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Главная страница Справка Коды ЭШД C00 - C99 C83

Коды ЭШД

C80 C81 C82

C83

C84 C85 C86

C83

Код энциклопедии шахматных дебютов (ЭШД)

Описание

RU: Испанская партия (открытый вариант / главный вариант)
EN: Open Ruy Lopez: 9 c3 Be7

Ходы

1. e4 e5 2. Кf3 Кc6 3. Сb5 a6 4. Сa4 Кf6 5. 0-0 К:e4 6. d4 b5 7. Сb3 d5 8. d:e5 Сe6 9. c3 Сe7

Дебюты

Дебют королевского коня , Испанская партия , Открытый вариант

[Event "EU-ch 7th"]
[Site "Kusadasi"]
[Date "2006.04.09"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Predojevic, Borki"]
[Black "Atalik, Suat"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2566"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2006.04.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Be3 $5 Be7 10. c3 O-O 11. Nbd2 Qd7 12. Re1 Nxd2 13. Bxd2 $5 (13. Qxd2
Rad8 $5 (13... Na5 14. Bg5 c5 $14) 14. Bc2 (14. Rad1 Na5 $132) 14... Bf5 $11 {
is the regular line.}) 13... Rad8 (13... Bg4 $5 14. Bc2 f6 15. Qb1 $1 fxe5 (
15... Bxf3 $2 16. e6 Qd6 17. Bxh7+ Kh8 18. gxf3 Ne5 (18... g6 $2 19. Bxg6 Ne5
20. Qf5 Nxg6 21. Qh5+ $18) 19. Qf5 g5 20. Qh3 Kg7 21. f4 Rh8 22. fxe5 fxe5 23.
Bxg5 Bxg5 24. Qf5 Rxh7 25. Qxg5+ Kh8 26. Qxe5+ Qxe5 27. Rxe5 $18) 16. Bxh7+ Kh8
17. Nxe5 Nxe5 18. Rxe5 $13 {was very sharp.}) 14. Nd4 (14. Bg5 Bg4) (14. Bc2 d4
15. Be4 dxc3 16. Bxc3 Bd5 17. Qc2 Bxe4 18. Qxe4 Qe6 19. Rac1 Rd5 20. b3 Rfd8
$11) 14... Nxd4 15. cxd4 c5 16. dxc5 Bxc5 17. Rc1 Qa7 18. Qf3 Rfe8 19. Bc2 Rc8
20. Bd3 g6 $1 21. h4 {Draw offer.I was determined not to take it no matter
what the position was.} Qd7 22. Qf4 h5 23. b4 $2 {These pawns will not come
back in the endgame.} (23. a4 $5 $11) 23... Bf8 24. Rxc8 Rxc8 25. Re3 Bg7 26.
Qd4 Rd8 27. Re1 Bf5 $1 {From now on I started to overtake the iniative.} 28.
Bg5 Re8 29. Bxf5 Qxf5 30. Qxd5 {Blindly going into the ending.} (30. f4 f6)
30... Rxe5 31. Rxe5 Qxe5 32. Qd2 Qd4 $1 33. Qxd4 Bxd4 $19 {With so many
weaknesses the bishop ending is lost like I have foreseen.} 34. Kf1 f6 35. Be3
Be5 $1 {The bishop ending is lost not the pawn.} (35... Bxe3 $2 36. fxe3 Kf7
37. Ke2 Ke6 38. e4 Ke5 39. Ke3 f5 40. exf5 Kxf5 41. Kf3 g5 42. g3 gxh4 43. gxh4
Ke5 44. Ke3 $11) 36. Ke2 Kf7 37. Kd3 Ke6 38. Ke4 f5+ $1 39. Kd3 f4 $1 {This is
very important .Black has the nasty f3 idea.} 40. Bd4 (40. Bd2 f3 $1 41. g3 Kf5
$19) 40... Bd6 41. Ke4 (41. a3 f3 $1 42. g3 Kf5 $1 43. Ke3 Kg4 44. Bc5 Be5 45.
Bd4 Bc7 46. Bc5 Bd8 47. Ke4 g5 48. hxg5 Bxg5 49. Be3 Bf6 50. Bd4 Bd8 $19 {
and white's bishop is forced to give way!}) 41... Bxb4 42. Kxf4 Be7 43. g3 a5
$1 {Kings position in the center is not that important a nad b pawns should
roll as much as they can.} (43... Kd5 44. Bb6 b4 $19) 44. Ke4 a4 45. Bh8 b4 46.
Kd3 (46. Kd4 Kf5 47. Kc4 Ke4 $19) (46. Bg7 a3 $1 47. Kd3 Kd5 48. Kc2 Ke4 $19)
46... Kd5 47. Bg7 Bc5 48. f3 Bd6 $1 49. g4 Be7 $1 {Simple pursuite to provoke
white's pawns into black squares.} 50. gxh5 gxh5 51. f4 Bxh4 {Now it is easy
with the pawn up.} 52. f5 Be1 53. Bf6 h4 54. Bd8 (54. Ke2 h3 $19) 54... h3 55.
f6 h2 56. f7 h1=Q 57. f8=Q Qe4# 0-1

[Event "Sigeman & Co 14th"]
[Site "Malmo"]
[Date "2006.04.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Fedorov, Alexei"]
[Black "Atalik, Suat"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[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. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 {So I decided to try Open
Spanish against a much more serious opponent this time.} 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8.
dxe5 Be6 9. Nbd2 Be7 10. c3 O-O 11. Bc2 f5 12. Nb3 {This is the popular line
these days.Years ago the resulting positions were considered to be passive for
black but Chekhov and Kortschnoj were not sharing this opinion.} Qd7 13. Nfd4
Nxd4 14. Nxd4 c5 15. Nxe6 Qxe6 16. f3 Ng5 17. a4 Rad8 18. axb5 axb5 19. Kh1 (
19. Bxg5 Bxg5 20. f4 Be7 21. Kh1 $36 {is more fashionable these days.}) 19...
Qb6 $2 $146 {This is a bad novelty.} (19... c4 20. Qd4 Qc6 $2 21. Qh4 $18) (
19... Rd7 20. Qd3 Qc6 21. Bxg5 Bxg5 22. f4 Be7 23. Rfd1 g6 24. Ra5 c4 25. Qf3
$40) 20. Bxg5 $1 (20. Be3 Ne6 21. Qb1 (21. Bb3 Kh8) 21... g6 $132) 20... Bxg5
21. f4 Be7 22. Qf3 $2 (22. g4 $1 {is terribly strong since black's queen left
her post on e6.} d4 (22... fxg4 23. Qxg4) (22... g6 23. gxf5 gxf5 24. Qh5 Qe6
25. Rg1+ Kh8 26. Rg2 c4 27. Rag1 $18) (22... Qc6 23. Bxf5 d4+ 24. Qf3 Qxf3+ 25.
Rxf3 $16) 23. Bxf5 (23. gxf5 $2 d3 24. Bxd3 c4 25. f6 Rxd3 26. fxe7 Qc6+ 27.
Kg1 Qc5+ $11) 23... dxc3 24. Qb3+ c4 25. Qxc3 h5 (25... Qc6+ 26. Qf3) 26. Be4
$1 (26. Qh3 $2 Qc6+ 27. Qf3 Qxf3+ 28. Rxf3 Rd4 29. Ra7 Rd1+ 30. Kg2 Rd2+ 31.
Kg3 Bc5 32. Rb7 Rxb2 33. Be6+ Kh8 34. Bxc4 g5 35. Rxb5 Rxb5 36. Bxb5 hxg4 37.
Kxg4 gxf4 38. Rxf4 Rxf4+ 39. Kxf4 $11) (26. h3 $16) 26... hxg4 27. f5 Rd3 28.
Qc2 Rh3 29. Rg1 Rh4 30. Qe2 g3 31. Bd5+ (31. Rxg3 Qd4 $19) 31... Kh8 32. Rxg3
Rxf5 33. Ra8+ Kh7 34. Be4 $18) 22... d4 $2 {The idea is right but not the
execution.} (22... c4 23. Rad1 (23. Rfd1 d4 24. cxd4 Rxd4 $11 {was the
accurate move order.}) 23... Qe6 $14) 23. cxd4 {Alexey did not realise that he
was sitting behind an almost winning position.} (23. cxd4 {The last move
played in the game.} Rxd4 24. Rad1 c4 25. Rxd4 Qxd4 26. Qc6 Qxb2 27. Qe6+ Rf7
28. Bxf5 {is a winning position for white.} Qe2 $16 (28... c3 29. Bd3 $18) (
28... g6 29. Bg4 Qd4 (29... Kg7 30. f5 gxf5 31. Bh5 $18) 30. h3 $18 (30. Bf3
Qd3 31. Rd1)) 29. Ra1 g6 (29... Qb2 30. Ra8+ Bf8 31. Rxf8+ Kxf8 32. Qc8+ Ke7
33. Qd7+ Kf8 34. Qd8#) 30. Bg4 Qe4 $8 (30... Qd2 31. Rf1 Qd3 32. Rd1 Qe4 33.
Qd7 Qxf4 34. Be6 $18) (30... Qf2 31. Bf3 (31. f5 Qd4) 31... Qd4 32. Rf1 Qd3 33.
Rd1 Qf5 34. Qc6 Kg7 35. g3 $16)) 1/2-1/2

[Event "TUR-ch"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2006.03.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Atakisi, Umut"]
[Black "Atalik, Suat"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2441"]
[BlackElo "2618"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2006.03.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[EventCategory "4"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 {Back in Open Spanish!} 6.
d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. Nbd2 Be7 10. c3 O-O 11. Bc2 f5 12. exf6 $5 (12.
Nb3 Qd7 13. Nfd4 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 c5 15. Nxe6 Qxe6 16. f3 Ng5 $13 {is more a la
vogue these days.}) 12... Nxf6 13. Nb3 Bg4 14. Qd3 Qd7 15. Bf4 $6 $146 Bxf3 $2
{A terribly weird move.} (15... Bd6 16. Bg3 (16. Bxd6 $2 Qxd6 17. Ng5 Ne5 18.
Qg3 h6 $17) 16... Bxg3 17. hxg3 Bxf3 18. Qxf3 (18. gxf3 $2 Ne5 19. Qd1 Qh3 $19)
18... Ne5 19. Qf4 (19. Qd1 $15) 19... Qd6 $15) 16. Qxf3 g6 {I have thought
that I had some serious attacking chances but retardo killed all of them by
some surprisingly exact play!} (16... Ng4 $2 17. Qg3 Rxf4 18. Qxf4 Bd6 19. Bf5
$18) 17. Rad1 $1 Bd6 (17... Nh5 $2 18. Rxd5 Bd6 19. Nc5 (19. Bf5 $5) 19... Qe8
20. Rxd6 $1 Nxf4 21. Rd2 Ne5 22. Bb3+ Kh8 23. Qe4 Nh3+ 24. Kh1 $18) 18. Rfe1 $1
(18. Rxd5 $2 Nxd5 19. Qxd5+ Qf7 20. Qxf7+ Kxf7 21. Bxd6 cxd6 22. Be4 Rac8 23.
Bd5+ Kf6 24. Re1 Ne5 $17) 18... Bxf4 $6 (18... Rae8 $142 $5) 19. Qxf4 Nh5 (
19... Ng4 $2 20. Qg5 $18) 20. Nc5 $1 {Another very strong move I have missed
in my calculations.} (20. Qd2 Nf4 21. f3 $14 (21. Nc5 Qd6)) (20. Qe3 $2 Rae8
21. Qc5 Nf4 $40) 20... Nxf4 21. Nxd7 Rf7 22. Nc5 Na5 23. f3 c6 24. g3 Nh5 25.
f4 Nb7 26. Nxb7 $2 (26. Nd3 Rc7 $14) 26... Rxb7 27. Re6 Rc7 28. Rde1 Ng7 29.
R6e5 Kf7 30. f5 $5 {This kills the game just in the moment it was getting
interesting.} (30. Kf2 Rd8 $13) 30... gxf5 31. Bxf5 Nxf5 32. Rxf5+ Kg6 33. Rf4
Rd8 34. Re6+ Kg7 35. Rff6 d4 $1 $11 36. cxd4 Rxd4 37. Rxc6 Rd1+ 38. Kg2 Rd2+
39. Kh3 Rxc6 40. Rxc6 a5 41. Rb6 Rxb2 42. a4 $1 $11 {No chances whatsover.} b4
43. Ra6 b3 44. Rxa5 Ra2 45. Rb5 Rxa4 46. Rxb3 {He did not try to play with an
extra pawn on the same side.Anyway after 46...h5 or any other move white has
no chances to come close to win.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Varazdin GM"]
[Site "Varazdin"]
[Date "2003.11.24"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kazakov, Mikhail"]
[Black "Dumpor, Atif"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2457"]
[BlackElo "2364"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2003.11.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[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. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. c3 Be7 10. Bc2 Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 12. g4 Bg6 13. Bb3 d4 14. cxd4 h5 15. d5
hxg4 16. hxg4 Na5 17. Bc2 Bc5 18. Kg2 Qd7 19. e6 Qd6 20. Qe1 $4 ({This
imprudent move is severely punished by Black. Essential was} 20. exf7+ Kxf7 21.
Nc3 {, with counterchances.}) {[%tqu "En","White's last move was very careless.
How can Black take advantage of it?","Exploit a weak position of the white
king.","Use your bishop to disclose the enemy king even more!","c5f2","This
powerful blow wins on the spot.",4]} 20... Bxf2 $1 {[%csl Gd6,Re1,Ge4,Gf2,Rg2,
Rg3,Rh2,Gh8]} ({A nice game conclusion! White resigned in view of huge
material losses:} 20... Bxf2 21. Rxf2 Qg3+ 22. Kf1 Rh1+) 0-1

[Event "Capablanca Memorial Elite 54th"]
[Site "Havana"]
[Date "2019.05.12"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Adhiban, Baskaran"]
[Black "Anton Guijarro, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2701"]
[BlackElo "2667"]
[Annotator "Baskaran,Adhiban"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2019.05.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,116,26,25,30,21,21,20,27,-21,0,-13,23,-17,4,4,13,5,17,-47,2,-44,-23,
-22,-9,-6,-6,-39,17,-1,-11,-18,-24,-25,-10,-10,-15,-41,4,-113,-113,-109,-51,
-100,-74,-88,-104,-108,-108,-73,-90,-92,-93,-102,28,-56,-64,-97,-84,-101,-84,
-80,-71,-98,-98,-98,-87,-97,-100,-107,-116,-107,-65,-82,-145,-195,-119,-119,
-107,-125,20,-237,-247,-259,-259,-267,-280,-280,-305,-312,-257,-257,-242,-242,
-242,-242,-233,-235,-226,-238,-245,-245,-245,-250,-170,-238,-238,-238,-293,
-323,-281,-293,-293,-293,-293,-293,-293,-303,-293]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5
a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 {Anton's favourite.} 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 {
Let's take a look at Anton's profile in the Open Ruy Lopez: as I noticed that
he hasn't lost any games in classical time control. (Also only one loss in
rapid so far :))} 9. c3 ({In the same event Sevian tried his luck in} 9. Nbd2
Be7 (9... Bc5) 10. c3 O-O 11. Bc2 f5 12. Nb3 Qd7 13. Nfd4 (13. Qe1 Bf7 $1 ({
The original game continued} 13... a5 {(Vitiugov-Vidit Oly 2018)} 14. Nbd4 $1 {
with a slight edge.}) 14. Nfd4 (14. Nbd4 Nd8 15. b4 {(Wesley-Vishy Tata Steel
Blitz 2018)} a5 $11) 14... Nxe5 15. f3 Bg6 $1 {A strong piece sacrifice for
two pawns.} 16. fxe4 fxe4 17. Bf4 Nc4 $132 {(Khanin-Anton RUS 2018)}) (13. Nbd4
Nd8 $5 14. Bb3 c6 15. a4 b4 16. cxb4 Bxb4 17. Bg5 (17. Ng5 {(Firouzja-Anton
Guijarro RUS 2018)} Bc5 $17) 17... Kh8 18. Rc1 c5 19. Nxe6 Nxe6 20. Bxd5 N4xg5
21. Bxa8 Qxd1 22. Rfxd1 Rxa8 23. Nxg5 Nxg5 $132 {with an equal endgame but
Anton eventually managed to win in (Bruzon-Anton Havana 2018)}) (13. Re1 Rad8
14. Qe2 Bf7 $1 {Once again this is the right way.} 15. a4 Bh5 16. axb5 axb5 17.
e6 Qe8 18. Qf1 {(Navara-Anton Batumi 2018)} Bf6 {with a complex fight.}) 13...
Nxd4 14. Nxd4 c5 15. Nxe6 Qxe6 16. f3 Ng5 17. a4 Rad8 18. axb5 axb5 19. Kh1 f4
20. b4 Qxe5 (20... cxb4 21. cxb4 Qxe5 22. Rb1 {for the pawn white has easy
play (Wesley-Vidit Online Blitz 2018)}) 21. Re1 Qf6 22. bxc5 Bxc5 23. Qd3 Kh8
24. Rb1 Bf2 $1 {A nice idea, suddenly Black goes for the attack which is quite
rare in this specific line.} 25. Re2 Bg3 26. hxg3 (26. h3 Qh6 27. Kg1 Nxh3+ 28.
gxh3 Qxh3 29. Ba3 b4 $1 30. Rxb4 Rfe8 31. Qd2 Bf2+ 32. Rxf2 Qg3+ 33. Kf1 Qh3+
34. Rg2 Qh1+ 35. Rg1 Qxf3+ 36. Qf2 Qh3+ 37. Qg2 Qxc3 {with a probable draw.})
26... Qh6+ 27. Kg1 fxg3 28. Qxh7+ Nxh7 29. Bxh6 gxh6 30. Bxh7 Kxh7 31. Rxb5 Rb8
{was soon drawn in (Sevian-Anton Havana 2019)}) (9. Qe2 Nc5 ({Anton first
tried his luck in} 9... Be7 10. Rd1 O-O 11. c4 bxc4 12. Bxc4 Bc5 13. Be3 Bxe3
14. Qxe3 Qb8 $1 {An important idea for this line.} 15. Bb3 Qb6 16. Qxb6 cxb6
17. Na3 Rfd8 {was equal and eventually drawn in (Zhigalko-Anton GRE 2017)}) 10.
Rd1 Nxb3 11. axb3 Be7 12. c4 O-O ({Another fine line was} 12... b4 $5 13. Bg5 (
13. cxd5 Bxd5 14. Qd3 Be4 $1 15. Qe2 Bd5 16. Rxa6 Rxa6 17. Qxa6 O-O 18. Qb5 Bc4
$1 19. Rxd8 Bxb5 20. Rxf8+ Kxf8 $15 {Black was even better in (Jones-Anton
Linares 2018)}) (13. Nc3 {looks cool but doesn't lead to anything more than
equality.} bxc3 14. bxc3 O-O 15. cxd5 Bxd5 16. Qb2 Re8 $11) ({One recent game
continued} 13. Nbd2 O-O 14. Nf1 Qd7 15. h3 Rfd8 16. cxd5 Bxd5 17. Ng5 Qe8 18.
Rxd5 Rxd5 19. Qe4 Bxg5 20. Qxd5 Rd8 21. Qe4 {(Heimann-Santos 2019) Here black
can even try to be ambitious with} Rd1 $5 22. f4 Bh4 {with fighting chances.})
13... Bxg5 14. cxd5 Bxd5 15. Nxg5 Qxg5 16. Rxd5 O-O 17. Nd2 Rad8 18. Nf3 Qf5
19. Rxd8 Rxd8 20. h3 a5 $11 {(Perez Candelario-Anton Linares 2018)}) 13. cxd5
Bxd5 14. Nc3 Bxf3 15. gxf3 Qc8 16. Nd5 Bd8 17. Qe4 {(Bellahcene-Anton Batumi
2018)} Re8 {with a fine game for Black.}) 9... Be7 10. Bf4 Nc5 {I was bit
surprised by this.} (10... O-O 11. Nd4 {was my prep.}) 11. Nd4 (11. Bc2 {
was a better try.}) 11... Nxd4 12. cxd4 Nxb3 13. Qxb3 h5 $5 $146 {An
interesting idea.} (13... O-O {(Sychev-Sasikiran 2019)} 14. Nd2 {with hopes of
an attack along the dark squares.}) 14. Nd2 {Played too fast and allowed the
following simple retort.} (14. Qc2 $5 {was better.}) (14. Qd3 {is the best
move for white.}) 14... c5 $1 {Literally even passing the move to my opponent
would have been better than Nd2!!} 15. Rfc1 {I decided to fight against the
queenside expansion.} ({One interesting option was} 15. dxc5 $5 g5 16. Bxg5
Bxg5 17. f4 {was an interesting way to shake things up.} Bh6 18. f5 Bc8 $1 {
Comp clearly prefers black...but the position remains very complex!} (18...
Bxd2 19. fxe6 fxe6 20. Rf6 {offers sufficient compensation for the piece.})) (
15. Qg3 g5 16. Be3 h4 17. Qf3 c4 {with everything in black's favour.}) 15... c4
16. Qd1 g5 17. Be3 Rc8 18. a3 $1 {Preparing b4.} a5 19. b4 $5 {Changing the
course of the game.} (19. Nf1 {was an option.}) 19... axb4 {Maybe this only
helps White.} ({A decent alternative was} 19... h4 $5 20. bxa5 Qxa5 $17) 20.
axb4 g4 ({Dubious is} 20... Bxb4 21. Rcb1 Bc3 22. Ra7 (22. Ra6 $1 {was the
correct idea with strong compensation for the pawn.}) 22... Qb6 (22... b4 23.
Nf3 {with lots of play for the pawn.} Rg8 24. Qa4+ Kf8 25. Rxb4 Bxb4 26. Qxb4+
{was one idea.}) 23. Ne4 $5 dxe4 24. d5 {with complete chaos, but the comp
ruthlessly suggests} Qd8 25. dxe6 Qxd1+ 26. Rxd1 O-O $1 {and the queenside
pawns give black the advantage.}) 21. Ra7 Rc7 (21... Bxb4 $5 22. Rb1 Qb6 {
was a nice tactic which is what I was expecting...} 23. Rba1 $1 {with
compensation.}) 22. Rca1 (22. Ra6 Bxb4 23. Rb1 Be7 24. Rxb5 c3) 22... O-O 23.
Bh6 {Shooting into thin air!} (23. Nf1 $1 {[%cal Gf1g3] Starting my assault on
the kingside.} c3 (23... Bf5 24. Ng3 Bg6 {This manouvre doesn't work here with
the queen on d1 as it can be strongly met by} 25. h3 $1) 24. Ng3 c2 25. Qc1 h4
26. Nh5 Kh7 {with chances for both sides.}) 23... Re8 24. Qc1 Bf5 ({Stronger
was} 24... Rxa7 25. Rxa7 Bg5 {was my main concern and rightly so.} 26. Bxg5
Qxg5 27. Qc3 h4 $17 {with a clear advantage.}) 25. Rxc7 Qxc7 26. Nb3 {This was
just stupid and the wrong direction!} ({Once again the right direction was} 26.
Nf1) 26... Bg6 ({Another winning line was} 26... Bxb4 27. Qg5+ Bg6 28. Qf6 Bf8
29. Bxf8 Rxf8 30. Nc5 {This was the idea I was counting but black has} c3 $1 {
with advantage.}) 27. Bd2 {Hoping to get Nc5.} Qb8 $1 28. Na5 {And now
suddenly the knight is out of play!} (28. Nc5 Bxc5 29. bxc5 b4 {is hopeless.})
28... Qc8 29. Bc3 {The rest of the game is just Black playing with an extra
piece...} Kh7 30. Qe3 Bf8 31. Bd2 f6 32. Re1 Qd7 33. f4 Bh6 34. Qf2 fxe5 35.
Rxe5 Rf8 36. Qe1 Rf7 37. Re6 Bf5 38. Rb6 Bg7 39. Bc3 Qe7 {A mistake allowing
White a good chance to make things messy.} (39... Re7 40. Qh4 Qe8 $1 {was the
simplest.}) 40. Nc6 $4 {A huge blunder allowing the following pin.} (40. Qxe7
Rxe7 41. Rxb5 {was still everything to fight for!} Re3 42. Rxd5 Bg6 43. f5 Be8
{is still better but the majority of Black's advantage has disappeared!}) 40...
Qxe1+ 41. Bxe1 Rf6 $1 {Now it is just lost, as I can't escape the pin.} 42.
Rxb5 Rxc6 43. Rxd5 Kg6 44. Bc3 Ra6 45. Ra5 Rxa5 46. bxa5 {For a while I was
thinking if this was a fortress but there is a straightforward way to
breakthrough.} Bc8 47. Kf2 Kf5 48. Ke3 h4 49. g3 h3 {My only chance is
exchange the queenside pawns and the dark squared bishop then it is a draw,
but this is not possible to achieve.} 50. Bb4 Bb7 51. Bc5 Bh6 52. Bd6 (52. d5
Bxd5 53. Kd4 Bb7 54. Kxc4 Ke4 {and the king walks to g2.}) 52... Ke6 53. Bb4
Kd5 54. Ba3 Ba6 55. Bb4 Bg7 56. Bc3 Bc8 (56... Bf8 57. f5 Bh6+ 58. Ke2 Ke4 59.
f6 Kd5 60. Kf2 Ke6 61. d5+ Kxd5 62. Ke2 Ke6 {wins.}) 57. Bb2 Bf8 58. Bc3 Ba3
0-1

[Event "World Women-ch"]
[Site "Lvov"]
[Date "2016.03.11"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Hou, Yifan"]
[Black "Muzychuk, Mariya"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2554"]
[Annotator "Besenthal,K"]
[PlyCount "161"]
[EventDate "2016.03.02"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Nbd2 Be7 10. c3 Nc5 11. Bc2 d4 {Diagramm [#]} 12. cxd4 (12. Nb3 d3 {
ist in letzter Zeit die beliebtere Variante.}) 12... Nxd4 13. Nxd4 Qxd4 14. Nf3
Qxd1 15. Rxd1 O-O 16. Be3 Rfd8 17. Rdc1 h6 18. Nd4 Bd5 19. Bd1 {Diagramm [#]
Hou Yifan lässt den schwarzen Springer in ihre Stellung eindringen und in der
Tat ergibt sich dadurch auch kein Vorteil für die Nachziehende.} Nd3 20. Rxc7
Bf8 21. e6 fxe6 22. Bg4 Re8 23. b3 Bd6 24. Rc2 Ne5 25. Be2 Be4 26. Rd2 Bb4 27.
Rdd1 Bd5 28. Rac1 Rac8 29. h4 Ba3 30. Rc2 Rxc2 31. Nxc2 Be7 32. h5 Rc8 33. Nd4
Kf7 34. f3 Bf6 35. Kf2 Rc3 36. f4 Nd7 37. Bd3 Ke7 38. Bb1 {Diagramm [#]} Bh4+
$5 {Dieses Schach führt zu nichts.} 39. Ke2 Bf6 40. g4 (40. Nf5+ $1 Kf8 41.
Bd2 Rc8 42. Bb4+ Kg8 43. Ne3 Bc6 44. Rd6 {hätte die Stellung der weißen
Figuren deutlich verbessert.}) 40... Bxd4 41. Bxd4 Rh3 42. Rc1 Bf3+ 43. Kf2
Bxg4 44. Bxg7 Rxh5 45. Kg3 Bf5 46. Bxf5 Rxf5 47. Bxh6 Rc5 48. Rf1 Nf6 49. Bg5
Kf7 50. Bxf6 Kxf6 51. b4 $2 {Diagramm [#] Dazu gab es keine Veranlassung.} Rc4
52. Rf3 Kf5 53. Ra3 Rxf4 54. Rxa6 Rxb4 {Nun muss Hou sich gegen den Mehrbauern
verteidigen, aber auch das schafft sie.} 55. Rb6 Ke5 56. Kf3 Kd5 57. Ke3 e5 58.
Kd2 Rb2+ 59. Kc1 Rb4 60. a3 Kc5 61. Re6 Re4 62. Kc2 Kd4 63. Rd6+ Kc4 64. Rc6+
Kd5 65. Rb6 Rc4+ 66. Kd2 Kc5 67. Rb8 Ra4 68. Rc8+ Kd4 69. Rb8 Ra5 70. Rd8+ Kc4
71. Re8 Kd5 72. Rd8+ Ke4 73. Rb8 Rxa3 74. Rxb5 Kf4 75. Rb8 Kf3 76. Rf8+ Ke4 77.
Rb8 Ra2+ 78. Ke1 Kf4 79. Rb3 e4 80. Rc3 e3 81. Rc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2016.04.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2618"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[Annotator "Besenthal,K"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2016.04.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 Be7 11. Bc2 d4 12. Nb3 d3 13. Nxc5 dxc2 14. Qxd8+ Rxd8
15. Nxe6 fxe6 16. Be3 Rd5 17. Rfc1 Nxe5 18. Nxe5 Rxe5 19. Bd4 Rg5 20. Rxc2 {
Diagramm [#] In dieser Stellung bedürfte es schon eines schweren Fehlers
eines der Spieler, um das Remis zu vermeiden.} Kf7 21. Be3 Re5 ({Oder} 21...
Rh5 22. a4 Rd8 23. axb5 axb5 24. g3 Bc5 25. Bxc5 Rxc5 26. Re2 Ke7 27. Kg2 Rcd5
28. Ra7 R8d7 29. h4 h6 30. Kf3 Rf5+ 31. Kg2 Rfd5 32. Kf3 Rf5+ 33. Kg2 {1/2-1/2
(33) Adams,M (2744)-So,W (2773) Wijk aan Zee 2016}) 22. c4 b4 23. Rd1 Rd8 24.
Rxd8 Bxd8 25. Rd2 ({So kann es laufen, wenn einer es bis zum Letzten versucht:
} 25. Kf1 Bg5 26. Bd4 Ra5 27. b3 Bf6 28. Be3 Bg5 29. f4 Be7 30. g4 h5 31. h3 g6
32. Ke2 hxg4 33. hxg4 e5 34. Kf3 exf4 35. Bxf4 Bd6 36. c5 Bxc5 37. Bxc7 Rb5 38.
Ke4 Ke6 39. Bf4 Ra5 40. Bd2 Be7 41. Rc6+ Kd7 42. Rxg6 Rxa2 43. Bf4 Ra3 44. g5
Rxb3 45. Rb6 Bxg5 46. Bxg5 a5 47. Ra6 a4 48. Rxa4 Kc6 49. Ra5 Ra3 50. Rf5 b3
51. Bf6 Ra2 52. Bd4 b2 53. Rc5+ Kb6 54. Rc3+ Kb5 55. Rb3+ Kc4 56. Rb8 b1=Q+ 57.
Rxb1 Re2+ 58. Be3 Rc2 59. Rb8 Kc3 60. Rc8+ Kb3 61. Bc5 Kc4 62. Rc7 Kc3 63. Kd5
Kd3 64. Rh7 Re2 65. Rh3+ Kc2 66. Kc4 Re4+ 67. Bd4 Kd2 68. Rh2+ Re2 69. Rh4 Rg2
70. Re4 Re2 71. Bc3+ Kd1 72. Rf4 Kc2 73. Rd4 Rf2 74. Rd3 Re2 75. Bd4 Re4 76.
Ra3 Re2 77. Be3 Kd1 78. Rd3+ Ke1 79. Rc3 Kf1 80. Kd3 Ra2 81. Rc1+ Kg2 82. Ke4
Kg3 83. Rc8 Rg2 84. Rf8 Kg4 85. Bf2 Kh3 86. Kf3 Rg3+ 87. Kf4 Rg4+ 88. Kf5 Rg7
89. Bd4 Rg3 90. Be5 Rf3+ 91. Bf4 Kg2 92. Kg4 Rf2 93. Rh8 Re2 94. Rh3 Kf2 95.
Rf3+ Kg2 96. Be3 Rc2 97. Rg3+ Kf1 98. Kf3 Rf2+ 99. Bxf2 {1/2-1/2 (99) Carlsen,
M (2844)-Ding,L (2766) Wijk aan Zee 2016}) 25... Ke8 26. g3 Bg5 27. Bxg5 Rxg5
28. Kf1 Ra5 29. b3 Ra3 30. Ke2 c5 31. Kd1 a5 32. Kc1 a4 33. Kb2 axb3 34. axb3
Ke7 35. Re2 Ra7 36. f4 g6 37. Re5 Kd6 38. Kb1 Rf7 39. Kc2 Rf5 40. Rxf5 exf5 41.
h4 h5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gashimov Memorial 3rd"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2016.06.04"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2804"]
[Annotator "Besenthal,K"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2016.05.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 {Diagramm [#] Die bekannte Stellung, die sich fast im
Wochenrhythmus auf den internationalen Top-Turnieren bewundern lässt...} Be7 (
{Mit} 10... d4 11. Bxe6 Nxe6 12. cxd4 Ncxd4 {hätte sich etwas mehr Spannung
erhalten lassen, doch die Initiative hätte bei Weiß gelegen.}) 11. Bc2 d4 12.
Nb3 d3 13. Nxc5 dxc2 14. Qxd8+ Rxd8 15. Nxe6 fxe6 16. Be3 Rd5 17. Rfc1 Nxe5 18.
Nxe5 Rxe5 19. Rxc2 Rd5 20. c4 Rd7 21. cxb5 axb5 22. a4 bxa4 23. Kf1 Kf7 24.
Rxa4 Rb8 25. Rac4 c5 26. Bxc5 Bxc5 27. Rxc5 Rd1+ 28. Ke2 Rb1 29. g3 R1xb2 {
Diagramm [#] Das wars dann...} 30. Rxb2 Rxb2+ 31. Kf3 Rb3+ 32. Ke2 Rb2+ 33. Kf3
Rb3+ 34. Ke2 {Gemäß der Regeln für dieses Turnier ist ein Remis vor dem 40.
Zug eigentlich "verboten", doch in dieser Position wird der Schiedsrichter ein
Einsehen gehabt haben.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Women-ch"]
[Site "Lvov"]
[Date "2016.03.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Hou, Yifan"]
[Black "Muzychuk, Mariya"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2554"]
[Annotator "Besenthal,K"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2016.03.02"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. c3 ({In der 2. Partie spielte Hou an dieser Stelle} 9. Be3) 9... Be7 {
Diagramm [#]} 10. Bc2 {Ein selten gespielter Zug an dieser Stelle.} (10. Nbd2
Nc5 11. Bc2 d4 {wurde jüngst recht häufig auf höchstem Niveau gespielt -
mit hoher Remisquote.}) 10... Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 12. g4 Bg6 13. Nd4 {Diagramm [#]}
({Einer der Allergrößten spielte bereits vor Jahrzehnten so:} 13. Bb3 Na5 14.
Bxd5 c6 15. Bxe4 Bxe4 16. Qxd8+ Rxd8 17. Nbd2 Bd5 18. Re1 h5 19. Ne4 hxg4 20.
hxg4 Nc4 21. Kg2 Be6 22. b3 Nb6 23. Be3 Nd5 24. Kg3 f6 25. Bc5 f5 26. Nd6+ Bxd6
27. exd6 Kd7 28. Ne5+ Kc8 29. Nxc6 f4+ 30. Kg2 Ne3+ 31. Kg1 Bd5 32. Ne7+ Kd7
33. fxe3 Rh1+ 34. Kf2 Rh2+ 35. Kf1 Bf3 36. Ng6 Be4 37. Ne5+ {1-0 (37) Fischer,
R-Olafsson,F Havana 1966}) 13... Nxd4 ({Auf} 13... Qd7 {spielte ein anderer
Amerikaner unlängst wie folgt:} 14. f4 Nxd4 15. cxd4 f5 16. Be3 O-O 17. Nc3 c6
18. Bxe4 dxe4 19. d5 b4 20. dxc6 Qxd1 21. Nxd1 Rfd8 22. Rc1 Rd3 23. Bc5 Bd8 24.
e6 Rc8 25. e7 Ba5 26. gxf5 Be8 27. Nf2 Rd5 28. Nxe4 Bxc6 29. Bxb4 Bxb4 30. Rxc6
Re8 31. f6 Rd4 32. Re6 {1-0 (32) Caruana,F (2787)-Wei,Y (2706) Wijk aan Zee
2016}) 14. cxd4 h5 15. f3 Ng3 16. Rf2 hxg4 17. Bxg6 Rxh3 18. Qc2 {Diagramm [#]
Eine phantastische Stellung, doch man darf wohl davon ausgehen, dass beide
Spielerinnen sich bereits in der häuslichen Analyse damit befasst hatten.} Bc5
$3 {Dieses weitere Figurenopfer macht der schwarzen Dame den Weg nach h4 frei,
was für die Nachziehende die Partie rettet.} (18... fxg6 19. Qxg6+ Kf8 20.
fxg4+ Kg8 21. Kg2 Rh7 22. Nc3 Ne4 23. Nxe4 dxe4 24. Qxe4 {wäre für Schwarz
verloren.}) 19. Qxc5 $1 {Bringt die weiße Dame in eine starke Position, was
verhindert, dass gar der schwarze Angriff noch durchschlägt.} (19. Be3 Rh1+
20. Kg2 Qh4 {und Schwarz gewinnt.}) 19... Rh1+ 20. Kg2 Rh2+ (20... Qh4 21. Qc6+
Ke7 22. Qxc7+ Ke8 23. Qxf7+ {mit Gewinn für Weiß.}) 21. Kg1 (21. Kxh2 $4 Qh4+
22. Kg2 Qh3+ 23. Kg1 Qh1#) (21. Kxg3 $2 Qh4+ 22. Kf4 gxf3+ 23. Ke3 Qxf2+ 24.
Kd3 Qf1+ $19) 21... Rh1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "ESP-chT1"]
[Site "Mondariz"]
[Date "2002.09.14"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Black "Korneev, Oleg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "Bologan,V"]
[PlyCount "149"]
[EventDate "2002.09.04"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Nxe4 7. d4 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Nbd2 {Last time when I played 9.Nbd2 was against Kotronias in Debrecen
ten years ago. After I switched to 9.Be3 and had good statistics there. Still
one can not play the same line whole the life.} Nc5 10. c3 Be7 (10... d4 11.
Ng5 $1 {is considered nowadays as better for White.}) 11. Bc2 d4 12. Ne4 {
I was not afraid of going to this ending even we desperately needed to win
with the 3,5 to 0,5 point score. Ones you play the Open Variation in the Ruy
Lopez white has to be ready to show some tecnics in the ending.} (12. Nb3 {
was also possible}) 12... d3 13. Nxc5 dxc2 14. Qxd8+ Rxd8 15. Nxe6 fxe6 16. Be3
Rd5 17. c4 $5 {It's understandable white's desire to spoil black's pawn's
structure but the minus of this move that black get's some tempos to create
conterthreats.} bxc4 18. Rac1 {Moving the other rook permits black to get rid
of his weak pawn on c4 in exchange spoiling white's pawn structure.} (18. Rfc1
c3 $1 19. Rxc2 cxb2 20. Rxb2 O-O 21. Rc2 Rfd8 22. Kf1 Nxe5 23. Nxe5 Rxe5 24.
Rxc7 Bf6 $11) 18... Nxe5 $1 {A novelty which deserves the exclamation mark
mostly thanks to the analysis I made after the game. While playing I was also
considering} (18... Bc5 19. Rxc2 Bxe3 20. fxe3 Nxe5 (20... Rc5 {Was even played
} 21. Ng5 Nd8 22. Rd2 Rd5 23. Rfd1 Rxd2 24. Rxd2 c3 25. bxc3 Ke7 26. Rd4 Nc6
27. Rf4 Nxe5 28. Re4 Kf6 29. Rxe5 $1 {Xie J.(2557) - Qin K.(2489), New Delhi
2000 Ch World FIDE (KO-system) (w)}) 21. Nxe5 Rxe5 22. Rxc4 c5 23. Ra4 (23. b4
Ke7 24. bxc5 Rc8 25. c6 Rxe3 {=}) 23... Rf8 24. Rxa6 Rxf1+ 25. Kxf1 Rxe3 26.
Ra7 Kf8 27. Rc7 $16 {with a very pleasant ending for White.}) 19. Nxe5 Rxe5 20.
Rxc2 Re4 $6 {It's difficult to explain why Korneev had chosen this move. Maybe,
he was afraid of the penetration of the white rook to the seventh rank in} (
20... Rb5 $1 21. Rxc4 (21. Rb1 Rb4 22. a3 (22. Bd2 Ra4 23. b3 (23. a3 Kf7 24.
Bc3 Rb8 25. Rd1 Bf6 26. Bxf6 Kxf6 {=}) 23... cxb3 24. axb3 Rd4 25. Bc3 Rg4 26.
h3 Rg5) 22... Rb7 23. Rxc4 Bxa3 {=}) 21... Rxb2 22. Rxc7 {line. Who knows. It
looks dangerous for Black but he can hold.} Kf7 23. Rd1 (23. Bd4 Rxa2 24. Bxg7
Kxg7 25. Rxe7+ Kf6 26. Rc7 h5 {=}) (23. a3 Ra2 (23... Rhb8 24. Ra7 a5 25. Rxa5
e5 26. a4 $16) 24. Bc5 Re8 25. Ra7 a5 26. Bxe7 Rxe7 27. Rxa5 Rc7 {=}) 23... Re8
(23... Rxa2 24. h4 Re8 25. Rdd7 $18) 24. h4 (24. Bg5 Kf8) 24... Kg6 25. Rdd7 (
25. Bg5 Bxg5 26. hxg5 Rg8 27. Rd6 Rxa2 28. Rxe6+ Kh5) 25... Bf6 26. g4 h6 27.
h5+ Kh7 28. g5 (28. Rf7 Be5 29. Rc5 Bf6 30. Ra5 Rb4 31. f3 Rd8) 28... hxg5 29.
Bxg5 Rf8 30. f4 Rb1+ 31. Kg2 Ba1 32. h6 Kg6 33. hxg7 Rg8 34. Rc6 Bxg7 35. Rxe6+
Kf5 36. Rxa6 Rc8 37. Rd2 Rc3 38. Ra7 Bd4 $1) 21. Rfc1 $14 Kd7 (21... Bf6 22.
Rxc4 Rxc4 23. Rxc4 Bxb2 24. Rxc7 O-O 25. Kf1 $16) 22. Rxc4 Rxc4 23. Rxc4 {
So White has got a better pawn structure and can start torturing Black. If
Black will seat and wait of course. Unfortunately those times when the
opponents didn't oppose any resistence had left. Now I had seating opposite an
young, strong, experienced full of energy almost 26 hundreds Elo rating
Russian grandmaster. Why should he resign?} Rb8 $1 {Yes he also knows very
well that he will manage to swap the rooks then the position will become dead
draw. At the same time the first rank is weakened and white has to take it
into considerations too.} 24. Bd4 $1 {After} (24. b3 Rb4 25. Rc2 a5 26. Bd2 Rd4
27. Kf1 a4 $11 {there will be nothing left from White's advantage.}) 24... g6 {
I mainly considered} (24... Bf6 25. b3 (25. Kf1 c5 26. Bxf6 gxf6 27. b3 $14)
25... Rb5 26. Be3 Ra5 27. Rc2 $14 {and White holds the status quo which until
the king gets into the play is favorable for him.}) 25. Bc3 (25. b3 Rb4 {=})
25... a5 {Now White can come times start thinking of changing the rooks. The
a5-pawn will provide Black in the eventual ending tremendous headaches.} 26.
Kf1 (26. a4 Ba3 {!}) 26... Bb4 27. Bd4 (27. b3 {b3 was also possible but white
can get more from this situation.} Bxc3 28. Rxc3 Rb5 $14) 27... Rb5 28. Ke2 Bd6
29. a4 $1 {An important moment. As the pawns are not alowed to go back it's
always hard to take a decision on it, especialy in endings. At least here I
was sure. Only one thing I had to consider - the arising bishop ending after
Rb4.} (29. Bc3 Be5 30. a4 Rd5 $14) 29... Rd5 {The bishop ending seems to be
lost for Black.} (29... Rb4 30. Rxb4 Bxb4 (30... axb4 31. Kd3 Kc6 32. Kc4 Bxh2
33. Kxb4 Bd6+ 34. Kc4 Kb7 35. Bc5 Be5 36. b4 c6 37. b5 cxb5+ 38. Kxb5 h5 39. a5
g5 40. a6+ Ka8 41. f3 g4 42. fxg4 hxg4 43. Kc6 Bb2 44. Kd6 e5 45. Kd5 $18) 31.
Kd3 c5 (31... Kd6 {!?} 32. Kc4 c5 33. Bc3 Bxc3 34. bxc3 Kc6 35. f4 Kb6 36. Kd3
Kc6 37. Ke4 Kd6 38. g4 Kd7 39. Ke5 Ke7 40. c4 $18) 32. Bc3 {!} (32. Be3 Kc6 33.
Kc4 Kb6 34. f3 Kc6 35. Bf2 Kb6 $1) 32... Bxc3 (32... Kc6 33. Bxb4 cxb4 34. Kc4
g5 35. g4 $18) 33. Kxc3 Kc6 34. Kc4 g5 35. g4 (35. h3 h6) 35... h6 36. h3 Kb6
37. Kd3 Kc6 38. Ke4 Kd6 39. f4 gxf4 40. Kxf4 Kd5 41. h4 Kd4 42. g5 $18) (29...
Rb8 {!?} 30. Bc3 $16) 30. b3 h5 {Also very consequent besides the fact that
Black puts his pawns on the right white squares he also gets control on the
g4-square.} (30... Bxh2 {?} 31. g3 Rf5 32. Rc1 Rd5 33. Be3 Rh5 34. Rh1 $18) 31.
h3 Bb4 32. Be3 c5 33. Rf4 Ke7 34. Rf3 Bc3 (34... g5 35. g4 (35. h4 g4 36. Rf4
Ba3 37. Re4 Bb4 38. Bf4 Kd7 $14) 35... hxg4 36. hxg4 $16) 35. Bc1 Re5+ 36. Kd3
(36. Re3 Kd6 37. Kd3 Be1 38. Rxe5 Kxe5 39. Kc4 Bxf2 40. Bd2 Kd6 41. Bxa5 Kc6
42. Bc3 Bg3 43. b4 cxb4 44. Bxb4 Kb6 45. Kd4 Kc6 46. Ke4 Bb8 47. Bd2 Bc7 48.
Bf4 Ba5 49. Bb8 Bc3 50. Kf4 Bf6 {=}) 36... Bb4 37. Be3 $6 {This natural move
seems to easy considerably Black's life. Also wouldn't help} (37. Bb2 Re1 (
37... Rf5 38. Rxf5 gxf5 (38... exf5 39. Kc4 Kd6 40. Kb5) 39. Be5 Kd7 40. f3 Kc6
41. Kc4 Be1 42. g4 fxg4 43. fxg4 hxg4 44. hxg4 $18) 38. Kc4 Rg1 39. Bf6+ Ke8
40. Rg3 Rf1 41. Be5 Rxf2 42. Rxg6 Re2 43. Rg5 h4 44. Kb5 Re3 45. Kc6 Kf7) ({But
} 37. Rg3 $1 Rd5+ (37... Kf7 38. Be3) 38. Kc4 Kf6 (38... Rd4+ 39. Kb5 Rd5 40.
Bg5+ Kf7 41. Rf3+ Kg7 42. h4 $16) 39. Rd3 $16 {would keep the advantage.})
37... Rd5+ 38. Kc4 (38. Ke4 Bd2) 38... g5 $1 {The threat was h4, Bg5, Rf6 etc.}
(38... Re5 39. h4 $16) 39. g4 (39. Rg3 Kf6 40. Kb5 Re5 41. Kc6 Rd5) 39... hxg4
40. hxg4 Re5 41. Kd3 (41. Kb5 Rd5 42. Rh3 Kf6 43. Rh6+ Kf7 44. Rh5 Kf6 45. Rh1
Rd3 46. Rb1 Rd5 47. Rc1 Rd3 48. Kc4 Rd5 49. Rh1 Re5 $14) 41... Rd5+ 42. Ke2 (
42. Ke4 Bd2 $14) 42... Ba3 $2 (42... Re5 $8 {already was the only move but I
couldn't anything substantial for White after it.} 43. Rh3 Kf7 {!} (43... Rd5
44. Rh1 (44. Bc1 Re5+ 45. Re3 Rd5 46. Rd3 Re5+ 47. Kf3 $16) 44... Ba3 45. Rd1
Kf6 (45... Re5 46. Kf3 Bb4 47. Bc1 {!} Bc3 48. Rd3 Bb4 49. Kg3 Kf7) 46. Rd3 Kg6
47. Bd2 Bb4 48. Bc1 $16) 44. Kd3 Rd5+ 45. Ke4 Bd2 46. Rh7+ Kf6 47. Ra7 Bc3 48.
Ra6 Kf7 49. Rc6 Bb4 50. Rc7+ Kf6 51. f3 Ba3 52. Rb7 Rd1 53. Rb5 Re1 54. Kd3 Rf1
55. Ke2 Rb1 56. Bxc5 Rb2+ 57. Kd3 Bxc5 58. Rxc5 Rxb3+ 59. Ke2 Rb4 60. Rxa5 Rb2+
61. Ke3 Rb3+ 62. Kf2 Rb2+ 63. Kg3 Ra2 {=}) 43. Bd2 Bb4 44. Bc1 Re5+ 45. Re3 Rd5
46. Rd3 Kf6 $6 {This is loosing immediately but even after the best} (46...
Re5+ 47. Kf3 Kf7 48. Rd8 Ke7 (48... Kg6 49. Rg8+ Kh6 50. Be3 Bc3 51. Ke2 Bd4
52. Kd3 Bxe3 53. fxe3 Rd5+ 54. Ke4 Rd6 55. Rb8 Rc6 56. Kd3 $18) 49. Rg8 Rd5 50.
Rg7+ (50. Ke2 Kf6 51. Be3 Bc3 52. Rc8 Bb4 $14) 50... Kf8 51. Rc7 Rd3+ 52. Ke4
Rxb3 53. Bxg5 $16 {White has a strong attack.}) 47. Bb2+ Ke7 48. f3 {the
original plan was} (48. Ke3 {followed by Ke4 forcing Black to go to lost
bishop ending but I didn't want to give the opportunity to exchange bishops
after} Be1 (48... Kd6 49. Bf6 Ba3 50. Ke2 $18) 49. f3 Bf2+ (49... Bg3 50. Ke4
Kd6 51. Bc3 Kc6 52. Rxd5 exd5+ 53. Kd3 Bc7 54. Bf6 Bf4 55. Bd8 $18) 50. Ke4 Bd4
51. Bxd4 cxd4 52. Rxd4 Rc5 53. Rc4 Rd5 $16) 48... c4 $8 (48... Kf7 49. Ke3 Ke7
50. Ke4) 49. bxc4 Rc5 50. Rd4 Rc8 51. Bc1 Kf6 52. Kd3 Rh8 53. Rd7 (53. Be3 Rh1
54. Re4 Rd1+ 55. Kc2 Rf1 $16) 53... Rh1 54. Bb2+ Kg6 (54... e5 55. Rc7 (55. Rd5
Re1 56. c5 (56. Rb5 Ke6) (56. Bc3 Bxc3 57. Kxc3 Rf1) 56... Ke6 57. Rd6+ Ke7 58.
Rg6 Bxc5 59. Rxg5 Re3+ 60. Kc4 Bd6 61. Rh5 Rxf3 62. Bxe5 Bb4 63. Rh7+ Ke6 $16)
55... Rd1+ 56. Ke3 Re1+ 57. Kf2 Kg6 (57... Ke6 58. Rc5 $1) 58. Rc8 $16 e4 59.
Bd4 Rd1 60. Rc6+ Kf7 61. Be3 exf3 62. Kxf3 Ra1 63. Bxg5 Rxa4 64. Ke4 Ra2 65.
Bf4 a4 66. g5 Rg2 67. Kf3 Rg1 68. Be3 Rf1+ 69. Kg4 a3 (69... Bc3 70. Ra6 Re1
71. Kf4) 70. g6+ Kf8 71. Bd4 $18) 55. Kc2 {Of course the position is won but
it requires some precise play too.} (55. Rg7+ Kh6 56. Rg8 Rd1+ 57. Ke3 Rd2 58.
Bf6 Ra2 59. Re8 Kg6 60. Rxe6 Rxa4 61. Ra6 $18 {was also possible}) 55... Re1
56. Rd3 e5 (56... Re2+ 57. Kb3 e5 58. Bc3 Bxc3 59. Kxc3 Re1 60. Kd2 Ra1 61. c5
Ra2+ (61... Rxa4 62. c6 Rc4 63. Rc3 Rd4+ 64. Ke3 Rd8 65. c7 Rc8 66. Ke4 Kf7 67.
Kd5 $18) 62. Kc3 Ra1 63. Kc2 $18) 57. Bc3 {!} Bxc3 58. Rxc3 Kf6 59. c5 Ke7 60.
c6 Kd8 61. c7+ Kc8 62. Kd2 Ra1 63. Rc4 $18 Ra2+ 64. Ke3 Ra1 65. Ke4 Ra3 66. Kf5
Rxf3+ 67. Kxg5 Rb3 68. Rc5 e4 69. Rxa5 e3 70. Re5 Kxc7 71. Kf5 Kd6 72. g5 Rc3
73. Re6+ Kd7 74. Re4 Rc5+ 75. Kf6 {'time' Here we got into terrible time
trouble during which I even made an impossible move but Korneev didn't claim
anything and already in the very last moment when I saw on his clock only one
second left vs mine 2 I made a loosing the win move but I won by time...} 1-0

[Event "Prague"]
[Site "Prague"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gofshtein, Leonid D"]
[Black "Hracek, Zbynek"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1993.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 037"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Be3 Be7 10. c3 Qd7 11. Nbd2 Nc5 12. Bc2 Bg4 13. Qb1 Bh5 14. a4 b4 15.
Bxc5 $6 Bxc5 16. Nb3 Bxf3 17. gxf3 (17. Nxc5 Qg4 18. g3 Qh3) 17... Nxe5 $1 (
17... Be7 18. Bf5 Qd8 19. f4) 18. Qd1 (18. Nxc5 Nxf3+ 19. Kg2 Qg4+ 20. Kh1 Qh3
21. Re1+ Kf8 22. Nd7+ Kg8 (22... Qxd7 23. Bf5 Qd6 $19) 23. Nf6+ gxf6 24. Rg1+
Nxg1 25. Qxg1+ Kf8 $17) (18. Re1 Bd6 19. cxb4 O-O 20. Bxh7+ Kh8 21. Nd4 g6)
18... Be7 19. Re1 Ng6 20. Nc5 Qc6 21. cxb4 O-O 22. Rc1 Bg5 23. Rb1 Bf4 24. Kh1
a5 25. Qd4 (25. Bxg6 hxg6 (25... Qxg6 26. Nd3 Bd6 27. bxa5 Qh5 28. f4 Qxd1 29.
Rexd1 Rxa5 30. b3 Re8 31. Re1) 26. Nd3 Bd6) 25... axb4 26. Bb3 Rad8 27. Nd3 Qd6
28. h3 Bg5 29. Bc2 $6 c5 $5 (29... Be7) 30. Qxc5 $2 (30. Nxc5 Bf6 (30... Nf4
31. Bf5) (30... Rc8 31. Bxg6 Rxc5 (31... hxg6 32. Nd3 Rc4 33. Qe5 Qd7) (31...
Qxg6 32. Qxd5 Rfd8) 32. Bf5 Rc4 33. Qe5) (30... Qf4 31. Qxf4 Nxf4 32. Nd3 (32.
Bf5 g6 33. Rg1 h6) 32... b3 $1) 31. Qxb4 Nh4 (31... Rc8 32. Bxg6 Rxc5 33. Bd3
d4 $13) (31... Ne5 32. Kg2 Rc8 (32... Rb8 33. Qa3) (32... Be7) 33. Nd3 Qxb4 34.
Nxb4 Rc4 35. Nd3) 32. Bd1 Rc8 33. Nd3 Qd7 34. Qg4 $16) 30... Qd7 31. Qd4 (31.
Re2 Qxh3+ 32. Kg1 Bf4 $19) 31... Qxh3+ 32. Kg1 Nh4 0-1

[Event "Zuerich"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "1959.05.31"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Unzicker, Wolfgang"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C83"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1959.05.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. c3 (9. Qe2 Be7 10. Rd1 Nc5 11. Bxd5 $10) 9... Be7 10. Be3 O-O 11. Nbd2
Nxd2 12. Qxd2 Qd7 (12... Na5 $142) 13. Bg5 $1 $146 (13. Rad1 Rad8 14. Rfe1 Rfe8
$10) 13... Rad8 (13... f6 $2 14. exf6 Bxf6 15. Bxf6 Rxf6 16. Rad1 Rd8 17. Ng5
Na5 18. Qd3 $1 g6 19. Nxe6 $18) 14. Rfe1 Na5 15. Bc2 Nc4 16. Qd3 g6 17. Qd4 $1
Rfe8 (17... Nxb2 18. Bf6 Bxf6 19. exf6 Rfe8 20. Qh4 Qd6 21. Re5 $18 Bc8 (21...
Qf8 22. Ng5) 22. Rh5 $1) 18. Qh4 {/\ 19.Bf6} Bxg5 19. Nxg5 h5 20. b3 $16 Nb6 $2
(20... Na3 21. Bd3 c5) 21. Rad1 {/\ 22.Ne4} Qe7 $8 (21... Bf5 $2 22. Bxf5 Qxf5
23. Ne4 $1) 22. h3 {/\ 23.g4} Kg7 23. f4 Nd7 24. f5 gxf5 (24... Bxf5 25. Bxf5
gxf5 26. e6 $1 $18) 25. Rd3 Kh6 (25... Rh8 26. Nxe6+ Qxe6 27. Rg3+ Kh6 (27...
Kf8 28. Qxd8+) 28. Qg5+ Kh7 29. Qg7#) 26. Rg3 Rg8 27. Qf4 Rxg5 28. h4 Rdg8 29.
Ree3 Nf8 30. Rxg5 Rxg5 31. Rg3 Nh7 32. hxg5+ Nxg5 33. Bxf5 Bxf5 34. Qxf5 h4 35.
Rg4 (35. Rg4 Kh5 36. Kh2 c5 37. g3 hxg3+ 38. Kxg3 Kh6 39. Rh4+ Kg7 40. Kg4 Ne6
41. Qh7+ Kf8 42. Qh8#) 1-0

[Event "Kazan FIDE GP (Women) 4th"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "2012.06.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kosintseva, Tatiana"]
[Black "Koneru, Humpy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2532"]
[BlackElo "2589"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "186"]
[EventDate "2012.06.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[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 Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Be3 Be7 10. c3 O-O 11. Nbd2 Qd7 12. Re1 Rad8 13. Bc2 Bf5 14. Nxe4 Bxe4
15. Bxe4 dxe4 16. Qxd7 Rxd7 17. e6 fxe6 18. Nd2 Ne5 19. Nxe4 Nc4 20. b3 Nxe3
21. Rxe3 Rfd8 22. Kf1 Rd1+ 23. Re1 R1d5 24. Rac1 R5d7 25. f3 Kf7 26. Ke2 Ke8
27. Rc2 a5 28. c4 c6 29. cxb5 cxb5 30. Rc6 Kf7 31. Rec1 a4 32. Ra6 axb3 33.
axb3 h6 34. Rcc6 Rd3 35. Rc7 R8d7 36. Rxd7 Rxd7 37. Ra5 b4 38. Nd2 Bf6 39. Rb5
Bc3 40. Nc4 Kf6 41. Ra5 g5 42. Ra6 h5 43. h3 g4 44. hxg4 hxg4 45. fxg4 Rd4 46.
g5+ Kxg5 47. Rxe6 Rh4 48. Nd6 Rd4 49. Nc4 Rh4 50. Ne3 Rh1 51. Kd3 Rb1 52. Kc4
Re1 53. Re7 Rc1 54. Re8 Be1+ 55. Kd3 Rc3+ 56. Ke2 Bh4 57. Rg8+ Kh6 58. Rh8+ $2
Kg5 59. Rg8+ Kh6 60. Nf5+ Kh7 61. Rg7+ Kh8 62. Rg4 Bf6 63. Rxb4 Kh7 64. Ne3 Bg5
65. Nd5 Rg3 66. Kf2 Rd3 67. Rb5 Kg6 68. b4 Rd2+ 69. Kf3 Rd3+ 70. Kg4 Rd4+ 71.
Kh3 Rh4+ 72. Kg3 Rd4 73. Rc5 Bh6 74. b5 Bf8 75. Rc6+ Kg5 76. Ne3 Rb4 77. b6 Rb5
78. Kf3 Bc5 79. Nc4 Rb3+ 80. Ke4 Bg1 81. Re6 Rb4 82. Kd3 Kf5 {White is winning,
and has been for a while. But now the Russian GM falters:} 83. Re1 $2 Bxb6 84.
Kc3 Rb5 85. Nd6+ Kg5 86. Re6 ({White probably missed} 86. Nxb5 Ba5+ {on move
83.}) 86... Rb1 {Now the game is an easy draw.} 87. Nc4 Bc7 88. Kd3 Rg1 89. Re2
Bf4 90. Ke4 Kg4 91. Nb6 Kg3 92. Nd5 Rxg2 93. Nxf4 Rxe2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Shanghai m"]
[Site "Shanghai"]
[Date "2016.05.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2016.05.04"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 {Ding Liren ist neben
Vachier Lagrave der einzige Top Ten Spieler der Welt, der die Berliner Mauer
nicht als Hauptwaffe gegen 1.e4 spielt. Die offene Variante des Spaniers
verwendet er hingegen oft, doch auch So hat hier Erfahrung, spielte er im
Januar in Wijk aan Zee doch zweimal diese alterwьrdige Variante.} 6. d4 b5 7.
Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. c3 (9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 Be7 11. Bc2 d4 12. Nb3 d3 {
ist die absolute Hauptvariante. WeiЯ kann nun zwischen dem soliden 13.Sxc5 mit
sehr leichtem Vorteil im Endspiel wдhlen oder das ambitioniertere 13.Lb1 mit
unklarer Stellung wдhlen.} 13. Nxc5 (13. Bb1 Nxb3 14. axb3 Bf5 15. Re1 O-O {
1/2-1/2 (70) Wei Yi (2706)-So,W (2773) Wijk aan Zee NED 2016}) 13... dxc2 14.
Qxd8+ Rxd8 15. Nxe6 fxe6 16. Be3 Rd5 17. Rfc1 Nxe5 18. Nxe5 Rxe5 19. Bd4 Rg5
20. Rxc2 Kf7 21. Be3 Re5 {1/2-1/2 (99) Carlsen,M (2844)-Ding Liren (2766) Wijk
aan Zee NED 2016}) 9... Be7 10. Be3 O-O (10... Nc5 $5 {ist eine schдrfere
Alternative} 11. Bc2 Nd7 12. Re1 Ndxe5 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. Bd4 Nc6 15. Bxg7 Rg8
16. Bh6 Bc5 17. Qf3 Qh4 $13 {0-1 (65) Acs,P (2525)-Kortschnoj,V (2619) Paks
2005}) 11. Nbd2 Nxd2 {so bekommt WeiЯ einen leichten Vorteil, doch Ding Liren
zeigt, dass dieser gut zu neutralisieren ist.} (11... Qd7 {wiederum
ambitionierter ist, den Springer auf e4 zu belassen.} 12. Re1 Rad8 13. Bc2 f5
14. exf6 Nxf6 {mit leichtem weiЯen Vorteil, doch unklarerem Spiel} 15. a4 Ng4
16. axb5 axb5 17. Bd4 Nxd4 18. Nxd4 Qd6 19. N2f3 Bd7 20. h3 Nxf2 21. Kxf2 Bh4+
22. Kg1 Bxe1 23. Qxe1 c5 24. Nb3 Bxh3 25. Ng5 Bf5 26. Bxf5 Rxf5 27. Qe6+ Qxe6
28. Nxe6 Re8 29. Nbxc5 Re5 30. Ra6 Re2 31. b4 Rc2 32. Ra7 Rxc3 33. Rxg7+ Kh8
34. Rd7 Rc4 35. Ng5 Rxb4 36. Nce6 Rh4 37. g3 Rh5 38. Kg2 b4 39. Nf7+ Kg8 40.
Nf4 {1-0 (40) Kasparov,G (2813)-Shirov,A (2726) Izmir 2004 CBM 104 [Postny,E]})
12. Bxd2 $5 $146 {nimmt dem schwarzen Standardmanцver die Pointe, stellt den
Lдufer aber auch auf ein unnatьrliches Feld} (12. Qxd2 {wurde bisher
ausschlieЯlich gespielt - Schwarz kann hier jedoch forciert fortsetzen und
mittels} Na5 {sein Spiel natьrlich voran treiben.} 13. Bc2 (13. Nd4 c5 14. Nxe6
fxe6 15. Bc2 Nc4 16. Qd3 g6 17. Bh6 Rf7 $13 {0-1 (31) Becker,A-Bogoljubow,E
Karlsruhe 1938}) 13... Nc4 14. Qd3 g6 15. Bh6 Nxb2 16. Qe3 Nc4 17. Qf4 f6 (
17... Re8 $146 {furchtlos - WeiЯ hat Kompensation, aber ob diese ausreicht ist
bezweifelbar}) 18. Bxf8 Qxf8 19. Nd4 $14 {1-0 (47) Psakhis,L (2545)-Zaitsev,I 
(2465) Yerevan 1982}) 12... Qd7 $1 {von Sos Neuerung ьberrascht findet sich
Ding Liren gut zurecht und wдhlt einen weiteren logischen Plan, der den
typischen Zentrumsdurchbruch d4 vorbereitet.} (12... Na5 13. Bc2 Nc4 14. Bc1 c5
15. Qe2 {ist die weiЯe Idee. Die Stellung ist zweischneidig, doch sicherlich
etwas besser fьr WeiЯ.}) 13. Re1 Rad8 14. Bg5 $2 (14. Qe2 d4 15. cxd4 Nxd4 16.
Nxd4 Qxd4 17. Ba5 $1 Qa7 $1 {nebst dem entlastenden Manцver Lc5-Lb6 sichert
Ausgleich} 18. Rac1 Bc5) 14... Bg4 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 {ich weiЯ nicht, wieso der
Us-Amerikaner diese Stellung anstrebte. Sein Bauer e5 teigt zur Schwдche, der
Springer ist unangenehm gefesselt und der Durchbruch d4 liegt in der Luft.} 16.
Bc2 {Diagramm [#]} d4 $6 {strebt das entstehende Schwerfigurenendspiel an, das
kleinen Vorteil sichert.} (16... g6 $1 {hдtte die Spannung noch etwas aufrecht
gehalten. Aktuell droh Schwarz den e5 einfach einzustecken.} 17. a4 (17. h3 $6
Bxf3 18. Qxf3 Nxe5 19. Qg3 (19. Qe3 Rfe8 20. f4 Nc6 $17) 19... Rde8 20. f4 Qc5+
$17) 17... d4 $36 (17... Bxf3 18. Qxf3 Nxe5 19. Qe3 Rfe8 20. axb5 axb5 21. f4
Nc6 22. Qxe7 Rxe7 23. Rxe7 Nxe7 24. Ra7 $44)) (16... Bxf3 $6 17. Qxf3 Nxe5 $4
18. Qf5 {[%cal Rf5e5,Rf5h7]}) 17. Qd3 g6 18. Nxd4 Nxd4 19. cxd4 Bf5 20. Qb3
Bxc2 21. Qxc2 Rxd4 {der Rauch ist etwas verzogen und die schwarze Initiative
nicht allzu betrдchtlich. So sichert in der Folge problemlos das Remis.} 22.
Qc6 Qe6 23. Qxc7 (23. Qxe6 {auch hier behдlt Schwarz etwas Druck} fxe6 24. Rad1
Rfd8 25. Rxd4 Rxd4 26. Kf1 c5 (26... Rd2 $6 27. Re2 Rd1+ 28. Re1 Rxe1+ 29. Kxe1
c5 30. Ke2 Kf7 31. Kd3 {bietet Schwarz nur Remischancen}) 27. Rc1 Rd5 28. f4 g5
29. fxg5 Rxe5 $15) 23... Rc8 24. Qa7 Rd2 25. b4 Rcc2 26. h3 {Diagramm [#] die
schwarze Initiative wirkt bedrohlich, doch So hat alles im Griff und kann
mittels des Durchbruchs e6 immer genug Gegenspiel organisieren.} Qf5 (26...
Rxa2 27. Rxa2 Rxa2 28. Qd4 $11) 27. e6 Qxf2+ 28. Qxf2 Rxf2 29. e7 Rxg2+ 30. Kh1
Rh2+ 31. Kg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2009.11.30"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Gashimov, Vugar"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[Annotator "Caruana,F"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[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. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 {In my previous games in
Khanty, I had exclusively chosen the Arkhangelsk variation of the Ruy Lopez.
Although my result was fully satisfactory, I decided to change my opening for
this game.} 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 Be7 11. a4 $5 {
A rare and interesting move, which I had never analysed before. It had been
played before in the high level game Morozevich-Carlsen.} ({In our second
rapid game Gashimov switched to} 11. Nd4 $5 Nxe5 12. Bc2 ({I had only analysed
} 12. f4 Nc4 13. f5 Bd7 14. Nxc4 bxc4 15. Bc2 O-O 16. Qf3 c6) 12... Qd6 13.
N2b3 (13. f4 Nc6) ({and} 13. b4 Na4 {are satisfactory for Black.}) 13... Ne4 $2
{A serious mistake, but the correct response was very difficult to find with
limited time on the clock.} (13... Bg4 $1 14. f3 Nxb3 15. axb3 Bd7 16. f4 (16.
Bf4 O-O 17. Re1 Bf6 $15) 16... Ng4 {, and only Black can be better.}) 14. Bf4
g5 15. Bxe5 Qxe5 16. Re1 Bd6 17. g3 Qf6 18. Bxe4 dxe4 19. Rxe4 O-O 20. Nxe6
fxe6 21. Qe2 $16 {, and I was in a desperate situation and duly lost.}) 11...
b4 $2 {A highly dubious move.} (11... Nxb3 12. Qxb3 $6 {A strange move.} ({
I would prefer} 12. Nxb3 O-O {, and now either 13.Be3 or} 13. axb5 axb5 14.
Rxa8 Qxa8 15. Bg5 {, when White might have a slight edge, but Black is pretty
solid in any case.}) 12... O-O (12... d4 {is natural and strong.}) 13. axb5
axb5 14. Rxa8 Qxa8 15. Qxb5 Rd8 16. Qd3 Qb7 17. Nd4 Nxe5 18. Qe2 Bf6 19. Nxe6
fxe6 20. f4 Qb6+ 21. Kh1 Nf7 22. Nf3 c5 23. g4 Re8 24. g5 Bd8 25. f5 e5 26. c4
Qa6 27. Re1 e4 28. cxd5 Qxe2 29. Rxe2 Nd6 30. Nh4 h6 31. Bf4 Nb5 32. d6 Nd4 33.
Rg2 Bxg5 34. Bxg5 hxg5 35. Rxg5 Kf7 36. Rg3 Nb5 37. Rg6 Rd8 38. Re6 Nxd6 39.
Re5 c4 40. Rd5 Kf6 41. Ng2 Ke7 42. Ne3 {0.5 Morozevich=Carlsen,07}) 12. Nd4 {
The obvious refutation of 11...b4.} Nxb3 $5 {This was a difficult choice for
me, and I burned up a lot of time deciding what to play. In the end I probably
found the best chance.} (12... Nxd4 13. cxd4 Nxb3 (13... Nd3 14. Nf3 Nxc1 15.
Rxc1 $16) 14. Nxb3 O-O 15. Be3 Qd7 16. Qd2 $16) (12... Nxe5 13. cxb4 (13. Re1
Ned3) (13. Qh5 Qd6) (13. f4 Ned3 14. f5 {also looks dangerous for Black.})
13... Nxb3 14. N2xb3 {, with a strong initiative.}) (12... Qd7 $5 {could also
be considered:} 13. Bc2 $1 {An ambitious move, which leads to highly
complicated play. The alternative 13.Nxc6 transposes to the game.} (13. Nxc6
Qxc6 14. cxb4 Nxb3 15. Nxb3 Bxb4 {transposes to the game.}) 13... bxc3 14. bxc3
Nxe5 (14... O-O 15. f4 $36) 15. f4 Bg4 16. Qe1 Ned3 17. Qg3 ({White can also
consider} 17. Qe3 $5 Nxc1 18. Raxc1 O-O 19. h3 Bh5 20. g4 Bxg4 21. hxg4 Qxg4+
22. Kh2) 17... Nxc1 18. Raxc1 O-O {Black's position looks like it is ready to
collapse, but it proves to be surprisingly resilient. White will have to show
considerable ingenuity to prove an advantage.} 19. Rce1 ({Black seems to
survive, against all odds, after} 19. f5 Bg5 $3 20. Rf2 h5 21. h3 Ne4 $1 22.
Nxe4 Bxc1 23. Nd2 Bxd2 24. Rxd2 c5 25. hxg4 cxd4) 19... Bh5 {This seems like
the most resilient of Black's options.} (19... Bf6 20. f5 Bh5 21. Qh3 g6 22. g4
$18) (19... f5 20. h3 Bh5 21. Nxf5 Bf6 22. Re7 $18) (19... Rfe8 20. h3 Bh5 21.
Re5 Bg6 22. f5 Bd6 23. Rxe8+ Rxe8 24. Qf3 $18) (19... g6 20. f5 (20. Rxe7 Qxe7
21. Qxg4 Qe3+ 22. Rf2 Qxc3) (20. h3 Bh5 21. Nf5 Bf6) 20... Bh5 21. f6 (21. Qh3
Bg5 22. Nb1) (21. Qf4) 21... Bd6 22. Qg5 Rfe8 (22... Kh8 23. Re7 Bxe7 24. fxe7
$18) 23. Bf5 Qd8 24. Nc6 Rxe1 25. Nxd8 Rxf1+ 26. Nxf1 Rxd8 27. g4 $18) (19...
Rae8 20. f5 (20. h3 Bh5 21. Re5 Bg6 22. f5 Bd6) 20... Bg5 (20... h5 21. h3 Bd6
22. Qf2) 21. Nb1 $1 {An awkward move, but the knight can not find safety
elsewhere.} Rxe1 22. Rxe1 Re8 23. h3 Rxe1+ 24. Qxe1 Bh5 25. g4 {, when White
finally wins the wayward bishop. Although matters are still not fully clear,
White should be better.}) 20. Re5 (20. Nf5 Bf6) (20. Bf5 Qd6) 20... Bg6 21. f5
Bd6 22. fxg6 (22. Rxd5 Bxg3 23. Rxd7 Nxd7 24. fxg6 Bd6 25. gxf7+ Rxf7 26. Bb3
Raf8 27. Ne4 Nc5 28. Nxc5 Bxc5 $11) 22... fxg6 23. Rxd5 Rxf1+ (23... Bxg3 24.
Rxd7 Bxh2+ 25. Kxh2 Nxd7 26. Rd1 $1 $14 {White must preserve the rooks. Black
faces an unpleasant defensive task.}) 24. Kxf1 (24. Nxf1 Bxg3 25. Rxd7 Bxh2+
26. Kxh2 Nxd7 $13) 24... Rf8+ 25. N2f3 Bxg3 26. Rxd7 Nxd7 27. hxg3 $14 {
This type of endgame is not so clear; Black will have good chances if he
manages to penetrate with his rook. However, White should have an advantage,
as his minor pieces coordinate nicely.}) 13. Nxc6 {Probably the most testing
move.} (13. N2xb3 Qd7 14. f4 Nxd4 15. cxd4 (15. Nxd4 c5 16. f5 cxd4 17. fxe6
Qxe6 18. cxd4 O-O $11) (15. Qxd4 Rb8 (15... bxc3 16. bxc3 O-O 17. Ba3) 16. Be3
(16. Nc5 Qc6) 16... O-O 17. Nc5 Bxc5 18. Qxc5 bxc3 19. Qxc3 Bf5 {, and Black
will achieve counterplay with the strong bishop on e4.}) 15... O-O 16. Be3 a5
17. Qd2 Bf5 18. Rfc1 Ra6 {, again with certain counterplay for Black.}) 13...
Qd7 14. Nxb3 ({Obviously not} 14. Nxe7 $2 Nxa1 $19) 14... Qxc6 15. cxb4 (15.
Nd4 Qd7 {changes little.}) 15... Bxb4 16. Be3 {White has a bind on the dark
squares. However, matters are still far from clear. In the game White seemed
to achieve all his aims, but Black retained a solid position.} O-O 17. f4 Qd7 {
Black cannot allow White to play f5.} 18. Bc5 ({The position with opposite
colour bishops brings White no advantage:} 18. Nc5 Bxc5 19. Bxc5 Rfb8 20. b4 d4
$11) 18... Rfb8 {Black has pressure down the b-file and plans to play ...
Bf5-e4. So White has to act fast.} 19. Bxb4 (19. Qd4 a5 {had to be forseen in
advance. Black has a good position, and can continue with ...Rb7 and ...Rab8,
or with ...Bf5-e4.}) 19... Rxb4 20. Nc5 Qe7 $1 {A strong move. The following
sequence which occurred in the game had to be forseen in advance, and it
wasn't easy to evaluate the resulting position, as White's initiative seems
extremely dangerous.} (20... Qc6 21. Nd3 (21. Rc1 Bf5 22. b3) 21... Rd4 22. f5
Bd7 23. Qf3 (23. e6 fxe6 24. f6) 23... Qb6 24. Kh1 $36) (20... Qc8 21. Qf3 {
, and Black cannot stop f5.} (21. f5 Bxf5 22. Qxd5 Be6 23. Nxe6 fxe6) (21. Qd2
Rab8 22. b3 d4)) 21. Nd3 Rd4 {The rook is actively placed here.} 22. f5 Bd7 23.
Qf3 $6 {Too acedemic. It is likely that Vugar underestimated my next move.} ({
The logical} 23. f6 $1 {was very dangerous. Black would be walking a tightrope
to survive.} gxf6 {A brave and principled move.} (23... Qe6 24. Qf3 Qf5 (24...
Qg4 25. Rac1 (25. Nc5 Qxf3 26. Rxf3 Bg4 27. Rg3 g6 28. Rc1 $14) 25... Qxf3 26.
Rxf3 Bxa4 (26... Ra7 27. Nc5 $16) 27. Rxc7 Bb5 28. e6 fxe6 29. Rxg7+ Kh8 30.
Ne5 $18) (24... Rb8 25. Nc5 Qc6 26. fxg7 $18) (24... Qb6 25. a5 Qa7 26. Kh1 $18
) 25. Nc5 (25. Qxf5 Bxf5 26. Nc5 g6 27. Rfd1 Rc4 28. Rac1 Rxc1 29. Rxc1 a5 30.
Nb7 $16) 25... Qxf3 26. Rxf3 Bg4 27. Rg3 g6 28. Rc1 $14) (23... Qf8 24. Qf3 Rb8
25. b4 $16) 24. Rxf6 (24. exf6 $4 Qe3+ $19) 24... c5 $1 {The most resilient
defence, leading to enormous complications.} (24... Kh8 25. Qf3 Be6 26. Nf4 $36
) (24... Qf8 25. Qf3 Qg7 26. Nc5 Bg4 27. Qe3 $18) (24... Rb8 {can be met by
the straightforward 25.Qd2, with a strong attack, or with 25.Qc2, when Black
has no counterplay for his damaged structure and weak king.} 25. Qd2 (25. Qc2
$16) 25... Rb3 (25... Qxe5 26. Nxe5 Rxd2 27. Nxd7 Rbxb2 28. Kh1 Rxg2 29. Rg1
Rxg1+ 30. Kxg1 d4 31. Rf4 $1 d3 32. Rg4+ Kh8 33. Nf6 Rb8 34. Kf2 $18) 26. Qg5+
Kh8 27. Nf4 $40 (27. e6 $5 Bxe6 28. Nf4)) 25. Qf3 c4 26. Nf4 Re4 $1 {
Ironically, this move is designed to protect the d5-pawn!} (26... Qxe5 $2 27.
Qg3+ Kh8 28. Ng6+ $18) 27. Rf1 Qxe5 28. Qg3+ (28. Nxd5 $2 Bg4 $1) (28. Rxf7 Bf5
$1 (28... Kxf7 {is attractively refuted by} 29. Nd3+ Qf5 30. Qh5+ $1 Kf6 31.
Qh6+ Ke7 32. Qg7+ Kd6 33. Qg3+ Ke7 34. Rxf5 Bxf5 35. Nc5 $18) 29. Rb7 (29. Nd3
Qd4+ 30. Kh1 Kxf7 31. Qxf5+ Kg8 {, and White's attack has been refuted,
although he can still bail out with a draw after} 32. Nc5 $1 $11) 29... Rf8 (
29... Kh8 30. Qf2 {transposes to 28.Qg3}) 30. Qg3+ Bg6 31. Rxh7 Qd4+ 32. Kh1
Kxh7 33. Qxg6+ Kh8 34. Qh6+ Kg8 $11 {, with a draw, as the rook ending after}
35. Qxf8+ Kxf8 36. Ne6+ Kg8 37. Nxd4 Rxd4 {is perfectly fine for Black.}) 28...
Kh8 29. Rxf7 Be6 (29... Rg8 30. Qh4 (30. Rxh7+ Kxh7 31. Qh4+ Kg7 32. Nh5+ Kh8
$11) (30. Qf2 $5 {immediately is also highly dangerous.}) 30... Bf5 31. Qf2 $1
(31. Qf6+ Qxf6 32. Rxf6 Re5 33. Rxa6 d4 $44) 31... d4 32. g3 $1 {, and White
threatens Nh5, which is very difficult to stop.} Bg4 {is convincingly refuted
by} (32... d3 33. Nh5 Bg6 34. Rf8 $18) 33. Nd5 $3 Re2 34. Qf6+ Qxf6 35. Nxf6
$18) 30. Re7 (30. Nxe6 Qxg3 31. hxg3 Rxe6 $11) 30... Qd4+ 31. Kh1 Qf6 32. Qc3
Qxc3 (32... d4 $2 {would be a terrible mistake:} 33. Qf3 Rxf4 34. Qxa8+ Bg8 35.
Rxf4 Qxf4 36. h3 Qc1+ 37. Kh2 Qf4+ 38. g3 Qf2+ 39. Qg2 $18) 33. bxc3 Bg8 34.
Rxe4 dxe4 {This ending is easily held by Black. For instance,} 35. Kg1 Rb8 36.
Kf2 Rb3 37. Rc1 Ra3 38. Ke3 Rxa4 39. Kxe4 Ra2 $11) 23... f6 $1 {A move which
wasn't easy to decide on, since the positions with a pawn on e6 seemed very
dangerous for Black. However, I realized that the threat of f6 would be too
strong in the long run.} (23... Rb8 24. Rae1 (24. f6) 24... Rb3 25. Re3 $16 {
, with a strong attack.} f6 {is too late now:} 26. exf6 Qxf6 27. Nc5 Rxe3 28.
Qxe3 {, and Black's position is a wreck.}) 24. Rfe1 {Natural and played very
quickly. I had expected 24.Rae1 instead.} (24. e6 {must be met by the "greedy"}
Bxa4 25. Qe3 Rc4 26. Rfc1 Bc2 {, with a reasonable position, as the e6-pawn is
securely blockaded.}) (24. exf6 Qxf6 25. Nc5 Qd6 26. Rac1 (26. Nxd7 Qxd7 27. f6
Rf8 {looks okay for Black.}) 26... Rf8 27. Qe3 Rb4 {, and I don't see any
reason why White is better here.}) ({Finally,} 24. Rae1 {would be met by the
same move as in the game:} Rf8 $1) 24... Rf8 $1 {After this strong move my
opponent thought for a long time.} 25. Rac1 {I hadn't expected this move. It
leads to a draw by force, which indicates that Vugar couldn't find any
advantage after 25.e6.} (25. e6 Bxa4 26. Qe3 Rc4 27. Rec1 {is again met by} Bc2
{, with a good game.} ({I hadn't seen 27...Bc2, and instead I planned} 27...
Bb5 28. Rxc4 dxc4 29. Qc5 (29. Nf4 Rd8 $13) 29... Qxc5+ 30. Nxc5 Rd8 {, when I
felt that Black's position was safe.})) 25... fxe5 {A move which only took a
few minutes to calculate until the end. We blitzed out the remaining moves.}
26. Nxe5 (26. Rxe5 $2 Qd6 27. Rce1 c5 {is obviously not in White's favour.})
26... Rxf5 27. Nxd7 (27. Qc3 $4 Rxe5 $19) (27. Qg3 Re4 $1 {had to be seen when
I played 25...fxe5.} 28. Rxe4 dxe4 29. Nxd7 Qxd7) 27... Qxd7 28. Rxc7 Rxf3 29.
Rxd7 Rf7 30. Rd8+ Rf8 31. Rd7 Rf7 {This sharp draw was a great moral boost,
and gave me a lot of confidence for the second game. I was very close to
winning that game (and with it the match), but at the critical moment I lost
energy, and my opponent escaped with a draw. In the tiebreaker I lost without
a fight, which certainly was a disappointing end to the tournament for me.}
1/2-1/2

[Event "Ciocaltea Memorial"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Timoshenko, Georgy"]
[Black "Marin, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Chekhov,V"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1993.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 034"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Be3 (9. c3 $5) (9. Nbd2 $5) (9. Qe2 $5) 9... Be7 (9... Nc5 $6 10. Nc3 $1
Nxb3 11. cxb3 (11. axb3 Be7 12. h3 Nb4 13. Ne2 c5 14. c3 Nc6 15. Nf4 O-O 16.
Re1 Qd7 17. Re2 Rfd8 18. Rd2 Qb7 $1 19. Nxd5 Bxd5 20. Rxd5 Nxe5 $15 {
Filipenko-Chekhov/SSSR/1982/}) 11... Be7 12. Rc1 Qd7 13. Qd2 O-O 14. Rfd1 Rad8
15. Bg5 d4 16. Ne4 Bd5 17. Qf4 $14 {Winsnes-Krasenkov/Stockholm/1989/}) 10. c3
(10. Nbd2 Nc5 11. Nd4 (11. c3 $2 Nd3 $1) 11... Nxd4 (11... Nxe5 $5) 12. Bxd4
Qd7 13. c3 Na4 14. Rb1 c5 15. Be3 O-O 16. Nf3 Rad8 $10 {Cseshkovsky-Balashov/
SSSR/1980/}) 10... Qd7 (10... O-O $5) 11. Nbd2 Rd8 12. Re1 (12. Nxe4 $6 dxe4
13. Qxd7+ Bxd7 14. e6 Bxe6 15. Ng5 Bxb3 16. axb3 Bxg5 17. Bxg5 Rd5 18. Bf4 Kd7
19. Rxa6 Re8 20. Rc1 $1 {Dvoirys-Krasenkov/Katowice/1992/}) 12... O-O 13. a4 $5
$146 (13. Bc2 f5 $5 (13... Nxd2 14. Qxd2 Bf5 15. Rad1 Rfe8 16. h3 {
Dolmatov-Yusupov/Wijk aan Zee (m/5)/1991/} Qe6 $5 17. Nd4 $5 Nxd4 18. cxd4 c5
19. Bxf5 Qxf5 20. dxc5 Qxe5 21. Bd4 Qc7 22. Qc3 Bf8 $14) (13... Bf5 $5 14. Nxe4
Bxe4 15. Bxe4 dxe4 16. Qxd7 Rxd7 17. e6 fxe6 18. Nd2 Ne5 19. Nxe4 Nd3 20. Re2
$14 {Dolmatov-Yusupov/Wijk aan Zee (m/1)/1991/}) 14. exf6 Nxf6 15. Qb1 $1 (15.
Ng5 Bf5 16. Bxf5 Qxf5 $10) 15... h6 16. Nh4 Ne5 (16... Ng4 17. Bh7+ Kh8 18.
Ng6+ $18) (16... Bd6 17. Ndf3 $14) 17. Nb3 Nfg4 18. Nc5 Qc8 19. Nxe6 Qxe6 20.
Bh7+ Kh8 {Georgiev,Kir-Ivanchuk/Manila ol/1992/}) 13... b4 (13... Nxd2 $6 14.
Qxd2 Na5 15. Bc2 Nc4 16. Qd3 g6 17. Bc1 $14) 14. Nxe4 dxe4 15. Qxd7 Bxd7 16.
Nd2 Nxe5 17. Nxe4 Nd3 18. Re2 Bf5 19. Ng3 Bg6 20. Bc4 (20. f4 $6 Nc5 21. Bc4
Bd3 22. Bxd3 Nxd3 $132) 20... bxc3 21. bxc3 Bf6 22. f4 Bxc3 23. Ra3 Bb4 24. Rb3
a5 25. f5 Nc1 $1 26. fxg6 (26. Bxc1 Rd1+ 27. Kf2 (27. Nf1 Rxc1) 27... Rxc1 28.
Bd3 (28. Bd5 c6 29. Be4 h5 $1) 28... h5 $1 29. fxg6 Bc5+ 30. Kf3 fxg6+ 31. Ke4
h4 $17) 26... Nxe2+ 27. Nxe2 Rd1+ (27... hxg6 28. Nc3 $14) 28. Kf2 hxg6 29. Nc1
$6 (29. Nf4 $5) 29... Bd2 $1 30. Ne2 (30. Nd3 $5 Bxe3+ (30... Re8 31. Ke2 $18)
31. Kxe3 Re8+ 32. Kd4 $132) 30... Re8 31. Bc5 $6 (31. Bb5 Re6 (31... Bxe3+ 32.
Rxe3 Rxe3 33. Kxe3 {/\Nd4, Nc6}) 32. Bxd2 Rxd2 33. Rc3 c6 $1 34. Bc4 $13) 31...
Re5 32. Ba7 (32. Bd4 $5) 32... Be1+ 33. Kf3 {33...Bd6!?} 1/2-1/2

[Event "New Delhi"]
[Site "New Delhi"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gufeld, Eduard"]
[Black "Prasad, Devaki V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2340"]
[Annotator "Chekhov,V"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1984.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[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. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. c3 Be7 (9... Bc5 $5) 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Bc2 f5 12. Nd4 (12. Nb3 Qd7 13.
Re1 $5 Rad8 14. Qe2 Rfe8 15. Nfd4 Nxd4 16. Nxd4 c5 17. Nxe6 Qxe6 18. f3 Ng5 19.
a4 $16 {Nunn,I-Wedberg,T/Novi Sad/1990/}) 12... Nxd4 13. cxd4 Nxd2 (13... c5
14. dxc5 Bxc5 15. Nb3 {/\Nd4+/-/}) 14. Bxd2 c5 15. dxc5 Bxc5 16. Rc1 $1 (16.
Bb3 $5 Qb6 17. Qf3 {Short,N-Prasad,D/Subotica izt/1987/1/2-1/2/85/} Kh8 $5)
16... Qb6 17. b4 (17. Qf3 $5) 17... Bd4 18. Bb3 (18. Qe2 $5 Rac8 19. Bb3) 18...
Rac8 (18... Bxe5 $5 19. Re1 Bd4 (19... Qd6 $1 20. Bf4 $5 (20. Bc3 Bxh2+ 21. Kh1
Bf7 22. g3 Bxg3 23. fxg3 Qxg3 $13) (20. Be3 Bxh2+ 21. Kh1 Bf7 $1 22. g3 (22.
Bc5 Qh6) 22... Bxg3 23. fxg3 Qxg3 $13) 20... Bxf4 21. Rxe6 Qxb4 $1 22. Bxd5 Kh8
23. Bxa8 Bxc1 24. Rxa6 Bb2 $10) 20. Rxe6 Qxe6 21. Be3 Bxe3 22. Bxd5 $18) 19.
Qf3 Kh8 $1 20. Bf4 (20. Bxd5 Rxc1 21. Rxc1 Bxe5 22. Re1 Bxd5 23. Qxd5 Bd4 24.
Be3 (24. Qxf5 $2 Bxf2+ 25. Kh1 Qd8) 24... Bxe3 25. Rxe3 Qf6 26. h3 $14) 20...
Qb7 21. g3 (21. h4 $5) 21... Rfd8 22. Rfd1 (22. Rxc8 Qxc8 23. Rc1 (23. Rd1 Qc3
$1) 23... Qb7 24. Rd1 Bb6) 22... Rxc1 23. Rxc1 Ba7 24. Bg5 $16 Re8 25. Rd1 (25.
h4 $5 Bd4 26. Bf4 Bf7 $6 (26... Rd8 27. Rd1 Ba7 28. Kg2) 27. Qd3 Bxe5 28. Qxf5)
25... Qc7 $1 26. Be3 (26. Bf4 $5 d4 $2 (26... Qe7 27. Bxd5 Bxd5 28. Qxd5 Qxb4
29. Qd7) 27. Bxe6 Rxe6 28. Qa8+ Qb8 29. Qxb8+ Bxb8 30. Rxd4 $18) 26... Bxe3 27.
Qxe3 Rd8 28. Rc1 Qb7 29. Qd4 h6 30. Rc5 (30. h4 $5) 30... Qb6 $1 31. h4 $2 (31.
Qh4 $1 Rd7 (31... Kh7 32. Qe7 $1 Rd7 33. Qe8 Rd8 34. Qc6) 32. g4 $1 $36) 31...
f4 $5 32. Bc2 (32. gxf4 Bf5 33. h5 (33. Bxd5 Qg6+ 34. Kh2 Qg4) 33... Be4 34.
Qe3 Qe6 35. f3 Qh3 $13) (32. Qxf4 d4 33. Bxe6 Qxe6 34. Rc2 d3 35. Rd2 Qc4 $1)
32... fxg3 33. fxg3 Bg8 34. Bf5 (34. Kg2 $5) 34... Bh7 35. Bxh7 (35. g4 $5 h5
$5 36. Bxh7 Kxh7 37. gxh5 Qe6 $13) 35... Kxh7 36. h5 Qe6 $10 37. Kg2 Qf5 38.
Rxd5 Qc2+ 39. Kh3 (39. Kf3 Qf5+ (39... Qc6 $2 40. Qe4+ $1) 40. Ke3 Qg5+ 41. Kf2
Qf5+ $10) 39... Qf5+ 40. Kg2 Qc2+ 41. Kh3 Qf5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chigorin Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1959.07.09"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Aronin, Lev Solomonovich"]
[Black "Milev, Zdravko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C83"]
[Annotator "Chekhov,V"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1959.04.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. c3 Be7 (9... Bc5 $5) 10. Be3 O-O (10... Qd7 $5 11. Nbd2 Rd8 12. Re1 O-O
13. Bc2 Bf5 (13... Nxd2 $5 14. Qxd2 Bf5) 14. Nxe4 Bxe4 15. Bxe4 dxe4 16. Qxd7
Rxd7 17. e6 $1 fxe6 18. Nd2 Ne5 19. Nxe4 Nd3 20. Re2 $14 {Dolmatov,S-Yusupov,A/
Wijk aan Zee(m/1)/1991/0,5 (61) Inf 51/335/}) 11. Nbd2 Nxd2 (11... Qd7 $5) 12.
Qxd2 Na5 (12... Qd7 $5 13. Qd3 Na5 14. Bc2 g6 15. Bh6 $36) 13. Bc2 (13. Nd4 $1
Nxb3 14. Nxb3 f6 15. exf6 Rxf6 16. Bg5 Rg6 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. f4 $16 {Pilnik,
G-Najdorf,M/Mar del Plata/1945/}) 13... Nc4 14. Qd3 g6 15. Bh6 Re8 $6 (15...
Nxb2 $5 16. Qe2 Re8 17. Nd4 {/\f4-f5/}) 16. b3 Bf5 17. Qe2 Bxc2 18. Qxc2 Nb6
19. Rfe1 c5 20. Rad1 Rc8 (20... a5 $5) (20... Qd7 $6 21. e6 $1 fxe6 22. Ne5 $36
) 21. Qd2 Rc6 22. h4 Re6 (22... Bxh4 $5 23. Qf4 Be7 24. Ng5 f6 25. Ne4 $36) 23.
Qf4 Qc7 24. Qg4 a5 25. a3 (25. h5 b4 $13) 25... Qb7 (25... Bf8 26. Bxf8 Rxf8
27. h5) 26. h5 a4 27. Rb1 (27. b4 Nc4 $13) 27... axb3 28. Rxb3 Nc4 (28... Na4
$4 29. Qxa4) (28... Qc6 $5 29. Reb1 Nc4 30. Rxb5 Nxe5 31. Nxe5 Rxe5 32. Rb6 Bd6
$1) 29. a4 $1 b4 30. cxb4 cxb4 31. Bf4 Bc5 $6 (31... Qb6 $5) 32. hxg6 fxg6 (
32... hxg6 33. Qh4 $40) 33. Ng5 Nxe5 $6 (33... R6e7 34. e6) 34. Qxe6+ Rxe6 35.
Nxe6 Nd7 36. Nxc5 Nxc5 37. Rf3 h5 (37... Kg7 38. Bd6 Ne4 39. Bf8+ Kg8 40. Bh6)
(37... b3 38. Bh6) 38. Re8+ $18 Kf7 (38... Kh7 39. Be5 g5 40. Rh8+ Kg6 41. Rf6+
$18) 39. Rb8 Qc6 40. Bc7+ (40. Bc7+ Kg7 41. Be5+ $18) (40. Bc7+ Ke6 41. Rb6) (
40. Bc7+ Ke7 41. Bd8+ Kd7 42. Rf7+ Kd6 43. Rb6 $18) 1-0

[Event "Alekhine Memorial-01"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1956.10.31"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Unzicker, Wolfgang"]
[Black "Pachman, Ludek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C83"]
[Annotator "Chekhov,V"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1956.10.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. c3 Be7 10. Be3 (10. Nbd2 $5) 10... O-O (10... Nc5 $5 11. Bc2 (11. Nbd2
$6 Nd3 $1) 11... Nd7 $1 12. Re1 Ndxe5 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. Bd4 Ng6 15. Bxg7 Rg8
16. Bxg6 Rxg7 (16... hxg6 $5) 17. Rxe6 Rxg6 $13) 11. Nbd2 Nxd2 $6 (11... Qd7 $5
) 12. Qxd2 Qd7 13. Rad1 (13. Qd3 $1 Na5 14. Bc2) 13... Rad8 14. Qd3 Rfe8 (14...
Bf5 15. Qe2 Be4 16. Ng5 Qf5 $10 {Keres,P-Unzicker,W/m/1956/}) 15. Ng5 (15. Rfe1
g6 16. Bg5 Na5 17. Bf6 Nxb3 18. axb3 Bg4 $10 {Matanovic,A-Pachman,L/Moscow/
1956/}) 15... Bf5 16. Qe2 $6 (16. Qxd5 Qxd5 17. Rxd5 Rxd5 18. Bxd5 Nxe5 $10)
16... Bxg5 17. Bxg5 Rxe5 18. Qd2 Ne7 $17 19. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 20. Rxe1 f6 21. Be3 c6
22. a4 Ng6 23. axb5 axb5 24. Ra1 Qe6 $6 (24... Ne5 $5) 25. Bd1 $1 Ne5 26. Be2
Qe8 27. b4 Ra8 (27... Qg6 $5) 28. Ra5 $1 Be4 29. f3 Bf5 30. Bd4 Rc8 31. Ra7 Ra8
32. Ra5 Rc8 33. Ra7 Qg6 34. Qa2 h5 (34... Bd3 35. Bxe5 fxe5 36. Bxd3 Qxd3 37.
Ra8 Qf5 38. Qa6) 35. Ra8 Rxa8 36. Qxa8+ Kh7 37. Kf2 Bd3 $6 (37... h4 $5) 38.
Bxe5 fxe5 (38... Bxe2 $5 39. Bd4 Bc4 (39... Qc2 40. Qe8 $1) 40. Qa1 $1 (40.
Qxc6 $6 h4 {/\ Qc2/}) 40... Qc2+ 41. Kg3) 39. Bxd3 Qxd3 40. Qxc6 d4 41. Qe8
Qd2+ (41... Qf5 42. cxd4 exd4 43. Qe4 $1 Qxe4 44. fxe4 Kg6 45. Ke2 Kf6 46. Kd3
Ke5 47. h4 g6 48. g3) 42. Kf1 (42. Kf1 dxc3 43. Qxh5+ Kg8 44. Qe8+ $10) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Rostov on Don op"]
[Site "Rostov on Don"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kharlov, Andrei"]
[Black "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Chekhov,V"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1993.05.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 036"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Be3 Be7 10. c3 Qd7 (10... Nc5 $5 11. Bc2 Nd7 12. Re1 Ndxe5 13. Nxe5 Nxe5
14. f4 (14. Bd4 Ng6 15. Bxg7 Rg8 16. Bxg6 Rxg7 17. Rxe6 hxg6 18. Re2 Rh7 $132)
14... Nc4 15. Bd4 Kf8 16. f5 Bd7 17. b3 Nd6 18. Qf3 $44 {Novik,M-Sokolin,L
SSSR 1991 Inf 52/338/}) 11. Nbd2 Rd8 12. Re1 (12. Nxe4 $6 dxe4 13. Qxd7+ Bxd7
14. e6 Bxe6 15. Ng5 Bxb3 16. axb3 Bxg5 17. Bxg5 Rd5 18. Bf4 Kd7 19. Rxa6 Re8
20. Rc1 $1 $10 {Dvoirys,S-Krasenkov,M Katowice 1992 Inf 54/324/}) 12... O-O 13.
Bc2 Nxd2 (13... Bf5 $6 14. Nxe4 Bxe4 15. Bxe4 dxe4 16. Qxd7 Rxd7 17. e6 $1 fxe6
18. Nd2 Ne5 19. Nxe4 Nd3 20. Re2 $14 {Dolmatov,S-Yusupov,A Wijk aan Zee 1991/})
(13... f5 $5 14. exf6 Nxf6 15. Qb1 h6 16. Nh4 Ne5 17. Nb3 Nfg4 18. Nc5 Qc8 19.
Nxe6 Qxe6 20. Bh7+ Kh8 {Georgiev,Kir-Ivanchuk,V Manila ol 1992 Inf 55/337/} 21.
Bg5 $1 $132) 14. Qxd2 Bf5 15. Bxf5 $5 $146 (15. Rad1 Rfe8 16. h3 Qe6 (16... h6
$6 17. Bf4 Bf8 18. Bg3 Bxc2 19. Qxc2 Qe6 {Dolmatov,S-Yusupov,A Wijk aan Zee
1991 Inf 51/336/} 20. Bh4 $1 Rd7 21. Nd4 Nxd4 22. cxd4 $16) 17. Bg5 Bxc2 18.
Qxc2 Qg6 $1 19. Qxg6 hxg6 20. Bf4 Bc5 $10 {Dolmatov,S-Yusupov,A Wijk aan Zee
1991 Inf 51/337 17...Bf4!?/}) 15... Qxf5 16. Nd4 Nxd4 17. cxd4 c5 $1 18. dxc5
d4 19. Bf4 Bxc5 20. Rac1 Rc8 (20... Bb6 21. Rc6) 21. h3 (21. Bg3 $5) 21... Bb6
$10 22. Bg3 h6 23. Qb4 $6 (23. Kh2 $5 {/\f4/} d3) 23... d3 24. Rxc8 Rxc8 25.
Qd6 $6 (25. Rd1 $5) 25... Ba5 26. b4 (26. Rd1 d2 27. b4 Rd8) 26... Rd8 27. Qc5
d2 28. Rd1 Qe4 $19 29. bxa5 Qe1+ 30. Rxe1 dxe1=Q+ 31. Kh2 g5 (31... Qxa5 $5 32.
e6 fxe6 33. Bc7 Rc8 $19) 32. f4 Qe4 33. fxg5 Rd2 34. Bf2 Rc2 35. Qb6 Qxe5+ 36.
Bg3 Qd5 37. Qb8+ Kh7 38. g6+ Kg7 39. Be5+ f6 40. Bxf6+ Kxg6 41. Qe8+ Kxf6 42.
Qf8+ Kg6 43. Qe8+ Kg7 44. Qe7+ Qf7 45. Qe5+ Qf6 (45... Qf6 46. Qg3+ Kf7 47.
Qb3+ Rc4 $19) 0-1

