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Главная страница Справка Коды ЭШД C79

Коды ЭШД

C76 C77 C78

C79

C80 C81 C82

C79

Код энциклопедии шахматных дебютов (ЭШД)

Описание

RU: Испанская партия
EN: Ruy Lopez: Steinitz-type lines with 3...a6 4 Ba4 Nf6 5 0-0 d6

Ходы

1. e4 e5 2. Кf3 Кc6 3. Сb5 a6 4. Сa4 Кf6 5. 0-0 d6

Дебюты

Дебют королевского коня , Испанская партия , Вариант Рубинштейна

[Event "RUS-chT 20th"]
[Site "Loo"]
[Date "2013.04.11"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Black "Atalik, Suat"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C79"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2593"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2013.04.07"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ekaterinburg Malakhit"]
[BlackTeam "Kazan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. O-O (5. c3 Bd7 6. d4 g6 7. d5 Nce7
8. Bxd7+ (8. c4 $6 b5 9. cxb5 axb5 10. Bb3 Nf6 11. Qe2 Bg7 12. O-O O-O $15)
8... Qxd7 9. c4 Bg7 10. Nc3 h6 11. O-O f5 {could also have arised from the
game's move order.}) 5... Bd7 6. c3 g6 7. d4 Bg7 {This is an important
position for the test of the line.} 8. Re1 (8. d5 Nce7 9. Bxd7+ Qxd7 10. Be3 h6
11. Nfd2 f5 12. f3 Nf6 13. c4 O-O 14. Nc3 {is a particularly interesting
position:a Kings Indian without light squared Bishops.Having traded the bad
ones White should stand better,albeit the exchange also helps Black since he
enjoys more space.}) 8... Nf6 (8... h6 $5) 9. d5 Ne7 10. Bxd7+ Nxd7 11. a4 $6 {
A very strange move reminiscent of what I have done once with Bolgan,himself
in Manila.} (11. c4 h6 12. Nc3 O-O) 11... h6 $5 (11... O-O 12. a5 h6 13. c4 f5
14. Nc3 Nf6 $13) 12. c4 a5 $5 13. b3 f5 (13... Nc5 14. Ba3 Na6 15. Nc3 O-O $132
) 14. Nc3 Nc5 15. Ba3 fxe4 $5 {Very active play but was it necessary to play
in this way?} (15... Na6 $13 {is solid enough.}) 16. Nd2 Nd3 $6 (16... b6 17.
Ndxe4 O-O {was normal.}) 17. Rxe4 $6 (17. Rf1 {Obviously the real test of
whatever we had over the board was} b6 $1 (17... O-O 18. Ndxe4 Nf4 19. g3 Nh3+
20. Kg2 Qd7 21. c5 Nf5 22. cxd6 cxd6 23. Nb5 $16) 18. Ndxe4 Nc5 19. Bxc5 bxc5
20. f4 O-O $132) 17... O-O 18. Nf3 Nb4 $1 {This is the part of the board where
my Kinght does a good job.} (18... Nf4 19. Bc1) 19. Na2 (19. Qe2 c5 $5) 19...
Na6 20. Qd3 b6 21. Rae1 Nc5 22. Bxc5 bxc5 23. Nc3 Qd7 24. h3 Rf7 25. R1e2 g5 $1
{Black should not be afraid of pushing his pawns to Black squares.} 26. Rg4
Raf8 27. Nd2 Rf4 $5 {I have half heartedly gone for this line.} (27... Bf6 28.
Nde4 Rg7 $13 {is certainly possible.}) 28. Rxf4 gxf4 (28... exf4 $2 {is
punished by.} 29. Nb5 $1 (29. Re6 Bxc3 30. Qxc3 Nf5 31. Nf3 (31. Ne4 Nd4) 31...
Qg7 32. Qxa5 h5 $44)) 29. Nb5 Nf5 30. Nf3 c6 31. dxc6 $5 {An unexpected move
at least for me.} (31. Nc3 cxd5 (31... Nd4 $6 32. Nxd4 cxd4 33. dxc6 Qxc6 34.
Nd5 Qd7 35. f3 Bf6 36. Rb2 $16) (31... Rf7 $5) 32. Qxd5+ Qf7 $13) 31... Qxc6
32. Nc3 (32. Qd5+ $2 Qxd5 33. cxd5 Bf6 (33... c4 34. bxc4 Rc8 35. Nd2) 34. Nd2
Nd4 35. Nxd4 cxd4 36. Nc4 Rb8 $17) 32... Qc8 33. Rd2 Qe6 34. Qe4 Kh8 35. Nb5
Rg8 36. Rd3 Bf8 37. Kf1 Qg6 38. Nd2 Be7 39. Ke2 h5 40. Kd1 Kh7 $5 {During the
game I have thought that I was much better and here I have botched it up.Alas
now I am not sure about anything.} (40... h4 41. Ke1 $11) 41. g3 $1 fxg3 42.
fxg3 Kh6 43. Nf1 Nd4 $15 44. Qxg6+ Kxg6 45. Nd2 Kf5 46. Nc3 Ke6 47. Nd5 Bd8 (
47... Rb8 48. Nc7+ Kd7 49. Nd5 $11) 48. Ne4 Rg7 49. Ndc3 Rf7 50. Ke1 Be7 51.
Nb5 Rf8 52. Nd2 Nc2+ {I believe in White's share of chances and I really could
not break his defence.} (52... h4 53. g4 $1 Rf4 54. Nc7+ Kd7 55. Nd5 Rf7 56.
Ne4 $11) 53. Ke2 Nd4+ 54. Ke1 Nc2+ 55. Ke2 Nd4+ 56. Ke1 1/2-1/2

[Event "World-ch13 Alekhine-Bogoljubow +11-5=9"]
[Site "GER/NLD"]
[Date "1929.10.30"]
[Round "20"]
[White "Bogoljubow, Efim"]
[Black "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C79"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1929.09.06"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "25"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "MainBase"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 Nf6 6. O-O Bd7 (6... Be7 7. d4
O-O 8. Nbd2 Nd7 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Nxe5 dxe5 {1/2-1/2 Unzicker,
W-Smyslov,V/Donner mem-B (08) ;CBM 43 1994}) (6... Nxe4 7. d4 b5 (7... exd4 8.
Re1 d5 9. Nxd4 $16) 8. Bb3 {[%cal Rb3d5] /\Bd5}) 7. d4 Be7 8. d5 Nb8 9. Bc2 Bg4
10. c4 Nbd7 11. Nc3 Nf8 {[%cal Yf8g6,Yg6h4] /\Ng6, Nh4} 12. h3 $6 (12. Qd3 $142
) 12... Bd7 13. Ne1 {[%cal Yf2f4] /\f4} g5 $5 14. Bxg5 Rg8 15. f4 (15. Bxf6
Bxf6 16. Kh2 {/\Ng6-h4/f4~/=->g<->}) 15... exf4 16. Bxf4 Bxh3 17. c5 (17. e5 $5
) 17... Ng6 18. Bh2 Nh4 19. Ba4+ Kf8 20. Qd2 Rg6 21. Kh1 Rxg2 (21... Bxg2+ $2
22. Nxg2 Nxg2 23. Qf2 $16) 22. Nxg2 (22. Qh6+ $2 Kg8 23. Qxh4 Rxh2+ $1 {
[%csl Rh4][%cal Rf6g4]}) 22... Bxg2+ 23. Kg1 Ng4 (23... Bxf1 $2 24. Qh6+ Kg8
25. Qxh4 Bb5 26. Bc2 {[%cal Yc2h7,Rh4h7] /\e5->+-}) 24. Qf4 Ne5 $1 (24... Bxf1
25. Rxf1 Ne5 26. Qh6+ Kg8 27. Bxe5 dxe5 28. Rxf7 Bxc5+ 29. Kh1 Kxf7 30. Qxh7+
Kf8 31. Qh6+ Kf7 32. d6 cxd6 33. Bb3+ Ke8 34. Be6 Qe7 35. Nd5 Qf8 36. Qh5+ Kd8
37. Qxh4+ Ke8 38. Nc7# {Yates}) 25. Qh6+ Kg8 26. Bxe5 dxe5 27. Rxf7 Bxc5+ (
27... Kxf7 28. Qxh7+ Kf8 29. Qh6+ Kf7 30. d6 cxd6 31. Bb3+ Ke8 (31... d5 32.
Nxd5 Bxc5+ 33. Kh2 Ke8 34. Qg7 Bxe4 35. Nf6+ Qxf6 36. Qxf6 $18) 32. Be6 $18)
28. Kh2 Kxf7 29. Qxh7+ Kf8 30. Qh8+ Kf7 31. Qh7+ Kf8 32. Qh6+ Kf7 33. d6 cxd6
34. Qh7+ Kf8 35. Qh8+ Kf7 36. Qh7+ Kf8 37. Qh6+ Kf7 38. Bb3+ Ke8 39. Be6 Nf3+
$8 40. Kxg2 Qg5+ 41. Qxg5 Nxg5 42. Bf5 Kf7 43. Rf1 Kg7 44. Nd5 a5 45. Kg3 Rf8
46. Rh1 Rg8 47. Rf1 Rf8 48. Rh1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Khanty-Mansiysk FIDE GP (Women)"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2014.04.21"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Muminova, Nafisa"]
[Black "Stefanova, Antoaneta"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C79"]
[WhiteElo "2321"]
[BlackElo "2489"]
[Annotator "ChessBase Website"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[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. Bb5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 4. Ba4 {[%emt 0:00:
00]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:25]} 5. O-O {[%emt 0:01:48]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:11:51]} 6. d3 {
[%emt 0:05:15]} g6 (6... Be7 7. c3 O-O 8. Re1 b5 9. Bc2 d5 10. Nbd2 dxe4 11.
dxe4 Be6 12. Bb3 Bxb3 13. axb3 Qd3 14. Qe2 Qxe2 15. Rxe2 Rfd8 16. Re1 Nd7 17.
b4 a5 18. bxa5 Rxa5 19. Rb1 Ra2 20. Nb3 Nb6 21. Kf1 Na4 22. h3 f6 23. Re2 b4
24. c4 Rd3 25. Re3 Rxe3 26. fxe3 Nd8 27. Ne1 Nb7 28. Nd3 Kf7 29. Bd2 Nac5 30.
Nbxc5 Nxc5 31. Nxc5 {0-1 (31) Maslak,K (2566)-Matlakov,M (2668) St Petersburg
2012}) 7. c4 {[%emt 0:00:42]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:03:12]} 8. Nc3 {[%emt 0:04:46]} O-O
{[%emt 0:05:09]} 9. Nd5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} h6 10. Be3 {[%emt 0:09:21]} Ng4 {
[%emt 0:10:26]} 11. Qc1 {[%emt 0:02:32]} f5 {[%emt 0:14:59]} 12. c5 {[%emt 0:
04:44]} fxe4 13. dxe4 {[%emt 0:01:28]} Rxf3 $1 {[%emt 0:08:57] Muminova was
simply too careless with her kingside, alowing Stefanova to crash through with
an obvious exchange sacrifice. Even then her position was only slightly worse,
with Black having a good attack as compensation for the exchange, but she
panicked and gave back too much material. The combination of the multiple
weaknesses and the extra material for Black gave Stefanova an easy victory.}
14. Bg5 {[%emt 0:02:50]} hxg5 {[%emt 0:05:08]} 15. gxf3 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Nd4 {
[%emt 0:01:44]} 16. Bd1 {[%emt 0:09:47]} Nh6 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 17. cxd6 {
[%emt 0:00:23]} cxd6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 18. Kh1 {[%emt 0:04:30]} Be6 {[%emt 0:05:
17]} 19. Nc3 {[%emt 0:03:02]} Qf6 {[%emt 0:05:08]} 20. Qe3 {[%emt 0:03:05]} Rf8
{[%emt 0:02:26]} 21. Rg1 {[%emt 0:00:50]} Nxf3 {[%emt 0:01:23]} 22. Rg3 {
[%emt 0:09:57]} Nh4 {[%emt 0:02:05]} 23. f3 {[%emt 0:01:15]} Qf4 {[%emt 0:04:
19]} 24. Qd3 {[%emt 0:02:21]} Nf7 {[%emt 0:06:38]} 25. Be2 {[%emt 0:05:55]} b5
{[%emt 0:01:33]} 26. b3 {[%emt 0:00:45]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:00:53]} 27. Rag1 {
[%emt 0:01:57]} Rc5 {[%emt 0:02:42]} 28. b4 {[%emt 0:08:19]} Rc4 {[%emt 0:00:
58]} 29. Bd1 {[%emt 0:03:11]} Rd4 {[%emt 0:02:58]} 30. Qf1 {[%emt 0:00:34]} Qd2
{[%emt 0:01:48]} 31. Nd5 {[%emt 0:05:32]} Bxd5 {[%emt 0:00:48]} 32. exd5 {
[%emt 0:00:04]} Nf5 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 33. R3g2 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Qxb4 {[%emt 0:
00:23]} 34. Qf2 {[%emt 0:01:47]} e4 {[%emt 0:01:08]} 35. fxe4 {[%emt 0:01:10]}
Rxe4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 36. Qa7 {[%emt 0:00:20]} Bd4 {[%emt 0:00:39]} 37. Qb8+ {
[%emt 0:02:15]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 38. a3 {[%emt 0:02:30]} Qc3 {[%emt 0:01:
41]} 39. Rc2 {[%emt 0:00:22]} Qh3 {[%emt 0:00:46]} 0-1

