. Bc2 $6 f4 15. Qh5 Ng6 $1 (15... g6 16. Bb3+ Kg7 17. Qe5+
Kh6 $17)) 14... f4 15. Qb3+ (15. Nc4 Nf5 16. O-O (16. d5 Re8+ $17) 16... Nxd4
$17) 15... Kh8 16. Nc2 Nf5 17. O-O-O (17. O-O $5 Nxd4 18. Nxd4 Qxd4 19. Rfe1
$44) 17... a5 $5 (17... Nh4 $5 18. Rhe1 Qd6 (18... Nxf3 $5 19. Qxf3 Qd6)) 18.
Rhe1 Ra6 19. d5 (19. Re5 $142 $1 Rd6 20. Qd3 {/\Be4} (20. Qc3 $5)) 19... Rd6
20. Qc3 b6 {/\21...Bb7} 21. Nd4 Nxd4 22. Rxd4 c6 23. Qd2 (23. Re5 Bb7 24. Qd2
cxd5 25. Rxf4 Rdf6 $1 26. Rxf6 (26. Rd4 $4 Qc7+) 26... Qxf6 27. Re1 Qg6 $15)
23... cxd5 (23... Bf5 $142 $1 24. Re5 (24. Rxf4 cxd5 {see 24.R:f4}) 24... Bg6 (
24... cxd5 25. Rexd5 Qc7+ 26. Kd1 Rxd5 27. Bxd5 $13 (27. Rxd5 Be6 28. Rd6 Bxa2
$17)) 25. Rxf4 Rxf4 26. Qxf4 cxd5 27. Kd2 Rd7 $1 $15 {><d2} (27... d4 $140 $2
28. Re8+ $1 Qxe8 (28... Bxe8 $4 29. Qf8#) 29. Qxd6 $16)) 24. Rxf4 $2 (24. Rxd5
Rxd5 25. Qxd5 Bf5 26. Qxd8 Rxd8 27. Re5 $1 g6 28. Be4 $14) 24... Bf5 $1 {><c1}
25. Re5 $2 (25. Kd1 $5) 25... Qc7+ 26. Kd1 Rdf6 27. Qe3 $2 {The last part in
the chain of the white's mistakes.Now the position of white is hopeless.} (27.
Qd4 $142 Qc2+ (27... Bc2+ 28. Kd2 Be4 $1 (28... Rxf4 29. Qxf4 Qc5 (29... Rxf4
$4 30. Re8+) 30. Qe3) 29. Rxf6 gxf6 30. Re6 Qc2+ 31. Ke3 Bxf3 32. gxf3 (32.
Kxf3 Qf5+) 32... Qc1+ 33. Ke2 Rc8 $1 34. Qxf6+ Kg8 $40) 28. Ke1 Qb1+ 29. Bd1 (
29. Kd2 Rc6 $1 $19) 29... Qxa2 $15) 27... Qc2+ $19 28. Ke1 Qb1+ 29. Bd1 Bc2 30.
Rd4 Bxd1 31. Rxd1 Qxb2 32. f3 $2 (32. Qd4 Rxf2 33. Qxb2 Rxb2 $19) (32. Rd2 Qa1+
33. Rd1 (33. Ke2 Rxf2+ 34. Qxf2 Rxf2+ 35. Kxf2 Qxe5) 33... Qxa2 $19) 32... Qxg2
0-1

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2000.01.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2851"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[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 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
c4 Nb6 9. Nc3 Qe6 10. Qe4 Bb4 11. Bd2 Ba6 12. b3 Bxc3 13. Bxc3 d5 14. Qh4 $1 {
Less than a year has passed since Kasparov-Adams,Sarajevo 1999,but this move
can already be considered as the main line of 8...Nb6.} dxc4 15. Be2 Nd5 (15...
O-O {This attempt to avoid the game Kasparov-Adams,Sarajevo 1999 was tried
twice since that game.} 16. O-O Nd5 17. Bxc4 Bxc4 18. Qxc4 $14 a5 (18... Rfe8
19. Bb2 Qg6 $14 {1/2-1/2 Marusenko,P-Law,A/Birmingham ENG 2000/ (31)}) 19. Rac1
Rfb8 20. Rfd1 $14 {1/2-1/2 Mikhalchishin,A-Onischuk,A/Batumi GEO 1999/ (55)})
16. Bxc4 {Kasparov is first to deviate from his game against Adams in Sarajevo
1999.He had probably already knew the strong 16...Qf5! in answer for his 16.
Bd4 despite Piket's novelty wasn't played yet!By the way this was my
suggestion in the CBM71.See Kasparov-Adams.} (16. Bd4 Qf5 $1 $146 {[%mdl 8] An
important improvement over Adam's 16...c5.It's interesting that it was
introduced by Piket in a blitz game!} ({After} 16... c5 {White obtained better
play:} 17. Bxc5 Nc3 18. Bxc4 Qxe5+ 19. Be3 Ne4 20. O-O Bxc4 21. bxc4 O-O 22.
Rfe1 $14 {Kasparov-Adams,Sarajevo 1999/CBM71[Mikhalevski,V]}) 17. O-O (17. bxc4
Nf4 18. Bf3 O-O (18... Nd3+ $6 19. Kd2 {[%cal Gf3c6,Gf3e4]}) 19. O-O (19. Bxc6
Rad8 $17) 19... Bxc4 $17 {[%cal Gc4d5]}) 17... Nf4 (17... Qf4 $5 18. Qxf4 Nxf4
19. Bf3 O-O-O 20. Bxa7 Nd3 $1) 18. Bf3 O-O 19. Rfd1 (19. Rfe1 $142) 19... cxb3
20. Re1 Rfd8 21. Be4 Rxd4 22. Bxf5 Ne2+ 23. Rxe2 Rxh4 $17 {0-1 Morozevich,
A-Piket,J/KasparovChess GP g/5(67)}) 16... g5 $5 {[%csl Gf4]} 17. Qd4 ({
Despite in according to Fritz6} 17. Bxd5 Qxd5 18. Qxg5 {[%csl Re1] allows
White to obtain an adge I wouldn't recommend it as white king is an a serious
danger.}) 17... Bxc4 18. Qxc4 Nf4 {Timman follows my suggestion in CBM71.} 19.
Qxe6+ Nxe6 20. O-O-O $14 {[%cal Gh1e1,Ge1e4,Ge4c4,Gc4a4] Despite a reduced
material White still has slightly better prospects in an endgame thanks to the
better pawn structure(weaknesses on the queen side).Now White's plan is an
attack of a weak pawns of the queen side by means of Rhe1-e4-c4(a4).Look at
the brilliant technics of Kasparov who considered this game as one of his best
on the tournament.} Ke7 21. Rhe1 Rhd8 22. Rxd8 Rxd8 23. Re4 {[%cal Ge4a4]
After exchane of a pair of rooks the a7-pawn becomes an easy target for
White's rook.} Rd5 ({Black could try} 23... Nf4 {[%cal Gf4d3] ,but after} 24.
Ra4 $1 {White is much better}) 24. Kc2 {[%mdl 4128]} ({Immediate} 24. Ra4 {
deserved an attention,but Garry prefers to keep his pieces in a full harmony!})
24... c5 {[%cal Ge6d4] An attempt to look for chances in a rook endgame.
Unfortunately for Timman not all rook endgames are drawish.} (24... Nf4 {
was an another option.}) 25. Ra4 {[%csl Ra7]} Nd4+ 26. Bxd4 cxd4 27. Rxa7 Kd7
28. Kd3 $16 Rxe5 29. Ra4 $1 c5 30. b4 $1 {This is the position Kasparov was
striving to.White wins a central pawn or gets two dangerous passed pawns.} Ke6
(30... Kc6 31. bxc5 Rxc5 $140 32. Rc4 $1 $18) ({I think the last chance was to
play} 30... c4+ $1 {in order to get some counterplay,but White is still on top
after} 31. Kxc4 (31. Kxd4 $5 Re2 32. Ra5) 31... Re2 32. Ra5 $5 {[%cal Ga5g5,
Ga5f5]} (32. Ra7+ $5 Ke6 33. Ra6+ Ke7 34. Ra5) 32... Rxf2 33. Rxg5 Rxa2 34.
Kxd4 {with good chances for a win.}) 31. Ra6+ {Now Black is hopeless.} Kf5 (
31... Kd5 32. Ra5 Kd6 33. Rxc5 Rxc5 34. bxc5+ Kxc5 35. g4 $18 {[%cal Ga2a4]
and White wins}) 32. b5 $18 {White pawns are unstopable.} Rd5 {[%cal Gc5c4]}
33. Rc6 c4+ 34. Kxc4 d3 35. Kxd5 d2 36. g4+ $1 {With the help of this elegant
move White stops the d2-pawn and wins the game.Good job.Black hadn't had a
single chance to survive.} (36. g4+ $1 Kxg4 37. Rc4+ {[%cal Gc4d4]}) 1-0

[Event "Zuerich Jubilee op"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2009.08.13"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Mikhalevski, Victor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2631"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2009.08.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 131 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.03"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
c4 Ba6 9. b3 g5 {A small surprise. Earlier I played 9...0-0-0.} 10. g3 (10. Ba3
d6 {was tested yet in the Kasparov-Anand match, New York 1995 and proved to be
insufficient for obtaining an advantage.}) 10... O-O-O {This position can
arise also after 9.g3.} 11. Bb2 (11. Bg2 Bg7 12. Bb2 {transposes to the text.})
11... Bg7 12. Bg2 $5 {Morozevich goes for a theoretical endgame.} (12. Nd2 {
1/2-1/2 Nedev,T (2518)-L'Ami,E (2600)/Plovdiv 2008/CBM 124/[L'Ami] (46) is a
more popular alternative these days.}) 12... Rde8 (12... Rhe8 {is less popular
as Black's king may need the d8-square in the resulting endgame.}) 13. O-O Bxe5
14. Qxe5 Qxe5 15. Bxe5 Rxe5 16. cxd5 Bxf1 17. Kxf1 cxd5 18. Nc3 {The most
logical and popular.} ({In a recent game White tested the unbeaten} 18. Na3 {
, but obtained no advantage after} c6 19. Nc2 h5 20. Rd1 h4 21. Nd4 hxg3 22.
hxg3 f6 23. g4 a5 24. Nf5 Kc7 25. Rd4 Rb8 26. Ra4 Rb4 {1/2-1/2 Areshchenko,A 
(2645)-Hebden,M (2530)/Gibraltar 2008/CBM 122 Extra (64)}) 18... c6 19. Rc1 Kd8
{Once I played this position with the g-pawn on g6. However, there is a
serious difference between these positions: 1) the f5-square is weak and 2)
White has an option of f4 when the knight is on e2.} 20. Ne2 $1 {White
prepares 21.f4 and also gets ready for a regrouping of his pieces by means of
Bf3 and Bh5 if necessary.} ({White has also tested} 20. Bf3 {, which looks
less promising for him.} h5 21. Be2 f5 {A double-edged move. This pawn may
become a weakness.} (21... h4 $5 {looks better.}) 22. Rd1 g4 23. Rd4 h4 24. Kg2
Re7 $2 ({The correct path to an advantage was} 24... Ke7 $1 25. Bd3 Re1 $1 26.
gxh4 Kf6 $1 27. Rf4 Ke5 $1 28. Rxf5+ Kd4 $1 $17) 25. Bd3 hxg3 26. hxg3 Rh5 27.
Rf4 Re5 28. Nd1 c5 29. Ne3 $16 {and White won the f5-pawn.1-0 Thorhallsson,T 
(2495)-Giorgadze,G (2610)/Elista 1998/CBM 066 ext (40)}) (20. Na4 $6 h5 21. Re1
$2 {The exchange of rooks is clearly in Black's favour.} f6 (21... Rxe1+ $1 22.
Kxe1 h4 $17) 22. Nc5 Kc7 23. Nd3 Rxe1+ 24. Kxe1 h4 $17 {0-1 Manca,F (2405)
-L'Ami,E (2577)/Heraklio 2007/CBM 121 (58)}) 20... g4 $5 {[%csl Rg2] It took
me a lot of time to come up with this idea as it doesn't look right to give up
the f4-square. However I believe it's less important than two other aspects: 1)
I prevent damage to my kingside pawn structure, which would occur if I allowed
f4; 2) WHite would be able to improve the position of his bishop, while after
the text it's resricted.} 21. f3 {White is trying to create weaknesses in the
position of Black, who has to try holding a pawn on g4. As I realised after
the game only this move was a novelty.} ({Other options are} 21. h3 h5 22. h4
Ke7 23. f3 Rf5 24. Kf2 a5 25. Nd4 Rf6 26. Ne2 Rb8 27. Nf4 Rh6 {and Black
creates counterplay on the queenside.}) ({In the only preceding game White
played} 21. b4 Rhe8 22. Nd4 a6 23. a4 Ke7 24. b5 axb5 25. axb5 cxb5 26. Nxb5
Rb8 {with an equal position in the game 1/2-1/2 Broekmeulen,J-Gharamian,T 
(2332)/Bethune 2003/CBM 098 ext}) 21... h5 {My idea was to refrain from
playing f5 as this pawn could become a weakness.} 22. Kf2 Rhe8 {I wanted to
determine position of White's knight.} (22... Kc7 $2 {with the idea of 23...
Kd6 would be met by means of} 23. f4 Rf5 24. Nd4 Rf6 25. Bxd5 {winning a pawn.}
) 23. Rc2 {Alexander keeps all his options open.} Kc7 $6 {This allows an
unpleasant pawn endgame, which seems to lead to a queen endgame with an extra
g-pawn for White. Somehow I had a feeling that White wouldn't go for this
endgame as it's very difficult to calculate it precisely.} ({Both} 23... a5 $5)
({and} 23... Rf5 $5 {were objectively better.}) 24. h4 $6 {Morozevich seems to
have missed my 25th move.} (24. f4 $1 {was correct.} Re3 25. Bxd5 Rxe2+ 26.
Rxe2 Rxe2+ 27. Kxe2 cxd5 {This is the endgame I was talking about. Despite
Black's extra pawn White's position is better thanks to a possibility to
create a remote passed pawn on the queenside. However the position is far from
being simple.} 28. Kd3 Kc6 $1 (28... Kd6 29. b4 Kc6 (29... a6 30. a3 $1 Kc7 31.
a4 Kc6 32. Kc3 $1 Kd6 33. Kd4 Kc6 ({After} 33... f6 34. b5 a5 35. f5 $18 {
Black is in zugzwang.}) 34. Ke5 $1 ({But not} 34. f5 $2 f6 35. b5+ $4 (35. Kd3
$11) 35... axb5 36. axb5+ Kd6 37. b6 Kc6 38. b7 Kxb7 39. Kxd5 Kc7 $19) (34. b5+
$2 axb5 35. axb5+ Kd6 36. b6 Kc6 37. b7 Kxb7 38. Kxd5 Kc7 39. Ke5 Kc6 40. Kf6
d5 $19) 34... f6+ 35. Kd4 $1 Kd6 36. b5 axb5 37. axb5 f5 38. b6 Kc6 39. b7 Kxb7
40. Kxd5 Kc7 41. Ke5 Kc6 42. Kxf5 d5 43. Ke5 $1 {Inviting Black's king to c5.}
Kc5 44. f5 d4 45. f6 d3 46. f7 d2 47. f8=Q+ $18) 30. a4 Kd6 31. Kd4 a6 32. f5
f6 33. b5 a5 $1 ({After} 33... axb5 $2 34. axb5 $18 {Black is in zugzwang.})
34. b6 Kc6 35. b7 Kc7 $1 (35... Kxb7 $2 36. Kxd5 Kc7 37. Kc5 Kb7 38. Kb5 d5 39.
Kxa5 Kc6 40. Kb4 $18) 36. Kc5 Kb8 $1 {It's important for Black to take
opposition.} 37. Kxd5 Kxb7 38. Kc5 Kc7 39. Kd5 Kb7 40. Kd6 Kc8 41. Ke7 d5 42.
Kxf6 d4 43. Kg6 d3 44. f6 d2 45. f7 d1=Q 46. f8=Q+ $16 {and White has a clear
advantage in the queen endgame.}) 29. Kd4 Kb5 $1 {This seems to be the best
defence and the idea behind the previous move.} (29... a6 30. a3 a5 31. b4 a4
32. Ke5 (32. b5+ $5 Kxb5 33. Kxd5 f5 34. Ke5 Kc4 35. Kxf5 Kb3 36. Kg6 Kxa3 37.
f5 Kb3 38. f6 a3 39. f7 a2 40. f8=Q a1=Q 41. Qf7+ Kb4 42. Qe7+ Kb3 43. Qxd7 Qe5
44. Qf5 $16) 32... d6+ 33. Kd4 f5 34. b5+ Kb6 $1 35. Kxd5 Kxb5 36. Kxd6 Kc4 37.
Ke6 Kb3 38. Kxf5 Kxa3 39. Kg5 Kb3 40. f5 a3 41. f6 a2 42. f7 a1=Q 43. f8=Q $14)
(29... a5 30. a3 f6 31. b4 a4 32. f5 d6 (32... Kd6 $4 33. b5 $18) 33. b5+ Kb6
$1 34. Kxd5 Kxb5 35. Ke6 (35. Kxd6 Kc4 36. Ke6 Kb3 37. Kxf6 Kxa3 38. Kg5 Kb3
39. f6 a3 40. f7 a2 41. f8=Q a1=Q 42. Qg8+ Kb4 43. Kxh5 Qe5+ 44. Kh4 Qe7+ 45.
Qg5 Qh7+ 46. Qh5 Qe7+ 47. Kxg4 Qe2+ 48. Kg5 Qd2+ {with chances to escape.})
35... Kc4 36. Kxf6 d5 37. Kg5 d4 38. f6 d3 39. f7 d2 40. f8=Q d1=Q 41. Qb4+ Kd5
42. Qb5+ Ke4 43. Qf5+ Ke3 44. Kxh5 $16) 30. Kxd5 Kb4 31. Kd6 a5 32. Kxd7 Ka3
33. f5 Kxa2 34. Ke7 Kxb3 35. Kxf7 a4 36. f6 a3 37. Kg6 a2 38. f7 a1=Q 39. f8=Q
Qa6+ 40. Kxh5 Qe2 $14 {and Black retains good chances to escape.}) 24... gxh3
25. Bxh3 h4 $1 {Now Black either exchanges his weakness or creates a passed
pawn on the h-file.} 26. g4 {Understandably White goes for a double-edged
position.} ({After} 26. gxh4 $6 Rh8 27. Kg3 Reh5 28. Nf4 Rxh4 $15 {Black is
better since} 29. Nxd5+ $2 {is strongly met by means of} Kd6 $1 (29... Kb8 30.
Nf4 Rxf4 $1 31. Kxf4 Rxh3 $17) 30. Nf4 Rxf4 $1 31. Rd2+ Ke5 32. Re2+ Kf6 33.
Kxf4 Rxh3 $17) 26... a5 $5 {[%cal Ga5a4] Black creates counterplay on the
queenside, not allowing White to take care of the h-pawn.} 27. Bf1 Rb8 28. Nf4
Kd6 29. Nd3 Re7 30. Rc1 {Both players were already short of time, which
explains the following play.} f6 31. Rd1 Kc7 {Avoiding the possible piece
sacrifice on d5 after Nf4 and Bc4.} 32. Nc5 Rh8 $1 {Showing his trumps.} 33.
Bd3 $6 {White is playing with fire.} ({It would be safer for White to block
the h-pawn.} 33. Bh3 $5 Rhe8 34. Rd2 (34. Bf1 $2 h3 $1 $17)) 33... h3 $6 ({
After the correct} 33... d6 $1 34. Na4 d4 $1 35. Bg6 Rh6 36. Bc2 h3 37. Rh1 d5
38. Rh2 Kd6 $17 {Black's central pawns start to move.}) 34. Bf5 h2 35. Rh1 Kd6
(35... Rhe8 $6 36. Rxh2 Re2+ 37. Kg3 Rxh2 38. Kxh2 Re2+ 39. Kg3 Rxa2 40. Nxd7
Rb2 41. Nxf6 Rxb3 42. g5 Rb8 43. Bc2 $14) 36. Nd3 (36. Nb7+ $5 {keeps an
equality.} Ke5 37. Nc5 Rh6 38. Nxd7+ Kd6 39. Nb6 Kc5 40. Nd7+ Kd4 41. Nb8 Kc5
$11) 36... a4 $1 37. Nf4 axb3 $1 38. axb3 (38. Ng6 $2 {is wrong in view of} Ra8
$1 39. axb3 (39. Nxe7 bxa2 $1 (39... Rxa2+ {is less clear.} 40. Kg3 Kxe7 41.
Rxh2 Rxh2 42. Kxh2 c5 43. Kg3 c4 44. Kf2 c3 45. Ke2 d4 $17) 40. Ra1 Rh8 41.
Nc8+ (41. Rh1 Kxe7 42. Kg2 Kd6 $19 (42... c5 $5)) 41... Kc7 42. Rh1 Rxc8 43.
Kg2 Rb8 44. Re1 Rb2+ 45. Kh1 c5 $19) 39... Ra2+) 38... Ree8 ({After} 38... Ra8
$5 39. Nh5 Ra2+ 40. Kg3 Ree2 41. Nxf6 Rg2+ 42. Kh3 Ke5 43. Nh5 Rgb2 44. b4 {
the position is about equal.}) 39. Nh5 Rb8 40. Bc2 f5 $1 {Finally I had time
to relax and evaluate the resulting position.} 41. Rxh2 ({After} 41. Bxf5 Rxb3
42. Rxh2 Rb2+ 43. Kg3 Rxh2 44. Kxh2 c5 {Black's chances are at least not worse.
}) 41... fxg4 42. fxg4 c5 {I played this move with the idea of c4 rather
quickly, but after White's reply realised that I should have started thinking
earlier.} ({The immediate} 42... Ra8 $5 43. Kg3 Ra2 {deserved attention.}) 43.
Kg3 Ra8 $1 {Eventually I came to conclusion that I need to activate my rook.} (
43... d4 $5) ({It turns out that} 43... c4 $2 {is wrong.} 44. bxc4 dxc4 45.
Rd2+ $14) 44. Rd2 $1 d4 $1 {I have to play this move anyway. So it's better to
do it right away and not determine the position of the a8-rook.} (44... Ra2 45.
Nf4 $1 (45. Nf6 Rb8 $5) 45... d4 46. g5 $16) 45. Bd1 ({After} 45. Nf6 $5 Ra1
46. g5 Rg1+ 47. Kf4 Rh4+ 48. Kf5 Rf1+ 49. Kg6 $14 {White retains chances for a
win.}) 45... Ra1 46. Rd3 $6 {I don't like this move. White wants to keep
everything under control before advancing his g-pawn, but the rook on d3 is
really bad.} ({So it would be better to play} 46. b4 $5 Ra3+ 47. Bf3 cxb4 48.
Rxd4+ Kc5 49. Rxd7 Rf8 50. Nf4 Re8 51. Nd3+ Kc4 52. Nb2+ Kb3 53. Nd1 Kc2 54.
Kf2 Rd3 55. Rc7+ Kd2 56. Nb2 Rc3 $11 {and Black should be able to keep the
balance.}) 46... Re8 $138 {I was short of time again.} (46... Ke5 $5 {
Activating the king deserved serious attention.}) 47. Bf3 Rg1+ {Worsening the
position of White's king.} 48. Kf2 Rb1 {I wanted to simplify the position,
which is logical when you're short of time.} (48... Rc1 $5) 49. Nf6 Re3 50.
Rxe3 dxe3+ 51. Kxe3 Rxb3+ 52. Kf4 c4 {Now Black shouldn't have big problems
equalising, though some accuracy is still required.} 53. g5 c3 54. Ne4+ Ke7 55.
Bd1 Ra3 $1 56. Nf6 ({or} 56. Ke5 Kf7 57. Kd4 Kg6 58. Bc2 Ra5 $11) 56... Ra1 57.
Nd5+ Kf8 $1 ({Certainly not} 57... Kf7 $2 58. Nxc3 Rc1 59. Bh5+ $16) 58. Bc2 (
58. Ne3 $4 Rxd1 $19) 58... Rf1+ 59. Ke3 Rg1 60. Nf6 Kg7 ({White's last hope was
} 60... Rxg5 $4 61. Nh7+ $18) 61. Ne4 d5 62. Nxc3 Rxg5 {Finally the last white
pawn is eliminated and a draw is inevitable.} 63. Kd4 Kf6 64. Nxd5+ Rxd5+ 65.
Kxd5 {An interesting fighting draw.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1997.12.10"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Shaked, Tal"]
[Black "Morovic Fernandez, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
Nd2 Nb6 9. c4 Bb7 10. b3 O-O-O 11. Bb2 d5 $146 {11...c5see Shaked-Morovic
Fernandez,FIDE-Wch k.o.1997(1.1) [Mikhalevski,V]} (11... d6 12. exd6 Qxd6 13.
O-O-O Qg6 14. Nf3 Bd6 15. Ne5 Qh6+ 16. Qe3 Bxe5 17. Rxd8+ Rxd8 18. Bxe5 Qg6 19.
g3 f6 20. Bh3+ Kb8 21. Bxc7+ Kxc7 22. Qf4+ Rd6 23. c5 f5 24. Bxf5 Qf6 25. Qxd6+
Qxd6 26. cxd6+ Kxd6 27. Bxh7 Nd5 28. Re1 Nf6 29. Bf5 Nd5 30. Re6+ Kc5 31. Rg6
Ne7 32. Rxg7 {1-0 Leko,P-Janahi,Z/WchJM-U14 1992}) 12. O-O-O (12. exd6 {
see11...d6}) 12... Qe6 13. Qe3 Bb4 14. cxd5 cxd5 15. Nf3 Kb8 16. Bd3 Rhe8 17.
Ng5 (17. Bxh7 $5 $13) 17... Qe7 18. f4 d4 $1 19. Bxd4 Bxg2 20. Rhg1 Rxd4 21.
Qxd4 Bc5 22. Qc3 Nd5 23. Qc4 Nb6 24. Qc2 (24. Qxf7 $6 Bxg1 25. Rxg1 (25. Qxe7
$4 Be3+) 25... Qc5+) 24... Bxg1 25. Rxg1 Bb7 26. Be4 $2 (26. Ne4 $1) 26... Nd5
27. Bxd5 $6 Bxd5 28. Rd1 c6 $1 29. Qc3 (29. Qxh7 $2 {[%csl Rc1]} f6) (29. Ne4
$2 Qb4) 29... f6 $1 30. exf6 (30. Nf3 $2 Bxf3 31. Qxf3 fxe5) 30... gxf6 31. Nf3
Qe3+ $1 32. Qxe3 Rxe3 $17 33. Nd4 Re4 34. f5 Rh4 35. Rd2 Kc7 36. Nc2 Kd6 37.
Ne3 Ke5 38. Kb2 Ke4 39. Nxd5 cxd5 40. b4 d4 41. a4 Rf4 (41... Kd5) 42. Kc2 Rxf5
$2 (42... Kd5 $1 $17) 43. Re2+ Kd5 44. Re7 $11 Kc4 45. Rc7+ $1 Kxb4 46. Rxa7
Rh5 47. Kd3 Rxh2 48. Kxd4 h5 49. Rf7 h4 50. Rxf6 h3 51. Rh6 Rh1 52. Ke3 Kxa4
53. Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1997.12.09"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Shaked, Tal"]
[Black "Morovic Fernandez, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
c4 Nb6 9. Nd2 Bb7 10. b3 O-O-O 11. Bb2 c5 (11... d6 12. exd6 Qxd6 13. O-O-O Qg6
14. Nf3 Bd6 15. Ne5 Qh6+ 16. Qe3 Bxe5 17. Rxd8+ Rxd8 18. Bxe5 Qg6 19. g3 f6 20.
Bh3+ Kb8 21. Bxc7+ Kxc7 22. Qf4+ Rd6 23. c5 f5 24. Bxf5 Qf6 25. Qxd6+ Qxd6 26.
cxd6+ Kxd6 27. Bxh7 Nd5 28. Re1 Nf6 29. Bf5 Nd5 30. Re6+ Kc5 31. Rg6 Ne7 32.
Rxg7 {1-0 Leko,P-Janahi,Z/WchJM-U14 1992}) (11... Re8 12. O-O-O d6 13. Qg4+ Kb8
14. c5 dxc5 15. Nc4 h5 16. Qe4 Nd5 17. f4 g6 18. Na5 Qe6 19. Bc4 Rd8 20. Rd2
Bh6 21. Rhd1 Ba8 22. Ba3 Qf5 23. Qxf5 gxf5 24. g3 h4 25. Bxc5 Rdg8 26. Bf2 hxg3
27. hxg3 Bf8 28. Nxc6+ Bxc6 29. Bxd5 Ba3+ 30. Kc2 Bxd5 31. Rxd5 Rh2 32. R1d2
Kc8 33. Bxa7 Rxd2+ 34. Rxd2 Rxg3 35. Bd4 Bb4 36. Re2 Kd7 37. Be3 Ke6 38. Kb2
Kd5 39. a3 Bf8 40. b4 Kc4 41. Rc2+ Kb5 42. Bc5 Bh6 43. Bd4 Rd3 44. Rc5+ Kb6 45.
Rc4+ Kb7 46. Bc3 Rf3 47. Bd2 Kb6 48. a4 c6 49. Kc2 Bf8 50. Rd4 Ra3 51. Rd8 Be7
52. Rd7 Bh4 53. Rxf7 Ra2+ 54. Kc3 {1-0 Fernandez Garcia,J-Brito,A/Las Palmas
op 1993}) 12. O-O-O (12. a4 d6 13. O-O-O dxe5 14. Qxe5 Qxe5 15. Bxe5 Re8 16.
Bc3 Bd6 17. Bd3 Be5 18. Bxe5 Rxe5 19. Nf3 Bxf3 20. gxf3 Nd7 21. f4 Rh5 22. Be4
Re8 23. Bc6 Re7 24. Rd3 Rh6 25. Bg2 Rd6 26. Rhd1 Ree6 27. Bh3 Rh6 28. Rg3 g6
29. f5 Kd8 30. fxg6 hxg6 31. Re1 Nf6 32. Re5 Rh4 33. Rf3 Nh5 34. Rxc5 Nf4 35.
Bf1 Ne6 36. Rd5 Rxh2 {Gretarsson,H-Bjornsson,B/Hafnarfirdi 1992/1-0 (64)})
12... d6 (12... Qg5 13. h4 Qg6 14. Rh3 Bxg2 15. Bxg2 Qxg2 16. Rg3 Qc6 17. a4 a5
18. Bc3 h5 19. Qf3 Qxf3 20. Rxf3 Be7 21. Rxf7 Bxh4 22. Rh1 g5 23. f4 Rhf8 24.
Rxf8 Rxf8 25. fxg5 Bxg5 26. Rxh5 Be3 27. Bxa5 Kb7 28. Kc2 Rg8 29. Ne4 Rg6 30.
Kd3 Bd4 31. Bc3 Bxc3 32. Kxc3 Kc6 33. Rf5 d6 34. exd6 cxd6 35. Rf6 Rxf6 36.
Nxf6 Nc8 37. Nd5 {Gaponenko,I-Lomineishvili,M/EU-chJW U16 1992/1/2-1/2 (60)})
13. exd6 (13. Nf3 $6 d5 14. cxd5 Nxd5 15. a3 $6 (15. Qd2) 15... g6 16. Qc2 Bh6+
17. Nd2 Nf4 18. f3 $2 Nd5 $19 19. Bd3 Ne3 20. Qc3 Nxd1 21. Rxd1 Rd5 22. Kc2
Bxd2 23. Rxd2 Rhd8 24. Qc4 R8d7 25. Bc3 Qe6 26. Qa4 Kb8 27. h4 h5 28. Qb5 a6
29. Qc4 Ka7 30. Qf4 Bc6 31. a4 Bb7 32. Qe3 Kb8 33. Qf4 Rd8 34. Qe3 Qe7 35. Qf4
Bc8 36. g4 hxg4 37. fxg4 Qxh4 38. Qxf7 Qxg4 39. Bxg6 Rxd2+ 40. Bxd2 Be6 {
0-1 Stefansson,H-Emms,J/Arnold Cup 1992}) 13... Qxd6 14. Qg4+ (14. h4 Rg8 (
14... h5 15. Rh3 Qh6 16. Re3 Bd6 17. g3 $16 {Smagin-Emms,Copenhagen1992}) 15.
Qg4+ Kb8 16. Be2 Be7 17. Bf3 Bc8 18. Qg3 Qxg3 19. fxg3 f5 20. a4 Bd6 21. a5 Nd7
22. Bd5 Rge8 23. Bxg7 Ne5 24. Nf3 Ng4 25. Rhe1 Bxg3 26. Rxe8 Rxe8 27. Bc6 Rg8
28. Bc3 Nf2 29. Rf1 Ne4 30. Be5 Bb7 31. Bd7 Bc8 32. Bc6 Bf2 33. Rd1 Be3+ 34.
Kb1 Nf2 35. Re1 f4 36. Bd5 Rxg2 37. Nd4 Bxd4 38. Bxg2 Bf5+ 39. Ka2 Nd3 {
0-1 Fercec,N-Malaniuk,V/Pula op 1996}) 14... Kb8 15. Be2 h5 16. Qg3 (16. Qf5
Qh6 $1 17. Bf3 Bc8 $13 18. Qe4 f5 19. Qe3 g5 20. Qe5 Bd6 21. Qf6 g4 22. Be2 Qf4
23. f3 Rhe8 24. Bd3 Qe3 25. Bc2 Bf4 26. Qc3 Qf2 27. g3 Be5 28. Qxe5 Rxe5 29.
Bxe5 gxf3 30. Rhf1 Qe2 31. Bf4 f2 {0-1 Chandler,M-Adams,M/Hastings 1991}) 16...
Qh6 $1 17. Bf3 h4 18. Qg4 Bc8 $1 19. Qe4 Bd6 20. Bc3 Rhe8 21. Qc2 Qg5 22. Kb2
Bf5 23. Qc1 Bd3 24. Rhe1 (24. Rde1 Be5 (24... Rxe1 25. Qxe1) 25. Bxe5 Rxe5 26.
Qc3 Rd4 $13 (26... Be2 $2 27. Ne4)) 24... Rxe1 25. Rxe1 Bxh2 26. Ne4 Qxc1+ 27.
Kxc1 Bf4+ 28. Kb2 Bxe4 29. Rxe4 g5 30. Bf6 Rg8 31. Re7 g4 32. Be4 Nc8 33. Rxf7
Nd6 34. Re7 h3 35. Bd5 Rf8 36. Bg7 Re8 37. Rxe8+ Nxe8 38. Bc3 g3 (38... h2 39.
g3) 39. gxh3 gxf2 40. Bg2 Nd6 41. Kc2 Ne4 42. Bg7 $6 (42. h4 Ng3 43. Bd2 $1 Be5
44. Bc3 $1 Bxc3 45. Kxc3 f1=Q (45... Kc8 46. Kd3 f1=Q+ 47. Bxf1 Nxf1 48. h5 Nh2
49. h6 Ng4 50. h7 Ne5+ 51. Ke4 Nf7 52. Kd5 Kd7 53. Kxc5) 46. Bxf1 Nxf1 47. h5
Ng3 48. h6 Ne4+ 49. Kd3 Nf6 50. Ke3 Kc8 51. Kf4 Kd7 52. Kf5 Ke7 53. Kg6 Ke6 54.
Kg7 $11 (54. h7 $4 Nxh7 55. Kxh7 Ke5 56. Kg6 Kd4 57. Kf6 Kc3 58. Ke5 Kb2 59.
Kd5 Kxa2 60. Kxc5 Kxb3 61. Kb5 c6+ 62. Kxc6 Kxc4 $19) 54... Kf5 55. Kf7 Kg5 56.
Ke7) 42... Ng3 43. Kd3 Bd6 44. h4 Kc8 45. b4 $2 (45. Bc3 $1 Kd7 46. h5 Bf4 47.
Bd2 $1 Bxd2 (47... Be5 48. Be3 f1=Q+ 49. Bxf1 Nxf1 50. Bxc5) 48. Kxd2 Ke6 (
48... f1=Q 49. Bxf1 Nxf1+ 50. Kd3 Nh2 51. h6 Ng4 52. h7 Ne5+ 53. Ke4 Nf7 $11)
49. h6 Kf6 50. Ke3 f1=Q 51. Bxf1 Nxf1+ 52. Ke4 c6 53. h7 Kg7 54. Ke5 $11) 45...
Kd7 $2 (45... cxb4 46. c5 (46. h5 Nxh5 47. Bd4 Nf4+ $19) (46. Bd4 f1=Q+ 47.
Bxf1 Nxf1 48. h5 Bf8 $19 49. Be5 Bh6) 46... Bxc5 47. Be5 f1=Q+ 48. Bxf1 Nxf1
49. h5 (49. Bf4 Bd6 50. Bxd6 (50. Ke4 Ng3+) 50... cxd6 51. h5 Nh2 52. h6 (52.
Ke4 Kd7 53. h6 Ng4 54. h7 Nf6+) 52... Ng4 53. h7 Ne5+ 54. Ke4 Nf7 55. Kf5 Kd7
56. Kf6 Ke8 57. Ke6 a5 $19) 49... Ne3 50. h6 Ng4 51. Bg7 Nxh6 52. Bxh6 Kb7 $19)
46. bxc5 Bxc5 47. Be5 f1=Q+ 48. Bxf1 Nxf1 49. Bf4 Bd6 50. Bxd6 Kxd6 51. h5 Ke5
$11 {[%csl Ra7,Rc7]} (51... Nh2 52. h6 Ng4 53. h7 Ne5+ 54. Ke4 Nf7 55. Kf5 Ke7
56. Kg6 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Capablanca Memorial Elite 35th"]
[Site "Varadero"]
[Date "2000.05.17"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Conquest, Stuart"]
[Black "Miles, Anthony John"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2563"]
[BlackElo "2579"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2000.05.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 077"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nc6 2. d4 e5 3. Nf3 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bb4+ {Favourite Miles' variation.} 5. c3
Bc5 (5... Be7) 6. Nxc6 ({An alternative is} 6. Be3) 6... bxc6 7. Nd2 $146 (7.
Bd3 Ne7 (7... Qh4 8. Qe2 Nf6 9. h3 O-O 10. g3 Qh5 11. g4 Qe5 12. g5 Nxe4 (12...
Ne8 13. f4 Qe7 $14 {0-1 Zhao Zong Yuan-Wohl,A/Canbarra AUS 2000/(51)}) 13. Bxe4
Re8 14. Bf3 Qxe2+ 15. Bxe2 Ba6 16. c4 Bxc4 17. Nc3 $18 {1-0 Kasparov,G-Leko,P/
Tilburg 1997/CBM 61 (31)}) 8. Nd2 O-O 9. O-O d6 10. Kh1 (10. Nb3 Bb6 11. Nd4 c5
12. Ne2 Ng6 13. Bc2 c4 14. Kh1 Ne5 15. f3 Kh8 16. Nd4 Ba6 17. Be3 Nd3 18. Bxd3
cxd3 19. Qa4 Bb7 20. Rad1 {1/2-1/2 Zvjaginsev,V-Khalifman,A/St Petersburg 1999/
CBM 71 (20)}) 10... f5 11. f4 fxe4 (11... Be3 12. Qe2 Bxd2 13. Bxd2 fxe4 14.
Bxe4 $14 {Perunovic,M-Somborski,N/Kragujevac YUG 2000/0-1 (49)}) 12. Nxe4 Bb6
13. Ng3 Nf5 14. Qf3 Nxg3+ 15. Qxg3 Bf5 16. Bd2 Qd7 17. Rae1 Rae8 18. h3 Qf7 19.
b3 Qh5 20. Kh2 h6 21. c4 Bd4 {Hauchard,A-Miles,A/Cappelle la Grande 1998/CBM
63 ext/1/2-1/2 (46)}) 7... Ne7 8. Qh5 Bb6 9. Bd3 Ng6 10. Nf3 d6 11. O-O Qd7 12.
h3 O-O 13. Rd1 Qe8 $1 {[%cal Gf7f5] With unexpected idea of f5 exploiting
location of the white queen.} 14. b3 f5 15. Re1 ({An attempt of counterattack
leads to an equal endgame:} 15. Bc4+ Kh8 16. Ng5 h6 17. Nf7+ Rxf7 18. Qxg6 Rf8
19. Qxe8 Rxe8 20. exf5 Bxf5 $11) 15... Bd7 {[%cal Gg6e5] Keeping the pressure.}
({Immediate} 15... Ne5 $5 {was also possible and led to the similar to the
game endgame:} 16. Qxe8 Nxf3+ (16... Bxf2+ {doesn't work as after} 17. Kxf2
Nxd3+ 18. Ke3 Rxe8 19. Kxd3 fxe4+ 20. Kc2 Bxh3 21. gxh3 exf3 22. Be3 $16 {
Black has no sufficient compensation for a sacrificed piece.}) 17. gxf3 Rxe8)
16. Be3 (16. Bc4+ Kh8 17. exf5 (17. Ng5 h6 18. Nf7+ Rxf7 19. Bxh6 fxe4 $1 (
19... gxh6 {allows to equalize} 20. Qxg6 Rg7 21. Qxh6+ Rh7 22. Qf6+ Rg7 $11)
20. Be3+ Kg8 21. Qxg6 d5 22. Ba6 Qe5 $15 {[%cal Ga8f8]}) 17... Ne5 18. Qxe8
Nxf3+ 19. gxf3 Raxe8 {[%csl Rf2,Rf3,Rf5,Rh3]} 20. Rxe8 Rxe8 21. a4 Bxf5 22. a5
Bc5 23. b4 d5 24. bxc5 dxc4 25. Kg2 $11 {/=/+}) ({Prophylactic} 16. Kf1 $5 {
was interesting in order to prevent damaging of the pawn structure after Ne5})
16... Ne5 $1 {The idea of f5.} 17. Qxe8 Nxf3+ 18. gxf3 Raxe8 {Black has solved
opening problems and starts thinking of obtaining initiative.} 19. Bxb6 cxb6 {
Tony prefers to capture with the c-pawn to straighten pawn structure on the
queen side.} ({Capturing} 19... axb6 {towards the centre also worth
consideration.}) 20. c4 $2 {[%mdl 16384] Serious strategical blunder.White has
been preparing to meet fe with B:e4 and d5 is impossible.However Black simply
closes the centre showing that he's going to attack the king side pawns making
clear unfortunateness of the last White's move.} (20. Rad1 $5 {[%csl Rd6][%cal
Gd3c4] was necessary attacking the d6-pawn and not allowing f4.} fxe4 ({
In case of} 20... Rf6 {White obtains counterplay:} 21. Bc4+ Kf8 22. e5 {
[%cal Gd1d7]} Rg6+ 23. Kh2 b5 $5 (23... d5 24. f4 $1) 24. Bf1 Rge6 25. f4 Bc8
26. Bg2 {[%csl Rc6]} Bb7 27. Re3 {[%cal Gd1e1]} dxe5 28. Rd7 $132) 21. Bxe4 $1
(21. fxe4 $143 Bxh3 22. Bc4+ Be6 23. Rxd6 Bxc4 24. bxc4 c5 $15 {[%csl Ra2,Rc3,
Rc4][%cal Gf8f4]} (24... Rf4 25. c5 $1 $11)) 21... d5 22. c4 Bxh3 (22... dxe4
23. Rxd7 exf3 24. Rxe8 Rxe8 25. Rxa7 Re6 $13 (25... h5 $13)) 23. cxd5 cxd5 24.
Bxd5+ Kh8 25. Rxe8 Rxe8 26. Bf7 Rf8 27. Bh5 {[%cal Gh5g4]} Bf5 28. Bg4 $11)
20... f4 $1 $17 {[%cal Ge8e5,Gf8f6,Yg8e7] Now Black's plan is very simple:he
brings his rooks to e5 and f6 in order to attack the h-pawn,while the king is
going to defend the d6-pawn preventing possible counterplay along the d-file.}
21. h4 Rf6 22. Rad1 Re5 23. Kf1 Rh6 24. Bc2 Kf7 25. Ke2 Ke7 {[%csl Rh4] Now
the h-pawn is doomed.} 26. Rg1 g6 27. Rh1 Reh5 28. Rd2 Rxh4 29. Rhd1 g5 30. e5
Re6 $19 31. Be4 Be8 $6 {It wasn't necessary to allow ed.} (31... Rxe5 32. Rxd6
Be8 {see 31...Be8}) 32. Rxd6 $2 (32. exd6+ {was the last chance:} Kd7 33. Kf1
Rh1+ 34. Ke2 Rxd1 35. Kxd1 {[%cal Ge4f5]} Rxd6 36. Bxh7 $15 {with chances to
escape.}) 32... Rxe5 33. Rd8 Rh2 $1 {[%cal Ge8h5,Ge5e4]} 34. R1d3 g4 35. Ra8 (
35. Kf1 $142 {could prolong the fight a little bit.} g3 36. fxg3 fxg3) 35... g3
$19 {[%cal Gg3g2]} 36. Rdd8 Bg6 {[%cal Gg3g2]} (36... Bh5 $5) 0-1

[Event "Maroczy Memorial"]
[Site "Szeged"]
[Date "1997.11.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sax, Gyula"]
[Black "Miles, Anthony John"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1997.11.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 062"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nc6 2. Nf3 e5 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bb4+ 5. c3 Bc5 6. Nxc6 (6. Be3 Bb6 7.
Qa4 Rb8 8. Nd2 Nge7 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O d6 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Bxb6 axb6 13. f4 f5
14. Bd3 fxe4 15. Nxe4 Bf5 16. Rae1 Qd7 17. Qc2 Rbe8 18. Ng3 Bxd3 19. Qxd3 Nd5
20. f5 Rf7 {Garcia,G-Miles,A/Ubeda op 1997/EXP 56/ - (54)}) 6... bxc6 7. Bd3
Ne7 (7... Qh4 8. Qe2 Nf6 9. h3 O-O 10. g3 Qh5 11. g4 Qe5 12. g5 Nxe4 13. Bxe4
Re8 14. Bf3 Qxe2+ 15. Bxe2 Ba6 16. c4 Bxc4 17. Nc3 Rab8 18. Kf1 Be6 19. b3 f6
20. gxf6 Bd4 21. Bb2 Bxf6 22. Na4 Bh4 23. Nc5 Rf8 24. Rh2 Bxh3+ 25. Kg1 Rbe8
26. Nxd7 Bxf2+ 27. Rxf2 Bxd7 28. Bc4+ Be6 29. Rxf8+ Kxf8 30. Rf1+ Ke7 31. Bxe6
{1-0 Kasparov,G-Leko,P/Fontys 1997/CBM 61}) 8. Qh5 d6 (8... d5 $6 9. O-O O-O
10. exd5 g6 11. Qf3 Nxd5 $14) 9. Bg5 $6 (9. O-O $142 O-O 10. Nd2 $5 $14) 9...
Rb8 (9... O-O 10. O-O (10. e5 $6 h6 $5 (10... g6 $5 11. Qh6 $140 dxe5 12. Bf6
Nf5 $1)) 10... Rb8 (10... Qe8 $5)) 10. b3 (10. b4 $5 Bb6 11. a4 a6 $8 (11... a5
$6 12. bxa5 Bxa5 $2 (12... g6 13. Qh6 Bxa5 14. Qg7 $16) 13. Bxe7 Rxb1+ $8 (
13... Qxe7 $2 14. Qxa5 $18) 14. Rxb1 Bxc3+ 15. Ke2 Qxe7 16. Rhc1 $18) 12. a5
Ba7 13. O-O $14) 10... O-O 11. Nd2 (11. O-O $5) 11... Qe8 (11... f6 12. Bh4 Qe8
13. Qxe8 (13. Qe2 $5) 13... Rxe8 {/\Nf5} 14. O-O Ng6 15. Bg3 Ne5 $11) 12. b4 (
12. O-O $5 f6 13. Qxe8 Rxe8 14. Bh4 {see 11...f6}) 12... Bb6 13. Nc4 Ng6 (13...
f6 14. Qxe8 Rxe8 15. Nxb6 axb6 16. Be3 $14) 14. Nxb6 (14. O-O $5) 14... axb6
15. Be3 (15. O-O $2 Qe5 $1) 15... f5 $1 16. exf5 Nf4 $1 (16... Ne5 $5 17. Qxe8
(17. Qe2 Nxd3+ 18. Qxd3 Bxf5 $15) 17... Nxd3+ {see16...Nf4}) 17. Qxe8 (17. Bc4+
$5 d5 18. Qxe8 Nxg2+ $1 (18... Rxe8 19. Bf1 $1 (19. Kf1 Nxg2 {see 18...N:g2}))
19. Kf1 Rxe8 20. Bxd5+ cxd5 21. Kxg2 Bxf5 $11) 17... Nxd3+ 18. Kd2 Rxe8 19.
Kxd3 Bxf5+ 20. Kd2 c5 $15 21. a3 Ra8 22. Rhe1 Kf7 23. Kc1 Re6 24. Kb2 Rae8 25.
a4 Be4 26. g3 Bf3 27. a5 cxb4 28. axb6 (28. cxb4 $5 Re4 29. axb6 (29. Kc3 $5)
29... cxb6 30. Ra7+ R8e7 31. Rxe7+ Kxe7 32. Bg5+ Ke6 33. Rxe4+ Bxe4 $11) 28...
bxc3+ 29. Kxc3 c5 {Very optimistic,but not so bad.} (29... cxb6 $142 30. Reb1
Rc8+ 31. Kd2 Be4 32. Rxb6 Rc2+ 33. Kd1 $11) 30. Ra7+ Kg6 31. Rb1 Rb8 32. Rd7
Bc6 $11 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-Cup01 Chigorin Memorial"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1997.11.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Lastin, Alexander"]
[Black "Andreev, Konstantin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2330"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1997.11.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 062"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
c4 Ba6 9. g3 g5 (9... O-O-O 10. b3 f6 11. Bg2 fxe5 12. O-O Nf6 13. Ba3 Qe6 14.
Qd2 e4 15. Qa5 c5 16. Bxc5 Bxc5 17. Qxc5 Qb6 18. Qxb6 axb6 19. Re1 Rhe8 20. Nc3
Bb7 21. a4 d5 22. cxd5 Bxd5 23. a5 bxa5 24. Rxa5 {Morozevich,A-Huzman,A/Donner
mem 1995/CBM 49/1-0 (46)}) 10. h4 (10. Bg2 Bg7 11. O-O O-O-O 12. Re1 Rde8 13.
Qc2 Qc5 14. Na3 Nb6 15. Be3 Qxe5 16. c5 Nd5 17. Qa4 Kb7 18. Rad1 Re7 19. Bxd5
cxd5 20. c6+ dxc6 21. Qb4+ Ka8 22. Bc5 Be2 23. Bxe7 Rb8 24. Qc5 Rxb2 25. Qxc6+
Kb8 26. Rxd5 Qxe7 27. Rd7 {1-0 Mukhametov,E-Likov,V/RUS-Cup3 1996/CBM 57/
[Tsesarsky]}) (10. b3 Bg7 11. Bb2 O-O-O 12. Bg2 Rde8 13. O-O Nb6 14. Re1 Bb7 (
14... Qc5 15. Nd2 Bxe5 16. Bxe5 f6 17. Ne4 Qxe5 18. Qd2 h6 19. c5 Nd5 20. Nd6+
cxd6 21. Rxe5 Rxe5 22. cxd6 Nb6 23. f4 gxf4 24. Qxf4 Rhe8 25. Qxh6 Re1+ 26.
Rxe1 Rxe1+ 27. Kf2 Re2+ 28. Kf3 Nd5 29. Bf1 {1-0 Narciso Dublan,M-Cubas,J/
Linares op 1996/EXP 51}) 15. Nd2 Kb8 16. Rac1 h5 17. h3 Rh6 18. Nf1 Qf8 19. Qd2
Rhe6 20. Qxg5 Bh6 21. Qxh5 Bxc1 22. Rxc1 c5 23. Bxb7 Kxb7 24. Ne3 d6 {Kotsur,
P-Egorov,E/RUS-Cup5 1997/EXP 57/1-0 (46)}) 10... Bg7 $5 11. hxg5 (11. Bxg5 $6
Qxe5 (11... Qb4+ $5) 12. Qxe5+ Bxe5 13. cxd5 $2 Bxf1 14. Kxf1 Bxb2) 11... Bxe5
12. Rh4 (12. f4 $5 Bg7 13. Qxe7+ Nxe7 14. Nc3 $14) (12. Nd2 Rb8 $1 13. Nf3 $140
$2 Bxb2 $1) 12... O-O-O 13. Re4 (13. f4 $6 Bg7 14. Qxe7 Nxe7 {/\Nf5}) 13...
Rhe8 14. f4 Bd6 $2 {Now black lose by force.} (14... Qb4+ $1 15. Nd2 $8 (15.
Kd1 $2 Bxb2 $1 16. Rxe8 (16. Bxb2 Rxe4 17. Qxe4 Qxb2 $19) 16... Bxa1) 15...
Bxb2 16. Rb1 (16. Rxe8 Bxa1 $17) (16. a3 $2 Qc3 17. Bxb2 Qxb2 18. Rb1 Qxa3 $19
19. Rxe8 $140 Qxg3+ 20. Kd1 Nc3+) 16... Rxe4 $1 (16... Nc3 17. Rxb2 (17. Rxe8
Nxb1 (17... Nxe2 18. Rxd8+ Kxd8 19. Bxe2 Qc3 20. Bxb2 Qxg3+ $13) 18. Bxb2 Qxb2
(18... Qxd2+ $2 19. Qxd2 Rxe8+ 20. Qe2 Rxe2+ 21. Bxe2 $18) 19. Nxb1 Qxb1+ $17)
17... Qf8 (17... Nxe2 18. Rxb4 Nxc1 19. Ra4 $1 Rxe4+ 20. Nxe4 Re8 (20... d5 21.
Nc5 Bxc4 $8 22. Rxa7 Kb8 23. Rb7+ Ka8 $8 (23... Kc8 24. Bh3+) 24. Rxc7 $16) 21.
Rxa6 Rxe4+ 22. Kd2 $16 {/\c5,Ra3 and Ba6.For example:} c5 $1 {[]} (22... Kb7
23. Ra3 Kb6 (23... c5 $2 24. Bg2 $18) 24. c5+ $18) 23. Rxa7 {/\24.Ra8 Kb725.
Bg2+-} Kb8 24. Ra8+ $1 (24. Ra3) 24... Kxa8 25. Bg2 Nxa2 (25... d5 26. Bxe4
dxe4 27. Kxc1 $18) 26. Bxe4+ Kb8 27. Bxh7 Kc8 28. Bg8 $18) 18. Qe3 Nxe4 19.
Qxa7 $1 (19. Nxe4 $2 Rxe4 $1 20. Qxe4 Re8 $19) 19... Nc5+ $8 20. Kf2 d5 $1 (
20... d6 21. Nb3 $1 Ne4+ 22. Kg1 Kd7 (22... Bxc4 23. Na5 $1 (23. Bxc4 $5 $16)
23... Bd5 24. Rb7 $1 Re7 25. Bh3+ Be6 26. Qa6 $1 Nc5 27. Rb8+ $1 Kxb8 28. Nxc6#
) 23. Bh3+ Re6 24. Qxa6 Ra8 25. Qb7 Rb8 26. Bxe6+ fxe6 27. Qxb8 Qxb8 28. Nc5+
$18) 21. Bh3+ (21. Nb3 $2 Ne4+ 22. Kg1 Bxc4) 21... Re6 $8 22. Rb8+ $1 (22. cxd5
cxd5 23. Rb8+ (23. Rb8+) 23... Kd7 24. Rxd8+ Kxd8 25. Bxe6 Nxe6 26. Qa8+ $16 (
26. Qxa6 Qc5+)) 22... Kd7 23. Rxd8+ Kxd8 24. Bxe6 fxe6 25. Kg2 $3 {/\Ba3} Nd3
26. Qxa6 Nxc1 27. Qa8+ Ke7 28. Qa3+ $18) 17. Qxe4 Nc3 18. Rxb2 Qxb2 (18... Qa4
$5) 19. Bxb2 Nxe4 20. Nxe4 Re8 21. Be5 $1 d6 22. c5 $5 (22. Bh3+ Kb7 23. Nf6
Re7 24. Ng8 Re8 25. Nf6 Rh8 $5 $13 (25... Re7 $11)) 22... Bxf1 23. cxd6 Bh3 $1
(23... Bc4 24. d7+ $1 Kxd7 25. Nf6+ Ke7 26. Nxe8 Kxe8 27. a3 $11) 24. dxc7 Rxe5
(24... Re6 $13) 25. fxe5 Kxc7 $15) 15. Rxe7 Rxe7 16. Qxe7 Nxe7 17. c5 $1 $18 {
The rest doesn't deserve any comments.} Bxf1 18. cxd6 Nf5 19. Kxf1 Nxg3+ 20.
Kg2 Nf5 21. dxc7 Re8 22. Kf2 Nd4 23. Nc3 Nc2 24. Rb1 d5 25. Bd2 d4 26. Ne2 c5
27. Rh1 d3 28. Nc3 Nb4 29. Rxh7 Nxa2 30. Rxf7 Nxc3 31. Bxc3 1-0

[Event "NED-ch55"]
[Site "Rotterdam"]
[Date "2000.05.14"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Van der Wiel, John"]
[Black "Van den Doel, Erik"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2558"]
[BlackElo "2522"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2000.05.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 077"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
c4 Nb6 9. Nc3 Qe6 10. Qe4 Ba6 11. b3 O-O-O $5 {Latest fashion.This Adam's
novelty may become popular in the nearest future as not everyone likes to
defend the endgame reached in Kasparov-Timman,Wijk aan Zee NED 2000(see below).
} ({Serious theoretical duel in Kasparov's 14.Qh4! didn't bring final results
yet,but it's clear that White is slightly better in the endgame.} 11... Bb4 12.
Bd2 Bxc3 13. Bxc3 d5 14. Qh4 $1 (14. Qf3 $143 {Ponomariov,R-Spassky,B/Cannes
1998/CBM 65/[Mikhalevski,V]/1/2-1/2 (58)}) 14... dxc4 15. Be2 Nd5 16. Bxc4 $1 (
16. Bd4 $6 Qf5 $1 $146 (16... c5 $143 17. Bxc5 Nc3 18. Bxc4 Qxe5+ 19. Be3 Ne4
20. O-O Bxc4 21. bxc4 O-O 22. Rfe1 Rfe8 23. f3 Nd6 24. Bf2 Qf5 25. c5 Nb5 26.
Qb4 Qd3 27. Red1 a5 28. Qa4 Qe2 29. Re1 Qd3 30. Rxe8+ Rxe8 31. Rd1 {1-0
Kasparov,G-Adams,M/Sarajevo 1999/CBM 71/[Mikhalevski,V] (31)}) 17. O-O Nf4 18.
Bf3 O-O 19. Rfd1 cxb3 20. Re1 Rfd8 21. Be4 Rxd4 22. Bxf5 Ne2+ 23. Rxe2 Rxh4 24.
Rd2 g6 25. axb3 Bb5 26. Bc2 Rb4 27. Rad1 c5 28. g3 c4 29. bxc4 Rxc4 30. Bb3 Rc3
$17 {0-1 Morozevich,A-Piket,J/KasparovChessGP 2000/CBM76[Mikhalevski,V] (67)})
16... g5 17. Qd4 Bxc4 18. Qxc4 Nf4 19. Qxe6+ Nxe6 20. O-O-O $14 {1-0 Kasparov,
G-Timman,J/Wijk aan Zee NED 2000/CBM75[Mikhalevski](36)}) 12. c5 $6 $146 {
[%mdl 8] An attempt to improve on Kasparov's 12.Bb2.As I rightly indicated in
my comments of Kasparov-Adams/KasparovChessGP2000(see below) it doesn't
promise much.It's interesting that both players followed my analyse to the 17.
Nc5} (12. Bb2 Bb7 13. O-O-O Re8 14. f4 d5 15. cxd5 cxd5 16. Qc2 Kb8 $1 17. Kb1
g6 18. Be2 c5 19. Bf3 Be7 20. g4 d4 21. Bxb7 Kxb7 22. Ne4 Rc8 23. Qg2 Kb8 24.
Rhe1 h5 25. g5 Rhd8 26. Qf3 Qf5 27. Ka1 Nd5 28. Nd6 Rxd6 $6 (28... Bxd6 $142 {
Shipov} 29. Qxd5 Be7 30. Qe4 Qxe4 31. Rxe4 $11 {and an arisen endgame is about
equal.}) 29. exd6 Bxd6 30. Re4 $1 {1-0 Kasparov,G-Adams,M/Internet 2000/CBM76
[Mikhalevski,V] (77)}) 12... Bxf1 13. cxb6 d5 $1 {The key-position of 12.
c5-line.Here White has a wide choice of continuations,but it seems that draw
is the maximum result for him.} 14. exd6 (14. Qf4 $6 Bxg2 15. bxa7 (15. Rg1
$143 Bd6 $1 16. bxa7 Bxe5 $1 (16... Kd7 {see 15.ba})) 15... Kd7 $1 16. Rg1 Bd6
$1 17. Na4 $1 Qxe5+ 18. Qxe5 Bxe5 19. Bb2 Bxb2 20. Nxb2 Be4 $15 {[%csl Ra7]
[%cal Gd8a8,Ge4g6]}) (14. bxa7 $5 Kb7 (14... dxe4 $5 15. a8=Q+ Kd7 16. Qa5 Bxg2
17. Bg5 $1 {[%cal Ge1c1]} Rc8 $1 18. Rd1+ (18. O-O-O+ Ke8 19. Rhg1 Bf3 $13)
18... Ke8 19. Rg1 (19. Qxc7 $2 f6 $1) 19... Bf3 $13) 15. Qf4 $1 (15. Qf3 $2
Bxg2 $1 16. Qxg2 Qxe5+ 17. Kd2 Bb4 18. Bb2 d4 $19) 15... Bxg2 16. Rg1 Bh3 $13 (
{Now} 16... Bd6 $2 {doesn't work as black king is on b7 instead of d7 as in
the line 14.Qf4?! B:g215.ba Kd7!16.Rg1 Bd6!} 17. Rxg2 Bxe5 18. Qb4+ Ka8 19. Kf1
$18)) (14. Qf3 Ba6 (14... Bxg2 15. Qxg2 (15. b7+ $2 Kxb7 16. Qxg2 Qxe5+ 17. Kd2
Bb4 $19 {[%cal Gd5d4]}) 15... Qxe5+ 16. Kd2 cxb6 $44 (16... Bb4 $2 17. Qg4+ {
[%csl Rb4,Rc8]})) 15. bxa7 Qxe5+ (15... Kb7) 16. Qe3 Qxe3+ 17. Bxe3 Kb7 18.
O-O-O $1 $13 {[%csl Rc5][%cal Gc3a4]}) 14... Qxe4+ 15. Nxe4 Bxg2 16. bxa7 Kb7 (
16... Kd7 $2 17. Nc5+ Kxd6 (17... Ke8 18. d7+ Ke7 19. Rg1 $18) 18. Nb7+ $18 {
[%csl Rd6,Rd8]}) 17. Nc5+ Ka8 $1 {Only now Black deviates from my analysis.} (
17... Kxa7 {is sufficient only for a draw:} 18. Be3 $1 (18. Rg1 cxd6 (18...
Bxd6 $2 19. Be3 {[%csl Ra7,Rd8,Rg2][%cal Gc5e6]}) 19. Rxg2 dxc5) 18... Bxh1 19.
Ne6+ Ka6 20. Nxd8 Bxd6 $1 (20... cxd6 $143 21. Nxf7 $5 (21. Rc1 c5 22. Nxf7 Rg8
) 21... Rg8 22. Bf4 $1 d5 $140 (22... g5 $5) 23. Ke2 Be4 24. Rc1 Kb6 (24... Kb7
25. Nd8+) 25. Ne5 {[%csl Rc6][%cal Ge5d7]} c5 26. Nd7+ Kb5 27. Bd2 $3 {[%cal
Ga2a4]} d4 28. a4+ Kc6 29. Nxc5 $1 Bxc5 30. b4 d3+ 31. Ke1 $16) 21. Nxf7 Re8
22. Nxd6 cxd6 23. O-O-O Bd5 $11) 18. Rg1 Bd5 $1 {The point of Ka8.Now Be3 is
not dangerous.} 19. Be3 (19. dxc7 $6 Re8+ 20. Be3 Rxe3+ (20... Bxc5 $2 21.
c8=Q+ Rxc8 22. Bxc5) 21. fxe3 Bxc5 22. Rxg7 Bxe3 23. Rxh7 (23. Rd1 {[%cal
Gg7f7]} Rc8 (23... Bb6 $5)) 23... Rc8 $17) 19... Bxd6 $1 (19... cxd6 20. Na4 $1
{[%cal Ga4b6]} (20. Na6 Kb7) 20... Be6 21. Nb6+ $5 Kxa7 22. Nd7+ Kb7 23. Nxf8
Rhxf8 24. Rxg7 Rg8 25. Rxg8 Rxg8 26. O-O-O $11) 20. O-O-O $2 {[%mdl 16384]
Probably the only serious mistake.} ({It was necessary to keep the h-pawn:} 20.
h3 $5 Rhe8 21. Rc1) 20... Bxh2 21. Rxg7 h5 $15 {[%csl Yd5,Yh2,Gh5][%cal Gh5h2]
/-/+} 22. Nd3 h4 (22... Bd6 $5) 23. Nf4 h3 {[%cal Gh2f4,Gh3h2]} (23... Bxf4)
24. Nxd5 $8 cxd5 25. Rh1 (25. Rxf7 Bd6 26. Rh1 h2 27. Kc2 (27. Rg7 Rdg8 28.
Rxg8+ Rxg8 29. f3 Rg2 $19) 27... Rdg8 $17 28. f3) 25... Bd6 26. f4 (26. Rxf7 {
see 25.R:f7}) 26... Rde8 $1 $17 27. Bd2 Re2 (27... Kxa7 $5 $17) 28. Kd1 Rf2 29.
Ke1 Bc5 $1 (29... Rxd2 30. Kxd2 Bxf4+ $15) 30. Rg5 h2 $1 31. Bc3 (31. Kd1 c6
$19 {[%cal Gh8h3,Gh8e8]}) 31... Re8+ 32. Kd1 (32. Re5 Rxe5+ 33. Bxe5 Rg2 $19)
32... Rxa2 (32... Re3 $5) 33. Rxd5 Rg8 $1 $19 {[%cal Gg8g1]} 34. Rxh2 Rxh2 (
34... Rg1+ $142 $5 35. Be1 Ra1+ 36. Kd2 (36. Kc2 Raxe1 37. Rxc5 $140 Rc1+ {
[%csl Rc5]}) 36... Bb4+ $19) 35. Rxc5 Rg1+ 36. Be1 Rb2 (36... Ra2 $5 37. Re5
Rf1 38. f5 (38. Re7 Rxf4 39. Rxc7 Rd4+ 40. Kc1 Ra1+ $19) 38... Kxa7 $19) 37.
Rxc7 {Very well played by Van den Doel!} (37. Re5 $8 $19 {was the very last
chance}) (37. Rxc7 Rb1+) 0-1

[Event "Sarajevo Bosnia 30th"]
[Site "Sarajevo"]
[Date "2000.05.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2851"]
[BlackElo "2594"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[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"]

{[%mdl 32]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7
7. Qe2 Nd5 8. c4 Ba6 9. b3 g6 10. f4 Qb4+ 11. Bd2 Qb6 12. Qe4 {All following
Kasparov's comments are taken from his "Express" on "Kasparov Chess" site.
Kasparov:"Since my match with Short (1993) I haven't decided yet what is
better - 12.Qe4 or 12.Qf3."} f5 13. Qf3 Qd4 ({Kasparov:"Sharp and unclear is} 
13... Nb4 14. Kd1 {"} (14. Bxb4 Bxb4+ 15. Nc3 Qd4 16. Rc1 Bb7 17. Be2 c5 18.
Qxb7 Bxc3+ 19. Rxc3 Qxc3+ 20. Kf2 Qd4+ 21. Kf3 Qe4+ 22. Qxe4 fxe4+ 23. Kxe4 c6
24. Rd1 a5 25. Bf3 a4 26. e6 Rd8 27. Rd6 Ke7 28. Ke5 {Gonczi,J-Turzo,A/HUN
1999/EXT 2000/0-1 (53)})) 14. Nc3 Nxc3 15. Bxc3 $1 $146 {[%mdl 8] This is much
better than 15.Q:c3 as it forces Black to exchange the dark-squared bishops
and leaves him with a bad one on a6.} (15. Qxc3 Qxc3 16. Bxc3 Bg7 17. O-O-O c5
18. Kc2 O-O-O 19. Bd3 Bb7 20. Rhg1 d6 21. exd6 {1/2-1/2 Ivanov,V-Mishuchkov,N/
Cherepovets 1993/EXT 97 (21)}) 15... Bb4 ({Unacceptable is} 15... Qe4+ $2 16.
Qxe4 fxe4 17. e6 Rg8 18. exd7+ Kxd7 19. O-O-O+ Ke6 (19... Kc8) 20. g3 {[%csl
Rc6,Rc7,Re4,Re6][%cal Gf1h3,Gf1g2] with total disaster.}) 16. Rc1 Bxc3+ 17.
Rxc3 {[%cal Gc4c5] Kasparov: "White wins the battle in the opening. Q-side
castling doesn't look great but Black doesn't have real alternatives."} O-O-O
$6 {[%mdl 16384] In my opinion this is the first cause of following troubles.}
(17... Qc5 $1 {Black had to prevent c5.This is the only way to do so.} 18. Qe3
$140 (18. Be2 $5) 18... Qxe3+ 19. Rxe3 c5 {[%cal Ga6b7]}) (17... c5 $4 {
doesn't work as after} 18. Qxa8+ Ke7 {White returns to f3 preventing perpetual
check.} 19. Qf3 $18 ({But not} 19. Qxh8 $4 Qxc3+ {and white king can't escape
from endless checks:} 20. Kd1 Qa1+ 21. Kd2 Qb2+ 22. Ke1 Qc3+ 23. Ke2 (23. Kf2
Qd4+ 24. Kg3 $140 $4 Qe3+ 25. Kh4 Qxf4+ 26. Kh3 Qg4#) 23... Qb2+ 24. Ke3 Qd4+))
18. c5 $1 {Kasparov:"Stronger than} (18. Rd3 Qc5 ({Mikhalevski,V} 18... Qa1+ $6
19. Rd1 Qxa2 $140 $2 (19... Qb2 $142) 20. Qc3 {[%csl Ra2,Ra6][%cal Gd1a1]}) 19.
Qf2 Qxf2+ 20. Kxf2 d6 {and Black has good chances to equalize."}) 18... Bb7 $6
{[%csl Rb7] Kasparov:"This move is maybe dubious but to trade bishops can
hardly be better.Bacrot said that he hadn't liked it at all. For Black all the
following endgames are nothing but boring and very difficult struggles for a
draw:} (18... Bxf1 19. Rxf1 g5 ({In case of} 19... d6 {(19...d5)White gets the
advantage after} 20. cxd6 cxd6 ({Mikhalevski,V I think Kasparov meant} 20...
Rxd6 $1 21. Rf2 (21. exd6 $4 Re8+ {[%csl Re1]}) 21... Rd5 22. g3 Rhd8 23. Kf1 {
[%csl Rc6,Rc7][%cal Gf1g2] Mikhalevski:I think Black had to make up his mind
playing a worse endgame after} Qd1+ {as after 18...Bb7?! Additionally to a
worse pawn structure Black has a bad bishop.}) 21. exd6 Rxd6 ({Mikhalevski,V} 
21... Rhe8+ $19) 22. Rf2 Rd5 23. g3 Rhd8 24. Kf1 {and the King escapes via g2.
White is definitely better}) 20. Rc4 (20. Qd3 {is also good}) 20... Qa1+ (20...
Qb2 21. Qe2 $16) 21. Kf2 Qxa2+ 22. Kg1 $16 {[%csl Rc8][%cal Gc4a4] "}) 19. Qe3
$1 Qxe3+ (19... Qb4 {Nikitin [Bacrot's trainer; in the past - Garry's main
coach - KC news team] recommended this move as the only way of active defense.
He is probably right but White is still better after} 20. Kf2 d6 21. Rc4) 20.
Rxe3 $16 d6 21. Bc4 Kd7 {Kasparov:"The only move, otherwise the advance of
White's e-pawn would be decisive."} ({Probably Garry means} 21... dxc5 {
(Otherwise e6 would be met by d5.)} 22. e6 {[%cal Ge6e7,Gc4f7]} Rhe8 23. e7 Rd7
24. Be6 Rexe7 25. Bxd7+ Rxd7 26. Re8+ $18) 22. h4 d5 ({Kasparov:"If} 22... dxe5
23. Rxe5 Rhe8 24. Rxe8 Rxe8+ 25. Kf2 {[%csl Rb7,Gc4] and the remaining rooks
will be traded soon. The bishop endgame is completely lost for Black."}) 23.
Bd3 {[%csl Rg6][%cal Gh4h5,Ge3g3]} ({Kasparov:"Much more precise is} 23. Be2 $1
{(Mikhalevski,V Leaving the third rank open for his rook)} h5 24. Rg3 Rh6 25.
b4 {[%cal Gg3a3] without wasting time."}) 23... h5 {Kasparov:"Trying to block
the position."} 24. Rg3 {[%csl Rg6]} Rh6 $1 ({Kasparov:"} 24... Rhg8 25. Rg5 {
[%csl Rf5,Rg6,Rh5][%cal Gg2g4] with a further g2-g4."}) 25. b4 $1 {Kasparov:
"This was necessary; otherwise Black would play a6-a5."} Ke6 ({Kasparov:"Bad is
} 25... a5 26. b5 cxb5 27. Bxb5+ {and Black is going to collapse on the Q-side.
Bacrot preferred passive defense. It was relatively better: before the time
control I had to choose a winning strategy.One opportunity was step-by-step to
prepare b4-b5 but I preferred a breakthrough on the K-side. After some
maneuvers I managed to do it. It was important to move the king to d4, as is
shown below."} {Mikhalevski,V Important nuance is} Bc6 $2 28. e6+ {Otherwise
Black is OK.}) 26. Kd2 {[%csl Ra7][%cal Gh1b1,Gb1b3,Gb3a3] Garry's plan is
quite clear:he is going to bring his h-rook to the a-file pinning Black down
to the defence of the a-pawn.Then he improves his position bringing the king
on d4, moving the rook from g3 to g5 and finally putting his bishop on e2.When
everything is ready the rook via a3 will be brought to g3 and finally
combination decides the game.In fact Black is doomed on passive defence and
can't do much preventing White's plan.} Ra8 27. Rb1 a6 28. Rb3 Kf7 29. Ra3 Rhh8
30. Rg5 Rh6 31. Kc3 Rb8 32. Ra5 Ra8 33. Kd4 Rhh8 34. Bc2 {Garry is not in
hurry.} Rab8 35. Bd3 Ra8 ({Doesn't save} 35... Bc8 36. a3 Ra8 37. b5 cxb5 38.
Bxb5 Bb7 39. Ba4 {[%cal Gc5c6]} c6 40. Rg3 $18 {[%csl Ra6,Rc6][%cal Gg3b3]})
36. Be2 {[%csl Ra6,Rf5,Rg6,Rh5][%cal Ga5a3,Ga3g3] Ideal square for the bishop.
From here both black weaknesses are attacked.} Rhb8 {Maybe Black should leave
his rook on the h-file preventing immediate loss,but certainly it couldn't
save.} 37. Ra3 $18 {[%csl Rg6][%cal Ga3g3] Everything is ready.} Rh8 ({Kasparov
} 37... Bc8 38. Rag3 $1 Rxb4+ 39. Kc3 Rxf4 40. Rxg6 $18 {[%csl Rc6,Rc7,Rf7]
[%cal Ge2h5]}) 38. Rag3 Rag8 ({Kasparov:"Or} 38... Rh6 39. Rxg6 Rxg6 40. Bxh5
Rag8 41. Rxg6 Rxg6 42. e6+ Kf6 43. e7 {and White wins here.However, if I had
left my king on d2, Black would have checked me with Rxg2!"}) 39. Bxh5 $1 {
Brilliant game of 13-th World Champion played in style of "old masters".} ({
Kasparov} 39. Bxh5 $1 Rxh5 ({Mikhalevski,V} 39... gxh5 40. Rxg8 Rxg8 41. e6+)
40. Rxh5 gxh5 41. e6+ Kf8 42. e7+) 1-0

[Event "KasparovChess GP g/60"]
[Site "Internet"]
[Date "2000.02.17"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2851"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "153"]
[EventDate "2000.02.09"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
c4 Nb6 9. Nc3 Qe6 10. Qe4 Ba6 11. b3 O-O-O ({This time Adams doesn't want to
check Kasparov's analyse in the} 11... Bb4 {-line which they played in
Sarajevo1999 (see CBM 71[Mikhalevski]) and comes with a new approach.
Information concerning 11...Bb4 you can also find in CBM76 (Morozevich-Piket,
KasparovChess GP g/5)}) 12. Bb2 ({Immediate} 12. c5 {doesn't promise much in
view of} Bxf1 13. cxb6 d5 $1 14. exd6 (14. Qf4 Bxg2 15. bxa7 Kd7 $1 16. Rg1 Bd6
$1 17. Na4 Qxe5+ 18. Qxe5 Bxe5 19. Bb2 Bxb2 20. Nxb2 Be4 $15) 14... Qxe4+ 15.
Nxe4 Bxg2 16. bxa7 Kb7 17. Nc5+ Kxa7 18. Rg1 cxd6 19. Rxg2 dxc5) 12... Bb7 {
After 12.Bb2 the threat of c5 should be taken in consideration} 13. O-O-O Re8
14. f4 d5 15. cxd5 cxd5 16. Qc2 Kb8 $1 {Prophylaxis.Black takes his king away
from the c-file and f5-c8 diagonal and defends the a7-pawn in case of possible
Nb5.} (16... Qh6 {with the idea} 17. g3 $5 Rxe5 {is strongly met by} 18. Nb5
Re7 19. Be5 {[%csl Rc7] and Black has problems defending his king.}) 17. Kb1 {
[%cal Gc3b5]} (17. Nb5 {would be unprepared attack:} c5 18. f5 Qh6+ 19. Kb1 d4
{[%csl Re5][%cal Gb6d5,Gd5e3,Gd5b4]}) 17... g6 18. Be2 {[%cal Ge2f3]} ({Now} 
18. Nb5 {was interesting,but Garry prefer to complete development.} c6 (18...
c5 $6 19. Nd6 $1 {[%csl Rc5]}) 19. Nd4 (19. f5 Qxf5 20. e6 Qxc2+ 21. Kxc2 cxb5
22. Bxh8 Bd6 $44 {[%cal Gf7e6]}) 19... Qc8 20. Qd2 $1 c5 $140 21. Nb5 {[%cal
Gd2a5] with some advantage.}) 18... c5 19. Bf3 Be7 20. g4 {[%cal Gf4f5] White
is ready for offensive on the king side} d4 21. Bxb7 Kxb7 22. Ne4 {[%cal Ge4c5]
} Rc8 ({After} 22... Qxg4 $2 {Black's structure in the centre collapses.} 23.
Nxc5+ Bxc5 24. Qxc5 Qxf4 25. Rhf1 Qe4+ (25... Qxe5 $2 26. Qxe5 Rxe5 27. Bxd4
$18 {[%csl Re5,Rh8][%cal Gd4h8]}) 26. Ka1 Rhf8 27. Rxd4 Qxe5 28. Rd7+ $1 Nxd7
29. Qb4+ Ka8 30. Bxe5 Nxe5 31. Qe4+ Kb8 32. Rc1 $18 {[%csl Rb8]}) 23. Qg2 (23.
b4 {leads to the position with mutual chances as position of White's king has
been becoming unsecure:} cxb4 24. Qg2 Kb8 25. Rxd4 $13) 23... Kb8 (23... Nd5 $5
24. Nc3 $140 (24. Qf3 $142) 24... Rhd8) 24. Rhe1 h5 25. g5 {White has no
choice.He has to weaken the f5 square,but it's not very dangerous as black
knight can't get there.} (25. h3 $143 $6 Nd5 26. Bc1 hxg4 27. hxg4 Rh4 28. Rg1
g5) 25... Rhd8 26. Qf3 Qf5 {[%cal Gf5b1]} 27. Ka1 {Complicated double-edged
position arises.I'll take a chance to assume that it's about equal.} Nd5 {
Shipov"Probably Kasparov's reaction wasn't the best and Black's position has
become preferable,but then he blundered a simple blow". I disagree with
Shipov's evaluation.I don't think Black was better at any moment of the game.}
28. Nd6 $1 {[%csl Rd5]} Rxd6 $6 {Too optimistic.Black misses strong 30-th move.
Shipov:"In my opinion Adams could refrain from exchange sacrifice:28...B:d629.
Q:d5 Be7 etc.Probably Mickel was fighting for a win and decided that he was
going to win the f4 pawn.} ({In case of} 28... Bxd6 29. Qxd5 Be7 30. Qe4 Qxe4
31. Rxe4 $11 {and an arisen endgame is about equal.}) {But after} 29. exd6 Bxd6
{White found} 30. Re4 $1 {[%csl Rf4] and Adams lost his head"} Qg4 $2 ({
I think Black could try} 30... Bxf4 $5 31. Rf1 Qxg5 32. Rxf4 Qxf4 33. Qxf4+
Nxf4 34. Rxf4 Re8 $1 35. Ba3 $140 (35. Rf1 $5) 35... d3 36. Kb2 Re2+ 37. Kc3
Rxa2 38. Bb2 (38. Bxc5 Rc2+) 38... d2 39. Rf1 a5 40. Rd1 a4 {with some chances
to escape.}) 31. Qf1 $16 {Kasparov avoids a trap and keeps the queen to
exploit an open position of Black's king.} (31. Qxg4 $2 hxg4 32. Bxd4 cxd4 33.
Rexd4 (33. Rdxd4 $2 Ba3 $1) 33... Ne3 {[%cal Ge3d1,Ge3c2]} 34. Rxd6 Nxd1 35.
Rxd1 Rc2 {[%csl Gg4]} 36. Rg1 $8 Rxh2 37. Rxg4 {[%cal Gf4f5]} Rf2 $11) 31...
Bc7 {[%cal Gc7b6] Adams brings his bishop to b6 in order to defend the king
and strengthen a pawn chain.However this plan has a serious drawback:the
e5-square has become available for White's rook.} (31... Bxf4 $2 32. Bc1 $18 {
[%csl Rf4][%cal Ge4g4]}) (31... Nxf4 $2 32. Bc1 {[%csl Rf4][%cal Ge4g4]}) 32.
Rc1 Bb6 33. Re5 {[%csl Ge5]} Ne3 34. Qh1 $1 {[%csl Rb8][%cal Ge5e7] Strong
pawn sacrifice.White starts decisive offensive.} Qxf4 35. Re7 {[%cal Rh1b7]}
Rc7 $8 36. Re8+ $1 Rc8 37. Rxc8+ Kxc8 38. Qc6+ Kd8 39. a4 $1 {[%csl Rc5,Rd4]
[%cal Ga4a5] Now Black can't avoid collapse of his centre.} Qc7 40. Qf6+ $1 {
Winning a central pawn.} (40. Qa8+ $143 Kd7 41. Bxd4 c4 $1) 40... Qe7 41. Bxd4
$1 {[%mdl 64] Decisive blow prepared by series of preparatory moves.Now a
technical position arises and Garry takes it to the logical end.} Qxf6 (41...
cxd4 $2 42. Rc8+ Kd7 (42... Kxc8 43. Qxe7) 43. Qc6#) 42. Bxf6+ {[%mdl 4096]}
Kd7 43. h3 Nd5 44. Rd1 Ke6 45. Re1+ Kd7 46. Be5 Ba5 47. Re2 Bd8 48. h4 Ba5 49.
Kb2 Ne7 50. Bg3 Nf5 51. Bf2 Kc6 52. Re5 Bb4 53. Kc2 Kd6 54. Re8 a5 55. Kd3 Kd7
56. Ra8 Ke6 57. Ra6+ Kd5 58. Rf6 Nd6 59. Be3 c4+ 60. bxc4+ Nxc4 61. Bf4 Nb2+
62. Kc2 Nxa4 63. Rxf7 Nc5 64. Rf6 Be1 65. Rxg6 Bxh4 66. Rd6+ Ke4 67. g6 $18 {
[%csl Gg6][%cal Gg6g8]} Kxf4 {Mickel continue the game as Kasparov was
probably very short of time.} 68. g7 Ne4 69. Rc6 Nf6 70. Rxf6+ Bxf6 71. g8=Q h4
72. Kd3 Bg5 73. Qf7+ Kg3 74. Ke4 h3 75. Qf3+ Kh2 76. Qf2+ Kh1 77. Qg3 {and
mate in three is coming.} 1-0

[Event "KasparovChess GP g/60"]
[Site "Internet"]
[Date "2000.02.15"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2748"]
[BlackElo "2633"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2000.02.09"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Shipov:"The game leaves a strange feeling.White got an advantage but didn't
dare for an active play connected with g3 and f4."} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4
exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nxc6 Qf6 6. Qd2 bxc6 (6... dxc6 {is much more common in
this position.}) 7. Nc3 d6 8. Na4 Bb6 9. Bd3 Ne7 10. O-O O-O 11. Rb1 $5 {
[%cal Gb2b3] In russian magazine "64 Chess review" we can read "This move was
proposed by Garry in Wijk aan Zee during a breakfast on the next day after the
game Morozevich-Short which continued 11.c3...( You'll find the game below M.V.
) and Black got a good play(maybe for Garry it was lunch,but breakfast for
Alexander).The idea is to prepare development of the bishop on c1,leaving the
c pawn on its initial position"} (11. c3 Qg6 12. Re1 Bh3 13. Bf1 Be6 14. c4 {
That's why Garry proposed 11.Rb1.Now White loses a tempo for c2-c3-c4 while
after Rb1 c4 can be played in one move.} c5 15. b3 f5 16. e5 dxe5 17. Ba3 Rad8
18. Qc3 Nc6 19. Bxc5 Rfe8 20. Rad1 Rxd1 21. Rxd1 f4 22. Re1 Bf5 23. b4 h5 24.
f3 Bxc5+ 25. Nxc5 Nd4 26. Nb3 Kh7 27. c5 Qg5 28. Nxd4 exd4 $15 {1/2-1/2
Morozevich,A-Short,N/Wijk aan Zee NED 2000/CBM 75[Mkhalevski,V] (39)}) (11.
Nxb6 axb6 12. f4 Ng6 13. Qf2 c5 14. a3 Ba6 15. Bxa6 Rxa6 16. Rb1 Re8 17. Re1
Ra4 18. b4 cxb4 19. axb4 Ra2 20. Rb3 Qe7 21. Bb2 f5 22. g3 fxe4 23. Qd4 {
[%cal Ge1e4]} Qf7 24. Rxe4 Rxe4 25. Qxe4 Ne7 26. b5 $14 {1-0 Pecnik,L-Markic,M/
Porec 1998/EXT 99 (46)}) 11... Qg6 {[%cal Gc8h3]} 12. Re1 Bh3 13. Bf1 Bd7 {
[%cal Gc6c5]} 14. b3 ({Shipov gives} 14. b4 $5 c5 $140 15. Nxc5 $5 {[%cal
Gd2d7]} {I would like to continue a little bit:} Bc6 {[%csl Re4]} 16. b5 (16.
Nd3 $5 Bxe4 17. Nf4 Qf5 18. Nh5 $5 {[%cal Gh5g3]} (18. h3 {[%cal Gg2g4]} d5 {
[%cal Gd5e4]})) 16... Bxc5 17. bxc6 Nxc6) 14... Rad8 ({Immediate} 14... c5 {
deserved some attention as after exchange on b6 and ab rook from a8 attacks
the a2-pawn winning a tempo.}) 15. Bb2 c5 16. Re3 {[%csl Rg7][%cal Ge3g3]} f6 (
{An attempt to pin White's rook allows simple,but nice tactical blow:} 16...
Qg5 $2 17. Nxb6 (17. Rg3 $5 {[%csl Rg7]}) 17... axb6 18. Rg3 $1 {[%csl Rg7]
[%mdl 64]} Qxd2 19. Rxg7+ Kh8 20. Rxf7+ Qd4 (20... Kg8 21. Rg7+ Kh8 22. Rxe7+
Kg8 (22... Qd4) 23. Rg7+ Kh8 24. Rxd7+ $18) 21. Bxd4+ cxd4 22. Rxe7 $18) 17.
Nxb6 axb6 18. c4 $6 {Inaccuracy.White misses a strong manoeuvre directed
against the main White's plan connected with f4 and e5.} ({White could also
refrain from c4 playing} 18. Bc4+ $5 Kh8 19. Rbe1 {[%cal Ge3g3,Gf2f4,Ge4e5]
White shouldn't be afraid of b5.} (19. Rg3 Qxe4 $140 $2 (19... Qh5 $142 20. Re1
(20. a4 Nc6 21. Bd5 Nb4)) 20. Re1 {[%csl Re7]}) (19. f4 $5 $14) 19... Nc6 20.
f4 $14) (18. Rg3 $5 {seems to be the right move.White keeps all the options
open and prevents Qh6.} Qf7 19. Re1) 18... Qh6 $1 {[%csl Re4][%cal Ge7g6,Gd7c6,
Gd8e8,Ge8e7,Gf8e8][%mdl 32] Black prevents f4 and Rg3 and frees the g6 square
for his knight.Maybe White should start from Rg3 avoiding this move?!} 19. Rd1
Rde8 20. Bc3 {[%cal Gd2b2]} Bc6 21. Qb2 Ng6 {[%csl Gf4][%cal Gc6e4,Ge8e4]} 22.
Rde1 Re7 {[%cal Gf8e8] White has lost his chance to advance central pawns
while Black has regrouped his forces nicely:his rooks and bishop attack a pawn
on e4,queen and knight prevent f4.} 23. Bd2 Qh5 24. Be2 Qe5 25. Bc3 Qe6 26. Bf1
Rfe8 27. Qd2 Qf7 (27... Qc8 $5 {[%csl Re4][%cal Gc8a8]}) 28. f3 Kf8 29. Qf2 (
29. g3 $5) 29... Bb7 30. Bd3 {[%cal Gf3f4] Right plan but wrong execution.} (
30. g3 $5 {[%cal Gf1g2,Gf3f4] covering the f4-square was more accurate.} Ne5
$140 31. h3 {[%csl Gg4][%cal Gf3f4]}) 30... Nf4 31. Bc2 Qg6 32. Qg3 (32. Kh1 {
could be the last attempt to fight for an advantage.}) 32... Qxg3 33. hxg3 Ne6
{[%cal Ge6d4] Now White has no chances to break through.} 34. Rd1 Ng5 {[%cal
Gf6f5] Putting additional pressure on the e4-pawn and making advance f3-f4
impossible.} 35. g4 h6 36. Kf2 Ne6 37. Ree1 Kf7 38. Rd2 Nd8 39. Bd3 {And in
this position of dinamic equality the draw was agreed.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Pamplona 9798 8th"]
[Site "Pamplona"]
[Date "1997.12.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Granda Zuniga, Julio E"]
[Black "Strikovic, Aleksa"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1997.12.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. c3 Nge7 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
O-O a6 (8... Bb6) (8... Qg6) 9. Nc2 (9. Kh1 b5 (9... Ne5 10. Be2 d6 11. c4 Bd7
12. Nc3 Rae8 13. Qd2 h6 14. Rae1 Ng4 15. Bxg4 Bxg4 16. f3 Bc8 17. Nc2 Bxe3 18.
Nxe3 Be6 19. Ncd5 Bxd5 20. Nxd5 Nxd5 21. cxd5 Qe5 22. g4 h5 23. Rg1 hxg4 24.
Rxg4 g6 25. Qh6 Qh8 26. Qxh8+ Kxh8 27. Rc1 Re7 {1/2-1/2 Hablizel,F-Ziese,G/
Dresden op 1992}) (9... Ba7 10. f4 d6 11. Na3 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Bxd4 13. cxd4 d5
14. e5 Qg6 15. Bd3 Bf5 16. Bxf5 Nxf5 17. Nc2 h5 18. Qd3 Rfe8 19. Rad1 Re6 20.
Ne3 Nxe3 21. Qxe3 Qf5 22. h3 Rae8 23. Kh2 c6 24. Qd3 Qxd3 25. Rxd3 R6e7 26. Rg3
Kh7 27. Rg5 Kh6 28. g4 hxg4 29. Rxg4 Kh7 30. Rfg1 g6 31. f5 c5 32. e6 fxe6 33.
f6 Rf7 34. Rh4+ {1-0 Watson,W-Zude,A/BL2-W 1992}) 10. Be2 (10. Bb3 Na5 (10...
Bb7 11. Nxb5 $6 Bxe3 12. fxe3 Qe5 13. Nd4 Qxe4 14. Nd2 Qxe3 15. Rf3 Qe5 16.
Rxf7 Kh8 17. N2f3 Qc5 $15 18. Nxc6 Rxf7 19. Bxf7 Bxc6 20. Bb3 Rf8 21. Qd4 Qb5
22. Qe5 Bxf3 23. Qxe7 Qf5 24. gxf3 Qxf3+ {1/2-1/2 Grosar,A-Sorokin,M/Ljubljana
op 1992}) 11. Nxb5 (11. Bc2 Nc4 $11 {Hjartarson}) 11... Nxb3 12. axb3 Bxe3 13.
fxe3 Qc6 14. Nd4 Qxe4 15. Nd2 Qg6 16. Rf3 c5 17. Rg3 Qf6 18. Rf3 Qg6 19. Ne2 d5
20. Nf4 Qh6 21. Rf1 Bb7 22. Qg4 Rad8 23. Ra5 Qd6 24. Nh5 Ng6 25. Ng3 d4 26. Nc4
Qc6 27. e4 dxc3 28. bxc3 f5 29. Rxf5 Rxf5 30. Nxf5 Qxe4 31. h3 Qe1+ 32. Kh2 Rd1
33. Nfe3 Qg1+ {1/2-1/2 Zapata,A-Van Riemsdijk,H/Guarapuava op 1992}) 10... Ba7
11. f4 d6 12. Bf3 $14 Bb7 13. Na3 Rfe8 14. Nac2 Qg6 15. Nxc6 Nxc6 16. Bxa7 Rxa7
17. Qd3 Raa8 18. Rae1 Rad8 19. Ne3 Na5 20. f5 Qg5 21. Qc2 Bc6 22. b3 Nb7 23. b4
Qh4 24. g3 Qg5 25. Bg2 Re5 26. Rf4 Rde8 27. Qb1 Qd8 28. Ng4 R5e7 29. f6 Re6 30.
fxg7 d5 31. Ref1 h5 32. Nf6+ Kxg7 33. exd5 Rxf6 34. Rxf6 Bxd5 35. Rxf7+ Bxf7 {
1/2-1/2 Galiano,A-Saenz,D/ESP-chT 1993}) (9. f4 d6 10. b4 (10. Kh1 Ba7 (10...
b5 11. e5 dxe5 12. fxe5 Qxe5 13. Bf4 Qe4 14. Bd3 Qd5 15. Nd2 Bxd4 16. Be4 Qd8
17. cxd4 Bf5 18. Bg5 Bxe4 19. Nxe4 Qd5 20. Re1 f6 21. Bf4 {1/2-1/2 Handoko,
E-Tunasly,K/Pools schev 1997}) 11. Na3 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Bxd4 13. cxd4 d5 14. e5
Qg6 15. Bd3 Bf5 16. Bxf5 Nxf5 17. Qd2 c6 18. Rac1 Rae8 19. Rf3 f6 20. Rcf1 fxe5
21. fxe5 Nh4 22. Rxf8+ Rxf8 23. Rxf8+ Kxf8 24. Qf2+ Nf5 25. Nb1 Qg5 26. Nd2 Ke8
27. g3 Qg4 28. Qf3 h5 29. Qxg4 hxg4 30. Nb3 b6 31. h3 gxh3 32. Kh2 Ne3 33. Kxh3
Kf7 34. Nc1 g5 {Schmitzer,K-Zude,A/Hessen-ch 1992/0-1 (50)}) 10... Bb6 11. Na3
Be6 12. Be2 d5 13. e5 Qg6 14. Bh5 Qe4 15. Qd2 Nxd4 16. cxd4 Nc6 17. Nc2 Bf5 18.
Rac1 Qd3 19. Qf2 Qb5 20. a3 Bxc2 21. Rxc2 Qd3 22. Ra1 a5 23. Rd1 Qb3 24. Qd2
axb4 25. axb4 Ra3 26. Rb2 Qc3 27. Qxc3 Rxc3 28. Bf3 {0-1 Pokorna,R-Sorokina,A/
EU-chJW U12 1992}) (9. Bb3 d6 10. Nxc6 Nxc6 11. Bxc5 dxc5 12. f4 Na5 13. e5 Qh4
14. Nd2 Nxb3 15. Nxb3 b6 16. Qf3 Bf5 17. Qc6 Qe7 18. Rfd1 Rad8 19. Rd2 Rxd2 20.
Nxd2 Rd8 21. Nc4 Qd7 22. Qxd7 Rxd7 23. Ne3 Be4 24. Rd1 Rxd1+ 25. Nxd1 Kf8 26.
Kf2 Ke7 27. h4 h5 28. Ne3 g6 29. g4 hxg4 30. Kg3 f5 31. exf6+ Kxf6 32. Kxg4 b5
33. h5 gxh5+ 34. Kxh5 c6 35. Kg4 a5 36. f5 a4 37. a3 c4 38. Kf4 Bd3 39. Ng4+
Ke7 40. Ke5 Bf1 41. f6+ Kf8 42. Ne3 Be2 43. Kd6 Bf3 44. Nf5 Kf7 45. Ke5 Bg2 46.
Nd6+ Kf8 47. Kf5 Bh3+ 48. Kg6 Bf1 49. f7 Bg2 50. Nb7 Bd5 51. Nd8 c5 52. Kf6 b4
53. Ne6+ Bxe6 54. Kxe6 b3 55. Kd5 Kxf7 56. Kxc5 {1-0 Mathe,A-Trinh,V/Le
Touquet op 1992}) (9. a4 Bxd4 (9... Ne5 10. Be2 Qg6 11. Nd2 d5 12. Bh5 Qd6 13.
f4 N5c6 14. Kh1 Bxd4 15. cxd4 dxe4 16. Nxe4 Qe6 17. Qf3 Nf5 18. d5 Qxd5 19.
Nf6+ gxf6 20. Qxd5 Nxe3 21. Qb3 Nxf1 22. Rxf1 Ne7 23. Re1 Ng6 24. g3 Kg7 25.
Bf3 Rb8 26. Qc2 c6 27. h4 Rd8 28. Qe4 f5 29. Qe3 Be6 30. h5 Nf8 31. Qe5+ f6 32.
Qc7+ Kg8 33. h6 Bf7 34. Re7 Ne6 35. Rxe6 {1-0 Voigt,U-Hoy,B/DLM 1994}) 10. cxd4
d5 11. exd5 Nb4 12. Nc3 a5 13. Rc1 Bf5 14. Qd2 Qg6 15. Bf4 c6 16. dxc6 bxc6 17.
Rfe1 Ned5 18. Bg3 Bd3 19. Bb3 h6 20. Re5 Rfd8 21. h3 Ra7 22. Rce1 Rad7 23. Kh2
Kh7 24. Nxd5 cxd5 25. Bh4 f6 26. R5e3 Be4 27. f3 Bc2 28. R1e2 Bxb3 29. Rxb3 Rc8
30. Rc3 Rc4 31. b3 Rxc3 32. Qxc3 Qd3 33. Qxd3+ Nxd3 {Senador,E-Van Riemsdijk,H/
Manila olm 1992/1/2-1/2 (46)}) (9. Nxc6 Qxc6 10. Bxc5 Qxc5 11. Bb3 d6 12. Kh1
Qc6 13. Nd2 Ng6 14. Bd5 Qd7 15. Nc4 Nf4 16. Qf3 Nxd5 17. exd5 b5 18. Na5 Re8
19. Rfe1 h6 20. Qg3 Rxe1+ 21. Rxe1 Qf5 22. Nc6 Qh5 23. Re8+ Kh7 24. Qe3 Qxd5
25. Nd4 Bb7 26. Nf3 Rxe8 27. Qxe8 Qd1+ 28. Ne1 Qd5 29. Qe7 Qxa2 30. Qxc7 Qb1
31. Qe7 Be4 32. h3 Qxe1+ 33. Kh2 Qe2 34. Qe8 f5 35. Qe6 Qxf2 {0-1 Krupala,
L-Zacek,S/CZE-chJM U14 1993}) (9. b4 Ba7 10. Qd2 d6 11. Na3 Be6 12. Be2 Qg6 13.
f4 f5 14. Nxf5 Nxf5 15. Bxa7 Nxa7 16. exf5 Qxf5 17. Nc2 Nc6 18. Ne3 Qf7 19. f5
Bd7 20. Bc4 d5 21. Bxd5 Be6 22. Bxe6 {1-0 Brandt,S-Klinger,S/GER-chJT 1995})
9... Bxe3 10. Nxe3 d6 (10... Ne5 11. Bb3 Qb6 12. Na3 d6 13. Qd4 Qa5 14. Nac4
Nxc4 15. Nxc4 Qb5 16. f4 Nc6 17. Qf2 Be6 18. Na3 Qh5 19. Bd1 Bg4 20. Bxg4 Qxg4
21. h3 Qh5 22. Nc2 Rfe8 23. Rae1 f6 24. Nd4 Qc5 25. Nxc6 Qxc6 26. e5 fxe5 27.
fxe5 {1/2-1/2 Salzmann,J-Faust,M/Dortmund op-A 1993}) 11. f4 (11. Nd2 Qg6 12.
f4 Qh6 13. Qe2 Re8 14. Rf3 Be6 15. Bd3 d5 16. Raf1 d4 17. f5 Bxa2 18. Ng4 Qg5
19. Rg3 Nc8 20. Nf3 Qd8 21. f6 g6 22. Nh6+ Kh8 23. c4 Rf8 24. Ng5 Ne5 25. Rh3
Nd6 26. Nxh7 Re8 27. Ng5 Qd7 28. Nhxf7+ {1-0 Rezek,A-Aydin,H/WchJW-U16 1995})
11... Be6 (11... Qh6 12. Qf3 Kh8 13. Nd2 Be6 14. Rae1 f5 15. exf5 Bxc4 16.
Ndxc4 Nxf5 17. Nd5 Rf7 18. Qe4 Raf8 19. Nxc7 Re7 20. Qd3 b5 21. Rxe7 Nfxe7 22.
Nxd6 Rxf4 23. Nf7+ {1-0 Vukovic,Z-Radovanovic,J/JUG-ch 1992}) 12. Be2 (12. Bd3
Qh6 13. c4 f5 14. exf5 Nxf5 15. Bxf5 Bxf5 16. Nc3 Ne7 17. Qd2 Be6 {1/2-1/2
Morozevich,A-Shevelev,S/Hyeres op 1992}) 12... Qh6 13. g4 f6 14. c4 (14. Nd5
Bxd5 (14... Rac8 $2 15. Nxc7 $1) 15. exd5 Nd8 $132) 14... g5 $1 {[%csl Re5]}
15. f5 (15. Nd5 Bxd5 16. exd5 (16. cxd5 Nd8 17. Qc1 Rc8) 16... Nd8 17. Qd2 Ng6)
15... Bf7 $15 16. Nc3 Rfe8 17. Rf2 Rad8 18. b3 Ne5 19. Bf1 c6 20. Rd2 Nc8 21.
Bg2 Qf8 22. a4 a5 23. Qc2 h5 $1 24. gxh5 Bxh5 25. Nf1 Qh6 26. Ng3 Bg4 27. Nd1
Rd7 28. Qc3 Rh7 29. Nf1 Qh5 30. Nf2 Bf3 (30... b6) 31. Re1 g4 (31... b6) 32.
Nh1 Bxg2 33. Rxg2 Kf7 34. Nhg3 Qg5 35. Nd2 Reh8 36. Re3 Nb6 37. Ngf1 Nbd7 38.
Reg3 (38. Qxa5 $2 Rxh2 $1 39. Rxh2 Nf3+ 40. Nxf3 gxf3+ 41. Kf2 Rxh2+ 42. Nxh2
Qg2+ 43. Ke1 f2+ 44. Kd1 Qxh2 $19) 38... b6 39. b4 $1 axb4 40. Qxb4 Ke7 41. a5
bxa5 42. Qxa5 Rh3 (42... Qf4) 43. Qa3 Rxg3 44. Rxg3 Qf4 (44... Rb8) 45. Qe3
Qxe3+ 46. Nxe3 Rh4 47. Ng2 Rh8 48. Ne3 Rh4 (48... Ra8 49. Nxg4 Ra2 50. Nxe5
Nxe5 51. Nf3 (51. Rg7+ $4 Kf8 52. Rg2 Rxd2 $19) 51... Nxc4 $11) 49. Ng2 Rh8 50.
Ne3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Ciocaltea Memorial"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2000.03.10"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Black "Sofronie, Iulian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2552"]
[BlackElo "2378"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2000.03.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 077"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
c4 Nb6 9. Nc3 Qe6 10. Qe4 Ba6 11. b3 Bb4 ({Recently Black started to deviate
from the endgame which arises after 11...Bb4.Here are two fresh examples:} 
11... O-O-O $5 $146 12. Bb2 (12. c5 $6 Bxf1 13. cxb6 d5 $1 14. exd6 Qxe4+ 15.
Nxe4 Bxg2 16. bxa7 Kb7 17. Nc5+ Ka8 $1 18. Rg1 Bd5 19. Be3 Bxd6 $15 {0-1 Van
der Wiel,J-Van den Doel,E/Rotterdam NED 2000/CBM77[Mikhalevski,V] (37)}) 12...
Bb7 13. O-O-O Re8 14. f4 d5 15. cxd5 cxd5 16. Qc2 Kb8 17. Kb1 g6 18. Be2 c5 19.
Bf3 Be7 20. g4 d4 21. Bxb7 Kxb7 22. Ne4 Rc8 23. Qg2 Kb8 24. Rhe1 h5 25. g5 Rhd8
26. Qf3 Qf5 27. Ka1 Nd5 28. Nd6 Rxd6 $6 (28... Bxd6 $142 {Mikhalevski,V} 29.
Qxd5 Be7 30. Qe4 Qxe4 31. Rxe4 $11 {and an arisen endgame is about equal.}) 29.
exd6 Bxd6 30. Re4 Qg4 $2 31. Qf1 $16 {1-0 Kasparov,G-Adams,M/KasparovGP2000/
CBM76[Mikhalevski,V] (77)}) 12. Bd2 Bxc3 13. Bxc3 d5 14. Qh4 $1 {Important
Kasparov's improvement over Ponomarev's 14.Qf3.} dxc4 15. Be2 Nd5 (15... O-O
$146 {This is another attempt to deviate from the above-mentioned endgame.
However it doesn't bring full equalization.} 16. O-O Nd5 17. Bxc4 Bxc4 18. Qxc4
$14 a5 {1/2-1/2 Mikhalchishin,A-Onischuk,A/Batumi GEO 1999/CBM74[Mikhalevski,V]
(55)} (18... Rfe8 19. Bb2 {1/2-1/2 Marusenko,P-Law,A/Birmingham ENG 2000/The
Week in Chess 273 (31)})) 16. Bxc4 $1 (16. Bd4 $6 Qf5 $1 $146 (16... c5 $6 {
Kasparov-Adams,Sarajevo1999CBM71[Mikhalevski,V]}) 17. O-O Nf4 18. Bf3 O-O {
Morozevich,A-Piket,J/KasparovGP2000(blitz)/CBM76[Mikhalevski,V]}) 16... g5 (
16... Bxc4 17. Qxc4 O-O 18. O-O {transposes to 15...0-0.}) 17. Qd4 ({Despite
in according to Fritz6} 17. Bxd5 Qxd5 18. Qxg5 {[%csl Re1] allows White to
obtain edge I wouldn't recommend it as white king is an a serious danger.})
17... Bxc4 18. Qxc4 Nf4 19. Qxe6+ Nxe6 20. O-O-O $14 {[%mdl 4096] Despite a
reduced material White still has better prospects in the endgame thanks to the
better pawn structure(weaknesses on the queen side).Now White's plan is an
attack of a weak pawns of the queen side by means of Rhe1-e4-c4(a4).} Ke7 21.
Rhe1 Rhd8 22. Rxd8 Rxd8 23. Re4 c5 {An attempt to improve Timman's play
doesn't seem to change an evaluation.White has a stable advantage.} (23... Rd5
24. Kc2 c5 25. Ra4 Nd4+ 26. Bxd4 cxd4 27. Rxa7 Kd7 28. Kd3 Rxe5 29. Ra4 c5 30.
b4 Ke6 31. Ra6+ Kf5 32. b5 Rd5 33. Rc6 c4+ 34. Kxc4 d3 35. Kxd5 d2 36. g4+ $1 {
1-0 Kasparov,G-Timman,J/Wijk aan Zee NED 2000/CBM75[Mikhalevski,V] (36)}) 24.
Ra4 Ra8 25. g3 {[%cal Gf2f4,Gc1d2,Gd2e3] Denying access of black knight to the
f4-square and preparing advance of the f-pawn to f4 after preliminary Kd2-e3.}
Kd7 26. Kd2 Kc6 27. Ke3 Kd5 28. f4 $16 h6 29. f5 $6 {This inaccurate move
allows to create counterplay.} (29. Ra5 $5) 29... Nd8 $1 {[%csl Re5][%cal
Gd8c6]} (29... Nd4 30. Bxd4 cxd4+ 31. Rxd4+ Kxe5 32. Rd7 f6 (32... Kxf5 $5 33.
Rxf7+ Kg4 34. Rxc7 $16) 33. g4 h5 34. Re7+ Kd5 35. gxh5 Rh8 36. Kf3 $1 Rxh5 37.
Kg3 $16) 30. Re4 Nc6 31. e6 (31. g4 Re8 32. e6 fxe6 33. Bg7 Re7 $1 34. f6 Rf7
35. Bxh6 Rh7 36. f7 Rxf7 37. Bxg5 Ne5 38. Rf4) 31... fxe6 (31... Re8 32. exf7
$1 Rxe4+ $140 $2 (32... Rf8 $142 33. g4 $16) 33. Kf2 $18) 32. Rxe6 (32. fxe6
Re8) 32... Nd4 33. Rf6 (33. Bxd4 cxd4+ 34. Kd3 Rf8 35. g4 h5 36. h3 hxg4 37.
hxg4 Rh8 $132) 33... a5 $1 {[%cal Ga5a4] Now suddenly Black creates
counterplay.} (33... Re8+ 34. Kd3 g4 35. Rf7 $16) 34. Kd3 (34. g4 a4 35. Rxh6
axb3 36. axb3 Ra3 37. Rh7 Rxb3 38. Kd2 Nf3+ 39. Kc2 Kc4 $132) 34... a4 35. Rxh6
axb3 36. axb3 Ra2 $6 ({After simple} 36... Nxb3 $5 {I don't see how White can
win.} 37. f6 (37. Rh8 Rxh8 38. Bxh8 Nd4 39. Bxd4 cxd4 $11) (37. Rh5 c4+ 38. Kc2
Nc5 $1 {[%cal Gc5e4]} 39. f6 (39. Rxg5 $2 Ne4 {[%cal Ga8a2]}) 39... Ne4 40. Bb2
Ke6 $11) 37... Nd4 38. f7 c4+ 39. Kd2 Rf8 40. Rf6 c5 $11 {[%csl Rf7][%cal
Gd5e5,Ge5e6]}) 37. Rh8 Nxb3 $2 {Decisive blunder.} ({Necessary was} 37... Nxf5
{and Black's chances to escape are not less than White's to win.} 38. Rh5 Ke6
39. g4 Nd4 40. Bxd4 (40. Rxg5 Rxh2 41. Bxd4 $5 (41. b4 Rh3+ 42. Kc4 Nc2 $1 43.
bxc5 Na3+ 44. Kb4 Nc2+ 45. Kb3 Ne3 {[%cal Ge3d1]} 46. Ka4 Nxg4 47. Ba5 $14 {/=}
) 41... cxd4 42. Kxd4) 40... cxd4 41. Kxd4 $16) 38. Rd8+ Kc6 39. f6 $18 {
Now the f-pawn is unstopable.} g4 ({More stubborn was} 39... Rf2 {but after}
40. Ke3 {Black loses at least his knight.} (40. Kc4 $5 Nd4 41. Rd5 $1) 40...
Rf1 (40... Rf5 41. g4 Rf1 42. Ke2 Rf4 43. Be5 Nc1+ {see 40...Rf1}) 41. Ke2 Rf5
42. g4 Rf4 (42... Nc1+ 43. Kd2 Rf1 44. f7 Nb3+ 45. Kc2 $18) 43. Be5 Nc1+ 44.
Kd2 Rf1 45. f7 Nb3+ 46. Kc2 Rxf7 47. Kxb3 $18) 40. Ke3 ({Simplier is} 40. f7
Nc1+ 41. Ke4 Re2+ 42. Kf5 Rf2+ 43. Kg6 $18) 40... Nd4 (40... Nc1 {[%cal Ga2e2,
Ge2f2]} 41. Bd2 Ra3+ 42. Ke4 Nb3 (42... Rf3 43. Bf4 $18 {[%cal Gf6f7]}) 43. Be3
$18 {[%cal Gf6f7]}) (40... Nd4 41. f7 Ne6 (41... Re2+ 42. Kd3 Rf2 43. f8=Q $18)
42. Re8 $18) 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 13th final"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "1997.12.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Hasangatin, Ramil"]
[Black "Ibragimov, Ildar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1997.12.28"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Kazan Sberbank-Tatarstan II"]
[BlackTeam "Kazan Sberbank-Tatarstan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. c3 Qg6 (6... Nge7) 7.
Nd2 Nf6 (7... Nxd4 8. cxd4 Bb4 9. f3 Ne7 10. Qc2 c6 11. g3 d5 12. Bd3 dxe4 13.
fxe4 Bg4 14. O-O Bxd2 15. Bxd2 Qd6 16. Bc3 h5 17. Qf2 f5 18. exf5 Bh3 19. Rfe1
O-O-O 20. Re6 Qc7 21. Rae1 Nd5 22. Bd2 Qf7 23. Bg5 Rde8 24. Qe2 Nc7 25. Re5
Rxe5 26. dxe5 Bxf5 27. Qf2 Bg6 28. Bxg6 Qxg6 29. Bf4 Rf8 30. Kh1 b6 31. Qf3 Kb7
32. Rd1 {Judd,M-Bird,H/USA-04.Congress 1876/0-1 (42)}) (7... Nge7 8. Nc2 (8. h4
Bxd4 9. cxd4 d5 10. h5 Qf6 11. h6 g6 12. Rh4 O-O 13. g3 dxe4 14. Bc4 Nf5 {
1/2-1/2 Pavasovic,D-Skembris,S/Asti op 1996}) (8. g3 Nxd4 9. cxd4 Bb6 10. Bg2
d5 11. exd5 O-O 12. Nc4 Qf5 13. d6 cxd6 14. Nxd6 Ba5+ 15. Kf1 Qg6 16. Nxc8
Raxc8 17. Bxb7 Rb8 18. Qf3 Qb6 19. Be4 Qa6+ 20. Kg2 Rxb2 21. Rhd1 Ng6 22. h4
Qe2 23. Qxe2 Rxe2 24. h5 Ne7 25. d5 Nc8 26. d6 Rd8 27. d7 Nb6 28. Bf5 Bc3 29.
Rac1 Bf6 30. Rc8 g6 31. Bg4 Rxa2 32. Bd4 Be7 33. Rxd8+ Bxd8 34. Re1 {1-0
Chytilek, R-Lehmann,Z/EU-chJM U20 1996}) (8. f3 d5 9. g3 O-O 10. Bg2 dxe4 11.
Nxe4 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Bxd4 13. Qxd4 Nc6 14. Qc5 f5 15. Nd2 Re8+ 16. Kf2 Ne5 17.
Qd5+ Nf7 18. Rhe1 Qb6+ 19. Kf1 Be6 20. Qd4 Qxb2 21. f4 Rad8 22. Bd5 Bxd5 23.
Rxe8+ Rxe8 24. Re1 Be4 25. Nxe4 fxe4 26. Re2 Qb1+ 27. Kg2 Nd6 28. Qxa7 Qd3 29.
Kf1 Qf3+ 30. Rf2 Qh1+ 31. Ke2 e3 32. Rf1 Qg2+ 33. Rf2 Qxf2+ 34. Kd3 Qd2# {
0-1 Harej, B-Krstic,U/Nova Gorica op 1997}) 8... Bb6 9. g3 d6 10. Bg2 O-O 11.
O-O f5 12. Bxb6 axb6 13. exf5 Nxf5 14. Nf3 Be6 15. b3 Qf6 16. Re1 Bd7 17. Qd2
h6 18. h3 Ra5 19. Red1 Nfe7 20. Ncd4 Nxd4 21. Nxd4 Nc6 22. Nc2 Ne7 23. Nb4 Rf5
24. Rf1 Rh5 25. Qe2 Qf7 26. Rae1 Re8 27. h4 Nc6 28. Qc4 Qxc4 29. bxc4 Rc5 30.
Bd5+ Kf8 31. Rxe8+ Bxe8 32. Re1 {Kugelmann,W-Milovanovic,R/Cattolica op 1989/
0-1 (44)}) 8. f4 $146 (8. Qc2 O-O 9. O-O-O Ng4 10. Qd3 Re8 11. Re1 Nce5 12. Qe2
d5 13. f3 dxe4 14. Nxe4 Nxe3 15. Qxe3 Bf5 16. Kb1 Rad8 17. Ka1 Nc6 18. Bc4 Nxd4
19. cxd4 Bxd4 20. Qf4 Be5 21. Qe3 Qxg2 22. Nf2 Bxb2+ {0-1 Hrolfsson,
H-Thorhallsson,G/ Peer Gynt 1992}) (8. Qf3 Ne5 (8... Bb6 9. Qf5 Nxd4 10. cxd4
Qxf5 11. exf5 d5 12. Bd3 O-O 13. O-O-O Re8 14. Rhe1 Bd7 15. f3 h6 16. g4 {
1/2-1/2 Ciganikova, A-Churova,I/Horni Becva op 1993}) (8... Bxd4 9. Bxd4 Nxd4
10. cxd4 O-O 11. Bd3 Qh6 12. Nb3 c6 13. O-O d5 14. exd5 Nxd5 15. Be4 Nf6 16. h3
Qg5 17. Bd3 Be6 18. Nc5 Bd5 19. Qg3 Qxg3 20. fxg3 b6 21. Na6 Rad8 22. Rfd1 Rd6
23. Rd2 Rfd8 24. b3 Be4 25. Rad1 Rxd4 26. Bxe4 Rxd2 27. Rxd2 Rxd2 28. Bxc6 Rxa2
29. Bb5 Nd5 30. g4 Ne3 31. g3 Rg2+ 32. Kh1 Rxg3 33. Kh2 {Naxakis,T-Fanouraki,N/
7th Open 1997/0-1 (44)}) 9. Qf5 d6 10. Qxg6 hxg6 11. f3 (11. Bf4 Bd7 12. Be2
O-O-O 13. O-O Rde8 14. Bxe5 Rxe5 15. Bf3 g5 16. h3 g4 17. hxg4 Bxg4 18. g3 Bxf3
19. N4xf3 Reh5 20. Kg2 Ng4 21. Nb3 Bxf2 22. Rxf2 Ne3+ {0-1 Pokorna,R-Churova,I/
SVK-chT9596 1996}) 11... Bd7 12. b4 Bb6 13. Nc4 Nxc4 14. Bxc4 a5 15. b5 a4 16.
Kf2 Rh5 17. Rab1 Kf8 18. h3 Rc5 19. Rb4 d5 20. exd5 Nxd5 21. Bxd5 Rxd5 22. Rd1
Bc5 23. Rb2 Bxd4 24. Rxd4 Rxb5 25. Rxb5 Bxb5 26. c4 Be8 27. Bf4 Rc8 28. c5 Bb5
29. a3 Ke7 30. h4 Rd8 31. Rxd8 Kxd8 32. Be5 Kd7 33. Ke3 Kc6 34. Kd4 f6 35. Bf4
Bf1 36. g3 Be2 37. Ke4 Bd1 38. Be3 Bb3 39. f4 Bd1 40. Kd4 Bf3 41. Kc4 Kd7 42.
Kd4 Ke6 43. Bd2 Kf5 44. Ke3 Kg4 45. Kf2 b6 46. cxb6 cxb6 47. Bb4 b5 48. Bf8 Bc6
49. Bb4 {1/2-1/2 Ciganikova,A-Talla,V/Horni Becva op 1993}) (8. Nf5 Bxe3 9.
Nxe3 O-O 10. Bd3 d6 (10... d5 11. exd5 Qxd3 12. dxc6 Re8 (12... b6 13. Qf3 Be6
14. c4 b5 15. O-O-O Qg6 16. h4 h5 17. Qf4 Rab8 18. Qg5 bxc4 19. Qxg6 fxg6 20.
Ndxc4 Ne4 21. Rd4 Nxf2 22. Re1 Rf6 23. Ne5 Bxa2 24. Re2 Re8 25. Nf3 Rxc6+ 26.
Rc2 Rxc2+ 27. Nxc2 Be6 28. Ra4 Nd3+ 29. Kd2 {1/2-1/2 Degraeve,J-Mitkov,N/
EU-chTM 1997}) 13. Nb3 Qb5 14. Qc2 Qxc6 15. O-O b6 16. Nd4 Qc5 17. Rfe1 Bb7 18.
f3 g6 19. Qf2 Qg5 20. Qg3 Qxg3 21. hxg3 h5 22. Kf2 a6 23. a4 Nd7 24. Red1 Re7
25. a5 Rae8 26. Ndc2 b5 27. b4 c5 28. Rd6 c4 29. Ne1 Rxe3 30. Rxd7 Bc8 31. Rd2
Rxc3 32. Rad1 Rb3 33. Rd8 Kf8 34. Nc2 Rb2 35. R1d2 c3 36. Rxe8+ Kxe8 37. Re2+
Kf8 38. Ke3 Bf5 39. Nd4 Rxb4 40. Nxf5 gxf5 41. Kd3 Rb2 42. Re5 {0-1 Pavasovic,
D-Ibragimov,I/Ljubljana op 1996}) 11. Qe2 Qg5 12. h4 Qc5 13. g4 d5 14. g5 Nxe4
15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Bxe4 Be6 17. Qc2 f5 18. gxf6 Rxf6 19. O-O-O Raf8 20. Bd5 Bxd5
21. Rxd5 Qe7 22. Rh5 Rg6 23. Rxh7 Ne5 24. Rh5 Rxf2 25. Qe4 Qd7 26. Rd1 Rg1 27.
Qh7+ Kf7 28. Rf5+ Qxf5 29. Qxf5+ Rxf5 30. Rxg1 Rf2 31. Rd1 Ke6 32. Nc2 c5 33.
Re1 Kf6 34. Rd1 Rh2 35. Ne3 Rxh4 36. Rd6+ Kg5 37. b3 Rh3 38. Nd5 Kf5 39. Kb2
$138 {1-0 Mukhametov, E-Najer,E/St.Petersburg op 1994}) (8. Nb5 Bxe3 9. fxe3
Kd8 10. Qf3 d6 11. h3 Bd7 12. Nd4 Ne5 13. Qf4 Nh5 14. Qh4+ Kc8 15. O-O-O Ng3
16. Rg1 Re8 17. N4f3 Nxf1 18. Rdxf1 Nd3+ 19. Kc2 Nc5 20. Kc1 Nxe4 21. Qf4 Nc5
22. Ne1 f6 23. g4 h6 24. h4 a5 25. g5 hxg5 26. hxg5 Ne6 27. Qe4 Qxe4 28. Nxe4
d5 29. Nxf6 gxf6 30. gxf6 Bb5 31. f7 Rf8 32. Rf5 c6 33. Nf3 Nc5 34. Ne5 Nd3+
35. Nxd3 Bxd3 36. Rfg5 Kd7 37. Rg8 Ke7 38. R1g7 Bf5 {0-1 Korou,L-Makropoulou,M/
GRE-chW 1996}) (8. f3 Bb6 (8... d5 9. Bb5 Bxd4 10. Bxd4 dxe4 11. O-O Bd7 12.
Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Nxe4 Qf5 14. Bd3 Qf4 15. Qc1 Qxc1 16. Raxc1 Ne5 17. Bc2 O-O-O 18.
Rfe1 f6 19. Nc5 Bc6 20. Rcd1 g6 21. Be4 Bxe4 22. Nxe4 Nd3 23. Re2 Rhe8 24. b3
Nf4 25. Rxd8+ Rxd8 26. Rd2 Rxd2 27. Nxd2 Ne2+ 28. Kf2 Nxc3 29. a3 Kd7 30. Ke3
Ke6 31. Kd3 Nb5 32. Ne4 b6 33. a4 {Berg,E-Hector,J/Reykjavik op 1996/0-1 (67)})
9. Nc4 Bxd4 10. cxd4 d6 11. Qd2 Nd7 12. Bd3 Nb6 13. Nxb6 axb6 14. O-O O-O 15.
a3 Na5 16. Qc2 c5 17. b4 Nc6 18. bxc5 bxc5 19. dxc5 Ne5 20. cxd6 Qxd6 21. Be2
Qg6 22. Kh1 Bd7 23. Qb2 Qd6 24. Rfd1 Qc7 25. Bb6 Qb8 26. f4 {1-0 Berg,
E-Jensson,E/Reykjavik op 1996}) (8. Be2 Nxe4 9. Bh5 Qxg2 10. Bf3 Nxf2 11. Bxf2
Qg6 12. Qe2+ Ne7 13. Rg1 Qh6 14. Nf5 Bxf2+ 15. Kxf2 Qb6+ 16. Kf1 {1-0
Muzikantova,V-Tallova,I/Frydek-Mistek opW 1997}) 8... Bxd4 (8... Ng4 9. Bg1
Nxd4 10. cxd4 Bb4 11. Qc2 O-O $132 (11... Bxd2+ $6 12. Kxd2 Nf6 13. Re1 (13. e5
Ne4+ $1 14. Kc1 d5 $1) 13... O-O 14. e5 Qxc2+ 15. Kxc2 Nd5 16. f5) 12. Bd3 Nf6
13. Kf1 Qh6 $13 (13... Bxd2 14. e5)) (8... Nxe4 $2 9. f5) 9. f5 Qg4 10. Bxd4 (
10. cxd4 $2 d5 11. e5 Qxd1+ 12. Rxd1 Ng4) 10... Nxd4 11. cxd4 d5 (11... Qxd1+
12. Rxd1 d5 13. e5 Ng4 (13... Ne4 14. g4 h5 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Bg2 hxg4 17. Bxe4
$14 Rh5 18. O-O $1) 14. Rc1 c6 15. h3 Ne3 16. g4 h5 17. Kf2 Nxf1 18. Rcxf1 $13)
12. Qxg4 (12. e5 Qxd1+ {see11...Qd1}) 12... Nxg4 13. Be2 Nh6 14. f6 $14 (14. g4
dxe4 15. Nxe4 (15. Rc1 Kd8)) 14... O-O (14... gxf6 $5) 15. exd5 Re8 16. Kf2
gxf6 17. Rhe1 Nf5 18. Bf3 Rd8 19. Rac1 c6 $8 20. dxc6 bxc6 21. Bxc6 (21. Nb3)
21... Rb8 22. b3 (22. Nb3 $142 Be6 23. d5 Bxd5 24. Bxd5 Rxd5 25. Rc7 a5 26. Re4
$14) 22... Nxd4 23. Nf3 Be6 24. Nxd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Ubeda op 5th"]
[Site "Ubeda"]
[Date "2000.01.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2552"]
[BlackElo "2549"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2000.01.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 075"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. c3 Nge7 7. Bc4 b6 {
An uncommon move.Much more popular are 7...Ne5 and 7...0-0} 8. O-O Bb7 9. f4 {
White also tried other continuations:} (9. b4 $5 Nxd4 10. cxd4 Bxb4 11. a3 Ba5
12. d5 $1 O-O 13. Ra2 $1 (13. f4 $6 b5 14. e5 Qh6 15. Bb3 Nf5 16. Bf2 Qxf4 17.
Qd3 Qxe5 18. Ra2 Nd6 19. Re2 Qg5 {0-1 Shirov,A-Agdestein,S/Hastings 1991/CBM
27 (19)}) 13... Rae8 14. Re2 Ng6 15. Bd4 Qh4 16. g3 Qh5 17. f4 d6 $14 {
Djurhuus,R-Hector,J, Gausdal 1992.}) (9. Nb3 $5 Ne5 10. Nxc5 bxc5 11. Bd5 Nxd5
12. exd5 Qd6 (12... O-O $5) 13. Bf4 O-O 14. c4 c6 15. Nc3 cxd5 16. Re1 Rfe8 17.
cxd5 Qf6 18. Bg3 $14 {1-0 Baklan,V-Macieja,B/Zagan 1997/CBM 59 ext (39)}) (9.
Re1 O-O 10. Nb5 Bxe3 11. Rxe3 Ne5 12. Bf1 $14 {1/2-1/2 Sorin,B-Marx,L/FRA 1998/
EXT 2000 (48)}) 9... O-O-O 10. b4 {Despite mixing of two ideas Motylev could
get a better play(See 13.Bd5!).In the previous games White used to play
differently:} (10. e5 Qh6 11. Qd2 f6 12. Na3 Nxd4 13. cxd4 Bxa3 14. bxa3 Nf5
15. Rac1 fxe5 16. dxe5 Kb8 17. Bd3 Qe6 18. Rfe1 Rc8 19. a4 {1/2-1/2 Chandler,
M-Speelman,J/Hastings 1991/CBM 27/[Schussler] (19)}) (10. Rf3 g6 11. a3 Qg7 12.
Ba2 Rhe8 13. b4 Bxd4 14. cxd4 f5 15. e5 d6 16. e6 d5 $15 {[%csl Re6] 1/2-1/2
Shirov,A-Nunn,J/Germany 1993/GER-chT (23)}) (10. Qd2 d5 11. e5 Qh4 12. Bd3 Kb8
13. b4 Bxd4 14. cxd4 g6 15. Na3 Nf5 16. Nc2 Qe7 17. Rab1 $16 {1-0 Pedersen,
D-Christensen,J/Aarhus 1993/EXT 99 (40)}) (10. Qd3 d5 11. e5 Qh4 12. Ba6 g5 13.
Bxb7+ Kxb7 14. Nxc6 Bxe3+ 15. Qxe3 Nxc6 16. fxg5 Rde8 17. Rf5 Qg4 $15 {0-1
Hidegh,E-Remete,E/Paks 1998/EXT 2000 (33)}) 10... Nxd4 ({In the only preceding
game Black played} 10... Bxd4 11. cxd4 Nxb4 {which led to an unclear position
after} 12. d5 Nbxd5 (12... Qxa1 $2 13. Bd4 {[%csl Ra1]}) 13. exd5 Nf5 14. Bf2
Qxa1 15. g4 Qf6 16. gxf5 Qxf5 $13 {1/2-1/2 Gushpit,I-Bezman,V/Yalta 1996/EXT
98 (21)}) 11. bxc5 $1 ({Standard for 9.b4 idea} 11. cxd4 Bxb4 12. a3 {doesn't
work properly as Black can come with 12...d5!?} (12. d5 $4 Qxa1 13. Bd4 Qxd4+
14. Qxd4 Bc5 $19 {[%cal Rc5g1]}) 12... d5 $5 (12... Ba5 13. d5 $13) 13. axb4 (
13. e5 Qh6 14. Bd3 (14. axb4 dxc4 {[%csl Gb7,Rd5,Rf5]}) 14... Ba5) (13. exd5 $2
Ba5 {[%csl Rd5,Re4,Rf5]}) 13... dxc4 14. Rxa7 Kb8 $1 {[%csl Re4][%cal Gb7e4]})
11... Ne6 12. cxb6 (12. Qa4 Kb8 (12... d5 $6 {is dangerous in view of} 13. cxd6
Rxd6 14. Ba6 $1 {[%cal Ge4e5]} (14. e5 $6 Qg6 {[%csl Gb7,Rg2]}) 14... Qh6 15.
Na3 $36)) 12... axb6 {[%cal Gb7e4,Gd7d5]} 13. Bd3 ({In case of} 13. f5 {
Black has at his disposal unexpected tactical blow} d5 $1 {[%mdl 64]} (13...
Nc5 14. Bxc5 bxc5 15. Qe2 d5 $13) ({Passive} 13... Nf8 $2 {[%cal Gd7d5] is
strongly met by} 14. Bd4 Qh4 {[%cal Gd7d5]} 15. Bxf7 $1 Qxe4 16. Qd2 {[%csl
Rg7]} Qg4 17. f6 $1) (13... Ng5 $5 14. e5 Qc6 {[%csl Rg2]} 15. Qe2 (15. Qg4 h6
$1 (15... Nh3+ 16. Kh1 (16. gxh3 Qh1+ 17. Kf2 Qxh2+ 18. Ke1 Qb2 {[%csl Ra1,Re1]
}) 16... h5 17. Qe2 f6 18. Rf3 $140 Ng5 $13)) 15... f6 $13) 14. fxe6 (14. exd5
$6 Nxd5 15. Bxd5 (15. fxe6 $2 Nxe3 16. Qd7+ Rxd7 17. exd7+ Kxd7 18. Rxf6 gxf6
$19) 15... Rxd5 $15) 14... dxc4 15. Qxd8+ (15. Qd7+ Rxd7 16. exd7+ Kxd7 17.
Rxf6 gxf6 18. Nd2 Ra8 $17) 15... Rxd8 16. Rxf6 gxf6 17. exf7 Rd1+ $1 18. Kf2
Ng6 {[%cal Gb7e4,Rd1a1]}) (13. Bd5 $1 {was the best option} Nxd5 (13... Bxd5 $2
14. exd5 Nf5 $140 $2 15. dxe6 Nxe3 16. Qf3 $1 {[%csl Re3][%cal Gf3a8]}) 14.
exd5 Nf8 (14... Nc5 15. Bxc5 bxc5 16. Qb3 $1 $36 {[%csl Rc8][%cal Gb1d2]}) 15.
a4 Re8 16. Qd2 $40) 13... d5 $1 {Black is breaking through in the centre.} 14.
e5 Qh6 15. Na3 (15. Qd2 d4 16. cxd4 Nxd4 17. Rc1 Qh5 $1 18. Na3 (18. Qc3 Ne6 $1
{[%cal Ge7d5]} 19. Qc2 Qg4 $1 $36 {[%cal Ge7d5]}) 18... Nf3+ $1 19. gxf3 Qxf3
20. Nb5 Qh1+ 21. Kf2 Qxh2+ 22. Ke1 Qh1+ $11) 15... d4 16. cxd4 Nd5 (16... Nxd4
$6 17. Rc1 $40 {[%csl Rc8]}) 17. Qd2 $2 {Allows to the young Ukrainian star to
seize an initiative.} ({After correct} 17. Bd2 $1 {White is slightly better:}
Nxd4 (17... Ndxf4 $2 18. Bxf4 (18. Rxf4 $2 Nxf4 19. Qg4+ Kb8 {[%cal Gf4h3]} 20.
Bxf4 Rxd4 21. Bxh6 (21. Rf1 g5 $1 {[%csl Rd3]}) 21... Rxg4 22. Be3 Rxg2+ 23.
Kf1 Rxh2 $19) 18... Nxf4 19. Qg4+ Ne6 20. Nc2 $1 $16) 18. Rc1 $14) 17... Nxe3
18. Qxe3 Rxd4 19. Bf5 Kb8 $1 {[%csl Rf4] This is better than 19...Rd8 as Black
doesn't leave time for breathing-space.} (19... Rhd8 {leads almost by force to
a draw.} 20. Nb5 Rd2 21. Be4 $1 (21. Rf2 $2 {Suddenly loses to} Rd1+ 22. Rf1 (
22. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 23. Rf1 Rxf1+ 24. Kxf1 Qxh2 $19) 22... R8d2 $1 {[%mdl 64]} 23.
Bxe6+ (23. Be4 Rxa1 24. Bxb7+ Kxb7 25. Qxd2 Rxf1+ 26. Kxf1 Qxh2 $1 $19 (26...
Qxf4+ $5 $19)) 23... fxe6 24. Rfxd1 Rxg2+ 25. Kf1 Qxh2 $19) 21... R8d3 22.
Bxb7+ Kxb7 23. Qe4+ Kb8 {[%cal Gh6g6]} 24. Qa4 Rxg2+ $5 25. Kxg2 Qh3+ (25...
Rd2+ $5 26. Rf2 Nxf4+ 27. Kf1 Rxf2+ (27... Qh3+ $2 28. Kg1 Qg4+ 29. Kh1 $18 {
[%cal Ra4a7]}) 28. Kxf2 Qxh2+ 29. Kf3 Qe2+ 30. Kxf4 Qf2+ $1 31. Kg4 (31. Ke4 $4
Qh4+ $19) 31... Qg2+ 32. Kh4 Qh2+ $11) 26. Kg1 (26. Kh1 $2 Rd2 27. Qa7+ Kc8 28.
Qa8+ (28. Nd6+ Kd7 $1 29. Qa4+ c6 30. Qa7+ Nc7 $19) 28... Kd7 29. Rf2 Rxf2 30.
Rd1+ Ke7 31. Qa3+ Qxa3 32. Nxa3 Rxa2 $19) 26... Rg3+ $1 27. hxg3 Qxg3+ $11) 20.
Nb5 (20. Bxe6 Re4 21. Qc3 Qxe6 22. Rac1 Rc8 $15) 20... Rxf4 21. Qa3 (21. Qc3
Rxf1+ 22. Rxf1 Nc5 $17 {[%csl Rb5,Rg2][%cal Gh6c6]} 23. Qa3 $140 Ba6) 21...
Rxf1+ 22. Rxf1 Rd8 $6 {This natural move is a serious inaccuracy.Now White
keeps a draw attacking black king from the a-file and the 8-th rank.} (22...
Qd2 $142 23. Bh3 Re8 24. Rxf7 $140 Qe1+ 25. Rf1 Qxe5) 23. Bxe6 (23. Rc1 Rd7 24.
Bxe6 fxe6 {-23.B:e6}) 23... fxe6 24. Rc1 Rd7 25. Qf8+ Bc8 26. Qa3 Ba6 (26... c5
{Avoiding an immediate draw Black takes some chances.A strong point on d6 for
White's knight and open position of Black's king compensate an extra pawn.Here
are the examplary variations:} 27. Nd6 Qg5 28. Qb2 (28. Nxc8 Rd2 $1 (28... Qxe5
29. Rf1 (29. Nxb6 $4 Qd4+ 30. Kf1 (30. Kh1 Qd1+ 31. Rxd1 Rxd1#) 30... Rf7+ 31.
Ke1 Qg1+ 32. Kd2 Qxg2+ 33. Kc3 Rf3+ $19) 29... Qd4+ 30. Kh1 Kxc8 31. Qa8+ Kc7
32. Qa7+ Kc6 33. Qa8+ Kd6 34. Qb8+ Kc6 35. Qa8+ Rb7 36. Qc8+ Rc7 37. Qa8+ $1 (
37. Qxe6+ Kb7) 37... Kd6 38. Qf8+ Kd7 39. a4 $1 $11 {[%cal Gf1f7]} Kc6 40. Qa8+
Kd6 41. Qd8+ Kc6) 29. Qa7+ Kxc8 30. Qa8+ Kd7 31. Rf1 Qe3+ 32. Kh1 Qxe5 33. Rf7+
$140 (33. h3 $5) 33... Kd6 34. Qd8+ Kc6 35. Qe8+ (35. Qxd2 $2 Qa1+) (35. Qa8+
Kb5 $19) 35... Kd5 36. Qa8+ Kd4 37. Rd7+ Kc3 38. Qa3+ Kc2 39. Qb3+ Kc1 40. Qc4+
Kb1 $1 41. Qf1+ (41. Qb3+ Ka1 $19) 41... Kc2 42. Qc4+ Qc3 43. Qe4+ Kb2 $19)
28... Bb7 29. Rf1) 27. Rf1 $2 {[%mdl 16384] A decisive mistake.Now Black is
just a pawn up for nothing.} (27. Qf8+ {was necessary with most likely draw:}
Kb7 28. Qf3+ (28. Nd6+ $2 Ka7 $1 $19) 28... Kb8 29. Qf8+ Bc8 30. Qa3 Ba6 (30...
c5 {see 26...c5})) 27... Kb7 $1 $17 28. Qf3+ Rd5 29. a4 (29. Nc3 {is nicely
refuted by} Bxf1 30. Nxd5 Bxg2 $1 $19 31. Kxg2 (31. Qxg2 Qc1+ 32. Kf2 Qd2+ 33.
Kg3 Qxg2+ 34. Kxg2 exd5 $19) 31... Qd2+ $19 {[%cal Gd2d5]}) 29... Qd2 $1 30.
Qe4 h5 31. h3 Bxb5 {The most simple way.Black transfers the game into a
winning rook ending.} 32. axb5 Qd4+ 33. Qxd4 Rxd4 34. Rf7 Rd5 35. Rxg7 Rxe5 36.
Rg6 Rxb5 37. Rxe6 Rd5 38. Kf2 b5 $19 {Now it's over.Black pawns are unstopable.
} 39. Ke3 b4 40. Re4 c5 41. Rc4 Kc6 42. Ke4 Rg5 0-1

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2000.01.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2748"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[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 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nxc6 Qf6 6. Qd2 bxc6 {A rare
idea which gains some popularity nowadays.} (6... dxc6 {is much more popular.})
7. Nc3 {[%cal Gc3a4] Early 7.Nc3 is the rare move in a rare line.Its main idea
is exchanging of Black's black-squared bishop by means of Na4.} (7. Bd3 Ne7 ({
Interesting also Spassky's} 7... d5 8. O-O Ne7 9. Qf4 Qxf4 10. Bxf4 dxe4 11.
Bxe4 Bd6 12. Bxd6 cxd6 13. Re1 Be6 14. Nd2 Rb8 15. b3 h6 16. Nf3 c5 {1/2-1/2
Timman,J-Spassky,B/Wijk aan Zee 1998/EXT 99 (16)}) 8. O-O O-O {[%cal Gd7d5] is
the main line}) 7... d6 (7... Ne7 {Looks more flexible leaving an option of d5
open.} 8. Na4 Bb6 9. Nxb6 axb6 10. Qf4 Qxf4 11. Bxf4 d6 12. Be2 $14 {/= and
Black has very solid position in exchange for a bishops pair 0-1 Ramirez,
E-Jonkman,H/Tenerife 1999/EXT 2000 (47)}) 8. Na4 (8. Bc4 Ne7 9. O-O Ng6 10. Kh1
Ne5 11. Be2 Qh4 12. f4 Ng4 13. Bxg4 Qxg4 14. b3 O-O 15. Bb2 Ba6 16. Rf3 f6 17.
Re1 Rae8 18. Na4 Bb6 19. c4 Qh5 20. h3 Re7 21. Nxb6 {1/2-1/2 Gonzalez Garcia,
J-Lukacs,P/Budapest 1998/EXT 99 (21)}) 8... Bb6 9. Bd3 Ne7 (9... Qg6 {was
interesting and after} 10. O-O (10. f4 $5) 10... Bh3 11. Qg5 Qxg5 12. Bxg5 Be6
13. Nxb6 axb6 14. f4 f6 15. Bh4 Ne7 {with a solid position 0-1 Kountz,
J-Schlindwein,R/Schwaebisch Gmuend 1998/CBM 62 ext (53)}) 10. O-O O-O 11. c3 (
11. Nxb6 axb6 12. f4 Ng6 13. Qf2 c5 14. a3 Ba6 15. Bxa6 Rxa6 16. Rb1 Re8 17.
Re1 Ra4 18. b4 cxb4 19. axb4 Ra2 20. Rb3 Qe7 21. Bb2 f5 22. g3 fxe4 23. Qd4 $1
{[%csl Rg7][%cal Ge1e4]} Qf7 24. Rxe4 Rxe4 25. Qxe4 Ne7 26. b5 $14 {1-0 Pecnik,
L-Markic,M/Porec 1998/EXT 99 (46)}) ({Three weeks after the current game
Morozevich deviates from his 11.c3 and chooses} 11. Rb1 Qg6 12. Re1 Bh3 13. Bf1
Bd7 14. b3 {The point of 11.Rb1.White leaves a big diagonal open for his
bishop instead of closing it with 11.c3} Rad8 15. Bb2 c5 16. Re3 f6 17. Nxb6
axb6 18. c4 Qh6 19. Rd1 Rde8 20. Bc3 Bc6 21. Qb2 Ng6 22. Rde1 Re7 23. Bd2 Qh5
24. Be2 Qe5 25. Bc3 Qe6 26. Bf1 Rfe8 27. Qd2 Qf7 $11 {and White has no real
chances to break through Black's bastions.1/2-1/2 Morozevich,A-Piket,J/
KasparovChess GP g/60 2000. (38)}) 11... Qg6 {[%cal Gc8h3]} 12. Re1 Bh3 13. Bf1
({Playing} 13. Qg5 {White could win a pawn,but after} Qxg5 14. Bxg5 f6 15. Nxb6
axb6 16. Bc4+ Kh8 17. Bxf6 $140 $6 (17. Bh4 $142) 17... Rxf6 18. gxh3 Ng6 {
[%csl Re5,Rf4,Rh4] White creates too many weaknesses in his position and
Black's chances at least not worse.}) 13... Be6 14. c4 c5 {[%csl Rd4][%cal
Ge7c6,Gc6d4,Gc6e5][%mdl 32] An interesting strategical decision.Black closes
his bishop bearing in mind that White's knight can't avoid the exchange.For
instance in case of Nc3 it will be exchanged by means of Ba5,but b3 and then
Nb2 looks a bit ugly.Additionally he takes under control a weak square(d4) and
opens a way for his knight.} 15. b3 f5 {Black knight doesn't mind to occupy a
parking place on f5.} 16. e5 dxe5 17. Ba3 $5 ({In case of} 17. Rxe5 {all black
pieces come into play with tempi.} Nc6 {[%csl Rd4][%cal Ga8d8,Gb6a5,Gc6d4]})
17... Rad8 18. Qc3 Nc6 19. Bxc5 (19. Nxc5 $143 Bc8 {[%csl Rd4]} 20. Rad1 (20.
Na4 $6 Bd4 21. Qc1 Rf7)) 19... Rfe8 20. Rad1 Rxd1 21. Rxd1 f4 {Short is
starting to take an initiative in his hands.In such structure two pawns on f4
and e4 are very dangerous.So} 22. Re1 Bf5 $1 {Controlling the d4-square Black
takes under control another central one-the e4-square.} ({Black shouldn't
harry with} 22... e4 {as White can come with unexpected} 23. Bxb6 $5 axb6 24.
c5) 23. b4 h5 {[%cal Gg8h7] Prophylaxis.Black is preparing a secure refuge for
his king.} 24. f3 Bxc5+ 25. Nxc5 Nd4 26. Nb3 Kh7 27. c5 Qg5 (27... Nc2 $5 {
[%cal Gc2e3] was interesting} 28. Re2 (28. Rxe5 $2 Qf6 29. Qxc2 Bxc2 $5 (29...
Qxe5 $17) 30. Rxe8 Bxb3 31. axb3 Qd4+ 32. Kh1 Qxb4) 28... Ne3 29. Rd2 e4 {
strengthening the pressure.}) {A responsible decision.Starting from this point
White has been fighting for an equality.} 28. Nxd4 (28. Nd2 $5 {[%cal Gd2e4]})
28... exd4 $15 29. Qd2 Re3 (29... Rxe1 $5 30. Qxe1 Bg6 {[%csl Gd4]}) 30. Rxe3
dxe3 31. Qd4 Bg6 (31... h4 {is dubious in view of} 32. Qe5 h3 $140 33. g4 $1
fxg3 34. hxg3 {[%cal Gf1h3]} (34. Bxh3) 34... Kg6 35. Kh2 {[%csl Re3,Rh3]}) 32.
g3 $1 {[%mdl 64] Unexpected tactical blow that comes just in time.} fxg3 33. h4
$1 {The idea of the previous move.Now the key position has been arising.Black
has to take an important decision.Where should he go?At Black's disposal two
main options:33...Qf5 which occuried in the game and 33...Qe7} Qf5 {Leads to a
draw in all lines.} (33... Qe7 $5 {would leave more chances to win the game.}
34. Be2 {[%csl Rg3]} Bf7 35. a3 (35. Kg2 Bxa2 36. Kxg3 Bb1 $5 (36... g5 $5) 37.
f4 {[%csl Re3][%cal Gd4e5]} Bf5 $1 {[%cal Gf5g4]} 38. Qe5 $140 (38. Qd5 g6 $1 {
[%cal Gf5g4]} (38... Bg4 39. Bxg4 hxg4 40. Qh5+ Kg8 41. Qd5+ Kf8 (41... Qf7 42.
Qd8+ Qf8 (42... Kh7 43. Qd3+ {[%csl Re3]}) 43. Qd5+ {and White doesn't run
risks anymore.}) 42. Qf5+ Kg8 (42... Ke8 43. Qc8+ Kf7 44. Qf5+ Qf6 45. Qxg4 $13
) (42... Qf7 43. Qxg4 $1 (43. Qc8+ $2 Qe8 44. Qf5+ Kg8 45. Qd5+ Kh8 {[%cal
Ge3e2]} 46. Qe5 Qxe5 47. fxe5 Kg8 $19)) 43. Qd5+ $11)) 38... Qxe5 39. fxe5 Bg4
$1 $17) 35... g5 36. c6 $5 {[%cal Gd4d7]} (36. hxg5 Qxg5 37. c6 Kg8 $15 38.
Qxa7 $140 $4 (38. b5 $142) 38... Qh4 $19) 36... gxh4 37. Qd7 Qf6 38. Qxc7 Kg7
39. Qd7 Qc3 40. Kg2 Qd2 41. Qd3 Bg6 $5 (41... Be6 42. c7 Kf6)) 34. Qxe3 Qf6 (
34... Qc2 {is not sufficient for an advantage:} 35. Be2 Qxa2 36. Kg2 $1 c6 (
36... Qb1 37. Qc3 Qa2 38. Qe3) 37. Kxg3 Qb1 $1 (37... Qb2 38. Bd3 $1) 38. Qe5
$1 {Preparing nice tactical blow.} (38. Qd4 $2 Qe1+ {[%csl Rb4,Re2]} 39. Qf2
Qxb4) 38... Qe1+ 39. Kh3 Qxb4 (39... a6 40. f4 $1 Qxb4 41. Bd3 $1 $11 (41. Bxh5
Be4)) (39... Qh1+ 40. Kg3 Qg1+ 41. Kh3 $11) 40. Bd3 $1 {[%cal Ge5h5]} Bxd3 41.
Qxh5+ Kg8 42. Qe8+ $11) 35. Bd3 $1 Qxh4 36. Bxg6+ Kxg6 37. Qe8+ $1 $11 {
Black can't escape from the perpetual check.} Kh6 $1 (37... Kh7 $4 {loses to}
38. Qe4+ Qxe4 39. fxe4 {[%csl Gb4,Ge4][%mdl 4096]} Kg6 40. b5 Kf6 41. a4 Ke6 (
41... Ke5 42. a5 Kxe4 43. b6 $18) 42. a5 Kd7 43. a6 {[%cal Gb5b6]} Kc8 44. e5 {
[%cal Ge5e6,Gb5b6] and White wins}) (37... Kf6 $4 38. Qd8+ {[%csl Rh4]}) (37...
Kf5 $6 {was very dangerous:} 38. Qf7+ Ke5 39. Qxc7+ Kd4 (39... Kd5 $2 40. Qb7+
$1 {[%cal Gb7e4] Exchanging the Queens White wins at the pawn endgame.} Kc4 41.
Qe4+ Qxe4 42. fxe4 Kb5 43. e5 Kc6 44. e6 a6 45. a4 $18 {[%cal Gb4b5]}) 40.
Qxg7+ Kc4 41. Qb2) 38. Qh8+ Kg6 39. Qe8+ Kh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1997.12.14"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Azmaiparashvili, Zurab"]
[Black "Aleksandrov, Aleksej"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Qf6 5. Be3 Bc5 6. c3 Nge7 7. Bc4 Ne5 (
7... O-O) 8. Be2 Qg6 (8... d5) 9. O-O O-O 10. Nd2 d5 (10... d6 11. Bh5 Qf6 12.
f4 N5c6 13. N2b3 $14 {Sveshnikov,E-Yandemirov,V/Elista(RUS-ch)/1995/}) 11. Bh5
(11. Nf5 Bxf5 (11... Nxf5 12. Bxc5 Nh4 13. g3 Re8 14. Bh5 Qc6 15. Nb3 dxe4 16.
gxh4 Bh3 17. Be3 Nf3+ 18. Kh1 Rad8 19. Nd4 Nxd4 20. cxd4 Bxf1 21. Qxf1 g6 22.
Be2 a6 23. Rc1 Qd6 24. Qg2 b5 25. Qg5 f6 26. Qh6 Rd7 27. Rc5 Rg7 28. Qf4 Qxf4
29. Bxf4 Rd8 30. Be3 Rd6 31. Kg2 h5 32. Bd1 c6 33. Bc2 Re7 34. Kg3 Kg7 35. Kf4
f5 36. Kg5 {Bardelmeijer,N-Oranje,R/Soest op 1995/1-0 (52)}) 12. Bxc5 Bh3 13.
Bf3 Rfe8 14. Kh1 (14. Bxe7 Rxe7 15. exd5 Rd8 16. Re1 c6 17. Nc4 f6 18. Nxe5
fxe5 19. Qa4 Rf8 20. Be4 Rf4 21. Bxg6 Rxa4 22. Be4 Bd7 23. b3 Ra3 24. Re2 a5
25. Rc2 cxd5 26. Bxd5+ Be6 27. Rd1 Kf7 28. Kf1 a4 29. b4 Rc7 30. Bxe6+ Kxe6 31.
Rd3 e4 32. Re3 Kf5 33. Ke1 Rd7 34. f3 exf3 35. Rxf3+ Kg4 36. Ke2 h5 37. Rd3 Rf7
38. Rg3+ Kh4 {Schmittdiel,E-Enklaar,B/Bussum op 1995/1-0 (51)}) 14... dxe4 15.
Bxe4 Bf5 16. Qc2 Bxe4 17. Nxe4 Nf5 18. f3 b6 19. Bf2 Nd6 20. Rfe1 Ng4 21. Bg3
Nxe4 22. Rxe4 Rxe4 23. Qxe4 Qxe4 24. fxe4 c5 25. Rd1 h6 26. Kg1 Nf6 27. e5 Ne4
28. Rd7 Ng5 29. Kf2 Ne6 30. Ke3 c4 (30... c4 31. a4 Nc5 32. Rc7 Nxa4 33. Rxc4
Nc5 34. Rd4 Rc8 35. Rc4 Kf8 36. Be1 Rd8 37. Rd4 Rc8 38. b4 Ne6 39. Rd7 Rc7 40.
Rxc7 Nxc7 41. c4 Ke7 42. Ke4 Ke6 43. Bf2 Na6 {1/2-1/2 Peredy,F-Czebe,A/
Budapest FS09 IM-A 1995}) 31. a4 Nc5 32. Rc7 Nxa4 33. Rxc4 Nc5 34. Rd4 Rc8 35.
Be1 Kf8 {Oechslein,R-Wolf,V/BL8283 1983/1-0 (51)}) (11. Kh1 Ng4 12. Bxg4 Bxg4
13. f3 Bd7 (13... Bxd4 14. cxd4 Be6 15. Qa4 a5 16. Qb5 b6 17. Rfc1 Rac8 18. Bf4
Qf6 19. Be5 Qh6 20. Qe2 dxe4 21. fxe4 c6 22. Rc3 Ng6 23. Nf3 Rfe8 24. Qc2 Bd7
25. Qb3 b5 26. a4 bxa4 27. Rxa4 c5 28. Rxa5 Nxe5 29. dxe5 Be6 30. Qc2 c4 31.
Rca3 Red8 32. Ra6 Qf4 33. g3 Qg4 34. Rd6 Rxd6 35. exd6 c3 36. Nd4 cxb2 37. Nxe6
Qxe6 38. Qxb2 {Comp Mirage-Polgar,S/The Hague AEGON 1997/0-1 (85)}) 14. Nf5
Nxf5 15. Bxc5 dxe4 16. fxe4 Ng3+ 17. hxg3 Bg4 18. Nf3 Qh5+ 19. Kg1 Qxc5+ 20.
Qd4 Qe7 21. e5 Be6 22. b3 b6 23. Rae1 Rad8 24. Qe3 Bc8 25. Nd4 Qc5 26. Kh2 Rde8
27. Qf4 Re7 28. Rf3 Ree8 29. Rfe3 Be6 30. g4 f6 31. b4 Qd5 32. exf6 Rxf6 33.
Qxc7 Rc8 34. Qg3 Bd7 35. Re7 Rcf8 {Grosar,A-Cepon,D/SLO-ch 1992/1-0 (49)})
11... Qd6 (11... Qa6 12. Nf5 (12. b4 Bxd4 13. Bxd4 N5c6 14. Bc5 Rd8 15. Qb3 Be6
16. b5 Qa5 17. Qa3 Qxb5 18. Bxe7 Nxe7 19. Qxe7 dxe4 20. Nxe4 Qxh5 21. Qxc7 Qg6
22. f3 Rd7 23. Qf4 Rc8 24. Rfd1 Rxd1+ 25. Rxd1 Bxa2 26. Qc7 Qb6+ 27. Qxb6 axb6
28. Rd7 f5 29. Nd6 Rb8 30. Nxb7 g6 31. Kf2 Be6 32. Rd8+ Rxd8 33. Nxd8 Bd5 34.
Ke3 Kf8 35. Kd4 Bb3 36. Nc6 Kf7 {Ash,R-Lardizabal,R/World op 1995/1-0 (49)}) (
12. N2b3 $1 Bd6 (12... Bb6 13. Be2 Nc4 14. Bg5 f6 15. Bc1 $140 $16 dxe4 $2 16.
Nd2 $18) (12... Bxd4 13. Bxd4 $40) 13. Be2 Nc4 14. Bc1 $1 $40) 12... Nxf5 13.
Bxc5 Nd6 14. exd5 Qb5 15. b4 Qd3 16. Bd4 Re8 17. Re1 Qf5 18. c4 Bd7 19. Bxe5
Rxe5 20. Rxe5 Qxe5 21. a4 Qc3 22. c5 Nf5 23. c6 bxc6 24. dxc6 Be6 25. Ne4 Qxb4
26. Ng5 Bb3 27. Qd7 g6 28. Rb1 gxh5 29. Qxf5 Re8 30. Qxh7+ Kf8 31. Qh8+ Ke7 32.
Qe5+ Kd8 33. Rd1+ {1-0 Sulskis,S-Blucha,D/Karvina op 1992}) 12. f4 (12. Kh1 Bb6
(12... Nc4 13. Nxc4 dxc4 14. Qa4 Qe5 15. Bf3 b5 16. Qc2 Bb7 17. g3 Ng6 18. Bg2
Rfe8 19. f3 Rad8 20. Qf2 Rf8 21. Rad1 Qe8 22. Nf5 Bxe3 23. Qxe3 a6 24. Rd4 Ne5
25. Qg5 Ng6 26. Rfd1 Rxd4 27. Rxd4 h6 28. Qd2 Ne5 29. b3 Bc8 30. Ne3 Be6 31.
bxc4 bxc4 32. Qc2 Qb5 33. Nd5 Rb8 34. h3 Qb1+ 35. Qd1 Qxa2 36. Nb4 Qb3 37. Rd8+
Rxd8 38. Qxd8+ Kh7 39. Qd4 Nd3 40. Nxd3 Qd1+ 41. Kh2 cxd3 {0-1 Kanefsck,G-Oro,
L/Coronel Suarez op 1992}) (12... N5g6 13. b4 Bb6 14. a3 dxe4 15. Nxe4 Qe5 16.
Bxg6 Nxg6 17. Qc2 f5 18. Qb3+ Kh8 19. Ng5 f4 20. Ndf3 Qf6 21. Bxb6 axb6 22.
Rfe1 Bg4 23. h3 Bxf3 24. Nxf3 Rfe8 25. Qc4 c6 26. Rxe8+ Rxe8 27. Rd1 Qf5 28.
Qd4 b5 29. Qd7 Qxd7 30. Rxd7 Rb8 31. Ng5 Nf8 32. Re7 h6 33. Nf7+ Kg8 34. Nd6
Ra8 35. Nf5 Rxa3 36. Rxg7+ Kh8 37. Rxb7 {Bezemer,A-Van de Oudeweetering,A/
NLD-ch sf 1993/1-0 (75)}) 13. f4 Nd3 14. Qc2 Bxd4 15. cxd4 dxe4 16. Nxe4 Nb4
17. Qd2 Qc6 18. Qxb4 Qxe4 19. Rae1 Nd5 20. Qb3 c6 21. Bg1 Qf5 22. Re5 Qf6 23.
f5 Nb6 24. a4 Be6 25. fxe6 Qxf1 26. exf7+ Rxf7 27. Bxf7+ Qxf7 28. Qc2 Nd5 29.
a5 a6 30. h3 Rf8 31. Qb3 Qd7 32. Re1 h6 33. Bh2 Rf2 34. Be5 Qf7 35. Rd1 Re2 36.
Rg1 Ne3 37. Qd3 Qh5 38. Qb3+ Kh7 39. Qxb7 Qg6 40. Qc7 Rxg2 41. Bg3 Qe4 {
0-1 Stefansson,H-Barkhagen,J/Rilton Cup 1991}) (12. Nc2 Be6 13. Bxc5 Qxc5 14.
Nb3 Qb6 15. Re1 Rad8 16. Qe2 N7c6 17. Ncd4 dxe4 18. Qxe4 Bd5 19. Qc2 Rfe8 20.
Rad1 Bc4 21. Nxc6 Nxc6 22. Rxd8 Rxd8 23. Qe4 Be6 24. Bg4 Re8 25. h3 g6 26. Qf3
Qb5 27. Bxe6 Rxe6 28. Rxe6 fxe6 29. Qe3 Qf5 30. Nc5 e5 31. Nxb7 Qb1+ 32. Kh2
Qxb2 33. Nc5 Qxa2 34. Nd3 Qd5 35. Qg3 a5 36. c4 Qd4 37. c5 a4 38. Ne1 Qxc5 39.
Qg4 a3 40. Qe6+ Kg7 41. Qd7+ Kh6 42. Qd2+ g5 43. h4 e4 44. hxg5+ Qxg5 45. Qc3
Qe5+ 46. Qxe5 Nxe5 47. Nc2 a2 48. Na1 Kg6 49. Kg1 Nd3 50. Kf1 {0-1 Ostojic,
A-Sepulveda,L/WchJW-U14 1995}) 12... N5c6 (12... Nc4 13. Nxc4 dxc4 14. Qe2 Bxd4
15. Bxd4 b5 16. Qe3 Qh6 17. Bf3 Re8 18. Bxa7 Nd5 19. Qc5 Nxf4 20. e5 Be6 21.
Bxa8 Rxa8 22. Qe3 g5 23. Bc5 Bd5 24. Be7 Bxg2 25. Bxg5 Qxg5 26. Qxf4 Qg6 27.
Rf2 Be4+ 28. Qg3 Ra6 29. Re2 Bd3 30. Re3 Kf8 31. Qxg6 Rxg6+ 32. Kf2 Ke7 33. a4
Ra6 34. b3 Bc2 35. bxc4 bxa4 36. Rh3 a3 37. Ke3 a2 38. Kd2 Bb1 39. Kc1 Rb6 40.
Re3 Rb3 41. Kd1 Rb2 42. Re2 Rxe2 43. Kxe2 Ke6 44. Kf3 Kxe5 45. h3 f5 46. Ke3
f4+ 47. Kf3 Kf5 48. c5 c6 49. c4 h6 50. h4 h5 51. Kf2 Kg4 {0-1 Husson,
C-Fruteau,S/FRA-chW 1993}) 13. e5 (13. Kh1 a6 14. exd5 Qxd5 15. Bf3 Qd7 16.
N2b3 Ba7 17. Qc2 Nd5 18. Bxd5 Qxd5 19. Rad1 Bg4 20. Nf3 Qc4 21. Bxa7 Rxa7 22.
Ng5 g6 23. Rde1 Nb4 24. Qf2 Nc6 25. Na5 Nxa5 26. Qxa7 Qxa2 27. Qc5 Nc6 28. f5
Rd8 29. fxg6 fxg6 30. h3 Bf5 31. c4 Qxb2 32. Rxf5 Qb4 33. Qxb4 Nxb4 34. Rfe5
Rf8 35. Kh2 c6 36. Re7 b6 37. Rxh7 Nd3 38. Ree7 Rf7 39. Rexf7 {0-1 Rezek,
A-Schwarzinger,D/EU-chJW U18 1997}) 13... Qh6 (13... Qd8 14. N2b3 Bb6 15. Bf3
Nxd4 16. cxd4 f5 17. Rc1 c6 18. Kh1 Be6 19. Nc5 Bxc5 20. Rxc5 a6 21. Qc2 Kh8
22. Rc3 g5 23. Rb3 g4 24. Be2 Rb8 25. Bd2 Rf7 26. Bb4 Ng6 27. Qc5 Qh4 28. Be1
Qd8 29. a4 Nf8 30. Ba5 Qe8 31. Qc3 Ra8 32. Bb6 Bc8 33. a5 Ne6 34. Bd3 Qg8 35.
Bc2 Qg6 36. Bc5 h5 37. Qg3 Nxc5 38. dxc5 {Sofronie,I-Cozianu,C/ROM-chJW 1993/1/
2-1/2 (60)}) 14. N2b3 (14. Qe2 Bxd4 (14... f5 15. Bf3 Be6 16. N2b3 Bb6 17. a4
Nxd4 18. cxd4 a5 19. Qd2 Nc6 20. Rac1 Nb4 21. Nc5 Na2 22. Rc2 Nb4 23. Rc3 Na2
24. Rc2 Rab8 25. Nd3 c6 26. b3 Nb4 27. Nxb4 axb4 28. Qxb4 Bc7 29. g3 Rf7 30.
Kh1 g6 31. Bd2 Qg7 32. Qc5 Ra8 33. Bb4 Kh8 34. Qc3 g5 35. Qd2 g4 36. Be2 h5 37.
Rfc1 h4 38. Bf1 Qh6 39. Kg1 {Weeramantry,S-Lapshun,Y/Saratoga Springs op 1997/
1/2-1/2 (72)}) 15. Bxd4 Nxd4 16. cxd4 g6 17. Bg4 Bxg4 18. Qxg4 Nf5 19. Rf3 Nxd4
20. Rh3 Qxf4 21. Qxf4 Ne2+ 22. Kf2 Nxf4 23. Rf3 Ne6 24. Rf6 Nc5 25. Rf3 a5 26.
Rc1 b6 27. Ke3 Rfe8 28. Kf4 Re7 29. a3 a4 30. Rfc3 Ne6+ 31. Kg3 c5 32. Rd3 Nd4
33. Rxd4 cxd4 34. Kf4 Rf8 35. Rc6 Re6 36. Rd6 Rxd6 37. exd6 f6 {0-1 Muller,
F-Scheipl,R/FRG-ch 1972}) 14... Bxd4 15. Bxd4 ({Makarichev} 15. cxd4 Nf5 16.
Bd2 $1 (16. Bf2 $2 Qxf4) 16... Qe6 (16... Ncxd4 17. Nxd4 Nxd4 18. f5 $1 (18.
Bb4 $2 Ne2+ $1 19. Bxe2 Qb6+ $15) 18... Qb6 (18... Qa6 19. f6 $1 $16 (19. Bb4
Qb6 20. Bxf8 Kxf8 21. Kh1 Bxf5 $13)) 19. Be3 c5 20. Bxd4 (20. f6 $6 g6 21. Bxd4
(21. Qc1 Kh8 (21... Ne6 22. Bg4 d4 23. Bf2)) 21... cxd4 22. Qd2 Kh8 23. Qh6 Rg8
$13) 20... cxd4 21. Qd2 d3+ 22. Kh1 Qd4 23. Rae1 $16) 17. Rf2 $1 (17. Bc3 $4
Ne3) 17... g6 (17... Ncxd4 $2 18. Nxd4 Nxd4 19. Bb4 $16) 18. Bg4 h5 19. Bxf5 $1
Qxf5 20. Rc1 {xc7/} Be6 21. Rc3 $1 Rac8 22. Rg3 $18 f6 (22... Bd7 23. Rg5 Qe4
24. f5 Nxd4 25. Nxd4 Qxd4 26. fxg6 fxg6 27. Rxg6+ Kh7 28. Qxh5#) 23. Nc5 Nd8
24. exf6 Kh7 (24... Rxf6 25. Rg5) (24... Qxf6 25. Qxh5) 25. Rg5 Qxf6 26. f5
Bxf5 27. Rgxf5 Qxf5 (27... gxf5 28. Nd7 Qg7 29. Nxf8+ Qxf8 30. Qxh5+) 28. Rxf5
Rxf5 29. Qe1 Nf7 30. Qe6 Nd6 31. Nd7 Ne4 32. Qe7+ Kg8 33. Bh6 {1-0 Rublevsky,
S-Peng Xiaomin/Erevan olm 1996}) 15... Nxd4 16. cxd4 Nf5 (16... a5) 17. Rf2 a5
18. Be2 b6 19. Rc1 c6 20. Rc3 Ne7 21. g4 (21. Nd2 Bd7 (21... f6) 22. Nf1 f6)
21... f5 22. exf6 (22. g5 Qe6 23. a4) 22... Qxf6 23. Re3 Bd7 24. Bd3 (24. a4
Rae8 25. Bd3 Qd6) 24... Ng6 25. f5 a4 26. Na1 a3 $2 (26... Qxd4 $2 27. Nc2 Qf6
28. g5 $1 Qxg5+ (28... Qf7 29. Qe2 Nh4 30. Re7 $18) 29. Rg2 $16) (26... c5 $1
27. dxc5 bxc5 28. Bc4 dxc4 29. Qxd7 a3 30. Qe6+ Qxe6 31. Rxe6 axb2 (31... Nf4
32. Rxf4 axb2 33. Re1 Rxa2 34. Nc2 b1=Q 35. Rxb1 Rxc2 36. Rf2 $11) 32. Rxb2 Nf4
33. Re4 Nd3 $15 {[%csl Ra1]}) 27. b4 c5 $6 (27... Qxd4 28. Nc2 Qf6 29. g5 $1
Qxg5+ (29... Qf7 30. Qe2 Nh4 31. Re7 $18) 30. Rg2 $18) (27... Qg5 $5 28. Nc2
Nf4 29. h4 $1 Qh6 30. Bf1 $1 {[%csl Rf4]} Bxf5 31. gxf5 Qxh4 $14) (27... Ne7)
28. bxc5 bxc5 29. dxc5 $16 Ne5 30. Nb3 Ba4 31. Bc2 Rad8 32. Nd4 Bxc2 33. Rxc2
Rb8 34. Ne6 Rf7 35. c6 Nc4 36. Re1 Qh4 37. c7 Re8 38. Rf2 Nb6 39. Qd4 Nc8 40.
Re3 h5 41. Qxd5 hxg4 42. Ng5 1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1997.12.10"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Luther, Thomas"]
[Black "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Hecht} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nxc6 Qf6 6. Qd2 dxc6 7.
Bd3 (7. Nc3) 7... Be6 8. O-O (8. Nc3) 8... Qe7 $146 (8... O-O-O 9. Qe2 (9. Qg5
Qxg5 (9... h6 10. Qxf6 Nxf6 $11) 10. Bxg5 f6 11. Bd2 (11. Bc1 Ne7 12. Kh1 Rd7
13. Nd2 Rhd8 14. f4 f5 15. b3 Bd4 16. Rb1 Bc3 17. exf5 Bxf5 18. Ne4 Bd4 19. Ba3
g6 20. h3 Nd5 21. g4 Bxe4+ 22. Bxe4 Re8 23. Bxd5 cxd5 24. Rbd1 Re4 25. Rd3 c6
26. c3 Be3 27. f5 Rf7 28. Rf3 Bg5 29. fxg6 Rxf3 30. Rxf3 hxg6 31. Kg2 Bd2 32.
Bc5 b6 33. Bd4 c5 34. Bf2 d4 35. cxd4 cxd4 {Ristic,N-Savanovic,A/JUG-chT 1995/
1-0 (51)}) 11... h5 (11... Ne7 12. Kh1 g5 13. f4 gxf4 14. Bc3 Rhf8 15. Rxf4 f5
16. Nd2 Be3 17. Rff1 Bxd2 18. Bxd2 fxe4 19. Rxf8 Rxf8 20. Bxe4 Bd5 21. Bxd5
cxd5 22. Kg1 Kd7 23. Rf1 Rxf1+ 24. Kxf1 h5 25. Kf2 Ke6 26. Kf3 Kf5 27. h3 Ng6
28. g4+ hxg4+ 29. hxg4+ Ke5 30. Be1 c5 31. Bg3+ Ke6 32. Bb8 a6 33. Ba7 Ne5+ 34.
Kf4 Nd7 35. Kg5 b6 36. Kh6 d4 37. b3 {1-0 Servat,R-Bronstein,L/ARG-ch sf 1991})
(11... Bd4 12. Nc3 (12. Bc3 c5 13. Nd2 Ne7 14. Bxd4 cxd4 15. f4 c5 16. a3 a5
17. b4 axb4 18. axb4 cxb4 19. Rfb1 Nc6 20. Bb5 Bd7 21. Bxc6 Bxc6 22. Rxb4 Kc7
23. Rab1 Rhe8 24. Rc4 d3 25. c3 f5 26. Kf2 fxe4 27. Ke3 Ra8 28. Rcb4 Ra2 29.
R4b2 Rea8 30. Rxa2 Rxa2 31. c4 Kd7 32. f5 Ke7 33. g4 Kf7 34. Rf1 Ra8 35. h4 h6
36. Rf4 Re8 {Chernyshov,K-Gyimesi,Z/Zalakaros op 1994/1/2-1/2 (60)}) 12... Ne7
13. Rad1 Ng6 14. b3 Ne5 15. Be2 Rd7 16. h3 g5 17. Bh5 g4 18. Kh2 Rg8 19. Ne2
Bb6 20. Nf4 Bf7 21. Bxf7 Rxf7 22. Kh1 Rd7 23. Bc3 Rxd1 24. Rxd1 Bxf2 25. Bxe5
fxe5 26. Nd3 Bd4 27. Rf1 Kd7 28. Rf7+ Ke6 29. Rxh7 g3 30. Rh6+ Ke7 31. Rh7+ Ke6
32. Rh6+ Ke7 33. Rh7+ Ke8 34. Ne1 Rf8 35. Nf3 Rf4 36. Rg7 {Candela Perez,
J-Perez Pardo,J/ESP-ch 1993/0-1 (92)}) 12. Nc3 Nh6 13. Rad1 Ng4 14. b3 (14. h3
Ne5 15. Be2 b5 16. b3 g5 17. Kh2 g4 18. h4 g3+ 19. Kxg3 Bd6 20. f4 Ng4 21. e5
fxe5 22. f5 Bd5 23. Nxd5 cxd5 24. Bg5 e4+ 25. Kh3 e3 26. Rxd5 Nf2+ 27. Rxf2
exf2 28. Bxd8 Re8 29. Bxb5 Re3+ 30. g3 Rxg3+ 31. Kh2 Rd3+ 32. Rxd6 f1=N+ 33.
Kg1 Rxd6 34. Bg5 Ng3 35. Bd3 Kd7 36. Kf2 Rxd3 37. cxd3 Nxf5 38. Kf3 Ke6 {
Typek,K-Borkowski,F/POL-chT 1991/1-0 (61)}) 14... a6 15. Na4 $14 Ba7 16. Bb4
Ne5 17. Be2 Bg4 18. Bxg4+ Nxg4 19. Bc5 b6 20. Ba3 Rhe8 21. h3 Ne5 22. Rfe1 Rxd1
23. Rxd1 Nd7 24. Nc3 b5 25. Re1 f5 26. Re2 Re5 27. exf5 Rxf5 28. Ne4 Rd5 29.
Kf1 g5 30. Bc1 g4 31. h4 Nc5 32. Nf6 Rf5 33. Bg5 a5 34. Nxh5 Nd7 35. Ng3 Rd5
36. Ne4 Nf8 37. Nf6 Rd1+ 38. Re1 Rxe1+ 39. Kxe1 Bd4 {1-0 Pandavos,E-Dominguez,
J/Thessaloniki olm 1988}) (9. Nc3 Bd4 (9... h5 10. Na4 Bd4 11. c3 Bb6 12. Nxb6+
axb6 13. Qe3 Nh6 14. f3 Qe5 15. Be2 f5 16. a4 fxe4 17. Qxe4 Ng4 18. Qxe5 Nxe5
19. f4 Bg4 20. fxe5 Bxe2 21. Re1 Rd1 22. Rxd1 Bxd1 23. e6 Re8 24. Bg5 Bb3 25.
e7 Kd7 26. Ra3 Bd5 27. b3 b5 28. axb5 cxb5 29. b4 b6 30. Ra1 Rxe7 31. Bxe7 Kxe7
32. Re1+ Kd6 33. h4 c5 34. Kf2 Bc6 35. Rd1+ Ke5 36. Ke3 g6 37. g3 Bd5 38. Rd2
Bb3 39. Rd8 Kf5 40. Rd6 cxb4 41. cxb4 Bc4 42. Rxb6 g5 43. hxg5 Kxg5 44. Rc6 {
1-0 Ovetchkin,R-Koniushkov,I/RUS-Cup5 1997}) 10. Kh1 Nh6 11. f3 Qe7 12. Ne2 Bb6
13. b3 f5 14. Qg5 Qf8 15. Bb2 Rg8 16. Nf4 Bd7 17. Bc4 Nf7 18. Qh4 Qd6 19. Bxf7
Rgf8 20. e5 Qd2 21. e6 {1-0 Schmid,W-Haas,C/Zuerich op 1993}) (9. Kh1 Bc4 10.
Qe2 Bxd3 11. cxd3 Qd6 12. Rd1 Bd4 13. Na3 h5 14. Nc2 Bb6 15. Qf3 Nf6 16. Bf4
Qe6 17. Bg5 Ng4 18. Ne3 f6 19. Bf4 g5 20. Bg3 Bxe3 21. fxe3 h4 22. Be1 h3 23.
g3 Ne5 24. Qf1 Nxd3 {0-1 Bjerring,K-Skembris,S/Copenhagen op 1995}) 9... Ne7 (
9... Nh6 10. Qh5 Bd4 11. Nc3 Ng4 12. Nd1 Qg6 13. Qxg6 hxg6 14. h3 Ne5 15. Be2
f6 16. Be3 g5 17. f3 Ng6 18. Bxd4 Rxd4 19. Ne3 Nf4 20. Rfe1 Rhd8 21. Bf1 c5 22.
a3 a5 23. Rad1 R8d6 24. g3 Ng6 25. Kf2 Ne7 26. c3 Rd2+ 27. Rxd2 Rxd2+ 28. Re2
Rd8 29. Re1 Rh8 30. Bc4 Bd7 31. Rh1 Ng6 32. Be2 b6 33. Ba6+ Kd8 34. Rd1 {
Pandavos,P-Georgiev,K/Xanthi 1990/0-1 (66)}) (9... h5 10. e5 Qe7 11. Nd2 Nh6
12. Kh1 Ng4 13. Nf3 Bd5 $15 14. Bf4 f6 15. Rae1 g5 16. Bg3 Kb8 17. h3 h4 18.
Bh2 Bxf3 19. Qxf3 Nxh2 20. Kxh2 fxe5 21. Qe2 Rhf8 22. Be4 Qf6 23. Qf3 Rd2 24.
Qxf6 Rxf6 25. f3 Bf2 26. Rb1 c5 27. Rfd1 Rfd6 28. Rxd2 Rxd2 29. b3 c6 30. Kh1
Kc7 31. Rf1 Kd6 32. Rb1 Kc7 33. Bd3 Kb6 34. a3 {Ehlvest,J-Fernandez Garcia,J/
Pamplona 1991/0-1 (49)}) (9... g5 10. Nc3 h5 11. Be3 Bd6 12. Bc4 g4 13. Rad1
Qh4 14. g3 Qh3 15. Bxe6+ fxe6 16. Rfe1 (16. e5 Be7 17. Rxd8+ Bxd8 18. Rd1 h4
19. Qd2 Ne7 20. Bg5 Nd5 21. Bxd8 hxg3 22. fxg3 Rxd8 23. Ne4 Qh8 24. Nf2 Qxe5
25. c4 Rg8 26. cxd5 cxd5 27. Qd4 Qxd4 28. Rxd4 c5 29. Rxg4 Rf8 30. h4 b6 31. h5
Rh8 32. Rg5 Kd7 33. Rg7+ Kd6 34. g4 a5 35. Rg6 d4 36. h6 c4 37. g5 c3 38. bxc3
dxc3 39. Rg7 c2 40. Nd3 Kc6 41. h7 Rd8 42. Rg8 Rxd3 43. Rc8+ Kd5 44. Rxc2 Rh3
45. Rh2 Rxh7 46. Rxh7 {1-0 Gotsi,A-Bold,S/WchJW-U14 1994}) 16... h4 17. Qf1
hxg3 18. Qxh3 gxf2+ 19. Bxf2 Rxh3 20. e5 Bb4 21. Rxd8+ Kxd8 22. Rd1+ Kc8 23.
Ne2 Rh5 24. Bg3 Ne7 25. Nd4 Bc5 26. Kf1 Bxd4 27. Rxd4 Nf5 28. Rd3 Nxg3+ 29.
hxg3 Rxe5 30. Rd4 Rg5 31. Ke2 Re5+ 32. Kf1 Rg5 33. Ke2 e5 34. Rd3 {Gotsi,
A-Sorokina,A/WchJW-U14 1994/0-1 (54)}) 10. Kh1 (10. Qh5 Bd4 11. Nc3 Ng6 12. Ne2
Bxb2 13. Bxb2 Qxb2 14. f4 Ne7 15. Kh1 f5 16. exf5 g6 17. fxg6 hxg6 18. Qc5 Qf6
19. Ng1 Bd5 20. Qf2 Nf5 21. Rae1 Kb8 22. Bxf5 gxf5 23. Re3 Qd6 24. Nh3 Rdg8 25.
Rg3 Rxg3 26. Qxg3 Qc5 27. Qf2 Qc3 28. Ng5 Re8 29. Rd1 b6 30. Nf3 Bxf3 31. gxf3
Qc4 32. Qd2 Kb7 33. Re1 Rg8 34. a3 Rg6 35. c3 Rd6 36. Qe3 Rd3 37. Qe5 Rxf3 38.
Qe2 Qd5 39. Kg1 Rxc3 40. Qf2 Rf3 41. Qg2 Qd4+ 42. Kh1 Rf2 {0-1 Zagema,W-Van
Gisbergen,S/NLD-chT 1993}) 10... g5 (10... Rhe8 11. Nc3 Qh4 12. Be3 Bxe3 13.
Qxe3 Kb8 14. Rfe1 Bc8 15. Qg3 Qxg3 16. hxg3 Be6 17. Rad1 c5 18. Bb5 c6 19. Be2
Rd4 20. f3 Red8 21. Kg1 Kc7 22. Kf2 b5 23. g4 Ng6 24. Ke3 Ne5 25. b3 h6 26. Nb1
Kb6 27. c3 Rxd1 28. Rxd1 Rxd1 29. Bxd1 c4 30. b4 c5 31. a3 f6 32. Nd2 cxb4 33.
axb4 a5 34. bxa5+ Kxa5 35. f4 {Vilaseco,F-Leyva,R/CUB-ch 1993/0-1 (47)}) 11.
Qh5 h6 12. f4 Qd4 13. Bd2 gxf4 14. Bc3 Qe3 15. Bd2 Qd4 16. Bc3 Qe3 17. Bd2 Qd4
18. Bc3 Qe3 19. Nd2 Bd4 20. Rae1 Bxc3 21. Rxe3 fxe3 22. bxc3 exd2 23. Rd1 Kb8
24. a4 b6 25. Rxd2 a5 26. Rf2 Ng6 27. h3 c5 {1/2-1/2 Bjelajac,M-Agzamov,G/
Vrsac 1983}) 9. Qe2 Nf6 10. Be3 Bxe3 11. Qxe3 Ng4 12. Qg3 h5 13. h3 h4 14. Qf4
g5 15. Qd2 Ne5 16. Qa5 Qd6 17. Be2 b6 18. Qa4 Rg8 19. Rd1 Qc5 (19... Qe7 20.
Qd4 (20. f3)) 20. Qd4 Qxd4 21. Rxd4 g4 22. Bxg4 Bxg4 (22... c5 $5 23. Rd1 (23.
Ra4) 23... Bxg4 24. hxg4 Rxg4 25. Kf1 $1 Rxe4 26. Nc3 Rc4 27. Nb5 (27. Re1 $2
f6 28. Nd5 Kf7) 27... Kf8 $15) 23. hxg4 Rxg4 24. Kh2 (24. Nd2 $142 {Luther})
24... Ke7 (24... Rf4 $1 $17 {Luther} 25. f3 $140 Rxf3) 25. Nd2 (25. Nc3 $2 Rag8
$19 {[%csl Rg2]}) 25... Rag8 26. Rg1 Rf4 27. f3 a5 28. Ra4 c5 $6 {[%csl Rd5]} (
28... Rf6 $15) (28... Rd8 {Luther} 29. Nf1 Rxf3 $5 30. gxf3 Nxf3+ 31. Kg2 Nxg1
32. Kxg1 Rd1 {und das sechste Remis war sehr wahrscheinlich...}) 29. Ra3 Rd8
30. Nf1 $1 Nc4 $2 (30... f5 $1 31. exf5 Nc4 32. Rc3 Nxb2 33. Ne3 $13) 31. Rc3
Rd4 (31... Nxb2 32. Ne3 {[%csl Rb2]} c6 33. Rb1 Na4 34. Ra3 b5 35. c4 $18) 32.
b3 Ne5 33. Ne3 h3 (33... c6 34. Nf5+ Kf6 35. Nxd4 (35. Kh3 Rd8) 35... cxd4 36.
Rc4 $1 (36. Rd3 Nxd3 37. cxd3 Kg5 38. Kh3 Rf6) 36... Nxc4 (36... c5 37. Ra4 Kg5
38. Rd1 $16) 37. bxc4 $16 {[%csl Rb6]}) 34. Nd5+ Rxd5 35. exd5 hxg2 36. Kxg2
$16 Kd6 37. Re3 Rd4 38. Rge1 Ng6 39. c4 Nf4+ 40. Kg3 Nh5+ 41. Kf2 Nf4 42. Kg3
Nh5+ 43. Kf2 Nf4 44. Kf1 c6 45. Re4 $1 (45. dxc6 Ne6 (45... Kxc6 46. Re4))
45... cxd5 46. Rxd4 cxd4 47. cxd5 Kxd5 {[#] Hecht:  Technisches Endspiel mit
starkem Turm, der sehr viel besser die schwarzen Bauern angreifen kann als
diese vom Springer verteidigt werden kцnnen.} 48. Re7 f6 49. Ke1 Nd3+ 50. Kd2
Ne5 51. f4 Ng6 52. Rd7+ Ke4 (52... Kc5 {Hecht} 53. f5 Ne5 54. Re7 b5 55. Re6
Ng4 56. Kd3 Nf2+ 57. Ke2 Ng4 58. Kf3 Ne5+ 59. Ke4 Ng4 60. a3 (60. Kf4 d3 61.
Re8 Ne5 62. Ke3 {sollte auch genьgen}) 60... a4 61. bxa4 bxa4 62. Ra6 Kb5 63.
Ra7 Ne3 (63... Ne5 64. Rb7+ Kc5 65. Rb4 $18) (63... Nh6 64. Rh7 $18) 64. Rf7
$18) 53. Rd6 b5 54. Rxf6 Nxf4 55. Ra6 b4 56. Rxa5 Nd5 57. Ra8 Nc3 58. Re8+ Kd5
59. Ra8 Ne4+ 60. Kc2 Nc3 61. Kd3 Kc5 62. Ra5+ Kb6 63. Rh5 Nxa2 64. Kxd4 Kc6 65.
Kc4 Kb6 66. Rh2 Nc3 67. Kxb4 1-0

[Event "Cannes Generations"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris Vasilievich"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "1998.02.21"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
c4 Nb6 9. Nc3 Qe6 (9... Ba6 10. Qe4 Qb4 $6 11. a3 Qb3 12. Bd3 $1 Bxc4 $140 $2
13. Bc2 $1) 10. Qe4 {In this position Black tried all possible moves,but
Spassky's one looks most logical.} Ba6 (10... Bb4 {Blatny,P} 11. Bd2 Ba6 $1 {
Blatny,P} (11... a5 12. f4 d5 (12... Bxc3 {Blatny,P} 13. Bxc3 d5 14. Qc2 dxc4
15. Be2 $14 {^^,קc4,c6,c7}) 13. exd6 cxd6 (13... Bxc3 {Blatny,P} 14. Qxe6+
Bxe6 15. Bxc3 cxd6 16. Rd1 Ke7 17. b3 f6 18. g3 {/\Bg2+/=}) 14. O-O-O Qxe4 15.
Nxe4 d5 16. cxd5 cxd5 17. Bxb4 axb4 (17... dxe4 {Blatny,P} 18. Bc5 $14) 18.
Nd6+ Ke7 19. Nxc8+ Rhxc8+ 20. Kb1 Ra5 (20... Kd6 {Blatny,P} 21. Bd3 h6 22. Rhe1
Re8 $10) 21. Rd4 $1 Nc4 $142 {Blatny,P} (21... b3 $2 22. a3 {1-0 Polgar,
J-Piket,J/Aruba m2 1995 (46)}) 22. Bxc4 Rxc4 $10) 12. b3 (12. c5 $6 Nc4 (12...
Bxf1 13. cxb6 Bc4 (13... Bxg2 $2 14. Qxg2 Qxe5+ 15. Kd1 $16) 14. bxc7 Ba5 15.
f4 $13) 13. Bxc4 Bxc4 14. f4 Bxc3 15. Bxc3 Bxa2 $15) 12... Bxc3 13. Bxc3 d5 {
see the current game.}) (10... g6 11. Bd3 Bg7 12. f4 Ba6 13. c5 Bxd3 14. Qxd3
Nd5 15. O-O Nxc3 16. Qxc3 f6 $13 {0-1 Shadrina,T-Varavin,V/Komercni Banka op
1997 (44)}) (10... Be7 11. Bd3 f6 12. exf6 Qxe4+ 13. Nxe4 gxf6 $14 {1-0 Radu,
E-Ambats,J/WchJW-U20 1993 (37)}) (10... d5 11. exd6 cxd6 12. Bd3 d5 13. cxd5
Nxd5 14. Nxd5 cxd5 15. Qxe6+ Bxe6 16. Bb5+ Kd8 17. O-O Bc5 18. Bg5+ Be7 19. Be3
Bf6 20. Rad1 Rc8 21. b4 $14 {0-1 Liska,J-Kviatkovska,Z/SVK-ch 1995 (69)}) 11.
b3 (11. c5 $5 {could lead to a very interesting position.} Bxf1 12. cxb6 f5 $5
(12... Bxg2 $6 13. Qxg2 (13. b7 $5) 13... Qxe5+ 14. Kf1 $1 (14. Kd1 $5 Qh5+ 15.
f3 axb6 16. Re1+ Kd8 $13) 14... axb6 $140 15. Bg5 $1) 13. Qe3 Bxg2 14. Rg1 Bd5
15. b7 Rd8 16. Qxa7 Qxe5+ 17. Kf1 $13 (17. Be3 $5 $13)) 11... Bb4 12. Bd2 Bxc3
13. Bxc3 d5 {The main idea of the Black's set up.} 14. Qf3 (14. cxd5 {also
doesn't promise a lot.} cxd5 15. Qb4 Bxf1 16. Kxf1 $13 (16. Rxf1 {Blatny} Nd7
17. O-O-O c5 18. Qb7 Nb6)) 14... dxc4 15. Be2 {[%cal Ge2a6] White's idea is to
use his advantage on the king side while two Black's extra pawns on the queen
side are not very useful so far.The pin on the diagonal a6-f1 is also
unplesant,but still I think that Black is not worse.} O-O 16. O-O Rfe8 17. Rfe1
Rad8 18. Bf1 {White is trying to strengthen Ljuboevic's play.} (18. Rac1 c5 19.
Bf1 Nd5 20. bxc4 Nb4 $1 (20... Nxc3 $2 21. Qxc3 Rd4 22. Qa3 $1) 21. Bxb4 (21.
a3 Na2 $1) 21... cxb4 22. Qe3 {1/2-1/2 Ljubojevic,L-Spassky,B/Montreal 1979})
18... c5 19. Rad1 (19. Rac1 {could lead to above mentioned game.}) 19... h6 20.
Ba1 {Opponents has used all useful moves and Spassky decides to go for
concrete play.} Bc8 21. bxc4 Ba6 (21... Nxc4 $5 22. Rxd8 (22. Bd3 Qg4 $1) 22...
Rxd8 23. Qc3 $44 {[%csl Ra7,Rc5,Rc7]}) 22. Bd3 {White is trying to play for
attack.} (22. Qa3 {leads to equal position.} Bxc4 23. Qxc5 $11) 22... Bxc4 23.
Bf5 Qe7 24. Bb1 $5 {[%cal Gf3e4,Gf3f5]} Be6 (24... Rxd1 $5 25. Rxd1 Rd8 {
[%csl Rg1]}) 25. Qe4 g6 26. Qe3 Kh7 27. f4 $6 {[%csl Rh7][%cal Gf4f5]} Bf5 $5 {
[%csl Ra1] Black changes his main enemy.The only drawback of the move is
weakening of the pawn sructure,but from the other hand it blocks king side and
extra pawn can become essential.} (27... Nd5 $6 28. Qf3 {[%cal Gf4f5]}) (27...
Nc4 $1 28. Qe2 (28. Qg3 Rxd1 (28... Nd2 $5 29. Bd3 c4) 29. Rxd1 Rd8 {[%csl Rg1]
}) 28... Qh4 29. g3 Qg4 $1 (29... Qh3 $5)) 28. h3 $6 (28. Bxf5 {looks more
logical.} gxf5 29. Qh3 (29. Rc1 $5)) 28... c4 $5 {[%cal Gf5b1,Gd8d3] Black
takes under control black squares and threatens to change bishops and to take
root on "d3".} (28... Rxd1 29. Rxd1 Rd8 $6 30. Rxd8 Qxd8 31. Bxf5 gxf5 (31...
Qd1+ 32. Kh2 Qxa1 (32... gxf5 $2 33. e6 $1 {[%csl Rh7]}) 33. e6 $1 fxe6 34.
Bxe6 Qd4 $15) 32. e6 fxe6 33. Qe5 Qe7 34. g4 $40) 29. Bxf5 gxf5 30. Kh2 Qe6 31.
Qc5 Rd7 32. Rxd7 Qxd7 33. a4 $1 {[%cal Ga4a5]} a5 $1 {The position is still
very complicated and Black has to play very carefully not to lose all his weak
pawns.} (33... c6 $5 {[%cal Gd7d5]} 34. a5 Qd5 35. Bd4 {[%csl Ra7]} Qxc5 36.
Bxc5 Nd5 {[%csl Rf4]} 37. Bxa7 (37. g3 a6 38. Rc1 f6 $11) 37... Nxf4 (37... Ra8
38. Bb6) 38. Rc1 (38. Rf1 Nd3 39. Rxf5 c3 40. Rxf7+ Kg8 41. Rc7 c2 42. Be3 Rxe5
43. Bxh6 $11) 38... Rxe5 39. Bb8 $1 Re4 40. Bxf4 (40. a6 Nd5 41. a7 Nb6 42. Ra1
Na8 43. Ra6 Re6 44. Ra5 $13 {[%cal Ga5c5]}) 40... Rxf4 41. a6 Re4 42. a7 Re8
43. Rxc4 Ra8 $11) 34. Qxa5 Qxa4 $6 (34... Ra8 $1 35. Qc3 {[%cal Rc3g7,Ge5e6]} (
35. Qc5 Rxa4 36. Rd1 $2 (36. e6 $6 fxe6 37. Rd1 Qf7 (37... Nd5 38. Qf8 Rxa1 39.
Rxa1 Nxf4)) 36... Qxd1 37. e6 {[%cal Gc5f5,Ge6f7]} Qh5 $1) (35. e6 $6 fxe6 36.
Qe5 Nxa4 37. Qf6 {[%cal Ge1d1,Ge1e6]} (37. Qxe6 Qxe6 38. Rxe6 c5 $1 (38... c3
$2 39. Rc6 Nb2 {[%cal Ra8a1]} 40. Rxc7+ Kg6 41. Bxb2 cxb2 42. Rb7 $11) 39. Re7+
Kg8 40. Rg7+ Kf8 41. Rh7 Ra6 {[%cal Gc4c3]}) 37... Nc5 $1 38. Rd1 Nd3) 35...
Qd3 (35... Nd5 36. Rd1 $1) 36. e6 $1 Qxc3 37. Bxc3 fxe6 38. Rxe6 Nxa4 $1 (38...
Nd5 39. Be5 Rxa4 40. Rc6 $11) 39. Re7+ Kg8 40. Bg7 c5 $1 (40... h5 41. Rxc7)
41. Bxh6 (41. Rc7 $5 c3 42. Bxc3 Nxc3 43. Rxc5) 41... c3 42. Re1 Rd8 {and
Black pass pawns are very dangerous.}) 35. Qd2 (35. Qxa4 $5 Nxa4 36. Rc1 Nb6
37. Bd4 Rc8 $1 38. Bc5 $1 {[%cal Gh2g3,Gg3f3,Gf3e3,Ge3d4,Gg2g4]}) 35... Qc6 (
35... Qd7 36. Qe2 $5 (36. Qxd7 Nxd7 37. Rc1 Ra8 {[%cal Ga8a4]})) 36. Qc2 {
[%csl Rf5][%cal Gc2h7]} Qg6 37. g4 fxg4 38. Qxg6+ Kxg6 39. hxg4 h5 $1 40. Kg3 (
40. gxh5+ $5 Kxh5 (40... Kf5 41. Kg3) 41. f5 (41. Rg1 Nd5 42. Rg7 (42. f5 c3)
42... c3 43. Rxf7 c2 (43... Kg4 44. Bxc3) 44. Bb2 Rb8 $17) 41... Kg4 42. e6 f6
$3 43. Bxf6 (43. Rf1 Nd5) 43... Kxf5 44. Rf1+ Kxe6 45. Re1+ Kf7 46. Rxe8 Kxe8
47. Kg3 Nd5 48. Bg5 $1 (48. Bd4 c3 49. Kf2 c2 50. Bb2 Nc3 51. Ke1 Na2 52. Kd2
c1=R 53. Bxc1 Nxc1 54. Kxc1 Kd7 $19) 48... c3 49. Kf3 {and White has chances
to escape.}) 40... hxg4 41. Kxg4 f5+ 42. Kf3 Kf7 43. Bd4 $1 Rd8 $1 (43... Ke6
44. Bxb6 $1 cxb6 45. Rd1 Rb8 $1 (45... Rc8 46. Rd6+ Ke7 47. Rxb6 c3 48. Rb1 $11
) 46. Rd6+ Ke7 47. Rc6 $1 (47. Ke3 b5 48. Kd4 Rd8 49. Rxd8 Kxd8 50. Kc3 Kd7 51.
Kd4 Kc6 52. Kc3 Kc5 53. Kd2 b4 54. Kc2 c3 $1 (54... b3+ 55. Kc3 Kb5 56. Kb2 Kb4
57. e6 c3+ 58. Kb1 Ka3 59. e7 c2+ 60. Kc1 Ka2 61. e8=Q b2+ 62. Kxc2 b1=Q+ $11)
55. Kb3 Kd5 56. Kc2 Kc4 57. e6 b3+ 58. Kc1 Kd3 59. e7 b2+ 60. Kb1 Kd2 61. e8=Q
c2+ 62. Kxb2 c1=Q+ 63. Kb3 Qc3+ 64. Ka4 Qc4+ $17) 47... b5 48. Rc5 $11 {
and Black hasn't got winning plan.}) 44. e6+ Ke8 45. Bf6 Rd6 (45... Rd3+ $5 46.
Kf2 (46. Re3 $4 Rxe3+ 47. Kxe3 Nd5+) 46... Nd5 47. Bg5 Nc3 {[%cal Gc3e4]}) 46.
Bg5 c3 47. e7 Nd5 48. Re2 $2 (48. Rh1 $1 Nxe7 49. Re1 Rd3+ 50. Kf2 Rd7 51. Re5
c2 52. Bxe7 Rxe7 53. Rc5 $11) (48. Re5 c2 49. Rxf5 Nxe7 (49... Rf6 50. Rxf6 (
50. Rxd5 $2 c1=Q 51. Bxf6 Qh1+) 50... Nxf6 51. f5 $11) 50. Rc5 Rc6 51. Rxc6
Nxc6 52. f5 Nb4 53. Ke4 (53. Ke2 Na2 54. Kd3 c1=Q 55. Bxc1 Nxc1+ 56. Kc4) 53...
Kd7 $1 54. f6 Ke6 55. Kd4 Na2 56. Kc5 Kf5 57. Bh6 Kxf6 $15) 48... Nb4 $1 $19 (
48... Rc6 49. Re5 $1 (49. Rc2 Rc4 50. Rh2 Nxe7 51. Re2 c2 (51... Re4 52. Rxe4
fxe4+ 53. Kxe4 c2 54. f5) 52. Bxe7 Rc3+ (52... Rxf4+ $2 53. Kg3 Re4 54. Rxe4
fxe4 55. Ba3 $11) 53. Kg2 (53. Kf2 c1=N $1 54. Re6 Kd7 $19) 53... c1=N 54. Re5
$8 Nd3 55. Bb4+ Nxe5 56. Bxc3 Ng6 $19 {[%cal Ge8e7,Ge7e6,Ge6d5]}) (49. Rh2 Nxe7
50. Re2 c2 {see49.Rc2}) 49... Nf6 50. Bxf6 c2 51. Rd5 Rxf6 52. Rc5 c6 53. Rxc2
Kxe7 54. Rc5 {see48...Nf6}) (48... Nf6 49. Re5 $1 Rc6 (49... Ne4 50. Rxf5 Nxg5+
51. Rxg5 Rc6 52. Rg1 $11) 50. Bxf6 c2 51. Rd5 Rxf6 52. Rc5 c6 53. Rxc2 Kxe7 54.
Rc5 Kd6 55. Re5 c5 56. Kf2 Kc6 57. Ke3 Kb5 58. Kd3 Kb4 59. Rd5 $11) (48... c5
49. Re5 c4 (49... c2 50. Rxf5 Rf6 51. Rxf6 Nxf6 52. f5 $11) 50. Rxf5 Nxe7 51.
Re5 (51. Bxe7 c2 $1 (51... Rd3+ 52. Ke2 (52. Kg4 Kxe7 $17) 52... Kxe7 $17) 52.
Bxd6 c1=Q $17) 51... c2 (51... Rd7 52. Bxe7 Rxe7 53. Rc5 $11) 52. f5 Rf6 $1 53.
Ke2 $11) 49. Re5 $1 {The best chance.} (49. Rh2 $4 Rd3+ 50. Kf2 Rd2+) (49. Re1
c2 50. Rh1 Re6 $19) 49... Rd3+ $1 50. Ke2 (50. Kf2 Rd5 $1 51. Re6 Rd6 $1 52.
Re5 $140 Nd3+ {[%cal Rd3f2,Rd3e5]}) 50... Rd2+ (50... Rd5 $1 51. Rxd5 (51. Re6
Rd2+ $1 (51... Rd6 52. Re5 c2 $2 (52... Rd5) 53. Rxf5 Re6+ 54. Kd2 Re1 55. Rf8+
Kd7 56. Rd8+ Kc6 57. e8=Q+ $18) 52. Kf3 Rd1 $3 $19) 51... Nxd5 52. Kd3 Kd7 53.
Kc2 c6 54. Kb3 c5 $19) 51. Kf3 Rd5 $2 (51... Rd3+ $1 52. Ke2 Rd5 $1 {see
previous comment.}) 52. Re6 $2 (52. Re1 $1 Rd3+ 53. Ke2 Rd2+ (53... Rd4 54. Rh1
Kd7 55. Rh8 Re4+ 56. Kd1 c2+ 57. Kd2 Rd4+ 58. Ke2 Re4+ $11) 54. Kf3 Nd5 55. Rh1
Nxe7 56. Re1 $11 {see above}) 52... Rd6 (52... Rd3+ 53. Ke2 $1 (53. Kf2 c2 54.
Rh6 Re3 $1 55. Rh1 Re4 $19) 53... Rd2+ $1 (53... c2 $2 54. Rh6 Re3+ 55. Kd2)
54. Kf3 Rd1 $3 {see52...Rd1}) (52... Rd1 $3 53. Rh6 Re1 $1 54. Rh8+ Kd7 55.
Rd8+ (55. Bh4 Rxe7 $1 56. Bxe7 c2 $1 57. Rh1 Kxe7 58. Rc1 (58. Ke3 Na2 59. Kd2
c1=R 60. Rxc1 Nxc1 61. Kxc1 $19) 58... Nd3 59. Rxc2 Ne1+) 55... Kc6 56. e8=Q+ (
56. Bh4 Rxe7 $1 57. Bxe7 c2) 56... Rxe8 57. Rxe8 c2 58. Re1 Nd3 $19) 53. Re5 (
53. Re1 c2 54. Rh1 Re6 $19) 53... c2 $2 (53... Rd3+ $1 54. Ke2 Rd5 $1 55. Re6
Rd2+ $1 56. Kf3 Rd1 $3 $19 {see previous comments.}) 54. Rxf5 $11 Re6 55. Rf8+
(55. Rc5 $2 Nd3) 55... Kd7 56. Rd8+ Kc6 57. f5 Rxe7 58. Rd4 $1 (58. Rd4 Re5 59.
Rxb4 Rxf5+ 60. Ke2 Rxg5 61. Kd2 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cannes Generations"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shaked, Tal"]
[Black "Gligoric, Svetozar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "1998.02.21"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nxc6 Qf6 6. Qd2 dxc6 7. Nc3 Be6
8. Na4 Rd8 9. Bd3 Bd4 10. O-O b5 {Black also tried 10...a6;10...Qh4;10...Ne7;
10...Nh6} 11. c3 ({White usually plays} 11. Nc3 Ne7 (11... Nh6 12. Ne2 (12. a4
Ng4 13. axb5 Be5 14. g3 h5 15. Qg5 h4 16. Qxf6 gxf6 17. Ne2 hxg3 18. hxg3 Nh2
19. f4 Bd6 20. f5 Bd7 21. Rd1 Bc5+ 22. Kg2 Ng4 23. Rh1 Rxh1 24. Kxh1 cxb5 25.
Bf4 Bb6 26. Kg2 Bc6 27. Nc3 b4 28. Bb5 Bxb5 29. Nxb5 Ne5 30. c3 c6 31. Nd4 Bxd4
32. cxd4 Rxd4 33. Rxa7 Rxe4 34. Bxe5 Rxe5 35. Rc7 Rc5 36. b3 Rc3 {Sziebert,
A-Acs,P/Budapest FS08 GM 1995/1/2-1/2 (59)}) 12... Bb6 13. h3 Bc4 14. Qf4 Qxf4
15. Nxf4 Bxd3 16. Nxd3 Ng8 17. a4 Ne7 18. Bf4 a5 19. b4 axb4 20. Nxb4 O-O 21.
a5 Bd4 22. Ra2 c5 23. Nd5 Nxd5 24. exd5 Rxd5 25. Bxc7 Ra8 26. g4 f5 27. Kg2
fxg4 28. hxg4 Rd7 29. Bf4 Rda7 30. c3 Bxc3 31. Be3 Rxa5 32. Rxa5 Rxa5 33. Bxc5
b4 34. Bb6 Ra6 35. Bc5 b3 36. Rd1 b2 37. Rd8+ Kf7 38. Rb8 Ra1 39. Rb7+ Ke6 {
0-1 Koskoska,G-Kim,O/Erevan olw 1996}) 12. Kh1 (12. a4 b4 13. Ne2 c5 14. Nxd4
Qxd4 15. Qf4 c4 16. Be2 Ng6 17. Qxc7 O-O 18. c3 bxc3 19. bxc3 Qxc3 20. Bg5 Rd7
21. Qc5 {1/2-1/2 Nunn,J-Flear,G/Isle of Man op 1994}) 12... Qh4 (12... Qg6 13.
Ne2 O-O 14. Nxd4 Rxd4 15. Qg5 Rd7 16. Be3 Qxg5 17. Bxg5 f5 18. f3 Ng6 19. Be3
Ne5 20. exf5 Bxf5 21. Bxf5 Rxf5 22. Rad1 a5 23. Rxd7 Nxd7 24. Kg1 Nf6 25. c3 c5
26. c4 bxc4 27. Rc1 c3 28. Rxc3 Nd5 29. Ra3 c4 30. Bc5 Nb4 31. Rxa5 Nxa2 32.
Ra8+ Kf7 33. Rf8+ Ke6 34. Rxf5 Kxf5 35. Bd4 g6 36. Kf2 Nb4 37. Ke2 {Turzo,
A-Andrade,J/EU-chJM U18 1996/1-0 (54)}) 13. Ne2 Bb6 14. a4 a6 (14... O-O 15.
Qf4 Qxf4 16. Bxf4 bxa4 17. Nc3 c5 18. Rxa4 Rd4 19. b3 Bxb3 20. Rxd4 cxd4 21.
Nb5 Ba4 22. Ra1 Bxb5 23. Bxb5 Rd8 24. g4 Nc8 25. h4 Nd6 26. Bd3 a5 27. Bd2 Ra8
28. e5 Nc8 29. f4 h6 30. f5 Ne7 31. Be4 Ra7 32. f6 Ng6 33. e6 gxf6 34. Bxh6 Ne7
35. Rf1 d3 36. Rxf6 Ng6 37. exf7+ Kh8 38. f8=Q+ Nxf8 39. Rxf8# {1-0 Koskoska,
G-Lang,H/Erevan olw 1996}) 15. axb5 (15. Qf4 Qxf4 16. Nxf4 Bc8 17. Be2 O-O 18.
Nd3 f5 19. e5 Nd5 20. Bg5 Rde8 21. Bh5 Re6 22. Rfe1 f4 23. axb5 axb5 24. Ra8 h6
25. Bxf4 Bxf2 26. Nxf2 Nxf4 27. Bf3 Bd7 28. Ra7 Nxg2 29. Bxg2 Rxf2 30. Rxc7 Rd2
31. Bh3 Rxe5 32. Rxe5 Bxh3 33. Re8+ Kh7 34. Re1 Bg2+ 35. Kg1 Bd5 36. Ree7 Rg2+
37. Kf1 h5 38. h4 Kh6 39. Ke1 Rg4 {Chandler,M-Khalifman,A/BL9394 1994/1/2-1/2 
(51)}) 15... axb5 16. Ng3 O-O 17. Qe2 Kh8 18. Be3 f5 19. Bxb6 cxb6 20. exf5
Bxf5 21. Nxf5 Nxf5 22. Ra7 Rde8 23. Rf7 Nd6 24. Re1 Rg8 25. Re7 Rxe7 26. Qxe7
Qxe7 27. Rxe7 Re8 28. Rxe8+ Nxe8 29. f4 Nd6 30. g4 g6 31. Kg2 b4 32. Kf3 Kg7
33. h4 c5 34. Ke3 {1/2-1/2 Wells,P-Gretarsson,H/Berliner Sommer 1995}) 11...
bxa4 $5 $146 (11... Be5 12. f4 bxa4 13. fxe5 Qxe5 14. Qe2 Nf6 15. Bf4 Qh5 16.
Qc2 O-O 17. Rae1 Bxa2 18. Qxa4 Rxd3 19. Qxa2 Qc5+ 20. Kh1 Re8 21. Bxc7 Rd7 22.
e5 Ng4 23. b4 Qd5 24. Qxd5 cxd5 25. Bd6 f6 26. exf6 Rxe1 27. f7+ Rxf7 {1/2-1/2
Relange,E-Smyslov,V/Cannes mT 1996}) 12. cxd4 Qxd4 13. Qg5 h6 (13... Qxd3 $2
14. Qxg7 Qd4 $140 (14... Nf6 {doesn't help} 15. Qxh8+ Ke7 16. Qg7 Rg8 17. Qh6
Qxe4 (17... Qh3 18. g3 $1 $18) 18. Bg5 Rg6 19. Qh4 $18) 15. e5 $18) (13... a3
$2 14. Be3 $1 h6 15. Qg3 $8 (15. Bxd4 $4 hxg5 16. Bxg7 Rh7 $19) 15... Qxb2 (
15... Qxd3 $2 16. Qxg7 axb2 17. Rab1 f6 18. Rxb2 $1 (18. Qxh8 $5 Qc2 19. e5 $1)
18... Bc4 19. Re1 Qc3 20. Rbb1 $1 $18) 16. Rab1 Qc3 17. Rbc1 Qxd3 (17... Qb2
18. Rc2 Qf6 19. e5 $18 {[%csl Rg7]}) 18. Qxg7 Bxa2 19. Qxh8 f6 20. Bxh6 $18) (
13... Nf6 $5 14. e5 (14. Bc2 O-O {[%cal Gf6e4,Ga4a3]}) 14... Qxd3 (14... Ng4
15. Qxg7 Qxe5 16. Qxe5 Nxe5 17. Bc2 $14) 15. exf6 (15. Qxg7 $2 Rg8 16. Qxf6
Rxg2+ $1 17. Kxg2 Bh3+ 18. Kg1 Qxf1#) 15... gxf6 $1 16. Qxf6 (16. Qg7 Ke7)
16... Rg8 17. Bg5 Rd7 {[%cal Gd3d5,Rd5g5,Rd5g2,Gd3g6]}) 14. Qg3 Nf6 (14... a3
$2 {see 13...a3?}) (14... Qxd3 $2 15. Qxg7 Qd4 16. e5 {[%csl Rh8]} Qg4 17. Qxh8
Bd5 18. f3 (18. g3 $4 Qf3 19. Qxg8+ Ke7) 18... Bxf3 19. Rxf3 Rd1+ 20. Kf2 $18)
15. Bc2 $8 (15. Be3 $2 Qxd3 16. Qxg7 Rg8 17. Qxf6 Qxe4 18. g3 Bh3 $19) 15...
Nxe4 $1 {[]} (15... Qc4 $6 16. Qxg7 $1 (16. Bd1) 16... Ke7 (16... Rg8 17. Qxf6
Qxc2 18. Bxh6 $1 Rg6 (18... Qxe4 19. Bg5 $1) 19. Qh8+ Ke7 20. Qe5 Rdg8 (20...
Rxh6 $2 21. Qg5+ Rf6 22. e5) 21. Qxc7+ Bd7 22. Qe5+ Be6 23. Be3 $1 $18 {
[%csl Re7]}) 17. b3 $1 {[%cal Gc1a3]} Qxc2 18. Ba3+ c5 (18... Kd7 19. Qxf6 $16
{[%csl Rd7]}) 19. Rfc1 Qxe4 (19... Nh5 20. Qe5 Qe2 21. Bxc5+ Kd7 22. Bb6 $3 $18
cxb6 $140 23. Rc7+ Ke8 24. Qxh8#) 20. Bxc5+ Kd7 21. Qxf6 Rhg8 22. f3 (22. Qd4+
$11) 22... Qe2 23. Bf2 $16 {[%csl Rd7]} Rxg2+ $140 24. Kxg2 Rg8+ 25. Kh1 Qxf2
26. Rd1+ $3 (26. Rg1 Bd5 $1 27. Qf5+ Kd6 $1 28. Qf4+ Kd7 29. Qf5+ $11 (29.
Qxa4+ $2 c6 $19)) 26... Kc8 27. Rg1 $18) 16. Qa3 $1 {[%csl Ra4][%cal Ya3f8,
Gc1e3]} (16. Bxe4 Qxe4 17. Qxg7 Rh7 {and Black is OK.}) (16. Qxc7 Qc4 17. Bxe4
Qxe4 18. Qxa7 O-O $11) 16... Nd6 $1 (16... Qc4 17. Bxa4 {[%cal Ga4b3,Gc1e3,
Ga1c1]}) 17. Rd1 (17. Bxa4 $5 Nb5 18. Bxb5 cxb5 19. Be3 Qa4 $1 (19... b4 20.
Qa4+ Qd7 21. Qxb4) 20. Qc5 $1 Rd7 (20... Qc4 21. Qxa7 O-O 22. b3 $1 $14 (22.
Rfc1 Qe2 {[%cal Ge2b2]})) 21. b3 {[%csl Re8][%cal Ga1d1]} Qg4 22. Qxb5 O-O 23.
Bxa7 $140 c6 $132) 17... Qc4 18. Bxa4 (18. Qxa4 O-O) 18... O-O 19. Be3 {
I think Black had a slight advantage and could go on.Here is approximate
continuation:} (19. Be3 Nb5 20. Bxb5 cxb5 (20... Rxd1+ $5 21. Rxd1 cxb5 22.
Qxa7 Qxa2 (22... Qe2 $5)) 21. Rdc1 (21. Qxa7 Qxa2) 21... Qe2 $1 22. Re1 (22.
Qxa7 Qxb2 $15) 22... Qg4 {[%cal Ge6d5]}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cannes Generations"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shaked, Tal"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris Vasilievich"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "1998.02.21"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nxd4 5. Qxd4 Ne7 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. Qe3 (7.
Qd1 a6 8. Be3 Bb4 9. a3 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 O-O 11. Be2 Re8 12. Bf3 Ne5 13. Bd4 Qh4
14. Bxe5 Rxe5 15. O-O d6 16. g3 Qf6 17. c4 Be6 18. Bg2 Bxc4 19. Re1 Rae8 20. f4
R5e7 21. Qd2 h6 22. Qb4 Qd4+ 23. Kh1 Rxe4 24. Bxe4 Rxe4 25. Rad1 Rxe1+ 26. Rxe1
Bd5+ {0-1 Floridia,P-Santos,L/Siegen olm 1970}) 7... g6 $146 {Black usually
tried other moves.} (7... Bb4 8. Bd2 (8. Bc4 O-O 9. O-O d6 10. Nd5 Bc5 11. Qg5
Qxg5 12. Bxg5 Be6 13. Bb5 Bxd5 14. exd5 Nb4 15. c4 Nd3 16. Rab1 a6 17. Ba4 a5
18. b3 h6 19. Bh4 f5 20. Rfd1 Ne5 21. Kh1 Ng6 22. g3 Bxf2 23. Rf1 Be3 24. Rbe1
f4 25. gxf4 Bxf4 26. Bf2 Ne5 27. Bd4 b6 28. Kg2 g5 29. Re4 Rf6 30. Bxe5 dxe5
31. Bd7 Rd8 32. Be6+ Kf8 {Totsky,L-Keitlinghaus,L/Mlada Boleslav op 1993/1/2-1/
2 (45)}) 8... O-O 9. Bc4 d6 10. O-O Be6 11. Nd5 Bxd2 12. Qxd2 Bxd5 13. exd5 Ne5
14. Be2 Re8 15. Rae1 Nd7 16. Bb5 Rxe1 17. Rxe1 Nf6 18. c4 h6 19. h3 a6 20. Ba4
b5 21. cxb5 axb5 22. Bxb5 Rxa2 23. Bc6 Qb8 24. Re2 Qb3 25. Kh2 Kh7 26. Qd4 Kg8
27. Qd2 Kh8 28. Qc1 Kg8 29. Qd2 Kh8 30. Be8 Kg8 31. Re7 Qxb2 32. Bxf7+ {
Handoko,E-Kagan,N/Genting zt 1995/1/2-1/2 (100)}) (7... Nb4 8. Bd3 Be7 9. Nd5 (
9. Bd2 O-O 10. O-O-O Nxd3+ 11. Qxd3 d6 12. Nd5 Be6 13. Bc3 Bxd5 14. Qxd5 Bf6
15. Rd3 Bxc3 16. Rxc3 Rc8 17. f3 b6 {1/2-1/2 Borocz,I-Keitlinghaus,L/FSGM Feb,
Budapest HUN 1998}) 9... Nxd3+ 10. Qxd3 O-O 11. Bd2 Re8 12. O-O-O d6 13. Ba5 b6
14. Bc3 Bf8 15. Qg3 Kh8 16. Qf4 c6 17. Ne3 b5 18. h4 Qe7 19. f3 Kg8 20. g4 a5
21. b3 b4 22. Bb2 a4 23. Nf5 Bxf5 24. gxf5 f6 25. h5 axb3 26. axb3 Ra2 27. h6
Qa7 28. hxg7 Bxg7 29. Qxd6 Ra8 30. Qd4 Qf7 31. Rdg1 c5 32. Qxf6 Qxf6 33. Bxf6
R8a7 34. e5 c4 35. bxc4 b3 36. cxb3 Rf2 37. e6 Rxf3 38. e7 Kf7 39. Rxg7+ Kxf6
40. e8=Q Kxg7 {1-0 Schmidt,W-Velimirovic,D/Rubinstein mem 1964}) (7... Be7 8.
a3 O-O 9. b4 Bf6 10. Bc4 Ne5 11. Be2 h6 12. Bb2 d6 13. h3 Ng6 14. Rb1 c6 15. b5
d5 16. Qd2 d4 17. Na4 cxb5 18. Bxb5 a6 19. Bd3 Qd6 20. Qb4 Qxb4+ 21. axb4 Re8
22. O-O Be6 23. b5 axb5 24. Bxb5 Red8 25. Nc5 Rac8 26. Nxb7 Rxc2 27. Rfc1 Rxc1+
28. Rxc1 Rb8 29. Ba6 Bc8 30. Nc5 Bxa6 31. Ba1 Bc8 32. Rd1 Nf4 33. Kf1 Rb5 34.
Nd3 Nxd3 35. Rxd3 Rb1+ 36. Ke2 Ba6 37. Bxd4 Bxd4 38. Kd2 Bxd3 39. Kxd3 Bxf2 40.
Ke2 Rb2+ 41. Kf1 Bg3 42. e5 Rf2+ 43. Kg1 Re2 44. h4 Re1# {0-1 Carrilho,S-Phiri,
K/WchJM-U16 1992}) (7... d6 8. Bc4 Be6 9. Bb3 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Bd2 Qd7 12.
Nd5 Rfe8 13. Bc3 Bxd5 14. Bxd5 Bf8 15. f4 a6 16. Qg3 Rab8 17. f5 Ne5 18. f6 g6
19. Rf4 c6 20. Bb3 b5 21. a3 Nc4 22. Rd1 d5 23. Qh4 Kh8 24. Bxc4 bxc4 25. exd5
cxd5 26. Rxc4 Qb5 27. Rb4 Bxb4 28. Bxb4 Qb6+ 29. Qd4 Qxd4+ 30. Rxd4 a5 31. Bc3
Rb5 32. Kf2 g5 33. Kf3 h5 34. h4 g4+ 35. Kf4 Kh7 36. Ra4 Kg6 37. Be5 Rc8 38.
Bc3 Rbc5 39. Ke3 Rxc3+ 40. bxc3 Rxc3+ 41. Kd4 Rxc2 42. Rxa5 Rxg2 43. Kxd5 Rh2
44. Ke5 Rxh4 45. Ra8 Rh3 46. Rg8+ Kh6 47. Rg7 Re3+ 48. Kf5 Rf3+ 49. Ke5 Rxa3
50. Rxf7 Re3+ 51. Kf5 Rf3+ 52. Ke6 Re3+ 53. Kf5 Rf3+ {1/2-1/2 Gretarsdottir,
G-Ingibergsson,V/Hellir, Reykjavic ICL 1997}) 8. Bd2 Bg7 9. O-O-O Qf6 10. f4
O-O (10... d6 $5 11. e5 $140 dxe5 12. Nd5 Qd6 13. Bc3 O-O $13) 11. e5 Qe6 12.
Qe4 {[%cal Gf1c4,Gc3d5]} d6 13. Bc4 (13. Nd5 $6 dxe5 (13... f5 14. Qa4 $1) 14.
Nxc7 $140 $2 (14. Bc4 Qd6) 14... Qxa2) 13... Qe8 (13... Qf5 14. Qxf5 Bxf5 15.
exd6 cxd6 16. Nb5 $14 {[%csl Rd6]}) 14. Nd5 $6 (14. exd6 $1 Bxc3 (14... cxd6
$14 {[%csl Rd6]}) 15. Qxe8 Bxd2+ (15... Bxb2+ 16. Kxb2 Rxe8 17. dxc7 Re7 18.
Rhe1 $16) 16. Rxd2 Rxe8 17. d7 Re7 $1 (17... Bxd7 $2 18. Rxd7 Re7 19. Rxe7 Nxe7
20. Rd1 $16 {[%cal Gd1d7]}) (17... Rd8 18. Rhd1 $1 $14 {[%csl Rf7]}) 18. d8=Q+
(18. Rhd1 $5) 18... Nxd8 19. Rxd8+ Kg7 20. Bd5 $5 $14 {[%cal Gd8a8]}) 14... Bf5
(14... Qd8 15. exd6 (15. Bc3 Bf5 16. Qf3 dxe5 $1) 15... Bf5 (15... Qxd6 $2 16.
Bb4 $1 Nxb4 17. Ne7+) 16. Qf3 Qxd6 17. Bc3 $14) 15. Qe3 dxe5 $1 16. Nxc7 Qc8
17. Nd5 $2 (17. Nxa8 Nd4 $1 {[%cal Gc8c2,Gd4c2,Gf5c2]} 18. b3 (18. Bd3 $6 Nxc2
19. Bxf5 Nxe3+ 20. Bxc8 Rxc8+ 21. Bc3 Nxd1 22. Rxd1 exf4 $1 23. Rd7 Rxa8 24.
Rxb7 $15) 18... exf4 $5 (18... Nxc2 19. Qxa7 $1) 19. Qe7 (19. Qxf4 $4 Ne2+ 20.
Bxe2 Qxc2#) 19... Bxc2 $1 $36 {[%cal Rc2d1,Rc2b3]}) 17... Re8 {[%cal Gc6d4]} (
17... Nd4 $4 18. Ne7+) 18. Bc3 Nd4 $1 {[%csl Rc2][%cal Gc8c4]} 19. fxe5 $2 (19.
Bd3 Bxd3 20. Qxd3 (20. Rxd3 Qc4) 20... Qc5 $1 21. fxe5 (21. Bxd4 exd4 22. Qb3
Re2 $17 23. Rhe1 Rxg2 24. Re7 $140 $2 Rd8 $1 25. Nf6+ Kh8 $1 {[%csl Rc2]})
21... Qxd5 22. Kb1 $1 Bxe5 23. Bxd4 Bxd4 24. Qxd4 Qxg2 $17) (19. Bb3 exf4 $1
20. Ne7+ Rxe7 21. Qxe7 Nxb3+ 22. axb3 Bxc3 23. bxc3 Qxc3 24. Rd8+ $8 (24. Rd2
Qa1#) 24... Rxd8 (24... Kg7 25. Qf8+) 25. Qxd8+ Kg7 26. Qd1 Be4 $1 $17 {
[%csl Rc2,Rg2]}) 19... Qxc4 20. Qxd4 Qxa2 {[%csl Rc1][%cal Ga8d8,Rg7h6]} 21.
Qh4 h5 $1 $19 {[%csl Rc1][%cal Rg7h6]} (21... Rad8 $2 22. Ne7+ Kf8 (22... Kh8
23. Nxg6+ (23. Rxd8 Qa1+ 24. Kd2 Rxd8+ 25. Ke3 Rd1 $8 $13 (25... Qxh1 $4 26.
Nxg6+ $1 {[%cal Gh4d8]})) 23... Bxg6 24. Rxd8 $18) 23. Nxg6+ fxg6 24. Rxd8 Qa1+
25. Kd2 Qxh1 26. Bb4+ $18) 22. Qg5 (22. Nf4 Bh6 $1 $19) 22... Rad8 23. Ne7+ (
23. b3 Qxc2#) 23... Kh7 {[%cal Ra2a1,Rg7h6]} 0-1

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 12th"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "1999.12.01"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Nataf, Igor Alexandre"]
[Black "Romanishin, Oleg M"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2504"]
[BlackElo "2567"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[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 "France"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nxc6 Qf6 6. Qd2 dxc6 7. Nc3 Ne7 {
Black comes back to the well-known line while Morozevich's 7...Qe7 probably
didn't pass the test of time,however in my opinion it's playable.} 8. Qf4 Qe6 {
This favourite Goldin's move is becoming popular these days.} 9. Bd3 ({I think
} 9. Qxc7 {has to be checked more seriously as so far a clear equality wasn't
shown yet.} Bb4 (9... O-O 10. Bd3 Ng6 11. Qg3 (11. Be3 $6 Bxe3 12. fxe3 Qe5 13.
Qxe5 Nxe5 14. h3 Be6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Berelovich,M-Grischuk,A/Moscow 1998/EXT 99 
(36)}) 11... f5 12. f4 fxe4 13. Nxe4 Bd7 14. Bd2 Rae8 15. Bc3 Bd6 16. O-O Rxf4
17. Nxd6 Qxd6 18. Rfe1 Qc5+ 19. Kh1 Ref8 20. h3 R4f7 21. a3 a5 22. Bxg6 hxg6
23. Qxg6 Bf5 24. Qg5 Qf2 25. Rf1 Qxc2 26. Rac1 Qd3 27. Rf3 Qe4 28. Re1 Qc2 29.
Rg3 g6 30. Rc1 Qe4 31. Re1 Qc2 32. Rf3 {[%cal Ge1f1] and Black is defenceles
against Rf1 with the idea Rf5. 1-0 Rublevsky,S-Goldin,A/Tivat 1995/CBM 48 ext 
(32)}) 10. Be3 Bxc3+ (10... Qxe4 $2 11. O-O-O $1 $18 {[%csl Rd8,Re4][%cal
Gd1d8]}) 11. bxc3 Qxe4 12. Bd3 Qe6 13. O-O (13. c4 $5) 13... O-O 14. Bc5 Re8
$14 {1/2-1/2 Sax,G-Skatchkov,P/Pardubice 1996/CBM 55 ext (52)}) (9. Be3 Bd6 10.
Qg5 h6 11. Qh5 O-O 12. Bd3 f5 13. exf5 Nxf5 14. O-O Nxe3 15. fxe3 Bd7 16. Ne4
Rae8 17. b3 Qe5 $11 {1-0 Ashley,M-Goldin,A/Philadelphia 1997/CBM 60 ext (60)})
(9. Qg5 $6 {Batsanin-Goldin 1997/CBM60[Mikhalevski V]}) ({In the recent game} 
9. Be2 {was checked,but White didn't get much from the opening.} O-O 10. O-O
Ng6 11. Qg3 Qd6 12. Na4 Bd4 13. Rd1 Qf6 14. Qf3 Re8 15. Qxf6 Bxf6 16. f3 Be5
17. Be3 b6 18. Bd4 Bd6 19. Bf1 f5 20. Bc4+ Kh8 21. Nc3 Ne5 22. Bf1 {1/2-1/2
Van der Wiel,J-Grischuk,A/Batumi GEO 1999 (22)}) 9... O-O 10. O-O (10. Qg5 {
looks strange,but White managed to get a slight adge after} f5 11. O-O h6 12.
Qh5 Bb6 13. exf5 Nxf5 14. Bd2 Qe8 15. Qxe8 Rxe8 16. Rfe1 Bd7 17. Rxe8+ Rxe8 18.
Re1 Rf8 19. Ne4 Nd6 20. Be3 $14 {0-1 Rouchouse,S-Flear,G/Montpellier 1997/EXT
99 (59)}) (10. Qxc7 {see 9.Q:c7}) 10... Ng6 11. Qg5 (11. Qg3 {was played twice
against Flear,but White didn't get much in both games.} Qd6 12. Bd2 (12. Ne2 f5
13. Nf4 fxe4 14. Nxg6 Qxg6 15. Qxg6 hxg6 16. Bxe4 Bf5 17. Bxf5 Rxf5 18. Be3
Bxe3 (18... Re8 $5 19. Rae1 Rfe5 20. Bd2 Re2 $1) 19. fxe3 Rd8 $11 {1/2-1/2
Baklan,V-Flear,G/1998-9 French Team Ch FRA 1999 (62)}) 12... f5 13. exf5 Qxg3
14. hxg3 Bxf5 15. Bxf5 Rxf5 16. Ne4 Bb6 17. Rfe1 Ne5 18. Be3 Nc4 19. Bxb6 axb6
20. b3 Nd6 21. a4 b5 22. a5 Re5 23. Nxd6 Rxe1+ 24. Rxe1 {1/2-1/2 Nunn,J-Flear,
G/Hastings 1996/CBM 57 (24)}) ({In case of} 11. Qxc7 Ne5 {Black creates strong
pressure.}) 11... Qe5 12. Kh1 ({Half a year ago young Romanian swaped queens
and won against current FIDE World Champion,but certainly the opening wasn't
the decisive factor.} 12. Qxe5 Nxe5 13. Be2 Bg4 14. Bxg4 Nxg4 15. h3 Nf6 16.
Re1 Rfe8 17. Kf1 Bb4 18. f3 Rad8 19. Bf4 Rd7 20. Rad1 Bxc3 21. bxc3 Red8 22.
Rxd7 Rxd7 23. Ke2 Kf8 24. g4 Ne8 25. h4 Nd6 26. h5 Nb5 27. Bd2 f6 28. Rg1 h6
29. Rd1 Ke7 30. Be1 Rxd1 31. Kxd1 c5 $11 {1-0 Nisipeanu,L-Khalifman,A/Las
Vegas USA 1999 (59)}) 12... Qxg5 $146 {[%mdl 8] Only this move is a novelty} ({
In the only preceding game Black played} 12... Be6 $5 {and had got better
chances after inaccurate} 13. Be3 $6 Qxg5 14. Bxg5 f6 15. Bd2 Ne5 16. Be2 Rad8
17. Bf4 b5 18. f3 Rd7 19. Rad1 Bd4 20. Rd2 Rfd8 21. Bxe5 Bxe5 22. Rxd7 Rxd7 23.
a3 a5 $15 {0-1 Waldmann,G-Jankovic,A/Pula CRO 1999 (41)}) 13. Bxg5 f6 14. Bc4+
$6 {It was wiser to refrain from check and retreat immediately.After the check
Black will be able to advance queen's side pawns with tempo.} (14. Bd2 $142)
14... Kh8 15. Bd2 b5 16. Be2 a5 {[%cal Ga5a4] Black is strengthening his
position on the queen's side.} 17. f4 (17. a4 {is met with} b4 {[%cal Gf6f5]
following by} 18. Z0 f5) 17... Ba6 {[%cal Gb5b4]} 18. Rae1 {White has to
defend against the threat} (18. Z0 {of} b4 19. Na4 (19. Bxa6 bxc3 $19) 19...
Bxe2 20. Rfe1 Bd6 {[%csl Rf4]}) 18... Rfd8 19. Bc1 a4 {[%cal Ga6b7] Black is
preparing unpleasant b4 retrieving first to b7 with the bishop.For this
purpose 19...a4 is very useful.} 20. g3 Bb7 21. a3 Bf8 {Black wants to play
b5-b4 with comfort.} ({Immediate} 21... b4 {deserved attention,but Romanishin
didn't like that after} 22. Nb1 {he can't support the b-pawn with help of c5.
That's why Bf8 was played.}) 22. h4 {White doesn't take 22...b4 very seriously.
} ({It was better to move the rook out of possible pin in case of 22...b4 23cb
B:b4.} 22. Rd1 $5) 22... b4 23. Nb1 c5 {[%csl Re4][%cal Gb7e4]} 24. Bf3 Ne7 {
[%cal Ge7c6,Gc6d4][%mdl 32] Making the knight active.} 25. g4 $6 {Nataf
ignores Black's plan.} (25. e5 Bxf3+ 26. Rxf3 Nf5 {[%cal Gf5d4]}) (25. Be3 $1 {
was interesting in order to meet 25...Nc6 with 26.e5} Nc6 (25... Rab8 {[%cal
Ge7c6] defending the bishop and preparing Nc6 is dangerous as} 26. Bxc5 {
is possible and prepared counterblow} Nf5 {doesn't work:} 27. Bxf8 Nxg3+ 28.
Kg2 Nxf1 29. Bxb4 Ba6 30. Rxf1 Bxf1+ 31. Kxf1 $16) 26. e5 $1) 25... Rab8 26.
Kg2 Nc6 27. Nd2 $2 {[%mdl 16384] Here and on the previous move 27.e5 was
better.Now Black takes full control under position.} (27. e5 $142) 27... Nd4
28. Bd1 Ba6 $15 {Finally black pieces has been coming to life.} 29. Rf2 bxa3
30. bxa3 c4 {[%cal Gc4c3] Black's initiative is taking serious outlines and
Frenchman doesn't stand the pressure and takes a hasty decision.} 31. c3 $2 {
[%mdl 16384] Serious strategical concession.} (31. Nf3 {was necessary and
White's position is still playable.}) {Now after} 31... Nb3 {White will have
to create strong defended pass pawn on b3 which in fact brings easy victory to
Black.} 32. Nxb3 (32. Bc2 {was more stubborn,but couldn't save:} Nxc1 33. Rxc1
Bxa3 34. Ra1 Bc5 35. Re2 Rb2 $19) 32... cxb3 33. Kg3 Bc5 34. Rh2 Rd3+ 35. Bf3
Rxc3 $19 {The rest is clear.} 36. g5 Bd4 37. Bb2 Rd3 38. Bxd4 Rxd4 {[%cal
Gc7c5,Gc5c4,Gc4c3]} 39. e5 fxe5 40. fxe5 Rd3 $1 41. e6 Bb7 42. e7 (42. Rf2 $142
) 42... Rxf3+ 43. Kg4 Re8 44. Rd2 Kg8 0-1