[Event "Match Spielmann-Reti +3-0=3"]
[Site "Vienna"]
[Date "1921.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Reti, Richard"]
[Black "Spielmann, Rudolf"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C83"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "1921.04.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. c3 Be7 10. Be3 O-O 11. Nbd2 Bg4 12. h3 {/Collijns Larobok/} (12. Nxe4
dxe4 13. Bd5 (13. Qd5 {/Reti/}) 13... Nxe5 14. Bxe4 Bd6 $1) 12... Nxd2 13. Qxd2
Bxf3 14. gxf3 Nxe5 15. Qxd5 Bd6 16. Rad1 Qf6 (16... Qh4 17. Kg2) 17. Kg2 (17.
f4 Ng6 18. Qg5 $1 Nxf4 $2 (18... Bxf4 19. Qxf6 gxf6 20. Bc5 Rfd8 21. Bd5 $14)
19. Qxf6 gxf6 20. Rxd6 $16) 17... Qg6+ 18. Kh1 Qh5 19. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Match Janowski-Winawer +5-2=0"]
[Site "Vienna"]
[Date "1896.11.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Janowski, Dawid Markelowicz"]
[Black "Winawer, Szymon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C83"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1896.11.12"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. c3 Be7 10. Nbd2 Nc5 11. Bc2 Nd7 12. Re1 O-O 13. Nf1 Re8 14. Ng3 g6 15.
h3 Qc8 16. Bf4 Nd8 17. Ng5 $16 {[#]} c6 $2 (17... Nf8 $16) 18. Nxh7 $18 Kxh7 (
18... b4 19. Ng5 $18) 19. Qh5+ Kg8 20. Bxg6 Nf8 (20... fxg6 21. Qxg6+ Kh8 22.
Qxe8+ $18) 21. Bc2 Ra7 22. Bh6 f6 23. exf6 Bxf6 24. Qxe8 Be7 25. Nh5 Bf7 26.
Rxe7 (26. Rxe7 Bxe8 27. Nf6+ Kh8 28. Bg7#) 1-0

[Event "Staunton Memorial"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1946.08.28"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Black "Euwe, Max"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C83"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1946.08.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. c3 Be7 (9... Bc5) 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Bc2 f5 12. exf6 Nxf6 13. Nb3 Bg4 14.
Qd3 {[/\ 15.Bg5, 15.Nbd4, 14.Nfd4]} Bh5 15. Nbd4 Nxd4 16. Nxd4 Bg6 17. Qe2 Bxc2
18. Nc6 (18. Ne6 $2 Qd6 19. Nxf8 Bf5 $17) 18... Qe8 $8 (18... Qd6 $2 19. Nxe7+
Kh8 20. Nxd5) 19. Nxe7+ Kh8 20. Qxc2 Qxe7 $10 21. Bf4 Rae8 22. a4 c5 23. axb5
axb5 24. Qd3 c4 $8 {e.g.} (24... Qb7 $2 25. Bd6) 25. Qd4 Qe2 26. Be3 Qxb2 27.
Rfb1 $2 (27. Rab1 $8 {e.g.} Qe2 28. Rxb5 Ng4 $13) 27... Ra8 $1 $19 28. Qd1 Rxa1
29. Rxa1 Qxc3 30. Bd4 Qb4 31. Rb1 Qa4 32. Qd2 Qa6 33. f3 h6 34. g4 Qe6 {
[/\ 35...Nxg4]} 35. h3 Nh7 {[/\ 36...Ng5]} 36. Qc3 Qg6 37. Rxb5 Ng5 38. Rxd5
Nxf3+ 39. Kg2 Qf7 40. Qxc4 Nxd4 41. Qxd4 Qf1+ 0-1

[Event "World-ch15 Euwe-Alekhine +9-8=13"]
[Site "Netherlands"]
[Date "1935.11.01"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Black "Euwe, Max"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C83"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "1935.10.03"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[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 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. c3 Be7 (9... Bc5) 10. a4 (10. Re1 {the most frequently played move} O-O)
10... b4 (10... O-O 11. axb5 axb5 12. Rxa8 Qxa8 13. Bxd5 Rd8 14. Bxc6 Qxc6 15.
Qc2 $16) (10... Rb8 11. axb5 axb5 {[%cal Ya1a8] a<->}) 11. Nd4 (11. Re1 Nc5 12.
Bc2 Bg4 $15 {Perlis,J-Lasker,Em / Peterburg 1909}) 11... Nxe5 12. f4 Nc4 $6 (
12... Bg4 $1 13. Qc2 c5 (13... Ng6 14. f5 Ne5 15. h3 c5 16. Bf4 $18 {Euwe}) 14.
fxe5 cxd4 15. cxd4 O-O $10 {Euwe} 16. Nd2 Be2 17. Re1 Rc8 18. Qb1 Bh5 19. Nxe4
Bg6 20. Bc2 dxe4 (20... b3 21. Bxb3 Qb6 22. Bc2 Bxe4 23. Bxe4 Qxd4+ 24. Kh1
dxe4 25. Qxe4 Rfd8 $10 {Buslaev-Sisov / URS 1955}) 21. Be3 Bh4 22. g3 Bg5 23.
Bxg5 Qxg5 24. Bxe4 Qd2 $15) 13. f5 $6 (13. Qe2 $1 Na5 14. Bc2 {[%cal Yc2e4,
Yd4e6,Re2h5,Rh5a5] /\15.Be4 de 16.Ne6 fe 17.Qh5+ 18.Qa5} O-O 15. Nd2 $1 Nf6 16.
Nxe6 fxe6 17. Qxe6+ Kh8 18. Nf3 $36) 13... Bc8 14. Qe1 $2 (14. Qg4 h5 (14...
Ne5 $1 15. Qxg7 Bf6 16. Qh6 c5 $15) 15. Qe2 (15. Qxg7 $4 Bf6 $19) 15... Bb7 $10
{׻} 16. Bxc4 $2 dxc4 17. Qxc4 Qd5 $1 $15) 14... Bb7 15. cxb4 c5 $1 16. f6 (16.
bxc5 Bxc5 $19 {[%cal Rc5g1] ><(c5-g1)/^}) (16. Nf3 cxb4 $17) (16. Nc2 cxb4 17.
Nxb4 $2 Qb6+ $19) 16... Bxf6 17. Nf5 O-O 18. bxc5 Re8 19. Qb4 Qc8 $1 (19... Qc7
$6 20. Bxc4 a5 21. Qb6) 20. Bxc4 a5 $1 21. Qa3 (21. Qb3 dxc4 22. Qxc4 $2 Ba6
$19) 21... dxc4 22. Nc3 (22. Be3 Qc6 23. Rf3 Re5 24. Nd6 Nxd6 25. cxd6 c3 $19)
22... Nxc5 (22... Nxc3 $1 23. bxc3 Re2 24. Ra2 Bxg2 $1 25. Rxe2 Bxf1 $19 {
-> Euwe}) 23. Be3 Qc6 24. Rf3 Nd3 $6 (24... Re5 $1 {[%cal Re5f5] /\Rf5} 25. Nd4
$8 (25. Ng3 Rxe3) 25... Qe8 $1 26. Rff1 (26. Rf2 Rxe3 27. Qxc5 Re1+ $19) (26.
Rxf6 $145 gxf6 27. Rf1 Nb3 28. Nxb3 cxb3 29. Bf4 Qc6 30. Rf3 Qb6+ 31. Kf1 Ba6+)
26... Nb3 $1 27. Nxb3 Rxe3 28. Nc1 (28. Nd2 Bd5 29. Kh1 Qc6 30. Nf3 Rxf3 $1 31.
Rxf3 Bxf3 32. gxf3 $2 (32. Rg1 $19) 32... Qxf3+ 33. Kg1 Bd4#) (28. Nc5 Bd5 $1
29. Kh1 Bxg2+ 30. Kxg2 Qc6+ $19) 28... Qc6 $19 {Euwe}) 25. Raf1 Rxe3 $1 26.
Nxe3 Bd4 27. Qe7 $8 (27. Ncd1 Re8) 27... Ne5 {[%cal Rd4e3] /\Be3} (27... Re8 $4
28. Qxf7+ Kh8 29. Qf8+ Rxf8 30. Rxf8#) 28. Kh1 Nxf3 (28... Bxe3 $2 29. Qxe5)
29. Rxf3 Rf8 30. h3 (30. Nf5 $2 Qxf3 $1) 30... Bxe3 $6 (30... Qb6 $1 31. Rg3 (
31. Nxc4 Qb4 32. Qxb4 axb4 33. Nb5 Bxf3 $19) 31... Qxb2 32. Nf5 $2 Qc1+ 33. Kh2
Qg1#) 31. Qxe3 Qe6 (31... Re8 32. Qf4 Qe6) 32. Rg3 Re8 33. Qg5 Qe5 34. Qxe5
Rxe5 35. Rg4 Re3 $2 (35... Rc5 $1 36. Rd4 Kf8 37. Rd7 (37. Kg1 Ke7 $19) 37...
Bc6 38. Rd2 (38. Rc7 Bxg2+) (38. Ra7 Rg5 $19)) 36. Kg1 (36. Rxc4 $2 Rxh3+ 37.
Kg1 Rg3 38. Rc7 Rxg2+ 39. Kf1 Rxb2 40. Nb5 Ba6 41. Ra7 Bxb5+ 42. axb5 g6 $19)
36... Rd3 37. Rxc4 Rd2 38. b4 $1 {The saving move} Rxg2+ (38... axb4 $2 39.
Rxb4 Rxg2+ $2 (39... Rd7 $10) 40. Kf1 $18) 39. Kf1 Rb2 40. Rd4 $1 (40. b5 g6
$17 (40... Bg2+ $145 $1 41. Ke1 Bxh3)) (40. bxa5 Ba6 41. Nb5 Rxb5 42. axb5 Bxb5
$19) 40... g6 (40... Kf8 $142) 41. bxa5 Rc2 $10 (41... Bg2+ 42. Ke1 Bxh3 43.
Rd8+ Kg7 44. a6 {Black loses a piece}) 42. Nb5 Kg7 43. Ke1 Rc5 44. Rd6 $6 Bc6
45. a6 (45. Rd4 $142) 45... Bxb5 46. a7 Bc6 47. Rxc6 Ra5 48. Rc7 Rxa4 49. Kd2
g5 50. Kc3 h5 51. Kb3 Ra1 52. Kc4 g4 53. hxg4 hxg4 54. Kd4 Kg6 55. Ke5 $2 $19
f6+ (55... Ra4 56. Kd5 (56. Rc5 f6+ 57. Ke6 Ra6+ 58. Kd5 Kg5) 56... f6 $1 (
56... f5 $2 57. Ke5 f4 58. a8=Q Rxa8 $10) 57. Kc5 Kg5 $19) 56. Kf4 Ra4+ 57. Kg3
f5 (57... Kg5 58. Rg7+ Kf5 59. Kh4 $1) 58. Kh4 $1 Kf6 59. Rb7 (59. Rb7 Ke5 60.
Rb5+) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Match Keres-Euwe +6-5=3"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1939.12.25"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Euwe, Max"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C83"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1939.12.24"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[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 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. c3 Be7 10. Nbd2 (10. a4 {See Alekhine-Euwe (13)/wch/1935/ Siehe
Aljechin-Euwe (13)/wm/1935/}) 10... O-O 11. Qe1 (11. Nd4 {Keres-Fine/Avro/1938/
}) (11. Qe2 Nc5 12. Nd4 Nxb3 {Botvinnik-Euwe/Leningrad/1934/}) 11... Nc5 12.
Nd4 (12. Bc2 d4 $1) 12... Qd7 (12... Nxb3 13. Nxc6 $18 {Since the queen is on
e1, the intermediate move Nc1 is not available. Da die Dame auf e1 steht, ist
der Zwischenzug Nc1 nicht mцglich.}) 13. Bc2 f6 14. Nxe6 Nxe6 (14... Qxe6 15.
exf6 Bxf6 16. Qxe6+ Nxe6) 15. Nf3 fxe5 16. Nxe5 Nxe5 17. Qxe5 Bd6 18. Qh5 g6
19. Qh3 Rf7 20. Bh6 Bf4 21. Rae1 Bxh6 22. Qxh6 (22. Rxe6 $10) 22... Nf4 {
/\ 23... Qg4} 23. g3 (23. f3) 23... Raf8 (23... Qg4 24. f3 $1 $16 {_|_}) 24. f3
(24. gxf4 Qg4+ 25. Kh1 Qf3+ $10 26. Kg1 Rxf4 $2 27. h3 $1 $18) 24... Nh5 25.
Qe3 (25. Re3 d4 $1 $40) (25. Kg2 d4 $1 $40) 25... Ng7 26. f4 Re8 27. Qd2 Rfe7
28. Rxe7 Rxe7 29. f5 $1 gxf5 (29... Rf7 30. Re1 $40) 30. Qg5 Re5 (30... Rf7 31.
Re1 {/\ h4-h5-h6}) 31. Qf6 Qe8 $8 (31... Qd6 $2 32. Qxd6 cxd6 33. a4 Re2 34.
Rf2 Rxf2 35. Kxf2 bxa4 36. Bxa4 Kf7 37. Bc6 Ne6 38. b4 $18 {>< a6}) (31... Re6
$2 32. Bxf5 {+/-/+-}) 32. Bxf5 (32. Qxa6 $2 Re2 33. Rf2 Rxc2 34. Rxc2 Qe1+ 35.
Kg2 Qe4+ $19) 32... Nxf5 33. Rxf5 Rxf5 34. Qxf5 Qe3+ 35. Kg2 c6 36. Kh3 Qh6+
37. Kg2 Qd2+ 38. Qf2 Qd3 39. Kh3 Qc4 40. Qf6 Qxa2 41. Qxc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris FIDE GP"]
[Site "Elancourt"]
[Date "2013.09.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[Annotator "ChessBase Website"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[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 0:00:04]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:07] Nakamura showed an impressive
preparation and was able to obtain a good position against Dominguez's Spanish.
He continued to play quickly but Dominguez position was still solid and
Nakamura was unable to do anything with his huge time advantage. He finished
the game with over two hours on the clock, despite starting the game with only
two hours (he was added an extra one when they crossed move 40).} 2. Nf3 {
[%emt 0:00:07]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 3. Bb5 {[%emt 0:00:24]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:08]
} 4. Ba4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 5. O-O {[%emt 0:02:01]} Nxe4 {
[%emt 0:00:09]} 6. d4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} b5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 7. Bb3 {[%emt 0:00:
07]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 8. dxe5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Be6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 9. Be3 {
[%emt 0:02:36]} Be7 {[%emt 0:01:05]} 10. c3 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Nc5 {[%emt 0:00:
38]} 11. Bc2 {[%emt 0:01:30]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:01:29]} 12. Re1 {[%emt 0:01:24]}
Ndxe5 {[%emt 0:00:40]} 13. Nxe5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Nxe5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 14. Bd4
{[%emt 0:00:16]} Ng6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 15. Bxg7 {[%emt 0:04:52]} Rg8 {[%emt 0:
00:07]} 16. Bxg6 {[%emt 0:00:48]} Rxg7 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 17. Rxe6 {[%emt 0:00:
09]} hxg6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 18. Re2 {[%emt 0:04:54]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 19.
Nd2 {[%emt 0:10:39]} Rh7 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 20. Nf3 {[%emt 0:01:33]} Bf6 {
[%emt 0:00:11]} 21. Qd3 {[%emt 0:16:38]} (21. a4 Kg7 22. Qb3 c6 23. Qb4 Rh8 24.
Rae1 bxa4 25. h3 Qc7 26. Qxa4 c5 27. Ne5 Rhe8 28. Ng4 Rxe2 29. Rxe2 Qd6 30.
Nxf6 {1/2-1/2 (30) Ponomariov,R (2758)-Roiz,M (2668) Saratov 2011}) 21... Kg7 {
[%emt 0:11:32]} 22. a4 $146 {[%emt 0:09:09]} (22. Rae1 Rh5 23. g4 {Timoshenko,
G (2569)-Grandadam,N (2361) Cappelle op 28th 2012 (1) 1-0}) 22... c6 {[%emt 0:
01:32]} 23. h3 {[%emt 0:06:36]} Rh8 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 24. Ne5 {[%emt 0:08:39]}
Qd6 {[%emt 0:22:28]} 25. Ng4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Rhe8 {[%emt 0:00:38]} 26. axb5 {
[%emt 0:03:19]} axb5 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 27. Rxa8 {[%emt 0:00:48]} Rxa8 {[%emt 0:
00:09]} 28. g3 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Kg8 {[%emt 0:03:05]} 29. Nxf6+ {[%emt 0:04:03]}
Qxf6 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 30. Kg2 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:01:28]} 31. b4 {
[%emt 0:03:04]} Ra3 $11 {[%emt 0:00:57]} 32. Re3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Rxc3 {
[%emt 0:00:31]} 33. Qxc3 {[%emt 0:00:11]} d4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 34. Qc5 {[%emt 0:
06:54]} dxe3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 35. fxe3 {[%emt 0:01:17]} Qb2+ {[%emt 0:00:23]}
36. Kf3 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Qh2 {[%emt 0:01:44]} 37. Qd4+ {[%emt 0:01:44]} Kg8 {
[%emt 0:01:36]} 38. Qd8+ {[%emt 0:05:47]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:01:39]} 39. Qd4+ {
[%emt 0:00:11]} f6 {[%emt 0:00:34]} 40. Qd7+ {[%emt 0:00:00]} Kh6 {[%emt 0:00:
00]} 41. Qe8 {[%emt 0:16:33]} Qh1+ {[%emt 0:00:59]} 42. Kf2 {[%emt 0:01:02]}
Qh2+ {[%emt 0:00:06]} 43. Kf3 {[%emt 0:01:06]} Qh1+ {[%emt 0:00:05]} 44. Kf2 {
[%emt 0:00:27]} Qh2+ {[%emt 0:02:14]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "October Revolution 50years"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1967.05.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C83"]
[Annotator "Dolmatov,S"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1967.05.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Qe2 Be7 10. c3 O-O 11. Bc2 Qd7 12. Rd1 (12. Nd4 f5 13. f3 Nc5 14. Be3 f4
15. Bf2 $14) 12... f5 (12... Nc5 13. Nd4 f6 $1 (13... Nxd4 $2 14. cxd4 Nb7 15.
Nc3 f6 16. Qh5 f5 17. Bg5 $16 {Tringov,G-Korchnoi,V/Havana/1966/}) 14. Qh5 g6
$10) 13. Nbd2 (13. exf6 $6 Nxf6 14. Ng5 Bg4 15. f3 Bc5+ 16. Kh1 Rae8 $17) 13...
Kh8 (13... Bf7 $2 14. Nxe4 fxe4 15. Bxe4) 14. Nb3 (14. Nxe4 $2 fxe4 15. Bxe4
dxe4 16. Rxd7 exf3 17. Qd3 Bxd7 18. Qxd7 Rad8 $19) 14... Bf7 15. Nbd4 (15. Nfd4
$2 Nxe5 16. f3 c5 $17) 15... Bh5 16. Nxf5 $2 (16. Nxc6 Qxc6 17. Qd3 Rad8 18.
Nd4 Qg6 19. f3 $132) (16. e6 $2 Nxd4 17. Nxd4 Bxe2 18. exd7 Bxd1 19. Bxd1 Rfd8
20. Nxf5 Rxd7 $17) 16... Qxf5 17. Rxd5 Bg6 18. Qe3 (18. Nd2 Qxf2+ $19) (18. Be3
Qe6 $17) 18... Rad8 19. Rxd8 Rxd8 (19... Bxd8 $17) 20. Nd4 Nxd4 21. cxd4 c5 22.
d5 Qxe5 23. f3 Bg5 (23... Bd6 24. Bxe4 Qxh2+ 25. Kf1 (25. Kf2 Bg3+ 26. Kf1 Bxe4
27. Qxe4 Qh1+ $17) 25... Re8 $17) 24. f4 Qxd5 25. Bxe4 (25. fxg5 Qd1+ 26. Bxd1
Rxd1+ $19) 25... Bxe4 26. fxg5 Qd1+ 27. Kf2 Qc2+ 28. Qe2 Rf8+ 29. Ke1 (29. Ke3
Qa4 $19) 29... Qa4 30. b3 (30. Be3 Qb4+ 31. Qd2 Qc4 $36) 30... Qd4 (30... Qd4
31. Bb2 Qg1+ 32. Kd2 Rd8+ 33. Kc3 Qd4#) 0-1

[Event "Stepanakert-A"]
[Site "Stepanakert"]
[Date "2005.10.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2682"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[Annotator "Erenburg,S"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2005.10.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 8192]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7.
Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. Nbd2 Be7 {Black continues to complete the development of
the kingside. Nowadays the line 9...Nc5 is more popular:} (9... Nc5 10. c3 d4
$5 {The key-line of the Open variation of The Ruy Lopez.} 11. Bxe6 {Since 11.
Ng5 has proved to be insufficient for obtaining an advantage White has
switched to this less ambitious line.} (11. Ng5 {doesn't promise more than an
equal rook endgame:} Qxg5 12. Qf3 O-O-O 13. Bxe6+ fxe6 14. Qxc6 Qxe5 15. b4 Qd5
16. Qxd5 exd5 17. bxc5 dxc3 18. Nb3 d4 19. Ba3 g6 $1 20. Bb4 Bg7 21. a4 d3 $1 {
This brilliant idea of Gymesi allows Black to equalize.} 22. axb5 d2 23. bxa6 (
{An attempt to improve upon White's play with} 23. c6 $2 {is dubious in view of
} Kb8 {--> See Shirov,A-Anand,V Maintz(rapid) 2004/CBM103 [Postny].}) 23... c2
24. Nxd2 Bxa1 25. Rxa1 Rhe8 26. Rc1 Re4 27. Bc3 Rc4 28. Rxc2 Rd3 29. Rb2 $1
Rcxc3 30. a7 Ra3 31. Rb8+ Kd7 32. a8=Q Rxa8 33. Rxa8 Rxd2 34. g4 Kc6 $11 {
1/2-1/2 Morozevich,A-Ponomariov,R/Biel SUI 2004/The Week in Chess 508 (41). 
(40)}) 11... Nxe6 12. cxd4 Ncxd4 13. a4 $1 {For the moment this is the only
try to create some problems.} Bb4 $1 {A modern way to deal with this line.} 14.
axb5 Nxb5 $1 {Although the knight on b5 is not placed well and the a6 and
c7-pawns are potential weaknesses White didn't find a clear way to reach an
opening advantage.} (14... Nxf3+ $6 {is dangerous as Black doesn't have time
for castling.} 15. Nxf3 axb5 16. Rxa8 Qxa8 17. Ng5 $1 Qc6 ({The main problem
of 14...Nxf3 is that after} 17... Nxg5 18. Bxg5 O-O 19. Qg4 $18 {[%csl Rb4]
[%cal Gg5f6] Black can't protect both the bishop and the king.}) 18. Qg4 Qc4
19. Qf5 Nd8 20. Rd1 Qc6 (20... Be7 21. Be3 Qc6 22. Rxd8+ {[%csl Rf7,Rh8][%cal
Gg5f7] 1-0 Ganguly,S-Iuldachev,S/Dhaka BAN 2005/The Week in Chess 545 (22)})
21. Nxh7 (21. Be3 $1 $16 {[%csl Rf7][%cal Gd1d8] and White wins at least a
pawn.}) 21... Be7 22. Qh5 $2 {1/2-1/2 Kramnik,V-Shirov,A/Monte Carlo MNC 2005/
The Week in Chess 541 (30). (30)}) 15. Qb3 (15. Qa4 $5 $146 {can be found in
Svidler,P-Sokolov,I, Corus Wijk aan Zee 2005/CBM 105 [Finkel,A]}) (15. Ne4 $146
{occured in the game Shirov,A-Anand,V, Mainz m rapid 2004/CBM103[Postny]})
15... a5 (15... Be7 $2 {Black can't move the bishop in view of} 16. Rxa6 $1 $16
{[%csl Rb5]}) 16. Qc4 Nbd4 {Playing this way Black agrees with the fact that
he loses the right to castle.} 17. Nxd4 Qxd4 18. Qc6+ {[%csl Ra8,Re8]} Ke7 {
The only move.} 19. Nf3 Qd7 20. Qc2 h6 $5 $146 {[%csl Rg5]} ({The only earlier
game saw a quick draw after} 20... Rad8 21. Bg5+ {White forces an exchange of
the strong knight.} Nxg5 22. Nxg5 Qd3 $1 {Sacrificing a pawn for initiative.}
23. Qxc7+ Rd7 24. Qc6 Qd5 25. Rac1 h6 26. Nf3 {1/2-1/2 Azarov,S-Mamedyarov,S/
Nakhchivan AZE 2003/The Week in Chess 452 (26). and a draw was agreed in view
of a clear superiority of the bishop over the knight, which compensates a pawn.
}) 21. Rd1 Qb5 22. Nd4 $1 {A correct idea. White has to trade the strong
knight on e6.} Nxd4 23. Rxd4 Rhd8 $1 {I believe this idea was prepared by
Nakamura at home. Black sacrifices a pawn but forces a number of exchanges and
in the arisen endgame Black has compensation for the missing pawn thanks to
his strong bishop on b4.} 24. Qxc7+ Rd7 25. Rxd7+ Qxd7 26. Qc2 $1 Rd8 27. Be3
Qd3 $44 {1/2-1/2 Volokitin,A-Nakamura,H/Biel 2005/CBM 108/[Mikhalevski,V] (41)}
) 10. c3 {preparing to transfer the light-squared bishop to c2, as well as
adding the option Nd4.} (10. Nxe4 {doesn't promise too much:} dxe4 11. Bxe6
fxe6 12. Ng5 Qxd1 (12... Bxg5 13. Qh5+ g6 14. Qxg5 O-O 15. Qg4 Qd5 16. Re1 Rf5
17. Bh6 $36 {1-0 Geller,E-Krasenkow,M/Cappelle la Grande 1992/EXT 97 (26)}) 13.
Rxd1 Bxg5 14. Bxg5 Rf8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Sax,G-Tarjan,J/Hastings 1977/MCD (42)})
10... O-O {Black doesn't hurry to move away his knight from central spot e4,
but first secures his monarch.} ({Another theoretical possibility is} 10... Qd7
11. Re1 Nc5 12. Bc2 Bf5 (12... d4 13. Nb3 dxc3 14. Qxd7+ Bxd7 15. bxc3 Na4 16.
Bd2 Nd8 17. Nbd4 g6 18. Bxa4 bxa4 19. Bg5 $16 {1-0 Short,N-Motwani,P/Isle of
Lewis 1995/CBM 49 (46)}) 13. Bxf5 (13. Nf1 Bxc2 14. Qxc2 O-O 15. Be3 Ne6 16.
Rad1 f6 17. exf6 Bxf6 18. Ng3 Rad8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Zapata,A-Rodriguez Cespedes,A/
Bogota 1991/TD (27)}) 13... Qxf5 14. Nb3 Rd8 15. Nxc5 Bxc5 16. Be3 $1 $146 {
Svidler clearly indicates that Black still has problems to solve in this
position.} (16. Bg5 Rd7 17. Be3 Be7 18. a4 O-O 19. axb5 axb5 20. Qb3 Rb8 21.
Nd4 Nxd4 22. cxd4 c5 23. dxc5 d4 24. Bd2 {1/2-1/2 Borsos,B-Karsa,L/Zalakaros
1991/TD (24)}) 16... Be7 ({Probably safer was} 16... Bxe3 17. Rxe3 O-O 18. Nd4
Nxd4 19. cxd4 f6) 17. Nd4 Nxd4 (17... Qg6 18. a4 $36) 18. cxd4 c5 $1 {A
typical breakthrough for this opening variation.} 19. dxc5 d4 20. Bxd4 $1 O-O
$2 {This is quite inconsistent.} (20... Bxc5 21. Bxc5 Rxd1 22. Raxd1 {I guess,
that Anand was concerned about this position, and indeed, White has excellent
compensation for the queen. However, after} h5 $1 {[%cal Yh8h6] Black has
sufficient defensive resources, for instance:} 23. Rd5 Rh6 24. Red1 Qc8 $14)
21. c6 $6 (21. Rc1 Bxc5 22. Rxc5 Qf4 23. g3 Qxd4 24. Qxd4 Rxd4 25. Re2 $16)
21... Rd5 $6 (21... Bc5 $2 22. Bxc5 Rxd1 23. Raxd1 $18) (21... Bb4 $1 22. c7 $8
(22. Re3 $4 Bc5 23. Rd3 (23. Bxc5 $2 Rxd1+ 24. Rxd1 Qc2 $19 {[%csl Rc5,Rd1]})
23... Qe4 $17) 22... Bxe1 23. cxd8=Q Rxd8 24. Qxe1 Rxd4 {and Black's active
pieces give him good survival chances.}) 22. Rc1 Rc8 23. g3 Qe6 $16 {1/2-1/2
Svidler,P-Anand,V/Wijk aan Zee 2004/CBM 99/[Postny] (80) Black captures the
Pc6, but still remains a pawn down without any compensation.}) 11. Bc2 {
trying to drive the knight away from its excellent location.} ({A logical
alternative to the move in the game is} 11. Re1 {This line is probably not the
most promising for White.} Nc5 12. Bc2 $6 (12. Nd4 Nxd4 13. cxd4 Nd3 14. Re3
Nf4 15. Bc2 c5 $132 {1/2-1/2 Vasiukov,E-Suetin,A/Kiev 1964/URS-ch (60)}) 12...
d4 $1 {This continuation was played long ago, as in the game Lasker-Tarrasch/
St Petersburg 1914!} 13. Nb3 (13. cxd4 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 Qxd4 15. Qe2 Rad8 16. Nf3
Qc4 17. Be3 Qxe2 18. Rxe2 Bc4 19. Rd2 Ne6 $15 {1/2-1/2 Georgiev,K-Piket,J/Biel
1993/CBM 37 (43)}) 13... dxc3 14. bxc3 Qxd1 15. Rxd1 Na4 $1 $146 {This move
did not appear in practice before, but was already pointed out by GM V.
Mikhalevski in his comments to the game Giaccio-Sorin (see below).} (15... Rfd8
16. Bg5 Rxd1+ 17. Rxd1 Nxb3 18. axb3 Rd8 19. Rxd8+ Bxd8 20. Bxd8 Nxd8 21. b4
Bd5 22. Nd4 g6 {1/2-1/2 Giaccio,A-Sorin,A/Villa Gisell 1998/CBM 64 
[Mikhalevski,V] (22)}) (15... Rad8 16. Bg5 Rxd1+ 17. Rxd1 Na4 18. Na5 Nxa5 19.
Bxe7 Re8 20. Ng5 Nxc3 21. Bxh7+ Kh8 22. Rd3 Nd5 23. Bc5 g6 24. Nxe6 Rxe6 25.
Rxd5 Kxh7 26. f4 $14 {1-0 Anand,V-Korneev,O/Villarrobledo rapid 1998/EXT 99 
(53)}) 16. Bd2 (16. Nbd4 Nxd4 17. cxd4 Nc3 18. Rd2 Rfd8 19. Bb3 c5 $1 $15)
16... Rfd8 17. Nbd4 (17. Be4 Bd5 $15) 17... Nxd4 18. Nxd4 $2 {After this move
White's position could hardly be saved.} ({Stronger was} 18. cxd4 Nb2 19. Re1 (
19. Rdc1 Nc4 $17) 19... Nc4 20. Be4 {keeping a slightly worse, but playable
position.}) 18... Nb2 $17 {0-1 Pavlovic,M-Ernst,S/Wijk aan Zee 2004/CBM 99/
[Postny] (51)}) 11... f5 12. Nd4 {After Black has moved his f-pawn to f5,
White has got a possibility to attack the light-squared bishop on e6, thus,
forcing black to take on d4, that would strengthen White's centre.} (12. exf6 {
is considered as a more principled continuation:} Nxf6 13. Nb3 Bg4 14. Qd3 Qd7
15. a4 $146 {A logical move, putting pressure on Black's queenside pawns.} (15.
Nbd4 Nxd4 16. cxd4 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 g6 18. Bh6 Rf7 19. Rae1 Ng4 20. Qh3 Bf6 21.
Be3 c6 22. Bd1 {1/2-1/2 Rohde,M-Kortschnoj,V/Beersheba 1987/CBM 05 (22)}) 15...
bxa4 $6 {There was no reason to spoil the pawn-structure right away.} ({
Possible improvement is} 15... Bd6) 16. Nbd4 $1 (16. Rxa4 $2 Bxf3 (16... Ne5 $4
17. Nxe5 Qxa4 18. Nd4 Qe8 19. Nxg4 $18) 17. Qxf3 Ne5 $17) 16... Nxd4 17. Nxd4
a3 (17... c5 18. Bxa4 Qc7 19. Nf5 $14) 18. b4 Bh5 {[%cal Gh5g6]} 19. Qf5 $1 $14
{1-0 Shirov,A-Kortschnoj,V/Plovdiv 2003/CBM 98/[Postny,E] (29)}) 12... Nxd4 13.
cxd4 Qd7 $5 {A rare continuation, whose goal is to connect the rooks. Black's
plan is quite simple: to coordinate his pieces in the centre with the
following attack of White's centre with the advance c7-c5 and a possible
attack on the kingside.} ({More popular is} 13... c5 14. dxc5 Nxd2 15. Bxd2
Bxc5 16. Bb3 $1 {[%csl Rd5]} {After spending about an hour I made a move which
I didn't like from the very beginning, but remembered that it was played in a
number of games.} Qb6 $6 {Now Black will also have a problem with the
dark-squared bishop.} (16... Qd7 $5 {Probably the best defense which was
demonstrated by Hjartarson in the following game.} 17. Rc1 Rfc8 $1 18. Bc3 a5
19. a3 Bb6 20. Rc2 a4 21. Ba2 d4 $1 {This nice pawn's sacrifice leads to an
equal endgame with bishops of opposite colours.} 22. Bxd4 Bxa2 23. Bxb6 Qxd1
24. Rxc8+ Rxc8 25. Rxd1 Bb3 26. Re1 Kf7 27. h3 Ke6 28. Ba5 Rc2 29. Bc3 g5 {
1/2-1/2 Ivanchuk,V-Hjartarson,J/Tilburg 1989/CBM 15 (29)}) 17. Qf3 $14 {
1-0 Spraggett,K-Mikhalevski,V/Kapuskasing 2004/CBM 101 ext/[Mikhalevski,V] (30)
}) 14. Nb3 (14. f3 {compromises White's kingside too much:} Nxd2 15. Bxd2 c5
$132) 14... a5 $1 {emphasizing a background of White's previous move.} 15. Bd2
$2 $146 {An unsuccessful novelty, that allows Black to get an obvious space
advantage, while White's plans are not so clear...} ({In preceding game White
continued} 15. f3 a4 (15... Ng5 16. Nc5 Bxc5 17. dxc5 $14) 16. fxe4 axb3 17.
Bxb3 fxe4 18. Rxf8+ Rxf8 19. Be3 $11 {1/2-1/2 Lein,A-Tarjan,J/Mentor 1977/MCL 
(25)}) 15... a4 16. Nc1 f4 $1 {[%cal Gf4f3,Ye6f5] occupying some space on the
kingside, thus, limiting the possibilities of White's pieces.} 17. f3 Nxd2 18.
Qxd2 c5 $1 {After White has played f2-f3, the dark squares in his camp become
very vulnerable.} 19. Ne2 ({Worse is} 19. dxc5 Bxc5+ 20. Kh1 Be3 {with Black's
total domination.}) 19... c4 $17 {Black has a space advantage, especially on
the queenside, as well as a bishop's pair. All these factors promise Black an
obvious advantage.} 20. g3 {trying to create some counterplay.} Bg5 ({Worth
consideration:} 20... Bh3 21. Rf2 fxg3 22. hxg3 b4 23. Nf4 Bg5 24. Rh2 Bxf4 25.
gxf4 Bf5 $17) 21. gxf4 Bh6 22. b3 {preparing to open the b-file for the
queenside rook.} Rf7 {intending to add the rooks along the f-file followed by
capturing on f4.} ({Worse is} 22... Bf5 23. bxc4 bxc4 24. Rab1 Bxc2 25. Qxc2
$13) 23. bxc4 bxc4 24. Rab1 Raf8 25. Rb6 Bxf4 26. Nxf4 Rxf4 27. Rb8 {Changing
one pair of rooks.} (27. Bxa4 {leads to unpleasant position for White as well:}
Qf7 {[%cal Gf4f3]} (27... Qxa4 $2 28. Rxe6 Qa7 29. Rd6 Rxd4 30. Qf2 Ra8 $15)
28. Bd1 Bh3 29. Rf2 (29. Re1 Rxf3 $19) 29... Qa7 $17) 27... Rxb8 ({But not} 
27... Rxf3 $4 28. Rxf8+ Rxf8 29. Bxh7+ $18) 28. Qxf4 Rb2 29. Rf2 a3 $17 {
/-+. Black's rook has invaded into White's camp and the pawns a3 and c4 are
very dangerous for White. That's why Black's position is close to victory.} (
29... Rxa2 $4 30. Bxh7+ $16) 30. Qg5 g6 $2 {After this move Black's position
is still winning, but, White gets excellent survival chances. Black's idea was
to take the h7 pawn, but White has prepared a surprise for him...} (30... Bh3 {
deserves attention:} 31. Re2 g6 32. e6 $6 Bxe6 33. Qf6 Qf7 $19) 31. h4 $1 {
preparing to attack Black's king residence with the advance h4-h5, as well as
liberating the square h2 for the monarch.} Rxa2 $2 {throwing away his
advantage.} ({Right was} 31... Qg7 $1 32. Rg2 (32. Ba4 h6 $17) 32... Rxa2 33.
h5 Ra1+ 34. Kh2 {[%cal Gc2g6,Yg5d8]} Qf8 35. Qh4 (35. hxg6 h6 36. Qh4 Kg7 $19)
(35. Bxg6 hxg6 36. Qxg6+ Kh8 37. Qxe6 Qf4+ 38. Rg3 Qh4+ $19) 35... g5 $3 (35...
a2 36. hxg6 Rh1+ 37. Kxh1 a1=Q+ 38. Kh2 $18) 36. Rxg5+ Kh8 37. Rg6 a2 $19) 32.
Bxg6 $1 Rxf2 (32... Ra1+ {doesn't change anything:} 33. Kh2 {Now we see the
importance of White's 31.h4!} (33. Bb1+ $4 Qg7 $19) 33... hxg6 (33... Kh8 34.
Rg2 $18) 34. Qxg6+ Kf8 35. Rg2 Qf7 36. Qh6+ Ke8 37. Rg7 Qf5 38. Qh8+ Qf8 39.
Qh6 Qf5 $11) 33. Kxf2 hxg6 (33... h6 {doesn't change the evaluation of the
game.} 34. Bf7+ (34. Qxh6 a2 35. Bh7+ Qxh7 36. Qxe6+ $11) 34... Kxf7 35. Qf6+
Kg8 (35... Ke8 36. Qh8+ $11) 36. Qg6+ Kh8 (36... Qg7 37. Qxe6+ $11) 37. Qxh6+
Qh7 38. Qf6+ Qg7 39. Qxe6 a2 40. Qa6 $11) 34. Qxg6+ Kf8 35. Qh6+ Kg8 {A
disappointing game for Ivan Sokolov.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Rubinstein Memorial"]
[Site "Polanica Zdroj"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kuczynski, Robert"]
[Black "Flear, Glenn C"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "Ernst,T"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1992.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 031"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Be3 Be7 10. c3 Nc5 11. Bc2 Nd7 12. Re1 Ndxe5 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. Bd4 Ng6
15. Bxg7 (15. Qh5 O-O 16. f4 c5 17. Bf2 Bd6 18. f5 Nf4 19. Qg4 Bd7 20. g3 h5
$17) (15. Qh5 Qd7 16. Bxg7 Rg8 17. Qxh7 O-O-O $13) 15... Rg8 16. Bxg6 Rxg7 17.
Rxe6 (17. Bd3 Kf8 18. Nd2 Bd6 19. Nf1 Qh4 20. g3 Qg5 $14) 17... hxg6 $1 (17...
Rxg6 $2 18. Re1 $16) 18. Re5 c6 $10 19. Nd2 Kf8 20. Nf3 Bf6 21. Re2 Rh7 22. Qd2
Kg7 23. Qf4 Qb8 24. Qg4 Qc8 25. Qf4 Qb8 26. Qg4 Qc8 27. Qg3 Qb8 28. Ne5 Qd6 29.
Rae1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund op-A"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Dolmatov, Sergey"]
[Black "Levin, Felix"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[Annotator "Ernst,T"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1992.04.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 029"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Be3 Be7 10. c3 Nc5 11. Bc2 Nd7 $1 {Ein Zug, den Jusupov in seinem Match
gegen Dolmatov 1991 vermieden hat.} 12. Re1 Ndxe5 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. Bd4 $1 (14.
f4 Nc4 15. Bd4 c5 16. Bxg7 Rg8 17. f5 Bxf5 18. Bxf5 Rxg7 19. b3 Nb6 20. Nd2 $44
{Novik - Sagalcik, Hozuv 1991.}) 14... Nc6 $2 (14... Ng6 $1 15. Bxg7 Rg8 16.
Bxg6 $8 Rxg7 17. Rxe6 hxg6 18. Re5 c6 $10 {Ernst - Todorovic, G , Wien 1991.})
15. Bxg7 Rg8 16. Qh5 $1 (16. Bd4 Nxd4 17. cxd4 Bd6 18. Nd2 Qf6 19. Nf3 O-O-O
20. Qd3 Rg4 $10 {Watson - Kaidanov, Moskau A 1985.}) 16... Kd7 17. Bh6 $14 Bd6
18. f4 Kc8 19. Nd2 Kb7 20. f5 Bd7 21. Nf3 f6 22. Rad1 Ne5 23. Nxe5 Bxe5 24.
Rxd5 Rxg2+ 25. Kxg2 Bc6 26. Be4 Bxd5 27. Qf3 c6 28. Bxd5 Qxd5 29. Qxd5 cxd5 30.
Rxe5 $1 $18 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-A 80th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2018.01.27"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[Annotator "Fernandez,D"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2018.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/6000+30:20/3000+30:900+30"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:56]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nc6 {
[%emt 0:00:05]} 3. Bb5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} a6 {[%emt 0:01:58]} 4. Ba4 {[%emt 0:00:
51]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 5. O-O {[%emt 0:00:08]} Nxe4 {[%emt 0:01:38] Perhaps
forgetting, or not knowing, that the Open Ruy Lopez was basically co-invented
by Anand, in New York 1995 (it existed before, but his role was similar to
that of Kramnik with the Berlin Wall!)} 6. d4 {[%emt 0:01:31]} b5 {[%emt 0:00:
06]} 7. Bb3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 8. dxe5 {[%emt 0:00:33]} Be6 {
[%emt 0:00:04]} 9. Nbd2 {[%emt 0:01:20]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:09]} ({A little
history lesson is in order, beginnning with the move} 9... Nc5 {:} 10. c3 d4 (
10... Be7 {exists too, but after} 11. Bc2 {I feel White must have a more
pleasant position}) 11. Ng5 $5 {One of the most shocking moves in 'modern'
opening theory to an impressionable 9-year-old me, learning chess in 2004!}
dxc3 $6 (11... Qxg5 {was obviously tried too, and with best play Black is
committing to a piece sacrifice.} 12. Qf3 O-O-O 13. Bxe6+ fxe6 14. Qxc6 Qxe5
15. b4 Qd5 $1 $44 {Grischuk,A-Anand,V Wijk aan Zee 2005}) 12. Nxe6 fxe6 13.
bxc3 Qd3 14. Nf3 (14. Bc2 $5 Qxc3 15. Nb3 $13 {was ultimately decided upon as
White's best, and Black is in quite a bit of trouble here.}) 14... O-O-O 15.
Qe1 Nxb3 16. axb3 Kb7 17. Be3 Be7 18. Bg5 (18. Qc1 $5 $40) 18... h6 (18... Rhe8
$11) 19. Bxe7 Nxe7 20. Nd4 Rxd4 21. cxd4 Qxb3 22. Qe3 Qxe3 23. fxe3 Nd5 24. Kf2
Kb6 $44 {Kasparov,G-Anand,V New York 1995, Black had enough compensation to
draw.}) 10. c3 {[%emt 0:05:21]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:08]} 11. Bc2 {[%emt 0:05:23]}
f5 {[%emt 0:00:21]} (11... Bf5 $5) 12. Nb3 {[%emt 0:02:26]} (12. exf6 Nxf6 13.
Nb3 Bg4 14. Qd3 $32 {looks hard to play for Black, but maybe it is just me. A
useful game to look at: Anton Guijarro,D-Vidit,S Martuni 2016}) 12... Qd7 {
[%emt 0:00:08]} 13. Nfd4 {[%emt 0:01:13]} Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 14. Nxd4 {
[%emt 0:05:03]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 15. Nxe6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Qxe6 {[%emt 0:00:
04]} 16. f3 {[%emt 0:00:18]} Ng5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 17. a4 {[%emt 0:00:18]} (17.
Bxg5 Bxg5 18. f4 $14 {might have been worth playing, not least to remind
Wesley of his loss to Carlsen from this event!}) 17... Rad8 {[%emt 0:00:05]} (
17... b4 {makes the game quite strategically messy, but probably still better
for White.}) 18. axb5 {[%emt 0:00:44]} axb5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 19. Bxg5 {[%emt 0:
00:14]} (19. Ra7 Rd7 20. Rxd7 Qxd7 21. Bxg5 Bxg5 22. f4 Bd8 23. b3 $14 {
is another take, with c4 to come soon}) 19... Bxg5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 20. f4 {
[%emt 0:00:13] So we get here anyway! However, here Black has good play
through the centre.} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 21. Kh1 {[%emt 0:00:23]} (21. b4 $5 {
was vaguely Carlsenesque, but objectively Black should have no problem after
accepting:} cxb4 22. cxb4 Bxb4 23. Qd3 $44) 21... d4 $1 {[%emt 0:00:26] It is
not only White who can play with colour complexes.} 22. cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:50]}
c4 {[%emt 0:00:04] Threatening ...Bc5, and Ra5 is met with ...Qb6.} 23. b3 {
[%emt 0:08:35]} (23. Qd2 $5 Qd5 (23... Bc5 24. Qa5 $16) 24. Ra5 {would have
tested Black more, though he still has compensation.}) 23... Bc5 {[%emt 0:00:
08]} 24. bxc4 {[%emt 0:00:32]} Rxd4 {[%emt 0:01:37]} 25. Qf3 {[%emt 0:09:00]}
bxc4 {[%emt 0:01:48]} 26. Rfd1 {[%emt 0:04:09]} g6 {[%emt 0:08:11]} 27. Rxd4 {
[%emt 0:13:49]} Bxd4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 28. Rd1 $146 {[%emt 0:00:24]} (28. Ra8
Rxa8 29. Qxa8+ Kg7 30. Qb7+ Qf7 31. Qxf7+ {1/2-1/2 (31) Adams,M (2761)-Giri,A 
(2769) Shenzhen 2017}) 28... Rd8 {[%emt 0:07:05]} 29. Qb7 {[%emt 0:07:25]} Bb6
$11 {[%emt 0:02:54] Neutralised by a whisker!} 30. Rxd8+ {[%emt 0:05:21]} Bxd8
{[%emt 0:00:19]} 31. Ba4 {[%emt 0:00:43]} Qb6 {[%emt 0:02:33]} 32. Qxb6 {
[%emt 0:01:25]} Bxb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "San Diego"]
[Date "2004.11.30"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Stripunsky, Alexander"]
[Black "Fishbein, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2533"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2004.11.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 8]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3
d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. Be3 Be7 10. c3 Nc5 11. Bc2 Nd7 {The good friend of mine
Israely GM Victor Mikhalevski, who is definitly one of the leading experts in
the world in the Open variation of Rue Lopez evaluates this line as promisiing
white slightly better chances, so I can't disagree with his statement. Even
though I've got to add that according to the latest games played in this line
black seems to be suffering quite a lot!} 12. Re1 (12. Bf4 $6 g5 $1) 12...
Ndxe5 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. Bd4 (14. f4 Nc4 15. Bd4 c5 16. Bxg7 Rg8 17. f5 Bxf5 18.
Bxf5 Rxg7 19. b3 Nb6 20. Nd2 $44 {Novik - Sagalcik, Hozuv 1991.}) 14... Ng6 {
This move is the latest fashion since after 14...Nc6 black suffered a few
tough losses.} (14... Nc6 15. Bxg7 Rg8 16. Qh5 $1 (16. Bd4 $6 Nxd4 17. cxd4 Bd6
18. Nd2 Qf6 19. Nf3 O-O-O 20. Qd3 Rg4 $11 {Watson,W-Kaidanov,G/Moscow 1985})
16... Kd7 (16... Qd6 17. Qh6 O-O-O 18. a4 $1 b4 19. Bxh7 d4 20. Bxg8 Rxg8 21.
Nd2 $1 $18 {Shirov,A-Piket,J/Monte Carlo 2000}) 17. Bh6 Bg5 (17... Bd6 18. f4
Kc8 19. Nd2 Kb7 20. f5 Bd7 21. Nf3 f6 22. Rad1 $16 {Dolmatov,S-Levin,F/
Dortmund 1992}) (17... Bf8 18. Bxf8 Qxf8 19. Nd2 h6 20. Nf3 Qg7 21. g3 Qg4 22.
Ne5+ Nxe5 23. Qxe5 Rg5 24. Qf6 $16 {Asrian,K-Mamedyarov,S/Dubai 2000}) 18. f4
Bxh6 19. Qxh6 Kc8 20. f5 Bd7 21. Nd2 Rb8 22. Nf3 $36 {Miranovic,
R-Mikhalchishin,A/Cetinje 1992}) 15. Bxg7 (15. Qh5 $6 O-O 16. f4 c5 17. Bf2 f5
18. g3 Bc8 19. Nd2 Qd7 20. Nf3 Bb7 21. Rxe7 Nxe7 22. Bxc5 $44 {Kapengut,
A-Chekhov,V/Minsk 1981}) 15... Rg8 16. Bxg6 Rxg7 (16... hxg6 17. Be5 Kf8 18.
Nd2 Bf6 19. Qf3 (19. Bxf6 Qxf6 20. Nb3 $14) 19... Bxe5 20. Rxe5 Kg7 21. Nb3 Qd6
22. Rae1 c5 $132 {Coudray,C-Flear,C/France 1996}) 17. Rxe6 $1 {This move is
considered by modern theory as white's best attempt in the position.} (17. Bh5
$6 Kf8 18. Nd2 Bd6 19. Nf1 Qf6 20. Bf3 Rd8 21. Ng3 Rg5 22. a4 Kg8 23. axb5 axb5
24. Ra5 b4 $132 {Morozevich,A-Flear,G/Hyeres 1992}) (17. Bd3 Kf8 18. Nd2 Bd6
19. Nf1 Qh4 20. g3 Qg5 $14) 17... hxg6 (17... Rxg6 $2 18. Re1 $16) 18. Re2 $1 {
Definitly the best place for the rook since queen can be transferred to
thekingside via d3.} (18. Re5 c6 19. Nd2 Kf8 20. Nf3 Rh7 (20... Bf6 21. Re2 Rh7
22. Qd2 Kg7 23. Qf4 Qb8 $11 {Kuczynski,R-Flear,G/Polanica Zdroj 1992}) 21. Qd3
Bf6 22. Re2 Qd6 23. Rae1 Rh5 24. g3 Rd8 25. Nd4 Qd7 26. b4 Kg7 $13 {Ernst,
T-Todorovic,G/Vienna 1991}) 18... Kf8 (18... Rh7 19. Nd2 Kf8 20. Nf3 Bf6 21. h3
Kg7 22. Qd3 Rh8 23. Rd1 c6 24. Ne5 Qd6 $11 {Magem Badals,J-Flear,G/Palma de
Mallorca 1991}) 19. Qd3 (19. Nd2 Bf6 20. Nf3 Rg8 (20... Qd6 21. a4 Rd8 22. Qd3
c6 23. axb5 axb5 24. Ra6 Rh7 25. h3 {Tolnai,T-Gyimesi,Z/Hungary 1994}) 21. Qd3
(21. Qd2 Qd6 22. Qh6+ Bg7 23. Qe3 Rh8 24. a4 bxa4 25. Rxa4 $14 {Khalifman,
A-Kortschnoj,V/Ubeda 1997}) 21... Kg7 22. a4 c6 23. Nd4 Qd7 $11 {Backlund,
A-Wedberg,T/Stockholm 1992}) (19. a4 $5 Rh7 20. Nd2 Bd6 21. g3 Rb8 22. Nf3 Rh5
23. h4 Qd7 24. axb5 axb5 25. Qd4 Kg8 26. Rae1 $14 {Van den Doel,E-Motwani,P/
Belgium 2002}) 19... c6 (19... Rh7 20. Nd2 c6 21. Rae1 Bf6 22. Nf3 Rh8 23. Ne5
Bxe5 (23... Qd6 $5 24. Ng4 Kg7) 24. Rxe5 Qf6 25. Qd4 $14 {Vallejo Pons,
F-Narciso Dublan,M/Lanzarote 2003}) 20. Nd2 Rg8 21. Nf3 Kg7 (21... Bf6) 22. Nd4
Rc8 (22... Qc7 $2 23. Nxc6 $18) 23. Qg3 $5 {[%cal Gd4f5]} Bc5 (23... Bf6 $2 24.
Nf5+ Kf8 25. Nd6 $18 {[%cal Ge2e8]}) 24. Nf5+ Kf8 25. Nh6 Rh8 26. Ng4 Bd6 (
26... Qh4 27. Qf3 Kg7 28. h3 Rhe8 29. Rae1 Rxe2 30. Qxe2 Qg5 $13 {[%cal Gc8c7,
Gc7e7]}) 27. Qd3 {White keeps slightly better chances due to control over an
e-file, but black doesn't seem to have a particular problems.} Rh5 (27... Qg5
28. h3 Qf4 29. Rae1 Kg7 30. Re3) 28. Rae1 c5 $6 {[%csl Rd5] This move
weakening the pawn on d5 is a sourse of black's troubles.} 29. Re3 $14 Kg7 30.
h3 Rf5 $6 (30... Qg5 31. b4 Rch8 32. Qd1 Rd8 33. bxc5 Bxc5 34. Re5 Qf4 $132)
31. b4 $1 {[%csl Gd4]} Kh7 32. bxc5 Bxc5 33. Re5 Rxe5 34. Rxe5 Kg7 $6 (34...
Rc6 $5 35. Rxd5 Rd6 36. c4 bxc4 37. Qxc4 Rxd5 38. Qxd5 Qxd5 39. Nf6+ Kh6 40.
Nxd5 Kg5 41. Kf1 $16) 35. Qd2 $1 Be7 (35... Qh4) 36. Rxd5 Qb6 $2 37. Qh6+ Kg8
38. Rh5 $1 $18 {[%csl Rb6]} gxh5 39. Qxb6 hxg4 40. Qb7 Re8 41. hxg4 Bc5 42.
Qxa6 Re1+ 43. Kh2 Bxf2 44. Qxb5 Re6 45. g3 Re3 46. Kg2 Rxc3 47. Qb8+ Kh7 48.
Qb1+ 1-0

[Event "ESP-chT"]
[Site "Sanxenxo"]
[Date "2004.11.24"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2581"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2004.11.18"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Be3 {A solid continuation which usually yields white only a minimal
advantage.} Be7 (9... Nc5 $6 10. Nc3 Nxb3 11. cxb3 $1 $14 {Ponomariov,
R-Kortschnoj,V/Donetsk 2001/CBM 81}) (9... Bc5 {--> 1-0 Akopian,V-Adianto,U/
Tripoli 2004/CBM 102 [Postny,E] (43)}) 10. c3 O-O 11. Nbd2 (11. Re1 Na5 {
--> 0-1 Efimenko,Z-Kaidanov,G/Moscow 2003/CBM 94 [Postny,E] (39)}) 11... Qd7 (
11... Bg4 {--> 1/2-1/2 Sadvakasov,D-Kortschnoj,V/Astana 2003/CBM 93 [Postny,E]
(44)}) 12. Re1 ({Immediate} 12. Nxe4 {leads to a slightly better ending after}
dxe4 13. Qxd7 Bxd7 14. e6 $5 (14. Rfd1 $5 Rad8 15. Rxd7 $5 Rxd7 16. e6 exf3 17.
exd7 Ne5 18. Rd1 Rd8 19. Bf4 Bd6 20. Bxe5 Bxe5 21. Re1 $18 {Hansen,M-Nielsen,J/
DEN 1989}) 14... Bxe6 15. Bxe6 fxe6 16. Nd2 Ne5 17. Nxe4 Nd3 (17... Nc4 $5 18.
Bc1 Rf5 19. b3 Nd6 20. Ng3 Rd5 21. Be3 Bf6 $11 {0-1 Thipsay,P-Sasikiran,K/
Guntur, AP IND 2000}) 18. b3 $14 {Ravi,T-Dridi,A/Moscow 1994}) ({Does not
create any problems for black:} 12. Bc2 {--> 0-1 Ganguly,S-Nielsen,P/Tripoli
2004/CBM 102 [Postny,E] (29)}) 12... f5 (12... Kh8 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Qxd7 Bxd7
15. e6 Bxe6 16. Bxe6 fxe6 17. Nd2 Ne5 18. Nxe4 Nd3 19. Re2 $14 {Ivanchuk,
V-Krasenkov,M/Lviv 2000}) ({Much more popular is} 12... Rad8 13. Bc2 Bf5 (13...
Nxd2 14. Qxd2 Bf5 15. Rad1 Bxc2 16. Qxc2 $14 {Golod,V-Mikhalevski,V/Beersheba
1997}) (13... f5 14. exf6 Nxf6 15. a4 Bf5 $5 16. axb5 axb5 17. Bxf5 Qxf5 18.
Ra6 Nb8 19. Ra5 b4 20. Bc5 Bxc5 21. Rxc5 bxc3 22. bxc3 {1/2-1/2 Brodsky,
M-Ernst,S/Dieren 2001/CBM 83 ext (22)}) 14. Nxe4 Bxe4 15. Bxe4 dxe4 16. Qxd7
Rxd7 17. e6 fxe6 18. Nd2 Ne5 19. Nxe4 Nd3 (19... Rfd8 20. f3 Bh4 21. Bf2 Bxf2+
22. Nxf2 Rd5 23. a4 $14 {Bruzon Bautista,L-Ponomariov,R/Mallorca 2004}) 20. Re2
Rf5 21. g3 Kf7 22. a4 h6 23. axb5 axb5 24. Ra6 Re5 $11 {Shirov,A-Mamedyarov,S/
Izmir 2004}) 13. exf6 Nxf6 14. Bc2 {This natural move seems to be harmless for
black, so white should look for an advantage in the other directions.} (14. Qe2
$5 Bd6 15. a4 Na5 16. Bc2 Nc4 17. axb5 axb5 18. Rxa8 Rxa8 19. Nxc4 bxc4 20. Bd4
$16 {Korneev,O-Cruz Lopez Claret,C}) 14... Bf5 (14... Bg4 15. Qe2 Rae8 16. Qf1
Bd6 17. h3 Bh5 18. Nd4 Nxd4 19. cxd4 Ne4 $132 {Van Elst,A-Ackermann,D/Porz 1990
}) 15. Bxf5 (15. Nd4 $6 Nxd4 16. cxd4 Bd6 17. f3 Rae8 18. Nf1 Nh5 19. Bb3 Be6
20. Bf2 Kh8 $15 {Golubovic,G-Popov,S/Cetinje 1991}) (15. Nb3 Rae8 16. Nbd4 Nxd4
17. Bxd4 Bxc2 18. Qxc2 Ne4 $132) 15... Qxf5 16. Nf1 Ne4 ({Very serious
attention deserved} 16... Bd6 $5 {since the knight on f6 could be very
important attacking piece.} 17. Ng3 $140 $6 Bxg3 18. hxg3 Rae8 $15 {[%csl Rg1]
[%cal Gf6g4,Gf5h5]}) 17. Ng3 Nxg3 18. hxg3 Rad8 $5 {[%csl Gd5] Prophilaxis in
case of g4 by white.} (18... Rae8 {[%cal Gc6d8,Gc7c6,Gd8e6]} 19. a4 Nd8 (19...
b4 $6 20. g4 {[%csl Rd5]} Qf7 21. Qd3 $1 $14 {[%csl Ra6]}) 20. axb5 axb5 21. g4
Qd7 22. b4 c6 $13) 19. a4 b4 20. Qe2 (20. Rc1 Rd7 $5 {[%csl Gc7,Ge7]} (20...
Qd7 21. c4 d4 22. Nxd4 Nxd4 23. Qxd4 Qxa4 $13) 21. Nd4 Nxd4 22. cxd4 {[%csl
Ra6][%cal Gc1c6]} Rf6 (22... a5 $6 23. Rc6 Bd6 24. Ra6 Re7 25. Qb3 Rfe8 26.
Rxa5 $14) 23. Qc2 Qxc2 24. Rxc2 b3 $11) 20... bxc3 21. bxc3 Qc8 22. Rad1 (22.
Nd4 $6) 22... Bf6 23. Bg5 $5 h6 $6 {Krasenkov either underestimated white's
chanses in he endgame or just missed white's reply.} (23... Bxc3 24. Bxd8 (24.
Qe6+ $6 Qxe6 25. Rxe6 Rd6 26. Rxd6 cxd6 27. Rxd5 Bb4 $11) 24... Bxe1 25. Bh4
Bb4 (25... Ba5 $6 26. Rxd5 Bb6 27. Qc4 $1 $18 {[%csl Rc6,Rg8]}) 26. Rxd5 Kh8
27. Qd3 h6 $132 {[%cal Gc8e6]}) 24. Qe6+ $1 $14 {Very strong move after which
black has to play very carefully to keep the balance.} (24. Bxf6 Rxf6 25. Nd4
Nxd4 26. cxd4 Rdf8 27. f3 Qd7 $11) 24... Qxe6 25. Rxe6 hxg5 (25... Nb8 26. Bxf6
Rxf6 27. Rxf6 gxf6 28. Nd4 c6 29. Rb1 $1 $14 {[%cal Gb1b7,Gb7c7]}) 26. Rxc6
Rde8 27. Rxc7 $6 (27. g4 $5 Re4 28. Rxa6 Rxg4 29. Rxd5 Rc4 (29... Bxc3 30. Rxg5
Rxg5 31. Nxg5 c5 32. Ne4 Bd4 33. Kf1 $16) 30. Ne5 Bxe5 31. Rxe5 Rxc3 32. Re2
$14) 27... Re4 $1 $11 28. a5 (28. Rxd5 g4 $1 (28... Rxa4 $2 29. Nxg5 $16) 29.
Nd4 Re1+ 30. Kh2 Rb8 $1 $15 {[%csl Rh2][%cal Gb8b1]} 31. Nc2 $140 Rc1 32. Nb4
Rxb4 33. Rxg7+ Kxg7 34. cxb4 Rc4 $15) 28... g4 29. Nd4 Bxd4 30. Rxd4 Re1+ 31.
Kh2 Rxf2 32. Rxg4 (32. Rxd5 $4 Rff1 $19) 32... Rf7 33. Rc8+ Rf8 34. Rxf8+ Kxf8
35. Rg6 Rc1 36. Rxa6 Rxc3 37. Rd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 0405"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2004.12.11"]
[Round "5.6"]
[White "Kindermann, Stefan"]
[Black "Holzke, Frank"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2536"]
[BlackElo "2492"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2004.11.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Tegernsee"]
[BlackTeam "Wattenscheid"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Nbd2 Be7 10. c3 O-O 11. Bc2 Nxd2 {This move isn't as popular as 12...f5
even though it seems to promise black not a bad chances to reach an eqaulity.}
(11... f5 12. Nd4 (12. exf6 Nxf6 13. Nb3 Bg4 14. Qd3 Ne4 $6 15. Nbd2 $1 {
Shirov,A-Kortschnoj,V/Reykjavic ISL 2003}) (12. Nb3 Qd7 13. Nbd4 Nxd4 14. Nxd4
c5 15. Nxe6 Qxe6 16. f3 Ng5 17. a4 b4 18. cxb4 c4 $132 {Sutovsky,E-Mamedyarov,
S/Mallorca 2004}) 12... Nxd4 13. cxd4 c5 14. dxc5 Nxd2 15. Bxd2 Bxc5 16. Bb3 $1
Qd7 $5 17. Rc1 Rfc8 $1 18. Bc3 a5 19. a3 Bb6 20. Rc2 a4 21. Ba2 d4 $1 $11 {
Ivanchuk,V-Hjartarson,J/Tilburg 1989}) 12. Qxd2 (12. Bxd2 d4 13. Qb1 (13. cxd4
Nxd4 14. Be4 Rb8 15. Ba5 Bc5 16. Bc3 Nxf3+ 17. Qxf3 Qe7 18. b3 Rbd8 $11 {
Wendel,W-Scheerer,H/Bad Woerishofen 2001}) 13... dxc3 14. Bxc3 h6 15. Bh7+ Kh8
16. Be4 Qe8 17. Bd2 f5 18. exf6 Bxf6 19. Qc2 $14 {Zhigalko,S-Holzke,F/
Pardubice 2003}) 12... Bg4 $5 {Entering the forced line which leads to a
balanced position.} (12... f6 13. exf6 Bxf6 14. Qd3 (14. Qf4 Qd7 15. Qg3 Ne7
16. Re1 Bf5 17. Bxf5 Nxf5 18. Qh3 Rad8 19. Bg5 $14 {Yates,F-Tarrasch,S/Bad
Kissingen 1928}) 14... g6 15. Bh6 Re8 16. Rfe1 Kh8 17. Qd2 Qd6 18. Bf4 Qd7 19.
Bb3 Bg8 20. h4 $14 {Suetin,A-Kortschnoj,V/Moscow 1966}) (12... Qd7 13. Qd3 (13.
Re1 Bf5 $2 14. Bxf5 Qxf5 15. Qxd5 Na5 16. Nd4 Qg6 17. Qe4 $16 {Schmalz,
D-Niebuhr,G/Langenhagen 1998}) 13... g6 14. Bh6 Rfd8 15. Rad1 (15. Rfe1 d4 16.
Rad1 Bf5 17. Qd2 Bxc2 18. Qxc2 d3 19. Qb1 Qf5 20. Re3 Rd5 {1/2-1/2 Hommeles,
T-Van Wessel,R/Germany 2001/CBM 082 ext (20)}) 15... Na5 16. Nd4 c5 17. Nxe6
fxe6 18. Qg3 Kh8 19. h4 Bf8 20. Bg5 $36 {Kolev,A-Villuela Arrollo,R/St Cugat
1996}) 13. Qd3 g6 14. Bh6 {This move is white's only chance to fight for an
advantage.} (14. Nd4 Nxd4 15. cxd4 Bf5 16. Qc3 Bxc2 17. Qxc2 Qd7 18. Be3 Rac8
19. Rfc1 c5 $1 $13 {Groszpeter,A-Hartman,C/Berlin 1996}) 14... Re8 15. Bb3 {
[%csl Rd5]} ({Also after} 15. Rfe1 $5 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Bg5 17. Bxg5 Qxg5 18. h4 (
18. Qxd5 Nxe5 19. Qe4 Nc4 20. Qxe8+ Rxe8 21. Rxe8+ Kg7 22. b3 Qd2 23. bxc4 Qxc2
$13) 18... Qxh4 19. Qxd5 Re6 $13 {black has sufficient counterchances.}) 15...
Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Nxe5 17. Qxd5 Qxd5 18. Bxd5 c6 (18... Rad8 19. Rad1 c6 20. Be4
Ng4 21. Rxd8 Rxd8 22. Bf4 Bc5 $6 23. Bf3 h5 24. h3 Nxf2 25. Rxf2 Re8 26. Kf1
Bxf2 27. Kxf2 $16 {Serra Olives,T-Schenk Papke,A/Palma de Mallorca 2000}) 19.
Be4 Bc5 ({There was nothing wrong with} 19... f5 $5 20. Bc2 c5 21. a4 c4 $11)
20. h3 $5 (20. Bf4 f5 21. Bc2) 20... Ng4 $1 {Correctly assessing an arising
endgame as a comfortable for black.} 21. Bxc6 Nxh6 22. b4 Bf8 $6 {Black is
doing fine after the move in the game, but even stronger was} (22... Bb6 $5 {
[%csl Gf2] with good chances to sieze initiative.} 23. a4 Rad8 24. Bxe8 Rxe8
25. axb5 (25. Rfe1 Rc8 26. Rad1 Rxc3 27. Rd6 Bc7 28. Rxa6 bxa4 29. Rxa4 Rc2 $15
) 25... axb5 26. Ra6 Re6 $15) 23. a4 Rab8 24. Bxe8 Rxe8 25. axb5 axb5 26. Ra5
Rb8 (26... Rc8 $5 27. Rxb5 Rxc3 28. Rb1 Rc2 29. Kf1 Nf5 30. Rd5 Kg7 $13) 27.
Rfa1 Nf5 28. Ra8 Rxa8 29. Rxa8 h5 30. Kf1 Nd6 31. Ke2 Kg7 $6 (31... f5 32. Ra7
Bg7 33. Kd3 Ne4 34. f3 $13) 32. Kd3 Be7 33. Kd4 Nc4 34. Ra7 Bh4 35. g3 Bf6+ 36.
Kc5 Bxc3 37. Ra2 $1 (37. Kxb5 Nd6+ 38. Kc6 Ne4 39. Ra2 Bd4 40. b5 Nxf2 (40...
Bxf2 $4 41. Rxf2 Nxf2 42. b6 $18) 41. Rd2 Ba7 $15) 37... f5 38. Kxb5 Nd6+ 39.
Kc5 Ne4+ 40. Kc4 Be5 (40... Be1 $2 41. b5 Bxf2 42. Rxf2 Nxf2 43. b6 Ne4 44. Kd5
Nc3+ 45. Kc6 $18) 41. b5 Kf7 42. b6 Ke7 43. Ra7+ (43. b7 Bc7 44. Kd5 $1 Kd7 45.
Ra8 Nxf2 46. b8=Q Bxb8 47. Rxb8 Nxh3 48. Rb7+ Kc8 49. Rf7 $16 {[%csl Rh3]})
43... Kd6 $2 (43... Ke6) 44. f4 $1 $18 {[%csl Rg3]} Bf6 45. Rf7 Bd8 46. b7 Bc7
47. Kb5 Bb8 48. Kb6 $2 (48. Rg7 $1 h4 (48... g5 49. fxg5 Ke6 50. Kc6 Bxg3 51.
h4 Bb8 52. Rh7 $18) 49. Rxg6+ Kd5 50. Rg8 Bc7 51. gxh4 Nd6+ 52. Ka6 Nxb7 53.
Kxb7 Bxf4 54. h5 $18) 48... Nxg3 49. Rf6+ (49. Rf8 Bc7+ 50. Kb5 Ne2 $11) 49...
Kd5 50. Rxg6 Bxf4 51. Rg8 Ne4 (51... Ke4 52. Rc8 Kf3 53. Rc7 $18) 52. Rd8+ Ke6
53. Kc6 h4 $2 (53... Nf6) 54. Rh8 Kf7 55. Rxh4 Be5 56. Rh8 $1 (56. Kd5 $5)
56... f4 57. b8=Q $2 (57. Kd5 $18) 57... Bxb8 58. Rxb8 Ke6 $11 59. Rb1 Ke5 60.
Rf1 Ng3 61. Rxf4 Kxf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Reykjavik Olafsson"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Stefansson, Hannes"]
[Black "Gretarsson, Helgi Ass"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1995.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 049"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Be3 Be7 10. c3 O-O 11. Nbd2 Qd7 12. Re1 Rad8 13. Bc2 f5 14. exf6 Nxf6
15. Qb1 (15. Ng5 Bf5 16. Bxf5 (16. Bf4 Bc5 17. Nb3 Bxf2+ 18. Kxf2 Bxc2 19. Qxc2
Ne4+ 20. Nxe4 Rxf4+ 21. Kg1 dxe4 22. Rxe4 Qf5 23. Re2 Qxc2 {1/2-1/2 Khalifman,
A-Hjartarson,J/Luzern WchT (RUS-ISD) (3) 1993}) 16... Qxf5 $10) (15. Nb3 Bg4
16. Bc5 Bd6 17. h3 Bh5 18. Qd3 Bg6 19. Qd2 Bxc2 20. Qxc2 Ne4 21. Bxd6 Qxd6 22.
Nbd2 Nxd2 23. Qxd2 d4 {1/2-1/2 Khalifman,A-Huebner,R/Manila izt (05) 1990 (30)}
) 15... Kh8 (15... h6 16. Nh4 Ne5 17. Nb3 Nfg4 18. Nc5 Qc8 19. Nxe6 Qxe6 20.
Bh7+ Kh8 21. Bf5 $2 (21. Bg5 $1 Bc5 $5 22. Ng6+ Qxg6 23. Bxg6 Bxf2+ 24. Kh1
Bxe1 25. Qxe1 Nf2+ $3 26. Kg1 Nh3+ 27. Kh1 $10) 21... Qf7 22. Ng6+ Nxg6 23.
Bxg4 Ne5 24. Be2 $6 c5 25. Rd1 Nc6 26. Rf1 d4 27. cxd4 cxd4 28. Bc1 $8 Nb4 29.
Bd3 Nxd3 30. Qxd3 Qc4 {Georgiev,Ki-Ivanchuk,V/Manila olm/1992/0.5 (58)}) 16.
Bd4 (16. Ng5 Ng4 $5 (16... Bg8 $6 17. Bf5 Qd6 18. Ndf3 $16)) 16... Bd6 17. Bxf6
(17. Ng5 Nxd4 18. cxd4 Bg4 19. h3 Bb4 $1) 17... Rxf6 (17... gxf6 18. Bxh7 $1
$16) 18. Ng5 (18. Bxh7 Bg4 $5 19. Bd3 (19. Ng5 Rdf8 20. f3 Rh6 21. Nf1 Bxf3 22.
Nxf3 Rxh7 $14) 19... Bxf3 20. Nxf3 Rxf3 21. gxf3 Qh3 $13) 18... Bf5 19. Bxf5
Qxf5 (19... Rxf5 $2 20. Ne6 Rh5 21. Nxd8 Bxh2+ 22. Kf1 Nxd8 $14) 20. Qxf5 Rxf5
21. Ne6 Rc8 (21... Rd7 22. Nb3 $14) 22. Nb3 Ne5 (22... Rf6 23. Rad1 (23. Nbc5
Re8 24. Nd4 $10) 23... Ne5 24. Nbc5 Re8 25. b4 c6 $10) 23. Nbc5 Rf6 (23... c6
24. f4 Nc4 $10) 24. f4 Nc4 $6 (24... Ng6 25. g3 Re8 26. b4) 25. b3 Bxc5+ (25...
Na3 26. Nd7 Rg6 27. Rad1 $14) 26. Nxc5 Rc6 27. b4 $1 a5 28. Re7 axb4 29. cxb4
Rd6 (29... Rf6 30. g3 $14) 30. Rd1 d4 $2 (30... c6 31. g3 Ra8 $132) 31. Re4 Kg8
(31... Ra8 32. Ne6 (32. Rdxd4 $6 Nd2) 32... c6 33. Rdxd4 Rxd4 (33... Rxa2 34.
Ng5 $18) 34. Rxd4 $16) 32. Rexd4 Ra8 33. Ne4 $1 Rxd4 (33... Re6 34. g3 $16) 34.
Rxd4 Rxa2 35. Rd8+ Kf7 36. Rd7+ Kg6 (36... Kf8 37. Nc5 $16) 37. g4 $1 Ne3 (
37... Kh6 38. Rxc7 Ne3 39. Rc6+ g6 40. Nf6 Kg7 41. g5 $16) 38. f5+ Kh6 39. h3
Rg2+ (39... Rc2 40. Re7 Rc4 41. Re6+ g6 42. f6 $18) 40. Kh1 Ra2 41. Rxc7 Ra4
42. Rc6+ g6 43. f6 g5 (43... Rxb4 44. g5+ Kh5 45. f7 $18) 44. f7+ Kg7 45. Nxg5
(45. Rf6 Ra8 46. Rf3 Nd5 47. Nxg5 $18) 45... h6 (45... Ra8 46. Rc7 Nd5 47. Rb7
$18) 46. Rc8 Ra1+ 47. Kh2 Ra2+ 48. Kg1 (48. Kg3 Nf1+ 49. Kf3 Nd2+ 50. Ke3 $18)
48... Rg2+ 49. Kh1 1-0

[Event "Piatigorsky-Cup 2nd"]
[Site "Santa Monica"]
[Date "1966.08.08"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Fischer, Robert James"]
[Black "Unzicker, Wolfgang"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C83"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "1966.07.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. c3 Be7 10. Bc2 O-O 11. Nbd2 f5 12. Nb3 (12. exf6 $142 {Alekhine} Nxf6
13. Nb3 Bg4 (13... Qd7 $6 14. Nbd4 Nxd4 15. Nxd4 c5 16. Nxe6 Qxe6 17. Re1 Qf7
18. Bf4 $16 {Bogoljubov-Tarrasch/Mьnchen/1933}) 14. Qd3 Ne4 $10 (14... Qd7 $10)
) 12... Qd7 13. Nbd4 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 (14. cxd4 f4) 14... c5 15. Ne2 (15. Nxe6
Qxe6 $10) 15... Rad8 16. Nf4 Qc6 17. a4 Bc8 18. axb5 axb5 19. Qh5 (19. Ra7 $6
Rfe8) (19. Bb3 c4 20. Bc2 Bc5 21. Be3) (19. Be3) 19... g6 20. Qh6 Rf7 (20...
Bg5 21. Nxd5 $1 Rxd5 22. Bxg5 $14) 21. f3 Bf8 (21... Bg5 22. Qh3) 22. Qh3 Ng5
23. Qg3 Ne6 24. h4 Nxf4 25. Bxf4 h5 $8 (25... Bg7 26. h5 $40) 26. Bg5 Re8 27.
f4 $6 Kh7 28. Bd1 Be6 29. Kh2 Ra8 30. Bf3 Rfa7 31. Rxa7+ (31. Rad1 $142) 31...
Rxa7 32. Qf2 Rd7 33. Ra1 c4 34. Ra5 (34. Bf6 $142) (34. Ra7 $142) 34... Bc5 35.
Qe2 {/\ 36.Bh5} Bf7 36. Kh3 (36. Ra1 $142 Ra7 37. Rd1) 36... Ra7 37. Rxa7 Bxa7
38. Be7 Qb6 39. Bg5 Qe3 40. Qd1 Qg1 (40... d4 $17) 41. Qxg1 (41. Qe2 $4 Bf2 $19
) 41... Bxg1 42. Be7 Be3 43. g3 Bc1 44. Ba3 Kg7 $17 45. Kg2 d4 $1 46. cxd4 c3
47. bxc3 $8 (47. Bd1 cxb2 48. Bc2 Bd5+ 49. Kf2 b4 50. Bxb4 Be4 $19) 47... Bxa3
48. d5 Kf8 (48... Bb2 49. e6 Bg8 50. Be2 Bxc3 51. Bxb5) 49. Kf2 Ke7 (49... Bc5+
50. Ke2 Ke7) 50. Ke2 Bc5 51. Ke1 Kd8 {/\ Kc7-b6} 52. d6 Kd7 53. Bb7 Bc4 54. Bg2
Bb6 55. Bb7 Ba5 56. Kd2 Bb6 (56... Ke6 57. Bc8+ (57. Bc6 b4 58. cxb4 Bxb4+ 59.
Kd1 Bd5 60. Be8 (60. Bxd5+ Kxd5 61. Ke2 $10 Bc5 62. Ke1 Ke4 63. Kd2 $1 Kd4 (
63... Bf2 $2 64. e6 $18) 64. Ke2 $1 (64. Kc2 $2 Kd5) 64... Kc3 65. Kd1 $1 Kd3
66. Kc1 Ke3 67. Kc2 Kf3 68. Kc3 Kxg3 69. Kc4 {/\ Kd5 Unzicker}) 60... Bf3+ 61.
Kc2 Be1 $19) 57... Kd5 58. Bd7 Bb6 59. Ke1 Bc5 $1 60. Be8 Ke4 61. Bxg6 Kf3 $19
{Reshevsky}) 57. Ke1 Be3 58. Bf3 Ke6 (58... g5 59. fxg5 Ke6 $10 60. Bxh5 Kxe5
61. d7 Bb6 62. Be8) 59. Bb7 Kd7 (59... g5 60. hxg5 h4 61. Bc8+ Kf7 (61... Kd5
62. g6 $1 hxg3 (62... h3 63. g7 Ke4 (63... Kc5 64. d7 h2 65. Bb7) (63... Kc6
64. Bxf5 h2 65. Be4+) 64. e6 h2 65. Bb7+) 63. g7 Kc6 64. e6) 62. gxh4 Bxf4 63.
Bxf5 Bxe5 64. Kd2 Bxd6 65. Bd3 $10 Bg3 66. g6+ Kf6 67. h5 {Unzicker}) 60. Bf3
Bf7 61. Ke2 Ba7 62. Ba8 Bc4+ 63. Ke1 Be6 {/\ 64.Bf3!} 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Women-ch"]
[Site "Jaen"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Xie, Jun"]
[Black "Polgar, Zsuzsa"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[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. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 Be7 11. Bc2 d4 12. Ne4 d3 (12... Bd5 13. Nxc5 Bxc5 14.
Nxd4 Bxd4 15. cxd4 Bc4 16. Be4 Qd7 17. Re1 O-O 18. Qh5 g6 19. Qh4 f5 20. exf6
Rae8 21. Bh6 Rf7 22. b3 Qe6 23. bxc4 Nxd4 24. Re3 Qxf6 25. Qxf6 Rxf6 26. Bd5+
Ne6 27. Rae1 {1-0 Tarrasch,S-Post,E/DSB-19.Kongress Mannheim (06) ;HCL 20 1914}
) (12... dxc3 13. Nxc5 Bxc5 14. Be4 Qd7 15. Qc2 (15. bxc3 Rd8 16. Qxd7+ Bxd7
17. Rd1 Nb8 (17... Ne7 18. Nd4 h6 19. Nb3 Bb6 20. Ba3 h5 21. Rd3 Bg4 22. Rxd8+
Kxd8 23. Nc5 Rh6 24. h3 Bc8 25. Rd1+ Ke8 26. Kf1 g5 27. Nd3 f5 28. exf6 Rxf6
29. Re1 Be6 30. Bf3 Rh6 31. Bxh5+ Kd7 32. Bg4 {Capablanca,J-Chajes,O/New York 
(05) ;HCL 27 1915/1-0 (48)}) 18. Nd4 Be7 19. Be3 O-O 20. Rd2 c5 21. Nb3 Rc8 22.
Rad1 Bg4 23. f3 Be6 24. f4 g6 25. h3 c4 26. Nd4 Bc5 27. Kf2 Bd7 28. Nc2 Bxe3+
29. Kxe3 Bc6 {Capablanca,J-Hodges,A/New York Rice prel (08) ;HCL 41 1916/1-0 
(40)}) 15... Bd5 16. bxc3 Rd8 17. Bg5 Bxe4 18. Qxe4 Ne7 19. Bxe7 Bxe7 20. Qb7
Qc8 21. Qc6+ Qd7 22. Qxa6 O-O 23. Nd4 Rb8 24. Qc6 Rfd8 25. Rfb1 Qd5 26. Qxd5
Rxd5 27. Nc6 {Capablanca,J-Chajes,O/New York Rice prel (04) ;HCL 41 1916/1-0 
(60)}) 13. Nxc5 dxc2 14. Qxd8+ Rxd8 (14... Nxd8 15. Nxe6 Nxe6 16. Be3 $16) 15.
Nxe6 fxe6 16. Be3 (16. Bf4 Rf8 17. Bg3 g5 18. h3 Rxf3 19. gxf3 b4 20. Rfc1 Rd2
21. Kf1 bxc3 22. bxc3 Ba3 $17 {Cuijpers,F-Pieper Emden,C/BL2-W 8990 (1990) ;
BL2 1990/1/2-1/2 (56)}) 16... Rd5 17. Rac1 (17. Rfc1 Nxe5 18. Nxe5 Rxe5 19.
Rxc2 O-O 20. c4 Bc5 21. cxb5 Bxe3 22. fxe3 axb5 23. Rxc7 Rxe3 24. Rd1 h6 25. h3
Rf5 26. Rd2 Kh7 {1/2-1/2 Luther,T-Beckemeyer,W/BL 9091 (1990) ;BL 90 1991})
17... Nxe5 18. Nxe5 Rxe5 19. Rxc2 Kf7 (19... Kd7 20. Bd4 Rg5 21. Rd2 Rd5 22.
Re2 Bf6 23. Re4 Bxd4 24. cxd4 $14) (19... O-O 20. c4 $14) 20. c4 (20. Bf4 Rc5
21. Rd2 Rd8 22. Rxd8 Bxd8 23. Rd1 Rd5 24. Rc1 c5 25. Kf1 Bf6 26. Ke2 c4 27. Bc7
Kg6 28. Rd1 Rxd1 29. Kxd1 Kf5 30. Ke2 h5 31. Bd6 Ke4 32. f3+ Kd5 33. Bc7 g6 34.
g3 Bg5 {Borriss,M-Pieper Emden,C/Budapest Cansys IM-A (01) ;EXT 91 1991/1/2-1/
2 (47)}) 20... b4 (20... Rc8 21. Rfc1 Bd6 22. g3 Ra8 23. c5 Be7 24. Bf4 Rd5 25.
Bxc7 Rc8 26. Bb6 Rc6 27. b4 Rd4 28. Rb1 Bf6 29. Kf1 e5 30. Ke2 Ke6 31. Rd2 e4
32. Rc2 Kd5 33. f3 exf3+ 34. Kxf3 Re6 35. Rb3 {Akopian,V-Daniliuk,S/St.
Petersburg op ;TD 93\09 1993/1/2-1/2 (83)}) (20... Bd6 $5) 21. Rd1 Rd8 22. Rxd8
Bxd8 23. Kf1 Bg5 24. Ba7 Rf5 25. Ke2 Ke8 26. Kd3 Kd7 27. f3 c5 28. Re2 Be7 29.
Bb8 a5 30. Ke4 Kc6 31. Be5 g6 32. g4 Rf8 33. Rd2 a4 34. Bg3 h5 35. Rd3 hxg4 36.
fxg4 Rf1 37. b3 a3 38. Rd2 g5 39. Rd3 Ra1 40. Rd2 Rb1 41. Ke5 Rb2 42. Be1 Bd8
$1 (42... Rb1 43. Bf2 Rb2 44. Be3 $16) 43. Rd6+ (43. Rxd8 Re2+ 44. Kf6 Rxe1 45.
Kxg5 (45. Rd2 $2 Rb1 {/\Rb2}) 45... Re2 46. Kf6 $13) 43... Kc7 (43... Kb7 $2
44. Rxd8 Rxa2 (44... Re2+ 45. Kd6 Rxe1 46. Kxc5 $16) 45. Kd6 Re2 46. Kxc5 Rxe1
47. Rd2 Rb1 48. Kxb4 Rb2 49. Rd7+ Kc6 50. Kxa3 $18) 44. Rd2 Kc6 45. Rd6+ Kc7
46. Rd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Poikovsky Karpov 08th"]
[Site "Poikovsky"]
[Date "2007.03.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Black "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2629"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[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. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Be3 Be7 10. c3 O-O 11. Nbd2 Qd7 12. Re1 Nxd2 13. Qxd2 Na5 14. Bg5 {
[%mdl 4] This rather peaceful line for white is not without venom as he can
try to benefit from kingside attack chances.} (14. Bc2 Nc4 15. Qd3 g6 16. Qd4 (
16. Bh6 Nxb2 17. Qd4 Rfe8 18. Ng5 Nc4 19. Rad1 Na3 20. Bd3 c5 21. Qf4 Qc6 {
1/2 Gligoric,S (2575)-Unzicker,W/Tel Aviv 1964/ (84)}) (16. b3 Bf5 17. Qd1 Nxe3
18. Rxe3 Bg4 19. h3 Be6 20. Qd2 c5 21. Rd1 a5 22. Re2 Rad8 {0-1 Zhang Zhong 
(2598)-Sokolov,I (2696)/Khanty Mansiysk 2005/ (51)}) 16... Nxe3 17. Qxe3 Rfd8
18. Rad1 Qe8 19. Qf4 Rd7 20. g4 c5 21. h4 Rad8 22. g5 Qf8 23. Nh2 d4 24. cxd4
Rxd4 25. Rxd4 Rxd4 {0-1 Guerra,M-De Castro Rubio,D/Sao Paulo 1960/ (55)}) 14...
c5 (14... Bxg5 15. Qxg5 Nxb3 16. axb3 Bg4 17. Nh4 h6 18. Qe3 g5 19. Nf3 Bxf3
20. Qxf3 Rfe8 21. Qe3 Qf5 22. Qd4 c6 {1/2 Inarkiev,E (2597)-L'Ami,E (2550)/
Kusadasi 2006/ (54)}) 15. Bc2 Nc4 16. Qd3 (16. Qf4 Rfe8 17. Bf6 Qd8 18. b3 Na3
19. Bxe7 Qxe7 20. Bf5 Bxf5 21. Qxf5 Qe6 22. Qd3 a5 23. Rad1 Rad8 {1/2 Kamsky,G
(2671)-Carlsen,M (2646)/Turin 2006/ (31)}) 16... g6 17. b3 Na3 {Unfortunatelly
for Sutovsky obtaining equality is not so easy in this position. The dark
sqaures on the kingside are vulnerable.} (17... Bf5 $5 18. Qe2 $1 (18. Qd1 Bxc2
19. Qxc2 Bxg5 20. Nxg5 (20. bxc4 Be7 21. cxd5 Qxd5 $11) 20... Nxe5 21. Rxe5 f6
22. Nxh7 Kxh7 23. Re2 Rae8 $11) 18... Bxc2 19. bxc4 Be4 20. Bxe7 Qxe7 21. Nd2
$14) 18. Bd1 a5 19. Rc1 Rfe8 20. Qd2 $1 b4 $6 {This move might be the reason
for black's suffering, more cautious 20...a4!? seems to have been a better bet.
} (20... a4 $5 21. Bxe7 Qxe7 22. bxa4 bxa4 $11) 21. Bxe7 Qxe7 (21... bxc3 $2
22. Qh6 Qxe7 23. Ng5 $18) 22. cxb4 (22. Qh6 Qf8 23. Qxf8+ Rxf8 24. cxb4 cxb4
25. Nd4 Rfc8 26. Bf3 Rc3 27. Ne2 $14) 22... axb4 (22... cxb4 23. Nd4 $16) 23.
Qh6 Bf5 24. Be2 {The tricky computer programms can reveal the subtle way
forward for white. The rook should have gotten the preference on e2 square.} (
24. Re2 $5 f6 25. exf6 Qxf6 26. Rxc5 Rxe2 27. Bxe2 Qe7 28. Ng5 Nb1 $5 29. h3
Nc3 30. Bf3 Rxa2 31. Bxd5+ Nxd5 32. Rxd5 $16) 24... Qf8 (24... f6 25. Qd2 $1 (
25. exf6 Qxf6 26. Rxc5 Nc2 27. Rc7 Qh8 $1 28. Rxc2 Bxc2 29. Qd2 Qc3 30. Qxd5+
Kh8 31. Bf1 $11) 25... fxe5 26. Qxd5+ Kg7 27. Bf1 $16) 25. Qxf8+ Kxf8 26. Rxc5
Nc2 27. Rc1 Rxa2 28. Bd1 Rea8 (28... Na3 29. Rxd5 $16) 29. Bxc2 $1 {Excellent
decision, that will assure white of pleasant pull in the endgame.} (29. Rxd5 $2
Ra1 $11) 29... Rxc2 (29... Bxc2 30. Nd4 Bd3 31. f3 $16) 30. R5xc2 Bxc2 31. Nd4
Bf5 32. f3 Ra2 $6 {Sutovsky was not in a position to go so directly after
activity. Better defense 32...Re8! was unappetizingas it would mean lasting
suffering.} (32... Re8 $1 33. g4 Bd3 34. Rd1 Ba6 35. Re1 $14) 33. Rc5 Ra1+ (
33... Be6 34. Rb5 $16) 34. Kf2 Ra2+ 35. Kg3 Bd3 (35... Rd2 36. Rxd5 $16) 36. h4
Bf1 37. Rc2 $1 {The rook can defend and at the same time occupy active
location!} Ra3 (37... Rxc2 38. Nxc2 Be2 39. Kf2 Bb5 (39... Bd1 $2 40. Nd4 $18)
40. Ke3 $16) 38. Rc8+ Kg7 (38... Ke7 39. Rc1 Bd3 40. Rc7+ Kf8 41. Kf4 $16) 39.
Rc7 Kg8 40. h5 $1 {The model picture, black pieces are displaced on blind spot
and white forces are unified in the hunt on the black king.} gxh5 (40... Ra2
41. h6 Rxg2+ 42. Kf4 Kf8 43. e6 fxe6 44. Nxe6+ Ke8 45. Ke5 $18) 41. Rc8+ Kg7
42. Nf5+ Kg6 43. Ne7+ (43. Ne7+ Kh6 44. Rc6+ f6 45. Rxf6+ Kg7 46. Nf5+ Kg8 47.
e6 $18) (43. Kf4 $1 f6 44. e6 $18) 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT 14th"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2007.05.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Smirnov, Pavel"]
[Black "Vokarev, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2631"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2007.05.02"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Tomsk 400"]
[BlackTeam "Nizhny Tagil Politekhnik"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. c3 Be7 10. Re1 O-O 11. Nd4 Nxe5 $5 {Black plays with a flair in an
attempt to prove, that White's concept of 11.Nd4 is dubious. The whole
Smirnov's queenside sits at home and black pieces will be very active.} (11...
Nxd4 12. cxd4 Bb4 (12... h6 13. f3 Ng5 14. Nc3 c5 15. Bxg5 (15. f4 cxd4 16. Ne2
d3 17. Qxd3 Bc5+ 18. Nd4 Bf5 19. Qxf5 Ne6 20. Be3 Nxd4 21. Qd3 Nxb3 22. axb3
$14 {1/2 Huebner,R (2615)-Piket,J (2615)/Dortmund 1992/ (40)}) 15... hxg5 16.
dxc5 Bxc5+ 17. Kh1 d4 18. Ne4 Bb4 19. Rf1 Re8 20. f4 Be7 21. Bxe6 fxe6 22. Qg4
Qd5 23. fxg5 Rf8 24. Nf6+ {1-0 Gashimov,V (2659)-Agdestein,S (2594)/Turin 2006/
(41)}) 13. Re2 c5 14. f3 cxd4 15. fxe4 Bg4 16. h3 Bxe2 17. Qxe2 Rc8 18. Bd2 d3
19. Qe1 Bc5+ 20. Kh1 Bd4 21. Nc3 Bxe5 22. Nxd5 Bxb2 23. Rd1 {1-0 Grischuk,A 
(2719)-Sutovsky,E (2628)/Sochi 2006/ (37)}) 12. f3 Bd6 (12... Bh4 13. Re2 Nf2
14. Rxf2 Bxf2+ 15. Kxf2 $16) 13. fxe4 Bg4 14. Qd2 Qh4 15. h3 Bxh3 $6 $146 {
[%mdl 4] It is impossible to guess what both players knew about the hidden
ideas in this known position. The sacrifice of the second piece is extremely
risky for Black.} (15... c5 16. Qf2 (16. hxg4 cxd4 17. Qf2 Qxg4 (17... Qxf2+
18. Kxf2 Nd3+ 19. Kf1 Nxe1 20. Kxe1 $14) 18. Bd1 Qg6 19. Qxd4 Bc7 20. Be3 dxe4
21. Nd2 $14 {0-1 Wolf,H-Tarrasch,S/Karlsbad 1923/HCL (51)}) 16... Qh5 17. Re3
dxe4 18. hxg4 Nxg4 19. Rh3 Qxh3 20. Qxf7+ Rxf7 21. Bxf7+ Kxf7 22. gxh3 cxd4 23.
hxg4 Bc5 {1/2 Teichmann,R-John,W/Breslau 1913/}) (15... Rae8 16. Bxd5 c6 (16...
c5 17. hxg4 cxd4 18. Qf2 Qxg4 19. Rf1 dxc3 20. Nxc3 Qh5 21. Bf4 Rc8 22. Qg3 $16
{1/2 Loman,R-Euwe,M/Netherlands 1925/ (43)}) 17. Nxc6 Nxc6 18. Bxc6 Bc5+ 19.
Kh2 Re6 20. Bd7 Bxh3 21. gxh3 Rg6 {0-1 Teichmann,R-John,W/Breslau 1913/}) (
15... Bd7 16. Bxd5 c6 17. Bb3 c5 18. Nf5 Bxf5 19. exf5 Nd3 20. Re3 c4 21. Bc2
Bc5 22. Bxd3 cxd3 23. Qf2 Qf6 24. Kf1 $14 {1/2 Wolf,H-Tarrasch,S/
Teplitz-Schoenau 1922/HCL (30)}) 16. gxh3 Nd3 $2 {This flashy move is just
wrong and White will have no problems to consolidate his gains.} (16... Qg3+
17. Kf1 Qxh3+ 18. Qg2 Qxg2+ 19. Kxg2 Nd3 20. Rf1 dxe4 21. Be3 Nxb2 22. Nd2 Rae8
23. a4 $18) (16... c5 $5 17. Kg2 cxd4 18. Bxd5 Rae8 19. cxd4 Re6 20. Bxe6 Nf3
$3 21. Kxf3 fxe6+ 22. Ke2 (22. Kg2 $2 Qg3+ 23. Kh1 Qxh3+ 24. Kg1 Qg3+ 25. Kh1
Rf2 $19) 22... Rf2+ 23. Kd3 Rxd2+ 24. Bxd2 $16) 17. Rf1 $1 (17. Qxd3 $2 Qxe1+
18. Qf1 Qg3+ 19. Qg2 Qe1+ $11) 17... dxe4 (17... Nxc1 18. Bxd5 Qxh3 19. Rf3 $18
) 18. Qg5 (18. Qg2 Nxc1 19. Rxc1 Bf4 20. Rf1 g6 21. Nf5 $18) 18... Qxh3 19. Qg2
Qh5 (19... Qxg2+ 20. Kxg2 Nxc1 21. Rxc1 Rae8 22. a4 $18) 20. Be3 Ne5 (20...
Rae8 21. Nd2 Re5 22. Bd1 $1 Qg6 23. Qxg6 hxg6 24. Bc2 $18) 21. Nd2 {All the
pieces are out and Vokarev has very little to show for two missing pieces.} Ng4
22. Bf4 e3 (22... Bxf4 23. Rxf4 Ne3 24. Qg3 c5 25. Qxe3 cxd4 26. cxd4 $18) 23.
Bxd6 exd2 24. Bxf7+ $1 (24. Bxf7+ Qxf7 25. Rxf7 $18) 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2007.01.27"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2007.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Nbd2 Be7 10. c3 O-O 11. Bc2 f5 12. Nb3 Qd7 13. Nbd4 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 c5 15.
Nxe6 Qxe6 16. f3 Ng5 17. a4 Rad8 18. axb5 axb5 19. Bxg5 Bxg5 20. f4 Be7 21. Kh1
{The two youngest participants have courageously entered the discussion of the
position, that became very topical lately.} Kh8 (21... c4 22. Qd4 Qc6 23. b4 $1
cxb3 24. Bxb3 Kh8 25. Ra5 Rc8 26. Bxd5 Qxc3 27. Qxc3 Rxc3 28. Rxb5 {1/2
Volokitin,A (2660)-Harikrishna,P (2680)/Foros 2006/ (90)}) (21... Qb6 22. b3 (
22. Qf3 d4 23. cxd4 {1/2 Fedorov,A (2614)-Atalik,S (2632)/Malmo 2006/}) 22...
d4 23. c4 bxc4 24. bxc4 Qb7 25. Bd3 {1/2 Karjakin,S (2672)-Fressinet,L (2640)/
Cap d'Agde 2006/ (44)}) 22. Qd3 (22. Ra7 d4 23. cxd4 Rxd4 24. Qf3 Rd2 25. Rf2
Rd7 26. Rxd7 Qxd7 27. h3 c4 28. g4 g6 29. gxf5 {1/2 Polgar,S (2480)-Unzicker,W
(2460)/Bad Homburg 1996/}) 22... Qb6 {Carlsen had a direct experience from the
game against Krasenkow. Leading white pieces he had developed really dangerous
attack.} (22... Qc6 23. Rfd1 c4 (23... d4 24. c4) 24. Qf3 g6 (24... b4 25. cxb4
Bxb4 26. Rd4 Bc5 $2 27. Rxc4) 25. b4 Rd7 26. Qe3 Ra8 27. Qd4 Rdd8 28. g4 Rxa1
29. Rxa1 Ra8 30. Rg1 Bd8 31. e6+ Kg8 32. gxf5 Bb6 33. Qe5 Bxg1 34. fxg6 hxg6
35. Bxg6 Bb6 {1/2 Carlsen,M (2646)-Krasenkow,M (2650)/Tromsoe 2006/ (44)}) 23.
g4 c4 (23... d4 24. gxf5 c4 25. Qe4 d3 26. Bd1 Qh6 27. Ra7 Bc5 {1/2 Fedorov,A 
(2617)-Delchev,A (2628)/Predeal 2006/ (38)}) 24. Qh3 Qc6 (24... d4 25. Bxf5 g6
(25... Qc6+ 26. Qg2) 26. Be4 Qe6 27. Qg3 $16) 25. Qg2 (25. Bxf5 g6 26. Bc2 (26.
Bb1 d4+ 27. Qg2 Qxg2+ 28. Kxg2 d3 $44) 26... d4+ 27. Qg2 (27. Kg1 $4 d3) 27...
Qxg2+ 28. Kxg2 dxc3 29. bxc3 Rd2+ 30. Rf2 Rxf2+ 31. Kxf2 Rxf4+ $11) (25. gxf5
d4+ 26. Qg2 Qxg2+ 27. Kxg2 d3 28. Bd1 Rxf5 $11) 25... fxg4 26. f5 Bc5 $6 {
The critical position of the whole game was asking for the defender's full
attention. It seems a bit absurd, that the best solution layed in the advance
of the pawn to the g3 squre.} (26... Qc7 27. f6 $1 (27. Rae1 d4) 27... gxf6 28.
Qxg4 fxe5 (28... Qxe5 29. Rfe1) (28... Bc5 29. exf6 d4 30. Be4 $14) 29. Bxh7 $1
Bg5 (29... Kxh7 30. Qh5+ Kg7 31. Rg1+) 30. Bg6 Bh6 31. Qh5 Qg7 32. Rg1 $18) (
26... g3 $1 27. Rf3 (27. hxg3 Qh6+ 28. Qh2 Qxh2+ 29. Kxh2 d4) (27. Rae1 Qh6 28.
Qxg3 Bh4 $17) (27. f6 gxf6 28. Bxh7 fxe5 $1) (27. Qxg3 $2 d4+ 28. Qg2 Qxg2+ 29.
Kxg2 d3 30. Bd1 Rd5) 27... d4 28. cxd4 Rxd4 29. Rxg3 Qxg2+ 30. Rxg2 Rfd8 $11)
27. Qxg4 Rde8 (27... d4+ 28. Be4 Qc7 29. f6 gxf6 30. exf6 $14) 28. f6 $1 (28.
Rae1 d4+ 29. Be4 Qc7 30. f6 Rxe5 31. cxd4 Bxd4 32. Rd1 Rxe4 33. fxg7+ Qxg7 34.
Rxf8+ Qxf8 35. Qxe4 Bxb2 $11) 28... gxf6 29. Bxh7 $1 Rxe5 (29... Kxh7 30. Qh5+
Kg7 31. Rg1+ Bxg1 32. Rxg1#) 30. Bf5 $2 {Karjakin pays back to his opponent
with the unexact solution. Most likely the fine idea 30.Bg6! would have won.} (
30. Bg6 $1 Qb7 (30... d4+ 31. Rf3 Qb7 32. Rg1 $18) 31. Bf5 $1 Rf7 (31... d4+
32. Rf3 Rxf5 33. Qxf5 $18) 32. Rf3 Rg7 33. Qh3+ $1 Kg8 34. Be6+ $18) 30... Rf7
(30... Rg8 31. Qh5+ Kg7 32. Qh7+ Kf8 33. Bd7 $1 $18) (30... d4+ 31. Rf3 Rg8 32.
Qh5+ (32. Qh4+ Kg7 33. Be4 $1 Rxe4 34. Rg1+ Kf7 $1 35. Qh7+ Ke6 36. Rxf6+ $1
Kxf6 37. Qh6+ Ke7 38. Qxc6 Rxg1+ 39. Kxg1 Re5 $11) 32... Kg7 33. Qg6+ Kf8 34.
Ra8+ $1 Qxa8 (34... Ke7 $6 35. Qh7+ Kd6 36. Be4 $1 Rxe4 37. Qxg8 Re8 $1 38.
Qg3+ Kd7 39. Rxe8 Kxe8 40. Qg6+ $16) 35. Qxf6+ Ke8 36. Qxe5+ Kd8 37. Bg4 $1 (
37. Be4 $4 Qa1+ $19) 37... Rf8 $1 (37... Qa1+ $2 38. Kg2 Rxg4+ 39. Kh3 Qg1 40.
Qb8+ $18) (37... Rxg4 38. Qh8+ $18) 38. Qxc5 Qa1+ (38... Rxf3 39. Qxd4+ Ke7 40.
Bxf3 Qxf3+ 41. Kg1 $16) 39. Kg2 Qxb2+ 40. Kg3 Rxf3+ 41. Bxf3 Qxc3 42. Qd6+ $16)
31. Rae1 {More troublesome for the defender was the move with the other rook
as the one on a1 was ready in a good firing location.} (31. Rf3 Rg7 32. Rh3+
Kg8 33. Ra8+ $1 (33. Qh5 $2 d4+ 34. Qf3 Qxf3+ 35. Rxf3 d3 $19) (33. Qf3 Re3 $19
) 33... Qxa8 34. Be6+ Rxe6 (34... Kf8 35. Rh8+ Ke7 36. Qxg7+ Kxe6 37. Qg4+ $1 (
37. Rxa8 $2 Re1+ 38. Kg2 Rg1+ $19) 37... Kd6 38. Rxa8 Re1+ 39. Kg2 Rg1+ 40. Kf3
Rxg4 41. Kxg4 $18) 35. Qxe6+ Rf7 36. Qg4+ Rg7 37. Qe6+ Rf7) (31. Rfe1 $1 d4+ (
31... Bb6 32. Qh5+ Kg8 33. Qg6+ Rg7 (33... Kf8 34. Rxe5) 34. Be6+ $1 Rxe6 (
34... Qxe6 35. Ra8+) 35. Rxe6 Rxg6 36. Rxc6 $18) (31... Rg7 32. Qh3+ Kg8 33.
Rxe5 fxe5 34. Be6+ $18) 32. Be4 Rxe4 (32... Qe6 $2 33. Ra8+ $18) 33. Rxe4 d3
34. Qg2 Rh7 35. Rae1 Bf8 36. Rg1 Qd5 $14) 31... d4+ 32. Be4 Qe6 33. Bf5 (33.
Qh4+ Kg7 $1 (33... Kg8 $2 34. Qh6 $1 Bf8 35. Rg1+ Bg7 36. Ra1 $16) 34. Rg1+ Kf8
35. Qh8+ Ke7 36. Rg8 Qd7 $13) 33... Qc6+ 34. Be4 {Karjakin decided to accept
the draw with move repetition as the continuation of the attack was not
promissing concrete results.} Qe6 35. Bf5 Qc6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares Anibal op 04th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Mikhalevski, Victor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "Hansen,Cu"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1997.02.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 058"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Mikhalevski,V} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5
7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 $5 9. Be3 {Since the 10th matchgame of Kasparov-Anand
1995 it has not been clear whether the open Spanish is playable or not - and
which line black should choose after 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10.c3. At the moment Ivan
Sokolovs idea 10..d4 11.Ng5 Bd5 seems to be the most solid defence. Another
idea is the setup 10..Bg4 played by Kortschnoj amongst others.} (9. Nbd2 $5 Nc5
10. c3 d4 11. Ng5 Bd5 $5 (11... dxc3 $6 12. Nxe6 fxe6 13. bxc3 Qd3 14. Bc2 Qxc3
15. Nb3 $40 {Kasparov-Anand/New York Wch/1995}) 12. Bxd5 Qxd5 13. Nb3 Nxb3 14.
axb3 Be7 15. Nf3 d3 16. Be3 O-O $132 {Onischuk,A-Sokolov,I/Hoogovens Wijk aan
Zee 1997/CBM 57}) 9... Be7 10. c3 (10. Nbd2 Nc5 $132) 10... O-O 11. Nbd2 Qd7 {
This setup has gotten the seal of approval by experts like I. Sokolov, Anand
and Krasenkov. The russian grandmaster wrote a book on the open Spanish
(Cadogan) not so long ago.} 12. Re1 (12. Bc2 f5 $13) 12... Rad8 $5 {This
position can also be reached via 10..Qd7 11. Nbd2 Rd8 12.Re1 0-0} 13. Bc2 Nxd2
(13... Bf5 {Mikhalevski,V} 14. Nxe4 Bxe4 15. Bxe4 dxe4 16. Qxd7 Rxd7 17. e6 $1
fxe6 18. Nd2 Ne5 19. Nxe4 Nd3 20. Re2 $14 {Dolmatov,S-Yusupov,A Wijk aan Zee
1991/}) (13... f5 $5 {Mikhalevski,V} 14. exf6 Nxf6 15. Qb1 h6 16. Nh4 Ne5 17.
Nb3 Nfg4 18. Nc5 Qc8 19. Nxe6 Qxe6 20. Bh7+ Kh8 {Georgiev,Kir-Ivanchuk,V
Manila ol 1992 Inf 55/337/} 21. Bg5 $1 $132) 14. Qxd2 Bf5 15. Rad1 (15. h3 {
Mikhalevski,V} Be4 16. Bxe4 dxe4 17. Qxd7 Rxd7 18. e6 fxe6 19. Nd2 Ne5 {
1/2-1/2 Madl,I-Karsa,L/Zalakaros op 1991}) (15. Bxf5 $5 $146 {Mikhalevski,V}
Qxf5 16. Nd4 Nxd4 17. cxd4 c5 $1 18. dxc5 d4 19. Bf4 Bxc5 20. Rac1 Rc8 (20...
Bb6 21. Rc6) 21. h3 (21. Bg3 $5) 21... Bb6 $10 22. Bg3 h6 23. Qb4 $6 (23. Kh2
$5 {/\f4/} d3) 23... d3 24. Rxc8 Rxc8 25. Qd6 $6 (25. Rd1 $5) 25... Ba5 26. b4
(26. Rd1 d2 27. b4 Rd8) 26... Rd8 27. Qc5 d2 28. Rd1 Qe4 $19 {0-1 Kharlov,
A-Krasenkow,M/Rostov op 1993 (45)}) 15... Bxc2 {A relatively new idea and
somewhat more active style of play than what was played before. This move was
tried out twice by Mikhalevski recently.} (15... Rfe8 {Tested twice in the
candidates match Dolmatov-Yusupov 1991. Game three of the match was drawn,
game five won be white. Though black seemed to be ok.} 16. Bf4 (16. h3 {
Mikhalevski,V} Qe6 {16. - h6 17.Bf4 Dolmatov,S-Yusupov,A, (m3) Wijk 1991} (
16... h6 17. Bf4 Bf8 (17... Qe6 18. Bg3 Qg6 19. Bxf5 Qxf5 20. Qe3 Bf8 21. Nd4
Nxd4 (21... Qg6 22. f4 Nxd4 23. cxd4 c5 24. dxc5 Bxc5 (24... d4 25. Qf3 $14)
25. Qxc5 Qxg3 26. Qf2 (26. Rf1 d4 27. Rf3 Qg6 28. Rfd3 Qe6 29. Rxd4 Rxd4 30.
Rxd4 Qxa2 $14) 26... Qxf2+ 27. Kxf2 d4 $1 28. Ke2 (28. Re4 f6 29. Rexd4 Rxd4
30. Rxd4 fxe5 31. Re4 Rf8 $10) (28. Kf3 g5 $1) 28... g5 (28... f6 29. Kd3 fxe5
30. Rxe5 Rxe5 31. fxe5 Rf8 32. Rd2 Rf4 $10) 29. g3 f6 30. Kd3 gxf4 31. gxf4 Kf7
32. Rc1 fxe5 33. fxe5 Re6 34. Rc5 Rg6 35. Rc7+ Ke8 36. e6 Rd6 37. e7 Rge6 38.
Rxe6 Rxe6 39. Ra7 Re3+ 40. Kxd4 Rxh3 41. b3 Rh5 {1/2-1/2 Lautier,J-Krasenkow,M/
Erevan olm 1996}) 22. cxd4 Be7 23. Qc3 Qe6 24. Rc1 c5 25. dxc5 d4 26. Qd3 Qxa2
27. c6 Qxb2 28. c7 Rc8 29. Rc6 Bb4 30. Re4 Qd2 31. Qb3 Re7 32. Bf4 Qe1+ 33.
Rxe1 Bxe1 34. e6 Ba5 35. Qa3 {1-0 Anand,V-Kamsky,G/Monaco rapid 1995}) 18. Bg3
Bxc2 19. Qxc2 Qe6 20. Nd4 Nxd4 21. cxd4 Rc8 22. f4 c5 {22. - f5 23.Bf2} 23. f5
cxd4 24. Qd3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Dolmatov,S-Jussupow,A/Wijk cm1 1991 (47)}) 17. Bg5
Bxc2 18. Qxc2 Qg6 19. Qxg6 hxg6 20. Bf4 Bc5 21. Nd4 Nxd4 22. cxd4 Bb6 23. Re2
$14 {1-0 Dolmatov,S-Jussupow,A/Wijk cm1 1991 (61)}) 16... Qe6 17. Bg3 Qg6 18.
Bxf5 Qxf5 19. Qe3 $14 {Lautier,J-Krasenkov,M/olm 1996/EXT 96ch2} (19. Qe3 $1
$14 Qg6 $5 (19... Bf8 20. Nd4 (20. h3 Qg6) 20... Qg6 21. f4) 20. Nd4 Bc5)) (
15... Na5 {Mikhalevski,V} 16. Nd4 Be4 17. Bxe4 dxe4 18. Qc2 Nc4 19. Bf4 c5 20.
e6 fxe6 21. Ne2 Qc6 22. Rxd8 Bxd8 23. b3 e3 $1 $15 {Cherniaev,A-Krasenkow,M/
Moscow ZSKS 1992/0-1 (55)}) 16. Qxc2 Qg4 (16... f6 17. exf6 Bxf6 18. Bc5 Rfe8
19. h3 $14 {Golod,V-Mikhalevski,V/Festival Beersheba XVI 1997} (19. h3 {
Mikhalevski,V} Rxe1+ $6 (19... Ne5 $142) 20. Rxe1 Re8 21. Rxe8+ Qxe8 22. Qf5
$16 {1/2-1/2 Golod,V-Mikhalevski,V/Festival Beersheba X 1997 (28)})) (16...
Rfe8 $5 {Mikhalevski,V} 17. Ng5 Bxg5 18. Bxg5 Rb8 19. f4 $13 {1-0 Bojkovic,
N-Forgo,E/EU-chTW Debrecen 1992 (39)}) 17. h3 Qe4 (17... Qh5 {Mikhalevski,V})
18. Qd2 Nxe5 $8 {The idea of blacks Q-manouvre. Whites strong e5-P disappears.
White now has the choice between winning material and having the better
P-structure.} (18... Qg6 {Mikhalevski,V} 19. Qd3 $1 $14) 19. Nxe5 Qxe5 20. Bf4
(20. Bc5 Qxe1+ 21. Rxe1 Bxc5 {Black is controlling the white Squares with his
Ps and the black squares with his B. Without having any weaknesses. He should
not have problems drawing.}) 20... Qf6 21. Bxc7 Rd7 22. Be5 Qf5 {[%csl Rd5]
Black has only one weakness - d-P. Maybe white could have tried to combine
pressure against d5 with some threats on one of the flanks.} 23. Qd3 Qxd3 24.
Rxd3 f6 $1 {[%cal Yg8e6] The black king is given the good square f7} (24... Bc5
$5 {Mikhalevski,V} 25. Bd4 $1 Bxd4 26. Rxd4 Rc8 $1 27. Red1 (27. Re5 Rcd8)
27... Rc5 $1 $14) 25. Bd4 Kf7 26. f4 {/\f4-f5,Kg1-f2-f3,g2-g4,h3-h4,g4-g5(),
><e6} Bd6 27. f5 {[%csl Re6][%cal Ye1e6]} Re8 (27... Re7 $143 {Mikhalevski,V})
28. Rxe8 Kxe8 29. Kf2 Re7 30. Re3 (30. Bb6 Re5 31. g4 {[%csl Rd5][%cal Yf2f3,
Yb6f2,Yf2g3]} Kd7 32. Kf3 Kc6 $11) 30... Be5 (30... Rxe3 $5 $14 {Mikhalevski,V}
) 31. Bc5 Rd7 32. Kf3 (32. g4 $142 {Mikhalevski,V}) 32... Kd8 (32... g6 $1 {
Mikhalevski,V} 33. g4 gxf5 34. gxf5 Rg7 35. Bd4 Rg3+ 36. Kf2 Rxe3 37. Kxe3 Ke7
$11) 33. g4 h6 (33... d4 $2 {Mikhalevski,V} 34. Bb6+ $1 Kc8 35. cxd4 Bxd4 36.
Re8+ Kb7 37. Bxd4 Rxd4 38. Re7+ $16) (33... g6 $1 {Mikhalevski,V}) 34. h4 Kc7
35. g5 h5 36. g6 (36. Bf8 $1 {Mikhalevski,V /\g6} Rf7 37. Bb4 $1 Rd7 38. g6 $16
{/\39.Bf8,/\38...Rd8?39.Ba5+-Khalifman}) 36... Rd8 37. Ke2 Kc6 38. Bd4 Kd6 39.
Kd3 a5 40. a3 a4 41. Re1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Isle of Lewis"]
[Site "Isle of Lewis"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Motwani, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 049"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. c3 Be7 10. Nbd2 Qd7 11. Re1 Nc5 12. Bc2 d4 13. Nb3 dxc3 14. Qxd7+ Bxd7 (
14... Nxd7 15. Be4 cxb2 16. Bxb2 Ndb8 17. Rac1 $18) 15. bxc3 Na4 16. Bd2 Nd8
17. Nbd4 g6 18. Bxa4 bxa4 19. Bg5 $1 {The exchange of the dark squared B's
helps White to attack Black's weak pawns in the ending.} Ne6 20. Bf6 Bxf6 21.
exf6 O-O-O 22. Nc2 Rhe8 23. Ne5 Nf4 24. g3 Nd5 25. Nxf7 Rxe1+ 26. Rxe1 Rf8 27.
Ne5 Rxf6 28. c4 Ne7 29. c5 Nc6 30. f4 Nxe5 31. Rxe5 Re6 32. a3 Rxe5 33. fxe5 {
N mit Mehrbauer wegen schlechter schwarzer B-Struktur; Raum} Be6 34. Nd4 Kd7
35. Kf2 Bd5 36. Ke3 Ke7 37. Kf4 h6 38. h4 Ba2 39. Ke4 Bb3 40. h5 $1 Kf7 41. e6+
Kf6 42. hxg6 Ba2 43. g7 Kxg7 44. Ke5 Bb3 45. Nf5+ Kg6 46. Nd6 {[%csl Rc7][%cal
Yd6e8]} 1-0