[Event "FRA-chA 85th"]
[Site "Belfort"]
[Date "2010.08.19"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Edouard, Romain"]
[Black "Tkachiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C79"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2639"]
[Annotator "Edouard,R"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2010.08.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 138"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{After 4 draws in a row, while Laurent was winning near by every game, it was
clear that I had to go for a win in one of the two last games.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3
Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 b5 5. Bb3 Na5 {A scarce line. The e5-pawn is untouchable
and Black wants to get rid of the bishop pair.} 6. O-O (6. Nxe5 $6 Nxb3 7. axb3
Qe7 {and Black has no problem at all.}) 6... d6 7. Re1 $5 {I didn't know any
theory there, only that 7.d4 was the main move. So I decided tro try this idea
because there were some tricks.} Nf6 (7... Nxb3 $5 8. axb3 c5 9. b4 $5 {
was my idea :} cxb4 10. d4 $36) (7... c5 $2 8. Bd5 $16 {followed by c3-d4.}) 8.
d4 Nd7 $2 {Actually a theoretical mistake. It seemed suspicious to me over the
board, and after a huge reflection, I managed to calculate the refutation up
to the end! This calculation simply leads to the end of the game! I really
couldn't believe that maybe I was going to win so easily again a player of
Vlad's class.} (8... Nxb3 9. axb3 Nd7 {was necessary, and after} 10. c4 $5 {
White is slightly better.}) 9. dxe5 Nxb3 (9... dxe5 $2 10. Bxf7+ Kxf7 11. Qd5+
$18) (9... Nxe5 $2 10. Nxe5 dxe5 (10... Nxb3 11. Nxf7 $18) 11. Bxf7+ $18) 10.
Bg5 $1 f6 (10... Be7 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. exd6 $18) 11. exf6 gxf6 12. e5 $1 {
Black king's protection explodes. But it was definitely necessary to see the
final blow on move 16.} dxe5 (12... fxg5 13. exd6+ Kf7 14. dxc7 Qxc7 (14... Qf6
15. axb3 $5 $18 {and Black's position is in ruin.}) 15. Nxg5+ Kf6 (15... Kg6
16. Ne6 $18) 16. Ne6 Qc6 17. Nd8 $1 {(the most simple so far) followed by Qf3
and White wins.}) (12... Nxa1 13. exf6+ Kf7 14. Qd5+ Kg6 15. Nh4+ Kh5 16. g4+
Kxg4 17. Qf5+ Kh5 18. Bc1+ Kxh4 19. Re4#) 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 $8 14. Rxe5+ Be7 15.
Qh5+ Kd7 $8 (15... Kf8 $2 16. Bh6+ Kg8 17. Re3 $18) 16. Bxf6 $1 {The final
blow. Probably what Vlad had missed!} Nxa1 {A solution as a last resort.} (
16... Bxf6 17. Rd5+ Kc6 18. Rxd8 Rxd8 19. axb3 Bxb2 20. Ra2 $18) (16... Re8 {
in order to cover Rd5+ with ...Bd6, crossed my mind during the game, but a
simple rebuttal is:} 17. Bxe7 (17. axb3 $5 Bxf6 18. Rxe8 Qxe8 19. Qd5+ $18) ({
In fact, even} 17. Rd5+ {works:} Bd6 18. Rxd6+ $1 cxd6 19. Qh3+ Kc6 20. Qc3+ $1
$18) 17... Rxe7 18. axb3 $18) 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 (17... Qg8 18. Qf5+ Kc6 19. Qe4+
Kd7 (19... Kb6 $2 20. Bc5+ Ka5 21. Qb4#) 20. Rd5+ {wins.} (20. Bb4 $5)) 18.
Rxe7+ Kxe7 19. Qc5+ $1 {Black loses a piece in every line.} (19. Qe5+ $4 Be6
$132) 19... Kf7 $8 20. Qxc7+ {After this victory, I had chosen to be solid in
the last round against Andrei Sokolov (with black pieces), in order to wait
for a tiebreak match against Laurent Fressinet, who had to hold against
Etienne Bacrot with black pieces. Naturally, I still had a hope that Etienne
would make the work for me (he has a very good score against Laurent) but the
suspense was short-term because Laurent succeeded in making draw very easily
thanks to a great preparation from hi side. Thus we both shared first place
with 8 out of 11, leaving Etienne, a little bit unlucky in the tournament,
with 7 out of 11 "only".  There comes the tiebreak, the stress rises on both
sides. For me it's a first experience, and for Laurent, it is the possibility
of fulfilling the dream he maintains since his first participation 13 years
ago. Please tell me that I will not replace him for the next 11 years !!  The
system was: 2 rapid games, followed by 2 blitz games in case of equality,
followed by 2 new blitz games in case of new equality, followed by a "sudden
death" game if needed.  In the first rapid game, I played 1.c4 in order to
surprise my opponent and try to play something but a classic position - he's
definitely very well prepared with black pieces. Laurent surprised me with 1...
c5. I didn't play the opening convincingly, and after being slightly worse,
the game ended in a draw.  In the second one, I employed a Grьnfeld defense
and I obtained a line which I had analyzed. Laurent played me a dubious
continuation at some point, but instead of playing a very simple way (17...a5)
with compensations more than sufficient for the pawn (White has to fight for a
draw according to my post-mortem analyses), I confused myself and decided to
enter a long variation after a huge reflection. Problem: I made a very
tremendous calculation mistake (after 23...Rc2 24.Re1 I overlooked that 24...
Bf2 25.Na3 Bxe1 26.Nxc2 protects White's bishop on b4!!.) With a pawn less and
the disappeared compensations, plus the irreproachable technique of Laurent,
it was clear that I had lost the title.  I congratulate Laurent on his title
and I am very happy for him in spite of my "obvious" disappointment. I made a
beautiful performance and I only be happy. Laurent is an exemplary player and
he fully deserves this title. Let's note that after this tournament he peaks
around place 25th in the world ranking, a beautiful achievement which rewards
his work and his sympathy! Also congratulations to M. Touze for the beautiful
organization of the event.} (20. Qxc7+ Kg8 21. Qd8+ Kg7 22. Qd4+ Kg8 23. Qd5+
$18) 1-0

[Event "Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2018.03.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Friedel, Joshua E"]
[Black "Rapport, Richard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C79"]
[WhiteElo "2562"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[Annotator "Fernandez,D"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2018.03.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nc6 {Once more Richard Rapport is going to get a normal position by
abnormal methods.} 2. e4 e5 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O d6 {Black's main moves
here are, of course, ...Be7 and ...Nxe4.} 6. c3 (6. Bxc6+ bxc6 7. d4 {has
scored highly, and I think this is a very good try for an advantage against 5..
.d6.} Be7 $1 (7... exd4 8. Nxd4 Bd7 (8... c5 9. Nc6 Qd7 10. Na5 Be7 11. Nc3 $14
) 9. Qf3 c5 (9... Be7 {tries to transpose to 7...Be7 but there is} 10. e5 $1
Nd5 11. exd6 cxd6 12. c4 $14) 10. Nf5 Bxf5 11. exf5 Be7 (11... Rb8 12. Qg3 $16
{Black will be unable to castle and is in trouble.} (12. g4 $5 $40 {Karjakin,
S-Aronian,L Nice 2010, was a more direct, if less strong, alternative.})) 12.
c4 O-O 13. Nc3 $14) (7... Nd7 $5 8. dxe5 dxe5 9. Be3 {and White's positional
grip should outweigh the bishop pair, although nothing is certain yet}) 8. Nc3
(8. dxe5 Nxe4 {is fine for Black}) 8... exd4 9. Nxd4 Bd7 10. Qf3 O-O {It seems
like White should be slightly better, maybe with 11.h3, but the game is
imbalanced. This is a logical outcome of 5...d6.}) (6. Re1 Be7 7. c3 Bg4 8. h3
Bh5 {has been the main continuation recently, but now White might have to play
a d3-type setup rather than d4.}) 6... Nxe4 7. d4 Bd7 {There now follow
several nearly-forced moves from both sides.} 8. Re1 Nf6 9. Bxc6 Bxc6 10. dxe5
dxe5 11. Qxd8+ Kxd8 12. Nxe5 Be8 (12... Bd5 {has also been played, notably by
the White player in the main game!} 13. Bg5 Be6 14. Nd2 Bd6 15. Ndc4 $14 {
Albornoz Cabrera,C -Friedel,J Merida 2017}) 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bxf6+ gxf6 15. Ng4
Be7 {Now White is undoubtedly slightly better, but finding a useful plan in
such a fluid position is another question.} 16. Na3 (16. Ne3 Bd7 17. Nd2 $14 {
is another valid way to start, bringing a knight to f5 as the first order of
business.}) 16... Bd7 17. Rad1 Kc8 18. Ne3 (18. Rxe7 {looks obvious, but
White's rook gets into tactical trouble.} Bxg4 19. f3 Be6 20. Nc2 Rd8 $1 $132)
18... Be6 19. Nd5 Bd8 (19... Bxa3 20. bxa3 f5 {could be objectively correct
but it is hard to play for a win like this.}) 20. Nc4 (20. b3 $5 a5 21. Nf4 $14
) 20... a5 21. a4 Ra6 {Black seems to have equalised.} 22. b3 $6 (22. Re4 $11 {
keeps trying to play Nf4.}) 22... Rc6 (22... c6 23. Nde3 Bc7 $15) 23. Nce3 Rd6
24. b4 Rg8 25. b5 Rd7 26. c4 c6 27. Nf4 Bb6 (27... Bc7 $36 {is also possible,
but maybe Black didn't wish to encourage White to take on e6.}) 28. bxc6 (28.
Nxe6 fxe6 29. h3 $11 {is still not too bad, because the position is quite
closed.}) 28... bxc6 29. Rxd7 Bxd7 30. Rc1 (30. Nh5 Rg6 31. g3 $11 {maintains
a grip on the position.}) 30... Bd4 31. Rd1 Bc5 $15 32. Nh5 Rg6 $6 (32... Bg4
$1 33. Nxg4 Rxg4 $17 {is practically almost impossible for White to defend.})
33. Ng3 Kc7 34. Ne4 Bb4 35. h4 $6 (35. Ng3 $11 {is the computer's advice, just
sitting still and awaiting developments, as the position is not that bad.})
35... f5 36. h5 (36. Rxd7+ Kxd7 37. Nxf5 {would be a depressing call to make,
and probably not one crowned with success either, even if the engines want it.}
) 36... Re6 $1 37. Nd2 f4 38. Nc2 Rd6 39. Nxb4 axb4 {This pawn will cost a
piece. The rest is basically trivial.} 40. Kf1 Bf5 41. c5 Rd5 42. Ke1 Bc2 43.
Rc1 Re5+ 44. Kf1 b3 0-1