[Event "EU-Cup 15th final"]
[Site "Bugojno"]
[Date "1999.10.30"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Timman, Jan H"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[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 "Breda Panfox"]
[BlackTeam "St Petersburg"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NED"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nxc6 Qf6 6. Qd2 dxc6 7. Nc3 Bd4
$5 {An interesting continuation firstly introduced in the game of two Israeli
youngsters(see below).The idea of the move is to prevent typical queen
exchange 8.Qf4 which is now impossible as the knight on c3 will remain
undefended.} (7... Ne7 {is the main line.}) 8. f4 ({In the later game Tkachev
gives to 7...Bd4 another try,but Van der Wiel brings in a new idea of
development and soon obtains a slight,but long-term advantage in the endgame.} 
8. Bc4 Ne7 9. O-O Ng6 10. Kh1 Be6 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. Ne2 Bb6 13. Qg5 Ne5 14. f3
Rd8 15. b3 O-O 16. Qxf6 gxf6 17. Ba3 Rfe8 18. Rad1 {+= 1-0 Van der Wiel,
J-Tkachiev,V/Cannes 1999/CBM 74_02 (46)}) 8... Be6 ({A month before the
current game} 8... Nh6 $5 {was tried in the Polish team championship} 9. Qd3
O-O (9... Ng4 10. Nd1 O-O 11. h3 Nh6 12. e5 Qd8 13. c3 Bb6 14. Qxd8 Rxd8 15. g4
{seems to be in white's favour.}) 10. Be3 Bxc3+ 11. Qxc3 Qxc3+ 12. bxc3 Re8 13.
Bd3 Bf5 14. exf5 Ng4 $1 15. Kd2 Nxe3 16. g3 Rad8 {1/2-1/2 Bobras,P-Stempin,P/
Suwalki POL 1999 (42) with approximately equal endgame in which weaknesses of
both sides compensate each other.}) 9. e5 Qh4+ {Black forces White to weaken
the d5-h1 diagonal,but at the same time allows development of the
white-squared bishop from g2.} ({Immediate} 9... Qd8 {looks also sensible.})
10. g3 Qd8 11. Bg2 Nh6 ({In the origin-game Black continued} 11... Ne7 {
which led to the interesting play:} 12. Nd1 Nf5 13. Qd3 O-O 14. Be4 g6 15. c3
Bc5 16. Qf3 f6 17. exf6 Qxf6 18. Nf2 Bc4 19. b3 Ne3 20. Bd2 Ba6 21. Rc1 Nf5 22.
Kd1 Rad8 23. Kc2 Rd6 24. Ng4 Qg7 25. Rcd1 Rfd8 26. Ne5 {+=} Qf6 27. h4 h5 28.
g4 hxg4 29. Qxg4 $4 (29. Nxg4) 29... Rxd2+ 30. Rxd2 Ne3+ {0-1 Bar,R-Bitansky,I/
Petach Tikva 1995/EXT 99 (30)}) 12. Ne4 O-O 13. Qe2 {Preparing development of
the queen side by means of c3;Bd2(e3) and 0-0-0 after preliminary Ng5.} Nf5 (
13... Bg4 {seems to be senceless as after simple} 14. Qd3 {Black's bishop on
g4 will be out of play.} (14. Bf3 $143 Bxf3 15. Qxf3 Re8 16. c3 Bb6 {and Black
can try to make use of weakened white squares in the White's camp.})) 14. c3
Bb6 15. Bd2 Qe7 $6 {Probably first inaccuracy.} (15... Re8 {deserved serious
attention with the idea} 16. Ng5 Bd5) 16. Ng5 Rad8 ({Temporary pawn sacrifice
by means of} 16... Bd5 {was interesting,but White obtains advantage declining
it.} 17. Bxd5 cxd5 18. Qd3 h6 $1 (18... Qd7 $143 19. g4 f6 (19... h6 20. gxf5
hxg5 21. fxg5 {+/-}) 20. e6 Qd6 21. gxf5 fxg5 22. O-O-O $1 {+=}) 19. Nf3 $1 {
This cool decision promises very comfortable attacking position.} ({Accepting
pawn yields nothing special:} 19. Qxf5 hxg5 20. fxg5 f6 {!} (20... Rae8 21.
O-O-O $1 Qxe5 22. Qxe5 Rxe5 23. Bf4 Rf5 24. Rhe1 {+=}) 21. gxf6 Rxf6 22. Qh5 (
22. Qg5 Qe6 (22... Re6 23. Qxe7 Rxe7 24. O-O-O Rxe5 25. Bf4 Rf5 {=}) 23. O-O-O
Rf5 {=}) 22... Qe8 $1 (22... Re6 23. Bf4 $1 g5 24. Qg4 Kh8 25. Bd2 Rxe5+ 26.
Kd1 {+=}) 23. Qxe8+ Rxe8 24. O-O-O (24. Bf4 g5 25. O-O-O Rf5) 24... Rxe5 25.
Bf4 Ref5 {=}) 19... Qd7 20. O-O-O $40) 17. Be4 {Strengthening pressure and
taking the bishop out of possible attack Nh4 in case of g4.} Bc8 {Black is
lack of useful moves and has to take in consideration possible g4.So the move
in the game looks almost obligatory.} (17... Bd5 $2 {is impossible in view of}
18. Bxf5 $1 Bxh1 19. Bxh7+ Kh8 20. Qh5) 18. O-O-O {+= White completes the
development and obtains clear positional advantage thanks to the better pawn
structure. Sometimes one inaccuracy can bring big troubles especially if you
play as black.} f6 19. Nf3 {White decides to refrain from complications,but} ({
after} 19. Nxh7 $1 {Black is in the serious troubles:} Kxh7 (19... Rfe8 20. Qh5
(20. Rhe1 $5) 20... Qf7 21. Qxf7+ Kxf7 22. Rhe1 Kg8 23. exf6 Kxh7 24. g4 {+/-})
20. g4 $1 (20. Qh5+ Kg8 21. Bxf5 Bxf5 22. Qxf5 fxe5 23. Qxe5 (23. Qe4 Qf7 $1
24. Kb1 exf4 25. Bxf4 {+=}) 23... Qf7 {with definite compensation.} (23... Qxe5
24. fxe5 Rf2 25. h4 $1 Rdxd2 26. Rxd2 Be3 27. Rhd1 Re2 28. Kc2 Bxd2 29. Rxd2
Rxe5 30. Rd7 {+/-})) 20... fxe5 21. gxf5 Kg8 22. f6 $1 Qxf6 (22... Rxf6 23.
fxe5 Rf2 24. Qh5 {+-}) (22... gxf6 23. Rhg1+ (23. fxe5) 23... Bxg1 24. Rxg1+
Kf7 25. Qh5+ Ke6 26. fxe5 $1 {+-}) 23. fxe5 {+/-}) 19... Nh6 {Black has been
preparing Bf5 to relieve the defence.It' always useful to exchange pieces when
you are lack of space!But...} 20. exf6 Qxf6 21. Ng5 {Very good use of the
better pawn structure.Now White's turn to force Black to exchange pieces as an
extra pawn on the king side will be much more essential in the endgame.} Bf5 (
21... g6 {doesn't look better.}) 22. Bxf5 Qxf5 ({Or} 22... Nxf5 23. Qe6+ (23.
Rhe1 $5) 23... Kh8 24. Rhe1) 23. Qe6+ Kh8 (23... Qxe6 $4 {loses an exchange}
24. Nxe6) 24. Qxf5 Rxf5 (24... Nxf5 $4 25. Ne6) 25. c4 $1 {Good positional
move.White prevents regrouping of the black army by means Rd5 and Nf5 and
prepares Bc3 continuing above-mentioned strategy of exchanges.} Ng4 {Maybe not
very fortunate move,but it was really difficult to do something better.} 26.
Bc3 {+/-} Rd6 27. Ne4 (27. Rxd6 $1 {is even stronger and leads to immediate
win while the move in the game is good enough "only"for big advantage.} cxd6
28. Re1 Be3+ (28... Kg8 29. Re7 g6 30. Ne6 $1 {+-}) (28... Ne3 29. Ne6 $1 {+-})
29. Kb1 h6 30. h3 $1 Nf2 31. Ne6 Bb6 32. Nxg7 {+-}) 27... Be3+ 28. Kb1 Rxd1+
29. Rxd1 Kg8 30. Ng5 $1 h6 31. Ne6 g5 (31... Nf6 $5) 32. Rd8+ Kf7 33. Ng7 $1
Rc5 34. Rd7+ {White establishes good coordianation forcing Black to sacrifice
an exchange to avoid immediate disaster.} Kg6 (34... Kg8 35. Ne6) 35. f5+ (35.
b4 $1 {wins simplier:} Rxc4 (35... Nf6 36. f5+ $1 Rxf5 37. Nxf5 Nxd7 38. Nxe3 {
+-}) 36. f5+ Kh7 37. Ne6+ Kg8 38. f6 Nxf6 $8 39. Bxf6 {+-}) 35... Rxf5 36. Nxf5
Kxf5 37. h3 Nf2 38. h4 $6 {Probably time-trouble doesn't allow White to find
more convincing continuations.} (38. Re7 $1 {was much better} Nd1 $8 (38... Bb6
39. c5 Bxc5 40. Re5+ {+-}) (38... Ne4 39. Re5+) 39. Re5+ (39. Bh8 $5) 39... Kg6
40. Kc2 Nxc3 41. Kxc3 Bf2 42. g4 {+-}) 38... Ne4 (38... Kg4 $5) 39. Be1 Kg4 40.
hxg5 hxg5 41. Rxc7 Nxg3 {Smoke has disappeared.White is still winning ,but has
to be accurate to avoid possible counterplay.} 42. Kc2 Ne4 43. Rxb7 Kf3 44.
Rf7+ Ke2 45. Re7 Nd6 46. Bd2 {White puts his money on the a-pawn.} Nf5 (46...
Nxc4 47. Bxe3 Nxe3+ 48. Kc3 Kf3 49. Rxa7 {and White has to win.}) 47. Bxe3 $1 {
Unexpected decision based on the accurate calculation.White sacrifices an
exchange in order to decide the game with the aid of the a-pawn.Bishop is much
stronger than knight in the positons with pass pawns on the different sides.}
Nxe7 48. Bxa7 g4 49. a4 g3 50. a5 g2 51. a6 Nf5 52. Bg1 $1 {The key move.In
the case of any other move Black plays Ne3 with good chances to escape in the
queen ending.Now it's over.The a-pawn is unstopable.} Ne3+ 53. Kb3 Ng4 54. a7
Kf1 55. Bc5 (55. Bc5 Nf2 56. Bxf2 Kxf2 57. a8=Q g1=Q 58. Qa7+ {and White wins.}
) (55. a8=Q {is also sufficient for the win,but move in the game is simplier.})
1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 9900"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2000.03.12"]
[Round "12.4"]
[White "Baklan, Vladimir"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2571"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[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 "Magdeburg"]
[BlackTeam "Porz"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. c3 Nge7 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
O-O Bb6 9. Na3 Qg6 ({Another theoretical line starts with} 9... d6) 10. f3 Ne5
{In according to Mega database this move is new.In the preceding games Black
tried 10...d6 and 10...Rad8} (10... d6 11. Nac2 (11. Ndc2 Be6 12. Bxb6 Bxc4 13.
Nxc4 axb6 {1/2-1/2 Smith,R-Sarfati,J/NZD-ch 1992/EXT 97 (13)}) 11... Kh8 12.
Nxc6 bxc6 13. Bd3 f5 14. Bxb6 axb6 15. Nd4 f4 16. b4 Qf6 17. a4 c5 18. Ne2 Nc6
$17 {[%cal Gc6e5] 0-1 Kiik,K-Gausel,E/Gausdal 1992/TD (40)}) ({Milos' idea to
play d5 without losing time on d6 is interesting.} 10... Rd8 $5 {[%cal Gd7d5]}
11. Ndc2 Ne5 12. Bb3 d5 13. exd5 Nd3 {[%cal Ge7d5]} 14. Bxb6 axb6 15. Ne3 Nxb2
16. Qd2 Rxa3 17. Qxb2 Ra8 18. Rfe1 Qf6 19. Qe2 Ng6 20. Rad1 Bd7 21. Qc4 Qd6 22.
Qd4 $14 {[%cal Ge3c4] 1/2-1/2 Hernandez,G-Milos,G/Guarapuava 1992/EXT 98 (32)})
11. Qe2 Nxc4 12. Nxc4 Bxd4 ({Natural} 12... d5 {is met by} 13. Nxb6 axb6 14.
Nb5 $1 {[%csl Rb6,Rc7] and Black has problems defending pawns of the queen
side.For instance} Qc6 15. Bf4 $14 {[%csl Rc7]}) 13. cxd4 d6 {[%cal Gf7f5]
Black is intending to attack White's centre with help of f5.} ({Now} 13... d5 {
looks much better than on the previous move.} 14. Ne5 Qe6 {[%cal Gf7f6]}) 14.
Rac1 f5 15. Bf2 fxe4 16. Qxe4 $1 Qf7 (16... Nf5) 17. Nxd6 $1 {[%mdl 64]
Probably the only way forcing Black to solve some problems.} cxd6 18. Rc7 {
[%csl Re7][%cal Gc7f7] Black has two sufficient for equality defences.} Be6 (
18... Re8 $5 {wasn't worse than the game.The following variations confirm that
Black keeps the position:} 19. Re1 {[%csl Re7][%cal Ge1e8]} (19. Bh4 $2 d5 $1
$19 20. Qe1 (20. Qc2 Qf8 (20... Qg6 $5)) 20... Nf5 $19) 19... Bf5 $1 (19... d5
$2 20. Qe5 $16) 20. Qxb7 (20. Qe2 Nc6 21. Rxf7 Rxe2 22. Rxf5 Rxb2 {with good
chances to escape.} (22... Rxe1+ $2 23. Bxe1 Nxd4 24. Rd5 $16)) 20... Be6 $8 (
20... Rac8 $2 21. Rcxe7 Rxe7 22. Qxe7 (22. Rxe7 $4 Rc1+ 23. Be1 Rxe1+) 22...
Qxe7 23. Rxe7 $18) (20... Rab8 $2 21. Rcxe7 Rxb7 22. Rxe8+ Qxe8 23. Rxe8+ Kf7
24. Re2 $18) (20... Reb8 $2 21. Rexe7 Rxb7 22. Rxf7 Rxc7 23. Rxc7 $18) 21. Bh4
{[%csl Re7][%cal Gh4e7]} (21. Qe4 $2 Bd5 22. Rxe7 (22. Qe2 Ng6 $1 $19) 22...
Bxe4 23. Rxf7 Kxf7 24. fxe4 Rac8 $15) 21... Rab8 $1 (21... Bd5 22. Qb5 {
[%csl Rd5,Re8]} a6 (22... Reb8 23. Qe2 Qf4 24. Qxe7 Qxd4+ 25. Bf2 Qxb2 26. a4
$16 {[%csl Ra7,Rd6]}) 23. Qa5 $5 (23. Qf1 Qf4 24. Bxe7 Qxd4+ 25. Qf2 Qxf2+ 26.
Kxf2 Bxa2 27. Bxd6 $16) 23... Nc6 (23... Be6 24. d5 $1) 24. Rxf7 Nxa5 25. Rf5
$16 {[%csl Ra5,Rd5][%cal Gf5a5]}) 22. Qxa7 Ra8 23. Qb7 Rab8 (23... Bd5 $2 24.
Qb5 $1 Reb8 (24... Rab8 $2 25. Rcxe7 $1 Rxb5 26. Rxe8+ $18) 25. Qe2 Qf4 26.
Qxe7 Qxd4+ 27. Bf2 Qxb2 28. Qxd6 Rd8 (28... Qxa2 29. Bd4 $18) 29. Rd7 Rxd7 30.
Qxd7 Bf7 (30... Qxa2 $2 31. Re8+) 31. Bd4 $1 (31. a4 $16) 31... Qxa2 32. Qg4
Bg6 (32... g6 33. Qf4 {[%cal Gf4f6,Gf4e5,Gf4h6]} Qa5 34. Rb1 $1 $18 {[%cal
Gb1b8,Gf4f6,Gf4h6]}) 33. Re7 Qb1+ 34. Kf2 $18) 24. Qa6 $5 (24. Qe4 Bd5 $1 25.
Qc2 (25. Qd3 Qg6 $1) 25... Qf4 $1 26. Rcxe7 Rxe7 27. Bxe7 Qxd4+ 28. Kh1 (28.
Qf2 Qxf2+ 29. Kxf2 Rxb2+ $14) 28... Bxa2 (28... Rxb2 $4 29. Qc8+ Kf7 30. Qf5+
$18) 29. b4 (29. Qc3 Qxc3 30. bxc3 Re8 $11) 29... Bf7 30. Rd1 (30. b5 $5) 30...
Qxb4 31. Bxd6 Qb3 $14) 24... g5 $3 {This unusual resourse saves Black.Its idea
is to free the g7-square for Black's king that doesn't allow White to play the
same way as he does after 24...R:b2.} (24... Rxb2 25. Rxe7 Rxe7 26. Bxe7 Qxe7 (
26... Rxa2 27. Qxd6 $18) 27. d5 (27. Qa8+ Kf7 28. d5 Rxg2+ 29. Kxg2 Bh3+ 30.
Kxh3 $1 (30. Kf2 Qh4+ 31. Ke2 Qc4+ 32. Ke3 Qc5+ 33. Kd3 (33. Kf4 Qb4+ 34. Re4
Qd2+ 35. Kg3 (35. Re3 Qxh2+ 36. Ke4 Qe5+ 37. Kd3 Bf1+ 38. Kd2 Qd4+ $17) 35...
Qg2+ 36. Kf4 $11 (36. Kh4 g5+ 37. Kh5 Qxf3+ 38. Kxg5 Qxe4 $19)) 33... Qb5+ $1
34. Kc3 Qc5+ 35. Kb3 Qb5+ 36. Ka3 Qc5+ 37. Kb3 $11 (37. Ka4 $2 Qc4+ 38. Ka5
Qc3+ $19)) 30... Qxe1 31. Qa7+ Kg6 32. Qa6 Qe5 33. Qc4 $16) 27... Rxg2+ (27...
Qg5 28. Qa8+ Kf7 29. dxe6+ $18) 28. Kxg2 Qg5+ (28... Bh3+ 29. Kf2 Qh4+ 30. Ke2
$18) 29. Kf2 Qxd5 30. a4 $16) 25. Bxg5 Rxb2 26. Qxd6 ({Now} 26. Rxe7 $2 {
doesn't work as after} Rxe7 27. Bxe7 Qxe7 28. d5 (28. Qa8+ $142 Kg7 $1 29. Qe4
Qg5 $1 {[%csl Rg2]} 30. f4 Qh4 $1 31. Qxe6 $140 $4 Qf2+ 32. Kh1 Qxg2#) 28...
Qh4 29. Qa8+ {Black has an important square on g7(in case of Kf7 White would
take on e6 with check)} Kg7) 26... Nf5 27. Rxf7 (27. Qe5 Bd7 $1 28. Qxe8+ $11)
27... Nxd6 28. Re7 Bf7 $1 (28... Rxe7 29. Bxe7 Nc8 30. Rxe6 (30. Ba3 $5 Rb6 31.
Bc5 $14) 30... Kf7 31. Rh6 Nxe7 32. Rxh7+ $14) 29. Rxe8+ Nxe8 $11 {with equal
ending where pawns compensate a piece.}) 19. Bh4 $5 (19. Re1 $5 {was also
interesting,but it seems to be about equal anyway.} Rac8 $1 20. Rxc8 (20. Rxb7
$2 Bd5 21. Rxe7 Bxe4 22. Rxf7 Kxf7 23. fxe4 Rc2 $17) 20... Rxc8 21. Qxe6 (21.
h3 $5 Nf5 22. Qxe6 Qxe6 23. Rxe6 Rc1+ 24. Re1 (24. Kh2 Rc2) 24... Rxe1+ 25.
Bxe1 Nxd4 26. Kf2 d5 27. Bc3 Nc6 28. Ke3 $14 {/=}) 21... Qxe6 22. Rxe6 Kf7 23.
Re1 (23. Re2 Rc1+ 24. Re1 (24. Be1 $6 Nc6 25. d5 Nb4 {[%csl Rd5]}) 24... Rc2 (
24... Rxe1+ $5 25. Bxe1 Ke6 {[%csl Rd4][%cal Ge6d5,Ge7c6,Ge7f5]})) 23... Rc2
$44) 19... Rae8 $2 {Suddenly it reaches the target as Sokolov loses his head.}
({After precise} 19... d5 $1 20. Qe2 $1 (20. Qe5 $2 Rfe8 21. Re1 $140 Ng6)
20... Rfe8 21. Re1 Rac8 $1 {Black equalizes:} 22. Rxe7 (22. Rxb7 Rc6) 22...
Rxe7 23. Bxe7 Qxe7 24. Qxe6+ Qxe6 25. Rxe6 Rc2 26. b3 (26. Rd6 Rxb2 27. Rxd5
Rxa2 28. Rd8+ Kf7 29. Rd7+ Kf6 30. Rxb7 a5 $11 {[%cal Ga2d2] and after a and d
pawns will be exchanged the theoretically drawish position arises.})) 20. Bxe7
{Correct moves order.} ({After inaccurate} 20. Rxe7 $2 Rxe7 21. Bxe7 {Black
comes with} Re8 $1 22. Re1 (22. Bxd6 Bc4 {[%csl Re4,Rf1]}) 22... Bd5 23. Qh4 (
23. Qe3 Bxa2 $11) 23... Qg6 {[%cal Gd5f3,Gd5a2]} 24. Kf2 (24. Bg5 Rxe1+ 25.
Qxe1 h6 $11 {[%cal Gd5f3]} (25... Qxg5 $4 26. Qe8#)) 24... Bxa2) 20... Rxe7 21.
Rxe7 Qxe7 {White has to take a difficult decision.Both rook endings(after 22.
d5 and 22.Re1) are with chances for a win.} 22. d5 (22. Re1 $5 {was not less
temptating.} d5 23. Qxe6+ Qxe6 24. Rxe6 Rf4 25. Re7 $14 {/+/-}) 22... Re8 $2 {
[%mdl 16384] Strange decision.After this passive move Black is doomed to
defend passively.} (22... Rf5 $1 {was the only chance to create counterplay.}
23. Qxe6+ (23. dxe6 Re5 24. Qc4 h6 $1 (24... Qxe6 25. Qc7 $14 {/=}) 25. Qb3
$140 Kh8 $1 $11) 23... Qxe6 24. dxe6 Re5 25. Rc1 Rxe6 26. Rc7 $14 (26. Rc8+ $5
{leads to an interesting pawn endgame with most likely draw.} Kf7 27. Rc7+ Re7
(27... Kf6 28. Kf2 $5) 28. Rxe7+ Kxe7 29. Kf2)) 23. Re1 Qf6 24. dxe6 Qxb2 25.
a4 $16 {Is this the position Black was striving to?} Qb6+ 26. Kh1 Qc6 27. Qf4
$1 ({Certainly not} 27. Qxc6 $2 bxc6 {[%csl Re6]}) 27... Re7 (27... Qd7 28. Qg4
$1) 28. h3 h6 29. Qh4 Re8 30. Qd4 d5 (30... Qc5 $5 31. Qf4 (31. Qd3 $5) 31...
Re7 32. Rc1 $140 $6 Qe5 33. Rc8+ Kh7) 31. Qe5 b6 $2 {Too materialistic.Again
Black misses a chance to defend actively.} (31... d4 $1 {is necessary with
chances to escape in a queen endgame.} 32. Qxd4 (32. f4 d3 (32... Qxa4 33. f5 {
[%csl Rg8][%cal Gf5f6]}) 33. f5 d2 34. Rg1 (34. Rd1 Qc2 35. Qe2 Qxf5) 34... Rd8
) 32... Rxe6 33. Rxe6 Qxe6 34. Qxa7 $14) 32. f4 d4 33. f5 $18 {Now White is
just in time.Black is defenceless against crushing f6.} Qc5 34. Qe4 $6 {
Why not 34.f6 opening the position of Black's king?} (34. f6 $142 $1 gxf6 (
34... Qxe5 35. f7+ Kf8 36. fxe8=Q+ Kxe8 37. Rxe5) 35. Qxf6 Qf8 36. Qg6+ (36.
Qxd4 $5) 36... Kh8 37. Re4 {[%cal Ge4h4]} Re7 (37... Rc8 38. e7 Rc1+ 39. Kh2
Qb8+ 40. g3 Rc2+ 41. Kg1 Rc1+ 42. Kf2 Rc2+ 43. Ke1 $18) 38. Rxd4 $18) 34... Qd6
$2 {loses at once} ({Necessary was} 34... Kh8) 35. f6 (35. f6 gxf6 36. Qg6+ {
[%csl Re8,Rg8]} Kf8 37. Qf7#) 1-0

[Event "Dresden zt 1.2"]
[Site "Dresden"]
[Date "1998.04.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Pavasovic, Dusko"]
[Black "Rogulj, Branko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[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"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
c4 Ba6 9. b3 g6 (9... Qh4 $5 {Schussler} 10. Bb2 Bb4+ 11. Kd1 Nf4 12. Qe3 Ne6
$15 {Gufeld-Vistaneckis, Russia 1955.}) 10. f4 (10. Ba3 Qh4 11. Bxf8 Kxf8 {
/\Re8 Portisch,L}) (10. Bb2 Bg7 11. Nd2 Nb4 $36 12. Nf3 c5 13. g3 O-O 14. Bg2
Rae8 15. O-O d6 16. Ne1 Qd7 17. Qd2 Bxe5 18. Bxe5 Rxe5 19. a3 Nc6 20. Nd3 Re7
$15 {Hjartarson,J-Portisch,L Reykjavik,1991}) 10... Qb4+ (10... f6 11. Ba3 Qf7
12. Qd2 Nb6 13. c5 Bxf1 14. cxb6 axb6 $2 15. e6 $3 $16 {Kasparov,G-Karpov,A
Tilburg(Interpolis) 1991}) 11. Bd2 (11. Qd2 $4 Nxf4 $17) 11... Qb6 {[%cal
Gb6d4] /\Qd4} (11... Nxf4 $4 12. Qe4 $18) 12. Qe4 (12. Nc3 Nxc3 (12... Bb4 13.
Qf3 (13. Nxd5 $6 cxd5 $36) (13. Qd3 Bxc3 14. Bxc3 Nxf4 15. Qd2 Ne6 16. O-O-O
O-O-O 17. Ba5 Qc5 18. Bb4 Qb6 19. Be7 Rde8 20. Bf6 Rhg8 21. Be2 Kb8 22. Bf3 Bc8
23. h4 h5 24. Rhe1 Nf8 25. Bg5 Ne6 26. Be3 Qa6 27. Qb4+ Qb7 28. Qa5 Rgf8 29.
Bf2 Re7 30. Kb2 Rfe8 31. Ka1 Qa6 32. Qb4+ Qb7 33. Qc3 Rg8 34. b4 g5 35. b5 g4
36. bxc6 Qa6 37. Rb1+ Ka8 38. Qb4 {1-0 Wells,P-Cela,A/Aegina op 1995}) 13...
Nxc3 14. Bxc3 Bb7 $1 {/\c5,0-0-0} (14... Qd4 $5 15. Rc1 Bxc3+ 16. Rxc3 O-O-O
17. Be2 (17. Qe3 c5 18. Rd3 Qxe3+ 19. Rxe3 Bb7 20. Kf2 d6 21. Be2 dxe5 22. fxe5
Rd2 23. Rf1 Re8 24. Ke1 Rd7 25. Rf6 Rde7 26. Kf2 Rxe5 27. Rxe5 Rxe5 28. Rxf7 h5
29. Bd3 g5 30. g3 Bc6 31. Bg6 h4 32. gxh4 gxh4 33. Rf4 Rg5 34. Bf5+ Kb7 35. Bh3
Rh5 36. Rf5 Rxf5+ 37. Bxf5 Kb6 38. Ke3 Ka5 39. a3 Bg2 40. h3 Kb6 41. Kf4 a5 42.
a4 c6 43. Kg4 Kc7 44. Kxh4 Kd6 45. Kg3 Bh1 46. Kf4 Ke7 47. Be4 {1-0 Van der
Wiel,J-Lukacs,P/AUT-chT9495 1995}) 17... f6 $10) 15. O-O-O c5 16. Qe3 {/\Bb2+/-
} Bxc3 17. Qxc3 O-O-O $10 {/^h1-a8} 18. h4 Rhe8 (18... d6 $6 19. exd6 cxd6 20.
Rh3 $14 {><d6,f6}) 19. Rh3 d6 20. Rhd3 (20. exd6 Rxd6 21. Rxd6 $6 Qxd6 $36)
20... dxe5 21. Qxe5 Qc6 22. Rxd8+ Rxd8 23. Rxd8+ Kxd8 24. Kd2 {1/2-1/2 Gelfand,
B-Karpov,A/Linares 1992} (24. Qh8+ Ke7 25. Qxh7 $4 Qe4 $19) (24. Kb2 Qd6 25.
Qxd6+ cxd6 26. g4 h6 27. Bd3 Bf3 28. g5 hxg5 29. hxg5 a5 30. Kc3 Ke7 31. Kd2 {
1/2-1/2 Van der Wiel,J-Wu Shaobin/Moscow olm 1994})) 13. Bxc3 Bb4 14. Qd2 c5
15. Bxb4 Qxb4 16. Qxb4 cxb4 17. Be2 Bb7 {1/2-1/2 Lau,R-Dautov,R/Dortmund op-A
1992}) 12... Nb4 $6 (12... f5 $1 13. Qc2 (13. Qf3 Qd4 14. Nc3 Nxc3 15. Qxc3
Qxc3 16. Bxc3 Bg7 17. O-O-O c5 18. Kc2 O-O-O 19. Bd3 Bb7 20. Rhg1 d6 21. exd6 {
1/2-1/2 Ivanov,V-Mishuchkov,N/Cherepovets 1993}) (13. exf6+ $6 Kf7 {[%cal
Ga8e8]} 14. Qd3 (14. cxd5 $2 Re8 15. Qxe8+ Kxe8 16. Bxa6 Qxa6 $17 {[%csl Re1]})
(14. Qf3 Re8+ 15. Be2 Ne3) 14... Re8+ 15. Kd1 Nxf6 {[%csl Rd1][%cal Gf8g7]})
13... Nb4 14. Qb2 Qd4 $5) 13. Nc3 {[%csl Rb4][%cal Ra2a3]} (13. a3 $6 Qd4 $1 {
[]} (13... f5 $2 14. exf6+ Kf7 15. axb4 Re8 16. Qxe8+ Kxe8 17. c5 $18) 14. Qxd4
Nc2+ 15. Kd1 Nxd4 16. b4 d6 $1 $15 {[%csl Rd1]}) 13... Bb7 (13... f5 14. exf6+
Kf7 15. O-O-O $16) 14. a3 f5 $5 (14... Na6 15. b4 c5 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. cxd5 $16)
15. Qb1 $5 {trying to keep better position without any complications.} (15.
exf6+ Kf7 16. c5 $1 Bxc5 17. axb4 Rhe8 18. bxc5 Qxc5 19. Be2 Rxe4 20. Nxe4 $16
{and Black has some counter chances.}) 15... Na6 16. b4 d6 $4 {Incredible
blunder!} (16... c5 $8 {was the only chance to continue.} 17. b5 Nb8 18. Nd5
Bxd5 19. cxd5 $16 {[%csl Rb6,Rb8][%cal Gf1c4,Gd2c3,Ra3a4,Ra4a5]}) (16... Qd4 $2
17. Qc1 $1 {[%csl Rd4][%cal Rd2e3]}) (16... Bc8 17. c5 Qb7 18. Bc4 $16 {
[%csl Ra6,Rb7,Re8]}) 17. c5 $1 {[%csl Rb6] Rare hopelessness of a Queen.} (17.
c5 $1 Nxc5 (17... dxc5 18. Na4 {[%csl Rb6]}) 18. bxc5 $18) 1-0

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1998.03.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shaked, Tal"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1998.03.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 064"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nxc6 Qf6 6. Qd2 dxc6 7. Nc3 Ne7
8. Qf4 Be6 {Relativly new idea,that become populare in1998.} 9. Qxf6 gxf6 10.
Na4 Bb4+ 11. Bd2 ({Another possibility is} 11. c3 Bd6 12. Be3 b6 13. f4 Bd7 (
13... c5 14. c4 O-O-O 15. Nc3 c6 16. Rd1 Kb7 17. Kf2 f5 18. e5 Bc7 19. Be2 h5
20. b3 h4 21. Bf3 a6 22. a4 a5 23. Nb5 Bb8 24. Nc3 Bc7 25. Rxd8 Bxd8 26. Rd1
Kc7 27. Rd6 {1/2-1/2 Kolev,A-Korneev,O/Open, Malaga ESP 1998}) 14. c4 Bb4+ 15.
Bd2 Bxd2+ 16. Kxd2 O-O-O 17. Nc3 Ng6 18. g3 h5 19. Ke3 h4 20. Be2 f5 21. e5
Rhe8 22. Kf2 c5 23. Nd5 Be6 24. Rad1 c6 25. Nf6 Rh8 26. Rxd8+ Kxd8 27. Rd1+ Kc7
28. Bf3 hxg3+ 29. hxg3 Nf8 30. Ne8+ Kb7 31. Nd6+ Kc7 32. Ne8+ Kb7 33. Rd8 Ng6
34. Kg2 a6 35. a4 a5 {Lautier,J-Shirov,A/Amber Rapid, Monte Carlo MON 1998/1/
2-1/2 (108)}) 11... Bxd2+ 12. Kxd2 O-O-O+ $146 {seems more logical as white
doesn't have time for Re1 and Kc1.} ({Malaniuk tried} 12... f5 13. Re1 $1
O-O-O+ 14. Kc1 fxe4 15. Nc5 Bf5 16. Nxe4 Nd5 17. Bd3 Bg6 18. Nc5 b6 19. Bxg6
hxg6 20. Nd3 Rh7 21. Ne5 Rd6 22. g3 c5 23. f4 Rg7 24. Nf3 f6 25. Re4 Nb4 26. a3
Nc6 27. Rhe1 Kd7 28. c3 Ne7 29. Kc2 Rh7 30. R1e2 a6 31. Nd2 Nc6 32. Nc4 Rd5 33.
Ne3 Rd6 34. Nc4 Rd5 35. Ne3 Rd6 36. f5 g5 37. Ng4 Rf7 38. Re6 Nd8 39. Re8 Rd5
40. Rg8 Nc6 41. Rg7 {1-0 Palac,M-Malaniuk,V/4th World Team Ch, Lucerne SUI 1997
}) 13. Bd3 {Now 13.Kc1 is stupid.} b6 {[%csl Ra4][%cal Gc6c5] /\c5} (13... f5
$5 {In my opinion this was better attempt to equalize.} 14. Rae1 (14. exf5 $6
Bxf5 15. Nc5 Rd5 16. Rhe1 Ng6 17. Ne4 Nf4 {[%cal Gf4d3,Gf4g2]}) (14. Nc5 fxe4 (
14... Rhg8 15. Nxe6 fxe6 16. exf5 Rxg2 $5 (16... Nxf5 17. g3 $14 {[%csl Re6,
Rh7]}) 17. fxe6 Rxf2+ 18. Kc3 Rf6 (18... h6 19. Raf1 Rdf8 20. Rxf2 Rxf2 21. Kd4
$1 $14) 19. Rae1 Rd6 20. Bxh7 Rdxe6 $14) 15. Nxe4 Ng6 $1 {[%cal Gg6e5,Gg6f4]} (
15... Nd5 {[%cal Gd5b4,Gd5f4]} 16. Ng5 Rhg8 17. Nxe6 fxe6 18. g3 $14 {[%csl
Re6]}) 16. Nc5 $140 Bd5) (14. Rhe1 $5 Rhg8 15. g3 Ng6 $13) 14... Rhg8 15. Rhg1
(15. g3 $6 fxe4 16. Rxe4 Bd5 17. Rxe7 Bxh1 18. Rxf7 Be4 $1 $15) 15... Ng6) 14.
Rae1 Ng6 {[%cal Gg6f4,Gg6e5]} (14... c5 15. Kc1 (15. b3 c4 16. bxc4 Rhg8 17.
Rhg1 Bxc4 $11) (15. Ke3 $5)) 15. Kc1 (15. Ke3 $6 Rhe8 $1 {[%cal Gf6f5,Ge8e3] /
\f5} 16. f4 f5 17. Kf3 (17. e5 $6 f6 (17... Nxf4 $5 18. Nxb6+ cxb6 19. Kxf4
Rd4+)) 17... fxe4+ (17... Rg8 $6 18. g3 fxe4+ 19. Bxe4 f5 $2 20. Bxc6) 18. Bxe4
Nh4+ 19. Kg3 Nf5+ $15) 15... h5 (15... Nf4 $5 16. Ba6+ Kb8 17. g3 Nh3 18. f3 $1
$14 (18. f4 f5 $1 {[%cal Gd5h1]} 19. exf5 $140 Bd5 20. Rhf1 Bg2 21. Re7 Bxf1 (
21... b5 22. Rfe1 bxa4 23. Rxf7 $13) 22. Bxf1 Nf2 {[%cal Gd8d1]} 23. Nc3 Rhe8
$1 $17) (18. Rhf1 $5 b5 {[%csl Ra6,Rf2][%cal Ge6c4]} 19. Nc3 $1 (19. Nc5 Bc4
20. Nb7 {[%csl Rc6][%cal Gb7a5]} Rde8 (20... Bxf1 21. Nxd8 Rxd8 22. Rxf1 Rd4 {
[%csl Ra6][%cal Gd4a4,Gd4e4]} 23. b3 $8 Rxe4 24. f4 $1 $44 {[%csl Rh3]}) 21.
Na5 Bxf1 22. Nxc6+ Ka8 23. Rxf1 Rxe4 24. Bxb5 $15) 19... Bc4 $140 20. Ne2 {
[%cal Gb2b3]})) 16. g3 $1 {[%csl Rg6][%cal Gf2f4] /\f4,><g6} h4 17. f4 {
[%csl Rg6]} Bg4 (17... hxg3 18. hxg3 $14 (18. f5 $6 g2 19. Rhg1 Nf4 $132 {
[%cal Gh8h2]})) 18. Nc3 $1 Rh7 {[%cal Gd8h8]} 19. Kd2 $1 {[%cal Gd2e3] White
is very cool.H-file is useless.} Rdh8 20. Rhg1 hxg3 21. hxg3 Rh2+ 22. Ke3 Kb7
23. Be2 $1 {White's plan is very simple:to change all the piecies and to look
on  the pawn structure.} Bc8 24. Ref1 {[%cal Gf1f2] /\Rf2} Ne7 25. f5 $3 {
[%csl Rc8,Re7,Rf6,Rf7] Very good move.White is fixing weak pawns on f6 and f7.
The only drawback of this move is"e5"square,but black can't get there without
leaving "d5"square for the white knight.} c5 {[%csl Rd5][%cal Ge7c6,Gc6e5]} 26.
Rf2 $1 Nc6 27. Nd5 {[%csl Rf6]} R2h6 28. Kf4 $1 Kb8 (28... Nd4 $5) 29. Ne3 $1 {
[%cal Ge3g4] /\Ng4} Ne5 30. Ng4 $1 Nxg4 31. Bxg4 $16 Bb7 32. Rd2 Bc6 33. Bf3
Kb7 34. g4 Rh2 35. Rxh2 Rxh2 36. Rg2 Rh1 37. g5 $1 $18 fxg5+ 38. Kxg5 {[%csl
Rf7][%cal Gg5f6]} Rf1 39. Kf4 Rb1 40. b3 Rb2 $2 {Now black lose by force.} 41.
e5 Rxa2 42. e6 fxe6 43. f6 Bxf3 44. Kxf3 e5 45. f7 1-0

[Event "ARG-ch"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1998.04.26"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Spangenberg, Hugo"]
[Black "Soppe, Guillermo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[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 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. Bd3 d5 7. e5 Ng4 8.
O-O (8. Qe2 Bc5 9. O-O Qe7 10. Bf4 g5 11. Bd2 (11. Bg3 $6 h5 12. e6 Bxe6 13. h3
h4 14. Be5 Nxe5 15. Qxe5 Kd7 16. Nc3 g4 17. hxg4 Rag8 18. Na4 Bd6 19. Qe3 Rxg4
20. f4 h3 21. g3 d4 22. Qf3 Rhg8 23. Kf2 Bd5 24. Bf5+ Kd8 25. Qe2 Rxg3 26.
Qxe7+ {0-1 Vognsen,H-Samaritani,F/DEN-chB 1993}) 11... Kf8 12. b4 Bd4 13. c3
Bxe5 $6 (13... Qxe5 $142 14. Qxe5 Bxe5 15. h3 Bh2+ $1 16. Kh1 Ne5 17. Bc2 Bf4)
14. h3 Nf6 15. Bxg5 h6 16. Bh4 Rg8 17. Kh1 Qe6 18. f4 Bd6 19. Qxe6 Bxe6 20.
Bxf6 Rg3 21. Be2 Rxc3 22. Bxc3 {1-0 Boe,M-Aagaard,J/Ringsted m 1995}) 8... Be6
{Looks like loss of tempo.8...Bc5 and 8...Qh4 are more logical.} (8... Qh4 9.
h3 (9. Bf4 Bc5 10. Bg3 Qe7 11. h3 Nh6 12. Qh5 Qe6 13. Nd2 Nf5 14. Bh2 g6 15.
Qf3 O-O 16. Qf4 Rb8 17. Nb3 Be7 18. c4 Rb4 19. Rac1 Re8 20. Bxf5 Qxf5 21. Qxf5
Bxf5 22. cxd5 cxd5 23. Rxc7 a5 24. Nxa5 Rxb2 25. Nb7 Bd8 26. Nxd8 Rxd8 27. g4
Be6 28. Bf4 h5 29. gxh5 gxh5 30. Kh2 Kh7 31. Rc3 d4 32. Rc6 Ra8 33. Rd6 Ra4 {
Vavpetic,V-Basagic,V/Ljubljana op 1994/1/2-1/2 (44)}) 9... h5 10. Qe2 Bc5 11.
Nd2 Qg3 12. Nf3 h4 (12... Rb8 13. Bg5 Rxb2 14. Bh4 Qf4 15. g3 Qh6 16. Bg5 Qe6
17. hxg4 Qxg4 18. Be3 Bxe3 19. Qxe3 h4 20. Nh2 Qa4 21. Rfb1 Qb4 22. Qe1 Qxe1+
23. Rxe1 hxg3 24. fxg3 c5 25. Reb1 Rb6 26. Nf3 c4 27. Be2 Bf5 28. Rxb6 axb6 29.
Nd4 Be4 30. Bf3 c5 31. Bxe4 dxe4 32. Nf5 Kd7 33. Nd6 Ke6 34. Nxc4 b5 35. Nd6 f6
36. Nxe4 Kxe5 37. Nxc5 {Koeller,O-Jacob,B/Hessen-Saarland 1994/1-0 (70)}) (
12... Nxf2 13. Rxf2 Bxf2+ 14. Qxf2 Qxf2+ 15. Kxf2 O-O 16. Be3 a5 17. Re1 Re8
18. Bc5 Rb8 19. b3 Bd7 20. Ke3 g6 21. Kd4 Kg7 22. Rf1 a4 23. Ng5 Be6 24. Rf6
axb3 25. cxb3 Ra8 26. a4 Ra5 27. h4 Raa8 28. Bc2 Ra5 29. b4 Raa8 30. a5 Ra6 31.
Bd3 Raa8 32. a6 Rab8 33. a7 Ra8 34. Bxg6 {1-0 Jensson,E-Kristjansson,S/
Hafnarfjordur op 1996}) 13. b4 Bb6 14. c4 (14. a4 Nxf2 15. Rxf2 Bxh3 16. Be3
Bg4 17. Bxb6 axb6 18. e6 O-O-O 19. e7 Rde8 20. Qe5 f6 21. Qxg3 hxg3 22. Re2 Rh6
23. Re3 Kb7 24. Ne1 f5 25. Rxg3 Rxe7 26. Kf2 Rhe6 27. Nf3 c5 28. bxc5 bxc5 29.
Rb1+ Rb6 30. Rxb6+ Kxb6 31. Nh4 {1-0 Klavins,J-Viark/Minsk zt 1957}) 14... dxc4
15. Be4 $5 $146 (15. Bxc4 Rh5 16. e6 Re5 (16... f6 17. hxg4 h3 18. Ne1 hxg2 19.
gxh5 gxf1=Q+ 20. Kxf1 Qh2 21. Qf3 Bb7 22. Bf4 Qh4 23. Rd1 Rd8 24. Rxd8+ Kxd8
25. Ng2 Qh1+ 26. Ke2 a5 27. Qd3+ Kc8 28. e7 Qxh5+ 29. Kd2 {1-0 Blauert,J-Micic,
J/Dortmund op-A 1992}) 17. exf7+ Kf8 18. Qd2 Be6 $44 {Zdanov-Baturinskij,corr
1957}) 15... Kf8 16. a4 a5 17. bxa5 Ba7 18. Ra3 c3 19. Rxc3 Rh5 20. Ba3+ Kg8
21. Bc5 Bxc5 22. Rxc5 Qf4 23. hxg4 {1-0 Sveshnikov,E-Carlhammar,M/Peer Gynt
1992}) (8... Bc5 9. Qe2 Qe7 (9... Qh4 {see8...Qh4}) 10. Bf4 g5 11. Bd2 {
The same position you can see in 8.Qe2.} Nxe5 $5 12. Re1 Bd6 13. Bc3 f6 14. Nd2
Kd8 15. Nf3 Nxf3+ 16. Qxf3 Be5 17. Bf5 Re8 18. Qh3 Bxf5 19. Qxf5 Rb8 20. Bxe5
fxe5 21. b3 h6 22. Qd3 Qd6 23. Rad1 Re7 24. c3 Ke8 25. Re3 Rd8 26. Rde1 Rdd7
27. Qa6 d4 28. cxd4 exd4 29. Qc8+ Kf7 30. Rf3+ Kg7 31. Qf8+ Kh7 32. Rd1 Qe6 33.
h4 g4 34. Rf6 {1-0 Bouzo Alvarez,J-Garcia Vicente,N/Open, Malaga ESP 1998}) 9.
Qe2 (9. Bf4 $6 g5 10. Bg3 h5 11. h3 h4 12. Bh2 Nxh2 13. Kxh2 Bg7 14. Qe2 Rb8
15. Nd2 Rb4 16. c4 Rxb2 17. Rab1 Rxa2 18. Rfd1 g4 19. hxg4 Qg5 20. cxd5 cxd5
21. Bf5 O-O 22. Qd3 Bxe5+ 23. Kg1 Bxf5 24. gxf5 Qf4 25. Qxd5 Qh2+ 26. Kf1 Re8
27. Qxa2 Bd6 28. Ne4 Rxe4 29. Rb8+ Kg7 30. f6+ Kxf6 31. Rxd6+ cxd6 32. f3 Re1+
{0-1 Van der Wel,R-Nieuwelink,K/NLD-chT9495 1994}) 9... Qh4 (9... h5 $6 {
doesn't seem good.} 10. Nd2 Bc5 (10... Qd7 11. Nf3 c5 12. c4 d4 13. Bf4 Rb8 14.
Ng5 Be7 15. Nxe6 Qxe6 16. Be4 g5 17. f3 gxf4 18. fxg4 hxg4 19. Rxf4 Rxh2 20.
Rxg4 Qh6 21. Re1 Bh4 22. Kxh2 Bf2+ {0-1 Schmaltz,R-Jaeschke,B/Ladenburg BM 1992
}) 11. Nf3 Rb8 12. c3 Qd7 13. b4 Bb6 14. a4 a5 15. b5 cxb5 16. axb5 Bf5 17.
Bxf5 Qxf5 18. Nd4 Bxd4 19. cxd4 O-O 20. Rxa5 Rb6 21. Ra6 Rfb8 22. h3 Nh6 23.
Bxh6 gxh6 24. Rxb6 Rxb6 25. Rc1 Rg6 26. Qe3 Kg7 27. Rxc7 Qb1+ 28. Kh2 Qf1 {
1-0 Borge,N-Sobjerg,E/Norresundby op 1993}) 10. h3 h5 11. Bf4 (11. Nd2 $142 $5
Bc5 12. Nf3 Qg3 13. b4 {and Black get well known position with Be6 instead
h5-h4.}) 11... Bc5 {[%csl Rf4][%cal Gg4f2]} 12. Qf3 (12. Qd2 $5 {[%cal Gf4g5]}
Rb8 (12... f6 13. exf6 gxf6 14. Bxc7 {[%cal Gd2f4]}) 13. Bg5 Bxf2+ (13... Qg3
14. hxg4 hxg4 15. Qf4) 14. Rxf2 (14. Kh1 Qg3 15. Bf4 (15. Qf4 $2 Qxf4 16. Bxf4
Bd4 $19) 15... Qh4 16. Bg5 Qg3 $11) 14... Qxf2+ 15. Qxf2 Nxf2 16. Kxf2 Rxb2 $13
) (12. b4 $5 Bxb4 (12... Bb6 13. Qd2) 13. Bg3 Qg5 14. f4 Bc5+ 15. Kh1 (15. Bf2
Qxf4 {[%cal Rf4h2]} 16. hxg4 Bxf2+ 17. Rxf2 (17. Qxf2 Qxe5 {[%cal Ge5a1,Gh5g4]}
) 17... Qg5 $5 $40 (17... Qc1+ 18. Rf1 Qb2 19. Nd2 hxg4 {[%cal Gb2d4]} 20. Nb3
$1 $13)) 15... Qe7 (15... Qh6 $5 16. Bh4 $140 Ne3 $1 17. Bg5 Bg4 $3 $13) 16. f5
Bc8 17. Nd2 $36) 12... Bd4 $1 13. Bg3 (13. c3 $2 Nxe5 (13... Bxe5 $2 14. Bg3 $1
Qg5 15. Re1 $1 {[%cal Gh3g4]} (15. hxg4 $2 hxg4 16. Qe2 Bf4 $3 $19 (16... Qh6
17. f4 $1)) 15... Bxg3 $140 $6 16. Qxg3 {[%cal Gg3g5]}) 14. Bxe5 Bxe5 15. Re1
Qf4 $17) 13... Qg5 (13... Nxe5 $5 14. Bxh4 (14. Bxe5 Bxe5 $17) 14... Nxf3+ 15.
gxf3 Bxb2 16. Nd2 Bxa1 17. Rxa1 Bxh3 (17... Rb8 $5) 18. Re1+ $36) 14. hxg4 (14.
Bf4 Qh4 (14... Nxe5 15. Bxg5 Nxf3+ 16. gxf3 Bxb2 17. Nd2 Bxa1 18. Rxa1 Bxh3 19.
Re1+ $36)) 14... Bxb2 $1 (14... hxg4 15. Qf4 $8 Qh5 16. Bh2 Bxb2 17. Nd2 Bxa1
18. Rxa1 $14) 15. Bf4 $1 {[]} (15. Nd2 Qxd2) 15... hxg4 $6 (15... Qh4 $142 {
[%cal Rb2a1,Rh5g4]} 16. g3 $1 {[]} (16. Bg3 $2 hxg4 17. Bxh4 gxf3 $19) 16...
hxg4 (16... Qh2+ 17. Kxh2 hxg4+ 18. Kg1 gxf3 19. Nd2 $14) 17. Qg2 Qe7 18. Nd2
Bxa1 19. Rxa1 Rb8 $13) 16. Bxg5 $8 (16. Qg3 $2 Qh5) 16... gxf3 17. Nd2 fxg2 18.
Kxg2 Bh3+ 19. Kg1 $1 (19. Kf3 $6 Bxf1 20. Rxf1 Bxe5 21. Re1 f6 22. Bf4 Kf7 $1 (
22... O-O $5) 23. Bxe5 Rae8 $1) 19... Rh5 $1 (19... Bxf1 20. Rxf1 Bxe5 $140 21.
Re1 f6 22. Nf3) 20. Bf4 (20. f4 $2 Bd4+ 21. Rf2 Bxa1) 20... Kd7 (20... Bxf1 $5
21. Rxf1 Rh4 $1 22. Bg3 (22. Rb1 Bc3) 22... Ra4 {[%csl Ra2]} 23. Kg2 Rxa2 24.
Rh1 Ke7 $13) 21. Rae1 (21. Rfe1 $142 $5 Bxa1 22. Rxa1) 21... Rah8 (21... Bxf1
22. Nxf1 {[%cal Gf1g3,Gd3f5]}) 22. Re2 Bxf1 23. Kxf1 {[%csl Rc5][%cal Gd2b3,
Gb3c5]} (23. Nxf1 $5 {[%cal Gf1g3]}) 23... Rh1+ $6 (23... c5 $142) 24. Kg2 Ra1
$2 {[%csl Rd7]} (24... R1h4 $142) 25. Nb3 Rxa2 26. Nc5+ Kc8 $6 (26... Ke8 $5)
27. c4 $1 $16 {[%cal Ge2a2]} Rh4 $2 (27... g6 $8 28. Bb1 Ra5 (28... Bxe5 29.
Rxe5 $18) 29. Nb3 Bc3 30. Nxa5 Bxa5 31. e6 $18) 28. e6 $1 $18 fxe6 29. Rxe6 Rh8
(29... Kd8 30. Bg5+ Bf6 31. Bg6 $1 $18) 30. Rxc6 1-0

[Event "CRO-ch 6th"]
[Site "Pula"]
[Date "1998.01.14"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Palac, Mladen"]
[Black "Rogic, Davor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1998.01.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 064"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
c4 Nb6 9. Nd2 Qe6 10. b3 Be7 11. Bb2 O-O 12. Qe4 ({Another possibility is
developing of the bishop to the /^a8-h1.} 12. g3 d5 13. exd6 cxd6 14. Qxe6 Bxe6
15. Bg2 d5 16. cxd5 cxd5 17. O-O Rfc8 18. Nf3 Rc2 19. Bd4 Rac8 20. a4 R8c7 21.
Be5 Rc8 22. Nd4 Rd2 23. Rae1 Rd3 24. Rd1 Rxd1 25. Rxd1 Nd7 26. Bf4 Nf6 27. Nb5
Rc2 28. Be3 a6 29. Nd4 Rc3 30. Bf1 Bg4 31. Re1 Bc5 32. Bxa6 Bxd4 33. Bxd4 Rxb3
34. a5 $16 {1-0 Oll,L-Garcia,G/New York op 1997 (43)}) 12... d5 13. exd6 cxd6
14. Bd3 a5 {Rare continuation.Usually black plays 14...d5.White has minimal 
advantage in view of slightly better pawn structure.} (14... d5 15. cxd5 cxd5
16. Qxe6 fxe6 (16... Bxe6 17. O-O Rac8 (17... Nd7 18. Nf3 Nc5 19. Be2 Rfe8 20.
Rfd1 Ne4 21. Rac1 Bc5 22. Bd4 Bb6 23. Bb5 Rec8 24. Bc6 Rab8 25. Bxb6 axb6 26.
Nd4 Rd8 27. b4 Kf8 28. a4 Bc8 29. f3 Nf6 30. Rb1 Ba6 31. a5 bxa5 32. bxa5 Nd7
33. Bxd7 Rxb1 34. Rxb1 Rxd7 35. Rb6 Bc4 36. a6 {1-0 Weber,B-Falk,T/Hessen-ch
qual 1994}) 18. Nf3 Nd7 19. Rac1 Nc5 20. Bb5 Bg4 21. Ne5 Bf6 22. Nxg4 Bxb2 23.
Rc2 Ba3 24. Ne3 d4 25. Nf5 Ne6 26. Rxc8 Rxc8 27. Bc4 Rd8 28. Rd1 Bc5 29. g3 g6
30. Bxe6 fxe6 31. Ne3 Kf7 32. Nc4 Kf6 33. Kg2 e5 34. Kf3 Kf5 35. Re1 Rd5 36.
g4+ Ke6 37. Rd1 Rd8 38. Ke2 e4 39. Nd2 Kd5 40. Rc1 Rf8 41. Nxe4 Ba3 42. Rc7
Kxe4 43. Rxa7 Bb2 44. Kd1 Rxf2 {0-1 Thorhallsson,T-Puri,V/WchJ U18 1987}) 17.
O-O (17. Nf3 {[%csl Rd4,Re5]} Bf6 18. Ne5 (18. O-O-O a5 19. Rhe1 a4 20. Re2
axb3 21. axb3 Bd7 22. Ne5 Rfc8+ 23. Kb1 Be8 24. f4 Nd7 25. Nxd7 Bxd7 26. f5
Bxb2 27. Kxb2 exf5 28. Re7 Rd8 29. Rc1 Kf8 30. Re5 g6 31. Rxd5 Be6 32. Rxd8+
Rxd8 33. Bc4 Bc8 34. Kc3 Bb7 35. g3 Ke7 36. Ra1 Ra8 37. Rxa8 Bxa8 38. Kd4 Kd6
39. Bg8 h6 40. Bh7 Bd5 41. b4 Bf7 42. b5 Be8 43. b6 Kc6 44. Ke5 Kxb6 45. Kf6 g5
46. Bxf5 Kc5 47. Kg7 h5 48. Kh6 h4 49. g4 Kd6 50. Kxg5 Ke5 51. Kxh4 Kf6 52. Bd3
Bd7 53. g5+ Kg7 54. Kg3 Be8 55. h4 Bh5 56. Kf4 Bf7 57. Bf5 Bh5 58. Bg4 Be8 59.
h5 Bf7 60. Bf3 Be8 61. Be2 Bf7 62. Kf5 Be8 63. g6 Kh6 64. Bc4 Kg7 65. Kg5 Kh8
66. Bd3 {1-0 Pribyl,M-Cladouras,P/BL9394 1994}) 18... Nd7 19. f4 Nxe5 20. fxe5
Be7 21. Rc1 a5 22. Rc6 a4 23. Ke2 axb3 24. axb3 Ra2 25. Rc2 Ba6 26. Ra1 Rxa1
27. Bxa1 Bxd3+ 28. Kxd3 Rb8 29. Rb2 Kf7 $15 {Zugaj,F-Potocnik,P/SLO-ch 1991/1/
2-1/2 (64)}) 17... Bf6 {1/2-1/2 Bednarski,J-Gligoric,S/Capablanca mem 1967} (
17... Bf6 18. Rab1 e5 19. Rfe1 e4 20. Bb5 Bd7 21. Ba6 Bc8 22. Bb5 Bd7 23. Ba6
Bc8 24. Bb5 {1/2-1/2 Degerman,L-Jepson,C/SWE-ch 1992})) 15. O-O Qxe4 16. Nxe4
$146 (16. Bxe4 d5 17. cxd5 cxd5 18. Bd3 a4 19. Nf3 axb3 20. axb3 Be6 $11 {
1/2-1/2 Hennings,A-Gligoric,S/Capablanca mem 1967}) 16... Be6 (16... d5 $5 17.
cxd5 cxd5 $11) 17. f4 (17. Ba3 $5 {[%cal Ga3e7] is probably the best try to
get advantage.} Rfd8 18. f4 {Now black can't break through in the centre and
white has chances to get advantage.}) 17... d5 18. cxd5 Bxd5 $1 {[%csl Ra2,Rb3]
[%cal Ga5a4]} (18... cxd5 $143 19. Ng5 $1 {[%cal Gg5h7,Gg5e6]} Bxg5 (19... Bc5+
20. Kh1 h6 21. Nxe6 fxe6 22. Rae1 $14 {[%csl Re6,Yf4][%cal Yb2e5,Ye1e6]}) 20.
fxg5 $14 {[%cal Gb2g7,Gd3h7]}) 19. Nc3 Bf6 (19... a4 $142 $5 {[%csl Rb3]} 20.
Nxd5 $140 Nxd5 $1 {[%csl Rb3,Re3,Rf4]}) 20. Nxd5 Bxb2 (20... Nxd5 $6 21. Bxf6
Nxf6 22. Rac1 $14 {[%csl Rc6]}) 21. Ne7+ (21. Nxb6 $5 Bd4+ (21... Rad8 $5 22.
Be4 $1 Bd4+ 23. Kh1 Bxb6) 22. Kh1 Bxb6 23. Rac1 $14 {[%csl Rc6]}) 21... Kh8 22.
Rab1 Bd4+ 23. Kh1 c5 24. Rfe1 {[%cal Gd3e4,Ge7c6] /\24.Be4 Rae8 25.Nc6} (24.
Be4 $2 Rae8) 24... a4 $1 {The simlest way to equlize chances.} 25. Nc6 axb3 26.
axb3 Nd5 $1 27. Be4 (27. Nxd4 cxd4 28. Be4 {Doesn't promise a lot either.})
27... Nc3 28. Nxd4 (28. Rbc1 $4 Bf2 $19 {[%csl Re4]}) 28... Rae8 $1 {This is
much stronger than 28...N:b1.} (28... Nxb1 $143 29. Bxa8 cxd4 (29... Rxa8 30.
Rxb1 cxd4 31. Kg1 $14 {[%csl Rd4]}) 30. Rxb1 (30. Bd5 Nc3 31. Bc4 Rd8 $13)
30... Rxa8 31. Kg1 $14 {[%csl Rd4][%cal Gg1f1,Gf1d3,Gb3b7]}) 29. Nf3 (29. Bc6
Rxe1+ (29... Rc8) 30. Rxe1 cxd4 {[%cal Gd4d1]} 31. Re7 $140 $2 Rd8 $1) 29...
Nxe4 (29... Nxb1 $2 30. Bxb1 Rxe1+ 31. Nxe1 Ra8 32. Nf3 $1 {[%cal Gf3d2]} (32.
Nc2 $2 Rb8) 32... Ra1 33. Nd2 $16) (29... Rxe4 {was slightly better.} 30. Rxe4
(30. Rbc1 Rfe8 $1) 30... Nxe4 $11) 30. Ne5 f5 (30... Nd6 31. Rbd1 Rd8 $4 (31...
f6) 32. Rxd6 $1 Rxd6 33. Nxf7+ Kg8 (33... Rxf7 34. Re8+) 34. Nxd6 $18) 31. Nd7
Rg8 (31... Rf7 $2 32. Nxc5 {[%cal Ge1e8]}) 32. Ne5 Rgf8 33. Nd7 $11 1/2-1/2

[Event "Pamplona"]
[Site "Pamplona"]
[Date "1999.12.30"]
[Round "4"]
[White "De la Villa Garcia, Jesus Maria"]
[Black "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2473"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1999.12.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 075"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nxc6 Qf6 6. Qd2 dxc6 7. Nc3 Ne7
8. Qf4 Qe6 {Full information about this rare line you can find in my comments
of the Nataf-Romanishin,1999/CBM74 See also Botsanin-Goldin,RUS-Cup9 CBM60} (
8... Ng6 {is the main line}) 9. Bd3 O-O 10. O-O Ng6 11. Qg3 (11. Qg5 Qe5 12.
Kh1 ({Nisipeanu played} 12. Qxe5 {See below.}) 12... Be6 13. Be3 Qxg5 14. Bxg5
f6 15. Bd2 Ne5 16. Be2 Rad8 17. Bf4 b5 18. f3 Rd7 19. Rad1 Bd4 20. Rd2 Rfd8 21.
Bxe5 $2 Bxe5 22. Rxd7 Rxd7 $15 {0-1 Waldmann,G-Jankovic,A/Pula 1999/EXT 2000 
(41)}) 11... Qe5 ({Another execution of the same idea was tried by Flear:} 
11... Qd6 12. Bd2 (12. Ne2 f5 13. Nf4 fxe4 14. Nxg6 Qxg6 15. Qxg6 hxg6 16. Bxe4
Bf5 17. Bxf5 Rxf5 18. Be3 Bxe3 (18... Re8 $5 19. Rae1 Rfe5 20. Bd2 Re2 $1) 19.
fxe3 Rd8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Baklan,V-Flear,G/1998-9 French Team Ch FRA 1999 (62)})
12... f5 13. exf5 Qxg3 14. hxg3 Bxf5 15. Bxf5 Rxf5 16. Ne4 Bb6 17. Rfe1 Ne5 18.
Be3 Nc4 19. Bxb6 axb6 20. b3 Nd6 21. a4 b5 22. a5 Re5 23. Nxd6 Rxe1+ 24. Rxe1 {
1/2-1/2 Nunn,J-Flear,G/Hastings 1996/CBM 57 (24)}) 12. Qxe5 (12. Ne2 Qxg3 13.
Nxg3 Be6 14. Ne2 (14. Be2 f6 15. Kh1 a5 16. f4 Bf7 17. Bd3 Rfe8 18. Bd2 a4 19.
Nf5 Ne7 20. Nh4 Be6 21. Nf3 b5 22. h3 Rad8 23. f5 Bd7 24. Rae1 Rf8 25. g4 $14 {
1-0 Zelcic,R-Cosic,R/Zadar 1998/EXT 2000 (40)}) 14... Ne5 15. Nf4 Nxd3 16. Nxd3
Bb6 17. Re1 f5 18. e5 Rad8 19. Be3 Bxe3 20. Rxe3 b6 21. Nf4 Kf7 $11 {1/2-1/2
Golubovic,B-Berebora,F/Pula 1998/EXT 2000 (36)}) (12. Bd2 Be6 13. Rfe1 Rad8 14.
Be3 Bd6 15. Qxe5 Nxe5 16. Be2 f5 17. f4 Nc4 18. Bxc4 Bxc4 19. exf5 Rxf5 20. g3
Bb4 21. Red1 Re8 22. Bd4 g5 23. a3 Bxc3 24. Bxc3 gxf4 25. Rd4 Bd5 26. Rxf4 Rxf4
27. gxf4 Re2 28. Re1 Rg2+ 29. Kf1 Kf7 {1/2-1/2 Rogulj,B-Romanishin,O/Pula 1998/
EXT 2000 (29)}) 12... Nxe5 {The game Nisipeanu,L-Khalifman,A/Las Vegas USA
1999 was transposed to the same position.See the game below.} 13. Be2 a5 {
[%cal Ga5a4] A new move.Black's idea is to take some space on the queen side
by means of a4.} (13... Bg4 14. Bxg4 Nxg4 15. h3 Nf6 16. Re1 Rfe8 17. Kf1 Bb4
18. f3 Rad8 19. Bf4 Rd7 20. Rad1 Bxc3 21. bxc3 Red8 22. Rxd7 Rxd7 23. Ke2 Kf8
24. g4 Ne8 25. h4 Nd6 26. h5 Nb5 27. Bd2 f6 28. Rg1 h6 29. Rd1 Ke7 30. Be1 Rxd1
31. Kxd1 c5 $11 {1-0 Nisipeanu,L-Khalifman,A/Las Vegas USA 1999 (59)/CBM72
[Kostakiev]}) 14. Bf4 ({Immediate} 14. a4 {deserved an attention without
determining the position of the bishop.}) 14... f6 15. a4 Be6 16. Rad1 Rae8 $11
{The position is about equal,but I would prefer Black as his pieces are better
situated and more mobile.} 17. Nb1 {An attempt to improve position of the
knight.On c3 it had no any perspectives.} Bf7 18. Nd2 Re7 19. Bxe5 $2 {[%mdl
16384] Very strange decision.Why to change a bishop?Instead White should
prepare an advance f4 by means of 19.Bg3 and then 20.Kh1} (19. Bg3 $142 {
[%cal Gg1h1,Gf2f4]}) 19... Rxe5 20. Bd3 Bh5 $1 21. Rde1 {[%csl Ra5][%cal Gd2c4]
} Re7 $15 22. Nc4 b6 23. Nd2 $2 {[%mdl 16384] White has lost the thread.
Manoeuvre Nc4-d2-b3 can't be considered right by any means as b3 is the most
unfortunate position for the knight on the board.} (23. Kh1 $5) 23... Rd8 {
[%cal Gc5b4]} 24. Nb3 Bd6 25. Bc4+ Kh8 $1 (25... Kf8 {that seems more logical
allows} 26. f4 {[%cal Ge4e5] following by e5.}) 26. f3 Be8 {[%csl Ra4] looking
closely at the a4-pawn.} 27. Rd1 Red7 {[%csl Rd1][%cal Gd6h2,Gd6c5]} 28. Be2 (
28. Kh1 $5 $15) 28... Bf4 ({Interesting was} 28... Be5 $5 {underlining an
unfortunate position of white knight.} 29. Rxd7 $8 (29. c3 $6 Rxd1 30. Rxd1
Rxd1+ 31. Bxd1 c5 (31... Bf4 32. Nd4 Bc1 33. b3 Bd2 34. Ne2 $15) 32. Nd2) 29...
Rxd7 30. c3 (30. Rb1 Bf7 {[%csl Rd2]}) 30... Bf7 31. Rd1 Rd6 $1 $15 32. Nd4
$140 Bxd4+ 33. Rxd4 Bb3 {[%csl Ra4]}) 29. g3 $2 {[%mdl 8192] White doesn't
feel danger.} ({The only chance to save the a4-pawn was} 29. Rxd7) (29. c3 $2 {
doesn't save in view of} Be3+ 30. Kh1 Rxd1 31. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 32. Bxd1 c5 {[%csl
Ra4]} 33. Na1 $140 Bc1 $19) 29... Be3+ 30. Kg2 Rxd1 31. Rxd1 Rxd1 32. Bxd1 c5
$17 {[%csl Ra4][%cal Gc5c4]} 33. f4 c4 {Black anticipates a nice end.} (33...
Bxa4 $5 {is also sufficient for big advantage.} 34. Kf3 Bd4 35. Nxd4 (35. c3
Bxc3 $1 36. bxc3 c4 $19) 35... cxd4 $17) 34. Kf3 Bg1 35. Kg2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]
Loses at once.} (35. Nd2 {was necessary,but after} c3 $1 36. bxc3 Bxa4 {
White's chances to escape are very low.}) 35... cxb3 36. Kxg1 Bh5 $1 {[%csl
Rd1][%cal Gd1c2] Nice tactical blow and a good example on the theme of
overloading.} (36... Bh5 $1 37. Bxh5 bxc2 $19) 0-1

[Event "RUS-Cup01 Chigorin Memorial"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1997.11.01"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Lastin, Alexander"]
[Black "Petrov, Anton"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1997.11.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 062"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
c4 Ba6 9. g3 g6 10. b3 Bg7 11. Bb2 O-O 12. Bg2 Rfe8 13. O-O Nb6 14. Re1 f6 (
14... d5 15. Qc2 Qc5 16. Nd2 Rad8 17. Rac1 d4 18. Nf3 d3 19. Qd2 Bc8 20. h3 h5
21. Rcd1 Bf5 22. e6 Rxe6 23. Rxe6 Bxe6 24. Bxg7 Kxg7 25. Qc3+ Kg8 26. Rxd3 Rxd3
27. Qxd3 Nd7 28. Qc3 Bf5 29. Nd4 Qe5 30. Qd2 c5 31. Nxf5 Qxf5 32. Qa5 Ne5 33.
Qxa7 h4 34. Qa8+ Kg7 35. Qe4 Qf6 36. Qxh4 {1-0 Kasparov,G-Sokolov,I/Erevan olm
1996/EXT 96ch2/[Shipov]}) (14... Qc5 15. Nd2 d5 16. Rac1 Rab8 17. Qf3 dxc4 18.
Ne4 Qe7 19. Bc3 Nd5 20. Nf6+ Bxf6 21. exf6 Qa3 22. Bd4 Qxa2 23. Qg4 cxb3 24.
Qg5 Qa3 25. Bxd5 cxd5 26. Rxe8+ Rxe8 27. Bc5 Qb2 28. Be7 Kh8 29. Qh6 {Hakki,
I-Sarwat,W/Cairo-B 1997/EXP 57/0-1 (42)}) 15. e6 Qxe6 (15... Bb7 $1 16. Qd2
dxe6 17. Qa5 a6 18. Nd2 Rad8 19. Ne4 Ba8 20. Rad1 e5 21. Ba3 Qf7 22. Qxa6 f5
23. Nc5 e4 24. Nb7 Rb8 25. Na5 Re6 26. Re2 h5 27. Red2 Kh7 28. Rd8 Rxd8 29.
Rxd8 f4 30. c5 Nd5 31. Rxa8 fxg3 32. fxg3 Bd4+ 33. Kh1 e3 34. Qe2 Nc3 35. Qf3
Rf6 36. Qxf6 Qxf6 37. Re8 Qf2 38. Re7+ Kh6 {0-1 Arnold,L-Renner,C/BL9697 1996/
BL9697}) 16. Qxe6+ Rxe6 17. Rxe6 dxe6 18. Bxc6 Rd8 (18... Rb8 $143 19. Nd2 $1
Nxc4 20. Nxc4 Bxc4 21. Rc1 Ba6 (21... Bb5 22. Bxb5 Rxb5 23. Rxc7 a5 24. Bc3 $1
$16) 22. Bd7 Bc8 23. Rxc7 Bxd7 24. Rxd7 $14) 19. Na3 $1 {/\Rc1-c2 and then Nb5}
(19. Kf1 $6 Nd5 $1 20. Nc3 (20. Na3 Nb4 21. Bb5 Bb7 $1 $15) (20. h4 $2 Nb4 21.
Be4 f5 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 $1 (22... fxe4 $2 23. Bf6 Rf8 24. a3 $13 (24. Be7 Nc2 $1
25. Bxf8 Kxf8 26. Ke2 Nxa1 27. Kd2 $13)) 23. a3 Nd3 $1 24. Bxd3 (24. Bf3 Nc5
$19) 24... Rxd3 25. b4 Bxc4 $19) 20... f5 $1 21. Na4 $1 (21. Rd1 $2 Rd6 $1 (
21... Bxc3 22. Bxd5 $1 Rxd5 23. Rxd5 exd5 (23... Bxb2 $2 24. Ra5 $1 Bb7 $8 25.
Rxa7 $18) 24. Bxc3 dxc4 25. b4 $11) 22. Bxd5 (22. Rxd5 exd5 23. Bxd5+ Rxd5 $1
24. Nxd5 Bxb2 25. Nxc7 Bb7 $19) 22... exd5 23. Ke1 dxc4 24. Rxd6 cxd6 25. bxc4
Bxc4 $19) (21. Rc1 $2 Nb4 22. Bb5 Bxb5 23. cxb5 Rd2 24. Ba1 (24. Ba3 Nd3 $19)
24... Nd3 $19) 21... Bxb2 22. Nxb2 Nb4 (22... Rd6 $6 23. Bb5 Nc3 24. Bxa6 (24.
a4 Bb7 $1 $15 (24... Rd2 25. Nd1 $1 Nxd1 26. Ke1)) 24... Rxa6 25. a3 Rb6 26. b4
Rd6 27. Ke1 {/\Rc1=}) 23. Bf3 Rd2 24. a3 $1 Nd3 $1 (24... Nc2 25. Rd1 Rxd1+ 26.
Bxd1 Nxa3 $13) 25. Nxd3 Rxd3 26. Bd1 Rd2 $15) 19... Kf7 (19... Rd2 {is
senseless in view of} 20. Bc3 Rd3 21. Rc1 Bh6 22. Rc2 {/\Nb5} (22. f4 $6 e5))
20. Rc1 Bf8 21. Rc2 Bc8 22. Nb5 a6 23. Nxc7 (23. Nc3 $14) 23... Bd6 (23... Bc5
24. Na8 $1 Nd7 (24... Nxa8 25. Bxa8 $16) 25. Rd2 Ke7 26. Bc3 $16) 24. Ne8 (24.
Na8 Bd7 $1 (24... Nxa8 25. Bxa8 $16) 25. Nxb6 (25. Bxd7 $2 Nxd7) 25... Bxc6 26.
Rd2 Bc7 27. Rxd8 Bxd8 28. Nc8 (28. Na4 Bxa4 29. bxa4 Ke8 {/\Kd7-c6=}) 28... Bc7
{and black has got good chances for a draw.}) 24... Be7 (24... Rxe8 $2 25.
Bxe8+ Kxe8 26. c5 $18) 25. c5 Nd5 (25... Rd1+ $143 26. Kg2 Nd5 27. Ba3 {/\Nd6+-
}) 26. Nd6+ $1 (26. Bxd5 $143 Rxd5 (26... exd5 27. Nd6+ Bxd6 28. cxd6 Ke6 29.
Ba3 Re8 $1 30. f4 $16) 27. Nd6+ Bxd6 28. cxd6 Bd7 (28... Rd1+ 29. Kg2 Bb7+ $6 (
29... Bd7 $142) 30. Kh3 Be4 31. Rc7+ $16) 29. Ba3 e5 $14) 26... Bxd6 27. cxd6
Nb4 (27... Rxd6 $4 28. Bxd5 Rxd5 29. Rxc8 $18) 28. Rc4 Nxc6 $8 (28... Rxd6 $2
29. Bf3 $1 Nd3 $8 (29... Rd3 $2 30. Kg2) 30. Ba3 Rd8 31. Rc7+ Bd7 (31... Kg8
32. Be7 Re8 33. Bxf6 $18) 32. Be2 {/\B:a6+-}) 29. Rxc6 $16 e5 30. Ba3 f5 31.
Bc5 Ke6 32. Rc7 Bd7 33. Ra7 Rc8 34. b4 Rc6 35. f3 h6 36. Kf2 $18 {White just
wait for pawn moves and then black in zugzwang.} Rc8 37. Rxa6 Bc6 38. a4 Kd5
39. Ra7 Rd8 40. a5 Rd7 41. Rc7 Bb5 42. Rc8 g5 43. Ra8 g4 44. a6 1-0

[Event "WchT 4th"]
[Site "Luzern"]
[Date "1997.11.02"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Palac, Mladen"]
[Black "Malaniuk, Vladimir P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1997.10.25"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 062"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Croatia"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CRO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nxc6 Qf6 6. Qd2 dxc6 7. Nc3 Ne7
8. Qf4 Be6 (8... Ng6 9. Qxf6 gxf6 10. Bd2 Rg8 11. Na4 Bd6 12. O-O-O Be6 13. Nc3
O-O-O 14. g3 Bg4 15. Be2 Ne5 16. Bf4 Bh3 17. Bh5 Bc5 18. Rxd8+ Rxd8 19. Nd1 Bg2
20. Re1 Nf3 21. Re2 Ng1 22. Bg4+ Kb8 23. Rd2 Rxd2 24. Kxd2 Bxe4 25. Nc3 Bg2 26.
Be3 Be7 27. Bh5 Nf3+ 28. Ke2 Ng1+ {- Kasparov,G-Topalov,V/Las Palmas 1996/CBM
57/[Kramnik]}) 9. Qxf6 gxf6 10. Na4 (10. f4 f5 11. Bd2 O-O-O 12. O-O-O Rhg8 13.
g3 h5 14. Bh3 h4 15. Na4 Bf2 16. Bb4 Rxd1+ 17. Rxd1 hxg3 18. hxg3 b5 19. Bxe7
bxa4 20. Bxf5 Bxf5 21. exf5 Be3+ 22. Kb1 Rxg3 23. Rd8+ Kb7 24. a3 Bxf4 25. Rf8
Be5 {- Anand,V-Shirov,A/Linares14th 1997/CBM 57/[Shirov]}) 10... Bb4+ (10...
Bd6 11. f4 $5 O-O-O 12. Bd2 $14) 11. Bd2 (11. c3 Bd6 12. Be3) 11... Bxd2+ (
11... a5) 12. Kxd2 f5 (12... O-O-O+ $5 13. Bd3 (13. Ke3 f5 14. e5 $140 $2 f4+
15. Kf3 Ng6 {/\Rd4-/+}) 13... f5) 13. Re1 $1 O-O-O+ 14. Kc1 fxe4 15. Nc5 $1 Bf5
16. Nxe4 Nd5 17. Bd3 Bg6 (17... Nf4 $6 18. Nd6+) 18. Nc5 $1 b6 (18... Nf4 $5
19. Bxg6 hxg6 20. g3 Rd5 $1 21. Nb3 (21. b4 b6 $5 {/\Ne6} (21... Nh3 $13))
21... Ne6) 19. Bxg6 hxg6 20. Nd3 $14 {/\Ne5} Rh7 $5 (20... f6 21. c4 Ne7 $8 (
21... Nc3 $2 22. Nb4 $1 (22. Kc2 $5) 22... c5 23. Nc6 Nxa2+ 24. Kb1 Nb4 25.
Nxd8 $16) 22. Rxe7 (22. Nf4 $2 Rd4 $1 23. Rxe7 Rxc4+) 22... Rxd3 23. h3 Rhd8
24. Rhe1 $14) 21. Ne5 Rd6 (21... Kb7) 22. g3 (22. h4 $142 $1 {/\g3}) 22... c5 (
22... g5 $5) 23. f4 (23. h4 $5) 23... Rg7 24. Nf3 f6 25. Re4 Nb4 26. a3 Nc6 27.
Rhe1 Kd7 28. c3 Ne7 29. Kc2 Rh7 30. R1e2 a6 31. Nd2 Nc6 32. Nc4 Rd5 33. Ne3 Rd6
34. Nc4 Rd5 35. Ne3 Rd6 36. f5 $1 {><f6} g5 (36... gxf5 $5 37. Nxf5 Rd5 38. g4
Re5) (36... Ne7 $5) 37. Ng4 $16 Rf7 $2 (37... Ne7 $142 $1 38. Re6 Ng8 $1) 38.
Re6 $1 Nd8 39. Re8 (39. Rxd6+ $1 cxd6 40. h4 gxh4 41. gxh4 $16) 39... Rd5 40.
Rg8 $1 Nc6 $2 (40... Rxf5 $4 41. Rd2+) (40... Nb7 41. Rg6 Rd6 (41... Rxf5 $2
42. Nh6 $18) 42. h4 gxh4 43. gxh4 $16) (40... Rd6 $142 41. h4 gxh4 42. gxh4 Nc6
$16) 41. Rg7 $1 ({[%tqu "En","Can you find a winning move for White here?",
"Can you distract his rook from defending f6?","Give a rook to be able to play
the big fork Nxf6+","g8g7","VERY GOOD  You are also very tricky in the
endgame!",14]} 41. Rg7 $3 Rxg7 (41... Nd4+ {The best try} 42. cxd4 Rxg7 43.
Nxf6+ Kc6 44. Nxd5 Kxd5 45. dxc5 Kxc5 46. f6 Rf7 47. Re5+ Kd4 48. Rxg5 Rxf6 49.
h4 (49. Rg4+ Kd5 50. h4 $18)) 42. Nxf6+ Kc8 (42... Kd6 $2 43. Re6#) 43. Nxd5
$18) 1-0

[Event "WchT 4th"]
[Site "Luzern"]
[Date "1997.10.26"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Kotsur, Pavel"]
[Black "Arencibia Rodriguez, Walter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1997.10.25"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 062"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Kazakhstan"]
[BlackTeam "Cuba"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "KAZ"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CUB"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Qf6 5. Nxc6 Bc5 6. Qd2 dxc6 7. Nc3 Be6
8. Na4 Rd8 9. Bd3 Bd4 10. O-O b5 11. c3 Be5 12. f4 bxa4 13. fxe5 Qxe5 14. Qe2
Ne7 (14... Nf6 15. Bf4 Qh5 16. Qc2 O-O 17. Rae1 Bxa2 18. Qxa4 Rxd3 19. Qxa2
Qc5+ 20. Kh1 Re8 21. Bxc7 Rd7 22. e5 Ng4 23. b4 Qd5 24. Qxd5 cxd5 25. Bd6 f6
26. exf6 Rxe1 27. f7+ Rxf7 {- Relange,E-Smyslov,V/Cannes mT 1996/EXP 51}) 15.
Be3 (15. Bf4 Qa5 (15... Qc5+ $143 16. Be3)) 15... O-O (15... a3 16. Bd4 Rxd4
17. cxd4 Qxd4+ 18. Rf2 axb2 19. Rd1 (19. Rb1 O-O 20. Rxb2 Rd8 {Black haven't
got any problems.}) 19... Qa4 20. Rb1 Qxa2 21. Rxb2 Qa1+ 22. Rf1 Qa3 23. Rb8+
Nc8 $11 {And black at least not worse.}) 16. Kh1 (16. Bxa7 c5 (16... a3 17. Bd4
(17. Rad1 $6 axb2 (17... c5 18. b4 cxb4 19. cxb4 Ng6 20. Bc5 Rfe8 $13) 18. Qxb2
Qa5 19. Bd4 c5 20. Be3 Bxa2 $1 21. c4 $140 Nc6 $15) 17... Rxd4 $1 18. cxd4
Qxd4+ 19. Rf2 Rd8 (19... Rb8 20. Ba6 $1 axb2 21. Rb1 Qa4 $140 22. Qd3 $1 $16)
20. Ba6 axb2 21. Rb1 (21. Qxb2 Qxe4 $13) 21... Bxa2 22. Rxb2 Be6 23. Rd2 Qxd2 (
23... Qa1+ $2 24. Rf1 Rxd2 25. Qxd2 $18) 24. Qxd2 Rxd2 25. Rxd2 f6 $14) 17. Bc4
$1 (17. Qe3 $2 Nc6 18. Qxc5 (18. Bxc5 Rxd3 $1 19. Qxd3 Qxc5+ $17) 18... Qxc5+
19. Bxc5 Rxd3 20. Bxf8 Kxf8 $17) 17... Nc6 (17... a3 $5 18. Bxe6 fxe6 19. b4
cxb4 20. cxb4 Nd5 21. Qc4 (21. Bc5 Rf4 $1 $36) 21... Nf4 $36) 18. Bxe6 fxe6 19.
Qa6 Nxa7 20. Qxa7 Qxe4 21. Qxc5 $11) 16... Ng6 17. Bd4 (17. Bxa7 $2 Nf4 18. Bd4
$140 Nxe2 19. Bxe5 Rxd3 $19) 17... Qg5 18. Qf2 (18. Bc2 Ne5 $1 {/\Bc4} 19. Bxe5
$140 Qxe5 20. Bxa4 Rd6 $15) 18... Rfe8 $1 (18... c5 19. Be3) 19. Bc2 a3 (19...
Qb5 $5 20. b3 axb3 21. axb3 a5 $15 (21... Bxb3 $4 22. Rfb1 $18)) 20. bxa3 a6 (
20... a5 $5) 21. Bb3 Bxb3 (21... Qh4 $1 22. Qxh4 Nxh4 23. Rad1 Ng6 {And the
position about equal.}) 22. axb3 f6 (22... Re7 $5 23. Qf5 Qh4 (23... h6 $5) 24.
e5 $1 {[/\25.Bc5 Red7 26.e6]} Rf8 $1 $14) 23. Qf5 h6 (23... Qh4 $5 24. Rae1 Ne5
$11) 24. Rae1 Ne5 (24... Qxf5 $5 25. exf5 (25. Rxf5 Ne5 $11 (25... Rd5 26. g4
$1)) 25... Rxe1 26. Rxe1 Nh4 27. g4 $1 (27. Rf1 Rd5 28. g4 h5 $1 29. h3 (29.
Bf2 Nf3 {/\Nd2=/+}) 29... c5 30. Bf2 Rd3 $1 $15) 27... Nf3 28. Re7 Nxd4 29.
cxd4 Rxd4 30. Rxc7 a5 $1 (30... Rxg4 31. Rxc6 Rf4 32. Rxa6 Rxf5 $14) 31. Rxc6
a4 $1 32. bxa4 Rxa4 $11) 25. Rd1 Nf7 26. Rde1 Rd6 (26... Qxf5 $5 27. exf5 (27.
Rxf5 $2 Nd6 28. Rf4 (28. Ra5 $2 c5 $3 29. Bxc5 $140 (29. Rxc5 $140 Nxe4 30.
Rxc7 Ng3+) 29... Nb7) 28... Nb5 29. e5 c5 $1 30. Bxc5 Rxe5 $1 31. Rxe5 fxe5 32.
Re4 Rd5 {/\N:c3-/+}) 27... Nd6 $1 28. g4 Nb5 $15) 27. Re3 Rde6 (27... Qxf5 $5
28. Rxf5 (28. exf5 Rxe3 29. Bxe3 Rd3 30. Bd4 c5 $1 $15) 28... Rde6 29. Ra5 Nd6
(29... Nd8 {[/\30...Nb7 31.R:a6 c5]} 30. b4 $1 (30. Rxa6 $2 c5 $1 31. Rxe6 Nxe6
$19)) (29... Ng5 $5 30. e5 $5 (30. Rxa6 $2 c5 $1) (30. b4 Nxe4 31. Rxa6 (31.
Kg1 c5 $1) 31... Nf2+ 32. Kg1 Rxe3 33. Bxe3 Rxe3 (33... Ng4 34. Bd2 Rd8 35. h3)
34. Kxf2 Rxc3 $11)) 30. Rxa6 Nxe4 31. b4 Nf2+ {see 29...Ng5}) 28. Rfe1 Qxf5 $6
(28... Nd6 $142 $1 29. Qxg5 hxg5 30. e5 Nf5 31. Re4 Nh6 $1 {/\Nf7=/+}) 29. exf5
Rxe3 30. Rxe3 Rxe3 31. Bxe3 Nd6 32. Bf4 $1 (32. g4 $2 Nb5 33. c4 Nxa3 34. Bf4
Nc2 35. Bxc7 Nd4 36. b4 Nc2 37. Bd6 Ne3 $15) 32... Nb5 33. c4 Nd4 (33... Nxa3
$5 34. Bxc7 Nc2 35. Bb6 Na1 36. b4 Nc2 37. Bc5 Ne1 (37... Na3 $2 38. b5) 38.
Be3 Nd3 (38... Nc2 39. Bc5 $11) 39. Bd2 Ne5 40. c5 Nc4 41. Bf4 (41. Bc3 $2 Ne3)
41... a5 42. bxa5 Nxa5 $11) 34. b4 Nxf5 35. a4 Kf7 36. g4 $2 (36. Bxc7 $142 Ke6
37. b5 cxb5 38. cxb5 axb5 39. axb5 $11) 36... Nd4 $2 (36... Nd6 $142 37. c5 Nc4
38. Bxc7 Nb2 $17 39. a5 $140 Nd3 $19) 37. Bxc7 Ke6 38. Bb6 (38. Kg2 $142) 38...
Nf3 39. b5 $11 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 12th"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "1999.12.07"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Mikhalchishin, Adrian"]
[Black "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2552"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[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 "Slovenia"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SLO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
c4 Nb6 (8... Ba6 {is another option in the current position.}) 9. Nc3 Qe6 10.
Qe4 Ba6 11. b3 Bb4 12. Bd2 Bxc3 13. Bxc3 d5 14. Qh4 $1 {Kasparov's novelty
which he has introduced in Sarajevo 1999 against Adams and reached a deserved
victory.Did Onischuk prepared anything?The answer comes immediately.} (14. Qf3
dxc4 15. Be2 Bb7 (15... O-O 16. O-O Rfe8 17. Rfe1 Rad8 18. Bf1 c5 19. Rad1 h6
20. Ba1 Bc8 21. bxc4 Ba6 22. Bd3 Bxc4 23. Bf5 Qe7 24. Bb1 Be6 25. Qe4 g6 26.
Qe3 Kh7 27. f4 Bf5 28. h3 c4 29. Bxf5 gxf5 30. Kh2 {Ponomariov,R-Spassky,B/
Cannes 1998/CBM 65/[Mikhalevski,V]/1/2-1/2 (58)}) 16. bxc4 Nxc4 17. Qg3 c5 18.
O-O h5 19. Rad1 Rh6 20. Bd3 Kf8 21. f4 Nb6 22. f5 Qxa2 23. Rd2 h4 24. Qg5 Qd5
25. f6 Rxf6 26. Rxf6 gxf6 27. Qh6+ Kg8 {1-0 Kummerow,H-Michalczak,T/Germany
1998/GER-chT (27)}) 14... dxc4 15. Be2 O-O $146 {Perhaps Onischuk didn't like
the course of the above-mentioned game and decided to try a new continuation.}
(15... Nd5 16. Bd4 c5 17. Bxc5 Nc3 18. Bxc4 Qxe5+ 19. Be3 Ne4 20. O-O Bxc4 21.
bxc4 O-O 22. Rfe1 $14 {1-0 Kasparov,G-Adams,M/Sarajevo BIH 1999 (31) See my
comments ot this game in CBM71.}) 16. O-O Nd5 17. Bxc4 {White chooses a safe
move.He obtains slight ,but long term adge thanks to the better pawn structure.
} ({Kasparov's} 17. Bd4 {was also interesting.}) 17... Bxc4 18. Qxc4 $14 {
[%csl Ra7,Rc6,Rc7][%cal Ga1c1,Gc3d4] The following play will be concentrated
on the main object of the position:weaknesses on the queen side.The pawns on
the c-file can be easily attacked,but at the same time it's not easy to win
them as defending resources of knight are well-known.} a5 {A weak pawn is
striving to be advanced.This principle is not always working properly as
sometimes the pawn can be weaker after advancing.But this is the case when
it's very useful to advance it.Now Black keeps in mind two options:advancing
the a-pawn to a4 in order to change it and second is to put his knight on the
b4 square to defend the weak pawns along the c-file.In the later case after
most probable a2-a3 the knight will go back and the weak white pawn on b3 will
be fixed by its colleague on a5.} 19. Rac1 Rfb8 {[%mdl 32] Rook is very useful
on the b-file as it can defend the weak pawns from b6 and also takes under
sight the b3 pawn in case of above-mentioned play(Nb4 a3 Nd5).} 20. Rfd1 ({
Quick offensive on the king side by means of} 20. f4 {[%csl Ge5,Gf4][%cal
Gf4f5] deserved serious attention and could be very unpleasant for Black.} Qh6
{[%cal Gd5e3]} (20... Ne3 21. Qxe6 fxe6 22. Rfe1 $1 Nd5 23. Re4 $1 {[%csl Ra5,
Rc6,Rc7,Re6][%cal Ge4c4]}) 21. Bd2 $14) 20... h6 {Prophylaxis.While White
doesn't create concrete threats Black has got time for this useful move.} 21.
h3 {White also chooses prophylaxis as the direct attack of Black's weaknesses
doesn't yield much:} (21. Ba1 {can be met by} a4 $1 {and Black solves his
problems:} (21... Rb6 $143 22. Bd4 Rba6 {[%cal Ga5a4] /\23...a424.b4 a3 ><b4,a2
} 23. a3 $1) 22. bxa4 (22. Qxc6 Qxc6 23. Rxc6 axb3 24. axb3 (24. Rxd5 $143 Rxa2
25. Rd1 b2 26. Bxb2 Rbxb2 27. Rf1 Rc2 $15) 24... Rxb3 $11) 22... Rb4 23. Qxc6
Qxc6 24. Rxc6 Rbxa4 $1 25. Rxd5 Rxa2 $11 {with equal rook ending}) (21. Bd4 a4
$1 22. Qxc6 (22. bxa4 Rb4 23. Qxc6 Qxc6 24. Rxc6 Rbxa4 {with good chances to
equalize.}) 22... Qxc6 23. Rxc6 axb3 24. axb3 Rxb3 $11) 21... Rb5 (21... Qg6 {
deserved an attention with the idea to meet} 22. Bd4 {with} Nf4) 22. Bd4 Nb4 $6
{It wasn't necessary to defend pawns this way as after 22...a4 Black reaches
clear equality.} (22... a4 23. bxa4 (23. Qxc6 Qxc6 24. Rxc6 axb3 25. axb3 Rxb3
26. Bc5 (26. Rc5 Nf4 $1 {[%cal Gf4e6]} 27. Rxc7 Rd8 28. Rc4 Rb5 $11) 26... Nc3
27. Rd7 Nb5 $11) 23... Rb4 24. Qxc6 Rbxa4) 23. a3 Nd5 24. a4 {Before taking on
c6 it's important to take the pawn out of attack.} Rb4 25. Qxc6 Qxc6 26. Rxc6
Rxb3 27. e6 $1 {[%csl Rd5][%cal Gd4g7] Last chance to fight for advantage.} (
27. Rc5 Nf4 {[%cal Gf4e6]} 28. Rxc7 Rd8 {is unacceptable for White.}) 27...
fxe6 28. Rxe6 {[%cal Gd4g7] Creating the threat of B:g7} Rd8 ({After careless} 
28... Kf7 $2 29. Rc6 {[%csl Rc7,Rg7][%cal Gc6c5,Gd4g7] Black is in trouble:}
Rd8 (29... Rab8 30. Rc5 (30. Bxg7 $2 Rb1)) 30. Rc5 Nc3 (30... Ne7 31. Rxc7 Rb4
32. Re1 $1) 31. Rxc7+ Kg8 32. Rxg7+ Kf8 33. Bc5+ Kxg7 34. Rxd8 $16) 29. Be5 {
[%cal Ge5c7]} Rb6 30. Bxc7 $1 (30. Re7 Nxe7 31. Rxd8+ Kf7 32. Bxc7 Rb4 33. Bxa5
Rxa4 {leads to the similar to the game position.}) 30... Rxe6 31. Bxd8 Nc3 $8
32. Ra1 Re4 33. Bxa5 Nxa4 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Finally White won a pawn,but Black
has good drawish chances thanks to the reduced material.Now Black's dream is
to change the light pieces.In that case theoretically drawish position will be
arised.} 34. f3 Rc4 35. Rd1 Nc5 36. Bc7 ({Pin along the c-file} 36. Rd8+ Kf7
37. Rc8 {doesn't work in view of} Rc1+ 38. Kh2 Nb3 {and Black excanges one
more piece.}) 36... Nd3 37. Bd6 Rc3 (37... Rc1 38. Rxc1 Nxc1 39. Kf2 Nb3 40.
Ke3 Na5 {is also possible}) 38. Kf1 Nb2 39. Re1 Nc4 {The knight is showing
miracles of mobility.} 40. Bb4 Rb3 41. Bc5 Rb7 42. Kf2 Rc7 43. Bd4 Rd7 44. Bc3
Nb6 {[%cal Gb6d5] Centre is the best place for a knight.} 45. g4 Nd5 46. Bd2 h5
$1 {Changing pair of pawns Black advances to a draw.} 47. Kg3 (47. gxh5 Nf6 $11
{[%cal Gd7d2,Gf6h5]}) 47... hxg4 48. hxg4 Kf7 49. Ra1 Nc7 50. Be3 Nd5 51. Bd4
Nc7 52. Be5 Ne6 53. f4 g6 $1 {Onischuk completes building of the best
defending setup and draw is now most likely result.} 54. Ra8 Rd3+ 55. Kf2 Nc5 {
Mikhalchishin believes that Onischuk's technics is not bad and so draw was
agreed.} ({Following variation could be a good example of the huge strength of
the knight:} 55... Nc5 56. Ra7+ Ke6 57. Rg7 g5 $1 58. Rg6+ Kd5 59. Rxg5 Ne4+
60. Ke2 Rd2+ $1 61. Ke3 Nxg5 62. Kxd2 Nf3+ 63. Ke3 Nxe5) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cannes Generations"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nataf, Igor Alexandre"]
[Black "Gligoric, Svetozar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1998.02.21"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
c4 Qb4+ 9. Nd2 (9. Qd2 Qxd2+ (9... Nb6 10. b3 a5 11. Bb2 a4 12. Bc3 Qe7 13. Bd3
d5 14. O-O Be6 15. c5 Qxc5 16. b4 Qe7 17. a3 g6 18. Bd4 Bg7 19. Qc2 Nc4 20. f4
f6 21. Nd2 fxe5 22. fxe5 Qh4 23. Nf3 Qh5 24. Bc5 Nxe5 25. Rae1 Nxf3+ 26. Rxf3
Kd7 27. Rfe3 Rhe8 28. b5 cxb5 29. Bxb5+ c6 30. Bxc6+ Kxc6 31. Rxe6+ {1-0
Rewitz,P-Pedersen,N/Aarhus op 1994}) 10. Bxd2 Nb4 11. Kd1 c5 12. Nc3 Rb8 13.
Nb5 c6 14. Nd6+ Bxd6 15. exd6 O-O 16. a3 Na6 17. Kc2 Re8 18. Bd3 g6 19. Rae1
Re6 20. Rxe6 dxe6 21. Be4 Bd7 22. Bc3 Re8 23. Bf6 Nb8 24. f4 Rc8 25. Bh4 Be8
26. Bf2 Nd7 27. b4 cxb4 28. axb4 c5 29. bxc5 Nxc5 30. Bxc5 Rxc5 31. Kd3 a5 32.
Rb1 Rc8 33. Rb7 Bc6 {Santamaria,V-Al Ghasra,A/Thessaloniki olm 1984/1-0 (51)})
(9. Kd1 Ba6 10. Qd2 Nb6 11. b3 O-O-O 12. Kc2 Qe7 13. f4 d6 14. Bd3 Kb7 15. exd6
cxd6 16. Re1 Qc7 17. Qa5 d5 18. c5 Bxd3+ 19. Kxd3 Nd7 20. Qxc7+ Kxc7 21. b4 a5
22. a3 Rb8 23. f5 Bxc5 24. bxc5 Nxc5+ 25. Kc2 Kd7 26. Bf4 Nb3 27. Bxb8 Nxa1+
28. Kb2 Rxb8+ 29. Kxa1 Rb3 30. Ka2 a4 31. Rc1 Re3 32. Kb2 Kd6 33. Nc3 d4 {
Yutuc,R-Balinas,R/Greenhills op 1997/1-0 (57)}) 9... Nf4 10. Qe4 (10. Qe3 Ne6
11. Bd3 Qb6 (11... Bc5 12. Qg3 Bd4 13. O-O Rb8 14. Nb3 c5 15. Bd2 Qb6 16. Nxd4
cxd4 17. f4 g6 18. f5 Nc5 19. e6 dxe6 20. fxg6 hxg6 21. Bxg6 fxg6 22. Qxg6+ Kd7
23. Qg7+ Kc6 24. Qxh8 Ne4 25. Bf4 d3+ 26. Kh1 Qxb2 27. Qh7 Nf2+ 28. Kg1 Bd7 29.
Be3 Qe2 30. Bxf2 d2 31. Qe7 Qxc4 32. Qg5 Rb2 33. Rfd1 Qc2 34. Be3 Kb7 35. Rxd2
{1-0 Sziebert,A-Szell,L/HUN-chT 1994}) (11... Qc5 12. Qe4 Qd4 13. O-O Bc5 14.
Kh1 Nf4 15. Bc2 Ba6 16. Qxd4 Bxd4 17. Nf3 Ne6 18. Nxd4 Nxd4 19. Bd3 c5 20. b3
Bb7 21. Ba3 Ne6 22. Rad1 d6 23. exd6 cxd6 24. Bf5 Ke7 25. Rfe1 g6 26. Bxe6 fxe6
27. b4 Rac8 28. bxc5 dxc5 29. Re5 Rhd8 30. Rde1 Rc6 31. Bxc5+ Kf7 32. h3 Ba6
33. R1e4 Kf6 34. Bxa7 Bxc4 35. Ra5 Kf7 36. Rf4+ Kg8 37. Bd4 Ra6 38. Rc5 Bxa2
39. Rc7 Rxd4 40. Rxd4 Bd5 41. Rf4 Rc6 42. Rd7 g5 43. Rff7 Be4 44. Rg7+ Kf8 45.
Rxg5 Rb6 46. Rc5 Rb8 47. Rcc7 Kg8 48. Re7 Bf5 49. g4 Be4+ 50. Kh2 Rf8 51. Kg1 {
1-0 Relange,E-Moulain,J/FRA-chT 1996}) 12. Qg3 d5 $6 13. O-O a5 14. Kh1 h5 15.
h4 g6 16. Nf3 $1 $36 {Smagin,S-Murey,Y/Wien op/1991/}) (10. Qf3 Ne6 11. Bd3 Bb7
12. O-O c5 13. Ne4 Be7 14. Qh3 O-O-O 15. Nc3 Rde8 16. Nd5 Qa4 17. b3 Qa6 18. f4
f6 19. Bb2 fxe5 20. fxe5 Bg5 21. Rf7 Rhf8 22. Rxf8 Rxf8 23. a4 h6 24. Rf1 Rxf1+
25. Bxf1 Nd4 26. Bxd4 cxd4 27. Qd3 Bxd5 {1/2-1/2 Garcia,O-Leyva,R/Guillermo
Garcia mem Masters, Villa Cla 1998}) 10... Ne6 11. Be2 (11. f4 Bb7 12. a3 (12.
f5 c5 13. Qg4 Nd4 14. Bd3 O-O-O 15. O-O Re8 16. Qg3 f6 17. Re1 fxe5 18. Rxe5
Bd6 19. Rxe8+ Rxe8 20. Qxg7 Bc6 21. Qg4 Re1+ 22. Nf1 Qa4 23. Kf2 Qd1 24. Ne3
Qxd3 25. Kxe1 Bf3 26. Qxf3 Nxf3+ 27. gxf3 Bxh2 28. Bd2 Bg3+ 29. Kd1 Bf4 {
0-1 Guadalpi,D-Boudre,J/Paris-ch 1992}) 12... Qb6 13. Nf3 c5 14. Qd3 Nd4 15.
Nxd4 cxd4 16. b4 c5 17. Rb1 Qc6 18. bxc5 Bxc5 19. Bb2 O-O 20. Bxd4 Bxd4 21.
Qxd4 f6 22. Bd3 fxe5 23. fxe5 Rae8 $36 {[%csl Re1] 1/2-1/2 Walbrodt,C-Marco,G/
Hastings 1895 (57)}) (11. g3 Bb7 12. Bg2 O-O-O 13. a3 Qb6 14. O-O Qd4 15. Qe2
Ba6 16. Rb1 Nc5 17. b3 Re8 18. Bb2 Qd3 19. Qd1 h5 20. b4 h4 21. bxc5 hxg3 22.
hxg3 Qh7 23. Re1 Re6 24. Bd4 Rh6 25. Qf3 Be7 26. Rb4 Kd8 27. Rb8+ Bc8 28. Nb3 {
1-0 Pasman,M-Shvidler,E/Beersheba 1984}) (11. a3 Qb7 12. Be2 c5 13. Qh4 Qb6 14.
O-O Bb7 15. f4 Nd4 16. Bd3 Be7 17. Qf2 O-O-O 18. Ne4 f5 19. Nc3 Qe6 20. Be3 Nb3
21. Rad1 g5 22. Nd5 gxf4 23. Qxf4 $16 {0-1 Schjonsby,A-Andersen,A/Vettre op
1992 (37)}) 11... Bb7 12. O-O (12. a3 Qb6 13. Nf3 (13. O-O c5 14. Qe3 Be7 15.
f4 Nd4 16. Bd3 Qh6 17. b4 O-O 18. Rb1 $14 {Estrin,Y-Zinser,M/Moskva/1968/})
13... c5 14. Qc2 Be7 15. O-O {1/2-1/2 Sveshnikov,E-Geller,E/Sochi 1984}) 12...
d5 $5 $146 (12... c5 13. Qe3 Be7 (13... Nd4 14. Bd3 {ףb4} Qb6 15. Rb1 (15. b3
$5 {/\Bb2}) 15... Be7 16. f4 O-O-O (16... O-O $6 17. f5 $40) 17. Be4 (17. f5 f6
$132) 17... f5 18. Bxb7+ Qxb7 19. Nf3 (19. b4 $5 $14) 19... Nxf3+ (19... Qe4
20. Bd2 Nxf3+ 21. Qxf3 d5 22. exd6 Qxf3 23. Rxf3 Bf6 $10) 20. Rxf3 Rhe8 21. Qa3
{/\Bd2,b4 ->} (21. Bd2 $5) 21... d6 (21... Qe4 $2 22. Re3 Qxb1 23. Qa6+ $18)
22. Qa4 {><d1,><c6} (22. Rb3 $2 Qe4 23. Re3 Qxc4 24. Qxa7 dxe5 $17) 22... Bh4
$6 (22... Qe4 $2 23. Re3 $1 Qxb1 24. Qa6+ $18) (22... dxe5 23. fxe5 Qe4 $2 24.
Re3 $13) (22... Bf8 $5 {/\dxe5, - ץc1,צb1} 23. Rb3 Qe4 24. Qa6+ Kd7 $17) 23.
Be3 (23. Bd2 $6 dxe5 24. Rb3 Qe4 25. Qa6+ Kd7 26. Rd1 Qd4+ 27. Kh1 exf4 $17)
23... Re6 {/\dxe5} (23... dxe5 24. Bxc5 $16) 24. Rh3 Be7 25. Qc2 (25. Rxh7 dxe5
$15 {/\Qe4}) 25... g6 (25... dxe5 26. Qxf5 $16) 26. Rxh7 dxe5 27. fxe5 Rxe5 28.
Bf4 Qe4 $1 $15 (28... Re6 29. b3 $13) (28... Re4 29. Rf1 Rdd4 $6 30. b3 $14)
29. Qxe4 Rxe4 30. Rf1 (30. Rxe7 $2 Rxe7 31. Bg5 Re2 $17) 30... Bd6 $1 31. Bxd6
Rxd6 {/\Rd2//\Rxc4 - עg1} 32. h4 Rxc4 33. h5 gxh5 34. Rxh5 Rd2 35. Rfxf5 Rcc2
36. Rhg5 c4 37. Rc5 Rxb2 38. Rxc4 Rxa2 39. Rg8+ Rd8 40. Rg5 Rd6 41. Rg7 Rd7 42.
Rg6 {Grosar,A-Gabriel,C/Vidmar mem 1993/1/2-1/2 (67)}) 14. Ne4 O-O (14... d6
15. Bd2 Qb6 16. exd6 cxd6 17. Bc3 O-O 18. Ng3 Rae8 19. Nf5 Bg5 20. Qg3 Bf4 21.
Qh3 Nd4 22. Bd3 g6 23. Qh4 Be5 24. Ne7+ Kh8 25. Rae1 Ba8 26. f4 Qb7 27. Nd5 Bg7
28. f5 Rxe1 29. Rxe1 gxf5 30. Re3 h6 31. Rg3 {0-1 Vajda,A-Gabriel,C/Budapest
FS02 GM 1994}) 15. Bd2 Qb6 16. Bc3 Nd4 17. Bd3 f5 18. exf6 Bxf6 19. Qh3 h6 20.
Nxf6+ Qxf6 21. Rae1 Qg5 22. Qg3 Qxg3 23. hxg3 Rae8 24. b4 Ne6 25. Bg6 Rd8 26.
bxc5 Ba6 27. Re4 Ng5 28. Re7 Rf6 29. Bxf6 gxf6 30. Rd1 $18 {1-0 Smith,R-Sarapu,
O/NZD-ch 1992 (39)}) 13. exd6 cxd6 14. Nf3 $6 (14. Bh5 $1 {[%cal Yh5e8,Ge4e6]}
g6 $8 15. Bg4 $1 d5 $8 16. Qe2 $1 {[%csl Re8]} (16. cxd5 cxd5 (16... Qxe4 17.
Nxe4 cxd5 18. Ng5) 17. Qe2) 16... Qd6 17. Re1 $16) 14... c5 15. Qg4 Be7 16. Bd2
Qb6 $8 (16... Qxb2 $4 17. Rab1 Bxf3 18. Qxf3 $18 {[%cal Gf3a8]}) 17. Bc3 $14 h5
$5 (17... O-O $6 18. Bd3 $1 {[%csl Yc3,Yd3,Rg7][%cal Gd3f5]}) 18. Qf5 Qc6 (
18... O-O $5 {[%cal Gg7g6]} 19. Qxh5 $140 $4 Nf4 {[%cal Rf4h5,Rf4e2]}) 19. Rfd1
{[%csl Rd5][%cal Gf3e1,Ge2f3]} (19. Rfe1 $142 $5 Qe4 20. Bd3 Qxf5 21. Bxf5 Bxf3
22. gxf3 Nd4 23. Bxd4 cxd4 24. Rad1 Rb8 25. b3 $16 {[%csl Rd4]}) 19... O-O (
19... Qe4 $5 20. Bd3 (20. Qxe4 Bxe4 21. Rd2 $14) 20... Qxf5 21. Bxf5 $14) 20.
Ne1 {[%cal Ge2f3]} (20. Qxh5 $4 Nf4 $19) 20... g6 21. Qc2 Rfe8 (21... Ng5 $142
$1 {[%csl Gf3][%cal Gg5h3,Gg5e4,Ga8e8]}) 22. Bf3 Qd7 23. Bxb7 Qxb7 24. Qd2 $6 {
[%cal Gd2h6]} (24. Nf3 $142 {[%cal Gd1e1,Ga1d1]}) 24... Bf8 (24... Ng5 {
[%cal Gg5e4]} 25. f3 {[%csl Rg5]}) 25. Nf3 Qe4 $1 {[%cal Ge6f4,Re4c4]} 26. b3
Nf4 $1 {[%cal Gf4e2,Gf8h6]} 27. Bb2 (27. Re1 Qf5 $1 {[%cal Gf5g4]} 28. g3 Bh6
$1 29. Rxe8+ (29. Qxd6 $2 Ne2+ {[%csl Rc3,Rf3]}) (29. Qd1 $5) 29... Rxe8 30.
Re1 $1 {[%csl Rg8]} Re6 $1 (30... Nh3+ $2 31. Kg2 Bxd2 $4 32. Rxe8+ Kh7 33.
Rh8#) 31. Rxe6 Qxe6 32. Qe1 Qxe1+ 33. Bxe1 Ne2+ 34. Kf1 Nc1 {[%csl Ra2,Rb3]})
27... Qf5 $1 {[%cal Gf5g4,Ge8e2]} 28. g3 $1 (28. Kh1 {[%cal Gd2c3]} Qg4 29. Rg1
Re2 30. Qc3 Rxb2 $1 31. Qxb2 Bg7 32. Qc1 Bxa1 33. Qxa1 Re8 $15 (33... Nh3 34.
Rf1) (33... Nxg2 $4 34. Qc3 $1)) 28... Re2 (28... Bh6 $6 29. Kh1 {[%cal Gg3f4]}
Nh3 30. Qc3 $1 {[%cal Rc3h8]} f6 $1 {[%cal Gh3f2]} 31. Rd5 $1 Nxf2+ 32. Kg1 (
32. Kg2 Ne4 $1) 32... Qe6 $5 (32... Nh3+ 33. Kh1) 33. Qxf6 Qxf6 34. Bxf6 Ne4
$11) 29. Qxf4 $8 (29. Qc3 $4 Nh3+ 30. Kh1 Rxb2 $1) 29... Qxf4 30. gxf4 Rxb2 {
[%cal Ga8e8]} 31. Rdb1 $1 (31. Rdb1 $1 Rxb1+ (31... Rc2 32. Rc1 Rb2 33. Rcb1
$11) 32. Rxb1 {[%cal Gf3e1,Ge1d3,Gg1g2,Gg2f3]} Bh6 (32... Re8 33. Re1 Rxe1+ 34.
Nxe1 {[%cal Gg1g2,Gg2f3,Ge1c2,Gc2e3,Ge3d5]}) 33. f5 $1 g5 34. h3 $13 {[%csl
Rd6][%cal Gb1d1]}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Nordic-ch VISA"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1997.10.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Thorhallsson, Throstur"]
[Black "Hector, Jonny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1997.10.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 062"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Qf6 5. Be3 Bc5 6. c3 Qg6 7. f3 Nge7 8.
Nf5 Bxe3 9. Nxe3 O-O 10. Na3 f5 11. exf5 Nxf5 12. Nxf5 Qxf5 (12... Rxf5 13.
Qb3+ d5 14. O-O-O Rf8 15. Qxd5+ Kh8 16. Bd3 Qh6+ 17. Kb1 Be6 18. Qc5 b6 19. Qf2
Ne5 20. Bc2 Ng4 21. Qd2 Ne3 22. Be4 Bf5 23. Rde1 Bxe4+ 24. fxe4 Rad8 25. Qe2
Qg5 26. g3 Ng4 27. h4 {Abedinov,A-Hector,J/Rilton Cup96/97 1996/EXP 57/ - (71)}
) 13. Qb3+ d5 (13... Kh8 $5 14. O-O-O d6 $11) 14. O-O-O Be6 $6 (14... Ne7 $5
15. Bd3 Qg5+ 16. Rd2 c6 17. Re1 $14) 15. Qxb7 Ne5 16. Nc2 $6 (16. Qxc7 $5 Rfc8
(16... d4 17. Rxd4 (17. Re1 Nf7 18. c4 Rfc8 19. Qe7 Qf4+ 20. Kd1 Bf5 $132)
17... Rac8 18. Qb7 Bxa2 19. Qe4 Qf6 20. Nc4 $1 Qh6+ 21. Kc2 $16) 17. Qd6 $1 (
17. Qe7 d4 $1 18. g4 (18. Rxd4 $2 Nc6) 18... Qf4+ 19. Kb1 Re8 20. Qb4 Nxf3 $44)
17... Rab8 $140 $2 18. Re1 $1 Qf4+ 19. Kd1 $1 $18 (19. Kb1 $2 Rxb2+ 20. Kxb2 $2
Nd3+ 21. Bxd3 Qxd6 $17)) 16... Rab8 (16... Rfb8 $5 17. Qa6 $8 (17. Qxc7 $2 Qf4+
18. Kb1 Rxb2+ $1 19. Kxb2 Nd3+ 20. Bxd3 Qxc7 $17) 17... Rb6 18. Qa4 (18. Qe2
Nc4 $40) 18... c5 $44) 17. Qxa7 Rb6 18. Nd4 (18. Rd2 $5 Qf4 $1 19. b3 Nc6 20.
Qa3) 18... Qf4+ 19. Kb1 Bf7 20. Bb5 Nc4 (20... Rfb8 21. Qxc7 R6b7 (21... Rxb5
22. Nxb5 Bg6+ (22... Rxb5 $4 23. Qd8+) 23. Ka1 Rxb5 24. Qd8+ Qf8 (24... Kf7 25.
Rxd5 $18) 25. Rxd5 $18) 22. Qd6) 21. Bxc4 dxc4 22. g3 (22. Ka1 $6 Rfb8 23. Nc6
Re8 24. Nd8 Bg6 25. g3 (25. Rd7 $2 Qxh2 $1) 25... Qe5 $13 {><d8}) 22... Qd6 23.
Nc2 $1 Qc6 24. Nb4 $1 $18 Rxb4 (24... Qxf3 25. Qxc7 Rb7 26. Qd6 $18) 25. cxb4
c3 26. Qc5 $1 Qa4 (26... Qg6+ $5 27. Kc1 cxb2+ 28. Kxb2 Ra8 29. Ra1 (29. Qc3
Qe6 (29... Rxa2+ 30. Kc1) 30. Ra1) 29... Qe6 30. Qc3 $1 Qe2+ 31. Kc1 $18) 27.
a3 $4 (27. Qxc3 $8 Bxa2+ (27... Qxa2+ 28. Kc1 Qa1+ (28... Bb3 29. Rd7 $1) 29.
Kd2 Rd8+ 30. Ke2 Qa6+ 31. Kf2 $18) 28. Kc1 Bb3 29. Rd7 $1 Qxd7 30. Qxb3+ Kh8
31. Rd1 Qc6+ 32. Qc3 $18) 27... c2+ $1 28. Qxc2 Bg6 29. Rd3 Qb5 $1 30. Rhd1
Rxf3 $1 31. Qb3+ $8 (31. Rd8+ Kf7 32. R1d7+ Ke6 $19) (31. Rxf3 Bxc2+ 32. Kxc2
Qe2+ $19) 31... Kf8 $2 (31... Kh8 $142 $1 32. Kc2 Qc6+ 33. Qc3 (33. Kb1 Bxd3+ (
33... Rxd3 $5 34. Rxd3 Qf3 35. Kc2 Qe2+ $19) 34. Rxd3 Qe4 35. Kc2 Qe2+ 36. Rd2
Qxd2+ 37. Kxd2 Rxb3 $19) 33... Qe4 $1 {/\34...R:d3 35.R:d3 Qe2+} 34. Kc1 Rxd3
35. Rxd3 Qxd3 36. Qxd3 Bxd3 $17) 32. Kc2 Qe5 (32... Qc6+ 33. Qc3 Qe4 34. Qc5+
Kg8 35. Qb5 $1 $16) 33. Kc1 $2 (33. Qc4 $142 $1 Bxd3+ (33... Rf2+ 34. Kb3 (34.
R1d2 $5 Rxd2+ 35. Kxd2 Bxd3 36. Kxd3 Qxb2 $16) 34... Rxb2+ 35. Ka4 Be8+ (35...
Bxd3 36. Rxd3 Qe8+ 37. Ka5 Qa8+ 38. Qa6 $18) 36. Rd7 $18) 34. Rxd3 Rf2+ 35. Kb3
Rxb2+ 36. Ka4 Qe8+ 37. Ka5 Qa8+ 38. Qa6 $18) 33... Qg5+ 34. Kc2 Qe5 $2 (34...
Rf2+ $142 $1 35. Kb1 Rd2 36. Rf1+ Ke7 37. Re1+ Kf8 38. Rf1+ $11) 35. Kc1 $2 (
35. Qc4 $142 $1 {see33.Qc4 instead of 33.Kc1?}) 35... Qg5+ 36. Kc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cannes m2"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "1999.11.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Van der Wiel, John"]
[Black "Tkachiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2544"]
[BlackElo "2648"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1999.11.13"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 074"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nxc6 Qf6 6. Qd2 dxc6 7. Nc3 Bd4
$5 {Information concerning this rare move you can find in my comments of the
game Svidler-Timman/ EUCup Bugoino 1999 in CBM74.} (7... Ne7 {is the main line.
}) 8. Bc4 $146 {I think this novelty can't promise too much.Black had to
answer with 8...Be6 with comfortable play(see below).} (8. f4 Be6 (8... Nh6 $5
9. Qd3 O-O 10. Be3 Bxc3+ 11. Qxc3 Qxc3+ 12. bxc3 Re8 13. Bd3 Bf5 14. exf5 Ng4
15. Kd2 Nxe3 16. g3 Rad8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Bobras,P-Stempin,P/Suwalki POL 1999 (42)}
) 9. e5 Qh4+ 10. g3 Qd8 11. Bg2 Nh6 (11... Ne7 12. Nd1 Nf5 13. Qd3 O-O 14. Be4
g6 15. c3 Bc5 16. Qf3 f6 17. exf6 Qxf6 18. Nf2 Bc4 19. b3 Ne3 20. Bd2 Ba6 21.
Rc1 Nf5 22. Kd1 Rad8 23. Kc2 Rd6 24. Ng4 Qg7 25. Rcd1 Rfd8 26. Ne5 $14 {
0-1 Bar,R-Bitansky,I/Petach Tikva 1995/EXT 99 (30)}) 12. Ne4 O-O 13. Qe2 Nf5
14. c3 Bb6 15. Bd2 Qe7 $6 (15... Re8 $142) 16. Ng5 Rad8 17. Be4 Bc8 18. O-O-O
$14 {1-0 Timman,J-Svidler,P/Bugojno BIH 1999 (55)}) 8... Ne7 $6 {[%mdl 16384]
This natural move seems to be inaccuracy which allows White to complete
development with no problems and then to make use of his better pawn structure.
} (8... Be6 $1 {was stronger making development of White's queen side much
more difficult than in the game.} 9. Bxe6 fxe6 10. O-O O-O-O 11. Qe1 {[%cal
Gc1e3]} (11. Qd3 Qh4 12. Be3 $140 Be5 13. g3 Rxd3 14. gxh4 Rd8 {and Black is
at least not worse.}) 11... Nh6 $1 12. Be3 (12. h3 g5 $1 {[%cal Gg5g4]}) 12...
Ng4 $1 13. Bxd4 Qf4 $1 14. g3 Qh6 15. h4 Rxd4 {and Black has no problems.}) 9.
O-O Ng6 10. Kh1 Be6 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. Ne2 {This is the main diffirence between
immediate Be6 and the game.Now White comes undone.} Bb6 13. Qg5 Ne5 14. f3 Rd8
15. b3 O-O 16. Qxf6 gxf6 17. Ba3 Rfe8 18. Rad1 $14 {Finally White completes
development and obtains slight,but long-term positional advantage.} Kf7 19. Bb2
Ng6 20. g3 {[%cal Gh1g2,Gf3f4,Gg2f3] bringing his king to the centre by means
of Kg2 following by f4 and Kf3 .} Be3 21. Kg2 a5 22. f4 Bc5 {Black is doomed
for waiting.} 23. Nc1 {[%cal Gc1d3]} Kg7 24. Rxd8 Rxd8 25. Nd3 Bb6 (25... Bd4
$5 {trying to relieve the defence.}) 26. Bc3 {[%csl Ra5,Rf6][%cal Gf4f5]} Ne7
27. g4 {[%cal Gg4g5]} (27. a4 $5 {was strong fixing the weakness on a5 and
only then advancing king side pawns.}) 27... a4 $1 {Black has to look for
counterplay.} 28. g5 Bd4 29. gxf6+ ({Now and on the next move it was possible
to exchange on d4 and prevent possible counterplay along the a-file,but White
finds another interesting idea.He keeps the bishop supporting his pass pawn
from h4 while its colleague remains out of play.} 29. Bxd4 Rxd4 30. Kf3 $14)
29... Kxf6 30. Be1 $5 {[%cal Gf1f3,Ge1h4,Gc2c3][%mdl 32] White prepares
regrouping.First of all Black's bishop will be drived out of the centre by
means of Rf3 following by c3.Then White's pieces will come from h4 and e5 and
finally advance of the pass f-pawn will decide.} (30. Bxd4+ Rxd4 31. Kf3 $14)
30... axb3 31. axb3 Ra8 32. c3 {Now Rf3 is not necessary.} Bb6 33. Bh4+ Kf7 34.
Ne5+ Ke8 35. f5 exf5 36. exf5 Nd5 {[%cal Gd5e3]} 37. Kh3 $1 $16 {
Multifunctional move.White defends from check on e3 opening at the same time
the g-file for his rook and finally he is ready for the decisive advance of
the f-pawn.} Kf8 {[%cal Ga8e8]} (37... Ne3 {is not better:} 38. Rf3 Ra5 39. Bg3
{[%cal Gf5f6,Gf6f7]} (39. Bf6 $5 {[%cal Gf6g7,Gg7h8,Gf5f6,Gf6f7,Gf3g3]})) 38.
c4 Nb4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} ({Both} 38... Bd4) ({and} 38... Ne3 {could allow to
continue.Now game is over.}) 39. c5 $1 Ba7 (39... Bxc5 $2 40. Nd7+) 40. Rg1 $5
(40. Bg5 $5 $18 {[%cal Gg5h6,Gf5f6,Gf6f7,Gf7f8] was not less convincing:} Re8
41. Bh6+ Ke7 42. f6+ Ke6 43. f7 Ra8 44. Ra1 $1 {[%cal Ga1a7]} Na6 $8 45. Rg1 $1
{[%cal Gg1g8]} Bxc5 46. Rg8 Rb8 47. Re8+ Kf6 48. Be3 $1 Bd6 49. Ba7 $1 $18)
40... Re8 ({or} 40... Nd5 41. f6 Nf4+ 42. Kg4 Ng6 43. Nxg6+ hxg6 44. Ra1 $1 $18
{and Black is paralysed.}) 41. Bf6 $1 {Now Black has to give up an exchange.}
Rxe5 (41... Rc8 42. Rg7 Nd5 43. Nd7+ (43. Rxh7 $5 Nxf6 44. Ng6+ Ke8 45. Rh8+
Kd7 46. Ne5+ Ke7 47. Rxc8 $18) 43... Ke8 44. Bg5 {with full domination.}) 42.
Bg7+ $1 {Presicion untill the very end.} Kf7 43. Bxe5 Nd3 44. Rg7+ Kf8 45. Rxc7
$1 {Finishing in style.} Nxe5 46. b4 $1 {[%cal Gc7b7] Black is defenceless
against R:b7 winning a piece.So he resigned.} 1-0

[Event "RUS-Cup03 Geller Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1999.02.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Voitsekhovsky, Stanislav"]
[Black "Kholmov, Ratmir D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2558"]
[BlackElo "2458"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[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 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nxc6 Qf6 6. f4 $6 {A rare gest
in the tournament practice and rightly so.} (6. Qd2 {is the main line.}) 6...
dxc6 ({Alternative is} 6... Qxc6 7. Nc3 {After 6...Q:c6 it's more accurate to
play first 7.Nc3 following by 8.Bb5} (7. Qf3 $143 Nf6 8. Nc3 O-O 9. Bb5 Qe6 10.
f5 Qb6 11. Bd3 Re8 12. Bd2 Nxe4 $1 13. Bxe4 d5 $1 14. Nxd5 (14. O-O-O $142)
14... Qxb2 15. Ke2 Qe5 {[%cal Ge5d5,Ge5e4,Gc8f5]} 16. Ne3 (16. Nc3 Bxf5 $1)
16... Qxe4 17. Qxe4 Rxe4 18. Kf3 Bxe3 19. Kxe4 Bxd2 20. Rad1 Bg5 21. h4 Be7 {
0-1 Bjerring,K-Murrey,J/Copenhagen 1986/EXT 97 (21)}) 7... Nf6 8. Bb5 Qe6 9. e5
(9. Qf3 O-O {leads to Bjerring-Murrey}) 9... O-O 10. Qe2 Nd5 11. Ne4 Be7 12.
O-O a6 13. Bc4 b5 14. Bb3 Bb7 15. c4 bxc4 16. Bxc4 d6 17. exd6 cxd6 {[%cal
Gd5f4]} 18. b3 Nxf4 19. Bxf4 d5 20. Nd6 Bxd6 21. Qxe6 fxe6 22. Bxd6 Rfd8 23.
Be5 dxc4 24. bxc4 $11 {1/2-1/2 Karasev,V-Dautov,R/Leningrad 1989/TD (60)}) 7.
Qf3 ({In case of} 7. Nc3 Nh6 {can't be met by 8.h3 because of 8...Qh4+} 8. Qf3
Qh4+ (8... Bg4 $143 9. Qg3) 9. g3 Bg4 $1 10. Qg2 Qh5 11. Be2 O-O-O 12. h3 Bxe2
13. Qxe2 Qg6 14. g4 Rhe8 15. Bd2 Nf5 $1 16. O-O-O (16. gxf5 Qg3+ 17. Kf1 (17.
Kd1 Be3) 17... Rxd2 $1 18. Qxd2 Qf3+) 16... Ng3 17. Qc4 Bb6 18. f5 Qf6 19. Rhe1
Rd4 20. Qb3 Nxe4 $15 {0-1 Barczay,L-Romanishin,O/Dortmund 1982/MCL (41)}) 7...
Ne7 $6 ({Now} 7... Nh6 $6 {can be met by} 8. h3 {[%csl Rh6]} Bd7 9. Nc3 O-O-O
10. Bd2 Rhe8 11. O-O-O Qe7 12. g4 f6 $14 {0-1 Schallopp,E-Riemann,F/Leipzig
1879/HCL (76)}) (7... Qh4+ $1 {Very unpleasant check.I think it was better
than the game as knight on g8 can be developed on f6.} 8. Qg3 (8. g3 Bg4 $1 (
8... Qe7) 9. Qg2 (9. Qc3 {[%cal Rc3c5,Rc3g7,Rg3h4]} Qe7 {[%cal Ge7e4,Re4h1,
Re4e1,Rc5b4]}) 9... Qh5 10. Be2 Nf6 {[%csl Re4,Rg2][%cal Gg4e2,Gg4h3]
attacking the e4-pawn and creating the threat of Bh3! following by N(B)g4})
8... Qxg3+ 9. hxg3 Nf6 10. Bd3 Ng4 11. Rf1 Nh2 12. Rh1 Ng4 {1-0 Bjerring,
K-Riedel,W/Munich 1993/TD (62) and Black is at least not worse.}) 8. Nc3 Qh4+ {
Now it's not as strong as on the previous move since the knight on e7 can't
help.} 9. g3 Bg4 10. Qg2 Qh5 11. Be2 O-O-O 12. Na4 $6 {A loss of time.White
should think about quick  castling.} (12. Bd2 $5 {[%cal Ge1c1]}) 12... Bb6 {
making White's life simplier.} (12... Rhe8 $1 $36 {[%csl Ra4,Re1] ignoring N:
c5 and taking initiative in his hands.Now Black has good chances to make use
of uncastled king, displased knight and big development advantage.} 13. e5 (13.
Bxg4+ $6 Qxg4 {[%cal Rd8d1]} 14. Qe2 (14. Nxc5 $2 Qd1+ 15. Kf2 Qxc2+ {[%cal
Rc2f2,Rc2c5]}) 14... Bb4+ $1 15. c3 (15. Kf2 Qxe2+ 16. Kxe2 Nf5 {[%csl Re4]
[%cal Gf5d4]} 17. c3 $8 b5 $1) 15... Qxe2+ 16. Kxe2 Bd6 {[%csl Ra4][%cal Gb7b5]
} 17. e5 (17. c4 Nf5 $1 {[%csl Rd4]}) (17. b3 b5 18. Nb2 Nd5 {[%csl Rc3,Re4]}
19. Kd3 $140 Nf6 $1) 17... b5 $1 18. exd6 cxd6 {[%csl Ra4]}) (13. Nxc5 Bxe2 14.
Qxe2 Qxc5 {[%csl Re1][%cal Ge8e1]}) 13... Bd6 $3 14. Bxg4+ (14. exd6 $2 Nd5 $19
{[%cal Re8e2]}) 14... Qxg4 15. O-O (15. h3 Bb4+ $1 16. Kf2 (16. c3 Qd1+) 16...
Qg6 {[%cal Ge7f5,Gg6c2]}) (15. Qe2 Qxe2+ 16. Kxe2 b5 (16... Nf5 {[%cal Gf7f6]}
17. Kf2 Bf8 $15 {[%csl Ra4,Rc2]})) 15... Bxe5 $1 {[%cal Gg4a4]} 16. fxe5 (16.
h3 Bd4+) 16... Qxa4 $15) 13. Nxb6+ {A big relief.That bishop was very annoying.
} axb6 14. Bxg4+ Qxg4 15. Qe2 (15. O-O $5) 15... Qe6 (15... h5 $5 16. Be3 (16.
Bd2 Rd4) 16... Rhe8) 16. O-O ({After} 16. f5 Qe5 {it's not so simple to
complete the development:} 17. c3 Rhe8 18. Bf4 Qc5 $1 {preventing the short
castle.} (18... Qa5 19. O-O Nxf5 20. Qc4 (20. Qg4 $2 Qc5+ 21. Kh1 Rxe4)) 19.
Be3 Qb5 $1 20. Qxb5 cxb5 {[%csl Re4][%cal Ge8e1]}) 16... Rhe8 {[%csl Re4][%cal
Ge7f5,Ye6e2] Despite the serial of inaccuracies Black is in possession of
initiative.} 17. b3 (17. Qf3 {doesn't solve all the problems:} Qc4 $1 {[%cal
Gc4c2]} (17... Rd4 18. e5 (18. Re1 Nf5) 18... f6 19. Be3 Rdd8 20. exf6 Qxf6 {
[%cal Ge7f5,Gf6b2]}) 18. Qg2 $5 (18. c3 Rd3 19. Qg4+ f5 20. exf5 Qc5+ $17 {
[%cal Ge7f5]})) 17... Nf5 {[%csl Re4][%cal Gf5d4]} 18. e5 (18. Re1 $5 {trying
to keep white squares under control as long as possible.} Rd4 19. e5 Red8 20.
a4 $1 {[%cal Ga4a5]}) 18... Nd4 $15 19. Qe4 $1 {The toughest defence.} (19. Qf2
Qf5 20. c3 Nc2 21. Rb1 Ne1 $1 22. Ra1 (22. Rb2 $2 Nd3 {[%cal Rd3f2,Rd3b2]})
22... Nd3 {Fantastic activity of the knight brings its fruits.} (22... Nc2 $11)
23. Qc2 f6 $1 (23... h5 $5 {[%cal Gh5h4]}) 24. Be3 fxe5 25. fxe5 Qh5 $15) (19.
Qg2 $2 Qf5 20. c3 Nc2 21. Rb1 Ne1 $1 {[%cal Re1g2,Rf5b1]} 22. Qb2 Qe4 $1 $19)
19... f5 $5 {[%csl Rc1][%mdl 32] Blocking the king side Black hope to make use
of his advantage on the other side of the board.} (19... f6 20. c3 (20. Bb2
fxe5 21. fxe5 Qxe5 22. Qxe5 Rxe5 23. Rf7 Rf5 $1 24. Rxg7 $140 Nf3+ 25. Kh1 h5
$40 {[%cal Gd8d2]}) 20... Nb5 21. c4 Nd4 22. Bb2 fxe5 23. fxe5 (23. Rae1 exf4
$1) 23... Qxe5 24. Qxe5 Rxe5 $15) 20. Qg2 Qd5 21. c4 $6 {Creating a hook for
the black pawns.} (21. Qxd5 $142) 21... Qxg2+ 22. Kxg2 b5 $1 23. cxb5 cxb5 $15
(23... Nc2 $5 24. Rb1 cxb5 25. Rb2 (25. Rf2 Ne1+ 26. Kf1 Nd3) 25... Nb4 {
[%cal Gb4d3]}) 24. Rf2 b6 25. Be3 Ne6 {[%csl Ge6] Knight occupies the best
blockade square.} 26. g4 (26. Rc1 $5) 26... fxg4 $5 (26... g6 {is also
possible keeping the blockade position.}) 27. f5 Rd3 $5 (27... Nd4 28. f6 gxf6
29. Bxd4 Rxd4 30. exf6 $132) 28. Re1 Nd4 29. e6 $2 {A serious mistake.White
loses his e6 pawn and together with it the game.} (29. Bxd4 {was necessary
with a slight adge for Black.}) 29... Nf3 30. Ree2 g6 $1 {Very important move.
Black destroies strong pawn chain and reaches decisive adge.} 31. fxg6 ({Or} 
31. f6 Rxe6 32. f7 Rf6) 31... hxg6 32. Bf4 (32. Bh6 Nh4+ $1 33. Kg1 Nf5 34. Bc1
(34. Bf4 Nd4 35. Re4 Rxe6) (34. Bd2 Nd4 {[%cal Gd4f3]} 35. Re3 Rxe3 36. Bxe3
Nf3+ 37. Kg2 Rxe6 $19) 34... Nd4 35. Re4 Rxe6) (32. Bc1 {was most stubborn
defence} Nd4 (32... Rd1 $5 33. Rf1 Nd4 $1) 33. Re4 Rxe6 34. Rxg4 c5 $17) 32...
Nd4 33. Re5 Rxe6 $17 34. Rg5 Rf3 (34... c5 $5) 35. Bg3 c5 36. Rxg4 Rxf2+ 37.
Bxf2 Nc2 38. a4 $2 {loses by force,but anyway the position was very difficult.}
c4 $1 {[%mdl 64]} 39. axb5 (39. b4 $142 Na3 40. Rg3 Nb1) 39... cxb3 40. Rc4+ (
40. Rg3 Re3 $1 {[%cal Gb3b2]}) 40... Kb7 41. Rc3 b2 42. Rb3 Re2 $1 $19 {
[%cal Gc2a3]} 43. Kf3 Rd2 {[%cal Gc2a3]} 44. Rxb2 (44. Be3 Rxh2 45. Kg3 (45.
Bf2 Rh3+ 46. Bg3 Nd4+) (45. Rxb2 Ne1+) 45... Re2 {[%cal Re2e3,Rc2a3]} 46. Rxb2
Rxe3+ 47. Kf2 Rc3 $19) 44... Ne1+ 0-1

[Event "RUS-Cup03 Geller Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1999.02.08"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Black "Kholmov, Ratmir D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2458"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[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 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. c3 Nge7 7. Bc4 O-O (
7... Ne5 {is more popular}) 8. O-O Bb6 9. Na3 {Information concerning other
moves you can find in CBM67(See Arakhamia-Spassky, 1998 and Arakhamia-Hort,
1998).} d6 {Looks dangerous in view of 10.Ndb5(see below)} (9... Qg6 {see Van
der Wiel-De Vreugt,1999(cbm69)}) (9... Nxd4) (9... Ne5) (9... Rd8) 10. f4 {
A rare move.} ({After} 10. Ndb5 $5 {[%csl Rc7] Black has to be very careful:}
a6 (10... Ne5 11. Bxb6 axb6 12. Bb3 $1 $16 {[%csl Rc7,Rf7]} (12. Be2 c6 13. Nd4
N7g6 14. Nc4 Nxc4 15. Bxc4 b5 16. Bb3 Nf4 $11 {1-0 Anka,E-Letay,G/HUN-chT 1993/
TD (63)}) 12... c6 $140 13. Nxd6 Rd8 $2 14. f4 $1 Rxd6 15. fxe5 Qxe5 (15...
Rxd1 16. Rfxd1 $1 $18 {[%cal Rd1d8,Re5f6]}) 16. Bxf7+ $18) 11. Nxd6 $1 {
[%csl Rb6]} Bxe3 (11... Rd8 $2 12. e5 $3 Qg6 (12... Nxe5 13. Ne4 $1 {[%cal
Re4f6,Rd1d8]}) (12... Qxe5 13. Nxf7) 13. Bxb6 cxb6 14. Qe2 $18 Be6 15. Nxb7 Rd7
16. Nd6 Rad8 {1-0 Van der Wiel,J-David,A/Mondorf 1991/EXT 97 (16)}) 12. Nxc8
Bc5 (12... Nxc8 13. fxe3 $16 {[%csl Rf7] 1/2-1/2 Rosito,J-Servat,R/ARG-ch 1991/
EXT 98 (23)}) 13. Nxe7+ Qxe7 14. b4 (14. Bd5 $5) 14... Bd6 {[%cal Ge7e4,Ge7e5,
Re5c3,Re5h2]} 15. Qc2 Rae8 (15... a5 $5 $14) 16. Bd5 Ne5 $6 (16... a5 $5 $14)
17. f4 {1-0 Zapata,A-Arencibia,W/Merida 1992/EXT 97 (34)}) 10... Nxd4 $146 {
A new continuation.In three previous games black chosed three different ways.}
(10... Be6 11. Be2 Rad8 12. g4 h6 13. Nc4 Bxc4 14. Bxc4 Rfe8 15. g5 Qg6 16. f5
Bxd4 17. fxg6 Bxe3+ 18. Kg2 Rf8 19. gxf7+ Kh7 20. gxh6 Bxh6 21. Bb3 Ne5 22. Qh5
N7g6 23. Kh1 Rd7 24. Be6 Re7 25. Bf5 Rexf7 26. Rg1 Rf6 27. Raf1 Kg8 28. Rg3 Ne7
29. Rfg1 R8f7 30. Qh3 Nxf5 31. exf5 Bf4 32. R3g2 Rh6 33. Rxg7+ Rxg7 34. Rxg7+
Kxg7 35. Qg2+ Kf6 36. Qxb7 Rxh2+ 37. Kg1 c6 38. Kf1 Be3 39. Qa6 Nf3 40. Qe2
Nd2+ {0-1 Judd,M-Grundy,J/New York 1880/HCL (40)}) (10... Bd7 11. Nac2 Rad8 12.
Qf3 Na5 13. Be2 c5 14. Nb3 Nxb3 15. axb3 Bc6 16. Bf2 Ng6 17. f5 Ne5 18. Qh3
Rde8 19. Bh4 Qh6 20. Qg3 f6 21. Rf4 d5 22. exd5 Bxd5 23. Bb5 Rd8 24. Ne3 Bxb3
25. Ng4 Nxg4 26. Rxg4 c4+ 27. Kh1 Rd5 28. Re1 Rxf5 29. Bd7 Re5 30. h3 Rxe1+ 31.
Qxe1 Qe3 32. Qxe3 Bxe3 33. Be6+ Kh8 34. Re4 Bc1 35. Bxc4 Bxc4 36. Rxc4 Bxb2 37.
Rb4 Bxc3 38. Rxb7 a5 39. Rc7 Bb4 40. Ra7 Rc8 41. Bf2 h6 42. Bb6 Rc1+ 43. Kh2
Bd6+ 44. g3 Rc2+ 45. Kh1 Bxg3 46. Rxa5 Be5 {0-1 Palda,K-Eliskases,E/Wien 1932/
EXT 99 (46)}) (10... Ng6 11. Nac2 Na5 12. Be2 Re8 13. b4 Nc6 14. Bd3 Bd7 15.
Qh5 h6 16. Rae1 a6 17. Kh1 Re7 18. Ne2 Na7 19. Bxb6 cxb6 20. Ne3 Bc6 21. Nd5
Bxd5 22. Qxd5 Nc6 23. g3 Rc7 24. a4 a5 25. Qb5 axb4 26. cxb4 Re7 27. Qxb6 Rxa4
28. b5 Nb4 29. Bb1 Ra8 30. Rd1 Qb2 31. Qxd6 Qxe2 32. Qxb4 Rc7 33. e5 Nf8 34. b6
Rc4 35. Qe7 Ra2 36. Bxa2 Rc2 37. Qxf7+ Kh7 {1-0 Fogarasi,T-Karsa,L/HUN-chT
1992/TD (37)}) 11. Bxd4 ({In case of} 11. cxd4 d5 $1 {is strong} 12. e5 (12.
Bxd5 Nxd5 13. exd5 Rd8) 12... Qg6 {[%csl Yf5][%cal Gc8f5,Gf5e4,Ge7f5]}) 11...
Nc6 {The point of the previous move.} (11... Bxd4+ 12. Qxd4 $14 {[%csl Ge4,Gf4]
}) 12. Bxb6 (12. e5 $2 {is refuted by simple} dxe5 13. fxe5 Qxe5 $1) 12... axb6
13. Nb5 $14 {[%cal Gb5c7] White is better ought to the better pawn structure
(strong pawn centre).} Qe7 14. f5 $5 {[%csl Ge5] Very responsible move.White
restrictes Black's bishop and starts an offensive on the king side ,but the
e5-square has been given in the full possession of the Black's knight.} (14.
Qf3 $5) 14... Ne5 15. Bb3 Qd8 $5 {[%cal Gc8d7] preparing Bd7 which was
impossible immediately in view of N:c7.} 16. Qh5 (16. f6 $5 gxf6 17. Nd4 {
[%csl Rf6,Rf7,Rh7][%cal Gd1h5,Ya1f1,Yf1f4,Yf1f2] with good play along the
f-file and on the king side.}) 16... Bd7 17. Nd4 {[%cal Gd4e6]} (17. f6 $5 {
Now it's even stronger than on the previous move.} gxf6 (17... Bxb5 $6 18. Qg5
Ng6 19. Qxb5) 18. Nd4 {[%csl Gf5,Rf6,Rf7,Rh7]}) 17... c5 $5 (17... Qf6 $5 {
was possible preventing f5-f6.} 18. Ne6 (18. g4 g6 (18... h6) 19. fxg6 Qxg6 20.
Qxg6+ hxg6 $15) 18... Rfc8 19. Nf4 {[%cal Gf4d5]} (19. g4 $2 {[%cal Gg4g5]}
fxe6 $1 20. fxe6 {[%cal Rf1f6,Re6d7]} (20. g5 $2 Qe7 21. f6 (21. g6 h6 22. f6
gxf6 23. Qxh6 Qg7 $19) 21... Qf7) 20... Be8 $1 21. e7+ Kh8 22. Qg5 $1 {[%csl
Rh8]} (22. Rxf6 Bxh5 23. Rf8+ Rxf8 24. exf8=R+ Rxf8 25. gxh5 $15) 22... Qf3 $3
23. Be6 {[%cal Re6c8,Ge6g4]} (23. Bd1 h6 $1) (23. Qxe5 Qe3+ $1 24. Kg2 Bc6 $1
$17) 23... Bf7 $1 (23... Rcb8 $2 24. Qc1 $1 {[%cal Ge6g4]}) 24. Bxc8 (24. Bxf7
Nxf7 $19) 24... Rxc8 $17 25. Rf2 {[%cal Ga1f1]} h6 $1) 19... Bc6 $13) 18. Bd5
$2 (18. Ne6 $2 {is bad in view of} fxe6 19. fxe6 Rxf1+ 20. Rxf1 c4 {winning a
piece} 21. Bxc4 Nxc4 22. Qf7+ Kh8 23. e7 $140 Qg8 24. Qf8 {[%cal Gf8a8]} Re8
$19) ({White should prefer} 18. Nf3 {[%csl Rd6][%cal Ga1d1]}) 18... Bc6 ({
Black should take the piece} 18... cxd4 $1 19. cxd4 g6 $1 {[%mdl 256] Very
important intermediate move and the only defence.Now White is in danger.} (
19... Nc6 $2 {is dangerous in view of} 20. f6 $1 {[%cal Rh5g5]} gxf6 (20... Kh8
21. fxg7+ Kxg7 22. Rf4 $1 {[%csl Rf7,Rg7,Rh7][%cal Ga1f1,Gf4h4]} (22. Rxf7+
Rxf7 23. Qxf7+ Kh8 $15) 22... h6 (22... Qe7 $2 23. Rh4 Rh8 24. Qh6+ Kg8 25. Rh5
$1 $18 {[%cal Gh5g5]}) 23. Rxf7+ $1 (23. Raf1 f5 $1) 23... Rxf7 24. Qxf7+ Kh8
25. Rf1 {[%cal Gf1f6]} Qe7 (25... Qg5 26. Qxd7) 26. Qg6 Qg5 27. Qxd6 $40 {
[%csl Rh8]}) (20... h6 $4 21. Qg6 $1) 21. Rf4 {[%csl Rh7][%cal Gf4h4]} Be6 {
[%cal Gf8e8]} (21... Re8 22. Qxf7+ Kh8 23. Rh4) 22. Rh4 Re8 23. Qxh7+ (23. Qh6
$2 {[%cal Gd5e6,Gh4g4]} Nxd4 $1 24. Bxe6 $140 Nxe6 {[%csl Gg7]}) 23... Kf8 24.
Rh6 $1 $18 {[%cal Gd5e6,Gd4d5,Ga1f1]} (24. Qh6+ Ke7 25. Bxe6 Kxe6 (25... fxe6
$4 26. Qg7#) 26. d5+ Kd7 27. dxc6+ bxc6 28. Qg7 $14) (24. Bxe6 $5 Rxe6 (24...
fxe6 $4 25. Rg4 $1) 25. d5 Re5 26. Rh6 $1 (26. dxc6 bxc6 27. Rh6 Re6) 26... Rg5
(26... Nd4 $2 27. Qh8+ Ke7 28. Qxf6+ Kd7 $140 29. Qxd6+ $18) (26... Ne7 $2 27.
Rxf6 Ke8 28. Qxf7+ Kd7 29. Rxd6+ $1 Kxd6 30. Qf6+ $18) 27. dxc6 $40) 24... f5
$140 25. Qh8+ Ke7 26. Rxe6+ $1 fxe6 (26... Kd7 27. Rxe8 $18) 27. Qg7#) 20. Qh6
(20. fxg6 $2 Nxg6 (20... hxg6 $2 21. Qh6 {[%csl Rg6]})) (20. Qh3 Nc6 21. Qh6 {
[%cal Rf5f6]} Qf6 $5 (21... Kh8 $5 22. f6 (22. Rf4 g5 $1) 22... Rg8 23. Bxf7
Qf8 $1 $17) 22. fxg6 Qxg6 $17) 20... Ng4 21. Qf4 gxf5 $1 22. exf5 Nf6) 19. f6
$2 {White is too optimistic.} (19. Nf3 $5 $11) 19... cxd4 (19... Bxd5 20. fxg7
Re8 21. exd5 cxd4 22. cxd4 Ng6 23. Rxf7 $1 Re7 $1 $17 {is also enough for an
adge,but 19...cd looks simplier.} (23... Kxf7 24. Qxh7 Rg8 25. Rf1+ Qf6 $8 (
25... Ke7 $2 26. Qxg6 $18) 26. Rxf6+ Kxf6 27. Qh3 $1 $44 {[%cal Gh3e6]})) 20.
cxd4 Bxd5 21. exd5 Ng6 $19 {Black is a piece up and White's attack doesn't
seem sufficient.} 22. Rf3 Re8 {First inaccuracy.Black weakens the f7-square
without any serious reason and it gives some counterchances.} (22... h6 $1 {
preventing the attack in the very beginning.}) 23. Raf1 Ra5 (23... Rxa2 $5 {
was enough to win the game,but Black should be very accurate:} 24. Rh3 $1 (24.
fxg7 Qh4 25. Qxh4 Nxh4 26. Rxf7 Ng6 27. Rxb7 Rxb2 $19) 24... h6 25. fxg7 Qg5
26. Qf3 f5 $1 {[]} ({After careless} 26... Re7 $2 {Black suddenly loses a
piece back.} 27. Rg3 {[%cal Gg3g6]}) 27. Rg3 Qf6 (27... Nh4 $2 28. Qb3 $1) 28.
Qxf5 $1 (28. Qh5 Kxg7 29. Rxf5 $140 $2 Qxd4+ {[%cal Ga2a1]}) 28... Qxf5 29.
Rxf5 {Until this move everything is forced.Now after  natural 29...Kg7? White
wins a piece back,but} Re1+ $1 (29... Kxg7 $2 30. h4 $1 Re1+ 31. Kh2 (31. Kf2
Rb1 $1 32. h5 $140 Raxb2+ 33. Kf3 Rb3+) 31... Raa1 {[%cal Re1h1]} 32. Rg4 $1
Rh1+ 33. Kg3 Rxh4 $8 $15) 30. Kf2 Raa1 $1 $19 {[%cal Ge1f1] Only thanks to
this tricky idea Black wins.}) 24. Rh3 h6 $8 (24... gxf6 $4 25. Qxh7+ Kf8 26.
Rhf3 $1 $18 {[%cal Gf3f6,Gf6f7]}) 25. Rg3 $1 {[%cal Gg3g6,Gf6f7] putting
another problem.} (25. fxg7 Qg5 26. Qf3 Qxd5 $1 {The idea of 23...Ra5.} (26...
Re7 $2 27. Rg3 Qxd5 28. Qf6 $1 {[%cal Gg3g6] and White is better.}) 27. Qf6 Qe6
$19) 25... Kh7 $2 {let White out.} ({After cool} 25... Qd7 $1 {[%mdl 256]
Black wins.} 26. Rh3 (26. Rxg6 fxg6 27. f7+ (27. Qxg6 Qf7 $19) 27... Qxf7 $1
$19) (26. fxg7 Kxg7 27. Rh3 Rh8) 26... Rxa2 (26... Qa4 $5) 27. fxg7 Qa4 $1 {
winning} 28. Qxh6 Qxd4+ 29. Kh1 Qxg7) 26. fxg7 Qh4 ({but not} 26... Rxa2 $2 27.
Rh3 {and White is on top.}) 27. g8=Q+ (27. Qxh4 Nxh4 28. g8=Q+ {see 27.g8Q} (
28. Rxf7 Rg8)) 27... Rxg8 ({But not} 27... Kxg8 $4 28. Qxh4 (28. Rxg6+ $5)) 28.
Rxf7+ (28. Qxh4 Nxh4 29. Rxf7+ Kh8 {see 28.R:f7}) 28... Kh8 29. Qxh4 (29. Rh3
Qxd4+ (29... Qxh5 30. Rxh5 Rg7 31. Rxh6+ Kg8 32. Rf6 Ne7 33. Rxd6 $11) 30. Kh1
Rg7 $8 31. Rxb7 $1 {[%cal Gb7b8]} Ra8 $1 32. Qxh6+ Kg8 $15) 29... Nxh4 30. Rf6
$1 Kh7 (30... Rxg3 31. hxg3 Kg7 32. Rxd6 Nf5 33. Rxb6 Rxa2 34. Rxb7+ Kf6 $15 {
Black is slightly better,but White keeps good chances for equalizing.}) 31.
Rf7+ {Right decision.Both players don't take chances after a complicated
tactical battle.In any case the position is about equal.} (31. Rxg8 Kxg8 32.
Rxd6 (32. Rxh6 $2 Nf5 33. Rf6 Rxd5) 32... Rb5 33. b3 Nf5 34. Rd7 $44) 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-Cup03 Geller Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1999.02.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Black "Moiseenko, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2419"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[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"]

{[%mdl 4]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7.
Qe2 Nd5 8. c4 Ba6 9. g3 g6 10. b3 Bg7 11. Bb2 O-O 12. Bg2 Rfe8 13. O-O Bxe5 14.
Qxe5 Qxe5 15. Bxe5 Rxe5 16. cxd5 Bxf1 17. Kxf1 cxd5 {[%mdl 4096] Again this
classical endgame has arised.Two pieces v rook and two pawns.White has at his
disposal two options: 1) 18.f4 exchanging d5 and h2 pawns and 2) more quite 18.
Nc3. It's difficult to say which one is better,but in any case the position is
about equal.} 18. f4 $5 {I have suggested this move in my comments on the game
Leko-Almazi,Ubeda 97.} (18. Nc3 {Information about this continuation you can
find in CBM58 (Leko-Almazi,Ubeda 1997)}) (18. Nd2 Rae8 19. Bf3 Kf8 20. Rc1 c6
21. b4 Rb8 22. a3 a5 23. Nb3 axb4 24. Nc5 Re7 25. Rb1 d6 26. Nd3 b3 27. Nb4 Rb6
28. Bxd5 cxd5 29. Nxd5 Rbb7 30. Nxe7 Kxe7 31. Rb2 $2 {0-1 Kizov,V-Organdziev,O/
Skopje FRM 1998 (51)} (31. Ke2 $142)) 18... Re3 19. Bxd5 Rae8 20. Nd2 {Thanks
to this tactical resource White can play 18.f4!?} Re2 (20... Rd3 {is met by}
21. Ne4 Kg7 (21... Rxd5 $4 22. Nf6+ {[%cal Rf6g8,Rf6d5,Rf6e8]}) 22. Bc4 {
Here I stopped my analyse putting unclear as the evaluation of the 18.f4-line.}
Rf3+ 23. Nf2 $1 {avoiding rooks exchange was the right reaction.} (23. Ke2 Rc3
24. Bd3 $1 (24. Kd2 $2 Rxc4 $1) (24. Bd5 Rc2+) 24... d5 25. Kd2 Rxd3+ 26. Kxd3
dxe4+ (26... Rxe4 27. Rc1 Re7 28. Rc5 $14) 27. Ke3 f5 28. Rc1 $44) (23. Kg2 $5
Re3 24. Nf2 $6 (24. Nc5 $1 d6 25. Na6 $1 {was necessary avoiding rooks
exchange.}) 24... Re1 $1 $15 {1/2-1/2 Grosar,K-Balinov,I/Bled 1998/EXT 99 (102)
})) 21. Rd1 $1 (21. Nf3 c6 22. Bc4 Rb2 {and the active rook on the second rank
secures at least not worse chances.}) 21... Rxh2 {[%cal Ge8e2] Otherwise 22.h4
followed by Bf3.} 22. Bg2 {[%csl Rd7,Rf6][%cal Gd2f3,Gd2e4,Yd1d7] preventing
22...Re2 and preparing Nf3 and Ne4.} Re7 (22... Rh5 $2 {is impossible in view
of} 23. Ne4 {[%cal Re4f6,Rd1d7]}) (22... d6) 23. a4 $1 {[%cal Gd2f3,Gf3e5,
Ge5c6] White prepares Nf3-e5-c6 and restrictes the rook in case of almost
forced Rh5.} (23. Nf3 $5 {after an almost forced moves leads to an endgame
where White is a piece up,but Black has good chances to equalize.} Rh5 24. Ne5
d6 25. g4 $5 ({or} 25. Nc6 Re3 26. Kf2 Rc3 27. Rd2 Rhc5 $1 {and White has to
retreat to d4.} ({but not} 27... a5 $2 {as after} 28. Ne7+ $1 {[%cal Ge7d5]}
Kg7 29. Nd5 Rc1 30. g4 $18 {[%csl Rh5] rook on h5 is in trap.}) 28. Nd4 (28.
Nxa7 Rc2 $1 {[%csl Ra2]})) 25... Rh4 26. Nc6 Re3 $1 (26... Re8 27. Nxa7 Rxg4
28. Rd4 c5 29. Rc4 $1 {[%csl Ga2]}) 27. Kf2 Rc3 (27... Re8 28. Kg3 $18 {
[%cal Gc6a7]}) (27... Rxg4 28. Kxe3 Rxg2 29. Rd2 $18) 28. Ne7+ $1 Kg7 29. Nd5
Rc2+ 30. Kg3 Rxg4+ (30... Rh6 31. g5 Rh5 32. Nf6 $18) 31. Kxg4 Rxg2+ 32. Kf3
Rxa2 (32... Rc2 33. Rd3 $1 $14) 33. Nxc7 $14 {Now White is slightly better,but
Black has good drawish chances as the material on the board was strongly
reduced.}) 23... Rh5 {[%cal Gh5c5]} 24. b4 $1 {[%csl Ga5,Gc5,Rh5] The same
strategy of restriction.} Rf5 {[%cal Gf5f6] The rook on h5 doesn't fill very
comfortable.} 25. Ne4 $1 $14 {[%csl Rf5]} Kg7 (25... h5 $2 {[%cal Gh5h4]} 26.
Rd4 $1 h4 27. Bh3 $18) 26. Kf2 {It's very pity. I think White should go on as
he doesn't run risks and can strengthen his position.At the same time Black
has to wait as he has no any good plan.} (26. Rd4 $5 {[%cal Gg2h3]
accumulating the pressure.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 11th"]
[Site "Pula"]
[Date "1997.05.??"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Van der Wiel, John"]
[Black "Grabarczyk, Miroslaw"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1997.05.05"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Netherlands"]
[BlackTeam "Poland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NED"]
[BlackTeamCountry "POL"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
c4 Nb6 9. Nc3 (9. b3) (9. g3) (9. Nd2) 9... g6 (9... Bb7 10. Bf4 $6 (10. f4 {
Blatny,P}) 10... O-O-O 11. O-O-O h6 12. h4 Qe6 13. Rh3 Ba6 $15 {0-1 Arnold,
L-Ketterer,C/Baden Baden op 1993 (26)}) (9... a5 10. Qe4 g6 (10... Qb4 11. Be2
Ba6 12. a3 Qb3 13. O-O Nxc4 (13... Bxc4 $2 14. Bd1 $18) (13... Rb8 14. Re1 Be7
$2 15. c5) (13... Be7 14. Re1) 14. Bd1 $44 Qb7 15. Re1 O-O-O (15... Nxb2 16.
Rb1 Nxd1 (16... Bd3 17. Rxb2 Qxb2 18. Bxb2 Bxe4 19. Nxe4 $13) 17. Rxb7 Nxc3 18.
Qf3 Bxb7 19. Qxc3 $13) 16. b3 Nb6 17. Be3 Re8 18. Qf5 f6 (18... Re7) 19. exf6
gxf6 20. Bh5 Rd8 21. Qxa5 $16 {Wieweg,J-Jonsson,M/Sollentuna op 1995/1-0 (47)})
(10... Ba6 11. Bd3 Qe6 (11... Qb4 12. a3 $1 (12. O-O $2 Bxc4) 12... Qb3 13. O-O
Nxc4 14. Bc2 $44) 12. b3 Bb4 13. Bd2 d5 (13... a4) 14. exd6 cxd6 15. O-O-O Qxe4
16. Bxe4 $14 Ba3+ (16... Kd7) 17. Kb1 d5 $2 18. cxd5 cxd5 19. Nxd5 Nxd5 20.
Bxd5 $16 {Rewitz,P-Pedersen,D/DEN-ch qual 1996/1/2-1/2 (47)}) 11. Bd3 Bg7 12.
f4 O-O 13. O-O d5 $2 (13... Bb7 $142 {Blatny,P}) 14. cxd5 cxd5 15. Nxd5 Qc5+
16. Be3 $1 Qxd5 17. Bxb6 Qxe4 18. Bxe4 cxb6 19. Bxa8 Ba6 20. Bd5 Bxf1 21. Kxf1
$16 {1/2-1/2 Yakovich,Y-Sokolov,I/Oviedo rapid 1993 (37)}) (9... Qe6 10. Qe4 (
10. Bd2 a5 11. Qe4 Ba6 12. b3 d5 13. exd6 cxd6 14. Be3 Qxe4 15. Nxe4 d5 16.
Bxb6 dxe4 17. c5 $14 (17. O-O-O $14) 17... Bxf1 18. Rxf1 Be7 19. O-O-O f5 20.
Rfe1 O-O 21. Kc2 Rf6 22. f3 Re6 23. fxe4 fxe4 24. Rd4 e3 25. Kd3 Re8 26. Re2
Re5 27. a3 Bxc5 28. Bxc5 Rxc5 29. Rxe3 Rxe3+ 30. Kxe3 Rc3+ 31. Rd3 Rc2 {
1/2-1/2 Van der Wiel,J-Cifuentes Parada,R/Leeuwarden op 1994}) 10... Ba6 $142 {
-- 9...Ba6} (10... d5 11. exd6 cxd6 12. Bd3 Qxe4+ 13. Bxe4 Bb7 14. b3 d5 15.
cxd5 cxd5 16. Bf3 Bb4 17. Bd2 O-O 18. Ne2 Ba3 19. O-O Rac8 20. Be3 $14 {
Mukhametov,E-Muco,F/Bern op 1995/1/2-1/2 (61)}) (10... Bb4 11. Bd2 a5 (11...
Ba6 $1 {Blatny,P} 12. c5 $6 Nc4 (12... Bxf1 13. cxb6 Bc4 (13... Bxg2 $2 14.
Qxg2 Qxe5+ 15. Kd1 $16) 14. bxc7 Ba5 15. f4 $13) 13. Bxc4 Bxc4 14. f4 Bxc3 15.
Bxc3 Bxa2 $15) 12. f4 d5 (12... Bxc3 13. Bxc3 d5 14. Qc2 dxc4 15. Be2 $14 {
^^,קc4,c6,c7}) 13. exd6 cxd6 (13... Bxc3 14. Qxe6+ Bxe6 15. Bxc3 cxd6 16. Rd1
Ke7 17. b3 f6 18. g3 {/\Bg2+/=}) 14. O-O-O Qxe4 15. Nxe4 d5 16. cxd5 cxd5 17.
Bxb4 axb4 (17... dxe4 18. Bc5 $14) 18. Nd6+ Ke7 19. Nxc8+ Rhxc8+ 20. Kb1 Ra5 (
20... Kd6 21. Bd3 h6 22. Rhe1 Re8 $10) 21. Rd4 $1 b3 $2 (21... Nc4 $142 22.
Bxc4 Rxc4 $10) 22. a3 {1-0 Polgar,J-Piket,J/Aruba m2 1995 (46)})) (9... Ba6 10.
Qe4 Qe6 11. b3 Bb4 12. Bd2 Bxc3 13. Bxc3 d5 14. Qf3 (14. cxd5 {Blatny,P} cxd5
15. Qb4 Bxf1 16. Rxf1 Nd7 $10) 14... dxc4 15. Be2 O-O 16. O-O Rad8 17. Rfe1
Rfe8 18. Rac1 c5 19. Bf1 Nd5 20. bxc4 Nb4 $1 (20... Nxc3 $2 {Blatny,P} 21. Qxc3
Rd4 22. Qa3 $1) 21. Bxb4 (21. a3 {Blatny,P} Na2 $1) 21... cxb4 22. Qe3 {
1/2-1/2 Ljubojevic,L-Spassky,B/Montreal (06) ;MCL 02 1979}) 10. Ne4 Qe6 11. Bd2
(11. Nf6+ Kd8 12. Bd2 Ba6 13. b3 d5 14. Bc3 dxc4 15. Qd2+ Kc8 16. Be2 Kb7 $15 {
1/2-1/2 Van der Wiel,J-Garcia,G/Wijk-B 1996 (37)}) 11... Bg7 12. Nf6+ Bxf6 13.
exf6 O-O 14. O-O-O Ba6 15. Qxe6 (15. Qe3 $142 Qxe3 (15... Qxf6 16. Bc3 $44) 16.
Bxe3 d6 17. b3 (17. Bd3 c5 (17... Bxc4 $2 18. Bxb6 Bxd3 19. Bxc7 $16) 18. b3
Bb7 19. f3 Rfe8 20. Rhe1 Re6 21. Bh6 Rae8 $11) (17. g4 $5) 17... c5 (17... Rfe8
18. g4 c5 19. Bg2 Rab8 20. Rhe1 $14) 18. g4 Bb7 $11) 15... fxe6 16. Bg5 d6 17.
c5 Bxf1 18. Rhxf1 Nd5 19. Rfe1 Kf7 20. Re4 a5 (20... h6 21. Bxh6 Rh8 $15) 21.
Kb1 Rfb8 22. Rc1 Ra6 23. a3 $15 1/2-1/2

[Event "Balatonbereny GM"]
[Site "Balatonbereny"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Sax, Gyula"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1996.06.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
c4 Ba6 9. b3 g5 10. g3 (10. Ba3 d6 (10... c5 11. g3 Nb4 12. Bg2 O-O-O 13. O-O
Bg7 14. Bb2 $1 {/\ a3}) 11. exd6 Qxe2+ 12. Bxe2 Bg7 $1 13. cxd5 Bxe2 (13... Bb7
$4 14. dxc7 $1 Bxa1 (14... cxd5 15. Bb5+ Bc6 16. Bxc6# {#}) 15. d6 $18) 14.
Kxe2 Bxa1 15. Rc1 O-O-O $1 $8 (15... cxd5 16. Rxc7 $16) (15... cxd6 16. Rxc6
Be5 (16... O-O 17. Bxd6 $16) 17. Nd2 $1 {/\ Nc4+/-}) (15... Be5 16. Rxc6 Bxd6
17. Bxd6 cxd6 18. Na3 $1 Kd7 19. Nc4 $16) 16. Rxc6 Rhe8+ (16... Rd7 $1 17. Nc3
(17. Kd3 Be5 18. dxc7 Rxc7 (18... Rxd5+ 19. Ke4 Rb5 20. Nc3 Bxc3 21. Rxc3 Re8+
{White still has an uphill struggle to draw.})) 17... Bxc3 18. Rxc3 Re8+ $15 {
This leads to a position that I wanted to reach in the game. Black has some
chances.}) 17. Kd3 Rd7 18. Nc3 $1 (18. Nd2 Re5 19. Nc4 Rxd5+ 20. Ke4 $15 {
Probably White has enough ~/= here, but the method chosen in the game ismore
efficient.}) 18... Bxc3 $6 (18... Re5 $142 19. Nb5 Rxd5+ 20. Kc4 Rd2 21. Bc5 $1
Be5 $1) 19. Kxc3 $1 (19. Rxc3 Re5 $15) 19... Re5 20. Kc4 Re4+ (20... Re2 21.
Bc5 Rxa2 22. b4 Kb7 23. dxc7 Rxc7 24. Rf6 $44) 21. Kd3 Re5 22. Kc4 Re4+ {
(Anand) 1/2-1/2 Kasparov,G-Anand,V/New York (m/8) 64/293 1995}) 10... Bg7 11.
Bb2 O-O-O 12. Qe4 (12. Bg2 Rhe8 (12... Rde8 $5) 13. O-O Bxe5 $5 14. Qxe5 Qxe5
15. Bxe5 Rxe5 16. cxd5 Bxf1 17. Kxf1 cxd5 18. Nc3 c6 $13 {Fercec-Nikcevic,
Cannes op,1996}) 12... f5 $1 13. Qxf5 Rhf8 14. Qe4 Qb4+ (14... Nf6 $5 15. Qe2
Ng4 $1 (15... Rde8 $5 16. Nd2 (16. exf6 $2 Bxf6 $19) 16... Ng8 (16... h5 $5)
17. O-O-O Bxe5 18. Bxe5 Qxe5 19. Qxe5 Rxe5 20. Bh3 $5 h5 $10 (20... Rxf2 $6 21.
Bxd7+ $1 Kb7 22. Rhf1 $1 $14)) 16. Qxg4 Bxe5 17. Qe2 Bxb2 $1 (17... Qb4+ $2 18.
Kd1 Bxc4 $2 19. Qxe5 $18) 18. Qxe7 Rde8 19. Qxe8+ Rxe8+ $15 {xf2}) 15. Nd2 Rxf2
$2 (15... Nc3 $8 16. Qe3 Bxe5 $1 17. Ba3 (17. a3 Qe7 $1 18. Bd3 (18. Bxc3 Bxc3
19. Qxe7 Rde8 $15) (18. Rc1 $2 Bd4 $3 19. Qxe7 Bxf2#) 18... Rde8 $44 {xe3}) (
17. Qxa7 $2 Bb7 18. Ba3 Rde8 $19 19. Bxb4 (19. Ne4 Qb6 $1 $19) 19... Bd4+ 20.
Ne4 Rxe4+ 21. Kd2 Rxf2+ 22. Kd3 Bxa7 23. Kxc3 Bd4+ 24. Kd3 Bxa1 25. Kxe4 c5+
$19) 17... Qxa3 18. Qxa7 Qb4 $8 19. Qa8+ Qb8 20. Qxa6+ Qb7 21. Qxb7+ Kxb7 $44)
16. Kxf2 Qxd2+ 17. Qe2 Qb4 (17... Rf8+ $142 18. Kg1 Qa5 $16 (18... Rxf1+ 19.
Kxf1 Ne3+ 20. Kf2 Ng4+ 21. Kf3 Nxe5+ 22. Bxe5 g4+ 23. Kf2 $18)) 18. Bd4 (18.
Kg2 $5) 18... c5 19. Bb2 Rf8+ 20. Kg1 Ne7 21. Bg2 Ng6 22. Qe4 c6 23. Rd1 $18
Kc7 24. h4 gxh4 25. Rxh4 $1 Nxh4 26. Qxh4 Bc8 27. Qe7 Bh6 28. Qd6+ Kb7 29. Qxh6
1-0

[Event "RUS-Cup9"]
[Site "Novgorod"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Batsanin, Dmitry"]
[Black "Goldin, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2300"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1997.06.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 060"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nxc6 Qf6 6. Qd2 dxc6 7. Nc3 Ne7 (
7... Be6) 8. Qf4 (8. Na4) 8... Qe6 {The second try.First one against Rublevsky
wasn't very successful.} (8... Be6 $6 9. Qxf6 gxf6 10. Bh6 $1 Rg8 11. Rd1 $16)
(8... Qxf4 $6 {- 65/(305)}) (8... Ng6 $5 {is alternative to Goldin's 8...Qe6.})
9. Qg5 $6 ({Rublevsky} 9. Qxc7 O-O 10. Bd3 Ng6 (10... f5 $2 11. O-O Bd6 12. Qa5
f4 13. e5 $1 Qxe5 14. Qxe5 Bxe5 15. Re1 $16) 11. Qg3 $8 f5 12. f4 $5 (12. O-O
$2 f4 13. Qg5 Be7 14. Qh5 Ne5 $17) 12... fxe4 13. Nxe4 Bd7 $2 (13... Re8 $1 14.
Kd1 $1 $8 {~/=}) 14. Bd2 Rae8 15. Bc3 (15. O-O-O $6 Qxa2 16. Bc3 Be7 $1 $13 17.
h4 $140 $2 Rxf4 $1 18. h5 Rg4 $1 19. Qc7 Rxe4 20. Bxe4 Bg5+ $19) 15... Bd6 (
15... Rxf4 16. O-O-O Be7 17. Ng5 Bxg5 18. Qxg5 $16 Qxa2 $140 19. b3 Rg4 20.
Bc4+ Kh8 21. Bxg7+ $1 $18) 16. O-O $16 Rxf4 $8 (16... Bxf4 $2 17. Rxf4 $1 Rxf4
18. Nc5 Qg4 19. Nxd7 Qxd7 20. Bxg6 Rg4 21. Bxe8 $18) 17. Nxd6 Qxd6 18. Rfe1
Qc5+ 19. Kh1 Ref8 (19... Rxe1+ 20. Rxe1 Qf8 21. h3 $16) 20. h3 R4f7 21. a3 $5
a5 $8 22. Bxg6 hxg6 23. Qxg6 Bf5 24. Qg5 Qf2 25. Rf1 Qxc2 26. Rac1 Qd3 (26...
Qe4 27. Rce1 Qd5 28. Re5 Qd7 29. Rfe1 Qd3 30. Re7 Bg6 31. Rxf7 Rxf7 32. Re8+
Rf8 33. Qe5 Qf1+ 34. Kh2 Qf6 35. Qc7 Qf7 36. Re7 $18) 27. Rf3 $5 Qe4 $2 (27...
Qd7 $8 28. Bxa5 $16) 28. Re1 Qc2 (28... Qd5 29. Re5 Qd7 30. Rfe3 $18) 29. Rg3
g6 30. Rc1 Qe4 31. Re1 Qc2 $8 32. Rf3 $18 Rh7 33. Ref1 Rh5 34. Qxg6+ $1 {
1-0 Rublevsky,S-Goldin,A/Jugoslavija 1995}) (9. Bd3 O-O 10. O-O Ng6 11. Qg3 Qd6
12. Bd2 f5 13. exf5 Qxg3 14. hxg3 Bxf5 15. Bxf5 Rxf5 16. Ne4 Bb6 17. Rfe1 Ne5
18. Be3 Nc4 19. Bxb6 axb6 20. b3 Nd6 21. a4 b5 22. a5 Re5 23. Nxd6 Rxe1+ 24.
Rxe1 {1/2-1/2 Nunn,J-Flear,G/Hastings9697 1997}) 9... Bd4 10. Be3 (10. Bd3 $5)
10... Bf6 (10... Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 Qxe4 12. Qxg7 Rg8 13. Qd4 Qxc2 14. Bd3 $140 c5
$1 15. Qc4 Be6 $1 $13) (10... h6 $5) 11. Qg3 (11. Qa5 $5 b6 12. Qa4) 11... Ng6
12. Bd3 (12. Qxc7 $5 Bxc3+ 13. bxc3 Qxe4 14. O-O-O O-O 15. Rd4 Qe5 16. Qxe5
Nxe5 $11) 12... Qe7 13. h3 $6 (13. O-O $142) 13... h5 $5 (13... Qb4 $1 14.
O-O-O Be5 $5 (14... Bxc3 15. bxc3 Qxc3 16. Qxc7 Qa3+ 17. Kd2 O-O $13) 15. f4
Bxc3 16. bxc3 Qxc3 17. Kb1 $44 {/=}) 14. O-O h4 15. Qh2 O-O 16. Bd2 $6 (16. f4
$1 Bxc3 (16... Qb4 $140 $6 17. e5 Qxb2 (17... Be7 $2 18. a3 Qxb2 19. Na4 $18)
18. Na4 $1 Qa3 19. exf6 $16 {><g8}) 17. bxc3 $14) 16... Bd4 17. Kh1 Ne5 18. Be2
Be6 19. Rad1 Rad8 20. Bf4 (20. f4 $2 Nc4 21. f5 Nxd2 22. Rxd2 Bc8 $15) 20...
Nc4 (20... f6 $5 21. Nd5 cxd5 22. Rxd4 c5 23. Rdd1 Bf7 $1 24. exd5 Rxd5 $1 (
24... Bxd5 25. Rfe1 $1 $14 (25. Bxe5 fxe5 26. Rxd5 Rxd5 27. Bc4 Qe6 {/\Rf4=}))
25. Rxd5 Bxd5 26. Be3 $1 $14 {/\Qf4}) 21. Na4 (21. Bxc7 $2 Rd7 22. Na4 b5 $1
23. c3 (23. b3 Na3) 23... Rxc7 24. Rxd4 c5 $17) 21... b5 (21... Nxb2 $6 22.
Rxd4 $1 Rxd4 23. Nxb2 Rxe4 (23... Qa3 $5) 24. Bf3 Rd4 25. Nd3 $14) 22. b3 $6 (
22. c3 $142 Be3 $3 23. fxe3 bxa4 24. Rd4 $1 $14) 22... Na3 23. c3 Bxf2 $1 24.
Rxd8 (24. Rxf2 Rxd1+ 25. Bxd1 bxa4 $15) 24... Rxd8 25. Rxf2 bxa4 26. Bxc7 Rd2 (
26... Rd7 $142 $1 27. Be5 axb3 28. axb3 Bxb3 $17) 27. Qf4 Rxa2 $2 (27... Qd7
$142 {/\ab;Ra2} 28. bxa4 $140 $4 Rxe2 $1 29. Rxe2 Qd1+ $19) 28. Bd6 $1 (28.
bxa4 Nb1 $1 29. Be5 Rxa4 30. Bd3 Na3 $15) 28... Qd8 (28... Qd7 $6 29. bxa4 (29.
Be5 $2 axb3 $1 30. Qg5 f6) 29... Nb1 30. Be5 $1) 29. bxa4 Nb1 30. Be5 $1 Rxe2
$4 (30... Rxa4 31. Bh5 $1 $44 (31. Bg4 $5 $44)) 31. Rxe2 Qd1+ 32. Kh2 Qxe2 33.
Qg5 $18 f6 (33... Kf8 34. Qd8#) 34. Bxf6 1-0

[Event "Pamplona 9899 9th"]
[Site "Pamplona"]
[Date "1999.01.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "De la Villa Garcia, Jesus Maria"]
[Black "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1998.12.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Illescas Cordoba} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6.
e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8. c4 Ba6 9. g3 {First key position has arised.Black has to
chose the further direction of the play.} O-O-O {'!?' Illescas Cordoba.} (9...
d6 $6 $146 10. Bg2 dxe5 11. O-O e4 12. Qc2 Nb4 13. Qa4 Bb7 14. Nc3 f5 15. Bf4
g5 16. Be3 Bg7 17. Qa5 Nc2 18. Bc5 Qe5 19. Rad1 Bf8 20. Na4 $36 {1-0 Rublevsky,
S-Aleksandrov,A/Polanica Zdroj 1997/CBM 61 (47)}) (9... g5 10. h4 Bg7 11. hxg5
Bxe5 12. Rh4 O-O-O 13. Re4 Rhe8 14. f4 Bd6 15. Rxe7 Rxe7 16. Qxe7 Nxe7 17. c5
$1 $18 {1-0 Lastin,A-Andreev,K/St.Petersburg 1997/CBM 62 (31)}) (9... f6 10. e6
$1 dxe6 11. Bg2 Qd7 12. O-O Nb6 13. b3 O-O-O 14. Nc3 Bc5 15. Rd1 Bd4 16. Be3 e5
17. a4 Kb8 18. a5 Nc8 19. Na4 $36 {1-0 Lalic,B-Izeta Txabarri,F/Ubeda 1998/CBM
62 ext (31)}) ({or} 9... g6 {that after} 10. b3 Bg7 11. Bb2 O-O (11... O-O-O $5
) 12. Bg2 Rae8 13. O-O Bxe5 14. Bxe5 Qxe5 15. Qxe5 Rxe5 16. cxd5 Bxf1 17. Kxf1
cxd5 18. Nc3 c6 {1/2-1/2 Totsky,L-Yandemirov,V/Russian Club Cup, Maikop RUS
1998 (49) leads to the classical endgame with approximately equal chances.})
10. b3 g6 {Black usually connected 9...0-0-0 with 10..f6 (see below).If Black
wants to get the endgame which occuried inTotsky-Yandemi rov he plays 9...g6,
10...Bg7 and only then castles to one of the sides.The game move order allow
White to play 11.Ba3 which however can be not very dangerous.} (10... f6 11.
Bg2 fxe5 12. O-O Nf6 13. Ba3 Qe6 14. Qd2 e4 15. Qa5 c5 16. Bxc5 Bxc5 17. Qxc5
Qb6 18. Qxb6 axb6 19. Re1 Rhe8 20. Nc3 Bb7 21. a4 d5 22. cxd5 Bxd5 23. a5 bxa5
24. Rxa5 Bb7 25. Rb5 Rd6 26. Na4 Bc6 27. Ra5 Kd8 28. Rc1 Re7 29. b4 Bd5 30. Nc3
Bb7 31. h4 Rb6 32. b5 Re5 33. Re1 Rc5 34. Ra3 Rc4 35. Bf1 Rd4 36. Na4 Rbd6 37.
Nc5 Bd5 38. Rc1 Rd2 39. Ra7 e3 40. fxe3 Nh5 41. e4 Rg6 42. exd5 Rxg3+ 43. Kh1
Rg4 44. Ra3 Rxh4+ 45. Bh3 Rxd5 46. Re3 {1-0 Morozevich,A-Huzman,A/Amsterdam
1995/CBM 49 (46)}) (10... g5 $5 {Illescas Cordoba}) 11. Ba3 $5 (11. Bb2 {after}
Bg7 12. Bg2 Rhe8 13. O-O Bxe5 14. Qxe5 Qxe5 15. Bxe5 Rxe5 16. cxd5 Bxf1 17.
Kxf1 cxd5 18. Nc3 c6 {1-0 Hnydiuk,A-Stempin,P/Krynica 1997/CBM 61 ext (39) led
to above-mentioned endgame with the only difference that black king is on the
queenside.}) (11. Bb2 $142 {Illescas Cordoba}) 11... Nb4 {Most natural
reaction.} (11... Qxa3 {this typical sacrifice can't give full equality:} 12.
Nxa3 Bb4+ 13. Qd2 $8 {'+/=' Illescas Cordoba.} (13. Kd1 $4 Nc3+ 14. Kc2 Nxe2
15. Bxe2 Bxa3 $19) 13... Bxd2+ 14. Kxd2 {with a slightly better endgame for
White thanks to the better pawn structure and more mobile pieces.}) (11... d6 {
doesn't look good as it doesn't create a single threat.12...Bg7 can be met
with f4.} 12. Qb2 $5 {[%cal Gc4d5]} (12. f4 $5) 12... Bg7 13. f4 $5 $13 (13.
cxd5 Bxf1 (13... Bxe5 14. Bxa6+ Kb8 15. Qe2) (13... Qxe5+ 14. Qxe5 Bxe5 15.
Bxa6+ Kb8 16. dxc6 $18) 14. Kxf1 Qxe5 (14... Bxe5 15. Nc3 Qf6 16. Rc1 Qf3 17.
Kg1 $18) 15. Nc3 Qxc3 16. Qxc3 Bxc3 17. Rc1 Ba5 18. Rxc6 Rhe8 $11)) 12. f4 {
'!' Illescas Cordoba.} (12. Bb2 $6 {Illescas Cordoba} Bg7 13. a3 $2 Nd3+ $1 14.
Qxd3 Bxe5 15. Qe2 Bxb2 16. Qxe7 Rhe8 $17) 12... g5 $5 {An interesting idea.
Black prepares capture on f4 followed by Qh4+ with the idea to meet Qf2 with
Nc2+.} (12... f6 $6 13. Bb2 {[%cal Ga2a3]} fxe5 14. a3 Nd5 15. Qxe5 Nf6 $8 $14)
13. Bb2 $1 {[%cal Ga2a3]} ({For instance} 13. Bg2 {can be met with} gxf4 {and}
14. gxf4 $2 {is bad in view of} (14. O-O $142) 14... Qh4+ {[%cal Gh4f4]}) 13...
gxf4 14. a3 $8 {[%mdl 64]} (14. gxf4 $2 Qh4+ 15. Qf2 $140 $4 Nc2+) 14... Nd5 (
14... fxg3 $2 {is too optimistic because of} 15. axb4 Qh4 {[%cal Gg3g2]} {
and cool} 16. Kd1 $18 {decides.}) 15. Qf2 $8 {[%cal Gf2a7,Gc4d5]} (15. Qe4 $2
Ne3 {[%cal Gf8h6]} 16. gxf4 Qh4+ {[%cal Ge3f1]}) 15... Ne3 (15... Nb6 $2 {
Illescas Cordoba} 16. c5 $1 Bxf1 17. cxb6 $16) 16. gxf4 Nxf1 $8 (16... Qc5 $2
17. b4) (16... Ng4 $6 {Illescas Cordoba}) 17. Rxf1 d5 $1 (17... Kb8 {[%cal
Gd7d5]}) 18. Nd2 $1 (18. Qxa7 {is dangerous.For example:} Qh4+ 19. Rf2 (19. Qf2
$6 Be7 $1 20. Nd2 dxc4 $1 21. bxc4 $140 (21. Nxc4 Qxf2+ 22. Rxf2 (22. Kxf2 $2
Bxc4 23. bxc4 Rd2+) 22... Bh4 $17) 21... Qxf2+ 22. Rxf2 Bh4) 19... Bb7 {
'©' Illescas Cordoba.} 20. Nd2 Rg8 21. O-O-O Bh6 (21... dxc4 $5 22. Nxc4 Rxd1+
23. Kxd1 Rg1+ 24. Kc2 $140 c5 $1 $19 {[%csl Ra7,Rc2]}) 22. Rdf1 Rg4 23. Qe3
Rdg8 $13) (18. Nc3 {Illescas Cordoba} Qc5 $5) 18... Kb8 $5 (18... Rg8 $5 {
was interesting with the idea to meet} 19. O-O-O (19. Qxa7 Qh4+ 20. Rf2 Bb7 $44
) {with} 19... Qc5 $1) (18... dxc4 $5 {Illescas Cordoba} 19. Qxa7 (19. Nxc4
Bxc4 20. bxc4 Qd7 $36) 19... Qh4+ 20. Rf2 Bb7 21. Nxc4 (21. O-O-O c5 $44) (21.
bxc4 c5 $44) 21... Rg8 22. Na5 Rg1+ 23. Ke2 Qh5+ 24. Ke3 Qh3+ 25. Rf3 Rd3+ 26.
Kxd3 Qxf3+ 27. Kc2 $11) (18... Qc5 $6 {Illescas Cordoba} 19. Bd4) 19. O-O-O (
19. Rg1 $5 f6 20. cxd5 cxd5 21. Rc1 $13 Bg7 $140 22. Qc5) 19... Rg8 20. Rg1 Rg6
$1 {'!?' Illescas Cordoba.} 21. Kb1 $6 {Loss of important time.} ({Immediate} 
21. f5 $5 {looks stronger:} Rxg1 22. Rxg1 Bh6 {'|^' Illescas Cordoba.} (22...
dxc4 23. Nxc4 Bxc4 24. bxc4 Bh6+ 25. Kb1 Rd2 26. Rg8+ Kb7 27. Qg3 $1 {[%cal
Gg3b3]}) 23. c5 $14) 21... Qd7 $1 {[%cal Gd7f5]} (21... Qc5 {Illescas Cordoba}
22. Qxc5 Bxc5 23. Rxg6 hxg6 24. Ne4 Be7 25. Ng5 Bxg5 26. fxg5 Bc8 $11) 22. f5
$8 (22. Ka2 {Illescas Cordoba} Rxg1 (22... Qf5 23. Qh4 $5) 23. Rxg1 dxc4 24.
Nxc4 Bxc4 25. bxc4 Qd3 26. Rc1 Qe4 $132) 22... Rxg1 23. Rxg1 Bh6 $1 {[%csl Rf5]
now White has to pay a price for a slow 21.Kb1?!One of the pawns f5 ; c4 is
falling.} 24. Ka2 (24. Ka1 $5) (24. e6 $6 {Illescas Cordoba} fxe6 25. f6 Qd6 $1
26. f7 Rf8 27. Rg8 e5) 24... Bxd2 25. Qxd2 Qxf5 {'=' Illescas Cordoba.} 26.
Qb4+ {Fortunately White has sufficient counterplay.} (26. Rg7 $5) 26... Bb7 (
26... Kc8 $6 27. cxd5 cxd5 28. Qc5 $1 $36 {[%cal Gc5a7,Gg1c1,Gb2d4]}) 27. Qe7
Rc8 {[%csl Rc7] '?!' Illescas Cordoba.} (27... Qd7 $6 28. Qxd7 Rxd7 {'='
Illescas Cordoba.} 29. Rg7 $1 {[%cal Ge5e6]}) 28. cxd5 cxd5 29. Rg7 {[%csl Rf7]
'+/=' Illescas Cordoba.} d4 $1 {[%mdl 256] Only activity can save Black.} (
29... Qc2 $1 {[%cal Gd5d4]} 30. Rxf7 d4 {see 29...d4}) 30. Rxf7 (30. Bxd4 $2
Qc2+ 31. Bb2 Be4 {'|^' Illescas Cordoba.} (31... Bd5 $36 {Illescas Cordoba}))
30... Qc2 $1 {[%cal Gd4d3,Gb7d5]} 31. Rf8 $6 {[%mdl 16384] This move allows
Black to equalize the position, but} ({after} 31. Qb4 $1 d3 32. Rd7 $1 $14 {
[%cal Gb4b5,Ge5e6] White is better as the d3-pawn is stoped and and is in
danger. At the same time the e5-pawn can become very dangerous in the nearest
future.} (32. Rd7 {Illescas Cordoba} Qxh2 (32... Ka8 33. Qd4 $1 $14 (33. e6 Bc6
34. Rd4 Rb8 35. Qc3 Qxc3 36. Bxc3 Re8 37. Rxd3 Rxe6 $11)) (32... Qe2 33. Qb5
$14) 33. Rxd3 (33. e6 Qe2 34. e7 h5 35. Rd8 a5 $1 36. Qxa5 Qxe7 37. Rxd3 $14)
33... Qc2 34. Rd2 Qc6 $14)) 31... d3 {'=' Illescas Cordoba. Now thanks to the
strong pawn Black is escaping} 32. Rxc8+ Bxc8 33. Qb4+ (33. Qxh7 $4 Be6 $19 {
[%csl Ra2]}) 33... Ka8 $1 (33... Bb7 34. e6 d2 $140 $2 (34... a5 $5) 35. e7 Qg6
(35... d1=Q 36. e8=Q+) 36. Qxd2 $18) 34. Qc3 (34. Qe4+ Kb8 $1 35. e6 Bxe6 $1
36. Qxe6 d2 37. Qe8+ Kb7 38. Qb5+ $11) 34... Bf5 $5 {[%cal Gd3d2]} 35. Qxc2
dxc2 36. Bc1 $11 Kb7 {Interesting, but not faultless game.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Pamplona 9899 9th"]
[Site "Pamplona"]
[Date "1999.01.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "De la Riva Aguado, Oscar"]
[Black "Xie, Jun"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1998.12.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
c4 Ba6 9. b3 O-O-O 10. g3 Re8 11. Bb2 f6 12. Qd2 Nb6 {My comments to the
previous moves you can find in the game Morozevich-Xie Jun,Pamplona98/99 CBM69.
} 13. a4 {White obviously was satisfied with the Morozevich-Xie Jun game which
had been played two days ago.} Qb4 $1 $146 {[%cal Gb4b3] I can't say the same
about Xie Jun.She finds a way to improve her play.Black doesn't mind to
retreat with the knight to a8(!) winning a pawn in exchange for an ugly
parking space.} (13... Kb8 $6 14. a5 Nc8 15. Bh3 $1 fxe5 16. Qxd7 Qf6 17. O-O
Bc5 18. Nc3 Nd6 19. Qxc6 Nb7 20. Qd7 Rd8 21. Nd5 Rxd7 22. Nxf6 Rd2 23. Nd7+ Ka8
24. Bxe5 Bb4 25. Bxc7 Nc5 26. Bg2+ Bb7 27. Nb6+ {1-0 Morozevich,A-Xie Jun/
Pamplona ESP 1998 (27) see annotations for this game in CBM69.}) 14. Qxb4 $2 {
[%mdl 16384] White makes a serious mistake on his very first own move.} (14. a5
{was necessary.After a simple comparison with the game tends that White wins
two tempo at least:} Na8 15. Bh3 Qxd2+ 16. Nxd2 $44 {At the same position in
the game Black had time to play Bb4,fe and Kb8! Sometimes the comparison is
not a bad way to chose a move.}) 14... Bxb4+ 15. Nd2 (15. Kd1 fxe5 {doesn't
look better.}) 15... fxe5 16. a5 {At least black knight will fill
uncomfortable.} (16. c5 $2 {can't be recommended as after} Bxf1 17. cxb6 Bd3
18. bxa7 Kb7 {White is simply lost.}) 16... Na8 17. Bh3 {This pin can't be
compared with the one of its colleage on the b4 which causes big discomfort in
white's camp.} Kb8 18. O-O-O $6 {Now the a5-pawn is left without any
superviser.} (18. Ba3 $5 {trying to exchange an importunate bishop.} Bc3 $140
19. Rc1 Bxa5 $4 20. b4 Bb6 21. c5 {[%csl Rb6]}) 18... d6 19. Ne4 $2 (19. Bd7 $8
Re7 20. Bxc6 Rf8 $1 $15 {[%cal Gb4a5,Ga6b7] /-/+} (20... Bxa5 $143 21. Rhe1 {
[%cal Gf2f4]})) 19... c5 $1 20. Bd7 {Equal to resignation.} (20. Bc3 $5 Bb7 $1
(20... Bxc3 $6 21. Nxc3 {and it's still not so simple to solve the problem of
the a8-knight}) 21. Bxb4 (21. Rhe1 Bxe4 {see21.B:b4}) 21... Bxe4 22. Rhe1 Bf3
23. Bc3 $5 (23. Rd3 e4 24. Rd5 e3 $1 (24... cxb4 25. Rb5+) 25. Rf5 Be4 $19)
23... Bxd1 24. Rxd1 {[%csl Ra8] with some counter chances ought to the
displaced knight.Perhaps it was the last chance to continue a fight.}) 20...
Re7 21. Bc6 Bxa5 $19 {After the a5-pawn has gone knight can fill a big relief.
Black is just two pawns up for nothing.} 22. Rhf1 Bb7 $1 {All piece exchanges
are very useful for Black.} 23. Bxb7 Kxb7 24. Kc2 Bb4 25. Bc1 Nb6 {Finally a
dreamed knight comes into the play  and everything is over.} 26. Be3 a5 {
[%cal Ga5a4]} 27. Kd3 a4 28. bxa4 Ra8 $1 29. Ra1 Ree8 30. Rfb1 Kc6 $1 31. Ra2
Rxa4 32. Rxa4 Nxa4 33. Kc2 Nb6 {[%csl Rc4]} 34. Kb3 Ra8 {[%cal Ga8a3]} 35. Bc1
Ra4 $1 {[%csl Rc4][%cal Gb4a5]} 0-1

[Event "Linares 16th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1999.03.06"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[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 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nxc6 Qf6 6. Qd2 dxc6 7. Nc3 Qe7 {
Morozevich's variation again.} 8. Qg5 $1 {[%mdl 16] Probably the best reaction
which was found by little-known international master Mellado Trivino.White
proposes the queen's exchange in order to make use of the better pawn
structure at the endgame.} Nf6 ({Korneev's} 8... Bd4 $5 {deserves serious
attention.} 9. Qxe7+ Nxe7 10. Bf4 f5 $1 11. O-O-O Bxc3 $6 (11... Bxf2 $142) 12.
Bxc7 Bd7 13. bxc3 fxe4 14. Re1 O-O 15. Bd6 Rf7 16. Rxe4 Nd5 17. c4 {1/2-1/2
Van der Wiel,J-Korneev,O/Elgoibar ESP 1998 (17);see comments in CBM 69.}) 9.
Be3 $1 Bxe3 $146 {Black is agree to recieve slightly worse position after this
exchange.} (9... Bd6 $5 {followed up by 11...h6! gives good chances for an
equality.} 10. Bd4 $1 Rg8 11. O-O-O Be6 (11... h6 $142 $1) 12. e5 Nd5 13. Ne4
$1 Qxg5+ 14. Nxg5 Be7 15. Nxe6 fxe6 16. c4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Mellado Trivino,
J-Korneev,O/Elgoibar ESP 1998 (51)see comments in CBM 69.}) 10. Qxe3 $14 {
[%mdl 16] Now every pieces' exchange is in the White's favour.} Be6 {[%cal
Gf6d7]} (10... O-O 11. O-O-O {leads to the same.}) 11. h3 ({An immediate} 11.
O-O-O {deserved an attention as an attempt to make use of the g4-square by} Ng4
$6 12. Qg3 Qc5 {[%csl Rf2]} (12... O-O) 13. Rd2 Rd8 {[%csl Rf2] is refuted by}
14. Rxd8+ Kxd8 15. Be2 $1 Qxf2 $140 $2 (15... Nxf2 $2 16. Rf1 {[%csl Rf2]}) 16.
Rd1+ $1 Kc8 (16... Ke8 17. Qxc7 $18) 17. Bxg4 Qxg3 18. Bxe6+ $18) 11... Nd7 12.
Be2 f6 13. O-O-O O-O 14. Kb1 {Prophylaxis against the pawn attack on the
queen's side.} ({A tactical blow} 14. Nd5 $6 {doesn't promise a lot as after}
Bxd5 $1 (14... cxd5 $2 15. exd5 {[%cal Ge3e7]}) (14... Qd8 $2 15. Nf4 {[%cal
Gd1d8]}) 15. exd5 Qxe3+ 16. fxe3 cxd5 17. Rxd5 Ne5 {[%csl Re3][%cal Gg8f7,
Gf7e7] White remains with a weak pawn on e3.}) (14. Bg4 $5 {proceeding with
the strategy of exchanges was not a bad alternative of 14.Kb1}) (14. Rd2 $5 b5
$140 $6 {[%cal Gd7b6]} 15. Nd5 $1 {Now this idea is much stronger than in the
previous case as the pawn on b5 is falling dawn.} (15. Rhd1 $143 Nb6) 15...
Bxd5 (15... cxd5 16. exd5 $16 {[%cal Ge3e7]}) (15... Qd8 16. Nf4 $1 $16 {
[%cal Gd2d8]}) 16. exd5 Qxe3 17. fxe3 cxd5 18. Rxd5 $16 {[%csl Rb5]}) 14...
Rfe8 15. Bh5 $5 {White is preparing Bg4,but preliminary 15.Bh5 looks useful
since both 15...g6 and 15...Red8 make Black's position slightly worse.} (15.
Rd2 $5) 15... Red8 {Certainly it's better than 15...g6} 16. Ne2 {[%cal Ge2d4,
Ge2f4]} (16. Bg4 $5) 16... Kh8 {freeing the g8 square for the bishop.} 17. Bg4
Ne5 $5 {An interesting pawn sacrifice.} ({After} 17... Bf7 {[%cal Gd7e5]
leaving on the board as many pieces as possible Black has to take in
consideration} 18. Ng3 Ne5 19. Rxd8+ {[%csl Ra7]}) 18. Bxe6 Qxe6 19. b3 ({
In case of} 19. Rxd8+ Rxd8 20. Qxa7 {Black obtains strong initiative.Here are
the examplary variations:} Nc4 $1 {[%cal Ge6e4]} 21. f3 (21. Qxb7 $143 Qxe4 (
21... Nd2+ $5 22. Ka1 $8 (22. Kc1 $4 Qxa2 $19) 22... Qxe4 23. Qxc7 $140 $2 Ra8
$1 {[%cal Ra8a2,Ge4a4,Re4e2]} 24. Nc3 Qxc2 {[%cal Rd2b3]} 25. a3 Rxa3+ $1 26.
bxa3 Nb3#) 22. Qxc7 Re8 23. Re1 (23. Nc3 $4 Qe1+) 23... Nxb2 $1 {[%csl Rb1]
[%cal Ge4e1]}) 21... Qd6 $1 {[%cal Rd6d1,Gd6b4]} 22. Nc1 (22. Rc1 Qb4 (22...
Qd1 23. Qf2 $1 Qd2 24. Qe1 f5 $140 $6 25. exf5 $1 Re8 26. Rd1 $1 Qe3 (26...
Rxe2 27. Qxe2 $1) 27. b3 $1 Nd6 28. Rd2 $16) (22... Qd2 23. Nc3 Qxg2 24. Qxb7
$14) 23. b3 Na3+ 24. Ka1 (24. Kb2 Nc4+ 25. Ka1 (25. Kb1 $11) 25... Qd2 $1 26.
bxc4 Qxe2 27. Qxb7 Qxg2 $36 28. Qxc7 $140 $2 Qd2 $40) 24... Nb5 25. Qe3 Rd2 (
25... Qd2 $5 26. Qxd2 Rxd2 $44) 26. e5 $1 fxe5 $1 (26... Rxe2 $6 27. Rd1 $1 (
27. Qxe2 $4 Qc3+ 28. Kb1 Na3#) 27... Qf8 (27... Qe7 28. Qxe2 Nc3 29. exf6 $1)
28. Qxe2 Nc3 29. Qd2 Nxd1 30. Qxd1 fxe5 31. Qd7 $16) (26... Na3 $2 {[%cal
Rd2e2]} 27. c3 $18) 27. Qxe5 h6 $44 (27... Rxe2 28. Rd1 $1 $16)) 22... b6 $1
$44 {[%csl Ra7][%cal Gc4e3]}) (19. Rd4 $5) 19... a5 {[%cal Ga5a4] taking the
pawn away and preparing a5-a4.} 20. Rxd8+ Rxd8 21. Qa7 {[%csl Ra5,Rb7] Now
when an access to the c4-square is denied White tries to work on the Black's
queen side.} Nf7 22. Nc3 $6 (22. f3 $5) (22. Ng3 $5) 22... Qe5 {Now Black has
no problems.} 23. Qe3 Re8 24. Rd1 Nd6 25. f4 (25. f4 Qe6 {[%cal Ga5a4]})
1/2-1/2

[Event "Beersheba 16th"]
[Site "Beersheba"]
[Date "1997.02.26"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Tseitlin, Mark D"]
[Black "Mikhalevski, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "152"]
[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 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
c4 Ba6 9. Nd2 (9. b3) (9. g3) (9. Qe4 Nf6 10. Qe2 Nd5 11. Nd2 Nb4 12. Nf3 d5
13. a3 Bxc4 14. Qd1 Bxf1 15. Kxf1 Na6 16. Qa4 Nb8 17. Bg5 Qd7 $2 (17... Qe6 $8)
18. Rd1 $2 {0-1 Pierra,J-Fernandez,M/Moscow olm 1994 (33)} (18. e6 $1 fxe6 19.
Ne5 Qd6 20. Qf4 $18)) 9... Nb4 10. Nf3 d5 (10... c5) 11. a3 Bxc4 12. Qd1 Bxf1
13. Kxf1 Na6 14. Qa4 Nb8 15. Bg5 Qe6 $1 (15... Qd7 $2 16. e6 $1 fxe6 17. Ne5
Qd6 18. Qf4 $18) 16. Rc1 (16. Nd4 Qg6) 16... Be7 $1 (16... h6 $2 17. Bh4 Be7
18. Nd4 Qd7 19. e6 fxe6 20. Nxe6 g5 21. Re1 {1-0 Tatai,S-Adorjan,A/Amsterdam
IBM 1977}) 17. Nd4 Qd7 18. e6 (18. Bxe7 Qxe7 19. Nxc6 {1/2:1/2 Makropolou,
M-Voiska,M/ Manila olw 1992} Qd7 $15) (18. h4 O-O 19. Rh3 Re8 20. Bxe7 Rxe7 (
20... Qxe7 $5 $11) 21. Qb4 $44 Qe8 22. f4 Nd7 23. Rxc6 Nf8 24. Rc2 Ne6 25. Nc6
Rd7 26. Rg3 d4 27. f5 Nd8 28. Nxd4 c5 29. Rxc5 Nb7 30. e6 Nxc5 31. Qxc5 $2 (31.
exd7 $16) 31... fxe6 32. fxe6 Qf8+ 33. Qxf8+ Rxf8+ 34. Nf3 Re7 $17 {1/2-1/2
Strikovic,A-Voiska,M/Zaragoza op 1993 (52)}) 18... fxe6 19. Bxe7 Kxe7 $1 (19...
Qxe7 $2 20. Nxe6) 20. Qb4+ (20. Nxe6 $2 Kxe6) 20... Qd6 21. Qb7 Nd7 22. Rxc6
Rhb8 $1 23. Qa6 Qf4 $1 24. Ne2 (24. Rxe6+ Kf8 $19) 24... Qd2 (24... Qe5 $17)
25. g3 Rb6 (25... Rxb2 26. Rxe6+ Kf7 27. Re3 Re8 28. Qxa7 Rxe3 29. Qxe3 Qxe3
30. fxe3 Rb3) 26. Rxb6 cxb6 27. b4 $1 Qc2 28. Kg2 Qe4+ 29. f3 Qc4 30. Qxc4 dxc4
31. Rc1 Rc8 32. Kf2 Nf6 (32... e5) 33. Nd4 Kd7 34. f4 e5 $1 35. fxe5 Ng4+ 36.
Kf3 Nxe5+ 37. Ke4 Ng4 38. Nb5 $6 a6 39. Nc3 Nxh2 40. Rh1 Ng4 41. Kd4 Nf6 42. a4
h5 43. Rf1 Ke6 44. Re1+ Kf5 45. Re5+ (45. Re7 Rd8+ 46. Kxc4 Rd7 (46... Rc8+ 47.
Kd4 Rxc3 $4 48. Re5+)) 45... Kg4 46. Re7 (46. Re6 Kxg3 47. Rxb6 h4 $19 (47...
Rd8+ $2 48. Kxc4 Rc8+ 49. Kd4 Rxc3 50. Rxf6 $13)) 46... Rd8+ (46... g5 $5 47.
Re6 Kf5 48. Re5+ (48. Rxb6 $2 Rd8+ 49. Kxc4 Rc8+ 50. Kd4 Rxc3 51. Rxf6+ Kxf6
52. Kxc3 h4 53. gxh4 gxh4 $18 54. b5 axb5 55. axb5 (55. a5 h3) 55... Ke6) 48...
Kg6 49. Re6 Kf7 (49... Kf5 50. Re5+ Kg4 51. Re6 Rd8+ 52. Kxc4 Kf5 53. Re3 (53.
Rxb6 $2 Rc8+ 54. Kd4 Rxc3 55. Rxf6+ Kxf6 56. Kxc3 h4 $19) 53... Rd6) 50. Rxb6
h4 (50... Rd8+ $2 51. Kxc4 Rc8+ 52. Kd4 Rxc3 $4 53. Rb7+) 51. gxh4 gxh4 52.
Rb7+ (52. Ne2 Re8) (52. b5 a5 53. Rc6 (53. Rb7+ Kg6 54. Rb6 Kf5 55. Rc6 Rxc6
56. bxc6 Ke6 57. Ne2 Kd6 58. Nf4 Kxc6 59. Kxc4 Ne4 $19) 53... Rxc6 54. bxc6 Ke7
55. Ne2 h3 56. Ng3 Kd6 57. Kxc4 Kxc6 $19) 52... Kg6 53. Ne2 (53. Rb6 $2 Kg5)
53... Re8 $19) 47. Kxc4 Rd7 48. Re3 Rc7+ 49. Kd4 Rd7+ 50. Kc4 Rd6 51. b5 a5 52.
Ne2 g5 53. Re7 Nd7 54. Nc3 Nc5 55. Rc7 Ne6 56. Rc6 Rd4+ 57. Kb3 Nc5+ 58. Ka3
Rc4 59. Nd5 Rxa4+ 60. Kb2 Rd4 61. Nxb6 Rb4+ (61... Na4+ $2 62. Nxa4 Rxa4 63.
Rc3 (63. Kc3 $5) 63... Re4 64. b6 Re7 65. Rb3 Rb7 66. Ka3 Rxb6 67. Rxb6 Kxg3
68. Rb5 Kh4 (68... Kg4 69. Rxa5 h4 70. Kb3 h3 71. Kc3 h2 72. Ra1 Kh3 73. Kd3 g4
74. Ke3 Kg2 (74... g3 75. Kf3 g2 76. Ra8 g1=N+ $10) 75. Kf4 $10) 69. Kb3 $10)
62. Kc3 Ne4+ 63. Kd3 Kf3 $1 64. Nd5 Rxb5 65. Kd4 Rb1 66. Ke5 Re1 67. Kf5 Nxg3+
68. Kg6 (68. Kxg5 Re5+ 69. Kh4 Nf5+) 68... Re5 69. Rc3+ Kg4 70. Nf6+ Kh4 71.
Rc2 Kh3 72. Nh7 Ne4 73. Re2 g4 $1 74. Nf6 Re6 75. Rxe4 Rxe4 76. Nxe4 g3 0-1

[Event "NED-ch52"]
[Site "Rotterdam"]
[Date "1997.06.29"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Van der Wiel, John"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "1997.06.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 060"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
c4 Nb6 9. Nc3 Qe6 (9... a5 10. Qe4 g6 11. Bd3 Bg7 12. f4 O-O 13. O-O d5 $2 14.
cxd5 cxd5 15. Nxd5 Qc5+ 16. Be3 $1 Qxd5 17. Bxb6 Qxe4 18. Bxe4 cxb6 19. Bxa8
Ba6 20. Bd5 Bxf1 21. Kxf1 $16 {_|_ Yakovich,Y-Sokolov,I/Oviedo 25' (11) ;EXP
38 1993}) (9... Bb7 10. Bf4 $6 O-O-O 11. O-O-O h6 12. h4 Qe6 13. Rh3 Ba6 $15 {
Arnold,L-Ketterer,C/Baden Baden op (07) ;TD 93\06 1993}) (9... Ba6 10. Qe4 Qe6
11. b3 Bb4 12. Bd2 Bxc3 13. Bxc3 d5 14. Qf3 dxc4 15. Be2 O-O 16. O-O Rad8 17.
Rfe1 Rfe8 18. Rac1 c5 19. Bf1 Nd5 20. bxc4 Nb4 $1 21. Bxb4 cxb4 22. Qe3 {
1/2-1/2 Ljubojevic,L-Spassky,B/Montreal (06) ;MCL 02 1979}) (9... g6) 10. Bd2 (
10. Qe4 d5 (10... Be7 11. Bd3 f6 12. exf6 Qxe4+ 13. Nxe4 gxf6 14. Bf4 Ba6 15.
Nd2 O-O-O 16. O-O d5 17. Rfc1 dxc4 18. Bf1 Nd5 19. Bh6 Rhg8 20. Nxc4 Bxc4 21.
Rxc4 Rg6 22. Bd2 Nb6 23. Rc2 $14 {1-0 Radu,E-Ambats,J/WchJW Buenos Aires 1993 
(37)}) ({Blatny;Polgar,J} 10... Bb4 11. Bd2 a5 (11... Ba6 $5 12. c5 $5 $13) 12.
f4 (12. Bd3 $1) 12... d5 (12... Bxc3 13. Bxc3 d5 14. Qc2 dxc4 15. Be2 $14 {
^^,קc4,c6,c7}) 13. exd6 cxd6 (13... Bxc3 14. Qxe6+ Bxe6 15. Bxc3 cxd6 16. Rd1
Ke7 17. b3 f6 18. g3 {/\Bg2+/=}) 14. O-O-O Qxe4 15. Nxe4 d5 16. cxd5 (16. Bxb4
axb4 17. Nd6+ Ke7) 16... cxd5 17. Bxb4 (17. Nc3 $5) 17... axb4 (17... dxe4 18.
Bc5 $14) 18. Nd6+ Ke7 19. Nxc8+ Rhxc8+ 20. Kb1 Ra5 (20... Kd6 21. Bd3 h6 22.
Rhe1 Re8 $10) (20... Rc5 $1 21. Rd4 b3 22. a3 Ra4) 21. Rd4 $1 b3 $2 (21... Nc4
$142 22. Bxc4 Rxc4 $10) 22. a3 (22. axb3 Rca8 23. Rd1 Ra1+ 24. Kc2 Rxd1 25.
Kxd1 Ra1+ 26. Kd2 Rb1 27. Kc2 Re1 $10) 22... Ra4 $6 (22... Nc4) (22... Rc2 23.
Rb4 Nc4 24. Rxb3) (22... Nc4 23. Be2) (22... Rac5 23. Ba6 R8c7 24. Rhd1) 23.
Rd3 (23. Rxa4 Nxa4 24. Bb5 Nc5) 23... Re4 (23... Rxf4 24. Rxb3 $16 {_|_ o^a+b}
(24. Rxb3 Nc4 25. Bxc4 Rcxc4 26. Rd1 $14)) 24. Rxb3 Re1+ 25. Ka2 Nc4 26. g3 $1
Nd2 (26... Ne3 $2 27. Ba6 Rxh1 28. Rxe3+ Kd7 29. Bxc8+ Kxc8 30. Re7 d4 31. Kb3
d3 32. Kc3 Rxh2 33. Rxf7 d2 34. Kc2 d1=Q+ 35. Kxd1 Rxb2 36. Rxg7 $18) (26...
Kd6 27. Rd3 Ne3 28. Bh3 $16) (26... Nxb2 27. Rxb2 Rcc1 28. a4 $16) 27. Rb7+ Kd6
28. Rd7+ $1 Kxd7 29. Bb5+ (29. Bh3+ $2 Re6) 29... Kd6 30. Rxe1 $18 {_|_ R 9/i}
Nf3 31. Rd1 Nxh2 32. Be2 $1 Rc2 $8 33. Bd3 Rg2 34. a4 $2 Rxg3 35. a5 Re3 36. b4
Ng4 37. Bf1 Re4 38. Rb1 Ne3 39. Bd3 Rxf4 $2 40. Kb3 $1 Nc4 41. Bxc4 dxc4+ 42.
Ka4 Kc6 $6 43. b5+ Kc5 $2 44. b6 c3+ 45. Ka3 $1 $18 Rf3 46. Kb3 Kc6 47. Kc2 $1
{1-0 Polgar,J-Piket,J/Aruba m2 1995}) (10... Ba6 $142 {-- 9...Ba6}) 11. exd6
cxd6 12. Bd3 Qxe4+ 13. Bxe4 Bb7 14. b3 d5 15. cxd5 cxd5 16. Bf3 Bb4 17. Bd2 O-O
18. Ne2 Ba3 19. O-O Rac8 20. Be3 Ba6 21. Rfd1 Rfd8 22. Nf4 Bb7 23. Bd4 Kf8 24.
Nh5 f6 25. Nf4 Rd6 26. Rab1 a5 27. Nd3 Nd7 28. Rd2 Nc5 29. Nxc5 Bxc5 30. Rc1
Bxd4 31. Rxc8+ Bxc8 32. Rxd4 Bb7 33. Kf1 Re6 34. g3 Bc6 {Mukhametov,E-Muco,F/
Bern op 1995/1/2-1/2 (61)}) 10... Ba6 $5 $146 (10... a5 11. Qe4 Ba6 12. b3 d5
13. exd6 cxd6 14. Be3 Qxe4 15. Nxe4 d5 16. Bxb6 dxe4 17. c5 Bxf1 18. Rxf1 Be7
19. O-O-O f5 20. Rfe1 O-O 21. Kc2 Rf6 22. f3 Re6 23. fxe4 fxe4 24. Rd4 e3 25.
Kd3 Re8 26. Re2 Re5 27. a3 Bxc5 28. Bxc5 Rxc5 29. Rxe3 Rxe3+ 30. Kxe3 Rc3+ 31.
Rd3 Rc2 {1/2-1/2 Van der Wiel,J-Cifuentes Parada,R/Leeuwarden op 1994}) 11. b3
$8 Bc5 (11... Ba3 $5 12. Qe4 $1 O-O-O $1 13. c5 $140 Bxf1 14. cxb6 d5 $3 $13)
12. Qe4 O-O-O 13. Be2 Rde8 (13... f5 14. exf6 Qxf6 15. O-O Rde8 16. Qf3 Rhf8
$11) 14. f4 f6 (14... f5 15. Qf3 d6 16. exd6 (16. Qxc6 $4 Bb7 17. Qb5 Bxg2 $17)
16... Qxd6 17. O-O-O {See the game with 'a' pawn on a4.}) 15. a4 $1 f5 (15...
fxe5 16. a5 Na8 17. f5 {><a8}) (15... Kb8 16. a5 Nc8 17. b4 Bf8 $13) 16. Qf3 d6
17. exd6 Qxd6 18. O-O-O Bd4 (18... Re7 19. Rhe1 (19. b4 $2 Bxb4 20. c5 Bxe2 21.
cxd6 Bxf3 22. dxe7 Bxd1 $19) 19... Rhe8 (19... Rd8 $2 20. b4 $1 Bxb4 21. c5
Bxe2 22. cxd6 Bxf3 23. dxe7 $18) 20. b4 Bxb4 21. c5 Bxe2 22. cxd6 Bxf3 23. Rxe7
$1 Rxe7 24. dxe7 Ba3+ 25. Kb1 $8 Bh5 $8 26. Re1 Kd7 {/\Be7~~}) (18... Re6 $5)
19. Bd3 Qc5 (19... Qf6 $5 {/\Bb7,c5}) 20. Rhe1 g6 21. Kc2 Bb7 22. Rxe8+ Rxe8
23. Re1 Rxe1 $11 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cancan Veterans-Women"]
[Site "Roquebrune"]
[Date "1998.09.08"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Arakhamia Grant, Ketevan"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1998.09.07"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 067"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 4152]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nxc6 Qf6 6. Qd2
dxc6 7. Nc3 Ne7 (7... Qe7 {is getting popular(see Rublevsky- Morozevich,1998 
(CBM66) and Landa-Ibragimov,1998 (CBM67)}) 8. Qf4 Be6 {This move has become
popular after Anand-Shirov,linares 1997.Let's give word to Shirov.He says: I
made this move quickly but since Anand sank into thought I realised that I
probably confused something. It's true because in fact Topalov played} (8...
Ng6 9. Qxf6 gxf6 {. But it seems that my move ('home-prepared' as any other
commentator would put it) appears to be a good novelty. White anyway will be
forced to change queens and Black gets even quicker development than in case
of 8...Ng6.}) 9. Qxf6 gxf6 10. Na4 {'N+/-!' Timoshenko,G} (10. Bh6 {'N!?'
Nadanian,A.} Rg8 (10... Bd4 $5) 11. Rd1 Rd8 $6 (11... f5 $1 12. g3 (12. exf5
Nxf5 $11) (12. a3 $5) 12... Bb4 $1 13. Bd3 fxe4 14. Bxe4 Bxa2 15. O-O (15. Bxh7
$2 Bxc3+ 16. bxc3 Rh8 $19) 15... Bxc3 16. bxc3 Bd5 $1 (16... Be6 $5 17. h4 $1 {
/\ Bg5~/=}) 17. Rfe1 Bxe4 18. Rxe4 Rg6 19. Rde1 (19. Bf4 $6 Re6 $15) 19... Re6
20. Rxe6 fxe6 21. Rxe6 Kf7 $11) 12. Rxd8+ Kxd8 13. g3 Bd4 (13... Bb4 {1-0
Vorobiov-Demianjuk/Moscow 1998/CBM63(41)}) 14. Bd3 $1 Kc8 (14... Bxc3+ $6 15.
bxc3 Bxa2 16. c4 $16) 15. Bd2 $1 f5 16. b3 $1 $14 {Minasian-Nadanian,Armenia
(ch) 1997}) (10. f4 f5 11. Bd2 {Shirov: Anand rejected} (11. Na4 Bb4+ 12. c3
Bd6 13. e5 b5) 11... O-O-O 12. O-O-O Rhg8 13. g3 h5 $5 {Shirov: Black still
has some positional disadvantage and his chances are in active play. Now White
opts for a forced line that at the end of all leads to draw.} 14. Bh3 (14. Be2
h4 15. gxh4 Rg2) 14... h4 15. Na4 $1 {Shirov: Now it looks like Black is in
danger as the f5 pawn is going to be hanging. So thought I but after some half
an hour of thought I found more or less clear path to draw.} Bf2 16. Bb4 Rxd1+
$1 17. Rxd1 (17. Kxd1 hxg3 18. hxg3 Kd8) 17... hxg3 18. hxg3 {Shirov: No time
for} (18. Bxe7 gxh2) 18... b5 $1 19. Bxe7 bxa4 20. Bxf5 {Shirov: It was
important to notice in advance that after} (20. exf5 Bxa2) 20... Bxf5 21. exf5
Be3+ 22. Kb1 Rxg3 23. Rd8+ Kb7 24. a3 Bxf4 25. Rf8 Be5 {1/2-1/2 Anand-Shirov,
linares 1997} (25... Be5 26. Rxf7 Rg1+ 27. Ka2 Rg2 28. Kb1 Rg1+)) 10... Bb6 $5
$146 {The contribution of 7-th World Champion in new theory.The text move
doesn't look logical as Black is parting with one of his bishops,but let's
look the game and we'll see that it's not bad at all.} ({Almost in all known
games White played} 10... Bb4+ 11. c3 {'!' Timoshenko,G.} (11. Bd2 Bxd2+ 12.
Kxd2 f5 (12... O-O-O+ 13. Bd3 b6 {1-0 Shaked,T-Benjamin,J/New York 1998/CBM 64/
[Mikhalevski,V] (45)} (13... f5)) 13. Re1 O-O-O+ 14. Kc1 fxe4 15. Nc5 Bf5 16.
Nxe4 Nd5 17. Bd3 Bg6 18. Nc5 b6 19. Bxg6 hxg6 20. Nd3 $14 {1-0 Palac,
M-Malaniuk,V/4th World Team Ch, Lucerne SUI 1997 (41)}) 11... Bd6 12. Be3 b6 (
12... f5 13. Bd4 Rg8 (13... f6 14. Bxf6 Rf8 15. Bd4 $1 (15. e5 b5 16. Bg7 Rg8
17. exd6 cxd6 $13) 15... fxe4 16. Nc5 $16) 14. e5 b5 15. exd6 (15. Nc5 Bxc5 16.
Bxc5 Ng6 $14) 15... cxd6 16. Nc5 dxc5 17. Bxc5 $14 {[%cal Ga2a4] 1/2-1/2 Moroz,
A-Timoshenko,G/Enakievo 1997/Inf 70/[Timoshenko,G] (33)}) (12... Rg8 13. f4 $16
) 13. f4 Bd7 (13... c5 14. c4 O-O-O 15. Nc3 c6 16. Rd1 Kb7 17. Kf2 f5 18. e5
Bc7 19. Be2 h5 20. b3 h4 21. Bf3 a6 22. a4 a5 23. Nb5 Bb8 24. Nc3 Bc7 25. Rxd8
Bxd8 26. Rd1 Kc7 27. Rd6 {1/2-1/2 Kolev,A-Korneev,O/Open, Malaga ESP 1998 (27)}
) 14. c4 Bb4+ 15. Bd2 Bxd2+ 16. Kxd2 O-O-O 17. Nc3 Ng6 18. g3 h5 19. Ke3 h4 20.
Be2 f5 21. e5 Rhe8 22. Kf2 $14 {1/2-1/2 Lautier,J-Shirov,A/Amber Rapid, Monte
Carlo MON 1998 (108)}) (10... Bd6 11. f4 (11. Be3 f5 12. Bd4 Rg8 13. e5 Rg4
$132 {Moroz,A}) 11... Rg8 12. Bd2 Bg4 13. f5 h5 14. Be3 h4 15. Nc5 O-O-O {
and Black is OK.1-0 Parligras,M-Bazant,P/Eu Youth bu18, Mureck AUT 1998 (34)})
11. Bd2 Rg8 12. f4 f5 13. e5 O-O-O 14. Nxb6+ (14. O-O-O Bf2 $5) 14... cxb6 {
Let's look at this strange pawn structure: pawn ending would be lost for Black
as White has an extra pawn on the king side,but now king side is well-blocked,
black's rook is active on the semiopen g-file and Black can develop initiative
on the queen side where he has double,but an exra pawn.} 15. O-O-O c5 16. Rg1
Nc6 17. b3 a5 18. Bd3 Kc7 19. Rde1 (19. Kb2 $5) 19... Nb4 $1 {Now White has to
say good-bye to her bishop as pawn on a2 is hanging.} 20. Bxb4 axb4 $15 {
Pawn structure has changed in the Black's favour and White has to be careful
to hold the position.} 21. Kb2 {The'a' pawn has to be protected.} Rd4 22. g3
Kc6 23. Rd1 Rgd8 {[%cal Gb6b5,Gc5c4]} 24. Be2 {White changes rooks and
equalizes.} Rxd1 (24... Rd2 $6 {would let White move Black's king out of the
centre.} 25. Bf3+ $1 (25. Kc1) 25... Kc7 26. Rxd2 Rxd2 27. Rg2 Rd4 28. a3 $14 {
[%cal Ga3b4,Gb2c1,Gg2d2]}) 25. Rxd1 Rxd1 26. Bxd1 Kd5 $1 $11 {First of all
Black has to make active his king.} 27. Kc1 (27. Bf3+ {is dangerous,but
possible despite pawns on the king side are becoming target for the Black's
king.} Kd4 28. Bxb7 Bd5 $5 {despite an exra pawn the pawn ending is in the
Black's favour thanks to the active king.} (28... Ke3 29. Kc1 $1 {White has to
be in time on f2.} (29. c4 Kf2 30. Bd5 h5 $1 {and White has to look for escape
as Ke3-f2-g1:h2:g3 is threatening.} ({but not} 30... Kg1 $2 31. Bxe6 fxe6 32.
g4 $1 fxg4 33. f5 $1 Kxh2 34. fxe6 g3 35. e7 g2 36. e8=Q g1=Q 37. Qh5+ Kg3 38.
Qg5+ Kf2 39. Qxg1+ Kxg1 40. e6 {and White wins}) 31. Kc2 Kg1 32. h3 (32. h4 $5
Kf2 33. Kd3 Kxg3 34. Ke3 {and White keep equality.}) 32... Kf2 33. Kd3 $1 (33.
Bxe6 $2 fxe6 34. g4 hxg4 35. hxg4 fxg4 36. f5 exf5 37. e6 g3 38. e7 g2 39. e8=Q
g1=Q $17) 33... Kxg3 34. Ke3 h4 35. Bc6 {and White survive.} Kxh3 $140 36. Kf3
$11) 29... Kf2 (29... h5 30. Kd1 $1 h4 $5 (30... Kf2 31. Kd2) 31. Ke1 (31. gxh4
Kxf4 32. h5 Kxe5 $11) 31... hxg3 32. hxg3 $11 {Positional draw as only bishops
are mobile,but they can't change anything.}) 30. Kd2 Kg1 31. Ke3 Kxh2 32. Kf2
$11) 29. Bc8 $142 (29. Bxd5 $2 Kxd5 30. c3 (30. Kc1 Ke4 31. Kd2 Kf3 32. Kd3 h5
(32... Kg2 $2 33. g4 fxg4 34. f5 Kxh2 35. e6 fxe6 36. fxe6 g3 37. e7 g2 38.
e8=Q g1=Q 39. Qh5+ $11) 33. Kc4 (33. Kd2 Kg2 34. Ke3 Kxh2 35. Kf2 Kh3 36. Kf3
h4 $19) 33... Kg2 34. Kd5 Kxh2 35. e6 fxe6+ 36. Kxe6 Kxg3 37. Kxf5 h4 {and
Black is first.}) 30... Ke4 31. cxb4 cxb4 32. Kc2 h5 $1 33. Kd2 Kf3 34. Ke1 Kg2
35. Ke2 Kxh2 36. Kf2 Kh3 37. Kf3 h4 {and Black wins.}) 29... Be6 30. Bb7 $11 (
30. Bxe6 $2 {loses.} fxe6 31. Kc1 Ke3 32. Kd1 h5 $1 (32... Kf3 $5 33. Ke1 h5
$19 {[%cal Gh5h4]} (33... Kg2 34. g4 fxg4 35. f5 exf5 36. e6 h5 (36... f4 37.
e7 f3 38. e8=Q f2+ 39. Kd2 f1=Q $19))) 33. Ke1 h4 $19)) 27... Ke4 28. Kd2 b5 {
[%cal Gc5c4,Ge6d5]} 29. Bh5 Bd5 30. Ke2 Kd4 {[%cal Gd4c3]} 31. Kd2 c4 32. Bd1
Be4 $11 {and activity of Black's king compensates damaged pawn structure.}
1/2-1/2

[Event "Mermaid Beach Club"]
[Site "Bermuda"]
[Date "1999.01.26"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ashley, Maurice"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2473"]
[BlackElo "2561"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "1999.01.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "BER"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bb4+ 5. c3 Bc5 {Favourite continuation
of A.Miles.Black has been preparing Nge7 followed by d5.} 6. Bb5 $146 {This
move is already a novelty.White usually preferes 6.Be3 or 6.N:c6(Kasparov-Leko,
Tilburg 1997).See my comments of Van der Wiel-Ernst,1998 in CBM66.} Nge7 ({Now
} 6... Qf6 $6 {is not logical as Black gets well-known position without a
tempo.} 7. Be3 {In the 4...Bc5 line white's bishop is still on f1 at the same
position.}) 7. O-O O-O 8. Bg5 Bb6 $1 {[%cal Gc6d4]} 9. Re1 (9. Bxc6 $6 dxc6 (
9... Bxd4 $2 10. Bxd7 $1 $16 Bxf2+ $140 $2 11. Rxf2 Bxd7 12. Rd2) 10. Nxc6 $6 (
10. Na3 $142) 10... bxc6 (10... Qxd1 $4 11. Nxe7+ $18) 11. Qxd8 Rxd8 12. Bxe7
Re8 $15) (9. Nf5 f6 10. Nxe7+ Nxe7 (10... Qxe7 $5 11. Qd5+ Kh8 12. Bf4 Ne5 $1 {
[%cal Gc7c6]}) 11. Bh4 d5 $11) (9. Nxc6 $142 $1 bxc6 (9... dxc6 10. Bc4 $5 $14
{[%mdl 16]} (10. Qxd8 Rxd8 11. Bc4 $14 {[%mdl 16] and White is slightly better
in both cases thanks to an extra pawn on the king side.} (11. Bxe7 $2 Re8 12.
Bxc6 bxc6 $15 (12... Rxe7 $5 13. Rd1 $1 g6 14. Rd8+ $140 $6 Kg7 15. Re8 $2 Rxe8
16. Bxe8 c6 $1 {[%csl Re8]})))) 10. Bc4 $1 {making d7-d5 difficult.} (10. Bd3
$5) 10... d5 {Black can try to get counterplay at the price of a pawn.} (10...
Qe8 $5 {[%cal Ge7g6,Gg6e5]}) 11. exd5 cxd5 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Bxd5 (13. Qxd5
$143 Bg4 $1 14. h3 Rad8 $44) 13... Rb8 {[%csl Rf2][%cal Gc8a6,Gb8d8,Ge7f6]
with some compensation.}) 9... Nxd4 10. cxd4 d5 11. Nc3 (11. exd5 $5 f6 12. Bc4
{[%cal Gd5d6]} Kh8 $1 {[%cal Ge7d5]} (12... Nxd5 $143 13. Nc3 fxg5 (13... c6
14. Bf4 $14 {[%csl Rd5][%cal Gd1h5,Gd1f3]} (14. Bh4 $5 $14)) 14. Nxd5 Kh8 15.
Qd2 $14) 13. Bh4 $5 (13. Bd2 Nxd5 14. Nc3 c6) 13... Nf5 (13... Nxd5 14. Nc3 $14
) 14. Bg3 Bxd4 15. Nc3 Bxc3 16. bxc3 Nxg3 17. hxg3 $14 {[%csl Re6,Re7] /=}) (
11. e5 h6 $1 12. Bh4 (12. Be3 Nf5 $1 {[%csl Rd4][%cal Gd8h4]}) (12. Bxe7 Qxe7
$15 {[%csl Rd4][%cal Ge7h4]}) 12... c6 (12... g5 $5 13. Bg3 Nf5 {[%csl Rd4]})
13. Ba4 g5 14. Bg3 Nf5 {[%csl Rd4]}) 11... f6 12. Be3 Kh8 $5 13. Qd2 $6 (13.
exd5 $142 $5 Nxd5 14. Nxd5 Qxd5 15. Ba4 $5 {[%cal Ga4b3]}) (13. Bd3) 13... c6
14. Bd3 dxe4 15. Bxe4 Bf5 $1 {[%csl Rd4][%mdl 32] Exchange of white-squared
bishops is clearly in the Black's favour.} 16. Bf3 Be6 $1 {[%cal Ge7d5,Gd8d7]
[%mdl 32]} 17. Na4 $6 (17. Bf4 $142 Bd5 (17... Bf7 18. Rad1 Nd5 19. Bg3 (19.
Nxd5 $143 Bxd5 20. Bxd5 Qxd5 $15 {[%csl Rd4][%cal Gf8e8,Gd5a2]})) 18. Bg4 $1
$11) (17. d5 $6 Bxd5 $1 (17... cxd5 $4 18. Bxb6 Qxb6 19. Qe2 $18) (17... Nxd5
$4 18. Bxb6 $18 {[%cal Ge1e6]})) 17... Bd5 $1 {[%mdl 32] The prolongation of
the same strategy.} 18. Bg4 Ng6 $1 $15 {[%csl Rd4,Re3][%cal Gf6f5,Gf5f4] By
the series of strong moves Black takes initiative in his hands.} 19. Nc5 $4 {
[%mdl 8192] After this careless move White loses by force.} (19. Nc3 {was
necessary with chances to equalize.}) 19... f5 $19 {[%cal Gf5f4]} 20. Bg5 (20.
Bh5 f4 21. Bxg6 fxe3 22. Qxe3 hxg6 $19) 20... Ba5 $1 {[%mdl 64] Perhaps White
missed this strong intermediate move.Now all is over.} (20... Ba5 $1 21. b4 (
21. Qe3 f4 $1 22. Bxd8 fxe3 {[%cal Ge3f2]} 23. Rxe3 Bxd8 $19) (21. Qc1 Qc7 $19
{winning an exchange.} 22. Bf3 $140 Bxe1) 21... Bxb4 $1 22. Qxb4 Qxg5 23. Bh3
Nf4 $19) 0-1

[Event "Cancan Veterans-Women"]
[Site "Roquebrune"]
[Date "1998.09.10"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Arakhamia Grant, Ketevan"]
[Black "Hort, Vlastimil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1998.09.07"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 067"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 5232]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. c3 Nge7
7. Bc4 O-O 8. O-O Bb6 9. Kh1 ({Another Kasparov's idea} 9. Nc2 {Ketevan would
try a weak later against B.Spassky.Analysis of this game and information about
other moves you can find in my comments in CBM67)}) 9... h6 $146 (9... Rd8 10.
Qh5 h6 11. Nd2 d5 12. exd5 Nxd4 13. cxd4 Bf5 $1 $44 {1/2-1/2 Kasparov,G-Kamsky,
G/Tilburg 1991/CBM 26 (40)}) (9... Qg6 10. Nd2 (10. Bd3 Qf6 $6 (10... Ne5 $5)
11. f4 $1 $14 {0-1 Chong,D-Bell,A/Chicago 1994/EXT 94op2 (30)}) 10... Nxd4 (
10... Kh8 11. f4 f5 12. e5 d6 13. exd6 cxd6 14. N2f3 Na5 $13 {[%cal Ge7d5] 0-1
Ibanez Aullana,J-Garbisu,U/St.Feliu 1994/EXT 97 (42)}) 11. Bxd4 (11. cxd4 Nc6
$1 {[%csl Rd4,Re4]}) 11... Bxd4 12. cxd4 Nc6 13. d5 Nd4 (13... Ne5 14. Be2 $14)
14. Bd3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Relange,E-Herb,P/FRA-chT 1993/TD 93\08 (24)} (14. Rc1 $5))
(9... Ne5 10. Be2 d6 (10... Qg6 11. Nd2 (11. f4 $5) 11... d5 12. Bh5 Qd6 13. f4
N5c6 14. f5 $13 {1-0 Paszler,J-Hidegoblyos,G/HUN-chT2 1994/TD 94\03 (35)} (14.
e5 $5) (14. Nb5 $5)) 11. f4 N5c6 12. Qd2 Nxd4 13. cxd4 d5 14. e5 Qg6 15. Nc3
$14 {1-0 Fercec,N-Ashcic,P/Porec 1994/EXT 94ch2 (29)}) 10. f4 (10. Nc2 $5)
10... Nxd4 11. cxd4 (11. Bxd4 $142 Bxd4 12. Qxd4) 11... d5 $1 {Now Black is
taking initiative in his hands.} 12. e5 ({Capture on d5 leads to very
comfortable play for Black.} 12. Bxd5 $6 Nxd5 13. exd5 Re8 $36) 12... Qh4 $1 {
[%cal Ge7f5,Rf5g3,Rf5e3,Rf5d4]} (12... Qg6 13. Be2 (13. Bd3 Bf5 {in the
Black's favour.}) {and} 13... Qe4 $6 {[%cal Ge7f5] /\Nf5} {can be met by} 14.
Bg1 {[%cal Gb1c3] /\Nc3}) 13. g3 $8 (13. Be2 $2 Nf5 {[%cal Rf5g3,Rf5e3]} 14.
Bf2 Qxf4) (13. Bb3 $2 Nf5 {[%cal Rf5e3,Rf5g3]} 14. Bf2 Qxf4 15. Bg1 Qh4 (15...
Qg5 $5 {[%csl Rd4][%cal Gf5e3]}) 16. Bf2 Qd8 $17) 13... Qh3 14. Be2 f6 {
Most agressive move.} (14... h5 $5 {[%cal Gh5h4] is interesting.Black is
preparing h5-h4,but not 15...Bg4 because of 16.B:g4 hg 17.f5!} 15. Nc3 (15. Bf2
$6 Bg4 {[%cal Ge7f5]}) (15. Bxh5 $2 Nf5 16. Bf2 Bxd4 17. Bg4 $140 Nxg3+ $1)
15... h4 16. Bf2 hxg3 17. Bxg3 Nf5 18. Bf2 c6 {[%cal Gf5e3]}) (14... Nf5 15.
Bf2 Bxd4 $2 16. Bxd4 Nxg3+ 17. Kg1 Nxf1 18. Qxf1 {in the White's favour.}) 15.
Bf2 ({as the following variations show} 15. Nc3 $5 {is also playable:} fxe5 (
15... Nf5 $6 16. Bf2 fxe5 $6 (16... c6 $142) 17. Bf3 $1 {[%csl Rh3][%cal Gf3g2,
Gf3d5]}) 16. fxe5 Nf5 17. Bf2 (17. Rf3 Nxe3 18. Rxe3 Be6 $1 $15 {[%csl Rd4]
[%cal Gb6d4]} (18... Bxd4 $140 $2 19. Rf3 $1 (19. Qxd4 $2 Rf2 20. Qxd5+ Be6 $19
) 19... c5 (19... Rxf3 $6 20. Bxf3 Bxe5 $2 21. Qxd5+ Qe6 22. Re1 $1 $18) 20.
Nxd5 {[%cal Gd5e7]} Be6)) (17. Bf4 $2 g5 18. Bg4 Nxg3+ $1 19. Bxg3 Bxg4 20. Qd3
c6 $17) 17... Bxd4 $1 (17... c6 $5) (17... Be6 $5) 18. Bf3 $1 {[%cal Gf3g2]} (
18. Bg4 $2 Nxg3+ $1 19. Bxg3 Bxg4 $1) (18. Bxd4 $2 Nxg3+ 19. Kg1 Nxf1 20. Bxf1
Rxf1+ $1 21. Qxf1 Qg4+ 22. Kh1 Qxd4 $19) 18... Bxf2 19. Rxf2 (19. Qxd5+ $2 Be6
$1 20. Qxe6+ Kh8 {[%csl Re6][%cal Gf5g3]}) 19... Ne3 $5 (19... Nxg3+ 20. Kg1
Nf5 21. Qxd5+ Kh8 22. Qc5 $44) 20. Qe2 (20. Qd3 $4 Rxf3) (20. Bxd5+ Be6 21.
Bxe6+ Qxe6 22. Qb3 Qxb3 23. Rxf8+ Rxf8 24. axb3 Rf2 $1 $15) 20... d4 (20... Bg4
$5 21. Qxe3 Rxf3 $1 22. Rxf3 d4 $1 23. Qd3 Bxf3+ 24. Qxf3 dxc3 {[%cal Ga8f8]})
21. Nd5 $1 {[%cal Gd5e7,Gd5e3]} Nxd5 22. Bxd5+ Be6 23. Qc4 $1 Bxd5+ 24. Qxd5+
Kh8 25. Qxd4 {and White survive.}) 15... fxe5 (15... Be6 {[%cal Gf6e5] can be
met by} 16. Bf3 {[%cal Gf3g2]}) 16. dxe5 (16. fxe5 Be6 $5 {[%cal Gf8f7,Ga8f8]}
(16... Nf5 $6 17. Bf3 {[%cal Gf3g2,Gf3d5]})) 16... Be6 {[%cal Ge7f5]} 17. Bxb6
(17. Kg1 d4 (17... Nf5 $140 $4 18. Bg4)) (17. Nc3 d4 $1) (17. Bf3 $5) 17...
axb6 18. Nc3 Nf5 {[%cal Gf5e3,Gf5g3]} 19. Rg1 {[%cal Re2g4,Re2f1]} (19. Qd3 $6
d4 20. Ne4 Ne3 21. Rf2 c5 $17 {[%csl Ge3]}) 19... Ne3 (19... d4 $4 20. Bf1 $1)
20. Qd2 d4 21. Qxd4 $5 (21. Ne4 $2 c5 $17 {[%csl Ge3]}) 21... Nc2 22. Qe4 Nxa1
23. Rxa1 {[%cal Ge4b7]} Rad8 $1 {Open file is more important than the b7 pawn.}
24. Bf1 $1 (24. Qxb7 Rd2 $36 25. Rd1 Rxd1+ $1 (25... Bd5+ 26. Qxd5+ (26. Nxd5
$4 Rxd1+) 26... Rxd5 27. Nxd5 $44) (25... Rxb2 $5 {[%cal Ge6g4]}) 26. Nxd1 Rd8
$1 27. Nf2 Qf5 $17) 24... Qh5 (24... Qf5 $5 $15 25. Qxf5 $1 (25. Qxb7 Qc2 $1
$40 {[%cal Gd8d2,Gc2b2]}) 25... Bxf5 (25... Rxf5 26. Nb5 $132 {[%csl Gd6][%cal
Ga1c1]} (26. Bh3 Rxe5 27. fxe5 Bxh3 $15)) 26. Bc4+ Kh7 27. Re1 $1 {[%cal Ge5e6,
Ge1e2]}) 25. Be2 $1 Qh3 (25... Bg4 26. Bxg4 Qxg4 27. Nd5 $1 $44 c6 $140 $6 (
27... Qd7 $142 28. Rd1 Qe6) 28. Ne7+ Kf7 29. Nf5 $1 Rd1+ 30. Rxd1 Qxd1+ 31. Kg2
$40) 26. Bf1 Qh5 (26... Qf5 {see 24...Qf5}) 27. Be2 Qf7 (27... Qe8 $5 28. Qxb7
Rd2 29. Qxc7 $140 $2 (29. Bf3 $142) 29... Qa8+ 30. Kg1 Bh3) 28. Bd3 Bf5 (28...
g5 $5 {Trying to break the strong pawn chain.Despite Black weakens his king
this move is not so bad.Black can play 29...Bf5 changing queens or 29...Rd7
preparing gf.} 29. fxg5 (29. Rf1 $2 Rxd3 30. Qxd3 Bc4 31. Qf3 Bxf1 32. Qxf1
gxf4 $19) 29... hxg5 30. Rf1 Qh5 (30... Bd5 $2 31. Nxd5 Qxd5 32. Bc4 Rxf1+ 33.
Kg2 Qxc4 34. Qxc4+ Rf7 $16)) 29. Qxf5 Qxf5 30. Bxf5 Rxf5 31. Nb5 $1 Rd7 ({
If Black wants to continue he must play} 31... g5 $1 {now or on the next move.}
32. Nxc7 gxf4 33. gxf4 Rd7 (33... Kf7 $6 34. e6+ $1 Kf6 35. Re1 $1 Ke7 36. Rg1
Kf6 (36... Rdf8 $2 37. Rg7+ Kf6 38. e7 Kxg7 39. Ne6+ $18) 37. Re1 $11) (33...
Rd2 $5 34. Rg1+ Kf8 $1 {see 33...Rd734.Rc1 Rd2 35.Rg1}) 34. Rc1 (34. Rg1+ Kf8
$1 35. Ne6+ Ke7 $1) 34... Rd2 (34... Rxf4 35. e6 Rg7 36. Nd5 $1 (36. e7 Rxe7
37. Nd5 Rff7 38. Nxe7+ Rxe7 $11) 36... Rf2 (36... Rf8 $142) 37. e7 Kf7 38. Re1
Rg8 39. Nc7 Re8 40. Kg1 $1 {and White is on top.}) 35. Rg1+ (35. Re1 $2 Kf7 $1
(35... Rxf4 $2 36. e6 Rh4 $1 37. Kg1 $1 Rdxh2 38. Re5 $1 $11 (38. e7 $4 Rh1+
39. Kf2 R4h2+)) 36. e6+ (36. Re4 $142) 36... Ke7 37. Rg1 Rc5 $1 $19) 35... Kf8
$1 (35... Kf7 36. Rg2 $1 Rd1+ 37. Rg1 Rxg1+ 38. Kxg1 Ke7 (38... Rxf4 $4 39. e6+
Kf8 40. e7+ Kxe7 41. Nd5+ $18) 39. Kg2 {[%cal Gg2f3,Gf3e4]} Kd7 40. Nd5 Ke6 41.
Nc7+ $11) 36. Rg2 $1 Rd1+ $1 37. Rg1 Rd7 $1 38. Ne6+ (38. Rc1 Ke7) 38... Ke7
39. Rg6 Rd2 $15 {Black is better and can continue without taking risks.}) 32.
Rc1 c6 $2 ({It wasn't late to come back to the right idea.} 32... g5 $1 33.
Nxc7 {other options are worse.} (33. Rxc7 $6 Rxc7 34. Nxc7 gxf4 35. gxf4 (35.
e6 Kf8 36. gxf4 Rc5 $1) 35... Rxf4 36. e6 Re4 37. Kg2 Kg7 $17) (33. e6 $6 Re7
34. Rxc7 (34. Nxc7 Rc5 $1 $17) 34... Rxc7 (34... Rxe6 $5 35. Nd4 Re1+ 36. Kg2
Rd5) 35. Nxc7 Kf8 36. b4 $1 {[%csl Gc5]} gxf4 37. gxf4 Ke7 38. Kg2 Kd8 $17 (
38... Kd6 39. Ne8+)) 33... gxf4 34. gxf4 (34. e6 $2 Re7 35. gxf4 Rc5 $19) 34...
Rd2 {see 31...g5}) 33. Nd6 {Now draw is inevitable.Knight on d6 has to be
wiped out.} Rxd6 $11 1/2-1/2

[Event "Politiken zt"]
[Site "Munkebo"]
[Date "1998.09.17"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Akesson, Ralf"]
[Black "Gausel, Einar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[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"]