[Event "WchT 3rd"]
[Site "Luzern"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Hjartarson, Johann"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Hjartarson,J"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "1993.10.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 038"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Iceland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISL"]

1. e4 {Wolff} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5
8. dxe5 Be6 9. c3 Be7 10. Be3 Qd7 11. Nbd2 Rd8 12. Re1 O-O 13. Bc2 f5 $5 14.
exf6 Nxf6 15. Ng5 $6 (15. Nb3 Bg4 $1 16. Bc5 Bd6 17. h3 Bh5 18. Qd3 Bg6 19. Qd2
Bxc2 20. Qxc2 Ne4 $10 {Khalifman-Huebner, Manila (izt) 1990}) (15. Qb1 $5 h6 (
15... Kh8 {Wolff} 16. Ng5 Ng4 $5 {Ivanchuk}) 16. Nh4 (16. Nb3 {Wolff} Ng4 17.
Nc5 Bxc5 18. Bxc5 Rxf3 $1 19. gxf3 Nge5 20. Qd1 Bf5 $44 {Georgiev,Ki}) 16...
Ne5 17. Nb3 Nfg4 18. Nc5 Qc8 19. Nxe6 Qxe6 20. Bh7+ Kh8 21. Bf5 $2 (21. Bg5 $1
{(Ivanchuk)} Bc5 22. Ng6+ Qxg6 23. Bxg6 Bxf2+ 24. Kh1 Bxe1 25. Qxe1 Nf2+ $3 26.
Kg1 Nh3+ 27. Kh1 $10) 21... Qf7 22. Ng6+ Nxg6 23. Bxg4 Ne5 $15 {Georgiev,
Kir-Ivanchuk, Manila (ol) 1992}) 15... Bf5 16. Bf4 (16. Bxf5 Qxf5 17. Qb1 Ng4
$15) 16... Bc5 17. Nb3 (17. Bxf5 {Wolff} Qxf5 18. Ne6 Bxf2+ $1 19. Kxf2 Ne4+
20. Nxe4 (20. Rxe4 dxe4 21. Nxd8 Qxf4+ 22. Kg1 Rxd8 $19) 20... Qxe6 $17) 17...
Bxf2+ $5 (17... Bb6 18. Be3 $10) 18. Kxf2 Bxc2 19. Qxc2 Ne4+ 20. Nxe4 $8 (20.
Ke3 Qg4 21. Nh3 Rde8 $19) 20... Rxf4+ 21. Kg1 dxe4 22. Rxe4 Qf5 23. Re2 $10 (
23. Rae1 $2 Rf8 24. h3 (24. Qe2 Rxe4 25. Qxe4 Qf2+ 26. Kh1 Qf1+ $19) 24... Rf2
$17) 23... Qxc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Huebner, Robert"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[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. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 Be7 7. Re1 b5 8. Bb3
(8. Rxe4 $142 {Besser} d5 (8... bxa4 9. d5) 9. Nxe5 Nxe5 10. Rxe5 bxa4 11. Nc3)
8... d5 9. dxe5 Be6 10. c3 O-O 11. Nd4 Nxd4 (11... Nxe5 $142 {Besser}) 12. cxd4
h6 13. f3 Ng5 14. Nc3 (14. Be3 Bf5 15. Nc3 c6 16. Rc1 Bh7 {/\ 17...Ne6}) 14...
c5 $8 15. f4 cxd4 16. Ne2 (16. Qxd4 Rc8 17. Qd1 (17. Qd3 d4 {/\ 18...Bc4})
17... d4 18. fxg5 dxc3 19. gxh6 Qxd1 20. Rxd1 cxb2 21. Bxb2 gxh6 $10) 16... d3
(16... Ne4 17. Nxd4 Bc5 18. Be3 Qh4 19. Qd3 {/\ 20.Nf3+/-}) 17. Qxd3 Bc5+ 18.
Nd4 (18. Be3 $2 Bf5) 18... Bf5 19. Qxf5 Ne6 20. Be3 Nxd4 (20... Bxd4 21. Qd3
$16) 21. Qd3 $6 (21. Bxd4 $142 {Besser} Bxd4+ 22. Kh1 Bxb2 23. Rad1 d4 24. Rd3
$40) 21... Nxb3 22. axb3 d4 23. Bf2 Qd5 24. h3 (24. f5 Rfe8 25. Bg3 a5 $13)
24... Rfe8 25. Kh2 $6 (25. Rec1 $142 {Besser} Bb6 26. Rc2 a5 27. Rac1 $14)
25... a5 26. Rec1 Bb6 27. Rc2 Rec8 28. Rac1 Rxc2 29. Rxc2 a4 30. bxa4 bxa4 31.
Be1 (31. Rc4 {/\ 32.Rb4} Bc5 {/\ 32...Rb8, 32...a3} 32. Bxd4 (32. Qc2 d3 $19)
32... Rd8) 31... Qb3 $10 32. Qxb3 axb3 33. Rc6 Ba5 34. Bxa5 Rxa5 35. Rb6 d3 (
35... Rd5 36. Rd6 Rxd6 $2 37. exd6 Kf8 38. Kg3 Ke8 39. Kf3 Kd7 40. Ke4 Kxd6 41.
Kxd4 $18 {>< b3}) 36. Rd6 (36. Rxb3 $2 Rd5 $19) 36... Ra2 37. Rxd3 Rxb2 38. Kg3
g5 39. f5 Re2 40. Rxb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2009.12.03"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[Annotator "Karjakin,S"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[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"]

{Before this game my opponent had had a brilliant perfomace 7 out of 8! And he
finished all the games in classical time control!} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5
a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O {In the first round Kosteniuk played 5.Qe2, so I could
only guess what Shakhiryar wanted to play in the main line.} Nxe4 {Here it is!
My opponent had not played this move for a long time. Fortunately for me
Alexander Motylev had forced me to revise these lines before the game:-).} 6.
d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 Be7 11. Bc2 d4 12. Nb3 d3 13.
Bb1 Nxb3 14. axb3 Bf5 15. b4 $146 ({The main line is} 15. Be3) 15... O-O 16.
Re1 Qd5 $6 {This is a usual move for this line, but in this specific position
it is a mistake. Black's queen will be under attack now.} ({Better is to play} 
16... Qd7) 17. h3 Rfd8 18. g4 $1 {Here it is! Black is in trouble already!} Be6
(18... Bg6 19. Ba2 Qd7 20. Bf4 $16 {and the threat of e5-e6 is very unpleasent.
}) 19. Re3 {Now Black is losing his d3-pawn.} h5 20. Qxd3 ({White could also
play} 20. Rxd3 Qc4 21. Qf1 {with advantage, but the text move is good enough.})
20... Qxd3 (20... g6 21. gxh5 Qb3 22. Qe4 $1 Bd5 23. Bc2 $18) 21. Bxd3 hxg4 22.
hxg4 Bd5 (22... Bxg4 23. Be4 Bd7 24. Rd3 Be8 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 26. Be3 $16) 23. Bc2
$6 {Too deep!} ({I did not want to allow the rook to go to d1, but after the
simple} 23. Be4 Bxe4 24. Rxe4 Rd1+ 25. Kg2 g6 26. Re2 {followed by Rd2 or Rc2
White has a big advantage.}) 23... Bxf3 24. Rxf3 Nxe5 25. Rh3 {Due to his two
bishops White is still much better, but the material is equal now!} g6 (25...
g5 26. Be3 {is also very unpleasent for Black.}) 26. g5 {White has many good
options.} ({Very interesting was} 26. Bf4 Nxg4 27. Bd1 f5 28. f3 g5 29. Bxc7
Rd7 30. fxg4 Rxc7 31. gxf5 {with winning chances for White.}) 26... Re8 27. Bf4
({I should have simply played} 27. Kg2 $16 {keeping all White's advantages,
but I decided that it was time for some complications.}) 27... Bf8 28. Re3 Bd6
29. Bb3 Nc4 $1 {Black is making the best moves!} 30. Bxc4 Bxf4 31. Rf3 Bh2+ $1
(31... bxc4 32. Rxf4 $16) 32. Kxh2 bxc4 33. Rf4 {When I was calculating this
position a few moves ago I thought that White was very close to winning, but
in fact it is still not easy.} Re5 34. Rxc4 Rxg5 35. Ra5 $1 (35. Rxc7 $4 Kg7 {
with mate!}) 35... Rxa5 36. bxa5 Ra7 {Due to the very passive black rook White
retains an advantage.} 37. Kg3 Kf8 38. Kf4 Ke7 39. b4 Kd7 40. Ke5 Rb7 41. Rd4+
(41. Kf6 Rb5 42. Rf4 $16 {was also very strong!}) 41... Kc8 42. Kf6 $2 {
My only real mistake in this game!} ({White should have played} 42. Rd5 {
cutting the rook off on b7:} c6 43. Rc5 Re7+ 44. Kf6 $16 {and White is very
close to winning.}) 42... Rb5 {Now Black activates his rook and is very close
to a draw.} 43. Rf4 Rd5 44. Kxf7 g5 45. Rf6 Rd3 $1 {Here I realised that I had
spoiled my position and decided to try a chance of playing for mate!} ({
For some reason I calculated only} 45... Kb7 46. f3 Rd3 47. Kg6 Rxc3 48. Kxg5
$16 {and White has exellent winning chances!}) 46. c4 $5 (46. Kg6 g4 47. Kf5 g3
48. fxg3 Rxg3 {The computer says +1, but for a human it is clear, that Black
should hold without problems.}) 46... Rd4 47. c5 Rxb4 48. c6 {This was my
idea! The material is equal now, but over the board it is hard to understand
for Black what to do. In the coming moves we both made mistakes, but it is
easy to see all with a computer and difficult to understand over the board
what is going on!} Kd8 $2 ({Black should have played immediately} 48... Rb2 {
but it was not easy to realise it over the board.}) 49. Rf5 $2 ({Immediately
winning was} 49. f3 {with the idea Ke6!}) 49... Rb2 $2 {Black blundering and
misses a nice trick.} (49... g4 50. Rd5+ Kc8 51. Rg5 Kb8 52. Rg8+ Ka7 53. Ke7
Rd4 54. Rd8 Rf4 55. Kd7 Rxf2 56. Rg8 {Black should hold it, but some accurate
play is still required.}) 50. f4 $1 {Suddenly Black can't take the pawn in
view of mate!} Rf2 (50... gxf4 51. Re5) 51. Rd5+ Kc8 52. Ke7 {Black resigned!
Although we made a few mistakes in the game I think that the game was
interesting and the level of tension was very high!} 1-0

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2005.02.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kotronias, Vasilios"]
[Black "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[Annotator "Kortschnoj,V"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2005.02.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Postny,E} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3
d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. Be3 Be7 10. c3 Nc5 11. Bc2 Nd7 12. Re1 Ndxe5 13. Nxe5 Nxe5
14. Bd4 Nc6 15. Bxg7 Rg8 16. Qh5 Kd7 (16... Qd7 $5 17. Qh6 O-O-O 18. Bxh7 Rh8
$1 $13 {Saliev-Korneev 1995}) (16... Rxg7 $6 {Postny,E} 17. Rxe6 Rg5 18. Qxg5
fxe6 19. Qh5+ Kd7 20. Nd2 $16) 17. Bh6 Bc5 $1 $146 (17... Bd6 18. f4 $16) (
17... Bf8 {Postny,E} 18. Bxf8 Qxf8 19. Nd2 h6 20. Nf3 Qg7 21. g3 Qg4 22. Ne5+
Nxe5 23. Qxe5 $14 {1-0 Asrian,K-Mamedyarov,S/Dubai 2000/EXT 2001 (44)}) (17...
Bg5 {Postny,E} 18. f4 Bxh6 19. Qxh6 Kc8 20. f5 Bd7 21. Nd2 Rb8 22. Nf3 $14 {
1/2-1/2 Miranovic,R-Mikhalchishin,A/Cetinje 1992/EXT 97 (30)}) (17... Bf6 {
Postny,E} 18. f4 d4 19. Be4 Ne7 20. Qc5 c6 21. Bg5 Bxg5 22. fxg5 Kc7 23. cxd4
$16 {1-0 Ghaem Maghami,E-Sagalchik,G/playchess.com INT 2004/CBM 099 ext (46)})
18. Nd2 (18. Be3 $5 $11) 18... Qf6 19. Nf3 $6 (19. Be3 Bd6 20. Qh6 $11) (19.
Ne4 $2 {Postny,E} dxe4 20. Qxc5 Rxg2+ $1 21. Kxg2 Rg8+ 22. Kf1 Bc4+ 23. Qxc4 (
23. Re2 $2 Qf3 $19) 23... bxc4 $19) 19... Rg4 $1 $15 20. Kh1 Rag8 21. Bxh7 ({
Wild complications could arise after} 21. Rad1 $5 {Postny,E} Rxg2 (21... Bxf2
22. Rxd5+ Bxd5 23. Qxd5+ Kc8 24. Bf5+ Kb7 25. Bxg4 Bxe1 26. Bg5 Qd6 27. Qxf7
Bf2 $17 {[%cal Gd6d1]}) 22. Rxd5+ Bd6 (22... Bxd5 23. Qxd5+ Kc8 (23... Bd6 $2
24. Bf5+ Kd8 25. Bf4 $1 {and white is on top.}) 24. Qf5+ Qxf5 25. Bxf5+ Kb7 26.
Bxh7 Bxf2 27. Bxg8 Rxg8 $11) 23. Rg5 Rxf2 $1 (23... R8xg5 24. Bxg5 Rxg5 25.
Nxg5 Qxf2 26. Qe2 Bd5+ 27. Be4 $16) 24. Rxg8 Rxc2 $15) 21... Rxg2 (21... Rh8
22. Rxe6 fxe6 23. Qxg4 Qxh6 24. Bd3 Bxf2 25. a4 Ke7 26. h3 $13) 22. Rxe6 $1 (
22. Bxg8 Rg4 $5 (22... Rxg8 23. Rg1 Rh8 24. Bg5 Rxh5 (24... Qf5 25. Qxh8 Qxf3+
26. Rg2 Bh3 27. Rag1 Bxf2 28. Qxh3+ $8 Qxh3 29. Rxf2 Ne5 $15) 25. Bxf6 Rf5 26.
Bd4 $14) 23. Nh4 {relatively the best move} (23. Nd2 Qxf2 24. Qh3 (24. Qxg4
Bxg4 25. Rf1 Qh4 26. Rxf7+ Ne7 $17) 24... Rxg8 25. Qf3 Qxf3+ 26. Nxf3 Bh3 $17
27. Re2 Bg4 $19) 23... Rxh4 (23... Qxh4 $2 24. Bxf7 Qxh5 25. Bxh5 Rh4 26. Be8+
$18) (23... Qxf2 $2 24. Rf1 $2 (24. Bxf7 $1 $16) 24... Rxh4 $19) 24. Bg5 Rxh5
25. Bxf6 Bd6 {with a strong attack} 26. h4 Rh6 27. Bg5 Rh8 $17) 22... fxe6 23.
Bxg8 Rxg8 {Postny,E: 'Black has decisive advantage now, thanks to numerous
factors, namely: 1) Safe king compared to his counterpart; 2) Excellent
coordination of all his pieces; 3) Superior pawnstructure.'} (23... Rxf2 $6 24.
Re1 (24. Bxe6+ $5) 24... Nd8 (24... Rxf3 25. Bxe6+ Kd6 26. Bh3 Ne5 27. b4 Bb6
28. Qe8 $1 $16) 25. Be3 $18) 24. Rg1 Rxg1+ 25. Kxg1 b4 26. cxb4 $6 {Postny,E:
'This makes black's task easier, as black has now total control in the centre.'
} (26. Bd2 bxc3 27. bxc3 {should be considered.}) 26... Bxb4 27. Bc1 {White is
in time-trouble and makes the most obvious moves.} ({It is true, after} 27. b3
Qa1+ 28. Kg2 Qxa2 29. Qf7+ Be7 30. Bg5 Qe2 {White would not have enough
compensation for a pawn.}) 27... Bc5 28. Kf1 $2 {A waiting move.} (28. a3 {
(against the threat Nb4 a3 Nd3)}) (28. h4 {or}) (28. Kg2 {- everything was
stronger than the text.}) 28... Kc8 29. Kg2 e5 $1 $17 30. Qg4+ $2 ({The only
chance to survive was to exchange queens by} 30. Qh6 {.}) 30... Kb7 31. Bg5 Qg7
32. Qf5 e4 33. Nd2 e3 34. Nb3 (34. fxe3 Bxe3 35. Nf3 Qxb2+ $19) 34... Be7 35.
h4 e2 36. Qe6 Bxg5 37. hxg5 Qxg5+ 38. Kf3 Qh5+ 39. Kg2 d4 $19 40. f3 d3 41. Qe3
Kb8 42. Nc1 (42. Nc1 Qe5 $19) 0-1

[Event "Reykjavik Hrokurinn"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2003.02.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2642"]
[Annotator "Kortschnoj,V"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[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 {Postny} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3
d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. Nbd2 Be7 {Since the line for simplification} (9... Be7 10.
Nxe4 dxe4 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. Ng5 Qxd1 13. Rxd1 Bxg5 14. Bxg5 Nxe5 {yields
nothing special to white, black can with his quiet move direct the game into
the old but reliable branch of the open Spanish.}) 10. c3 O-O 11. Bc2 f5 {
It is hard to believe - Shirov has never seen this position in his chess life!}
12. exf6 {To my mind, after 12.Nb3 white has more chances to get an advantage.}
({Another line is} 12. Nb3 {(Postny) which is probably more promising for
white, but Shirov prefers to play open positions.}) 12... Nxf6 13. Nb3 (13. a4
{Postny} b4 14. Nd4 Nxd4 15. cxd4 Bd6 16. h3 Qd7 17. Nf3 Ne4 18. Ne5 Qe7 $11 {
1-0 Ricardi,P-Sorin,A/Villa Gesell 1996/CBM 52 (34)}) (13. Ng5 {(Postny) This
move was popular in the past, but nowadays considered as harmless for black.
For instanse:} Bg4 14. f3 Bc8 15. Re1 Qd6 16. Qe2 Bd7 17. Nb3 Rae8 18. Ne6 Bxe6
19. Qxe6+ Qxe6 20. Rxe6 Bd6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Kotov,A-Averbakh,Y/Moscow 1952/MCD 
(43)}) 13... Bg4 14. Qd3 Ne4 $6 {The theory, the blind theory, considers this
move to be the best.} ({The great specialist of the open Spanish, doctor Euwe,
preferred here a modest} 14... Bh5) ({I once for a while played here a solid} 
14... Qd7) 15. Nbd2 $1 {Bravo Shirov! It is the refutation of the cheeky Ne4.
Well, many games had been played by} (15. Nbd4 Nxd4 16. Nxd4 {and then after}
Bd6 17. Nxb5 Bxh2+ 18. Kxh2 Qh4+ 19. Kg1 Rf5 {black developed a (presumably)
irresistible attack.But now white obtains a better game.}) 15... Nf6 {The only
reply - after} (15... Bf5 16. Bb3 {black loses a pawn.}) 16. Ng5 {'?!' Postny.
Rather strait-forwarded, typical for Shirov's style. Postny: 'After 16.Nb3
white could repeat the position, but Shirov is certainly not the one who
avoids the fight.'} (16. a4 $5 {was a good alternative.}) 16... g6 {Or 16...h6
or 16...Ne5. If the knight's move works out, it would be the best. Say} (16...
Ne5 17. Qg3 Bd6 18. f4 Ng6 19. Ndf3 (19. Nxh7 $2 Kxh7 20. Qh4+ Bh5 21. g4 Kg8
$1 {Still, after 19.Ndf3 it would be not easy to find the next, satisfactory
move for black...})) 17. Ndf3 {17.Nxh7? meets a refutation - 17...Bf5.} Qd6 18.
h3 {'?!' Postny. Postny: 'Wasting time, since black was intending to play Bf5
anyway.'} ({Or} 18. Be3 Bf5 19. Qd2 Bxc2 20. Qxc2 Ng4 {with equality. (RR: -+)}
) (18. Re1 $142 {Postny}) 18... Bf5 19. Qe2 Bxc2 20. Qxc2 Rae8 {Postny: 'It's
clear, that black's position is more harmonious, while white has problems with
the Ng5 which has no place to retreat.'} 21. Be3 Qd7 $1 {Important regrouping
of black pieces - the black bishop comes to d6, the queen - eventually to g7.}
22. b3 {White does not pay attention to black's intentions.} (22. Nd4 {was
correct, with equal play.}) 22... Bd6 {Now Ng5 is in danger - black threatens
to win it by h7-h6.} 23. c4 {'?!' Postny. Postny: 'This is another optimistic
decision from Shirov. White is trying to find the way to harass the opponent's
king, however black is better prepared to the battle in the centre. '} (23. Nd4
$15 {Postny}) 23... Nb4 24. Qd2 {The best. If} (24. Qc3 c5 25. cxb5 d4 26. Nxd4
cxd4 27. Bxd4 Qf5 {- white loses a piece.}) 24... dxc4 25. bxc4 bxc4 {'-+'
Postny. Postny: 'The white queen no longer attacks the Pg6 and white is
actually defenceless against the threat h7-h6 trapping the knight.'} 26. Qc3 h6
{Or} (26... Nbd5 27. Qxc4 Qb5 $15) 27. Qxc4+ Nbd5 {'?' Postny.} ({After simple
} 27... Kg7 $19 {[%csl Rg5] (Postny) white's knight is doomed and it does not
seems, that white can find any compensation after this.}) 28. Bd4 {'!' Postny.}
Qb5 $2 {Shirov pointed out the following:} (28... hxg5 $1 29. Bxf6 c6 30. Bxg5
Rxf3 31. gxf3 Qxh3 32. f4 (32. Qh4 Nf4 33. Qxh3 Nxh3+ 34. Kg2 Nxg5 $17) 32...
Qg4+ 33. Kh1 Kf7 $19) 29. Qc2 Nf4 30. Bxf6 Rxf6 31. Ne4 {Postny: 'White has
managed to save his knight, but his position is still very suspicious, to say
the least...'} Rf7 {'?' Postny.} (31... Nxh3+ {Postny} 32. Kh1 (32. gxh3 Rxf3
33. Nxd6 Qg5+ 34. Kh2 cxd6 $19) 32... Rxf3 33. gxf3 Rxe4 $1 34. fxe4 (34. Qxe4
Nf4 $19 {[%csl Rh1][%cal Rb5h5]}) 34... Qh5 $19) 32. Rfe1 ({A bit more
accurate would be} 32. Nxd6 {Postny} cxd6 33. Rfe1 $11) 32... Ref8 {'?' Postny.
Postny: 'Black is continuing to collect his forces on the kingside, probably
overestimating his chances.'} (32... Nxh3+ {Postny} 33. gxh3 Rxf3 34. Nxd6 Qg5+
35. Kf1 Rxe1+ 36. Rxe1 cxd6 37. Re6 $11) 33. Nxd6 cxd6 34. Rad1 {'+/=' Postny.
Postny: 'Finally white has completed the development and black's pawn
weaknesses will become a factor now.'} Qh5 $2 {Time trouble Postny: 'This move
is probably connected with some miscalculations.'} (34... Qc5 $14) (34... Rf6
$14 {Postny}) 35. Rxd6 Nxh3+ 36. gxh3 Qxf3 37. Rxg6+ Rg7 38. Re7 $4 {Time
trouble Postny: 'Now it's Shirov's turn to spoil the advantage... The move in
the text looks like a time-trouble slip.'} (38. Rxg7+ Kxg7 39. Re7+ Rf7 40.
Rxf7+ Qxf7 41. Qc3+ Kg8 (41... Kh7 42. Qd3+) (41... Kf8 42. Qc8+) 42. Qb3)
38... Qxf2+ 39. Qxf2 Rxg6+ 40. Qg2 Rxg2+ 41. Kxg2 Rf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 0607"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2006.11.19"]
[Round "4.8"]
[White "Gross, David2"]
[Black "Ernst, Sipke"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2478"]
[BlackElo "2512"]
[Annotator "Kortschnoj,V"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2006.10.28"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Tegernsee"]
[BlackTeam "Solingen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Nbd2 Be7 10. c3 O-O 11. Bc2 f5 12. Nb3 Qd7 13. Nbd4 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 c5 15.
Nxe6 Qxe6 16. f3 Ng5 17. a4 Rad8 {This is the move which was always played by
Siegbert Tarrasch and then by Wolfgang Unzicker. Another move, used often by
me, is 17...g6. Also the adventurous 17...b4 18.cxb4 c4 had been applied.} 18.
axb5 axb5 19. Bxg5 Bxg5 20. f4 Be7 21. Kh1 c4 $6 {This move is an essential
part of the set-up, usually built up by Black in this position, but at this
moment it is premature. 21...Kh8 was called for.} 22. Qd4 b4 ({Or} 22... Qc6
23. b4 $1 {with a clear edge for White.}) 23. Bd1 $1 $16 {White is going to
win the pawn d5 by means of Bf3 and Ra5.} g5 {It is not an attacking move; but
just to hinder the bishop to be on f3.} 24. Ra5 g4 25. Be2 {Preparing Rf1-d1
and... something else.} Rd7 26. Rxd5 $1 $18 Rxd5 27. Bxc4 Rfd8 28. Rd1 bxc3 29.
bxc3 Kg7 30. Bxd5 Qa6 31. c4 Rb8 32. Qd3 Kg6 33. h3 (33. Bf7+ Kxf7 34. Qxf5+
Kg7 35. Qxg4+ {would hardly win the game. White tries to improve the
conditions for this piece sacrifice.}) 33... h5 34. Kh2 {Preparing the
following line: 35.Bf7+ Kxf7 36.Qxf5+ Kg7 37.Qxh5 gxh3 38.Rd3 winning.} ({
It is true} 34. Bf7+ {was winning here already:} Kxf7 35. Qxf5+ Kg7 (35... Kg8
36. e6 $18) 36. Rd7 Qa1+ (36... Qa3 37. hxg4 $18) (36... Re8 37. Qxh5 $18) 37.
Kh2 Qa3 38. Qf6+ Kg8 39. Qg6+ Kf8 40. Rd3 $18) 34... Rb6 35. Re1 $6 ({Here} 35.
Bg8 {was winning:} Qa8 (35... Kg7 36. Qd5 $18) (35... Qb7 36. Bf7+ Kxf7 37.
Qxf5+ Kg8 38. Rd7 Qc8 39. e6 $18) 36. Qd7 $18) 35... Qa5 36. Re2 {The cool 36.
Rb1 can be recommended here with excellent winning chances.} Qa1 37. Be4 $5 {
Frankly speaking, the annotater has for a long time expected the sacrifice
Bf7+. At this position 37.Bf7+ would lead to a draw. The move, made by White
has never come to my mind and, it seems, it is not so bad!} fxe4 38. Qxe4+ Kh6
(38... Kg7 39. f5 Bh4) 39. hxg4 hxg4 40. Qf5 $4 {A grave error - after 40.Re1
White would have an easy draw, and after 40.f5!? still had some winning
chances.} (40. Re1) (40. f5) 40... Rg6 $1 $19 41. Re3 Bc5 42. Rh3+ (42. Qc8 g3+
$19) (42. g3 Qb2+ $19) (42. Kg3 Qc1 43. Re2 Qc3+ 44. Kh2 g3+ 45. Kh3 Qc1 46.
Kh4 Qh1+ 47. Qh3 Be7#) 42... gxh3 43. Qxh3+ Kg7 44. Qd7+ Kh8 45. Qc8+ Kh7 46.
Qxc5 Rh6+ 47. Kg3 Qe1+ 48. Kf3 Rg6 0-1

[Event "Asti op 17th"]
[Site "Asti"]
[Date "1996.10.11"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Luther, Thomas"]
[Black "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1996.10.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. c3 Be7 10. Nbd2 Qd7 11. Bc2 Bf5 $1 $146 12. Nd4 $1 (12. Re1 Nc5) 12...
Bg6 13. a4 $3 O-O $2 (13... Nxd2 14. Bxd2 O-O) 14. Nxe4 Bxe4 15. axb5 axb5 16.
Rxa8 Rxa8 17. Bxe4 dxe4 18. e6 $1 fxe6 (18... Qd5 19. exf7+ Kxf7 20. f3 $1 $18)
19. Nxb5 $16 Qxd1 20. Rxd1 Ra1 21. Rf1 Bd8 (21... Bd6 22. Nxd6 $16) 22. Bf4
Rxf1+ (22... Ra2 23. Rb1 {/\c4,Nc3+-}) 23. Kxf1 e5 24. Be3 Kf7 25. Ke2 Ke6 26.
Kd2 (26. Na3 $5 {/\Nb1-d2,b4-b5|, Luther,Th}) 26... Na5 27. Kc2 Nc4 28. b3 Nd6
(28... Nxe3+ 29. fxe3 {/\Kd2-e2,Na3-b1-d2|}) 29. Nxd6 (29. Na3 Nf5 {/\30...
Nh4<=>}) 29... cxd6 30. c4 (30. b4 d5 31. Kb3 Bf6 $132) 30... Ba5 31. Bd2 Bb6
32. Be3 Ba5 33. Bd2 $2 $138 (33. f3 $1 $16) 33... Bb6 34. Be3 $6 (34. Be1 d5 $1
$14) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-32"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.09.30"]
[Round "13.1"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[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 "France"]
[BlackTeam "Poland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "POL"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Be3 Be7 10. c3 O-O 11. Nbd2 Qd7 12. Re1 Rad8 13. Bc2 Nxd2 14. Qxd2 Bf5
15. Rad1 Rfe8 16. Bf4 $146 (16. h3) 16... Qe6 17. Bg3 Qg6 18. Bxf5 Qxf5 19. Qe3
$1 $14 Bf8 (19... Qg6 $5 20. Nd4 Bc5) 20. h3 (20. Nd4 Qg6 21. f4) 20... h6 (
20... Qg6) 21. Nd4 Qg6 22. f4 Nxd4 23. cxd4 c5 24. dxc5 Bxc5 (24... d4 25. Qf3
$14) 25. Qxc5 Qxg3 26. Qf2 (26. Rf1 d4 27. Rf3 Qg6 28. Rfd3 (28. f5 Qg5 29.
Rxd4 Rc8) 28... Qe6 29. Rxd4 Rxd4 30. Rxd4 Qxa2 $14) 26... Qxf2+ 27. Kxf2 d4 $1
28. Ke2 (28. Re4 f6 29. Rexd4 Rxd4 30. Rxd4 fxe5 31. Re4 Rf8 $10) (28. Kf3 g5
$1) 28... g5 (28... f6 29. Kd3 fxe5 30. Rxe5 Rxe5 31. fxe5 Rf8 32. Rd2 Rf4 $10)
29. g3 f6 30. Kd3 gxf4 31. gxf4 Kf7 32. Rc1 fxe5 33. fxe5 (33. Rxe5 Rxe5 34.
fxe5 Ke6 35. Rc6+ Kxe5 36. Rxh6 Rg8 37. Rh5+ Kd6 38. Kxd4 Rg2 $10) 33... Re6
34. Rc5 (34. Re4 Rd5 35. Rf4+ Ke8 $10) 34... Rg6 35. Rc7+ Ke8 36. e6 Rd6 37. e7
Rge6 38. Rxe6 Rxe6 39. Ra7 Re3+ 40. Kxd4 Rxh3 41. b3 Rh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogeveen Essent Crown 10th"]
[Site "Hoogeveen"]
[Date "2006.10.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[Annotator "Kritz,L"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2006.10.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 115"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 {Die offene Variante der
spanischen Partie ist heute eine von vielen Varianten, wo WeiЯ keinen
eindeutigen Weg zum Erцffnungsvorteil finden kann. Gleichzeitig schliesst sie
die Mцglichkeit fьr Schwarz auf Gewinn zu spielen nicht aus.} 6. d4 b5 (6...
exd4 $5 {ist eine interessante Fortsetzung} 7. Re1 d5 8. Nxd4 Bd6 $1 9. Nxc6
Bxh2+ {Das ist die Idee von Schwarz, die durch 6....ed eingeleitet wird!} 10.
Kh1 $1 (10. Kxh2 Qh4+ 11. Kg1 Qxf2+ 12. Kh2 Qh4+ 13. Kg1 Qf2+ $11) 10... Qh4
11. Rxe4+ dxe4 (11... Qxe4 12. Nd4+ b5 13. Kxh2 bxa4 14. Nc3 Qh4+ 15. Kg1 $16)
12. Qd8+ $3 {der einzige Zug, sonst wьrde WeiЯ sogar verlieren} Qxd8 13. Nxd8+
Kxd8 14. Kxh2 Be6 15. Bf4 b5 (15... c5 16. c3 Ke7 17. Nd2 f5 18. f3 $1 $16 {
weiЯe Initiative ist sehr gefдhrlich}) 16. Bb3 Bxb3 17. axb3 $14 {die schwarze
Bauernstruktur ist sehr geschwдcht und dadurch hat weiЯ bessere Aussichten}) 7.
Bb3 d5 (7... exd4 {ist in dieser Stellung nicht so gut} 8. Re1 d5 9. Nc3 $3 (9.
Bxd5 $5 Qxd5 10. Nc3 Qf5 11. Nxe4 Be7 $11) 9... dxc3 (9... Be6 10. Nxe4 dxe4
11. Rxe4 Be7 12. Bxe6 fxe6 13. Nxd4 $14 e5 $2 14. Qh5+ g6 15. Nxc6 gxh5 16.
Nxd8 Rxd8 17. Be3 $16) 10. Bxd5 Bb7 11. Bxe4 (11. Ng5 $6 {sieht zwar
verlockend aus, scheitert jedoch an genauer Verteidigung} Be7 12. Nxf7 Qd7 13.
Rxe4 Nb4 14. Rxe7+ Kxe7 15. Bg5+ Kf8 16. Bxb7 Qxd1+ 17. Rxd1 Kxf7 18. Bxa8 Rxa8
19. bxc3 Nxa2 20. Rd7+ $14) 11... Be7 (11... Qxd1 $4 12. Bxc6+ Kd8 13. Rxd1+
$16) 12. Qe2 $18 {Schwarz ist ьberall gefesselt und kann nun wirklich aufgeben.
}) 8. dxe5 Be6 9. Nbd2 (9. Be3 $5 {ist heute ebenfalls sehr populдr geworden}
Be7 (9... Bc5 10. Qe2 $1 O-O 11. Rd1 Bxe3 12. Qxe3 Na5 13. Nbd2 Nxd2 14. Rxd2
$14 {WeiЯ bekam eine angenehmere Stellung zu spielen in Kotronias - Mamedyarov
(Warschau, 2005), denn Schwarz hat es nicht geschafft, gleich c5 durchzufьhren.
}) (9... Nc5 10. Nc3 Nxb3 11. cxb3 $1 {ausnahmsweise wird hier vom Zentrum weg
genommen, da die offene c-Linie sehr von Bedeutung ist} Be7 12. Rc1 Qd7 13. h3
O-O 14. Ne2 $14 {durch den Druck auf den c-Linie und Dank der Schwдchung der
Felder c5 und c6 hat WeiЯ einen genьgenden Vorteil, Ponomariov - Korchnoi 
(Donetsk, 2001)}) 10. c3 Nc5 11. Bc2 Nd7 12. Re1 Ndxe5 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. Bd4
Nc6 (14... Ng6 15. Bxg7 Rg8 16. Bxg6 Rxg7 17. Rxe6 hxg6 18. Re2 $14 {nach
Nd2-Nf3-a4 hat WeiЯ Initiative an allen Teilen des Brettes}) 15. Bxg7 Rg8 16.
Qh5 $1 Kd7 $1 $132 {und die Stellung ist ziemlich unklar - zwar steckt der
schwarze Kцnig im Zentrum, doch dafьr hat Schwarz sehr groЯen
Entwicklungsvorsprung}) 9... Be7 (9... Nc5 {Meiner Meinung nach ist diese
Variante der Stein, an dem WeiЯ heutzutage stolpert.} 10. c3 d4 {und hier galt
sehr lange Zeit die geniale Idee von Igor Zaitsev, nдmlich} 11. Ng5 $3 {
als variantewiderlegend, doch in die neue Computerzeit fand man hier ebenfalls
fьr Schwarz Mцglichkeiten auszugleichen:} Qxg5 12. Qf3 O-O-O $3 13. Bxe6+ fxe6
14. Qxc6 Qxe5 15. b4 (15. a4 dxc3 16. Nf3 Qd5 17. axb5 Rd6 18. Qe8+ Rd8 19. Qc6
Rd6 $11) 15... Qd5 16. Qxd5 exd5 17. bxc5 dxc3 18. Nb3 d4 19. Ba3 g6 $132 {
und Schwarz hat fьr die geopferte Figur sehr gutes Spiel, was im Endeffekt
laut modernen Analysen zum Remis fьhrt, Shirov - Anand (Mainz, 2004)}) 10. c3
O-O 11. Bc2 f5 (11... Nxd2 $6 {widerspricht dem Sinn der Stellung und wird
elegant widerlegt:} 12. Qxd2 $1 (12. Bxd2 f6 13. exf6 Bxf6 $132) 12... f6 (
12... Bg4 13. Qd3 g6 14. Bh6 Re8 15. Rfe1 $16) (12... f5 13. Rd1 Qd7 14. Qd3
$14) 13. Qd3 g6 14. exf6 Bxf6 15. Bh6 $14 {im Vergleich zu 12.Bd2 entwickelt
WeiЯ hier sehr schnell starke Initiative}) 12. Nb3 Qd7 13. Nfd4 Nxd4 14. Nxd4
c5 15. Nxe6 Qxe6 {All das kam schon mehrmals ans Brett. Meiner Meinung nach
ist der weiЯe Vorteil nicht anzuzweifeln, denn er hat das Lдuferpaar, einen,
in der Perspektive gedeckten, Freibauer und Mцglichkeit, mittels a4 gegen die
weiЯen Felder im schwarzen Lager zu spielen. Man muss trotzdem sagen, dass die
Stellung von Schwarz ziemlich fest ist.} 16. f3 (16. f4 $2 {Wдre ein grober
strategischer Fehler - man darf den Springer nicht auf e4 stehen lassen.} a5 $1
17. a4 b4 $15) 16... Ng5 17. a4 (17. Bxg5 $6 {die Computerempfehlung ergibt
ьberhaupt keinen Sinn - WeiЯ gibt alle Vorteile und bekommt nichts dafьr...}
Bxg5 18. f4 Be7 $11) (17. h4 {eine kleine Falle in Hoffnung auf
Unaufmerksamkeit des Gegners} Nf7 18. f4 Nh6 $1 (18... Bxh4 $2 19. Qh5 Qh6 $8
20. Qf3 Qe6 21. Qh3 $16) 19. g3 Ng4 $15) 17... Rad8 (17... b4 $5 18. cxb4 c4 (
18... cxb4 19. Bb3 Rad8 20. Qd4 Qc6 21. Be3 Ne6 22. Qd3 $14) 19. b3 $1 (19. Be3
Nf7 20. f4 Bxb4 $132) 19... Nf7 20. bxc4 Qxe5 21. Rb1 $14) (17... Qxe5 $4 {
der Bauer ist selbstverstдndlich tabu} 18. f4 $18) 18. axb5 {Logisch, wozu
soll a4 sonst gut sein?! WeiЯ macht die Linien auf, aktiviert seinen Turm und
versucht aktiv zu werden.} axb5 19. Ra7 (19. Bxg5 {verspricht immer noch
keinen Vorteil} Bxg5 20. f4 Be7 21. Kh1 Kh8 22. Qd3 Qc6 $11) 19... Rd7 $146 {
Der neue Zug. In wiefern das eine wichtige Neuerung ist, ist fraglich. Das ist
eher Verstдrkung der Vorgдngerpartie.} (19... c4 $6 {Damit gibt Schwarz die
Kontrolle ьber das Zentrum auf. Man sollte dies nur dann tun, wenn man dafьr
konkrete Vorteile bekommen kann, hier ist es jedoch nicht der Fall.} 20. Be3 b4
(20... f4 21. Bf2 b4 22. Qd2 {->20....b4}) (20... Qxe5 21. Re1 $36) 21. Qd2 f4
22. Bf2 $1 {Das Feld d4 wird die Dame brauchen.} b3 23. Bb1 Qf7 (23... Nf7 $5 {
vielleicht wдre das die bessere Verteidigung - das Spiel etwas verschдrfen,
denn sonst steht Schwarz strategisch schlecht} 24. Qxf4 Nxe5 25. Qg3 Nc6 26.
Re1 Qxe1+ 27. Bxe1 Nxa7 28. Qh3 g6 29. Bf2 Nb5 30. Qe6+ Rf7 31. Qc6 Nd6 32. Bb6
$16) 24. Qd4 Ne6 25. Qb6 Rb8 26. Qa5 Rfd8 27. Rd1 $16 {Bologan - Timman 
(Barcelona, 2006)}) 20. Rxd7 Qxd7 21. Kh1 f4 (21... Ne6 22. f4 $1 $14 {
Praktisch wie ein Merkregel: verlдsst der schwarze Springer das Feld g5,
spielt WeiЯ sofort f4! Springer kann ja dann nicht mehr nach e4 kommen, und
WeiЯ bekommt den gedeckten Freibauer und den Raumvorteil.}) 22. b4 $1 {Das
schwarze Zentrum muss angegriffen werden!} c4 (22... cxb4 23. cxb4 Bxb4 24. Qd3
$16 {/\h4/Bb3-Rd1}) 23. Qd2 Ne6 24. Rd1 $14 {WeiЯ ergriff die Initiative und
seine Stellung ist klar besser.} Nc7 25. Qf2 Qe6 26. Qd4 Qc6 27. Kg1 g6 28. Kf1
Bg5 29. Bb2 Ra8 30. Qd2 Ne6 31. Bb1 Rd8 32. Qe1 Qc7 33. h4 Be7 34. Bc1 Qc6 35.
Qf2 Rf8 36. Bc2 Bd8 37. Qd2 Bxh4 38. Qxd5 Qb6 39. Qd2 Bg3 40. Qe2 Qa7 41. Be4
Kh8 42. Bd5 Ng7 43. e6 Qe7 44. Qe5 Qh4 45. Ke2 h5 46. Be4 Rg8 47. Rd7 Qh1 48.
Bd2 1-0

[Event "Ubeda"]
[Site "Ubeda"]
[Date "1997.02.07"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Lautier,J"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[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. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 a6 6. Ba4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Be3 Be7 10. c3 Qd7 11. Nbd2 Bg4 $4 $146 {Quite an amazing mistake,
coming from one of the greatest experts on the Open Ruy. Viktor's enthusiasm
at finding new ideas over the board sometimes backfires.} 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Qd5
$1 {[%csl Ra8,Rc6,Re4,Rf7][%cal Rd5a8,Rd5e4,Rb3f7] Effectively ends the game.
The rest is already a matter of technique, although my opponent's pugnacity
allows the game to drag on for another fifty moves.} Qxd5 (13... O-O $2 14.
Qxe4 $18) (13... exf3 $2 14. Qxf7+ Kd8 {with two ways for White to cash in:}
15. Qxg7 (15. e6 Qe8 16. Qxe8+ Kxe8 (16... Rxe8 17. Bd5) 17. Bd5 Rd8 18. Bxc6+
Kf8 19. Bd7 $18) 15... Re8 16. Rfd1 Bd6 17. Qf6+ Kc8 (17... Qe7 18. Qxe7+ Kxe7
19. exd6+ cxd6 20. Bd5 $18) 18. exd6 fxg2 19. dxc7 Bxd1 20. Rxd1 Qxc7 21. Be6+
$18) 14. Bxd5 O-O-O 15. Bxc6 exf3 16. gxf3 Bd7 $8 17. Be4 Be6 18. a4 {To add
to Black's misfortunes, his queenside is a ready-made target.} f5 19. Bc6 (19.
exf6 $5 {This was possibly stronger.} gxf6 20. axb5 Bh3 21. Bf4 $1 {The move I
missed, and mentioned to me by Viktor during dinner !} Bd6 (21... Rdg8+ 22. Bg3
Bxf1 23. Kxf1 Bc5 (23... axb5 $2 24. Bc6 $18) 24. Rxa6 (24. bxa6 Ba7 $16) 24...
Bb6 25. Bxh7 $18) 22. Bg3 Bxf1 23. Kxf1 $16 {White's advantage is overwhelming.
}) 19... b4 $8 20. cxb4 Bxb4 21. f4 Bb3 (21... Bd5 $142 $1 {was a grittier
defence, as Black improves his defensive chances by trading pieces. The reason
is clear: the exposure of his king is more serious a handicap than his
material disadvantage.} 22. Rfc1 a5 23. Bxd5 Rxd5 24. Rc4 (24. Bb6 $2 c5) 24...
Rhd8 25. Rac1 Rd1+ (25... R8d7 26. Kg2 Kb7 27. Bc5 $1 $16) 26. Kg2 Rxc1 27.
Rxc1 Rd5 {>< c5} 28. Kf3 Kd7 29. h4 $16 {h5, Rg1}) 22. Rfc1 Bd2 (22... Rd3 23.
Bg2 $18 {/\ Bf1, /\ Rc6}) 23. Bxd2 Rxd2 24. Rc3 Rxb2 25. Rac1 {White now
crashes through to the seventh rank.} Be6 (25... Rd8 $2 {fails to the tactical}
26. Rxb3 $1 Rxb3 27. e6 $18) 26. Bg2 Rb4 27. Rxc7+ (27. Rc6 $142 Re8 28. Rxa6
Re7 29. a5 $18 {was more precise, as it keeps Black bottled up.}) 27... Kb8 28.
Re7 Rc8 29. Re1 Bb3 30. a5 $1 {keeping this pawn is of course essential.} (30.
Rxg7 Bxa4 $16 {<=> o^a}) 30... Ba4 31. Rxg7 Rc7 32. Rg8+ Rc8 33. Rg7 $138 {
I was reluctant to change pieces, as I intended to harass the hapless Black
king. Still, 33.Rc8 was simpler.} (33. Rxc8+ $142 Kxc8 34. e6 Be8 35. Bf1 (35.
e7 Kd7) 35... Rxf4 (35... Kb7 36. e7 Rxf4 37. Rd1 Rg4+ 38. Bg2+ Kc7 39. Rd8 Rg8
(39... Bc6 40. f3 $18) 40. h4 $18) 36. Bxa6+ Kc7 37. Bd3 $18 (37. Bf1 $2 Rg4+))
33... Rc7 34. Rg8+ Rc8 35. Rg5 Rxf4 36. e6 Re8 37. Rg7 Rg4 $8 38. Rxg4 fxg4 39.
Bd5 (39. Bf1 $6 Bb5 40. Bxb5 axb5 41. Re5 Kc7 42. Rxb5 Rxe6 43. Rg5 Re1+ 44.
Kg2 Ra1 $14) (39. h3 $1 {was the cleanest, with a forced win} h5 (39... gxh3
40. Bxh3 Kc7 41. f4 Kd6 42. f5 $18) 40. Rb1+ {/\ Rb6} Bb5 41. Bc6 Rxe6 42. Bxb5
axb5 43. Rxb5+ Kc7 44. Rxh5 $18) 39... Kc7 40. Re4 Bd1 41. Bc4 Bf3 42. Re3 Bc6
(42... Bb7 $142) 43. Kf1 Bb7 44. Rb3 $1 $18 {[%csl Gb6][%cal Gb3b6]} Bf3 45.
Ke1 h5 46. Kd2 Kd6 47. Rb6+ Kc5 48. Kc3 Bc6 49. Rxa6 Rf8 50. e7 $1 Rf3+ 51. Kd2
Ba4 52. Be2 Rxf2 53. Ra8 Rxh2 54. Rc8+ Kd6 55. e8=Q Bxe8 56. Rxe8 g3 57. a6 Rh1
58. a7 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-A 78th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2016.01.27"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Wei, Yi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2016.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. c3 {Caruana chooses the old main line,} ({probably disappointed by his
recent draws with the fashionable} 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 Be7 11. Bc2 d4 12. Nb3 d3
13. Bb1 ({For} 13. Nxc5 {See the last round games Adams,M (2744)-So,W (2773)
Wijk aan Zee 2016 [Marin] (1/2-1/2, 33) and Carlsen,M (2844)-Ding Liren (2766)
Wijk aan Zee 2016 [Marin] (1/2-1/2, 99)}) 13... Nxb3 14. axb3 Bf5 15. Re1 O-O
16. Be3 (16. b4 Qd7 17. h3 Rfd8 18. g4 Bg6 19. Bf4 a5 {Caruana,F (2805)-Giri,A
(2773) Stavanger 2015 (1/2-1/2, 43)}) 16... Qd5 17. b4 Qd7 18. h3 Rfd8 19. g4
Be6 20. Bf4 h5 21. Re3 Bxg4 $1 {Caruana,F (2808)-Mamedyarov,S (2736) Baku 2015
(1/2-1/2, 40)}) 9... Be7 ({My only doubt is how would he have avoided a
transposition above after} 9... Nc5 10. Bc2 Bg4 11. Re1 Be7) 10. Bc2 Bg4 ({
The traditional move order is} 10... O-O {Beside 11.Nbd2, transposing to one
of the main lines, White tried} 11. Qe2 {in a few historic games:} Qd7 $1 {
Since White has deviated from the natural course of development, Black can
ignore the threat on e4.} ({Curiously, a few years ago the player who can be
considered the greatest Open Spanish specialist ever did not react too well in
two games against the same opponent:} 11... f5 12. exf6 Bxf6 13. Nbd2 Bf5 14.
Nxe4 Bxe4 15. Bxe4 dxe4 16. Qxe4 Qd7 17. Bf4 Rae8 18. Qc2 $16 {Bronstein,
D-Kortschnoj,V Leningrad 1962 (1-0, 39)}) (11... Nc5 12. Nd4 Qd7 13. Nd2 Nxd4
14. cxd4 Nb7 15. Nf3 $14 {Bronstein,D-Kortschnoj,V Leningrad 1962 (1/2-1/2, 24)
}) 12. Rd1 (12. Bxe4 dxe4 13. Qxe4 Bf5 14. Qf4 f6 $36 {[%csl Ge7,Gf5]}) 12...
f5 13. Nbd2 Kh8 14. Nb3 (14. Nxe4 $2 fxe4 15. Bxe4 dxe4 16. Rxd7 exf3 17. Qd3
Bxd7 18. Qxd7 Rad8 $19) 14... Bf7 15. Nbd4 Bh5 $13 16. Nxf5 $2 Qxf5 17. Rxd5
Bg6 $17 {Tal,M-Keres,P Moscow 1967 MCL [Dolmatov] (0-1, 30)}) 11. h3 Bh5 (11...
Bxf3 12. gxf3 Nc5 13. f4 Qd7 14. Qf3 Rd8 15. Rd1 f5 16. Be3 Qe6 17. Nd2 O-O 18.
Nb3 Na4 19. Rab1 Rd7 20. Kh1 g6 21. Bd3 $3 {The start of an instructive
manoeuvre, aimed at activating the only piece which was not doing anything
positive.} Bh4 22. Bf1 Rdd8 23. Bg2 $16 {Polgar,J (2540)-Huebner,R (2620)
Munich 1991 CBM 023 [Polgar,J] (1-0, 38)}) 12. g4 Bg6 13. Nd4 $146 ({Another
classical game went} 13. Bb3 Na5 (13... Nc5 14. Bxd5 (14. Qxd5 Na5 $44) 14...
Qd7 15. Bxc6 Qxc6 16. Nd4 Qb7 17. f4 h5 18. f5 hxg4 19. Qxg4 Bh5 $44 {[%cal
Ge8c8]} 20. Qg2 $2 Qxg2+ 21. Kxg2 Nd3 $17 {[%csl Gb2,Ge5]} 22. e6 c5 23. Nc6 (
23. Nf3 fxe6 24. fxe6 $2 Bxf3+ 25. Kxf3 Rf8+ 26. Kg2 Rxf1 27. Kxf1 Nxc1 $19)
23... Be2 24. Rh1 Bd6 $19 {with complete domination.}) 14. Bxd5 c6 15. Bxe4
Bxe4 16. Qxd8+ (16. Nd4) 16... Rxd8 17. Nbd2 Bd5 18. Re1 h5 19. Ne4 hxg4 20.
hxg4 Nc4 21. Kg2 $14 {Fischer,R-Olafsson,F Havana 1966 EXT 1999 [Bulletin] 
(1-0, 37)}) 13... Qd7 {Black should not hurry about strengthening the white
centre with an exchange on d4 before it is really necessary.} 14. f4 (14. f3
Nc5 15. Nf5 Ne6 16. f4 h5 {leads to a typical Open RL blockade.}) 14... Nxd4 $1
(14... f5 $6 15. e6) 15. cxd4 f5 16. Be3 ({Caruana must have rejected the more
natural} 16. Nc3 {on account of} fxg4 {when in certain lines the queen is
overloaded with the defence of the g4-square and the c2-bishop.} 17. Nxe4 (17.
hxg4 Nxc3 18. Bxg6+ {White is forced to open the h-file in order to keep g4
defended.} hxg6 19. bxc3 O-O-O $40 {[%cal Gh8h3]}) 17... Bxe4 18. Bxe4 dxe4 19.
hxg4 O-O-O 20. Be3 h5 $132) 16... O-O $6 {Too mild. Black should have used the
offered tempo to clear up matters on the kingside.} (16... h5 $5 17. g5 O-O (
17... h4 $5 {[%cal Gg6h5] looks principled, but it more or less forces Black
into castling long as otherwise the h4-pawn would be in danger.}) 18. Nc3 c6
19. Bxe4 $2 fxe4 $17 {[%csl Gf5]}) 17. Nc3 $1 {[%cal Gc3d5,Gc2b3] Suddenly
Black has serious problems of stability. The immediate threat is Nxd5.} c6 (
17... Nxc3 {does not solve all Black's problems. After} 18. bxc3 {he is doomed
to passivity as the attempts to free himself hand the initiative to White.} c5
(18... Rac8 19. Bb3 {[%cal Ga2a4]}) (18... c6 $14) 19. dxc5 Rac8 20. Bb3 Bf7
21. gxf5 Qxf5 22. Qg4 $36) 18. Bxe4 $1 dxe4 (18... fxe4 19. f5 {is crushing.})
19. d5 $1 b4 (19... cxd5 20. Qxd5+ Qxd5 21. Nxd5 {Black cannot defend his
bishop without losing the exchange.} Bd8 22. Rac1 Bf7 23. Rfd1 Be6 24. g5 $14 {
White is perfectly centralised while most of Black's pieces are passive and
his queenside weak.}) 20. dxc6 Qxd1 (20... Qxc6 21. Qd5+ {is even worse than
the previous line because in the end the b4-pawn would be hanging, but it was
maybe still preferable to the game continuation.}) 21. Nxd1 Rfd8 22. Rc1 {
White has a strong extra pawn and only needs to activate his knight to reach a
winning position.} Rd3 23. Bc5 (23. Kg2 $5 $18 {[%cal Gf1e1,Gd1f2]}) 23... Bd8
24. e6 Rc8 25. e7 Ba5 26. gxf5 Be8 $6 {Ignoring the f-pawns with the illusory
hope of eliminating the c6-pawn.} (26... Bxf5 27. Ne3 Bxh3 28. Rf2 $16 {
[%cal Ge3c4]}) 27. Nf2 Rd5 28. Nxe4 Bxc6 (28... Rxc6 29. Rfd1 Rxd1+ 30. Rxd1
$18 {[%csl Ge7]}) 29. Bxb4 $1 Bxb4 30. Rxc6 $1 Re8 31. f6 Rd4 32. Re6 {[%cal
Gf4f5,Gf6g7,Gf5f6]} 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-A 78th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2016.01.31"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2844"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "197"]
[EventDate "2016.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 Be7 11. Bc2 d4 12. Nb3 d3 13. Nxc5 dxc2 14. Qxd8+ Rxd8
15. Nxe6 fxe6 16. Be3 Rd5 17. Rfc1 Nxe5 18. Nxe5 Rxe5 19. Bd4 Rg5 20. Rxc2 Kf7
21. Be3 {For earlier deviations and So's novelty 21...Rh5 see Adams,M (2744)
-So,W (2773) Wijk aan Zee 2016 CBM 171 [Marin] played in the same round.} Re5 {
There is a good question about the best path for the rook to get back into
play. Abstractly, the game move may look like a slight concession as the same
position can be achieved if Black meets the immediate capture 19.Rxc2 with 19..
.Kf7. In the notes to the aforementioned game I have examined 19...0-0 which
seems best. But for White it is not easy to take advantage of this small
achievement.} (21... Rd5 {exposes the rook to} 22. c4 bxc4 (22... Rd7 23. cxb5
axb5 24. Rac1 Ra8 25. Rxc7 Rxc7 26. Rxc7 Rxa2 27. g3 Ke8 28. Bd4 g5 29. Rb7 b4
30. Kg2 $14) 23. Rxc4 Bd6 24. b3 Rb8 25. Rac1 Ke7 26. Kf1 Kd7 27. Ke2 $14 {
Nisipeanu,L (2668)-Svetushkin,D (2604) Predeal 2007 (1-0, 50), and Black
eventually went down due to his numerous weaknesses.}) (21... Rg4 {misplaces
the rook slightly.} 22. b3 $1 (22. Rd1 Rc4 23. Rcd2 Bd6 24. g3 a5 $132 {
[%csl Gc4]}) 22... Rd8 23. g3 e5 {Black needs to weaken his e-pawn even more
in order to clear the rook's path.} (23... Re4 $6 24. Bf4 $1 {[%cal Gf2f3]
more or less wins the exchange}) 24. Kg2 Rg6 25. c4 Rc6 26. Rac1 b4 27. c5 Rf6
28. Rc4 a5 29. Re4 Rd5 30. a3 bxa3 31. Ra4 Rd3 32. Rxa3 a4 33. Rxa4 Rxb3 34. h4
Rd3 35. Ra7 Rc6 36. Kf3 Ke6 37. Ke4 $14 {Adams,M (2724)-Smeets,J (2538) London
2007 (1-0, 47)}) 22. c4 b4 {There is no other way to keep the integrity of the
queenside structure, but placing a pawn on a dark square implies certain
strategic risk.} 23. Rd1 Rd8 24. Rxd8 Bxd8 25. Kf1 (25. Rd2 Ke8 26. Kf1 Bg5 $11
{Kosintseva,N (2528)-Koneru,H (2589) Kazan 2012 (½-½, 40)}) 25... Bg5 26. Bd4
({Sutovsky's favourite is} 26. Ba7 Be7 (26... h5 27. Bb8 Rc5 28. Ke2 Bf4 29. g3
Bd6 30. f4 g5 31. Ba7 Rf5 32. fxg5 Rxg5 33. Be3 {Sutovsky,E (2642)-Haba,P 
(2488) Austria 2015 (1-0, 56)} Rf5 34. Kd3 Bc5 $11) (26... Rf5 {Xie,J (2530)
-Polgar,Z (2550) Jaen 1996 CBM 052 [Ftacnik,L] (1/2-1/2, 46)}) 27. Re2 Rf5 {
Sutovsky,E (2665)-Sorokin,M (2599) Sochi 2005 CBM 107 [Postny,E] (1-0, 45)})
26... Ra5 27. b3 Bf6 28. Be3 Bg5 $5 $146 {As known from the comments to the
aforementioned Adams-So, Black is interested in exchanging bishops.} (28... Rh5
29. h3 a5 30. Ke2 a4 $6 31. Kd3 Ke8 (31... axb3 32. axb3 Ke8 33. Bd2 Be7 34.
Ra2) 32. bxa4 $5 Ra5 33. c5 Rxa4 34. Kc4 Bc3 35. Bd2 Kd7 36. Bxc3 bxc3+ 37. Kb3
Rf4 38. f3 Kc6 39. Rxc3 $14 {Potkin,V (2556)-Amin,B (2453) Abu Dhabi 2006 (1-0,
56)}) 29. f4 Be7 30. g4 {White has gained kingside space, but his pawns are
vulnerable to exchanges, helping Black to get rid of some of his weaknesses.}
h5 31. h3 g6 {Of course it would not make sense to open the h-file in a moment
when the white rook could be transferred to it along the second rank.} 32. Ke2
hxg4 33. hxg4 e5 34. Kf3 exf4 35. Bxf4 {Black has rid himself of several
weaknesses and his position looks safe enough. But White has some initiative
now and the b4-pawn still is a problem.} Bd6 $1 (35... c6 $6 {exposes the rook
too much.} 36. Ke4 Ke6 37. Bc7 Rg5 $2 ({Relatively better is} 37... Ra3 {
without a clear white win yet, but it certainly is risky playing with the
caged rook.}) 38. Kf4 Rc5 (38... Bf6 39. Re2+ Kd7 40. Be5 {[%csl Gg5] General
exchanges obviously lose while otherwise the rook remains in a miserable
position.}) 39. Re2+ Kf6 40. Rxe7 Kxe7 41. Bb6 {A fantastic trapping of the
rook!}) 36. c5 $5 {An interesting resource for keeping the fight alive.} (36.
Bxd6 cxd6 37. Kf4 Re5 38. Rh2 g5+ 39. Kf3 Ke6 40. Rh6+ Kd7 41. Rh7+ Ke6 42. Ra7
Ra5 43. Rb7 Rxa2 44. Rxb4 Ke5 $11) 36... Bxc5 $1 {The best practical decision.}
({It certainly makes no sense depriving himself of the dynamic resource
yielded by the pressure on a2. After} 36... Rxc5 37. Rxc5 Bxc5 38. Bxc7 {
the bishop ending looks suspicious for Black, even though it seems that White
only has practical chances:} Kf6 39. Bf4 Ke6 40. Ke4 Bb6 41. Bd2 Bc5 (41... a5
42. Bf4 $22 {In order to avoid Bc7xa5, Black needs to clear the king's path to
b5 with a bishop retreat.}) 42. Bh6 Be7 (42... Bf2 43. Bf8 Be1 44. Kd4 {
is similar}) 43. Kd4 Kd6 44. Bd2 Ke6 45. Kc4 Ke5 46. Bxb4 Bxb4 47. Kxb4 Kf4 48.
Ka5 Kxg4 49. Kxa6 g5 50. b4 Kf3 51. b5 g4 52. b6 g3 53. b7 g2 54. b8=Q g1=Q {
The endgame is drawn, but why suffer for 200 moves or so to prove it, with the
obvious risk of stumbling along the way?}) 37. Bxc7 Rb5 38. Ke4 Ke6 39. Bf4 Ra5
40. Bd2 Be7 {Offering White some chances.} (40... Rb5 $5) 41. Rc6+ Kd7 42. Rxg6
Rxa2 43. Bf4 Ra3 44. g5 Rxb3 45. Rb6 Bxg5 {Another practical decision. Ding
Liren knew how to defend with a rook versus a rook and a bishop so he does not
risk getting into some study like ending.} ({But objectively} 45... a5 {
should also draw:} 46. g6 Rb1 47. Kf5 Rg1 48. Rb7+ Ke8 49. Be3 (49. Bh6 Rf1+)
49... Rg2 50. Bh6 a4 51. Rb8+ Kd7 52. g7 b3 53. g8=Q Rxg8 54. Rxg8 b2 55. Rb8
a3 56. Bg7 Bf8 $5 57. Bc3 (57. Bxf8 $6 a2) 57... Bh6 58. Ke4 (58. Bxb2 $11)
58... Bc1 59. Kd3 a2 $1 {Right in time!} 60. Rxb2 a1=Q 61. Rb7+ {Unfortunately,
the black king is too close to the rook.} Kc6 62. Bxa1 Kxb7 $11) 46. Bxg5 a5
47. Ra6 a4 48. Rxa4 Kc6 49. Ra5 Ra3 50. Rf5 b3 51. Bf6 Ra2 52. Bd4 b2 53. Rc5+
Kb6 54. Rc3+ Kb5 55. Rb3+ Kc4 56. Rb8 b1=Q+ 57. Rxb1 Re2+ {Ding Liren chooses
one of the two possible defensive systems, the second rank setup.} ({I find
the other plan simpler:} 57... Rh2 58. Rc1+ Kb5 59. Kd5 Rh5+ 60. Be5 Ka5 61.
Rb1 Rg5) 58. Be3 Rc2 59. Rb8 Kc3 60. Rc8+ Kb3 61. Bc5 Kc4 62. Rc7 Kc3 63. Kd5
Kd3 64. Rh7 Re2 65. Rh3+ Kc2 66. Kc4 Re4+ 67. Bd4 Kd2 68. Rh2+ Re2 69. Rh4 Rg2
70. Re4 Re2 71. Bc3+ Kd1 72. Rf4 Kc2 73. Rd4 Rf2 74. Rd3 Re2 75. Bd4 Re4 76.
Ra3 Re2 77. Be3 Kd1 78. Rd3+ (78. Kd3 Rd2+ $1) 78... Ke1 79. Rc3 Kf1 80. Kd3
Ra2 81. Rc1+ Kg2 82. Ke4 Kg3 83. Rc8 Rg2 84. Rf8 Kg4 85. Bf2 Kh3 86. Kf3 Rg3+
87. Kf4 Rg4+ 88. Kf5 Rg7 89. Bd4 Rg3 90. Be5 Rf3+ 91. Bf4 Kg2 92. Kg4 Rf2 93.
Rh8 Re2 94. Rh3 Kf2 95. Rf3+ Kg2 96. Be3 Rc2 97. Rg3+ Kf1 98. Kf3 Rf2+ 99. Bxf2
1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 78th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2016.01.31"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2016.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 Be7 11. Bc2 d4 {This early opening of the centre has
become a reliable weapon lately. Black needs to struggle a bit in certain
lines, but nothing really unbearable.} 12. Nb3 (12. Ne4 d3 13. Nxc5 {transposes
}) 12... d3 13. Nxc5 ({Earlier in the tournament So had faced White's
alternative} 13. Bb1 Nxb3 14. axb3 Bf5 15. Re1 O-O 16. Be3 Qd5 17. Bd4 {
Practice has proved that the d3-pawn is not easy to "digest". In the game So
even obtained a slightly more pleasant ending.} Rfd8 18. Re3 (18. Bxd3 Bxd3 19.
Qxd3 Qxb3 20. e6 fxe6 21. Qe4 Qc4 22. Qxe6+ Qxe6 23. Rxe6 Bd6 $11 {Abdumalik,Z
(2379)-Koneru,H (2581) Chengdu 2015 (1/2-1/2, 33)}) 18... Nxd4 19. cxd4 c5 20.
Bxd3 cxd4 $1 {An important intermediate move.} 21. Re2 (21. Bxf5 $2 dxe3 22.
Qxd5 Rxd5 23. Be4 Rdd8 24. Bxa8 $2 e2 $1 25. Nd4 $8 Rxd4 26. Bf3 Rd2 27. Re1
Rxb2 28. g3 Rxb3) 21... Qe6 22. Rd2 Bxd3 23. Rxd3 Bc5 24. Qd2 Rd5 25. h3 h6 26.
Qf4 Re8 {Black has regrouped perfectly and even if his position is slightly
marred by the fact that the b-pawn would stand better on b7, he is not at all
worse.} 27. Qd2 Ba7 28. Rd1 Bb8 29. Re1 Bxe5 30. Nxe5 Rxe5 31. Rxe5 Qxe5 32.
Rxd4 Qe1+ 33. Kh2 Qxd2 34. Rxd2 Kf8 $15 {Wei,Y (2706)-So,W (2773) Wijk aan Zee
2016 (1/2-1/2, 70), with some symbolic advantage for Black due to the relative
weakness of the doubled pawns.}) 13... dxc2 14. Qxd8+ Rxd8 15. Nxe6 fxe6 16.
Be3 Rd5 17. Rfc1 {In principle this is the most logical way of eliminating the
c2-pawn, as the other rook may be needed on the a-file for breaking with a2-a4.
} ({Some players think it is better to keep f2 well defended, though, so} 17.
Rac1 {is not pointless, either. In principle there should be no big difference
between these two moves. Here is just an example where White failed to obtain
anything concrete:} Nxe5 18. Nxe5 Rxe5 19. c4 Bc5 20. Bxc5 Rxc5 21. Rxc2 Ke7
22. Rfc1 Rd8 23. Kf1 bxc4 24. Rxc4 Rd1+ 25. Rxd1 Rxc4 26. Rd2 e5 27. Ke2 Ke6
28. Ke3 a5 29. b3 {Anand,V (2803)-Mamedyarov,S (2736) Berlin 2015 (1/2-1/2, 29)
}) 17... Nxe5 18. Nxe5 Rxe5 19. Bd4 {Played at a moment when g7 is not
defended, this is aimed at misplacing the central rook slightly.} (19. Rxc2 O-O
{The e6-pawn does not require the same attention as in the main line. besides,
the pressure against f2 could be important since Black mainly plans ...Bc5.}
20. g3 (20. a4 bxa4 21. Rxa4 Bc5 22. Re2 Rd8 23. Kf1 Rd1+ 24. Re1 Rxe1+ 25.
Kxe1 Bxe3 26. fxe3 a5 $11 {Bologan,V (2695)-Giri,A (2730) Germany 2013 (1/2-1/
2, 33)}) (20. c4 Bc5 $1 {The typical reaction.} 21. cxb5 Bxe3 22. fxe3 axb5 23.
Rxc7 Rxe3 24. Rd1 h6 25. h3 Rf5 26. Rd2 Kh7 {1/2-1/2 Luther,T (2385)
-Beckemeier,W (2345) Germany 1990}) (20. Bd4 {fails to transpose below because
the g7-pawn is defended, allowing the active} Rd5 {for instance} 21. Re1 Kf7
22. Rce2 c5 $11 23. Rxe6 $2 Bd6 24. Rxd6 Rxd6 25. Bxc5 Re8 $1 26. Be3 $8 $15)
20... Bc5 21. Bxc5 (21. Bf4 Ref5 22. Re1 g5 {Sutovsky,E (2587)-Krasenkow,M 
(2647) Shenyang 1999 CBM 073 [Mikhalevski,V] (1/2-1/2, 69)}) 21... Rxc5 22. Rd2
Rd5 $6 {This unexpectedly causes Black some problems despite repairing his
structure.} (22... Rff5 23. a4 a5 24. axb5 Rxb5 25. Ra2 Rfd5) 23. Rxd5 exd5 24.
a4 Rd8 25. axb5 axb5 26. Kf1 $14 {[%cal Gf1d3,Gd3d4,Ga1a7]} d4 $6 27. Rd1 d3
28. b4 $16 {Grigoryan,A (2580)-Petrosian,T (2604) Yerevan 2011 (1/2-1/2, 42)})
19... Rg5 ({8 years ago I suggested} 19... Re2 {to Jan Willem de Jong, with
the idea of provoking the exchange of one rook, after which Black's weaknesses
are much easier to defend. Shortly after he played it in the Dutch KO
championship, reaching a draw and qualifying for the next round.} 20. Kf1 ({
The point is that} 20. Bxg7 $2 {runs into troubles:} Rg8 21. Kf1 Rd2 22. Bd4
Bg5 $1 23. h4 Bh6 $17 {with a very passive position for White. One of Black's
main plans is transferring the g8-rook to the g-file and driving the enemy
bishop away with the help of either the e- or the c-pawn.}) 20... Rd2 21. Be3
Rd1+ 22. Rxd1 cxd1=Q+ 23. Rxd1 Rf8 24. Ke2 Rf5 25. Rd4 h5 26. h3 Bf6 27. Re4
Kd7 28. f4 Rd5 $11 {Pruijssers,R (2408)-De Jong,J (2445) Hilversum 2008 (½-½,
82)}) 20. Rxc2 Kf7 ({With the rook on g5,} 20... O-O $6 {does not work
properly:} 21. Re2 Kf7 22. Rae1 c5 23. Rxe6 $1 $16 {and Black misses the
bishop's support for ...Bd6.}) 21. Be3 Rh5 $146 {A somewhat mysterious novelty.
For the previously played moves, see the comments to Carlsen,M (2844)-Ding
Liren (2766) Wijk aan Zee NED 2016 [Marin] (1/2-1/2, 99)} 22. a4 $6 {White's
desire to develop his a1-rook is understandable, but the last move helps Black
getting rid of the potentially weak a6-pazn.} (22. c4 {looks harder to meet.}
Bd6 {I imagine that this was the idea behind the novelty: Black gains a tempo
by attacking h2. But this does not seem to be enough to level the chances
completely.} ({The method used in the aforementioned Carlsen-Ding game} 22...
b4 {does not work out so well here:} 23. Rd1 Rd8 24. Rxd8 Bxd8 25. Rd2 {
The main problem is that after} Bg5 {Black does not have enough pressure on e3
(as happened there with the rook on e5) thus losing a pawn after} 26. Rd7+ $16)
23. h3 (23. g3 $5 {prevents ...Rh4 but in the long run White may wish to avoid
having his pawns on dark squares.}) 23... Rh4 (23... Rb8 24. b3 $14) 24. Rac1
Rxc4 25. Rxc4 bxc4 26. Rxc4 Rb8 27. b3 Rb5 28. Kf1 Ra5 29. Rc2 $14 {Black does
not seem to be in big danger yet, but with so many pawn islands he will most
likely suffer for a long time.}) 22... Rd8 23. axb5 axb5 24. g3 Bc5 $11 {
Black has solved all his problems. His only weakness (e6) is easy to defend.}
25. Bxc5 Rxc5 26. Re2 Ke7 27. Kg2 Rcd5 28. Ra7 R8d7 29. h4 h6 30. Kf3 Rf5+ 31.
Kg2 Rfd5 32. Kf3 Rf5+ 33. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2008.01.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2008.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Nbd2 Be7 10. c3 O-O 11. Bc2 f5 {This variation has been known since the
times of Dr. Tarrasch and has become fashionable in several different periods
of chess history. Some years ago, Korchnoi brought it into the limelight again
by employing it twice against Shirov.} 12. Nd4 ({Now, just as 100 years ago,
the critical line is considered to be} 12. Nb3 Qd7 13. Nbd4 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 c5
15. Nxe6 Qxe6 16. f3 Ng5 17. a4 {More about it, in my opening database from
the CD corresponding to CBM 115.}) 12... Nxd4 {Actually, I do not understand
why this move is almost unanimously played here.} ({I would answer with} 12...
Qd7 {when I do not see anything better for White than} 13. Nxc6 (13. f3 Nxd4
14. cxd4 Nxd2 15. Bxd2 c5 16. dxc5 Bxc5+ 17. Kh1 Bd4 $15) (13. Nxe6 Qxe6 $15 {
[%csl Ge5]}) 13... Qxc6 {, with a transposition to the main line with, say,}
14. Nb3 Qd7 15. Nd4 c5 16. Nxe6 Qxe6) 13. cxd4 c5 (13... Qd7 $5 {Bologan,V 
(2682)-Sokolov,I (2696)/Stepanakert 2005/CBM 110/[Erenburg] (1/2-1/2, 35)}) 14.
dxc5 Bxc5 (14... Nxd2 {Spraggett,K-Mikhalevski,V/Kapuskasing 2004/CBM 101 ext/
[Mikhalevski,V] (1-0, 30)}) 15. Nb3 Bb6 (15... Ba7 {should not have
independent value.} 16. Be3 $6 ({Better is} 16. Nd4 {, when Black cannot take
advantage of the availability of the b6-square with} Qb6 $6 {because of} 17.
Be3 f4 18. Nxe6 Qxe6 19. Bxa7 Rxa7 20. Bb3 Rd7 21. Qd4 $16 {when Black is
hanging. Instead, 16...Bxd4 would transpose to our main game.}) 16... Bxe3 17.
fxe3 Qc7 18. Bxe4 dxe4 19. Qd6 Qxd6 20. exd6 Rfd8 {1/2-1/2 Lein,A-Lutikov,A/
Kiev 1964/URS-ch}) 16. Nd4 {There are not too many relevant games available
from this position.} Bxd4 $5 $146 {Black gives up the pair of bishops for the
sake of rapid development. However, after this exchange, the weakness of the
dark squares will tend to have a permanent character, which makes Carlsen's
novelty quite risky from the strategic point of view.} ({Almost two decades
ago, Adams faced the incorrect sacrifice} 16... Nxf2 $2 17. Rxf2 Qh4 18. Rf4
Qe7 19. Kh1 g5 20. Rf1 Rac8 21. Bxf5 {1-0 Adams,M (2495)-Demarre,J (2190)/
Paris 1989/TD}) (16... Qd7 17. Be3 $14) 17. Qxd4 Rc8 18. Bb3 (18. Bd1 Rc4 $132)
18... Nc5 19. Bd2 $6 {Black should have preserved his bishop from exchange at
any cost.} (19. Bd1 $1 Bf7 (19... Ne4 20. Be2 $14 {[%csl Gc4]}) 20. b3 Re8 21.
Ba3 Ne6 22. Qd2 $14 {The knight is well placed on e6, but the bishop has
problems becoming active. If a wizard could transfer it to b7, Black's
position would be absolutely fine, but here he is struggling still.}) 19...
Nxb3 20. axb3 Rc6 {With opposite-coloured bishops on the board, White's
superiority is of a symbolic nature.} 21. Bb4 Re8 22. Bc5 f4 23. f3 Qg5 24. Rf2
Bf7 25. Bd6 Rec8 26. Re1 Be6 27. Bb4 Rc1 28. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 29. Rf1 Rxf1+ 30. Kxf1
Qf5 31. h4 Qb1+ 32. Be1 h5 33. b4 Qc1 34. Kf2 Qc4 35. Bc3 Qxd4+ 36. Bxd4 Kf7
37. Ke2 Bf5 38. Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Val Thorens op 05th "]
[Site "Val Thorens"]
[Date "1980.07.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Stoica, Valentin"]
[Black "Staller, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2315"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1980.07.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/7200:20/3600:0"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Be3 (9. c3) 9... Be7 10. Nbd2 Nc5 11. c3 Bg4 (11... Nd3 $1) 12. Bc2 Ne6
13. Qb1 Bh5 14. b4 $5 $14 {[%csl Rc6,Rc7]} (14. a4 b4 15. a5 Bg6 16. Nb3 bxc3
17. bxc3 Qb8 18. Qa2 O-O 19. Bxg6 hxg6 20. Rab1 Qb5 21. Qc2 Qc4 22. Nfd2 Qg4
23. f4 Qf5 24. Qxf5 gxf5 25. Nf3 Rfb8 26. Nfd4 Ncxd4 27. Nxd4 Nxd4 28. cxd4 Bb4
29. Ra1 Rb5 30. Ra4 Rab8 31. Rfa1 Bc3 32. Rc1 Rb1 33. Rxb1 Rxb1+ 34. Kf2 Ra1
35. Rxa1 Bxa1 36. Ke2 Bc3 37. Kd3 Bxa5 38. h3 Be1 39. g4 g6 40. Kc2 Kf8 41. Kd1
Bg3 {0-1 (41) Gligoric,S-Szabo,L Zuerich 1953}) 14... Bg6 15. Nb3 (15. a4 O-O
$6 {Blundering a pawn.} 16. Nb3) 15... O-O (15... Qd7 $1 {[%csl Ga4][%cal
Gc6a4] White may find it difficult to carry out a4 after Qd7}) 16. a4 Qd7 17.
axb5 axb5 18. Rxa8 Rxa8 19. Bxg6 hxg6 20. Rd1 Bd8 21. Rd2 Ra4 22. h3 Ne7 23. g4
Qc6 24. Nc5 Nxc5 25. Bxc5 Qa8 26. Rd1 Ra6 27. Qd3 d4 28. Nxd4 Nd5 29. Nxb5 Ra1
30. Rxa1 Qxa1+ 31. Kh2 c6 32. Be3 Bh4 33. Nd4 Qa2 34. Ne2 Kh7 35. Kg2 Qa8 36.
Nf4 Qa2 37. Nxd5 cxd5 38. b5 Qa8 39. Bd4 Qb7 40. b6 1-0