[Event "RUS-Cup9"]
[Site "Novgorod"]
[Date "1997.06.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Landa, Konstantin"]
[Black "Yandemirov, Valeri"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C79"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[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. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 g6 6. d4 Bd7 7. O-O Bg7 8. Re1
Nf6 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Bc2 Re8 11. h3 Qe7 12. Nf1 Qf8 13. Ng3 Rad8 14. Be3 Bc8 15.
Qe2 Bh6 16. Qd2 Bxe3 17. Qxe3 Qg7 18. Rad1 Kh8 19. Qc1 h6 20. Ba4 b5 21. Bc2
Nh5 22. Nxh5 gxh5 23. Kh1 Rg8 24. Rg1 Qf6 25. Qe3 Rg6 26. dxe5 Nxe5 27. Nxe5
dxe5 28. Rxd8+ Qxd8 29. Rd1 Qe7 30. Rd3 Kg7 31. b4 Be6 32. Bb3 Qg5 33. Qxg5
hxg5 34. Kg1 Bxb3 35. axb3 Rc6 36. Kf1 Kf6 37. Ke2 Ke7 38. Rf3 Rf6 39. Rg3 Rg6
40. Kd2 Rd6+ 41. Ke2 Rg6 42. Ke3 h4 43. Rf3 Ke6 44. Ke2 Rg8 45. Rd3 Rg6 46. Rd8
Ke7 47. Rd5 Re6 48. c4 c6 49. Rd2 bxc4 50. bxc4 Rd6 51. Rxd6 Kxd6 {[%csl Rh4] 
[#] Wegen der besseren Kцnigsstellung und der potentiellen Bauernschwдche h4
kann WeiЯ einen gedeckten Freibauern eben auf h4 etablieren. Doch hindert der
schwarze Bauerndurchbruch f5 den WeiЯen daran, a6 zu erobern. Status quo -->
Remis.} 52. c5+ Ke6 53. g3 (53. Kf3 f5 54. exf5+ Kxf5 55. g4+ (55. g3 e4+ 56.
Ke3 Ke5 $17 {[%csl Rb4] oder sogar -+}) 55... Kf6 56. Ke4 Ke6 57. f3 Kf6 {
[%cal Gc6d5]} 58. Kd3 Ke7 59. Kc3 Ke6 60. Kc4 Ke7 (60... Kf6 $2 61. Kb3 e4 62.
fxe4 Ke5 63. Ka4 Kxe4 64. Ka5 Kf4 65. Kxa6 Kg3 66. b5 $18) 61. Kb3 Kd7 62. Ka4
Kc7 63. Ka5 Kb7 $11) 53... hxg3 (53... Kf6 54. Kf3 hxg3 55. fxg3 Kg7 (55... Kg6
56. Kg4 f6 57. h4 $18 {entfernter Freibauer}) 56. Kg4 Kg6 57. h4 f6 58. h5+ Kh6
59. Kf5 Kxh5 60. Kxf6 Kg4 61. Kxe5 Kxg3 62. Kf5 g4 63. e5 $18 {WeiЯ kann
Damentausch erzwingen und rдumt dann den Damenflьgel ab.}) 54. fxg3 g4 $1 55.
h4 Kf6 56. Kd3 Kg7 57. Kc4 f6 58. Kb3 Kf7 59. Ka4 Kg7 60. Kb3 (60. Ka5 $2 f5
61. Kxa6 f4 62. b5 f3 63. bxc6 f2 64. c7 f1=Q+) 60... Kg6 61. Kb2 Kg7 62. Ka3
Kg6 63. Kb3 Kf7 64. Ka4 Kg7 65. Ka3 Kg6 66. Kb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Vaujany op-A 7th"]
[Site "Vaujany"]
[Date "2016.07.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Mihok, Oliver"]
[Black "Joie, Sebastien"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C79"]
[WhiteElo "2509"]
[BlackElo "2387"]
[Annotator "Horvath,J"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2016.07.16"]
[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. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. O-O Bd7 6. d4 Nf6 7. Bxc6 Bxc6 8.
Re1 Be7 9. Nc3 exd4 10. Nxd4 O-O 11. Nf5 (11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Ne2 Qd7 13. Ng3
Rfe8 14. Bd2 Qg4 15. e5 dxe5 16. Qxg4 Nxg4 17. h3 Nf6 18. Rxe5 Bd6 19. Rxe8+
Rxe8 20. Re1 Rxe1+ 21. Bxe1 g6 22. Kf1 Kf8 23. Ke2 Ke7 24. c4 c5 25. Bd2 Be5
26. b3 Bxg3 27. fxg3 Ne4 28. Be3 Nxg3+ 29. Kf3 Nf5 30. Bxc5+ Ke6 31. g4 Nh4+
32. Kf4 f6 33. b4 c6 34. a4 g5+ 35. Ke3 f5 36. a5 Kd7 37. Bd4 Ng2+ 38. Kf3 Ne1+
39. Ke2 Nc2 40. Bc5 fxg4 {Motylev,A (2665)-Demchenko,A (2615) Jerusalem 2015
1-0}) 11... Kh8 $146 (11... Bd7 12. Qf3 Bxf5 13. Qxf5 Re8 14. Bg5 Nd7 15. Bxe7
Rxe7 16. Rad1 Re6 17. Qd5 c6 18. Qd4 Qh4 19. Re3 Rae8 20. Rh3 Qf6 21. Qxf6 Nxf6
22. Re3 g6 23. Rde1 b5 24. a3 a5 25. b4 Ng4 26. R3e2 Ne5 27. Kf1 Nc4 28. Nb1 a4
29. f3 Kg7 30. Rd1 f5 31. Rde1 fxe4 32. fxe4 Rf8+ 33. Kg1 Rf4 34. c3 c5 35. g3
Rf3 36. Rf2 Rd3 37. Kg2 cxb4 38. axb4 d5 39. e5 Re3 40. Rxe3 Nxe3+ 41. Kf3 {
Gibicar,D (2241)-Zude,A (2389) Germany 2015 0-1}) 12. Bg5 Ng8 13. Nxe7 Nxe7 14.
e5 f6 15. exd6 Ng6 16. Be3 f5 17. dxc7 Qxc7 18. f3 b5 19. Qd4 Qb7 20. Rad1 Rac8
21. a3 a5 22. Bf2 b4 23. axb4 axb4 24. Na2 b3 25. cxb3 Qxb3 26. Nc1 Qb8 27. Bg3
f4 28. Bf2 Rcd8 29. Qb6 Rxd1 30. Rxd1 Qa8 31. Bd4 Bxf3 32. Qc7 Rg8 33. gxf3 (
33. Bxg7+ Rxg7 34. Rd8+) 33... Qxf3 34. Rd3 Qg4+ 35. Kf1 Nh4 36. Bxg7+ Qxg7 37.
Qxg7+ Kxg7 38. Ne2 Kh6 39. Rd4 Nf5 40. Rxf4 Ne3+ 41. Kf2 Nd1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 81st"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2019.01.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Rapport, Richard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C79"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[Annotator "Howell,David"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2019.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 188"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.12.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.12.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O d6 6. c3 Nxe4 {This is a pet
line of Rapport's. It has a reputation of being slightly dubious, but in this
game Rapport shows that Black's position is full of resources.} (6... Bd7 {
is the most common move, and one which I have successfully played myself.}) 7.
d4 Bd7 8. Re1 Nf6 9. Bxc6 Bxc6 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Qxd8+ Kxd8 12. Nxe5 Be8 {
The previous moves are all logical and quite forcing. Indeed, this has all
been seen before in a game of Rapport's.} 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bxf6+ {White shatters
Black's pawn structure at the cost of the bishop pair.} gxf6 15. Ng4 Be7 16.
Nd2 $146 {Blitzed out by Nepomniachtchi.} (16. Na3 {was seen in
Friedel-Rapport, Reykjavik 2018.}) 16... Bd7 17. Ne3 Be6 18. Nb3 Kc8 19. Nd4
Bd7 20. Rad1 a5 $1 {Intending to gain space on the queenside while potentially
activating the rook via a6.} 21. Nd5 Bd8 {Black's pieces are very passive, but
this seems to be a purely temporary state of affairs. At this point
Nepomniachtchi sank into thought but failed to come up with a productive plan.
Indeed, engines initially prefer White by a large margin but after deep
analysis they, too, realise that Black's position is simply too solid.} 22. Nb3
(22. Ne7+ Kb8 {leads nowhere for White. For example:} 23. Nb3 Be6 24. Ng6 Rg8
25. Nf4 Bg4 26. Rd4 a4 27. Nc5 Ra5 $1 $11 {and Black's pieces are springing
into life.}) 22... b6 23. Nd4 a4 24. c4 Ra5 25. f4 c6 26. Nc3 Re8 27. Rxe8 Bxe8
28. Kf2 Bd7 29. Rd3 Bc7 30. Kf3 Rc5 {A slightly odd decision. Black's rook is
poorly placed here.} (30... f5 $11) 31. b3 axb3 32. axb3 f5 33. Re3 Kd8 34. Nd1
b5 35. Rd3 (35. Nc3 {would initiate a short tactical skirmish, but with
accurate play Black should be fine:} Ba5 $1 (35... bxc4 $2 36. b4 {traps the
rook.}) 36. Nc2 Be6 $1 (36... Bxc3 37. Rxc3 $14 {would give White hopes of
exploiting a 'good knight vs bad bishop' scenario.}) 37. b4 Rxc4 $1 38. bxa5 b4
39. Nxb4 Rxb4 $11 {and the game should end in a draw.}) 35... bxc4 36. bxc4
Rxc4 37. Ne3 Ra4 $1 {keeping an eye on the f4-pawn.} 38. Nxc6+ {With pawns
limited to one side of the board, there is not much left to play for.
Impressive composure from Rapport, who showed that his pet line is certainly
playable.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Poikovsky Karpov 10th"]
[Site "Poikovsky"]
[Date "2009.06.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Black "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C79"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[Annotator "Kritz,L"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[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. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O d6 {Diese Variante ist ein