{[%mdl 4144]} 1. e4 {Hecht} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Qf6 5. Be3 Bc5 6.
c3 Nge7 7. Bc4 Ne5 8. Be2 O-O 9. O-O Qg6 10. Nd2 (10. f4 $2 Qxe4 {0-1
Kradolfer,C-Coimbra,M/Eu Youth gu16, Mureck AUT 1998 (67)}) 10... d6 (10... d5
{is more popular.} 11. Bh5 {'!' Makarichev.} (11. Nf5 Bxf5 (11... Nxf5 12. Bxc5
Nh4 13. g3 Re8 14. Bh5 Qc6 15. Nb3 dxe4 16. gxh4 Bh3 17. Be3 Nf3+ 18. Kh1 Rad8
19. Nd4 Nxd4 20. cxd4 Bxf1 21. Qxf1 $13 {Bardelmeijer,N-Oranje,R/Soest op 1995/
1-0 (52)}) 12. Bxc5 Bh3 13. Bf3 Rfe8 14. Kh1 (14. Bxe7 Rxe7 15. exd5 Rd8 16.
Re1 c6 17. Nc4 f6 18. Nxe5 fxe5 19. Qa4 $16 {[%cal Ga4h4] Schmittdiel,
E-Enklaar,B/Bussum op 1995/1-0 (51)}) 14... dxe4 15. Bxe4 Bf5 16. Qc2 Bxe4 17.
Nxe4 Nf5 $11 {Oechslein,R-Wolf,V/BL8283 1983/1-0 (51)}) (11. Kh1 Ng4 12. Bxg4
Bxg4 13. f3 Bd7 (13... Bxd4 14. cxd4 Be6 $14 {Comp Mirage-Polgar,S/The Hague
AEGON 1997/0-1 (85)}) 14. Nf5 Nxf5 15. Bxc5 dxe4 16. fxe4 Ng3+ $1 17. hxg3 Bg4
18. Nf3 Qh5+ 19. Kg1 Qxc5+ $15 {Grosar,A-Cepon,D/SLO-ch 1992/1-0 (49)}) 11...
Qd6 (11... Qa6 $6 12. Nf5 (12. b4 Bxd4 13. Bxd4 N5c6 14. Bc5 Rd8 15. Qb3 Be6
16. b5 Qa5 17. Qa3 (17. bxc6 $5) 17... Qxb5 18. Bxe7 Nxe7 19. Qxe7 dxe4 20.
Nxe4 Qxh5 $17 {Ash,R-Lardizabal,R/World op 1995/1-0 (49)}) (12. N2b3 $1 Bd6 (
12... Bb6 13. Be2 Nc4 14. Bg5 f6 15. Bc1 $140 $16 dxe4 $2 16. Nd2 $18) (12...
Bxd4 13. Bxd4 $40) 13. Be2 Nc4 14. Bc1 $1 $40) 12... Nxf5 13. Bxc5 Nd6 14. exd5
Qb5 15. b4 Qd3 16. Bd4 $16 {1-0 Sulskis,S-Blucha,D/Karvina op 1992 (32)}) 12.
f4 (12. Kh1 Nc4 (12... Bb6 13. f4 Nd3 14. Qc2 Bxd4 15. cxd4 dxe4 16. Nxe4 Nb4
17. Qd2 Qc6 $13 {0-1 Stefansson,H-Barkhagen,J/Rilton Cup 1991 (41)}) (12...
N5g6 13. b4 Bb6 14. a3 dxe4 15. Nxe4 Qe5 16. Bxg6 Nxg6 17. Qc2 $11 {Bezemer,
A-Van de Oudeweetering,A/NLD-ch sf 1993/1-0 (75)}) 13. Nxc4 dxc4 14. Qa4 Qe5
15. Bf3 b5 $3 16. Qc2 Bb7 $15 {0-1 Kanefsck,G-Oro,L/Coronel Suarez op 1992 (41)
}) (12. Nc2 Be6 13. Bxc5 Qxc5 14. Nb3 Qb6 15. Re1 Rad8 $11 {0-1 Ostojic,
A-Sepulveda,L/WchJW-U14 1995 (49)}) 12... N5c6 (12... Nc4 13. Nxc4 dxc4 14. Qe2
Bxd4 15. Bxd4 b5 16. Qe3 $16 {0-1 Husson,C-Fruteau,S/FRA-chW 1993 (51)}) 13. e5
(13. Kh1 a6 14. exd5 Qxd5 15. Bf3 Qd7 16. N2b3 Ba7 17. Qc2 Nd5 18. Bxd5 Qxd5
19. Rad1 Bg4 20. Nf3 Qc4 21. Bxa7 Rxa7 22. Ng5 g6 23. Rde1 Nb4 24. Qf2 Nc6 25.
Na5 Nxa5 26. Qxa7 Qxa2 27. Qc5 Nc6 28. f5 Rd8 29. fxg6 fxg6 30. h3 Bf5 31. c4
Qxb2 32. Rxf5 Qb4 33. Qxb4 Nxb4 34. Rfe5 Rf8 35. Kh2 c6 36. Re7 b6 37. Rxh7 Nd3
38. Ree7 Rf7 39. Rexf7 {0-1 Rezek,A-Schwarzinger,D/EU-chJW U18 1997}) 13... Qh6
(13... Qd8 14. N2b3 Bb6 15. a4 (15. Bf3 Nxd4 16. cxd4 f5 17. Rc1 $14 {Sofronie,
I-Cozianu,C/ROM-chJW 1993/1/2-1/2 (60)}) 15... Nf5 16. Nxf5 Bxf5 17. Bxb6 axb6
18. Bf3 Be6 19. Rf2 $14 {[%cal Gf2d2] 0-1 Paraminski,A-Mihalincic,I/Open 
(Women), Zadar CRO 1997 (39)}) 14. N2b3 (14. Qe2 Bxd4 (14... f5 15. Bf3 Be6 16.
N2b3 Bb6 17. a4 Nxd4 18. cxd4 a5 19. Qd2 Nc6 20. Rac1 $14 {Weeramantry,
S-Lapshun,Y/Saratoga Springs op 1997/1/2-1/2 (72)}) 15. Bxd4 $8 Nxd4 16. cxd4 {
[%cal Gd2b3]} g6 17. Bg4 Bxg4 18. Qxg4 Nf5 $15 {[%cal Gf5d4,Gf5e3] 0-1 Muller,
F-Scheipl,R/FRG-ch 1972 (37)}) 14... Bxd4 15. Bxd4 ({Makarichev} 15. cxd4 Nf5
16. Bd2 $1 (16. Bf2 $2 Qxf4) 16... Qe6 (16... Ncxd4 17. Nxd4 Nxd4 18. f5 $1 (
18. Bb4 $2 Ne2+ $1 19. Bxe2 Qb6+ $15) 18... Qb6 (18... Qa6 19. f6 $1 $16 (19.
Bb4 Qb6 20. Bxf8 Kxf8 21. Kh1 Bxf5 $13)) 19. Be3 c5 20. Bxd4 (20. f6 $6 g6 21.
Bxd4 (21. Qc1 Kh8 (21... Ne6 22. Bg4 d4 23. Bf2)) 21... cxd4 22. Qd2 Kh8 23.
Qh6 Rg8 $13) 20... cxd4 21. Qd2 d3+ 22. Kh1 Qd4 23. Rae1 $16) 17. Rf2 $1 (17.
Bc3 $4 Ne3) 17... g6 (17... Ncxd4 $2 18. Nxd4 Nxd4 19. Bb4 $16) 18. Bg4 h5 19.
Bxf5 $1 Qxf5 20. Rc1 {xc7/} Be6 21. Rc3 $1 Rac8 22. Rg3 $18 {1-0 Rublevsky,
S-Peng Xiaomin/Erevan olm 1996 (32)}) 15... Nxd4 16. cxd4 Nf5 (16... a5) 17.
Rf2 $13 {1-0 Azmaiparashvili,Z-Aleksandrov,A/Groningen 1997/CBM 63(42)}) 11.
Bh5 Qf6 12. Kh1 $146 ({White played} 12. f4 {in all previous games.} N5c6 13.
Kh1 $5 $146 {Unique Kasparov's idea.} (13. N2b3 Bb6 14. Kh1 (14. Qd2 Qh4 15.
Bf3 f5 16. Rae1 fxe4 17. Bxe4 $14 {1-0 Sveshnikov,E-Yandemirov,V/Elista 1995/
CBM 50 (73)}) (14. Bf3 a5 15. a4 Be6 16. Ra3 Bc4 17. Re1 Rad8 18. Kh1 Ng6 19.
g3 Nge5 20. Be2 Qg6 21. Nd2 Bxe2 22. Qxe2 Nxd4 23. Bxd4 Nd7 24. Nc4 $14 {
1/2-1/2 Milov,L-Safin,S/Dieren 1997/EXT 97 (40)}) 14... Ng6 15. Qd2 Qh4 16. Bf3
Bg4 17. a4 Rae8 18. Nxc6 Bxf3 19. Rxf3 bxc6 20. Bxb6 axb6 21. Re1 f5 $15 {
[%csl Re4,Rf4] 0-1 Blauert,J-Slobodjan,R/BL2-N 1992/BL2 (34)}) 13... Nxd4 14.
cxd4 Bb6 (14... Bxd4 15. e5 $1 {The point of Kasparov's idea.Capture on e5
leads to the preferable position for White.} dxe5 16. fxe5 Qxe5 (16... Qh4 17.
g3) 17. Nc4 $1 Qd5 (17... Qc5 18. Bxd4 Qxc4 19. Rc1) 18. Bxd4 Qxc4 19. Rc1 $1 {
[%csl Rc7] and White is better.}) 15. Nc4 d5 16. e5 Qe6 17. Nxb6 axb6 18. Bf3
f5 19. Qb3 Bd7 20. Rfc1 Bc6 21. Bd2 Ng6 22. Qe3 Rfe8 23. b3 Qd7 24. a4 $14 {
1-0 Kasparov,G-Sorin,A/Buenos Aires 1997/EXT 97 (54)}) 12... Qh4 $1 {[%cal
Gc8g4]} 13. f4 Bg4 (13... Ng4 $5 14. Bxg4 Bxg4 15. Qb3 Bb6 $11) 14. Bxg4 Nxg4
15. Bg1 {[%cal Gh2h3]} f5 $5 16. N2f3 (16. Qb3+ $5 Kh8 17. N2f3 (17. N4f3 Qh6
$1 {[%cal Gh6f4]} 18. Bxc5 dxc5 {[%cal Ga8d8,Gh6f4]}) 17... Qh5 (17... Qh6 18.
Qxb7 (18. e5 $5 {[%cal Gd4e6]}) 18... fxe4 {[%csl Rf4]} 19. Qxe4 d5 20. Qe6
Qxf4 $140 $2 21. Ne2 $18 {[%csl Rc5,Rg4]}) 18. e5 $1 $14 {[%cal Gd4e6]} (18.
Qxb7 fxe4 19. Qxe4 Rae8 $36 {[%cal Ge7f5,Gf5g3]})) 16... Qh5 17. exf5 (17. Qb3+
{see 16.Qb3}) 17... Nxf5 {[%cal Gf5g3]} 18. Nxf5 Qxf5 19. Qb3+ Kh8 20. Bxc5 (
20. Qxb7 Rab8 (20... Bxg1 21. Kxg1 (21. Nxg1 Rab8 22. Qxa7 Rxb2 {[%csl Rg2]
[%cal Gf5c2]} 23. Nh3 $1 Qc2 $15 {[%cal Gc2g2,Gc2c3]}) 21... Qxf4 {[%cal Gf4e3]
} 22. Rae1 Qc4 $1 {[%cal Ga8b8]} (22... Rab8 23. Qxc7 Rxb2 24. Qxa7) 23. Qe4 $1
(23. Re4 $140 $6 Qc5+) 23... Qxe4 24. Rxe4 Nf6 25. Re7 Nd5 26. Rd7 $14) 21.
Qxc7 Rxb2 $36) 20... Qxc5 {[%cal Gg4f2]} 21. Nd4 Qb6 (21... Rae8 $5 {leads to
unclear position after} 22. Qxb7 Qh5 (22... Rb8 $2 23. Qf3) 23. h3 (23. Nf3
Rxf4 {[%cal Gf4f3]}) 23... c5 24. Nb5 (24. Nf3 $5) 24... Rb8 $1 (24... Re2 25.
Qf3 Rxb2 26. Nxd6 $16) 25. Qa6 (25. Qc6 Rb6) (25. Qd7 Nf6 $1 26. Qxd6 $140 Ne4
{[%csl Rb5,Rg3][%cal Ge4g3]} 27. Qd3 Qf5 $1 {[%cal Ge4f2,Gc5c4]} 28. Qc4 $8 (
28. Rad1 c4 $1 {[%csl Rb5]}) 28... Ng3+) 25... Rb6 26. Qa5 $13) 22. Rae1 ({
Worse is} 22. Qxb6 axb6 {as White will have to spend time for a2-a3.}) 22...
Qxb3 23. axb3 $14 {White is slightly better as the e-file is in his possession
and the e6 square is weak.} Rf7 ({The tries to fight for e-file are doomed for
failure:} 23... Rae8 $2 24. Ne6 Rf7 25. Nxc7 $1 $16) (23... Rfe8 $2 24. Nb5 $1
{[%csl Rc7]} Nf2+ 25. Kg1 Nd3 (25... Rxe1 26. Rxe1 Nd3 27. Re7 $16) 26. Rd1 $1
Nxb2 $140 27. Rd2) (23... Nf6 $5 24. Re7 $140 Nd5) 24. b4 $1 {[%cal Gg2g3,
Gh1f3] White is improving the pawn structure on the queen side and preparing
strenghening position on another side.} a6 {Black is afraid of b4-b5.} 25. g3 {
[%cal Gh1g2,Gg2f3]} Nf6 {[%cal Gc7c5,Ga6a5]} 26. Nb3 $1 {[%cal Gb3a5]
preventing a6-a5 and c7-c5 which could relieve the defence and preparing Na5
in order to weaken pawn structure on the queen side.} d5 {[%csl Rc5,Re5][%cal
Gf6e4] Black tries to create counterplay in the centre,but weakens the
position more and more.} 27. Re5 $1 {[%cal Gf1e1,Gh1g2,Gg2f3]} Re8 (27... Ng4 {
is senseless because of} 28. Re6 ({but not} 28. Rxd5 $4 Ne3)) 28. Nc5 $1 $16 {
Now an exra pawn on the queen side is becoming inessential and White's
advantage is out of any doubt.} c6 29. Rxe8+ (29. Rfe1 $5 Rxe5 30. fxe5 Re7 (
30... Ne8 31. Kg2 $16) 31. Nxb7 $1 Rxb7 (31... Ne4 32. Nd8 $1 $18) 32. exf6
gxf6 33. Re6 $16) (29. Kg2 $5) 29... Nxe8 {Hecht: '[#] Ideeler weiЯer
Mehrbauer durch paralysierten schwarzen Damenflьgel. WeiЯer Raumvorteil und
bewegliche Bauernmajoritдt am Kцnigsflьgel.'} 30. Re1 Nf6 31. Re6 (31. Kg2 $5 {
[%cal Gg2f3]}) 31... Kg8 32. Kg2 {Now White centralizes the king preparing
pawn attack on the king side.} h5 33. Kf3 Rc7 34. h3 Kf7 35. f5 Nd7 (35... g6 {
Hecht} 36. Kf4 {[%csl Rf6,Rg6][%cal Rf4g5]}) (35... g5 {Hecht} 36. h4 gxh4 37.
gxh4 {[%csl Rf6,Rh5][%cal Yf3f4,Yf4g5]}) 36. Kf4 $5 Nf6 (36... Nxc5 {doesn't
relieve the defence as after} 37. bxc5 {queen side is paralised and White's
extra pawn on the king side decides.}) 37. g4 hxg4 38. hxg4 d4 {Last attempt
to create counterplay.} 39. c4 $1 $18 {[%csl Rd4] White takes under control
the d5 square and last Black's hope is falling.} b6 40. Nd3 {[%cal Gd3e5]} Nd7
41. Rd6 (41. c5 $5) 41... Ke7 {'?' Hecht.} ({or} 41... c5 42. bxc5 bxc5 (42...
Nxc5 43. Ne5+ Ke7 44. Rxb6) 43. Rxa6 Rb7 44. g5 $1 Rb3 $140 45. Ke4 {and White
wins.}) (41... c5 $142 {Hecht}) 42. Rxd4 c5 43. bxc5 Nxc5 44. Ne5 $1 Nb3 45.
Rd3 Na5 46. b3 b5 47. cxb5 axb5 48. Kg5 Nb7 49. Kg6 Kf8 50. g5 b4 51. f6 gxf6 (
51... gxf6 52. gxf6 {[%cal Gd3h3] Very good technics of endgame has decided
the game.}) 1-0

[Event "Cancan Veterans-Women"]
[Site "Roquebrune"]
[Date "1998.09.17"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Arakhamia Grant, Ketevan"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris Vasilievich"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1998.09.07"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 067"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 10280]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. c3 Nge7
7. Bc4 Bb6 {Let's take a little tour to history.For the first time this move
was introduced by W.Steinitz in the 7-th game of his second match against S.
Dubois in 1862!He lost this game,but the opening wasn't a reason of his lost.
So two games later in the 9-th game he comes with a novelty and wins the game.
This was the beginning of its popularity...} 8. O-O O-O (8... d6 {Steinitz's
novelty.} 9. Kh1 (9. Nb5) 9... Ne5 10. Be2 h5 11. f4 Ng4 12. Bg1 Nc6 13. Na3 g5
14. fxg5 Qxg5 15. Nc4 Bd7 16. Nxb6 axb6 17. Nf5 O-O-O 18. b4 Rdg8 19. Bf3 Nce5
20. a4 Bc6 21. b5 Nxf3 22. Qxf3 Ne5 23. Qe2 Bd7 24. Ra2 $2 Be6 $19 {[%cal
Ge6c4,Gc4a2] and Steinitz won this untypical for him game after 30 moves 0-1
Dubois,S-Steinitz,W/London 1862/HCL 19 (54)}) 9. Nc2 {Was introduced by
Kasparov-the second World Champion that has interfered in the theoretical
dispute...Anand: An excellent way to rearrange his pieces - Ne3,f4,Nd2(a
comment to Kasparov-Short)} ({Other options are:} 9. f4 d6 (9... Nxd4 10. Bxd4
d6 11. Rf2 Qh6 12. Na3 Be6 13. Qf3 Nc6 14. Bxb6 axb6 15. Bd5 Rae8 16. Nc2 $14 {
1-0 Chernyshov,K-Haba,P/Stare Mesto 1992/EXT 92 (28)}) 10. Qd3 Be6 11. Bb5 d5
12. e5 Qg6 13. Qd2 Nxd4 14. cxd4 Nf5 15. Qf2 Nxe3 16. Qxe3 Qe4 17. Qxe4 dxe4
$19 {[%csl Rd4] Not a bad position to get after the opening.Surprisingly
Steinitz has succeeded  to lose this position in only twelve moves!1-0 Dubois,
S-Steinitz,W/London 1862/HCL 19 (29)}) (9. Bb3 Rd8 {[%cal Gd7d5]} (9... d6 {
Hansen,Cu} 10. Kh1 Nxd4 11. cxd4 Nc6 12. Nc3 Bxd4 13. Nd5 Qe5 14. Bxd4 Qxd4 15.
Nxc7 $16 {Dolmatov-Yusupov (10)/Wijk cm 30'/1991/1/2-1/2/}) (9... Na5 10. Nc2
Qg6 11. Re1 d6 12. Nd2 Nxb3 $10 {Nijboer-Van der Wiel/NLD-ch/1991/}) 10. Qh5 h6
11. Nb5 Ba5 12. Nd2 $14 {1-0 Antonio,R-Ye Rongguang/Cebu 1992/CBM 31 (43)}) (9.
Kh1 Rd8 10. Qh5 h6 11. Nd2 d5 12. exd5 Nxd4 13. cxd4 Bf5 $1 $44 {1/2-1/2
Kasparov,G-Kamsky,G/Tilburg 1991/CBM 26 (40)}) (9. Na3 {Schussler} Nxd4 $5 (
9... Qg6 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Re1 d6 12. Qd2 Bb7 13. Rad1 h6 14. Nc2 Rad8 $13 {
Leko,P-Van der Sterren,P, Nettetal 1992.}) 10. cxd4 d5 11. exd5 Rd8 12. Qh5 h6
13. Rfe1 Bf5 14. Qf3 Rd7 $1 15. Nb5 Rad8 $10 {Chandler,M-Short,N (2)/Eng-ch m/
1991/1/2-1/2/57 CBM 28/1} 16. Nc3 Bxd4 17. Bxd4 Qxd4 18. Bb5 $13) 9... Qg6 ({
Anand} 9... d6 10. Bxb6 axb6 11. f4 g5 {At this point Kasparov had to put on
his glasses! The move itself is not so bad if followed up carefully} (11... Be6
$5 {Hansen,Cu}) 12. f5 Ne5 13. Be2 Bd7 14. c4 Ba4 $1 (14... g4 $2 {This is
really bad because it not only fails to disrupt white's development but also
concedes the f4 square- an ideal square for white's king in the endgame} 15.
Nc3 h5 16. Qd2 Kh8 17. Qf4 Bc6 18. Ne3 Nd7 {What else? White can play a4,b4 etc
} (18... Rg8 $13 {Hansen,Cu}) 19. Bxg4 hxg4 20. Nxg4 Qh4 (20... Qd4+ {Hansen,Cu
} 21. Kh1 {/\Qh6+f5-f6}) 21. Rf3 Ng6 22. Qe3 Qxg4 23. Qh6+ $18 {[%cal Gf3h3,
Gf3g3] 1-0 Kasparov,G-Short,N/Linares 1992/CBM 28 (48)}) 15. b3 Bc6 16. Qd4 Kh8
17. Nc3 $14) 10. Nd2 ({Alternative is} 10. Bxb6) 10... Na5 $5 $146 {Only this
move is a novelty and at the same time a contribution of the third World
Champion(after Steinitz and Kasparov) in 7...Bb6 variation.The idea is to
drive White's bishop out of the a2-g8 diagonal to make the d7-d5 advance
possible.} (10... Ne5 $5 11. Be2 (11. Bb3) 11... d5 12. Bh5 Qf6 13. exd5 Nxd5
14. Ne4 Qd8 15. Bxb6 axb6 16. Qd4 Nc6 17. Qd2 Nde7 (17... Bf5 $5 $11) 18. Rfd1
Qxd2 19. Rxd2 Be6 20. a3 h6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Enguidanos Gimeno,S-Destruels Moreno,
V/Pref 1992/EXT 97 (38)}) (10... d5 $2 11. exd5 (11. Bxb6 $142 $1 axb6 (11...
dxc4 12. Bxc7) 12. Bxd5 $16) 11... Bf5 12. Nd4 $14 {1-0 Juarez,A-Farah,R/
Buenos Aires 1995/EXT 97 (52)}) 11. Be2 d5 12. Bxb6 axb6 13. e5 Nac6 14. f4 f6
$1 {Changing strong central pawn Black equalizes.} 15. exf6 (15. Bh5 {is
senceless in view of} Qh6) 15... Qxf6 16. Nb3 Qd6 $1 {[%cal Gf8f4] Black is
protecting the d5 pawn to free knight on e7 and at the same time starting
concrete play to change his knight on c6 which is out of play.} (16... Bf5 $5)
17. Qd2 Bf5 {[%cal Gf5c2]} 18. Ncd4 ({or} 18. Ne3 Be4 {[%cal Gf8f4]}) 18...
Nxd4 19. Nxd4 Be4 $15 {Black is already slightly better thanks to advantage in
the centre(d5 pawn) and the weak points e4 and e3.} 20. Bg4 {[%cal Gg4e6]} Rf6
21. g3 h6 22. a3 c5 23. Nf3 Nc6 24. Rad1 Rd8 {Black has srengthened his
position,but still doesn't have real plan.} 25. Qe2 (25. b4 $5 {[%csl Re5]
[%cal Gb4b5]}) 25... c4 $6 {[%cal Ge4d3] Very responsible move.Black
hopelessly weaken d4 square trying to create one-move threat.Probably
time-trouble has interfered in the normal course of the game.} 26. Qe3 (26. Qf2
$5 Qc5 $140 27. Nd4) 26... Qc5 (26... Bd3 27. Rfe1 $140 d4 {looks dubious in
view of simple} 28. cxd4 Nxd4 29. Nxd4 Qxd4 30. Qxd4 Rxd4 31. Re7 {and White
is clearly better.} (31. Be6+ Kh7 32. Bxc4 Rxc4 33. Rxd3 Rc2 34. Re7 Rxb2 35.
Rdd7 Rc6 $132)) 27. Rfe1 (27. Nd4 $5) 27... Bxf3 28. Qxc5 $4 {White has
complitely missed Black's answer.Now the game is over.} (28. Bxf3 {was
necessary.} d4 (28... Re6 $5 29. Qf2 Red6) 29. cxd4 Nxd4 30. Kh1 $1 (30. Bxb7
Re6 31. Be4 (31. Qf2 Re2 $1 32. Rxd4 Rxe1+ $1) 31... Ne2+ $1 32. Kf2 Rxd1 $1
33. Qxc5 (33. Rxd1 Rxe4 34. Qxc5 bxc5 35. Re1 c3 $1 $19) 33... bxc5 34. Bf5 $1
Red6 35. Rxe2 Kf7 $15) 30... Re6 31. Qc3 $1 {and thanks to the pin along the
d-file White is better.}) 28... Bxd1 $1 $19 29. Qxb6 Bxg4 30. Qxb7 Rb8 31. Qc7
Rxb2 32. a4 Bh3 33. a5 Rg2+ 34. Kh1 Ra2 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1999.01.21"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Van der Wiel, John"]
[Black "De Vreugt, Dennis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2529"]
[BlackElo "2378"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1999.01.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. c3 Nge7 7. Bc4 O-O (
7... Ne5 {is much more popular.}) 8. O-O Bb6 9. Na3 Qg6 (9... Nxd4 $5) (9...
Rd8 $143 {[%cal Gd7d5]} 10. Qh5 $1 {[%cal Ge3g5]} h6 11. Ndb5 $1) 10. Nxc6 ({
White tried also:} 10. Re1 Ne5 11. Bf1 d5 12. Bf4 f6 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. Bg3 Bg4
15. Qb3 Rad8 16. Nc4 Nxc4 17. Bxc4 c6 18. a4 $14 {1-0 Arakhamia,K-Jackova,J/
Elista RUS 1998 (40)}) (10. f3 Rd8 {[%cal Gd7d5]} 11. Ndc2 Ne5 12. Bb3 d5 $1
13. exd5 Bh3 $1 {[%cal Ge7d5]} (13... Nd3 $13 {1/2-1/2 Hernandez,G-Milos,G/
Guarapuava 1992/EXT 98 (32)})) 10... bxc6 (10... Nxc6 11. Bxb6 axb6 12. Nb5 $1
$16 {1-0 Borge,N-Hedlund,B/Gausdal 1992/TD (32)}) 11. Re1 Kh8 $5 $146 {[%cal
Gf7f5] Black has another idea in his mind.He has been preparing f7-f5.} (11...
d6 12. Qd2 Bb7 13. Rad1 h6 14. Nc2 Rad8 15. Qc1 Rfe8 16. f3 Qf6 17. Kh1 Ng6 18.
Bd4 Qh4 19. Bf1 d5 20. exd5 cxd5 $11 {0-1 Leko,P-Van der Sterren,P/Nettetal
1992/CBM 28 (32)}) ({Immediate} 11... d5 $1 {looks very interesting.The
following variations show that Black has good chances to equalize:} 12. exd5
Bg4 $1 (12... Bh3 $143 13. Qf3 Bg4 14. Qf4 $1 (14. Qg3 $143 Nf5 15. Qf4 Nxe3
16. fxe3 cxd5 17. Bxd5 Rad8 $44) 14... Nxd5 15. Bxd5 cxd5 16. Bxb6 cxb6 17. Re5
$14 {[%cal Ge5g5,Ga3b5,Gb5d4,Ga1e1]}) 13. f3 (13. Qd2 Bf3 (13... Nxd5 14. Bxd5
cxd5 15. Qxd5 Rad8 16. Qg5 $1 $16) 14. Bg5 $1 {[%cal Gc4d3,Ge1e7]} Nf5 $1 (
14... Nxd5 $5 15. Bd3 $1 {[%cal Gg2f3]} f5 (15... Be3 $2 16. Bxg6 Bxd2 17. Bxd2
$18) 16. gxf3 h6 17. c4 Nf6 $13) 15. gxf3 Nh4 $1 16. Be2 f6 $1 17. dxc6 Rad8 $1
18. Qf4 fxg5 19. Qc4+ Kh8 $44 {[%csl Gb6,Rf2,Rf3,Rg1]}) 13... Bh3 $1 (13...
cxd5 14. fxg4 dxc4 15. Nxc4 $16) 14. Qd2 (14. Qc2 Bf5 $11 {[%cal Ge7d5]}) 14...
cxd5 15. Bd3 Bf5 16. Bxb6 Qxb6+ 17. Kh1 Bxd3 18. Rxe7 Rfe8 $1 19. Rae1 (19.
Rxe8+ $140 Rxe8 20. Qxd3 Qxb2) 19... Rxe7 20. Rxe7 Qd6 $1 $11) 12. Bd3 d6 13.
Nc2 (13. Nc4 $5 Bg4 (13... Bh3 14. Qf3 Bg4 15. Qg3 $14) 14. f3 Bxe3+ 15. Nxe3
Be6 $14) 13... f5 {In according to a plan.} (13... Bg4 14. f3 Bh3 15. Qd2 f5
16. Bxb6 $1 axb6 17. Kh1 $1 fxe4 18. Rxe4 Bf5 19. Rxe7 Bxd3 20. Nb4 $14) 14. e5
(14. Qf3 $6 {[%cal Gf3f8]} Bd7 {[%cal Gf5e4]} 15. e5 $140 dxe5 16. Bxb6 e4 $1)
14... dxe5 15. Bxb6 axb6 16. Rxe5 Qf6 17. Re1 $1 ({After} 17. Qe1 Ng6 18. Re8
Bd7 $1 $11 {Black equalizes with ease.} (18... Nf4 $6 19. Qe5 $1 {[%cal Ge5f6]}
Nh3+ $1 20. Kf1 $1 (20. Kh1 Nxf2+ 21. Kg1 Nh3+) (20. gxh3 $4 Qg6+) 20... Ba6 $1
21. Bxa6 $1 Rfxe8 $1 (21... Raxe8 22. Qxf6 Rxf6 23. gxh3 $16) 22. Qxf6 gxf6 23.
Bb7 $1 Rad8 (23... Rab8 24. Bxc6 Re6 $140 25. Nd4 {[%mdl 2048]}) (23... Nf4 24.
Bxc6 $1 $16) 24. gxh3 Rd2 25. Ne3 Rxb2 (25... f4 26. Bxc6 {[%cal Ge3c4]}) 26.
Bxc6 Rd8 27. a4 $1 Rdd2 28. Nd1 $16)) 17... c5 $1 (17... Bd7 18. Bc4 (18. Qf3
Ng6 $1 $11) 18... Rad8 19. Qd4 $1 Ng6 (19... Qxd4 20. Nxd4 $14) 20. Qxf6 $1 (
20. Rad1 Qg5 $1 {[%cal Gg6h4,Gc6c5]}) 20... Rxf6 21. Rad1 Rd6 {[%cal Gd8e8,
Gg6e5]} 22. b4 $1 $14 {[%csl Rc6]}) 18. Qf3 Bd7 19. Qf4 Ng6 $5 {[%mdl 512] An
interesting sacrifice.Suddenly all black pieces develop a powerful pressure.
White has to be very careful.} (19... Nd5 $5 20. Qe5 (20. Qf3 Bc6) 20... Qxe5
21. Rxe5 Nf4 22. Bc4 Rfe8 23. Rae1 Rxe5 24. Rxe5 Re8 25. Rxe8+ Bxe8 26. Ne3 $14
{[%csl Rb6,Rc7][%cal Gg2g3] with slightly better endgame.}) 20. Qxc7 Bc6 $1 {
[%cal Gg6h4,Ga8d8]} 21. Rad1 $5 Nh4 $1 (21... Rxa2 22. Qxb6 $1 Nf4 (22... Nh4
$6 23. Bf1 (23. Qxc5 $5 {[%cal Ge1e6]}) 23... Nf3+ $140 24. gxf3 Qg5+ 25. Bg2
Bxf3 26. Ne3 Bxd1 27. Qxc5 $1 $18) 23. Ne3 $16 Bxg2 $140 $2 24. Qxf6 gxf6 25.
Nxg2 Rg8 26. Kh1 $3 Rxg2 (26... Nxg2 27. Rg1 Nf4 28. Rxg8+ Kxg8 29. Bc4+) 27.
Re8+ Kg7 28. Bc4 $18 {[%cal Rc4a2,Re8g8]}) 22. Bf1 Be4 $2 {A serious mistake.}
({After} 22... f4 $1 {[%cal Gh4f3] with the idea Nf3 black reaches a draw.} 23.
Rd6 (23. Qd6 $2 Nf3+ 24. gxf3 (24. Kh1 Nxe1 $19) 24... Qg5+ 25. Bg2 Bxf3) 23...
Nf3+ 24. Kh1 (24. gxf3 $4 Qg5+ 25. Bg2 Bxf3 $19) 24... Qh4 25. gxf3 $8 Bxf3+
26. Bg2 Qxf2 ({An attempt to play for a win by} 26... Bxg2+ $2 27. Kxg2 f3+ 28.
Kh1 Qxf2 {leads to an opposite result after} 29. Rg1 Rg8 (29... Qxc2 $140 $4
30. Qxg7#) 30. Rd7 $1 Rac8 31. Qe5 $1 Rce8 32. Rgxg7 $1 (32. Rdxg7 $2 Qxg1+ $1
33. Rxg1+ Rxe5) 32... Qf1+ (32... Rxe5 33. Rxh7#) 33. Rg1+ Rxe5 34. Rxf1 Re2
35. Ne1 $18) 27. Rg1 (27. Bxf3 Qxf3+ 28. Kg1 Qg4+ 29. Kh1 (29. Kf2 $2 f3 $19 {
[%cal Gg4g2,Gg4h4]}) 29... Qf3+ $11) 27... Bxg2+ 28. Rxg2 Qf1+ 29. Rg1 Qf3+ $11
) 23. Na3 $1 $16 {Now f4 is impossible.} Rae8 {[%cal Gf5f4]} 24. Qf4 $1 (24.
Nc4 f4 25. Nd6 (25. Rxe4 $5 Rxe4 26. Nxb6) 25... Nf3+ $1 26. Kh1 $8 (26. gxf3
Qg6+ $1 27. Bg2 Bxf3 28. Nf7+ Kg8 $1 $19) 26... Qh4 27. gxf3 Bxf3+ 28. Bg2 Qxf2
(28... Rxe1+ 29. Rxe1 Qxf2 30. Rg1 Bxg2+ 31. Rxg2 Qf1+ $11) 29. Bxf3 $1 Qxf3+ (
29... Rxe1+ 30. Rxe1 Qxe1+ 31. Kg2 $13) 30. Kg1 Re2 31. Rxe2 Qxe2 32. Nf7+ Kg8
33. Rd8 $1 $11) 24... Ng6 $1 25. Qd2 $1 {[%mdl 256]} Ne5 (25... f4 26. f3 $16)
(25... Nh4 $5) 26. f3 $5 (26. f4 $142 $1 {Stopping Black's attack.}) 26... Qg6
$1 (26... Bxf3 27. Rxe5 $1 $16) 27. Kf2 $1 (27. Kh1 Nxf3 28. gxf3 Bxf3+ 29. Bg2
Bxd1 (29... Rd8 30. Bxf3 $1) 30. Rxd1 $13) 27... Qh5 $3 {[%mdl 128]} 28. Qf4 $1
{[%mdl 256]} (28. fxe4 $2 Ng4+ $1 29. Ke2 fxe4 $1 $19 {[%cal Gf8f2]}) 28... g5
29. Qg3 $8 f4 30. Qh3 Qxh3 31. gxh3 Bxf3 32. Rd6 {[%csl Rb6]} Ba8 $2 ({Black
still could hold the position by} 32... g4 $3 {Rare example of an attack at
the endgame.} 33. Bb5 $1 (33. hxg4 $4 Nxg4+ 34. Kxf3 Nxh2+ 35. Kg2 (35. Kf2
Ng4+ $19) 35... Rxe1 $19) ({After} 33. Nc4 $2 {Black can realize unique
combination.} g3+ $1 34. hxg3 Ng4+ $3 35. hxg4 (35. Kxf3 Rxe1 36. hxg4 Rxf1+
$17) 35... fxg3+ 36. Kxg3 Rxe1 $17) 33... Re7 (33... g3+ $5 34. hxg3 fxg3+ 35.
Kxg3 Re7 $36 {[%csl Rg3][%cal Ge7g7]}) 34. hxg4 Nxg4+ 35. Kxf3 Nxh2+ 36. Kf2 (
36. Kg2 $2 Rxe1 37. Kxh2 f3 38. Nc4 Rg8 $1 $19 {[%cal Gg8g2]}) 36... Ng4+ 37.
Kf1 Nh2+ $11) 33. Bb5 Re7 34. Nc4 $1 Nxc4 35. Bxc4 {[%csl Rb6]} Rxe1 36. Kxe1
Bg2 $2 (36... Rb8 37. a4 $14) 37. h4 $5 (37. Rxb6 $5 {[%cal Ga2a4]}) 37... g4
38. Kf2 $1 $16 Be4 39. h5 $1 {[%csl Rh8][%cal Gh5h6]} (39. Rxb6 Rd8 40. Rf6
Rd2+ 41. Ke1 Rxb2 42. Rxf4 Bf3 43. h3 h5 $132) 39... b5 $2 (39... Rb8 $8) 40.
Bxb5 $18 Kg7 41. h6+ Kf7 (41... Kh8 42. a4 $18) 42. Bc4+ (42. Bc4+ Ke7 43. Re6+
$18) 1-0

[Event "Sarkisov Memorial"]
[Site "Krasnodar"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Maiorov, Oleg Ivanovich"]
[Black "Kuzmin, Gennadi P"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2546"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 075"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
c4 Nb6 (8... Ba6 {is the main line.}) 9. f4 $6 {Too early.White should think
about development of his pieces.} (9. Nc3 Qe6 10. Qe4 Bb4 11. Bd2 Ba6 12. b3
Bxc3 13. Bxc3 d5 14. Qh4 $1 {has become a main line after Kasparov-Adams,
Sarajevo 1999}) (9. Nd2 $5) 9... Qe6 10. Nd2 d5 (10... Be7 11. Qe4 d5 12. cxd5
cxd5 13. Qc2 c5 14. Nf3 O-O 15. Bd3 f5 16. g4 $13 {1-0 Moe,M-Christensen,B/
Denmark 1992/EXT 2000 (24)}) 11. exd6 Bxd6 $1 {Kuzmin shows to White that
development is more important than a temporary weaknesses.} 12. Ne4 O-O $1 {
[%csl Re1]} 13. Nxd6 (13. c5 Ba6 $1 14. f5 (14. Qf3 Bxf1 15. Kxf1 (15. f5 Qc4 (
15... Qe5 $5 {see 14.f5}))) 14... Qe5 15. Qf3 Bxf1 (15... Rae8 16. Bxa6 Qxe4+
17. Qxe4 Rxe4+ 18. Kf2 Bxc5+ 19. Kf3 Re7 $1 $17 {[%cal Gf8e8]}) 16. Kxf1 (16.
cxd6 Bc4 $19 {[%csl Re1]}) 16... Bxc5 17. Nxc5 Qxc5 $17 {[%csl Rf1]}) (13. b3
$5 {was probably the best defence.}) 13... Qxd6 14. Be3 Ba6 $1 {[%csl Re1]
Initiative is the only thing Black needs here.The fruits of 7.f4?! are seen
with a naked eye.} (14... Na4 $6 15. b3 Nc3 $2 16. Qd3 (16. Qc2 $18) 16... Qb4
$2 17. a3 Qxb3 18. Rc1 $18 {1-0 Medvegy,N-Schlusnik,N/Hungary 1998/EXT 2000 
(30)}) 15. Rd1 (15. b3 Nd5 $1 $19) (15. c5 $5 Bxe2 $5 (15... Qe7 16. Qf3 $1 {
[%cal Ge1f2]} (16. Qf2 Nd5 $1 17. Bxa6 Nxe3 $19 {[%csl Re1]})) 16. cxd6 Bxf1
17. Rxf1 cxd6 $17) 15... Qb4+ $1 16. Qd2 Qe7 $1 {[%cal Ge7e1] Certainly Black
doesn't want to exchange queens to win a pawn.White's king is the main target!}
17. b3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (17. c5 Rad8 18. Qc1 Rxd1+ 19. Kxd1 Nd5 $19 {[%csl Rd1]
}) (17. Kf2 $142 $17 {was the last chance.Now Black wins by force.}) 17... Rfe8
18. Kf2 Rad8 19. Bd3 Bxc4 $1 $19 {[%mdl 64] The rest is a matter of technics
and Kuzmin demonstrate it winning in style.} 20. Qe2 (20. bxc4 Nxc4 {[%csl Rd2,
Re3][%cal Gd8d2,Gc4e3]} 21. Qe2 (21. Bxh7+ Kxh7 22. Qc2+ Kg8 23. Bxa7 Ne3 $1 {
[%cal Re3c2,Re3d1]} 24. Bxe3 Qxe3+ 25. Kf1 Rd4 $1 {[%cal Rd4f4]} 26. g3 $140 (
26. Rxd4 Qe1#) 26... Qf3+ {[%csl Rd1]}) 21... Nxe3 $19 {[%cal Ge7c5,Ge7h4]})
20... Bxd3 21. Rxd3 Nd5 $1 {[%csl Re2][%cal Gd5f4]} 22. g3 Rd6 $1 {[%cal Gd6e6,
Re7e2] Bringing the rook to e6 Black creates a mortal pin along the e-file} 23.
Re1 Re6 24. Qd2 (24. Qf3 {was a little more stubborn.}) 24... h5 25. Kf3 Re4 {
[%cal Ge7e6,Ge6h3]} 26. a3 {White is lack of useful moves and just waits for a
comfortable moment to resign.} (26. Bc5 Qe6 27. Rxe4 Qxe4+ 28. Kf2 Qh1 $19 {
[%csl Re4,Rg4,Rh2][%cal Gd5f6]}) 26... Qe6 27. b4 (27. Kf2 h4 $1 $19 {[%csl
Rg3][%cal Ge6h3]}) 27... Qh3 {[%cal Gd5f4,Gd5e3] White is helpless against
innummerable threats of all black pieces.} 28. Bf2 ({Waiting move} 28. a4 {
is stronly met by} Nxe3 29. Rdxe3 (29. Rexe3 Rxf4+ 30. Ke2 (30. Kxf4 Qg4#)
30... Qf1#) 29... Rxf4+ $3 30. Ke2 (30. Kxf4 Qg4#) 30... Qg4+ $1 31. Kd3 Rd8+
$19) 28... Qg4+ (28... Nxf4 $5 {[%cal Gh3g2,Gh3g4] was another decisive blow.}
29. Rxe4 (29. Be3 g5 $1) 29... Qg2+ 30. Kxf4 Qxe4+ 31. Kg5 Qg4#) 29. Kg2 Rxe1 {
This game is a good example how one should panish the opponent for
neglectecting principles of development.} (29... Rxe1 30. Bxe1 Re2+ $19) 0-1

[Event "Rubinstein Memorial 35th"]
[Site "Polanica Zdroj"]
[Date "1998.08.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Black "Macieja, Bartlomiej"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1998.08.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 067"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 14816]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. c3 Nge7
7. Bc4 Ne5 8. Be2 Qg6 9. O-O d6 10. Kh1 (10. Bh5 {A good move for a draw
lovers.} Qxe4 11. Nd2 Qd3 (11... Qh4 12. Nb5 O-O) 12. Be2 Qg6 13. Bh5 Qd3 (
13... Bg4 $5 {An advise for fighters.} 14. Bxg6 (14. Qa4+ Bd7 15. Qd1) 14...
Bxd1 15. Bxf7+ (15. Ne6 $2 Bxe3 16. Nxc7+ (16. fxe3 hxg6 17. Nxc7+ Kd7 18. Nxa8
Bg4 $17) 16... Kd7 17. Nxa8 $17) 15... Nxf7 16. Raxd1 Bxd4 (16... Nd5 $5) 17.
Bxd4 Nf5) (13... Qf6 $2 14. Nb5 $1 O-O 15. Nxc7 Rb8 16. Ne4 $16) 14. Be2 Qg6
15. Bh5 Qd3 {1/2-1/2 Kotsur,P-Benjamin,J/4th World Team Ch, Lucerne SUI 1997})
(10. f3 {and}) (10. f4 {were also tried.}) 10... Ng4 $6 (10... Qxe4 $5 {
I think this move can be recommended as five games that I could find and
splendid 15...Bh3!!( see comments to Rublevsky- Svidler 1998) didn't yield
White anything visible.} 11. Nd2 Qg6 12. Nb5 {Second try.J.Lautier didn't get
anything special against Van der Sterren in 1994.} (12. Bh5 {is still enough
for moves repetition.} Qd3 13. Be2 $11 (13. Qa4+ $2 Bd7 14. Qb3 Bxd4 $1 15.
cxd4 Qxb3 16. axb3 N5g6 $17 {Makropoulou,M-Mastrovasilis,A/Komotini GP 1993/
0-1 (69)})) 12... O-O (12... Bxe3 13. Nxc7+ Kd8 14. Nxa8 $16) 13. Nxc7 Rb8 14.
Nc4 $5 $146 (14. Bf4 Bf5 $1 15. Nb3 (15. Bh5 Qf6 16. Nf3 Be4 $1 $15) 15... Bb6
16. Nb5 Rbd8 17. Qd2 N7c6 18. Be3 Bxe3 19. Qxe3 Rfe8 20. Qd2 (20. Nxa7 $2 Nd7
$1 $19) 20... d5 21. Rae1 Nc4 22. Qc1 Be4 $1 23. f3 Bf5 {xe3} 24. Bxc4 dxc4 25.
N3d4 Nxd4 26. Nxd4 Bd3 $10 {1/2-1/2 Lautier,J-Van der Sterren,P/Donner mem-A
1994 (33)}) 14... Nxc4 (14... Bh3 $142 $3 15. Rg1 (15. gxh3 $6 Nxc4 16. Bxc4
Qe4+) 15... Nxc4 16. Bxc5 (16. Bxc4 Bxe3 17. fxe3 Bf5 {and Black get the game
position with white rook on g1 instead of f1 that should be in Black's favour.}
) (16. gxh3 $2 Nxb2 $1 17. Qb1 $8 Qxb1 18. Raxb1 Bxe3 19. fxe3 Na4 $17) 16...
dxc5 17. Bxc4 Bg4 $5 $11 (17... Qb6 $13)) 15. Bxc4 Bxe3 ({Now} 15... Bh3 {
is senseless because of} 16. Qf3 (16. Rg1 Bxe3 17. fxe3 Bf5)) 16. fxe3 Bf5 {
1/2-1/2 Rublevsky,S-Svidler,P/Maikop 1998/TW 189/[Mikhalevski,V] (32) and so
on.See comment to 14...Bh3!!} (16... Bg4 $143 17. Qd2 (17. Qa4) 17... Rbc8 18.
Bd3 $1 {[%csl Ra7,Rd6][%cal Gc7b5]})) (10... O-O {is possible alternative of
10...Q:e4.} 11. Nd2 (11. f3 {and}) (11. f4 {were tried.}) 11... Ng4 12. Bf4 Nf6
({Svidler} 12... Qf6 13. Bg3 Bxd4 14. Bxg4 $14 (14. cxd4 Qxd4 15. Rc1 Nf6 (
15... Nc6 16. Rc4 $1 Qxb2 17. Rc2 $18) 16. Rxc7 Nc6 $1 $13 {/\ 17...Ne8})) (
12... Nc6 13. f3 Nf6 14. Nc4 Be6 15. Be3 Nd7 {1/2-1/2 Svidler,P-Yemelin,V/
Moscow 1994/EXP 44 (15)}) 13. Bd3 (13. f3 $5 Nh5 14. Be3 f5 $13) 13... Qg4 $1
14. Qxg4 Nxg4 15. b4 Bb6 $132 {Svidler} (15... Bxd4 $6 16. cxd4 $14 {1-0
Svidler,P-Arkhipov,S/RUS-ch 1994 (36)})) (10... c6 {was played in the first
game in 10.Kh1 line.} 11. Nd2 O-O 12. h3 f5 13. f4 Nf7 14. Bh5 Qh6 15. Qe2 fxe4
16. f5 Qf6 17. Nxe4 Qe5 18. Bf4 Qd5 19. f6 $16 {1-0 Mencinger,V-Roskar,R/Bled
op 1992 (43)}) 11. Bc1 $1 $146 {[%cal Gf2f4,Gf4f5][%mdl 8] It looks like a
refutation of 10...Ng4?!White is not in a hurry to give his bishop. Advance
f2-f4-f5 has been preparing in order to use a stray knight and it's very
difficult to find    any good defence.} (11. Bxg4 Bxg4 12. f3 Bd7 13. Nd2 O-O
14. Qb3 {was checked in the previous games.} Rab8 (14... Kh8 $2 15. Qxb7 $16 {
1-0 Milov,L-Hock,M/Berlin 1995/EXP 47 (44)}) 15. Rae1 $14 {Timmerman,G-Hector,
J/Antwerpen op 1994/1/2-1/2 (59)}) 11... Bd7 $1 {Probably the only defence!} (
11... O-O $2 12. f4 {[%csl Rg4][%cal Gf4f5] and it's difficult to find a good
defence against f4-f5 as} Nf6 $4 {loses after} ({or} 12... f5 $2 13. exf5 Nxf5
14. Bxg4 Nxd4 15. Bxc8 {and Black loses a piece.}) ({or} 12... h5 13. f5 Qf6
14. Bxg4 hxg4 (14... Bxd4 15. Bxh5 $16) 15. Qxg4 Bxd4 $140 (15... d5 16. Bg5
Qa6 17. Nd2 $18) 16. Bg5 $1 Qe5 17. cxd4 {and White wins}) 13. f5) (11... Qxe4
$4 {is impossible in view of} 12. f3) ({after} 11... Nf6 12. Nb5 $1 {is very
unpleasant.}) 12. f4 ({I think White should change his plans and to play first
} 12. f3 $5 {and in case of} Ne5 (12... Nf6 13. g4 $5 {[%cal Ge2d3,Gd4f5]} (13.
Bd3 {[%cal Ge4e5]} Qh5 14. g4 $5 {[%cal Gd4f5]})) 13. f4 {with tempo} N5c6 14.
Bh5 $1 Qxe4 (14... Qh6 15. f5 Qf6 16. Ne6 $1 {with very strong initiative.}) (
14... Qf6 $2 15. e5 $1 dxe5 ({or} 15... Qh4 16. e6 $1 $18) 16. fxe5 Qxe5 17.
Bxf7+ $18) 15. Re1 $40 {[%cal Ge1e8]}) 12... h5 $8 13. f5 Qf6 {[%cal Gf6h4]}
14. Bxg4 hxg4 15. Qxg4 Bxd4 16. cxd4 Qxd4 {[%cal Gd7f5,Ge7f5,Yd4g4]} (16... Rh4
$5 {was interesting} 17. Qf3 (17. Qe2 $6 Qxd4 18. Nc3 {[%cal Gc1g5]} Qe5 $1)
17... d5 $1 {[%csl Rd4,Rf5] The point of the previous move.Now Black get some
counter chances.} (17... Qxd4 18. Nc3 {[%cal Gc1g5]} Bc6 19. Bg5 Bxe4 $140 $2
20. Qe2 $18)) 17. Nc3 {[%cal Gc1f4,Ga1d1] White has covered first rank and
capture on f5 is impossible,but Black had at his disposal  very strong reply}
O-O-O $2 {Natural move,but a serious mistake.} ({Black should immediately to
play} 17... g6 $1 18. Qe2 (18. Qg3 gxf5 19. Bg5 Rg8 20. exf5 {[%cal Ga1e1]} f6
$140 21. Qh4 $1) (18. Bg5 gxf5 (18... f6 $6 19. Rad1) 19. Qg3 {see 18.Qg3})
18... gxf5 19. exf5 (19. Be3 Qe5 20. Bf4 Qe6) 19... Qh4 20. Bf4 {and only now}
O-O-O $13) 18. Bf4 {[%cal Ga1d1]} g6 19. Rad1 $1 {Now initiative passes to the
White's hands.This important move was impossible if Black would play g6 on the
previous move.} Qf6 (19... Qb4 20. Bg5 $1 (20. Qg5) 20... gxf5 (20... Rde8 21.
Bxe7 Rxe7 22. Nd5 Qxe4 (22... Rxe4 $2 23. Qf3 Qc4 24. b3 Qe2 (24... Qc2 25. Rc1
) 25. Qc3 $1 $18 {[%cal Gc3h8,Gc3c7]}) 23. Nxe7+ Qxe7 24. Qd4 $1 Qe5 25. Qxe5
dxe5 26. fxg6 fxg6 27. Rf7 $16) 21. Qf4 Rde8 (21... Ng6 22. Qf2 $1 {[%cal
Gf2a7,Gg5d8]}) 22. Bxe7 Rxe7 23. Nd5 Qxe4 24. Nxe7+ Qxe7 $16) 20. Qg3 $1 {
[%cal Gf4g5]} gxf5 (20... Rh5 $5) 21. e5 $1 Qg6 (21... dxe5 22. Bxe5 {[%cal
Ge5h8]}) 22. exd6 Qxg3 (22... cxd6 $142 $1 23. Rc1 $1 Kb8 $1 {Now king is just
in time to escape.} 24. Bxd6+ Ka8 25. Qxg6 Nxg6 26. Rcd1 $1 {and White is
better,but have to overcome a lot of technical problems to win the game.}) 23.
Bxg3 cxd6 24. Rc1 $1 {[%csl Rc8,Rd6,Rf5,Rf7][%cal Gc3b5] Now attack goes on
despite relatively small amount of left peaces and Black's king has no time to
escape.} Bc6 $8 25. Nb5 Rh6 $8 26. Rfd1 $1 {Now Black has to weaken b8-g1
diagonal.Bishop on g3 has become a strong headache for Black(please compare
with its colleague)} d5 {[%csl Rc6,Gg3]} 27. b4 $1 {[%cal Gb5a7,Gb4b5] White
prefers attack.Capture on a7 could give good counterplay.} a6 ({or} 27... Kd7
28. Nd4 a6) 28. Nd4 {[%cal Ga2a4,Gb4b5]} Kd7 29. a4 $1 {[%cal Gb4b5]} Ke8 $2 {
Now it's finished.} (29... Rg8 $1 {[%cal Gg8g3] was the only cnance to
continue.} 30. Bf4 (30. Rd3 $5 $36) 30... Rh4 (30... Rhg6 31. b5 axb5 32. axb5
Rxg2 33. bxc6+ bxc6 34. Nxc6 $1 $18) 31. g3 Rxf4 32. gxf4 Bxa4 $14) (29... b5
30. axb5 axb5 31. Ra1 (31. Re1 $5)) (29... Bxa4 $2 30. Rc7+ Ke8 31. Re1) 30.
Re1 $1 $18 {[%cal Gd4f5,Ye1e7]} Bd7 $8 31. Rc7 {[%cal Ge1e7,Gc7b7,Gd4f5]} Kf8 (
31... Rh7 $8 {saves a piece,but of course not the game.} 32. Bd6 f6 33. Rxb7
$18) (31... Be6 32. Rxe7+ $1 Kxe7 33. Nxf5+ Kf6 34. Nxh6 Kg6 35. Bf4 $18) 32.
Rxe7 $1 Kxe7 33. Nxf5+ Kf6 34. Nxh6 Kg6 35. Bh4 $1 Rc8 36. Rxc8 Bxc8 37. Ng8 {
White's knight has reached the final point in its race and it's good time to
resign.} 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 11th"]
[Site "Pula"]
[Date "1997.05.??"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Belotti, Bruno"]
[Black "Grabarczyk, Miroslaw"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "1997.05.05"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Italy"]
[BlackTeam "Poland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ITA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "POL"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
c4 Nb6 9. g3 g6 (9... f6 $6 10. exf6 gxf6 11. b3 (11. Bf4) 11... Bb7 (11... d5
$142 12. Bb2 Bg4 13. Qxe7+ Bxe7 14. Nd2 Bb4 15. Be2 Bxe2 16. Kxe2 Kf7 $14) 12.
Bb2 O-O-O 13. Qxe7 Bxe7 14. Nd2 d5 15. O-O-O Rhf8 16. Bd3 f5 17. Rhe1 Bc5 18.
f4 $16 {1-0 Olsson,K-Gramer,K/Stockholm op 1993 (25)}) (9... Qe6 10. Nd2 Be7
11. b3 Bb7 12. Bg2 O-O 13. Bb2 a5 14. a4 d5 15. exd6 Qxe2+ 16. Kxe2 cxd6 $14 {
1-0 Turzo,A-Chusova,E/Zalakaros op 1995 (37)}) 10. Nd2 $6 (10. b3 Bg7 11. f4
$14 f6 $140 12. Ba3) 10... Bg7 11. Nf3 O-O 12. Bg5 Qe6 13. O-O-O a5 (13... Ba6
14. b3 Rfe8 15. h4 Bxe5 16. Nxe5 Qxe5 17. Qxe5 Rxe5 18. Bf4 Re7 19. Bxc7 d5 20.
cxd5 Rxc7 21. Bxa6 cxd5+ 22. Kd2 $14) 14. Kb1 (14. Be3 $142 Rb8 15. h4 Ba6 16.
Bxb6 Rxb6 17. Ng5 Qe7 (17... Qxe5 $2 18. Qxe5 Bxe5 19. c5) 18. f4 Rb4 19. Qd2
f6 $15) 14... Ba6 $17 15. Rc1 (15. Nd4 Bxc4 16. Nxe6 Bxe2 17. Bxe2 fxe6) 15...
Rfb8 $17 16. Rc2 (16. Nd4 Qxe5 17. Qxe5 Bxe5 $17) 16... Nxc4 $19 17. Rxc4 Rb4
18. Nd2 Bxc4 19. Nxc4 Qf5+ 20. Qd3 Qxg5 21. Qxd7 Rd8 22. h4 Rxd7 0-1

[Event "DEN-ch"]
[Site "Esbjerg"]
[Date "1997.03.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ochsner, Thomas"]
[Black "Hansen, Lars Bo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2300"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "1997.03.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 060"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nxc6 Qf6 6. Qd2 dxc6 7. Nc3 Ne7 {
Romanishin's idea.He has tried it in his game against Gluzman(see below)} 8.
Qf4 (8. Na4 Bd6 9. f4 O-O 10. Bd3 Ng6 11. g3 Re8 12. Qe2 Bb4+ 13. c3 Bf8 14.
Be3 Bh3 15. Nc5 Bxc5 16. Bxc5 Qe6 17. Kf2 Rad8 18. Rhe1 Qd7 19. Bc4 Bg4 20. Qe3
b6 21. Ba3 c5 22. Kg1 Ne7 23. Bf1 Nf5 24. Qf2 Nd6 25. Qg2 Qc6 {1/2-1/2 Gluzman,
M-Romanishin,O/Moscow (ol) 1994}) 8... Ng6 (8... Be6 $6 9. Qxf6 gxf6 10. Bh6 $1
Rg8 11. Rd1 $16) (8... Qxf4 $6 9. Bxf4 Bd6 10. Bxd6 $5 cxd6 11. O-O-O Kd7 12.
Bc4 f6 13. Rd3 Kc7 14. h4 b5 15. Bb3 a5 16. Rg3 g6 17. a4 b4 18. Ne2 f5 19. h5
$16) ({Rublevsky} 8... Qe6 $1 9. Qxc7 O-O 10. Bd3 Ng6 (10... f5 $2 11. O-O Bd6
12. Qa5 f4 13. e5 $1 Qxe5 14. Qxe5 Bxe5 15. Re1 $16) 11. Qg3 $8 f5 12. f4 $5 (
12. O-O $2 f4 13. Qg5 Be7 14. Qh5 Ne5 $17) 12... fxe4 13. Nxe4 Bd7 $2 (13...
Re8 $1 14. Kd1 $1 $8 {~/=}) 14. Bd2 Rae8 15. Bc3 (15. O-O-O $6 Qxa2 16. Bc3 Be7
$1 $13 17. h4 $140 $2 Rxf4 $1 18. h5 Rg4 $1 19. Qc7 Rxe4 20. Bxe4 Bg5+ $19)
15... Bd6 (15... Rxf4 16. O-O-O Be7 17. Ng5 Bxg5 18. Qxg5 $16 Qxa2 $140 19. b3
Rg4 20. Bc4+ Kh8 21. Bxg7+ $1 $18) 16. O-O $16 Rxf4 $8 (16... Bxf4 $2 17. Rxf4
$1 Rxf4 18. Nc5 Qg4 19. Nxd7 Qxd7 20. Bxg6 Rg4 21. Bxe8 $18) 17. Nxd6 Qxd6 18.
Rfe1 Qc5+ 19. Kh1 Ref8 (19... Rxe1+ 20. Rxe1 Qf8 21. h3 $16) 20. h3 R4f7 21. a3
$5 a5 $8 22. Bxg6 hxg6 23. Qxg6 Bf5 24. Qg5 Qf2 25. Rf1 Qxc2 26. Rac1 Qd3 (
26... Qe4 27. Rce1 Qd5 28. Re5 Qd7 29. Rfe1 Qd3 30. Re7 Bg6 31. Rxf7 Rxf7 32.
Re8+ Rf8 33. Qe5 Qf1+ 34. Kh2 Qf6 35. Qc7 Qf7 36. Re7 $18) 27. Rf3 $5 Qe4 $2 (
27... Qd7 $8 28. Bxa5 $16) 28. Re1 Qc2 (28... Qd5 29. Re5 Qd7 30. Rfe3 $18) 29.
Rg3 g6 30. Rc1 Qe4 31. Re1 Qc2 $8 32. Rf3 $18 Rh7 33. Ref1 Rh5 34. Qxg6+ $1 {
1-0 Rublevsky,S-Goldin,A/Jugoslavija 1995}) (8... Qxf4 $6 {- 65/(305)}) 9. Qxf6
gxf6 10. Na4 {The idea of the move is to develop his bishop on g1-a7 diagonal.}
Bd4 $5 $146 {Exactly against white's plan.Now white has to play11.c3 and
white's knight w'ont be able to get back.} (10... Bd6 11. Be3 f5 12. exf5 Bxf5
13. O-O-O O-O-O 14. g3 Bg4 15. Rd4 f5 16. Bg2 f4 17. gxf4 Nh4 18. f5 Rhg8 19.
h3 Bxf5 20. Bxc6 Ng2 21. Bd5 Rg6 22. Bxg2 Rxg2 23. Nc3 Re8 24. Rd5 Re5 25. Rhd1
Be6 26. Rxe5 Bxe5 27. Nd5 b6 28. Bf4 Bxd5 29. Rxd5 {1/2-1/2 Relange,E-Onischuk,
A/WchJM-U20 Halle 1995}) 11. c3 (11. f4 a6 {Now black take diagonal a7-g1
under control,but white still has slight advantage owing to the strong centre
and the black's weeknesses on the king side.For example:} (11... f5 $5 12. c3
Bg7 13. Bd3 $14) (11... a5 $5) 12. c3 Ba7 13. b4 $14) 11... Be5 12. Nc5 (12.
Be3 $5) 12... Bd6 13. Nb3 (13. Be3 $142) 13... Rg8 $5 {/\Nh4} 14. f3 $1 (14.
Be3 $6 Nh4 $1 15. g3 (15. O-O-O $6 Nxg2 $1 16. Rg1 Bh3 {/\Ke7}) 15... Nf3+ 16.
Ke2 Bg4 17. h3 Nd4+ 18. Kd3 Bf3 $1 19. Rg1 Nxb3 20. axb3 O-O-O $1 $15) 14... c5
(14... f5 $1 15. exf5 Bxf5 16. Nd4 Bd7 $11) 15. Be3 b6 16. Kf2 $14 h5 (16... f5
$5) 17. Nd2 $1 {White bring in the play his knight.Now he has slight,but
long-term advantage.} Bd7 (17... Be6 $5 18. Bb5+ Ke7) 18. Nc4 Be7 19. a4 O-O-O
20. Be2 a5 21. Rhd1 h4 22. b3 Rde8 23. Ra2 Bf8 24. Rad2 Bc6 25. Na3 Kb7 26. Bc4
Ne5 27. Bd5 $1 $16 {Now white get clear advantage.The kingside pawns and all
white squares in the black's camp are very week.} Bxd5 28. Rxd5 Be7 29. R5d2
Rg6 30. h3 $6 (30. g4 $1 hxg3+ 31. hxg3 Rh8 32. Bf4 $1 $16 (32. Kg2 $5)) 30...
Rgg8 $6 (30... Reg8 $142 $5) 31. Nb5 $2 (31. c4 $1 {/\Na3-b1(b5)-c3}) 31... c4
$1 32. f4 $2 (32. bxc4 $6 Nxc4 33. Rd7 $2 Rxg2+ $1 34. Kxg2 Nxe3+ 35. Kf2 Nxd1+
36. Rxd1 $15) (32. Rb1 $1 cxb3 $140 33. Rxb3 Nc4 34. Rd7 $1 Nxe3 35. Rxc7+ Kb8
36. Kxe3 Rxg2 37. Rc6 $1 $16 Bc5+ $140 $4 38. Rxc5) 32... Nd3+ 33. Kf1 (33.
Rxd3 cxd3 34. Rxd3 Rd8 $1 $15) 33... Bc5 $1 $15 34. bxc4 (34. Bxc5 $5 Nxc5 35.
b4 $1 axb4 36. cxb4 Nd3 $1 (36... Nxe4 $2 37. Rd7 $132) 37. Re2 $1 Nxf4 $140
38. Rc2 $1 Rxe4 39. Rd7 $132) 34... Bxe3 35. Rxd3 Rxe4 $17 36. Rd7 Bxf4 37.
Rxf7 (37. R1d4 Rge8 $1 {/\Bg3} 38. Rxe4 Rxe4 39. Rd4 (39. Nd4 Bg3) 39... f5 $1)
37... Rge8 $6 (37... Bg3 $1 38. Rxf6 Rd8 $1 39. Ra1 Rxc4 $17) 38. c5 $1 $132
bxc5 (38... Rxa4 39. cxb6 $1 (39. Nd6+ Bxd6 40. cxd6 Rc4 41. d7 Rd8) 39... Kxb6
40. Rb1 Kc5 41. Nxc7 Re3 42. Rd1 $1 $15) (38... Bg3 $2 39. Nd6+) 39. Rb1 Kc6
40. Rxf6+ Bd6 $6 (40... Kd5 $1 41. Rf5+ R8e5 $1 42. Nxc7+ Kc4 $15) 41. Rd1 $1
Rd8 42. Ra1 Rf4+ 43. Rxf4 Bxf4 44. Ra2 (44. Re1 $142 $15) 44... Kd5 $1 45. Na3
$6 (45. Re2 $5) 45... Bc1 $1 46. c4+ $2 (46. Rf2 $1) 46... Ke4 $17 47. Re2+ (
47. Nb5 Rd1+ $1 48. Ke2 Rg1 $1 49. Kf2 $140 $4 Be3+ 50. Ke2 Rxg2+) 47... Kd3
48. Nb5 Bf4 49. Na3 Bg3 50. Re7 c6 $19 (50... Rf8+ 51. Kg1 Kc3 $19) 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-33"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1998.09.30"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Yurtaev, Leonid"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1998.09.29"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 068"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "US of America"]
[BlackTeam "Kyrgyzstan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "KGZ"]

1. e4 {Hecht} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7.
Qe2 Nd5 8. c4 Nb6 (8... Ba6 {is the main line.}) 9. Nd2 a5 10. g3 Qe6 11. b3 $1
{This moves order looks better than immediate 11.Bg2 as in the latter case b3
will be impossible because of Bc3(see below)} (11. Bg2 Bb4 12. O-O Bxd2 $5 (
12... O-O 13. b3 $2 (13. f4 Re8 14. b3 d5 15. Bb2 a4 16. Nf3 a3 17. Bd4 c5 18.
Bf2 h6 19. cxd5 Nxd5 20. Qc2 Ba6 21. f5 Qb6 22. Qe4 Rad8 23. Rfd1 Nc3 24. Rxd8
Rxd8 25. Qh4 f6 26. e6 Qd6 27. Kh1 $142 (27. Bf1 $2 Bxf1 28. Kxf1 Qd3+ 29. Kg2
Qxf5 $19 {0-1 Kreiman,B-Grinshpun,E/Budapest 1998/EXT 99 (32)})) 13... Bc3 14.
Rb1 Bxe5 $15 {0-1 Chernyshov,K-Galeev,S/Harkany 1994/CBM 45 ext (41)}) 13. Bxd2
(13. Qxd2 $5 Qxc4 (13... Nxc4 14. Qc3 $44) 14. b3 Qb4 15. Qxb4 axb4 16. Bd2 Nd5
17. Bxd5 cxd5 18. Rfc1 c6 19. Bxb4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Lautier,J-Emms,J/Harplinge
1998/CBM 67 noVC (55) White is slightly better,but I'm not sure if white has
big chances to win it.}) 13... Nxc4 14. Bc3 Ba6 15. Rfe1 Nb6 16. Qh5 Bc4 17.
Be4 g6 18. Qh6 $44 {1/2-1/2 Borge,N-Fedorov,V/Tastrup 1992/CBM 28 ext (103)})
11... a4 12. Bb2 Bb4 13. Bg2 O-O (13... Rb8 14. O-O a3 15. Bd4 c5 16. Be3 O-O
17. Ne4 Bb7 18. Bxc5 Bxe4 19. Bxb4 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 $16 {1-0 Oll,L-Sonntag,H/
Eupen 1995/EXT 97 (44)}) (13... Ba6 $5 {preparing long castle and d7-d5 looks
interesting.} 14. f4 O-O-O 15. O-O d5 16. f5 Qh6 17. Rad1 Rhe8 $13 {1-0
Hennigan,M-Ferguson,M/Swansea 1995/EXT 97 (40)}) 14. O-O {This position can be
reached by several transpositions:black can play Qe6 instead of a5;white
sometimes plays b3 before g3 etc.} a3 $146 {[%mdl 8]} (14... d5 15. Nf3 $6 (15.
f4 $5) 15... a3 16. Bc1 $6 (16. Bd4) 16... Bc3 17. Rb1 f6 $1 18. Qe3 Bxe5 19.
c5 Qf5 $1 20. Bd2 Nd7 $17 {0-1 Hnydiuk,A-Dworakowski,L/Krynica 1997/CBM 61 ext
(43)}) 15. Bd4 {[%cal Gf2f4,Gf4f5]} c5 $2 {[%mdl 512] This was the idea of 14..
.a3.Black sacrifices an exchange for a pawn,but the compensation doesn't look
sufficient.} (15... d5 $5) (15... f6 $5) 16. Be3 $5 {White is not in a hurry
to take on a8 as in the case of R~ he defends on e5 by f2-f4 and the position
is in the white's favour clearly thanks to an extra pawn on the king side and
displaced black pieces.} (16. Bxa8 $5 cxd4 (16... Nxa8 17. Be3 Qxe5 {see 16.Be3
}) 17. Bg2 $16 {[%cal Gf2f4,Gd2f3]}) 16... Qxe5 {Black decides to go for the
planned sacrifice.} (16... Rb8 17. f4 {is also in the white's favour,but maybe
anyway black should go for it.}) 17. Bxa8 Nxa8 {[%cal Gc8b7][%mdl 1024]} 18.
Qf3 $1 $16 {A very important move.Now the main idea of the sacrifice doesn't
work.Black's bishop is out of the /^a8-h1 and white's bishop is unpinned.} Nb6
{other options don't look better.} 19. Bf4 Qe6 (19... Qd4 $5 {was a chance to
make white's life harder.} 20. Bxc7 Qxd2 21. Rfd1 (21. Rad1 Nxc4 $1) (21. Bxb6
$4 Qd6 {[%csl Rb6]} 22. Ba7 Qc7 {[%csl Ra7]}) 21... Qc3 (21... Qh6 22. Rd6) 22.
Qxc3 Bxc3 23. Bxb6 Bxa1 24. Rxa1 {[%csl Ra3,Rc5]} Re8 $5 (24... d6 $140 25. Rd1
$1 {[%csl Ra3,Rc5,Rd6]} Re8 (25... Bf5 26. Rxd6 Bb1 27. Rd2 Rc8 28. Bxc5 $18)
26. Rxd6 Bh3 (26... Bb7 27. Kf1 (27. f4 $5)) 27. f3 $18 {[%cal Gg1f2]}) 25.
Bxc5 Re2 {with some counter chances.}) 20. Rfe1 (20. Rae1 $5) 20... Qg6 (20...
Qf6 21. Bxc7 Bxd2 (21... Qxf3 22. Nxf3 Bxe1 23. Rxe1 Bb7 (23... Na8 24. Bd6 Bb7
25. Nd2 {[%csl Ra3,Rc5]}) 24. Bxb6 Bxf3 25. Bxc5 Ra8 26. Re3 $18)) 21. Bxc7 $6
{[%mdl 64] Complicate the position.White has probably missed strong 25...Qe4.}
(21. Rac1 $5) 21... Bxd2 22. Red1 Nxc4 $1 (22... Ba5 23. Rd6) 23. bxc4 Bb4 24.
Bd6 (24. Qd5 Re8 25. Bd6 {see24.Bd6}) 24... Re8 25. Qd5 {[%cal Gd6c5]} Qe4 $1
$132 {Otherwise the c5 pawn is falling.} 26. Rd3 $5 {[%cal Gd3e3] White has to
be careful as pawns on c4 and a2 are vulnerable.} (26. Bxc5 $2 Bxc5 27. Qxc5
Bb7 {and black is on top.}) 26... Bb7 (26... Qxd5 $5 27. Rxd5 Bb7 (27... Ba6
28. Rc1 $1) 28. Re5 Rxe5 29. Bxe5 {[%cal Ga1d1]} f6 $1 {[%csl Ra2,Rc4][%cal
Gg8f7,Gf7e6] with good counterplay.}) 27. Qxe4 Rxe4 (27... Bxe4 $5 28. Re3 Re6)
28. Bf4 $1 Bc6 29. Re3 $1 {It could be a relief for white,but thanks to the
weak pawns on the queen side black always has sufficient compensation.} Rxe3
30. Bxe3 Kf8 $6 (30... Bf3 $142 $5 {[%cal Gg8f8,Gf8e7,Ge7e6]}) 31. Kf1 $6 (31.
f4) (31. Rd1 $142 $5 Ke7 32. Bf4 (32. Bd2 $5)) 31... Ke7 $2 {[%mdl 16384]} (
31... Bf3 $142 {[%cal Gf8e7,Ge7e6]}) (31... d5) 32. Ke2 Ke6 $2 {[%mdl 16384]} (
32... d5 $8) 33. Bd2 $1 $16 {Now white is again on top.} d5 34. Bxb4 cxb4 35.
Kd3 $1 {[%cal Gd3d4]} Ke5 36. f4+ Kf5 37. Kd4 dxc4 38. Kxc4 Kg4 39. Kxb4 Kh3
40. Rc1 $1 Bd5 $2 (40... Bg2) ({or} 40... Be4 {were more stubborn.}) 41. Rc2
$18 h5 42. Kxa3 Bg2 43. Rxg2 $1 {Last chance has gone.White wins by force.}
Kxg2 {Hecht: '[#] Die Zдhlmethode ergibt, daЯ WeiЯ 6 Zьge braucht, um auf a8
eine Dame zu erhalten und Schwarz ebensoviele um auf h1 umzuwandeln. Da die
schwarze Dame geschlagen werden kцnnte, bleibt nur noch zu prьfen, ob WeiЯ
irgendwelche Probleme im Spiel Dame gegen verbundene Freibauern hat:'} 44. Kb4
(44. Kb4 Kxh2 45. a4 Kxg3 46. a5 h4 (46... Kxf4 {Hecht} 47. a6 g5 48. a7 f5 49.
a8=Q h4 50. Kc3 g4 51. Kd3 {Wir kцnnen hier schon abbrechen, denn die Nдhe des
weiЯen Kцnigs garantiert einen leichten weiЯen Sieg.}) 47. a6 h3 48. a7 h2 49.
a8=Q {[%cal Ga8h1]}) 1-0

[Event "Sarajevo Bosnia 29th"]
[Site "Sarajevo"]
[Date "1999.05.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Timman, Jan H"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[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"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
c4 Nb6 9. Nd2 (9. Nc3 {played in Kasparov-Adams three days later looks
stronger.See full analyse of that game in CBM71.}) 9... Qe6 10. Qe4 {with the
idea to complete developing of the king side is met by strong reply Bb4!
Suddenly White has problems with the c4-pawn.So if he wants to play 9.Nd2 then
10.b3 should be prefered in order to meet 9...Bb4 with 10.Bb2.} (10. b3 {
has become the main line after the game Kasparov-Piket,1992 which you will
find below.} Bb4 (10... Be7 {Commented game concerning this move you can find
in CBM64.}) 11. Bb2 O-O 12. O-O-O d5 13. exd6 Qxd6 14. Nf3 (14. Qe3 $1 $14)
14... Qh6+ 15. Qe3 (15. Kb1 Bf5+ 16. Ka1 Rae8 $17) 15... Qxe3+ 16. fxe3 Re8 17.
e4 Nd7 $1 18. e5 a5 19. Bd3 Nc5 20. Bc2 a4 21. Nd4 axb3 22. axb3 Ra6 23. h3 Ne6
24. Rhf1 Nxd4 25. Rxd4 g6 26. Be4 Be6 $10 27. Kc2 Be7 28. Ra1 Rxa1 29. Bxa1 Ra8
30. Bb2 Ra2 (30... Ra6 $1 $10) 31. c5 $1 Ra5 (31... Bxc5 32. Ra4 Rxa4 33. bxa4
$14) 32. b4 Ra6 33. Bc3 f6 $2 (33... h5 $10) (33... Kf8 $10) 34. Rd1 fxe5 (
34... f5 35. Bf3 Kf7 $10) 35. Ra1 Rxa1 36. Bxa1 $16 Bf6 (36... Bd7 37. Bxe5 Bd8
38. Kb3 $16) 37. Bxc6 Bf5+ 38. Kb3 Kf7 39. b5 Ke7 40. Kc4 Be6+ $138 {1-0
Kasparov,G-Piket,J/Dortmund 1992/CBM 29/[Anand] (40)}) 10... Bb4 $1 {[%csl Rc4]
[%cal Gc8a6] This probably strongest move was played only once before.Its idea
is to put pressure on the c4-pawn.} ({Continuations} 10... d5) (10... a5) (
10... Be7) ({and} 10... Bb7 {were also checked out.}) 11. Be2 $146 {Imitating
White's plan in the game Karasev-Varavin 1992 where 11.Bd3 was played.} (11.
Bd3 Ba6 12. b3 Bc3 13. Rb1 Qxe5 14. O-O Qxe4 15. Nxe4 Bd4 (15... Bb4 $5) 16.
Ba3 h6 (16... O-O-O $2 17. Ng5 {[%csl Rf7]}) 17. Rbd1 Bb7 (17... O-O-O $2 18.
c5) 18. Bc2 {1-0 Karasev,V-Varavin,V/Moscow 1992/CBM 30 (63) with strong
pressure.}) 11... Ba6 12. b3 $6 {White sacrifices a pawn for temporary
activity,but what was the choice?!} ({I think White is already worse and had
to look for equality in the following variation:} 12. c5 $5 Nc4 $1 {keeping
the pressure.} (12... Bxe2 13. cxb6 (13. Qxb4 $6 Nd5 $1 (13... Qxe5 $2 14. f4
$1 Qe7 15. Qe4 $1 Qxe4 16. Nxe4 Bd3 17. Nf2)) 13... Bxd2+ 14. Bxd2 (14. Kxe2
Bxc1 15. b7 Rb8) 14... Bc4 15. bxc7 $13) {Now after the best} 13. b3 f5 $1 {
arising endgame is in the Black's favour,but White has chances for a draw.} (
13... Bc3 $5) 14. Bxc4 (14. Qd4 $2 Nxe5 $1 {[%cal Re5f3] and black bishops are
inviolable}) 14... fxe4 (14... Bxc4 $2 15. Qxc4 Qxe5+ 16. Qe2 {[%cal Re2e8]})
15. Bxe6 dxe6 $15 {[%csl Rc5,Re5][%cal Rb4e1,Ra6f1,Ga8d8,Gh8f8] and White has
to look for drawish chances by the means of} 16. a3 Bc3 17. Ra2 {[%cal Gc1b2,
Ga2c2]}) 12... Bc3 (12... d5 $5 13. cxd5 $140 (13. Qe3 $142) 13... cxd5 14. Qe3
Bxe2 15. Kxe2 (15. Qxe2 Bc3) 15... Rd8) 13. Rb1 Qxe5 14. O-O Qxe4 15. Nxe4 Bb4
$1 {[%cal Ge8g8] The diagonal a3-f8 is very important.} ({In case of} 15... Bd4
{White has been developing initiative at the same way as in the game
Karasev-Varavin(see above)} 16. Ba3 $44) 16. Bg5 {[%csl Ge7][%cal Ga2a3]
preparing to meet 16...0-0 with 17.a3} d5 $1 (16... O-O $6 17. a3 $1 {[%csl
Rb4]} Rfe8 18. axb4 Rxe4 19. Bf3 $44) 17. a3 Be7 ({After} 17... Bxa3 18. Ra1 {
White gets counterplay.} ({or} 18. Nf6+ gxf6 19. Bxf6 Rg8 $1 20. Ra1 Be7 21.
Bxe7 Bxc4 $1 $19) 18... Bb4 19. Rxa6 dxe4 20. Rfa1) 18. Bxe7 Kxe7 19. Nc5 Bc8
$15 {Black has managed to keep an extra pawn and by the precise play is going
to liquidate temporary activity and strengthen his position.Now Adams is
moving to a win as a machine step by step using small inaccuracies in Timman's
play.} 20. Rbd1 Rd8 21. f4 a5 22. Rfe1 Kf8 23. cxd5 cxd5 {First achievment.
Double pawns are not existing anymore.} 24. Bb5 g6 25. Rd4 Ra7 26. Rc1 Rd6 27.
Kf2 Bf5 28. Be2 h5 29. h3 h4 $1 30. Bd3 Bxd3 31. Nxd3 Nd7 $17 {Another
achievment.Bishops are exchanged and black knight takes the important c5
square under control.} 32. Ne5 Nf6 33. Nf3 $2 {[%mdl 16384] Decisive mistake.
Black repairs pawn structure and achieves winning advantage.} c5 $1 $19 {
[%mdl 16]} 34. Rd3 (34. Rxc5 Ne4+ {[%cal Re4f2,Re4c5]}) 34... a4 $1 35. Nd2
axb3 36. Rxc5 {White finally takes on c5,but a pawn on b3 is still alive and
while White takes care of it Black creates decisive threats to White's monarch.
} Rxa3 37. Rb5 (37. Rc8+ Kg7 38. Rxb3 Ra2 39. Rd3 Re6 $19 {[%cal Gf6e4,Gf6h5]})
37... Ra2 $1 38. Rbxb3 Re6 $1 {[%csl Rf2][%cal Gf6e4,Ra2f2] Now straight
attack decides the game.Threats Ne4 and Nh5 are mortal.} 39. Kg1 (39. Kf3 Ne4
$1) (39. Kf1 Nh5 $19) 39... Re2 40. Nf3 Rxg2+ 41. Kh1 Ne4 {[%cal Re4g3]} 0-1

[Event "Sarajevo Bosnia 29th"]
[Site "Sarajevo"]
[Date "1999.05.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[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"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
c4 Nb6 9. Nc3 Qe6 {All the information concerning opening part of this game
you can find in CBM65(Ponomariov-Spassky,Cannes 1998)} (9... Ba6 10. Qe4 Qb4 $6
11. a3 Qb3 12. Bd3 $1 Bxc4 $140 $2 13. Bc2 $1) 10. Qe4 Bb4 11. Bd2 Ba6 12. b3 (
12. c5 $6 Nc4 (12... Bxf1 13. cxb6 Bc4 (13... Bxg2 $2 14. Qxg2 Qxe5+ 15. Kd1
$16) 14. bxc7 Ba5 15. f4 $13) 13. Bxc4 Bxc4 14. f4 Bxc3 15. Bxc3 Bxa2 $15)
12... Bxc3 13. Bxc3 d5 {The main idea of the Black's set up.} 14. Qh4 $5 $146 {
A novelty.In three previous games White retreated to f3.Kasparov tries a new
idea.White's queen keeps the c4 square under additional control that can be
important comparing to the previous games.} (14. Qf3 {1/2-1/2 Ponomariov,
R-Spassky,B/Cannes 1998/CBM 65/[Mikhalevski,V] (58)}) (14. cxd5 {also doesn't
promise a lot.} cxd5 15. Qb4 Bxf1 16. Kxf1 $13 (16. Rxf1 {Blatny} Nd7 17. O-O-O
c5 18. Qb7 Nb6)) 14... dxc4 15. Be2 Nd5 {A try to make use of 14.Qh4} 16. Bd4 (
{After} 16. Bxc4 Bxc4 (16... g5 $5 17. Qd4 Bxc4 18. Qxc4 Nf4) 17. Qxc4 {
[%csl Ra7,Rc6,Rc7] White is slightly better}) 16... c5 ({After} 16... Ne7 {
White can ignore an idea of 17...Nf5 and castle.} 17. O-O) 17. Bxc5 Nc3 $1 {
The idea of previous move.Black is preventing 18.0-0 and preparing Q:e5+.} ({
In case of} 17... Qxe5 $2 18. O-O {[%csl Re8] Black has serious problems}) 18.
Bxc4 Qxe5+ 19. Be3 (19. Kf1 {[%cal Ga1e1]} Ne4 {[%cal Ge5a1,Ge4d2]} (19... Qxc5
20. Re1+ Kf8 21. Bxa6 Nxa2 22. Bc4 $36 {[%cal Gh4f4]}) 20. Rd1 $1 Bxc4+ 21.
bxc4 {[%csl Re8]} Nxc5 $5 22. Re1 Qxe1+ 23. Kxe1 O-O $13 {[%csl Re1]} 24. Kd2
$5) 19... Ne4 20. O-O Bxc4 21. bxc4 O-O 22. Rfe1 $14 Rfe8 23. f3 Nd6 (23... Nf6
24. Bxa7 Qb2 25. Bd4 (25. Rxe8+ $5 Rxe8 26. Bd4) 25... Rxe1+ 26. Rxe1 Qxa2 27.
Bxf6 $16) 24. Bf2 Qf5 25. c5 {[%csl Rd6][%mdl 32] Nice play of Garry.Suddenly
Black's knight has lost its fulcrum and fills very uncomfortable.} Nb5 26. Qb4
$1 {[%csl Rb5][%mdl 32]} Qd3 $8 (26... c6 27. a4 Nc7 (27... a5 28. Rxe8+ Rxe8
29. Qxa5) (27... Rxe1+ 28. Rxe1 a5 29. Qxa5 $1) 28. Qb7 Rxe1+ (28... Qd7 29.
Red1) 29. Rxe1 Qd7 30. Bg3 Qd4+ 31. Kh1 $18) 27. Red1 a5 $8 (27... Qe2 $2 28.
a4 {[%csl Rb5]}) 28. Qa4 Qe2 $8 (28... Nc3 $2 29. Qxe8+ $1) 29. Re1 Qd3 $2 {
[%mdl 8192] Up to this moment Black defended his position by only moves,but
under a strong pressure Adams finally made a desisive mistake and had lost by
force.} ({After} 29... Nc3 $8 {Black is still alive.For example:} 30. Qc6 (30.
Qd7 $5 Qb5 31. c6 Ne2+ $1 (31... Red8 $2 32. Qxc7 Rdc8 (32... Rac8 33. Qb6) (
32... Nd5 33. Qb7) 33. Qd7 Qxc6 $140 $2 34. Re8+ $1) 32. Kh1 Rac8 $13 (32...
Rad8 33. Qxc7 Rc8 34. Qb6)) 30... Qb5 $8 31. Qxc7 (31. Rxe8+ Rxe8 32. Qxc7 Nxa2
) 31... Rxe1+ 32. Rxe1 Nxa2 $14 {[%cal Ga2b4]} 33. c6 $140 (33. Qb6 Nc3 $1)
33... Nb4 34. Qb7 $2 (34. Rc1 $142) 34... Qxc6) (29... Qb2 $2 30. Reb1 Nc3 31.
Qxe8+ $18) 30. Rxe8+ Rxe8 31. Rd1 (31. Rd1 Qe2 32. Re1 $18) 1-0

[Event "Ubeda"]
[Site "Ubeda"]
[Date "1997.02.17"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Almasi, Zoltan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1997.02.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 058"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
c4 Ba6 9. g3 (9. Qe4 Nf6 10. Qe2 Nd5 11. g3 g6 12. b3 Bg7 13. Bb2 O-O 14. Bg2
Rfe8 15. O-O Nb6 16. Re1 Rab8 17. Qc2 f6 (17... Qb4 {The same position but two
moves earlier has occuried in the game Messina,I-Ginzburg,M/EU-chJM U14
Verdun1995}) 18. e6 c5 19. a4 dxe6 20. a5 Nd7 21. Nc3 Nf8 22. Rad1 Bb7 23. Bxb7
Rxb7 24. Ba3 f5 25. Na4 Nd7 26. Rxd7 Qxd7 27. Nxc5 Qc6 28. Nxb7 Qxb7 29. Qd3
Qc6 30. Rd1 Rb8 31. b4 a6 {1/2-1/2 Stoljarov,S-Ginzburg,M/EU-chJM U16 Rimavska
Sobota 1996}) 9... g6 10. b3 Bg7 11. Bb2 O-O (11... O-O-O 12. Bg2 Rhe8 13. O-O
Bxe5 14. Qxe5 Qxe5 15. Bxe5 Rxe5 16. cxd5 Bxf1 17. Kxf1 cxd5 18. Nc3 c6 19. Rc1
Kb8 20. Bf3 Rde8 21. h4 h6 22. Na4 Kc7 23. Nc5 Kd6 24. Nb7+ Kc7 25. Nc5 Kd6 26.
Nb7+ {1/2-1/2 Relange,E-Mikhalevski,V/EUCup f 1996}) 12. Bg2 Rfe8 (12... Rae8
13. O-O Bxe5 14. Qxe5 Qxe5 15. Bxe5 Rxe5 16. cxd5 Bxf1 17. Kxf1 cxd5 18. Nc3 c6
19. Na4 $1 $14 {Rublevsky,S-Nikolic,P/Polanica Zdroj/1996/1:0/50/} (19. Rd1 $5
{/\Rd1-d4-a4} f5 $13 {1-0 Berthelot,Y-Marciano,D/FRA-chT 1992 (40)})) 13. O-O
Bxe5 (13... Rad8 $5 14. Qd2 Nb6 15. f4 d5 16. Qa5 Bxc4 $1 17. Rc1 (17. bxc4
Nxc4 18. Qc3 Nxb2 19. Qxb2 f6 $1 $44) 17... Be2 18. Rxc6 $13 {0-1 Schmedders,
H-Roesner,H/NRW-II 1996 (33)}) (13... Rab8 14. Re1 Nb6 15. Qc2 Qb4 (15... f6 {
See Stoljarov,S-Ginzburg,M/EU-chJM U16 Rimarska Sobota 1996}) 16. Nd2 Na4 17.
a3 Qb6 18. b4 Nxb2 19. Qxb2 c5 20. b5 Bb7 21. a4 Bxg2 22. Kxg2 d6 23. f4 Rbd8
24. Nf3 Qb7 25. Rad1 dxe5 26. Rxd8 Rxd8 27. fxe5 c6 28. Qe2 cxb5 29. axb5 h6 {
1/2-1/2 Messina,I-Ginzburg,M/EU-chJM U14 Verdun 1995}) ({Shipov} 13... Nb6 14.
Re1 d5 (14... f6 15. e6 $5) 15. Qc2 Qc5 16. Nd2 Rad8 (16... dxc4 17. Rac1 $36)
17. Rac1 d4 $2 {>< Ba6,Nb6,d4/} (17... dxc4 18. bxc4 Bxe5 $2 19. Nb3 $18) 18.
Nf3 d3 (18... Bxe5 $2 19. b4 $1 $18) 19. Qd2 Bc8 20. h3 $1 h5 (20... Bf5 21. g4
) 21. Rcd1 Bf5 22. e6 $3 Rxe6 (22... fxe6 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. Qc3+ Kg8 25. Ne5
$16) (22... Bxb2 23. exf7+ Kxf7 24. Qxb2 $16) 23. Rxe6 Bxe6 (23... fxe6 24.
Bxg7 Kxg7 25. Qc3+ Kg8 26. Ne5 $16) 24. Bxg7 Kxg7 25. Qc3+ Kg8 26. Rxd3 Rxd3
27. Qxd3 $16 {>< c6,c7,a7/} Nd7 $6 (27... a5 $5 {/\ a4/}) 28. Qc3 Bf5 (28...
Nf8 29. Ne5 Bd7 30. b4 Qd6 31. c5 $16) 29. Nd4 Qe5 30. Qd2 c5 31. Nxf5 $1 Qxf5
32. Qa5 Ne5 33. Qxa7 h4 34. Qa8+ Kg7 35. Qe4 Qf6 36. Qxh4 {1-0 Kasparov,
G-Sokolov,I/Erevan olm 1996}) 14. Bxe5 Qxe5 15. Qxe5 Rxe5 16. cxd5 (16. f4 Re3
17. cxd5 Bxf1 18. Kxf1 cxd5 19. Bxd5 Rae8 20. Nd2 $1 Rd3 $140 21. Ne4 Kg7 22.
Bc4 $13) 16... Bxf1 17. Kxf1 cxd5 18. Nc3 c6 {It's very intresting that the
same position has arised three more times:twice with rook a8 located on f8 in
the games Rublevski,S-Nikolic,P/Polanica Zdroj 1996 and Berthelot,Y-Marciano,D/
Fra-chT 1992 and once with rook a8 and king g8 located accordingly on d8 and
c8 in the game Relange,E-Mikhalevski,V/EU Cup f 1996} 19. Rc1 (19. Na4 {
A try to prevent the centralization of the black king leads to the same
position.For example:} Kf8 (19... Rae8 20. Bf3 (20. Nc5 $6 Re2 21. Nxd7 Kg7)
20... Kf8 21. Nc5 Ke7) 20. Nc5 Ke7 21. Nd3 Re6) 19... Rae8 20. Bf3 Kf8 21. Na4
Ke7 22. Nc5 Kd6 $11 {At this moment I would like to draw your attention to the
fact that above mentioned game Relange,E-Mikhalevski,V reached the same
position with the only difference:the moves h2-h4 and h7-h6 were included!!!}
23. Nd3 R5e7 24. b4 Ra8 $1 25. a4 a5 26. b5 (26. b5 {Now after} Rb8 27. Rc5 Re4
$1 28. Bxe4 $1 dxe4 29. Ne5 $1 Kxc5 $1 30. Nxd7+ Kc4 $1 31. Nxb8 (31. bxc6 Rb1+
32. Ke2 Kd4 (32... Rc1 $19) 33. Nc5 $1 Rb6 $1 34. c7 Rc6 $19) 31... cxb5 32.
axb5 a4 (32... Kxb5 33. Ke2 a4 34. Kd2 $13) 33. b6 a3 34. b7 a2 35. Nc6 a1=Q+
36. Kg2 Qf6 37. Na5+ Kb5 38. b8=Q+ Kxa5 39. Qa8+ Kb6 40. Qxe4 $11 {That's why
the draw was agreed!]}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup-C"]
[Site "Shenyang"]
[Date "2000.09.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Rizouk, Aimen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2689"]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2000.09.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 079"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
c4 Ba6 9. b3 g6 10. f4 Bg7 11. Qf2 Nf6 12. Be2 d6 {[%csl Ra1] Black is trying
to make use of weakness of the a1-h8 diagonal.} (12... Ne4 {is more popular.
Here are few recent examples:} 13. Qe3 f5 14. Ba3 $1 {Morozevich} Qe6 (14... d6
$6 15. Nd2 g5 16. exd6 Nxd6 17. Bh5+ Kf8 18. Qxe7+ Kxe7 19. O-O-O gxf4 20. Nf3
Rhc8 21. Rhe1+ Kf8 22. Nd4 Kg8 23. Nxc6 Kh8 24. Bf3 Bb7 25. Bxd6 cxd6 26. Ne7
Bxf3 27. Nxc8 Bxd1 28. Re8+ Bf8 29. Kxd1 Kg7 30. Nxd6 $1 $18 {1-0 Goloshchapov,
A-Moiseenko,A/Ordzhonikidze UKR 2000 (41)}) 15. Nd2 Nxd2 16. Qxd2 O-O-O 17. Qa5
Bb7 18. O-O d6 (18... Kb8 $2 {Morozevich-Salinnikov,Russian Cup 1998 CBM67
[Mikhalevski,V]}) 19. Qxa7 dxe5 20. c5 exf4 21. Rae1 Rhe8 22. Ba6 Bd4+ 23. Kh1
Qxe1 24. Bxb7+ Kd7 25. Bxc6+ Kxc6 26. Qa6+ Kd5 27. Qc4+ Kc6 28. Qa6+ {1/2-1/2
Rosito,J-Sorin,A/Buenos Aires 1999/EXT 2000 (28)}) 13. Ba3 $1 $146 {
Strengthening the play in Van der Wiel-Beliavsky and inviting to transpose to
12...Ne4.} ({With} 13. Bf3 O-O 14. O-O Bb7 15. Bb2 Nd7 16. exd6 cxd6 17. Bxg7
Kxg7 18. Nc3 Nf6 19. Rad1 Rfd8 20. Rd3 d5 21. cxd5 cxd5 22. Rfd1 $14 {John Van
der Wiel got a slight adge in Van der Wiel,J-Beliavsky,A/Groningen 1994/1/2-1/
2 CBM 45 (38)}) 13... O-O $2 {[%csl Re7,Rf8][%cal Ga3f8][%mdl 16384] Black
puts another peace under a very unpleasant pin along the a3-f8 diagonal.} (
13... Ne4 $6 14. Qe3 f5 {transposes to Goloshchapov,A-Moiseenko,A/
Ordzhonikidze UKR 2000 (41)(12...Ne4 13.Qe3 f5 14.Ba3 d6?!}) (13... Qe6 $5 {
[%csl Ra1][%cal Gd6e5] was interesting creating a direct threat of de.}) 14.
Nc3 $1 {[%cal Ge5f6] Now White is ready for ef and Black has to move the knight
} ({Of course not} 14. exf6 $4 Qxf6 {[%csl Ra1] and Black wins}) 14... Nd7 (
14... Ne8 $6 {is too passive}) 15. O-O $16 {[%csl Rd6][%cal Ga1d1,Ga3f8] Black
is already in trouble.He has not much to do against direct attack of the
d6-pawn with Rad1.} f6 ({Black has no time for taking his pieces away from the
pin as after} 15... Rfe8 16. Bf3 Bb7 17. Rad1 Qe6 {White wins with a simple
but nice tactical blow:} 18. Nb5 $1 (18. Qd2 $5) 18... cxb5 19. Bxb7 Rab8 20.
Bd5 Qf5 21. exd6 $18) (15... c5 {was probably the last chance to stay in life
for a little while.}) 16. exd6 cxd6 17. Rad1 {[%csl Rd6][%cal Gd1d6,Ga3d6] The
d6-pawn is falling.} Nc5 18. Bf3 $1 {[%csl Rc6]} ({Computer's} 18. b4 Ne4 19.
Nxe4 Qxe4 20. b5 $1 {was also sufficient for a win.}) 18... f5 (18... Bb7 {
wouldn't change anything.}) 19. Na4 $1 $18 {[%csl Rc5,Rd6,Re7,Rf8]} ({It
wasn't necessary to complicate the matters with} 19. Bxc6 Bxc3 20. Bxa8 Rxa8
21. Bxc5 dxc5 22. Qf3 {[%csl Ra8,Rc3]} Bd4+ 23. Rxd4 Bb7 24. Rd5 $16) 19...
Nxa4 20. Bxd6 {[%csl Re7,Rf8]} Qf7 (20... Qb7 21. Bxf8 Rxf8 22. bxa4 Bxc4 23.
Rfe1 $18) 21. Bxf8 Rxf8 22. bxa4 Qxc4 ({Or} 22... Bxc4 23. Bxc6 $1 {[%csl Rf7,
Rg8]} Rc8 24. Qf3 $1 $18 {[%cal Gc6d5]}) 23. Qxa7 {Black could resign any
moment now.} Rf7 24. Qb8+ Rf8 25. Qd6 Rc8 26. Rfe1 Qxa4 27. Qe6+ Kh8 28. Qxc8+
$1 {[%csl Rh8] Winning in style} Bxc8 29. Re8+ Bf8 30. Rxf8+ Kg7 31. Rxc8 Qa7+
32. Kh1 Qxa2 33. Rc7+ (33. Rc7+ Kh6 34. Rdd7 {[%csl Rh6]} Qa1+ 35. Bd1 {
[%csl Rh6] with mate in few moves.}) 1-0

[Event "Elgoibar 08th"]
[Site "Elgoibar"]
[Date "1998.11.29"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Van der Wiel, John"]
[Black "Korneev, Oleg"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "1998.11.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nxc6 Qf6 6. Qd2 dxc6 7. Nc3 Qe7
$5 {Morozevich} 8. Qg5 $1 {Mellado Trivino examined this idea two days ago
against Korneev.Van der Wiel tries it again as White was in possession of
initiative during all that game.What have prepared Korneev?} (8. Bd3 Nf6 9. O-O
(9. Qg5 h6 10. Qg3 g5 11. h4 Nh5 12. Qf3 g4 13. Qe2 Qe5 14. g3 Bd4 15. Nd1 Be6
16. c3 Bb6 17. Ne3 O-O-O 18. Bc2 Rhg8 19. a4 a5 20. Rg1 Kb8 21. Bd2 Nf6 22. Ng2
Bc4 {0-1 Landa,K-Ibragimov,I/ch-RUS, St Petersburg RUS 1998 (22) see comments
in CBM67}) 9... O-O 10. Qg5 h6 11. Qg3 (11. Qh4 Ng4 12. Qxe7 Bxe7 13. Bf4 {
1/2-1/2 Baklan,V-Malaniuk,V/Donetsk UKR 1998 (13)}) 11... Nh5 12. Qf3 Qh4 13.
Be2 Nf6 14. e5 {1/2-1/2 Rublevsky,S-Morozevich,A/Russian Club Cup, Maikop RUS
1998 (43) See comments in CBM66} (14. Qf4 $142)) 8... Bd4 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8]
Oleg is not satisfied with the results of his recent game opening and comes
with an interesting novelty.} (8... Nf6 9. Be3 Bd6 10. Bd4 Rg8 11. O-O-O Be6
12. e5 Nd5 13. Ne4 Qxg5+ 14. Nxg5 Be7 15. Nxe6 fxe6 16. c4 $14 {1/2-1/2
Mellado Trivino,J-Korneev,O/Elgoibar ESP 1998 (51)See comments in CBM69.}) 9.
Qxe7+ {What else?} Nxe7 10. Bf4 f5 $5 (10... O-O 11. Bxc7 Re8 {[%cal Ge7d5]}
12. Be2 $1 Ng6 13. Rd1 $1 $16) 11. O-O-O $1 (11. Bxc7 {doesn't promise a lot:}
Bxc3+ 12. bxc3 fxe4 {[%cal Ge8g8,Ge7d5]}) 11... Bxc3 $6 (11... Bxf2 $1 {
Was the only way to equality.} 12. Bxc7 (12. Bc4 $5 $36 {[%csl Re8][%cal Gf4c7]
}) 12... Be6 13. Rd6 $140 Bf7 (13... Kf7 $5) 14. e5 Bc5) 12. Bxc7 $1 {After
this strong intermediate move Black is in danger.} (12. bxc3 fxe4 13. Bxc7 Nd5
$11 {[%cal Ge8g8]}) 12... Bd7 $1 (12... O-O $2 13. Bc4+ $1 Kh8 14. bxc3 $18 {
[%cal Gc7d6] and Black is helpless}) (12... Be6 13. exf5 $1 (13. bxc3 fxe4 14.
Re1 Nd5 15. Be5 O-O {and all the problems behind.}) 13... Bxb2+ (13... Bxa2 14.
bxc3 {[%cal Gc3c4]} Bd5 15. c4 $1 $16 Be4 $140 16. Re1 Bxf5 17. Bd6 $18) 14.
Kxb2 Nxf5 (14... Bxf5 15. Bc4) 15. Bd3 $14 {/+/-.White is better owing to the
pair of strong bishops.}) 13. bxc3 fxe4 14. Re1 O-O $6 (14... Bf5 $142 15. f3
$1 Rf8 (15... Kd7 16. fxe4 $1 Kxc7 17. exf5 Nxf5 18. Bd3 {[%cal Ge1e7]} Rhf8
19. g4 $16) 16. fxe4 Be6 17. a4 Ng6 $14) (14... Rf8 $2 15. Rxe4 Rxf2 $140 $2
16. Bd6 Rf7 17. Bc4 $18) 15. Bd6 $1 Rf7 16. Rxe4 Nd5 17. c4 $14 {/+/-.It's
difficult to understand why draw was agreed.White is a pawn up for nothing and
should continue the game as he doesn't run any risks.The tournament situation
could probably be the only reason of peace agreement.} (17. c4 Nf6 (17... Nc3
$6 18. Re3 Nxa2+ $140 $2 19. Kb2 {[%csl Ra2]}) (17... Bf5 18. Re5 $1 Nc3 19. c5
$1 {[%cal Gf1c4]} Nxa2+ (19... b5 20. cxb6 axb6 21. Bc4 Nd5 22. Rhe1 $16 {
[%cal Ge5e8]}) 20. Kb2 Nb4 21. Bc4 Nd5 22. Rhe1 $16 {[%cal Ge5e8]}) 18. Re1 Rd8
(18... Ng4 $6 19. f3) 19. c5 Nd5 20. f3 $16) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Escaldes zt"]
[Site "Escaldes"]
[Date "1998.11.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Magem Badals, Jordi"]
[Black "Hebden, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1998.11.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 068"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Hecht} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7.
Qe2 Nd5 8. c4 Nb6 9. Nd2 a5 10. b3 (10. g3 {is the main line.}) (10. Qe4) 10...
a4 11. Bb2 axb3 (11... Qe6 12. g3 Bb4 13. Bg2 {leads into the main line (10.g3)
.See Shabalov-Yurtaev,Elista olm 1998(cbm 68).}) 12. axb3 Rxa1+ 13. Bxa1 Qa3
14. Qd1 Bb4 15. Bd3 Qa5 16. Ke2 $1 {[%cal Gd1c2,Gd2f3] Interesting position
has arised.Black must play quickly to make use of the temporary benefits of
his position.At the same time white has been planning 17.Qc2 followed by 18.
Nf3 taking the advantage in his hands.} (16. Bd4 $6 Bc3 $1 (16... Bb7 $5) 17.
Bxc3 (17. Be3 $6 Bxe5 $5 (17... Qxe5 {0-1 Reefat bin Satter-Sharma,D/Calcutta
1997/CBM 56 ext (40)})) 17... Qxc3 18. Qe2 Qc1+ (18... O-O $5 19. O-O Re8 20.
Nf3 $1 $36 (20. f4 d5 $1 (20... d6 $5))) 19. Qd1 Qc3 $11) 16... d5 $6 $146 {
[%mdl 16384]} (16... O-O $6 17. Qc2 d5 18. Bxh7+ $5 (18. Bd4 {[%cal Gh1a1]}
dxc4 (18... Bxd2 $5) 19. bxc4 (19. Nxc4 Qd5 20. Bxb6 {[%cal Gd3h7,Gh7e4]} Qxg2
$1 21. Bxh7+ Kh8 22. Be4 Bg4+ 23. Ke3 Qh3+ 24. f3 cxb6 $40) 19... Bxd2 20. Qxd2
(20. Ra1 $5) 20... Qxd2+ 21. Kxd2 Be6 22. Kc3 (22. Bxb6 $5) 22... Na4+ 23. Kb4
(23. Kc2 $5) 23... Rd8 $13 {1-0 Dochev,D-Vajda,A/Balkaniad-boys 1993/TD (50)})
18... Kh8 19. Bd3 $16) (16... d6 $1 {Opening of lines is the best way to make
use of an uncastled king!} 17. Nf3 (17. exd6 O-O $1 $40) 17... Bg4 $1 {[%cal
Gd6e5]} 18. exd6 O-O $1 $40 {[%cal Gf8e8]}) 17. Qc2 {[%cal Gd2f3]} ({but not} 
17. exd6 $2 O-O $1 $40) 17... Qc5 $6 (17... Bxd2 $1 18. Qxd2 Qxd2+ 19. Kxd2
dxc4 20. bxc4 Be6 {[%cal Ge8g8] with chances to equalize.}) 18. Nf3 $14 Bg4 19.
Rd1 $1 {It's important not to play 19.h3 immediately as black has no useful
moves.} g6 {The result of the previous move of white.} 20. h3 $1 Bxf3+ 21. Kxf3
{[%csl Ga1,Gd3]} O-O 22. g3 d4 $6 (22... dxc4 $5 23. bxc4 Rd8 {[%cal Gb6c4]}
24. Be2 $1 (24. Bb2 $6 Nxc4 25. Bxc4 Rxd1 26. Bxf7+ (26. Qxd1 $2 Qxc4 27. Qd8+
Bf8 $17) 26... Kxf7 27. Qxd1 Qd5+ $1 $11 28. Ke2 $140 Qe4+ 29. Kf1 Qh1+ 30. Ke2
Qe4+ $11 (30... Qxd1+ $5)) (24. Bxg6 $6 Rxd1 25. Bxh7+ Kh8 26. e6+ $4 {is not
mate} (26. Qxd1 Kxh7 27. Kg2 $1 $11) {because of} 26... Rxa1 $1) 24... Rxd1 (
24... Rd5 25. Qb3 $1 Rxd1 26. Qxd1 {see 24...R:d1}) 25. Qxd1 $16 {For example:}
Nxc4 26. Qd8+ Kg7 27. Qf6+ $1 (27. Bxc4 $2 Qxc4 28. e6+ Kh6 (28... Bc3 $2 29.
e7 $18) 29. Bd4 {[%cal Gd8h4]} Qd5+ $8 30. Qxd5 cxd5 31. exf7 g5 $1 {[%cal
Gh6g6]}) (27. e6+ $5 Ne5+ 28. Kg2 $1 f6 $5 29. Qxc7+ $16 Qe7 $140 30. Qxe7+
Bxe7 31. f4 $1 $18) 27... Kf8 $1 (27... Kg8 28. Kg2 $1 {[%cal Ge5e6]} Qd5+ 29.
Kg1 $1 {[%cal Ge5e6]}) 28. Kg2 Ke8 $1 (28... Qd5+ 29. Kh2 $1 Nd2 30. e6 $1) 29.
Bf3 $1 (29. e6 $5 Nd6 (29... Qd5+ 30. Bf3 Ne3+ 31. Kg1) 30. Bf3 $1) 29... Na5
$8 (29... Ne3+ $2 30. fxe3 Qc2+ 31. Kh1 Qb1+ 32. Kh2 Qa2+ 33. Bg2 Qxa1 34.
Bxc6+ Kf8 35. Qh8+ Ke7 36. Qe8#) 30. e6 fxe6 31. Qxe6+ Qe7 (31... Kf8 32. Qc8+
Kf7 33. Qh8 $1 $18) 32. Qg8+ Kd7 (32... Qf8 33. Qxh7) 33. Bg4+ Kd6 34. Bg7 $1
$18 {[%cal Gg7f8]}) (22... Rd8 $5 23. Be2) 23. Be2 $1 $16 Bc3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]
Right idea,but wrong move order.} (23... Rd8 $2 24. Qe4) (23... f6 $1 24. e6 $8
(24. exf6 $4 Rxf6+ 25. Kg2 Rxf2+ $1 $19 {[%cal Gd4d3]}) 24... Bc3 25. Bxc3 dxc3
26. Kg2 $1 $16 (26. Qxc3 Qh5+ $1)) 24. Bxc3 dxc3 25. Qxc3 f6 26. exf6 $1 {
[%mdl 512]} (26. e6 $2 {is not necessary this time.}) 26... Qh5+ (26... Qf5+
27. Kg2 Qxf6 28. Qxf6 Rxf6 $18) 27. Kg2 Qxe2 28. Re1 $1 {Probably this idea
was missed by Hebden when he had played 23...Bc3.} Qh5 29. Re7 $1 $18 {[%cal
Ge7g7,Gf6f7,Gg7g8] /\30.Rg7,31.f7,32.Rg8#} Nd5 (29... Qh6 30. Qe5 $1 $18 (30.
Rxc7 $5 $18)) 30. cxd5 Qxd5+ 31. Kg1 Rf7 (31... Qd1+ 32. Kh2) 32. Re8+ Rf8 33.
Qe3 $1 {[%cal Ge8f8]} (33. Rxf8+ $5 Kxf8 34. Qb4+ Qd6 (34... c5 35. Qb8+ Kf7
36. Qh8 Qd1+ 37. Kh2 Qf3 38. Qg7+ Ke6 39. Qe7+ Kf5 (39... Kd5 40. Kg1 Qd1+ 41.
Kg2) 40. g4+ Kf4 41. Qe3+) 35. Qb8+ Kf7 36. Qh8 Ke6 $1 $16 37. Qg7 $140 Qd7 $1)
33... Qd1+ (33... Qd7 34. Rxf8+ Kxf8 35. Qh6+ {[%cal Gh6g7] /\Qg7 and pawn
ending is winning for white.}) 34. Kh2 Qd6 (34... Qd7 35. Re7 {[%cal Ge3h6]}
Qf5 36. Rg7+ Kh8 37. Rxh7+ Kxh7 38. Qe7+ Kh6 39. Qxf8+ Kg5 40. f4+) 35. Rxf8+ (
35. Re6 $142 $1 Qd8 (35... Qd5 36. Qh6 Qd7 37. Re7 $18) (35... Qd7 36. Re7 Qf5
37. Rg7+ Kh8 38. Rxh7+ $1 Kxh7 39. Qe7+ $18) 36. Re7 $1 Rxf6 37. Re8+ $18)
35... Kxf8 36. Qh6+ Ke8 37. Qg7 Qe6 (37... Qf8 38. Qxf8+ Kxf8 39. g4 g5 40. h4
h6 41. hxg5 hxg5 42. f4 $18) 38. Qh8+ Kf7 39. Qg7+ Ke8 40. h4 {White is
preparing for the pawn ending.Black is absolutely helpless.} Qf7 41. g4 Qxg7
42. fxg7 Kf7 43. Kg3 Kxg7 {Hecht: '[#] Der ideelle Mehrbauer. Der doppelte
c-Bauer kann nicht aufgelцst werden und ist deshalb nichts wert.'} 44. Kf4 Kf6
45. g5+ $5 Ke6 46. Ke4 Kd6 47. f4 Ke6 (47... c5 {Hecht} 48. f5 gxf5+ 49. Kxf5
$18) 48. b4 c5 49. bxc5 c6 50. f5+ {Hecht: 'einfache und typische
Gewinnfьhrung.'} (50. f5+ gxf5+ 51. Kf4 Kd5 52. Kxf5 Kxc5 53. h5 Kd6 54. Kf6
$18) 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch51"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1998.08.06"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Landa, Konstantin"]
[Black "Ibragimov, Ildar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "1998.07.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 067"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 10984]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nxc6 Qf6 6. Qd2
dxc6 7. Nc3 Qe7 $5 {A sensational novelty of A.Morozevich.Two monthes has gone
and E.Ibragimov tries it again.Usually black played 7...Ne7 or 7...Be6} 8. Bd3
Nf6 9. Qg5 $146 (9. O-O O-O 10. Qg5 h6 11. Qg3 Nh5 12. Qf3 Qh4 13. Be2 Nf6 14.
e5 {1/2-1/2 Rublevsky,S-Morozevich,A/Russian Club Cup, Maikop RUS 1998 (43).My
comments of this game you can find in CBM66.} (14. Qf4 $142)) 9... h6 $1 10.
Qg3 (10. Qxg7 $2 Bxf2+ $1 (10... Rg8 11. Qxh6 Ng4 (11... Rxg2 $6 12. Bg5 $1
Bxf2+ 13. Kf1 Rxg5 14. Qxg5 Bh3+ 15. Ke2 $1 $16) 12. Qh7 Bxf2+ 13. Kf1 Qf8 $13
{[%cal Gg4f6]}) 11. Kxf2 (11. Kf1 Rh7 $1 {[%csl Rg7]}) 11... Rg8 {[%csl Rg7]}
12. Qxg8+ $8 (12. Bxh6 Ng4+ $1 13. Ke2 Rxg7 14. Bxg7 f6 $17 {[%csl Rg7]}) 12...
Nxg8 {and complicated position has arised.White probably has enough
compensation for the traped queen.}) 10... g5 $1 {Hunting goes on.} (10... Ng4
$6 11. O-O) 11. h4 $6 {looks suspicious as it weakens queen side and let black
choose between two good continuations:11...Nh5 which was played in the game
and 11...Ng4 that was also very promising.} (11. O-O $6 Bd6 12. Qf3 (12. f4 Nh5
) (12. Qe3 $2 Bxh2+) 12... Ng4 $40) (11. Be3 $2 Bd6 12. Qf3 $140 $4 Bg4) (11.
Bd2 $1 {/\0-0-0 can be recommended.} Bd6 (11... Ng4 12. O-O Bd6 $140 13. f4)
12. Qe3 (12. Qf3 {[%cal Gf3e2]} Bg4 13. Qe3 {[%cal Gf2f3]} Bf4 (13... Bc5 14.
Qg3 Bd6 $140 15. f4) 14. Qd4 $13) 12... Ng4 13. Qe2 {and now capture on h2
should be checked out.}) 11... Nh5 (11... Ng4 $5 12. Nd1 Bd6 13. f4 {[%cal
Gh4g5]} (13. Qf3 Ne5 {[%cal Gg5h4]}) 13... gxf4 14. Bxf4 Rg8 $1 $15) 12. Qf3 g4
13. Qe2 Qe5 $1 $15 {Protecting knight and preparing very unpleasant g4-g3.} 14.
g3 (14. Be3 Nf4 (14... Ba3 15. Nd1 $5 (15. O-O-O $2 Qxc3) (15. Rb1 $2 Bxb2) (
15. Bc1 $5 Bb4 16. O-O $1 (16. Bd2 Nf4 $1 17. Bxf4 Bxc3+ $1 18. Kf1 (18. bxc3
$2 Qxc3+ $19 {[%cal Gc3a1]}) 18... Qxf4 19. bxc3 Be6 $15) 16... Bxc3 17. bxc3
Qxc3 18. Rb1 $44) 15... Bxb2 16. Nxb2 Qxb2 17. O-O $44) 15. Bxf4 (15. Qf1 Bxe3
16. fxe3 Nh5 $1 {[%csl Rd3,Rg3]}) 15... Qxf4 $15) 14... Bd4 15. Nd1 $6 {
Too slowly.White should think about unsecure position of the own king.} (15.
Bd2 $142 {[%cal Ge1c1] /\0-0-0.It looks more logical.}) 15... Be6 {Black is
preparing long castle.} 16. c3 Bb6 17. Ne3 (17. Be3 O-O-O 18. Bxb6 cxb6 {
[%cal Gd8d7,Gh8d8]} 19. Ne3 {can be met by} Nxg3 $1 20. fxg3 (20. Nxg4 Qd6 $1
21. fxg3 Qxd3 22. Qxd3 Rxd3 $17) 20... Rxd3 $3 21. Qxd3 Qxg3+ 22. Kf1 (22. Ke2
Qf3+ 23. Kd2 Rd8 $19 24. Nd5 $140 cxd5 (24... Bxd5 $5)) (22. Kd2 Rd8 $19 23.
Nd5 $140 Qg2+ $1 24. Qe2 Bxd5 $1 25. Qxg2 Bxe4+ 26. Ke3 Bxg2 $17) 22... Qf3+
23. Kg1 Rd8 $1 {Last accord of Black's combination.} 24. Qc2 Qxe3+ 25. Qf2 Qxe4
$19) 17... O-O-O $17 {Now White has no time to escape.} 18. Bc2 $8 (18. Nxg4 $2
Qg7 $1 ({but not} 18... Bxg4 19. Qxg4+) 19. Ne3 Nxg3 $1 20. fxg3 (20. Rg1 Nxe2
21. Rxg7 Nxc1 $19) 20... Qxg3+ $19 21. Kd2 (21. Kd1 Rxd3+ $1) (21. Kf1 Rxd3 $1
22. Qxd3 Qf3+) 21... Bxe3+ 22. Qxe3 $140 Qg2+) (18. O-O $2 Nxg3 19. fxg3 Qxg3+
20. Kh1 Qxh4+ 21. Kg2 (21. Kg1 Qg3+ 22. Kh1 Qh3+ 23. Kg1 g3 $19) 21... Qh3+ 22.
Kg1 g3 $1 $19 {[%cal Gd8d3,Gg3g2]}) (18. Nc4 $2 Bxc4 (18... Bxf2+ $5 19. Qxf2
Bxc4 20. Bf4 Nxf4 21. gxf4 Qb5 $1) 19. Bxc4 Nxg3 $1 20. fxg3 (20. Qxg4+ f5 {
[%cal Gg3h1]} 21. Qxg3 Qxe4+ $19) 20... Qxg3+ 21. Kf1 Rd1+ $1 22. Qxd1 Qf2#) (
18. Bd2 $2 Nxg3 $1 19. fxg3 (19. Nxg4 Bxf2+ $3 20. Kxf2 (20. Qxf2 Bxg4 21. Bf4
Nxh1 $19) 20... Qd6 $1 21. Qf3 Nxh1+ 22. Rxh1 Qxd3 $19) 19... Qxg3+ 20. Kd1
Rxd3 $1 21. Qxd3 Rd8 {[%cal Gb6e3]} 22. Qxd8+ Kxd8 $19) 18... Rhg8 $1 19. a4 (
19. Nc4 $2 Bxc4 20. Qxc4 Bxf2+ $1 21. Kxf2 Qxg3+ 22. Kf1 Qf3+ 23. Kg1 Ng3 $1
24. Rh2 b5 $1 $19) (19. Bd2 $2 Nxg3 20. fxg3 Qxg3+ 21. Kf1 Rxd2 $1 22. Qxd2
Bxe3 23. Qe2 Bc4 $19) (19. Nf1 $1 {[%cal Gc1e3] defending g3 and preparing Be3
was the best defence.}) 19... a5 20. Rg1 (20. Nf1 $5) 20... Kb8 $5 21. Bd2 (21.
Nc4 Bxc4 22. Qxc4 f5 $1 $17 {[%cal Gf5f4,Gf5e4]}) (21. Nf1 $5) 21... Nf6 {
[%cal Gf6e4]} 22. Ng2 $4 {loses immediately.} ({After} 22. Nf1 {Black should
prove his advantage.}) 22... Bc4 $1 {Now it's over.} (22... Bc4 $1 23. Qxc4
Bxf2+ $1 24. Kxf2 (24. Ke2 Qxg3 $19 {[%csl Re2][%cal Gg3f3]}) 24... Rxd2+ 25.
Ke3 Rxc2 $19 26. Ne1 $140 ({or} 26. Nf4 Re8) 26... Nxe4 $1) 0-1

[Event "Elgoibar 08th"]
[Site "Elgoibar"]
[Date "1998.11.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Korneev, Oleg"]
[Black "Gomez Esteban, Juan Mario"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1998.11.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
c4 Ba6 9. g3 Qb4+ {For the first time this move was tested in the European
Championship under 10!Gomez Esteban gives it another chance.} ({The main lines
are:} 9... O-O-O) (9... g6) 10. Nd2 Rb8 $5 {The idea of this move is to take
under control the b1(!)-square that can be important after 11.Bg2(see below).}
(10... Be7 11. Qg4 g6 12. Bg2 Nb6 13. O-O O-O 14. Ne4 f5 15. exf6 Bxf6 16.
Nxf6+ Rxf6 17. Qd4 Qd6 {1-0 Shkoberne,J-Gornoei,A/Tallinn 1997/EXT 98 (17)})
11. Qe4 {[%cal Gc4d5] avoiding all the tricks,but losing important time.} ({
Maybe} 11. Bg2 $5 {should be prefered.} Nb6 (11... Nc3 $6 12. Qe3 (12. bxc3 $2
Qxc3) 12... Na4 13. Qxa7 $16) 12. a3 (12. b3 $2 Qc3 13. Rb1 Nxc4 $1 {[%cal
Yb8b1,Yc3e1] Now we can see that 10...Rb8 is very useful,but certainly White
can play better.}) 12... Qa5 13. O-O Be7 14. b3 $14 (14. b4 Bxb4 15. Nb3 Bxc4
$1 (15... Qa4 16. axb4) 16. Nxa5 Bxe2 17. axb4 Bxf1 18. Bxf1 $13)) 11... Nb6
12. Be2 (12. c5 $2 {is bad in view of} Qxe4+ 13. Nxe4 Bxf1 14. Rxf1 ({or} 14.
cxb6 $2 Bg2) 14... Na4) 12... g6 13. a3 ({Even here it's not the best moment
to play} 13. c5 $6 {as after} Qxe4 14. Nxe4 Bxe2 15. cxb6 Bf3 16. bxc7 Rc8 17.
Nf6+ (17. Nd6+ $2 {is too optimistic} Bxd6 18. exd6 Bxh1 19. Bh6 Bd5) 17... Ke7
18. O-O Rxc7 $13) (13. O-O $5 Bg7 14. Re1 O-O 15. c5 {Now it's better than in
two previous cases.} Qxe4 16. Nxe4 Bxe2 17. cxb6 Bg4 18. bxa7 (18. bxc7 Rbc8
19. Bf4 Be6 20. Nf6+ $140 Kh8) 18... Ra8 19. Nf6+ Bxf6 20. exf6 Rxa7 {[%cal
Gg4e6]} (20... Be6 $6 21. Be3) 21. Re7 $14) 13... Qe7 14. O-O (14. c5 $5 Bxe2
15. cxb6 Ba6 16. bxc7 Rc8 17. Nf3 {[%cal Gc1g5]} Rxc7 18. Bg5 d5 (18... Qc5 $5)
19. Qa4 $5 (19. Bxe7 dxe4 20. Bf6 exf3 $1 21. Bxh8 (21. O-O-O $2 Bh6+ 22. Kc2
O-O $1) (21. Rd1 $5 Bb4+ $1 22. axb4 O-O $13) 21... Be2 $5 $44) 19... Bb5 20.
Qh4 Qd7 (20... Qc5 21. Rc1) 21. Bf6 Be7 22. Nd4 $1 $14) 14... Bg7 15. Re1 $1 c5
{[%cal Ga6b7] preparing Bb7 and stoping c4-c5 forever.} (15... Qxe5 $4 16.
Qxe5+ Bxe5 17. c5 $1 $18) (15... Bxe5 $4 16. c5 $1 f5 17. Qf3 Bxe2 18. Qxe2 $18
) 16. Nf3 O-O {[%cal Ga6b7,Gf7f6]} 17. Qc2 $5 Bb7 {Here the first results of
the opening:1)Black have finished developing successfully;2)the a8-h1 diagonal
is open for his bishop and finally very unpleasant f7-f6 is threatening.I
think Black is already better.} 18. Bf4 f6 19. e6 $5 {The f-file must be
closed even at the cost of a pawn.} ({Dangerous} 19. exf6 {as after} Qxf6 {
difficult to find a good defence against Qc6 , Q:b2 and B:f3/\g5.} 20. Ng5 (20.
Qd3 Qc6 $1 {[%csl Rg1][%cal Gb8e8,Gg6g5]} (20... Rbe8 $5 {[%cal Gf6b2,Gf6c6]}))
(20. Be5 $2 Qc6 $1 {[%cal Gf8f3]} 21. Bf4 (21. Bxg7 Rxf3 $1 $19) 21... g5 $1
$19) 20... Qxb2 21. Qxb2 Bxb2 22. Rab1 Bc3 $1 23. Rec1 Bd4 $1 $17) 19... dxe6
$15 20. b4 $1 {A clever way to get counterplay on the queenside.} e5 (20...
cxb4 21. axb4 {[%cal Ga1a7]}) 21. Be3 Nd7 (21... cxb4 22. axb4 Qxb4 23. Reb1 {
with the initiative on the queen side.}) 22. Rad1 Rfd8 23. Qa4 a6 24. Nd2 Bf8
25. b5 {Black should find a moment to take on b4.} Nb6 26. Qc2 {By the series
of strong moves White strenghtens a pressure on the queen side.Everything is
ready for a4-a5.} Qf7 27. a4 Kh8 {Probably the time-pressure has interfered
into the game and Black is just waiting.} 28. a5 Nd7 29. bxa6 $5 Bxa6 30. Bf3
Bb7 $2 {[%mdl 16384] Black should refrain from this careless move.Now the
a5-pawn is unblocked and White is already on top.} 31. Bxb7 Rxb7 32. Ne4 {
[%csl Rc5][%cal Gd1d8] The pin along the d-file in combination with the
threats B:c5 and Qa4 is very unpleasant.} Rb4 {It doesn't prevent B:c5,but a
good advice is already very expensive.} (32... Ra8 33. Qa4 $1) (32... Rdb8 33.
Qa4 Bd6 34. Nxd6 cxd6 35. Rxd6 $16) 33. Bxc5 $1 Rxc4 $2 {[%mdl 8192] This is a
serious tactical mistake.Black should retreat on b8 immediately or after 33...
B:c5.Now White obtains a big advantage.} (33... Bxc5 34. Nxc5 Rbb8 $14 (34...
Qe7 35. Nxd7 Rxd7 36. a6 {and a strong pass pawn supported by a rook from a1
is very dangerous.})) (33... Rbb8 $5) 34. Qa2 $1 {[%cal Gc5f8,Ya2f7,Yd1d8]}
Nxc5 $2 {[%mdl 8192] Decisive mistake.Black had to defend his queen by 34...
Kg7 or 34...Kg8 with some chances for escaping.} (34... Kg7 35. Bxf8+ Kxf8 36.
Nxf6 $1 {[%cal Gd1d8,Ga2f7] A good example of the "pin" theme.} Rd4 $8 37.
Qxf7+ (37. Qa3+ c5 (37... Kg7 38. Rxd4 exd4 39. Re7 Nxf6 40. Rxf7+ Kxf7 41. Qd3
$1 $16) 38. Nxd7+ R8xd7 39. Qxc5+ Kg8 $8 $16) 37... Kxf7 38. Nxh7 $16) (34...
Kg8 35. Bxf8 (35. Rxd7 Rxd7 36. Nxf6+ Qxf6 37. Qxc4+ $16) 35... Kxf8 {see 34...
Kg7}) (34... Bxc5 $2 35. Nxc5 $18 {[%cal Gc5d7]}) (34... Bg7 $2 35. Be7 $1 $18
(35. a6 $5 Qg8 36. a7 Rxe4 37. Qxg8+ Rxg8 38. Rxe4 Nxc5 39. Rb4 {[%cal Gb4b8]}
Na6 40. Ra4 $1 $18)) 35. Rxd8 $18 {Now it's over.} Nxe4 36. a6 $1 {The most
direct way to a win.} (36. Rxf8+ Qxf8 37. Qxc4 Ng5 38. Qc6 $18) (36. Rxe4 $4
Rc1+ {[%cal Gf7a2]}) 36... Ng5 37. a7 Nf3+ 38. Kf1 1-0

[Event "Beersheba-Peterburg Kings m"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1999.06.13"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Yemelin, Vasily"]
[Black "Mikhalevski, Victor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2531"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1999.06.??"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 072"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. c3 Nge7 7. Bc4 Bb6 8.
O-O O-O 9. Nc2 {Introduced by Kasparov in his game against Short in Linares
1992.} Na5 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8] This move was called by the game Arakhamia,
K-Spassky,B/Roquebrune 1998 which I had annotated for CBM 67 and by my
sclerosis. During the game I could only remember the idea of Na5, but the
intermediate 9...Qg6 is absolutely falled-out of my memory.} (9... d6 10. Bxb6
(10. f4 Be6 11. Bd3 Kh8 12. Nd2 Ng8 13. Qf3 Rae8 14. a3 Bc8 15. Rae1 Bxe3+ 16.
Nxe3 Qd8 17. Kh1 Nb8 18. Qg3 Nh6 19. Bc2 b6 20. Nf3 Ba6 21. c4 Nd7 22. Nd4 Nc5
23. b4 Ne6 24. Nf3 Qd7 25. f5 Nd8 26. f6 g6 27. Ng5 Re5 28. Nf5 gxf5 29. Qh3 f4
30. Qxh6 Rxg5 31. e5 {1-0 Svidler,P-Yemelin,V/St.Petersburg 1994/EXT 98 (31)})
10... axb6 11. Ne3 (11. f4 g5 12. f5 Ne5 13. Be2 Bd7 14. c4 g4 15. Nc3 h5 16.
Qd2 Kh8 17. Qf4 Bc6 18. Ne3 Nd7 19. Bxg4 hxg4 20. Nxg4 Qh4 21. Rf3 Ng6 22. Qe3
Qxg4 23. Qh6+ Kg8 24. Rh3 Qxh3 25. gxh3 Nge5 26. f6 Nxf6 27. Qxf6 Rae8 28. Kh1
Ng6 29. h4 Re6 30. Qg5 Rfe8 31. h5 Re5 32. Qh6 Rxe4 33. Nxe4 Rxe4 34. Kg1 Ne5
35. Qg5+ Kh7 36. Qf5+ Kh6 37. Rf1 Re2 38. Qf6+ Kh7 39. Qg5 Be4 40. h6 Bg6 41.
h4 Re4 42. h5 Rg4+ 43. Qxg4 Nxg4 44. hxg6+ fxg6 45. Rf7+ Kxh6 46. Rxc7 Ne5 47.
Rxb7 Nxc4 48. b3 {1-0 Kasparov,G-Short,N/Linares 1992/CBM 28/[Anand] (48)})
11... Be6 12. Bd5 Ng6 13. Na3 Rae8 14. Nb5 Re7 15. g3 Rd7 16. f4 Bh3 17. Rf2
Nge7 18. Qh5 Be6 19. f5 Bxd5 20. Ng4 {1-0 Koster,L-Landtman,M/NLD-chT9495 1994/
EXT 98 (20)}) (9... Qg6 10. Nd2 Na5 (10... Ne5 11. Be2 d5 12. Bh5 Qf6 13. exd5
Nxd5 14. Ne4 Qd8 15. Bxb6 axb6 16. Qd4 Nc6 17. Qd2 Nde7 18. Rfd1 Qxd2 19. Rxd2
Be6 20. a3 h6 21. Nd4 Nxd4 22. Rxd4 Nc6 23. Rd2 Na5 24. Re2 Rfd8 25. h3 {
Enguidanos Gimeno,S-Destruels Moreno,V/Pref 1992/EXT 98/1/2-1/2 (38)}) 11. Be2
d5 12. Bxb6 axb6 13. e5 Nac6 14. f4 f6 15. exf6 Qxf6 16. Nb3 Qd6 17. Qd2 Bf5
18. Ncd4 Nxd4 19. Nxd4 Be4 20. Bg4 Rf6 21. g3 h6 22. a3 c5 23. Nf3 Nc6 24. Rad1
Rd8 25. Qe2 c4 26. Qe3 Qc5 27. Rfe1 Bxf3 28. Qxc5 Bxd1 29. Qxb6 Bxg4 30. Qxb7
Rb8 31. Qc7 Rxb2 32. a4 Bh3 33. a5 Rg2+ 34. Kh1 Ra2 {0-1 Arakhamia,K-Spassky,B/
Roquebrune 1998/CBM 67/[Mikhalevski,V] (34)}) 10. Be2 Rd8 $6 ({In order to
justify 9...Na5 I had to play} 10... d5 $1 {and I don't see a clear way to the
refutation of this idea. Here is the possible continuation:} 11. exd5 (11. Bxb6
axb6 12. exd5 Rd8 13. Ne3 {see 11.ed} (13. Bf3 Nc4 14. Re1 (14. b3 Ne5 15. Be4
Bf5 16. Bxf5 Nxf5 $44) 14... Nxb2 15. Qe2 Ng6 16. Nd4 (16. Qb5 Na4 17. Re8+ Nf8
{[%cal Gc8d7]}) 16... Na4)) 11... Rd8 12. Bxb6 $1 (12. c4 $2 Qxb2) (12. Bf3 $5)
12... axb6 (12... Qxb6 $2 13. b4 Nac6 14. Ne3) 13. Ne3 Be6 $1 (13... c6 $2 14.
b4 $1 Nxd5 15. Nxd5 Rxd5 16. Qc2 Bf5 17. Qb2 $18) 14. Bf3 Nxd5 (14... Bxd5 15.
Bxd5 c6 (15... Nxd5 16. Nxd5 Qe5 17. c4 $1 Nxc4 (17... c6 18. Nbc3 (18. Re1
Qxb2) 18... cxd5 (18... Nxc4 19. Re1 $18) 19. cxd5 $16) 18. Nbc3 c6 19. Re1 $1
$18) 16. b4 Nxd5 17. Nxd5 Rxd5 18. Qa4 $1 {see 14...N:d5}) (14... b5 $5) (14...
c6 15. b4 Nxd5 16. Nxd5 Bxd5 17. Bxd5 $1 Rxd5 (17... Nc4 18. Bxc4 Rxd1 19. Rxd1
$18) 18. Qa4 $1 {see 14...N:d5}) 15. Bxd5 (15. Nxd5 Bxd5 16. Bxd5 c6 17. Qf3 (
17. b4 Rxd5 {see 15.B:d5}) 17... cxd5 18. Qxf6 gxf6 $11 {[%cal Ga5b3,Ga5c4]})
15... c6 16. b4 Bxd5 17. Nxd5 (17. bxa5 Bxg2 $1 $44) 17... Rxd5 18. Qa4 $1 {
[%csl Ra5][%cal Ga4a8]} (18. Qe2 Re5 $1 (18... Nb3 $4 19. axb3 Rxa1 20. Qe8#))
18... Qh4 $1 {[%cal Gh4a4]} 19. Qa3 (19. f4 $2 b5 $1 20. Qa3 Re8 $3 21. Qxa5
Rd1 $3 22. Nd2 $8 (22. Rxd1 Re1+ 23. Rxe1 Qxe1#) 22... Rxd2 $17) 19... Rh5 $1 (
19... Rg5 $2 {[%cal Gh4h3]} 20. f4 (20. c4 Qd4 $1 21. Nc3 Rxg2+ $1 $11) 20...
Rh5 21. h3 Qg3 {[%cal Gh5h3]} 22. c4 $3 $18) 20. h3 Rg5 $1 {[%cal Gh4h3]} 21.
f4 (21. Kh1 $2 Rd8 $1 22. bxa5 Qe4 23. f3 Qe2 24. Rg1 Rd1 25. g4 Qxf3+ 26. Kh2
Rxg4 $1) (21. c4 $5 Qe4 $1 22. g4 (22. g3 Qd4 $1 23. c5 $1 (23. bxa5 $2 Qxa1
24. Nc3 Rgxa5 25. Qb4 c5 $1 26. Qb3 Ra3 $1 $19) (23. h4 Rf5 $1 24. c5 $1 $11)
23... Re8 $1 24. Qc3 Qxc3 25. Nxc3 Nc4 $11) 22... Rd8 $1 {[%cal Gd8d3]} 23. Qc1
$1 Rxg4+ 24. hxg4 Qxg4+ $11) 21... Rg3 {[%cal Gg3h3]} 22. Rf2 (22. bxa5 Rxh3 $1
23. gxh3 Qg3+ 24. Kh1 Qxh3+ 25. Kg1 Qg3+ 26. Kh1 Rxa5 $1 $17) 22... Qe7 $5 (
22... Rd8 $5 23. Nd2 (23. bxa5 $2 Rd1+ 24. Rf1 Rxh3 $1) 23... Rgd3 24. Qc1
Qxf2+ 25. Kxf2 Rxd2+ $44 {[%cal Ga5c4]}) 23. bxa5 Qe1+ 24. Rf1 Qe2 25. Rf2 Qe1+
$11) 11. Qd2 d5 (11... h6 12. c4) (11... Nac6 $5) 12. c4 {[%cal Gd2d8]} (12.
Bg5 $5 Qe5 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. exd5 Qe5 $1 15. Re1 $1 (15. Bf3 Nc4 16. Qd3 (16.
Qc1 Qf6 $1 $44 {[%cal Gc4e5]}) 16... Qf4 $1 {[%cal Gc4e5,Gc4b2]} 17. Be4 Ne5
18. Bxh7+ Kh8 19. Qe4 Qxe4 20. Bxe4 f5 21. Bf3 Nxf3+ 22. gxf3 Rxd5 $44) (15. c4
Qxb2 {[%cal Gc8f5]} 16. Bd3 {[%cal Gc4c5,Gb1c3]} Qe5 $1 17. c5 $140 $2 (17. Re1
$142 Qf6 18. Nc3 {[%cal Gc3e4]} Bf5 $14) 17... Bxc5 $1 18. Qxa5 (18. Re1 Qf6 {
[%csl Rf2]}) 18... Rxd5 $1 {[%cal Gc5f2,Gd5d3]} (18... Qxd5 {[%cal Gc5f2]} 19.
Qc3 $1) 19. Qxc5 (19. Re1 Bxf2+ 20. Kxf2 Rxa5 $1 21. Rxe5 Rxe5 $19) (19. Qe1
Qxe1 20. Nxe1 Bd4 $19) 19... Rxc5 20. Re1 Qxe1+ 21. Nxe1 Rc1 $19) 15... Qxd5 (
15... Rxd5 $4 16. Bd3) 16. Qxd5 Rxd5 17. b4 Nc6 18. c4 Rd8 19. c5 {[%csl Rb6]}
Nxb4 $1 20. Nxb4 Bxc5 21. Nc2 (21. a3 Bd4 22. Ra2 c5 $44) 21... Bf5 {with some
compensation} (21... Be6)) 12... d4 $6 {[%mdl 64] Too optimistic.? I give for
the real value of the move and ! for the original idea which you will see on
the next move.} (12... Bxe3 $142 13. fxe3 (13. Nxe3 d4 14. Qxa5 (14. Nd5 Nxd5
15. cxd5 b6 $13 {[%cal Gc7c5]}) 14... dxe3 15. Nc3 exf2+ 16. Rxf2 Qb6 17. Qxb6
axb6) 13... Qxb2 14. Nc3 {[%csl Rb2][%cal Gf1b1]} Qb6 $8 15. Na4 (15. exd5 $14
{[%csl Ra5]}) (15. cxd5 $143 Nac6) 15... Qa6 16. cxd5 Qc6 $1 $13) (12... Nac6
$5 13. cxd5 Qxb2 14. Qc3 Qxc3 15. Nxc3 Bxe3 16. Nxe3 Nd4 17. Bc4 c5 $14) 13. c5
$1 {[%csl Ra5]} Bh3 $3 {The point of the previous move. Unfortunately it's not
as good as beautiful!} 14. Bg5 $5 (14. cxb6 $1 Qg6 (14... dxe3 15. Qxa5 Bxg2
16. Kxg2 Qg6+ 17. Kh3 $18) (14... axb6 15. Bg5 $18) 15. Ne1 $1 (15. Bg5 {
see 14.Bg5}) 15... axb6 (15... dxe3 16. Qxa5) 16. Bg5 Nb3 (16... f6 17. Bf4 Nb3
$140 18. Bc4+) 17. axb3 Rxa1 18. Bxe7 Re8 19. Qd3 $1 Rxe7 20. Qxh3 Rxb1 $140
21. Qc8+) (14. gxh3 $2 dxe3 15. Qxe3 Qg6+ $1 16. Bg4 (16. Kh1 Bxc5 $1) 16... h5
) 14... Qg6 15. Ne1 $6 (15. gxh3 d3 $1 {[%cal Ga5c4]} 16. Bxd3 Nc4 $1 17. Qc3 (
17. Qc1 Rxd3 18. cxb6 Nd2 $1 19. Ne1 $1 (19. Nxd2 Qxg5+ 20. Kh1 Rxd2 21. Ne3
Rd7 22. bxc7 Qe5 $44) 19... Qxg5+ 20. Kh1 Rd7 21. Nxd2 Qxd2 22. Qxd2 Rxd2 $44)
17... Qxg5+ 18. Kh1 Rxd3 $1 19. Qxd3 (19. Qxc4 $2 Rxh3 {and after} 20. cxb6 {
Black can chose between perpetual check and attacking possibilities like} Qh5
$5 21. Qxc7 Rc8 22. Qd6 (22. Qf4 $2 Ng6 23. Qd6 Qf3+ 24. Kg1 Nf4 $19) (22. bxa7
$2 Rxc7 23. a8=Q+ Rc8 $19) 22... Qf3+ 23. Kg1 Qg4+ 24. Kh1 Qxe4+) 19... Qxc5
20. b4 Qc6 21. Nc3 Nb2 $1 $44 22. Qg3 (22. Qd2 Nc4) 22... Qc4 $1 {[%cal Gb2d3]}
) (15. cxb6 $1 {is the most simple way to a win.} d3 16. bxc7 Rd7 17. Bxd3 Nc4
18. Qc1 $1 Bxg2 (18... Rxd3 19. Ne1 $1 Rd7 20. Bxe7 $18) 19. Kxg2 Rxd3 20. Nb4
$18) 15... Bxc5 $2 {[%mdl 8192] loses immediately} (15... d3 $1 {was more
stubborn, but didn't save} 16. Bxd3 Bxc5 $1 (16... Nc4 17. Qc1 $1 Nxb2 (17...
Ne5 18. Be2 $1 Bxc5 (18... N7c6 19. cxb6 Nd4 20. Bd1 $18) 19. gxh3 Bd4 20. Ng2
$1 Qxe4 21. Re1 $1 $18) 18. Be2 $1 (18. cxb6 $2 Nxd3 19. Nxd3 Rxd3 20. bxc7 (
20. gxh3 cxb6 $1) 20... h6 $1 $11) 18... Ba5 19. Bxe7 Bxe1 20. Qg5 $1 Re8 21.
Rxe1 Rxe7 22. Qxg6 hxg6 23. gxh3 Rxe4 24. Nc3 $18) 17. gxh3 Nc4 18. Qc1 Ne5 19.
Qxc5 (19. Be2) 19... Qxg5+ 20. Kh1 Qf4 $1 {[%cal Ge5d3,Ge5f3]} (20... b6 21.
Qc3 $18) 21. Qxe7 Nxd3 22. Nc3 (22. Nxd3 $2 Rxd3 {[%cal Gd3h3]} 23. Kg2 Qf3+
24. Kg1 Rd6 $1 $19 {[%cal Rd6g6]}) 22... Nxf2+ 23. Kg2 $8 Rd2 24. Nf3 Nxe4+ $1
(24... Ng4+ 25. Nxd2 Qxd2+ 26. Kg3) 25. Nxd2 Qxd2+ 26. Kf3 $5 (26. Kg1 Qe3+ 27.
Kg2 (27. Kh1 $4 Nf2+ {[%csl Re7]}) 27... Qd2+) (26. Kh1 Nf2+ 27. Rxf2 Qxf2 $16)
26... Qd3+ 27. Kg4 (27. Kg2 Qd2+) 27... h5+ 28. Kf4 Nxc3 (28... g5+ 29. Ke5 f6+
30. Rxf6 Nxf6 31. Qe6+ Kh7 32. Qf7+ $18) 29. bxc3 Qxh3 {with some practical
chances}) 16. Bxe7 Bxe7 (16... d3) (16... d3 17. Bxd8 dxe2 18. Qxe2 Rxd8 $18)
17. Qxa5 d3 (17... c5 $5 {[%cal Gd4d3]}) 18. Bh5 Qf6 19. Nc3 $18 {The rest can
be explained only by severe mutual time-pressure.} d2 (19... b6 $142) 20. gxh3
b6 21. Qf5 dxe1=Q 22. Raxe1 Qh4 23. Bxf7+ Kh8 24. Qg4 Qf6 25. Bd5 c6 26. e5 Qh6
27. Be4 Rd2 28. Re2 Rd4 29. Rd1 Rb4 30. a3 Rc4 31. Qd7 Bc5 32. Qd8+ Bf8 33.
Qxa8 1-0

[Event "Elgoibar 08th"]
[Site "Elgoibar"]
[Date "1998.11.27"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Mellado Trivino, Juan"]
[Black "Korneev, Oleg"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "1998.11.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nxc6 Qf6 6. Qd2 dxc6 7. Nc3 Qe7
8. Qg5 $1 $146 {[%mdl 8] A serious attempt to fight for an advantage in
Morozevich's 7...Qe7 line.} ({Previous games didn't yield anything serious for
white:} 8. Bd3 Nf6 9. O-O (9. Qg5 h6 10. Qg3 g5 11. h4 Nh5 12. Qf3 g4 13. Qe2
Qe5 14. g3 Bd4 15. Nd1 Be6 16. c3 Bb6 17. Ne3 O-O-O 18. Bc2 Rhg8 19. a4 a5 20.
Rg1 Kb8 21. Bd2 Nf6 22. Ng2 Bc4 {0-1 Landa,K-Ibragimov,I/ch-RUS, St Petersburg
RUS 1998 (22) See comments for this game in CBM67.}) 9... O-O 10. Qg5 h6 11.
Qg3 (11. Qh4 Ng4 12. Qxe7 Bxe7 13. Bf4 {1/2-1/2 Baklan,V-Malaniuk,V/Donetsk
UKR 1998 (13)}) 11... Nh5 12. Qf3 Qh4 13. Be2 Nf6 14. e5 {1/2-1/2 Rublevsky,
S-Morozevich,A/Russian Club Cup, Maikop RUS 1998 (43) See my comments of this
game in CBM66.} (14. Qf4 $142 {Mikhalevski,V})) 8... Nf6 {Natural reaction,
that didn't bring an equality.Probably more tricky 8...Bd4 should be prefered.}
({Two days later Korneev tries a new continuation and reaches a quick draw.} 
8... Bd4 $5 $146 9. Qxe7+ Nxe7 10. Bf4 f5 11. O-O-O Bxc3 12. Bxc7 Bd7 13. bxc3
fxe4 14. Re1 O-O 15. Bd6 Rf7 16. Rxe4 Nd5 17. c4 {1/2-1/2 Van der Wiel,
J-Korneev,O/Elgoibar ESP 1998 (17)}) 9. Be3 $1 {The point of 8.Qg5!White tries
to exchange his main enemy and decrease black's chances for active counterplay.
} Bd6 $1 {[%csl Ge5] Korneev finds the best defence.Bishop must take the
e5-square under control.} ({After} 9... Bxe3 10. Qxe3 {White is better thanks
to the better pawn structure.}) (9... Bb4 10. e5 $1 Ng4 {10...Nd7 leads to the
same position.} ({Other retreats are even worse:} 10... Ne4 11. Qxg7 Rf8 12. a3
$1 Ba5 (12... Nxc3 13. axb4 Qxb4 14. Bh6 $1 Qe4+ 15. Kd2 Qd4+ 16. Bd3 $18) 13.
Bd3 $1 Nxc3 14. Bd2 Qc5 15. b4 $1 Bxb4 16. axb4 Qxb4 17. e6 $1 f6 18. O-O $1
$18) (10... Nd5 11. Qxg7 Rf8 12. Bd2 $16) 11. Qxg7 Bxc3+ 12. bxc3 Qxe5 13.
Qxe5+ Nxe5 14. Bd4 f6 15. f4 $14) 10. Bd4 $1 {[%cal Gg5g7] The only way to
fight for an adge.} (10. Qxg7 Rg8 11. Qh6 Rg6 12. Qh4 Rg4 13. Qh6 $11 (13. Qh3
$6 Rxe4 (13... Rg6 14. Qh4 $11) 14. Qh6 Ng4 $36)) (10. O-O-O $6 h6 $1 11. Qxg7
$140 $4 Rh7 {[%csl Rg7]}) 10... Rg8 (10... O-O $5) (10... c5 $6 {is probably
not sufficient.} 11. Qxg7 (11. Bxf6 $5) 11... cxd4 12. Qxh8+ Kd7 13. Ne2) 11.
O-O-O {[%cal Ge4e5]} Be6 {[%cal Ge8c8]} (11... h6 $142 $1 12. Qh4 (12. Bxf6 $6
hxg5) (12. Qd2 {[%cal Ge4e5]} Bb4 $1) 12... Be6) 12. e5 Nd5 (12... Nd7 13. Qh5
$1) 13. Ne4 $1 {That's why 11...h6 looks preferable.} (13. Qh5 {leads to
unclear complications:} Nxc3 14. exd6 (14. Bxc3 Bc5 15. Qxh7 Kf8 16. f4 $1 (16.
f3 $143 Bxa2 $13 17. b3 $140 $2 Ba3+ 18. Bb2 $2 Qg5+ 19. Rd2 Bxb2+) 16... Bxa2
$1 $13) 14... Nxa2+ 15. Kb1 cxd6 $13) 13... Qxg5+ $8 (13... Bb4 $2 14. Nf6+ $1
$16) 14. Nxg5 Be7 15. Nxe6 (15. Nxh7 $2 {is too dangerous.}) 15... fxe6 {
[%cal Gc6c5]} 16. c4 $14 {[%csl Gd4,Gf1] Pair of bishops and better pawn
structure guarantee an advantage.} Nb4 $1 {Knight belongs to the c6-square.} (
16... Nb6 {is too passive}) 17. a3 c5 {[%cal Gb4c6]} 18. Be3 (18. Bc3 $2 Na2+)
18... Nc6 19. f4 {[%cal Gf1d3]} g5 20. g3 {Despite this safe move is securing
an adge} (20. Be2 $1 {looks even stronger} gxf4 21. Bh5+ Kf8 22. Bxf4 {
developing very unpleasant initiative.}) 20... Nd4 $5 {The only Black's chance
to play for the bishops of opposite colours.} 21. Bxd4 cxd4 22. Rxd4 Bc5 23.
Re4 gxf4 24. gxf4 Ke7 {White is a pawn up,but Black has already got some
counter chances.} 25. Bh3 Raf8 {[%csl Rf4]} (25... Rg1+ $142 $1 26. Rxg1 Bxg1
27. f5 exf5 28. Bxf5 Bxh2 29. Bxh7 Rf8 $1 $11) 26. Rf1 Rg6 {[%cal Gg6h6]} (
26... Rg1 $5 27. Kd2 $1 Rxf1 28. Bxf1 Bg1 29. h3 Bh2 30. Ke3 Rg8) 27. f5 (27.
b4 Rh6 $5 (27... Bg1 28. Re2) 28. Rf3 (28. Bg4 Rh4 $1 29. h3 h5 $1) 28... Bg1
29. Re2 Rh4 $44) 27... exf5 28. Rxf5 (28. Bxf5 {is not better}) 28... Rg1+ 29.
Kc2 Rh1 30. Re2 Rxf5 31. Bxf5 Bg1 32. h3 Rh2 $1 {After this exchange a draw is
the most probable result.} 33. Rxh2 Bxh2 34. e6 (34. Bxh7 $5 Bxe5 35. b4 {
trying to create second weakness.}) 34... h5 35. Kd3 Be5 {It's always useful
to force your opponent putting his pawns on the squares of his bishop's colour.
} 36. b3 (36. b4 $142) 36... Bb2 37. a4 Ba3 38. Kd4 a5 $1 39. Bg6 (39. h4 $5)
39... Kxe6 40. Bxh5 b6 41. Bg4+ Kf6 42. Kd5 Kg5 43. Kc6 Bd6 $11 {Now White has
no a single chance to win.} 44. c5 Bxc5 45. Kxc7 Kh4 46. Kc6 Bg1 47. Kb5 Bf2
48. b4 axb4 49. Kxb4 Bg1 50. a5 bxa5+ 51. Kxa5 Bf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mondariz zt 1.1"]
[Site "Mondariz"]
[Date "2000.09.10"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nataf, Igor Alexandre"]
[Black "Miles, Anthony John"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2526"]
[BlackElo "2584"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2000.09.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 079"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nc6 2. d4 e5 3. Nf3 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bb4+ 5. c3 Bc5 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 Ne7
8. h4 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8] An interesting idea.White has been preparing a piece
sacrifice.} ({Usually white plays} 8. O-O) ({or} 8. Nd2) 8... O-O ({I think} 
8... d5 {deserved some attention.}) 9. h5 {[%cal Gh5h6]} h6 {Perhaps Anthony
missed the following sacrifice,but fortunately the position remains defencible.
} (9... f5 $5 {was an alternative,answering a flank attack with a
counter-attack in the centre.} 10. e5 (10. h6 $6 Bxf2+ $1 (10... fxe4 $143 11.
hxg7 Bxf2+ 12. Kd2 $40 {[%csl Rg8,Rh7][%cal Gd1h5]}) 11. Kxf2 fxe4+ 12. Kg1
exd3 13. hxg7 Rf7 (13... Rf5 $5 14. Qxd3 {[%cal Gd3h3]} Qe8 {[%cal Ge8g6]} 15.
Bg5 d5) 14. Qh5 Rxg7 15. Bh6 Rg6 16. Bg5 Rg7 $11 (16... Kf8 $2 17. Qxg6 $1 hxg6
18. Rh8+)) 10... d6 11. h6 g6 12. Bc4+ $1 d5 (12... Kh8 13. b4 Bb6 14. Bg5 $1
$14 {/+/-}) 13. Bd3 $14 {With worse,but solid position for Black.}) 10. Bxh6 $1
{[%mdl 512] Very unexpected decision.In fact this is only a temporary
sacrifice.Black has to return an extra piece if he wants to stay alive.} gxh6
11. Qg4+ Kh8 $8 (11... Kh7 $2 12. e5+ Kh8 13. Qf4 {[%csl Rh6]} f5 $8 (13... Kg7
$2 14. Qf6+ Kg8 15. Qxh6 f5 16. exf6 $18) (13... Ng8 $2 14. Qf5 $18) 14. Qxh6+
Kg8 15. g4 $1 {[%csl Rg8] with strong attack.}) 12. Qf4 {[%csl Rc5,Rh6,Rh8]
[%cal Gf4e5]} Bxf2+ $8 {[%mdl 256] Probably the only chance to continue
fighting.Anyway the bishop was doomed.} (12... Kg8 $2 13. Qg3+ Kh7 (13... Kh8
14. Qe5+ {[%csl Rc5,Rh8]}) 14. e5+ Kh8 15. Qf4 {see 11...Kh7}) (12... f6 $6 13.
Qxh6+ Kg8 14. e5 Kf7 $5 (14... f5 15. g4 $1 {see 11...Kh7})) (12... d6 $2 13.
Qxh6+ Kg8 14. Qg5+ Kh8 (14... Ng6 $8) 15. Qf6+ Kg8 (15... Kh7 16. e5+) 16. h6)
13. Qxf2 $14 Ng8 {[%csl Rf6,Gg8,Rh6] Covering weaknesses on the king side.} 14.
Nd2 Qf6 ({Or} 14... d6 15. Nf3 Qf6) 15. Nf3 {Certainly White doesn't exchange
queens.} d6 16. O-O-O Be6 {[%csl Ra2][%cal Ge6a2]} 17. a3 ({White could avoid
weakening of the queen side by means of} 17. Kb1 $5 Rab8 {[%cal Gf6c3]} 18. Ka1
) 17... c5 {[%csl Gd4] Provocation.Black is not afraid of 18.e5.} (17... Rfe8
$5) 18. e5 Qg7 ({After} 18... dxe5 $6 {all black pawns become weak.} 19. Qxc5 {
[%csl Rc7,Re5]} (19. Rhe1 $5 {[%csl Re5]} Bg4 20. Rxe5 $1 Bxf3 21. Rf5 Qxf5 22.
Bxf5 Bxd1 23. Kxd1 {[%csl Ra7,Rc5,Rc7,Rf7,Rh6,Rh8]}) 19... Bg4 {[%cal Gg4d1]}
20. Rd2 $1 {[%csl Re5]} Bxf3 21. gxf3 {[%csl Ra7,Rc7,Re5,Rf7,Rh6]}) 19. g4 $6 {
[%cal Gg4g5] Brave,but too optimistic.} (19. Rde1 $1 {[%cal Gh1h4] followed by
Rh4 was strong.At this case White would control all the board.}) 19... Rad8 ({
Black could accept the sacrifice:} 19... Bxg4 $1 20. Rhg1 f5 $1 {and it's not
so clear how to continue.}) (19... dxe5 $143 $6 20. Qxc5 {[%csl Rc7,Re5]} (20.
g5 f5 $1 {[%cal Ge5e4]}) 20... Bxg4 21. Rhg1 $16 {[%cal Gf3e5,Gd3f5]}) 20. exd6
$1 {White should've concentrated on attack,in particular he has to prepare g5.}
cxd6 21. Rdg1 $1 {[%cal Gg4g5]} Qf6 {[%cal Gf6f2]} 22. Qg3 {[%csl Gf4][%cal
Gg4g5]} Bd5 23. Rf1 {[%cal Gg4g5]} Rde8 {Now everything is ready.So} 24. g5
hxg5 25. Nxg5 {[%csl Rf6][%cal Gf1f6]} Qh6 $1 {[%csl Rc1,Rg5,Rh1][%cal Gf7f6]
Active defence.B:h1 and f6 are threatening,so White has no choice,but to
sacrifice a piece.} (25... Qe5 $5 26. Rh3 $1 Qxg3 27. Rxg3 $14) 26. Rhg1 f6 {
[%csl Rc1,Rg5]} 27. Qxd6 {[%csl Rc5,Rd5]} Bf7 28. Kb1 $1 ({Interesting was also
} 28. Bg6 {but after} fxg5 $1 (28... Bxg6 $143 29. hxg6 fxg5 30. Rxf8 (30. Rh1
Rxf1+) 30... Rxf8 31. Qe5+ {[%cal Gg1g5]}) 29. Rxf7 $1 Rxf7 30. Qxc5 {[%csl
Re8,Rf7]} Ref8 $1 31. Bxf7 Rxf7 32. Qxg5 $140 $2 {is impossible as White
suddenly loses the rook:} Rf1+ $1 33. Kc2 Qh7+ $1 34. Kb3 (34. Kd2 Qd7+ 35. Ke3
Qe6+ 36. Kd3 Qd6+ 37. Kc4 Qa6+ $1 {[%csl Rg1]} 38. Kd5 Nf6+ 39. Ke5 Qe2+ $19)
34... Qb7+ 35. Kc2 Qe4+ 36. Kb3 Qe6+ 37. Kc2 Qe2+ 38. Kb3 Qd1+ $19 {[%csl Rb3,
Rg1]}) 28... fxg5 29. Qxc5 {[%csl Ra7,Gf7,Rg5,Gg8,Rh8] Tactical battle has
brought some results and first conclusions can be made:White is still in
possession of initiative having two pawns for a sacrificed piece with two more
pawns hanging and position of black king is still vulnerable.On the other hand
Black has been defending his position with an extra piece instead of passive
defence with equal material.I think that g4 wasn't necessary.Playing Rde1
followed by Rh4 White could put much more pressure without taking any risks.}
Rd8 ({Computer's} 29... Bxh5 {was a bit dangerous as it opens another file for
white rooks.} 30. Rxf8 Rxf8 31. Rxg5 Nf6 32. Rg1 $1 $36 {[%csl Rh8][%cal Gg1h1]
}) 30. Bc2 {[%csl Ra7,Rg5] White is still fighting for adge.} (30. Qe5+ {
leads to an equal endgame after} Qg7 (30... Nf6 $6 31. Rxf6 Ba2+ 32. Kxa2 Qxf6
33. Qe4 $36 (33. Qxf6+ $143 Rxf6 {[%csl Rb2]})) 31. Qxg7+ Kxg7 32. Rxg5+ Kh6
33. Rgf5 Rxd3 34. Rxf7 Rd1+ $1 35. Rxd1 Rxf7 $11) 30... Rd5 {g5-pawn is more
important.} 31. Qxa7 {[%csl Rf7][%cal Gf1f7] Third pawn is removed while White
is still in possession of initiative.} Qg7 $6 {Probably Tony thought that Bb3
was impossible.} (31... Nf6 $142 32. Bb3 $140 $6 Rd7 (32... Rb5) 33. Rxf6 Qxf6
34. Qxd7 Bxb3 {[%csl Rb1][%cal Gf6f1]}) 32. Bb3 $3 {[%mdl 64] White is
inviting to play 32...Bg6+?} Nf6 $8 {[%cal Gf7g6] There is nothing better.Now
Black is threatening Bg6+ as the h7-square is under control of the knight.} (
32... Bg6+ $2 33. hxg6 Rxf1+ (33... Qxa7 34. Rh1+ Kg7 (34... Nh6 35. Rxh6+ Kg8
36. Bxd5+ Kg7 37. Rh7+ Kxg6 38. Be4+ $18) 35. Rh7+ Kxg6 36. Bc2+ Rdf5 37. Rxa7
$18) 34. Rxf1 Qxa7 35. Rh1+ {At this moment Black is a queen up,but loss of
her is inevitable.} Kg7 (35... Nh6 36. Rxh6+ Kg8 37. Bxd5+ Kf8 38. Rh8+ Kg7 39.
Rh7+ $18) 36. Rh7+ {[%csl Ra7,Rg7]} Kxg6) 33. Qb6 {Inaccuracy.Here the queen
gets under attack.} ({More precise was} 33. Qa6 $1 {[%csl Rd5,Rf6]} Ne4 34.
Bxd5 Bxd5 (34... Nd2+ $2 {is bad in a view of} 35. Kc1 Nxf1 36. Bxf7 {and the
bishop is untouchable.} Qxf7 $140 $2 (36... Rxf7 37. Rxf1 $18) 37. Qh6+ $1 Kg8
(37... Qh7 38. Qxf8+) 38. Rxg5+) 35. h6 $1 Rxf1+ (35... Qe7 36. Rxf8+ Qxf8 37.
Qd3 $16) 36. Rxf1 Qd7 37. Ka1 $1 $16) ({Impossible is} 33. Bxd5 $4 Bg6+ 34.
hxg6 Qxa7 {and} 35. Rxf6 $4 {is refuted by} Qxg1+) 33... Nd7 {[%csl Rb6]} 34.
Qc7 Rb5 $1 35. Bxf7 (35. h6 Qg6+ 36. Ka1 (36. Bc2 $2 Qe6 {[%csl Rb1][%cal
Re6a2]}) 36... Bxb3 37. Qxd7 Rbf5 38. Rxf5 Rxf5 $15) 35... Rxf7 36. Qc8+ {
Trying to fish in deep water.} (36. Rxf7 Qxf7 37. Qd8+ Nf8 38. Rxg5 {leads to
perpetual check:} Qf1+ 39. Ka2 Qc4+ 40. Ka1 Qf1+ $11) 36... Qg8 37. Qc6 (37.
Qxg8+ Kxg8 38. Rxf7 Kxf7 $13) 37... Rb6 38. Qc4 (38. Qe4 $142) 38... Nf6 {
Opening a trap.} (38... Rxf1+ $142 39. Qxf1 Qb3 40. Qe2 Nf6 $1 41. Rxg5 $140 $2
Ne4 $1 {[%csl Rc3,Rg5]}) 39. Qd4 (39. Rxg5 $6 Rxb2+ $1 40. Kxb2 $140 $2 (40.
Ka1 $142 Qxg5 41. Qxf7 Rb6 $15) 40... Rb7+ {[%csl Rb2,Rc4]}) 39... Qb8 {
[%csl Rb2] Counterattack.} 40. Rf2 (40. c4 $5) 40... Rd7 41. Qe3 {Now the
position is about equal.Three pawns and open position of Black's king
compensate an extra piece.However both sides have to be careful.} Nh7 {[%csl
Gg5]} 42. c4 Rb3 43. Qc5 Qd6 44. Qxd6 Rxd6 45. c5 Rc6 46. Ka2 Re3 47. b4 $2 {
[%mdl 8192] White is blundering his a-pawn.} (47. Rc2 $5 {seems to be safer})
47... Ra6 {[%csl Ra3]} 48. b5 Ra5 $1 {[%csl Ra3,Rb5] The b-pawn is of more
importance.} 49. a4 $1 {[]} Rxa4+ 50. Kb1 Rb4+ 51. Rb2 Reb3 {[%csl Rb5]} 52.
Rgg2 $8 {Fortunately White still keeps the draw.} Nf6 {Trying to get R+N v R
position.} ({After} 52... Rxb5 {the only pass pawn saves White.} 53. c6 $1
Rxb2+ 54. Rxb2 Rc5 55. Rc2 Rb5+ 56. Rb2 (56. Kc1 $2 Rb8) 56... Rc5 57. Rc2 $11)
53. b6 {Who is better?} (53. Rxb3 Rxb3+ 54. Kc2 Rxb5 55. Rxg5 $11) 53... Ne4
54. Rxb3 Rxb3+ 55. Ka2 (55. Rb2 $4 Rxb2+ 56. Kxb2 Nxc5) 55... Rb5 56. Rg4 {
Nobody.} Nc3+ {Last trap.} (56... Nxc5 57. Rxg5 Ra5+ 58. Kb1 $1 (58. Kb2 $4
Nd3+ {[%csl Rb2,Rg5]})) 57. Ka3 (57. Ka1 $4 Rb1#) 57... Nb1+ 58. Ka2 Nc3+ 59.
Ka3 Nb1+ 60. Ka2 Nc3+ {Very interesting game where both sides showed very good
chess.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Pamplona 9899 9th"]
[Site "Pamplona"]
[Date "1998.12.30"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Xie, Jun"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1998.12.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
c4 Ba6 9. b3 O-O-O 10. g3 Re8 11. Bb2 f6 12. Qd2 Nb6 13. a4 $5 {Most agressive
attempt.} (13. Bg2 {is not so good in view of} Bxc4 $1 (13... fxe5 14. O-O g5
15. Re1 Bg7 16. Nc3 Kb8 17. a4 h5 18. Ba3 Qd8 19. a5 Nc8 20. Ne4 d6 21. Qb4+
$18 {[%cal Ge4c5] 1-0 Socko,B-Kostyra,S/Krynica 1997/CBM 61 ext (25)}) 14. bxc4
Nxc4 15. Qc2 Nxb2 16. Qxb2 Qxe5+ 17. Qxe5 Rxe5+ 18. Kd2 Bb4+ 19. Nc3 Rhe8 {
1/2-1/2 Hasangatin,R-Zyla,J/Koszalin 1998/EXT 99 (35) and Black gets strong
initiative.}) 13... Kb8 $6 {Two rounds later Xie Jun will find the
threnghtening of her play.This time she tries natural Kb8 freeing the
c8-square for her knight.But Morozevich shows that the natural  move is not
always the best one.} (13... Qb4 $1 {is much stronger.The comments for this
game you can find in CBM69.} 14. Qxb4 Bxb4+ 15. Nd2 fxe5 16. a5 Na8 17. Bh3 Kb8
18. O-O-O d6 19. Ne4 c5 20. Bd7 Re7 21. Bc6 Bxa5 $17 {0-1 De la Riva Aguado,
O-Xie Jun/Pamplona ESP 1999 (35)}) 14. a5 Nc8 15. Bh3 $1 $146 {[%mdl 8] This
is much stronger than 15.Bg2.White attacks the d7-pawn and it's very difficult
to defend it.} (15. Bg2 fxe5 16. O-O $13 {0-1 Coelho,L-Batista,G/Brasilia 1998/
CBM 65 ext (34)}) 15... fxe5 (15... Rd8 $5 {trying to keep the pawn structure
as it is.}) 16. Qxd7 {[%mdl 16] Now all Black's pawn are weak.} Qf6 (16... Bb7
{is probably more stubborn.}) 17. O-O Bc5 18. Nc3 $16 {[%cal Gc3e4]} Nd6 $2 {
The last mistake.} (18... Rd8 $2 {is even worse as after} 19. Ne4 $1 Rxd7 20.
Nxf6 {and 21.Nd7 White wins an exchange.}) (18... Bb4 {should be prefered,but
after strong} 19. Ra4 $1 {White is clearly better:} (19. Ne4 Qf3 (19... Qh6
$142 {[%cal Ge8d8,Ge8e7]}) 20. Bg2 $1 Qxb3 21. Qxc6 {[%csl Rb8][%cal Ge4c5,
Gc6a6]} Bb7 $140 22. Qxb7+ Kxb7 23. Nc5+ Kb8 24. Na6#) 19... Bxc3 20. Bxc3 Rd8
21. Qf5 $16 {[%csl Ra7,Rc6,Rc7,Re5]}) 19. Qxc6 {Now all Black pawns are
falling down in few moves.} Nb7 20. Qd7 $1 $18 {[%mdl 96] White keeps the
queens strenghtening the pressure.} Rd8 (20... Re7 {after} 21. Nd5 Rxd7 22.
Nxf6 {leads to the game.}) 21. Nd5 $1 {Thanks to this intermediate move 20.
Qd7! has become possible.} Rxd7 (21... Qd6 22. Qxg7 {is not better.}) 22. Nxf6
Rd2 (22... Rd3 23. Nd7+ Ka8 24. Bxe5 {and White wins at the same way as he did
in the game.}) 23. Nd7+ Ka8 24. Bxe5 Bb4 25. Bxc7 Nc5 {This move allows White
to finish the game in style.} 26. Bg2+ Bb7 ({or} 26... Nb7 27. Nb6+ $1 axb6 28.
axb6 {[%cal Ga1a6] and mate is inevitable.}) 27. Nb6+ $1 {Now the last
defender is passing away and no one can defend a solitary black king.} (27.
Nb6+ $1 axb6 28. axb6+ {and mate in three.}) 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-33"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1998.10.03"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1998.09.29"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 068"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "France"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nxc6 Qf6 6. Qd2 dxc6 7. Nc3 {
First key position has arised.Black has to choose between usual 7...Ne7,7...
Be6 and becoming fasnionable 7...Qe7.} Ne7 {Black chooses the old continuation
with a new idea in mind.} (7... Qe7 {line has been gaining popularity after
Rublevsky-Morozevich,07.1998.It looks very logical and can become real
headache for white.} 8. Bd3 (8. Qg5 Bd4 (8... Nf6 9. Be3 Bd6 10. Bd4 Rg8 11.
O-O-O Be6 12. e5 Nd5 13. Ne4 Qxg5+ 14. Nxg5 Be7 15. Nxe6 fxe6 16. c4 Nb4 17. a3
c5 18. Be3 Nc6 19. f4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Mellado Trivino,J-Korneev,O/Elgoibar ESP
1998 (51)}) 9. Qxe7+ Nxe7 10. Bf4 f5 11. O-O-O Bxc3 12. Bxc7 Bd7 13. bxc3 fxe4
14. Re1 O-O 15. Bd6 Rf7 16. Rxe4 Nd5 17. c4 {1/2-1/2 Van der Wiel,J-Korneev,O/
Elgoibar ESP 1998 (17)}) 8... Nf6 9. O-O (9. Qg5 h6 10. Qg3 g5 11. h4 Nh5 12.
Qf3 g4 13. Qe2 Qe5 14. g3 Bd4 15. Nd1 Be6 16. c3 Bb6 17. Ne3 O-O-O 18. Bc2 Rhg8
19. a4 a5 20. Rg1 Kb8 21. Bd2 Nf6 22. Ng2 Bc4 {0-1 Landa,K-Ibragimov,I/ch-RUS,
St Petersburg RUS 1998 (22)}) 9... O-O 10. Qg5 h6 11. Qg3 (11. Qh4 Ng4 12. Qxe7
Bxe7 13. Bf4 {1/2-1/2 Baklan,V-Malaniuk,V/Donetsk UKR 1998 (13)}) 11... Nh5 12.
Qf3 Qh4 13. Be2 Nf6 14. e5 Nd7 15. Qf4 Qe7 16. Qg3 Kh8 17. Bf4 g5 18. Qh3 Kg7
19. e6 Nb6 20. Qg3 Bxe6 21. Ne4 Nd5 22. Bxg5 hxg5 23. Nxc5 f6 24. Nxe6+ Qxe6
25. Bc4 Rae8 26. Rad1 Nf4 27. Qxf4 gxf4 28. Bxe6 Rxe6 29. Rd7+ Rf7 30. Rfd1
Re1+ 31. Rxe1 Rxd7 32. Kf1 Kf7 33. Re4 f3 34. gxf3 Rd1+ 35. Ke2 Rb1 36. Rb4 b5
37. Rb3 a5 38. Kd2 Ke6 39. Re3+ Kd6 40. Rd3+ Kc5 41. a3 Rh1 42. Rc3+ Kb6 43.
Re3 {1/2-1/2 Rublevsky,S-Morozevich,A/Russian Club Cup, Maikop RUS 1998 (43)})
(7... Be6 $5 8. Na4 Rd8 9. Bd3 Bd4 10. O-O b5 11. Nc3 Nh6 12. a4 a6 13. Qf4 Ng4
14. Qxf6 gxf6 15. Ne2 Bb6 16. Nf4 h5 17. h3 Ne5 18. Be2 h4 19. Kh2 Bc4 20. b3
Bxe2 21. Nxe2 Rg8 22. f3 {1/2-1/2 Shaked,T-Spassky,B/Hoogeveen NED 1998 (22)})
8. Qf4 Qxf4 $146 {[%mdl 8] In according to my database this is a novelty.} ({
Black usually played} 8... Be6) ({or} 8... Ng6) 9. Bxf4 Bd6 (9... Bb6 {is
another possibility,but it obviously wasn't Onischuk's idea when he took on f4.
}) 10. Bxd6 {White transfers his adge from an extra pawn on the king side into
weak pawn on the open file.Another option was to keep bishops.} cxd6 11. O-O-O
{[%csl Rd6]} Kd7 {[%cal Gd7c7]} 12. Bc4 f6 (12... Kc7 $2 {is bad because of}
13. Bxf7 Rf8 14. Bb3 $1 ({but not} 14. Bh5 Rxf2 15. Bf3 (15. Rhf1 Rxf1 (15...
Rxg2 $5) 16. Rxf1 Be6) 15... Ng6 $1) 14... Rxf2 15. Rhf1 $1 Rxg2 16. Rf7 Kd7
17. e5 $1 d5 (17... Rg6 18. exd6 Rxd6 19. Re1 $18) 18. Bxd5 $1 cxd5 19. Nxd5
$18) (12... f5 {looks premature.} {Now both} 13. exf5 {and 13.Rhe1 are
dangerous for black.}) 13. Ne2 $6 {As the game shows this move is a serious
inaccuracy.Now Black has enough time to develop his pieces in a normal way.} (
13. Rd2 $142 {[%cal Gh1d1] preparing Rhe1 is much stronger.The fact that black
has to put the "wrong" rook on d8 and the developing is much more difficult is
already a good sign.}) 13... Kc7 14. Nf4 Ng6 $1 {This is the reason.} 15. Nh5
$5 {[%mdl 512] A dangerous decision.White had a chance to recognize that the
plan Nc3-e2-f4 wasn't good and agree with equalizing,but the text is so
tempting!} (15. Nxg6) (15. Ne2) 15... Bg4 {Black has to accept the sacrifice.}
16. Nxg7 Bxd1 17. Rxd1 b5 $5 18. Bb3 (18. Be6 {[%csl Rd6][%cal Ge6f5,Gg7e6]} h5
$1 {[%cal Gh8h7]} (18... Nf4 19. g3 $1 Nxe6 20. Nxe6+) 19. Bf5 Nf4 $1 20. g3
Rag8) 18... Ne5 19. Be6 {[%cal Ge6f5,Gg7e6]} (19. Ne6+ $5) 19... h5 $1 {
[%cal Gh8h7]} 20. Bf5 Rag8 21. Ne6+ Kb6 22. g3 $6 (22. Bh3 $5 Nf7 {[%cal Gf7g5]
} 23. f4) (22. f4 Nc4 23. Bh3 d5 $1 24. exd5 Ne3 $11 {[%csl Ge6]}) 22... h4 $1
{Now black gets strong counterplay that decide the game in only ten moves,but
not without white's help.} 23. b3 $1 (23. Rxd6 hxg3 24. hxg3 Rh2 $1 (24... Rh1+
25. Rd1 (25. Kd2 $4 Nc4+) 25... Rxd1+ (25... Rh2 $142 $5) 26. Kxd1 $11) 25. f4
(25. Rd2 Nc4 26. Re2 $140 $4 Rh1+) 25... Nc4 $19 {[%cal Gg8g3]}) 23... hxg3 24.
hxg3 Rh2 25. f4 (25. Rd2 Nf3 26. Rxd6 (26. Re2 Rxg3) 26... Rxf2 27. g4 (27. Nd8
Ne5) 27... Rh8 $19 {[%cal Gh8h2]}) 25... Nf7 (25... Ng4 $6 {[%cal Gg4e3]} 26.
Rxd6 (26. Bxg4 Rxg4 27. Rxd6 Rxg3 28. Nd4 Kc5 29. e5 fxe5 30. fxe5 $13) 26...
Ne3 27. Nd4 Kc5 28. e5 fxe5 29. fxe5 Rxg3 30. Be4 Kb4 31. Nf3 $1 $13 (31. Nxc6+
$2 Ka3 {[%cal Gg3g1]} 32. Rg6 Ng4 $1 33. Rd6 Rg1+ 34. Rd1 Rxd1+ 35. Kxd1 Nf2+
$19)) 26. g4 Rf2 {[%cal Gg8h8,Gh8h2]} (26... b4 $5) 27. Kb1 (27. Rh1 $5 b4 $1 {
[%cal Gf7d8]} (27... Nd8 28. Nxd8 Rxd8 29. Rh6 Rf8 (29... Rxf4 30. Rxf6 {
[%cal Gg4g5]}) 30. g5 $132) 28. Rh7 Nd8 29. Nxd8 Rxd8 {[%cal Gb6c5,Gc5d4,Gd4c3]
}) (27. Rd2 $5) 27... Rh8 28. Bg6 (28. g5 $5 Rhh2 $1 (28... fxg5 29. fxg5 Rhh2
30. g6 Nh6) 29. g6 Nh6) 28... Nd8 29. Rxd6 $2 {[%mdl 8192] loses by force.} (
29. Nxd8 Rxd8 30. e5 {was necessary and win is a matter of a big work if it's
possible.}) 29... Nxe6 30. Rxe6 Rh1+ 31. Kb2 b4 $1 {[%cal Gf2f1,Gf1b1]} 32. e5
Rff1 (32... Rff1 33. c4 Rf2+ 34. Bc2 Rhh2 35. Kb1 Rxc2 {and mate is a matter
of few moves.}) 0-1

[Event "Ankara FIDE GP (Women)"]
[Site "Ankara"]
[Date "2012.09.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Muzychuk, Anna"]
[Black "Yildiz Kadioglu, Betul Cemre"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2341"]
[Annotator "Miroshnichenko,E"]
[PlyCount "259"]
[EventDate "2012.09.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nxc6 Qf6 6. Qf3 dxc6 7. Nc3 Be6
8. Qg3 O-O-O 9. Be3 Bxe3 10. Qxe3 Kb8 11. f4 Ne7 12. Bd3 Rhe8 13. O-O Bc8 14.
Qf2 Qd4 {There's nothing wrong with this move objectively. However Anna is
known for her ability to squeeze a win out of nowhere in the endgame, so} ({
Black could try to keep the queens and fight for initiative with} 14... g5 15.
f5 (15. fxg5 Qxg5 16. Qxf7 Rg8 17. g3 Ng6) 15... Ng8 $5 {, preparing Qe5 and
Nf6.}) 15. a3 c5 16. Rad1 a6 17. Be2 Qxf2+ 18. Kxf2 Nc6 19. Rxd8 Rxd8 20. Rd1
Rd4 21. Ke3 f6 22. Bf3 Be6 23. Rd2 Kc8 24. h4 Rxd2 25. Kxd2 Nd4 26. Bd1 Kd7 27.
Ne2 ({White could try to keep the knights on the board with} 27. Nb1 $5 {
which normaly offers her more chances to prove the advantage. So Black had to
find} Ba2 $1 {(quite an obvious move, to be honest)} 28. Nc3 Be6 $11) 27...
Nxe2 28. Bxe2 Kd6 29. Kc3 Bd7 30. Bc4 Bc6 {During the game no-one in our
pressroom really believed Black's fortress could be ruined here. However Anna
managed to do so (with the little help of her opponent of course). This
monster game lasted for hundred more moves...} 31. Kd3 h6 32. Ke3 Ba4 33. c3
Bc6 34. Be2 Bd7 35. Bh5 Ba4 36. Kf2 b6 37. Kg3 a5 38. Be2 Bd7 39. Kf3 Bc6 40.
Ke3 Bd7 41. g4 Be8 42. Bc4 Bd7 43. Be2 Be8 44. Bd1 Bd7 45. Bf3 Be8 46. Be2 Bd7
47. Kf3 Bc6 48. Bc4 Bb7 49. Bf7 Bc6 50. Bg6 Bd7 51. Bh7 Bc6 52. Bf5 Be8 53. Ke3
Bc6 54. g5 Ba4 (54... fxg5 55. e5+ Ke7 56. fxg5 hxg5 57. hxg5 Bd5 {and I don't
see any chance to break through for White.}) 55. Bg4 Bc6 56. Be2 Be8 57. Bc4
Bh5 58. Kf2 Be8 59. Kf3 Bh5+ 60. Kg3 Bd1 61. gxh6 gxh6 62. Bf1 Bh5 63. Bg2 Be8
64. Kg4 Ke6 65. Bf1 b5 66. Be2 h5+ $6 67. Kf3 Kd6 68. Bf1 Bd7 69. Kg3 Bc6 70.
Bg2 Bd7 71. Bh3 Bc6 72. Bf5 Be8 73. Kf3 Bf7 74. Ke3 Be8 75. Bh7 b4 76. Bg8 Bd7
77. Bf7 Bg4 78. Bg6 Ke6 79. Kd2 Kd6 80. Kd3 Bf3 81. Bf5 Bd1 82. Ke3 Ba4 83. Kd2
Be8 84. Kd3 Bb5+ 85. Ke3 Be8 86. Kd2 Bf7 87. Kd3 Bb3 88. Bh3 Bd1 89. Bf1 Bb3
90. Be2 Bf7 91. Bf3 c6 92. Ke3 Be8 93. Be2 Bf7 94. Kf2 Bg6 95. Bf3 Bf7 96. Kg3
Be8 97. Bg2 Bf7 98. Bh3 Bb3 99. Kf2 Bd1 100. Ke3 Bb3 101. Kd2 Bf7 102. Bc8 Bc4
103. Bf5 Bf7 104. Bh7 Be6 105. Bg6 Bg4 106. Ke3 Bd1 107. Be8 Bg4 108. Bf7 Ke7
109. Bc4 Bd7 110. axb4 cxb4 111. cxb4 axb4 112. Kd4 Kd6 113. e5+ fxe5+ 114.
fxe5+ Ke7 115. Kc5 Be6 116. Kxb4 Bg4 117. Kc5 Bf3 118. b4 Kd7 119. Bf7 Ke7 120.
e6 Bg2 121. Bxh5 Kxe6 122. Be8 Bf1 123. Bxc6 Kf6 124. Bd5 Be2 125. Bc4 Bg4 126.
Kd6 Bf3 127. b5 Be4 128. b6 Bb7 129. Kc7 Be4 130. Bb5 1-0

[Event "World Women-ch k.o."]
[Site "Teheran"]
[Date "2017.02.18"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Ni, Shiqun"]
[Black "Pogonina, Natalija"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2399"]
[BlackElo "2487"]
[Annotator "Moradiabadi,E"]
[PlyCount "153"]
[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 Nc6 3. d4 $5 {Ni Shiqun plays the Scotch, a demonstration of
willingness to fight and not go for an easy draw!} exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 {Pogonina
plays it safe!} 5. Nb3 $5 {Interesting choice by Shiqun! This is the most
ambitious move in terms of opening strategy!} Bb6 6. Nc3 Nge7 7. Qe2 O-O 8. Be3
Bxe3 $6 (8... d6 9. O-O-O f5 {is the most common approach and makes more sense
than Pogonina's passive choice.}) 9. Qxe3 d6 10. O-O-O a6 (10... a5 11. Bb5 Be6
12. Nc5 Bg4 13. f3 Qc8 14. Nd3 Be6 15. Nf4 {with a good advantage for White.})
11. f4 Qe8 $6 {An odd move!} 12. Bd3 b5 13. Rhe1 Bd7 14. Kb1 Kh8 {[#] White
has more space and all of her pieces are centralised. Therefore, it is easy to
deduce that White has a very big advantage.} 15. Qf3 Qc8 16. h3 b4 17. Nd5 a5
18. Nxe7 Nxe7 19. e5 Ng6 20. Nc1 a4 21. Qe4 $6 {This gives away most of
White's advantage.} (21. g4 $1 {was expected!}) 21... Rb8 22. exd6 cxd6 23. Qd4
Bf5 (23... a3 {was necessary.}) 24. g4 Bxd3 25. Rxd3 (25. Nxd3 b3 26. cxb3 axb3
27. a3 Qc2+ 28. Ka1 {and White is much better.}) 25... f5 26. g5 Qc5 27. Re6
Rbc8 28. Rd2 Qc4 29. Rxd6 Nxf4 30. h4 Nh5 31. b3 axb3 32. axb3 Qc3 33. Ne2 Qf3
(33... Qh3 {might have saved Black.}) 34. Rd8 Rcxd8 35. Qxd8 Kg8 36. Qe7 {
White is slightly better but the dramatic turn of events in time pressure
makes the ending so different!} Qh1+ $2 (36... Qe4 {should hold the balance.})
37. Kb2 Qa8 38. Rd7 (38. Qxb4 {would have won a pawn and probably the game.})
38... Qe8 39. Nd4 f4 (39... Qxe7 40. Rxe7 f4 41. Nf3 Rb8 {should be a kind of
endgame Black can hold.}) 40. Nf3 Qc8 $4 {The infamous fortieth move! Black
could still try to make a draw.} 41. Rc7 Qd8 42. Qe6+ Kh8 43. Qc4 {White is
winning now.} Qd6 44. Rc8 g6 45. Rc7 Ng7 46. Rb7 Rb8 47. Ra7 Rf8 48. Qb5 Rb8
49. Qc4 Rf8 50. Rc7 Nf5 51. Rc5 $6 Rb8 $6 (51... Ne3) 52. Rd5 Qb6 53. Rd7 (53.
Qxf4) 53... Qe3 54. Qc7 Rf8 55. Rd3 Qe7 56. Qxe7 Nxe7 57. Rd4 {Finally! White
has a winning endgame!} h6 $2 {This makes things much easier for White!} 58.
Rxb4 hxg5 59. hxg5 Nd5 60. Rd4 Ne3 61. c4 Ng2 62. c5 Re8 63. Kc3 Kg8 64. b4 Ra8
65. c6 Kf7 66. b5 Ke6 67. Kb4 Ne3 68. Kc5 Ra1 69. Rxf4 Rc1+ 70. Kd4 Nf5+ 71.
Kd3 Kd5 72. Rb4 Nd6 73. Nd2 Rc5 74. Ne4 Nxe4 75. Rd4+ Ke5 76. Rxe4+ Kf5 77. Rc4
1-0

[Event "Olympiad-35"]
[Site "Bled"]
[Date "2002.11.01"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Black "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2651"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[Annotator "Movsesian,S"]
[PlyCount "213"]
[EventDate "2002.10.26"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Slovakia"]
[BlackTeam "Macedonia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SVK"]
[BlackTeamCountry "MKD"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. c3 Nge7 7. Bc4 Ne5 8.
Be2 Qg6 9. O-O d6 10. f3 O-O 11. Kh1 f5 $5 {An unusual idea in this position.}
({Much more tested is} 11... d5) 12. Nd2 fxe4 13. Qb3+ $1 {The best way to
connect rooks and bring some disharmony to black's position} (13. Nxe4 Bb6 $11)
(13. fxe4 Rxf1+ {and white has to take back with the queen} 14. Qxf1 Bg4 $11 {
and black has no problems}) 13... Qf7 (13... Kh8 14. fxe4 $14) 14. Nxe4 Bb6 15.
f4 Ng4 16. Bg1 Bd7 (16... Qxb3 17. axb3 $14 {with a pleasant position for white
}) 17. Qd1 $5 Qg6 $2 (17... Nh6 18. Ng5 Qf6 19. Bd3 $14) 18. f5 $1 Bxf5 19.
Nxf5 Rxf5 20. Rxf5 Qxf5 21. Nxd6 cxd6 (21... Nf2+ 22. Bxf2 Qxf2 23. Qb3+ $18)
22. Bxg4 Qf6 23. Bxb6 axb6 24. Bf3 $16 d5 25. Bxd5+ Nxd5 26. Qxd5+ Qf7 27. Qd4
h6 28. Qxb6 (28. a3 Qb3 29. Qd2 $16 {was probably also good}) 28... Rxa2 29.
Rxa2 Qxa2 30. h3 {The endgame is technically winning for white.After securing
the pawn structure on both sides, white king's march on queen's side will
decide. All this will take some time, but especially in new time control there
is no need to hurry.} Qd5 31. b4 Kh7 32. Kg1 Qd1+ 33. Kh2 Qe2 34. Qd4 b5 35.
Qf4 Kg8 36. Qf3 Qe5+ 37. Qg3 Qe2 38. Qf4 Kh7 39. h4 Kg8 40. Qf3 Qc4 41. Kg3 h5
42. Kh3 Qe6+ 43. Kh2 Qe5+ 44. Qg3 Qe2 45. Qg5 Kf7 46. Qd5+ Kf6 47. Qd8+ Kf7 48.
Qc7+ Kg8 49. Qf4 Kh7 50. Qf3 Qe5+ 51. g3 Kg8 52. Kg2 g6 53. Qd3 Kh7 54. Kf2
Qf6+ 55. Qf3 Qe7 56. Qf4 Qa7+ 57. Ke2 Qa2+ 58. Kf3 Qd5+ 59. Ke3 Qe6+ 60. Qe4
Qb6+ 61. Ke2 Qc7 62. Qd3 Qc6 63. Kd2 Kg7 64. Kc2 Qa6 65. Qd7+ Kf6 66. Qd5 Ke7
67. Kd3 Qa1 68. Qe5+ Kf7 69. Kd4 Qa7+ 70. Kd5 Qb6 71. Qd6 Qa7 72. Kc6 Qa6+ 73.
Kc5 Qc8+ 74. Qc6 Qb8 75. Qd7+ Kg8 76. Qd6 Qe8 77. Qc6 Qe3+ 78. Kxb5 Qxg3 79.
Qf6 Qb8+ 80. Kc4 Qc8+ 81. Kd5 $6 {Wrong direction.} ({Easily winning was} 81.
Kb3 $18) 81... Qd7+ 82. Ke5 Qb5+ 83. Kf4 Kh7 84. Qe7+ Kg8 85. Qe5 Qd7 86. Qd4 (
86. Kg5 $2 Kh7) 86... Qf5+ 87. Kg3 Qf1 88. Qd8+ Kg7 89. Qe7+ Kg8 90. Qe6+ Kg7
91. Qe3 Qb1 92. Qd4+ Kf7 93. Kf4 Qf5+ 94. Ke3 Qh3+ 95. Ke2 Qe6+ 96. Kd3 Qf5+
97. Qe4 Qf1+ 98. Kc2 Qa1 99. Qc4+ Kg7 100. b5 g5 101. Qc7+ Kg6 102. Qd6+ Kf5
103. Qd5+ Kf4 104. Qxg5+ Ke4 105. Qg6+ Ke3 106. Qa6 $1 {A nice final.} Qh1 107.
Qh6+ 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 23rd"]
[Site "Kemer"]
[Date "2007.10.06"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[Annotator "Movsesian,S"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[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 "Sarajevo Bosna"]
[BlackTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BIH"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. c3 Nge7 7. Bc4 Ne5 8.
Be2 Qg6 9. O-O O-O $6 {Bacrot really took his time in the opening, probably
trying to avoid some line or other. Finally he made this move, which is not
considered to be the most accurate one.} ({After} 9... d6 {I wanted to play
the line, which appeared in the last round of the tournament} 10. Kh1 Qxe4 11.
Nd2 Qg6 12. Nb5 O-O 13. Nxc7 Rb8 14. Bh5 Qf5 15. f4 $5 Bxe3 16. fxe5 Qxe5 17.
Nc4 Qc5 18. Nxe3 Qxe3 19. Re1 Qg5 20. Qxd6 Qxh5 21. Rxe7 $14 {
Movsesian-Grischuk, ECC Kemer (7) 2007}) 10. Nd2 d5 11. Bh5 Qd6 12. f4 N5c6 13.
e5 Qh6 14. N2b3 Bb6 15. Qe2 $5 {This move is probably better, then} (15. Qf3
Nf5 16. Bf2 Nfxd4 17. Nxd4 Nxd4 18. Bxd4 Bf5 19. Bg4 Be4 20. Qe3 {0,5
Pavasovic-Gostisa, Slovenia (tch) 2006}) 15... Nf5 16. Nxf5 Bxf5 17. Nd4 Bd3 $2
{This is just a blunder.} (17... Bxd4 18. cxd4 Nb4 19. Rad1 $5 Bd3 20. Rxd3
Nxd3 21. f5 Qa6 22. f6 {looks very dangerous for Black.}) (17... Nxd4 18. cxd4
$16) 18. Bxf7+ {Simply winning a pawn. Black has no compensation, so White
just has to make a couple of accurate moves...} Rxf7 19. Qxd3 Re8 20. Rf3 Rff8
21. Raf1 Qg6 22. f5 Qf7 (22... Nxe5 23. fxg6 Nxd3 24. Rxf8+ Rxf8 25. Rxf8+ Kxf8
26. gxh7 $18) 23. e6 Qf6 24. Nxc6 bxc6 25. Bd4 Rb8 26. R1f2 Qh6 27. Bxb6 axb6
28. Qd4 Rbe8 29. Qa4 c5 30. Qd7 1-0

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 7th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2012.06.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2835"]
[Annotator "Mueller,Karsten"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2012.06.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Kan,I-Capablanca,J Moscow 1936 0-1 In Capablanca's footsteps Magnus Carlsen
really has an amazing endgame technique. His victory against Radjabov has
remained many of Capablanca's famous win against Kan in Moscow 1936. I have
only looked at the end in more detail but advise you to look at the whole game
to see how Carlsen collected small advantages and always found a way to make
progress towards his aim: Auf Capablancas Spuren Der folgende Endspielsieg
erinnerte viele an eine berьhmte Partie Capablancas:} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4
exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nxc6 Qf6 6. Qf3 bxc6 7. Qg3 d6 8. Nc3 Qg6 9. Bd3 Nf6 10.
Na4 Bd4 11. c3 Bb6 12. O-O Qxg3 13. hxg3 Ng4 14. Bf4 f6 15. Rad1 h5 16. Be2 Be6
17. Nxb6 axb6 18. a3 Ke7 19. f3 Ne5 20. Kf2 b5 21. Bxe5 fxe5 22. Ke3 h4 23.
gxh4 Rxh4 24. Rh1 Rah8 25. Rxh4 Rxh4 26. Rc1 Rh2 27. Kf2 Rh8 28. Ke3 g5 29. Bd3
Kd7 {[%cal Gd7c8,Gc8b7,Gb7b6,Gc6c5] The start of the first long king march to
make ...c6-c5 possible. Der Beginn des ersten langen Kцnigsmarschs, um ...c5
zu ermцglichen.} 30. Ra1 Bb3 31. Rc1 Kc8 32. Kf2 Kb7 33. Kg3 Be6 34. Ra1 Kb6
35. Rc1 c5 36. Ra1 c4 37. Bc2 Kc5 38. Re1 c6 39. Bb1 Kb6 40. Bc2 Kc7 {[%cal
Gc7e7,Ge7f6,Gd6d5] Carlsen starts another march to make the advance ...d6-d5
possible. Carlsen beginnt einen weiteren langen Marsch, um ...d5 spielen zu
kцnnen.} 41. Kf2 Kd7 42. a4 bxa4 43. Ra1 Rb8 44. Ra2 d5 45. exd5 cxd5 46. Bxa4+
Kd6 47. Bc2 d4 {Finally Carlsen has achieved want he wants. But White should
be able to defend due to the reduced winning potential and the option to free
his rook by bringing his king to the queenside. Carlsen hat sein Ziel erreicht.
WeiЯ sollte sich allerdings gerade noch so ьber Wasser halten kцnnen.} 48. Be4
$1 {The bishop immediately uses its new outpost. Der Lдufer nutzt seinen neuen
Vorposten sofort.} Rb6 49. Ke2 {[%cal Ge2d2,Gd2c1] Now it is White's time to
start a king march. Nun beginnt WeiЯ einen Kцnigsmarsch.} g4 50. fxg4 $6 {
This opens further roads for Black's attack. Dies цffnet dem schwarzen Angriff
ZugstraЯen.} (50. Kd2 {is safer as ist sicherer, denn auf} g3 {can be met by
kann folgen} (50... Bd5 51. Kc1 d3 52. Ra5 d2+ 53. Kd1 Bxe4 54. fxe4 Rxb2 55.
Rd5+ Ke6 56. Rc5 $11) (50... gxf3 51. gxf3 Bd7 52. Kc1 d3 53. Ra8 $11) (50...
Ke7 51. Kc1 d3 52. Ra5 Kf6 53. fxg4 Bxg4 54. b4 cxb3 55. Bxd3 $11) 51. Kc1 Bh3
52. Ra8 Bxg2 53. Rg8 $11) 50... Bxg4+ 51. Kd2 Be6 52. Kc2 $2 {Radjabov commits
the final mistake. Radjabov begeht den letzten Fehler.} ({At the press
conference Carlsen gave the prophylactic Auf der Pressekonferenz gab Carlsen
das prophylaktische} 52. Kc1 $1 {and also indicated what he had planned then:
an:} Bd5 53. Bxd5 Kxd5 {but White seems to be able to survive due to the lare
drawish tendency of rook endings, e.g. und WeiЯ kann sich wegen der groЯen
Remistendenz der Turmendspiele gerade noch retten:} 54. cxd4 exd4 55. Ra8 Rg6
56. Re8 Rxg2 57. Re7 d3 58. Rb7 Kd4 59. Kd1 Ke3 60. Re7+ Kf2 61. Rf7+ Kg1 62.
Rc7 Rc2 63. Rg7+ $11) 52... Bd5 53. Bxd5 ({Keeping the bishops on the board
with Es hilft nicht, den Lдufer mit} 53. Bg6 {does not help: auf dem Brett zu
behalten:} d3+ 54. Kd2 Bxg2 55. Ke3 Bd5 56. Bh5 Kd7 {and the blockade will be
broken sooner or later. A few sample lines run und die Blockade wird frьher
oder spдter gebrochen werden, z.B.} 57. Bd1 (57. Bg4+ Kc7 58. Ra5 Kd6 59. Ra2
Bc6 60. Bd1 Rb7 61. b4 cxb3 62. Rb2 e4 63. Kd4 (63. Rxb3 Rh7 $19) 63... Bd5 64.
c4 Rb4 65. Bxb3 Bc6 66. Kc3 Rb8 67. Kd4 d2 $19) 57... Kc7 58. Ra5 Kd6 59. Ra2
Rb5 60. Bh5 (60. Ra6+ Kc5 61. Ra2 Bc6 62. Bg4 (62. Ba4 Rb7 63. Bxc6 Kxc6 64.
Ra4 Kc5 65. Ra2 Rh7 66. Ra5+ Kd6 $19) 62... Rb8 63. Ra5+ Kd6 64. Ra2 Rg8 $19)
60... Kc5 61. Bg4 Bc6 62. Be6 e4 63. Bf7 (63. Ra4 Bd5 $19) 63... Rb7 64. Ra5+
Kb6 65. Rf5 Rd7 66. Bh5 Rg7 67. Kd4 Rg1 68. Kxc4 d2 69. Kd4 d1=Q+ 70. Bxd1
Rxd1+ $19) 53... d3+ $1 {An all important zwischenschach. Das entscheidende
Zwischenschach.} ({The direct Das direkte} 53... Kxd5 $2 {spoils it due to
verdirbt es wegen} 54. cxd4 exd4 55. Ra5+ Ke4 56. Ra8 {as Black's king has no
hiding place, e.g. denn der schwarze Kцnig kann sich nicht verstecken, z.B.}
d3+ 57. Kc3 Rb3+ 58. Kxc4 d2 59. Rd8 Rxb2 60. Kc3 $11) 54. Kd2 Kxd5 55. Ke3 Rg6
56. Ra5+ Ke6 57. Ke4 ({The pawn endgame is lost after Das Bauernendspiel ist
verloren:} 57. Ra6+ Kf5 58. Rxg6 Kxg6 {due to White's backward b-pawn, e.g.
Der weiЯe Bauer b2 kann nicht eingreifen.} 59. b4 cxb3 60. Kxd3 e4+ 61. Kxe4 b2
$19) (57. b3 Rg3+ 58. Ke4 Rg4+ 59. Ke3 Kf5 60. bxc4 Rg3+ 61. Kf2 (61. Kd2 Ke4
$19) 61... Kf4 62. Rd5 e4 63. c5 (63. Rd8 d2 64. Rf8+ Ke5 65. Rd8 Rd3 $19)
63... e3+ 64. Kf1 e2+ 65. Ke1 Ke4 66. Rh5 Rxg2 67. Kd2 Rg1 $19) (57. Kf2 Rf6+
58. Ke3 (58. Ke1 e4 59. Rh5 e3 60. Rh3 e2 61. Rh1 Kf5 62. Kd2 Kg4 $19) 58...
Rf1 $19) 57... Rg4+ 58. Kf3 Rf4+ 59. Ke3 Rf1 {and Radjabov resigned as Carlsen
mighty passed pawns will decide the day, e.g. und Radjabov gab auf, weil
Carlsens mдchtige Freibauern den Tag entscheiden werden, z.B.} (59... Rf1 60.
g4 Re1+ 61. Kd2 Re2+ 62. Kd1 e4 63. Rc5 Rxb2 64. Rxc4 Ke5 65. g5 e3 $19) 0-1

[Event "EU-Cup 21st"]
[Site "Saint Vincent"]
[Date "2005.09.22"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Brunello, Sabino"]
[Black "Gunnarsson, Arnar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2373"]
[BlackElo "2438"]
[Annotator "Mueller,Karsten"]
[PlyCount "162"]
[EventDate "2005.09.18"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Penne"]
[BlackTeam "Reykjavik CC"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ITA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISL"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. c3 Nge7 7. Bc4 b6 8.
O-O Bb7 9. f4 O-O-O 10. b4 Bxd4 11. cxd4 Nxb4 12. d5 Kb8 13. Bd4 Qg6 14. Nc3
Nbc6 15. Be3 Na5 16. Be2 f5 17. e5 d6 18. e6 c6 19. Re1 cxd5 20. Bh5 Qh6 21.
Nb5 Nc4 22. Bc1 Qf6 23. Rb1 Nc8 24. Bf3 a6 25. Na3 Qe7 26. Bxd5 Nxa3 27. Bxa3
Rhe8 28. Bb2 g6 29. a4 Bxd5 30. Qxd5 Qb7 31. Qd3 d5 32. Bf6 Rd6 33. Be5 Rexe6
34. Bxd6+ Rxd6 35. Qd4 a5 36. Rb5 Qc6 37. Rd1 Na7 38. Rb3 Kb7 39. Re1 Ka6 40.
Rc3 Qd7 41. Rb1 Rc6 42. Rcb3 Qd6 43. Rb5 Qc7 44. Rxd5 Rc1+ 45. Rxc1 Qxc1+ 46.
Kf2 Qc2+ 47. Kg3 Nc6 48. Qe3 Qc4 49. Rd6 Qxa4 50. Qe6 Qa3+ 51. Kh4 Qc1 52. Kg5
Kb5 53. Qe2+ Kc5 54. Rd2 Nb4 55. Qe5+ Kc6 56. Qe8+ Kb7 57. Rd7+ Ka6 58. Rxh7
Qd1 59. Qa8+ Kb5 60. Qe8+ Ka6 61. Kxg6 Qg4+ 62. Kf7 Qxf4 63. Qe2+ Kb7 64. Kf6+
Kc6 65. Qe8+ Kc5 66. Qe5+ Qxe5+ 67. Kxe5 {Es folgt ein spannendes Wettrennen,
bei dem der schwarze Vorsprung im Bauernwettrennen gerade so zum Remis zu
reichen scheint:} a4 68. Kxf5 Nc6 69. Rh3 b5 70. Ra3 Kb4 71. Ra1 a3 72. h4 Ka4
73. h5 Ne7+ 74. Kf6 b4 75. Kxe7 b3 76. h6 b2 77. Rh1 a2 78. h7 a1=Q 79. h8=Q
Qa3+ 80. Ke6 Qb3+ 81. Kd6 Qd3+ {Diese Stellung ist vermutlich remis, z.B.} (
81... Qd3+ 82. Ke5 Qe2+ 83. Kf6 Qf2+ 84. Ke6 Qb6+ 85. Kd5 Qb5+ 86. Kd4 Qb6+ 87.
Kc3 Qb4+ 88. Kc2 b1=Q+ 89. Rxb1 Qe4+ 90. Kc3 Qe3+ 91. Kc4 Qe2+ 92. Kc5 Qc2+ 93.
Kd6 Qd3+ $11 {Hat WeiЯ die Zeit ьberschritten?}) 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 6th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2005.06.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nataf, Igor Alexandre"]
[Black "Sargissian, Gabriel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2559"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Mueller,Karsten"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[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 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nxc6 Qf6 6. Qf3 dxc6 7. Bc4 Ne7
8. Nd2 Ng6 9. Qxf6 gxf6 10. Nb3 Bb6 11. a4 a5 12. Bd2 Rg8 13. Bc3 Ne5 14. Bf1
Be6 15. Nd4 O-O-O 16. Nxe6 fxe6 17. Bxe5 fxe5 18. f3 Bd4 19. Rb1 b5 20. axb5
cxb5 21. g3 c6 22. Bh3 Kd7 23. c3 Bb6 24. Rd1+ Ke7 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 26. Ke2 a4 27.
Ra1 h5 28. f4 h4 29. f5 hxg3 30. hxg3 Rh8 31. Rh1 c5 32. Bg2 Rxh1 33. Bxh1 c4
34. f6+ Kxf6 35. Kd2 Bf2 36. Bg2 Bxg3 37. Bh3 Ke7 38. Kc2 Kd6 39. Bg4 Bf2 40.
Bh5 Ke7 41. Bg6 Bc5 42. Bh5 a3 43. bxa3 Bxa3 44. Bg4 Bc5 45. Bh3 Bf2 46. Bg4
Bh4 47. Bh3 Kd6 48. Bg4 Be1 49. Bh3 Bxc3 $5 {[%mdl 4096] Ein letzter Versuch,
der aber nicht durchschlдgt:} 50. Kxc3 Kc5 51. Bxe6 b4+ 52. Kc2 Kd4 53. Bd5 c3
(53... b3+ 54. Kd2 c3+ 55. Kc1 b2+ 56. Kc2 Ke3 57. Ba2 $11) 54. Bc6 b3+ 55.
Kxb3 Kd3 {[%tqu "De","WeiЯ zieht und hдlt remis.","","","c6a4","",3]} 56. Ba4
$1 Kxe4 (56... c2 57. Kb2 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Black "Notkin, Maksim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "Notkin,M"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "1995.05.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 046 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
Nd2 a5 (8... Nf4 9. Qe3 Ng6 10. Nf3 d6 11. exd6 cxd6 12. Be2 d5 13. h4 f6 $10 {
Svidler,P-Kosashvili,Y/Haifa/1995/1:0/48/}) (8... g6 $1 9. c4 Ba6 10. Qe4 f5 (
10... Nb6 11. Bd3 Bg7 12. O-O O-O 13. f4 f6 14. Nf3 Rae8 15. Re1 Qf7 $15 {
Beliavsky,A-Nikolic,P/Munchen/1994/1:0/51;13...d6! Beliavsky/}) 11. Qd4 $2 (11.
exf6 Nxf6 12. Qxe7+ Bxe7 $15) 11... Nb4 12. Qc3 c5 13. Be2 Bg7 $17 {Hansen,
L-Almasi,Z/Tilburg/1994/0:1/31/}) 9. g3 Ba6 (9... Nb4 10. Nf3 Ba6 11. Qd1 $1
$16) 10. Qe4 (10. c4 Nb4 11. Nf3 d5 12. a3 Bxc4 13. Qd2 Bxf1 14. Kxf1 Na6 15.
Qxa5 Qd7 $13) 10... Bxf1 11. Kxf1 Qe6 12. Kg2 Qg6 13. Rd1 Be7 14. c4 (14. a4
O-O 15. c4 Nb4) 14... Nb6 15. b3 a4 16. Bb2 O-O 17. Qxg6 hxg6 18. Ne4 Rfb8 19.
Bc3 $1 (19. Bd4 Nc8 $15) 19... Kf8 20. h4 $1 {/\Rh1,h5/} Rd8 21. Bd4 (21. Rh1
axb3 22. axb3 Rxa1 23. Bxa1 d5 24. exd6 cxd6 25. h5 gxh5 26. Rxh5 Kg8 $10)
21... Nc8 22. Nc3 axb3 23. axb3 Rb8 $1 24. Rab1 d6 (24... d5 $6 25. cxd5 cxd5
26. Na4 $1 $8) 25. exd6 cxd6 26. Rh1 f6 27. Ne2 Kf7 28. Nf4 Nb6 29. Rhe1 Bf8
30. Ra1 Rd7 31. Ra6 Rdb7 (31... c5 32. Bc3 d5 $2 (32... Nc8 $132) 33. Ba5 $1)
32. Bxb6 Rxb6 33. Rxb6 Rxb6 $10 34. Re3 Rb7 35. Kf3 Be7 36. Ke2 f5 37. Rd3 Rb8
38. Ng2 (38. Kd2 Ra8) 38... Ke6 39. Nf4+ Kf7 40. Ng2 Ke6 41. Ne1 Bf6 (41... g5
$2 42. Nf3 $1 gxh4 43. Nd4+ $1 $16) 42. Nc2 Ra8 43. b4 Ra2 44. Kd2 f4 45. Rf3
fxg3 46. fxg3 d5 47. cxd5+ Kxd5 48. Kd3 Rb2 49. Ne3+ Ke6 50. Rf4 Rb3+ 51. Ke2
Be7 52. Rc4 Kd7 53. Rd4+ Ke6 54. Rc4 Kd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 10th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2016.09.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[Annotator "Pavlovic,M"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[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 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
c4 Ba6 9. b3 {One of the sharpest positions that can be reached after initial
1.e4 e5. The Scotch is a kind of Sicilian type of chess aimed to sharpen a
position as soon as possible, and not suprisingly, players with such
tendencies often use it. Of course credit for that belongs to Kasparov.} g6 10.
f4 Bg7 {Not the only move here, I will briefly mention some:} (10... d6 11. Qf2
Nf6 12. Ba3 Qe6 13. Be2 dxe5 14. fxe5 Bxa3 15. Nxa3 Nd7 16. O-O Nxe5 17. Nc2
Qe7 18. Rad1 O-O {½-½ (28) Pierron,P-Dailido,S corr. 2015, Black is doing ok
here.}) (10... f6 11. exf6 Qxe2+ 12. Bxe2 Bb4+ 13. Bd2 Bxd2+ 14. Nxd2 Nxf4 15.
Rf1 {Also a known theoretical position, Kasparov played it from the black side.
}) 11. Qf2 Nf6 {Another idea is possible, but doesn't look inspiring though:} (
11... Nb6 12. c5 Bxf1 13. cxb6 Ba6 14. Ba3 d6 15. bxc7 c5 16. Nc3 Qxc7 17.
O-O-O Qa5 18. Na4 $5 Bb5 19. Qe1 Qxe1 20. Rhxe1 dxe5 21. Nc3 Bc6 22. Bxc5 {
It seems that White again has the better chances.}) 12. Ba3 d6 {The
alternative is possible, but so far I don't see how it solves the problems:} (
12... Ng4 13. Qd2 (13. Qe2 Qe6 14. Nd2 d6 15. Ne4 O-O 16. O-O-O Rfe8 17. g3
Nxe5 $1 $17 {1/2-1/2 (46) Luukkonen,T (2185)-Solozhenkin,E (2489) Finland 2007}
) 13... d6 14. Nc3 Qe6 (14... O-O-O 15. O-O-O Qe6 16. exd6 cxd6 17. h3 {
It seems that White has better chances here}) 15. h3 Nxe5 16. O-O-O Bh6 17. g4
O-O 18. g5 Nf3 19. Qf2 Nxg5 20. fxg5 Bxg5+ 21. Kb1 Bf6 22. Bb2 {1-0 (22) Szodi,
S-Herzog,K corr. 2013}) 13. Nc3 O-O $2 {I somehow don't like Black's position
here. An alternative was definitely necessary. but overall it looks to me that
White has the initative.} (13... Qe6 14. O-O-O dxe5 15. g3 $5 Ng4 16. Qd2 Bf6
17. Bg2 Rd8 18. Qe2 Rxd1+ 19. Rxd1 Bb7 20. Ne4 Be7 21. Bxe7 Kxe7 22. Nc5 {
White is winning.}) 14. O-O-O Ne8 15. g3 {White is clearly better now.} Bb7 16.
Bg2 f6 (16... Qe6 17. h4 $1 {with a tremendous initiative.}) 17. exd6 Nxd6 $2 {
Losing at once.} (17... cxd6 18. Rhe1 Qc7 19. f5 $1 {White's advantage is
undisputed.}) 18. c5 $1 Nf5 19. Rhe1 Qf7 20. Bf1 $1 {Black is simply losing
his queen.} Rfd8 21. Rxd8+ Rxd8 22. Bc4 Rd5 23. Qe2 $1 {A nice and quick win
for Nepo.} 1-0

[Event "Danzhou 7th"]
[Site "Danzhou"]
[Date "2016.07.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Wang, Yue"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[Annotator "Pavlovic,M"]
[PlyCount "169"]
[EventDate "2016.07.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 {The Scotch is an amazingly popular
opening, there are lots of ideas that had been developed including many that
consider 0-0-0 for White. That makes this opening rather interesting lately.}
Bc5 5. Nxc6 Qf6 6. Qf3 dxc6 7. Nc3 Be6 8. a3 {This little move had been played
already last year, the idea is to go Be3, which if played at once Black allows
...Bb4, which was played many times in the past.} (8. Be3 Bb4 9. Bd2 O-O-O 10.
Bd3 Qe7 11. O-O Nf6 12. a3 Bd6 13. h3 Nd7 14. Qe2 g5 {It looks like sharp play
where Black can easily get the initiative.}) 8... O-O-O 9. Be3 Qe5 $5 {We can
say that this is a possible improvement.} (9... Bxe3 10. Qxe3 Kb8 11. f4 Qe7
12. Bd3 g5 $1 13. fxg5 h6 14. gxh6 Nxh6 15. O-O-O Ng4 16. Qg3 $5 (16. Qf4 Qd6
$1 {1/2-1/2 (24) Nepomniachtchi,I (2705)-Carlsen,M (2850) Berlin (rapid) 2015})
16... Qg5+ 17. Kb1 Qe3 18. Qxe3 Nxe3 19. Rd2 Rdg8 $11) 10. Bd3 Nf6 {An
alternative was also possible:} (10... g5 11. h4 g4 12. Qf4 Qxf4 13. Bxf4 Bd4
14. Rb1 Ne7 15. h5 {with a complicated endgame ahead of us.}) 11. h3 Nd7 12.
Bf4 Qf6 13. Qg3 Bd4 14. O-O Be5 {Probably best.} (14... Ne5 15. Ne2 Nxd3 16.
cxd3 Qg6 17. Qf3 Bxb2 18. Rab1 Bd4 19. Nxd4 Rxd4 20. Qe3 Ra4 21. Qc5 {White
has an attack, having reached an opposite coloured bishops position helps here
on that matter.}) 15. Bxe5 Nxe5 16. Rad1 g5 17. Qe3 {A small finesse, first
driving the black king a bit further from the centre...} Kb8 18. f4 gxf4 19.
Qxf4 {And now entering an endgame, obviously the only possible idea for White
here.} Qg7 20. Qf6 Rhg8 21. Qxg7 Rxg7 22. Kh2 {The position is equal, but the
game is still playable for both sides. So from here who plays better the
endgame will win.} c5 $6 {I can't really say it is a mistake, but why to let
the knight come to the f6-square?} (22... Rdg8 23. Rf2 Rg5 24. Bf1 a5 {In my
opinion neither side can improve from here, therefore we can say that the
position is drawish.}) 23. Nd5 $1 c6 24. Nf4 {Now it is a bit easier for White.
} Kc7 25. Be2 Rd4 26. Nh5 Rg8 27. Nf6 Rh8 28. c3 Rd6 29. Kg3 $1 h6 30. Kf4 Ng6+
31. Ke3 a5 32. Nh5 Ne5 33. Nf4 Bb3 $6 {Another imprecise move, collection of
such moves bassically had driven Black to defeat in this game.} (33... Rxd1 34.
Rxd1 Bc4 $1 35. Rf1 Rd8 36. Rf2 a4 37. Nh5 Bxe2 38. Kxe2 b5 {Black has a
weakness on f7 so does White on b2, this is balanced play.}) 34. Rxd6 Kxd6 35.
Nd3 Nxd3 36. Bxd3 Be6 37. Rf4 Ke5 38. Rh4 Kf6 39. Be2 b6 40. Rf4+ Ke5 41. Bf3
c4 42. Rh4 Kf6 $6 {Another inaccuracy.} 43. e5+ $1 Kxe5 44. Bxc6 $14 {Finally
we can say that one side, in this case White, got small pressure in the game.}
f5 45. Bb5 Rg8 46. Bc6 Rg6 47. Bf3 b5 48. Rd4 Rg8 49. Rh4 Rg6 50. Rh5 Bd7 ({
Stepping back looks a bit ugly, but there is no clear way for White to improve,
after all the position is reduced a lot.} 50... Kd6 51. Kd4 Rf6 $14) 51. g4 $1
a4 52. gxf5 Rf6 53. Be4 {Now it is a pawn up.} Be8 54. Rh4 Bd7 55. Bc2 Bc6 56.
Rd4 Rf8 57. Be4 Rc8 58. Bxc6 Rxc6 59. Rd8 {The rook endgame is much better for
White due to his bigger rook activity.} Rb6 60. Rc8 Kxf5 61. Rc5+ Ke6 62. h4
Kd7 63. Kf4 Rf6+ 64. Kg4 Rg6+ 65. Kh5 Rb6 66. Rf5 Ke7 67. Kg4 Rg6+ 68. Kf4 Rb6
69. Re5+ Kd7 $2 (69... Kf7 $1 {The only way to defend, controling the white
king is essential here. The white advantage would have been kept on a minimum.}
) 70. Kf5 $1 $16 {Practically a zugzvang.} Rb8 71. Kg6 Kc6 72. Re2 Rg8+ 73.
Kxh6 {Winning position.} Kd6 74. h5 Rg3 75. Kh7 Rg5 76. h6 Kd7 77. Kh8 Rg6 78.
Kh7 Rg5 79. Re3 Rg2 80. Re5 b4 81. axb4 Rxb2 82. Kg6 Rg2+ 83. Rg5 Rh2 84. h7 a3
85. Ra5 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 17th"]
[Site "Gjakova"]
[Date "2016.05.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Hracek, Zbynek"]
[Black "Korchmar, Vasiliy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2598"]
[BlackElo "2437"]
[Annotator "Pavlovic,M"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2016.05.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "KOS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 {The Scotch Opening is like Sicilian
type of chess against 1...e5. That is how I always see this. It is very sharp
with possibilities to castle either way, lots of interesting tactics and
chances for both sides.} Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. Qe2 {This has really recently
experienced a huge boost in popularity.} d6 {Another recent example is:} (6...
Bc5 7. e5 Nd5 8. Qg4 g6 9. c4 Nb6 10. Bg5 Be7 11. Bh6 Bf8 12. Qf4 Bxh6 13. Qxh6
Qe7 14. Nc3 $6 (14. Qg7 Rf8 15. Nd2 d6 16. O-O-O Qxe5 17. Qxe5+ dxe5 18. Re1
Nd7 19. f4 Bb7 20. fxe5 O-O-O $132) 14... Qxe5+ 15. Kd2 $2 (15. Be2 d6 16. O-O
Be6 17. Bf3 O-O-O {A sharp position indeed, probably ok for Black}) 15... Qd4+
16. Kc2 Qxf2+ 17. Be2 d6 18. Raf1 Bf5+ $19 {0-1 (35) Bauer,C (2634)-Bacrot,E 
(2702) Drancy 2016}) 7. Nc3 Be7 8. Be3 Be6 (8... O-O 9. O-O-O Be6 10. h3 Nd7
11. f4 Nb6 12. f5 (12. Kb1 Qb8 13. Bc1 Bf6 14. Qf3 Nc4 15. b3 Qb4 16. e5 Be7
17. Bxc4 Bxc4 18. Rd4 $18 {1-0 (26) Perunovic,M (2632)-Koksal,E (2339) Skopje
2015}) 12... Bc4 13. Qg4 Bxf1 14. e5 h5 (14... Ba6 15. Bh6 g6 16. f6 Bxf6 17.
exf6 Qxf6 18. Bxf8 Rxf8 19. Qd4 $14 {1/2-1/2 (54) Vallejo Pons,F (2706)
-Ponomariov,R (2743) Khanty-Mansiysk (rapid) 2013}) 15. Qxh5 Ba6 16. Ne4 Nd5
17. Bh6 $1 $40) 9. O-O-O Qb8 {This would be a kind of a new attempt but the
idea is perfecly logical.} 10. h3 a5 11. f4 Qb4 12. Rd4 Qb7 13. Kb1 O-O 14. Bc1
d5 ({Another way of playing it:} 14... Rfb8 $5 15. g4 (15. f5 {is highly
complicated:} c5 16. Rd1 Bd7 17. g4 Bc6 18. Bg2 Nd7 19. h4 Bf6 $17) 15... d5
16. f5 Bb4 17. Nd1 c5 18. fxe6 cxd4 19. exf7+ Kxf7 20. exd5 Kg8 {with a
complex position.}) 15. e5 c5 $6 {The alternative was much better and would
lead to complicated play:} (15... Bb4 16. Rd3 Bxc3 17. Rxc3 Ne4 18. Rb3 Qa7 19.
Qe3 $1 ({Now for instance the logical 19.g4 is actually bad:} 19. g4 d4 20. Ra3
Nc3+ $1 21. bxc3 Rfb8+ 22. Ka1 a4 $1 $19 {Black has a winning attack.}) 19...
a4 20. Qxa7 Rxa7 21. Re3 {with an interesting endgame ahead of us.}) 16. Rd1 {
White also has another good possibility:} (16. exf6 cxd4 17. fxe7 Rfe8 18. Nb5
Bd7 19. Nxd4 c5 20. Nb3 c4 21. Nd4 $16) 16... Ne4 17. Nxe4 dxe4 18. g4 c4 19.
Bg2 c3 20. Qxe4 $16 Qb6 21. f5 Ba3 22. fxe6 Bxb2 23. exf7+ Kh8 24. Be3 c5 25.
Rd6 Qb5 26. a4 1-0

[Event "Madrid"]
[Site "Madrid"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Granda Zuniga, Julio E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "Polgar,J"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1992.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 030"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. c3 Nge7 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
O-O Bb6 9. Bb3 {Dolmatov} (9. Nc2 d6 (9... Ne5 $145 10. Be2 (10. Bb3 d6) 10...
N5g6 11. Bxb6 axb6 12. Ne3 Nf4 $132 {Gutman,S.220}) 10. Bxb6 axb6 11. f4 $16 {
Kasparov,G-Short,N/Linares/1992/1-0/48/ CBM-VC}) 9... Na5 (9... d6 10. Kh1 Nxd4
(10... Qg6 11. Re1 Bd7 12. Nd2 $14) 11. cxd4 Nc6 12. Nc3 $1 Bxd4 13. Nd5 Qe5
14. Bxd4 Qxd4 15. Nxc7 Rb8 16. Qe2 $16 {Dolmatov,S-Yusupov,A (10)/Wijk cm/1-0/
49/}) 10. Bc2 (10. Nc2 Qg6 11. Re1 d6 12. Nd2 Nxb3 13. axb3 Bh3 $10 {Nijboer,
F-Van der Wiel,J/NLD-ch/1991/}) 10... Nc4 11. Bc1 d5 (11... d6 $145 {Gutman,L}
12. Kh1 Nc6 13. Nxc6 bxc6 $44 {Gutman,L:Gewinnen mit Schottisch. S.220.}) 12.
exd5 Bxd4 13. cxd4 Bf5 14. Nc3 (14. Bb3 Bxb1 $1 15. Rxb1 Nb6) 14... Bxc2 15.
Qxc2 Nb6 16. Qe4 Qd6 (16... Rfd8 $2 17. d6) 17. Bf4 Qd7 18. d6 cxd6 19. a4 (19.
Qf3 Ng6 20. Be3 $14) (19. b3 $5 Rac8 20. Rac1 $14) 19... Rfe8 (19... d5 $1 20.
Qf3 Nc4 21. b3 Na5 $10) 20. Qf3 $14 Nc6 21. Rfd1 (21. a5 Nc4 22. Qd5 Qe6 23. a6
$13) 21... Rad8 22. Qg3 Ne7 23. Bg5 Rc8 (23... f6 24. Bxf6 Nf5 25. Qg4 h5 26.
Qg5 Rc8 27. a5 $16) 24. Bxe7 Qxe7 (24... Rxe7 25. a5 Na8 26. Nd5 Re6 27. Rac1
$16) 25. Nb5 Rcd8 26. Rac1 Nxa4 27. Qb3 Nb6 28. Nxa7 Nd7 $6 (28... Nc8 29. Nb5
$14) 29. Qxb7 Rb8 30. Qc6 Rxb2 31. Nc8 Qe2 32. Nxd6 (32. Rf1 Nf6 33. Nxd6 $16)
32... Qxf2+ 33. Kh1 Ree2 (33... Re7 $2 34. Qc8+ Nf8 35. Qxf8+ $1 $18) 34. Rf1
$2 (34. Rg1 $1 Nf8 35. Rcf1 Qxd4 36. Rxf7 Rb8 37. Rgf1 $16 (37. Nf5 $4 Qxg1+ $1
$19) 37... Re6 $2 38. Rxf8+ $1 Rxf8 39. Rxf8+ Kxf8 40. Qc8+ Ke7 41. Nf5+ $18)
34... Qxg2+ (34... Rbc2 $3 35. Qa8+ Nf8 36. h3 Qxg2+ (36... Rxc1 $1 37. Rxc1
Qxd4 $17) 37. Qxg2 Rxg2 38. Rxc2 Rxc2 39. Nxf7 $10) 35. Qxg2 Rxg2 36. Rc8+ Nf8
37. Rxf7 Rxh2+ 38. Kg1 Rhg2+ 39. Kf1 h5 40. Rfxf8+ Kh7 41. Nc4 {(1h 59' : 2h
07')} 1-0

[Event "Tan Chin Nam Cup 7th"]
[Site "Shanghai"]
[Date "2001.07.14"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ni, Hua"]
[Black "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2528"]
[BlackElo "2573"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2001.07.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 085"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nxc6 Qf6 6. Qd2 dxc6 7. Nc3 Ne7 {
Other main alternative is: 7...Be6.} 8. Bd3 {A rare move in this position.The
main line is considered to be 8.Qf4.} Bd4 9. O-O Ng6 10. Kh1 {[%cal Gf2f4]} Ne5
11. f4 $6 $146 ({The most principal variation would be:} 11. Be2 Ng4 12. Nd1
O-O 13. Qf4 (13. h3 {see the game Morozevich-Tkachiev CBM 82 [Postny]}) 13...
Qg6 14. Bxg4 Qxg4 15. f3 Qxf4 16. Bxf4 f5 $11 {Rublevsky,S-Tkachiev,V/blitz
2000/}) 11... Ng4 (11... Nxd3 $6 12. Qxd3 $1 (12. cxd3 $6 O-O $15) 12... Bxc3 (
12... O-O $2 13. e5 Qd8 14. Rd1 c5 15. Be3 Bg4 16. Rd2 $16) 13. bxc3 O-O 14. f5
$36) 12. Qe1 (12. e5 $6 {would be risky for white:} Qh4 13. g3 Qh5 $15) 12...
Nxh2 $1 {This drawing combination is necessary, otherwise black's pieces will
have to step back and the strong pawncenter will promise white an advantage.} (
12... O-O $2 13. e5 Qh6 14. Qg3 $16 {[%csl Rh6]}) 13. Kxh2 Qh6+ 14. Kg3 Qg6+
15. Kh2 Qh5+ 16. Kg3 {The young chinese player was probably satisfied at the
moment.A honourable draw against GM Krasenkow looks inevitable...} g5 $4 {
With no grounds at all Krasenkow decided to play for a win and actually gave
to his opponent half a point as a present, or maybe he missed something?} (
16... Qg6+ $11) 17. f5 $18 {The rest of the game is a punishment for black's
wild previous move.} Be5+ (17... Qh4+ 18. Kf3 g4+ 19. Ke2 $18) 18. Kf2 Qh4+ 19.
Ke2 Bg3 20. Qd1 Qg4+ (20... Qh2 21. Rg1 $18) 21. Rf3 Bxf5 {Desperately
sacrificing second piece, but black has no compensation even for one piece!}
22. exf5 O-O-O 23. Be3 Rhe8 24. Qh1 Be5 (24... Bf4 25. Kf2 $18 (25. Nd1 $18))
25. a3 {If white can afford himself such indifferent moves in this
position-what can black hope for?!} (25. Nd1 {was the most logical move.})
25... Bd4 26. Kd2 Bxe3+ 27. Rxe3 Rxe3 28. Kxe3 c5 (28... Qf4+ 29. Ke2 Re8+ 30.
Kd1 {and the check are going to evaporate.}) 29. Rf1 Qd4+ 30. Kd2 c4 {Winning
a piece back, however white has one more extra piece.} 31. Qg1 Qg4 32. Qxa7
Qxg2+ 33. Rf2 Qc6 34. Qa8+ Kd7 35. Qa4 {The queen exchange killing last
black's hope.} Qxa4 36. Nxa4 cxd3 37. cxd3 Kd6 38. d4 h5 39. Nc5 Kd5 40. Kd3 g4
41. Ne4 Kc6 42. Rc2+ Kb6 43. Rh2 Rh8 44. Rh4 {This game was the only lost for
Krasenkow and the only win for Ni Hua in this tournament...} 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 18th"]
[Site "Kallithea"]
[Date "2002.09.24"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Nataf, Igor Alexandre"]
[Black "Mitkov, Nikola"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2493"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "157"]
[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 "Skopje Kisela Voda"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "MKD"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nxc6 Qf6 6. Qd2 dxc6 7. Nc3 Bd4 {
This variation gained popularity in recent years.} 8. Bd3 {This is the main
line.} (8. Bc4 {- see the commented game Kasimdzhanov,R-Tkachiev,V/Delhi 2000/
CBM 81 [Postny]}) 8... Ne7 9. O-O Ng6 10. Kh1 {[%cal Gf2f4]} Ne5 11. Be2 ({
White achieves only equality after} 11. f4 Ng4 {- see the commented game Ni
Hua-Krasenkow,M/Tan Chin Nam Cup 2001/CBM 85 [Postny]}) 11... Ng4 12. Nd1 Qd6
$5 {This is a fresh idea in this popular position. At the moment it looks
quite reasonable for black. The alternatives are:} (12... Be6 {- Nataf,
I-Bologan,V/FIDE Wch 2001/CBM 86 [Postny]}) ({and} 12... O-O {which is the
main line. For example see the commented game Rublevsky,S-Peng,X/CHN-RUS
Summit 2001/CBM 85 [Postny]}) 13. Bxg4 $146 {This looks like the only way for
white to fight for the advantage, since 13.g3 does not look too healthy and 13.
f4 leads to an immediate draw.} (13. f4 Nxh2 $1 14. Kxh2 Qh6+ 15. Kg3 Qg6+ 16.
Kh2 Qh6+ {1/2-1/2 Rublevsky,S-Onischuk,A/3rd Karpov It, Poikovsky 2002 (16)})
13... Bxg4 14. Qg5 Be2 $6 {Since black's king is still in the centre, it's
hard to believe, that such activity can be in his favour.} ({Safe enough is} 
14... Qg6 $11) 15. Re1 Bxd1 $2 {This move releases the pressure from the
position, and gives white clear edge.} (15... Bf6 $6 16. Qf5 g6 (16... Bxd1 17.
e5 Qe7 18. Bd2 $16) 17. Qh3 Bxd1 18. e5 $1 $16) ({The most reasonable for
black is probably:} 15... h6 16. Qf5 (16. Qd2 $2 Bxd1 17. Rxd1 Bxf2 $1 18. Qe2
Qc5 $15) 16... Bc4 (16... g6 17. Qh3) 17. Bf4 Qe7 {White has a preferable
position, but he has no reason to claim clear edge.}) 16. Rxd1 Qc5 17. Qxc5
Bxc5 18. f3 {[%mdl 16] A classical position arised. White enjoys a pawn
majority on the kingside, which determines his clear advantage. I believe,
that black's position can be saved, but the defence is quite tough and
unpleasant.} Ke7 19. Bf4 Bd6 20. Be3 Rhd8 21. Kg1 f6 (21... Ke6 $5 {[%cal
Yf7f5]}) 22. Kf2 a5 23. f4 $6 ({I think, that} 23. a4 {would be useful for
white, since it prevents further advance of the black pawns, which might give
him a counterplay.}) 23... a4 $1 24. Rd3 Kf7 25. Kf3 Re8 $6 (25... b5 {
preventing the c2-c4 advance.}) 26. c4 $1 {White is threatening c4-c5
following by the penetration to 7th rank, therefore black has to make a
concession and weaken the d5 square.} c5 27. Rd5 b6 28. Bf2 Red8 29. Rad1 Ke8
30. Bg3 {Black is totally squeezed.} Be7 31. f5 $6 {A serious inaccuracy.} (31.
Rxd8+ Rxd8 (31... Bxd8 32. f5 Ra7 33. e5 fxe5 34. Bxe5 $18) 32. Rxd8+ Kxd8 33.
f5 (33. e5 $2 f5) 33... Bd6 34. e5 fxe5 35. Ke4 {and it does not seems, that
black can save this endgame.}) 31... Rxd5 32. Rxd5 c6 33. Rd3 Ra7 $1 {Black's
R is going to b7, where it can support the b6-b5 counteradvance.} 34. e5 fxe5
35. Bxe5 Kf7 36. Ke4 b5 {It's clear, that white did not get maximum out of
this endgame. Black has reasonable drawing chances.} 37. g4 Rb7 (37... bxc4 $5
38. Rc3 Bf6 39. Bxf6 Kxf6 40. Rxc4 Rb7 41. Rxa4 Rxb2 {with good drawing
chances.}) 38. Rh3 h6 $2 {Wasting a crucial tempo.} ({Black must play for the
quick counterplay by:} 38... bxc4 $1 39. Rxh7 Bf6 40. g5 $1 Bxe5 41. Kxe5 Kg8 {
with a good drawing chances.} ({but not} 41... a3 $2 42. bxa3 Rd7 43. f6 Rd5+ (
43... c3 44. Rxg7+ Ke8 45. Ke6 $18) 44. Ke4 c3 45. Rxg7+ Ke6 (45... Kf8 46. g6
c2 47. Rh7 $18) 46. Re7+ Kd6 47. Re8 c2 48. f7 Rd4+ 49. Kf5 Rf4+ 50. Kxf4 c1=Q+
51. Kf5 $18)) 39. cxb5 $1 cxb5 40. Kd5 {The white K penetrates black's
position with devastating consequnces.} Rd7+ $6 {Black goes for the active
counterplay, but fails. Probably the passive defence should have been prefered
in this particular case.} (40... b4 41. Kc6 Ra7 42. Kb5 a3 43. bxa3 bxa3 {
Black's position is bad, but probably it can be hold for a draw.}) 41. Kc6 Rd2
42. Bc3 Rg2 43. Kxb5 Bf6 (43... Rxg4 44. Rg3 Rf4 ({The bishops endgame after} 
44... Rxg3 45. hxg3 {is hopeless.}) 45. Rxg7+ Kf8 46. Rh7 $18) 44. Kxa4 Bxc3
45. bxc3 Rxa2+ (45... Rxg4+ 46. Kb5 Rf4 47. a4 $18 {[%csl Ga4]}) 46. Kb5 Rg2
47. Rh4 {In order to prevent black's counterplay on the kingside white must
put his rook in this awkward position.} (47. Rg3 $2 Rxh2 (47... Rxg3 $2 48.
hxg3 Kf6 49. Kxc5 Kg5 50. Kd4 {and white's pawn queens first.}) 48. Kxc5 h5 {
and black gets the counterplay.}) 47... Kf6 {[%cal Gf6g5]} 48. h3 Re2 49. Kxc5
Re8 $1 {The white R is in a confusing position, this makes white's winning
process far from easy.} 50. c4 Ke5 51. Kb4 Rb8+ 52. Kc3 Rb1 53. Rh5 Rc1+ 54.
Kb3 $2 {The white king goes the wrong way.} (54. Kd3 $1 Rd1+ 55. Kc2 Rg1 {
leads to the position, which arised in the game.}) 54... Rb1+ $2 {Missing the
chance to save the game.} (54... Kd4 $1 55. Rh4 (55. f6 Rc3+ 56. Kb2 gxf6 57.
Rxh6 Rf3 $11) 55... Rc3+ 56. Kb2 Kd3 $1 57. f6 gxf6 58. Rxh6 Kxc4 $11) 55. Kc2
Rg1 ({A bit more stubborn was:} 55... Rf1 $1 56. Kd2 $1 (56. c5 $2 Kd4 57. c6
Rf3 {Comparing to the game white can not play f5-f6 now, and therefore is
losing a tempo.} 58. Rh4 (58. Kd2 Rf2+ 59. Ke1 Rc2 60. f6 gxf6 61. Rxh6 Rxc6
62. g5 Rc1+ 63. Kd2 Rg1 $11) 58... Rc3+ 59. Kd2 Rxc6 60. f6 gxf6 61. g5+ Ke5
62. g6 f5 63. Rxh6 Ra6 {and black's counterplay is sufficient for a draw.})
56... Kd4 (56... Rf3 57. c5 Kd4 58. Ke2 $18) 57. Ke2 Rf4 58. c5 Re4+ 59. Kf3
Re3+ 60. Kf2 $18) 56. c5 Kd4 (56... Rg3 57. f6+ $1 Kxf6 58. c6 Re3 (58... Ke7
59. Rd5 $18) 59. c7 Re8 60. Rc5 Rc8 61. Kd3 $18) 57. c6 Rg3 58. f6 Rc3+ 59. Kd2
gxf6 60. Rxh6 Rxc6 61. g5 Ra6 (61... Ke5 62. g6 Rc8 63. h4 $18) 62. Rxf6 Ra2+
63. Ke1 Rg2 64. Rf4+ Ke5 65. Rg4 Rxg4 $6 {Black is losing anyway, but it's
always more chances to survive in rooks endgame.} 66. hxg4 Ke6 67. Kf2 Kf7 68.
Ke3 Kg7 69. Ke4 $1 {[%cal Ge4f5] The only square for white's K to win this
endgame.} Kg6 70. Kf4 Kf7 71. Kf5 Kg7 72. g6 Kh6 73. g7 $1 {The last precise
move in this game.} Kxg7 74. Kg5 Kh7 75. Kf6 Kh6 76. g5+ Kh7 77. Kf7 Kh8 78.
Kg6 Kg8 79. Kh6 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 6th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2005.06.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Black "Popov, Valerij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2568"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[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 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. c3 Nge7 7. Bc4 Ne5 8.
Be2 d5 ({The main line is} 8... Qg6) 9. O-O O-O (9... dxe4 $6 10. Nb5 Bd6 (
10... Qb6 $2 11. Bxc5 Qxc5 12. Qd4 Qxd4 13. cxd4 $18 {[%csl Rc7,Re5]}) 11. Bc5
O-O 12. Nxd6 cxd6 13. Qxd6 Qxd6 14. Bxd6 N5g6 $14 {1/2-1/2 Kummerow,
H-Ziatdinov,R/Biel 1992 (35)}) 10. f4 (10. Nd2 Bb6 11. f4 Qh6 12. Kh1 N5c6 (
12... dxe4 13. Nxe4 N5c6 14. Nxc6 Qxc6 15. Bxb6 Qxb6 16. Bc4 Be6 17. Bxe6 Qxe6
$11 {1/2-1/2 Gashimov,V-Azarov,S/Minsk 2000 (39)}) 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Bg1 dxe4
15. Nxe4 Nf5 16. Bd3 Bxg1 17. Rxg1 Qxf4 18. Rf1 Qh6 19. Qf3 $44 {0-1 Amonatov,
F-Yemelin,V/Dagomys 2005 (35)}) 10... N5c6 (10... Nc4 $6 11. Bxc4 dxc4 12. Nd2
b5 13. Qh5 Bb6 14. Qxb5 Ba6 15. Qa4 Rfe8 16. e5 Qh6 17. Nxc4 $18 {1-0 Najer,
E-Kantsler,B/Jerusalem 2005 (30)}) 11. e5 Qh4 (11... Qg6 {- Azmaiparashvili,
Z-Sokolov,I/Dos Hermanas 2001/CBM 83 [Postny,E]}) 12. Qd2 $146 (12. g3 Qh3 13.
Bf2 Qh6 14. Nd2 Bh3 15. Re1 f6 16. exf6 Qxf6 17. N2f3 Nxd4 18. Nxd4 Nc6 19. Bf3
Rad8 20. Qd2 Nxd4 21. Bxd4 {1/2-1/2 Thorhallsson,T-Svidler,P/Gausdal 1991}) (
12. Bf2 Bxd4 (12... Qh6 13. Nb5 Bxf2+ 14. Rxf2 Bf5 15. Nxc7 Rad8 16. Nb5 f6 17.
exf6 Qxf6 18. Nd2 a6 19. Na3 d4 $44 {1/2-1/2 Kosteniuk,A-Zaiatz,E/Samara 2005 
(53)}) 13. Bxd4 Nf5 14. Na3 Ncxd4 15. cxd4 Qe7 16. Nc2 c5 17. g4 Nxd4 18. Nxd4
cxd4 19. Qxd4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Lyell,M-Berzinsh,R/Coventry 2004 (32)}) 12... Bg4 {
The main fight here is around the white's central pawns chain. Black is trying
to exchange relevant pieces and set a blockade.} 13. Bd3 a6 $6 {Covering b5
square, but this looks too slow. The critical continuation was the immediate
13...f6.} (13... f6 14. Nxc6 Bxe3+ 15. Qxe3 Nxc6 16. h3 Bc8 17. Nd2 (17. Qc5
Bxh3 $1) (17. e6 $6 f5 {[%csl Re6]}) 17... fxe5 18. fxe5 Be6 $11) 14. Nxc6
Bxe3+ 15. Qxe3 Nxc6 16. Nd2 $14 Qe7 17. Rae1 {[%cal Gf4f5]} Rae8 18. Nb3 f6 19.
Qg3 f5 $6 {Popov probably got concerned about some variations and decided to
close the position. However, the move in the text looks rather inconsequent.} (
19... Bc8 20. Qh4 h6 21. exf6 Qxf6 22. Qxf6 gxf6 {and black is only slightly
worse.}) 20. Qf2 $16 {White is now clearly better mainly thanks to a strong
defended passed pawn in the centre. Black's Bg4 is a bad one as well.} Bh5 21.
Nc5 Rb8 22. b4 Kh8 23. Rb1 Be8 24. Rfd1 {[%csl Rd5][%cal Gd3c2,Gc2b3]} g5 $5 {
A desperate attempt for a counterplay.} 25. Re1 gxf4 26. Qxf4 a5 27. e6 (27.
Bxf5 $2 axb4 28. cxb4 Bg6 29. g4 Qh4 $132) 27... Rf6 28. Bb5 b6 29. Na6 $1 Rc8
30. bxa5 bxa5 31. Bxc6 $1 {Eliminating the knight in order to occupy the dark
squares in the centre.} Bxc6 32. Qd4 $2 {This allows black to get back into
the game.} (32. Qe5 $1 {The same idea as after the move in text, but now the
Pe6 is protected.} Kg8 33. Nb8 $1 {It's easy to overlook this manoeuvre.} Ba8 (
33... Qc5+ 34. Re3 Be8 (34... f4 35. Nxc6 Qxe3+ 36. Qxe3 fxe3 37. Ne7+ $18) 35.
Nd7 Bxd7 36. exd7 $18) 34. Nd7 Rg6 35. Qxf5 $18) 32... Kg8 {[%csl Re6]} 33. Nc5
Rg6 34. Rb2 Rg4 35. Qf2 d4 36. Qxf5 Qg7 37. Qf7+ $6 {White does not take
maximum from the position.} (37. Ne4 Bxe4 38. Rxe4 Rxe4 39. Qxe4 dxc3 40. Rf2
Re8 41. Rf7 Qg6 42. Qxg6+ hxg6 43. Rxc7 Rxe6 44. Rxc3 $16) 37... Qxf7 38. exf7+
Kxf7 39. Nd3 {[%csl Rc6,Rf7,Rg4][%cal Gd3e5]} Kg7 40. Ne5 Re4 (40... Re8 41.
Rbe2 d3 (41... Rxe5 $6 42. Rxe5 Rxg2+ 43. Kf1 $16) 42. Nxd3 Rxe2 43. Rxe2 Bd5
$14) 41. Rbe2 Rxe2 42. Rxe2 d3 $1 {Strong intermediate move, which makes some
disharmony between white's pieces.} 43. Rd2 (43. Nxd3 Bb5 44. Re3 Rd8 {with
sufficient compensation for a draw.}) 43... Bb5 44. Kf2 Kf6 45. Nxd3 Rd8 {
Black has sufficient compensation.} 46. Ke3 Re8+ 47. Kd4 Rd8+ 48. Ke4 Re8+ 49.
Kf3 Rd8 50. Ke3 (50. Nc5 $2 Bc6+ 51. Ke3 Rxd2 52. Kxd2 Bxg2 $11) 50... Re8+ 51.
Kf4 {The only way to avoid repetition, but now black gets an access to 2nd
rank.} Bxd3 (51... Rd8 $2 52. Nc5 Rxd2 53. Ne4+ Ke6 54. Nxd2 $18) 52. Rxd3 Re2
53. Kf3 Rxa2 54. Rd7 h5 55. Rxc7 a4 {White is a pawn up, but the endgame is
actually drawish.} 56. Rc6+ Kg5 $6 {Not a mistake yet, but a prelude...} ({
Safer would have been} 56... Kg7) {[%tqu "En","How should White continue?","",
"","h2h4","",5]} 57. h4+ $1 Kxh4 $4 {[%mdl 8192] Falling into the mating net.}
(57... Kf5 58. Rc5+ Kg6 59. Rg5+ Kh6 {is still drawish.}) 58. Rc5 $1 {[%csl
Rh4][%cal Rg2g3] This instructive example shows that even with such a reduced
material mating nets exist.} 1-0

[Event "New York Generation"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2003.04.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Black "Christiansen, Larry Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2587"]
[BlackElo "2544"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2003.04.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bb4+ 5. c3 Be7 6. Nf5 (6. Bc4 {- see
the encounter Rogovski,V-Savon,V/Ordzhonikidze 2001/CBM 86 [Postny]}) (6. Bd3 {
- see the commented game Areshchenko,A-Kupreichik,V/Governor's Cup 2001/CBM 86
[Postny]}) ({Also playable is} 6. Nxc6) (6. f4) (6. g3) 6... Bf6 7. Ne3 {
Good place for the knight, where it prevents black's possible d7-d5 thrust.} g6
{A logical continuation, which surprisingly enough did not appear in practice.
In other cases black's dark-squared bishop may be trapped for the exchange.} (
7... Nge7 8. Ng4 Ng6 9. Nxf6+ Qxf6 10. Be3 O-O 11. Nd2 d6 12. Qc2 Nge5 13. h3
Qg6 14. g4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Kulicov,O-Ovod,E/St Petersburg 2000/EXT 2001 (25)}) (
7... d6 8. Nd5 Be7 9. c4 Nf6 10. Nxe7 Qxe7 11. f3 O-O 12. Nc3 $14 {1-0 Varavin,
V-Yandemirov,V/Nizhnij Novgorod 1999/EXT 2001 (28)}) 8. g3 Bg7 9. Bg2 Nf6 {
Both sides has lost several tempoes in the opening and the position is now
back to standart.} 10. O-O O-O 11. c4 {This is the most logical way to
continue the development.} d6 12. Nc3 Re8 13. Rb1 {[%csl Rb1,Gg7][%cal Gg7a1]
Moving the rook out of the a1-h8 diagonal.} a5 14. b3 Ng4 {A typical
simplification trick.} 15. Ncd5 (15. Nxg4 Bxg4 16. Qxg4 Bxc3 $11) 15... Nxe3
16. Bxe3 Nb4 $1 {The white strong knight trapped for the exchange. It can be
concluded, that black has solved the opening problems.} 17. Qd2 Nxd5 18. cxd5
Bd7 19. Rfd1 $1 {This move does not look very impressive, but it's a good
provocation for a simplification, that now follows...} c5 $2 {Black is
consequent, but this is what white was hoping for...} ({The right plan was} 
19... f5 {with an approximately equal chances.}) 20. dxc6 Bxc6 21. Qxd6 Qxd6
22. Rxd6 Bxe4 $6 {It's very hard to blame this obvious move, but considering
the continuation of the game, this is probably the last critical moment in
this encounter...} (22... a4 $1 {This move could give black better chances to
survive.}) 23. Bxe4 Rxe4 24. Rc1 {It looks like both players went for this
position. However, Ehlvest managed to understand this position deeper and
evaluate it correctly, while Christiansen has probably underestimated the
danger in this endgame.} Re7 (24... a4 25. Rd7 {[%csl Rb7,Gc1,Gd7,Rf7][%cal
Gc1c7]}) {[%tqu "En","Find the best move for white.","","","a2a4","Fixing the
a5 pawn as a weakness. It's very instructive, that this endgame is very tough
for black. White's rooks has occupied the open 'c' and 'd' files and black is
not able to defend both a5 pawn and 7th rank.",15]} 25. a4 $1 {[%csl Ra5][%mdl
4096] Fixing the a5 pawn as a weakness. It's very instructive, that this
endgame is very tough for black. White's rooks has occupied the open "c" and
"d" files and black is not able to defend both a5 pawn and 7th rank.} h5 (25...
Bb2 26. Rc2 Ba3 27. Rd5 Bb4 28. Bg5 $1 Re1+ 29. Kg2 Rb1 30. Rc7 $18 {[%csl Rb7,
Gc7,Gd5,Rf7,Rg8][%cal Gd5d7]}) 26. Rd5 Bf8 (26... Ra6 27. Rcc5 b6 28. Rc6 {
and black's queenside pawns are falling.}) 27. Bb6 Bh6 28. Rc7 $1 {The
quickest way to the victory.} Rxc7 29. Bxc7 {Black's queenside pawns are
doomed to fall.} Rc8 30. Bxa5 Rc1+ 31. Kg2 Rc2 32. Bb6 Bg7 33. Rd8+ {[%csl Ga4,
Rb7] The loss of b7 pawn is inevitable and after this white's "a" pawn is
unstoppable. Therefore black resigned.} 1-0