[Event "Benasque op 28th"]
[Site "Benasque"]
[Date "2008.07.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "De la Villa Garcia, Jesus Maria"]
[Black "Marin, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2458"]
[BlackElo "2553"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2008.07.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 125"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.07.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Be3 Be7 10. c3 Nc5 11. Bc2 Bg4 {An old-fashioned variation, aiming to
maintain the tension and avoid early simplifications.} ({A couple of months
earlier, I experimented with} 11... Nd7 12. Re1 Ndxe5 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. Bd4 f6
15. Bxe5 fxe5 16. Rxe5 Bf7 17. Qe2 Kf8 18. Nd2 Bd6 $1 $146 ({An improvement
over} 18... Bf6 19. Re3 g6 {as played in Almasi,Z (2672)-Acs,P (2520)/Paks
2006/CBM 113 ext (1/2-1/2, 42), see below. In that game, play transposed to my
game after Nf3-e5, but I believe that} 20. Rd1 Kg7 21. Ne4 $14 {is unpleasant
for Black.}) 19. Re3 g6 20. Nf3 Kg7 21. Ne5 Bxe5 22. Rxe5 Qf6 23. f4 $146 {
The second... novelty of this game! However, the evaluation of the position as
equal remains unchanged. White's stability on dark squares is compensated by
Black's mighty centre and by the relative passivity of the theoretically
"good" white bishop.} (23. Qe3 c5 24. f4 Rac8 25. Bb3 Rhd8 26. Rd1 d4 $11 {
Almasi,Z (2672)-Acs,P (2520)/Paks 2006/CBM 113 ext (1/2-1/2, 42)}) 23... c5 24.
Qf2 Rac8 25. Bb3 Rhd8 26. g4 Rc7 27. Rd1 Qd6 28. Kg2 d4 $11 {Hillarp Persson,T
(2491)-Marin,M (2556)/Porto Mannu Palau 2008 (1/2-1/2, 41)}) 12. Nbd2 Ne6 13.
Qb1 Bh5 14. Re1 {A rare move.} ({Two rounds later, I met one of Jesus' pupils,
who, advised by his trainer, chose the strongest continuation:} 14. b4 {
Blocking Black's queenside structure.} Bg6 15. a4 $146 ({A strong novelty. In
case of} 15. Nb3 {Stoica,V-Staller,P/Val Thorens 1980/ (1-0, 40), White may
find it difficult to carry out a4 after} Qd7 $1 {[%cal Gd7a4]}) 15... O-O $6 {
Blundering a pawn.} (15... Rb8 $14) 16. Bxg6 fxg6 17. axb5 axb5 18. Rxa8 Qxa8
19. Qd3 $16 Ncd8 (19... d4 20. Nxd4 Ncxd4 21. cxd4 Qd5 22. Rb1 $16 {Black's
stability on the light squares will only offer him chances to defend for a
long time.}) 20. Qxb5 c6 21. Qa5 $6 {Playing too actively.} (21. Qd3 $16) 21...
Nb7 22. Qb6 $6 (22. Qa1 $5) 22... Rc8 23. Nb3 Bd8 24. Qa7 Qxa7 25. Bxa7 Ra8 26.
Ra1 c5 $132 {Now, White faces technical problems.} 27. bxc5 $6 ({His only
chance to retain winning chances was} 27. b5 $1 Nc7 28. b6 Nb5 29. Na5 $1 {
and, curiously, Black cannot get any advantage from the pins.}) 27... Nbxc5 28.
Bxc5 Rxa1+ 29. Nxa1 Nxc5 {Black will retrieve the lost pawn soon and White's
advantage remains symbolic.} 30. Nc2 Ne4 31. Nfd4 Nxc3 32. f4 Bb6 33. Kf1 Kf7
34. Ke1 Ne4 35. Ke2 Nc5 36. Kf3 Ne6 37. Ne2 Nc7 38. g4 Nb5 $11 {Recuero Guera,
D-Marin,M/Benasque 2003 (1/2-1/2, 46)}) (14. a4 {was tried in a classical game:
} b4 15. a5 Bg6 16. Nb3 bxc3 17. bxc3 Qb8 18. Qa2 O-O 19. Bxg6 hxg6 20. Rab1 $6
(20. Rfb1 {[%csl Ga5] Bronstein}) 20... Qb5 21. Qc2 Qc4 22. Nfd2 Qg4 $132 {
Gligoric,S-Szabo,L/Zuerich 1953/Candidates (0-1, 41)}) 14... Qd7 $146 ({
Black should not hurry to retreat with his bishop, because in that case White
may win a tempo by capturing on g6.} 14... Bg6 15. Nb3 Qd7 16. Nfd4 $6 (16.
Bxg6 hxg6 17. Nfd4 {wins a tempo over our main game.}) 16... Nxe5 17. Nxe6 fxe6
$13 18. Nc5 $2 Qc6 19. Nxe6 Qxe6 20. Bd4 Bxc2 21. Qxc2 Qg6 {0-1 Lobron,E (2480)
-Timman,J (2605)/Indonesia 1983/MCD}) 15. Bf5 (15. Nd4 Ncxd4 $1 16. cxd4 c5 {
We can see that the bishop is very useful on h5, by preventing the generally
desirable Nf3.} 17. Nb3 c4 18. Nd2 Qa7 $17) 15... Bg6 16. Nb3 O-O 17. Bxg6 (17.
Nbd4 $5) 17... fxg6 $5 {It is always a good question which way to capture. My
move opens the f-file for the rook and avoids any danger of a white kingside
attack, but leaves the e6-knight slightly less stable.} (17... hxg6 {allows
the additional possibility} 18. Qd3 {[%cal Ga1d1] . However, this may not be
that dangerous.} a5 $1 19. Rad1 (19. Qxb5 Nxe5 $11) 19... a4 20. Nc1 Rfd8 21.
Ne2 Na5 $13) 18. Nbd4 ({One point behind my previous move is revealed after} 
18. Qd3 $2 Rxf3 $1 19. gxf3 Nxe5 20. Qe2 Bd6 $17) (18. Nfd4 Nxe5 19. Nxe6 Qxe6
20. Bd4 Bd6 $17) 18... Ncd8 (18... Ncxd4 $5 19. cxd4 Rxf3 20. gxf3 Rf8 {
may be playable, but it take strong nerves, since pawns are equal and Black's
queenside structure is not perfect either.}) 19. b4 a5 20. a3 Nxd4 $6 {A
hurried exchange, which will cause some mini-problems.} (20... c6 21. Qd3 (21.
Qd1 a4 $11) 21... Nxd4 22. Nxd4 Ne6 $11) 21. Nxd4 Ne6 22. Qd1 $1 {[%cal Gd1g4]
Suddenly, there is a strong threat for White in an apparently stable position.}
Nxd4 23. Bxd4 Qe6 24. Qd3 ({During the game I was afraid of} 24. a4 $5 {
, but things seem to be not really bad for Black.} bxa4 (24... axb4 25. axb5
$14) 25. Qxa4 (25. Rxa4 axb4 26. cxb4 c6 $11) 25... axb4 26. Qxa8 Rxa8 27.
Rxa8+ Kf7 $13 {I wrongly assessed this positoon as quite bad for Black.} 28.
cxb4 Bxb4 29. Rc1 Qg4 30. Be3 Bc3 $1 $15) 24... c6 $11 {Now, Black is
absolutely fine.} 25. Rad1 Rf5 {Running into a pin anyway.} (25... a4 26. Re3
$11 {[%cal Ge3f3] For White it is important to trade one pair of rooks in
order to avoid a black kingside attack.}) 26. Qh3 $1 a4 27. Rd3 Raf8 28. Rf3 g5
29. Rxf5 (29. Ree3 g6 30. Rxf5 Rxf5 31. Rf3 h5 32. Rxf5 Qxf5 33. Qxf5 gxf5 $15
34. f4 $5) 29... Rxf5 30. Qe3 Rf4 31. f3 Rf5 32. h3 h6 33. Kf1 Rf8 34. Kg1 ({
White cannot really play for a win with} 34. Bc5 Bxc5 35. Qxc5 Re8 36. Kf2 Qg6
37. Re2 Re6 38. Qd4 Qf5 39. Qg4 Qg6 40. Qd4 Qf5 41. Ke1 Qb1+ 42. Qd1 Qf5 $11)
34... Rf5 35. Kf1 Rf8 36. Kg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Morelia/Linares 24th"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares"]
[Date "2007.03.02"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[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. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. c3 Be7 10. Nbd2 Nc5 11. a4 {Morozevich is faithful to himself by
playing a very rare move in a well known position. In the Ruy Lopez, White
usually does not part with his light-squared bishop so easily.} Nxb3 12. Qxb3
O-O ({Actually, it would be interesting to know what he had in mind against
the natural} 12... d4 {. As an adherent of the Open Variation of the Ruy Lopez,
I would say that Black is more than OK here.}) 13. axb5 axb5 14. Rxa8 Qxa8 15.
Qxb5 Rd8 16. Qd3 Qb7 {Black has certain compensation for the sacrificed pawn,
due to his pair of bishops and the lead in development.} 17. Nd4 {Just as in
the previous game against Carlsen, Morozevich decides to immediately return
the material. The difference is that now he gets very little in exchange.} Nxe5
18. Qe2 Bf6 19. Nxe6 fxe6 20. f4 Qb6+ 21. Kh1 Nf7 22. Nf3 c5 {Black has the
more active position and the better pawn structure. His chances are preferable.
} 23. g4 Re8 24. g5 Bd8 25. f5 e5 26. c4 Qa6 27. Re1 e4 28. cxd5 Qxe2 29. Rxe2
Nd6 30. Nh4 h6 31. Bf4 Nb5 32. d6 Nd4 33. Rg2 Bxg5 34. Bxg5 hxg5 35. Rxg5 Kf7
36. Rg3 Nb5 37. Rg6 Rd8 38. Re6 Nxd6 39. Re5 c4 40. Rd5 Kf6 41. Ng2 Ke7 42. Ne3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess Champions League"]
[Site "Vitoria Gasteiz"]
[Date "2007.11.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2007.11.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 121"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 {(!?!) Throughout his
carrier, Karpov has been playing all kind of closed systems of the Ruy Lopez.
He is supposed to know the open variation very well, too, but mainly from
White's point of view, after having faced it repeatedly during his World
Championship matches against Korchnoi from 1978 and 1981. With Black, Karpov
only captured on e4 twice, between the aforementioned matches. Although his
overall result was satisfactory, Karpov must have felt that the opening did
not suit his style perfectly. Until now...} 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 (8. Nxe5
{Hort,V (2595)-Karpov,A (2725)/Bugojno 1980/MCD (1/2-1/2, 16)}) 8... Be6 9.
Nbd2 (9. Qe2 {Kavalek,L (2590)-Karpov,A (2705)/Montreal 1979/MCL/[ChessBase] 
(0-1, 41)}) 9... Be7 10. c3 O-O {This variation had been played by Korchnoi
starting with the '50s and has been revitalized by him recently.} 11. Qe2 {
Caught by surprise, Judit deviates from the main course of theory, where, she
supposed, Karpov had prepared something.} ({In fact, she had two recent
experiences with the main line:} 11. Bc2 f5 12. Nb3 Qd7 13. Nfd4 Nxd4 14. Nxd4
c5 15. Nxe6 Qxe6 16. f3 Ng5 17. a4 Rad8 18. axb5 {Logical. What else would a4
be good for?! White opens lines, activates his rook and attempts to become
active. Logisch, wozu soll a4 sonst gut sein?! WeiЯ macht die Linien auf,
aktiviert seinen Turm und versucht aktiv zu werden.} axb5 19. Ra7 Rd7 {The new
move. It is questionable whether it is an important innovation, more an
improvement on the previous game. Der neue Zug. In wiefern das eine wichtige
Neuerung ist, ist fraglich. Das ist eher Verstдrkung der Vorgдngerpartie.} 20.
Rxd7 Qxd7 21. Be3 ({Aiming to improve over} 21. Kh1 {, where the final result
of the game had little to do with the outcome of the opening, Polgar,J (2710)
-Sokolov,I (2670)/Hoogeveen 2006/CBM 115/[Kritz] (1-0, 48)}) 21... f4 22. Bf2
g6 23. Qd2 Ne6 24. Rd1 Rd8 25. Be4 Qc7 26. Bxd5 Qxe5 27. b3 Kg7 28. c4 bxc4 29.
bxc4 Nc7 30. Qa2 Nxd5 31. cxd5 Kf8 32. h3 Qd6 $11 {Polgar,J (2707)-Carlsen,M 
(2710)/Biel 2007/CBM 120 (1/2-1/2, 43)}) 11... Nxd2 $5 {Still following the
footsteps of his historical rival.} ({The main alternative is} 11... Nc5 {
, which had been employed by Korchnoi, too, on the occasion of his Candidates'
match against Mecking...} 12. Nd4 Nxb3 13. N2xb3 Qd7 14. Nxc6 Qxc6 15. Be3 Bf5
16. Rfd1 Qg6 17. Nd4 Bd7 18. b4 Qe4 $132 {Mecking,H (2615)-Kortschnoj,V (2670)/
Augusta 1974/Candidates (1/2-1/2, 35). True, several dozens of games have been
played in the meanwhile...}) 12. Bxd2 Na5 13. Bc2 Nc4 ({Another historical
game went} 13... c5 14. Qd3 (14. b3 {deprives the knight of the c4-square, but
weakens the c3-square prematurely.} Nc6 15. Qd3 g6 16. Bh6 Re8 17. Qd2 b4 18.
cxb4 Nxb4 19. Bd1 Nc6 20. Qf4 Rb8 $132 {Carlsen,M (2646)-Predojevic,B (2566)/
Sarajevo 2006/TWIC 602 (1/2-1/2, 88)}) ({However, from the modern era the
following game deserves serious attention:} 14. Rad1 Qd7 15. h3 Nc6 16. Bg5
Rfe8 17. Rfe1 {White is in no hurry to break Black's position, but simply
develops and activates his pieces.} Rad8 18. Qe3 Bxg5 19. Nxg5 Bf5 20. e6 fxe6
21. Bxf5 exf5 22. Qxc5 $14 {Sokolov,A (2628)-Predojevic,B (2566)/Turin 2006/
CBM 113 (1/2-1/2, 27)}) 14... g6 15. Bh6 Re8 {Now, the simplest and probably
best continuation would have been} 16. Rfe1 {consolidates the central pawn and
continues the development of the pieces. I believe that in this case White
would have maintained an advantage, for instance} (16. Qd2 {led to
incalculable complications after} Nc4 17. Qf4 Nxb2 18. Bg5 d4 $13 {Tal,
M-Kortschnoj,V/Riga 1955/EXT 99 (0-1, 33)}) 16... f6 (16... Bf5 {solves only
part of Black's problems. After} 17. Qe2 Bxc2 18. Qxc2 f6 19. Rad1 {White's
pressure is unpleasant.}) 17. Nh4 $1 {This is not the start of an atack
actually, but a way to force Black to a significant positional concession.} f5
({Sad necessity. Black is forced to block the position, thus adding force to
the white central pawn. After, for instance} 17... Bf8 $6 18. Bxf8 Kxf8 {
White would have obtained a very powerful attack with} 19. Nxg6+ hxg6 20. Qxg6
{when, compared to a line examined above, the presence of the light squared
bishops on board makes a lot of difference in White's favour.}) 18. Nf3 Nc6 19.
Rad1 {and White has completed his development, maintaining a positional
advantage. True, Black's position remains quite solid.}) 14. Nd4 (14. b3 Nxd2
15. Qxd2 Rc8 $5 ({I believe that there are not many players who, now or later,
would refrain from} 15... c5) 16. a4 Qd7 17. axb5 axb5 18. Ra5 g6 19. Bd3 c6
20. Rfa1 Rc7 21. Nd4 f6 $132 {Aronin,L-Kortschnoj,V/Riga 1954/EXT 2000 (1/2-1/
2, 27). After having more or less neutralised the enemy bishop, Black opens
new diagonals for his own dark-squared bishop.}) (14. Bc1 Qd7 (14... Bg4 $1
$132) 15. b3 Nb6 16. Qd3 $14 {Hecht,H-Langeweg,K/Hengelo 1968 (1-0, 45)}) 14...
Nxd2 {It seems that Karpov likes clarity lately.} ({Actually, Black can ignore
the bishop for the time being and simply continue his development with} 14...
Qd7 15. f4 c5 16. Nxe6 Qxe6 17. Rae1 f5 18. Bc1 Qg6 19. b3 Nb6 20. Be3 Rad8 21.
Qf2 Qc6 22. Rd1 (22. Qf3 Na8 $5 {[%csl Ge6][%cal Ga8c7,Gc7e6]}) 22... d4 $1 23.
cxd4 Nd5 24. Kh1 (24. dxc5 $2 Nxe3 25. Qxe3 Bxc5 $19) (24. b4 c4 25. a3 a5 $132
) 24... cxd4 25. Bxd4 Nxf4 26. Qxf4 (26. Bb1 Ne6 27. Bxf5 Nxd4 28. Rxd4 Rxd4
29. Qxd4 g6 30. Bd3 Rxf1+ 31. Bxf1 Qc1 $132 32. Qd3 Qf4 33. e6 Bc5 34. Be2 Qe3
$11) 26... Qxc2 27. Rd2 Qe4 $15 {Lee,P-Langeweg,K/Bad Aibling 1968/EXT 2001 
(0-1, 48)}) (14... Bg4 $2 {was recommended but is just bad:} 15. Qxg4 $1 ({
The old analysis went} 15. Qe1 f6 $15) 15... Nxd2 16. Rfd1 Nc4 17. Nf5 g6 18.
Rxd5 $1 $18) 15. Qxd2 Qd7 16. f4 c5 17. Nxe6 fxe6 {Black has strengthened his
centre, but also lost some kingside flexibility. The thematic pawn break ...f6
is not available any more, but on the queenside his pawn majority could become
threatening. Although objectively speaking chances might be equal, it is
mainly White who will do the attacking in the next phase of the game.} (17...
Qxe6 $2 18. Rae1 $16 {[%csl Rd5][%cal Gf4f5]}) 18. Rad1 (18. f5 Rad8 $5 (18...
exf5 19. Bxf5 $1 Rxf5 $2 20. Rxf5 Qxf5 21. Qxd5+ $18)) 18... Rad8 19. Qd3 g6
20. Qg3 Rf7 21. h4 Rg7 22. Qh3 c4 {Restricting the enemy bishop by placing the
last pawn on a light square and hoping for a favourable endgame in case of
successful defence and mass exchanges.} 23. Kh1 a5 24. h5 Bc5 25. Rf3 Qe8 26.
Rg3 {White's attack looks a bit scary, but his king is also slightly
vulnerable, which restricts his active possibilities.} gxh5 27. f5 Rxg3 28.
Qxg3+ Kh8 29. Qh4 Qe7 30. f6 Qf7 31. Rf1 Rg8 32. Bd1 Qg6 33. Qh3 Qd3 $1 $11 34.
Qxd3 cxd3 35. f7 Rf8 36. Bxh5 Kg7 37. Rd1 Be3 38. Rxd3 Bf4 39. a4 bxa4 40. Rd4
a3 41. bxa3 (41. Rxf4 $2 axb2 42. Rf1 a4 $19) 41... Bxe5 42. Rg4+ Kh6 (42...
Kf6 43. c4 $11) 43. Rg8 Bd6 44. Rxf8 Bxf8 45. Bg4 e5 46. a4 Kg6 47. Be6 d4 48.
cxd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sofia MTel Masters 5th"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "2009.05.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2009.05.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 131"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Nbd2 Be7 {This move has become popular since Kortschnoj employed it
twice against Shirov.} 10. Re1 {This is an unusual way to reach the game
variation.} (10. c3 O-O 11. Re1 {is the usual move order:} (11. Bc2 f5 {
leads to an old main variation, which has become topical again. This is how
the aforementioned games continued and I dedicated to it two articles in CBM
115 and 116.}) 11... Nc5 ({As I had the occasion to find out,} 11... Nxd2 {
does not quite equalize:} 12. Bxd2 Qd7 13. Bg5 Rad8 14. Bc2 f6 15. Qd3 g6 16.
exf6 Bxf6 17. Bxf6 Bf5 18. Qd2 Rxf6 19. Nd4 Bxc2 20. Qxc2 Na5 21. b4 Nc4 22. a4
$14 {Stojanovic,D (2492)-Marin,M (2538)/Turin (ol) 2006 (1/2, 65). White's
more mobile structure leaves him with a permanent plus.}) 12. Bc2 d4 {and we
have transposed to the game.}) ({It is worth mentioning that a game between
the same players, but with reversed colours, continued} 10. Nxe4 dxe4 11. Bxe6
fxe6 12. Ng5 Qd5 13. Qh5+ g6 14. Qg4 Bxg5 15. Bxg5 Nxe5 16. Qg3 Nf7 17. Be3 e5
18. Rfd1 Qc6 19. Rd2 O-O 20. Rad1 Rae8 21. b4 Nd6 $11 {Ivanchuk,V (2711)
-Shirov,A (2713)/Monte Carlo 2005/CBM 105 ext (1/2, 57). Black's weaknesses
compensate for the extra-pawn.}) 10... Nc5 11. c3 d4 (11... O-O 12. Bc2 d4 {
would be another possible move order.}) 12. Bc2 $146 {This is the first, but,
curiously, not the last novelty in this game! The move has not been played
before in this specific position, but play will eventually transpose to
familiar paths and then we will have the real novelty.} ({After} 12. Bxe6 Nxe6
13. cxd4 Ncxd4 {, the insertion of the moves ...Be7 and Re1 favours Black (if
compared with the lines starting with 9...Nc5 10.c3 d4), because he is one
step closer to getting castled. Ivanchuk had the following recent experience
with it:} 14. Nxd4 Qxd4 15. Qc2 Qc5 16. Qe4 Rd8 17. Nf3 Qd5 18. Qc2 Bb4 19. Rf1
Bc5 20. Bg5 Qd3 21. Rac1 Qxc2 22. Rxc2 Rd3 23. Rfc1 Bb6 24. Bd2 O-O 25. Kf1
Rfd8 $15 {McShane,L (2592)-Ivanchuk,V (2787)/Germany 2008/CBM 123 (0-1, 51)})
12... O-O {Shirov's move order remains a bit of a mystery, since Black had two
ways to deviate. Maybe he wanted to avoid the line from the game
Stojanovic-Marin, although I see no reason for that.} (12... d3 13. Bb1 Qd5) (
12... dxc3 13. bxc3 Qd5) 13. cxd4 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 Qxd4 {Black is better
developed, but the exposed position of the black queen will allow White to
catch up relatively quickly. In the meanwhile, Black should be concerned about
maintaining the stability of his pieces.} 15. Nf3 (15. Qe2 {Georgiev,K (2660)
-Piket,J (2590)/Biel 1993/CBM 37/[Wolff] (1/2, 43)}) (15. Nb3 {Ernst} Nxb3 16.
axb3 Qxd1 17. Rxd1 c5 $17 {Lasker-Tarrasch/Petersburg/1914/}) 15... Qxd1 16.
Rxd1 Rfd8 17. Nd4 Bd5 (17... Bg4 {is a worthy alternative.} 18. f3 Ne6 19. Nc6
(19. Be4 $6 Rac8 20. Be3 Nxd4 21. Rxd4 Rxd4 22. Bxd4 c5 23. Be3 Be6 24. f4 f5
$15 {White's majority is safely blocked, while the black queenside pawns are
mobile. Capturing on f6 would leave the white queenside in trouble after ...
Bxf6, while} 25. Bb7 Rb8 26. Bxa6 $2 {drops a piece to} Rb6 $19) 19... Bc5+ 20.
Kf1 Rxd1+ 21. Bxd1 Bf5 22. Bd2 Bd3+ $1 (22... Nd4 23. Rc1 Bd3+ 24. Ke1 $14 Bc4
$2 {Rodriguez Lopez,R (2290)-Estremera Panos,S (2385)/Mondariz 1996/EXT 2004 
(1/2, 26)} 25. Na5 $1 $16) 23. Ke1 Re8 24. Rc1 Bc4 $13 {White's queenside
pressure looks worrying, but his king is relatively unsafe.}) 18. Nf5 $5 $146 {
This is the "second novelty".} ({It certainly looks more active than} 18. Be3
Ne6 19. Nf5 Bf8 {Brodsky,M (2530)-Tikhomirov,A (2319)/Alushta 1999/EXT 2000 (1/
2, 49)}) 18... Bf8 19. Bg5 Rd7 20. Ne7+ Bxe7 21. Bxe7 Rxe7 $6 {Strategically,
this is wrong. In order to maintain his stability on the light squares, Black
should avoid giving up the light-squared bishop.} (21... Ne6 {offered better
chances to equalize.} 22. Bb3 (22. Rxd5 Rxd5 23. Be4 Rad8 24. Bxd8 Rxd8 $15 {
The material balance is the same as in the game, but Black controls the only
open file.}) 22... c6 23. Bxd5 (23. Bd6 Bxb3 24. axb3 a5 {[%cal Gf7f6] looks
fine for Black.}) 23... Rxd5 24. Rxd5 cxd5 25. Rc1 {Black has a fantastic
knight, sustaining the passed pawn, but the only open file is occupied by the
white rook. It seems that Black should be able to retain equal chances with
accurate play.} Re8 $1 (25... g5 26. Bf6 $1 $14) 26. Bd6 g5 27. Rc6 Kg7 28. Kf1
(28. Rxa6 Rc8 $132) 28... h5 29. g3 (29. Ke1 Nf4) 29... g4 $132 {[%cal Gg7f5,
Gd5d4,Ge6d4,Gd4f3]}) 22. Rxd5 Ne6 23. g3 g6 24. f4 $14 {[%cal Gg1e3,Gg3g4,
Gf4f5] Black is under strong pressure.} c5 25. Kf2 Kg7 26. Rad1 c4 27. Ke3 {
[%cal Gg3g4,Gf4f5]} f6 28. Rd7 Kf7 29. Be4 Rae8 30. Rxe7+ Rxe7 31. exf6 Kxf6
32. Rd6 Kg7 33. f5 $5 {A dynamic way to parry the threat ...Nc5.} (33. Rc6 {
would be a less spectacular way to solve the problem.}) 33... gxf5 (33... Nc5
$2 34. f6+ $1) 34. Bxf5 Nf8+ 35. Kd2 Re5 36. g4 a5 37. Ra6 a4 38. Rb6 Ng6 39.
Kc3 $16 {/+- Black's position is desperate. White's pieces are more active and
the black queenside pawns are weak. The next phase of the game features
inaccuracies from both sides.} Ne7 40. Rb7 (40. Re6 $1 $18 {After the exchange
of rooks, the queenside pawns would fall.}) 40... Kf6 (40... h5 41. Bd7 hxg4
42. Rxb5 $16) 41. Bxh7 Kg5 42. h3 Kf4 43. Rd7 $6 (43. a3 Ke3 44. Kc2 $16) 43...
Re2 $2 (43... Ke3 {[%cal Ge7d5]} 44. Kc2 (44. Kb4 $6 Nd5+ 45. Ka5 a3 46. bxa3
Nf6) 44... Nd5 {It is not easy to make progress with White, because of Black's
centralized position.}) 44. a3 Nc6 45. Rf7+ Kg3 $2 {The decisive mistake in a
difficult position.} (45... Kg5 46. Rf5+ Kh6 47. Rh5+ Kg7 48. Bc2 Re3+ 49. Kd2
$16) 46. g5 Re3+ 47. Kd2 Rb3 48. g6 Rxb2+ 49. Kc1 1-0

[Event "World Women-ch"]
[Site "Tirana"]
[Date "2011.11.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Hou, Yifan"]
[Black "Koneru, Humpy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2578"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "Mikhalchishin,A"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2011.11.14"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ALB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 Be7 11. Bc2 d4 12. Nb3 {This position has become
popular among the fans of the Open Spanish recently. White can move into a
slightly better ending, which happened in the game, but without any real
winning chances. It's possible to concludes that Koneru had no real problems
with Black in the match.} (12. cxd4 Nxd4 13. Nxd4 Qxd4 14. Nf3 Qxd1 15. Rxd1
O-O 16. Nd4 ({Black was able to hold the draw easily after} 16. Ng5 h6 17. Bh7+
Kh8 18. Nxe6 Nxe6 19. Be4 Rad8 20. Be3 Bg5 21. Bxg5 hxg5 22. Kf1 g6 {1/2
Efimenko,Z (2703)-Caruana,F (2712)/Poikovsky RUS 2011}) 16... Rfd8 17. b4 Na4
18. Nc6 Rxd1+ 19. Bxd1 Bf8 20. Bf3 Re8 21. a3 Nb6 22. g3 h6 23. h4 g6 24. Bg2
Bg7 25. f4 f6 26. Bb2 fxe5 27. Bxe5 Nc4 28. Bxg7 Kxg7 29. a4 bxa4 30. Rxa4 Bg4
31. Ra2 Re3 {and here Koneru had to suffer a bit, Hou Yifan (2578)-Koneru,H 
(2600)/Tirana 2011.}) 12... d3 13. Nxc5 ({The bishop retreat led to sharper
positions:} 13. Bb1 Nxb3 14. axb3 Bf5 15. b4 O-O 16. Re1 Qd5 (16... Bg6 {
is very tempting:} 17. h3 a5 18. bxa5 Rxa5 19. Rxa5 Nxa5 20. e6 fxe6 21. Rxe6
c5 22. Qe1 Bf6 23. Bf4 c4 24. Bd6 Bf7 {with good counterplay, Shirov,A (2722)
-L'Ami,E (2628)/Wijk aan Zee NED 2011}) (16... Qd7 17. h3 Bg6 18. Ba2 Kh8 19.
Bf4 a5 20. bxa5 Rxa5 21. b4 Ra4 22. Bb3 Rxa1 23. Qxa1 Nd8 24. Qa7 Ne6 25. Bd2
Rd8 $11 {Shirov,A (2723)-Caruana,F (2675)/Wijk aan Zee NED 2010}) 17. h3 Rfd8
18. g4 Be6 19. Re3 h5 20. Qxd3 Qxd3 21. Bxd3 hxg4 22. hxg4 Bd5 23. Bc2 Bxf3 24.
Rxf3 Nxe5 25. Rh3 g6 26. g5 Re8 27. Bf4 Bf8 28. Re3 Bd6 29. Bb3 Nc4 30. Bxc4
Bxf4 31. Rf3 Bh2+ 32. Kxh2 bxc4 33. Rf4 Re5 34. Rxc4 Rxg5 {Karjakin,S (2723)
-Mamedyarov,S (2719)/Khanty-Mansiysk RUS 2009. White has just a slightly
better endgame.}) 13... dxc2 14. Qxd8+ Rxd8 15. Nxe6 fxe6 16. Be3 Rd5 17. c4 {
The next critical situation. White has tried another idea here:} (17. Rfc1 Nxe5
18. Nxe5 Rxe5 19. Rxc2 (19. Bd4 Rg5 20. Rxc2 Kf7 21. Be3 $146 (21. a4) 21...
Rg4 22. b3 Rd8 23. g3 e5 24. Kg2 Rg6 25. c4 Rc6 26. Rac1 b4 27. c5 Rf6 28. Rc4
a5 29. Re4 Rd5 30. a3 bxa3 31. Ra4 Rd3 32. Rxa3 a4 33. Rxa4 Rxb3 34. h4 $14 {
Adams,M (2724)-Smeets,J (2538)/London 2007}) 19... O-O 20. g3 Bc5 21. Bxc5 Rxc5
22. Rd2 Rd5 23. Rxd5 exd5 24. a4 Rd8 25. axb5 axb5 26. Kf1 d4 27. Rd1 d3 28. b4
Rd5 29. Ke1 Re5+ 30. Kd2 Re2+ 31. Kxd3 Rxf2 $11 {Grigoryan,A (2580)-Petrosian,
T (2604)/Yerevan ARM 2011}) 17... bxc4 18. Rac1 Nb4 ({Worse is} 18... Nxe5 19.
Nxe5 Rxe5 20. Rxc2 Rb5 21. Rxc4 Rxb2 22. Rxc7 Kf7 23. g4 Re8 24. Rd1 Kg6 25. a4
Rb4 26. Rd4 a5 27. Rxb4 Bxb4 28. Kg2 Rd8 29. h4 {Svidler,P (2693)-Kaidanov,G 
(2629)/Moscow RUS 2003. Black has to try to hold a difficult endgame.}) 19. a3
Nd3 20. Rxc2 Kd7 21. Bd4 (21. Bc1 {was simpler.}) 21... Rb8 22. Bc3 c5 $6 ({
A more principled move was to improve the position of the bishop:} 22... Bc5)
23. Nd2 Nxe5 24. f4 ({It was possible to get a strong knight versus a bishop:} 
24. Bxe5 Rxe5 25. Nxc4 Rd5 26. g3) 24... Ng4 25. Nxc4 Bf6 {Nothing can be done
- this bishop has to be traded for anything Black can get!} 26. Re1 Bd4+ 27.
Bxd4 Rxd4 ({The pawn capture} 27... cxd4 {was worse:} 28. b4 Rbb5 29. Rce2) 28.
h3 Nf6 29. Ne5+ Kd6 30. Nf7+ Kd7 31. Ne5+ Kd6 32. Nf7+ ({Opening the position
was a bit better:} 32. b4 cxb4 33. Rc6+ Kd5 34. Rxa6 Rc8 35. Ra5+ Kd6 36. axb4
Rxb4 37. Ra6+) 32... Kd7 33. Rxc5 Rxb2 34. Ne5+ Ke8 (34... Kd6 {was bad:} 35.
Rc6+ Kd5 36. Rxa6 Rdd2 37. Ra5+) 35. Nf3 ({The adventure on the 7th rank was
more dangerous:} 35. Rc7 g6 36. Nc4 Kd8 37. Rc6) 35... Re4 $1 {Correct defence.
} 36. Rxe4 Nxe4 37. Re5 Nc3 38. Rxe6+ Kf8 39. Rxa6 Ne2+ 40. Kh2 Nxf4 41. Kg3
Nxg2 42. Re6 h6 43. Ne5 Ra2 44. a4 g5 {Now it is clear that it is not possible
to catch the knight - the draw is inevitable.} 45. Rxh6 Ne1 46. Rf6+ Kg7 47.
Rg6+ Kh7 48. Rxg5 Rxa4 49. h4 Ra3+ 50. Kg4 Ng2 51. h5 Ne3+ 52. Kf4 Nd5+ 53. Kf5
Ra5 54. Rg1 Ra2 55. Ng4 Ra5 56. Ke4 Nc3+ 57. Kd3 Nd5 58. Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tan Chin Nam Cup 5th"]
[Site "Shenyang"]
[Date "1999.07.14"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Black "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2587"]
[BlackElo "2647"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "1999.07.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 073"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 Be7 11. Bc2 d4 $5 {This line leads to the slightly
better for White endgame.However practice shows that draw is the most likely
result.} (11... Bg4 $5) 12. Ne4 d3 13. Nxc5 dxc2 14. Qxd8+ Rxd8 ({Ftacnik} 
14... Nxd8 15. Nxe6 Nxe6 16. Be3 $16) 15. Nxe6 fxe6 16. Be3 ({Ftacnik} 16. Bf4
Rf8 17. Bg3 g5 18. h3 Rxf3 19. gxf3 b4 20. Rfc1 Rd2 21. Kf1 bxc3 22. bxc3 Ba3
$17 {Cuijpers,F-Pieper Emden,C/BL2-W 8990 (1990) ;BL2 1990/1/2-1/2 (56)}) 16...
Rd5 17. Rfc1 {Looks a bit more accurate than 17.Rac1 as it frees the f1-square
for the white king and leaves option of a2-a4 open.} (17. Rac1 Nxe5 18. Nxe5
Rxe5 19. Rxc2 Kf7 ({Ftacnik} 19... Kd7 20. Bd4 Rg5 21. Rd2 Rd5 22. Re2 Bf6 23.
Re4 Bxd4 24. cxd4 $14) (19... O-O 20. c4 $14) 20. c4 (20. Bf4 Rc5 21. Rd2 Rd8
22. Rxd8 Bxd8 23. Rd1 Rd5 24. Rc1 c5 25. Kf1 Bf6 26. Ke2 c4 27. Bc7 Kg6 28. Rd1
Rxd1 29. Kxd1 Kf5 30. Ke2 h5 31. Bd6 Ke4 32. f3+ Kd5 33. Bc7 g6 34. g3 Bg5 {
Borriss,M-Pieper Emden,C/Budapest Cansys IM-A (01) ;EXT 91 1991/1/2-1/2 (47)})
20... b4 (20... Rc8 21. Rfc1 Bd6 22. g3 Ra8 23. c5 Be7 24. Bf4 Rd5 25. Bxc7 Rc8
26. Bb6 Rc6 27. b4 Rd4 28. Rb1 Bf6 29. Kf1 e5 30. Ke2 Ke6 31. Rd2 e4 32. Rc2
Kd5 33. f3 exf3+ 34. Kxf3 Re6 35. Rb3 {Akopian,V-Daniliuk,S/St.Petersburg op ;
TD 93\09 1993/1/2-1/2 (83)}) ({Ftacnik} 20... Bd6 $5) 21. Rd1 Rd8 22. Rxd8 Bxd8
23. Kf1 Bg5 24. Ba7 Rf5 25. Ke2 Ke8 26. Kd3 Kd7 27. f3 c5 28. Re2 Be7 29. Bb8
$14 {1/2-1/2 Xie Jun-Polgar,Z/Jaen 1996/CBM 52/[Ftacnik] (46)}) 17... Nxe5 18.
Nxe5 Rxe5 19. Rxc2 (19. Bd4 $5 $146 {after} Re2 20. Kf1 Rd2 21. Be3 Rd5 22.
Rxc2 O-O {leads to 19.R:c2 with moves Kf1 and Rd5 included.} 23. a4 Bd6 $14 {
/= 1-0 Gruenfeld,Y-Greenfeld,A/Biel 1999 (57)}) 19... O-O {[%cal Ge7c5][%mdl
4096]} 20. g3 $5 $146 {An attempt to keep the bishops in play at least for a
while as the rook endgame seems to be drawish.} (20. c4 Bc5 $1 $11 21. cxb5
Bxe3 22. fxe3 axb5 23. Rxc7 Rxe3 24. Rd1 h6 25. h3 Rf5 26. Rd2 Kh7 {1/2-1/2
Luther,T-Beckemeier,W/BL9091 1991/GER-chT (26)}) 20... Bc5 21. Bf4 {[%cal
Gf4c7]} Ref5 $8 22. Re1 g5 23. Be3 {White has no choice and he will have to
try making use of the only Black's weakness on e6 and a slightly better pawn
structure on the queenside in rook endgame.} Bxe3 24. Rxe3 Kf7 25. Rce2 Re8 26.
Re5 (26. Rd2 $5 {after} Rd5 (26... Ke7 $6 27. Red3) 27. Rxd5 exd5 28. Rxe8 Kxe8
{leads to an interesting pawn endgame.For example:} 29. b4 Kd7 30. f4 gxf4 31.
gxf4 Kd6 32. Kf2 c5 33. bxc5+ (33. Ke3 d4+ 34. cxd4 cxb4 $11 {[%cal Ga6a5,
Ga5a4]}) (33. a3 $5) 33... Kxc5 34. Ke3 Kc4 35. Kd2 (35. f5 Kxc3 36. f6 d4+ 37.
Ke2 Kc2) 35... d4 36. cxd4 Kxd4 37. f5 Ke5 38. Kc3 a5 (38... Kxf5 39. Kb4 Kg4
40. Ka5 Kh3 41. Kxa6 Kxh2 42. Kxb5 $11) 39. f6 Kxf6 40. Kd4 Kf5 41. Kc5 Kg4 42.
Kxb5 Kh3 43. Kxa5 Kxh2 $11) 26... h5 {Black repairs pawn structure on the king
side.} 27. h3 ({Now pawn ending is equal:} 27. Rxf5+ exf5 28. Rxe8 Kxe8 $11)
27... Re7 {[%cal Gf7f6]} 28. Kg2 Kf6 29. R5e4 Rd5 30. f4 $1 {Creating an extra
pawn on the king side.} e5 (30... g4 $5) 31. fxg5+ Kxg5 32. Rf2 $14 Rg7 (32...
Kg6 $5 {deserved serious attention in order to meet} 33. g4 ({or} 33. c4 {with}
Rd4) {with} 33... h4) 33. c4 Rc5 34. b3 $5 bxc4 35. b4 $1 Rd5 36. Rxc4 {
[%csl Ra6,Rc7,Re5,Rh5] Additional weaknesses in the Black's camp are created.
Now all his pawns are weak,but it's still can't guarantee a win for White.} Rd3
$1 {[%csl Rg3][%cal Gg7g3,Gd3g3,Gg5h6] It's a good time to think about
counterplay.The only object of attack in White's camp is the g3-pawn and Black
is trying to attack it.} 37. a4 (37. Rc6 {can be met with} Rg6 $1 38. Rxc7 $140
Kh6 {[%csl Rg3]} 39. Rf3 Rd2+ 40. Rf2 (40. Kf1 Rxa2 $11) 40... Rd3) 37... Kh6
38. Rf6+ Kh7 39. g4 hxg4 {A little achievment.One of the Black's weaknesses is
exchanged.} 40. hxg4 ({Or} 40. Rxg4 Rd4 $1 41. Rxg7+ Kxg7 42. Rxa6 Rxb4 43. a5
Ra4 $11) 40... Rd4 $1 {Most simple way to equality.} 41. Rxd4 exd4 42. Rf4 ({
After} 42. Rxa6 d3 43. Kf2 (43. Kf3 $4 Rd7 $1 $19) 43... Rxg4 {draw is
inevitable:} 44. Ke3 (44. b5 Re4 45. Rc6 Rxa4 46. Rxc7+ Kg6 47. Ke3 Rb4 (47...
Rd4 48. Kd2 Rb4 49. Rb7 Rb3 $11) 48. Rc6+ Kf5 49. Rc5+ Ke6 50. Kxd3 Kd6 $11)
44... Rxb4 45. Kxd3 Kg7 46. Kc3 Rb1 $5 $11 {[%cal Gg7f7,Gf7e7,Ge7d7]}) 42...
Rd7 43. Kf2 {Typical method.King stops the pawn without any aid of the rook.}
d3 44. Ke1 d2+ 45. Kd1 Kg6 46. Rc4 (46. a5 Rd6 (46... Kg5 $5 47. Rf5+ Kxg4 48.
Rf6 Rd4 49. Rxa6 Rxb4 50. Kxd2 Ra4 51. Kc3 (51. Ra8 Kf5 52. a6 $140 Ke6 53. a7
Kd7 $11) 51... Kf5 52. Kb3 Ra1 53. Kb4 Ke5 54. Rc6 Kd5 55. Rxc7 Rb1+ 56. Ka4
Kd6 {with theoretical draw.}) 47. Rc4 Kg5 {see the game}) 46... Kg5 47. a5 Rd6
$1 {Black is ready to exchange c7 and g4 pawns.} 48. Re4 (48. Rxc7 Kxg4 49. Rb7
Kf5 50. Rb6 Rd4 $11 (50... Ke5 $5 51. Rxd6 Kxd6 52. Kxd2 Kc6 $11 {Black is
just waiting on the d6 and c6 squares and White can't make progress.})) 48...
Kh4 49. Rf4 Kg5 50. Rc4 Kh4 51. Rc2 Rd4 $1 {It's important to swap the b4-pawn
leaving White with the only a-pawn which is not enough for a win.} (51... Kxg4
$6 52. Rxd2 Rxd2+ $2 53. Kxd2 c6 (53... Kf5 54. b5 $18) 54. Ke3 Kf5 55. Kd4 Ke6
56. Kc5 Kd7 57. Kb6 Kd6 58. Kxa6 Kc7 59. Ka7 $18) 52. Rc6 $1 {The last chance.}
Kxg4 53. Rxa6 Kf3 $6 (53... Rxb4 {was the most simple way to reach a draw.} 54.
Kxd2 Ra4 55. Kc3 Kf5 56. Kb3 Ra1 57. Kb4 Ke5 {see 46.a5 Kg5!?}) 54. Re6 Rxb4
55. Kxd2 Ra4 $6 (55... Kf4 $5 $11 {[%cal Gb4a4] see 56.a6}) 56. Re5 $1 {
Cutting Black's king.} (56. a6 Kf4 57. Kc3 Kf5 58. Kb3 Ra1 59. Rh6 Ke5 60. Kc4
Rc1+ 61. Kb5 Rb1+ $11 62. Kc6 $140 Rb6+) 56... Kf4 57. Rh5 Ra3 58. Kc2 Rg3 $1 {
[%mdl 256] After inaccurate play on 55-th and 53-rd moves Black has to look
for a study escape.} (58... Ke4 59. Kb2 Rd3 60. a6 Rd8 61. Kc3 Ra8 (61... Rd1
62. Ra5 Rd8 63. a7 Ra8 64. Kc4 $18) 62. Ra5 {[%cal Gc3c4,Gc4c5,Gc5c6] and
Black is in serious danger.}) 59. Kb2 ({In case of} 59. a6 Ra3 $1 (59... Ke4 $2
60. Ra5 Rg8 61. a7 Ra8 62. Kc3 $18) 60. Rh6 {Black escapes with the help of
checks from behind as when White's king reaches the c6-square the check from
b6 is following with immediate draw.} Ke4 61. Kb2 Ra5 62. Kc3 Ra1 $1 63. Kc4 (
63. Kb2 Ra5) 63... Rc1+ 64. Kb5 (64. Kb3 Ra1) 64... Rb1+ 65. Kc6 $140 Rb6+)
59... Rg6 {Finally Black gets drawish set up putting his rook on a6 and pawn
on c6.} 60. Kc3 Ra6 61. Kb4 c6 $11 62. Rh8 ({Or} 62. Kc4 Ke4 63. Rc5 Ra8 $11)
62... Ke5 63. Rb8 Kd6 64. Rb6 Ra7 ({It wasn't late to make decisive mistake} 
64... Rxb6+ $4 65. axb6 c5+ (65... Kd7 66. Kc5 Kd8 67. Kd6 $1 {[%cal Gb6b7]}
Kc8 68. Kxc6 Kb8 69. b7 $18) 66. Kb5 c4 67. Ka6 $1 c3 68. b7 Kc7 69. Ka7 $18)
65. a6 Kc7 66. Kc5 Kc8 67. Kxc6 (67. Rxc6+ Kb8 ({But not} 67... Rc7 $4 68. a7
$1 $18) 68. Kb6 Rb7+ $11) 67... Rh7 68. Rb7 Rxb7 69. axb7+ Kb8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lee Cup 4th"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "1997.09.01"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Yin, Hao"]
[Black "Wu, Wenjin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2320"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[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. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. c3 Be7 10. Be3 Qd7 11. Nbd2 Rd8 12. h3 O-O 13. Bc2 f5 (13... Bf5 14.
Nxe4 Bxe4 15. Bxe4 dxe4 16. Qxd7 Rxd7 17. e6 Rd3 $5 (17... fxe6 18. Nd2 $14)
18. exf7+ Rxf7 19. Nd2 Bc5 $1 20. Bxc5 Rxd2 21. b4 Ne5 22. Rfd1 Rfd7 23. Rxd2
Rxd2 24. a4 Nd3 25. axb5 axb5 26. Ra8+ Kf7 27. Rf8+ Kg6 28. Be3 Rc2 29. Bd4 Nc1
30. Kh2 Ne2 31. Be5 Nxc3 32. Rg8 Nd5 33. Rxg7+ Kf5 34. Bd4 Nxb4 35. Re7 c5 36.
Bh8 Nd3 37. g4+ Kg5 38. Kg3 Rxf2 39. Rg7+ Kf6 40. Rd7+ Ke6 41. Rxd3 Rf8 42. Rc3
Rxh8 43. Rxc5 Rb8 44. Kf4 b4 45. Kxe4 b3 46. Rc6+ Kf7 47. Rc7+ Kf6 48. Rc6+ Kg5
49. Rc5+ Kg6 50. Rc6+ Kg7 51. Rc7+ Kg8 52. Rc1 b2 53. Rb1 Rb3 54. Kd4 Kg7 55.
Kc4 Rxh3 56. Rxb2 Rg3 57. Kd4 {1/2-1/2 Bologan,V-Daniliuk,S/RUS-Cup6 1997/CBM
59}) 14. exf6 Nxf6 15. Qb1 (15. Re1 Bf5) 15... h6 (15... Kh8 16. Ng5 Bg8 17.
Bf5 Qd6 $14) 16. Bf4 {[16...d4!|^]} (16. Re1 Nh5 17. Qd1 Nf4 18. Bxf4 Rxf4 19.
Qe2 Bf5 20. Bxf5 Rxf5 21. a4 Rb8 22. axb5 axb5 23. Ra6 Bc5 24. Qe6+ Qxe6 25.
Rxe6 Nd8 26. Re8+ Rf8 27. Re5 c6 28. b4 Bd6 29. Re2 Rf6 30. Kf1 Rc8 {Al
Modiahki,M-Milos,G/Moscow olm 1994/EXP 44/1-0 (43)}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch sf 58th"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "2005.09.10"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kharlov, Andrei"]
[Black "Sorokin, Maxim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2619"]
[BlackElo "2567"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[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. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 Be7 (10... d4 $5) 11. Bc2 d4 {This thematic
breakthrough now or one move earlier has become Black's main weapon against 9.
Nbd2.} 12. Nb3 (12. cxd4 $5 Nxd4 13. Nxd4 Qxd4 14. Nf3 Qxd1 15. Rxd1 {promises
some edge for White at the endgame. Sutovsky,E-Korchnoi,V, George Marx mem 3rd
(10) 2005/CBM 108 [Mikhalevski,V]}) (12. Ne4 {transposes to 12.Nb3 after} d3
13. Nxc5 dxc2 14. Qxd8+ Rxd8 15. Nxe6 fxe6) 12... d3 13. Nxc5 {Usually White
plays this way if he doesn't want to take any chances and get a slightly
better endgame.} (13. Bb1 {leads to more interesting play. Grischuk,A-Sorokin,
M, RUS-chT Sochi(7) 2005. CBM107[Postny]}) 13... dxc2 14. Qxd8+ Rxd8 15. Nxe6
fxe6 16. Be3 Rd5 17. Rfc1 $1 {[%cal Gg1f1,Gc1c2]} (17. c4 $6 bxc4 18. Rac1 Nb4
$1 (18... Nxe5 $6 {Svidler,P-Kaidanov,G, Moscow Aeroflot op 2003/ CBM94[Postny]
}) (18... Bc5 $6) 19. a3 {1/2-1/2 Smirin,I-Kaidanov,G/Ashdod ISR 2004.} (19.
Bd2 Nd3 20. Rxc2 Kd7 21. Rxc4 Nxb2 $15 {Ehlvest,J-Mikhalevski,V, World Open
2004.})) (17. Rac1 Nxe5 18. Nxe5 Rxe5 19. Rxc2 Kf7 20. c4 b4 21. b3 Rd8 22. Bf4
Rc5 23. Re1 Bf6 24. Bd2 a5 25. Kf1 Rc6 26. Re4 Rcd6 27. Ke2 $14 {1-0 Fishbein,
A-Esserman,M/Seattle USA 2003.}) 17... Nxe5 18. Nxe5 Rxe5 19. Rxc2 (19. Bd4 Rg5
20. Rxc2 Kf7 21. a4 Rd5 22. axb5 axb5 23. g3 Rhd8 {1/2-1/2 Benjamin,J-Kaidanov,
G/San Diego USA 2004/ (43) promised no advantage for White.}) 19... Kf7 20. c4
b4 21. Bf4 {The idea behind the move is not very clear to me. Probably Kharlov
was trying to provoke g5, which however doesn't look like a big concession. In
any case it's not clear why White deviates from 21.Rd1.} (21. Rd1 {occuried
earlier this year. See 1-0 Sutovsky,E-Sorokin,M, RUS-chT Sochi 2005/CBM 107
[Postny]}) 21... Re4 (21... Ra5 $6 {[%cal Ga5a2,Gb4b3] is dubious because of
the simple} 22. b3 $5 (22. Bxc7 $6 {leads to equality after} Rxa2 $1 23. Rxa2
b3 {[%csl Ra2,Rc2]} 24. Ra3 $1 Bxa3 25. Rc3 Bxb2 26. Rxb3 Rc8 $11)) 22. g3 {
[%cal Gf2f3,Ga1d1] This way White creates a threat of 23.Rd1 with f3 to follow.
} ({Exchange of the c-pawns after} 22. Bxc7 $2 Rc8 23. f3 Rd4 24. Be5 Rdxc4 $15
{would certainly be in Black's favour.}) 22... Rd8 $1 {Black takes control
over the open d-file.} ({The immediate} 22... g5 $2 {turns out to be a blunder
in view of} 23. f3 Rd4 $140 24. Be5 {[%csl Rd4,Rh8]}) 23. Kg2 {[%cal Gg2f3]} g5
(23... c6 24. Be3 {[%csl Gd4]}) (23... Red4 $5 $11) 24. Be3 {White succeeded
in provoking g5, but...} Re5 {[%cal Ge7c5]} 25. h3 Bc5 26. Bxc5 Rxc5 $11 {
Black has fully equalized the position.} 27. Re1 e5 28. b3 a5 {[%cal Ga5a4]
Now it's time to look for an active plan. Black is trying to create a weakness
on b3.} 29. Re3 a4 30. bxa4 Ra8 31. Rce2 Kf6 32. Rf3+ Ke6 33. a3 Rxa4 34. axb4
Rxb4 35. Rf8 {[%cal Gf8h8] White exchanges the c- and h-pawns.} Rbxc4 36. Rh8
Rc2 37. Re3 R2c3 38. Kf3 (38. Re2 $11) 38... Kf5 39. Rxh7 e4+ 40. Kg2 Rxe3 41.
fxe3 Rc2+ 42. Kf1 Rc1+ {An easy draw for Black.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-39"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2010.09.30"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Balogh, Csaba"]
[Black "Mikhalevski, Victor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2608"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2010.09.21"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hungary"]
[BlackTeam "Israel"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "HUN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISR"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Be3 Be7 10. c3 Nc5 11. Bc2 Nd7 {A pretty safe line for Black, which
usually leads to a dry position with minimal chances for White to fight for
advantage. The main disadvantage of this approach is that Black can hardly
hope to play for a win, though in this particular game I got a slight edge.}
12. Re1 {Virtually forced.} (12. Bd4 {is hardly a good idea.}) 12... Ndxe5 13.
Nxe5 Nxe5 14. Bd4 Ng6 ({According to theory} 14... Nc6 {is dangerous for Black.
}) 15. Bxg7 Rg8 16. Bxg6 Rxg7 17. Rxe6 $1 hxg6 18. Re2 Kf8 {The first junction
after 12.Re1.} 19. Qd3 {Before developing the knight to d2 White is activating
the queen.} (19. Nd2 {is the main alternative, though sometimes it just leads
to transposition.} Rh7 20. Nf3 Qd6 (20... Bf6 21. h3 Rh8 (21... Kg7 22. Qd3 Qd6
(22... Rh8 {occuried in 1/2-1/2 Magem Badals,J (2485)-Flear,G (2470)/Palma de
Mallorca 1991/TD (33).}) 23. Rae1 Rd8 {transposes to the game.}) 22. Qd2 Qd6
23. Rae1 Kg7 {1/2-1/2 Becerra Rivero,J (2598)-Mikhalevski,V (2592)/Lubbock
2008/CBM 126}) 21. a4 Rd8 22. Qd3 Qb6 23. axb5 axb5 24. Nd4 Bf6 25. g3 Kg7 26.
h4 Rhh8 27. Nxb5 Rhe8 28. Rae1 Re4 {[%csl Rb5] 1-0 Jakovenko,D (2596)
-Mikhalevski,V (2553)/Montreal 2005/CBM 105/[Mikhalevski,V] (83). With some
good compensation for a pawn thanks to a misplaced knight on b5.}) 19... Rh7 {
This seems to be the most useful move as Black will have an important tempo ...
Qd6, while the rook is definitely more active compared to g7.} (19... c6 {
1-0 Stripunsky,A (2533)-Fishbein,A (2505)/San Diego 2004/CBM 105/[Finkel,A] 
(48)}) 20. Nd2 Bf6 {Black is getting ready to play d4.} ({Black has also played
} 20... c6 {, which doesn't look like a necessity.}) 21. Nf3 Qd6 {Nominally a
novelty, which in fact just transposes to a correspondence game.} (21... Kg7
22. Rae1 Qd6 {is how that correspondence game continued.}) 22. Rae1 {[%cal
Gf3e5]} ({Also after} 22. a4 $5 Rb8 23. axb5 axb5 24. Ra5 Qb6 {Black is close
to equality.} (24... c6 $5)) 22... Kg7 23. h3 Rd8 (23... Rh5 $5 {[%csl Ge5]
Preventing Ne5 was also good.}) 24. Ne5 Rh5 $1 {Attacking White's only active
piece.} ({The immediate} 24... d4 $6 25. cxd4 Qxd4 26. Qc2 {is slightly better
for White, though even here Black shouldn't have big problems.}) 25. Ng4 ({
During the game my main worry was} 25. f4 {, but Black is fine after} d4 (25...
Rf5 $5 26. Qf3 (26. Qd2 Qc5+ 27. Kh2 d4) 26... Bxe5 27. fxe5 Qb6+ 28. Qe3 d4 $1
29. cxd4 Rxd4 30. e6 fxe6 31. Qxe6 Rd6+ 32. Qe3 Qxe3+ 33. Rxe3 c5 {with the
most likely result being a draw, though White has to be accurate.}) 26. c4 $1 (
{or} 26. g4 Rhh8 27. Re4 (27. c4 c5 $15) 27... dxc3 28. Qxc3 c5 $15) 26... Rf5
27. cxb5 axb5 28. Re4 Bxe5 29. fxe5 Qb4 30. R1e2 (30. e6 Qxb2 $1 $15) 30... c5
31. g4 c4 32. Qd2 Qxd2 33. Rxd2 Rf3 34. Kg2 Rd3 35. Rxd3 cxd3 36. Kf3 Rh8 37.
Rxd4 Rxh3+ 38. Ke4 Rh2 $11) 25... d4 $1 {If Black had any problems they are
already in past.} 26. Nxf6 ({After} 26. cxd4 Bxd4 {the bishop is superior to
the knight.}) 26... Qxf6 27. cxd4 Rxd4 28. Qc3 c5 $15 {Now only Black may
think of playing for a win.} 29. b3 Rhd5 {Black has obtained a dream position
for this line.} 30. Rc2 {Surprisingly only this move turned out to be a
novelty.} ({In the only preceding game White played} 30. Kf1 b4 31. Qb2 c4 32.
bxc4 Rxc4 $15 {with a slight edge for Black in 1/2-1/2 Lautenbach,W (2205)
-Popov,V (2138)/ICCF WS 2005/ICCF CBM 125 (45).}) 30... Rd1 $6 {Being in some
time-trouble I missed White's 32th move.} ({After the correct} 30... c4 $15 {
White wouod still have to suffer a little bit.}) 31. Qxf6+ Kxf6 32. Kf1 $1 $11
{I missed this move. Now I don't see any chances for a win.} R5d2 33. Rxc5 {
The simplest.} Rxe1+ 34. Kxe1 Rxa2 35. h4 {[%cal Gg2g4,Gh4h5] White wants to
create a passed pawn on the h-file.} Ke6 {On the contrary Black is trying to
remove White's rook from the fifth rank in order to advance his a-pawn.} 36. g4
Kd6 37. Rc1 $1 {Preventing the Ra1 idea.} Rb2 {Forcing exchanges as I
understood there was nothing to play for any more.} 38. Ra1 Rxb3 39. Rxa6+ Ke5
40. h5 gxh5 41. gxh5 f5 42. h6 Rh3 43. Rb6 Kf4 44. Ke2 Rh2 {... and not
waiting for 45.Rxb5 a draw was agreed. The game proved once again that the
line which occurred in the game is a safe bet for Black.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Budapest m"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2000.01.09"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2701"]
[BlackElo "2628"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2000.01.03"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 075"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 Be7 11. Bc2 d4 {I think Black should refrain from this
move as well as a move earlier as White has a clear way to gain an advantage.}
(11... Bg4 $5) 12. cxd4 {The most simple and perhaps the most strong reaction.
The arising endgame looks better for White.} ({The alternative of 12.cd is} 12.
Ne4 d3 (12... dxc3) 13. Nxc5 dxc2 14. Qxd8+ Rxd8 15. Nxe6 fxe6 16. Be3 $14 {
with a slight adge for White at the endgame.See Sutovsky-Krasenkow,China 1999/
CBM73[Mikhalevski]}) (12. Nb3 $5) 12... Nxd4 13. Nxd4 Qxd4 14. Nf3 (14. Qe2)
14... Qxd1 15. Rxd1 Bg4 (15... O-O {looks better} 16. Ng5 h6 17. Bh7+ Kh8 18.
Nxe6 Nxe6 19. Be4 Rad8 20. Be3 Bg5 $1 21. Bxg5 hxg5 22. Kf1 g6 23. Rac1 Kg7 24.
g3 g4 25. Bd5 Rfe8 26. Bc6 Rh8 27. Kg2 Nd4 28. Bb7 c6 29. Bc8 Ne2 30. Rxd8 Nxc1
31. Rxh8 Kxh8 32. a3 Nd3 33. b3 a5 34. Bxg4 Nxe5 35. Be2 $14 {1/2-1/2 Anand,
V-Greenfeld,A/Haifa ISR 2000 (54)}) 16. Be3 {For the comments on the earlier
stage of the game see Onischuk-Tong Yuanming,China 1998/CBM 66[Mikhalevski,V]}
(16. h3 Bh5 (16... Bxf3 17. gxf3 {Onischuk-Tong Yuanming,China 1998/CBM 66
[Mikhalevski,V]}) 17. b4 Ne6 18. Be4 Rd8 19. Rxd8+ Nxd8 20. Bd2 Bg6 21. Bd5 c6
22. Bb3 Ne6 23. a4 Bd3 24. Ne1 Nd4 25. Ba2 Bc4 26. Bxc4 bxc4 27. Ra2 Kd7 28.
Bc3 Nb3 29. Re2 Ke6 {and Black is OK.1/2-1/2 Rogovoi,M-Sepman,Y/St Petersburg
1996/CBM 56 ext (60)}) (16. b4 Nd7 17. Bb2 Rd8 18. a3 O-O 19. Rd2 $2 Bxf3 20.
gxf3 Nxe5 $1 $17 21. Re2 Nxf3+ 22. Kg2 Nh4+ 23. Kh3 Rfe8 24. Rxe7 Rxe7 25. Kxh4
Re2 26. Rg1 Rxc2 27. Bxg7 Rc4+ $1 28. f4 Rxf4+ 29. Kg5 Rf2 30. Bf6 Rd5+ {
0-1 Wets,G-Dridi,A/Gausdal 1986/EXT 97 (30)}) 16... O-O 17. h3 $1 {As strong
as simple.} (17. Rd4 Bxf3 18. gxf3 Rad8 19. Rad1 Ne6 20. Rd7 Rfe8 21. Kg2 Rxd7
22. Rxd7 a5 23. f4 Bd8 24. a4 bxa4 25. Bxa4 Re7 26. Rd5 c6 27. Bxc6 Rc7 28. Bd7
Nf8 29. Bf5 Be7 30. Rxa5 Rb7 31. Ra7 {1-0 Bisco,I-Kramarik,P/SVK-chT2 1995/EXT
97 (31)}) 17... Bxf3 $6 {[%mdl 16384] Exchanging the bishop Khalifman agrees
with a long suffer.The strength of bishops pair shouldn't be underestimated.} (
{I think Black should keep the bishop by means of} 17... Bh5 18. Rd5 {[%cal
Gd5d7]} Ne6 19. Rd7 Rfe8 $14) 18. gxf3 {[%csl Gc2,Ge3] Strong mobile centre
supported by bishops pair secures a better play.White's plan for next few
moves is obvious.He plays f4,then brings his king to f3 and prepare advance f5
or with the king on g2 f4-f5,then f2-f4 and king to f3.At the same time Black
has no good options.} Rfd8 19. f4 g6 20. Kg2 ({The same position by another
moves order was reached in another game.The game continued} 20. f5 gxf5 21.
Bxf5 Ne6 22. f4 c5 23. Kf2 Rxd1 24. Rxd1 Rd8 25. Rxd8+ Bxd8 26. Bxe6 fxe6 27.
Bxc5 $16 {1-0 Konguvel,P-Sriram,J/Calcutta IND 2000 (54)}) 20... Na4 {From the
one hand the text move is a very responsible decision as Black remains with a
complex of weak pawns on the queen side,but from the other hand I don't see
anything better.Black's suffering wasn't less when he had allowed a slow
strengthening of White's position in Onischuk-Tong Yuanming,China 1998/CBM 66
[Mikhalevski,V]} 21. Rxd8+ Rxd8 22. Bxa4 bxa4 23. Rc1 $16 {[%csl Ra4,Ra6,Rc7,
Gg2][%cal Gg2f3,Gf3e4] White is clearly better thanks to the better pawn
structure and much more active king(Kg2-f3-e4)} c5 {Black is looking for an
escape in a rook ending.} (23... Rd7 {looks a bit passive and prevents from
Black a possible counterplay along the b-file.}) 24. Rc4 (24. Bxc5 {was also
possible,but Leko prefers more secure way.} Bxc5 (24... Rc8 25. Be3 Rxc1 26.
Bxc1 $16 {[%csl Ra4,Ra6][%cal Gg2f3,Gf3e4,Ge4c4,Ge4d5]}) 25. Rxc5 Rd2 26. Ra5
Rxb2 27. Rxa4 Rb6 28. Kf3 $16) 24... a3 (24... Rb8 {doesn't promise too much,
but was possible from the practical point of view in order to try complicating
of the position,while in the game Leko wins by means of a slow strengthening
of his position.} 25. Rxa4 Rxb2 26. Rxa6 {[%cal Gf4f5]} c4 $140 (26... h5 $5)
27. f5 gxf5 28. Bh6 Rb8 29. Rc6 Bf8 30. Bxf8 Kxf8 31. Rxc4 $16) 25. b3 $1 {
[%csl Ra3] Another pawn on a black square becomes an easy target for the white
bishop.} Kf8 ({Or} 25... Rd1 26. Rc1) 26. Kf3 {Centralization of the king is a
decisive factor now.Black's position is hopeless.} Ke8 27. Ke4 Rd1 28. Rc1 f5+
({After} 28... Rd8 29. f5 {with a full domination decides the game.}) 29. exf6
Rxc1 30. Bxc1 Bxf6 31. Bxa3 $18 {Bishops endgame doesn't even require a good
technics.} Bd4 32. f3 Kd7 33. Kd5 Be3 34. f5 {Accuracy untill the very end.} (
34. Bxc5 {is also sufficient for a win,but a move in the game is just stronger.
}) 34... gxf5 35. Bxc5 Bf4 36. b4 {[%cal Ga2a4,Gb4b5,Gc5d4,Gd4e5] White's plan
is very simple.He advances a and b pawns,creates a pass pawn advances it to b5
then brings his bishop to e5 and game is over.} Bd2 ({Or} 36... Bg3 37. a4 Bh2
38. b5 axb5 39. axb5 Bg3 40. Bd4 Bf4 41. b6 Bg3 (41... Kc8 42. Be5 Be3 43. Kc6)
42. Be5 {[%cal Gb6b8]}) 37. Bd6 (37. a4 $5) 37... Bc1 38. a4 Ba3 39. Bc5 Bb2
40. Bd4 Ba3 41. b5 axb5 42. axb5 Be7 43. b6 {[%cal Gd4e5] Very clear game of
Peter.He didn't leave a single chance to his very experiencied rival.} 1-0

[Event "Canadian op"]
[Site "Kapuskasing"]
[Date "2004.07.16"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Krnan, Tomas"]
[Black "Mikhalevski, Victor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2331"]
[BlackElo "2551"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2004.07.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 101 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. c3 Be7 10. Be3 Nc5 11. Bc2 Nd7 {Usually this line leads into a slightly
better for white position, but with accurate play black is able to keep an
equality.} 12. Re1 Ndxe5 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. Bd4 Ng6 15. Bxg7 Rg8 16. Bxg6 Rxg7
17. Rxe6 hxg6 18. Re5 (18. Re2 {looks more logical since the rook has nothing
to do on e5.} Kf8 19. Qd3 (19. a4 $5 Rh7 20. Nd2 Bd6 21. g3 Rb8 22. Nf3 Rh5 23.
h4 Qd7 24. axb5 axb5 25. Qd4 Kg8 26. Rae1 b4 (26... c5 $5) 27. Ng5 bxc3 28.
bxc3 $16 {1-0 Van den Doel,E-Motwani,P/Belgium BEL 2002/The Week in Chess 427 
(31). (30)}) 19... Rh7 20. Nd2 c6 21. Rae1 Bf6 22. Nf3 Rh8 23. Ne5 Bxe5 (23...
Qd6 $5 24. Ng4 Kg7) 24. Rxe5 $14 {Vallejo Pons-Narciso Dublan,TCh-ESP 2003.})
18... c6 19. Nd2 {The position is not simple as it looks and contains some
hidden resources.} Kf8 20. Nf3 Rh7 {Probably h8 is the best square for the
rook in this line while the king belongs to g7.} (20... Bf6 21. Re2 Rh7 22. Qd2
(22. Qd3 $5) 22... Qd6 23. a4 Rd8 24. axb5 axb5 25. h3 c5 26. Qd3 c4 27. Qd2 d4
28. cxd4 Rh5 $5 29. Qa5 Rd5 30. Qa6 {1/2-1/2 Kuczynski,R-Haba,P/Czechia 1997/
EXT 98 (30).}) 21. Qd3 Bf6 ({Black could also regroup the pieces the following
way.} 21... Bd6 22. Re2 Qf6) 22. Re2 Kg7 {Only this move is new in the current
position, but a lot of similar games were already played where this move was
played a move earlier or later.} ({For example} 22... Rh8 23. Rae1 Kg7 24. h3
Qd6 25. Nh2 c5 26. Ng4 Rad8 27. Qf3 Rhf8 28. Rd1 d4 29. cxd4 $11 {1/2-1/2
Rogic,D-Anka,E/Harkany 1994/CBM 45 ext (29).}) (22... Qd6 23. Rae1 Rh5 (23...
Rh8 $5 {[%cal Gf8g7]}) 24. g3 Rd8 25. Nd4 Qd7 26. b4 Kg7 27. f4 a5 28. a3 Ra8
$132 {[%cal Ga5b4,Ga8a3] 1/2-1/2 Ernst,T-Todorovic,G/Vienna 1991/EXT 2000 (43)}
) 23. Rae1 Qd7 {It wasn't necessary to lose a tempo.} (23... Qd6 $142 $5) 24.
Ne5 Qd6 25. h3 (25. Ng4 $5 {avoiding exchange of a pair of rooks deserved
serious attention.} Rah8 (25... Rhh8 $5) 26. h3 Qf4 {[%cal Gf4g4]} 27. Nxf6
Qxf6 28. Qe3 $14) 25... Re8 $1 26. Ng4 ({Doesn't work} 26. Nxf7 $2 Rxe2 27.
Qxe2 (27. Nxd6 Rxe1+ 28. Kh2 Be5+ 29. g3 Bxd6 $19) 27... Kxf7 28. Qe8+ Kg7 29.
Re6 Qf4 30. Rxc6 $17 {and the best White can hope for is a draw.}) 26... Rxe2
27. Qxe2 Rh8 $11 28. Qd2 Rd8 (28... a5 $5) 29. h4 $1 Kf8 $1 {[%cal Gf6g7]
leaving the g7-square for the bishop.} (29... Rh8 30. g3) 30. Nxf6 (30. h5 gxh5
31. Qh6+ Bg7 32. Qxh5 Re8 $1 {and Black is at least not worse.}) 30... Qxf6 31.
Qd4 (31. Qh6+ Kg8 32. h5 c5 $132 {[%cal Gd5d4]}) 31... Kg7 $1 32. Re7 c5 $1 {
Black's trying to take initiative. This way he wants to exploit weakness of
the first rank and the hanging position of the white rook.} (32... a5 $5) 33.
Qxc5 (33. Qxf6+ Kxf6 34. Rc7 (34. Ra7 $5) 34... d4 35. cxd4 cxd4 36. Kf1 d3 37.
Ke1 Re8+ 38. Kd2 Re2+ $15) 33... d4 34. Qc7 {I believe Krnan missed the
following temorary rook sacrifice.} (34. cxd4 $5 {was simplier and better.}
Rxd4 35. g3 Rd1+ 36. Kg2 Rd2 37. Re8 $140 Rxf2+ 38. Qxf2 Qc6+ 39. Kf1 Qxe8 40.
Qd4+ {with equality.}) 34... dxc3 $1 35. Qxc3 (35. Qxd8 $2 cxb2 36. Rxf7+ Kxf7
{is very dangerous for White.}) 35... Rd1+ $1 {Black's only chance for a win
is to keep the queens.} (35... Qxc3 36. bxc3 Rd2 (36... Rd1+ 37. Kh2 Rd2 38. a4
bxa4 39. Re4 a3 40. Ra4 $11) 37. a4 bxa4 38. Re5 a3 39. Ra5 a2 {[%cal Gd2d1]}
40. Kh2 Rxf2 41. Rxa6 $11 {[%cal Gc3c6]}) 36. Kh2 Rd4 $1 37. Re3 (37. Kg1 $5)
37... b4 $1 {Suddenly White starts to experience problems.} 38. Qc2 Qd6+ ({
I would have more chances in case of} 38... Qxh4+ 39. Kg1 (39. Rh3 $2 Qf4+ {
[%cal Gd4d2]}) 39... Qh5 40. Rf3 Qd5 $1 {with pressure.}) 39. Kh3 $1 Rd2 {
After this move White escapes into a queen endgame. Being in the time-trouble
I've missed that White can trade the rooks.} (39... Qd7+ $5 {keeping the rooks
was better.} 40. Kh2 (40. Kg3 Qg4+ 41. Kh2 Qxh4+ 42. Kg1 Qh5 {-38...Qxh4.})
40... Rxh4+ 41. Kg1 Qd5 $36) 40. Qb3 Rxf2 41. Rf3 {Now I have no choice, but
to trade the rooks.} Rxf3+ 42. Qxf3 Qe6+ 43. Qg4 $1 Qe3+ (43... Qxa2 44. Qxb4
$11) 44. Qg3 (44. Kh2 $2 Qe5+ {[%cal Ge5b2]}) 44... Qe2 45. Qb3 $6 {White
defends passively.} ({Active defense by means of} 45. Qd6 $5 Qxb2 46. Qxa6 {
wouldn't leave chances for a win.}) 45... Qd2 $1 46. a3 $6 ({And again White
could defend actively with} 46. Qc4 $5) 46... a5 $1 {Now the white queen is
nailed to b3.} 47. axb4 axb4 48. Kg3 Qd4 {Setting a trap.} 49. Kh3 $8 {
Suddenly it turns out that White has to make the only move. This is the result
of his passive defense.} ({Inaccurate} 49. Qc2 $2 {allows to move the b-pawn
to b3.} Qe3+ 50. Kh2 b3 {and thus forces the white queen to b1.}) 49... Qd7+ {
My plan was to reach the position with the black queen on d4 and the white
king on g3 while Black to move. Unfortunately this position is unreachable.} (
49... Kf8 $5 50. Kg3 $140 Kg8 51. Kh3 Kg7 52. Kg3 $2 (52. g3 $142) 52... f5 $17
{This was my dream.}) 50. Kg3 Qd6+ 51. Kf3 (51. Kh3 Qd4 52. Kg3 $140 $2 f5 $1
$17) 51... Qd4 (51... Qf6+ 52. Kg3 Qd4 53. Kh3 {-49.Kh3}) 52. g3 ({And again} 
52. Kg3 $2 f5 $1 $17) 52... Qd2 53. Kg4 {Here I started to look for mate, but
couldn't find one.} Qf2 {[%csl Rg4][%cal Gf2f5]} (53... Qg2 54. Qxb4 f5+ (54...
Qf1 55. Qc3+ f6 56. Qc7+) 55. Kf4 Qf2+ 56. Ke5 Qxg3+ 57. Qf4 $11 {with
equality.}) 54. Kh3 Qf1+ 55. Kh2 Qe2+ 56. Kh3 Qe4 {Here I set my last trap,
but unfortunately White hasn't noticed that I allowed him to move the queen!}
57. Kh2 ({I was hoping for} 57. Qd1 $6 b3 $3 58. Qxb3 $140 Qh1+ 59. Kg4 f5+ {
and it turns out that White can't escape mate in two.} 60. Kf4 ({or} 60. Kg5
Qc1+ 61. Qe3 Qxe3#) 60... Qe4+ 61. Kg5 Qg4#) 57... Qe2+ (57... Kf6 $5) 58. Kh3
Qd2 59. Kg4 Kf8 60. Kf3 Kg8 61. Kg4 Qe2+ 62. Kh3 Qe4 63. Kh2 Kg7 64. Qd1 $1 Qe3
65. b3 $1 {and soon a draw was agreed.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Montreal WCT"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2005.01.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Black "Mikhalevski, Victor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2596"]
[BlackElo "2553"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "165"]
[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"]

{[%mdl 2]} {As it turned out the pairings of the first round of the World
Chess Tournament in Montreal 2005 proved to be decisive for the fate of the
first place. I've prepared a variation which I played a few times before,
which leads to a slightly worse, but rather solid position.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3
Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. Be3 Be7
10. c3 Nc5 11. Bc2 Nd7 {Black initiates series of exchanges.} 12. Re1 Ndxe5 13.
Nxe5 Nxe5 14. Bd4 Ng6 (14... Nc6 15. Bxg7 Rg8 16. Qh5 {considered to be
dangerous for Black.}) 15. Bxg7 Rg8 16. Bxg6 {Otherwise Black creates strong
counterplay along the g-file.} Rxg7 17. Rxe6 hxg6 18. Re2 {The best square for
the rook. White prepares doubling of rooks along the e-file.} ({The less
logical} 18. Re5 {occuried in the game Krnan,T-Mikhalevski,V, Montreal
International 2004/CBM101ext[Mikhalevski,V].}) 18... Kf8 {This is the position
I was striving to. Black just needs to consolidate his position with moves
like Rg8(h7); Bf6; Kg7 and he's gonna be fine. White has to disturb this plan
with a4 or by bringing the knight to e5.} 19. Nd2 {The most logical
continuation. First White develops his knight and only then decides where to
place his queen.} ({Here are a few recent examples in which White tested
different ideas.} 19. a4 $5 Rh7 20. Nd2 Bd6 21. g3 Rb8 22. Nf3 Rh5 23. h4 Qd7
24. axb5 axb5 25. Qd4 Kg8 26. Rae1 b4 27. Ng5 bxc3 28. bxc3 c6 29. Qf6 Bf8 30.
Re7 Qf5 31. Rxf7 {1-0 Van den Doel,E-Motwani,P/Belgium BEL 2002.}) (19. Qd3 {
This move usually leads to transposition.} c6 $5 ({Inaccurate play in the
following game allowed White to develop dangerous initiative.} 19... Rh7 20.
Nd2 c6 21. Rae1 Bf6 22. Nf3 Rh8 23. Ne5 Bxe5 24. Rxe5 Qf6 25. Qd4 Qh4 26. Qc5+
Kg7 27. h3 Qc4 28. Qe3 Qxa2 29. Re7 $16 {1-0 Vallejo Pons,F-Narciso Dublan,M/
Lanzarote ESP 2003.}) 20. Nd2 Rg8 21. Nf3 Kg7 22. Nd4 Rc8 23. Qg3 Bc5 24. Nf5+
Kf8 25. Nh6 Rh8 26. Ng4 Bd6 27. Qd3 Rh5 28. Rae1 c5 $132 {1-0 Stripunsky,
A-Fishbein,A/San Diego USA 2004.}) 19... Rh7 (19... Rg8 {is a worthy
alternative. See Khalifman,A-Kortchnoi,V, Ubeda 1997/CBM58 [Mikhalevski,V].})
20. Nf3 Qd6 {Only this move turns out to be a novelty, although a similar idea
was tested before. The point is to bring the queen rook to d8.} ({Earlier
Black tested} 20... Bf6 21. h3 (21. a4 Kg7 22. Qd3 {1/2-1/2 Fogarasi,
T-Todorovic,G/Budapest 2002/EXT 2003 (22).}) 21... Kg7 22. Qd3 Rh8 23. Rd1 c6
24. Ne5 Qd6 25. Ng4 Rae8 {and soon a draw was agreed. 1/2-1/2 Magem Badals,
J-Flear,G/Palma de Mallorca 1991/TD (33)}) 21. a4 $1 {[%csl Rb5] White is
creating an object of attack on the queenside and thus disturbs Black plans.}
Rd8 (21... Rb8 $5 {would be more accurate as the b5-pawn will be soon attacked.
}) 22. Qd3 {All these moves were played by both players rather quickly. Now it
was a good point to stop and try to understand what is happening. The b5-pawn
is attacked. While after 22...c6 23. axb5 axb5 24.Ra6 followed by Nd4 Black
starts to experience problems with the queenside pawns. After a long thought I
came with an interesting pawn sacrifice.} Qb6 $1 23. axb5 axb5 24. Nd4 Bf6 $1 {
[%cal Yb6d4,Yf6d4]} ({I didn't like} 24... c6 {as it prevents my queen from
controlling the sixth rank and thus makes ideas Re6 and Ne6 rather annoying.})
25. g3 ({In case of} 25. Nxb5 c5 $1 $44 {The knight on b5 is misplaced which
gives Black certain initiative thanks to a strong bishop on f6.} (25... Rh4 $5)
) ({And} 25. Qxb5 $2 {loses to} Bxd4) 25... Kg7 {[%cal Gd8h8] Preparing
doubling of rooks along the h-file and setting a trap.} 26. h4 {Avoiding the
following.} (26. Nxb5 $2 {is strongly met by} Rdh8 27. h4 Bxh4 $1 {[%csl Rg1]
with a very strong attack.}) 26... Rhh8 $5 {[%cal Gh8e8] Black is still
fighting for initiative while it was possible to simply protect the b5-pawn.} (
26... c6) 27. Nxb5 Rhe8 $1 {This way Black prevents Nd4.} 28. Rae1 (28. Nd4 $6
{loses back a pawn.} Bxd4 (28... c5 $5) 29. cxd4 Rxe2 30. Qxe2 Qxd4) 28... Re4
$1 {[%csl Rb5] The same startegy of restricting White's knight.} 29. Na3 {
The knight has to retreat to a passive position.} Rde8 $1 30. Rxe4 dxe4 31. Qe2
{It seems that White succeeded in consolidating his position. He's ready to
bring the knight to c4 and enjoy an extra pawn, but...} (31. Qb5 Qe6) 31... e3
$1 {[%csl Ra3,Rg3] Just in time. Probably this move was underestimated by
Dmitry.} 32. fxe3 {Now white pieces lose harmony and Black exploits this fact
with} Qd6 $1 {This is a double attack on g3 and a3!} 33. Qf3 ({Doesn't help} 
33. Qg4 Qd2 34. Re2 Qd1+ 35. Kf2 Re6 $1 {and White can't avoid perpetual. For
example} 36. Nc4 ({or} 36. Kg2 Rxe3 37. Kf2 Re5 {with Rf5 to follow.}) 36...
Bxc3 $1 37. bxc3 Rf6+ 38. Kg2 Qf1+ 39. Kh2 Rf2+ 40. Rxf2 Qxf2+ 41. Kh3 Qf1+ {
with a draw.}) 33... Bxc3 $1 {[%csl Ra3] Suddenly Black exploits an
unfortunate position of the white knight.} 34. Nb5 $5 {It seems that White
wins a piece, but Black has a saving move.} ({Also after} 34. bxc3 Qxa3 {
Black has good chances for a draw thanks to weakness of all white pawns and
vulnerability of the white king.}) 34... Qf6 $1 {The only, but sufficient
resource. The endgame is drawish.} 35. Qxf6+ Bxf6 36. Nxc7 Rb8 $1 37. Kg2 Be5
38. Nd5 Rxb2+ 39. Kf3 Rd2 $1 40. Nb6 Bc7 41. Rb1 Bxb6 {After this move I've
felt a relief. Black should have been just a little bit accurate to keep the
draw.} 42. Rxb6 {White's only plan is to create a passer on the h-file by
means of h4-h5 and so the black rook remains from behind to attack the h-pawn.}
Rd1 43. Rb3 (43. g4 Rh1 44. Kg3 Rg1+ 45. Kf4 Rf1+ {and White can't avoid
repetition without giving up the h-pawn.} 46. Ke5 Rh1) 43... Ra1 44. e4 Kf6 45.
Kf4 Rf1+ 46. Rf3 Re1 47. Rc3 Rf1+ 48. Rf3 Re1 49. g4 g5+ $1 {This pawn
sacrifice forces a draw. However I've completely missed 51.Ke5 and also an
easy, but really surprising solution.} ({Also after the simple} 49... Rh1 {
a draw is easy.} 50. Kg3+ Ke6 {and White can't make progress.}) 50. hxg5+ Kg6
$1 51. Ke5 $1 Ra1 $2 {After this move Black will have to solve some problems.}
({I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw that after} 51... Kxg5 $1 52. Rxf7 Kxg4
{the arising position is a draw because the black king seems to be in a bad
position on g4 and can be cutted off by means of Rf5. But the draw is
relatively easy.} 53. Rf5 ({or} 53. Kd5 Kg5 (53... Ra1 $5 {is also possible.}
54. e5 Ra5+ 55. Ke6 Ra6+ 56. Ke7 Kg5 57. e6 Kg6) 54. e5 Kg6 55. e6 Rd1+ 56. Ke5
Re1+ 57. Kd6 Rd1+ 58. Ke7 (58. Kc7 Rc1+ 59. Kd7 Rd1+ 60. Ke8 Ra1 61. Rd7 Kf6 $1
62. e7 Ke6 $1 {with the threat of Ra8+ followed by Ra7.}) 58... Ra1) (53. Rd7
Re2 (53... Kf3 54. Rd4 Kg4 55. Kf6 Rf1+ 56. Ke6 Kg5 57. e5 Ra1 58. Rd8) 54. Rd4
Re1 55. Ke6 Kg5 56. e5 Ra1 57. Ke7 Ra7+ 58. Rd7 Ra6 59. e6 Kg6 {with another
theoretical draw.}) 53... Ra1 54. Rf2) 52. Rf5 Rb1 $1 53. Rf6+ Kg7 $6 {I was
sure that accepting the g-pawns leads to a loss.} ({And again} 53... Kxg5 $1 {
was the simplest way to a draw.} 54. Rxf7 Rb5+ $1 {Black has to be careful.} ({
Immediate} 54... Kxg4 $2 {loses to} 55. Rg7+ Kf3 56. Kf5) 55. Kd6 Kxg4 56. e5
Rb6+ 57. Kd7 Rb7+ 58. Ke6 Rb6+ 59. Ke7 Kg5 60. e6 Kg6 $1 {and Black keeps a
draw.}) 54. Rf5 Kg6 55. Kd6 Rb7 56. Ke5 Rb1 {Threefold-repetition of the
position, which I missed.} 57. Rf6+ Kg7 ({Of course} 57... Kxg5 $1 58. Rxf7
Rb5+ $1 {was better again. See above.}) 58. Rc6 Rf1 (58... Rg1 $1 {leads to an
easy draw.} 59. g6 (59. Kf4 Rf1+ 60. Kg3 Rg1+ 61. Kh3 Re1 62. Rc4 Kg6 {with a
draw.}) 59... Rxg4 $11) 59. Ra6 Rf2 ({And again} 59... Rg1 $1 {was possible.})
60. Rb6 Rf1 61. Rc6 Rf2 62. Rc8 Kg6 63. Rg8+ Kh7 64. Rf8 Kg7 65. Re8 Kg6 66.
Kd6 Kxg5 67. Rg8+ Kh6 $2 {Only this move seems to lose.} (67... Kh4 {was still
sufficient for a draw.} 68. Ke7 ({or} 68. g5 Kh5 69. Rg7 Rf4 70. e5 Rf1 71. g6
Rd1+ 72. Ke7 fxg6 73. e6 g5 74. Kf7 Rf1+ 75. Kg8 Re1 76. e7 g4 77. Kf8 Kh4 $11)
68... Re2 69. Kxf7 Rxe4 70. g5 Ra4 71. g6 Kg5 $11 {with Ra7 to follow.}) 68.
Ke7 Rf4 ({Doesn't save} 68... Re2 69. Kxf7 Rxe4 70. Rg6+ $1 Kh7 71. Rg5 $1 {
[%cal Gg5h5] and suddenly Black finds himself in a mating net.} ({But not} 71.
g5 $4 Re7+ $1 {with a draw.}) 71... Rf4+ 72. Rf5 Rxg4 73. Rh5#) ({or} 68... Kh7
69. Rg5 Kh6 70. Rf5 Rg2 71. Kxf7 Rxg4 72. e5 $18 {and White wins.}) ({Also
after} 68... f6 69. Kf7 {black king is in the net.} Rf4 70. Rg6+ Kh7 71. Rxf6
Rxe4 (71... Rxg4 72. e5) 72. g5 $18) 69. e5 Rf1 (69... Re4 {loses to} 70. Kxf7
Rxe5 71. Kf6 $1 (71. Rh8+ $5 Kg5 72. Rh5+ $18) 71... Kh7 72. Kxe5 Kxg8 73. Kf6
$1 {and White wins.}) 70. Rh8+ $2 {This move could cost White the win.} (70.
Rf8 $1 {[%cal Ge5e6] with the idea e6 was the way to go.} Re1 71. Kxf7 Rxe5 {
After the game Dmitry told me that he missed} 72. Kf6 $1 $18 {[%csl Re5][%cal
Gf8h8]}) 70... Kg7 $2 {The final mistake.} (70... Kg5 $1 71. Rg8+ Kh4 {was
enough for a draw. For example} 72. g5 Kh5 73. g6 ({or} 73. Rg7 Re1 $1) 73...
fxg6 74. e6 g5 75. Ke8 g4 76. e7 Kh4 $11) 71. Rf8 $1 $18 {[%cal Ge5e6] Black
loses the f7-pawn as he can't prevent e6 and the game is over.} Ra1 72. Rxf7+
Kg6 73. Rf6+ Kg5 74. Rd6 Ra8 75. e6 Kg6 76. Rd7 Ra6 77. Rc7 Ra4 78. Rc8 Kg7 ({
Doesn't help} 78... Ra7+ 79. Kd6 Ra6+ 80. Kd7 Ra7+ 81. Rc7 $18) 79. g5 Ra6 80.
Kd7 Ra1 81. Ke8 Re1 82. e7 Rd1 83. Rd8 {This was a very disappointing loss
since I knew that I had many chances to keep a draw. At the same time
Jakovenko recieved a strong boost and started to win one game after another.}
1-0

[Event "Clarin GP final"]
[Site "Villa Gesell"]
[Date "1998.03.13"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Giaccio, Alfredo Gustavo"]
[Black "Sorin, Ariel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "1998.03.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 064"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Nbd2 Be7 10. c3 O-O (10... Nc5 11. Bc2 d4 {Another possibility for
black,that has been known from the games of Capablanca(as white).} (11... O-O {
Can lead to transposision after} 12. Re1 {-see Giaccio-Sorin,1998}) 12. Nb3 d3
13. Bb1 Nxb3 14. axb3 Bf5 15. Be3 O-O 16. Bd4 Qd5 17. Re1 Rfd8 18. Re3 Nxd4 19.
Nxd4 Bg6 20. b4 c5 21. bxc5 b4 22. c6 bxc3 23. bxc3 Qc5 24. Bxd3 Bg5 25. Bxg6
hxg6 26. Rd3 Qxe5 27. Nf3 Qb5 28. Rxd8+ Rxd8 29. c7 Rc8 30. Rb1 {1-0 Giaccio,
A-Fernandez,J/Open, Mar del Plata ARG 1998}) 11. Re1 Nc5 12. Bc2 (12. Nd4 Nxd4
13. cxd4 Nd3 14. Re3 Nf4 15. Bc2 c5 $15 {ECO}) 12... d4 {This has been known
to be good for Black since Lasker-Tarrasch, St.Petersburg, 1914, and probably
even before!! (Ernst)} 13. Nb3 $146 {New move.In the previous games white
tried 13.Ne4 and 13.cd,that doesn't promises a lot either.} (13. Ne4 dxc3 (
13... d3 $5 14. Nxc5 dxc2 15. Qxd8 Raxd8 16. Nxe6 fxe6 17. Be3 Rd5 18. Rac1
Nxe5 19. Nxe5 Rxe5 20. Rxc2 Bc5 21. Rce2 Bxe3 22. Rxe3 Rxe3 23. Rxe3 Rd8 $11 {
1/2-1/2 Dobes,O-Martinec,K/Znojmo op-A 1997 (40)}) 14. Nxc5 (14. bxc3 Qxd1 15.
Rxd1 Bf5 16. Re1 Rfd8 17. Bf4 Nd3 18. Bxd3 Rxd3 19. Ng3 Bg4 20. Re3 Rxe3 21.
Bxe3 Bxf3 22. gxf3 Nxe5 $17 {Tarnowski,A-Szabo,L/Szcawno Zdroj 1950/0-1 (53)})
14... Qxd1 15. Rxd1 Bxc5 16. bxc3 Rad8 17. Bf4 h6 18. Be4 Rxd1+ 19. Rxd1 Rd8
20. Rxd8+ Nxd8 $15 {[%csl Ra2,Rc3] 0-1 Liang Jinrong-Wang Miao/Beijing op 1991
(38)}) (13. cxd4 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 Qxd4 15. Nb3 (15. Qe2 Rad8 16. Nf3 Qc4 (16...
Qg4 17. b3 Bf5 18. h3 Qg6 19. Bxf5 Qxf5 20. Ba3 Rfe8 21. Rad1 Bf8 22. Qe3 Nd3
23. Nh4 Nxe1 24. Nxf5 Rxd1 25. Kh2 Bxa3 26. Qg5 g6 27. Nh6+ Kg7 28. Nf5+ Kg8 {
1/2-1/2 Kosten,A-Tal,M/Jurmala 1987}) 17. Be3 $146 (17. Qxc4 Bxc4 18. Be3 Ne6
19. Be4 Bd5 20. Bxd5 Rxd5 $17 {H.Johner-Euwe, Zurich,1934}) 17... Qxe2 18. Rxe2
Bc4 (18... Nd3 19. Nd4 $1) 19. Rd2 Ne6 20. Bb3 $1 Bxb3 21. axb3 Bb4 22. Rxd8
Rxd8 23. Kf1 Rd3 24. Rxa6 h6 25. Rc6 Kf8 26. Rc2 Rxb3 27. Ke2 c5 28. Nd2 Bxd2
29. Kxd2 Ke7 30. Kc1 (30. Bxc5+ {Ernst} Nxc5 31. Rxc5 Rxb2+ 32. Ke3 $15) 30...
c4 31. Rd2 c3 32. bxc3 Rxc3+ 33. Kb2 Rc4 34. Rd6 f5 35. g3 g5 36. Rb6 f4 37.
Rb7+ Ke8 38. gxf4 gxf4 39. Bd2 Re4 40. Rxb5 Re2 41. Kc3 Rxf2 42. h4 Rh2 43. Rb6
{Tough defense by Kiril Georgiev! 1/2-1/2 Georgiev,K-Piket,J/Biel izt 1993})
15... Nxb3 16. axb3 Qxd1 17. Rxd1 c5 18. Bd2 Rfd8 19. Ba5 Rxd1+ 20. Rxd1 f6 21.
Bc3 fxe5 22. Bxe5 Rd8 23. Rxd8+ Bxd8 $15 {[%csl Rb2,Rb3] 1/2-1/2 Lasker,
E-Tarrasch,S/St.Petersburg prel 1914 (47)}) 13... dxc3 (13... d3 $5 14. Bb1 (
14. Nxc5 dxc2 15. Qxd8 Raxd8 {-see 13.Ne4 d3 14.N:c5}) 14... Nxb3 15. axb3 Bf5
16. Be3 $13 {The same position with rook on f1 and knight on d4(that of course
is much better for White) you can find after early d5-d4(Giaccio-Fernandez Mar
del Plata,1998)}) 14. bxc3 (14. Nxc5 $6 Bxc5 (14... cxb2 $2 15. Bxb2 Bxc5 16.
Bxh7+ (16. Be4 $5) 16... Kxh7 17. Qc2+ $14 {[%cal Gc2h7,Gc2c5]}) 15. Be4 $2 {
[%cal Ge4a8]} Qxd1 16. Rxd1 Rad8 $1 {[%csl Rg1]}) 14... Qxd1 (14... Bg4 $2 15.
Qe2 $1 $16 {[%csl Rc6,Rg4][%cal Gb3c5,Ge2e4] /\N:c5 and Qe4} Qd5 $140 $6 16.
Nxc5 $1 {Now black is lost by force.} Bxc5 (16... Bxf3 17. Qxf3 Qxc5 (17...
Qxf3 18. gxf3 Bxc5 19. Be4 {[%cal Ge4a8]} Nxe5 20. Bxa8 Nd3 21. Be3 $1 $16) 18.
Be3 $1 Qc4 (18... Qxc3 19. Rac1 $18) 19. Qe4 $1 Qxe4 (19... g6 20. Qxc4 bxc4
21. Be4 Nxe5 22. Bd4 $1 $18) 20. Bxe4 Nxe5 21. Bd4 $1 $18) 17. Bxh7+ $1 Kxh7
18. Ng5+ Kg8 19. Qxg4 $18 Nxe5 $140 20. Qf5) 15. Rxd1 Rfd8 $6 {Black is trying
to equalize,but 15...Na4! could give him better chances.} (15... Na4 $1 {
[%csl Rc3]} 16. Nbd4 Nxd4 17. cxd4 Nc3 18. Rd2 (18. Re1 Nxa2 19. Be4 {[%csl
Ra2][%cal Gd4d5]} Rad8 $1 20. Bd2 $1 {[%cal Gd4d5] /\d5} (20. Bg5 Bxg5 21. Nxg5
Bc4 $1 $15 {[%csl Rd4]}) (20. d5 Bxd5 21. Bxd5 Nxc1 22. Bxf7+ (22. Rexc1 $2
Rxd5 23. Rxc7 Bb4 $19) 22... Kxf7 23. Rexc1 c5 24. Rxa6 Ra8 $15 {[%csl Gb5,Gc5]
}) 20... Bc4 $1 (20... Nb4 $6 21. Reb1) 21. Ba5 {[%cal Ga5c7]} Bb4 (21... b4)
22. Bxb4 (22. Bxc7 $2 Bxe1 23. Bxd8 Bc3 $19) 22... Nxb4 23. Reb1 $140 (23. Rec1
$15) (23. Ra5 $15) 23... Na2 $3 $17 {[%cal Ga2c3] /\Nc3}) 18... Rfd8 (18...
Nxa2 $2 19. d5 Nxc1 20. dxe6 fxe6 $8 21. Rxc1 Rxf3 $1 22. gxf3 Bg5 $16 {
[%cal Gg5c1]}) 19. Bb3 c5 $1 {and Black is slightly better.}) 16. Bg5 Rxd1+ 17.
Rxd1 Nxb3 18. axb3 Rd8 (18... Kf8 $5 19. Be4 $140 Rd8) 19. Rxd8+ Bxd8 20. Bxd8
Nxd8 21. b4 $1 $14 {[%csl Ra6,Rb5] Now White has small advantage thanks to the
weak pawns on b5 and a6 and better pawn structure.} Bd5 22. Nd4 g6 {White
could continue by playing 23.f4 and then Kg1-f2-e3 with better chances.}
1/2-1/2

[Event "CCA-ICC op"]
[Site "Lake George"]
[Date "2005.05.14"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Mikhalevski, Victor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2593"]
[BlackElo "2572"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2005.05.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Be3 Be7 10. c3 O-O 11. Nbd2 Kh8 {An uncommon conituation. Black moves
the king away from g8 in order to prepare a retreat of the light-squared
bishop.} (11... Qd7 {is the main line.}) 12. Bc2 ({Efimenko played against me} 
12. Re1 {but I managed to equalize improving on the way Krasenkow's play in
the game below.} Qd7 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Qxd7 Bxd7 15. e6 Bxe6 16. Bxe6 fxe6 17.
Nd2 Ne5 18. Nxe4 Nd3 19. Re2 c5 20. f3 Kg8 $1 {This is a novelty I found
during the game. The point is to bring the king closer to the weak e6-pawn.}
21. Nf2 Rfd8 22. Nxd3 Rxd3 23. Bf2 Kf7 24. Rae1 b4 $1 25. Rxe6 Bf6 {Black
creates pressure on the queenside and forces a number of exchanges which lead
the game to a draw.} 26. Bxc5 bxc3 27. bxc3 Rxc3 28. Bf2 Rb8 29. Rb6 Rxb6 30.
Bxb6 Rc6 31. Ba7 Rc7 32. Bb6 {1/2-1/2 Efimenko,Z-Mikhalevski,V/Biel 2001/CBM
083 ext (32).}) 12... f5 13. exf6 Nxf6 14. Ng5 Bg8 ({In the only preceding
game Black played} 14... Qd7 {Somehow I don't like the idea of exchanging the
light-squared bishop for the knight.} 15. Nxe6 Qxe6 16. Nf3 Ne4 17. Nd4 $6 (17.
Qd3 $5) 17... Nxd4 18. cxd4 Rae8 {and Black is fine. 0-1 Kovacevic,A-Golubovic,
Z/Nis 1996/EXT 99 (35). (34)}) 15. Nb3 Ne5 $5 (15... Bd6 {was an obvious
alternative.}) 16. Bd4 Nfd7 $6 {This move is already dubious.} (16... Nc4 $1 {
[%csl Rb2] was correct. Below you'll find variations which reflect a possible
continuation of play.} 17. Rb1 $1 (17. Nc5 {Giving up the b2-pawn doesn't
promise any advantage.} Nxb2 $1 ({Worse is} 17... Qd6 18. b3 Qc6 19. Nd3 Na3
20. Ne5 Qd6 21. Bxh7 $1 {[%csl Rf7]} Nxh7 22. Qh5 $1 {[%cal Ge5g6]} Rf6 23.
Ngf7+ Bxf7 24. Nxf7+ Rxf7 25. Qxf7 Bf6 26. Rae1 Rf8 (26... Bxd4 $5 27. cxd4 Nc2
) 27. Re8 Bxd4 28. cxd4 $14 {and White's rook is better than two disconnected
knights.}) 18. Qc1 Qd6 $1 {[%cal Gf6g4] A nice tactical idea.} 19. Qxb2 Ng4 {
[%csl Rg5,Rh2]} 20. f4 $1 Bxg5 $1 21. h3 $1 Bxf4 22. hxg4 (22. Rxf4 Qxf4 23.
hxg4 Qxg4 24. Bd3 $13) 22... Bh2+ 23. Kh1 Qh6 24. g5 Qh4 25. Bf5 {[%cal Gf5h3]}
Rxf5 26. Rxf5 Bf4+ 27. Kg1 Qh2+ 28. Kf1 Qh1+ 29. Kf2 (29. Bg1 $2 Be3 $19) 29...
Qh4+ $11 {with a repetition of moves.}) 17... h6 18. Nf3 Ne4 $11) (16... Nfg4
$2 {doesn't work:} 17. Nxh7 $1 {[%csl Re5]} Bxh7 (17... Rf4 18. h3 $1 Bxh7 19.
Bxh7 Kxh7 20. Bxe5 $1 Nxe5 21. Qh5+ Kg8 22. Qxe5 $16) 18. Bxe5 Nxe5 (18... Bxc2
19. Qxg4 $16) 19. Qh5 $1 $16 (19. Bxh7 Nf3+ $1 20. gxf3 Kxh7 $132 {[%csl Rf2,
Rf3,Rh2]})) (16... Bd6 $5 17. Nc5 Qc8 18. Re1 Nc6 $14) 17. Nxh7 $1 Rf4 $4 {
I've prepared this move in advance and played it almost without checking. It
turned out that I had completely missed a beautiful reply.} (17... Bxh7 18.
Bxh7 (18. Qh5 $2 Nf6 $19) (18. Bxe5 $2 Bxc2 $19) 18... Nf3+ $1 19. gxf3 Kxh7
20. f4 $1 Qe8 $1 21. Qd3+ Qg6+ 22. Qxg6+ Kxg6 23. Be5 $1 Rac8 $14) {[%tqu "En",
"","","","h7f8","",10]} 18. Nf8 $3 $18 {[%cal Gd1h5] Now it's over. The best
Black can do is to play a pawn down in a bad position.} Rh4 {The only chance
to prolong the game.} ({Unfortunately} 18... Nf3+ {doesn't work in view of} 19.
Qxf3 $1 {and Black loses all his pieces.} Rxf3 20. Ng6+ Kh7 21. Nxe7+ g6 (21...
Kh6 22. Nxg8+ Qxg8 23. gxf3 $18) (21... Kh8 22. Ng6+ $18) 22. Nxg6 $1 Rf6 23.
Ne5+ $1 Kg7 24. Ng4 $1 $18 {and Black is hopeless.}) 19. Nxd7 Nxd7 20. g3 Rh6
21. Be3 Bg5 22. f4 Be7 ({or} 22... Bf6 23. g4) 23. Nd4 {[%cal Gd4f5]} Bh7 24.
Bxh7 Rxh7 {[%csl Rc6,Re6] A sad necessity.} 25. Nc6 Qe8 26. Qxd5 $18 {Another
pawn is gone. This was already a good moment to resign, but I was in the
time-trouble and decided to play a few more moves.} Ba3 27. Bd4 $1 Bxb2 28.
Rae1 (28. Ne7 $5 {[%csl Ra8][%cal Ge7g6] was also strong.} Bxa1 $140 (28... Nf6
29. Ng6+ $1 Qxg6 30. Qxa8+ $18) 29. Qg8+ $1 Qxg8 30. Ng6#) 28... Qh5 29. Qg2 (
29. Bxg7+ $6 {would give me some practical chances after} Kxg7 30. Re7+ Kh8 31.
Qxh5 Rxh5 32. Rxd7 Bxc3 33. Rxc7 Rc5) 29... Ba3 30. Ne5 Nf8 $1 $138 31. f5 (31.
Ng6+ $5 Kg8 32. Re5 Qxg6 33. Qxa8 $18) ({Of course not} 31. Qxa8 $4 Qxh2#)
31... Rc8 32. f6 $1 {White opens up the king finishing the game by direct
attack.} gxf6 33. Rxf6 c5 34. Nf7+ $1 Kg7 ({or} 34... Kg8 35. Nh6+ $1 Rxh6 36.
Rxh6 Qxh6 37. Qd5+ Kh7 38. Qf7+ {and mate on the next move.}) 35. Be5 Re8 36.
Rf5+ Rxe5 37. Rexe5 Qd1+ 38. Rf1 Qd3 39. Ng5 {A nice execution from Alex.} 1-0