relativ seltener Gast in heutiger Turnierpraxis. Ich glaube nicht, dass
Schwarz hier ausgleichen kann.} 6. Bxc6+ $1 {Am besten nimmt man auf c6 sofort,
ohne abzuwarten bis Schwarz Bd7 spielt.} (6. Re1 Bd7 $1 {Wenn es mцglich ist,
sollte man WeiЯ nicht auf c6 nehmen lassen.} (6... Be7 7. Bxc6+ bxc6 8. d4 exd4
9. Nxd4 Bb7 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Qf3 Re8 12. Nf5 $14 {Short - Van Riemsdijk (Sao
Paulo, 2001)}) 7. c3 Be7 8. d4 O-O 9. Nbd2 b5 10. Bb3 a5 11. d5 Nb8 12. a4 c6
13. dxc6 Bxc6 14. axb5 Bxb5 $132 {Navara - Miton (Ustron, 2006)}) ({Keine
selbststдndige Bedeutung hat} 6. c3 Bd7 7. Re1 {-> 6.Re1}) 6... bxc6 7. d4 exd4
{Andere Zьge sind mцglich, aber WeiЯ hat bessere Perspektiven in allen
Abwicklungen.} (7... Nxe4 8. Re1 f5 (8... d5 9. Nxe5 $16) 9. dxe5 d5 10. c4 Be6
11. Nc3 Bc5 12. Be3 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Bxe3 14. Rxe3 dxc4 15. Nd4 $44 {Adams -
Bellin (Kilkenny, 1997)}) (7... Be7 $5 8. Re1 (8. dxe5 $1 Nxe4 $1 9. Re1 d5 $11
{Schwarz hat keine Probleme.}) 8... exd4 9. Nxd4 Bd7 10. Qf3 O-O 11. Nc3 $14 {
/\Bf4-Rad1 und die weiЯen Figuren stehen alle sehr aktiv.}) 8. Nxd4 c5 ({Nach} 
8... Bd7 {ist zumindest} 9. Qf3 {eine solide Fortsetzung} (9. c4 c5 10. Nf3 Be7
11. Nc3 O-O 12. h3 Bc6 13. Re1 Nd7 14. Nd5 Bf6 $132 {Bologan - Jakubowski 
(Warsaw, 2006)}) 9... c5 (9... Be7 $2 10. e5 $1 {Eine gut bekannte Falle.} Nd5
(10... dxe5 11. Nxc6 Bxc6 (11... e4 12. Qc3 $16) 12. Qxc6+ Nd7 13. Rd1 Bd6 14.
Nd2 O-O 15. Nc4 $18) 11. exd6 Bxd6 (11... cxd6 12. c4 Nb4 13. a3 c5 14. axb4
cxd4 15. Rd1 O-O 16. Rxd4 $16) 12. Re1+ Kf8 13. Ne6+ Bxe6 14. Rxe6 $16) 10. Nf5
Bxf5 11. Qxf5 $14) 9. Nc6 $5 {Ein origineller Springerabzug. Der Springer
reitet nach a5, wo er die Entwicklung des Lдufers c8 nach b7 verhindern wird.
Gleichzeitig bringt WeiЯ eine leichte Dissonanz in den schwarzen Aufbau, weil
die Dame auf d7 komisch steht. Andere Abzьge wurden auch ausprobiert:} (9. Nf3
Nd7 10. Nc3 g6 11. Nd5 Bg7 12. Bg5 f6 13. Bf4 Bb7 14. Qd3 Bc6 15. a4 O-O $132 {
Meijere - Ernst (Dieren, 1999)}) (9. Nf5 Be6 (9... Nxe4 $142 10. Qd5 Bxf5 11.
Qxf5 Nf6 12. Bh6 $3 Qc8 $1 (12... gxh6 13. Re1+ Be7 14. Qxf6 $18) 13. Re1+ Kd8
14. Qf3 Rb8 $13 {WeiЯ hat Kompensation, aber es ist nicht klar, wie er voran
kommen will.}) 10. Nc3 g6 11. Re1 $1 Nxe4 12. Nxe4 gxf5 13. Ng5 $40 {Kulaots -
Bentsen (Gausdal, 2006)}) 9... Qd7 10. Na5 Qb5 $6 {Das sieht nicht logisch aus.
Anstatt die Entwicklung zu vollenden, springt Schwarz mit seiner Dame rum.
Besser wдre Be7-0-0} (10... Be7 11. Nc3 O-O 12. Bf4 Qg4 13. Qxg4 Bxg4 14. Nc6
Rfe8 15. Bg5 $14 {Wobei auch hier Schwarz keinen Grund zur Freude hat.}) 11.
Bd2 $146 (11. Nb3 $6 {ist nicht im Sinne der Stellung. WeiЯ sollte auf
Entwicklung und Initiative spielen, der Springer auf a5 steht gut, weil er die
Felder b7 und c6 unter Kontrolle hдlt.} Be6 12. Nc3 Qb7 13. Qf3 a5 14. Re1 Be7
15. Nd2 O-O $15 {David - Erturan (Dresden, 2007)}) 11... Bg4 $2 {Wie man bald
sieht, wird der Lдufer auf e6 sehr schnell mit dem f-Bauern angegriffen, und
der weiЯe Angriff bekommt Schwung.} (11... Qxb2 $2 {Das wдre zu viel gewesen.}
12. Nc3 Bg4 (12... Qb6 13. Rb1 Qxa5 (13... Qa7 14. Nc6 $18) 14. Nd5 Qa4 15.
Nxc7+ Kd8 16. Nxa8 $18) 13. f3 Be6 14. Rb1 Qa3 15. Qe1 Be7 (15... Qxa5 16. Nd5
Qxa2 17. Nxc7+ Kd7 18. Nxa8 $18) 16. Nb7 $1 $18 {/\17.Bc1}) (11... Be7 $1 {
wдre der stдrkste Zug gewesen.} 12. Bc3 O-O 13. Na3 Qe8 14. Re1 Be6 15. N3c4
$14 {WeiЯ steht besser, aber die Stellung ist spielbar fьr Schwarz.}) 12. f3
Be6 13. c4 Qb6 (13... Qxb2 $2 14. Nc3 Qb8 15. Nd5 Qc8 16. Bc3 $16) (13... Bxc4
14. Na3 Bxf1 15. Nxb5 Bxb5 16. Qe1 $1 $18 {/\e5}) 14. Bc3 ({Sehr stark ist auch
} 14. Nc3 $5 c6 (14... Qxa5 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. Bxa5 Ne3 17. Qa4+ Bd7 18. Qb3 Nxf1
19. Qb7 Rc8 20. Rxf1 $18) 15. Qa4 Bd7 16. Rae1 Be7 17. e5 $18) 14... Be7 15.
Nd2 O-O 16. f4 {Der weiЯe Angriff ist sehr gefдhrlich.} Ng4 {Das verliert
forciert, aber die schwarze Lage war schon sehr schwer.} (16... Rfe8 17. f5 Bd7
18. Rf3 Bd8 19. Rg3 $16) 17. f5 $1 Ne3 18. Qh5 Nxf1 19. Rxf1 Bd7 (19... g6 20.
Qh6 $18) 20. f6 Bxf6 21. Rxf6 Rae8 (21... gxf6 22. Bxf6 $18) 22. Qg5 Re7 23.
Re6 ({Nach} 23. Re6 fxe6 24. Qxe7 Rf7 25. Qd8+ Rf8 26. Qxd7 {gewinnt WeiЯ die
dritte Figur fьr den Turm.}) 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg Chigorin Memorial"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1909.02.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Burn, Amos"]
[Black "Schlechter, Carl"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C79"]
[Annotator "Lasker,Emanuel"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[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. (2) Lasker:
Der internationale Schachkongreß zu St.Petersburg. 1909. Berlin.1909. 
(Nachdruck Olms.1989.)} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. d4 exd4
({Here Black can play very well} 6... b5 7. dxe5 dxe5 8. Qxd8+ Nxd8 9. Bb3 Bd6)
7. Nxd4 Bd7 8. Nxc6 Bxc6 9. Bxc6+ bxc6 10. O-O Be7 11. Qe2 O-O 12. b3 Re8 13.
Bb2 Qc8 ({The natural move is,} 13... Bf8 {in order to give free play to the
Rook.}) 14. Rad1 Nd7 15. Qg4 Bf6 16. Rfe1 Re6 17. Na4 Qe8 18. f3 Be5 ({And here
} 18... c5 {might have been played, threatning the sacrifice of the pawn by ..
c4} 19. c4 {would then be answered by} Ne5 {/\Ne5-c6-d4.}) 19. Bxe5 Nxe5 20.
Qg3 Qe7 (20... c5 {was still indicated. After Black has missed this
opportunity, all the life is taken out of the game.}) 21. Nb2 Re8 22. Nd3 Nxd3
23. cxd3 c5 24. Rf1 Qf6 25. Qf2 Qc3 26. d4 cxd4 27. Qxd4 Qa5 28. Qd2 Qb5 29.
Qc2 c6 30. Qc4 Qb6+ 31. Qd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Danzhou 3rd"]
[Site "Danzhou"]
[Date "2012.06.05"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Hou, Yifan"]
[Black "Wen, Yang"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C79"]
[WhiteElo "2623"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "Let's Check"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventDate "2012.05.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O d6 6. Re1 Bd7 7. c3 g6 8. d4 b5
9. Bb3 Bg7 10. h3 O-O 11. Nbd2 h6 12. Nf1 Re8 13. Ng3 Rb8 14. Be3 Na5 15. dxe5
dxe5 16. Qc1 h5 17. Bh6 Qe7 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Qg5 Kh7 20. Rad1 Nxb3 21. axb3
Rb6 22. b4 Rd6 23. Qe3 Bc6 24. Rd2 Rxd2 25. Nxd2 Qe6 26. Nf3 Qd6 27. Re2 Qe7
28. Rd2 Nd7 29. Rd1 Nf8 30. Ra1 Ra8 31. Ne1 Ne6 32. Nd3 f6 33. Ne2 Qd6 34. f3
Be8 35. Rd1 Rd8 36. Kf1 Qe7 37. Ke1 Kg7 38. Nec1 Bf7 39. Rd2 a5 $6 (39... Rd6
40. Nb3 Qd8 $11) 40. bxa5 $16 Ra8 41. b4 c5 42. Nxc5 Nxc5 43. Qxc5 Qxc5 44.
bxc5 Rxa5 45. c6 Ra1 46. Rd1 Ra3 $2 (46... Be6 47. Nd3 Ra7 $16) 47. Ne2 $2 (47.
c4 bxc4 48. c7 $18) 47... Be6 $14 48. Rb1 Ra6 49. Rxb5 Rxc6 50. Rb7+ Kh6 51. h4
g5 52. hxg5+ Kxg5 53. Rb2 h4 54. Kf2 Bc4 55. Ng1 Be6 56. Rc2 Bb3 57. Rc1 Bc4
58. Nh3+ Kg6 59. Kg1 Be6 60. Nf2 Kg5 61. Nd3 Rd6 62. Nf2 Rc6 63. Nd3 Rd6 64.
Nb4 Rd2 65. Rc2 Rd1+ 66. Kf2 Bc4 67. Ke3 Re1+ 68. Kd2 Rg1 69. Ke3 Re1+ 70. Kd2
Rg1 71. Ke3 1/2-1/2