[Event "Poikovsky Karpov 04th"]
[Site "Poikovsky"]
[Date "2003.04.28"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Black "Vescovi, Giovanni P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2003.04.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
c4 Ba6 9. b3 g6 {The alternatives are: 9...Qh4, 9...0-0-0 and 9...g5 which is
the main line, preventing the f2-f4 advance.} 10. f4 Qb4+ {This move saw his
light in the game Gelfand-Karpov/Linares 1992/CBM 28.} (10... Bg7 11. Qf2 {
- see the commented game Tseshkovsky,V-Harikrishna,P/Hastings 78th 2002/CBM 93
[Postny]}) 11. Bd2 Qb6 (11... Nxf4 $4 12. Qe4 $18 {[%csl Rb4,Rf4]}) 12. Qf3 {
A rare move in this position, but a poisonous one. In the annotations to the
game Kasparov-Bacrot (see 12.Qe4), Kasparov wrote: "Since my match with Short 
(1993) I haven't decided yet what is better - 12.Qe4 or 12.Qf3".} (12. Qe4 f5
13. Qf3 Qd4 (13... Nb4 $5) 14. Nc3 Nxc3 15. Bxc3 Bb4 16. Rc1 Bxc3+ 17. Rxc3 Bb7
(17... O-O-O $6 18. c5 $1 $16 {Kasparov,G-Bacrot,E/Sarajevo 2000/CBM 77 
[Mikhalevski,V]}) 18. c5 d5 19. cxd6 cxd6 20. Qe3 dxe5 21. Qxe5+ Qxe5+ 22. fxe5
O-O-O $11 {1/2-1/2 Macieja,B-Vescovi,G/GMA, Bermuda 2003 (32)}) ({Another
possibility is} 12. Nc3 {- see the commented games Gelfand,B-Karpov,A/Linares
1992/CBM 28 [Dautov] and Hector,J-Olsen,H/Gentofte 1999/CBM 73 [Mikhalevski,V]}
) 12... Qd4 $6 {After this move black is landing in a worse endgame. This move
is more justified after 12.Qe4 f5 13.Qf3, because of inclusion of f5, which
gives black space in the forthcoming endgame. However after 12.Qf3 black
should better stay in the middlegame, where he can use at some moment the
f7-f6 advance. The critical line 12...Nb4 appeared only once and definitely
needs further investigation.} (12... Nb4 13. Kd1 Bb7 14. Nc3 c5 15. Nd5 Bg7 16.
Bxb4 cxb4 17. Kc2 Bxd5 18. cxd5 O-O $15 {1/2-1/2 Fontaine,R-Marciano,D/France
2002/CBM 88 ext (67)}) 13. Nc3 Nxc3 14. Qxc3 $1 (14. Bxc3 $6 Bb4 15. Rc1 Bxc3+
16. Rxc3 O-O-O $132) 14... c5 15. Bd3 Bb7 $1 $146 {This move is a slight
improvement. Nevertheless black's position remains unpleasant.} (15... Bg7 16.
Qxd4 cxd4 17. O-O O-O 18. Bb4 Rfe8 19. Be4 c6 20. Rfe1 $16 {1/2-1/2 Lautier,
J-Bacrot,E/Cannes 2002/CBM 88 (30) [Postny]}) 16. Qxd4 cxd4 17. O-O {White's
advantage is determined by the better pawn structure.} d6 18. Rae1 O-O-O 19. e6
$1 {This way white is activizing his rook and getting pawn majority on the
kingside as well.} fxe6 20. Rxe6 Bh6 $1 {Preventing f4-f5 advance.} (20... d5
$6 21. f5 {gives white big advantage.}) 21. Rfe1 Bc6 22. g3 Bd7 ({Can be
recommended for black} 22... Rde8 23. Kf2 (23. c5 $2 Rxe6 24. Rxe6 Kd7) 23...
Rxe6 24. Rxe6 Re8 $14) 23. R6e2 Bg7 $2 ({Now it was necessary} 23... Rde8) 24.
c5 $1 {[%mdl 16] An excellent move!} Bg4 ({Also bad for black is} 24... dxc5
25. Re7 Bf6 26. Ba6+ Kb8 27. Rf7 Rhf8 28. Rxh7 Bf5 29. Ba5 Rd7 30. Rxd7 Bxd7
31. Bd3 {and white should win the resulting endgame.}) 25. Re7 Bf6 26. Rf7 Rdf8
{Black must exchange the white active rook, but now he gets the position with
irreparable pawn defects.} 27. Rxf8+ Rxf8 28. cxd6 cxd6 29. Rc1+ Kb8 30. Bb4 {
Black's pieces will be now in total passivity.} Rd8 31. Rc6 Be7 32. Kf2 {
White is not in a hurry...} Kb7 33. Rc4 Bf6 (33... d5 34. Bxe7 dxc4 35. Be4+
Kc8 36. Bxd8 Kxd8 37. bxc4 $18) 34. Ba5 Rc8 35. Be4+ $2 {Missing the chance to
finish the game quickly.} (35. Rb4+ $1 Kc6 36. Ba6 $1 Rf8 37. Rc4+ Kd5 (37...
Kd7 38. Rc7+ Ke6 39. Bc8+ $18 {[%csl Rg4]}) 38. Bb7+ Ke6 39. Bc8+ $18 {[%csl
Rg4]}) 35... Ka6 36. Bc7 $6 {Another inaccuracy.} (36. Rxc8 Bxc8 37. Bb4 Be7
38. Ke2 {with a good winning chances.}) 36... Bd7 $2 (36... Re8 $1 {would have
been far more stubborn. It's hard even to point out a clear advantage for
white, for instanse:} 37. Ra4+ (37. Bc6 $2 Re2+ 38. Kg1 Rxa2 39. b4 {[%csl Ra6]
[%cal Gb4b5]} Ra1+ 40. Kf2 Ra2+ 41. Ke1 Ra1+ $11 42. Kd2 $4 Rd1+ 43. Kc2 d3+
44. Kb3 Rb1+ 45. Ka3 Ra1+ 46. Kb3 Bd1+ $19) (37. Bd3 Bf5 $132) 37... Kb5 38.
Ra5+ Kb4 {and the matters are far from clear.}) 37. Bxd6 Rxc4 38. bxc4 {
Now white is just a pawn up.} Kb6 39. Ke2 {The rest is a matter of technique.}
Bg4+ 40. Kd3 Bh3 41. c5+ Kb5 42. c6 Bf1+ 43. Kd2 Kb6 44. c7 Ba6 45. f5 1-0

[Event "Kramatorsk"]
[Site "Kramatorsk"]
[Date "2003.08.07"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Kuzmin, Gennadi P"]
[Black "Kulicov, Oleg Anatolie"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2516"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2003.07.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bb4+ 5. c3 Bc5 ({The main alternative is
} 5... Be7) 6. Nb3 {A rare continuation, which does not promise white an
advantage.} (6. Be3 Bb6 {- see the annotated games Kasparov,G-Unzicker,W/
Zurich rapid 2001/CBM 83 [Postny] and Ni Hua-Tkachiev,V/Shanghai 2001/CBM 85 
[Postny]}) ({The following game was played in the same tournament few rounds
before:} 6. Bc4 Nf6 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. e5 Qe7 9. O-O Qxe5 10. Re1 Ne4 11. Be3 Bxe3
12. Rxe3 O-O 13. Qe1 d5 14. Bd3 Qg5 15. Bxe4 dxe4 16. Rxe4 Bh3 17. g3 Rab8 $132
{1/2-1/2 Arzumanian,G-Kulicov,O/Kramatorsk 2003/CBM 97 (48)}) 6... Bb6 7. c4 {
This position can arise after the following order of moves: 4...Bc5 5.Nb3 Bb6
6.c4.} d6 8. Nc3 Nge7 $146 {Logical, but a bit passive.} ({More aggressive is} 
8... Qh4 9. c5 $6 (9. g3 $142 Qf6 10. Qe2) 9... dxc5 10. Be3 Bg4 11. Qd2 Rd8
12. Nd5 Be6 13. Qc3 Qxe4 14. Nxb6 axb6 15. Qxg7 Qe5 16. Qxe5 Nxe5 $17 {
Randviir,J-Bronstein,D/Parnu 1947}) ({Also possible} 8... Qf6) 9. Qe2 $6 {
White is planning queenside castling, but this plan looks too slow.} ({More
natural is} 9. Be2 $11 {[%cal Ye1g1] with following short castle.}) 9... O-O
10. Be3 Bxe3 $6 {This exchange assists white to complete his development
safely.} ({More in principle would have been} 10... f5 $1 $36 11. O-O-O (11. c5
$6 dxc5 12. Nxc5 f4 13. Rd1 Qe8 $17) 11... f4 $15) 11. Qxe3 f5 12. O-O-O fxe4 (
{Comes into consideration} 12... f4 13. Qd2 Be6 14. Nd5 Ne5 (14... Ng6 $6 15.
c5 $14) 15. Nxf4 Nxc4 16. Nxe6 Nxd2 17. Nxd8 Nxb3+ 18. axb3 Raxd8 $11) 13. Nxe4
Nf5 14. Qc3 Qe7 15. Bd3 Qe5 {The safest continuation.} ({The alternative can be
} 15... Be6 16. Rhe1 Rae8) 16. g3 Be6 17. Rhe1 Qxc3+ (17... Rae8 $6 18. Qd2 $1
{[%csl Re5] and black's queen feels uncomfortable.}) 18. Nxc3 Ne5 $5 (18...
Rae8 {would have been safer.}) 19. Be4 $1 Bxc4 (19... Rae8 20. Nd5 $14) 20. Na5
$5 (20. Bxb7 Rab8 21. Bd5+ Bxd5 22. Nxd5 $11 c6 {and black is not worse.})
20... Ba6 21. f4 Ng4 22. Nd5 {Threatening by the way 23.Bxf5 followed by 24.
Ne7+.} Kh8 $6 {As it can be seen from the continuation of the game black will
have some problems with the 8th rank.} (22... g6 $1 23. Kb1 $6 (23. Bc2 $142)
23... Nf2 24. Nxc7 Nxd1 25. Nxa8 Nf2 26. Bd5+ Kh8 27. Nc7 Bd3+ 28. Ka1 Nd4 $17)
23. Nxc7 ({Probably stronger would have been} 23. Nb4 Nf2 24. Nxa6 Nxe4 25.
Nxc7 Rac8 26. Rxe4 Rxc7+ 27. Kb1 $14) 23... Rac8 24. Kb1 $1 Nf2 $2 {Going for
complications, which turn out to be in white's favour.} (24... Rxc7 25. Bxf5 {
[%csl Ge1] Now the drawbacks of 22...Kh8 are clear.} Nxh2 26. Bxh7 (26. Rxd6 g5
$1 $15) 26... Kxh7 27. Rh1 $11) 25. Nxa6 Nxd1 26. Bxb7 Nfe3 27. Bxc8 ({
Interesting is} 27. Bf3 $6 Rf5 28. Nc6 Rb5 29. Rxe3 (29. Ncb4 Nc2 30. Nxc2
Rxb2+ 31. Ka1 Rbxc2 32. Rxd1 Rxh2 $44) 29... Nxe3 30. Nxa7 Rbc5 31. Nxc5 Rxc5
32. b4 Rc2 $14) 27... Rxc8 28. Re2 h5 29. Nb3 Nc4 30. Nb4 $2 {Spoiling the
advantage.} (30. Re7 Ncxb2 31. Rxa7 {with good winning chances.}) 30... a5 $1
$132 {This pawn plays an important role in black's counterplay.} 31. Nd3 a4 32.
Na5 ({After} 32. Nd4 a3 $1 {white is suddenly in trouble.}) 32... Na3+ {
Black decided to force a perpetual check.} (32... Nxa5 33. Re1 {[%csl Rd1]}
Nxb2 34. Nxb2 a3 35. Nd3 $11) 33. Ka1 Nc2+ 34. Kb1 Na3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 18th"]
[Site "Kallithea"]
[Date "2002.09.22"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Macieja, Bartlomiej"]
[Black "Steflitsch, Erich"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2607"]
[BlackElo "2399"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[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 "Warsaw Polonia"]
[BlackTeam "Klagenfurt"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AUT"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
c4 Nb6 9. Nc3 Bb7 {This plan connected with black's long castle is out of
fashion nowadays. The most popular alternatives are 9...Qe6 and 9...a5.} 10.
Bd2 $1 O-O-O ({Probably better is} 10... d5 $5) 11. O-O-O Re8 {This move does
not solve black's problems, but the position favours white anyway.} (11... g6
12. h4 h6 13. f4 d5 14. exd6 cxd6 15. h5 Qc7 $16 {1/2-1/2 De la Villa Garcia,
J-Korneev,O/Mondariz 2000/EXT 2001 (15)}) 12. Re1 $146 (12. f4 f6 13. exf6 gxf6
14. Qh5 Rd8 15. Bd3 $16 {1-0 Motylev,A-Zhang Zhong/Linares 2001/CBM 81 (43)})
12... Qe6 (12... d5 13. exd6 Qxe2 14. d7+ Nxd7 15. Bxe2 $14) 13. f4 Bb4 $6 {
The bishop has actually nothing to do here.} (13... d5 $14) 14. Qf2 d5 {
Now this strike is not so effective, but it's very hard to point out any
improvement.} (14... c5 15. a3 Bxc3 16. Bxc3 Nxc4 17. Qxc5 $16) 15. a3 $1 Bxc3
{This exchange is a sad necessity for black.} (15... Bf8 16. c5 Nd7 17. b4 {
and black is completely squeezed.}) 16. Bxc3 dxc4 {Materially speaking, black
is even a pawn up, but his position is strategically lost.} 17. Rd1 {Macieja
choses the solid continuation without giving black any active counterplay.} (
17. f5 {looks also very promising.}) 17... Rd8 18. Be2 Nd5 $6 ({Better
practical chance seems to be} 18... c5 {to realive the light-squared bishop.})
19. Bxc4 Qf5 20. Bd2 {White's position is strategically winning, so black must
seek for some tactical chances.} g5 21. g3 gxf4 22. gxf4 Rhg8 23. Rhg1 ({
The capture of the Pa7 would give black serious counterchances:} 23. Qxa7 $2
Nxf4 24. Rhf1 Nd3+) 23... Rg6 24. Rg3 Nb6 25. Be2 c5 $1 {This is black's best
practical chance. Black is opening up his bishop, with hope to get a
counterplay on the light squares, however white's position is solid enough to
frustrate black's ideas.} 26. Rxg6 ({The immediate capture of the Pc5 was good
enough as well:} 26. Qxc5 Kb8 (26... Rd5 27. Qc2 $18) (26... Rc6 27. Qxc6 Bxc6
28. Bg4 Qxg4 29. Rxg4 Bf3 30. Rdg1 $18) 27. Rxg6 hxg6 28. Be3 $18) 26... hxg6
27. Qxc5 Rd5 28. Qg1 $6 ({More logical would be} 28. Qe3 {covering the e4
square.}) 28... Kb8 29. Be3 ({Again} 29. Qe3 {seems to be more precise.}) 29...
Qe4 {[%csl Ge4]} 30. Qf2 Nc4 $6 {It was not necessary to sacrifice another
pawn, but probably black was going for "all or nothing".} (30... Bc8 $5 {
[%cal Gc8f5]} 31. Qf3 Rxd1+ 32. Bxd1 Qc4+ {and black has some chances to
survive.}) 31. Bxa7+ Ka8 32. Bd4 $4 {[%mdl 8192] One move is enough to turn
out the winning position into a lost one!} (32. Rxd5 Bxd5 33. Bd4 Na5 34. Kd2
Nb3+ 35. Kc3 {and black is not able to create any serious threats, which will
conpensate the lack of two pawns.}) {[%tqu "En","Suddenly black has a chance
to turn the game in his favour. How?","","","c4a5","Certainly overlooked by
white. The threat 33...Nb3 can not be parried in a satisfactory way.",10]}
32... Na5 $1 $19 {Certainly overlooked by white. The threat 33...Nb3 can not
be parried in a satisfactory way.} 33. b4 $8 (33. Qe3 Rxd4 $19) 33... Nb3+ 34.
Kb2 Rxd4 35. Kc3 (35. Kxb3 Rxd1 36. Bxd1 Qd3+ $19) 35... Qc6+ (35... Rxd1 36.
Bxd1 Qc6+ {is a transposition.}) 36. Kxb3 Qd5+ 37. Kb2 (37. Kc2 $2 Rxd1 38.
Bxd1 Qa2+ {[%csl Rf2] winning the queen.}) 37... Rxd1 38. Bxd1 Qxd1 {Black's
position is certainly winning, but he still has to work hard to get a full
point.} 39. Qc5 Qd2+ 40. Kb3 Qd1+ (40... Qd5+ $2 41. Qxd5 Bxd5+ 42. Kc3 Kb7 43.
Kd4 Bb3 44. Kc5 {and it's not clear, how black can win this endgame.}) 41. Kb2
Qd2+ 42. Kb3 Bd5+ 43. Ka4 Qd1+ 44. Ka5 Qd3 $2 {This move allows white to
escape for a draw.} ({Good enough was} 44... Kb8 {simply defending the Pc7. If
now white tries to win the Pf7, his king will be in trouble after} 45. Qb5+ Bb7
46. Qe8+ Ka7 47. Qxf7 Qd3 $19 {[%csl Ra5]}) 45. Qxc7 {An important pawn to
eliminate! Now the black K is not safe either. Therefore black must trade
queens and go for the drawish endgame.} Qxa3+ 46. Kb5 {Surprisingly, but the
win is already gone.} Qd3+ (46... Qa7 47. Qd8+ Qb8+ 48. Qxb8+ Kxb8 49. Kc5 {
leads to a draw just like in the game.}) 47. Kb6 Qd4+ 48. Qc5 Qxc5+ 49. Kxc5 $1
$11 ({After} 49. bxc5 $2 Kb8 {white is losing, because his king will not be
able to penetrate to the kingside.}) 49... Be6 50. Kc6 Kb8 51. h4 Kc8 52. Kd6
Kb7 (52... Kd8 53. b5 Bc4 54. b6 Kc8 55. Ke7 Kb7 56. Kf6 Kxb6 57. f5 gxf5 58.
Kxf5 Kc5 59. h5 Kd4 60. h6 Bd3+ 61. Kf6 $11) 53. Ke7 Kc6 54. Kf6 Kb5 55. f5
gxf5 56. Kg5 $1 (56. h5 $4 f4 {and after the mutual promotions black should
win the resulting endgame.}) 56... f4 $1 {Black has to be careful too!} (56...
Kxb4 $4 57. Kf4 $1 $18 {[%csl Gh4]}) 57. Kxf4 Kxb4 58. h5 Bb3 59. Kg5 Kc5 60.
h6 Bc2 61. Kf6 Kd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 6th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2005.06.28"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[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 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. c3 Nge7 7. g3 h5 $5 {
Black is immediatly trying to hit the target on the kingside.} ({The main line
is} 7... d5) 8. h3 (8. Nc2 Bxe3 9. Nxe3 h4 10. Bg2 d6 11. Nd2 hxg3 12. hxg3
Rxh1+ 13. Bxh1 Be6 14. Qe2 O-O-O $11 {1/2-1/2 Belkhodja,S-Inkiov,V/Condom 2002/
CBM 89 ext (48)}) (8. h4 $6 d5 9. Bg2 Bg4 10. Qd3 Ne5 11. Qb5+ c6 12. Qxb7 O-O
13. Qa6 Bxd4 14. cxd4 Nf3+ 15. Kf1 dxe4 $17 {0-1 Anglada Lobarte,J-Roa Alonso,
S/Zaragoza 1993/EXT 98 (31)}) 8... h4 (8... d5 9. Bg2 Bxd4 10. cxd4 dxe4 11.
Nc3 Bf5 12. Qa4 O-O 13. O-O-O b5 $1 14. Qxb5 Rab8 15. Qc5 Nb4 $36 {0-1 Epstein,
E-Friedel,J/Connecticut USA 2004/The Week in Chess 493 (33)}) (8... b6 $5 {
--> 1/2-1/2 Movsesian,S-Shirov,A/Sarajevo 2004/CBM 101 [Postny,E] (39)}) 9. g4
Ng6 10. Qd2 $146 {[%cal Gf2f4]} (10. Bg2 Nf4 11. O-O Nxd4 12. Bxf4 Nc2 13. Qxc2
Qxf4 14. Nd2 d6 15. a4 a5 16. Nb3 Bxg4 17. Nxc5 dxc5 18. hxg4 h3 19. f3 hxg2
20. Qxg2 O-O-O $17 {0-1 Kharashkina,B-Stjazhkina,O/Elista 2002 (38)}) (10. g5
Qe5 11. Nd2 Bxd4 (11... Nxd4 $2 12. cxd4 Bxd4 13. Nc4 Qxe4 14. f3 $18) 12. cxd4
Nxd4 13. Nc4 Qxe4 14. Qxd4 Qxh1 15. Qxg7 Qd5 $2 (15... d6 16. O-O-O Qc6 $17)
16. Bd3 Qxd3 $2 17. Ne5 Qd5 18. Nxg6 fxg6 19. Qxh8+ Kf7 20. Qf6+ Ke8 21. Qxg6+
Qf7 22. Qe4+ Qe7 23. Qxh4 $18 {1-0 Savushkina,N-Kazarova,I/Kolontaevo 1997 (30)
}) (10. Nf5 Bxe3 11. Nxe3 O-O 12. Nd2 Rb8 13. Bg2 Nf4 14. O-O Ne7 15. Nf3 d6
16. Nd4 b5 17. Ne2 Nxg2 18. Kxg2 Bb7 19. f3 c5 $15 {0-1 Madeira,W-Marrero,Y/
Sao Paulo 2004 (69)}) 10... Nce5 $1 11. Be2 (11. g5 $2 Nf3+ 12. Kd1 Nxd2 13.
gxf6 Nxf1 14. Rxf1 gxf6 $17) (11. f4 $4 Bxd4 $19 {[%cal Ge5f3]}) 11... Bxd4 {
This is forced. Black has to prevent the advance f2-f4.} 12. cxd4 $6 {Radjabov
goes for a dubious pawn sacrifice.} ({White had nothing better than} 12. Qxd4
Nf4 13. Bxf4 Qxf4 14. Nd2 $11) 12... Nf3+ 13. Bxf3 Qxf3 {[%csl Re4,Rh1]} 14.
Rh2 Qxe4 15. f4 O-O $6 {Black should not allow white to grab so much space.} (
15... Nxf4 $2 16. Nc3 Nd3+ (16... Qe7 17. O-O-O $40) 17. Ke2 Nf4+ 18. Kf2 Nd3+
19. Kg1 Qg6 20. Nb5 O-O 21. Rd1 c6 22. Na3 {[%csl Rd3] trapping the knight.}) (
{Strong seems to be} 15... f5 $1 {blocking white's offensive on the kingside.}
16. Nc3 Qf3 $15) 16. f5 Re8 17. Kf2 Nf8 18. Nc3 Qc6 $6 ({A safer retreat would
have been} 18... Qe7) 19. d5 Qa6 20. a4 $1 $36 {[%csl Rc7][%cal Gc3b5]} b5 $5 {
Beliavsky decided to sacrifice back a pawn in order to complete the
development of his queenside as soon as possible.} (20... Nh7 {[%cal Gh7f6]}
21. Re1 Nf6 22. Qd4 $36 {[%cal Gg4g5]}) (20... d6 $2 21. Nb5 Re7 22. f6 $1 $40)
21. Nxb5 Rb8 22. Rhh1 $2 {The concrete variations show that Radjabov could
take the pawn.} (22. Nxc7 Qd6 23. Bf4 Qc5+ (23... Rxb2 24. Bxd6 Rxd2+ 25. Kg1
Rxh2 26. Kxh2 $18 {[%cal Ga1b1,Gb1b8]}) (23... Qb6+ 24. Kf3 Bb7 25. Nxe8 Qb3+
26. Qe3 Qxd5+ (26... Bxd5+ 27. Kf2 Qxb2+ 28. Qd2 $18) 27. Ke2 Rxe8 28. Qxe8
Qf3+ 29. Ke1 Ba6 30. Qe3 Qf1+ 31. Kd2 Qxa1 32. Qd4 $18) 24. Kg2 Re4 25. Rc1 (
25. Nb5 $6 Rxb5 $1 26. axb5 Bb7 $44) 25... Rc4 (25... Qb4 26. Qxb4 Rbxb4 27.
Bd6 $16) 26. Bd6 Qxd6 27. Rxc4 $18) 22... Re4 $1 23. Rhe1 Rxa4 24. Rxa4 (24.
Nxc7 Qd6 $1 25. Rxa4 Rxb2 $1 26. Qxb2 Qh2+ 27. Kf3 Qxb2 $13) 24... Qxa4 25. Nc3
Qc4 26. Bxa7 Rb3 {In this irrational position white's chances should be
prefered. His advantage in space is more dominant factor than his vulnerable
king. In practice, however, it's probably easier to play this position as
black...} 27. Re4 ({Deserved attention the prophylactic} 27. Kg1) 27... Qa6 28.
Bd4 Qd6 29. Ke1 Ba6 {Black must keep his queen on d6 for a while in order to
be to meet white's queen jump to g5 by f7-f6.} (29... Qg3+ $2 30. Kd1 Qf3+ (
30... Qxh3 31. Qg5 $18 {[%csl Rg7]}) 31. Qe2 (31. Kc1 Rxc3+ {[%csl Re4]
winning a piece.}) 31... Qh1+ 32. Kc2 $40 {[%cal Ge4e8]}) (29... c5 $5 30. Be5
Qa6 31. Bxg7 Kxg7 32. Qg5+ Ng6 33. fxg6 Qxg6 34. Qe5+ Qf6 35. Qxf6+ Kxf6 36.
Re8 Bb7 37. Ne4+ Kg7 38. Nxc5 Rb5 $11) 30. Kd1 {Trasfering the king to a
seemingly safer place.} Rb8 $6 ({Again} 30... c5 {was a better choice.}) 31.
Kc1 {White's king reached more or less safe location. White's is now clearly
better thanks to big space advantage.} f6 (31... Nh7 32. g5 $16) 32. g5 Nh7 33.
g6 $2 {It was far better to open the files against the black monarch and grab
a pawn by the way.} (33. gxf6 Nxf6 34. Rxh4 $16) 33... Ng5 34. Re3 (34. Rxh4
Nf3 35. Qf2 Qb4 36. Ba7 Qxh4 37. Qxh4 Nxh4 38. Bxb8 c6 $15) 34... Bc4 {The
evaluation has turned around. Black's pieces are now extremely active, white
should be on his guard.} 35. Ba7 Ra8 36. Qd4 Qa6 37. Qc5 $2 (37. Ne4 Qa1+ 38.
Kc2 Qa4+ 39. Kc1 {and black does not have more than a perpetual.}) 37... Bb3 $1
$40 38. Kd2 Qf1 39. Nb5 Qd1+ $2 {Black had numerous attractive options. The
move in the text allows white to escape.} (39... Qg2+ $1 40. Kc3 Bd1 $1 {
[%cal Gg2c2,Gg5e4]} 41. Nxc7 Nf3 $40 42. Nxa8 $2 Qc2+ 43. Kb4 Qa4+ 44. Kc3 Qb3#
) 40. Kc3 Bxd5 41. Nxc7 Qc1+ 42. Kb4 Qxb2+ 43. Ka5 Qa2+ 44. Kb4 Qb2+ 45. Ka5
Qa2+ 46. Kb4 {Very tough and complicated game for both sides.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 54th"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "2001.05.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Black "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2601"]
[BlackElo "2521"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[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 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
c4 Ba6 9. b3 g5 {Since the game Kasparov-Anand in match 1995 this move gained
popularity.} 10. g3 Bg7 11. Bb2 O-O-O 12. Nd2 (12. Bg2 Rde8 13. O-O Bxe5 14.
Qxe5 Qxe5 15. Bxe5 Rxe5 16. cxd5 Bxf1 17. Kxf1 cxd5 18. Nc3 c6 19. Rc1 Kb7 20.
Na4 Re7 21. Nc5+ Kb6 22. Bf3 d6 23. Nd3 a5 24. Bg2 Ra8 25. a4 Raa7 26. Bf3 h6
27. h3 f6 28. Kg2 {1/2-1/2 Kreiman,B-Giorgadze,G/Ubeda 1999/CBM 68 ext (28)})
12... Nb4 13. Nf3 Rhe8 14. Bh3 c5 $1 $146 {[%csl Yb4,Yc6][%cal Yb4c6,Ya6b7]
[%mdl 8]} (14... h5 15. a3 g4 16. axb4 gxf3 17. Qxf3 Qxb4+ 18. Kf1 Bb7 19. Rxa7
c5 20. Ra8+ Bxa8 21. Qxa8+ Qb8 22. Qa1 c6 $2 (22... Qb7 23. Bg2 c6) 23. e6 Bxb2
24. exd7+ Rxd7 25. Qxb2 $18 {1-0 Baklan,V-Pedersen,N/Brussels 2000/EXT 2001 
(45)}) 15. Bg4 (15. O-O $6 h5 $1 {Now it's much stronger, then on the previous
move.Black has the advantage.}) 15... f6 {The most logical way to emphasize
black's development advantage.} ({The manoeuvre} 15... Kb8 {[%cal Gd7d5] is
too slow.} 16. O-O d5 17. Rfe1 $13) 16. Bh5 fxe5 $5 {This interesting exchange
sacrifice leads to a promising position for black, however simple 16...Rf8
wasn't worse.} (16... Rf8 17. O-O (17. a3 $2 Nc6 18. exf6 Qxe2+ 19. Kxe2 Bxf6
$36 {[%csl Yd4,Re2]}) 17... Nc6 18. Rfe1 f5 $1 {[%csl Yh5][%cal Gg5g4]} 19. e6
Bxb2 20. exd7+ Qxd7 21. Qxb2 g4) 17. Bxe8 Rxe8 18. O-O ({No good is} 18. a3 {
in view of} Nd3+ $1 19. Qxd3 e4 20. Qd2 $8 exf3+ 21. Kd1 Qe2+ 22. Qxe2 fxe2+
23. Kc2 Bxb2 24. Kxb2 Rf8 $17) 18... Bb7 19. Rfe1 (19. Rad1 {was probably more
safe keeping e1 square free for the knight.} e4 20. Bxg7 Qxg7 21. a3 g4 22. Nh4
Nc6 $44) 19... e4 (19... Bxf3 20. Qxf3 e4 21. Rxe4 Qxe4 22. Qxe4 Rxe4 23. Bxg7
Re2 24. a3 Nd3 25. Rf1 g4 26. f4 Ne1 27. Rf2 Nf3+ 28. Kg2 {with sharp,
probably equal endgame.}) (19... Nc6 $44) 20. Rad1 (20. Bxg7 Qxg7 21. Rad1 Re6
{with an advantage.}) 20... g4 (20... Bxb2 $6 21. Qxb2 Rf8 22. Ne5 $1 $14 {
[%csl Rd7][%cal Ye5g4,Yg4e3,Ga2a3]}) 21. Nh4 e3 22. Bxg7 Qe4 ({Not of course} 
22... Qxg7 $2 23. fxe3 {and black's compensation for the exchange is
insufficient.}) 23. fxe3 (23. Nf3 $2 Qxf3 24. Qxf3 Bxf3 $17) 23... Qh1+ 24. Kf2
Qxh2+ 25. Kf1 Qxg3 (25... Qh1+ $6 26. Kf2 Qh2+ $11) 26. Ng2 $1 (26. Qf2 $2 Qh3+
27. Ng2 g3 28. Qg1 Qf5+ 29. Nf4 Qg4 $19 {[%cal Rg4f3]}) 26... Re7 27. Qf2 $8 {
White have to abandon his bishop, otherwise white king will fall in real
trouble.} (27. Bc3 $2 Qh3 {[%cal Rh3h1]} 28. Kg1 g3 $19) 27... Qxf2+ 28. Kxf2
g3+ (28... Rxg7 29. Rd2 (29. Rh1 $2 Nxa2 30. Ra1 Rf7+ $1 31. Kg3 Nc3 32. Rhf1
Rxf1 33. Rxf1 Bf3 $17 {[%csl Rb3][%cal Gf3d1]}) 29... g3+ 30. Kg1 Be4 31. Rf1
Nd3 32. Rf8+ Kb7 33. Re8 Nf2 34. Nf4 Rg4 {[%cal Rg4h4]} 35. Rxe4 $1 Nxe4 36.
Rxd7 $132) 29. Kg1 Rxg7 {[%mdl 1024] Black has two pawns and a strong bishop
for the exchange, in spite of this white's resources are sufficient for the
equality, mostly because there are enough space for the rooks.} 30. Rf1 Kd8 31.
Rd2 (31. Nf4 $6 {[%cal Gf4e6]} Ke7) 31... Ke8 32. Rf5 d6 33. Nf4 Re7 34. Nd5
Nxd5 35. cxd5 Rxe3 36. Rh5 Re5 (36... Ba6 37. Rxh7 Bd3 38. Rxc7 Be4 39. Kf1 Rc3
({After} 39... g2+ 40. Rxg2 Bxg2+ 41. Kxg2 Re2+ 42. Kf3 Rxa2 {black is a pawn
up, but his king is very passive, so the result would be a draw.}) 40. Rd1 g2+
41. Kg1 Rh3 42. Kf2 Rf3+ 43. Kg1 Rh3 44. Kf2 $11) 37. Rxe5+ dxe5 38. Re2 {
Now the draw is inevitable.} Kd7 39. Rxe5 Kd6 40. Rg5 Bxd5 41. Rxg3 c4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tan Chin Nam Cup 7th"]
[Site "Shanghai"]
[Date "2001.07.17"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ni, Hua"]
[Black "Tkachiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2528"]
[BlackElo "2642"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2001.07.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 085"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bb4+ 5. c3 Bc5 6. Be3 {The alternative
possibility is 6.Nc6.} Bb6 7. Nxc6 {Besides white has several options:} (7. Qg4
$5 {see the game Kasparov,G-Unzicker,W/Zuerich rapid 2001/CBM 83 [Postny]}) (7.
Bc4) (7. Be2) (7. Nf5) (7. Qa4 $5 {-see the game Van der Wiel,J-Ernst,S /
NLD-ch 1998.CBM 66[Mikhalevski V.]}) (7. Nd2 {-see the game Hoen,R-Miles,A /
EUCup 1997/CBM 62 [Mikhalevski V.]}) 7... bxc6 8. Bd4 $1 (8. Qd2 Nf6 9. Bd3 O-O
10. O-O Re8 $15) 8... Nf6 9. e5 (9. Bd3 $5 c5 10. Be3 Bb7 11. Nd2 O-O 12. O-O
d5 $11) 9... Qe7 $146 (9... Nd5 10. Bc4 O-O 11. O-O d6 {see the game Sutovsky,
E-Onischuk,A/Rubinstein mem 36th 1999/CBM 73 [Mikhalevski V.]}) 10. Be2 Nd5 {
[%cal Gc6c5]} 11. Bf3 $6 ({A move, that deserved close attention is:} 11. O-O
$5 {ignoring black's threat (c6-c5).} c5 12. Bf3 cxd4 (12... Bb7 13. c4 cxd4
14. cxd5 $13) (12... c6 13. c4 cxd4 14. cxd5 $13) 13. Bxd5 c6 14. Bc4 dxc3 15.
Nxc3 $14) 11... O-O (11... Ba6 $1 12. Bxd5 cxd5 13. Bxb6 axb6 14. Qxd5 O-O $36)
12. O-O Ba6 13. Re1 Nf4 14. Be4 (14. b3 $6 {[%cal Gc3c4]} Rae8 {[%csl Re1]
[%cal Gf7f6]} 15. Qd2 Nd3 16. Be2 Nxe5 $1 {even better, than 16...Ne1.} 17.
Bxa6 Nf3+ 18. gxf3 Qxe1+ 19. Kg2 Re6 $17 {->}) 14... Rab8 15. Bxb6 $2 (15. Qd2
Qg5 16. Kh1 f6 17. g3 Nd3 18. f4 Qg4 19. Bxd3 Qf3+ 20. Kg1 Bxd3 21. Bxb6 Rxb6
22. Qe3 $11) 15... Rxb6 16. Qd2 {[%tqu "En","Find the best move for black.","",
"","f7f5","",10]} f5 $1 {After this strong move Rf8 comes into the action.
White is in trouble...} 17. exf6 (17. Qxf4 $2 fxe4 18. Qxe4 Rxb2 $19) 17...
Qxf6 18. b3 Rb5 $1 {[%cal Gb5g5]} 19. Na3 $2 {The N on a3 isn't taking part in
the defense at all.Had it been developed on d2, it might have helped.} (19. Qe3
{[%cal Yb1d2]} Qg5 (19... Rg5 $6 20. Nd2 d5 21. Bf3 c5 22. g3 d4 23. cxd4 cxd4
24. Qe7) 20. c4 (20. Nd2 Re5 $17) 20... Re5 21. h4 $1 (21. Nc3 Rxe4 22. Qxe4
Nh3+ $19) 21... Qg4 22. Qg3 Qe6 23. Nc3 Bb7 $17) (19. Re3 $6 Rg5 $40) 19... Rg5
{Now all black pieces are taking part in the attack.White's position is lost.}
20. Kh1 ({If} 20. Re3 {then} {[%tqu "En","Please enter a move for black.","",
"","g5g2","",10]} Rxg2+ $1 21. Bxg2 Qg5 22. f3 (22. Rg3 Nh3+ $19 {[%csl Rd2]})
22... Nxg2 $19 {[%csl Re3]}) 20... Rh5 21. Re3 Qh4 22. h3 d5 23. Bc2 Qg5 24.
Rg1 (24. Rg3 Nxh3 $1 {[%csl Rd2]} 25. Rxg5 Nxf2+ 26. Kg1 Rh1#) 24... Bf1 $1 {
[%csl Rg2][%mdl 2176] Just overloading "from the books".} 25. Kh2 Nxg2 (25...
Bxg2 $142 26. Rg3 Qxg3+ 27. Kxg3 Rxh3+ 28. Kg4 Bf3+ 29. Kg5 {and black can
choose according to taste from 3! possible mates...}) 26. Rd3 Qe5+ 27. f4 Nxf4
28. Rdg3 Rxh3+ 29. Rxh3 Nxh3+ 0-1

[Event "Sigeman & Co 11th"]
[Site "Malmo"]
[Date "2003.04.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Black "Hector, Jonny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2553"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2003.04.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Qf6 5. Be3 Bc5 6. c3 Qg6 {Interesting
move, which is regurlarly played by Hector. The main theoretical line goes
with 6...Nge7.} 7. Qf3 {[%cal Gd4b5] This is a fashionable way to meet the 6...
Qg6 variation. The main alternative is 7.Nd2. More information about this
opening variation you can find in survey on 6...Qg6 in CBM 93.} Bb6 $2 $146 {
This mistake is hard to explain, since grandmaster Hector is an expert of this
opening variation. The main reply 7...Ne5 can be recommended.} ({For instanse:
} 7... Ne5 8. Qe2 Nh6 9. f4 Neg4 10. f5 Qf6 11. Bg1 O-O 12. Nd2 Ne5 13. O-O-O
$13 {1-0 Ponomariov,R-Sokolov,I/Istanbul 2000 (44)}) 8. Nb5 $1 {Black is
already in trouble.} Nd8 $6 {[%cal Yg6b6] This manoeuvre only hurts black.} ({
The least of the evils for black would have been} 8... Kd8) 9. Nd2 $1 (9. Bxb6
$6 Qxb6 10. Qg3 {[%csl Rc7,Rg7]} Ne6 11. Bc4 g6 12. Bxe6 Qxb5 {and black
survives.}) 9... Ne6 (9... a6 10. Bxb6 Qxb6 11. Nc4 Qxb5 12. Nd6+ cxd6 13. Bxb5
axb5 14. Qg3 {and in spite of the material equality, black's position is lost,
because of bad pieces coordination and numerous pawn weaknesses.}) (9... Ne7
10. Bxb6 Qxb6 11. Nc4 Qc5 12. b4 Qc6 13. e5 d5 14. exd6 Qxb5 15. dxe7 Kxe7 16.
Bd3 {[%csl Re7] is another unattractive variation for black.}) (9... Qc6 10.
Bxb6 axb6 11. Qg3 Ne6 12. Bc4 {bad for black as well.}) 10. Bxb6 axb6 11. Bc4
Ke7 (11... Kd8 12. Bxe6 Qxe6 13. Qg3 $18 {[%csl Rc7,Rg7]}) 12. Bxe6 fxe6 13.
Nxc7 $18 {A complete opening disaster for Hector in this game.} Ra5 14. b4 Rg5
15. g3 {There are only negative aspects in black's position. The white Nc7 can
not be trapped, since white has any time the move Nc7-a8! at his disposal.} Nf6
(15... Kd8 16. Na8 $18 {[%csl Rb6]}) 16. Qe3 Ng4 17. Qxb6 {White is already
two pawns up.} Rf8 18. f4 Rh5 19. O-O-O Nxh2 20. Qg1 Ng4 21. Rxh5 Qxh5 22. Nc4
Kf7 23. Nd6+ {The black Bc8 is now buried forever.} Kg8 24. Qd4 e5 25. Qc4+ Kh8
26. Nd5 {[%csl Rc8]} exf4 27. Nxf4 {Another material losses are inevitable.}
1-0

[Event "NED-ch57"]
[Site "Leeuwarden"]
[Date "2002.06.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Black "Van den Doel, Erik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2583"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2002.06.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nxc6 Qf6 6. Qd2 dxc6 7. Nc3 Qe7 {
The Morozevich's patent gained popularity nowadays.} 8. Qg5 ({As practice
shows the alternative} 8. Bd3 {is less problemative for black.}) 8... Nf6 (8...
Bd4 {- see the game Van der Wiel,J-Korneev,O/Elgoibar 1998/CBM 69 [Mikhalevski,
V]}) 9. Be3 Bd6 $1 10. Bd4 (10. Be2 $146 {- Motylev,A-Ivanchuk,V/FIDE GP
Moscow rapid 2002/CBM 90 [Postny]}) 10... O-O (10... Rg8 $5 {- see the game
Mellado Trivino,J-Korneev,O/Elgoibar 1998/CBM 69 [Mikhalevski,V]}) 11. O-O-O h6
12. Qh4 b5 $146 ({A few rounds earlier Van den Doel played} 12... Ng4 {and got
a slightly worse endgame. I guess, Tiviakov was ready for this.}) 13. Bd3 (13.
Bxf6 $143 Qxf6 14. Qxf6 gxf6 15. Bd3 a6 {[%cal Yc6c5,Yc5c4]} 16. Ne2 c5 17. Ng3
(17. c4 $6 Be6 18. b3 Rfb8 19. Kc2 bxc4 20. Bxc4 Bxc4 21. bxc4 Rb4 $15) 17...
c4 $132) 13... Nd7 14. Qxe7 Bxe7 15. f4 Nc5 16. Bxc5 ({Comes into consideration
} 16. f5 $5 {(a similar idea will be realized a few moves later)} Re8 17. Rhe1
b4 18. Bxc5 Bxc5 19. Nb1 $14) 16... Bxc5 17. Rhe1 f6 (17... Bf2 $5 18. Rf1 (18.
Re2 Bd4 19. f5 $11) 18... Bd4 19. Ne2 Be3+ 20. Kb1 Bg4 21. h3 Bxe2 22. Bxe2
Rad8 $11) 18. f5 $1 $14 {[%mdl 4128] A remarkable move. This move looks
completely anti-positional in first glance, because it gives away the e5
square to black's position forever. However there some hidden pluses in this
move as well, namely: it severely restricts the black light squared B and in
general takes control of some important white squares. Two classical games are
immediatly come to mind, where this strategic device took place:
Lasker-Capablanca/1914 and Fischer-Unzicker/1970 (White won in both these
games).These games started from the exchange variation in the Rui Lopez
defense, but the pawn structure was the same.} Bd6 19. g3 Re8 20. Ne2 $1 {
Transfering the N to better pastures.} Bd7 21. Nf4 c5 22. c4 {This move is
necessary for white to prevent the only black's counterplay. However white has
not many active possibilities either.} a6 23. Kc2 Bc6 24. Ne6 (24. Re2 $5)
24... Re7 25. Rd2 Rae8 26. Rde2 Rxe6 $5 {[%mdl 512] Probably the best
practical decision, but this sacrifice should not be overestimated. Black is
fighting for a draw anyway.} (26... Bd7 27. Nf4 Be5 (27... Bc6 $2 28. Ng6 Rd7
29. e5 $16) 28. Ng6 Rf7 29. g4 {[%cal Yh2h4,Yg4g5] Black's position is
unpleasant.}) 27. fxe6 Be5 28. Rd2 Rxe6 (28... Kf8 $142) 29. cxb5 axb5 30. a4
$1 {[%cal Gc4g8]} bxa4 $2 {This is just too much!} (30... c4 31. Bf1 Re8 32.
axb5 Bxb5 33. Ra1 Rb8 {White has only slight advantage.}) 31. Bc4 Kf7 32. Bxe6+
Kxe6 33. Rd8 {The advantage of two exchanges should be enough for a win.
However the winning process is far from easy. White should find the right
moment to sacrifice one of his exchanges and get a winning endgame with an
exchange up.} Bd6 34. Rg8 Kf7 35. Rb8 Ke6 36. Kd3 Ke5 $2 {This "active" move
simplifies the winning process for white. After a waiting move like 36...Kf7,
white's win is still far from easy.} ({The possible variation might be the
following:} 36... Kf7 37. Kc4 $1 {Probably the best idea.} Ke6 38. Re2 Kf7 39.
Rb5 $1 {The point of 37.Kc4.} Bxb5+ 40. Kxb5 Ke6 $1 41. Rc2 $1 (41. Kxa4 Ke5
42. Kb5 Kd4 $1) 41... h5 (41... Ke5 42. Rc4) 42. Kxa4 g5 43. Kb5 f5 44. exf5+
Kxf5 45. Rc4 g4 46. Kc6 Kg5 {[%cal Gh5h4]} {[%tqu "En","...and now just a
little calculation is required....","","","c4c5","",5]} 47. Rxc5+ $1 Bxc5 48.
Kxc5 Kf5 49. Kc6 Ke4 50. Kxc7 Kf3 51. b4 Kg2 52. b5 Kxh2 53. b6 h4 54. b7 $18)
37. Rg8 g5 38. Rh8 {[%csl Rh6] winning the pawn and the game.} Bb5+ 39. Kc3 Ke6
40. Rxh6 Be5+ 41. Kc2 c4 42. Rh8 {[%csl Gh2]} 1-0

[Event "NED-ch57"]
[Site "Leeuwarden"]
[Date "2002.06.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Van der Wiel, John"]
[Black "Van den Doel, Erik"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2509"]
[BlackElo "2583"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "144"]
[EventDate "2002.06.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nxc6 Qf6 6. Qd2 dxc6 7. Nc3 Qe7 {
This move was introduced by Morozevich in 1998.} 8. Qg5 $1 Nf6 (8... Bd4 {
- see the game Van der Wiel,J-Korneev,O/Elgoibar 1998/CBM 69 [Mikhalevski,V]})
9. Be3 Bd6 (9... Bb4 $6 {is not recommended due to} 10. e5 $1 {- see the game
Nataf,I-Kharitonov,A/MK Cafe Cup 1999/CBM 73 [Mikhalevski,V]}) 10. Bd4 (10. Be2
$146 {- see the game Motylev,A-Ivanchuk,V/FIDE GP Moscow rapid 2002/CBM 90 
[Postny]}) 10... O-O $146 (10... Rg8 $5 {- was in the game Mellado Trivino,
J-Korneev,O/Elgoibar 1998/CBM 69 [Mikhalevski,V]}) 11. O-O-O h6 12. Qh4 Ng4 13.
Qxe7 Bxe7 14. f3 (14. f4 $142 $14) 14... Bg5+ 15. Kb1 Ne3 16. Re1 ({Comes into
consideration} 16. Rd3) 16... Nxf1 17. Rhxf1 Bf4 {A provocative move.} ({
More accurate is} 17... Be7) 18. Ne2 $1 (18. g3 Bd6 19. e5 Bb4 $11 {following
by the capture of Nc3, and after that black will blockade white's kingside PP
on white squares.}) 18... Bd6 19. e5 {As a result of black's inaccuracy on
move 17, white is advancing his pawn majority with tempo.} Be7 20. f4 c5 21.
Be3 b6 22. f5 Re8 23. Nf4 $2 {A very careless move, which actually loses a
pawn.} ({The right move was} 23. Nc3 $14) {[%tqu "En","Find the way to black's
advantage.","","","e7d8","",10,"c8f5","",0]} 23... Bd8 $1 {[%csl Re5,Rf5]} (
23... Bxf5 24. Nd5 Bh4 25. Nxc7 (25. g3 $2 Rxe5 26. Nxc7 Rc8 $17) 25... Bxe1
26. Nxa8 $11) 24. Nh5 $2 ({Necessary was} 24. e6 fxe6 25. Nxe6 Bxe6 26. fxe6
Rxe6 27. Bf4 Rxe1+ 28. Rxe1 Kf7 $15 29. Rd1 {White retains reasonable drawing
chances.}) 24... Ba6 $1 $19 {This simple intermediate move was probably
overlooked by Van der Wiel.} 25. Rg1 Rxe5 26. Bxh6 $5 {An interesting tactical
possibility, but insufficient.} (26. Nxg7 Rxe3 27. Rxe3 Kxg7 $19) (26. g4 Bh4
27. Ng3 Rae8 28. Bf2 Be2 {and black is totally dominating.}) 26... Rxe1+ 27.
Rxe1 gxh6 28. Re8+ Kh7 29. Nf6+ Bxf6 ({Black can not save the whole piece:} 
29... Kg7 30. Nh5+ Kh7 31. Nf6+) 30. Rxa8 Bf1 31. Rxa7 Be5 {White can not
organize the passed pawn on the queenside and his kingside PP will fall sooner
or later.} 32. g3 Kg7 ({Less accurate is} 32... Bh3 33. a4 Bxf5 34. a5 bxa5 35.
Rxa5 Bd6 36. b4 {[%csl Rf5]}) 33. a4 Kf6 34. a5 bxa5 35. Rxa5 Bd6 36. Kc1 Bh3
37. Kd2 Bxf5 38. c3 Kg5 {The position is obviously technically won for black,
but the win requires a lot of patience from black.} 39. Ke3 h5 (39... Kg4 40.
Ra4+) 40. Kf3 Bg4+ 41. Kg2 f5 42. Ra8 Bd1 {Transfering the light-squared B to
the long diagonal.} 43. Rh8 Bb3 44. Kf2 Bd5 45. Rh7 c4 46. Rg7+ Kf6 47. Rh7 Kg6
48. Rd7 Bc5+ 49. Ke2 c6 {Black has elegantly switched the pawn support from
his dark-squared B on d6 to the light-squared B on d5.} 50. Rd8 Kg5 51. Rd7 Bg1
52. h4+ {Finally black managed to provoke another pawn weakness in white's
camp.} Kg4 {From now on the winning technic is going to be much easier for
black.} 53. Rg7+ Kh3 54. Rg5 Kg2 $1 55. Rxf5 Be6 ({It's never to late to spoil
any kind of position! For example here the obvious} 55... Kxg3 $2 {would be a
terrible mistake, throwing away the win in view of} 56. Rg5+ $1) 56. Rf6 Bg4+
57. Kd2 c5 58. Rf4 Kxg3 59. Rxc4 Kxh4 60. b4 cxb4 61. cxb4 {This pawn is
white's last ray of hope, but black ruthlessly stamps it out.} Kg3 62. Ke1 Bf2+
63. Kf1 Bh3+ 64. Ke2 Bd7 {preventing the advance of the white P.} 65. Rc7 Bb5+
66. Kd2 h4 67. Rg7+ Kf3 68. Rf7+ Kg2 69. Rf5 Bd7 70. Rg5+ Bg3 71. b5 h3 72. b6
Bc6 {A nice performance by the black BB.} 0-1

[Event "Vera m g/1h+25s"]
[Site "Vera"]
[Date "2004.07.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2679"]
[BlackElo "2568"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2004.07.09"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Ne4 {A rare
continuation, which should not be sufficient for equality.} ({The main line
goes with} 6... Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5) 7. Nd2 {More aggressive move is 7.Qf3.} (7. Qf3
Ng5 8. Qh5 (8. Qg3 Be7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Bd3 f5 11. Bxg5 Bxg5 12. h4 Bh6 13. f4
$14 {1-0 Nisipeanu,L-Kazhgaleyev,M/France 2000/EXT 2001 (45)}) 8... Ne6 9. Bd3
g6 10. Qe2 Bg7 11. f4 O-O 12. Be3 f6 13. f5 gxf5 14. Bxf5 Qe8 15. Qc4 fxe5 16.
Bxe6+ Qxe6 17. Qxe6+ dxe6 18. Nd2 $14 {1-0 Macieja,B-Gabriel,C/Germany 2002/
EXT 2003 (71)}) 7... Nxd2 {In my opinion, after the exchange of knights it
will be easier for white to emphasize the defects in black's pawnstructure.} (
7... Nc5 $142 {--> 1/2-1/2 Sedlak,N-Radulski,J/Stara Pazova 2001/CBM 82 
[Postny,E] (28)}) 8. Bxd2 d5 (8... Qh4 9. Bd3 Bc5 10. O-O O-O 11. Kh1 d6 12.
Re1 g6 13. Re4 Qd8 14. Bh6 Re8 15. exd6 Bxd6 16. Bg5 Qd7 17. Qe2 Bb7 18. Re1
$16 {1/2-1/2 Zubarev,A-Ovsejevitsch,S/Ordzhonikidze 2001/CBM 86 (47)}) (8...
Be7 9. Qg4 g6 10. Bh6 Rb8 11. O-O-O d5 12. Qg3 Be6 13. h4 Rb4 14. Qc3 c5 $13 {
1/2-1/2 Minasian,A-Kaidanov,G/Yerevan 1996/EXT 97 (49)}) 9. Bd3 Qh4 (9... Be6
10. O-O Qd7 11. f4 Bc5+ 12. Kh1 $14 {1-0 Zelcic,R-Baumegger,S/Portoroz 1998/
EXT 99 (54)}) 10. O-O Bc5 11. c4 $1 $146 {White is putting immediate pressure
on black's queenside pawns. Other moves, that appeared in practice promise
white less, than the move in the text.} O-O (11... dxc4 $2 12. Qa4 $16) 12. Rc1
{[%cal Gc1c7]} Bd4 13. Bc3 {Exchanging black's active bishop.} Bxc3 (13... Bb6
14. b4 $16 {[%csl Rb6]}) 14. Rxc3 Be6 15. f4 {White has stable advantage due
to black's queenside weaknesses.} ({Dubious is} 15. cxd5 $6 Bxd5 {[%csl Gd5]})
15... Rad8 16. c5 $1 {This is the most practical decision. Closing the centre,
white prevents black's possible counterplay through the "d" file.} Rb8 17. Qd2
f6 $6 {This move can be considered as a blunder, on the other hand, it's very
hard to suggest any reasonable plan for black.} 18. f5 {Black can not allow
white to build the pawn chain f5-e6, so the following piece sacrifice is
practically forced.} Qd4+ 19. Rf2 fxe5 20. fxe6 e4 21. Ba6 $1 {The best place
for the bishop.} Qe5 (21... Qxf2+ 22. Qxf2 Rxf2 23. Kxf2 Rxb2+ 24. Ke3 Kf8 (
24... Rxa2 25. Bb7 $18) 25. Ra3 $18 {[%cal Ga6c8]}) 22. Rb3 Rbe8 23. Qc3 Qxe6
24. Rxf8+ Rxf8 25. Qd4 Qf5 {Black's compensation for the piece is clearly
insufficient, but it's not so easy for white to convert his advantage into a
full point.} 26. Rg3 Rf6 27. h3 h6 28. b4 Qf4 29. Rc3 Qg5 30. Be2 Kh7 31. a4 ({
More precisely was} 31. g3 {[%cal Yh3h4,Yg1g2]}) 31... Qh4 32. Rc1 Rg6 33. Qf2
$2 {Did white just blunder the "h" pawn?} ({Simple and good was} 33. Bg4 $18)
33... Qxh3 {Now black has already three pawns for the piece, so the position
becomes unclear.} 34. Bf1 Rg5 35. b5 $6 {White got carried away a little bit.}
(35. Qd4 $6 Qg3 $132 {[%cal Gg5h5]}) (35. Qd2 $5) 35... Qa3 36. Rd1 Qxa4 37.
Qd4 Qc2 $5 {Kortschnoj decided to keep the queens on the board. It's very hard
to evaluate the arised position, but it should be approximately equal...} ({
The endgame after} 37... cxb5 38. Qxa4 bxa4 {should end in a draw.}) 38. bxc6
Rf5 {Threatening 39...e3.} 39. Ra1 a5 40. Bb5 Qb3 41. Be2 a4 $6 {There was no
reason to give this pawn so fast.} (41... Qg3 $1 42. Rf1 Rg5 43. Rf2 Qb3 $132 {
[%csl Ga5][%cal Ga5a4]}) 42. Rxa4 Qb1+ 43. Qd1 Qb2 44. Ra1 $2 ({Much stronger
was} 44. Rd4 Rg5 45. Qd2 $16) 44... Qc3 {Now black is capturing a pawn, and it
will be again three pawns for the piece.} 45. Bg4 Qxc5+ 46. Kh1 Rg5 47. Rc1 Qe3
{White did not manage to block black's central pawns, however, white is hoping
to organize an attack against the black king, after all, he has an extra piece!
} 48. Bh3 d4 ({Comes to consideration} 48... Rh5 $5) 49. Qf1 h5 $4 {The final
slip in the time-trouble.} (49... d3 $2 50. Re1 Qd4 51. Qf4 $16) (49... Qg3 $1
50. Qf7 Qe5 51. Rf1 Rh5 52. Rf5 Rxh3+ 53. gxh3 Qg3 $11) 50. Re1 {That's it.
Black is losing the most important Pe4 and the game.} Qd2 51. Bf5+ Kh6 52. Rxe4
d3 53. Re6+ g6 54. Bxd3 Qb4 55. Qf6 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 4th"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2003.05.31"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Black "Marcelin, Cyril"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2503"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[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 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nxc6 Qf6 6. Qd2 dxc6 7. Nc3 Bd4
8. Bd3 (8. Bc4 {- see the game Kasimdzhanov,R-Tkachiev,V/FIDE Wch-2000/CBM 81 
[Postny]}) 8... Ne7 9. O-O Ng6 10. Qe1 $5 {This is a new idea of Rublevsky.
Earlier, white played here automatically 10.Kh1, including Rublevsky himself.}
Ne5 11. Be2 (11. Be3 $6 Bh3 12. Kh1 Bxg2+ 13. Kxg2 Qf3+ 14. Kg1 Qg4+ $11) 11...
g5 12. Kh1 Ng6 13. Bc4 Be5 $6 {Wasting important tempo.} ({More logical seems
to me} 13... Be6 {with approximately equal chances.}) 14. Be3 $146 (14. Ne2 Nf4
15. f3 b5 16. Bd3 a6 17. a4 Bb7 18. Bxf4 gxf4 19. c4 Rd8 20. Rd1 bxa4 21. Qb4
Bc8 22. Bc2 Rd6 23. Bxa4 O-O 24. Rxd6 cxd6 25. Bxc6 $16 {0-1 Rublevsky,
S-Makarov,M/TCh-RUS, Togliatti RUS 2003 (46)}) 14... Nf4 {I don't think, that
black should hurry with this move.} ({Comes into consideration} 14... Be6 15.
Bxe6 fxe6 16. Rd1 Bxc3 17. bxc3 O-O $13) 15. f3 Be6 16. Bxe6 Nxe6 (16... fxe6
17. Rd1 {preventing black's long castling.}) 17. Rd1 {Now black has problems
with his king, since it can not castle queenside, and the centre or kingside
are certainly not safe as well.} b6 ({The exchange} 17... Bxc3 18. bxc3 {
will not solve black's problems.}) 18. Ne2 $1 Rd8 ({Very dangerous for black is
} 18... Bxb2 19. c3 Ba3 20. f4 $40) (18... c5 19. b4 $16) 19. Qb4 $16 a5 (19...
c5 20. Qa4+ Ke7 21. c3 a5 22. Rd5 $16) 20. Qc4 O-O 21. Qxc6 Bxb2 22. c3 Qe5 (
22... Rxd1 23. Rxd1 Rd8 24. Rd5 Qe7 25. Qb5 Rxd5 26. exd5 Ng7 27. Bxb6 cxb6 28.
Qxb2 $16) 23. h3 $6 ({More tempting was} 23. Qc4 Ba3 24. Bd4) 23... Ba3 24. Bd4
Nxd4 $6 {This exchange strentghens white's centre and leaves black with no
counterplay at all.} (24... Qd6 {was the least of the evils.}) 25. cxd4 Qd6 26.
Qb5 {White has got all the benefits from the position, while black has
permanent weaknesses on the kingside and his pieces are badly coordinated.} h6
({A bit more stubborn was} 26... Qg6) 27. f4 Qe6 28. Qd3 $1 {White chooses the
safest way.} (28. fxg5 $6 Qxe4 {could lead to unnecessary complications.})
28... Be7 29. f5 Qc6 30. Rc1 Qd6 31. Qc4 Rc8 32. e5 Qb4 33. Qc2 f6 $2 {A
blunder in a lost position.} (33... Qb5 $142 34. f6 $18) 34. Rb1 Qa3 35. Rf3 {
[%csl Ra3] Black's queen is trapped.} 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 4th"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2003.06.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nataf, Igor Alexandre"]
[Black "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2559"]
[BlackElo "2649"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[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 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nxc6 Qf6 6. Qd2 dxc6 7. Nc3 Bd4 {
Thanks to Tkachiev's efforts this line became fashionable.} 8. Bc4 ({More
popular continuation is} 8. Bd3) 8... Be6 {This is logical way of development.
Black i preparing queenside castling.} ({Another common alternative is:} 8...
Nh6 9. h3 (9. O-O Ng4 {- see the commented game Kasimdzhanov,R-Tkachiev,V/
FIDE-Wch 2000/CBM 81 [Postny]}) 9... Be6 10. Bxe6 fxe6 11. Nd1 O-O-O 12. Qe2 g5
13. c3 Bb6 14. Be3 Nf7 15. Bxb6 axb6 16. Ne3 h5 17. Rd1 Rxd1+ 18. Kxd1 Qf4 19.
Nc4 b5 20. Nd2 Ne5 21. Kc2 h4 22. f3 Rd8 23. Rd1 b6 24. Nf1 Rxd1 25. Kxd1 Kd7 {
1/2-1/2 Nataf,I-Aronian,L/Aeroflot op, Moscow 2003 (25)}) 9. Bxe6 fxe6 10. O-O
$6 $146 (10. Nd1 {This is the best continuation available for white.} O-O-O 11.
Qe2 Ne7 12. c3 Bb6 13. a4 Ng6 14. a5 Bc5 15. a6 b5 16. O-O Rhf8 17. b4 Bb6 18.
Ra2 Qe5 19. c4 bxc4 20. Qxc4 Rd4 21. Qxc6 Qxe4 22. Qxe4 Rxe4 $13 {1/2-1/2
Nouro,M-Norri,J/Helsinki 2000/EXT 2001 (38)}) 10... O-O-O {[%cal Gd4c3] Now
black is threatening to take on c3, after the exchange of queens he gets
pleasant prospects in the endgame, because of white's damaged pawn structure.
Therefore white must retreat with the queen...} 11. Qe2 $6 {White decided to
sacrifice a pawn for a very murky compensation.} (11. Qe1 Bxc3 12. bxc3 $15)
11... Bxc3 12. bxc3 Qxc3 13. Rb1 Nf6 14. f3 Rd4 $1 15. Qf2 (15. Bb2 Qd2 $17 ({
but not} 15... Rd2 $2 16. Bxc3 Rxe2 17. Rfc1 {[%csl Re2][%cal Gg1f1] and
black's rook is in danger.})) 15... Ra4 16. Rb3 Qc4 17. a3 Rf8 18. Re1 Ng4 19.
Qg3 Qc5+ 20. Kf1 Qxc2 $2 {It's hard to believe, but this obvious capture is a
mistake!} (20... h5 $1 21. h3 (21. Rd3 Qxc2 22. Rd2 Qc5) 21... Qxc2 22. Rb2
Ne3+ 23. Kg1 Qc3 24. f4 Nd1 $1 $19 {[%csl Rg3]}) 21. Rb2 Qd3+ (21... Ne3+ 22.
Kg1 Qc3 23. f4 {[%csl Yg3][%cal Yh2g3] Now the difference between this
variation and previous is clear. White's queen is defended and black has no
tricks like Nd1.}) 22. Kg1 Qd4+ 23. Kh1 {Suddenly black has some problems.
After the retreat of the knight, black's kingside pawns are falling.} Ne5 (
23... Nh6 $2 24. Rd2) 24. Rd2 (24. Qxg7 $2 Rd8 25. Rd2 Nd3 $17) 24... Qc5 (
24... Nd3 $2 25. Red1 Rc4 26. Bb2 $18) 25. Qxg7 b5 26. Qxh7 (26. Bb2 $6 Nc4 27.
Rc1 (27. Rd7 $2 Nxb2 28. Rxc7+ Kb8) 27... Kb7 28. Rd7 Rc8) 26... Kb7 27. Qh5 $6
{Certainly, not the best square for the queen.} ({Better was} 27. Qg7 $14)
27... Rd4 28. f4 $2 {This move ruins white's pawn chain.} (28. Qg5 {and white
is at least not worse.}) 28... Rxd2 29. Bxd2 Qd4 30. Qxe5 (30. Be3 Qc3 $17)
30... Qxd2 31. Rf1 Qd3 32. Re1 Qxa3 33. f5 (33. Qxe6 Rxf4 $19) 33... Qb4 34.
Rf1 Qc4 {[%csl Gc4] The best place for black's queen.} 35. Kg1 exf5 36. exf5 a5
{The the forthcoming race black has the upper hand, mainly thanks to safer
defense of his king, compared to his counterpart.} 37. f6 a4 38. h3 a3 39. g4
b4 40. g5 b3 {Black has just one more tempo and this is crucial enough to
decide the outcome of the game in his favour.} 41. g6 b2 42. Re1 (42. g7 Qxf1+
43. Kxf1 b1=Q+ $19) 42... Qb3 43. g7 Rd8 44. f7 Qxf7 45. Qc3 Qg6+ 46. Kh2 b1=Q
{The rest is easy.} 47. Rxb1+ Qxb1 48. Qxa3 Rd2+ 49. Kg3 Rd3+ 0-1

[Event "SVK-ch"]
[Site "Kaskady"]
[Date "2002.07.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Black "Romanishin, Oleg M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2571"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2002.06.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SVK"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. c3 Qg6 (6... Nge7 {
- the main line.}) 7. Qf3 Nxd4 {Straight from the early stage Romanishin goes
for a non-theoretical line. However this exchange is risky from a positional
point of view, since it allows white to get strong pawns in the centre.} ({
Dubious is} 7... d6 $6 {in view of} 8. Nb5 $1 {- see the game Ponomariov,
R-Winants,L/EUCup 16th Neum 2000/CBM 80 [Postny]}) ({The main and the best
move seems to be} 7... Ne5 {. For example see the game Ponomariov,R-Sokolov,I/
Istanbul ol 2000/CBM 80 [Postny]}) 8. cxd4 $1 $146 {This recapture is
certainly more logical, then 8.Bxd4.} (8. Bxd4 Bxd4 9. cxd4 Ne7 10. Nc3 O-O 11.
Bc4 d6 12. O-O Kh8 13. h3 Be6 14. Bxe6 fxe6 15. Qe3 $11 {1-0 Everstova,
G-Kosintseva,N/Kolontaevo 1997/EXT 99 (21)}) 8... Bb4+ (8... Qb6 $2 {does not
work due to} 9. dxc5 Qxb2 10. Bc4 Nf6 11. Qd1 $1 Qxa1 12. Bd4 $18 {[%csl Ra1]})
9. Nc3 ({Comes into consideration} 9. Bd2 $14) 9... Ne7 (9... Nf6 $6 10. e5)
10. Bd3 ({Just a waste of tempo for white would be:} 10. a3 $6 Bxc3+ 11. bxc3
d5) (10. Bc4 {does not stop from black to play} d5 $1 11. exd5 Bg4 12. Qf4
O-O-O 13. d6 Rxd6 14. Bxf7 Nd5 15. Bxg6 Nxf4 16. Bxf4 Rxg6 $44) 10... d5 11.
O-O ({After} 11. Bf4 Bg4 12. Qe3 O-O-O {black is O.K.}) 11... O-O (11... Bg4 $5
12. Qf4 Bh3 13. Qg5 Qxg5 14. Bxg5 Be6 {and black has got a reasonable position.
}) 12. Bf4 Bxc3 $6 {Black should better keep the B in order to find more
suitable moment for this exchange.} (12... Bg4 13. Qe3 c6 14. f3 (14. a3 Bxc3
15. bxc3 {compared to the text, black has extra tempo here.}) (14. exd5 Bf5 15.
Bxf5 Nxf5 $11) 14... Bd7 $14) 13. bxc3 Bg4 14. Qe3 c6 {Other continuation do
not bring black sufficient counterplay as well:} (14... Rae8 15. Bxc7 (15. f3
dxe4 16. fxe4 Nf5 17. Qd2 Nd6 18. e5 Bf5 $14) 15... Nf5 16. Qf4 (16. exf5 $6
Rxe3 17. fxg6 Rxd3 $132) 16... dxe4 17. Bxe4 Nxd4 18. Bxg6 Ne2+ 19. Kh1 Nxf4
20. Bb1 $1 $16 {[%csl Rf4,Rf8][%cal Gc7d6]}) (14... Rfe8 15. f3 $16 (15. Bxc7
$2 Nf5 16. Qf4 dxe4 17. Bxe4 Nxd4 18. Rfe1 (18. Bxg6 Ne2+ 19. Kh1 Nxf4 $11)
18... Rxe4 19. Qxe4 Nf3+ 20. Kh1 Nxe1 $11)) 15. f3 $6 ({Simplier was just to
take the pawn:} 15. exd5 Bf5 (15... Nxd5 16. Bxg6 Nxe3 17. Bxh7+ Kxh7 18. fxe3
$16) 16. Bxf5 (16. dxc6 $2 Bxd3 17. cxb7 Nd5 18. bxa8=Q Nxe3 19. Qxf8+ Kxf8 20.
Bxe3 Bxf1 21. Rxf1 Qc2 $132) 16... Nxf5 17. Qf3 $16) 15... Bd7 16. Qd2 (16.
exd5 Bf5 $1 (16... Nxd5 17. Bxg6 Nxe3 18. Bxh7+ Kxh7 19. Bxe3 $16) 17. Qxe7 (
17. dxc6 $2 Bxd3 18. cxb7 Bxf1 19. Rxf1 Nd5 20. bxa8=Q Nxe3 21. Qxf8+ Kxf8 22.
Bxe3 Qe6 $15 {[%csl Ra2,Re3]}) 17... Bxd3 18. Rfe1 $14) 16... f5 $1 {A logical
attempt to get a counterplay, although this move weakens some black squares in
black's camp.} 17. exd5 Nxd5 18. Be5 Qf7 19. c4 $6 {The P on c4 will become a
target for black's pieces.} (19. Rfe1 Nb6 {[%csl Yc4]} 20. Qg5 $5 h6 21. Qg3 {
with strong initiative.}) 19... Nb6 {[%csl Rc4]} 20. Qc3 Be6 {[%csl Rc4]} 21.
Rfc1 {The necessity of the defense of Pc4 is on white. This obviously
restricts his possibilities.} Nd7 $14 22. Bf4 Rfe8 23. a4 ({Possible is} 23.
Rab1) 23... Nf8 24. Re1 (24. Rab1 Ng6 25. Bg3 Rad8 26. Rb2 Rd7 $14) 24... Ng6
25. Bd6 Rad8 26. c5 {Securing the d6 stronghold, but giving the d5 square to
black's hands forever.} Bd5 27. a5 {[%cal Ga5a6]} a6 28. Rab1 Nh4 29. Kf2 f4 {
Black is playing aggressively, but this move has it's drawbacks as well...} (
29... Qg6 30. Bf1) (29... Rxe1 30. Qxe1 $1 (30. Rxe1 Re8 $14) 30... Qg6 (30...
Re8 $2 31. Rxb7 $1) 31. Bf1) 30. Qd2 g5 31. Rxe8+ $2 {This exchange spoiles
all white's attacking chances in this position.} ({There were two possible
ideas for white:} 31. Re5 Rxe5 32. dxe5) (31. Be4) 31... Rxe8 32. Re1 Rxe1 33.
Qxe1 Qe6 34. Qxe6+ Bxe6 {In this endgame white can not exploit the strength of
his BB. The position on the queenside is completely closed and white can not
attack black's queenside PP.} 35. g3 Ng6 36. Kg2 ({Interesting practical
chance was:} 36. d5 Bxd5 (36... cxd5 $2 37. c6 $1 bxc6 (37... Bc8 38. Bf5 $1
$18) 38. Bxa6 $18 {[%csl Ga5]}) 37. Bf5 Kf7 38. Bc8 Bc4 39. Bxb7 Bb5 {and
black should hold the endgame.}) 36... Kf7 37. h4 gxh4 38. Bxf4 hxg3 (38...
Nxf4+ 39. gxf4 Kf6 40. Bxh7 Bf5 41. Bg8 Be6 $11) 39. Kxg3 Ne7 40. Be5 Bf5 41.
Be2 Kg6 42. Bd6 Nd5 {Black succeeded in regrouping his pieces. The draw is
inevitable.} 43. Kh4 Ne3 44. Bf4 Nd5 45. Be5 Ne3 46. Kg3 Be6 47. Kf2 Nf5 48.
Bd3 h5 49. Kg2 Bd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 3rd"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "2002.06.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sulskis, Sarunas"]
[Black "Radulski, Julian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2577"]
[BlackElo "2501"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2002.06.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
c4 Nb6 9. Nd2 Qe6 10. Qe4 $6 {This move is standart for this variation, but in
this particular position it's not recommended. The main move is 10.b3.} Bb4 {
The most principal way to meet white's setup.} 11. a3 $1 $146 ({After} 11. Be2
Ba6 {black got excellent play in the game Timman,J-Adams,M/Sarajevo 1999/CBM
71 [Mikhalevski,V]}) 11... f5 (11... d5 12. cxd5 Bxd2+ 13. Bxd2 cxd5 14. Qe3
$14) (11... Bxd2+ $5 12. Bxd2 Ba6 13. b3 d5) 12. Qc2 $6 {A strange decision.} (
12. Qf4 Bxd2+ 13. Bxd2 d6 14. Qe3 Qxe5 15. Qxe5+ dxe5 16. Bc3 $44) 12... Qxe5+
13. Be2 Bxd2+ $2 {A completely irrelevant decision. Black gives his good B and
assists to white's development as well.} ({After logical} 13... Be7 14. Nf3 Qe4
{white's compensation for the pawn is not sufficient.}) 14. Bxd2 O-O 15. Bc3
$44 {[%csl Gc3]} Qe4 (15... Qe6 $6 16. O-O c5 17. Rfe1 Qf7 18. b4 {with a
strong initiative.}) 16. O-O-O Qxc2+ (16... Qf4+ 17. Qd2 Qxf2 $2 (17... Qxd2+ {
is similar to the game.}) 18. Qg5 $18) 17. Kxc2 {Despite being a pawn ahead,
black has to be careful, since white's BB are very strong.} Bb7 $2 {Later in
the game this B will be black's main problem, so it was better to play more
actively.} (17... Ba6 18. Rhe1 Rfe8 19. Bd3 g6 20. b3 d5 {and black is O.K.}) {
[%tqu "En","How should white continue?","","","c4c5","A very important move.
From now on the black B looks quite miserable.",15]} 18. c5 $1 {A very
important move. From now on the black B looks quite miserable.} Nd5 19. Bc4
Rfe8 20. h4 Re4 (20... a5 {[%cal Yb7a6]} 21. h5 Ba6 22. Rxd5 $1 cxd5 23. Bxd5+
Kf8 24. h6 gxh6 25. Bxa8 Rxa8 26. Bxa5 {with good winning chances.}) 21. Bd3
Re7 (21... Rf4 $5 {This move looks very awkward, but probably it was the best
practical choice.} 22. Rd2 Nxc3 23. Kxc3 d5 $14) 22. h5 Rae8 (22... a5 $5 {
[%cal Yb7a6]}) 23. Bd4 Nf4 {This move is a waste of time, however it's hard to
point out on a concrete plan for black.} (23... f4 24. h6 g6 25. Kd2 $16) 24.
Bc4+ Nd5 25. Rh3 $1 {[%csl Rb7][%cal Gh3b3]} Re4 26. Rb3 Ba8 {The black's B
worth absolutely nothing.} 27. h6 (27. Rb4 {[%cal Gb4a4,Ga4a7]} a6 $1 28. Ra4
Bb7) 27... g6 28. Re3 (28. Rb4 a6 29. Ra4 Bb7) 28... Bb7 $6 (28... Kf8 29. Bg7+
Ke7 30. Rxe4+ fxe4 31. Rd4 Kd8 32. Bxd5 cxd5 33. Ra4 $16) 29. Rdd3 {Now the
other white R is going to harass black's poor B.} Kf7 30. Rxe4 Rxe4 31. f3 Re2+
$2 {The R goes the wrong way.} ({The only chance for a counterplay was} 31...
Rh4 $1 32. g3 Rh2+ (32... Rxh6 $2 33. Rb3 $18 {[%csl Rb7]}) 33. Kb1 Bc8 34. Rb3
Rh1+ 35. Kc2 (35. Ka2 Rd1) 35... Rh2+ 36. Kd3 d6 {retaining chances for a draw.
}) 32. Kd1 Re8 (32... Rxg2 33. Rb3 $18 {[%csl Rb7]}) 33. Rb3 Ba8 {[%csl Ra8]} (
33... Bc8 34. Rb8 d6 35. cxd6 cxd6 36. Bxd5+ cxd5 37. Bxa7 $18) 34. Kd2 Ke7 35.
g4 fxg4 36. fxg4 Rf8 37. Bg7 Rf2+ (37... Re8 38. Rf3 {[%csl Gh6][%cal Gc4d3,
Gd3g6]}) 38. Ke1 Rc2 $2 ({The last chance to hold the position was} 38... Rf4
39. Be2 Re4 40. Kd2 {[%cal Gb3b8]} Kf7 {[%cal Ge4e8]}) 39. Bd3 $18 Rxc5 40. Rb8
Rc1+ 41. Kd2 Rg1 42. Bxg6 $1 {[%csl Gh6] This is even stronger, than 42.Ra8.}
Rg2+ 43. Ke1 Nb6 (43... hxg6 44. h7 Rh2 45. h8=Q Rxh8 46. Bxh8 Nb6 47. Bd4 {
[%csl Ra8][%cal Rd4b6] and white will remain with a rook up.}) 44. Re8+ Kd6 45.
Bf8+ (45. Bf8+ Kd5 46. Be4+ {[%csl Rg2]}) 1-0

[Event "Sigeman & Co 10th"]
[Site "Malmo"]
[Date "2002.06.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Timman, Jan H"]
[Black "Johannessen, Leif Erlend"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2616"]
[BlackElo "2452"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2002.06.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
c4 Nb6 9. Nd2 a5 {Besides black has several playable alternatives:} (9... Qe6)
(9... Bb7) (9... d5) 10. g3 (10. Qe4 d5 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Bb5+ Bd7 13. Bxd7+
Qxd7 14. Qc2 Be7 15. O-O O-O $132 {0-1 Hector,J-Wedberg,T/Orebro 2000/CBM 77
ext (51)}) 10... Qe6 11. f4 $5 $146 {This brave move is new.} (11. Bg2 Bb4 12.
O-O O-O (12... Bxd2 13. Qxd2 Qxc4 14. b3 Qb4 15. Qxb4 axb4 16. Bd2 Nd5 17. Bxd5
cxd5 18. Rfc1 c6 19. Bxb4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Lautier,J-Emms,J/Harplinge 1998/CBM 67 
(55)}) 13. f4 Re8 14. b3 d5 15. Bb2 a4 16. Nf3 a3 17. Bd4 c5 18. Bf2 h6 19.
cxd5 Nxd5 20. Qc2 Ba6 $15 {0-1 Kreiman,B-Grinshpun,E/Budapest 1998/EXT 99 (32)}
) ({The main and probably the strongest move is} 11. b3 {. For example see
commented games: Hector,J-Wedberg,T/Sigeman & Co 2001/CBM 84 [Postny] and
Shabalov,A-Yurtaev,L/Elista ol 1998/CBM 66 [Mikhalevski,V]}) 11... Bb4 (11...
Ba6 12. b3 $13) 12. a3 (12. b3 $6 a4 $15) 12... Bxd2+ 13. Bxd2 Ba6 14. Rc1 O-O
$1 (14... Nxc4 $6 15. Rxc4 d5 16. f5 $1 (16. exd6 $4 Bxc4) 16... Qe7 (16...
Qxf5 17. Rf4 Qxf4 18. gxf4 Bxe2 19. Bxe2 {and in this particular position the
white BB are stronger, than black's R and two pawns.}) 17. Qf3 $1 Qxe5+ 18. Kd1
Bxc4 (18... dxc4 $2 19. Qxc6+ Ke7 20. Bxc4 Rhd8 (20... Bxc4 21. Re1 Bb3+ 22.
Kc1 Qxe1+ 23. Bxe1 $18 {[%csl Re7]}) 21. Re1 Rxd2+ 22. Kxd2 Rd8+ 23. Bd5 $18)
19. Bxc4 O-O $14) 15. Qe4 (15. Kf2 $2 Nxc4 $1 16. Rxc4 Qd5 17. Rg1 Bxc4 18.
Qxc4 Qxd2+) 15... Nxc4 $2 {Instead of this unsuccessful combination black had
two reasonable alternatives.} (15... d5 16. cxd5 (16. f5 $6 Qe7) 16... cxd5 17.
Qd4 Bxf1 18. Rxf1 Nc4 (18... f6 $6 19. Rxc7) 19. b3 Nxd2 20. Kxd2 $13) (15...
f5 16. Qc2 (16. Qd4 d6 17. c5 dxe5 $1 18. Qxe5 Qd7 {[%csl Re5]}) 16... d6 (
16... c5 17. Be2 Bb7 18. O-O $14) 17. c5 Qd5 $1 18. Rg1 Qd4 19. Rg2 Nd5 (19...
Bxf1 20. Kxf1 Nd5 21. cxd6 cxd6 22. exd6 $14) 20. Bxa6 Rxa6 $132) 16. Bxc4 d5
17. f5 $2 {Timman is trying to get maximum of the position, but objectively
speaking this is a serious mistake.} (17. Ba2 {or 17.Bb3} dxe4 18. Bxe6 fxe6
19. Bxa5 $16 {White has better chances in the endgame.} ({but not} 19. Rxc6 $4
e3 {[%cal Ra6b7,Rb7h1]})) 17... Qe8 $1 (17... Qe7 $2 18. f6 $1 Qe6 19. Ba2) 18.
Qf4 (18. Bxd5 $2 cxd5 19. Qxd5 Qb8 $1 $40 {[%csl Re1]}) 18... Bxc4 $15 19. Kf2
(19. f6 gxf6 20. Qxf6 Qe6 $17) 19... f6 {Preventing from white the f5-f6
possibility.} 20. e6 Qe7 (20... Rb8 21. b4 $1 {and white has a good blockade
on black squares.}) 21. b3 $1 {The only move to stir complications before
black's R will occupy the "b" file.} Bxb3 22. Rxc6 Rfc8 (22... Qxa3 $6 23. Rxc7
Rfc8 24. Rhc1 (24. Rxg7+ $2 Kxg7 25. Qh6+ Kg8 26. Qxf6 Ra7) 24... Bc4 25. Rb1
$36) 23. Rhc1 (23. Rb1 Qxa3 24. Rxc7 Rxc7 25. Qxc7 Qa2 $17) 23... Bc4 ({
Deserved attention} 23... Qxa3 24. Rxc7 Bc4 {, however it looks dangerous for
black, since the white R on the 7th rank is very annoying.}) 24. a4 (24. Rb1
Qxa3 25. Rxc7 Qd3 (25... Ba6 26. Bc3 Kh8 27. Kg1 $13) {[%tqu "En","How should
white continue?","","","c7g7","",5]} 26. Rxg7+ $1 Kxg7 27. Rb7+ Kh8 28. Rxh7+
Kxh7 29. Qh6+ Kg8 30. Qg6+ $11) 24... Rab8 $6 {It was not necessary to give
the Pa5 so early.} (24... Ra7 $1 $15 {defending the Pc7.} 25. Qe3 (25. Be3 $6
Rb7 26. Bc5 $2 Qe8 {[%csl Rc6]}) (25. Qd4 Rb7) (25. Kg1 Qe8) 25... Rb7 26. Bxa5
{[%csl Ya3]} Qe8 $1 27. Qc5 $2 Rb2+ 28. Kg1 Qh5 $19 {[%csl Rg1]}) 25. Bxa5 {
[%csl Rc7]} Rb7 26. Bd2 {[%cal Ga4a5]} Qa3 27. a5 Qd3 28. Kg1 {White has
completed the artificial castle.} Rb2 (28... Rb1 $6 29. Rxb1 Qxb1+ 30. Kg2) 29.
Be3 (29. Rxc7 Rxc7 30. Qxc7 Qd4+ (30... h6 31. Qf7+ Kh7 32. Qg6+ $11) 31. Kh1
Qe4+ 32. Kg1 Qd4+ $11) 29... Re2 30. Bf2 h6 $1 (30... Re5 $2 31. a6 $1 Rxf5 (
31... Bxa6 32. Qa4 $1 Bb5 33. Rxc7 $18) 32. Qxc7 $3 Rxc7 33. Rxc7 h5 34. a7 Qd2
35. a8=Q+ Kh7 36. Rxg7+ $1 Kxg7 37. Qa7+ Kg6 38. Be3 $18) (30... Re4 $2 31.
Rxc7 $1) (30... h5 {is also possible, but compared with what happened in the
game later, it makes no difference with 30...h6.}) 31. Kg2 {[%cal Yf4f3]} Rb8
$1 {This actually leads to a perpetual check by force.} (31... Rc2 32. Re1 $14)
32. Rxc7 Rbb2 {All black pieces are ready to "capture" the white K, but now
white saves himself by the rook sacrifice...} 33. Rxg7+ $1 Kxg7 34. Qc7+ Kh8
35. Qd8+ Kh7 36. Qe7+ Kg8 37. Qf7+ Kh8 38. Qxf6+ Kh7 39. Qg6+ Kh8 40. Qxh6+ Kg8
41. Qg6+ Kh8 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 2nd"]
[Site "Ohrid"]
[Date "2001.06.01"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Godena, Michele"]
[Black "Sturua, Zurab"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2494"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2001.06.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nxc6 Qf6 6. Qd2 dxc6 7. Nc3 Ne7
8. Na4 (8. Qf4 {is the other popular continuation.}) 8... Bd6 9. f4 O-O 10. Qf2
(10. e5 $2 {was falling into a small trap:} Bxe5 11. fxe5 Qh4+ {[%csl Ra4,Re1]
[%cal Gh4a4]}) 10... Re8 $6 {This move seems to me too ambitious.} (10... Ng6
11. g3 Re8 12. Bd3 Bb4+ 13. c3 Bf8 14. Be3 b5 15. Nc5 Bf5 16. O-O Bxc5 17. Bxc5
Bxe4 18. Bxe4 Rxe4 19. Bxa7 Rae8 20. Rae1 h6 {1/2-1/2 Hamdouchi,H-Romanishin,O/
Saint Vincent 2000/CBM 74 ext (20)}) (10... Qe6 11. Bd3 f5 12. e5 Nd5 13. O-O
Be7 14. Nc5 (14. a3 $1 $14) 14... Qf7 15. a3 Bxc5 16. Qxc5 Be6 17. Rd1 Rfd8 18.
Be2 Qe8 19. c4 b6 20. Qf2 Ne7 21. Be3 a5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Macieja,B-Grabarczyk,M /
Warsaw 2001/CBM 82 (49)}) 11. Bd3 Nd5 $146 (11... Ng6 12. O-O b5 13. Nc3 Qe7
14. Be3 Bb4 15. a4 Bxc3 16. bxc3 bxa4 17. Rxa4 a6 18. Bc5 Qd8 19. Rd4 Bd7 20.
Qg3 $16 {1-0 Hennigan,M-Flear,G/England 1999/EXT 2000 (37)}) 12. O-O b5 13. Nc5
$6 ({It's unclear why white refrained from the following variation:} 13. exd5
bxa4 14. dxc6 Be6 (14... a3 15. Rb1 Rb8 16. b3 Qc3 17. Qf3 $16) (14... Qe7 {
[%cal Gd6c5]} 15. Kh1 $16) 15. Be3 $1 Bd5 (15... Qxb2 $2 16. Bd4 Qb4 17. Rfb1
$1 Qa3 18. Qg3 Bf8 (18... f6 19. Bxf6 Qc5+ 20. Kh1 Bf8 21. Rb5 Qxc6 22. Rh5 $18
) {[%tqu "En","Find the winning combination for white.","","","d4g7","",5]} 19.
Bxg7 $1 Bxg7 20. Bxh7+ $18 {[%csl Ra3][%cal Gg3a3]}) 16. Bxa7 $16) 13... Nb4
14. a3 ({Worse is} 14. e5 {because after} Bxc5 15. Qxc5 Nxd3 16. cxd3 Qg6 {
black has good counterplay on the white squares.}) 14... Nxd3 15. cxd3 Bxc5 16.
Qxc5 Qd6 17. Qc3 $1 (17. Qxd6 $11) 17... c5 18. f5 $6 (18. Be3 $142 c4 19. dxc4
bxc4 20. Rad1 Qc6 21. Bd4 $14) 18... c4 19. dxc4 $6 {White shouldn't break his
central pawns chain.} (19. Rf3 c5 (19... Bb7 20. Bf4 Qb6+ 21. Be3 Qd6 22. Rg3
f6 23. dxc4 Bxe4 24. cxb5 Bxf5 25. Rc1 $14) 20. Rg3 Qd4+ 21. Qxd4 cxd4 22. Bh6
g6 {with dinamically balanced endgame.}) 19... Rxe4 20. c5 $2 {White loses his
sense of danger.He thinks is still "attacking" when in fact the opposite is
true.} (20. cxb5 Qb6+ 21. Kh1 Qxb5 $17) ({The right choice was:} 20. Be3 $1
Rxc4 21. Rad1 Rxc3 22. Rxd6 cxd6 23. bxc3 {and the opposite colour bishops
gives white good chances to save the game.}) 20... Qc6 21. f6 Bb7 {[%csl Rg2]}
22. Qg3 (22. Rf2 Rae8 23. Bd2 Rg4 24. Qh3 Rg6 $40 {[%csl Rc5,Rg2]}) 22... Qxc5+
23. Kh1 g6 {-+} 24. Bh6 Re2 25. Rg1 Qh5 $6 {Black "sells his position short".
Instead of keeping a total domination of the position he gives white
unnecessary counterchances.} (25... Rae8 $142 26. Rac1 Qd4 $19) 26. Qxc7 Bxg2+
(26... Rxg2 $144) 27. Rxg2 Rxg2 28. Kxg2 Qxh6 29. Qe5 $1 {Centralization-is
the only chance!} Qd2+ 30. Kg1 h5 (30... h6 {[%csl Yg5][%cal Gh6g5] was
slightly better.}) 31. Re1 Rf8 (31... Rc8 $142) 32. Re2 Qc1+ 33. Kf2 Qc6 34.
Qf4 Kh7 35. Re7 Qc2+ 36. Kg3 Qb3+ 37. Kh4 $2 ({Much more stubborn was} 37. Qf3
Qxb2 38. Rxa7) 37... g5+ $4 {It's seems that black has temporarily(?) lost his
mind.He "finds" one of the only losing moves in his winning position!} (37...
Rd8 $19 {[%cal Gd8d3]}) 38. Kxg5 $4 {Read the previous note with opposite
colours!} (38. Qxg5 $18) 38... Rg8+ 39. Kf5 Rg4 {A dramatic finish!} 0-1

[Event "Astana"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2001.05.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sadvakasov, Darmen"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2797"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[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 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nxc6 Qf6 6. Qd2 bxc6 {Kramnik
decides to go for this rare theoretical line.The main line starts with 6...dc.}
7. Nc3 Ne7 (7... d6 8. Bd3 Ne7 9. O-O Qh4 10. Na4 Bb6 11. Qg5 (11. Kh1 $5)
11... Qxg5 12. Bxg5 f6 13. Bd2 Kf7 14. Nxb6 axb6 15. a4 Ba6 16. a5 Bxd3 17.
cxd3 bxa5 18. Rxa5 Rhb8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Sadvakasov,D-Timoscenko,G/Istanbul 2000/
EXT 2001 (45)}) 8. Bd3 O-O 9. O-O Ng6 10. Na4 (10. Kh1 Bd4 11. f4 Bxc3 12. bxc3
d6 13. e5 dxe5 14. fxe5 Qxe5 15. Ba3 Rd8 16. Rae1 Qd5 17. c4 Qd4 18. Qb4 Be6
19. Bb2 c5 20. Qa3 Qd6 21. Qc3 Qd4 22. Qa3 Qd6 23. Qc3 {1/2-1/2 Borgo,
G-Skembris,S/Bozen 1998/CBM 65 ext (23)}) 10... Bd6 11. g3 Re8 $146 (11... a5
12. c3 Ne5 13. f4 Nxd3 14. Qxd3 Ba6 15. c4 Qe6 16. b3 Be7 17. Bb2 f5 18. Qd4
Rf7 19. e5 d5 20. cxd5 cxd5 21. Rfc1 c6 22. Nc5 Bxc5 23. Qxc5 $14 {1-0 Grosar,
K-Krivec,J/Porec 1998/EXT 99 (45)}) 12. Qe3 Bb7 13. Bd2 $6 (13. f4 Bf8 (13...
c5 14. c4 $14 {[%cal Ya4c3]}) 14. Bd2 d5 15. e5 Qe7 16. b4 {The whole game
revolves around the square c5. If white manages to control and blockade it, he
will have a better position.} f6 17. Nc5 Bc8 18. Rae1 fxe5 19. Bxg6 hxg6 20.
fxe5 $14) 13... Ne5 14. Bc3 (14. Be2 {[%cal Gf2f4]} Qe6 $132 {[%cal Ye5c4,
Ye5g4]} 15. Nc5 $2 Bxc5 16. Qxc5 {[%tqu "En","Please enter a move for black.",
"","","b7a6","",8]} Ba6 $1 17. Qe3 (17. Bxa6 Nf3+ 18. Kg2 Nxd2 19. Rfe1 Nxe4
20. Qd4 c5 21. Qd3 Qf5 $17) 17... Bxe2 18. Qxe2 Qc4 $17) 14... Qf3 $1 $11 15.
Qxf3 Nxf3+ 16. Kg2 Ne5 17. Bxe5 (17. Be2 $6 c5 18. f3 Bc6 $15) 17... Rxe5 18.
f4 Ree8 19. e5 Bf8 (19... c5+ $6 20. Kf2 Bf8 21. Nc3 {[%csl Yd5][%cal Yd3e4]})
20. Rae1 d6 21. Re3 Re7 22. Be4 {[%cal Ye3a3]} dxe5 ({Worse is} 22... Rae8 $6 {
as after} 23. Rfe1 g6 24. Bf3 Bg7 25. Rb3 Ba8 26. Ra3 $1 dxe5 27. Nc5 {[%csl
Ra8] black's light squares bishop may be in trouble.}) 23. fxe5 g6 24. Bf3 $6 (
{The most precise way to equality was} 24. Nc5 Rxe5 25. Nxb7 Rb8 26. Ree1 $1 {
This move was probably overlooked by Sadvakasov.} Rxb7 27. Bxc6 Rxe1 28. Bxb7
$11) 24... Re6 {[%csl Gc5][%cal Gf8c5]} 25. Rd1 (25. Rb3 $6 Ba6) 25... Rae8 26.
Rd7 Rxe5 27. Rxe5 Rxe5 28. Rxc7 Re7 {Kramnik managed to exploit white's
inaccuracy and capture white's central pawn in exchange for one of his double
pawns. However with careful defense white should hold the position.} 29. Rxe7
Bxe7 {=/+^^} 30. Kf2 f5 31. c4 Kf7 32. c5 $1 a5 33. a3 ({White's king
shouldn't "rush" into the center, because after} 33. Ke3 Ke6 34. Kd4 {white
will get an annoying check} Bf6+ {and will have to go back...}) 33... Ke6 34.
b4 axb4 35. axb4 Ke5 (35... Bg5 $6 36. Nb2 {[%csl Rc6][%cal Gb2c4,Gc4a5]}) 36.
Ke3 Bg5+ 37. Kd3 Ba6+ 38. Kc2 (38. Kc3 $142 Bb5 39. Nb6 {and white shouldn't
be worse because of the weakness of Pc6.}) 38... Kd4 39. Nc3 $2 {A fatal
mistake after which white's position can not be saved.} (39. Bxc6 Kc4 40. Bd7
$1 (40. Nb2+ Kxb4 41. Nd3+ Kc4 42. Be8 Kd4 $17) 40... Kxb4 41. c6 {and a draw
is the most likely result.}) 39... Bd3+ 40. Kb3 Bc4+ 41. Kc2 Bd3+ 42. Kb3 Bd2
43. Nd1 (43. Ne2+ Ke3 44. Nf4 Bb5 45. Bd1 (45. Ne6 Kxf3 46. Nd4+ Kg2 47. Nxb5
f4 $1 48. Nd6 f3 49. Ne4 Be1 $19) 45... Kf2 46. Ne6 Be3 $19) 43... Be4 44. Be2
Bd5+ 45. Ka4 g5 46. b5 Kxc5 47. bxc6 Bxc6+ 48. Kb3 Kd4 {The difference between
the kings is amazing!} 49. Bf1 Be1 {The black pieces are totally dominating.}
50. Be2 g4 $1 51. Ba6 h5 52. Kc2 Be4+ 53. Kc1 Bf3 54. Bc8 f4 55. gxf4 h4 56. f5
g3 57. hxg3 hxg3 {[%mdl 4096] The main "chess" reason for white's loss in this
game was the fact that he was playing "without a king".} 0-1

[Event "Vera m g/1h+25s"]
[Site "Vera"]
[Date "2004.07.11"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2679"]
[BlackElo "2568"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2004.07.09"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
c4 Nb6 9. b3 {In this line white tries to play flexible and keeps the knight
on b1 for a while, with an option to develop it on c3 or d2, according to
future circumstances.} ({Other main theoretical continuations are:} 9. Nc3) (9.
Nd2) 9... Qe6 10. Bb2 Bb4+ (10... a5 11. Qc2 {--> 1/2-1/2 Vallejo Pons,F-Leko,
P/Linares 2004/CBM 100 [Postny,E] (25)}) 11. Nd2 O-O 12. O-O-O a5 (12... Qe7
13. Ne4 {--> 1-0 Motylev,A-Sermek,D/Dubai 2001/CBM 83 [Postny,E] (74)}) (12...
d5 13. exd6 Qxd6 14. Nf3 Qh6+ 15. Qe3 Qxe3+ 16. fxe3 Re8 17. e4 $14 {1-0
Kasparov,G-Piket,J/Dortmund 1992/CBM 29 (40)}) 13. a3 $5 $146 {Usually this
move is not recommended in this kind of position, since it weakens white's
pawnstructure on the queenside, but in this concrete case it might work...
Still, this move does not seems to me as the best one.} (13. Ne4 d5 (13... Re8
$5) 14. exd6 Qh6+ 15. Qe3 Qxe3+ 16. fxe3 Bg4 17. Rd4 f5 18. c5 Nd5 19. a3 $16 {
1/2-1/2 Dworakowska,J-Jaracz,B/Brzeg Dolny 2000/CBM 77 ext (57)}) 13... Bxd2+
14. Rxd2 a4 15. b4 Ba6 {[%csl Rc4]} 16. Rd4 Rae8 17. Qc2 $1 {Ignoring the
threat to Pe5.} ({After} 17. Qg4 f5 18. exf6 Qxf6 {black is fine.}) 17... d6 $1
({After} 17... Qxe5 18. Bd3 {white has a dangerous initiative.}) 18. c5 (18.
Bd3 $6 Qh6+ $15) 18... Bxf1 19. cxb6 Bb5 $6 {Of course, it looks dangerous to
take the Pg2, but it was definitely more principled, since after the move in
the text white is better.} (19... Bxg2 20. Rg1 (20. Rh4 Qg6 $11) 20... Qh6+ 21.
f4 dxe5 22. Rd2 Bd5 23. Bxe5 Rxe5 24. fxe5 cxb6 $13) 20. exd6 cxd6 ({After} 
20... cxb6 $6 21. d7 Rd8 22. Rhd1 {[%csl Gd7] the Pd7 is very strong.}) 21.
Rhd1 d5 22. Rh4 Qg6 $2 {This is a big mistake. The exchange of queens is
clearly in white's favour, since his king is not particularly safe. Moreover,
in the forthcoming endgame white's passed pawn on b6 will become a dominant
factor in the position.} ({Possible was} 22... h6 23. Bd4 $14) 23. Qxg6 hxg6
24. Rh3 f5 {Another dubious move, but the endgame is very tough for black
anyway.} (24... Re2 25. Bd4 {followed by 26.Rd2.}) 25. Rg3 Re6 26. f4 Rb8 27.
Bd4 Kf7 28. Re3 Re4 29. Rxe4 fxe4 ({After} 29... dxe4 30. Kd2 {black will not
survive as well. White's possible plan is: to put the king on e3, and then Rg1
and g2-g4 opening the files for the rook.}) 30. Re1 {[%csl Rg6,Rg7][%cal Ge1e3,
Ge3g3]} g5 {Desperation...} 31. fxg5 Kg6 32. Be3 Ba6 33. Kb2 Kh5 34. Rc1 Bb5
35. Kc3 Ba6 36. Rc2 $1 {Transfering the rook to the "f" file.} Kg6 37. Rf2 Bb5
38. h4 {[%cal Gg2g4,Gh4h5] Black resigned, since his position is hopeless and
without any counterplay.} 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT 12th"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2005.04.27"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Novikov, Stanislav"]
[Black "Aleksandrov, Aleksej"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2512"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[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 "Sverdlovsk Ural region"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nb3 {In this line white does not
receive a big advantage, but hopes to make use of his slight space advantage
in the long run.} Bb6 ({A rare move is} 5... Bb4+ {- see the annotated game
Baklan,V-Grischuk,A/Yerevan 2001/CBM 86 [Postny,E]}) 6. Qe2 {A very rare and a
bit odd-looking move. White is immediatly protecting the Pf2 and preparing
castling to the queenside.} ({A common line is} 6. Nc3 d6 7. a4 a6 8. Nd5 Ba7 {
- see the annotated game Rublevsky,S-Naiditsch,A/Dortmund 2004/CBM 103 [Postny,
E]}) 6... a5 (6... d6 7. Be3 Nf6 8. Nc3 O-O 9. O-O-O Re8 10. f3 Ne5 (10...
Bxe3+ 11. Qxe3 a5 12. Kb1 a4 13. Nc1 a3 14. b3 Qe7 15. g4 Qe5 16. Qd2 Nb4 $15 {
0-1 Arzumanian,G-Balashov,Y/Tula 2004 (35)}) 11. Qd2 Be6 12. Be2 Bc4 13. g4
Bxe3 14. Qxe3 c6 15. g5 Nh5 16. f4 Bxe2 17. Nxe2 Nc4 18. Qf3 g6 19. Ng3 Ng7 20.
h4 $14 {1-0 Ivanchuk,V-Topalov,V/Monaco rapid 2004 (47)}) 7. a4 $6 {This move
does not connect well to White's plan. After 6.Qe2 white is obviously
intending to castle to the queenside, and the move like a2-a4 will seriously
compromise the position of White's king then.} (7. Be3 a4 8. N3d2 $11) 7...
Nge7 8. Nc3 Nb4 {As a result of white's 7.a4, black got the b4 stronghold.} 9.
Bg5 f6 10. Bh4 O-O 11. O-O-O d5 $5 {Aleksandrov does not mind to sacrifice a
pawn for a quick development.} 12. g4 {White decided to decline the challenge
and starts an offensive on his own.} (12. exd5 Nf5 (12... Bf5 13. Rd2 Ng6 14.
Bg3 Re8 15. Qd1 $14) 13. Bg3 Nxg3 14. hxg3 Bf5 15. Rd2 Re8 16. Qd1 Re5 $44)
12... Re8 13. f4 Kh8 14. f5 d4 15. Nb5 (15. Qg2 Nec6 16. g5 fxg5 17. Bxg5 Qd6
18. Rg1 Qf8 $15 (18... d3 $6 19. Bxd3 (19. f6 Bxg1 20. fxg7+ Kg8 21. Qxg1 Ne5
$17) 19... Bxg1 20. Qxg1 $44)) 15... d3 $1 {Black gives the pawn, but closes
the d-file and weakens the position of white's king.} 16. Qf3 (16. cxd3 Bd7 17.
Nc3 Ned5 {[%csl Ra4][%cal Gd5c3] with a dangerous initiative.}) 16... Nec6 17.
Bxd3 Ne5 18. Qe2 (18. Qg3 Nexd3+ 19. cxd3 Bd7 20. g5 Bxb5 21. gxf6 gxf6 22.
axb5 a4 23. e5 Rxe5 24. Qxe5 fxe5 25. Bxd8 Rxd8 $17) 18... Nexd3+ 19. cxd3 Qe7
{[%cal Ge7f7,Gf7a2]} 20. Kb1 Bd7 21. Nc3 Qf7 22. Nc1 Bd4 {It's clear that
Black has more than sufficient compensation for the pawn.} 23. g5 {Desperately
trying to open files against the black monarch.} (23. Bf2 c5 $36 (23... Bxc3 $6
24. bxc3 Bxa4 25. cxb4 Bxd1 26. Qxd1 axb4 27. Qb3 $14)) 23... fxg5 24. Bf2 (24.
Bxg5 c5 {and c5-c4 at some point might crack white's position.}) 24... c5 25.
h4 (25. Qf3 Bc6 {preparing the exchange on f2 followed by c5-c4.}) 25... Bxf5
26. Rdf1 Bxc3 27. bxc3 $2 {This loses on the spot.} ({The only way to fight was
} 27. Bxc5 {Exciting variations could arise:} Bxb2 (27... Nxd3 28. Nxd3 Rad8 (
28... Rxe4 29. Qxe4 Bxe4 30. Rxf7 Bxd3+ 31. Ka1 $13) 29. hxg5 (29. bxc3 $2 Rxe4
$19) 29... Rxd3 {[%tqu "En","How should white continue?","","","g5g6","",10]}
30. g6 $3 Qg8 31. Rxf5 (31. Rxh7+ Qxh7 32. gxh7 Rxe4 33. Qf2 Rd5 34. bxc3 Rf4+
35. Kc1 Rxf2 36. Bxf2 Kxh7 $17) 31... Rd2 32. Qxd2 (32. Qb5 Rxb2+ 33. Qxb2 Bxb2
34. Kxb2 Qc4 35. Rxh7+ Kg8 36. Rf7 {and either black or white give a perpetual
check.}) 32... Bxd2 33. Rxh7+ Qxh7 34. gxh7 Rxe4 35. Kc2 $11) 28. Kxb2 (28.
Qxb2 Nxd3 29. Rxf5 (29. Nxd3 Rxe4 30. hxg5 Rc4 $19) 29... Qxf5 30. exf5 Nxb2
31. Kxb2 gxh4 $17) 28... Qf6+ 29. Kb1 Nxd3 30. Rxf5 Qxf5 31. exf5 Rxe2 32. Nxe2
(32. Nxd3 gxh4 $17) 32... Nxc5 33. hxg5 Nxa4 34. Rc1 $15) {[%tqu "En","Please
enter a move for black.","","","b4d3","This strike finishes white off.",5]}
27... Nxd3 $1 {This strike finishes white off.} 28. Bg3 Nf4 $1 {[%csl Rb1,Re2]
[%cal Re8e4]} 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 4th"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2003.05.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Pavasovic, Dusko"]
[Black "Mastrovasilis, Dimitrios"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2584"]
[BlackElo "2456"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[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 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. Bd3 d6 {Relatively
rare, but playable continuation.} ({The main line} 6... d5 {considered to be
the most reliable way for black.}) 7. O-O g6 {This way of development is a
rare guest in practice.} ({Equivalently is} 7... Be7 {which is more popular.})
8. b3 {A logical way of development, which should find the followers.} (8. Qe1
$5 Bg7 9. e5 dxe5 10. Qxe5+ Be6 11. Bc4 Qd6 12. Qe2 Nd5 13. Nd2 O-O 14. Ne4 Qe5
15. Nc5 Qxe2 16. Bxe2 Bf5 17. Bd3 Bxd3 18. Nxd3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Oll,L-Georgiev,K/
Groningen 1993/CBM 39 (51)}) (8. Bg5 Bg7 9. f4 O-O 10. Nc3 Rb8 11. Kh1 Qe8 12.
Qd2 Rxb2 13. Rae1 Nd7 14. Bc4 Rb4 15. Bb3 Rd4 16. Qf2 Ba6 17. Rg1 $44 {1-0
Totsky,L-Varavin,V/Ekaterinburg 1996/EXT 2002 (53)}) 8... Bg7 9. Bb2 O-O 10.
Nd2 ({Probably more precise is} 10. Re1) 10... Re8 (10... Nxe4 $5 11. Bxg7 Nxd2
12. Bxf8 (12. Qxd2 Kxg7 13. Qc3+ Kg8 14. Qxc6 Bd7 {and white's advantage is
only minimal.}) 12... Nxf1 13. Bh6 $2 (13. Bxd6 $11) 13... Qh4 $1 (13... Nxh2
$2 14. f3 {[%csl Rh2]}) 14. Qc1 Qxh2+ 15. Kxf1 Qh1+ 16. Ke2 Bg4+ 17. f3 Qxg2+
18. Ke3 Re8+ 19. Kd4 Qxf3 {and black is on top.}) 11. f4 $5 $146 (11. Rb1 c5
12. c4 Bb7 13. Qc2 Nh5 14. Bxg7 Nxg7 15. Rbe1 Ne6 $11 {0-1
Mukniashvili-Dzindzichashvili,R/Gori 1968/MCL (58)}) 11... Nxe4 $5 {This
operation is tactically correct, however it's a little bit more risky, than on
the previous move.} 12. Bxg7 Nxd2 13. Qxd2 Kxg7 14. f5 $1 {White refrains from
gaining back the pawn and playing for the initiative. Objectively speaking,
black's defensive resources are sufficient, but in practice it's much harder
to defend, than to attack.} (14. Qc3+ $6 f6 15. Qxc6 Bd7 $11) 14... Re5 (14...
f6 15. fxg6 hxg6 16. Rae1 Bd7 17. Qf2 $36 {[%csl Rg7]}) 15. f6+ Kg8 16. Qf4 Be6
$6 (16... Bf5 17. Bxf5 Rxf5 18. Qh4 $44) 17. Rae1 Rxe1 18. Rxe1 {Black's
position is very suspicious, since his heavy pieces are not mobilised yet,
though he still has reasonable defensive resources.} d5 $1 19. h4 Qd6 20. Qh6
Qf8 21. Qe3 a5 $2 {This move is a waste of time. Probably black has
underestimated the danger to his position.} ({The only reasonable for black was
} 21... Qb4 $1 {[%cal Gb4b6,Gb4h4]} 22. h5 Qb6 23. hxg6 hxg6 24. Bxg6 fxg6 25.
Qxb6 axb6 26. Rxe6 $14) 22. h5 Re8 23. Qg3 Qc5+ 24. Kh1 Qd6 25. Re5 $1 Qf8 (
25... Bd7 $2 26. hxg6 hxg6 27. Bxg6 Qxf6 {[%tqu "En","How should white
continue?","","","g6h7","",5]} 28. Bh7+ $1 Kxh7 29. Rh5+ $18) 26. hxg6 Qh6+ $8
(26... fxg6 $2 27. Bxg6 Qh6+ 28. Bh5+ $18) 27. Kg1 fxg6 28. Qe1 {[%csl Ra5,Re6]
} Kf7 29. Qxa5 Kxf6 30. Qc3 Kf7 31. Qxc6 $16 {White equalized the number of
pawns and black is now suffering for free...} Re7 (31... Qc1+ $142 32. Bf1 Re7)
32. Qc3 Qh4 33. a4 {[%csl Ga4] White's passed pawn becomes a factor in the
position. Black's position seems to be beyond saving.} Bf5 $2 {Losing without
a fight.} (33... Qf6 34. a5 c5 35. a6 $16 {[%csl Ga6]}) 34. Bxf5 Rxe5 35. Qxe5
gxf5 36. Qxf5+ Ke7 37. Qe5+ {Preventing the perpetual check.} Kf8 38. g3 Qh3
39. a5 1-0

[Event "USA-CHN Summit 2nd"]
[Site "Shanghai"]
[Date "2002.07.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ni, Hua"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2533"]
[BlackElo "2608"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[EventDate "2002.07.11"]
[EventType "team"]
[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 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nxc6 Qf6 6. Qd2 bxc6 7. Bd3 Nh6 {
This move is a bit awkward and should not be sufficient for the equality.} ({
More natural is} 7... Ne7) 8. Nc3 $146 (8. Qf4 Qxf4 9. Bxf4 Ng4 10. O-O d6 11.
Nd2 a5 12. Nc4 f6 13. Be2 Be6 14. Bd2 a4 15. h3 Ne5 16. Ne3 O-O $11 {1/2-1/2
Kurajica,B-Sokolov,I/Sarajevo 2001/CBM 84 (47)}) 8... d6 9. Na4 Bb6 ({Comes
into consideration} 9... Bd4 10. c3 Bb6) 10. O-O O-O (10... Ng4 11. Nxb6 axb6 {
[%cal Yg4e5]} 12. f4 $14) 11. Kh1 Qh4 12. Nxb6 axb6 13. f3 f5 $6 {Too
optimistic. This move weakens the black squares in black's camp.} (13... Be6
$14) 14. Qc3 $1 {White intends to develope his queenside bishop to b2 and put
a strong pressure on the long diagonal.} c5 15. b3 Be6 (15... Qf6 16. Qxf6 Rxf6
17. Bb2 Rf8 18. Rfe1 $16) 16. Bb2 Rf7 17. exf5 $1 (17. Rfe1 f4 $5 {closing the
position.}) 17... Nxf5 18. Rfe1 $16 Nd4 19. Qd2 Bd5 (19... Rf6 20. Re4 Qh5 21.
Bxd4 cxd4 22. Rxd4 $16) 20. Be4 Bxe4 21. Rxe4 Qf6 22. c4 (22. Bxd4 $6 cxd4 23.
Qxd4 (23. Rxd4 $4 c5 $19 {[%cal Rf6a1]}) 23... Qxd4 24. Rxd4 Re7 {with a good
drawing chances.}) 22... Re7 (22... Rd8 $5 {[%cal Gd6d5]} 23. Bxd4 cxd4 24.
Qxd4 Qxd4 25. Rxd4 Re8 {and black has some chances to hold the endgame.}) 23.
Rxe7 Qxe7 24. Bxd4 cxd4 25. Qxd4 {White has won a pawn, but black controls the
"e" file and this gives him a reasonable drawing chances.} Ra5 {[%cal Ya5e5]}
26. a4 Re5 27. h3 c5 28. Qf4 h6 (28... d5 $5 29. a5 bxa5 30. Rxa5 h6 31. cxd5
Rxd5 32. Qc4 Qe1+ 33. Kh2 Qxa5 34. Qxd5+ Kf8 {and it's hard to tell, whether
black will hold this endgame or not.}) 29. Kh2 {Inaccuracy.} (29. Rd1 {[%csl
Rd6] would be more precise.}) 29... Re3 $6 (29... d5 30. cxd5 Rxd5 31. a5 bxa5
32. Rxa5 Rd4 {with a reliable drawing chances.} ({but not} 32... Qe5 $2 33.
Qxe5 Rxe5 34. b4 $18)) 30. Rd1 Qe5 $6 {This exchange leads to a lost endgame
for black.} (30... Rxb3 31. Rxd6 Rb4 32. Rc6 Qe8 33. Qd6 Rxc4 34. Qd5+ Kh8 35.
Rxh6+ gxh6 36. Qxc4 {This endgame seems to be very tough for black.}) 31. Qxe5
dxe5 32. Rb1 $2 {[%csl Rb1] Such a passive move can not be the way to the
victory.} (32. Rd8+ Kf7 33. Rb8 Rxb3 34. a5 {That's the point!} Ra3 35. Rb7+ {
and black can not survive this endgame.}) 32... Rc3 {[%csl Rb1,Gc3]} 33. a5 (
33. Kg1 Kf7 34. Rb2 Ke6 35. Kf2 Kf5 $132 {[%csl Gc3,Gf5][%cal Ge5e4]}) 33...
bxa5 34. Ra1 e4 $1 {This simplification is very useful for black.} 35. fxe4
Rxb3 36. Rxa5 Re3 37. Rxc5 Rxe4 {This endgame is theoretically drawish, mainly
because of reduced material, but black has to play precisely.} 38. Kg3 Re2 39.
h4 Kf7 40. Kf3 Rc2 {Black managed to transfer his R to the optimal defensive
square c2, where it holds the passed "c" pawn from behind.} 41. g3 Ke6 42. Kf4
Rg2 43. Kg4 Kf6 44. Rc6+ Kf7 45. Rd6 Rc2 46. Rd4 {White on the other hand
transfered his R to a better square, but unfortunately for him this is still
not enough for winning purposes.} g6 47. Kf4 Ke6 48. Re4+ Kd6 49. Kf3 Rc3+ 50.
Kf4 Rc1 51. Rd4+ Ke6 52. Re4+ Kd6 53. Kg4 Rc3 54. h5 {This is the last
practical chance for white. He has no other realistic way of improving his
position.} gxh5+ 55. Kh4 Kd7 56. Re5 Rxc4+ 57. Kxh5 Rc6 58. g4 Ra6 59. Re4 Rb6
60. Re5 Ra6 61. Kh4 Rb6 62. Kh5 Ra6 63. Rb5 {White has started the manoeuvre
of his R to capture the black "h" pawn. However during this time the black K
manages to come back to assist in the defence.} Ke7 64. Rb7+ Kf8 65. Rh7 Kg8
66. Rxh6 Ra5+ 67. g5 Ra8 68. Rb6 Rc8 {This is one of the basic drawish
positions in the theory of RR endgame.} 69. Kh6 Rd8 70. Rb7 Rc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2005.12.02"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Black "Sasikiran, Krishnan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2663"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2005.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. c3 Nge7 7. g3 {
After a successful game with this variation the day before, Rublevsky does not
mind to repeat it again...} d5 {In the second game of this match Sasikiran
went for 7...h5 and got a bad position after the opening. This time the Indian
GM goes for a more reliable continuation.} 8. Bg2 dxe4 (8... Bxd4 9. cxd4 dxe4
10. Nc3 Bf5 11. d5 O-O-O 12. Qb3 Nd4 13. Qa4 Nf3+ 14. Bxf3 exf3 15. Qxa7 Qa6
16. Qxa6 bxa6 17. O-O-O $14 {1-0 Dworakowska,J (2441)-Onischuk,A (2655)/Skopje
2002/CBM 88_01 [Postny,E] (42)}) 9. O-O ({Black equalized easily after} 9. Nd2
Bb6 10. Nxe4 Qg6 11. Nb5 O-O 12. Bxb6 Bh3 $1 13. Nf6+ Qxf6 14. Bxh3 cxb6 15.
O-O Rad8 {0-1 Charbonneau,P (2484)-Bacrot,E (2675)/Tripoli 2004/CBM 102_01 
[Postny,E] (22)}) 9... Bb6 (9... Nxd4 10. cxd4 Bb6 11. a4 a5 12. Nc3 O-O 13.
Bxe4 Rd8 14. Re1 h6 15. Qb3 Bf5 16. Bxb7 Rab8 17. Bg2 Bxd4 18. Bxd4 Qxd4 $11 {
1/2-1/2 Sutovsky,E (2639)-Beliavsky,A (2668)/Terme Zrece 2003/CBM 97_01 
[Postny,E] (27)}) (9... Bxd4 10. cxd4 O-O 11. Nc3 Rd8 12. Nxe4 Qg6 13. Rc1 Bf5
14. Nc5 b6 15. Na6 $1 $14 {1-0 Sutovsky,E (2646)-Bauer,C (2602)/Plovdiv 2003/
CBM 98 [Postny,E] (65)}) 10. Nd2 O-O 11. Nxe4 Qg6 12. Re1 (12. Nc5 $5 Nxd4 13.
cxd4 c6 14. Re1 Nd5 15. Bxd5 cxd5 16. Qb3 Bg4 $2 (16... Rd8 $11) 17. Qxd5 Rad8
18. Qxb7 $16 {1/2-1/2 Sutovsky,E (2679)-Harikrishna,P (2609)/Pune 2004/CBM
104_01 [Postny,E] (54)}) 12... Nxd4 (12... Bg4 13. Qa4 Rad8 14. Nxc6 Nxc6 15.
h3 Be6 16. Nc5 Bc8 17. Qh4 Rfe8 18. b4 h6 19. Be4 Rxe4 20. Qxe4 Qh5 21. Qh4 Qd5
22. Rad1 Qxd1 23. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 24. Kg2 Bxc5 25. bxc5 Be6 26. c4 Ra1 27. Qf4 {
1/2-1/2 Georgieva,L (2157)-Matras,A (2232)/Oropesa del Mar 2000/EXT 2001}) 13.
Bxd4 Nc6 14. Bxb6 axb6 15. Qd2 Ra5 $1 $11 {A good manoeuvre. Black equalized.}
(15... f6 $6 16. Qf4 Ne5 17. Ng5 c6 18. Nf3 Nxf3+ 19. Bxf3 Qf7 20. Qb4 Be6 21.
a4 Ra6 22. Re3 $16 {1-0 Navara,D (2644)-Haba,P (2525)/Czech Rep CZE 2005/The
Week in Chess 548 (35)}) 16. Qf4 {[%csl Rc7]} Ne5 17. Rad1 f6 18. b4 {At the
price of weakening the queenside, white drives away black's active rook.} Ra8 (
18... Rxa2 $2 19. Nxf6+ $1 Qxf6 20. Qxf6 gxf6 21. Bd5+ Kg7 22. Bxa2 Nf3+ 23.
Kg2 Nxe1+ 24. Rxe1 $16) 19. Ng5 $1 Bg4 $6 {Although, this move is tempting,
black's bishop might become hanging on g4.} (19... fxg5 20. Qxe5 c6 {was
simple and good enough for equality.}) 20. Rd2 Rae8 $2 {[%mdl 8192] Putting
the wrong rook on e8.} (20... Rfe8 21. Bd5+ Kf8 {Black's king looks vulnerable
on f8, but concretely white can't take advantage of it. For example:} (21...
Kh8 $2 22. Rxe5 $1) 22. h4 Re7 (22... h6 23. Ne6+ Bxe6 24. Rxe5 Bxd5 25. Rexd5
$14) 23. Ne6+ (23. Rxe5 Rxe5 24. Bxb7 Rb8 25. Be4 Bf5 26. Bxf5 Qxf5 27. Qxf5
Rxf5 28. Ne6+ Kf7 29. Nxc7 Rb7 {and black is at least not worse.}) 23... Bxe6
24. Rxe5 Bxd5 25. Rexd5 (25. Rxe7 $4 Qb1+ {mating.}) 25... Qe8 {Black is only
slightly worse.}) {[%tqu "En","What would you suggest for White?","","","e1e5",
"This tactical stroke works fine for white, but still, Sasikiran's resignation
was rather premature. White would still have to find a series of non-obvious
moves to demonstrate his advantage.",15,"e1e5","",0]} 21. Rxe5 $1 {This
tactical stroke works fine for white, but still, Sasikiran's resignation was
rather premature. White would still have to find a series of non-obvious moves
to demonstrate his advantage.} (21. Rxe5 fxg5 $1 (21... fxe5 22. Qxg4 $18) (
21... Rxe5 22. Qc4+ Be6 (22... Kh8 23. Nf7+ Qxf7 24. Qxf7 Rxf7 25. Rd8+ {
mating.}) 23. Nxe6 Qf7 24. f4 $1 Re1+ (24... Qxe6 25. Qxe6+ Rxe6 26. Bd5 Kf7
27. f5 $18) 25. Kf2 Rxe6 26. Bd5 Rfe8 27. f5 $18) 22. Bd5+ Kh8 23. Qxg5 (23.
Rxe8 Qxe8 24. Qe4 (24. Qxg5 $4 Qe1+ 25. Kg2 c6 $19) (24. Qxg4 $4 Qe1+ $19)
24... c6 25. Qxe8 Rxe8 26. Bf7 $14) 23... Qxg5 24. Rxg5 Bf5 $1 {[%csl Rg5]} (
24... Bh3 25. f4) 25. g4 Bc8 {and I seriously doubt if white can convert his
extra pawn into a full point, since his Rg5 is very awkwardly placed.}) 1-0

[Event "USA-CHN Summit 2nd"]
[Site "Shanghai"]
[Date "2002.07.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ni, Hua"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2533"]
[BlackElo "2608"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2002.07.11"]
[EventType "team"]
[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 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nxc6 Qf6 6. Qd2 bxc6 7. Bd3 Ne7
8. Nc3 O-O 9. O-O d5 {This is probably the most reliable way for the equality.}
({Bad is} 9... d6 $2 {in view of} 10. e5 $1 {- see the game Van der Wiel,
J-Jonkman,H/Wijk aan Zee-B 2002/CBM 87 [Postny]}) ({Playable is} 9... Ng6 {
- see commented game Sadvakasov,D-Kramnik,V/Astana 2001/CBM 84 [Postny]}) 10.
Kh1 (10. Qf4 Qxf4 11. Bxf4 Bb6 12. Na4 (12. Rfe1 Be6 13. Na4 Rfe8 14. b3 Ng6
15. Be3 dxe4 16. Bxe4 Bd5 17. Bxg6 hxg6 18. Bc5 f6 19. f3 {1/2-1/2 Skripchenko
Lautier,A-Timoscenko,G/Saint Vincent 2001/CBM 80 ext (19)}) 12... Ng6 13. Nxb6
cxb6 14. Bd6 Rd8 15. Bc7 Rd7 16. Bg3 d4 17. f4 a5 18. f5 Nf8 19. e5 $14 {
1/2-1/2 Pavlovic,M-Brenjo,S/Vrnjacka Banja 1999/EXT 2000 (41)}) 10... Bb4 $1 {
A good move, which solves black's opening problems.} (10... Bd4 11. Qf4 Bxc3
12. bxc3 Qxc3 13. Rb1 dxe4 14. Qxe4 Ng6 15. Rb3 Qe5 16. Qxc6 $14 {1/2-1/2
Collas,D-Flear,G/St Affrique 2000/EXT 2001 (37)}) 11. Qe2 $146 ({More logical
is} 11. Qg5 {, but white has no advantage anyway.} Qxg5 ({but not} 11... Bxc3
12. bxc3 Qxc3 $4 13. Qxe7 Qxa1 14. Qxf8+ $1 Kxf8 15. Ba3+ $18) 12. Bxg5 Ng6 (
12... Be6 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. Nxd5 cxd5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Ehlvest,J-Rodriguez Vargas,
O/Logrono 1991/EXT 97 (39)}) 13. exd5 Bxc3 14. bxc3 cxd5 15. Rfe1 f6 16. Be3
Ne5 17. Bc5 Rd8 $11 {0-1 Holzke,F-Sturua,Z/Biel 2000/CBM 77 ext (40)}) 11...
Bxc3 12. bxc3 dxe4 13. Qxe4 (13. Bxe4 $6 Qxc3 14. Bg5 (14. Bxh7+ $2 Kxh7 15.
Qxe7 Qxa1 16. Qxf8 Ba6 17. Qxa8 Bxf1 $19) 14... Nd5 {and black is fine.}) 13...
Bf5 14. Qc4 Bxd3 15. cxd3 Nd5 $11 16. d4 $6 {This move looks to me like an
inaccuracy, because it weakens the white squares in white's camp.} (16. Be3
Qxc3 17. Qxc3 Nxc3 18. Rfc1 Nd5 19. Rxc6 $11) 16... Rfe8 17. Qd3 (17. Ba3 Qg6
$36) 17... Qe6 18. c4 (18. Bd2 Qe2 $15) 18... Nb6 {[%csl Rc4]} 19. Bf4 Qe4 $1 (
19... Nxc4 20. Bxc7 $11) 20. Qxe4 Rxe4 21. Bxc7 Nxc4 $6 {Black takes the wrong
pawn.} (21... Rxd4 22. Bxb6 (22. c5 Nd5 23. Bd6 Re8 $15) 22... axb6 23. Rab1
Rxc4 24. Rxb6 Rc2 $15) 22. Rfd1 Rc8 ({Dubious is} 22... Re2 $6 {in view of} 23.
Rdc1) 23. Rac1 Nb2 24. Re1 Rxe1+ 25. Rxe1 Nd3 26. Re7 Nb4 (26... Nxf2+ 27. Kg1
Nd3 28. Bd6 $44) 27. Ba5 Nxa2 ({The tactical trick} 27... c5 $2 {[%cal Gb4c6]
is refuted by} 28. dxc5 Nc6 29. Rc7 Rd8 30. Be1 Rd1 31. Rc8+ Nd8 32. g3 Rxe1+
33. Kg2 Re8 34. c6 $18) 28. Rxa7 Nc1 {The black N finds a safe way out.} 29. g3
f6 30. Kg2 Nb3 31. Bb6 Rb8 32. Ra6 Rb7 33. Kf3 {The position does not contain
any real winning chances for both sides, but white is probably the side, who
try to make something out of nothing...} Nd2+ 34. Ke2 Ne4 35. f3 Nc3+ 36. Kd3
Nd5 37. Ba5 Rb5 38. Bd2 Nb6 39. Bc3 h5 40. Ra5 Nd5 41. Ra8+ {White makes a
last fool hardy winning attempt, which rebounds on him!} ({White could keep
his R on a5 enabling it's exchange by black with no risk to his position by} 
41. Bd2) 41... Kf7 42. Rc8 $4 {[%mdl 8192] A horrible mistake, throwing away
half a point.} (42. Bd2 $11) 42... Rb3 (42... Rb3 43. Rxc6 Nb4+ 44. Kc4 Rxc3+
$1 {and black remains with a piece up. Probably this last "shot" was the one
Ni Hua missed in his premilinary calculations.}) 0-1

[Event "Sarajevo Bosnia 35th"]
[Site "Sarajevo"]
[Date "2005.05.27"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Predojevic, Borki"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2549"]
[BlackElo "2662"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2005.05.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BIH"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
c4 Ba6 ({Other main line is} 8... Nb6) 9. b3 {Defending the Pc4 and preparing
Bc1-b2 or Bc1-a3 according to circumstances.} O-O-O {This old move is a rare
guest on top level nowadays.} ({The alternatives are:} 9... g6) (9... g5) (9...
Qh4) 10. Bb2 ({The main alternative is} 10. g3 {For example see the annotated
game Wang Hao-Jenni,F/Calvia 2004/CBM 104 [Postny,E]}) 10... f6 {Going for the
immediate attack of white's central outpost.} (10... Re8 11. g3 f6 12. Bg2 fxe5
13. O-O h5 14. Qd2 Nf6 15. Qa5 Bb7 16. Ba3 Qe6 17. Bxf8 Rexf8 18. Qxa7 h4 19.
Nc3 Ng4 20. h3 Qh6 21. Ne4 hxg3 22. Nxg3 Nf6 23. a4 $18 {[%cal Ga4a5,Ga5a6] 1/
2-1/2 Dembo,Y-Husari,S/Budapest 2001 (40)}) (10... Qg5 11. Nd2 f6 12. h4 Qh6
13. O-O-O Bc5 14. Qf3 Nf4 15. exf6 gxf6 16. g3 Ne6 17. Qxf6 $18 {1-0 Hort,
V-Unzicker,W/Bundesliga 1984 (23)}) 11. Qd2 {Moving the queen in order to
complete the development of kingside. In some case the manoeuvre Qd2-a5 is
unpleasant for black.} (11. exf6 Nxf6 12. Qxe7 Bxe7 13. Be2 d5 14. Nd2 Bc5 15.
O-O Rhe8 16. Bf3 dxc4 17. Nxc4 Ne4 18. Bxe4 Rxe4 19. Bxg7 Bxc4 20. bxc4 Rd2 $15
{0-1 Ahmed,S-Safin,S/Doha 2003 (45)}) (11. Qe4 Nb6 12. Nd2 Bb7 13. O-O-O fxe5
14. Qxe5 Qxe5 15. Bxe5 Re8 16. Bb2 Rg8 17. Bd3 g6 18. Rhe1 $14 {1/2-1/2
Arkhipov,S-Iuldachev,S/Abu Dhabi 2002 (25)}) 11... Nb6 12. Be2 (12. Qa5 $6 Qb4+
13. Qxb4 Bxb4+ $15) 12... fxe5 13. O-O $146 (13. a4 Kb8 14. a5 Nc8 15. Nc3 Qd6
(15... d5 $5 16. cxd5 Bb7) 16. Bd3 Qh6 17. Qe2 Bc5 18. O-O Bd4 19. b4 Rhf8 20.
b5 Bb7 21. bxc6 Bxc6 22. Rab1 Ka8 23. Nd5 Bxd5 24. cxd5 Nd6 25. Bxd4 exd4 26.
Qc2 Rc8 27. Ba6 $18 {1-0 Reinaldo,R-Korneev,O/Madrid 2000 (38)}) 13... d5 14.
cxd5 Bxe2 15. Qxe2 cxd5 16. a4 $2 {White overestimates his attacking chances.}
(16. Bxe5 Nd7 17. Qa6+ Kb8 18. Qb5+ Nb6 19. Re1 Qb4 20. Nc3 $14) 16... d4 $1 {
Black has now strong pawns chain in the centre, which is the dominant factor
in the position.} 17. Qa6+ Kb8 18. Na3 c5 19. Rfe1 Qb7 20. Qe2 (20. Qxb7+ Kxb7
21. Rxe5 Bd6 $15) 20... Bd6 21. Nb5 Rhe8 22. Ba3 $2 {This move actually robs
from the white knight the only retreating square.} ({It was necessary to open
up the position by} 22. b4 $1 Bf8 (22... cxb4 23. Bxd4 $1 exd4 $2 24. Qxe8 Rxe8
25. Rxe8+ Nc8 26. Nxd6 $18) (22... Nd5 23. Nxd6 Rxd6 24. bxc5 Nf4 25. Qf1 Rg6
26. g3 $13) 23. bxc5 Bxc5 24. Rab1 $44) 22... Bf8 $1 $19 {[%csl Rb5][%cal
Ga7a6]} 23. Rac1 {White decided to sacrifice a piece, but this is obviously
insufficient.} (23. Bc1 a6 24. Na3 e4 $19) 23... a6 24. Bxc5 Bxc5 25. Rxc5 axb5
26. Rxe5 Rxe5 (26... d3 $2 27. Rxe8 dxe2 28. Rxd8+ Kc7 29. Re8 $15) 27. Qxe5+
Ka8 28. Qxb5 d3 {[%csl Gd3] The strong passed pawn quickly decides the game.}
29. Rd1 Rd5 30. Qe8+ Qc8 31. Qe4 Qc2 32. Rf1 Qxb3 33. a5 d2 34. Qe8+ Kb7 35.
a6+ Kxa6 36. Qe2+ Qc4 0-1

[Event "Noyabrsk Fakel Jamala"]
[Site "Noyabrsk"]
[Date "2003.11.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kovchan, Alexander"]
[Black "Potapov, Alexander1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2561"]
[BlackElo "2513"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2003.11.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
c4 Ba6 9. b3 g5 {This move saw his light on top level in the world
championship match Kasparov-Anand in 1995.} 10. g3 {This is the most popular
reply.} (10. Ba3 {- see the commented game Motylev,A-Shirov,A/Moscow 2001/CBM
86 [Postny,E] (42)}) (10. h4 $5 Bg7 11. Bb2 Nf4 12. Qe3 h6 13. Nd2 Ng6 14. Nf3
gxh4 15. O-O-O O-O 16. Qd4 $14 {1-0 Smeets,J-Timman,J/Amsterdam 2002/CBM 89
ext (36)}) 10... Bg7 11. Bb2 O-O-O ({Sharp and risky is} 11... O-O {- as in
the game Ganguly,S-Vladimirov,E/Calcutta 2001/CBM 82 [Postny,E] (37)}) 12. Nd2
(12. Bg2 Rde8 13. O-O Bxe5 14. Qxe5 Qxe5 15. Bxe5 Rxe5 16. cxd5 Bxf1 17. Kxf1
cxd5 18. Nc3 c6 19. Rc1 Kd8 $13 {1/2-1/2 Macieja,B-Delchev,A/Budapest 2000/CBM
78 (27)}) 12... Nb4 (12... Rhe8 13. O-O-O Nb6 {- see the annotated game Hector,
J-Timman,J/Malmo 2001/CBM 84 [Postny,E] (40)}) 13. Nf3 (13. Kd1 c5 14. Bg2 Bb7
15. Bxb7+ Kxb7 16. f4 d6 $15 {0-1 Gaston,S-Verat,L/Paris 2001/CBM 83 ext (39)})
13... c5 (13... Rhe8 14. Bh3 c5 {- Motylev,A-Jakovenko,D/Elista 2001/CBM 83 
[Postny,E] (41)}) 14. Bg2 Bb7 (14... Rhe8 15. O-O Bb7 16. Rfe1 Kb8 17. Qd2 h6
18. a3 Nc6 19. Rad1 Qf8 20. h3 Qh8 21. b4 $14 {1-0 Goloshchapov,A-Sepman,Y/St
Petersburg 1998/CBM 67 ext (35)}) 15. a3 $146 {The immediate castling seems to
me more precise, since the knight on b4 is doing nothing.} (15. O-O f5 $6 16.
Rfe1 Rde8 17. Rad1 Nc6 18. Rd5 Rhg8 19. a3 h5 20. Qd2 Bf8 21. Rd1 $16 {1-0
Kovchan,A-Gharamian,T/Oropesa del Mar 2001/EXT 2002 (46)}) 15... Nc6 16. O-O h5
$6 {As the continuation of the game shows, this plan fails.} ({Black can not
capture the Pe5:} 16... g4 $2 17. Nh4 $16 {[%cal Gh4f5]}) ({The right plan
seems to be connected with immediate d7-d6 push:} 16... d6 $1 17. Rfe1 Rhe8 (
17... g4 $6 18. Nh4 Nxe5 19. Bxe5 Bxe5 20. Qxg4+ $16) 18. Qc2 dxe5 19. Qf5+ Kb8
20. Nxg5 f6 $132) 17. Rfe1 h4 18. Bc3 (18. g4 $6 h3 19. Bh1 Rde8 $132 {[%csl
Gf4][%cal Yc6d8,Yd8e6,Ye6f4]}) 18... Rde8 (18... d6 19. Nxh4 $6 (19. Qc2 $142
hxg3 20. hxg3 {- see 18...hxg3.}) 19... Bxe5 (19... gxh4 $2 20. Qg4+ {[%csl
Rg7]}) 20. Bxe5 dxe5 $1 $132 {[%csl Gd4]}) (18... hxg3 19. hxg3 d6 20. Qc2 Nd4
(20... dxe5 21. Nxe5 Nxe5 22. Bxe5 Bxe5 23. Qf5+ Qd7 24. Rxe5 $16) 21. Nxd4
cxd4 22. Qf5+ Qe6 23. Qxe6+ fxe6 24. Bxd4 $16) 19. Rad1 hxg3 (19... d6 $2 20.
exd6 Qxe2 21. d7+ Kb8 22. dxe8=Q+ Rxe8 23. Rxe2 Rxe2 24. Bxg7 $18) 20. hxg3 Nd8
(20... g4 21. Nh2 $1 $16 (21. Nh4 $6 Nxe5 22. Bxb7+ Kxb7 23. Nf5 $2 (23. Bxe5
$142 Bxe5 24. Qxg4 d6 $13) 23... Qg5 24. Nxg7 Qh6 25. Qe4+ d5 $1 26. Qxd5+ c6
27. Qg2 Nf3+ $19) 21... Nxe5 $2 22. Bxb7+ Kxb7 23. Nxg4 d6 24. f4 $18) 21. Rd3
Ne6 22. Red1 Bc6 $2 {It was much better to defend the Pd7 by rook.} (22... Rd8
23. b4 g4 24. Nh4 (24. Nh2 $6 Bxg2 25. Kxg2 f5 $1 $132) 24... Bxg2 25. Nxg2 $14
) 23. b4 Rd8 24. b5 Bb7 {Now it's clear, that 22...Bc6 was a loss of two
tempoes.} 25. a4 {Black did not manage to create any serious threats on the
kingside. On the other hand, white is rolling his pawns towards the enemy's
king and it's very hard to suggest any reasonable defense for black.} Kb8 $6 {
This move is another waste of time.} ({The only chance for counterplay was:} 
25... f5) 26. a5 {Now black is in serious troubles. White's attack is very
dangerous.} a6 27. b6 Bc6 28. bxc7+ $2 {Allowing black to get back into the
game.} ({Simply winning was} 28. Qb2 Ka8 29. bxc7 Nxc7 30. Qb6 Rc8 31. Rxd7 $1
$18 {[%csl Gg2][%cal Rg2a8]}) 28... Kxc7 29. Rb1 g4 30. Nd2 (30. Nh2 $2 {
[%tqu "En","Please enter a move for black","","","e6f4","",10]} Nf4 $1 31. gxf4
Qh4 $40) 30... Qg5 31. Bxc6 dxc6 32. Rxd8 Nxd8 33. Qd3 $2 {Giving the central
pawn without good reason.} ({Good enough was} 33. Rb6 Qh5 34. Qe4 $16) 33...
Bxe5 34. Bxe5+ Qxe5 35. Qb3 Qh5 {It appears, that black's king is safer than
his counterpart.} 36. Qb6+ Kd7 37. Kf1 Ne6 $1 ({Nothing gives:} 37... Qh1+ 38.
Ke2 Re8+ 39. Kd3 Qh7+ 40. Kc3 Qg7+ 41. Kc2) 38. Qa7+ Kd6 39. Ne4+ $2 {The
decisive mistake.} ({The only chance for white was:} 39. Rb7 Qh1+ 40. Ke2 Nd4+
41. Kd3 Qd1 42. Rd7+ Ke6 43. Rxd4 $8 (43. Re7+ Kf6 44. Rxf7+ Kg6 45. Rg7+ Kh6
$19) 43... cxd4 44. Qxa6) 39... Ke5 $19 40. Re1 {The last slip in time-trouble,
but white's position is lost anyway.} (40. Nd2 Rd8 41. Re1+ Kf6 42. Ne4+ Kg7
$19) 40... Qh1+ {Quite a dramatic game.} 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2005.12.01"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Black "Sasikiran, Krishnan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2663"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2005.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. c3 Nge7 7. g3 h5 $5 {
This aggressive continuation gained some popularity recently.} ({The main line
is} 7... d5) 8. h3 (8. Nc2 Bxe3 9. Nxe3 h4 10. Bg2 d6 11. Nd2 hxg3 12. hxg3
Rxh1+ 13. Bxh1 Be6 14. Qe2 O-O-O $11 {1/2-1/2 Belkhodja,S-Inkiov,V/Condom 2002/
CBM 89 ext (48)}) (8. h4 $6 d5 9. Bg2 Bg4 10. Qd3 Ne5 11. Qb5+ c6 12. Qxb7 O-O
13. Qa6 Bxd4 14. cxd4 Nf3+ 15. Kf1 dxe4 $17 {0-1 Anglada Lobarte,J-Roa Alonso,
S/Zaragoza 1993/EXT 98 (31)}) 8... b6 {Going for the castling to the queenside.
} (8... d5 9. Bg2 Bxd4 10. cxd4 dxe4 11. Nc3 Bf5 12. Qa4 O-O 13. O-O-O b5 $1
14. Qxb5 Rab8 15. Qc5 Nb4 $36 {0-1 Epstein,E-Friedel,J/Connecticut USA 2004/
The Week in Chess 493 (33)}) (8... h4 9. g4 Ng6 10. Qd2 {[%cal Gf2f4]} Nce5 11.
Be2 Bxd4 12. cxd4 Nf3+ 13. Bxf3 Qxf3 {[%csl Re4,Rh1]} 14. Rh2 Qxe4 15. f4 O-O
16. f5 Re8 17. Kf2 Nf8 18. Nc3 $44 {1/2-1/2 Radjabov,T (2673)-Beliavsky,A 
(2630)/Warsaw 2005/CBM 108_01/[Postny,E] (46)}) 9. Bg2 Bb7 10. b4 $1 {The most
principled continuation.} Nxd4 (10... Bxd4 $6 11. cxd4 Nxb4 12. O-O $16 {
[%csl Gd4,Ge4]}) 11. bxc5 Ndc6 12. O-O O-O-O 13. Na3 d5 ({Very dangerous for
black} 13... Qxc3 $2 14. Nb5) 14. cxd6 (14. exd5 $2 {is clearly refuted by}
Nxd5 15. Bxd5 Rxd5 $1 16. Qxd5 Ne5 17. Qd1 Nf3+ (17... Rd8 18. Qxh5 g6 $1 $19)
18. Kg2 Qc6 19. Kh1 Qe6 20. Kg2 Ng5+ 21. f3 Qxh3+ 22. Kf2 Qh2+ 23. Ke1 Qxg3+
24. Rf2 Re8 $19) 14... Rxd6 15. Qe2 $1 $146 {[%mdl 8] The best place for the
queen and an improvement over the game Movsesian-Shirov.} ({Black got
reasonable position after} 15. Qa4 Rd3 16. Nb5 a6 17. Qc2 Rd7 18. Nd4 Rhd8 {
1/2-1/2 Movsesian,S (2647)-Shirov,A (2713)/Sarajevo 2004/CBM 101_01/[Postny,E]
(39)}) 15... a6 $2 {This move unnecessary weakens the queenside.} (15... Rd7 {
might be an improvement.}) 16. Nc4 Rdd8 17. Rab1 {Now, some sacrifices on b6
are in the air, so black's reply is practically forced.} b5 (17... Rhe8 18.
Nxb6+ $1 cxb6 19. Rxb6 Rd7 20. Rfb1 $40) 18. Nd2 Qxc3 19. Nb3 Rd3 $1 {The
following exchange sacrifice is probably black's best practical chance.} (19...
Ne5 20. Nc5 Qc4 21. Qb2 Nd3 22. Nxd3 Qxd3 23. Rfc1 $18) 20. Rbc1 Rxe3 21. fxe3
Qe5 22. Rxf7 Nd8 (22... Qxg3 23. Qf2 Qe5 24. Qf4 $18) 23. Rf4 Ne6 24. Qf2 $1
Kb8 (24... Nxf4 25. exf4 Qe6 26. Nc5 $18) 25. Rf7 Re8 26. Nd4 Nd8 27. Rf8 Ng6
28. Rf5 Qe7 29. Rfc5 c6 30. Rxh5 $6 {The capture of this pawn makes white's
winning task more difficult.} (30. Nf5 Qc7 31. Qd2 {[%csl Gd6] was probably
more precise.}) 30... Ne5 {[%csl Ge5][%cal Ge5d3]} 31. Qc2 g6 32. Rh4 {
Temporary, white's rook is in awkward position.} Qg5 {[%csl Re3,Rg3]} 33. Kh2
Qxe3 34. Qc5 {[%csl Re3] Threatening 35.Nxc6.} Ka8 35. Ne6 Nf3+ $1 36. Bxf3
Qd2+ 37. Bg2 Nxe6 38. Qc2 Qxc2 (38... Qe3 39. e5 $18 {opening the diagonal for
white's dreaming bishop.}) 39. Rxc2 c5 {Black's pawn majority on the queenside
is his last hope.} 40. e5 c4 41. Rh7 Bxg2 42. Kxg2 Rd8 43. Re7 Nd4 44. Rd2 Kb8
(44... c3 45. Rd3 c2 46. Rc7 $18) 45. e6 Nxe6 (45... c3 46. Rd1 ({It's never
too late to spoil the advantage:} 46. Rd7 $2 Rc8 $1 47. R2xd4 c2 48. Rd1 cxd1=Q
49. Rxd1 Re8 $14) 46... Nxe6 47. Rxd8+ Nxd8 48. Kf2 $18) 46. Rxd8+ Nxd8 47. Kf2
{This endgame is easily won for white. The knight is not able to compete with
the rook.} Nc6 48. Re6 Kb7 49. Rxg6 Nb4 50. a3 Nc2 51. h4 Nxa3 52. h5 c3 53.
Ke2 b4 54. h6 c2 55. Kd2 b3 56. Rg4 {[%cal Gg4b4]} a5 57. Kc1 Nb5 58. h7 Nc3
59. Rc4 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 2nd"]
[Site "Ohrid"]
[Date "2001.06.09"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nedev, Trajce"]
[Black "Azarov, Sergei Nikolaevich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2514"]
[BlackElo "2452"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[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 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. c3 Nge7 7. Bc4 b6 $5 {
This rare move was first tried in practice by several English Grandmaster's
like Speelman and Nunn.} 8. O-O Bb7 9. f4 O-O-O 10. b4 (10. e5 Qh6 11. Qd2 f6
12. Na3 Nxd4 13. cxd4 Bxa3 14. bxa3 Nf5 15. Rac1 fxe5 16. dxe5 Kb8 17. Bd3 Qe6
18. Rfe1 Rc8 19. a4 {1/2-1/2 Chandler,M-Speelman,J /Hastings/1991 (19)}) 10...
Nxd4 11. bxc5 Ne6 12. Qa4 $146 (12. cxb6 axb6 13. Bd3 (13. Bd5 $1 {V.
Mikhalevski}) 13... d5 14. e5 Qh6 15. Na3 d4 16. cxd4 Nd5 17. Qd2 $2 (17. Bd2
$1 {V.Mikhalevski}) 17... Nxe3 18. Qxe3 Rxd4 $15 {0-1 Motylev,A-Grischuk,A /
Ubeda/2000 (42)}) 12... Nxc5 $2 {Despite winning a pawn this move seriously
weakens the defense around the black K.} (12... Kb8 13. cxb6 axb6 14. Bd3 (14.
f5 $2 Ng5 15. Bd4 (15. e5 $2 {[%tqu "En","Find the best move for black.","","",
"g5h3","",10]} Nh3+ $1 16. gxh3 Qxe5 $40 {[%csl Gb7,Re3,Rg1][%cal Ge5e4] -+})
15... Qh6 16. f6 gxf6 17. Rxf6 Qh4 18. Nd2 Rhg8 $40) 14... d5 15. e5 Qh4 16.
Na3 g5 $5 {with a double-edged position.}) 13. Bxc5 bxc5 14. Nd2 (14. Qxa7 {
can't be recommended in view of} d5 15. exd5 (15. e5 Qb6 $15) 15... Nxd5 {
[%csl Gb7,Re3,Rg2] and black grabs the initiative.}) 14... d5 15. e5 Qg6 16.
Be2 Nf5 $6 (16... d4 17. Bf3 Bxf3 18. Nxf3 $1 (18. Rxf3 $2 dxc3 19. Nb3 (19.
Nc4 c2 20. Qxa7 Qe4 21. Qa6+ Qb7 $15) 19... Qb6 20. Qc4 c2 $15) 18... Nd5 (
18... Qc6 19. Qxa7 dxc3 20. e6 $1) 19. cxd4 Nxf4 20. Nh4 Qg4 21. Qa6+ Kd7 22.
d5 $1 Ke7 (22... Qxh4 $2 23. Qa4+ $18 {[%csl Rf4][%cal Gf1f4]}) 23. Qxa7 Qxh4
24. Qxc5+ $1 Ke8 25. Qb5+ Rd7 26. e6 fxe6 27. dxe6 Nxe6 28. Rad1 Qe7 29. Rfe1
Rf8 30. Rxd7 Qxd7 31. Rxe6+ Kd8 32. Qb8+ Qc8 33. Qb3 $1 (33. Qxc8+ Kxc8 34. Re7
$16) 33... Qd7 34. Re1 Kc8 35. Rb1 $40 {[%csl Rc8] B.Larsen once said "long
variation=wrong variation!" However I hope that this long variation will pass
the test...}) 17. Rab1 a6 (17... Ne3 18. Rf2 d4 19. f5 $1 Qc6 20. Qxa7 $18) (
17... d4 18. Rxb7 $18) 18. Bd3 $1 {A very unpleasant pin. Now black's queen is
forced to protect the knight and can't take part in the defense on the
queenside.} ({Worse is:} 18. Qb3 Ba8) 18... c4 (18... Qe6 {loses at once to}
19. Nb3 {[%csl Rc5]}) 19. Qb4 Ba8 (19... Bc6 20. Bc2 d4 21. Be4 Bxe4 22. Nxe4
Ne3 23. Qb7+ Kd7 24. Nc5+ Ke8 25. Rfe1 Rd5 (25... Nc2 26. e6 Nxe1 27. Qc6+ Kf8
28. e7+ $18) 26. g3 Rxc5 27. cxd4 $18) 20. Bc2 d4 21. Be4 Bxe4 22. Nxe4 d3 $2 {
Loses immediatly.} (22... Ne3 {was more stubborn.} 23. Qb7+ Kd7 24. Nc5+ Ke8
25. Rfe1 Rd5 (25... Nc2 26. e6 Nxe1 27. Qc6+ Kf8 28. e7+ $18) 26. g3 Rxc5 27.
cxd4 $18 {The same variation as in comment for the 19...Ba8.}) {[%tqu "En",
"How to conclude the game?","","","e5e6","",6]} 23. e6 $1 {[%csl Ge4][%cal
Ge4c5][%mdl 128]} (23. e6 Qxe6 24. Qb7+ Kd7 25. Nc5+ $18) 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 2nd"]
[Site "Ohrid"]
[Date "2001.06.09"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nataf, Igor Alexandre"]
[Black "Fedorchuk, Sergey A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2552"]
[BlackElo "2503"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[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 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nxc6 Qf6 6. Qd2 dxc6 7. Nc3 Ne7
8. Qf4 Qe6 {Other popular continuations are: 8...Be6, 8...Ng6.} 9. Qxc7 O-O 10.
Qg3 $1 {This move seems to be the strongest way to meet black's pawn sacrifice.
} (10. Bd3 Bd6 11. Qa5 b5 12. Ne2 a6 13. Qd2 c5 14. c3 Bb7 15. O-O Rad8 16. Qe3
Rfe8 17. Bc2 Ng6 $44 {1/2-1/2 Tomescu,V-Romanishin,O /Reggio Emilia 2000/CBM
81 (21)}) 10... Ng6 $6 $146 {An unsound move.} ({The critical line should be} 
10... f5 {however in the following game white got an advantage as well:} 11. e5
f4 12. Bxf4 Qf7 (12... Nf5 13. Qd3 g5 14. Qc4 $16) (12... Ng6 $5 13. Be3 Nxe5)
13. Ne4 Bd4 14. O-O-O c5 15. Bg5 Nf5 16. Qa3 b6 17. g4 Bb7 18. Bg2 Bxe5 19. f4
Nh4 20. fxe5 Nxg2 21. Nd6 $18 {1-0 Motylev,A-Beliavsky,A/Novi Sad 2000/EXT
2001 (25)}) 11. f4 f5 (11... Bb4 12. Bd3 $16) 12. e5 b5 (12... Be7 13. h4 $5
$16) 13. Bd3 Bb7 14. Be3 Bb6 15. O-O {Black has no compensation for the pawn.
White's position is already considered to be winning.} Qe7 16. a4 Nh4 {Trying
to put a pressure on g2 pawn.} 17. Rf2 {[%csl Yg2][%cal Yf2g2]} Qb4 18. Rb1 (
18. Ra2 {was good enough as well.}) 18... Bxe3 19. Qxe3 bxa4 20. Ra1 $1 c5 (
20... Qxb2 $2 21. Bc4+ Kh8 22. Rb1 $18 {[%csl Rb7]}) 21. Rxa4 Qb6 (21... Qxb2
22. Bc4+ Kh8 23. Bb3 $18 {[%csl Rb2][%cal Ra4a2]}) 22. b3 {Besides being a
pawn up, white has clear positional advantage.} Kh8 23. Rc4 Rac8 24. Na4 Qg6
25. Qg3 Qh5 26. Be2 Qh6 27. Qg5 {The black queen is trapped for the exchange.
The rest is an easy job for white.} Qxg5 28. fxg5 Ng6 29. Rxc5 Rce8 30. Bd3 (
30. Rc7 $142 Be4 31. Nc5 Rc8 32. Rxc8 Rxc8 33. Nxe4 fxe4 34. Bg4 $18) 30... f4
({More stubborn was:} 30... Nxe5 31. Rxf5 Nxd3) 31. Bxg6 hxg6 32. Nb2 $1 {
[%csl Rf4][%cal Yb2d3]} Rf5 33. Nd3 f3 34. gxf3 Rxg5+ 35. Kf1 {Black is two
pawns down and there is no chance to create any serious threat.} Re7 36. e6 Rh5
37. Rxh5+ gxh5 38. Nc5 Bd5 39. Ke1 $1 Rc7 40. b4 g6 41. Rd2 Bxf3 42. Rd8+ (42.
Rd8+ Kg7 43. Rd7+) 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch U20"]
[Site "Cheboksary"]
[Date "2006.03.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Savchenko, Boris"]
[Black "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2569"]
[BlackElo "2586"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nxc6 Qf6 6. Qd2 dxc6 7. Nc3 Ne7 {
This move is not so popular nowadays, compared to the "new" main line 7...Bd4.}
8. Na4 ({The main alternative is} 8. Qf4 {with an idea to exchange queens and
get a preferable endgame thanks to a superior pawn structure.}) 8... Bd6 9. f4
Ng6 (9... O-O 10. Qf2 Qe6 (10... Re8 11. Bd3 Nd5 12. O-O b5 13. Nc5 Nb4 14. a3
Nxd3 15. cxd3 Bxc5 16. Qxc5 Qd6 $11 {0-1 Godena,M (2494)-Sturua,Z (2600)/Ohrid
2001/CBM 84_01 [Postny,E] (39)}) 11. Bd3 f5 12. e5 Nd5 13. O-O Be7 $14 {
1/2-1/2 Macieja,B (2578)-Grabarczyk,M (2489)/Warsaw 2001/CBM 82_01 [Postny,E] 
(49)}) 10. g3 (10. e5 $2 Bxe5 11. fxe5 Qh4+ $19 {[%cal Gh4a4,Gh4e1]}) 10... Bg4
(10... Qe7 11. Bd3 (11. Bg2 h5 12. Qf2 h4 13. Bd2 Bg4 14. O-O hxg3 15. hxg3 f6
16. Rae1 Qf7 17. e5 fxe5 18. fxe5 Qxf2+ 19. Rxf2 Be7 $132 {1/2-1/2 Macieja,B 
(2615)-Nielsen,P (2620)/Germany 2002/CBM 093 (29)}) 11... Bh3 12. Qe2 O-O-O 13.
Bd2 Rhe8 14. O-O-O Qe6 15. Nc3 Bg4 16. Qe3 Bxd1 17. Rxd1 Nf8 18. Qxa7 Nd7 19.
Qa8+ Nb8 20. Be3 $40 {0-1 Pavasovic,D (2581)-Acs,P (2591)/Bled 2002/EXT 2003 
(45)}) 11. h3 $4 $146 {This novelty loses by force.} ({The critical line is:} 
11. e5 Nxe5 $5 {It's obviously impossible to calculate all the variations, but
it seems that this sacrifice is not bad at all!} (11... Qe6 12. Be2 Be7 13.
Bxg4 Qxg4 14. Qe2 Qf5 15. O-O $14) 12. fxe5 Bxe5 13. Be2 (13. Qg5 Qe6 $1 (13...
Bf3 $2 14. Rg1 Qxg5 15. Bxg5 Bd4 16. Rg2 Bxg2 17. Bxg2 $14) 14. Qe3 O-O-O $40)
13... Qe7 14. Qe3 (14. Bxg4 $2 Bc3+ 15. Kd1 Bxd2 16. Bxd2 O-O $19) 14... Bxe2
15. Qxe2 O-O-O 16. Bf4 Qb4+ 17. c3 Qxa4 18. Bxe5 f6 (18... Rhe8 $2 19. O-O f6
20. b3 $1 Qa5 21. Qg4+ Kb8 22. Bd4 $18) 19. Bd4 Rhe8 20. Be3 Qe4 21. Kf2 Qf5+
22. Qf3 (22. Kg1 Rd3 23. Qf2 Qxf2+ 24. Bxf2 Re2 25. Rb1 Rdd2 $15) 22... Qc2+
23. Qe2 Qf5+ $11) (11. Qf2 O-O-O 12. Bd3 Bb4+ 13. Bd2 Bxd2+ 14. Kxd2 Rd4 15.
Nc5 Ne5 16. Raf1 Nxd3 17. Nxd3 Rhd8 $17 {0-1 Ragger,M (2160)-Romanov,E (2316)/
Peniscola 2002/CBM 090 ext (29)}) 11... Bf3 12. Bg2 (12. Rh2 O-O-O (12... Bxe4
$2 13. Re2) 13. Bd3 Bxe4 $1 14. Bxe4 Bxf4 15. Qg2 Bxc1 16. Rxc1 Qg5 17. Rb1
Rhe8 $19) {[%tqu "En","How should Black continue?","","","d6f4","",10]} 12...
Bxf4 $1 13. gxf4 Nh4 {I guess that this move was overlooked by Boris Savchenko.
} 14. Kf2 Bxg2 15. Rd1 O-O $19 {Black is a pawn up, while white's queenside
pieces are still dreaming and white's king is unsafe as well.} 16. Qe3 Rfe8 17.
e5 Qg6 18. Nc3 Nf5 19. Qd3 Rad8 $1 (19... Rad8 $1 20. Qxd8 Qg3+ 21. Ke2 Qf3+
22. Ke1 Qf1+ 23. Kd2 Rxd8+ {winning the queen and mating as well.}) 0-1

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Tripoli"]
[Date "2004.07.03"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[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 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
c4 Nb6 ({Other main line is} 8... Ba6) 9. Nc3 a5 (9... Qe6 {is the main
alternative.}) 10. Bd2 (10. f4 {--> 1/2-1/2 Lautier,J-Hebden,M/Clichy 2001/CBM
85 [Postny,E] (27)}) ({A popular continuation is} 10. Qe4) 10... a4 (10... Ba6
{--> 1/2-1/2 Horvath,A-Kallio,H/Budapest 2002/CBM 89 [Postny,E] (49)}) 11.
O-O-O $5 $146 {[%mdl 8] Radjabov decided to go for a quick castling, which
appeares to be a novelty here.} (11. Qe4 g6 (11... Qe6 12. Bd3 Ba6 13. b3 d5
14. exd6 cxd6 15. O-O (15. Be3 $142 Qxe4 16. Bxe4 d5 17. Bxb6 Bb4 18. O-O-O
Bxc3 19. cxd5 cxd5 20. Bxd5 $16) 15... Qxe4 16. Bxe4 d5 $13 {1/2-1/2 Horvath,
A-Yeke,S/Chalkidiki 2002/CBM 92 (53)}) 12. Bd3 Bg7 13. O-O O-O 14. Rae1 d5 15.
exd6 Qxd6 16. Qf3 Bf5 17. Bxf5 Qxd2 18. Re2 Qd4 $132 {0-1 Chandler,M-Hebden,M/
Southend 2000/CBM 76 (53)}) 11... Ba6 12. Qe4 Qe6 {Black's last five moves
were directed to attack the Pc4.} 13. f4 {[%cal Gf4f5]} g6 (13... Bxc4 $4 14.
f5 $18 {[%csl Rc4,Re6]}) 14. g4 $1 {White is insisting to carry out the f4-f5
advance.} Bb4 $6 {Adams decided to decline the challenge, but after the move
in the text white has quite a stable advantage.} (14... Qxg4 15. e6 $6 {
This move was probably the main concern for Adams.} (15. Be3 $5) 15... fxe6 (
15... Qxe6 $2 16. Qd4 $18 {[%csl Gd1,Rh8][%cal Rd1e1,Re1e8]}) 16. Qe5 Rg8 {
This looks very dangerous for black, but the concrete variations does not
confirm it, for instanse:} 17. Qxc7 (17. Ne4 Be7 $1 18. Qxc7 Qf3 $17) 17...
Nxc4 18. Ne4 (18. Bxc4 Bxc4 19. Ne4 Be7 20. Bb4 e5 $1 {- see 18.Ne4.}) 18...
Be7 19. Bxc4 (19. Bb4 e5 $1) 19... Bxc4 20. Bb4 e5 $1 {[%cal Yg4d7]} (20... Bd5
$2 21. Bxe7 Kxe7 22. Qd6+ Kf7 23. Qxd7+ Kf8 24. Qd6+ Kg7 25. Qe5+ $16) 21. Bxe7
(21. Qxe5 Qe6 $17) 21... Qxf4+ 22. Rd2 Be6 $17) 15. f5 Qe7 16. Bd3 {White got
nice central pawns, which promise him an advantage.} Qc5 (16... Bxc4 17. Bxc4
Bxc3 18. Bxc3 d5 19. exd6 $1 Qxe4 20. Rhe1 Qxe1 21. Rxe1+ Kd7 22. Bxf7 $16) 17.
e6 $6 {Probably white should not hurry with this breakthrow.} ({Good enough is
} 17. Be3 Qa5 18. Ne2 $16) 17... fxe6 18. fxe6 O-O-O 19. Be3 (19. a3 $2 Bxa3 $1
20. bxa3 Qxa3+ 21. Kb1 Qb3+ 22. Ka1 Bxc4 {and black is at least not worse.})
19... Qa5 20. Bxb6 {White is already committed to go for forced play,
otherwise black will consolidate his position.} (20. Ne2 $6 Rhe8) 20... cxb6
21. exd7+ Kb7 (21... Kxd7 $5 {This wild suggestion of Fritz is not easy to
refute, for example:} 22. c5 Bxd3 23. Rxd3+ Kc7 24. Qe7+ Kc8 25. Qe6+ Kb7 {
and black survives.}) 22. Nb5 $1 {[%csl Ra5] Cutting black's queen off the
game.} ({Possible was} 22. Qd4 Qg5+ 23. Kb1 Bc5 24. Qe4 Rxd7 25. Nxa4 $14 {
, but the move in the text is stronger.}) 22... Rxd7 23. a3 Bf8 (23... Bc5 24.
Be2 Rhd8 (24... Re7 {[%tqu "En","Please enter a move for white.","","","e4c6",
"and white is a pawn up.",5]} 25. Qxc6+ $1 {and white is a pawn up.}) 25. Rxd7+
Rxd7 26. Rd1 Rxd1+ 27. Kxd1 $18 {[%csl Ra5,Ra6,Rb7] and black has a big
problems.}) 24. Rhf1 {[%csl Rc6][%cal Gf1f6]} Re7 25. Nd6+ Kc7 26. Qf4 Bg7 27.
Ne8+ {It's very strange, that Radjabov offered a draw here, especially in the
situation when he was a point down in the match... Probably, he was too tired
after too many nerve-racking tie-breaks...} (27. Ne8+ Kb7 28. Nxg7 Rxg7 29. Qd4
Rhg8 30. Rf8 $1 Qc5 31. Qxc5 bxc5 32. Rf6 $16) 1/2-1/2

[Event "FRA-chT poule haute"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "2003.05.10"]
[Round "11.6"]
[White "Godena, Michele"]
[Black "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2524"]
[BlackElo "2593"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[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 "Cannes"]
[BlackTeam "Paris NAO"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. c3 Nge7 7. Qd2 {
This move was popular in the 19th century. Nowadays it's a rare guest in
practice. The main line is 7.Bc4.} O-O (7... d5 $2 8. Nb5 Bxe3 9. Qxe3 Qe5 10.
f4 Nf5 11. fxe5 Nxe3 12. Nxc7+ Kd8 13. Nxa8 Nc2+ 14. Kd2 Nxa1 15. exd5 Nxe5 16.
Na3 $18 {1-0 Tarrasch,S-Von Gottschall,H/Hamburg 1885/HCL (37)}) ({Playable is
} 7... a6 {as a prophylactic against white's possible Nd4-b5.}) 8. Nc2 {
White decided to play safely, without striving for the opening advantage.} ({
The critical variation is:} 8. Nb5 Bxe3 9. Qxe3 d5 10. Nxc7 Rb8 11. Nxd5 (11.
Nd2 dxe4 12. O-O-O Qe5 13. Qg3 Qxg3 14. hxg3 Bf5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Maiorov,
O-Malaniuk,V/Krasnodar 2001/EXT 2002 (77)}) 11... Nxd5 12. exd5 Nb4 13. Qd2
Re8+ 14. Be2 Bg4 15. f3 Nxd5 (15... Bxf3 16. gxf3 Qxf3 17. Rg1 Nd3+ 18. Kd1
Nf2+ $11 {Lupu,M-Solozhenkin,E/Spain 1993}) 16. O-O $2 (16. Qxd5 Rbd8 17. Qxb7
Re7 $44 {Miles,A}) 16... Nf4 17. Bd1 Rbd8 18. Qf2 Bh3 {0-1 Lupu,M-Miles,A/
Cappelle la Grande 1994}) 8... Bxe3 9. Nxe3 d6 10. Na3 {[%csl Rc7][%cal Ga3b5]}
a6 11. Bd3 $146 (11. Nac2 Qg6 12. f3 f5 13. Bc4+ Be6 14. exf5 Nxf5 15. Bxe6+
Qxe6 16. O-O $11 {1/2-1/2 Blackburne,J-Baird,D/New York 1889/HCL (45)}) 11...
Ne5 12. Bc2 b5 {[%csl Ra3] Restricting the Na3.} 13. O-O-O $6 {Logical, but a
committing decision. The opposite castles usually lead to a sharp play. In
this case black seems to be preferable.} (13. O-O $11) 13... Rb8 14. Rdf1 {
[%cal Gf2f4]} N5c6 ({The immediate} 14... b4 $1 {was probably more in the
spirit of the position.} 15. cxb4 (15. Nb1 Be6 $15) 15... N5c6 16. Qc3 Qh6 $36)
15. f4 b4 16. Nb1 bxc3 (16... Be6 $6 17. c4 {closing the position on the
queenside.}) 17. Nxc3 Qd4 $6 {This is a dubious decision, since white's king
is less safe, than his counterpart and therefore, the exchange of queens
should be in white's favour.} ({More unpleasant for white seems to be} 17...
Nb4 18. Bb3 Be6) ({or} 17... a5 $5 {[%cal Yc8a6]}) 18. Qxd4 Nxd4 19. Ba4 $1 {
Now white is OK and can even hope for a slight edge, thanks to preferable pawn
structure.} f5 20. Rd1 c5 $6 {A risky move, which weakens the pawn d6.} (20...
Ne6 21. e5 dxe5 22. fxe5 Ng6 $11) 21. Nc2 $1 {Eliminating black's centralized
knight. After this black's d6 pawn will be a serious weakness.} fxe4 22. Nxd4
cxd4 23. Rxd4 d5 $6 {Another optimistic decision.} (23... Rxf4 $142 24. Rxd6
$14) 24. Bb3 Be6 25. g3 {Black's central pawns should not stay for long, but
black is hoping to use some tactical aspects in the position to hold the
balance.} Kf7 26. Rhd1 (26. Nxd5 $2 Rxb3 27. Nxe7 Rd3 28. Rxd3 exd3 29. Nc6 Rc8
$19 {[%csl Rc6]}) ({It was possible to capture the pawn by the bishop:} 26.
Bxd5 Nxd5 27. Nxd5 Rfd8 28. Rhd1 $16) 26... Rfc8 27. Kb1 Rc5 28. Nxe4 $2 {
Very brave and strange piece sacrifice, for a very murky compensation. White
could get the advantage by simply capturing the Pd5.} (28. Nxd5 $6 Rxb3 29.
Nxe7 Rd3 30. R1xd3 exd3 31. f5 $11) ({Simple and good was} 28. Bxd5 $1 Nxd5 (
28... Rxc3 $2 29. Bxe6+ Kxe6 30. Rxe4+ Kf6 31. Rd6+ Kf7 32. Rd7 $18) 29. Nxd5 {
and black is not able to compensate the lack of pawn, for instanse:} Bg4 30.
Rc1 Rxc1+ 31. Kxc1 Rd8 32. Rd2 $16 {[%cal Gd5e3]}) 28... dxe4 29. Bxe6+ Kxe6
30. Rxe4+ Kf7 31. Rd7 Re8 32. Ra7 {Objectively speaking, white is fighting for
a draw, though all three results are possible.} Rc6 33. a3 (33. Ra4 $2 Rd8 {
[%csl Rb1] black's rook is joining the battle with tempo.}) 33... Rb6 34. Ka2 (
34. Ra4 $2 Reb8 {and white must make a concession. After 35.b4 his king
becomes vulnerable.}) 34... Kf8 35. Ra4 Nd5 $6 ({It looks like} 35... Rh6 $1 {
[%csl Rh2] could give black good winning chances.}) 36. R4xa6 Rxa6 37. Rxa6 Re2
38. Kb3 Rxh2 39. Rd6 Rd2 $1 (39... Nf6 {[%csl Rg3][%cal Gf6e4]} 40. a4 Ne4 41.
Rd5 Nxg3 42. a5 {may be dangerous for black.}) 40. Rd7 $1 (40. a4 $2 Ke7 {
[%csl Ge7]}) 40... Rd3+ {Forcing a simplification, which leads to equality.} ({
Black's last winning attempt was} 40... Rd4 $5 41. Rb7 Ne7) 41. Kc4 $8 Nb6+ 42.
Kxd3 Nxd7 43. Kd4 Ke7 44. a4 Kd6 45. a5 $1 {The "a" pawn will distract one of
black's pieces from the kingside.} Kc6 46. Ke4 {The following variations
confirm, that this endgame is drawish.} (46. Ke4 Nc5+ $1 47. Ke5 Kb5 48. b4 $1
(48. f5 $2 Kxa5 49. g4 h6 50. Kd6 Ne4+ 51. Ke6 Nf6 52. Kf7 Nxg4 53. Kxg7 h5 $19
) 48... Kxb4 49. a6 $1 Nxa6 50. Ke6 Nc5+ 51. Kf7 Ne4 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Montreal 4th"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2003.08.02"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Nataf, Igor Alexandre"]
[Black "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2549"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[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 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. Nb5 $6 {This
continuation is a very rare guest in practice, especially on high level,
although white scored 70% (!) in this line.} Bxe3 7. fxe3 Qh4+ (7... Qe5 8. Nd2
Kd8 9. Nc3 Nf6 10. Qf3 d6 11. h3 Be6 12. O-O-O $13 {Encyklopaedia of chess
openings.}) 8. g3 Qd8 (8... Qxe4 9. Nxc7+ Kd8 10. Nxa8 Qxh1 11. Qd6 (11. Qg4
Qg1 12. Qxg7 Qxe3+ 13. Be2 Qg1+ 14. Bf1 Qe3+ 15. Be2 Qg1+ 16. Bf1 Qe3+ {
1/2-1/2 Langer,M-Kamberi,S/22nd NAO, Oklahoma USA 2003 (16)}) 11... Nf6 12. Nd2
Ne4 13. Qc7+ Ke7 14. O-O-O Nxd2 15. Bb5 Qd5 16. Bxc6 bxc6 17. Rxd2 Qc5 18. Rd4
f6 19. b4 Qc3 20. Re4+ Kf7 21. Qxa7 Re8 22. Rxe8 Qe1+ 23. Kb2 Qxb4+ 24. Kc1
Qe1+ 25. Kb2 Qb4+ 26. Kc1 {1/2-1/2 Mieses,J-Sergeant,E/Hastings 1945}) 9. Qg4
Kf8 (9... g6 $6 10. Qf4 d6 11. Bc4 Be6 12. Bxe6 fxe6 13. O-O Nge7 14. N1c3 Ne5
15. Qf6 Kd7 16. Nd4 Qg8 17. Ncb5 N7c6 18. Nxc6 bxc6 19. Rad1 Rf8 20. Qxe5 Rxf1+
21. Kxf1 Qf7+ 22. Kg2 Rf8 23. Nxd6 Qf3+ 24. Kh3 Qxd1 25. Qg7+ Kxd6 26. Qxf8+
$18 {1-0 Spielmann,R-Rubinstein,A/Stockholm 1919/HCL (42)}) 10. Qf4 d6 11. N1c3
Nge7 $6 $146 (11... Ne5 $1 {[%csl Yc4,Yf1][%cal Ye5c4] It is important to
prevent from white to put his bishop on c4.} 12. O-O-O Bg4 13. Be2 h5 14. Bxg4
hxg4 15. Nd5 g5 16. Qf5 Nh6 17. Qf2 c6 18. Ndc7 Kg7 19. Nxa8 cxb5 20. Rhf1 Kh7
21. Qe2 Qe7 22. Nb6 axb6 23. Qxb5 $13 {1-0 Bernstein,O-Swiderski,R/Ostende
1907/HCL (26)}) 12. Bc4 f6 $2 {Such weakening moves should not be played till
the very necessary.} (12... Ne5 $142 13. Bb3 N7g6 14. Qf2 Bh3 15. O-O-O a6 16.
Nd4 Kg8) 13. O-O-O $36 {White has long-term initiative, while black can not
exploit white's pawn weaknesses.} Ng6 14. Qf1 Nce5 15. Bb3 Bg4 16. Rd2 Bd7 17.
h3 {From the positional point of view - black's position is nearly perfect,
but he can not solve his main problem - the bad placement of his king.} h5 18.
Nd4 c6 $6 {This move certainly can not be recommended, since it seriously
weakens the d6 pawn. On the other hand it is very hard to suggest any
reasonable plan for black.} 19. Nf5 {It looks like black's position is already
beyond saving.} Bxf5 20. exf5 Ne7 21. e4 {White has big advantage in space,
which helps him to start a direct attack against the black monarch.} a5 22. Be6
(22. Qd1 Qc7 23. Rxd6 $6 Nd5 {leads to unnecessary complications.}) 22... Qc7
23. g4 g5 {[%tqu "En","Find the best move for white.","","","h3h4","Opening
all the files against the black monarch. White's attack is irresistible.",10,
"f5g6","",0]} 24. h4 $1 {Opening all the files against the black monarch.
White's attack is irresistible.} (24. fxg6 $6 Kg7) 24... gxh4 (24... hxg4 25.
hxg5 Kg7 26. Rdh2 $18) (24... Nxg4 25. hxg5 fxg5 26. f6 $18) 25. Rxh4 Qb6 {
[%cal Gb6e3]} 26. Nd1 $1 Kg7 27. gxh5 Kh7 28. Rg2 Rhg8 {Black is desperately
sacrificing a lot of material in order to survive the attack, but white can
even refrain from the capture...} 29. Rg6 Qd8 30. Qf4 Qf8 31. Rh2 (31. Nf2 {
[%cal Gf2g4] was quickly winning as well.}) 31... Rh8 32. Ne3 Re8 33. Rhg2
N5xg6 34. fxg6+ Kg7 35. Rh2 f5 (35... Rh6 36. Ng4 $18) 36. exf5 Nxg6 37. f6+ (
37. f6+ Qxf6 38. h6+ {with quick mate.}) 1-0

[Event "Corus-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2003.01.21"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Van der Wiel, John"]
[Black "Hector, Jonny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2509"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[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 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Qf6 5. Nxc6 Bc5 6. Qd2 dxc6 7. Nc3 Qe7 {
This Morozevich's move gained popularity in last few years.} 8. Qg5 {The best
way to fight for the advantage.} Nf6 9. Be3 Bd6 10. Bd4 (10. Be2 {appeared in
the game Motylev,A-Ivanchuk,V/FIDE GP Moscow 2002/CBM 90}) 10... Rg8 {This
continuation looks a bit awkward, but quite playable.} (10... O-O 11. O-O-O {
- see the commented games Van der Wiel,J-Van den Doel,E/NED-ch 2002/CBM 90 
[Postny] and  Tiviakov,S-Van den Doel,E/NED-ch 2002/CBM 90 [Postny].}) 11. f3
$6 $146 ({In the only preceding game white choose the more logical} 11. O-O-O {
- see Mellado Trivino,J-Korneev,O/Elgoibar 1998/CBM 69 [Mikhalevski,V]}) 11...
h6 12. Qd2 Nd5 $1 {Exploiting the pin along the "e" file black transfering his
knight to better pastures.} 13. Ne2 (13. O-O-O $4 Bf4 $19) 13... Nb6 14. O-O-O
Nc4 15. Qd3 (15. Qc3 Be6 16. f4 (16. Bxg7 $4 Qg5+ $19) 16... f6 {and black is
O.K.}) 15... Be6 16. b3 Ne5 17. Qe3 O-O-O {It can be concluded, that black has
solved the opening problems. The drawbacks of the pawn structure are fully
compensated by better pieces coordination.} 18. Kb1 Ba3 ({Comes into
consideration} 18... g5) 19. Nc3 f6 20. Be2 b6 21. Na4 ({More in the spirit of
the position would be} 21. f4 Nf7 22. Qf2) 21... c5 22. Bxe5 fxe5 23. Bc4 $1 (
23. Nb2 Bxb2 24. Kxb2 $11) 23... Rd4 24. Bxe6+ (24. Bd5 Rd8 25. Nc3 (25. c3
Bxd5 26. cxd4 cxd4 $15) 25... Kb8 $1 (25... Bb4 26. Nb5 Bxd5 27. exd5 R4xd5 28.
Nxa7+ Kb7 29. Rxd5 Rxd5 30. Qe4 $18) 26. Nb5 c6 $1 $15) 24... Qxe6 25. c3 (25.
Nc3 c6 (25... Rgd8 26. Qe2 {[%cal Ge2a6]} Kb7 27. Nb5 $14) 26. Ne2 Rd6 {
The position is balanced.}) 25... Rd6 26. Qe2 Rgd8 27. Nb2 Bxb2 28. Kxb2 c4 $1
$11 {Black is taking the opportunity to get rid of his double pawns.} 29. bxc4
Rxd1 (29... Qd7 $6 30. Rd5 c6 31. Rxd6 Qxd6 32. Rc1) 30. Rxd1 Rxd1 31. Qxd1
Qxc4 32. Qd5 $1 {The safest way to equalize, but requires an accurate
calculation of tempos in the forthcoming pawn endgame.} Qxd5 33. exd5 Kd7 34.
Kb3 Kd6 35. Kc4 h5 36. h4 g6 37. a3 a6 38. a4 Ke7 (38... b5+ 39. axb5 axb5+ 40.
Kxb5 Kxd5 41. c4+ Kd4 42. Kc6 Kxc4 43. Kxc7 Kd5 44. Kd7 e4 45. fxe4+ Kxe4 46.
Ke6 Kf4 47. Kf6 Kg4 48. Kxg6 Kxh4 $11) 39. Kb4 Kd7 40. c4 Kd6 41. a5 {The
final simplification, which leads to a forced draw.} bxa5+ 42. Kxa5 Kc5 43.
Kxa6 Kxc4 44. Kb7 Kxd5 45. Kxc7 e4 46. fxe4+ Kxe4 47. Kd6 Kf4 (47... Kf4 48.
Ke6 Kg4 49. Kf6 Kxh4 50. Kxg6 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "SWE-ch"]
[Site "Linkoping"]
[Date "2001.07.06"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Hector, Jonny"]
[Black "Barkhagen, Jonas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2546"]
[BlackElo "2456"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2001.06.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 085"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
c4 Nb6 9. Nd2 Bb7 {Other main options are:9...a5; 9...Qe6.} 10. f4 $146 {
In according to Mega database this move is new.In the preceding games white
mostly played 10.b3.For instanse:} (10. b3 O-O-O 11. Bb2 d5 (11... c5 12. O-O-O
d6 13. exd6 Qxd6 14. Qg4+ Kb8 15. Be2 h5 16. Qg3 Qh6 17. Bf3 h4 18. Qg4 Bc8 19.
Qe4 Bd6 20. Bc3 Rhe8 21. Qc2 Qg5 $132 {1/2-1/2 Shaked,T-Morovic Fernandez,I /
FIDE-Wch k.o. 1997/CBM 63 (51)}) 12. O-O-O Qe6 13. Qe3 Bb4 14. cxd5 cxd5 15.
Nf3 Kb8 16. Bd3 Rhe8 $13 {1/2-1/2 Shaked,T-Morovic Fernandez,I /FIDE-Wch k.o.
1997/CBM 63 (53) [Mikhalevski V.]}) 10... c5 (10... d5 {could be the
alternative way to meet white's novelty.}) 11. Nf3 O-O-O 12. a4 $6 {White's
development isn't so great, so this flank aggression shouldn't be encouraged.}
({The normal way to continue is:} 12. Bd2 d6 13. O-O-O dxe5 14. fxe5) 12... d6
13. a5 $6 {White is consistant with his unsuccessful idea.} ({Again preferable
was} 13. Bd2 {.White should not be afraid of} Bxf3 $6 14. Qxf3 dxe5 15. Be2 $44
{[%csl Rc8]}) 13... Nd7 14. Ra3 (14. exd6 Qxd6 15. Bd2 Qf6 $1 16. O-O-O Bd6 17.
g3 Rhe8 18. Qf2 {[%tqu "En","How should black continue?","","","g7g5","",5]} g5
$1 $17 {This is an instructive variation, that demonstrates, that white can't
complete his development normally.This time has been lost on the "manouvre"
a4-a5.}) 14... g6 $2 {Allows black to rehabilitate his position.} (14... dxe5
15. Nxe5 (15. fxe5 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Nxe5 17. Qa8+ Kd7 $17) 15... Nxe5 16. fxe5 Qe6
$5 $15) 15. g3 $1 Bh6 ({Probably} 15... dxe5 {was again the better option.The
game may continue:} 16. a6 Bc6 17. fxe5 Re8 (17... Nxe5 $6 18. Nxe5 Bxh1 19.
Re3 $1 Qe6 20. Bg2 Bxg2 (20... Bh6 $2 21. Bxh1 Bxe3 22. Bb7+ Kb8 23. Nc6+ Qxc6
24. Bxc6 Bxc1 25. Qf3 $18 {[%csl Rb8]}) 21. Qxg2 Qb6 22. Qa8+ Qb8 23. Qxb8+
Kxb8 24. Nxf7 $14) 18. Bg2 $1 (18. Bh3 f5 19. O-O Nxe5 20. Nxe5 Qxe5 21. Re3
Qd4 $17) 18... Bg7 19. Be3 Bxe5 20. Nxe5 Nxe5 21. Bxc6 Nxc6 22. O-O $44 {
[%csl Rc5,Rc8]}) 16. a6 Bc6 17. Bh3 (17. Bg2 $5 dxe5 18. Nxe5 Nxe5 (18... Bxg2
$6 19. Qxg2 Nxe5 20. O-O $1 {[%csl Rc8] This idea was found by Fritz.} Ng4 (
20... Nxc4 21. Qb7+ Kd7 22. Qb5+ Kc8 23. Qxc4 $36) 21. Qa8+ $1 Kd7 22. Rd3+ Ke6
(22... Ke8 $2 23. Rxd8+ Qxd8 24. Re1+ $18) 23. Qf3 $1 Rxd3 24. Qxd3 Qd6 25.
Qe2+ Kf6 (25... Kf5 26. Rd1 $18) 26. Qxg4 $14) 19. O-O Nf3+ $1 (19... Bxg2 20.
Qxg2 {-see 18...Bg2.}) 20. Bxf3 Qxe2 21. Bxe2 Rhe8 22. Bf3 Bxf3 23. Raxf3 {
with approximately equal position.}) 17... dxe5 18. O-O f5 (18... Rhe8 $2 19.
Nxe5 $16 f6 $2 20. Nxc6 $1 Qxe2 21. Rb3 $18 {[%cal Rb3b8,Rc6a7]}) 19. Nxe5 $2 (
19. fxe5 Bxc1 20. Rxc1 Rhe8 21. Re3 $14) 19... Nxe5 20. Re3 $2 {The final
mistake.} ({The least of the evils for white was:} 20. Qxe5 Qxe5 21. fxe5 Bxc1
22. Rxc1 Rhe8 $17) 20... Qd7 21. Rxe5 Bg7 $19 {[%csl Gd4,Re5,Rg1,Yh3][%cal
Gg7d4] Now it's all over for white.Almost all of white's pieces are badly
placed and the piece coordination is non-existant.} 22. Rd5 Bxd5 23. cxd5 Rhe8
24. Qc2 Qxd5 {A dream position for black!} 25. Bg2 Qd3 26. Bb7+ Kb8 27. Qg2 Re2
28. Qh3 {[%csl Yh3] A horrible position for the Q, just as horrible as a
couple of moves ago when the bishop occupied it...} Rd5 $1 {A humourous touch.}
0-1

[Event "NED-ch60"]
[Site "Leeuwarden"]
[Date "2005.09.08"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Smeets, Jan"]
[Black "Van den Doel, Erik"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2537"]
[BlackElo "2587"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2005.09.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
c4 Nb6 9. Nc3 Qe6 10. Qe4 Ba6 ({Solid alternative is} 10... d5 {The move in
the text leads to more complicated struggle.}) 11. b3 O-O-O (11... Bb4 12. Bd2
Bxc3 13. Bxc3 d5 14. Qh4 $1 {is the Kasparov's line where white has chances to
seize initiative.}) 12. c5 (12. Bb2 Re8 13. f4 f6 14. O-O-O fxe5 15. c5 Bxf1
16. cxb6 Ba6 17. Qa4 $1 {A strong novelty, which turns the evaluation of the
position from equal to white's favour.} (17. bxa7 Kb7 18. Rhe1 d5 $2 (18... Bd6
{This should be the most critical line.For instance:} 19. fxe5 Bxe5 20. Qb4+ (
20. Kb1 Kxa7 21. Nb5+ Bxb5 22. Bxe5 Kb7 $15) 20... Ka8 $1 (20... Kxa7 21. Nb5+
cxb5 22. Bxe5 $36) 21. Ne4 Bxb2+ 22. Kxb2 Qg4 $15) 19. Qxe5 {The forthcoming
endgame is unpleasant for black.} Qxe5 20. fxe5 Bc5 $8 (20... Kxa7 21. Na4 $16
{[%csl Rc5][%cal Gb2d4]}) 21. Na4 Bf2 22. Bd4 {Of course white should not
hesitate to sacrifice an exchange in this position...} Bxe1 23. Rxe1 $14 {
1/2-1/2 Morozevich,A (2742)-Khalifman,A (2688)/Wijk aan Zee 2002/CBM 87_01/
[Postny] (50)}) 17... Kb7 18. bxc7 {This is the idea of white's previous move.
Now the black squares near the black monarch are weak and will be a target for
white's pieces.} d5 (18... exf4 19. Rhe1 Qf7 (19... Qxe1 $2 20. c8=Q+ $1 $18 {
[%csl Ra6]}) 20. Ne4 {with a dangerous initiative.}) 19. Rhe1 Bd6 $6 (19... e4
$2 20. Nxe4 $1 Bb5 (20... dxe4 21. Rd8 Kxc7 22. Rxe8 Qxe8 23. Qxa6 $18) 21. Qa5
$40 {[%csl Ra7][%cal Gb2d4]}) (19... Bc5 $5) 20. fxe5 Bxc7 21. Qb4+ Bb6 (21...
Ka8 22. Na4 Qh6+ 23. Kb1 Qxh2 24. Nc5 Bc8 25. Qa4 Bb7 26. Rc1 $40 {[%csl Rc6]})
22. Na4 Qe7 23. Qxe7+ Rxe7 24. Ba3 Re6 25. Nc5+ Bxc5 26. Bxc5 $16 {1-0 Zelcic,
R (2554)-Sermek,D (2590)/Solin/Spilt 2002/CBM 93_01/[Postny] (43)}) (12. f4 f6
13. c5 $6 Bxf1 14. cxb6 Ba6 15. bxa7 Kb7 16. b4 $2 {This is already a serious
mistake.} (16. Be3 d5 17. exd6 Qxe4 18. Nxe4 Re8 19. Nc5+ Kxa7 20. Nxa6+ Kxa6
21. Kf2 cxd6 $11) 16... d5 $1 17. Qd4 (17. exd6 $2 Qxe4+ 18. Nxe4 Re8 $19)
17... fxe5 18. fxe5 Bd6 19. Bf4 Bxe5 20. Bxe5 Rhe8 21. O-O-O Qxe5 22. Qxe5 Rxe5
$17 {0-1 Kotsur,P (2576)-Pavasovic,D (2515)/Dubai 2001/CBM 83_01/[Postny] (43)}
) 12... Bxf1 13. cxb6 d5 14. exd6 $6 {Not the best continuation.} (14. Qf4 $6
Bxg2 15. bxa7 Kd7 $1 16. Rg1 Bd6 $1 17. Na4 $1 Qxe5+ 18. Qxe5 Bxe5 19. Bb2 Bxb2
20. Nxb2 Be4 $15 {[%csl Ra7][%cal Gd8a8,Ge4g6] Mikhalevski,V}) (14. bxa7 $5 Kb7
(14... dxe4 $5 15. a8=Q+ Kd7 16. Qa5 Bxg2 17. Bg5 $1 {[%cal Ge1c1]} Rc8 $1 18.
Rd1+ (18. O-O-O+ Ke8 19. Rhg1 Bf3 $13) 18... Ke8 19. Rg1 (19. Qxc7 $2 f6 $1)
19... Bf3 $13) 15. Qf4 $1 (15. Qf3 $2 Bxg2 $1 16. Qxg2 Qxe5+ 17. Kd2 Bb4 18.
Bb2 d4 $19) 15... Bxg2 16. Rg1 Bh3 $13 {Mikhalevski,V}) 14... Qxe4+ 15. Nxe4
Bxg2 16. bxa7 Kb7 (16... Kd7 $2 17. Nc5+ Kxd6 18. Nb7+ $18 {[%csl Rd6,Rd8]})
17. Nc5+ Ka8 $1 (17... Kxa7 18. Be3 (18. Rg1 cxd6 (18... Bxd6 $2 19. Be3 {
[%csl Ra7,Rd8,Rg2][%cal Gc5e6]}) 19. Rxg2 dxc5) 18... Bxh1 19. Ne6+ Ka6 20.
Nxd8 Bxd6 $1 (20... cxd6 $143 21. Nxf7 $5 Rg8 22. Bf4 $1 d5 $140 (22... g5 $5)
23. Ke2 Be4 24. Rc1 Kb6 (24... Kb7 25. Nd8+) 25. Ne5 {[%csl Rc6][%cal Ge5d7]}
c5 26. Nd7+ Kb5 27. Bd2 $3 {[%cal Ga2a4]} d4 28. a4+ Kc6 29. Nxc5 $1 Bxc5 30.
b4 d3+ 31. Ke1 $16) 21. Nxf7 Re8 22. Nxd6 cxd6 $11 23. O-O-O Bd5 $11 {
Mikhalevski,V}) 18. Rg1 Bd5 19. Be3 (19. dxc7 $2 Re8+ 20. Be3 Rxe3+ (20... Bxc5
$2 21. c8=Q+ Rxc8 22. Bxc5 $16) 21. fxe3 Bxc5 22. Rxg7 Kxa7 (22... Bxe3 23.
Rxh7 Rc8 $17) 23. Rxh7 Re8 $17 {[%csl Gc5,Gd5]}) 19... Bxd6 $1 {It's more
important to develop the bishop to an active position rather than to repair
the pawn structure.} (19... cxd6 20. Na4 $1 Be6 21. Nb6+ Kxa7 22. Nd7+ Kb7 23.
Nxf8 Rhxf8 24. Rxg7 Rg8 $11 25. Rxg8 Rxg8 26. O-O-O $11) 20. h3 $1 $146 {
[%mdl 8] This move was already pointed out by GM Mikhalevski 5 years ago, and
now it finally appears in a over the board game! On the other hand, the whole
line is not so sound for white.} (20. O-O-O $2 Bxh2 21. Rxg7 h5 22. Nd3 h4 23.
Nf4 h3 24. Nxd5 $8 cxd5 $17 {[%csl Gh3] 0-1 Van der Wiel,J (2558)-Van den Doel,
E (2522)/Rotterdam 2000/CBM 077/[Mikhalevski,V] (37)}) 20... Bh2 $6 {Not the
best reaction.} (20... Rhe8 $1 {seems to be more troublesome for white. For
example:} 21. Rc1 Bf3 22. Kf1 (22. Rxg7 $4 Bxc5 23. Rxc5 Rd1#) 22... g6 $36 {
[%csl Gd6,Gf3]}) 21. Rg4 Bf3 22. Rxg7 Rd5 $5 {Van den Doel refrains from
winning the exchange.} (22... Be5 23. Rg3 Bxa1 24. Rxf3 f6 $15) 23. Rxf7 Bh5
24. Rd7 Bd6 {Threateting 25...Bxc5 26.Rxd5 Bb4+.} 25. Kf1 $1 (25. Na6 Rg8 26.
Kf1 Kb7 $17) (25. Rc1 Rg8 26. Kf1 Bg6 (26... Bh2 $2 27. f4 {[%csl Rh2]}) 27.
Ke2 Bxc5 28. Rxd5 Bxe3 29. Rxc6 Bb6 $15 {[%csl Gb6,Gg6]}) 25... Rxc5 26. Bxc5
Bxc5 27. Rc1 Bxa7 ({The last attempt for a win would have been:} 27... Bb6 $5
28. Rxc6 Bg6 {though, white should not be worse here thanks to active rooks.})
28. Rxc7 Rf8 29. R1xc6 Rxf2+ 30. Ke1 Re2+ {Black does not have anything more
than a perpetual check.} 31. Kf1 Rf2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 0506"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2006.03.12"]
[Round "13.1"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Black "McShane, Luke J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2005.10.21"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Godesberg"]
[BlackTeam "Werder Bremen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bb4+ {A rare move. Thee main lines are
4...Bc5 and 4...Nf6.} 5. c3 Bc5 {Black loses a tempi on purpose in order to
force white's pawn to come to c3 which robs from the white queenside knight of
it's natural developing square.} ({Another playable alternative is} 5... Be7)
6. Be3 Bb6 7. Nf5 (7. Qg4 Qf6 8. Qg3 Qg6 (8... Nxd4 $2 9. cxd4 Bxd4 10. Bxd4
Qxd4 11. Nc3 Ne7 12. Qxc7 $16 {1-0 Kasparov,G (2827)-Unzicker,W (2432)/Zuerich
2001/CBM 83_01 [Postny,E] (26)}) 9. Nf5 d6 $1 10. Bxb6 (10. Nxg7+ Kf8 11. Nf5
Bxf5 12. exf5 Qxg3 13. hxg3 Bxe3 14. fxe3 Nf6 {with an excellent compensation
for the pawn.}) 10... axb6 11. Ne3 Nf6 $11 {0-1 Nakamura,H (2568)-Goldin,A 
(2608)/Buenos Aires 2003/CBM 97_01 [Postny,E] (51)}) (7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. Bd4 Nf6
9. e5 Qe7 10. Be2 Nd5 11. Bf3 O-O 12. O-O Ba6 13. Re1 Nf4 14. Be4 Rab8 15. Bxb6
Rxb6 16. Qd2 f5 17. exf6 Qxf6 18. b3 Rb5 19. Na3 Rg5 $40 {0-1 Ni Hua (2528)
-Tkachiev,V (2642)/Shanghai 2001/CBM 85_01 (29)}) 7... Bxe3 8. Nxe3 Nf6 ({
Black can also develop his knight to e7:} 8... Nge7 9. c4 O-O 10. Nc3 d6 11.
Bd3 Nd4 12. O-O c5 13. Qh5 g6 14. Qh6 Kh8 15. Rae1 $14 {0-1 Savchenko,B (2510)
-Sorokin,M (2510)/Sochi 2004/CBM 100 ext (26)}) 9. f3 O-O 10. c4 $1 {Getting
space in the centre and preparing the queenside development.} Nh5 $6 {This
plan is not the best one. It's more sound to transfer the knight to c5 with
following f7-f5 advance at the appropriate point.} (10... d6 11. Nc3 Nd7 12.
Qd2 Nc5 13. Be2 f5 14. exf5 Bxf5 15. Nxf5 Rxf5 16. O-O-O a5 $11 {1/2-1/2
Ivanchuk,V (2730)-Morovic Fernandez,I (2605)/Cap d'Agde 1998/EXT 99 (43)}) 11.
Qd2 d6 (11... Qh4+ 12. Qf2 $14) 12. Nc3 Nf4 (12... Qh4+ $5 13. Qf2 Qg5 14. g3
Be6 15. f4 Qa5 16. O-O-O Nf6 17. Ned5 $14 {1-0 Markovic,I (2502)-Pap,M (2441)/
Budva 2003/CBM 096 ext (62)}) 13. O-O-O a6 14. Ned5 Ne6 {It's unfavourable for
black to take on d5, therefore he has to retreat.} 15. Qe3 Bd7 16. f4 $16 {
White enjoys a space advantage and has a clear plan of advancing the kingside
pawns towards the black monarch. On the other hand, black is not able to carry
out neither b7-b5, nor f7-f5, therefore his position is already very difficult.
} f6 (16... f5 17. exf5 Rxf5 18. g4 Rf7 19. f5 $16) 17. h4 Ne7 18. g4 Nxd5 {
What else?} 19. cxd5 Nc5 20. g5 Qe7 21. Bc4 b5 $5 {I don't think that McShane
blundered white's reply, but he probably wanted to change the course of the
game even at a price of a pawn.} (21... Kh8 {[%csl Re4][%cal Ga8e8] was
probably stronger, but could not change the evaluation of the position as
clearly better for white.}) 22. Qxc5 $1 bxc4 (22... dxc5 $2 23. d6+ Qf7 24.
Bxf7+ Rxf7 25. dxc7 $18) 23. Qxc7 fxg5 24. fxg5 Rf3 (24... Rac8 25. Qa7 {
and white's queen comes out to an ideal d4 square.}) 25. Qxc4 Bb5 26. Qd4 Rc8
27. Kb1 Rc4 28. Qd2 Qe5 29. Rhe1 {Black is two pawns down, his compensation is
definitely insufficient. The best he can hope for is to gain back one pawn...}
Rh3 30. g6 $1 Rxh4 (30... hxg6 31. Qg5 Qf6 32. e5 $18) 31. Qf2 Rf4 32. gxh7+
Kh8 {Using the enemy pawn as a shelter.} 33. Qg3 Rb4 34. Ka1 {The safest move.}
({Leads to some complications:} 34. Qh3 Rf2 35. b3 (35. Qc8+ Qe8 36. Qxe8+ Bxe8
37. b3 Bg6 $132) 35... Rh2 36. Qc8+ Be8) 34... Bd7 35. Qe3 Rfxe4 36. Qxe4 $1 (
36. Nxe4 $4 Qxb2#) 36... Rxe4 37. Rxe4 Qh2 38. Ree1 $1 {Connecting the rooks
and protecting the Ph7 as well.} Bg4 39. Rh1 Qc2 40. Rc1 Qd3 41. Rce1 Bd7 42.
Ne4 Bb5 43. Nxd6 ({An immediate win is after} 43. a4 $1 {distracting the
bishop.} Bxa4 44. Ref1 $18 {[%cal Rf1f8]}) 43... Qxd5 44. Rd1 Bd3 45. Nf7+ Qxf7
46. Rxd3 Qc7 47. Rg1 Kxh7 48. Rdg3 Kh8 49. a3 $1 {Making the last preparations
before transposing the game into a won pawns endgame.} Qe5 50. Rxg7 Qh2 (50...
Qxg7 51. Rxg7 Kxg7 52. Ka2 $18 {[%cal Ga2b3,Gb3b4,Gb4a5,Ga5a6]}) 51. Rg8+ Kh7
52. R1g7+ (52. R1g7+ Kh6 53. Rh8+ Kxg7 54. Rxh2 $18) 1-0

[Event "SWE-ch"]
[Site "Linkoping"]
[Date "2001.07.02"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Hector, Jonny"]
[Black "Wedberg, Tom Birger"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2546"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "164"]
[EventDate "2001.06.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 085"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
c4 Nb6 9. Nd2 {Other ways of development are: 9.Nc3, 9.b3, 9.g3.} d6 {Other
common options are: 9...a5, 9...Qe6, 9...Bb7.} 10. exd6 cxd6 11. b3 Bg4 12.
Qxe7+ (12. f3 Be6 13. Bb2 d5 14. cxd5 Nxd5 15. Qe4 Bf5 16. Qxe7+ Bxe7 17. Bc4
O-O 18. Ne4 Ne3 19. Kf2 Nxc4 20. bxc4 Rab8 21. Bc3 {1/2-1/2 Gurevich,I-Ivanov,
A/St Martin 1992/TD (21)}) 12... Bxe7 13. Bd3 $146 (13. Bb2 O-O 14. Bd3 d5 15.
f3 Be6 16. O-O Rfd8 17. Rfd1 a5 18. Bf1 a4 19. cxd5 Bc5+ 20. Kh1 cxd5 $15 {
0-1 Mueller,M-Wells,P/Germany 1998/GER-chT (37)}) 13... O-O 14. O-O d5 $11 15.
h3 Be6 16. cxd5 ({Probably white shouldn't hurry with this exchange and play} 
16. Bb2 Rad8 {[%csl Rd2,Rd3]} 17. Rad1 $11) 16... Bxd5 17. Be4 (17. Bb2 Rad8 {
[%csl Rd2,Rd3]} 18. Rad1 Bxg2 19. Bxh7+ Kxh7 20. Kxg2 {=/=/+}) 17... Bf6 18.
Rb1 Rfe8 19. Bxd5 $2 {It's very easy to overestimate the static advantages of
white's structure.This exchange allows the so far passive N on b6 to come
strongly back to the game.} (19. Bc2 Rad8 20. Rd1 $11 {[%cal Yd2f1]}) 19...
Nxd5 20. Bb2 Nc3 21. Bxc3 Bxc3 22. Nf3 Re2 {In spite of the superior
pawnstructure white's position is worse, as black's pieces are far more active
and the B better, than the N.} 23. Rfc1 Bb4 24. Ra1 c5 $1 (24... Ba5 $2 {
[%cal Ga5b6]} 25. Nd4) 25. a3 Ba5 26. Rxc5 (26. Rab1 Rae8 {[%cal Ge2a2,Ge8e2]
intending to play 27...Ra2 /\ 28...Ree2.}) 26... Bb6 27. Rc6 Rb2 $1 ({The
obvious capture on f2 would give away black's advantage:} 27... Bxf2+ 28. Kf1
Rb2 29. Rac1 Kf8 30. R1c2 {changing the active black's R.} Rxc2 31. Rxc2 Bb6
$11) 28. Rac1 f6 29. b4 ({Possible was} 29. Rc8+ Rxc8 30. Rxc8+ Kf7 31. Rc3 {
with worse, but defensible position.}) 29... Ra2 ({Deserved attention} 29...
Re8 30. R1c2 Re2 31. Rxe2 Rxe2 $15) 30. R1c2 $1 Ra1+ 31. Kh2 Rxa3 32. Nh4 $1 {
[%cal Gh4f5]} Rb3 33. R6c4 $2 ({Having said "a" white is not saying "b"!} 33.
Nf5 $1 Rxb4 34. Ne7+ Kf7 35. Nd5 Rb3 36. Nxb6 Rxb6 (36... axb6 37. Rc7+ Kg6 38.
Rb7 $11 {[%csl Rb6,Rg7][%cal Gc2c7]}) 37. Rxb6 axb6 38. Rc7+ Kg6 39. Rb7 {
and now black can choose between 39...Ra6 and 39...Ra2 40.Rb6 Rf2. In both
cases his advantage is not sufficient for a win against the proper defense.})
33... g6 34. Nf3 {The N has to go back.This meand, that white lost two tempos..
.} Rd8 35. Nd2 Rbd3 36. Ne4 f5 37. Nc5 Rd2 38. Nb3 $2 {White's position is a
quite an unpleasant, nevertheless there was no reason to give away a pawn.} (
38. Rxd2 $6 Rxd2 39. Kg3 Kf7 40. Kf3 Kf6 $17) ({The active} 38. Ne6 {seems to
be the right way.} R8d6 39. Rc8+ Kf7 40. Ng5+ Kg7 41. f4 {and white should not
lose this position.}) 38... Rxf2 39. Rxf2 Bxf2 $19 40. g4 Rd3 41. Rc8+ Kf7 42.
Nc5 Rd2 43. Kh1 Re2 $2 ({Why not} 43... Bg3 {?} 44. gxf5 gxf5 45. Ra8 Ra2 $19 {
[%csl Gf5,Rh1][%cal Gf5f4,Gf4f3]}) 44. gxf5 gxf5 45. Rc7+ Re7 46. Rc6 Bg3 47.
Kg2 f4 48. Rh6 Re2+ $6 (48... Kg7 $142 49. Ra6 h5 $17) 49. Kf3 Re3+ 50. Kg4 $1
Kg7 51. Ra6 h5+ 52. Kxh5 ({A nice mating construction would arise after} 52.
Kg5 $4 Re5#) 52... f3 53. Rg6+ {White has no chance to stop the "f" pawn, so
he has to take all black's remained pieces...} Kf7 54. Rxg3 f2 55. Rxe3 f1=Q
56. Kg4 {White has sufficient compensation for the queen; the endgame should
be a draw, however things are still not so simple for white...} Qc4+ 57. Re4
Qd5 {[%csl Rc5,Gd5][%cal Ga7a5]} 58. Rf4+ Kg6 {[%csl Rc5][%cal Ga7a5]} 59. Ne4
Qd1+ 60. Kh4 Qd4 61. b5 (61. Rg4+ $2 Kh6 62. Ng5 Qf2+ 63. Rg3 a6 $22) 61...
Qd8+ (61... Qe5 62. Kg4 Qh5+ (62... Qxb5 63. Rf6+ Kg7 64. Rf7+ $1 Kg8 65. Rxa7
{and black cann't capture the rook} Qe2+ 66. Kf4 $11) 63. Kg3 Qxb5 {It looks
like black got winning chances, but...the b5 square is not the best for the
black's Q...} 64. Rg4+ $1 Kh6 65. Rh4+ Kg7 66. Rg4+ Kf8 67. Rf4+ Ke7 68. Rf7+
$1 {quite an amazing coнrdination between the R and the N!} Ke6 69. Rf6+ Kd7 (
69... Ke5 $4 70. Rf5+ $18) 70. Rf7+ Kc6 71. Rf6+ Kc7 72. Rf7+ {black just
can't avoid the perpetual and} Kb6 $4 {is even losing after} 73. Rb7+ $1 $18)
62. Rf6+ (62. Kg4 Qd7+ 63. Kg3 Qxb5 64. Rg4+ $11 {-see the previous comment.})
(62. Kg3 Qd3+ 63. Kg4 Qxb5 64. Rf6+ $11 {- also see the previous comment.})
62... Kg7 63. Kg4 Qd5 64. Kf4 Qxb5 65. Rf7+ Kg8 {[%tqu "En","Find the best
move for white.","","","f7d7","",8]} 66. Rd7 $1 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Building a
well-known drawish mechanism (Rd7+Nf6).} Kf8 (66... Qf1+ 67. Ke5 Qe2 68. Kf5
$11 (68. Kf4 Qh2+ 69. Kg4 $2 (69. Kf5 $8) 69... Qe5 {[%csl Ge5]} 70. Ng5 a5 71.
h4 a4 $19 {[%csl Ga4]})) 67. Nf6 Qf1+ 68. Ke5 Qe2+ 69. Kf5 Qf3+ 70. Kg6 Qg3+
71. Kh6 Qxh3+ {Black is even managed to capture white's last pawn with check,
however it doesn't help too much...} 72. Kg6 Qg2+ 73. Kh6 Qh1+ 74. Kg6 Qb1+ 75.
Kh6 Qf5 {The last attempt to break white's drawing mechanism.} 76. Nh7+ Ke8 77.
Rxa7 $1 Qh3+ 78. Kg7 Qg4+ 79. Kh8 {Finally white's K has found a safe place on
h8 and just in time.} Qd4+ 80. Rg7 Qe5 81. Ng5 Kf8 82. Nh7+ Ke8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Vidmar Memorial 15th"]
[Site "Terme Zrece"]
[Date "2003.08.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Black "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2639"]
[BlackElo "2668"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2003.08.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. c3 Nge7 7. g3 {
This line gained some popularity lately.} d5 8. Bg2 dxe4 (8... Bxd4 9. cxd4
dxe4 10. Nc3 {- see the annotated game Dworakowska,J-Onischuk,A/Skopje 2002/
CBM 88 [Postny]}) (8... Nxd4 9. cxd4 Bb4+ 10. Nc3 Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 dxe4 12. Bxe4
c6 13. O-O Bf5 14. Bg2 O-O 15. c4 Be6 16. d5 cxd5 17. cxd5 Bxd5 18. Bxd5 Rad8
19. Bd4 Qd6 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. Bxb7 $16 {1-0 Azmaiparashvili,Z-Kasimdzhanov,R/
Moscow 2001/CBM 86 (74)}) 9. O-O ({Principal, but risky is} 9. Nb5 Bxe3 10.
Nxc7+ Kf8 11. fxe3 Rb8 {- see the annotated game Narciso,M-Azarov,S/Leon 2001/
CBM 86 [Postny]}) (9. Nd2 Bxd4 10. cxd4 Bf5 11. Nxe4 Bxe4 12. Bxe4 Qe6 13. Bg2
Nd5 14. Qb3 O-O-O 15. O-O Rhe8 16. Rac1 Nxe3 17. Qxe6+ Rxe6 18. fxe3 Rxe3 19.
Rxf7 Re7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Sedlak,N-Ovod,E/Budapest 2002/CBM 89 ext (49)}) 9... Nxd4
$146 {In the preceding games black choose the capture with the bishop.} (9...
Bxd4 10. cxd4 Bf5 {- see the annotated game Sutovsky,E-Postny,E/ISR-ch 2000/
CBM 81 [Postny]}) 10. cxd4 Bb6 11. a4 a5 (11... Nf5 $6 12. Bxe4 Nxd4 $2 (12...
Bxd4 $4 13. Bxf5 Bxe3 14. Bxc8 $18) 13. a5 Bc5 14. Re1 $1 (14. b4 $2 Ne6 {
[%csl Ra1]}) 14... Be6 (14... O-O $2 15. Qh5 {[%csl Rc5,Rh7]} Bf5 16. Bxd4 $18
{[%csl Rf5]}) 15. a6 $16) 12. Nc3 O-O 13. Bxe4 {White has inferior pawn
structure, but hopes to make use of the activity of his pieces.} Rd8 14. Re1 h6
({Again the central pawn is poisonous:} 14... Bxd4 $2 15. Nd5 $1 Nxd5 (15...
Rxd5 16. Bxd5 Bxb2 17. Bc5 $16) 16. Bxd4 Qc6 (16... Qd6 17. Qh5 $18) 17. Rc1
Qd7 18. Qh5 h6 19. Bxd5 Qxd5 20. Re8+ Kh7 21. Rh8+ $1 $18) 15. Qb3 Bf5 ({After
} 15... Bxd4 16. Bxd4 Rxd4 17. Rad1 {white has strong compensation for the
pawn.}) 16. Bxb7 Rab8 17. Bg2 Bxd4 18. Bxd4 Qxd4 19. Nb5 (19. Qa3 Ng6 20. Rad1
Qc4 $11) 19... Qf6 20. Qc3 c6 21. Na7 ({After} 21. Qxf6 gxf6 22. Rxe7 (22. Na7
Be6 $11) 22... cxb5 {white has very little.}) 21... Be6 22. Qxa5 (22. Qxf6 gxf6
$11) 22... Qd4 $1 {This strong centralization gives black sufficient
counterplay.} ({Much weaker is} 22... Qxb2 $6 23. Nxc6 Nxc6 24. Bxc6) 23. Nxc6
Nxc6 24. Bxc6 Rxb2 {The activity of black's pieces compensates the lack of
pawn.} 25. Rf1 Rd2 (25... Bc4 {was a worthy try:} 26. Rad1 Qxd1 (26... Qxf2+ $5
27. Rxf2 Rxd1+ 28. Kg2 Bf1+ 29. Kf3 Rd3+ 30. Kg4 Rxf2 {- see 26...Qxd1.}) 27.
Rxd1 Rxd1+ 28. Kg2 Bf1+ 29. Kf3 Rd3+ 30. Kg4 Rxf2 31. Qa8+ Kh7 32. Be4+ g6 {
[%tqu "En","Find the only move that saves white.","","","e4g6","",5,"e4d3","",
0]} 33. Bxg6+ $1 {The only move, that saves white.} (33. Bxd3 $4 f5+ {mating.})
33... Kxg6 (33... fxg6 $4 34. Qa7+ $18 {[%cal Ra7f2,Ra7h7]}) 34. Qg8+ Kf6 35.
Qh8+ Ke6 36. Qe8+ Kd5 37. Qd7+ Ke5 38. Qe7+ $11) 26. Rae1 Rc8 (26... Bc4 $2 27.
Re4) 27. Bg2 Ra2 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch sf 58th"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "2005.09.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Vorobiov, Evgeny E"]
[Black "Tkachiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2552"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[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 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nxc6 Qf6 6. Qd2 dxc6 7. Nc3 Bd4 {
This line is Tkachiev's speciality.} 8. Bd3 (8. Bc4 {- see the annotated game
Nataf,I-Beliavsky,A/Istanbul 2003/CBM 96 [Postny,E]}) 8... Ne7 9. O-O Ng6 10.
Ne2 $5 ({The alternatives are:} 10. Qe1) ({and the main line} 10. Kh1 {[%cal
Gf2f4]}) 10... Bb6 ({Black can grab the pawn, but White gets a long-lasting
initiative in this case:} 10... Bxb2 $5 11. Bxb2 Qxb2 12. f4 Ne7 (12... Qa3 13.
f5 Ne5 14. Qg5 Bd7 15. Qxg7 Qc5+ 16. Kh1 O-O-O 17. Qf6 h5 18. h3 Kb8 19. Rf4
Bc8 20. Rh4 Rhg8 21. Rf1 Rd6 22. Qe7 Qa5 23. Rxh5 Rd7 24. Qf6 Rd6 25. Qe7 Rd7
26. Qf6 Rd6 27. Qe7 Rd7 {1/2-1/2 Smeets,J-Beliavsky,A/Maribor 2004/CBM 102 ext
(27)}) 13. Rab1 Qa3 14. Qe3 b6 15. Rb3 Qa5 16. Qg3 Be6 17. Rc3 g6 18. f5 gxf5
19. exf5 Rg8 20. Qxc7 Rc8 21. Qd6 Qd5 22. Qxd5 Bxd5 23. Nf4 $36 {1-0
Tseshkovsky,V-Geller,J/Krasnodar 2003/EXT 2005 (49)}) 11. Nf4 (11. Ng3 Ne5 12.
Be2 O-O {0-1 Rublevsky,S-Akopian,V/Sochi 2004/CBM 101 [Postny,E] (48)}) 11...
Ne5 {Black correctly avoids the exchange. Basically, the exchange of pieces,
especially queens, favours White in this kind of positions. In an endgame
White's chances to make use of his kingside pawns majority are much higher.}
12. Be2 O-O (12... Ng4 13. Nd3 Qh4 14. Qf4 g5 15. Qg3 Qxg3 16. hxg3 Rg8 17.
Bxg4 Bxg4 18. Re1 c5 19. Be3 c4 20. Nc5 O-O-O 21. f3 Bh5 22. g4 Bg6 23. Kf2 $14
{1-0 Kovalevskaya,E-Stefanova,A/Krasnoturinsk 2003/CBM 95 ext (53)}) 13. Nd3
$146 (13. Qc3 Re8 14. Qg3 Bd7 (14... Ng6 15. Nxg6 hxg6 16. Bd3 Be6 17. e5 Qe7
18. Bd2 Qd7 19. Bc3 Bd4 20. Be4 Bxc3 21. Qxc3 Rad8 22. f4 Qd4+ 23. Qxd4 Rxd4
24. Bd3 Red8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Vuckovic,B-Solozhenkin,E/Paris 2004/CBM 101 ext (50)}
) 15. Bd2 Ng6 16. Nxg6 Qxg6 17. Qxg6 hxg6 18. Bd3 $14 {1-0 Kovchan,A-Farakhov,
R/Noyabrsk 2003 (42)}) 13... Ng6 14. Re1 {This plan does not seem to be the
strongest.} (14. Kh1 {can be recommended:} Re8 15. f3 {[%cal Gd2e1,Ge1g3]})
14... h6 15. Bf1 Be6 16. a4 {[%csl Rb6][%cal Ga4a5]} a5 17. e5 $6 {This move
seriously weakens the light squares in the centre.} (17. Qe2 $11 {[%cal Gc1e3]}
) 17... Qf5 18. Qc3 $2 {White wants to play Bc1-e3, but black's next move
frustrates his plans.} (18. b3 {[%cal Gc1b2] should have been prefered.}) 18...
Ne7 $1 19. Qd2 {White's play clearly indicates that he lost the track.} Rad8
20. Qf4 Qg6 21. b3 Rd4 22. Qd2 (22. Qg3 Rg4 23. Qf3 Nf5 $40) 22... Nf5 23. Qe2
Bd5 24. c4 $2 {This loses right away.} (24. Nf4 Rxf4 $1 25. Bxf4 Nd4 26. Qd3
Nf3+ (26... Nxc2 $19) 27. Kh1 Nxe1 28. Rxe1 (28. Qxg6 $2 fxg6 $19 {[%csl Rf4]
[%cal Gf8f4]}) 28... Bxf2 {with a pawn up and a winning position.}) ({The
least of the evils for white would have been} 24. Bf4 Be4 25. Qd2 Bxd3 26. cxd3
(26. Bxd3 Qg4 27. Bg3 Nxg3 28. hxg3 Qxg3 $19) 26... Rfd8 $17) {[%tqu "En",
"Find the winning strike.","","","d5g2","",10]} 24... Bxg2 $1 25. Bxg2 Nh4 26.
Qf1 Nxg2 (26... Nxg2 27. Qxg2 Rg4 $19) 0-1

[Event "Dortmund Gr-A"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2004.07.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Black "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2574"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2004.07.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nb3 {In Dortmund 2004 Rublevsky
played four (!) games in this solid, but unambitious line.} Bb6 ({Rare, but
playable move is} 5... Bb4+ {--> 1/2-1/2 Zelcic,R-Romanishin,O/Solin/Spilt
2002/CBM 93 [Postny,E] (41)}) 6. Nc3 (6. a4 Qf6 {--> 0-1 Korneev,O-Moreno
Carnero,J/Dos Hermanas 2001/CBM 83 [Postny,E] (58)}) 6... d6 ({Few rounds ago
Anand choose} 6... Nge7 7. Bg5 O-O 8. Qd2 d6 9. O-O-O f6 10. Bh4 a5 11. Bb5 Be6
12. f4 Qe8 13. Kb1 Qf7 14. Rhe1 Bc4 15. Bxc4 Qxc4 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. Qxd5+ Qxd5
18. exd5 a4 19. dxc6 axb3 20. axb3 bxc6 21. Re2 Rfe8 22. Rde1 {1/2-1/2
Rublevsky,S-Anand,V/Dortmund 2004/CBM 102 (22)}) 7. a4 a6 8. Nd5 Ba7 9. Be3 (9.
Be2 Nf6 10. O-O Nxd5 11. exd5 Ne5 12. Bf4 Ng6 13. Bg3 O-O 14. Qd2 Bd7 15. Rfe1
Qf6 $11 {1-0 Adams,M-Kotronias,V/Chalkidiki 1993/CBM 38 (39)}) 9... Bxe3 {
This move seems more logical than to allow white to take on a7, like in the
game Rublevsky-Svidler, which was played in the same tournament two rounds
before.} (9... Nf6 10. Bxa7 Rxa7 11. Bd3 O-O 12. O-O Re8 13. Re1 Be6 14. c4 a5
15. Rc1 Bd7 16. Bb1 Ra8 17. Rc3 Nb4 18. Nd4 Nfxd5 19. cxd5 c6 20. dxc6 bxc6 $11
{1/2-1/2 Rublevsky,S-Svidler,P/Dortmund 2004/CBM 102 (36)}) 10. Nxe3 Nf6 11.
Bd3 O-O (11... Ne5 {--> 1/2-1/2 Van der Wiel,J-Stefanova,A/Wijk aan Zee 2002/
CBM 87 [Postny,E] (51)}) 12. O-O Re8 ({Few days later, in the match for the
5-6 places in Dortmund there was another game between the same opponents:} 
12... Ne5 13. f4 Nfg4 14. Nxg4 Bxg4 15. Qd2 Nxd3 16. cxd3 c5 17. f5 f6 18. a5
$14 {1/2-1/2 Rublevsky,S-Naiditsch,A/Dortmund 2004/The Week in Chess 508 (60)})
13. f3 Be6 14. c4 $1 {Basically, white can hope for a slight edge here thanks
to the space advantage. On the other hand, black has no weaknesses and usually
he gets sufficient counterplay using the weakened dark squares in white's camp.
} a5 (14... Nd7 15. Rf2 Nc5 16. Bf1 a5 17. Ra3 Nxb3 18. Rxb3 Nb4 19. Rc3 Na6
20. Bd3 Nc5 21. Bc2 Ra6 22. Qd4 $14 {1-0 Van der Wiel,J-Straeter,T/Germany
2003/EXT 2004 (40)}) 15. Rf2 Nd7 (15... Qb8 16. Rc1 Qa7 17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. cxd5
Nb4 19. Bb5 Rec8 20. Qd4 $14 {1-0 Van der Wiel,J-Winants,L/Antwerp 1993/CBM 37
(57)}) (15... b6 16. Bc2 Nd7 17. Nd4 Nxd4 18. Qxd4 Qf6 19. Qxf6 Nxf6 20. g4 $14
{1/2-1/2 Van der Wiel,J-Pinter,J/Manila 1992/TD (61)}) 16. f4 {[%csl Re6][%cal
Gf4f5]} f6 17. Rd2 Qb8 $1 $146 {[%cal Yb8a7,Ya7g1][%mdl 2048] Typical and nice
manoeuvre. In spite of the lack of space, black finds optimal locations for
his pieces, his position is not worse.} (17... Nb4 18. Bb1 Qe7 19. Nd4 Nc5 20.
Ra3 Bd7 21. Nef5 Qf8 22. Rg3 g6 23. Qh5 $40 {1-0 Van der Wiel,J-Gomez Esteban,
J/Linares 1995/CBM 51 (31)}) 18. Kh1 Qa7 19. Nd5 {[%csl Rc7]} Rac8 20. Qh5 $6 {
This is probably too optimistic.} ({Possible was} 20. Qg1 Qxg1+ 21. Kxg1 {
, though white does not achieve much here.}) 20... f5 $1 {This strong move
emphasizes the drawbacks of white's last move.} 21. Rad1 (21. exf5 $6 Bxd5 22.
cxd5 Nf6 23. Qh4 Nb4 {is in black's favour.}) (21. Re1 $6 Nb4 22. exf5 Bf7 $15)
(21. Qh4 $5 Bf7 22. exf5 Bxd5 23. cxd5 Nb4 24. Bb5 c6 25. dxc6 bxc6 26. Bf1 Nf6
$44) 21... Nb4 $1 22. e5 (22. Nxb4 axb4 23. exf5 Bf7 24. Qh4 Re3 $36) 22... g6
23. Qh4 $2 {Wrong square for the queen.} ({The only way to escape for a draw
was} 23. Qg5 Bxd5 24. Bxf5 Bxc4 25. Bxg6 hxg6 26. Qxg6+ {and white gives a
perpetual.}) 23... Bxd5 24. cxd5 Nxd3 25. Rxd3 dxe5 26. d6 (26. Rh3 Nf8 $17)
26... cxd6 27. Rxd6 Nf8 {White just lost a pawn for nothing.} 28. h3 (28. Qe1
exf4 29. Qxa5 Qxa5 30. Nxa5 Rc2 $19 {[%csl Gc2,Ge8][%cal Re8e2]}) 28... Qe3 {
The invasion of black's queen is decisive. White is a pawn down and is not
able neither to cover his numerous weaknesses, nor to create counterthreats.}
29. R6d3 (29. Nxa5 exf4 $19) 29... Qe4 $19 30. Qf2 Qxa4 31. Nc5 Qxf4 32. Qxf4
exf4 33. Nxb7 Rb8 34. Nd6 Re2 35. b3 Ne6 36. Nc4 Nc5 37. Rd5 Ne4 {The
forthcoming mating net puts an end to white's suffering.} 38. Ra1 Rxb3 39. Nxa5
Rbb2 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 0203"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2003.02.09"]
[Round "11.6"]
[White "Hertneck, Gerald"]
[Black "Holzke, Frank"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2502"]
[BlackElo "2479"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2002.10.19"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Tegernsee"]
[BlackTeam "Wattenscheid"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
c4 Nb6 9. g3 {More popular moves are: 9.Nc3 and 9.Nd2.} Qe6 ({The most common
alternatives are:} 9... g6) (9... a5) 10. b3 {This is a flexible way of play.
White's knight remains on b1 for a while, keeping an option to be developed on
d2 or c3 according to circumstances.} a5 (10... Bb4+ 11. Bd2 Bxd2+ 12. Nxd2 O-O
13. Bg2 f6 14. exf6 Qxf6 15. O-O d5 16. Rfe1 Bd7 17. f4 Rae8 18. Qf2 g5 19.
Rxe8 Bxe8 20. Rf1 gxf4 21. gxf4 Bg6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Hoekstra,M-Akhmilovskaya,E/
Seattle 2002/CBM 87 (27)}) 11. Bg2 a4 12. Bb2 Bb4+ 13. Nd2 {This position can
be reached by various moves order: white can play Nd2 first, and then b3 and
g3, or black can play a5 before Qe6 etc.} O-O (13... a3 $6 14. Bd4 {- see the
commented game Hector,J-Wedberg,T/Malmo 2001/CBM 84 [Postny]}) 14. O-O d5 15.
Nf3 $6 (15. f4 Qg6 16. Nf3 Qh5 17. Rfc1 axb3 18. axb3 Rxa1 19. Bxa1 dxc4 20.
bxc4 c5 21. Qe4 {1/2-1/2 Kristjansson,S-Gretarsson,H/Reykjavik 2002/CBM 87 ext
(21)}) 15... Qg6 $6 $146 ({Black can seize the initiative after tempting} 15...
a3 16. Bd4 c5 17. Be3 Ba6 {- see the game Nielsen,P-Dautov,R/Bad Lauterberg
1991/CBM 27}) 16. Nh4 Qg4 17. Bf3 Qd7 {Black lost a few tempoes with his queen,
on the other hand white's pieces on the kingside did not occupy impressive
positions either.} 18. Rfd1 axb3 ({Comes into consideration} 18... a3 19. Bd4
c5 20. Be3 c6) 19. axb3 Rxa1 20. Bxa1 Qe7 {Moving the queen away from
unpleasant pin on the "d" file.} 21. Bg4 $6 ({Stronger seems to be} 21. Qc2 Rd8
22. Nf5 Bxf5 23. Qxf5 $14 dxc4 24. Rxd8+ Qxd8 25. e6 $36) 21... dxc4 (21... Be6
$6 22. Nf5 $14) 22. Bxc8 Rxc8 23. Nf5 $1 (23. bxc4 Qe6 {[%csl Rc4]}) 23... Qg5
(23... Qe6 24. Nd4 Qg6 25. bxc4 $14) 24. Qe4 Rd8 (24... cxb3 $2 25. e6 $40) 25.
Rf1 $1 (25. Rxd8+ Qxd8 26. e6 Qd1+ 27. Kg2 Qxa1 (27... Qd5 28. Qxd5 cxd5 29. e7
$16) 28. e7 Bxe7 29. Qxe7 Qa8 {and white's initiative is not sufficient for a
win.}) 25... Qg6 ({Again very dangerous for black is} 25... cxb3 26. e6) 26.
bxc4 Qe6 ({Possible was the prophylactic move} 26... Bf8 {, though white keeps
slight advantage.}) 27. Nd4 $6 {White decides to sacrifice a pawn for the
initiative, but objectively speaking this is a dubious decision.} (27. Rc1 {
[%csl Yc4]} Ba3 28. Nd4 $14) 27... Qxc4 28. e6 {[%csl Ga1]} fxe6 (28... Bc5 29.
Qe5 Bxd4 30. Bxd4 Qxd4 31. e7 Qd7 $8 32. exd8=Q+ Qxd8 $16) 29. Qe5 {[%csl Re6,
Rg7]} Bc3 $2 {Probably black has overestimated the danger to his position.} (
29... Rd7 $1 {[%csl Yg7][%cal Yd7g7] This strong defensive move should have
been played. White does not have sufficient compensation for the sacrificed
material, though the position remains sharp.}) 30. Bxc3 Qxc3 31. Qxe6+ Kh8 32.
Nxc6 {White regained the pawns, and now has the initiative for nothing.} Ra8 {
The safest square for the rook.} 33. Ne5 {[%csl Ge5,Ge6,Rh8]} h6 34. h4 Qd4 $6
({Can be recommended} 34... Ra5 {[%csl Ge5] trying to drive away the white
knight from it's superb position.}) 35. h5 Qd5 {It is easy to understand
black's willing to swap queens, but now he is landing into the bad endgame. On
the other hand, it is hard to recommend something better.} 36. Nf7+ Kg8 (36...
Kh7 37. Qg6+ Kg8 38. Nxh6+ $18) 37. Nxh6+ Kh8 38. Nf7+ Kg8 39. Ng5+ Qxe6 40.
Nxe6 $18 Ra5 41. g4 {White's advantage is sufficient for a win.} Nd5 42. Rc1
Ra4 43. f3 Ra2 44. Rc5 Rd2 45. Ng5 Kf8 46. Ne4 Rd3 47. Kf2 Ke7 48. Rc6 Rb3 49.
Rg6 {White's combined forces creates an attack on black's king even in the
endgame.} Kf7 50. Rg5 Rd3 51. Rf5+ Kg8 52. Nc5 Rd1 53. Ne6 1-0

[Event "Poikovsky Karpov 11th"]
[Site "Poikovsky"]
[Date "2010.06.10"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2654"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[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 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
c4 Nb6 9. Nc3 Qe6 10. Qe4 Ba6 11. b3 O-O-O 12. Bb2 Re8 {The players entered
into one of the forced, tactical lines, where both sides need to be well
prepared.} 13. c5 (13. f4 f6 14. O-O-O fxe5 15. c5 Bxf1 16. cxb6 Ba6 17. Qa4
Kb7 18. bxc7 d5 19. Rhe1 Bc5 $1 {I mentioned this move as a possible
improvement in one of my comments some years beforehand. The current game
proved that Black is not worse in this line.} 20. Rxe5 Qg6 21. Rdxd5 cxd5 22.
Qd7 Rc8 23. Re6 Be3+ 24. Rxe3 Rxc7 25. Qxd5+ Qc6 26. Qxc6+ Rxc6 $11 {1/2-1/2
Zelcic,R (2554)-Rogic,D (2512)/Pula 2007/CBM 119 ext (41)}) 13... Bxf1 14. cxb6
d5 $1 {The key move for Black's counterplay.} 15. bxa7 Kb7 (15... dxe4 $6 16.
a8=Q+ Kd7 17. O-O-O+ (17. Qa4 Bd3 18. Nxe4 Ra8 $1 19. Qd4+ (19. Qxa8 $4 Bb4+
$19 {[%csl Ra8]}) 19... Qd5 20. Qxd5+ cxd5 21. Nc3 c6 $44) 17... Bd3 18. Qa5
Qxe5 19. Qxe5 Rxe5 20. Nxe4 Rxe4 21. Rxd3+ Bd6 $14 {[%csl Ga2] White has some
winning chances thanks to his passed pawn.}) 16. Qf3 Ba6 17. O-O-O Qh6+ {
In the game Macieja,B-Sermek,D/Vidmar memorial 2001, both players decided to
call it a day already in this position. Luckily, in our case the game
continued.} 18. Kb1 Qg6+ 19. Ka1 Rxe5 20. Na4 Re4 ({Very risky for Black is:} 
20... Be2 $6 21. Qc3 Re6 22. Qa5 Bd6 23. Rc1 {[%cal Gb2d4]}) 21. Rc1 {White is
going to press down the c-file.} Bb4 $6 {This seems to me a waste of time,
since White is going to play Na4-c5 anyway.} (21... Kxa7 22. Nc5 Bxc5 23. Rxc5
Rhe8 24. Qc3 Qxg2 (24... d4 25. Qa5 Qd6 26. Rd1 d3 27. Bxg7 Kb7 28. Bc3 {
leads to a dynamically balanced position.}) 25. Rc1 Bb7 26. Rxc6 Bxc6 27. Qxc6
Qxh2 28. Bd4+ Kb8 29. Qa6 Rxd4 30. Qb5+ Ka7 31. Qa5+ $11) 22. Nc5+ Bxc5 23.
Rxc5 d4 $2 {In the game it worked, but in fact it's a mistake.} (23... Kxa7 24.
Rhc1 Re6 25. Bd4 Kb8 26. Qc3 Qd3 27. Qxd3 Bxd3 28. Rxc6 Rxc6 29. Rxc6 Re8 {
White is pressing, but Black should be able to hold on thanks to the opposite
coloured bishops.}) 24. Rhc1 Be2 25. Qh3 d3 26. Qd7 $4 {This blunder turns the
tables on the spot.} (26. Rxc6 $1 Qxc6 27. Rxc6 Kxc6 {[%tqu "En","Can you spot
the best move for White?","","","h3h7","This is hard to see for a human player
in advance. Suddenly, the Pa7 plays decisive role in the game.",10]} 28. Qxh7
$3 {This is hard to see for a human player in advance. Suddenly, the Pa7 plays
decisive role in the game.} Ree8 (28... Rxh7 29. a8=Q+ $18 {[%csl Re4][%cal
Ga8e4]}) 29. Qxg7 $18 {Black's d-pawn is going nowhere.}) {[%tqu "En","Please
enter a move for Black.","","","g6d6","Now White can't avoid the exchange of
queens, and the d-pawn will cost him a piece.",5]} 26... Qd6 $1 $19 {Now White
can't avoid the exchange of queens, and the d-pawn will cost him a piece.} 27.
Qf5 Rf4 28. Qe5 Qxe5 29. Rxe5 Rd8 30. Bc3 d2 31. Bxd2 Rxd2 32. f3 Rf6 33. Re1
Ba6 0-1

[Event "Dos Hermanas-A"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "2001.04.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Azmaiparashvili, Zurab"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2659"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2001.04.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. c3 Nge7 7. Bc4 Ne5 8.
Be2 d5 {Other common alternatives are 8...0-0, 8...Qg6.} 9. O-O O-O 10. f4 (10.
Nd2 Bb6 11. f4 Qh6 12. Kh1 dxe4 13. Nxe4 N5c6 14. Bc4 Nxd4 15. Bxd4 Be6 16.
Bxe6 Qxe6 17. Re1 Bxd4 18. Qxd4 Nf5 19. Qc5 Rfe8 20. Qf2 {1/2-1/2 Sveshnikov,
E-Smyslov,V/Tilburg 1992/CBM 32 (20)}) 10... N5c6 11. e5 Qg6 12. Qd2 $146 (12.
Bd3 Qg4 (12... Bxd4 $1 13. cxd4 Bf5) 13. Qc2 h6 (13... Bxd4 $142 {[%cal Yc8f5]}
) 14. Rf3 Bxd4 15. Bxd4 Bf5 16. h3 Bxd3 17. Qxd3 Qf5 18. Qd2 Nd8 19. Na3 Qd7
20. Raf1 Nf5 21. g4 Nh4 22. Rg3 Ne6 23. Be3 Qd8 24. Nb5 a6 25. Nd4 $14 {
1-0 Jahnz,F-Beck,A/GER 1997/EXT 2001 (71)}) 12... Bxd4 ({Cann't be recommended
} 12... Nxd4 $2 13. cxd4 Bb6 {.The bishop on b6 is actually out of the game.})
13. cxd4 h5 $1 {[%mdl 32]} ({Worse is} 13... Bg4 {because after} 14. Bxg4 Qxg4
15. h3 Qg6 16. g4 {Black doesn't manage to blockade white pawns on the
kingside.}) 14. Nc3 Bf5 (14... Bg4 $1 15. Bxg4 (15. Bd3 Bf5) 15... hxg4 16. Qf2
(16. f5 Nxf5 17. Nxd5 Rad8 $17) 16... f5 $15 {[%csl Ye3]}) 15. Bf3 Rad8 16. Ne2
{[%cal Ye2g3]} Bg4 (16... Be4 $144 17. Ng3 ({Not dangerous for black is:} 17.
f5 $6 Nxf5 18. Nf4 Qh6) 17... Bxf3 18. Rxf3 h4 (18... Nf5 19. Nxf5 Qxf5 20. Rg3
{[%cal Gg3g5]} f6 $13) 19. f5 $5 Qh7 20. Ne2 (20. f6 $2 hxg3 21. fxe7 Qxh2+ 22.
Kf1 Nxe7 $17) 20... Nxf5 21. Bg5 f6 22. exf6 gxf6 23. Raf1 Nce7 $8 $15) 17. Ng3
h4 $6 {A risky move.} ({More consequent is:} 17... Bxf3 18. Rxf3 h4 $1 {
look at the previous comment.}) 18. f5 $1 Bxf5 (18... Nxf5 19. Nxf5 (19. Bxg4 {
is probably better, as after} Nxe3 20. Qxe3 hxg3 21. Bf5 gxh2+ 22. Kxh2 Qh5+
23. Bh3 {white has good compensation for the pawn.}) 19... Bxf5 20. Bg5 Nxd4
21. Bxd8 Nxf3+ 22. Rxf3 Rxd8 23. Qf2 Be4 24. Qxh4 Re8 25. Rf2 {with
approximately equal chances.Black shouldn't be worse.}) 19. Nh5 h3 $2 {A very
careless move.} ({Necessary was} 19... Be4 20. Nf4 Qh7 {White has a
compensation for the pawn, but nothing more.}) 20. Rf2 ({Possible is immediate
} 20. Nf4 Qh7 21. g4 {although after} Be4 22. Rac1 Ng6 23. Nh5 {in compare
with the game white is a tempo down.}) 20... Qh7 (20... Be4 {is already met by}
21. Nf4 {capturing the Ph3.}) 21. g4 Bg6 (21... Be4 22. Be2 $16) 22. Nf4 Be4
23. Rc1 ({After inaccurate} 23. Nh5 $6 {black could stir complications with}
Bxf3 24. Rxf3 Qe4 25. Rg3 Ng6) 23... Ng6 (23... Bxf3 24. Rxf3 $16 {[%csl Rh3]})
24. Nh5 Rde8 (24... Nh4 25. Be2 {[%cal Ge3g5]}) 25. Bg5 Ngxe5 {A desperate
sacrifice, but a good advice for black is worth a gold-white has total control
on the kingside.} (25... f5 {doesn't help too much as well:} 26. exf6 Bxf3 27.
Rxf3 Re4 28. Rg3 Rxg4 (28... Nxd4 29. Rxc7 $18) 29. Rxg4 Qxh5 30. Rg3 gxf6 31.
Bf4 $16) 26. dxe5 Nxe5 (26... Qg6 27. Bxe4 dxe4 (27... Qxe4 28. Nxg7 Qxg4+ 29.
Kf1 Kxg7 30. Bh6+ Kg8 31. Rc3 $18 {[%cal Rc3g3]}) 28. Rxc6 $1 bxc6 (28... Qxc6
29. Nf6+ $1 gxf6 30. Bxf6 $18 {[%cal Rd2g5]}) 29. Rf5 $16 {[%csl Re4,Ge5,Gf5,
Gg4,Gg5,Rh3,Gh5][%cal Yd2e3]}) 27. Be2 c6 {[%tqu "En","How to develope white's
attack?","","","g5f6","",10]} 28. Bf6 $1 {[%mdl 128]} Qg6 29. g5 $1 Nd3 ({
The best practical chance was} 29... gxf6 30. Rxf6 Qh7 31. Rfxc6 Qxh5 32. Bxh5
bxc6) 30. Nxg7 Nxf2 (30... Nxc1 31. Qxc1 $18) 31. Bh5 Qh7 32. Qxf2 Bg2 (32...
Ra8 33. Rc3 $18 {[%cal Gc3h3]}) 33. Bg4 {[%cal Gg4f5]} Qe4 34. Nf5 {[%cal
Gf5h6]} Re5 35. Qh4 {[%csl Yd4,Ye3][%cal Rh4h8,Yf5d4,Yf5e3]} 1-0