[Event "Canadian op"]
[Site "Kapuskasing"]
[Date "2004.07.15"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Spraggett, Kevin"]
[Black "Mikhalevski, Victor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2584"]
[BlackElo "2551"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2004.07.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 101 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. c3 {I knew that my opponent played this line and decided to surprise
him. A bad surprise as it turned out...} Be7 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Bc2 f5 12. Nd4 $1
{According to Kortschnoj this is better than 12.exf6. Unfortunately I felt
that Black's position is dangerous only when I got in trouble, but not before
the game.} ({The main alternative is} 12. exf6 Nxf6 13. Nb3 Bg4 14. Qd3 Ne4 $6
(14... Qd7 $5 {1-0 Shirov,A-Kortschnoj,V/Plovdiv BUL 2003/The Week in Chess
467 (29)}) (14... Bh5 $5 {Euwe.}) 15. Nbd2 $1 {1/2-1/2 Shirov,A-Kortschnoj,V/
Reykjavic ISL 2003/CBM94[Korchnoi] (41). (41)}) 12... Nxd4 13. cxd4 c5 14. dxc5
Nxd2 15. Bxd2 Bxc5 16. Bb3 $1 {[%csl Rd5] During the game I remebered that I
went through this position in my preparation for the game and considered it to
be ok. However thinking about the position more and more I started to realize
that the position is already very unpleasant. Black experiences problems with
the d5-pawn and the dark-squares.} (16. Rc1 $5) {After spending about an hour
I made a move which I didn't like from the very beginning, but remembered that
it was played in a number of games.} 16... Qb6 $6 {Now Black will also have a
problem with the dark-squared bishop.} (16... Qd7 $5 {Probably the best
defense which was demonstrated by Hjartarson in the following game.} 17. Rc1
Rfc8 $1 ({During the game I didn't like} 17... Rac8 {in view of} 18. Rxc5 Rxc5
19. Bb4 {Exchanging this way dark-squared bishops White creates an unpleasant
pressure on the d-pawn. Somehow Fritz considers the position equal!}) 18. Bc3
a5 19. a3 Bb6 20. Rc2 a4 21. Ba2 d4 $1 {This nice pawns sacrifice leads to an
equal endgame with the bishops of opposite colours.} 22. Bxd4 Bxa2 23. Bxb6
Qxd1 24. Rxc8+ Rxc8 25. Rxd1 Bb3 26. Re1 Kf7 27. h3 Ke6 28. Ba5 Rc2 29. Bc3 g5
{1/2-1/2 Ivanchuk,V-Hjartarson,J/Tilburg 1989/CBM 15 (29)}) 17. Qf3 Rad8 (17...
Kh8 {was worth trying.}) 18. Rac1 {White's plan is very simple. He's going to
double the rooks along the c-file and penetrate to c6.} f4 {After the game I
was surpised when I found out that only this move is new. My idea was to try
to complicate the position.} ({Earlier Black tested} 18... Bd4 19. Bb4 $1 Rf7
20. Bd6 $1 $16 {[%csl Rd5]} Bxb2 21. Rc2 Bd4 22. Rfc1 $1 b4 23. Bc7 Rxc7 24.
Rxc7 Bc3 25. R1xc3 bxc3 26. Qxc3 $16 {1-0 Ivanchuk,V-Ljubojevic,L/Monte Carlo
1994/CBM 40 ext (52). (52) and White converted his advantage into a win.}) ({
and} 18... b4 19. Rc2 Kh8 20. Rfc1 Rc8 21. Bf4 (21. Bxd5 Bxd5 22. Qxd5 Bxf2+
$132) (21. Be3 $1 {Mikhalevski,V}) 21... Rfd8 22. h4 h6 23. h5 {1/2-1/2 Short,
N-Prasad,D/Subotica 1987/CBM 03/[Rodriguez,Am] (85). (84) and also Black
succeeded to avoid immediate material losses his position is still far from
brilliant. (Mikhalevski,V)}) 19. Ba5 $5 {The most unpleasant. White trades the
dark-squared bishops and penetrates with the rook to the 6th rank.} ({I hoped
for} 19. Bxf4 $6 Bd4 $1 {[%csl Rb2,Re5] with counterplay.}) (19. Rc2 $5 {
[%cal Gf1c1]}) 19... Bxf2+ 20. Qxf2 $1 {White takes control over the dark
squares and also leaves the rook on the first rank to control the e1-square.} (
20. Rxf2 $2 Qxa5 21. Rc6 Qe1+ {The main reason for 20.Qxf2.} 22. Rf1 Qxe5)
20... Qxa5 21. Rc6 Bc8 $5 (21... Bg4 $5 {was an alternative.} 22. h3 $1 (22. e6
$6 Qb4 $1 23. Qh4 Qd4+ $1 24. Rf2 (24. Kh1 $4 f3 $1 {I've missed this idea in
my calculations.} 25. e7 $140 (25. gxf3 $2 Bxf3+ 26. Rxf3 Qxh4) (25. Rxf3 Qxb2
$3 26. Rxf8+ Rxf8 27. Qe1 Qe5 28. Qg1 Bxe6 $19) 25... fxg2+ 26. Kxg2 Qe4+ 27.
Kg1 Rxf1+ 28. Kxf1 Be2+ $1 {[%cal Ge4h4]}) 24... Rc8 $1 25. e7 Rfe8 $36 (25...
Rxc6 $4 26. exf8=Q+ Kxf8 27. Qd8+ Kf7 28. Bxd5+ Kg6 29. Bf7+ {[%csl Rd4]})) (
22. Qd4 Be2) 22... Bh5 23. Qd4 $14 {[%csl Rd5] and Black experiences problems.}
) 22. e6 Rde8 $2 {After this move Black's position is hopeless.} (22... Bb7 $2
{loses to} 23. Rb6 $1 {[%csl Rb7][%cal Ge6e7]}) (22... Qb4 $1 {was necessary,
although the arising bishop endgame is better for White.} 23. Qa7 $1 (23. Rd1
Rfe8) 23... f3 $1 24. e7 f2+ 25. Kh1 Qe1 26. Bxd5+ Kh8 27. exf8=Q+ Rxf8 28. Rc1
Qxc1 29. Rxc1 f1=Q+ 30. Rxf1 Rxf1+ 31. Qg1 Rxg1+ 32. Kxg1 $14 {[%cal Gg1f2,
Gf2e3,Ge3d4]}) 23. Bxd5 ({Also} 23. Qc5 $5 {was enough for a win.} Bxe6 24.
Rxe6 Rxe6 25. Bxd5 Rfe8 26. Qc6 $1 Kf7 27. Qd6 $1 {[%csl Ge1,Rf7][%cal Gd6f4,
Gb2b4]} (27. Rxf4+ $2 Kg6 28. Bxe6 Qe1+ 29. Rf1 Rxe6 $11) 27... g5 28. b4 $1
Qd8 (28... Qa3 29. Re1 $1) 29. Bxe6+) 23... Kh8 (23... Rf5 $5 24. Rc5 $1 {
[%csl Rc8][%cal Gf1c1]} Rf6 {was a tougher defense, but anyway Black could
hardly save the game.} 25. Re1 {[%csl Rc8]}) 24. e7 $1 $18 {This nice tactical
blow concludes the game. Black can't avoid material losses.} Rf6 25. Qc5 Bg4
26. Rxf6 gxf6 27. Bf7 Bd7 28. Qd4 Kg7 29. Bxe8 Bxe8 30. Qd8 1-0

[Event "Canadian op"]
[Site "Kapuskasing"]
[Date "2004.07.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Jonkman, Harmen"]
[Black "Mikhalevski, Victor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2551"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2004.07.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 101 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 Be7 11. Bc2 d4 {In this line Black tries to equalize by
simplifying the position.} 12. cxd4 {White chooses a safe way to fight for
advantage. His chances in the arising endgame are slightly higher.} ({The main
alternative is} 12. Nb3 d3 13. Bb1 $5 {with complicated play.} ({Another
slightly better for White endgame arises after} 13. Nxc5 dxc2 14. Qxd8+ Rxd8
15. Nxe6 fxe6 16. Be3 Rd5 17. c4 bxc4 18. Rac1 Nxe5 19. Nxe5 Rxe5 20. Rxc2 $14
{Svidler-Bologan, Aeroflot open 2003/CBM94[Postny]})) (12. Ne4 d3 {see 12.Nb3.}
) 12... Nxd4 13. Nxd4 Qxd4 14. Nf3 Qxd1 15. Rxd1 Nd7 $5 $146 {A novelty I
found during the game. I had a feeling that the knight is doing nothing on c5.
At the same time I would like to see my c-pawn occupies this square.
Additionally I restrict activity of the f3-knight which is now tied to the
e5-pawn.} ({Earlier black tried three other options} 15... O-O {Almost in all
games of this line White tried to prove superiority of the light-squared
bishop over the black knight, but in most cases failed to obtain advantage.}
16. Bg5 (16. Nd4 {was also tested}) (16. Ng5 h6 17. Bh7+ Kh8 18. Nxe6 Nxe6 19.
Bf5 {An attempt to improve upon Anand's play.} (19. Be4 Rad8 20. Be3 Bg5 21.
Bxg5 hxg5 22. Kf1 g6 23. Rac1 Kg7 {1/2-1/2 Anand,V-Greenfeld,A/Haifa 2000/CBM
74 ext (54). (54) and Black succeeded to equalize.}) 19... Rad8 20. Be3 Bg5 21.
Bxg5 hxg5 22. Bxe6 fxe6 23. Kf1 c5 24. Rd6 Rxd6 25. exd6 Rd8 26. Rd1 Kg8 27.
Ke2 Kf7 28. Kf3 c4 29. a4 bxa4 30. Rd4 e5 31. Rxc4 Rxd6 32. Rxa4 $11 {1/2-1/2
Baramidze,D-Belikov,V/Dortmund GER 2003/The Week in Chess 457 (39). (38)})
16... Bxg5 17. Nxg5 h6 18. Bh7+ Kh8 19. Nxe6 Nxe6 20. Be4 Rad8 21. g3 Rfe8 22.
Bc6 Re7 23. a4 Nd4 24. axb5 axb5 25. Bxb5 Nf3+ 26. Kg2 Rb8 $1 $11 27. Be2 {
1/2-1/2 Svidler,P-Kramnik,V/Dortmund GER 2004/The Week in Chess 508 (27).}) (
15... Rd8 {This move was discussed in a number of correspondense chess games.
Also here black was able to keep an equality.} 16. Nd4 Bg4 17. f3 Ne6 18. Nxb5
(18. Nxe6 Rxd1+ 19. Bxd1 Bxe6 20. Be3 O-O 21. a4 Rb8 22. axb5 Rxb5 23. Rxa6 g6
24. Ra7 Rxe5 25. Kf2 Rb5 26. Be2 Rb4 {1/2-1/2 Sferle,M-Vosselman,J/ICCF Email
2002/ICCF Telechess CBM 94 (26)}) 18... Rxd1+ 19. Bxd1 Bc5+ 20. Kh1 axb5 21.
fxg4 Bd4 22. a4 bxa4 23. Rxa4 Ke7 24. Bg5+ {1/2-1/2 Sabaev,S-Van Wieringen,C/
ICCF Email 2001/ICCF Telechess (24).}) (15... Bg4 {took place in a game of
amateur players.}) 16. Bf4 c5 {Black connects the pawns and covers the
d4-square.} 17. Be4 O-O-O {[%cal Gd7b6] Fritz likes this move, but some GMs
who took part in the post-mortem considered it to be too dangerous.} ({So we
analysed} 17... Rc8 $5 {[%csl Rc6]} 18. Bb7 Rb8 19. Bxa6 O-O {[%cal Gb8b6]} ({
Also} 19... Rb6 $5 {is interesting} 20. Bc8 Nxe5 21. Bxe5 Bxc8 22. Bxg7 Rg8 23.
Be5 Bb7 $44) 20. Ng5 $1 (20. Bg5 Bxg5 21. Nxg5 Nxe5 22. Nxe6 fxe6 23. Rd6 c4 {
[%cal Ge5d3]}) 20... Bxg5 21. Bxg5 c4 $1 {[%cal Gd7c5,Gd7e5] with chances for
equality.}) 18. Ng5 {Jonkman decided to trade one of the bishops which looks
like a rather natural approach.} Nb6 $6 {An inaccuracy which allows White to
seize initiative. My point was to sacrifice a pawn and to create some
counterplay.} ({In case of correct} 18... c4 $1 {[%cal Gd7c5] I wouldn't have
problems to equalize.}) 19. Nxe6 ({It was possible to accept the challenge with
} 19. Rxd8+ Rxd8 20. Bxh7 $5 ({Less clear is} 20. Nxe6 fxe6 21. Bxh7 g5 22. Bg3
(22. Be3 Nc4 {[%cal Gc4e3,Gc4b2]}) 22... Rd2 (22... c4) 23. b3 (23. f4 gxf4 24.
Bxf4 Rxb2 {[%cal Gb6d5]}) 23... Nd5 {[%cal Gc5c4] and Black's counterplay
shouldn't be underestinated.}) 20... Na4 (20... Bxa2 21. Bc2 Bd5 22. Rxa6 Kb7
23. Ra1 Nc4 24. b3 Nxe5 25. Bxe5 f6 26. Bc3 fxg5 27. Bxg7) 21. b3 Nc3 22. Nxe6
fxe6 23. Be3) 19... fxe6 20. b3 $1 {White restricts mobility of my knight.} (
20. Rxd8+ Rxd8 {-19.Rxd8}) 20... g6 ({I had to sacrifice a pawn again to avoid
the annoying pins which occuried in the game.} 20... c4 $1 21. Be3 Nd5 22. bxc4
Nxe3 23. fxe3 Bc5 (23... b4 24. c5 $5) 24. Kf2 b4) (20... Nd5 21. Bd2 $14 {
[%cal Gf2f5,Gd2a5]}) 21. Be3 Rxd1+ ({Now neither} 21... Nd5 {nor 21...c4?? is
possible.} 22. Bxc5 Nc3 23. Rxd8+ Kxd8 24. Bb6+ Kd7 25. Bf3 $16) 22. Rxd1 Rd8
23. Rc1 {[%csl Rc5] White is taking care of the c5-pawn.} ({A possible
alternative} 23. Rxd8+ Kxd8 24. Bb7 a5 25. Ba6 b4 $14 {[%cal Gb6d5,Gd5c3]})
23... Kb8 24. g3 (24. Kf1 $5 {[%cal Gf1e2,Ge3c5]}) 24... Rc8 {[%cal Gb6d5]
Frankly speaking I wasn't very optimistic about my position at this point.} 25.
Rd1 Kc7 $1 {[%cal Gc5c4] Protecting the knight I prepare c4.} 26. h4 ({After
the game Harmen showed me the following idea.} 26. Bg2 {[%cal Gg2h3]} Bf8 27.
Bh3 Re8 28. Rc1 Kc6 (28... Nd7) 29. Bg2+ Nd5 30. Bxc5 Bxc5 31. b4 {However
analyses shows that Black is able to keep an equality.} Kb6 32. bxc5+ Kc6 $13 {
[%cal Gb5b4,Ga6a5,Ga5a4] and black creates counterplay on the queenside.})
26... c4 27. Rc1 {Here it looks that I can hardly move, but despite being in
the time-trouble I managed to find some counterplay.} a5 $1 {[%cal Ga5a4] Some
counterplay on the queenside is vital as White is ready to win some material
on the kingside.} 28. h5 {White breaks through on the kingside.} ({In case of} 
28. bxc4 Nxc4 29. a4 Kb8 $1 30. axb5 Nxe3 31. Rxc8+ Kxc8 32. fxe3 a4 {Black is
out of danger.}) 28... gxh5 29. Bxh7 a4 (29... Kb7 {[%cal Gb7a6] was possible,
but I didn't want to move my king away from the action.}) 30. Be4 {White
underestimates my threats.} (30. Bg6 $142 Ba3 31. Rc2 axb3 32. axb3 Nd5 33.
Bxh5 (33. bxc4 Nxe3 34. fxe3 b4 $44 {and the b-pawn is very strong.}) 33...
Nxe3 34. fxe3 Kd7 35. Be2 cxb3 36. Bxb5+ Kd8 37. Rxc8+ Kxc8 38. Bc4 b2 39. Ba2
$11) 30... axb3 (30... Ba3 31. Rc2 axb3 32. axb3 {leads to transposition and
avoids 32.Ra1 which is in fact not dangerous anyway.}) 31. axb3 Ba3 32. Rc2 (
32. Ra1 b4 $1 {[%csl Gb4]}) 32... b4 {An optimistic move which in fact allowed
me to win the game in the mutual time-trouble.} ({Much safer is} 32... Nd5 $5
33. bxc4 Nxe3 34. fxe3 b4 {[%csl Gb4] and the b-pawn is dangerous again.}) 33.
bxc4 Na4 $1 {Probably Jonkman missed this move and starting from this point he
loses the thread and the game.} 34. Rd2 $2 ({Correct was} 34. c5 $1 {[%cal
Gc2c4] freeing the c4-square for the rook.} b3 35. Rc4 Nb2 $1 36. Rc1 (36. Rc3
Rb8) 36... Rb8 $44) 34... b3 $1 35. Kg2 ({It wasn't late to stop the b-pawn
with} 35. Rd3 $5 {[%cal Gd3a3]} Rb8 {[%cal Ga3c5]} 36. Ba7 $1 Rb4 $13 {[%cal
Ga3c1]}) 35... Bc1 $1 (35... Nc3 $5 {[%cal Gb3b2]}) 36. Rd3 $6 (36. Rd6 {
was safer trying to pick up some pawns and then to sacrifice his bishop for
the b-pawn.}) 36... b2 37. Rb3 Bxe3 38. fxe3 $2 {loses on the spot.} (38. Rxe3
$8 Rb8 39. Bb1 Rb4) 38... Nc5 {[%csl Rb3,Re4]} 39. Rxb2 $19 {White played this
move and figured out that he lost on time.} ({However the position after} 39.
Rxb2 Nxe4 $19 {is anyway lost.}) 0-1

[Event "Leonid Stein Memorial"]
[Site "Lvov"]
[Date "2000.05.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2661"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2000.05.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 077"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Be3 Be7 10. c3 O-O 11. Nbd2 Qd7 12. Re1 ({Immediate} 12. Nxe4 {leads to
a slightly better ending after} dxe4 13. Qxd7 Bxd7 14. e6 $5 (14. Rfd1 $5 Rad8
15. Rxd7 $1 {This blow is working thanks to the position of black king on g8.
Below you can find a position with the king on h8.Then it won't work.} (15. Ng5
Nxe5 16. Nxe4 Bc8 17. Bc5 Bxc5 18. Nxc5 Nd7 19. Nxd7 Rxd7 20. Rxd7 Bxd7 21. f3
Rd8 22. Rd1 Kf8 23. Kf2 Ke7 24. Ke3 c5 25. Rd5 Rc8 26. g3 {1/2-1/2 Wessbecher,
H-Rothacher,D/Germany 1993/GER (26)}) 15... Rxd7 16. e6 exf3 (16... Rd3 $142
17. exf7+ Kh8 18. Nd2 Na5 $1) 17. exd7 Ne5 (17... Rd8 $142 18. Rd1 Bd6 (18...
Nb8 $5 19. Bf4 Rxd7 20. Rxd7 Nxd7 21. Bxc7 $14)) 18. Rd1 Rd8 19. Bf4 Bd6 20.
Bxe5 Bxe5 21. Re1 $18 {[%csl Rg8] 1-0 Hansen,M-Nielsen,J/DEN 1989/EXT 2000 (25)
}) (14. Nd2 Nxe5 15. Nxe4 Bc6 16. Ng3 Nd3 17. Nf5 Rfe8 18. Rab1 Bf8 19. Rfd1
Be4 20. Ng3 Bg6 21. h4 h5 22. Bd5 Rad8 23. Bf3 Bd6 24. Ne2 Ne5 25. Rbc1 Nc4 $17
{0-1 Rosen,L-Lasker,E/Paris 1900/HCL (56)}) 14... Bxe6 15. Bxe6 fxe6 16. Nd2
Ne5 17. Nxe4 Nd3 {The same position with white rook on e1 and black king on h8
you can find after 12.Re1 Kh8 13.N:e4} (17... Nc4 $5 $146 18. Bc1 Rf5 19. b3
Nd6 20. Ng3 Rd5 21. Be3 Bf6 22. Rac1 Kf7 23. Rc2 Rd8 24. Re1 Rd3 25. Bd4 Rd7
26. Ne2 Nf5 27. Bxf6 gxf6 28. g3 e5 29. b4 Rd1 30. Kf1 h5 $15 {0-1 Thipsay,
P-Sasikiran,K/Guntur, AP IND 2000/The Week in Chess 284 (62)}) 18. b3 $14 {
1/2-1/2 Ravi,T-Dridi,A/Moscow 1994/CBM 44 ext (38)}) 12... Kh8 {Very rare move
introduced by my brother,Mikhalevski Alexander,many years ago.} ({Much more
popular is} 12... Rad8 {However usually this position arises by different
moves order(10...Qd7,11...Rad8,12...0-0)}) 13. Nxe4 {Most logical reaction.} (
13. Qe2 f5 14. exf6 Nxf6 15. Bg5 Bg8 16. a4 b4 17. a5 bxc3 18. bxc3 Bc5 19.
Bxf6 Rxf6 20. Ba4 Qd6 21. Nb3 Ba7 22. Nfd4 Nxd4 23. cxd4 Raf8 24. Rf1 Qb4 25.
Qe1 Rb8 $15 {0-1 Stisis,Y-Mikhalevski,A/ISR 1992/TD (54)}) (13. Bc2 f5 14. exf6
Nxf6 15. Nb3 Bg4 16. Bc5 Bd6 $11 {0-1 Sanchez Almeyra,J-Mikhalevski,A/Biel
1992/CBM 31 ext (67)}) 13... dxe4 14. Qxd7 Bxd7 15. e6 {Typical idea in these
positions.White damages pawn structure in the rival's camp hoping to get
slight,but long-lasting edge.} (15. Red1 $5 {Interesting idea.See above the
same one with black king on g8(12.N:e4)} Rad8 16. Ng5 Nxe5 17. Nxe4 $14 {
1/2-1/2 Gurevich,G-Mikhalevski,A/ISR 1992/TD (50)}) 15... Bxe6 16. Bxe6 fxe6
17. Nd2 Ne5 {[%cal Ge5d3] This manoeuvre is also typical.Black is trying to
compensate drawbacks of his pawn structure by strong position of his knight.} (
17... Kg8 $6 18. Nxe4 Rf5 19. Re2 Rd8 20. g3 Rfd5 21. Kg2 Rd1 22. Rxd1 Rxd1 23.
Bc5 Bd8 24. c4 $1 $16 {[%csl Rb5,Re6][%cal Ge4c3] 1-0 Renet,O-Boudre,J/Clichy
1995/CBM 51 ext (40)}) 18. Nxe4 Nd3 19. Re2 c5 {[%cal Gc5c4] Most logical.
Black has been straightening his pawn structure preparing to strengthen
position of his knight.} 20. f3 $1 {[%cal Ge4f2] In fact only this move is new.
Ivanchuk finds an interesting idea.He wants to exchange strong black knight
while defects of Black's pawn structure remain.} ({In one of my games White
continued} 20. Rd2 c4 21. b3 {Rytshagov-Mikhalevski,V/Donner memorial 1995.})
20... c4 21. Nf2 Rad8 22. Nxd3 $1 cxd3 (22... Rxd3 23. Bf2 Bf6) 23. Rd2 {
[%csl Rd3][%cal Ga1d1]} Rd5 24. Rad1 Rfd8 25. f4 $1 {[%csl Rd3][%cal Gg1f2,
Gf2f3,Gf3e4]} Bf6 {[%cal Ge6e5]} (25... g5 {was interesting with the idea to
support the d3-pawn or ctreate objects of attack in White's camp.} 26. g3 $1 {
[%csl Rd3][%cal Gg1g2,Gg1f2,Gf2f3,Gg2f3,Gf3e4]} (26. Bb6 $6 R8d7) (26. fxg5 e5
$13 {[%cal Ge5e4,Gh8g7,Gg7g6]}) 26... gxf4 27. gxf4 Kg8 (27... Bd6 28. Kg2 Rf8
29. Rxd3 Rxd3 30. Rxd3 Bxf4 31. Bxf4 Rxf4 32. Rd6 $16 {[%csl Ra6,Re6] /+=}) 28.
Kf2 $14 {[%csl Rd3][%cal Gf2f3,Gf3e4,Ge3d4,Gf2e3]}) 26. g3 $1 {[%csl Rd3,Gg2]
[%cal Gf3e4,Gg1g2,Gg2f3] White has been preparing new route for his king:
Kg1-g2-f3-e4.} ({Immediate} 26. Kf2 $5 {[%cal Gf2f3,Gf3e4] was also possible,
but allowed} e5 {trying to open the f-file.Now the idea introduced in the game
doesn't work as after27.fe B:e528.Bd4Black takes on d4 with check.That's why
White need the g2-square for his king!} 27. Kf3 exf4 28. Bd4 $1 (28. Bxf4 $6 g5
(28... R5d7 $5 29. Ke4 Re8+ 30. Kf3 Red8) 29. Bc7 R8d7 30. Ke4 b4 $1) 28... Kg8
29. Rxd3 Be5 $1 (29... g5 30. Ke4 $1 $14) 30. Ke4 Bc7 31. Bf2 Rxd3 32. Rxd3
Re8+ 33. Kf3 $14 {[%csl Rc7,Rf4]}) 26... h5 (26... e5 {doesn't save the
d3-pawn.} 27. Bb6 $3 {Forcing the rook to leave 8-th rank which is very
important.} (27. fxe5 Bxe5 28. Kg2 $2 {[%cal Ge3d4]} (28. Bb6 $142 $1 R8d7 (
28... Rb8 29. Rxd3 Rxd3 30. Rxd3 {[%csl Rh8]}) (28... R8d6 29. Bc7) 29. Kg2 {
see 27.Bb6!!}) 28... Bf6 $1 {Opening the e-file for the rooks.} 29. g4 {
[%cal Gg2f3]} ({Now} 29. Bd4 {doesn't yield much in view of} Re8 $1 30. Rxd3 (
30. Kf3 h5 $1 31. Rxd3 $140 Rf5+ 32. Kg2 Re2+) (30. Bf2 $5) 30... Re2+ 31. Kf3
Rxb2 32. Bxf6 Rxd3+ (32... Rf5+ $4 33. Ke4 {[%csl Rh8]}) 33. Rxd3 gxf6 34. Rd6
Rxa2 35. Rxf6 $11) (29. Bb6 {Now it's too late as Black can leave the d-file}
Re8 $1 30. Kf3 $140 h5 $1 {[%cal Gd5f5]}) 29... h5 $1 30. h3 (30. Bd4 Re8 $1
31. Rxd3 Re2+) (30. gxh5 Bg5 $11) 30... hxg4 31. hxg4 Bg5 $1 32. Bxg5 Rxg5 33.
Kf3 (33. Rxd3 Rxd3 34. Rxd3 Rxg4+ 35. Kf3 Rg6 $11) 33... Rgd5 34. Ke4 $1 Rg5
$11) 27... R8d7 (27... Rb8 28. Bc7 $16) (27... Re8 28. Rxd3 Rxd3 29. Rxd3 exf4
30. gxf4 Re2 $140 31. Re3 $1) 28. fxe5 Bxe5 29. Kg2 $1 {[%cal Gb6d4]} Kg8 (
29... Bf6 30. Bd4 Re7 31. Rf2 $1 $16 {[%csl Rd3,Rh8][%cal Gd1d3,Gf2f6] The
point of Bb6!!}) (29... b4 30. c4 R5d6 31. Bc5 Rc6 32. Rxd3 Rxd3 33. Rxd3 Kg8
34. Bxb4 Rxc4 35. Bc3 $16) 30. Bd4 Bxd4 31. Rxd3 Re7 32. R3d2 $1 $16 {[%cal
Gc3d4]}) 27. Kg2 {[%csl Rd3][%cal Gg2f3,Gf3e4]} e5 28. fxe5 Bxe5 29. Bd4 $1 {
[%csl Rd3]} Kh7 30. Rxd3 $16 b4 $1 {[%mdl 256] At least creating some
weaknesses.} 31. Kf3 (31. R3d2 $5 {[%cal Gd4e3]}) 31... bxc3 32. bxc3 Bf6 33.
R3d2 (33. Ke4 $1 Ra5 $1 34. Bxf6 Re8+ $1 35. Kd4 (35. Kf4 Rf8 $1) 35... gxf6
36. R1d2 $16) 33... Ra5 $1 34. Ke2 (34. Bxf6 Rf8 $1 {Black keeps all the rooks
and creates counterplay.} (34... Rxd2 $2 35. Rxd2 gxf6 $18)) 34... Rc8 35. Rf1
Rc6 36. Kd3 Kg6 37. Rb1 Rf5 38. Rb4 Rf3+ 39. Ke4 Rf5 (39... Rfxc3 $2 40. Bxc3
Bxc3 41. Rc2 Re6+ 42. Kd5 Re5+ 43. Kd6 $18) 40. Ra4 Re6+ 41. Kd3 {It's not
easy to make progress.White need exchange a rooks pair to prevent any
counterplay.} Rc6 42. Rb2 Re6 43. Rab4 Ra5 44. Rb6 $1 Kf7 (44... Rxb6 45. Bxb6
{[%cal Gb6d4]}) 45. Rxe6 Kxe6 46. Bxf6 gxf6 47. c4 $18 {Now White is winning.
Black has no counterplay.Just some accuracy is still required.} h4 $1 {[%mdl
256] Looking for counterplay.} 48. gxh4 Ra3+ 49. Kd4 Rh3 50. Kc5 Rxh4 51. a4 $2
{[%mdl 16384]} (51. Rc2 $1 {[%cal Gc5b6] was necessary liberating the king.}
Kd7 52. Kb6 {[%cal Gc2d2]} f5 53. Rd2+ $1 (53. c5 $143 Rb4+ $1 54. Kxa6 Kc6 {
[%csl Ra6]}) 53... Kc8 54. c5 {and White should win.}) 51... Kd7 $1 {[%cal
Gd7c7,Gh4h5] Intending to put his king on c7.} 52. Rb7+ Kc8 53. Rf7 Rxh2 54.
Kb6 Rb2+ (54... Rh4 55. c5 Rb4+ 56. Kc6 (56. Kxa6 {see 54...Rb2 55.Ka6 Rb4 56.
c5}) 56... Kb8 57. a5) 55. Kc6 $1 (55. Kxa6 Rb4 {Black also can wait.} 56. c5
Rxa4+ {Not necessary again.} 57. Kb6 {Now only Black's problem is his f-pawn
which prevents checks from the long side.} Rc4 $1 58. Kc6 Kb8 $1 59. Rf8+ Ka7
60. Rc8 $1 (60. Kd6 Kb7 $1) (60. Rxf6 Kb8 {leads to a theoretical draw.}) 60...
f5 $1 61. Kd7 f4 $1 62. c6 f3 (62... Rd4+ $5 63. Kc7 f3 64. Rf8 Rh4 65. Kc8 f2
66. c7 f1=Q 67. Rxf1 Rh8+ 68. Kd7 Rh7+ 69. Kc6 Rh6+ $11) 63. Rf8 Kb6 64. Rb8+ (
64. Rxf3 Rd4+ $1 $11) 64... Ka7 65. Rb7+ Ka6 66. Rb2 Rd4+ $1 67. Ke6 (67. Kc8
Rf4 $11) 67... f2 $1 68. c7 (68. Rxf2 Kb6 $11) 68... Rc4 $11) 55... Kb8 $1 {
[%mdl 256] The king has to be on the short side.} 56. c5 (56. a5 $142 $5) 56...
a5 57. Rxf6 Rb4 $11 {Now Black always can save his skin supporting the a-pawn
with the king and giving up the rook for the c-pawn when necessary.} 58. Kd7 (
58. Rf8+ Ka7 59. Kd7 (59. Rh8 Rxa4 60. Kb5 Rb4+ 61. Kxa5 Rb1 62. c6 Rb5+ $1 $11
) 59... Rd4+ 60. Kc7 Rxa4 $11 {See previous comment.}) 58... Rxa4 59. Rb6+ (59.
Rb6+ Ka7 60. Rd6 ({Or} 60. Rb1 Rh4 61. c6 Rh7+ $11) 60... Rc4 61. c6 Kb6 62.
Rd1 a4 63. Rb1+ Ka5 $11 {with an easy draw.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "George Marx Memorial 3rd"]
[Site "Paks"]
[Date "2005.06.22"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2619"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2005.06.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[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. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Nbd2 Be7 10. c3 Nc5 11. Bc2 d4 {This is the key-idea in the 9.Nbd2-line.
Black is trying to simplify the position and thus to solve opening problems.
It's even more popular to advance the d-pawn without playing Be7.} 12. cxd4 ({
Two recent games featured} 12. Nb3 {which is another critical line in this
system.} d3 13. Nxc5 (13. Bb1 Nxb3 14. axb3 Bf5 15. Be3 O-O 16. Bd4 Qd5 17. Re1
Nd8 $5 $146 {Grischuk,A-Sorokin,M, RUS-chT Sochi(7)/ CBM107 [Postny].}) 13...
dxc2 14. Qxd8+ Rxd8 15. Nxe6 fxe6 16. Be3 Rd5 17. Rfc1 Nxe5 18. Nxe5 Rxe5 19.
Rxc2 $14 {and White has a slight edge thanks to a better pawn structure. 1-0
Sutovsky,E-Sorokin,M, RUS-chT(6)/CBM107[Postny].}) 12... Nxd4 13. Nxd4 Qxd4 14.
Nf3 Qxd1 15. Rxd1 Rd8 $5 {Current game is the first real test of the move in
the OTB game and I have to admit that Black has passed it.} ({A new idea} 15...
Nd7 {occuried in the game Jonkman,H-Mikhalevski,V, Canadian Open, Kapuskasing
2004/CBM101ext [Mikhalevski,V]}) ({While the main alternative} 15... O-O {
was tested on the very top level in the following game:} 16. Bg5 Bxg5 17. Nxg5
h6 18. Bh7+ Kh8 19. Nxe6 Nxe6 20. Be4 Rad8 21. g3 Rfe8 22. Bc6 Re7 23. a4 Nd4
24. axb5 axb5 25. Bxb5 Nf3+ 26. Kg2 Rb8 $1 {Black wins back a pawn and fully
equalizes.} 27. Be2 {1/2-1/2 Svidler,P-Kramnik,V/Dortmund GER 2004/The Week in
Chess 508 (27).}) 16. Rxd8+ {This move is a novelty and probably not the best
one.} ({Earlier White played} 16. Nd4 Bg4 17. f3 {but after} Ne6 $1 {Black
doesn't seem to have any problems.} (17... Bd7 $6 18. Be3 g6 19. Rac1 Ne6 20.
Bb3 $14 {[%csl Rc7] 1-0 Agdestein,S-Fiedler,T/Hamburg GER 2002/The Week in
Chess 419 (46). (45)}) 18. Nxb5 ({or} 18. Nxe6 Rxd1+ 19. Bxd1 Bxe6 20. Be3 O-O
21. a4 Rb8 22. axb5 Rxb5 23. Rxa6 g6 24. Ra7 (24. Bh6 Bd5 25. b3 Bb7 26. Ra2
Rxe5 $11) 24... Rxe5 25. Kf2 Rb5 26. Be2 Rb4 $1 {1/2-1/2 Sferle,M-Vosselman,J/
ICCF Email 2002/ICCF Telechess CBM 94 (26)} 27. Rxc7 Bf6 $11) 18... Rxd1+ 19.
Bxd1 Bc5+ 20. Kh1 axb5 21. fxg4 Bd4 22. a4 bxa4 23. Rxa4 Ke7 24. Bg5+ {1/2-1/2
Sabaev,S-Van Wieringen,C/ICCF Email 2001/ICCF Telechess (24)} Kd7 $5) 16...
Kxd8 17. Nd4 (17. Be3 $5 {developing the bishop and keeping all the options
open was a worthy alternative.}) 17... Bd7 18. Nf5 {White's idea is to
exchange one of the bishops and then to exploit weaknesses along the c-file
and the big a8-h1 diagonal.} Bxf5 19. Bxf5 g6 $1 {Now White has to decide what
to do with the bishop. Moving it away from the c8-h3 diagonal gives the
c8-square for the black king, while staying on this diagonal means weakening
of the d3-square.} 20. Bg4 h5 ({I believe that Black could also play} 20... Nd3
21. Bh6 Nxb2 22. Rb1 {and now} f5 $1 {Thanks to this move Black can play 20...
Nd3. Otherwise the king gets under attack.} (22... Nc4 $2 23. Rd1+ $18 Ke8 $140
24. Bd7+ Kd8 25. Bxb5+ $18) 23. Bf3 (23. exf6 $2 Bxf6 {is good for Black.})
23... Ba3 (23... Na4 24. Bb7 c5 25. Bxa6 Nc3 26. Rb2 b4 27. Rd2+ Kc7 28. Bc4
$14) 24. e6 Nc4 {with chances to hold the position.}) 21. Bf3 Kc8 $11 {[%cal
Gh8d8] Freeing the way for the rook.} (21... Nd3 22. a4 $1 (22. Bb7 Kd7 23. Be3
Rb8 24. Rd1 Rxb7 25. Rxd3+ Ke6 26. f4 c5 $15) 22... Kd7 23. axb5 axb5 24. Be2
Nxe5 25. Bxb5+ c6 $11) 22. Be3 Rd8 {[%cal Gc5d3]} ({In case of immediate} 22...
Nd3 {Black would have to deal with} 23. a4 Nxe5 24. Be2 {though even in this
case the position is close to equality.}) 23. Be2 Na4 ({And again White
prepares to meet} 23... Nd3 {with} 24. a4 $1) 24. g4 $5 {White finds an
interesting escape.} ({In case of} 24. Rb1 Ba3 $1 {looks strong.} 25. bxa3 $140
Nc3 26. Re1 Nxe2+ 27. Kf1 (27. Rxe2 $4 Rd1+) 27... Nc3 $17 {[%csl Ra2,Gc7]})
24... hxg4 ({After} 24... h4 {White can protect the pawn since he has no
problem with the lasr rank anymore.} 25. Rb1) 25. Bxg4+ Kb8 26. Rc1 $1 {
[%cal Gb2b3] A beautiful tactical trick.} Nxb2 27. Ba7+ $1 Kb7 (27... Kxa7 28.
Rxc7+ Kb6 29. Rxe7 {[%csl Rf7,Rg6]}) 28. Bf3+ Kc8 {Black decides to repeat the
moves.} ({I believe he could try to look for chances after} 28... Kxa7 29.
Rxc7+ Kb6 30. Rxe7 Nc4 {, though} 31. e6 (31. Rxf7 Nxe5 32. Rf6+ Kc5 33. Bb7 (
33. Be4) 33... a5 34. f4 (34. Re6 Nd3 $1 {[%cal Gd3f4]}) 34... Rd1+ 35. Kg2
Rd2+ 36. Kg3 Nc4 37. Rxg6 Rxa2) 31... fxe6 32. Rxe6+ Rd6 33. Rxd6+ Nxd6 {
leads to a draw.}) 29. Bg4+ Kb7 30. Bf3+ Kc8 {An interesting game which sets a
problem for White.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Schahin Cury"]
[Site "Americana"]
[Date "1997.07.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "De Toledo, James Mann"]
[Black "Sorin, Ariel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2395"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1997.07.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 061"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Be3 Be7 10. c3 Qd7 11. Nbd2 Rd8 12. Re1 O-O 13. Bc2 f5 ({The
alternative is} 13... Nxd2 {For example} 14. Qxd2 Bf5 15. Rad1 Rfe8 16. h3 ({
Krasenkow} 16. Bf4 $146 Qe6 17. Bg3 Qg6 18. Bxf5 Qxf5 19. Qe3 $1 $14 Qg6 $5 (
19... Bf8 20. Nd4 (20. h3 Qg6) 20... Qg6 21. f4) 20. Nd4 Bc5) 16... h6 17. Bf4
Qe6 18. Bg3 Qg6 19. Bxf5 Qxf5 20. Qe3 Bf8 21. Nd4 Nxd4 (21... Qg6 22. f4 Nxd4
23. cxd4 c5 24. dxc5 Bxc5 (24... d4 25. Qf3 $14) 25. Qxc5 Qxg3 26. Qf2 (26. Rf1
d4 27. Rf3 Qg6 28. Rfd3 (28. f5 Qg5 29. Rxd4 Rc8) 28... Qe6 29. Rxd4 Rxd4 30.
Rxd4 Qxa2 $14) 26... Qxf2+ 27. Kxf2 d4 $1 28. Ke2 (28. Re4 f6 29. Rexd4 Rxd4
30. Rxd4 fxe5 31. Re4 Rf8 $10) (28. Kf3 g5 $1) 28... g5 (28... f6 29. Kd3 fxe5
30. Rxe5 Rxe5 31. fxe5 Rf8 32. Rd2 Rf4 $10) 29. g3 f6 30. Kd3 gxf4 31. gxf4 Kf7
32. Rc1 fxe5 33. fxe5 (33. Rxe5 Rxe5 34. fxe5 Ke6 35. Rc6+ Kxe5 36. Rxh6 Rg8
37. Rh5+ Kd6 38. Kxd4 Rg2 $10) 33... Re6 34. Rc5 (34. Re4 Rd5 35. Rf4+ Ke8 $10)
34... Rg6 35. Rc7+ Ke8 36. e6 Rd6 37. e7 Rge6 38. Rxe6 Rxe6 39. Ra7 Re3+ 40.
Kxd4 Rxh3 41. b3 Rh5 {1/2-1/2 Lautier,J-Krasenkow,M/Erevan olm 1996}) 22. cxd4
Be7 23. Qc3 Qe6 24. Rc1 c5 25. dxc5 d4 26. Qd3 Qxa2 27. c6 Qxb2 28. c7 Rc8 29.
Rc6 Bb4 30. Re4 Qd2 31. Qb3 Re7 32. Bf4 Qe1+ 33. Rxe1 Bxe1 34. e6 Ba5 35. Qa3 {
1-0 Anand,V-Kamsky,G/Monaco rapid 1995/EXP 46}) 14. exf6 Nxf6 15. h3 (15. Bg5
$5 $146 Bd6 16. Nf1 h6 17. Bh4 Bf5 18. Bb3 Kh8 19. Bxf6 Rxf6 20. Qxd5 Bg4 21.
Nd4 Nxd4 22. Qxd4 Rdf8 23. Ne3 Rf4 24. Qd3 Bh5 25. Bc2 g6 26. f3 Rh4 27. Nf1
Qc6 28. Ng3 Qc5+ 29. Re3 Qg5 {Bar,A-Kobrin,M/ISR-ch U18 1997/EXP 58/0-1 (40)})
(15. Qb1) (15. a4) (15. Ng5) (15. Nb3 {All these moves have already tried
before.}) 15... Bd6 (15... Bf5 $1 {is much simplier.} 16. Bxf5 Qxf5 17. Nb3
Rfe8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Fogarasi,T-Gyimesi,Z/Budapest FS03 GM 1996/CBM 53}) 16. Qe2 {
/\a4} (16. Qb1 {looks more natural,but white has to take in consideration} Bxh3
$1 17. gxh3 (17. Ng5 Bg4 18. Bxh7+ (18. Nxh7 Nxh7 19. Bxh7+ Kh8 $13) 18... Kh8
$13) 17... Qxh3 18. Bf5 Ng4 {and black has good attacking prospects.}) 16...
Rde8 $1 ({Now} 16... Bxh3 17. gxh3 Qxh3 {is not dangerous for white because of}
18. Qf1 $16) ({Now after} 16... Bf5 17. Bxf5 Qxf5 18. a4 Qd7 19. axb5 axb5 20.
Qxb5 Rb8 21. Qd3 Rxb2 {white has very unpleasant continiuation} 22. Bg5 $16)
17. a4 $1 Ne5 $1 18. Nxe5 Bxe5 19. Nf3 (19. axb5 axb5 20. Bc5 Bd6 21. Bxd6 Qxd6
$1 22. Qxb5 Rb8 $11) 19... Bd6 20. Ng5 {Otherwise the threat B:h3 is very
unpleasant.For instance} (20. axb5 axb5 21. Nd4 {is dangerous because of the
same tipical sacrifice} (21. Ra7 $6 {/\Bd3} Bxh3 $1 22. gxh3 Qxh3 $40) 21...
Bxh3 22. gxh3 Qxh3 {and now} 23. Qf3 {is the best defence} (23. f3 $2 Rxe3 $1
24. Qxe3 Bh2+ 25. Kf2 Ng4+ $19) 23... Bh2+ 24. Kh1 Bg3+ 25. Kg1 {Now black can
chose between perpetual check by 25...Bh2 or to try} Qh2+ 26. Kf1 Ng4 $1 {
.Anyway white shouldn't play 21. Nd4}) 20... Bf5 21. Bxf5 Qxf5 22. axb5 axb5
23. Nf3 (23. Qxb5 $2 Rxe3) 23... b4 (23... Qd7 $5) 24. c4 Nh5 25. Ra5 $1 (25.
Qf1 Nf4 26. Bxf4 (26. c5 Rxe3 $1 {/\B:c5}) 26... Bxf4 {and black is OK.For
example} 27. Red1 Qc2 $1 28. Rxd5 Qxb2 29. Rb1 Qc3) 25... Nf4 26. Qd1 Nxh3+ 27.
gxh3 Qxf3 28. Qxd5+ Qxd5 (28... Rf7 $5) 29. Rxd5 Bf4 $1 $11 {The simpliest way
to equalize.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 6th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2005.06.30"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Perunovic, Milos"]
[Black "Khmelniker, Ilya"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2549"]
[BlackElo "2458"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[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. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Be3 Be7 10. c3 O-O 11. Nbd2 Qd7 12. Bc2 (12. Re1 {would transpose to
the game Ehlvest,J-Mikhalevski,V, Global Chess Challenge, Minneapolis 2005/
CBM108 [Mikhalevski,V].} Rad8) 12... f5 13. exf6 Nxf6 14. Qb1 {A typical idea
in these positions. White takes control over the b1-h7-diagonal and prepares
Ng5.} (14. Re1 Bd6 15. Nf1 Bf5 16. Ng3 Bxg3 17. hxg3 Rae8 $11 {1-0 Frolov,
A-Mikhalevski,V/Kiev 1995/CBM 51 (70)}) (14. h3 Bf5 15. Bxf5 Qxf5 16. Nb3 {
1-0 Kamsky,G-Piket,J/Monte Carlo 1995/CBM 46 ext (50) doesn't seem to create
serious problems for Black.}) 14... Kh8 {Freeing the g8-square for a retreat
of the light-squared bishop.} 15. Re1 {This move turns out to be a novelty and
as the game shows not a good one, though also in the earlier games White
hadn't succeeded to show any advantage.} ({Earlier White tested} 15. Nb3 Ng4
16. Nc5 Bxc5 17. Bxc5 Rxf3 18. gxf3 Nge5 $36 {0-1 Jurkovic,A-Korneev,O/Barbera
1995/EXT 97 (35). (35)}) (15. Bf4 Ne4 16. Be3 Nf6 17. Bg5 Bd6 18. Bh4 Rae8 (
18... Ng4 {transposes to Lanka,Z-Mikhalevski,V, Romania 1995. See below.}) 19.
a4 b4 20. Bd3 Ne5 21. Nxe5 Bxe5 22. Nf3 Bd6 23. cxb4 Ne4 $36 {0-1 Socko,
B-Krasenkow,M/Warsaw 2002/CBM 089 (52)}) (15. Bg5 Bd6 16. Bh4 Ng4 17. Bg3 Bxg3
18. hxg3 Bf5 $15 {1/2-1/2 Lanka,Z-Mikhalevski,V/Baile Herculane 1994/EXT 97 
(56)}) (15. Ng5 $6 {doesn't reach the goal in view of} Ng4 $1 {This brilliant
idea of I. Sokolov refutes 15. Ng5.} 16. Ngf3 (16. Nxh7 $2 Rf5 $1 $17 {[%csl
Rh7] 0-1 Ganguly,S-Nielsen,PH, FIDE-Wch k.o./ CBM102 [Postny].}) 16... Qd6 $1
17. Re1 Rxf3 $1 18. Nxf3 Nce5 {with a very strong attack in Almasi,Z-Sokolov,I,
Hoogeveens 1995/CBM46 [Wedberg]}) 15... Bd6 16. Nb3 {[%cal Gb3c5] White wants
to trade one of the bishops and so Black played} Bg4 $1 {[%cal Gg4f3] moving
it away from the attack.} 17. Nfd4 $2 {A serious inaccuracy after which White
has to fight for equality.} ({In case of} 17. Nc5 {Black simply retreats with
the queen.} Qc8 {and keeps the balance. Nevertheless it looks better than the
game.} ({But not} 17... Bxc5 18. Bxc5 Bxf3 $2 {[%cal Gd7g4]} 19. Bf5 $1 Qf7 20.
Bxf8 $16)) 17... Ne7 $1 {[%cal Gc7c5] Black retreats with the knight and
prepares c5 which underlines incorrectness of 17.Nfd4.} 18. f3 c5 $1 {A very
strong intermediate move, which came as a surprise for White.} ({White was
hoping for} 18... Bh5 19. Nf5 Nxf5 20. Bxf5 Qf7 21. Nc5 $14 {[%csl Re6][%cal
Ge3d4] with a slight edge for White.}) 19. fxg4 $2 {This mistake is already
decisive and allows Black to win the game in style.} (19. Ne2 $2 Qc7 $1 20. Bf4
(20. fxg4 $2 {is bad again this time in view of} Nxg4 21. Qc1 Bxh2+ 22. Kh1 Bg3
$19) 20... Bd7) ({Black is also fine after} 19. Nxc5 Bxc5 20. fxg4 Nxg4 {
but at least White is not getting mated.}) 19... cxd4 20. Bxd4 (20. Nxd4 {
Changes nothing:} Bxh2+ $1 21. Kxh2 ({White also doesn't seem to survive after
} 21. Kh1 Bg3 $1 {[%csl Rg4,Rh1]} 22. Re2 Nxg4 $19 {[%cal Gd7e8,Ge8h5]}) 21...
Nxg4+ 22. Kg1 Qd6) {[%tqu "En","","","","d6h2","",10]} 20... Bxh2+ $1 21. Kh1 (
{Also accepting the sacrifice doesn't save} 21. Kxh2 Nxg4+ 22. Kh3 $1 {
Probably the best defense, which however could only prolong the fight.} (22.
Kg3 Qd6+ 23. Kxg4 Rf4+ 24. Kg3 (24. Kh3 Qh6+ 25. Kg3 Qh4#) 24... Rxd4+ 25. Kf2
Rf8+ 26. Bf5 (26. Kg1 Rh4 $1 $19 {[%cal Gd6h2]}) 26... Rg4 $1 $19 {[%cal Gd6g3]
}) 22... Nf2+ 23. Kh2 Qd6+ 24. Kg1 Ng4 25. Be5 Nxe5 $17 {[%cal Ge5g4] and
Black is a pawn up with attack.}) 21... Qxg4 $1 {Now Black's attack is
unstoppable.} 22. Re3 (22. Kxh2 Qh4+ 23. Kg1 Ng4 24. Be5 Qf2+ 25. Kh1 Nf5 $1 {
[%csl Rh1][%cal Gf5g3]} 26. Bxf5 Rxf5 {[%cal Gf5h5] and White has nothing
better than to sacrifice a queen.} 27. Qxf5 Qxf5 $19) 22... Bg3 $1 {[%cal
Gg4h4,Gh4h2]} 23. Rxg3 Qxg3 24. Qe1 {White prevents immediate threats, but
finishes up an exchange and a pawn down.} Qxe1+ 25. Rxe1 Nc6 $19 {The rest
wasn't necessary.} 26. Bc5 Rfe8 27. Rd1 Ne4 28. Rxd5 Nxc5 29. Rxc5 Ne5 30. Nd4
Ng4 {[%cal Ge8e1]} 31. Ne6 {A very good perfomance of the young Israeli player
and another prove of toothlessness of this line.} 0-1

[Event "Ubeda"]
[Site "Ubeda"]
[Date "1997.02.14"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[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 {Hansen,Cu} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 a6 6. Ba4 b5 7.
Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. Be3 Be7 10. c3 Nc5 11. Bc2 Nd7 {Hansen: This is supposed
to be the most modern line compared to the slightly older 11..Bg4. Even though
the textmove was played already in 1896 by Winaver. Judging from this game 11..
Nd7 seems to be an easy way to equality.} 12. Re1 (12. Bf4 $6 {Hansen,Cu} g5 $1
) 12... Ndxe5 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. Bd4 Ng6 15. Bxg7 ({Ernst} 15. Qh5 O-O (15...
Qd7 16. Bxg7 Rg8 17. Qxh7 O-O-O $13) 16. f4 c5 17. Bf2 Bd6 18. f5 Nf4 19. Qg4
Bd7 20. g3 h5 $17) 15... Rg8 16. Bxg6 Rxg7 17. Rxe6 (17. Bh5 Kf8 18. Nd2 Bd6
19. Nf1 Qf6 20. Bf3 Rd8 21. Ng3 Rg5 22. a4 Kg8 23. axb5 axb5 24. Ra5 b4 25. Qd3
bxc3 26. bxc3 c5 $11 {Morozevich,A-Flear,G/Hyeres op 1992/1/2-1/2 (53)}) (17.
Bd3 Kf8 18. Nd2 Bd6 19. Nf1 Qh4 20. g3 Qg5 $14) 17... hxg6 (17... Rxg6 $2 18.
Re1 $16) 18. Re2 (18. Re5 c6 19. Nd2 Kf8 20. Nf3 (20. Qe2 Bd6 21. Re3 Rh7 22.
h3 Bf4 23. Rd3 Kg7 24. Re1 Rh8 25. Qg4 Qg5 26. Qxg5 Bxg5 $11 {1/2-1/2
Kruszynski,W-Blauert,J/Lyngby op 1989 (41)}) (20. Re3 Bc5 $6 21. Rh3 Qe7 $6 22.
Nb3 Re8 23. Qd2 Kg8 24. Nxc5 Qxc5 25. Re1 Re7 26. Rxe7 Qxe7 27. Re3 Qd7 28. Qd4
Rh7 29. h3 $16 {1/2-1/2 Jurkovic,A-Nikolac,J/CRO-chT Makarska Tucepi 1995 (51)}
) 20... Bd6 (20... Rh7 21. Qd3 Bf6 22. Re2 Qd6 23. Rae1 Rh5 24. g3 Rd8 25. Nd4
Qd7 26. b4 Kg7 27. f4 a5 28. a3 Ra8 29. Nf3 axb4 30. axb4 Ra3 31. Ne5 Qa7+ 32.
Kg2 Qb7 33. Qd4 Rh8 34. g4 Kg8 35. Qc5 Be7 36. Qxc6 Qxc6 37. Nxc6 Bd6 38. Ne7+
Bxe7 39. Rxe7 Rxc3 40. Re8+ Kg7 41. Rxh8 Kxh8 42. Re8+ Kg7 43. Rb8 {1/2-1/2
Ernst,T-Todorovic,G/Vienna op 1991}) (20... Bf6 21. Re2 Rh7 (21... Rg8 22. Ne5
Qd6 23. Ng4 Kg7 24. Qd2 Rh8 25. Rae1 Rh4 26. h3 Rah8 27. Nxf6 Qxf6 28. Re7 a5
29. R1e6 Qxe6 30. Rxe6 fxe6 31. Qe3 $14 {Stisis,Y-Gyimesi,Z/Lenk-J 1993/0-1 
(81)}) 22. Qd2 (22. Qd3 Rh8 23. Rae1 Kg7 24. h3 Qd6 25. Nh2 c5 26. Ng4 Rad8 27.
Qf3 Rhf8 28. Rd1 d4 29. cxd4 {1/2-1/2 Rogic,D-Anka,E/Harkany op 1994}) 22...
Kg7 (22... Qd6 23. g4 $5 Rd8 24. g5 Bg7 25. Rae1 c5 26. h4 {צh7} d4 27. cxd4
Bxd4 28. Kg2 Be5 29. Qc2 Bd4 30. Qd2 Be5 31. Qc2 Bd4 32. Re4 Rh8 33. b4 Kg7 34.
bxc5 Bxc5 35. Qc3+ Kh7 36. Ne5 Bd4 37. Qf3 Bxe5 38. Qxf7+ Bg7 39. h5 {1-0
Sokolov,A-Flear,G/Clichy 1993}) 23. Qf4 Qb8 24. Qg4 Qc8 25. Qf4 Qb8 26. Qg4 Qc8
27. Qg3 Qb8 28. Ne5 Qd6 29. Rae1 {1/2-1/2 Kuczynski,R-Flear,G/Polanica Zdroj
1992}) 21. Re2 Rh7 22. Qd4 c5 23. Qd3 Rh5 24. a4 Kg7 25. g3 bxa4 26. Rxa4 Qf6
27. Kg2 Rf5 28. Rh4 Rh8 29. Rxh8 Kxh8 30. Re8+ Kg7 31. Ra8 Bc7 32. Qe2 Bd8 33.
Rxa6 $16 {1/2-1/2 Dvoirys,S-Micic,C/Cheliabinsk 1989 (46)}) (18. Re3 Kf8 19. a4
Rg8 20. Nd2 Bf6 21. Nf3 Kg7 22. axb5 axb5 23. Rxa8 Qxa8 24. g4 Qd8 25. Qd2 c6
26. Kg2 Rf8 27. Rd3 {1/2-1/2 Sisniega,M-Toth,C/Bogota Lat Cup Final 1991}) (18.
Re1 Kf8 19. Nd2 Bd6 20. Nf3 Rh7 21. Qd3 c6 22. Re2 Kg7 23. Rae1 Qf6 24. h3 Rhh8
25. Qd4 Qxd4 26. cxd4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Dommisse,C-Slingerland,F/NLD-ch sf Enschede
1993 (45)}) 18... Kf8 (18... Rh7 19. Nd2 Kf8 20. Nf3 Bf6 21. h3 Kg7 22. Qd3 Rh8
23. Rd1 c6 24. Ne5 Qd6 25. Ng4 Rae8 26. Rde1 Rxe2 27. Rxe2 Qf4 28. Nxf6 Qc1+
29. Kh2 Qf4+ 30. g3 Qxf6 31. Qd4 Rc8 32. Kg2 a5 33. Re7 {1/2-1/2 Magem Badals,
J-Flear,G/Palma de Mallorca 1991}) 19. Nd2 Rg8 (19... Bf6 20. Nf3 Qd6 (20...
Rh7 {Hansen,Cu} 21. Qd2 {/\ g4} Qd7 $14) (20... Rg8 $5 {Hansen,Cu /\ Kg7, Qd7,
Rge8}) 21. a4 Rd8 22. Qd3 c6 23. axb5 axb5 24. Ra6 Rh7 25. h3 $14 Qc5 26. Ne5
Bxe5 27. Rxe5 b4 28. Qg3 bxc3 29. bxc3 Qd6 30. Ra7 d4 31. cxd4 Qxd4 32. Qg5 Rb8
33. Ree7 $2 (33. Qe7+ Kg8 34. Rc7 $16) 33... Qd6 (33... f6 34. Qc1 Rxe7 35.
Qh6+ Kg8 36. Qxg6+ $11) 34. f4 $2 Rb1+ 35. Kh2 Rxh3+ $1 36. Kxh3 Rh1+ 37. Kg3
Qd3+ {0-1 Tolnai,T-Gyimesi,Z/HUN-chT 1994}) 20. Nf3 Bf6 21. Qd2 (21. Qd3 Kg7
22. a4 c6 23. Nd4 $6 (23. Ne5) 23... Qd7 $11 24. f4 bxa4 $15 {0-1 Backlund,
A-Wedberg,T/Rilton Cup 1992 (45)}) 21... Qd6 {Hansen: I don't understand why
the irritating Dh6+ should be allowed.} (21... Kg7 $1 {[%cal Yd8d6,Yg8e8]
Hansen,Cu} 22. Rd1 (22. Rae1 Qd6 $11) (22. b4 a5 $132) 22... c6 23. Ne5 Qc7 $11
) 22. Qh6+ Bg7 23. Qe3 Rh8 (23... Bf6 $5 {Hansen,Cu /\Kg7} 24. a4 Kg7) 24. a4 (
24. Rae1 Bf6 25. Ne5 Re8 26. Qg3 (26. Nxg6+ $2 Kg7) 26... Kg7 $11) 24... bxa4
25. Rxa4 Bf6 {Hansen: White has achieved the optimal position from move 19.
Black has been forced to play bxa4 instead of c7-c6.} 26. Ra5 Kg7 27. Qc5 (27.
Rd2 $5 {Hansen,Cu} c6 28. Qd3 $14) 27... Rhd8 28. Qxd6 (28. b4 $5 $14 {Hansen,
Cu}) 28... Rxd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Minneapolis HB Global op"]
[Site "Minneapolis"]
[Date "2005.05.22"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Black "Mikhalevski, Victor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2572"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2005.05.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Be3 Be7 10. c3 O-O 11. Re1 Qd7 12. Nbd2 Kh8 {An uncommon idea. A
detalied information about the move can be found in Ivanchuk-Krasenkow/CBM77
[Mikhalevski,V]} 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Qxd7 Bxd7 15. Nd2 $1 {An improvement upon
the earlier 15.e6 and 15.Red1.} ({After} 15. e6 {Black seems to hold:} Bxe6 16.
Bxe6 fxe6 17. Nd2 (17. Ng5 $5) 17... Ne5 18. Nxe4 Nd3 19. Re2 c5 20. f3 Kg8 $5
(20... c4 21. Nf2 Rad8 22. Nxd3 cxd3 23. Rd2 Rd5 24. Rad1 Rfd8 25. f4 Bf6 26.
g3 $16 {[%csl Rd3][%cal Gg1g2,Gg2f3,Gf3e4] 1/2-1/2 Ivanchuk,V-Krasenkow,M,
Leonid Stein mem(3)/CBM77 [Mikhalevski,V].}) 21. Nf2 Rfd8 22. Nxd3 Rxd3 23. Bf2
Kf7 24. Rae1 b4 $1 25. Rxe6 Bf6 $132 {1/2-1/2 Efimenko,Z-Mikhalevski,V, Biel
MTO 2001.}) (15. Red1 Rad8 16. Ng5 Nxe5 17. Nxe4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Gurevich,
G-Mikhalevski,A/Israel 1992/TD (50). (50)}) 15... Nxe5 16. Nxe4 $14 {[%csl Rc5]
It's clear that Ehlvest prepared this idea at home. Now thanks to the better
pawn structure and the weakness of the c5-square White is better.} a5 {[%cal
Ga5a4] This move took something like 40 minutes. During this long thought I
was considering a number of moves, but couldn't find a clear way to equality.
All my minor pieces and the a6-pawn get under attack and it's not easy to
decide which one of them either one of the rooks has to be moved. So I decided
to keep all the options open and to improve my pawn structure on the queen
side.} ({One correspondence game saw} 16... Rae8 $5 17. Rad1 Bg4 18. Rd5 (18.
f3 {leads to not a very clear endgame after} Bxf3 $5 19. gxf3 Nxf3+ 20. Kf1 f5
21. Nc5 Nxe1 22. Rxe1 f4 23. Bd4 Bxc5 24. Rxe8 Rxe8 25. Bxc5 $13) 18... Ng6 19.
Bc2 f5 $5 20. h3 Bxh3 21. gxh3 fxe4 22. Bxe4 Bd6 23. Bxg6 hxg6 24. Kg2 Rf5 25.
Red1 Kg8 {and Black equalized. 1/2-1/2 Onder,E-Roman,E/IECG 2002/Telechess CBM
99 (51). (50)}) ({Immediate} 16... Bc6 $5 {deserved attention.}) 17. Nc5 (17.
Bc5 $5 {[%csl Rc5] offering an exchange of the darksquared bishops also
deserved serious attention.} Rae8 ({Of course not} 17... Bxc5 $2 18. Nxc5 {
[%csl Rd7,Re5][%cal Gf2f4]}) 18. Bxe7 Rxe7 19. Nc5 Rfe8 {[%cal Ga5a4,Ge5f3]} (
19... Bc6 20. f4 $1 (20. a4 bxa4 21. Bxa4 Bxa4 22. Nxa4 Rfe8 23. Kf1 $14 {
[%csl Ra5,Rc7]}) 20... Ng6 21. Rxe7 Nxe7 22. a4 bxa4 23. Bxa4 {[%csl Ra5,Rc7]})
20. Re3 (20. Nxd7 Nf3+ $5 21. gxf3 Rxe1+ 22. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 23. Kg2 a4 24. Bd5 Re2
{[%csl Rb2]}) 20... a4 21. Nxd7 Nxd7 (21... Rxd7 22. f4 Nf3+ 23. Rxf3 axb3 24.
axb3 h6 $14) 22. Bxf7 Rxe3 23. fxe3 Re7 24. Bd5 Rxe3 25. Bc6 Ne5 26. Bxb5 a3
27. bxa3 Rxc3 28. Re1 Rc5 29. a4 $14) (17. Bf4 f6 (17... Nd3 18. Red1 Nxf4 19.
Rxd7 $14 {[%csl Rc7,Re7]}) 18. Bxe5 (18. Rad1 $5) 18... fxe5 19. Rad1 $14 {
[%csl Ge4,Re5] In all lines White is better.}) 17... Bc6 {And again it wasn't
easy to choose where to go with the bishop.} (17... Bf5 18. Bd4 Ng6 19. a4 c6
20. h3 $14) ({In case of} 17... Bxc5 18. Bxc5 Rfe8 19. Bc2 $14 {White is
better thanks to a pair of bishops.}) 18. Bd4 Ng6 (18... Bxc5 {leads to a
stable longterm advantage for White.} 19. Bxc5 Rfe8 20. Bc2 Rad8 21. Bd4 f6 22.
Rad1 $14) 19. g3 {[%cal Gf2f4] White prepares an offensive on the kingside.} ({
During the game I was concerned of} 19. f4 {but Black seems to hold again by
means of} a4 $1 (19... Rae8 $2 {is bad.} 20. f5 Nh4 ({or} 20... a4 21. Bc2 Nh4
22. Rxe7 $1 Rxe7 23. f6 {[%csl Re7,Rf8,Rg7,Rh8]}) 21. Rxe7 Rxe7 22. f6 $18 {
[%csl Re7,Rf8,Rg7,Rh8]}) ({I also didn't like} 19... Bd6 $6 20. f5 Nh4 21. f6
g6 22. Ne4 $16 (22. Re7 {is less dangerous in view of} Kg8)) 20. Bc2 (20. f5
axb3 21. fxg6 (21. Nxb3 Bh4 22. g3 Ne7 23. f6 $1 Bxf6 24. Bxf6 Ng6 $11) 21...
Rxa2) 20... Rfe8 21. f5 Bxc5 $1 (21... Nf8 22. Rad1 $14 (22. Rxe7 {is not
dangerous in view of} Rxe7 23. f6 Re2 $1 24. fxg7+ Kg8 25. gxf8=Q+ Kxf8 $132 {
[%csl Rc2,Rg2] with some counterplay.})) 22. Bxc5 Nh4 $1 {[%csl Rf5,Rg2] and
Black obtains counterplay again.}) 19... a4 $1 {Freeing the king rook from
defense of the f7-pawn.} 20. Bc2 {[%csl Re7][%cal Gc2g6]} Rfe8 21. f4 Bf8 {
[%cal Gg6e7,Gh8g8]} (21... Nf8 $5) 22. Kf2 Kg8 $1 {Bringing the king closer to
the centre.} 23. Rxe8 Rxe8 24. b3 Ra8 {[%cal Ga4b3]} ({White was hoping for} 
24... axb3 25. axb3 $14 {[%cal Ga1a6]}) (24... Rd8 $5 25. bxa4 $140 $2 Bxc5 26.
Bxc5 Rd2+ $19) 25. b4 Bd5 26. Bd3 c6 {Black has almost consolidated the
position. Now only the knight is temporary out of play.} 27. Nd7 $5 {[%cal
Gd7f8,Gd7b6] White wants to exchange one of the bishops.} (27. a3 $5 {[%cal
Ga1c1,Gc3c4] was interesting with the idea of Rc1 followed by c4.}) 27... Rd8
28. Nb6 $6 {White goes for the lightsquared bishop and allows to bring my
knight into play.} (28. Nxf8 $1 {looks better with the idea} Nxf8 {[%cal Gf8e6]
} 29. a3 (29. f5 a3 $1 {[%csl Ra2]}) 29... Ne6 30. Bb6 Rb8 31. Be3 {[%cal
Ga1c1,Gc3c4] preparing c4.}) 28... Ne7 $1 29. Nxd5 (29. f5 $5) 29... Nxd5 30.
Rd1 $1 {White brings a rook and sets a trap.} g6 $138 {[%cal Gf8g7] preparing
an exchange of the darksquared bishops.} (30... Nxb4 $2 {loses to} 31. cxb4
Rxd4 32. Bxh7+ $1 $18 {[%csl Rd4]}) (30... Bxb4 {looks too optimistic though
Black wins three pawn for a sacrificed piece.} 31. cxb4 Nxb4 32. Ke3 $16) 31.
Be2 a3 $1 {Despite the move creates a weakness on a3 it also fixes the a-pawn
on a2 and thus allows Black to create counterplay, although Ehlvest considered
it to be wrong.} 32. Bf3 (32. Be5 $5) 32... Bg7 $1 33. Bxg7 (33. Bxd5 $5 Rxd5 (
33... cxd5 $5) 34. Ke2 $1 Bxd4 35. cxd4 ({The pawn endgame which arises after} 
35. Rxd4 Rxd4 36. cxd4 f5 {is equal. F.e.} 37. Kd3 Kf7 38. d5 cxd5 39. Kd4 Ke6
40. Kc5 d4 41. Kxd4 Kd6 42. h3 h6 43. h4 (43. g4 fxg4 44. hxg4 h5 45. f5 h4 46.
fxg6 Ke6 47. Ke4 Kf6 48. Kf3 Kxg6 49. Kg2 Kh6 50. Kh2 $11) 43... h5 $11)) 33...
Kxg7 34. Bxd5 cxd5 35. Ke3 Kf6 36. Kd4 Rc8 37. Kd3 (37. Rb1 Rc4+ 38. Kd3 d4 39.
cxd4 Ke6 40. Rb3 Kd5 41. Rxa3 Rxd4+ 42. Kc3 Rc4+ 43. Kb3 Re4 44. Ra7 Re3+ 45.
Kc2 Re2+ 46. Kd3 Rxh2 $11) 37... Ke6 (37... d4 $1 {suggested after the game by
Yudasin would equalize immediately.} 38. cxd4 Rc4 39. Rb1 Ke6 40. Rb3 Kd5 $11 {
transposes to 37.Rb1.}) 38. Kc2 Kd6 39. Kb3 Re8 $1 {Instead of protecting the
a3-pawn I decided to activate the rook. I believe that an active rook fully
compensates a pawn here.} ({Also a passive defense was enough for equality.} 
39... f5 $5 40. Rd3 Ra8 41. Re3 h6 42. h3 h5 43. Re5 Rc8 44. g4 fxg4 45. hxg4
h4 46. Rg5 Rh8 47. Rxg6+ Ke7 48. Rg5 h3 49. Re5+ Kd6 50. Re1 h2 51. Rh1 Rh3
$132) 40. Rd3 $1 Re2 41. h4 Rb2+ 42. Kxa3 Rb1 $1 $11 {[%csl Ra3] The king is
traped on a3.} 43. Re3 h5 44. Re5 Rf1 $6 {Since this was the last round game
and a difference between a win and a draw was very big I've decided to sharpen
the position, though objectively it was too late to play for a win.} ({A simple
} 44... f6 $1 45. Re8 (45. Re3 f5 $11) 45... Rg1 46. Re3 Rb1 $11 {was
sufficient for equality.}) 45. Rg5 Rf3 46. Kb2 Rf2+ 47. Kb3 Rf3 48. a3 $5 ({Or
} 48. Kc2 Rf2+ 49. Kd3 Rxa2 50. f5 f6 $1 51. Rxg6 Ke5 $11 {[%cal Ga2g2]}) 48...
Ke6 ({I could also try} 48... d4 $5 {winning back the pawn, but allowing White
to create two connected pawns:} 49. Rxb5 Rxc3+ 50. Kb2 Rxg3 (50... Rc8 {
[%cal Gd4d3]} 51. Rc5) 51. a4 $14) 49. Kc2 Rf2+ $2 {A blackout. I've
completely missed the d4-square! Second tournament in a row with two rounds
per day made their job.} (49... Kd6 $5 {was necessary.} 50. Kd2 Ke6 51. Re5+
Kd6 52. Re3 Rf2+ 53. Kd3 f5 (53... Rg2 54. Rf3) 54. Re8 $1 Rf3+ 55. Kd4 {
[%csl Rd5]} Rxg3 56. Rd8+ Kc6 57. Rxd5 Rf3 58. Rc5+ Kd6 59. Rxb5 Rxf4+ 60. Kd3
Rxh4 61. Rb6+ Kd5 62. Rxg6 (62. c4+ $5 Ke5 (62... Rxc4 $4 63. Rb5+ $18) 63. c5
{and White's pawns look more dangerous.}) 62... Rh3+ 63. Kc2 h4 $132 {and
despite being a pawn down Black has certain compensation.}) 50. Kd3 Rf3+ $2 {
Even here I didn't see the d4-square yet.} 51. Kd4 $18 {I considered only 51.
Kd2. The rest is easy. White picks up the the queenside pawns and wins easily.}
f6 52. Rxg6 Kf7 53. Rh6 Rxg3 54. Rxh5 Rf3 55. Rxd5 Rxf4+ 56. Ke3 Rxh4 57. Rxb5
Kg6 58. a4 f5 59. a5 Kg5 60. a6 Rh3+ 61. Kd4 Rh8 62. a7 Ra8 63. Ra5 Kg4 64. b5
f4 65. b6 f3 66. Ra2 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2006.01.27"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2689"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2006.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Nbd2 Be7 10. c3 O-O 11. Bc2 f5 {I play the Open variation of the Ruy
Lopez from the childhood, but somehow I played this old line only once before
in 2004 and frankly speaking the experience wasn't great. It seems that White
can obtain an advantage by means of 12.Nd4, which for some reason is not very
popular these days.} 12. Nb3 {[%cal Gb3d4] This manoeuvre has been known for
more than 80 years! The knight goes to d4 in order to exchange Black's blocker
on e6 and thus to weaken the d5-pawn.} (12. Nd4 {Considered by Kortschnoj as
the best occuried in the afore-mentioned game. After the moves} Nxd4 13. cxd4
c5 14. dxc5 Nxd2 15. Bxd2 Bxc5 16. Bb3 {White is better. See Spraggett,
K-Mikhalevski,V, Canadian Open 2004/ CBM102 [Mikhalevski,V].}) ({The main
alternative is} 12. exf6 Nxf6 13. Nb3 Bg4 14. Qd3 Ne4 $6 (14... Qd7 $5 {
1-0 Shirov,A-Korchnoi,V/Plovdiv BUL 2003 (29)}) (14... Bh5 $5 {Euwe.}) 15. Nbd2
$1 {1/2-1/2 Shirov,A-Korchnoi,V/Reykjavic ISL 2003/CBM94[Korchnoi] (41). (41)})
12... Qd7 13. Nbd4 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 c5 15. Nxe6 (15. Ne2 {This retreat was tested
only three times by three generations of players. Here are the names:
Bogoljubow, Fischer and Anand!}) 15... Qxe6 16. f3 Ng5 17. a4 {This is
definetly the first critical position in this line, which after 12.Nb3 arises
almost automatically. Black has to make an important choice between 17...Rad8;
17...g6 and 17...b4. As the recent game of Vallejo showed (see below) this is
the most promising continuation for Black.} ({That's how it all started.} 17.
Bxg5 Bxg5 18. f4 Bd8 19. Qf3 (19. g4 $1 fxg4 20. Qd3 g6 21. Rad1 $14 {[%csl
Rd5] deserved attention.}) 19... Bb6 20. Rad1 Rad8 $11 {0-1 Chajes,O-Tarrasch,
S/Karlsbad 1923/HCL (44)}) 17... g6 {Ivan follows his recent successful game
against Sutovsky.} (17... Rad8 $5 18. axb5 axb5 19. Kh1 f4 {The latest word of
technics.} (19... d4 {1/2-1/2 Navara,D-Krasenkow,M/Lubniewice POL 2005.(74)
was tested in a very sharp game.}) 20. Bd2 c4 21. Ra5 Qc6 22. Qa1 Bc5 23. Ra6
Qb7 24. Qa5 Rde8 {[%csl Re5]} 25. Re1 Bf2 $1 26. Rf1 (26. Re2 $2 Ra8 $1 $19 {
[%csl Rh1]}) 26... Be3 $1 27. Bxe3 fxe3 $17 {0-1 Karjakin,S-Vallejo Pons,F/
Cuernavaca MEX 2006 (34). and soon Black won.}) (17... b4 $5 {This is the
first test of the interesting Savon's idea, which he introduced in his game
against Geller in 1968.} 18. cxb4 c4 19. Be3 Nf7 (19... f4 $5 20. Bd4 Bxb4 $13)
20. f4 Bxb4 21. a5 (21. Qf3 $5) 21... Nd8 22. Qf3 Nb7 23. Rfd1 Rfd8 24. Bb6
Bc5+ 25. Kh1 Bxb6 26. axb6 $13 {1/2-1/2 Sutovsky,E-Mamedyarov,S/Calvia ESP
2004 (29)}) 18. Kh1 {Karjakin takes his king away from the dangerous diagonal
a7-g1 and tries to win a tempo comparing to the 18.Be3-line.} ({White also
tested other moves. Here are three examples:} 18. Be3 Qc6 {[%cal Gg5e6]} 19.
Bxg5 Bxg5 20. f4 Be7 21. Qf3 c4 22. Rfd1 Rad8 23. b4 $1 a5 $1 24. bxa5 $6 (24.
axb5 $5 Qb6+ 25. Kh1 axb4 26. Rxd5 b3 27. Bd1 $13) 24... b4 25. cxb4 Bxb4 $15 {
0-1 Sutovsky,E-Sokolov,I/Hoogeveen NED 2005/(57). and Black took initiative
and won the game.}) ({Hard to believe, but this position occuried back in 1923!
} 18. Re1 Qc6 19. Be3 Ne6 20. f4 Rfd8 21. Qf3 $14 {0-1 Chajes,O-Thomas,G/
Karlsbad 1923/HCL (77)}) (18. Qe2 c4 19. Re1 Qb6+ 20. Kh1 Ne6 21. Rd1 Rad8 $11
{0-1 Nunn,J-Kortschnoj,V/Cologne 1989/CBM 016 (47)}) 18... c4 {An attempt to
improve over Sorin's 18...Qc6. This novelty was definitely prepared at home,
but it seems that Kariakin analysed this position as well.} ({In a recent game
Black tested} 18... Qc6 {[%cal Gg5e6]} 19. Bxg5 Bxg5 20. f4 Be7 21. Qf3 c4 $146
(21... Kh8 {occuried in Ricardi,P-Sorin,A, Buenos Aires Naidorf 1996/ CBM 53
[Wedberg].}) 22. Rfd1 Rfd8 23. b4 $1 a5 24. axb5 Qxb5 25. Ba4 Qb6 26. b5 $16 {
1/2-1/2 Khairullin,I-Fressinet,L/Moscow RUS 2006.(37)}) ({Another option is} 
18... Rad8 19. Qe2 c4 20. Qf2 Rd7 21. axb5 axb5 22. Qg3 Nf7 23. f4 b4 24. Be3
b3 25. Bd1 Nd8 26. Bf3 $14 {[%csl Rd5] 1-0 Tringov,G-Zafar,S/La Valetta 1980/
EXT 2000}) 19. b4 $1 {[%csl Gc5,Rd5] White takes away the important c5-square
and restricts Black's dark-squared bishop like in Sutovsky-Sokolov. See above.}
a5 $1 {Sokolov doesn't allow stabilizing position and tries to create
counterplay.} 20. bxa5 $1 {This way White seizes the a-file.} Rxa5 21. Bxg5 {
Unpinning the a-pawn.} Bxg5 22. f4 Be7 23. axb5 Rxb5 {[%csl Rd5] In the arisen
position White has a better pawn structure since the d5-pawn is much weaker
than the c3-pawn. The reversed colour bishops only make the d5-pawn weaker.}
24. Ba4 $1 {Offering either to leave fifth rank weakening the d5-pawn or to
place the rook on a passive c5-square.} Rb2 $6 {Probably first serious
inaccuracy. The rook would be more useful on b8.} (24... Ra5 $6 {is dubious in
view of} 25. Bd7 $1 $16) (24... Rbb8 $1 25. Qd4 Rbc8 26. Rfd1 Rfd8 {[%cal
Ge7c5] with good chances to keep the position.}) 25. Qd4 {[%csl Rd5][%cal
Gf1b1] Preparing an exchange of the active rook with the following direct
attack of the d5-pawn.} Rc8 {[%cal Ge7c5] This way Black creates a threat of
Bc5 and thus gets time for bringing the rook to c5 to not defend passively
from d8.} 26. Rfd1 Rc5 27. Rab1 $1 {Preparing the following brilliant
perouette of the light-squared bishop.} Rxb1 ({Black can't keep the rook in
view of} 27... Ra2 28. Rb8+ Kg7 (28... Kf7 29. Rb7 $1 $18 {[%csl Rf7][%cal
Ga4d7]}) 29. Bd7 $1 {[%csl Rg7]} Qf7 (29... Qxd7 $4 30. e6+ $18 {[%csl Rd7,Rg7]
}) 30. g4 $1 $18 {with a decisive attack on the black king.}) 28. Rxb1 Ra5 29.
Bd1 $1 {[%csl Rd5][%cal Gd1f3] Bringing the bishop to f3.} Qa6 $2 {[%cal Ga5a1]
Black is hoping that after exchange of rooks he will get counterplay but in
fact the d5-pawn will get weaker.} (29... Bc5 $1 {was necessary and although
White is still better he has to be precise to convert his positional advantage
into a win. F.e.} 30. Qd2 Ra7 (30... Ra8 $5 31. Bf3 (31. Be2 $5 {[%csl Rc4,Rd5]
[%cal Gb1d1]}) 31... Rd8 32. Qa2 $1 {[%csl Rc4,Rd5][%cal Gb1d1]} Qc6 $1 33. Rd1
(33. Qxc4 dxc4 34. Bxc6 Rd3 $132) 33... Kg7 34. g3) 31. Bf3 Rd7 32. Qa2 $14 {
[%cal Ga2a8]}) 30. h3 $1 {A cold shower. White is not in a hurry to play Bf3,
but first secures his king.} Kg7 ({Probably it would be better to exchange the
queens to avoid the mating attack which took place in the game.} 30... Qa7 $5
31. Qxa7 Rxa7 32. Bf3 Ra5 33. Rd1 $16) 31. Bf3 Ra1 {Black succeeded to
exchange the rooks which however didn't make his life easier.} 32. Rxa1 Qxa1+
33. Kh2 $16 {[%csl Rc4,Rd5]} Qa5 $2 {This passive defense is equal to
resignation.} ({Black had to look for counterplay by means of} 33... Bh4 $1 {
[%cal Ga1e1] trying to weaken White's king.} 34. g3 (34. e6+ Bf6 35. Qxd5 Qc1
$1 36. Qxc4 Qxc3 {and it won't be easy to break through Black's fortress after
a blockade on e7.}) 34... Qb2+ 35. Bg2 Be7 36. e6+ Kh6 37. Qe5 $16) 34. Bxd5
$18 Bc5 (34... Qc5 35. Bxc4 $18 {is also hopeless for Black.}) 35. Qxc4 Bf2 {
[%csl Rh2][%cal Ga5a1,Ga1g1]} 36. Qe2 $5 Qc5 37. c4 Bg1+ 38. Kh1 Be3 $6 ({
Black's only practical chance is to exchange the queens.} 38... Qe3 $5) 39. g3
Qa3 (39... Qd4 $5 {[%cal Gd4d2]}) 40. Kg2 h5 41. h4 $1 {Now white king finds a
safe refuge on h3, which allows White to activate his queen.} Bc5 42. Qc2 Kf8
43. Qb1 Qb4 44. Qc2 Ke7 45. Bf3 Qe1 46. Qb3 Qb4 47. Qd3 Qb2+ 48. Kh3 Bd4 49.
Bg2 Kf8 $2 {A blunder in a lost position.} (49... Qc3 $1 50. Qe2 {[%cal Ge2a2]}
Qb3 $1 {trying to prevent penetration of the white queen was necessary.}) 50.
c5 $1 {Now the queen finds a way out and so Black resigned.} (50. c5 $1 Bxc5 (
50... Qc3 51. Qa6 $1 $18 {[%csl Rg6]}) 51. Qd8+ Kg7 52. Bd5 $1 $18 {[%cal
Gd8g8] and Black can't prevent mate.}) 1-0

[Event "Lee Cup 4th"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "1997.08.27"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Li, Shilong"]
[Black "Lin, Weiguo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2335"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[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. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Be3 Be7 10. c3 O-O 11. Nbd2 Qd7 12. h3 Rad8 (12... Nc5 13. Bc2 Bf5 14.
Bxf5 Qxf5 15. Bxc5 Bxc5 16. Nb3 Bb6 17. Qxd5 Ne7 18. Qd2 Ng6 19. Nbd4 Qh5 20.
Nc6 Rfe8 21. a4 Re6 22. axb5 Rae8 23. Rxa6 f6 24. Nfd4 Rxe5 25. Nxe5 fxe5 26.
Ne2 h6 27. c4 Nh4 28. Qd5+ {1-0 Lanka,Z-Foessmeier,U/Werfen op 1989}) 13. Re1 (
13. Bc2 f5 14. exf6 Nxf6 15. Ng5 (15. Nd4 Nxd4 16. cxd4 c5 17. Nf3 c4 18. Ne5
Qc8 19. g4 Nd7 20. Nf3 Nf6 21. Ne5 Nd7 22. Nf3 {1/2-1/2 Bar,A-Rapoport,E/
ISR-ch U18 1997/EXP 58}) 15... Bf5 16. Bxf5 Qxf5 17. Qb1 Qd7 18. a4 Bd6 19.
axb5 axb5 20. Ngf3 Ne7 21. Qd3 c5 22. Rfe1 Nf5 23. Bg5 c4 24. Qc2 h6 25. Ne5
Qc8 26. Bxf6 Rxf6 27. Ndf3 Bc5 {Kengis,E-Anand,V/Riga Tal 1995/CBM 47/0-1 (40)}
) 13... Bf5 14. Nf1 $2 (14. Bc2 $142 $5 $11) 14... Bg6 15. Qe2 Na5 $15 (15...
Bh5 $5 16. Rad1 $1 Qe6 $1 $15 (16... Nxe5 17. Rxd5 Nxf3+ 18. gxf3 Qxh3 19. Rxh5
Qxh5 20. fxe4 Qg6+ 21. Ng3 $13)) 16. Red1 (16. Bc2 Nc4 17. Bd3 $5 $15 {/\a4} (
17. Bc1 $6 Bc5 18. Ne3 Rfe8 $17 {><e5})) 16... Nc4 (16... Qe6 $142) 17. Ne1 (
17. a4 $5) 17... c6 (17... Nxe5 $6 18. Bxd5) 18. Nd3 Bh4 $6 (18... Rfe8 $142
19. f3 Ng5 20. Bxc4 $140 $6 bxc4 21. Nc5 Bxc5 22. Bxc5 f6 $15) 19. f3 Ng3 20.
Nxg3 Bxg3 21. f4 h5 $6 (21... Bh5 $142 $5 22. Qxh5 Nxe3 23. Rd2 Nc4 24. Re2 d4
$1 25. Rd1 Qa7 26. Kh1 dxc3 27. bxc3 (27. Qf3 Nxb2 28. Nxb2 cxb2 29. Rb1 Bh4
$15) 27... Ne3 28. e6 $1 (28. Rdd2 $140 Nf1 $1 29. Rd1 Be1 $3 {/\Ng3-+}) 28...
fxe6 (28... Nxd1 $2 29. e7 {/\Qf7!}) 29. Bxe6+ Kh8 30. Rdd2 Nc4 (30... Nf1 $2
31. Ne5 $18) 31. Bxc4 bxc4 32. Ne5 Rxd2 33. Ng6+ $1 Kg8 34. Ne7+ $11) 22. Bxc4
bxc4 23. Nc5 Qc8 24. Qf3 h4 25. Bd4 $2 (25. Bf2 $1 $16 Qf5 (25... Qb8 26. Bxg3
hxg3 27. b4 $1 $16) 26. Bxg3 Bh5 27. Qe3 Bxd1 28. Bxh4 $1 $16 Rb8 $140 29. Rxd1
Qh5 30. Qe1) 25... a5 $6 (25... Qf5 $142) 26. Rf1 $6 (26. Bf2 $142) 26... Qf5
27. b3 Bh5 28. Qe3 Rfe8 29. Rab1 cxb3 30. axb3 f6 31. e6 $6 (31. Ra1 $142)
31... Rd6 $1 $11 {/\Rde6} 32. Rbe1 $1 Re7 33. Rf2 Bxf2+ 34. Qxf2 Rdxe6 35. Nxe6
Rxe6 36. Rxe6 Qxe6 37. Bb6 $1 $11 {[].The rest is clear.} Bd1 38. Bxa5 Bxb3 39.
Bb6 Qf5 40. Qxh4 Qd3 41. Qe1 Qd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cuernavaca Young Masters"]
[Site "Cuernavaca"]
[Date "2006.02.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2006.02.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "MEX"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[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 Nf6 {It seems that Black offers to play the Berlin
variation of the Ruy Lopez.} 4. O-O {White accepts the challenge.} (4. d3 {
is a way to deviate from this complicated endgame.}) 4... Nxe4 5. d4 a6 6. Ba4
{After this move the game transposes to the Open variation of the Ruy Lopez.} (
{If Black chooses the moves order in text White can also play} 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7.
Qe2 Bf5 8. g4 Bg6 9. Nxe5 {with a dangerous, but probably playable position
for Black.}) 6... b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. Nbd2 Be7 {An old line, which is
getting extremely popular these days.} (9... Nc5 {is the most popular
alternative.}) 10. c3 O-O 11. Bc2 f5 12. Nb3 (12. exf6 Nxf6 {doesn't seem to
promise much.}) 12... Qd7 13. Nbd4 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 c5 15. Nxe6 Qxe6 16. f3 Ng5
17. a4 {This critical position recieved a lot of tests in the first three-four
months of 2006.} ({The main alternative} 17. Bxg5 {doesn't seem to set any
serious problems.} Bxg5 18. f4 Be7 19. Qf3 Rad8 20. Rad1 c4 ({Black's
experiment in the following game could cost him the game, but he was fortunate
to save half a point.} 20... Kh8 21. Rd2 Rd7 22. Rfd1 d4 (22... Rfd8 $5) 23.
cxd4 cxd4 24. Bb3 Qb6 25. Kh1 {[%cal Gd2c2]} a5 26. Rc2 a4 27. Rc6 Qa5 28. Be6
$16 {1/2-1/2 Van der Wiel,J-Ernst,S/Netherlands NED 2006/The Week in Chess 593
(42)}) 21. Kh1 Bc5 22. Rd2 Rd7 23. Rfd1 Rfd8 {[%cal Gd5d4] and playing d4
Black equalizes.1/2-1/2 Brkic,A-Fressinet,L/Kusadasi TUR 2006/The Week in
Chess 596 (79)}) 17... Rad8 $1 {After this game all attention will be
attracted by this move. It turns out that it's useful to keep this rook in
order to protect the pawn d5 and create counterplay in the centre with d4.
It's curious that this move was introduced not less than 38(!) years ago by
Wolfgang Unzicker against Spassky. See below.} ({Other moves are worse. Here
are two fresh examples.} 17... Qc6 18. Bxg5 Bxg5 19. f4 Be7 20. axb5 axb5 21.
Rxa8 Qxa8 22. g4 $1 $16 {1-0 Deepan,C-Sundararajan,K/Visakhapatnam IND 2006/
The Week in Chess 596 (42)}) ({In Wijk aan Zee 2006 Sergey faced} 17... g6 {
and won a nice game.} 18. Kh1 c4 19. b4 a5 20. bxa5 Rxa5 21. Bxg5 Bxg5 22. f4
Be7 23. axb5 Rxb5 24. Ba4 Rb2 25. Qd4 $14 {[%csl Rd5] 1-0 Karjakin,S-Sokolov,I/
Wijk aan Zee NED 2006/CBM111[Mikhalevski,V].}) 18. axb5 axb5 19. Kh1 {Karjakin
is trying to play similar to his game against Sokolov, but fails to achieve a
similar result. Nevertheless this was the main line so far.} (19. Qe2 {is the
main and only alternative right now.} c4 (19... Qb6 20. Bxg5 {'1/2-1/2 Spassky,
B-Unzicker,W/Lugano 1968/MCD'} Bxg5 21. f4 Be7 22. Kh1 d4 (22... c4 $5) 23. c4
$14 {1-0 Gharamian,T-Usachyi,V/Cappelle la Grande FRA 2006/The Week in Chess
590 (29)}) 20. Be3 $1 Qxe5 $6 (20... b4 $5) 21. f4 Qe6 22. fxg5 Bxg5 23. Rae1
Rde8 24. Bxg5 Qxe2 25. Rxe2 Rxe2 26. Bxf5 g6 27. Bd7 Rxf1+ 28. Kxf1 Rxb2 29.
Be6+ Kf8 (29... Kg7 $5 {[%cal Gb5b4]}) 30. Be3 $1 $14 {1-0 Yagupov,
I-Khmelniker,I/Cappelle la Grande FRA 2006/The Week in Chess 590 (46)}) 19...
f4 $1 {This strong novelty was definitely born in cooperation with our iron
friend. Black keeps his knight, restricts White's dark-squared bishop and
achieves a good position.} ({In a fresh game from Malmo Black successfully
tested} 19... Qb6 20. Bxg5 Bxg5 21. f4 Be7 22. Qf3 d4 23. cxd4 {and already
White offered a draw here admitting that he recieved nothing from the opening.
1/2-1/2 Fedorov,A-Atalik,S/Malmo SWE 2006/The Week in Chess 599}) ({Another
fresh game featured} 19... c4 20. Be3 f4 21. Bd4 Qc6 22. b4 $1 {[%csl Gc5]} Ne6
23. Qd2 $14 {0-1 Solleveld,M-L'Ami,E/Netherlands NED 2006/The Week in Chess
593 (48)}) ({Black also tested two more ideas.} 19... d4 $6 {which looks a bit
premature.} 20. cxd4 Kh8 (20... Nf7 $5) 21. Qe2 $1 Rxd4 22. Qxb5 $16 {1/2-1/2
Navara,D-Krasenkow,M/Lubniewice 2005/CBM 108 ext (74)}) ({and} 19... Rd7 20.
Qe2 Qc6 (20... c4 $5) 21. Bxg5 Bxg5 22. f4 Be7 23. Qf3 c4 24. h3 (24. Rfd1 $5)
24... Bc5 25. Rfd1 g6 26. Rd2 Kh8 27. Rad1 Rfd8 28. g4 $1 $14 {1/2-1/2 Haba,
P-Unzicker,W/Germany 1990/GER-chT (38)}) 20. Bd2 (20. Ra7 {The latest attempt
to revive19.Kh1, which recieved a serious blow in the current game.} Rf7 $1 21.
Qe2 c4 22. b3 Bc5 (22... Qb6 $5 23. Ra1 Ne6) 23. Rxf7 Qxf7 24. bxc4 bxc4 25.
Rd1 Ne6 $15 {with a good position for Black in 0-1 Mastrovasilis,D-Fressinet,L/
Kusadasi TUR 2006/The Week in Chess 596 (59).}) 20... c4 $1 {[%cal Ge7c5,Ge6c6,
Gg5e6] Preparing a nice regrouping of pieces. The bishop will go c5, the queen
to c6 and the knight to e6. Poor white bishops find no squares.} 21. Ra5 Qc6
22. Qa1 $6 {White chooses the wrong direction for the queen.} (22. Qc1 $5 {
deserved attention with the idea} Ne6 (22... Qb6 $5) 23. Qb1 g6 $2 (23... Ng5
$142 24. Qc1 $11) 24. Bxg6 $1 hxg6 25. Qxg6+ Kh8 26. Rfa1 $1 $16 {[%csl Re6,
Rh8][%cal Ga5a6]}) 22... Bc5 23. Ra6 $6 {White loses the thread and his
position is getting difficult very quickly.} (23. Qc1) 23... Qb7 $1 {[%csl Ra6,
Re5] Now also the rook on a6 is misplaced.} 24. Qa5 (24. b4 Bb6 {[%cal Gd5d4]}
25. Re1 Rde8 $1 $17 {is also clearly better for Black, but still this would be
the least of the evils.}) 24... Rde8 $1 {[%csl Re5]} 25. Re1 Bf2 $1 26. Rf1 (
26. Re2 $2 {loses to} Ra8 $19 {[%csl Rh1]}) 26... Be3 $1 $17 {Black wins the
e5-pawn and also obtains a strong pawn on e3.} 27. Bxe3 (27. Be1 Ne6 $1 {
[%cal Ge6c5]} 28. Qa1 Nc5 $19 {[%cal Ge8e5] is hardly better.}) 27... fxe3 28.
Qb6 {After this exchange Black wins almost by force, but it's not easy to give
White a good advice.} Qxb6 29. Rxb6 Rxe5 30. Rxb5 e2 31. Re1 Rxf3 $1 {[%cal
Gf3f1] Winning in style.} 32. gxf3 ({After} 32. Kg1 $2 {White gets mated in
four.} Nh3+ $1 33. gxh3 Rg5+ 34. Kh1 Rf1+ 35. Rxf1 exf1=Q#) 32... Nxf3 33. Rxd5
$2 {Loses on the spot.} (33. Ra1 {was necessary, but after} g6 $1 34. Ba4 e1=Q+
35. Rxe1 Nxe1 $17 {Black shouldn't have problems to convert his extra pawn
into a win.}) 33... Rxd5 34. Rxe2 Rg5 $1 (34... Rg5 $1 {and White resigned
realizing that he loses a piece after} 35. Rg2 Rxg2 36. Kxg2 Ne1+ 37. Kg3 Nxc2
38. Kf4 g5+ $1 39. Kxg5 Ne1 $19 {[%csl Rb2][%cal Ge1d3,Gd3b2]}) 0-1

[Event "Beersheba 16th"]
[Site "Beersheba"]
[Date "1997.03.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Golod, Vitali"]
[Black "Mikhalevski, Victor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[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. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Be3 Be7 10. c3 O-O 11. Nbd2 Qd7 12. Re1 Rad8 13. Bc2 Nxd2 (13... Bf5 {
See Khalifman,A-Mikhalevski,V CBM58}) 14. Qxd2 Bf5 15. Rad1 Bxc2 (15... Rfe8 {
See Khalifman,A-Mikhalevski,V CBM58}) 16. Qxc2 f6 (16... Qg4 17. h3 Qe4 18. Qd2
Nxe5 19. Nxe5 Qxe5 20. Bf4 Qf6 21. Bxc7 Rd7 22. Be5 $14 {Khalifman,
A-Mikhalevski,V; Anibal op97}) (16... Rfe8 {1-0 Bojkovic,N-Forgo,E/EU-chTW
Debrecen 1992 (39)}) 17. exf6 Bxf6 18. Bc5 (18. Bg5 $1 h6 (18... Bxg5 $2 19.
Nxg5 Qf5 20. Qxf5 Rxf5 21. Ne6 $16) 19. Bxf6 Rxf6 $14) 18... Rfe8 19. h3 (19.
Rxe8+ $142 $1 Rxe8 20. Qd3 Rd8 (20... Ne5 21. Qxd5+ (21. Nxe5 Bxe5 $1 $11 22.
Qxd5+ $140 Qxd5 23. Rxd5 Bxc3) 21... Qxd5 22. Rxd5 Nxf3+ 23. gxf3 $14 Re2 $140
(23... Re5 $5 24. Rxe5 Bxe5 25. Bd4 $1 Bd6 $14) 24. Ba3) 21. Re1 $14) 19...
Rxe1+ $2 (19... Ne5 $142 20. Nxe5 Bxe5 (20... Rxe5 $5) 21. Re2 c6 22. Rde1 Bf6)
20. Rxe1 Re8 $6 (20... Ne7 $5) 21. Rxe8+ Qxe8 22. Qf5 $16 Ne5 $8 23. Nxe5 $2 (
23. Ng5 $1 Bxg5 24. Qxg5 {><g7} c6 (24... h6 25. Qg3 $1 (25. Qe3 Qc6 $8 (25...
Kf7 26. Bd4 $18) 26. Qxe5 Qxc5 27. Qe6+ Kh7 28. Qxa6 d4 $1 $132 29. cxd4 $140
Qc1+ 30. Kh2 Qf4+ $11) 25... c6 26. Bd4 $16 (26. Qe3 $16)) 25. Qe3 $1 Qb8 (
25... Kf7 26. Bd4 Ng6 27. Qxe8+ Kxe8 28. Bxg7 $16) 26. f4 Nf7 27. Qe6 $16)
23... Qxe5 24. Qd7 (24. Qc8+ Kf7 25. g3 $14 (25. Qxa6 Qe1+ 26. Kh2 Be5+ 27. g3
d4 $1 $11)) 24... h5 $1 {><g1} 25. Bd4 Qe1+ 26. Kh2 Qe4 $1 27. Bxf6 (27. f3
$142 $14 Qf4+ (27... Be5+ $6 28. Kh1 (28. Bxe5 Qxe5+ $11) 28... Qe1+ 29. Bg1
Bd6 30. Qc6 Qd1 31. Qe8+ Kh7 32. Qxh5+ Kg8 33. Qe8+ Kh7 34. b4 $16) 28. Kh1
Bxd4 (28... Qc1+ 29. Bg1) 29. Qxd5+ Qf7 30. Qxd4 Qxa2 31. b4 $14) 27... Qf4+
28. Kg1 Qc1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tan Chin Nam Cup 4th"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "1998.06.16"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Tong, Yuanming"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1998.06.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[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. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5
8. dxe5 Be6 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 Be7 11. Bc2 d4 12. cxd4 (12. Nb3 d3 13. Bb1 Nxb3
14. axb3 Bf5 15. Be3 O-O 16. Bd4 Qd5 17. Re1 Rfd8 18. Re3 Nxd4 19. Nxd4 Bg6 20.
b4 c5 21. bxc5 b4 22. c6 bxc3 23. bxc3 Qc5 24. Bxd3 Bg5 25. Bxg6 hxg6 26. Rd3
Qxe5 27. Nf3 Qb5 28. Rxd8+ Rxd8 29. c7 Rc8 30. Rb1 {1-0 Giaccio,A-Fernandez,J/
Open, Mar del Plata ARG 1998}) (12. Ne4 $5 {The favourite move of Capablanca.I
have found three games of him in this line and he won all of them.} dxc3 13.
Nxc5 Bxc5 14. Be4 Qd7 15. bxc3 (15. Qc2 Bd5 16. bxc3 Rd8 17. Bg5 Bxe4 18. Qxe4
Ne7 19. Bxe7 Bxe7 20. Qb7 Qc8 21. Qc6+ Qd7 22. Qxa6 O-O 23. Nd4 Rb8 24. Qc6
Rfd8 25. Rfb1 Qd5 26. Qxd5 Rxd5 27. Nc6 Re8 28. c4 Rc5 29. cxb5 g5 30. a4 Rc2
31. Nxe7+ Rxe7 32. a5 Rxe5 33. b6 cxb6 34. axb6 Rc8 35. b7 Rb8 36. Ra8 Ree8 37.
Rxb8 Rxb8 38. g4 Kg7 39. Kg2 h5 {Capablanca,J-Chajes,O/New York Rice prel 1916/
1-0 (60)}) 15... Rd8 16. Qxd7+ Bxd7 17. Rd1 Ne7 (17... Nb8 18. Nd4 Be7 19. Be3
O-O 20. Rd2 c5 21. Nb3 Rc8 22. Rad1 Bg4 23. f3 Be6 24. f4 g6 25. h3 c4 26. Nd4
Bc5 27. Kf2 Bd7 28. Nc2 Bxe3+ 29. Kxe3 Bc6 30. Rd6 Rc7 31. Nb4 Bxe4 32. Kxe4 a5
33. Nd5 Ra7 34. a3 Na6 35. Rc6 Rb8 36. Nf6+ Kg7 37. Rdd6 b4 38. axb4 axb4 39.
Rxa6 Rc7 40. Rab6 {1-0 Capablanca,J-Hodges,A/New York Rice prel 1916}) 18. Nd4
h6 19. Nb3 Bb6 20. Ba3 h5 21. Rd3 Bg4 22. Rxd8+ Kxd8 23. Nc5 Rh6 24. h3 Bc8 25.
Rd1+ Ke8 26. Kf1 g5 27. Nd3 f5 28. exf6 Rxf6 29. Re1 Be6 30. Bf3 Rh6 31. Bxh5+
Kd7 32. Bg4 Nc6 33. Rxe6 Rxe6 34. Bc1 Kd6 35. Bxe6 Kxe6 36. Bxg5 Ba5 {
Capablanca,J-Chajes,O/New York 1915/1-0 (48)}) 12... Nxd4 13. Nxd4 Qxd4 14. Nf3
({White tried} 14. Qe2 {as well} O-O $142 (14... Bg4 $6 15. Nf3 Qd5 (15... Bxf3
16. Qxf3 O-O 17. Qg3 Rfe8 18. Rd1 Qc4 19. Bh6 Bf8 20. Rac1 Qe6 21. Bf4 Rac8 22.
b4 Nd7 23. Bb3 Qf5 24. e6 fxe6 25. Rxd7 Bxb4 26. Qxg7# {1-0 Mezera,L-Dostal,L/
Plzen KB opJ-B 1997}) 16. Rd1 Bxf3 17. gxf3 Qe6 18. f4 Rd8 19. Rxd8+ Bxd8 20.
Be3 Be7 21. Rc1 O-O 22. Bb1 Qd5 $2 23. Qc2 $18 {[%cal Rc2c5,Rc2h7] 1-0 Perez,
J-Chapman,A/Dubai olm 1986 (28)}) 15. Kh1 f5 (15... Bg4 $5) 16. f4 Rad8 17. h3
Nb7 $6 18. Bb3 Bxb3 19. Nxb3 Qd3 20. Qf2 Bc5 21. Nxc5 Nxc5 22. Be3 Ne4 23. Qf3
Qc2 24. Rac1 Qxb2 25. Rxc7 Rd3 26. g4 Qa3 27. Re1 Qb4 28. Rec1 Qa3 29. Re1 Qxa2
30. gxf5 Qd5 31. Rg1 Rxf5 32. Rgxg7+ Kf8 33. Rgd7 Rd1+ 34. Qxd1 Nf2+ 35. Kh2 {
1-0 Romi,M-Handasyde,H/Paris prel-9 1924}) 14... Qxd1 (14... Qd7 15. Bg5 h6 16.
Qxd7+ Nxd7 17. Bxe7 Kxe7 18. Rfe1 c5 19. Nd2 g5 20. h4 Rhg8 21. hxg5 hxg5 22.
f3 c4 23. Kf2 Rad8 24. Nf1 Nc5 25. Rad1 a5 26. g3 Rd5 27. Ne3 Nd3+ 28. Bxd3
Rxd3 29. Rxd3 cxd3 30. Rd1 Rd8 31. a3 a4 32. Rd2 Bc4 33. Nd1 Ke6 34. f4 gxf4
35. gxf4 Kf5 36. Kf3 Rh8 37. Ne3+ Ke6 38. Ke4 Rh4 39. Rf2 {Quiroga,F-Fernandez,
J/ARG-chB 1976/1/2-1/2 (53)}) (14... Qg4 15. h3 Qh5 16. Ng5 Qxd1 17. Rxd1 b4
18. Be3 Bxg5 19. Bxg5 c6 20. Be3 Nd7 21. f4 Bd5 22. Bb3 Bxb3 23. axb3 Ke7 24.
Ra5 Rhc8 25. Rda1 f6 26. exf6+ gxf6 27. Rxa6 Rxa6 28. Rxa6 Kd6 29. Kf2 Rd8 30.
Kf3 Nc5 31. Rb6 Nd3 32. g4 Kc7 33. h4 Re8 34. Ra6 Kd6 35. Ra1 Kc7 36. Rd1 {
1-0 Zieher,H-Bauer,P/BL8182 1982}) 15. Rxd1 Bg4 (15... O-O 16. Nd4 Rfd8 17. Be3
Bd5 18. Rac1 Ne6 19. Nxe6 fxe6 20. Bb3 Bxb3 21. axb3 Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 Rd8 23.
Rxd8+ Bxd8 24. f4 Kf7 25. g4 g6 26. Kg2 Be7 27. Kf3 a5 28. Ke4 a4 29. bxa4 bxa4
{1/2-1/2 Marinkovic,S-Bodic,D/Cacak-B 1991}) 16. h3 (16. b4 Nd7 17. Bb2 Rd8 18.
a3 O-O 19. Rd2 $2 Bxf3 20. gxf3 Nxe5 $1 21. Re2 Nxf3+ 22. Kg2 Nh4+ 23. Kh3 (23.
Kg3 Ng6 $1 24. Bxg6 Bd6+) 23... Rfe8 24. Rxe7 (24. Rae1 Nf3 $19) 24... Rxe7 25.
Kxh4 Re2 $19 {0-1 Wets,G-Dridi,A/WchJ 1986 (30)}) (16. Be3 O-O 17. Rd4 Bxf3 18.
gxf3 Rad8 19. Rad1 Ne6 20. Rd7 Rfe8 21. Kg2 Rxd7 22. Rxd7 a5 23. f4 Bd8 24. a4
bxa4 25. Bxa4 Re7 26. Rd5 c6 27. Bxc6 Rc7 28. Bd7 Nf8 29. Bf5 Be7 30. Rxa5 Rb7
31. Ra7 {1-0 Bisco,I-Kramarik,P/SVK-chT2 1995}) 16... Bxf3 $2 $146 {Only this
move is a novelty,but probably a bad one.} (16... Bh5 $5 {[%cal Gh5g6] The
idea of the move to play Bg6 to exchange white-square bishops in order to
weaken white squares in the white's camp.} 17. b4 Ne6 18. Be4 Rd8 19. Rxd8+
Nxd8 20. Bd2 Bg6 21. Bd5 c6 22. Bb3 Ne6 23. a4 Bd3 24. Ne1 Nd4 25. Ba2 Bc4 26.
Bxc4 bxc4 27. Ra2 Kd7 28. Bc3 Nb3 29. Re2 Ke6 {and Black is OK. Rogovoi,
M-Sepman,Y/RUS-Cup1 Chigorin mem 1996/1/2-1/2 (60)}) 17. gxf3 {Now White is
clearly better as Black can't prevent f2-f4-f5.The only way to do so has
happened in the game .White just change "f" pawn and pair of bishops plus
extra pawn in the centre guarantee an easy advantage.} g5 18. f4 gxf4 19. Bxf4
$16 {[%csl Gc2,Ye5,Yf2,Gf4]} Rd8 20. Rxd8+ Kxd8 21. Rd1+ Kc8 22. Be3 {[%cal
Gf2f4,Gf4f5]} Ne6 23. f4 Bc5 {The exchange of bishops doesn't help as an extra
pawn in the centre plus a strong bishop will decide anyway.} 24. Kf2 $6 (24.
Bxc5 $142 $1 Nxc5 25. Kf2 {[%cal Gd1g1] and White is going to win without any
counter-chances.}) 24... Bxe3+ 25. Kxe3 Rg8 $1 26. Kf3 $1 {[%cal Gc2h7]} (26.
f5 $5 Nc5 27. b4 (27. f6 Rg5 $1 28. Kf4 $140 Ne6+) (27. Rd5 Nd7 28. f6 $140 {
[%cal Gc2f5]} c6) 27... Nd7 $8 (27... Rg2 $2 28. bxc5 Rxc2 29. e6 fxe6 (29...
Rxc5 30. Kd4 $1 $18 Rxf5 $140 31. e7 Kd7 32. Ke4+) 30. fxe6 (30. f6 $2 Rxc5 31.
Rf1 $1 Re5+ 32. Kd4 Rd5+ 33. Ke3 (33. Ke4 Rf5 $1) 33... Re5+ $11 (33... Rd8 {
is too passive.})) 30... Rxc5 31. Kf4 $18 {[%cal Ge6e7]}) 28. e6 fxe6 29. Bb3
$1 (29. fxe6 $5 Re8 30. Bf5) 29... Nf8 30. fxe6 $16) (26. Bxh7 $2 Rg3+ 27. Ke4
Rxh3 28. Bg8 (28. Bf5 Rh2) 28... Rh4 $1 29. Rf1 Kd7 $1) 26... h5 {[%cal Gh5h4]}
27. Bf5 $1 $18 {White is preparing B:e6 and then break through f4-f5,but first
of all h3-h4 is very useful in order to prevent Rg5 after f4-f5.Black is
hopeless against this plan.If he anyway is trying to prevent it h5-h4 is
forced.Then White plays Bg4 and strong pawns in the centre decide.} Rd8 {
loses by force,but anyway Black is lost.} (27... h4 28. Bg4 {[%cal Gf4f5]}) 28.
Rxd8+ Kxd8 29. Bxe6 fxe6 {[#] Hecht Wegen des groЯen weiЯen Raumvorteils
wirken sich die zurьckhдngenden Mehrheiten fьr Schwarz tцdlich aus. WeiЯ kommt
leichter zu f5 als Schwarz zu c5, und der weiЯe e-Bauer steht weiter vorn als
der schwarze b-Bauer. Das reicht zum Gewinn fьr WeiЯ.} 30. b4 $1 $18 {[%csl
Ra6,Rb5,Rc7][%cal Gf4f5,Gf3e4] Very important blocking move.Now next moves are
Ke4 and f5 and "e" pawn will finally decide the game.} ({It wasn't late to
make a mistake.} 30. Kg3 $2 c5 31. Kh4 c4) (30. b4 {Hecht} Kd7 31. Ke4 c5 32.
bxc5 Kc6 33. f5 exf5+ 34. Kxf5 b4 35. e6 a5 36. e7 Kd7 37. Kf6 Ke8 38. c6 a4
39. c7 $18) 1-0