[Event "ARM-ch 72nd"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2012.01.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Minasian, Artashes"]
[Black "Melkumyan, Hrant"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C79"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "Let's Check Training"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2012.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 147"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 g6 7. d4 Bd7 8. O-O Bg7
9. Re1 O-O 10. Nbd2 Re8 11. d5 Ne7 12. Bxd7 Nxd7 13. Nc4 h6 14. b4 Rf8 15. a4
f5 16. Nfd2 Nf6 17. f3 h5 18. Nf1 f4 19. Na5 b6 20. Nb3 g5 21. c4 Qd7 22. Qd3
Ng6 23. a5 bxa5 24. Rxa5 Nh4 25. c5 g4 26. c6 Qf7 27. Nbd2 Qg6 28. Re2 Bh6 29.
Kh1 Kh8 30. Rxa6 $2 (30. Ra2 Rab8 31. Qc3 $17) 30... Rxa6 31. Qxa6 gxf3 32.
Nxf3 Nxf3 33. gxf3 Rg8 34. Qa7 {[%tqu "En","","","","f6e4","",10]} Nxe4 $1 35.
fxe4 f3 36. Rc2 f2 0-1

[Event "San Sebastian International Masters-02"]
[Site "San Sebastian"]
[Date "1912.02.26"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Duras, Oldrich"]
[Black "Rubinstein, Akiba"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C79"]
[Annotator "Mieses,J"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "1912.02.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Mieses: Turnierbuch, S.52 Bachmann: Schach Jahrbuch 1911,II,S.149 3)
Richter: O.Duras, S.287[Jiry Podgorny].} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5.
O-O d6 6. d4 b5 7. dxe5 (7. Bb3 Nxd4 8. Nxd4 exd4 9. Qxd4 $4 c5 10. Qe3 c4 $19)
7... dxe5 8. Qxd8+ Nxd8 9. Bb3 Nd7 {[%mdl 4096] Symmetrisches Endspiel} ({
Natьrlicher sieht} 9... Bd6 {aus, um das Feld e6 fьr Be6 oder Ne6 zu nutzen.})
(9... c5 {Mieses}) 10. a4 $1 $14 Rb8 (10... Bb7 $5) 11. axb5 axb5 12. Be3 f6
13. Ba7 $5 {Vertreibt den Turm von der Verteidigung des Feldes a8} (13. Ra7 Bb7
14. Nc3 c6 15. Rfa1 Bc5 16. Bxc5 Nxc5 17. Nd2 Kd7 18. Kf1 Nde6 19. Bxe6+ Nxe6
20. Nb3 Rhd8 $11) 13... Rb7 (13... Ra8 14. Nc3 c6 15. Ra2 Bc5 (15... Nc5 16.
Bxc5 Rxa2 17. Bxf8 $18) 16. Rfa1 $14) 14. Rd1 Nc5 (14... Bc5 {Podgorny} 15.
Bxc5 (15. Rxd7 Rxa7 16. Rxa7 Kxd7 $11) 15... Nxc5 16. Ra8 Bd7 (16... Be6 17.
Rdxd8+ $18) 17. Bd5 Rb6 (17... c6 18. Bxc6 $18) 18. b4 $14) 15. Bxc5 Bxc5 16.
Ra8 Bd7 {Mieses: Die schwarze Stellung sieht jetzt etwas prekдr aus; es
scheint aber doch noch eine hinreichende Verteidigung zu geben.} 17. Nh4 (17.
Bf7+ {Podgorny} Ke7 $11) (17. Be6 {Podgorny} c6 $11) 17... Ra7 (17... g6 18.
Bd5 Ra7 19. Bf7+ Ke7 20. Rxa7 Bxa7 21. Bxg6 $1 $16) 18. Rb8 Rf8 {Sehr gewagt} (
{Natьrlich nicht} 18... g6 $4 {da nach} 19. Bf7+ Ke7 20. Bxg6 {folgen wьrde.})
({In Anbetracht seiner gedrьckten Stellung hдtte Schwarz mit} 18... Rb7 $1 {
fortfahren sollen, um entweder Remis zu machen, oder den gefдhrlichen Turm zum
Abtausch zu zwingen.}) 19. Nf5 g6 20. Nh6 Ra1 21. Bg8 $4 {Mieses: Eine
Übereilung.RR: Eine milde Umschreibung der Schwere dieses Fehlers.} ({WeiЯ
sollte sich zunдchst mit} 21. Kf1 Z0 22. Ke2 {sicher stellen, da Schwarz sich
nicht rьhren kann.}) 21... Ba7 $19 22. Rxd8+ (22. Be6 Ke7 23. Bxd7 Bxb8 24.
Bxb5 c6 25. Bc4 Ne6 $19) 22... Kxd8 23. Bxh7 ({Nicht} 23. Be6 {wegen} Rxb1 24.
Rxb1 Bxe6 $19) 23... Kc8 (23... Ke7 $142 $1 24. Ng8+ (24. Bxg6 Rd8 $19) 24...
Ke6 25. Bxg6 Bc6 $19) 24. Bxg6 Ra2 {Turm auf die 2.Reihe,} ({aber} 24... Rd8 {
ist auch kräftig}) 25. Bf7 $2 (25. Bf5 $142 Bxf5 26. Nxf5 Rxb2 27. Rc1 Rd8 28.
h4 {Mit ein wenig Gegenspiel.}) 25... Rxb2 $19 {Schwarz hat jetzt natьrlich
eine gewonnene Partie; - aber zwischen Lipp- und Kelchesrand -.} 26. Rc1 Bc6 (
26... f5 27. exf5 e4 28. Nc3 e3 29. Nd1 exf2+ $19) (26... Rb4 27. Bg6 c6 28.
Nd2 Rh8 29. Nf5 Kc7 30. Re1 Bxf5 31. Bxf5 Rd8 $19) 27. Nc3 (27. Be6+ Bd7 (27...
Kb7 28. Nc3 Rd8 29. h4 Rd2 30. Ng4 b4 31. Nd5 b3 32. cxb3 Bxf2+ 33. Nxf2 Rxf2
34. Bh3 Bxd5 $17) 28. Bb3 Bd4 29. h4 Rh8 30. Nf5 Bxf5 31. exf5 Rxh4 32. g3 Rg4
33. Kg2 e4 34. Rd1 Be5 35. Nd2 c5 $19) 27... b4 $2 {Verliert die Qualitдt} (
27... Rd8 $142 28. Nd5 (28. Bb3 Rd2 29. Nd1 Bxe4 30. Nxb2 Rxf2 31. Ra1 Rxg2+
32. Kf1 Rg1+ $19) 28... Kb8 $17) (27... Rb4 $1 {Podgorny}) (27... Bd4 $1) 28.
Nd1 (28. Be6+ Bd7 29. Nd1 Bxe6 30. Nxb2 $11) 28... Rxf7 29. Nxb2 Rd7 30. Ng4
Rd2 31. Nc4 $11 Rd4 32. Na5 $2 (32. Nce3 $142 Rxe4 33. Ra1 $11 (33. Nxf6 $2
Rxe3 $19)) 32... Bxe4 $17 33. Nxf6 $2 (33. Ne3 $142 f5 $17) 33... Ba8 $4 {
Nun wendet sich das Blatt.} (33... Bxc2 $142 $1 {Mit Gewinnstellung. Bachmann:
Unglaublicherweise nicht gesehen von Rubinstein.} 34. Nc6 b3 $1 35. Nxa7+ Kb7
36. Nb5 b2 37. Re1 Ra4 38. Nc3 Ra1 $19) 34. h3 $11 Rd2 35. Ng4 Be4 (35... Bd5)
36. c3 $14 Bf5 (36... bxc3) 37. Nc6 $1 $18 {Mieses: Ein feiner Zug} Bxg4 $4 (
37... b3 $2 {Podgorny} 38. Ne7+ Kd7 39. Nxf5 b2 40. Rb1 Rc2 41. Kh2 Bxf2 42.
Nxe5+ Ke6 43. Nd4+ Bxd4 44. cxd4 c5 45. Nd3 c4 46. Nxb2 $18) (37... Kb7 $142 $1
$11 {RR} 38. Na5+ (38. Nxa7 b3 $1 $17 (38... Kxa7 39. cxb4 $18)) 38... Kb8 39.
cxb4 Bxg4 40. hxg4 Bxf2+ 41. Kf1 Bb6 $11) 38. Nxa7+ $18 Kb7 39. hxg4 (39. cxb4
$2 Bd7 40. Ra1 Rb2 41. b5 $16) 39... b3 (39... Kxa7 40. cxb4 Kb6 41. Rc4 $18)
40. Nb5 $18 Ra2 41. Rb1 b2 42. Kh2 Kb6 43. c4 Kc5 44. Nc3 Ra3 45. Nd1 Ra1 46.
Rxb2 Rxd1 47. Re2 {Das Turmendspiel ist offenbar leicht gewonnen fьr WeiЯ.} Rd4
48. Rxe5+ Kxc4 49. Kg3 Rd8 50. g5 c5 51. f4 Kd4 52. Re1 Rc8 53. g6 c4 54. f5 c3
55. g7 c2 56. f6 {Bachmann: Eine Partie der Irrungen, welche von Rubinstein
nicht mit der von ihm gewohnten Prдzision durchgefьhrt wurde. Auch Gr0Яmeister
haben manchmal ihre schwachen Stunden!} 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2013.08.16"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Sasikiran, Krishnan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C79"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[Annotator "Pavlovic,M"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[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. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. O-O Bd7 {The Advanced Steinitz line
is not so popular nowadays but remains a solid alternative. Black wants to
avoid massive theory such as exists in other Ruy Lopez variations while
retaining solidity.} ({The traditional old line has been practically abandoned
as too risky:} 5... Bg4 6. h3 h5 7. Bxc6+ $1 bxc6 8. d4 Bxf3 (8... Qf6 9. Nbd2
$1 Be6 10. Nb3 Qg6 11. Ng5 Bd7 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. f4 exf4 14. Bxf4 $16 {1-0 (26)
Shirov,A (2736)-Sokolov,I (2706) Wijk aan Zee NED 2004}) 9. Qxf3 exd4 10. c3
Qf6 (10... dxc3 11. Nxc3 Qd7 12. Be3 Be7 13. Bd4 Bf6 14. e5 Bxe5 15. Rfe1 f6
16. Rad1 O-O-O 17. Bxe5 fxe5 18. Rxe5 $16 {1-0 (26) Bologan,V (2692)-Lavrik,D 
(2439) Moscow RUS 2010}) 11. Qd3 dxc3 (11... g5 12. cxd4 g4 13. d5 Ne7 14. Nc3
c5 15. f4 gxf3 16. Rxf3 Qg6 17. Bf4 $36 {1-0 (32) Inarkiev,E (2683)-Rychkov,O 
(2315) Vladivostok RUS 2012}) 12. Nxc3 Ne7 13. Be3 $5 (13. f4 g6 14. e5 Qf5 15.
Ne4 Bg7 16. exd6 Rd8 17. Rd1 O-O 18. d7 Qd5 19. Qc2 Qf5 $13 {1-0 (51)
Gruenfeld,Y (2445)-Elchanati,A (2149) Kiryat Ono ISR 2013}) 13... Qe6 14. f4
Qd7 15. f5 $36) 6. c3 g6 {Another possible plan for Black is:} (6... Nge7 7. d4
Ng6 8. d5 Nb8 9. c4 Be7 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Bc2 $5 a5 12. Be3 Na6 13. a3 c5 14. Qd2
h6 15. h3 Kh7 16. Rab1 Rg8 17. Bd3 Nf8 18. Nh2 $14 {1-0 (41) Timofeev,A (2658)
-Mastrovasilis,A (2543) Dresden GER 2007}) 7. d4 Bg7 8. Re1 Nf6 {Other plans
adopted by Black in this position are:} (8... Nge7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Nbd2 Qe8 11.
Bb3 Kh8 12. h3 h6 13. Nf1 Na5 14. Bc2 Nc4 15. Bc1 Qd8 16. Ng3 $14 Nb6 17. b3 a5
18. Be3 a4 19. Qd2 Kh7 20. Rad1 {1-0 (62) Karjakin,S (2779)-Andreikin,D (2700)
Astana KAZ 2012; with the usual type of advantage in the Ruy Lopez.}) (8... b5
{preventing ideas used by Karjakin in the actual game} 9. Bb3 Nf6 10. Bg5 h6
11. Bh4 O-O 12. Nbd2 (12. dxe5 $5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 dxe5 14. Nd2 {I am not sure
about this type of strategy for White, although Mamdeyarov lost both games it
was not due to the opening} Qe7 15. Nf1 Rfd8 (15... Rad8 16. Qe2 c5 17. Bxf6
Qxf6 18. Bd5 h5 19. c4 Bh6 20. Rad1 b4 21. Rd3 Bg4 22. f3 Bc8 23. Nd2 Rd7 24.
Qf2 Rc7 25. Rd1 a5 26. a4 Bd7 27. b3 h4 $1 $13 (27... g5 $6 28. Nf1 $1 $14 {
1-0 (45) Kamsky,G (2714)-Mamedyarov,S (2752) Moscow RUS 2007})) 16. Ne3 Be6 17.
Qc2 c6 18. a4 h5 19. Bg5 Kh7 $1 20. Red1 Bxb3 21. Qxb3 Bh6 22. Bxf6 Qxf6 23.
axb5 axb5 24. Rxa8 Rxa8 25. Nc2 Bf8 26. Ne1 Bc5 27. Nf3 $11 {1-0 (39) Navara,D
(2672)-Mamedyarov,S (2752) Dagomys RUS 2008}) 12... exd4 13. Nxd4 Re8 (13...
Qb8 14. N2f3 Qb7 15. Nxc6 Bxc6 16. e5 dxe5 17. Nxe5 g5 18. Nxc6 Qxc6 19. Bg3
$14 {1-0 (36) Almasi,Z (2669)-Sadvakasov,D (2615) Moscow RUS 2007}) 14. Bd5 $5
(14. Bc2 Qb8 15. Nf1 Qb7 16. f3 Rac8 17. Nxc6 Bxc6 18. Qd2 Nd7 19. Ne3 $14 {
1/2-1/2 (49) Alekseev,E (2634)-Mamedyarov,S (2709) Moscow RUS 2006}) 14... Nxd4
15. Bxa8 Qxa8 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. cxd4 Bxd4 18. Qc2 $16) 9. d5 Ne7 (9... Nb8 10.
c4 O-O 11. Nc3 Bg4 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Nbd7 14. Be3 Kh8 15. b4 $16 {1-0 (30)
Lampert,J (2284)-Zude,A (2459) Hofheim GER 2013}) 10. Bxd7+ Nxd7 11. Be3 h6 {
The alternative looks much better to me:} (11... Ng8 $5 {[%cal Gg7h6]} 12. c4
Bh6 13. Qd2 Bxe3 14. Qxe3 Ngf6 15. Nc3 O-O 16. Rac1 Qe7 17. b4 a5 18. a3 axb4
19. axb4 Ra3 $13 {1/2-1/2 (52) Baghdasaryan,V (2229)-Graf,A (2590) Chalkis GRE
2010}) 12. Nfd2 $1 {Like in the King's Indian, but Black doesn't have his
light-squared bishop.} f5 13. f3 Bf6 $5 (13... f4 14. Bf2 g5 15. c4 h5 16. Nc3
Ng6 {I think that Black must play faster, and I will give here one idea that
is by no means forced:} (16... Bh6 $5 17. b4 Rg8 18. c5 g4 19. Kh1 g3 20. Bg1
gxh2 21. Bf2 Nc8 22. Re2 Qg5 23. Qf1 h4 24. Nc4 Nf6 $13) 17. Rc1 Bf8 18. b4 Be7
19. c5 dxc5 20. d6 $5 cxd6 21. Nc4 Nf6 22. Nd5 $36 {1-0 (34) Cheparinov,I 
(2632)-Rogers,I (2526) Hoogeveen NED 2006}) 14. Bf2 O-O 15. c4 Bg5 16. Nc3 b6 (
16... h5 17. b4 Nf6 18. c5 Kh7 19. Nc4 $14) 17. b4 Nf6 18. c5 $14 h5 {Black is
surely not without chances here.} 19. Nc4 (19. exf5 gxf5 20. Nc4 Rb8 21. cxd6
cxd6 22. b5 a5 23. Na4 Nc8 $13) (19. cxd6 cxd6 20. b5 a5 21. Na4 Rb8 22. Rc1
fxe4 23. fxe4 Ng4 $19) 19... Rb8 20. cxd6 cxd6 21. Qb3 (21. b5 a5 22. Na4 Nc8
$13) 21... Kh7 22. b5 a5 23. Na4 fxe4 24. fxe4 Nc8 25. h3 h4 {Now things are
becoming less and less clear.} 26. Qd1 Rb7 $1 (26... Nh5 27. Nd2 Rb7 28. Nf3
Rbf7 {will transpose to the game.}) 27. Nd2 $1 Nh5 28. Nf3 Rbf7 $13 29. Nxg5+
$1 Qxg5 30. Be3 {Still the weakness on b6 and lack of serious counterplay on
the kingside give White chances to exert some pressure.} Nf4 (30... Qg3 31. Qg4
$1 Qxg4 32. hxg4 Nf4 (32... Nf6 33. Rac1 Nxg4 34. Nxb6 $16) 33. Rab1 Rb7 34.
Kh2 Nd3 35. Rf1 $14) 31. Qf3 Qd8 $6 32. Qg4 $1 Kg7 33. Red1 Rh8 34. Rac1 Qe8
35. Rc6 Rhf8 36. Kh2 Rh8 37. Rdc1 Ne7 38. Nxb6 Nxc6 39. dxc6 Qd8 40. Nd5 Nxd5
41. exd5 Rhf8 42. b6 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 1112"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2011.11.20"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Black "Bok, Benjamin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C79"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2488"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[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 "Baden-Baden"]
[BlackTeam "Remagen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O b5 7. Bb3 Na5 8. Bd2
Nxb3 9. axb3 Be7 10. c4 Rb8 11. Qc2 c5 12. Nc3 O-O 13. Ne1 Nh5 14. Nd5 Bg5 15.
Ba5 Qd7 16. g3 Bb7 17. Ng2 Bxd5 18. cxd5 b4 19. Kh1 Bh6 20. f4 exf4 21. gxf4 f5
22. e5 dxe5 23. fxe5 f4 24. e6 Qxd5 25. Qc4 Qxc4 26. bxc4 Bg5 27. Rf3 Rbc8 28.
Re1 Be7 29. Re5 g5 30. h4 h6 31. hxg5 hxg5 32. Nh4 Bf6 33. Rd5 Ng3+ 34. Rxg3
fxg3 35. Nf5 Rce8 36. Rxc5 Rxe6 37. Bxb4 Rb8 38. Ba5 Rxb2 39. Nxg3 Re3 40. Rf5
Rxg3 41. Rxf6 Rh3+ 42. Kg1 Rxd3 43. Be1 Rd1 44. Kf1 Rbb1 45. Re6 $2 (45. Kf2
Rxe1 46. Rg6+) 45... Kf7 46. Re3 Rxe1+ $1 0-1