[Event "Dos Hermanas-B"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "2001.04.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Korneev, Oleg"]
[Black "Moreno Carnero, Javier"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2572"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2001.04.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nb3 Bb6 6. a4 Qf6 7. Qd2 {
A rare move and isn't a promising one. The main line is considered to be 7.Qe2:
} (7. Qe2 a6 8. a5 Ba7 9. Nc3 Nge7 10. Be3 Bxe3 11. Qxe3 d6 12. O-O-O O-O 13.
Be2 Be6 14. Nd5 Bxd5 15. exd5 Ne5 16. f4 N5g6 17. g3 Rfe8 18. Qf2 Nf5 19. Bd3
Ne3 20. Rd2 Re7 21. Qf3 Rae8 22. c3 {1/2-1/2 Ljubojevic,L-Karpov,A/Bugojno
1980/MCD (22)}) 7... a6 $146 (7... a5 8. Bb5 Nge7 9. Nc3 Ne5 10. O-O O-O 11.
Qf4 Qxf4 12. Bxf4 d6 13. Rae1 Be6 14. Be3 Bxe3 15. Rxe3 Nc4 16. Bxc4 Bxc4 $11 {
1-0 Spinelli,D-Rigamonti,S/Italy 1995/EXT 2000 (56)}) 8. Nc3 Nge7 9. Bd3 (9. f4
$6 {[%csl Gb6,Re1][%cal Rb6g1] wouldn't be recommended.}) 9... Ne5 10. O-O d6 (
10... Nxd3 $6 {is a dubious exchange which strenghthens white's center.} 11.
cxd3 $14) 11. Be2 h5 $1 {Nice and aggressive move.Black is intending to
develope the initiative on the kingside.White should consider now the exchange
of queens, otherwise he may found himself under dangerous attack.} 12. a5 Ba7
13. Nd5 $2 {A very careless move.} ({Necessary was} 13. Qg5 $11) 13... Nxd5 14.
exd5 (14. Qxd5 Qg6 {[%cal Gc8h3,Yc7c6]} 15. Kh1 c6 16. Qd2 Qxe4 $17) 14... Bg4
15. h3 $2 {White's development is very retarded.The last move wastes a vital
tempo.The threat of taking the Bg4 is imaginary.} (15. Bxg4 $6 hxg4 16. Qg5
Qxg5 17. Bxg5 g3 $1 18. hxg3 Rh5 19. Bd2 O-O-O {[%csl Rg1][%cal Gd8h8]} 20. Ra4
{[%cal Ga4h4]} Ng6 $17 {[%csl Rd5]}) (15. Ra4 $1 {[%cal Ga4h4] White has to
include this rook in the defense as soon as possible.} O-O-O $15) 15... Qg6 $1
16. Kh1 ({After} 16. hxg4 $2 hxg4 {[%csl Rg1][%cal Rg6h5,Rg4g3] white king is
doomed.}) 16... O-O-O 17. f4 {[%csl Ga7,Re3] Now black dark-squares bishop
becomes very strong.However it's already hard to give any good advice...} (17.
Ra4 {gives better practical chances, still the evaluation of the position
shouldn't change even then.} Rde8 $17) 17... Bxe2 18. Qxe2 Ng4 {[%csl Ga7,Re3]
Every black piece feels comfortable on this "attacked" square.} 19. f5 Qf6 20.
c3 ({Now} 20. Ra4 {doesn't help, as after} Rde8 {white cann't play} 21. Re4
Rxe4 22. Qxe4 Nf2+ $19) 20... Rde8 21. Qf3 Ne3 22. Bxe3 Rxe3 23. Qf4 Rhe8 {
Black's position is winning purely because of some positional factors:
domination of the "e" file, the bishop is much stronger then the knight and
white has some pawn weaknesses.} 24. Nd4 (24. Rad1 R8e4 25. Qh2 h4 {and black
in total control of the position.}) 24... R8e4 25. Qf2 Bxd4 26. cxd4 Qxd4 27.
Rad1 Rd3 28. Rxd3 Qxd3 29. Rc1 Qxd5 30. Qf3 (30. Qb6 Re1+ $19) 30... Qe5 $1 {
This is the most technical way to win the game.} (30... h4 31. Qc3) 31. Qxh5
Re1+ 32. Rxe1 Qxe1+ 33. Kh2 Qe5+ 34. Kh1 g6 {winning second pawn back...} 35.
Qh7 Qxf5 36. Qh8+ Kd7 {Black king is very safe.There is no hope for the
perpetual check.} 37. g4 Qf3+ 38. Kh2 Qf2+ 39. Kh1 Qf1+ 40. Kh2 Qf4+ 41. Kg2 d5
42. Qb8 Qd2+ 43. Kf3 Qxb2 {White's resignation is long overdue.} 44. h4 Qf6+
45. Kg3 Qe5+ 46. Kf3 Qe4+ 47. Kg3 d4 48. Qf8 (48. h5 d3 {and black pawn is
first in turn for promotion.}) 48... Qe3+ 49. Kg2 Qf4 50. Qb4 Qxg4+ {Forth
pawn...} 51. Kf1 Qf3+ 52. Kg1 Qe3+ 53. Kg2 Qc3 54. Qf8 Qd2+ 55. Kf3 Qe3+ 56.
Kg2 Qe4+ 57. Kg1 Qd5 58. Kf1 d3 {At last...} 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel-A 73rd"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2011.01.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[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"]

{Old rivals Alexey Shirov and Vladimir Kramnik have already played dozens of
sharp and exciting games. The current battle wasn't an exception.} 1. e4 e5 2.
Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8. c4 Nb6 9.
Nc3 Bb7 {This move is relatively rare. The main lines are 9...Qe6 and 9...a5.}
10. Bd2 g6 {Instead, 10...0-0-0 followed by f7-f6 at some point is another
idea. We are already entering unexplored territory.} 11. Ne4 {This move is
required. The possible alternative is 11.f4 which needs practical testing.}
O-O-O 12. a4 ({The latest example on this theme is from the "Aeroflot" open:} 
12. f4 c5 13. O-O-O d6 14. Bc3 Bh6 15. Ng5 dxe5 16. Rxd8+ Rxd8 17. Qxe5 Qd7 18.
b3 f6 19. Qxf6 Qd1+ 20. Kb2 Kb8 21. Ne6 Rd6 22. Qe5 Bg7 23. Nxg7 $4 (23. Qxg7 {
[%csl Rc7]} Rxe6 24. Ba5 Be4 25. Qc3 Qb1+ 26. Ka3 Rd6 27. Qb2 Qxb2+ 28. Kxb2
Rd1 $17) 23... Na4+ $1 {This forces mate.} 24. Ka3 (24. bxa4 Rb6+ 25. Ka3 Bc6
$19 {[%csl Ra4]}) 24... Qc1+ 25. Bb2 Nxb2 {0-1 Kotsur,P (2559)-Volokitin,A 
(2678)/Moscow RUS 2011/The Week in Chess 850}) 12... Ba6 13. Qe3 $1 (13. a5
Nxc4 14. Ra4 Bg7 15. Rxc4 (15. f4 d5 $17) 15... Bxe5 16. Qe3 (16. Nc5 d5 17.
Nxa6 dxc4 $17) 16... d5 17. Bb4 Qe8 18. Qxa7 Bxc4 19. Bxc4 Bc3+ $1 {Nice trick.
} 20. Bxc3 Qxe4+ 21. Be2 Rhe8 22. Qa6+ Kb8 $19) 13... Qxe5 $1 {Now matters are
becoming extremely sharp.} (13... d5 $2 14. exd6 cxd6 15. c5 $1 Bxf1 16. Nxd6+
Rxd6 17. Qxe7 Bxe7 18. cxd6 Bxg2 19. Rg1 Bxd6 20. Rxg2 $16) 14. Bc3 Bb4 15.
Bxb4 Rhe8 {Black's compensation for the piece is obvious. All his pieces are
in action, whilst the white king is unsafe.} 16. f3 $1 (16. Bd3 Bxc4 17. Bc3
Qe6 18. a5 Bxd3 19. axb6 Qxe4 20. bxc7 Kxc7 21. Ba5+ Kb7 22. Kd2 $1 Qxe3+ 23.
fxe3 Be4 24. Bxd8 Rxd8 $15) (16. O-O-O Qxe4 17. Qxe4 Rxe4 18. a5 Nd5 19. f3
Rxc4+ 20. Bxc4 Bxc4 $15) (16. a5 Nxc4 17. Bxc4 Bxc4 18. f3 Qb5 19. Bc3 f5 $17)
16... d5 17. a5 $2 {An important moment. Shirov is faithful to his style and
goes for the sharpest continuation. It is impossible to calculate all the
lines; in such cases a player must rely, partly, on intuition. This time it
was a wrong choice, as after this moment I couldn't find a way for White to
keep the balance.} (17. cxd5 $1 Bxf1 18. Kxf1 cxd5 19. a5 Nc4 (19... dxe4 20.
axb6 Qb5+ 21. Kf2 Qxb4 22. bxa7 Kb7 $11) 20. Qc3 dxe4 21. Qxc4 exf3 22. gxf3
Rd4 23. Qa6+ Kd7 24. Bc3 Qe3 25. Bxd4 Qxf3+ 26. Kg1 Qg4+ $11) 17... Nxc4 18.
Qxa7 Qxb2 19. Qxa6+ Kd7 {It's clear that the black king is far safer, compared
to his counterpart.} 20. Rd1 (20. Bxc4 Qxa1+ 21. Kf2 Qd4+ 22. Kg3 Rxe4 $1 (
22... dxe4 23. Bxf7 exf3 24. Bxe8+ Rxe8 25. gxf3 Re5 26. Be1 $1 Rg5+ 27. Kh3
Rb5 $1 28. Qa8 Qf4 29. Kg2 Rg5+ 30. Bg3 Qd2+ 31. Kh3 Rh5+ 32. Bh4 Rxh4+ 33.
Kxh4 Qf4+ 34. Kh3 Qxf3+ 35. Kh4 Qxh1 36. Kg5 $1 Qxh2 37. a6 Qh5+ 38. Kf6 g5 39.
a7 Qg6+ 40. Ke5 $11) 23. Bxd5 $1 (23. fxe4 $2 Qe3+ 24. Kh4 h5 25. g3 g5+ 26.
Kh3 g4+ 27. Kg2 Qxe4+ 28. Kg1 dxc4 $19) 23... Qe5+ 24. Kf2 Qxd5 25. fxe4 Qd4+
26. Kf3 Rb8 $1 (26... Qxb4 27. Rd1+ Ke7 28. Rxd8 Kxd8 29. Qa8+ Kd7 30. a6 {
and Black must give a perpetual check.}) 27. Rc1 (27. Qe2 Qf6+ 28. Kg3 Rxb4 $17
) 27... Qf6+ 28. Ke2 Rxb4 29. Rd1+ Ke7 30. Qd3 Qd6 $17) 20... Qxb4+ 21. Kf2
Rxe4 $1 {Eliminating the key defender.} 22. fxe4 Qc5+ 23. Ke1 Qb4+ 24. Kf2 Qc5+
25. Ke1 Nb2 $1 {Despite being a rook down, Black has every ground to play for
a win!} 26. exd5 (26. Be2 Nxd1 27. Bxd1 Re8 $17) (26. Rd2 Qc1+ 27. Ke2 Re8 $19)
26... Qc3+ 27. Rd2 Qc1+ $6 {It was more precise to start with the rook check.}
(27... Re8+ $1 28. Be2 Qc1+ 29. Kf2 Qxd2 30. Rb1 Qxd5 {and Black should be
winning.}) 28. Ke2 Re8+ 29. Kf3 Qxd2 30. Qxc6+ Kd8 31. Qf6+ Re7 32. Kg4 $2 (32.
Kg3 Nd3 33. Bxd3 Qxd3+ 34. Kh4 Ke8 $1 35. Rf1 Qd2 36. Qc6+ Kf8 37. Qf6 Re4+ 38.
Kg3 Re3+ 39. Kh4 Qxd5 40. Qh8+ Ke7 41. Qf6+ Ke8 42. Qh8+ Kd7 43. Rxf7+ $1 Qxf7
44. Qd4+ Kc6 45. Qxe3 Qf6+ 46. Kh3 Kb5 {and after all the effort, the endgame
is still very difficult for White.}) (32. Ba6 $5 {From a practical point of
view this was the best chance. Black has the upper hand at the end of all the
following fascinating lines. However, in this case Kramnik had to be very
precise, as his king is also in danger along the way.} Nd3 $1 (32... Qe3+ $2
33. Kg4 h5+ 34. Kh4 Qe4+ 35. Kg3 {is not more than a perpetual check.}) 33. Kg3
(33. Qh8+ Re8 34. Qf6+ Kd7 35. Qxf7+ (35. Bb5+ Kc8 36. Ba6+ Kb8 37. Rb1+ Nb4
$19) 35... Kd6 $1 36. Qf6+ Kxd5 37. Bb7+ Kc5 38. Qc6+ Kb4 39. Rb1+ Ka3 40. Qxe8
Qf2+ 41. Ke4 Qe2+ 42. Kd4 Qxe8 $19) 33... Qe3+ 34. Kh4 Nc5 35. Qh8+ Kd7 36.
Bc8+ (36. Bb5+ c6 37. Bxc6+ Kc7 $19) 36... Kd6 37. Qf6+ Kxd5 38. Rd1+ Kc4 39.
Ba6+ Kb4 40. Rb1+ Nb3 $19) 32... Nd1 $1 33. Qh8+ Kd7 34. Bb5+ c6 {The same
idea, as we saw in some of the above-mentioned lines, wins for Black.} 35.
Bxc6+ Kc7 36. d6+ Qxd6 {White's checks are over, all his pieces are
discoordinated and can't help their own monarch.} (36... Kxc6 {wins faster
according to an engine, but Kramnik's choice is way more human.}) 37. Rxd1
Qxd1+ 38. Bf3 h5+ 39. Kg3 Qe1+ 40. Kh3 Qe6+ 41. Kh4 g5+ $1 42. Kxg5 Qg6+ 43.
Kf4 f6 $1 {[%mdl 68] An outstanding game, and another example of superb
opening preparation of Vladimir Kramnik!} (43... f6 $1 {[%cal Rg6g5]} 44. h4
Re8 45. Qxh5 Re4+ $1 46. Bxe4 Qxh5 $19) 0-1

[Event "POL-ch 58th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2001.03.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Macieja, Bartlomiej"]
[Black "Grabarczyk, Miroslaw"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2578"]
[BlackElo "2489"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2001.03.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 082"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nxc6 Qf6 6. Qd2 dxc6 7. Nc3 Ne7 {
Other options:} (7... Be6) (7... Bd4) 8. Na4 Bd6 9. f4 O-O 10. Qf2 ({Bad is} 
10. e5 $2 {due to} Bxe5 11. fxe5 Qh4+ $17 {[%csl Ra4,Gh4][%cal Rh4a4,Rh4e1]}) (
10. Bd3 Ng6 11. g3 Re8 12. Qe2 Bb4+ 13. c3 Bf8 14. Be3 Bh3 15. Nc5 Bxc5 16.
Bxc5 Qe6 17. Kf2 Rad8 18. Rhe1 Qd7 19. Bc4 Bg4 20. Qe3 b6 21. Ba3 c5 22. Kg1
Ne7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Gluzman,M-Romanishin,O/Moscow 1994/CBM 44 ext (25)}) 10... Qe6
$146 (10... Ng6 11. g3 Re8 12. Bd3 Bb4+ 13. c3 Bf8 14. Be3 b5 15. Nc5 Bf5 16.
O-O Bxc5 17. Bxc5 Bxe4 18. Bxe4 Rxe4 19. Bxa7 Rae8 20. Rae1 h6 {1/2-1/2
Hamdouchi,H-Romanishin,O/Saint Vincent 2000/CBM 74 ext (20)}) 11. Bd3 f5 (11...
Nd5 12. a3 $1 {[%cal Ga3b4]} (12. O-O Nb4 13. Nc5 (13. Nc3 $5) 13... Nxd3 14.
cxd3 (14. Nxe6 $2 Nxf2 15. Nxf8 Nxe4 $19 {[%csl Rf8]}) 14... Qg4 $5 $132 {
[%cal Gb7b6]}) 12... f5 13. e5 Be7 14. Nc5 Qf7 15. O-O {leads to the identical
position in the game.}) 12. e5 Nd5 13. O-O Be7 14. Nc5 {After this natural
move black equalized more or less easily.White has advantage in space, so
keeping more pieces on the board was more unpleasantly for black.} (14. a3 $1 {
limiting black knight.} Rd8 15. Rd1 Qf7 16. b3 $14 {with following c2-c4
somewhere.}) 14... Qf7 {[%cal Gd5b4]} 15. a3 ({Equivalent is:} 15. Bd2 Bxc5 16.
Qxc5 Be6) 15... Bxc5 16. Qxc5 Be6 17. Rd1 (17. c4 Ne7 $11 {[%cal Gf8d8,Gb7b6]})
17... Rfd8 18. Be2 Qe8 {[%cal Gb7b6] protecting c6 pawn.} 19. c4 b6 20. Qf2 Ne7
21. Be3 a5 $1 22. Rxd8 (22. b4 $143 axb4 23. axb4 Rxd1+ {and black occupying
the "a" file.}) 22... Rxd8 23. b4 Ra8 {[%cal Ga5b4]} 24. b5 c5 25. Rd1 Rd8 $11
26. Rxd8 Qxd8 {The position is closed, that's why white can not utilize his
pair of bishops.} 27. Qf3 c6 $1 {getting rid of double pawn.} 28. bxc6 Qc7 29.
Bf2 Qxc6 30. Qxc6 ({Possibly was} 30. Qb3 {declining queen exchange.}) 30...
Nxc6 31. Kf1 Kf8 32. Ke1 Kf7 33. Kd2 Ke8 34. Kc3 Kd7 {The endgame is
completely equal. Each side has no constructive plan.} 35. Bf3 g6 36. h3 {
[%cal Gg2g4]} h5 37. Bd1 Kc7 38. Ba4 Bd7 39. Bc2 Be6 40. Bd3 (40. g4 {doesn't
bring any change.} hxg4 41. hxg4 Kd7 $11) 40... Kd7 {The rest moves of the
game may be called "stand by".} 41. Be2 Nb8 42. Kd3 Nc6 43. Bd1 Kc7 44. Be1 Kd7
45. Bc3 Kc7 46. Be2 Kd7 47. Ke3 Ke7 48. Bd3 Kf7 49. Be2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings 0203 78th"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "2002.12.31"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Tseshkovsky, Vitaly"]
[Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2551"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2002.12.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
c4 Ba6 9. b3 g6 {More ambitious alternative to this move is 9...g5. Also
appeared in practice 9...0-0-0, 9...Qh4 etc.} 10. f4 Bg7 (10... Qb4+ 11. Bd2
Qb6 {- see the commented games Lautier,J-Bacrot,E/Cannes 2002/CBM 88 [Postny]
and Nataf,I-Bacrot,E/Cannes 2002/CBM 88 [Postny]}) 11. Qf2 Nb6 (11... Nf6 12.
Be2 {1-0 Svidler,P-Rizouk,A/Shenyang 2000/CBM 79/[Mikhalevski,V] (33)}) 12. c5
$5 {This move changes the character of the position.} ({Logical is:} 12. Ba3
Qe6 13. Nd2 d6 14. O-O-O O-O 15. Bd3 $14 {1-0 Vorobiov,E-Obukhov,A/Orel 1997/
EXT 99 (26)}) 12... Bxf1 13. cxb6 Ba6 14. Ba3 (14. bxc7 d6 15. Ba3 {- see 14.
Ba3.}) 14... Qd8 $6 $146 {Now white gets a comfortable advantage without
problems.} ({A critical variation is} 14... d6 15. bxc7 c5 16. Nc3 Qxc7 17.
O-O-O Qa5 18. Bb2 dxe5 19. Nd5 O-O 20. Bxe5 $14 {1-0 Tseshkovsky,V-Arbakov,V/
Krasnodar 2002/EXT 2003 (27)}) 15. bxc7 Qxc7 16. Bd6 Qa5+ 17. Qd2 Qxd2+ {
Black lost several tempos with the queen and finally exchanged it.} 18. Nxd2 $6
({Stronger would be} 18. Kxd2 $1 {not allowing black to activate his
light-squared bishop.} f6 19. Nc3 $16) 18... Bd3 $1 {Restricting the
possibilities of white's N.} 19. O-O-O Bf5 (19... Bh6 $6 20. g3 g5 21. fxg5
Bxg5 22. Kb2 $16) 20. Rde1 $6 (20. Nc4 {with possible plan: Nc4-e3, Rd1-d4-a4.}
) 20... Bf8 {Black has to exchange his bad dark-squared bishop as soon as
possible.} 21. Bxf8 (21. Nc4 $142) 21... Kxf8 22. h3 Be6 {Transfering the
bishop to an excellent square d5.} 23. Rhf1 Ke7 (23... a5 $5 $132 {[%cal Ga5a4]
}) 24. g4 Bd5 {[%csl Gd5]} 25. Ne4 h5 26. f5 (26. g5 a5 $132 {[%cal Ga5a4]})
26... hxg4 27. hxg4 gxf5 28. gxf5 Rag8 $11 {[%csl Gg8,Gh8] Now black has
nothing to worry about.} 29. Rf2 {It is important to cover the second rank.}
Rh4 30. Nf6 Rgh8 31. Rd1 (31. Rd2 Rh2 $11) 31... Rh1 {The game is now quickly
ends in a draw more or less by force.} 32. Rfd2 Rxd1+ 33. Rxd1 (33. Kxd1 Rh1+
34. Kc2 Rf1 35. Nxd5+ cxd5 36. Rxd5 Rxf5 {is very similar to the game.}) 33...
Rh2 $11 34. Nxd5+ cxd5 35. a4 Rf2 36. Rxd5 Rxf5 37. Ra5 Ke6 38. Rxa7 Rxe5 39.
a5 f5 {There are four passed pawns in the position, nevertheless it's still
draw, since both sides is now working on neutralizing the opponent's pawns.}
40. Ra8 Kd6 41. Kd2 f4 42. Rf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dubai op"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2001.04.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kotsur, Pavel"]
[Black "Pavasovic, Dusko"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2576"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[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 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
c4 Nb6 9. Nc3 Ba6 10. Qe4 Qe6 11. b3 O-O-O 12. f4 f6 13. c5 $6 $146 {A very
risky novelty.} (13. Bd2 Bb7 14. O-O-O Re8 15. Re1 fxe5 16. fxe5 g6 17. Bd3 c5
18. Qe2 Bg7 19. Bf4 Rhf8 20. Bg3 {1/2-1/2 Fernandez,D-Kaufman,L/2000/
Washington (20)}) 13... Bxf1 14. cxb6 Ba6 15. bxa7 Kb7 16. b4 $2 {[%mdl 16384]
This is already a serious mistake.} ({White has to play} 16. Be3 {, no matter
is it good or bad.} {The game may continue:} Re8 (16... d5 17. exd6 Qxe4 18.
Nxe4 Re8 19. Nc5+ Kxa7 20. Nxa6+ Kxa6 21. Kf2 cxd6 $11) 17. Bd4 fxe5 18. fxe5
d5 (18... Bd6 $2 19. O-O-O {[%csl Gd1,Rd7]}) 19. Qf3 (19. Qe3 $2 c5 $1 20. Bxc5
Bxc5 21. Qxc5 Qxe5+ 22. Kd1 d4 $19) 19... Bd6 20. Na4 Qg6 21. O-O-O Bxe5 22.
Qc3 (22. Nc5+ $2 Kxa7 23. Nxa6+ Kxa6 24. Qe2+ Kb7 25. Bxe5 Qg5+ $17) 22... Bxd4
23. Rxd4 Kxa7 24. Nc5 Qg5+ 25. Kb1 Qxg2 26. Rhd1 Qg6+ 27. Ka1 Rb8 28. Nxa6 Kxa6
29. Ra4+ Kb7 30. Rb4+ Ka8 (30... Kc8 $4 31. Qh3+ $18) 31. Ra4+ Kb7 $11) {
[%tqu "En","Please enter a move for black.","","","d7d5","",10]} 16... d5 $1
17. Qd4 (17. exd6 $2 Qxe4+ 18. Nxe4 Re8 $19) 17... fxe5 18. fxe5 Bd6 19. Bf4
Bxe5 (19... Rhe8 $144) 20. Bxe5 Rhe8 21. O-O-O Qxe5 22. Qxe5 Rxe5 23. Rhe1 (23.
Na4 Kxa7 24. Rhe1 Rde8) 23... Rde8 24. Rxe5 (24. Kd2 d4 $19) 24... Rxe5 25. Na4
Kxa7 {Black is a pawn up and his B is better then white's N.The endgame is
winning for black, however there are some technical problems. Hecht: '[#]
Beide Seiten spielen praktisch ohne Kцnig, wobei sich der Lдufer als die
gefдhrlichere Leichtfigur erweist. '} 26. Rd2 Re4 27. a3 Bc4 28. Nc5 Re3 29.
Kb2 h5 {Black has to create a second weakness on the kingside.} 30. g3 g5 31.
a4 h4 32. gxh4 gxh4 33. Rf2 (33. a5 h3 {[%csl Rh2][%cal Gc4f1,Gf1g2]} 34. Kc2
Bf1 35. Nb3 Ka6 36. Nd4 c5 37. bxc5 Kxa5 $19 {[%csl Rc5]}) 33... d4 34. Rd2 Bd5
35. a5 h3 {[%csl Rh2]} 36. Rf2 Re1 {[%csl Rh2][%cal Gg1g2,Ge1h1,Ge1g1] White
cann't create any counterplay.The f7 square is defended by the black bishop.}
37. Rd2 Rh1 38. Nd3 {'?!' Hecht.  The only way to prevent immediate losing of
Ph2. Hecht: 'WeiЯ soll den Springer auf c5 belassen, und bei Lg2 sofort auf d4
nehmen kцnnen, um danach ein Gegenspiel mittels Td7 einzuleiten. '} (38. Kc2
Bg2 39. Rxd4 Rxh2 40. Rd7 Bd5+ 41. Kc3 Ra2 42. Rxc7+ Kb8 43. Na6+ Ka8 44. Rh7
Be4 45. Rh8+ Ka7 46. Nc5 Bf5 47. Kd4 $11) 38... Bg2 39. Nf4 {'?!' Hecht.} (39.
Nf2 $1 Rxh2 (39... Rf1 40. Kb3 Bd5+ 41. Kc2 Be6 42. Kd3 $15) 40. Nxh3 Rxh3 41.
Rxg2 Ka6 $15) 39... Ka6 ({Of course not} 39... Rxh2 $2 40. Nxh3) 40. Rc2 (40.
Nxg2 $2 Rxh2) 40... Be4 41. Re2 Bf5 {Now black's king is ready to join the
party.} 42. Kb3 Ra1 43. Re5 {'?' Hecht. Hecht: 'Der letzte Fehler entscheidet.'
} (43. Kc4 $1) 43... d3 (43... d3 44. Kc3 Ra3+ 45. Kd2 Ra2+ $19 46. Ke1 d2+ 47.
Kd1 Bg4+ 48. Ne2 c5 49. bxc5 Kxa5 50. Re4 Ra1+ 51. Kxd2 Ra2+ 52. Ke1 Rxe2+ 53.
Rxe2 Bxe2 54. Kxe2 Kb5 55. Kf3 Kxc5 56. Kg3 Kb4 57. Kxh3 c5 58. Kg3 c4 59. Kf2
c3 60. Ke2 Kb3 61. Kd1 Kb2 $19) 0-1

[Event "Clichy"]
[Site "Clichy"]
[Date "2001.06.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nataf, Igor Alexandre"]
[Black "Lautier, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2552"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2001.06.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 085"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nxc6 Qf6 6. Qd2 dxc6 7. Nc3 Be6 {
The alternatives are: 7...Ne7 ; 7...Bd4.} 8. Na4 Rd8 9. Bd3 Bd4 10. c3 {
The main line is 10.0-0 and it's probably more promising for white.} Bxf2+ $1 (
10... b5 $6 11. cxd4 Qxd4 (11... bxa4 12. Qc2 Qxd4 13. Qxc6+ $14 {1-0 Polgar,
Z-Xie Jun /Jaen 1996/CBM 52 (25)}) 12. Bc2 bxa4 13. Qxd4 Rxd4 14. Be3 $16 {
1-0 Rublevsky,S-Kupreichik,V /Kurgan 1995/CBM 49 (60)}) (10... Be5 $5) 11. Qxf2
Rxd3 12. Qxf6 (12. Nc5 $4 Rd1+ $19) 12... Nxf6 13. Nc5 Rd8 14. Nxb7 Rb8 15. Nc5
Rb5 {The most ambitious move in the position. Black is ready to sacrifice an
exchange...} (15... Nd7 {is probably sufficient for the equality, but the move
in the text seems to be stronger.}) 16. b4 {[%csl Rb5]} Nxe4 $1 17. a4 (17.
Nxe4 $2 Re5 $17) 17... Rxc5 18. bxc5 Bc4 {In compensation for the exchange
black has a pawn and a very active light pieces.} 19. Bf4 $1 $146 {In the
preceding games white played 19.Be3 and had to fight for the equality:} (19.
Be3 O-O 20. Bd4 Rb8 21. O-O-O Be2 22. Rhe1 $1 (22. Rde1 $2 Bd3) 22... Bxd1 23.
Rxe4 Bb3 (23... Bxa4 $6 24. Bxg7 $11) 24. Rg4 g6 {(In the game Rublevsky-Anand/
Moscow rapid 1996/ draw was agreed here.)} 25. Bf6 Bd5 26. g3 (26. c4 $142 Rb4
27. Rd4 $11 {Rublevsky}) 26... Re8 27. Rb4 h6 28. h4 Kh7 29. Rb7 g5 30. hxg5
Kg6 31. Rxc7 hxg5 $15 {0-1 Igudesman,K-Ibragimov,I/Azov 1996/CBM 56 ext (58)})
19... O-O ({Worse is:} 19... Kd7 $2 20. O-O-O+ Kc8 21. Rd4 Bd5 22. Be3 $14 ({
but not} 22. c4 $2 Nxc5 {[%csl Rd4][%cal Gc5b3]})) 20. Bxc7 Re8 21. O-O-O $1 ({
Very dangerous for white is:} 21. Rg1 $6 Nxc5+ 22. Kf2 Nd3+ 23. Kf3 (23. Kg3
Re3+ 24. Kh4 f6 $1 $19 {[%csl Rh4]}) 23... Bd5+ 24. Kg4 Re4+ 25. Kg3 Re3+ $40)
21... Nf2 22. Rd4 Nxh1 23. Rxc4 Nf2 24. Bb6 $1 {A surprising move, which
probably had psychological effect as well...} ({No good for white is} 24. Rd4
$2 {[%cal Gd4d6]} Ne4 {. White can play} 25. Rd6 {anyway, however after cool}
Rc8 $1 {white is in trouble.}) 24... a6 $2 {Black takes white at it's word.} ({
The best and the most critical variation was:} 24... axb6 25. cxb6 Nd3+ 26. Kc2
Ne5 27. Re4 {threatening 28.Re5 then 29.b7.} (27. Rb4 Nd7 {[%cal Gd7b8]}) 27...
f6 $8 28. a5 (28. b7 Rb8 29. Rb4 Nd7 30. a5 {-see 28.a5}) 28... Rb8 29. Rb4 Nd7
30. b7 (30. a6 Nxb6 31. a7 Ra8 32. Rxb6 Rxa7 $15) 30... Nc5 31. Rb6 Nd7 $11)
25. Rd4 Kf8 26. Kc2 (26. Rd6 $2 Re6) 26... Re3 27. Kb3 {[%csl Ra6][%cal Gb3b4,
Gb4a5,Ga5a6]} Nd3 28. Kc4 (28. Rd6 $2 Ne5 29. Kb4 Re2 (29... Re4+ $2 30. Ka5
Nc4+ 31. Kxa6 Nxd6 32. cxd6 Ke8 33. Kb7 Kd7 34. a5 Kxd6 {[%cal Ge4e7]} 35. Bc7+
$1 Kc5 36. a6 Ra4 37. a7 Kc4 38. a8=Q Rxa8 39. Kxa8 Kxc3 40. Be5+ $18) 30. Rd4
(30. Ka5 $6 Nc4+ 31. Kxa6 Nxd6 32. cxd6 Ke8 33. g3 (33. Kb7 $2 Kd7 34. a5 Rxg2
35. a6 Rxh2 36. a7 Ra2 {[%csl Gf7,Gg7,Gh7] and the three passed connected
pawns will decide the game in black's favour.}) 33... Rxh2 34. Kb7 Kd7 35. a5
Kxd6 36. a6 Ra2 37. a7 Kd5 38. a8=Q Rxa8 39. Kxa8 Kc4 40. Bd4 f6 41. Kb7 c5 42.
Bf2 Kxc3 43. Bxc5 $11) 30... Rxg2 31. Ka5 Rxh2 32. Kxa6 {with a very sharp
endgame, where an "a" pawn will cost black a R and the main question will be,
what 3 black's pawns on the kingside are really worth?}) 28... Ne1 $1 29. Rd6
Re4+ 30. Kb3 Nxg2 31. Rxc6 Ne3 32. Rd6 Nc4 33. Rd4 $6 (33. Rd7 f5 34. Ra7 f4
35. Rxa6 Ke8 36. c6 Nxb6 37. Rxb6 Ke7 38. Rb7+ Kd6 39. Rxg7 Kxc6 40. Rxh7 {
+/-/+- The position will probably transpose to an endgame, where a R with "a"
and "c" pawns vs. R.Theoretically this endgame maybe a draw, but in practice
this endgame is usually lost...}) 33... Rxd4 34. cxd4 Ne3 35. Kb4 $2 {It seems,
that this natural move is a serious mistake, which allows black to escape for
a draw.Instead of this white had an interesting option, which could bring him
a win:} (35. c6 $1 Ke7 (35... Nd5 36. Bc5+ Ke8 37. Kc4 Ne3+ 38. Kb4 f5 39. Ka5
Kd8 40. Kxa6 Kc7 (40... f4 41. Kb7 Nd5 42. c7+ Nxc7 43. Bb6 f3 44. Bxc7+ Kd7
45. Bg3 $18) 41. Kb5 f4 42. a5 f3 (42... Nd5 43. Bb6+ Kd6 44. Bd8 f3 45. Bh4
$18) 43. d5 Nxd5 44. a6 Kc8 45. a7 Nc7+ 46. Kc4 Na8 47. Bf2 $18 {[%csl Yc7,Gg3]
[%cal Gf2g3,Gg3b8]}) 36. Bc7 {[%csl Yd6,Yd7]} Nd5 (36... g5 37. Be5 f5 38. Kb4
f4 39. Kc5 f3 40. Bg3 Nf5 41. Bf2 {[%cal Gc5b6,Gb6b7]} Kd8 42. Kd5 Kc7 43. Ke6
Ng7+ 44. Kf6 Ne8+ 45. Ke7 Ng7 46. d5 Nf5+ 47. Ke6 $18) 37. Bg3 f5 38. Kc4 Nb6+
39. Kb4 f4 40. Bxf4 $1 Nd5+ 41. Kc5 Nxf4 42. d5 Nd3+ (42... Nxd5 43. Kxd5 {
[%cal Gd5c5,Gc5b6]} Kd8 44. Ke6 Kc7 45. Kf7 g5 46. Kg7 Kxc6 47. Kxh7 Kc5 48.
Kg6 Kb4 49. Kxg5 Kxa4 50. h4 $18) 43. Kb6 Ne5 44. c7 Nc4+ 45. Kxa6 Kd7 46. Kb7
Nd6+ 47. Kb8 $18 {[%csl Ga4]}) 35... Ke7 36. Ka5 Kd7 37. Kxa6 Kc6 {Black's
king arrived just in time...At the moment white's pieces are badly placed and
black has enough time to create a sufficient counterplay.} 38. Ka7 f5 39. a5
Nc2 40. a6 (40. d5+ $2 Kxd5 41. Kb7 Nb4 42. a6 Nxa6 43. Kxa6 Kc6 $17 {[%csl
Ra6]}) 40... Nxd4 (40... Nb4 $2 41. Ba5 $1 $18) 41. Kb8 Nb5 42. h4 f4 43. Ba5
f3 44. Be1 Kxc5 45. Kb7 {White has to keep his "a" pawn, otherwise black's K
will be free to go straight and win.} Nd6+ 46. Kc7 Nb5+ 47. Kb7 Nd6+ 48. Kb8
Nb5 {An exciting endgame!} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Clichy"]
[Site "Clichy"]
[Date "2001.06.25"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Hebden, Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2001.06.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 085"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
c4 Nb6 {This move became more popular nowadays, than the other theoretical
line 8...Ba6.} 9. Nc3 a5 10. f4 $146 (10. Qe4 g6 11. Bd3 Bg7 12. f4 (12. O-O {
see the game Ganguly,SS-Shetty,R/Goodricke 12th op 2001/CBM 82 [Postny]}) 12...
O-O 13. O-O d5 $6 (13... Ba6) 14. cxd5 cxd5 15. Nxd5 Qc5+ 16. Be3 Qxd5 17. Bxb6
Qxe4 18. Bxe4 cxb6 19. Bxa8 Ba6 20. Bd5 Bxf1 21. Kxf1 Rd8 22. Rd1 $16 {1/2-1/2
Yakovich,Y-Sokolov,I/Oviedo 1993/CBM 38 ext (37)}) (10. b3 a4 11. Rb1 axb3 12.
axb3 Qe6 13. Qe4 g6 $6 (13... Bb4 14. Bd2 d5 $132) 14. Bd3 Bg7 15. f4 O-O 16.
O-O d6 17. Qxc6 dxe5 18. Qxe6 Bxe6 19. Be4 Rab8 20. Nb5 $14 {1-0 Maiorov,
O-Frolov,D/Orel 1997/EXT 99 (38)}) 10... a4 (10... Qe6 11. Qe4 g6 12. Bd3 Bg7 {
-see 10.Qe4.}) 11. Qe4 g6 $6 {This way of development is too slow.Black should
try to break white's pawn centre as soon as possible.} (11... Bb7 $5 {[%cal
Yd6d5,Yd7d5,Yd7d6]} 12. Be3 {[%csl Rb6]} (12. Be2 d5 13. exd6 Qxe4 14. Nxe4
cxd6 $11) 12... Qb4 13. Rb1 Be7 {[%cal Gb7a6,Gd7d5]} 14. Bd2 $1 d5 15. exd6
Qxd6 {and black gets a reasonable position.}) 12. Bd3 Bg7 13. O-O O-O 14. Be3
f5 $6 {This move makes the position more static and the static advantage on
the white's side, thanks to better pawnstructure and more influence in the
centre.} (14... f6 $2 15. c5 $18) ({Deserving attention} 14... Bb7 $14) 15. Qf3
$16 Qb4 $6 {This move can not be recommended, however it's not easy to give a
good advice for black.For instanse:} (15... Ba6 16. Bxb6 cxb6 17. Nxa4 Qb4 18.
b3 $16) (15... Bb7 16. c5 $16) 16. c5 $2 {Allows black to come back from a
very suspicious position.} ({Very strong was:} 16. Qf2 $1 {[%cal Ge3c5]} Ra5 (
16... a3 17. Bc5 Qxb2 18. Qe1 $1 {[%csl Rb2][%cal Ra1b1,Rf1f2] and black's
queen is doomed.}) 17. a3 Qb3 18. Bb1 $1 {[%csl Rb3][%cal Gb1a2]} Na8 $8 19.
Ba2 Qb8 20. c5+ {and white's position is strategically winning.}) 16... a3 $1 {
Probably overlooked by Lautier.} (16... Nc4 $2 {was refuted by} 17. Nd5 $1 cxd5
18. Qxd5+ Kh8 19. Qxc4 {and white remains with a pawn up and a better position.
}) 17. cxb6 axb2 18. Rab1 ({The wild} 18. Nd5 $6 {doesn't look very promising
for white-} bxa1=Q 19. Rxa1 Qb2 20. Rb1 Qxa2 21. Nxc7 (21. b7 cxd5 22. bxa8=Q
Qxa8 $17) 21... Rb8 $15) 18... Qxc3 19. Qe2 cxb6 20. Bxb6 d6 $1 {breaking
white's pawncentre.} (20... d5 $6 21. Rxb2 $14 {[%csl Ge5,Gf4,Rg7]}) 21. Rxb2 {
[%csl Rc3][%cal Gb2b3]} Be6 $11 22. Rc2 Qb4 23. Rxc6 Bd5 $1 {[%csl Rg2]} ({
Worse is} 23... Rxa2 $6 24. Qf3 {[%csl Rd6]}) 24. Bc4 Bxc4 25. Qxc4+ Qxc4 26.
Rxc4 Ra6 (26... dxe5 $144) 27. Bc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 56th"]
[Site "Krasnoyarsk"]
[Date "2003.09.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Black "Tseshkovsky, Vitaly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2538"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[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 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
c4 Ba6 9. b3 g6 10. f4 f6 {This continuation was played in the game
Kasparov-Karpov/Tilburg 1991 and is out of fashion now. The main contnuations
are 10...Bg7 and 10...Qb4.} (10... Bg7 11. Qf2 {- see the annotated game
Tseshkovsky,V-Harikrishna,P/Hastings 2002/CBM 93 [Postny,E]}) (10... Qb4+ 11.
Bd2 Qb6 {- for instanse see the annotated game Lautier,J-Fontaine,R/Aix les
Bains 2003/CBM 97 [Postny,E]}) 11. exf6 {The most practical decision. White
can hope to seize the initiative after the exchange of queens.} ({Leads to a
very complicated game:} 11. Ba3 Qf7 12. Qd2 Nb6 13. c5 Bxf1 14. cxb6 {- see
the game Kasparov,G-Karpov,An/Tilburg 1991/CBM 26 [Schussler]}) (11. Qe4 Nb6
12. Bb2 Bg7 13. Nd2 fxe5 14. fxe5 O-O-O 15. O-O-O Rhe8 16. Nf3 Kb8 17. Bd3 Bb7
18. Qe2 d5 19. cxd5 cxd5 $11 {1-0 Dembo,Y-Savic,M/Herceg Novi 2001/CBM 82 ext 
(41)}) 11... Qxe2+ $146 ({More accurate seems to be} 11... Nxf6 12. Bb2 O-O-O (
12... Bg7 13. Nd2 Qxe2+ 14. Bxe2 O-O 15. O-O-O d5 16. Rhe1 Rad8 17. Bf3 $14 {
1-0 Nataf,I-Daurelle,H/Drancy 2003 (33)}) 13. Nd2 d5 (13... Qf7 14. O-O-O Bg7
15. g3 Rhe8 16. Qf3 Re7 17. Bh3 Rde8 18. Qf2 Kb8 19. Rhe1 d6 $11 {1/2-1/2
Goloshchapov,A-Sriram,J/Sangli 2000/EXT 2001 (49)}) 14. O-O-O d4 15. Re1 Qxe2
16. Bxe2 Bh6 17. g3 g5 18. Bf3 c5 19. Ba3 Bb7 20. Bxb7+ Kxb7 21. Bxc5 $14 {
1/2-1/2 Beliavsky,A-Almasi,Z/Niksic 1997/CBM 59 ext (40)}) 12. Bxe2 Bb4+ 13.
Bd2 Bxd2+ 14. Nxd2 Nxf4 {Black is hoping, that Pf6 will become a target in the
near future, but white can frustrate black's plans...} ({After} 14... Nxf6 15.
O-O-O {white keeps small, but stable advantage thanks to superior
pawnstructure.}) 15. Rf1 $1 {[%mdl 512] Very nice and deep pawn sacrifice.} (
15. Bf3 $6 O-O 16. Ne4 d5 17. Nc5 Rae8+ 18. Kd2 Bc8 {and white is losing the
Pf6.}) 15... Nxg2+ 16. Kf2 Nf4 17. Bg4 {White has clear advantage in
development.} O-O-O $2 {After this moment black's position is probably beyond
saving.} (17... Nd3+ $1 18. Kg3 (18. Ke3 Ne5 19. Bh3 O-O $13) 18... h5 19. Be2
(19. Bh3 $6 d5 $13) 19... Nc5 20. Rae1 Kf7 21. b4 Ne6 22. Bd3 {It's clear,
that white has excellent compensation for the pawn, but black's defensive
resources should not underestimated.}) (17... d5 $6 18. Rae1+ Kf7 19. Re7+ Kxf6
20. Rxc7 $40) 18. Kg3 Nd3 (18... g5 19. Ne4 h6 20. Nc5 Bb7 21. Rad1 $18 {
[%csl Rd7]}) 19. Nf3 $1 {Covering the e5 square.} ({Worse is} 19. Ne4 h5 20.
Be2 Ne5) 19... Rhe8 20. Rad1 Re3 21. Kh4 $1 {[%mdl 2048] The white king is
playing an important role. Also the exchange sacrifice on followed by Nf3-e5
is now in the air. White's passed pawn is very strong.} Rf8 ({After} 21... h6
22. Rxd3 $1 Rxd3 23. Ne5 {white's f7 pawn will cost black a full rook.}) (21...
h5 22. Bh3 Nf4 23. Rxd7 $1 Rxd7 24. f7 g5+ $1 25. Nxg5 Ng6+ 26. Kxh5 Rxh3+ 27.
Nxh3 Nf8 28. Ng5 $18 {White is winning here as well. Black's extra bishop is
completely useless.}) 22. Kg5 $1 ({Good enough was} 22. Bxd7+ Kxd7 23. Rxd3+
Rxd3 24. Ne5+ Kd6 25. Nxd3 {, but Rublevsky is playing for a maximum.}) 22...
c5 $6 ({More stubborn was} 22... Nc5 23. Rfe1 $1 Ne4+ 24. Kh6 Rxe1 25. Rxe1
Nxf6 26. Kg7 Nxg4 27. Kxf8 $18) 23. Bxd7+ Kb8 24. Rxd3 Rxd3 25. Ne5 Rd8 {
I doubt, that black played this move leaving the Rd3 hanging. However, black's
position is beyond saving anyway.} (25... Rd2 26. f7 $18) 26. f7 1-0

[Event "Zanic Memorial"]
[Site "Stara Pazova"]
[Date "2001.03.17"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sedlak, Nikola"]
[Black "Radulski, Julian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2432"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2001.03.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 082"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Ne4 $5 {Rare
move. Main line is 6...Qe7 7.Qe2 Nd5.} 7. Nd2 Nc5 ({Can not be recommended} 
7... Nxd2 $6) 8. Nf3 (8. Be2 {is probably more promising for white.} Be7 (8...
d5 $5) 9. O-O O-O 10. Nb3 Nxb3 11. axb3 d5 12. exd6 Bxd6 13. Ra4 Bf5 14. Bd3
Bxd3 15. Qxd3 Qf6 16. g3 Rfe8 17. Kg2 $16 {[%csl Ra7,Rc6] 1-0 Morozevich,
A-Bezgodov,A/Tomsk 1998/CBM 67 (37)}) 8... d5 {[%csl Gd5,Ye6][%cal Yc5e6]} 9.
exd6 cxd6 10. Be2 Be7 11. O-O O-O 12. Be3 $146 (12. Nd4 Bd7 13. Bf3 Qb6 14. b3
Bf6 15. Be3 Qc7 16. c3 Ne6 17. Qd2 Rad8 18. Rfd1 d5 19. b4 Rfe8 20. Rac1 Qb8
21. Nb3 h6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Miliutin,O-Bezgodov,A/Krasnodar 1996/EXT 2000 (32)})
12... Bf6 13. Nd4 Bd7 14. c4 ({Possible as well} 14. Bf3 Qc7 15. b4 $5 Ne6 16.
c4 Rab8 (16... c5 17. Nxe6 Bxe6 18. Bxa8 Bxa1 19. Bd5 Be5 20. b5 $14) 17. Rb1
a5 18. a3 Bxd4 19. Bxd4 Nxd4 20. Qxd4 axb4 21. axb4 c5 $11) 14... Re8 15. Qc2
Qc8 {[%csl Yf5]} 16. Rad1 {[%cal Yb2b4]} a5 {[%csl Gc5][%cal Ga5b4] Status is
=.White has slightly superior pawnstructure-Black has strong knight on c5 and
the "b" file for his rook.} 17. Bf3 Be5 18. b3 {[%cal Ye3c1,Yc1a3,Yc1b2]} (18.
Rfe1 $144) 18... g6 19. Bc1 $1 {Right manoeuvre.The bishop on e3 was doing
nothing, so it's logically to transfer it to b2 or a3.} Qc7 20. h3 Rab8 {
[%cal Ga5a4]} (20... Qb6 $144 {[%cal Ga5a4]}) 21. Qd2 Qb6 $6 {[%cal Ga5a4]} (
21... a4 {was the logical continuation and black has no problems.For example:}
22. b4 Na6 23. Ba3 c5) 22. Nc2 $1 $14 h5 {[%csl Yg4][%cal Gh5g4]} (22... Bf5 {
[%csl Rd3,Re4]} 23. Ba3 Ne4 (23... Nxb3 24. axb3 Qxb3 25. Bxd6 $14) 24. Bxe4
Bxe4 25. Ne3 Rbd8 26. Ng4 $14) (22... a4 $6 23. b4 Na6 24. c5 $16) 23. Ba3 Bf5
24. Nd4 Ne4 (24... Be4 25. Rfe1 $14) 25. Bxe4 Bxe4 26. Rfe1 c5 (26... d5 $2 27.
c5 (27. f3 $2 Bd3 $1 28. Qxd3 Qxd4+ 29. Qxd4 Bxd4+ 30. Kf1 Rxe1+ $11) 27... Qc7
28. f3 Bf4 29. Qc3 $18) 27. Rxe4 $6 (27. Nb5 {was much more problemative for
black.} d5 28. cxd5 $1 Qxb5 29. Rxe4 Bh2+ 30. Kxh2 Rxe4 31. Qc3 {[%csl Ga3,Gc3,
Rc5,Rg8][%cal Ga3b2,Gc3h8] This manoeuvre should have been seen before white's
playing 28.cd.} Qe2 (31... Rd4 $1 32. Rxd4 cxd4 33. Qxd4 Qb6 34. Qe5 f6 $14)
32. Bb2 Rd4 33. Rxd4 Qe5+ 34. Rf4 $1 Qxf4+ 35. Kg1 Qd4 36. Qg3 Qxb2 (36... Qd1+
37. Kh2 Re8 38. Qd6 $18 {[%csl Gb2,Gd6,Rg8][%cal Rd6f6]}) 37. Qxb8+ Kg7 $16)
27... Bxd4 28. Rxe8+ ({After} 28. Rxe8+ Rxe8 29. Re1 {the position is
completely equal.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Beijing zt 3.3"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2005.10.24"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Wang, Hao"]
[Black "Liang, Chong"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2519"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[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 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. c3 Nge7 7. g3 b6 {
This way of development is quite playable after 7.Bc4, but against 7.g3 it's
not so sound. White's Pe4 will be well protected, and white's bishop won't be
attacked by d7-d5 thrust.} ({The main and recommended continuation is} 7... d5)
8. Bg2 h5 $146 (8... Bb7 9. O-O O-O-O 10. b4 Bxd4 11. cxd4 Nxb4 12. Qd2 Nbc6
13. Nc3 h6 14. Rfc1 Kb8 15. Nb5 Rc8 16. d5 Ne5 17. f4 Ng4 18. Bd4 Qg6 19. f5
Qg5 20. Qe2 $16 {1-0 Jakubovic,N (2350)-Vucic,M (2367)/Bihac 1999/EXT 2000 (34)
}) 9. O-O Ba6 $6 {I guess that this was black's idea behind 7...b6. However,
the bishop on a6 is actually misplaced.} (9... Bb7 $14) 10. Re1 h4 (10... Ne5
$2 11. b4 Bxd4 12. cxd4 Nd3 13. e5 $18 {[%csl Ra8,Rf6]}) 11. b4 $1 {Forcing
black to strengthen white's centre.} Bxd4 12. cxd4 hxg3 13. fxg3 O-O-O $6 {
Continuing the faulty strategy. Frankly speaking, black's position is already
bad.} (13... Nxb4 $2 14. e5 $18 {[%csl Ra8,Rf6]}) (13... Bb7 {was relatively
better, but white's advantage is undisputable anyway.}) 14. a4 {It's clear
that white's chances to create an attack against the opponent's king are far
more reliable than the black ones. White's control over the centre and pair of
strong bishops are the dominant factors in the position.} Nxb4 15. a5 d5 (15...
Nd3 16. Rf1 Nb2 17. Qd2 Bxf1 18. Bxf1 Qf3 19. axb6 axb6 20. Ra3 $18 {[%csl Rb2]
}) (15... b5 16. Nc3 {is very unattractive for black as well.}) 16. Qd2 bxa5 (
16... Nec6 17. axb6 axb6 18. exd5 Nxd5 19. Rxa6 $18) 17. Bg5 $1 Qd6 18. e5 Qe6
19. Rxa5 Nec6 20. Ra4 $1 {Black is winning material with a continuous attack.
The move in the text is even stronger than 20.Bxd8.} Rde8 21. Rxb4 Nxb4 22.
Qxb4 Rh5 (22... f6 23. Bd2 $18) 23. Nc3 Bc4 24. Be3 Reh8 25. h4 Qg4 26. Bf2 Rf5
27. Nxd5 1-0

[Event "FRA-ch"]
[Site "Aix les Bains"]
[Date "2003.08.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Fontaine, Robert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2541"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2003.08.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bb4+ 5. c3 Bc5 {This line was
frequently played by GM A.Miles.} 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 Ne7 (7... Qh4 8. Qe2 Nf6
9. h3 O-O 10. g3 Qh5 11. g4 Qe5 12. g5 Nxe4 13. Bxe4 Re8 14. Bf3 Qxe2+ 15. Bxe2
Ba6 16. c4 Bxc4 17. Nc3 $16 {1-0 Kasparov,G-Leko,P/Tilburg 1997/CBM 61 (31)})
8. Nd2 (8. h4 {- see the annotated game Nataf,I-Miles,A/Mondariz 2000/CBM 79 
[Mikhalevski,V]}) (8. Qh5 {- see the annotated game Sax,G-Miles,A/Szeged 1997/
CBM 62 [Mikhalevski,V]}) (8. O-O O-O 9. Kh1 d6 10. f4 f5 11. Nd2 Bd7 12. Qf3
Qc8 13. Nb3 Bb6 14. Be3 fxe4 15. Bxe4 Bg4 16. Qf2 Nd5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Nataf,
I-Godena,M/FRA 1999/EXT 2000 (45)}) 8... d5 $146 (8... O-O 9. O-O (9. Nb3 Bb6
10. c4 c5 11. O-O d6 12. Re1 Ng6 13. Bf1 Bb7 14. Bd2 f5 15. exf5 Rxf5 16. Re3
Qf6 17. Bc3 Qf7 $132 {1/2-1/2 Vorobiov,E-Yandemirov,V/St Petersburg 2002/EXT
2003 (24)}) 9... d6 10. Kh1 f5 11. f4 fxe4 12. Nxe4 Bb6 13. Ng3 Nf5 14. Qf3
Nxg3+ 15. Qxg3 Bf5 16. Bd2 Qd7 17. Rae1 Rae8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Hauchard,A-Miles,A/
Cappelle la Grande 1998/CBM 63 ext (46)}) 9. O-O O-O 10. Nb3 Bb6 11. c4 $1 {
The threat c4-c5 forces black for the following simplification.} dxe4 12. Bxe4
Qxd1 13. Rxd1 Be6 14. Bd3 {White has small, but stable advantage thanks to
better pawn formation.} Rad8 15. Bf4 (15. Rd2 $6 {[%csl Rb6][%cal Gc4c5]} c5
16. Bf1 Nf5 $132) ({Comes into consideration} 15. Be3 Bxe3 16. fxe3 $14 {
[%cal Yb3a5,Yb3c5]}) 15... Ng6 16. Bg3 {[%csl Rb6][%cal Gc4c5]} f5 $1 {This
move requires accurate calculation.} 17. c5 f4 (17... Bxb3 18. axb3 Bxc5 19.
Bxc7 $14 {[%csl Gc7,Gd3]}) 18. cxb6 fxg3 ({After} 18... cxb6 $2 19. Bxg6 {
white remains with a piece up.}) 19. bxc7 (19. Nc5 gxf2+ 20. Kf1 Bd5 21. bxc7
$6 (21. bxa7 Nh4 (21... Nf4 $2 22. Be4 Bc4+ 23. Kxf2 Nd3+ 24. Ke3 Nxc5 25. Rxd8
Rxd8 26. Bxc6 $18) 22. Be4 Bc4+ 23. Bd3 Bd5 $11) (21. b7 $2 Nf4 22. Be4 Bc4+
23. Kxf2 Nd3+ 24. Ke3 Nxc5 $19) 21... Rc8 22. Bxg6 hxg6 23. Nd3 Bc4 24. Rac1
Bb5 25. Rc2 Rxc7 26. Rxf2 Rd8 27. Rf3 Rcd7 28. Ke2 c5 $15 {[%csl Rd3]}) 19...
gxf2+ 20. Kf1 Rxd3 21. Rxd3 Bc4 22. Nc5 Ne5 23. Ke2 $1 (23. Rad1 Ng4 24. Ke2
Nxh2 $15) (23. Rc1 Ng4 $15) 23... Rc8 24. b3 Nxd3 25. Nxd3 Ba6 $6 ({The
simplest was} 25... Bxd3+ 26. Kxd3 Rxc7 27. Rf1 Rf7 28. Ke3 {and the
forthcoming pawns endgame is drawish.}) 26. Rd1 Rxc7 27. Kxf2 Rd7 $6 ({
Objectively stronger would have been} 27... Bxd3 28. Rxd3 Kf7 {and black has
no real problems to draw this endgame.}) 28. Nb2 {Bacrot is starting to
increase gradually his small advantage.} Re7 29. Rd2 c5 (29... Bb5 $142 {
[%csl Rb2] restricting the white knight.}) 30. Na4 Rc7 31. Nc3 Rf7+ 32. Ke3
Re7+ 33. Kf4 Bb7 34. Rc2 $1 {Black can not hold his c5 pawn for long and can
only hope for active counterplay.} h6 35. Na4 Re4+ 36. Kg3 h5 37. Kf2 (37. Nxc5
$4 {would fall into a trap:} Rg4+ 38. Kh3 Bc8 {[%csl Rh3]} 39. Ne4 Bf5 $19)
37... Rf4+ 38. Kg1 Ba6 39. g3 Rf1+ 40. Kg2 c4 41. bxc4 Rf5 {White has won a
pawn, but it's very hard to convert it into a full point, since black's pieces
are well coordinated and there is not much material left on the board.} 42. Nb2
Bb7+ 43. Kg1 Ra5 44. Nd1 Kf7 45. Rb2 Bc6 46. Kf2 Ra3 47. Ke1 $2 ({Stronger was
} 47. Ne3 {with some winning chances.}) 47... h4 $1 48. gxh4 Rh3 {[%csl Gh3]}
49. Rf2+ Ke6 50. Kd2 Ke5 51. Nb2 Be4 {The activity of black's pieces
compensates small material deficit.} 52. Rf7 a5 $1 {[%csl Yb4][%cal Ya5b4]
[%mdl 256] Covering the b4 square. The white king has now no escape forward.}
53. Re7+ Kd4 54. Rd7+ Ke5 55. Nd1 (55. Rxg7 Rxh2+ 56. Kc3 Rh3+ 57. Kd2 Rh2+ $11
) 55... Rxh2+ 56. Kc3 Rh3+ 57. Kb2 Rh2+ 58. Ka3 Rh3+ 59. Kb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "FRA-ch"]
[Site "Aix les Bains"]
[Date "2003.08.24"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bauer, Christian"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2589"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2003.08.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nxc6 Qf6 6. Qd2 dxc6 7. Nc3 Bd4
8. Bd3 (8. Bc4 {- see the annotated game Nataf,I-Beliavsky,A/Istanbul 2003/CBM
96 [Postny]}) 8... Ne7 9. O-O Ng6 10. Qe1 {White's latest word in this
variation.} ({The common move is} 10. Kh1 {[%cal Gf2f4]}) 10... Be5 $1 $146 {
[%mdl 8] Strong novelty, which will probably force white to search for new
ideas in this opening variation.} (10... Ne5 11. Be2 g5 (11... h5 12. Kh1 Be6
13. f4 Ng4 14. e5 Qg6 15. Bd3 Bf5 16. Bxf5 Qxf5 17. Qe4 Qd7 18. Nd1 O-O-O 19.
Be3 Nxe3 20. Nxe3 Bxb2 $17 {0-1 Kosintseva,T-Stefanova,A/Krasnoturinsk 2003 
(53)}) 12. Kh1 Ng6 13. Bc4 Be5 (13... Be6 $142) 14. Be3 (14. Ne2 Nf4 15. f3 b5
16. Bd3 a6 17. a4 Bb7 18. Bxf4 gxf4 19. c4 Rd8 20. Rd1 bxa4 21. Qb4 Bc8 22. Bc2
Rd6 23. Bxa4 O-O 24. Rxd6 cxd6 25. Bxc6 $16 {0-1 Rublevsky,S-Makarov,M/
Togliatti 2003 (46)}) 14... Nf4 15. f3 Be6 16. Bxe6 Nxe6 17. Rd1 b6 18. Ne2 Rd8
19. Qb4 $16 {1-0 Rublevsky,S-Marcelin,C/Istanbul 2003/CBM 96 [Postny] (35)})
11. Rb1 {Defending the pawn b2 in order to play Nc3-e2.} ({Comes into
consideration} 11. Bc4) 11... Nf4 12. Ne2 $6 (12. Bxf4 $5 Qxf4 13. g3 $11)
12... Nxd3 13. cxd3 {The d3 pawn is now a weakness.} Qd6 14. Qd2 (14. d4 Bxd4
15. Nxd4 (15. Bf4 Be5 16. Rd1 Qf6 $15) 15... Qxd4 16. Bf4 O-O 17. Bxc7 Re8 18.
e5 Bf5 $15) 14... Bg4 (14... Bxh2+ $2 {would fall into a trap:} 15. Kh1 Bg4 (
15... Qe5 16. g3 Qh5 17. Nf4 Qh6 18. Qe2 Bxg3+ 19. Nh5 Qg6 20. Nxg3 $18) 16. g3
g5 17. f3 (17. Kxh2 $4 Qh6+ 18. Kg2 Qh3+ 19. Kg1 Bf3 $19) 17... Bh3 18. e5 (18.
Qxg5 Bxf1 19. Bf4 Qxd3 20. Qe5+ Kd7 21. Qxc7+ Ke8 22. Qe5+ Kd7 $11) 18... Qc5
19. d4 Qd5 20. Rf2 $16) 15. f3 Be6 16. f4 Bd4+ 17. Kh1 f5 $1 {This moves fixes
black's advantage.} (17... Bxa2 $2 18. Ra1 Bb3 19. Ra3 Be6 20. f5 Bd7 21. Nxd4
Qxd4 22. Qf4 Qd6 23. Qf2 $36) 18. Nxd4 Qxd4 {After this move white's position
could hardly be saved.} 19. b3 $2 ({The only reasonable was:} 19. exf5 Bxf5 20.
Re1+ Kf7 21. Qa5 Qd7 $15) 19... O-O-O 20. Bb2 Qxd3 21. Qxd3 (21. Qf2 Kb8 22.
Bxg7 Rhg8 23. Bf6 Rd7 {and black's following attack on the light squares is
irresistible.}) 21... Rxd3 22. exf5 Bxf5 23. Rbd1 (23. Bxg7 $2 Rg8 24. Be5 Rd2
$19 {[%csl Rb1,Rg2]}) 23... Rhd8 24. Rxd3 Rxd3 25. Kg1 (25. Bxg7 Rd2 $19 {
[%csl Ra2,Rb3,Gd2,Gf5,Rg2]}) 25... g6 {The activity of black's pieces and an
extra pawn does not give white much chances to survive, despite the presense
of the opposite colour bishops.} 26. Re1 Kd7 (26... Rd2 27. Bf6 Rxa2 28. Re7
Ra3 {looks like a quicker way for a win, but Bacrot decided to play safer.})
27. Kf2 c5 28. Ke2 Rd5 29. Rc1 (29. Rd1 $4 Bg4+) 29... a5 30. h3 h5 31. Bg7 ({
The exchange of rooks does not save white either:} 31. Rd1 Rxd1 32. Kxd1 Be4 $1
33. g3 Bf5 34. h4 b5 {and black will get two connected passed pawns on the
queenside sooner or later.}) 31... Kc6 32. Rc3 Bb1 $1 33. a3 Bf5 {Now black is
planning Kb5 followed by a5-a4 somewhere.} 34. Bf8 Kb5 35. Bg7 b6 36. Be5 Rd7
37. Ke3 a4 38. b4 $2 {Losing without a fight.} ({After} 38. bxa4+ Kxa4 39. Ke2
{black still has a work to do to win this endgame.}) 38... cxb4 39. axb4 Kxb4
40. Rxc7 Rxc7 41. Bxc7 b5 {Two connected passed pawns are unstoppable.} 42. Kd2
a3 0-1

[Event "Dubai op"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2001.04.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Black "Sermek, Drazen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2601"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "147"]
[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 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
c4 Nb6 9. Nd2 (9. Nc3) (9. b3) 9... Qe6 {opening the diagonal for the
dark-squared bishop.} 10. b3 Bb4 11. Bb2 O-O 12. O-O-O Qe7 (12... d5 13. exd6
Qxd6 14. Nf3 (14. Qe3 $1 $14 {Anand}) 14... Qh6+ 15. Qe3 Qxe3+ 16. fxe3 Re8 17.
e4 Nd7 18. e5 a5 19. Bd3 Nc5 20. Bc2 a4 $11 {1-0 Kasparov,G-Piket,J/Dortmund
1992 (40)}) 13. Ne4 $6 $146 (13. Kb1 Ba3 14. Bc3 Bb4 15. Bb2 Ba3 16. Bc3 Bb4 {
1/2-1/2 Rublevsky,S-Beliavsky,A/Vrnjacka Banja 1999/EXT 2000 (16)}) 13... Ba3
$6 (13... a5 $2 {[%tqu "En","Please enter a move for white.","","","e4f6","",
15]} 14. Nf6+ $1 Kh8 15. Qh5 gxf6 (15... h6 16. Qf5 g6 17. Qf4 Kg7 18. Ng4 (18.
e6 $6 Ba3) 18... Qg5 19. Qxg5 hxg5 20. h4 gxh4 21. Rxh4 $18) 16. Bd3 f5 17.
Bxf5 f6 18. exf6 Qf7 19. Be6 $3 {[%csl Gb2] The most elegant solution.} dxe6
20. Qxf7 Rxf7 21. Rd8+ Bf8 22. Rxf8+ Rxf8 23. f7+ e5 24. Bxe5#) ({However} 
13... Re8 $1 {[%cal Gd7d5] is strong enough to put the white's strategy on
question; Nf6 is no longer a threat, following breakthrough Pd7-d5 is
inevitable. For example:} 14. Ng3 (14. Qh5 $6 d5 15. Nf6+ $2 {doesn't work:}
gxf6 16. exf6 Qf8 17. Bd3 h6 18. g4 dxc4 19. bxc4 Ba3 $19) (14. h4 d5 15. Ng5
Ba3 $17) 14... d5 15. Qc2 (15. exd6 $4 Qg5+) 15... a5 {with very promising
position.}) 14. Bxa3 Qxa3+ 15. Qb2 Qxb2+ $6 {The forthcoming endgame is in
white's favour. 15...Qe7 avoiding the exchange was preferable.} 16. Kxb2 Re8
17. f4 f6 (17... d6 18. c5 $16) {It looks like white is going to loose a pawn,
but...} 18. c5 {Simple and effective.} Nd5 19. Bc4 {[%csl Ra8] threatening 20.
Rd5.} Kf8 (19... Bb7 20. Nc3 fxe5 21. Nxd5 cxd5 22. Rxd5 Bxd5 23. Bxd5+ Kf8 24.
Bxa8 Rxa8 25. fxe5 {and an extra pawn should be sufficient for a win.}) 20.
Rde1 $1 {Right place for the rook.The other one will go to f1.} fxe5 ({After} 
20... f5 21. Bxd5 cxd5 22. Nc3 {[%csl Gd4][%cal Yc3e2,Ye2d4] white has
strategically winning position.}) 21. Rhf1 Bb7 (21... exf4 $2 {was losing by
force:} 22. Bxd5 cxd5 23. Rxf4+ Kg8 24. Nf6+ $18) 22. fxe5+ Kg8 $6 ({The brave
attempt} 22... Ke7 $1 {looks very dangerous for black, however the following
variations do not confirm it:} 23. Ng5 (23. e6 Rf8 $14) 23... Rf8 24. Nxh7 (24.
e6 dxe6 25. Rxe6+ (25. Rxf8 Rxf8 26. Nxe6 Rf2+ $132) 25... Kd7 26. Rxf8 Rxf8
27. Nxh7 Kxe6 28. Nxf8+ Ke5 $14 {[%csl Ge5][%cal Gb7c8]}) 24... Rxf1 25. Rxf1
Rh8 26. Bd3 (26. Ng5 Rxh2 27. Rf7+ Ke8) 26... Ba6 $1 27. Bxa6 Rxh7 28. h3 Ne3
29. Rg1 Rh5 $14) 23. Ng5 h6 24. Nf3 {[%csl Yb7,Yc4]} Re7 25. Rf2 Rf8 ({The idea
} 25... Rd8 26. a3 d6 $2 {doesn't work.} 27. Bxd5+ cxd5 28. cxd6 cxd6 29. e6
$18 {[%csl Gd4][%cal Gf3d4]}) 26. Rfe2 Rf4 27. Re4 Rxe4 28. Rxe4 Kf7 (28... Rf7
29. Bxd5 cxd5 30. Rb4 Bc6 31. Rb8+ Rf8 32. Rxf8+ Kxf8 33. Nd4 {and the endgame
seems to me technically winning for white.}) 29. Nd4 g6 30. b4 Kg7 {30...Ke8
is more logical.} 31. Bxd5 $1 {It's time to change the only active black piece.
} cxd5 32. Re2 Kf7 33. a4 Ke8 34. Kc3 (34. b5 {was more convincing.} a6 (34...
Kd8 35. a5 a6 36. c6 $1 dxc6 37. bxa6 Ba8 38. Nb3 $18) 35. b6 cxb6 36. cxb6 Kd8
37. a5 $18) 34... a6 35. e6 (35. b5 axb5 36. axb5 Kd8 $16) 35... Bc8 (35...
dxe6 36. Nxe6 c6 37. Kd4 Bc8 38. Nc7+ Kd8 39. Rxe7 Kxe7 40. b5 axb5 41. axb5
cxb5 42. Nxb5 $18) 36. exd7+ Bxd7 37. Rxe7+ Kxe7 38. b5 axb5 39. a5 $1 Bc8 40.
Nxb5 $2 (40. Nc6+ $3 {was winning nicely.} Ke6 (40... Kd7 41. Nb8+ Ke6 42. a6
c6 {and now the most professional move is} 43. g4 {and black is in zugzwang.})
41. Kb4 Ba6 (41... Kd7 42. Nb8+ $18) (41... Bd7 42. Nd4+ Ke5 43. Nxb5 Bxb5 44.
Kxb5 d4 45. Kc4 $1 Ke4 46. a6 d3 47. a7 d2 48. a8=Q+ {check!}) 42. Nb8 Bb7 43.
c6 Ba8 44. Kc5 b4 45. Na6 b3 46. Nxc7+ Ke5 47. Nxd5 Bxc6 48. Kxc6 Kd4 49. Nc7
$1 b2 (49... Kc4 50. Nb5 Kb4 51. a6 b2 52. Na3 $1 $18 {just like in the main
variation.}) 50. Nb5+ Kc4 51. Na3+ Kb3 52. a6 Kxa3 53. a7 b1=Q 54. a8=Q+ Kb2
55. Qb7+ Kc2 56. Qxb1+ Kxb1 57. Kd5 $18) 40... Kd7 41. Kd4 Ba6 42. Nc3 c6 {
Finally black managed to consolidate his position, the bishop got freedom.The
expected result could be a draw as well.} 43. Na2 Bf1 44. g3 Kc7 45. Nb4 Kb7
46. Kc3 g5 47. Kd4 Be2 48. Ke5 Bb5 49. Kd4 {White king has to come back and
control the advance of the Pd5.} Be2 50. Kc3 Bf1 51. Nc2 Bh3 $1 (51... Be2 52.
Nd4 Bf1 (52... Bg4 {look at the game.}) 53. Nf5 Ka6 54. Nxh6 Kxa5 55. h4 gxh4
56. gxh4 Kb5 57. Kd4 $18 {[%csl Yf6,Gh4][%cal Rh6g8,Rg8f6]}) 52. Nd4 Bg4 $2 {
The decisive mistake.} (52... Bd7 $8 53. Nf3 Be8 {The key square! The bishop
must protect the Pc6.} 54. Ne5 Ka6 55. Kb4 Kb7 {Very important is-black is not
in zugzwang.It looks like white's advantage is not sufficient for a win.For
instanse:} 56. Ng4 h5 57. Nf6 Bf7 58. h4 gxh4 59. gxh4 Ka6) 53. a6+ $1 {
Now the black's position falls apart.} Kxa6 54. Nxc6 Kb5 55. Ne5 {with tempo!}
Bf5 56. Kd4 {+-} Be6 57. Ng6 h5 58. Ne5 (58. Ne7 {was good enough as well.})
58... h4 59. gxh4 gxh4 60. Nf3 {In spite of, that so few material left on the
board black cann't hold the position.The knight completely dominates over the
bishop and white will easily capture both black pawns very soon.} h3 61. Ng5
Bd7 62. Kxd5 {The rest is a pure technic.} Bc8 63. c6 Bf5 64. Kd6 Kb6 65. Nf7 {
The knight goes to d7.} Bc8 66. Ne5 Ba6 67. Nd7+ Kb5 68. Kc7 Kc4 69. Kb6 (69.
Kb8) 69... Bc8 70. Kc7 Ba6 71. Kb8 Kd5 72. c7 Kd6 73. Nf6 Ke5 74. Ng4+ {
[%mdl 4096]} (74. Ng4+ Kf4 75. Nf2 Kf3 76. Nxh3 Kg2 77. Nf4+ Kxh2 78. Ne6 {
[%csl Ra6][%cal Ge6c5]}) 1-0

[Event "Dubai op"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2001.04.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Mamedov, Roufat"]
[Black "Abdelnabbi, Imed"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2313"]
[BlackElo "2434"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[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 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Qh4 {This move appeared first time in
the games of Staunton in the middle of 19th century!} 5. Nb5 ({Another
possibility is a theoretical pawn sacrifice after} 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Be2) 5... Bc5
6. Qe2 (6. Qf3 Nd4 (6... Bb6) 7. Nxc7+ Kd8 8. Qf4 Nxc2+ 9. Kd1 Qxf4 10. Bxf4
Nxa1 11. Nxa8 Nf6 (11... d6 $142) 12. Bd3 Ng4 13. Ke2 Nxf2 14. Rc1 Nxd3 15.
Kxd3 d6 16. Nc7 g5 17. Be5 dxe5 18. Rxc5 f5 19. Nd2 fxe4+ 20. Ke3 Rf8 21. Rc1
$16 {1-0 Korneev,O-Komljenovic,D/Zaragoza 1996/EXT 97 (44)}) 6... Nd4 7. Nxd4 (
7. Nxc7+ $2 Kd8 8. Qc4 Qxe4+ 9. Kd1 Qxc2+ 10. Qxc2 Nxc2 11. Nxa8 Nxa1 $17 {
Compared with the game Korneev-Komljenovic-white lost his Pe4.}) 7... Bxd4 8.
g3 Qe7 9. Bg2 d6 10. Nd2 $146 (10. Nc3 Nf6 (10... Bxc3+ $5) 11. Nb5 Bb6 12. Be3
Bxe3 13. Qxe3 a6 14. Nc3 Bd7 15. O-O O-O 16. Rfe1 Rfe8 17. h3 Bc6 18. a3 Rad8
19. Rad1 h6 20. f4 Kh8 21. Qd4 $14 {1-0 Gunnarsson,A-Knutsson,L/Reykjavik 2000/
CBM 75 ext (61)}) 10... Nf6 {From my point of view black can feel satisfied
about the results of the opening.} 11. Nb3 Bb6 12. Bg5 $6 {More natural and
better is 12.0-0.} Qe5 $1 (12... h6 13. Be3 $11) 13. Bf4 $2 {Continuing the
wrong idea.} (13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. c3 Bg4 15. Qd2 $15) 13... Qe7 $2 {missing the
chance to punish the opponent for his inconsistant play.} (13... Qxb2 $1 {
Now the only attempt to justify the pawn sacrifice is} 14. e5 {,but} Qc3+ $1 {
This check was probably overlooked or underrated by both players.} 15. Kf1 Ng4
16. exd6+ Be6 {It's already clear, that black's initiative is very dangerous.
The game may continue:} 17. Bxb7 (17. Bd5 O-O $1 18. Bxe6 Qc6 $1 19. f3 Rae8
20. Qe4 Qxe4 21. fxe4 fxe6 $19) (17. Bd2 Qf6 18. Bxb7 O-O {-look below.}) 17...
O-O {[%cal Ge6c4]} 18. Qf3 (18. Bd2 Qf6 19. Qf3 Bxb3 20. Qxf6 Bc4+ 21. Kg2 Nxf6
22. Bxa8 Rxa8 $17) 18... Qc4+ 19. Qe2 (19. Kg2 Nxf2 {and the threat 20...Bh3
gives black a decisive tempo.}) 19... Nxf2 20. Bxa8 Rxa8 21. Qxc4 Bxc4+ 22. Kg2
Bd5+ $19) 14. O-O O-O $11 15. h3 {covering g4 square.} (15. Rfe1 Ng4 16. Rf1
Ne5 $15) 15... Re8 16. Rfe1 Bd7 17. Qd3 $6 {Not the best place for the queen.}
(17. e5 dxe5 18. Bxe5 Rad8 19. Qf1 $11) (17. Qf1 $5) 17... Bc6 18. e5 $2 {
Now this breakthrough is much worse, then on the previous move.} ({Should be
played} 18. Nd2 Nd7 19. Qf1) 18... Nh5 {This move was probably underrated by R.
Mamedov. Now white is in trouble.} 19. Be3 (19. exd6 Qxe1+ 20. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 21.
Kh2 Bxg2 22. Kxg2 (22. d7 Rd8 23. Kxg2 Nxf4+ 24. gxf4 Re7 $19) 22... Nxf4+ 23.
gxf4 cxd6 $17) (19. Bxc6 Nxf4 20. gxf4 bxc6 {and black is better, as now white
cann't force exchanges with} 21. exd6 {due to} Qh4 $1 $17) 19... dxe5 (19...
Qxe5 $2 20. Bxc6 bxc6 21. Bxb6 Qxe1+ 22. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 23. Kg2 axb6 24. Qc3 Re7
25. Qxc6 Rxa2 26. Nd4 g6 (26... Nf6 27. Nf5 Rd7 28. Qb7 $1 $132) 27. Nb5 {
and white equalizing. A blunder will be now} Rxb2 $4 28. Qa8+ Kg7 29. Qa1 {
[%cal Ra1g7]}) 20. Bxc6 bxc6 $17 21. c4 Rad8 22. Qe4 Bxe3 23. Rxe3 (23. Qxe3
Qe6 {[%cal Ge6c4,Ge6h3]} 24. Kh2 (24. Qxa7 Qxh3 25. Qxc7 Nxg3 26. fxg3 Rd3 27.
Re2 Rxg3+ 28. Kf2 Rg2+ 29. Ke1 Qg3+ 30. Kd2 Qf4+ $19) (24. Na5 Qxh3 25. Nxc6
Rd6 {[%cal Rd6h6] with winning attack.}) 24... Qxc4 25. Qxa7 Qc2 $17) 23... Qe6
24. Rae1 Nf6 (24... Qxh3 $4 25. g4) 25. Qh4 (25. Qxe5 Qc8 $1 26. Qc5 Rxe3 27.
Rxe3 Qxh3 28. Qe7 Rd1+ 29. Re1 Qd7 {with good winning chances.}) 25... Qd6 26.
g4 h6 27. Qg3 Qb4 $6 ({More logical is} 27... e4 {gaining more space.}) 28. Rc3
Re6 29. Qe3 {[%csl Gc5][%cal Ge3a7]} (29. Rxe5 $2 Ne4 $19) 29... a5 $6 ({
Interesting (and strong) was} 29... Rd4 $1 {White cann't take the rook,
because Re1 is hanging.} 30. a3 Qd6 $17) 30. Qc5 $6 ({It was worth to make
some moves with "tempo":} 30. a3 Qb8 31. Nc5 Ree8 32. Rb3 Qc8 33. g5 hxg5 34.
Qxg5 Nh7 35. Qg2 {[%csl Rc6][%cal Gb3g3] White is still worse, but the
position became less clear, then a few moves before.}) 30... Ra8 31. a4 $6 (31.
a3 $6 Qb6) (31. Qe3 $5 {[%csl Yc5][%cal Yb3c5]}) 31... e4 ({Strong enough was} 
31... Nd7 $1 32. Qxb4 axb4 33. Rd3 Rd6 34. Rxd6 cxd6 35. Rd1 (35. a5 Kf8 $19)
35... Nb6 36. Rxd6 Nxa4 37. Rxc6 Nxb2) 32. Rce3 Rb8 33. Qxb4 Rxb4 34. Nd4 Rd6
35. Nf5 Rd2 $6 (35... Rd3 36. Rxd3 exd3 37. Rd1 Rxb2 38. Rxd3 Kh7 $17) 36. b3
Kh7 $6 {Again 36...Rd3 was giving black some winning chances.After this moment
white's position is not worse.} 37. f3 $1 Rd3 {Too late.} (37... exf3 $6 38.
Rxf3 {[%cal Ge1e7]}) 38. fxe4 Rbxb3 39. Rxd3 Rxd3 40. e5 Ng8 (40... Nd7 41. e6
fxe6 42. Rxe6 Nb6 43. Rxc6 Rd7 44. Rc5 $11) 41. e6 {This pawn is very annoying.
Black has to take it and white pieces becoming very active.} fxe6 42. Rxe6 g6 (
42... Rxh3 $2 43. Rxc6 {[%csl Rg7,Rh7]}) 43. Ne3 Kg7 44. Kf2 Rd6 45. Re5 {
[%csl Ra5]} Nf6 46. Kf3 Rd2 47. Rxa5 {It seems, that white is on top now, but
black still has the equality...} Rh2 48. Kg3 Re2 49. Kf3 (49. Re5 $6 {Could
create problems only for white.} Kf7 {[%cal Gf6d7]}) 49... Rh2 50. Kg3 Re2 51.
Kf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Los Angeles"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "2003.08.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sevillano, Enrico"]
[Black "Kretchetov, Alexandre"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2335"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2003.08.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Qh4 {Nowadays this risky continuation
appeares rarely on high level.} 5. Nc3 ({The main alternative is} 5. Nb5 {
. For instanse: see the annotated game Mamedov,R-Abdelnnabi,I/Dubai 2001/CBM
83 [Postny]}) 5... Bb4 6. Be2 Qxe4 (6... Nf6 7. O-O Bxc3 8. Nf5 $1 {- see the
commented game Kasimdzhanov,R-Vladimirov,E/Namangan 2000/CBM 82 [Gutman]}) (
6... Nge7 {- see the commented game Reinaldo Castineira,R-Golod,V/Linares 2001/
CBM 82 [Gutman]}) 7. Ndb5 Kd8 {The immediate 7...Bxc3 seems to be more logical.
} (7... Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 Kd8 9. O-O Nf6 10. Be3 (10. Rb1 Re8 11. Bf3 Qf5 12. Nd4
Nxd4 13. cxd4 d5 14. Ba3 b6 15. Re1 Rxe1+ 16. Qxe1 Be6 17. c4 $44 {0-1 Medvegy,
Z-Karpatchev,A/Salzburg 2001/EXT 2002 (65)}) 10... d6 11. Re1 Bd7 12. c4 Ne5
13. Nc3 Qg6 14. c5 Bc6 15. f3 Kc8 16. cxd6 Rd8 $13 {1/2-1/2 Kulaots,K-Bach,M/
Bergen 2002/CBM 89 ext (35)}) 8. O-O Bxc3 9. Nxc3 (9. bxc3 {- see 7...Bxc3 8.
bxc3 Kd8 9.0-0.}) 9... Qd4 10. Bd3 Nge7 (10... Nf6 11. Be3 Qh4 12. g3 Qg4 13.
f3 Qh5 14. g4 Qe5 15. Re1 Nd5 16. Nxd5 Qxd5 17. c4 Qd6 18. Qe2 Nd4 19. Qf2 Ne6
20. Rad1 $16 {1-0 Senff,M-Haas,S/Untergrombach 1995/EXT 99 (28)}) (10... d6 11.
Be3 Qg4 12. Be2 Qd7 13. Nd5 Nge7 14. Nxe7 Qxe7 15. c4 Bd7 16. Rc1 Kc8 17. c5
$16 {1-0 Tindall,B-Stead,K/Canberra 2002/CBM 87 ext (32)}) 11. Qh5 f5 $146 (
11... Rf8 12. Qxh7 $16 {1-0 Berthelot,Y-Bouton,C/Paris 1993/EXT 98 (59)}) 12.
Re1 h6 13. Bd2 {White has very strong compensation for the pawn. Black can not
complete his development normally.} a6 $6 (13... d6 14. Rad1 Qg4 15. Qf7 Qg6 (
15... Ne5 $2 16. Rxe5 $1 dxe5 17. Be2 $18) 16. Qc4 $36) 14. Rad1 {Black's
queen feels uncomfortable in the centre.} g6 15. Qe2 Qg7 16. Na4 {[%cal Gd2c3]}
Rh7 (16... Re8 17. Bc3 Qf8 18. Bc4 $40) 17. Bc3 Qf8 18. Bc4 b6 (18... b5 19.
Nc5 {[%cal Gc5e6]} d6 20. Be6 $40) 19. Qe3 {Threatening to demolish black's
position with Nxb6.} Rb8 20. b4 $1 {White is being quite resourceful during
the attack.} d6 {[%tqu "En","White's position is very attractive. How should
he continue?","","","a4c5","The beginning of devastating attack.",15]} 21. Nc5
$3 {[%mdl 640] The beginning of devastating attack.} bxc5 22. bxc5 d5 (22...
Bd7 23. cxd6 Nc8 (23... cxd6 24. Rxd6 $40) 24. Bg8 $1 $18) 23. Bxd5 Nxd5 24.
Bf6+ $6 ({More convincing was} 24. Rxd5+ Bd7 25. Qe6 Kc8 26. Rxd7 Rxd7 27. Qxc6
$18 {[%cal Rc6a6]}) 24... Re7 (24... Nce7 25. Rxd5+ Ke8 26. Bxe7 Rxe7 27. Re5
Rxe5 28. Qxe5+ Kf7 29. Qxc7+ $18) 25. Rxd5+ Bd7 26. Bxe7+ Nxe7 27. Rdd1 Ke8 ({
More stubborn would have been} 27... c6 28. Qd3 Rb7 (28... Nd5 29. c4 Nf6 30.
Re6 $18) 29. Qxa6 Rc7) 28. Qe5 Rc8 29. Rxd7 Kxd7 30. Qe6+ (30. Qe6+ Kd8 31. c6
$18) 1-0

[Event "Goodricke op 12th"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2001.02.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ganguly, Surya Shekhar"]
[Black "Shetty, Rahul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2456"]
[BlackElo "2331"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2001.02.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 082"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
c4 Nb6 {Another theoretical line is: 8...Ba6.} 9. Nc3 (9. Nd2) (9. b3) (9. g3)
9... a5 {Besides black has several options:} (9... Qe6) (9... Ba6) (9... g6)
10. Qe4 (10. b3 a4 11. Rb1 axb3 12. axb3 Qe6 13. Qe4 g6 14. Bd3 Bg7 15. f4 O-O
16. O-O d6 17. Qxc6 dxe5 18. Qxe6 Bxe6 19. Be4 Rab8 20. Nb5 $14 {1-0 Maiorov,
O-Frolov,D/Orel 1997/EXT 99 (38)}) 10... g6 11. Bd3 Bg7 12. O-O (12. f4 O-O 13.
O-O d5 $6 (13... Ba6 $132) 14. cxd5 cxd5 15. Nxd5 Qc5+ 16. Be3 Qxd5 17. Bxb6
Qxe4 18. Bxe4 cxb6 19. Bxa8 Ba6 20. Bd5 Bxf1 21. Kxf1 Rd8 22. Rd1 $16 {1/2-1/2
Yakovich,Y-Sokolov,I/Oviedo 1993/CBM 38 ext (37)}) 12... O-O 13. Bf4 $6 $146 {
After this move white has problems with e5 pawn, which not defended properly.}
(13. f4 {[%csl Ge5][%cal Yf4e5]} Ba6 {[%csl Rc4]} 14. Rf2 $2 (14. Kh1 $5) 14...
f5 15. exf6 Qxf6 16. Qe2 Rae8 17. Be3 Qf7 $17 {0-1 Geenen,M-Lane,G/Leuven 1998/
EXT 99 (32)}) 13... Re8 14. Rae1 Ba6 $15 {[%csl Rc4,Re5][%cal Ge7b4,Ge7c5]} 15.
Re2 $2 (15. b3 {was the only reasonable.} d5 16. cxd5 cxd5 17. Qe2 Bxd3 18.
Qxd3 c6 $15 {[%csl Gd5,Re5][%cal Ga5a4]}) 15... Qb4 {[%csl Rc4]} 16. a3 Qc5 {
Black is winning a pawn already.} 17. Qf3 (17. Be3 Qxe5 $17) (17. Rc1 Bxc4 18.
Na4 Bxd3 19. Nxc5 Bxe4 {and black is a pawn up.}) 17... Bxc4 18. Rc1 (18. Ne4
Qb5 {[%csl Re5]}) 18... Bxd3 19. Qxd3 Qc4 20. Qf3 (20. Qd2 $142 $17 {[%cal
Gc3e4]}) 20... Qb3 $1 $19 {[%cal Gb3f3]} 21. h4 Nc4 {Again poor e5 pawn under
attack.} 22. Rce1 h5 23. g4 {Desperate chance.} hxg4 24. Qxg4 Nxb2 25. Qg3 {
[%cal Gh4h5]} (25. Ne4 Nd3 $19) 25... Na4 26. Nxa4 Qxa4 27. Bg5 (27. h5 Re6 {
[%csl Ye6][%cal Ye6g6] parrying all the threats.}) 27... Rab8 28. Re3 Qc2 29.
Rd3 (29. Bf6 Bxf6 30. exf6 Rxe3 31. Qxe3 {[%cal Ge3h6]} (31. Rxe3 Qd1+ 32. Kh2
Rb1 $19 {[%cal Rd1h1,Yd1d6]}) 31... Qf5 $19) 29... Rb1 30. Rde3 Rxe1+ 31. Rxe1
d6 32. f4 (32. Rc1 Qf5 33. exd6 cxd6 34. Qxd6 (34. Rxc6 Re1+ $19) 34... Re4 $19
{[%csl Rg1]}) 32... dxe5 33. fxe5 Qc5+ {winning third pawn!} 34. Qf2 Qxf2+ 35.
Kxf2 Rxe5 36. Rxe5 Bxe5 37. a4 {Still waiting for a miracle.} f5 ({More
technical is:} 37... Bd4+ 38. Kf3 f6 39. Bf4 Bb6 {[%csl Ya5,Yc7][%cal Yb6a5,
Yb6c7,Gg8f7,Gf7e6]}) 38. Ke2 Kf7 (38... Bd4) 39. Bd2 Ke6 40. Bxa5 Kd5 41. Ke3
c5 {White won the a5 pawn, but black still got two extra pawns and active king.
} 42. Be1 c6 43. Bd2 Bc7 44. Ke2 Bb8 45. Ke3 Kc4 46. Be1 Kb3 {Now black gonna
push ahead the "c" pawn.The rest is very simple.} 47. a5 c4 48. a6 c3 49. Kd4
c2 50. Bd2 Kb2 51. Kc5 c1=Q+ 52. Bxc1+ Kxc1 53. Kxc6 Ba7 {This move should not
be forgotten...} 54. Kd5 Kd2 55. Ke5 Bb8+ 56. Kf6 f4 {Finally white resigned.}
0-1

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 14th"]
[Site "Plovdiv"]
[Date "2003.10.17"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Kulaots, Kaido"]
[Black "Delchev, Aleksander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2603"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[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 "Estonia"]
[BlackTeam "Bulgaria"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "EST"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BUL"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
c4 Nb6 9. Nd2 a5 10. g3 {This is the most logical way of development.} ({
Another common move is} 10. Qe4) 10... Qe6 ({The immediate} 10... a4 {is
possible as well.}) 11. b3 (11. f4 {- see the annotated game Timman,
J-Johannessen,L/Malmo 2002/CBM 90 [Postny,E]}) 11... a4 12. Bb2 Bb4 13. Bg2 O-O
(13... Ba6 14. f4 O-O-O 15. O-O d5 16. f5 Qh6 17. Rad1 Rhe8 18. Rf4 g5 19. fxg6
Qxg6 20. Nf1 $16 {1-0 Hennigan,M-Ferguson,M/Swansea 1995/EXT 97 (40)}) (13...
a3 14. Bd4 {- see the commented game Hector,J-Wedberg,T/Malmo 2001/CBM 84 
[Postny,E]}) 14. O-O d5 (14... a3 {- see the commented game Shabalov,A-Yurtaev,
L/Elista 1998/CBM 66 ext [Mikhalevski,V]}) 15. cxd5 $2 $146 {This exchange
helps black to develop his play on the queenside.} (15. Nf3 $6 {- see the
commented game Hertneck,G-Holzke,F/Germany 2003/CBM 94 [Postny,E]}) ({The
critical line should be:} 15. f4 Qg6 16. Nf3 Qh5 17. Rfc1 axb3 18. axb3 Rxa1
19. Bxa1 dxc4 20. bxc4 c5 21. Qe4 {1/2-1/2 Kristjansson,S-Gretarsson,H/
Reykjavik 2002/CBM 87 ext (21)}) 15... cxd5 16. Rfc1 Ba6 17. Qd1 c5 {Black
clearly seized the initiative.} 18. Nf3 (18. a3 Bxd2 19. Qxd2 axb3 20. Rxc5 Nc4
21. Qd4 Nxb2 22. Qxb2 Bc4 $17 {[%csl Gb3]}) 18... Rac8 19. h4 $6 ({Nothing
gives} 19. Ng5 Qe7) ({Probably the best chance for white was:} 19. a3 $5 Ba5
20. b4 cxb4 21. axb4 Bxb4 22. Bd4 {with some compensation for the pawn.}) 19...
a3 20. Bc3 Bxc3 21. Rxc3 d4 22. Rcc1 Nd5 {Black captures all the key outposts.
White is out of useful moves.} 23. Qd2 Nc3 24. Re1 (24. Rxc3 dxc3 25. Qxc3 {
This exchange sacrifice was white's last practical chance.}) 24... h6 25. Kh2
Rcd8 26. Qf4 Ne2 27. Qd2 d3 28. Qe3 (28. Qa5 Bb7 29. Qxc5 f6 $1 {[%cal Gf8f2]
and white is collapsing.}) 28... c4 29. bxc4 Qxc4 ({But not} 29... Bxc4 30. Nd2
Bxa2 $2 31. Bh3 f5 32. exf6) 30. Red1 Rfe8 31. Rd2 Rb8 32. Rad1 Nc3 33. Rc1 Rb2
({Good enough was} 33... Rb1 $19) 34. Bf1 $6 (34. Rxd3 Qxd3 35. Qxd3 Bxd3 36.
Rxc3 Be4 $19) (34. Qa7 Rb7 35. Qe3 Rb1 $19) {[%tqu "En","Find the strongest
continuation.","","","c3d5","",10]} 34... Nd5 $1 $19 35. Qe1 (35. Rxc4 Nxe3 $19
) 35... Qxa2 {Black is a pawn up and his pieces control the whole board.} 36.
Ra1 Qb3 (36... Rxd2 37. Nxd2 Qb2 $19) 37. Bg2 Nb4 38. Qe4 Nc2 {Black's "a"
pawn queens. Heavy material losses are inevitable for white.} 39. Rad1 a2 40.
Nd4 Nxd4 41. Qxd4 Rb1 42. Bd5 Qxd5 {The simplest way to conclude the game.} 43.
Qxd5 a1=Q 44. Ra2 Rxd1 45. Rxa1 Rxa1 46. Qc6 Rxe5 0-1

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 14th"]
[Site "Plovdiv"]
[Date "2003.10.17"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Black "Van den Doel, Erik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[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 "Israel"]
[BlackTeam "Netherlands"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NED"]

1. e4 {Hecht,H} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7.
Qe2 Nd5 8. c4 Nb6 9. Nc3 Qe6 10. Qe4 d5 {Forcing the exchange of queens. This
continuation is not the most suitable to fight for a win for black, but it is
solid enough.} ({Common alternatives are:} 10... Ba6) ({and} 10... Bb4) 11.
exd6 cxd6 12. Bd3 ({The alternatives are:} 12. Be3 {- 1/2-1/2 Rublevsky,
S-Lautier,J/Halkidiki 2002/CBM 92 [Postny,E] (36)}) (12. Bf4 {- 0-1 Oral,
T-Sokolov,I/Selfoss 2002/CBM 92 [Postny,E] (41)}) 12... Ba6 (12... Qxe4+ 13.
Bxe4 Bb7 (13... Bd7 14. b3 O-O-O 15. O-O Be7 16. Be3 Rhe8 17. Rac1 Kc7 18. Rfd1
Bf6 19. Bf3 Bf5 20. a4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Rublevsky,S-Kunte,A/Bled 2002/EXT 2003 (64)
}) 14. b3 {- see the annotated games Movsesian,S-Kharlov,A/Halkidiki 2002/ CBM
92 [Postny,E] and Rublevsky,S-Sokolov,I/Halkidiki 2002/CBM 92 [Postny,E]}) (
12... f5 13. Qxe6+ Bxe6 14. b3 d5 15. cxd5 Bb4 16. Bd2 Nxd5 17. Nxd5 Bxd2+ 18.
Kxd2 Bxd5 19. Rae1+ Kf7 20. f3 Kf6 21. Kc3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Parligras,M-Rama,L/
Istanbul 2002 (52)}) 13. Be3 Qxe4 14. Bxe4 Rc8 15. c5 $1 $146 {[%mdl 8]} (15.
b3 d5 16. Bf5 Bb4 17. Bd2 Rd8 18. O-O-O dxc4 19. Rhe1+ Kf8 20. Bg5 Rxd1+ 21.
Rxd1 Ba3+ 22. Kc2 Be7 $13 {1/2-1/2 Zhu Chunhui-Qiao Liang/Suzhou 2001/EXT 2002
(41)}) 15... dxc5 (15... Nc4 16. Bd3 Rd8 17. O-O-O Nxe3 18. Rhe1 Bxd3 19. Rxe3+
Kd7 20. Rexd3 Kc7) 16. O-O-O {White has dangerous initiative. Black has to
play very carefully, not to lose the game immediatly.} Be7 17. Bf5 Rd8 18.
Rxd8+ Kxd8 19. Rd1+ Kc7 20. Bf4+ Kb7 21. Re1 Bd8 (21... Bf6 22. Ne4 Bd4 23.
Nd6+ Ka8 24. Bg3 $1 $16 (24. Nxf7 Rf8 25. Bd6 Rxf7 26. Re8+ Bc8 27. Bxc8 Nxc8
28. Rxc8+ Kb7 29. Rb8+ Ka6 30. f3 $14)) 22. Ne4 Bc4 23. Nxc5+ (23. Nd6+ Ka8 24.
Nxc4 Nxc4 25. Re4 Nb6 26. Be5 f6 27. Bd6 $14) 23... Ka8 24. a4 (24. b3 Bd5 25.
Bd3 {[%csl Ra8][%cal Gd3a6,Ga6b7]} a5 $14) 24... g6 25. Be4 Bd5 26. Bd3 {
[%cal Gd3a6]} a5 {Black has managed to avoid the immediate damage, but his
position remains very unpleasant.} 27. f3 h5 28. Bd2 g5 29. Bxa5 $2 {Very
strange decision. This move allows the favourable simplification, which now
follows.} (29. Bc3 Rf8 30. Bf5 $16) {[%tqu "En","How should black continue?",
"","","b6a4","",5]} 29... Nxa4 $1 30. Bb4 Nxc5 31. Bxc5 g4 ({Also possible} 
31... Bf6 $11) 32. Be4 Bg5+ 33. Kc2 Re8 34. Kd3 Bxe4+ (34... gxf3 35. gxf3
Bxe4+ $11) 35. Rxe4 Rxe4 36. fxe4 (36. Kxe4 gxf3 37. Kxf3 Kb7 {This endgame is
drawish, the white king can not capture black's pawns on the kingside.}) 36...
Kb7 {Hecht,H: '[#] Wenn Schwarz zu Ke6 kommt, kann man remis geben. Deshalb
spielt WeiЯ e5, um zu Kf5 zu kommen.'} 37. e5 $2 {A bad move, but worked out
well!} (37. Be3 $11) 37... Kc7 $2 {'?!' Hecht,H.} (37... Bf4 $1 {[%csl Re5,Rh2]
} 38. Ke4 Bxh2 {'<=>' Hecht,H. Hecht,H: 'war mit Sicherheit besser, egal ob
WeiЯ'} 39. Kf5 ({Hecht,H: oder} 39. Bf2 {[%csl Rh2]} Ka6 $1 40. Kf5 Kb5 41. g3
Kc4 $19) 39... Bg3 {and white should think about a draw. Hecht,H: 'drohend h4
spielt'}) 38. Ke4 Kd7 39. Kf5 Bc1 ({More accurate is} 39... Bd8) 40. Bd4 {
[%cal Gf5f6]} c5 $2 {The decisive mistake.} ({Black should adopt a waiting
strategy in this endgame. For instance:} 40... Ke7 41. b3 Bd2 42. Bc5+ Ke8 43.
e6 fxe6+ 44. Kxe6 Bf4 45. g3 Bc7 {and black is holding the position.}) 41. Bxc5
{'!?' Hecht,H.} ({In Betracht kam sehr wohl} 41. Bc3 $1 {(Hecht,H) um einen
angreifbaren Bauern mehr auf dem Brett zu behalten. Eine denkbare Variante zur
Illustration der weiЯen Idee wдre} Ke7 42. b3 Be3 43. Be1 Ke8 44. Kf6 Bd4 45.
Bg3 Be3 {[%csl Gg5]} 46. e6 Bd4+ 47. Be5 fxe6 48. Kxe6 Bf2 49. Kd5 {[%csl Rc5]}
h4 {und nun} 50. Bd6 $1 (50. h3 $5 gxh3 51. gxh3 Kd7 52. Bd6 Bg3 53. Bxc5 Kc7
54. Bd4 Kb7 55. Bc3 Kb6 56. Ke4 Kb5 57. Kf3 Kc5 58. Kg4 {[#]} Bf2 59. Bf6 Kb4
60. Bxh4 Be3 61. Be7+ Kxb3 62. h4 Kc4 63. h5 Kd5 64. Bg5 Bd4 (64... Bxg5 65.
Kxg5 Ke6 66. Kg6 $18) 65. Kf5 Kd6 66. h6 Kd7 67. Bf6 $18) 50... h3 51. g3 ({
Es geht sogar auch} 51. gxh3 gxh3 52. Bxc5 Bg3 53. Bd6 Bf2 54. Kc6 $1 Kd8 55.
b4 Kc8 56. b5 $18) 51... Bg1 52. Bxc5 Bxh2 53. Bf2 $18) 41... Bxb2 {Black's
bishop is on the wrong diagonal.} 42. Kf6 Ke8 (42... Kc6 43. Bd6 Kd5 44. g3 $1
$18 (44. Kxf7 $2 Bxe5 45. Bxe5 Kxe5 46. Kg6 h4 47. g3 hxg3 48. hxg3 Ke6 $8 $11
{[%cal Ge6f7,Gf7g6]})) (42... h4 43. Kf5 h3 44. g3 $18) 43. Be3 $1 {The last
precise move in the game. White is intending to play Be3-f4, followed by
Kf6-g5 capturing both "h" and "g" pawns.} h4 {'?' Hecht,H.} (43... Ba3 $142 $1
{Hecht,H} 44. Kg5 (44. Bf4 Be7+ 45. Kg7 (45. Kf5 Kd7 46. Bh6 (46. Bg5 Bc5)
46... Kc6 47. Bg7 Kd5 48. Bf6 Bc5 49. Kg5 Bg1 50. h3 gxh3 51. gxh3 Bh2 $11)
45... Bf8+ $1 $11 {[%csl Gh6]}) 44... Ke7 45. Kxh5 Ke6 46. Kxg4 Kxe5 47. Kh5
Kf5 {Remis oder hat WeiЯ einen Gewinn?}) 44. Kf5 g3 45. h3 Kd7 46. Bg5 Bc3 47.
Bxh4 Be1 48. Bg5 Bf2 49. h4 Ke8 50. Bh6 $1 Ke7 51. h5 {[%csl Gh5][%cal Gh6g7,
Gh5h8]} 1-0

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 38th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2010.07.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2010.07.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 138"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
c4 Ba6 9. Nd2 g6 10. Nf3 Qb4+ (10... Bg7 11. Bg5 f6 12. exf6 Qxe2+ 13. Bxe2
Nxf6 14. O-O-O {leads to an endgame, where White is slightly better and can
play for a win without any risk thanks to his superior pawn structure.}) 11.
Kd1 {The game has got off the main lines at an early stage. The move in the
text is the only playable one for White.} Rb8 (11... Nb6 {has appeared in the
practice of both human and non-human players.} 12. b3 Bg7 13. Qd2 Qe7 14. Kc2 (
14. Qa5 Bb7 15. Ba3 d6 16. Kc2 O-O 17. c5 Bxe5 18. Nxe5 Qxe5 19. Qe1 Nd5 20.
cxd6 Qf6 $1 21. d7 Rfd8 $17 {1/2-1/2 Baklan,V (2578)-Gyimesi,Z (2602)/Austria
2005/EXT 2006 (37)}) 14... Bb7 15. Bb2 O-O 16. h4 c5 17. Bd3 a5 18. a4 Rfd8 19.
h5 $16 {1-0 RYBKA-PANDIX/Leiden NED 2010/The Week in Chess 812 (43)}) 12. Qc2 (
12. a3 Qb3+ $6 ({Black should avoid the exchange of queens by} 12... Qb7 $13)
13. Qc2 Qxc2+ 14. Kxc2 Nb6 15. b3 $14 {0-1 Langer,M (2280)-Panchanathan,M 
(2533)/Edmonton CAN 2010/The Week in Chess 821 (59)}) 12... Ne7 13. b3 $6 (13.
Qb3 $1 {would have been a clever touch. In general White should go for a
queens swap, especially since his king remains uncastled. In an endgame
Black's structural defects would become more apparent.} {For example:} c5 14.
Bd3 Nc6 15. Bd2 Qb7 16. Qxb7 Bxb7 17. Be4 Bg7 18. Bc3 O-O 19. Re1 $14) 13...
Bg7 14. Bd2 Qb6 {Provoking the move that now follows...} 15. c5 {Otherwise
Black would play c6-c5 himself, followed by Ne7-c6 with an excellent position.}
Qb7 16. Bxa6 Qxa6 17. Qc4 {White is ready to spoil his own structure, just to
swap queens.} Qxc4 {In the forthcoming endgame Black is objectively not worse,
but he wasn't forced to go for it.} (17... Qa3 {lIt ooks a bit strange to put
the queen in such an awkward place but, as I mentioned before, Black should
try to avoid the queen exchange.} {I don't see anything better for White than
a repetition:} 18. Bc1 (18. Ke2 O-O 19. Rhd1 Nd5 {and Black is not worse.})
18... Qa5 19. Bd2 Qa3 $11) 18. bxc4 h6 {[%cal Gg6g5]} 19. h4 d5 (19... f6 $5 {
was an option to activate the bishop.} 20. Bc3 fxe5 21. Bxe5 Bxe5 22. Nxe5 O-O
23. Nd3 d5 $11) 20. cxd6 cxd6 21. Bc3 d5 22. Kc2 c5 $6 {I wouldn't move this
pawn at all, as it might become a target.} (22... dxc4 23. Rhb1 O-O 24. Rxb8
Rxb8 25. Nd2 Nd5 26. Nxc4 Nxc3 27. Kxc3 f6 $11) 23. Rab1 O-O 24. Rxb8 Rxb8 25.
cxd5 Nxd5 26. Rd1 Nb4+ 27. Bxb4 cxb4 $6 {The activation of the rook is more
important than the structure.} (27... Rxb4 28. Rd8+ Bf8 29. e6 fxe6 30. Ne5 Kg7
31. g3 Ra4 32. Kb3 Rb4+ 33. Kc3 Ra4 $11) 28. Kb3 Bf8 $2 {Only this is a
serious mistake. Black should always keep an eye on Pe5. Now White's knight
will become active.} (28... Rc8 $1 29. Kxb4 (29. Rd5 Rc1 30. Kxb4 Rc2 31. Rd2 {
would lead to the same position.}) 29... Rc2 30. Rd2 Rxd2 31. Nxd2 Bxe5 {
White's king is enormously active, but Black's bishop is superior to the
knight, so the result here should be a draw.}) 29. Rd7 a5 (29... Bc5 30. Nd4
Kf8 31. e6 Bxd4 32. Rxd4 fxe6 33. Rg4 Kf7 34. Rxb4 Rd8 35. Rb7+ Kf6 36. Rxa7
Rd2 37. Ra8 $1 {and White should win.}) 30. Nd2 Rc8 31. Ne4 {All White's
pieces are better than their counterparts.} Bg7 {Admitting the mistake...} 32.
Rd5 Re8 (32... Ra8 {would be miserable.}) 33. f4 f6 34. Nd6 Rd8 35. Rxa5 fxe5
36. fxe5 Bxe5 37. Rxe5 Rxd6 38. Kxb4 $18 {The endgame is won for White. The
a-pawn is supported by both White's remaining pieces.} Rd2 (38... Rd4+ 39. Kb5
Rxh4 40. a4 $18) 39. a4 Rxg2 40. a5 Ra2 41. Kb5 Kf7 {Black's counterplay is
not in time.} 42. a6 Kf6 43. Re4 {[%cal Ge4a4] Building the typical "bridge".}
g5 44. Ra4 Rb2+ 45. Ka5 Rb8 46. h5 $1 Rg8 47. a7 g4 48. Kb6 Kg5 (48... g3 49.
a8=Q Rxa8 50. Rxa8 Kf5 51. Rg8 Kf4 52. Rg6 $18) 49. a8=Q Rxa8 50. Rxa8 Kxh5 51.
Kc5 Kg5 52. Kd4 Kf4 53. Kd3 Kf3 54. Rf8+ Kg2 55. Ke2 g3 56. Rh8 Kg1 57. Kf3 1-0

[Event "Goodricke op 12th"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2001.02.14"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Garma, Chito"]
[Black "Rausis, Igors"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2001.02.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 082"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Nd5 {Rare move.
The main line is 6...Qe7 7.Qe2 and then 7...Nd5.} 7. c4 (7. Bd3 d6 8. exd6 Bxd6
9. O-O Qh4 10. g3 Qh3 11. Re1+ Be6 12. Bf1 Qf5 13. Bd3 Qh3 14. Bf1 Qf5 15. Bd3
{1/2-1/2 Arnold,L-Rausis,I/Germany 1996/GER-chT2 (15)}) 7... Nb6 8. Nc3 (8. Bd3
{is probably more precisely.} d5 (8... g6 $142 {[%cal Gf8g7]}) 9. exd6 cxd6 (
9... Bxd6 $14) 10. O-O Be7 11. Qf3 Bb7 $6 (11... d5 $5) 12. Re1 $16 {1-0 Drei,
A-Thorsteinsson,E/Reykjavik 2000/CBM 75 ext (55)}) 8... d5 (8... Qe7 9. Qe2 {
could lead to one of the main variants.}) 9. Be3 $146 ({More solid alternative
is:} 9. exd6 cxd6 10. Be2 (10. Be3 Be7 11. Qf3 Bb7 12. Rd1 Qc7 13. Bd3 $14)
10... Be6 11. Bf3 Rc8 12. b3 Be7 13. Bf4 O-O 14. O-O Bf6 15. Rc1 d5 16. cxd5
Nxd5 17. Nxd5 Bxd5 18. Bxd5 Qxd5 19. Qc2 $14 {1/2-1/2 Novy,V-Basta,J/Svetla
nad Sazavou 1999/EXT 2000 (41)}) 9... Bb4 (9... Nxc4 10. Bxc4 dxc4 11. Qa4 $14)
({Deserving attention} 9... Be6 10. cxd5 Nxd5 (10... cxd5 $2 11. Bb5+ $16)) 10.
c5 {A committing move and the only way to fight for the initiative.} ({Worse is
} 10. Qb3 $6 Qe7 11. a3 Ba5 $15) 10... Nd7 11. Qg4 {[%csl Rb4,Rg7]} Bxc3+ 12.
bxc3 Kf8 (12... Qe7 $2 13. Qxg7 Qxe5 14. Qxe5+ Nxe5 15. Bd4 f6 16. f4 $16) ({
Deserved attention exchange sacrifice:} 12... O-O $5 13. Bh6 g6 14. Bxf8 Qxf8
15. Qd4 Nxc5 16. Be2 $14) 13. Qd4 Qe7 14. f4 f6 {[%csl Re5][%cal Yf8f7]} 15.
Be2 $1 ({Worse is:} 15. exf6 Nxf6) 15... Kf7 ({Opening "f" file is deadly for
black:} 15... fxe5 $2 16. fxe5 Nxe5 17. O-O+ Kg8 18. Rae1 {[%csl Ya8,Ge1,Gf1,
Rg8,Yh8] with devastating initiative}) 16. Qa4 {[%csl Rc6]} Bb7 (16... Qe6 $6
17. O-O Re8 18. Bd4 $16) 17. Rb1 Rhb8 18. O-O (18. Rxb7 $5 Rxb7 19. Qxc6 Rb1+
20. Bd1 Rab8 (20... Rd8 21. Qxc7 fxe5 22. O-O $16 {[%cal Gd1h5]}) 21. Qxd5+ Qe6
(21... Kf8 22. O-O $16) 22. Qxe6+ (22. Qd3 fxe5 23. fxe5) 22... Kxe6 23. c6 Nb6
24. O-O {[%csl Rb1][%cal Gd1g4]} Nd5 $13) 18... Nxc5 19. Qd4 Ne6 (19... Ne4 20.
Rb3 $44 {[%cal Gf1b1]} c5 $6 (20... Bc8 $5) 21. Qa4 c4 $2 {[%tqu "En","Find
the best move for white.","","","b3b7","",10]} 22. Rxb7 $1 Rxb7 23. Qc6 Nxc3
24. Bh5+ g6 25. Qxb7 $18) 20. Qd3 {[%csl Rh7]} Kg8 21. f5 $6 (21. exf6 gxf6 $1
{[%cal Ge6c5]} (21... Qxf6 $2 22. f5 Ng5 23. Bd4 Qd6 {[%cal Gc6c5]} 24. Qe3 Ne4
25. Bxa7 $18) 22. Kh1 Bc8 $1 $13 (22... Nc5 23. Bxc5 Qxc5 24. Qg3+ Kh8 25. Bd3
$40)) 21... Nc5 22. Qd4 (22. exf6 $142 gxf6 {[%csl Re2,Re3]}) 22... Ne4 23. e6
c5 $6 ({Much stronger was} 23... Qa3 $1 $17) 24. Qd3 c4 25. Qc2 c5 ({Again
better was:} 25... Qa3 {[%csl Rc3]} 26. Bxc4 $1 dxc4 27. Rxb7 Rxb7 28. Qxe4 Qa6
$13) 26. Bf3 g6 $2 {[%csl Rg8] After this suicid move black's position can not
be saved.} (26... Nxc3 $2 27. Qxc3 d4 28. Qb2) (26... Rc8 $5 27. Bxe4 dxe4 28.
Qf2 $14) 27. Bxe4 dxe4 28. Qf2 {[%csl Rc5,Rf6] Suddenly white got winning
position.} gxf5 $6 ({More stubborn was} 28... Bc6 29. Bxc5 Qg7 30. Rxb8+ Rxb8
31. Bxa7 Ra8 32. Bd4 gxf5 33. Qe2 $18 {[%cal Gf1f5,Ge2c4]}) 29. Bxc5 Qxe6 (
29... Qg7 $142 30. Qxf5 e3 31. g3 $18) 30. Bxa7 {[%csl Rb7,Rb8] Now it's all
over.Black losing at least a piece.} e3 31. Qg3+ Kh8 32. Bxb8 Bc6 33. Bf4 e2
34. Rfe1 1-0

[Event "Goodricke op 12th"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2001.02.14"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ganguly, Surya Shekhar"]
[Black "Sharma, Dinesh Kumar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2456"]
[BlackElo "2353"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2001.02.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 082"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. c3 Nge7 7. Bc4 b6 8.
O-O Bb7 9. Nb5 (9. Nb3 Ne5 10. Nxc5 bxc5 11. Bd5 Nxd5 12. exd5 Qd6 13. Bf4 O-O
14. c4 c6 15. Nc3 cxd5 16. Re1 Rfe8 17. cxd5 Qf6 18. Bg3 $14 {1-0 Baklan,
V-Macieja,B/Zagan 1997/CBM 59 ext (39)}) (9. f4 O-O-O 10. e5 Qh6 11. Qd2 f6 12.
Na3 Nxd4 13. cxd4 Bxa3 14. bxa3 Nf5 15. Rac1 fxe5 16. dxe5 Kb8 17. Bd3 Qe6 18.
Rfe1 Rc8 19. a4 {1/2-1/2 Chandler,M-Speelman,J/Hastings 1991/CBM 27 (19)}) 9...
O-O-O 10. Bxc5 bxc5 11. Nd2 Kb8 $5 $146 (11... a6 12. Na3 d5 13. exd5 Nxd5 14.
Qf3 Ne5 15. Qxf6 gxf6 16. Bxd5 Bxd5 17. f3 Bxa2 18. Ne4 Be6 19. Nxc5 Rd2 20.
Rf2 Rhd8 21. Rxd2 Rxd2 22. Nb5 Bh3 {1/2-1/2 Boe,M-Aagaard,J/DEN-chB 1992/TD 
(22)}) 12. f4 d5 ({The alternative is:} 12... a6 13. Na3 {and now} d5 14. exd5
Nxd5 15. Ne4 Nxc3 $5 16. bxc3 Rxd1 17. Nxf6 Rxa1 18. Rxa1 gxf6 $13) 13. exd5
Nxd5 14. Ne4 Qf5 $6 ({Interesting tactical blow} 14... Nxc3 $5 {leads to
simplification of position and gives black a counterplay:} 15. Nbxc3 (15. bxc3
Rxd1 16. Nxf6 Rxa1 17. Rxa1 (17. Nd7+ Kc8 18. Rxa1 Kxd7 19. Bxf7 a6 20. Na3 Rf8
$15) 17... gxf6 18. Bxf7 Rd8 $132) 15... Rxd1 16. Nxf6 Rxa1 (16... Rd4 17. Bxf7
gxf6 $14) 17. Rxa1 gxf6 18. Bxf7 Rd8 $13) 15. Nbd6 $1 {This move brings to
white an advantage.} (15. Ng3 Qd7 $11) 15... cxd6 16. Bxd5 {Black improved his
queenside pawnstructure, but rook d8 became passive and white controlling
important d5 square.} Na5 (16... Rhe8 17. Ng3 {[%cal Yd1h5]} Qg6 (17... Qd7 18.
Qh5 $16 {[%csl Rf7,Rh7]}) 18. Qf3 $16) 17. c4 Bxd5 18. Ng3 {Important
intermediate move.} Qd7 (18... Qe6 19. cxd5 Qe3+ 20. Kh1 $16 {[%csl Rb8][%cal
Gg3f5,Gd1a4,Gf1f3,Gf3a3]}) 19. Qxd5 Qb7 20. b3 {[%csl Ya5]} g6 21. Rfe1 Rd7 (
21... Qxd5 22. cxd5 Rhe8 23. Ne4 $16 {[%csl Rd6,Yf6][%cal Ge4g5,Ge4f6]}) 22.
Ne4 Qxd5 23. cxd5 {The endgame is very tough for black.} f5 24. Ng5 {[%csl Ye6]
} Nb7 25. Re3 Kc8 26. Rae1 Kd8 ({More logical move is:} 26... Kc7 {[%cal Gc7b6,
Ga7a5,Gb6b5,Yc5c4,Ya5a4]}) 27. a3 $6 {Strange move.White creating himself a
weekness on b3.} (27. Kf2 {is the most natural and recommended.}) 27... a5 28.
Kf2 Kc7 29. Re8 $2 {Wrong invasion.} (29. Re7 {was the right one.} h6 30. Ne6+
Kc8 31. Rg7 $1 Rxg7 32. Nxg7 {[%cal Ge1e6] with good winning chances.}) 29...
Rxe8 30. Rxe8 Kb6 31. Ne6 a4 $6 {Too nervous.} ({After normal} 31... Kb5 {
[%cal Ga5a4] black has sufficient counterplay.}) 32. bxa4 Na5 ({Black cann't
win the pawn back:} 32... Ka5 33. Ra8+) 33. Ke2 Ka7 $2 {The decisive mistake.}
({The only chance was:} 33... Nc4 34. Kd3 Nxa3 35. Ra8 $1 $16) 34. Rd8 Rxd8 35.
Nxd8 {This endgame is lost for black.} Nc4 36. Nf7 Nb6 37. Nxd6 Nxd5 38. g3
Nc3+ 39. Kd3 Nxa4 {Black managed to equalize the material, but white pieces
are far more active at the moment.} 40. Kc4 Nb2+ (40... Kb6 {doesn't save as
well;} 41. Kb3 Ka5 42. Nc4+ Kb5 43. h3 $22 {Black can not play now 43...Nb6,
due to lost pawn endgame.Only pawn moves remained...} h6 (43... h5 44. h4 $18)
44. g4 fxg4 45. hxg4 h5 46. f5 $1 h4 47. fxg6 h3 48. Nd6+ $18 {[%csl Yh1][%cal
Gd6e4,Ge4g3]}) 41. Kxc5 Nd3+ 42. Kd5 Nf2 43. Ke6 Ng4 44. h4 Nf2 45. Kf7 Ne4 {
[%tqu "En","Find the most convincing move for white.","","","f7g7","",10]} 46.
Kg7 $1 Nxg3 (46... Nxd6 47. Kxh7 Ne4 48. Kxg6 Nxg3 49. h5 {with easy win.}) 47.
Kxh7 Nh5 48. Kxg6 Nxf4+ 49. Kxf5 Nh5 50. Ne8 Ka6 51. Kg4 {Black knight is
finally trapped.Black resigned.} 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 14th"]
[Site "Plovdiv"]
[Date "2003.10.19"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Nedev, Trajce"]
[Black "Gyimesi, Zoltan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2537"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[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 "Macedonia"]
[BlackTeam "Hungary"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "MKD"]
[BlackTeamCountry "HUN"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
c4 Ba6 9. b3 g6 {The alternatives to this move are: 9...0-0-0, 9...Qh4 and 9...
g5.} 10. f4 Qb4+ {This move was played for the first time on top level in the
game Gelfand,B-Karpov,A/Linares 1992 and nowadays it's frequently used by the
French GM E.Bacrot.} (10... Bg7 11. Qf2 {- see the annotated game Tseshkovsky,
V-Harikrishna,P/Hastings 2002/CBM 93 [Postny]}) 11. Bd2 Qb6 (11... Nxf4 $4 12.
Qe4 $18 {[%csl Rb4,Rf4]}) 12. Qf3 {This move gained popularity in the latest
time. The alternatives are:} (12. Nc3 Bb4 {- see the annotated game Hector,
J-Olsen,H/Nordic GP/CBM 73 [Mikhalevski,V]}) ({The main line is considered to
be} 12. Qe4 f5 13. Qf3 {which is similar to 12.Qf3, see the commented games:
Kasparov,G-Bacrot,E/Sarajevo 2000/CBM 77 [Mikhalevski,V] and Nataf,I-Bacrot,E/
Cannes 2002/CBM 88 [Postny]}) 12... Nb4 (12... Qd4 $6 13. Nc3 Nxc3 14. Qxc3 c5
15. Bd3 $14 {- see the annotated games: Lautier,J-Bacrot,E/Cannes 2002/CBM 88 
[Postny] and Rublevsky,S-Vescovi,G/Poikovsky 2003/CBM 95 [Postny]}) 13. Kd1 {
White is losing his right to castle, but is hoping to make use of his
advantage in space. Black's pieces on the queenside may become out of the game
as well.} Bb7 14. Nc3 c5 15. Qe3 $1 {Strong move, recently introduced by
Lautier.} (15. Nd5 Bg7 16. Bxb4 cxb4 17. Kc2 Bxd5 18. cxd5 O-O 19. Bc4 d6 20.
Rae1 Rae8 $15 {1/2-1/2 Fontaine,R-Marciano,D/France 2002/CBM 88 ext (67)})
15... Qe6 16. Nb5 {[%csl Rc7]} Kd8 $2 $146 {[%mdl 16384] It's hard to believe
in this awkward move. Now black's king is in the same position as his
counterpart, but the other factors are certainly benefit white.} ({The
critical line should be} 16... Na6 17. Kc2 Bg7 18. Re1 O-O {- see the
commented game Lautier,J-Fontaine,R/Aix les Bains 2003/CBM 97 [Postny,E]}) 17.
Be2 a6 (17... Bxg2 18. Rg1 Bb7 19. Bg4 Qb6 20. a3 Nc6 21. Bc3 $40) 18. Nc3 (18.
Bf3 $2 axb5 19. Bxb7 Rb8 $132) 18... Qf5 {[%csl Rc2]} (18... Bxg2 19. Rg1 Bb7
20. Ne4 $16) 19. Rc1 Bxg2 $2 {This capture is losing immediatly. On the other
hand it's very hard to save black's position anyway.} (19... h5 {was
relatively better.}) 20. Rg1 {Black is not able to avoid heave material losses.
} Qh3 (20... Bb7 21. a3 Nc6 22. Bg4 $18 {[%csl Rf5]}) 21. a3 {White is winning
a piece without any compensation.} 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 18th"]
[Site "Kallithea"]
[Date "2002.09.28"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Black "Kharlov, Andrei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2654"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[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 "Sarajevo Bosna"]
[BlackTeam "Kazan Ladya"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BIH"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

{[%mdl 2]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7.
Qe2 Nd5 8. c4 Nb6 9. Nc3 Qe6 {Another common option is 9...a5.} 10. Qe4 d5 {
This choice means, that black wants to avoid complications, since now white is
forced to exchange queens. However, this game shows, that black still has a
problems to solve in the fothcoming "endgame like" position.} ({The main
playable alternative is} 10... Ba6 {. For instanse see the commented game
Morozevich,A-Khalifman,A/Wijk aan Zee 2002/CBM 87 [Postny]}) 11. exd6 cxd6 12.
Bd3 Qxe4+ (12... Ba6 13. Be3 Qxe4 14. Bxe4 Rc8 15. b3 d5 16. Bf5 Bb4 17. Bd2
Rd8 18. O-O-O dxc4 19. Rhe1+ Kf8 20. Bg5 Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1 Ba3+ 22. Kc2 Be7 $13 {
1/2-1/2 Zhu Chunhui-Qiao Liang/Suzhou 2001/EXT 2002 (41)}) 13. Bxe4 Bb7 14. b3
d5 $6 {This active push is probably the main source for black's forthcoming
problems.} (14... Be7 {should be prefered.}) 15. cxd5 cxd5 16. Bf3 {White has
the advantage, because black's Pd5 is a weakness and black's queenside pieces
are passively placed as well.} Be7 $6 $146 {In the game Rublevsky,S-Sokolov,I,
which was played in the same team match black choose 16...Bb4 and achieved a
draw, however black had a clearly worse position in that game as well.} (16...
Bb4 17. Bd2 O-O (17... Ba6 {was in the above mentioned game Rublevsky,
S-Sokolov,I.}) 18. Ne2 Ba3 19. O-O Rac8 20. Be3 Ba6 21. Rfd1 Rfd8 22. Nf4 $16 {
1/2-1/2 Mukhametov,E-Muco,F/Bern 1995/EXT 2000 (61)}) 17. Be3 Bf6 18. Rc1 Rc8
$6 {This move only hurts black, since black's Pa7 remains unprotected.} (18...
O-O $142 19. Nb5 Be5 $16) 19. Kd2 O-O (19... d4 20. Bxd4 $1 {and white remains
with a pawn up in all variations. For instanse:} Bg5+ (20... Bxf3 21. Bxf6 Bxg2
22. Bxg7 Rg8 23. Rhe1+) 21. Be3 Bxf3 22. gxf3) 20. Nb5 {After numerous
inaccuracies black found himself in quite a bad position.} d4 {The best
practical chance, hoping to get the counterplay against the white K.} 21. Bxb7
dxe3+ 22. fxe3 Rce8 23. Ke2 Re7 $6 ({More active would be} 23... Bg5 24. Rc3
Re7 25. Bc6 Rd8 {with drawing chances.}) 24. Rc7 Rxc7 ({It can be recommended
for black to avoid the exchange of pieces in order to retain more chances for
a counterplay.} 24... Re6) 25. Nxc7 Be5 26. Nb5 Rb8 27. Be4 Nd5 $5 {An
interesting practical chance, but insufficient.} 28. Nxa7 Nc3+ 29. Kf3 Rb6 30.
Nc6 $1 {An important move, which consolidates white's position.} Bf6 31. Rc1 $6
(31. Nd4 $1 Be5 (31... Nxa2 32. Ra1 Bxd4 33. exd4 Rxb3+ 34. Kf4 Rb2 35. Bd5 g5+
$8 36. Kxg5 $18) 32. Rc1 $1 Rf6+ 33. Bf5 Bxd4 34. exd4 Rxf5+ 35. Kg4 Rf4+ 36.
Kh3 $1 $18 {This move must have been seen before white's playing 32.Rc1.})
31... Nxa2 32. Rc4 g6 (32... Rxb3 $2 33. Ra4 $18 {[%cal Ra4a2,Ra4a8]}) 33. Bc2
Kg7 $6 ({Better was to come out with the knight immediatly:} 33... Nc3) 34. e4
$1 {White is threatening e4-e5 advance, and then black's Na2 will be in
trouble, therefore black now forced to put all his pieces awkwardly in order
not to lose the game immediatly.} Bb2 35. Ke3 $2 {A serious slip, which allows
black to get back into the game.} ({Strong enough was} 35. e5) 35... Ba3 $1 36.
e5 (36. Kd4 Nb4 {and after the knights exchange black should hold the position.
}) 36... Nc1 $1 {Suddenly black is regaining the pawn.} 37. Nd4 Bb2 38. Rc7 (
38. b4 Na2 {[%csl Rb4]}) 38... Bxd4+ ({More accurate would be} 38... Kf8 $1 {
preparing to regain the pawn on the next move.}) 39. Kxd4 Nxb3+ {Black
equalized materially, but his knight is still a source for black's concern.}
40. Kc3 (40. Bxb3 $2 Rxb3 41. e6 Kf6 42. exf7 Rb8 $11) 40... Nc1 (40... Na5 $6
41. Be4 $1 {[%csl Ra5,Gd5,Rf7][%cal Ge4d5]} Rb3+ 42. Kd4 Rb4+ 43. Kd5 Rb5+ 44.
Kd6 Rb6+ 45. Kc5 Re6 46. Kb4 (46. Bd5 $2 Rxe5 47. Rxf7+ Kh6) 46... Rxe5 47. Bf3
{The black knight is doomed, however in the forthcoming endgame RB+PP vs R+PPP
black still retains practical drawing chances.}) 41. Bd1 {preventing from the
knight the escape via e2 square.} Na2+ 42. Kd4 Kf8 $6 ({After intermediate
check} 42... Rb4+ $1 {white is not able to achieve the same harmony, as in the
game. It looks like black is escaping for a draw. For instanse:} 43. Kd3 (43.
Ke3 Rb5) 43... Rb6 44. Bf3 Nb4+ 45. Kc4 Nc2) 43. Be2 $1 {The manoeuvre Be2-c4
is very strong.} f6 44. Bc4 fxe5+ 45. Kxe5 {In spite of reduced material white
is close to a win here thanks to a superb coordination between his pieces,
which certainly can not be said about the black ones.} Nb4 46. Rf7+ Ke8 47.
Rxh7 Nc6+ 48. Kf6 Ne7+ $2 {This is the losing move.} ({The only chance to
survive was:} 48... Nd4+ 49. Kg5 (49. Kg7 Nf5+) 49... Rb2) 49. Be6 Ng8+ ({
Slightly more resistable was} 49... Nd5+ 50. Ke5 Ne3 51. g4 $18) 50. Kg7 $1 {
[%mdl 4096] The simplest. The forthcoming rooks endgame is easily won for
white.} Rxe6 51. Kxg8 Re2 52. g4 g5 53. h3 {Now the white king is going to
collect black Pg5. There is nothing, that black can do to prevent it.} Re3 54.
Kg7 Ra3 55. Kg6 Kf8 (55... Ra5 56. Rh5 {[%csl Rg5]}) 56. Rh8+ Ke7 57. Kxg5 {
Black could just resign here, but he continued for a few pointless moves,
probably because of team interests considerations.} Kf7 58. Kh4 Kg7 59. Rb8 Kg6
60. Rb6+ Kg7 61. g5 Kh7 62. Kg4 Kg7 63. h4 Ra4+ 64. Kh5 Kh7 65. Rb7+ Kg8 66. g6
Kh8 67. Kg5 Kg8 68. h5 Ra5+ 69. Kh6 Ra8 70. Rb5 {This Movsesian's win braught
"Bosna" the title of European Club Champion.} 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 18th"]
[Site "Kallithea"]
[Date "2002.09.28"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[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 Bosna"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BIH"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
c4 Nb6 9. Nc3 Qe6 10. Qe4 d5 {This way black garanties himself a reasonable,
though a bit passive position.} ({The main playable alternatives are:} 10...
Ba6) (10... Bb4) 11. exd6 cxd6 12. Bd3 {In previous round Rublevsky tried 12.
Be3 against Lautier and achieved no real advantage. The move in the text is
more troublesome for black.} Qxe4+ (12... Ba6 13. Be3 Qxe4 14. Bxe4 Rc8 15. b3
d5 16. Bf5 Bb4 17. Bd2 Rd8 18. O-O-O dxc4 19. Rhe1+ Kf8 20. Bg5 Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1
Ba3+ 22. Kc2 Be7 $13 {1/2-1/2 Zhu Chunhui-Qiao Liang/Suzhou 2001/EXT 2002 (41)}
) 13. Bxe4 Bb7 14. b3 d5 $6 {This strike seems to be premature. The Pd5 will
become isolated and weak.} (14... Be7 {is preferable.}) 15. cxd5 cxd5 16. Bf3 {
It's curious, that the same position arised simultaneously in the game
Movsesian-Kharlov, which was played in the same team match.} Bb4 {Kharlov
tried 16...Be7, but unsuccessfully. The move in the text is better, however
does not solve black's problems either.} 17. Bd2 Ba6 $146 (17... O-O 18. Ne2
Ba3 19. O-O Rac8 20. Be3 Ba6 21. Rfd1 Rfd8 22. Nf4 $16 {1/2-1/2 Mukhametov,
E-Muco,F/Bern 1995/EXT 2000 (61)}) 18. O-O-O O-O 19. Kb2 $1 (19. Nxd5 Nxd5 20.
Bxd5 Ba3+ 21. Kb1 Bd3+ 22. Ka1 Rad8 23. Bb4 $1 Bxb4 24. Rxd3 $14) 19... Rab8 (
19... d4 20. Nb1 Bxd2 21. Rxd2 Rad8 22. Rhd1 d3 23. Be4 {[%csl Rd3] and white
is winning the pawn.}) 20. Be3 $2 ({This was the right time to capture the
pawn:} 20. Nxd5 Nc4+ (20... Bxd2 21. Nxb6 Rbd8 (21... Rfd8 22. Nd5 {[%cal
Rd5e7,Re7c6]}) 22. Nd5 Ba5 23. b4 $18) 21. bxc4 Bxd2+ 22. Ka3 {[%csl Gd5] and
the white knight dominates the board.}) 20... Rfc8 21. Nxd5 Nxd5 22. Rxd5 $6 (
22. Bxd5 Bc3+ 23. Kb1 Be2 {Probably this move was the main concern of
Rublevsky, but white remains on top after:} 24. Bxa7 $1 Bxd1 (24... Rb5 25. a4
Ra5 26. Bb6 $18) 25. Rxd1 $16) 22... Bc3+ 23. Kb1 (23. Ka3 $6 Bb4+ 24. Ka4 Rc2
{looks dangerous for white.}) 23... Bc4 24. Rdd1 $6 ({Again possible was} 24.
Bxa7 Bxd5 25. Bxd5 {but probably Rublevsky did not really believe in his
chances for a win in this position.}) 24... Be6 {[%csl Rb3][%cal Ge6f5,Ya7a5,
Ya5a4] It's clear, that black has a compensation for the pawn, but he is still
fighting for a draw.} 25. Be4 a5 26. Bd4 $6 ({White's last winning attempt was:
} 26. Rd3 f5 (26... a4 27. Rc1) 27. Rc1 (27. Bd5 Bxd5 28. Rxd5 a4 $36) 27...
fxe4 (27... Bxb3 $2 28. axb3 Rxb3+ 29. Kc2 fxe4 30. Kxb3 $18) 28. Rdxc3 Rxc3
29. Rxc3 a4 30. Kb2 {still retaining some winning chances.}) 26... a4 27. Bxc3
Rxc3 28. Kb2 Rc5 29. Bc2 (29. Rd3 axb3 30. axb3 Rcb5 $11) 29... Rxc2+ $1 {
A small combination, which ends the fight peacefully.} 30. Kxc2 axb3+ 31. axb3
1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 18th"]
[Site "Kallithea"]
[Date "2002.09.27"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Black "Lautier, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2663"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[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 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
c4 Nb6 9. Nc3 Qe6 {This is the most popular continuation and a solid one. More
aggressive alternative is 9...a5.} 10. Qe4 d5 {This is probably the most
rational way to the equality. On the other hand after the forthcoming QQ
exchange black gets the position with no real possibilities for active
counterplay. The main alternative 10...Ba6 leads to more complicated game.} 11.
exd6 cxd6 12. Be3 {A rare move in this position and probably not the most
precise one.} (12. Bf4 d5 (12... f5 13. Qxe6+ Bxe6 14. O-O-O Rd8 15. b3 Be7 16.
h4 Kf7 17. Rh3 Rhe8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Minasian,A-Dervishi,E/Yerevan 2000/CBM 78 (55)
}) 13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. Bd2 Nxc3 15. Qxe6+ Bxe6 16. Bxc3 Bd5 17. O-O-O f6 18. Ba6
Bc5 19. f3 Kf7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Kotsur,P-Savon,V/Tula 2001/EXT 2002 (24)}) ({
The move} 12. Bd3 {can be considered, as the main line. After the following}
Qxe4+ {white recaptures by} 13. Bxe4 {putting pressure along the h1-a8
diagonal.}) 12... Qxe4 13. Nxe4 Bf5 {Driving out the white knight from it's
active position.} 14. Nc3 {According to my database this position appeared
only once, and after 14...Be6 a draw was agreed.} Be7 15. Be2 O-O 16. O-O ({
Comes into consideration} 16. Rd1) 16... Be6 17. b3 d5 18. cxd5 Nxd5 {It is
important for black to get rid of his bad knight.} 19. Nxd5 Bxd5 {[%csl Gd5]}
20. Bf3 $1 {White must eliminate black's strong Bd5 in order to get some
chances for the advantage, even spoiling his own pawn formation.} (20. Rac1 a5
$11 {[%cal Ga5a4]}) 20... Bxf3 21. gxf3 {The position is getting closer to a
draw, but white still keeping tiny advantage, because of black's queenside
pawns.} Ba3 $1 {[%csl Yc1] This move prevents from the white rooks to occupy
the "c" file and put a pressure on the weakness on c6.} 22. Rad1 Rfe8 (22...
Rfd8 $2 23. Rxd8+ Rxd8 24. Bxa7 Rd2 25. Ra1 $16) ({Also playable for black is} 
22... a5 23. Rd7 Rfd8 24. Rfd1 Rxd7 25. Rxd7 h6) 23. Rd7 a5 24. Rfd1 h6 25. Rc7
({I think, that white could create more problems for black after} 25. R1d4 $1
Re7 26. Rxe7 Bxe7 27. Ra4) 25... Re6 26. Rdd7 Rf6 (26... Bd6 $6 27. Rb7 (27.
Rxc6 $4 Bxh2+ $19) 27... a4 28. f4 (28. Rxf7 $2 Rg6+ 29. Kf1 axb3 30. axb3 Bxh2
31. Bd4 Rg1+ 32. Ke2 Re8+ {and black has nothing to worry about.}) 28... axb3
29. axb3 $14) 27. Kg2 Rg6+ 28. Kf1 Rf6 {Now the drawbacks of white's pawn
structure are clear. White can not improve his position by pushing his
kingside pawns forward, therefore he has to admit the equality.} 29. Kg2 Rg6+
30. Kh3 Rf6 31. f4 Bb2 32. Kg4 (32. a4 Rb8 33. Rd3 Ba3 {and white achieves
nothing.}) 32... a4 {Black exchanges his weak pawn and the position becomes
completely equal.} 33. Ra7 Rxa7 34. Rxa7 axb3 35. axb3 Rd6 36. Rc7 Ba3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Zuerich Kortschnoj-A"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2001.04.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Unzicker, Wolfgang"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2827"]
[BlackElo "2432"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2001.04.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bb4+ 5. c3 Bc5 6. Be3 Bb6 {This
variation is often employed by GM A.Miles.} 7. Qg4 $5 $146 (7. Be2 Nge7 8. c4
d6 9. O-O O-O 10. Nc3 f5 11. Nxc6 Nxc6 12. Bxb6 axb6 13. exf5 Bxf5 14. Qd2 Kh8
15. f4 Qd7 16. Bf3 Bg4 17. Rae1 Bxf3 18. Rxf3 Ne7 19. Rfe3 Ng8 20. Re6 $14 {
1-0 Hennigan,M-Miles,A/England 1999/EXT 2000 (64)}) (7. Nf5 Bxe3 8. Nxe3 Nf6 9.
f3 O-O 10. c4 d6 11. Nc3 Nd7 12. Qd2 Nc5 13. Be2 f5 14. exf5 Bxf5 15. Nxf5 Rxf5
16. O-O-O a5 17. Rhe1 Rf7 18. g3 Qd7 19. f4 Nb4 20. b3 Qf5 21. Nb5 Ne4 22. Bd3
Nxd2 23. Bxf5 Nf3 24. Re3 Rxf5 25. Rxf3 Na6 26. Re3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Ivanchuk,
V-Morovic Fernandez,I/Cap d'Agde 1998/EXT 99 (43)}) 7... Qf6 (7... g6 $6 8. Nd2
d5 9. Qg3 $14) 8. Qg3 $1 {[%csl Gg3][%cal Yg3g7,Yg3c7,Gd4b5]} Nxd4 $2 {Wrong
choice.} (8... Qe5 {was probably the most reasonable continuation.For example:}
9. Nd2 (9. f4 $2 Qxe4 10. Nd2 Qg6 $17) 9... Qxg3 10. hxg3 Ne5 (10... d6 11. Nc4
$14) 11. Be2 d6 {and black gets a reasonable position.}) 9. cxd4 Bxd4 $6 {
Continuing the idea of the previous move, black is accepting the poisoned pawn.
} (9... d5 {was the least of the evils.} 10. exd5 Ne7 11. Nc3 (11. Bb5+ c6 12.
dxc6 bxc6 13. Ba4 Bxd4 14. Bxd4 Qxd4 15. Nc3 O-O $14) 11... O-O (11... Nf5 12.
Bb5+ $16) 12. Qe5 $16) 10. Bxd4 Qxd4 11. Nc3 Ne7 (11... Nf6 12. Rd1 Qb6 13. e5
Nh5 14. Qg4 Qg6 15. Qc4 {[%csl Rc7,Rh5][%cal Gg2g4]} Qg5 16. Qxc7 O-O 17. h4
Qg6 18. g3 {totally dominating.}) (11... d6 12. Rd1 Qe5 13. f4 {with big
advantage.}) 12. Qxc7 O-O 13. Rd1 Qb4 14. Rd2 {[%csl Gc7] Black's position is
strategically lost. His queenside is paralized.} Ng6 ({More stubborn was} 14...
Nc6 15. Be2 $1 (15. Qd6 $16) 15... f5 16. a3 Qe7 (16... Qb3 17. e5) 17. exf5
Rxf5 18. O-O {[%csl Ya7,Ya8,Yb7,Gc7,Yc8,Rd7]}) 15. Be2 f5 {A desperate attempt
for counterplay.} 16. Bc4+ Kh8 17. Nd5 Qa4 18. exf5 Rxf5 19. O-O Qc6 20. Bb3
Qxc7 21. Nxc7 {The queen exchange doesn't save black's position.Every white's
move contains a threat; black just doesn't have any resources to fight.} Rb8
22. Re1 b6 23. Nb5 Bb7 24. Nd6 Rff8 25. Nf7+ Kg8 26. Rxd7 {It's amazing how
quickly and easily Kasparov managed to get a winning position straight after
the opening!} 1-0

[Event "Goodricke op 12th"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2001.02.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ganguly, Surya Shekhar"]
[Black "Vladimirov, Yevgeniy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2456"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2001.02.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 082"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
c4 Ba6 ({Another theoretical line starts with} 8... Nb6) 9. b3 g5 {[%csl Re5,
Yf4][%cal Gg5f4] This interesting move appeared first time in match
Kasparov-Anand in 1995.} 10. g3 (10. Ba3 d6 11. exd6 Qxe2+ 12. Bxe2 Bg7 13.
cxd5 Bxe2 14. Kxe2 Bxa1 15. Rc1 O-O-O 16. Rxc6 Rhe8+ 17. Kd3 Rd7 18. Nc3 Bxc3
19. Kxc3 Re5 20. Kc4 Re4+ 21. Kd3 Re5 22. Kc4 Re4+ {1/2-1/2 Kasparov,G-Anand,V/
New York 1995/CBM 49 (22)}) 10... Bg7 11. Bb2 O-O 12. Nd2 f6 {In chess
informant 69 Kasparov in comments to his game against Nikolic (see below)
suggests 12...Nb4 as better alternative.} 13. Qh5 (13. exf6 Bxf6 14. Qxe7 Nxe7
15. Bxf6 Rxf6 16. Bh3 $14 {Kasparov.}) 13... Nb4 {[%cal Gb4c2]} 14. h4 $1 {
[%csl Rg8,Gh1] exploiting the weakness of the kingside.} g4 $1 ({Bad for black
is:} 14... Nc2+ $2 15. Kd1 Nxa1 16. hxg5 fxe5 17. Qxh7+ Kf7 18. f4 $5 {[%csl
Gb2,Re5,Rg7]} Ke8 19. Bxa1 $16) 15. Kd1 {[%csl Rb4][%cal Ga2a3]} c5 {vacating
c6 square for the knight.} ({Doesn't work} 15... fxe5 $2 {in view of} 16. a3
Rxf2 17. axb4 Qxb4 18. Be2 $18) 16. Bg2 $6 $146 {This move has to be
considered as a novelty and a dubious one...} (16. a3 Nc6 $2 (16... Bb7 $1 {
See Kasparov's comments in inf.69.}) 17. Bd3 f5 18. Bxf5 Bxe5 19. Re1 d6 20.
Be4 Bb7 21. Qxg4+ Qg7 22. Bd5+ Kh8 23. Bxe5 dxe5 24. Qxg7+ Kxg7 25. Ne4 Rad8
26. Nxc5 Bc8 27. Ra2 {1-0 Kasparov,G-Nikolic,P/Linares 1997/CBM 57 (27)}) 16...
Rae8 (16... Qe8 17. Qxg4 Nd3 {[%csl Gd3][%cal Gd3b2,Gd3f2]} 18. Kc2 Nxf2 19.
Bd5+ Kh8 20. exf6 $1 Rxf6 $1 (20... Bxf6 21. Bxf6+ Rxf6 22. Qg5 Rg6 23. Qf5
Nxh1 24. Rxh1 $14 {[%cal Gd5a8,Gd5f7]}) 21. Qg5 Rg6 22. Bxg7+ Rxg7 23. Rhe1
Rxg5 24. Rxe8+ Rxe8 25. hxg5 {with double-edged endgame.}) 17. Be4 f5 $1 {
[%mdl 512] The only defense.Now black grabs the initiative.} (17... h6 $2 {
was losing immediatly in view of} 18. a3 $1 Nc6 19. Bd5+ Kh8 20. exf6 Rxf6 21.
Bxf6 $18) 18. Bxf5 Rxf5 {Of course, this exchange sacrifice is the logical
continuation of the previous move.} 19. Qxf5 Rf8 {All black pieces are in
action, white king is not safe and white rooks are still in the corners, but
things are very complicated...} 20. Qg5 $2 {Wrong move, which put white on the
edge.} (20. Qxg4 $1 Nd3 (20... Rxf2 21. e6 Rxd2+ 22. Kxd2 Qd6+ 23. Ke2 Qd3+ 24.
Ke1 Qe3+ 25. Kf1 Qd3+ 26. Qe2 $18) 21. Kc2 Nxb2 $6 (21... Nxf2 22. Qg5 Qxg5 23.
hxg5 Nxh1 24. Rxh1 {with approximately equal endgame.}) 22. Rhe1 $1 {Just
development!} (22. f4 d6 23. Kxb2 dxe5 $40 {[%csl Rb2][%cal Ga6c8,Gf8d8,Ge5e4,
Ge5f4]}) 22... Rxf2 23. Rab1 Kh8 (23... Nxc4 24. bxc4 $16) 24. Rxb2 Bxe5 25.
Rbb1 d6 26. Rf1 $16) 20... Qxg5 21. hxg5 Rxf2 $6 (21... Nd3 {leads to black's
advantage.} 22. Bc3 Nxf2+ 23. Kc2 Nxh1 24. Rxh1 Bb7 $1 {[%csl Gb7,Ye4]} (24...
Rf5 $2 25. Rf1 Rxg5 26. Ne4 Rh5 27. Nf6+ Bxf6 28. exf6 Kf7 29. Re1 $16) 25. Rh4
(25. Rf1 Be4+ $1 26. Kc1 Bd3 $17) 25... Re8 26. Rxg4 Bxe5 27. Ne4 Bxc3 28. Nxc3
Kg7 $17) 22. Bc3 Bb7 23. Rf1 $6 (23. Re1 $1 {[%csl Ge3,Yg3][%cal Ge1e3,Ye3g3]
and probably black has nothing more, then a draw after} Rg2 24. Re3 Rg1+ 25.
Ke2 Rg2+ 26. Kd1 $11) 23... Rg2 24. Bxb4 Bxe5 $6 {Not the best choice.} ({
Capturing the bishop, the only active white piece, was the right choice:} 24...
cxb4 25. Re1 Rxg3 26. a3 h5 $1 27. axb4 (27. gxh6 Bxh6 $40) 27... a6 28. b5
axb5 29. Ra7 Bg2 30. cxb5 h4 31. Rxc7 h3 32. b6 h2 33. Rxd7 (33. b7 Bxb7 34.
Rxb7 Rg1 $19) (33. Kc2 Bxe5) 33... Bb7 $3 34. Rxb7 Rg1 35. Rxg7+ Kxg7 36. b7
Rxe1+ 37. Kc2 h1=Q 38. b8=Q Qc6+ 39. Nc4 g3 $19) 25. Bxc5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Bxa1
26. Rg1 Rxg1+ 27. Bxg1 a6 $6 $15 (27... Be5 28. Bxa7 (28. Bf2 $142 {,but it's
passive.}) 28... Bxg3 {and pair of the strong bishops in sharp endgame (
passed pawns on both sides) gives black good winning chances.}) 28. Be3 Kf7 (
28... Be5 $6 29. Bf4 $1 Bxf4 30. gxf4 g3 31. Ke2 h5 32. Nf3 g2 33. Ng1 Kf7 34.
f5 Be4 35. f6 Bb1 36. a3 Ba2 37. Kf2 Bxb3 38. Nf3 d6 39. Nd2 $14) 29. Ke2 Kg6 (
29... Be5 30. Bf4 Bxf4 31. gxf4 Kg6 32. Nf1 {and white is not worse.}) 30. Bf4
d6 31. Kd3 Kf5 32. Nf1 {[%cal Gf1e3]} Be4+ 33. Kd2 Ke6 34. Ne3 Bf3 35. Kd3 c6
$6 {This move allows white to reach drawish position immediatly.} (35... c5 {
[%csl Gd4][%cal Gc5d4] was better and black still has slight winning chances.})
36. Nc2 Bb2 37. Nd4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sanjin Hotel Cup 2nd"]
[Site "Tiayuan"]
[Date "2005.07.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Wang, Hao"]
[Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2512"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2005.07.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. Nb5 $6 {I see this
move appearing on high level from time to time, but it does not worth more
than a "one game surprise weapon".} Bxe3 7. fxe3 Qh4+ {It's useful to force
another concession before retreating to the initial square.} (7... Qe5 8. Nd2
Kd8 9. Nc3 Nf6 10. Qf3 d6 11. h3 Be6 12. O-O-O $13 {Encyklopaedia of chess
openings.}) (7... Qd8 8. Qg4 Nf6 9. Qxg7 Rg8 10. Qh6 Rg6 11. Qf4 d6 12. h3 a6
13. N5c3 Nh5 14. Qf2 Rf6 15. Qd2 Ng3 16. Rg1 Be6 17. Nd5 Nxe4 18. Qd3 Bxd5 19.
Qxd5 Re6 20. Na3 Re5 21. Qd3 Qg5 22. O-O-O Nf2 23. Qxh7 Qxe3+ 24. Kb1 Nxd1 25.
Nc4 Nc3+ {0-1 Buchicchio,G-Deepan,C/Kochin 2004}) 8. g3 Qd8 (8... Qxe4 9. Nxc7+
Kd8 10. Nxa8 Qxh1 11. Qd6 (11. Qg4 Qg1 12. Qxg7 Qxe3+ 13. Be2 Qg1+ 14. Bf1 Qe3+
15. Be2 Qg1+ 16. Bf1 Qe3+ {1/2-1/2 Langer,M-Kamberi,S/22nd NAO, Oklahoma USA
2003 (16)}) 11... Nf6 12. Nd2 Ne4 13. Qc7+ Ke7 14. O-O-O Nxd2 15. Bb5 Qd5 16.
Bxc6 bxc6 17. Rxd2 Qc5 18. Rd4 f6 19. b4 Qc3 20. Re4+ Kf7 21. Qxa7 Re8 22. Rxe8
Qe1+ 23. Kb2 Qxb4+ 24. Kc1 Qe1+ 25. Kb2 Qb4+ 26. Kc1 {1/2-1/2 Mieses,
J-Sergeant,E/Hastings 1945}) 9. Qg4 g6 (9... Kf8 {- see the game Nataf,
I-Onischuk,A/Montreal 2003/CBM 97 [Postny,E]}) (9... g5 {- see the game
Ponomariov,R-Godena,M/Plovdiv 2003/CBM 98 [Postny,E]}) 10. Qf4 d6 11. Bc4 Ne5 (
11... Be6 $6 12. Bxe6 fxe6 13. O-O Nge7 14. N1c3 Ne5 15. Qf6 Kd7 16. Nd4 Qg8
17. Ncb5 N7c6 18. Nxc6 bxc6 19. Rad1 Rf8 20. Qxe5 Rxf1+ 21. Kxf1 Qf7+ 22. Kg2
Rf8 23. Nxd6 Qf3+ 24. Kh3 Qxd1 25. Qg7+ Kxd6 26. Qxf8+ $18 {1-0 Spielmann,
R-Rubinstein,A/Stockholm 1919/HCL (42)}) 12. O-O Bh3 $1 $146 {[%mdl 8] Very
strong novelty. Black simply ignoring the threat on Pf7, but correctly
evaluating that the "f" file will be opened in his favour.} (12... Qe7 13. Nd2
(13. N1c3 g5 14. Qf2 Be6 15. Bxe6 fxe6 16. Nxc7+ Kd7 17. Nxa8 $18 {1-0 Langer,
M-Grubbs,S/Dallas 2000 (31)}) 13... Bh3 14. Rfd1 c6 15. Nd4 O-O-O 16. Bf1 Bxf1
17. Rxf1 Qc7 18. N2f3 Rd7 19. Ng5 Re7 20. Rad1 h6 21. Ngf3 Rh7 22. Nxe5 Rxe5
23. Qg4+ Qd7 24. Nf5 Re6 25. Rxd6 Rxd6 26. Nxd6+ Kc7 27. Qxd7+ Kxd7 28. Rxf7+
Rxf7 29. Nxf7 $18 {1-0 Lange,J-Trapp,M/Willingen 2004 (41)}) (12... Qd7 13. Be2
a6 14. Nd4 Qe7 15. Nc3 c6 16. Rad1 Bh3 17. Rfe1 Nf6 18. Qh4 Bg4 19. Qh6 Nh5 20.
h3 Bxh3 21. Bxh5 gxh5 22. Rd2 O-O-O 23. Qxh5 Bg4 24. Qh6 Rhg8 25. Rf1 Rg6 26.
Qf4 Rdg8 $17 {0-1 Hartikainen,M-Kiik,K/Finland 2005 (44)}) 13. Bxf7+ {If white
does not take it, then all his previous play play was false.} Kd7 14. N1c3 (14.
Rd1 Qe7 15. Bxg8 Rhxg8 $17) 14... g5 $1 15. Qxe5 $5 {An interesting sacrifice,
but insufficient. On the other hand, I don't see a considerable improvement
for white.} (15. Qf2 Nh6 $17) 15... dxe5 16. Rad1+ $6 {[%csl Rf1]} ({It was
more stubborn to give check with the other rook, since it's being attacked by
the black bishop:} 16. Rfd1+ Ke7 17. Rxd8 Rxd8 18. Bxg8 Rhxg8 19. Nd5+ Kf8 20.
Nbxc7 Rd7 $17 {[%cal Gf8g7,Gg8c8]}) 16... Ke7 17. Nd5+ Kf8 18. Nbxc7 (18. Be6+
Bxf1 19. Rxf1+ Kg7 20. Rf7+ Kg6 $19) 18... Kg7 19. g4 {[%cal Gc7e6]} (19. Ne8+
Qxe8 20. Bxe8 Bxf1 21. Nc7 Bh3 22. Nxa8 Nf6 $19) 19... Bxg4 20. Nxa8 Nh6 0-1

[Event "American Continental 2nd"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "2003.08.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Goldin, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2568"]
[BlackElo "2608"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[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 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bb4+ 5. c3 Bc5 6. Be3 Bb6 7. Qg4 {
The most aggressive continuation in the position.} (7. Nxc6 {- see the
annotated game Ni Hua-Tkachiev,V/Shanghai 2001/CBM 85 [Postny]}) 7... Qf6 8.
Qg3 Qg6 $1 (8... Nxd4 $2 {- see the annotated game Kasparov,G-Unzicker,W/
Zuerich 2001/CBM 83 [Postny]}) 9. Nf5 $146 (9. Nd2 Nge7 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Bf4
Qxg3 12. Bxg3 d5 $11 {0-1 Mashinskaya,I-Zaiatz,E/ch-RUS w, Elista RUS 2003 (29)
}) 9... d6 $1 {Good pawn sacrifice.} 10. Bxb6 (10. Nxg7+ Kf8 11. Nf5 Bxf5 12.
exf5 Qxg3 13. hxg3 Bxe3 14. fxe3 Nf6 $44) 10... axb6 11. Ne3 (11. Nxg7+ Kf8 12.
Nf5 Bxf5 13. exf5 Qxf5 $132) 11... Nf6 {Black has got comfortable equality.}
12. f3 $2 {Serious mistake, which was excellently exploited by GM Goldin.} (12.
Qxg6 hxg6 13. Nd2 $11) 12... Qh6 $1 13. Qf2 $6 {White does not feel the danger.
} (13. Nd1 {was the least of the evils.}) {[%tqu "En","How should black
continue?","","","d6d5","Black correctly opening up the position using his
superiority in development.",12]} 13... d5 $1 {Black correctly opening up the
position using his superiority in development.} 14. Na3 $1 (14. exd5 Nxd5 $1 {
The point!} 15. Nxd5 Qc1+ 16. Ke2 O-O 17. Nxc7 Qxb2+ 18. Nd2 Qxa1 19. Nxa8 Re8+
20. Ne4 Qxa2+ $19) 14... dxe4 15. Nb5 O-O 16. Nxc7 Ra5 (16... exf3 $5 17. Nxa8
Re8 {looks promising for black as well.}) 17. b4 $6 {Unnecessary creating
another weakness in white's camp.} (17. f4 $142) 17... Rh5 18. f4 Ng4 (18...
Rxh2 19. Rxh2 Qxh2 $17) 19. Qg3 (19. Nxg4 Bxg4 20. Qg3 Rh4 $17) 19... Nxh2 20.
O-O-O (20. Be2 $2 Nf3+ $19 {[%csl Rh1]}) 20... Nxf1 21. Rhxf1 Nxb4 $1 22. cxb4
Qc6+ 23. Kb2 Qxc7 $19 {Black has material advantage and white's king is weak
as well.} 24. Rd4 Be6 25. Rc1 Qe7 26. Rxe4 Qf6+ 27. Re5 Rxe5 $6 {Allows white
to consolidate his position somewhat.} ({After} 27... Rd8 {black's win should
be a matter of time.}) 28. fxe5 Qh6 $6 {The queen has nothing to do on h6.} (
28... Qe7 $142) 29. Rd1 Qh5 30. Rd2 h6 31. Qf4 Rc8 32. Qg3 Ra8 33. a3 Rc8 34.
Qf4 {After a series of inaccuracies from black's side, the winning process
became far more difficult.} b5 35. Qg3 g5 {With the idea to liberate the queen
via g6.} 36. Nc2 Qh1 37. Qf3 Qh2 (37... Qh4 $142) 38. Re2 Rd8 39. Qxb7 Rd3 40.
Qe4 (40. Qxb5 $2 Rb3+ 41. Kc1 Qg1+ 42. Kd2 Rb1 $40) 40... Rb3+ 41. Kc1 Rc3 42.
Kb2 Rb3+ {Both players were probably in time-trouble.} 43. Kc1 Qg3 44. Qd4 Rd3
(44... Bf5 $142) 45. Qe4 Bg4 $6 (45... Kg7 $142) 46. Re1 (46. Re3 Rxe3 (46...
Rd1+ 47. Kb2 {[%csl Rg3,Rg4]}) 47. Nxe3 Qe1+ 48. Kb2 $13) 46... Rc3 47. Rf1 $4
{The decisive mistake.} ({Necessary was} 47. Re3 {as in the previous
commentary.}) 47... Be6 (47... Rc4 48. Qa8+ Kg7 $19) 48. Rd1 Bb3 {Now it's all
over.} 49. e6 Rxc2+ 50. Kb1 Rc8 51. e7 Bxd1 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup final"]
[Site "Hyderabad"]
[Date "2002.10.16"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Black "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[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 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nxc6 Qf6 6. Qd2 bxc6 {In
previous "Scotch encounter" between the same opponents Beliavsky choose 6...
dxc6.} 7. Nc3 Ne7 8. Na4 {Also appeared in practice 8.Bd3 and 8.Qf4, but the
move in the text is the most ambitious.} Bb6 (8... Bd6 $5 {- see the commented
game Ivanchuk,V-Short,N/Dubai rapid 2002/CBM 89 [Postny]}) 9. Bd3 O-O 10. O-O
d6 11. Kh1 {A natural move, but this is not the only option in this position.}
(11. c3 {This move is not really sound, see the game Morozevich,A-Short,N/Wijk
aan Zee 2000/CBM 75 [Mikhalevski,V]}) (11. Rb1 $5 {[%cal Yb2b3,Yc1b2] This
interesting move was already played by Rublevsky.} Ng6 (11... Qg6 {was checked
in the game Morozevich,A-Piket,J/KasparovChessGP 2000/CBM 76 [Mikhalevski,V]})
12. Kh1 Ne5 13. Be2 Qh4 14. Qf4 Qxf4 15. Bxf4 Re8 16. f3 f5 17. Bxe5 Rxe5 18.
Bc4+ Kh8 19. Nxb6 axb6 20. Rbe1 f4 {1/2-1/2 Rublevsky,S-Lautier,J/Corsica
rapid 2001}) 11... Qg6 $146 {Black is preparing to meet the advance f2-f4 by
f7-f5.} (11... Qd4 12. Nxb6 axb6 13. Qg5 (13. Qe3 $142) 13... Ng6 14. f4 $6 Ba6
$15 {0-1 Lejlic,S-Klovans,J/Gothenburg 1994/EXT 2001 (24)}) 12. Qe2 Re8 ({
A logical alternative would be} 12... Bd7 {[%cal Ya8e8]} 13. e5 $6 Bf5 14. exd6
Bxd3 15. cxd3 Qxd6 $11) 13. Bd2 f5 14. e5 Qg4 $5 {Since Beliavsky needed only
a draw to qualify to the next round, his decision to simplify the position
could be easily understand, but objectively speaking there should be better
options for black.} (14... Nd5 15. Nxb6 axb6 16. f4 $14) (14... dxe5 15. Qxe5
Nd5 16. Qg3 $14) ({More flexible is} 14... Bd7) 15. exd6 $6 {It seems, that
white should not release the pressure in the centre so early.} (15. Qxg4 fxg4
16. Nxb6 axb6 17. Rfe1 $14) 15... cxd6 16. Nxb6 Qxe2 17. Bxe2 axb6 {The pair
of good bishops gives white slight, but stable advantage.} 18. c4 Be6 19. Rfd1
d5 {Black is getting rid of his only weakness.} 20. cxd5 Bxd5 {[%csl Gd5]} 21.
a3 Ng6 22. Bf1 Ne5 (22... f4 $6 23. f3 {[%csl Rf4]}) 23. Rac1 h6 {White still
has a minimal advantage, but black's position is very solid and out of real
weknesses. In the next few moves both sides continuing to improve the
positions of their pieces.} 24. h4 Kf7 25. Kg1 Rad8 26. Be3 b5 27. Rc5 Nc4 28.
Bc1 Ke6 $2 {This careless move simply loses a pawn.} ({Black has a very solid
defence after both:} 28... Nb6) ({and} 28... Nd6) 29. a4 $1 {Suddenly black's
solid construction on the queenside falls apart.} Nd6 {This move is the only
reasonable.} 30. axb5 Nxb5 31. Bxb5 cxb5 32. Rxb5 Bc6 33. Re1+ $1 {This is
more precise, than the immediate exchange.} Kf6 34. Rxe8 Rxe8 ({Black can not
take advantage on white's hanging pieces:} 34... Rd1+ 35. Kh2 Bxb5 36. Rf8+ Ke6
37. Be3 {with serious chances for a win.}) 35. Rc5 Bd7 36. Bd2 {Despite the
presense of the opposite colour bishops, the endgame is very tough for black.}
g5 {The exchange of pawns is useful for the defending side.} 37. Rc7 Be6 $6 ({
Stronger would be} 37... Re7 {since this move not allowing white to fix
black's pawns with h4-h5.} 38. h5 $2 Be8 {[%csl Rh5]}) 38. h5 $1 {[%csl Rh6]}
Re7 (38... Bf7 $2 39. Bc3+ Ke6 40. Rc6+ $18) 39. Bc3+ Kf7 40. Rc6 f4 41. f3 Rd7
42. b4 Rd5 43. Kf2 {Suddenly black finds himself in zugzwang. The black rook
has to control the advance of white's passed pawn and defend the d7 square
against the check on the 7th rank as well.} Ke7 44. Bg7 g4 45. fxg4 $2 {
A mistake, which throws away the win.} (45. Bxh6 Rd2+ (45... g3+ 46. Ke2 Rxh5
47. Bxf4 Rh2 48. Bxg3 Rxg2+ 49. Bf2 {with technically winning position.}) 46.
Kf1 Rd4 47. Rc7+ Kd8 48. Rg7 gxf3 49. Bg5+ Kc8 50. gxf3 $18 {[%csl Gh5][%cal
Rh5h8]}) 45... Rd2+ $1 {A very important resource, which was probably
underestimated by Rublevsky.} 46. Kf1 Rd1+ 47. Kf2 Rd2+ 48. Ke1 {White is
forced to give up his Pg2, if he wants to continue to play for a win.} (48. Kg1
Bd5 49. Rxh6 Rxg2+ 50. Kf1 f3 $132) 48... Rxg2 49. Bxh6 Bxg4 50. Bxf4 Bxh5 {
Black managed to exchange all his kingside pawns, and the position became
drawish.} 51. b5 Re2+ 52. Kf1 Rb2 53. b6 Bf3 54. Rc7+ Ke6 55. Be3 {White's
last hope is - to get the endgame R+B vs R, but black easily prevents any
further advance of white's pawn.} Bd5 56. Ke1 Be4 57. Bd4 Rb4 58. Bc5 Rb2 59.
Kd1 Rb3 60. Kd2 Rd3+ 61. Ke2 Rb3 62. Re7+ Kd5 63. Be3 Rb2+ 64. Ke1 Bf3 65. Kf1
Kd6 {This tough draw braught Beliavsky a place in the semifinal.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sigeman & Co 09th"]
[Site "Malmo"]
[Date "2001.06.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Hector, Jonny"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2546"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2001.06.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
c4 Ba6 9. b3 g5 $1 {After the game Kasparov-Anand in match 1995 this move
gained popularity.} 10. g3 Bg7 11. Bb2 O-O-O 12. Nd2 Rhe8 ({Probably more
promising for black is:} 12... Nb4 13. Nf3 Rhe8 14. Bh3 c5 $1 15. Bg4 f6 16.
Bh5 fxe5 $5 17. Bxe8 Rxe8 18. O-O Bb7 19. Rfe1 e4 20. Rad1 g4 21. Nh4 e3 22.
Bxg7 Qe4 23. fxe3 Qh1+ 24. Kf2 Qxh2+ 25. Kf1 Qxg3 26. Ng2 Re7 27. Qf2 $11 {
1/2-1/2 Motylev,A-Jakovenko,D /Elista/2001/CBM 83 (41)}) 13. O-O-O Nb6 14. f4
$146 (14. Re1 Kb8 15. h4 d5 16. Qe3 g4 17. Qg5 $2 (17. c5) 17... f6 18. Qxg4
fxe5 19. cxd5 Bc8 20. Qe2 cxd5 $17 {[%csl Gd5,Ge5] 0-1 Yashnev,D-Pokazanjev,N/
Rybinsk 2000/EXT 2001 (28)}) 14... gxf4 15. gxf4 f6 {breaking white's
pawncenter.} 16. exf6 (16. Re1 {could be a deserving alternative. The idea is
to limit black pieces by keeping the Pe5 on it's place.} {For instanse:} fxe5
17. fxe5 d6 (17... d5 18. Qe3 dxc4 19. Nxc4 Nxc4 20. bxc4 $14) 18. Bg2 Bxe5 19.
Bxe5 dxe5 20. Bxc6 $14) 16... Bxf6 17. Qxe7 Bxb2+ 18. Kxb2 Rxe7 19. a4 $1 {
[%csl Rb6][%cal Ga4a5] Without this good positional resourse white could get a
worse position.For example:} (19. c5 $6 Bxf1 20. cxb6 Bh3 $1 21. bxa7 Kb7 $15)
(19. Rg1 $6 Rf8 $15) (19. Bd3 $6 Rf8 20. Rhf1 Nd5 $1) 19... Kb8 {setting free
c8 square for the knight.} 20. a5 Nc8 {consequently limiting the black knight.}
21. c5 Kb7 ({After natural} 21... Bxf1 $6 22. Rhxf1 Re2 {white comes with
strong} 23. Ka3 $1 {The safest place for the white's king!} Rxh2 24. Nf3 $36 {
[%csl Rc6,Rd7][%cal Yf3e5]}) 22. Bxa6+ $2 {This illogical move is a serious
mistake, which allows black to activate his king and get the e2 square for the
rook's invasion.} (22. Nc4 Rf8 23. Rd4 d5 24. cxd6 cxd6 25. Nxd6+ Nxd6 26. Rxd6
Rxf4 27. Bxa6+ Kxa6 $11) 22... Kxa6 {Now almost all white pawns became
vulnerable.White's game is very hard to save.} 23. Rhf1 (23. Rde1 Rf8 {[%csl
Ra5,Rf4]}) (23. Nc4 Kb5 {[%csl Ra5,Gb5,Rc5,Rf4]}) 23... Re2 24. Rfe1 Rde8 $1 ({
Much worse is} 24... Rxh2 $6 {as after} 25. Rh1 Rf2 26. Rxh7 {[%csl Yc8,Rd7,
Gh7] white has good chances to survive.}) 25. Rxe2 Rxe2 26. f5 (26. Kc3 Ne7 $19
) 26... Rf2 27. f6 Rxf6 {-+} 28. Ne4 Re6 29. Nc3 d5 30. b4 Ne7 {Black has
strong extra pawn and more active pieces. The rest is a matter of technic.} 31.
Kb3 Re3 32. Rd4 Rh3 33. Rf4 {Desperately trying to activate the rook, but now
black wins by force...} d4 $1 34. Rxd4 Nd5 35. b5+ (35. Rc4 h5 36. Kb2 Rxh2+
$19) 35... Kb7 36. a6+ (36. bxc6+ Kxc6 37. Rxd5 Rxc3+ 38. Kxc3 Kxd5 $19) 36...
Kc8 37. Kb2 Rxh2+ 38. Kc1 Nxc3 39. b6 cxb6 40. cxb6 axb6 0-1

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2009.11.28"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Areshchenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2009.11.21"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
c4 Ba6 9. Nd2 O-O-O 10. b3 f6 {This line leads to a queen swap at an early
stage.} ({In the recent top encounter appeared:} 10... g5 11. Bb2 Bg7 12. O-O-O
Nb6 13. h4 g4 14. f4 gxf3 15. Nxf3 c5 16. Qe1 Bb7 17. Bd3 $14 {1/2-1/2
Radjabov,T (2757)-Topalov,V (2813)/Nanjing CHN 2009/The Week in Chess 778 (64)}
) 11. Bb2 fxe5 12. O-O-O {White must hide his king before recapturing the Pe5.}
Nf6 ({It is also possible to protect the pawn by} 12... Re8 {. This position
didn't appear on top level still. White has a certain compensation for the
pawn, for instanse:} 13. g3 (13. Nf3 $6 e4 14. Ne5 Qg5+ 15. Qd2 e3 $1 16. fxe3
Bb4 17. Qd4 Qxe3+ 18. Kb1 Qxd4 19. Bxd4 Ne3 20. Bxe3 Rxe5 $15) 13... Nf6 14.
Bh3 Kb8 15. Rhe1 d6 16. Bg2 Bb7 17. f4 $5 exf4 18. Qf1 Qf7 19. Qxf4 $44) 13.
Qxe5 Qxe5 14. Bxe5 Ng4 15. Bg3 (15. Bd4 c5 16. Be2 cxd4 17. Bxg4 Bb7 18. Bf3
Re8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Sulskis,S (2555)-Hernandez Carmenates,H (2473)/Yucatan 2004/
CBM 103 ext (69)}) 15... Ba3+ 16. Kb1 {If White will manage to complete the
development smoothly, then he will enjoy a stable advantage thanks to a
superior structure. However, Black's temporary initiative gives him sufficient
counterplay.} (16. Kc2 Rhf8 17. Nf3 Bc5 18. Rd2 d5 (18... Rde8 19. Bd3 Bb4 20.
Re2 Rxe2+ 21. Bxe2 Bd6 $11 {1-0 Novikov,S (2545)-Turov,M (2539)/Sochi 2006/CBM
111 ext (45)}) 19. Bh4 (19. cxd5 $142 Bxf1 20. Rxf1 cxd5 21. Kb1 $1 $14 {
[%csl Rc7][%cal Gf1c1,Gd2c2]}) 19... Nf6 20. cxd5 Bxf1 21. Rxf1 cxd5 $11 {
1-0 Amonatov,F (2558)-Kuznetsov,V (2399)/Voronezh 2003/CBM 094 ext (60)}) 16...
Rhf8 17. Nf3 Bc5 18. Rd2 Nf6 (18... d5 $2 19. Rc2 {and Black will have serious
problems along the "c" line.}) 19. Bd3 Rde8 20. Bf5 Re7 21. Ne5 (21. Rhd1 Bb4
22. Rd3 Nd5 23. Nd4 Nc3+ 24. Rxc3 Bxc3 25. Nxc6 Re1 26. Bxd7+ Kb7 27. Rxe1 Bxe1
28. Nd4 Bxf2 29. Ne6 Bxg3 30. Nxf8 Bxh2 31. Nxh7 Kb6 {[%cal Ga6b7] and this
endgame should end in a draw. A pair of bishops compensate the lack of a pawn.}
) 21... Bb7 22. Rhd1 Bd6 23. Ng4 Bxg3 $2 {If wasn't easy to calculate all the
lines. Instead, Black had two satisfactory continuations.} (23... Bb4 24. Nxf6
Bxd2 25. Bxd7+ Kb8 26. Nxh7 Rd8 27. Rxd2 Rexd7 28. Rxd7 Rxd7 29. Kc2 Re7 30.
Kd2 Rd7+ 31. Ke2 Re7+ $11) (23... Ne4 24. Bxe4 Bxg3 25. Bxh7 Bf4 26. Ne3 (26.
Rd3 $6 c5 27. f3 $140 g6 $1 28. Bxg6 Rg7 29. Bh5 Rg5 $17 {[%csl Rh5]}) 26... c5
27. Nd5 Bxd5 28. Rxd5 Bd6 29. f3 Rh8 30. Be4 Rxh2 $11) 24. Nxf6 Rxf6 25. Rxd7
Rxd7 26. Bxd7+ Kb8 27. fxg3 c5 28. Rd2 Rd6 29. Kc1 (29. Rxd6 $2 cxd6 30. Bh3 {
Obviously White doesn't have any winning chances with such a passive bishop.})
29... Bxg2 30. Bf5 Rxd2 31. Kxd2 g6 $2 {Intuitively, I am sure that this is
the decisive mistake. The pawns on light squares will become a target later on.
} (31... h6 $1 32. Ke3 g5 {was the only way.} 33. Be4 Bh3 34. Kf3 Be6 35. Bg6
Kc8 36. Ke4 Kd7 37. Ke5 Ke7 {White got the important e5 square, but is it
enough for claiming the point? I don't think so. For example:} 38. Be4 a5 39.
Bc6 Bg8 40. Bf3 Bh7 41. Bg4 Bg8 42. Bf5 Bf7 43. Be4 Be6 44. h4 gxh4 45. gxh4
Bg8 {and Black holds.}) 32. Bc2 Kc8 33. Ke3 Kd7 34. Kf4 Ke6 {Black controls
the e5 square, but it's only temporary.} 35. Kg5 Kf7 36. Kh6 Kg8 37. h4 Bf3 38.
Bd3 Bd1 39. Be4 a5 40. Bd5+ Kh8 41. Be4 Kg8 42. Bd3 Kh8 43. Kg5 Kg7 44. g4 $1 {
Areshchenko found the right plan.} Bf3 45. Kf4 Bb7 46. Be4 Bc8 47. g5 Kf7 48.
Ke5 {Now it's clearly won for White.} Ke7 49. Bf3 Be6 50. Bc6 Bf7 51. Bd5 Be8
52. Be4 c6 53. Bf3 Bd7 54. Bg2 Be8 55. Bh3 Bf7 56. a4 $1 Bg8 (56... Be8 57. Be6
$18) 57. Bg2 {White wins the Pc6 and gets the crucial d5 square for the king.
The rest is easy.} Be6 58. Bxc6 Bf5 59. Kd5 Bc2 60. Kxc5 Bxb3 61. Kb5 {[%mdl
4096]} 1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2009.11.24"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Laznicka, Viktor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2009.11.21"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nxc6 Qf6 6. Qf3 bxc6 7. Nc3 d6 8.
Qg3 Qg6 9. Bd2 {Morozevich's patent.} Rb8 $1 {[%mdl 8] Important novelty. I
suppose this idea was prepared by Viktor Laznicka at home.} ({Few weeks before
Morozevich achieved a slight advantage after} 9... Nf6 10. f3 O-O 11. O-O-O Nd7
12. Qxg6 hxg6 13. h4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Morozevich,A (2750)-Leko,P (2752)/Moscow RUS
2009/The Week in Chess 783 (39)}) 10. Bd3 (10. Qxg6 hxg6 11. Na4 Bd4 $11) 10...
Bd4 (10... Rxb2 $2 11. Na4 Qxg3 12. hxg3 Rb7 13. Nxc5 dxc5 14. Be3 $16) 11. Ne2
$6 {This idea didn't really work in current game.} (11. Na4 c5 12. c3 Bf6 $11 {
[%csl Ra4]}) 11... Bxb2 $1 {Accepting the challenge.} 12. Rb1 Rb6 $1 {Later on
Black would be ready to sacrifice an exchange for a positional compensation.} (
12... Be5 $4 {would fall into a neat trap:} 13. Rxb8 Bxg3 14. Rxc8+ Kd7 15.
Nxg3 $1 Kxc8 16. e5 $1 {The queen is trapped!} Qe6 17. Bf5 $18) 13. O-O Qxg3
14. hxg3 Ne7 ({Black should not spend tempoes for saving his extra pawn:} 14...
Ba3 $6 15. Be3 c5 16. Nc3 c6 17. Bf4 Ke7 18. e5 d5 19. Rb3 Rxb3 20. axb3 Bb4
21. Na4 $14) 15. Ba5 Ba3 16. Nc3 {White correctly does not want to take
exchange. This would give Black a perfect pawn structure and a pair of bishops.
} Be6 (16... Rxb1 17. Rxb1 Kd7 18. Na4 Re8 19. Rb8 c5 20. Bb5+ c6 21. Be2 Bb4
22. Bxb4 cxb4 23. Rxb4 Kc7 $15) 17. Na4 Kd7 18. f4 (18. Nxb6+ axb6 19. Bc3 f6
$15 {In this position Black's prospects are more pleasant. He has a pawn for
an exchange and most probably will win the Pa2 as well. Meanwhile, White
doesn't have any real play.}) 18... f6 19. e5 $6 {Desperately trying to open
up the position in order to harass the black monarch.} fxe5 20. fxe5 dxe5 (
20... Rxb1 21. Rxb1 dxe5 22. Rb7 Bd6 23. Rxa7 Bf5 {with a winning advantage
for Black.}) 21. Rbd1 Bd6 $6 (21... Nd5 $17 {[%cal Gd5e3]}) 22. Be2 $1 Bf5 $2 {
Giving White a chance to get back into the game. In fact, after a couple of
inaccuracies the position became unclear again.} (22... Nd5 23. c4 $1 Ne3 24.
c5 Nxf1 25. Kxf1 Rbb8 26. cxd6 Rhf8+ 27. Kg1 cxd6 28. Nc5+ Ke7 29. Nxe6 Kxe6
30. Bc7 d5 31. Bg4+ Ke7 32. Bxe5 $13) (22... Bd5 23. Bxb6 (23. c4 $2 Ra6 $17)
23... axb6 24. c4 Ra8 25. cxd5 Rxa4 26. dxc6+ Kxc6 27. Rf7 $13) 23. Rd2 $2 {
Returning the favour.} (23. c4 $1 Bc2 (23... c5 24. Nxc5+ Kc8 25. Bxb6 axb6 26.
Nb3 $14) 24. Nxb6+ axb6 25. Bg4+ Ke8 26. Rd2 $14) {[%tqu "En","What would you
suggest for Black?","","","b6b5","Sacrificing the exchange on the other
square! Probably Alexander underestimated this idea.",10]} 23... Rb5 $1 {
[%mdl 512] Sacrificing the exchange on the other square! Probably Alexander
underestimated this idea.} 24. Bxb5 cxb5 {Black has all the reasons to be
happy, his structure got drastically improved.} 25. Nc5+ Kc6 26. Nb3 Bg6 $17 {
Black is clearly better as he has two pawns for an exchange and a pair of
strong bishops. The king feels quite comfortable on c6.} 27. Bc3 Nf5 28. Rb1
Ne3 29. a4 a6 30. axb5+ axb5 31. Re2 Nc4 {The most practical move, not giving
White any counterchances} (31... Bxc2 32. Na5+ Kb6 33. Rc1 Bc5 34. Kh1 Rd8 $1
35. Rexc2 Nxc2 36. Rxc2 Rd6 {[%cal Gd6h6]} 37. Bd2 Rd3 {is winning for Black
as well, but nobody wants to give a piece without any reason.}) 32. Ra1 Rb8 33.
g4 b4 34. Be1 Rb5 35. Bg3 Rd5 36. Kh2 Na3 37. Rc1 Kb5 $19 38. c3 Ka4 $1 {
The king himself assists his army to win the battle!} 39. Rb2 Nc4 40. Ra1+ Kb5
41. Rba2 bxc3 42. Ra8 c2 43. Nc1 Rd1 44. Ne2 Rxa1 45. Rxa1 Nd2 46. Re1 Nb3 47.
Nc3+ Kb4 0-1

[Event "American Continental 3rd"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "2005.08.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Granda Zuniga, Julio E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2593"]
[BlackElo "2601"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[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 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
c4 Ba6 9. b3 g6 ({Another popular continuation is} 9... g5 {with the same idea
of fianchetting the bishop, but also preventing from White the advance f2-f4.})
10. f4 Bg7 11. Qf2 {Moving the queen out of the pin along the a6-f1 diagonal.}
Nf6 (11... Nb6 {- Tseshkovsky,V-Harikrishna,P/Hastings 2002/CBM 93 [Postny,E]})
12. Ba3 (12. Bd3 $2 Ng4 13. Qe2 Nxe5 $1 14. fxe5 Qxe5 (14... Bxe5 $19) 15. Nc3
Qxe2+ 16. Kxe2 Bxc3 17. Rb1 O-O-O $19 {0-1 Turzo,A-Jakovenko,D/Budapest 1995 
(42)}) (12. Be2 {- see the games Morozevich,A-Salinnikov,D/Tomsk 1998/CBM 67 
[Mikhalevski,V] and Svidler,P-Rizouk,A/Shenyang 2000/CBM 79 [Mikhalevski,V]})
12... Ng4 (12... d6 13. Nd2 Nd7 14. Be2 O-O 15. O-O c5 16. Bf3 Rae8 17. Ne4
dxe5 18. Nxc5 e4 19. Rae1 f5 20. Nxa6 Qxa3 21. Nxc7 Rd8 22. Bd1 Qd6 {1/2-1/2
Bisby,D-Nixon,T/West Bromwich 2003}) 13. Qe2 ({The exchange of queens} 13. Bxe7
$2 Nxf2 14. Kxf2 Kxe7 {is clearly in Black's favour.}) 13... Qe6 {Black is now
threatening to take on e5, so White can't play 14.h3 now.} 14. Nc3 (14. Nd2 f5
(14... d6 $142) 15. h3 Nh6 16. Nf3 O-O-O 17. O-O-O Rhe8 18. Qd2 c5 19. Bxc5 Bb7
20. Ng5 Qc6 21. Bd4 d6 22. e6 Bxd4 23. Qxd4 $18 {1-0 Delchev,A-Sidorenko,A/
Bled 2002 (61)}) 14... O-O-O 15. h3 Nh6 16. O-O-O (16. Qf2 $6 d6 $1 17. Qxa7
Bb7 $36) 16... d6 17. Ne4 Qf5 $5 $146 ({The only preceding game ended with a
perpetual check after:} 17... dxe5 18. Nc5 Qe7 19. Rxd8+ Rxd8 20. g4 e4 21.
Qxe4 Qf6 22. Bd3 Qa1+ 23. Bb1 Qc3+ 24. Bc2 Qa1+ 25. Bb1 Qc3+ 26. Bc2 {1/2-1/2
Pulido,A-Otero,D/Cuba 2000}) 18. exd6 (18. g3 $5 {deserves serious attention:}
dxe5 19. Rxd8+ Rxd8 20. Bb2) 18... Qxf4+ 19. Rd2 $2 {After this move black can
make use of the pin along the h6-c1 diagonal.} (19. Kb1 Nf5 $1 (19... Rhe8 $2
20. d7+ Rxd7 21. Nd6+ {[%csl Re8]}) 20. Bc1 (20. d7+ $6 Rxd7 21. Rxd7 Kxd7 22.
g4 (22. Nc5+ $2 Kc8 23. Nxa6 Ng3 $19) 22... Nd4 23. Nc5+ Kc8 $15) 20... Qe5 21.
Bb2 Qxb2+ 22. Qxb2 Bxb2 23. d7+ Rxd7 24. Rxd7 Kxd7 25. Kxb2 {White is a pawn
down, but Black's damaged pawn structure on the queenside gives him a certain
compensation.}) 19... Nf5 20. g3 {This pawn sacrifice does not really work,
but the alternatives are not better.} (20. Qg4 Bh6 $17 {The drawback of 19.Rd2
is clear now.}) (20. Kb1 cxd6 21. g4 d5 $1 $19) (20. Qd3 cxd6 21. Nxd6+ Nxd6
22. Bxd6 Qf6 $19) 20... Nxg3 21. Nxg3 Qxg3 {White is forced to exchange queens
to avoid the worst.} 22. Qg4+ Qxg4 23. hxg4 Be5 $1 24. Rf2 (24. c5 Bxf1 25.
Rxf1 Rd7 $17) 24... cxd6 25. Rxf7 Rd7 26. Rxd7 Kxd7 {White is a pawn down
without any compensation and his chances for a draw are quite murky.} 27. Bb2
Ke6 28. Bg2 c5 29. Rf1 Bxb2+ 30. Kxb2 Bc8 31. a3 Ke5 {[%csl Rg4]} 32. g5 h6 33.
gxh6 Rxh6 {Black's extra passed pawn should decide the game in his favour, but
the winning process is far from easy.} 34. Bd5 Rh2+ 35. Kc3 Rh3+ ({Less
accurate is} 35... Bf5 {[%csl Rc3][%cal Gh2c2]} 36. Re1+ Kf6 37. b4) 36. Kb2
Bf5 $2 {This is probably a serious inaccuracy.} ({Black should prevent white's
counterplay by} 36... a5) 37. b4 Kd4 (37... g5 38. b5 g4 39. a4 g3 40. a5 $132
{[%csl Ga5,Gb5]}) 38. Rf2 Re3 39. b5 $1 {The pawns "a" and "b" gives white a
counterplay, as there is a chance for him to organize a passed pawn.} Re1 {
Black is going for a maximum trying to create threats against the white king
even with such a reduced material.} 40. a4 Rb1+ 41. Ka2 Rb4 42. Ka3 Bd3 43.
Rf4+ Kc3 {Black's piece play is very harmonious, but he can't really make a
mating net for white's king without his opponent's help...} 44. a5 Rb3+ 45. Ka2
Rb2+ 46. Ka3 Rb3+ (46... g5 47. Rg4 Rb3+ 48. Ka2 {and white survives.}) 47. Ka2
Kb4 (47... Bb1+ 48. Ka1 Kb4 49. b6 axb6 50. a6 {[%csl Ga6]}) 48. a6 $2 {
The decisive mistake.} (48. Rf3 $1 Rc3 (48... Bxc4 49. Rf4 $11 {[%csl Rc4]}) (
48... g5 49. b6 $11) 49. Kb2 Rc2+ 50. Kb1 Bxc4 51. Bxc4 Rxc4 52. b6 axb6 53.
axb6 Re4 54. b7 Re8 55. Rd3 Rb8 56. Rxd6 Rxb7 57. Rxg6 $11) 48... g5 49. Rg4 (
49. Rf3 Bxc4 {Compared to 48.Rf3 white does not have the move Rf4 now.} 50.
Rxb3+ Bxb3+ 51. Bxb3 Kxb5 52. Be6 Kxa6 $19) 49... Ra3+ 50. Kb2 Rb3+ 51. Ka2
Bb1+ $1 52. Ka1 Ka3 {White's king is now in the mating net.} 53. Rxg5 $2 {
Blundering the mate.} ({The only move was} 53. Rg2 {but black is winning
anyway anyway, and can safely advance his passed pawn} g4 {The pawn is taboo
in view of the same mating net as occurred in the game...}) {[%tqu "En","Can
you spot a forced mate?","","","b1d3","",5,"b1d3","",0]} 53... Bd3 $1 {[%mdl
4096]} (53... Bd3 54. Rg1 Rb2 {and 55...Ra2#.}) 0-1

[Event "Selfoss Milk Masters 1st"]
[Site "Selfoss"]
[Date "2002.10.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Oral, Tomas"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2546"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2002.10.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
c4 Nb6 9. Nc3 Qe6 {Another popular theoretical line goes with 9...a5.} 10. Qe4
d5 {This line became fashionable this year. After the exchange of queens it's
very hard for white to get any significant plus.} ({The main alternatives are:
} 10... Ba6) (10... Bb4) 11. exd6 cxd6 12. Bf4 {This way white is aiming for
the long castle, but 12.Bd3 looks more promising. Since Sokolov was in trouble
against Rublevsky ten days earlier, it was worth to try 12.Bd3 to check out
Sokolov's improvement.} d5 (12... f5 13. Qxe6+ Bxe6 14. O-O-O Rd8 15. b3 Be7
16. h4 Kf7 17. Rh3 Rhe8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Minasian,A-Dervishi,E/Yerevan 2000/CBM 78
(55)}) 13. cxd5 Nxd5 (13... Qxe4+ $6 14. Nxe4 Bb4+ 15. Bd2 Bxd2+ 16. Kxd2 cxd5
$14 {1/2-1/2 Steflitsch,E-Kotz,H/AUT 2001/EXT 2002 (33)}) 14. Qxe6+ $146 (14.
Bd2 Nxc3 15. Qxe6+ Bxe6 16. Bxc3 Bd5 17. O-O-O f6 18. Ba6 Bc5 19. f3 Kf7 $11 {
1/2-1/2 Kotsur,P-Savon,V/Tula 2001/EXT 2002 (24)}) 14... Bxe6 15. Nxd5 Bxd5 {
Black's centralized Bd5 gives black full compensation for the slightly
inferior pawnstructure. It can be concluded, that black has solved the opening
problems.} 16. O-O-O Bc5 (16... Bxa2 $6 17. Ba6 Rd8 18. Rhe1+ Be7 19. Bb7 {
and white has the initiative.}) 17. Re1+ $5 {White is trying to fight for the
initiative, but he does not have any pre-conditions to do that.} (17. Rd2 O-O (
17... Bxa2 $4 18. b4 $18 {[%csl Ra2,Rc5]}) 18. f3 $11) 17... Kf8 {[%csl Ra2,
Rf2] Now white is forced to sacrifice one of his pawns, but Oral was certainly
aware of this.} (17... Kd7 $5 18. Bd3 $11 {[%cal Gd3f5]}) 18. Be3 ({Too
passive is} 18. Re2 $2 Re8) 18... Bb4 19. Rd1 Bxa2 20. Rd7 {[%csl Gd7,Rh8]
White has good compensation for the pawn, however it should not be sufficient
for more, than equality.} a5 21. Be2 Be6 22. Rc7 Rc8 (22... Bd5 $6 23. Rd1 {
[%cal Ge2f3]}) 23. Ra7 h5 24. Rd1 {Since the black B on e6 prevents the
doubling of white's rooks on the 7th rank, the best white can achieve is to
regain his pawn equalizing the position.} h4 25. Rc7 $6 {A strange decision.
White actually offers the exchange of his active R on the 7th rank for black's
passive one on h8. White had at least two feasible alternatives.} (25. Bb6 Rh6
26. Rd8+ Rxd8 27. Bxd8 {following by capturing the Pa5 and white is equalizing.
}) ({or} 25. Bf3) 25... Ke8 $6 {For obscure reasons black refuses to enter the
variation given below.} (25... Rxc7 26. Rd8+ Ke7 27. Rxh8 h3 28. g4 $15 {
White will regain his pawn, but black's position is certainly more pleasant
and harmonious.}) 26. Ra7 h3 27. g3 Kf8 28. Bg5 $2 {An artificial idea.} ({
Again} 28. Bb6 {was possible with similar variations as after 25.Bb6, but
probably Oral was playing for more, than equality and overestimated his
position.}) 28... Kg8 29. f4 $5 {White is consequently playing for the wild
idea. However the last move "burns the bridges" for the Bg5. On the other hand
the returning with the bishop is quite unattractive.} (29. Be3 Kh7 30. Bb6 Ra8
31. Rc7 Rhc8 $17) 29... f6 (29... Re8 {looks attractive for black as well, but
the move in the game is more concrete.}) 30. Bh4 $2 {This move is equivalent
to resignation. The white dark-squared B is completely out of business now.
White's position is hopeless.} ({Practically the best idea for white here
would be to continue his aggression with:} 30. f5 Bb3 (30... Bxf5 $2 31. Bc4+
Kf8 32. Rf7+ Ke8 33. Bd2 $40) 31. Rd3 (31. Rdd7 fxg5 32. Rxg7+ Kf8 $19) 31...
Bc4 (31... Bd5 $2 32. Bf4 Kh7 33. Bh5 $44) 32. Rd8+ $1 (32. Rdd7 Bxe2 33. Rxg7+
Kf8 34. Bxf6 Rg8 35. Rh7 (35. Raf7+ Ke8 36. Re7+ (36. Rxg8+ Kxf7 37. Rxc8 Kxf6
38. Rxc6+ Kxf5 $19 {[%csl Rh2,Gh3]}) 36... Bxe7 37. Rxe7+ Kf8 38. Rxe2 Re8 $17)
35... Bc4 36. Bg7+ Rxg7 $1 37. Rhxg7 Bc5 38. Rad7 Rd8 $19) 32... Rxd8 33. Bxc4+
Kf8 34. Be3 {White has some compensation for the material deficit, since
black's Rh8 is still stuck in the corner. It's hard to say, what white's
initiative is really worth, but it's clearly better, than the continuation in
the text.}) 30... Re8 $1 $19 31. Kc2 $6 {Now white is losing his Ph2 by force,
however there was no significant improvement for him.} (31. Bd3 Rh5 $1 $19 {
[%cal Gh5c5] It's very illuminating to compare this position to the one about
only four moves ago. White has "managed" to "bury" his bishop on h4, while
black has rescued his problematic R from the corner.} 32. Bg6 Rc5+ 33. Kb1 Rb8
$40) 31... Bf5+ 32. Bd3 Re2+ 33. Kc1 Bxd3 34. Rxd3 Rxh2 {[%csl Gh3] Black's
"h" pawn quickly decides the game in his favour.} 35. Rd8+ (35. Rdd7 Bf8 $19)
35... Kh7 36. Rdd7 Rg8 (36... Rg2 37. Rxg7+ Kh6 {[%csl Gh3][%cal Rh3h1]}) 37.
Bxf6 Kg6 38. Be5 Rh1+ 39. Kc2 h2 40. Rxg7+ Rxg7 41. Rxg7+ Kh6 0-1

[Event "Danzhou 7th"]
[Site "Danzhou"]
[Date "2016.07.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2016.07.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nxc6 {Nepomniachtchi plays the
Scotch regularly and in Danzhou won two games in this line.} bxc6 {Two rounds
later Wang Yue chose the main move 5...Qf6.} (5... Qf6 6. Qf3 dxc6 7. Nc3 Be6
8. a3 O-O-O 9. Be3 Qe5 10. Bd3 Nf6 11. h3 Nd7 12. Bf4 Qf6 13. Qg3 Bd4 14. O-O
Be5 15. Bxe5 Nxe5 16. Rad1 g5 $132 {1-0 (85) Nepomniachtchi,I (2725)-Wang,Y 
(2730) Danzhou 2016}) 6. Bd3 d6 (6... Qh4 7. Qe2 (7. O-O Nf6 8. Qf3 {appeared
in numerous games as well}) 7... Nf6 8. h3 (8. Be3 Bxe3 9. Qxe3 O-O {is
approximately equal}) 8... d5 $1 9. exd5+ Kd8 {At first sight wild play by the
second player, but in fact it leads to a draw, nearly by force!} 10. O-O Bxh3
$1 11. Qe5 $1 Bxg2 12. Kxg2 Bd6 13. Qf5 Qh2+ 14. Kf3 Re8 15. Bg5 Qh5+ 16. Kg2
Qh2+ 17. Kf3 Qh5+ $11 {1/2-1/2 (20) Nataf,I (2541)-Istratescu,A (2667)
Saint-Quentin 2014}) 7. h3 $146 {It's hard to understand why this move should
be useful right now. Probably Ian just wanted to deviate from his previous
games, not to check what Ding had prepared at home.} (7. Qe2 Qe7 (7... Nf6 8.
Bg5 Qe7 9. Nc3 Bd4 10. Na4 Qe5 11. Bd2 a5 12. f4 Qe7 13. h3 $14 {1-0 (30)
Nepomniachtchi,I (2710)-Zhigalko,S (2677) Bilbao 2014}) 8. Nd2 Nf6 9. Nb3 Bb6
10. a4 a5 11. Be3 Bxe3 12. Qxe3 O-O 13. O-O Be6 $11 {1-0 (61) Nepomniachtchi,I
(2730)-Sargissian,G (2686) Dubai 2014}) 7... Ne7 (7... Nf6 {is perfectly
playable as well.}) 8. Nc3 Ng6 9. Na4 Bd4 10. c3 Bf6 {Black saved his bishop,
while the white knight is misplaced on a4.} 11. O-O Ne5 ({Probably Black
didn't like that after} 11... O-O 12. f4 {his knight has no real prospects.})
12. Be2 ({I guess, after} 12. Bc2 {the Chinese grandmaster planned} g5 $1 {
with good counterplay. After} 13. f4 gxf4 14. Bxf4 Rg8 {the complications seem
to be in Black's favour.}) 12... O-O ({Now} 12... g5 $6 {would be less
effective, as Black is not threatening h7-h5 or g5-g4. The bishop on e2 is
very useful.}) 13. f4 Nd7 14. Qc2 c5 15. Bf3 $6 (15. e5 $1 {is an engine
suggestion, but for a human player this pawn sacrifice looks rather murky.
Objectively, after} dxe5 16. Be3 Qe7 17. Bd3 h6 18. Rae1 {White has wonderful
compensation.}) 15... Rb8 (15... Bb7 16. Be3 Re8 17. Rfe1 Bc6 {The position is
rather equal, but I would prefer to be on the black side.}) 16. Be3 Ba6 (16...
g5 {is a wild engine move, but I doubt that any human player would dare to
play this, weakening his own king. Black's position is okay and such drastic
measures are not necessary.}) 17. Rfd1 Qe7 18. Bf2 Bb5 19. Rab1 Nb6 20. Nxb6 (
20. Nxc5 $1 {was a better way to exchange.} dxc5 21. e5 Bh4 22. g3 {getting
back the piece. White's kings' shelter will be somewhat weakened, but the pair
of bishops covers it well. Meanwhile, Black's queenside structure is a
disaster.}) 20... axb6 {Black improved his structure and has nothing to
complain about.} 21. Re1 Bc4 22. b3 Be6 23. a4 Rfd8 $6 {After this move
Black's position suddenly starts to deteriorate.} (23... g6 {was far more
useful to secure the dark-squared bishop.} 24. b4 Bg7 25. a5 $140 Qf6 {[%csl
Rc3,Rf4]}) 24. b4 $1 Bc4 $6 ({Again} 24... g6 {was better, but after} 25. a5 {
this pawn is a source of worry for Black.}) 25. bxc5 bxc5 (25... dxc5 26. e5
Bd3 27. Qc1 Bxb1 28. Qxb1 Bh4 29. g3 {and eventually the pair of bishops will
outplay Black's rook + pawn.}) 26. Rxb8 Rxb8 27. e5 $1 dxe5 28. fxe5 Bg5 (28...
Bxe5 $2 {loses a piece after} 29. Qe4) 29. a5 (29. h4 Bh6 30. Qe4 $16) 29... g6
(29... Qe6 30. Qe4 $16) 30. Qe4 Qe6 31. Bxc5 h5 32. Bd4 Rb3 $6 {It's
understandable that Ding is looking for active counterplay, even though it
doesn't really work.} ({The passive defense after} 32... Kg7 33. Ra1 Ba6 {
is unpleasant, of course.}) 33. Ra1 c5 34. a6 $6 (34. Bxc5 Rxc3 35. Bd4 $1 Rd3
(35... Rb3 36. a6 Bxa6 37. Qa8+ Bc8 38. Bd5 Qd7 39. Rf1 $18) 36. Rb1 {White
has a passed pawn and an attack. 37.Rb8 or 37.Rb6 is coming.}) 34... Bxa6 35.
Qa8+ Qc8 $2 (35... Kg7 $1 {could keep Black still in the game. The variations
are not easy to calculate:} 36. Bd5 (36. Rxa6 $2 Rb1+ 37. Kh2 Qf5 38. Rf6 (38.
Bf2 Bf4+ 39. g3 h4 $1 40. gxf4 Qxf4+ 41. Kg2 Qc1 42. Kh2 Qf4+ 43. Kg2 Qc1 $11)
38... Bf4+ 39. g3 Bxg3+ $1 40. Kxg3 Qg5+ 41. Kh2 cxd4 42. Rxf7+ Kxf7 43. Qa2+
Kg7 44. Qxb1 Qxe5+ 45. Kh1 dxc3 {This position will result in a draw,
considering that the h8 corner is unavailable for White's bishop.}) 36... Qb6
37. Bxb3 (37. Rxa6 $2 Rb1+ 38. Kh2 Bf4+ 39. g3 Qb2+ 40. Bg2 cxd4 41. gxf4 Qc1 {
and it's already White who needs to save himself}) 37... cxd4 38. Qxa6 Qxb3 39.
cxd4 Qe3+ 40. Kh1 Qxd4 {It will be very difficult for White to win this
position. For instance, if we swap queens and e- and f-pawns, the endgame is
theoretically drawish. Therefore, Black has decent chances to save half a
point.}) 36. Rxa6 Rb8 37. Bf2 {Probably Ding just overlooked that he is not
threatening to take white's queen. White is now simply a piece up.} Kg7 (37...
Rxa8 38. Rxa8 $18) 38. Qc6 Rb1+ 39. Kh2 Qf5 40. Qe4 1-0

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 4th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.11.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[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 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nxc6 Qf6 6. Qf3 {A common line
nowadays. White is ready to swap queens and play for a minimal advantage.} bxc6
{Leko already has a big experience in this line.} 7. Nc3 {Another main option
is 7.Nd2 with an idea to recapture on f3 with a knight.} (7. Nd2 Qxf3 8. Nxf3
Nf6 9. Bd3 d5 10. exd5 cxd5 11. O-O O-O 12. Re1 Bb7 13. Be3 Bd6 14. Bd4 c5 15.
Bxf6 gxf6 16. c4 dxc4 17. Bxc4 Bxf3 18. gxf3 Be5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Ivanchuk,V (2787)
-Leko,P (2755)/Mukachevo 2007/CBM 121 (37)}) 7... d6 (7... Qxf3 8. gxf3 Ne7 {
appeared in practice several times, but Leko does not want to open the "g"
line for white's rook.}) 8. Qg3 Qg6 9. Bd2 $1 {Morozevich adopts a good plan
with castling to the queenside.} (9. Bd3 Nf6 10. Na4 Bd4 11. c3 Bb6 12. f3 Nd7
13. Bf4 f6 14. Bc4 Ne5 15. Qxg6+ {1/2-1/2 Radjabov,T (2761)-Aronian,L (2750)/
Wijk aan Zee NED 2009/The Week in Chess 741}) 9... Nf6 ({Worth checking in
practice} 9... Ne7 {followed by 10...0-0 and 11...f5.}) 10. f3 O-O {Black,
obviously, should not take on g3, not to open the "h" line for white's rook.}
11. O-O-O Nd7 {This move seems a bit unnatural to me.} (11... Rb8 12. Na4 Qxg3
13. hxg3 Bf2 14. g4 (14. Ba5 Bxg3 15. Bxc7 Bf4+ 16. Kb1 Rb7 17. Ba5 $14 (17.
Bxd6 $4 Rd7 $19 (17... Rd8 $4 18. Ba6 $16))) 14... Nxg4 15. fxg4 Bxg4 16. Bd3
Bxd1 17. Kxd1 $14 {White's position is preferable thanks to the pair of
bishops.}) (11... a5 {[%cal Gc8a6] Leko adopted this idea a couple of moves
later, it was possible to play it right away.}) 12. Qxg6 hxg6 13. h4 $1 $14 a5
(13... Nf6 14. g4 $36 {with the idea 15.h5 gxh5 16.g5.}) 14. h5 gxh5 15. Rxh5
g6 16. Rh2 Bg1 $2 {Where?} (16... Bd4 {immediatly transfering the bishop to
the long diagonal was called for.}) 17. Rh1 $2 {I am surprised that such a
creative player as Morozevich missed such a chance.} (17. Rh6 $1 {The
following spectacular variations confirm that Black is in serious trouble.} Bd4
(17... Kg7 $2 18. Rh1 $18 {[%csl Rg1][%cal Gd2h6]}) 18. Bc4 {[%csl Rg6]} Kg7 (
18... d5 19. exd5 Nb6 20. Bg5 $1 Bg7 21. Rh4 $16) 19. Rdh1 Ba6 (19... Nb6 20.
Bd3 Kg8 21. Ne2 Bg7 22. Bc3 $1 Bxh6+ (22... Bxc3 23. Nxc3 Kg7 24. f4 $16) 23.
Rxh6 f6 24. Nf4 $40) 20. Bd5 $3 cxd5 21. Rh7+ Kg8 (21... Kf6 22. Nxd5+ Ke5 23.
Bf4+ Ke6 24. Nxc7+ Ke7 25. Bg5+ Nf6 26. Nxa8 Rxa8 27. Rh8 Ra7 28. c3 Bc5 29.
Kd2 Rb7 30. b3 $16) 22. Nxd5 Rae8 23. Bc3 $1 Bxc3 24. bxc3 g5 $8 25. Nxc7 Nf6
26. Rh8+ Kg7 27. Nxe8+ Rxe8 28. Rxe8 Nxe8 29. Kd2 $16) 17... Bd4 {Now the
position is back to normal. White is slightly better, but not more than that.}
18. a4 Bg7 19. b3 {White has superior pawn structure, but it's dificult to
make any progress for him. Morozevich will try to launch an assault against
the black king, even without a presense of queens on the board.} Ne5 $6 {
The knight has no real prospects on e5.} ({The following line is logical:} 
19... Re8 20. Be2 Ba6 21. Bxa6 Rxa6 22. Rh3 Nc5 23. Rdh1 Raa8 {Compared to the
continuation in the game Black would have a couple of tempoes more. He should
prepare the d6-d5 advance.}) 20. Be2 Ba6 21. Bxa6 Rxa6 22. Rh3 Re8 23. Rdh1 Nd7
{Finally transfering the knight to a better pastures.} 24. g4 Raa8 25. g5 Nc5
26. Ne2 {White managed to achieve a very promising attacking position.} Ne6 27.
f4 $6 {This move is calling for, but not the best one.} (27. Ng3 $1 d5 {
[%tqu "En","What was the idea of 27.Ng3?","","","g3f5","",10]} 28. Nf5 $1 gxf5
(28... Be5 29. Nh6+ Kf8 30. Ng4 Bf4 31. Bxf4 Nxf4 32. Rh7 Ne6 33. f4 $1 Ke7 34.
Nh6 Rf8 35. exd5 cxd5 36. Re1 Rae8 37. f5 gxf5 38. Re5 Kd6 39. Rxf5 $16) 29.
exf5 Nd4 (29... Nxg5 $2 30. Bxg5 f6 31. Bh6 $18) 30. f6 Nf5 31. fxg7 Kxg7 32.
Rh7+ Kg6 33. R1h6+ $1 Nxh6 34. Rxh6+ Kg7 (34... Kf5 35. Rf6+ Ke5 {[%tqu "En",
"Create a mating net.","","","c2c3","",5]} 36. c3 $1 {[%cal Rd2f4]} d4 37. c4
$1 {[%cal Rd2f4]} d3 38. Bc3# {Superb mating net in the center of the board!})
35. Bc3+ f6 $8 36. f4 $1 Kf7 37. Rxf6+ Ke7 38. Rxc6 $18) 27... Nc5 28. f5 (28.
Bc3 Bxc3 29. Nxc3 Kf8 30. f5 Ke7 31. fxg6 Rg8 32. gxf7 Rxg5 $11) 28... gxf5 29.
exf5 Rxe2 30. f6 Rxd2 $2 (30... Ne4 $1 31. fxg7 Ra7 $1 32. g6 $1 {The best
chance. Otherwise, White has to give a perpetual check.} Kxg7 33. Rh7+ Kxg6 34.
R1h6+ Kf5 35. Rxf7+ Ke5 36. Bf4+ Kd4 37. Re7 Ra8 38. Rh3 Re1+ 39. Kb2 Nf2 $1
40. c3+ Kc5 41. Rxe1 Nxh3 42. Be3+ Kd5 43. c4+ Ke6 44. Rh1 Rh8 45. Bd2 Rh5 $11
{The whole line seems frightening for Black. Even though it seems to work,
it's understandable that Leko avoided it, especially in conditions of
time-trouble.}) 31. Rh7 $2 (31. fxg7 {was as simple as strong.} Rxc2+ (31...
Rg2 32. Rh8+ Kxg7 33. Rxa8 Rxg5 {keeping the rook is better, at least from
practical point of view. Still, White has good winning chances here.}) 32. Kxc2
Ra7 (32... Ra6 33. Rh8+ Kxg7 34. Re8 Ne6 35. Rhh8 Nxg5 36. Ra8 Rb6 37. Rhb8 $18
) (32... Kxg7 33. Rh7+ Kg6 34. Rh8 Rxh8 35. Rxh8 Kxg5 36. Ra8 $18 {[%csl Ga4,
Ra5]}) 33. Rh8+ Kxg7 34. Re8 Ne6 35. Rhh8 Nxg5 36. Ra8 Rb7 37. Rhb8 Rxb8 38.
Rxb8 $18 {In all the lines white's plan is simple - to swap rook, to grab the
Pa5, to push forward his "a" pawn.}) 31... Rxc2+ 32. Kxc2 Ne6 33. fxg7 Ra7 $1
34. R1h5 $6 (34. Rh8+ Kxg7 35. Re8 Nxg5 (35... Rb7 36. Rhh8 Kg6 37. Rb8) 36.
Rhh8 {in both lines trapping the rook for an exchange. Even with a tempi less
compared to the line 31.fxg7, Morozevich should have tried this.}) 34... Rb7 {
Now Black is safe. White has no more than a perpetual check.} 35. Kc3 c5 36.
Rh8+ Kxg7 37. R8h7+ Kg8 38. Rh8+ Kg7 39. R8h7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sigeman & Co 09th"]
[Site "Malmo"]
[Date "2001.06.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Hector, Jonny"]
[Black "Wedberg, Tom Birger"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2546"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2001.06.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
c4 Nb6 {8...Ba6 is the alternative option.} 9. Nd2 ({Other possibilities are:} 
9. b3) (9. Nc3) 9... a5 10. g3 Qe6 11. b3 a4 12. Bb2 Bb4 13. Bg2 a3 $6 (13...
O-O 14. O-O d5 15. Nf3 (15. f4 $142 {Dautov}) 15... a3 16. Bd4 c5 17. Be3 Ba6
18. Qc2 Qg6 19. Qxg6 hxg6 20. Rfc1 dxc4 21. Nd2 Rae8 $15 {1/2-1/2 Nielsen,
PH-Dautov,R /Bad Lauterberg 1991 (42)}) 14. Bd4 c5 {This is the logical
continuation of the previous move. However it looks like white has preferable
position.} (14... O-O 15. O-O d5 16. f4 Qg6 17. Qf2 $1 (17. Bxb6 $6 cxb6 18.
cxd5 Bg4 19. Bf3 Bxf3 20. Nxf3 Bc5+ 21. Kg2 cxd5 $13) 17... Bxd2 18. Qxd2 dxc4
19. Bc5 Re8 20. bxc4 Nxc4 21. Qc3 Ba6 22. f5 Qh6 23. e6 $16) 15. Be3 $6 $146 ({
The most critical line naturally is:} 15. Bxa8 Nxa8 16. Be3 Bb7 17. f3 O-O 18.
O-O Qxe5 19. Qd3 d6 20. Rae1 Nb6 21. Bf4 Qf6 22. Ne4 $14 {0-1 Mastoras,
I-Barkhagen,J/Gausdal 1992/TD (42)}) 15... Qxe5 16. O-O d5 $1 {Sacrificing a
pawn back, black consolidates his position.} (16... Ra7 $6 {is too naive a
move to be good! After} 17. f4 Qe7 18. f5 {white has dangerous initiative.})
17. cxd5 Ba6 18. Nc4 Nxc4 19. bxc4 O-O 20. Rab1 {[%cal Yb1b3]} Rfe8 21. Rb3 Qd6
$6 {This is the wrong square for the queen.} (21... Qf5 {was preferable
keeping the diagonal h7-b1 under control. Black isn't worse.}) 22. Rc1 Bc8 {
[%csl Gf5][%cal Yc8f5]} (22... Re7 {[%cal Ya8e8]} 23. Qc2 Rae8 24. Bf4 Re1+ 25.
Bf1 Qg6 26. Qxg6 hxg6 27. Re3 $1 $14) 23. Qd3 Bg4 24. h3 Bh5 25. f4 $6 {
[%csl Re3] After this dubious move black's pressure on the "e" file will
become an important factor in the position.} (25. Be4 $142 $14) 25... f6 26. g4
(26. Be4 $2 h6 {[%csl Re3,Re4,Ge8]} 27. g4 Bf7 28. Bg6 Bxg6 29. Qxg6 Re7 $17 {
[%cal Ga8e8]}) 26... Bf7 27. Rf1 $1 {/\f4-f5 following by Bf4.} c6 ({Possibly
was:} 27... Re7 28. f5 {[%cal Ge3f4]} Rae8 29. Bf4 Qa6 30. Bf3 {[%csl Ye2]
[%cal Yf3e2]} c6 $2 {This is exactly the sort of move that black shouldn't
make in this position. If black leaves the "status quo" on, the position is
dinamically balanced, for example 30...h6.} 31. dxc6 Qxc4 32. Bd6 Re1 33. Rxe1
Rxe1+ 34. Kf2 {[%csl Gc6] and the Pc6 will decide the game in white's favour.}
Re8 35. c7 Qc1) 28. Bf2 $2 {A completely irrelevant move that doesn't take
into account the peculiarities of the position.} ({The correct move would have
been the simple} 28. Rd1 {and after} cxd5 (28... Rad8 $2 29. dxc6 Qxd3 30.
Rbxd3 Rxd3 31. Rxd3 Bxc4 32. Bd5+ Bxd5 33. Rxd5 $16) 29. Bxd5 Bxd5 30. Qxd5+
Qxd5 31. cxd5 (31. Rxd5 $6 Re4) 31... Rab8 {the endgame is approximately equal.
}) 28... Rad8 {Now one of the white pawns has to fall.} 29. Rd1 (29. f5 cxd5
30. cxd5 Bxd5 31. Rd1 c4 32. Bxd5+ Qxd5 33. Qxd5+ Rxd5 34. Rxd5 cxb3 35. axb3
Bc3 $19) 29... cxd5 30. cxd5 Qxf4 {White has no compensation for the pawn.} 31.
Bg3 Qg5 32. Bc7 Rd7 33. Qg3 Qg6 $1 {[%csl Gc2][%cal Gg6c2]} 34. d6 Qc2 ({
Of course not} 34... Bxb3 $2 35. Qxb3+ {[%cal Gg2c6]}) 35. Rbb1 Bxa2 {The
white's queenside belongs to history...} 36. Rbc1 Qa4 {covering c6 square.} 37.
Qd3 Bf7 38. Be4 g6 39. Qf3 Rxe4 $1 (39... Qb3 {is less convincing:} 40. Qxb3
Bxb3 41. Bc6) 40. Qxe4 a2 41. Qf3 Qa3 $2 (41... Ba3 42. Ra1 Bb2 43. Qe3 Bb3 $19
) 42. Kg2 $2 (42. Qxf6 Bd2 $1 {-+->}) ({The only chance was:} 42. Rf1 $1 Qxf3 (
42... c4 $2 43. Qxa3 Bxa3 44. Rc2 c3 45. Rxc3 Bb2 46. Rcc1 Bxc1 47. Rxc1) 43.
Rxf3 Kg7 44. Ra1 {White still retains some small drawing chances.}) 42... Qxf3+
43. Kxf3 Bb3 44. Rf1 c4 {Winning Pd6 and the game.} 45. Ke4 Bxd6 46. Bxd6 Rxd6
47. h4 Kf7 48. g5 f5+ 49. Ke5 Rd2 50. Rf4 Rb2 ({I would prefer} 50... Rd1 51.
Rf1 Rxf1 52. Rxf1 Bc2 53. Ra1 Bb1) 51. Rff1 Rh2 52. Kd6 Rxh4 53. Rh1 Rxh1 54.
Rxh1 Kg7 55. Kd7 Bc2 56. Kd8 h6 $1 (56... Bb1 $6 57. Re1 {[%cal Ge1e7,Ge7e8,
Ge8e7]}) 0-1

[Event "Reykjavik Hrokurinn"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2003.02.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kristjansson, Stefan"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2432"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[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 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. c3 b6 $5 7. Bc4 Nge7 {
Usually this position arises after 6...Nge7 7.Bc4 b6.} 8. O-O Bb7 9. Nb5 {
This is the main line. The alternatives are examined in the survey on the
b7-b6 variation in CBM 90.} O-O-O 10. Bxc5 bxc5 11. Nd2 Ne5 $146 {[%mdl 8]
Interesting novelty. The main line is 11...a6. Also possible 11...Kb8. Here
are few recent examples:} (11... Kb8 12. Bd5 a6 13. Na3 Nxd5 14. exd5 Ne7 15.
c4 $14 {1-0 Granda Zuniga,J-Righi,E/Bled 2002/EXT 2003 (29)}) (11... a6 12. Na3
Ne5 13. f4 Nxc4 14. Naxc4 d5 15. exd5 Bxd5 16. Qg4+ Kb8 17. Ne5 Nf5 18. Rfe1 h5
19. Qe2 Qb6 20. Ndc4 Qh6 21. Rad1 Qe6 22. Na5 Qb6 23. Nac4 Qe6 24. Na5 Ne7 25.
Nxf7 Qxe2 26. Rxe2 Bxf7 27. Rxd8+ Rxd8 28. Rxe7 Rd1+ 29. Kf2 Bxa2 30. Rxg7 Rd2+
{1/2-1/2 Kummerow,H-Kritz,L/Senden 2002/CBM 90 ext (30)}) 12. f4 ({After} 12.
Nxa7+ $2 Kb8 13. Nb5 d5 14. exd5 Nxd5 {black has a strong attack.}) 12... Nxc4
13. Nxc4 d5 14. Ne5 a6 15. Qg4+ Kb8 16. Na3 (16. Nd7+ $2 Rxd7 17. Qxd7 axb5 18.
e5 Qe6 $17) 16... dxe4 $5 {[%mdl 512] Very creative play from Shirov. Black is
trying to seize the initiative at a price of exchange.} (16... h5 $13) 17. Nd7+
Rxd7 18. Qxd7 Nd5 19. Nc4 $1 (19. Rae1 Nxf4 $44) (19. Qh3 e3 $44) 19... Nxf4
20. Ne3 g5 21. Qg4 $2 {A critical mistake, which allows black to seize the
initiative and hold it till the end.} ({Logical and good was} 21. Rad1 {
not allowing black to activate his rook. White's chances seems to me
preferable.}) 21... Rd8 {[%csl Gd8]} 22. Rad1 (22. g3 $2 Bc8 {[%csl Rg4]})
22... Rd3 {[%csl Gd3]} 23. Qf5 (23. Rfe1 c4 $17 {[%cal Gf6b6] The threat 24...
Qb6 is very annoying.}) 23... Qe7 24. Rfe1 (24. Ng4 Rxd1 25. Rxd1 e3 26. Rd7
Qe8 $19 {[%csl Ge3]}) 24... f6 $1 {[%csl Rf5][%cal Gb7c8] Shirov immediatly
points out the vulnerability of white's queen.} 25. Ng4 c4 26. Ne3 (26. Qxf6
Qc5+ 27. Kh1 e3 28. Rxd3 Bxg2+ (28... Nxg2 $2 29. Rd8+ Ka7 30. Kg1 Nxe1 31. Kf1
{not so clear yet.}) 29. Kg1 cxd3 30. Nxe3 Bd5 $40) (26. Nxf6 e3 $19) 26... Qd6
{Black's attack is already irresistible.} 27. g3 (27. Kf1 Rd2 $19 {[%cal Rd6d3]
}) 27... Qb6 $19 (27... Rxe3 $2 28. Rxd6 Rxe1+ 29. Kf2 Re2+ 30. Kf1) 28. gxf4
Rxd1 29. Rxd1 Qxe3+ {The white queen is doomed.} 30. Kf1 gxf4 31. Qxf6 Bc8 32.
Qf8 Qf3+ 33. Ke1 e3 0-1

[Event "Asia-ch 4th"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2003.02.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Isaev, Jamshed"]
[Black "Kotsur, Pavel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2438"]
[BlackElo "2586"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[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 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nxc6 Qf6 6. Qd2 dxc6 7. Nc3 Qe7
8. Qg5 $1 f6 {This move does not look very impressive from the first sight. It
robbes the black knight of it's natural development square f6. However black
shows another approach in this position. After driving back the white queen,
black will quickly prepare the castle to the queenside.} (8... Nf6 {- is the
main line.}) 9. Qh5+ ({A few rounds later in the same tournament Kotsur tested
the 8...f6 once more:} 9. Qg3 Bd6 10. f4 Nh6 11. Be2 Bd7 12. Be3 b6 13. O-O
O-O-O 14. a4 a5 15. Rad1 Kb7 16. Rfe1 Rhg8 17. Bf3 g5 18. Nb5 Bc5 19. Bxc5
Qxc5+ 20. Nd4 gxf4 21. Qxf4 Ng4 22. Be2 Bc8 23. c3 {1/2-1/2 Paragua,M-Kotsur,P/
Doha 2003/CBM 94 (23)}) 9... g6 10. Qf3 Be6 11. Be3 O-O-O 12. Bd3 h5 13. Qe2
Kb8 $146 (13... Nh6 14. f3 Nf7 15. Qf2 Bxe3 16. Qxe3 c5 17. O-O $6 (17. O-O-O
$142) 17... Ne5 18. Rfd1 g5 19. Bf1 Nc6 20. a3 h4 21. Rxd8+ Rxd8 22. Rd1 Nd4
$15 {0-1 Najer,E-Kharitonov,A/Moscow 2002/EXT 2003 (34)}) 14. O-O-O ({Probably
a bit more precise was to exchange the bishops:} 14. Bxc5 Qxc5 15. O-O-O {
Now bad for black is} Qg5+ $6 16. Kb1 Qxg2 $2 17. Bc4 $1) 14... Bd6 15. Kb1 {
A bit lazy move, though does not spoil anything.} (15. Bc4 Bc8 16. f3 $14 {
[%cal Ye2f2]}) 15... Nh6 16. h3 ({Possible is} 16. f3) 16... g5 17. Bc4 (17.
Qxh5 $6 Ng4 {[%csl Rh5]} 18. hxg4 Rxh5 19. gxh5 {White has sufficient
compensation for the queen, but his position is not bad at all, so such a
drastic measures would be completely unnecessary.}) 17... Bc8 {Black rightly
avoides the exchange of light-squared bishops. In general, the exchange of
pieces in this kind of positions is in white's favour, who has pawn majority
on the kingside.} 18. g3 Nf7 {White's advantage is about to evaporate, black
is preparing to blockade white's kingside completely.} 19. f4 h4 20. fxg5 (20.
e5 $6 fxe5 21. Bxf7 gxf4 $15) 20... Nxg5 21. g4 $2 ({Much stronger would be
not to close the position on the kingside:} 21. gxh4 Nxh3 22. h5 {[%csl Gh5]
The Ph5 might be annoying for black.}) 21... Be5 22. Rxd8 Rxd8 23. Nd1 Bg3 (
23... Nxe4 24. Bxa7+ Kxa7 25. Qxe4 f5 26. gxf5 Rd4 27. Qe2 Bxf5 $15) 24. Bd3
Re8 25. Nc3 Rg8 $6 {A pointless move. Probably black was preparing Nxh3, but
white can parry this threat easily.} (25... Be6 {[%csl Re4][%cal Ye6f7,Yf7g6]})
26. Qg2 Be5 27. Ne2 a5 28. Qf2 a4 29. Ba7+ ({Too optimistic would be} 29. Qxh4
$6 a3 30. b3 Qb4) ({Possible was} 29. a3) 29... Ka8 30. Bc5 Qe8 31. Qe1 (31.
Qxh4 Rh8 32. Qe1 {[%cal Ge1a5]} b6 $15 {[%csl Rh3]}) 31... b6 32. Qb4 $6 {
Probably white was sure, that this move leads to a draw by force, but the
things are far more complicated.} (32. Bf2 $13) 32... bxc5 33. Qxa4+ Kb8 34.
Qb3+ {It looks like the perpetual is inevitable, but black finds the way to
continue the battle...} Bb7 $1 35. Ba6 Qc8 36. Bxb7 c4 $1 {This is the point!}
(36... Qxb7 $4 37. Qxg8+ $18) 37. Bxc8+ cxb3 38. Bf5 bxa2+ 39. Kxa2 Rd8 {
[%mdl 16] This position should have been evaluated properly by black before
he's playing 34...Bb7. Black is a pawn down, but his pieces occupied dominant
positions and Ph3 is a weakness. White is fighting for a draw.} 40. Kb3 Rd2 41.
Nc1 Rh2 42. Rd1 ({The endgame after} 42. Rxh2 Bxh2 {[%csl Rf5,Rh3,Gh4] is
tough for white.}) 42... Rxh3+ 43. Kc4 Bd6 $2 {Probably Kotsur wanted to
prevent the penetration of white's rook to the 8th rank, however this move is
a waste of important tempo.} (43... Re3 44. Rd8+ Ka7 45. Nd3 Bd6 $17) 44. Nb3
Rh2 (44... Re3 45. Na5 {is similar to the continuation in the text.}) 45. Nd4 {
Suddenly white is managing to create threats to black's king.} c5 46. Nc6+ Kb7
47. Kb5 $1 Rxc2 48. Nd8+ Kb8 49. Nc6+ {The black king can not go to "a" file
because of Ra1, so the perpetual is inevitable.} Kb7 50. Nd8+ Kb8 51. Nc6+
1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 14th"]
[Site "Plovdiv"]
[Date "2003.10.14"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Godena, Michele"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2523"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "155"]
[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 "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Italy"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ITA"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. Nb5 $6 {It's quite
strange to see this move on the top level, but the effect of surprise can work
well here.} Bxe3 7. fxe3 Qh4+ (7... Qe5 8. Nd2 Kd8 9. Nc3 Nf6 10. Qf3 d6 11. h3
Be6 12. O-O-O $13 {Encyklopaedia of chess openings.}) 8. g3 Qd8 (8... Qxe4 9.
Nxc7+ Kd8 10. Nxa8 Qxh1 11. Qd6 (11. Qg4 Qg1 12. Qxg7 Qxe3+ 13. Be2 Qg1+ 14.
Bf1 Qe3+ 15. Be2 Qg1+ 16. Bf1 Qe3+ {1/2-1/2 Langer,M-Kamberi,S/22nd NAO,
Oklahoma USA 2003 (16)}) 11... Nf6 12. Nd2 Ne4 13. Qc7+ Ke7 14. O-O-O Nxd2 15.
Bb5 Qd5 16. Bxc6 bxc6 17. Rxd2 Qc5 18. Rd4 f6 19. b4 Qc3 20. Re4+ Kf7 21. Qxa7
Re8 22. Rxe8 Qe1+ 23. Kb2 Qxb4+ 24. Kc1 Qe1+ 25. Kb2 Qb4+ 26. Kc1 {1/2-1/2
Mieses,J-Sergeant,E/Hastings 1945}) 9. Qg4 g5 $5 $146 {Godena prefers "active
defense", but this move creates weak squares on the kingside.} (9... g6 $6 10.
Qf4 d6 11. Bc4 Be6 12. Bxe6 fxe6 13. O-O Nge7 14. N1c3 Ne5 15. Qf6 Kd7 16. Nd4
Qg8 17. Ncb5 N7c6 18. Nxc6 bxc6 19. Rad1 Rf8 20. Qxe5 Rxf1+ 21. Kxf1 Qf7+ 22.
Kg2 Rf8 23. Nxd6 Qf3+ 24. Kh3 Qxd1 25. Qg7+ Kxd6 26. Qxf8+ $18 {1-0 Spielmann,
R-Rubinstein,A/Stockholm 1919/HCL (42)}) (9... Kf8 10. Qf4 d6 {- see the
commented game Nataf,I-Onischuk,A/Montreal 2003/CBM 97 [Postny,E]}) 10. N1c3 d6
11. Qe2 a6 12. Nd4 Ne5 13. Qg2 ({Deserved attention} 13. Qf2) 13... Be6 {
Black is preparing castling to queenside.} 14. O-O-O Qd7 15. h4 gxh4 $6 {
This exchange helps white to get play on the kingside. It was stronger to
capture more space by 15...g4, though this move has some drawbacks as well.} ({
After} 15... g4 16. Nd5 O-O-O {black's position looks preferable.}) 16. gxh4
Bg4 $1 (16... O-O-O 17. Qg7 Ne7 18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. Bh3 {[%csl Re6] putting
pressure on e6.}) 17. Be2 Ne7 $6 ({Logical was} 17... h5 {in order to secure
black's g4 stronghold.}) 18. Bxg4 (18. Nd5 $6 Nxd5 19. exd5 O-O-O $15) 18...
Qxg4 19. Qf2 {Of course, with such a terrible pawns white can not afford
himself to exchange queens.} O-O-O 20. Qf6 Qd7 21. h5 Rhg8 22. Rhg1 (22. Rdg1
Rxg1+ 23. Rxg1 Qh3 {[%csl Re3]} 24. Nf5 N7c6 $13) 22... Qh3 {[%csl Re3]} 23.
Rge1 $6 (23. Nf5 Nxf5 24. Qxf5+ Qxf5 25. exf5 Nf3 $11) 23... Rde8 24. Qh6 Rg2
$6 (24... Qg4 $1 $15 {Black is threatening 25...Qg5, getting favourable
endgame.}) 25. Rh1 (25. Qxh7 Rh2 $15 {[%csl Rh5]}) 25... Qg3 26. Qxh7 Qxe3+ 27.
Kb1 Reg8 {Black controls the "g" file, but can not really make use of it,
while white's "h" pawn may become dangerous.} 28. Nf5 Nxf5 29. Qxf5+ Kb8 30. h6
R2g6 (30... Rf2 31. h7 Rh8 32. Qh3 $14) 31. Nd5 Qg5 32. Rdf1 {The alternatives
do not yield white advantage as well:} (32. Qxg5 Rxg5 33. h7 Rh8 34. Nf6 Kc8
35. Rdg1 Rxg1+ 36. Rxg1 Ng6 $11) (32. Nf4 Qxf5 33. exf5 Rg4 34. Nd5 Rh8 35. h7
Nd7 $1 $11 {[%csl Yf6]}) 32... Rh8 33. h7 c6 34. Nf6 Qxf5 35. Rxf5 Kc7 {
[%cal Gc7d8,Gd8e7] White has no resources to make a final push to promote the
"h" pawn. The position is balanced.} 36. b3 Kd8 37. Ng8 Rg7 38. Rd1 (38. Rfh5
Nd7 {[%csl Rh7][%cal Gd7f8]}) 38... Rgxh7 39. Rxd6+ Kc7 40. Rd2 Rxg8 (40... Nc4
$5 41. bxc4 Rxg8 42. Rdf2 Rgg7 43. c5 $11) 41. Rxe5 f6 42. Rf5 Re8 {The
endgame is completely equal, but Ponomariov continues the fight till the very
end.} 43. Rf4 Rhe7 44. Rd4 Rd7 45. c3 Re5 46. Kc2 c5 47. Rxd7+ Kxd7 48. Kd3 Re6
$6 {Inaccuracy.} (48... Ke6 $142 49. Rh4 Rg5 50. Rh7 b5 $11) 49. Ke3 Rd6 50.
Rf5 b6 51. Rd5 Ke6 52. c4 ({The pawns endgame is drawish as well:} 52. Rxd6+
Kxd6 53. Kf4 Ke6 54. c4 (54. a4 b5 55. a5 c4 56. b4 Ke7 57. Kf5 Kf7 58. e5 fxe5
59. Kxe5 Ke7 $11) 54... b5 55. a3 b4 $1 56. axb4 cxb4 57. Ke3 Ke7 58. c5 Kd7
59. Kd3 a5 60. Kd4 Kc7 61. Kc4 Kc6 $11) 52... Rd7 53. Kf4 Rh7 54. Rd8 {The
last try to make something out of nothing.} Rh4+ 55. Kf3 Rh3+ 56. Kg4 Rh2 57.
Re8+ Kd6 (57... Kf7 58. Rb8 $14) 58. Kf5 Rf2+ 59. Kg6 Rxa2 60. Kf7 $1 b5 (60...
Rb2 61. Re6+ Kc7 62. Rxf6 Rxb3 63. e5 Re3 64. e6 Kd6 $11) 61. Re6+ Kd7 62. Kxf6
{White has got now a passed pawn, but it's not enough to win the game.} Rf2+
63. Ke5 Rb2 64. Rd6+ Kc7 65. Rd3 Kc6 66. Ke6 bxc4 67. bxc4 Rc2 68. Rd6+ Kc7 69.
Rxa6 Rxc4 70. e5 Rh4 71. Kd5 Rd4+ $1 72. Kxc5 Rd1 {A well known drawish
position has arised.} 73. Rd6 (73. e6 Rc1+ 74. Kd5 Kd8 $11) 73... Rxd6 74.
exd6+ Kd7 75. Kd5 Kd8 76. Ke6 Ke8 77. d7+ Kd8 78. Kd6 {No more moves! Draw.}
1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2002.01.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Van der Wiel, John"]
[Black "Jonkman, Harmen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2501"]
[BlackElo "2498"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2002.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 087"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Qf6 5. Nxc6 Bc5 6. Qd2 bxc6 {A rare
continuation. The main line starts with 6...dc6.} 7. Bd3 Ne7 (7... d6 {- see
the game Pavasovic,D-Timoscenko,G /Istanbul ol 2000/CBM 80 [Postny]}) (7... Nh6
{- was in the game Nataf,IA-Short,N /FIDE-Wch 2000/CBM 81 [Postny]}) 8. O-O O-O
({Another option is} 8... d5) 9. Nc3 d6 $2 {This obvious move turns out to be
a serious mistake.} ({Playable is} 9... Ng6 {- see the game Sadvakasov,
D-Kramnik,V /Astana 2001/CBM 84 [Postny]}) {[%tqu "En","What would you suggest
for white?","","","e4e5","An instructive breakthrow in the early stage of the
game, exploiting the vulnerability of black's pieces, especially Q.",10]} 10.
e5 $1 {An instructive breakthrow in the early stage of the game, exploiting
the vulnerability of black's pieces, especially queen.} Qh4 $6 ({The least of
the evils for black is:} 10... Qe6 11. exd6 Bxd6 (11... cxd6 12. Re1 Qd7 13.
Ne4 $16) 12. Re1 Qg4 (12... Qd7 13. Ne4 Ng6 14. Qa5 Ne5 15. Bf1 Qf5 16. Qc3 Bd7
17. f4 Ng6 18. Nxd6 cxd6 19. Bd3 Qg4 20. Be2 Qf5 21. g4 Qf6 22. Qxf6 gxf6 23.
Bd2 $16 {1-0 Conquest,S-Kunze,C/Germany 1997/GER-chT (42)}) 13. Ne4 (13. h3 Qh5
14. Ne4 $16) 13... Ng6 14. Nxd6 cxd6 15. Be2 Qd7 16. b3 Bb7 17. Bb2 c5 18. Qc3
f6 19. Bf3 Bxf3 20. Qxf3 d5 $132 {0-1 Vescovi,G-Lima,D/Sao Paulo 2000/CBM 76
ext (26)}) 11. Ne4 {The game just begun, but white has already a winning
position!} Bb6 $146 (11... Bd4 12. exd6 cxd6 13. Nxd6 Be6 14. Qg5 Qxg5 15. Bxg5
$18 {1-0 Mellado Trivino,J-Terron Elena,F/Malaga 2000/CBM 74 ext (30)}) 12.
exd6 cxd6 13. Nxd6 Bg4 14. Qg5 Qxg5 15. Bxg5 {Black has no compensation for
the pawn. Actually-an opening disaster.} f6 16. Rae1 Nd5 17. Bd2 Bc7 18. Bf5
Bh5 19. Nc4 Rab8 20. b3 Rfd8 21. Re4 Be8 {21...Bf7 was probably a bit more
stubborn, however black's position is lost anyway.} 22. Rfe1 Kf8 23. h4 ({
White could take another pawn, but there is no need to complicate the game and
give the opponent practical chances.} 23. Bxh7 g6 24. Bh6+ Kf7 25. Rg4 Ne7)
23... h5 24. g3 Rb5 25. a4 Rbb8 26. Bc1 {[%cal Gc1a3]} Nb4 27. Be3 {The threat
27.Bc5 is very unpleasant. Black is going to lose more material.} Rd5 28. Bxa7
Rbd8 (28... Rxf5 29. Bxb8 {[%csl Re8]}) 29. Be6 {Black's R is trapped in the
centre.The rest is going without comments.} Nxc2 30. Bxd5 cxd5 31. Bc5+ Kf7 32.
Re7+ Kg6 33. Rd1 Bb8 34. Re2 1-0

[Event "Corus-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2002.01.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Skripchenko, Almira"]
[Black "Jonkman, Harmen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2498"]
[BlackElo "2498"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2002.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 087"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Qf6 5. Nxc6 Bc5 6. Qd2 bxc6 7. Bd3 Ne7
8. O-O d5 9. Qf4 {This move should not be the best way to fight for an opening
advantage.} (9. Nc3 Be6 10. Kh1 Bb4 11. a3 Bxc3 12. Qxc3 Qxc3 13. bxc3 O-O 14.
Rb1 dxe4 15. Bxe4 Bf5 16. Bxf5 Nxf5 17. Bf4 Nd6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Zvjaginsev,
V-Jonkman,H/Linares 2000/CBM 75 (38)}) 9... Qxf4 10. Bxf4 Bd6 $146 (10... dxe4
11. Bxe4 Bd6 12. Bxd6 (12. Be3 $142 f5 13. Bf3 Rb8 14. b3 c5 15. Re1 Kf7 16.
Na3 Be6 17. c4 a6 18. Rad1 f4 19. Bc1 Bf5 20. Bb2 Rhe8 21. Nb1 $16 {1-0 Dovzik,
J-Fang,J/Szeged 1998/CBM 67 ext (78)}) 12... cxd6 13. Re1 Be6 14. Nd2 Rb8 15.
b3 h6 16. Nf3 c5 {1/2-1/2 Timman,J-Spassky,B/Hoogeveen 1998/EXT 99 (16)}) 11.
Bxd6 cxd6 12. Nc3 Be6 13. f4 (13. exd5 Nxd5 14. Nxd5 Bxd5 15. Rfe1+ Kd7 $11)
13... dxe4 (13... d4 $6 14. Ne2 c5 15. f5 Bd7 16. c3 dxc3 17. Nxc3 $14) 14.
Nxe4 O-O-O 15. Ng5 h6 16. Nxe6 fxe6 17. Rae1 Kd7 {It can be concluded, that
white got nothing from the opening.} 18. Re4 d5 19. Re3 ({More consequent is} 
19. Ra4) 19... Rhf8 20. Rfe1 Rf6 21. f5 $5 Nxf5 22. Bxf5 (22. Rxe6 Rxe6 23.
Bxf5 Rde8 24. Rxe6 Rxe6 25. Kf2 Kd6 26. Bxe6 Kxe6 $11) 22... Rxf5 23. Rxe6 Rf7
24. Rg6 $1 {[%csl Gg6][%cal Ge1e6] Good place for the white R.} Rb8 25. b3 Rb5
$6 (25... Rbf8 $11) 26. Re5 (26. Rf1 $6 Re7 27. Rf8 Rc5 28. Ra8 Rxc2 29. Rxa7+
Ke8 30. Rxe7+ Kxe7 31. Rxg7+ Kf6 $15) 26... Ra5 27. a4 Rc5 28. c4 Kc7 29. h3 {
It's not so critical, but this move is a lost of "tempo".} (29. g4 {[%cal
Gg4g5]}) 29... a5 30. g4 Rd7 31. g5 Kb6 32. gxh6 gxh6 33. Rg8 {White should
hurry to give a check from behind, otherwise he can lose all his queenside
pawns.} d4 (33... dxc4 34. Rb8+ Kc7 35. Rxc5 Kxb8 36. bxc4 Kb7 37. Rxa5 Rd4 $11
) 34. Rb8+ Kc7 35. Rxc5 d3 $2 {Nice idea and the wrong move as well!} ({
Authomatic} 35... Kxb8 {was leading to a prosaic draw after} 36. Kf2 Rb7 37.
Rxc6 Rxb3 38. Rxh6 Rb4 $11) 36. Rf8 d2 37. Rf1 Re7 (37... d1=Q $142 38. Rxd1
Rxd1+ 39. Kg2 Kb6 40. Rh5 Rd3 41. c5+ Kb7 42. Rxh6 Rxb3 {with good drawing
chances.}) 38. Kf2 Rf7+ 39. Ke2 Rxf1 40. Kxd2 Rf3 41. Rxa5 $2 $11 {A big
mistake, which leads to immideate draw.White must keep the Pb3.} ({After} 41.
Kc2 $1 Rf2+ 42. Kc3 Rf3+ 43. Kb2 Kb6 44. Rh5 Rf6 45. c5+ {white has serious
winning chances.}) 41... Rxb3 42. Rh5 Kb6 43. Kc2 Ra3 44. Rxh6 Ka5 $1 45. h4 (
45. Rxc6 Rxh3 {the position is drawish, since the white K can not move forward.
}) 45... Rh3 46. c5 Kxa4 47. Kd2 Kb4 48. Rh5 Kc4 {White's extra pawn is
useless.The rest of the game may be called "stand by".} 49. Ke2 Kd4 50. Kf2 Ke4
51. Kg2 Rc3 52. Rg5 Kf4 53. Kf2 Rc2+ 54. Ke1 Rh2 55. Rh5 Ke3 {[%cal Gh2h1]} 56.
Kf1 Kf3 57. Kg1 Rg2+ 58. Kh1 Rc2 59. Rg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "UKR-ch 73rd"]
[Site "Kharkov"]
[Date "2004.08.24"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Kovchan, Alexander"]
[Black "Fedorchuk, Sergey A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2497"]
[BlackElo "2569"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2004.08.03"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 103"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nxc6 Qf6 6. Qd2 dxc6 7. Nc3 Bd4 {
This continuation became very topical recently.} 8. Nd1 {White's latest try to
fight for the advantage.} Be6 (8... Ne7 9. c3 Bb6 10. Bd3 {--> 1-0 Parligras,
M-Atalik,S/Athens 2003/CBM 97 (60)}) 9. Qg5 {White correctly offers the
exchange of queens. In the endgame it will be easier for him to take advantage
of his pawn majority on the kingside.} (9. c3 Bb6 10. Qc2 Qg6 11. Be3 Nf6 12.
f3 O-O 13. Bd3 Rfd8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Berthelot,Y-Dourerassou,J/Guingamp 2004/CBM
98 ext (25)}) 9... Qe7 $5 $146 (9... O-O-O 10. Qxf6 Nxf6 (10... gxf6 11. Ne3
Ne7 12. c3 Bc5 13. g3 f5 14. Bg2 fxe4 15. Bxe4 h5 16. O-O h4 $132 {1/2-1/2
Collas,D-Glavina Rossi,P/Pamplona 2001/EXT 2003 (46)}) 11. f3 Bb6 12. Bg5 h6
13. Bh4 Rhe8 14. Bd3 Ba5+ 15. Ke2 a6 16. Be1 Bxe1 17. Rxe1 b5 18. Ne3 $14 {
1-0 Nataf,I-Tseitlin,M/Kapuskasing 2004/CBM 101 ext (63)}) (9... Qg6 $1 {
--> 0-1 Nataf,I-Dorfman,J/Val d'Isere 2004/CBM 103 [Postny,E] (60)}) 10. c3 $6
({Much more consequent would have been} 10. Qxe7+ Nxe7 11. Be3 {hoping to take
advantage of the kingside pawn majority in the long run.}) 10... f6 $1 {
Black uses the opportunity to keep the queens on the board. White should be
very careful, because he is far behind in development.} 11. Qh5+ Bf7 12. Qg4 h5
13. Qxg7 $5 {White is going for the principled line.} ({Possible alternative
was} 13. Qf3 Bc5 14. Be3 {with approximate equality.}) 13... Qxe4+ 14. Be2 ({
Comes to consideration} 14. Ne3 Rh7 15. Qg3 Be5 16. Qh3) 14... Rh7 15. Qg3 Be5
16. f4 $6 {A tempting move, but seriously weakens white's position.} (16. Qh3 {
should have been prefered.}) 16... Bd6 17. Qe3 Qe7 $1 {Black wants to win a
tempo for the development.} 18. Qxe7+ Nxe7 $15 {Despite the exchange of queens,
white's position is quite suspicious, since black is better developed and
there are numerous weak fields in white's camp.} 19. Ne3 $2 {Wrong place for
the knight, where it obstructs the dark-squared bishop.} Rg7 (19... Bxf4 $6 20.
Ng4 $1 hxg4 21. Bxf4 {with good compensation for the pawn.}) 20. g3 ({After} 
20. O-O O-O-O {white can not finish the development of his queenside pieces.})
20... h4 21. c4 O-O-O (21... hxg3 $6 22. hxg3 Rxg3 23. Ng4 $44 f5 24. Nf6+ Kd8
(24... Kf8 $4 25. c5 $18 {[%csl Rd6][%cal Gf6d7]}) 25. Rh8+ Ng8 26. Kf2 Rg6 27.
Bh5 Rxf6 28. Bxf7 Rxf7 29. Rxg8+ Rf8 30. Rg7 $44) 22. Kf2 Bc5 23. g4 f5 $1 {
Fixing the Pf4 as a target.} 24. h3 Be6 25. g5 Ng6 {It's not a surprise, that
white is collapsing very quickly here. After all, most of white's pieces are
on their initial squares...} 26. Kf3 Rd4 27. Nc2 $6 ({More stubborn would have
been} 27. Ng2 Rxc4 $1 28. Bxc4 Bxc4 29. Rd1 Bd5+ 30. Rxd5 cxd5 31. Be3) {
[%tqu "En","Black's rook is under attack. What can black do?","","","e6c4","",
5]} 27... Bxc4 $1 28. Nxd4 (28. Bxc4 Rxc4 {is also hopeless for white.}) 28...
Bd5+ 29. Kf2 (29. Ke3 Bxh1 $19) 29... Bxd4+ 30. Be3 Bxe3+ 31. Kxe3 Re7+ 32. Kd2
Bxh1 33. Rxh1 Nxf4 {A total collapse...} 34. Bd1 Rg7 35. Bc2 Rxg5 36. Rf1 Rg2+
37. Kd1 Nd5 38. Bxf5+ Kd8 39. Re1 Rxb2 40. Kc1 Rxa2 41. Re4 Rf2 42. Be6 Nf4 {
It's very surprising that white continued to play here...} 43. Bg4 c5 44. Kb1
a5 45. Re5 b6 46. Rg5 Ke7 47. Rg7+ Kd6 48. Rd7+ Kc6 49. Rh7 c4 50. Rxh4 c3 51.
Bf5 b5 52. Bc2 b4 53. Rg4 Kb5 54. Rg8 a4 55. Rb8+ Kc4 56. Bxa4 Rb2+ 57. Ka1 b3
58. Bb5+ Kc5 0-1