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2005.02.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ganguly, Surya Shekhar"]
[Black "Najer, Evgeniy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[Annotator "Mueller,Karsten"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2005.02.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 Be7 11. Bc2 d4 12. Nb3 d3 13. Bb1 Nxb3 14. axb3 Bf5 15.
Be3 O-O 16. Nd4 Nxd4 17. cxd4 c5 18. Bxd3 cxd4 19. Bxd4 Qxd4 20. Bxf5 Qxb2 21.
Qd5 Rfd8 22. Bd7 Ra7 23. e6 Kh8 24. Qf3 Qf6 25. Qe3 Raa8 26. Bc6 Rab8 27. exf7
Qxf7 28. Rxa6 Bf6 29. Qf3 Rd6 30. Qh3 Qe6 31. Qxe6 Rxe6 32. Rd1 b4 33. g3 g6
34. Rd7 Rd8 35. Ra8 Rxa8 36. Bxa8 Bc3 37. Kg2 Re2 38. Bc6 Rb2 39. Bd5 Rd2 40.
h4 Bd4 41. Rf7 Bxf2 42. Rxf2 Rxd5 43. Rf4 Rd2+ $5 {Najer defends actively, as
is usual in rook endgames. Najer verteidigt sich aktiv, wie es im Turmendspiel
ьblich ist.} (43... Rb5 {should also draw here in any case. sollte hier
allerdings ebenfalls remis halten.}) 44. Kh3 h5 45. Rxb4 Kg7 46. Rf4 Rb2 47. b4
(47. Rf3 g5 48. hxg5 Kg6 49. Rc3 Kxg5 50. Rc5+ Kf6 51. Rb5 Kg6 $11) 47... Kh6
48. Rc4 Kg7 49. g4 Rb3+ 50. Kg2 hxg4 51. Rxg4 Kh6 $1 52. Kf2 Kh5 53. Rd4 g5 54.
hxg5 Kxg5 55. Ke2 Kf5 56. Kd2 Ke5 57. Kc2 (57. Kc2 Rh3 (57... Kxd4 $2 58. Kxb3
Kd5 59. Ka4 Kc6 60. Ka5 Kb7 61. Kb5 Kc7 62. Ka6 Kb8 63. b5 Ka8 64. b6 Kb8 65.
b7 Kc7 66. Ka7 $18) 58. Rd8 (58. Rd3 Rxd3 59. Kxd3 Kd5 $11) 58... Rg3 59. b5
Ke6 60. b6 Rg7 $1 61. Rb8 Kd6 62. b7 Kc7 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gashimov Memorial 3rd"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2016.05.30"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Hou, Yifan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2663"]
[Annotator "Pavlovic,M"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2016.05.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 {The Open Spanish became very popular when Korchnoi (who sadly passed away
recently) used it in his famous match in Baguio 1978 against Karpov. For a
while it was slightly abandoned at least in high level events, but now the
actual line has started to become very popular.} 9. Nbd2 Be7 (9... Nc5 10. c3
d4 {this is another topical line that has been extensively analysed for many
decades and was introduced on the highest level in the above mentioned match.})
10. c3 O-O 11. Bc2 f5 {This was considered the main line and again recently
become one of the main topics.} 12. Nb3 Qd7 13. Nbd4 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 c5 15. Nxe6
Qxe6 16. f3 Ng5 17. a4 Rad8 18. axb5 axb5 19. Bxg5 Bxg5 20. f4 Be7 21. Kh1 Qb6
22. Qd3 $146 {Opposite coloured bishops are known to make easier winning the
type of positions when the stronger side has the initiative. This line is a
kind of proof for that. Although close to a draw we will see that Black's play
is not easy. The last move is actually a new idea for White.} (22. g4 d4 23.
Bxf5 dxc3 24. Qb3+ c4 25. Qxc3 Rd4 {I must say that this position is rather
complex and little explored.} 26. Qe3 Qb7+ 27. Qf3 Qxf3+ 28. Rxf3 Bb4 29. Be6+
Kh8 30. Kg2 g6 31. Kg3 Rd2 32. Rf2 Rxf2 33. Kxf2 Bd2 34. f5 c3 35. bxc3 Bxc3
36. Rb1 Bxe5 $11 {1/2-1/2 (37) Garcia Rodriguez,I-Ferre Perez,A corr. 2013})
22... c4 (22... d4 23. c4 $1 {That would be the idea:} bxc4 24. Qxc4+ Kh8 25.
b3 $14) 23. Qh3 g6 (23... Qe6 24. Rfd1 g6 25. Qe3 Rd7 26. Qd4 Rc8 27. b4 $1 Bd8
28. g4 fxg4 29. f5 gxf5 30. Rf1 Bb6 31. Qf4 $40) 24. g4 d4 ({The alternative
is also possible:} 24... fxg4 25. Qxg4 d4 26. Be4 (26. f5 d3 27. Bd1 Qe3 28. f6
Qxe5 29. fxe7 Rxf1+ 30. Kg2 Qxe7 31. Kxf1 Rf8+ 32. Kg2 Qe1 $44) 26... Kh8 27.
f5 (27. Rg1 dxc3 28. bxc3 Bc5 29. Rg3 Rf7 {doesn't look so clear to me.}) 27...
gxf5 28. Rxf5 Rxf5 29. Qxf5 Qh6 30. cxd4 Rxd4 {Although it looks dangerous for
Black it is possible to hold, but objectively for humans this is a tough
position to handle in tournament chess.}) 25. gxf5 Qc6+ {This move transposes
the game into an endgame, but although, as we will see, a draw is very much
within Black's reach, getting it requires a lot of precise moves.} ({Another
logical idea is} 25... d3 26. Bd1 (26. fxg6 Qc6+ 27. Rf3 hxg6 28. Bd1 Rxf4 $17)
26... Rxf5 27. Bg4 Rff8 28. f5 gxf5 29. Bxf5 Qb7+ 30. Rf3 Rxf5 $1 31. Qg2+ Rg5
32. Rf8+ Rxf8 33. Qxb7 Rxe5 {Black has good compensation, the pawn on d3 is a
serious asset.}) 26. Qg2 Qxg2+ 27. Kxg2 d3 28. Bd1 Rxf5 29. Bg4 Rff8 30. Ra5 h5
{Creating a possible target on g6.} (30... Kh8 31. Rxb5 h5 32. Bd1 Rb8 33. Ba4
Ra8 $1 34. b3 d2 35. Rd5 Rfb8 36. Rxd2 cxb3 37. Rd4 b2 38. Rb1 Ra5 39. Kf3 g5 {
again we have a holdable endgame for Black.}) 31. Bd1 (31. Be6+ Kh8 32. f5 d2
33. Rd1 Bg5 (33... gxf5 34. Rxb5 $16) 34. Rxb5 Rb8 35. Rxb8 Rxb8 36. h4 Bh6 37.
fxg6 Kg7 38. Bxc4 Rxb2 39. Bd3 Ra2 40. e6 Ra5 41. Bc2 Re5 {it seems that Black
is close to draw.}) 31... b4 {I think that the alternative was a better choice:
} (31... Rb8 {just standing still...} 32. Ra6 Kg7 33. Ra7 Rbe8 34. Rb7 Kh6 35.
Rxb5 Rb8 36. Ba4 Ra8 37. b3 d2 {again the same motif} 38. Rd5 Rfb8 39. Rxd2
cxb3 40. Bd7 Ra2 41. Rxa2 bxa2 42. Ra1 Rb2+ 43. Kf3 Rxh2 44. Be6 Rc2 45. Rxa2
Rxc3+ {should lead to a draw again.}) 32. Ra6 $1 bxc3 33. bxc3 Kh7 $6 (33...
Kg7 34. Ra7 Kf7 35. Bf3 $36) 34. Ra7 $16 Rf7 35. Rc7 Rd5 36. Rxc4 {Black
didn't manage to defend in a good way and now White is much better.} Bf8 37.
Rc8 Rc5 38. Rd8 Bh6 39. Rxd3 Rxf4 40. Rd7+ Kh8 41. Rxf4 Bxf4 42. e6 $18 Bg5 43.
e7 Bxe7 44. Rxe7 Rxc3 45. Bf3 Rc8 46. Kg3 Rg8 47. Kh4 Rg7 48. Re8+ Kh7 49. Kg5
Ra7 50. Bd5 Kg7 51. Re6 Kh7 52. Be4 Ra5+ 53. Kf6 1-0

[Event "Munich SKA"]
[Site "Munich"]
[Date "1991.05.14"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Huebner, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "Polgar,J"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1991.05.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. c3 Be7 10. Bc2 (10. Nbd2 {Polgar,Judit-Anand Munchen 1991.}) 10... Bg4
11. h3 Bxf3 (11... Bh5 12. g4 Bg6 13. Bb3 Na5 14. Bxd5 c6 15. Bxe4 Bxe4 16.
Qxd8+ Rxd8 17. Nbd2 $14 {Fischer-Olafsson F.,Havana ol 1966.}) 12. gxf3 Nc5 13.
f4 Qd7 14. Qf3 Rd8 (14... g6 15. Rd1 Rd8 16. Be3 Ne6 17. a4 O-O 18. axb5 axb5 {
Bannik-Shianovsky,URS 1962.}) (14... f5 $1) 15. Rd1 (15. Be3 $1 O-O 16. Rd1 $14
) 15... f5 $1 16. Be3 (16. exf6 Bxf6) 16... Qe6 (16... O-O $4 17. Bxc5 Bxc5 18.
Rxd5 $1 $18) 17. Nd2 O-O (17... Ne4 $5 18. Nb3 $6 (18. Kh2 g5 $6 19. Nxe4 fxe4
20. Qh5+ Qg6 21. Qxg6+ hxg6 22. Rxd5 $1 Rxd5 23. Bxe4 gxf4 24. Bxd5 fxe3 25.
Bxc6+ Kf7 26. fxe3 $16) 18... g5 $13) 18. Nb3 Na4 $2 (18... Ne4 $1 19. Qg2 g5 (
19... Rf7 $1 20. f3 (20. Re1 g5 21. f3 Rg7 $13) 20... Nf6) 20. f3 Kh8 21. fxe4
gxf4 (21... fxe4 22. fxg5 (22. f5 $1 Rxf5 23. Rf1 $16) 22... Rf3 23. Nd4 Nxd4
24. Bxd4 Rxh3 $13) 22. exd5 Qxe5 (22... Qh6 23. dxc6 Rg8 24. Rxd8 Bxd8 25. Bd4
Rxg2+ 26. Kxg2 f3+ 27. Kh2 $18) 23. Bd4 Nxd4 24. cxd4 Qe3+ 25. Kf1 Rg8 26. Re1
$18) 19. Rab1 $16 Rd7 $6 (19... Kh8 $5) 20. Kh1 g6 21. Bd3 $1 Bh4 $6 (21... Nd8
22. Nd4 Qf7 23. Nxb5 $1 $16) (21... Qf7 22. Bf1 (22. Qe2 Nd8 23. Bxb5 $16)
22... Nd8 23. Bg2 c6 24. Nd4 $1 Bc5 (24... Nc5 25. Nxc6 $1 Nxc6 26. Rxd5 $16)
25. e6 Nxe6 26. Nxc6 $16) 22. Bf1 Rdd8 23. Bg2 Ne7 24. Nd4 Qf7 25. Qe2 $1 $18
g5 26. Rg1 c5 27. Nf3 Ng6 28. fxg5 f4 29. Bd2 Qf5 30. b3 Nb6 31. Rbe1 Rfe8 32.
Bf1 d4 33. cxd4 cxd4 34. Ba5 Qe6 35. Rg4 Rd5 36. Qd2 Nd7 37. Nxh4 Ndxe5 38. Bg2
1-0

[Event "Munich SKA"]
[Site "Munich"]
[Date "1991.05.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Polgar,J"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "1991.05.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Ftacnik} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3
d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. c3 Be7 10. Nbd2 (10. Bc2 {Polgar,Judit-Hubner,Munchen 1991.})
10... Qd7 (10... Nc5 {-50/369,370.}) (10... O-O {Ftacnik}) 11. Bc2 Nxd2 (11...
Bf5) 12. Qxd2 Bg4 $6 (12... O-O 13. Qd3) 13. Qf4 Bxf3 (13... O-O 14. Ng5 h6 $2
15. Nh7 Rfe8 16. h3 $1 Bh5 (16... Be6 17. Nf6+ gxf6 18. exf6 Bf8 19. Qg3+ Kh8
20. Qd3 $18) (16... Be2 17. Nf6+ $1 (17. Re1 Bh5 18. Nf6+ $2 Bxf6 $19) 17...
gxf6 (17... Bxf6 18. exf6 Bxf1 19. Qg3 g6 20. Bxh6 $1 {Plan Bg7,Qh4.}) 18. Bf5
Qd8 19. Qxh6 $18) 17. Nf6+ gxf6 18. Bf5 Qd8 19. Qxh6 Bg6 20. Bxg6 fxg6 21.
Qxg6+ Kh8 22. Qh5+ Kg8 23. Bh6 Nxe5 (23... Bf8 24. Qg6+ Kh8 25. exf6 Ne5 26.
Bg7+ Kg8 27. f7+ $1 Nxf7 28. Bf6+ $18) 24. f4 $16) 14. Bf5 Qd8 15. Qxf3 (15.
gxf3 $5) 15... Nxe5 16. Qe2 (16. Qg3 Ng6 $13) 16... Qd6 (16... Ng6 17. Re1 $44)
(16... Nc6 17. Rd1 O-O 18. Be4 $16) 17. Re1 (17. Bf4 $5 f6 18. Qh5+ Kf8 19.
Rfe1 $44) 17... Nc6 (17... Ng6 18. Bg5 $44) 18. Bg5 Kf8 $8 (18... f6 19. Qh5+ (
19. Bh4 {Ftacnik xe6}) 19... Kf8 20. Re6 $18) (18... g6 19. Rad1 $1 gxf5 20.
Bxe7 Nxe7 21. Rxd5 $1 Qf6 22. Rxf5 $1 Qd6 23. Re5 $18) 19. Be3 g6 (19... Bf6 {
Ftacnik} 20. Rad1 Rd8 $13) 20. Bh6+ Kg8 21. Qg4 (21. Bd3 Bf8 $13) 21... Qf6 (
21... Bf8 22. Re6 $2 (22. Bf4 Qf6 23. Bc2 Bc5 24. Rad1 $44) 22... Ne5 $1) 22.
Bc2 (22. Re6 $2 Qxf5 $2 (22... Ne5 $1) 23. Qxf5 gxf5 24. Rxc6 Bd6 25. Re1 f6
26. Rxd6 $1 cxd6 27. Re7 Rd8 28. f4 $1 $18) 22... Bf8 (22... Qh4 23. Qd7 $16) (
22... b4 23. Re3 $40) 23. Bg5 Qd6 24. Bf4 Qd8 25. Rad1 $16 Na5 26. h4 $1 c6 (
26... Nc4 27. h5 Nxb2 28. hxg6 hxg6 29. Bxg6 $1 fxg6 (29... Nxd1 30. Bxf7+ Kxf7
31. Qe6+ Kg7 32. Be5+ Kh7 33. Qf7+ Kh6 34. Bf4+ $18) 30. Qe6+ Kg7 31. Be5+ Kh6
(31... Kh7 32. Qf7+ Kh6 33. Re3 $18) 32. Qh3+ Kg5 33. f4#) 27. h5 Nc4 28. hxg6
hxg6 29. b3 $1 (29. Bxg6 $2 fxg6 30. Qxg6+ Bg7 31. Qe6+ Kf8 32. b3 Qf6) 29...
Nd6 (29... Nb2 30. Bxg6 fxg6 31. Qxg6+ Bg7 32. Qe6+ Kf8 33. Bd6+ $18) 30. Bxg6
$1 fxg6 31. Re6 $1 (31. Qxg6+ Bg7 32. Bxd6 (32. Qxd6 {Ftacnik} Qxd6 33. Bxd6
Bxc3) 32... Rh6 $19) 31... Rh7 (31... Ra7 32. Rxg6+ $6 (32. Bxd6 Bxd6 33. Qxg6+
Rg7 34. Re8+ $18) 32... Rg7 33. Bxd6 Qxd6 $1 $19) (31... Ne8 32. Rxg6+ Ng7 $2 (
32... Bg7 33. Qe6+ Kf8 34. Rd3 $18) 33. Qe6+ Kh7 34. Rh6#) (31... Ne4 {Ftacnik}
32. Rxg6+ Kf7 33. Qe6#) 32. Bxd6 (32. Rxg6+ $2 Rg7 33. Bxd6 Qxd6 $19) 32... Bg7
(32... Bxd6 33. Rxg6+ Kh8 34. Qd4+ $18) 33. Rde1 $6 (33. Rxg6 $18) 33... Rh6
34. g3 (34. Rxg6 $6 Rxg6 35. Qxg6 Qf6 $14) 34... Qd7 35. Bf4 g5 36. Bxg5 Rg6 (
36... Rxe6 37. Rxe6 Re8 38. Rxe8+ Qxe8 39. Bf6 $18) 37. Qf5 $6 (37. f4 $18)
37... Rxe6 38. Qxe6+ $2 (38. Rxe6 $1 Re8 39. Rxe8+ Qxe8 40. Bf6 $18) 38... Qxe6
39. Rxe6 Rc8 (39... Bxc3 {Ftacnik} 40. Rxc6 d4 41. Bf6 $18) 40. Bd2 Kf7 41. Re1
c5 42. Kf1 c4 (42... d4 43. cxd4 cxd4 (43... Bxd4 $1 44. Be3 $16) 44. Rc1 $18)
43. bxc4 Rxc4 $2 (43... bxc4 $1 44. Rb1 d4 $16) 44. Rc1 Ke6 (44... Ra4 45. Rc2
Rc4 46. Ke2 d4 47. Kd3 $18) 45. Ke2 d4 (45... Ra4 {Ftacnik} 46. Rc2 Ra3 47. g4
$18) 46. cxd4 Bxd4 47. Be3 Bb2 48. Rxc4 bxc4 49. Kd2 Bg7 50. Kc2 Kd5 51. f3 Bf6
52. Bh6 Be5 53. g4 Bd4 54. Bd2 (54. Bc1 $1 Bb6 (54... Ke6 55. f4 Kd5 56. g5 Ke4
57. Bb2 Bc5 58. g6 Bf8 59. g7 Bxg7 60. Bxg7 Kxf4 61. Kc3 Kf5 62. Kxc4 Ke6 63.
Kc5 Kd7 64. Kb6 Kc8 65. Be5 a5 66. a4 $18) 55. g5 Ke6 56. Kc3 $18) 54... Bb6
55. Bc1 Ba5 56. a4 Ke5 57. Bg5 Kd5 58. Bd2 Bc7 59. Bc3 Bf4 (59... Ke6 60. Bh8
Bf4 61. Kc3 Kd5 62. Bf6 Bc7 63. g5 Ba5+ 64. Kc2 Ke6 65. Bc3 Bd8 66. g6 $18) 60.
Bf6 Bg3 61. g5 Bh4 62. Bd8 Bf2 (62... Kc6 {Ftacnik} 63. g6 $1) 63. g6 Bd4 64.
Ba5 Ke6 65. Bc3 {Judit Polgar} 1-0

[Event "Donetsk m"]
[Site "Donetsk"]
[Date "2001.01.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2639"]
[Annotator "Ponomariov,R"]
[PlyCount "181"]
[EventDate "2001.01.16"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Be3 Be7 10. c3 Qd7 (10... Nc5 {Khalifman - Korchnoi, Ubeda1997}) 11.
Nbd2 Nxd2 $6 (11... Bg4 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Qd5 Qxd5 14. Bxd5 O-O-O 15. Bxc6 exf3
16. gxf3 $16 {Lautier-Korchnoi, Ubeda 1997}) (11... Rd8 $5 {Timman-Korchnoi,
1987; Anand-Korchnoi, Monte-Carlo 1993 blindfold}) (11... O-O $142 {(main line)
}) 12. Qxd2 Na5 13. Bg5 Nc4 $146 (13... c5) 14. Bxc4 bxc4 15. b4 $1 {><d4} cxb3
16. axb3 O-O (16... c5 $5 17. Ra5 $1 (17. b4 cxb4 18. cxb4 O-O $132 {קb4})
17... O-O 18. Rfa1 Rab8 19. R1a3 Bg4 20. Rxa6 Bxf3 21. gxf3 Bxg5 22. Qxg5 d4
23. Rd6 $16) 17. b4 c5 18. Bxe7 Qxe7 19. bxc5 Qxc5 20. Qd3 $6 (20. Nd4 $142
Rfc8 21. Rac1 a5 22. Kh1 $1 (22. f4 Bf5) 22... a4 23. f4 a3 24. f5 Bd7 25. f6 (
25. e6 fxe6 26. fxe6 Be8 27. Nf5 Bg6 $17 28. Qxd5 $140 Bxf5 29. Qxf5 Qxf5 30.
Rxf5 a2 31. Ra1 Rxc3) 25... a2 (25... Re8 26. fxg7 Rxe5 27. Rxf7 Kxf7 28. Qf4+
Kg8 29. Qxe5 a2 30. Ra1 $16) 26. Ra1 (26. Qg5 Qf8 $13) 26... Re8 27. Rxa2 Rxa2
28. Qxa2 Rxe5 29. fxg7 Kxg7 30. Qf2 Qe7 31. h3 $36) 20... f6 $6 (20... Rfc8 $1
21. Ng5 g6 22. Nxe6 fxe6 23. Rxa6 Rxa6 24. Qxa6 Qc6 25. Qxc6 Rxc6 26. Rc1 g5
27. Kf1 Rc4 28. f3 Kf7 29. Ke2 Kg6 30. Kd3 Kf5 31. Re1 h5 $11) (20... a5 $5 21.
Ng5 g6 $13 22. Qg3 $140 Bf5 23. Qh4 h5) 21. Rfe1 (21. Rxa6 Bf5 22. Qe2 Rxa6 23.
Qxa6 Qxc3 $11) (21. Nd4 $5 Bd7 22. e6 Bb5 $1 23. Nxb5 axb5 24. Rab1 Rab8 25.
Rfe1 Rfe8 26. Re3 Qc6 27. Rbe1 b4 28. cxb4 Rxb4 29. h3 Rb7 $11) 21... a5 22.
Nd4 Rae8 23. exf6 Rxf6 24. Qb5 Qxb5 25. Nxb5 Bd7 26. Rxe8+ Bxe8 27. Nc7 Bc6 (
27... Rc6 28. Nxe8 Kf7 29. Nxg7 Kxg7 30. g3) 28. Rxa5 Rd6 {/\ 29...d4} 29. f3 (
29. Ra6 d4 $1 30. Nb5 $4 Re6 31. f3 Re1+ 32. Kf2 Rf1+ $19) 29... d4 30. cxd4
Rxd4 31. Ne6 Rd6 32. Nf4 Rd4 33. Ne2 Rd2 34. Kf2 Rb2 35. Ke3 Rb7 (35... Bb5 $5
36. Ng3 $1 (36. Nf4 g5 $132) 36... Bc6 (36... h6 37. Ra8+ Kh7 38. Rb8) 37. Nf5
$16) 36. Rc5 Bd7 37. h4 Ra7 38. Nc3 h6 39. Kf4 Ra6 40. Nd5 Be6 41. Ne3 Ra3 42.
Rc7 (42. g4 $5 Kf7 43. h5 $16 Kf6 $140 44. Nf1 Ra4+ 45. Kg3 Ra2 46. Rc3 Re2 47.
Kf4 Ra2 48. Ng3 Bd5 49. Rd3 Ra4+ 50. Ke3 Ra5 51. Nf5 Rb5 52. Kf4 Ra5 53. Kg3
Rb5 54. Rd4 Ke5 (54... Ra5 $4 55. Rf4 $18) 55. Rf4 Rb7 56. Nh4 Rf7 57. Ra4 Rc7
58. Ng6+ Kf6 59. Rd4 Rc5 60. Rf4+ Ke6 61. Rf5 Kd6 62. Nf4 Bc4 63. Rf8 Rc7 64.
Ng6 Ke6 65. f4 Kd5 66. f5 Ra7 67. f6 gxf6 68. Rxf6 $18 {קh6}) 42... Rd3 43.
Re7 Bd7 44. Nc4 Bb5 45. Ne5 Rd4+ 46. Kg3 (46. Kf5 Bd3+ 47. Nxd3 (47. Ke6 Bc4+)
47... Rxd3 $11) 46... Rd2 $1 $132 47. Ng4 (47. h5 Bf1 48. Re8+ Kh7 49. Ng6
Rxg2+ 50. Kf4 Rxg6 51. hxg6+ Kxg6 $11) 47... Bd7 48. Ne3 Kf8 49. Re4 Kf7 50.
Nc4 Rd5 51. Kf2 Bf5 $4 52. Re3 $4 (52. Rf4 $1 Ke6 (52... g5 53. Rxf5+ Rxf5 54.
Nd6+ Ke6 55. Nxf5 Kxf5 56. Kg3 $18) 53. Ne3 Ra5 (53... Rd2+ 54. Ke1 Rd3 55.
Nxf5 Ke5 56. Rd4 Rxd4 57. Nxd4 Kxd4 58. h5 $1 $18) 54. Rxf5 Rxf5 55. Nxf5 Kxf5
56. g4+ Kf4 57. h5 $1 $18) 52... Rd4 53. Ne5+ Kf6 54. g4 Rd5 $1 55. f4 (55. Nc4
$5) 55... g5 $1 $11 56. gxf5 gxf4 57. Ng4+ Kxf5 58. Nxh6+ Kg6 59. Re6+ Kh5 60.
Kf3 Kxh4 61. Nf7 Rd3+ 62. Kxf4 Rd4+ 63. Kf3 Rd3+ 64. Ke4 Ra3 65. Rg6 Kh3 66.
Ne5 Ra4+ 67. Ke3 Ra3+ 68. Nd3 Kh4 69. Rg8 Kh5 70. Ke4 Kh4 71. Nf2 Ra7 72. Kf3
Rf7+ 73. Kg2 Ra7 74. Ne4 Kh5 75. Kf3 Rf7+ 76. Ke3 Kh6 77. Nd6 Rf6 78. Rd8 Kg6
79. Ke4 Re6+ 80. Kd5 Re7 81. Rg8+ Kh5 82. Nc4 Kh4 83. Ne5 Kh3 84. Ke4 Re6 85.
Kf5 Ra6 86. Nd3 Ra5+ 87. Kf4 Ra4+ 88. Kf3 Kh4 89. Nf2 Kh5 90. Ne4 Kh6 91. Kf4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-36"]
[Site "Mallorca"]
[Date "2004.10.26"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Bruzon Batista, Lazaro"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2004.10.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Cuba"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CUB"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Be3 {A solid line, which became more popular on the top level recently.}
({The main line goes with} 9. Nbd2) 9... Be7 (9... Nc5 $6 10. Nc3 Nxb3 11. cxb3
$1 $14 {Ponomariov,R-Kortschnoj,V/Donetsk 2001/CBM 81}) (9... Bc5 {1-0 Akopian,
V-Adianto,U/Tripoli 2004/CBM 102 [Postny,E] (43)}) 10. c3 Qd7 {A flexible move.
Black does not play the castling immediatly, and prepares to develop the rook
to d8.} ({Another playable option for black is} 10... O-O 11. Nbd2 Bg4 {
1/2-1/2 Sadvakasov,D-Kortschnoj,V/Astana 2003/CBM 93 [Postny,E] (44)}) 11. Nbd2
O-O 12. Re1 (12. Bc2 f5 {0-1 Ganguly,S-Nielsen,P/Tripoli 2004/CBM 102 [Postny,
E] (29)}) 12... Rad8 13. Bc2 Bf5 (13... Nxd2 14. Qxd2 Bf5 15. Rad1 Bxc2 16.
Qxc2 $14 {1/2-1/2 Khalifman,A-Mikhalevski,V/Linares 1997/CBM 58 (41)}) ({
More aggressive alternative is} 13... f5 14. exf6 Nxf6 {1-0 Timoshenko,G-Amin,
B/Ismailia 2004/CBM 103 [Postny,E] (45)}) 14. Nxe4 {After the following
massive exchanges whites gets only a minimal advantage. However, the
alternatives are not troublesome for black.} (14. Nb3 Bg6 15. Nbd4 Na5 16. e6
Qd6 17. exf7+ Rxf7 18. a4 Nc4 19. axb5 Nxe3 20. Rxe3 axb5 21. Nxb5 Qb6 22. Nbd4
c5 23. Nb3 Bf6 $44 {0-1 Fedorowicz,J-Kamsky,G/Los Angeles 1991/CBM 25 (54)}) (
14. Nd4 Nxd4 15. cxd4 Nxd2 16. Qxd2 c5 17. Bxf5 Qxf5 18. Qa5 Qe6 19. dxc5 d4
20. Bd2 Bxc5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Kholmov,R-Shurygin,S/Decin 1996/CBM 53 ext (56)})
14... Bxe4 15. Bxe4 dxe4 16. Qxd7 Rxd7 17. e6 $1 {This intermediate move
breaks black's pawn structure.} fxe6 18. Nd2 Ne5 19. Nxe4 Rfd8 $146 (19... Nd3
20. Re2 Rf5 (20... c5 21. g3 c4 22. b4 Rf5 23. a4 Kf7 24. axb5 axb5 25. Kg2 Re5
26. f3 Bf6 27. Ra3 h6 28. h3 Be7 29. Ra8 Bf6 30. Rb8 Rxe4 31. fxe4 Bxc3 32.
Rxb5 Bxb4 $44 {1/2-1/2 Dolmatov,S-Jussupow,A/Wijk aan Zee 1991/Candidates (61)}
) 21. g3 Kf7 22. a4 h6 23. axb5 axb5 24. Ra6 Re5 25. f3 Red5 $11 {1/2-1/2
Shirov,A-Mamedyarov,S/Izmir 2004/CBM 104_01 (32)}) 20. f3 Bh4 $6 {I don't like
the idea of exchanging bishops.} (20... Nd3 21. Re2 c5 $11 {[%cal Gc5c4]}) 21.
Bf2 Bxf2+ $6 ({It was possible to admit the inaccuracy made on the previous
move by} 21... Be7 {but, Ponomariov is consequent.}) 22. Nxf2 {Without bishops
it's easier for white to attack black's Pe6 weakness.} Rd5 23. a4 Nc4 $2 {
It's not clear what Ponomariov has missed, but after this move black's
position seems to be beyond saving.} ({Logical was} 23... Kf7 24. axb5 axb5 25.
Ra7 R8d7 {keeping worse, but defendable position.}) 24. axb5 axb5 25. Rxe6 Nxb2
26. Rc6 Rd2 (26... R8d7 27. Ra7 $18 {[%csl Rc7]}) 27. Rxc7 Rc2 28. h4 Na4 29.
Ne4 {White's centralized knight is extremely strong and it's also restricting
the opponent's knight.} h6 30. c4 Kh8 31. h5 {Black is actually in zugzwang.
Black can not move neither his Rc2, nor his knight due to penetration of
white's Ra1.} Rb8 (31... Nc3 32. Nd6 $1 Rf8 (32... Rxd6 $2 33. Ra8+ Kh7 34.
Rcc8 {mating.}) 33. Raa7 $18) 32. Kh2 Rf8 33. Rc6 Nb2 34. cxb5 {Two extra
pawns promise white an easy win.} Rxc6 35. bxc6 Rc8 36. Rc1 Rc7 37. Nd6 Nd3 38.
Nb5 Rc8 39. Rc3 1-0

[Event "Minneapolis HB Global op"]
[Site "Minneapolis"]
[Date "2005.05.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Black "Kaufman, Larry C"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2367"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2005.05.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Be3 ({The main alternative is} 9. Nbd2) 9... Be7 10. c3 O-O 11. Nbd2 Qd7
12. Re1 f5 $6 {A typical move, but a rare one in this particular position.} ({
The main line goes with} 12... Rad8 13. Bc2 {and here black has the following
choice: a] 13...Nxd2 12.Qxd2 Bf5 - Khalifman,A-Mikhalevski,V/Linares 1997/CBM
058 [Hansen,Cu] b] 13...Bf5 - Bruzon,L-Ponomariov,R/Calvia 2004/CBM 104 
[Postny,E] c] 13...f5 - The most popular continuation. See the encounter
Kasparov,G-Shirov,A/Izmir 2004/CBM 104 [Postny,E]}) 13. exf6 Nxf6 14. a4 $1
$146 {A typical push to emphasize Black's defects in the queenside pawn
structure.} (14. Qe2 Bd6 15. a4 Na5 16. Bc2 Nc4 17. axb5 axb5 18. Rxa8 Rxa8 19.
Nxc4 bxc4 20. Bd4 Bf5 21. Bxf6 gxf6 22. Bxf5 Qxf5 23. g3 $16 {1-0 Korneev,
O-Cruz Lopez,C/Mondariz 1999 (37)}) (14. Bc2 Bf5 15. Bxf5 Qxf5 16. Nf1 Ne4 17.
Ng3 Nxg3 18. hxg3 Rad8 19. a4 b4 20. Qe2 bxc3 21. bxc3 Qc8 22. Rad1 Bf6 23. Bg5
h6 24. Qe6+ Qxe6 25. Rxe6 hxg5 26. Rxc6 $14 {1/2-1/2 Carlsen,M-Krasenkow,M/
Sanxenxo 2004 (37)}) 14... Kh8 $6 (14... Bd6 15. Ng5 $36) (14... Bf5 $5 {
might be an improvement for Black.}) 15. Qe2 {[%csl Rb5,Re6]} b4 (15... Na5 16.
Bd4 (16. Bg5 $6 Nxb3 17. Nxb3 Ne4 18. Bxe7 Qxe7 19. axb5 Bg4 {and Black has
counterchances.}) 16... Nxb3 17. Nxb3 Ne4 18. Ne5 Qd6 19. axb5 Bh4 20. g3 Bf6
21. Qh5 Bxe5 22. Qxe5 Qxe5 23. Bxe5 $16) 16. a5 $1 {[%csl Ra6] Fixing black's
Pa6 as a target. The idea of Bb3-a4 is annoying for black as well.} bxc3 17.
bxc3 Nd8 {This move looks rather passive, but the alternatives are hardly
better.} (17... Bg4 18. Ba4 $16) (17... Bg8 18. Ba4 Qd6 19. Bf4 Qxf4 20. Bxc6
$18 {[%csl Ra8,Re7]}) (17... Bd6 18. Ba4) 18. c4 $1 {White's pieces are far
better placed than the black ones. Therefore, opening up the centre is a
correct decision.} Bd6 $2 {Allowing White to cramp Black's position completely.
} (18... c5 {was the least of the evils for black.}) 19. c5 Be7 20. Bd4 $18 {
White has enormous space advantage and his pieces are far better coordinated.
Black's position is already lost.} Ng8 21. Ne5 Qc8 22. Qh5 {[%cal Ge5g6]} Rf6
23. Re3 Rh6 24. Qe8 Bf6 ({Slightly more stubborn would have been} 24... Nb7 25.
Nf7+ $140 Bxf7 26. Qxf7 Bf6 27. Bxf6 Rxf6 28. Qxd5 Rf5) 25. f4 Bxe5 26. Bxe5
Nf7 27. Qxc8 Rxc8 28. Bd4 c6 29. Bc2 Rb8 30. h3 {White is not in a hurry to
enjoy all his benefits...} Bd7 31. Bd3 {[%csl Ra6]} Rb4 32. Nf3 Nd8 33. Bxa6
Ne6 34. Ne5 {[%cal Ge5f7]} Be8 35. Ng4 Rg6 36. f5 Rxd4 37. fxg6 Nxc5 38. Rxe8
Nxa6 39. Ra8 Nc7 40. Rc8 Nb5 41. a6 1-0

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2003.02.19"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Kaidanov, Gregory S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2629"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2003.02.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 Be7 11. Bc2 d4 ({The main line is} 11... Bg4) 12. Nb3 (
12. cxd4 Nxd4 13. Nxd4 Qxd4 {- see the game Leko,P-Khalifman,A/Budapest 2000/
CBM 75 [Mikhalevski,V]}) (12. Ne4 d3 13. Nxc5 {leads to the identical position
as in the game.}) 12... d3 13. Nxc5 ({Another possibility is} 13. Bb1 {. For
instanse see the game Topalov,V-Piket,J/Lost Boys 1997/CBM 61}) 13... dxc2 14.
Qxd8+ Rxd8 15. Nxe6 fxe6 16. Be3 {The arised endgame is slightly better for
white, but black has good chances to equalize.} Rd5 17. c4 $1 {This is the
best way to create a problems for black in this endgame. Breaking black's pawn
structure on the queenside, white is opening the "c" file for his rooks as
well.} ({After} 17. Rfc1 Nxe5 18. Nxe5 Rxe5 19. Rxc2 O-O {the position is very
close to a draw, see the game Sutovsky,E-Krasenkow,M/Tan Chin Nam Cup 1999/CBM
73 [Mikhalevski,V]}) ({Also after} 17. Rac1 Nxe5 18. Nxe5 Rxe5 19. Rxc2 Kf7 20.
c4 b4 21. Rd1 Rd8 22. Rxd8 Bxd8 23. Kf1 Bg5 {white has a small edge, but black
can easily hold it, 1/2-1/2 Xie Jun-Polgar,Z/Jaen 1996/CBM 52 (46)}) 17... bxc4
18. Rac1 Nxe5 (18... Bc5 19. Rxc2 Bxe3 20. fxe3 Rc5 21. Ng5 Nd8 22. Rd2 Rd5 23.
Rfd1 Rxd2 24. Rxd2 $16 {1-0 Xie Jun-Qin Kanying/New Delhi 2000/CBM 79 ext (41)}
) 19. Nxe5 Rxe5 20. Rxc2 Rb5 $6 $146 {This is not a mistake, but a prelude...}
(20... Re4 21. Rfc1 Kd7 22. Rxc4 Rxc4 23. Rxc4 Rb8 24. Bd4 g6 25. Bc3 $14 {
1-0 Bologan,V-Korneev,O/Mondariz Balneario 2002/CBM 90 ext (68)}) 21. Rxc4 Rxb2
$2 {Probably Kaidanov has underestimated the danger to his position.} (21...
Bd6 $14) 22. Rxc7 {[%csl Gc7]} Kf7 23. g4 $1 Re8 (23... Rxa2 $2 24. Bc5 Re8 25.
Rb1 $18 {[%csl Re7]}) (23... h5 $2 24. Rd1 {and the black bishop is doomed.})
24. Rd1 Kg6 25. a4 Rb4 26. Rd4 a5 27. Rxb4 Bxb4 (27... axb4 $2 28. a5 Bf6 29.
a6 b3 30. a7 b2 31. Rb7 $18 {and the marsch of white's king to the queenside
will decide the game, while the black king is out of the game.}) 28. Kg2 Rd8
29. h4 h6 30. h5+ Kh7 {[%csl Rh7] The black king on h7 is out of the game but
30...Kf6 was not better.} (30... Kf6 31. Kf3 (31. f4 $6 {[%csl Rg7][%cal Gg4g5]
} Rd3) 31... Rd1 32. Ke4 {[%cal Yf2f4,Yg4g5]}) 31. Kf3 Rd1 32. Ke4 Rg1 33. f3 {
White's pieces are in great harmony. It does not seems, that black can save
this endgame.} Re1 34. Kd3 Rd1+ 35. Kc2 Rf1 36. f4 Bd6 (36... Rf3 37. Kd3 (37.
Bd4 $6 Rxf4 38. Rxg7+ Kh8 39. Be5 Re4 40. Bf6 Rf4 41. Rg6+ Kh7) 37... Rg3 38.
g5 {The winning plan is the same as in the text.}) 37. Rc4 Bb4 38. g5 $18 hxg5
39. fxg5 Kg8 40. g6 {The black king is now boxed in, and white is now winning,
combining the threats to black's king and Pa5.} Rf5 41. Rc8+ Bf8 42. Ra8 Rxh5
43. Bb6 Rh4 (43... Rg5 44. Bxa5 Rxg6 45. Bb4 Rf6 46. Rxf8+ Rxf8 47. Bxf8 Kxf8
48. a5 $18 {[%csl Ga5]}) 44. Rxa5 Rc4+ (44... Rg4 45. Ra8 $18) 45. Kd3 Rc6 46.
Be3 Rc8 47. Ra7 {An examplary harmony between the white pieces, with such a
limited material.} e5 48. a5 Bb4 49. Bb6 Rb8 50. Kc4 Bf8 51. Rd7 e4 52. Rd8 {
The simplest way to conclude the game. The black passed pawn will be stopped,
while the white one queens.} Rxd8 53. Bxd8 e3 54. a6 {Impressive endgame
technic by Svidler.} 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2003.01.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2633"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2003.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Nbd2 Be7 10. c3 Qd7 {A rare move in this position. The alternatives 10..
.0-0 and 10...Nc5 are far more popular.} 11. Qe2 {This continuation is
probably not very promising for white.} (11. Bc2 Bf5 12. Nd4 Bg6 {- see the
game Luther,T-Krasenkow,M/Asti 1996/CBM 57}) (11. Re1 Nc5 12. Nd4 Nxb3 13.
N2xb3 Nd8 14. f4 c5 15. f5 cxd4 16. fxe6 Nxe6 17. Nxd4 Nxd4 18. Qxd4 O-O $11 {
1/2-1/2 Plaskett,J-Krasenkow,M/Hastings 1993/CBM 33 ext (42)}) 11... Nc5 12.
Bc2 {This position can also arise after the following order of moves: 10...Nc5
11.Bc2 Qd7 12.Qe2.} Bf5 13. Nb3 Bxc2 14. Qxc2 Ne6 15. Be3 O-O 16. Rad1 f6 17.
exf6 Rxf6 $146 {This recapture is more logical, than 17...Bxf6.} (17... Bxf6
18. Rd2 Ne7 19. Nc5 Nxc5 20. Bxc5 $14 {1/2-1/2 Tancsa,R-Forgo,E/Pecs 1998/EXT
2000 (33)}) 18. Qd3 Rd8 19. Rfe1 h6 (19... Nf4 20. Bxf4 Rxf4 21. Re2 {and
white has some pressure along the central files.}) 20. Kh1 {A mistery move
from the first sight, but white is preparing 21.Bd4, which is not good right
now.} (20. Bd4 $2 Nf4 21. Qf1 Rg6 $36) 20... Bf8 (20... Qe8 21. Nbd4 $14) 21.
Bd4 (21. Rd2 $6 {[%csl Rd5][%cal Ge1d1]} Qf7 $132 {[%cal Gf6f3]}) 21... Nf4 22.
Qf1 Rf7 (22... Rg6 $6 23. g3) 23. Be3 Ng6 24. Bc5 Rf6 25. Re3 (25. Bxf8 $6
Rdxf8 26. Nc5 Qf7 {with a very strong pressure along the "f" file.}) 25... Qf7
26. Rd2 Rf5 ({There was interesting tactical possibility:} 26... Na5 27. Nxa5
Bxc5 28. Nb7 Bxe3 29. Nxd8 Qd7 30. fxe3 Qxd8 31. c4 bxc4 32. Qxc4 {=/+/=}) 27.
Nfd4 Nxd4 28. cxd4 Bd6 29. Bxd6 cxd6 $1 {[%csl Yc5,Ye5][%cal Yd6c5,Yd6e5]
Right recapture. It is important to cover the weak fields c5 and e5. The
activity of black's pieces compensates the double pawns.} 30. Nc1 {Ivanchuk is
trying to find better pastures for his knight.} b4 {Gaining some space on the
queenside and preventing the possible transfer of white's rook via the third
rank as well.} 31. f3 (31. Rc2 $5) 31... Qc7 32. Re1 a5 33. Ne2 Rf7 34. Rc1 Qb7
35. Qf2 Re8 36. Ng1 {In this approximately equal position draw was agreed.}
1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 57th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2004.11.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[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. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Nbd2 (9. Be3 {gained some popularity lately as well.}) 9... Nc5 10. c3
Be7 (10... d4 11. Ng5 {leads to a sharp fight.}) 11. Bc2 d4 {This way black is
trying to create an immediate counterplay, or to force some exchanges and
simplify to a playable endgame.} ({More popular continuation is} 11... Bg4) 12.
Nb3 (12. Ne4 d3 13. Nxc5 {might lead to the same position as after 12.Nb3. The
move in the text gives white another possibility, which took place in current
game...}) 12... d3 13. Bb1 {Svidler does not want to go for a slightly better
endgame, probably being concerned that Motylev prepared an improvement of the
game Svidler-Kaidanov...} (13. Nxc5 dxc2 14. Qxd8+ Rxd8 15. Nxe6 fxe6 16. Be3
Rd5 17. c4 bxc4 18. Rac1 Nxe5 19. Nxe5 Rxe5 20. Rxc2 $14 {1-0 Svidler,
P-Kaidanov,G/Moscow 2003/CBM 94 [Postny,E] (54)}) 13... Nxb3 14. axb3 Bf5 15.
Be3 {Black's far advanced Pd3 will not survive for long, but black has time to
create counterplay in the centre.} O-O 16. Re1 (16. Nd4 Nxd4 17. cxd4 c5 18.
Bxd3 cxd4 19. Bf4 Qd7 20. Qb1 Bg6 21. Bd2 Bxd3 22. Qxd3 f6 $132 {0-1 Luther,
T-Mikhalevski,V/Port Erin 2003/CBM 96 ext (33)}) 16... Qd5 17. Bd4 Rfd8 ({
A worthy alternative for black is:} 17... d2 18. Nxd2 (18. Re2 Bxb1 19. Rxb1
Nxd4 20. Nxd4 Bg5 21. Nf3 Bh6 22. Nxd2 Rad8 23. Qc2 Bxd2 24. Rd1 Qe6 25. Rdxd2
Rxd2 26. Qxd2 Qxb3 $11) (18. Qxd2 Bxb1 19. Raxb1 Qxb3 $11) 18... Bxb1 19. Nxb1
Nxd4 20. cxd4 b4 $1 $132 {[%csl Rb1]}) 18. Re3 Nxd4 19. cxd4 (19. Nxd4 $6 Bg6 {
[%cal Ge7g5]}) 19... c5 (19... Be4 $5 20. Bxd3 Bxf3 21. Qxf3 Qxf3 (21... Qxd4
$2 22. Bxh7+ $1 Kxh7 23. Qh5+ Kg8 24. Rh3 f5 25. e6 $18) 22. Rxf3 Rxd4 23. Bxb5
Rad8 24. Bxa6 Rd1+ 25. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 26. Bf1 Bc5 $1 {and black should hold the
endgame without much difficulties.}) 20. Bxd3 cxd4 {Winants: 'Les Noirs sont
parvenus а conserver l'йquilibre matйriel, mais leur position prйsente encore
quelque danger car le pion d4 est vulnйrable.'} 21. Re2 {This position is
critical for the evaluation of this opening line. From the first glance, black
seems to be OK. However, if white will manage to transfer his knight to a
blockade outpost d3, black will suffer...} Qe6 (21... Bxd3 $1 22. Qxd3 Rac8 {
Mikhalevski,V}) 22. h3 {Covering the g4 square.} ({et} 22. Bxf5 $6 Qxf5 23.
Nxd4 Qd7 $1 (23... Qf4 24. Rd2 Bg5 25. Rd3 Qxe5 26. Nf3 Qf6 $11) 24. Rd2 Bb4
25. Rd3 Bc5 26. Qf3 Bxd4 27. Rad1 Rac8 28. h3 Bxf2+ 29. Kxf2 Qa7+ $15) 22...
Rac8 $1 $146 {This obvious move is definitely better than the previously
played 22...Rd5.} (22... Rd5 $6 23. Ne1 $1 a5 ({Surtout pas} 23... Rxe5 $2 24.
Rxe5 Qxe5 25. Qf3 $18 {[%csl Ra8,Rf5] avec attaque double.}) 24. Bxf5 Qxf5 25.
Nd3 $14 {1-0 Topalov,V-Piket,J/Antwerp 1997/CBM 61/[Winants] (35)}) 23. Ne1 Rc6
24. Qb1 $6 ({Why not simply to put the knight on d3?} 24. Bxf5 Qxf5 25. Nd3)
24... Bxd3 {[%csl Rb3]} 25. Qxd3 h6 26. f4 Qc8 27. Nf3 $4 {Just a big blunder..
.} ({After the normal prophylactic move} 27. Kh2 {white's chances seems to me
slightly preferable.}) 27... Rc1+ 28. Re1 (28. Rxc1 Qxc1+ {[%csl Rf4][%cal
Gc1f4]}) {[%tqu "En","Please enter a move for black.","","","c8c2","The
decisive penetration. This move was probably missed by Svidler, when playing
27.Nf3.",10]} 28... Qc2 $1 {The decisive penetration. This move was probably
missed by Svidler, when playing 27.Nf3.} 29. Qxc2 Rxc2 30. e6 {Desperately
trying to create a counterplay, but Motylev did not miss his chance.} fxe6 31.
Rxe6 Bc5 32. Kh2 d3 {Black's passed pawn is simply unstoppable.} 33. Rd1 d2 34.
Kg3 Rd3 35. Kg4 Bb4 36. Re8+ Kh7 37. f5 Rc1 38. Ne5 {[%cal Ge5g6] The last
chance to create a mating net.} Re3 0-1

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2003.02.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Efimenko, Zahar"]
[Black "Kaidanov, Gregory S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2629"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2003.02.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Be3 Be7 10. c3 O-O 11. Re1 {A rare continuation in this particular
position. 11.Nbd2 is the usual move here.} Na5 {Black is trying to seize the
initiative on the spot.} (11... Qd7 12. Nbd2 {transposes to one of the main
lines.}) 12. Bc2 (12. Nd4 Nxb3 (12... c5 $5) 13. axb3 Bd7 14. b4 c6 15. Nd2
Nxd2 16. Qxd2 $14 {1-0 Maletin,P-Bagretsov,A/Moscow 2002/CBM 88 ext (36)})
12... Nc4 13. Bc1 $6 {This move is too optimistic, to say the least.} (13. Qc1
Bg4 14. Nd4 Bd7 15. Bf4 c5 16. Nf3 Bc6 (16... f6 $142) 17. b3 Nb6 18. Qe3 Re8
19. Nbd2 $14 {0-1 Sulejmanova,A-Antoshkova,T/Ufa 1996/EXT 2002 (54)}) 13... Bc5
14. Nd4 $2 {This is already the decisive mistake. White has certainly
overlooked black's next move.} ({The least of the evils for white would have
been} 14. Bxe4 dxe4 15. Nd4 $15) {[%tqu "En","Find the strongest continuation
for black.","","","e4f2","This typical strike is particurlarly strong here. A
very instructive punishment for white's inadequate opening play.",15,"c4e5","",
0]} 14... Nxf2 $1 $146 {[%mdl 72] This typical strike is particurlarly strong
here. A very instructive punishment for white's inadequate opening play.} (
14... Nxe5 $2 15. f3 Qh4 16. fxe4 Ng4 17. h3 Nf2 18. Qe2 Nxh3+ 19. gxh3 Qg3+
20. Kh1 Bxd4 21. cxd4 $18 {0-1 Wainwright-Lasker,Ed/London 1914 (45)}) 15. Kxf2
Qh4+ 16. Kg1 ({After} 16. Kf1 f6 {[%csl Rf1] white can not survive the attack.}
) 16... Bg4 {[%csl Rd1,Re1] The point of the combination. Black wins material.}
17. Re2 (17. g3 Bxd1 18. gxh4 Bxc2 $19) ({White could provide more stubborn
resistance after} 17. Bxh7+ $1 Kxh7 18. Qc2+ Kg8 19. Qf2) 17... Bxe2 18. Qxe2
Bxd4+ 19. cxd4 Qxd4+ 20. Qf2 Qxf2+ 21. Kxf2 Nxe5 {Black's material advantage
is enough for a win.} 22. Bf4 Rfe8 23. Nc3 Rad8 24. h3 $2 {Another mistake,
which simplifies the winning process for black.} (24. Rd1) 24... d4 25. Ne4 Ng6
{Now white is unable to avoid further material losses.} 26. Bg5 (26. Bxc7 Rc8
27. Nd6 Rxc7 28. Bxg6 Rd8 $19) 26... Rd5 27. h4 d3 28. Bb3 Rf5+ 29. Ke3 Rfe5
30. Kxd3 Rxe4 31. Rf1 Nh8 {An important defensive resource. White's further
resistance is pointless.} 32. Bd5 Re1 33. Rxe1 Rxe1 34. b4 Ng6 35. Kd4 h6 36.
Bd2 Rd1 37. Kc3 Nxh4 38. Bb7 Nf5 39. Bxa6 Nd6 0-1

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 2nd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2007.11.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2007.11.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Nbd2 Be7 10. c3 O-O 11. Re1 {Recently, this half-forgotten move has
come back to top level tournaments.} ({In the last few years, the discussion
has been mainly around the following line:} 11. Bc2 f5 12. Nb3 Qd7 13. Nbd4
Nxd4 14. Nxd4 c5 15. Nxe6 Qxe6 16. f3 Ng5 {Black has achieved reasonable
practical results.}) 11... Nc5 12. Nd4 (12. Bc2 {is a normal alternative, but
then Black can push} d4 {with good chances to equalise.}) 12... Nxd4 {In my
opinion, this exchange is a strategical concession, because it helps White to
strenghten his centre and get an open c-file at his disposal. Black, for his
part, is counting on a pair of bishops in the long run. Still, the alternative
12...Qd7 seems to me a more flexible continuation.} (12... Qd7 13. Bc2 Bg4 14.
f3 Bh5 15. Nf5 $6 {White should keep up the blockade on d4.} (15. N2b3 {
looks much more solid.}) 15... Bg6 16. g4 $6 {Consequently continuing the
dubious idea.} d4 $1 {A typical strike in the centre.} 17. cxd4 Bxf5 18. Bxf5
Qxd4+ 19. Kg2 Nxe5 20. Nb3 Qxd1 21. Rxd1 Na4 $17 {1/2-1/2 Shirov,A (2739)
-Ivanchuk,V (2787)/Moscow 2007/EXT 2008 (53)}) 13. cxd4 Nd3 (13... Nxb3 14.
Nxb3 {Now, Black is not able to make the c7-c5 thrust. The Pc7 will be weak
forever.} a5 15. Qc2 Qd7 16. Bd2 Bf5 17. Nc5 Bxc2 18. Nxd7 Rfd8 19. Rac1 Bf5
20. Nc5 {with a stable advantage for White. 1-0 Svidler,P (2732)-Sutovsky,E 
(2655)/Crete 2007/CBM 121 (62)}) 14. Re3 Nxc1 15. Rxc1 c5 $1 {Without this
strike Black won't get out of the pressure. On the other hand, the whole line
seems to be in White's favour.} (15... Rc8 $6 16. Rc6 Qd7 17. Rec3 {with
strong pressure along the c-file.}) 16. dxc5 Rc8 17. Rec3 $6 $146 {In the
previous games White achieved a pleasant advantage by the prosaic 17.Rd3.} (17.
Rd3 Qc7 (17... Rxc5 18. Rxc5 Bxc5 19. Ne4 Ba7 20. Bxd5 Qh4 21. g3 Qh3 22. Bxe6
Qxe6 23. Rd5 $16 {1/2-1/2 Luther,T (2575)-De Vreugt,D (2504)/Santo Domingo
2003/CBM 097 ext (61)}) 18. Bxd5 Bxc5 19. Nb3 Qb6 20. Nxc5 Rxc5 21. Rxc5 Qxc5
22. h3 $16 {0-1 Geller,E-Suetin,A/Moscow 1950/URS-ch (35)}) 17... b4 (17... d4
18. Rd3 Rxc5 19. Bxe6 fxe6 20. Nf3 $14) 18. R3c2 $1 {Shirov is ready to
sacrifice an exchange.} Bf5 19. c6 Bxc2 20. Rxc2 {In this position White has
more than enough compensation for the exchange. His passed Pc6 is very strong.
Soon, the knight will be transfered to an ideal blockading square d4.} Qa5 (
20... Qb6 21. Ba4 $14 {and White keeps his strong passed pawn.} (21. Bxd5 $6
Qd4 22. Bf3 Qxe5 {helps Black to achieve central and open lines for his major
pieces.})) ({But, Black could still be pretty much in the game after} 20... d4
$1 21. e6 d3 22. exf7+ Kh8) 21. Nf3 Rfd8 22. Nd4 g6 23. e6 $1 {Everything is
ready for an attack on the light squares.} Bf6 24. exf7+ Kxf7 25. h4 $6 {
Making 'luft' for the king secures White from getting mated along the back
rank, but actually this is a waste of time.} (25. Qg4 Re8 26. Qd7+ Kg8 27. Re2
$1 (27. Bxd5+ $2 Kh8 {[%csl Rd4,Re1]}) 27... Red8 28. Qe6+ Kg7 29. Qg4 Kf7 30.
Ne6 Rxc6 31. Nxd8+ Qxd8 32. Qxb4 Rc1+ 33. Re1 Qb6 34. Qd2 Rxe1+ 35. Qxe1 Bxb2
36. Bxd5+ Kf8 {Black might hold this endgame with accurate defence, counting
on the opposite coloured bishops.}) 25... Qb6 26. Rd2 Rd6 $2 {Carlsen
definitely missed Shirov's reply. It was necessary to eliminate the knight.} (
26... Bxd4 27. Rxd4 Rxc6 28. Rxd5 Ke7 $1 {An important defensive resourse. The
Steinitz principle is working! The king is able to defend himself in the
centre. Black keeps the balance.} 29. Qe1+ Re6 30. Re5 Rxe5 31. Qxe5+ Kd7 32.
Qg7+ Kc8 33. Qxh7 Rf8 34. Qe7 Qxf2+ 35. Kh2 Qf4+ 36. Kh3 Qf5+ $11) {[%tqu "En",
"Black's last move was a mistake. How can White exploit it?","","","d4f5",
"Such tactical punches are meat and drink to Shirov!",10]} 27. Nf5 $1 {[%mdl
64] Such tactical punches are meat and drink to Shirov!} Rdxc6 (27... gxf5 28.
Rxd5 Rxd5 29. Qxd5+ Kg7 30. Qf7+ Kh6 31. Qxf6+ Kh5 32. Bd1# {The point of 27.
Nf5.}) 28. Bxd5+ (28. Rxd5 $2 Kf8 $1) 28... Kf8 29. Bxc6 Rxc6 (29... Qxc6 30.
Rd6 $18 {[%csl Rc6,Rf6]}) 30. Ne3 Bxh4 31. Qf3+ Rf6 $2 {This move leaves the
bishop totally misplaced on h4 and loses outright.} ({It was still possible to
put up very stubborn resistance after} 31... Bf6 32. Ng4 Re6 33. Rd7 Qc6 34.
Rf7+ Kxf7 35. Ne5+ Rxe5 36. Qxc6 Re6) 32. Qa8+ Kg7 33. Qe4 {[%csl Rh4][%cal
Ge4e7]} b3 {Desperation, but there is nothing else he can do.} 34. axb3 (34.
axb3 Bg5 35. Qe7+ Kh6 36. Ng4+ $18) 1-0

[Event "Ismailia Misr 2nd"]
[Site "Ismailia"]
[Date "2004.08.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Timoshenko, Georgy"]
[Black "Amin, Bassem"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2536"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2004.08.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "EGY"]
[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. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Be3 {A solid continuation which usually yields white only a minimal
advantage.} Be7 (9... Nc5 $6 10. Nc3 Nxb3 11. cxb3 $1 $14 {Ponomariov,
R-Kortschnoj,V/Donetsk 2001/CBM 81}) (9... Bc5 {--> 1-0 Akopian,V-Adianto,U/
Tripoli 2004/CBM 102 [Postny,E] (43)}) 10. c3 Qd7 (10... O-O 11. Nbd2 (11. Re1
Na5 {--> 0-1 Efimenko,Z-Kaidanov,G/Moscow 2003/CBM 94 [Postny,E] (39)}) 11...
Bg4 {--> 1/2-1/2 Sadvakasov,D-Kortschnoj,V/Astana 2003/CBM 93 [Postny,E] (44)})
11. Nbd2 O-O 12. Re1 ({Does not create any problems for black:} 12. Bc2 {
--> 0-1 Ganguly,S-Nielsen,P/Tripoli 2004/CBM 102 [Postny,E] (29)}) 12... Rad8 {
This position can arise after various orders of moves, for example: white can
play c2-c3 before Bc1-e3, or black can play Ra8-d8 before castling etc...} ({
A rare, but possible alternative is:} 12... Kh8 {--> 1/2-1/2 Ivanchuk,
V-Krasenkow,M/Lvov 2000/CBM 77 [Mikhalevski,V] (59)}) 13. Bc2 f5 {This move is
the most principled one, since it gives black more space. White is practically
forced now to take "en passant", because Ne4 is very strong.} ({After} 13...
Nxd2 14. Qxd2 Bf5 15. Rad1 Bxc2 16. Qxc2 {white gets small, but stable
advantage. For example see the annotated game Golod,V-Mikhalevski,V/Beersheba
1997/CBM 58 [Mikhalevski,V]}) 14. exf6 Nxf6 15. a4 {Opening the "a" file for
the rook.} (15. Qb1 {--> 1-0 Stefansson,H-Gretarsson,H/Reykjavik 1995/CBM 49 
[Ftacnik] (49)}) (15. h3 {--> 1/2-1/2 De Toledo,J-Sorin,A/Americana 1997/CBM
61 [Mikhalevski,V] (29)}) (15. Ng5 Bf5 16. Bxf5 Qxf5 17. Qb1 Qd7 18. Bf4 Bd6 (
18... Rfe8 $142) 19. Bxd6 Qxd6 20. Re6 Qd7 21. Nb3 d4 22. Nc5 Qd5 23. Rxf6 Rxf6
24. Qxh7+ Kf8 25. Qh8+ Qg8 26. Nh7+ Ke7 27. Qxg8 Rxg8 28. Re1+ Kf7 29. Nxf6
gxf6 30. Nxa6 $18 {1-0 Sadvakasov,D-Nielsen,P/Copenhagen 2004/CBM 101 ext (37)}
) 15... Bd6 $6 {This natural move is probably the source for black's troubles.}
(15... Bf5 16. axb5 axb5 17. Bxf5 Qxf5 18. Ra6 Nb8 19. Ra5 b4 20. Bc5 Bxc5 21.
Rxc5 bxc3 22. bxc3 {1/2-1/2 Brodsky,M-Ernst,S/Dieren 2001/CBM 83 ext (22)}) ({
Deserves further investigation} 15... Ng4) 16. axb5 axb5 17. Bd3 Rb8 18. Qe2 {
[%csl Rb5]} Nd8 $146 (18... Ne7 $2 19. Ba7 {[%csl Rb8,Re6]} Rb7 20. Qxe6+ Qxe6
21. Rxe6 Ra8 22. Rae1 Raxa7 23. Rxe7 Bxe7 24. Rxe7 $18 {1/2-1/2 Timoshenko,
G-Mikhalevski,V/Kiev 1995/CBM 51 (64)}) 19. b4 $1 $14 {Fixing the
pawnstructure on the queenside.} Bg4 {This move is not to the point.} ({
It's recommended for black to exchange the light-squared bishops by} 19... Bf5)
20. h3 Bh5 $2 {Black is insisting to keep the pin on the h5-d1 diagonal, which
gives him absolutely nothing.} ({It was the last chance to go for the correct} 
20... Bf5) 21. Qf1 $1 {Unpinning the knight.} c6 ({Probably the least of the
evils for black was} 21... Bxf3 $5 22. Nxf3 Ne4) 22. Nd4 Bc7 $2 {Another
mistake. It was necessary to keep the c7 square for the queen.} (22... Qc7 $16)
23. Bf5 {This manoeuvre became possible after black has transfered his bishop
to a useless h5 square.} Qf7 (23... Qd6 24. g3 {[%cal Ge3f4]} Rf7 25. Ra7 $18)
24. Ra6 {Black is not able to prevent material losses.} g6 {[%csl Rh5] An ugly
move, especially when it leaves the Bh5 with no place to retreat. On the other
hand, there was no significant improvement anyway.} 25. Bd3 Qd7 26. Nxc6 $1 {
White had numerous attractive continuations, but this is the most effective
one.} Nxc6 27. Bxb5 Rxb5 (27... Qd6 28. g3 $18) 28. Qxb5 Nb8 29. Qxd7 Nfxd7 30.
Ra7 Be5 31. Bh6 ({Also winning was the immediate} 31. g4) 31... Rc8 (31... Bxc3
32. g4 $18) 32. g4 Bxc3 33. Rc1 Ne5 34. gxh5 ({Quicker was} 34. Rg7+ $1 Kh8 35.
Rb7) 34... Nf7 (34... Nd3 35. Rxc3 Rxc3 36. Nf3 {[%csl Rg8] with a mating
attack.}) 35. Be3 {Black is an exchange down and all his pieces are badly
coordinated. The rest is an agony.} Nc6 36. Rd7 d4 37. Ne4 $1 dxe3 38. Rxc3 e2
39. Re3 Nce5 40. Nf6+ Kg7 41. Rxe5 Rc1+ 42. Kg2 e1=Q 43. Rxe1 Rxe1 44. Nxh7 Re5
45. f4 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 14th"]
[Site "Plovdiv"]
[Date "2003.10.20"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[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 "Spain"]
[BlackTeam "Switzerland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SUI"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Nbd2 Be7 10. c3 O-O 11. Bc2 f5 12. exf6 ({Another line is} 12. Nb3 {
which is probably more promising for white, but Shirov prefers to play open
positions.}) 12... Nxf6 13. Nb3 (13. a4 b4 14. Nd4 Nxd4 15. cxd4 Bd6 16. h3 Qd7
17. Nf3 Ne4 18. Ne5 Qe7 $11 {1-0 Ricardi,P-Sorin,A/Villa Gesell 1996/CBM 52 
(34)}) (13. Ng5 {This move was popular in the past, but nowadays considered as
harmless for black. For instanse:} Bg4 14. f3 Bc8 15. Re1 Qd6 16. Qe2 Bd7 17.
Nb3 Rae8 18. Ne6 Bxe6 19. Qxe6+ Qxe6 20. Rxe6 Bd6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Kotov,
A-Averbakh,Y/Moscow 1952/MCD (43)}) 13... Bg4 14. Qd3 Qd7 {The most solid
continuation.} ({In the previous game between the same players Kortschnoj
continued with the hasty} 14... Ne4 {- see Shirov,A-Kortschnoj,V/Reykjavik
2003/CBM 94 [Kortschnoj]}) 15. a4 $146 {Logical move, putting pressure on
black's queenside pawns.} (15. Nbd4 Nxd4 16. cxd4 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 g6 18. Bh6 Rf7
19. Rae1 Ng4 20. Qh3 Bf6 21. Be3 c6 22. Bd1 {1/2-1/2 Rohde,M-Kortschnoj,V/
Beersheba 1987/CBM 05 (22)}) 15... bxa4 $6 {There was no reason to spoil the
pawnstructure right away.} ({Possible improvement is} 15... Bd6) 16. Nbd4 $1 (
16. Rxa4 $2 Bxf3 (16... Ne5 $4 17. Nxe5 Qxa4 18. Nd4 Qe8 19. Nxg4 $18) 17. Qxf3
Ne5 $17) 16... Nxd4 17. Nxd4 a3 (17... c5 18. Bxa4 Qc7 19. Nf5 $14) 18. b4 Bh5
{[%cal Gh5g6]} 19. Qf5 $1 $14 Qxf5 (19... c5 20. bxc5 Bxc5 21. Qxd7 (21. Ne6 $2
Ne4 $1 22. Qe5 (22. Qxh5 Qxe6 $15) 22... Rxf2 23. Nxc5 (23. Bxe4 $2 Rxf1+ 24.
Kxf1 Qb5+ $19) 23... Rxf1+ 24. Kxf1 Qf7+ 25. Qf4 Nxc5 $15) 21... Nxd7 22. Ne6
$14) 20. Nxf5 Rf7 21. Nxe7+ Rxe7 22. Rxa3 Be2 $1 {Transfering the bishop to
the queenside, where it will defend black's pawn weaknesses.} 23. Re1 Rae8 24.
Be3 Bb5 {[%cal Gf6g4]} 25. h3 Ne4 26. Rd1 c6 27. Kh2 {(!) This subtle move is
not particurlarly the best...} Nxf2 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} ({Possible was} 27... Kf7
{keeping slightly worse, but playable position.}) 28. Bxf2 Re2 {[%tqu "En",
"Please enter a move for white.","","","a3a2","Oops... Black is losing the
exchange and the game.",3,"a3a2","",0]} 29. Ra2 $1 $18 {Oops... Black is
losing the exchange and the game.} ({After} 29. Ra2 Bc4 30. Rb2 Rxf2 31. Bxh7+
Kxh7 32. Rxf2 {black could still force white to show some technique, but
dissappointed Kortschnoj decided to resign.}) 1-0

[Event "NED-ch58"]
[Site "Leeuwarden"]
[Date "2003.07.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nijboer, Friso"]
[Black "Ernst, Sipke"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2562"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2003.06.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 096"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Nbd2 Be7 10. c3 O-O 11. Bc2 f5 12. Nb3 (12. exf6 {- see the commented
game Shirov,A-Kortschnoj,V/Reykjavik 2003/CBM 94 [Postny]}) 12... Qd7 13. Nfd4
Nxd4 14. Nxd4 (14. cxd4 a5 15. f3 a4 16. fxe4 axb3 17. Bxb3 fxe4 18. Be3 Rxf1+
19. Qxf1 Rf8 20. Qe2 h6 21. Rf1 Rxf1+ 22. Qxf1 Qc6 23. Qe2 b4 24. Qc2 Qxc2 25.
Bxc2 Kf7 26. Ba4 Bc8 27. Bc6 Ke6 28. Kf2 Ba6 29. Bc1 Bc4 {1/2-1/2 Gruenfeld,
Y-Tal,M/Riga 1979/IZT (29)}) 14... c5 15. Nxe6 (15. Ne2 Rad8 16. Nf4 Qc6 {
- see the game Fischer,R-Unzicker,W/Piatigorsky-Cup 1966/MCL [Ftacnik]}) 15...
Qxe6 16. Re1 ({Probably more precise is} 16. f3 Ng5 17. a4 {- see the game
Ricardi,P-Sorin,A/Buenos Aires 1996/CBM 53 [Wedberg]}) 16... Rad8 17. f3 Ng5
18. a4 Qb6 $146 (18... b4 19. cxb4 c4 20. Qd4 Qc6 21. Bxg5 Bxg5 22. e6 Be7 23.
Kh1 g6 24. a5 Rd6 25. Ba4 Qb7 26. Re2 Rb8 27. Bd7 Qxb4 28. h4 h5 29. g4 $1 $14
{1/2-1/2 Milos,G-Sorin,A/Sao Paulo 1997/EXT 2001 (41)}) 19. axb5 axb5 20. Bxg5
{White should take the knight, otherwise it will be excellently placed on e6.}
Bxg5 21. f4 Be7 $11 (21... Bxf4 $6 22. e6 $36) 22. Kh1 c4 23. Qf3 b4 24. g4 {
Both sides are consequently carrying out their plans. The chances are
approximately equal.} fxg4 25. Qxg4 b3 26. Rg1 (26. Bf5 $6 g6 (26... d4 $2 27.
Rg1 Qc6+ 28. Rg2 g6 29. Be6+ Kg7 30. f5 $40) 27. Be6+ Kh8 $15) 26... g6 27.
Bxg6 $1 {[%mdl 512] I guess, that this sacrifice based mainly on intuition,
since all the consequences can hardly be calculated. On the other hand this
sacrificed is practically forced, since 27.Bb1 looks rather unattractive for
white.} (27. Bb1 $6 Bc5 $17) 27... hxg6 28. f5 d4 {[%csl Rh1]} 29. Raf1 Rf7 $1
(29... dxc3 30. f6 Qb7+ 31. Rg2 Bxf6 32. exf6 $40) (29... Qc6+ 30. Rg2 Rf7 31.
cxd4 $40) 30. Qe4 (30. f6 $2 Qc6+ 31. Rg2 Bxf6 32. Qxg6+ Rg7 33. Rxf6 Qxg2+ $1
34. Kxg2 dxc3 $19) 30... Kh8 31. Rf3 $6 ({The immediate} 31. f6 {was
preferable.}) 31... Rh7 $1 {[%cal Gh7h1]} 32. f6 (32. Rxg6 Qa7 33. f6 dxc3 $17)
32... Bxf6 $6 ({The critical line was} 32... Bc5 33. e6 Qc7 {[%csl Rh2]} 34. h3
dxc3 35. e7 Bxe7 36. fxe7 Qxe7 37. Qxc4 c2 $17) 33. Rxf6 Qb7 34. Rc6 {White is
avoiding the exchange of queens, but the draw is already inevitable.} dxc3 35.
Qxg6 Rf8 36. bxc3 b2 37. Rd1 Qe7 (37... Qf7 38. Qxf7 Rhxf7 39. Rg1 $8 $11) 38.
Rf6 Rd8 39. Rxd8+ Qxd8 40. Rf1 Qa8+ 41. Qg2 Qxg2+ 42. Kxg2 (42. Kxg2 Rg7+ 43.
Kh3 $8 Rg5 44. Rb1 Rxe5 45. Rxb2 Re3+ $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 20th"]
[Site "Izmir"]
[Date "2004.10.05"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2813"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[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 "Ekaterinburg Max Ven"]
[BlackTeam "Sarajevo Bosna"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BIH"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 {Shirov already played
this opening against Kasparov in Linares 2001, and without success. Now he
decided to give it another try...} 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. Be3 {
This solid line regained his popularity recently.} ({In Linares 2001 Kasparov
went for the more principled} 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 d4 11. Ng5 {. However, few
recent games showed, that black can equalize in this case.}) 9... Be7 (9... Bc5
{--> 1-0 Akopian,V-Adianto,U/Tripoli 2004/CBM 102 [Postny,E] (43)}) 10. c3 Qd7
(10... O-O 11. Nbd2 Bg4 (11... Qd7 12. Re1 Rad8 {leads to the same position as
in after 10...Qd7.}) 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Qd5 Qxd5 14. Bxd5 exf3 15. Bxc6 fxg2 16.
Rfc1 Rab8 {--> 1/2-1/2 Sadvakasov,D-Kortschnoj,V/Astana 2003/CBM 93 [Postny,E]
(44)}) 11. Nbd2 Rd8 12. Re1 O-O {leads to the same position as in after 10...
Qd7.} 13. Bc2 f5 ({After} 13... Nxd2 14. Qxd2 Bf5 15. Rad1 Bxc2 16. Qxc2 {
white gets small, but stable advantage. For example see the annotated game
Golod,V-Mikhalevski,V/Beersheba 1997/CBM 58 [Mikhalevski,V]}) ({In the next
round of the same tournament Shirov came to the same position as white, but
did not achieve much after:} 13... Bf5 $5 14. Nxe4 Bxe4 15. Bxe4 dxe4 16. Qxd7
Rxd7 17. e6 fxe6 18. Nd2 Ne5 19. Nxe4 Nd3 20. Re2 Rf5 21. g3 Kf7 22. a4 h6 23.
axb5 axb5 24. Ra6 Re5 25. f3 Red5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Shirov,A-Mamedyarov,S/Izmir
2004/CBM 104 (32)}) 14. exf6 Nxf6 15. a4 (15. Qb1 {--> 1-0 Stefansson,
H-Gretarsson,H/Reykjavik 1995/CBM 49 [Ftacnik] (49)}) (15. h3 {--> 1/2-1/2 De
Toledo,J-Sorin,A/Americana 1997/CBM 61 [Mikhalevski,V] (29)}) (15. Ng5 Bf5 16.
Bxf5 Qxf5 17. Qb1 Qd7 18. Bf4 Bd6 (18... Rfe8 $142) 19. Bxd6 Qxd6 20. Re6 Qd7
21. Nb3 d4 22. Nc5 Qd5 23. Rxf6 Rxf6 24. Qxh7+ Kf8 25. Qh8+ Qg8 26. Nh7+ Ke7
27. Qxg8 Rxg8 28. Re1+ Kf7 29. Nxf6 gxf6 30. Nxa6 $18 {1-0 Sadvakasov,
D-Nielsen,P/Copenhagen 2004/CBM 101 ext (37)}) 15... Ng4 {'N!?' I mentioned
this move in my comments to the game Timoshenko-Amin. So, now it's a real test
of this novelty!} (15... Bd6 $6 {- see the annotated game Timoshenko,G-Amin,B/
Ismailia 2004/CBM 103 [Postny,E] (1-0,45)}) (15... Bf5 16. axb5 axb5 17. Bxf5
Qxf5 18. Ra6 Nb8 19. Ra5 b4 20. Bc5 Bxc5 21. Rxc5 bxc3 22. bxc3 {1/2-1/2
Brodsky,M-Ernst,S/Dieren 2001/CBM 83 ext (22)}) 16. axb5 axb5 17. Bd4 {Opening
the "e" file for the rook.} Nxd4 (17... Bd6 $2 18. Bxh7+ $1 Kxh7 19. Rxe6 {
[%cal Gf3g5]} Nxd4 (19... Bxh2+ 20. Nxh2 Qxe6 21. Nxg4 $18) 20. cxd4 Qxe6 (
20... Kg8 $142) 21. Ng5+ Kg8 22. Nxe6 Bxh2+ 23. Kh1 Nxf2+ 24. Kxh2 Nxd1 25.
Rxd1 $18) (17... Bf5 18. Bxf5 Qxf5 19. h3 $16) 18. Nxd4 Qd6 {'!' The only
reasonable continuation.} (18... Nxf2 $2 19. Qh5 Ne4 20. Nxe4 Bg4 21. Nf6+ Rxf6
22. Qxh7+ Kf7 23. Rf1 $18) (18... Bh4 $2 19. g3 Nxf2 20. Qh5 Nh3+ 21. Kg2 Rf2+
22. Kh1 $18) (18... Bd6 $2 19. N2f3 {[%csl Re6][%cal Gc2h7]}) 19. N2f3 Bd7 20.
h3 Nxf2 ({Of course, Shirov did not want to suffer after} 20... Nf6 21. Ne5)
21. Kxf2 Bh4+ {'?' This obvious check is a mistake!} ({The right move was} 
21... c5 $1 22. Qd3 (22. Nb3 $2 Rxf3+ 23. Qxf3 Rf8 24. Ra8 Rxa8 25. Rxe7 Qxe7
26. Qxd5+ Qf7+ $17) (22. Ne2 $2 {[%tqu "En","How to exploit the vulnerable
position of white's king?","","","f8f3","",10]} Rxf3+ $1 23. gxf3 Qh2+ 24. Ke3
Bg5+ 25. f4 Re8+ $19) (22. Kg1 $5 cxd4 23. Nxd4 {with approximate equality.}) (
22. Rxe7 Qxe7 23. Ne2 d4 $1 $15 {[%cal Gd7c6]}) 22... g6 23. Kg1 (23. Nxb5 $6
Bxb5 24. Qxb5 Bh4+ 25. Kg1 Rxf3 $1 $15) (23. Rxe7 Qxe7 {with advantage for
black. Now} 24. Nxb5 {is losing to} (24. Ne2 Bf5 $17 {now the drawback of 22.
Qd3 is clear.}) {[%tqu "En","Please enter a move for black.","","","f8f3","",
10]} 24... Rxf3+ $1 25. gxf3 Qh4+ 26. Ke2 Re8+ 27. Kd2 Qg5+ 28. f4 Qxf4+ 29.
Kd1 Bxb5 30. Qxd5+ Kh8 $19) 23... cxd4 24. Nxd4 $11) 22. Kg1 Bxe1 23. Qxe1 c5 {
Now it's too late already...} 24. Nb3 Bxh3 {Probably Shirov was counting on
this move, but now the position transforms to a bad endgame for black.} ({
The alternatives does not solve black's problems:} 24... Rde8 25. Qf2) (24...
Bf5 25. Bxf5 Rxf5 26. Qe3 {[%csl Rc5]}) 25. Ng5 Bf5 26. Bxf5 Rxf5 27. Qe6+ Qxe6
28. Nxe6 Re8 29. Nbxc5 {At the end of the storm white got a winning position
thanks to a superb coordination of his pieces. Still, white has to play
precisely.} Re5 30. Ra6 {'!'} (30. Nd4 $6 {allows black to exchange the rooks
and get some survival chances:} Re1+ 31. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 32. Kf2 Rc1) 30... Re2 31.
b4 Rc2 32. Ra7 {Kasparov does not care about the Pc3, but goes for the
decisive attack.} Rxc3 33. Rxg7+ Kh8 34. Rd7 Rc4 35. Ng5 {'!'} Rxb4 36. Nce6 {
Threatening mate in three.} Rh4 37. g3 (37. Rg7 $2 {[%cal Gg5f7]} Rxe6 38. Nxe6
Re4 39. Re7 Kg8 $11) 37... Rh5 38. Kg2 b4 {'?' Loses immediatly.} ({The only
move was} 38... d4 {setting free the 5th rank for the rook.} 39. g4 Rh4 40. Kg3
Rh1 41. Nxd4 $18) 39. Nf7+ Kg8 40. Nf4 {The rook is trapped.} 1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Tripoli"]
[Date "2004.06.20"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Ganguly, Surya Shekhar"]
[Black "Nielsen, Peter Heine"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2582"]
[BlackElo "2628"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[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. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Be3 {In this line white usually prevents black's counterplay connected
with d5-d4 thrust. On the other hand, white's bishop on e3 is sometimes
misplaced. More popular continuation is 9.Nbd2.} Be7 10. c3 O-O 11. Nbd2 Qd7 ({
Another reliable continuation is} 11... Bg4 {--> 1/2-1/2 Sadvakasov,
D-Kortschnoj,V/Astana 2003/CBM 93 [Postny,E] (44)}) 12. Bc2 {This line is
probably not so promising for white.} (12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Bxe6 Qxe6 14. Nd4 Qd5
15. Nxc6 Qxc6 16. Qg4 Rad8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Nunn,J-Holzke,F/Germany 2002/EXT 2003 
(29)}) ({Another theoretical line goes with} 12. Re1 Rad8) 12... f5 {The only
way to support the knight, since the exchange on d2 is clearly in white's
favour.} 13. exf6 Nxf6 14. Qb1 {The idea of this move is to put pressure on
black's kingside, as well as to prevent the exchange of light-squared bishops
after Be6-f5.} (14. Re1 Bd6 15. Nf1 Bf5 16. Ng3 Bxg3 17. hxg3 Rae8 $11 {
1-0 Frolov,A-Mikhalevski,V/Kiev 1995/CBM 51 (70)}) (14. h3 Bf5 15. Bxf5 Qxf5
16. Nb3 Ne4 17. Nbd4 Nxd4 18. Nxd4 Qg6 19. Qg4 Qxg4 20. hxg4 $11 {1-0 Kamsky,
G-Piket,J/Monte Carlo 1995/CBM 46 ext (50)}) 14... Kh8 15. Ng5 $6 {This active
move is a source for white's problems.} (15. Bg5 Bd6 16. Bh4 Ng4 17. Bg3 Bxg3
18. hxg3 Bf5 19. Nb3 Bxc2 20. Qxc2 Qf7 $15 {1/2-1/2 Lanka,Z-Mikhalevski,V/
Baile Herculane 1994/EXT 97 (56)}) (15. Bf4 Ne4 16. Be3 Nf6 17. Bg5 Bd6 18. Bh4
Rae8 19. a4 b4 20. Bd3 Ne5 21. Nxe5 Bxe5 22. Nf3 Bd6 $15 {0-1 Socko,
B-Krasenkow,M/Warsaw 2002/CBM 89 (52)}) 15... Ng4 $1 {This strong move,
introduced by Ivan Sokolov against Zoltan Almasi (see below) gives black
excellent game. It appears that black can ignore white's threat on h7 point.} (
15... Bg8 $6 16. Bf5 Qd8 17. Ndf3 Bd6 18. Qc2 $14 {1/2-1/2 Sax,G-Rodriguez,R/
Moscow 1982/IZT (51)}) 16. Nxh7 $2 $146 {Actually falling into a trap.} (16.
Ngf3 Qd6 17. Re1 Rxf3 18. Nxf3 Nce5 19. Nd2 Nc4 20. Nf1 Rf8 21. Bd1 Ncxe3 22.
fxe3 Rxf1+ 23. Kxf1 Qxh2 24. Bf3 Ne5 25. Qd1 Bh4 26. Rc1 Bg4 {0-1 Almasi,
Z-Sokolov,I/Wijk aan Zee 1995/CBM 46 [Wedberg] (26)}) ({Comes to consideration
} 16. Nxe6 Qxe6 17. Re1 {trying to simplify the position.}) {[%tqu "En","How
should black continue?","","","f8f5","As simple as strong. The Nh7 is trapped
and white will be forced to part with all his active light pieces very soon...
",10]} 16... Rf5 $1 $17 {[%csl Rh7] As simple as strong. The Nh7 is trapped
and white will be forced to part with all his active light pieces very soon...}
17. Qd1 Nxe3 18. fxe3 g6 19. a4 (19. Bxf5 Bxf5 20. e4 dxe4 21. Nxe4 Qxd1 22.
Raxd1 Kxh7 {and pair of black's bishops worth more than white's rook + pawn.})
19... b4 {Correctly preventing from white the opening of the "a" file. The Nh7
is going nowhere.} 20. cxb4 Nxb4 21. Bxf5 Bxf5 22. Nf3 $6 ({The best practical
attempt was} 22. e4 dxe4 23. Nxe4 $1 Qxd1 24. Raxd1 Bxe4 25. Rd7 {with some
survival chances.}) 22... Kxh7 {[%csl Gb4,Gd7,Ge7,Gf5] Materially speaking,
the position is approximately equal, however white has no chance to survive,
since black's pieces control the whole board.} 23. Rc1 c5 24. h3 Qe6 25. Qd2
Rc8 26. h4 (26. e4 Bxe4 27. Ng5+ Bxg5 28. Qxg5 Kg7 $19) 26... Kg8 27. Ng5 Qe5
28. b3 Bd6 29. Rf4 d4 {White resigned, because his position is totally
collapsing.} 0-1

[Event "RUS-chT 12th"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2005.04.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Black "Sorokin, Maxim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2005.04.19"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Saransk TPS"]
[BlackTeam "Samara Yunilain"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 Be7 ({Other theoretical continuations are:} 10... d4) (
10... Bg4) 11. Bc2 d4 12. Nb3 d3 13. Nxc5 {This is a safe choice. White gets a
slightly preferable endgame by force.} ({A more ambitious continuation is} 13.
Bb1) 13... dxc2 14. Qxd8+ Rxd8 15. Nxe6 fxe6 16. Be3 Rd5 17. Rfc1 {This move
is more accurate than 17.Rac1, since it sets the square f1 free for the white
king, as well as the rook on a1 might support a2-a4 push in some case.} (17. c4
bxc4 18. Rac1 Nxe5 19. Nxe5 Rxe5 20. Rxc2 {- see the annotated game Svidler,
P-Kaidanov,G/Moscow 2003/CBM 94 [Postny,E]}) 17... Nxe5 18. Nxe5 Rxe5 19. Rxc2
(19. Bd4 Rg5 (19... Re2 20. Kf1 Rd2 21. Be3 Rd5 22. Rxc2 O-O 23. a4 Bd6 24. g3
Kf7 25. axb5 axb5 26. Ra7 $14 {1-0 Gruenfeld,Y-Greenfeld,A/Biel 1999 (57)}) 20.
Rxc2 Kf7 21. a4 Rd5 22. axb5 axb5 23. g3 Rhd8 24. Kg2 R8d7 25. Be3 Bc5 26. Bxc5
Rxc5 27. Ra5 c6 28. Re2 Rcd5 29. Ra6 R7d6 30. Ra7+ Rd7 31. Ra6 R7d6 32. Rb6 Kf6
$11 {1/2-1/2 Benjamin,J-Kaidanov,G/San Diego 2004 (43)}) 19... Kf7 (19... O-O
20. g3 Bc5 21. Bf4 Ref5 22. Re1 g5 23. Be3 Bxe3 24. Rxe3 Kf7 25. Rce2 Re8 {
1/2-1/2 Sutovsky,E-Krasenkow,M/Shenyang 1999 [Mikhalevski,V] (69) Black did
not have real problems to hold this one.}) 20. c4 b4 21. Rd1 Rd8 22. Rxd8 Bxd8
23. Kf1 Bg5 24. Ba7 $1 {After the exchange of the bishops the position will be
drawish, so white should save the bishop from an exchange to retain some
chances.} Be7 $146 (24... Rf5 25. Ke2 Ke8 26. Kd3 Kd7 27. f3 c5 28. Re2 Be7 29.
Bb8 a5 30. Ke4 Kc6 31. Be5 g6 32. g4 Rf8 33. Rd2 a4 34. Bg3 h5 35. Rd3 hxg4 36.
fxg4 Rf1 $132 {1/2-1/2 Xie Jun-Polgar,Z/Jaen 1996 (46)}) 25. Re2 Rf5 26. Be3 h5
(26... Bc5 27. g4 Re5 28. Bf4 Rxe2 29. Kxe2 c6 {Black holds this endgame.}) 27.
g3 g5 $2 {This is already a mistake, because Pg5 will be fixed and become a
target for White very soon.} ({Again, i don't see what was wrong with} 27...
Bc5) 28. h3 Bd6 $2 {After this move black is lost.} ({It was necessary to move
the rook out of the 5th rank.} 28... Ke8 29. g4 hxg4 30. hxg4 Rf7) 29. g4 hxg4
30. hxg4 Ra5 31. b3 Kf6 32. Bd2 Ra3 {Looks really weird, but there is nothing
better. Black's rook is stock on the 5th rank, the bishop and the king have to
protect Pb4 and Pg5 weaknesses. Black is actually in zugzwang.} 33. Kg2 Be7 (
33... a5 $2 34. Bc1 {[%csl Ra3]}) 34. Kf3 Kf7 35. Be3 Ra5 36. Ke4 Kg6 37. Rc2
$1 Kf7 38. Bd2 Bd6 39. a4 $1 $18 {[%mdl 4096] Now, White's Pa2 is no more a
weakness. White's rook is now ready for decisive actions.} Re5+ 40. Kd3 a5 41.
Rc1 Be7 42. Rh1 Rc5 (42... Kg7 43. Be3 Bc5 44. Bxc5 Rxc5 45. Rh5 Kg6 46. f4 $18
) 43. Be3 Rc6 44. Rh7+ Kf6 45. Bd4+ {Not a very typical, but a very nice
positional game from Emil.} (45. Bd4+ e5 46. Rh6+ {[%csl Rc6][%cal Gh6c6]}) 1-0