[Event "Cappelle op 31st"]
[Site "Cappelle la Grande"]
[Date "2015.03.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gao, Rui"]
[Black "Sandipan, Chanda"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C79"]
[WhiteElo "2533"]
[BlackElo "2574"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[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. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. c3 a6 6. Ba4 d6 7. d4 Bd7 8. Re1 (
8. d5 Nce7 9. Bxd7+ Qxd7 10. c4 $14 {[%csl Rg7]}) 8... Nf6 9. Nbd2 (9. d5 Ne7
10. Bxd7+ Nxd7 11. Be3 f5 12. Ng5 Nf8 13. exf5 gxf5 14. f4 Qd7 15. c4 e4 16.
Nc3 Rg8 17. Rc1 h6 18. Qh5+ Neg6 19. Ne6 Bxc3 20. Nxf8 Qf7 21. Rxc3 Rxf8 22.
Qxh6 O-O-O 23. Bd4 c5 24. dxc6 bxc6 25. Rg3 Rg8 26. b3 d5 27. cxd5 Rxd5 28. Bc3
Rd3 29. Ree3 Qa7 30. Kf1 Rxe3 31. Rxg6 Rxg6 32. Qh8+ Kb7 33. Bd4 Qb8 34. Qxb8+
Kxb8 35. Bxe3 Kc7 36. h3 Kd6 37. Kf2 c5 38. Bd2 Kd5 {Balogh,C (2660)-Sandipan,
C (2603) Germany 2015 0-1}) 9... O-O 10. Bxc6 Bxc6 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Nxe5 Bxe4
13. Nxe4 Qxd1 14. Nxf6+ Bxf6 15. Rxd1 Bxe5 16. Be3 Rad8 $146 (16... Rfd8 17.
Kf1 f6 18. Ke2 Kf7 19. Kf3 Ke6 20. Bf4 Rd6 21. Bxe5 fxe5 22. Ke3 Rad8 23. Rxd6+
cxd6 24. f4 Rc8 25. fxe5 dxe5 26. Rd1 b5 27. Rd2 Rf8 28. Rd1 Rc8 29. Rd2 Rf8
30. Rd1 Rc8 {1/2-1/2 (30) Gao,R (2417)-Wen,Y (2549) Beijing 2012}) 17. h3 f5
18. Bg5 Rxd1+ {La partie semble conduire à une nulle rapide} 19. Rxd1 Bd6 20.
Re1 b5 21. Re6 f4 (21... Kf7 22. Rf6+ Kg7 $11) 22. f3 $6 (22. Kf1 Rf5 {[%cal
Gg8f7]}) 22... Rf5 23. Bh4 Kf7 24. Re4 Rd5 25. Kf1 Rd1+ 26. Re1 Rxe1+ 27. Kxe1
Ke6 28. Ke2 Kd5 {Le secondant d'Anand a une finale un peu meilleure mais il
n'est pas facile de progresser.} 29. Kd3 c5 30. b3 c4+ 31. bxc4+ bxc4+ 32. Kc2
Kc6 33. Bf6 Kb5 34. Bd4 a5 (34... Ka4 {[%cal Ga4a3]} 35. Kb1 Ka3) 35. Bf6 a4
36. Kb2 Kc6 37. Bd8 Kd5 38. Ba5 a3+ 39. Kc2 Kc6 40. Bd8 Bc7 41. Be7 Bd6 42. Bd8
Bc7 43. Be7 Bd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow op-A 04th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2008.02.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Inarkiev, Ernesto"]
[Black "Kazhgaleyev, Murtas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C79"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2594"]
[Annotator "Reeh,O"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2008.02.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 123"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.04.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.04.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. O-O Bd7 6. c3 g6 7. d4 Bg7 8. Re1 b5
9. Bb3 Nf6 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. h3 Re8 12. a3 h6 13. Bc2 Nh5 14. Nf1 Nf4 15. Bxf4
exf4 16. Qd2 g5 17. Rad1 Qe7 18. Qd3 Kf8 19. Bb3 Rad8 20. Ba2 Qf6 21. N3h2 h5
22. Qf3 Qh6 23. g4 hxg4 24. Nxg4 Qg6 25. Nfh2 Ne7 26. Qg2 Bc6 27. d5 Bd7 28.
Nf3 Qh5 29. e5 $6 dxe5 30. Ngxe5 Bxe5 31. Nxe5 Bxh3 32. Qh1 Nf5 33. Rd3 g4 {
Black is completely winning. Schwarz steht komplett auf Gewinn.} 34. Qe4 f6 35.
d6 Rxe5 36. dxc7 Rde8 37. Qb4+ Ne7 38. Red1 Bg2 $1 39. Kxg2 f3+ 40. Kg3 Rf5 $4
({Black could have checkmated by force: Schwarz hдtte forciert mattsetzen
kцnnen:} 40... Qh3+ 41. Kf4 Qh2+ 42. Kxg4 Qg2+ 43. Kh4 (43. Kf4 Rf5+ 44. Ke4
Qg4+ 45. Ke3 Qg5+ 46. Kd4 Qf4#) 43... Rh5+ $1 44. Kxh5 Qg5#) {[%tqu "En",
"Black is threatening mate on h3 - is White lost?","White has a strong passed
pawn on c7, and his bishop is controlling the important diagonal a2-g8.","",
"b4e7","Enabling the white rook to invade on d7 with tempo while at the same
time liquidating a defender of c8 (passed pawn c7!).",15,"De","Schwarz droht
Matt auf h3 - ist WeiЯ verloren?","WeiЯ hat einen starken Freibauern auf c7,
und sein Lдufer kontrolliert die wichtige Diagonale a2-g8.","","b4e7",
"Ermцglicht dem weiЯen Turm, mit Tempo auf d7 einzusteigen und beseitigt
gleichzeitig einen Verteidiger von c8 (Freibauer c7!).",15]} 41. Qxe7+ $1 {
Enabling the white rook to invade on d7 with tempo while at the same time
liquidating a defender of c8 (passed pawn c7!). Ermцglicht dem weiЯen Turm,
mit Tempo auf d7 einzusteigen und beseitigt gleichzeitig einen Verteidiger von
c8 (Freibauer c7!).} Kxe7 42. Rd7+ Kf8 {But what now? Aber was nun?} {[%tqu
"En","But what now?","Of course White would like to play Rf7+ - but only under
the best circumstances...","","d1h1","What a move - parrying the mate threat
on h3 while deflecting the black from f7!  Now the forced sequence is 43...
Qxh1 44.Rf7+ Kg8 - have you seen how White can win then?",20,"d7f7","This
yields White nothing after the cool answer 43...Kf8!",0,"De","Aber was nun?",
"Natьrlich mцchte WeiЯ Tf7+ spielen - aber nur unter den besten Umstдnden...",
"","d1h1","Was fьr ein Zug - die Mattdrohung auf h3 wird pariert und
gleichzeitig die schwarze Dame von f7 abgelenkt!  Die erzwungene Folge ist nun
43...Dxh1 44.Tf7+ Kg8 - sehen Sie schon, wie WeiЯ nun gewinnt?",20,"d7f7",
"Dies bringt WeiЯ gar nichts nach der coolen Antwort 43...Kf8!",0]} 43. Rh1 $3
{Deflecting the black queen from the defence of f7. Lenkt die schwarze Dame
von der Verteidigung von f7 ab.} (43. Rf7+ {(with the idea 43...Qxf7 44.Bxf7
Kxf7 45.Rd7+ Kg6 46.Rd8) would yield White nothing after the cool (mit der
Idee 43...Qxf7 44.Bxf7 Kxf7 45.Rd7+ Kg6 46.Rd8) brдchte WeiЯ gar nichts nach
dem coolen} Kg8 $1 44. Re7+ Kf8) 43... Qxh1 {Forced. Erzwungen.} (43... Qg6 44.
Rh8+) 44. Rf7+ {Now the white rook decides the game almost in a solo run. Nun
entscheidet der weiЯe Turm die Partie praktisch im Alleingang.} Kg8 45. Re7+ $1
Kh8 ({Or Oder} 45... Kf8 46. Rxe8+ Kxe8 47. c8=Q+ Ke7 48. Qxf5 {and White wins,
e.g. und WeiЯ siegt, z.B.} Qg2+ 49. Kf4 Qxf2 50. Qe6+ Kd8 51. Qxf6+ Kc7 52.
Qe5+ Kd8 53. Qd6+ Ke8 54. Qc6+ Kd8 55. Bd5 $1) 46. Rxe8+ Kg7 47. Rg8+ Kh7 {
[%tqu "En","How can White crown his play?","Enable the white passed pawn to
queen with check.","","g8h8","The final decoy - and this time Black can't
decline.",10,"De","Wie kann WeiЯ sein Spiel krцnen?","Ermцglichen Sie dem
weiЯen Freibauern die Umwandlung mit Schach.","","g8h8","Die letzte Ablenkung
- und diesmal muss Schwarz den Kцder schlucken.",10]} 48. Rh8+ $1 {The final
decoy - and this time Black can't decline. Die letzte Ablenkung - und diesmal
muss Schwarz den Kцder schlucken.} Kxh8 49. c8=Q+ {Finally! Endlich!} Kg7 50.
Qg8+ 1-0