[Event "GER-ch 76th"]
[Site "Altenkirchen"]
[Date "2005.02.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kritz, Leonid"]
[Black "Pajeken, Wolfgang"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2547"]
[BlackElo "2354"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "163"]
[EventDate "2005.02.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
c4 Nb6 9. Nc3 a5 {In this line black is trying to get counterplay on the
queenside as soon as possible.} 10. Bd2 {A rare continuation.} Ba6 (10... a4
11. O-O-O Ba6 12. Qe4 {1/2-1/2 Radjabov,T-Adams,M/Tripoli 2004/CBM 102 [Postny,
E] (27)}) 11. Qe4 Qb4 $2 $146 {It looks like black totally overlooked white's
reply. In any case, this queen sacrifice is clearly incorrect.} (11... Qe6 12.
b3 Bb4 13. Bd3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Horvath,A-Kallio,H/Budapest 2002/CBM 089 [Postny,E]
(49)}) (11... g6 {Looks like the most solid continuation for black.} 12. Bd3 (
12. f4 $5) 12... Bg7 13. O-O O-O 14. Rae1 Rfe8 15. Qg4 d5 16. b3 dxc4 17. Bxc4
Nxc4 18. bxc4 h5 19. Qe4 Qc5 $17 {0-1 Parligras,M-Delchev,A/Nova Gorica 2004/
CBM 098 ext (52)}) {[%tqu "En","How can White win material?","","","c3b5",
"This simple tactics yields white a winning material advantage.",5]} 12. Nb5 $1
{[%csl Rb4,Rc7] This simple tactics yields white a winning material advantage.}
cxb5 {This is black's only chance.} (12... Qxb2 13. Nxc7+ Kd8 14. Rb1 Qxa2 (
14... Qxb1+ 15. Qxb1 Kxc7 16. Bxa5 $18) 15. Nxa8 Nxa8 16. Rb8+ Kc7 17. Rxa8 $18
) 13. Bxb4 Bxb4+ 14. Kd1 bxc4 {Black has two light pieces + pawn, which is
obviously insufficient against a queen. Black's only hope is creating threats
against white's uncastled king.} 15. Rc1 $2 {This move appears to be a waste
of an important tempo.} (15. b3 $1 O-O (15... cxb3 16. Bxa6 Rxa6 17. axb3 $18)
16. bxc4 d5 17. cxd5 Nxd5 18. Kc2 $18) 15... O-O {Now, the matters are far
from easy for white.} 16. Bxc4 $6 {White sacrifices the exchange, but solves
the problem of his development. Still, this move is objectively wrong.} (16. a3
Bc5 17. Bxc4 (17. Bd3 g6) 17... Bxc4 18. Rxc4 d5 $1 19. exd6 Nxc4 20. Qxc4 cxd6
$16) (16. b3 $6 d5) (16. f4 d5 17. Qd4 {is probably the best one.}) (16. h4 $5
{[%cal Gh1h3]}) 16... Bxc4 17. Rxc4 d5 $1 {This strong intermediate move was
probably missed by Leonid Kritz. Black's chances for a draw are improving
drastically now.} 18. exd6 Nxc4 19. Qxc4 cxd6 20. Ke2 Rfc8 21. Qd3 a4 {Trying
to prevent from white to organize a passed pawn.} 22. a3 Bc5 23. Rc1 Re8+ 24.
Kf1 Rab8 25. Rc2 Rb3 26. Qd2 g6 27. Rc3 Rb7 28. h4 h5 {Black has a rock-solid
position and is out of weaknesses.} 29. Rf3 Reb8 30. Qd5 Re7 31. Qa2 Bd4 32. b4
axb3 33. Rxb3 Rxb3 34. Qxb3 Bc5 {White got a passed pawn, but it's not enough
for a win. Black has double control over the a7 square, so white won't be able
to promote the pawn. It's very important that black got the perfect c5
stronghold for his bishop.} 35. a4 Re4 36. g3 Rb4 37. Qa2 Bd4 38. f4 (38. a5
Rb2 39. Qd5 Bc5 {is similar to the continuation in the game.}) 38... Rb2 39.
Qd5 Bc5 40. a5 Rb1+ 41. Ke2 Ra1 42. Qa8+ $6 ({A better chance for a win was:} 
42. f5 gxf5 43. Qxf5 Rxa5 44. Qg5+ Kh7 (44... Kf8 $4 45. Qd8+ $18 {[%csl Ra5,
Rf8]}) 45. Qxh5+ Kg7 {and black still has to work hard for a draw.}) 42... Kg7
43. a6 Ra3 44. Qb7 Rxg3 $1 {The safest. Sacrificing the bishop, but reaching a
theoretically drawn position.} 45. a7 Re3+ $1 {The rook must be placed on e6.}
46. Kd2 Bxa7 47. Qxa7 Re6 48. Qd7 Rf6 49. Ke3 Re6+ 50. Kf3 Kg8 51. Qc8+ Kg7 52.
Qc3+ Kh7 53. Qd4 Kg8 54. f5 {The last to break throw, but insufficient.} gxf5
55. Qf4 Kg7 56. Qg5+ Rg6 57. Qxh5 Rh6 58. Qg5+ Rg6 59. Qe7 f4 {Black can
safely sacrifice his both Pf5 and Pd6.} 60. Kxf4 Rf6+ 61. Kg5 Rg6+ 62. Kf5 Re6
63. Qg5+ Rg6 64. Qd8 Re6 65. h5 Re5+ 66. Kg4 Re4+ 67. Kf3 Re6 68. Qg5+ Kh7 69.
Kf4 Rh6 70. Ke4 Re6+ 71. Kd4 d5 72. Kxd5 {This is well-known theoretical draw.}
Rh6 73. Ke4 Re6+ 74. Kf4 Rh6 75. Qe7 Kg7 76. Kg5 Re6 77. Qc7 Rh6 78. Qh2 Kh7
79. Kf5 Kg7 80. Qe5+ Kh7 81. Qb8 Kg7 {[%mdl 256]} 82. Kg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Governor's Cup"]
[Site "Kramatorsk"]
[Date "2001.10.06"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Baklan, Vladimir"]
[Black "Aleksandrov, Aleksej"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2001.10.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
h4 $5 {Patent of Dutch GM Van der Wiel.} a5 (8... d6 9. c4 Nb6 10. exd6 Qxe2+
11. Bxe2 Bxd6 (11... cxd6) 12. Nc3 Be5 13. c5 Nd5 14. O-O Be6 15. Bf3 O-O 16.
Re1 Bf6 17. Bg5 $14 {1/2-1/2 Van der Wiel,J-Chiburdanidze,M/Lugano 1989/TD (49)
}) (8... f6 9. c4 Ba6 10. Rh3 $6 (10. exf6 $11) 10... fxe5 11. Ra3 Nb4 12. Nc3
Qxh4 13. g3 Qd4 14. Rxa6 Nxa6 15. Bf4 O-O-O 16. Be3 Qd6 17. c5 Nxc5 18. b4 Nd3+
19. Qxd3 Qxd3 20. Bxd3 d5 $17 {1/2-1/2 Van der Wiel,J-Timman,J/Amsterdam 1987/
CBM 03 (71)}) 9. c4 Nb6 10. g3 $6 $146 (10. Nc3 Qe6 11. Bd2 a4 12. Qe4 Ba6 13.
b3 d5 14. exd6 cxd6 15. Be3 Qxe4 16. Nxe4 d5 17. Bxb6 dxe4 18. O-O-O Bb4 19.
Kb2 Be7 20. Bd4 O-O $11 {1/2-1/2 Van der Wiel,J-Wedberg,T/Stockholm 1987/EXT
97 (59)}) 10... a4 11. Bg2 Qe6 12. Nd2 Bb4 13. O-O O-O ({Deserved attention} 
13... Ba6 14. b3 O-O 15. Qe3 f6 $15) 14. Ne4 (14. f4 f6 $15) 14... Ba6 $2 {
Black wants to take the Pc4 without making any consessions, however this move
is a serious waste of time, which allows white to create a serious threats to
black's K.} (14... Qxc4 15. Qh5 Ra5 $1 {A nice defending resourse, suggested
by the imperturbable Fritz.} 16. Bf4 (16. Bh6 Qe6 {parrying the threats.})
16... f6 $17) 15. Qh5 Bxc4 (15... Nxc4 $2 16. Nf6+ $1 gxf6 17. Be4 Rfb8 18.
Qxh7+ Kf8 19. exf6 Qxf6 20. Bh6+ Ke8 21. Bg5 Qxb2 22. Bd5 Ne5 23. Rfe1 Be2 24.
Rab1 $18) (15... g6 $6 16. Qh6 $40) {[%tqu "En","What would you suggest for
white?","","","e4f6","",15]} 16. Nf6+ $1 {[%mdl 128] A kind of intuitive
sacrifice.} (16. Rd1 $2 Be7 $17) 16... gxf6 17. Be4 Rfe8 $2 {[%csl Ye8,Rg8]
This move is just loses by force in quite a trivial fashion. As we will see,
Re8 is an obstacle on black's K way...} (17... Rfb8 $1 {[%cal Yg8f8,Yf8e8,
Ye8d8,Yd8c8,Yc8b7]} 18. Qxh7+ Kf8 19. exf6 ({In case of} 19. Bh6+ $2 Ke7 20.
exf6+ Kd8 {black's K reaches the safe place.}) 19... Qxf6 20. Bh6+ (20. Bg5 Qe5
) 20... Ke8 21. Bg5 ({Stronger is} 21. Rfe1 $1 Bxe1 22. Rxe1 Qe5 23. Bg7 (23.
Re3 Be6 24. Bg6 Qxe3 25. Bxe3 fxg6 26. Bg5 Nd5 $11) 23... Qe6 24. Re3 $1 Ke7
25. Bb1 d6 26. Rxe6+ Bxe6 {In this materially balanced position white has the
initiative.}) 21... Qd6 22. Rfe1 Be6 (22... Bxe1 23. Rxe1 Be6 24. Bg6 Qf8 $8
25. Bxf7+ Qxf7 26. Qh8+ Qf8 27. Qh5+ {with a perpetual check.}) 23. Bg6 Qf8 24.
Bh6 Bxe1 25. Bxf8 Kxf8 26. Qh6+ Ke7 27. Rxe1 fxg6 28. Qg7+ Kd6 29. Qe5+ Ke7 $11
) 18. Qxh7+ Kf8 19. exf6 Qxf6 20. Bh6+ Ke7 21. Bg5 $18 Bxf1 (21... Qxg5 22.
hxg5 Bxf1 23. Rxf1 $18) 22. Bxf6+ Kxf6 23. Qf5+ Ke7 24. Rxf1 {White has
material advantage and a strong initiative as well.} Ra5 25. Qg4 Bd6 26. b3 Kd8
27. Kg2 axb3 28. axb3 Rb5 29. Qf3 f5 {A desperation...} 30. Bxf5 Rf8 31. g4 Nd5
32. Ra1 Ke7 33. Ra4 Rc5 34. Qe2+ Kf7 35. Qd2 1-0

[Event "Corus-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2002.01.26"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Van der Wiel, John"]
[Black "Stefanova, Antoaneta"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2501"]
[BlackElo "2451"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2002.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 087"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nb3 Bb6 6. a4 a6 7. Nc3 d6 {
Besides black has several options: 7...Nf6, 7...Nge7 or 7...Qf6 and then Nge7.}
8. Nd5 {Also playable 8.Be2 and 8.Bd3.} Ba7 9. Be3 Bxe3 10. Nxe3 Nf6 11. Bd3 {
This position appeares frequently in games of GM Van der Wiel.} Ne5 $5 ({
Usual continuation is:} 11... O-O 12. O-O Re8 {For example see the game Van
der Wiel,TH-Gomez Esteban,JM /Linares zt 1995/CBM 51 [Blatny,P]}) 12. O-O O-O
13. c4 $146 (13. f4 Nfg4 14. Nxg4 Bxg4 15. Qd2 Nxd3 16. cxd3 c5 17. a5 Be6 18.
Qc3 f5 19. e5 Rc8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Van der Wiel,J-Van der Sterren,P/NED 1996/CBM
54 (49)}) 13... Nfg4 14. Nxg4 Bxg4 15. Be2 Bxe2 16. Qxe2 Nc6 $11 17. Qd2 Qf6
18. Rfd1 {A small inaccuracy.} (18. Rfe1) (18. Rad1) 18... Qg6 19. Re1 Ne5 20.
Qe2 $6 {Not the best square for the white Q.} (20. Qc3 $142 $11) 20... f5 21.
Nd4 $5 (21. f4 Nc6 22. exf5 Rxf5 23. Qd2 Raf8 $36) 21... fxe4 (21... f4 $6 22.
Nf3 $11) 22. Qxe4 Qf7 {[%csl Rc4,Rf2]} 23. Qd5 Nxc4 24. Ne6 {From quite a
boring opening variation both sides suddenly came to this interesting position
with many hanging pieces on the board...} Qxf2+ $6 {This attractive move turns
out to be a mistake.} (24... b5 $1 25. Re2 (25. Nxc7 Qxd5 26. Nxd5 Nxb2 27.
axb5 axb5 28. Rab1 Nd3 $17) (25. axb5 axb5 $17 {[%csl Rg1]} 26. Qxa8 Qxf2+ 27.
Kh1 Qxe1+ 28. Rxe1 Rxa8 $17) 25... Rae8 26. axb5 axb5 27. Qxb5 Rxe6 28. Qxc4 d5
29. Qc2 Rxe2 30. Qxe2 c5 $15 {[%csl Gc5,Gd5]}) 25. Kh1 Ne3 $6 (25... Nb6 26.
Qxb7 Rfc8 (26... Rae8 27. Qxa6 {[%csl Yf1]} Rf6 28. Rf1 Qxb2 29. Nxc7 $16 {
[%csl Ga4]}) 27. a5 (27. Nxc7 $2 Rab8 28. Qa7 Qf7) 27... Nd7 $11) 26. Qg5 $8
Nf5 27. Nxf8 Rxf8 {[%mdl 1024]} 28. Qc1 $2 {After a series of enterprising
moves Dutch GM makes an unsound move which allows black to consolidate his
position and get a good game.} ({The right way was:} 28. Rf1 Qc2 (28... Qxb2 $2
29. g4) 29. Rac1 Qe4 30. Qf4 Qd3 (30... Qd5 31. Qf3 $16) 31. Rf3 Qe2 32. Qc4+
Qxc4 33. Rxc4 $16) 28... c6 29. Rf1 Qh4 30. Ra3 d5 $15 31. Raf3 g6 {Black
consolidated his position and has some advantage, however it's very hard (if
possible at all) to convert it into something serious, because any pawn
advance may create weaknesses in black's camp.} 32. b3 (32. Qe1 $5) 32... Re8
33. Qd2 Qe7 34. h3 h5 {White's RR are completely unemployed, this makes
white's position quite an unpleasant.} 35. Qf4 h4 {[%cal Gf5g3]} 36. Qg4 Qg7
37. Rb1 Re4 38. Qg5 Kh7 39. Rxf5 {White lost his patience.But at least some
"life" will come to white's position...} (39. b4 $5 {[%cal Gb4b5]}) 39... gxf5
40. Qxf5+ Qg6 (40... Kh6 41. Rf1 Qe7 $17) 41. Qd7+ Kh6 $2 ({Black could still
return to the above mentioned variation after} 41... Qg7 42. Qf5+ Kh6) 42. Qxb7
Re2 43. Rg1 d4 44. Qxa6 Qe4 (44... d3 $6 45. Qc4) 45. Qc8 {White's Q returns
just in time to produce a perpetual.} d3 46. Qf8+ Kg5 47. Qg8+ (47. Qg7+ Kh5
$11) 47... Kh6 48. Rf1 Re1 49. Qh8+ Kg6 50. Qg8+ Kh6 51. Qh8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Budapest FS04 GM-A"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2002.04.09"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Horvath, Adam"]
[Black "Kallio, Heikki"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2464"]
[BlackElo "2502"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2002.04.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
c4 Nb6 9. Nc3 a5 10. Bd2 {This move appeared very few times in practice.} ({
The main line is} 10. Qe4 {- see the game Ganguly,S-Shetty,R /Goodricke op
2001/CBM 82 [Postny]}) (10. f4 {- see the game Lautier,J-Hebden,M /Clichy 2001/
CBM 85 [Postny]}) ({Several games also saw} 10. b3 {- Murariu,A-Vajda,L /
Ciocaltea mem 2002/CBM 88 [Postny]}) 10... Ba6 (10... a4 11. Qe4 g6 12. Bd3 Bg7
13. O-O O-O 14. Rae1 d5 15. exd6 Qxd6 16. Qf3 $6 (16. Bf4) 16... Bf5 17. Bxf5
Qxd2 $132 {0-1 Chandler,M-Hebden,M/London 2000/CBM 76 (53)}) 11. Qe4 Qe6 $6 {
Black is mixing up several ideas.} (11... g6 $142) 12. b3 Bb4 13. Bd3 {White
can be satisfied with the results of the opening. Black's pieces on the
queenside are restricted and space advantage is on the white side as well.}
O-O-O $146 (13... Qg6 14. Qf3 Qe6 15. O-O O-O 16. a3 Bc5 17. Rae1 f5 18. exf6
Qxf6 19. Qg3 Bd6 20. Qh3 $16 {1/2-1/2 Hamelink,D-Collins,D/Bruges 1999/EXT
2000 (35)}) 14. a3 Be7 15. O-O d6 (15... Bb7 16. Rfe1 c5 17. Qf4 {with big
advantage for white.}) 16. Qf3 {[%cal Gd3f5]} g6 (16... Qxe5 $2 17. Rfe1 Qf6
18. Bf5+ $18) 17. Nd5 $1 {This nice tactical blow keeps white's advantage.}
dxe5 $6 {Black was probably surprised by white's last move. After the move in
the text black's position could hardly be saved.} ({The least of the evils is:
} 17... cxd5 18. cxd5 Bb7 19. dxe6 Bxf3 20. gxf3 dxe5 21. Ba6+ Kb8 22. Bxa5
fxe6 {Black has worse, but playable position.}) 18. Nxe7+ Qxe7 19. Bxa5 f5 20.
Bxb6 (20. Qe3 $5 {playing for the initiative.}) 20... e4 $8 (20... cxb6 $2 21.
Qxc6+) 21. Bxe4 fxe4 22. Qg4+ Kb8 ({In the endgame, that arises after} 22...
Qd7 23. Qxd7+ Rxd7 {black has more chances to survive, then in the game.}) 23.
Be3 Rd3 24. Bg5 (24. Qe2 $142 {with the idea to play Qc2 and then push
queenside pawns. Black can not capture the Pb3:} Rxb3 $2 25. Qc2 {[%csl Ra6,
Rh8] and black can resign.}) 24... Qe5 25. Rae1 Re8 26. Re3 Bc8 27. Qe2 Kb7 28.
Rxd3 $2 {This serious mistake allows black to get back into the game.} (28. Re1
$18) 28... exd3 29. Qd2 Bg4 30. Be3 Be2 {[%csl Gd3,Ge2] Strong passed pawn and
the presense of the opposite colour BB provides black a compensation for the
visible defects of his position.} 31. Qb4+ Kc8 32. Re1 h5 {The purpose of the
kingside pawns pushing is to creat a weakness in white's K camp.} 33. a4 h4 34.
h3 {White must be careful, because his K may fall in trouble before white will
promote his "a" pawn.} (34. a5 $2 h3 35. a6 hxg2 36. a7 Kd7 37. Rxe2 Rh8 $1 {
and suddenly black is winning!} 38. f4 Qh5 39. Rxg2 Qd1+ 40. Kf2 Rh3 {with
mate in a few moves.}) 34... g5 $132 35. a5 g4 36. hxg4 (36. a6 $2 gxh3 37. a7
Kd7) 36... Qe4 37. a6 ({Fritz suggests here} 37. g5 {but for a human being it
looks very risky.} Qg4 38. Kh2 $8 Rxe3 39. fxe3 Qg3+ 40. Kh1 h3 41. Qf8+ Kd7 (
41... Kb7 $2 42. a6+ Ka7 43. Qc5+ Kb8 44. a7+ Kb7 45. Qb4+ $18) 42. Qf5+ Kd8 {
This looks like a draw...}) 37... Qxg4 38. a7 Kd7 39. Rxe2 $1 (39. Kh2 $2 {
is losing to} h3 40. g3 Qf3 41. Rg1 Rxe3) 39... dxe2 $6 (39... Qxe2 40. Qa5 Qg4
41. Qc3 (41. a8=Q $4 Rxa8 42. Qxa8 h3 $19) 41... Rg8 42. Qxd3+ Ke6 {black is
not worse.}) 40. Qd2+ Ke6 41. f3 Qg6 42. Qxe2 {Finally white captured black's
nasty pawn, and black is again in fight for a draw.} Kf7 43. Qd2 Qf5 44. Qd4 (
44. Kh2 $5) 44... h3 45. Qf4 Qxf4 46. Bxf4 Re1+ 47. Kh2 hxg2 48. Kxg2 Ra1 49.
Be3 Ke6 {If the draw was agreed here, I am surprised, because white has still
something to say in this endgame...} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Budapest FS04 GM-A"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2002.04.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Antal, Gergely"]
[Black "Vajda, Levente"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2457"]
[BlackElo "2539"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2002.04.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
c4 Nb6 9. Nc3 {Other popular lines: 9.Nd2, 9.b3.} a5 {Besides black has
several alternatives: 9...Qe6, 9...Ba6, 9...Bb7, 9...d5, 9...g6.} 10. Qe4 (10.
b3 {- see the game Murariu,A-Vajda,L /Ciocaltea mem 2002/CBM 88 [Postny]})
10... a4 (10... g6 {- see the game Ganguly,S-Shetty,R/Goodricke op 2001/CBM 82
[Postny]}) 11. f4 (11. Bd3 Ba6 12. Bd2 Qe6 13. b3 g6 14. O-O Bg7 15. Rae1 axb3
16. axb3 O-O 17. Qh4 f5 18. exf6 Qxf6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Parligras,M-Vajda,L/
Bucharest 2001/EXT 2002 (31)}) 11... Ba6 $146 (11... g6 $6 {- see the game
Lautier,J-Hebden,M /Clichy 2001/CBM 85 [Postny]}) ({Also comes into
consideration:} 11... Bb7) 12. Bd2 g6 13. Bd3 Bg7 14. O-O $2 {[%mdl 8192] This
is clear oversight.} ({After possible} 14. O-O-O {the position is very
complicated with chances for both sides.}) {[%tqu "En","Please enter the
strongest move for black.","","","b6c4","Simple tactical strike brings black
full pawn.",5,"a6c4","",0]} 14... Nxc4 $1 {Simple tactical strike brings black
full pawn.} ({Less clear is:} 14... Bxc4 $6 15. Bxc4 Qc5+ 16. Be3 Qxc4 17. Bxb6
Qxe4 18. Nxe4 cxb6 19. Rad1) 15. Bxc4 (15. Rf2 Nb6 $17 (15... Nxb2 $6 16. Bxa6
Rxa6 17. f5 $36)) 15... Qc5+ 16. Be3 Qxc4 17. Rfd1 {If white avoides the
exchange of QQ, black gets strong play on white squares.} a3 $1 {Useful
intermediate move.} 18. Qxc4 Bxc4 19. b3 Be6 {Black is a pawn ahead, but the
realization is far from easy, since the black pawns are restricted.} 20. Ne4
Bf5 $1 {An unpleasant move for white. The Ne4 has no good place to go.} (20...
O-O $6 21. Nc5) 21. Ng3 ({After} 21. Nf6+ $6 Bxf6 22. exf6 d6 {[%cal Ge8d7]
Black's K gets good place in the centre, which is important in the endgame.}) (
21. Nc5 $2 d6 {[%csl Ra1]}) 21... Bg4 22. Re1 O-O 23. Ne4 Bf5 24. Ng3 Be6 25.
Ne4 Bd5 ({Slightly better was} 25... d6 26. Rac1 $6 (26. Nf6+ $142) 26... dxe5
27. fxe5 (27. Rxc6 exf4 28. Bxf4 Bxb3 29. axb3 a2 $19) 27... Bxe5 28. Rxc6 Rfe8
$19) 26. Nf6+ (26. Nc3 f6 $1 27. Nxd5 cxd5 28. Rac1 fxe5 29. Rxc7 d6 $19) 26...
Bxf6 27. exf6 Rfe8 28. Bc5 {[%csl Ra3]} Re6 ({Possible is} 28... d6 {since
there is no good for white to capture the Pa3:} 29. Rxe8+ $2 Rxe8 30. Bxa3 Re2)
29. Rxe6 fxe6 {[%csl Gc6,Gc7,Gd7,Ge6] Black has got now strong pawncentre.} 30.
g4 d6 31. Bd4 Ra5 {From now until the 35th move both sides should move his own
P to g5...It helps white to strenghten the Pf6 and get more control of the
black squares. From the other side it gives black two connected passed pawns
in the centre.} 32. Kf2 (32. g5) 32... Rb5 33. Bc3 Kf7 34. Ke3 c5 35. Rg1 g5 $1
{[%mdl 16] At last...} 36. fxg5 e5 37. h4 c4 38. b4 Be6 {[%csl Rd3][%cal Gb5d5,
Gd5d3]} 39. Rg2 {With the idea to meet 39...Rd5 with 40.Rd2.} Rb8 $6 ({After} 
39... Rd5 40. Rd2 Rxd2 41. Kxd2 c6 $1 $19 {black has a winning endgame. The
plan is: to capture the Pg4, then black plays Bh5, Ke6 followed by d5-d4 etc.}
({but not} 41... Bxg4 $2 42. b5 $1 Bd7 43. Ba5 Bxb5 44. Bxc7 Ke6 45. f7)) 40.
Rg1 Bd7 41. Ke4 $2 (41. Kf3 {White should put his K on f3 or g3 to defend the
Pg4 and the R on the "e" file to put an eye on black's Pe5. This way white
could produce much tougher resistanse.}) 41... Bc6+ 42. Kf5 Re8 43. Re1 (43.
Rg3 Bd7+ 44. Ke4 c6 $19 {[%cal Gd6d5]}) 43... Rb8 $6 (43... Bd7+ 44. Ke4 Bxg4
45. Kd5 {[%csl Gd5][%cal Gd5c4,Gd5c6]} Bd7 46. Kxc4 Be6+ 47. Kb5 Bxa2 48. Kc6
Be6 $19) 44. Re3 $6 {Both players were probably in time-trouble.} (44. Rg1 Re8
{[%cal Gc6d7,Gc7c6]}) 44... Bd7+ 45. Ke4 Bxg4 {After a number of inaccuracies
black captures this pawn.} 46. Kd5 Rb6 $1 $19 {preventing the penetration of
white's K.} 47. Be1 (47. Kxc4 Be6+ 48. Kd3 Bxa2 $19 {[%csl Ga3]}) 47... Be6+
48. Ke4 Ra6 49. Bd2 Ra4 {The R has nothing to do here, but the move itself
gives 30 seconds increment on the clock...Anyway black's win in this position
is just a matter of time.} 50. Bc3 c6 51. Rg3 Ra8 52. h5 Bd5+ 53. Kf5 Be6+ 54.
Ke4 Bd7 {[%cal Ga8e8] White is hopeless against the forthcoming march of
black's central pawns.} 55. Bxe5 {Desperate chance, but insufficient.} (55. Re3
Bg4 $19) 55... dxe5 56. Kxe5 Rg8 57. Kf4 h6 {This move breaks white's last
hopes.} 58. g6+ Kxf6 59. Rxa3 Re8 60. Rc3 Be6 61. Re3 Rd8 62. Rf3 Rd6 {This
move is not bad, but I guess, that there was a mistake in inscription and in
reality black played 62...Rd5. Why? See the next move...} 63. Ke4+ Bf5+ {
That's why 62...Rd5.} 64. Kf4 Rd4+ 65. Kg3 Rd3 0-1

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 13th"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2001.11.14"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Narciso Dublan, Marc"]
[Black "Azarov, Sergei Nikolaevich"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2517"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[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 "Belarus"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BLR"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. c3 Nge7 7. g3 {
Other possibilities are: 7.Be2, 7.Nc2 and the main line-7.Bc4.} d5 8. Bg2 dxe4
9. Nb5 $6 {In my opinion this sharp continuation is not the strongest one.} (9.
O-O {- see the game Sutovsky,E-Postny,E /ISR-ch 2000/CBM 81 [Postny]}) (9. Nd2
Bxd4 10. cxd4 Nd5 11. Nxe4 Qe7 12. Qb3 Qb4+ 13. Qxb4 Ncxb4 14. Kd2 O-O 15. Nc3
Nb6 16. b3 Rd8 $11 {Dworakowska,J-Olarasu,G /ch-EUR-Women/Warsaw 2001}) 9...
Bxe3 10. Nxc7+ Kf8 11. fxe3 Rb8 12. Na3 {In most of the preceding games white
played 12.Nd5, for instanse:} (12. Nd5 Qg5 13. Nf4 Qc5 14. O-O g5 15. Nh5 Be6
16. Nd2 Qxe3+ 17. Rf2 Rd8 18. Qe1 Qxe1+ 19. Rxe1 Bxa2 20. Nxe4 h6 $13 {0-1
Klovans,J-Romanishin,O/Odessa 1974/EXT 99 (41)}) 12... h5 $6 $146 (12... Qe5
13. Ncb5 Nf5 14. Qe2 h5 15. Nd4 Rh6 16. O-O h4 17. Nc4 Qd5 18. g4 Nfxd4 19.
exd4 Bxg4 20. Qxg4 Qxc4 21. Bxe4 Re8 22. Rfe1 Nxd4 23. cxd4 Qxd4+ 24. Kh1 Rhe6
25. Rad1 Qb4 26. Qh5 Rxe4 27. Qh8+ Ke7 28. Qxh4+ Kf8 {1/2-1/2 Vinklarek,V-Boom,
WH /corr 1991}) 13. Nc4 {[%csl Yd6]} (13. Ncb5 Bg4 14. Qd6 Rh6 15. Qxf6 Rxf6
16. Nc2 $11 (16. Nc4 Nd5 $15) (16. Bxe4 Re6)) 13... Bg4 14. Qd6 Rh6 (14... Qxd6
15. Nxd6 Rd8 16. Nxe4 $14) 15. Qxf6 Rxf6 16. Bxe4 a6 17. h3 $2 (17. Rf1 Rxf1+
18. Kxf1 Rd8 {[%csl Rc7]} 19. Ke1 $14 {Black will not be able to capture the
Nc7 since after Rd7 white comes with Na8 and then Na8-b6.}) 17... Bf3 18. Bxf3
Rxf3 19. O-O-O $6 ({White should have been tried to drive out black's R from
his active position.} 19. Ke2 Rxg3 20. Kf2 Rg6 $15 {[%csl Re3,Rh3]}) 19... Rxg3
{Black managed to level the number of pawns and has now the positional
advantage, because white's kingside pawns are very vulnerable.} 20. e4 Rd8 21.
Rxd8+ Nxd8 22. a4 $2 {It seems, that white did not feel the danger of his
position.} (22. Kd2 h4 23. Ne5 {[%csl Ye6,Yf4,Yg6]}) (22. Kc2 h4 23. Rd1 Ndc6
24. Rd3) 22... h4 {[%csl Rh3,Gh4]} 23. Kc2 $2 {Again 23.Ne5 was better
guarding the g6 square.} Ng6 $19 {In only a few moves the evaluation of the
endgame transformed from better for white to a winning for black!} 24. Nd5 Ne6
{White can not save the Ph3 and his counterplay on the queenside is not
sufficient.} 25. Nd6 Ngf4 26. Nxf4 Nxf4 27. Nxb7 Rxh3 {Now black's passed
pawns will decide the game in his favour.} 28. Rf1 Rh2+ 29. Kb3 Nd3 {Black has
a pawn up and better piece coordination.} 30. Kc4 Nxb2+ 31. Kd5 Rd2+ 32. Kc6 h3
33. Nc5 (33. Nd6 h2 $19) 33... h2 34. Rh1 g5 {White could resign already. The
fight continued a few moves more...} 35. e5 g4 36. Ne4 Rg2 37. a5 Nd3 38. Kb7
Nf2 39. Nxf2 Rxf2 40. Kxa6 g3 0-1

[Event "Grand Slam Final 1st"]
[Site "Bilbao"]
[Date "2008.09.10"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2798"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "150"]
[EventDate "2008.09.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nxc6 Qf6 6. Qf3 {This move has
become popular in recent years and pushed aside the previous main line 6.Qd2.
After the exchange of queens White often gets a slightly preferable position
without any risk.} bxc6 {The best recapture. I myself played 6...dxc6 and it
was a long fight for me to squeeze half a point.} (6... dxc6 7. Qxf6 Nxf6 8. f3
Be6 9. Nd2 O-O-O 10. Nb3 Bb6 11. Bd2 Nd7 12. Bc3 f6 13. Nd4 Bxd4 14. Bxd4 c5
15. Be3 b6 16. O-O-O $14 {1/2-1/2 Nataf,I (2564)-Postny,E (2571)/Germany 2006/
CBM 111 (43)}) 7. Nd2 d6 8. Nb3 Bb6 9. a4 a5 10. Bd2 Qxf3 (10... Qxb2 $4 11.
Bc3 Qxc2 12. Bxg7 Bg4 13. Rc1 $1 Qxc1+ 14. Nxc1 Bxf3 15. gxf3 $18) 11. gxf3 Ne7
12. Rg1 {The opened g-file is a reward for White's spoiled pawn structure.} O-O
{Aronian deviates from his own game versus Radjabov which was played just few
rounds before.} (12... Ng6 13. Be3 Bxe3 14. fxe3 Ne5 15. Be2 g6 16. f4 Nd7 17.
Bf3 c5 18. e5 Ra7 19. exd6 cxd6 20. Nd2 Nb6 21. Ne4 Ke7 {1/2-1/2 Radjabov,T 
(2744)-Aronian,L (2737)/Bilbao ESP 2008/The Week in Chess 722 (34). Black is
slightly worse, but he managed to hold it relatively easily.}) 13. Be3 {
Exchanging Black's active bishop.} Bxe3 {This exchange improves White's pawn
structure. However, if Black makes another move, after the exchange on b6 he
might get a permanent weakness on d6.} 14. fxe3 c5 15. O-O-O Bb7 {I think that
it is more precise to put the bishop on e6.} (15... Be6 {Now I assume that
White should keep his knight. In Black will exchange on b3, he will solve all
his problems, as White's queenside pawn structure will be damaged as well.} 16.
Nd2 f5 17. f4 Rf6 $11 {[%cal Gf6h6]}) 16. Bb5 Bc6 (16... f5 $6 17. e5 $1 Rfd8 (
17... Bxf3 18. exd6 cxd6 19. Rxd6 $16 {[%csl Ra5,Rc5]}) 18. Bc4+ Kh8 19. e4 $1
fxe4 $140 20. fxe4 Bxe4 21. exd6 cxd6 22. Rge1 d5 23. Nxc5 Bxc2 24. Kxc2 Rdc8
25. Rxe7 Rxc5 26. Rxd5 Rxc4+ 27. Kb3 Rcc8 28. Ree5 $16 {[%csl Ra5]}) 17. e5
Rfd8 18. exd6 cxd6 {Now White has a target, the Pd6.} 19. Bxc6 (19. e4 f6 (
19... Bxb5 $6 20. axb5 {followed by c2-c4 would give White a strong defended
passed pawn.}) 20. c4 Kf7 21. Rg2 {[%csl Rd6][%cal Gg2d2] This endgame might
be a torture for Black due to permanent weakness on d6.}) 19... Nxc6 20. Nd2 {
[%cal Gd2c4,Gd2e4]} d5 21. Nb3 c4 22. Nd4 Nb4 {Aronian decides to keep the
knights on the board.} ({A worthy alternative would have been} 22... Nxd4 23.
Rxd4 Re8 24. Kd2 Re5 {with a slightly worse but defendable position.}) 23. Nb5
g6 (23... Ra6 $6 24. e4 Rh6 25. Rg2 {[%cal Gg2d2] The pin along the d-file is
unpleasant for Black.}) 24. Rg4 $1 $14 Rdc8 25. e4 {White has to break Black's
pawn chain in order to make the Pc4 a target.} h5 26. Rf4 dxe4 27. Rxe4 Rc5 28.
f4 ({After} 28. Rdd4 Rg5 29. Rxc4 Rg2 30. h4 Rd8 31. b3 Rdd2 {Black's activity
compensates the lack of a pawn.}) 28... Ra6 29. Rd8+ Kg7 30. Rd7 Rd5 31. Rc7
Na2+ 32. Kb1 Nb4 33. Nd4 {Obviously, White has good grounds to play for more
than a repetition of moves.} Rf6 (33... Rad6 34. c3 Nd3 35. Rxc4 $16) 34. Rxc4
{[%tqu "En","How should Black continue?","","","d5g5","With help of this
tactical trick Black's rook is getting access to white's weak kingside pawns.",
5]} Rg5 $1 {With help of this tactical trick Black's rook is getting access to
White's weak kingside pawns.} 35. b3 Rg4 36. Ne2 $2 {The turning point in the
game.} (36. Nf3 $1 {Protecting both Ph2 and Pf4.} Nd5 ({Probably better is:} 
36... Rg2 {but, White has good chances to be on top after} 37. Re5 Rf2 38. Rxa5
Nxc2 39. Rxc2 Rxf3 40. Rb5 R3xf4 41. a5) 37. Rc5 Nxf4 38. Rxa5 Nd3 39. Re3 Nf2
40. Rc5 Rg2 (40... Nd1 41. Re1 Rxf3 42. Rxd1 $18) 41. b4 Ng4 42. Rb3 Rf2 43.
Ng5 Nxh2 44. b5 $18) 36... Rh4 {[%csl Rh2]} 37. Rc5 Rxh2 38. Rxa5 h4 {[%csl
Gh4] Black is a pawn down; however, in this position not the quantity but the
quality of pawns is more important.} 39. Rg5 Rf2 40. Rxb4 Rxe2 41. f5 $2 {
The decisive mistake.} ({After} 41. Re5 $2 Rxe5 42. fxe5 Rf1+ 43. Kb2 g5 $19 {
Black's pawns are faster than the white ones.}) (41. Rg1 $1 {was the correct
move. The position is very sharp however, it seems that a draw would be a
correct result in this case. Here are few sample variations:} h3 42. Rh1 h2 43.
a5 Ra6 (43... Rg2 44. Kb2 Rd6 45. Ra4 Rdd2 46. b4 Rxc2+ 47. Kb3 Rb2+ 48. Kc3
Rbc2+ (48... Rg1 49. Ra1 $11) 49. Kb3 $11) 44. Ra4 Kf6 45. b4 Rc6 46. a6 Rexc2
47. a7 Rc1+ 48. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 49. Kxc1 h1=Q+ 50. Kb2 {and Black does not have
more than a perpetual check.}) 41... h3 42. Rh4 h2 {White's rook is stuck on
g5 and can't help the other rook in the defence.} 43. Kb2 Rc6 44. fxg6 fxg6 45.
Ka3 Rcxc2 46. Rg3 {White is not able to avoid the small tactical trick that
will promote the black pawn.} (46. Rgg4 Rc1 $19 {[%cal Gh2h1]}) 46... Ra2+ 47.
Kb4 {[%tqu "En","Please enter a move for Black.","","","e2e4","This is the
trick.",3]} Re4+ $1 {This is the trick.} 48. Rxe4 h1=Q {White could already
resign, but Anand decided to fight until the bitter end.} 49. Reg4 Qb7+ 50. Ka5
Qd5+ 51. Kb4 Qd6+ 52. Kb5 Qb8+ 53. Ka5 Rf2 54. Rxg6+ Kf7 55. Rg7+ Ke6 56. R7g6+
Kd5 57. R6g5+ Kd4 58. b4 Rf4 59. Rg1 Rf3 ({More precise play would have been} 
59... Qa7+ 60. Kb5 Qb7+ 61. Ka5 Kc4 62. Rc5+ Kb3 63. Rg3+ Kb2 $19) 60. Rc5 Qa8+
61. Kb5 Rf6 62. Rd1+ Ke3 63. a5 Qe8+ 64. Kc4 Qa4 65. Rd3+ Ke2 66. Re5+ Kf1 {
No more checks for White.} 67. Red5 Qc2+ 68. Rc3 Rf4+ 69. Rd4 Qa2+ 70. Kc5 Rf5+
71. Kb6 Qe6+ 72. Kb7 Rb5+ 73. Kc7 Qe7+ 74. Kc6 Qb7+ 75. Kd6 Rh5 {A pity for
Vishy Anand to spoil such a promising position.} 0-1

[Event "Skopje op 18th"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2002.01.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Dworakowska, Joanna"]
[Black "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2441"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2002.01.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. c3 Nge7 7. g3 {
This move is one of the side lines. The main line goes with 7.Bc4.} d5 8. Bg2
Bxd4 ({More popular is} 8... dxe4 {- see the recent games: Sutovsky,E-Postny,E
/ISR-ch 2000/CBM 81 [Postny] and Narciso Dublan,M-Azarov,S /EU-chT 2001/CBM 86
[Postny]}) 9. cxd4 dxe4 10. Nc3 Bf5 ({Possible alternative} 10... O-O 11. Nxe4
Qg6 {was played in several games.}) 11. d5 $5 ({Most of the games continued
with:} 11. Nxe4 Bxe4 12. Bxe4 O-O-O (12... Qe6 13. Bg2 Qc4 14. Rc1 Qa6 15. Qe2
Qxe2+ 16. Kxe2 O-O-O $11 {0-1 Gheorghiu,F-Romanishin,O/Leningrad 1977/MCL (38)}
) 13. O-O (13. d5 $2 Nxd5 14. Qg4+ Kb8 15. O-O Ne5 16. Qe2 Nxe3 17. Qxe3 c6 $17
{0-1 Ligterink,G-Kortschnoj,V/Leeuwarden 1977/EXT 98 (40)}) (13. Qb3 Qe6 14.
Qxe6+ fxe6 15. O-O-O Nd5 $11 {0-1 Baum,B-Krasenkow,M/Vienna 1990/CBM 21 (33)})
13... Nxd4 14. Qa4 Nec6 15. Kh1 Rhe8 16. Bg2 $44 {1-0 Madeira,W-Van Riemsdijk,
H/Recife 1991/EXT 99 (27)}) 11... O-O-O $146 (11... Ne5 12. Qa4+ c6 13. O-O
Nf3+ 14. Kh1 b5 15. Qb3 a6 16. dxc6 Qxc6 17. Qb4 $36 {1-0 Santos,M-De Souza,M/
Americana 2000/EXT 2001 (65)}) 12. Qb3 Nd4 $6 {This move leads more or less by
force to an endgame, which is slightly favourable for white.} ({Risky, but
probably the most tough continuation is} 12... Ne5 {[%csl Rd3]} 13. Nxe4 Qg6
14. Nc5 b6) 13. Qa4 {[%csl Ra7,Rd4]} Nf3+ 14. Bxf3 exf3 15. Qxa7 Qa6 16. Qxa6
bxa6 17. O-O-O $14 Bg6 {[%cal Ye7f5]} ({After} 17... Rd7 18. Bc5 Rhd8 {white
gets a favourable exchange by} 19. Bxe7 Rxe7 20. Rhe1 $16 {[%csl Rf3]}) 18. Bc5
Nf5 19. Rhe1 f6 $6 {[%csl Re6] Strange and dubious move as well. It's unclear,
why Onischuk rejected the "automatic" 19...Rhe8.} (19... Rhe8 $142) 20. Rd3 $6
({Looks attractive for white:} 20. Re6 Nd6 21. Rde1) 20... Nxg3 {[%csl Rd3]}
21. Rxf3 Nf5 {It's clear, that the last pawns exchange was favourable for
black, because now white's pawnstructure has defects as well. Nevertheless
white is still in possesion of the initiative.} 22. Rf4 Kd7 23. h4 {[%cal
Gh4h5]} Nd6 24. Rg1 {[%csl Rg7][%cal Gh4h5]} Rhg8 25. Rfg4 Kc8 26. Ra4 (26. h5
Bxh5 27. Rxg7 Rxg7 28. Rxg7 Rd7 $11) 26... Bd3 (26... Kb7 27. Rgg4 $1 {[%cal
Gg4b4]}) 27. Rg3 (27. Rd1 $142 Bb5 28. Nxb5 axb5 29. Ra5 Rge8 30. Bxd6 Rxd6 31.
Rxb5 $14) 27... Bf1 28. Rg1 Bb5 {A.Onischuk avoides the repetition of the
position after 28...Bd3. He was probably concerned about 29.Rd1 (see the
previous comment), but I think, that he was playing for a win, because the
difference in the ratings is too big...} 29. Nxb5 axb5 30. Ra8+ Kd7 31. Rxd8+
Kxd8 32. Bxd6 cxd6 {The RR endgame is materially equal and should be end in a
draw. However Onischuk managed to lost this endgame in a few moves!} 33. Kd2 g5
34. Kc3 g4 $2 {Ignoring completely white's ideas.} (34... Kc7 35. Kb4 Ra8 36.
hxg5 fxg5 37. a3 h6 38. Rh1 Rf8 39. Rxh6 Rxf2 $11) 35. Kb4 f5 $6 (35... Kc7 {
looks better, but after} 36. b3 Kb6 37. Rc1 {white should win.}) 36. Kxb5 {
[%csl Ga2,Gb2]} Kd7 (36... Re8 {was better practical chance, but white is
winning in any case:} 37. b4 Re2 38. a4 Rxf2 39. a5 Kc7 40. a6 $18) 37. b4 $18
Re8 38. a4 Re2 39. Rf1 {Preventing the only counterplay.} Rd2 40. a5 {White's
pawns are unstopable} Rxd5+ 41. Kb6 Rd2 42. a6 {Very poor endgame play by
Onischuk.} 1-0

[Event "ESP-chB"]
[Site "Seville"]
[Date "2004.08.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "De la Riva Aguado, Oscar"]
[Black "Oms Pallisse, Josep"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2552"]
[BlackElo "2518"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2004.08.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 103"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. c3 Qg6 ({More popular
theoretical line is} 6... Nge7) 7. Nf5 $2 {This move appeared hardly few times
in practice. I am sure that white was aware of a pawn sacrifice, but simply
overestimated his chances. White does not have such a great development to
play in a gambit style.} ({The main continuations for white are} 7. Nd2) ({and
} 7. Qf3) 7... Bxe3 8. Nxe3 Qxe4 9. Bd3 (9. Nd2 Qe7 10. Qg4 g6 11. Qg3 d6 12.
Bb5 Nf6 13. O-O-O O-O $15 {1/2-1/2 Szieberth,A-Lukacs,P/Budapest 2000/CBM 79
ext (41)}) 9... Qe5 $146 (9... Qe7 10. O-O d6 11. Nd5 Qd8 12. Re1+ Nge7 13. Qh5
h6 14. Nd2 O-O 15. Nxe7+ Nxe7 $17 {0-1 Winkels,M-Vasta,E/Dos Hermanas 2004/CBM
99 ext (26)}) 10. O-O Nge7 {The question is: is this the position white was
striving to, sacrificing a pawn?} 11. Na3 (11. Re1 O-O 12. Nf5 Qf6 13. Nxe7+
Nxe7 $17) 11... d5 12. Re1 Be6 {White can not exploit the vulnerable position
of black's queen.} 13. b4 {White is desperately looking for an objects to
attack.} O-O (13... Qxc3 $4 14. Nb5 Qe5 15. Nf1 Qf4 16. g3 $18 {[%csl Rc7]}) ({
Also good for black is} 13... Qf6 14. Nb5 Rc8) 14. b5 {Throwing all into the
battle, but it's hard to give a better advice for white.} Qxc3 $1 15. bxc6 Qxa3
16. cxb7 Rab8 17. Rb1 (17. Qc2 Rxb7 18. Bxh7+ Kh8 {and white has no threats at
all.}) 17... c5 {[%csl Gc5,Gd5] Black is controlling the centre.} 18. Rb3 Qa5 {
It was also possible to grab the pawn on a2, but the move in the text is safe
enough.} 19. Rb5 Qc7 20. Qc2 c4 {Black does not really care about the Ph7,
it's more important to keep the connected passers in the centre.} 21. Nxc4 {
This tactical attempt does not work, but white is lost anyway.} (21. Bxh7+ Kh8
22. Nf5 Rxb7 $19) {[%tqu "En","Find the winning move for black.","","","a7a6",
"Without this move white could get back into the game, but now it's all over
for him.",10,"d5c4","",0]} 21... a6 $1 {Without this move white could get back
into the game, but now it's all over for him.} (21... dxc4 $4 22. Bxh7+ Kh8 23.
Rh5 {and suddenly white is on top.}) 22. Rb3 dxc4 23. Bxh7+ Kh8 24. Re4 Qa5 25.
Rbe3 Nf5 26. Rh3 Nh6 27. g4 Rxb7 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-36"]
[Site "Mallorca"]
[Date "2004.10.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nedev, Trajce"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2528"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[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 "Macedonia"]
[BlackTeam "Spain"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "MKD"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ESP"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. c3 Nge7 7. Bc4 b6 $5 {
A rare, but playable line. Black is preparing castling to the queenside.} 8.
O-O (8. Qd2 {1-0 Hector,J-Brinck Claussen,B/Copenhagen 2002/CBM 88 [Postny,E] 
(24)}) 8... Bb7 9. f4 {White is trying to take control over the centre.
Black's queen on f6 might feel uncomfortable as well.} ({More popular line is:
} 9. Nb5 O-O-O 10. Bxc5 bxc5 11. Nd2 {0-1 Kristjansson,S-Shirov,A/Reykjavik
2003/CBM 94 [Postny,E] (33)}) 9... O-O-O 10. b4 ({In the same olympiad, few
rounds later white tried:} 10. e5 Qh6 11. Qe2 {0-1 Zelcic,R-Goldin,A/Mallorca
2004/CBM 104 [Postny,E] (61)}) 10... Bxd4 {This continuation appeared only
once, but i guess that this line was prepared by Shirov.} (10... Nxd4 11. bxc5
Ne6 12. Qa4 {1-0 Nedev,T-Azarov,S/Ohrid 2001/CBM 84 [Postny,E] (23)}) 11. cxd4
Nxb4 12. a3 $146 (12. d5 Nbxd5 13. exd5 Nf5 14. Bf2 Qxa1 15. g4 Qf6 16. gxf5
Qxf5 17. Nc3 h5 18. Bd4 Rhg8 19. Bd3 Qg4+ 20. Qxg4 hxg4 21. Bf5 Ba6 {1/2-1/2
Gushpit,I-Bezman,V/Yalta 1996/EXT 98 (21)}) 12... Nbc6 13. Nc3 {White is a
pawn down, but his compensation is quite obvious. Black must act decisively,
otherwise he will be simply squashed by white's central pawns.} d5 (13... Na5
$6 14. Bd3 $36) 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15. Bxd5 Rxd5 $1 {[%mdl 512] The point of 13...
d5. At a price of the exchange black is breaking white's pawns chain in the
centre and getting control over the light squares.} 16. exd5 Ne7 17. Qg4+ Qf5
18. Qxf5+ (18. Qxg7 $2 Rg8 19. Qe5 Qh3 $1 20. Rf2 (20. Ra2 Nxd5 21. Bc1 (21. g3
f6 $1 22. Qe4 Nc3 $19) 21... Nc3 $19 {[%csl Ra2,Rg2]}) (20. g3 Rxg3+ 21. hxg3
Qxg3+ 22. Kh1 Bxd5+ $19) 20... Nxd5 21. g3 (21. Bc1 Nxf4 $1 $19 {[%csl Rg2]})
21... f6 22. Qe4 Nc3 23. Qc2 Rxg3+ {mating.}) 18... Nxf5 19. Bf2 Kd7 20. Rfe1
f6 {Covering e5 square.} 21. g4 Nd6 22. Re3 Bxd5 {Black has full compensation
for the exchange, but it is not sufficient for more than equality.} 23. Rae1
Re8 24. f5 {I would prefer here the exchange of rooks, but objectively
speaking, it does not change the evaluation of the position as equal.} Ne4 25.
Rc1 a5 26. Bg3 c6 27. Rb1 b5 28. Be1 $1 {This manoeuvre allows white to block
black's queenside pawns.} a4 29. Bb4 g6 30. Rf1 Ng5 31. Kf2 Ne4+ 32. Kg1 Ng5
1/2-1/2

[Event "UKR-ch"]
[Site "Ordzhonikidze"]
[Date "2001.09.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Areshchenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Ovsejevitsch, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2462"]
[BlackElo "2529"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2001.09.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nxd4 $6 {This early exchange should not
be sufficient for the equality.} 5. Qxd4 {[%csl Gd4,Ge4] Now white has some
advantage in the centre.} Qf6 6. e5 {Another common alternative is 6.Be3. For
instanse:} (6. Be3 Qxd4 7. Bxd4 d6 8. Nc3 c6 9. f4 Nf6 10. Bd3 Be7 11. O-O-O
$14 {1-0 Hjartarson,J-Guttierez,R/Yerevan 1996/EXT 97 (43)}) 6... Qb6 7. Qxb6
axb6 8. Nc3 Bb4 9. Bd2 f6 $1 $146 {[%mdl 8] In according to my database this
move is new. The Pe5 gives white more space, so it's should be useful for
black to remove it.} (9... c6 10. a3 d5 11. exd6 Bxd6 12. O-O-O Be6 13. Ne4 Be7
14. Be3 b5 15. Bd4 f6 16. Nc5 Bxc5 17. Bxc5 Nh6 18. Bd3 Kf7 19. Rhe1 $16 {
1-0 Heyne,M-Schnabel,H/Bayern 1998/EXT 2000 (24)}) 10. Nd5 (10. exf6 Nxf6 11.
Bc4 c6 12. O-O d5 13. Bd3 O-O $11) 10... Bxd2+ 11. Kxd2 Kd8 12. exf6 ({After} 
12. f4 fxe5 13. fxe5 Ne7 {black has no problems.}) 12... Nxf6 13. Nxf6 gxf6 14.
Bd3 Ra5 15. b4 (15. Rhe1 {seems to be a little bit stronger.} Rg5 16. g3 d5 17.
a4 {with a very slight edge.}) 15... Rg5 16. g3 d5 17. a4 c6 (17... c5 $6 18.
f4 Rg7 19. a5 $36) 18. a5 bxa5 19. Rxa5 Kc7 20. Ra8 h6 {The most accurate
seems to me 20...Re5 placing the R on the open file.} 21. h4 $6 (21. f4 {
was the preferable option. Although after} Rg7 22. Re1 Rhg8 {despite the fact,
that white controls the "e" file white can not improve his position.} ({
by the way bad was} 22... Kd6 $2 {in view of} 23. Bf5 Rgg8 {[%tqu "En","How
should white continue?","","","a8c8","",5]} 24. Rxc8 $1 Rxc8 25. Re6+ Kc7 26.
Re7+ Kd8 27. Rd7+ Ke8 28. Rxb7 $16) 23. Kc3 (23. c4 dxc4 24. Bxc4 Rd8+ 25. Kc3
Rgd7) 23... Kd6) (21. b5 Rgg8 22. Re1 Re8 23. Rxe8 Rxe8 24. Ra4 {[%csl Rf6,Rh6]
[%cal Ya4h4]} Kd6 25. Rh4 Rh8 $11) 21... Re5 {Now, when black controls the "e"
file the position is completely equal.} 22. f4 Re7 23. g4 Rg7 24. Bf5 Rhg8 25.
Rxc8+ Rxc8 26. Bxc8 Kxc8 27. Rg1 $11 Kd7 28. Ke3 ({As well as the immideate
breakthrow leads to a draw. For instanse:} 28. g5 fxg5 29. fxg5 hxg5 30. Rxg5
Rxg5 31. hxg5 Ke6 32. Ke3 Kf5 33. Kd4 Kxg5 34. Kc5 Kf4 35. Kb6 Ke5 36. Kxb7 Kd6
$11) 28... Re7+ 29. Kf3 Re4 30. g5 ({The endgame is equal.The game could
continue:} 30. g5 hxg5 31. hxg5 fxg5 32. fxg5 Ke7 33. Rg4 Re1 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "ROM-ch"]
[Site "Targoviste"]
[Date "2001.11.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Cosma, Ioan"]
[Black "Navrotescu, Catalin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2472"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2001.11.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 087"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nxc6 Qf6 6. Qd2 dxc6 7. Nc3 Be6
8. Na4 Rd8 9. Bd3 Bd4 10. O-O {The alternative 10.c3 is possible, but not
sufficient for the advantage, for example see the game Nataf,IA-Lautier,J/
Clichy 2001/CBM 85 [Postny]} b5 {Also appeared in practice: 10...a6, 10...Ne7,
10...Nh6, 10...Qh4.} 11. Nc3 (11. c3 {- see the game Shaked,T-Gligoric,S/
Cannes Generations 1998/CBM 65 [Mikhalevski,V]}) 11... Ne7 ({Another playable
alternative could be:} 11... Nh6 12. a4 a6 13. Qf4 Ng4 14. Qxf6 gxf6 15. Ne2
Bb6 16. Nf4 h5 17. h3 Ne5 18. Be2 h4 19. Kh2 Bc4 20. b3 Bxe2 21. Nxe2 Rg8 22.
f3 {1/2-1/2 Shaked,T-Spassky,B/Hoogeveen 1998/EXT 99 (22)}) 12. Qf4 $146 {
According to my Database this move didn't appear in previous games, however
the idea itself of changing QQ is basic for this opening variation.} (12. a4 {
- see the game Van der Wiel,J-Van der Sterren,P /NED-ch 1998 Rotterdam/CBM 66 
[Mikhalevski,V]}) (12. Kh1 Qh4 13. Ne2 Bb6 14. a4 a6 15. axb5 axb5 16. Ng3 O-O
17. Qe2 Kh8 18. Be3 f5 19. Bxb6 cxb6 20. exf5 Bxf5 21. Nxf5 Nxf5 22. Ra7 $14 {
1/2-1/2 Wells,P-Gretarsson,H/Berlin 1995/CBM 47 ext (34)}) 12... O-O 13. Qxf6 (
{Can not be recommended for white:} 13. Qxc7 $6 Rd7 14. Qg3 Bxc3 15. bxc3 Qxc3)
13... Bxf6 14. Be3 ({After} 14. Bf4 {[%csl Rc7,Rf6][%cal Ge4e5]} Ng6 15. Bxc7
Rd7 16. Bg3 Ne5 {black has full compensation for the sacrificed pawn.}) 14...
Nc8 $6 {From the positional point of view this is logical manoeuvre, but now
white takes the initiative and black's N will have no time to rich better
pastures.} (14... Bd4 $5 $14) 15. Bc5 ({Dubious is} 15. f4 $6 Bxc3 16. bxc3 Nb6
{[%csl Ra4,Rc4]}) 15... Rfe8 16. a4 Bc4 17. Bxc4 (17. axb5 $6 Bxd3 18. cxd3
Rxd3 19. bxc6 Bxc3 20. bxc3 Rxc3 21. Rfc1 Rxc1+ 22. Rxc1 Rxe4 23. Rd1 Re8 $11)
17... bxc4 18. Rfd1 {The pawn majority on the kingside gives white better
prospects in the endgame.The positional threat now is to swap all RR.} Bxc3 19.
bxc3 {[%mdl 16]} a5 {[%csl Ra4][%cal Gc8b6]} 20. Bd4 $6 {This move is a waste
of time.} (20. f3 $1 Rxd1+ (20... Nb6 21. Rd4 $16) 21. Rxd1 Nb6 22. Bxb6 cxb6
23. Rd7 $16) 20... Nb6 21. f3 c5 $6 {Too optimistic.} (21... f6 $14) 22. Be5 $5
{Exploiting the weakness of the 8th rank.} ({Possible as well} 22. Bf2) 22...
Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 f5 (23... Nxa4 $6 24. Ra1 Rxe5 25. Rxa4 $16) 24. f4 $1 (24. Bxc7
Nxa4 25. Bxa5 fxe4 26. fxe4 Rxe4 $11) 24... fxe4 25. Bxc7 $2 (25. Kf2 {The
centralization is more important factor at the moment, than the Pc7.} g5 (25...
Nxa4 26. Rd7) 26. g3 Nxa4 27. Ke3 {White has the initiative in the endgame.})
25... Nxa4 26. Be5 (26. Bxa5 Ra8 $17 {[%csl Rc3]}) 26... g5 $1 27. g3 e3 (27...
Nb6 {[%csl Ga5][%cal Ga5a1]} 28. Bc7 $11) 28. Rb1 $1 {[%csl Ra4]} (28. Ra1 Nb6
29. Rxa5 gxf4 30. gxf4 Nd7 31. Kf1 Nxe5 32. fxe5 Rxe5 33. Ke2 $15) 28... gxf4
29. gxf4 Kf7 30. Kf1 Kg6 31. Rb5 ({For the white's safety black Pe3 should
have been captured as soon as possible. After} 31. Ke2 Kf5 32. Kxe3 Nxc3 33.
Rb7 Re7 34. Rb8 {the result should be a draw.}) 31... Kf5 {Now the Pe3 is
supported by his own K.White should be very careful.} 32. Rxa5 Nb6 33. Ra7 $2 {
The decisive mistake.} ({Necessary was to include the R in the defense by
simple capture:} 33. Rxc5 Ke4 34. Rc6 $1 Rd8 {(In case of 34...Nd5 or 34...Nd7,
35.Ke2 follows and white is out of danger.)} 35. Rxb6 Rd1+ 36. Ke2 Rd2+ 37. Ke1
Rxh2 (37... Kf3 $2 38. Rh6 {[%cal Gh6h3]}) 38. Bd4 Kf3 39. Bxe3 Kxe3 40. Re6+
Kxf4 41. Rc6 $11) 33... Ke4 34. Rxh7 (34. Ke2 Rg8 $19) 34... Ra8 $19 {Now
white is defenseless against the combined force of black's pieces.Strong as
well was 34...Rd8.} 35. Kg2 Nd5 36. h4 Ra1 37. Rh5 e2 38. Bb8 {[%cal Gh5e5]}
Nxf4+ 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-36"]
[Site "Mallorca"]
[Date "2004.10.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Wang, Hao"]
[Black "Jenni, Florian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2456"]
[BlackElo "2503"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2004.10.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "China"]
[BlackTeam "Switzerland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CHN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SUI"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
c4 Ba6 (8... Nb6 {is the other main line.}) 9. b3 {Defending Pc4 and preparing
the fianchetto of the dark-squared bishop.} O-O-O {This move appeared even in
back in 19th century! The alternative 9...g5 saw the light in the Wch match
Kasparov-Anand.} 10. g3 {A flexible move. White covers the f4 square, as well
as getting the possibility of double fianchetto.} ({Also appeared in practice:
} 10. Bb2) 10... g5 {This move is directed against f2-f4, while black is
preparing to develop his bishop to g7 an put a pressure on Pe5 which is
black's main idea in this opening line.} (10... f6 {- see the commented game
Pavasovic,D-Jenni,F/Leipzig 2002/CBM 89 [Postny]}) (10... Re8 11. Bb2 f6 {
- see the commented game De la Riva Aguado,O-Xie Jun/Pamplona 1999/CBM 69 
[Mikhalevski,V]}) 11. Bb2 (11. Ba3 {was brilliantly refuted in the game
Macieja,B-Karpov,A/Warsaw 2003/CBM 95 [Postny,E] (0-1,34)}) 11... Bg7 12. Nd2 {
This position usually arises after the following order of moves: 9...g5 10.g3
Bg7 11.Bb2 0-0-0 12.Nd2.} ({Few rounds later Jenni played the same line as
black:} 12. Bg2 Rde8 13. O-O Bxe5 14. Qxe5 Qxe5 15. Bxe5 Rxe5 16. cxd5 Bxf1 17.
Kxf1 cxd5 18. Nc3 c6 {and in this endgame the chances are approximately equal.
Eventually, black got the upper hand in the game Mamedov,R-Jenni,F/Mallorca
2004/CBM 104 (51)}) 12... Nb4 (12... Rhe8 13. O-O-O Nb6 14. f4 gxf4 15. gxf4 f6
{--> 0-1 Hector,J-Timman,J/Malmo 2001/CBM 84 [Postny,E] (40)}) 13. Nf3 (13. Kd1
c5 14. Bg2 Bb7 15. Bxb7+ Kxb7 16. f4 d6 $15 {0-1 Gaston,S-Verat,L/Paris 2001/
CBM 83 ext (39)}) 13... g4 $2 $146 {A tempting move. Kicking the knight from
f3, black is hoping to break throw the centre. However, this idea is
tactically unjustified.} ({The following game is critical for the evaluation
of this opening line:} 13... Rhe8 14. Bh3 c5 15. Bg4 f6 16. Bh5 fxe5 17. Bxe8
Rxe8 $44 {1/2-1/2 Motylev,A-Jakovenko,D/Elista 2001/CBM 83 [Postny,E] (41)}) ({
Also possible is} 13... c5 14. Bg2 Bb7 {0-1 Kovchan,A-Potapov,A/Noyabrsk 2003/
CBM 99 [Postny,E] (40)}) 14. Nh4 Qg5 (14... Bxe5 15. Qxe5 Qxe5+ 16. Bxe5 Rhe8
17. Kd2 Rxe5 18. a3 $18 {[%csl Rb4]}) 15. a3 Bxe5 (15... Nd5 16. Qd2 $16) 16.
f4 $1 ({Capturing the knight is extremely dangerous for white, though the
arising variations are wild and complicated:} 16. axb4 $6 Rhe8 17. Kd1 d5 18.
Bc1 dxc4+ 19. Kc2 Bf4 (19... cxb3+ 20. Kxb3 Bxe2 21. Bxg5 Bxa1 22. Bxd8 {
and white is winning a piece.}) 20. Bxf4 Rxe2+ 21. Bxe2 Qe7 22. Bxg4+ Kb7 $40 {
[%csl Rc2]}) (16. Bxe5 $2 {[%tqu "En","Please enter a move for black.","","",
"b4d3","",5]} Nd3+ $1 17. Kd1 Qxe5 {and black is just a pawn up.}) 16... Bxb2 (
16... gxf3 17. Nxf3 Bxb2 18. Nxg5 Rhe8 19. Kd2 Rxe2+ 20. Bxe2 Bxa1 21. Rxa1 $18
{[%csl Rb4]}) 17. fxg5 (17. Qxb2 $6 Qe7+ 18. Kf2 Qc5+ 19. Kg2 Nd5 20. cxd5
Qxd5+ 21. Kg1 Bxf1 22. Rxf1 Rhe8 $44) 17... Rhe8 18. Rb1 $2 {Missing the win.}
(18. Kd2 $1 Rxe2+ (18... d5 19. Qxg4+ Kb8 20. axb4 dxc4+ 21. Kc2 $18) 19. Bxe2
Bxa1 20. Rxa1 $18 {[%csl Rb4]}) 18... Bxa3 19. Kd2 Rxe2+ 20. Bxe2 d5 {Now
black has good compensation for the pawn. White has to be on his guard, his
king might be in danger.} 21. Bxg4+ $6 {This capture (even with check!)
appeares to be not the best move.} ({After the correct} 21. Kc3 $1 {black has
no more than a perpetual check:} Na2+ (21... dxc4 $2 22. bxc4 $18 {White's
bishop covers d3.}) 22. Kc2 Nb4+ 23. Kc3 Na2+ $11) 21... Kb7 22. c5 $2 {
Trying to close the lines, but this move only plays in black's hands.} (22. Kc3
$6 dxc4 23. Bf5 Nd5+ 24. Kc2 Ne3+ 25. Kc3 c5 $40 {[%cal Ga3b4]}) ({The right
move seems to be} 22. Ke3 $1 {moving the king out from the danger zone.}) 22...
d4 23. Bf3 (23. Bf5 Nd5 $17) 23... Bd3 24. Ng2 a5 $1 {Well played. Black does
not play for the material, but for the initiative.} ({After} 24... Bxb1 25.
Rxb1 Na2 26. Ra1 Nc3 27. Kd3 Bxc5 28. Rf1 {[%csl Rf7][%cal Gf3h5] white has
good chances to survive.}) 25. Ra1 Bb2 26. Rxa5 Bc3+ 27. Kc1 Bf5 {[%cal Gb4d3]}
28. Rb5+ {White has to give the exchange back not to lose immediatly.} (28. Nf4
d3 $19) 28... Ka6 29. Rxb4 Bxb4 {At the moment the position is materially
equal, but the pair of excellent bishops and strong passed "d" pawn yields
black decisive advantage.} 30. g4 Be6 31. Kb2 {[%cal Gg2f4]} Bd5 $1 32. Rf1 d3
33. Ne3 Bxf3 34. Rxf3 Rd7 35. Nd1 Kb5 {Black's pieces are excellently
coordinated nad the "d" pawn should decide the game. Still, the matters are
not that simple...} 36. Rh3 Kxc5 37. Nf2 $1 (37. Rxh7 Re7 $1 $19) 37... d2 38.
Kc2 Rd5 39. Nd3+ (39. Rxh7 Kd4 $19 {[%cal Gd5c5,Gc5c1]}) 39... Kb5 40. Rf3 c5
41. h4 Rd4 42. Nf2 c4 43. Rxf7 cxb3+ 44. Kxb3 d1=Q+ $2 {Winning the knight is
not enough for a win, since white will capture all black's remaining pawns.} ({
The following line looks like the winning one:} 44... Rd3+ $1 45. Kc2 (45. Kb2
Rc3 46. Rxh7 Rc1 47. g6 $140 Ka4 {[%cal Rb4c3] and white's king is in the
mating net.}) 45... Rc3+ 46. Kd1 (46. Kxd2 Rf3+ $19 {[%csl Rf7]}) 46... Rc1+
47. Ke2 Re1+ 48. Kf3 Rf1 49. Rd7 Bd6 $19 {[%cal Rf1f2]}) 45. Nxd1 Rxd1 46. Rxc7
Rd3+ 47. Kc2 Rg3 48. Rxh7 {All black's pawns disappeared. The forthcoming
black's attempts to create a mating net can be easily parried.} Kc4 49. Rc7+
Bc5 50. g6 Rg2+ 51. Kb1 Rg1+ 52. Kc2 Rg2+ 53. Kb1 Rxg4 54. h5 Rg1+ 55. Kc2 Rg2+
56. Kb1 Kd5 57. g7 Be3 58. Rd7+ Kc5 59. Rc7+ Kb4 60. Rb7+ Ka3 61. Rd7 Kb4 (
61... Bh6 62. Rd3+ $1 Kb4 63. Rd6 Bxg7 64. Rg6 $11) 62. Rd3 Rg1+ 63. Kc2 Rg2+
64. Kd1 Bh6 65. Rd6 Bxg7 66. Rg6 {[%mdl 256]} Rxg6 67. hxg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "UKR-ch"]
[Site "Ordzhonikidze"]
[Date "2001.09.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Rogovski, Vladimir"]
[Black "Savon, Vladimir A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2443"]
[BlackElo "2449"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2001.09.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bb4+ 5. c3 Be7 6. Bc4 {Besides white
has many other options: 6.Nc6, 6.Be2, 6.Bd3, 6.Be3, 6.Bf4, 6.g3, 6.Nf5, 6.f4.}
Ne5 {This move seems to me as an inaccuracy.} (6... Nf6 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. e5 Nd5
9. Bxd5 cxd5 10. Qxd5 Ba6 11. c4 c6 12. Qe4 O-O 13. O-O f6 $44 {0-1 Kholmov,
R-Malaniuk,V/Katowice 1993/EXT 98 (41)}) 7. Bb3 d6 $6 {Again the development
of kingside N was preferable.} (7... Nf6 8. f4 Ng6 9. Qe2 d6 10. e5 dxe5 11.
fxe5 Bg4 12. Qb5+ c6 13. Qxb7 Nxe5 14. Nxc6 Nxc6 15. Qxc6+ Bd7 16. Qf3 O-O 17.
O-O Bc5+ 18. Kh1 Bg4 19. Qg3 Be2 20. Rf5 Ne4 21. Qe1 Qd3 $36 {0-1 Zelcic,
R-Efimov,I/Bratto 1997/EXT 2000 (36)}) 8. f4 Ng6 9. Nf5 $1 Bf6 $2 $146 {
Black's play in the opening is certainly not "on the mark".} (9... Bxf5 10.
exf5 Nh4 11. Qd5 Nh6 12. Qxb7 O-O 13. O-O Qd7 14. Nd2 N4xf5 15. Nc4 a5 16. Ne3
Nxe3 17. Bxe3 a4 18. Bc2 $14 {1-0 Messing,H-Planinc,A/Cateske Toplice 1968/EXT
2000 (69)}) 10. O-O $6 ({Strong was} 10. Qd5 Qd7 (10... Be6 11. Qxb7 $16) 11.
O-O $16 {Black can hardly move a piece.}) 10... N8e7 11. Nxg7+ $2 {Interesting,
but not the best.} (11. g4 $1 h6 $8 (11... O-O 12. g5 Nxf5 13. exf5 Bxf5 14.
gxf6 Qxf6 15. Qd4 Qh4 16. Qf2 $18) (11... Nxf5 12. exf5 Nh4 13. g5 Be7 14. Qh5
$18 {[%csl Rf7,Rh4]}) 12. g5 hxg5 13. fxg5 Be5 14. Nxg7+ $1 Bxg7 15. Bxf7+ Kd7
16. Bxg6 Be5 (16... Nxg6 17. Rf7+ Ne7 18. Rxg7 Qf8 19. Qd4 $16 {This move
should have been seen, before white's playing 11.g4!}) 17. Bh5 Qg8 (17... Bxh2+
18. Kg2 $16) 18. h3 Qh7 19. Bg4+ Kd8 20. Nd2 $16 {A kind of computer variation,
but seems to be strong...}) 11... Bxg7 12. f5 O-O 13. Qh5 $6 (13. Bg5 Qe8 14.
f6 Bh8 15. fxe7 Nxe7 16. Qf3 $14) 13... Qe8 14. Nd2 $6 {This is also an
inaccuracy. The N on d2 is blocking the dark-squared B.} (14. Bh6 Bxh6 15. Qxh6
{[%cal Gf5f6]} Kh8 $8 16. f6 Rg8 17. fxe7 Be6 $11) (14. f6 Bh8 15. fxe7 Qxe7
16. Bh6 Bg7 $13) 14... Qb5 $1 {This move was probably overlooked or underrated
by V.Rogovski. At the moment white can not return the piece back.} 15. Rf3 Qe2
(15... Ne5 $2 16. Rh3 h6 17. Nf1 {[%cal Gc1h6]} d5 $5 {[%cal Gb5b6,Yb6h6,Yb6g1]
} 18. Rg3 {with strong attack.}) 16. fxg6 Nxg6 ({Possible was} 16... hxg6 {
since after} 17. Qg5 Nc6 {white can not take on g6 because of Ne5.}) 17. Qg5 ({
Bad for white is:} 17. Rxf7 $2 Qxh5 18. Rf5+ Kh8 19. Rxh5 Nf4 $17) 17... Be6 (
17... Ne5 18. Rf2 (18. Rg3 Ng4 $1) 18... Qg4 $11) 18. Bc2 Qe1+ ({Can be
recommended for black:} 18... h6 19. Qg3 Be5 20. Qf2 Qxf2+ {Black's K is
weaker, than white's, so the QQ exchange is in black's favour; after} 21. Rxf2
Bf4 {black's position is slightly preferable.}) 19. Nf1 Qh4 20. Qb5 $1 {
White should keep the queens on the board (read the previous comment).} b6 21.
Be3 (21. Bg5 $6 a6 $1 22. Bxh4 axb5 $15) 21... Be5 22. h3 Kh8 23. Qe2 Rg8 24.
Qd2 Qe7 (24... Qh5 $6 25. Bd1 {[%csl Gd1,Rh5]}) 25. Kh1 Nh4 ({Deserved
attention} 25... Rad8 {[%cal Gd6d5]} 26. Bb3 c6 27. Bxe6 Qxe6 (27... fxe6 28.
Bg5) 28. Qf2 Rd7 $13) 26. Rf2 f6 $6 ({More logical would be} 26... Rg6 {
[%cal Ya8g8]} 27. Bd4 Rag8 28. Ne3 Rg3 $15) 27. Bb3 Qd7 $6 ({Again} 27... Rg6 {
was better}) 28. Bd4 Qe7 (28... Bxh3 $2 29. Bxe5 fxe5 30. gxh3 Qxh3+ 31. Nh2
$18) (28... Raf8 $5) 29. Ne3 Rg6 $2 {Now this move is just loses...} (29...
Raf8 30. Bxe6 Qxe6 31. Ng4 $14) 30. Nf5 $2 ({Missing the simple win after} 30.
Bxe6 Qxe6 31. Nf5 $18 {[%csl Rh4]} Bg3 32. Nxg3 {[%csl Rf6]}) 30... Bxf5 31.
exf5 Rg5 32. Be6 $16 {[%csl Ge6,Gf5,Rh4]} Qg7 $6 (32... Ng6 33. Bd5 $18) (32...
Re8) 33. Be3 Rg3 34. Bh6 Qe7 35. Bf4 Rg7 36. g3 $2 {Both players were probably
in terrible time-trouble...} (36. Re1 {[%csl Rh4][%cal Ge1e4,Ge4h4]} c6 37. Re4
Ng6 (37... d5 38. Rxe5 fxe5 39. Bxe5 $18) 38. Bh6 $18) 36... Ng6 $2 (36... Bxf4
37. Qxf4 (37. Rxf4 Ng6 {[%csl Ge5][%cal Yg6e5]}) 37... Ng6 38. fxg6 Qxe6 39.
Qxf6 Qxf6 40. Rxf6 Rxg6 $11) 37. Bh6 Bxg3 38. Rg2 {Now it's all over for black,
since too much black's pieces are hanging.} Nh4 39. Rgg1 ({The simplest way
for a win was:} 39. Bxg7+ Qxg7 40. Rag1 $18) 39... Rag8 40. Qe3 Nxf5 41. Bxf5 {
In the end of the drama white remained with a piece up... Not the best game
for both players.} 1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "New Delhi/Teheran"]
[Date "2000.12.05"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Black "Tkachiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[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 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nxc6 Qf6 6. Qd2 dxc6 7. Nc3 Bd4
8. Bc4 ({Risky is} 8. f4 {,however Svidler didn't manage to exploit it and
white got an advantage after:} Be6 9. e5 Qh4+ 10. g3 Qd8 11. Bg2 Nh6 12. Ne4
O-O 13. Qe2 Nf5 14. c3 Bb6 15. Bd2 Qe7 16. Ng5 Rad8 17. Be4 Bc8 18. O-O-O {
1-0 Timman,J-Svidler,P/Bugojno 1999/CBM 74 no vc (55)}) 8... Nh6 ({Tkachiev
tried another move as well:} 8... Ne7 9. O-O Ng6 10. Kh1 Be6 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12.
Ne2 Bb6 13. Qg5 Ne5 14. f3 Rd8 15. b3 O-O 16. Qxf6 gxf6 17. Ba3 Rfe8 18. Rad1
$14 {1-0 Van Der Wiel,J-Tkachiev,V/Cannes 1999 (46)}) 9. O-O $146 (9. h3 {
[%csl Yh6] seems to me more principal} Be6 10. Bxe6 fxe6 11. O-O O-O 12. Nd1
Nf7 13. c3 Bb6 14. Qe2 Ne5 15. Be3 Rad8 16. Bxb6 axb6 17. Ne3 Qg6 18. f4 Nd3
19. f5 exf5 20. Nxf5 Kh8 21. Rad1 Ne5 $11 {Motylev,A-Tkachiev,V/Neum 2000/blitz
}) 9... Ng4 {At first opportunity black knight comes into the battle.} 10. Qf4
O-O ({Can not be recommended} 10... Bxc3 $2 11. bxc3 {and black cann't take on
c3 once more, because f7 pawn will be undefended.}) 11. h3 $2 {Probably lack
of concentration.} ({The queen exchange was normal} 11. Qxf6 Nxf6 12. Ne2 Bc5
13. Ng3 $11) 11... Bxc3 12. bxc3 Qxc3 {Now black takes on c3 with pleasure, f7
pawn is O.K!} 13. Rb1 (13. hxg4 Qxa1 14. Ba3 Qf6 15. Qxf6 gxf6 16. Bxf8 Kxf8 {
and white has no compensation for the pawn.}) 13... Qxc4 14. hxg4 Qxa2 15. Bb2
{Opposite colour bishops give white some chances.} Qe6 16. f3 Qe7 17. Be5 {
Winning back one pawn.} Rd8 {taking the "d" file under control.} 18. Bxc7 Rd7
19. Be5 b6 20. Rfd1 Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1 Be6 22. Rd6 c5 (22... Rd8 $6 23. Qd2 {
with good drawing chances.}) 23. Bb2 h6 24. Qe5 Qg5 25. Qc3 ({It seems, that
white could save half a point by} 25. Qxg5 hxg5 26. Bc1 Kh7 (26... Bc4 27. Bxg5
$11 a5 $2 28. Rd8+ $1 Rxd8 29. Bxd8 a4 30. Bxb6 a3 31. Bxc5 a2 32. Bd4 $16) 27.
Bxg5 a5 28. Rxb6 a4 29. Rb1 (29. Be7 a3 30. Bxc5 a2 31. Bd4 a1=Q+ 32. Bxa1
Rxa1+ 33. Kh2 g5 $19) 29... a3 30. Ra1 a2 31. Bd2 {[%cal Yd2c3]}) 25... b5 26.
f4 b4 (26... Qxg4 $2 27. f5 Bc4 {[%tqu "En","Find the best move.","","","d6g6",
"",10]} 28. Rg6 $1 Qd1+ 29. Kh2 $18) 27. Qe3 $2 ({The only chance to survive
was:} 27. fxg5 bxc3 28. Bxc3 hxg5 29. Ra6 Bxg4 30. Ra5 Bd1 31. Rxc5 Bxc2 32.
Rxg5 g6 33. Bf6 {and white is fighting for a draw.}) 27... Qxg4 28. f5 Bc4 $1
29. Qxc5 Qxe4 30. Rd4 Qxc2 31. Qxb4 Rc8 {Black is two pawns up and white is
weak.The rest is simple.} 32. Kh2 Qe2 33. Qb7 Qe5+ 34. Kh3 Qxf5+ 35. Kg3 Be6
36. Qxa7 Qe5+ 0-1

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "New Delhi/Teheran"]
[Date "2000.12.02"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Nataf, Igor Alexandre"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2526"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[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 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nxc6 Qf6 6. Qd2 bxc6 {More
popular theoretical line starts with 6...dc.} 7. Nc3 Nh6 {It is hard to
believe, that this way black can equalize (black knight stands quite bad) but,
in recent games white got an advantage also after standart piece developement,
for example:} (7... d6 8. Bd3 Ne7 9. O-O Bb6 10. Kh1 $1 {[%cal Gf2f4]} Qh4 11.
f4 f5 12. e5 dxe5 13. fxe5 Be6 14. Qe2 $16 {1-0 Pavasovic,D-Timoscenko,G/
Istanbul 2000 (68)}) 8. h3 $146 {[%csl Yh6]} (8. Na4 Be7 9. Bd3 O-O 10. O-O d6
11. h3 Qg6 12. Qe3 Re8 {1/2-1/2 Paksa,R-Hazai,L/HUN 1998/EXT 2000 (12)}) 8...
O-O 9. Bd3 d6 ({After} 9... d5 {white should castle} 10. O-O {with an
advantage.} ({worse is} 10. exd5 $2 Re8+ {and black has the initiative.})) 10.
O-O Qg6 {[%cal Gc8h3]} 11. Qg5 $14 {[%csl Yh6]} a5 {setting free a7 square for
the bishop.} 12. Na4 Bd4 13. c3 Ba7 14. b3 ({Perhaps stronger is} 14. Re1 {
[%csl Ga7][%cal Yc1e3]} Bd7 {[%csl Ra4][%cal Yc6c5]} (14... f5 $6 15. Qxg6 hxg6
16. e5 $16) 15. b3 {with better chances for white}) 14... f5 {intending to
open "f" file and put pressure on f2 point.} 15. Qxg6 hxg6 16. Bb2 ({After} 16.
c4 {[%csl Ya7][%cal Gc4c5]} Bd4 17. Bb2 Bxb2 18. Nxb2 c5 {black on the way to
equality.}) 16... fxe4 17. Bxe4 d5 18. Bd3 ({Of course not} 18. Bxg6 $2 Ba6 {
[%csl Ga6,Ga7,Rf1,Rf2,Gf8]}) 18... Bf5 (18... Nf5 {[%cal Gf5g3]} 19. Ba3 {
[%csl Yc5,Rf8][%cal Ya3c5] with advantage.}) 19. Rad1 Bxd3 20. Rxd3 Nf5 (20...
Rae8 {[%cal Ge8e2] doesn't solve problems as well, but perhaps is preferable;}
21. Rd2 Rf4 (21... Nf5 22. Ba3 Ng3 23. Bxf8 Nxf1 24. Kxf1 $16) 22. Ba3 Nf5 23.
Bc5 Rxa4 24. Bxa7 $14) 21. Ba3 Nd6 22. Bc5 {Right idea.White swapping bishops
in order to release black's pressure on f2 pawn.} Rfe8 23. Bxa7 Rxa7 {[%cal
Ge8e2]} 24. Rd2 Raa8 {At the moment "e" file is under black's control, but the
advantage is on the white side, because of weak black pawns.} 25. f3 {[%cal
Yg1f2]} Re3 26. Kf2 Rae8 27. Rc1 Kf7 28. Nc5 (28. Rcc2 {[%cal Gd2e2] is too
early, as after} Re1 29. Re2 R8xe2+ 30. Rxe2 Rc1 {black has sufficient
counterplay.}) 28... g5 29. a4 Kg6 30. Rdc2 $2 {Strange move.} ({it was the
right time to play} 30. Rcc2 {[%cal Gd2e2]} Re1 31. b4 {[%csl Ga4] with
chances for a win.}) 30... R3e7 $1 31. Rd1 Rb8 $1 {[%cal Yd6b7]} 32. Re2 {
Finally white found right plan.} Rxe2+ 33. Kxe2 Nb7 34. Na6 $6 {forcing draw.}
({After} 34. Nd3 $14 {white still has better position, thanks to superior
pawnstructure.}) 34... Ra8 $1 35. Nxc7 Rc8 36. Na6 Ra8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2002.01.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2688"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[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 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
c4 Nb6 9. Nc3 Qe6 {This is the most popular continuation on the top level.
Other options are: 9...a5, 9...Ba6, 9...Bb7, 9...d5, 9...g6.} 10. Qe4 Ba6 11.
b3 O-O-O 12. Bb2 (12. f4 {- see the game Kotsur,P-Pavasovic,D /Dubai op 2001/
CBM 83 [Postny]}) 12... Re8 (12... Bb7 {- see the game Motylev,A-Sofronie,I/
Returul Superligii 2000/CBM 81 [Postny]}) 13. f4 f6 14. O-O-O fxe5 15. c5 $5 (
15. fxe5 Qxe5 16. Qxe5 Rxe5 17. Bd3 Re8 (17... Bb7 {[%cal Gc6c5]}) 18. Rhf1 Be7
19. Rf7 Bg5+ 20. Kb1 Re7 21. Rdf1 $14 {1-0 Pavasovic,D-Rogic,D/St Veit 2000/
EXT 2001 (50)}) 15... Bxf1 16. cxb6 Ba6 17. bxa7 Kb7 18. Rhe1 $146 (18. fxe5 d5
19. Qf3 Qh6+ 20. Kb1 Rxe5 21. Ka1 Bd6 22. Rc1 Rf8 $17 {0-1 Kristjansson,
S-Sermek,D/Istanbul 2000/EXT 2001 (31)}) 18... d5 $2 (18... Bd6 {This should
be the most critical line.For instance:} 19. fxe5 Bxe5 20. Qb4+ (20. Kb1 Kxa7
21. Nb5+ Bxb5 22. Bxe5 Kb7 $15) 20... Ka8 $1 (20... Kxa7 21. Nb5+ cxb5 22. Bxe5
$36) 21. Ne4 Bxb2+ 22. Kxb2 Qg4 $15) 19. Qxe5 {The forthcoming endgame is an
unpleasant for black.} Qxe5 20. fxe5 Bc5 $8 (20... Kxa7 21. Na4 $16 {[%csl Rc5]
[%cal Gb2d4]}) 21. Na4 Bf2 22. Bd4 {Of course white should not hesitate to
sacrifice an exchange in this position...} Bxe1 23. Rxe1 {[%mdl 1024] In
compensation for the exchange white has a pawn and total control over the
black squares. Black's defensible task is not easy.} Re7 24. Bc5 $6 {c5 is a
crucial square, but white can put only one piece there at a time.At this
moment he chooses the wrong time to occupy the c5 square.} ({Perhaps white
should improve his K} 24. Kd2 {since black has no active counterplay.}) 24...
Re6 {Had the white B not been on the c5 square this move would not be possible
for obvious reasons. Now black gets an opportunity to manoeuvre his R to
better pastures.} 25. Bf2 Rg6 26. g3 Re8 27. e6 $5 {[%cal Ge6e7]} (27. Kd2 Ka8
{[%cal Ya6c8]}) 27... Re7 28. Bd4 Ka8 {[%csl Re6]} 29. Nc5 Kxa7 (29... Bc8 $2
30. Rf1 {[%csl Rf7,Rf8]}) 30. Nd3+ Kb8 31. Nf4 Rg5 32. Bc5 Re8 33. e7 {Despite
being an exchange down white is in possesion of initiative, Pe7 is very strong,
however black's defending resources are sufficient.} Bc8 34. Kd2 Rf5 35. b4 Rf7
36. a4 Kb7 37. Re5 Bf5 {It's graphically visible, that white is playing only
on the black squares and black is doing the exact opposite.} 38. h4 {
preventing g7-g5.} g6 39. Ke3 h6 40. a5 g5 $6 ({After} 40... Rf6 {I don't see,
how white can improve his position.}) 41. hxg5 $6 {This exchange helps black.}
(41. Ne6 Bxe6 42. Rxe6 {gives white better chances for a win.}) 41... hxg5 42.
Ne6 Bxe6 43. Rxe6 g4 {[%csl Rg3]} 44. Kd4 Rf3 45. Rg6 Rxg3 46. Ke5 Rg2 47. Kf6
Kc8 48. a6 {It looks like white is winning, but black holds on...} Kd7 49. a7
d4 $1 {[%mdl 256] This resource saves black.} ({In case of} 49... g3 $2 50. Rg4
$1 {black could find himself in zugzwang.}) 50. Bxd4 ({The following variation
confirm, that the position is drawish:} 50. Bxd4 Re2 51. Bc5 Re6+ 52. Kf7 Rxg6
53. Kxg6 Ke6 54. Kg5 g3 55. Kf4 g2 56. Kf3 Rg8 57. Kf4 g1=Q 58. Bxg1 Kxe7 59.
Bc5+ Ke6 60. Ke4 $11 {[%csl Ga7]}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "New Delhi/Teheran"]
[Date "2000.12.03"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Peng, Xiaomin"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2689"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[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 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7.
Qe2 Nd5 8. c4 Nb6 {Other theoretical line starts with 8...Ba6.} 9. Nd2 {
Other moves: 9.Nc3; 9.b3.} Bb7 10. b3 g6 ({Deserving attention} 10... O-O-O 11.
Bb2 d5 12. O-O-O Qe6 13. Qe3 Bb4 14. cxd5 cxd5 15. Nf3 Kb8 16. Bd3 Rhe8 17. Ng5
Qe7 18. f4 d4 19. Bxd4 Bxg2 20. Rhg1 Rxd4 21. Qxd4 Bc5 22. Qc3 Nd5 23. Qc4 Nb6
24. Qc2 Bxg1 25. Rxg1 Bb7 $13 {1/2-1/2 Shaked,T-Morovic Fernandez,I/Groningen
1997/CBM 63 (53)}) 11. Bb2 Bg7 12. O-O-O ({White has no time for} 12. Ne4 $6 {
[%csl Rf6] due to simple} O-O-O 13. f4 Rhe8 $15) 12... O-O-O 13. f4 c5 14. Nf3
d6 $146 (14... Rhe8 15. g3 f6 16. Bg2 fxe5 17. Nxe5 d6 18. Bxb7+ Kxb7 19. Qf3+
Kc8 $6 (19... Ka6 $5) 20. Nd3 $6 (20. Nc6 Bxb2+ 21. Kxb2 Qe2+ 22. Qxe2 Rxe2+
23. Kb1 $14) 20... Bxb2+ 21. Nxb2 Qe2 22. Qxe2 Rxe2 23. Rd2 Rde8 $11 {
Rublevsky,S-Adams,M /Frankfurt 2000}) 15. exd6 Qxe2 16. Bxe2 Bxb2+ 17. Kxb2
Rhe8 18. Rde1 {More accurate then 18.Rhe1.White need d1 square for the bishop.}
Rxd6 ({Why not to take with the pawn} 18... cxd6 {correcting pawnstructure?}
19. Ng5 {is not dangerous} f5 20. Nxh7 $2 Re7 $1 $19 {[%csl Re1,Re2,Rh7][%cal
Rd8e8]}) 19. Bd1 Rxe1 20. Rxe1 f6 {limiting the knight.} 21. Kc1 {Status is:
white has small advantage thanks to separated black pawns on the queenside,
however with accurate play black should hold the position without suffer too
much.} Kd8 22. Re3 Nd7 {preparing Nf8 with Re6 to swap the rooks.} 23. Ne1 Nf8
24. g3 Re6 25. Kd2 Rxe3 26. Kxe3 Ke7 {Black's only care now-c5 pawn.} 27. Bg4
Kd6 28. Nd3 f5 29. Bf3 {Bishops are going off the board too.} Bxf3 30. Kxf3 Nd7
$11 {[%csl Yc5,Yd7,Ye5][%cal Yd7c5,Yd7e5]} 31. h3 {[%cal Gg3g4]} Ke6 32. g4 {
trying to create something on the kingside...} h6 33. Kg3 Kf6 34. Kh4 Ke6 {
Stand by.} (34... g5+ $2 35. Kh5 $18) 35. g5 {The only thing, that white can
achieve on the kingside, is to fix g6 pawn.} h5 36. Kg3 {Back to the queenside.
} Kd6 37. Kf3 Kc6 38. Ke3 Kb6 39. Kd2 a5 40. Kc3 Kb7 41. Ne1 c6 {Strange move 
(pawns are not going back!).However it doesn't change the evaluation, of
course, the position is drawish.} 42. Nd3 Ka6 43. Nb2 Nf8 {There is no reason
to move the knight from d7.The simpliest is to play with the king on squares
b6,b7,c7, but maybe Svidler playing for a win?!} 44. a3 Ne6 {Back to d7 is
safer.} 45. Nd3 Kb6 46. Kd2 {Hecht: '[#] Die schwarze Bauernschwдchen sind
fixiert. der weiЯe Plan lautet nun: Decken des Bf4 mittels Kf4, danach Se5 und
Zurьckdrдngen des schwarzen Springers nach f8. Danach wird der weiЯe Kцnig
wieder frei.'} Ka6 $4 {'?' Hecht. Decisive mistake! In endgame king should be
placed in the center.  Hecht: 'Mцchte den Kцnig bei dem Hebel a4 in der Nдhe
der a-Bauern lassen, lдsst aber eine taktische Lцsung zu. Es scheint, dass an
dieser Stelle die richtige passive Aufstellung (Kc7) der aktiven Fortsetzung 
(a4) vorzuziehen war.'} ({After} 46... Kc7 {black was holding the position.}
47. Ke3 ({doesn't work} 47. Ne5 Nxf4 48. h4 Kd6) 47... Kd6 48. h4 (48. Ne5 Nxg5
$1 49. Nxg6 Nxh3 $6 (49... Ne6 $11) 50. Nh4 $16 {[%cal Rh4f3,Rf3e1,Re1d3]})
48... Nf8 (48... Nd4 49. Ne5 Nxb3 50. Nxg6 $16) 49. Ne5 Kc7 50. Kd2 Kb6 51. Kc3
Kc7 (51... Kb7 $11 {Hecht und es geht auch nicht mit b4 entscheidend weiter.}
52. b4 axb4+ 53. axb4 Kb6 $1 $11 (53... cxb4+ 54. Kxb4 Kb6 55. c5+ Kc7 56. Ka4
Kb7 57. Ka5 Kc7 58. Ka6 Ne6 59. Nxg6 Nxc5+ 60. Ka5 Kd6 $132)) 52. b4 axb4+ 53.
axb4 cxb4+ 54. Kxb4 Kd6 $11) ({Plan B: Aktivitдt} 46... a4 {Hecht} 47. b4 (47.
bxa4 Ka5 48. Ne5 Nf8 49. Kc3 Kxa4 50. Kb2 h4 51. Ka2 Ka5 52. Nxc6+ Ka4 53. Ne5
Ka5 54. Kb3 Kb6 $14) 47... cxb4 48. axb4 Nd4 49. Kc3 Ne2+ 50. Kb2 Ng1 51. Ne5
Nxh3 52. Nxg6 $18) 47. Ne5 Nxf4 48. h4 $18 {[%csl Ya6,Rg6][%cal Gd2e3]} a4 {
The only chance, but insufficient.} 49. bxa4 Ka5 50. Ke3 Ne6 (50... Ng2+ 51.
Kf2 Nf4 (51... Nxh4 52. Kg3 $18) 52. Kf3 Ne6 53. Nxg6 Kxa4 54. Ne7 Kb3 55. g6
$18) 51. Nxg6 {Now the "g" pawn decides the game.} Kxa4 52. Ne7 (52. Nf4 {Hecht
} Ng7) 52... f4+ (52... Kb3 53. Nxf5 Kxc4 54. g6 $18) 53. Ke4 Kb3 54. g6 Kxc4
55. Nf5 (55. Nf5 {Hecht} Kb3 (55... f3 56. Kxf3 Kd3 57. g7 Nxg7 58. Nxg7 c4 59.
Nxh5 c3 60. Nf4+ Kd2 61. Ne2 $18 {дndert nichts}) 56. g7 Nxg7 57. Nxg7 c4 58.
Nxh5 c3 59. Nxf4 c2 60. Ne2 $18) 1-0

[Event "Governor's Cup 2nd"]
[Site "Kramatorsk"]
[Date "2001.11.23"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Areshchenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Kupreichik, Viktor D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2479"]
[BlackElo "2453"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2001.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bb4+ 5. c3 Be7 6. Bd3 d6 7. O-O Ne5 $6
$146 {The basic principe of the opening tells, that it's not recommended to
play with the same piece more, than one move. Kupreichik is a highly original 
(and strong) grandmaster, but this idea is quite dubious.} (7... Nf6 8. h3 O-O
9. Nd2 Nxd4 10. cxd4 d5 11. e5 Ne8 12. Re1 f5 13. exf6 Bxf6 14. Nf3 Nd6 15. Qc2
g6 16. Bh6 Bg7 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Re3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Stein,L-Averbakh,Y/Moscow
1959/MCD (48)}) 8. Bc2 c5 $6 {[%mdl 16384] Consequently playing for the
dubious idea.} ({Normal was} 8... Nf6 $14) 9. Ba4+ Kf8 (9... Bd7 10. Nf5 $16)
10. Nf5 Bxf5 11. exf5 Qc8 $2 ({The only attempt to justify black's previous
play was:} 11... d5 12. Re1 Nc6 {White has the initiative, since black's K
lost his right to castle, but black's position here is much better than in the
game.}) 12. Bc2 Qc6 {Now black wants to play d6-d5, but it's too late.} 13. Re1
Rd8 14. Bf4 g5 {Otherwise black's kingside will "freeze".} 15. Bxe5 dxe5 16.
Qe2 f6 ({Slightly preferable was} 16... Bd6 17. Nd2 Kg7 18. Nf3 f6) 17. Be4 Qc8
18. Qf3 Nh6 19. Na3 {White is completely dominating on the white squares.} g4
$2 {Black is completely lost his patience.} (19... Kg7 20. Nc4 Rd7 {White has
a big advantage, but at least black's K is more or less safe.}) 20. Qg3 b6 21.
Nc2 Nxf5 22. Qxg4 Nd6 23. Qf3 Nc4 $2 (23... f5 24. Bd5 Bf6 25. Ne3 $16 {
[%csl Gd5,Rf8] |^}) (23... Nxe4 24. Rxe4 Qe6 {was the least of the evils for
black.}) 24. Bd5 $18 Nxb2 25. Rxe5 {White's threats could hardly be counted:
26.Re7, 26.Rae1, 26.Qh5, 26.Re6 /\27.Rf6...} Nd3 26. Qxd3 fxe5 27. Qf3+ Kg7 28.
Qf7+ Kh6 29. Qxe7 Rhf8 (29... Rxd5 30. Qf6+ $18) 30. Qh4+ Kg7 (30... Kg6 31.
Be4+ $18) 31. Qg5+ {Black resigned. A poor performance by GM Kupreichik.} (31.
Qg5+ Kh8 32. Qxe5+ {and mate follows next move.}) 1-0

[Event "Poikovsky Karpov 05th"]
[Site "Poikovsky"]
[Date "2004.03.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Black "Lautier, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2004.03.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 100"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
c4 Nb6 9. Nc3 Qe6 ({Another popular line goes with} 9... a5) 10. Qe4 g6 {
The alternatives to this continuation are: 10...Ba6, 10...Bb7, 10...d5 and 10..
.Bb4.} 11. Bd3 ({Lautier as white played in this position} 11. Bf4 {, but
without success. See the encounter Lautier,J-Leko,P/Cap d'Agde 2003/CBM 98/0-1
(70) [Postny,E]}) (11. f4 d5 (11... Bg7 {- appeared in the game Sadvakasov,
D-Peng Xiaomin/Las Vegas 1999/CBM 72 [Mikhalevski,V]}) 12. exd6 cxd6 13. Be3
Bg7 14. O-O-O Bxc3 15. Qxe6+ Bxe6 16. bxc3 O-O-O 17. Bd4 Rhg8 $11 {0-1
Movsesian,S-Almasi,Z/Germany 2002/EXT 2003 (46)}) 11... Ba6 (11... Bg7 12. f4
O-O 13. O-O Ba6 14. b3 f6 15. Ba3 f5 16. Qf3 $14 {0-1 Arzumanian,G-Khudyakov,A/
Alushta 2002/CBM 88 ext (55)}) 12. b3 Bg7 13. f4 O-O (13... d5 14. cxd5 cxd5
15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. Qa4+ Qd7 (16... c6 17. Bxa6 $16 {0-1 Kummerow,H-Pinter,J/
Dortmund 2001/EXT 2002 (26)}) 17. Qxd7+ Kxd7 18. Bxa6 Nb4 19. Bb7 Nc2+ 20. Ke2
Rab8 21. Rd1+ Ke7 22. Bf3 Rhd8 23. Rb1 $16 {1-0 David,A-Brochet,P/Evry 2003/
CBM 93 ext (62)}) 14. Ba3 $146 (14. O-O d5 (14... Rfe8 15. Bb2 f5 16. Qf3 d6
17. Qxc6 dxe5 18. Qxe6+ Rxe6 19. Nd5 Nxd5 20. cxd5 Bxd3 21. dxe6 Bxf1 22. Rxf1
exf4 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. Rxf4 $11 {1/2-1/2 Zivkovic,V-Pinter,J/Pula 2001/CBM 84
ext (68)}) 15. cxd5 cxd5 16. Qe2 Bxd3 17. Qxd3 c5 18. Ba3 Rac8 19. Nb5 f6 20.
Nxa7 Ra8 21. Nb5 fxe5 22. fxe5 Rxf1+ 23. Rxf1 Qc6 $15 {1/2-1/2 Mkrtchian,
L-Dergatschova Daus,A/Istanbul 2003/CBM 94 ext (26)}) 14... Rfc8 $5 {A mistery
move. However, as the continuation of the game shows, it has it's point.} ({
Logical alternative is} 14... Rfe8) 15. O-O d5 16. cxd5 cxd5 {Black's rook on
c8 will support c7-c5 advance in future.} 17. Qf3 Bxd3 18. Qxd3 f6 19. f5 $5 {
Rublevsky wants more than the objective equality of the position and tries a
double-edged pawn sacrifice. His idea obviously is opening the black king's
position. However, black has many defensive resources.} (19. exf6 $6 Qxf6 20.
Ne2 c5 21. f5 c4 {with good play for black.}) ({After} 19. Rad1 fxe5 20. Nxd5
Nxd5 21. Qxd5 Qxd5 22. Rxd5 Rd8 {black is very close to equality.}) 19... gxf5
20. exf6 Qxf6 21. Ne2 (21. Nxd5 $4 Qd4+ $19) 21... c5 ({Obviously bad is} 21...
Qxa1 $2 22. Rxa1 Bxa1 23. Nd4 $40) 22. Qf3 c4 23. Ng3 ({Possible was} 23. Rad1)
23... Qd4+ (23... Qc3 $6 24. Qxc3 (24. Qxf5 $6 Qe3+ 25. Kh1 Bxa1 26. Qf7+ Kh8
27. Rxa1 Qe5 28. Rf1 Rc7 {parrying the threats.}) 24... Bxc3 25. Rad1 $14) 24.
Kh1 Qg4 25. Rad1 Bf8 $2 {The wrong choice. It is illogical to remove the
bishop from the h8-a1 diagonal.} ({After} 25... Qxf3 $6 26. Rxf3 c3 27. Nxf5 {
black's passed pawns are not dangerous, while the black king is in danger.}) ({
The right continuation seems to be} 25... cxb3 26. axb3 Rc3 27. Qxf5 Qxf5 28.
Nxf5 Rxb3 {and black is not worse.}) 26. Bb2 Bg7 {This is in fact an admittion
of the mistake made on the previous move.} (26... Qxf3 27. Rxf3 Bb4 28. Bd4 {
and white retains good attacking chances even in the endgame.}) 27. Bxg7 Qxf3
28. Rxf3 Kxg7 29. Nxf5+ {It is clear that white has seized the initiative.} Kh8
30. Kg1 {It's recommended to centralize the king in the endgame.} Rf8 31. Kf2
Rae8 32. Ne3 {[%csl Rd5] Emphasizing the only clear weakness in black's
position - Pd5.} Rxf3+ 33. Kxf3 Rf8+ $6 {Black underestimates the danger of
his position and only drives the white king to a better place.} ({It was the
right time to exchange as many pawns as possible on the queenside by:} 33...
cxb3 34. axb3 a5 35. Nxd5 (35. Ra1 Ra8 {[%cal Ga5a4]}) 35... Nxd5 36. Rxd5 Rb8
37. Rd3 Rb4 {[%cal Ga5a4] followed by a5-a4 achieving a theoretically drawn
rook endgame.}) 34. Ke2 Re8 $6 ({Again it was correct to exchange the
queenside pawns:} 34... cxb3 35. axb3 a5 {[%cal Ga5a4]}) 35. Rd4 $1 $16 {
An ideal location for the white rook.} Kg7 36. Kd2 cxb3 37. axb3 h5 $6 {
Looks like a desperation move, although black's position is very tough.} (37...
a5 $142) 38. Kd3 Re5 39. Rf4 {[%cal Gd3d4]} Re8 40. Kd4 Kg6 41. b4 $1 {Now the
counterplay connected with the a7-a5 advance is prevented for good.} Rb8 (41...
Ra8 42. b5 a6 43. Kc5 Nc4 (43... Nd7+ 44. Kc6 Ne5+ 45. Kb7 $18) 44. Nxc4 dxc4
45. b6 $18) 42. h4 $1 {Black has no counterplay whatsoever, white's pieces are
totally dominating.} Re8 43. Nxd5 {Rublevsky evaluated precisely, that the
forthcoming rooks endgame is won for him.} Nxd5 (43... Rd8 44. Rf6+ Kg7 45. Rf5
$18) 44. Kxd5 Re2 45. g4 hxg4 46. Rxg4+ Kh5 47. Rc4 {The white will now go
towards the Pa7. The black king is far away from queenside.} Rb2 48. Kc6 Rb1
49. Kb7 {[%mdl 4096] Very good endgame technique by Rublevsky.} (49. Kb7 a5 50.
Rc5+ Kxh4 51. b5 a4 52. b6 a3 53. Ra5 $18) 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 13th"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2001.11.11"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Nedev, Trajce"]
[Black "Upton, Timothy J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2514"]
[BlackElo "2303"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[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 "Scotland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "MKD"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SCO"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. c3 Nge7 7. Bc4 Ne5 8.
Be2 Qg6 {This is the most popular continuation. Other possibilities are:} (8...
h5 $5 {- see the game Nedev,T-Yurtaev,L 2000/CBM 80 [Postny]}) (8... d5 {
- see the game Azmaiparashvili,Z-Sokolov,I 2001/CBM 83 [Postny]}) 9. O-O d6 10.
f3 (10. Bh5 {- see the game Handoko,E-Aleksandrov,A /Istanbul ol 2000/CBM 80 
[Postny]}) 10... O-O 11. Kh1 {This move is useful for white. The K is safer on
h1 as well as g1 square may be used by white's bishop. Other continuation is
11.Nd2 but after black's reply 11...d5 white plays 12.Kh1 anyway and the
position is the same as in the current game.} d5 12. Nd2 dxe4 13. fxe4 {
Black has superior pawn structure, on the other hand white's position is more
flexible and some of black's pieces may become vulnerable.} Ng4 (13... Bb6 14.
Bf4 N7c6 15. Bh5 Qf6 16. N2b3 Qe7 17. Qc2 Bd7 18. Nf5 Bxf5 19. exf5 Rad8 $11 {
0-1 Illescas Cordoba,M-Karpov,A/Linares 1992/CBM 28 (75)}) 14. Bg1 {Probably T.
Upton expected to 14.Bf4 as T.Nedev has played already.} (14. Bf4 Bd6 15. Nc4
Bxf4 16. Rxf4 Nf6 17. Qf1 Qg5 18. h4 Qg3 19. Ne5 Ng6 20. Nxg6 hxg6 $13 {
0-1 Nedev,T-Pavasovic,D/Pula 2000/CBM 77 (53)}) 14... Bd6 $6 (14... Qg5 15. Rf3
$6 (15. Nc4 $5) 15... Ng6 16. Rg3 h5 17. Nf5 $2 Bxg1 18. Bxg4 Bf2 19. Rf3 Ne5
20. Rxf2 Nxg4 21. Rf1 Bxf5 22. exf5 Ne3 {0-1 Pavasovic,D-Mikac,M/Bled 1996/CBM
55 ext (22)}) 15. Nc4 $1 $146 {[%mdl 8]} (15. Nf5 $6 Ne5 16. Nxd6 cxd6 17. Nc4
Nxc4 18. Bxc4 Qxe4 19. Qxd6 Qxc4 20. Qxe7 $11 {0-1 Ochoa de Echaguen,F-Polgar,
Z/Oviedo 1992/TD (46)}) 15... Ne5 (15... Qxe4 16. Nb5 (16. Nxd6 cxd6 17. Nb5
Ne3 $11) 16... Be5 (16... Rd8 17. Ncxd6 cxd6 18. Nc7 Rb8 19. Bf3 Qc4 20. Nd5 {
and white's threats are irresistible.}) 17. Bd3 Qd5 (17... Qc6 18. Nxa7) 18.
Nxe5 Qxe5 (18... Nxe5 19. Nxc7 Qxd3 20. Qxd3 Nxd3 21. Nxa8 $16) 19. Re1 $16)
16. Nxd6 Qxd6 $2 {This natural recapture allows white to win a pawn by force.}
(16... cxd6 17. Nb5 Qxe4 18. Nxd6 Qc6 19. Qd4 N7g6 20. Rad1 $14) 17. Nb5 Qc6
18. Qd4 Bg4 (18... N7g6 19. Nxa7) 19. Qxe5 Ng6 (19... Bxe2 20. Nd4 $18 {
[%csl Rc6,Re2,Re7]}) 20. Qg3 Bxe2 21. Nd4 Qa6 22. Rfe1 Bc4 23. Qxc7 $16 Rfe8 (
23... f6 24. Nf5 Rf7 25. Qg3) 24. Nf5 Bd3 $2 (24... Rac8 25. Qg3 Rcd8 26. Bd4
f6 $16 {/\} 27. e5 $2 fxe5 28. Rxe5 Rxe5 29. Bxe5 Qe6) 25. Bd4 Rxe4 26. Nd6
Rxe1+ 27. Rxe1 Qxa2 {[%tqu "En","How should white continue?","","","d6c8","",5]
} 28. Nc8 $1 $18 {[%csl Ra8,Rg8] Simple and very effective.} Be4 $2 ({Why not} 
28... h6 {?} {After} 29. Qxb7 Rxc8 30. Qxc8+ Kh7 {some technic from the
white's side is still required.}) 29. Qd8+ Nf8 30. Ne7+ Kh8 31. Qxa8 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-34"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2000.11.07"]
[Round "10.2"]
[White "Nedev, Trajce"]
[Black "Yurtaev, Leonid"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2487"]
[BlackElo "2552"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[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 "Macedonia"]
[BlackTeam "Kyrgyzstan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "MKD"]
[BlackTeamCountry "KGZ"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. c3 Nge7 7. Bc4 Ne5 8.
Be2 h5 $5 {Interesting idea! Black is preparing attack on white's kingside and
black king will castle to the queenside.Usual continuation instead of 8...h5,
is 8...Qg6.For example:} (8... Qg6 9. O-O O-O 10. Nd2 d5 11. Bh5 Qd6 12. f4
N5c6 13. e5 Qh6 14. N2b3 Bxd4 15. Bxd4 Nxd4 16. cxd4 Nf5 17. Rf2 a5 18. Be2 b6
19. Rc1 c6 20. Rc3 $14 {1-0 Azmaiparashvili,Z-Aleksandrov,A/Groningen 1997/CBM
63 (42)}) 9. Nc2 (9. Bxh5 $6 Nc4 {[%cal Gc4e3,Gc4b2]} 10. Bc1 Qe5 11. Bf3 Rxh2
12. Rxh2 Qxh2 $15) (9. Nd2 $5 {maybe the most flexible reaction}) 9... d6 $146
(9... Bxe3 10. Nxe3 d6 11. Na3 a6 12. Nac4 Nxc4 13. Bxc4 Be6 14. Qe2 Bxc4 15.
Nxc4 O-O-O 16. Qe3 Nc6 17. O-O-O Qe6 18. b3 Rde8 19. Rhe1 Kb8 $11 {time. 1-0
Trabert,B-Lematschko,T/Ptuj 1995/EXT 97 (39)}) 10. Nba3 ({After} 10. Bxc5 $6
dxc5 11. Ne3 (11. Bxh5 $2 {losing quickly in nineteenth century traditions:}
Rxh5 $1 12. Qxh5 Bg4 $1 13. Qh8+ Kd7 14. Qxa8 Nd3+ 15. Kd2 Qxf2+ 16. Kxd3 Qe2#)
11... Bd7 {black has the initiative, for instance:} 12. Nd2 (12. Bxh5 $6 O-O-O
$32 13. Be2 Bb5 14. Qc2 Bxe2 15. Qxe2 Nd3+ 16. Kf1 Qf4 $15 {[%csl Re4,Rh2]})
12... O-O-O 13. Qc2 h4 $15) 10... Bd7 11. Qd2 (11. Nb5 {is more logical,
bringing the knight into the game.} Bxb5 12. Bxb5+ c6 13. Be2 Qg6 {[%csl Re4,
Rg2]} 14. Bf3 O-O-O 15. O-O Nc4 16. Qe2 Nxe3 (16... Nxb2 $2 17. a4 $18 {
[%csl Rb2]}) 17. Nxe3 $11) 11... O-O-O 12. f4 {[%csl Ya3] Probably too
optimistic.White didn't castle yet and his pawncenter is vulnerable.} ({
After normal} 12. O-O {both kings are safe and the position is approximately
equal.}) 12... Ng4 13. Bd4 Qe6 {[%csl Re4]} 14. O-O-O ({Worse is} 14. h3 Nf6
15. e5 Ne4 16. Qe3 Bc6 {with dangerous initiative for black.}) 14... Nc6 ({
The pawn is poisonous} 14... Qxe4 $2 15. Bxg4 hxg4 16. Rde1 $18 {[%cal Re1e7]})
15. h3 Nf6 16. e5 ({After} 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 {[%csl Ya3,Gc5,Re4,Rf4] black has
clear positional advantage.}) 16... Bxa3 17. exf6 (17. Nxa3 dxe5 18. Bc4 Qf5
19. fxe5 Nxe5 20. Bb3 Nc6 {[%csl Ya3]} 21. Rdf1 Qg6 $17 {[%cal Gf6e4]}) 17...
Qxa2 18. Nxa3 Na5 {[%csl Rc1,Rd2][%cal Ga5b3]} 19. Qc2 $2 {Decisive mistake.} (
{a)} 19. fxg7 Nb3+ 20. Kc2 {a1)} Rhe8 $1 {[%csl Rc2,Yd7][%cal Rb3d2,Gd7a4,
Gd7f5]} ({a2)} 20... Ba4 $2 21. gxh8=Q Nc5+ (21... Nxd2+ 22. Kd3 Rxh8 23. Rxd2
$14) 22. Kc1 Nb3+ 23. Kc2 Nc5+ {with perpetual check}) 21. Bc4 (21. Qd3 Ba4 {
[%cal Ra4c2]} 22. Qf5+ Rd7 23. Bc4 Nxd4+ 24. Kc1 Nxf5 25. Bxa2 Bxd1 $19) 21...
d5 $1 22. Bxb3 Bf5+ 23. Qd3 Re2+ 24. Rd2 Bxd3+ 25. Kxd3 Rxd2+ 26. Kxd2 Qxb3 $19
) ({b)} 19. Bc4 $1 {was the only way to survive} Nxc4 (19... Qa1+ $2 20. Kc2
Ba4+ 21. Kd3 Bxd1 22. Rxd1 Nxc4 23. Rxa1 Nxd2 24. fxg7 Rhg8 25. Kxd2 $18) 20.
Nxc4 Qxc4 21. fxg7 Rhg8 22. Qd3 Qa4 23. Qc2 Qb5 $1 $15 {[%cal Gd7f5]} (23... c5
24. Qxa4 Bxa4 25. Bf6 Bxd1 26. Rxd1 $44 {[%csl Gf6,Gg7]}) 24. g4 hxg4 25. hxg4
Bxg4 26. Rdg1 f5 (26... Bf5 27. Rh5 Bxc2 28. Rxb5 $14) 27. c4 {and the fight
continue.}) 19... Nb3+ 20. Qxb3 Qxb3 21. fxg7 Rhg8 22. Bc4 Qa4 {-+} 23. f5 (23.
Bxf7 Rxg7 24. Bxg7 Qxf4+ $19 {[%cal Rf4c1,Rf4f7]}) 23... Bxf5 24. Bxf7 Rxg7 $1
{The most effective way to calm down white's counterplay.} 25. Bxg7 Qf4+ 26.
Rd2 Rd7 {[%cal Rd7g7]} 27. Bxh5 Rxg7 28. Bf3 Re7 {Black has material and
positional advantage.} 29. Kd1 Qa4+ 30. Kc1 Re3 31. Rf1 Kd8 32. Bd5 (32. Bxb7
Rxc3+ 33. bxc3 Qxa3+ 34. Kd1 Qb3+ $19 {[%cal Rb3d1,Rb3b7]}) 32... Bd3 33. Rh1
Qf4 34. Kd1 c6 35. Bb3 {[%tqu "En","Please enter a move for black.","","",
"e3h3","",10]} Rxh3 $1 36. Re1 (36. gxh3 Qf3+ {[%cal Rf3d1,Rf3h1]}) (36. Rxh3
Qf1#) 36... Re3 37. Rh1 d5 38. Nc2 Bxc2+ 39. Bxc2 Kc7 40. Rd4 Qg3 41. Rd2 a5
42. Kc1 b5 43. Rh3 Re1+ 44. Bd1 Qg5 45. Rf3 Kb6 46. Rff2 a4 47. Kc2 Qg6+ 48.
Kc1 Qd6 49. Rd3 a3 50. b4 d4 51. Rxd4 Qe6 52. Rc2 Qb3 53. Rdd2 Re3 0-1

[Event "Cannes NAO Masters"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "2002.02.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nataf, Igor Alexandre"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2546"]
[BlackElo "2649"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[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 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
c4 Ba6 9. b3 g6 {This variation has no good reputation for black, however is
consistantly played by Bacrot. The main alternative here is 9...g5!} 10. f4
Qb4+ {This move was played for the first time in the game Gelfand-Karpov in
Linares 1992.} 11. Bd2 Qb6 {[%csl Gd4][%cal Gb6d4]} (11... Nxf4 $4 12. Qe4 $18)
12. Qe4 ({White also played} 12. Nc3 {- for instanse, see the game Hector,
J-Olsen,H /Nordic GP Final 1999/CBM 73 [Mikhalevski,V] as well as the above
mentioned game Gelfand-Karpov (CBM 28).}) ({Rare, but possible move} 12. Qf3 {
occured in the game Lautier-Bacrot in the same tournament several rounds
earlier.}) 12... f5 (12... Nb4 $6 {- see the game Pavasovic,D-Rogulj,B Drezden
zt 1998/CBM 65 [Mikhalevski,V]}) 13. Qf3 Nb4 {Bacrot improves his own play.
Against Kasparov in Sarajevo 2000 (CBM 77) he tried 13...Qd4.} 14. Kd1 (14.
Bxb4 $2 Bxb4+ 15. Nc3 Qd4 16. Rc1 Bb7 $17 {0-1 Gonczi,J-Turzo,A/HUN 1999/EXT
2000 (53)}) 14... Bb7 15. Nc3 c5 16. Nd5 ({Deserving attention} 16. Qe3) 16...
Bg7 $146 (16... Qc6 17. Bxb4 cxb4 18. Nf6+ Kf7 19. Nd5 Qc5 20. Kc2 Bg7 21. Rd1
Rhe8 22. g4 $40 {1/2-1/2 De la Paz,F-Otero,D/Havana 2001/CBM 82 ext (82)}) 17.
Bxb4 $2 {It's not particurlarly logical to exchange this B, since white's dark
squares are extremely weak.} ({More logical is} 17. Bc3 O-O 18. Be2 {White has
the edge.}) 17... cxb4 18. Kc2 Bxd5 19. cxd5 d6 {[%csl Ra1,Gg7] Exploiting the
absense of white's dark-squared B.} 20. Bc4 (20. Re1 dxe5 21. fxe5 O-O-O {
just like in the game.}) 20... O-O-O ({More precise is} 20... dxe5 21. fxe5
O-O-O (21... Bxe5 $2 22. Rae1 Qd4 23. Qe3 Qb2+ 24. Kd1 Qa1+ 25. Ke2 $18 {
[%csl Re5]})) 21. Rae1 ({Deserved a closer look the exchange sacrifice after} 
21. e6 {In a close position white could get some compensation. This option is
senseless, if immideate 20...de would have been played.}) 21... dxe5 22. fxe5
Rhe8 23. e6 ({After} 23. Qf4 {black comes with} c6 $1 {and white's pawncentre
falls apart.}) 23... Qd4 24. Qd3 Qxd3+ $2 {This decision spoiles all black's
initiative.} (24... Qb2+ {is asking for and after} 25. Kd1 {strong is} Rd6 $1 {
This move was probably overlooked or underestimated by Bacrot. Now white is in
trouble.} ({but not} 25... Qa1+ $2 26. Ke2 Rxe6+ $2 27. dxe6 Qxa2+ 28. Kf1 Rxd3
29. e7 Rd8 30. Be6+ $18) 26. Qc2 (26. Ba6+ Kd8 $17 {This square becomes
available after 25...Rd6!}) (26. Bb5 Re7 (26... Qxg2 $6 {[%csl Rd5]} 27. Bc6 $1
) 27. Bd7+ Kd8 28. Qb5 Rb6 $40) 26... Qd4+ 27. Ke2 Qg4+ 28. Kf1 Bc3 $17) 25.
Kxd3 c6 26. g4 $1 {It is important for white to open a file on the kingside.}
Bc3 (26... cxd5 27. Bb5 {is similar to the game.}) 27. Re2 Rd6 (27... cxd5 28.
Bb5 Re7 29. gxf5 gxf5 30. Rf1 Rf8 31. Bd7+ $14) 28. gxf5 gxf5 29. Kc2 cxd5 30.
Bd3 Re7 31. Bxf5 {White has a slight edge thanks to the strong passed pawn,
however the presense of the opposite colour BB on the board is the dominant
factor in this position.} Rd8 32. Rg1 Kc7 33. Rg5 Kd6 34. Rh5 Rf8 35. Kd3 a5
36. Re3 h6 37. a4 Bf6 38. Rf3 (38. Rxh6 $4 Bg5 {[%csl Re3,Rf5,Rh6]}) 38... Rc7
$1 {This temporary pawn sacrifice leads to a quick draw.} 39. Rxh6 Rc3+ 40. Ke2
Rxf3 41. Kxf3 Bg5 {[%csl Rf5,Rh6] The point of black's 38...Rc7.} 42. e7+ $1
Bxh6 43. exf8=Q+ Bxf8 44. Ke3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Abu Dhabi op 14th"]
[Site "Abu Dhabi"]
[Date "2004.08.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Hakki, Imad"]
[Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2451"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[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 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. c3 Nge7 ({Another
legitimic continuation is} 6... Qg6) 7. Bc4 ({The alternative} 7. g3 {gained
some popularity recently.}) 7... Ne5 8. Be2 Qg6 {[%csl Re4,Rg2]} (8... d5 {
--> 1-0 Azmaiparashvili,Z-Sokolov,I/Dos Hermanas 2001/CBM 83 [Postny,E] (35)})
(8... h5 {--> 0-1 Nedev,T-Yurtaev,L/Istanbul 2000/EXT 2001 [Postny,E] (53)}) 9.
O-O d6 ({To capture the pawn is very dangerous for black:} 9... Qxe4 $6 10. b4
Bd6 11. Nd2 Qg6 12. f4 Qh6 13. Ne4 O-O 14. Nxd6 cxd6 15. Qd2 N5c6 16. f5 Qf6
17. Bg5 Qe5 18. f6 $40 {1-0 Thorhallsson,T-Yurtaev,L/Hartberg 1991/EXT 97 (29)}
) 10. f3 (10. Bh5 Qxe4 11. Nd2 {--> 0-1 Handoko,E-Aleksandrov,A/Istanbul 2000/
EXT 2001 [Postny,E] (32)}) (10. f4 Qxe4 11. Bf2 Bxd4 12. cxd4 N5g6 13. g3 Bh3
14. Bf3 Qf5 15. Re1 d5 16. Qb3 O-O 17. Nc3 c6 18. Qxb7 Rfb8 19. Qc7 Qf6 {
1/2-1/2 Morozevich,A-Kramnik,V/Dortmund 2001/CBM 85 (19)}) 10... O-O 11. c4 {
Very rare move. White is trying to get more space in the centre and set free
the c3 square for the knight. On the other hand this move weakens dark squares
in white's camp. Usually white plays 11.Kh1 and 12.Nd2 not necessarily in this
order...} (11. Kh1 d5 12. Nd2 dxe4 13. fxe4 Ng4 {--> 1-0 Nedev,T-Upton,T/Leon
2001/CBM 86 [Postny,E] (31)}) (11. Nd2 Bb6 (11... d5 12. Kh1 dxe4 13. fxe4 Bg4
14. Bf4 Bxe2 15. Qxe2 Bd6 16. Nb5 N7c6 17. Nxd6 cxd6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Movsesian,
S-Acs,P/Budapest 2003/CBM 95 (78)}) 12. Kh1 (12. Nc4 Nxc4 13. Bxc4 Be6 14. Bd3
f5 15. Qc2 f4 16. e5 Nf5 17. Bxf4 Nxd4 18. cxd4 Qh5 19. Be3 dxe5 20. Bc4 Qf7
21. Bxe6 Qxe6 22. Qc3 e4 23. d5 Qf6 24. Rae1 Qxc3 25. bxc3 exf3 26. Rxf3 Rxf3
27. gxf3 Kf7 $15 {1/2-1/2 Pavasovic,D-Beliavsky,A/Istanbul 2003/CBM 96 (49)})
12... f5 13. f4 N5c6 14. Nxc6 bxc6 15. Bh5 Qh6 16. Bxb6 axb6 $11 {1-0
Rublevsky,S-Stefanova,A/Mainz 2004/CBM 101 ext (37)}) 11... Be6 12. b3 Qf6 $146
(12... N5c6 13. Qd2 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 Bxd4+ 15. Qxd4 f5 16. Nc3 Nc6 17. exf5 Bxf5
18. Qd2 Rae8 $11 {1-0 Golod,V-Navrotescu,C/Romania 1994/EXT 97 (25)}) 13. Qd2
N5c6 14. Nc2 Nb4 15. Nba3 Qb2 {Actually, black achieves nothing with this
invasion.} ({Comes to consideration} 15... a5 {[%cal Ga5a4]}) 16. Bxc5 dxc5 17.
Rfb1 Qe5 $2 (17... Rad8 18. Qxd8 Qxb1+ 19. Rxb1 Rxd8 20. Nxb4 cxb4 21. Nc2 Rd2
22. Rd1 $11) 18. Nxb4 cxb4 19. Nc2 $2 {It seems that white could simply grab
the Pb4.} (19. Qxb4 Nc6 20. Qb5 $8 {Probably this move was overlooked by both
players.} (20. Qxb7 $4 Qc5+ 21. Kh1 Rab8 22. Qxc7 (22. Qa6 Bc8 23. Qa4 Rb4 {
trapping the queen.}) 22... Rfc8 {[%csl Ra3,Rc7] winning the Na3.}) 20... Qd4+
21. Kh1 $14) 19... Nc6 20. f4 Qc5+ (20... Qxe4 $2 21. Bd3 {[%csl Re4]}) 21. Qe3
Qxe3+ 22. Nxe3 Nd4 23. Kf2 a5 {The endgame is slightly better for black, due
to the control over the dark squares.} 24. a3 f6 25. axb4 $2 {This exchange
clearly plays in black's hands. White must close the queenside, since he can
not fight for the "a" file due to b3 weakness.} ({Necessary was} 25. a4 {
keeping slightly worse, but defendable position.}) 25... axb4 26. Rxa8 Rxa8 27.
Rb2 Ra3 28. Bd1 b5 $6 ({More accurate would have been} 28... Kf8) 29. cxb5 $2 {
After this move white's position is beyond saving.} ({White missed a good
chance:} 29. f5 $1 Bf7 (29... Bd7 30. c5 $1 Bc6 31. Rd2 Nxb3 32. Rd8+ Kf7 33.
Rc8 Bxe4 34. Rxc7+ $11) 30. Rd2 c5 31. cxb5 Ra8 32. Nd5 {and white is only
slightly worse.}) 29... Nxb5 30. Be2 Nc3 31. Nc2 c5 {White is losing the Pb3,
therefore he resigned.} 0-1

[Event "WchT 5th"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2001.10.20"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Baklan, Vladimir"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2666"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[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 "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nb3 Bb4+ {A rare move.The main
line starts with 5...Bb6.} 6. c3 Be7 7. Bf4 {In my opinion this move is a
slight inaccuracy.It's hard to know in this stage of the game, which square is
the most suitable for this B.The most flexible continuation would be the
immideate 7.c4 or the development of the kingside by the moves 7.Bd3 or 7.g3.}
d6 8. c4 Nf6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Be2 Nd7 $146 (10... Re8 11. O-O a5 12. Qd2 a4 13.
Nd4 Nd7 14. Ndb5 Na7 15. Na3 $6 (15. Nxa7 $11) 15... Nc5 16. Be3 Bf6 17. f3 Be5
18. Nd5 c6 19. Nf4 f5 $15 {0-1 Khamrakulov,I-Korneev,O Albacete 9/2001 (33)})
11. Nd5 b6 12. O-O Nc5 13. f3 ({Should not be recommended for white} 13. Nxc5 {
as after} bxc5 {[%csl Yd4] black gets the d4 square and the "b" file.}) (13.
Re1 $5 {/\} Nxe4 $6 14. Bf3 f5 15. Bxe4 fxe4 16. Rxe4 $14) 13... Bf6 14. Qd2 a5
{Black has a good play on black squares, which compensates white's space
advantage.} 15. Be3 a4 16. Nxf6+ (16. Nd4 Bxd4 17. Bxd4 Nxd4 18. Qxd4 Bb7 $11)
16... Qxf6 17. Nd4 Nxd4 18. Bxd4 Qg6 $11 19. Bd1 {[%cal Gd1c2]} f5 20. Bc2 (20.
e5 Rd8 $11) 20... Qf7 21. b3 (21. Qc3 {[%csl Gc3,Gd4,Rg7][%cal Ge4f5]} Ne6 22.
Be3 Nc5 $11) 21... axb3 22. axb3 Rxa1 23. Rxa1 fxe4 24. Bxc5 {Otherwise white
will remain with a weak pawn on e4.} bxc5 25. Bxe4 Bf5 26. Bd5 Be6 27. Bxe6
Qxe6 {After every exchange both sides getting closer to a draw agreement.} 28.
Re1 (28. Ra7 $6 Rb8 {[%csl Rb3,Rc4]}) 28... Qf6 29. Qd5+ Kh8 30. Kf1 h6 31. Qc6
Qc3 32. Qxc7 Qxb3 33. Qxd6 Qxc4+ 34. Kg1 Rc8 35. h3 Qd4+ $6 {Gives white
unnecessary chances.} (35... Qc3 $142) 36. Qxd4 cxd4 37. Re4 $6 ({After the
tougher} 37. Rd1 {black still has to work to achieve a draw.The game could
continue:} Rd8 38. Kf2 g5 39. Ke2 Kg7 40. Kd3 Kf6 41. Re1 $14 {[%csl Rd4]})
37... Rc1+ {Now the activity of the black's R compensates the long distanse of
black's K from the centre.The draw is inevitable.} 38. Kf2 Rc2+ 39. Kf1 d3 40.
Rd4 Rc1+ 41. Kf2 Rc2+ 42. Kf1 Rc1+ 43. Kf2 Rc2+ 44. Kf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-34"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2000.11.09"]
[Round "12.2"]
[White "Handoko, Edhi"]
[Black "Aleksandrov, Aleksej"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2591"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[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 "Indonesia"]
[BlackTeam "Belarus"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "INA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BLR"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Qf6 5. Be3 Bc5 6. c3 Nge7 7. Bc4 Ne5 8.
Be2 Qg6 9. O-O d6 (9... d5 10. Bh5 Qxe4 11. Nd2 Qd3 12. N4f3 Bd6 13. Nxe5 Bxe5
14. Bc5 g6 15. Be2 Qf5 16. Nf3 Bf6 17. Re1 $44 {1-0 Ehlvest,J-Beliavsky,A/
Reykjavik 1991/CBM 26 (43)}) ({dangerous is} 9... Qxe4 10. b4 (10. Nb5 Bxe3 $8
(10... Qc6 $2 11. Bxc5 Qxc5 12. Qd4 $18) 11. Nxc7+ Kd8 12. Nxa8 Bf4 $44 {
[%csl Ra8][%cal Gb7b6]}) 10... Bd6 (10... Bxd4 $5) 11. Nd2 Qg6 12. f4 Qh6 13.
Ne4 O-O 14. Nxd6 cxd6 15. Qd2 N5c6 16. f5 Qf6 17. Bg5 Qe5 18. f6 Ng6 19. Rf5
$18 {1-0 Thorhallsson,T-Yurtaev,L/Hartberg 1991/EXT 97 (29)}) 10. Bh5 {I am
doubt if this way white can fight for the advantage.White bishop on h5 looks
quite strange.} (10. Kh1 Qxe4 11. Nd2 Qg6 12. Nb5 O-O 13. Nxc7 Rb8 14. Nf3 Bxe3
15. fxe3 Ng4 $11 {1/2-1/2 Rublevsky,S-Aleksandrov,A/Elista 1998/CBM 66 ext (28)
}) (10. f4 Qxe4 11. Bf2 Bxd4 12. cxd4 N5g6 13. Nc3 $44 {1-0 Gelfand,
B-Beliavsky,A/Paris 1991/CBM 26 ext (48)}) 10... Qxe4 11. Nd2 Qh4 (11... Qd3
12. Be2 Qg6 13. Bh5 Qd3 14. Be2 Qg6 15. Bh5 Qd3 {1/2-1/2 Kotsur,P-Benjamin,J/
Luzern 1997/CBM 62 (15)}) 12. Nb5 {[%csl Rc7]} (12. Be2 Nd5 13. Nc4 O-O 14. Bc1
Nf4 15. Bxf4 Qxf4 16. Ne3 Be6 17. Qd2 Rfe8 18. Rad1 Qf6 19. Kh1 Nc6 20. Bb5 $17
{1/2-1/2 Murshed,N-Antonio,R/Cebu 1992/CBM 31 (20)}) 12... O-O 13. Nxc7 $146 (
13. Bxc5 dxc5 14. Re1 $2 Bg4 15. Bxg4 Nxg4 16. Rxe7 Qxf2+ 17. Kh1 Qh4 18. Kg1
Qxh2+ 19. Kf1 Qh1+ {0-1 Werner,B-Ibragimov,I/Reykjavik 1994/CBM 39 ext (19)})
13... Rb8 (13... Bxe3 $6 {is worse, because after} 14. fxe3 Rb8 (14... Bg4 $2
15. Bxg4 Nxg4 16. Nf3 Qh6 17. Nxa8 Nxe3 18. Qe2 $18 {[%csl Re7]}) 15. Rf4 Qg5
16. Ne4 Qh6 17. Nxd6 {white is a pawn up, as now loses immediatly:} Rd8 $2 18.
Nxf7 $1 Rxd1+ 19. Rxd1 $18 {[%csl Rg8,Rh6][%cal Gd1d8,Gf7h6]} Nxf7 20. Bxf7+ {
[%cal Rd1d8]}) 14. Bxc5 ({Badly} 14. Re1 $2 {in view of} Bxe3 15. fxe3 (15.
Rxe3 $2 Bg4 16. Bxg4 Nxg4 $19) 15... Nd3 16. Rf1 Nxb2 $17) 14... dxc5 15. Qe2
$6 ({Here much stronger was} 15. Re1 $1 {bringing the rook into the game;black
has to play precisely:} Bg4 $5 (15... Ng4 $2 16. Bxg4 Bxg4 17. Qa4 $16) (15...
Nd3 $6 16. g3 Qf6 17. Ne4 Qc6 18. Qxd3 Qxc7 19. Qe3 $16 {[%csl Rc5,Re7][%cal
Ge4f6]}) (15... N5c6 16. Ne4 Rd8 17. Qf3 {[%csl Rf7]} Ne5 18. Qg3 Qxg3 (18...
Qxh5 $2 19. Nf6+ $18) 19. hxg3 c4 $11) 16. f3 Qxh5 17. fxg4 Nxg4 (17... Qg5 18.
Ne4 Qf4 19. Qd6 Nc8 20. Qxc5 Nxg4 21. Ng3 $14) 18. h3 c4 {[%csl Rc7,Rg1][%cal
Gh5c5]} 19. b4 (19. Qxg4 Qc5+ 20. Kh1 Qxc7 21. Qxc4 $11) 19... Qh6 $1 {[%csl
Rc7,Rg1][%cal Gh6b6]} 20. Nxc4 Qf4 {[%csl Rc4,Rc7][%cal Gf4h2]} 21. Qxg4 Qxc7
$15) 15... N7c6 16. Ne4 $2 {Probably, decisive mistake.} (16. g3 $6 {doesn't
solve problem as well:} Qd8 17. Nb5 g6 $1 (17... Bf5 18. Ne4 $11) 18. f4 (18.
Bf3 $4 Qxd2 $1 19. Qxd2 Nxf3+ $19) 18... Nd3 19. Bf3 a6 20. Na3 Bh3 21. Rfb1
Re8 22. Ne4 b5 $15) (16. Nd5 $6 {also can not be recommended, as after:} Rd8
17. Bf3 Bg4 18. Bxg4 Qxg4 19. Qxg4 Nxg4 20. c4 Nb4 {[%csl Rd2,Gd8] black is
winning a pawn.}) ({but simple} 16. Rfd1 {was good, keeping normal position.})
16... Bf5 {[%csl Rd3,Rh5]} 17. Bf3 $6 {Unattractive move, however it's not
easy to give good advise already.} (17. f4 Bxe4 18. fxe5 (18. Qxe4 Qxh5 19.
fxe5 Qxe5 $17) 18... Nxe5 19. Rae1 (19. g3 Qe7 20. Qxe4 Qxc7 $17) 19... f5 20.
Ne6 {[%cal Ge6f8,Ge6c5]} Rfc8 $17) (17. Nxc5 $2 Qe7 $19 {[%csl Rc5,Rc7]}) 17...
Nxf3+ 18. gxf3 Bh3 19. Rfe1 f5 $1 {[%csl Rg1] After only 19 moves white's
position is lost.} 20. Ng3 f4 21. Ne6 (21. Ne4 {was more stubborn but does not
save as well} Qh5 $1 {[%csl Rg1][%cal Gh5g6]} 22. Kh1 Ne5 {[%csl Rf3]} 23. Nd2
Rbd8 $1 {[%cal Gd8d2]} 24. Qxe5 Qxe5 25. Rxe5 Rxd2 $19 {[%csl Rh1][%cal Gd2b2,
Gd2f2] and black has decisive advantage.}) 21... Rf7 {-+} 22. Qc4 {[%cal Gc4h4]
} Qf6 23. Qd5 {[%cal Ge6g5]} h6 {[%cal Gh6g5]} 24. Nxc5 fxg3 25. hxg3 Qxf3 26.
Qxf3 Rxf3 {It is time to resign.} 27. Re2 b6 28. Ne6 Re8 29. Rae1 Rd3 30. Nf4
Rxe2 31. Rxe2 Rd1+ 32. Kh2 Bg4 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-34"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2000.10.29"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Pavasovic, Dusko"]
[Black "Wong, Meng Kong"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2523"]
[BlackElo "2507"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[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 "Slovenia"]
[BlackTeam "Singapore"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SLO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SIN"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nxc6 Qf6 6. Qd2 dxc6 7. Nc3 Bd7 {
Rare move. More popular is:} (7... Be6 8. Na4 Rd8 9. Bd3 Bd4 10. O-O a6 (10...
Ne7 {1/2-1/2 Kasparov,G-Short,N/London 1993/CBM 36 (50)}) 11. Nc3 {1/2-1/2
Kasparov,G-Short,N/London 1993/CBM 36 (41)}) (7... Ne7 8. Qf4 Qd6 (8... Be6 {
1/2-1/2 Anand,V-Shirov,A/Linares 1997/CBM 57 (25)}) 9. Be2 {1/2-1/2 Kasparov,
G-Anand,V/Frankfurt 1999/CBM 72 (28)}) 8. Bd3 (8. Na4 $5 Bd6 9. Qe3 Ne7 10. Nc5
Bc8 11. Nd3 {1-0 Szuk,B-Jamrich,G/Budapest 1998/EXT 99 (43)}) 8... O-O-O 9. Na4
Bd4 $6 $146 {This move is typical for this variation, but usually this idea
appears when white square bishop stands on e6 and "d" file is open for black
rook.It helps black when white try to attack dark square bishop by c2-c3.} (
9... Be7 $142 10. Qa5 $6 (10. O-O $142) 10... Kb8 11. Be3 b6 12. Qc3 c5 13. Qb3
Qc6 14. Nc3 Be6 15. Bc4 Bxc4 16. Qxc4 f5 17. O-O Nh6 18. Bxh6 Qxh6 19. exf5 g6
20. Ne2 gxf5 21. Rad1 Bd6 22. Ng3 Qg6 $15 {0-1 Hamelink,D-Rapcsak,A/Tallinn
1997/EXT 98 (28)}) 10. O-O {[%cal Gc2c3]} ({Immediate} 10. c3 $6 {leads to
complicated position after} Be5 11. f4 Bd6 12. Qf2 (12. e5 $6 Bxe5 13. fxe5
Qh4+ 14. Qf2 Qxa4 15. Qxf7 Qh4+ 16. g3 Qe7 $11) 12... b6 13. O-O Qg6) 10... c5
{[%csl Ra4]} ({No good is} 10... Qg6 {because of} 11. c3 Bh3 (11... Bf6 $2 12.
e5 Bf5 13. Bxf5+ Qxf5 14. exf6 Rxd2 15. fxg7 $18) (11... Be5 {[%cal Gd7h3]} 12.
Qe3 $16 {[%csl Re5][%cal Gf2f4]}) 12. Qg5 {[%csl Rd4,Rh3]} Bf6 {[%csl Rd3]} 13.
Qxg6 hxg6 14. Bc4 {[%csl Rf7]} Be6 15. Bxe6+ fxe6 16. Nc5 $16) 11. Qa5 Qc6 {
[%csl Ra4]} 12. Bf4 {[%csl Rc7]} c4 {Black has to be careful.Losing by force:}
(12... Kb8 $2 {[%tqu "En","Find winning move for white.","","","d3b5","",8]}
13. Bb5 $1 b6 $8 (13... Qxb5 14. Qxc7+ $18) 14. Bxc6 bxa5 15. Bxd7 Rxd7 16. c3
$18) 13. Be2 Kb8 (13... g5 $2 {The attempt to distract white pieces from pawn
c7 does not work. White can take it with pleasure:} 14. Bxg5 $1 Qxa4 15. Qxa4
Bxa4 16. Bxd8 Bxb2 (16... Kxd8 17. Rad1 {[%cal Gd1d8]} c5 18. c3 Bxd1 19. Rxd1
$18) 17. Rad1 Bxc2 18. Rd2 Bxe4 19. Rxb2 Kxd8 20. Bxc4 $18) ({Bad also} 13...
b5 $2 14. Rad1 Be6 15. Nc3 a6 16. Rxd4 Rxd4 17. Be5 {[%cal Re5d4,Re5g7]} Rd8
18. Bxg7 Ne7 19. Bxh8 Rxh8 20. a4 $18) 14. Rad1 b6 ({Badly} 14... Bf6 {in view
of} 15. Nc5 b6 16. Nxd7+ Rxd7 17. Qb4 {[%csl Rc4][%cal Gb4f8]}) 15. Qd5 Qxd5
16. exd5 Bf6 (16... Bxf2+ 17. Rxf2 Bxa4 18. d6 $16) 17. Nc3 Bxc3 ({Active} 
17... g5 {doesn't improve black's position as well:} 18. Bg3 h5 19. d6 c6 20.
h3 b5 21. a4 $16) 18. bxc3 Bb5 19. Bh5 $6 ({More energetically} 19. d6 $1 c5 (
19... cxd6 20. Rxd6 Rxd6 21. Bxd6+ Kc8 22. Bf8 Nf6 23. Bxg7 Re8 24. Re1 $16)
20. Bh5 $1 f6 (20... g6 $8 21. Bf3 Kc8 22. Rfe1 $16 {[%cal Gf3d5]}) 21. d7+ Kb7
22. Bf3+ Ka6 (22... Bc6 23. Bxc6+ Kxc6 24. Rfe1 $18) 23. a4 $1 Bxa4 24. Ra1 b5
25. Rfd1 $18 {[%csl Ra6][%cal Gd1d6,Gf4c7]}) 19... Kb7 $6 {After this moment
it's very hard to save black's position.} ({It is hard to give good advise,
the threat d5-d6 is very annoying, nevertheless} 19... Nf6 {finally completing
the developement, may be the best try.} 20. d6 $1 (20. Bxf7 $6 Rhf8 21. d6 (21.
Be6 Nxd5 $11) 21... Kb7 22. Be6 cxd6 23. Rxd6 Rxd6 24. Bxd6 Re8 $44) 20... Ne8
21. dxc7+ Nxc7 22. Bxf7 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 Rf8 24. Bxc7+ Kxc7 25. Bd5 $16) 20. d6 $1
cxd6 21. Bxf7 Nh6 (21... Kc7 $6 22. Rxd6 Rxd6 23. Rd1 {with winning position})
22. Bxh6 gxh6 23. Rfe1 {[%csl Rc4,Rd6,Rh6,Rh7][%cal Ge1e7]} Rhf8 (23... Rd7 $2
24. Be8 $18 {[%cal Re8b5]}) 24. Re7+ Rd7 25. Rxd7+ Bxd7 26. Bxc4 {White won a
pawn.The rest is technic.} Kc6 27. Bd5+ Kc5 28. Be4 Be6 29. Bxh7 ({I would
prefer} 29. a3) 29... Bxa2 30. Ra1 Re8 {[%csl Ge8]} 31. f4 Re7 32. Bd3 Bf7 $6 (
{More stubborn resistance after} 32... Bd5 33. Kf2 h5) 33. g4 a5 34. Kf2 d5 35.
h4 d4 36. f5 dxc3 37. g5 {White pawns are unstoppable.} hxg5 38. hxg5 {[%csl
Gc2,Gd3]} Ra7 39. g6 Bg8 40. f6 a4 41. Ke3 b5 42. Rf1 Ra8 43. f7 Bxf7 44. gxf7
Rf8 45. Rf5+ Kb4 46. Kd4 a3 47. Rxb5+ Ka4 48. Rb7 a2 49. Ra7+ Kb4 50. Bc4 1-0

[Event "CHN-RUS Summit Men 1st"]
[Site "Shanghai"]
[Date "2001.09.08"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Black "Peng, Xiaomin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2639"]
[BlackElo "2629"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[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 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nxc6 Qf6 6. Qd2 dxc6 7. Nc3 Bd4 {
Tkachiev's speciality. Other theoretical continuations are:7...Be6 and 7...Ne7.
} 8. Bd3 ({The alternative way is:} 8. Bc4 {-see the game Kasimdzhanov,
R-Tkachiev,V/Fide-Wch 2000/CBM 81[Postny]}) 8... Ne7 9. O-O Ng6 10. Kh1 {
[%cal Gf2f4]} Ne5 11. Be2 Ng4 12. Nd1 O-O 13. h3 (13. Qf4 Qg6 14. Bxg4 Qxg4 15.
f3 Qxf4 16. Bxf4 f5 $11 {Rublevsky,S-Tkachiev,V/blitz 2000}) 13... Rd8 14. Bxg4
$1 $146 {[%mdl 8]} (14. hxg4 $2 Qh4+ 15. Kg1 Be5 $17 {see the game
Morozevich-Tkachiev /World Cup Rapid 2001/CBM 82[Postny]}) (14. Qg5 $11) 14...
Bxg4 15. hxg4 Qh4+ 16. Kg1 Bxb2 17. Qxd8+ ({I think, that it will be better to
play} 17. Nxb2 Rxd2 18. Bxd2 Qxg4 19. f3 Qh5 20. Nd3 $14 {[%csl Gd3]}) 17...
Rxd8 18. Bxb2 Qxg4 {[%mdl 1024] It's hard to evaluate this irrational position.
If white will manage to activate his pieces, the initiative will be on his
side, but right now black's position looks to be O.K.} 19. Re1 h5 (19... Rd2 $2
20. Bc3) 20. Be5 {[%csl Rc7] Attacking the only weak point in black's position.
} (20. f3 $6 Qg5 $15) 20... Re8 21. f4 (21. Bxc7 $6 {is wrong, as the Pe4 is
more important, than the Pc7.} Rxe4 22. Ne3 Qg6 $15 {[%csl Ra2,Rc2][%cal Ye4a4]
}) 21... f6 22. Nf2 Qe6 $1 {[%csl Rc2]} 23. Bxc7 (23. Bc3 $6 Qc4 24. Re3 b5 $15
) 23... Qe7 24. Ba5 Qc5 25. Bd2 Qxc2 {Black's plan is obvious now-to push
forward his queenside pawns.White has to create a counterplay on the center
and the kingside.} 26. Be3 Qa4 $6 (26... b6 $142 27. Rac1 Qa4 28. Red1 c5 {
[%csl Yd7] covering the important d7 square.}) 27. Bc5 $2 ({Much better was} 
27. Red1 {[%cal Gd1d7] and if black continues his plan, he may found himself
under dangerous attack.For example:} b6 28. Rd7 c5 29. Rad1 Qxa2 30. Rc7 {
[%csl Rg7][%cal Gd1d7]}) 27... b6 28. Bd6 c5 29. Re2 c4 30. Rc1 Qc6 31. e5 {
The B on d6 stands very well, but white's RR are passive.} b5 (31... f5 $142 {
[%csl Yf2] closing the center and restricting the N.} 32. Re3 b5 33. Rh3 g6 34.
Rg3 Kf7 $15) 32. Ne4 a5 $2 {Ignoring white's ideas completely.} ({Necessary was
} 32... f5 33. Ng5 b4 $15) 33. f5 $1 fxe5 (33... Qd5 34. Rce1 {[%cal Ge5f6]}
Qd4+ (34... fxe5 35. Rd2 Qf7 36. Rf2 $16 {[%cal Gf5f6]}) 35. Kh2 fxe5 36. Rd2
Qa7 37. Rd5 $16) 34. f6 $4 {This hasty move cost white a game.} ({The right
way was:} 34. Rf1 {intending to play f5-f6 on the next move.} Kh8 (34... Rd8
35. Be7 {then f5-f6 with dangerous attack.}) 35. f6 gxf6 36. Rxf6 $1 (36. Nxf6
Qxd6 37. Nxe8 Qd4+ $11) 36... Qd5 37. Kh2 Qd3 38. Re1 Kg7 39. Rf5 $40 {[%csl
Rg7]}) 34... Re6 $19 {[%csl Rd6,Rf6]} 35. Rf1 {Too late.} (35. f7+ {doesn't
save as well:} Kxf7 36. Ng5+ Kg6 37. Nxe6 Qxd6 $19 {[%csl Re6]}) 35... Rxd6 36.
Nxd6 Qxd6 37. f7+ Kf8 38. Rf5 {[%cal Ge2e5]} g6 {Black has just too many pawns!
} 39. Rfxe5 c3 40. Re6 c2 $1 (40... c2 41. Rxd6 c1=Q+ 42. Kh2 Qf4+ $19 {
[%csl Rd6]}) 0-1

[Event "Copenhagen CU 75th"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "2002.02.16"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Hector, Jonny"]
[Black "Brinck Claussen, Bjorn"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2507"]
[BlackElo "2359"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2002.02.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. c3 Nge7 7. Bc4 b6 {
This original line was introduced by GM Speelman in the end of 1991.} 8. Qd2 {
This move rarely appears in practice.The main line is 8.0-0.} Bb7 {This move
is more consequent, but probably less precise, than 8...0-0, that happened in
the game Wells,P-Azarov,S EU-ch Ohrid 2001/CBM 84 [Wells]} 9. b4 Bxd4 10. cxd4
O-O-O $146 {[%cal Gd7d5]} 11. Nc3 $1 Qg6 (11... Nxb4 $2 {is refuted by} 12. Bg5
{[%csl Re7]}) (11... d5 12. Nxd5 Nxd5 13. Bxd5 Rxd5 14. exd5 Ne7 15. Bg5 Qd6
$16) 12. d5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qxg2 (12... Ne5 13. Be2 f5 (13... Qxg2 {- see the
game}) 14. f4 Qxg2 15. O-O-O Nf3 16. Qd3 $16) 13. O-O-O Ne5 14. Be2 Nf3 15. Qc2
{This is probably a bit slow.} ({White could obtain a strong attack after} 15.
Bxf3 Qxf3 16. d6 cxd6 17. Nb5 (17. Qxd6 $6 Qf6 18. Qxf6 gxf6 19. Nb5 $14) 17...
Bc6 $1 (17... d5 18. Bf4) 18. Nxa7+ Kb7 19. Qd4 $40) 15... Kb8 16. Nb5 Rc8 17.
Qa4 a6 18. Nc3 c6 $2 {This ugly move gives white too many attractive options,
one of them will certainly work!} (18... d6 19. Bxa6 Bxa6 20. Qxa6 Rce8 {
[%csl Ya7][%cal Ye7c8]} 21. Bxb6 {with decisive attack.}) ({The best chance is
} 18... f5 {breaking white's skeleton in the centre.} 19. Bxa6 fxe4 20. Nb5 (
20. Bxb7 $142 Kxb7 21. Qxd7 Rhe8 22. d6 Nc6 23. dxc7 Nfe5 24. Qd5 Nd3+ 25. Kb1
Re5 26. Qd6 $16) 20... Nxd5 21. Bxb7 Kxb7 22. Qa7+ Kc6 23. Qa4 Kb7 (23... Ra8
$6 24. Qc2+ Kxb5 25. Rxd5+ Ka6 26. Rhd1 $40)) 19. d6 $2 {Swedish Grandmaster
probably wanted to win with all facilities.} ({Simple and strong was} 19. Bxa6
{since} cxd5 {is losing to} 20. Bf4+) 19... b5 20. Qa5 Ng6 21. Bc5 $2 {White
has probably overrated his position.} (21. Qb6 c5 $8 22. Bxc5 Rxc5 23. Qxc5 (
23. bxc5 Rc8 24. Bxb5 $2 axb5 25. Nxb5 Qg5+ {[%csl Rc5][%cal Gg5c5]}) 23... Rc8
24. Qe3 $16) 21... Nf4 22. Bf1 Qxh1 $4 {[%csl Rh1] This capture gives white
the decisive tempo to complete the attack.} (22... Qg5 $1 {[%csl Rc1]} 23. Kb2
Ne6 24. Be3 Qf6 $132 (24... Qd8 $13)) 23. Qb6 Rce8 {[%tqu "En","How to
conclude the attack?","","","c3a4","",10,"c3a4","",0]} 24. Na4 $1 {[%csl Gf1]
[%mdl 128]} (24. Na4 bxa4 25. Qa7+ Kc8 26. Bxa6 Nd3+ 27. Bxd3 {[%cal Rd3a6]
with mate soon to follow.}) 1-0

[Event "Linares 21st"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2004.02.28"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2831"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[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 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
c4 Ba6 9. b3 g6 10. f4 f6 ({Other theoretical possibilities are:} 10... Qb4+) (
10... Bg7) 11. exf6 ({Kasparov as white chose} 11. Ba3 {and won in the
encounter Kasparov,G-Karpov,A/Tilburg 1991/CBM 26 [Schussler]}) 11... Qxe2+ (
11... Nxf6 12. Bb2 O-O-O (12... Bg7 13. Nd2 Qxe2+ 14. Bxe2 O-O 15. O-O-O d5 16.
Rhe1 Rad8 17. Bf3 $14 {1-0 Nataf,I-Daurelle,H/Drancy 2003 (33)}) 13. Nd2 d5 (
13... Qf7 14. O-O-O Bg7 15. g3 Rhe8 16. Qf3 Re7 17. Bh3 Rde8 18. Qf2 Kb8 19.
Rhe1 d6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Goloshchapov,A-Sriram,J/Sangli 2000/EXT 2001 (49)}) 14.
O-O-O d4 15. Re1 Qxe2 16. Bxe2 Bh6 17. g3 g5 18. Bf3 c5 19. Ba3 Bb7 20. Bxb7+
Kxb7 21. Bxc5 $14 {1/2-1/2 Beliavsky,A-Almasi,Z/Niksic 1997/CBM 59 ext (40)})
12. Bxe2 Bb4+ 13. Bd2 Bxd2+ 14. Nxd2 Nxf4 15. Rf1 {Radjabov follows the game
Rublevsky-Tseshkovsky (see below), but Kasparov has another novelty in his
mind...} Nxe2 $1 $146 {[%mdl 8] This novelty might change the evaluation of
this variation.} (15... Nxg2+ 16. Kf2 Nf4 {- see the annotated game Rublevsky,
S-Tseshkovsky,V/Krasnoyarsk 2003/CBM 98 [Postny,E]}) 16. Kxe2 Kf7 {Black is
blocking white's advanced Pf6 and hoping to capture it sooner or later. The
passivity of black's pieces (Ba6) is temporary. Still, it's hard to believe,
that black is better in this endgame, but white can easily overestimate his
chances here.} 17. Kd3 Rae8 18. Rae1 $2 {Strange decision by Radjabov to
sacrifice the pawn.} (18. Ne4 $6 {is met by} Re5 {[%cal Gh8e8]}) ({Possible was
} 18. g4 {with idea to support the far advanced Pf6. It seems to me, that the
position is approximately equal in this case.}) 18... Rxe1 19. Rxe1 Kxf6 20.
Ne4+ Kg7 21. Nc3 ({White achieves nothing after} 21. Nc5 Bc8 22. Nxd7 $4 Rd8
$19) 21... Kf7 22. Rf1+ Ke7 23. Re1+ Kf7 24. Rf1+ Ke7 25. Re1+ {Probably
Radjabov thought, that he achieves the draw this way, but black can play for
more...} Kd8 $1 26. Rf1 Bb7 27. Ne4 ({An amusing variation is} 27. Rf7 Ke8 28.
Rg7 $4 Bc8 $19 {[%csl Rg7][%cal Re8f8]}) 27... Ke7 28. Re1 Kf7 29. Kd4 (29.
Ng5+ Kf6 30. Ne4+ Kg7 {and black's king escapes from checks.}) 29... h6 {
Covering the g5 square against white's possible knight check.} 30. b4 (30. c5
Rd8 $17 {[%cal Gd7d6]} 31. Rf1+ Kg7 32. Rf6 d5 $1 33. cxd6 c5+ 34. Ke5 (34.
Nxc5 Kxf6 35. Nxb7 Rd7 $19) 34... Bxe4 35. dxc7 Re8+ 36. Re6 Rxe6+ 37. Kxe6
Bxg2 $1 38. Kd7 Bh3+ 39. Kd8 g5 40. c8=Q Bxc8 41. Kxc8 g4 42. Kd7 h5 43. Ke6 h4
$19) 30... d6 31. c5 Rd8 32. Re3 {Trying to attack black's pawns using the 3rd
rank, but without success.} ({Comes to consideration} 32. h4) 32... g5 33. Ra3
a6 34. Rf3+ Kg7 35. Re3 $6 ({Stronger was} 35. Rc3 {not allowing black to
activize the bishop.}) 35... Bc8 $1 {Activizing the bishop.} 36. Rc3 dxc5+ 37.
Kxc5 Be6 38. Kxc6 $6 {It does not seems correct to give the a2 pawn.} (38. Ra3
$6 Bd5 39. Ng3 Bxg2 40. Rxa6 Rd2 {with good winning chances.}) ({The right
continuation seems to be} 38. a3 Bd5 39. Kd4 {with chances for a draw.}) 38...
Bxa2 39. Nc5 (39. Kxc7 Rd4 40. Ra3 Rxe4 41. Rxa2 Rxb4 42. Rxa6 Rb2 $19) 39...
Rb8 $1 {This strong move was probably missed, or underestimated by Radjabov.}
40. Ra3 (40. Nxa6 $4 Rb6+) 40... Bc4 41. Ra4 Re8 42. Kxc7 Re2 43. g4 $2 {
[%csl Rg4] This pawn is much more vulnerable on g4, than on g3.} ({The only
chance for a draw was} 43. g3 Rxh2 44. Nxa6 Rg2 45. Ra3 Rb2 46. Nc5 Rxb4 47.
Kd6) 43... Rxh2 44. Nxa6 Rb2 45. Kb6 Be2 {Now the drawbacks of 43.g4 are clear.
Black is winning the pawn g4 and getting two connected passed pawns, which
give him decisive advantage.} 46. Nc5 Bxg4 47. b5 Be2 48. Ne6+ Kf6 49. Nd4 h5
50. Kc5 g4 51. b6 g3 $1 {The most precise continuation.} 52. b7 g2 53. b8=Q (
53. Nxe2 Rxe2 54. Ra1 (54. b8=Q g1=Q+ $19) 54... Rb2 55. Rg1 Rxb7 56. Rxg2 Rd7
$19) 53... Rxb8 54. Nxe2 Rb2 55. Ng1 Rf2 $4 {After long, well played game
Kasparov slips at the very end.} ({After the simple} 55... Rb1 56. Nf3 g1=Q+
57. Nxg1 Rxg1 {black gets a winning endgame, for instance:} 58. Kd5 Rg5+ $1 59.
Kd6 Rg4 $19 {[%csl Gh5]}) 56. Ra6+ Kf5 57. Kd4 Rf1 {[%tqu "En","How can white
draw?","","","d4e3","Kasparov's disappointment can be only imagined...",3,
"d4e3","",0]} 58. Ke3 $1 {Kasparov's disappointment can be only imagined...} (
58. Ke3 Rxg1 59. Kf2 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "FRA-ch"]
[Site "Val d'Isere"]
[Date "2004.08.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nataf, Igor Alexandre"]
[Black "Dorfman, Josif D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2553"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2004.08.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 103"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nxc6 Qf6 6. Qd2 dxc6 7. Nc3 Bd4 {
This move became the main line in recent years.} 8. Nd1 {White's latest try to
fight for the advantage in this line.} (8. Bd3 {is the main continuation.})
8... Be6 (8... Ne7 {--> 1-0 Parligras,M-Atalik,S/Athens 2003/CBM 97 [Postny,E]
(60)}) 9. Qg5 {It's recommended for white to exchange queens in this kind of
position. In the endgame it will be easier for white to make use of his pawn
majority on the kingside.} (9. c3 Bb6 10. Qc2 Qg6 11. Be3 Nf6 12. f3 O-O 13.
Bd3 Rfd8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Berthelot,Y-Dourerassou,J/Guingamp 2004/CBM 98 ext (25)})
9... Qg6 $1 $146 {[%mdl 8] This move seems to solve black's problems. After
the following exchange of queens black will get an open "h" file for his use.}
(9... O-O-O 10. Qxf6 Nxf6 (10... gxf6 11. Ne3 Ne7 12. c3 Bc5 13. g3 f5 14. Bg2
fxe4 15. Bxe4 h5 16. O-O h4 $132 {1/2-1/2 Collas,D-Glavina Rossi,P/Pamplona
2001/EXT 2003 (46)}) 11. f3 Bb6 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4 Rhe8 14. Bd3 Ba5+ 15. Ke2 a6
16. Be1 Bxe1 17. Rxe1 b5 18. Ne3 Kb7 19. Red1 $14 {1-0 Nataf,I-Tseitlin,M/
Kapuskasing 2004/CBM 101 ext (63)}) 10. f3 f6 {Forcing white to exchange
queens in black's way. White can not afford himself to keep the queens on the
board with such a bad development.} 11. Qxg6+ hxg6 12. Be3 ({The following
game was played few rounds later:} 12. c3 Bc5 13. Be3 Bd6 14. f4 g5 15. fxg5
Rxh2 16. Rxh2 Bxh2 17. Nf2 fxg5 18. Bxg5 Bg3 19. Bd3 Nf6 20. Ke2 O-O-O $15 {
1/2-1/2 Nataf,I-Degraeve,J/Val d'Isere 2004/CBM 103 (60)}) 12... O-O-O 13. Bxd4
{In general, white should try to exchange as many pieces as possible in this
kind of position.} Rxd4 14. Ne3 Ne7 15. Rd1 c5 16. a3 g5 {After the
dark-squared bishops gone, it's recommended to place the pawns on the
dark-squares.} 17. c3 Rxd1+ 18. Kxd1 Ng6 19. g3 c6 20. Bc4 Bd7 $1 {Correctly
avoiding the exchange of bishops.} 21. Be2 Kc7 22. Kd2 ({More to the point
seems to be} 22. Ke1 {preparing Ke1-f2-g2 in order to liberate the rook.})
22... b5 23. Nd1 $6 {Preparing Kd2-e3, then Nd1-f2 and try to push somehow the
kingside pawns, but black can frustrate the plans of his opponent...} (23. Ke1
{should have been prefered.}) 23... f5 $1 $15 24. exf5 Bxf5 25. Ne3 Be6 26. Bd3
{Trying to activize the bishop.} Ne5 27. Be4 Rd8+ 28. Kc2 Bd5 29. Rf1 Bxe4+ 30.
fxe4 Rh8 31. Rf2 g6 {Covering the f5 square. Black's chances are preferable in
this endgame, since his pieces are more active and white's pawn weaknesses are
more vulnerable.} 32. c4 {Otherwise, black would play c5-c4 gaining even more
space.} a6 33. b3 Kd7 34. b4 {White is impatient and plays an active move,
which is not bad however, but a prelude to a future mistake...} cxb4 35. axb4
Ke7 36. c5 $2 {This is simply losing.} ({After} 36. Kc3 {white seems to hold,
for example:} Rd8 37. Rd2 Rxd2 38. Kxd2 Nf3+ 39. Ke2 Nxh2 40. Kf2 $1 (40. cxb5
axb5 41. g4 $2 Ke6 42. Kf2 Ke5 43. Kg3 Kxe4 $19) 40... g4 41. c5 $1 Ke6 42. Ke2
Ke5 43. Kd3 {and the endgame is drawish.}) 36... a5 $19 {Breaking white's
pawns chain. Black's rook will penetrate into white's camp via the "a" file
and capture both white's queenside pawns very soon.} 37. bxa5 Ra8 38. Kb3 Rxa5
39. Nc2 Ra4 40. Rd2 Rc4 41. h4 Rxc5 ({Even stronger was} 41... Nd7) 42. hxg5
Nc4 43. Rd3 Rxg5 44. Nb4 Ne5 45. Rc3 Kd6 {Two connected passed pawns brings
black an easy victory.} 46. Na6 Rh5 47. Rc1 Rh3 48. Rd1+ Ke7 49. Kb4 Rxg3 50.
Kc5 Rd3 {The quickest way for a win.} 51. Rxd3 Nxd3+ 52. Kd4 (52. Kxc6 b4 {
and one of black's pawns easily queens.}) 52... Nf4 53. Kc5 g5 54. Nb4 g4 55.
Nxc6+ Ke6 56. Kxb5 Ne2 $1 {[%csl Yd4] The last precise move in the game.
Black's passed pawn is unstoppable.} 57. Nd8+ Ke5 58. Kc4 g3 59. Nf7+ Kf4 60.
e5 g2 {[%mdl 4096]} 0-1

[Event "Linares 21st"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2004.02.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2663"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[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 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
c4 Nb6 {The other main line is 8...Ba6.} 9. b3 ({The main alternatives are:} 9.
Nc3) ({and} 9. Nd2) 9... Qe6 10. Bb2 a5 (10... Bb4+ 11. Nd2 O-O 12. O-O-O {
- see the annotated game Motylev,A-Sermek,D/Dubai 2001/CBM 83 [Postny,E]}) 11.
Qc2 $1 $146 {[%mdl 8] Interesting idea. Usually white develops his queen to e3
or e4, but in this case white is intending do develope his light-squared
bishop to d3 and put pressure along the b1-h7 diagonal. The common move 11.Nd2
leads to the 9.Nd2 line by transposition.} (11. Nd2 a4 (11... Bb4 12. a3 Bxd2+
13. Qxd2 d5 14. cxd5 cxd5 15. Rc1 $14 {1-0 Kasparov,G-Karpov,A/Lyon/New York
1990/CBM 21 (102)}) 12. Qe3 (12. g3 Bb4 13. Bg2 {- see the annotated game
Kulaots,K-Delchev,A/Plovdiv 2003/CBM 98 [Postny,E]}) 12... Bb4 (12... axb3 13.
axb3 Rxa1+ 14. Bxa1 Bb4 15. Bd3 d6 16. O-O dxe5 17. Bxe5 f6 18. Bf4 Qxe3 19.
Bxe3 O-O 20. Nf3 c5 21. Bf4 Rf7 22. h4 Bg4 23. Be4 Re7 24. Bd3 Bxf3 {1/2-1/2
Svidler,P-Sokolov,I/Groningen 1995/CBM 51 (24)}) 13. Bd3 d5 14. O-O Ba6 15.
Rfc1 Bxd2 16. Qxd2 dxc4 17. bxc4 Bxc4 18. Bxc4 Nxc4 19. Qb4 Nxb2 20. Rc3 Rd8
21. Qxb2 O-O 22. Ra3 Rd5 23. Rxa4 Rxe5 24. h3 $11 {1/2-1/2 Sutovsky,
E-Ivanisevic,I/Istanbul 2003/CBM 96 (36)}) 11... Bb4+ (11... d5 12. cxd5 Nxd5
13. Bc4 $14) 12. Nd2 a4 13. Bd3 Qh6 {Trying to prevent white's smooth
development.} (13... axb3 $6 14. axb3 Rxa1+ 15. Bxa1 d6 16. O-O dxe5 17. f4 $36
) 14. Rd1 axb3 15. axb3 Ra2 {Black achieves nothing by this invasion. On the
other hand, it's not easy to suggest an improvement.} 16. O-O O-O (16... Ba3
17. Rb1 O-O 18. Qc3 Bxb2 19. Rxb2 Rxb2 20. Qxb2 d6 $14) 17. Qb1 {Driving away
the rook from it's active position.} Ra5 18. Nf3 {It's clear, that the opening
battle ended in white's favour. White has superior pawn structure and his
pieces are harmoniously placed.} d5 19. Nd4 ({White gets only equality after} 
19. Bc1 $6 Qh5 20. Ng5 h6 21. Be2 Qg6 22. Bd3 Qh5 $11) 19... Bd7 20. Nc2 dxc4 (
{After} 20... Be7 21. b4 Ra7 22. c5 {black is getting squeezed.}) 21. bxc4 (21.
Nxb4 $6 cxd3 22. Qxd3 $2 (22. Nxd3 Bf5 $11) 22... c5 $1 23. Nd5 Bb5 24. Qc3
Bxf1 25. Qxa5 {[%tqu "En","How should black continue?","","","f1g2","",10]}
Bxg2 $1 26. Kxg2 (26. Ne7+ Kh8 27. Kxg2 Qg5+ $17) 26... Qc6 27. Qa6 Rd8 $17)
21... Bd2 $5 {[%csl Re5,Rh2][%cal Gd2f4] An awkward move, but a playable one.}
({Safer would have been} 21... Be7 $14) 22. Bxh7+ $6 {A spectacular move, but
not the best one.} ({White could keep a stable advantage after the simple} 22.
Nd4 {For instance:} Bf4 23. g3 Bxe5 24. Nb3 Bxb2 25. Nxa5 Bc3 26. Bf5 $1 $16 (
26. Nb3 $2 Bh3 $15 {[%csl Rf1]})) 22... Qxh7 (22... Kxh7 $2 23. Ne3+ $18 {
[%cal Gd1d2]}) 23. Rxd2 Bf5 24. Bc3 Raa8 $1 (24... Nxc4 $6 25. Bxa5 Nxd2 26.
Bxd2 Bxc2 27. Qb4 $16) 25. Qb3 {I think, white could continue the game,
although black has reasonable compensation for the pawn.} (25. Qb3 Rfb8 26. Nd4
$6 (26. Ra1 $1 $14) 26... Na4 (26... Nd5 $2 {[%tqu "En","Find the winning move.
","","","d2a2","",10]} 27. Ra2 $3 $18) 27. Qa3 Nb6 28. Qe7 (28. Qb3 $11) 28...
Nxc4 29. Nxc6 Nxd2 30. Nxb8 Nf3+ 31. gxf3 Qg6+ 32. Kh1 Rxb8 $36 {[%csl Rh1]})
1/2-1/2

[Event "Karadjordje Serbia"]
[Site "Topola"]
[Date "2004.05.09"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Pavasovic, Dusko"]
[Black "Mastrovasilis, Dimitrios"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2591"]
[BlackElo "2533"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2004.05.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 101"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
c4 Nb6 ({Other main line goes with} 8... Ba6) 9. Nc3 Qe6 {Opening the diagonal
for the dark-squared bishop and preparing to attack Pc4 as well.} ({Popular
alternative is} 9... a5) 10. Qe4 Bb4 ({The alternatives are:} 10... g6 {
--> 1-0 Rublevsky,S-Lautier,J/Poikovsky 2004/CBM 100 [Postny,E] (49)}) (10...
d5 {--> 1-0 Pavasovic,D-Carlsen,M/Wijk aan Zee 2004/CBM 99 [Postny,E] (59)}) (
10... Ba6 {--> 1-0 Zelcic,R-Sermek,D/Solin/Spilt 2002/CBM 93 [Postny,E] (43)})
11. Bd2 Ba6 (11... Bxc3 12. Bxc3 d5 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Qb4 Nd7 15. Bb5 c6 16.
Ba4 Rb8 17. Qd6 Qxd6 18. exd6 $16 {1/2-1/2 Motylev,A-Vajda,L/Bucharest 2000/
CBM 77 (110)}) 12. b3 Bxc3 13. Bxc3 d5 14. Qh4 {This move was introduced by G.
Kasparov 5 years ago and caused black a serious worry in this opening line.
However, since then black has found some ideas as well...} (14. Qf3 {--> 1/2-1/
2 Ponomariov,R-Spassky,B/Cannes 1998/CBM 65 [Mikhalevski,V] (58)}) 14... dxc4
15. Be2 Nd5 (15... O-O 16. O-O Nd5 17. Bxc4 Bxc4 18. Qxc4 $14 {1/2-1/2
Mikhalchishin,A-Onischuk,A/Batumi 1999/CBM 74 [Mikhalevski,V] (55)}) 16. Bxc4 (
{In the first game for 14.Qh4 line Kasparov played} 16. Bd4 {and got the
advantage after} c5 17. Bxc5 Nc3 18. Bxc4 Qxe5+ 19. Be3 $14 {1-0 Kasparov,
G-Adams,M/Sarajevo 1999/CBM 71 [Mikhalevski,V] (31)  However, strong move 16...
Qf5! /\ Nf4 [Morozevich-Piket/KasparovChessGP 2000] forced white to switch for
16.Bxc4 move...}) 16... g5 $1 (16... Bxc4 17. Qxc4 Nxc3 18. Qxc3 O-O 19. O-O
Rad8 20. Rac1 $16 {1-0 Kulaots,K-Sepp,O/Puhajarve 2001/CBM 85 (56)}) (16... Bb5
17. O-O g5 18. Qd4 Bxc4 19. bxc4 Nf4 20. Rfe1 $14 {1/2-1/2 Macieja,B-Timman,J/
Willemstad 2001/EXT 2002 (42)}) 17. Qd4 (17. Qxg5 $4 Bxc4 $19 {[%csl Rc3]})
17... Bxc4 18. Qxc4 O-O-O (18... Nf4 19. Qxe6+ Nxe6 20. O-O-O {--> 1-0
Kasparov,G-Timman,J/Wijk aan Zee 2000/CBM 75 [Mikhalevski,V] (36)}) 19. Bd4 (
19. O-O Nf4 20. Qxe6+ Nxe6 21. Rfe1 (21. Rac1 Rd5 22. g3 c5 23. Kg2 Rhd8 24.
Rfe1 Rd3 25. Re4 h5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Movsesian,S-Stefansson,H/Reykjavik 2003/CBM
94 (30)}) 21... Rd3 22. Rac1 Rhd8 23. Kf1 h5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Macieja,B-Timman,J/
Curacao 2002/CBM 91 ext (33)}) 19... c5 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8] Very interesting
novelty.The idea of this move is to decoy white's queen to a worse location.} (
19... Kb7 20. O-O h5 (20... Nb6 21. Qc3 Rd5 22. f4 Rhd8 23. f5 Qe8 24. Bxb6
axb6 25. Rae1 $14 {1/2-1/2 Pinter,G-Koskinen,H/Budapest 2000/CBM 79 ext (38)})
21. Rac1 Rd7 22. a4 Rhd8 23. Qc5 Nb6 24. Be3 Rd5 25. Qc3 Rxe5 26. a5 Nd5 27.
Qd4 Kc8 28. Rxc6 Qxc6 29. Qxe5 Nxe3 30. Qxe3 Qd5 31. h3 Qd4 {1/2-1/2 Baklan,
V-Piket,J/Germany 2000/CBM 82 ext (31)}) ({The immediate} 19... Qg4 $6 {
is not good due to} 20. Bxa7 Qxg2 21. O-O-O $16) 20. Qxc5 Qg4 21. Qxa7 (21. Rc1
Qxg2 22. Kd2 (22. Qxa7 Qxh1+ 23. Kd2 Qe4 24. Qa6+ Kd7 25. Qc6+ Kc8 26. Qa6+ $11
) 22... Rd7 {with sufficient counterplay.}) 21... Qe4+ 22. Be3 (22. Kf1 $2 Nf4
23. Qa6+ Kd7 24. Qb5+ c6 $19) 22... Nf4 23. Qa6+ (23. f3 Nxg2+ 24. Kf2 Qxe3+ (
24... Qc2+ 25. Kg3 Nxe3 26. Qxe3 Rd2 27. Rac1 $1 Rg2+ 28. Kh3 $14) 25. Qxe3
Nxe3 26. Kxe3 Rhe8 $11) 23... Kb8 24. Rg1 Rd3 (24... Nxg2+ $4 25. Rxg2 Qxg2 26.
Ba7+ Ka8 27. Bb6+ {mating.}) 25. Kf1 ({The following crazy variation was
pointed by Fritz:} 25. Qa7+ Kc8 26. Kf1 Rd6 $1 27. f3 Qd3+ 28. Kf2 Qc2+ 29. Kg3
Ne2+ 30. Kg4 Rd4+ $3 31. Bxd4 h5+ 32. Kxg5 Qd2+ 33. Kh4 (33. Be3 $2 Qd8+ 34.
Kf5 Qd7+ 35. Kg5 Rg8+ 36. Kh4 Rg4+ $1 37. Kh3 Rg3+ 38. Kh4 Qe7+ 39. Kxh5 Qxe5+
$19) 33... Qf4+ 34. Kh3 Qf5+ 35. Kh4 Qf4+ $11) 25... Rxe3 $1 {Eliminating the
main defender of white's king.} 26. Qb5+ Kc8 27. fxe3 Nd5 $1 28. Qa6+ {White
has no more than a perpetual check, black's tandem Q + N is quite dangerous.} (
28. Re1 $4 Qf5+ 29. Ke2 Nc3+ $19 {[%csl Rb5,Re2][%cal Gc3e2,Gc3b5]}) 28... Kb8
29. Qb5+ (29. Re1 Qf5+ 30. Ke2 Qc2+ $11) 29... Kc8 30. Qa6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "WchT 5th"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2001.10.17"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Graf, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2666"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[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 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nxc6 Qf6 6. Qd2 Qxc6 {If black
doesn't want to double his pawns he may choose this recapture. However as
practice shows, white can expect the initiative in this variation, since he
has some space advantage and black's Q is a bit vulnerable.} 7. Bd3 Ne7 {
The alternative is 7...Nf6.} 8. O-O O-O 9. b4 $1 Bd4 10. c3 Bf6 (10... Bb6 11.
c4 d6 12. Nc3 Be6 13. Nd5 Qd7 14. Bb2 Bxd5 15. exd5 a5 16. a3 Ng6 17. Qc3 f6
18. Qc2 $16 {1-0 Chernyshov,K-Miroshnichenko,E/Budapest 1999/EXT 2000 (38)})
11. Qe2 Qe6 12. f4 d6 13. Qc2 $146 (13. Be3 a5 14. b5 Re8 15. f5 Qd7 16. Bd4
Nd5 17. Qd2 Bxd4+ 18. cxd4 Nf6 19. Nc3 c5 20. Qf2 b6 21. Rae1 Bb7 22. d5 $16 {
1-0 Azmaiparashvili,Z-Gomez Esteban,J/Pamplona 1996/CBM 57 (52)}) 13... Nc6 {
[%csl Ra1][%cal Gc6b4]} (13... a5 14. b5 $14) 14. a3 (14. e5 $2 dxe5 15. Bxh7+
Kh8 16. Rf3 exf4) 14... a5 15. b5 Nb8 16. Be3 {The space advantage as well as
the strong pawncentre makes whites position clearly better.} g6 (16... Nd7 17.
Nd2 {+/=/+/-}) 17. Nd2 Nd7 18. Rae1 Qe7 19. e5 {All white's pieces are in an
attacking positions, it's time for a breakthrow in the centre.} (19. Bd4 Bg7 $1
(19... Nc5 20. Bxc5 dxc5 21. e5 $16) (19... Re8 20. e5 dxe5 21. fxe5 Bxe5 22.
Bc4 $16) 20. Nc4 Re8 $14) 19... dxe5 20. Ne4 exf4 (20... Bg7 21. f5 $1 gxf5 22.
Rxf5 $40) 21. Bxf4 Be5 22. Nf6+ $1 (22. Bxe5 Nxe5 23. Nf6+ Kg7 $13) 22... Nxf6
({After} 22... Qxf6 $2 23. Bxe5 Qe7 24. Bd4 Qd6 25. Bc4 {white's attack is
irresistible.}) 23. Rxe5 Qxa3 $2 {After this capture black loses by force.} ({
After} 23... Qd6 {it's not obvious, how white should continue his attack.} 24.
Re2 (24. Bc4 Ng4 25. Rd5 Qb6+) 24... Qxa3 25. Bh6 Ng4 26. Bxf8 Qxf8 $14) 24.
Bg5 Ne8 $8 25. Be7 Nd6 {[%tqu "En","Which white's piece is not taking part in
the attack yet? How should white continue?","","","c2d2","",10]} 26. Qd2 $1 $18
{[%csl Rg8][%cal Rd2h6]} (26. b6 $2 Be6 27. Bxf8 Rxf8 28. bxc7 Rc8 $14) (26.
Bf6 Be6 {[%cal Yd6e8]}) (26. Bxf8 Kxf8 27. Qd2 $36) 26... Bg4 (26... Bd7 27.
Qh6 f5 28. Bc4+ Nxc4 29. Bxa3 Nxe5 30. Bxf8 Rxf8 31. Qd2 $18) 27. Qh6 {[%cal
Ge7f6]} f5 28. Bc4+ Rf7 (28... Nxc4 29. Bxa3 Nxe5 30. Bxf8 Rxf8 31. Qd2 $18)
29. Bxd6 Qxd6 30. Bxf7+ Kxf7 31. Qxh7+ Kf6 32. Rfe1 {The threat 33.Re7 is
unanswerable.} Rf8 (32... Qxe5 33. Rxe5 Kxe5 34. Qxc7+ $18) 33. Re7 Kg5 34. h4+
Kf4 35. Qh6+ Kg3 36. R7e3+ (36. R7e3+ Bf3 37. Qg5#) 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-34"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2000.11.12"]
[Round "14.2"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2611"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2000.10.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Bosnia&Herzegovina"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BIH"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. c3 Qg6 7. Qf3 $5 (7.
f3 Nge7 8. Qd2 (8. Nf5 Bxe3 9. Nxe3 O-O 10. Na3 f5 11. exf5 Nxf5 12. Nxf5 Qxf5
$11 {1/2-1/2 Thorhallsson,T-Hector,J/Reykjavik 1997/CBM 62 (36)}) 8... a6 9.
Nc2 Bxe3 10. Nxe3 d6 11. Be2 f5 12. exf5 Bxf5 13. O-O O-O 14. Na3 Rae8 15. Rae1
Kh8 16. Nac2 Qh6 $15 {0-1 Vajda,S-Skembris,S/FRA 1999/EXT 2000 (32)}) (7. Nd2
Nf6 8. f3 d5 9. Bb5 Bxd4 (9... Qxg2 10. Rg1 Qxh2 11. Rxg7 Bd7 12. Qb3 Qh4+ 13.
Kd1 Bxd4 14. cxd4 O-O-O 15. Kc2 $132) 10. Bxd4 dxe4 11. O-O Bd7 12. Bxf6 Qxf6
13. Nxe4 Qf5 14. Bd3 Qf4 15. Qc1 Qxc1 16. Raxc1 Ne5 17. Bc2 O-O-O $11 {0-1
Berg,E-Hector,J/Reykjavik 1996/CBM 52 (67)}) 7... Ne5 (7... Bxd4 8. Bxd4 Nge7
9. Nd2 d5 10. Bb5 O-O 11. Be3 dxe4 12. Qxe4 Bf5 13. Qf3 Ne5 14. Qg3 Ng4 $11 15.
O-O-O $6 c6 16. Be2 Nxe3 17. Qxe3 Nd5 18. Qg3 Qh6 $15 {0-1 Schmittdiel,
E-Kupreichik,V/Bad Woerishofen 1995/CBM 47 ext (70)}) 8. Qe2 $146 (8. Qf5 d6 9.
Qxg6 hxg6 10. f3 Nf6 11. Nd2 Bd7 12. Nc2 Bb6 13. Be2 d5 14. Bxb6 axb6 15. exd5
Nxd5 16. g3 c5 17. O-O O-O $15 {0-1 Ash,R-Martinovsky,E/Chicago 1995/EXT 98 
(52)}) 8... Nh6 (8... Qxe4 $2 9. Nd2 Qg4 10. f3 $1 ({less clear} 10. Nb5 Qxe2+
11. Bxe2 Bxe3 12. Nxc7+ Kd8 13. Nxa8 Bxd2+ 14. Kxd2 b6 $13 {[%csl Ra8]}) 10...
Qh4+ 11. g3 Qd8 (11... Qe7 12. Nf5 $18) 12. Nb5 Be7 13. Bd4 d6 14. Bxe5 dxe5
15. Qxe5 Kf8 16. Qxc7 $16) 9. f4 Neg4 (9... Nc6 $6 {is met by} 10. Nb5 Bxe3 11.
Qxe3 Kd8 12. Nd2 $36 {[%csl Rd8]}) 10. f5 $1 {Important intermediate move.} (
10. Bg1 $6 Bxd4 11. cxd4 (11. Bxd4 $2 Nxh2 $1 $17 {[%cal Rg6g3]}) 11... d5 {
and black getting control of important white squares in the center.}) 10... Qf6
({Deserves attention} 10... Qb6 {with idea to provoke some weaknesses on
white's queenside.} 11. Bg1 {[%csl Gg1][%cal Gb2b4,Ge4e5]} Ne5 12. b4 Bxd4 13.
Bxd4 (13. cxd4 Qxb4+ 14. Nd2 Nc6 15. Rb1 Qe7 $15) 13... Qd6 {[%cal Gf7f6]} 14.
Na3 Qe7 15. Nb5 d6 16. Nxa7 Bd7 17. Nb5 Bc6 {with good compensation for the
pawn.}) 11. Bg1 O-O 12. Nd2 Ne5 13. O-O-O Qa6 $2 {Sokolov intentionally
worsing his pawnstructure by swapping the queens with idea to hold his
blockade knight in the endgame.Nevertheless it's wrong decision.Ponomariov
managing to swap all good black pieces and the endgame is in his favour .} (
13... Qe7 {[%cal Gf7f6] was logical continuation with very complicated
position,for instanse:} 14. h3 f6 15. g4 Nhf7 16. Qg2 d6 17. Be2 Bd7 18. h4
Rab8 {[%cal Gb7b5]} 19. Be3 b5 20. g5 b4 21. gxf6 Qxf6 22. Bg5 Nxg5 23. hxg5
Qe7 24. Rxh7 bxc3 25. f6 cxd2+ 26. Rxd2 Rxf6 27. gxf6 Qxf6 28. Qh2 Rb4 {
with double-edged position.}) 14. Qxa6 bxa6 15. N4f3 $1 Bxg1 16. Rxg1 Nhg4 (
16... Re8 17. Nxe5 Rxe5 18. g4 $16 {[%csl Rh6]} f6 19. Bc4+ Kf8 20. Nf3 {
[%csl Ra8]} Re7 21. g5 $40) (16... Neg4 17. Re1 $16 {[%cal Gh2h3]}) 17. h3 Nxf3
18. gxf3 Ne3 19. Re1 Nxf1 20. Rexf1 $16 {Look what happened! All developed
black pieces gone; black actually start from the beginning.} f6 (20... d6 21.
Nc4 {[%cal Gc4e3]} Re8 22. Ne3 Bb7 {[%cal Gd6d5]} 23. c4 $16 {[%csl Yd5]}) 21.
h4 Bb7 (21... d5 22. Nb3 $16 {[%csl Yc5][%cal Yb3c5]}) 22. Nb3 Rae8 23. Nc5 Bc8
24. c4 {[%csl Yd5]} Kf7 25. h5 {Black pieces are hardly breathing.} Rg8 26. Nd3
{[%cal Gd3f4]} g6 27. hxg6+ hxg6 28. fxg6+ Rxg6 29. Rxg6 Kxg6 30. Nf4+ Kf7 (
30... Kg5 31. Nd5 $18 {[%cal Gd5c7,Gf1g1]}) 31. Rh1 Kg7 32. Nd5 Re5 ({Other
attempts do not save as well:} 32... c6 33. Ne3 {[%csl Yd6][%cal Ge3f5]} d6 34.
Rd1 Rd8 (34... f5 35. Rxd6 fxe4 36. fxe4 $18) 35. c5 d5 36. exd5 cxd5 37. Rxd5
Rxd5 38. Nxd5 Bb7 39. Ne7 $18 {[%cal Gc5c6,Gc6c7,Gc7c8]}) (32... Re6 33. b3 c5
34. Ne3 a5 35. Nf5+ Kg8 36. Rd1 Kf8 37. Kb2 $18) 33. Nxc7 f5 (33... Rc5 34.
Ne8+ $18 {[%cal Ye8d6]}) 34. Rh5 d6 ({The endgame after} 34... Kg6 35. Rxf5
Rxf5 36. exf5+ Kxf5 37. Kd2 Kf4 38. Ke2 Bb7 39. Nd5+ Bxd5 40. cxd5 Ke5 41. Ke3
Kxd5 42. f4 $18 {is lost.}) 35. Nd5 a5 (35... fxe4 36. Rxe5 dxe5 37. fxe4 {
with easy win.}) 36. Kd2 Bd7 37. exf5 Rxf5 38. Rxf5 Bxf5 39. Nc7 {[%cal Gc7e8,
Gc7b5]} Bb1 40. a3 Ba2 41. Kc3 Kf6 42. Nb5 d5 43. c5 Ke5 44. f4+ {[%mdl 6144]
Impressive performance by Ponomariov!} 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 13th"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2001.11.07"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Brady, Stephen"]
[Black "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2333"]
[BlackElo "2577"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2001.11.06"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ireland"]
[BlackTeam "Spain"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IRL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ESP"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nxc6 Qf6 6. Qd2 dxc6 7. Nc3 Qe7 {
Morozevich's patent.} 8. Qg5 {The most problemative continuation for black in
this variation.Other option is 8.Bd3.} Nf6 (8... Bd4 {- see the game Van der
Wiel,J-Korneev,O /Elgoibar 1998/CBM 69 [Mikhalevski,V]}) 9. Be3 Bb4 $6 (9...
Bxe3 {- see the game Leko,P-Svidler,P /Linares 1999/CBM 70 [Mikhalevski,V]}) (
9... Bd6 {- see the game Mellado Trivino,J-Korneev,O /Elgoibar 1998/CBM 69 
[Mikhalevski,V]}) 10. Bd3 $6 $146 ({The most principal and the strongest
continuation is:} 10. e5 {- see the game Nataf,IA-Kharitonov,A /MK Cafe Cup
1999/CBM 73 [Mikhalevski,V]}) 10... h6 11. Qxg7 Rg8 12. Qxh6 Ng4 (12... Nxe4 $2
13. Bxe4 Qxe4 14. O-O-O Bxc3 15. bxc3 Bf5 16. Rd2 $40 {[%csl Re8][%cal Gh1e1]})
13. Qh5 $2 {After this move black gets strong initiative.} (13. Qh7 Nf6 14. Qh4
Rg4 15. Qh8+ Rg8 $11) 13... Nxe3 14. fxe3 Bg4 (14... Rxg2 $2 15. Qh8+ Qf8 16.
Qxf8+ Kxf8 17. O-O-O $14) 15. Qh6 O-O-O {Black is two pawns down, but all his
pieces are superbly placed in compare to the white's.} 16. O-O (16. Qf4 Bd6 (
16... Bxc3+ $2 17. bxc3 Qa3 18. O-O Bh3 19. Rf2 Qb2 20. Raf1 $14) 17. Qf2 Rh8
$36) 16... Rg6 17. Qf4 Bd6 ({Probably stronger was} 17... Bh3 18. Rf2 Rdg8 19.
g3 (19. Bf1 Bd6 $40) 19... Bd6 20. e5 Bxe5 21. Bf5+ Kb8 22. Qe4 Bxf5 23. Rxf5
Re6 24. Qg2 Bxc3 25. bxc3 Rxe3 $17) 18. Qxf7 Qe5 (18... Qg5 19. g3 Rh6 {
[%cal Gh6h2]} 20. e5 Qxe3+ (20... Bxe5 21. Bf5+) 21. Qf2 Qxf2+ 22. Rxf2 Bc5 $15
) 19. Rf4 $2 (19. Qxg6 $4 Qxh2+ 20. Kf2 Bg3#) (19. Qf4 Qh8 (19... Qg7 20. e5
Bxe5 21. Qe4 Rg5 22. h4 Rh5 (22... Qh8 23. Be2 $16) 23. Rf7 $18) (19... Bh3 $1
20. g3 Qg7 21. e5 Bxe5 22. Qh4 Rh8 (22... Rh6 23. Rf7 Rxh4 24. Rxg7 Bxg7 25.
gxh4 $13) 23. Qxh8+ Qxh8 24. Bxg6 Bxf1 25. Rxf1 Bxc3 26. bxc3 Qxc3 $15) 20. e5
Bxe5 21. Bxg6 Bxf4 22. Rxf4 $13) 19... Rdg8 (19... Bc5 $2 20. Qxg6 Qxf4 21. Kh1
Bxe3 22. Rf1 $18) 20. Qh7 (20. Bf1 Qc5 21. Rf2 Qxe3 22. Bc4 Bxh2+ 23. Kxh2 Rh6+
24. Kg1 Rgh8 $19) 20... Bc5 $2 (20... Bh5 $1 {[%csl Rh7]} 21. Kh1 (21. Bf1 Rh8
22. Qf7 Rxg2+ 23. Bxg2 Bxf7 24. Rxf7 Qxh2+ 25. Kf1 Rg8 26. Rf2 Bg3 $19) 21...
Rxg2 22. Raf1 (22. Bc4 {[%tqu "En","How can black continue the attack in
style?","","","e5f4","",5]} Qxf4 $1 23. exf4 {[%tqu "En","Conclude the attack.
","","","g2g1","",5]} Rg1+ $1 24. Rxg1 Bf3+ 25. Rg2 Bxg2+ 26. Kg1 Bc5#) 22...
Qg5 $19) 21. Kh1 Bxe3 (21... R6g7 22. Qh4 Bxe3 23. Rxg4 $1 Rxg4 24. Qh3 {
[%csl Re3,Rg4][%cal Gd3e2]} Kb8 25. Qxe3 Rxg2 26. Qh3 Qg7 27. Ne2 Qxb2 $13) 22.
Rf8+ (22. Rxg4 $5 {- see the previous comment.}) 22... Rxf8 23. Qxg6 Be6 (23...
Bh5 24. Qh7 Bc5 {[%csl Rh2][%cal Gc5d6]} 25. Rf1 Rxf1+ 26. Bxf1 Qd4 27. Qg8+
Kd7 28. Qh7+ {with a perpetual.}) 24. Rf1 Rh8 25. g3 Bd4 26. Ne2 $4 {[%mdl
8192] The decisive tactical blunder.} (26. Rf4 Qd6 $44) {[%tqu "En","White's
last move was a blunder. How can black exploit it?","","","h8h2","",10]} 26...
Rxh2+ $1 (26... Rxh2+ 27. Kxh2 Qh8+ 28. Kg2 Qh3+ 29. Kf3 Qxf1#) 0-1

[Event "EU-Cup 16th"]
[Site "Neum"]
[Date "2000.09.24"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Winants, Luc"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2523"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[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 "Donetsk"]
[BlackTeam "Eupen Rochade"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BEL"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. c3 Qg6 7. Qf3 $5 (7.
Nd2 Nf6 8. f3 (8. f4 Nxd4 9. cxd4 Bb4 10. f5 Qg4 11. Qxg4 Nxg4 12. Bf4 d5 13.
h3 Nf6 14. e5 Ne4 15. g4 g6 16. fxg6 fxg6 17. a3 Bxd2+ 18. Bxd2 h5 19. Rg1 hxg4
20. hxg4 Be6 $11 {Motylev,A-Gligoric,S/Novi Sad 2000 (33)}) 8... d5 9. Bb5 Bxd4
(9... Qxg2 10. Rg1 Qxh2 11. Rxg7 Bd7 12. Qb3 Qh4+ 13. Kd1 Bxd4 14. cxd4 O-O-O
15. Kc2 $132) 10. Bxd4 dxe4 11. O-O Bd7 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Nxe4 Qf5 14. Bd3 Qf4
15. Qc1 Qxc1 16. Raxc1 Ne5 17. Bc2 O-O-O $11 {0-1 Berg,E-Hector,J/ Reykjavik
1996 (67)}) (7. f3 Nge7 8. Qd2 a6 9. Nc2 Bxe3 10. Nxe3 d6 11. Be2 f5 12. exf5
Bxf5 13. O-O O-O 14. Na3 Rae8 15. Rae1 Kh8 16. Nac2 Qh6 $15 {0-1 Vajda,
S-Skembris,S/ FRA 1999 (32)}) 7... d6 $6 $146 (7... Bxd4 8. Bxd4 Nge7 9. Nd2 d5
10. Bb5 O-O 11. Be3 dxe4 12. Qxe4 Bf5 13. Qf3 Ne5 14. Qg3 Ng4 15. O-O-O c6 16.
Be2 Nxe3 17. Qxe3 Nd5 $15 {0-1 Schmittdiel,E-Kupreichik,V/ Bad Woerishofen
1995 (70)}) (7... Ne5 8. Qf5 d6 9. Qxg6 hxg6 10. f3 Nf6 11. Nd2 Bd7 12. Nc2 Bb6
13. Be2 d5 14. Bxb6 axb6 15. exd5 Nxd5 16. g3 c5 17. O-O O-O $15 {0-1 Ash,
R-Martinovsky,E/ Chicago 1995 (52)}) 8. Nb5 $1 {[%csl Rc7]} Bg4 9. Qf4 (9. Qg3
$144 Bxe3 10. Qxe3 (10. Nxc7+ $2 Kd7 11. Nxa8 Bc1 $17)) 9... Bxe3 10. Qxe3 Kd7
{Black must defend the c7 pawn by king, to avoid any material damage.From now,
and until the end of the game, black king will not find complete safety.} (
10... O-O-O $2 11. f3 Bd7 12. Nxa7+ $16) 11. Nd2 Nge7 (11... Nf6 $6 12. Bd3 {
[%cal Gd3g6]} Rhe8 13. O-O Bf5 14. Rfe1 (14. f3 $2 Nd5 $17) 14... Re7 15. Nd4
Nxd4 16. Qxd4 Bh3 17. Bf1 $16 {[%csl Gd4,Rd7]}) 12. Bc4 Be6 {There was no need
to hurry with this move.} ({More logical is to complete artificial castling:} 
12... a6 13. Nd4 Rad8 14. h3 (14. O-O Kc8 $11 {[%cal Gd6d5]}) 14... Be6 15.
Bxe6+ fxe6 16. O-O $14 {[%cal Ya2a4,Yb2b4]}) 13. O-O Bxc4 14. Nxc4 Qh5 {
[%cal Rh5b5]} 15. a4 a6 16. Nd4 Rae8 (16... Rad8 17. b4 $36 Ne5 18. Nxe5+ Qxe5
(18... dxe5 $6 19. Nb3 $16 {[%csl Ra6,Rb7,Rd7][%cal Ge3a7,Gb3c5,Gb4b5,Gb3a5]})
19. f4 Qh5 20. e5 $40) 17. Qg3 Kc8 18. b4 (18. Qxg7 $6 f5 $1 $36 19. exf5 $2
Reg8 20. Qf6 Nxd4 21. Qxd4 Rxg2+ $1 22. Kxg2 Rg8+ 23. Kh1 Qf3#) 18... Nxd4 $2 {
This is already serious mistake.Black must meet side attack with center
breakthrough.} (18... d5 $1 19. Nxc6 Nxc6 (19... dxc4 20. Nxe7+ Rxe7 21. Qxg7
$16) 20. b5 $1 (20. exd5 Qxd5 21. Ne3 Qe5 $11) 20... dxc4 21. bxc6 bxc6 22. Qe3
{[%cal Ge3a7]} c5 23. f4 $14) 19. cxd4 Qg6 ({Now} 19... d5 {looks much worse
than on the previous move:} 20. exd5 Nxd5 21. Rfc1 {[%csl Rc7,Rc8][%cal Gc4b6,
Gc4d6]} Kb8 (21... Re6 22. b5 $40) 22. Ne3 Nxe3 23. Qxc7+ Ka8 24. fxe3 Rxe3 25.
b5 $40) 20. Qc3 Kb8 (20... d5 21. Ne5 Qe6 22. Rfc1 c6 23. b5 f6 24. Nd3 $18)
21. Rfe1 d5 {Too late.} (21... f5 22. e5 $16) 22. Ne5 Qe6 23. b5 f6 24. Nd3
dxe4 25. Nc5 $18 Qd5 26. a5 {White's attack is irresistible.} Nf5 (26... axb5
27. a6 b6 28. a7+ Ka8 29. Na6 $18 {[%cal Ra6c7]}) 27. bxa6 Ka7 28. axb7 Qxd4
29. Qc2 Nd6 30. Red1 Qc4 {[%tqu "En","Find final combination for white.","","",
"d1d6","",8]} 31. Rxd6 $1 {[%mdl 128]} (31. Rxd6 Qxc2 32. Ra6+ Kb8 33. Ra8#)
1-0

[Event "Bermuda-A"]
[Site "Bermuda"]
[Date "2002.01.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Ernst, Sipke"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2459"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "148"]
[EventDate "2002.01.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BER"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Nd5 {Usual
continuation is 6...Qe7.} 7. c4 Nb6 8. Nd2 (8. Nc3 d5 {- see the game Garma,
C-Rausis,I Goodricke op 2001/CBM 82 [Postny]}) 8... Qe7 9. Qe2 {With different
moves order the position transposed in one of the main variations.} a5 {
Other options are: 9...d5, 9...Qe6, 9...Bb7.} 10. b3 $6 {This variation is
risky for white. The alternatives are: 10.g3 - see the game Hector,J-Wedberg,T
/Sigeman & Co 2001/CBM 84 [Postny] and 10.Qe4.} a4 11. Bb2 axb3 12. axb3 Rxa1+
13. Bxa1 Qa3 14. Qd1 Bb4 15. Bd3 Qa5 ({Deserving attention} 15... Qa2 16. Bd4
Bxd2+ 17. Qxd2 Qxb3 $15) 16. Ke2 d6 $1 {This move was recommended by V.
Mikhalevski in his comments to the game Magem Badals,J-Hebden,M Escaldes zt
1998/CBM 68. In this game black continued 16...d5?! and eventually lost.} 17.
f4 $146 (17. Nf3 Bg4 18. Qc2 dxe5 19. Rd1 g6 20. Be4 O-O 21. Bxc6 f6 22. h3 Bf5
23. Be4 Bxe4 24. Qxe4 Qa2+ $17 {1/2-1/2 Dovzik,J-Ambrus,E/Szeged 1998/EXT 99 
(59)}) (17. Qc2 dxe5 18. Nf3 Bg4 19. Be4 Nd7 20. h3 Bxf3+ 21. Kxf3 Qc5 22. Bf5
Nf8 23. Qe4 f6 24. Rd1 g6 25. Bc8 Kf7 26. Bb7 Qe7 27. Qxc6 Bd6 28. g3 $14 {
0-1 Butze,R-Poljanskij,A /corr.1975 (46)}) 17... dxe5 18. fxe5 Bc3 $6 (18...
Bg4+ $1 19. Nf3 Nd7 20. h3 Bxf3+ 21. Kxf3 Nxe5+ 22. Bxe5 Qxe5 23. Qe2 $15) 19.
Bxc3 Qxc3 20. Nf3 Bg4 21. Qa1 Qxa1 $2 {This is certainly illogical. White has
as unsafe K in the centre and willing to exchange QQ and this exchange helps
him a lot...} (21... Qxb3 $4 22. Rb1 {[%csl Rb3]} Qa4 23. Qxa4 Nxa4 24. Rb8+
$18 {[%csl Rh8]}) ({The right move is} 21... Qb4) 22. Rxa1 $16 Ke7 (22... Kd7
23. h3 Bxf3+ 24. gxf3 $16) 23. Ra7 Nd7 {This pawn sacrifice is temporary.} 24.
Rxc7 Rb8 25. Bc2 Rb6 {[%csl Re5][%cal Ge7d8]} 26. Kd2 (26. c5 $6 Rb5) 26... Kd8
27. Ra7 Bxf3 28. gxf3 Nxe5 29. f4 Nd7 30. Bf5 $2 {This move allows black to
escape for a draw.} (30. Kc3 {[%csl Gb3,Gc4][%cal Gb3b4]} g6 (30... c5 31. Bf5
Rd6 32. Rxd7+ (32. b4 cxb4+ 33. Kxb4) 32... Rxd7 33. Bxd7 Kxd7 34. b4 {and the
pawn endgame is won for white.}) 31. b4 {with good winning chances.}) 30... Nc5
{Now the mutual "pawn capture" is on. White will remain a pawn up, but the
material on the board will be strongly reduced, that makes white's winning
chances rather low.} 31. Rxf7 Rxb3 32. Rxg7 Rf3 33. Rg4 Nb3+ {Black's pieces
became active and well-coordinated, as a result of white's mistake on move 30.}
34. Ke1 h6 35. Rh4 Nd4 36. Bh3 Ke7 37. Rxh6 Rxf4 {With every exchange white's
winning chances evaporates.} 38. Kd2 Nb3+ 39. Kd3 Nc5+ 40. Kc3 Na4+ 41. Kb3
Nc5+ 42. Kb4 Nd3+ 43. Kc3 Nc5 44. Bg2 Na4+ 45. Kd3 Nc5+ 46. Ke3 Rxc4 47. Rxc6
Rc3+ 48. Kd4 (48. Kd2 Ne4+ {[%csl Gh8] swapping the RR and reaching the
theoretical draw.}) 48... Rc2 {[%csl Rg2]} 49. Rg6 Ne6+ 50. Ke3 {Black's
defensive task in this position is quite easy.It should be noticed as well,
that white has the "wrong" B, so if the RR will be swapped black can deal even
without a knight...} Rc3+ 51. Kd2 Rc5 52. Bf3 Ng5 53. Be2 Kf7 54. Ra6 Re5 55.
Ra3 Kg6 56. Ke1 Nh7 57. Kf2 Nf6 58. Bf3 Rc5 ({It looks like after} 58... Ne4+ {
a draw could be agreed.}) 59. Ra4 Rc3 60. h4 {Good progress of the position...}
Kg7 61. Kg3 Rc5 62. Ra6 Rb5 63. Be2 Rc5 64. Kf4 Nh5+ 65. Ke3 Re5+ 66. Kf2 Nf6
67. Bd3 Rd5 68. Ke3 {White probably forgot, that his K should be close to the
pawn...} Ng4+ 69. Ke2 Nf6 70. Rc6 Rd4 71. Rc7+ Kg8 72. Bc4+ Kh8 {The Ph4 is
doomed.} 73. h5 Nxh5 74. Ke3 {Fight until the end...} Rh4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-34"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2000.11.10"]
[Round "13.3"]
[White "Pavasovic, Dusko"]
[Black "Timoscenko, Gennadij A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2523"]
[BlackElo "2529"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[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 "Slovenia"]
[BlackTeam "Slovakia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SLO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SVK"]

{[%mdl 4096]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nxc6 Qf6 6. Qd2
bxc6 {Rare move and perhaps not the strongest one.Most leading players prefer
taking by "d" pawn.Here two examples:} (6... dxc6 {In compensation for the
worse structure black has good piece developement.} 7. Nc3 Ne7 (7... Be6 8. Na4
Rd8 9. Bd3 Bd4 10. O-O Ne7 11. c3 b5 12. cxd4 Qxd4 $13 {1/2-1/2 Kasparov,
G-Short,N/London 1993/CBM 36 (50)}) 8. Qf4 Qd6 9. Be2 Ng6 10. Qg3 f5 {1/2-1/2
Kasparov,G-Anand,V/Frankfurt 1999/CBM 72 (28)}) 7. Nc3 d6 (7... Ne7 8. Bd3 O-O
9. O-O d6 10. e5 $1 $14 {1/2-1/2 Galyas,M-Semenova,I/Budapest 1999/EXT 2000 
(53)}) (7... Bb4 8. Qe3 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Ne7 10. Qd4 Qg6 11. h4 c5 12. h5 cxd4 13.
hxg6 Nxg6 14. cxd4 O-O 15. Bd3 d6 16. Bd2 Re8 17. O-O c5 18. Rab1 Bd7 19. c3
$16 {[%csl Ra7,Gd2,Gd3,Rd6] 1-0 Hracek,Z-Mokry,K/Germany 1995/GER-chT (38)}) 8.
Bd3 Ne7 9. O-O Bb6 $146 ({Few rounds ago Timoscenko played} 9... Qh4 {and
equalized the position after} 10. Na4 Bb6 11. Qg5 (11. Kh1) 11... Qxg5 12. Bxg5
f6 13. Bd2 Kf7 14. Nxb6 axb6 15. a4 Ba6 16. a5 Bxd3 17. cxd3 bxa5 18. Rxa5 Rhb8
{1/2-1/2 Sadvakasov,D-Timoscenko,G/Istanbul 2000/EXT 2001 (45)}) 10. Kh1 $1 {
[%cal Gf2f4] This is more aggressive plan; white creating strong pawncenter
and black queen becoming feel uncomfortable.} Qh4 11. f4 {White is intending
to play f4-f5 taking more space and limiting black pieces.} f5 12. e5 dxe5 (
12... d5 $6 {can not be recommended} 13. Na4 $16 {[%csl Yc5][%cal Gc2c4]}) ({
no good as well} 12... O-O $6 13. Bc4+ Kh8 (13... d5 14. Nxd5 cxd5 15. Bxd5+
Nxd5 16. Qxd5+ $18 {[%cal Rd5g8,Rd5a8]}) 14. exd6 cxd6 15. Qxd6 Rd8 16. Qe5 $16
) 13. fxe5 Be6 14. Qe2 $16 {[%csl Rh4][%cal Gf1f4]} Qg4 (14... g5 $6 {[%csl
Yc5,Re8,Yf6] creating too much weaknesses.}) 15. Qxg4 fxg4 16. Ne4 {[%cal
Ge4g5]} h6 17. Bd2 O-O-O 18. a4 Kb8 (18... Rd5 19. Bc3 {[%cal Gd3c4]} Nf5 {
[%csl Ye3]} 20. Rae1 a5 21. Rf4 $16) 19. Bb4 $6 {Inaccurate move.} ({Much
better is} 19. Rae1 Rhe8 20. a5 Bd4 21. Bc3 $16) 19... Rhe8 20. Nc5 $6 ({Again
} 20. Rae1 {was preferable}) 20... Nd5 21. Ba3 Ne3 22. Rfe1 Rxd3 $1 {Small
combination in order to simplify the position.} 23. cxd3 Bxc5 24. Bxc5 Nc2 25.
Rac1 Nxe1 26. Rxe1 Rd8 27. d4 Rd7 {[%cal Gd7f7]} 28. Rf1 Rf7 29. Kg1 Rxf1+ 30.
Kxf1 {Thanks to white's inaccurate play black managed to reach endgame with
opposite colour bishops, which is wellknown of their draw tendencies.} a6 (
30... h5 31. Kf2 h4 32. Ke3 h3 33. g3 g5 34. Be7 Kc8 35. Bxg5 Kd7 36. Ke4 Bb3
37. Kf5 Be6+ 38. Kf6 Bb3 39. Bd2 (39. a5 a6 $11) 39... a6 $11 {The same
position will arise in the game later.}) (30... g3 $3 {The most effective way
to reach a draw.} 31. hxg3 (31. h3 Bc4+ 32. Ke1 Bd5 33. Kf1 Bc4+ 34. Kg1 h5 $11
{[%cal Ga7a6,Gb8c8,Gc8d7,Gd7e6]}) 31... h5 32. Ke2 a6 33. Ke3 {[%cal Ge3f4]} g5
$1 34. Be7 Kc8 35. Bxg5 Kd7 36. Kf4 Bg4 37. b4 Ke6 38. Bd8 Kd5 39. Bxc7 (39.
Ke3 Bd1 $11) 39... Kxd4 40. Kg5 Kd5 $11) 31. Bf8 h5 32. Kf2 (32. Bxg7 a5 $1 {
[%csl Ra4]} 33. Kf2 Bb3 34. Kg3 Bxa4 35. Kh4 Bd1 36. g3 Bb3 $1 37. Kxh5 Be6 38.
Kg5 Kc8 39. Kf6 Kd7 40. Bf8 a4 41. Bb4 Bd5 42. Be1 Bb3 43. Bf2 Bd5 44. Bg1 Be6
45. h4 gxh3 46. Bh2 Bg4 47. Kg5 Be2 48. Kf5 Bc4 49. g4 Ke7 50. g5 Bd3+ 51. Kg4
Ke6 52. Kxh3 c5 53. dxc5 c6 54. Kg4 Bg6 55. Kf4 Kd5 56. Bg1 Bh7 57. Be3 Bg6 $11
) 32... g5 33. Be7 h4 34. Bxg5 h3 35. g3 Kc8 36. Ke3 Kd7 37. Kf4 Ke8 38. Bf6
Kd7 ({Loses} 38... Kf7 $2 39. Bd8 Kg6 40. Bxc7 Bc8 (40... Kh5 {[%cal Yh5g4]}
41. b4 Bb3 42. Kf5 $18) 41. b4 Be6 42. Bd6 Bd7 43. b5 cxb5 44. axb5 Bxb5 45. d5
$18) 39. Kg5 Ke8 40. Kh5 {[%csl Rc7][%cal Gf6g5,Gg5d2,Gd2b4,Gb4c5,Gc5a7,Ga7b8,
Gb4a5] Interesting plan, but insufficient for a win.} Kd7 41. Bg5 Ke8 42. Bd2
Kd7 43. Kg5 Ke7 44. Bb4+ Ke8 45. Ba5 Kd7 46. Kf6 Bb3 47. Kf5 Be6+ 48. Kg5 Kd8
49. Kf6 Kd7 50. Bb4 (50. Bxc7 Bb3 51. Bb6 Bxa4 52. e6+ Ke8 53. Ke5 Bb5 54. b3
Be2 55. Kd6 Bf3 56. b4 Bg2 57. Bc5 Bd5 $11) 50... Bb3 51. Kf5 Be6+ 52. Kg5 Ke8
53. Bc5 Kd7 54. Ba7 Kc8 55. a5 {Illogical move, however doesn't change the
evaluation.} Kd7 56. Bb8 Kc8 57. Kf6 Bb3 $4 {Fatal mistake! Black's only care
in this position - control of "e" pawn advance.} ({After} 57... Kd7 58. Bxc7
Bd5 {I don't see any win for white.}) 58. e6 $18 c5 59. dxc5 c6 ({Black can
take the bishop, but not to save the game:} 59... Kxb8 60. e7 Ba4 61. Kf7 Kb7
62. b4 $18 {[%cal Ge7e8]}) 60. Bd6 Kd8 61. Kf7 Bd5 62. b4 Bc4 63. Be5 Bd5 64.
Bf6+ Kc7 65. Ke7 Bf3 (65... Be4 66. Kf8 Bg6 67. Kg7 Be8 68. Kh6 $18 {[%cal
Gh6g5,Gg5g4]}) (65... Bc4 66. Be5+ Kc8 67. Kd6 $18) 66. Kf8 1-0

[Event "WchT 5th"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2001.10.18"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Nedev, Trajce"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2514"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[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 "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "MKD"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
c4 Nb6 9. Nd2 {Other theoretical lines are: 9.Nc3, 9.b3, 9.g3.} d5 {Besides
black has several options:9...a5, 9...Qe6, 9...Bb7.As well as 9...d6 which
leads to an identical position, as in the game, since white takes on d6 anyway.
} 10. exd6 cxd6 11. Ne4 {The more popular line is 11.b3. For example see the
game Hector,J-Wedberg,T /SWE-ch Linkoping 2001/CBM 85 [Postny]} Qe6 $146 (11...
Be6 12. Bf4 Nxc4 13. b3 Bd5 14. bxc4 Bxe4 15. Rd1 O-O-O 16. Bxd6 Qxd6 17. Rxd6
Bxd6 18. Qxe4 Rhe8 19. Qxe8 Bb4+ 20. Ke2 Rxe8+ 21. Kf3 Rd8 $15 {0-1 Weir,
P-Sarapu,O/Auckland 1979/EXT 98 (42)}) 12. b3 (12. Ng5 $142 Qxe2+ 13. Bxe2)
12... d5 13. cxd5 Nxd5 (13... cxd5 14. Ng5 Bb4+ 15. Bd2 Bxd2+ 16. Kxd2 Qxe2+
17. Bxe2 O-O 18. Nf3 $14 {[%csl Gd4][%cal Yf3d4]}) 14. Ng5 Qxe2+ ({After} 14...
Bb4+ 15. Bd2 {the position will be exactly as in the game itself, just with
different moves order.}) 15. Bxe2 Bb4+ 16. Bd2 Bxd2+ 17. Kxd2 O-O {White has
superior pawn structure, however black's position is not worse, since white's
pieces are not coordinated.} 18. Bf3 (18. Bc4 Rd8 19. Rhe1 Nb6+ 20. Kc3 Nxc4
$15) 18... Rd8 19. Kc2 a5 ({Possible was} 19... Bf5+ 20. Be4 Nb4+ 21. Kc3 Bxe4
22. Nxe4 a5) 20. Rhd1 Bf5+ 21. Be4 Bxe4+ 22. Nxe4 a4 23. a3 (23. Nc3 $2 Nb4+)
23... axb3+ 24. Kxb3 Rdb8+ 25. Kc2 Ra4 {Black's pieces are very active. White
has to exchange as more pieces as possible.} 26. Nd2 g6 27. g3 Rb5 28. Rdc1 ({
Possible as well is} 28. Rdb1 Rc5+ 29. Kb2) 28... Rd4 29. Nb3 Re4 30. Kb2 Nb6
31. Rc2 (31. Rxc6 $6 Na4+ 32. Kc2 Re2+ 33. Kd3 Rxf2) 31... c5 (31... Na4+ $6
32. Ka2 c5 33. Rac1) 32. Ka2 c4 33. Nc1 Nd5 ({Deserved attention} 33... Na4 {
threatening 34...Rb2 35.Rb2 Nc3#} 34. Rb1 $8 Rxb1 35. Kxb1 g5 {[%csl Rh2]
preventing the advance h2-h4. After} 36. Na2 {white is solving his problems.})
34. Rb1 {White's dream in this position is the pawns endgame, so every
exchange would be in his favour.} Ra5 35. Rb8+ Kg7 36. Kb2 c3+ 37. Kb3 Re1 (
37... Rea4 38. Ra2) 38. a4 Re4 39. Ra2 g5 {[%csl Rh2] fixing the Ph2.} 40. Nd3
Rd4 41. Nb4 Rd2 (41... Rd1 42. Kc2 Rd2+ 43. Kb3 {The same position arised in
the game with white's turn to move, however I don't see how black can exploit
this tempo.}) 42. Rxd2 cxd2 43. Kc2 Nc7 (43... Rxa4 44. Nxd5 d1=Q+ 45. Kxd1
Rd4+ $11) 44. Kxd2 Rxa4 45. h3 $2 {A bad move, which gives black some chances
in this completely drawish position.} (45. Nc2 $11) 45... Ra1 {[%csl Rh3]} 46.
Ke2 {This is also an inaccuracy.} (46. Rb7 $142 Ne6 47. Nd3 {[%csl Rf7][%cal
Gd3e5]} Kf6 48. Rb4 {[%cal Gh3h4]} Rh1 49. h4) 46... Rh1 47. Rb7 Ne6 48. Nd3
Kf6 49. Rb6 Rxh3 50. Nc5 {The knights exchange will increase a lot white's
chances for a draw.} h5 51. Kf3 Rh2 {52...Rh1 was a bit more precise, but it
does not change the evaluation of course-the endgame is drawish if white does
not make any serious mistakes...} 52. Nxe6 fxe6 53. Rb1 Kf5 54. Rb5+ e5 55. Ra5
Rh1 56. Ra8 e4+ 57. Kg2 Rd1 58. Ra5+ Kg4 59. Ra4 Kf5 (59... Re1 $6 60. f3+ Kf5
61. Ra5+ Kf6 62. Kf2 $11) 60. Ra5+ Kf6 61. Ra6+ Ke5 {Otherwise black's K can
not escape from the checks.} 62. Rh6 Rd2 {[%cal Ge4e3]} 63. Rh8 $1 {The most
precise move.} Kf5 64. Rf8+ Ke5 65. Rg8 Kd4 {[%cal Ge4e3]} 66. Kf1 g4 67. Rd8+
Kc3 68. Rc8+ Kd3 69. Rd8+ Kc2 70. Rc8+ Kd1 71. Rc4 {White is going to level
the number of pawns, so it's time to offer a draw...} Rd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 20th"]
[Site "Izmir"]
[Date "2004.10.07"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Macieja, Bartlomiej"]
[Black "Kosten, Anthony C"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2519"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[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 "Warsaw Polonia"]
[BlackTeam "Monaco"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "MNC"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
c4 Nb6 ({Other theoretical main line is} 8... Ba6) 9. Nd2 {Another way of
development is 9.Nc3. The move in the text, seemingly passive, but quite a
flexible one. The knight defends Pc4, while white is intending to develop his
dark-squared bishop to b2.} ({Another way of development is} 9. Nc3) 9... a5 {
Trying to create a counterplay on the queenside as soon as possible.} 10. b3 {
'?!' White clearly shows, that he does not afraid at all of black's
counterplay, but it's objectively wiser to go for a safer alternatives such as
10.g3 or 10.Qe4.} a4 11. Bb2 axb3 12. axb3 Rxa1+ 13. Bxa1 Qa3 {This is the
most principled and consequent continuation.} (13... Bb7 14. Bb2 Qg5 15. g3 Bb4
16. Bg2 O-O 17. f4 Qg6 18. Be4 Qh6 19. O-O d5 20. exd6 cxd6 21. Bd4 Nd7 22. Bg2
Nc5 $11 {0-1 Zhigalko,S-Aleksandrov,A/Rethymnon 2003/CBM 98 (67)}) 14. Qd1 Bb4
15. Bd3 Qa5 {Preventing white's castling.} 16. Ke2 d6 (16... d5 $6 17. Qc2 Qc5
18. Nf3 Bg4 19. Rd1 g6 20. h3 Bxf3+ 21. Kxf3 O-O 22. g3 d4 23. Be2 Bc3 24. Bxc3
dxc3 25. Qxc3 f6 26. exf6 Qh5+ 27. Kg2 Qxe2 28. Re1 Qh5 29. Re7 $18 {1-0 Magem
Badals,J-Hebden,M/Escaldes 1998/CBM 68 [Mikhalevski,V] (50)}) (16... O-O 17.
Qc2 d5 18. Bd4 dxc4 19. bxc4 Bxd2 20. Qxd2 Qxd2+ 21. Kxd2 $16 {1-0 Dochev,
D-Vajda,A/Ankara 1993/TD (50)}) 17. f4 {This move appeared only once, more
popular is 17.Nf3.} (17. Nf3 Bg4 18. Qc2 dxe5 (18... h6 19. Bd4 dxe5 20. Ra1
exd4 21. Rxa5 Bxa5 22. Be4 $16 {1-0 Nedev,T-Rodman,F/Bled 2002/CBM 89 ext (35)}
) 19. Be4 (19. Rd1 g6 20. Be4 O-O 21. Bxc6 f6 22. h3 Bf5 23. Be4 Bxe4 24. Qxe4
Qa2+ 25. Kf1 Bc5 26. Kg1 Qxf2+ 27. Kh1 Qe3 $17 {1/2-1/2 Dovzik,J-Ambrus,E/
Szeged 1998/EXT 99 (59)}) 19... Ke7 (19... Nd7 20. Rd1 Nf6 21. Bxc6+ Ke7 22. h3
Bxf3+ 23. Bxf3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Plukkel,S-Cooper,L/Vlissingen 2003/CBM 95 ext (32)}
) 20. Rd1 Rd8 21. Bb2 Rxd1 22. Kxd1 g6 23. Bxc6 f6 24. h3 Bf5 25. Be4 Bxe4 26.
Qxe4 Qa2 27. Qc2 Nd7 28. Bc3 Qa5 29. Bxb4+ Qxb4 30. Nd2 Nc5 $15 {0-1
Sadvakasov,D-Gretarsson,H/Bled 2002/EXT 2003 (52)}) 17... dxe5 18. fxe5 Bg4+ (
18... Bc3 19. Bxc3 Qxc3 20. Nf3 Bg4 21. Qa1 {and white consolidated his forces
in the game Nakamura,H-Ernst,S/Bermuda 2002/CBM 88 [Postny,E] (1/2-1/2,74)})
19. Nf3 Nd7 20. Kf2 Nc5 21. Bc2 Ne6 22. h3 Bxf3 23. Qxf3 Qa2 (23... Bc5+ $5 24.
Kg3 Nd4 25. Qe4 (25. b4 $2 Qxb4 26. Bxd4 Bxd4 27. Qxc6+ Kf8 $1 28. Qa8+ Ke7 29.
Qxh8 Bxe5+ 30. Kf3 Qc3+ $19) 25... Nxc2 26. Qxc2 O-O 27. Kh2 $11) 24. Qe4 (24.
Qxc6+ $2 Ke7 25. Qe4 Rd8 {[%cal Rd8d2] and the following penetration of the
rook is decisive.}) 24... Ke7 25. Kg3 ({Necessary was} 25. Rd1 Rd8 26. Rxd8
Kxd8 27. Bd4) 25... Rd8 26. Qh4+ Kf8 {'?!'} ({A forced win for black was:} 
26... g5 $1 27. Qxh7 Rd2 28. Rf1 (28. Rc1 Ba3 $19) 28... Qxc2 29. Rxf7+ (29.
Qxf7+ Kd8 $19) 29... Ke8 $19) 27. Qxh7 Rd2 28. Be4 Qxb3+ 29. Kh2 {The safety
of white's king is only temporary. Black's pieces are superbly coordinated.}
Qxc4 30. Rb1 Ng5 {'!'} 31. Qh8+ Ke7 32. Qh4 Qxe4 33. Qxg5+ Ke8 34. Rb3 g6 {
'??' A blunder which loses on the spot. In such a sharp positions a waste of
tempo is crucial.} (34... Rd1 $1 35. Bc3 Be7 36. Rb8+ Kd7 37. Qg3 Bc5 $19) 35.
Bc3 {'!' Suddenly, white's bishop joined the battle decisively.} Bxc3 36. Rb8+
Kd7 37. Rd8+ {A dramatic finish.} 1-0

[Event "Ciocaltea Memorial"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2002.03.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Murariu, Andrei"]
[Black "Vajda, Levente"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2418"]
[BlackElo "2513"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2002.03.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
c4 Nb6 9. Nc3 a5 10. b3 {A rare line in this position.} ({The main alternative
is} 10. Qe4 {- see the game Ganguly,SS-Shetty,R Goodricke 12th op 2001/CBM 82 
[Postny]}) (10. f4 {- was in the game Lautier,J-Hebden,M /Clichy 2001/CBM 85 
[Postny]}) 10... a4 11. Bb2 $2 (11. Rb1 axb3 12. axb3 Qe6 13. Qe4 g6 14. Bd3
Bg7 15. f4 O-O 16. O-O $13 {1-0 Maiorov,O-Frolov,D/Orel 1997/EXT 99 (38)})
11... Qb4 $1 $146 {[%mdl 8] This novelty is actually refutes the white's 11.
Bb2.} (11... Qe6 12. f4 d5 13. exd6 Bxd6 $6 (13... cxd6) 14. g3 O-O 15. Qxe6
Bxe6 16. O-O-O $14 {1/2-1/2 Sorin,M-Van Hoolandt,P/Cannes 2000/EXT 2001 (78)})
12. Qc2 axb3 13. axb3 (13. Qxb3 Na4 14. O-O-O Nxb2 15. Qxb4 Bxb4 16. Kxb2 Bxc3+
17. Kxc3 Rxa2 $17) 13... Rxa1+ 14. Bxa1 Qa5 $17 {[%csl Ra1,Re5] This double
threat yields black a pawn.} 15. Bb2 Qxe5+ 16. Kd1 $5 {[%csl Ye1,Re8,Gh1][%cal
Gh1e1]} ({After} 16. Be2 Bc5 17. O-O O-O {white's compensation for the pawn is
not sufficient.}) 16... Qh5+ 17. Be2 Qg6 {Black is a pawn ahead, so he doesn't
mind to go to the endgame.} 18. Bd3 {White is sacrificing another pawn with
hope to exploit black's undevelopment.} Qxg2 19. Re1+ Kd8 20. Ne4 Bb4 21. Ng3
$1 {[%mdl 512] The only chance to keep the tension in the position.} (21. Bc3
Bxc3 22. Qxc3 Re8 {and white has no compensation for the deficit of two pawns.}
) 21... Bxe1 22. Bxg7 Qf3+ $2 {This check is completely unnecessary.} (22...
Rg8 $4 23. Bf6+ Ke8 24. Qe2+ $18) ({Simple and strong is} 22... Qxf2 23. Bxh8
d5 24. Qxf2 Bxf2 $17) 23. Be2 Qxf2 24. Bxh8 d5 ({After} 24... Bb4 25. Qxh7 Qe1+
26. Kc2 Qd2+ 27. Kb1 {black has no more, than a perpetual.}) 25. Qxh7 {This
move would not been possible, if black has played 22...Qf2.} Be6 $2 {A typical
human move. It is good on all accounts except for...it looses by force! There
was a concrete tactical threat in the position, which both sides (!) have
overlooked.} (25... Bb4 26. Qg8+ Ke7 27. Qg5+ Kd7 28. Bg4+ Ke8 29. Qg8+ Bf8 30.
Bxc8 Nxc8 31. Bg7 {and black should better give a perpetual.}) 26. Qg8+ $2 ({
Simply winning was:} 26. Qh4+ Kd7 27. Bd4 $18 {[%csl Re1,Rf2]}) 26... Ke7 27.
Be5 $2 {In such a sharp positions it is important to create a threat by every
move.} (27. Nh5 {[%cal Gh8f6]} Nd7 28. Qg5+ Kd6 (28... f6 29. Nxf6 Nxf6 30.
Qxf6+ Qxf6 31. Bxf6+ Kxf6 32. Kxe1 $11) 29. Ng7 {[%cal Gg7e8]} f6 30. Ne8+ Ke7
31. Nxf6 $11 {just like after 28...f6.}) 27... Bb4 $19 {[%cal Gf2e1]} 28. Kc2 (
{A bit more resistable would be} 28. Qg5+ Kd7 29. Qf4) 28... dxc4 29. bxc4 Nxc4
30. Qg5+ Kd7 {As you have noticed during the last couple of moves the black K
has stopped his "journey" and the white one is only starting it...} 31. Qf4
Ne3+ {Both KK in this game suffered a lot, but black eventually has the last
laugh...} 32. Kd3 (32. Kb2 {[%tqu "En","Please enter the strongest move for
black.","","","b4c3","",10]} Bc3+ $1 $19 33. Ka3 Nc2+ 34. Ka4 Qa7+ {with mate.}
) 32... Bc4+ 33. Ke4 f5+ $1 {[%mdl 128] This modest pawn completes the attack.}
34. Nxf5 {Quite an amusing mess in the centre of the board...} Qg2+ 35. Qf3 (
35. Kxe3 Qxe2+ 36. Kd4 c5#) 35... Bd5+ 36. Kxe3 Bxf3 37. Bxf3 Qd2+ ({White is
losing one more piece after} 37... Qd2+ 38. Ke4 Qd5+ 39. Kf4 Bd2+) 0-1

[Event "RUS-CHN Summit Men 2nd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2004.08.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Black "Zhang, Zhong"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2603"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[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 "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "China"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CHN"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
c4 Nb6 {Compared to the alternative 8...Ba6, the move in text keeps an option
of pushing forward the "a" pawn.} 9. Nc3 ({Another way of development is} 9.
Nd2) 9... a5 ({Another popular continuation is} 9... Qe6) 10. f4 {A rare
continuation.} (10. Qe4 {--> 0-1 Antal,G-Vajda,L/Budapest 2002/CBM 89 [Postny,
E](65)}) (10. Bd2 {--> 1/2-1/2 Radjabov,T-Adams,M/Tripoli 2004/CBM 102 [Postny,
E] (27)}) 10... Ba6 (10... a4 11. Qe4 g6 {--> 1/2-1/2 Lautier,J-Hebden,M/
Clichy 2001/CBM 85 [Postny,E] (27)}) 11. b3 Qe6 12. Bb2 a4 $146 (12... Bb4 13.
Qc2 a4 14. Rc1 Qh6 15. g3 O-O 16. Bd3 d5 17. exd6 cxd6 {1/2-1/2 Rublevsky,
S-Adams,M/Rethymnon 2003/CBM 98 no vc (17)}) 13. O-O-O {Looks risky, but it's
the logical continuation of white's previous play.} Bb4 14. Ne4 axb3 15. axb3
Bb7 {Opening the "a" file for the rook.} 16. Qf2 {[%cal Gf4f5]} Qe7 17. Nd6+ $5
{This check looks extremely promising for white, but as the continuation of
the game shows, the matters are far from clear.} cxd6 18. exd6 (18. Qxb6 $2 Bc5
19. Qxb7 O-O {[%csl Rb7][%cal Ra8a7]} 20. Bd4 dxe5 $1 21. Bxc5 Qxc5 {[%csl Rc1]
with crushing attack.}) 18... Qd8 $8 19. Bxg7 {This obvious move is probably
not the best one.} ({Very interesting was:} 19. c5 $5 Nd5 (19... O-O $2 20. Qd4
$18) (19... Ba3 20. Bxa3 Rxa3 21. Qb2 $1 Qa8 22. Qxg7 Ra1+ 23. Kd2 Qa2+ 24. Ke3
Qxb3+ 25. Bd3 $18) (19... f6 20. Qe3+ Kf7 21. cxb6 $16) 20. Rxd5 cxd5 21. Qe3+
Kf8 22. Qd4 f6 23. Qxb4 {with a wild position, which is very hard to evaluate..
.}) 19... f6 20. Be2 {[%cal Ge2h5]} (20. Bxh8 $2 Ra1+ 21. Kb2 Rxd1 22. Qe2+ Kf7
23. Qxd1 Qxh8 $17) 20... Kf7 21. Qg3 ({Again bad is to capture the rook:} 21.
Bxh8 $2 c5 $1 22. Bh5+ Kg8 23. Qh4 Ra1+ (23... Kxh8 $2 24. Bg6) 24. Kb2 Ra2+
25. Kc1 (25. Kxa2 Qa8+ 26. Kb1 Be4+ $19) 25... Be4 $19) 21... h5 ({There was
an alternative way to protect the h5 square:} 21... Ra5 $5 22. f5 Rxf5 23. Rhf1
Rg8 $1 24. Rxf5 (24. Bh5+ $2 Rxh5 25. Bxf6 Rxg3 26. Bxd8+ Kg8 27. hxg3 Nc8 $17)
24... Rxg7 25. Qh4 Kg8 {with double-edged position.}) 22. f5 $1 {[%csl Rg6]
Emphasizing the drawback of black's last move. The play is now forced for a
while.} Qe8 $8 23. Bxh8 Qxh8 24. Qg6+ Kf8 25. Bxh5 Qg7 26. Kb2 $1 {Preventing
the invasion of black's rook.} Qxg6 27. Bxg6 Nc8 {Unfortunately for white, the
Pd6 is a goner...} 28. h4 Bxd6 {It's extremely hard to evaluate this position.
As the continuation of the game shows, it's approximately equal...} 29. Rhe1 c5
{Both black's bishops are came alive, and white has to be careful, since his
king might be in danger as well.} 30. g4 (30. Re8+ Kg7 31. b4 (31. Rxc8 $4 Be5+
$19) 31... Nb6 $1 32. Rxa8 Bxa8 33. Kb3 Bf8 {and black is fine.}) 30... Bc6 $1
(30... Be5+ $2 31. Rxe5 fxe5 32. Rxd7 $18) 31. Re8+ Kg7 32. g5 Bf4 (32... Be5+
$2 33. Rxe5 fxe5 34. h5 {[%csl Gf5,Gg5,Gh5]}) 33. Rg1 (33. gxf6+ Kxf6 34. Rf8+
Ke7 $1 (34... Kg7 $6 35. Rf7+ Kg8 36. f6 Be5+ 37. Kc2 Ra2+ 38. Kd3 Rf2 (38...
Rg2 39. Rg7+ Kf8 40. Re1 Rg3+ 41. Kc2 Rg2+ 42. Kb1 $18) 39. Rg1 Rxf6 40. Rxf6
Bxf6 41. Be4+ Kf7 42. Bxc6 dxc6 43. h5 {with a winning chances for white.}) 35.
Rf7+ (35. Re8+ Kf6 36. Rf8+ $11) 35... Kd8 36. f6 Kc7 {and black's king
escapes to the queenside, while the activity of black's pieces will be a
source of worry for white...}) 33... fxg5 34. hxg5 d6 $1 {Securing the e5
outpost.} 35. Re6 Bd7 $6 {Black was certainly playing for a win here, the move
in the text is risky.} (35... Be5+ 36. Rxe5 dxe5 37. Bh5 Nd6 38. f6+ Kg8 39. g6
Rf8 40. f7+ Kg7 41. Rg5 $11) 36. Re4 Bh2 37. Rge1 {[%cal Ge4e7]} Ra7 $1 38. Rh4
({After} 38. Re7+ Nxe7 39. Rxe7+ Kf8 40. f6 {white can achieve only a
perpetual.}) 38... Be5+ 39. Kc2 (39. Rxe5 dxe5 40. Rh7+ Kg8 41. f6 Be6 $11)
39... Ne7 40. Rh7+ Kf8 41. Rf7+ Ke8 42. Bh5 Ra2+ 43. Kd3 Rh2 {[%tqu "En","How
should white continue?","","","e1e5","",10,"f5f6","",0]} 44. Rxe5 $1 (44. f6 $2
Bf5+ 45. Ke3 Rxh5 46. Rxe7+ Kf8 {and black's bishops worth more than white's
rook + two pawns.}) 44... dxe5 45. f6 Bf5+ 46. Ke3 Rh3+ $1 {Driving away the
white king before taking on h5.} (46... Nd5+ $5 47. cxd5 Rh3+ 48. Kd2 Rxh5 49.
Re7+ Kf8 50. Rxe5 Rxg5 51. d6 Kf7 $11) 47. Kd2 Rxh5 48. Rxe7+ Kf8 49. Rxe5 Rxg5
50. Rxc5 {In the end of the storm the sides landed in a drawish endgame.} Kf7
51. Rc6 Rg3 52. Rb6 Be6 53. Kc2 Kxf6 54. Rd6 Ke5 55. Rd8 Bf5+ 56. Kb2 {[%mdl
1025] An exciting game, played at the very high level.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Ciocaltea Memorial"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2002.03.09"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Parligras, Mircea Emilian"]
[Black "Rogozenco, Dorian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2498"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2002.03.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
c4 Nb6 9. Nd2 {This move is less ambitious, than 9.Nc3.} a5 {Other theoretical
continuations are: 9...Bb7, 9...Qe6, 9...d5.} 10. Qe4 ({Possible is} 10. g3 {
as in the game Hector,J-Wedberg,T Sigeman & Co 2001/CBM -- [Postny]}) ({
Risky, but interesting is} 10. b3 a4 11. Bb2 {- see the game Nakamura,H-Ernst,
S Bermuda 2002/CBM 88 [Postny]}) 10... d5 {The safest reply. After the
exchange of QQ the chances are about equal.} (10... g6 11. Bd3 Bg7 12. O-O O-O
13. Nf3 f6 14. Qh4 Re8 15. exf6 Qxf6 16. Ng5 h6 17. Nf3 $14 {1-0 Parligras,
M-Danilov,V/Baile Tusnad 1999/EXT 2000 (27)}) (10... Na4 $5 {[%cal Ya4c5] -
see the game Grosar,A-Sokolov,I Vidmar mem Portoroz 1993/CBM 37 [Hansen,Cu]})
11. exd6 (11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Bb5+ Bd7 13. Bxd7+ Qxd7 14. Qc2 Be7 15. O-O O-O 16.
f4 f6 17. Nf3 fxe5 18. Nxe5 Qd6 19. Be3 c5 $132 {0-1 Hector,J-Wedberg,T/Orebro
2000/CBM 77 ext (51)}) 11... cxd6 12. Bd3 Ba6 $146 (12... f5 $6 13. Qxe7+ Bxe7
14. O-O Bf6 15. Rb1 O-O 16. b3 a4 17. Nf3 a3 $6 18. Bf4 Rd8 19. Rbd1 $16 {
1-0 Ganguly,S-Goswami,V/IND 1999/EXT 2002 (42)}) 13. b3 Qxe4+ 14. Bxe4 d5 15.
cxd5 cxd5 16. Bf3 O-O-O $2 {[%csl Rc8] This is a serious mistake. Black puts
his K in unsafe place, and since there are still many pieces on the board, a
weak K can become a factor.} (16... Bc5 {[%csl Ra1][%cal Gc5d4]} 17. Be2 Bxe2
18. Kxe2 O-O $11) 17. Bb2 f6 18. Rc1+ Kb7 19. Kd1 $1 {[%csl Yd1,Ye1][%cal
Yh1e1] The best square for the white K. Now white's pieces are harmonically
placed, which can not be said about the black ones.} Bd6 20. Re1 Rd7 (20...
Rhe8 21. Rxe8 Rxe8 22. Nc4 $1 $16) 21. Re6 {[%csl Ge6]} Rc8 $2 (21... Bd3 $1 {
[%csl Gd3,Ge6][%cal Yd3f5] The only move, that keeps black's position playable.
} 22. Bd4 Bf5 23. Re1 Ba3) 22. Rxc8 Kxc8 23. Bd4 Kc7 24. Kc2 (24. Nb1 {[%csl
Rd5][%cal Gb1c3] was also very unpleasant for black.}) 24... Bb7 25. Nb1 $1 {
[%csl Rd5][%cal Gb1c3]} a4 26. Nc3 {All white's pieces are superbly placed and
black's are very passive and can hardly move. As well as the Pd5 is an easy
prey for white.} axb3+ 27. axb3 Bc6 28. h4 $1 {Right decision. Black has no
counterplay at all, so white has a plenty of time to improve his position even
more, before collecting the Pd5.} Kb7 29. h5 h6 30. Bxb6 Kxb6 31. Bxd5 Bxd5 32.
Nxd5+ Kc5 33. Ne3 $18 Be5 34. f3 $6 {A serious inaccuracy.} (34. Nc4 {was good
enough}) 34... Bf4 $6 ({After} 34... Ra7 {[%csl Ga7][%cal Ga7a2] black could
get reasonable drawing chances.}) 35. Nc4 Ra7 36. Re4 Bg3 37. Kc3 Bf2 (37...
Ra2 38. b4+ Kc6 39. Ne3 $18) 38. g4 Rd7 39. b4+ Kd5 40. Rf4 Be1+ 41. Kb3 Bf2
42. Re4 Kc6 43. Re6+ Kd5 $6 {[%csl Rd5]} (43... Kc7 $142) 44. Re2 Bd4 45. Rd2
Re7 {The last mistake in a lost position.} (45... Kc6 {would be more stubborn.}
) 46. Na3 {[%csl Rd4,Rd5][%cal Ga3b5,Ga3c2]} Re3+ 47. Ka4 Rxf3 48. Nb5 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-36"]
[Site "Mallorca"]
[Date "2004.10.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2517"]
[BlackElo "2576"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2004.10.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Azerbaijan"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