[Event "CUB-ch KO"]
[Site "Santa Clara"]
[Date "2005.04.25"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Bruzon Batista, Lazaro"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2669"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2005.04.18"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Be3 ({The main alternative is} 9. Nbd2) 9... Be7 (9... Bc5 10. Qe2 Qe7
11. Rd1 Rd8 12. Nbd2 Bxe3 13. Qxe3 $14 {1-0 Akopian,V-Adianto,U/Tripoli 2004/
CBM 102 [Postny,E] (43)}) 10. c3 Nc5 {The idea of this move, is to attack
White's Pe5 as soon as possible. More popular lines are: 10...0-0 and 10...Qd7.
} 11. Bc2 Nd7 12. Re1 ({The move} 12. Bd4 {appeared a few times in practice as
well.}) 12... Ndxe5 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. Bd4 {[%csl Rg7] White wins back the pawn.
} Nc6 (14... Ng6 15. Bxg7 Rg8 16. Bxg6 Rxg7 17. Rxe6 hxg6 18. Re5 c6 {1/2-1/2
Krnan,T-Mikhalevski,V/Kapuskasing 2004/CBM 101 ext [Mikhalevski,V] (65)}) 15.
Bxg7 Rg8 16. Qh5 {[%csl Re6]} Kd7 (16... Rxg7 $6 17. Rxe6 Rg5 18. Qxg5 fxe6 19.
Qh5+ Kd7 20. Nd2 $16) 17. Bh6 Bc5 {The idea of Motylev seriously improved
Black's chances in this risky opening variation.} ({Other moves are worse:} 
17... Bd6 18. Qxf7+ (18. f4 Kc8 19. Nd2 Kb7 20. f5 Bd7 21. Nf3 $16 {1-0
Dolmatov,S-Levin,F/Dortmund 1992/CBM 029 (30)}) 18... Bxf7 19. Bf5+ Be6 20.
Bxe6+ Ke7 21. Bxg8+ Kf6 22. Be6 Bxh2+ 23. Kxh2 Qd6+ 24. g3 Re8 25. Bf4 Qd8 {
1/2-1/2 Erdogdu,M-Mamedyarov,S/Kocaeli 2002/CBM 089 ext (25)}) (17... Bf8 18.
Bxf8 Qxf8 19. Nd2 h6 20. Nf3 Qg7 21. g3 Qg4 22. Ne5+ Nxe5 23. Qxe5 $14 {
1-0 Asrian,K-Mamedyarov,S/Dubai 2000/EXT 2001 (44)}) (17... Bg5 18. f4 Bxh6 19.
Qxh6 Kc8 20. f5 Bd7 21. Nd2 Rb8 22. Nf3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Miranovic,R-Mikhalchishin,
A/Cetinje 1992/EXT 97 (30)}) (17... Bf6 18. f4 d4 19. Be4 Ne7 20. Qc5 c6 21.
Bg5 Bxg5 22. fxg5 Kc7 23. cxd4 $16 {1-0 Ghaem Maghami,E-Sagalchik,G/playchess.
com INT 2004/CBM 099 ext (46)}) 18. Nd2 Qf6 19. Be3 $146 {[%mdl 8] As I
mentioned in the annotations to the game Kotronias-Motylev, this move is the
real test of black's new idea 17...Bc5.} (19. Ne4 $2 dxe4 20. Qxc5 Rxg2+ $1 21.
Kxg2 Rg8+ 22. Kf1 Bc4+ 23. Qxc4 (23. Re2 $2 Qf3 $19) 23... bxc4 $19) (19. Nf3
$2 Rg4 $1 {[%csl Rf3] and Black had a good positionin the game Kotronias,
V-Motylev,A/Moscow 2005/CBM 106 [Postny,E]}) 19... Bd6 {The exchange of
bishops could reduce Black's attacking potential on the kingside.} 20. g3 Rg4
21. Kh1 (21. Qxh7 $2 Rh8 22. Qd3 Rxh2 $3 23. Kxh2 Qh4+ 24. Kg2 Rxg3+ $1 25.
fxg3 Qxg3+ 26. Kf1 Qh3+ 27. Ke2 Bg4+ 28. Nf3 Ne5 $1 29. Qh7 Qxf3+ 30. Kd2 Nc4+
31. Kc1 Nxe3 {and White won't survive the attack.}) 21... Rag8 22. f4 {[%cal
Gf4f5]} (22. Bd1 $2 Ne5 $1 23. Bxg4 Bxg4 24. Qh6 Qxh6 25. Bxh6 Nd3 $17 {
[%csl Rb2,Re1,Rf2]}) 22... Kc8 23. Nf3 R8g6 $1 {[%mdl 512] An excellent move.
White has a lot to think about...} 24. Bd4 $6 (24. Bxg6 hxg6 25. Qh7 d4 26.
Bxd4 (26. cxd4 Bd5 27. Rf1 Qe6 28. Rae1 Bb4 29. Re2 Kb7 $1 {[%cal Gc6d4]} (
29... Nxd4 $4 30. Qh8+ $18 {[%cal Gh8c8,Gh8d4]})) 26... Nxd4 27. Nxd4 Bd5+ 28.
Kg1 Qxf4 29. Qh3 Bc5 {with a great initiative for the exchange.}) ({The best
option for white was probably:} 24. f5 $5 d4 25. Rf1 $1 (25. Bxd4 $2 Nxd4 26.
cxd4 Bd5 $19) (25. Nxd4 $2 Bd5+ 26. Kg1 Bxg3 $19) 25... dxe3 (25... Bd5 $2 26.
fxg6 Bxf3+ 27. Kg1 $18) 26. fxe6 e2 27. Rf2 R4g5 28. Qxh7 (28. Qh3 $1 Rxg3 29.
Qf5 Qxf5 30. Bxf5 fxe6 31. Bxg6 Rxg6 32. Rxe2 $16) 28... Rxg3 (28... Bxg3 29.
Bxg6 (29. hxg3 Rh6+ 30. Qxh6 Qxh6+ 31. Kg2 Qxe6 32. Nxg5 e1=Q 33. Rxe1 Qxe1 $17
) 29... Bxf2 30. Nxg5 fxg6 31. Qf7 Qxg5 32. Qxf2 Qd5+ 33. Qg2 Qd1+ 34. Qg1 Qd5+
$11) 29. Be4 Qxe6 30. Rxe2 Rh6 31. Qf5 $11) 24... Nxd4 25. Nxd4 Rh6 $2 (25...
Rxg3 26. Bxg6 (26. Nxe6 Rh6 27. Nc5 Rxh5 28. Re8+ Qd8 29. Bf5+ Rxf5 30. Rxd8+
Kxd8 31. Nb7+ Kd7 $19) (26. Nf5 R3g4 27. Nxd6+ cxd6 28. f5 d4 $1 $19) 26...
Rxg6 27. Nxe6 (27. f5 Rh6 {[%csl Rh2][%cal Gh6h2]}) 27... fxe6 {with more than
sufficient compensation for the exchange.}) 26. Rxe6 $1 Qxe6 27. Qf5 $2 (27.
Nxe6 Rxh5 28. Bd1 fxe6 29. Bxg4 Rh6 $11) {[%tqu "En","Try to find the best
move for black.","","","g4g3","This queen sacrifice was obviously
underestimated by Dominguez.",20]} 27... Rxg3 $3 {[%mdl 512] This queen
sacrifice was obviously underestimated by Dominguez.} 28. Nxe6 fxe6 29. Qxe6+ {
White is forced to give the queen back and go to a bad endgame.} (29. Qf7 $6
Rgh3 30. Kg2 (30. Kg1 $2 Rxh2 {[%cal Gd6c5]} 31. Rd1 Rxc2 $19) 30... Rxh2+ 31.
Kf3 Rxc2 (31... R6h3+ 32. Kg4 Rh4+ 33. Kg3 Bxf4+ 34. Kf3 R4h3+ 35. Kxf4 Rf2+
36. Kg4 Rxf7 37. Kxh3 $15) 32. Re1 Rh4 33. Qxe6+ Kb8 34. Re2 Rxf4+ 35. Kg2
Rxe2+ 36. Qxe2 Rh4 {with good winning chances for Black.}) 29... Rxe6 30. hxg3
Re2 31. Bxh7 Rxb2 32. a4 Rb3 (32... b4 $6 33. cxb4 Rxb4 (33... Bxb4 34. Rb1 $11
) 34. Kg2 {and White should be OK here.}) 33. axb5 axb5 34. Rc1 d4 35. cxd4
Rxg3 36. Bf5+ Kb7 37. Rf1 Kb6 38. Be6 Rd3 ({Not bad is also} 38... c6 39. f5
Rd3 40. f6 Rxd4 41. f7 Bf8 {with good winning chances.}) 39. d5 b4 40. f5 b3
41. f6 b2 42. Bf5 Rxd5 43. Bb1 {Black won the pawn and has two connected
passed pawns. Still, it's not so easy to break white's blockade.} Rc5 $2 {
The wrong plan.} ({The right move was} 43... Rd2 $1 {cutting the white king
off.} 44. f7 Kb5 (44... c5 $4 45. Rf6) 45. Ba2 c5 46. f8=Q Bxf8 47. Rxf8 c4 $19
) 44. f7 Rc1 45. Kg2 Bf8 46. Rh1 c5 $2 ({After} 46... Kc5 $1 {black retained
winning chances.}) 47. Bf5 $1 {[%cal Gh1h8]} Rxh1 {Black is forced to exchange
rooks, which leads to a drawish endgame.} (47... c4 48. Rh8 Ba3 49. Rb8+ Kc7
50. Rxb2 $11) 48. Kxh1 Kb5 49. Kg2 Kb4 50. Kf3 Kc3 51. Ke2 {White's king
arrived just in time.} c4 52. Bb1 Kb3 53. Ke3 Bg7 (53... c3 54. Kd3 Bg7 55.
Bc2+ Ka2 56. Kc4 b1=Q 57. Bxb1+ Kxb1 58. f8=Q Bxf8 59. Kxc3 $11) 54. Ke4 Kc3
55. Kd5 Bh6 56. Ba2 Kb4 57. Bb1 {Black can't achieve any progress.} Kb3 58. Kd4
Bf8 59. Ke4 Bg7 60. Ke3 Kc3 61. Ba2 Bh6+ 62. Ke2 Kb4 63. Kd1 Ka3 64. Bb1 Kb3
65. Ke2 Kc3 66. Ba2 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT 12th"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2005.04.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Sorokin, Maxim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2724"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "149"]
[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 "Sverdlovsk Ural region"]
[BlackTeam "Samara Yunilain"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 Be7 11. Bc2 d4 12. Nb3 d3 13. Bb1 ({Leads to a slightly
better endgame for black:} 13. Nxc5 dxc2 14. Qxd8+ Rxd8 15. Nxe6 fxe6 16. Be3 {
which occured in the game Sutovsky,E-Sorokin,M played just one day earlier...})
13... Nxb3 14. axb3 Bf5 15. Be3 O-O 16. Bd4 Qd5 17. Re1 {It's interesting that
this position has arisen in a few games with White's turn to move. This could
happen after 10...Bg4 11.Bc2 Be7 12.Re1 d4 13.Nb3 d3 14.Bb1 Nxb3 15.axb3 Bf5
16.Be3 0-0 17.Bd4 Qd5. After 18.Re3 Sorokin managed to hold in the game Oll,
L-Sorokin,M/Norilsk 1987 (1/2-1/2,57). The current game was less successful
for Sorokin, so probably White's extra tempo is in black's favour?!} (17. Bxd3
Bxd3 18. Qxd3 Qxb3 19. Qe4 Nxd4 20. Nxd4 Qxb2 21. Nf5 Rae8 22. Rxa6 Qxc3 $17 {
0-1 Maus,S-Pieper Emden,C/Bundesliga 1989 (36)}) 17... Nd8 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8]} (
{After} 17... Rfd8 {White got a preferable position in the game Svidler,
P-Motylev,A/Moscow 2004/CBM 104 [Postny,E]}) 18. e6 $5 {Preventing Black to
occupy the e6 square with the knight.} (18. b4 Ne6 19. Bxd3 Bxd3 20. Qxd3 Rfd8
{and White is not able to hold his extra pawn, for example:} 21. Red1 (21. Rad1
a5 $1) 21... Nxd4 22. cxd4 Bxb4) 18... fxe6 (18... Nxe6 $6 19. Re5 Qd7 20. Rxf5
Nxd4 21. Nxd4 c5 22. Qxd3 g6 (22... cxd4 $2 23. Rd5 $18 {[%cal Rd3h7]}) 23. Rf4
cxd4 24. Rxd4 $16) (18... Bxe6 19. Qxd3 Qh5 20. Re5 {looks unattractive for
Black as well.}) 19. Bxd3 Bxd3 20. Re5 (20. Qxd3 $2 c5 21. Re5 Qd7 22. Qe4 cxd4
23. Qxa8 Nc6 24. Qxa6 Rxf3) 20... Qd7 21. Qxd3 Nf7 ({A principled continuation
was:} 21... c5 $5 22. Qe4 (22. Rh5 $2 g6 (22... h6 $4 23. Rxh6 $1 $18) 23. Ne5
Qe8 24. Qh3 cxd4 25. Rxh7 Bf6 26. Nd7 Bg7 27. Nxf8 Qxf8 $17) 22... cxd4 23.
Qxa8 Nc6 24. Qxa6 Rxf3 25. Rxb5 Rf6 {with chances for both sides.}) 22. Re3 c5
23. Be5 Qxd3 24. Rxd3 Rfd8 25. Rxd8+ Nxd8 26. Bf4 $14 {White has a small, but
long-lasting advantage thanks to his superior pawn structure.} Nc6 27. Nd2 {
Transfering the knight to a more active position.} (27. Kf1 $14 {followed by
Ke2 was possible as well.}) 27... e5 28. Bg3 Kf7 29. Kf1 Ke6 30. f3 Nb8 31. Ne4
Nd7 32. c4 Nb6 $6 (32... bxc4 33. bxc4 a5 $14) 33. Bf2 $6 (33. Ra5 $1 bxc4 34.
Nxc5+ Kf7 35. b4 $16 {[%csl Ra6]}) 33... bxc4 34. b4 Nd7 35. bxc5 Kd5 36. Ra4
a5 ({After} 36... Nxc5 37. Ra5 Rc8 {Black does not lose material immediatly,
but his position is tightened forever.}) 37. c6 (37. Nc3+ Kc6 38. Rxc4 Rb8 39.
Ra4 Bd8 (39... Rxb2 $2 40. Rxa5 Rc2 41. Ne4 Bxc5 42. Bxc5 Nxc5 43. Nxc5 Rxc5
44. Ra7 $18) 40. Ra2 (40. Rg4 Rxb2 41. Rxg7 Rb3 42. Ne4 a4 43. Rg8 a3 44. Rxd8
a2 45. Ra8 Rb1+ 46. Ke2 a1=Q 47. Rxa1 Rxa1) 40... Nxc5 41. Bxc5 Kxc5 42. Ke2
$14) 37... Nf6 38. Nc3+ Kxc6 39. Rxc4+ Kd7 40. Bb6 $6 {This move appeares to
be a waste of time.} (40. Na4 $142 Nd5 41. Ke2) 40... Rb8 41. Na4 Nd5 42. Bf2
Rb3 $2 {Obviously missing white's reply.} (42... Rb4 43. Nc5+ Bxc5 44. Rxc5 Kd6
45. Rxa5 Rxb2 $11) 43. Rc5 $1 {[%csl Ra5,Rd5] This simple tactical trick
yields white a pawn.} Ke6 44. Rxa5 {White has won a pawn, but Black keeps
chances for a draw thanks to his mobile pieces.} Nf4 $2 ({It was necessary to
play actively:} 44... Bb4 $1 45. Rb5 (45. Rc5 Rd3 $132) 45... Rd3 46. Rxb4 Nxb4
47. Nc5+ Kd5 48. Nxd3 Nxd3 49. b3 Nc1 50. b4 Kc4 51. Bc5 Nd3 $14) 45. Ra6+ Kf7
46. Ra7 Kf8 47. Be1 Rd3 48. Nc3 Bc5 49. Rc7 Bb4 50. Rc4 Bd6 51. Ne4 $18 {
White successfully regrouped his pieces.} Ke7 52. Rc6 Bb8 53. Bb4+ Kd8 54. Bd2
Nd5 55. Rc5 Nf4 56. Rb5 Bc7 57. Bxf4 {Eliminating the annoying knight in order
to activate the king.} exf4 58. Ke2 Rd4 59. Nc5 Rc4 60. Kd3 Rc1 61. Ne6+ Kd7
62. Nxc7 {One has to be careful, when transposing to a rooks endgame, which
are frequently drawish. In this case it's a correct decision, since white is
winning a second pawn by force.} Kxc7 63. Rf5 Rd1+ 64. Ke4 Kd6 65. Kxf4 Rd2 66.
Kg3 Ke6 (66... Rxb2 67. Rf7 $18) 67. Rb5 {Two extra pawns promise White an
easy win.} Kf6 68. b4 Rb2 69. Rb8 h5 70. b5 h4+ 71. Kh3 g5 72. b6 Rb4 73. b7
Kg7 74. g3 hxg3 75. Kxg3 $1 ({It was not too late to spoil everything:} 75.
hxg3 $4 g4+ $1 {and black reaches theoretically drawn position.}) (75. Kxg3 Kh7
76. h4 $1 gxh4+ 77. Kh3 Kg7 78. f4 $18 {[%cal Gf4f5,Gf5f6]}) 1-0

[Event "Corus-C"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2004.01.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Pavlovic, Milos"]
[Black "Ernst, Sipke"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2548"]
[BlackElo "2474"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[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. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Nbd2 Be7 ({More popular is the immediate} 9... Nc5) 10. c3 (10. Nxe4
dxe4 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. Ng5 Qxd1 (12... Bxg5 13. Qh5+ g6 14. Qxg5 O-O 15. Qg4
Qd5 16. Re1 Rf5 17. Bh6 $36 {1-0 Geller,E-Krasenkow,M/Cappelle la Grande 1992/
EXT 97 (26)}) 13. Rxd1 Bxg5 14. Bxg5 Rf8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Sax,G-Tarjan,J/Hastings
1977/MCD (42)}) 10... O-O 11. Re1 {This line is probably not the most
promising for white.} ({Other popular continuations are:} 11. Bc2) ({and} 11.
Qe2) 11... Nc5 12. Bc2 $6 (12. Nd4 Nxd4 13. cxd4 Nd3 14. Re3 Nf4 15. Bc2 c5
$132 {1/2-1/2 Vasiukov,E-Suetin,A/Kiev 1964/URS-ch (60)}) 12... d4 $1 {This
continuation was played as long ago, as in the game Lasker-Tarrasch/St
Petersburg 1914!} 13. Nb3 (13. cxd4 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 Qxd4 15. Qe2 Rad8 16. Nf3 Qc4
17. Be3 Qxe2 18. Rxe2 Bc4 19. Rd2 Ne6 $15 {1/2-1/2 Georgiev,K-Piket,J/Biel
1993/CBM 37 (43)}) 13... dxc3 14. bxc3 Qxd1 15. Rxd1 Na4 $1 $146 {[%mdl 8]
This move did not appear in practice before, but was already pointed out by GM
V.Mikhalevski in his comments to the game Giaccio-Sorin (see below).} (15...
Rfd8 16. Bg5 Rxd1+ 17. Rxd1 Nxb3 18. axb3 Rd8 19. Rxd8+ Bxd8 20. Bxd8 Nxd8 21.
b4 Bd5 22. Nd4 g6 {1/2-1/2 Giaccio,A-Sorin,A/Villa Gisell 1998/CBM 64 
[Mikhalevski,V] (22)}) (15... Rad8 16. Bg5 Rxd1+ 17. Rxd1 Na4 18. Na5 Nxa5 19.
Bxe7 Re8 20. Ng5 Nxc3 21. Bxh7+ Kh8 22. Rd3 Nd5 23. Bc5 g6 24. Nxe6 Rxe6 25.
Rxd5 Kxh7 26. f4 $14 {1-0 Anand,V-Korneev,O/Villarrobledo rapid 1998/EXT 99 
(53)}) 16. Bd2 (16. Nbd4 Nxd4 17. cxd4 Nc3 18. Rd2 Rfd8 19. Bb3 c5 $1 $15 {
Mikhalevski,V}) 16... Rfd8 17. Nbd4 (17. Be4 Bd5 $15) 17... Nxd4 18. Nxd4 $2 {
After this move white's position could hardly be saved.} ({Stronger was} 18.
cxd4 Nb2 19. Re1 (19. Rdc1 Nc4 $17) 19... Nc4 20. Be4 {keeping slightly worse,
but playable position.}) 18... Nb2 19. Re1 (19. Rdb1 Nc4 20. Bf4 Na3 $17) 19...
c5 20. Nxe6 ({The passive} 20. Nf3 {can not solve white's problems as well.})
20... Rxd2 21. Be4 Ra7 22. Nf4 c4 {[%cal Ge7c5]} 23. Kf1 Bc5 24. Re2 Rad7 ({
Also good was} 24... Rxe2 25. Nxe2 (25. Kxe2 Re7 {[%csl Re5]}) 25... Re7 26. f4
Rd7 {followed by 27...Rd2 cramping white's position completely.}) 25. e6 fxe6
26. Nxe6 Rxe2 27. Kxe2 Be7 $6 (27... Ba3 $1 28. Nf4 Na4 29. Nd5 Kf8 {and white
simply can not hold his Pc3.}) 28. Nf4 Na4 29. Nd5 Kf7 30. Rd1 Bf6 31. Ke3 (31.
Bc2 $2 Rxd5 32. Bxa4 Re5+ $19) 31... g6 32. Bc2 Nb2 33. Rd2 Bg7 34. f4 ({
Nothing changes} 34. Be4 Na4) 34... Ke6 35. Nb4 $6 {The following alternatives
could give white better surviving chances:} (35. Nb6 Rd6 $6 (35... Rxd2 36.
Kxd2 a5 $17) 36. f5+ gxf5 37. Bxf5+ Ke5 38. Nd7+ Rxd7 39. Bxd7 (39. Rxd7 $2
Bh6+) 39... Bh6+ 40. Ke2 Bxd2 41. Kxd2 Na4 42. Bc6) (35. Be4 Nd3 36. Nb6 (36.
Bxd3 $2 cxd3 37. Nb6 Rd6 {and white's knight is doomed.}) 36... Rd6 37. Nc8 Rd8
38. Bxd3 cxd3 39. Na7) 35... Bxc3 36. Rxd7 $6 ({It would have been useful for
white to exchange pawns:} 36. f5+ gxf5 37. Rxd7 Kxd7 38. Bxf5+ Kd6 39. Nxa6 {
although, the endgame remains tough for white.}) 36... Kxd7 37. Nxa6 Kd6 38. a3
Na4 {[%csl Ra3][%cal Gc3b2]} 39. Nb4 $6 {This move is equivalent to
resignation. On the other hand, there is no significant improvement for white.}
Bxb4 40. axb4 Nc3 {The threat Nc3-d5 is unavoidable. Black will capture the
Pb4 and get two connected passed pawns on the queenside.} 41. f5 Nd5+ 42. Kd2
g5 43. Be4 h5 ({But not} 43... Ke5 $2 44. Bxd5 Kxd5 45. g4 $11) 44. g3 g4 45.
Bg2 Nxb4 46. f6 Ke6 47. Kc3 Nd3 $4 {This blunder spoils all of black's
advantage.} ({Simply winning was} 47... Na6 48. Bc6 Nc7 {followed by 49...Kxf6.
}) 48. Kd4 $4 {Missing the opportunity to save the game.} ({After} 48. Bb7 $1
Ne5 49. Ba6 Nf3 50. Bxb5 Kxf6 51. Bxc4 Nxh2 52. Kd2 {white could achieve a
draw.}) 48... Kxf6 {Now it's all over for white.} 49. Bc6 b4 50. Be8 (50. Bb5
Ne5 $19) 50... Ne5 51. Bxh5 c3 0-1

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2004.01.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "160"]
[EventDate "2004.01.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Nbd2 Be7 ({More popular is} 9... Nc5) 10. c3 (10. Nxe4 dxe4 11. Bxe6
fxe6 12. Ng5 Qxd1 (12... Bxg5 13. Qh5+ g6 14. Qxg5 O-O 15. Qg4 Qd5 16. Re1 Rf5
17. Bh6 $36 {1-0 Geller,E-Krasenkow,M/Cappelle la Grande 1992/EXT 97 (26)}) 13.
Rxd1 Bxg5 14. Bxg5 Rf8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Sax,G-Tarjan,J/Hastings 1977/MCD (42)})
10... Qd7 {More common continuations are: 10...Nc5 and 10...0-0.} 11. Re1 (11.
Qe2 {- see the annotated game Ivanchuk,V-Krasenkow,M/Wijk aan Zee 2003/CBM 93 
[Postny,E] (36)}) (11. Bc2 Bf5 (11... Nxd2 12. Qxd2 Bg4 13. Qf4 Bxf3 14. Bf5
Qd8 15. Qxf3 Nxe5 16. Qe2 Qd6 17. Re1 Nc6 18. Bg5 Kf8 19. Be3 $36 {1-0 Polgar,
J-Anand,V/Munich 1991/CBM 23 (65)}) 12. Nd4 Bg6 13. a4 O-O (13... Nxd2 $142 14.
Bxd2 O-O {Krasenkow}) 14. Nxe4 Bxe4 15. axb5 axb5 16. Rxa8 Rxa8 17. Bxe4 dxe4
18. e6 fxe6 19. Nxb5 $14 {1/2-1/2 Luther,T-Krasenkow,M/Asti 1996/CBM 57 (34)})
11... Nc5 12. Bc2 Bf5 (12... d4 13. Nb3 dxc3 14. Qxd7+ Bxd7 15. bxc3 Na4 16.
Bd2 Nd8 17. Nbd4 g6 18. Bxa4 bxa4 19. Bg5 $16 {1-0 Short,N-Motwani,P/Isle of
Lewis 1995/CBM 49 (46)}) 13. Bxf5 (13. Nf1 Bxc2 14. Qxc2 O-O 15. Be3 Ne6 16.
Rad1 f6 17. exf6 Bxf6 18. Ng3 Rad8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Zapata,A-Rodriguez Cespedes,A/
Bogota 1991/TD (27)}) 13... Qxf5 14. Nb3 (14. Nf1 Qd3 (14... Rd8 15. Nd4 Nxd4
16. cxd4 Nd3 17. Qc2 Qg6 18. Rd1 Nxe5 19. Qxc7 Nc6 20. Bf4 O-O 21. Rac1 Rc8 22.
Rxc6 Qg4 23. Qxe7 Rxc6 24. Rc1 Rxc1 25. Bxc1 Qxd4 $13 {0-1 Henao,R-Cunha
Pereira,S/Buenos Aires 1991/EXT 2000 (38)}) 15. Be3 O-O-O 16. Qc1 Kb7 17. Bxc5
Bxc5 18. b4 Bb6 19. a4 $16 {1-0 Boleslavsky,I-Kortschnoj,V/Moscow 1966/EXT 99 
(42)}) 14... Rd8 15. Nxc5 Bxc5 16. Be3 $1 $146 {Svidler clearly indicates,
that black still has problems to solve in this position.} (16. Bg5 Rd7 17. Be3
Be7 18. a4 O-O 19. axb5 axb5 20. Qb3 Rb8 21. Nd4 Nxd4 22. cxd4 c5 23. dxc5 d4
24. Bd2 {1/2-1/2 Borsos,B-Karsa,L/Zalakaros 1991/TD (24)}) 16... Be7 ({
Probably safer was} 16... Bxe3 17. Rxe3 O-O 18. Nd4 Nxd4 19. cxd4 f6) 17. Nd4
Nxd4 (17... Qg6 18. a4 $36) 18. cxd4 c5 $1 {Typical breakthrough for this
opening variation.} 19. dxc5 d4 20. Bxd4 $1 O-O $2 {This is quite inconsistent.
} (20... Bxc5 21. Bxc5 Rxd1 22. Raxd1 {I guess, that Anand was concerned about
this position, and indeed, white has excellent compensation for the queen.
However, after} h5 $1 {[%cal Yh8h6] black has sufficient defensive resources,
for instanse:} 23. Rd5 Rh6 24. Red1 Qc8 $14) 21. c6 $6 (21. Rc1 Bxc5 22. Rxc5
Qf4 23. g3 Qxd4 24. Qxd4 Rxd4 25. Re2 $16) 21... Rd5 $6 (21... Bc5 $2 22. Bxc5
Rxd1 23. Raxd1 $18) (21... Bb4 $1 22. c7 $8 (22. Re3 $4 Bc5 23. Rd3 (23. Bxc5
$2 Rxd1+ 24. Rxd1 Qc2 $19 {[%csl Rc5,Rd1]}) 23... Qe4 $17) 22... Bxe1 23.
cxd8=Q Rxd8 24. Qxe1 Rxd4 {and black's active pieces gives him good survival
chances.}) 22. Rc1 Rc8 23. g3 Qe6 {Black captures the Pc6, but still remains a
pawn down without any compensation.} 24. Qd3 Rxc6 25. Rxc6 Qxc6 26. Qe4 g6 ({
Very dangerous for black is} 26... Qc4 27. Bc3 Qxa2 28. e6 $40) 27. Bc3 Qe6 28.
Kg2 h5 {Anand is building his defense on the white squares, which makes
difficult for white to achieve progress in the position.} 29. h3 Rd8 {[%csl
Ra2]} 30. a3 {White's possible plan can be connected with advance of the
kingside pawns (g3-g4,Kg2-g3,f2-f4, etc.).} Rc8 {Threatening 31...Bxa3.} 31.
Re3 Rc4 32. Qa8+ Rc8 33. Qb7 Rd8 34. Ba5 $1 Re8 35. Rd3 $1 Kf8 (35... Qxe5 $2
36. Re3 $18 {[%cal Ge3e8]}) 36. Rd7 $2 {Strange decision. Svidler goes for
simplification, which increases black's drawing chances.} ({Simple and good was
} 36. Bc3 {keeping all the benefits in the position.}) 36... Qxe5 37. Rxe7 {
The position transforms now to queens endgame.} Rxe7 38. Bb4 Qe6 39. Bxe7+ Qxe7
40. Qxa6 Qe4+ 41. Kh2 Qd4 {[%csl Rb2,Rf2]} 42. Qc8+ Ke7 43. Qb7+ Ke6 44. Qc6+
Ke7 45. Qc2 {Now, if there was white's turn, he could play h3-h4 getting good
winning chances, but...} {[%tqu "En","Find the best move for black.","","",
"h5h4","Important move, which gives black reasonable drawing chances, since
the white king will be exposed to checks.",3]} h4 $1 {Important move, which
gives black reasonable drawing chances, since the white king will be exposed
to checks.} 46. g4 Qe5+ 47. Kg2 Qd5+ 48. Kg1 Qe5 49. Qd2 ({Logical was} 49. b3
Qa1+ 50. Kg2 Qxa3 51. Qe2+ Kf8 52. Qxb5 $16) 49... Kf8 50. Qc3 Qg5 51. Qe3 $6 (
{It was a right time for} 51. b3 {intending to create a passed pawn.}) 51...
Qd5 52. Kf1 (52. Qh6+ Kg8 53. Qxh4 $6 Qd4 $14 {capturing one of white's
queenside pawns.}) 52... Qd1+ 53. Kg2 Qd5+ 54. Qf3 Qa2 55. Qb7 Qc4 (55... Qxb2
$2 {was falling into a trap:} 56. a4 b4 57. a5 Qa3 58. a6 b3 59. a7 b2 60.
a8=Q+ $18) 56. Qa8+ Kg7 57. Qf3 Qa2 58. Qc3+ Kg8 59. Kf3 {Svidler decides to
transfer his king to queenside, but this plan does not yield him much.} Qd5+
60. Ke2 Qe4+ 61. Kd2 Qd5+ 62. Kc2 Qg2 63. Qe3 Qc6+ 64. Kd2 Qd5+ 65. Kc2 Qc6+
66. Kb1 Qd5 67. f4 $6 {This move weakens the g3 square, which can be used by
black.} ({Again, why not} 67. b3 {?}) 67... Qg2 68. Ka2 Qg3 69. Qb3 Kf8 {
The weakness of the h3 pawn gives black sufficient counterplay to maintain the
balance.} 70. f5 {The last chance to achieve progress in the position.} gxf5
71. gxf5 Qe5 72. f6 Kg8 $1 $11 {[%cal Gg8h7,Gh7g6]} 73. Qf3 Kh7 74. Qg4 Qd5+
75. Kb1 Qh1+ 76. Kc2 Qc6+ 77. Kd2 Qxf6 78. Qh5+ Kg7 79. Qxb5 Qf4+ 80. Kc3 Qc1+
{[%mdl 256] Again Anand showed his ability to survive in tough positions.} (
80... Qc1+ 81. Kb3 Qe3+ 82. Ka2 Qxh3 83. Qg5+ Kf8 84. Qd8+ $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Astana m"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2003.01.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sadvakasov, Darmen"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2523"]
[BlackElo "2642"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2003.01.10"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Be3 Be7 (9... Nc5 $6 10. Nc3 Nxb3 11. cxb3 $1 $14 {Ponomariov,
R-Kortschnoj,V/Donetsk 2001/CBM 81}) 10. c3 O-O (10... Nc5 {- Khalifman,
A-Kortschnoj,V/Ubeda 1997/CBM 58 [Mikhalevski,V]}) ({Another line is} 10... Qd7
{, which was played by Kortschnoj many times as well.}) 11. Nbd2 Bg4 {It looks
like this continuation is the most reliable way to equality.} (11... Qd7 {
- see the commented game Ivanchuk,V-Krasenkow,M/Lvov 2000/CBM 77 [Mikhalevski,
V]}) 12. Nxe4 (12. h3 Nxd2 13. hxg4 Nxf1 14. Kxf1 {1-0 Smagin,S-Kotliar,M/
Philadelphia 1989/EXT 97 (47) This exchange sacrifice can be considered, but
should not be sufficient for more, than equality.}) 12... dxe4 13. Qd5 (13. Bd5
Nxe5 14. Bxe4 Nxf3+ 15. Bxf3 Qxd1 16. Bxd1 Bxd1 17. Rfxd1 Rfd8 $11 {1/2-1/2
Geller,E-Kortschnoj,V/Curacao 1962/Candidates (20)}) 13... Qxd5 (13... exf3 14.
Qxc6 fxg2 15. Qxg2 Qd7 16. Bh6 $1 gxh6 17. f3 $14 {1-0 Kasparov,G-Jussupow,A/
Minsk 1979/URS-ch (41)}) 14. Bxd5 exf3 15. Bxc6 fxg2 16. Rfc1 (16. Kxg2 Rad8
17. h3 Bd7 18. Bxd7 Rxd7 19. Rfd1 Rxd1 20. Rxd1 Rd8 21. Rxd8+ Bxd8 $11 {
1/2-1/2 Dvoirys,S-Wedberg,T/URS 1991/CBM 26 (49)}) 16... Rab8 17. a4 bxa4 $146
(17... b4 $6 18. Bxg2 b3 19. a5 Rb5 20. Ra4 $14 {1-0 Iordachescu,V-Glodeanu,I/
Mamaia 1999/EXT 2000 (34)}) 18. Rxa4 Be6 ({Equivalent is} 18... Be2) 19. b4 Bc4
20. Bxg2 f6 21. Ra5 (21. f4 fxe5 22. fxe5 Rbd8 $132) (21. Bf1 Bb5 $11) 21...
fxe5 22. Bd5+ (22. Rxe5 Bd6 $11) 22... Bxd5 23. Rxd5 Rf6 {Both players are not
really care about the e5 pawn.} 24. Rxe5 Rg6+ 25. Kf1 Bd6 26. Ra5 $6 {A
strange decision. Now white is fighting for a draw.} (26. Rh5 $11) 26... Bxh2
$15 27. Rca1 Rg1+ 28. Ke2 Rxa1 29. Rxa1 Be5 {Black is a pawn up, but his
chances for a win are very low, because of the forced simplification of
position.} 30. Rxa6 Bxc3 31. Rc6 Bxb4 32. Rxc7 {The position is theoretically
drawish, due to lack of material.} Rd8 33. Bc5 Ba5 34. Rb7 Bc3 35. Rb3 Bf6 36.
Rd3 {[%csl Gh1] In case of the exchange of rooks, the defensive task would be
even easier for white, just to give the bishop for black's "g" pawn.} Re8+ 37.
Re3 Rc8 38. Bd6 Rc2+ 39. Kf3 Bg5 40. Re2 Rc6 41. Be5 h5 42. Rb2 Rc5 43. Rb8+
Kh7 44. Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-chT Cup 11th"]
[Site "Rostov on Don"]
[Date "1980.05.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Chekhov, Valery A"]
[Black "Zakharov, Alexander V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1980.05.23"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Lokomotiv"]
[BlackTeam "Trud"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "URS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "URS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Be3 Be7 10. Nbd2 Nc5 11. c3 Bg4 12. Bc2 Ne6 13. Qb1 Bh5 14. a4 b4 15. a5
Bg6 16. Bxg6 hxg6 $146 ({RR} 16... fxg6 17. Nb3 bxc3 18. bxc3 Rb8 19. Qa2 Qd7
20. Rfd1 O-O 21. c4 Rxf3 22. Rxd5 Rxe3 23. Rxd7 Rexb3 24. c5 Bxc5 25. Rd3 Ncd4
26. Rxb3 Rxb3 27. Rb1 Ra3 28. Qd5 Kf7 29. Qd7+ Be7 30. f4 Ne2+ 31. Kh1 {
Lanka,Z (2340)-Chekhov,V (2410)/Riga 1980/MCL/1-0 (41)}) 17. Qd3 Rh5 $132 {
[%cal Gc6e5,Gh5e5]} 18. Rfd1 (18. Bd4 Qd7) 18... Nxe5 (18... Kf8) 19. Nxe5 Rxe5
20. Nf3 Re4 21. Nd2 Rh4 22. Nf3 Re4 23. Nd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "FRA-chT Top 16 GpA"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2006.02.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kotronias, Vasilios"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2006.02.03"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Antibes"]
[BlackTeam "Monaco"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "MNC"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Be3 (9. c3) (9. Nbd2) (9. Qe2) 9... Be7 10. c3 O-O (10... Nc5 {[%cal
Gc5b3]} 11. Bc2 Nd7 12. Re1 Ndxe5) 11. Nbd2 Qd7 12. Re1 Nxd2 13. Qxd2 Na5 14.
Bg5 Nc4 $146 (14... c5 {Kamsky,G (2671)-Carlsen,M (2646) Turin ol (Men) 37th
2006 (13) 1/2}) 15. Bxc4 bxc4 {[%csl Rb2][%cal Ga8b8]} 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. b4 $1
cxb3 18. axb3 c5 19. Ra5 Rab8 (19... Rfb8 20. Qa2 Qc7 $11) 20. Qa2 d4 21. cxd4
Rxb3 22. Qa1 Rxf3 $1 {[%csl Rg1] Les noirs forcent la nulle car le K blanc
sera trop exposй.} 23. gxf3 Qg5+ 24. Kh1 Bd5 {Monaco a gagnй facilement le
match par 5-1 mais cette rencontre a suscitй une polйmique en France car
l'йquipe d'Antibes alignait au 1er йchiquier, le trйs controversй F.BAIRAMIAN}
1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess 3rd"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2015.06.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,A"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2015.06.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 167"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 Be7 11. Bc2 d4 12. Nb3 d3 13. Bb1 Nxb3 14. axb3 Bf5 15.
Re1 O-O 16. b4 Qd7 17. h3 Rfd8 18. g4 Bg6 19. Bf4 a5 20. bxa5 Rxa5 21. Ba2 Rf8
22. b4 Ra4 23. Qd2 Nd8 24. Bg5 c5 25. Bxe7 Qxe7 26. bxc5 Qxc5 27. Nh4 Ne6 28.
Bb3 Rxa1 29. Rxa1 {Caruana used up too much time to get to this position. With
only minutes left on the clock (around seven or eight after Rxa1) it was
Giri's duty to find the precise moves to put pressure on Caruana. Instead the
Italian player escaped easily.} Qxe5 $2 {Simply letting Caruana off the hook.}
(29... Be4 $1 30. Re1 Ba8 31. Qxd3 Qc6 32. f3 Nc5 $1 33. Qd1 Nxb3 34. Qxb3 Qh6
{was a winning line. Giri had over an hour to figure this out.} (34... g5 $1))
30. Nxg6 hxg6 31. Bxe6 fxe6 32. Qxd3 b4 33. Rc1 Qf4 34. Rf1 (34. Qe3 Qxe3 35.
fxe3 Rc8 36. c4 $11) 34... b3 35. Qxg6 Qc4 36. Re1 Rf6 37. Qe8+ Kh7 38. Qh5+ (
38. Re5 $11) 38... Rh6 39. Qe5 Rxh3 40. Qxe6 {The endgame is a draw, and with
this move Caruana completed the time control.} Qxe6 41. Rxe6 Rxc3 42. Rb6 Rc4
43. Rxb3 Rxg4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Interzonal-14a"]
[Site "Subotica"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Prasad, Devaki V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[Annotator "Rodriguez,Am"]
[PlyCount "169"]
[EventDate "1987.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1988.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1988.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. c3 Be7 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Bc2 f5 12. Nd4 Nxd4 13. cxd4 Nxd2 14. Bxd2 c5
15. dxc5 Bxc5 16. Bb3 $5 (16. Rc1 $1 $14) 16... Qb6 17. Qf3 Rad8 (17... Kh8
$142) 18. Rac1 b4 (18... Bd4 $2 19. Bb4 {/\ Bd6 >< d5+/-}) 19. Rc2 Kh8 20. Rfc1
Rc8 $8 21. Bf4 {/\ Bd5} (21. Bxd5 Bxd5 22. Qxd5 Bxf2+ $132) 21... Rfd8 22. h4
h6 23. h5 a5 24. Kh2 Qb5 {/\ a4, >< b3} 25. Rd2 (25. Rd1 Qe8 $13) 25... Be3 $1
26. Rxc8 $8 (26. Qxe3 $6 Rxc1 27. Bxh6 Qe8 $1 $17) 26... Bxf4+ 27. Qxf4 Rxc8
28. g3 a4 (28... Rc5 29. Rd4 Qc6 30. Qd2 {/\ f4, Qd3, g4+/-}) 29. Bd1 Rc4 $1
30. Be2 (30. Rd4 $2 Qc5 31. Rxc4 dxc4 32. Bxa4 c3 33. bxc3 bxc3 $17) 30... Rxf4
31. Bxb5 Re4 32. Bxa4 Rxe5 33. Bd1 (33. Rd4 Re4 $10) 33... Bf7 $1 (33... Re4 $2
34. Bf3 $16) 34. Bf3 Re7 35. Kg2 Ra7 36. b3 Ra5 $10 37. Kf1 Kg8 38. Ke2 Kf8 39.
Ke3 Ke7 40. Kd4 Kd6 41. Rc2 Be6 42. Be2 Bf7 43. f4 Ra7 $2 (43... Be6 $10) 44.
Bb5 $16 Bxh5 45. Rc6+ Ke7 46. Ba6 Bf3 47. Rb6 Be4 48. Ke5 Bb1 49. Kxd5 Bxa2 50.
Kc4 $6 (50. Bc4 $1 {/\ Rb4+/=; Short,N}) 50... Bb1 51. Kxb4 Be4 52. Kc3 Rd7 53.
Bc4 Rd6 $1 54. Rxd6 $8 Kxd6 55. Kd4 g5 56. Be2 gxf4 57. gxf4 Bd5 58. b4 Be4 $10
59. b5 Bd5 60. Bh5 Bb7 61. Kc4 Bd5+ 62. Kb4 Bg2 63. Ka5 Kc7 64. Ka6 Bf1 $10 65.
Bf3 Bd3 66. Ka5 Be4 $1 67. Bh5 (67. Bxe4 fxe4 68. Kb4 (68. Ka6 $4 e3 69. Ka7 e2
70. b6+ Kc6 71. b7 e1=Q 72. b8=Q Qa5#) 68... h5 $1 69. f5 h4 70. f6 h3 71. f7
h2 72. f8=Q h1=Q $10) 67... Kb7 68. Bg6 Ka7 69. b6+ Kb7 70. Kb5 Bd3+ 71. Kc5
Be4 72. Bh5 (72. Kd6 Kxb6 73. Ke5 Kc7 74. Bxf5 Bf3 $10) 72... Kb8 73. Be8 Kb7
74. Bg6 Ka6 (74... Bc2 $10) 75. Bxf5 Bxf5 76. Kc6 Be4+ 77. Kc7 h5 78. f5 h4 79.
f6 h3 80. b7 Bxb7 81. f7 h2 82. f8=Q h1=Q 83. Qf6+ Qc6+ 84. Qxc6+ Bxc6 85. Kxc6
1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates m3"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Dolmatov, Sergey"]
[Black "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "1991.01.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[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 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Be3 Be7 10. c3 Qd7 11. Nbd2 Rd8 12. Re1 O-O 13. Bc2 Nxd2 14. Qxd2 Bf5
15. Rad1 Rfe8 16. h3 Qe6 {16. - h6 17.Bf4 Dolmatov,S-Yusupov,A, (m3) Wijk 1991
- game 22/978.} 17. Bg5 Bxc2 18. Qxc2 Qg6 19. Qxg6 hxg6 20. Bf4 Bc5 21. Nd4
Nxd4 22. cxd4 Bb6 23. Re2 $14 Re6 24. Rc2 f6 25. h4 Kf7 26. Kh2 Rd7 27. Bg3
fxe5 28. Bxe5 c5 29. dxc5 Bxc5 30. f4 Be7 31. Kg3 Bf6 32. Bxf6 gxf6 33. Rcd2
Re3+ 34. Kf2 Rde7 35. Rc2 R3e4 36. g3 d4 37. Rdd2 f5 38. a3 R7e6 39. Rc5 Ke7
40. h5 Kf6 41. hxg6 Kxg6 42. Rd5 Rc6 43. Kg2 Rc1 44. R5xd4 Rxd4 45. Rxd4 Rc2+
46. Kh3 Rxb2 47. Rd6+ Kf7 48. Rxa6 Ra2 49. Kh4 b4 50. a4 $1 Ra3 51. a5 b3 52.
Rb6 Rxa5 53. Kg5 b2 54. Rb7+ Ke6 55. Rxb2 Ra3 56. Rg2 $1 $18 Rb3 57. Kg6 Re3
58. g4 fxg4 59. f5+ Ke5 60. Rxg4 Rf3 61. Rg1 Rf2 1-0

[Event "Candidates m3"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Dolmatov, Sergey"]
[Black "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1991.01.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[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 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Be3 Be7 10. c3 Qd7 11. Nbd2 Rd8 12. Re1 O-O 13. Bc2 Nxd2 $5 {13. - Bf5
Dolmatov,S-Yusupov,A (m1), Wijk 1991 - game 22/976.} 14. Qxd2 Bf5 15. Rad1 Rfe8
16. h3 h6 17. Bf4 Bf8 18. Bg3 Bxc2 19. Qxc2 Qe6 20. Nd4 Nxd4 21. cxd4 Rc8 22.
f4 $14 c5 {22. - f5 23.Bf2} 23. f5 cxd4 24. Qd3 Qc6 25. Bf2 Qc2 26. Re2 Qxd3
27. Rxd3 Rc1+ 28. Kh2 g6 29. g4 Bg7 30. Bxd4 gxf5 31. gxf5 Rf1 32. Rg3 Rxf5 33.
e6 f6 34. Bc5 Re5 35. Reg2 Rg5 36. e7 Kf7 37. h4 Rxg3 38. Kxg3 f5 39. Kf4 Bf6
40. Kxf5 Bxh4 41. Rg6 Bxe7 42. Bd4 Rg8 43. Rxh6 Rg5+ 44. Kf4 Rg6 45. Rxg6 Kxg6
46. Ke5 Kf7 47. Kxd5 Bg5 48. Kc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates m3"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Dolmatov, Sergey"]
[Black "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "1991.01.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[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 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Be3 Be7 10. c3 Qd7 11. Nbd2 Rd8 12. Re1 O-O 13. Bc2 Bf5 14. Nxe4 Bxe4
15. Bxe4 dxe4 16. Qxd7 Rxd7 17. e6 fxe6 18. Nd2 Ne5 19. Nxe4 Nd3 20. Re2 c5 21.
g3 c4 22. b4 $1 Rf5 23. a4 $14 Kf7 24. axb5 axb5 25. Kg2 Re5 26. f3 Bf6 27. Ra3
h6 28. h3 Be7 29. Ra8 Bf6 30. Rb8 Rxe4 $1 31. fxe4 Bxc3 32. Rxb5 Bxb4 33. Kf1
Bd6 34. g4 Be5 35. Rc2 c3 36. Ke2 Bf6 37. h4 Kg6 38. g5 hxg5 39. hxg5 Be5 40.
Rb6 Kf7 41. Ra2 Nf4+ 42. Kf3 Rd3 43. Rc6 Bd4 44. Kxf4 Bxe3+ 45. Kg4 Rd1 46.
Rc7+ Kg6 47. Ra6 Rg1+ 48. Kf3 Bd4 49. Rd6 Rf1+ 50. Ke2 Rf2+ 51. Kd3 Rd2+ 52.
Kc4 c2 53. Kb3 Kxg5 54. Rxc2 Rxc2 55. Kxc2 e5 56. Kd3 Kh5 57. Ke2 g5 58. Rf6 g4
59. Kf1 Kh4 60. Kg2 Be3 61. Rf5 Bf4 {Abgabezug. 2.57/3.10} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Niksic"]
[Site "Niksic"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Akopian, Vladimir Eduardovic"]
[Black "Todorovic, Goran M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1991.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 Be7 11. Bc2 Bg4 12. Qe1 O-O {The main alternative is 12.
- Ne6.} 13. Nd4 Nxe5 {Safer is 13. - Nxd4 14.cxd4 Ne6 with just a small
advantage for White after 15.Nb3.} 14. h3 (14. Qxe5 Bd6 15. Qe3 Re8 16. Nc6
Bxh2+ 17. Kxh2 Qh4+ 18. Kg1 Rxe3 19. fxe3 $16 {(Akopjan)}) 14... Ned3 (14...
Bd6 15. hxg4 Re8 16. f4 $18) 15. Bxd3 Nxd3 16. Qe3 Nxc1 17. hxg4 Bg5 18. f4 c5
19. Nc6 $1 Re8 20. Nxd8 Rxe3 21. fxg5 Nd3 {21. - Ne2+ 22.Kf2 + -} 22. Nxf7 $18
Nxb2 23. Nd6 Na4 24. Rae1 Rxe1 25. Rxe1 Nxc3 26. Re7 c4 27. Nf3 Ne4 28. Nxe4
dxe4 29. Rxe4 Rc8 30. Kf2 c3 31. Re1 b4 32. Ke3 Rd8 33. Ke2 a5 34. Rd1 Rc8 35.
Kd3 Kf8 36. Kc2 Re8 37. Re1 Rd8 38. Re5 Ra8 39. Nd4 a4 40. Rb5 b3+ 41. axb3 a3
42. Rf5+ Ke7 43. Rf1 a2 44. Ra1 Kd6 45. Nb5+ 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 10th"]
[Site "Budva"]
[Date "2009.03.15"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Black "Mikhalevski, Victor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2608"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "177"]
[EventDate "2009.03.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 130"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 32]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 {The Open Ruy
Lopez is not as popular, as when it was featured in WCh matches (1978 and 1981
by Kortschnoj, 1995 by Anand), moreover Anand stopped playing it in 2004.
However, it still has it's following - V.Mikhalevski is one of the staunchest
supporters, Carlsen and Ivanchuk and of course Viktor Kortschnoj employ it
occasionally.} 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. Nbd2 {Ever since the
Karpov-Kortschnoj matches this has become White's main move. One of it's main
pluses is he doesn't have to bother with the line} (9. c3 Bc5 $5 10. Nbd2 O-O
11. Bc2 Nxf2 12. Rxf2 f6 $13) 9... Be7 {Nowadays this restrained move is
played just as often, as the most principled} (9... Nc5 10. c3 {\/Consistent is
} d4 {and now:} (10... Be7 11. Bc2 {is a slight concession, although here it's
still not so simple to prove White's advantage:} d4 (11... Bg4 12. Re1 O-O 13.
Nb3 Ne4 14. Bf4 Re8 15. h3 Bh5 16. a4 bxa4 17. Rxa4 Bf8 18. Nbd4 Nxe5 19. Bxe5
Rxe5 20. g4 Qf6 {Kasparov,G (2838)-Krasenkow,M (2651)/Bled olm/2002/} 21. gxh5
c5 22. Nb3 Rg5+ 23. Kf1 Rf5 24. Rexe4 dxe4 25. Bxe4 Rd8 26. Qe2 Rxh5 27. Rxa6
Qf4 28. Kg2 $14 {Kasparov}) 12. Nb3 (12. cxd4 Nxd4 13. Nxd4 Qxd4 14. Nf3 Qxd1
15. Rxd1 O-O $11) 12... d3 {White can strive for more clarity with} 13. Nxc5 (
13. Bb1 Nxb3 14. axb3 Bf5 15. Be3 O-O 16. Re1 Qd5 17. b4 Rfd8 (17... a5 $6 18.
bxa5 Rxa5 19. Rxa5 Nxa5 20. Nd4 Bg6 21. Bxd3 Rd8 22. Bxg6 hxg6 23. Qe2 b4 24.
e6 fxe6 25. Bf4 Bf6 26. Bxc7 $18 {Cheparinov,I (2687)-Jussupow,A (2587)/
Amsterdam/2008/}) 18. Ba2 (18. Bd4 Bxb4 19. Bxd3 Bxd3 20. Qxd3 Nxd4 21. Nxd4 c5
22. Re4 Rac8 $11) 18... Qd7 19. Bg5 h6 20. Bxe7 Qxe7 21. Nd2 Be6 22. f4 Bxa2
23. Rxa2 Qe6 24. Ra1 Qd5 (24... a5 $5) 25. Qb3 $11 {Smirnov,P (2579)
-Iordachescu,V (2572)/Khanty Mansiysk/2008/}) 13... dxc2 14. Qxd8+ Rxd8 15.
Nxe6 fxe6 16. Be3 {This leads to a more pleasant _|_ without much risk after}
Rd5 17. Rfc1 (17. c4 bxc4 18. Rac1 Nb4 19. a3 Nd3 20. Rxc2 Kd7 21. Bd4 Rb8 $14
{/<=>}) 17... Nxe5 18. Nxe5 Rxe5 19. Bd4 Rg5 (19... Re2 20. Kf1 Rd2 21. Be3 $14
) 20. Rxc2 Kf7 21. Be3 Rg4 22. b3 Rd8 23. g3 e5 24. Kg2 Rg6 25. c4 Rc6 26. Rac1
b4 27. c5 Rf6 28. Rc4 a5 29. Re4 Rd5 30. a3 bxa3 31. Ra4 Rd3 32. Rxa3 a4 33.
Rxa4 Rxb3 34. h4 $14 {/=,Adams,M (2724)-Smeets,J (2538)/London/2007/}) 11. Bxe6
({Zaitsev's idea} 11. Ng5 {has been analysed too deeply by now. The verdict
seems to be a draw, one plausible line is} Qxg5 12. Qf3 O-O-O 13. Bxe6+ fxe6
14. Qxc6 Qxe5 15. b4 Qd5 16. Qxd5 exd5 17. bxc5 dxc3 18. Nb3 d4 19. Ba3 g6 20.
Bb4 Bg7 21. a4 d3 22. axb5 d2 23. c6 Kb8 24. Rxa6 $1 d1=Q 25. Bc5 Qxb3 26. Ba7+
Kc8 27. Bd4 Qxb5 28. Ra8+ Qb8 29. Rxb8+ Kxb8 30. Rb1+ Kc8 31. Ra1 Kb8 32. Rb1+
$11) 11... Nxe6 12. cxd4 Ncxd4 {Now the 2 moves, introduced already by Karpov
in 1981, remain topical, in both cases Black must defend with care:} 13. a4 (
13. Ne4 Be7 14. Be3 Nf5 15. Qc2 O-O 16. Neg5 (16. Rfd1 Nxe3 17. fxe3 Qc8 18.
Rac1 c5 19. Nd6 Qc6 20. Rd2 Ra7 21. Rcd1 c4 22. h4 Rc7 23. Rd5 g6 24. h5 Nc5
25. R1d4 Ne6 26. Rd1 Nc5 27. e6 {Naiditsch,A (2638)-Mikhalevski,V (2632)/Heviz/
2008/} fxe6 $5 28. Ne5 exd5 29. Nxc6 Rxc6 $17) 16... Bxg5 17. Nxg5 Nxg5 (17...
g6 18. Nxe6 (18. Ne4 $5) 18... fxe6 19. Rfe1 $14) 18. Qxf5 Ne6 19. f4 $5 $146 (
19. Rad1 Qe7 20. Qe4 Rad8 21. f4 Rxd1 22. Rxd1 Qh4 23. Qf3 Rd8 24. g3 Qe7 25.
a3 g6 26. b4 Rxd1+ 27. Qxd1 c5 $11 {Pheby,I (2559)-De Waard,J (2361)/corr/2005/
}) 19... g6 20. Qe4 f5 21. exf6 Qxf6 22. Qc6 Rae8 23. Rf2 Ng7 24. Qxf6 Rxf6 25.
Bd4 Rc6 26. Be5 Rd8 27. Re1 $14 {Azarov,S (2600)-Simacek,P (2493)/EU-ch Budva/
2009/ Although White's _|_ edge is small, his position is definitely easier to
pay.}) 13... Rb8 $5 (13... Bb4 14. axb5 Nxb5 15. Qa4 Be7 16. Ne4 O-O 17. Rd1
Qc8 18. Be3 Re8 $6 (18... Rd8 $14) 19. h4 h6 20. Rac1 Qb7 21. Ng3 Red8 22. Qg4
Kh8 23. Qh5 Kg8 24. Rxd8+ Rxd8 25. Bxh6 gxh6 26. Nf5 Bf8 27. Rc4 Rd7 28. Nxh6+
Bxh6 29. Qxh6 Nbd4 30. Nxd4 Nxd4 31. e6 Rd5 32. exf7+ Kxf7 33. Rxc7+ {1-0,
Almasi,Z (2667)-Mikhalevski,V (2632)/Heviz/2008/ These 2 games from Heviz
compeled Mikhalevski to refrain from 10...d4 and even 9...Nc5 in his susequent
games, but perhaps it's only a temporary shift.}) 14. axb5 axb5 15. Ne4 Be7 16.
Be3 Nf5 17. Ba7 ({White can also return to the idea from the 13.Ne4 line} 17.
Qc2 $5 Nxe3 18. fxe3 Qd5 19. Rac1 Qc4 20. Qxc4 bxc4 21. Rxc4 Rxb2 22. Nd4 Rb6
23. Nc3 Bg5 24. Nd5 $14 {/=, Morgado,J (2693)-Burkett,M/IECG corr/1998/}) 17...
Qxd1 18. Rfxd1 Rd8 19. g4 Nh4 20. Nxh4 Bxh4 21. Rxd8+ Bxd8 22. Be3 h5 23. h3
hxg4 24. hxg4 Kd7 25. Kg2 g5 $1 (25... Be7 26. f4 g6 27. f5 gxf5 28. gxf5 Nd8
29. Rd1+ Ke8 30. Nc3 Nc6 31. f6 Bd8 32. Bf4 Rh5 33. Ne4 $36 {Berg,E (2606)
-Simacek,P (2493)/EU-ch Budva/2009/}) 26. Ra5 (26. Ra8 $5) 26... b4 27. Nc5+
Nxc5 28. Bxc5 Be7 29. Bxe7 Kxe7 30. Rb5 Rd8 31. Rxb4 Rd5 $11 {Kreisl,R (2394)
-Simacek,P (2493)/EU-ch Budva/2009/}) (9... Bc5 {is also plausible, but not
everyone is willing to enter the line} 10. Nxe4 dxe4 11. Bxe6 Qxd1 12. Rxd1
fxe6 13. Ng5 O-O 14. Nxe4 Bb6 15. Kf1 Nxe5 16. Ke2 $11 {/+/= This position is
similar to Adams-Smeets above. White's edge is slight, but he risks nothing at
all by playing on.}) 10. c3 {For those, who are interested in this line, one
word of caution - this position arises also via the move-order 9.c3 Be7 10.
Nbd2. However, much more unusual and surprising is the transposition from the
Marshall gambit (!), when White declines it with 9.d4!? Nxe4 10.dxe5 Be6 11.
Nbd2 - here we have gone from the Closed to the Open Ruy Lopez.} (10. Nxe4 dxe4
11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. Ng5 Qxd1 (12... Bxg5 $5 13. Qh5+ g6 14. Qxg5 O-O $11) 13.
Rxd1 Bxg5 14. Bxg5 h6 $11 {is considered too drawish.}) 10... O-O 11. Bc2 {
This is the most natural move, but White has 2 other ways to fight for an
advantage:} ({More promising seems to be} 11. Re1 Nc5 ({Perhaps Black should
have a closer look at} 11... Nxd2 12. Qxd2 Qd7) 12. Nd4 $5 (12. Bc2 d4 13. Nb3
$6 (13. cxd4 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 Qxd4 15. Nf3 Qxd1 16. Rxd1 $11) 13... dxc3 14. bxc3
Qxd1 15. Rxd1 Na4 $1 16. Bd2 Rfd8 17. Nbd4 Nxd4 18. Nxd4 Nb2 19. Re1 c5 20.
Nxe6 Rxd2 21. Be4 Ra7 22. Nf4 c4 23. Kf1 Bc5 24. Re2 Rad7 $17 {[%csl Rc3] ><c3,
Pavlovic,M (2548)-Ernst,S (2474)/Wijk aan Zee-C/2004/}) 12... Nxd4 (12... Qd7
13. Bc2 Bg4 14. f3 Bh5 15. Bf5 Ne6 (15... Qe8 16. N2b3 Bg6 17. Bxg6 hxg6 {
Pruijssers,R (2444)-Leon Hoyos,M (2542)/Wijk aan Zee-C/2009/} 18. e6 $5 $36)
16. N2b3 Ncxd4 17. cxd4 a5 18. Be3 a4 19. Nc1 Bg6 20. Bh3 a3 21. b3 Bb4 22. Bd2
Qe7 $6 (22... Be7 $142 $1 $13) 23. Bxe6 fxe6 24. Ne2 c5 25. Bxb4 cxb4 26. Qd2
Rac8 27. Rac1 $14 {Kamsky,G (2726)-Kortschnoj,V (2598)/RUS-chT Dagomys/2008/})
13. cxd4 Nd3 14. Re3 Nxc1 (14... Nf4 15. Bc2 c5 16. Rg3 $5 Bh4 17. Nf3 Bxg3 18.
hxg3 Ng6 19. dxc5 Bg4 20. Qd4 Qd7 21. Bxg6 hxg6 22. c6 Qf5 23. Ng5 Rfe8 24. Bf4
$44 {+/-, Almasi,Z (2668)-Erdos,V (2576)/CRO-chT Sibenik/2008/}) 15. Rxc1 c5
16. dxc5 Rc8 17. Rec3 $5 (17. Rd3 Bxc5 18. Ne4 dxe4 $5 19. Rxd8 Rfxd8 20. Qe1
Bxb3 21. axb3 Bd4 22. Rxc8 Rxc8 23. g3 Bxe5 24. Qxe4 Bxb2 25. Qb7 Rc1+ 26. Kg2
g6 27. Qxa6 b4 {1/2, Kaiumov,D (2385)-Buturin,V (2375)/Primorsko/1989/
Although White could have tried harder in the final position, objectively it's
drawish.}) 17... b4 18. R3c2 Bf5 19. c6 Bxc2 20. Rxc2 Qa5 21. Nf3 Rfd8 22. Nd4
g6 23. e6 $1 $44 {->, Shirov,A (2739)-Carlsen,M (2714)/Moscow/2007/}) (11. Qe2
Nc5 (11... Nxd2 12. Bxd2 Na5 13. Bc2 Nc4 14. Nd4 Nxd2 15. Qxd2 Qd7 16. f4 c5
17. Nxe6 fxe6 18. Rad1 Rad8 19. Qd3 g6 20. Qg3 Rf7 21. h4 Rg7 22. Qh3 c4 23.
Kh1 a5 24. h5 Bc5 25. Rf3 $14 {Polgar,J (2708)-Karpov,A (2670)/Vitoria Gasteiz/
2007/}) 12. Nd4 Nxb3 13. N2xb3 Qd7 14. Nxc6 Qxc6 15. Be3 Bf5 $1 (15... Qc4 $143
$6 16. Qd2 Qg4 17. Bc5 Rae8 18. Rfe1 Qg6 19. f3 c6 20. Re2 Bc8 21. Rae1 h6 22.
Qd4 $14 {Anand,V (2792)-Leko,P (2740)/Monte Carlo rpd blindfold/2006/}) 16.
Rfd1 Qg6 (16... Rfd8 17. f3 Bf8 18. Qf2 a5 19. Rd2 b4 20. Rc1 Qa4 21. Nd4 Bg6
22. b3 Qe8 $132 {Botvinnik,M-Euwe,M/Leningrad/1934/}) 17. Nd4 Bd7 18. b4 Qe4
19. Bd2 Qxe2 20. Nxe2 Rfe8 21. Bf4 c6 22. Nd4 a5 23. a3 axb4 24. axb4 Ra4 $11 {
Mecking,H-Korchnoi,V/Augusta m/1974/ Sometimes it's more worth following the
older examples, than the new ones!}) 11... f5 12. Nb3 (12. exf6 Nxf6 13. Nb3
Bg4 14. Qd3 Qd7 (14... Ne4 {Although Kortschnoj criticizes his last move due to
} 15. Nbd2 {, after} Nf6 16. Ng5 (16. a4 $5) 16... g6 17. Ndf3 Qd6 18. h3 (18.
Re1 $142 Rfe8 $14 {/<=>}) 18... Bf5 19. Qe2 Bxc2 20. Qxc2 Rae8 $11 {Shirov,A 
(2723)-Kortschnoj,V (2642)/Reykjavik/2003/ he achieved a reasonable position.})
15. a4 b4 $132 (15... Bd6 $5 {Postny})) 12... Qd7 13. Nfd4 (13. Nbd4 Nxd4 {
usually only transposes after} 14. Nxd4 (14. cxd4 $6 Rac8 15. Ne1 c5 16. f3
cxd4 17. fxe4 dxe4 18. Bb3 Bc5 $17 {Dudukovic,N (2180)-Pavlovic,M (2537)/
Subotica/2008/})) 13... Nxd4 14. Nxd4 (14. cxd4 a5 15. f3 a4 16. fxe4 axb3 17.
Bxb3 fxe4 18. Be3 Rxf1+ 19. Qxf1 c6 $11 {was played already in Bogoljubow,
E-Rubinstein,A/Gothenburg/1920/}) 14... c5 15. Nxe6 Qxe6 16. f3 Ng5 17. a4 Rad8
$5 {Mikhalevski annotated some games with this line for the CBM, now he tries
it himself for the first time. The text-move is Black's main try and although
the idea is not new, it's responsible for the current popularity of the
variation. It gives Black more concrete [+]<=> than the alternative} (17... g6
18. Kh1 Qc6 $5 (18... c4 19. b4 (19. b3 $5 Qc6 20. Bxg5 Bxg5 21. f4 Be7 22. Qf3
$14 {Karjakin}) 19... a5 20. bxa5 Rxa5 21. Bxg5 Bxg5 22. f4 Be7 23. axb5 Rxb5
24. Ba4 Rb2 $2 (24... Rbb8 $1 25. Qd4 Rbc8 26. Rfd1 Rfd8 {/\Bc5= Karjakin}) 25.
Qd4 Rc8 26. Rfd1 Rc5 27. Rab1 Rxb1 28. Rxb1 Ra5 29. Bd1 Qa6 30. h3 Kg7 31. Bf3
$16 {Karjakin,S (2660)-Sokolov,I (2689)/Wijk aan Zee/2006/}) 19. Bxg5 Bxg5 20.
f4 Be7 21. Qf3 c4 22. Rfd1 Rfd8 23. b4 a5 24. axb5 Qxb5 25. Ba4 Qb6 26. b5 Qe6
27. Rd2 Ra7 28. Rad1 Rad7 29. g3 Kg7 30. b6 Rb7 31. Rxd5 Rxd5 32. Qxd5 Qxd5+
33. Rxd5 Rxb6 34. Rxa5 Rb1+ 35. Kg2 Rc1 36. Ra7 Kf8 37. Ra8+ Kg7 38. Ra7 {
1/2, Khairullin,I (2533)-Fressinet,L (2625)/Moscow/2006/}) 18. axb5 axb5 19.
Ra7 $5 {A natural sortie, in a strategically complex position White wants to
retain as many options as possible. Other moves pose Black less problems:} (19.
Bxg5 {is a typical motif, which can appear even later on. White wants to prove
his B is the better one of the ^- either by targetting d5, or opening the /^
b1-h7 against Black's K.} Bxg5 20. f4 Be7 21. Kh1 Kh8 (21... Qb6 22. b3 d4 23.
c4 bxc4 24. bxc4 Qb7 25. Bd3 Ra8 26. Rb1 Qc6 27. Be2 Rab8 28. Bf3 Rxb1 29. Qxb1
Qc7 30. Bd5+ $14 {Karjakin,S (2672)-Fressinet,L (2640)/Cap d'Agde rpd/2006/
was again a pleasant ^- for White, although later Black maanged to hold the
game.}) ({The same goes for} 21... c4 22. Qd4 Qc6 23. b4 $1 cxb3 24. Bxb3 Kh8
25. Ra5 Rc8 26. Bxd5 Qxc3 27. Qxc3 Rxc3 28. Rxb5 $14 {Volokitin,A (2660)
-Harikrishna,P (2680)/Foros/2006/}) 22. Qd3 (22. Ra7 d4 23. Qf3 dxc3 24. bxc3
Rd2 25. Bb1 Rd7 26. Rxd7 Qxd7 27. Rd1 Qc7 28. c4 bxc4 29. Qc3 Rd8 $132 {
Lastin,A (2583)-Motylev,A (2648)/Krasnoyarsk/2007/}) 22... Qb6 (22... Qc6 23.
Rfd1 c4 24. Qf3 g6 25. b4 (25. h3 $5 $14) 25... Rd7 (25... Qb6 $1 26. Rxd5 Rxd5
27. Qxd5 Qe3 28. Qxb5 Qxc3 29. Qa4 Bxb4 $132) 26. Qe3 Ra8 27. Qd4 $1 $16 {
Carlsen,M (2646)-Krasenkow,M (2650)/Tromso/2006/}) 23. g4 d4 $5 (23... g6 24.
gxf5 Rxf5 25. Qe2 Rf7 $14) (23... c4 24. Qh3 Qc6 25. Qg2 fxg4 26. f5 Bc5 $6 (
26... g3 $1 $13 {Ftacnik,/\} 27. f6 $6 gxf6 28. Bxh7 fxe5 $1) 27. Qxg4 Rde8 28.
f6 gxf6 29. Bxh7 $1 Rxe5 {Karjakin,S (2678)-Carlsen,M (2690)/Wijk aan Zee/2007/
} 30. Bg6 $1 Qb7 31. Bf5 $1 Rf7 32. Rf3 $18) 24. gxf5 c4 25. Qe4 d3 26. Bd1 Qh6
27. Ra7 Bc5 28. Rc7 Rc8 29. Rxc8 Rxc8 30. Bf3 Rd8 31. Kg2 Qh4 32. Ra1 d2 33.
Qc6 Qf2+ 34. Kh3 Bf8 35. f6 Rd3 36. fxg7+ Kxg7 37. Qf6+ Kg8 38. Qe6+ {1/2,
Fedorov,A (2617)-Delchev,A (2628)/ROM-chT Predeal/2006/}) ({Too slow is} 19.
Kh1 f4 $1 20. Bd2 c4 {These two important advances cramp White's position.} 21.
Ra5 ({Due to the K on h1 White can't even play} 21. h4 $2 Qh6 $40) 21... Qc6
22. Qa1 $6 Bc5 23. Ra6 Qb7 24. Qa5 Rde8 25. Re1 Bf2 26. Rf1 Be3 $17 {Karjakin,
S (2660)-Vallejo Pons,F (2650)/Cuernavaca/2006/}) (19. Qe2 c4 20. Be3 Qc6 21.
Rfd1 Ne6 22. Rd2 g6 23. f4 Rd7 24. Qf2 Rfd8 25. Kf1 Bc5 26. Bxc5 Nxc5 27. Rad1
h5 28. h3 Ne4 29. Bxe4 dxe4 $11 {Almasi,Z (2657)-Vallejo Pons,F (2666)/Turin
olm/2006/}) 19... Rd7 ({Now Black's [+] play will be less effective, but after
} 19... c4 {Bologan came up with the strong} 20. Be3 $1 Qxe5 (20... b4 21. Qd2
f4 22. Bf2 b3 23. Bb1 Qf7 24. Qd4 Ne6 25. Qb6 $16 {Bologan,V (2659)-Timman,J 
(2565)/Barcelona/2006/}) 21. Re1 (21. Qd2 d4 $5 22. cxd4 f4 $14 {/<=>}) 21...
Qd6 22. Rb7 Ne6 23. Kh1 (23. Rxb5 $14 {Bologan}) 23... g6 24. Bd4 Nxd4 25.
Rexe7 Ne6 26. g4 (26. Rxh7 $142) 26... Rfe8 27. Rxh7 Qe5 28. gxf5 Nf4 29. Qg1
Qe3 $132 {Kastner,W (2255)-Kreisl,R (2286)/corr/2007/}) 20. Rxd7 Qxd7 21. Be3 (
21. Kh1 f4 22. b4 {A very committal move.} (22. Qd2 $142 $5 $14 {I.Sokolov})
22... c4 {[%csl Rc3] ><c3} 23. Qd2 Ne6 24. Rd1 Nc7 25. Qf2 Qe6 26. Qd4 Qc6 27.
Kg1 g6 $13 {/=/+, Polgar,J (2710)-Sokolov,I (2670)/Hoogeveen/2006/}) (21. Qe2
g6 (21... Ne6 $5 22. Be3 f4 $13 {is a somewhat better version of
Polgar-Carlsen below, as White's Q on d2 seems more effective.}) 22. Be3 Ne6
23. Rd1 Qc6 24. f4 Rc8 $6 (24... c4 {[%cal Yb5b4,Ye7c5] /\Bc5,b4<=>}) 25. g4 d4
26. Bc1 Kh8 27. h3 Rf8 28. gxf5 gxf5 29. Kh2 dxc3 30. bxc3 $14 {Naiditsch,A 
(2678)-Seel,C (2494)/BL 0809/2009/}) (21. b4 {Senlle Caride,M (2289)-Meurs,T 
(2084)/EU-chJ Herceg Novi/2008/} cxb4 22. Bxg5 (22. cxb4 Ne6 $132) 22... Bxg5
23. f4 Be7 24. cxb4 Bxb4 25. Qd4 Be7 26. Bb3 Rc8 $11 27. Bxd5+ Kf8 $11) 21...
Qc6 $146 {[%mdl 8] This move is new, but it doesn't fully solve Black's
problems.} (21... f4 22. Bf2 g6 23. Qd2 Ne6 24. Rd1 Rd8 25. Be4 (25. h4 $5 d4
26. h5 $14) 25... Qc7 26. Bxd5 Qxe5 27. b3 Kg7 28. c4 bxc4 29. bxc4 Nc7 30. Qa2
Nxd5 31. cxd5 Kf8 32. h3 Qd6 33. Qc4 Kf7 34. Kh1 Kf8 $11 {Polgar,J (2707)
-Carlsen,M (2710)/Biel/ 2007/}) (21... Ne6 22. f4 $5 $14 {/\g4,Qf3}) 22. Bxg5
$1 {[%mdl 32] A well-timed moment for this strategic decision.} Bxg5 23. f4 Be7
24. g4 $1 fxg4 25. Qxg4 $36 c4 26. f5 Kh8 27. Kh1 d4+ (27... Bc5 28. f6 $5 {/\}
(28. Rd1 b4 29. Qf3 Rd8 30. f6 $40) 28... gxf6 29. Bxh7 {See Karjakin-Carlsen
above for this typical tactical blow!} f5 (29... Kxh7 30. Rf3 Be3 31. Rxe3 d4+
32. Rf3 $18 {/\Qh3-g2}) 30. Qh5 Kg7 31. Bxf5 Qh6 32. Qd1 $16) 28. Be4 Qd7 29.
cxd4 Qxd4 30. f6 $1 {[%mdl 64] Again this tactical thrust, albeit with a
different idea.} g6 $8 (30... gxf6 $2 31. Rg1 $18) 31. Qf4 $5 ({White wants
more than the simple} 31. Rd1 Qxe5 32. fxe7 Qxe7 33. Bc6 $16) 31... Bd8 32. Bg2
$6 {In the event he will have to settle for less.} (32. Bc6 $142 $1 Qxb2 ({
Hopeless is} 32... Qxf4 33. Rxf4 Bc7 34. Re4 Bxe5 35. Rxe5 b4 36. Re6 c3 37.
bxc3 bxc3 38. Be4 $18) 33. Qe3 $5 (33. Qh6 Rf7 34. Qe3 Qb3 35. Qxb3 cxb3 36.
Bd5 Rf8 37. Bxb3 Bc7 $1 38. e6 Bd8 {and Black manages to blockade the terrible
P.}) 33... Be7 34. Rf2 Qa1+ (34... Bc5 35. Rxb2 Bxe3 36. e6 Rxf6 37. e7 Re6 38.
e8=Q+ Rxe8 39. Bxe8 c3 40. Rc2 $18 {and White should gradually win.}) 35. Kg2
Bb4 36. Qh6 Rf7 37. Qf4 $18 {[%csl Ge5,Gf6] and White's o^ are ready to move
on and decide the issue.}) 32... Qxf4 (32... Qxb2 $2 33. Qe3 $1 $18 {and
White's Q penetrates decisively via c5, or a7.}) 33. Rxf4 Bc7 34. Re4 Bd8 35.
Kg1 $5 (35. Rd4 Bxf6 36. exf6 Rxf6 37. Rd8+ Kg7 38. Rb8 {leads to the note to
move 37, but White is a tempo down. Therefore Naiditsch centralizes his K.})
35... Bxf6 {Black get rid of the P as soon as possible:} (35... Kg8 $2 36. Bh3
Bxf6 (36... Kf7 37. Bd7 $16) 37. exf6 Rxf6 38. Bd7 Rb6 39. Re5 $18) 36. exf6
Rxf6 37. Re5 $5 {A tough decision.} ({After} 37. Re8+ Kg7 38. Re7+ Kh6 (38...
Rf7 $2 39. Rxf7+ Kxf7 40. Bc6 $18) 39. Rb7 Rf5 40. Bc6 c3 41. bxc3 Rc5 $11 {
/+/= Black swaps the <<P and as the B doesn't control h8, White has only
practical winning chances.}) 37... b4 38. Re2 $14 Kg7 39. Bd5 c3 40. b3 {
[%mdl 4096] White doesn't want to exchange, but to win both <<P. However, this
is far from easy and in the end he succeeds in winning the _|_ mostly with
Black's help.} Rd6 (40... Rf4 $5 $14) 41. Be4 Kf6 42. Kf2 Kg5 43. Kg3 (43. Ke3
$5 $14 {/\} Kh4 44. Ra2 Kh3 45. Ra7 h5 46. Rb7) 43... Rd4 44. Bc2 Rg4+ $6 (
44... Kf6 $142 $1 45. Kf3 (45. Kf2 Rf4+ 46. Ke3 Ke5) 45... Rh4 {/\} 46. Ke3 Ke5
) 45. Kf3 Rf4+ 46. Ke3 Rh4 47. Rf2 Kh6 48. Be4 Kg5 49. Rg2+ Kf6 50. Kd4 Ke6 51.
Ra2 Kd6 52. Ra6+ Kd7 53. Ra4 c2 54. Ra1 Rxh2 55. Rc1 Rh3 56. Bd3 $1 {White has
almost achieved his goal, but as he had to give the Ph2 in the process, the
win is still far from easy.} (56. Bxc2 $2 Rc3 57. Ke4 Kc7 $11 (57... Ke6 $2 58.
Re1 $1 $14)) 56... Kd6 57. Kc4 (57. Rxc2 Rh4+ 58. Be4 Rh3 59. Rd2 $1 {/\Kc4+/-}
) 57... Kc6 58. Be4+ Kd6 59. Bxc2 Rh4+ 60. Kb5 g5 61. Bd3 h5 ({Black will lose
his Pb4 anyway, so perhaps} 61... g4 $5 62. Kxb4 g3+ $14 {deserved attention.
However, inaccuracies in the guillotine phase are almost inevitable...}) 62.
Rc6+ Ke5 63. Rc5+ Kd4 (63... Kf4 $5 $14 {/\} 64. Rc4+ Kg3 65. Bg6 (65. Rxh4
Kxh4 66. Kxb4 g4 67. Kc4 Kh3 68. Be4 g3 $11) 65... Rxc4 66. bxc4 b3 67. c5 h4
68. c6 h3 69. c7 h2 70. Be4 b2 71. c8=Q b1=Q+ 72. Bxb1 h1=Q $11) 64. Bg6 Rh3
65. Rc4+ Ke5 66. Kxb4 h4 (66... g4 $2 67. Bxh5 Rxh5 68. Rc5+ $18) 67. Rc5+ Kf6
68. Be8 $6 (68. Bf5 Rg3 (68... Rf3 69. Bg4 Rf4+ 70. Rc4 Rxg4 71. Rxg4 Kf5 72.
Rg1 g4 73. Kc4 g3 74. b4 Kg4 75. b5 h3 76. b6 h2 77. Rb1 $1 g2 78. b7 h1=Q 79.
b8=Q $16) 69. Bd7 {-68.Be8}) ({More promising seems} 68. Rc6+ $142 $5 Ke5 69.
Be8 Rd3 (69... g4 70. Bd7 Rg3 71. Rc4 h3 72. Rxg4 h2 73. Rh4 $18) (69... Rg3
70. Bd7 h3 71. Rh6 g4 72. Rh4 Kf4 73. Bxg4 Rxg4 74. Rxh3 Ke5+ 75. Kc5 Ke6 76.
Rd3 $18 {This is White's primary goal - to achieve a won R+P:R _|_.}) 70. Rh6
$16 {Now Black's P are stopped for the time being, a sample line is} Rd8 (70...
h3 71. Bb5 Rg3 72. Bd7 $18) 71. Bc6 Rd6 $2 72. Rxd6 Kxd6 73. Bb7 $1 g4 74. Kc4
Ke5 75. Kd3 Kf4 76. Ke2 Ke5 (76... h3 77. Bc8 $18) 77. Ke3 $18) 68... Rg3 69.
Bd7 Ke7 $2 ({Black should have used his probably last chance to advance the
Ph4 with} 69... h3 70. Rc3 $5 (70. Rc6+ Ke7 (70... Ke5 71. Rh6 g4 72. Rh4 $18)
71. Bc8 h2 72. Rh6 Rg2 73. Kc3 (73. Bb7 Rf2 74. Rg6 Rf4+ 75. Kc3 g4 $11) 73...
g4 74. Bxg4 Rxg4 75. Rxh2 Kd6 $11) 70... h2 $8 71. Bc6 Rg4+ 72. Ka3 $5 (72. Rc4
Rg1 $11 {and White's R can't get to the <-> h.}) (72. Kc5 Rg1 {and it seems
that Black's <=> is just in time, for example} 73. Rh3 Rb1 (73... Rc1+ 74. Kd6
Rc2 {is similar.}) 74. b4 Rb2 75. b5 g4 76. Rc3 g3 $1 77. Rxg3 Rc2+ 78. Kd4
Rxc6 $11) 72... Rh4 73. Rc1 (73. Bh1 g4 74. b4 Rh5 75. Ka4 Re5 $132) 73... g4
74. b4 g3 (74... Rh6 75. b5 Ke5 76. Bh1 Rd6 77. Rb1 $1 $18) (74... Ke7 75. b5
Rh6 76. Bg2 Rd6 77. Rc7+ Kd8 78. Rg7 Rd3+ 79. Kb4 Rd2 80. Bb7 $1 {/\} Rd1 81.
Rxg4 h1=Q 82. Bxh1 Rxh1 83. Rc4 $8 $18) 75. b5 Rh5 {[%cal Rh5b5] /\Rb5} 76. Kb4
(76. b6 Ra5+ 77. Kb4 Ra2 78. b7 g2 79. Bxg2 Rxg2 80. Ka5 Rb2 81. Ka6 Kg5 82.
Rh1 Kg4 83. Rxh2 Rxh2 84. b8=Q Ra2+ $11) 76... Rh4+ 77. Kc5 Rh5+ 78. Kb6 Rg5
79. Bg2 Re5 $11) 70. Bc8 Kd6 {Black's previous move not only didn't further
his play, but misplaced his K as well.} ({Now it's too late for} 70... h3 71.
Rc3 h2 72. Bb7 Rg4+ 73. Rc4 Rg1 74. Rc7+ $18 {/\Rh7}) 71. Rc4 Ke5 (71... h3 72.
Rc3 h2 73. Bb7 Rg1 74. Rc6+ $18 {is similar to the above line.}) 72. Rc6 Rd3
73. Rc5+ Kf6 74. Kc4 Rg3 75. Rc6+ Kg7 76. Bf5 h3 {This doesn't help anymore.} (
{However, the same goes for} 76... Rf3 $5 77. Be4 $1 (77. Rg6+ Kf7 78. Rxg5
Rf4+ 79. Kc3 Kf6 80. Rh5 Rxf5 81. Rxh4 Ke7 $11) 77... Re3 (77... Rf4 78. Kd4
$18) 78. Bd3 $5 Rg3 79. b4 $18 {and the <=> is too slow}) 77. Rg6+ Kf7 78. Rh6
g4 79. Rh4 $18 {We have already had a similar position in the note to move 68
- White finally disarms Black's P and transposes into a won R_|_.} Kf6 80. Bxg4
Kg5 (80... h2 81. Bd7 $18 (81. Rxh2 Rxg4+ 82. Kb5 Ke7 83. b4 Kd7 84. Rc2 $18 {
is also a TB win.})) 81. Rxh3 Rxg4+ 82. Kc5 Kf6 83. Re3 ({White already had
alternative solutions:} 83. b4 Ke7 84. b5 Kd7 85. Kb6 $18) 83... Rg8 (83...
Rg5+ 84. Kc4 Rg4+ 85. Kc3 Rg8 86. b4 $18 {and White wins as in the game: K
goes to the d6, then Rb3.}) 84. b4 Rc8+ 85. Kd6 Rb8 86. Rf3+ {This finesse is
nice, but not necessary anymore.} (86. Rb3 $18) 86... Kg5 87. Rb3 Kf5 88. b5
Ke4 89. b6 1-0