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2006.02.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Alekseev, Evgeny V"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C79"]
[WhiteElo "2634"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2006.02.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. O-O Bd7 6. c3 g6 7. d4 Bg7 {This
theoretical position is a rare guest on the top level nowadays. However,
Shakhriyar has already tried it against several strong players in Wijk this
year.} 8. Re1 b5 $5 {This move is less popular than the main line 8...Nge7. At
the same time, the King's Indian type of position which may arise after 9.d5
Nb8 10.c4 is not to everyone's taste!} 9. Bb3 ({Deserves some attention} 9. Bc2
$5 {immediately taking control of the Pe4.}) 9... Nf6 10. Bg5 {In this system
White has some problems with developing the Bc1, so this move looks quite
logical. However, the bishop will be placed not so effectively on h4.} h6 11.
Bh4 O-O 12. Nbd2 ({White hasn't achieved anything special after:} 12. a4 Re8
13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Rxe5 15. f4 Rh5 16. Bg3 bxa4 17. Bxa4 Bxa4 18. Rxa4 Rb5
$11 {1-0 Kuzmin,G-Malaniuk,V/Simferopol 2003/CBM 097 ext (39)}) 12... exd4 {
The point! Now this exchange is more logical, since the knight is already at
d2 and cannot stand at c3.} ({Deserves attention also keeping the pressure in
the centre by} 12... Re8 $5) 13. Nxd4 (13. cxd4 {leads to an unclear play:} g5
14. Bg3 Nh5 (14... g4 $5 15. d5 Nb4) 15. Bd5 Nxg3 16. hxg3 Rc8 $132) 13... Re8
$146 {This move is connected with an exchange sacrifice.} ({In my opinion more
accurate would be the immediate transfer of the queen:} 13... Qb8 14. N2f3 Qb7
15. Nxc6 Bxc6 16. e5 Nh5 $2 (16... Bxf3 17. Qxf3 Qxf3 18. gxf3 dxe5 19. Rxe5
Rad8 $11) 17. exd6 g5 $2 18. Nxg5 hxg5 19. Qxh5 $18 {1-0 Aseev,K-Malaniuk,V/
Lvov 1990/CBM 018 (19)}) 14. Bc2 {This move is too passive and cannot pretend
on advantage!} ({White has a great opportunity of getting a stable advantage
by:} 14. Bd5 $1 Nxd4 15. cxd4 $1 ({but not} 15. Bxa8 $6 Qxa8 16. cxd4 Nxe4 17.
Rc1 Nxd2 18. Qxd2 Rxe1+ 19. Qxe1 Qd5 $44) 15... c6 16. Bb3 $14 {intending to
meet} Qb6 $140 {with} 17. Bxf6 $1 Bxf6 18. e5 dxe5 19. Ne4 $36 {[%cal Oe4f6,
Ge4d6]}) 14... Qb8 {Delivering the queen to b7 in order to connect the rooks.}
15. Nf1 {White's knight has no other perspectives!} Qb7 16. f3 {Looks a bit
ugly, but actually it is the only way to protect the pawn.} Rac8 $6 {A strange
move - Black allows white to stabilize the situation.} ({More logical would be:
} 16... Nxd4 17. cxd4 c5 18. Bf2 Rac8 $132 {getting an excellent ''Benoni''
type of position.}) 17. Nxc6 Bxc6 18. Qd2 {The exchange of the knights is
clearly in White's favour, as it restricts Black's active options.} ({I would
prefer:} 18. Bf2 Nd7 19. Bd4 $14 {immediately swapping the bishops.}) 18... Nd7
19. Ne3 $6 {Missing the last opportunity of transfering the bishop to d4.} ({
After} 19. Bf2 $142 Ne5 20. Bd4 Nc4 21. Qc1 $14 {White's position should be
slighty better due to his space advantage.}) 19... Ne5 20. Bb3 ({Another
possibility was:} 20. b3 {but after} a5 21. Nd5 Bxd5 22. exd5 b4 23. c4 Nd7 $11
{[%cal Og7a1,Gd7c5] Black has a comfortable play.}) 20... a5 21. Bd5 {Leads to
serious simplifications.} ({More principal would be:} 21. a3 $5 Rb8 22. Rad1 b4
$132 {although Black gets a good counterplay here.}) 21... Bxd5 22. Nxd5 Nc4
23. Qc2 g5 $1 {Shakhriyar finds a concrete way to equalize.} ({Inaccurate
would be:} 23... Kh8 $6 24. Bf2 c6 25. Ne3 d5 26. Nxc4 bxc4 27. Rad1 Rb8 28.
Rd2 a4 29. Bd4 $14) 24. Bf2 c6 25. Ne3 Nxe3 {It's necessary to prevent White
to occupy the 'f5' spot.} 26. Rxe3 d5 27. Rae1 ({After} 27. exd5 $6 Rxe3 28.
Bxe3 cxd5 29. Qd3 b4 {only White may be worse here, since Black's pieces are
very active.}) 27... c5 ({Of course, not} 27... d4 $6 28. cxd4 Bxd4 29. Rd3
Bxf2+ 30. Qxf2 Rcd8 31. Red1 $14 {and White seizes the 'd' file.}) 28. exd5 (
28. Qe2 dxe4 (28... d4 $6 29. cxd4 Bxd4 30. Rd3 Bxf2+ 31. Qxf2 $14) 29. Rxe4
Rxe4 30. fxe4 Qc6 $11) 28... Rxe3 29. Rxe3 Qxd5 30. Qd3 {Evgeny offers the
trade of queens which leads to an immediate draw.} ({Draw would be also the
most probable result after:} 30. a4 b4 (30... c4 $5) 31. c4 Qd6 32. Rd3 Bd4 33.
Bxd4 cxd4 34. b3 Re8 35. Qd2 Qc5 $11) 30... Qxd3 31. Rxd3 {White's rook is
more active now, but White cannot avoid additional exchanges.} b4 (31... c4 $6
32. Rd5 b4 33. Bd4 Bxd4+ 34. Rxd4 bxc3 35. bxc3 a4 36. a3 $14) 32. Rd5 bxc3 33.
bxc3 Rb8 $11 {Activating the rook and solving all the problems.} ({Corretcly
avoiding} 33... Bxc3 $6 34. Rxc5 Rxc5 35. Bxc5 $14 {since White has some
advantage here.}) 34. h4 ({Nothing changed:} 34. h3 c4 35. Bd4 (35. Rxa5 Rb1+
36. Kh2 Bxc3 37. Rc5 Rb4 $15) 35... a4 36. Rc5 Rb2 37. Rxc4 Rxa2 $11) 34...
gxh4 35. Rxc5 Rb1+ 36. Kh2 Rb2 37. Bd4 Rxa2 38. Bxg7 Kxg7 39. Kh3 a4 40. Ra5 a3
41. Kxh4 Rxg2 42. Rxa3 Rg5 43. c4 Rc5 44. Rc3 Kf6 45. Kg4 Ke5 46. Re3+ Kd6 47.
Rd3+ Ke5 48. Re3+ Kd6 49. Rd3+ Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "RSFSR-ch"]
[Site "Kuibyshev"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Meister, Jakob"]
[Black "Shabanov, Yuri"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C79"]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[BlackElo "2375"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1990.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "6"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O d6 6. Bxc6+ bxc6 7. d4 Nd7 $6
8. dxe5 Nxe5 9. Nd4 {9.Sxe5! + =} c5 10. Ne2 {The game now transposes to a
known theoretical line.} Be7 11. b3 O-O 12. Bb2 Bf6 13. Nbc3 Nc6 14. Ng3 Re8
15. Qc1 Bb7 16. Nd5 Bxb2 17. Qxb2 Nd4 18. c3 Ne6 19. f4 Bxd5 20. exd5 Nf8 21.
c4 Nd7 22. Rae1 Nf6 23. h3 Qd7 24. Qc3 h5 25. Qd3 Rxe1 26. Rxe1 Re8 27. Rxe8+
Qxe8 28. Qe2 Qxe2 29. Nxe2 Ne4 30. g4 hxg4 31. hxg4 f5 32. g5 Kf7 33. Kg2 Kg6
34. Kf3 Nd2+ 35. Ke3 Ne4 36. Kf3 Kh5 37. Ng3+ Nxg3 38. Kxg3 a5 39. a3 Kg6 40.
Kh4 Kh7 41. Kh5 g6+ 42. Kh4 Kg7 43. Kg3 Kf7 44. Kf3 Ke7 45. Ke3 Kd7 46. Kd3 c6
47. a4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 16th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.24"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sethuraman, SP."]
[Black "Praggnanandhaa, Rameshbabu"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C79"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Sethuraman,SP"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[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"]