{The battle on the last board in the key match Azerbajan-Ukraine between the
two talented youngsters aroused great curiosity...} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4
exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8. c4 Nb6 ({Other main line
goes with} 8... Ba6) 9. Nc3 Qe6 {Opening the diagonal for the dark-squared
bishop and eyeing the Pc4 as well.} 10. Qe4 Ba6 ({The alternatives are:} 10...
g6 {--> 1-0 Rublevsky,S-Lautier,J/Poikovsky 2004/CBM 100 [Postny,E] (49)}) (
10... d5 {--> 1-0 Pavasovic,D-Carlsen,M/Wijk aan Zee 2004/CBM 99 [Postny,E] 
(59)}) (10... Bb4 11. Bd2 Ba6 12. b3 {is just different order of moves.}) 11.
b3 Bb4 12. Bd2 Bxc3 {This exchange allows black to carry out the d7-d5 thrust.}
13. Bxc3 d5 14. Qh4 {This move was introduced by G.Kasparov in Sarajevo 1999
and caused black a serious worry in this opening line. However, since then
black has found sufficient defensive ideas, so the whole variation is playable
for black.} (14. Qf3 {--> 1/2-1/2 Ponomariov,R-Spassky,B/Cannes 1998/CBM 65 
[Mikhalevski,V] (58)}) 14... dxc4 15. Be2 Nd5 (15... O-O 16. O-O Nd5 17. Bxc4
Bxc4 18. Qxc4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Mikhalchishin,A-Onischuk,A/Batumi 1999/CBM 74 
[Mikhalevski,V] (55)}) 16. Bxc4 ({In the first game for 14.Qh4 line Kasparov
went for} 16. Bd4 {and got the advantage after} c5 17. Bxc5 Nc3 18. Bxc4 Qxe5+
19. Be3 $14 {1-0 Kasparov,G-Adams,M/Sarajevo 1999/CBM 71 [Mikhalevski,V] (31) 
However, the strong reply 16...Qf5! /\ Nf4 [introduced in Morozevich-Piket/
KasparovChessGP 2000] forced white to switch for 16.Bxc4 move...}) 16... g5 $1
(16... Bxc4 17. Qxc4 Nxc3 18. Qxc3 O-O 19. O-O Rad8 20. Rac1 $16 {1-0 Kulaots,
K-Sepp,O/Puhajarve 2001/CBM 85 (56)}) (16... Bb5 17. O-O g5 18. Qd4 Bxc4 19.
bxc4 Nf4 20. Rfe1 $14 {1/2-1/2 Macieja,B-Timman,J/Willemstad 2001/EXT 2002 (42)
}) 17. Qd4 (17. Qxg5 $4 Bxc4 $19 {[%csl Rc3]}) 17... Bxc4 18. Qxc4 O-O-O (18...
Nf4 19. Qxe6+ Nxe6 20. O-O-O {--> 1-0 Kasparov,G-Timman,J/Wijk aan Zee 2000/
CBM 75 [Mikhalevski,V] (36)}) 19. O-O ({An interesting alternative is} 19. Bd4
{1/2-1/2 Pavasovic,D-Mastrovasilis,D/Topola 2004/CBM 101 [Postny,E] (30)})
19... Nf4 20. Qxe6+ (20. Qa6+ Kb8 21. Rfe1 Qg4 (21... Nxg2 $2 22. Re4 $18 {
[%csl Rg2][%cal Re4b4]} (22. Kxg2 $2 Qg4+ 23. Kh1 Qf3+ 24. Kg1 Qg4+ $11)) 22.
Qf1 Rd3 23. Rac1 Rhd8 $13) 20... Nxe6 (20... fxe6 21. Rfe1 Rd3 22. Bb4 Rd5 23.
Be7 $14 {0-1 Brod,M-Neumeier,K/Hartberg 2004/CBM 101 ext (51)}) 21. Rac1 (21.
Rfe1 Rd3 22. Rac1 Rhd8 23. Kf1 h5 24. Re4 c5 25. g3 Rd1+ 26. Re1 R1d3 $11 {
1/2-1/2 Macieja,B-Timman,J/Curacao 2002/CBM 91 ext (33)}) 21... Rd3 {In the
game Movsesian-Kasimdzhanov/Sarajevo 2003 draw was agreed in this position...}
(21... Rd5 22. g3 c5 23. Kg2 Rhd8 24. Rfe1 Rd3 25. Re4 h5 26. h3 R8d5 27. Rc4
Kb7 28. Rc2 Kc6 29. Ra4 Kb7 30. Rc4 {1/2-1/2 Movsesian,S-Stefansson,H/
Reykjavik 2003/CBM 94 (30)}) 22. Rfd1 Rd5 {White's superior pawn structure is
fully compensated by black's excellent blockading knight. The position is
equal.} 23. Kf1 Rhd8 24. Re1 h5 25. g3 $6 {Allows black to blockade completely
white's kingside.} ({Much better would have been} 25. h3 $11) 25... g4 26. Kg2
Ng5 {[%cal Gg5f3]} 27. e6 $2 {This looks like a desperation.} ({The correct
continuation would have been} 27. f4 $1 {though it looks quite risky for white:
} gxf3+ 28. Kf2 {[%cal Gh2h4]} Rd3 29. Re3 Rd2+ $1 30. Bxd2 Rxd2+ 31. Kf1 Rxh2
32. Rxc6 Rh1+ 33. Kf2 Rh2+ $11) 27... Nxe6 28. Bf6 Rg8 29. Re4 Rg6 30. Be5 $4 {
Of course, white is already worse, but this move is just a big blunder.} Nc5 {
[%csl Rc1,Re4,Re5][%cal Gc5d3] That's it. White is losing the exchange and the
game.} 31. Rxc5 Rxc5 32. Bf4 Re6 33. Ra4 a5 34. a3 Rb5 0-1

[Event "NED-chT 0102 playoff"]
[Site "Enschede"]
[Date "2002.05.09"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Smeets, Jan"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2354"]
[BlackElo "2647"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2002.05.09"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Leiden LSG"]
[BlackTeam "Ordina Breda"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NED"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NED"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nxc6 Qf6 6. Qd2 bxc6 {This move
is the side line, but appeares regularly in modern practice. The main line is
6...dc.} 7. Nc3 {The alternative is 7.Bd3.} Qg6 {Usually it's not recommended
to play queen moves in so early stage of the game, but here it makes sense -
the Qg6 puts an eye on both e4 and g2 pawns, which can prevent for a while
white's development.} 8. f4 {Probably not the best way to fight for the
advantage.} (8. Qf4 Nf6 9. Be3 Bxe3 10. Qxe3 O-O 11. O-O-O d5 12. Bd3 Ng4 13.
Qd4 Qf6 14. Qxf6 Nxf6 15. Rhe1 $14 {1-0 Shirov,A-Rodriguez Vargas,O/Cala
Galdana 2001/CBM 84 ext (33)}) 8... Ne7 $146 ({An interesting game was played
recently in Dubai open:} 8... Nf6 9. Bd3 Ng4 10. e5 Qh6 11. Qe2 Nf2 12. Ne4
Nxh1 13. Nxc5 Qxh2 14. Be3 O-O 15. g4 Qh3 16. Ne4 h6 17. Kd2 $36 {1-0 Motylev,
A-Acs,P/Open, Dubai UAE 2002 (32)}) 9. Bd3 d5 $1 10. e5 $2 {[%mdl 16384]} ({
Dangerous for white is:} 10. exd5 $2 Bf5 11. Bxf5 Nxf5 {[%csl Re1] and white's
K is stock in the centre.}) ({The best way is:} 10. Na4 $1 dxe4 (10... Bd4 11.
exd5 Bf5 12. Bxf5 Nxf5 13. c3 Ne3 14. cxd4 Nc2+ 15. Kf2 Nxa1 16. Re1+ $16) 11.
Nxc5 exd3 $11) 10... Bf5 $15 {Black has advantage in development. White has to
be very careful.} 11. Na4 Bd4 {This B prevents from white short castle, so
white has to prepare queenside castling.} 12. Bxf5 ({White can not get rid of
the annoying Bd4.} 12. c3 $2 Bxd3 13. cxd4 Qe4+) 12... Nxf5 13. Qe2 h5 14. Bd2
a5 {Black managed to blockade white's kingside, in contrast white has no
blockade on the queenside.} 15. O-O-O O-O 16. Rhe1 $6 {This "logical" move is
a waste of time. White should have been thinking here about concrete plan.} (
16. g3 $5 {[%cal Yd2e1,Ye1f2] If white will manage to exchange black's Bd4,
his position will be sound.}) 16... Rfe8 17. Qd3 (17. Qf3 $142) 17... c5 18. c4
$2 (18. c3 $2 c4 19. Qf3 Qc6 $17 {[%csl Ra4]}) ({Again the right move was} 18.
Qf3 {although white's position is very suspicious.}) 18... dxc4 19. Qc2 $6 {
White probably did not evaluate the position properly.} ({Relatively best for
white was} 19. Qxc4 Qxg2) 19... Qe6 $19 {Black's plan is simple now - to put
his RR on the "b" file.} 20. Kb1 Reb8 21. Rc1 Qd7 22. e6 {This is desperation,
but white's position can not be saved anyway - black's pieces are superbly
placed and the pressure along the "b" file is decisive.} (22. Qxc4 $2 {[%tqu
"En","How black could conclude the game in style in this variation?","","",
"d7a4","",5]} Qxa4 $1 23. Qxa4 Rxb2+ $19) (22. Rcd1 $142) 22... fxe6 {The
safest continuation.} ({Fritz shows, that black is winning after} 22... Qxa4
23. exf7+ Kf8 $8 24. Re8+ Kxf7 25. Qxf5+ Kxe8 26. Re1+ Kd8 {but this requires
very strong nerves and completely unnecessary from practical point of view.})
23. Bc3 Bxc3 ({There is not too late to spoil everything, for instanse:} 23...
Ne3 $2 24. Qe4 Qxa4 $2 25. Rxe3 $1 Bxe3 26. Qxe6+) 24. Nxc3 Rb4 25. Qe4 Rab8
26. Nd1 Nd4 {Just compare black's pieces to the white ones...} 27. Rf1 (27. Qe3
Qd5) 27... c3 $1 {[%cal Gb4e4] The simplest way to conclude the game.} 28. Rxc3
Nb3 29. Rd3 Nd2+ 30. Kc1 Rxe4 0-1

[Event "Dos Hermanas-A"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "2005.04.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[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 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
c4 Nb6 ({Other main line goes with} 8... Ba6) 9. Nc3 Qe6 {Opening the diagonal
for the dark-squared bishop and eyeing the Pc4 as well.} ({A common
alternative is} 9... a5) 10. Qe4 Ba6 ({The alternatives are:} 10... g6 {
--> 1-0 Rublevsky,S-Lautier,J/Poikovsky 2004/CBM 100 [Postny,E] (49)}) (10...
d5 {--> 1-0 Pavasovic,D-Carlsen,M/Wijk aan Zee 2004/CBM 99 [Postny,E]}) (10...
Bb4 11. Bd2 Ba6 12. b3 {leads to the same position by different order of moves.
}) 11. b3 Bb4 12. Bd2 Bxc3 {This exchange allows Black to carry out the d7-d5
thrust.} 13. Bxc3 d5 14. Qh4 {This move was introduced by G.Kasparov in
Sarajevo 1999 and caused black a serious worry in this opening line. However,
since then Black has found sufficient defensive ideas, so the whole variation
became playable for black.} ({Less dangerous for black is} 14. Qf3 {--> 1/2-1/
2 Ponomariov,R-Spassky,B/Cannes 1998/CBM 65 [Mikhalevski,V] (58)}) 14... dxc4
15. Rc1 $1 {This move was certainly prepared by Radjabov before the game.
Almost all previous games (including Kasparov's one) continued with 15.Be2.} (
15. Be2 Nd5 16. Bxc4 g5 $1 {Check the recent annotated games Mamedov,
R-Karjakin,S/Calvia 2004/CBM 104 (0-1,34) [Postny] and Sutovsky,E-Karjakin,S/
Pamplona 2004/CBM 105 (0-1,57) [Erenburg]}) 15... O-O 16. Be2 Nd5 $146 {
This tempting move is a novelty.} ({White got a stable advantage in the
endgame after} 16... Nd7 17. O-O Nxe5 18. Rfe1 f6 19. Bxe5 fxe5 20. Bxc4 Bxc4
21. Qxc4 Qxc4 22. Rxc4 {1-0 Macieja,B-Kortschnoj,V/Calvia 2004/CBM 104 (66)})
17. Ba1 Nb4 18. bxc4 Rad8 (18... Nxa2 19. Rd1 f5 $5 (19... Nb4 20. O-O c5 21.
f4 $16 f5 $140 $2 22. exf6 $1 Qxe2 23. Rd7 Rf7 24. Rxf7 Kxf7 25. Re1 $18 {
[%csl Rf7][%cal Ge1e7]}) 20. O-O (20. exf6 $2 Rae8 21. O-O Qxe2 22. Rd7 Rf7 23.
Rxf7 Kxf7 24. Qf4 (24. Qxh7 $2 {[%tqu "En","Please enter a move for black.","",
"","e2f1","",5]} Qxf1+ $1 25. Kxf1 Bxc4+ 26. Kg1 Re1#) 24... Bxc4 25. Qxc7+ Re7
$1 26. Qxe7+ Qxe7 27. fxe7 Bxf1 28. Kxf1 g6 29. Bf6 Nb4 $19 {[%csl Re7][%cal
Gb4d5]}) 20... Nb4 21. Rd2 {and after following 22.Rfd1 White's chances are
considerably better thanks to the pair of strong bishops and control of the
d-file.}) 19. O-O Nd3 20. Rc3 Nxe5 21. Re3 Ng6 (21... f6 22. f4 Ng6 23. Rxe6
Nxh4 24. Rxc6 Bb7 25. Rxc7 Bxg2 26. Rd1 {and White's passed c-pawn might play
a decisive role in this endgame.}) 22. Qg5 $1 ({After} 22. Rxe6 $6 Nxh4 23.
Rxc6 Bb7 24. Rxc7 Bxg2 {Black has sufficient counterplay.}) 22... Qd7 (22...
Qc8 23. Bg4 {forcing Black either to play f7-f5, or to move his queen far away.
..}) 23. h4 f6 (23... Rfe8 24. h5 f6 $8 (24... Rxe3 $2 25. hxg6 $18 {[%csl Rg7]
[%cal Gg6h7]}) 25. Qg3 $40) 24. Qa5 Qc8 25. Rg3 Qe6 (25... Rf7 26. h5 Nf4 27.
Bg4 f5 28. Bf3 {[%csl Ga1,Rg7][%cal Gh5h6,Ga1h8] and black won't survive the
pressure on his Pg7.}) 26. Re3 Qc8 27. Re1 Nxh4 {This capture loses by force,
but it's very hard to suggest any reasonable improvement for Black.} (27...
Rfe8 28. Bg4 $1 {and White is winning material.}) (27... Nf4 28. Bf1 {and
White is dominating.}) 28. Rh3 Ng6 (28... Nf5 29. Bg4 g6 30. Bxf5 gxf5 31. Rg3+
Kh8 32. Qe5 $1 {with forced mate according to Fritz.}) 29. Qh5 Qe6 30. Qxh7+
Kf7 31. Rg3 {Very strong performance by Radjabov. It's very hard to point out
the decisive mistake by Black...} 1-0

[Event "Corus-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2004.01.25"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Van der Wiel, John"]
[Black "Stefanova, Antoaneta"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2542"]
[BlackElo "2478"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2004.01.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Qf6 5. Nxc6 Bc5 6. Qd2 dxc6 7. Nc3 Bd4 {
This move is fashionable nowadays. Up to now, white fails to get an advantage
in this line.} 8. Bc4 (8. Nd1 $5 {- see the annotated game Parligras,M-Atalik,
S/Athens 2003/CBM 97 [Postny,E] (60)}) (8. Bd3 {- is the main and probably
more promising line.}) 8... Nh6 (8... Be6 9. Bxe6 fxe6 {- see the annotated
game Nataf,I-Beliavsky,A/Istanbul 2003/CBM 96 [Postny,E] (49)}) 9. h3 {
Restricting the opponent's knight.} (9. O-O Ng4 {appeared in the game
Kasimdzhanov,R-Tkachiev,V/New Delhi 2000/CBM 81 [Postny,E] (36)}) 9... Be6 {
The practice shows, that the plan connected with long castle is the most
promising for black.} 10. Bxe6 (10. Bb3 O-O-O 11. O-O Rhe8 12. Qg5 {1/2-1/2
Rosito,J-Van Riemsdijk,H/Serra Negra 2002/CBM 88 ext (12)}) 10... fxe6 11. Nd1
(11. O-O O-O 12. Nd1 Nf7 13. c3 Bb6 14. Qe2 Ne5 15. Be3 Rad8 16. Bxb6 axb6 17.
Ne3 Qg6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Motylev,A-Tkachiev,V/Neum blitz 2000/EXT 2001 (31)}) 11...
O-O-O 12. Qe2 ({Comes to consideration} 12. Qg5) 12... Nf7 $1 $146 {This move
seems to be stronger, than the previously played 12...g5.} (12... g5 13. c3 Bb6
(13... Bc5 14. Be3 Bxe3 15. Nxe3 Nf7 16. Rd1 Rxd1+ 17. Kxd1 h5 18. Nc4 Ne5 19.
Nxe5 Qxe5 20. Kc1 Qf4+ 21. Qd2 Rd8 22. Qxf4 gxf4 $11 {1/2-1/2 Macieja,
B-Nielsen,P/Bled 2002/EXT 2003 (40)}) 14. Be3 Nf7 15. Bxb6 axb6 16. Ne3 h5 17.
Rd1 Rxd1+ 18. Kxd1 Qf4 19. Nc4 b5 20. Nd2 Ne5 21. Kc2 h4 $11 {1/2-1/2 Nataf,
I-Aronian,L/Moscow 2003/CBM 94 (25)}) 13. O-O (13. c3 Bb6 14. Be3 Ne5 15. O-O
Nd3 $15) 13... Rd7 {Black is intending to put pressure, using the "d" file.}
14. c3 (14. Be3 Bxb2 15. Nxb2 Qxb2 16. Bxa7 Nd6 $15) 14... Bb6 15. a4 a5 16.
Be3 Rhd8 {Black can be definitely satisfied with the results of the opening.}
17. Rb1 $6 {This is too slow.} ({More in the spirit of the position was:} 17.
b4 Qe5 $1 (17... axb4 $6 18. a5 Bxe3 19. a6 $1 b6 20. Nxe3 Kb8 (20... bxc3 $2
21. a7 Kb7 {[%tqu "En","How to conclude the attack?","","","a7a8Q","",5]} 22.
a8=Q+ $1 Rxa8 23. Rxa8 Kxa8 24. Qa6+ Kb8 25. Ra1 $18) 21. cxb4 $14) 18. Bxb6
cxb6 19. f4 Qd6 $15) 17... Qe5 18. Bxb6 cxb6 19. Ne3 $2 {White is striving for
active play and sacrificing a pawn, but fails to get sufficient compensation.}
({Objectively stronger was} 19. f4 Qc5+ 20. Kh2 {, although black's position
is better in this case as well.}) 19... Qxe4 20. Qc4 Qg6 $1 (20... Qxc4 $2 21.
Nxc4 Kc7 22. Rfe1 $44) 21. Qb3 Ne5 22. Kh2 (22. Qxb6 $2 Nf3+ 23. Kh1 Nd2 {
[%csl Rb1,Rf1]}) 22... Kc7 {Black is a clear pawn up, though it's a double one,
which makes it hard for him to win the game.} 23. Rbd1 Rd2 24. Rxd2 Rxd2 25.
Qa3 Qf6 {Preventing the invasion of white's queen.} 26. Kg1 Nd7 ({Also good was
} 26... g5) 27. Ng4 (27. b4 Rd3 28. Rc1 Qe5 {is also unattractive for white.})
27... Qf8 $1 28. b4 {Of course, white must avoid the exchange of queens.} Qd6
29. Qa1 h5 30. Ne3 {[%cal Ge3c4]} Qd3 31. bxa5 bxa5 32. Qa3 g5 33. Qe7 {
White's queen managed to invade into black's camp, but it does not help white.
The black king is well protected, while all white's queenside pawns are doomed
to fall.} Qxc3 34. Qxg5 ({More stubborn would have been} 34. Qxe6) 34... Qe5
35. Qh6 Rd4 {[%csl Ra4]} 36. Ra1 Rb4 {White can not hold the Pa4.} 37. Rd1 Rxa4
{White's queenside belongs to history.} 38. Nc2 {[%cal Gh6h7]} (38. Qh7 Rd4 $19
) 38... Nc5 39. Qf8 Kb6 40. Ne3 Rb4 41. Qd8+ Qc7 42. Qh8 h4 43. Nc2 Re4 44. Qa8
{Preventing from black's king to hide on a7, but it feels good on b6 as well.}
Nb3 45. Ne3 ({The last practical chance was} 45. Na1 $5) 45... a4 46. Ng4 Qe7
47. Kh1 Qb4 48. Ne3 Rd4 49. Rb1 Rd2 {Black prevented all white's attempts to
create counterthreats. Now, there is nothing that can stop the "a" pawn.} 50.
Rf1 Kc7 (50... a3 51. Qxa3 Qxa3 52. Nc4+ Kc5 53. Nxa3 b5 $19) 51. Qg8 a3 52.
Qxe6 a2 {The "a" pawn will cost white a full rook.} 53. Nc4 Rd5 54. Ne3 Rc5 55.
Qe7+ Kb6 56. Qf6 Qd2 57. Qf7 Qc3 0-1

[Event "RUS-chT 11th"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2004.04.26"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Black "Akopian, Vladimir Eduardovic"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2671"]
[BlackElo "2689"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2004.04.20"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Kazan Ladya"]
[BlackTeam "Tomsk 400"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nxc6 Qf6 6. Qd2 dxc6 7. Nc3 Bd4 {
Fashionable variation, adopted by many strong grandmasters.} ({Other main
possibilities are:} 7... Be6) (7... Ne7) 8. Bd3 {This is the most popular
continuation.} (8. Bc4 {--> 0-1 Nataf,I-Beliavsky,A/Istanbul 2003/CBM 96 
[Postny,E] (49)}) (8. Nd1 {--> 1-0 Parligras,M-Atalik,S/Athens 2003/CBM 97 
[Postny,E] (60)}) 8... Ne7 9. O-O Ng6 10. Ne2 {Rublevsky tries rare move in
this position.} (10. Qe1 {--> 0-1 Bauer,C-Bacrot,E/Aix les Bains 2003/CBM 97 
[Postny,E] (42)}) ({The main continuation is} 10. Kh1 {[%cal Gf2f4] --> 1-0
Nataf,I-Mitkov,N/Halkidiki 2002/CBM 92 [Postny,E] (79)}) (10. Qg5 Qxg5 11. Bxg5
f6 12. Bc1 Ne5 13. Be2 Be6 14. Nd1 O-O-O $11 {1/2-1/2 Smeets,J-L'Ami,E/
Groningen 2003/The Week in Chess 477 (25)}) 10... Bb6 ({Risky for black is to
capture the pawn:} 10... Bxb2 11. Bxb2 Qxb2 12. Rab1 Qf6 13. f4 O-O 14. Kh1 $44
{1-0 Bellaiche,A-Rebreyend,M/France 2001/EXT 2003 (27)}) 11. Ng3 $146 (11. Nf4
Ne5 12. Be2 Ng4 (12... O-O 13. Qc3 Re8 14. Qg3 Bd7 15. Bd2 Ng6 16. Nxg6 Qxg6
17. Qxg6 hxg6 18. Bd3 $14 {1-0 Kovchan,A-Farakhov,R/Noyabrsk 2003 (42)}) 13.
Nd3 Qh4 14. Qf4 g5 15. Qg3 Qxg3 16. hxg3 Rg8 17. Bxg4 Bxg4 18. Re1 c5 19. Be3
c4 20. Nc5 O-O-O 21. f3 Bh5 22. g4 Bg6 23. Kf2 $14 {1-0 Kovalevskaya,
E-Stefanova,A/Krasnoturinsk 2003/CBM 95 ext (53)}) 11... Ne5 12. Be2 O-O 13.
Qc3 {Moving the queen to the place, from where it does not obstructs white's
development.} Re8 14. Be3 {Rublevsky wants to exchange black's annoying
dark-squared bishop.} Ng4 15. Qxf6 Nxf6 16. Bxb6 axb6 17. f3 {This is a
typical endgame for this line of Scotch. White hopes to make benefits of his
pawn majority on the kingside. However, black's funny pawnstructure on the
queenside gives him sufficient counterchances, since black can roll his front
pawns forward without making weaknesses in his camp and to put pressure on
white's queenside.} h5 {Black wants to get some space on the kingside.} 18.
Rfd1 ({Possible is} 18. h4) 18... h4 19. Nf1 b5 20. a3 Nd7 $1 {Transfering the
knight to better pastures.} 21. Ne3 Nc5 22. c4 $6 {Basicly it's not
recommended to play on the side where the opponent has the advantage.} ({
Logical is} 22. Kf2) 22... bxc4 23. Bxc4 g6 {Covering f5 square.} 24. Rac1 {
[%csl Rc5][%cal Gc1c5]} Be6 25. Kf2 Kf8 26. b4 $6 {Too optimistic. White is
playing actively, but this move actually hurts white.} ({Possible was} 26. Rd2)
26... Bxc4 27. Nxc4 Ne6 28. Na5 (28. Rd7 Re7 29. Rcd1 Rxd7 30. Rxd7 Ke8 31. Rd3
c5 {with better endgame for black.}) 28... c5 $1 {Very strong move, which was
probably underestimated by Rublevsky.} 29. Nxb7 cxb4 30. axb4 Ra2+ {As a
result of white's dubious operation on the queenside, black's rook invaded
into white's camp.} 31. Ke3 {White has to leave his kingside pawns unprotected,
otherwise white's king may be in serious danger.} ({After} 31. Kf1 Rb8 $1 {
black has strong attack.}) 31... Rxg2 32. Nc5 {White must eliminate black's
excellent knight.} ({In case of} 32. Rd2 Rxd2 33. Kxd2 Ra8 {black has winning
chances.}) 32... Rxh2 33. Nxe6+ Rxe6 34. Rxc7 Rb2 35. Rdd7 $2 {The decisive
mistake.} ({White should try to capture black's passed pawn as soon as
possible:} 35. Kf4 Rxb4 36. Kg4 Rb3 37. Rd8+ $1 Kg7 38. Rcc8 {[%csl Rh4][%cal
Gd8h8] and white survives.}) 35... Rb3+ 36. Kf4 (36. Ke2 Rf6 $19 {[%csl Rf3]})
36... Rf6+ 37. Kg5 Kg7 $1 (37... Rfxf3 $2 38. Kh6 $1 Ke8 39. Kg7 {and black is
the side who has to worry about.}) 38. f4 (38. Kxh4 Rbxf3 {and white's king is
in serious danger.}) 38... h3 {This passed pawn decides the game.} 39. Kg4 h2
40. Rd1 Rxb4 41. Re7 Rd6 42. Rh1 Rd2 43. e5 Kf8 44. Ra7 Rb3 45. Ra8+ Kg7 46.
Ra7 Rg2+ 47. Kh4 Rg1 $1 48. Rxh2 Rb8 {[%csl Rh4][%cal Rb8h8]} 0-1

[Event "ROM-chT"]
[Site "Eforie Nord"]
[Date "2000.12.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Black "Sofronie, Iulian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2574"]
[BlackElo "2383"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2000.12.18"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Bucharest RAT"]
[BlackTeam "Brasov Dinamo"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ROU"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ROU"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
c4 Nb6 {Alternative is-8...Ba6.} 9. Nc3 {Other possibilities are: 9.Nd2, 9.b3.}
Qe6 {Most popular continuation.Black opening diagonal for the dark-squares
bishop.} 10. Qe4 Ba6 11. b3 O-O-O ({Several months ago in the game between the
same opponents black played} 11... Bb4 {,however after} 12. Bd2 Bxc3 13. Bxc3
d5 14. Qh4 dxc4 15. Be2 Nd5 16. Bxc4 g5 17. Qd4 Bxc4 18. Qxc4 Nf4 19. Qxe6+
Nxe6 20. O-O-O {white got clear advantage; 1-0 Motylev,A-Sofronie,I/Bucharest
2000 (40)}) 12. Bb2 Bb7 13. O-O-O d5 $6 $146 {Dubious idea.} (13... Re8 14. f4
d5 {Now it's much better, then on previous move!} 15. cxd5 cxd5 16. Qc2 Kb8 17.
Kb1 g6 18. Be2 c5 19. Bf3 Be7 20. g4 d4 21. Bxb7 Kxb7 22. Ne4 Rc8 23. Qg2 Kb8
24. Rhe1 h5 $132 {1-0 Kasparov,G-Adams,M/Internet 2000 (77)}) 14. exd6 cxd6 15.
Be2 {[%cal Ge2g4]} Qxe4 ({Can not be recommended} 15... Kb8 $2 16. Qxe6 fxe6
17. Ne4 d5 (17... Be7 18. Nxd6 Bxd6 19. Rxd6 Rxd6 20. Be5 $18 {[%cal Yc4c5,
Yh1d1]}) 18. Ng5 Re8 19. Bh5 Re7 20. Be5+ Ka8 (20... Kc8 21. Nf7 Rg8 22. Nd6+
Kd8 23. Rhe1 {and black's position is awful.}) 21. c5 Nc8 22. Bg4 {with
decisive advantage.}) ({Interesting attempt is} 15... h5 {,but white is better
anyway.}) 16. Nxe4 {[%csl Rf7][%cal Ge4g5]} f6 ({Bad for black:} 16... h6 $2
17. c5 $1 Nd5 ({loses immideatly} 17... dxc5 $2 18. Bg4+ Nd7 19. Rxd7 Rxd7 20.
Rd1 $18) 18. Nxd6+ Bxd6 19. cxd6 Rxd6 20. Bg4+ Kd8 21. Bxg7 Rg8 22. Be5 $18 {
with material and positional advantage.}) 17. c5 $1 Nd5 ({Badly is} 17... dxc5
{in view of} 18. Rxd8+ Kxd8 19. Nxf6 {[%csl Rh8]}) 18. Nxd6+ Bxd6 19. cxd6 Rxd6
20. Rhe1 {Pair of strong bishops and superior pawnstructure makes giving white
big advantage in the endgame.} Rdd8 ({No good is} 20... Re8 {due to} 21. Bg4+
Kd8 22. Ba3 {[%csl Ga3,Gg4]}) 21. Bd3 Kc7 ({If} 21... h6 {with idea Rhe8,
white comes with} 22. Bg6 {[%csl Ye8]}) 22. g3 Bc8 23. f3 {[%csl Yf4,Yg4]} Bd7
24. Bd4 Be8 25. Bc4 ({No good is to take a pawn} 25. Bxa7 $6 {,as after} Ra8 {
black win pawn back, decreasing white's advantage.}) 25... a5 26. Bxd5 {
Possible was 26.Bc5 continuing the pressure, but Motylev decided to force
matters.} Rxd5 27. Re7+ Rd7 28. Rde1 ({Other nice option for white is rooks
endgame after} 28. Bb6+ Kxb6 29. Rexd7 Bxd7 30. Rxd7) 28... Bh5 29. Bb6+ Kc8
30. g4 Bf7 31. Bxa5 {White is a pawn up, but opposite colour bishops give
black some draw chances.} h5 $1 32. Bb4 Rxe7 33. Rxe7 Bd5 34. Bd6 g5 $2 {
Probably time-trouble.} (34... Bxf3 {was logical continuation and the only
chance.} 35. gxh5 Rxh5 36. Rc7+ Kd8 37. Rxg7 Bd5 {and the fight is still on.})
35. Rc7+ Kd8 36. Ra7 c5 37. Be7+ Kc8 38. Bxf6 {Now it's all over.White has too
much material.} Rf8 39. Bxg5 Bxf3 40. gxh5 Rf5 (40... Kb8 41. Rh7 Rf5 42. h4
$18) 41. h6 (41. h6 Rxg5 42. h7 Rh5 43. Rf7 $18) 1-0

[Event "Vikings GM 2nd"]
[Site "York"]
[Date "2000.12.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Wells, Peter K"]
[Black "Hector, Jonny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2506"]
[BlackElo "2509"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2000.12.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Qf6 {Grandmaster Hector often plays
this original move with success.} 5. Nxc6 (5. Be3 Bc5 {leads to one of the
main lines in Scotch.}) 5... dxc6 6. Bd3 {The most solid way of developement.
Other continuations do not create problems for black.For instance:} (6. Bc4 Bd6
7. Nc3 Ne7 8. f4 Be6 9. Bxe6 Qxe6 10. O-O f5 11. Qd4 fxe4 12. Qxe4 Qf7 13. Qf3
O-O 14. Ne4 Nf5 15. Bd2 Rae8 16. Nxd6 cxd6 17. Qd3 Re6 $11 {0-1 Smagin,
S-Hector,J/Valby 1991/CBM 27 (58)}) 6... Ne7 $146 (6... Bd6 7. O-O {[%cal
Gf2f4]} g5 $5 8. Qh5 Qe5 9. g3 {[%cal Gf2f4]} g4 10. Qxe5+ Bxe5 11. Nd2 Ne7 12.
Nc4 Bg7 13. Ne3 Ng6 14. Nf5 Bxf5 15. exf5 Ne5 16. Be2 Bf6 17. Kg2 O-O-O 18. Bh6
Rhg8 19. h4 $14 {1-0 Zelcic,R-Krstic,U/Zadar 1998/EXT 2000 (42)}) 7. O-O Ng6 8.
f4 Bc5+ 9. Kh1 Qh4 ({Worse is} 9... O-O {,as after} 10. Qh5 $1 {white takes
the initiative.}) 10. Nc3 ({Also deserves attention} 10. Nd2 {[%cal Yd2f3]} Bg4
(10... Nxf4 $2 11. g3 $18) 11. Nf3 Qh5 12. Qe1 O-O-O 13. Be3 {with chances to
both sides.}) 10... Bg4 $6 {Not a perfect place for bishop.White intended to
play Qe1 anyway.} (10... Bd7 11. Qe1 Qxe1 12. Rxe1 O-O-O $13) 11. Qe1 Qxe1 ({
Doesn't look good for black} 11... Qh5 $6 12. Qg3) 12. Rxe1 {[%csl Rg4]} f6 $6
({Careless is} 12... O-O-O $2 {as after} 13. f5 Ne5 14. h3 Bh5 (14... h5 15.
Be3 $18) 15. g4 Nxd3 16. cxd3 Rxd3 17. Kg2 {white win a piece.}) ({The best was
} 12... Bd7 {and white has only small advantage.}) 13. e5 $1 (13. h3 Bd7 14. e5
O-O-O 15. e6 {leads to identical position in the game.}) 13... O-O-O ({
Interesting attempt is} 13... Bf2 14. Rf1 Bd4 15. h3 Bc8 16. e6 f5 $1 {
(otherwise white will play f5 with big advantage)} 17. Bxf5 Ne7 18. Bd3 (18.
Bg4 h5 {winning e6 pawn anyway.}) 18... Bxe6 $14) 14. h3 Bd7 15. e6 Be8 {
It's obviously, that black wasn't satisfied of their position in this stage.}
16. Ne4 Bb4 {Black needs some tempo to reorganize piece coordination.} 17. Rf1
Ne7 {[%cal Ye8g6]} 18. a3 Bd6 19. b4 Bg6 20. Bb2 (20. Nxd6+ $2 Rxd6 21. f5 {
is refuted by} Rxd3 $1 22. cxd3 Nxf5 23. Bf4 Re8 24. Rae1 Nd4 {and black is
more then O.K.}) 20... Bf5 21. Rae1 Rhe8 ({Of course not} 21... Bxe6 $2 22.
Nxd6+ Rxd6 23. f5 $18 {[%csl Re6,Re7]}) 22. g4 $1 Bxe4+ ({Again no good is} 
22... Bxe6 {in view of} 23. Nxf6 $16 {[%cal Ge1e6]}) 23. Bxe4 h5 24. g5 $2 {
This move allows black to close the kingside.} (24. gxh5 $6 {not the best
option as well, as after} Rh8 {black has some counterplay}) ({The most
flexible move was} 24. Kg2 $1 {and white has total control of the position;
for example:} hxg4 25. hxg4 c5 26. b5 {and I don't believe, that black can
hold the position.}) 24... f5 25. Bd3 (25. Bg2 $1 {seems to me more accurate}
g6 26. c4 {limiting black pieces.}) 25... g6 {With static position on the
kingside black's life become much easier.} 26. Bf6 c5 27. b5 Nd5 $2 {
Unnecessary sacrifice.} ({After} 27... c4 28. Bxc4 Bxa3 {I don't see, how
white can break through black's defense.}) 28. Bc4 $2 ({Why not to take the
exchange? After} 28. Bxd8 Kxd8 29. Bc4 Nxf4 30. h4 {white has big advantage
again.}) 28... Be7 29. Bb2 $2 {This is already critical mistake.} ({Necessary
was} 29. Bxd5 Rxd5 {[%cal Gd5d2]} 30. Re2 $14) 29... Nb6 {From this moment
black takes the initiative.} 30. Be2 Rd2 $1 31. Bd3 (31. Bd1 $5 Rd6 $1 32. Rf2
Nc4 33. Bc1 Bf8 $17 {[%csl Rd1,Re6]}) 31... c4 $1 32. Bc1 cxd3 33. Bxd2 Nc4 34.
Bc3 (34. Rf2 $142 Nxa3 (34... dxc2 $2 35. Bc1 $1 $16) 35. cxd3 Nxb5 $17 {
[%csl Rd3,Re6,Rf4] In compare with the game d3 pawn is still alive.}) 34...
dxc2 35. Rf2 (35. a4 Ba3 $19) 35... Nxa3 36. Bb2 Nxb5 {Where is white's
queenside?} 37. Rxc2 Bd6 {-+} 38. Rc4 (38. Be5 Rxe6 39. Rce2 Bb4 $19) 38... b6
39. Bf6 Bc5 {[%cal Yb5d6]} 40. Kg2 Nd6 41. Ra4 a5 {There is no open files for
white rooks.} 42. Bc3 Nb7 $1 {[%csl Re6,Rf4][%cal Yc5d6,Yb7c5] This strong
manoeuvre decides the game.} 43. Ra2 Bd6 44. Kf3 Nc5 45. Rae2 Nd3 0-1

[Event "Mitropa Cup 21st"]
[Site "Leipzig"]
[Date "2002.05.03"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Pavasovic, Dusko"]
[Black "Jenni, Florian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2567"]
[BlackElo "2508"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2002.05.03"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Slovenia"]
[BlackTeam "Switzerland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SLO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SUI"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
c4 Ba6 9. b3 O-O-O {This move firstly appeared in match Blackburne-Zukertort
in 1881! The main alternatives are 9...g5 and 9...g6.} 10. g3 ({Also appeares
in practice} 10. Bb2 {, but the move in the text seems to be preferable.})
10... f6 {The alternatives are: 10...Re8, 10...g5, 10...g6.} 11. Bg2 fxe5 12.
O-O e4 13. Qd2 $1 {[%cal Gd2a5] This move was introduced by Motylev a couple
of years ago. Current game is important for this variation.} (13. Qxe4 Qxe4 14.
Bxe4 Nf6 15. Bf5 Bc5 16. Bb2 Kb8 17. Nd2 d5 18. Rab1 $14 {1-0 Vajda,L-Jenni,F/
Yerevan 1999/CBM 72 ext (49)}) 13... Nf6 (13... e3 $2 {was refuted in the game
Motylev,A-Naes,F /Ubeda op 2000/CBM 75 [Mikhalevski,V]}) 14. Qa5 Kb7 {Jenni
probably had good memories about this position (see comments to white's 15th
move), but the next move frustrates his plans...} (14... Bb7 15. Bf4 Ne8 16.
Nd2 (16. Qxa7 $16) 16... Qa3 17. Qxa3 Bxa3 18. Bg5 Nf6 19. Nxe4 Rhf8 $14 {
1/2-1/2 Szieberth,A-Abdel Aziem,R/Tanta 2001/CBM 82 ext (83)}) 15. Bf4 $1 $146
{[%csl Rc7][%mdl 8] It looks like this obvious move refutes the whole line for
black.} (15. Ba3 $2 Qe6 16. Nc3 Bxa3 17. Qxa3 Rhe8 18. Rfe1 Qf5 19. Re2 Re5 20.
Rae1 Rde8 $17 {0-1 Kristjansson,S-Jenni,F/Istanbul 2000/EXT 2001 (30)}) 15...
d5 (15... Rc8 16. Nc3 Qb4 17. Qxb4+ Bxb4 18. Nxe4 {with clear advantage for
white.}) (15... d6 16. Nc3 $16) 16. Nc3 Rd7 $6 (16... Nh5 17. cxd5 cxd5 18.
Nxd5 Qc5 19. Qxc5 Bxc5 20. Rfc1 c6 (20... Rxd5 $6 21. Bxe4 Nxf4 22. gxf4 Kc6 (
22... Bd4 23. Bxd5+ Kc8 $16) 23. b4 Kd6 24. Bxd5 Bd4 $16) 21. Rxc5 cxd5 {
White has the initiative, but black's position is defensible.}) 17. Bh3 {
Black is forced to sacrifice an exchange now, with hope to make use of his
pawncentre, but unsuccessfully as the game shows.} Qb4 18. Qxb4+ Bxb4 19. Bxd7
Bxc3 (19... Nxd7 20. Rfc1 Bxc3 21. Rxc3 d4 22. Rc2 {black has no sufficient
compensation for the exchange.}) 20. Rac1 d4 21. Bf5 {[%csl Ra6] Both white's
BB are extremely strong. Black can not provide sufficient support to his
pawncentre also because of bad Ba6.} c5 (21... Re8 22. Rxc3 dxc3 23. Rc1) ({
Black can not prevent the exchange countersacrifice, since} 21... Bb4 {is bad
due to} 22. Be5 {[%csl Rd4,Re4]}) 22. Rxc3 $1 ({Strong as well was} 22. f3 exf3
23. Rxf3) 22... dxc3 23. Be5 {Pair of strong BB and unrepairable defects of
black's pawnstructure promise white a winning advantage.} Kb6 (23... Rf8 24.
Bxc3 $18) 24. Bxc3 Bc8 25. Bxc8 Rxc8 26. Rd1 {[%mdl 16]} Re8 ({Probably black
could produce more stubborn resistance after} 26... Kc6 27. Bxf6 gxf6 28. Rd5
Re8) 27. Bxf6 gxf6 28. Rd7 {The penetration of white's R decides the game. The
black pawns are doomed to fall.} h5 29. Kf1 e3 30. Rf7 exf2 (30... e2+ 31. Ke1
Re6 32. Rd7 {with an easy win.}) 31. Rxf6+ {With such a terrible pawns black
has no chances to survive.} Ka5 32. Kxf2 Re5 (32... Rd8 33. Ke2 Re8+ 34. Kf3
Rd8 35. Rc6) 33. Rc6 a6 {Did black had a dream here about some stalemate ideas?
} 34. h4 Rf5+ 35. Ke3 Re5+ 36. Kf4 Re2 37. Rxc5+ Kb4 38. Rxc7 Rxa2 39. Rb7+ Kc3
40. c5 Rf2+ 41. Kg5 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT 09th Group2"]
[Site "Ekaterinburg"]
[Date "2002.05.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Baklan, Vladimir"]
[Black "Tolstikh, Nikolay"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2618"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[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 "Kazan Ladya"]
[BlackTeam "Surgut Yugra"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
c4 Ba6 9. h4 $5 {A very rare and unusual move in this position. It looks
rather irrelevant, but there are some ideas behind this move- like in some
variations white's kingside R can enter the game via h3. Because of lack of
practical material, it's early to say, weather this idea good or bad. In this
particular game white succeeded...} Nb6 $6 {It seems, that after this move
white's opening plan succeeds.} ({More in principal is:} 9... f6 10. Rh3 fxe5 (
10... Nb6 $5 11. exf6 Qxe2+ 12. Bxe2 Bxc4 13. fxg7 Bxg7 14. Bh5+ $6 Kd8 15. Nc3
Kc8 16. Bd2 Be6 17. g4 Nc4 $15 {0-1 Dukaczewski,P-Seitaj,I/Moscow 1994/CBM 44
ext (42)}) 11. Bg5 Nf6 12. Re3 O-O-O (12... d6 $5) 13. Nd2 Qf7 14. Rxe5 Bb4 15.
O-O-O h6 16. Bxf6 gxf6 (16... Qxf6 $142) 17. Rf5 Bxd2+ 18. Rxd2 Rhe8 19. Qg4
Re1+ 20. Rd1 Rde8 21. Bd3 $16 {1-0 Scerbin,D-Petran,P/Budapest 2000/CBM 77 ext
(30)}) 10. b3 O-O-O $146 (10... d6 11. Bb2 O-O-O 12. exd6 Qxe2+ 13. Bxe2 cxd6
14. Nc3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Kucypera,A-Kaula,R/Polanica Zdroj 1996/EXT 98 (43)}) 11.
Bb2 f6 (11... d5 12. exd6 Qxe2+ 13. Bxe2 cxd6 14. Nc3 $14 {just like in
previous comment.}) 12. exf6 Qf7 $5 (12... gxf6 13. Nd2 d5 14. O-O-O $14) 13.
Qf3 gxf6 14. Nc3 (14. Qxf6 $2 Bb4+ 15. Kd1 Qe8 $44) 14... Bh6 $6 {[%mdl 16384]
It's not so important to prevent from white a long castle.} (14... d5 $1 {
was called for.} 15. cxd5 Re8+ 16. Kd1 Bxf1 17. Rxf1 cxd5 $14) 15. Be2 Rhf8 $6
{Black plays without concrete plan.} (15... d5 16. O-O Bb7) 16. O-O {[%csl Rf6,
Rh7][%mdl 16] This position is typical for the Scotch that black is unlike to
get. White has a clear advantage, because of black's pawn weaknesses on the
kingside. It should be noticed, that black's pieces on the queenside are
restricted.} c5 ({Now} 16... d5 $2 {is refuted by} 17. c5 $1 Bxe2 18. Qxe2 Nd7
19. Qa6+ Kb8 20. Qxc6 $18) 17. Qf5 Qg6 $6 {It strange, that black offers the
exchange of QQ in a strategically bad position.} (17... Bb7 $142 $16) 18. Bd3
Bb7 19. Qxg6 hxg6 20. Bxg6 $18 {White has won a pawn for nothing and black is
continuing to show no resistance.} f5 21. Rad1 Bg7 22. h5 d6 23. Rfe1 Be5 24.
Na4 Bxb2 (24... Nxa4 25. Bxe5 dxe5 26. Rxd8+ Kxd8 27. bxa4 e4 28. Rb1 $18) 25.
Nxb2 Nd7 26. Nd3 Rf6 27. f3 f4 28. Re7 {In this game only one side is playing,
the other side is just making moves...} Nf8 29. Rf7 Rxf7 30. Bxf7 Rd7 31. Bg6
Nxg6 32. hxg6 Rg7 33. Nxf4 {The rest of the moves are rather pointless...} Bc6
34. Re1 Bd7 35. g4 a5 36. Kf2 a4 37. Kg3 c6 38. Kh4 {Finally black resigned...}
1-0

[Event "Olympiad-36"]
[Site "Mallorca"]
[Date "2004.10.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Zelcic, Robert"]
[Black "Goldin, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2531"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[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 "Croatia"]
[BlackTeam "US of America"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CRO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. c3 Nge7 7. Bc4 b6 {
This rare move gained some popularity recently, mainly thanks to Alexei Shirov
who played few games with this setup as black.} ({The main line goes with} 7...
Ne5 8. Be2 Qg6) 8. O-O Bb7 {Black is going for castling to the queenside.} 9.
f4 {Capturing space in the centre and preparing to harass black's queen with
e4-e5.} ({Another principled continuation is} 9. Nb5 O-O-O 10. Bxc5 bxc5 11.
Nd2 {--> 0-1 Kristjansson,S-Shirov,A/Reykjavik 2003/CBM 94 [Postny,E] (33)})
9... O-O-O {[%cal Gd7d5]} 10. e5 (10. b4 {1/2-1/2 Nedev,T-Shirov,A/Mallorca
2004/CBM 104 [Postny,E] (32)}) 10... Qh6 {[%csl Re3][%cal Gc6e5]} 11. Qe2 (11.
Qd2 f6 12. Na3 Nxd4 13. cxd4 Bxa3 14. bxa3 Nf5 15. Rac1 fxe5 16. dxe5 Kb8 17.
Bd3 Qe6 18. Rfe1 Rc8 19. a4 {1/2-1/2 Chandler,M-Speelman,J/Hastings 1991/CBM
27 (19)}) 11... Bxd4 12. cxd4 Nf5 13. Nc3 $2 $146 {This novelty does not work
out properly.} (13. Rd1 $2 d6 14. d5 (14. Qg4 Qg6 $17) 14... Nxe5 15. Ba6 Nxe3
16. Bxb7+ Kxb7 17. Qxe3 Qxh2+ 18. Kxh2 Ng4+ 19. Kg1 Nxe3 $19 {0-1 Brunello,
S-Godena,M/Milan 2003/CBM 95 ext (53)}) (13. Qf2 {might be an improvement for
white.}) 13... Ncxd4 14. Bxd4 Nxd4 15. Qf2 d5 $1 {Very strong move, probably
underestimated by Zelcic. Black seizes the initiative.} 16. exd6 Rxd6 17. Bxf7
Rf8 18. Qe3 Ne6 $1 (18... Nc2 $2 19. Qe7) (18... Bxg2 $6 19. Kxg2 Nc2 20. Qe4 (
20. Qe2 Nxa1 21. Rxa1 Qxf4 $17) 20... Rd2+ 21. Rf2 Rxf2+ 22. Kxf2 Qxh2+ 23. Kf3
Qh3+ 24. Ke2 Qh2+ 25. Kf3 $11) 19. Bxe6+ Rxe6 20. Qd2 Rd6 21. Qe3 Rdf6 {
Black's advantage is overwhelming. His bishop is much stronger than white's
knight. Actually, white can not hold his f4 weakness anymore.} 22. Ne2 Ba6 23.
Rfc1 (23. g3 $2 Qh5 $1 $19 {[%csl Re2][%cal Gf8e8]} (23... Re6 $6 24. Qa3 {
[%csl Ra6,Rf8]} Kb7 25. Nd4 (25. Qxf8 $2 Rxe2 26. h4 Qe6 {[%cal Ge6e3,Ge6h3]}
27. Qa3 Re3 $19))) 23... Bxe2 24. Qxe2 Qxf4 25. Kh1 Kb8 {Black is a healthy
pawn up, but it's still not easy at all to convert black's advantage into a
full point.} 26. h3 R6f7 27. Rc4 Qf2 28. Qe5 (28. Re1 Qxe1+ $1 29. Qxe1 Rf1+
30. Qxf1 Rxf1+ 31. Kh2 Rf2 $19) 28... Qf6 29. Qe2 Qd6 30. Rc2 (30. Rd1 Qxd1+
31. Qxd1 Rf1+ 32. Qxf1 Rxf1+ 33. Kh2 Rf2 $19) 30... Re7 31. Qc4 Rfe8 32. Rf1
Re1 33. Rc1 Rxc1 34. Rxc1 a5 35. b3 h6 {Black is not in a hurry...} 36. Qf7 Re7
37. Qf8+ Ka7 38. Qf2 Qd5 39. Qg3 Kb7 40. a3 Qe5 41. Qf3+ Qe4 42. Qc3 g5 43. b4
axb4 44. axb4 Qd5 45. Qc2 h5 46. Rd1 Qe4 47. Qa4 Qh4 $1 {Finally, black
trapped his opponent for the exchange of rooks.} 48. Qb3 Re1+ 49. Rxe1 Qxe1+
50. Kh2 Qe5+ 51. Kg1 Qd4+ 52. Kh2 Qf4+ $1 {The best place for the queen.} 53.
Kg1 Kc6 {Now, it's time for the king to join the party.} 54. Qa4+ Kd5 55. Qb5+
Kd4 56. Qc6 g4 57. hxg4 hxg4 58. Qc2 g3 59. Qd1+ Kc4 60. Qe2+ Kxb4 61. Qb2+ Kc4
0-1

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 2nd"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2014.08.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2768"]
[BlackElo "2877"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2014.08.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "23"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nb3 {A common line nowaday where
White normally castles to the queenside, heading for sharp play.} Bb6 6. Nc3
Nf6 7. Qe2 a5 {A standard push, but in this particular position very rare. The
main continuations are 7...d6 and 7...0-0.} 8. e5 $146 {A principled novelty,
but both players continued to play quickly, clearly having the variation
analysed until a certain point.} (8. a4 O-O (8... Nb4 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 d6 11.
O-O-O Qe7 12. f3 Bd7 13. Kb1 g5 $6 14. Bf2 Bxf2 15. Qxf2 Be6 16. Nd4 $16 {
1/2-1/2 (81) Volokitin,A (2687)-Eljanov,P (2707) Kiev 2013}) 9. Be3 d5 10. Bxb6
cxb6 11. O-O-O Re8 12. f3 Bd7 13. Qf2 dxe4 14. fxe4 Rc8 $15 {1-0 (49) Carlsson,
P (2485)-Hector,J (2483) Borlange 2014}) 8... O-O $1 {This sacrifice is forced.
Things are getting exciting from the very beginning.} 9. exf6 a4 10. Nd5 (10.
fxg7 $2 {would lose a crucial tempo. The white pawn on g7 actually contributes
to the defence of Black's monarch.} Re8 11. Be3 axb3 12. cxb3 Nd4 13. Qh5 Ra5
$1 (13... Nc2+ $2 14. Kd2 Ra5 (14... Nxa1 $4 15. Bd3 $18) 15. Nb5 Nb4 16. Bg5
f6 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. Qxe8+ Kxg7 19. Kd1 Rxb5 20. Bxb5 Qd4+ 21. Kc1 Qf4+ 22. Kd1
Qd4+ $11) 14. Nb5 (14. Nd5 Nc2+ 15. Kd2 Nb4 16. Bc4 Nxd5 17. Bxd5 Qf6 18. Bxb6
cxb6 $19) 14... Rxe3+ $1 15. fxe3 Qe7 16. O-O-O Nxb5 17. Bd3 Bxe3+ (17... Qc5+
18. Qxc5 Bxc5) 18. Rd2 h6 19. Qf5 Bxd2+ 20. Kxd2 {Otherwise, White will lose
his queen after the knight's check.} Qg5+ 21. Qxg5 hxg5 22. Bxb5 Rxb5 23. Re1
Kxg7 24. Re8 Ra5 25. Rxc8 Rxa2 26. Kc2 Ra6 $1 27. Rxc7 Rc6+ 28. Rxc6 bxc6 $19)
10... Re8 11. Be3 axb3 12. Qg4 g6 13. Bc4 $1 {Development above all!} Nb4 $1 {
The preparation probably ended somewhere here, as from this point players
started to consume more time. Magnus found the right way to complete his
development with the temporary pieece sacrifice.} (13... bxc2 14. O-O d6 15.
Qf4 Re5 16. Nxb6 cxb6 17. Bxb6 $1 Qf8 {is unlikely to be good for Black.}) 14.
Nxb4 d5 15. Qf4 (15. Qg5 dxc4 16. Nd5 Bc5 $1 {It is necessary to bring the
bishop into defence.} 17. cxb3 cxb3 18. O-O h6 19. Qxh6 Bf8 20. Qg5 bxa2 21.
Rfd1 {The queen has no square to hide, but Black will get enough material for
it.} Bf5 22. h4 Ra6 23. Ne7+ Bxe7 24. Rxd8 Bxd8 25. Bd4 Bb1 {Black is not
worse.}) 15... dxc4 16. O-O bxc2 17. Nd5 $1 {Back to the key square.} (17. Bxb6
cxb6 18. Nd5 Re6 19. Qxc4 Kh8 20. Qxc2 $1 Qxd5 $2 (20... Rd6 $1 {must be
played.} 21. Nc3 Bf5 22. Qb3 Qxf6 $11) 21. Rad1 Qe5 22. Rd8+ Re8 23. Qc7 $1 Qe6
24. h4 $1 {A remarkable position. White is a piece down, but dominating.} (24.
Rfd1 $2 Bd7 25. Qxd7 Raxd8 26. Qxd8 h5 {Compared to the line 24.h4 White can't
now play 27.Qd7 in view of the mate on the back rank. The queen must go back
to d3 or d2 and White loses his extra pawn.}) 24... Kg8 25. Rfd1 Bd7 $8 26.
Qxd7 Raxd8 27. Qxd8 h5 28. Qd7 $16) 17... Re6 {Now the queen can protect the
king from f8.} 18. Qxc4 Bxe3 19. fxe3 b5 $1 20. Qc5 Bb7 21. Ne7+ Kh8 (21...
Rxe7 22. fxe7 Qd2 23. Rf2 Qd1+ 24. Rf1 Qd2 {could force a repetition, but
Carlsen is playing for a win.}) 22. Qxc2 Raa6 {Black has managed to develop
both his rooks via the sixth rank. There is a lot of unusual stuff in this
game!} 23. Rac1 $6 {It's tempting to attack the Pc7, but it was more important
to fight for the d-file.} (23. Rad1 Rad6 24. Qb3 Rd2 25. Rxd2 Qxd2 26. Rf2 Qe1+
27. Rf1 Qe2 28. Rf2 $11) 23... Rxf6 24. Rxf6 Rxf6 25. Qxc7 Qd2 $6 {Just missed
the square.} (25... Qd3 $1 26. Qc3 Qxc3 27. Rxc3 Rd6 28. Rc7 Be4 {Black is a
pawn down at the moment but seriously pressing. The rook is penetrating to d2,
while the white knight is dominated by the bishop.}) 26. Qb8+ {Now the game is
going to end in a spectacular draw.} Kg7 27. Qg8+ Kh6 28. Qf8+ Kh5 29. Rc5+ g5
30. Rxg5+ $1 Kxg5 (30... Kh4 31. g3+ Kh3 $2 {would lose to a long sequence of
checks.} (31... Kxg5 32. Qg7+ Rg6 33. Qe5+ {leads to the same perpetual as in
the game. The inclusion of the move g2-g3 is of no significance.}) 32. Rh5+ Kg4
33. Qg7+ $1 (33. Rh4+ $4 Kf3 {and Black is mating!}) 33... Kxh5 34. g4+ Kh4 35.
Qxf6+ Kh3 36. Qh6+ Kxg4 37. Qf4+ Kh5 38. Qxf7+ Kh6 39. Qf6+ Kh5 40. Qe5+ $1 Kh6
41. Nf5+ Kg6 42. Qe6+ Kg5 43. Qh6+ Kg4 44. h3+ Kxf5 45. e4+ {winning the queen.
}) 31. Qg7+ Rg6 32. Qe5+ f5 (32... Kh6 33. Nf5+ Kh5 34. Ng3+ Kh6 35. Nf5+ {
is another version of perpetual check.}) 33. h4+ Kh5 34. Qxf5+ Kh6 35. Qf8+ Kh5
36. Qf5+ Kh6 37. Qf8+ Kh5 38. Qf5+ {[%mdl 64] Great game by both players!}
1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2001.11.30"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Macieja, Bartlomiej"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2582"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[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 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nxc6 Qf6 6. Qd2 dxc6 7. Nc3 a6 $6
{This move under the circumstances might be useful for black, but it might be
a waste of time as well (the second possibility is more probable...) Probably
Ivanchuk wanted to surprise his less-experienced opponent... In my database I
found only a few games with this move.The main lines are: 7...Be6, 7...Ne7 and
7...Bd4.} 8. Qf4 $146 (8. Bd3 Ne7 (8... Be6 9. O-O O-O-O 10. Qe2 Ne7 $2 (10...
Nh6) 11. e5 Qh4 12. Ne4 Bg4 13. Qe1 Rd5 14. Nxc5 Rxc5 15. Qb4 Rxe5 16. f3 $18 {
1-0 Narciso Dublan,M-Ferron Garcia,C/Catalunya 1996/EXT 99 (32)}) 9. O-O O-O
10. Kh1 Qg6 (10... Ng6 $5) 11. Qf4 Bb6 12. Na4 Qg4 13. Nxb6 Qxf4 14. Bxf4 cxb6
15. Bc7 b5 16. f4 $16 {1-0 Zelcic,R-Heidenfeld,M/Pula 1997/CBM 57 ext (57)})
8... Be6 9. Qg3 {White has "invested" three whole tempoes to get his Q from d1
to g3. It has to be said, that the g3 square is a very good position for the
white Q, so this was time well spent.} ({Possible as well} 9. Bd3) 9... O-O-O
10. Be3 (10. Bg5 $2 Bxf2+ $1 11. Qxf2 Qxg5) 10... Bxe3 11. Qxe3 {[%cal Ge3a7]}
Qh6 {[%csl Rd2]} 12. f4 {Structuraly speaking it is very useful for white to
exchange QQ. In principal the closer white gets to a pawn endgame, the easier
it's going to be to win. The pawn structure in a pure pawn endgame would be
winning for white.However the dinamics of this concrete position makes such an
exchange much more double-edged.For instanse:} (12. Qxh6 $6 Nxh6 13. Bd3 Ng4 {
[%cal Yg4e5] The position is approximately equal.}) 12... Nf6 13. Bd3 Rhe8 14.
O-O $1 Qxh2+ $6 {Black's position is quite unpleasant, however this tactical
operation leads to an endgame, where black has only some drawing chances.
Nevertheless this tactical blow should have been taken into account before
white's castling.} (14... Kb8 15. Rae1 $14) 15. Kxh2 Ng4+ 16. Kg3 Nxe3 17. Rf3
Nc4 (17... Ng4 18. f5 Ne5 {leads to the identical position in the game.}) 18.
f5 Ne5 (18... Nxb2 19. fxe6 Rxe6 20. Rh1 $16) 19. fxe6 Rxe6 (19... Nxf3 20.
exf7 Rf8 21. gxf3 Rxf7 22. f4 {and in spite of the approximate material
balance white's position should be winning.}) 20. Rf5 $1 ({The automatical} 20.
Re3 $2 {was allowing black to get a good counterplay after} Rg6+ 21. Kf4 (21.
Kh3 Rh6+ 22. Kg3 Rg6+ {the perpetual}) 21... f6 $5 {[%csl Rf4]} ({also possible
} 21... Nxd3+ 22. Rxd3 Rxg2) 22. Rg3 Rxg3 23. Kxg3 Nxd3 24. cxd3 Rxd3+ {
[%csl Rb2,Gd3]}) 20... Nxd3 21. cxd3 Rxd3+ 22. Kh2 {Despite the fact, that
black has formal material equality, it's clear, that white has good winning
chances.As long as there are many pawns remaining on the board the piece is
more valuable.} (22. Rf3 Rg6+ 23. Kf2 Rd2+ 24. Ne2 f6 $14) 22... f6 (22... Rd2
23. Rd1 (23. Rxf7 $6 Rg6 24. Rg1 Rxb2 $13) 23... Rxb2 (23... Rxd1 24. Nxd1 $16)
24. Rxf7 Rd6 25. Rxg7 Rxd1 26. Nxd1 Rxa2 27. Kg3 {[%csl Ge4] White should win
the endgame.}) 23. Kg1 Kd7 (23... Rd2 {gives nothing because of} 24. Rf2) 24.
Re1 Rd2 25. Rf2 Rxf2 (25... Red6 26. Rxd2 Rxd2 27. Re2) 26. Kxf2 Re5 27. Kf3
Ke7 28. Rd1 Rh5 29. Ne2 Ra5 30. Nd4 (30. a3) 30... g6 (30... Rxa2 31. Nf5+ Ke6
32. Nxg7+ Ke5 33. Rd2 {+/-/+-}) 31. a3 Rh5 32. Rd3 $2 {Allows black to
activate his R.} (32. Ne2) 32... Rh1 33. Ne2 (33. Rb3 c5 {and then 34...b6 or
34...b5.}) 33... a5 34. Rb3 b6 35. Rc3 Kd7 36. Rc1 Rxc1 (36... Rh5 37. Rd1+ Ke7
38. Nd4 Rc5 39. g4 {[%csl Rh7][%cal Gd1h1] with an excellent winning chances.})
37. Nxc1 h5 $2 {This was probably the last moment for Ivanchuk to save this
game.} (37... Kd6 $1 38. Nd3 c5 39. e5+ (39. b3 b5) 39... fxe5 40. Ke4 c4 41.
Nxe5 b5 42. Kd4 (42. a4 c3 43. bxc3 bxa4 {[%csl Ga4,Ga5]}) (42. Nf7+ Kc5) 42...
c5+ 43. Ke4 a4) 38. e5 $1 {From now on Macieja produces an excellent technic
to win this endgame.} Ke6 (38... fxe5 39. Ke4 Kd6 40. Nd3) 39. Nd3 g5 (39...
fxe5 40. Ke4) 40. exf6 Kxf6 41. Ke4 {[%cal Gd3e5]} c5 42. a4 Ke6 43. Ne5 Kf6
44. Nc4 $1 Ke6 45. Ne3 {[%cal Ge3d5]} c6 46. Nc4 b5 47. Nxa5 bxa4 48. Nb7 $1 {
Even stronger, than 48.Nc6.} h4 49. Nxc5+ Kd6 50. Nd3 $1 {[%mdl 4096]} (50.
Nxa4 $2 g4 51. Kf4 h3 52. gxh3 gxh3 53. Kg3 Kd5 $11) 50... g4 51. Nf2 g3 (51...
h3 52. Nxh3 $1 (52. g3 $2 h2 {[%csl Gh2]}) 52... gxh3 53. gxh3 $18) 52. Nh3 Kc5
53. Kd3 Kb4 54. Kc2 Kc4 55. Ng5 Kd5 56. Kd3 (56. Nf3 $2 h3 57. gxh3 g2 $1 $11 {
[%csl Gg2]} (57... Ke4 $2 58. Nh4 $18 {[%csl Ra4,Rc6,Gh3][%cal Gc2c3]})) 56...
c5 57. Kc3 {Black is in zugzwang.} Kc6 (57... c4 58. Kb4 Kd4 59. Nf3+ Kd3 60.
Nxh4 Kc2 61. Ka3 c3 62. bxc3 Kxc3 63. Nf5 $18) 58. Kc4 Kd6 59. Nf3 h3 60. gxh3
g2 61. h4 Ke6 62. Kxc5 Kf5 63. Kd4 Kf4 64. Ng1 Kg4 65. Ke3 Kxh4 66. Kf2 {
White's K arrived just in time.} Kg4 67. Ne2 1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2001.12.02"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2641"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[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 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
c4 Ba6 {The main alternative is 8...Nb6.} 9. b3 g5 {After the famous game
Kasparov-Anand in the match 1995 this move is considered to be the strongest
continuation in the position.} 10. Ba3 {The extensive analysis of the game
Kasparov-Anand showed, that after this move black can get a good position
almost by force. That's why most of the players started to play here 10.g3 
(include Kasparov himself against Nikolic in Linares 1997). The latest
examples are:  Motylev,A-Jakovenko,D /RUS-ch 54th Elista 2001/CBM 83 [Postny]
Hector,J-Timman,J /Sigeman & Co 2001/CBM 84 [Postny]} d6 (10... Qxa3 $6 11.
Nxa3 Bb4+ 12. Qd2 Bxd2+ 13. Kxd2 Nf4 14. h4 g4 15. g3 Ng6 16. Re1 h5 17. c5
Bxf1 18. Rhxf1 $14 {1/2-1/2 Ganguly,S-Vladimirov,E/Hyderabad 2000/CBM 79 no vc
(32)}) 11. exd6 {Now the things are getting forced.} Qxe2+ 12. Bxe2 Bg7 13.
cxd5 Bxe2 14. Kxe2 Bxa1 15. Rc1 O-O-O 16. Rxc6 Rd7 {In comments to the above
mentioned game Kasparov-Anand this move is suggested as a stronger option for
black.In the game itself was:} (16... Rhe8+ 17. Kd3 Rd7 18. Nc3 Bxc3 19. Kxc3
Re5 20. Kc4 Re4+ 21. Kd3 Re5 22. Kc4 Re4+ {and draw was agreed.The annotations
to this game you can find in CBM 49.}) 17. Nd2 Re8+ 18. Kd3 Re5 $146 {[%mdl 8]}
(18... Be5 19. Nc4 Kb7 20. g3 f6 21. Bc5 cxd6 22. Be3 g4 23. Na5+ Ka8 24. Ra6
Ree7 (24... Rb8 25. Nc6 Rbb7 26. b4 f5 27. a4 Bf6 28. Kc4 h5 29. b5 Rdc7 30. b6
Rc8 31. Kb5 h4 32. Nxa7 {1-0 Ganguly,S-Vijayalakshmi,S/Calcutta 2000/CBM 74
ext (32)}) 25. b4 f5 26. b5 Rf7 27. b6 h5 28. b7+ Rxb7 29. Nxb7 Rxb7 30. Bd4
$14 {1/2-1/2 Szieberth,A-Peredy,F/Hungary 1996/EXT 2000 (51)}) 19. Nc4 Rxd5+
20. Ke4 Rd4+ 21. Ke3 f5 22. Bc5 Re4+ (22... Rg4 23. Bxa7 Kb7 24. Rxc7+ ({
doesn't work} 24. Na5+ $2 Kxa7 25. Rxc7+ Rxc7 26. dxc7 Re4+ 27. Kd3 Re8 28. Nc4
Rc8 29. Nd6 Rxc7 30. Nb5+ Kb6 31. Nxc7 Kxc7 $19) 24... Rxc7 25. dxc7 Kxc7 26.
g3 $14) 23. Kd3 Kb7 24. Rxc7+ Rxc7 25. dxc7 Kxc7 26. Bxa7 Re1 $6 (26... Rh4 {
In such positions it is important for the player with the R to create pawn
weaknesses in his opponent structure.} 27. h3 g4 28. hxg4 Rxg4 $132 29. Ne3 Rg6
{[%cal Gf5f4,Gg6a6]}) 27. a4 Rb1 {Consequently continuing the dubious idea.} ({
Probably the immideate} 27... Rh1 {was better.}) 28. Kc2 {As the continuation
of the game shows, the c2 square is better for white's K than d3 square.} Rh1 (
28... Rg1 29. g3 Rh1 30. a5 Rxh2 31. Be3 {Black's R is stuck on the kingside
for a moment and this could be enough for white's pawns to go forward and win
the game.}) 29. Bc5 Kc6 30. b4 Rxh2 31. a5 Rh4 ({There is no time for another
capture, as after} 31... Rxg2 $2 32. a6 {[%csl Ga6][%cal Gc4a5] black can't
prevent a promotion.For example:} Kc7 33. Na5 Kb8 34. b5 $18) 32. Kd3 $2 (32.
Kb3 Rh1 (32... Bd4 33. g3 Rg4 34. f3 Rxg3 35. Bxd4 Rxf3+ 36. Ka4 $18) (32...
Re4 33. a6 {[%cal Ga6a7,Gc4b6]}) 33. a6 Re1 34. Nb6 $1 Re8 35. a7 Kb7 36. a8=Q+
Rxa8 37. Nxa8 Kxa8 38. Kc4 Kb7 39. Kd5 {and white has a won endgame.}) 32...
Rh1 33. a6 Bf6 34. Na5+ (34. Kd2 $5 Bd8 {[%csl Ya5]} (34... Ra1 $2 35. Na5+
Rxa5 36. bxa5) 35. a7 Kb7 (35... Ra1 $2 36. Na5+) 36. Nd6+ Ka8 37. Nxf5 {
with slight advantage.}) 34... Kb5 35. a7 Rd1+ {Now it's clear, why the d3
square is not the best for the white K.Black is winning an important tempo and
managing to hold white's pawns.} 36. Kc2 Rd8 37. Nb7 Ra8 38. Nd6+ Kc6 39. Nxf5
{[%mdl 1024]} Bd8 40. Nd4+ Kb7 41. Ne6 Bb6 42. Nxg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mitropa Cup 21st"]
[Site "Leipzig"]
[Date "2002.05.04"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Horvath, Adam"]
[Black "Mikhalchishin, Adrian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2464"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2002.05.03"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hungary"]
[BlackTeam "Slovenia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "HUN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SLO"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nxc6 Qf6 6. Qd2 dxc6 7. Nc3 Bd7 {
This is a rare line in this position. Black is intending to castle queenside
on the next move. The main lines are 7...Be6, 7...Ne7 as well as popular
continuation nowadays is 7...Bd4.} 8. Bd3 ({Also possible} 8. Na4 Bd6 9. Qe3 {
[%cal Ya4c5] as appeared in several games.}) 8... O-O-O ({Interesting is} 8...
Nh6 {,but probably not enough for equality:} 9. h3 O-O-O 10. Qf4 Qe7 11. Be3 f6
12. Bxc5 Qxc5 13. O-O-O Nf7 14. Rhe1 Rhe8 15. Qe3 Qxe3+ 16. Rxe3 $14 {1/2-1/2
Tiviakov,S-Flear,G/Port Erin 2001/CBM 84 ext (47)}) 9. Na4 Bd6 (9... Bd4 $6 {
- see the game Pavasovic,D-Wong Meng Kong/Istanbul ol 2000/CBM 80 [Postny]}) (
9... Be7 10. Qa5 Kb8 11. Be3 b6 12. Qc3 c5 $11 {0-1 Hamelink,D-Rapcsak,A/
Tallinn 1997/EXT 98 (28)}) 10. Qa5 (10. Qe3 Kb8 11. O-O Nh6 12. h3 Rhe8 $132 {
1/2-1/2 Erwich,M-Borisek,J/Oropesa del Mar 2001/EXT 2002 (45)}) 10... Qd4 $1 {
defending the Pa7 as well as threatening Bb4.} 11. Bd2 $146 (11. O-O c5 12. Nc3
Kb8 13. Nb5 Bxb5 14. Qxb5 Ne7 15. Be3 Qb4 16. f4 f6 17. Qxb4 cxb4 18. Rae1 $14
{1/2-1/2 Pavasovic,D-Jakubovic,N/Pula 2000/CBM 77 (28)}) 11... b5 12. Nc3 (12.
Bc3 $6 Qxa4 13. Qxa4 bxa4 14. Bxg7 Ne7 15. Bxh8 Rxh8 $15) 12... Qb6 13. Qxb6
cxb6 {The position is about equal. White has an extra pawn on the kingside,
but black's position is out of weaknesses and his pawnstructure is also more
flexible, then black usually gets in this opening variation.} 14. O-O-O Ne7 15.
f4 b4 {I think, black should not hurry with this push, because white wants to
transfer his N to better pastures anyway.} (15... f6) 16. Ne2 f6 17. h3 c5 ({
A bit more precise is} 17... Be6 {in order to meet white's 18.Ng3 with 18...
Bf7.}) 18. Ng3 {[%cal Gg3h5]} Be6 (18... h5 19. Rhe1 $36 {[%cal Ge4e5]}) 19.
Nh5 Bf7 (19... Rhg8 $5) 20. g4 (20. Nxg7 $1 Rhg8 21. e5 $1 fxe5 22. Nf5 Nxf5
23. Bxf5+ Kc7 24. fxe5 Bxe5 25. g4 $14) 20... c4 21. Be2 Rhg8 22. Rhf1 Nc6 23.
c3 Be7 24. g5 $2 {This is too optimistic.} (24. Ng3 {with approximate equality.
}) 24... bxc3 25. bxc3 (25. Bxc3 $142) 25... fxg5 26. fxg5 Ne5 $15 {[%csl Ge5]}
27. Rxf7 $2 {This desperate attempt to take the initiative only makes matters
worse for white.} Nxf7 28. Bxc4 Nxg5 $1 {The best decision in the position.
Giving back the exchange black gets big positional advantage.} (28... Rgf8 $6
29. h4 $44) 29. Bxg8 Rxg8 {[%mdl 16]} 30. Kc2 $6 {Again white is aiming for
active play, but fails.} ({The least of the evils for white would be:} 30. Bxg5
Bxg5+ 31. Kc2 g6 32. Ng3 {at least keeping the material balance.}) 30... Nxh3
31. Rf1 Rf8 {Simply preventing the only white's counterplay..} 32. Rh1 Nf2 33.
Rf1 g6 ({of course not} 33... Nxe4 $2 34. Re1) 34. Ng3 Ng4 35. Rh1 h5 {Two
connected passed pawns and well-coordinated pieces promises black an easy win.}
36. Be1 Rf3 37. Ne2 Bf6 38. Nd4 Re3 39. Bd2 Bxd4 40. Bxe3 Bxe3 41. Kd3 {
A mistake in a lost position.} Nf2+ 42. Kxe3 Nxh1 0-1

[Event "Reggio Emilia 0001 43th"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia"]
[Date "2001.01.05"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Efimov, Igor"]
[Black "Romanishin, Oleg M"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2591"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2000.12.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nb3 Bb4+ {This provocative check
could be deserving alternative for usual 5...Bb6.} 6. Bd2 ({Possibly} 6. c3 Be7
7. g3 $5 Nf6 8. Bg2 h5 9. h3 d6 10. c4 Be6 11. Qe2 Nd7 12. Nc3 Nce5 13. Nd2 Nc5
14. O-O g5 $13 {1-0 Kupreichik,V-Romanishin,O/Odessa 1974/EXT 99 (52)}) 6... a5
7. a3 Be7 8. Be3 $6 $146 {According to Mega Database this move is new and not
a strong one.Anyway it doesn't seems, that black has problems with
equalization in this position.} (8. a4 Nf6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Bb5 d5 11. exd5 Nb4
12. O-O Bg4 13. Be2 Bxe2 14. Qxe2 Nxc2 15. Rad1 Nb4 16. Qb5 Nbxd5 17. Nxd5 {
1/2-1/2 Smirin,I-Khalifman,A/Leningrad 1990/URS-ch (17)}) 8... Bf6 9. Nd4 (9.
Nc3 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 Nf6 $13) 9... Nxd4 10. Bxd4 d5 11. e5 $6 {Probably Efimov
overrated his position.} (11. exd5 {leads to equal position.} Qxd5 12. Qe2+ Be6
13. Bxf6 Nxf6 14. Nc3 $11) 11... Be7 12. c4 $6 (12. e6 {was the logical
continuation} Nf6 13. exf7+ Kxf7 14. Be2 c5 15. Be5 Re8 $132) 12... c5 $1 13.
cxd5 $6 ({After} 13. Be3 d4 14. Bc1 {black has only small advantage.}) 13...
cxd4 14. Qxd4 Nh6 {Despite the strong pawncenter white's compensation for the
sacrificed piece is insufficient due to bad piece developement.} 15. Nc3 O-O
16. Bc4 Nf5 17. Qd3 Qc7 $1 (17... Qb6 {gives white an opportunity to equalize
after} 18. d6 Bg5 19. d7 Bxd7 20. Qxd7 Qxb2 21. O-O Qxc3 22. Qxf5 Qxc4 23. Qxg5
$11) 18. f4 $6 {[%mdl 16384]} (18. d6 {was better relatively, but white's
position is bad anyway after} Bxd6 $1 19. exd6 Nxd6 {with tempo!} 20. Bd5 Re8+
21. Kf1 Bf5 $17 {[%csl Rf1,Yh1]}) 18... Qc5 {Black pieces went round white's
pawncenter.} 19. Bb5 Ne3 {[%csl Re1] Now black's attack is irresistible.} 20.
Na4 (20. Qd2 Bg4 21. d6 Bh4+ 22. g3 Bf3 $19) 20... Nxg2+ 21. Kf1 Ne3+ 22. Ke2
Bg4+ 23. Kd2 Qxd5 24. Nb6 (24. Kxe3 Qf3+ 25. Kd2 Rfd8 $19) 24... Qg2+ 0-1

[Event "RUS-chT 11th"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2004.04.24"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Black "Geller, Jakov"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2671"]
[BlackElo "2489"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[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 "Kazan Ladya"]
[BlackTeam "Togliatti Lada"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
c4 Ba6 (8... Nb6 {is the main alternative.}) 9. b3 {Preparing the fianchetto
of the dark-squared bishop.} g6 (9... g5 {--> 0-1 Kovchan,A-Potapov,A/Noyabrsk
2003/CBM 99 [Postny,E] (40)}) (9... O-O-O {--> 0-1 Macieja,B-Karpov,A/Warsaw
2003/CBM 95 [Postny,E] (34)}) 10. g3 ({Few recent games showed that after} 10.
f4 f6 {black has sufficient counterplay.}) 10... Bg7 11. Bb2 O-O 12. Bg2 Rae8 (
12... f6 13. e6 dxe6 14. Qd2 Nb6 15. Ba3 c5 16. Qa5 Bxc4 17. Bxc5 Qd7 18. Bxf8
Rxf8 19. Nc3 f5 20. Rd1 Bd3 21. Ne2 $14 {1/2-1/2 Movsesian,S-Granda Zuniga,J/
Bled 2002/EXT 2003 (79)}) (12... Rfe8 13. O-O Bxe5 14. Qxe5 Qxe5 15. Bxe5 Rxe5
16. cxd5 Bxf1 17. Kxf1 cxd5 {leads to the same endgame as in the current game.
The only difference is the location of black's rook (a8 instead of f8) which
does not affect the evaluation as approximately equal.}) 13. O-O Bxe5 (13...
Nb6 14. Re1 f6 {--> 0-1 Ponomariov,R-Bacrot,E/Lausanne 1999/CBM 71 [Bacrot] 
(48)}) 14. Qxe5 Qxe5 15. Bxe5 Rxe5 16. cxd5 Bxf1 17. Kxf1 cxd5 {This endgame
appeared many times in practice. Objectively speaking, the chances here are
about equal, but in this position Rublevsky has definitely more experience,
compared to his young opponent.} 18. Nc3 (18. Nd2 Rfe8 19. Bf3 a5 20. Rc1 c6
21. Nb1 Kf8 22. Nc3 Ke7 23. Na4 Kd6 24. Nc5 Rb8 25. Be2 Re7 26. Rc2 {1/2-1/2
Movsesian,S-Bacrot,E/Chalkidiki 2002/CBM 92 (26)}) 18... c6 19. Rd1 {Intending
to activate the rook via d4.} (19. Na4 Rfe8 (19... Rb8 20. Rc1 Kf8 21. Nc5 Re7
22. Nd3 a5 23. Rc5 Ra8 24. h4 h6 25. Nf4 Kg7 26. Bh3 Ra7 27. h5 Re5 28. Bg4 a4
$132 {1-0 Rublevsky,S-Nikolic,P/Polanica Zdroj 1996/CBM 55 (50)}) 20. Bf3 Kf8
21. Nc5 Ke7 22. Nd3 Re6 23. Nc5 Re5 24. Nd3 Re6 25. Nc5 {1/2-1/2 Rublevsky,
S-Bologan,V/Tomsk 2001/CBM 82 ext (25)}) (19. Bf3 Rb8 20. Rc1 Kf8 {1/2-1/2
Totsky,L-Yandemirov,V/Maikop 1998/CBM 66 [Mikhalevski,V] (49)}) 19... Rfe8 20.
Bf3 $1 {White is preparing Ne2 closing the "e" file.} Kf8 21. Ne2 Ke7 $6 ({
More active is} 21... Rb8 22. Rd4 a5 23. Ra4 Rb5 {For example:} 24. Nf4 Re8 25.
Be2 Rc5 26. Nd3 Rc2 27. Bf3 Rc3 28. Be2 Rc2 $11) 22. Rd4 Rb8 $146 (22... Kd6
23. Ra4 Ra8 24. b4 Ree8 (24... a5 $5) 25. Ra5 f5 26. a3 Kc7 27. Ra6 Kb7 28. b5
Rac8 29. a4 Rc7 30. Nd4 $16 {1-0 Zelcic,R-Bozanic,I/Pula 2000/EXT 2001 (46)})
23. Ra4 Rb7 24. b4 Kd6 25. a3 Re8 $6 {Black does not feel the danger.} ({
It was necessary to liberate Rb7 as soon as possible:} 25... Kc7 26. Nd4 Kb8 {
[%cal Yb7c7,Yc7c8,Yc8e8]}) 26. Nd4 h5 27. Nb3 {Transfering the knight to c5.
Black has no counterplay at all and can only wait and see, what white will
come up with.} Re7 28. Nc5 Rc7 29. h4 {White achieved all that he wanted from
the position.} Re5 30. Ra6 Re8 31. Be2 $1 {[%mdl 4096] Again closing the "e"
file in order to move the king towards the centre.} Ke5 32. Ke1 d6 33. Nd3+ Ke6
(33... Kd4 34. Kd2 $40 {[%csl Rd4][%cal Ga6a4,Ga4d4]}) 34. a4 Rb8 35. b5 $1 Rb6
(35... c5 36. Bf3 d4 37. Bc6 {[%cal Gd3f4,Gf4d5] and white is dominating.}) 36.
Ra5 {Correctly avoiding the exchange of rooks.} cxb5 37. axb5 Rbb7 38. Bf3 Rc3
39. Kd2 Rb3 {[%tqu "En","How to conclude the game?","","","f3d5","Finishing
the game in style.",10]} 40. Bxd5+ $1 {Finishing the game in style.} Kxd5 41.
b6+ Kc4 42. Ra4+ $1 {This intermediate check must have been seen before
white's playing 40.Bxd5. White's passed pawn will cost black a full rook and
white will remain with a piece up.} 1-0

[Event "ISR-ch"]
[Site "Ramat Aviv/Modiin"]
[Date "2000.12.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Black "Postny, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2609"]
[BlackElo "2434"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[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 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. c3 Nge7 7. g3 {
Rare move.Main line is 7.Bc4.} d5 {This is the most logical way to continue,
because at the moment black has more developed pieces.} 8. Bg2 dxe4 9. O-O ({
Also possible} 9. Nd2 Bb6 (9... Bxd4 $142 10. cxd4 Bf5 11. Nxe4 Bxe4 12. Bxe4
Qe6 $11) 10. Nxe4 Qg6 11. O-O Bg4 12. Qa4 O-O 13. Nc5 $1 Ne5 14. Bf4 Bxc5 15.
Bxe5 Qh5 16. Bxc7 Nd5 17. Ba5 Rac8 18. Nb3 Bf3 19. Bxf3 Qxf3 20. Nd4 Qf6 21.
Qd7 $16 {1/2-1/2 Sveshnikov,E-Yurtaev,L/Podolsk 1990/TD (73)}) 9... Bxd4 {
After some thought I decided to change my dark-squares bishop-the only
undefended piece in black's position.} (9... O-O 10. Nd2 $36 {[%csl Rc5,Rf6]})
10. cxd4 Bf5 11. Nc3 O-O-O ({Good alternative might be} 11... Rd8 12. Nxe4 (12.
Qb3 Nxd4 13. Qxb7 Qb6 $132) 12... Bxe4 13. Bxe4 Qe6 $11) 12. f3 $5 {
Interesting decision, but perhaps not the strongest one.} (12. Nxe4 {was more
natural} Bxe4 13. Bxe4 Qe6 (13... Nxd4 14. Qa4 {with good compensation}) 14.
Bg2 Nd5 15. Re1 {and despite the knights blockade white's position seems to be
preferable.}) 12... exf3 13. Qxf3 Be6 $1 {Best move in the position.Other
moves do not solve the problems:} (13... h5 14. d5 Ne5 15. Qf4 Nd3 16. Qa4 a6
17. Be4 Ne5 18. Rae1 $16 {[%csl Re5,Re7,Rf5,Rf6]}) (13... Bd3 14. Qxf6 gxf6 15.
Rxf6 Nxd4 16. Rd1 Ndc6 17. Rxf7 {and pair of strong bishops gives white an
advantage in the endgame.}) 14. Qd1 Rxd4 $1 ({On} 14... Nf5 $6 {Strong is} 15.
Qc1 $1 {[%cal Gd4d5,Gg3g4]} ({worse is} 15. Qa4 Rxd4 16. Bxd4 Qxd4+ 17. Qxd4
Ncxd4 $11)) ({Simple} 14... Qg6 $1 {was strong enough as well. I was afraid of}
15. d5 {,but} Nxd5 $1 {solving the problem;} 16. Nxd5 (16. Bxd5 $2 Bxd5 17.
Nxd5 Qe6 $19) 16... Rhe8 $1 17. Qb3 (17. Bf4 Bxd5 18. Bxd5 Nb4 19. Bxb7+ Kxb7
$15) 17... Bxd5 18. Bxd5 Rxe3 19. Qxe3 Rxd5 $11) 15. Bxd4 (15. Qc2 {doesn't
change a lot} Nf5 16. Bxd4 Qxd4+ 17. Qf2 $11) 15... Qxd4+ 16. Qxd4 Nxd4 $11 {
[%cal Gd4c2,Yc2e3][%mdl 1024]} 17. Rae1 {[%cal Yc3e4,Ye4c5,Ye4g5]} h6 {[%csl
Yg5] Prophilaktic move.} 18. Rf4 ({After} 18. Ne4 b6 {[%csl Gc5,Ye4,Gg5] white
knight has no move forward.}) 18... Rd8 19. Ref1 Ndc6 {[%csl Yd2,Yd3][%cal
Yc6e5] opening "d" file for the rook.} 20. Rxf7 $5 {[%mdl 512] Brave decision.
Emil Sutovsky decided to give back the exchange in order to activate his
pieces.} Bxf7 21. Rxf7 g6 22. Rg7 ({Worse is} 22. Ne4 Rd1+ 23. Kf2 Nf5) {
Black is a pawn up, but white rook is very active, so I decided to activate my
rook:} 22... Rd2 23. Bxc6 {Now the position becoming very sharp.} Nxc6 24. Rxg6
Ne5 $1 25. Rxh6 Nf3+ 26. Kh1 Rxb2 27. g4 $8 b5 (27... Rc2 $2 {winning last
white pawn on queenside, but losing time.} 28. Ne4 Rxa2 29. Nc5 {[%csl Rc8]} c6
30. Rh3 Ne5 31. g5) 28. Rh3 Ne5 29. g5 {Here in time-trouble draw was agreed.
Following variations confirm that the position is equal:} (29. g5 b4 30. Nd5
Kd7 (30... c5 31. Re3 Ng4 (31... Ng6 $2 32. Ne7+ Nxe7 33. Rxe7 $18) 32. Rg3
Rxh2+ 33. Kg1 Rd2 34. Nxb4 Ne5 35. Rc3 $11) (30... a5 31. Re3 Ng4 (31... Ng6 $2
32. Ne7+ Nxe7 33. Rxe7 $18 {[%csl Gg5]}) 32. Rg3 (32. Re7 Rxh2+ 33. Kg1 Rxa2
34. g6 b3 35. g7 Nh6 36. Re6 b2 37. Nc3 Ra4 38. Rxh6 Rg4+ 39. Kf2 Rxg7 $15)
32... Rxh2+ 33. Kg1 Rd2 34. Nxb4 Ne5 35. Na6 $11) (30... c6 31. Re3 Ng4 32. Rg3
Rxh2+ (32... Nf2+ $2 33. Kg1 cxd5 34. g6 Ne4 35. g7 Nf6 36. Rf3 $18) 33. Kg1
cxd5 34. Rxg4 Rh7 $11) 31. Re3 Kd6 (31... Ng6 $5 32. Re4 a5 33. h4 Rxa2 34. h5
b3 35. hxg6 b2 36. Nc3 Ra1+ 37. Kg2 b1=Q 38. Nxb1 Rxb1 $11) 32. Nxc7 Rxa2 33.
Ne8+ Kd5 34. Nf6+ Kd6 35. Ne8+ $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sarajevo Bosnia 34th"]
[Site "Sarajevo"]
[Date "2004.05.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Predojevic, Borki"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2712"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2004.05.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BIH"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 101"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. c3 b6 $5 {Very rare
continuation, which is more popular on 7th move, after 6...Nge7 7.Bc4 b6.} 7.
g3 (7. Nf5 {--> 0-1 Kristjansson,S-Short,N/Reykjavik 2004/CBM 100 [Postny,E] 
(71)}) (7. Qd2 Bb7 8. b4 Be7 9. f3 a5 10. Nb5 Bd8 11. bxa5 Nxa5 12. N1a3 Ne7
$11 {1/2-1/2 Sanchez,J-Antonio,R/Makati 2002/CBM 88 ext (52)}) (7. Bc4 Nge7 {
leads to the variation 6...Nge7 7.Bc4 b6. For example see the annotated game
Kristjansson,S-Shirov,A/Reykjavik 2003/CBM 94 [Postny,E]}) 7... Bb7 8. Bg2
O-O-O $6 $146 {Interesting, but risky.} (8... Nge7 {appeared in practice
before.}) 9. O-O {Opposite castlings promise sharp play.} h5 {Short does not
want to waste time on moves like 9...Nge7...} (9... Nge7 10. b4 Bxd4 11. cxd4
$36) 10. b4 Bxd4 ({Comes to consideration} 10... Nxd4 11. bxc5 Nc6 12. cxb6
axb6) 11. cxd4 h4 ({Of course, it's bad to grab the pawn:} 11... Nxb4 $2 12.
Qa4 $40) 12. Nc3 Kb8 13. Rc1 {White has much more control over the centre,
which should promise him an advantage.} Rc8 14. Nd5 (14. b5 Na5 15. d5 {
looks good for white.}) 14... Qg6 15. b5 {I don't think, that white should
hurry with this move, but Predojevic wants to force matters...} Na5 16. Nxc7 $6
{The question mark is for the objective evaluation of this sacrifice, the
exclamation mark is for the courage. Objectively speaking, white's position
looks quite promising and there was no need to go for a murky sacrifice.} (16.
Bf4 Bxd5 17. exd5 d6 $13) (16. Qf3 $5) 16... Rxc7 17. Bf4 d6 18. Rxc7 Kxc7 19.
Qc1+ Kb8 (19... Kd8 $6 20. Qa3 $44 {[%csl Rd8]}) 20. e5 d5 $2 {This natural
move is a mistake.} (20... Bxg2 $4 21. exd6 $18 {[%cal Rc1c7]}) (20... hxg3 21.
fxg3 Qh5 22. h3 Ne7 23. exd6 Nd5 24. d7+ Ka8 25. Re1 $18) (20... Nh6 $2 21.
exd6 $18) ({The right continuation was} 20... Qf5 $1 21. exd6 (21. e6 Nf6 22.
Bxd6+ Ka8 23. exf7 Bxg2 24. Kxg2 Qd5+ $19) 21... Nf6 22. Qc7+ Ka8 {and black
seems to be defending successfully.}) 21. e6+ (21. Bxd5 $2 Ne7 {parrying the
attack.}) 21... Ka8 22. Qc7 Nf6 23. e7 {White's passed pawn is so strong, that
black's position can hardly be saved.} Rc8 (23... Qf5 24. Be5 $1 Rc8 (24... Qc8
25. Qxc8+ Rxc8 26. Bxf6 gxf6 27. Re1 Re8 28. Bh3 {[%cal Rh3d7]} Nc4 29. Bd7 Nd6
30. Bxe8 Nxe8 31. gxh4 $18) 25. Qd8 Qe6 26. Bxf6 gxf6 27. gxh4 $1 {[%csl Gh4]
[%cal Gh4h5,Gh5h6,Gh6h7,Gh7h8] and it's hard to give black a good advice.}) 24.
Qd8 Qf5 25. Re1 $2 (25. Be5 $1 {It is important to eliminate the Nf6.} Qe6 26.
Bxf6 (26. f4 $6 Ng8 27. Rc1 Nxe7 28. Rxc8+ Qxc8 (28... Nxc8 $2 29. Qc7) 29.
Qxe7 Qc1+ 30. Bf1 Qe3+ 31. Kg2 Bc8 $1 $11) 26... gxf6 27. gxh4 ({Less clear is
} 27. Bh3 $6 Qxh3 28. e8=Q Rxd8 29. Qxd8+ Qc8 30. Qxc8+ Bxc8 31. gxh4 {[%csl
Gh4]}) 27... Rb8 (27... Nc4 28. h5 Nd6 29. h6 $18) 28. h5 Qc8 29. Qxc8 Rxc8 30.
Re1 Re8 31. Bh3 $18) 25... h3 $1 (25... Nc4 26. Be5 $1 (26. e8=Q $2 Nxe8 27.
Rxe8 Qb1+ (27... Rxd8 $4 28. Rxd8+ Bc8 29. Bxd5+ Qxd5 30. Rxc8+ Kb7 31. Rb8#)
28. Bf1 Qxb5 $17) 26... Nxe5 27. dxe5 hxg3 28. hxg3 Ne8 29. Rc1 Kb8 (29... Rb8
30. Bxd5 Bxd5 31. Qxd5+ Rb7 32. Qc6 $18) 30. Rxc8+ Qxc8 31. Bh3 $18) 26. Re5 (
26. Be5 {does not work in view of} Ng4 {[%csl Rf2]}) 26... Qb1+ 27. Bf1 a6 $1 {
Finally black's king gets some "fresh air".} (27... Nc4 $2 28. Rh5 $1 {[%cal
Gh5h8]} (28. e8=Q $2 Nxe8 29. Qxe8 Nxe5 30. Qxe5 f6 $17) 28... Qxb5 29. Rh8 {
paralizing black's pieces.}) 28. e8=Q {Leads to a draw by force. The analysis
shows that white can not play for more, he already missed his chance...} (28.
Rxd5 Qe4 29. bxa6 Qxd5 (29... Nxd5 $2 30. axb7+ Kxb7 31. Qd7+ Nc7 32. Bxc7 $18)
30. axb7+ Kxb7 (30... Qxb7 31. Bxh3 $18) 31. Ba6+ Kxa6 32. Qxc8+ Qb7 $17) (28.
Qf8 $2 Ne8 29. Qxf7 axb5 $17) 28... Nxe8 29. Rxe8 Rxd8 30. Rxd8+ Ka7 (30... Bc8
$2 31. Rxc8+ Kb7 32. Rc7+ Ka8 33. bxa6 {is very dangerous for black.}) 31. Bb8+
1/2-1/2

[Event "FRA Cup final"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2002.05.25"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Santo Roman, Marc"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris Vasilievich"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2417"]
[BlackElo "2551"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2002.05.25"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Montpellier"]
[BlackTeam "Paris NAO"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

{[%mdl 2]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nxc6 Qf6 6. Qd2 dxc6
7. Nc3 Qe7 {Morozevich's patent.} 8. Bd3 ({The alternative} 8. Qg5 {yields
white better chances to fight for the advantage.}) 8... Nf6 9. O-O Ng4 $146 (
9... O-O 10. Qg5 h6 11. Qh4 (11. Qg3 $142 {as in the game Rublevsky,
S-Morozevich,A/Russian Club Cup 1998/CBM 66 [Mikhalevski,V]. This game by the
way was the first try of the move 7...Qe7.}) 11... Re8 12. Bd2 Be6 13. Rae1 Bd4
14. Qg3 Kh8 15. e5 Ng8 16. Kh1 Qd7 17. Qh4 Bc5 18. Ne4 Be7 19. Qg3 c5 $13 {
0-1 Sebastian,D-Hector,J/Bundesliga 2002 (40)}) 10. Na4 $1 (10. Qg5 $6 f6)
10... Qe5 (10... Bd6 $6 11. f4 b5 12. e5 Bb4 13. c3 Nxh2 $1 (13... Ba5 14. b4
$16) 14. Kxh2 Qh4+ 15. Kg1 Be7 $14) 11. Qf4 Bd6 12. Qxe5+ Nxe5 13. Be2 {
This is a typical position for the Scotch after black's 6...dc recapture.
White enjoys the pawn majority on the kingside, on the other hand black's
pieces are well developed. In this particular position white has preferable
chances, since black can not put the immediate pressure on opponent's position,
and white has enough time to complete his development and prepare the push of
his kingside PP.} f6 14. f4 Ng6 15. Be3 b6 16. Rae1 ({Logical is} 16. c4 {
gaining more space} c5 17. Nc3 $14) 16... O-O 17. Nc3 Bd7 18. Bd3 Rfe8 19. Nd1
{The right manoeuvre. The N goes to f2, where it can support the advance of
the white kingside PP.} Re7 20. g3 {protecting the Pf4.} Bh3 21. Rf2 Nf8 22.
Rd2 {[%cal Yd1f2]} Nd7 23. Bc4+ {It should be useful for white to exchange
bishops.} (23. Nf2 $143 Be6 {[%csl Rd3,Ge6]}) 23... Be6 24. Bxe6+ Rxe6 25. Nf2
Re7 (25... Nc5 26. Bd4 Rae8 27. Rde2 $14 {[%cal Yg1g2,Yg2f3]}) 26. Rde2 b5 27.
Kg2 c5 28. b3 $6 {This move should not be recommended, because it gives black
a target on the queenside. In the future black will be able to open the "a"
file because of this white move.} (28. g4 $14 {[%cal Yh2h4,Yg4g5]}) 28... a5
29. Bd2 a4 {Now the drawbacks of white's 28th move are more transparent.} 30.
Bc3 Ree8 $6 (30... Re6 $5) 31. Nd3 $6 {Missing the chance to create a strong
passed pawn by 31.e5!} (31. e5 $1 fxe5 32. fxe5 Be7 33. e6 $36 {[%csl Ge6]})
31... axb3 32. axb3 Nb6 33. e5 fxe5 34. Nxe5 ({More in principal is} 34. fxe5
Be7 35. e6) 34... Ra2 35. Ra1 $4 {[%mdl 8192] Looks rather innocent, but...it
is losing on the spot!} ({After possible} 35. Kf3 {the whole fight is still on.
}) {[%tqu "En","Suddenly black has a chance to win the game immediatly. How?",
"","","b6d5","",10]} 35... Nd5 $1 {This sudden touch decides the game
immediatly.} (35... Nd5 36. Rxa2 Nxc3 {[%csl Ra2,Re2] and black remains with a
piece up.}) 0-1

[Event "Sarajevo Bosnia 34th"]
[Site "Sarajevo"]
[Date "2004.05.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2647"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2004.05.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BIH"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 101"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. c3 Nge7 7. g3 {
Thanks to Sutovsky's efforts this variation gained popularity recently.} h5 $5
{Rare and aggressive reply.} ({The main line is} 7... d5) 8. h3 (8. Nc2 Bxe3 9.
Nxe3 h4 10. Bg2 d6 11. Nd2 hxg3 12. hxg3 Rxh1+ 13. Bxh1 Be6 14. Qe2 O-O-O $11 {
1/2-1/2 Belkhodja,S-Inkiov,V/Condom 2002/CBM 89 ext (48)}) (8. h4 $6 d5 9. Bg2
Bg4 10. Qd3 Ne5 11. Qb5+ c6 12. Qxb7 O-O 13. Qa6 Bxd4 14. cxd4 Nf3+ 15. Kf1
dxe4 $17 {0-1 Anglada Lobarte,J-Roa Alonso,S/Zaragoza 1993/EXT 98 (31)}) 8...
b6 $146 {Shirov decided to switch to the plan with castling to the queenside.}
(8... d5 9. Bg2 Bxd4 10. cxd4 dxe4 11. Nc3 Bf5 12. Qa4 O-O 13. O-O-O b5 $1 14.
Qxb5 Rab8 15. Qc5 Nb4 $36 {0-1 Epstein,E-Friedel,J/Connecticut USA 2004/The
Week in Chess 493 (33)}) 9. Bg2 Bb7 10. O-O O-O-O {Opposite castlings promise
double-edged fight. It's interesting to note that Shirov remains faithful to
his aggressive style even when the draw is good enough for him to secure his
sole leading in the tournament...} 11. b4 Nxd4 (11... Bxd4 $6 12. cxd4 Nxb4 (
12... d5 13. b5 Na5 14. e5 Qg6 15. Nd2 $16) 13. Qa4 Nbc6 14. Nc3 {with strong
initiative for white.}) 12. bxc5 ({Comes to consideration} 12. cxd4 Bxb4 13.
Qa4 Ba5 14. Nd2 $44 (14. d5 $2 Qxa1 15. Bd4 b5 $19)) 12... Ndc6 13. Na3 d5 $1 {
Nice strike in the centre.} ({Very dangerous for black} 13... Qxc3 $2 14. Nb5)
14. cxd6 (14. exd5 $2 {would fall into the trap} Nxd5 15. Bxd5 {[%tqu "En",
"How should black continue?","","","d8d5","",5]} Rxd5 $1 16. Qxd5 Ne5 17. Qd1
Rd8 18. Qxh5 g6 $1 $19) 14... Rxd6 15. Qa4 Rd3 16. Nb5 a6 17. Qc2 Rd7 (17...
Rxe3 $2 18. fxe3 Qg5 19. Nd4 Qxe3+ 20. Qf2 $16) 18. Nd4 Rhd8 (18... h4 $6 19.
g4 {only helps white.}) 19. Rad1 Qg6 20. Ne2 {Movsesian decided to simplify
the position.} ({Possible was} 20. Kh2 {defending Pg3 and preparing f2-f4.})
20... Rxd1 21. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 22. Qxd1 Qf6 {White has a pair of bishops, but black
has superior pawnstructure. The chances are about equal.} 23. h4 g6 24. Nd4 Ne5
25. Qa4 {[%csl Re8] Threatening mate in one...} b5 26. Qb4 Qd6 27. Bg5 $4 {
[%mdl 8192] Just a blunder...} (27. Qxd6 cxd6 $11 {[%cal Ge5c4]}) 27... c5 {
Ouch! After this it's quite strange, that the game ended peacefully...} 28. Qb3
cxd4 ({More complicated, but probably more convincing was} 28... f6 29. f4 (29.
Bf4 cxd4 30. cxd4 Qxd4 31. Qe6+ Kd8 $19) 29... Nc4) 29. cxd4 Qxd4 ({Not so
clear is} 29... Nc4 $6 30. a4) 30. Bxe7 Qa1+ $2 {This check spoiles black's
advantage.} (30... Bxe4 31. Bf6 (31. Bxe4 Qxe4 $19 {[%csl Ge4,Ge5]}) 31... Bxg2
32. Bxe5 Qxe5 33. Kxg2 Qe6 {and black is objectively winning, though it's not
an easy win.}) 31. Bf1 Bxe4 ({After} 31... Qe1 32. f3 Qxg3+ 33. Bg2 {black
does not achieve much, his king is vulnerable as well.}) 32. Bf6 {Probably
Shirov simply forgot about this move... Now it's a forced draw...} Nf3+ (32...
Bc6 33. Qe3 Nf3+ 34. Qxf3 Qxf1+ 35. Kxf1 Bxf3 {the same drawish endgame, like
in the text.}) 33. Qxf3 Qxf1+ 34. Kxf1 Bxf3 35. Ke1 {The endgame is dead drawn.
Black's extra pawn has no significance at all in the endgame with opposite
colour bishops.} Kd7 36. Kd2 b4 37. Kc2 a5 38. a3 Ke6 39. Bd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "BIH-chT"]
[Site "Neum"]
[Date "2004.06.01"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Zelcic, Robert"]
[Black "Ivanisevic, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2509"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[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 "Prozor Rama"]
[BlackTeam "Sokolac"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BIH"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BIH"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
c4 Nb6 9. Nd2 ({The alternatives are:} 9. Nc3) (9. b3) 9... Qe6 {Opening the
diagonal for the dark-squared bishop.} 10. b3 (10. Qe4 Bb4 {--> 1-0 Sulskis,
S-Radulski,J/Batumi 2002/CBM 90 [Postny,E] (45)}) 10... a5 (10... Bb4 11. Bb2
O-O 12. O-O-O {--> 1-0 Motylev,A-Sermek,D/Dubai 2001/CBM 83 [Postny,E] (74)})
11. Bb2 a4 (11... Bb4 12. a3 Bxd2+ 13. Qxd2 d5 14. cxd5 cxd5 15. Rc1 $14 {
1-0 Kasparov,G-Karpov,A/Lyon/New York 1990/CBM 21 (102)}) 12. Qe3 {The best
place for the queen in this case.} Bb4 (12... axb3 13. axb3 Rxa1+ 14. Bxa1 Bb4
15. Bd3 d6 16. O-O dxe5 17. Ne4 Be7 18. Nc5 Bxc5 19. Qxc5 Nd7 20. Qa5 O-O 21.
Qxc7 $14 {1-0 Baklan,V-Gligoric,S/Vrnjacka Banja 1998/EXT 2002 (40)}) 13. Bd3
d5 14. O-O Ba6 (14... a3 15. Bd4 Nd7 16. c5 O-O 17. f4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Hernandez,
G-Alonso,R/Linares 1992/CBM 33 ext (55)}) 15. Nf3 $1 $146 {[%mdl 8] This
novelty leads to interesting complications, probably favourable for white. In
the only preceding game Ivanisevic got a good game against Sutovsky.} (15. Rfc1
Bxd2 16. Qxd2 dxc4 17. bxc4 Bxc4 18. Bxc4 Nxc4 19. Qb4 Nxb2 20. Rc3 Rd8 21.
Qxb2 O-O $15 {1/2-1/2 Sutovsky,E-Ivanisevic,I/Istanbul 2003/CBM 96 (36)}) 15...
dxc4 (15... a3 16. Bc1 $1 dxc4 17. Nd4 $36) 16. Nd4 Qh6 {Black is more or less
forced to go for queens exchange and damage his own pawnstructure, otherwise,
white can get a dangerous attack.} ({Risky is} 16... Qg4 17. Bf5 (17. h3 $6 Nd5
$1 18. Qc1 Qf4 19. Bxc4 a3 $132) 17... Qh4 18. e6 $36) 17. Qxh6 gxh6 18. Nxc6 (
{Leads only to a draw:} 18. Be4 c3 19. Bxc6+ Ke7 20. Bc1 Rad8 21. Rd1 c2 22.
Nf5+ Ke6 23. Ng7+ Ke7 (23... Kxe5 $2 24. f4+ Kf6 25. Bb2+ Ke7 26. Nf5+ Ke6 27.
Nd4+ Ke7 28. Nxc2 $16) 24. Nf5+ $11) 18... c3 $1 (18... cxd3 $2 19. Nxb4 $16)
19. Bxa6 ({After} 19. Nxb4 $6 cxb2 {black is at least not worse.}) 19... cxb2
20. Rad1 axb3 $2 {After this move, the Pb2 becomes weak.} (20... Be7 21. Bb5 a3
{[%csl Ga3,Gb2] In spite of damaged pawnstructure and the activity of white's
pieces, the pawns chain a3-b2 gives black counterchances.}) 21. axb3 (21. Nxb4
$2 bxa2) (21. Bb7 $2 bxa2 22. Bxa8 Be7 $1 23. Bb7 Na4 $17) 21... Be7 {It is
important to cover the d8 square.} (21... Bc3 $2 22. Bb7 {[%csl Rd8]}) 22. Bb5
Kf8 23. Rd2 {White could also get stable advantage, simply eliminating the
bishop and then capturing the Pb2.} (23. Nxe7 Kxe7 24. Rd2 Ra5 (24... Ra2 25.
Rb1 Rd8 26. Rdxb2 Rxb2 27. Rxb2 Rd1+ 28. Bf1 $16) 25. Be2 Rxe5 26. Rxb2 $16 {
[%csl Rf7,Rh6,Rh7]}) 23... Ra2 24. Rb1 (24. Nxe7 $2 b1=Q 25. Rd8+ Kg7 (25...
Kxe7 $4 26. Rxh8 $18 {[%cal Rh8e8]}) 26. Rxh8 Qxf1+ 27. Kxf1 Kxh8 $17) 24...
Ba3 25. Rdd1 $1 {Preventing the threat Ra2-Ra1.} Kg7 26. b4 {It's logical to
cut off the black bishop from the kingside.} Re8 27. f4 f6 28. Nd4 Ra8 $6 ({
Relatively better was} 28... Rc8) 29. Ne6+ $2 {An attractive check, but
appeares to be a serious mistake, which spoiles white's advantage.} (29. Bc6 $1
fxe5 30. fxe5 Rb8 (30... Bxb4 31. Bxa8 Nxa8 32. Nc6 $18) (30... Ra7 31. Nb5 $18
) 31. Nc2 $18 {[%csl Ra3]}) 29... Kf7 30. Nxc7 Rc8 31. e6+ Kf8 $1 (31... Ke7
32. Rd7+ Nxd7 33. exd7 Rb8 34. Re1+ Kd8 ({Nice, cooperative variations could
arise after} 34... Kd6 $2 35. Ne8+ Kd5 36. Nxf6+ Kd4 (36... Kd6 37. Ne8+ Kd5
38. Rd1+ Ke4 39. Nd6+ Kxf4 40. Nc8 $18) 37. Rd1+ Ke3 (37... Kc3 38. Nd5+ Kb3
39. Rd3+ Kc2 40. Ne3+ Kc1 41. Rd1#) 38. Nd5+ Ke4 39. Nc3+ $18 {[%csl Ra2]}) 35.
Ne6+ Ke7 36. Nc5+ Kd6 37. Rd1+ Ke7 38. Re1+ $11) 32. Rd7 {Probably white was
counting on this move, but it's not so dangerous for black as it looks like.
The play is now forced for a while.} Nxd7 33. exd7 Rb8 34. Ne6+ Ke7 35. d8=Q+
Rxd8 36. Nxd8 Kxd8 37. Bd3 Bxb4 38. Kf2 Bc3 39. Bxh7 {In this endgame black is
slightly better thanks to strong passed Pb2. However, his winning chances are
very low, due to opposite colour bishops.} Ra4 40. Ke3 Rd4 41. Bd3 Rd7 42. g4
Kc7 43. h4 Rd5 44. Rg1 Kc6 45. Bb1 {[%csl Rg1] I suppose, this is a mistake in
the scoresheet, because it's very hard to believe that both GM's missed 45...
Bd4+...} Kc5 46. Ke2 Kb4 47. Rd1 Ra5 48. Kd3 Rd5+ 49. Ke2 Rc5 50. Rg1 Bd4 51.
Rd1 Rc1 $4 {Well... This can happen to anybody...} 52. Rxd4+ Kc5 53. Rd1 {
The rest of the game is rather pointless.} Rc4 54. Rf1 Kd4 55. g5 fxg5 56. fxg5
hxg5 57. hxg5 Ke5 58. g6 Rg4 59. Kf3 Rf4+ 60. Kg2 Rc4 61. Rf5+ Ke6 62. Rb5 1-0

[Event "Reggio Emilia 0001 43th"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia"]
[Date "2000.12.31"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Tomescu, Vlad"]
[Black "Romanishin, Oleg M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2432"]
[BlackElo "2591"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2000.12.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nxc6 Qf6 6. Qd2 dxc6 7. Nc3 Ne7
8. Qf4 Qe6 {Interesting pawn sacrifice-patent of GM Alexander Goldin as well
as sucsessfully employed by Oleg Romanishin.} 9. Qxc7 (9. Qg5 Bd4 10. Bd3 Ng6
11. O-O Qe5 12. Rb1 O-O 13. Ne2 Bb6 14. Ng3 Qxg5 15. Bxg5 Be6 16. b3 f6 17. Bd2
Rfd8 18. Rbd1 a5 $11 {0-1 Pavasovic,D-Romanishin,O/Bled 1999/CBM 69 ext (40)})
9... O-O 10. Bd3 Bd6 11. Qa5 b5 {[%csl Ya5]} (11... Ng6 12. Qh5 Nf4 13. Bxf4
Bxf4 14. O-O g6 15. Qh4 Qd6 16. Rad1 {1/2-1/2 Mellado Trivino,J-Romanishin,O/
Zaragoza 1998/EXT 2000 (16)}) 12. Ne2 $146 ({Also after} 12. O-O Qe5 {black
has sufficient compensation:} 13. f4 Qd4+ 14. Kh1 Bb4 15. Qc7 Bd6 16. Qa5 Bb4
17. Qc7 Bd6 18. Qa5 $11 {Berelovich,A-Romanishin,O/Ordzhonikidze 2000}) 12...
a6 {[%cal Yc6c5,Yc5c4]} ({Worse is} 12... f5 13. exf5 Nxf5 14. O-O $14) 13. Qd2
(13. Bf4 $6 {is met by} Bxf4 14. Nxf4 Qe5 $15 {[%csl Rb2,Rf4]}) 13... c5 {
[%csl Rd3][%cal Gc5c4]} 14. c3 Bb7 {In compensation for the sacrificed pawn
black has more space and developement advantage.} 15. O-O Rad8 {[%csl Rd2,Gd8]}
({No good is} 15... Bxe4 $2 16. Bxe4 Qxe4 17. Qxd6 Qxe2 18. Qxc5 $16) 16. Qe3
Rfe8 17. Bc2 Ng6 18. Ng3 c4 (18... Bxg3 {was possible as well} 19. hxg3 Bxe4
20. Bxe4 Qxe4 21. Qxc5 ({or} 21. Qxe4 Rxe4 22. Be3 $11) 21... Qe2 $44) 19. a4
b4 $6 {Probably black overrated his position.} ({Now} 19... Bxg3 {was logical
continuation} 20. Qxg3 Bxe4 21. Bxe4 Qxe4 22. axb5 axb5 23. Be3 $11) 20. cxb4
Bxb4 21. f4 Qc8 {In this position draw was agreed, however white seems to be
better now.} (21... Qc8 22. Qe2 $14) 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2001.11.28"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Nataf, Igor Alexandre"]
[Black "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2668"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[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 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Qf6 5. Nxc6 Bc5 6. Qd2 dxc6 7. Nc3 Bd4 {
This move became fashionable nowadays.Other theoretical lines starts with 7...
Ne7 and 7...Be6.} 8. Bd3 {This is the most popular continuation.} (8. Bc4 {
- see the game Kasimdzhanov,R-Tkachiev,V /FIDE Wch 2000/CBM 81 [Postny]}) (8.
f4 $5 Be6 9. e5 Qh4+ 10. g3 Qd8 11. Bg2 Nh6 12. Ne4 O-O 13. Qe2 Nf5 14. c3 Bb6
15. Bd2 Qe7 16. Ng5 Rad8 17. Be4 Bc8 18. O-O-O $14 {1-0 Timman,J-Svidler,P/
Bugojno 1999/CBM 74 no vc (55)}) 8... Ne7 9. O-O Ng6 10. Kh1 {[%cal Gf2f4]} Ne5
11. Be2 (11. f4 {- see the game Ni Hua-Krasenkow,M /Tan Chin Nam Cup 2001/CBM
85 [Postny]}) 11... Ng4 12. Nd1 Be6 $146 {An interesting novelty.Black is
preparing queenside castling.} ({In the preceding games black played} 12... O-O
{The latest example is the game Rublevsky,S-Peng Xiaomin /CHN-RUS Summit 2001/
CBM 85 [Postny]}) 13. h3 (13. c3 $5 Bb6 (13... Bc5 14. h3 Rd8 15. Qg5 Rxd1 16.
Bxd1 Nxf2+ 17. Kh2 Bd6+ (17... Ng4+ 18. Bxg4 Qxf1 19. Qxc5 $18) 18. Kg1 Qxg5
19. Bxg5 Nxe4 $14) 14. h3 Rd8 (14... Ne5 $2 15. f4) 15. Qf4 (15. Qg5 $2 Rxd1 $1
16. Bxd1 Nxf2+ 17. Kh2 Ng4+ 18. Bxg4 Qxf1 $19) 15... Qxf4 (15... Rxd1 16. Bxd1
Nxf2+ 17. Kh2 Qxf4+ (17... Nxe4 18. Bc2) 18. Bxf4 Nxe4 (18... Bc4 $2 19. Bc2 $1
Bxf1 20. Rxf1 $18 {[%csl Rf2]}) 19. Bc2 {+/=/+/-}) 16. Bxf4 Nf6 $11) 13...
O-O-O {Black is consequently continuing his idea.} ({Worse is} 13... Rd8 $6 14.
Bxg4 Bxg4 15. hxg4 Bxb2 16. Qxd8+ Qxd8 17. Nxb2 Qh4+ 18. Kg1 h5 19. g5 Qxe4 20.
Nd3 $14) 14. Bxg4 ({Bad is} 14. hxg4 $2 Qh4+ 15. Kg1 Be5 16. g3 Bxg3 17. fxg3
Qxg3+ {and black is winning.}) 14... Bxg4 15. hxg4 Qh4+ $2 {This innocent
check turns out to be a decisive mistake.} ({The right continuation of black's
previous play was:} 15... Bxb2 16. Qxd8+ (16. g5 $6 Qg6 {[%csl Re4]}) 16...
Rxd8 17. Bxb2 (17. Nxb2 $2 Qc3 {[%csl Rc2]}) 17... Qh4+ 18. Kg1 Qxg4 19. f3 Qg5
20. Nf2 {The position is unclear.}) 16. Kg1 Bxb2 $6 ({The best practical
chance was:} 16... Be5 17. g3 Qh3 (17... Bxg3 {is refuted by} 18. fxg3 Qxg3+
19. Qg2 {that's the main difference between 14.hg? and 14.Bg4-white's Q can
come to defense.}) 18. Qe2 h5 19. Ne3 h4 20. f4 Bd4 {although the compensation
for the piece is insufficient.}) 17. Qa5 $1 {Strong as well was 17.Qf4! with
the same idea.} Bxa1 18. Qf5+ Kb8 {At the moment black is an exchange and a
pawn up...} (18... Rd7 19. Bg5 g6 20. Qf4 {even stronger, than 20.Qd7.} Be5 21.
Qxe5 Qxg4 22. Qxh8+) 19. Bg5 {Now it's clear, why black should not have
hurried to give a check on h4. Black's Q is in real trouble and black has to
lose a lot of material to liberate the Q.} g6 20. Qf4 Be5 21. Qxe5 Qxg4 22.
Bxd8 Rxd8 23. Ne3 {White remained with a piece up for two non-important pawns.
The rest of the game is an easy job for white.} Qc8 24. Qf6 Rd7 25. Nc4 Qe8 26.
Ne5 Re7 27. Rd1 Kc8 28. f4 {White has a piece up as well as the total
positional domination.} h5 (28... Re6 29. Qg7 $18 ({but not} 29. Qxf7 $4 Rxe5))
29. Qh4 a6 30. Qh3+ Re6 31. Nf3 Kb8 32. e5 Qe7 33. Ng5 Qc5+ 34. Kh2 Re7 35. Rd7
1-0

[Event "Pune"]
[Site "Pune"]
[Date "2004.09.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2679"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2004.09.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. c3 Nge7 7. g3 {
Thanks to Sutovsky's efforts this line gained popularity.} d5 {The main and
the most obvious reply.} ({Deserves further investigation} 7... h5 $5 8. h3 b6
{as in the game Movsesian,S-Shirov,A/Sarajevo 2004/CBM 101 [Postny,E] (1/2-1/2,
39)}) 8. Bg2 dxe4 (8... Bxd4 9. cxd4 dxe4 10. Nc3 Bf5 {appeared in the game
Dworakowska,J-Onischuk,A/Skopje 2002/CBM 88 [Postny,E] (1-0,42)}) 9. O-O {
This line is consistantly played by Emil.} ({Interesting, but risky is} 9. Nb5
$6 {- see the game Narciso Dublan,M-Azarov,S/Leon 2001/CBM 86 [Postny,E] (0-1,
40)}) ({A possible alternative is} 9. Nd2 {- 0-1 Charbonneau,P-Bacrot,E/
Tripoli 2004/CBM 102 [Postny,E] (22)}) 9... O-O {A bit risky continuation,
since it allows white to bring his queenside knight with tempo.} (9... Bxd4 10.
cxd4 Bf5 (10... O-O 11. Nc3 Rd8 12. Nxe4 Qg6 {--> 1-0 Sutovsky,E-Bauer,C/
Plovdiv 2003/CBM 98 [Postny,E] (65)}) 11. Nc3 O-O-O {--> 1/2-1/2 Sutovsky,
E-Postny,E/Ramat-Aviv/Modiin 2000/CBM 81 [Postny,E] (29)}) (9... Nxd4 10. cxd4
Bb6 11. a4 a5 12. Nc3 O-O {1/2-1/2 Sutovsky,E-Beliavsky,A/Terme Zrece 2003/CBM
97 [Postny,E] (27)}) 10. Nd2 {[%csl Rc5,Rf6][%cal Gd2e4]} Bb6 11. Nxe4 Qg6 12.
Nc5 $5 $146 {Very interesting and unexpected move.} (12. Re1 Bg4 13. Qa4 Rad8
14. Nxc6 Nxc6 15. h3 Be6 16. Nc5 Bc8 17. Qh4 Rfe8 18. b4 h6 19. Be4 Rxe4 20.
Qxe4 $16 {1/2-1/2 Georgieva,L-Matras,A/Oropesa del Mar 2000/EXT 2001 (27)})
12... Nxd4 (12... Bxc5 $6 13. Nxc6 Nxc6 14. Bxc5 {and pair of strong bishops
promise white stable advantage.}) 13. cxd4 {A bit risky, since the Pd4 may
become a target, but it's the only way to fight for the initiative.} (13. Bxd4
Nf5 14. Nxb7 Nxd4 15. cxd4 Rb8 16. Nc5 Bxc5 17. dxc5 Rxb2 $11) 13... c6 14. Re1
Nd5 15. Bxd5 $5 {Sutovsky is trying to play as tempting as possible, but this
exchange is quite risky, since the light squares near the white king will
become extremely vulnerable. On the other hand, if black will manage to
consolidate his position, he will have better chances, due to white's Pd4
weakness.} ({After} 15. Qb3 Rd8 {black is not worse.}) 15... cxd5 16. Qb3 Bg4
$2 {Probably Harikrishna wanted to punish Sutovsky for his somewhat risky play,
but this sacrifice is not justified at all.} ({Simple} 16... Rd8 {was
objectively stronger.}) 17. Qxd5 Rad8 18. Qxb7 Qh5 19. Qe7 $6 {[%cal Ge7g5]
This move is just a waste of time.} (19. b4 Bf3 20. Qa6 $1 {[%cal Ya6f1] An
important defensive resource. Black has not enough resources for successful
attack. For example:} Rfe8 (20... Bc6 21. Qe2 Qd5 22. f3 Qxf3 23. Qxf3 Bxf3 24.
a4 $16) 21. a4 Bd5 {[%cal Gh5f3]} 22. Qe2 Qh3 23. f3 Qh5 24. Rf1 Re7 25. Rac1
Rde8 26. Rc3 {and white defends successfully.}) 19... f6 20. Qe4 $6 ({Probably
the best move was to admit the mistake made on the previous move:} 20. Qb7 {
[%cal Yb7a6,Ya6f1]}) 20... Rfe8 21. Qf4 $6 {White's last queen manoeuvres are
not impressive at all. This is again not the best square for the queen.} (21.
Qd3 $2 Bxc5 22. Qc4+ Be6 23. Qxc5 Qf3 $19 {[%cal Re6h3]}) (21. Qc2 $5 Bf3 22.
Qc4+ Bd5 23. Qe2 Qh3 24. f3 $14 (24. Qf1 Qh5 25. Qe2 Qh3 $11)) 21... Re7 $1 {
[%csl Rf4][%cal Gb6c7]} 22. d5 {White must give his pawn to free the 4th rank
for the queen.} ({Too dangerous for white is} 22. f3 Bxf3 23. Bf2 Rxe1+ 24.
Rxe1 Bc6) 22... Rxd5 23. Nd3 g5 (23... Rxd3 $2 24. Bxb6 Rxe1+ 25. Rxe1 axb6 26.
Qb8+ Kf7 27. Qe8#) 24. Qc4 Bf3 25. Nb4 Qh3 26. Qf1 (26. Qxd5+ Bxd5 27. Nxd5 Re6
$1 $11) 26... Qxf1+ 27. Kxf1 Rb5 {Black has sufficient compensation for the
pawn, his pieces are extremely active.} 28. Bxb6 Rxe1+ 29. Rxe1 Rxb4 30. Bxa7
Rxb2 31. Ra1 Rd2 $1 {Forcing the exchange of rooks. The resulting endgame with
opposite colour bishops is completely drawish.} 32. a4 Rd1+ 33. Rxd1 Bxd1 34.
a5 Kf7 35. Ke1 Ba4 36. Kd2 Ke6 37. Bb6 f5 38. Bd8 g4 39. a6 Kd7 40. a7 Bc6 41.
Ba5 Kc8 42. Bc3 Kb7 43. Bd4 Be8 44. Ke3 Bg6 {All black's pawns are now
defended. Black just will move his king on a8-b7 squares, so there is no
zugzwang.} 45. Kf4 Ka8 46. Be3 Kb7 47. Bc5 Ka8 48. Bb6 Kb7 49. Be3 Ka8 50. Bd4
Kb7 51. Kg5 Ka8 52. Kf6 Kb7 53. Kg7 Ka8 54. Kh8 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Tripoli"]
[Date "2004.06.20"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Ni, Hua"]
[Black "Vladimirov, Yevgeniy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2587"]
[BlackElo "2621"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[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 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
c4 Ba6 ({Other main theoretical line goes with} 8... Nb6) 9. b3 g6 (9... g5 {
--> 0-1 Kovchan,A-Potapov,A/Noyabrsk 2003/CBM 99 [Postny,E] (40)}) 10. f4 f6 {
This move gained popularity recently. Up to now white failed to show an
advantage in this line.} ({Other theoretical possibilities are:} 10... Qb4+) (
10... Bg7) 11. exf6 (11. Ba3 {--> 1/2-1/2 Sutovsky,E-Nielsen,P/Reykjavik 2004/
CBM 100 [Postny,E] (35)}) 11... Qxe2+ (11... Nxf6 12. Bb2 O-O-O (12... Bg7 13.
Nd2 Qxe2+ 14. Bxe2 O-O 15. O-O-O d5 16. Rhe1 Rad8 17. Bf3 $14 {1-0 Nataf,
I-Daurelle,H/Drancy 2003 (33)}) 13. Nd2 d5 (13... Qf7 14. O-O-O Bg7 15. g3 Rhe8
16. Qf3 Re7 17. Bh3 Rde8 18. Qf2 Kb8 19. Rhe1 d6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Goloshchapov,
A-Sriram,J/Sangli 2000/EXT 2001 (49)}) 14. O-O-O d4 15. Re1 Qxe2 16. Bxe2 Bh6
17. g3 g5 18. Bf3 c5 19. Ba3 Bb7 20. Bxb7+ Kxb7 21. Bxc5 $14 {1/2-1/2
Beliavsky,A-Almasi,Z/Niksic 1997/CBM 59 ext (40)}) 12. Bxe2 Bb4+ 13. Bd2 {
Later, at the same day (!), in the tie-break game Ni Hua tried 13.Kd1, but did
not get an advantage as well. In spite of this, 13.Kd1 deserves further
investigation.} (13. Kd1 $5 $146 Nxf6 14. Be3 O-O 15. a3 Bd6 16. Nc3 Rae8 17.
Bd2 Bc5 18. Bf3 d5 19. Kc2 Ne4 20. Nxe4 dxe4 21. Be2 Bd4 22. Rad1 c5 $11 {
1/2-1/2 Ni Hua-Vladimirov,E/Tripoli 2004/CBM 102 (46)}) 13... Bxd2+ 14. Nxd2
Nxf4 15. g3 $6 $146 {A novelty, but not an improvement. The move in the text
is actually a waste of tempo, since, i guess black was going to play "a-la
Kasparov" 15.Rf1 Nxe2. In this case the move 15.Rf1 is more useful for white,
than 15.g3.} (15. Rf1 Nxe2 $1 (15... Nxg2+ 16. Kf2 Nf4 17. Bg4 {--> 1-0
Rublevsky,S-Tseshkovsky,V/Krasnoyarsk 2003/CBM 98 [Postny,E] (26)}) 16. Kxe2
Kf7 {--> 1/2-1/2 Radjabov,T-Kasparov,G/Linares 2004/CBM 100 [Postny,E] (58)})
15... Nxe2 16. Kxe2 O-O (16... Kf7 {is a logical alternative.}) 17. Rhf1 Rae8+
18. Kd3 d6 {Opening the diagonal c8-h3 for the bishop.} 19. Rae1 (19. Ne4 {
[%cal Gf6f7,Ge4f6] is met by} Bc8 $1 20. f7+ $140 $2 Rxf7 21. Nf6+ Rxf6 22.
Rxf6 Bf5+ $15 {[%csl Rf6][%cal Gg8g7]}) (19. g4 Bc8 20. g5 Bf5+ 21. Kc3 Re3+
22. Kb4 Rh3 23. Rf2 h6 {and white is in trouble.}) 19... Kf7 {White's Pf6 has
not enough support, so it becomes a target for black's pieces.} 20. Nf3 (20.
Rxe8 Rxe8 21. g4 Bc8 {like after 19.g4.}) 20... h6 21. Nh4 $6 {A little bit
weird manoeuvre.} ({More to the point is} 21. Rxe8 Rxe8 22. Nd4 Bb7 23. b4 {
with approximate equality.}) 21... Rg8 $1 22. Re7+ $5 {White realized that the
Pf6 is doomed to fall, so he decided to sacrifice it immediatly and try to
exploit the temporary passivity of black's pieces.} Rxe7 23. fxe7+ Kxe7 24.
Re1+ Kd8 ({After} 24... Kf6 25. Rf1+ Kg7 26. Re1 Rf8 27. Re7+ Rf7 28. Re8 {
[%csl Ra6] white has sufficient counterplay.}) 25. Rf1 (25. Re6 Bc8 26. Rf6 {
- see the game.}) 25... Bc8 26. Rf6 Bd7 27. c5 $1 {Correctly breaking black's
pawns on the queenside.} (27. Nxg6 $4 Rxg6 28. Rxg6 Bf5+ $19) 27... dxc5 (27...
Ke7 $2 28. Rxg6 {[%csl Re7]}) 28. Kc4 Be8 29. Kxc5 Rg7 {Activizing the rook
via the 7th rank.} 30. Nf3 Rd7 31. Nd4 Rd5+ 32. Kc4 Rd6 33. Rf2 {The position
is objectively balanced, but probably black was still hoping to squeeze
something out of nothing...} Ke7 34. Re2+ Kd7 35. Nf3 g5 36. Ne5+ Kd8 37. b4
Rd1 38. a4 (38. Re3 $6 {[%cal Ge3d3]} Rc1+ 39. Rc3 Re1 40. Kd4 Re2 $15) 38...
Ra1 39. a5 Rc1+ 40. Kd4 Rd1+ 41. Kc3 c5 {The last winning attempt.} 42. bxc5
Ra1 {[%csl Ra5]} 43. Rd2+ Kc8 $6 {This already can become risky for black.} (
43... Ke7 44. Re2 $11) 44. Rf2 Ra3+ 45. Kd4 Rxa5 46. Rf8 Ra4+ $8 47. Kd5 Kd8
48. Rh8 Ra2 49. Rxh6 Rd2+ 50. Ke4 $6 {The position is drawish anyway, but 50.
Ke6 required precise play from black.} (50. Ke6 a5 51. Rh8 Re2 52. Kf6 Rf2+ $1
(52... a4 $2 53. Nf7+ Kd7 54. c6+ Kxc6 55. Ne5+ Kb7 56. Rxe8 a3 57. Rd8 $18)
53. Kxg5 a4 $11) 50... a5 51. Nc6+ $1 {White correctly forces the exchange of
light pieces, otherwise, the "a" pawn supported by the bishop may become
dangerous.} Bxc6+ 52. Rxc6 Rxh2 53. Ra6 {A draw in this endgame is clear,
black's extra pawn, has no significance.} Rg2 54. Rxa5 Rxg3 55. Kd5 Kd7 56. c6+
Ke7 57. Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Reggio Emilia 0001 43th"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia"]
[Date "2001.01.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Drei, Andrea"]
[Black "Zaja, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2350"]
[BlackElo "2513"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2000.12.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
c4 Nb6 {Other theoretical line starts with 8...Ba6.} 9. g3 {Rare continuation.
Usually white developes his queenside, first of all, by moves 9.Nd2, 9.Nc3 or
9.b3.For instanse:} (9. Nd2 Qe6 10. b3 a5 11. Bb2 Bb4 12. a3 Bxd2+ 13. Qxd2 d5
14. cxd5 cxd5 15. Rc1 $14 {1-0 Kasparov,G-Karpov,A/Lyon/New York 1990/CBM 21 
(102)}) 9... g6 10. b3 Bg7 11. Bb2 O-O 12. Nd2 d6 $146 ({Also possible} 12...
Re8 13. f4 d6 14. Bg2 dxe5 15. O-O Bd7 16. fxe5 Bxe5 17. Bxe5 Qxe5 18. Qf2 Qe3
19. Ne4 Qxf2+ 20. Rxf2 Re7 21. Nf6+ Kg7 22. Nxd7 Nxd7 23. Bxc6 Rb8 $11 {
1/2-1/2 Dukaczewski,P-Grabarczyk,M/Warsaw 1997/EXT 2000 (49)}) 13. Bg2 dxe5 ({
The alternative could be} 13... Bd7 14. O-O Bxe5 (14... dxe5 $1 15. Rfe1 Rfe8
$13) 15. Rae1 Rae8 16. Nf3 (16. f4 $2 Bd4+ $19) 16... Bg4 (16... Bf6 $2 17. Qd2
Qd8 $6 (17... Be6 18. Nd4 $16) {[%tqu "En","Find the best move for white.","",
"","d2h6","",10]} 18. Qh6 $1 $18 {[%csl Rg8][%cal Rf3g5]}) 17. Qe3 Bxf3 18.
Qxf3 c5 19. Qb7 $14) 14. O-O ({Taking a pawn deserves attention:} 14. Bxc6 Rb8
15. O-O {-This position looks to be slightly better for white.}) 14... Rb8 ({
Why not to defend a pawn?} 14... Bb7 {-this move looks a little bit ugly, but
at the moment I don't see, that white has dangerous initiative for the pawn.
The important thing is, that after} 15. f4 $6 {black comes with} Qc5+ 16. Kh1
exf4 $15) 15. Rfe1 {Again 15.Bc6 was possible.} Rd8 {Both sides are not really
care about c6 pawn.This was the last time-black could play with an extra pawn:}
(15... Bb7 16. f4 $6 (16. Bxe5 $2 Rfe8 {[%cal Ge8e2,Ge7e2]}) 16... Qc5+ $15)
16. Nf3 ({Now there is already no good to take c6 pawn} 16. Bxc6 $2 Qd6 $17 {
[%csl Rc6,Rd2]}) 16... Bg4 ({...and now there is no good to defend a pawn:} 
16... f6 $2 17. Nd4 $16) (16... Re8 $6 17. Nd4) 17. Bxe5 Bxf3 (17... Re8 18.
Qd2 $1 $16 {[%csl Ge1]}) 18. Bxf3 Re8 $1 19. Bxg7 Qxe2 20. Rxe2 ({equivalent is
} 20. Bxe2 Kxg7) 20... Rxe2 21. Bxe2 Kxg7 22. Rd1 (22. c5 {does not brings
advantage as well:} Nd7 23. Rc1 (23. Rd1 Nxc5 24. Rc1 Ne6 $11) 23... Re8 24.
Bf3 Ne5 25. Kg2 Nxf3 26. Kxf3 {[%cal Gc1c4,Gc4a4]} a5 $1 27. Rc4 Re5 $11) 22...
c5 $11 {[%csl Gb6,Gc7,Yd5,Yd6,Yd7] White has no opportunity to attack
separated black pawns on the queenside, that's why the endgame is equal.} 23.
f4 Kf6 24. Kf2 h5 25. h3 a5 26. Bf3 Re8 27. g4 hxg4 28. hxg4 Re6 {[%cal Ge6d6]}
29. Bd5 (29. Rd8 Rd6 $11) 29... Rd6 30. g5+ Kg7 31. Rd3 Kf8 (31... c6 $6 32.
Be4 Rxd3 33. Bxd3 {[%csl Rc6]}) 32. Kf3 Kg7 33. Kg4 f5+ $1 34. gxf6+ Kxf6 35.
Be4 Rxd3 36. Bxd3 Nc8 37. Bc2 Nd6 38. Bd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-36"]
[Site "Mallorca"]
[Date "2004.10.26"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Campora, Daniel Hugo"]
[Black "Olafsson, Helgi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2549"]
[BlackElo "2531"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[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 "Argentina"]
[BlackTeam "Iceland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISL"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. Bd3 {This move is
less ambitious than the main line 6.e5.} d5 ({A bit passive, but also playable
for black is:} 6... d6 {--> 1-0 Pavasovic,D-Mastrovasilis,D/Istanbul 2003/CBM
96 [Postny,E] (39)}) 7. exd5 cxd5 8. O-O (8. Bb5+ Bd7 9. Bxd7+ Qxd7 10. O-O Be7
11. c4 O-O 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Nc3 Rfd8 14. Nxd5 Qxd5 15. Qxd5 Rxd5 16. Bf4 Bf6
$11 {1/2-1/2 Postny,E-Delchev,A/Cappelle la Grande 2004/CBM 99 ext (31)}) 8...
Bd6 $2 {A rather "beginner like" move, probably made because of lack
concentration. Necessary is 8...Be7 with approximately equal play.} 9. Re1+ Be6
(9... Be7 10. Qe2 Be6 11. Bb5+ Nd7 12. Bc6 Rb8 13. Nc3 d4 14. Nb5 {[%csl Rd4]
and white is winning a pawn.}) 10. Bb5+ Kf8 {As a result of a mistake in the
opening black lost his right to castle. However, white must play energetically
to keep the advantage.} (10... Nd7 11. Bc6 $18) 11. Bg5 Rb8 (11... Bxh2+ $2 12.
Kxh2 Ng4+ 13. Qxg4 $18) 12. c4 $1 {Correctly breaking black's shaky central
outpost.} dxc4 13. Nc3 c6 $6 {A creative idea, but only makes the matters
worse for black.} ({Stronger was} 13... h6 {though after} 14. Be3 {white keeps
the advantage.}) 14. Bxc6 Bxh2+ (14... Qc7 15. Bxf6 Bxh2+ 16. Kh1 gxf6 17. Bd5
$36) 15. Kxh2 Qc7+ 16. Kg1 Qxc6 17. Qd4 (17. Bxf6 $6 gxf6 {[%csl Rg2][%cal
Gh8g8]}) 17... Nd7 18. Rad1 {White's forces are fully mobilised, while black's
Rh8 has no chance to join the game. The position should be evaluated as
winning for white.} h6 19. Bf4 Rb7 20. Ne4 Qb6 21. Qc3 Qxb2 22. Qg3 c3 (22...
Qxa2 23. Nd6 $40 (23. Nc5 $6 Nxc5 24. Rd8+ Ke7 25. Rxh8 Nd3 $13)) 23. Nxc3 Qc2
24. Qf3 $1 {[%csl Rb7,Rh8][%cal Gf3a8,Ga8h8]} (24. Qf3 Qb2 25. Rb1 $18) 1-0

[Event "Corus-C"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2004.01.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Pavasovic, Dusko"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2484"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2004.01.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
c4 Nb6 9. Nc3 Qe6 ({Another popular continuation is} 9... a5) 10. Qe4 d5 {
This continuation forces the exchange of queens and leads to slightly worse,
but playable position for black.} ({The main alternatives are:} 10... Ba6) ({
and} 10... Bb4) 11. exd6 cxd6 12. Bd3 (12. Be3 {- see the annotated game
Rublevsky,S-Lautier,J/Halkidiki 2002/CBM 92 [Postny,E] (36)}) (12. Bf4 {
- was checked in the game Oral,T-Sokolov,I/Selfoss 2002/CBM 92 [Postny,E] (41)}
) 12... Qxe4+ (12... Ba6 13. Be3 Qxe4 14. Bxe4 Rc8 15. c5 $1 $36 {1-0 Sutovsky,
E-Van den Doel,E/Plovdiv 2003/CBM 98 [Postny,E] (51)}) 13. Bxe4 Bb7 (13... Bd7
14. b3 O-O-O 15. O-O Be7 16. Be3 Rhe8 17. Rac1 Kc7 18. Rfd1 Bf6 19. Bf3 Bf5 20.
a4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Rublevsky,S-Kunte,A/Bled 2002/EXT 2003 (64)}) 14. b3 g6 $146 {
In the preceding games black played 14...d5, but did not manage to equalize.} (
14... d5 15. cxd5 cxd5 16. Bf3 $14 {- see the annotated games Movsesian,
S-Kharlov,A/Halkidiki 2002/CBM 92 [Postny,E] and Rublevsky,S-Sokolov,I/
Halkidiki 2002/CBM 92 [Postny,E]}) 15. Bb2 Bg7 16. O-O-O O-O-O 17. Bf3 {
White has small, but stable pressure thanks to superior pawn structure.} c5 $5
{Quite a committing decision.} ({Comes to consideration} 17... f5 $14 {
covering the e4 square.}) 18. Nb5 $6 {[%csl Ra7,Rd6] An attractive move, but
not the best one.} ({Stronger was} 18. Bxb7+ Kxb7 19. Rhe1 Be5 20. Kc2 {
keeping stable plus in the endgame.}) 18... Bxb2+ 19. Kxb2 Bxf3 20. gxf3 d5 21.
cxd5 Nxd5 22. Rd2 (22. Nxa7+ Kb7 23. Nb5 Kc6 24. Na3 Nb4 25. Nc4 f6 {followed
by 26...Nd3 with good chances for a draw.}) 22... a6 23. Rhd1 axb5 $1 {[%mdl
4096] Quite a mature decision from young prodigy. Black goes for rooks endgame
with a pawn down, but with clear drawish tendencies.} ({Possible alternative
was} 23... Nf4 24. Nd6+ Kc7 25. Nxf7 Rxd2+ 26. Rxd2 Rf8 27. Ng5 $14) 24. Rxd5
Rxd5 25. Rxd5 Kc7 26. Rxc5+ Kb6 27. Re5 (27. b4 Rd8 $11) 27... b4 $1 28. Re7
Rd8 29. Kc2 (29. a4 Rd2+ 30. Kc1 Rxf2 31. Rxf7 Rxh2 $11) 29... Ra8 30. Kb1 Rd8
{White can not prevent the invasion of black's rook.} 31. Rxf7 Rd1+ 32. Kc2 Ra1
33. Kd3 (33. Kb2 Rf1 34. Rxh7 Rxf2+ 35. Kb1 Rxf3 $11) 33... Rxa2 34. Kc4 Rxf2 {
Every exchange of pawns keeps black closer to a draw.} 35. h4 Ka5 36. Ra7+ Kb6
37. Rxh7 Rxf3 38. Kxb4 Rf4+ 39. Ka3 Kb5 {Despite an extra pawn, the endgame is
drawish. Black just need to exchange kingside pawns.} 40. Rh8 Rg4 41. Rb8+ Ka5
42. Ra8+ Kb5 43. Ra4 Rg3 44. Re4 Rg2 $2 {This blunder may be the result of
lack of concentration.} (44... Rh3 $2 45. Rg4) (44... Kc6 $1 45. Kb4 g5 {
was leading to clear draw.}) 45. Re5+ Kb6 46. Rg5 $18 {Black can not afford
the exchange of rooks and loses his last pawn.} Rh2 47. Rxg6+ Kb5 48. Rg5+ Kb6
49. Rh5 Rg2 50. Ka4 Rf2 51. Rh6+ Kb7 52. b4 {White's win now is just a matter
of time.} Rf5 53. h5 Re5 54. b5 Re1 55. Rf6 Ra1+ 56. Kb4 Rb1+ 57. Kc5 Rc1+ 58.
Kd6 Kb6 59. Rf5 1-0

[Event "Poikovsky Karpov 06th"]
[Site "Poikovsky"]
[Date "2005.02.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Black "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[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 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. c3 Nge7 7. Bc4 Ne5 8.
Be2 Qg6 {[%csl Re4,Rg2] This is the main line.} (8... d5 {1-0 Azmaiparashvili,
Z-Sokolov,I/Dos Hermanas 2001/CBM 83 [Postny,E] (35)}) (8... h5 $5 {0-1 Nedev,
T-Yurtaev,L/Istanbul 2000/EXT 2001 [Postny,E] (53)}) 9. O-O d6 ({To capture
the pawn is very dangerous for black:} 9... Qxe4 $6 {Postny,E} 10. b4 Bd6 11.
Nd2 Qg6 12. f4 Qh6 13. Ne4 O-O 14. Nxd6 cxd6 15. Qd2 N5c6 16. f5 Qf6 17. Bg5
Qe5 18. f6 $40 {1-0 Thorhallsson,T-Yurtaev,L/Hartberg 1991/EXT 97 (29)}) 10. f3
(10. Bh5 $6 Qxe4 11. Nd2 Qh4 12. Nb5 {0-1 Handoko,E-Aleksandrov,A/Istanbul
2000/EXT 2001 [Postny,E] (32)}) 10... O-O 11. Nd2 {In this opening variation
the whole battle is around the centre, whether black will be able to keep his
central outposts, or will be kicked off by white's pawns...} (11. c4 {0-1
Hakki,I-Harikrishna,P/Abu Dhabi 2004/CBM 103 [Postny,E] (31)}) 11... d5 12. Kh1
Bb6 (12... dxe4 13. fxe4 Bg4 (13... Ng4 14. Bg1 {1-0 Nedev,T-Upton,T/Leon 2001/
CBM 86 [Postny,E] (31)}) 14. Bf4 Bxe2 15. Qxe2 Bd6 16. Bxe5 Bxe5 17. N2f3 Bxd4
18. cxd4 c6 19. Qe3 Qe6 20. Ng5 Qg6 21. Nf3 {1/2-1/2 Palac,M-Gyimesi,Z/Rabac
2004/CBM 102 ext (21)}) 13. Bf4 f6 $6 {This move weakens the diagonal a2-g8
which will be important in future.} (13... Qf6 14. Bg3 c5 15. Nc2 Rd8 16. Qe1
N5g6 17. exd5 Nxd5 18. Ne4 Qe7 19. Rd1 Ndf4 20. Rxd8+ Qxd8 21. Bc4 Be6 22. Bxe6
Nxe6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Hector,J-Sargissian,G/Bled 2002/EXT 2003 (71)}) 14. Bg3 $1
$146 {The following f3-f4 push will kick away black's active pieces.} (14. a4
c6 15. a5 Bc7 16. Bg3 Qh6 17. N2b3 f5 $11 {1-0 Schmittdiel,E-Knoll,H/Wattens
1998/EXT 2000 (55)}) 14... Qf7 (14... c5 15. Nb5 Rd8 16. f4 $16) 15. a4 a5 16.
Nb5 Bd7 $2 {After this logical move black's position almost falls apart...} ({
Seems reasonable for black:} 16... Rd8 $14) 17. f4 N5c6 18. f5 $1 {[%csl Rc7,
Rf7][%cal Ge2h5] Suddenly, black is in serious trouble.} Kh8 {This pawn
sacrifice is practically forced.} (18... Ne5 19. Bh5 g6 20. fxg6 hxg6 21. Bxe5
$18) (18... Rac8 19. c4 $1 dxe4 20. c5 Nxf5 21. cxb6 Ne3 22. Qe1 Nxf1 23. Qxf1
$18) 19. Bxc7 Bxc7 20. Nxc7 Rad8 21. exd5 Nxf5 (21... Nxd5 22. Bc4 Ne3 23. Bxf7
Nxd1 24. Raxd1 Rxf7 25. Nb5 {and white is a healthy pawn up.}) 22. Qb3 $1 (22.
dxc6 Ne3 23. cxd7 (23. Bh5 $2 g6 24. Qe2 Nxf1 25. cxd7 Nxd2 26. Ne6 Rxd7 27.
Nxf8 Qxf8 28. Rd1 Qe7 {and black survives.}) 23... Nxd1 24. Raxd1 Rxd7 25. Bc4
Qg6 26. Ne6 Rc8 27. Nd4 $16) 22... Ne5 23. Nc4 $2 (23. Qb6 {defending the Nc7
and covering e3 square. White keeps an extra pawn and objectively winning
position.}) 23... Nxc4 24. Bxc4 Ne3 25. Rf3 (25. Rfe1 Nxc4 26. Qxc4 Bc6 $11)
25... Nxc4 26. Qxc4 Bc6 27. Ne6 Bxd5 (27... Rxd5 $2 28. Nxf8 Rd1+ 29. Rxd1 Qxc4
{[%tqu "En","Please enter a move for White.","","","f8g6","",10]} 30. Ng6+ $1
hxg6 (30... Kg8 31. Rd8+ Kf7 32. Ne5+ $18 {[%csl Rc4,Rf7]}) 31. Rd8+ Kh7 32.
Rh3+ {mating.}) 28. Nxd8 Qg8 ({There was a risky, but interesting tactical
possibility:} 28... Rxd8 29. Rd3 Qh5 30. Qb5 (30. Qc7 Bxg2+ 31. Kg1 Rg8 $44)
30... Bxg2+ $1 31. Kg1 (31. Kxg2 $2 Qe2+) 31... Bd5 $8 32. Qxa5 Rd7 {with a
compensation for the exchange.}) 29. Qf4 Bxf3 30. Qxf3 Rxd8 31. Qxb7 Rb8 $6 ({
Missing a nice tactical possibility:} 31... Qa2 $1 $11 {Exploiting the
weakness of white's back rank black is winning the Pa4.}) 32. Qc7 Rxb2 33. Qxa5
h6 {White is a pawn up, and two passed pawns, but still black has good chances
for a draw. It's very hard for white to hold all his pawns, since he must
protect his king as well...} 34. h3 Qc4 35. Qa8+ Kh7 36. Qf3 Qc5 $1 37. a5 Rb3
38. Qd3+ (38. a6 Rxc3 39. Qe4+ f5 40. Qe1 Ra3 41. Rxa3 Qxa3 42. Qe6 Qc1+ 43.
Kh2 Qf4+ 44. Kg1 Qc1+ {and black gives a perpetual check.}) 38... f5 39. Qd4
Qc6 $1 40. Qf4 (40. a6 Rxc3 41. a7 Rxh3+ 42. Kg1 Ra3 $1 43. Rxa3 Qc1+ 44. Kf2
Qxa3 {and it does not seem that white will manage to avoid a perpetual check.})
40... Rxc3 41. Qxf5+ Kg8 42. a6 (42. Rd1 Rc1 43. Rxc1 Qxc1+ 44. Kh2 Qc7+ 45. g3
Qc4 $1 $11) 42... Rc1+ 43. Rxc1 Qxc1+ 44. Kh2 Qc7+ 45. g3 Qc4 $1 {[%csl Gc4]
The only move! Black either wins white's passed pawn or gives a perpetual
check.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cappelle op 32nd"]
[Site "Cappelle la Grande"]
[Date "2016.02.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Djukic, Nikola"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2667"]
[Annotator "Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2016.02.13"]
[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"]
[WhiteClock "1:30:00"]
[BlackClock "1:30:00"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. c3 Nge7 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
O-O Bb6 9. Na3 Qg6 10. Nf5 (10. Qd2 Qxe4 11. Rfe1 Qg6 12. Bd3 Qh5 13. Nxc6 Nxc6
14. Bxb6 cxb6 15. Nb5 d5 16. Nc7 Rb8 17. Nxd5 Be6 18. Be4 Rbd8 19. Rad1 b5 20.
h3 Qh4 21. a3 Kh8 22. Qe3 a6 23. Nf4 Bb3 24. Rxd8 Qxd8 25. Bxc6 bxc6 26. Qc5
Re8 27. Rxe8+ Qxe8 28. Nd3 a5 29. Qe5 Qd8 30. Nc5 h6 31. Kh2 a4 32. Ne4 f6 33.
Qf4 Bd5 34. Nd6 Qc7 35. f3 Kg8 36. Kg3 Qe7 37. Nf5 Qd7 38. h4 Be6 39. Nd4 Bd5 {
Ivanchuk,V (2776)-Bruzon Batista,L (2693) Havana 2011 0-1}) 10... d6 $146 (
10... Nxf5 11. exf5 Qxf5 12. Bxb6 axb6 13. Nb5 Qf4 14. Bd5 Ne7 15. Re1 Nxd5 16.
Qxd5 c6 17. Qd6 Ra4 18. Qxf4 Rxf4 19. Nd6 b5 20. Rad1 b6 21. g3 Rf6 22. f4 g6
23. Kf2 Re6 24. g4 f5 25. gxf5 gxf5 26. Re5 Ba6 27. Rxe6 dxe6 28. Rg1+ Kh8 29.
Ke3 Bc8 30. Kd4 h6 31. Ke5 Kh7 32. Nxc8 Rxc8 33. Kxe6 Re8+ 34. Kxf5 Re2 35. b3
Rxa2 36. Rg6 b4 37. cxb4 Rc2 38. b5 Rc5+ 39. Kf6 cxb5 40. Rg7+ {Mrazik,L (2508)
-Shulga,Y (2521) ICCF email 2005 1-0}) 11. Bxb6 cxb6 12. Ng3 Bd7 13. f4 Rad8
14. Nc2 Qh6 15. Ne3 Be6 16. Bb3 Na5 17. Bd5 (17. Bc2 {[%cal Gf4f5]}) 17... b5
18. Qd3 a6 19. Rf3 Nac6 20. Ngf5 Nxf5 21. exf5 Bc8 22. g4 Rde8 23. Raf1 Qh4 24.
Rg3 Qd8 25. g5 Kh8 26. Rh3 {[%csl Rh7][%cal Gf5f6]} Qb6 27. Kh1 Ne7 28. Rhf3 (
28. f6 Ng6 29. f5 Ne5 30. fxg7+ Kxg7 31. f6+ {[%csl Rh7]}) 28... Bd7 29. f6
gxf6 30. gxf6 Ng8 31. c4 b4 32. Nf5 Nxf6 33. Rh3 $2 (33. Nh6) 33... Rg8 34. Rh6
Rg6 35. Bxf7 Bxf5 36. Qxf5 Qf2 37. Qxf6+ Rxf6 38. Rxf2 Re1+ 39. Kg2 Rxh6 40. f5
Kg7 41. Be6 Kf6 42. Rd2 Ke7 43. Bc8 Re5 44. Kg3 a5 45. Kg4 b6 46. b3 Re4+ 47.
Kg5 Reh4 48. Re2+ Kf7 49. Be6+ Kg7 50. f6+ Kf8 51. Bg4 Rxh2 52. Re3 Rg6+ 53.
Kf5 Rf2+ 54. Bf3 Rg3 0-1

[Event "SRB-chT"]
[Site "Ruma"]
[Date "2017.09.03"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Black "Banusz, Tamas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2608"]
[Annotator "Prusikin,M"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2017.09.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SRB"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ruma Sloven"]
[BlackTeam "Kraljevo Sloga Turist"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SRB"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SRB"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 {Rublevsky besitzt ein für Spieler seiner Klasse
sehr enges Eröffnungsrepertoire, Schottisch ist seit Jahrzehnten sein Brot.}
exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. Bd3 $5 {Ein alter Zug (Stammpartie im Jahr
1875 gespielt!), der in den letzten Jahren wiederentdeckt wurde. Vermutlich,
weil die nach} (6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 {entstehenden Hauptvarianten sehr weit
ausanalysiert sind und dem Anziehenden keinen Vorteil versprechen.}) 6... d5 7.
Qe2 ({weder} 7. exd5 cxd5 8. O-O Be7 $11) ({noch} 7. e5 Ng4 $1 8. O-O Bc5 9.
Qe2 Qe7 10. Bf4 g5 $1 {sind für Weiß attraktiv, die zweite Variante bringt
ihn gar in Schwierigkeiten.}) 7... dxe4 {Soweit hatte der Russe das alles auf
dem Brett, ohne großen Erfolg. Banusz will nicht wissen, wo auf ihn eine
Verbesserung wartet und weicht zuerst ab.} (7... Be7 8. Nd2 O-O 9. O-O Re8 10.
e5 Bc5 11. Nb3 Bb6 {1/2-1/2 (47) Rublevsky,S (2682)-Esipenko,A (2509) Sochi
2017}) 8. Nc3 ({Im Falle von} 8. Bxe4 Nxe4 9. Qxe4+ Qe7 10. Qxe7+ Bxe7 $11 {
kompensiert das schwarze Läuferpaar die Defekte seiner Bauernstruktur
vollständig.}) 8... Bb4 9. Bxe4 O-O 10. Bxc6 Rb8 11. O-O Qd6 12. Bb5 $146 {
nominell der erste neue Zug, aber im Grunde fast erzwungen:} (12. Ba4 {0-1 (25)
Morais Carreras,J (1958)-Fernandez Aguilar,F (2080) Sabadell 2016}) 12... Ng4
13. g3 Bxc3 14. bxc3 Ne5 $1 15. Bf4 Rxb5 $1 {Mit diesem thematischen
Qualitätsopfer leitet Schwarz der Ungar einen langanhaltenden
"weißfeldrigen" Königsangriff ein.} 16. Qxb5 Nf3+ 17. Kg2 Qe6 $1 {Auf diese
Weise schafft er Schwarz, beide angegriffenen Figuren taktisch zu retten.} 18.
Rfd1 (18. Kxf3 $5 {Da Weiß sowieso bereits um Ausgleich kämpft, war dies
vielleicht seine beste Möglichkeit, dieses Ziel zu erreichen. Aber vielleicht
übersah Rublevsky den nächsten Zug seines Gegenübers?} Bd7 19. Qe5 Qc6+ 20.
Ke2 Re8 21. Qxe8+ Bxe8 22. Kd2 f6 {Die Endstellung der forcierte Variante
bewertet die Engine gewohnheitsmäßig mit 0,00 , die weiße Stellung bleibt
allerdings wegen des schwachen Königs unangenehm zu spielen.}) 18... c6 $3 {
Der Schlüsselzug, damit wird der weißen Dame das Feld d5 verwehrt.} (18...
Qe4 $2 19. Qd5 $1 $18) 19. Qa4 (19. Qc5 $2 Qe4 $19 {und die Drohung 20... Sh4+
entscheidet}) (19. Qf1 $1 {war wohl am zähesten} Re8 $1 20. Kh1 $8 (20. Kxf3
Qe4#) 20... c5 $1 {bereitet die Läuferausflüge nach b7 und a6 vor.} 21. Rab1
(21. Rd6 Qe4 22. Qd3 Qa8 $1 23. Rd8 $8 Nd4+ 24. f3 Rxd8 25. cxd4 Rxd4 26. Qe2
h6 $15) 21... Ba6 22. Rd6 Qxd6 23. Bxd6 Bxf1 24. Rxf1 Nd2 25. Rc1 Ne4 26. Bf4
Nxf2+ 27. Kg2 Ne4 $15) (19. Qd3 $2 Qh3+ 20. Kxf3 Re8 $3 21. Be3 Bg4+ 22. Kf4 h6
$19) 19... Nh4+ $1 (19... Qh3+ {hier funktioniert das nicht:} 20. Kxf3 Re8 21.
Be3 $18 {und das Feld g4 ist gedeckt!}) 20. gxh4 Qg4+ 21. Kf1 (21. Bg3 $4 Qxa4)
21... Qf3 $1 22. Rd3 {erzwungen} (22. Qd4 Bg4 $1 $19) 22... Qh1+ 23. Ke2 Qxa1
24. Bd6 Re8+ {ungern, aber Schwarz kann den Turmtausch nicht vermeiden.} 25.
Re3 Rxe3+ 26. fxe3 Qxc3 27. Qe4 Be6 28. a3 $2 ({Trotz den ganzen Zauberei, die
Banusz soweit vorführte: die Stellung blieb - auch dank der hochklassigen
Gegenwehr - beinahe im Gleichgewicht. Nach dem richtigen} 28. Be5 Qc4+ 29. Qxc4
Bxc4+ 30. Kd2 Bxa2 31. Kc3 {sollte Weiß das Endspiel halten können.}) 28...
h5 $1 {nicht nur ein Luftloch, sondern gleichzeitig auch die Wiederaufnahme
der Königshatz: es droht tödlich 29...Lg4+} 29. Kd1 $2 {Der letzte Fehler,
vermutlich zeitnotbedingt. Aber auch nach dem besseren} (29. h3 Bxh3 30. Qe8+
Kh7 31. Qe4+ f5 32. Qd3 Bg4+ 33. Kf2 Qf6 34. Kg3 {hätte Rublevsky einen
schweren Stand gehabt.}) 29... Bg4+ 30. Kc1 Qa1+ 31. Kd2 Qd1+ 0-1

[Event "Linares 14th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1997.02.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2795"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1997.02.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
c4 Ba6 9. b3 g5 10. g3 (10. Ba3 d6 11. exd6 Qxe2+ 12. Bxe2 Bg7 $1 13. cxd5 Bxe2
14. Kxe2 Bxa1 15. Rc1 O-O-O $1 $11 {(Anand) 1/2-1/2 Kasparov,G-Anand,V/New
York (m/8) 64/293 1995 (22)}) 10... Bg7 11. Bb2 O-O ({Maybe better was long
castle.} 11... O-O-O $5 12. Qe4 f5 $1 13. Qxf5 Rhf8 14. Qe4 Nf6 $5 (14... Qb4+
15. Nd2 Nc3 $8 (15... Rxf2 $2 16. Kxf2 Qxd2+ 17. Qe2 Qb4 18. Bd4 $16 {1-0 Sax,
G-Bacrot,E/Balatonbereny (MikhalevskiV) 1996 (28)} (18. Kg2 $5)) 16. Qe3 Bxe5
$1 17. Ba3 Qxa3 18. Qxa7 Qb4 $8) 15. Qe2 Ng4 $1 16. Qxg4 Bxe5 17. Qe2 Bxb2 $1 (
17... Qb4+ $2 18. Kd1 Bxc4 $2 19. Qxe5 $18) 18. Qxe7 Rde8 19. Qxe8+ Rxe8+ $15 {
xf2 with very good game for Black. But I an sure that Kasparov had in mind big
improvment.}) 12. Nd2 {N/} (12. Bg2 d6 13. O-O Rab8 14. Qd2 Bxe5 15. Re1 Nb6
16. Bxe5 dxe5 17. Qa5 $16 {1-0 Novak,D-Ascic,A/CRO t-ch 1996 (29)}) 12... f6
13. Qh5 (13. exf6 Bxf6 14. Qxe7 Nxe7 15. Bxf6 Rxf6 16. Bh3 $14) 13... Nb4 14.
h4 $1 (14. Kd1 $5 c5 15. h4) 14... g4 ({Difficult decision, but after} 14...
Nc2+ 15. Kd1 Nxa1 16. hxg5 {Black position also very dangerous. For example:}
fxe5 (16... Bh8 17. Bd3 (17. gxf6 Qf7 18. Qg5+ Qg6 19. Qxg6+ hxg6 20. Bxa1 $18)
17... f5 18. g6 h6 19. Qxh6 Qg7 20. Qh5 $18 {[%cal Rb2h8,Re5e6]}) 17. Qxh7+ Kf7
18. Bd3 (18. Bxa1 $5 $40) 18... Ke8 (18... Qxg5 19. Rh5 $1 Qg4+ 20. Be2 $18)
19. Qg6+ Rf7 (19... Kd8 20. Rh7 Rg8 21. f4 (21. Ne4 Qf8 (21... Qe8 22. Nc5 $5
Qxg6 23. Bxg6 Bf8 24. Nxd7 (24. Rxd7+ $2 Kc8) 24... Rxg6 25. Nxf8 Rd6+ 26. Kc1
Ke8 27. c5 $1 $18) 22. Nf6 $5 (22. Bxa1 $16) 22... Bxf6 23. Rf7 Be7 24. Rxf8+
Rxf8 25. Bxa1 $16) 21... Qf8 22. f5 Bh8) 20. Bxa1 {with strong initiative.}) (
14... Qe8 $5 15. hxg5 Qxh5 16. Rxh5 fxe5 $1 (16... Nc2+ 17. Kd1 Nxa1 18. gxf6
$18) 17. Ke2 Nc2 (17... d5 18. Bh3 Rae8 19. Rh1 $36) 18. Rc1 Nd4+ 19. Bxd4 exd4
20. f4 Rae8+ 21. Kf2 {[%csl Gh7][%cal Rf1d3]} Re3 22. Rd1 $14) 15. Kd1 $1 {
[%csl Rb4] I suspect, that Nikolic simple forgot this very strong move. Now he
has problems not only with his king, but with his knight too.  >< Nb4, Ba6} c5
(15... fxe5 16. a3 Rxf2 17. axb4 Qxb4 18. Be2 Bb7 19. Qxg4 $18) (15... f5 $142
16. a3 Bxe5 17. axb4 Bxb2 18. Rxa6 Qxb4 19. Bd3 Qc3 20. Bc2 Rae8 21. Ra2 $5 (
21. Rxa7 Re6 22. Qg5+ Kh8 23. Qf4 Qf6 24. Ra5) 21... Re6 22. Rxb2 Qxb2 23. Bxf5
$16) 16. a3 Nc6 (16... Bb7 $5 17. axb4 (17. Rh2 Nc6 18. Bd3 f5 19. Bxf5 Bxe5) (
17. Rg1) 17... Bxh1 18. Bd3 $40) 17. Bd3 (17. exf6 $6 Bxf6 18. Qxg4+ Kh8 $44)
17... f5 (17... Bh8 18. Be4 $1 fxe5 (18... Nxe5 19. Bxe5 fxe5 20. Bd5+ Kg7 21.
Qxg4+ $18) 19. Bd5+ Rf7 20. Ne4 $18) (17... h6 18. Qf5 (18. exf6 Bxf6 19. Qxg4+
Qg7 20. Qxg7+ Bxg7 21. Bxg7 Kxg7 22. f4 Nd4 $16) 18... fxe5 (18... Nxe5 19.
Qh7+ Kf7 20. Bxe5 fxe5 (20... Qxe5 $2 21. Bg6+) 21. Qg6+ Kg8 22. Qxa6 e4 23.
Bxe4 Bxa1 24. Bxa8 Rxa8 25. Qxh6 $18) 19. Qh7+ Kf7 20. Bg6+ Ke6 {It is not a
great pleasure to have king on e6 in middlegame against Kasparov!} 21. Be4 $1
Qf6 (21... Kf7 22. Re1 (22. Bd5+ Ke8 23. Qg6+ Kd8 24. Bxc6 Rf6 25. Qxf6 Qxf6
26. Bxa8 c6) 22... Ke8 23. Qg6+ Qf7 24. Qxg4 $16) 22. Bxc6 (22. Bd5+ Ke7 23.
Ne4 Qf3+ 24. Kc2 Rf7 $16) 22... dxc6 23. Re1 Rad8 (23... Kf7 24. Rxe5) 24.
Rxe5+ Qxe5 (24... Kd7 25. Rd5+ $1 cxd5 26. Bxf6 $18) 25. Bxe5 Bxe5 26. Qxh6+
Rf6 27. Qe3 Rf3 28. Qg5 $18) 18. Bxf5 Bxe5 (18... Rxf5 19. Qxf5 Nxe5 20. Re1
$18) 19. Re1 d6 20. Be4 $5 {I would not be very suprised to hear, that
Kasparov had this winning position already in home preparation on the board.}
Bb7 (20... Qg7 21. Bxc6 $1 (21. Bxe5 $6 Nxe5 22. Bxa8 Rxa8 $132) 21... Bxb2 22.
Ra2 Rab8 23. Rxb2 $1 Qxb2 24. Bd5+ $1 {>< c4} (24. Re7 $2 Qa1+ 25. Kc2 (25. Ke2
Rxf2+ $1 26. Kxf2 Qf6+) 25... Qa2+ 26. Kc3 Qa1+ 27. Kd3 $2 (27. Kc2 Qa2+ $11)
27... Bxc4+ $1 $19) 24... Kh8 25. Re7 Qa1+ 26. Kc2 Qa2+ 27. Kc3 Qa1+ 28. Kd3
$18) 21. Qxg4+ (21. Bxc6 $5 Bxc6 22. Qxg4+ Kh8 (22... Qg7 23. Qe6+ Qf7 24. Rxe5
$1 dxe5 25. Qxc6 $18) 23. f4 Bd7 $5 (23... Qg7 24. Bxe5 dxe5 25. Qxg7+ Kxg7 26.
Rxe5) 24. Qe2 Qg7 25. Bxe5 dxe5 26. Qxe5 Bg4+ 27. Kc1 Rae8 28. Qxg7+ Kxg7 29.
Kc2 $18) 21... Qg7 (21... Kh8 22. Bxc6 Bxc6 23. f4 Bd7 24. Qe2 Qg7 25. Bxe5
dxe5 26. Qxe5 $18) 22. Bd5+ Kh8 23. Bxe5 dxe5 24. Qxg7+ Kxg7 25. Ne4 $18 {
[%csl Ge4] Full domination} Rad8 26. Nxc5 Bc8 27. Ra2 1-0

[Event "Vaujany op 5th"]
[Site "Vaujany"]
[Date "2014.07.14"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Solozhenkin, Evgeniy"]
[Black "Joie, Sebastien"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2436"]
[BlackElo "2361"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "2014.07.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. Bd3 Qh4 (6... d6 7.
Qe2 Nf6 8. Bg5 Qe7 9. Nc3 Bd4 10. Na4 Qe5 11. Bd2 a5 12. f4 Qe7 13. h3 Bd7 14.
O-O-O c5 15. Nc3 O-O 16. Rhe1 Rfe8 17. Nb5 Bxb2+ 18. Kxb2 Rab8 19. Ka1 c6 20.
Nc3 c4 21. Bxc4 d5 22. Bb3 a4 23. Nxa4 Nxe4 24. Bc3 Qd6 25. Be5 Rxe5 26. fxe5
Qxe5+ 27. Nb2 Qe7 28. Qa6 h5 29. Qa7 Rd8 30. c4 {1-0 (30) Nepomniachtchi,I 
(2710)-Zhigalko,S (2677) Bilbao 2014}) 7. Qf3 Nf6 8. O-O O-O 9. Bf4 Re8 $146 (
9... d6 10. h3 Nh5 11. Bh2 g5 12. e5 d5 13. Bf5 Bxf5 14. Qxf5 Rae8 15. Nd2 Ng7
16. Qd3 Ne6 17. Rae1 Qd4 18. Qxd4 Bxd4 19. c3 Bb6 20. g4 Nc5 21. Nf3 Nd3 22.
Re2 f6 23. e6 c5 24. b3 Re7 25. Rd1 c4 26. bxc4 dxc4 27. Nd2 Nb2 28. Rc1 Nd3
29. Rd1 {1/2-1/2 (29) Nakhapetiane,P (2495)-Efimenko,Z (2708) Olginka 2011})
10. Bg3 Qg5 11. Nc3 Bd6 $5 12. Bxd6 cxd6 13. Bc4 Qe5 14. Rad1 $32 Bb7 15. b3 (
15. Rfe1) 15... Re7 16. Qd3 Rae8 17. f3 Qg5 18. Qd2 Qc5+ 19. Qd4 a5 20. g3 (20.
Qxc5 dxc5 {[%csl Rb7]} 21. Kf2 d5 $5) 20... Qg5 21. Qd2 Qc5+ 22. Rf2 d5 {
Un coup risqué car en cas d'échange, la finale sera agréable à jouer pour
les Blancs} 23. exd5 cxd5 24. Na4 (24. Bf1) 24... Qa7 (24... Qc7 {Aurait
évité la menace d'échange des Q par Qd4}) 25. Bf1 Bc6 26. Qd4 $1 Qxd4 27.
Rxd4 Re1 28. Nc3 R8e3 29. Nd1 $1 Re6 30. a4 g5 31. g4 h5 32. h3 h4 {[%csl Rh3]}
(32... Kg7) 33. Rfd2 Nh7 $6 34. Kf2 $16 R1e5 35. Nb2 Rf6 36. Nd1 Rfe6 37. Nc3
Nf6 38. Re2 Nh7 39. Red2 {Une répétition de coups pour passer le contrôle
de temps} Nf6 40. Bd3 Re8 41. Re2 Kg7 42. Nd1 Ng8 43. Rxe5 {[%csl Rc6,Rd5] La
finale est difficile pour les Noirs} Rxe5 44. Ne3 {[%csl Ge3][%cal Ge3f5,Ge3d5]
} Ne7 45. f4 $1 {La faiblesse "d5" est sous pression mais les Blancs doivent
attaquer une seconde faiblesse pour obtenir des réelles chances de gain.} gxf4
46. Rxf4 Ng6 47. Rd4 Kf6 48. Ng2 $36 {[%csl Rd5,Rh4] Les Noirs ont maintenant
la fameuse "seconde faiblesse"} Kg5 49. Ne1 Re8 50. Nf3+ Kf6 51. g5+ Kg7 52.
Nxh4 $18 {La position du français s'est effondrée en quelques coups} Ne5 53.
Ng2 Nxd3+ 54. Rxd3 Re4 55. Rf3 d4 56. Rf5 d3 57. cxd3 Rb4 58. Rxa5 Rxb3 59. Nf4
Rb4 60. Kg3 Bxa4 61. h4 Rd4 62. Rd5 Rxd5 63. Nxd5 Kg6 64. Kg4 Bd1+ 65. Kf4 d6
66. Nf6 Be2 67. d4 Bd1 68. Ne8 Bb3 69. Nxd6 Be6 70. Ne4 1-0

[Event "POL-chT 66th"]
[Site "Katowice"]
[Date "2010.09.07"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kolosowski, Mateusz"]
[Black "Rutkowski, Maciej"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2342"]
[BlackElo "2402"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[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 "Prokonex"]
[BlackTeam "Gorzow Wielkopolski"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "POL"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. Nb5 Bxe3 7. fxe3 Kd8 (
7... Qh4+ 8. g3 Qd8 9. Qg4 g6 10. Qf4 d6 11. N1c3 a6 12. Nd4 Ne5 13. Be2 Bh3
14. O-O-O Nf6 15. Qh6 Bg4 16. h3 Bxe2 17. Ndxe2 Qe7 18. Rhf1 O-O-O 19. Qg5 Nd5
20. Qxe7 Nxe7 21. Rf6 h5 22. Nd4 Rde8 23. b3 Ng8 24. Rf2 Nh6 25. Rdf1 c6 26.
Rf6 Kd7 27. Kd2 Ke7 28. R6f2 Nd7 29. Nde2 f6 30. Nf4 Rhg8 31. Nd3 Nf7 32. Ke2
Kf8 33. g4 hxg4 34. hxg4 Ng5 35. Rh2 Nxe4 36. Nxe4 Rxe4 37. g5 {Asadli,V (2287)
-Adhiban,B (2646) Nakhchivan 2015 0-1}) 8. N1c3 Nge7 9. Qd2 a6 10. Nd4 d6 11.
O-O-O Be6 12. Be2 Qg6 13. g4 Ne5 14. Nf5 (14. h3) 14... N7c6 15. Rhf1 h6 16. b3
Nd7 17. Qe1 Re8 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. exd5 Ne7 20. Qh4 (20. e4 Nxf5 21. exf5 Qf6 {
[%cal Gd7e5]}) 20... Ne5 21. Ng3 Qg5 22. Qxg5 hxg5 23. Nh5 Rh8 24. Rf2 g6 25.
Nf6 Ng8 26. Ne4 f6 27. Nxg5 Kd7 28. Ne4 Ke7 29. Rdf1 Rh4 30. Nxf6 Nxf6 31. Rxf6
Rxh2 32. Re6+ Kd7 33. Bd3 Rg8 (33... Nxd3+ {[%cal Gf1f7]}) 34. Rff6 Rg2 35.
Bxg6 Nxg6 36. Rxg6 Rxg4 $11 37. Rh6 b5 38. Ref6 R4g7 39. e4 Re8 40. Re6 Rge7
41. Rxe7+ Rxe7 42. Rh4 c6 43. a3 Kc7 44. Kb2 cxd5 45. exd5 Kb6 46. Rh8 Re5 47.
c4 Re2+ 48. Kc3 Re3+ 49. Kc2 bxc4 50. bxc4 Kc5 51. Rc8+ Kd4 52. Rc6 Rxa3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Cappelle op 31st"]
[Site "Cappelle la Grande"]
[Date "2015.03.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Tomczak, Jacek"]
[Black "Bachmann, Axel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2552"]
[BlackElo "2601"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2015.02.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bb4+ $5 {Un coup provocateur} (4... Bc5
{La grande ligne}) 5. c3 Bc5 6. Be3 Bb6 7. Qg4 (7. Nf5 Bxe3 8. Nxe3 d6 9. c4
Nge7 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Be2 f5 12. exf5 Nxf5 13. Nxf5 Bxf5 14. O-O Qd7 15. Bf3 Kh8
16. b3 Rae8 17. Re1 Rxe1+ 18. Qxe1 Ne5 19. Bd5 Nd3 20. Qe3 b6 21. Rf1 Re8 22.
Qd4 Nb4 23. Bf3 Bd3 24. Rd1 Bc2 25. Rf1 Bd3 26. Rd1 Bc2 27. Rf1 Bd3 28. Rc1 Bg6
29. h3 a5 30. Rd1 Bc2 31. Rd2 Bf5 32. Kh2 h6 33. Qf4 Nd3 34. Qg3 Ne5 35. Bd5 c6
36. Bf3 Nxf3+ {Nepomniachtchi,I (2714)-Kramnik,V (2760) Sochi 2014 0-1 (65)})
7... g6 (7... Qf6 {L'alternative} 8. Qg3 Qg6) 8. Nd2 d6 9. Qg3 Qe7 10. Bb5 Bd7
11. Bxc6 $146 bxc6 12. O-O-O (12. O-O {Plus solide car la poussée c3 et la
colonne semi-ouverte "b" rend le ooo plus risqué} Nf6 13. a4 {[%cal Ga4a5]} (
13. Rfe1 Nh5 14. Qf3 O-O 15. a4 Rab8 16. b4 a5 17. Nc2 Bxe3 18. Qxe3 Rfe8 19.
bxa5 Ra8 20. Nb3 f5 21. Nd2 Rxa5 22. exf5 Qxe3 23. Rxe3 Rxe3 24. Nxe3 gxf5 25.
Nb3 Ra6 26. a5 f4 27. Nc4 Be6 28. Ncd2 c5 29. Nc1 Kf7 30. f3 Ke7 31. Ne2 Kd7
32. Kf2 Kc6 33. g4 fxg3+ 34. hxg3 Nf6 35. Nf4 Bf7 36. g4 Nd7 37. Ke3 c4 38. Ne2
Ne5 39. Nd4+ Kd7 40. Ne4 Bg6 {Preotu,R (2341)-Gareev,T (2640) Arlington 2014
1-0}) 13... Nxe4 14. Nxe4 Qxe4 15. Rfe1 {[%csl Re4,Re8][%cal Ge3h6]} (15. a5
Bxd4 16. Bxd4 O-O)) 12... Nf6 13. h4 c5 $132 14. Nc2 Qe6 15. Bg5 Nh5 16. Qf3 h6
$1 17. Be3 Bc6 (17... O-O-O) (17... Qxa2) 18. Rde1 Nf6 19. Qh3 Qxa2 20. e5 Nd7
$1 {Rend le P mais paradoxalement la prise ed6 suivie de dc7 va réactiver le
mauvais Bb6} (20... dxe5 $6 {[%csl Rc5,Rc7] Un coup très laid}) 21. exd6 O-O-O
22. dxc7 Bxc7 23. Bxc5 Bxg2 $1 24. Qxg2 Nxc5 25. Nb4 (25. Qa8+ Kd7 26. Qf3 $13
{[%csl Gf4]}) 25... Qa1+ 26. Nb1 Bf4+ $40 27. Re3 Bxe3+ 28. fxe3 Qa4 29. Na3
Rhe8 30. Qg4+ Rd7 31. Qc4 Rc7 32. Kb1 Qb3 33. Qb5 Rd8 34. Qe2 a5 35. Na2 Rb7
36. Ka1 Qd5 37. Nc1 Qxh1 0-1

[Event "POL-chT 66th"]
[Site "Katowice"]
[Date "2010.09.10"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Macieja, Bartlomiej"]
[Black "Kravtsiv, Martyn"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2559"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[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 AZS WSB"]
[BlackTeam "Prokonex"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "POL"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
c4 Ba6 (8... Nb6) 9. b3 g6 10. f4 Nb6 (10... g5 11. fxg5 O-O-O 12. h4 h6 13.
gxh6 Bxh6 14. Bxh6 Rxh6 15. Nd2 Nb4 16. Nf3 c5 17. O-O-O Bb7 18. a3 Nc6 19. Rh3
Re6 20. h5 Nxe5 21. Nxe5 Rxe5 22. Qd2 Qg5 23. h6 Rh8 24. Bd3 Bxg2 25. Qxg5 Rxg5
26. Rh2 Bf3 27. Rf1 Rh5 28. Rxh5 Bxh5 29. Rh1 Rxh6 30. Be2 Bxe2 31. Rxh6 Bg4
32. Kd2 Kb7 {1/2-1/2 (32) Navara,D (2708)-Jakovenko,D (2730) Saint Quentin 2014
}) 11. g3 Bg7 12. Ba3 c5 $146 (12... Qe6 13. Nc3 d6 14. Ne4 O-O 15. O-O-O Rfe8
16. Ng5 Qe7 17. Bg2 Bxe5 18. Qxe5 dxe5 19. Bxe7 Rxe7 20. Bxc6 Rf8 21. c5 Nc8
22. Rhe1 h6 23. Nh3 f6 24. fxe5 fxe5 25. Re3 g5 26. Re4 Kg7 27. b4 Bf1 28. Bd7
Bg2 29. Ree1 e4 30. Ng1 e3 31. h4 Re4 32. hxg5 hxg5 33. a3 Ne7 34. Bh3 Rf2 35.
Bxg2 Rxg2 36. Ne2 Rc4+ 37. Kb2 Nc6 38. Rd7+ Kf6 39. Kb3 Re4 40. Rxc7 Re6 41. b5
Ne5 42. Nd4 {Tjipueja,W (2083)-Sarwat,W (2388) Windhoek 2007 0-1}) (12... d6
13. Bg2 O-O-O 14. Bxc6 Qe6 $44) 13. Bg2 O-O-O 14. Nc3 {[%csl Gd5]} f6 15. Ne4
$40 fxe5 16. Nxc5 {[%csl Ra6]} Rde8 17. O-O-O e4 18. Bh3 Rd8 19. Qxe4 Qf6 $2
20. Qe5 (20. Nxa6 Qa1+ 21. Qb1 (21. Kd2 Qxa2+)) 20... Qf7 21. Qe2 Rhe8 22. Qd2
Bb7 23. Nxb7 Kxb7 24. c5 Qf6 25. Bb2 $18 Qxb2+ 26. Qxb2 Bxb2+ 27. Kxb2 Re2+ 28.
Kc3 Nc8 29. Bxd7 Ne7 30. c6+ Kb6 31. Rhe1 Nd5+ 32. Kc4 Ne3+ 33. Kd3 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 1112"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2011.11.20"]
[Round "5.6"]
[White "Berelowitsch, Alexander"]
[Black "Acs, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2563"]
[BlackElo "2587"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2011.10.14"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Muelheim Nord"]
[BlackTeam "Eppingen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nxc6 Qf6 6. Qf3 dxc6 7. Nc3 Be6
8. Be3 Qe7 9. Bxc5 Qxc5 10. O-O-O Qg5+ 11. Rd2 Rd8 12. Bd3 Qa5 13. Qg3 Ne7 14.
a3 O-O 15. f4 f6 16. Rhd1 Rb8 17. Qf2 c5 18. f5 Bf7 19. e5 fxe5 20. f6 Ng6 21.
Bxg6 Bxg6 22. Nd5 gxf6 23. Nxf6+ (23. Ne7+ Kg7 24. Rd7) 23... Kh8 $18 24. Qh4
Qa6 25. Nd7 Qe6 26. Nxb8 Rxb8 27. Rd8+ Rxd8 28. Qxd8+ Kg7 29. Rd7+ Bf7 30. Qg5+
Kf8 31. Rxc7 b6 32. Rxa7 e4 33. Ra8+ Be8 34. Qh5 1-0

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 7th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2012.06.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[Annotator "Radjabov,T"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2012.06.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{The first round of the Tal Memorial. After an exciting blitz the day before,
everybody was ready to show that the classical part of the game, classical
chess is no less entertaining.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5.
Nb3 Bb6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Qe2 {This strange-looking move is quite understandable,
White wants to develop his c1-bishop to e3, so the queen goes to e2 to support
it and avoid doubling of pawns.} Nge7 8. Be3 O-O 9. O-O-O f5 {The most natural,
Black is challenging White's central e4-pawn, undermining White's plans for
central domination.} 10. exf5 Bxf5 (10... Nxf5 $5) 11. h3 $5 {Trying to play
g4 without ruining the structure.} ({As the immediate} 11. g4 {would run into}
Bxe3+ 12. fxe3 Be6 $5 {when Black achieves an outpost for the knight on e5 and
probably an equal game.}) 11... Bd7 $5 {Anticipating g4 and thus opening the
f-file for the rook which is helpful in case of g4 let's say, as Black will be
able to have something like...} 12. Qd2 $5 {One more strange move, but I didnt
want to take on b6 and open a line at the same time as the bishop on f1 is
asking for air.} ({...} 12. g4 Ng6 $5 13. Nd5 Kh8 {and even though White is
maybe a little better, but I am not sure about White's pure intentions in the
centre, meanwhile Black will start to harass the pawns on g4 and f2 with ...
Qh4.}) 12... Bxe3 13. Qxe3 Kh8 (13... Qe8 $5 {I thought it's the best move, as
now Black waits for Bc4+ meanwhile preparing ...Qf7 attacking f2 with tempo
and ...Rae8 to follow.} 14. f4 $5 (14. g4 $5) (14. Bc4+ $6 Kh8 15. Rhe1 Qg6 {
attacking on g2 and I am not sure Qg3 is that good.}) 14... Qf7 15. g3 Nf5 16.
Qf2 Rae8 17. Nd5 $36) 14. Bd3 (14. f4 $5 Nf5 15. Qf3 Qh4 16. g4 Qg3 17. Qxg3
Nxg3 18. Rg1 Nxf1 19. Rgxf1 Rf7 $14) 14... Qe8 15. f4 (15. f3 {This strange
looking move is the computer's first line, let's see further:} Qf7 16. Rhe1
Rae8 17. Kb1 Nd5 {and I don't understand why White should be better?!}) 15...
Qf7 (15... Nf5 16. Qd2 Ng3 17. Rhe1 Qf7 18. Re3 Qxf4 19. Nd5 Qg5 20. Nxc7 Rad8
21. Nb5 $14) 16. Rhf1 Rae8 17. Qd2 Nb4 18. Be4 {White's plan is clear g4-f5.
Black has to take measures against it} Bc6 (18... a5 $5 19. Kb1 (19. a3 a4 20.
Nd4 Ned5 21. axb4 Nxc3 22. Qxc3 Rxe4 23. f5 Rfe8 24. Kb1 {with a fighting
middlegame}) 19... a4 20. Nc1 $5) 19. Rde1 $6 (19. Kb1 $5 {deserved serious
attention, the position with 2 pieces for the rook looks better for White and
the rest is probably pressing.} Bxe4 20. Nxe4 Ned5 21. Ng5 Qg6 22. Rfe1 $1 Nxc2
(22... Rxe1 23. Rxe1 Nxf4 24. Qxb4 Qxg5 25. Qxb7 Qg3 26. Rd1 $14) 23. Rxe8 Rxe8
24. Qxc2 Qxc2+ 25. Kxc2 Ne3+ 26. Kd2 Nxd1 27. Kxd1 $14) 19... Bxe4 (19... Nbd5
$1 {Certainly best, Black attacks f4-c3 and prepares ...Nf6 for an appropriate
moment.} 20. Nd1 $13) 20. Nxe4 Qc4 {It looks tempting, but in fact doesnt
achieve its goal, now Black's pieces will start their retreat.} 21. a3 Nbc6 22.
Qc3 Qd5 $2 (22... Qxc3 $1 23. Nxc3 Kg8 24. g4 $14) (22... Qb5 23. Qf3 $14) 23.
Nbd2 $1 {Now Black is suffering, White has regrouped his knights and g4-f5 is
in the air, with no counterplay on the queenside, Black is doomed to a passive
defence.} Nf5 (23... Ng6 24. g3 $16) 24. g4 Nfd4 25. Qd3 $1 b5 (25... Qa2 26.
Nb3 $1 $16) 26. Kb1 {Unnecessary prophylaxis, Nc3 was much better.} (26. Nc3 $1
$16 {was already much better for White! I thought attack is more important
here, but in fact it just wins a pawn.} Qg2 27. Nxb5 Nxb5 28. Qxb5 $18) 26...
b4 27. a4 $1 (27. Ng5 $5) 27... h6 28. Nb3 (28. Nf3 $1 {Smoother!} a5 29. f5 {
and the knight is trapped on d4 as in the game.}) 28... Re7 $4 (28... Re6 $1 {
was the only move! But still Black is doing very badly. The idea is that now,
if White plays like in the game, with Ned2 Black has} 29. Re3 $1 (29. Ned2 Rxf4
$1 {Here in the game Rxe7 would win, but now, after say Rxe6} 30. Rxe6 $2 (30.
Rxf4 $1 {is still much better...} Rxe1+ 31. Ka2 $16) 30... Rxf1+ 31. Nxf1 Qxe6
32. Nxd4 Nxd4 33. Qxd4 Qe1+ $11 {which makes the whole difference!}) 29... Kg8
30. h4 Rfe8 (30... a5 31. g5 Rf5 32. Nbd2 $1 $18 (32. Ng3 Nxb3 33. Nxf5 Nd2+
34. Kc1 Qxd3 35. cxd3 Rxe3 36. Kxd2 $16)) 31. Rfe1) 29. Ned2 $1 $18 {Ends the
battle roughly.} Rxe1+ 30. Rxe1 g5 31. f5 {Black is helpless vs Re4-Nxd4.} 1-0

[Event "Nanjing Pearl Spring 2nd"]
[Site "Nanjing"]
[Date "2009.10.01"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2813"]
[Annotator "Radjabov,T"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2009.09.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 133"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 {
We already had this position in Bilbao, where I didn't obtain any advantage
out of the opening stage. But here in this game I was more successful and got
a plus from the start of the game.} 8. c4 Ba6 9. Nd2 $5 {There are plenty of
lines and possibilities for both sides on each move, I will not dwell too
deeply on the opening phase.} O-O-O 10. b3 g5 11. Bb2 Bg7 12. O-O-O {White's
development looks quite natural, now Black is in trouble. He has to find a
plan, but it's quite hard to find any ideal piece placement!} Nb6 13. h4 $1 g4
(13... h6 14. Qe3 $5 $16) 14. f4 $5 gxf3 {Black has to take, otherwise the
e5-pawn will forever be there as a wall for Black's pieces!} 15. Nxf3 (15. gxf3
{is possible, but here I like it less; h4 is somehow hanging and Black still
does not have so many weaknesses,.After Nxf3 f7 starts to be vulnerable.})
15... c5 {The only way to free pieces for Black!} 16. Qe1 $1 {A strong
regrouping move as now I want to put the bishop on e4 and then press against
f7 and h7 from the centre. In addition, the knight on b6 will be totally out
of play.} Bb7 17. Bd3 h6 18. Qg3 (18. Be4 {would be something, according to
the plan, but Qg3 seemed even more forceful and strong than this.}) 18... Rdg8
(18... f6 19. Rhe1 $18) 19. Rhe1 d5 $2 {Topalov tries to free his pieces, but
this loses immediately!} (19... h5 $5 20. Kb1 $1 Bh6 21. Qf2 {White is much
better here, as Rg4 doesn't work due to e5-e6 and White wins.} Rg4 22. e6 $18)
20. exd6 $1 Bxb2+ 21. Kxb2 Qxd6 (21... Qf6+ $4 22. Qe5 $1 Rxg2+ 23. Ka3 (23.
Kc3 $18) 23... Qxe5 24. Nxe5 Rf2 $8 25. Rf1 $1 $18) (21... Rxg3 22. dxe7 Rxg2+
23. Kc3 $18) 22. Bf5+ $2 {A bad move; somehow I thought it won easily too.} (
22. Re8+ $3 {looks like a transposition simply, but here the Nc8 resource is
not possible and Black loses by force.} Rxe8 23. Bf5+ Kb8 24. Rxd6 Rhg8 $8 25.
Qf4 $1 cxd6 26. Qxd6+ Ka8 27. Bh3 $18 {This position is easily winning because
after} Re2+ 28. Ka3 $1 {A calm reply} Rge8 (28... Nxc4+ 29. bxc4 Rge8 30. Nd2 {
with Nb3 next, finishes the discussion.}) 29. Qxc5 {and Black is not in time
to capture c4.}) 22... Kb8 23. Re8+ Nc8 {Played instantly! Now Black is
defending for a while.} 24. Rxd6 $1 Rxg3 25. Rxh8 cxd6 26. Ne1 $1 Kc7 27. Rh7
Ne7 28. Rxf7 Kd8 29. Rf8+ Kc7 30. Rf7 Kd8 31. Bc2 Re3 32. Nd3 $1 Bxg2 33. Rf6
Kc7 $2 (33... Kd7 34. Rxh6 Re2 {and somehow here due to avoiding checks from
e6, Black's king is placed better, but still after} 35. Nf4 Rf2 36. Nxg2 Rxg2
37. h5 $16 {White has good chances for a win.}) 34. Nf4 $1 Rf3 35. Be4 (35. Ka3
$1 {This is a clear win! Unfortunately I missed it and didn't want to put my
king on a3. But this slightly illogical move is just winning. The idea is that
after Be4 Ne6+ will come and Black is lost.} Rf1 36. Bd3 $18) 35... Rf2+ 36.
Kc3 Bxe4 37. Ne6+ Kd7 38. Nf8+ {All is forced here, Black has study-like way
to keep fighting, but the position is still winning.} Ke8 39. Rxf2 Bf5 40. Rd2
Nc8 41. Rf2 Ne7 42. Ne6 $1 Bxe6 43. Rf6 Kd7 44. Rxh6 Bf5 45. h5 Ng8 46. Rh8 Nf6
47. h6 Ke6 {So here it was the real moment to consider ideas. Azmaiparashvili
thinks the Kb2-a3 maneouvre is winning. And probably he is right.} 48. Ra8 (48.
Kb2 $1 a5 (48... Be4 49. Ka3 Bd3 50. Ka4 Ke5 51. Kb5 Bb1 52. a4 Bc2 53. a5 (53.
Ra8 Ng4 54. Rxa7 Nxh6 55. b4 $14) 53... Bxb3 54. Ra8 Kd4 55. Rxa7 Bxc4+ 56. Ka4
(56. Kc6 Bd5+ 57. Kxd6 c4 58. a6 c3 59. Rc7 $18) 56... Ke5 57. h7 Nxh7 58. Rxh7
Kd5 59. Rc7 Bd3 60. Kb3 Ba6 61. Kc3 Bf1 62. Rc8 Be2 63. Re8 Bf1 64. Rf8 Be2 65.
Rf2 Bb5 66. Ra2 Ba6 67. Rb2 $1 $18) 49. Ka3 Nh7 50. Ka4 $18) 48... Ng4 49. Rxa7
Nxh6 50. a4 {I thought this wins, but it proved to be different unfortunately.
Topalov finds the only piece placement, to hold the position!} Nf7 51. a5 Be4
52. Rc7 Ne5 $1 53. a6 Nd7 {Brilliant, now it seems that White can't make any
progress!} 54. Rc8 Ke7 55. b4 (55. a7 Nb6 56. Rb8 Na8 {and White can't break
through!}) 55... cxb4+ 56. Kxb4 Nb6 57. Rb8 Na8 58. c5 Nc7 59. cxd6+ Kxd6 60.
a7 Na8 61. Kb5 Bd3+ 62. Ka5 Be4 63. Kb5 Bd3+ 64. Ka5 Be4 1/2-1/2

[Event "WchT 9th"]
[Site "Antalya"]
[Date "2013.11.26"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Amin, Bassem"]
[Black "Baramidze, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,A"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[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 "Egypt"]
[BlackTeam "Germany"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "EGY"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
c4 Nb6 9. Nc3 Qe6 {The most popular line still.} (9... Bb7 $5 {Has gained some
popularity since the famous Shirov-Kramnik game from a few years ago and
thanks to the recommendation made by Larry Kauffman in his opening treaty.})
10. Qe4 g6 11. Bd3 Bg7 12. f4 Ba6 $5 (12... O-O {is the common choice and far
more popular than the move in the game.}) 13. b3 d5 14. cxd5 (14. Qf3 dxc4 15.
Be2 {is interesting as Black is somewhat paralyzed since he cannot take on b3.}
) 14... cxd5 15. Nxd5 $5 {Bassem goes for the complications. It is not so
clear if he should have done this considerating that his opponent might have
prepared something specifically in this variation.} Nxd5 16. Qa4+ c6 $1 17.
Bxa6 Bxe5 $1 {This is the point of the position. White has no choice but to
take the bishop or he loses material instantly.} (17... O-O 18. O-O {simply
leaves White up a pawn.}) 18. fxe5 (18. Kf2 Bc3 $1 {Is a crazy and inhuman
move, but Black's combination of threats will eventually allow him to be ahead
in material.} (18... Bxa1 $6 19. Re1 Qxe1+ 20. Kxe1 O-O {is just unclear.}))
18... Qxe5+ 19. Kf2 (19. Be2 $2 O-O $1 {And white cannot defend his rook on a1
and the pressure on the e-file at the same time. For example:} 20. Rb1 Nc3 $1
21. Qc4 Nxb1 {and it's all over.}) 19... Qf6+ 20. Kg3 Qc3+ 21. Kh4 {The king
is on h4, but it is untouchable at the moment. The fourth rank is covered by
the queen on a4 and the bishop on c1 can cover any check on the d8-h4 diagonal.
} O-O $1 (21... Qxa1 $2 22. Qxc6+ $18) 22. Bh6 Ne7 $1 {This simple retreat
puts unsolvable problems on White's position.} 23. Qf4 $2 (23. g4 $2 g5+ $1 24.
Bxg5 Ng6+ 25. Kh5 Qh3+ $19) (23. g3 $1 {Giving the king the h3 square was the
only chance.} Nf5+ 24. Kh3 Nxh6 $17 {and Black is only a little bit better. He
has a safer king and an extra pawn but White is active and his pawn structure
is certainly superior.}) 23... Nf5+ 24. Kg4 Rfe8 {any move bringing the rook
into play wins.} 25. g3 Qa5 $6 (25... Re5 $1 {Inching closer to the king was
more precise.}) 26. Bd3 $6 {This gives Black a free tempo in the attack as
Baramidze finishes off his opponent in fantastic style.} (26. Bc4 Rad8 (26...
Nxh6+ $1 27. Kh3 Nf5 $17) 27. Kh3 $11) 26... Rad8 $1 27. Bxf5 Rd4 $1 {This is
the point. The queen is lost as it cannot take the suicide rook on d4.} 28.
Rae1 (28. Qxd4 Qxf5+ 29. Kh4 Qh5#) 28... Qxf5+ 29. Kf3 Rxf4+ 30. Bxf4 Rxe1 31.
Rxe1 g5 {A fantastic win that proved vital for Germany to come up ahead in
this match.} 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2013.08.28"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,A"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2013.08.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bb4+ 5. c3 Bc5 6. Be3 Bb6 {White has
tried a series of moves in this position. Qg4 has become the most popular way
of putting pressure on Black, though Nf5 and Bc4 still score relatively well.
MVL's move here has only been seen before once.} 7. Bd3 Nf6 (7... Nge7 $6 8.
O-O O-O 9. Re1 Ne5 10. Bc2 {Kovalenko-Kharlov 2012.}) 8. O-O O-O 9. Nxc6 bxc6
10. e5 Nd5 11. Bd2 d6 {Black's position is already rather pleasant as he has
activated his pieces favorable and he will have good activity to compensate
for his only very slightly worse pawn structure.} 12. c4 Ne7 13. Qc2 Ng6 14.
exd6 cxd6 (14... Qxd6 $5 {trying to utilize the bad positioning of White's
bishops was also interesting. The way Kramnik plays is more logical though.})
15. Nc3 Qh4 16. Rae1 Ne5 17. Re4 $6 {A strange decision to put this rook in
the middle of the board.} (17. Ne4 {the e4-square was better for the knight}
Nxd3 18. Qxd3 d5 $5 19. cxd5 cxd5 20. Ng5 $1 {and chances should be around
equal.}) 17... Qh5 18. Be2 $6 {White is chasing Black's queen to a very
threatening square.} Qg6 19. Qd1 Bh3 $1 {Very precise! White's bishop is a
target on f3 where it is being lured to.} 20. Bf3 Bf5 21. Rh4 $2 {The decisive
mistake.} (21. Rf4 {defending the f3-bishop} Bc2 22. Qc1 Bd3 23. Rd1 $1 {
White's position is obviously worse but he is holding on.}) 21... Bc2 {Now
Black will at least win an exchange.} 22. Qxc2 (22. Qe2 Bd3 23. Qd1 Bxf1 24.
Kxf1 Rae8 {is also completely lights out.}) 22... Nxf3+ {Squashing any vague
hopes of counterplay.} (22... Qxc2 23. Be4 Qxd2 24. Bxh7+ Kh8 25. Bf5+ Qh6 {
was also completely winning. A sad game for MVL who has played excellent chess.
Fatigue and pressure in this tournament is unlike any other, so it is
understandable people make mistakes like this, regardless of their strength.})
0-1

[Event "EU-Cup 22nd"]
[Site "Fuegen"]
[Date "2006.10.10"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[Annotator "Reeh,O"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2006.10.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 115"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Tomsk 400"]
[BlackTeam "Skopje"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "MKD"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. c3 Nge7 7. Nc2 Bxe3 8.
Nxe3 Qe5 9. Nd2 d5 10. Bd3 dxe4 11. Bxe4 Be6 12. Qc2 O-O-O 13. Nf3 Qb5 14. b4
Rhe8 15. a4 Qh5 16. O-O f5 17. Bxc6 Nxc6 18. b5 Na5 19. Nd4 f4 20. Nef5 Bxf5
21. Nxf5 Qg6 22. Rae1 Kb8 23. Re4 $1 f3 (23... Qxf5 $4 24. Rxe8 {threatening
25.Rxd8++. drohend 25.Rxd8++.}) 24. g3 b6 (24... Nb3 $1 {and Black is fine.
und Schwarz steht gut.}) 25. Rf4 Re2 26. Qb1 Rdd2 27. Rxf3 $16 Rb2 28. Qd1 Red2
29. Qa1 {A funny queen position! Eine witzige Damenstellung!} Ra2 30. Qe1 Re2
31. Qc1 Kb7 (31... Rxa4 32. Qd1 $1 {forking both rooks and threatening 33.Qd8+
followed by 34.Ne7. mit Doppelangriff auf die Tьrme und der Drohung 33.Qd8+
nebst 34.Ne7.}) 32. Qf4 Nb3 33. Rd3 Qe6 34. Rd8 Rad2 35. Rh8 Qe4 {[%tqu "En",
"Does White have to exchange queens here?","Black's back rank is very weak. If
White could double his heavy pieces there, the black king would be lost.",
"Find a way to enable the white queen to enter the opponent's back rank with
tempo.","f5d6","Very good! All of a sudden Black's king is doomed.",15,"De",
"Muss WeiЯ hier die Damen tauschen?","Die schwarze Grundreihe ist sehr schwach.
Wenn WeiЯ seine Schwerfiguren dort verdoppeln kцnnte, ginge es dem schwarzen
Kцnig an den Kragen.","Finden Sie eine Mцglichkeit, der weiЯen Dame mit Tempo
einen Weg zur Grundreihe zu bahnen.","f5d6","Sehr gut! Urplцtzlich ist der
schwarze Kцnig verloren.",15]} 36. Nd6+ $1 {Now the white queen reaches f8,
and Black is forced to give up material. Nun erreicht die weiЯe Dame f8,
wonach Schwarz gezwungen ist, Material zu geben.} cxd6 37. Qf8 Qe8 {Otherwise
White simply checkmates on the back rank. Sonst setzt WeiЯ einfach auf der
Grundreihe matt.} 38. Qxe8 1-0

[Event "CUB-ch"]
[Site "Matanzas"]
[Date "1997.03.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Arencibia Rodriguez, Walter"]
[Black "Gomez Fontal, Felix Manuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2385"]
[Annotator "Rodriguez,Am"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "1997.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
c4 Ba6 9. b3 g5 10. g3 (10. Ba3 d6 11. exd6 (11. Qe4 Bg7 12. Bb2 Nb4 13. a3 f5
14. Qxf5 Bc8 15. Qe4 d5 16. cxd5 Nxd5 17. Bd3 Bb7 18. O-O $16 {Sandor,C-Frosch,
E/Balatonbereny IM-A 1996}) 11... Qxe2+ 12. Bxe2 Bg7 13. cxd5 Bxe2 14. Kxe2
Bxa1 15. Rc1 O-O-O 16. Rxc6 Rhe8+ 17. Kd3 Rd7 18. Nc3 Bxc3 19. Kxc3 Re5 20. Kc4
Re4+ 21. Kd3 Re5 22. Kc4 Re4+ {1/2-1/2 Kasparov,G-Anand,V/PCA-Wch (New York)
1995}) 10... Bg7 11. Bb2 O-O-O $1 (11... O-O 12. Nd2 f6 13. Qh5 Nb4 14. h4 g4
15. Kd1 $1 c5 16. a3 Nc6 17. Bd3 $16 {Kasparov,G-Nikolic,P/Linares 1997}) 12.
Nd2 (12. Bg2 Rde8 (12... Rhe8 13. O-O Bxe5 14. Qxe5 Qxe5 15. Bxe5 Rxe5 16. cxd5
Bxf1 17. Kxf1 cxd5 18. Nc3 c6 19. Rc1 Kb8 20. Na4 Kc7 21. Nc5 Rde8 $15 {
Fercec,N-Nikcevic,N/Candas op 1996}) 13. O-O Bxe5 14. Bxe5 Qxe5 15. Qxe5 Rxe5
16. cxd5 Bxf1 17. Kxf1 cxd5 18. Bf3 c6 19. Nc3 Kc7 20. Rc1 Kd6 21. Na4 h5 22.
Nb2 h4 $15 {Pavasovic,D-Bozanic,I/Bled op 1996}) 12... Nb4 $5 $146 (12... Rde8
13. O-O-O Nb6 14. Qe3 $2 Bxe5 15. Qxe5 Qxe5 16. Bxe5 Rxe5 17. Bh3 h6 18. Nf3
Re2 $17 {Guder,S-Zobel,A/Leipzig VfB op 1996}) 13. Kd1 $5 {[%cal Ra2a3]} (13.
Nf3 c5 (13... Rhe8 $5 {/\} 14. a3 g4 $1) 14. Bg2 Bb7 $15) 13... d5 $2 (13... c5
$5 {[%cal Ya6b7,Yb7h1,Yb4c6]}) 14. a3 dxc4 15. axb4 Qxb4 (15... Rxd2+ 16. Qxd2
Rd8 17. Rxa6 Rxd2+ 18. Kxd2 Bxe5 19. Bxe5 Qxe5 20. Bxc4 $18) 16. Kc1 $1 $18 Rd3
17. Rxa6 Rhd8 18. Qg4+ R3d7 19. Bxc4 1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Black "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "Rogers,I"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[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 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 ({Karpov's} 4... Nf6 {took a
battering in last year's World Championship match and, after another defeat at
Kasparov's hands in Tilburg this year it will probably be some time before
anybody decides to follow his example.}) 5. Be3 Qf6 6. c3 Nge7 7. Bc4 Ne5 $5 {
Beliavsky is playing for a risky pawn grab.} ({Kamsky, against Kasparov in
Tilburg a few weeks after this game, equalised easily with} 7... O-O 8. O-O Bb6
9. Kh1 $6 Rd8 $1 {/\...d5. (1/2-1/2 (40) Kasparov,G (2770)-Kamsky,G (2595)
Tilburg 1991 CBM 026)}) 8. Be2 Qg6 9. O-O d5 10. Bh5 $1 Qxe4 11. Nd2 Qd3 12.
N4f3 $1 Bd6 13. Nxe5 Bxe5 14. Bc5 {The difficulties experienced by Black in
bringing his king to safety now give White full compensation for the pawn.} g6
15. Be2 Qf5 16. Nf3 Bf6 17. Re1 O-O 18. Bd3 Qd7 19. Ne5 Qd8 20. Qf3 Kg7 21. h4
$1 Bxh4 $2 {Beliavsky is tempted by the lure of a second pawn.} ({After} 21...
h5 {Black could still hope to hold off White's attack.}) 22. Qf4 $1 Bf6 23. Nf3
$3 {Inexplicable - until one sees the fantastic threat 24.Qxf6+!! Kxf6 25.
Bd4#! Beliavsky can find no reasonable way to prevent this and surrenders the
exchange.} Ng8 24. Bxf8+ Kxf8 25. Rad1 Kg7 26. c4 $1 c6 27. cxd5 cxd5 28. Bc4
$1 {Materially Black is not too badly off but the weakness of the d5 pawn and
the possibility of a kingside blitz keeps him on the back foot.} Ne7 29. Bb3 a5
30. Ng5 Ra6 31. Ne4 $1 a4 32. Bc4 $1 Re6 33. Qd2 $1 Qc7 34. Nxf6 Rxf6 35. Bxd5
Bg4 36. f3 Nxd5 37. fxg4 Qg3 $1 38. g5 $1 (38. Qxd5 {allows a draw with} Qf2+
39. Kh2 Qh4+ 40. Kg1 Qf2+ {etc but, with both players in time trouble,
Beliavsky seizes the chance to launch his own attack.}) 38... Rf4 39. Rf1 $1 a3
$2 40. Rxf4 Nxf4 41. Qd4+ ({Black is mated after} 41. Qd4+ Kg8 42. Qd8+ Kg7 43.
Qf6+ Kg8 44. Rd8#) 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 31st"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2015.10.23"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Howell, David"]
[Black "Roiz, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[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 "Cheddleton"]
[BlackTeam "Beer Sheva"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISR"]

1. e4 {This move is David's main weapon, but I also had to get prepared for 1.
c4 or 1.Nf3.} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 {The most aggressive choice. My opponent
mostly used to play 3.Bb5, but he also had definite experience in Scotch.} exd4
4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nb3 Bb6 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. Qe2 {This original idea was successfully
employed by World Champion Magnus Carlsen. Since his game vs Etienne Bacrot in
2010, White's aggressive setup has gained a lot of popularity.} O-O 8. Be3 ({
Another common continuation was:} 8. Bg5 {To be honest, my home preparation
was mainly based on my previous encounter in this line.}) 8... d5 {That was
played rather quickly, since I was familiar with a game of my friend Boris
Avrukh, where he went for an attractive queen sac.} ({In my opinion, the
intermediate} 8... Re8 9. f3 {only helps White to meet} d5 ({Black's position
was solid, but somewhat passive after} 9... d6 10. O-O-O Be6 11. Kb1 Nd7 12.
Qf2 Bxe3 13. Qxe3 $14 {1/2 Panarin,M (2538)-Khalifman,A (2651)/Tyumen 2012/CBM
149 (41)}) {with} 10. O-O-O Be6 11. Qf2 Ne5 12. h3 Ng6 13. Bxb6 axb6 14. f4 Bd7
15. f5 Ne5 16. exd5 $14 {1/2 Caruana,F (2775)-Naiditsch,A (2700)/Dortmund 2012/
CBM 150/[Marin,M] (60)}) 9. O-O-O d4 10. Bg5 {At this moment I was already out
of preparation, though this move was played by Vishy Anand 2 years ago. For
some reason, I didn't pay much attention to this idea and never analysed the
subsequent sharp position.} ({The above-mentioned game of my friend saw:} 10.
Nb5 $6 dxe3 11. Rxd8 Rxd8 12. f3 Be6 {Li,R (2426)-Avrukh,B (2609)/Chicago USA
2015, and Back got promising compensation.}) ({The somewhat slow} 10. f3 {
isn't in the spirit of position, so Black should be fine after} Be6 11. Bg5 (
11. Bf2 $6 Ng4 $1 12. fxg4 Qg5+ 13. Qd2 Qxd2+ 14. Rxd2 dxc3 15. bxc3 Bxf2 16.
Rxf2 Bxg4 $15 {1/2 Nezar,M (2396)-Szabo,K (2545)/Haguenau 2013/CBM 154 Extra 
(34)}) 11... Re8 12. Kb1 Qe7 $1 (12... Nb4 13. Qe1 c5 14. Na4 $14 {1-0 Darini,
P (2479)-Khomeriki,N (2228)/Nakhchivan AZE 2015 (24)}) 13. Na4 d3 $1 14. Qxd3
Rad8 15. Qe2 Bc4 16. Qe1 Bf2 $1 17. Rxd8 Bxe1 18. Rxe8+ Qxe8 19. Bxc4 Na5 $1
$132) 10... h6 {The most natural move.} ({As an alternative, I was mainly
considering} 10... Qd6 {, but after} 11. Kb1 Re8 12. f3 Be6 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14.
Qe1 $36 {Black doesn't get any compensation for an exposed pawn structure.})
11. Bh4 Qd6 ({In the following high-level game Black did face definite
problems after:} 11... Re8 12. f3 ({Another move which deserves serious
attention is} 12. Nd5 $5 g5 13. Nxf6+ Qxf6 14. Bg3 {and the vulnerablity of
Black's king may tell.}) 12... Be6 13. Kb1 Qe7 $6 14. Na4 Nb4 15. Qe1 $14 {
1-0 Anand,V (2783)-Fressinet,L (2706)/Paris/St Petersburg 2013/CBM 154/[Szabo,
Kr] (49)}) ({It was possible to simplify matters by means of} 11... g5 12. Bg3
Qe7 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. exd5 Qxe2 15. Bxe2 Nb4 16. Nxd4 Nxd5 {, but after} 17. Bf3
$14 {Black's position looks rather unpleasant.}) ({Black's position looks
dangerous also in the event of} 11... Be6 12. e5 g5 13. Bg3 Nd7 14. Nb5 $36)
12. Kb1 Qe6 $146 {A logical novelty - it definitely makes sense to avoid the
pin as soon as possible.} ({In one preceding game Black lost the important Pd4
for free after:} 12... Re8 13. f3 a5 $6 14. Nb5 Qe5 15. Bg3 Qe7 16. N3xd4 $16 {
0-1 Brunello,M (2235)-Markantonaki,H (2150)/Achaia 2013}) 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Nd5
Qd6 {At this moment I was quite optimstic about my position. However, David's
next move completely changed my good feeling...} 15. f4 $1 {A very strong
move! White's plan is based on 16.Qf3 and Bd3 or Bc4, followed by g2-g4
advance. At the same time, the presence of the Nd5 makes Black's q-side
counterplay problematic.} Be6 {The most natural move.} ({I was also considering
} 15... Rd8 {to prevent White from pushing c2-c4, but this move looked awkward,
so finally I rejected it. Indeed, after} 16. Qf3 Be6 17. Bc4 {White's position
should be better, though} (17. g4 $5) 17... Nb4 $1 18. Nxd4 Bxd4 19. Rxd4 Qc5
20. Qc3 c6 21. Bb3 Qxc3 22. bxc3 Nxd5 23. exd5 Bxd5 24. Rhd1 Re8 {would offer
great drawish chances in the resulting rook ending.}) 16. c4 $1 {Unfortunately,
White is just in time to support the strong Nd5, since 16...dxc3 17.Nf6+ drops
the queen.} (16. Qf3 Bxd5 17. exd5 Ne7 18. Nxd4 Qxd5 $11) 16... Nb4 ({The most
tempting reaction on White's last move would be:} 16... f5 $5 17. e5 Qd7 {
trying to get a rid of Nd5 at any cost. Most probably, this idea wouldn't
solve all Black's problems, but it is still playable:} 18. g3 a5 (18... Bxd5
19. cxd5 Qxd5 20. Bg2 Qe6 21. Rc1 $36) 19. Bg2 a4 20. Nxb6 cxb6 21. Bxc6 Qxc6
22. Nxd4 Bxc4 23. Qd2 $14) 17. Qf3 {The most consistent.} ({For some reason, I
didn't pay much attention to} 17. Nxd4 Bxd5 18. cxd5 Qxf4 {, though after} 19.
g3 Qe5 20. Nf3 Qh5 21. Bg2 $14 {White is better due to superiority in the
centre.}) 17... Rfe8 $2 {Being under serious time pressure, I was trying to
activate my pieces at the cost of a pawn, but it is simply wrong.} ({For some
reason, I overestimated the strengh of White's central pawns in the following
line:} 17... Rad8 $1 18. a3 Nxd5 19. cxd5 Bd7 20. Bc4 $1 {It looks like only
this strong move offers White some advantage} ({The move} 20. Nxd4 {is weaker:}
Qg6 {the threat of 21...Bg4 practically forces} 21. f5 Qf6 {, so Black gets
full positional compensation for a pawn.}) 20... Qg6 21. h3 Rfe8 22. Bd3 c6 23.
e5 Bf5 24. dxc6 bxc6 25. g4 Bxd3+ 26. Rxd3 {The resulting position is
double-edged, but White should be somewhat better.}) 18. Nxd4 $1 {My opponent
correctly accepts the challenge.} ({My idea would be fully justified only after
} 18. a3 $2 Nxd5 19. cxd5 Bxd5 $1 20. exd5 Re3 $19 {[%csl Rb3]}) ({Another way
of winning the pawn offers Black much more activity:} 18. Nxb6 axb6 19. Rxd4
Qe7 20. a3 Nc6 21. Rd2 Rad8 $14) 18... Bxd4 19. Rxd4 Qc5 ({It would hardly be
better choosing:} 19... Nxd5 20. cxd5 c6 21. Bd3 (21. Bc4 {is less convincing:}
cxd5 22. Bxd5 Bxd5 23. Rxd5 Qe6 $14) 21... cxd5 22. f5 Bd7 23. Rxd5 Qc7 24. f6
$16) 20. Qc3 $1 a5 {Unfortunately, Black cannot exploit some delay with
development of White's k-side pieces.} ({After} 20... Rad8 21. a3 Nxd5 22. cxd5
Qxc3 23. bxc3 Bd7 24. e5 $16 {White has a sound extra pawn.}) 21. a3 Na6 22.
Be2 c6 23. Ne3 Rad8 {Any exchanges favour White here, but I had no choice.} (
23... Qb6 24. Rhd1 Nc5 25. f5 Bc8 26. Bf3 $18) 24. Rhd1 Rxd4 25. Rxd4 $1 {
David is on top again.} ({It would be more difficult to make progress after} 
25. Qxd4 Qxd4 26. Rxd4 Nc5 27. Bf3 Bc8 28. g3 g5 $16) 25... Qb6 26. Bd1 Nc5 27.
Bc2 a4 $6 $138 ({The most stubborn was:} 27... Bc8 28. g3 f6 {- White's
position is still winning from the technical point of view, but his plan
doesn't look obvious.}) 28. e5 $1 {Now Black's position is completely hopeless
- there are no active ideas.} Bc8 29. g3 Nb3 30. Rd6 Nc5 31. Nd5 $1 {The most
effective way - the knight is coming into the attack.} Qa7 32. Ne7+ Kf8 33.
Nxc8 {White doesn't mind exchanging the ''passive'' bishop, since it is the
main defender of Black's king.} Rxc8 34. Qe3 Qa5 35. f5 {The remaining few
moves were just an agony.} Re8 36. Rxh6 $1 Kg8 (36... gxh6 37. Qxh6+ Ke7 38.
Qd6#) 37. f6 Nb3 38. fxg7 {A prosaic choice.} ({The most effective way was:} 
38. Bh7+ Kf8 39. Bg6 fxg6 40. Rh8+ Kf7 41. fxg7) 1-0

[Event "SCO-ch"]
[Site "Edinburgh"]
[Date "1999.07.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Mannion, Stephen R"]
[Black "Motwani, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2345"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[Annotator "Rowson,J"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "1999.07.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 071 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Qf6 5. Nb5 Bc5 6. Qd2 Bb6 7. N1c3 Nge7
8. Qf4 Qxf4 9. Bxf4 d6 10. Be3 Ba5 11. O-O-O a6 12. Nd4 Bxc3 13. bxc3 Bd7 {
Not bad in itself, but Black seems to play the next few moves too passively. I
think I would have been more inclined to castle kingside and play for f5.} (
13... O-O 14. f4 $6 f5 $5 $15 15. Bc4+ Kh8) 14. f4 {I'm not sure about this
plan; mabye it's good to gain space but e4 is likely to remain very weak and ..
.f5 become even more appealing for Black due to the weakened light squares.} (
14. f3 $5 O-O-O (14... O-O 15. c4 b6 16. Ne2 $5 {The d5 square is inviting for
this knight, but in any case I don't think the two bishops fully compensate
for the damaged structure here.} f5 17. Nc3 fxe4 18. Nxe4 Ne5 $5 19. Nc3 Rae8
20. Nd5 $2 (20. Bf2 Bc6 21. Nd5 Nxd5 22. cxd5 Bb5 $17) 20... Nxd5 21. cxd5 Nxf3
) 15. c4 $5) 14... O-O-O (14... O-O $1 $15 15. f5 $5) 15. Bd3 Rde8 16. Rde1 Nd8
17. Nf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch (Women) 65th"]
[Site "Chita"]
[Date "2015.08.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Lagno, Kateryna"]
[Black "Ovod, Evgenija"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2327"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2015.08.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bb4+ 5. c3 Bc5 6. Be3 {76} Bb6 7. Nf5 g6
8. Bxb6 axb6 9. Ne3 Nf6 10. f3 {62} d6 11. c4 {215} O-O 12. Nc3 {97} Nh5 13.
Qd2 Ng7 {All these moves were seen in the game Ni Hua-Yu Lie and Zhou-Tomazini.
Both the players were playing pretty fast until now and here Lagno thought for
30 minutes and came up with a new move.} 14. Bd3 $146 {1849} (14. O-O-O {
Previously both the games continued with this move.}) 14... Ne5 {895} 15. O-O-O
{172} Be6 {315} 16. f4 {983} Nxd3+ {96} 17. Qxd3 {White has a stable advantage
with this maroczy type structure. In Maroczy structure, Black's main aim is to
destroy either the e4 or the c4 pawn with the moves f5, d5 or b5. Here Ovod
had to choose between b5 and f5. As the white king is on c1, I would have
chosen b5 but she went for the other break.} f5 (17... b5 $5 18. Nxb5 Rxa2 19.
f5 Ra1+ 20. Kc2 Rxd1 21. Rxd1 Bd7 $132 {with a fighting position.}) 18. exf5 {
416} Nxf5 {112} 19. Rhe1 $1 {A very calm move by Lagno bringing her last piece
into the game.} Nxe3 {709} 20. Rxe3 Qf6 (20... Bf5 $6 21. Qd5+ Kh8 22. Qd4+ (
22. Qxb7 $6 Qh4 $1 23. Rf1 Qxh2 $14) 22... Qf6 23. Qxf6+ Rxf6 24. Re7 $16 {
With a very promising endgame.}) 21. Qd4 $5 {Lagno wants to go into an endgame
as creating a passed pawn on the kingside for her is much easier than for her
opponent on the queenside.} (21. g3 $16) 21... b5 $1 {Ovod realises that if
she does nothing she would slowly land into a very passive endgame and hence
correctly lashes out.} 22. cxb5 (22. Nxb5 Rxa2 23. Qxf6 Rxf6 24. Rd4 $16 {
would have been the correct way to continue.}) 22... Bxa2 {162} 23. b6 $5 {
Lagno plays with fire. With the shelter around her king falling apart it would
have been wiser to exchange queens.} (23. Qxf6 Rxf6 24. g3 $14) 23... Qf7 $5 {
617} (23... Qxd4 24. Rxd4 cxb6 25. g3 $14) (23... cxb6 24. Qxf6 (24. Qxd6 Qxf4
$11) (24. Qxb6 Qxf4 $15) 24... Rxf6 25. g3 Kf8 $11 {should lead to equality.})
24. bxc7 {120} Bb3 (24... Qxc7 25. Qxd6 Qc8 $132) 25. Rde1 Ra1+ {86} 26. Kd2
Rxe1 27. Kxe1 {237} Qxc7 28. g3 $1 {The king will surprisingly find excellent
shelter on f2. Look how each of the white pieces are standing on dark squares
making the bishop on b3 look like a total spectator.} Rc8 {519} 29. Kf2 {87}
Qc5 {237} 30. Qxc5 dxc5 31. Re7 $1 {The endgame is quite promising for White
thanks to much more active pieces.} b6 (31... Rb8 32. Ne4) 32. Ke3 {164} Rc6 {
95} 33. Ke4 {132} Bf7 34. g4 {131} Kf8 {81} (34... b5 $5 35. Nxb5 Rb6 36. Nc3
Rxb2 37. Ke5 {looks scary for Black as all of White pieces are pretty active
but with a few accurate moves she should be able to hold on.} Rc2 $5 $11) 35.
Rb7 Re6+ 36. Kf3 h6 $6 (36... Rd6 $142) 37. Na4 {220} Rd6 38. Nxb6 {91} Kg7 $2
{The losing blunder.} (38... Be6 39. h3 Rd2 40. Na4 Rd3+ 41. Ke4 (41. Kg2 $2
Bd5+ $19) 41... Rd4+ 42. Ke5 Rxa4 43. Kxe6 Rxf4 44. Kd5 $14) 39. Nc4 $1 {70}
Rd3+ 40. Ke2 Rd4 41. Ne5 {Black loses a piece as transposing into a pawn
ending is anyway lost.} Rxf4 42. Kd3 {111} Rd4+ {80} (42... Kf8 43. Nxf7 Rxf7
44. Rxf7+ Kxf7 45. Kc4 $18) 43. Kc3 {147} Kf6 44. Nxf7 {The rest is a matter
of technique.} Rxg4 45. Nxh6 {83} Rh4 46. Ng8+ {85} Ke5 47. Ne7 Rxh2 48. Nxg6+
Kd5 49. Rd7+ {78} Kc6 50. Ne5+ Kb6 51. Nc4+ Kc6 52. Rd6+ Kc7 53. Rg6 Rh3+ 54.
Kc2 1-0

[Event "WchT 11th"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2017.06.26"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Tari, Aryan"]
[Black "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2593"]
[BlackElo "2692"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2017.06.17"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Norway"]
[BlackTeam "India"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NOR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IND"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. Bd3 $5 {In simple
words this is not a theoretically challenging move. However, there are some
tricky lines and if you are not prepared, you can fall into some sort of trap
or prepared line.} (6. e5 {It goes without saying that this move has been
played on almost every occasion that this position has been reached at the top
level.}) 6... d5 7. Qe2 (7. e5 Ng4 8. O-O Bc5 9. Bf4 (9. h3 Nxe5 10. Re1 Qf6
$17 {and Black is better.}) 9... O-O 10. h3 Nxf2 11. Rxf2 Bxf2+ 12. Kxf2 Qh4+
13. Bg3 Qd4+ 14. Kf1 Qxb2 {with a complicated position.}) 7... dxe4 8. Nc3 (8.
Bxe4 Nxe4 9. Qxe4+ Qe7 {gives Black a long lasting advantage of two bishops in
a completely open position.}) 8... Bb4 9. Bxe4 O-O {Black's position already
looks very sound. True, his pawns are weak. But he has castled and got his
king to safety. The white king is still in the centre and the queen is
awkwardly placed on e2. The only upside for White is that he is going to win a
pawn on c6, at the same time stopping ...Re8.} (9... Nxe4 10. Qxe4+ Qe7 11. O-O
Qxe4 12. Nxe4 Bf5 {should be around even.}) (9... Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 Nxe4 11. Qxe4+
Qe7 12. Qxe7+ Kxe7 13. Bf4 Be6 {This should end in a draw.}) 10. Bxc6 Rb8 11.
Be3 $6 (11. O-O {was a good move for White. It is difficult to say what Aryan
was worried about. Because Rd1 is quite a big threat now.} Qd6 $1 {
Theoretically Black is fine.} 12. Bb5 Ng4 13. g3 Ne5 14. Bf4 Bxc3 15. bxc3 Rxb5
16. Qxb5 Nf3+ 17. Kg2 Qe6 18. Kxf3 Bd7 19. Qe5 Qc6+ 20. Ke3 Re8 $11) 11... Qd6
(11... Ng4 {was also strong} 12. Bxa7 Qf6 {[%cal Gf6c3,Gf6c6]} 13. Qf3 Qe5+ 14.
Kd1 Bc5 15. Bxb8 Nxf2+ $19) 12. Bf3 Ba6 $6 (12... Ba5 $1 {Attacking b2 makes
it very difficult for White to meet this move.} 13. O-O (13. Qd2 Rxb2 $19)
13... Ba6 14. Bf4 Bxe2 15. Bxd6 Bxf1 16. Bxf8 Kxf8 17. Kxf1 Rxb2 $17) 13. Qd2 {
Now Black has to either exchange the queens or let White castle long.} Qe7 14.
O-O-O Ba3 $1 {Vidit is in his element! I would be very afraid if I was White
here. First of all Black's king is safe and I already have four black pieces
looking at my king.} 15. Na4 Bxb2+ $1 {Now for a second, let's leave the
engines aside and try to look at this game from a practical point of view. The
bishop has taken the pawn on b2 and opened up the white king. As Kasparov says,
in an attack there are no pieces or pawns. There are units of attack and units
of defence. Here b2 is a unit of defence that is destroyed by a unit of attack!
} 16. Nxb2 Qa3 17. Bd4 $6 (17. c4 {might have been better, but I am already
quite cynical after} Qxa2 {I have a feeling that Black should have decent
compensation here, and any human player over the board would feel the same.
However, the engines are not convinced.} 18. Qc2 $1 Qa1+ 19. Qb1 Qa5 20. Rd4
Rb3 21. Bd2 Qc5 22. Bd1 Qxd4 23. Bxb3 Qxf2 24. Rd1 $14 {and although White is
losing pawns, his king is safe and he can surely claim an advantage here.})
17... Qxa2 18. Qc3 Rfd8 $1 {Bringing the last piece into the game. Black's
threat is ...Qa1 followed by taking the piece on b2.} 19. Bc6 Bb5 $3 {The
Indian GM finds a great resource. The idea is to simply deflect the bishop
from the control of the e4 square so that the knight can jump in.} (19... Qa1+
20. Kd2 Qxb2 21. Qxb2 Rxb2 22. Kc3 {and even though White is a pawn down, he
is better here because of his active bishops.} Rbb8 23. Bxa7 $16) 20. Bf3 (20.
Bxb5 Ne4 $19) (20. Nd3 Bxd3 21. Rxd3 (21. Qxd3 Rb4 $1 22. Bxf6 Rxd3 $19) 21...
Qb1+ 22. Kd2 Qxh1 $19) 20... c5 $5 (20... Be2 $3 {Following the same theme
this move would have won the game.} 21. Bc6 (21. Rde1 Bxf3 22. gxf3 c5 $1 23.
Qxc5 Qa1+ 24. Kd2 Qxb2 $19) (21. Bxe2 Ne4 $19) 21... Bxd1 22. Rxd1 Qa1+ 23. Kd2
Qxb2 24. Qxb2 Rxb2 {The rest is just matter of technique.}) 21. Qxc5 Qa1+ 22.
Kd2 Qxb2 {Once again, though this looks completely winning, the white king
manages to survive. Now this is not something that you can blame a player for.
Vidit's evaluation ended somewhere here saying the material is even, and white
king is disastrously placed, while the black king is great. It should be
better for Black. But the tragedy is that it is not! White's king feels really
safe on e3.} 23. Ke3 $1 Qa2 (23... Re8+ 24. Kf4 $1 $16 {The king is afraid of
no one!}) 24. Bxf6 gxf6 $2 (24... Qe6+ 25. Be5 Re8 $11 {was how Black could
have survived.} 26. Kf4 Qh6+ 27. Kg4 Qe6+ $11) 25. Rxd8+ Rxd8 26. Qxb5 {
Black is just a piece down now with no compensation.} Qxc2 27. Rd1 $2 (27. Be4
$1 {Not such a difficult move to find for Aryan.} Qd2+ (27... Qc3+ 28. Kf4 $18
{Once again the king is safe.}) 28. Kf3 $18) 27... Rxd1 28. Qb8+ Kg7 29. Bxd1
Qxd1 {Now the game is drawn. Vidit tries to push it as much as possible, but
there is nothing much he can do here.} 30. Qxa7 Qg1 31. Kf3 Qxh2 32. Qd7 h5 33.
g3 Qh1+ 34. Ke3 Qe1+ 35. Kf3 Qe5 36. Kg2 f5 37. Qd2 Qe4+ 38. Kh2 Qg4 39. Qc3+
Kh7 40. Qc7 Qg6 41. Qf4 Qf6 42. Kh3 Kg6 43. Qb8 Kg7 44. Qf4 Qg6 45. Kh4 f6 46.
f3 Kh7 47. g4 hxg4 48. fxg4 fxg4 49. Qc7+ Kg8 50. Qd8+ Kf7 51. Qd7+ Kf8 52.
Qd8+ Kg7 53. Qc7+ Qf7 54. Qxf7+ Kxf7 55. Kxg4 Ke6 56. Kf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A 11th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2012.02.15"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sjugirov, Sanan"]
[Black "Sasikiran, Krishnan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2622"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[Annotator "Sasikiran,K"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2012.02.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 147"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 {While preparing for the game, I did not find any of
Sanan's games with 3.d4 in Mega Database. Nevertheless this was a pleasant
surprise as I had prepared an interesting novelty in one of the lines and
hoped to catch Sanan off guard.} exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2
Nd5 8. c4 Nb6 9. Nc3 Bb7 {The current variation became popular after Kramnik's
victory over Shirov in Wijk aan Zee 2011.} (9... Qe6 {is the main line.}) 10.
Bd2 O-O-O $5 (10... g6 11. Ne4 O-O-O 12. a4 Ba6 13. Qe3 Qxe5 14. Bc3 Bb4 $1 {
0-1 (43) Shirov,A (2722)-Kramnik,V (2784) Wijk aan Zee 2011}) 11. O-O-O Kb8 $5
{[%mdl 8] A prophylactic idea. In analysing some games of the other lines with
10...0-0-0, I found that White has the check on g4 (especially after Black
plays ...d5) in many lines and decided to get rid of this possibility
immediately. Besides the text has the advantage of clearing the c8-square
which can be used by either knight or bishop. From here onwards my opponent
was spending a lot of time over his moves.} (11... g6) (11... Re8) (11... Qe6)
12. h4 Re8 13. Rh3 Ba6 14. Qg4 Bc8 $5 15. Rg3 {The idea with ...Kb8 was
prepared some time ago and here I completely forgot what I had analysed, which
annoyed me greatly during the game. Nevertheless I decided to try to find the
best moves over the board.} Qc5 16. Ne4 $5 (16. Qf4 Rxe5 17. b4 Qe7 18. c5 Nd5
19. Nxd5 cxd5 20. Re3 {with complex play ahead.}) 16... Qxe5 17. Ng5 f5 $5 {
A dangerous idea. I did not realise that the pawn could not be saved. ...Qf6
was much safer.} (17... Qf6 18. Bc3 (18. Rf3 d5 19. Qg3 Bd6 20. Bf4 (20. Rxf6
Bxg3 21. Rxf7 Bxh4 $15) 20... Qe7 21. Bxd6 Qxd6 22. Qxd6 cxd6 23. Rxf7 Rhf8 24.
cxd5 h6 25. Rxf8 Rxf8 26. Ne4 (26. Nf3 c5 $1 $132 {[%csl Rd5]}) 26... cxd5 27.
Nxd6 Rxf2 $132) 18... h5 19. Qd4 Qxd4 20. Bxd4 c5 21. Be3 Be7 22. Nxf7 Rhf8 23.
Ng5 (23. Rxg7 $2 Bf6 24. Rh7 Re7 $17) 23... d6 $132) 18. Qf3 Rg8 $2 {A clear
strategic error. I wanted to get out of the fork on f7, but the h7-pawn is too
valuable and the queen remains exposed. ...Qf6 or ...c5 is to be preferred.} (
18... Qc5 19. Nf7 Rg8 20. Nh6 Bd6 21. Nxg8 Bxg3 22. Qxg3 Rxg8 23. b3 $13 (23.
Qb3 Qxf2 24. a4 a5 25. Bxa5 d6 26. Bc3 Ka8 27. Kb1 $13)) (18... Qf6 19. Bc3 Qh6
20. Bd2 (20. Qxf5 Bd6 21. Rh3 Be5 $1 22. Bxe5 d6 23. Qf3 Rxe5 24. g4 Rhe8 $15)
(20. Kb1 Qxh4 21. Rd4 Re1+ 22. Bxe1 Qxd4 23. Nf7 Rg8 24. Nh6 f4 25. Bc3 Nxc4
26. Rg4 Nd2+ 27. Bxd2 Qxd2 28. Nxg8 Qe1+ 29. Kc2 Qxf1 30. Rxf4 Bd6 31. Re4 Ba6
$44) 20... Qf6 {with a repetition.}) 19. Bc3 Qc5 {Here it dawned on me that
after the planned 20.Nxh7 Bd6 21.b4 White wins the queen. Hence White wins the
dark coloured bishop and would have a clear advantage after 20.Nh7.} 20. b4 $6
{Weakening his own king for the sake of winning the f5-pawn. Nevertheless
White has not crossed the safety line yet.} (20. Nxh7 $1 $16) 20... Qe7 21.
Qxf5 g6 22. Qf4 Bh6 (22... Bg7 $5 23. Re3 Qf8 24. Qxf8 Rexf8 25. Bxg7 Rxg7 26.
f3 $14) 23. Re3 Qf8 24. Qxf8 Rexf8 25. f3 Rf4 26. Rd4 $2 {Time trouble. It was
necessary to protect the h4-pawn with Be1.} (26. Be1 Nxc4 27. Re7 $14 {winning
the h7-pawn by force and still keeping some advantage due to the better pawn
structure.}) (26. g3 Nxc4 27. Bxc4 (27. Re7 Rxf3 $1 28. Bd4 Bxg5+ 29. hxg5 Nb6
$17) 27... Rxc4 28. Kb2 Bg7 29. Bxg7 Rxg7 30. a3 d5 31. Rde1 h6 32. Ne6 Bxe6
33. Rxe6 Kb7 $13) 26... Rxh4 $1 27. Rxh4 Bxg5 28. Rhe4 Bxe3+ ({The other way
to keep the extra pawn would be} 28... d5 29. f4 dxe4 30. fxg5 Re8 31. Bd3 Ba6
32. Rxe4 Rxe4 33. Bxe4 Bxc4 34. Bxc6 Bxa2 35. g3 {With broken pawns on
queenside and White having two bishops Black's chances of a win are quite
remote.}) 29. Rxe3 Ba6 30. Re7 Bxc4 31. Bxc4 Nxc4 32. Rxd7 h5 33. Re7 Nb6 $6 (
33... Kc8 $1 {is more accurate. See next note.}) 34. Bd2 $6 $138 (34. Re6 $1
Kb7 35. Bd2 {would have tied the black rook to a passive position and the
likely result would have been a draw.}) 34... Kc8 $1 {Now the Black rook
escapes from passive defence as White cannot maintain his rook on the sixth
rank.} 35. a3 Nd5 36. Rf7 Re8 37. Rg7 Re6 38. Kc2 Kb7 39. g4 hxg4 40. fxg4 Kb6
(40... c5 41. bxc5 Kc6 42. Bb4 Kb5 43. Kd3 (43. Kb3 Re3+ 44. Kb2 a5 45. Bd2 Re6
$15) 43... a5 44. Bd2 Kxc5 45. Bxa5 Re3+ 46. Kc2 Rxa3 47. Bxc7 $11) 41. Kb3 a6
42. Rg8 $2 {Now Black will create a passed pawn on the queenside and will
eventually push the white king back.} (42. g5 $1 {stops ...c5 and the likely
end result is a draw.} c5 43. Kc4 Kc6 44. bxc5 Ne7 45. Bb4 $11) 42... c5 43. g5
Kc6 44. Bc1 Nb6 45. bxc5 Kxc5 46. Bb2 Nd5 47. Bh8 Rb6+ 48. Kc2 Re6 49. Kb3 c6
$2 {Now the black rook loses communication to the queenside. It was necessary
to push the a-pawn creating tactical threats to the white king. Something
similar happens in the game later on.} (49... a5 $1) 50. Bb2 Nf4 51. Bc1 Nd5
52. Bb2 a5 $5 53. Bh8 $2 {The decisive error in this see-saw battle. Now the
white king is either pushed back or gets into a mating net.} (53. a4 Re3+ 54.
Kc2 Kb4 55. Rxg6 Re2+ 56. Kc1 Kb3 57. Bd4 Rc2+ 58. Kd1 Rg2 59. Rxc6 Rxg5 {
although Black will win the a-pawn, White can sacrifice the bishop for Black's
a-pawn achieving the draw.}) 53... a4+ $1 54. Kxa4 $2 (54. Kc2 Kc4 55. Ra8 Re2+
56. Kd1 Kd3 57. Rxa4 c5 $1 58. Ra8 Rg2 $17 {although Black should win this
position because of the better co-ordinated pieces.}) 54... Re3 $1 55. Rb8 Rh3
(55... Nb6+ $4 56. Rxb6 $1 Re8 (56... Kxb6 57. Bd4+ $18) 57. Bd4+ Kxd4 58. Rxc6
Ke5 59. Rxg6 Kf5 60. Rc6 Kxg5 61. Kb5 $14) 56. Bb2 Nb6+ 57. Ka5 Rb3 (57... Rb3
58. Rxb6 Rxb6 59. Bd4+ Kxd4 60. Kxb6 c5 61. a4 c4 62. a5 c3 63. a6 c2 64. a7
c1=Q 65. a8=Q Qc5+ 66. Ka6 Qa3+ 67. Kb7 Qxa8+ 68. Kxa8 Ke5 $19) 0-1

[Event "Muenster"]
[Site "Muenster"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Schaefer, Markus"]
[Black "Padevsky, Nikola Bochev"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[Annotator "Schaefer,M"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[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 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Bb6 {>= 5...Qf6} 6. Nc3 Nge7
7. Qd2 O-O 8. O-O-O d6 9. Be2 Kh8 {9...f5!?} 10. g4 $14 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Be6 (
11... Bxd4 12. Qxd4 Ng6 13. h4) 12. f4 f6 13. h4 Qd7 14. g5 (14. f5 $1 Bg8 15.
g5 Bxd4 16. Qxd4 Nc6 17. Qd2 Ne5 18. h5 fxg5 19. h6 g6 (19... gxh6 20. Rxh6 Qg7
21. Rdh1 $1 $16) (19... g4 20. Qf4 $16) 20. Qxg5 gxf5 21. Bh5 $1 $16) 14... f5
15. h5 fxe4 (15... Kg8 16. h6 g6 17. Bg7 Rfe8 18. Bf3 $16) (15... Bxd4 16. Qxd4
Nc6 17. Qd2 Kg8 18. h6 g6 19. exf5 $1) 16. h6 Bxd4 17. Qxd4 Ng6 (17... Nf5 18.
hxg7+ Qxg7 19. Qxe4 (19. Qxg7+ Nxg7 (19... Kxg7 20. Nxe4 {/\ Nf6}) 20. Nxe4
Rxf4 21. Nf6 $16) 19... Rae8 $13) 18. Nxe4 Rxf4 $2 (18... Nxf4 19. Bb5 $1 c6 (
19... Bf5 20. g6 $1 Bxg6 21. Bxd7 Ne2+ 22. Kb1 Nxd4 23. Rxd4 (23. hxg7+ $1 Kxg7
24. Rxd4 Rf4 25. Ng5) 23... Rf4 24. hxg7+ Kg8 $1) 20. hxg7+ (20. g6 $1 Nxg6 21.
Rdg1 Kg8 22. Ng5 $18) 20... Qxg7 21. Nf6 Nh3) 19. Qe3 $1 $18 {/\ Nc5, Bh5,
hxg7+} Bg8 20. Bh5 Qf5 21. Bxg6 hxg6 (21... Rxe4 22. hxg7+ Kxg7 23. Qc3+ Kxg6
24. Rh6+ Kxg5 25. Qg7+ $18) 22. hxg7+ Kxg7 23. Nf6 Qe5 (23... Kf7 24. Rde1 Qe5
25. Qb3+ $18) 24. Qxe5 1-0

[Event "German Masters (Women) 2nd"]
[Site "Dresden"]
[Date "2016.08.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Fuchs, Judith"]
[Black "Kachiani Gersinska, Ketino"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2348"]
[BlackElo "2334"]
[Annotator "Schulz,Andre"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2016.07.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "3"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. Qe2 ({Üblicher ist
} 6. e5) ({oder} 6. Bd3) 6... Bb4+ (6... Qe7 7. e5 {wäre Zugumstellung zur
Hauptvariante.} ({mit der Extramöglichkeit.} 7. Nc3)) 7. c3 Be7 8. e5 Nd5 9.
c4 (9. Qg4 Kf8 10. Qe4 d6 11. c4 Nb6 12. Qxc6 Rb8 13. Nc3 Bb7 14. Qb5 Nd7 15.
exd6 Bxd6 16. Qg5 f6 17. Qh5 Qe7+ 18. Be2 Bxg2 19. Rg1 Be4 20. c5 Nxc5 21. Rxg7
Kxg7 22. Bh6+ Kg8 23. O-O-O Bg6 24. Bc4+ Ne6 25. Qh3 Kf7 26. Nd5 Rxb2 27. Kxb2
Rb8+ 28. Bb3 Be5+ 29. Nc3 c5 30. f4 c4 31. fxe5 cxb3 32. a4 Nc5 33. exf6 Qc7
34. Rd4 Rd8 35. Rxd8 Qxd8 36. Qe3 Qd6 37. Nb5 Nd3+ 38. Kb1 Ne5+ 39. Kb2 Nd3+
40. Kb1 Nf2+ 41. Kc1 Qd1+ 42. Kb2 Nd3+ 43. Ka3 Qa1+ 44. Kxb3 Qb2+ 45. Kc4 Qb4+
46. Kd5 Be4+ {0-1 (46) Shirov,A (2686)-Sevian,S (2589) Stockholm 2016}) 9...
Nb6 10. Qg4 g6 11. Bh6 Bf8 12. Bg5 (12. Qf4 Bxh6 13. Qxh6 Qe7 14. Nc3 Qxe5+ 15.
Kd2 Qd4+ 16. Kc2 Qxf2+ 17. Be2 d6 18. Raf1 Bf5+ 19. Kc1 Qd4 20. Rd1 Qc5 21. Qg5
O-O 22. Qf4 f6 23. g4 Be6 24. Rd4 Qg5 25. Rf1 Rae8 26. Qd2 Qxd2+ 27. Kxd2 Kg7
28. b3 Nd7 29. Rdf4 h6 30. Nd1 f5 31. gxf5 Rxf5 32. Rxf5 Bxf5 33. Ne3 Be6 34.
Bf3 Ne5 35. Bg2 c5 {0-1 (35) Bauer,C (2634)-Bacrot,E (2702) Drancy 2016}) ({
Nach} 12. Bxf8 Kxf8 {bringt Weiß} 13. Qd4 {nicht viel ein:} Kg7 14. e6+ Qf6 (
14... f6 $5)) 12... Be7 13. h4 h6 (13... d5 $5) 14. Bd2 d6 15. Qg3 Be6 16. c5
$6 {Danach öffnet sich die Stellung rasch zugunsten von Schwarz.} (16. b3 Nd7
(16... dxe5 17. Bc3 $11 (17. Qxe5 $4 Bf6)) 17. Bc3 dxe5 $11) 16... Nd5 17. Nc3
({Nach} 17. exd6 cxd6 18. cxd6 Bxd6 {liegt Weiß in der Entwicklung weit
hinten.}) 17... dxe5 18. Qxe5 {Dafür war keine Zeit.} (18. O-O-O $5 $15) 18...
Bf6 19. Qg3 Rb8 20. b3 Qe7 21. Be2 Bg4 $6 ({Genauer war} 21... Nxc3 22. Bxc3
Bg4) 22. O-O $2 ({Weiß verpasst} 22. Qxg4 Nxc3 (22... Bxc3 23. Bxc3 Nxc3 24.
Qf3 Qe5 25. Kf1 $11) 23. Rc1 h5 (23... Nxa2 $2 24. Rc2) 24. Qf3 $11) 22... Bxe2
23. Nxe2 Bxa1 {mit Qualitätsgewinn.} 24. Rxa1 O-O 25. Re1 Rfe8 26. Bxh6 Rb4 {
Droht einfach Te4.} 27. h5 Qh4 (27... Re4 28. hxg6 f5 $19) 28. Bd2 Qxg3 29.
Nxg3 Rxe1+ 30. Bxe1 Rd4 31. Ba5 Rd1+ 32. Kh2 Ra1 33. a4 Ra3 34. hxg6 fxg6 35.
Ne2 Rxb3 36. Nd4 Ra3 37. Nxc6 Rxa4 0-1

[Event "Prague Chip"]
[Site "Prague"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Smagin, Sergey"]
[Black "Mainka, Romuald"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "1992.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 027"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nxc6 $5 {Wrongly considered bad
because of the not so dangerous 5. - Qf6.} Qf6 {This could also arise from 4.
- Qf6!? - see Smagin,S-Hector, J (CBM 27 game 919).} 6. Qd2 $1 dxc6 7. Bd3 Be6
8. Nc3 (8. Qf4 $1 O-O-O 9. Nc3 Qxf4 10. Bxf4 Ne7 $14 {Smagin,S-Van der Sterren,
P (CBM 27 game 904).}) 8... O-O-O 9. Qe2 Bd4 10. Bd2 $14 Ne7 11. f4 $6 Rhe8 12.
e5 Qh4+ 13. g3 Qh3 14. O-O-O f6 15. exf6 gxf6 16. Rde1 Bf7 17. Qf1 Qh5 18. f5
Be5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bern"]
[Site "Bern"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gallagher, Joseph G"]
[Black "Costa, Jean Luc"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1991.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Qh4 5. Nb5 Bb4+ (5... Bc5 6. Qe2 Qd8 $5
{(Hector)} 7. Be3 d6 8. Qd2 Bxe3 9. Qxe3 Nf6 10. N1c3 O-O 11. O-O-O Re8 $10 {
Bjerrin,K - Schьssler,H Gausdal 1990}) 6. Bd2 Qxe4+ 7. Be2 Qxg2 8. Bf3 $18
Bxd2+ 9. Nxd2 Qh3 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. Nxc7+ Kd8 12. Nxa8 Nf6 13. Qf3 Re8+ 14. Kd1
Qe6 15. c3 d5 16. Kc2 Qf5+ 17. Kb3 Qxf3 18. Nxf3 Bb7 19. Rae1 Ne4 20. Rhg1 Bxa8
21. Rxg7 Rf8 22. Ne5 Ke7 23. Rxh7 Nd6 24. Nxf7+ Kd7 25. Ng5+ 1-0

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[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 {Ernst} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7.
Qe2 Nd5 8. c4 (8. h4 {Van der Wiel,J} d6 (8... f6 9. c4 Ba6 10. Rh3 fxe5 11.
Ra3 Nb4 12. Nc3 Qxh4 13. g3 Qd4 14. Rxa6 Nxa6 15. Bf4 O-O-O 16. Be3 Qd6 17. c5
Nxc5 18. b4 Nd3+ 19. Qxd3 Qxd3 20. Bxd3 d5 $13 {Van der Wiel,J-Timman,J/
Amsterdam Optibeurs/1987/1/2-1/2/}) 9. c4 Nb6 10. exd6 cxd6 11. Bg5 Qxe2+ 12.
Bxe2 Be6 13. Nd2 h6 14. Bf4 Be7 15. O-O O-O 16. Rac1 Rfd8 17. Nf3 {Van der
Wiel,J-Van der Sterren,P/Budel izt/1987/1-0/35/}) 8... Ba6 (8... Nb6 9. Nd2 Qe6
10. b3 a5 11. Bb2 a4 {11. - Bb4 12.a3 was better for White in Kasparov,
G-Karpov (16)/Wch/1990/.} 12. Qe3 $14 {(Kasparov)}) 9. b3 {Kasparov`s move.} g6
(9... O-O-O 10. g3 $1 Re8 11. Bb2 f6 12. Bg2 fxe5 13. O-O {13.Nd2! planning
0-0-0, Ne4, and Qe2-d2-a5 is better for White according to Azmajparashvili.} h5
$13 {Kasparov,G-Karpov,A (14)/Wch/1990/.}) (9... O-O-O $10 {Ernst}) 10. f4 (10.
Bb2 Bg7 11. Nd2 Nb4 12. Nf3 c5 13. g3 O-O 14. Bg2 $14 {Hjartarson,J-Portisch,L,
Reykjavik 1991 (CBM 26/game 648).}) 10... f6 11. Ba3 Qf7 (11... Nb4 $2 12. Bb2
$16 {/\ a3+}) (11... c5 $5 12. Qe4 Nb6 13. Bb2) 12. Qd2 $1 (12. exf6+ {Ernst}
Kd8 $132) 12... Nb6 13. c5 $1 Bxf1 14. cxb6 $16 axb6 (14... Ba6 15. bxc7 Bxa3
16. Nxa3 fxe5 17. fxe5 Qe7 18. Qd6 $16 {(Wedberg)}) (14... Bxa3 $1 $8 {Ernst}
15. b7 $1 Rb8 16. Nxa3 Bb5 17. Nxb5 cxb5 18. O-O-O fxe5 19. Rhe1 Rxb7 20. Rxe5+
Kd8 $13) 15. e6 $1 dxe6 (15... Qxe6+ {Ernst} 16. Kxf1 Bxa3 17. Nxa3 Rxa3 18.
Re1 $18) 16. Bxf8 Rd8 17. Qb2 Bxg2 18. Qxg2 Kxf8 19. Qxc6 Rd6 20. Qc3 Kg7 21.
Nd2 Rhd8 22. O-O-O Qe8 23. Qxc7+ R8d7 24. Qc2 $18 Qb8 25. Nc4 Rd5 26. Qf2 Qc7
27. Qxb6 Qxf4+ 28. Qe3 Qg4 29. Rdg1 Qh4 30. Rg3 e5 31. Rh3 Qg4 32. Rg1 Rd1+ 33.
Rxd1 Qxd1+ 34. Kb2 h5 35. Rg3 Qh1 36. Qf2 h4 37. Qg2 Qxg2+ 38. Rxg2 g5 39. a4
Kg6 40. a5 e4 41. b4 h3 42. Rg3 Rh7 43. a6 f5 44. Ra3 1-0

[Event "Interpolis"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1992.10.22"]
[Round "5.6"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[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"]

{Barrage 15'} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 (4... Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6
6. c3 Nge7 7. Bc4 Ne5 8. Bb3 (8. Be2 d5 9. O-O O-O 10. Nd2 Bb6 11. f4 Qh6 $1
$13 {Sveshnikov,E-Smyslov,V, Tilbrug 1992. CBM 32 game 961.}) 8... Qg6 9. O-O
Ng4 $10 {Kesanen,I-Mc Carron,T, Helsinki 1992. CBM 32 game 298.}) 5. Nxc6 bxc6
6. e5 Qe7 (6... Ne4 7. Bd3 $5 {New. 7.Qd4? f5! - Lautier,J-Beliavsky,V, Biel
1992. CBM 31 game 193.} Nc5 8. O-O d6 9. exd6 Bxd6 10. Be2 {10.Re1+ Be6 =} O-O
11. Nd2 {11.Bf3 Qf6 =} Be6 $10 {Illescas Cordoba,M-Sokolov,I, Chalkidiki 1992.
CBM 32 game 27.}) 7. Qe2 Nd5 8. c4 Ba6 9. b3 (9. g3 g6 10. Bg2 Bg7 11. O-O O-O
12. Re1 Rae8 $10 {Van der Wiel,J-Nikolic,Pr, Tilburg 1992, CBM 32 game 864.})
9... g6 10. g3 Bg7 11. Bb2 O-O 12. Bg2 f6 13. O-O $1 fxe5 14. Qd2 Nb6 15. Ba3
d6 16. Bxc6 Rab8 17. Nc3 Bb7 18. Bxb7 Rxb7 19. Ne4 $14 Rd8 20. Rad1 Rbb8 21. c5
dxc5 22. Qc2 Qf7 23. Bxc5 h6 24. Be3 a5 25. Rxd8+ Rxd8 26. Rd1 Rxd1+ 27. Qxd1
Kh7 28. a4 Nd7 29. Qd3 Nf8 30. Nd2 $1 $16 Ne6 31. Nc4 Qf3 32. Nd2 Qd1+ 33. Qf1
Qc2 34. Qc4 Qd1+ 35. Kg2 Nd4 36. Bxd4 exd4 37. Ne4 Qg4 38. Qd5 c6 $2 39. Qxc6
d3 40. f3 $1 $18 Qf5 41. Qd6 Qc8 42. Qxd3 Qc1 43. h4 Qb2+ 44. Kh3 Qe5 45. Nd2
Qe6+ 46. Kg2 Qe5 47. Nc4 Qc5 48. Qd2 g5 49. hxg5 hxg5 50. Qxa5 Qe7 51. Qf5+ Kh6
52. Qe4 Qb4 53. Ne3 $1 Qd2+ 1-0

[Event "Reggio Emilia-A 9192 34th"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Salov, Valery"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1991.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 027"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. c3 Nge7 7. g3 $5 {
More modern is 7.Bc4.} d5 8. Bg2 Nxd4 9. cxd4 Bb4+ (9... Bb6 $5 10. exd5 Nf5
11. O-O O-O 12. Nc3 (12. Nd2 $5 {(Gutman)} Bxd4 13. Bxd4 Nxd4 {13. - Qxd4 14.
Qc2 +/=} 14. Rc1 $14) 12... Bxd4 13. Ne4 Qb6 14. Bxd4 Nxd4 15. Rc1 Bf5 $10 {
Nunn,J-Smagin,S, Bundesliga 1991/92.}) 10. Nc3 Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 dxe4 12. Bxe4 c6
$1 (12... Qe6 $6 13. Qd3 Nd5 14. Bg2 Nxe3 15. Qxe3 Rb8 16. Kd2 {+/=/=,
Campora-Rubinetti, Argentina 1986.}) (12... Bh3 13. Qh5 $5 Qe6 14. Bxb7 $16 Rb8
) 13. O-O O-O 14. a4 (14. Qd2 h6 15. Rab1 Nd5 16. c4 Nb6 17. Rfc1 $14 {(Gutman)
}) 14... Bf5 15. Bg2 Rad8 16. Qb3 Rd7 17. c4 Rfd8 18. h3 h5 $10 19. Rfe1 Qg6
20. a5 Be6 21. Rad1 b5 22. axb6 axb6 23. Qb4 b5 24. cxb5 Nd5 25. Qc5 cxb5 26.
Qxb5 $1 Nc3 27. Qd3 Nxd1 28. Qxg6 fxg6 29. Rxd1 $10 Bd5 30. Bxd5+ Rxd5 31. h4
Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings 9192"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Chandler, Murray G"]
[Black "Speelman, Jonathan S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "1991.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 027"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 (5. Nxc6 Qf6 6. Qd2 {See
Smagin,S-Mainka,R (CBM 27 game 980).}) 5... Qf6 6. c3 Nge7 7. Bc4 b6 {New.} (
7... Ne5 8. Be2 d5 (8... Qg6 9. O-O d6 10. f3 (10. f4 $6 Qxe4 11. Bf2 Bxd4 12.
cxd4 N5g6 13. Nc3 Qxf4 14. Nb5 O-O $15 {Sax,G-Lukacs,P (CBM 2 game 426).})
10... O-O 11. Nd2 d5 12. Kh1 dxe4 13. fxe4 $10 {Schmittdiel,E-Sokolov,I (CBM
27 game 382).}) 9. O-O dxe4 $6 10. Nb5 $1 Bd6 11. Bc5 $1 a6 $1 (11... O-O 12.
Nxd6 cxd6 13. Qxd6 Qxd6 14. Bxd6 $16 {Steingrimsson-Malanjuk, Kecskemet 1991.})
12. Bxd6 $14 {1/2, Nielsen,PH-Romanishin,O (CBM 27 game 47).}) (7... Nxd4 8.
cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Nc3 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 O-O 11. O-O Qc6 12. Bd3 d5 13. Qc2 $14 {
Schmittdiel,E-Romanishin,O (CBM 27 game 381).}) 8. O-O Bb7 9. f4 (9. b4 Nxd4
10. cxd4 Bxb4 11. a3 Ba5 12. d5 $1 O-O 13. Ra2 $1 {13.f4?! - Shirov,
A-Agdestein,S (CBM 27 game 469).} Rae8 14. Re2 Ng6 15. Bd4 Qh4 16. g3 Qh5 17.
f4 d6 $14 {Djurhuus,R-Hector,J, Gausdal 1992.}) 9... O-O-O 10. e5 Qh6 11. Qd2
f6 12. Na3 Nxd4 13. cxd4 Bxa3 14. bxa3 Nf5 15. Rac1 fxe5 16. dxe5 Kb8 17. Bd3
Qe6 18. Rfe1 Rc8 19. a4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Campora, Daniel Hugo"]
[Black "Rodriguez Talavera, Juan Carlos"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2375"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1992.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 031"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 (4... Nf6 5. Nxc6 (5. Nc3 Bb4 6.
Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8. exd5 Qe7+ 9. Qe2 Nxd5 {9. - Qxe2+ +/=/= Brenke,
A-Arkhipov,S, Lippstadt 1992, CBM 31 game 404.} 10. Qxe7+ Kxe7 11. a3 Bxc3+ 12.
bxc3 Be6 13. O-O f6 14. c4 Nb6 15. Be4 Bxc4 16. Re1 Kf7 17. Bxc6 Rad8 18. Be3
Bd5 19. Bb5 Bc4 $1 20. Bxc4+ Nxc4 21. Bxa7 Rd5 $1 $10 {Lautier,J-Karpov,A,
Biel 1992, CBM 31 game 196.}) 5... bxc6 6. e5 Ne4 $5 {6. - Qe7, 6. - Nd5.} 7.
Qd4 (7. Be3 {7.Qf3!?} d5 8. exd6 cxd6 {8. - Bxd6!?} 9. Bd3 Nf6 {+/=/=,
Timman-Kortchnoi, Sarajevo 1984.}) 7... f5 8. f3 Bc5 9. Qc4 d5 10. Qa4 O-O $13
{Lautier,J-Beliavsky,A, Biel 1992. CBM 31 game 193.}) 5. Be3 Qf6 6. c3 Nge7 7.
Nc2 Bb6 8. g3 d5 $5 9. Bxb6 axb6 10. exd5 Ne5 11. f4 Qg6 (11... Bg4 $2 12. fxe5
Qxe5+ 13. Be2 $18) 12. fxe5 $6 (12. Be2 Qe4 13. O-O Bh3 14. Rf2 Ng4) 12... Qe4+
13. Kd2 Bg4 14. Qe1 Qxd5+ 15. Bd3 {15.Kc1} O-O-O 16. Qf1 Bf5 17. Nb4 Bxd3 $17
18. Nxd3 Qe4 19. Na3 Rxd3+ 20. Qxd3 Qg2+ 21. Ke3 Rd8 22. Qxd8+ Kxd8 23. Rhd1+
Nd5+ 24. Kd4 Ke7 25. Rd3 c5+ 26. Kc4 Qe4+ 0-1

[Event "Brno-B"]
[Site "Brno"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Polgar, Sofia"]
[Black "Horvath, Gyula"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1993.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 038"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Horvath,T Donev} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Qh4 (4... Bc5 5. Nb3 (
5. Nxc6 Qf6 6. Qd2 dxc6 7. Nc3 Be6 8. Na4 Rd8 9. Bd3 Bd4 10. O-O Nh6 $5 11. c3
Ng4 $1 12. cxd4 Qxd4 13. Qc2 Qxd3 14. Qxd3 Rxd3 15. Nc5 Rd4 16. Nxb7 Rxe4 17.
f3 Rb4 18. Nc5 Ne5 19. b3 $10 {Ochoa De Echaguen-Sharif, EU-cup, Barcelona 1993
}) 5... Bb6 6. Nc3 d6 7. a4 a6 8. Nd5 Ba7 9. Be2 Nf6 $1 10. O-O {10.Bg5? Bxf2+
- +} Nxd5 {10. - Nxe4!?} 11. exd5 Ne5 12. Bf4 Ng6 13. Bg3 O-O {+/=/= Adams,
M-Kotronias,V, Chalkidiki 1993}) 5. Nb5 (5. Nf3 {Horvath,T} Qxe4+ 6. Be2 Qe7 $1
7. Bg5 Nf6 8. Nc3 Qd8 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. Nd5 Qd8 11. Nd4 Bc5 $13 {Caplinskij})
5... Bc5 (5... Bb4+ {Horvath,T} 6. N1c3 Qxe4+ 7. Be2 Bxc3+ 8. Nxc3 Qd4 9. Bd3
Nb4 10. Nb5 Nxd3+ 11. Qxd3 Qxd3 12. cxd3 Kd8 $10) 6. Qf3 (6. Qe2 Qd8 7. Be3 d6
8. Qd2 (8. Nd2 a6 9. Nc3 Nf6 10. O-O-O O-O 11. f3 $14 {(Gutman,L)}) 8... Bxe3
9. Qxe3 Nf6 10. N1c3 O-O 11. O-O-O Re8 12. f3 Qe7 13. g4 a6 14. Nd4 Nxd4 15.
Qxd4 Qe5 $10 {Bjerring,K-Schьssler,H,Gausdal 1990}) 6... Bb6 (6... Qd8 $2 7.
Qg3 $18) (6... Nf6 7. Nxc7+ (7. Be3 Bxe3 8. Qxe3 O-O 9. Nxc7 Nb4 10. Bd3 d5 11.
e5 d4 12. Qg3 $16 {Mьller,K-Mitkov,Mamaja 1991}) 7... Kd8 8. Nxa8 Nxe4 $17) (
6... Nd4 7. Nxc7+ (7. Nxd4 Bxd4 8. Nc3 $5 $13 {8.c3} (8. c3 {Donev} Bb6 9. Nd2
d6 $10)) 7... Kd8 8. Qf4 Nxc2+ 9. Kd1 Qxf4 10. Bxf4 Nxa1 11. Nxa8 d6 12. Bc4
Be6 13. Bxe6 fxe6 14. Nc3 Kd7 $10 15. f3) 7. Be3 $1 Ba5+ (7... Ne5 8. Qe2 Ba5+
9. Nd2 $16) 8. Bd2 (8. Nd2 a6 9. Nd4 {+/-/+/= (Gutman,L)} (9. Nc3 {Donev} Ne5
10. Qg3 Qxg3 11. hxg3 Bxc3 12. bxc3 d6 {><c4} 13. Be2 {^^} Be6 14. Bd4 $14))
8... Bb6 9. Bc3 (9. N1c3 a6 10. Na3 $13 Nd4) (9. Be3 {Donev} Ba5+ 10. Bd2 Bb6
$10) 9... Nf6 (9... Qg5 $5 {Donev}) 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 (10... gxf6 {Donev} 11. N1c3
Ne5 12. Qe2 a6 $13) 11. Qxf6 gxf6 12. N5c3 (12. N1c3 {Donev} a6 13. Na3 {/\ Nd5
} Ba5 14. Nc4 (14. Kd2 b5 $1 15. Nab1 Bb7 $15) 14... Bxc3+ 15. bxc3 d6 16. Ne3
$10) 12... d6 {12. - Bd4 =} 13. Nd5 f5 14. Nbc3 fxe4 15. Nxe4 Be6 16. Nef6+ Kf8
17. O-O-O Ne7 (17... Bxf2 $6 {Donev} 18. Nxc7 Rd8 19. Ncd5 Bd4 20. Bb5 $14) 18.
Nxb6 axb6 19. a3 Ra5 $10 20. Bd3 Kg7 21. Ne4 Ng6 22. Nc3 (22. g3 {Horvath,T} h5
23. h4 $14) 22... Bd7 {22. - c6} 23. Be4 Bc6 24. Rhe1 Rc5 25. a4 (25. Bxc6 $142
{Donev} bxc6 26. Rd3 $14) 25... Ra8 26. Bxc6 bxc6 27. Re3 Rf5 (27... b5 $142 {
Donev} 28. b3 Nf4 $10 {/\ Nd5!; Rc3!}) 28. f3 h5 29. g3 h4 (29... b5 {Donev}
30. b3 bxa4 31. bxa4 Ne5 $132) 30. gxh4 Rh8 31. Rd4 d5 $6 {31. - Nxh4 =} (31...
Rxh4 $142 {Donev} 32. Rxh4 Nxh4 33. Re7 Nxf3 34. Rxc7 Ne5 $10) 32. b4 Rhh5 $2 (
32... Rxh4 {Horvath,T} 33. Rxh4 Nxh4 34. a5 bxa5 35. bxa5 $16) 33. Ne2 c5 (
33... Rxh4 {Donev} 34. Rxh4 Nxh4 35. f4 Rh5 $1 (35... Ng6 $2 36. Ng3 $1 $16)
36. Ng3 Rh8 $14) 34. bxc5 bxc5 35. Rg4 Rxh4 $2 (35... Kh6 $142 {Donev} 36. Ng3
Re5 $8 37. Rxe5 Rxe5 38. f4 $16) 36. Ng3 $1 $18 Rxf3 (36... Rxg4 37. Nxf5+ $18)
(36... Rf4 37. Rxh4 Rxh4 {37. - Nxh4 38.Nh5+ + -} 38. Nf5+ $18) 37. Rxg6+ Kxg6
38. Rxf3 Rxa4 39. Ne2 c6 40. Nf4+ Kg7 41. Nd3 Rh4 42. h3 f6 (42... c4 {Donev}
43. Ne5 $18) 43. Nxc5 Kf7 (43... Kf7 {Donev} 44. Nd7 $1) 1-0

[Event "Gausdal Int"]
[Site "Gausdal"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Efimov, Igor"]
[Black "Yakovich, Yuri"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1991.08.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 {In the other main-line, 5.
Nc3 the new move 14.Qe1!? was seen in Yakovich,Y- Ernst,T, Gausdal 1991 (CBM
25/game 523).} bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8. c4 Ba6 9. Qe4 Nf6 10. Qe2 Nd5 11.
g3 $5 {Instead of 11.b3 0-0-0 12.g3 as (with a different move-order) in
Kasparov- Karpov (m14) Lyon 1990. Or, instead, 11. - f6?! 12.Bb2 as in
Thorhallson,T- Fyllingen,R, Gausdal 1991 (CBM 25/game 498} f6 {11. ... 0-0-0}
12. e6 $5 dxe6 13. b3 $6 {13.Bg2!} Qf7 $1 $15 14. Bh3 Bb4+ 15. Bd2 e5 16. Bxb4
Nxb4 17. O-O O-O 18. Nc3 Bc8 19. Bxc8 Raxc8 20. Rad1 Rcd8 21. Ne4 f5 22. a3 $6
fxe4 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. axb4 Qf3 $1 $17 25. Re1 Rd4 26. h3 Qc3 27. Kg2 Qxb4 28.
Qh5 Qf8 29. Qxe5 Rd2 30. Qe6+ Kh8 31. Rf1 Qf3+ 32. Kg1 h6 33. Qxc6 Rb2 34. h4
Rxb3 35. Re1 a5 36. Qe8+ {36.Qxe4.} Kh7 37. Qxe4+ Qxe4 38. Rxe4 a4 39. h5 $2 {
39.Re5 Rb4 40.Rc5!} a3 0-1

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Gulko, Boris F"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[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} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 (4... Qh4 5. Nb5 {5. c3!?.}
Bc5 6. Qe2 Qd8 {(Hector)} 7. Be3 d6 8. Qd2 Bxe3 9. Qxe3 Nf6 10. N1c3 O-O $10 {
Bjerring,K-Schьssler,H, Gausdal 1990.}) (4... Nf6 {See CBM 26/game 648.}) 5.
Be3 {Interesting is also 5. b3 (See Chiburdanidze-Xie Jun W-ch 1991; CBM 26/
game 965) and 5. f5. 5. xc6 allows 5. - f6!.} Qf6 (5... Bb6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Qd2 $5
$14) 6. c3 Nge7 7. Bc4 $1 {The modern line. For 7.g3 see Rasik,V-Blatny,P,
Brno 1991.} Qg6 $2 (7... Ne5 8. Be2 Qg6 (8... d5 9. O-O $1 dxe4 $6 10. Nb5 Bd6
$6 {10. - b6.} 11. Bc5 $1 $16 {Steimgrimsson-Malanjuk, Hungary 1991 (CBM 26/
game 276).}) 9. O-O d5 (9... d6 10. f4 Qxe4 11. Bf2 $18 {(11. - xf4 12. b5!)
Steingrimsson,H-Lukacs,P, Hungary 1991 (CBM 25/game 275).} (11. Bf2 {Ernst} Nd7
12. Bd3 Qd5 13. c4 Qxd4 14. Bxd4 Bxd4+ 15. Kh1 Bxb2 $16)) 10. Bh5 $1 {New and
much better than the older 10.exd5.} Qxe4 11. Nd2 Qd3 (11... Qh4 12. N4f3 Qxh5
13. Bxc5 $14) 12. N4f3 Bd6 (12... Bxe3 13. Nxe5 Qxd2 14. Qa4+ c6 15. Rad1 $16)
13. Nxe5 Bxe5 14. Bc5 $14 {Ehlvest,J-Beljavskij,A, Reykjavik 1991 (CBM 26/game
631).}) (7... O-O 8. O-O Bb6 9. Bb3 {Interesting is the flexible 9. h1. See
Kasparov,G-Kamsky,G, Tilburg 1991 (CBM 26/game 893).} Na5 $5 (9... d6 10. Kh1
Nxd4 11. cxd4 Nc6 12. Nc3 $1 $14 {Dolmatov,S-Yusupov,A, candidates match 1991.}
) 10. Nc2 Qg6 11. Re1 d6 $14 {Nijboer,F-Van der Wiel,J, NLD-ch 1991 (CBM 26/
game 461).}) 8. Nxc6 Qxc6 (8... Qxg2 9. Rf1 Bxe3 10. Nxe7 $18 (10. fxe3 $44 {
Ernst})) 9. Bxf7+ $1 $16 Kxf7 10. Qh5+ Ng6 11. Qf5+ Ke8 12. Qxc5 Qxe4 13. Nd2
Qc6 14. Qh5 d6 15. O-O Be6 16. Bd4 Kd7 17. f4 $1 Ne7 18. f5 $1 Bxf5 19. Rae1 $1
g6 20. Rxe7+ $1 Kxe7 21. Qg5+ Kd7 22. Bxh8 Qb6+ {22. - xh8 23. xf5 gxf5 24.
g7+ + -} (22... Rxh8 {Ernst} 23. Rxf5 gxf5 24. Qg7+ $18) 23. Bd4 Qxb2 24. g4
Be6 25. Rb1 Qxa2 26. Qb5+ Ke7 27. Qxb7 Rd8 28. Rf1 $1 Qxd2 29. Qxc7+ Bd7 30.
Bf6+ Ke6 31. Qc4+ {31. - d5 32. a6+ + -} 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg zt"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sveshnikov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "1993.01.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 034"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 (4... Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. c3 Nge7 7.
Bc4 Ne5 (7... b6 8. O-O Bb7 9. Nb5 O-O-O 10. Bxc5 bxc5 11. Qa4 d5 $5 $13 {
Tregubov,P-Sherbakov,R, St. Petersburg zt 1993, CBM 34 game 716}) 8. Be2 Qg6 9.
O-O d6 10. f4 Qxe4 11. Bf2 Bxd4 12. cxd4 N5g6 13. Nc3 Qxf4 14. Nb5 O-O 15. Nxc7
Rb8 16. d5 $13 {Morosevic,A-Balashov,Y, St. Petersburg zt CBM 34 game 669.}) 5.
Nxc6 bxc6 6. Nd2 $5 {New.} (6. Bd3 $5 d5 7. e5 Ng4 8. O-O Qh4 $13 {1/2.
Istratescu,A-Marin,M, Bucharest 1993. CBM 34 game 178.}) (6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5
8. c4 Nb6 9. Nd2 Bb7 10. b3 a5 11. Bb2 $5 {New, known is 11.a4.}) 6... d5 7.
exd5 cxd5 8. Bb5+ Bd7 9. Bxd7+ Qxd7 10. O-O Be7 11. c4 {11.Nf3 0-0 =} O-O 12.
cxd5 Nxd5 13. Ne4 $10 Rad8 14. Qf3 Rfe8 15. Rd1 Qe6 16. Bd2 Bf8 17. Re1 Qg6
1/2-1/2

[Event "Hafnarfirdi"]
[Site "Hafnarfirdi"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Stefansson, Hannes"]
[Black "Jonsson, Bjorgvin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1992.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 029"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
c4 Ba6 (8... Nb6 9. Nd2 Qe6 10. b3 Bb4 11. Bb2 $5 {11.a3 was played in
Kasparov,G-Karpov,A, Lyon 1990.} O-O 12. O-O-O d5 13. exd6 Qxd6 14. Nf3 Qh6+
15. Qe3 Qxe3+ 16. fxe3 $14 {Kasparov,G-Piket,Je, Dortmund 1992 CBM 29 game 398}
) 9. b3 Qh4 (9... g6 10. f4 Qb4+ 11. Bd2 Qb6 12. Nc3 Nxc3 $5 {12. - Bb4 -
Gelfand,B-Karpov,A, Linares 1992.} 13. Bxc3 Bb4 14. Qd2 c5 15. Bxb4 Qxb4 16.
Qxb4 cxb4 $14 {Lau,R-Dautov,R Dortmund op-A 1992 CBM 29 game 552. 17.a3}) 10.
Bb2 (10. a3 Bc5 11. Qf3 $5 Bd4 12. Ra2 Nb6 13. Bd3 O-O-O 14. Re2 Rhe8 $13 {
Thorhallsson,T-Jonsson,B, Hafnafirdi 1992 CBM 29 game 787}) 10... Bb4+ 11. Kd1
O-O-O $5 {New. 11. - Nf4 12.Qe3 Ne6 was unclear in Gufeld-Wistanetzki, Moskau
1955.} 12. g3 Qh6 13. a3 Be7 14. Qd2 $1 $14 Qxd2+ 15. Nxd2 Nb6 16. Kc2 Rhf8 17.
f4 f6 18. exf6 Bxf6 19. Bxf6 Rxf6 20. Ne4 Rff8 21. Nc5 Bb7 22. a4 a5 23. b4 $1
$18 axb4 24. a5 Rde8 25. axb6 cxb6 26. Nxb7 Kxb7 27. Bd3 b5 28. c5 g5 29. Rhf1
gxf4 30. Rxf4 Rxf4 31. gxf4 Re3 32. Rf1 Kc7 33. f5 Kd8 34. f6 Ke8 35. Bxh7 Kf7
36. Bg6+ 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-32"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.09.26"]
[Round "10.1"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[Annotator "Shipov,S"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1996.09.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Bosnia&Herzegovina"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BIH"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
c4 Ba6 9. g3 g6 10. b3 Bg7 11. Bb2 O-O 12. Bg2 Rfe8 (12... Rae8 13. O-O Bxe5 (
13... Nb6 14. Re1 f6 15. Qd2 fxe5 16. Ba3 c5 17. Qa5 e4 18. Nc3 Bd4 19. Rxe4
$16 {Fogarasi,T-Sziraki,T/HUN/1993/1:0/49/}) 14. Qxe5 Qxe5 15. Bxe5 Rxe5 16.
cxd5 Bxf1 17. Kxf1 cxd5 18. Nc3 c6 19. Na4 $14 {Rublevsky,S-Nikolic,P/Polanica
Zdroj/1996/1:0/50/}) 13. O-O Nb6 (13... Rab8 14. Re1 Nb6 15. Qc2 Qb4 16. Nd2
Na4 17. a3 Qb6 18. b4 Nxb2 19. Qxb2 c5 $132 {Messina,I-Ginzburg,M/FRA/1995/0.5/
29/}) 14. Re1 d5 (14... f6 15. e6 $5) 15. Qc2 Qc5 16. Nd2 Rad8 (16... dxc4 17.
Rac1 $36) 17. Rac1 d4 $2 {>< Ba6,Nb6,d4/} (17... dxc4 18. bxc4 Bxe5 $2 (18...
Re6 $13) 19. Nb3 $18) 18. Nf3 d3 (18... Bxe5 $2 19. b4 $1 $18) 19. Qd2 Bc8 20.
h3 $1 h5 (20... Bf5 21. g4) 21. Rcd1 Bf5 22. e6 $3 Rxe6 (22... fxe6 23. Bxg7
Kxg7 24. Qc3+ Kg8 25. Ne5 $16) (22... Bxb2 23. exf7+ Kxf7 24. Qxb2 $16) 23.
Rxe6 Bxe6 (23... fxe6 24. Bxg7 Kxg7 25. Qc3+ Kg8 26. Ne5 $16) 24. Bxg7 Kxg7 25.
Qc3+ Kg8 26. Rxd3 Rxd3 27. Qxd3 $16 {>< c6,c7,a7/} Nd7 $6 (27... a5 $5 {/\ a4/}
) 28. Qc3 Bf5 (28... Nf8 29. Ne5 Bd7 30. b4 Qd6 31. c5 $16) 29. Nd4 Qe5 30. Qd2
c5 31. Nxf5 $1 Qxf5 32. Qa5 Ne5 (32... Qb1+ 33. Kh2 Qb2 34. Qxc7 $18) 33. Qxa7
h4 (33... Nd3 34. Qa8+ Kg7 35. Qf3 $18) 34. Qa8+ Kg7 35. Qe4 Qf6 36. Qxh4 1-0

[Event "Gausdal m"]
[Site "Gausdal"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Agdestein, Simen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Shirov,A"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1992.02.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 028"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Schussler} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7
7. Qe2 Nd5 8. c4 Nb6 9. Nd2 (9. b3 $6 a5 $1 10. Ba3 (10. a4 Qb4+ $1 11. Nd2 Qc3
12. Rb1 Bb4 $17) 10... c5 11. Nc3 a4 12. Nb5 Kd8 $17) 9... a5 $1 (9... Qe6 {
Schussler} 10. b3 Bb4 11. Bb2 O-O 12. a3 Bxd2+ 13. Qxd2 f6 14. c5 Nd5 15. O-O-O
fxe5 16. Bc4 d6 $15 {Nijboer,F-Winants,L, Wijk-B CBM 28 game 972.}) 10. h4 $6 (
10. g3 Ba6 11. Bg2 O-O-O 12. b3 (12. O-O $6 f6 $1) 12... f6 13. Bb2 fxe5 14.
O-O $1 $13) 10... a4 $1 (10... Ba6 $6 11. Rh3 O-O-O 12. b4 $1 $40 axb4 13. a3)
11. g3 (11. Rh3 $6 d5 $1 (11... d5 {Schussler} 12. Re3)) 11... Ra5 $1 12. f4
Ba6 $15 13. Rh2 $1 f6 $2 (13... Kd8 $1 {/\ f6} 14. Qe4 (14. Kd1 $6 f6 15. exf6
gxf6 (15... Qxf6 16. Ne4 Qd4+ 17. Qd2 Qg1 $1 18. Qxa5 Qxf1+ 19. Qe1 Qxc4 $17)
16. Qd3 $15) 14... f6 15. Re2 fxe5 16. fxe5 Kc8 $15) 14. exf6 gxf6 {[#]} 15. b4
$1 axb3 (15... Rh5 $2 16. g4 Rh6 17. Qxe7+ Bxe7 18. c5 Bxf1 19. Nxf1 Nd5 20. f5
$18) (15... Rf5 16. Qxe7+ Bxe7 17. Bd3 (17. c5 Bxf1 18. Nxf1 Nd5 19. g4 Rxf4
20. Bxf4 Nxf4 $14) 17... Rh5 18. g4 Rh6 19. f5 $1 Bxb4 20. Rb1 $1 Bd6 (20...
Bf8 21. Ne4 Kf7 22. g5 $1 fxg5 23. Nxg5+ Ke8 24. Bb2 Rg8 25. Re2+ $18) (20...
Bc3 21. Kd1 Be5 22. Rh3 Bf4 23. c5 $1 Bxd3 24. Rxd3 Nc8 25. Nf3 $1 Bxc1 26.
Kxc1 $18 {צh6}) 21. Re2+ Kd8 22. Nf3 Bg3+ 23. Kd1 Rxh4 24. Nxh4 Bxh4 25. Kc2
$16 (25. Be3 $16)) 16. Nxb3 Ra4 17. Nc5 $1 Qxe2+ (17... Ra5 {Schussler} 18.
Qxe7+ Bxe7 19. Nxa6 Rxa6 20. c5) 18. Rxe2+ Kf7 19. Nxa4 Nxa4 20. Rc2 $1 $16 Bc5
(20... Rg8 21. Kf2 Nc5 22. Kf3 f5 23. Bd2 Ne4 24. Be1 $16 c5 25. Rb1) 21. Rb1
Re8+ 22. Be2 $2 (22. Kd1 d5 (22... Nb6 23. Rb3 $18) (22... Bd4 23. Rb3 $18) (
22... Re4 23. Bd3 $18) 23. Be2 Rg8 24. Rb3 $18) 22... Nb6 $1 23. Kd1 Re4 24.
Bd3 Rd4 25. Ke2 Nxc4 (25... Bxc4 26. Bxc4+ Nxc4 27. Rb8 $16) 26. Rb8 Rxd3 27.
Kxd3 Ne3+ 28. Kc3 d5 $2 (28... Nxc2 29. Kxc2 $16) 29. Bxe3 Bxe3 30. Kb4 Ke7 (
30... c5+ 31. Rxc5 $18) 31. Rxc6 Be2 32. Rxc7+ Kd6 33. Rc3 Bd2 34. Rd8+ 1-0

[Event "Linares 14th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1997.02.14"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[Annotator "Shirov,A"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1997.02.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 {I didn't expect this opening from Vishy but
fortunately some other players at Linares could play it and at least i had
some knowledge of the database. But to remember the exact move orders would be
too much for me...} exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nxc6 Qf6 6. Qd2 dxc6 7. Nc3 Ne7 {
Just to know less that one needs after more popular} (7... Be6 {Of course, my
choice wasn't without Topalov's influence, as his draw against Kasparov seemed
convincing.}) 8. Qf4 Be6 {I made this move quickly but since Anand sank into
thought I realised that I probably confused something. It's true because in
fact Topalov played} (8... Ng6 9. Qxf6 gxf6 {. But it seems that my move 
('home-prepared' as any other commentator would put it) appears to be a good
novelty. White anyway will be forced to change queens and Black gets even
quicker development than in case of 8...Ng6.}) 9. Qxf6 gxf6 10. f4 (10. Na4
Bb4+ 11. Bd2 Bxd2+ 12. Kxd2 O-O-O+ 13. Bd3 b6 {seems rather satisfactory for
Black.}) 10... f5 11. Bd2 {Anand rejected} (11. Na4 {because of} Bb4+ 12. c3
Bd6 13. e5 b5 $1) 11... O-O-O 12. O-O-O Rhg8 13. g3 h5 $5 {Black still has
some positional disadvantage and his chances are in active play. Now White
opts for a forced line that at the end of all leads to draw.} 14. Bh3 {I was
slightly afraid of} (14. Be2 h4 15. gxh4 {but saw that} Rg2 $1 {promises good
compensation for the pawn.}) 14... h4 15. Na4 $1 {Now it looks like Black is
in danger as the f5 pawn is going to be hanging. So thought I but after some
half an hour of thought I found more or less clear path to draw.} Bf2 16. Bb4
Rxd1+ $1 17. Rxd1 (17. Kxd1 hxg3 18. hxg3 Kd8 {is also OK.}) 17... hxg3 18.
hxg3 {No time for} (18. Bxe7 gxh2) 18... b5 $1 19. Bxe7 bxa4 20. Bxf5 {It was
important to notice in advance that after} (20. exf5 {Black has} Bxa2) 20...
Bxf5 21. exf5 Be3+ 22. Kb1 Rxg3 23. Rd8+ Kb7 24. a3 Bxf4 25. Rf8 Be5 {Draw
because of the moves repetition after} (25... Be5 26. Rxf7 Rg1+ 27. Ka2 Rg2 28.
Kb1 Rg1+) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 77th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2015.01.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2797"]
[Annotator "So,Wesley"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2015.01.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Facing the defending champion is always difficult and I was expecting a long
fight.} 1. e4 e5 $1 2. Nf3 Nc6 $1 {In my opinion this is the way to meet 1.e4.
After many millions of chessgames in the past and being played right now, I
think we can draw a conclusion (at least statistically) as to what are the
best moves in the opening. The exclamation marks are entirely subjective and
might be unnecessary.} 3. d4 {After spending a long time trying to find
anything against the Berlin and the Marshall, I finally gave up and for this
game I decided to look for other paths to an advantage.} exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 {
A sign of the flexibility Black has from the variations arising from 1...e5.} (
{I thought Levon would go for} 4... Bc5 {which is Sargissian's pet variation.})
5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8. Nd2 ({Maybe White has nothing here as
well but I thought it's a better try than} 8. c4 Ba6 {all the recent games
here showed Black has no problems.}) 8... Rb8 {This move caught me by surprise.
Levon's experience and knowledge of 1.e4 e5 is proving itself very useful.} ({
The main move is} 8... g6) 9. c4 (9. Nf3 Qb4+ {is excellent as the b2-pawn is
vulnerable.}) 9... Nf4 (9... Nb4 10. Nf3 c5 11. g3 d6 12. Bg2 {This I saw
during the game. Black might win the pawn on e5, but remain undeveloped with
the rest of his pieces.}) 10. Qe3 (10. Qe4 g5 $1 {is an example of what we
might call modern day preparation. Or maybe its just a matter of positional
understanding. Once Black manages to develop his bishops he will control the
centre.}) 10... Ng6 11. f4 f6 12. Qxa7 {I spent a lot of time here and decided
it's not everyday I can gobble up a free a-pawn, but I missed something in my
calculations.} ({I thought} 12. g3 {was strong. Now Black cannot take on e5
because 13.f5 traps the knight. But I was wrong.} {After} d5 $1 (12... Qc5 13.
Qxc5 Bxc5 14. exf6 gxf6 15. Nb3 Bb4+ 16. Kf2 (16. Bd2) 16... a5 17. c5 a4 18.
a3) (12... d6 13. Qxa7) 13. Qxa7 Rb6 14. Bg2 Qc5 {Black prevents castling.} (
14... fxe5 15. O-O e4 16. Nb3)) 12... Rb7 13. Qf2 (13. Qa8 $2 Kd8 14. c5 Nxf4 {
White's queen doesn't look very happy on a8 and after} 15. Ba6 Qxe5+ 16. Kd1
Nxg2 17. Bxb7 Ne3+ 18. Ke2 Ng4+ 19. Kf3 Bxc5 20. Qxc8+ Ke7 21. Qxh8 Qf5+ $19 {
White gets mated. Of course none of this is forced.}) 13... fxe5 14. f5 Nf4 {
I thought for a long time but the best move was very difficult to find. This
could be a good opportunity to have this position as a puzzle with "White to
play and find the best move".} 15. Qf3 $6 ({Very strong for White:} 15. a3 $1
d5 (15... Qc5 16. Qf3) (15... Qf7 16. g3 Nh5 17. b4 Be7 (17... d5 18. Bb2 e4
19. cxd5 cxd5 20. Ba6) 18. Be2 O-O 19. O-O Nf6 20. Bb2 d6 21. Qg2 Ra7 22. g4 h6
23. Bf3 Bb7 24. h3 Qe8 25. Nb3) (15... Nh5 16. b4) (15... Qd6 16. Qf3) 16. g3
Nh5 17. cxd5 cxd5 18. Ba6 c6 (18... Rb8 19. Qa7) (18... c5 19. Bxb7 Bxb7) 19.
Qe2 Nf6 20. Nf3 e4 21. Nd4) 15... Qf7 {Now Black is totally fine and can
almost seize the initiative.} 16. g3 Nh5 17. Be2 Nf6 18. g4 $1 {I have to
fight back with my pawns and pieces. The f6-knight is very well placed and I
have to dislodge it.} (18. Qe3 Bb4 19. Qxe5+ $2 Kd8 20. Qf4 Re8 $17 {all
Black's pieces come to life.}) 18... d5 (18... h6 19. Qh3 {intending g5 is
also complex.}) 19. g5 e4 20. Qh3 Ng8 $2 {A huge blunder by Levon which loses
instantly. I think he missed that the c8-bishop is unprotected.} ({He was
intending to play} 20... Nd7 {when the position is very unclear and all 3
results would have been very possible. I don't want to give a concrete
analysis as there are a lot of possible variations but one example is:} 21. Bh5
g6 22. Bxg6 hxg6 23. Qxh8 Nc5 24. O-O Bxf5 25. Nb3 Kd7 26. Be3 Nxb3 27. axb3
Bg7 (27... Qg7 28. Qh6 $1) 28. Qa8 Rxb3 29. Ra7 {when a perpetual check is
likely to happen.}) 21. Bh5 g6 22. fxg6 Bxh3 23. gxf7+ Kd7 24. fxg8=Q (24. b3
$1 {is even more accurate but it's a move for computers.}) 24... Rxg8 25. Rg1 {
White is simply a clear piece up but Levon kept on playing. It's not over
until it's over.} Bd6 (25... Bc5 26. Rg3 Be6 27. Nb3 Bd6 28. Rg2) 26. cxd5 $1
cxd5 27. Bf7 Rf8 (27... Bxh2 28. Bxg8 Bxg1 29. Bxd5) 28. Bxd5 Rb4 29. g6 hxg6
30. Rxg6 Rd4 31. Bxe4 {Now Black is a piece and a pawn down.} Re8 32. Kf2 Rf8+
(32... Rdxe4 33. Nxe4 Rxe4 34. Be3 {is definitely lost in the long run, so
Levon decides to avoid any exchanges.}) 33. Ke1 {The point is to gain time on
the clock and reach move 40.} Re8 34. Kf2 Rf8+ 35. Ke3 c5 36. Rg7+ Kd8 37. Ke2
Bc8 38. Bf3 Ba6+ 39. Kf2 Rh4 40. Nf1 Kc8 {Finally we reached the time control
with White keeping all his advantages. Now I can take all the time in the
world to figure out the quickest win.} 41. Be3 Rh3 42. Nd2 Rxh2+ 43. Kg1 Rxd2
44. Bg4+ Kb8 45. Bxd2 Be5 46. Re7 Bd4+ 47. Be3 Rg8 48. Bxd4 Rxg4+ 49. Kf2 Rxd4
50. Rh1 Bb7 (50... Rd2+ 51. Ke3 $2 Re2+ {this might happen in a tournament
such as the World Blitz, which will start a few months from now~!}) 51. Rh8+
Ka7 52. Ke3 Rb4 53. b3 c4 54. Rh4 1-0

[Event "Stockholm Four Masters"]
[Site "Stockholm"]
[Date "1919.12.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Spielmann, Rudolf"]
[Black "Rubinstein, Akiba"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[Annotator "Spielmann,R"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1919.12.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Schachjahrbuch 1919,S.84 (Mьnchner Schachzeitung); TfS 1920,S.27 (Spielmann)} 
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. Nb5 Bxe3 7. fxe3 Qh4+
8. g3 Qd8 9. Qg4 g6 10. Qf4 d6 11. Bc4 Be6 12. Bxe6 fxe6 13. O-O Nge7 14. N1c3
Ne5 15. Qf6 Kd7 16. Nd4 Qg8 17. Ncb5 N7c6 (17... Rf8 18. Qxf8 Qxf8 19. Rxf8
Rxf8 20. Nxc7 Nf3+ (20... Rf6 21. Ncb5 a6 22. Na3 Ng4 23. Re1 b5 $44) 21. Nxf3
Rxf3 22. Nb5 Rxe3 23. Rd1 Nc8 24. Nc3 Rf3 $11) 18. Nxc6 bxc6 {?? Rubinstein
erklдrte dies fьr den entscheidenden Fehler.} (18... Nxc6 19. Qf7+ Ne7 20. Nxc7
Qxf7 21. Rxf7 Rac8 22. Nb5 Rxc2 23. Rd1 d5 24. exd5 exd5 $11) (18... Kxc6 $1
$15 19. Nd4+ (19. Nxc7 $2 Kxc7 20. Qe7+ Kc6 $19) 19... Kd7 20. Rad1) 19. Rad1
Rf8 $4 (19... cxb5 20. Qxe5 a6 21. a4 $14) (19... Nc4 $142 $1 $15 20. Nxc7 $2
Kxc7 21. Qe7+ Kb6 22. Rf7 Qc8 23. b3 Re8 24. Qf6 Ne5 25. Rxh7 Rd8 $17) 20. Qxe5
Rxf1+ 21. Kxf1 Qf7+ $4 {Gleichbedeutend mit Aufgabe. Spielt lieber mit einer
Minusfigur als mit einem Minusbauerrn.} (21... cxb5 $142 22. Qxb5+ Ke7 23. e5
$16 {Natьrlich steht WeiЯ riesig.}) 22. Kg2 Rf8 23. Nxd6 {Die weiЯe
Gewinnabwicklung ist erfolgreich, wenn auch etwas befremdlich.} ({Es konnte
auch ohne Gefahr} 23. Nc3 {geschehen} Qf3+ 24. Kh3 Rf7 25. Qg5 Qf2 26. Qg4 Qxc2
27. Qe2 $16) 23... Qf3+ 24. Kh3 Qxd1 25. Qg7+ Kxd6 26. Qxf8+ Kd7 27. Qf7+ Kd6
28. e5+ Kc5 (28... Kxe5 $142 {Das hдtte er versuchen mьssen!} 29. Qxc7+ Kf6 30.
Qf4+ $16 (30. Qxh7 $4 Qf1+ 31. Kh4 g5+ 32. Kg4 Qe2+ 33. Kh3 g4+ 34. Kh4 Qxh2+
$19)) 29. Qxh7 $18 Qxc2 30. Qe7+ Kb5 31. Qxe6 Qxb2 32. Qb3+ Qxb3 33. axb3 c5
34. Kg4 Kc6 35. Kf3 g5 36. h4 gxh4 37. gxh4 Kd5 38. Kf4 c4 39. bxc4+ Ke6 40. h5
a5 41. h6 Kf7 42. e6+ 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg International Preliminary"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1914.04.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Blackburne, Joseph Henry"]
[Black "Lasker, Emanuel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "1914.04.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "Lasker"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.01.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Tarrasch,S} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 {The Scotch was out of favour with the
top players at that time, as Tarrasch points out in his excellent tournament
book. This state of affairs changed only recently (in the late eighties), when
the opening was taken up by Garri Kasparov, who understandably quickly found
followers. Tarrasch,S: 'Die schottische Partie gibt kein gutes Spiel für den
Anziehenden, ja ich rechne sie sogar nicht zu den korrekten Eröffnungen. Die
vor langer Zeit von dem verstorbenen E. v. Schmidt empfohlene Verteidigung Nf6
hat ihr den Garaus gemacht. Früher, in Blackburnes Blütezeit, ließ sie sich
noch ganz gut spielen, denn da wurde sie meist mit dem weniger starken Bc5
verteidigt, der heute zugunsten der aggressiveren Springerzuges fast völlig
vernachlässigt wird. '} exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 {Even today this remains a safe
alternative to the complications of the sharper Tarrasch,S: 'Gut genug ist
auch dieser Zug. Aber für den Anziehenden lohnt es sich nicht, eine
Eröffnung zu spielen, gegen die jede Verteidigung gut genug ist. '} (4... Nf6
5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2) 5. Be3 ({The alternative to the text is} 5. Nxc6
Qf6 6. Qd2 {Kasparov has in his practice tested both moves:} dxc6 7. Nc3 Ne7 8.
Qf4 Qd6 $5 9. Be2 Ng6 10. Qg3 f5 $1 11. f4 Qd4 12. Bd3 Bb4 13. exf5 Bxc3+ 14.
bxc3 Qxc3+ 15. Kf2 O-O 16. fxg6 Qxa1 17. Qh4 h6 18. Bc4+ Kh8 19. Bf7 Qc3 20.
Be3 Be6 21. Bxe6 Rae8 22. Qh3 Qxc2+ 23. Kf3 Qxg6 24. Bg4 Qe4+ 25. Kf2 Rxf4+ 26.
Bxf4 Qxf4+ 27. Bf3 Qd4+ 28. Kg3 {1/2,Kasparov,G-Anand,V/Frankfurt rapid/1999/})
5... Qf6 {Tarrasch,S: 'Viel besser ...'} ({... als} 5... Bb6 {Tarrasch,S , was
Lasker einmal im Petersburger Turnier 1909 spielte.}) 6. c3 ({Tarrasch,S:
'Hier kommt der Blumenfeldsche Zug'} 6. Nb5 {Tarrasch,S: 'in Betracht. Er
führt mit'} Bxe3 7. fxe3 Qd8 {is dubious, White's temporary initiative
doesn't outweigh his damaged pawn structure and can lead to equality at most.}
(7... Kd8 $5) (7... Qh4+ 8. g3 Qxe4 9. Nxc7+ Kd8 10. Nxa8 Z0 {nebst} 11. Nc3 {
zu einem scharfen, aber wohl nicht ganz korrekten Angriffsspiel.})) 6... Nge7 {
[%cal Yd7d5] /\d5} 7. Nc2 {For a game played more than 80 years ago the
opening has a surprisingly modern character. Blackburne's move aims to prevent
the d5 advance and can be seen even nowadays, but the main continuation is the
logical developing move Tarrasch,S: 'Auch eine Reminiszenz von anno dazumal! '}
(7. Bc4 Ne5 8. Be2 Qg6 9. O-O d6 10. Kh1 O-O 11. Nd2 Ng4 12. Bf4 Nc6 13. Bxg4
Bxg4 14. f3 Bd7 15. N4b3 Bb6 16. Nc4 f5 17. e5 dxe5 18. Nxb6 axb6 19. Qxd7 Rf7
20. Qd2 Rd8 21. Qe3 exf4 22. Qxf4 Re7 23. Rae1 Rde8 $11 {Stevic,H-Almasi,Z/
CRO-chT Pula/2001/}) (7. Z0 {Tarrasch,S Jetzt droht Schwarz, der schneller
entwickelt ist, mit} d5 {das überlegene Spiel zu erlangen.}) 7... b6 $5 {
A provocative reaction at times when the fianchetto was still far from an
everyday occurence. Lasker's move is considered satisfactory even now, but
even simpler ways to equalize are the alternatives Tarrasch,S: 'Seltsam und
sicherlich nicht gut! Wenn Schwarz den Läufer nicht nach b6 zurückziehen
wollte, ...'} (7... Bb6) (7... Bxe3 {and}) ({Tarrasch,S: '... so war die
Deckung mit dem Damenbauern'} 7... d6 $5 {However it's only natural that
against the 73-year old (!) Blackburn Lasker strives for a more complicated
position. Tarrasch,S: 'gut, sicher und stark.'}) 8. Nd2 (8. Be2 Qg6 9. Nba3 Bb7
10. Bxc5 bxc5 11. Ne3 Qxe4 12. Nb5 O-O-O 13. Qd6 cxd6 14. Nxd6+ Kc7 15. Nxe4 d6
16. Ng5 Rdf8 17. O-O-O h6 18. Nf3 Rd8 19. Bc4 {1/2,Mellado Trivino,J-Sanz
Alonso,F/Madrid/ 1992/}) (8. g3 O-O 9. Bg2 Ba6 10. f4 Rfe8 11. Nd2 d5 12. Bxc5
bxc5 13. Qf3 Rab8 14. O-O-O d4 15. Nb3 d3 16. Ne3 Rxb3 17. axb3 Na5 18. Kd2 Qb6
19. Ke1 Qxb3 $36 {Strikovic,A-Antunes,A/Mesa op/1992/}) 8... Qg6 {A more
flexible move than} (8... Bb7 $143 9. Bxc5 bxc5 10. Ne3 O-O 11. Be2 Qh6 12. O-O
d6 13. f4 Kh8 14. Ng4 Qh4 15. g3 Qh3 16. f5 Ne5 17. Nxe5 dxe5 18. f6 Ng6 19.
Bc4 Rad8 20. Qe2 $16 {Campora,D-Antunes,A/Manila olm/1992/ Black will later be
able to use and develop both his Bc8 and Ra8 differently.}) 9. Bxc5 {This
justifies 7...b6!? Tarrasch,S: 'Um den g-Bauern nochmals zu decken und so den
Königsläufer entwickeln zu können. '} (9. Be2 $142 O-O 10. O-O $11 {/+/=})
9... bxc5 10. Ne3 Rb8 {Forces a concession, which will surprisingly quickly
bring Black dividends. Tarrasch,S: Ein sehr wichtiger Zug, wie sich bald zeigt.
Er provoziert den Aufzug des b-Bauern und schwächt so den Pc3, der infolge
eines unbedachten Zuges dem Schwarzen zur Beute fällt.} 11. b3 O-O 12. Bc4 (
12. Be2 d6 (12... f5 $5 $13) 13. O-O Bb7 $11) 12... d6 $11 13. f4 $2 {[%mdl
8192] A serious mistake, which ruins White's position and in the long run
loses the game as well. Blackburne had a sharp eye for tactics and twice in
his career (London 1895, Hastings 1899) he outcombined Lasker, but in
positional manoeuvring he was no match for the world champion. Tarrasch,S:
'Ein Fehlzug, der einen Bauern und damit die Partie kostet. '} ({Necessary the
natural} 13. O-O Ne5 (13... Be6 14. Nd5 Nxd5 $1 15. exd5 Bg4 16. f3 Bh3 $11 {
is also OK}) 14. Be2 f5 $5 (14... Bb7 $11)) {Tarrasch,S: '..., denn der
Versuch nach'} 13... Qf6 $1 {[%cal Rf6c3,Rf6f4] A double-attack, which is very
hard to parry. Tarrasch,S: 'Greift zwei ungedeckte Bauern an, von denen einer
verloren geht, ...' Tarrasch,S: 'mit'} 14. O-O $6 {Without the f-pawn Black
gains access to the e5-square and White's situation would become totally
hopeless. But there was still a chance to retain material equality with} (14.
Nd5 $142 $1 {Tarrasch,S: 'beide zu decken, würde wegen der Fortsetzung'} Nxd5
15. Bxd5 (15. exd5 $2 Re8+ $40 16. Be2 {Tarrasch,S} Bg4 {noch größere
Unannehmlichkeiten zur Folge haben.}) 15... Ne7 (15... Na5 $5 16. Qf3 Ba6 $15 {
|^}) 16. Qf3 Nxd5 17. exd5 Qh4+ 18. g3 (18. Qg3 Qh5 $17) 18... Qh3 $15 {
although White's position is still unpleasant.}) 14... Qxc3 $17 {Tarrasch,S:
'Mit dem Bauerngewinn ist die Partie entschieden, denn Weiß hat nicht den
geringsten Ersatz dafür und sucht im folgenden vergebens etwas Angriff zu
erlangen. '} 15. Rf3 Qd4 16. Kh1 Be6 17. Rc1 (17. f5 $5 Bxc4 18. Nexc4 $17)
17... Bxc4 18. Rxc4 Qb2 19. Rc2 Qf6 20. Ng4 {Tarrasch,S: 'Hier gab es für
Schwarz noch eine Möglichkeit die Partie zu verlieren,...'} Qg6 ({Tarrasch,S:
'... nämlich'} 20... Qh4 $4 {, worauf Weiß mit'} 21. Rh3 $18 {'die Dame
gefangen hätte.'}) {Tarrasch,S: 'Solche Burlesken sind früher gar nicht so
selten vergekommen, während sie heutzutage - beinahe möchte ich sagen:
leider! - fast völlig aus dem Turniersaal verschwunden sind. '} 21. Rg3 f5 $1
{Lasker defends actively and thus achieves the desired simplification. White's
temporary initiative is over.} 22. Ne5 Qe6 23. Nxc6 Nxc6 24. e5 {White's [+]
is falling apart anyway. Tarrasch,S: 'um nach'} (24. Rc4 Rb4 $17) (24. Re3 Nb4
25. Rc4 Nxa2 26. Ra4 Nb4 {/\} 27. Rxa7 Nd5 $19) 24... Nb4 (24... dxe5 {
Tarrasch,S} 25. fxe5 Qxe5 {die Steine auf der c-Linie aufs Korn zu nehmen.})
25. Rc4 dxe5 {Tarrasch,S: 'Schlдgt WeiЯ hierauf wieder und verdoppelt nach
Qxe5 die Tьrme auf der c-Linie, so gewinnt Schwarz durch Bb4-d5-e3 die
Qualitдt.'} 26. Qa1 (26. Rxc5 exf4 27. Rgc3 Rbd8 $19) (26. fxe5 $142 Rbd8 $17 {
[%cal Rb4d3] /-+,/\Nd3} (26... Qxe5 27. a3 $17 (27. Rgc3 {Tarrasch,S , so
gewinnt Schwarz durch} Nd5 28. Rc2 (28. Rc1 Ne3) 28... Ne3 {die Qualität.})))
26... Qd7 $1 $19 {The last accurate move. Black protects g7 and keeps his
extra material. The rest is technique. Tarrasch,S: 'Deckt das Matt auf g7 und
greift zugleich den Springer an.'} 27. Nf3 (27. Qxe5 Rbe8 28. Qa1 Re2 29. Nf3
Rxa2 $19) 27... exf4 28. Ne5 Qe7 29. Rxf4 Rbe8 30. Nc4 Qe1+ 31. Rf1 Qxa1 32.
Rxa1 Nxa2 33. h3 f4 34. Rd3 Nb4 35. Rd7 f3 {Attack is the simplest way to
convert the advantage.} 36. gxf3 $8 Rxf3 37. Rxa7 Nd3 38. Ra1 (38. Raxc7 Rxh3+
39. Kg2 (39. Kg1 Re1+ 40. Kg2 Nf4+ 41. Kf2 Re2+ 42. Kg1 Rg2+) 39... Nf4+ 40.
Kg1 Re1+ 41. Kf2 Re2+ 42. Kg1 Rg2+ 43. Kf1 Rh1#) (38. Z0 {Tarrasch,S droht mit}
Re1+ 39. Kg2 Rf2+ 40. Kg3 Rg1+ {den König ins Mattnetz zu treiben.}) 38... Ne1
39. Nd2 (39. Rxc7 Rf1+ 40. Kh2 Re2+ 41. Kg3 Rg2+ 42. Kh4 Rf4+ 43. Kh5 g6+ 44.
Kh6 Rh4#) 39... Rxh3+ 40. Kg1 Rg3+ 41. Kh2 Rd3 {Tarrasch,S: 'Erzwingt weiteren
Abtausch.'} 42. Rxe1 Rxd2+ 43. Rxd2 Rxe1 44. Rd7 (44. Rd8+ Kf7 45. Rd7+ Re7 $19
) 44... Re3 45. Rxc7 Rxb3 46. Rxc5 {Tarrasch,S: 'Hier spätestens konnte der
Altmeister das grausame Spiel genug sein lassen und aufgeben. Er brauchte dem
Weltmeister nicht die Aufgabe zu stellen, mit Turm und zwei verbundenen
Freibauern gegen Turm zu gewinnen. Allerdings hat ein Weltmeister des vorigen
Jahrhunderts in solcher Stellung einmal nicht den Sieg zu erzwingen verstanden,
nämlich kein geringerer als Labourdonnais in einer Partie gegen MacDonnel.
Heutzutage führt jeder bessere Nebenturnierspieler ein solches Endspiel zum
Siege.'} (46. Rc8+ Kf7 47. Rc7+ Kg6 48. Rc6+ Kh5 49. Rxc5+ Kh6 50. Rc6+ g6 51.
Rc7 Rf3 52. Kg2 Rf6 {[%cal Yg6g5,Yh6g6] /\g5,Kg6}) 46... h6 {White has barely
managed to survive the attack to land into a lost R_|_. Lasker methodically
cashes in the full point-the final phase of the game is often published in
endgame books as an ideal example how to win with 2 extra connected o^. First
Black gradually advances his P, sheltering his K between them.} 47. Rc6 Kh7 48.
Kg2 h5 49. Ra6 g6 50. Ra4 Kh6 51. Rc4 Rb5 52. Kg3 Kg5 53. Rc3 h4+ 54. Kh3 Kh5
55. Rc4 Rb3+ 56. Kh2 g5 57. Ra4 Rb2+ 58. Kh1 ({Tarrasch,S: 'Nicht nach'} 58.
Kh3 {'wegen'} g4+ 59. Rxg4 Rb3+ $19) 58... h3 59. Rc4 g4 60. Kg1 (60. Rc5+ Kh4
61. Rc4 Re2 (61... h2 $4 62. Rxg4+ $11) 62. Kg1 Kg3 63. Rc3+ Kf4 64. Rc4+ Re4 {
[%cal Rg4g3] /\g3}) 60... g3 61. Rc5+ Kg6 62. Rc1 {The P have gotten far
enough to pin White's R to the first rank, now Black's K strolls over to force
an exchange of R.} Kf5 63. Ra1 Rd2 64. Re1 Kf4 65. Ra1 Ke3 66. Ra3+ (66. Rb1
Ke2 67. Ra1 Rd1+ $19) 66... Rd3 67. Ra1 Ke2 0-1

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A 16th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2017.02.28"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Najer, Evgeniy"]
[Black "Inarkiev, Ernesto"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2659"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2017.02.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 ({Recently Black has had some
setbacks in the other main line} 4... Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
c4 Nb6 (8... Ba6 9. b3 g6 10. f4 (10. Ba3 d6 11. exd6 Qxe2+ 12. Bxe2 Bg7 13.
cxd5 Bxe2 14. Kxe2 Bxa1 15. Rc1 O-O-O $5 $146 16. f4 c5 17. Bxc5 Kb7 18. Nd2
cxd6 19. Bb4 Bd4 20. Kd3 Bc5 21. Bxc5 dxc5 22. Rxc5 Rhe8 23. Nf3 (23. Nc4 $5)
23... f6 24. b4 a6 $13 {Jones,G (2665)-L'Ami,E (2605) Wijk aan Zee 2017}) 10...
Bg7 ({Black should probably prefer other moves:} 10... f6 11. Qe4 Nb6 12. Nd2
fxe5 13. Qxe5 Qxe5+ 14. fxe5 Bg7 15. Bb2 O-O 16. O-O-O Rae8 17. Nf3 c5 18. a4
Rf7 19. Bd3 Bb7 20. a5 Nc8 21. Rhe1 Rf4 22. Kb1 Re7 23. Ka2 d6 $11 {Roques,P 
(2332)-Anokhin,Y (2303) email 2013}) ({Also no one has yet refuted} 10... d6
11. Qf2 Nf6 12. Be2 dxe5 13. O-O Qc5 14. Be3 Ne4 15. Qf3 Qxe3+ 16. Qxe3 Bc5 17.
Qxc5 Nxc5 18. fxe5 O-O 19. Rd1 Rad8 20. Nc3 Bc8 21. Bf3 Nd3 22. Bxc6 Nxe5 $132
{Popov,I (2596)-Kryvoruchko,Y (2702) Novi Sad 2016}) 11. Qf2 Nf6 12. Ba3 d6 13.
Nc3 O-O $2 14. O-O-O $1 $16 Ne8 15. g3 Bb7 16. Bg2 f6 17. exd6 Nxd6 18. c5 Nf5
19. Rhe1 Qf7 20. Bf1 Rfd8 21. Rxd8+ Rxd8 22. Bc4 Rd5 23. Qe2 {1-0,
Nepomniachtchi,I (2740)-Tomashevsky,E (2731) Moscow 2016 See the notes to this
game in CBM 175 by M.Pavlovic.}) 9. Nc3 Ba6 ({Alternatives are the older} 9...
Qe6 10. Qe4 Bb4 {, or}) (9... g6 $5) 10. b3 O-O-O 11. Bb2 Re8 12. f4 f6 13.
O-O-O fxe5 14. fxe5 Qxe5 15. Qxe5 Rxe5 16. a4 $5 (16. Bd3 Re8 17. Rhf1 d5 18.
cxd5 Bxd3 19. Rxd3 Nxd5 20. Nxd5 cxd5 21. Rxd5 Bd6 22. Bxg7 Rhg8 23. Rf7 Re2
24. Rd2 Rxg7 25. Rxg7 Bf4 $11 {Karjakin,S (2779)-Kramnik,V (2799) Dortmund 2012
}) 16... d6 (16... Rg5 17. g3 Bb4 18. Ne4 Rg6 19. Bh3 Rf8 20. a5 Bxa5 21. Nc5
$16 {Malinarski,Y (2180)-Van der Veen,J (2118) Hoogeveen 2003}) 17. g3 Re8 $6 (
17... Be7 $142 18. Bg2 Bg5+ 19. Kc2 Rhe8 20. Bxc6 Nd7 $132) 18. Bh3+ Nd7 19.
Rhe1 Rxe1 20. Rxe1 Kd8 21. Ne2 Ne5 22. Nf4 Bc8 23. Bxc8 Kxc8 24. Bxe5 dxe5 25.
Nd3 Bd6 26. b4 Rf8 27. Kc2 a6 28. Re2 Rf1 29. c5 Be7 30. Nxe5 Bf6 31. Nxc6 {
Jones,G (2665)-Ragger,M (2697) Wijk aan Zee 2017} Rf3 $5 $16 {/+/=}) (4... Qf6
5. Nf3 $5 ({An attempt to avoid transposition into the usual lines after} 5.
Be3 Bc5) ({or} 5. Nxc6 Bc5) (5. Nb5 Bc5 6. Qe2 Bb6 7. N1c3 Nge7 {scores well
for White, but the position is far from clear.} 8. Nd5 $6 {is premature:} Nxd5
9. exd5+ Kd8 $1 10. dxc6 Re8 11. Be3 Qxb2 12. Rd1 bxc6 $17) 5... Bb4+ 6. c3 Bc5
7. Be2 d6 8. O-O Nge7 $146 (8... h6 9. Nbd2 Nge7 {Schallopp,E-Walbrodt,C
Berlin 1891! Back then...}) 9. b4 Bb6 10. Bg5 Qg6 11. Bh4 Qh6 12. Nbd2 Ng6 13.
Bg3 O-O 14. a4 a5 15. Nc4 axb4 16. cxb4 Nf4 17. Nxb6 cxb6 18. Bb5 Bg4 19. Qc1
Bxf3 20. gxf3 g5 21. Bxf4 gxf4 22. Bxc6 Rfc8 23. b5 (23. Kh1 $1 $36) 23... bxc6
24. bxc6 Ra5 $1 25. Kh1 Rc5 26. Qb2 R8xc6 27. Rg1+ Kf8 28. a5 Qh3 29. axb6
Qxf3+ 30. Rg2 {Giri,A (2773)-Andreikin,D (2736) Wijk aan Zee 2017} Ke7 $1 {/\}
31. b7 Rg5 32. Rag1 Rxg2 33. Rxg2 Qd1+ $11) 5. Be3 (5. Nxc6 Qf6 (5... bxc6 6.
Bd3 d6 7. O-O Nf6 8. h3 (8. Nc3 Ng4 9. h3 Ne5 10. Na4 Bb6 $13) 8... Nd7 9. Nc3
O-O 10. Na4 Qh4 11. b3 Bd4 12. c3 Bf6 13. Bd2 Ne5 14. Bc2 Bxh3 $1 {forces a
draw:} 15. gxh3 Qxh3 16. f3 Qg3+ {½, Jones,G (2665)-Grandelius,N (2642) Wijk
aan Zee 2017}) 6. Qf3 dxc6 7. Nc3 Be6 8. Be3 (8. a3 O-O-O 9. Be3 Qe5 10. Be2 h5
11. h4 Bg4 12. Qf4 Qxf4 13. Bxf4 Ne7 14. Bc4 Ng6 15. Bg3 Be6 16. Bxe6+ fxe6 17.
Ne2 Rhf8 18. Rf1 Be7 19. Rh1 Bc5 20. Rf1 Be7 21. Rh1 {½, Nepomniachtchi,I 
(2767)-Andreikin,D (2736) Wijk aan Zee 2017}) 8... Bb4 9. Bd2 O-O-O 10. O-O-O
Qg6 11. Qg3 f5 (11... Nf6 12. f3 Nd7 $132) 12. Bd3 Nf6 13. f3 Qxg3 14. hxg3
fxe4 15. Nxe4 $14 Nxe4 16. Bxe4 Bxd2+ 17. Rxd2 h6 18. g4 Rd6 19. Re2 Rf8 20.
Rh5 Kd8 21. b3 Bd7 22. a4 b6 23. Re5 a5 24. g5 c5 25. Bd3 Re8 26. gxh6 gxh6 27.
f4 Rde6 28. Kd2 Rxe5 29. Rxe5 Rxe5 30. fxe5 Ke7 $11 {Yu,Y (2738)-Nakamura,H 
(2785) Caleta rpd plof 2017}) (5. Nb3 {was the topic of an article in CBM 176.
Here a new try was} Bb6 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. Qe2 (7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 Qe7 9. Bc4 g5 10.
Bg3 d6 11. Qe2 Bd7 12. O-O-O O-O-O 13. Rhe1 Ne5 14. Nd4 Rhe8 15. Bb3 Kb8 16.
Kb1 Ba5 17. Qe3 Neg4 18. Qd3 Ne5 19. Qe3 Neg4 20. Qd3 Ne5 $11 {Dominguez Perez,
L (2739)-Fressinet,L (2672) Doha blitz 2016}) 7... a5 8. e5 O-O 9. exf6 a4 10.
Qg4 $5 Qxf6 11. Nd2 Qxf2+ $6 ({This is probably inaccurate, after} 11... d5 $1
12. Qf3 Bf5 13. Bd3 Nd4 $32 {Black has a big lead in development and a
dangerous initiative.}) 12. Kd1 d5 13. Qg3 Qd4 14. Bd3 Bg4+ 15. Nf3 a3 16. Rb1
Rfe8 17. Nb5 Bxf3+ 18. gxf3 Qf6 19. Bg5 Qe6 20. bxa3 $16 {Tsydypov,Z (2485)
-Bakunts,R (2386) Moscow 2017}) 5... Qf6 6. c3 Nge7 7. Bb5 {Until now a really
rare move. Will this sortie attract more attention from the top players?} ({
White's main choice is} 7. Bc4 {, adopted also by Kasparov in his blitz outing
last year:} Ne5 (7... O-O 8. O-O b6 $5 9. Nc2 Ne5 10. Be2 Bb7 11. f4 N5g6 12.
e5 Qe6 13. b4 Bxe3+ 14. Nxe3 Nh4 15. Bg4 f5 16. Be2 Kh8 17. Bc4 Qg6 18. Rf2 d6
19. exd6 Rad8 20. d7 Bc6 21. Nd2 Rxd7 $15 {Kasparov,G (2812)-Caruana,F (2795)
Saint Louis blitz 2016}) 8. Bb3 (8. Be2 d6 9. O-O Qg6 10. Kh1 Qxe4 11. Nd2 Qg6
12. Nb5 O-O 13. Nxc7 Rb8 14. Bh5 Qf5 15. f4 Nd3 $5 (15... Ng4 16. Bxg4 Qxg4 17.
Nc4 (17. Qxg4 Bxg4 18. Rae1 Bxe3 (18... Rfd8 $1 $132) 19. Rxe3 Nf5 20. Re4 Rbc8
21. Nd5 Rfe8 22. Rfe1 Kf8 23. Kg1 $14 {Pavasovic,D (2584)-Sakelsek,T (2479)
Ljubljana 2007}) 17... Qd7 18. Bxc5 dxc5 19. Qxd7 Bxd7 20. Rad1 Bg4 (20... Rfd8
$5 $11) 21. Rde1 Nc6 22. f5 Rbc8 23. Nb5 f6 24. Nbd6 Rc7 25. a4 Bh5 26. Re4 Rd8
27. Rfe1 Rcd7 28. g4 Bf7 29. Nxf7 Kxf7 $11 {, Kasparov,G (2812)-Nakamura,H 
(2787) Saint Louis blitz 2016}) (15... N5c6 16. Nc4 b5 $1 $132) 16. Bxc5 (16.
Qe2 Ng6 17. g4 Qd7 18. Qxd3 (18. Bxg6 fxg6 19. Qxd3 Qxc7 20. h3 b6 21. Nf3 Bxe3
22. Qxe3 Bb7 $36 {[%csl Rh1][%cal Ga8h1] Rizzo,R (2388)-Papenin,N email 2008})
18... Qxc7 19. Kg2 b6 $1 20. Rae1 Ne7 21. Ne4 Bb7 22. Kh3 Bxe4 23. Qxe4 Bxe3
24. Qxe3 Nd5 25. Qd4 Nf6 $17 {[%csl Rh3,Rh5] Schmitz,M (1952)-Sherwood,R (2179)
email 2012}) 16... dxc5 17. Nc4 Nxf4 18. Bf3 Neg6 19. g3 Nh3 20. a4 b6 21. Nd6
Qe5 22. Bg2 Bd7 23. Nxf7 Qxc7 24. Qd5 Bc6 25. Qxc6 Qxc6 26. Bxc6 Rxf7 27. Bd5
Ng5 28. h4 Rd8 29. Ba2 c4 30. hxg5 Rxf1+ 31. Rxf1 Ne5 $11 {Tauscher,K (2497)
-Peschen,R (2171) email 2012}) 8... Qg6 (8... d6 9. O-O O-O 10. f3 N7c6 11. Kh1
Bb6 12. Na3 Kh8 13. Qd2 Na5 14. Ndb5 Bxe3 15. Qxe3 Qe7 16. Bc2 a6 17. Nd4 c5
18. Ne2 Nac4 19. Nxc4 Nxc4 20. Qc1 f5 21. b3 Nb6 22. c4 fxe4 23. Bxe4 Bf5 24.
Ng3 Bxe4 25. Nxe4 $16 {Kasparov,G (2812)-Nakamura,H (2787) Saint Louis blitz
2016 Black's passive play enabled White to consolidate his space advantage.})
9. O-O d5 10. Bf4 Bg4 11. Qc2 f6 $142 (11... Bxd4 $2 12. cxd4 N5c6 13. Qd2 $1
Qxe4 (13... Bf3 14. Bg3 Bxe4 15. Nc3 $44) 14. f3 Bxf3 15. gxf3 Qxd4+ 16. Qxd4
Nxd4 17. Bxc7 Kd7 18. Bg3 Nxb3 19. axb3 Nf5 20. Nc3 $18 {Kasparov,G (2812)
-Nakamura,H (2787) Saint Louis blitz 2016}) 12. Ba4+ c6 13. Nd2 O-O 14. f3 Bd7
15. Rae1 (15. Kh1 Bb6 16. Rae1 Rae8 17. Re2 Kh8 18. Bg3 Qh5 19. Qd1 Bc7 20.
Rfe1 Bb8 21. exd5 Nxd5 $11 {Morozevich,A (2758)-Leko,P (2751) WCh Mexico City
2007}) 15... Rfe8 16. Kh1 Rad8 17. Qb1 Qf7 (17... Qh5 $5 $11) 18. Bc2 N5g6 $6
19. Bc7 $1 Rc8 20. Bg3 Bb6 21. exd5 cxd5 {Amonatov,F (2634)-Kosintseva,N (2533)
Moscow 2010} (21... Nxd5 $2 22. Ne4) 22. N2b3 $14) (7. g3 {was for a long time
move number 2, here} d5 8. Bg2 dxe4 9. O-O O-O 10. Nd2 Bb6 11. Re1 Rd8 $5 {
retains a good reputation:} 12. Nxe4 Qg6 13. Nxc6 Nxc6 14. Qa4 Be6 15. Nc5 Bxc5
16. Bxc5 Qh5 17. Qb5 Rab8 18. b4 a6 19. Qe2 Qxe2 20. Rxe2 Bc4 21. Ree1 Bd5 $11
{Nedev,T (2506)-Mitkov,N (2520) Struga 2010}) 7... O-O ({Now} 7... Ne5 $6 8.
O-O c6 9. Be2 {doesn't make sense and Black was quickly busted after} d6 10. f4
Nd7 11. Kh1 h5 12. b4 Bb6 13. Nd2 c5 14. bxc5 dxc5 15. Nb5 a6 16. e5 Qh6 17.
Nd6+ $18 {Alonso Lazaro,A (1624)-Barahona Torrijos,A (1812) Madrid 2015}) (7...
Bb6 8. O-O {will in all likelihood only transpose after} O-O) (7... Qg6 8. O-O
Bxd4 $2 9. cxd4 Qxe4 10. Nc3 $32 {[%cal Rd4d6] is definitely not a pawn worth
winning.}) (7... a6 8. Ba4 Ba7 (8... b5 9. Bc2 O-O (9... Nxd4 10. cxd4 Bb4+ 11.
Nc3 d5 12. O-O Bxc3 13. bxc3 Qc6 14. Bg5 f6 15. exd5 Qxd5 16. Bc1 Bb7 17. f3
Qh5 18. Re1 $16 {Mieses,J-Blackburne,J Hastings 1895}) 10. O-O $14) 9. O-O O-O
10. Nxc6 Nxc6 11. Bxa7 Rxa7 12. Nd2 Ne7 13. Bc2 d6 14. f4 Qh6 15. Qe2 Ra8 16.
Rae1 Bd7 17. Qf2 $14 {Zelcic,R (2521)-Maier,A (2336) Salzburg 2004}) 8. O-O Bb6
(8... d6 9. f4 (9. Nxc6 $6 bxc6 10. Bxc5 cxb5 11. Bd4 Qg6 12. Nd2 (12. f3 $5
$11) 12... c5 13. Be3 f5 $1 $36 14. Qf3 Bd7 15. Rfe1 Rae8 16. exf5 Nxf5 17.
Qd5+ Be6 18. Qd3 c4 19. Qf1 Bd5 20. Bxa7 Nh4 21. g3 Qf7 22. Rxe8 Nf3+ {0-1,
Kupreichik,V (2490)-Romanishin,O (2560) Moscow 1976}) (9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. Nd2 Qg6
$13 (10... Bb6 $5)) 9... Bb6 (9... Nxd4 $6 10. cxd4 Bb6 11. Nc3 c6 12. Ba4 Re8
13. Qd3 d5 14. f5 $1 Nxf5 15. Nxd5 cxd5 16. Bxe8 dxe4 17. Qxe4 Qe6 18. Qxe6
Bxe6 19. Bxf7+ Kxf7 20. g4 Re8 21. a4 Bd7 22. a5 Bxa5 23. Rxa5 Rxe3 24. Rxa7
Rb3 25. Rf2 g6 26. gxf5 Bxf5 27. Ra3 $16 {Zhang,Z (2619)-Bologan,V (2654) Doha
2015}) 10. Qd2 (10. Kh1 d5 11. e5 Qh6 12. Qd2 Nxd4 13. cxd4 Nf5 14. Bf2 f6 15.
Nc3 fxe5 16. Nxd5 exd4 17. Rfe1 Bc5 18. g4 c6 19. gxf5 cxd5 20. Bxd4 Bxd4 21.
Qxd4 Bxf5 22. Qxd5+ {½, Da Silva Filho,A (2031)-Vorobiev,A (2020) email 2009})
10... Nxd4 11. cxd4 d5 12. e5 Qg6 13. Nc3 c6 14. Be2 h5 15. b4 h4 16. a4 a5 17.
b5 Bf5 18. Bf3 Rac8 19. Rac1 h3 20. g3 Bg4 21. Bxg4 Qxg4 22. Qd3 Nf5 $11 {
Warzecha,H (2439)-Leisebein,P (2455) email 2014}) (8... a6 9. Ba4 (9. Nxc6 axb5
10. Bxc5 bxc6 $11) 9... Ne5 10. Nd2 d5 $5 (10... d6 11. h3 Qg6 12. Kh1 Bd7 13.
f4 Qg3 14. Bxd7 Nxd7 15. Rf3 Qh4 16. Bf2 Qh6 17. Qc2 Rfe8 18. Rd1 Nf6 19. a4
Rad8 20. b4 Ba7 21. Be3 Qg6 22. Bg1 Qh6 23. a5 Qh5 24. Nf1 h6 25. c4 Nc8 26.
Re1 $14 {(), squeek,h (2496)-bearhunter,r (2301) Engine Room 2012}) {/\} 11.
exd5 Nxd5 12. Ne4 Qb6 $132) 9. a4 $5 {Although not a novelty, this is
definitely an original approach (trademark Morozevich!) Other moves don't
promise White much. By omitting d6 Black can in many lines play d5 in one move:
} (9. Qa4 Qg6 10. Nf5 (10. Nd2 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 d5 $11) 10... Nxf5 11. exf5 Qxf5
12. Bxb6 cxb6 13. Na3 Qc5 14. Rfe1 d5 15. Bd3 d4 16. cxd4 Qxd4 17. Qxd4 Nxd4
18. Re7 Rb8 19. Bc4 Be6 20. Bxe6 Nxe6 21. Rd1 Rfe8 22. Red7 Red8 23. g3 Rbc8
24. Nb5 a6 25. Nc3 Kf8 26. a4 Ke8 $17 {Zelcic,R (2509)-Pavasovic,D (2591)
Rabac 2004}) (9. Na3 d5 $1 10. Nxc6 (10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. Ndc2 Qg6
13. Qf3 Bf5 14. Bxb6 axb6 15. Nd4 Be4 16. Qg3 Qxg3 17. hxg3 Nxc3 $17 {Ats,
L-Szabo,Z Hungary 1989}) 10... bxc6 11. Bd3 Bxe3 (11... Be6 12. Nc2 Rad8 13.
Qh5 g6 14. Bg5 Qh8 15. Qh4 $40 {Khamrakulov,D-Tanrikulu,S (2043) Denizli 2003})
12. fxe3 Qe5 $15) (9. Nc2 Rd8 {[%cal Yd7d5]} 10. Bxb6 axb6 11. Ne3 d5 $5 12.
exd5 (12. Nxd5 Nxd5 13. exd5 Be6 14. c4 Qxb2 15. Qd2 Qf6 $15) 12... Be6 13. Bc4
Na5 $11) 9... a5 $6 {I don't like this reaction, which weakens Black's
queenside. The possible a5 advance makes Inarkiev nervous, but he could (and
should) have ignored it:} (9... a6 10. Bxc6 (10. Bc4 Rd8 11. Nxc6 Qxc6 12. Bd5
Qg6 $132) 10... bxc6 $5 (10... Nxc6 11. Nc2 Bxe3 12. Nxe3 $14) 11. a5 Ba7 $13)
(9... Qg6 10. a5 (10. Bd3 $5 d6 (10... Ne5 11. Bc2 (11. a5 Bxd4 12. cxd4 Nxd3
13. Qxd3 d5 $11) 11... d6 12. Kh1 $14) 11. e5 Nf5 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Bf4 $5 $14
{[%cal Ra4a5]}) 10... Bxd4 (10... Nxa5 $5) 11. cxd4 d5 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Nc3
Bg4 14. Qd3 Bf5 15. Qd2 Ncb4 16. Bf4 c6 17. Bc4 Nxf4 18. Qxf4 Bd3 19. Bxd3 Nxd3
20. Qd2 Rad8 21. Ne2 {Morozevich,A (2683)-Romanov,E (2619) Sochi blitz 2016}
Rfe8 22. Ra3 Ne5 $15) 10. Nc2 $1 {With the inserted a4/a5 moves this manoeuvre
favours White. He swaps off the active Bb6 and limits Black's counterplay.}
Bxe3 11. Nxe3 d6 (11... Rd8 12. Na3 (12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. exd5 Ne5 14. d6 $1 {()})
12... d5 13. exd5 Be6 14. Bc4 $16) 12. f4 {[%mdl 32] White has built a small
centre. After finishing his development he has more than one way to improve
his position. An unpleasant situation for Black, as his active options are
restricted.} Qh6 13. Nd2 $14 {/+/-} f5 $6 (13... Be6 14. Qf3 $36 {Radjabov,T 
(2784)-Tomashevsky,E (2738) Moscow Tal Memorial 7th 2012 (1) 1-0 is no
solution, so Black decides to lash out. However, the f5 advance often leads to
a strategically suspect position even in better circumstances - see for example
}) 14. exf5 Bxf5 (14... Nxf5 15. Nd5 $32 {[%csl Rc7] +/-}) 15. Nxf5 Nxf5 (15...
Rxf5 16. g3 {[%cal Yd1b3,Yb5d3,Ya1e1]} g5 17. Qg4 $16) 16. Qf3 (16. Qb3+ Kh8
17. Rae1 $16 {/\Bd3}) 16... Nd8 (16... Nfe7 17. Rae1 $16) (16... Rae8 $142 {
was more resilient, although after} 17. Rae1 $16 {Black's position is
extremely unpleasant. However, now the Ra8 won't get a second chance...} (17.
Bxc6 bxc6 18. Qxc6 Ne3 $132)) 17. Bd7 (17. Rae1 c6 18. Bd3 $16 {/\} Ne6 $2 19.
Qg4 $18) 17... Rf7 (17... c6 $5 18. Rae1 d5 19. g4 $5 (19. Qd3 Qg6 20. Nf3 $16)
19... Nh4 (19... Nd6 20. g5 Qg6 21. h4 $40) 20. Qg3 Qd6 21. Qxh4 Qxd7 22. Nb3
$16) 18. Rae1 $1 $18 {[%csl Ra8,Rd8][%cal Re1e8] Effectively decides the game,
as Black's queenside pieces remain out of the game.} Rxd7 19. Qd5+ Kf8 (19...
Nf7 20. Qxf5 Rdd8 (20... Rad8 $4 21. Qxd7 Rxd7 22. Re8#) 21. Re7 $18 (21. Re6
g6 22. Qb5 $18 {[%cal Rb5b7,Rd2e4]})) 20. Qxf5+ Rf7 21. Qb5 $1 c6 (21... Ne6
22. Qxb7 Rd8 23. g3 $18) 22. Qe2 Kg8 $8 23. Nc4 d5 24. Nb6 Ra6 (24... Rb8 25.
Qe5 $18) 25. Nc8 {[%cal Re2e8] Begins the final attack, which nets White
material.} Rf8 (25... g6 26. f5 $5 g5 27. Ne7+ Kg7 28. f6+ $1 $18) 26. Qe7 Qf6
27. Qd7 c5 (27... h6 28. Ne7+ (28. f5 $18 {[%cal Rc8e7,Re7g6]}) 28... Kh7 29.
Qh3 $18 {[%cal Rh3d3]}) 28. Re8 {[%cal Rc8e7]} Ne6 29. Ne7+ Kh8 30. Nxd5 Qg6
31. Rxf8+ {White is already spoiled for choice here.} (31. Rc8 $5 {[%cal Rf4f5]
} Qf5 32. Nc7 Rxc8 33. Qxc8+ Qf8 34. Qxf8+ Nxf8 35. Nxa6 $18) 31... Nxf8 32.
Qxb7 Qd3 33. Qc8 Kg8 34. f5 Ra7 (34... Rd6 35. f6 Qxd5 36. f7+ Qxf7 37. Rxf7
Kxf7 38. Qxc5 $18) 35. f6 Rf7 (35... Rf7 36. Ne7+ Kh8 37. fxg7+ Kxg7 38. Nf5+
Kh8 39. Qxc5 $18) 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 14th"]
[Site "Plovdiv"]
[Date "2003.10.12"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Black "Bauer, Christian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2602"]
[Annotator "Sutovsky,E"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[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 "Israel"]
[BlackTeam "France"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. e4 {Hecht,H. Postny,E} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. c3
Nge7 7. g3 {Postny,E: 'GM Sutovsky consistantly playing this line with success.
'} d5 8. Bg2 dxe4 (8... Nxd4 {Postny,E} 9. cxd4 Bb4+ 10. Nc3 Bxc3+ 11. bxc3
dxe4 12. Bxe4 c6 13. O-O Bf5 14. Bg2 O-O 15. c4 Be6 16. d5 cxd5 17. cxd5 Bxd5
18. Bxd5 Rad8 19. Bd4 Qd6 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. Bxb7 $16 {1-0 Azmaiparashvili,
Z-Kasimdzhanov,R/Moscow 2001/CBM 86 (74)}) 9. O-O ({Quite risky is} 9. Nb5 {
Postny,E} Bxe3 10. Nxc7+ Kf8 11. fxe3 Rb8 {- see the annotated game Narciso,
M-Azarov,S/Leon 2001/CBM 86 [Postny]}) (9. Nd2 {Postny,E} Bxd4 10. cxd4 Bf5 11.
Nxe4 Bxe4 12. Bxe4 Qe6 13. Bg2 Nd5 14. Qb3 O-O-O 15. O-O Rhe8 16. Rac1 Nxe3 17.
Qxe6+ Rxe6 18. fxe3 Rxe3 19. Rxf7 Re7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Sedlak,N-Ovod,E/Budapest
2002/CBM 89 ext (49)}) 9... Bxd4 (9... Nxd4 {was played against me by
Beliavsky and Solozhenkin} 10. cxd4 Bb6 11. a4 $1 {brought me some advantage
in these games}) 10. cxd4 O-O {Christian plays it logically, he decides to
castle, and then to create some pressure on the ''d4'' pawn. However,white
gets and advantage here, thanks to his superiority in the centre and the
powerful ''g2'' bishop.} (10... Bf5 {Postny,E} 11. Nc3 O-O-O {- see the
annotated game Sutovsky,E-Postny,E/ISR-ch 2000/CBM 81 [Postny,E]}) 11. Nc3 Rd8
(11... Bf5 {Postny,E} 12. Nxe4 Qg6 13. Nc3 Rad8 14. Qb3 b6 15. d5 Na5 16. Qb4
Rd7 17. Rfe1 $14 {1/2-1/2 Steil Antoni,F-Sekulovska,V/Bled 2002/EXT 2003 (31)})
12. Nxe4 Qg6 13. Rc1 {Natural, but maybe, not the best move. Stronger (at
least practically!) is the immediate} (13. Nc5 {preventing the bishop's sortie
and provoking b7-b6} Nd5 (13... b6 14. Nd3 Bb7 15. Rc1 {clearly favours white})
14. Qb3 Nce7 15. Rfe1 b6 16. Nd3 {with a very comfortable position for white})
(13. Qa4 {Postny,E} Bf5 14. Nc3 Bc2 15. Qb5 Bd3 16. Qxb7 Rab8 17. Qxc7 Rdc8 18.
Qf4 Bxf1 19. Rxf1 Rxb2 20. d5 $44 {1-0 Kislov,M-Simacek,P/Trinec 2001/EXT 2003
(37)}) 13... Bf5 $1 {'?!' Postny,E. Now the concrete play starts, where both
sides have to see a lot (which is not easy under the FIDE time control...)
Postny,E: 'Black is leaving his queenside unprotected.'} (13... Nd5 {Postny,E}
14. Nc5 Nce7 15. Nd3 Be6 16. Ne5 Qf6 17. Qh5 g6 18. Qe2 h5 19. Rcd1 Qg7 20. h3
$14 {1-0 Shrentzel,M-Obando,A/Dortmund 1980/EXT 2000 (54)}) 14. Nc5 b6 15. Na6
(15. Nb7 $2 {is tempting, but insufficient} Rd7 16. d5 $2 Be4 {just ruins all
white hopes}) 15... Be4 $1 {still the most principial and the strongest!} ({
After} 15... Rac8 {Postny,E} 16. Re1 {white has strong pressure.}) 16. Nxc7 {
'?!' Postny,E.} (16. Bxe4 $5 Qxe4 17. Nxc7 Ne5 $1 (17... Rac8 $6 {leads to the
position from the game}) (17... Nxd4 $2 {Postny,E} 18. Bxd4 Rxd4 19. Qb3 Rc8
20. Rce1 $18) 18. Nxa8 Nf3+ 19. Kh1 Nd5 {I've reached this position in my
calculations and it seemed to me pretty dangerous. However, white retains some
chances after} 20. Qc2 $1 Qg4 21. Rg1 $5 (21. Kg2 Nh4+ 22. Kg1 Qf3 23. gxh4
Qg4+ 24. Kh1 Qf3+ $11) 21... Nxg1 (21... Rxa8 $5 22. Qd1 h5 23. Rg2 Rd8 {
is a very interesting option, when black knights are dominating the board as
white's huge material advantage plays no particular role}) 22. Kxg1 Rxa8 23.
Re1 {though it's not easy to find any path to convert such an advantage - the
knight on d5 is just too strong!}) 16... Rac8 $6 (16... Bxg2 $1 17. Kxg2 Rac8
18. Nb5 a6 (18... Nf5 {(Postny,E) with sufficient compensation for the pawn.})
19. Nc3 Nb4 {probably would lead to an equal ending after} 20. Qb3 (20. Qd2 Nd3
21. Rcd1 Qc6+ 22. Kg1 Ne5) 20... Nd3 21. Rcd1 Qc6+ $1 22. Kg1 (22. d5 Nxd5 23.
Nxd5 Rxd5 24. Qxb6 Qxb6 (24... Nf4+ $5 25. Kf3 $1 $13) 25. Bxb6 Rc2 $11) 22...
Nxb2 23. Qxb2 Qxc3 24. Qxb6 Nd5 25. Qb3 Qxb3 26. axb3 Rc3 $11) 17. Bxe4 Qxe4
18. Nb5 {Now white remains with just an extra pawn, though it's not easy to
win such a position due to the superb black's knights. Postny,E: 'transposes
to the game.'} Qd5 19. Nc3 Qd7 20. Re1 h6 21. a3 $1 {It's very important to
prevent the Nc6-b4 maneuvre.} Nd5 22. Qf3 Nce7 23. Bd2 $1 {allowing the rooks
to get a control over the''e'' file} Rc6 24. Re5 Rd6 25. Rce1 {here, I've
calculated the line and decided to liquidate into the endgame, where he is not
in time to block my pawn} Nc6 26. Rxd5 Rxd5 27. Nxd5 Qxd5 28. Re8+ $1 Kh7 29.
Qd3+ (29. Qxd5 Rxd5 30. Be3 {would also leave me some winning chances, but I
knew (from my sad experience in past, as well) that ''All rook endgames are
drawish'' (of course, when You try to win it!), and so opted for the line I
had in mind, while playing 25.Rce1}) 29... g6 (29... f5 30. Rxd8 Nxd8 31. Bf4
Nc6 32. Be5 {is no fun for him either}) 30. Rxd8 Nxd8 31. Qe3 $1 g5 {'?!'
Postny,E. Postny,E: 'After this move black's position is beyond saving.'} ({
The best continuation was to activate the knight:} 31... Ne6 $1 {Postny,E} 32.
Qxh6+ Kg8 33. Be3 (33. Qe3 Nxd4 34. Bc3 Ne6 $14 {[%csl Gd5,Ge6]}) 33... Nxd4
34. Bxd4 Qxd4 35. Qc1 {In this endgame black keeps chances for a draw.}) 32.
Qe5 {I stopped here, while picking my 25th move, assuming that such an endgame
should be technically won, though the matters are not that simple} Qxe5 33.
dxe5 Kg6 $2 {Grave mistake! After the correct} ({Hecht,H: Das strategisch
sinnvollere} 33... g4 34. h3 h5 35. f3 $1 (35. f4 {Hecht,H} Kg6 36. hxg4 hxg4
37. Kf2 Kf5 38. Ke3 Nc6 39. Kd3 b5 40. Be1 {wird Schwarz alsbald in Zugzwang
bringen, was WeiЯ das Betreten der Felder e4/d4/c5 ermцglichen wird}) 35... Nc6
$1 36. Bc3 Kg6 {he had real chances to hold it. However, with a couple of
minutes left, Christian made the most natural 33...Kg6, allowing me to seal it
with 34.g4!}) 34. g4 {Now, the position is just winning for me. Alas, being
short of time as well, I made few inaccuracies which prolonged the game,  but
didn't change the outcome.} h5 35. f3 hxg4 36. fxg4 f6 37. exf6 Kxf6 38. Kf2
Nf7 39. Ke3 Ke5 40. Be1 a6 41. h4 $1 {creating a passer on the kingside, and
then penetrating with a king to the queenside is the simplest way, of course}
Ke6 42. hxg5 Nxg5 43. Bh4 Nf7 44. Bg3 b5 45. Ke4 Nd8 46. Kd4 Nb7 47. Bf4 $138 (
47. b4 $1 {would just win immediately}) 47... Na5 48. Bd2 Nb3+ 49. Kc3 Nc5 50.
Be3 Ne4+ 51. Kd4 Nf6 52. g5 Nd7 53. b3 a5 54. g6 Kf6 55. Kd5 a4 56. b4 Kxg6 57.
Kc6 Nf6 58. Kxb5 Nd5 59. Bd2 Kf7 60. Kxa4 {Such endgames are always winning, I
just had to be cautious and not to remain with a bishop+ ''a'' pawn...} Ke6 61.
Kb5 Kd7 62. Ka6 Kc8 63. Ka7 {Hecht,H: 'WeiЯ vergiЯt selbstverstдndlich nicht,
dass er den "falschen" Lдufer besitzt.'} (63. b5 $4 Nc7+ 64. Kb6 Nxb5 {was
something my opponent hoped for}) (63. a4 $4 {Hecht,H} Nxb4+ 64. Bxb4 Kb8 $11)
63... Nf6 64. b5 Nd7 65. a4 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Yemelin, Vasily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2345"]
[Annotator "Svidler,P"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1993.10.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 037"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nxc6 Qf6 6. Qd2 bxc6 7. Bd3 Ne7
8. O-O Ng6 {N [8...0-0-52/312]} 9. Kh1 Ne5 10. Be2 d6 (10... Bxf2 11. Na3 $5 (
11. Bd1 Be3 12. Qe2 Qxf1+ 13. Qxf1 Bxc1 $13) 11... d6 12. Bd1 Be3 13. Qe2 Bxc1
14. Rxf6 Bxb2 15. Rb1 Bxa3 16. Rf1 $14) (10... h5 11. Qf4 Qxf4 12. Bxf4 d6 13.
Nc3 $14) 11. f4 Ng4 12. Bxg4 Bxg4 13. f5 Qd4 $8 (13... O-O-O 14. h3 $1 Qh4 15.
Qf4 h5 16. Be3 Bxe3 17. Qxe3 $16 {/\ Kg1; /\ Qa7}) 14. Qe1 (14. h3 Qxd2 15.
Nxd2 Be2) (14. Qf4 Be2 15. Re1 O-O-O 16. Nc3 Ba6 17. Be3 Qc4 $13) 14... O-O-O
$6 (14... f6 15. Nc3 (15. Nd2 Bh5 (15... O-O-O 16. Nb3 Qc4 17. Rf4 $1 $16 {
/\ e5}) 16. Nb3 Qc4 17. Be3 Bb6 $13) 15... O-O-O 16. Qg3 Bh5 17. Bf4 $14 {
/\ Qg7; /\ Rae1,Be3}) 15. h3 $1 Rde8 16. Nd2 (16. Nc3 h5 $13 {/\ g6}) 16... h5
(16... Bh5 17. g4 d5 18. gxh5 dxe4 19. Nb3 Qd5 20. Be3 $18) (16... Qf6 $5 {
/\ Bf5} 17. Nb3 (17. Qg3 Be2 $13) 17... Bxf5 18. Nxc5 dxc5 19. Qa5 Rxe4 20.
Qxa7 Rhe8 21. Bf4 R8e7 22. Rad1 Rd4 23. c3 $1 Rd3 (23... Rxd1 24. Rxd1 $18 {
/\ Qa8#}) (23... Rd5 24. Rxd5 cxd5 25. Qa8+ Kd7 26. Qxd5+ $18) 24. Bxc7 $1
Rxh3+ (24... Rxc7 25. Qa8+ Kd7 26. Rxd3+ $18) (24... Rxd1 25. Rxd1 $18 {/\ Qb8#
}) 25. Kg1 $1 $18) 17. Nb3 Qc4 (17... Qxe4 18. Qxe4 Rxe4 19. Nxc5 dxc5 20. hxg4
hxg4+ 21. Kg1 g3 22. Bf4 $18) (17... Rxe4 18. Nxd4 Rxe1 19. Rxe1 Bxd4 20. Re7
$14 (20. f6 gxf6 21. Be3 $14)) 18. Nxc5 dxc5 (18... Qxc5 19. Be3 Qxc2 20. hxg4
hxg4+ 21. Kg1 Qxe4 22. Bf4 Qxf5 23. Qc3 $14) 19. Rf4 $1 (19. hxg4 Rxe4 20. Qf2
$8 Re2 $1 21. Qf4 (21. Qg3 $2 hxg4+ 22. Kg1 Qd4+ $19) 21... Re4 $1 $10) 19...
g5 $8 (19... Be2 20. Be3 $1 g5 (20... Qxc2 21. Rf2 Qxe4 22. Rxe2 $18) 21. fxg6
fxg6 22. b3 Qa6 23. Bxc5 g5 24. Rf7 Rxe4 25. Qg3 $18) 20. fxg6 fxg6 $1 (20...
Be6 21. b3 $1 Qxc2 22. Rf2 $1 Qd3 23. Bb2 $1 $18) 21. b3 (21. hxg4 g5 22. Rf5
hxg4+ 23. Kg1 Rxe4 $40) 21... Qxc2 (21... Qd4 22. Bd2 $1 {/\ Bc3} (22. Be3 Qe5
23. hxg4 hxg4+ 24. Kg1 g5 25. Rf7 Qxe4 26. Bf2 g3 $1 27. Qxe4 $8 gxf2+ 28. Kxf2
Rxe4 29. Re1 {=/+/=}) 22... Qd6 (22... g5 23. Bc3 Qd6 24. Rf6 Be6 25. Qe2 $16)
(22... Rhf8 23. Bc3 $1 Qd6 24. Rxf8 Rxf8 25. hxg4 $18) 23. Rf7 $1 {/\ Bf4} Qe6
24. Qf1 Bf5 25. Qa6+ Kb8 26. Rxc7 Kxc7 27. Bf4+ Kd8 (27... Kd7 28. Qb7+ Kd8 29.
Qc7#) 28. Bg5+ $1 Re7 (28... Kd7 29. Rd1+ $18) (28... Kc7 29. Qxa7+ Kc8 30. Bf4
$18) 29. exf5 Qxf5 30. Rd1+ Ke8 31. Bxe7 Kxe7 32. Qxa7+ $18) 22. hxg4 hxg4+ 23.
Kg1 g3 $1 (23... g5 24. Rxg4 $18) 24. Be3 (24. Qd2 $6 Rxe4 $1 25. Rxe4 (25.
Qxc2 Re1+ 26. Rf1 Rh1+ $1 $19) (25. Rf3 Reh4 $1 26. Rxg3 (26. Rf8+ Rxf8 27.
Qxc2 Rh1+ $19) 26... Rh1+ 27. Kf2 Qxd2+ 28. Bxd2 Rxa1 $19) 25... Qxe4 26. Bb2
Rh5 $40) 24... Rh2 $2 $138 (24... Rh7 $1 25. Rc1 Qb2 (25... Qxa2 26. Qd2 Qxb3
27. Qc3 Qa2 28. Qc2 Qe6 29. Kf1 $16) 26. Qc3 Qe2 27. Qd2 Qh5 28. Kf1 g5 29. Rf3
Rxe4 30. Rxc5 $18) (24... Rh5 $6 25. Rc1 $1 Qb2 26. Qc3 Qe2 27. Qd2 $18 Reh8
$140 28. Rf8+ $1 $18) 25. Qxg3 Reh8 26. Rf8+ $1 (26. Qxh2 Rxh2 27. Kxh2 Qc3 28.
Rff1 Qxe3 29. Rae1 $14) 26... Rxf8 27. Kxh2 $18 Qxe4 28. Rc1 Kb7 29. Bxc5 Rh8+
30. Kg1 Rh4 31. Qf3 Qe5 32. Bf2 $1 Qh2+ 33. Kf1 Rh5 34. Qxc6+ Kb8 35. Qe8+ Kb7
36. Qxg6 Qh1+ (36... Qe5 37. Qc6+ Kb8 38. Bxa7+ $1 Kxa7 39. Qxc7+ $18) 37. Bg1
Rh4 $138 38. Qc6+ {38...Kb8 39.Qxc7 Ka8 40.Qc8#} 1-0

[Event "Haifa"]
[Site "Haifa"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Kosashvili, Yona"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Svidler,P"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1995.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 046"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
Nd2 Nf4 $146 (8... Nb4 9. Nf3 Ba6 10. c4 c5 11. a3 Nc6 12. Bd2 $1 Qe6 13. Bc3
Be7 14. O-O-O $14 {Har Zvi,R-Almasi,Z/Altensteig/1994/1:0/56}) (8... Qe6 9. c4
Nb6 10. b3 Be7 11. Bb2 O-O 12. Qe4 $13 {Pribyl,J-Cladouras,P/BL/9394/1:0/66/})
(8... Bb7 9. c4 Nf4 10. Qe3 Ne6 11. Nb3 Qb4+ 12. Bd2 Qb6 13. f4 a5 $132 {
Shirov,A-Timman,J/Moscow/1992/0,5/42/}) 9. Qe3 (9. Qe4 $6 Ng6 10. Nf3 d5 $1 11.
Qe3 Bg4 $17) 9... Ng6 10. Nf3 (10. Nc4 Qe6 $1 11. f4 (11. Be2 Ba6 $15) 11...
Ba6 12. b3 Bb4+ $1 13. c3 Be7 $13) 10... d6 $1 (10... Qe6 11. Bd3 $16) 11. exd6
cxd6 12. Be2 (12. Bd3 Bg4 $1 13. Be4 (13. O-O $5 Qxe3 14. Bxe3 (14. fxe3 Be7
$10) 14... Bxf3 15. gxf3 Ne5 16. Be2 $13) 13... d5 14. Bxg6 Bxf3 $1 (14... hxg6
15. Ne5 $16) 15. Bxf7+ Kxf7 16. Qxe7+ Bxe7 17. gxf3 Bd6 18. Kf1 Rhe8 19. Be3
$44) 12... d5 $1 $10 (12... Qxe3 13. Bxe3 Be7 14. O-O-O $14) 13. h4 $5 (13. O-O
Qxe3 14. Bxe3 Bd6 $10) 13... f6 (13... Qxe3 14. Bxe3 Bd6 15. O-O-O Nf4 (15...
O-O $5 16. Nd4 Bd7 17. Nb3 $14) 16. Bf1 Bg4 17. Rd4 $14) 14. h5 Qxe3 (14... Ne5
15. O-O $14) 15. Bxe3 Ne5 16. O-O-O (16. Nd4 $5 Bd7 17. O-O-O $14) 16... Ng4 $5
17. Bd4 Kf7 (17... c5 18. Bb5+ Bd7 19. Rde1+ (19. Rhe1+ Kd8 20. Bxc5 Bxb5 21.
Rxd5+ Bd7 22. Red1 (22. Bxf8 Rxf8 23. Red1 Rf7 $17) 22... Bxc5 23. Rxd7+ Kc8
24. Rxg7 Nxf2 $44) 19... Kd8 20. Bxd7 Kxd7 21. Rh4 $1 f5 22. Ne5+ Nxe5 23. Bxe5
$14) 18. Nd2 $1 c5 (18... Bd6 $5 19. Nb3 Re8 20. Rhe1 $13) 19. f3 Nh6 $2 (19...
cxd4 $2 20. fxg4 $16) (19... Ne5 20. Bxe5 fxe5 21. Rhe1 {/\ 22.Bb5!} Rb8 (21...
Bd6 22. Nc4 $16) 22. Bf1 $5 (22. c4 d4 23. Bd3 Bd6 24. Ne4 Be7 $14) 22... Kf6
23. f4 $5 exf4 (23... e4 24. c4 $16) 24. Re8 $44) 20. Bf2 $16 Be6 21. Nb3 Rc8
$6 (21... d4 22. c3 $1 dxc3 23. bxc3 Rc8 24. Rhe1 Be7 25. Ba6 Rc7 (25... Rc6
26. Bb5 Rb6 (26... Rc7 27. Rxe6 {- 25...Rc7}) 27. Bd7 Bxb3 28. axb3 $16) 26.
Rxe6 $1 Kxe6 27. Bc4+ Kf5 28. Bg3 $1 Rcc8 $8 29. Rd5+ Ke6 30. Rxc5+ $1 Kd7 31.
Bb5+ Ke6 (31... Kd8 32. Rd5+) 32. Nd4+ Kf7 33. Bc4+ $18) (21... c4 22. Nd4 $16)
22. Ba6 $1 Rc7 (22... Rc6 23. Bb7) 23. Bg3 Rd7 24. Bc8 $1 Rd8 25. Bxe6+ Kxe6
26. Bf2 $1 $16 Rc8 $6 (26... c4 27. Nd4+ Kf7 28. Nc6 $16) 27. Rhe1+ Kd6 28.
Bg3+ Kc6 29. Re6+ Kd7 30. Ra6 $18 d4 31. c3 Nf5 32. Bf4 g5 33. hxg6 hxg6 34.
Rxa7+ $1 Ke6 (34... Kc6 35. cxd4 cxd4 36. Kb1 $18) 35. Re1+ Ne3 (35... Kd5 36.
Na5 $1 $18) 36. cxd4 cxd4+ 37. Kb1 Bc5 (37... Kf5 38. g3 $18) 38. Bxe3 $1 dxe3
39. Nxc5+ Rxc5 40. Rxe3+ Kf5 41. a3 Rh1+ 42. Ka2 Rg1 43. Re2 Re5 44. Rc2 Kf4
45. Ra6 Kg5 46. f4+ $1 Kxf4 47. Rxf6+ Kg5 48. Rcc6 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Arkhipov, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "Svidler,P"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1994.09.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 044"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Qf6 5. Be3 Bc5 6. c3 Nge7 7. Bc4 Ne5 8.
Be2 Qg6 9. O-O d6 10. Kh1 $146 (10. f3) 10... O-O (10... Qxe4) 11. Nd2 Ng4 12.
Bf4 Nf6 (12... Qf6 13. Bg3 Bxd4 14. Bxg4 $14 (14. cxd4 Qxd4 15. Rc1 Nf6 (15...
Nc6 16. Rc4 $1 Qxb2 17. Rc2 $18) 16. Rxc7 Nc6 $1 $13 {/\ 17...Ne8})) 13. Bd3 (
13. f3 $5 Nh5 14. Be3 f5 $13) 13... Qg4 $1 14. Qxg4 Nxg4 15. b4 Bxd4 $6 (15...
Bb6 $132) 16. cxd4 Nc6 17. Rac1 $2 (17. d5 Nxb4 18. Be2 Re8 19. Rfc1 Re7 20.
Rab1 a5 21. a3 Na6 22. Bxg4 Bxg4 23. Rxb7 Kf8 24. Be3 $14 {>< Na6}) 17... Nxd4
$1 18. h3 (18. Rxc7 Ne6 19. Bxd6 Rd8 $19) 18... Ne5 (18... Nf6 19. Be3 Ne6 20.
f4 $44) 19. Bxe5 dxe5 20. Rxc7 Ne6 (20... Rd8 21. Rfc1 (21. Bc4 Ne6 22. Bxe6
Bxe6 23. Nf3 f6 24. Rxb7 Bxa2 25. Ra1 Be6 26. Raxa7 Rxa7 27. Rxa7 Rb8 $10)
21... Ne6 22. R7c3 Nf4 23. Bf1 Be6 24. Nf3 f6 $10) 21. Rc3 Nf4 22. Bc4 Be6 23.
g3 $5 Bxh3 $6 (23... Bxc4 24. Nxc4 Nxh3 $1 25. Nxe5 $8 (25. f4 exf4 26. gxf4
Rac8 27. a4 Rfd8 28. Rff3 Nxf4 $1 (28... Rd4 29. Na5 Rxc3 30. Rxc3 g6 31. Rxh3
Rxb4 $16) 29. Rxf4 Rd4 $19) 25... Ng5 26. f3 Ne6 $10) 24. Rg1 $1 (24. gxf4 $2
Bxf1 25. Bxf1 (25. Nxf1 Rac8 $1 $15) 25... Rac8 $1 $15) 24... Ne6 25. g4 Nf4
26. Kh2 (26. Nf3 b5 $1 $8 27. Bxb5 f6 28. Bc4+ Kh8 29. Kh2 h5 30. gxh5 Rac8 $13
) 26... Rac8 27. Rxh3 Rfd8 28. Bd5 Rc2 29. Rd1 Nxh3 (29... Nxd5 30. Rd3 $18)
30. Kxh3 $14 Kf8 31. Kg2 f6 32. Nf1 $1 Rxa2 $2 (32... Rd7 33. Ne3 Rc3 34. g5 $1
fxg5 35. Ng4 Re7 36. Bb3 $16) 33. Rc1 Rb2 34. Rc7 Rxb4 35. Ne3 $1 $18 Rb6 (
35... Ke8 36. Nf5 Rd7 37. Rc8+ Rd8 38. Nxg7+ Ke7 39. Nf5+ Ke8 40. Bf7+ Kd7 41.
Be6+ Ke8 42. Rc7 $18) 36. Nf5 g6 37. Rf7+ (37. Rf7+ Kg8 (37... Ke8 38. Ng7#)
38. Rd7+ Kf8 39. Rxd8#) 1-0

[Event "Alekhine Memorial"]
[Site "Paris/St Petersburg"]
[Date "2013.04.29"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[Annotator "Szabo,Kr"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2013.04.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nb3 {This line in the Scotch has
become very popular nowadays.} Bb6 6. Nc3 Nf6 (6... d6 {is another main line.})
7. Qe2 O-O {A very logical move. Black's idea is waiting with d6, because in
some variations he can play d5 immediately.} 8. Be3 d5 {This is the point!} 9.
O-O-O d4 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 Re8 (11... Qd6 {is also possible going out of the
pin.} 12. Kb1 Qe6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Nd5 Qd6 $13) 12. f3 (12. Nd5 $5 {was an
interesting alternative to exploit the pin} g5 13. Nxf6+ Qxf6 14. Bg3 d3 $5 {
Black tries to complicate matters, otherwise White can play a simple f3, Kb1
and h4 with a comfortable position.} 15. Rxd3 Nb4 16. Rd1 Nxa2+ 17. Kb1 Nb4 18.
h4 $36 {with some pressure on the kingside.}) 12... Be6 13. Kb1 ({The immediate
} 13. Na4 {was also possible}) 13... Qe7 $6 ({If} 13... a6 $5 14. Na4 Bxb3 15.
axb3 Ba7 {the B has escaped and the a4 N is out of play.}) ({but} 13... Ne5 $1
{was the best, followed by Ng6 to resolve the pin. For example:} 14. Qe1 ({
in the case of} 14. Na4 d3 $1 {is a great positional P sacrifice} 15. cxd3 Bxb3
16. axb3 Bd4 {with Black's initiative.}) 14... Ng6 15. Bf2 c5 {and Black is
fine.}) 14. Na4 {Now the b6 B can't play and White can take it at an
appropriate moment.} Nb4 15. Qe1 g5 $6 {This move creates some weaknesses in
the black king's position. After h4 not only the g5 P, but sometimes the f6 N
can also be unprotected.} ({The immediate} 15... c5 {was better} 16. c3 (16. e5
$2 {doesn't work, as} Bxb3 17. axb3 Qxe5 {with a healthy P up.}) 16... Bxb3 17.
axb3 Nc6 $13 {and the fight continues.}) 16. Bf2 c5 17. c3 $6 {This allowed a
tactical blow, which was actually missed by Fressinet.} ({Probably} 17. Bb5 Nc6
18. h4 g4) ({or} 17. h4 g4 18. Bb5 Nc6 19. Qd2 {was the best, for example:} Kh7
20. c3 Rad8 21. cxd4 Bxb3 22. axb3 cxd4 23. Nxb6 axb6 24. Qc2 {but over the
board it is very difficult to find these lines.}) 17... dxc3 ({The computer
suggests the fantastic sacrifice with} 17... Nxa2 $5 18. Kxa2 d3 $3 {Probably
they missed this great quiet move.} 19. Bxd3 {This is forced, otherwise the a4
N can get into trouble after Qd7.} c4 {However things are far from clear after}
20. Kb1 (20. Be2 cxb3+ 21. Kb1 Bxf2 22. Qxf2 b6 $13 {with very good practical
chances for Black!}) (20. Nbc5 cxd3+ 21. b3 Rec8 $132) 20... cxd3 21. Nac5 Bc4
22. h4 Nd7 23. Nd2 $1 Bb5 24. Nxd7 Bxd7 25. Nc4 {The d3 P is doomed, but Black
wants to create some counterplay.} Be6 26. Na3 f5 27. hxg5 fxe4 28. fxe4 Bg4
$132) 18. Qxc3 c4 (18... Nxe4 19. fxe4 Bxb3 20. axb3 c4 $1 (20... Qxe4+ 21. Bd3
) 21. Bc5 $1 (21. Qf3 Bxf2 22. Nc3 $1 Rad8 23. Bxc4 Bd4 24. Rhf1 Rf8 25. h4 {
is also very dangerous for Black.}) 21... Bxc5 22. Nxc5 Qxc5 23. Bxc4 Qe7 24.
Rde1 Nc6 25. h4 $36) 19. Nbc5 $1 (19. Nd4 Bxd4 20. Bxd4 Rad8) 19... Nfd5 20.
Qa3 (20. Qe1 Rec8 21. Bxc4 Bxc5 22. Nxc5 Rxc5 23. Bxc5 Qxc5 24. Rc1 Qd4 25.
Bxd5 Qd3+ 26. Ka1 Nc2+ 27. Rxc2 Qxc2 28. h4 $16 {and White is very near to the
win.}) 20... Rac8 21. Bxc4 (21. exd5 Bf5+ 22. Kc1 Ba5 $3 {/\ Nc2} 23. Bxc4 (23.
d6 Qe5 24. g3 Nd3+ 25. Bxd3 cxd3 26. Rxd3 Red8 27. Rhd1 Qe2 28. Bd4 Rxd6 29.
Nc3 Bxc3 30. Rxc3 Rcd8 $132 {is a typical variation suggested by Mr Houdini3!})
23... Qd6 24. Bg3 Qg6 25. Rd2 Bb1 26. b3 Na6 27. Rhd1 Bb4 28. Qb2 Nxc5 29. Qxb1
Bxd2+ 30. Rxd2 Qxb1+ 31. Kxb1 Nxa4 32. d6 $14) 21... Bxc5 22. Nxc5 Rxc5 23.
Bxc5 Qxc5 24. Rc1 Qb6 25. Bxd5 $6 (25. exd5 {was correct, because} Bf5+ 26. Ka1
Nc2+ 27. Rxc2 Bxc2 28. Qc3 $14 {with a healthy P up.}) 25... Bxd5 26. exd5 Qg6+
27. Ka1 Nc2+ 28. Rxc2 Qxc2 {Suddenly Black becomes very active and he has good
compensation for the P.} 29. Qxa7 Qxg2 30. Rb1 {A very difficult endgame with
major pieces. In such situations the most important thing is the king's
position and the P race.} Qxh2 {In a practical game it is very difficult to
find and calculate the best move.} ({Maybe} 30... Qxf3 $1 {was easier} 31. Qxb7
Kg7 {Black's plan is Re5, the K goes out from Qb8+} 32. Qb5 Re5 $132 {gains
back the P with active pieces.}) 31. Qxb7 Rb8 (31... Re3 $5 32. Qc8+ Kg7 33.
Qc4 Qd2 34. Qc1 Qxc1 35. Rxc1 Rxf3 {with a very sharp and double-edged rook
ending.}) 32. Qc6 Qe5 33. a4 Rb3 {Threatening Ra3 mate.} 34. Ka2 Rxf3 $6 {
An inaccuracy, which allows Rd1.} (34... Rd3 {was better preventing the d-P
from advance.}) 35. Rd1 $1 {Suddenly after this move White's d-P becomes very
fast and dangerous.} Rf2 36. Qb5 Qd6 37. a5 Rc2 38. Qb6 Qd7 39. Rd4 Kg7 40. a6
Rc7 41. b3 h5 42. d6 Rc6 43. Qb7 Qe8 44. Ka3 $1 Rc1 45. Qd5 $1 {Anand plays
very precisely.} f6 (45... Ra1+ 46. Kb2 $18) 46. Re4 Qd8 47. Re7+ Kh6 48. Kb2
Qc8 49. Qd3 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 18th"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2017.06.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Saric, Ivan"]
[Black "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2618"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[Annotator "Szabo,Kr"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2017.05.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nb3 Bb6 6. Nc3 d6 (6... Nf6 {
is the other main line.}) 7. Qe2 Nf6 8. Be3 Be6 9. O-O-O Qe7 10. g3 Nd7 $146 {
The first new move in the game. At first this is a strange move, because the
knight doesn't control the d5-square.} (10... O-O-O {is the common
continuation, for example} 11. Bg2 Rhe8 12. Rhe1 Kb8 13. h3 Bxb3 14. axb3 Bxe3+
15. Qxe3 Qe5 16. Nd5 Ne7 17. Nxf6 Qxf6 18. f4 $14 {Karjakin-Ponomariov, Zug
2013, and White is slightly better.}) 11. Bg2 O-O-O 12. Rhe1 (12. f4 $5 {
is the other straightforward move.}) 12... Rhe8 13. Kb1 {Another natural
continuation.} Bxe3 14. Qxe3 Nb6 15. Nd4 ({The natural} 15. f4 $5 {is also
fine.}) 15... Bd7 16. Ndb5 {An ambitious reaction, however it can be a little
bit risky too.} (16. f4 $5) 16... Kb8 (16... a6 $2 {can't disturb the knight,
because} 17. Nxd6+ $1 $16 {and the b6-knight is hanging when the pawn
recaptures.}) 17. b3 {This is a typical move, when the N is on b6. On the
other hand this move weakens the dark squares a bit.} (17. f4 {was still
possible again.}) 17... Qe5 {Provoking f4 and he prepares for the exchange of
queens with ...Qc5.} (17... f5 $5 {was the alternative,} 18. a4 (18. exf5 Qxe3
19. Rxe3 Rxe3 20. fxe3 Bxf5 $11 {with clear equality for Black.}) 18... fxe4
19. Bxe4 Qf8 $11 {and Black looks ok.}) 18. f4 Qc5 (18... Qh5 19. Bf3 Qxh2 $4 {
does not work, because of} 20. Rh1 Qxg3 21. Rdg1 $18 {and the queen is trapped.
}) 19. Qxc5 dxc5 20. e5 $1 {The right move! White has gained some space on the
kingside. He is a pawn up on that side and he frees the e4-square for his
knight. White has a slight edge.} a6 21. Na3 Nd4 22. Ne4 Bc6 23. Bh1 {White
puts his bishop on a protected place, now the c5-pawn is hanging.} Ne6 24.
Rxd8+ Rxd8 25. f5 $6 {An inaccuaracy, which allows Black to equalise.} (25. Kb2
$1 $14 {was the most accurate reply and White can activate his passive
a3-knight from b1-d2 or c3.}) 25... Nd4 26. g4 ({In the event of} 26. Nxc5 Bxh1
27. Rxh1 Nxf5 28. Rf1 Nh6 29. Nd3 Nd7 $11 {and Black holds his position.})
26... Re8 $1 {Suddenly it is not clear, what can White do with his e5-pawn.}
27. c3 (27. Nxc5 $6 {is dubious, as} Bxh1 28. Rxh1 Rxe5 $132 {and suddenly
Black is more active.}) 27... Nb5 28. Nxb5 axb5 29. f6 (29. Ng3 $6 {could have
been met by} Bxh1 30. Nxh1 Nd7 31. e6 fxe6 32. Rxe6 Rxe6 33. fxe6 Nf6 $15 {
and only Black can play for a win.}) 29... Bxe4+ $1 {Good move! The e4-knight
was very strong, always ready to move to g5, so it was logical to exchange it.}
(29... g6 30. Ng5 $1 Bxh1 31. Rxh1 Rxe5 32. Nxf7 $16 {and the f6-pawn is very
strong.}) 30. Bxe4 ({If} 30. Rxe4 g5 $1 {and now already White has to fight
for equality.}) 30... gxf6 31. Bxh7 (31. exf6 $2 {does not work, because of}
Nd5 $1 $19 {and suddenly Black is winning, thanks to the pin from the R.})
31... Rh8 (31... fxe5 $1 {was more accurate,} 32. Bc2 Nd5 33. Kb2 Nf4 34. Kc1
c6 $15 {and Black's chances are already slightly better.}) 32. Bf5 Rxh2 33.
exf6 Nd5 34. Re8+ Ka7 35. Rf8 Nxf6 (35... Nxc3+ 36. Kc1 Re2 $1 $11 {with
perpetual checks.}) 36. Rxf7 Nd5 37. c4 Nc3+ 38. Kc1 Re2 {Black cuts off the
white king, so it can't avoid the perpetual checks.} 39. a3 Na2+ 40. Kd1 Nc3+
41. Kc1 b4 42. axb4 Na2+ 43. Kd1 Nc3+ 44. Kc1 {A nice high-level game!} 1/2-1/2

[Event "WchT 10th"]
[Site "Tsaghkadzor"]
[Date "2015.04.27"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Black "Bruzon Batista, Lazaro"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2724"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[Annotator "Szabo,Kr"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[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 "China"]
[BlackTeam "Cuba"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CHN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CUB"]

{[%mdl 2]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7.
Qe2 Nd5 8. c4 Nb6 (8... Ba6 {is the most common main line.}) 9. Nd2 Qe6 10. b3
Bb4 ({Last year Yu Yangyi had a game with} 10... a5 11. Bb2 a4 12. Qe3 Bb4 13.
Bd3 d6 14. O-O-O axb3 15. axb3 {(Yu Yangyi-Moradiabadi, Tabriz 2014)} d5 $1 {
should have played} 16. f4 Qe7 $132 {with a double-edged fight.}) 11. Bb2 O-O
12. O-O-O Qe7 13. Ne4 Re8 $1 {Black is not only defending against the Nf6
threat, but also wants to play d5 or d6, depending on White's move. White's
main problem is the N on e4.} 14. Qc2 $6 $146 {The new move by Yu Yangyi, but
probably this is an inaccuracy.} (14. Nf6+ $5 {was tried by Ivanchuk} gxf6 15.
Qg4+ Kh8 16. exf6 Qf8 17. Qh4 d5 $1 {The right move. In any case the Black's B
from c8 has to come into the game.} 18. Bd3 Qg8 19. c5 $1 Bxc5 {and now the
engine suggests} 20. Rde1 (20. Rhe1 {was the game} Bg4 $1 21. f3 Bd7 22. Re7
Be3+ $1 23. Kb1 c5 $17 {and Black is better, later Almasi managed to win,
Ivanchuk-Z.Almasi, Havana 2014.}) 20... Bg4 21. Re7 $1 {and Black can't play ..
.Be3.}) 14... d5 $1 15. cxd5 ({In the event of} 15. Ng3 dxc4 (15... a5 $5) 16.
Bxc4 Nxc4 17. Qxc4 a5 {followed by ...a4 and Black looks nicely placed.}) 15...
cxd5 16. Nc3 Bxc3 $1 {At first sight this is a strange move, because Black
gives up his B pair, but he doesn't waste his time to protect the d5-P and he
will continue with ...c5.} 17. Bxc3 c5 18. Bd3 g6 {Black simply protects his
h7-P and neutralises the B.} 19. f4 (19. Bb2 Be6 $17 {is also better for Black.
}) 19... c4 $1 {A very good move. Bruzon immediately opens the position,
because White's K will be weak. Black's position is already better.} 20. bxc4
Bg4 21. Rde1 Rac8 {Another nice reaction! Black brings his last piece into the
attack.} 22. Kb2 Nxc4+ 23. Ka1 d4 $1 24. Bxd4 Red8 25. Qf2 Qd7 {Until this
moment Black's play had been fantastic. This move is also good, but Black
missed a great tactical move.} (25... Nd2 $3 $19 {was the wonderful tactical
blow and White can't avoid Black's threats.}) 26. Bxc4 Rxc4 27. Bb2 $6 (27. Be3
{was tougher, but after} Qa4 {Black's attack doesn't stop.}) 27... Be6 {
The opposite coloured Bs are helping for the attacking side. Now Black's B is
stronger, he controls the a2-g8 diagonal.} 28. f5 {The best practical chance.}
gxf5 29. Qf3 Ra4 30. a3 Qb5 31. Rd1 Rb8 32. Qc3 f4 (32... Rc4 $1 $19 {was the
easiest way of winning.}) 33. Rd6 Rc4 34. Qd2 Rcc8 35. Qb4 Qe2 36. Re1 Qf2 $2 {
Too slow, now White can consolidate. Black didn't find his brilliant winning
move.} (36... Rc1+ $3 {was the strongest reply,} 37. Rxc1 (37. Bxc1 $4 Qa2#)
37... Rxb4 38. axb4 Qxg2 $19 {and Black's f-P is strong, moreover White's K is
attackable, so Black is winning.}) 37. Qd2 $1 Rxb2 $4 {The decisive mistake!
Black sacrifices an exchange, but this is not correct, White can avoid all
Black's threats.} ({Black should exchange the Qs with} 37... Qxd2 38. Rxd2 Rc4
{and still Black is who can play for a win.}) 38. Kxb2 Rb8+ 39. Ka1 Qc5 40. Rd3
Qc4 41. Rc1 Qa4 42. g3 $1 {White completely protects his queenside and he is
ready to start his attack against the opponent's K.} Bf5 43. Rd8+ Kg7 44. Qd6
$1 Rxd8 45. Qf6+ Kg8 46. Qxd8+ Kg7 47. Qf6+ Kg8 48. Qd6 f3 49. Qd8+ Kg7 50.
Qg5+ Kh8 51. Qe3 f2 52. Rf1 Kg8 53. Rxf2 $18 {White has a big material
advantage. Black has some practical chances with the Q and B battery, but with
accurate play White has to win.} Qd1+ 54. Kb2 Qb1+ 55. Kc3 Qa1+ 56. Kb4 Qb1+
57. Ka5 Bd3 58. a4 Qb7 59. Qg5+ Kh8 60. Qd8+ Kg7 61. Qd6 {White's Q controls
all the important squares.} Bc4 62. Qf6+ Kg8 63. Qd8+ Kg7 64. Rd2 h6 65. Rd7
Qb3 66. Qf6+ Kh7 67. Qf5+ Kg7 68. Qg4+ Kh7 69. Qd4 a6 70. e6 Bxe6 71. Qd3+ 1-0

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 16th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.28"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Howell, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2682"]
[Annotator "Szabo,Kr"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2018.01.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Qf6 5. Nb3 Qg6 6. Qe2 (6. f3 {is a more
popular continuation.}) 6... Nf6 7. f3 ({White doesn't hurry with} 7. Nc3 $6 {
, because} Bb4 $15 {and the pin is unpleasant for him.}) 7... a5 8. Be3 $146 {
The first new move in the game by Nakamura.} (8. a4 Bb4+ 9. c3 Be7 {
(Quirhuayo-Dos Santos, Buenos Aires 2015)} 10. e5 Nd5 11. Qe4 Qxe4+ 12. fxe4
Nb6 13. Bf4 {and White's pawn structure is bad, however he has some activity.})
8... d5 $1 {The best reply! Black immediately plays actively in the centre and
he isn't afraid of the X-ray effect of the e2-queen.} 9. Nc3 ({In the event of
} 9. exd5 Nxd5 $36 {looks dangerous for Black, but White doesn't have a good
check with the bishop.}) (9. e5 Nd7 ({but not} 9... Nxe5 $2 10. Bd4 $16 {
and Black loses a piece}) 10. f4 a4 11. Nd4 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 c6 $132 {with a
complicated middlegame.}) 9... dxe4 10. O-O-O {An ambitious move, White
continues the development and he is threatening with the Nb5.} ({Nevertheless} 
10. Nb5 $1 {was more accurate,} Bd6 11. O-O-O O-O $13 {with a complicated
position.}) 10... Be7 {Of course Black also continues the development.} 11. Nb5
O-O 12. Nxc7 Rb8 13. Qb5 {A tempting reaction. The queen stops ...b5, however
this is not the best square for it.} (13. Kb1 {would be more solid, but} Bf5
$36 {is also unpleasant for White.}) 13... Bd7 $6 {A natural reply, but it
wasn't the best.} (13... Rd8 $1 {was correct and suddenly White is in trouble,
for example:} 14. Rxd8+ Bxd8 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. Qxd5 exf3 17. gxf3 (17. Qxf3 Nb4
$19 {and Black is winning.}) 17... Qxc2+ $1 {A smart solution!} 18. Kxc2 Nb4+
$17 {and Black will be a healthy pawn up in the endgame.}) 14. Nc5 Nd4 15. Qb6
$6 {A dubious move, because White should protect the important c2-square.} ({
White should have played} 15. Qc4 Nf5 ({or} 15... Bxc5 16. Qxc5 {transposing
to the game.}) 16. Bf4 Bc6 $132 {with a double-edged fight.}) 15... Bxc5 $6 {
Error in reply!} (15... Nxc2 $1 {was the tactical blow,} 16. Nxd7 ({or} 16.
Kxc2 exf3+ 17. Bd3 Bf5 18. gxf3 Rfd8 $17 {and White is in trouble.}) 16... Nxe3
17. Qxe3 Nxd7 18. Qxe4 Qxe4 19. fxe4 Nc5 $15 {and Black looks nicely placed.})
16. Qxc5 Ne6 17. Nxe6 Bxe6 18. Qg5 $1 {A good move, White simplifies the
position. Now Black has to be careful, otherwise with the bishop pair White
can play for the advantage.} exf3 19. gxf3 Rfc8 20. Qxg6 (20. Bd3 {was the
alternative,} Qxg5 21. Bxg5 Bxa2 22. Rhg1 $44 {with compensation for the pawn.}
({But not} 22. b3 $2 {, because of} Bxb3 $17)) 20... hxg6 21. a3 b5 22. Bd4 b4
23. axb4 axb4 24. Bd3 Nd7 (24... Ra8 $5 {was the other logical option.}) 25.
Rhe1 Rc6 $6 {Black would like to activate his R, but probably this was not the
best moment for it.} ({The engine suggests} 25... g5 {to gain some space and
play move by move on the kingside.}) 26. Be4 Ra6 27. b3 Nf6 28. Be5 Re8 29. Bd3
Ra5 30. Kb2 Nd5 31. Bc4 Rea8 32. Bxd5 $6 {This is a surprise for me to give up
the bishop pair with White and play an opposite-coloured bishop endgame.} ({
I think after} 32. Ra1 $1 {White has a slight edge, for example:} Ra3 (32...
Rxa1 33. Rxa1 Rxa1 34. Kxa1 $14) 33. Bd6 $1 $14 {and Black's position is not
easy.}) 32... Bxd5 {And the draw was agreed!} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2013.03.23"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[Annotator "Szabo,Kr"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2013.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 (4... Bc5 {is another main line.})
5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8. c4 Ba6 (8... Nb6 {was also tried in some
games among top players, for example:} 9. Nc3 Bb7 {Planning g6.} ({The
immediate} 9... g6 {could have been met by} 10. Ne4 $1 $36) 10. Bd2 (10. Bf4 g6
$13 {Nepomniachtchi-Kramnik, Wijk aan Zee 2011}) 10... g6 (10... Qe6) (10...
O-O-O) 11. Ne4 O-O-O 12. a4 Ba6 13. Qe3 $1 Qxe5 $1 14. Bc3 Bb4 $1 15. Bxb4 Rhe8
{was a very interesting battle between Shirov-Kramnik, Wijk aan Zee 2011.}) 9.
g3 (9. Nd2 {is another possible line,}) ({and} 9. b3 g6 10. g3 {transposes to
the game.}) 9... g6 10. b3 Bg7 11. Bb2 O-O-O (11... O-O {is much more popular.}
) 12. Bg2 Rhe8 13. O-O Bxe5 14. Qxe5 (14. Bxe5 Qxe5 15. Qxe5 Rxe5 {is the same
as in the game.}) 14... Qxe5 15. Bxe5 Rxe5 16. cxd5 Bxf1 17. Kxf1 cxd5 18. Nc3
c6 {Nothing really new has happened so far. Both players are following theory.
We have a very interesting endgame. Black has two R and two P against the N+B.
The position is very tricky. Engines consider to be to Black's advantage, but
by human measures, thanks to the active white pieces, the fight is completely
double-edged.} 19. Rc1 (19. Ne2 Kc7 20. Nf4 Kd6 21. Nd3 Ree8 22. Rc1 a5 23. h4
Rb8 24. Bf3 h6 25. h5 g5 26. g4 {1/2 R.Mamedov-Ragger, Heraklio 2004}) 19...
Kb7 {This is more ambitious} ({than} 19... Kb8 {, but there is no serious
difference.} 20. Na4 (20. Bf3 Rde8 21. h4 h6 22. Na4 Kc7 23. Nc5 Kd6 24. Nb7+
Kc7 25. Nc5 Kd6 26. Nb7+ {1/2 Relange-V.Mikhalevski, Budapest 1996}) 20... Re7
21. Bf3 Rde8 22. h4 Rg8 23. b4 Rc8 24. Nb2 Rc7 25. Nd3 Kc8 26. Rc3 Kd8 27. Ra3
Re8 28. Nc5 {It looks as if White gets the maximum, gains some space, but
thanks to the strong P structure, Black has no real weakness, where White
could exert some pressure.} Ke7 29. g4 h6 30. Re3+ Kd8 31. Ra3 Ke7 32. Be2 Kf8
33. Bf3 {1/2 Macieja-Grabarczyk, Plock 2000 1/2 Macieja-Grabarczyk, Plock 2000}
) 20. Na4 a5 (20... d6 21. Nb2 Re7 (21... Rde8 22. Bf3) 22. Nd3 a5 (22... Rc7 {
(Ashley-D.Fernandez, Philadelphia 2001)} 23. Nb4 $1 a5 24. Nxc6 Rxc6 25. Bxd5
Rdc8 26. Ke2 Kb6 27. Bxc6 Rxc6 28. Rxc6+ Kxc6 29. Kd3 Kc5 30. Kc3 $18 {with a
winning P endgame.}) 23. b4 {and Black faces more difficulties.}) 21. Bf3 Kc7
$146 {The first novelty.} ({After} 21... f5 {Black creates an unnecessary
weakness on the e5 square, which will be a nice place for White's N.} 22. h4
Re7 23. Nc5+ Kb6 24. Nd3 Ra8 25. Be2 Ra7 26. f4 Re4 27. Nc5 Re7 28. Kf2 Ra8 29.
Bf3 Rae8 30. Nd3 Ra8 31. Ne5 {The N has reached e5, but now it has left the
queenside.} a4 32. b4 a3 $132 {with some counterplay, Arzumanian-Chudinovskih,
Pardubice 2006}) 22. Nc5 Ree8 23. Rc2 Ra8 24. Rd2 Re7 {Black's central P
structure is very strong and completely restricts White's pieces. On the other
hand it isn't so easy to move these P, because they can become weak very
quickly. So Svider decided to hold his position and make some manoeuvres with
his R. A draw will occur soon.} 25. Rd4 Rae8 26. Nd3 g5 27. Ra4 Kb6 28. Rd4 Kc7
29. Ra4 Kb6 30. Rd4 Kc7 {A very stable endgame line with both colours, from
the 18th moves almost all the games are very similar.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Thessaloniki FIDE GP"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2013.05.28"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[Annotator "Szabo,Kr"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2013.05.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 155"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
c4 Nb6 ({Still} 8... Ba6 {is more common, but nowadays the text move is
becoming more popular.}) 9. Nc3 Qe6 10. Qe4 Bb4 (10... d5) (10... Ba6) ({or} 
10... g6 {are the lines usually played.}) 11. Bd2 Ba6 12. b3 Bxc3 13. Bxc3 d5
14. Qh4 dxc4 15. Rc1 {The new variation.} ({Before} 15. Be2 {was the main line,
for example in 2000 Kasparov himself played this move against Timman} Nd5 16.
Bxc4 g5 17. Qd4 Bxc4 18. Qxc4 Nf4 19. Qxe6+ Nxe6 20. O-O-O Ke7 21. Rhe1 $14 {
with a very comfortable endgame. Later White managed to win, Kasparov-Timman,
Wijk aan Zee 2000.}) 15... Qg6 (15... O-O {was also tried. For example:} 16.
Be2 Nd5 17. Ba1 Nb4 18. bxc4 Rad8 19. O-O Nd3 20. Rc3 Nxe5 21. Re3 Ng6 22. Qg5
Qd7 23. h4 f6 24. Qa5 $36 {with a strong initiative, Radjabov-Karjakin, Dos
Hermanas 2005.}) 16. g3 $146 {The first novelty in the game. A logical one, as
White protects his g-pawn, the engine also suggest this one.} (16. Bb4 {
Karjakin played this line enthusiastically with Black, but one month ago he
himself played this move with White.} f6 17. Qh3 Qe4+ (17... Bc8 18. Qf3 (18.
Qg3 Nd5 19. Qxg6+ hxg6 20. Bd2 cxb3 21. axb3 Rb8 22. exf6 gxf6 23. Bc4 Be6 24.
O-O Kf7 25. Ra1 Rb7 26. Rfe1 Re8 27. h4 $44 {Wang Hao-Karjakin, Al Ain 2008})
18... Nd5 19. Rxc4 Qb1+ 20. Qd1 Qxd1+ 21. Kxd1 Ba6 22. Re4 $5 {was an
interesting move} (22. Rg4 Bxf1 23. Rxf1 {(Carlsen-Karjakin, Moscow blitz 2010)
} h5 24. Rc4 Nxb4 25. Rxb4 O-O-O+ 26. Kc2 fxe5 27. Ra4 Kb7 28. Rb4+ $11) 22...
f5 (22... Bxf1 23. exf6+ $14) 23. Rd4 Bxf1 24. Rxf1 Kf7 25. Bd2 $14 {and White
is slightly better.}) 18. Be2 Kf7 19. Qe3 Qxe3 20. fxe3 Rhe8 21. exf6 Rxe3 22.
fxg7 Kxg7 23. Kf2 Rxe2+ $1 24. Kxe2 cxb3+ 25. Kf2 bxa2 26. Rxc6 Nd5 27. Bc3+
Nxc3 28. Rxc3 Bc8 29. Rxc7+ Kh8 30. Re1 Be6 $1 $44 {Karjakin-Kasimdzhanov, Zug
2013. Black has enough compensation.}) 16... O-O (16... c5 {was an interesting
alternative} 17. Be2 Bb7 18. O-O cxb3 19. axb3 O-O {Black is a P up, but White
has nice compensation thanks to his ^^ and the flexible P structure.}) 17. Be2
Rad8 18. O-O c5 19. Rfe1 $5 {A very deep move. White wants to push e6 at a
good moment.} (19. bxc4 {was also possible} Qe6 20. Bg4 Qg6 (20... Qxc4 $2 {
doesn't work, as} 21. e6 $1 $18 {and White wins.}) 21. f4 Rd3 22. e6 (22. f5 $2
{is a mistake, because} Qc6 {White hasn't got Bf3 and Black continues with Bb7.
}) 22... fxe6 23. Rfe1 Bxc4 24. Ba1 $44 {with a very interesting double-edged
fight. White has good compensation for two P.}) 19... Bb7 20. Bg4 ({In case of
} 20. bxc4 Na4 $1 21. Ba1 Rd2 $132 {with some counterplay.}) 20... Qc6 $6 {
Black removes his Q from the important K side. After this move, the Black K
will be weak and White can attack it more easily.} ({The natural} 20... Bd5 {
was the best. Black defends his c4 P and he prepares for Be6.}) 21. f3 Bc8 {
A logical move, but it doesn't prevent White's strong answer.} (21... h6 22. e6
$1 $36) 22. e6 $1 {A very strong P sacrifice. Caruana opens the long diagonal
for his B and he can create a very dangerous attack against the opposing K.}
fxe6 23. Qe7 (23. Qg5 {was also strong} e5 24. Rxe5 Qf6 25. Rxc5 Qxg5 26. Rxg5
g6 27. bxc4 Bxg4 28. fxg4 $16 {and White has a promising endgame.}) 23... e5
24. Bxe5 Qh6 25. Bxc8 Rxc8 26. f4 cxb3 27. axb3 Nd5 ({After} 27... c4 28. bxc4
Rf7 29. Qc5 {is also comfortable for White.}) 28. Qxc5 Qb6 29. Bd4 Qxc5 30.
Bxc5 Rfe8 {White has an indisputable advantage, but if Black exchanges a7 and
c7 P for b3, Black has some drawing chances.} 31. Bxa7 ({In the event of} 31.
Rxe8+ Rxe8 32. Bxa7 Ra8 33. Bd4 (33. Ra1 {transposes to the game}) 33... Rb8
34. Rc5 c6 35. Rxc6 Rxb3 {+/=/= Black could exchange the Q side's P.}) 31...
Rxe1+ 32. Rxe1 Ra8 33. Ra1 $1 {A little bit strange, but a strong move.
Otherwise Black can exchange the P on the Q side.} (33. Bd4 Rb8 34. Rb1 Kf7 {
+/=/= and maybe Black can escape.}) 33... c5 ({After} 33... Nb6 34. Kf2 Kf7 (
34... Nc8 35. Bd4 Rb8 36. Rc1 $1 $16 {now the position changed, because the
Black N is very passive and White's pieces dominate the board.}) 35. Ra5 Nc8
36. Rf5+ {and White continues the torture.}) 34. Ra5 {Threatens Rxc5.} Nf6 35.
Kf1 c4 $6 {After this Black loses more quickly, but his position was already
bad.} (35... Kf7 36. Ke2 Nd7 37. Kd3 {also looks hopeless for Black.}) 36. b4 (
36. bxc4 $18 {was also winning.}) 36... Nd5 37. Rxd5 {Caruana simplifies to a
winning rook engame.} Rxa7 38. Ke2 Ra2+ 39. Rd2 Ra1 40. Rc2 Rh1 41. Ke3 {
A nice win by Caruana!} 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg International Preliminary"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1914.04.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Blackburne, Joseph Henry"]
[Black "Janowski, Dawid Markelowicz"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[Annotator "Tarrasch,S"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[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 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 $1 5. Nxc6 {Durch diesen
erzwungenen Tausch verliert Weiß Tempi und bald auch den Halt im Zentrum.
Schottisch gehört nicht zu den korrekten Eröffnungen.} bxc6 6. Nd2 {Eine
Neuerung - aus dem Jahr 1885. Im Hamburger Turnier wurde der Zug in ganz
ähnlicher Stellung von mir gegen Weiß probiert.} d5 7. exd5 cxd5 {Nun ist
Schwarz etwas im Vorteil, denn er hat einen Bauern im Zentrum und sein
Springer steht besser als der weiße.} 8. Bb5+ {Dieser von Steinitz in
ähnlicher Stellung empfohlene Zug entwickelt nur den Schwarzen.} Bd7 9. Qe2+
Be7 10. O-O c6 11. Bd3 O-O {Die Eröffnung ist durchaus zum Vorteil von
Schwarz.} 12. Nf3 Re8 ({Die Fesselung} 12... Bg4 {konnt erfolgen.}) 13. c3 Bg4
14. Qc2 ({Anstatt die Fessel mit} 14. Bc2 Z0 {und} 15. Qd3 {elegant
abzustreifen, reißt sich Weiß krampfhaft los.}) 14... Qd6 {Schwarz hat nicht
unrecht, auf die Aufreißung zu verzichten.} ({Weiß würde mit} 14... Bxf3 15.
gxf3 Z0 16. Kh1 Z0 {und} 17. Rg1 {ein ganz leidliches Spiel erlangen.}) 15. Nd4
c5 16. Nf5 Bxf5 17. Bxf5 g6 {Um Ng4 zu spielen, falls der Läufer nach d3
zurückgeht.} 18. Bh3 (18. Bd3 Ng4 {Dann wäre} 19. f4 {fehlerhaft wegen} (19.
g3 {wäre auch nicht angenehm.}) 19... c4 20. Be2 Qb6+) {Nun ist der Läufer
etwas deplaziert.} 18... Bf8 19. g3 Qa6 (19... Qa6 20. Z0 {droht mit dem Turm
nach} Re2 {einzudringen.}) 20. Be3 Rab8 21. Rfd1 Qb7 22. Rab1 Ne4 23. Bg2 {
Man merkt dem Läufer nicht an, daß er schon so weite Reisen hinter sich hat.}
f5 {Schwarz kommt immer weiter vorwдrts.} 24. Bf4 Rbd8 25. f3 {Das ist die
Alternative: Verstärkung des schwarzen Zentrums durch Abtausch des lästigen
Springers oder Lockerung des Königsflügels und Verbauung des Läufers.} Nf6
26. Bg5 Bg7 27. b4 {Das erweist sich bald als ungünstig, da es den c-Bauern
schwächt.} (27. f4 {sieht gut aus,} Z0 {droht mit} 28. c4 {den Pd5 zu
gewinnen. Schwarz würde jedoch mit 27....Qf7 leicht parieren.}) 27... c4 {
Nun ist der d-Bauer rückständig, aber dafür schielt der Bg7 aus arglistig
nach dem Pc3.} 28. Rd2 h6 29. Bxf6 Bxf6 30. Rbd1 Re3 {Entscheidend! Weiß
hatte mit f3-f4 einen Angriff auf den rückständigen Bauern geplant, aber
Schwarz kommt ihm zuvor.} 31. Re2 ({Auf} 31. f4 {schlägt Schwarz den Bauern
mit dem} Rxc3 {, entfesselt dann durch} 32. Z0 Qb6+ {seinen Damenbauern} 33.
Kh1 {und rettet ihn durch Vorrücken.} d4) 31... Rxc3 32. Qa4 Qb6+ 33. Kf1 Re3
{Um Re8+ zu verhindern.} 34. Rde1 d4 {Die beiden Freibauern gewinnen nun ohne
Mühe.} 35. f4 Kg7 36. Bc6 Rxe2 37. Rxe2 d3 38. Re6 d2 39. Qd1 c3 40. Bd5 Qb5+
0-1

[Event "Paris Caissa Easter"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "1947.04.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Tartakower, Saviely"]
[Black "Rossolimo, Nicolas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[Annotator "Tartakower,S"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1947.04.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Après sa défaite surprise de la veille contre Boutteville, mon
adversaire devait jouer le tout pour le tout dans cette dernière ronde.} e5 2.
Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 (5... Bb6) 6. c3 d6 (6... Nge7 {
Le coup thйorique}) 7. Bb5 Bd7 8. O-O h5 $146 {Et dйjа le combat prend une
allure abracadabrante!} (8... Nge7 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Bc4 $1 (10. Bxc5 cxb5 {
Kan,I-Flohr,S Leningrad/Moscow 1939 (10) 0-1}) 10... Bb6 11. Bxb6 axb6 12. f4
$14) 9. Nxc6 (9. Nc2 $5 {[%cal Gc2e3]}) 9... bxc6 10. Bxc5 (10. Bc4 Bb6 11.
Bxb6 axb6 12. f4 g6 $13) 10... cxb5 11. Bd4 Qg6 12. Qf3 (12. Kh1 {Plus solide}
h4 13. h3) 12... Bg4 (12... h4 13. h3) 13. Qf4 (13. Qg3 h4 $36) (13. Qd3 c5 14.
Qxb5+ Kf8 $1 (14... Bd7 15. Qb7 Rd8 16. Be3 Bh3 17. Qc6+ Ke7 18. e5) 15. Qb7
Re8 16. Be3 Bf3 $40) 13... h4 14. f3 Bh3 15. Qd2 (15. Rf2 Rh5 16. Kh1 Rg5 $40)
15... Rh5 {Un nouvel acteur vigoureux entre en scиne, oщ son action agira en
mкme temps frontalement et latйralement} 16. Kh1 Bd7 17. Na3 {Un mauvais
dйveloppement vaut mieux que pas du tout!} h3 18. Rg1 (18. g4 $2 Bxg4 19. fxg4
Qxe4+ 20. Kg1 Qxg4+) 18... f6 19. g4 {Sans peur et sans reproche} Rg5 20. Rg3
$1 {[%cal Gg3g4,Gg3h3]} Kf7 (20... O-O-O {[%csl Rc8]}) 21. Re1 Re8 (21... Nh6
22. Be3) 22. Rxh3 Bc6 (22... Bxg4 $143 23. fxg4 Rxg4 24. Nxb5 Rgxe4 25. Rhe3
$14) 23. Rg3 Nh6 24. h3 $1 (24. h4 Rxg4 $3 25. fxg4 Rxe4 26. Rxe4 Qxe4+ 27. Kg1
Qh1+) 24... Rh5 25. Kh2 Rg5 26. Be3 (26. h4 Nxg4+) 26... Rge5 27. g5 $1 fxg5
28. Bxg5 {La pointe!} Qh5 (28... Qe6 29. Qf4+) 29. Qf4+ Rf5 $1 30. Qc1 Rc5 (
30... Rxf3 31. Rxf3+ Qxf3 32. Rf1) 31. Qf4+ Rf5 32. Qc1 Rfe5 33. Qf4+ Ke6 {
Tentant l'impossible pour remporter la partie et le tournoi} 34. Bxh6 gxh6 35.
Rg7 Re7 36. Reg1 Kd7 37. R1g6 d5 38. Qf6 {Le coup de grвce!} Bb7 39. Rxh6 Qe8
40. Qxe5 {Une partie cruelle} 1-0

[Event "Valle d'Aosta op 8th"]
[Site "Saint Vincent"]
[Date "2000.02.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Black "Romanishin, Oleg M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2567"]
[BlackElo "2578"]
[Annotator "Tiviakov,S"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2000.02.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 074 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.03.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.03.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 8]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nxc6 Qf6 6. Qd2 dxc6
7. Nc3 Ne7 8. Qf4 Qe6 9. Bd3 O-O 10. O-O Ng6 11. Qg5 Qe5 12. Qxe5 Nxe5 13. Be2
a5 $1 $146 {[/^g1-a7; /\a4, b5 |^<<]} (13... Bg4 $2 14. Bxg4 Nxg4 15. h3 Nf6
16. Re1 $14 {Nisipeanu,L-Khalifman,A/Las Vegas 1999/Inf 76/305}) (13... Be6 $6
14. Na4 Be7 15. f4 $14) (13... b5 $5) 14. Bf4 f6 15. a4 Be6 16. Rfd1 (16. Rad1
$6 Rae8 17. Nb1 (17. Bg3 $5) 17... Bf7 18. Nd2 Re7 19. Bxe5 Rxe5 $15 {^^ De la
Villa Garcia,J-Illescas Cordoba,M/Pamplona 1999/2000}) 16... Rae8 (16... Rad8
17. Rxd8 Rxd8 18. Rd1 $14) 17. Bg3 Bc4 (17... Nc4 $2 18. Bxc4 Bxc4 19. Bxc7 $16
) 18. Kf1 Bf7 $5 (18... Bxe2+ 19. Nxe2 f5 20. exf5 (20. Bxe5 {- 18...f5 19.Be5
Be2 20.Ne2}) 20... Rxf5 21. Nd4 Rff8 22. b3 $14) (18... f5 19. Bxe5 Bxe2+ 20.
Nxe2 (20. Kxe2 $6 Rxe5 21. f4 Re6 22. e5 (22. Kf3 g5 $1) 22... g5 23. g3 Rh6
$15 {|^}) 20... Rxe5 21. exf5 Rexf5 22. f3 Bd6 23. h3 Rc5 $11) 19. b3 h5 20. f3
Bb4 $6 (20... Bd6 $142 $11 {/\g5, h4, |^>>}) 21. Na2 Bd6 22. Nc1 g5 23. Nd3 Ng6
$1 (23... h4 24. Bxe5 $14 (24. Nxe5 $6 hxg3 25. Nd7 gxh2 26. Kf2 Rd8 $5 (26...
f5 $5) 27. Rxd6 $8 (27. Nxf8 $2 Bc5+ 28. Kg3 Rxd1 29. Rxd1 Bg1 $19) (27. Nxf6+
Kg7 28. Ng4 Be6 $17) 27... cxd6 28. Nxf8 Kxf8 29. Rh1 $11)) 24. Kf2 (24. Rd2 $5
{/\Rad1}) 24... Re7 25. Bf1 (25. Rd2 $5) 25... h4 26. Bxd6 cxd6 27. Nb2 (27.
Rd2 d5 $11) 27... d5 28. exd5 cxd5 $1 (28... Bxd5 29. Nc4 $14) 29. c4 Rc8 $1 (
29... dxc4 30. Nxc4 $14) 30. Rd4 (30. Rd2 Ne5 $1 $15 31. cxd5 $140 Bxd5 32.
Rxd5 Rc2+ 33. Kg1 Rxb2 34. Rxa5 h3 {->>>}) 30... Ne5 31. Rad1 dxc4 (31... Nc6
32. R4d2 d4 33. Bd3 $11) 32. Nxc4 Nxc4 33. Bxc4 Bxc4 34. Rxc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Valle d'Aosta op 8th"]
[Site "Saint Vincent"]
[Date "2000.02.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Black "Godena, Michele"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2567"]
[BlackElo "2487"]
[Annotator "Tiviakov,S"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2000.02.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 074 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.03.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.03.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 8]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bb4+ 5. c3 Be7 6. Nxc6 bxc6
7. Bc4 d6 $5 (7... Nf6 {- 62/(339)}) 8. Qb3 (8. Qh5 d5 9. exd5 Nf6 10. Qe2 cxd5
11. Bb5+ Bd7 $11 {Noomen,J-Simmeling,J/corr NBC 1994}) 8... Nf6 $8 9. Bxf7+ Kf8
10. e5 (10. Be6 $5 Nxe4 11. Bxc8 Qxc8 (11... Nc5 $5) 12. O-O (12. Qc4 $2 Nc5
13. O-O Qe6 14. Qxe6 Nxe6 15. Be3 Kf7 $15 {Malinarski,Y-Rausis,I/Gausdal 1997})
12... d5 13. Nd2 Nc5 (13... Nxd2 14. Bxd2 Qd7 15. Rae1 Kf7 16. Qc2 c5 17. Re3
$36 {Dusper,H-Dutina,D/Pula 1997}) 14. Qc2 g6 15. Re1 $146 (15. b4 Ne6 16. Bb2
Kg7 17. c4+ d4 18. Qe4 $36 {Grosar,A-Sermek,D/Portoroz 1993}) 15... Bf6 16. b4
Ne6 17. Nf3 $36 {Gysi,A-Simmelink,J/ICCF EM/TT/D/01 1997}) (10. Nd2 d5 {(ץf7)}
11. e5 Kxf7 12. exf6 Bxf6 $11) 10... Ng4 $1 (10... dxe5 11. Bc4 (11. O-O $5)
11... Bc5 12. Nd2 $16 {Filipowicz,A-Sznapik,A/Gdynia 1973}) (10... Nd7 11. exd6
$1 (11. e6 Nc5) (11. Bh5 Nxe5 {- 10...Ng4 11.Bh5 Ne5}) 11... Nc5 12. Qc2 $16
Kxf7 $140 13. dxe7 Qxe7+ 14. Be3) 11. Bh5 (11. e6 Ne5 12. O-O Nxf7 13. exf7 d5
$11 {^^}) (11. exd6 Bxd6 $44 {|^}) 11... Nxe5 12. O-O (12. Bf4 $5 Nd3+ 13. Kd2
Ne5 $1 $13 (13... g6 $6 14. Bh6+ (14. Kxd3 $2 gxh5 (14... Bf5+ 15. Ke2 Rb8 $13)
15. Bh6+ Ke8 $13 {^^ Pavasovic,D-Sermek,D/SLO-ch 1993}) 14... Ke8 15. Bf3 $16
Ne5 $140 16. Bg7 Nxf3+ 17. gxf3 {צh8}) (13... d5 $2 14. Kxd3 Rb8 15. Qa4 Bf5+
16. Ke2 Rxb2+ 17. Nd2 $18)) 12... d5 (12... Ba6 13. Re1 Rb8 14. Qd1 $14) 13.
Qa4 $1 $146 (13. Bf4 Nd3 14. Bg3 g6 15. Be2 Nc5 16. Qd1 Bf6 17. Nd2 Kg7 18. Nb3
Ne4 $10 {Efimov,I-Giorgadze,G/Tbilisi 1991}) 13... Bd6 (13... Qd7 $142 $5 $14)
(13... Qd6 14. Bf4 $16) 14. Re1 {[/\15.Qf4+ Qf6 16.Qxf6 gxf6 17.Bh6+ Ke7 18.
f4+-]} (14. f4 Bc5+ 15. Kh1 Qf6 16. Re1 Ng6 $13 (16... Nf7 $5 {/\g6, Kg7})) (
14. Na3 Qf6 $11) 14... Bf5 (14... Qf6 $4 15. Qxc6 $18) 15. Na3 $2 (15. Bf4 $142
Qh4 (15... Qf6 16. Bxe5 $1 Bxe5 17. f4 Bd6 (17... Qh4 18. Rxe5 Qxh5 19. Qxc6
$18) 18. Qxc6 $18) 16. Nd2 $1 $16 Be4 $140 17. Nxe4 Qxf4 18. g3 Qf5 19. Nxd6
cxd6 20. f4 $1 Qxh5 21. fxe5 dxe5 22. Qxc6 $18) 15... Qf6 16. Bf4 g6 17. Bxe5
$5 (17. Be2 Kg7 $13) 17... Bxe5 18. Bg4 Bxg4 19. Qxg4 h5 (19... Kg7 $5 20. Qd7+
$140 Kh6) 20. Qh3 Kg7 $11 21. Nc2 Rae8 22. Nb4 Re7 23. Re3 Rhe8 24. Nd3 Bd6 25.
Rae1 c5 26. Rxe7+ Rxe7 27. Rxe7+ Qxe7 28. Qe3 Qxe3 29. fxe3 c4 30. Nf4 c6 31.
Kf2 Kf6 32. Kf3 Kf5 33. g3 a5 34. h3 a4 35. g4+ hxg4+ 36. hxg4+ Kf6 37. a3 g5
38. Ne2 Bc5 39. Ng3 Ke5 40. Nf5 1-0

[Event "Budapest FTC"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1977.06.28"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Tompa, Janos"]
[Black "Zsinka, Laszlo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[Annotator "Tompa"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1977.06.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. c3 Nge7 7. g3 d5 8.
Bg2 Nxd4 (8... dxe4 9. Nd2 Bxd4 10. cxd4 O-O 11. Nxe4 Qg6 12. O-O Bf5 13. Nc3
Rad8 14. Qa4 Nc8 $5 15. d5 $6 Ne5 16. Qf4 Rfe8 17. Bd4 $6 Nd3 18. Qxc7 $2 Nd6
$15 {Tompa,J-Lengyel,B,ch-BUD,1977}) 9. cxd4 Bb4+ 10. Nc3 dxe4 11. Qa4+ Nc6 12.
O-O Bxc3 13. bxc3 O-O 14. d5 Ne5 15. Qxe4 Bf5 16. Qf4 $1 $14 Rfe8 $6 (16... Bd3
17. Qxf6 gxf6 18. Rfe1 $14) 17. Bd4 Re7 18. Qe3 $1 Rae8 $2 (18... Bg4 $1 19. f3
Bf5 20. Qf4 $14) 19. Bc5 Bg4 (19... Ng4 20. Bxe7 Nxe3 21. Bxf6 Nxf1 22. Bg5 h6
23. Bc1 Re1 24. Bxf1 Bh3 25. Bb2 $18) 20. Bxe7 Rxe7 21. Qxa7 h5 22. f3 $1 Bf5 (
22... Nxf3+ 23. Rxf3 Bxf3 24. Rf1) (22... Bxf3 23. Rf2 $18) 23. Qd4 Qd6 24.
Rfe1 Nd3 25. Rxe7 Qxe7 26. Bf1 Ne1 27. Qf2 Nc2 28. Rc1 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch 57th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2004.11.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Tseshkovsky, Vitaly"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2577"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[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 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nxc6 Qf6 6. Qf3 {6.Qd2 is main
here, 6.Qf3 is very tricky and can be annoying for black. But it worked out
for white this time against aggresive player like Moro. Smart choice by
experienced Tseshkovsky. His later game in this tourney against Garry proved
that in open fight Vitaly doesn't have many chances against these 2700+ guys.}
Qxf3 {Black failed to reach full equality after 6...dxc6 in following game:} (
6... dxc6 7. Nd2 Be6 8. Bc4 Qxf3 9. gxf3 Ne7 10. Bxe6 fxe6 11. Nc4 O-O 12. Ke2
b5 13. Ne5 Bd6 14. Nd3 c5 15. Be3 c4 16. Nc5 $14 {1/2-1/2 Varga,Z-Gustafsson,J/
Budapest HUN 2004/The Week in Chess 515 (34) /=}) (6... Qxc6 {leaves queens in
the game, but simply leads to a worse middlegame without much counterplay.}) 7.
gxf3 bxc6 (7... dxc6 8. Be3 Bxe3 9. fxe3 $14 {4 queenside pawns of black are
like 3 of white there- black can't create a passer, so white is like up a pawn
here.}) 8. Rg1 $146 {[%mdl 4] More effective plan than of Vallejo. Vallejo
tried the same opening line against Kramnik, but there is just no chance to
beat Vlad that way.} (8. Nd2 Ne7 9. Nb3 Bb6 10. a4 a5 11. Be3 Bxe3 12. fxe3 d6
13. O-O-O Be6 14. Nd4 Bd7 15. Rg1 g6 16. Rd2 c5 17. Nb5 O-O-O 18. Nc3 {1/2-1/2
Vallejo Pons,F-Kramnik,V/Linares 2004/CBM 100 (18) Still looks better for
white in the final position of that game.}) ({In case of immediate Be3 move
black can develop his kingside knight to f6.} 8. Be3 Bxe3 9. fxe3 Rb8 10. b3
Nf6) 8... Ne7 {Here Nf6 just loses a pawn.} 9. Be3 {g7 is a poison pawn.} (9.
Rxg7 Ng6 {[%cal Gc5d4,Gc5f8] and black wins the exchange.}) 9... Bb6 $6 {
Oratovsky: Waste of one tempи, after 10.c4 black is forced to trade bishops
anyhow, while c2-c4 is very useful for white.} (9... Bxe3 10. fxe3 $14 {
White has long-term stable edge in this ending.}) 10. c4 {[%cal Rc4c5]} Bxe3 {
c4-c5 otherwise and black dark square bishop is in trouble.} 11. fxe3 O-O 12.
f4 Rb8 13. b3 d6 14. Nc3 (14. c5 d5 {and black might exploit white's gap in
development.}) 14... f6 {Actually, here Moro could've prevented white's
following move by:} (14... c5 15. Nb5 Rb7 16. Bg2 {[%cal Ge4e5]} a6 17. Nc3 $14
{[%cal Ge1c1]}) 15. c5 $1 {Thematic break!} Be6 (15... dxc5 16. Na4 $16 {
[%csl Ra7,Rc6,Rc7,Re7]}) 16. O-O-O Rfd8 17. Rd4 a5 {hoping for Rb4, but white
just ignores it.} 18. Be2 f5 {Moro makes an effort to complicate things.} (
18... Rb4 19. Rgd1 $16) 19. cxd6 cxd6 20. Rgd1 fxe4 (20... d5 21. exd5 cxd5 22.
Bf3 Rbc8 23. Kb2 Rc5 {[%csl Ya5,Yd5,Yf5] black defends temporarily, but will
suffer alot here with all these weaknesses a5, d5 and f5.}) 21. Rxd6 Bd5 (21...
Rxd6 22. Rxd6 Bd5 23. Bg4 {with the same scenario.}) 22. Rxd8+ Rxd8 23. Bg4 {
gives black an excellent chance to save the game.} (23. Nxe4 Nf5 $1 {and black
saves the game.}) (23. Bc4 {now Nxe4 is a threat.} Rc8 (23... Kf8 24. Nxe4 Nf5
25. Ng5 Nxe3 26. Ne6+) 24. Rd4 {[%cal Gd4e4]} (24. Nxe4 Nf5) 24... Kf8 25. Bxd5
cxd5 26. Kb2 Rd8 (26... Rc5 27. a3 {[%cal Gb3b4]}) 27. Ka3 {[%cal Ga3a4] two
weaknesses (a5 and d5) must be enuf for white to win it here.}) 23... Rd6 $2 {
but Moro upsets failing to find the saver.} (23... Rb8 24. Nxd5 (24. Na4 {
keeps some edge.}) 24... cxd5 25. Be6+ Kf8 26. Bxd5 Rc8+ 27. Bc4 (27. Kb2 Rd8)
27... Nf5 28. Rd7 Nxe3 29. Rf7+ Ke8 30. Rxg7 Rc5 (30... Nxc4 $2 31. Rg8+ $18 {
with a winning pawn ending.}) 31. Rxh7 Nxc4 32. bxc4 Rxc4+ $11) 24. Nxe4 Rg6
25. Nf2 $18 h5 26. Bh3 {Calmness} Bf3 27. Rd8+ Kh7 (27... Kf7 {would probably
give Moro better hope.} 28. Nd3 Rg1+ 29. Kd2 Ng6 30. Bf5 $18 {and the rest
must be an easy task for white.}) 28. e4 (28. Ra8 {would probably steal one
more pawn for free.}) 28... Rg1+ 29. Kd2 Bg4 30. Rd3 $6 {Unaccuracy in winning
position.} (30. Ra8 $142 Bxh3 31. Nxh3 Rg2+ 32. Ke3 Rxh2 (32... Rxa2 33. Ng5+
Kg6 34. Re8 {and white wins the black knight due to mating threats.}) 33. Ng5+
Kh6 34. Rh8+ Kg6 35. Re8 $18) 30... Ng6 31. Rg3 Ra1 32. Nxg4 hxg4 33. Bxg4 {
[%cal Rg4f5]} Rxa2+ (33... Nxf4 34. Ke3 g5 35. h4 gxh4 36. Bf5+ Kh6 37. Rg4 $18
) 34. Ke3 Nf8 35. e5 Rb2 (35... Rxh2 36. e6 {and white passer "e" costs black
a knight.}) 36. Kd4 $1 {Centralization! White king is the one of heroes of
this game, while black king has been stuck in the corner.} Kg8 37. h4 a4 38.
bxa4 Rb4+ 39. Ke3 Rxa4 {Even in this 3 vs 2 ending black is quite hopeless due
to immobility of the black knight.} 40. h5 Ra3+ 41. Kf2 Ra2+ (41... Rxg3 42.
Kxg3 g6 43. e6 gxh5 44. e7 $18) 42. Kf3 Ra3+ 43. Kg2 Ra4 (43... Ra2+ 44. Kh3)
44. f5 Ra5 45. Re3 (45. e6 Nh7 46. Re3 Nf6 47. e7 {same position as in the
game.}) 45... Nd7 46. e6 Nf6 47. e7 Ra8 (47... Kf7 48. h6 $1 {[%cal Rg4h5]}
gxh6 49. Bh5+ Kg7 50. Rg3+ Kh7 (50... Kh8 51. Rg6 $18) 51. Rg6 Ne8 52. f6 $1)
48. Bf3 Rc8 49. Re6 c5 50. h6 $1 c4 51. Rd6 Re8 (51... Kh7 52. Rd8 Rc5 53. e8=Q
Nxe8 54. Rxe8 Kxh6 {unfortunately for black, he can't eliminate f5 pawn.} 55.
Be4 c3 56. Bc2 {and one of pawn of white remains alive.}) 52. Rd8 Kh7 {Black
king was there once!} 53. Rxe8 Nxe8 54. Bh5 Nf6 55. e8=Q Nxe8 56. Bxe8 Kxh6 (
56... c3 57. Ba4 {[%cal Ga4c2] white bishops does all the job from c2 square.})
57. Ba4 g6 58. f6 {Black doesn't have a way to trade the last pawn of white...}
Kh7 {That's the 3rd time black king visits h7 square!} 59. Kg3 g5 60. Bc2+ Kh6
61. Kg4 c3 62. Kf5 g4 63. Kf4 {Last touch of the Master. White king has had a
nice drive over the board in this game.} (63. Kxg4 {would destroy the work of
art- Stalemate here!}) 1-0

[Event "Reggio Emilia 53rd"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia"]
[Date "2011.01.05"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Black "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2698"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[Annotator "Vallejo Pons,F"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2010.12.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 140"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 {Once again 1...e5 appeared on the board, for the third time in the
tournament. In the first round against Godena, I played the Evans Gambit,
later against Navara the Spanish Exchange and in this game we prepared for
another small surprise.} 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 $5 {I guess when people prepare
against me... they can expect almost any opening, but it was some time ago
that I played my last Scotch.} exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 {Alex plays both main moves:
Bc5 or Nf6} 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8. Nd2 $5 {That is not a
"normal" move, and I expected it to have a very surprising effect, but
Onischuk replied quite fast.} Bb7 $5 {"Bad luck" I thought to myself, I was
out of book after being the first to deviate. There were many other options
for Black.} (8... Rb8) (8... Nf4) (8... g6) (8... a5) (8... Qe6) 9. Nf3 Qb4+ (
9... O-O-O $5 10. Bd2 (10. c4)) 10. Qd2 $8 Qe4+ $1 (10... O-O-O $6 11. Be2 $1
d6 $6 (11... Nf4 $2 12. c3) 12. Ng5 $1 (12. c4) (12. O-O)) 11. Be2 Ba6 (11...
Nb4 $5 {was an interesting option, going for a sharp position:} 12. Kd1 c5 (
12... O-O-O 13. a3 Nd5 14. c4 Nb6 15. Ng5 Qg6 16. Bd3 f5)) 12. Kf1 $8 Bxe2+ 13.
Qxe2 Qf5 $6 {I was quite happy when I saw that move on the board. Probably
Alexander wanted to take revenge for his painful loss with a terrible mistake
in the his earlier game against Gashimov, but objectively this move can't be
good.} (13... Qxe2+ 14. Kxe2 d6) (13... f5) 14. c4 (14. Nd4 $5 {That was
another tempting option, also with a pleasant position for White.} Qg6 15. h4
c5 (15... h5) 16. h5 Qb6) 14... Nb4 (14... Nb6 15. Nd4 Qg6 16. h4 h5 17. Bg5
Bc5 18. Nb3 Be7 19. Bxe7 Kxe7) (14... Ne7) 15. Bd2 (15. a3 $1 {is probably
slightly more precise than the game move.} Nd3 16. Nd4 $1 (16. Nh4 Nxc1 17.
Nxf5 Nxe2 18. Kxe2) 16... Qg6 17. h4 Bc5 (17... h5 18. Bg5 (18. Rh3 Nxc1 19.
Rxc1) 18... Bc5 19. Rh3 $1) 18. h5 Nxc1 19. Rxc1 Qg5 20. Rd1 Bxd4 21. Rxd4)
15... Bc5 $5 (15... Nxa2 $2 16. Nd4 Qg6 17. f4 $16) (15... Be7) 16. Bxb4 $1 {
My first intention was to bring the bishop to c3, but there is no time for
that, so I just decided to simplify the position.} Bxb4 17. Rd1 (17. Nd4) 17...
O-O (17... Bc5 $5) 18. Qd3 $1 Qe6 $1 (18... Qxd3+ 19. Rxd3 {is a more pleasant
ending for White although Black can hold it with good play.} d6 $1 (19... Rad8
20. Ke2 (20. a3) 20... Bc5 $1)) 19. Ng5 Qh6 20. h4 $1 {The best way to
coordinate White's pieces.} Rad8 $6 (20... Be7 21. Rh3) (20... Rae8 $1 {
I was much more worried about this move, inmediately attacking my weak e5-pawn
before I have time to coordinate the rook on h1.} 21. a3 Be7 22. Rh3) 21. Rh3 {
The natural way to develop pieces.} (21. g3 $5) 21... d5 $6 {A natural
reaction, but already a mistake.} 22. Qf5 $1 $16 {A beautiful idea: from f5
the queen will attack h7 and f7, and the rook on h3 will try to find better
squares, probably d3 or f3.} Rde8 $1 {The best defence in a difficult position.
} (22... Bc5 23. Rf3 $16) (22... dxc4 $4 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. Qxf7+) 23. Rf3 $5 {
I spent around 10 minutes for this move, trying to calculate the main black
options, but that left me with only 13 minutes on the clock. It is a decent
move, and best of all, prepares a very well hidden trap.} (23. cxd5 $1 {
The computer as usual gives us the most precise play possible, but during the
game I wasn't sure about the ideas involving f6!} cxd5 (23... f6 24. exf6 Rxf6
25. Qg4) 24. a3 $1 (24. Rxd5 $2 f6 $1 {and the game becomes very unclear!})
24... Bc5 25. Rxd5 Bb6 $16) 23... Qxh4 $2 {This came as a surprise to me, I
was pretty sure I had calculated the following lines precisely, but you can
never be sure whether you missed something and whether a very strong opponent
will find a hole in your ideas.} (23... dxc4 $3 {A difficult defensive move
which leaves Black worse but not lost!} 24. Nxf7 (24. a3 $5 Be7 25. Nxf7 Qg6 $1
26. Qxg6 hxg6 27. e6 Bf6 $1) (24. Rd4 f6 $1) 24... Qxh4 25. Rh3 g6 26. Rxh4
gxf5 27. Nh6+ Kg7 28. f4 $14) 24. Rh3 Qxc4+ 25. Kg1 g6 26. Qf6 Be7 (26... h5
27. Rxh5 $1 gxh5 28. Qf5 {and there is no escape for the black king, and Qh7
is winning the game.}) 27. Nxh7 $3 {A wonderful idea, one of the most
wonderful I have found lately over the board.} Qg4 28. Qxe7 $3 {When you think
chess is also an art, you can not miss the opportunity to play such a move in
your game. I had this picture in mind when I played Rf3!!} (28. Rdd3 {was
winning as well.}) 1-0

[Event "Match Paulsen-Anderssen +5-3=1"]
[Site "Leipzig"]
[Date "1877.07.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Paulsen, Louis"]
[Black "Anderssen, Adolf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[Annotator "Von Gottschall,H"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1877.07.23"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{(Source: Adolf Anderssen, Altmeister Deutscher Schachspielkunst; Leipzig 1912,
pp. 481-482.)  (Quelle: Adolf Anderssen, Altmeister Deutscher Schachspielkunst;
Leipzig 1912, S. 481-482.)} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3
Qf6 6. c3 Nge7 7. Bb5 {At that time a new move, but it does not achieve
anything. Ein damals neuer Versuch, bei dem aber nichts herauskommt.} (7. Bc4 {
or also oder auch}) (7. Be2 {are preferable. verdienen den Vorzug.}) 7... O-O
8. O-O Bb6 9. f4 ({TL:} 9. Qd2 Qg6 10. Re1 Ne5 11. Kh1 d5 (11... d6 12. f4 Ng4
13. f5 Qh5 14. Bf4 g6 15. h3 gxf5 16. Be2 fxe4 17. Kg1 f5 18. hxg4 fxg4 19. Bh6
Rf5 20. Be3 Bxd4 21. cxd4 Qh4 22. Rf1 g3 23. Rxf5 Bxf5 24. Bc4+ d5 25. Bg5 Qh2+
26. Kf1 dxc4 27. Qe3 Qh1+ 28. Ke2 Nd5 {0-1 Fodre,S-Fayard,A/Paris 1990/EXT 97 
(28)}) 12. Bf4 Ng4 13. f3 Nf6 14. e5 {1/2-1/2 Fodre,S-Flear,G/Paris 1990/EXT
97 (14)}) 9... d6 ({TL:} 9... d5 10. e5 Qh6 11. Qd2 Nxd4 12. cxd4 Nf5 13. Nc3
c6 14. Be2 Nxe3 15. Qxe3 f6 16. Na4 Bc7 17. Qa3 Bf5 18. Nc5 fxe5 19. dxe5 b6
20. Na6 Bd8 21. Nb4 Be7 22. Qc3 Bc5+ 23. Kh1 Be4 24. Na6 Rxf4 25. Nxc5 bxc5 26.
Rxf4 Qxf4 27. Qxc5 Qxe5 28. Qxc6 Bxg2+ 29. Kxg2 Qxe2+ 30. Kg1 Qg4+ $19 {
1-0 Suesman,W-Horowitz,I/New York 1946/EXT 99 (47)}) 10. Na3 a6 {Hardly a good
move, since the bishop was badly placed on b5 and is now driven on to good
squares. Schwerlich gut, da der Lдufer auf b5 schlecht stand und nun auf gute
Felder getrieben wird.} ({Better was Besser war} 10... Qg6) 11. Be2 Qg6 12. Bf3
f5 $2 {This move can be reckoned to have cost him the game; firstly Black
loses a pawn. Dieser Zug dьrfte den Verlust der Partie verschulden; zunдchst
verliert Schwarz einen Bauern.} 13. exf5 Bxf5 14. Nxf5 Nxf5 15. Bxb6 cxb6 16.
Qb3+ Kh8 ({Perhaps a better move was Besser war vielleicht} 16... Qf7 17. Qxb6
d5 {etc. usw.}) 17. Qxb6 Qf7 18. Bxc6 bxc6 19. Qxc6 Qa7+ 20. Kh1 Ng3+ $2 {
A miscalculation - Anderssen perhaps thought at this point that he had the
game in the bag, but he overlooked his oppponent's fine riposte.  Eine
Verrechnung - Anderssen glaubte vielleicht in diesem Augenblicke den Gewinn in
der Tasche zu haben, indem er die feine Parade des Gegners ьbersah.} 21. hxg3
Rf6 22. Rf2 $1 {The hole in Anderssen's combination. Paulsen must already have
seen this saving move when on move 20 he played his king to h1; otherwise he
would have had to play 20.Rf2. Das Loch in der Kombination von Anderssen.
Paulsen muЯ diesen rettenden Zug bereits gesehen haben, als er im 20. Zuge den
Kцnig nach h1 zog, sonst hдtte er 20.Rf2 spielen mьssen.} g5 23. Qf3 g4 24. Qe2
Raf8 25. Qd2 Rh6+ 26. Kg1 Rf5 27. Qd4+ 1-0

[Event "Match Paulsen-Anderssen +5-4=1"]
[Site "Leipzig"]
[Date "1876.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Paulsen, Louis"]
[Black "Anderssen, Adolf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[Annotator "Von Gottschall,H"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1876.07.14"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{(Source: Adolf Anderssen, Altmeister Deutscher Schachspielkunst; Leipzig 1912,
pp. 449-450.)  (Quelle: Adolf Anderssen, Altmeister Deutscher Schachspielkunst;
Leipzig 1912, S. 449-450.)} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nf5 {
A continuation which had been taken up again at the time and which ought to be
to Black's advantage. Eine damals wieder in Aufnahme gekommene Fortsetzung,
die indes fьr Schwarz vorteilhaft sein dьrfte.} ({Blackburne preferred
Blackburne befьrwortete} 5. Nb3) 5... Qf6 $2 {Not the correct reply. Nicht die
richtige Antwort.} ({He had to play Es muЯ geschehen:} 5... d5 6. Nxg7+ Kf8 7.
Nh5 Qh4 8. Ng3 Nf6 9. Be2 Nxe4 $1 {etc. usw.}) 6. Nc3 Nge7 7. Ne3 d6 8. Bd3 ({
At this point Steinitz correctly Steinitz hдlt hier} 8. Be2 {to be better. mit
Recht fьr besser.}) 8... Ne5 9. O-O c6 10. Kh1 Bxe3 $2 ({The immediate Sofort} 
10... Qh4 {would be better. wдre besser.}) 11. Bxe3 Qh4 12. f4 Ng4 13. Bg1 f5
14. Rf3 Be6 {Black's position is already uninspiring. He has a series of
weaknesses which guarantee good attacking chances for White.  Schwarz steht
schon recht miЯlich. Sein Spiel weist eine Reihe von schwachen Punkten auf, so
daЯ WeiЯ gute Angriffschancen hat.} 15. Qe2 $1 O-O 16. exf5 Bxf5 17. Bxf5 Nxf5
18. Rh3 {Now the Ng4 is lost. Nun ist der Ng4 verloren.} Rae8 19. Qf3 Nxh2 {
A heroic death, but an involuntary one.  Ein unfreiwilliger Heldentod.} 20.
Kxh2 Qf6 21. Rd1 d5 22. Bxa7 {The bishop now begins to dance about aimlessly,
which should lead to a shaking of heads. Paulsen, though a piece up,
absolutely allows his opponent to determine the course of the game. Der Lдufer
beginnt jetzt unentschlossen hin- und herzutanzen, ein Verfahren, das
Kopfschьtteln erregen muЯ. Paulsen, obgleich um einen Offizier stдrker,
ьberlдЯt es vollstдndig dem Gegner, der Partie ein bestimmtes Geprдge zu geben.
} Rf7 23. Bf2 h6 24. Bc5 g5 25. Bf2 Qg7 26. fxg5 {Compared to Paulsen's lack
of initiative, Anderssen's energetic and resolute play creates a pleasant
impression. Gegenьber der mangelnden Initiative Paulsens fдllt Anderssens
energisches und resolutes Spiel angenehm auf.} Ne3 27. Bxe3 {Paulsen finally
makes up his mind and even decides on a bold course. However he is almost
forced into it, since 27.Qe2 would of course be met with 27...Rxf2. Endlich
kommt Paulsen zu einem EntschluЯ und sogar zu einem ganz kьhnen. Allerdings
ist er zu seinem Vorhaben fast gezwungen, da auf 27.Qe2 natьrlich 27...Rxf2
folgen wьrde.} Rxf3 28. Rxf3 hxg5 $2 {Here Anderssen misses an excellent
chance. Hier lдЯt sich Anderssen noch eine vorteffliche Chance entgehen.} ({
He should play Es sollte} 28... Rxe3 29. Rxe3 d4 {and then geschehen und auf}
30. Rg3 Qe5 $1 31. Nb1 {; then it would not be certain that White would win.
After the text move Black's position crumbles. ; es war dann auch nicht sicher,
ob WeiЯ gewinnen wьrde. Nach dem Textzug verliert die schwarze Stellung ihren
Halt.} ({Not Nicht etwa} 31. gxh6+ {on account of wegen} Kh7 32. Z0 {and then
nebst} Qh5+)) 29. Bxg5 d4 30. Rg3 Qh7+ 31. Bh6+ Kh8 32. Rxd4 Qxc2 33. Rh4 Re7
34. Be3+ 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-32"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.09.25"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Ramesh, Ramachandran B"]
[Black "Kazhgaleyev, Murtas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "Vorotnikov,V"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "1996.09.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "India"]
[BlackTeam "Kazakhstan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IND"]
[BlackTeamCountry "KAZ"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
c4 Nb6 (8... Ba6 9. b3 g6 10. g3 Bg7 11. Bb2 O-O 12. Bg2 Rae8 13. O-O Bxe5 14.
Qxe5 Qxe5 15. Bxe5 Rxe5 16. cxd5 Bxf1 17. Kxf1 cxd5 18. Nc3 c6 $17 {Vajda,
L-Todorovic,G/Bucuresti/1996/}) 9. Nd2 (9. Nc3 g6 10. Ne4 Qe6 11. Nf6+ Kd8 12.
Bd2 Ba6 13. b3 d5 14. Bc3 dxc4 15. Qd2+ Kc8 16. Be2 Kb7 17. O-O h5 18. bxc4 Be7
19. a4 Rad8 20. Qb2 Ka8 21. Rfb1 Rb8 22. Qc2 Bxf6 23. exf6 Bxc4 24. Re1 Bxe2
25. Rxe2 Qc4 26. Be5 Rhe8 $13 {Van der Wiel,J-Garcia,G/Wijk aan Zee/1996/})
9... Bb7 (9... Qe6 10. b3 a5 11. Bb2 a4 12. Qe3 axb3 13. axb3 Rxa1+ 14. Bxa1
Bb4 15. Bd3 d6 16. O-O dxe5 17. Bxe5 f6 18. Bf4 Qxe3 19. Bxe3 O-O 20. Nf3 $14 {
Svidler,P-Sokolov,I/Groningen/1995/}) 10. h4 $6 (10. b3 $5 O-O-O 11. Bb2 d6 12.
O-O-O $14) 10... O-O-O 11. b3 d6 12. exd6 $4 (12. f4 $8 dxe5 13. fxe5 {/\Bb2})
12... Qf6 $1 13. Rb1 Bxd6 $40 14. Qg4+ Kb8 15. Be2 Rhe8 16. Ne4 (16. O-O Qe5
$19) 16... Qd4 17. f3 f5 $1 (17... f5 $1 18. Qxf5 Rxe4 19. fxe4 Bb4+ 20. Kf1
Rf8 $19) 0-1

[Event "Prague Hagemann m"]
[Site "Prague"]
[Date "2000.09.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Oral, Tomas"]
[Black "Aleksandrov, Aleksej"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2531"]
[BlackElo "2591"]
[Annotator "Wells,P"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2000.09.06"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 080"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Qf6 5. Nxc6 Bc5 6. Qd2 dxc6 7. Nc3 Ne7
8. Qf4 Qd6 9. Be3 Bb4 10. Qxd6 cxd6 11. O-O-O Bxc3 12. bxc3 d5 13. Bd4 O-O 14.
Bc5 Re8 15. c4 $1 dxe4 (15... Bg4 16. f3 Bh5 17. Bxe7 Rxe7 18. cxd5 cxd5 19.
exd5 {[%csl Yc2]}) 16. Bxe7 {[%csl Rg8]} Bg4 17. f3 exf3 18. Re1 fxg2 19. Bxg2
Be6 20. Bc5 Bxc4 21. a3 Be6 22. Re3 Red8 23. Rhe1 h6 24. Rg3 Rd7 25. Bb4 Bf5
26. Bc3 g6 27. Re5 Be6 28. Rxe6 1-0

[Event "Fraenkische GM 1st"]
[Site "Pulvermuehle"]
[Date "2000.01.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Wells, Peter K"]
[Black "Ibragimov, Ildar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2476"]
[BlackElo "2554"]
[Annotator "Wells,P"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[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 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nxc6 bxc6 $6 6. Nc3 Ne7 7. Na4 $5
Bd6 {[%cal Ge7g6,Gd6e5,Gd6e7]} 8. h4 $1 {I like this move. Since the advance ..
.f5 involves definite risks, black's only real hope to co-ordinate his
awkwardly placed minor pieces rests on playing ...Ng6 followed by ...Be5 or ...
Be7. The text predicts this, and offers excellent prospects of keeping black
tied up.} O-O (8... f5 $6 9. Qd4 fxe4 10. Qxg7 Ng6 11. Bg5 (11. h5 Be5 $14)
11... Be7 12. Nc3 $16 (12. h5 Bxg5 13. hxg6 Qf6 $1 14. Rxh7 Qxg7 15. Rxg7 {
is tempting but offers more counterplay.})) 9. h5 {[%csl Rg7][%cal Yh5h6]} h6
$8 {[%cal Gf7f5]} 10. g4 $1 {[%csl Yf5]} Re8 11. Be3 {A classicist at heart, I
felt it was about time to develop some pieces.} Kh8 12. Bd3 (12. g5 $1 {
Every 'chessical' bone in miy body told me ( and continues to tell me ) that
this is the right move. It was, also, unsurprisingly the one my opponent was
most afraid of. What was more difficult was to find a good follow-up after} Ng8
13. gxh6 (13. Qd4 hxg5 14. h6 Qf6 15. hxg7+ Kxg7 {seems quite OK for black.}) (
13. Qd2 Rxe4 14. Nc3 Rxe3+ $5 15. Qxe3 Qxg5) (13. Bd3 $5 {see note to the next
move.}) 13... Nxh6 14. Bd3 {This modest approach, or perhaps} (14. Bg2 $5 Qf6
15. Qd2) 14... Qf6 15. Qd2 {looks best. I am still surprised that white does
not have something more punchy, although the knight on a4, and the consequence
that the e-pawn is so often en prise, is of course a drawback.}) (12. Bc4 {
I also considered at some length. Eventually I couldn't feel enthusiastic for}
Ng8 13. Bxf7 Rxe4 14. Nc3 Re7 (14... Bb4 15. Bg6 Re7) 15. Bg6 Be5 {when I also
found the white position a bit loose.}) 12... Ng8 13. Qd2 (13. g5 {Again it is
difficult to make the 'violent' things work.} hxg5 14. Qd2 Be7 (14... Nf6 15.
h6 Nxe4 16. hxg7+ Kxg7 17. Qe2 Nf6 18. O-O-O Bf4 19. Rdg1 $40) 15. O-O-O (15.
h6 Nxh6 16. O-O-O d5 17. Rdg1 dxe4 18. Rxg5 exd3 (18... Bxg5 19. Bxg5 f6 20.
Bxh6 exd3 21. Bxg7+ Kxg7 22. Qh6+) 19. Rxg7 Kxg7 20. Bxh6+ Kg6 {is not correct.
}) 15... d5 16. h6 (16. e5) 16... Nxh6 17. Bd4 Bf6 {and black defends.}) 13...
Bf8 $1 (13... Nf6 $2 14. g5 Nxe4 15. Bxe4 Rxe4 16. gxh6 Rxa4 $140 17. hxg7+
Kxg7 18. Bd4+ Rxd4 (18... Kh7 19. Qd3+ Kg8 20. Rg1+ Kf8 21. Bg7+ Ke8 22. Bh6
$18) 19. Qxd4+ $16 {gives white a very strong attack. Black has very sensibly
built up some kind of a defence of h6 while preparing to strike in the centre,
and should maintain it.}) 14. O-O-O (14. g5 d5 15. f3 $5 $14) 14... d5 15. exd5
$6 {Such a moment in the game, when the initiative is clearly slipping
presents very severe psychological problems. Simply,} (15. f3 $5 dxe4 $140 16.
Bxe4 Qxd2+ 17. Rxd2 {retains a strong initiative.}) 15... Bxg4 16. Rdg1 Qxd5
17. Nc3 Qd7 $15 18. Rh4 Bf5 19. Rd4 Qc8 20. Rf4 Bxd3 21. Qxd3 Qe6 22. Re4 {
This was one of those games where each player played their best chess in the
difficult moments. White's harrying of the black queen has just about secured
sufficient compensation.} Qh3 23. Qc4 $1 Qxh5 ({In the event of} 23... Rxe4 {
I had the geometrically rather attractive} 24. Nxe4 Qxh5 25. Ng5 $1 hxg5 26.
Qxc6 $18 {[%cal Yc6a8,Yc6h1,Yg1h1] in mind. After the text move, the play
should be about equal.}) 24. Qxc6 Nf6 25. Rxe8 Rxe8 26. Qxc7 a5 27. a4 {
The position is about equal, but tricky to play in mutual time-trouble. This
move is perhaps intrinsically desirable, but it is also a luxury. White should
occupy the key diagonal with} (27. Bd4 $1 $138 Qh4 {concerned me, but simply}
28. Rd1 Be7 {is fine.}) 27... Kh7 28. Kb1 (28. Bd4 $1 $13) 28... Ne4 $6 29.
Nxe4 Rxe4 30. Qc8 $1 {Already with the following tactical shot in mind.
Unfortunately I failed to realise that it prepares a tactical blow in two
parts, and without the follow-up black will recompose himself and white's king
is suddenly the more vulnerable.} Be7 31. Bxh6 $1 $138 {[%csl Re4,Rh7] I was (
and in a rather limited sense still am ) pleased with this given that my flag
was hanging.} Bf6 $8 (31... Qxh6 $4 32. Qf5+ $18) 32. Be3 $2 {'(+)?' Wells.} (
32. Bg5 $1 {[%csl Re4][%cal Gc8f5]} Bxg5 33. Qf5+ Qg6 34. Rxg5 Qxf5 35. Rxf5
Rxa4 36. Rxf7 $16 {should give white excellent chances to convert.}) 32... Rxa4
33. Qc6 Rh4 34. Qa6 a4 35. Qd3+ g6 36. Qd7 Kg7 37. Rd1 Rb4 $17 38. Bd4 $2 Qxd1+
{I am making a habit of losing good positions against Ildar, who is above all
a strong and highly practical player.} 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 2nd"]
[Site "Ohrid"]
[Date "2001.06.13"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Wells, Peter K"]
[Black "Azarov, Sergei Nikolaevich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2522"]
[BlackElo "2452"]
[Annotator "Wells,P"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[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 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. c3 Nge7 7. Bc4 b6 $5 {
This move, introduced by Jonathan Speelman at the end of 1991, has never
really caught on, but has retained a certain following ( I played the black
side too a couple of times in the early 90s ).. Its original conception
definitely revolved around light square play - the fianchetto of black's
light-squared bishop opens possibilities for interesting counterplay in the
event that white proceeds with the standard pawn expansion with f4 and e5. The
move also has the tactical benefit of defending the otherwise loose bishop on
c5, which is often a source of embarrassment to black in these lines. The
theretically most critical response probably involves castling, followed by
some knight move, seeking to compromise black's structure with an exchange on
c5.} 8. Qd2 $5 {Since Azarov had already played this line once before in the
tournament, it is rather tricky, not to mention embarrassing to explain that I
was simply not ready for it! At the board, I had a feeling that the main line
with 8 0-0 Bb7 9 Nb3 gave white an edge, but was hazy at best on the details.
So, I decided to go for a side-line with which I ( rightly, judging from his
time consumption over the next couple of moves ) anticipated my young opponent
would be relatively unfamiliar. White's idea is fairly simply to play b4,
looking for both a big centre and the bishop pair. A natural progression, once
it had been established that the b4 plan involved a probabaly too speculative
pawn sac in conjunction with merely castling.} (8. O-O Bb7 9. Nb3 $5 ({It is
interesting to see that Vladimir Baklan, a serious Scotch specialist has
recently revived} 9. b4 {with a new idea in mind.} Nxd4 10. bxc5 $5 (10. cxd4
Bxb4 {was found some time ago to give white insufficient, largely because after
} 11. a3 Ba5 12. d5 O-O {white cannot play the thematic f4 immediately for
tactical reasons, and hence must waste time.} 13. f4 (13. Ra2 c6 $132) 13... b5
(13... Qxa1 $5 14. Bd4 Qxd4+ 15. Qxd4 b5 $17 {[%cal Ga5b6]}) 14. e5 Qh6 $132 {
[%cal Ge7f5]}) 10... Ne6 11. cxb6 axb6 12. Bd5 Bc6 $1 13. f4 Ra5 $1 14. Bxc6
Nxc6 15. e5 Qf5 {1/2-1/2 Baklan,V-Marcelin,C/TCh-FRA, Mulhouse FRA 2001 (36)
and black looks very comfortable on the light squares, even though d7 is
slightly tough to cover.}) (9. Nb5 $5 O-O-O 10. Bxc5 bxc5 11. Nd2 Kb8 12. f4 a6
$5 13. Na3 d5 14. exd5 Nxd5 15. Ne4 Nxc3 $5 16. bxc3 $1 {[%cal Yc3d4,Gc6d4]}
Rxd1 17. Nxf6 Rxf1+ 18. Kxf1 gxf6 {Postny} 19. Rb1 $1 Ka7 20. Bxf7 $14) 9...
Ne5 10. Nxc5 bxc5 11. Bd5 Nxd5 12. exd5 Qd6 (12... d6 13. Qa4+ (13. c4 $5)
13... Kd8 $13) 13. Bf4 O-O 14. c4 c6 15. Nc3 cxd5 16. Re1 Rfe8 17. cxd5 Qf6 18.
Bg3 Nc4 19. Qa4 $16 {1-0 Baklan,V-Macieja,B/World Juniors, Zagan POL 1997/
[Wells] (39)}) 8... O-O $5 {[%mdl 8] Probably an unknowing novelty, but an
intelligent move, well thought through. Black keeps the bishop on c8, which
can increase his range of options after a quick ...d5 break. Previously seen:}
(8... Qg6 $5 9. f3 (9. O-O $5 Qxe4 10. Bd3 Qh4 11. Nb5 {was Ftacnik's
suggestion at the time, which looks rather sensible to me.}) 9... Ne5 10. Bf1
d5 11. b4 Bd6 12. f4 Ng4 13. e5 Bxe5 14. fxe5 Qe4 15. Nc2 Nxe3 16. Nxe3 Nf5 17.
Bb5+ Kf8 18. Kf2 Qf4+ 19. Ke2 d4 20. Nxf5 Qxf5 21. Kd1 Qxe5 {0-1 Handoko,
E-Speelman,J/Moscow ol 1994 (43) was lots of fun, and probably pretty sound
from black's point of view.}) (8... Bb7 $6 9. b4 Bxd4 10. cxd4 a5 $6 (10... O-O
11. O-O h6 12. a3 Qg6 13. Nc3 Kh8 14. f4 f5 15. d5 Nd8 16. e5 $16 {1-0 Lau,
R-Juergens,V/Dortmund 1992/TD (32) This is from the tournament in which German
Grandmaster Ralf Lau introduced 8 Qd2, and this position must represent pretty
much the nightmare scenario for black who is being pushed back on all fronts.})
11. b5 Nd8 12. Nc3 d5 13. exd5 Qd6 14. O-O O-O 15. Bf4 Qd7 16. Be5 h6 17. a4
Ra7 18. Qa2 $16 {1-0 Lastin,A-Kholmov,R/Omsk/Perm 1998/EXT 2000 (39)}) 9. b4 $6
(9. O-O $5 {might have been more circumspect!}) 9... Bxd4 10. cxd4 Qg6 {
At this point I became aware of the possibility that I had slightly
overreached myself. Giving a pawn for play had always formed part of the 8 Qd2
game plan, but there were now worries over which pawn I might have to give!}
11. Nc3 {It really does seem to be too late for solidity, and essentially I
was right to be afraid by} (11. f3 $6 d5 $1 12. exd5 Nf5 $1 13. dxc6 (13. Bd3
Nxb4 $1 14. Bxf5 Bxf5 15. Qxb4 Qxg2 16. Rf1 Rae8 $40) 13... Nxe3 $1 ({During
the game I missed the important detail that} 13... Re8 {could be met with} 14.
Bd3 $1 {but this oversight probably helped me to the right decision.} (14. O-O
Nxe3 15. Re1 Bh3 $1 $17) 14... Qh6 15. Bxf5 Bxf5 16. Kf2 $18) 14. Qxe3 Ba6 $1
15. Nd2 Rae8 16. Bxf7+ Kxf7 17. Ne4 Qxg2 $132) 11... d5 $1 {Again my opponent
plays aggressively and I suspect correctly too. Neither of the alternatives is
unplayable for black by any means, but I was fairly comfortable with my
compensation after either:} (11... Nxb4 12. d5 $5 Ba6 13. Bxa6 Nxa6 14. O-O $44
{[%csl Ra6,Rg6]}) ({or} 11... Qxg2 12. O-O-O Nxb4 13. Rhg1 Qf3 14. Rg3 Qh5 15.
Rdg1 Ng6 16. f4 $40) 12. Nxd5 $5 {This involves a scenario I was trying to
avoid - sacrificing a pawn, and having the e-pawn removed with its important
implications for key defensive squares. Still, it is the only practical choice
here.} Qxg2 13. O-O-O Qxe4 14. Nc3 Qf5 15. Rhg1 {[%csl Yc4,Ye3,Rf5][%cal Yg1g7]
I had a feeling that with the bishop pair, the g-file and black's exposed
queen white is likely in practice to generate a lot of mischief. Besides, I
had already seen that the course which my opponent eventually opted for would
cost him a piece, albeit for a bunch of pawns.} Nxb4 $5 16. Rg5 Qf6 $2 (16...
Qd7 $2 {loses outright to} 17. Rxg7+ Kxg7 18. Bh6+ $18) ({but} 16... Qf3 $1 {
is a much tougher option, and in the cold light of day it could be simply
better for black.} 17. Rdg1 (17. Bf1 Qc6) 17... g6 $1 18. a3 (18. Bf1 Qc6 19.
Bg2 Nxa2+ 20. Kb2 Qxc3+ 21. Qxc3 Nxc3 22. Bxa8 f6 $44) 18... Ba6 $1 $17 (18...
Qc6 $13 19. Bb3 Na6 20. h4 Rd8 21. h5 Nc5 22. Bc2)) 17. Ne4 Qc6 18. Qxb4 Qxe4
19. Re5 Qc6 20. d5 $1 (20. Rxe7 Ba6) 20... Nxd5 21. Rexd5 Ba6 22. R1d4 $8 {
despite the slight awkwardness of it all, it is a piece for three pawns, and I
was fairly confident that following a couple of consolidating moves, there was
still discomfort to be caused to the black king too.} Bb7 $6 (22... b5 $6 23.
Rc5) (22... Rae8 $5 $14) 23. Rf5 $1 (23. Kb2 $2 Qf6 $1 $132) 23... Ba6 {
Black seems to have lost the thread - I suspect he had overlooked 23 Rf5} 24.
Qc3 $1 Bxc4 25. Rxc4 Qd7 {A disappointment. I was getting quite excited that
my opponent would become materialistic and go for} (25... Qh1+ $2 26. Kb2 Qxh2
{when I had lined up the spectacular} 27. Qxg7+ $3 Kxg7 28. Rg4+ Kh8 29. Bd4+
f6 30. Rxf6 {with mate to follow.}) 26. Rg5 (26. Bh6 f6 27. Rxc7 Qxc7 28. Qxc7
Rac8 $17) 26... g6 ({At the time I was concerned for some reason about} 26...
f6 27. Rxc7 Qxc7 28. Qxc7 fxg5 $16 {but in the cold light of day the defence
looks much tougher than the conversion here.}) 27. Rxc7 Qh3 (27... Rac8 {
can be met with 28 Rxd7 of course, but for some reason I had hallucinated that}
28. Rgc5 $5 {was forced, and it is also very strong.}) 28. Qf6 {[%cal Ye3d4,
Yd4h8]} Rad8 (28... Rac8 29. Kb2 $1 $18) 29. Bd4 Rxd4 30. Qxd4 Qxh2 31. Rc2 Qh3
32. Kb2 1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Tripoli"]
[Date "2004.06.20"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Charbonneau, Pascal"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2484"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[Annotator "Wells,P"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[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 {Postny,E} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. c3 Nge7 7.
g3 {Postny,E: 'This line gained popularity recently.'} d5 $1 {It is precisely
for this reason that 7 Bc4 is nowadays very much the main line. However, the
clearance in the centre is by no means the end of the tension since both sides
have exposed pieces.} ({Deserves further investigation:} 7... h5 $5 {(Postny,E)
--> 1/2-1/2 Movsesian,S-Shirov,A/Sarajevo 2004/CBM 101 [Postny,E] (39)}) 8. Bg2
dxe4 9. Nd2 {Postny,E: 'This continuation has the best statistics for white.'}
(9. Nb5 $5 {'?!' Postny,E. Postny,E: '--> 0-1 Narciso Dublan,M-Azarov,S/Leon
2001/CBM 86 [Postny,E] (40)' Is more interesting now when it cannot be so
easily ignored!}) ({A possible alternative is} 9. O-O {(Postny,E) which was
successfully employed several times by Sutovsky. For example see the annotated
game Sutovsky,E-Bauer,C/Plovdiv 2003/CBM 98 (1-0, 65) [Postny,E]}) 9... Bb6 {
Postny,E: 'A rare, but solid continuation. Usually black prefered to exchange
on d4.'} (9... Nxd4 {Postny,E} 10. Nxe4 Qg6 11. cxd4 Bb4+ 12. Nc3 O-O 13. O-O
c6 14. Qb3 Bd6 15. Rad1 $14 {1-0 Castro Rojas,O-Campora,D/Bogota 1979/EXT 2003
(65)}) (9... Bxd4 {Postny,E} 10. cxd4 Bf5 (10... Nd5 11. Nxe4 Qe7 12. Qb3 Nxe3
13. fxe3 Nd8 14. O-O $14 {0-1 Heidrich,M-Slobodjan,R/Germany 1997/EXT 99 (40)})
(10... O-O 11. Nxe4 Qg6 12. O-O Bg4 13. Qb3 $14 {0-1 Santo Roman,M-Gomez
Esteban,J/Linares 1995/CBM 51 (38)}) 11. Nxe4 Bxe4 12. Bxe4 Qe6 13. Bg2 Nd5 14.
Qb3 O-O-O 15. O-O Rhe8 16. Rac1 $14 {1/2-1/2 Sedlak,N-Ovod,E/Budapest 2002/CBM
89 ext (49)}) 10. Nxe4 Qg6 11. Nb5 $6 {Postny,E: 'It is logical to put
pressure on black's queenside, but black has a strong reply at his disposal...'
} ({Not just with hindsight we can say this was definitely the moment for the
more modest} 11. O-O $1 {~~ '>=' Postny,E.} Bg4 {Postny,E} 12. Qa4 O-O 13. Nc5
Ne5 14. Bf4 Bxc5 15. Bxe5 $14 {1/2-1/2 Sveshnikov,E-Yurtaev,L/Podolsk 1990/TD 
(73)}) 11... O-O 12. Bxb6 Bh3 $1 {[%csl Re1] Postny,E: 'This excellent move
gives black a good game.'} 13. Nf6+ $8 {Postny,E: 'The only reasonable
continuation.'} Qxf6 ({Not} 13... gxf6 $2 14. Bxh3 Qe4+ 15. Kd2 cxb6 16. Qg4+ {
and the king on the d-file is no handicap without queens on the board.}) 14.
Bxh3 cxb6 15. O-O Rad8 {[%csl Gd2][%cal Gd8d1] Structurally White might even
be able to consider putting in a very modest claim. The problem is that Black
is first to the d-file and has good chances to control the entry square d2,
assisted by White's slightly loose minor pieces. Incidentally, while the
bishop is perfectly healthy really, the knight may find more enduring problems
in returning to the fray.  Postny,E: 'It is clear that white should fight for
the equality here. Black's pieces are harmoniously placed, which can not be
said about the white ones.'} 16. Qb3 $1 $146 {Postny,E: 'Probably the safest
place for the queen, but this novelty cannot change the evaluation of the
position as good for black.'} ({As I mentioned in the text, none of this was
really new! White also had severe difficulties after} 16. Qe2 Qh6 $1 {[%cal
Gh6h3,Gh6d2]} 17. Bg2 Rd2 18. Qe4 a6 (18... Rxb2 $2 19. Nxa7) 19. Na3 b5 $1 {
[%csl Ra3] '=/+' Postny,E. Postny,E: '1/2-1/2 Sveshnikov,E-Balashov,Y/Moscow
1989/TD (37)'} (19... Rxb2 $6 20. Nc4 Rb5 21. a4) 20. Rad1 Rfd8 $6 (20... Rxb2
$1 21. Rd7 Qf6 {was a much simpler way to clarify Black's plus.}) 21. Rxd2 Rxd2
22. Qb1 Ne5 23. Qe4 N5c6 24. Qb1 Qe6 25. Qc1 Rd8 (25... Re2 $5 26. Bf3 Re5 $15)
26. Rd1 Rxd1+ 27. Qxd1 Qxa2 $6 (27... g6 $15 {- Balashov.}) 28. Bxc6 Nxc6 29.
Qd7 g6 (29... Qe6 30. Qxb7 h5 (30... Qe1+ 31. Kg2 Qe4+ 32. f3 Qe2+ 33. Kg1 $10)
31. Nc2 h4 32. Ne3 $10) 30. Qxb7 $11 Qxb2 31. Qxa6 Ne5 32. Qxb5 Qxc3 33. Qe2 f6
34. Nc2 h5 35. Ne1 h4 36. Kg2 Qc6+ {1/2-1/2 Sveshnikov,E-Balashov,Y/Moscow 
(GMA) 1989/ Informator 48.}) 16... a6 17. Na3 b5 {Again Bacrot emphasising the
unhappiness of the white knight just before his own shows its power!} 18. Rad1
Ne5 19. Rxd8 ({A bit safer was} 19. Bg2 {Postny,E} Nf3+ 20. Bxf3 Qxf3 21. c4
Qxb3 22. axb3 $11) 19... Nf3+ $1 {Postny,E: 'Useful intermediate check.'} 20.
Kg2 Rxd8 {Postny,E: 'It looks like white is in trouble, but in fact he can
hold the balance.'} 21. Rd1 Nd2 22. Kg1 $2 {Postny,E: 'Loses on the spot.'} ({
White could still reach the equality by} 22. Nb1 $1 {Postny,E} Qc6+ 23. Kg1
Nf3+ 24. Kh1 {[%cal Gh3g2] and black does not have more than a perpetual check.
}) 22... Qd6 $1 {[%csl Rd1][%cal Gd2b3,Gd2f3]} 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Yakovich, Yuri"]
[Black "Yemelin, Vasily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Yakovich,Y"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1995.05.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 046 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
c4 Ba6 9. b3 Qh4 10. a3 Bc5 11. Qf3 $5 {N/} Ne7 12. b4 $2 Qd4 13. Ra2 Bxc4 $1 (
13... Qxe5+ 14. Re2 Qa1 15. bxc5 $1 (15. Qe4 d5 16. Qc2 Bd4 $1) 15... Qxb1 16.
Qc3 Rb8 (16... Qg6 17. Be3) 17. Rxe7+ $1 Kxe7 18. Bd3 Qb3 19. Qxg7 Qxd3 20.
Bg5+ $18) 14. Rd2 Qxe5+ 15. Kd1 Bd5 (15... Bxf1 16. Rxf1 Bd6 17. Re1) 16. Rxd5
Nxd5 17. bxc5 O-O 18. Bd3 f5 $1 19. Bc4 Kh8 (19... Qd4+ 20. Qd3 Qxc5 21. Be3
Qd6 22. Nc3 $16) 20. Bxd5 cxd5 21. Qd3 Rab8 22. Re1 $6 (22. Nc3 d4 23. Ne2 Qxc5
24. Qxd4 Qxd4+ $15) 22... Qxh2 23. Nc3 Qxg2 24. Qxd5 Qxf2 (24... Qxd5+ $17) 25.
Re2 Qf1+ 26. Kc2 f4 27. Re7 f3 $2 (27... Qg1 28. Bb2 f3 29. Nb5 Qg6+ 30. Kd2
Rg8 $17) 28. Rxg7 Qf2+ (28... Kxg7 29. Qg5+ Kf7 30. Qh5+ $10) (28... Qxc1+ 29.
Kxc1 f2 30. Rxh7+ Kxh7 31. Qh1+ Kg7 32. Qg2+) 29. Kd3 Qf1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "London Classic 9th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2837"]
[Annotator "Yermolinsky,A"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "2017.12.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
h4 Bb7 9. c4 Nb6 10. Rh3 Qe6 11. f4 O-O-O 12. a4 d5 13. a5 Nxc4 14. b3 Bb4+ 15.
Kf2 Nxa5 16. Bd2 c5 17. Rxa5 Bxa5 18. Bxa5 Qf5 19. Nc3 Qxf4+ 20. Kg1 Rhe8 21.
Nb5 a6 22. Rf3 Qxe5 23. Qxe5 Rxe5 24. Bxc7 Ree8 25. Bxd8 Rxd8 26. Na3 Rd7 27.
Bd3 Kd8 28. Bxh7 g6 29. h5 gxh5 30. Rf6 Ke7 31. Rb6 Rc7 32. Nc2 a5 33. Ne3 c4
34. Bc2 Bc6 35. bxc4 dxc4 36. Ra6 a4 37. Bxa4 Be4 38. Ra5 Ke6 39. Rxh5 c3 40.
Bb3+ Kd6 41. Bc2 Bxc2 42. Nxc2 Ke6 43. Kf2 f5 44. Rh3 {Hikaru's choice shows
his desire to stabilise the situation.} ({He had a direct plan of bringing his
king up, but there were many tactics to calculate.} 44. Ke3 $1 {is a very
human move, in reply to which} Kf6 {is the toughest defence.} (44... Rc8 45.
Nd4+ Kd7 46. Rh7+ Kd6 47. Kd3 $1 f4 (47... Rg8 48. Nxf5+ Ke5 49. Ne3) 48. Rh6+
$1 Ke5 49. Re6+ Kd5 {and finally,} 50. Rg6 $1 {puts Black in zugzwang.} Ke5 (
50... Rc7 51. Rg5+ Kd6 52. Nb5+) 51. Nc6+ Kf5 52. Ne7+) 45. Kd4 Rc8 $1 (45...
Rg7 {gets turned away by} 46. Ne3 f4 47. Nd5+ Kf7 48. Nxf4 $18) (45... f4 $5 {
is a try, but the black king can never support the pawn, so White should be
able to navigate his way to a win after} 46. Ke4 Rc4+ (46... Rg7 47. Rf5+ Ke6
48. Nd4+ Ke7 49. Kf3 Rg3+ 50. Kf2 Rd3 51. Ne2 $18) 47. Kf3 Kg6 48. Rh4 $1 Kg5
49. g3 $18) 46. Rh6+ (46. Rh3 Rg8 47. Ne1 c2 48. Rc3 Re8 49. Nxc2 Re2 $11)
46... Kg5 47. Rh3 {the c3-pawn drops, and it has to be all over now, right?} f4
{Well, not quite.} (47... Kg4 48. Ne3+ Kg5 49. Rg3+ Kh5 50. Nc2 {is an
important step forward, as the black king is now cut off on the h-file.}) 48.
Rxc3 {We're making progress now, but there's still a lot of work to be done.}
Rd8+ 49. Ke4 Kg4 50. Nd4 (50. Rf3 Rh8 $3 {is surprisingly a draw.}) 50... Re8+
51. Kd5 Rd8+ 52. Ke5 Ra8 {I must admit I don't see a forced win here.
Nevertheless, I would have gone for this position, hoping to find a solution
over the board.}) ({There was also a rather mechanical plan of rounding up the
c-pawn:} 44. Rh1 Ke5 45. Rc1 f4 $1 (45... Ke4 46. Na3 $1 Rc5 47. Nb1 c2 48. Na3
{aiming for a pawn ending:} Kd3 (48... Rc3 49. Nxc2 Kf4 {would have been nice
for Black if it wasn't for knight forks:} 50. Ne1 $18) 49. Rxc2 Rxc2+ 50. Nxc2
Kxc2 51. Ke3 $18) 46. Na3 Rc5 47. Nb1 c2 {Look out!} 48. Nd2 {is the only way
to win.} ({Not} 48. Na3 {because Black has the amazing resource} f3 $3 49. gxf3
Rc3 50. Nxc2 Kf6 {staying away from the forks and keeping White tied up.})
48... Rc8 49. Nf3+ Ke4 50. Ne1 $18 {Remember this position, it represents
White's ultimate goal in this entire endgame.}) 44... Ke5 45. Rd3 Kf4 46. Rd4+
Kg5 47. Kf3 Rc8 48. Ra4 Rc7 49. Ra8 Kf6 50. Ra6+ Kg5 {Carlsen's defensive plan
is taking shape. He avoids playing his pawn to f4, while keeping his king
ready for a counter-attack should White attempt to move his king to the Q-side.
Hikaru has to regroup.} 51. Nd4 $3 Rc4 $1 ({Magnus avoids a devilish trap:} 
51... c2 $2 {loses to a mating attack!} 52. Ne6+ Kh4 (52... Kh5 53. Nf4+ Kg5
54. Rg6+ Kh4 55. g3#) 53. g3+ Kh3 54. Nf4+ Kh2 55. Rh6+ Kg1 56. Ne2+ Kf1 57.
Rh1# {The knight, as an extra piece, still has its limitations when it comes
to playing on both sides of the board. It's strength, however, is in tactical
motifs.}) 52. Ne6+ ({A good chance to get on the winning track was} 52. Ne2 $1
c2 53. Ra1 Kf6 54. Rc1 Kg5 55. Kf2 Kg4 {and now the final knight transfer:} 56.
Ng1 Kf4 57. Nf3 Rc8 58. Ne1 $18) 52... Kf6 53. Nf4+ Ke5 54. Nd3+ Kd5 55. Ra2 (
55. Ra5+ Kd4 56. Nf4 {was an idea, as} c2 57. Ne2+ Kd3 58. Rd5+ {ends in mate.
This and similar lines illustrate the difficulty of playing such endgames. One
has to calculate variations all the time!}) 55... Kd4 56. Nc1 c2 57. Ra5 Rc3+
58. Kf4 Rc8 59. Rxf5 $2 {A tragic miss.} (59. Ra3 Rc5 60. Rd3+ Kc4 61. Re3 Rc7
62. Kxf5 {would have clinched it for Nakamura.}) 59... Re8 60. Rf7 (60. Ra5 Re1
61. Ra1 Rd1 62. g4 Kc3 63. g5 Kb2 $11) 60... Re1 {Black will attack the knight,
which cannot leave the c-pawn unattended.} 61. Rd7+ Kc3 62. Rc7+ Kd2 63. Nb3+
Kd3 64. Nc5+ Kd4 65. Nb3+ Kd3 66. Nc5+ Kd4 67. Nb3+ Kd3 68. g4 Rf1+ 69. Kg5 Rb1
70. Nc5+ Ke3 71. Nb3 Kd3 72. Nc5+ Ke3 73. Nb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow FIDE GP"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2017.05.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Black "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[Annotator "Yermolinsky,A"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2017.05.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
c4 {A fascinating line, introduced to modern chess by Garry Kasparov. Both
sides are struggling with the awkward positions of their queens which cause
some development issues.} Ba6 9. Nd2 g6 10. b3 {Theory doesn't look kindly on
this move. I suppose Pentala wanted to surprise his opponent.} ({On} 10. Nf3 {
Black has a choice of acceptable continuations.} Qb4+ (10... Nb6 11. b3 Bg7 12.
Bg5 Qa3 {Wei Yi-Ganguly, 2017}) (10... Bg7 11. Bg5 f6 12. exf6 Qxe2+ 13. Bxe2
Nxf6 14. O-O-O O-O-O {Caruana-Kramnik, 2012; Giri-Dominguez, 2016}) 11. Kd1 Rb8
12. Qc2 Ne7 13. b3 (13. Qb3 c5 $1) 13... Bg7 14. Bb2 O-O 15. Bd3 d5 {
Duda-Baramidze, 2014}) 10... Bg7 11. Nf3 (11. Bb2 Nb4 $1 12. Nf3 c5 {solves
the problem with the knight that plagues Black in this opening.}) 11... O-O 12.
Qb2 {This isn't a novelty, but it had never been tried on GM level.} ({The
careless} 12. Bg5 {would land White in trouble:} f6 13. exf6 Qc5 $1 14. O-O-O
Rxf6 $3 {with a raging attack on the dark squares near the white king.}) ({
While} 12. Bb2 {proves totally ineffective after} f6 $1) 12... Nb6 13. Qa3 {
A new idea.} Qxa3 14. Bxa3 Rfe8 15. O-O-O Bxe5 16. Nxe5 Rxe5 17. Bb2 {This is
what White has been playing for. At the cost of a pawn he has obtained the
bishop pair, while leaving Black's minor pieces stuck on the queenside.
Kasparov used similar ideas, but he would keep his king out of the action
rather safely tucked in on the kingside.} Re7 18. h4 d5 $1 {Evgeny's timely
counterattack in the centre exposes the weakness of White's position.
Essentially White is fighting for equality here.} 19. h5 dxc4 20. Rh4 Rae8 21.
hxg6 fxg6 22. bxc4 {I bet Pentala didn't want to play this move, but he hardly
had any choice.} ({On} 22. a4 {Black begins to make threats with} Re1 $1 {
forcing} 23. Bc3 (23. a5 c3 $1) 23... Rxd1+ 24. Kxd1 Re6 $15) 22... c5 23. Bd3
Rd7 24. Kc2 ({A more practical solution would be to trade down into an
opposite-coloured bishops ending,} 24. Ba3 Rd4 25. Rxd4 cxd4 26. Bc5 Bxc4 27.
Bxb6 Bxd3 28. Bxa7 Be4 29. f3 Bd5 30. Rxd4 Bxa2 31. Rd7 {White cannot possibly
lose.}) 24... Bb7 25. Rg4 {Hari must have had dreams of mating Black. White is
just a bit short of firepower to do that.} ({Once again,} 25. Ba3 Bxg2 26. Bxc5
Bf3 27. Rd2 Red8 28. Be3 {and White shouldn't lose.}) 25... Bc6 {Tomashevsky
just being Tomashevsky: solid positional play backed up by accurate
calculation of all possible tactics White might initiate.} 26. Rh1 Red8 27. Rh3
({Both players must have looked at} 27. Bf5 Rd2+ 28. Kc1 Bd7 $1 {and concluded
Black comes out on top after} 29. Rxg6+ hxg6 30. Rh8+ Kf7 31. Rxd8 Rxb2 $1)
27... Ba4+ 28. Kd2 Rd6 29. Rf4 (29. Be5 Bd7 30. Bxd6 cxd6 {and Black will stay
a pawn ahead.}) 29... Bd7 30. g4 h5 $6 {This just isn't good enough.} ({
Black had} 30... g5 $1 {and no, Bxh7 isn't mate! In fact, it leaves White with}
31. Re4 Bc6 32. Re1 Bg2 $1 ({White might survive} 32... Nxc4+ 33. Kc3 Rxd3+ 34.
Rxd3 Rxd3+ 35. Kxc4 Rd2 36. Bc3 Rxf2 37. Re5 h6 38. Re6) 33. Rg3 Nxc4+ 34. Kc3
Nxb2 35. Kxb2 Rxd3 36. Rxg2 Rd2+ 37. Kb3 R8d3+ 38. Kc4 Rf3 39. Re5 h6 {with a
technical win for Black.}) 31. Bf6 Bxg4 $2 {Total bailout. Pieces will quickly
disappear from the board leaving Black only with marginal winning chances.} ({
Black would keep his advantage in} 31... Re8 32. Re3 Rxe3 33. Kxe3 Bxg4 34. Be7
Re6+ 35. Re4 {but with the bishop pair still there White is alive and kicking.}
) ({The best way was} 31... Rf8 32. Rhf3 Bxg4 33. Be7 Rxf4 34. Rxf4 Rd7 35.
Bxc5 Bf5 36. Rd4 Rxd4 37. Bxd4 Bxd3 38. Kxd3 Kf7 39. Ke4 Ke6 {with real
winning chances.}) 32. Rxg4 Rxd3+ 33. Rxd3 Rxd3+ 34. Kxd3 hxg4 35. Be5 c6 36.
Bb8 a6 37. Bc7 Nd7 38. Ke4 Kf7 39. Kf4 Kf6 40. a4 Ke6 41. Kxg4 Ne5+ 42. Kg5 Nd3
$6 {Strange choice.} ({Like it or not, Tomashevsky had to try} 42... Nxc4 43.
Kxg6 Ne5+ 44. Kg5 Kd5 $1 {although Black most likely won't succeed after} 45.
f4 (45. Kf4 Nd7 $1 46. Ke3 Kc4 47. f4 Kb3 $19) 45... Nf3+ 46. Kg4 Ke4 47. f5
Ne5+ 48. Kg5 c4 49. Ba5 {etc.}) 43. f4 Kf7 44. Bb6 Ke6 45. Ba7 Kf7 46. f5 gxf5
47. Kxf5 {Now it's drawn.} Nb2 48. Bxc5 Nxc4 49. Ke4 Ke6 50. Kd4 Nd6 51. Bb4
Nb7 52. Ba3 Kd7 53. Kc4 Kc7 54. Bb4 Kb6 55. Be7 Kc7 56. Bb4 Kb6 57. Be7 Ka5 58.
Kb3 c5 59. Kc4 Kxa4 60. Bxc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "SWE-ch"]
[Site "Linkoping"]
[Date "2001.07.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Berg, Emanuel"]
[Black "Barkhagen, Jonas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2481"]
[BlackElo "2468"]
[Annotator "Ziegler,A"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2001.06.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 085"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 {Mycket Skotskt blir det.} exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6
bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8. c4 Nb6 9. Nd2 Bb7 10. b3 g6 11. Ne4 {Kanske дr
det hдr en vдlfцrberedd nyhet?} (11. Bb2 {Spelade Rublevskij mot Adams i
Frankfurt fцrra еret.}) 11... O-O-O 12. Bg5 Qxe5 13. Bf6 Qa5+ 14. Kd1 Bh6 {
Jonas har ingen lust att bli passiv med ...Tg8. Istдllet satsar han pе kungen.}
15. Bxh8 Rxh8 16. Qb2 Re8 17. Bd3 f5 18. Nd2 {Svart har tre pjдser som jobbar
hеrt och bra, men hur skall han fе med de tvе andra?} Qc5 (18... d5 {Дr ett
lovvдrt fцrsцk.} 19. b4 Qa4+ 20. Qb3 c5 $1 21. bxc5 dxc4 22. Nxc4 Nxc4 23. Bxc4
Qa5 {Och svart behеller det dynamiska цvertaget.}) 19. Re1 Rxe1+ 20. Kxe1 Qe7+
21. Be2 Bg7 22. Qc1 c5 23. g3 Bxa1 24. Qxa1 {Jonas har spelat starkt och
kommer ur det hela med merbonde.} Qf8 25. Qe5 d6 26. Qe6+ Kd8 27. Kf1 Bc8 {
Svart hеller pе att omgruppera pjдserna tll bдttre fдlt.} 28. Qe3 Qe7 29. Qh6
Bb7 30. Bf3 Kc8 31. Bxb7+ Kxb7 32. h4 Nd7 33. h5 Ne5 {Nu bцrjar det likna
merbonde.} 34. Qe3 Qd7 35. Kg2 Qc6+ 36. f3 Qa6 37. a4 Qa5 38. h6 {Ett smart
drag. Vit har inte sе mycket att fцrlora sе han ger svart nеgot att oroa sig
fцr.} Qb4 39. Kh3 Ka6 (39... Nc6 40. f4 Nd4 {Tycker jag om.}) 40. Nb1 {Nu
bцrjar svart om frеn bцrjan. Planen дr att ta e-linjen med damen.} Qb7 41. Nd2
Qc8 42. Kg2 Qd7 43. Qc3 Qe8 44. Qe3 Kb7 45. Nf1 Qd8 {Ett bra drag som
fцrhidrar Se3 (Dg5).} 46. Qd2 Nc6 47. Qd5 Qe7 {[#]} 48. Kh3 $2 (48. b4 $5 Qe5
49. bxc5 dxc5 50. Qxe5 Nxe5 {Ser dock farligt ut.}) (48. Qd2) 48... a5 $2 (
48... Qe2 49. Nh2 {Springaren дr kungens bдste vдn.} Qe3 {Svart vinner bonde
och parti.} 50. f4 Qxb3 51. Qg8 Nd4 52. Qxh7 Ne2 53. Nf1 Qf3) 49. Qg8 Nd4 50.
Nh2 Ne6 51. Kg2 Ng5 $6 (51... f4 $1 52. Ng4 (52. g4 Nd4 {Vinner fцr svart.})
52... fxg3 53. Kxg3 Nd4 54. Qd5+ Ka7) 52. Qd5+ c6 (52... Kb6 53. Qa8 {Och vit
hotar remischack.}) 53. Qg8 Qe2+ 54. Kh1 Qe1+ 55. Kg2 Qd2+ 56. Kh1 Qc1+ 57. Kg2
Qb2+ 58. Kh1 Qa1+ 59. Kg2 Qb2+ 60. Kh1 Qc1+ 61. Kg2 Qc2+ 62. Kh1 Qxb3 63. Qg7+
Ka6 64. Qf8 Qd1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Breslau Games"]
[Site "Breslau"]
[Date "1865.07.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Zukertort, Johannes Hermann"]
[Black "Anderssen, Adolf"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[Annotator "Zukertort,JH"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1865.06.??"]
[EventType "game"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[source: Neue Berliner Schachzeitung 1867, p. 257-258]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3.
d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. c3 Nge7 7. Be2 d6 ({Gewöhnlich geschieht
hier} 7... d5 {, worauf am besten} 8. Bf3 {folgt.}) 8. O-O h5 9. f4 Qg6 10. Qd3
(10. f5 {wäre hier nicht vorteilhaft, da Schwarz dann bald Sc6-e5 und g7-g6
mit Vorteil ziehen würde.}) 10... h4 11. Bf3 f5 12. e5 dxe5 13. Nxc6 e4 14.
Nxe7 Bxe7 {Es ist klar, dass Schwarz die Dame nicht nehmen darf, weil er sonst
einen Offizier einbüßt: der ganze Abtausch ist für Schwarz günstig, da er
von dem ihm unbequemen feindlichen Läufer auf f3 befreit wird.} 15. Qc2 exf3
16. Rxf3 Bd7 17. Nd2 O-O-O 18. Nc4 Bc6 19. Rf2 $2 ({Besser wäre es, durch} 19.
Ne5 {sich des feindlichen Läufers zuentledigen.}) 19... Be4 20. Qa4 a6 21. b4
h3 22. Ne5 Qe6 23. g3 Bd6 24. Bd4 Bxe5 25. Bxe5 Rd3 $1 26. Qa5 $1 b6 {Schwarz
gibt einen Bauern auf, um seine Offiziere zum Angriff verwenden zu können.}
27. Qxa6+ Kb8 28. a4 Qg6 $1 29. Kf1 {Dadurch wird das von Schwarz
beabsichtigte Opfer 29...Txg3+ vereitelt, da nun die schwarze Dame ohne Schach
zu bieten, den angegriffenen Punkt b6 nicht preis geben darf.} Re3 $1 30. Rd1
$1 {Hierdurch deckt Weiß nicht allein den wichtigen Punkt d3, sondern wird
auch in den Stand gesetzt, die folgende Angriffskombination zu vollführen.}
Bg2+ 31. Kg1 {Weiß darf die Qualität nicht opfern;} ({es würde sonst folgen:
} 31. Rxg2 hxg2+ 32. Kxg2 ({bei} 32. Kg1 {entscheidet} Qh6) ({bei} 32. Kf2 {
dagegen} Rxe5 33. fxe5 f4 34. gxf4 Qc2+ 35. Qe2 g1=Q+ 36. Rxg1 Rxh2+) 32...
Rxh2+ 33. Kxh2 Qxg3+ {usw.}) 31... Bb7 32. Bxc7+ Kxc7 ({Bei} 32... Kc8 {folgt}
33. Qxb6 {und Weiß steht auf Gewinn.}) 33. Rd7+ Kxd7 34. Qxb7+ Ke8 ({Auf} 
34... Ke6 {spielt Weiß} 35. Qxb6+ Kf7 36. Qxe3 {und gewinnt.}) 35. Qc8+ Kf7
36. Qxh8 Qg4 37. Qh7 Re1+ 38. Rf1 Rxf1+ 39. Kxf1 Qd1+ 40. Kf2 Qd2+ 1/2-1/2