{The eighth round was against the very talented young Prag who hails from the
same city as me. It was a very crucial round for me to fight for top spots and
for him as well in his hunt to become the world's youngest grandmaster by
fighting for a GM norm.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 {The fighting
Steinitz!} 5. O-O Bd7 6. c3 g6 7. d4 Bg7 8. Re1 b5 9. Bb3 (9. Bc2 {leads to
some extra options for Black like} exd4 $5 10. cxd4 Bg4) 9... Nf6 10. Nbd2 O-O
11. h3 Re8 12. a3 (12. a4 $6 {I had checked this game while preparing for my
opponent and didn't like the move 12.a4 as it weakens some squares. I was
thinking of some better version to put my bishop on b3-g8 and then looked at
12.a3 which is very typical in the Ruy Lopez for some time and it appealed to
me, the more objective.} Na5 13. Bc2 c5 14. d5 c4 15. b4 cxb3 16. Nxb3 bxa4 17.
Nxa5 Qxa5 18. Bd2 Qc7 {Alekseenko,K (2563)-Praggnanandhaa,R (2509) Tarvisio
2017, and Black had no problems.}) 12... a5 (12... Na5 13. Ba2 c5 14. b4 {
was my idea.}) (12... h6 13. Ba2 $5) 13. d5 Ne7 (13... Nb8 {with the bishop on
d7 one might wonder where the knight will go but Black has another route of
a6-c5:} 14. a4 (14. c4 a4 15. Bc2 c6) 14... b4 15. Nc4 (15. cxb4 axb4 16. Nc4
Na6 17. Bc2 Nc5 18. b3 Qb8) 15... Na6 (15... bxc3 16. bxc3 {[%csl Rb8]} Na6 17.
Bc2 Nc5 18. Ba3 $16) 16. Bc2 (16. Nxa5 bxc3 17. bxc3 Nc5 $132) 16... Nc5 {
and White doesn't have Ba3 but he has a nice tactical shot with} 17. Nxa5 $16)
14. a4 (14. c4 {I was considering this for some time but was worried about} a4
15. Ba2 c6 16. dxc6 Bxc6 17. cxb5 (17. Ng5 Rf8 $1) 17... Bxb5 18. Nb1 $5 $14 {
A subtle Karpovian manover suggested by the computer. A bit hard to see some
five moves back when it didn't cross my mind.}) 14... bxa4 15. Bc2 $6 {During
the game I thought it was clever to sustain the exchange on a4. My plan was to
play knight to c4 and then exchange on a4 as I was afraid of Black's break
with ...c6, but Black has a very nice move with 15...Nc8 which in fact I saw
it but underestimated that it could actually neutralise things on the spot. If
not for 15...Nc8 the move I played in the game would have been a subtle choice.
} (15. Bxa4 $1 Bxa4 16. Rxa4 (16. Qxa4 Nd7 {gave some counterchances for Black:
} (16... Qd7 17. Qc2 c6 18. Nc4) (16... c6 17. dxc6 Qc7 18. Nc4 Nxc6 19. Bg5 $1
$16) 17. Qd1 (17. Qb5 Nc5) 17... c6 18. dxc6 Nb6 $13) 16... c6 17. dxc6 Nxc6
18. Nc4 d5 19. exd5 Nxd5 {I had arrived at this position during the game and
thought it was not clear but the computer claims it as clearly superior for
White.}) 15... Qc8 $6 {After the game my opponent said he got confused with
the difference of White playing Bc2 and not taking on a4 first and hence later
he found that now after ...Qc8, he can no longer carry out the c6-plan as
White gets a big tempo with Nc4.} (15... Nc8 $1 16. Nc4 (16. Bxa4 Nb6 $1 (16...
Bxa4 17. Qxa4 Nb6 18. Qb5 Qd7 19. Rxa5)) 16... Nb6 17. Nxb6 cxb6 18. Bxa4 Bxa4
19. Qxa4 Qd7 $11) 16. Bxa4 (16. Nc4 Qa6) 16... Bxa4 17. Rxa4 Nd7 (17... c6 18.
Nc4 $16) 18. Nb3 Nb6 19. Rxa5 f5 20. Nfd2 {The white pieces are a bit tangled
but once he gets the perfect coordination, his extra pawn will begin to speak.}
fxe4 21. c4 Qf5 22. Qe2 Rab8 23. Na1 $5 {There were many option to prove
White's advantage but it was more aesthetically pleasing to bring out the
knight via a1.} e3 (23... c6 24. Nxe4 Qd7 25. Qd3 cxd5 26. cxd5 Ra8 27. b4 $16)
24. Qxe3 (24. fxe3 e4) 24... Qd7 25. Nc2 Rf8 (25... c6 26. Qd3 cxd5 27. cxd5
Ra8 28. Rb5 $16) 26. Qd3 Bh6 27. Ne4 Bxc1 28. Rxc1 Rf4 29. Ne3 $18 {The rest
is simple} c5 30. Rb5 Nec8 31. b4 Na7 32. Rxb6 $1 Rxb6 33. bxc5 dxc5 34. Nxc5
Qf7 35. Ne4 Rb2 36. Ng4 Qf8 37. d6 Kh8 38. d7 Nc6 39. Qd5 Rb6 40. c5 Ra6 41.
Nxe5 Ra4 {My opponent resigned and it was nice to score three consecutive wins.
Little Prag was smiling as always and was not too concerened about the loss
which meant that he will not be able to break Karjakin's record of becoming
the youngest Grandmaster. But I am pretty sure the maturity and the talent as
well as the character he possesses at such a young age will take him to
greater heights very soon!} 1-0

[Event "Mexico City International"]
[Site "Mexico City"]
[Date "1932.10.12"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Black "Kashdan, Isaac"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C79"]
[Annotator "Tarrasch,S"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1932.10.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "MEX"]
[SourceTitle "HCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {1)Tarrasch's Schachzeitung 1932,H4,S.49} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4
Nf6 5. O-O d6 6. c3 (6. d4 {Tarrasch.!} b5 7. Bb3 Nxd4 8. Nxd4 exd4 9. c3 dxc3
10. Nxc3 Be7 11. Qf3 Bb7 12. Qg3 O-O 13. Bh6 Ne8 14. f4 Kh8 15. Bg5 f6 16. Bh4
f5 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. exf5 Rxf5 19. Rae1 Qf8 20. Be6 Rf6 21. f5 c5 22. Bd5 Bxd5
23. Nxd5 Rf7 24. Nf4 Nf6 {½-½ (46) Yates,F-Rubinstein,A Karlsbad 1923} 25.
Ne6 $1 {Tarrasch:! mit weißem Vorteil} Qb8 26. Qh4 Qa7 27. g4) 6... g6 7. d4
Bd7 8. Nbd2 b5 9. Bc2 Bg7 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Nb3 Be6 $11 {Tarrasch} 12. Nc5 Bc4
13. Qxd8+ Nxd8 14. Re1 Nd7 15. Nxd7 Kxd7 $11 {Tarrasch} 16. a4 Nb7 17. b3 Be6
18. Ng5 Nc5 19. Rd1+ Kc6 20. Nxe6 Nxe6 21. b4 Rhd8 22. g3 Kb7 23. Be3 Rxd1+ 24.
Bxd1 Bf8 25. Bb3 c6 26. h4 Bd6 27. Kg2 Bc7 28. axb5 axb5 29. Rxa8 Kxa8 30. Bxe6
fxe6 31. Bh6 Kb7 32. h5 Kc8 33. Kh3 Kd7 34. Bg7 Ke7 35. Kg4 Kf7 36. h6 Bb6 37.
f3 Bc7 38. Bh8 Bd6 39. Bg7 Bc7 40. Bh8 Bd6 41. Kh4 Be7+ 42. Kh3 Bd6 43. Kg4 Bb8
44. Kg5 Bd6 45. Bf6 Bc7 46. Bh8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Rubinstein Memorial 33rd"]
[Site "Polanica Zdroj"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Hracek, Zbynek"]
[Black "Huebner, Robert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C79"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "208"]
[EventDate "1996.08.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 Bd7 6. d4 Nf6 7. O-O g6 8. Re1
Qe7 9. c4 (9. d5) 9... Nxd4 (9... Bg7 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. exd5 Nb8 13.
Bc2 Bg4 14. h3 Bxf3 15. Qxf3 Nd7 $10 {1/2-1/2 Hellsten,J-Hernandez,Ame/
WchJM-U18 Bratislava (06) ;TD 93\05 1993 (43)}) 10. Nxd4 exd4 11. Bg5 h6 $146 {
This is slightly dangerous since it entails some tapdancing by the black K.
But it also gives White ample opportunities to go completely wrong.} (11... Bg7
12. Bxd7+ Qxd7 13. Qxd4 Qe6 14. Nc3 {1/2-1/2 Parma,B-Pytel,K/Dortmund (04) ;
MCL 01 1975}) 12. Bxd7+ (12. e5 $6 dxe5 13. Bxd7+ Kxd7 14. Bf4 Rd8 15. Rxe5 Qb4
$15) 12... Kxd7 13. Bh4 Bg7 14. c5 $1 (14. Qxd4 g5 15. Bg3 Nh5 $13) (14. f4 $2
g5 $1 15. fxg5 hxg5 16. Bxg5 Qe5 $17) 14... Rae8 15. Qxd4 g5 16. Bg3 Nh5 17. e5
$2 {To optimistic. Whites lack in development is the main problem.} (17. Qa4+
Kc8 18. cxd6 cxd6 19. Nc3 Bxc3 20. Rac1 Nxg3 21. Rxc3+ Kb8 22. hxg3 $13) 17...
Nxg3 18. Nc3 $6 (18. hxg3 $142 Bxe5 19. Qa4+ c6 $17 {since} 20. f4 $2 {loses to
} Bd4+) 18... Nf5 19. Qe4 Qe6 20. Qxb7 dxc5 21. Na4 (21. Rad1+ Nd4 22. Ne4 Qxe5
$19) 21... Qc6 22. Nxc5+ (22. Rad1+ Nd4 $19) 22... Qxc5 23. Rac1 Nd6 24. Red1
$6 {White could also have resigned, but this move turns out to be a saver.}
Qxe5 $4 {Black fails to deliver the knock out and has to pay for it the rest
of this long game.} (24... Qxc1 $19) 25. Qxc7+ Ke6 26. Rc5 {Suddenly its not
so easy any more.} Rb8 (26... Qf4 27. g3 Rc8 28. Qb6 Bd4 29. Re1+ Kf6 30. gxf4
Bxc5 31. fxg5+ hxg5 32. Qxa6 $13) 27. Rxe5+ Bxe5 28. b3 Rhc8 29. Qa5 Rc2 30.
Qxa6 Rbc8 31. g3 Rc1 32. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 33. Kg2 Rc2 34. Qa4 f5 $15 35. Kf1 g4 36.
b4 Rb2 37. Qa8 Bd4 38. Qg8+ Kd7 39. Qd5 Rxb4 40. Kg2 Bb6 41. h3 Rb2 42. hxg4
fxg4 43. Qg8 Rxf2+ 44. Kh1 Kc6 45. Qxg4 Rxa2 46. Qf3+ Kc7 47. Qc3+ Kb7 48. Qg7+
Bc7 49. Qxh6 Nf5 50. Qh7 Nxg3+ 51. Kg1 {This ending as interesting as it is
unusual. Chances are with Black, but this game shows how difficult it is to
organize the four men army.} Ra5 (51... Re2 $2 52. Qxc7+ $1 Kxc7 $10 {This
line shows one of Whites main defensive ideas - stalemate.}) 52. Kg2 Nf5 53.
Qd7 Re5 54. Kf1 Kb6 55. Kg2 Bd6 56. Kf3 Nd4+ 57. Kf2 Re6 58. Kg2 Kc5 59. Qb7
Kc4 60. Qa6+ Kd5 61. Qa8+ Ke5 62. Qh8+ Ke4 63. Qh4+ Kd3 64. Qh7+ Kd2 65. Qa7
Rg6+ 66. Kh3 Ke3 67. Kh4 Be5 68. Kh5 Rg7 69. Qa2 Nf3 70. Kh6 Rg4 71. Kh5 Rg5+
72. Kh6 Bf4 73. Kh7 Ne5 74. Qb3+ Kf2 75. Qc2+ Kg3 76. Qc3+ Kg4 77. Qe1 Rf5 78.
Qg1+ Kh5 79. Qh1+ Kg5 80. Qh6+ Kg4 81. Qe6 Bg5 82. Kg8 Bf6 83. Kf8 Kf4 84. Ke8
Ke4 85. Qa2 Rf3 86. Qg2 Kf5 87. Qc2+ Rd3 88. Qb1 Kg5 89. Qg1+ Kh6 90. Qh2+ Kg6
91. Qg2+ Bg5 92. Qc2 Kf6 93. Qf2+ Rf3 94. Qb6+ Kf5 95. Qb1+ Rd3 96. Qc2 Bf6 97.
Qb1 Kg6 98. Qg1+ Bg5 99. Qb1 Kh5 100. Qh1+ Bh4 {Here it s a draw according to
the 50-move rule.} 101. Kf8 Rd8+ 102. Kg7 Rd7+ 103. Kf8 Ng4 104. Qb1 Nf6 (
104... Nf6 105. Qg6+ Kxg6 $10) 1/2-1/2