[Event "Gashimov Memorial 3rd"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2016.05.28"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Hou, Yifan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2804"]
[BlackElo "2663"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2016.05.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 {Lately the Open Ruy
Lopez has experienced a significant surge in popularity. In Shamkir Caruana
played it with both colours, Hou Yifan faced it in the World Championship
match against M.Muzychuk earlier this year and subsequently took it up herself
with Black. Other top GMs as Giri and DIng Liren have added it to their
repertoires as well.} (5... Be7 {is still the most popular alternative,
leading to the Closed Ruy Lopez.}) 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. Nbd2 (9.
Be3 {is one of the tricky sidelines:} {Black mostly continues his development
with} Be7 ({After} 9... Nc5 {White can fight for an advantage with} 10. Nc3 $5
(10. c3 Be7 {transposes to 9...Be7}) 10... Nxb3 11. cxb3 Be7 12. Rc1 Qd7 13. h3
(13. Bg5 O-O 14. Bxe7 Nxe7 15. Qd4 Rad8 16. Qa7 (16. h3 $5 $14) 16... Nc6 17.
Qxa6 Bg4 18. Nd1 Nb8 19. Qb7 Bxf3 20. gxf3 {Shirov,A (2689)-Simacek,P (2454)
Czech Republic 2016} Qe6 $1 $44) 13... O-O 14. Ne2 {[%cal Ye2d4,Ye3c5]} f6 15.
exf6 Rxf6 16. Ned4 Nxd4 17. Bxd4 Rf5 18. Ne5 Qc8 19. Nc6 Bd6 20. Bc5 Qd7 21.
Bxd6 cxd6 22. Nd4 $16 {Ponomariov,R (2677)-Kortschnoj,V (2639) Donetsk 2001})
10. c3 {and now:} {The most natural reaction is} O-O (10... Qd7 11. Nbd2 Nxd2
12. Qxd2 Na5 13. Bg5 c5 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. Bxd5 $5 ({More principled than} 15.
Ng5 Nxb3 16. axb3 O-O 17. f4 g6 18. h3 Rfd8 19. Qf2 h6 20. Nf3 Bf5 21. b4 cxb4
22. cxb4 Rdc8 23. Nd4 Be4 24. Rac1 Rc4 $132 {Sokolov,A (2555)-Jussupow,A (2600)
Montpellier ct 1985}) 15... Rd8 16. c4 Nxc4 17. Bc6+ Kf8 ({Black goes for
complications. However,} 17... Bd7 18. Bxd7+ Qxd7 19. Qc1 Qc6 $13 {seems to be
playable as well.}) 18. Qc3 b4 19. Qc1 h6 20. a3 bxa3 21. bxa3 g5 22. Rb1 Qc7
23. Be4 Qa5 24. Rb7 Rg8 $1 (24... Qxa3 25. Nxg5 $1 hxg5 26. Qxg5 $40) {led to
a murky position, the sacrifice} 25. Rb3 Nd6 26. exd6 Bxb3 27. Qb2 Be6 28. Rd1
$44 {Giri,A (2798)-Caruana,F (2787) Wijk aan Zee 2016 gave White only
sufficient compensation at best.}) ({After} 10... Nc5 11. Bc2 Nd7 {However,
White has another enterprising sacrifice} 12. Nd4 $5 (12. Re1 Ndxe5 13. Nxe5
Nxe5 14. Bd4 Ng6 15. Bxg7 Rg8 16. Bxg6 Rxg7 17. Rxe6 (17. Bh5 Kf8 18. Nd2 c5
19. a4 {Aakash,G (2343)-Deepan Chakkravarthy,J (2462) Jalgaon 2013} b4 $1 {/\}
20. cxb4 c4 $15) 17... hxg6 18. Re2 Kf8 19. Nd2 Rh7 20. Nf3 Bf6 21. Qd3 Kg7 22.
a4 c6 23. h3 Rh8 24. Ne5 Qd6 25. Ng4 Rhe8 26. axb5 axb5 27. Rxa8 Rxa8 28. g3
Kg8 $11 {Dominguez Perez,L (2757)-Nakamura,H (2772) Elancourt 2013}) (12. Bf4
g5 {is also a gambit after} 13. Be3 (13. Bg3 h5 14. h3 g4 $36) 13... Ndxe5 14.
Nxe5 Nxe5 15. Bd4 Bf6 $6 $146 (15... f6 $142 $1 $13 {[%csl Ge5]}) 16. a4 $1 (
16. f4 $36) 16... b4 17. cxb4 Nc6 18. Bc5 Be7 19. Re1 Rb8 20. Qh5 Kd7 21. Nc3
Bxc5 22. bxc5 Qf6 23. Rad1 Nb4 {Motylev,A (2658)-Khairullin,I (2662) Chita 2015
} 24. Bb3 {/\} c6 25. Ne4 $1 Qxb2 26. Qf3 $40 {[%cal Rf3g3,Re4g5]}) 12... Ndxe5
13. Nxe6 (13. f4 Nc4 14. Nxc6 Nxe3 15. Nxd8 Nxd1 16. Nxe6 Ne3 17. Nxc7+ Kd7 18.
Nxa8 Nxc2 19. Nd2 Bc5+ 20. Kh1 Nxa1 21. Rxa1 Rxa8 $11 {Tal,M (2565)-Timman,J 
(2640) Montpellier 1985}) 13... fxe6 14. Nd2 $32 Bf6 (14... O-O 15. f4 Ng6 16.
Nb3 Bd6 17. Qh5 Nce7 18. Nc5 Bxc5 19. Bxc5 Rf7 20. Rae1 Qd7 21. g4 $16 {
Swiercz,D (2540)-De Jong,J (2437) Wijk aan Zee 2011}) ({Black should possibly
try the as yet untested} 14... g6 $5) 15. f4 Nf7 16. Qg4 Qc8 17. Bc5 h5 18. Qh3
Be7 19. Nb3 Bd6 20. Rae1 Rh6 21. Be3 Rf6 22. Nd4 Ncd8 23. Qxh5 $16 {Van
Foreest,J (2548)-Timman,J (2562) Hoogeveen 2015}) 11. Nbd2 Qd7 (11... Bg4 12.
Nxe4 dxe4 13. Qd5 Qxd5 14. Bxd5 exf3 15. Bxc6 fxg2 16. Rfe1 $146 (16. Kxg2 Rad8
17. a4 b4 18. cxb4 Bxb4 19. Rfc1 {is more usual, although even here} Bd2 {
should hold the balance.}) 16... Rad8 17. a4 b4 18. cxb4 Bxb4 19. Rec1 Bd2 20.
Bxd2 Rxd2 21. b4 f6 22. e6 (22. a5 $5 {[%cal Rb4b5]}) 22... Bxe6 23. Bb7 {
Caruana,F (2804)-Giri,A (2782) Paris rpd 2016} Rd4 $11) 12. Bc2 (12. Re1 Nxd2 (
12... Rad8 13. Bc2 Bf5 $5 $13 {also deserves attention}) 13. Qxd2 (13. Bxd2
Rad8 14. Nd4 Nxd4 15. cxd4 c5 16. dxc5 Bxc5 17. Rc1 Rc8 18. h3 d4 19. Qf3 d3
20. Red1 Bd4 21. Rxc8 Rxc8 22. Bxe6 Qxe6 23. b3 Qxe5 24. Qxd3 Qf6 $11 {Adams,M
(2742)-Muzychuk,M (2528) Baku 2015}) 13... Na5 14. Bg5 c5 15. Bc2 Nc4 16. Qd3
g6 17. b3 Na3 18. Bd1 a5 19. Rc1 Rfe8 20. Qd2 b4 $6 {Opening the position is
risky.} (20... a4 $142 $5 $132 {Ftacnik}) 21. Bxe7 Qxe7 22. cxb4 axb4 23. Qh6
Bf5 24. Be2 Qf8 25. Qxf8+ Kxf8 26. Rxc5 Nc2 27. Rc1 Rxa2 28. Bd1 Rea8 29. Bxc2
Rxc2 30. R5xc2 Bxc2 31. Nd4 {Jakovenko,D (2691)-Sutovsky,E (2629) Poikovsky
2007/ For more details see the notes to this game in CBM 117 by Ftacnik.})
12... Nxd2 (12... f5 {is the older move, but it gradually went out of fashion:}
13. exf6 Nxf6 14. Bg5 Bd6 15. a4 $5 b4 16. a5 bxc3 17. bxc3 Qf7 18. Re1 h6 19.
Bh4 Ng4 20. Bg3 Bxg3 21. hxg3 Bf5 22. Ba4 $1 Nxa5 {Polgar,J (2710)-Koneru,H 
(2589) Caleta 2012} 23. Nd4 $1 {/\} Bh7 24. Qxg4 Qxf2+ 25. Kh2 Qxd2 26. Re7 Qg5
27. Qxg5 hxg5 28. Bd7 $40) 13. Qxd2 Bg4 (13... Na5 14. Nd4 c5 15. Qd3 g6 16.
Nxe6 fxe6 17. Bh6 Rf7 18. Qg3 Kh8 19. h4 Rg8 20. Rad1 Nc6 21. Rfe1 Bd8 22. Qh3
g5 23. hxg5 Bxg5 24. Rd3 Bxh6 25. Qxh6 c4 26. Rh3 d4 27. Bg6 Rfg7 28. Be4 {
[%cal Rh6f6]} Rf7 $14 {/<=>, Giri,A (2791)-Pruijssers,R (2507) Amsterdam 2015})
(13... Rad8 14. a4 Bf5 $5 15. Rfd1 b4 16. Bxf5 Qxf5 17. Qd3 Qxd3 18. Rxd3 f6
19. e6 Ne5 20. Nxe5 fxe5 21. cxb4 d4 22. Bd2 e4 23. Rg3 Rd6 24. Rg4 Rxe6 25.
Re1 Rb8 $11 {Horvath,J (2520)-Karsa,L (2380) Kecskemet 1985}) 14. Bf4 (14. Qd3
g6 15. Bh6 Rfe8 {is more common, but White got nothing after} 16. Rfe1 Bf5 17.
Qd2 Bxc2 18. Qxc2 Nd8 $1 19. Rad1 Ne6 20. h4 c5 21. h5 Rad8 22. a4 bxa4 23. Ra1
Rb8 24. Bc1 Rb6 25. Rd1 Rd8 26. Rxa4 gxh5 $5 27. Ra5 Ng7 28. Bg5 Rg6 $36 {
Kokarev,D (2638)-Short,N (2664) Kolkata 2015}) 14... Bxf3 15. gxf3 Rad8 $146 (
15... Nd8 16. Rad1 c6 17. Kh1 f5 {is rather passive, although Black got
counterplay after} 18. Rg1 Ne6 19. Be3 Rae8 20. f4 Bc5 21. Rg3 (21. b4 $14)
21... Re7 22. b4 Ba7 23. a4 Kh8 24. axb5 axb5 25. Ra1 d4 $1 $132 {Nyman,
S-Lilloni,L corr Italy 1972}) (15... Bh4 $5 $13 {[%cal Yc6e7,Ye7g6,Yf7f6]
deserves attention, preventing Bg3.}) 16. Rfd1 $5 (16. Rad1 {is more natural,
but White envisages a different future for the Ra1. The idea pays off after
Black's slow reaction.}) 16... Qe6 17. Qe3 (17. Qe2 f6 $5 18. Qd3 Qh3 $13)
17... Rd7 $6 (17... Bh4 $5) (17... Na5 $142 $1 18. b3 c5 19. a4 (19. Bg3 Nc6
20. f4 (20. a4 $6 b4 $15) 20... f5 $13 {/=/+}) 19... c4 $132 ({Komodo
recommends} 19... b4 $5)) 18. Bg3 g6 $6 (18... f5 19. exf6 $5 Qxf6 (19... Qxe3
20. fxe3 Bxf6 21. e4 $36) 20. Bb3 $14 (20. a4 $5)) (18... Na5 19. f4 f5 20.
exf6 Qxe3 21. fxe3 Bxf6 22. e4 Nc4 $14 {/<=>}) 19. a4 (19. f4 $5 f5 20. b4 $36
{[%csl Rd5][%cal Rc2b3] Mikhalchisin}) 19... Nd8 $6 {Black should have kept
the a-file closed.} (19... b4 $142 20. f4 $14 (20. a5 $5)) 20. axb5 axb5 21. f4
{[%cal Rf4f5]} f6 $8 22. exf6 Qxf6 (22... Qxe3 23. fxe3 Bc5 (23... Bxf6 24. e4
$16) 24. Kg2 Bxe3 25. Re1 Bb6 26. Re7 $16 (26. Bh4 $5 {[%csl Gc2,Gh4]})) 23.
Qe2 $1 c6 24. Qg4 Rb7 25. f5 $36 {[%csl Gc2,Gg3] Hou,Y (2673)-Muzychuk,M (2554)
WchW Lvov 2016}) ({After} 9. c3 {Black has also lately turned to the solid} Be7
(9... Bc5 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Bc2 Nxf2 12. Rxf2 f6 {is not refuted, but Black had
to defend with care after} 13. exf6 Bxf2+ 14. Kxf2 Qxf6 15. Nf1 Ne5 16. Kg1
Nxf3+ 17. Qxf3 Qxf3 18. gxf3 Rxf3 19. Bg5 Bh3 20. Nd2 Rf7 21. Re1 Raf8 22. Be3
Re7 23. Bf2 Rxe1+ 24. Bxe1 Re8 25. Kf2 Bg4 26. Bd3 g5 27. Nb3 Kf7 28. Nc5 Bc8
$11 {Areshchenko,A (2677)-Zubarev,A (2548) Lvov 2015}) 10. Bc2 {is less tested,
White wants to limit his opponent's options.} (10. Nbd2 {gives Black a choice:}
O-O (10... Nc5 11. Bc2 d4 {transposes to 9.Nbd2}) 11. Bc2 f5 12. Nb3 Qd7 13.
Nbd4 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 c5 15. Nxe6 Qxe6 16. f3 Ng5 17. a4 Rad8 18. Bxg5 (18. axb5
axb5 19. Ra7 Rd7 20. Rxd7 Qxd7 21. Be3 Ne6 $5 22. f4 g6 23. g3 Rd8 24. Bf2 d4
25. cxd4 Nxd4 26. Bxd4 Qxd4+ 27. Qxd4 Rxd4 28. Rd1 c4 $1 $11 {Gashimov,V (2730)
-Sutovsky,E (2660) Poikovsky 2009}) 18... Bxg5 19. f4 Be7 20. axb5 axb5 21. Kh1
d4 $5 (21... Qb6 22. Qd3 c4 23. Qh3 g6 24. g4 d4 25. gxf5 {Karjakin,S (2779)
-Hou,Y (2663) Shamkir 2016} d3 $1 $15) 22. cxd4 c4 23. b3 (23. Qd2 Rd7 24. Qa5
Qc6 25. Rad1 Rd5 $44 {has been tested in email games, Black held the balance.})
23... Bc5 24. bxc4 Rxd4 25. Qb1 bxc4 26. Ra5 Qc6 (26... Qb6 $6 {costs Black an
important tempo after} 27. Rb5 Qc6 28. Bd1 $14 {Sebag,M (2501)-Muzychuk,A 
(2566) Beijing rpd 2013}) 27. Bd1 (27. Bxf5 g6 28. Bxg6 hxg6 29. Rxc5 $11 {
is the safe choice}) 27... Qc7 28. Qb5 (28. Rb5 $142 $5) 28... Bb6 29. Ra6 Rb8
30. Bf3 c3 31. Rc1 Kh8 32. Ra8 $2 (32. g3 $132) 32... Rxa8 33. Bxa8 Rd8 34. Bf3
Be3 $19 {Sebag,M (2496)-Muzychuk,M (2542) EU-chT Reykjavik 2015}) {After} 10...
Bg4 $5 (10... O-O 11. Qe2 (11. Nbd2 {leads to the previous line}) 11... Qd7 $5
{is playable for Black, according to Marin.}) 11. h3 Bh5 (11... Bxf3 12. gxf3
Nc5 13. f4 Qd7 14. Qf3 Rd8 15. Rd1 f5 16. Be3 Qe6 17. Nd2 O-O 18. Nb3 Na4 19.
Rab1 Rd7 20. Kh1 g6 21. Bd3 Bh4 22. Bf1 $1 Rdd8 23. Bg2 $36 {Polgar,J (2540)
-Huebner,R (2620) Munich 1991}) 12. g4 Bg6 {the theory is still developing:}
13. Nd4 (13. Bb3 Nc5 $5 14. Qxd5 (14. Bxd5 Qd7 $32) 14... Na5 $44) 13... Nxd4 (
13... Qd7 14. f4 Nxd4 15. cxd4 f5 16. Be3 O-O $6 (16... h5 $5) 17. Nc3 c6 18.
Bxe4 $1 dxe4 19. d5 b4 20. dxc6 Qxd1 (20... Qxc6 21. Qd5+ $16) 21. Nxd1 Rfd8
22. Rc1 Rd3 23. Bc5 Bd8 24. e6 $16 {Caruana,F (2787)-Wei,Y (2706) Wijk aan Zee
2016 For more details see the notes in CBM 171 by Marin.}) 14. cxd4 h5 $5 15.
f3 Ng3 16. Rf2 hxg4 (16... Bxc2 17. Qxc2 c5 18. Bf4 h4 $13 {is the engine's
choice. Black goes for a more forcing continuation.}) 17. Bxg6 Rxh3 $1 18. Qc2
Bc5 19. Qxc5 Rh1+ 20. Kg2 Rh2+ $1 21. Kg1 Rh1+ {½, Hou,Y (2673)-Muzychuk,M 
(2554) WchW Lvov 2016}) (9. Qe2 Be7 10. Rd1 O-O 11. c4 bxc4 12. Bxc4 Bc5 13.
Be3 Bxe3 14. Qxe3 Qb8 15. Bb3 Na5 16. Nd4 {was tried by Fabiano a few rounds
later, but Black was well prepared and the game continued quickly with} (16.
Nbd2 Qa7 {has long been known as drawish:} 17. Qxa7 Rxa7 18. Nxe4 Nxb3 19. axb3
dxe4 20. Nd4 Rb7 21. Rxa6 Bxb3 22. Nxb3 Rxb3 23. Rc6 Rb5 $11 {Lu,S (2619)-Wei,
Y (2700) Xinghua 2016}) 16... c5 17. Nxe6 fxe6 18. f3 c4 19. fxe4 cxb3 20. exd5
bxa2 $1 21. Rxa2 Nc4 22. Qd4 Qb3 23. Nc3 Rac8 24. Rb1 Ne3 25. Qxe3 Rxc3 26.
Qxc3 Qxa2 27. Rd1 exd5 28. Qd4 {Caruana,F (2804)-Giri,A (2790) Shamkir 2016} {
Now the simplest was} Qc4 $5 29. Qxd5+ Qxd5 30. Rxd5 Rb8 $11) 9... Nc5 10. c3
Be7 {Also in this subvariation Black continues with his development.} ({
Currently out of fashion is the former main line} 10... d4 11. Bxe6 ({Zaitsev's
} 11. Ng5 {seems to be a forced draw - one of the possible lines is} Qxg5 12.
Qf3 O-O-O 13. Bxe6+ fxe6 14. Qxc6 Qxe5 15. b4 Qd5 16. Qxd5 exd5 17. bxc5 dxc3
18. Nb3 d4 19. Ba3 g6 20. Bb4 Bg7 21. a4 d3 22. axb5 d2 23. c6 Kb8 24. Rxa6 $1
d1=Q 25. Bc5 Qxb3 26. Ba7+ Kc8 27. Bd4 Qxb5 28. Ra8+ Qb8 29. Rxb8+ Kxb8 30.
Rb1+ Kc8 31. Ra1 $11) 11... Nxe6 12. cxd4 Ncxd4 {and now after both} 13. Ne4 ({
and} 13. a4 {Black still hasn't completely resolved his problems. Both moves
were introduced into practice back in 1981 by Karpov in the World Championship
match against Korchnoi.})) 11. Bc2 d4 12. Nb3 ({The main alternative is} 12.
cxd4 Nxd4 13. Nxd4 Qxd4 14. Nf3 Qxd1 15. Rxd1 O-O {and although the endgame is
quite pleasant for White, getting a more tangible pull is difficult:} 16. Be3 (
16. Nd4 Rfd8 17. Be3 (17. b4 Na4 18. Nc6 Rxd1+ 19. Bxd1 Bf8 20. Bf3 Re8 21. a3
Nb6 22. g3 h6 23. h4 g6 24. Bg2 Bg7 25. f4 f6 26. Bb2 fxe5 27. Bxe5 Nc4 28.
Bxg7 Kxg7 29. a4 bxa4 30. Rxa4 Bg4 $132 {Hou,Y (2578)-Koneru,H (2600) WchW
Tirana 2011}) 17... Bd5 18. Rac1 Ne6 19. Nf5 Bf8 20. a3 b4 21. axb4 Bxb4 22.
Nd4 a5 23. f4 g6 24. f5 Nxd4 25. Bxd4 Bf3 $5 26. gxf3 Rxd4 $11 {Vachier
Lagrave,M (2785)-Sethuraman,S (2639) Gibraltar 2016}) 16... Rfd8 17. Rdc1 h6
18. Nd4 Bd5 19. f4 (19. Bd1 $5 $146 Nd3 20. Rxc7 Bf8 21. e6 fxe6 22. Bg4 Re8
23. b3 Bd6 24. Rc2 Ne5 25. Be2 Be4 26. Rd2 Bb4 27. Rdd1 Bd5 28. Rac1 Rac8 {
Hou,Y (2673)-Muzychuk,M (2554) Lvov WchW 2016}) 19... Ne6 20. Nxe6 fxe6 21. Bg6
Rac8 22. Bc5 Kf8 23. Kf2 (23. Bxe7+ Kxe7 24. Rc5 Bc4 25. b3 Bd3 26. Bxd3 Rxd3
27. Rac1 Kd7 28. Rc6 Rd4 29. g3 g5 $11 {Hou,Y (2606)-Koneru,H (2610) Beijing
rpd 2012}) 23... Bb7 24. Bxe7+ Kxe7 25. Rc2 c5 26. Ke3 c4 27. a4 Bd5 28. axb5
axb5 29. g4 {So,W (2775)-Ding,L (2778) Shanghai m 2016} Ra8 $11) 12... d3 13.
Bb1 {White goes for a complex struggle.} (13. Nxc5 dxc2 14. Qxd8+ Rxd8 15. Nxe6
fxe6 16. Be3 (16. Bf4 $6 Rf8 17. Bg3 g5 18. h3 Rxf3 $1 19. gxf3 b4 $15 {
[%csl Gc2]}) {leads to a simplified position, in which White's edge is minimal.
Even such a technician as Carlsen didn't manage to retain it after} 16... Rd5
17. Rfc1 (17. c4 bxc4 18. Rfc1 Nb4 19. a3 Nd3 20. Rxc2 Kd7 $1 21. Nd2 Nxb2 $1
22. Nxc4 Nxc4 23. Rxc4 Rb8 24. Rac1 c5 $11 {Harikrishna,P (2753)-Ding,L (2766)
Huaian blitz 2016}) 17... Nxe5 18. Nxe5 Rxe5 19. Bd4 (19. Rxc2 Rd5 (19... O-O
20. a4 bxa4 21. Rxa4 Bc5 22. Re2 Rd8 23. Kf1 Rd1+ 24. Re1 Rxe1+ 25. Kxe1 Bxe3
26. fxe3 a5 27. Kd2 Rb5 28. Kc2 Rc5 29. Kb3 Rb5+ 30. Ka3 Rc5 $11 {Bologan,V 
(2695)-Giri,A (2730) Germany 2013}) 20. c4 Rd7 21. cxb5 axb5 22. a4 bxa4 23.
Kf1 Kf7 24. Rxa4 Rb8 25. Rac4 c5 26. Bxc5 Bxc5 27. Rxc5 Rd1+ 28. Ke2 Rb1 $11 {
Karjakin,S (2779)-Caruana,F (2804) Shamkir 2016 This game was played in the
last round.}) 19... Rg5 20. Rxc2 Kf7 21. Be3 Re5 (21... Rh5 22. a4 Rd8 23. axb5
axb5 24. g3 Bc5 25. Bxc5 Rxc5 26. Re2 Ke7 27. Kg2 Rcd5 28. Ra7 R8d7 29. h4 h6
30. Kf3 Rf5+ 31. Kg2 Rfd5 $11 {½, Adams,M (2744)-So,W (2773) Wijk aan Zee 2016
}) 22. c4 b4 23. Rd1 Rd8 24. Rxd8 Bxd8 25. Kf1 (25. Rd2 Bf6 (25... Ke8 26. g3
Bg5 27. Bxg5 Rxg5 28. Kf1 Ra5 29. b3 Ra3 30. Ke2 c5 31. Kd1 a5 $11 {Xiong,J 
(2618)-So,W (2773) Saint Louis 2016}) 26. Kf1 Ke7 27. b3 Bg5 28. Bd4 Rf5 29.
Rc2 Bf6 30. Be3 Be5 $11 {Bacrot,E (2697)-Sethuraman,S (2639) Caleta 2016})
25... Bg5 26. Bd4 Ra5 27. b3 Bf6 28. Be3 Bg5 29. f4 Be7 30. g4 h5 31. h3 g6 32.
Ke2 hxg4 33. hxg4 e5 $11 {Carlsen,M (2844)-Ding,L (2766) Wijk aan Zee 2016})
13... Nxb3 14. axb3 Bf5 15. Re1 (15. Bf4 O-O 16. Ne1 {is a quick attempt to
liquidate the Pd3, but it's amply met with} Qd5 17. Bxd3 Bxd3 18. Qxd3 (18.
Nxd3 Rfd8 $15) 18... Qxb3 19. Qf3 $6 (19. Nf3 $5 $11) 19... Qe6 20. Nd3 Rfd8
21. Rad1 Rd7 22. Rde1 Rad8 23. Nc1 Na5 24. Ne2 Nb3 25. Qg3 c5 $36 {[%cal Gd8d1]
Sengupta,D (2567)-Wei,Y (2706) Tsaghkadzor 2015}) (15. Be3 O-O 16. Nd4 Nxd4 17.
cxd4 c5 18. Bxd3 cxd4 19. Bxf5 (19. Bxd4 Qxd4 20. Bxf5 Qxb2 21. Qd5 Rfd8 22.
Bd7 Ra7 23. e6 Kh8 24. Qf3 fxe6 25. Bxb5 Bc5 $11 {Voiculescu,C (2502)-Grill,H 
(2474) email 2013}) 19... dxe3 20. fxe3 Bc5 $2 (20... Qb6 $11) (20... Bg5 $5)
21. Bxh7+ Kxh7 22. Qc2+ $16 {Tomashevsky,E (2728)-Ding,L (2766) Huaian blitz
2016}) 15... O-O 16. Be3 (16. b4 Qd7 17. h3 (17. Bg5 Bxg5 $142 $1 (17... Rfd8
18. Bxe7 Qxe7 19. Re3 a5 $1 20. bxa5 Rxa5 21. Rxa5 Nxa5 22. Nd4 Bg6 23. e6 (23.
Ba2 Qe8 $5 24. e6 Nc4 25. exf7+ Qxf7 26. Nxb5 Kh8 $11) 23... Nc4 (23... c5 $5)
24. Rxd3 Re8 $6 (24... Rd6 $142 {/\} 25. exf7+ Kf8 26. Rh3 Bxb1 27. Qxb1 c5 {
and White already must bail out with} 28. Rxh7 cxd4 29. Rh8+ Kxf7 30. Qf5+ $11)
25. Rf3 c5 26. Bxg6 fxg6 27. Rf7 Qd6 28. Rd7 $6 (28. Qf3 $1 $16 {[%cal Re6e7]})
28... Qe5 29. Nxb5 Nxb2 30. Rd8 Qxe6 $11 {Safarli,E (2660)-Nakamura,H (2772)
Tromsoe WCup 2013}) 18. Nxg5 h6 $11) 17... Rfd8 18. g4 (18. Bf4 a5 $5 19. bxa5
Rxa5 20. Rxa5 Nxa5 21. Nd4 g5 $1 22. b4 Nc4 23. Bc1 d2 24. Bxf5 dxe1=Q+ 25.
Qxe1 Qd5 26. e6 Qe5 27. exf7+ Kxf7 28. Be4 Re8 29. Nf3 Qe6 30. Nd4 $11 {
1/2-1/2 (32) Svidler,P (2745)-Mamedyarov,S (2743) Reykjavik 2015}) 18... Bg6
$142 $1 (18... Be6 $6 19. Bf4 h5 20. Re3 $1 Bxg4 21. Qxd3 (21. Rxd3 $5 $36)
21... Qxd3 22. Bxd3 Be6 {Caruana,F (2808)-Mamedyarov,S (2736) Baku 2015} 23.
Ng5 $1 $16) 19. Ba2 (19. Bf4 a5 20. bxa5 Rxa5 21. Ba2 Rf8 22. b4 Ra4 23. Qd2 $6
(23. e6 Qd8 $11) 23... Nd8 $1 24. Bg5 c5 25. Bxe7 Qxe7 26. bxc5 Qxc5 $15 {
Caruana,F (2805)-Giri,A (2773) Stavanger 2015}) 19... Qc8 20. Bg5 (20. e6 f6
21. Nh4 a5 22. bxa5 Rxa5 23. b4 Ra6 24. Bf4 Qa8 25. Qd2 Qa7 {Shirov,A (2689)
-Mamedyarov,S (2743) Reykjavik 2015} 26. Be3 $13) 20... a5 21. bxa5 Bxg5 22.
Nxg5 Nxa5 23. Nxf7 (23. Bxf7+ Bxf7 24. Nxf7 Kxf7 25. e6+ Kg8 26. e7 Re8 27.
Qxd3 Nb7 28. Rxa8 Qxa8 29. Qxb5 Nd6 $11 {Robson,N (2668)-Hartl,H (2477) email
2010}) 23... Bxf7 24. e6 Nc4 25. exf7+ Kxf7 26. Qf3+ Kg8 27. Red1 Kh8 28. Rxd3
Rf8 29. Qe2 Qb7 $44 {½, Chukanov,I (2396)-Boldysh,K (2402) email 2014}) 16...
Qd5 17. Bd4 Rfd8 {Black has recently had good results with the text move.} ({
The alternative} 17... d2 18. Re2 $1 (18. Qxd2 Bxb1 19. Raxb1 Qxb3 20. Qf4 (20.
e6 $6 fxe6 21. Re4 Rad8 22. Qe2 Bf6 23. Rxe6 Nxd4 24. Nxd4 Bxd4 25. cxd4 Rxd4
26. Re7 Qd5 $15 {Brkic,A (2521)-Iordachescu,V (2584) Plovdiv 2008}) 20... Qe6
$5 $11) 18... Bxb1 19. Rxb1 Nxd4 20. Nxd4 Bg5 21. g3 (21. h4 Bf4 22. g3 Bxe5
23. Rxd2 Bf6 24. Qc2 Rfe8 25. Rbd1 g6 26. b4 Rad8 27. Nb3 Qf3 $11 {Bacrot,E 
(2697)-Aguera Naredo,J (2375) Skopje 2015}) 21... c5 22. Nf5 Qd3 23. Nd6 Qg6
24. h4 (24. Ra1 Bf4 (24... Rfd8 $142 $1 $13) 25. Qb1 Bxe5 $4 (25... Qe6 $132)
26. Qxg6 fxg6 27. Rxe5 Rad8 28. Rd5 Rf6 29. Rxa6 {1-0, Van den Doel,E (2565)
-Geirnaert,S (2449) Netherlands 2015}) 24... Bxh4 25. Rxd2 Be7 26. Rd5 f6 27.
e6 f5 28. Qd3 Qxe6 29. Nxf5 Rad8 30. Qe3 Qxe3 31. Nxe3 $11 {/+/=, Caruana,F 
(2767)-L'Ami,E (2611) Reykjavik 2012 leads to an endgame, which is more
comfortable for White. He went on to win this game, and a couple of others as
well.}) 18. h4 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8] A novelty, but not so unexpected, as it's
suggested by most engines. Before dealing with the Pd3 White gets some 'luft',
which can enhance his chances in following tactical complications.} (18. Re3
Nxd4 19. Nxd4 (19. cxd4 c5 20. Bxd3 cxd4 21. Re2 Qe6 22. Rd2 (22. h3 Rac8 (
22... Rd5 23. Ne1 $1 a5 24. Bxf5 Qxf5 25. Nd3 h5 26. Rc2 f6 27. exf6 Bxf6 28.
Qe2 $14 {Topalov,V (2745)-Piket,J (2630) Antwerp 1997}) 23. Ne1 Rc6 24. Qb1 (
24. Bxf5 Qxf5 25. Nd3 h5 $11) 24... Bxd3 25. Qxd3 h6 26. f4 Qc8 $132 27. Nf3 $4
Rc1+ 28. Re1 Qc2 $19 {[%csl Gd4] Svidler,P (2735)-Motylev,A (2651) Moscow 2004
For details see the notes to this game in CBM 104 by Postny.}) 22... Bxd3 23.
Rxd3 Bc5 24. Qd2 Rd5 25. h3 h6 26. Qf4 Re8 27. Qd2 Ba7 28. Rd1 Bb8 29. Re1 Bxe5
30. Nxe5 Rxe5 31. Rxe5 Qxe5 32. Rxd4 Qe1+ $11 {[%csl Rb2,Rb3] /=/+, Wei,Y 
(2706)-So,W (2773) Wijk aan Zee 2016 The endgame is already comfortable for
Black, who tried to win it till move 70.}) 19... Bg6 20. b4 (20. e6 Bg5 21.
exf7+ Qxf7 $132) 20... c5 (20... a5 $5 21. Rxd3 Bxd3 22. Qxd3 g6 23. Qe4 c5 24.
Qxd5 Rxd5 25. Be4 cxd4 26. Bxd5 Rd8 $11) 21. bxc5 Bxc5 22. Ba2 (22. e6 Bxd4 23.
exf7+ Kf8 $5 (23... Qxf7 $11 {/\} 24. Ba2 $2 Bxe3 25. Bxf7+ Bxf7 26. fxe3 d2
$19) 24. cxd4 Qxd4 25. Qd2 Ra7 $13) 22... Qb7 23. e6 (23. Qg4 $5 {Karapats,
A-Stushkin,I corr 2002} Rac8 24. e6 Bxd4 25. cxd4 Rc2 $13) 23... Bxd4 24. cxd4
Rxd4 25. exf7+ Bxf7 26. Bxf7+ Qxf7 27. Rxd3 Rxd3 28. Qxd3 Re8 29. h3 Qe6 $11 {
Kosteniuk,A (2501)-Koneru,H (2610) Beijing rpd 2012}) (18. Bxd3 Bxd3 19. Qxd3
Qxb3 20. e6 fxe6 21. Qe4 Qc4 22. Qxe6+ (22. Rad1 e5 23. Nxe5 Nxe5 24. Qxe5 Bf6
25. Qh5 Qf7 $11) 22... Qxe6 23. Rxe6 Bd6 24. Re4 a5 25. Rg4 Rd7 $11 {1/2-1/2 
(33) Abdumalik,Z (2379)-Koneru,H (2581) Chengdu 2015}) 18... Bg6 $6 {Hou's
reaction already isn't ideal, if only because 2 moves later this bishop will
move again and thus Black loses a tempo. Subsequent practice will probably
test other alternatives:} (18... d2 19. Bxf5 $5 (19. Qxd2 Bxb1 20. Raxb1 Qxb3
21. e6 fxe6 22. Qf4 Bd6 23. Qg4 e5 $14 {/=}) 19... dxe1=Q+ 20. Qxe1 a5 $5 $13)
(18... Bc5 {doesn't seem to fully solve the opening problems after} 19. Bxc5 (
19. Bxd3 Bxd3 20. Qxd3 Bxd4 21. cxd4 Nxd4 $11) 19... Qxc5 20. b4 Qc4 (20... Qe7
21. Re3 h6 22. e6 $5 (22. Bxd3 Rxd3 23. Rxd3 Bxd3 24. Qxd3 Nxe5 25. Qe4 Nxf3+
26. gxf3 $14) 22... Bxe6 23. Bxd3 $14) 21. e6 $1 (21. Ba2 Qg4 $13) 21... Bxe6 (
21... fxe6 22. Ba2 Qg4 23. Ng5 $36) 22. Ng5 Bd5 23. g3 (23. Qh5 h6 24. Ba2 Qxa2
25. Rxa2 Bxa2 $44) 23... h6 24. Bxd3 Qb3 25. Qxb3 Bxb3 26. Be4 $14 {[%csl Ra6]
/|^}) (18... Nxd4 19. Nxd4 Be4 $5 (19... Bg6 $6 20. h5 {is one of the ideas
behind 17.h4:} d2 21. hxg6 $1 dxe1=Q+ 22. Qxe1 c5 23. Be4 $16) 20. b4 (20. Qg4
c5 (20... Bg6 $5 {/\} 21. h5 d2 $11) 21. Rxe4 cxd4 $11) 20... c5 {A more
testing move is} 21. Ba2 $5 (21. bxc5 Bxc5 22. Qg4 (22. Bxd3 Bxd3 23. Qxd3 Bxd4
24. cxd4 Qxd4 $11) (22. Ba2 $6 Qxe5 23. Qg4 Re8 24. Nf3 Bxf3 25. Bxf7+ Kxf7 26.
Qxf3+ Qf6 27. Qh5+ g6 28. Qxc5 Rxe1+ 29. Rxe1 Rd8 30. Qc7+ Kg8 31. Re6 Qxh4 32.
Qe5 $1 $132) 22... Bxd4 23. Rxe4 Bxe5 24. Ba2 (24. Bxd3 Bxc3) 24... Qd6 $5 (
24... Qc5 25. Bxf7+ Kxf7 26. Qf5+ Kg8 27. Rxe5 Qf8 $11) 25. Qh5 Bh2+ 26. Kh1 g6
27. Qf3 Be5 $11) 21... c4 22. Qg4 Bg6 $8 23. h5 d2 $8 24. Red1 Bd3 25. h6 $1 (
25. Qf4 a5 $5 26. bxa5 Rxa5 27. e6 Rf8 $11) 25... g6 (25... Bg6 26. f4 $5 $14)
26. Qf4 {/\} a5 27. bxa5 Rxa5 28. e6 $36 {[%cal Rf4c7]}) (18... a5 $5 19. h5 $5
(19. Re3 a4 20. bxa4 Na5 $5 21. e6 f6 $13) (19. Bxd3 Bxd3 20. Qxd3 Qxb3 21. e6
fxe6 (21... Bf6 22. exf7+ Qxf7 23. Qxb5 $16) 22. Qe4 Qc4 23. h5 Nxd4 (23... e5
24. Bxe5 Qxe4 25. Rxe4 Bd6 26. Bxd6 Rxd6 $11) 24. Nxd4 Bf6 25. Qxe6+ Qxe6 26.
Nxe6 Rd7 27. g4 a4 $132) 19... Nxd4 20. Nxd4 (20. cxd4 Bb4 21. Re3 c5 $11)
20... d2 21. Bxf5 dxe1=Q+ 22. Qxe1 Ra6 23. Be4 $44) (18... h6 $143 19. Re3 $1 (
19. Bxd3 Bxd3 20. Qxd3 Qxb3 (20... Bc5 $5 $132) 21. e6 Bf6 $1 $11) 19... Nxd4
20. Nxd4 Bg6 21. b4 c5 22. bxc5 Bxc5 23. Ba2 Qb7 24. h5 Bxd4 (24... Bh7 25. e6
$16) 25. cxd4 Bf5 26. d5 $36) 19. b4 $1 d2 (19... Nxd4 20. Nxd4 d2 $5 (20...
Bxb4 21. Ba2 Qb7 22. h5 Be4 23. Qg4 $1 Rxd4 24. h6 Bf8 (24... g6 25. cxb4 d2
26. Qf4 $1 dxe1=Q+ 27. Rxe1 {[%cal Re5e6,Rf4f6]} Bf5 28. Qxd4 $18) 25. hxg7
Bxg7 26. cxd4 $18) (20... Bxh4 21. Bxd3 {[%csl Gd4]} Bxd3 22. Qxd3 $16) 21.
Qxd2 Bxb1 22. Raxb1 Bxb4 23. Qg5 $14) 20. Qxd2 Bxb1 21. Raxb1 Bxb4 (21... Nxd4
22. Qxd4 $16) 22. Qf4 Be7 ({The engine prefers} 22... Nxd4 23. Nxd4 Bc5 24. e6
fxe6 25. Nxe6 Rd7 (25... Rf8 26. Nxf8 Rxf8 27. Qe4 Bxf2+ 28. Kh1 Qd8 29. Red1
Qxh4+ 30. Qxh4 Bxh4 31. Ra1 $14) 26. Re5 (26. Nxc7 Bxf2+ $1 27. Kxf2 Qc5+ $11)
(26. Re2) 26... Qa2 27. Rbe1 Bd6 28. Qf3 Re8 29. R5e2 $14) 23. e6 $1 fxe6 24.
Qg4 Nxd4 (24... e5 $142 $5 25. Bxe5 Nxe5 26. Rxe5 Qf7 27. Rbe1 Bf6 $14) (24...
g6 25. Be5 $1 Bd6 (25... Nxe5 26. Nxe5 $40) 26. Rbd1 Qc4 27. Qxc4 bxc4 28. Bxd6
cxd6 29. Rxe6 $16) (24... Bf8 25. Be5 $1 (25. Rxe6 Re8 $14) 25... Nxe5 26. Nxe5
$36) 25. Nxd4 Bf6 26. Nxe6 Rd7 27. Re3 $40 {[%csl Ge6][%mdl 128]} (27. h5 $5
$16) 27... h5 $2 {The powerful and unassailable Ne6 gives White serious
attacking chances and a further weakening of the kingside is more than the
defence can stand.} (27... Qc4 28. Re4 Qd5 (28... Qa2 29. Rbe1 Qxb2 $2 30. Ng5
$18) 29. h5 $16) (27... Qa2 28. Rbe1 $16) (27... Re7 28. Rbe1 $14) (27... g6 $5
{[%cal Yd5f5,Yf5h5] was probably the most resilient try. Although it also
softens the kingside, it resolves back-rank problems and enables the Qd5 to
take part in the defence.} 28. Rbe1 (28. Qg3 Qh5 29. Nf4 Qf5 $14 (29... Qxh4
30. Qf3 Rb8 31. g3 Qg5 32. Qc6 $36)) 28... Re8 29. g3 $14 {/+/-}) 28. Qg6 Rf7 (
28... Bxh4 29. Rbe1 {[%cal Ge1e8]} Re7 30. g3 Bf6 31. Nxc7 $1 Rxe3 32. Rxe3
Qd1+ 33. Kh2 Rf8 (33... Rc8 34. Ne8 $18) 34. Ne6 Bd4 35. Nxf8 Bxe3 36. Nh7 Qf3
37. fxe3 $18) (28... Re7 29. Rbe1 {[%cal Re6g7,Re6c7]} Rb8 30. g3 $5 (30. Nxg7
Qf7 $16) (30. Nxc7 Rxe3 31. Nxd5 Rxe1+ 32. Kh2 $16) 30... Rb6 31. Nxc7 $18) 29.
Rbe1 Rc8 30. Nf4 $18 Qd7 31. Qxh5 Re7 32. Nd5 Rf7 (32... Rxe3 33. Nxf6+ gxf6
34. Rxe3 $18) 33. Rd1 {White already has a pleasant choice.} (33. Nxf6+ Rxf6 (
33... gxf6 34. Qg6+ Kh8 35. Rd3 $18) 34. Re7 Qd2 35. Qg4 $1 Qxf2+ 36. Kh1 $18 {
[%cal Rg4c8,Rg4g7]}) 33... Qc6 34. Nf4 Rd7 (34... Re7 35. Rxe7 Bxe7 36. Ng6 Bf6
(36... Qe6 37. Qf5 $1 $18) 37. Qh8+ Kf7 38. Qxc8 $18) 35. Re8+ 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg International Preliminary"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1914.05.03"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Lasker, Emanuel"]
[Black "Tarrasch, Siegbert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C83"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[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. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7.
Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. c3 Be7 {Tarrasch,S: 'Die Entwicklung Be7 ist der Bc5
vorzuziehen, da diesesFeld besser dem Springer reserviert bleibt. '} 10. Nbd2 {
'Der Springerzug ist ziemlich unschuldig. Lasker spielte ihn schon im
Wettkampf mit Schlechter. Dieser tauschte auf d2 und rochierte, womit er
Ausgleich erlangte. Noch stärker ist jedoch die Rochade.'} ({Lasker vermeidet
die"Breslauer Variante", die er mit} 10. Re1 $2 {herbeiführen konnte.
Bekanntlich opfert Schwarz darauf hin mit} O-O 11. Nd4 $2 Nxe5 $1 12. f3 Bd6 $1
{eine Figur, um einen meiner Ansicht nach unwiderstehlichen Angriff
einzuleiten.} 13. fxe4 Qh4) 10... O-O (10... Nc5 11. Bc2 Bg4 {is more popular
currently.} (11... d4 12. Ne4 d3 13. Nxc5 dxc2 14. Qxd8+ Rxd8 15. Nxe6 fxe6 16.
Be3 Rd5 17. c4 $1 bxc4 18. Rac1 Bc5 19. Rxc2 Bxe3 20. fxe3 $14 {_|_,Xie
Jun-Qin Kanying/WChW New Delhi/2000/})) 11. Re1 $6 {The theory of the Open Ruy
Lopez was only in it's begginings in 1914, this move is a mistake which
already gives Black the initiative. later it has been established White can
fight for the advantage with} (11. Qe2 Nc5 12. Nd4 Nxb3 13. Nxc6 $5 (13. N2xb3
Qd7 14. Nxc6 Qxc6 15. Be3 Bf5 16. Rfd1 Qg6 17. Nd4 Bd7 18. b4 Qe4 19. Bd2 Qxe2
20. Nxe2 Rfe8 21. Bf4 c6 22. Nd4 a5 23. a3 axb4 24. axb4 Ra4 $1 $132 {Mecking,
H-Kortschnoj,V/Augusta cm/1974/}) 13... Nxc1 14. Raxc1 Qd7 15. Nxe7+ Qxe7 16.
f4 f5 17. exf6 Qxf6 18. Qe3 Bf5 19. Qd4 Qd6 20. Nb3 $14 {Janosevic,D-Lukic,A/
YUG-ch Novi Sad/1955/}) ({or even better Tarrasch,S: 'Auf '} 11. Bc2 $5 {
Tarrasch,S: 'wьrde Schwarz seine Stellung mit'} f5 {Tarrasch,S: 'verstдrken.'}
(11... Nc5 12. Nd4 Nxe5 13. b4 Na4 14. Qh5 Ng6 15. f4 $40) 12. Nb3 $14 (12. Nd4
Nxd4 13. cxd4 Nxd2 14. Bxd2 c5 15. dxc5 Bxc5 16. Rc1 $14)) (11. Nxe4 {Tarrasch,
S} dxe4 12. Bxe6 {wäre direkt schlecht für Weiss, da Schwarz alle offenen
Linien beherrscht.}) 11... Nc5 ({Statt dessen kцnnte Schwarz immer noch durch
Abtausch auf d2 das Spiel vereinfachen, immer mit gutem Spiel.} 11... Nxd2 12.
Bxd2 Qd7 (12... Na5 13. Bc2 c5) 13. Nd4 Nxd4 14. cxd4 c5 {Aber durch Nxd2
wьrde Schwarz Tempi verlieren, Nc5 ist noch stдrker.}) 12. Bc2 ({Tarrasch,S:
'In Betracht kommt noch '} 12. Nd4 $142 Nxd4 13. cxd4 Nd3 {'vielleicht auch
Nd7 und Schwarz kommt zu c7-c5.'} 14. Re3 Nf4 $5 15. Nf3 (15. Bc2 c5 16. Nb3 c4
17. Nd2 f5 $1 18. Nf1 Rf7 19. Rg3 Ng6 20. f4 a5 21. Be3 b4 22. Nd2 Qb6 23. Nf3
Bd7 24. Ng5 Bxg5 25. Rxg5 a4 $36 {Flamberg,A-Alekhine,A/Mannheim/1914/}) 15...
Bg4 (15... c5 $6 16. Re1 Ng6 17. dxc5 Bxc5 18. Be3 $14) 16. h3 Bh5 17. Bc2 Ne6
18. Bf5 c5 19. dxc5 Bxc5 20. Rd3 Qb6 21. Be3 Bxe3 22. Rxe3 d4 $11 {/=/+,Ye
Jiangchuan-Norri,J/Helsinki/1992/}) (12. Nf1 Nxb3 13. axb3 d4 $1 14. Nxd4 Nxd4
15. cxd4 c5 $36) 12... d4 $1 $36 {Tarrasch,S: 'Damit löst Schwarz das Spiel
im Zentrum in einer für ihn recht vorteilhaften Weise auf und erlangt das
ausgesprochen bessere Spiel, nachdem er längst die bessere Entwicklung gehabt
hat.'} (12... Bg4 13. Nb3 $1 Ne4 14. Bf4 f5 15. exf6 Nxf6 16. Qd3 $36 Ne4 $2
17. Bxc7 $16 {Alekhine,A-Nimzowitsch,A/St. Petersburg/1914/}) 13. cxd4 (13. Nb3
dxc3 14. bxc3 (14. Nxc5 Bxc5 15. Be4 Qxd1 16. Rxd1 Rad8 $17 {Tarrasch,S:
'womit Schwarz aus aller Gefahr ist und vortrefflich steht- Der geschehene Zug
entwickelt das schwarze Spiel immer weiter.'}) 14... Qxd1 15. Rxd1 Na4 $15)
13... Nxd4 14. Nxd4 Qxd4 {Tarrasch,S: 'Schwarz hat jetzt - von der
beiderseitigen Rochade abgesehen - 5 Entwicklungszüge gemacht gegenüber 2½
des Weissen. Auch seine Stellung ist durchaus überlegen. Aus der Schwäche
auf der c-Linie wird bald eine Stärke. da der c-Bauer vorgeht.'} 15. Nb3 ({
Tarrasch,S: 'Hier kam auch '} 15. Nf3 $5 {'oder'} Qxd1 16. Rxd1 Rfd8 17. Nd4
Bd5 (17... Bg4 $142 $5 18. f3 Ne6) 18. Be3 Ne6 19. Nf5 Bf8 20. h3 Bb7 21. g4
Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 Rd8 $11 {Brodsky,M-Tikhomirov,A/Alushta/1999/}) (15. Qe2 {
'in Betracht. Der Vorteil des Schwarzen lässt sich auch damit nicht
beseitigen. Laskers Zug scheint noch am besten; er erzwingt den Damentausch
und bringt den Damenturm sofort in wirksame Aktion. Dafür erhält er
allerdings einen Doppelbauern, was sich im Endspiel rächt.'} Rfd8 16. Nf3 Qc4
17. Qxc4 Bxc4 18. Be3 Ne6 19. Be4 Bd5 20. Bxd5 Rxd5 $15 {Johner,H-Euwe,M/
Zuerich/1934/}) 15... Nxb3 {Tarrasch,S: 'Schwarz hat hier und und im folgenden
Zuge nichts besseres als den Tausch; er wьrde sonst nur Zeit verlieren.'} 16.
axb3 Qxd1 17. Rxd1 c5 $15 {[%csl Rb2,Rb3][%mdl 4096] ><b2,b3 The doubled pawns
make it more difficult for Black to create a o^ on the << (we will see this
especailly in the P_|_!), they are themselves vulnerable. Black is better.} 18.
Bd2 Rfd8 19. Ba5 Rxd1+ 20. Rxd1 f6 $1 21. Bc3 fxe5 (21... b4 $5 22. exf6 gxf6
23. Bd2 f5 {/\Bf6|^}) 22. Bxe5 Rd8 23. Rxd8+ Bxd8 {Tarrasch,S: 'Im Endspiel
ist Weiss nun durch seinen Doppelbauern und durch die Bauernьbermacht des
Gegners auf dem Damenflьgel im Nachteil. Auch kann der schwarze Kцnig eher
eingreifen als der weisse. '} 24. f4 Kf7 25. Kf2 Bf6 26. Bd6 $2 {[%mdl 16384]
A wrong choice between passive and active defence, the attempt to pin Black to
the Pc5 enables him to activate all his pieces (including the K) and increase
his advantage. Tarrasch,S: 'Danach bleibt auch der zweite b-Bauer dauernd
Angriffsobjekt. Besser war es, zu tauschen.'} (26. Bxf6 Kxf6 27. Ke3 $15) (26.
Bxh7 $2 {Tarrasch,S} g6 27. Bxf6 Kxf6 28. f5 Kxf5 29. g4+ Kf6 30. h4 Kg7 {
und der Bh7 geht verloren.}) 26... Bd4+ 27. Kf3 Bd5+ 28. Kg4 {Tarrasch,S:
'Weiss ist genцtigt, den Pg2 aufzugeben, denn sonst geht der schwarze Kцnig
nach c6 - nach vorheriger Sicherung des h-Bauern, der bisher wegen der
Absperrung des Lдufers durch g7-g6 nicht geschlagen werden durfte - und dann
kann der Pb2 endlich genommen werden. Fьr den g-Bauern gewinnt Weiss den
h-Bauern, der nun gefahrlos geschlagen werden darf, da der Lдufer nach g7-g6
durch f4-f5 befreit wird.'} (28. Kg3 $142 Ke6 (28... h6 {Tarrasch,S} 29. Kg4
Ke6 30. Bb8 Kd7) 29. Bf8 g6 $17 {[%cal Re6d7,Rd7c6,Rd4b2] /\Kd7-c6,Bb2}) 28...
Ke6 29. Bf8 Kf7 30. Bd6 Bxg2 31. Bxh7 Ke6 (31... g6 {Versucht den Bh7
einzusperren und zu erobern.} 32. f5 {Widerlegt den schwarzen Plan, da nun}
gxf5+ 33. Bxf5 {erzwungen ist.}) 32. Bf8 Kd5 33. Kg5 {Tarrasch,S: 'Schlдgt
Schwarz den Pb2, so hдlt sich Weiss nach Kg6 am Pg7 schadlos und dann ist der
freie f-Bauer gefдhrlich. Deshalb macht Schwarz lieber auf diesen Jagd.'} Bf6+
$1 (33... Bxb2 $143 34. Kg6 $132) 34. Kg6 Be4+ 35. f5 Ke5 36. Bxg7 Bxf5+ 37.
Kf7 (37. Kh6 $2 {Der König darf nicht nach h6, denn sonst folgt} Bxg7+ 38.
Kxg7 Bxh7 39. Kxh7 Kf6 {und der schwarze Kцnig hдlt den weissen aufder h-Linie
fest und die Bauernam Damenflьgel erledigen den Rest.}) 37... Bxg7 $2 {[%mdl
8192] The wrong way, Black miscalculates the arising P_|_.} (37... Be6+ $1 {
Tarrasch,S: 'Hier konnte Schwarz mit'} 38. Kf8 Bxg7+ 39. Kxg7 Bxb3 {Tarrasch,S:
'den Pb3 und damit die Partie gewinnen. Er mьsste dann seinen Lдufer gegen den
weisse h-Bauern opfern und wьrde mit den drei vom Kцnig unterstьtzten Bauern
gegen den Lдufer, dem sein Kцnig nicht sekundieren kann, ziemlich leichtes
Spiel haben. Der Fьhrer der Schwarzen glaubte jedoch, mit Abtausch aller
Offiziere noch prдziser den Sieg zu erzeingen, ьbersah jedoch in der
Vorausberechnung einen sehr feinen, problemartigen Gegenzug. '} 40. h4 Bd1 41.
Bg6 c4 42. h5 Bxh5 43. Bxh5 Kd4 44. Kf6 (44. Bg4 a5 45. Bd7 b4 $19) 44... Kd3
45. Bg6+ Kd2 $19) 38. Bxf5 Kxf5 $6 {Black had more winning chances in the
^-_|_, but even here accurate defence draws:} (38... Bh8 39. Bc8 a5 40. Ba6 b4
41. Ke7 Kd5 (41... Kd4 42. Kd6 c4 43. Bxc4 a4 44. Bg8 a3 45. bxa3 bxa3 46. b4
$11) 42. Bb7+ Kd4 43. Kd6 Be5+ 44. Kc6 c4 45. Bc8 $1 c3 (45... cxb3 46. Kb5 $11
) 46. bxc3+ bxc3 47. Bf5 $11) (38... Bf6 39. Bc8 a5 40. Bd7 $1 (40. Ba6 b4 41.
Ke8 Kd6 42. Bb5 Bxb2 43. Kd8 Bf6+ 44. Kc8 Kd5 {[%cal Rd5d4,Rc5c4] /\Kd4,c4-+})
40... b4 41. Kg6 Bh4 42. Kh5 Bf2 43. Kg4 Ke4 44. Bf5+ Ke3 45. Be6 Kd2 46. Kf3
Bd4 47. Ke4 Kc2 (47... Bxb2 48. Kd5 Bd4 49. Kc4 Kc2 50. Bd7 $11) 48. Bc4 Kxb2
49. Kd5 Kc3 50. h4 $11) 39. Kxg7 a5 {Tarrasch,S: 'In dieser Stellung scheint
das Spiel für Weiss verloren zu sein. Wie soll der König über das ganze
Brett hin den a-Bauern, der nach 48. ...c4 49.bxc4 bxc4 50. ...c3 zur Dame zu
werden droht, noch aufhalten?'} {'Bereits vor dem Figurenabtausch hatte
Schwarz folgendes Spiel berechnet:'} 40. h4 Kg4 41. Kg6 $3 {Black overlooked
this powerful move-as in Reti's study, White's K both helps his own P and
fights with Black's o^ at the same time. Now Tarrasch barely draws. Tarrasch,S:
'Das ist der Problemzug. Schwarz muss den h-Bauern schlagen und der weisse
König gewinnt damit Raum und Zeit. Es ist so, als ob Weiss in der eben
angegebenen Variante den König nicht nach f6, sondern in einem Zug nach f5
gezogen hätte. Von da aus kann er den a-Bauern aufhalten, da seine Reise
nicht über e5 und d4 geht, sondern über e4 und d3, wo ohm der eigene Bauer
nicht im Weg ist. Nun muss Schwarz gar noch Anstrengungen machen, die Partie
zu retten.'} (41. Kf6 $2 c4 42. bxc4 bxc4 43. Ke5 c3 $1 44. bxc3 a4 $19 45. Kd4
a3 {und der eigene Bauer auf c3 verhindert den in dem Quadrat des
Freibauernbefindlichen Kцnig, an ihn heranzukommen.}) 41... Kxh4 $8 42. Kf5 Kg3
(42... c4 43. bxc4 bxc4 44. Ke4 c3 $8 45. bxc3 Kg5 $11) 43. Ke4 Kf2 44. Kd5 Ke3
45. Kxc5 Kd3 (45... b4 $4 46. Kb5 $18) 46. Kxb5 Kc2 47. Kxa5 Kxb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gashimov Memorial 5th"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2018.04.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2814"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2018.04.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 64] After the first 3 rounds with only draws, this is the game which
finally managed to break the deadlock in Shamkir, with Topalov scoring a full
point against the home-crowd favourite. And an exciting encounter it was, full
of complications and tactical turns!} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6
5. O-O Nxe4 {Topalov had a lion's share of the decisive results in Shamkir,
unfortunately for him after two initial wins he finished badly, adding only
zeroes to his scoresheet. Two of them came in the last two rounds, after} (5...
Bc5 6. c3 O-O 7. d4 Ba7 8. Re1 ({The most ambitious and complex move here is} 
8. Bg5 {Sutovsky,E (2619)-Bartel,M (2631) Biel 2015 Those willing to take it
up should study Sutovsky's revealing notes to his win with Bartel in CBM 168.})
8... b5 9. Bb3 d6 10. h3 Bb7 11. a4 Ne7 12. Bc2 Ng6 13. Na3 c6 14. Bd3 Re8 15.
Nc2 h6 16. dxe5 $6 ({Opening the a7-g1 diagonal straight away lands White in
an uncomfortable position. His opening hadn't been a success, but with e.g.} 
16. axb5 axb5 17. Be3 $11 {, or the immediate}) (16. Be3 $11 {he still holds
the balance and has little to fear.}) 16... dxe5 17. Be3 Bxe3 18. Nxe3 Nf4 19.
Bc2 Qc7 20. Nf5 Rad8 21. Qc1 Bc8 22. Nh2 $6 (22. Ne3 $15) 22... Bxf5 23. exf5
e4 $1 24. axb5 axb5 25. Nf1 c5 26. b3 Nd3 $17 {[%csl Gd3] /-+, Topalov,V (2749)
-Wojtaszek,R (2744) Shamkir 2018}) 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. Be3 {
The open Ruy Lopez is quite rare in Mamedyarov's games and must have been at
least a slight surprise for Veselin, so he decides to sidestep Shakh's
preparation and avoid a battle in the main line.} ({Until now he has played
exclusively} 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 {, after} Be7 11. Bc2 d4 12. Nb3 d3 13. Bb1
Nxb3 14. axb3 Bf5 {we are at the first theoretical crossroads:} 15. Be3 (15.
Re1 O-O 16. b4 (16. Be3 {transposes to 15.Be3.}) 16... Qd7 17. h3 Rfd8 18. g4 (
18. Bf4 a5 19. bxa5 Rxa5 20. Rxa5 Nxa5 21. Nd4 g5 22. b4 Nc4 23. Bc1 d2 24.
Bxf5 dxe1=Q+ 25. Qxe1 Qd5 26. e6 Qe5 27. exf7+ Kxf7 28. Be4 Re8 29. Nf3 Qe6 30.
Nd4 $44 {/=, Svidler,P (2745)-Mamedyarov,S (2743) Reykjavik 2015}) 18... Bg6 $1
(18... Be6 $2 19. Bf4 $16 {[%cal Ye1e3]}) {White somewhat more often starts
with} 19. Ba2 (19. Bf4 {and now:} {Black has even better results with the more
active} a5 $5 (19... Qc8 20. Ba2 (20. e6 fxe6 21. Ba2 Bf7 22. Ng5 Bxg5 23. Bxg5
Rd6 24. Qf3 Qf8 (24... Qd7 25. Bf4 d2 26. Red1 Rd8 27. Bxd6 Qxd6 28. Bb3 $14)
25. Rad1 e5 26. Bxf7+ Qxf7 27. Rxd3 Qxf3 28. Rxf3 h6 $11 {Schakel,C (2408)
-Tinture,L (2452) email 2017}) 20... a5 21. e6 f6 22. bxa5 Nxa5 23. b4 Nc4 24.
Bxc4 bxc4 (24... Rxa1 25. Qxa1 Qb7 26. Nd2 Ra8 27. Ba2 Qa7 28. Nb3 Qxa2 29.
Qxa2 Rxa2 30. Nd4 c5 31. Nc6 Kf8 $11) 25. Nd2 c5 $6 (25... Qb7 $142 $1 $132)
26. b5 $1 Be8 27. Rxa8 Qxa8 28. b6 Bc6 29. Bc7 Rd5 {Harikrishna,P (2755)-Ding,
L (2778) Danzhou 2016} 30. Qa1 $1 $16 {For more details see the notes to this
game in CBM 174 by Kr.Szabo.}) 20. bxa5 Rxa5 21. Ba2 Rf8 22. e6 (22. b4 Ra4 23.
e6 (23. Qd2 $6 Nd8 24. Bg5 c5 $36 {Caruana,F (2805)-Giri,A (2773) Stavanger
2015 See the notes to this game in CBM 167 by Ramirez Alvarez.}) 23... Qd8 24.
exf7+ Kh8 25. Bd2 h6 26. Be6 Rxa1 27. Qxa1 Bxf7 28. Bxf7 Rxf7 29. Re3 Qd5 30.
Qf1 $1 Rxf3 31. Qg2 Ne5 32. Rxe5 Qxe5 33. Qxf3 Qd6 34. Qe4 $11 {½, Tesic,Z 
(2406)-Walter,G (2455) email 2016}) 22... Qd8 23. exf7+ Kh8 24. Qd2 Qa8 25. Nd4
Nxd4 26. cxd4 Bh4 27. Bd5 Qxd5 28. Rxa5 Qxf7 29. Rxb5 h6 30. Bg3 Bxg3 31. fxg3
Qd7 32. Rbe5 Qxd4+ $44 33. Qe3 (33. R5e3 Rf6 34. Qc3 Qb6 35. Qd2 $11 {½,
Sherwood,H (2313)-Sanchez,M (2329) email 2016}) 33... Qxb2 34. h4 Qc2 $44 {
½, Malashenkov,A (2432)-De Jong,J mail 2017}) 19... Qc8 20. e6 (20. Be3 a5 21.
e6 f6 22. bxa5 Nxa5 23. Bc5 Nc6 24. Nd4 Nxd4 25. Bxe7 d2 26. Re3 Rxa2 27. Rxa2
Nf3+ $1 28. Kf1 (28. Rxf3 $2 Bc2 $19) 28... Nh2+ (28... Bc2 $2 29. Bxd8 Bxd1
30. e7) 29. Kg1 $11 {½, Gritsaenko,V (2466)-Walter,G (2452) email 2016}) (20.
Bg5 a5 21. bxa5 Bxg5 22. Nxg5 Nxa5 23. e6 Nc4 24. exf7+ Bxf7 25. Nxf7 Kxf7 26.
Re4 c5 27. Re3 Rxa2 28. Rf3+ Kg8 29. Rxa2 d2 30. b3 Qe6 31. Ra1 Na5 32. c4 Qe5
33. Kg2 Nb7 34. Rb1 Qe4 35. Rb2 {½, Begliy,M (2438)-Walter,G (2452) email 2016
} Qe1 36. Rb1 Qe4 $11 {[%cal Re4b1]}) (20. Bf4 {transposes to Harikrishna-Ding
Liren above.}) 20... f6 21. g5 $5 $146 (21. Nh4 a5 22. bxa5 Rxa5 23. b4 Ra6 24.
Bf4 Qa8 25. Qd2 (25. Nxg6 $5 hxg6 26. Bxc7 Rc8 27. Ba5 Nxa5 28. Qxd3 Nc4 29.
Qxg6 Rxa2 30. Qf7+ $11) 25... Qa7 {Shirov,A (2689)-Mamedyarov,S (2743)
Reykjavik 2015 This was Mamedyarov's previous experience with the Open Ruy,
here} 26. Be3 $11 {would have still held the balance.}) 21... a5 22. gxf6 gxf6
23. Nh4 axb4 24. Qg4 f5 25. Qg3 d2 26. Bxd2 Bxh4 27. Qxh4 Rxd2 28. e7+ Rxa2 29.
Rxa2 bxc3 30. Qg3 Nxe7 31. Rxe7 Rd1+ 32. Kh2 Qb7 33. Qg2 Qxg2+ 34. Kxg2 Bf7 35.
Ra8+ Kg7 36. bxc3 Kf6 37. Rxf7+ Kxf7 38. Ra7 $11 {Gerasimov,V (2509)-Walter,G 
(2452) email 2016}) 15... O-O 16. Bd4 Qd5 17. Re1 Rfd8 ({Black is also close
to equality after} 17... d2 18. Re2 Bxb1 19. Rxb1 Nxd4 20. Nxd4 Bg5 21. g3 c5
22. Nf5 Qd3 23. Nd6 Qg6 24. h4 Bxh4 25. Rxd2 Be7) 18. h4 $5 {became
fashionable two years ago when Caruana used it to defeat Hou Yifan. Postal
players have meanwhile found effective antidotes:} ({The older continuation} 
18. Re3 Nxd4 19. cxd4 c5 20. Bxd3 cxd4 21. Re2 {was tested by Topalov more
than 20 years ago:} Qe6 (21... Bxd3 $5 22. Qxd3 Rac8 $13 {V.Mikhalevski}) 22.
h3 Rac8 (22... Rd5 23. Ne1 a5 24. Bxf5 Qxf5 25. Nd3 h5 26. Rc2 f6 27. exf6 Bxf6
28. Qe2 $36 {Topalov,V (2745)-Piket,J (2630) Antwerp 1997}) 23. Ne1 Rc6 {
Svidler,P (2735)-Motylev,A (2651) Moscow 2004} 24. Qb1 (24. Bxf5 Qxf5 25. Nd3
h5 $11) 24... Bxd3 25. Qxd3 h6 26. f4 Qc8 $132 {Svidler,P (2735)-Motylev,A 
(2651) Moscow 2004}) 18... Nxd4 (18... Bg6 $6 19. b4 d2 20. Qxd2 Bxb1 21. Raxb1
Bxb4 22. Qf4 Be7 23. e6 fxe6 24. Qg4 Nxd4 25. Nxd4 Bf6 26. Nxe6 Rd7 27. Re3 $36
{Caruana,F (2804)-Hou,Y (2663) Shamkir 2016 For more details about the whole
line see the extensive notes to this game in CBM 173.}) (18... h6 19. Re3 (19.
Bxd3 Bxd3 20. Qxd3 Qxb3 (20... Bc5 $5 $132) 21. e6 Bf6 $1 $11) 19... Bc5 $5 (
19... Nxd4 20. Nxd4 Bg6 21. b4 c5 22. bxc5 Bxc5 23. Ba2 $36) 20. Bxc5 Qxc5 21.
Bxd3 b4 (21... Bxd3 22. Rxd3 Rxd3 23. Qxd3 Nxe5 24. Qe4 $14) 22. e6 Bxe6 23.
Qe2 bxc3 24. bxc3 Bxb3 25. Re1 f5 26. h5 Bf7 27. Qc2 $44 {Iotov,V (2546)
-Williamson,H (2499) email 2013}) (18... d2 19. Qxd2 (19. Re2 Nxd4 20. Nxd4
Bxb1 21. Rxb1 Bxh4 22. Nf3 Be7 23. Rxd2 Qe4 24. Qe1 Qxe1+ 25. Rxe1 Rxd2 26.
Nxd2 Rd8 $11 {Conde Poderoso,A (2347)-Martin Vazquez,J (2283) email 2017})
19... Nxd4 $5 (19... Bxb1 20. Raxb1 Qxb3 21. e6 fxe6 22. Qf4 Bd6 23. Qg4 e5 $14
{/=}) 20. Qxd4 Qxb3 21. Qf4 Bxb1 22. Raxb1 c5 $132 {½ Broniek,M (2431)
-Boldysh,M (2384) email 2016}) 19. Nxd4 Be4 20. b4 (20. Qg4 Bg6 21. b4 d2 22.
Rd1 Bxb1 23. Raxb1 Qxe5 24. Rxd2 (24. Nc6 Qd6 25. Nxd8 Rxd8 26. Ra1 g6 27. Qg3
Qe6 28. Qxc7 Rd6 29. h5 Bf8 30. Qb7 Bh6 $44 {Apicella,M (2304)-Hofstetter,H 
(2387) email 2016}) 24... Qf6 25. Re2 (25. g3 c5 26. bxc5 Bxc5 27. b4 Bb6 $11 {
Stroemberg,H (2364)-Nenneman,D (2000) email 2017}) 25... Bxb4 26. Ne6 fxe6 27.
Rxe6 Qf7 28. cxb4 Rd2 29. Re2 h5 30. Qe4 Rad8 $132 {Bergmanolson,M (2284)
-Panman,H (2319) email 2016}) 20... c5 21. Ba2 $5 (21. bxc5 Bxc5 22. Qg4 Bxd4
23. Rxe4 Bxe5 24. Ba2 Qd6 25. Qh5 Bh2+ 26. Kf1 Qf6 27. Re3 g6 28. Qg4 Qf4 29.
Qf3 Qxf3 30. Rxf3 Be5 31. Rxf7 Kh8 $11 {Zugrav,W (2567)-Hofstetter,H (2387)
email 2016}) 21... c4 22. Qg4 Bg6 23. h5 d2 24. Red1 Bd3 25. h6 g6 26. Qf4 $13
{/+/= is still waiting for practical tests.}) 9... Be7 10. c3 O-O ({After} 
10... Nc5 11. Bc2 Nd7 {, the pawn sacrifice} 12. Nd4 $5 Ndxe5 13. Nxe6 fxe6 14.
Nd2 $44 {is really dangerous and Black tends to avoid it - there haven't been
any relevant games in this branch since 2016.}) 11. Nbd2 Nxd2 {A line, which
features older (even way back to the 19-th century!), as well as recent games.}
({In the notes to Caruana-Hou Yifan I concentrated on} 11... Qd7 {and taking
on d2 only on the following move. While being similar, there are some slight
diffferences between these branches, e.g. our game will show Black's Q can
have a different future.} {After} 12. Re1 {Black, apart from taking on d2
followed by Na5, has also} (12. Bc2 Nxd2 13. Qxd2 Bg4 14. Bf4 Bxf3 15. gxf3
Rad8 16. Rad1 ({After} 16. Rfd1 Qe6 17. Qe3 {Hou,Y (2673)-Muzychuk,M (2554)
WChW Lvov 2016} {Black's play can be improved with} Na5 $1 18. b3 c5 $13) 16...
Rfe8 17. Rfe1 g6 18. Bg3 Qh3 (18... Bf8 $142 $5 19. Qg5 Qe6 20. Kg2 Ne7 $13)
19. f4 Bh4 20. a4 $1 Ne7 21. Qe2 c6 22. Qe3 Nf5 23. Bxf5 gxf5 24. Bxh4 (24. Qb6
$2 Re6 25. Re3 Qg4 26. Rd2 Be7 $36 {[%csl Rg3][%cal Rh7h4] Paehtz,E (2464)
-Muzychuk,A (2582) Huaian rpd 2017}) 24... Qxh4 25. axb5 axb5 26. Qg3+ $14 (26.
Kh1 $5 $14)) 12... Rad8 13. Bc2 Bf5 $5 14. Nxe4 Bxe4 15. Bxe4 (15. Ng5 Bxg5 16.
Bxg5 Qf5 $1 17. Bxe4 (17. Rxe4 Qxg5 18. h4 Qh6 19. Rg4 Nxe5 20. Rg5 Qf6 21.
Bxh7+ Kxh7 22. Qh5+ Kg8 23. Rxe5 d4 24. cxd4 Rxd4 $15 {Fons Cervero,F-Sorin,A 
(2415) Olot 1992}) 17... Qxg5 18. Bd3 Nxe5 19. h4 Qf6 20. Bxh7+ Kxh7 21. Qh5+
Kg8 22. Qxe5 Qxe5 23. Rxe5 Rfe8 24. Rxe8+ Rxe8 25. Kf1 Kf8 26. a4 Re4 $11 {
Shirov,A (2651)-Tomczak,M (2394) Karlsruhe 2018}) 15... dxe4 16. Qxd7 Rxd7 17.
e6 fxe6 18. Nd2 Ne5 19. Nxe4 Nd3 20. Re2 Rf5 21. Kf1 Kf7 22. Rd2 c5 23. f3 c4
24. Ke2 h6 25. b3 Ba3 26. Rc2 Bc5 27. Rb1 Bxe3 28. Kxe3 cxb3 29. axb3 Nc5 $11 {
Leko,P (2735)-Akopian,V (2694) Astrakhan 2010}) 12. Qxd2 (12. Bxd2 {seems
unnatural, Black equalized rather easily after} Qd7 13. Re1 Rad8 14. Bg5 Bg4
15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. Bc2 d4 17. Qd3 g6 18. Nxd4 Nxd4 19. cxd4 Bf5 20. Qb3 Bxc2 21.
Qxc2 Rxd4 22. Qc6 Qe6 23. Qxc7 Rc8 24. Qa7 Rd2 25. b4 Rcc2 26. h3 Qf5 27. e6
Qxf2+ 28. Qxf2 Rxf2 29. e7 Rxg2+ $11 {½, So,W (2775)-Ding,L (2778) Shanghai
2016}) 12... Na5 13. Bc2 ({Retreating the B is very natural, but as in the
game Black solved his opening problems, maybe it's time to have a better look
at} 13. Nd4 $5 c5 (13... Nc4 14. Nxe6 (14. Bxc4 dxc4 $5 15. Rfd1 Bd7 16. a4
bxa4 17. Qe2 Qc8 18. Qxc4 c5 19. Nf3 h6 20. e6 Bxe6 21. Qxa4 Qb7 22. Rd2 Rfd8
23. Rad1 Rxd2 24. Rxd2 Qb5 $11 {Bauer,C (2647)-Anton Guijarro,D (2651)
Heraklio 2017}) 14... fxe6 15. Qe2 Nxe3 16. Qxe3 c5 17. Bc2 {[%csl Gc2,Re7]
The position with the ^- is deceptively simple, but White's attacking chances
shouldn't be underrated:} g6 18. g3 c4 19. h4 Rf7 20. Kg2 Rc8 21. Rad1 b4 22.
f4 Qa5 23. h5 $36 {Swiercz,D (2649)-Petrosyan,M (2546) Minsk 2017}) 14. Nxe6
fxe6 15. Bc2 Nc4 16. Qd3 (16. Qe2 $5 Nxe3 (16... Nxe5 17. Bd2 Qd6 18. Rae1 Ng6
19. Qxe6+ Qxe6 20. Rxe6 $14) 17. Qxe3 {can transpose into Swiercz-Petrosyan.})
16... g6 17. Bh6 Re8 18. Qh3 Bg5 19. Bxg5 Qxg5 20. f4 Qe7 21. b3 Na3 22. Bd1 a5
23. Rc1 c4 24. Qg3 Rf8 25. h4 cxb3 26. axb3 a4 $132 {Barbosa,E (2518)-Diaz
Hernandez,H (2388) Lima 2018}) ({Other moves give Black reasonable counterplay
after recapturing on c4 with the b-pawn:} 13. Bg5 Nc4 14. Bxc4 bxc4 15. b4 cxb3
16. axb3 a5 17. Ra4 Bxg5 18. Nxg5 h6 19. Nxe6 fxe6 20. Rfa1 Rb8 21. R1a3 c5 22.
h3 Qc7 23. f4 Rb5 24. Kh2 Qb6 25. Qd1 Qc6 26. Ra2 Kh8 27. Qg4 Rxb3 28. Rxa5 d4
$132 {Yu,Y (2738)-Najer,E (2659) Moscow 2017}) (13. Rfd1 Nc4 14. Bxc4 bxc4 15.
b4 (15. Nd4 Qd7 16. f4 c5 17. Nf3 Rfb8 18. Qf2 Rb5 19. b3 cxb3 20. c4 b2 21.
Rab1 Rb7 22. cxd5 Bxd5 23. Bxc5 {Hunt,A (2288)-Naes,F (2222) Port Erin 1999}
Qb5 $1 24. Bxe7 Bxa2 25. Ba3 Qb3 26. Bxb2 Bxb1 27. Rxb1 Rab8 $17) 15... cxb3
16. axb3 a5 17. Bg5 c5 18. Ra4 d4 19. Ra3 Bxg5 20. Nxg5 dxc3 21. Qc1 Qe7 22.
Nxe6 fxe6 23. Qxc3 Rfd8 24. Rda1 Rd5 $132 {Navara,D (2708)-Polgar,J (2682)
Prague 2010}) 13... Nc4 14. Qd3 g6 15. Bh6 {[%mdl 512] The pawn-sacrifice is
far from clear, but consistent.} ({Black readily equalizes after the softer} 
15. Bc1 Bf5 (15... f6 $5 16. Nd4 Qd7 17. exf6 Bxf6 18. a4 c5 19. Nxe6 Qxe6 20.
f4 Nd6 21. axb5 axb5 22. Rxa8 Rxa8 23. f5 Nxf5 24. Qxb5 Ne3 25. Bxe3 Qxe3+ 26.
Kh1 Bg5 $11 {Beth,N (2145)-Vuillemin,G (2178) email 2010}) 16. Qe2 Bxc2 17.
Qxc2 f6 18. Bh6 (18. e6 Re8 19. b3 Ne5 20. Nd4 Bc5 21. Kh1 Qd6 22. Bf4 Qb6 23.
Rfe1 Bxd4 24. cxd4 Nc6 25. Qc3 b4 26. Qd2 Nd8 27. e7 Ne6 28. Be3 Rxe7 $17 {
Korneev,O (2465)-Haba,P (2515) Bad Woerishofen 1992}) 18... Re8 19. Rae1 fxe5
20. Nxe5 Nxe5 21. Rxe5 Bf6 22. Rxe8+ Qxe8 23. Be3 Qe6 24. Ra1 Re8 25. h3 Qe4
$11 26. Qd2 Be7 27. Bf4 Bd8 28. Be3 Be7 29. Bf4 Bd8 30. Be3 {½, Doehner,H 
(2252)-Richter,W (2036) email 2009}) 15... Nxb2 {Black is also consistent.} (
15... Re8 16. b3 Na3 (16... Bf5 17. Qe2 Bxc2 18. Qxc2 Nb6 19. Rfe1 c5 20. Rad1
Rc8 21. Qd2 Rc6 22. h4 Re6 23. Qf4 Qc7 24. Qg4 a5 25. a3 Qb7 26. h5 $13 {
/+/=, Aronin,L-Milev,Z Moscow (Central CC) 1959}) 17. Bd1 Bf5 18. Qd2 c5 19.
Be2 Qb6 20. Qb2 (20. Rad1 $5 $14) 20... b4 21. cxb4 cxb4 (21... Qxb4 $5 22. e6
f6 23. Rad1 (23. Bd2 $2 Qe4 $17) 23... Nb5 24. Rxd5 Bxe6 $11) 22. Nd4 Be4 23.
Be3 Bc5 24. Rac1 Rac8 25. Rfd1 Rc7 26. Bf1 h6 27. Qe2 Nb1 28. Qxa6 Qxa6 29.
Bxa6 Nc3 30. Rd2 Nb1 31. Rdd1 Nc3 $11 {Ruggeri Laderchi,G (2345)-De Lorenzo,G
email 1999}) 16. Qe2 (16. Qe3 Nc4 17. Qf4 Re8 18. Ng5 Qd7 $15 {[%cal Ye6f5]
gives White nothing concrete.}) 16... Re8 17. Nd4 {After some thought Topalov
plays the main move.} ({Regaining the pawn} 17. Bxg6 hxg6 18. Qxb2 {can hardly
give White any objective advantage, although he outplayed his opponent after}
Bg4 (18... c5 {is more natural, preparing b4 with << counterplay.}) 19. Nd4 Bf8
$2 ({A misguided swap, Black still has a reasonable position after} 19... Qd7
$13 {[%cal Yc7c5]}) 20. Bxf8 Rxf8 21. Qb4 Qd7 22. Rfe1 Rfe8 23. Re3 Be6 24. f4
Rac8 25. Qc5 c6 26. a4 $16 {Van Haastert,E (2429)-Vedder,R (2261) Netherlands
2015}) 17... Bd7 {White's large plus score in this line stems mainly from
pre-computer times; objectively speaking Black's defensive resources seem
sufficient.} (17... Bf8 18. Bxf8 Rxf8 19. f4 (19. Bxg6 hxg6 20. Qxb2 c5 21. Ne2
Qc7 22. f4 {Seibold,M-Duehrssen,R ICCF corr 1935} f6 $5 $132) 19... c5 20. Nxe6
fxe6 21. Bxg6 hxg6 22. Qxb2 Rb8 23. Rad1 Qb6 24. Qc2 Kg7 25. Rf3 c4+ 26. Kh1 b4
27. Rg3 Rf5 28. Rxg6+ Kxg6 29. g4 Qe3 30. gxf5+ Kh6 31. Qg2 Rg8 $1 $11 {
Romanovsky,P-Tolush,A Leningrad 1938}) ({Weaker is} 17... Qd7 18. f4 Bg4 (18...
f5 19. g4 Bc5 20. gxf5 gxf5 21. Kh1 Bf8 22. Qh5 Qf7 23. Rg1+ Kh8 24. Qh3 Bxh6
25. Qxh6 c5 26. Nxf5 Bxf5 27. Bxf5 $18 {Baczynskyj,B (2370)-Bellin,R (2415)
London 1978}) 19. Qf2 c5 20. f5 Bf8 21. Bxf8 Rxf8 22. Nb3 $1 $36 (22. Qf4 cxd4
23. Qxg4 d3 24. Bb3 Nc4 25. Qd4 Qa7 $17 {Foldi,K (2202)-Fordan,T (2211)
Hungary 2010})) 18. f4 c5 {Black is in no hurry to return with his N and
pursues his own play instead. Indeed, the Nb2 will remain on its post until
move 24.} (18... Nc4 19. Rae1 c5 20. e6 {Yates,F-Gunsberg,I Chester/ Cheshire
1914 Although Black quickly got routed in this game, his defence can be
improved with} cxd4 21. f5 Bxe6 22. fxe6 f5 $1 23. Bxf5 Bc5 24. cxd4 Bxd4+ 25.
Kh1 Qh4 $1 $15) 19. Nf3 Qb6 20. Qf2 ({Black's last move took the sting out of
the impending pawn advance - after} 20. f5 gxf5 ({or} 20... Bxf5 {his Q joins
the defence, attacking the Bh6.})) 20... d4 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8] A novelty in the
spirit of the previous note - Shakh is not worried about White's attack and
furthers his own queenside ambitions.} (20... Nc4 21. Rae1 Bd8 22. Ng5 Na3 23.
e6 Rxe6 $1 (23... fxe6 24. f5 $1 exf5 25. Bxf5 gxf5 26. Qxf5 $1 $18) 24. Nxe6
fxe6 25. f5 (25. Bxg6 hxg6 26. Qg3 Kh7 27. Qh3 Kg8 28. Qg3 $11) 25... exf5 26.
Qg3 {[%cal Rg3e5]} Bc7 27. Qh4 {[%cal Rh4e7]} Bd8 28. Qg3 Bc7 29. Qh4 {½,
Haznedaroglu,K (1990)-Wojcik,W (2185) email 2006}) 21. Bg5 {To further his
attack, White must get access to h4, possibly swapping the dark-squared bishop.
} ({Moves as} 21. Be4 dxc3 22. Bxa8 Rxa8 $17) ({or} 21. cxd4 cxd4 22. Be4 Nc4
23. Bxa8 Rxa8 $36 {[%cal Ye7c5,Yc4e3] pass the initiative unequivocally to
Black.}) 21... dxc3 {Black again opts for the most principled move, increasing
his material plus.} (21... d3 22. Bxe7 (22. Bb3 $5 {is maybe even stronger,
limiting Black's options}) 22... dxc2 (22... Rxe7 23. Bb3 Na4 24. Bxa4 bxa4 25.
Nd2 {[%cal Yd2c4,Yd2e4]} f5 26. Nc4 Qe6 27. Nd6 $44) 23. Bxc5 Qc7 24. Bb6 Qb7
25. Bd4 Bf5 26. Qh4 $132 {[%csl Rg8] Although the Pc2 is strong, Black's K is
seriously vulnerable.}) 22. Qh4 ({Now there will be no B-swap, but Black beats
off the attack after} 22. Bxe7 Rxe7 23. Ng5 $142 (23. Qh4 Rae8 24. Ng5 c4+ 25.
Kh1 f5 $19) (23. f5 Bxf5 24. Bxf5 gxf5 25. Nh4 Nd3 $1 26. Qg3+ (26. Qxf5 c4+
27. Kh1 Kh8 $19) 26... Kh8 27. Nxf5 c4+ 28. Kh1 Rg8 $19) 23... f5 $5 24. Qf3
Rd8 25. Qxc3 h6 26. Nf3 Nc4 27. Bb3 Be6 $17) 22... c4+ {Tempting, but Black
could have also considered keeping c4 free for his knight to rejoin the
defence.} ({An unforced sample line is} 22... Bf8 $5 23. Be4 Bc6 24. Bxc6 Qxc6
25. f5 Nc4 26. e6 Ra7 {/\} 27. Bf6 Ne3 28. exf7+ Rxf7 29. fxg6 {with the
beautiful resource} Rg7 $1 30. gxh7+ (30. Bxg7 Qxg6 $19) 30... Rxh7 31. Qg5+
Bg7 $17) 23. Kh1 Bf8 24. f5 $6 {Now Black shuts out the Bc2.} ({Stronger} 24.
Be4 $1 {with unclear consequences:} f5 (24... Bc6 25. Bxc6 Qxc6 26. f5 $44 {
[%cal Ye5e6] can be really dangerous - the N can't go to c4 anymore.}) 25. exf6
(25. Bxa8 Rxa8 $17) 25... Rxe4 26. f7+ Kg7 $8 27. Bh6+ Kxf7 28. Ng5+ Kg8 29.
Nxe4 Bxh6 30. Nf6+ (30. Qxh6 Bf5 31. Nxc3 Nd3 $17) 30... Kh8 31. Nxd7 Qd8 32.
Qh3 $5 Nd3 33. Ne5 $13) 24... Nd3 25. e6 Bxe6 $8 (25... fxe6 $2 26. fxg6 hxg6
27. Bf6 Bg7 28. Ng5 $18) 26. fxe6 Rxe6 $15 {After the forced piece sacrifice
Black has 4 extra pawns and his king is relatively safe for the time being.
However, the game is far from over.} 27. Rad1 ({Topalov's original intention} 
27. Nd4 Rd6 28. Rxf7 {fails to} h6 $1 (28... Kxf7 $2 29. Qxh7+ Bg7 30. Rf1+ $18
) 29. Rxf8+ Rxf8 30. Be3 Qd8 31. Qxh6 Rf7 $19 {[%cal Yf7h7]}) 27... Rae8 (27...
Rd6 $5 28. Qe4 Qc6 $36 {was possibly a simpler choice, Black returns a pawn to
force a queen swap.}) 28. Bxd3 cxd3 29. Rxd3 {[%cal Rg5d8,Rf3g5,Rd3c3]
Material is roughly equal and White has some threats - the game remains
complex and both players have to calculate a lot.} Re4 $6 {Squanders the
advantage, Black had two better moves:} ({The most natural move is} 29... b4 {
, after} 30. Bd8 (30. Bh6 Qb5 31. Rdd1 Re4 32. Qh3 Bg7 $5 $17) {Black has}
30... Qb5 $1 (30... Be7 31. Bxb6 Bxh4 32. Ba5 Be7 33. a3 c2 34. Rc1 bxa3 35.
Rxc2 $11) 31. Ng5 h6 32. Qf4 (32. Nxe6 Qxd3 33. Qf6 Qxf1+ $1 {[]} 34. Qxf1 Rxe6
{and the o^c3 decides the game:} 35. Bc7 c2 36. Bf4 b3 $1 37. axb3 Rf6 38. g3
Rxf4 39. Qxf4 Ba3 $19) 32... R6e7 $142 $1 (32... f5 33. Nxe6 Qxd3 34. Nxf8 Rxd8
35. Nxg6 c2 36. Rg1 Qe4 37. Qxh6 Rd1 38. Ne7+ Kf7 (38... Qxe7 39. Qg6+ Kf8 40.
Qxf5+ $11) 39. Qh5+ Kxe7 40. Rxd1 cxd1=Q+ 41. Qxd1 $11 {should be a draw.}) 33.
Bxe7 Rxe7 34. Nxf7 Qxd3 35. Ng5 (35. Ne5 Qf5 36. Nxg6 Qxf4 37. Nxe7+ Bxe7 38.
Rxf4 a5 $19) 35... Qxf1+ $8 36. Qxf1 hxg5 37. Qc4+ Kg7 38. g3 Rd7 $15 {/-/+}) (
{Also after} 29... Qc5 30. Bd2 cxd2 31. Ng5 Qxg5 $1 (31... h6 32. Nxe6 Rxe6 33.
Rxd2 $11) 32. Qxg5 Re1 33. Rg1 Rxg1+ 34. Kxg1 Re1+ 35. Kf2 d1=Q 36. Rxd1 Rxd1
$15 {Black retains some winning chances without any risk.}) 30. Bf4 $1 {
[%cal Rf3g5]} Be7 {Mamedyarov is still ambitious.} ({Good enough for equality
was} 30... h6 $5 31. Rxc3 g5 32. Nxg5 hxg5 33. Qxg5+ Qg6 $11 {/\} 34. Qh4 Bg7
35. Rg3 $2 Re1) 31. Qg3 ({White avoids tha back-rank ambush} 31. Ng5 $2 Bxg5
32. Qxg5 Re1 33. Rdf3 Rxf1+ 34. Rxf1 Qf2 $1 $19) 31... b4 32. Ng5 Bxg5 33. Bxg5
Qe6 {Black's o^c3 is held in check by the Bg5. Due to his dark-square
vulnerability Mamedyarov seeks a Q-swap, but the position is already easier to
play for White.} 34. h3 Qe5 $6 (34... a5 35. Kh2 $13 {/+/=}) (34... Re1 $142 {
It's important for Black to simplify the position and} 35. Rxe1 (35. Rdf3 Rxf1+
36. Rxf1 Qxa2) 35... Qxe1+ 36. Kh2 Qxg3+ 37. Kxg3 f6 $1 {is still sufficient
for a draw after} 38. Bxf6 Re2 39. a3 Rd2 (39... a5 $5 $11) 40. Rf3 c2 41. Bb2
Rd1 $11) 35. Kh2 Qxg3+ 36. Kxg3 h6 $6 (36... Re1 37. Rxe1 Rxe1 38. Bf6 Re8 (
38... Kf8 39. Kf2 Re6 40. Rd8+ Re8 41. Rxe8+ Kxe8 42. Ke3 $14 {/+/- and with
the pawns stopped, only White can play for a win.}) 39. Rd5 $36 {is already
unpleasant, but the pawn-sacrifice is no better.}) ({Perhaps the best chance is
} 36... a5 $5 $14) 37. Bxh6 Re1 (37... a5 38. Rf6 $16) 38. Rf6 $1 (38. Rxe1
Rxe1 $11 {holds, but White can avoid the swap for the time being.}) 38... R1e6
39. Rf2 $6 (39. Rxe6 $142 $1 Rxe6 40. Be3 $16 {White prepares to cross over to
the queenside with his K, while} c2 {runs into} 41. Rd8+ Kh7 42. Bd4 g5 43. Rc8
Re2 44. Kf3 c1=Q 45. Rxc1 Rxa2 46. Rc7 $18) 39... Re2 (39... a5 $142) 40. Rd5
$1 {Preventing a5 complicates Black's task.} Rxf2 $6 ({The final mistake, far
more resilient was} 40... R2e5 41. Rd7 R8e7) 41. Kxf2 $18 f6 42. Be3 {
Achieving an even better version of the 39.Rxe6 line with Black's pawns going
nowhere and soon to become objects of attack. Shakh's resignation seems a bit
premature, but his position is objectively lost.} 1-0

[Event "Gashimov Memorial-A 1st"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2014.04.26"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[Annotator "Szabo,Kr"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2014.04.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 Be7 11. Bc2 d4 {This line has become very popular in
the last four years at the top level. In this type of Open Ruy Lopez, White
usually wants to retain the d4-square, but now Black immediately avoids this.}
12. Nb3 d3 13. Bb1 Nxb3 14. axb3 Bf5 15. Re1 (15. Be3) ({and} 15. b4 {are the
other lines.}) 15... O-O 16. b4 (16. Be3 {is another main line.}) 16... Qd7 (
16... Qd5 $6 {was the first top game in 2009,} 17. h3 Rfd8 18. g4 $1 Be6 19.
Re3 $16 {and now the d3-pawn is lost, Karjakin-Mamedyarov, Khanty-Mansiysk
2009.}) 17. h3 (17. Bg5 Rfd8 (17... Bxg5 $5 18. Nxg5 h6 {was easier and Black
looks OK.}) 18. Bxe7 Qxe7 19. Re3 a5 20. bxa5 Rxa5 21. Rxa5 Nxa5 22. Nd4 Bg6
23. e6 Nc4 $132 {with a double-edged fight, Safarli-Nakamura, Tromso m/2 2013.}
) 17... Bg6 18. Bg5 $1 $146 {A nice novelty by Caruana.} ({Four years ago
Caruana already had a game with Black for} 18. Ba2 Kh8 19. Bf4 a5 20. bxa5 Rxa5
21. b4 Ra4 22. Bb3 Rxa1 23. Qxa1 Nd8 24. Qa7 Ne6 25. Bd2 Rd8 26. Bxe6 fxe6 27.
Nd4 Bxb4 28. Nxb5 Qxb5 29. cxb4 Rc8 30. Qa5 Qd7 31. Ra1 Be4 32. Qc5 $11 {
and the position should be equal, but later White managed to win,
Shirov-Caruana, Wijk aan Zee 2010.}) 18... Bxg5 19. Nxg5 a5 {A typical
reaction. Black simplifies the position on the queenside and he gets rid of
the a6 weakness. On the other hand this move allows White's reply.} ({In the
event of} 19... Rfe8 {, the engine suggests} 20. e6 $1 fxe6 21. Re3 $1 {
What interesting play!} h6 22. Nxe6 $1 Qd6 23. Qg4 (23. Ba2 Kh7 $132 {with a
very complicated middlegame}) 23... Ne5 24. Rxe5 Qxe5 25. Qxg6 Qxe6 26. Qxe6+ (
26. Ba2 $4 {is losing, because of} Qxa2 $1 27. Rxa2 d2 $19 {and suddenly Black
is winning}) 26... Rxe6 27. Ba2 Kf7 28. Re1 Rae8 29. Re3 d2 30. Rd3 Kf6 31.
Bxe6 Kxe6 32. Rxd2 $14 {and finally White has a P up in this R endgame.}) 20.
e6 $1 fxe6 21. Nxe6 Rfe8 22. Nc5 (22. Bxd3 Bxd3 23. Nc5 Rxe1+ 24. Qxe1 Qe7 25.
Qxe7 Nxe7 26. Nxd3 Rd8 27. Ne5 axb4 28. cxb4 {is a little bit similar to the
game.}) 22... Qd6 23. Bxd3 (23. Rxe8+ Rxe8 24. Bxd3 {transposes to the game.})
23... Rxe1+ 24. Qxe1 Re8 25. Qd1 axb4 26. cxb4 (26. Bxg6 $1 {was more exact}
Qxd1+ (26... hxg6 27. Qxd6 cxd6 28. Nb7 $14) 27. Rxd1 hxg6 28. Na6 $1 {and the
position is more comfortable with White, but I think it will be also equal.})
26... Bxd3 27. Qxd3 (27. Nxd3 Nxb4 28. Qh5 Rf8 {and Black can hold.}) 27...
Qxd3 28. Nxd3 Rd8 $44 {Still White has a P up, but du to his weak queenside P
Black should have enough compensation in this endgame.} 29. Ra3 Rd4 30. Rb3 Ne7
31. Nc5 c6 32. Re3 Nd5 33. Re6 Nxb4 34. Re7 Rd6 35. Ne6 Nd5 36. Rxg7+ Kh8 37.
Nc7 Rd8 38. Rf7 Kg8 39. Rg7+ Kh8 40. Rf7 Kg8 41. Rg7+ {A nice repetition...}
Kh8 {and a draw.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess 6th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2018.06.05"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[Annotator "Szabo,Kr"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2018.05.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. c3 Be7 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Re1 (11. Bc2 {is the other main line.}) 11...
Nc5 12. Nd4 Nxd4 13. cxd4 Nd3 14. Re3 Nf4 15. Nf3 (15. Bc2 {is another
continuation.}) 15... Bg4 16. h3 Bh5 17. Rc3 $1 $146 {A very accurate novelty
by Vachier Lagrave.} (17. Bc2 {(Ye Jiangchuan-Norri, Helsinki 1992)} {and
Black should have been played} c5 $1 $132 {with good counterplay.}) 17... Ne6
18. g4 {An ambitious move, White avoids the pin, so Black can't play for ...
Bg5.} ({Nevertheless} 18. Be3 {was more natural,} Bg5 19. Qe2 ({or} 19. Rc6 {
with strong pressure on the c-file, so White's position seems to be more
comfortable.})) 18... Bg6 19. Be3 a5 (19... Be4 $5 {was also an interesting
option.}) 20. Bc2 Bb4 21. Rb3 f5 $1 {The white kingside is a little bit weak,
so Black starts to attack there and opens the f-file.} 22. exf6 Bxc2 23. Qxc2
Qxf6 24. Ne5 c5 $1 {I like this move so much! Black ignores the Nd7, he just
concentrates on the activity!} 25. Nd7 Qf7 26. Nxf8 Rxf8 {White is a clear
exchange up, but his R is bad on b3 and Black's pieces are very active on both
sides.} 27. Qf5 {This is the human move to simplify the position, as the white
K is a little bit weak.} (27. dxc5 $6 {is weak, as} d4 $1 $36) ({However} 27.
a3 $1 {was the most accurate,} c4 28. axb4 cxb3 29. Qxb3 Qf3 30. Qd1 Qxh3 31.
bxa5 $1 {White has to create counterplay.} Nf4 32. Bxf4 Rxf4 33. Ra3 $1 Rxg4+
34. Rg3 Rxg3+ 35. fxg3 Qxg3+ 36. Kf1 $11 {and equal. What a nice variation!})
27... cxd4 (27... c4 $1 {was even stronger,} 28. Rxb4 Qd7 $1 {This is the
point! Black protects the d5 for tempo!} (28... axb4 29. Qxd5 $132) 29. Qe5
axb4 30. Bd2 h5 $1 $36 {and Black looks nicely placed.}) 28. Qxf7+ Rxf7 29.
Rxb4 $2 {A mistake, from now White's position becomes bad.} (29. a3 $1 {
was the only correct reply,} Nc5 30. Rxb4 axb4 31. Bxd4 Nb3 32. Rd1 $11 {
and the position is drawish.}) 29... axb4 30. Bd2 b3 $1 $17 {The most precise
move!} 31. axb3 Rf3 32. b4 Rd3 {The black R is very active on the 3rd rank.}
33. Re1 Kf7 34. Bc1 Rxh3 35. Re5 Rd3 36. Kf1 (36. Kg2 Rd1 $19 {is also
hopeless for White.}) 36... Rd1+ 37. Re1 Rxe1+ 38. Kxe1 g6 39. f4 Nd8 ({
The simple} 39... h5 {was also winning,} 40. f5 gxf5 41. gxh5 f4 $19) 40. g5
Ke6 {Great game by Anand!} 0-1

[Event "Danzhou 7th"]
[Site "Danzhou"]
[Date "2016.07.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2755"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[Annotator "Szabo,Kr"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[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. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 Be7 11. Bc2 d4 12. Nb3 d3 13. Bb1 Nxb3 14. axb3 Bf5 15.
Re1 (15. Be3 {is more popular.}) 15... O-O 16. h3 ({Still} 16. Be3 {is more
common.}) 16... Qd7 17. b4 Rfd8 18. g4 {A good move, now the bishop is losing
the control of the e6-square.} Bg6 19. Bf4 (19. Ba2 {is the another
possibility.}) 19... Qc8 $146 {Novelty by Ding Liren. The queen went out from
e6 tempo and he frees the d-file for his rook.} ({Last year} 19... a5 {was
played by Giri,} 20. bxa5 Rxa5 21. Ba2 Rf8 22. b4 Ra4 23. Qd2 (23. e6 $5) 23...
Nd8 24. Bg5 c5 25. Bxe7 Qxe7 26. bxc5 Qxc5 $132 {with a double-edged fight,
Caruana-Giri, Stavanger 2015.}) 20. Ba2 {White continues his play.} a5 $1 {
The right reply. In this variation this is a typical reaction after Ba2.} 21.
e6 (21. bxa5 Nxa5 22. e6 f6 {is transposing to the text move.}) 21... f6 22.
bxa5 Nxa5 23. b4 Nc4 24. Bxc4 bxc4 25. Nd2 c5 $6 {A dubious move, now White's
b-pawn becomes very strong.} (25... Qb7 $1 $13 {was fine for Black!}) 26. b5 $1
{Correct reply!} Be8 27. Rxa8 $6 (27. b6 $1 {was more accurate} Bb5 28. Ra7 $1
{and Black is in a big trouble.}) 27... Qxa8 28. b6 Bc6 $6 {A logical move,
because Black wants to create a strong battery on the long diagonal. On the
other hand objectively this is a weak move.} (28... Bb5 {gives more practical
chances,} 29. Qa1 Qd5 30. Qa7 Bc6 31. f3 Kf8 {and White should be better, but
still this is not easy.}) 29. Bc7 Rd5 30. Nxc4 $6 {Inaccuracy, which gives
chances for Black.} (30. Qa1 $1 $16 {was correct and White is clearly better.})
30... Qa2 $1 {The best move! Black immediately find his counterattack.} 31. Nd2
g5 $2 {Probably Black wanted to avoid Bf4, but this is a bad move.} (31... c4
$1 {was important to connect the pawns.}) 32. Nf1 $2 {Error in reply! White
would like to play for Ne3, but the knight was very important on d2.} ({
White should separate Black's pawns with} 32. c4 $1 Rd4 33. Qc1 $16 {followed
by Qc3 and still Black has some practical chances, objectively White should be
better.}) 32... c4 (32... d2 $5) 33. Qd2 Qa8 $2 {Decisive mistake!} ({Black
should exchange queens:} 33... Qxd2 34. Nxd2 Rb5 35. Nxc4 {Otherwise ...Bd5.}
Rc5 $1 36. Nb2 Rxc3 37. Rd1 d2 38. Rxd2 Rxh3 $132 {and Black has a good
counterplay.}) 34. Ne3 $1 Rb5 35. Nxc4 Bh1 {Now the white king looks dangerous,
but objectively White is winning.} 36. Ne3 $1 {This move defends everything.}
Bc5 37. e7 $1 Bxe3 (37... Bxe7 38. Qxd3 $18 {is also hopeless for Black.}) 38.
fxe3 Kf7 39. e8=Q+ $1 {A pretty solution to finish the game.} Kxe8 40. e4 Bxe4
41. Qe3 1-0

[Event "WchT 10th"]
[Site "Tsaghkadzor"]
[Date "2015.04.28"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Sengupta, Deep"]
[Black "Wei, Yi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2567"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[Annotator "Szabo,Kr"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[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 "India"]
[BlackTeam "China"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IND"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CHN"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. c3 Be7 10. Nbd2 Nc5 11. Bc2 d4 {This line has become very popular
nowadays.} (11... Bg4 {is the another main move.}) 12. Nb3 d3 13. Bb1 Nxb3 14.
axb3 Bf5 15. Bf4 {A quite rare move.} (15. Be3 {is much more popular, from
where the B usually goes to d4.}) 15... O-O $146 {Novelty by Wei Yi.} ({
2 years ago} 15... Qd5 {was tried,} 16. Re1 O-O 17. b4 (17. Ba2 $6 b4 18. Nd2
Nd8 19. Be3 f6 20. exf6 Bxf6 $15 {D.Howell-Berry, England 2013, and Black has
wonderful activity.}) 17... Rfe8 18. h3 $14 {and White is slightly better.}) ({
or even} 15... Qd7 16. Qd2 O-O 17. Rd1 Rfd8 18. Ne1 Qe6 19. Nxd3 Bxd3 20. Bxd3
Nxe5 21. Bxe5 Qxe5 22. Re1 Qd6 {1/2 Fenwick-Anderson, corr 2013.}) 16. Ne1 Qd5
17. Bxd3 Bxd3 18. Qxd3 Qxb3 19. Qf3 $6 {A dubious move, which loses a tempo
and he blocks the important f3-square from his N.} (19. Nf3 $1 {should have
played} Rfd8 20. Qe4 Qe6 21. Rfc1 $1 {and he prepares for Nd4 with a balanced
middlegame.}) 19... Qe6 20. Nd3 Rfd8 21. Rad1 ({Probably} 21. Rfd1 $142 {
was more accurate,} Rd7 22. Ne1 $11 {and White simplifies the position.}) 21...
Rd7 $1 {The right plan. Black immediately starts to double on the d-file.} 22.
Rde1 $2 {A mistake, which simply loses an important tempo, moreover White
leaves the d-file too.} (22. Nb4 {was interesting to take advantage of the
unprotected a8 R,} Bxb4 23. Rxd7 Qxd7 24. Rd1 Qe8 25. cxb4 Nxb4 {and although
Black is a P up, White has some chance to equalise.}) 22... Rad8 23. Nc1 Na5
24. Ne2 Nb3 25. Qg3 c5 {Suddenly Black has become very active on the queenside.
His Rs are very strong on the d-file, his N is unpleasant on b3 and his Ps are
ready to advance.} 26. Kh1 Nd2 27. Bxd2 Rxd2 28. Nf4 Qf5 29. b3 c4 {This is a
little bit impatient, but after this move still Black keeps his advantage.} ({
The natural} 29... h6 $1 $17 {was the best move to open the back rank. Now
White is faced with a lot of threats.}) 30. bxc4 bxc4 31. h4 $6 {An inaccuracy,
which involves a weakness with this P.} (31. Ne2 {was more solid,} Bc5 32. Qh4
Qxe5 33. Qxc4 {and White is not yet without all hope.}) 31... a5 32. h5 $2 {
Too optimistic, but White's situation was already difficult.} (32. Ra1 {
was tougher,} h6 33. Rxa5 Rd1 34. Ra1 Rxf1+ 35. Rxf1 Bc5 $1 {A very nice
cool-headed reply!} (35... Qxe5 $2 36. Ng6 $1) 36. Re1 Rd2 $17 {and Black is
better.}) 32... a4 33. h6 Bg5 34. Nh3 R2d3 35. f3 Bxh6 $19 {Black is a healthy
P up and his pieces are active, White's situation is hopeless.} 36. Qh4 Bd2 37.
Re2 Bxc3 38. e6 fxe6 39. Qxc4 a3 40. Nf2 Rd2 41. Rfe1 Rxe2 42. Rxe2 Be5 43. Qb3
Rb8 0-1

[Event "George Marx Memorial 4th"]
[Site "Paks"]
[Date "2006.07.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Almasi, Zoltan"]
[Black "Acs, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "Szabo,Kr"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2006.07.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. c3 Nc5 10. Bc2 Be7 11. Be3 Nd7 12. Re1 Ndxe5 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. Bd4 f6 (
14... Ng6) 15. Bxe5 fxe5 16. Rxe5 (16. Qh5+ Bf7 17. Qxe5 Kf8 18. Nd2 $14) 16...
Bf7 17. Qe2 Kf8 18. Nd2 Bf6 19. Re3 g6 20. Nf3 Kg7 21. Ne5 Bxe5 22. Rxe5 Qf6
23. Qe3 (23. f4 Rhe8 (23... Qxf4 $2 24. Rf1 Qc4 25. Qf2 Raf8 26. Re7 $18) 24.
Qe3 c5 {- 23.Qe3}) 23... c5 24. f4 (24. Re1 Rhe8 25. f4 Rad8 $13 {/\ d4}) 24...
Rac8 (24... Rhe8 25. Qxc5 Qxf4 26. Rxe8 Rxe8 27. Rf1 Qe3+ (27... Qd2 28. Qa7
Qe3+ 29. Qxe3 {- 27...Qe3}) 28. Qxe3 Rxe3 29. Kf2 $14) 25. Bb3 Rhd8 26. Rd1 $6
(26. Qf2 d4 27. Bxf7 Qxf7 28. Rae1 Rd7 $132) 26... d4 27. cxd4 Bxb3 (27... cxd4
$5) 28. axb3 cxd4 29. Qd3 (29. Rxd4 Rxd4 30. Qxd4 Rc1+ 31. Kf2 Qh4+ 32. g3
Qxh2+ 33. Kf3 Qh1+ 34. Kg4 Kh6 $11) (29. Qe4 d3 $132) 29... Qxf4 30. Re7+ Kh8
31. Re4 (31. Qh3 $2 h6 32. Rf1 Rc1 $1 $19) 31... Qd6 32. h3 Rc7 33. Rxd4 Qxd4+
34. Qxd4+ Rxd4 35. Rxd4 Rc2 36. Rd6 Rxb2 37. Rxa6 Rxb3 38. Rb6 g5 39. Rb7 h5
40. Kf2 h4 41. Rd7 b4 42. Rb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Marlboro Chess Classic"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1977.10.30"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Torre, Eugenio"]
[Black "Tarjan, James Edward"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "Tarjan,J"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "1977.10.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[EventCategory "6"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. c3 Be7 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Bc2 f5 12. exf6 Nxf6 13. Nb3 Bg4 14. Qd3 Ne4 15.
Nbd4 Nxd4 16. Nxd4 Bd6 17. Ne2 (17. h3 $5 Qh4 18. Nxb5 Nxf2 19. Bg5 Nxd3 20.
Bxh4 axb5 21. Bxd3 Bd7 $11 {Ragozin-Ravinsky, Moscow 1947}) 17... c6 (17...
Bxh2+ $6 18. Kxh2 Rxf2 $11) 18. f3 Qh4 (18... Qc7 $2 19. Be3 $1 {[%cal Ya1f1]}
Bxh2+ 20. Kh1 $16) 19. g3 Qh3 20. Nf4 (20. Bf4 $1 Bf5 21. fxe4 Bxe4 22. Qxe4
dxe4 23. Bxd6 $14) 20... Bc5+ 21. Be3 Rxf4 22. Bxc5 (22. fxg4 $142 Bxe3+ 23.
Qxe3 Rxg4 24. Qf3 $15) 22... Nxc5 23. Qe3 Rxf3 24. Rxf3 Bxf3 25. Qxf3 Re8 26.
Rf1 Qe6 27. Bf5 Qe3+ 28. Qxe3 Rxe3 29. Bg4 a5 30. b4 axb4 31. cxb4 Nd3 32. a3
g6 33. Ra1 Ne5 34. Be6+ Kf8 35. a4 bxa4 36. Rxa4 d4 37. Ra2 Nd3 38. Rd2 Ne5 (
38... Nxb4 $144 39. Rxd4 Rxe6 40. Rxb4 $19) 39. Kf2 Ke7 40. Bg8 Rd3 41. Re2 Kd6
42. Re4 Rd2+ 43. Kf1 h6 44. h4 g5 45. hxg5 hxg5 46. Bb3 d3 47. Bc4 Rb2 48. Bg8
(48. Bxd3 $142 $1 Nxd3 49. Rd4+ Ke5 50. Rxd3 Rxb4 $17) 48... Nf3 49. Re3 Rb1+
50. Kf2 d2 51. Rd3+ Ke5 0-1

[Event "All Russian Masters-02"]
[Site "Vilnius"]
[Date "1912.08.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Black "Rubinstein, Akiba"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C83"]
[Annotator "Tartakower,S"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[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 {1)Die Schachwelt 1912. S.275-7 2)Tartakower:500 Master Games of Chess.
p.86. 3)Skinner:Alekhine. McFarland. p.66. .4)Gillam:Vilnius 1912.Nottingham,
p.7} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. c3 Be7 10. Nbd2 Nc5 11. Bc2 Bg4 12. h3 ({Tartakower:The most reasonable
course here is 12.Re1, guarding the e-pawn.} 12. Re1 {guarding the e-pawn.})
12... Bh5 13. Qe1 $6 ({Here again} 13. Re1 {ensured a very good game for White.
}) 13... Ne6 14. Nh2 $6 Bg6 $1 15. Bxg6 fxg6 $1 {Far seeing strategy! Black
recognizes that the f-file and not the e-file will be needed as a base for
action.} 16. Nb3 ({Or} 16. f4 d4 $1) 16... g5 $1 {!} 17. Be3 O-O 18. Nf3 Qd7
19. Qd2 $2 {White pays insufficient attention to the scope of his opponent's
threats.} ({A better course} 19. Nfd4 {Seeking to establish equality} Nxe5 20.
Bxg5 $11) (19. Qe2 $142) 19... Rxf3 $1 $19 20. gxf3 Nxe5 21. Qe2 Rf8 22. Nd2
Ng6 $1 23. Rfe1 Bd6 24. f4 (24. Qf1 Nef4 25. Bxf4 Nxf4 26. Re3 Nxh3+ 27. Kh1
Rf6 28. Kg2 Nf4+ 29. Kg1 Rh6 $19) 24... Nexf4 25. Qf1 Nxh3+ 26. Kh1 g4 27. Qe2
Qf5 0-1

[Event "Altensteig"]
[Site "Altensteig"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Hracek, Zbynek"]
[Black "Slobodjan, Roman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "159"]
[EventDate "1995.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 049"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Be3 Be7 10. c3 Qd7 11. Nbd2 Nc5 (11... Rd8 12. Re1 (12. h3 O-O (12...
Nxd2 13. Qxd2 Na5 14. Bg5 c5 15. Rfe1 Nc6 16. Rad1 h6 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. Bc2 $14
{Short,N-Ljubojevic,L/Linares/1989}) 13. Bc2 f5 14. exf6 Nxf6 15. Qb1 h6 16.
Re1 Nh5 17. Qd1 Nf4 18. Bxf4 Rxf4 $10 {Al Modiahki,M-Milos,G/Moscow olm/1994})
12... Nxd2 (12... O-O 13. Bc2 Nxd2 (13... f5 14. exf6 Nxf6 15. Ng5 Bf5 16. Bf4
Bc5 17. Nb3 Bxf2+ 18. Kxf2 Bxc2 19. Qxc2 Ne4+ 20. Nxe4 Rxf4+ 21. Kg1 dxe4 22.
Rxe4 Qf5 23. Re2 Qxc2 {1/2-1/2 Khalifman,A-Hjartarson,J/Luzern WchT/1993}) (
13... Bf5 14. Nb3 Bg6 15. h3 Kh8 16. Rc1 Bh5 17. Bd4 Ng5 $13 {Ghinda,M-Musat,A/
Odorheiu Secuiesc op/1993}) 14. Qxd2 Bf5 15. Rad1 (15. Bxf5 Qxf5 16. Nd4 Nxd4
17. cxd4 c5 18. dxc5 d4 $15 {Kharlov,A-Krasenkov,M/Rostov op/1993}) 15... Rfe8
16. h3 h6 (16... Qe6 17. Bg5 Bxc2 18. Qxc2 Qg6 19. Qxg6 hxg6 20. Bf4 Bc5 21.
Nd4 Nxd4 22. cxd4 Bb6 $10 {Dolmatov,S-Yusupov,A/Wijk cm1/1991}) 17. Bf4 Bf8 18.
Bg3 Bxc2 19. Qxc2 Qe6 20. Nd4 Nxd4 21. cxd4 Rc8 22. f4 c5 23. f5 cxd4 24. Qd3
Qc6 25. Bf2 Qc2 $10 {Dolmatov,S-Yusupov,A/Wijk cm3/1991}) 13. Qxd2 O-O 14. Rad1
Na5 15. Bc2 Bf5 16. Nd4 Bg6 17. Bxg6 fxg6 18. e6 Qd6 19. Bg5 c5 20. Nf3 Nc6 21.
h4 Rf5 22. Bxe7 Qxe7 $13 {Kotronias,V-Stefansson,H/Reykjavik/1992}) 12. Bc2 Bg4
13. Re1 (13. Qb1 Bh5 14. b4 (14. a4 b4 15. Bxc5 Bxc5 16. Nb3 Bxf3 17. gxf3 Nxe5
18. Qd1 (18. Re1 Bd6 19. Bf5 Qe7 20. f4 Nf3+ $19) 18... Be7 19. Re1 Ng6 20. Nc5
Qc6 21. cxb4 O-O $15 {Gofshtein,L-Hracek,Z/Prague/1993}) 14... Ne6 15. a4 Rd8
16. axb5 axb5 17. Bf5 Bg6 18. Nb3 Bxf5 19. Qxf5 O-O $10 {Wolff,P-Torre,E/San
Francisco/1991}) 13... Ne6 14. Qb1 Bh5 15. Bf5 Bg6 16. Nf1 Bxf5 17. Qxf5 O-O
18. Rad1 Rad8 19. Ng3 $14 Rfe8 20. Qc2 Nf8 (20... Bc5 $142) 21. Nf5 Ng6 22. Bd4
Bf8 23. Ng5 Nce7 $6 24. Nxg7 $5 Bxg7 25. e6 fxe6 26. Bxg7 Kxg7 27. Nxe6+ Kg8
28. Nxd8 Rxd8 29. g3 $36 Rf8 30. Qe2 Rf6 31. Rd3 c5 32. h4 Kf7 33. h5 Nf8 34.
Rf3 Qd6 35. Kg2 Nd7 36. Re3 Nf5 37. Re8 d4 38. Qg4 Nf8 39. cxd4 cxd4 40. Qe4 d3
41. Re5 d2 42. Rd1 Ne7 43. Rxd2 $1 Qxd2 44. Rxe7+ Kg8 45. Qg4+ Ng6 46. Re2 Qd5+
47. f3 Qd1 48. Rf2 Kf7 49. hxg6+ hxg6 50. Qh4 $16 Rf5 51. Qh7+ Kf6 52. Qh8+ Kf7
53. g4 Rc5 54. Qh7+ Kf6 55. Qh4+ Kf7 56. Qh1 Qxh1+ 57. Kxh1 b4 58. Kg2 b3 59.
a3 g5 60. Re2 Kf6 61. Kf2 a5 62. Ke1 a4 63. Kd2 Rc8 64. Kd3 Rc7 65. Re4 Rc2 66.
Rxa4 Rxb2 67. Ra6+ Ke5 68. Ra5+ Kf4 69. Rf5+ Kg3 70. Kc3 Rb1 71. a4 Kg2 72. a5
Kg3 73. Rf6 Kf2 74. a6 Ke3 75. a7 Ra1 76. Rf7 Ra6 77. Kxb3 Kd4 78. Kb4 Ra1 79.
Kb5 Kd5 80. Rf5+ 1-0

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1995.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 047"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Tischbierek Ernst} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4
b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. Be3 Be7 10. c3 O-O 11. Nbd2 Qd7 (11... Bg4 12. Nxe4
dxe4 13. Qd5 Qxd5 14. Bxd5 exf3 15. Bxc6 fxg2 16. Rfc1 Rad8 17. a4 $14 {Keres})
12. Re1 Rad8 13. Bc2 Nxd2 14. Qxd2 Bg4 (14... Bf5 {Ernst}) 15. Qd3 $1 g6 16.
Bh6 Rfe8 17. Rad1 Na5 (17... Bf5 18. Qd2 Bxc2 19. Qxc2 Bf8 20. Qd2 $14) 18. h3
Bxf3 (18... Bf5 {Tischbierek} 19. Qd4 c5 (19... Nc6 20. Qd2) 20. e6 cxd4 21.
exd7 Bxd7 22. Rxe7 Rxe7 23. Bg5 Rde8 24. Bxe7 Rxe7 25. Nxd4 $14) 19. Qxf3 c5
20. Qg3 $40 Nc4 21. b3 Na3 22. e6 $1 {[#]} Qc6 (22... fxe6 $4 23. Bxg6 $18) 23.
Bf5 $1 Bf6 24. Bg5 (24. Bc1 $5 {Tischbierek}) 24... Bxg5 25. Qxg5 {Idee 26.e:
f7+ K:f7 27.Be6+/Re6!} Rd6 (25... fxe6 {Ernst} 26. Rxe6 $1 Rd6 27. Rxe8+ Qxe8
28. Bg4 $18 {>< d5,Na3}) (25... f6 {Tischbierek} 26. Qxf6 gxf5 (26... Rf8 27.
Qg5) 27. Rd3 $18) (25... Kg7 {Tischbierek} 26. exf7 Kxf7 27. Re6 $1) 26. Qf6 $1
Rdxe6 (26... gxf5 27. exf7+ $18) (26... fxe6 {Ernst} 27. Bxg6 $1 hxg6 28. Qxg6+
Kh8 29. Re5 $18) 27. Bxe6 fxe6 28. h4 b4 29. cxb4 Nc2 30. Re5 Nd4 31. h5 Rf8
32. Qg5 Nf5 33. hxg6 h6 34. Qc1 Qd6 35. Rde1 1-0

[Event "Sao Paulo zt"]
[Site "Sao Paulo"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Granda Zuniga, Julio E"]
[Black "Valiente, Cristobal"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2340"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 036"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Nbd2 Be7 10. c3 Nc5 11. Qe2 $6 (11. Bc2 Qd7 (11... d4 $6 12. Ne4 dxc3
13. Nxc5 Bxc5 14. Be4 Qd7 15. Qc2 Bd5 16. bxc3 Rd8 17. Bg5 {+/-
Capablanca-Chajes, New York 1927}) 12. Nb3 {+/= Kortchnoi}) 11... Bg4 $146 (
11... d4 $1 12. cxd4 (12. Bxe6 fxe6 13. Nb3 d3 14. Qe3 Nxb3 15. axb3 Qd5 $15)
12... Nxd4 13. Nxd4 Qxd4 14. Bxe6 fxe6 {-/+ Thomas-Tarrasch, London (ol) 1927})
12. Bc2 O-O (12... d4 13. Be4 $1 $16) 13. Qe3 Ne6 $6 (13... Re8 14. Re1 (14.
Nd4 $2 Nxe5 $1 15. Qxe5 Bd6 16. Qxd5 Bxh2+ 17. Kxh2 Qxd5 $19) 14... Qd7 15. Nb3
$13) 14. Nd4 $14 Ncxd4 15. cxd4 c5 16. dxc5 Bxc5 17. Qd3 $1 g6 18. Qg3 Nd4 $2 (
18... Be2 19. Re1 Nd4 20. Bb1 b4 21. Nb3 $14) 19. Qxg4 Nxc2 20. Nb3 $1 $16 Qc8
(20... Nxa1 21. Nxc5 Ra7 22. Bh6 Nc2 23. Rc1 $18) 21. Qh4 f6 (21... Re8 22.
Nxc5 Qxc5 23. Bh6 $18) 22. Rb1 fxe5 23. Bh6 Nd4 24. Bxf8 Qxf8 25. Nxc5 Qxc5 26.
Qf6 e4 27. Rbd1 Ne2+ 28. Kh1 Re8 29. Rd2 Nc1 30. Re1 Nxa2 31. Qd4 Qxd4 32. Rxd4
Rc8 33. Rxd5 Nb4 34. Rd2 a5 35. g3 Re8 36. Rd4 Rf8 37. Re2 Nd3 38. Kg2 Nc5 39.
Rc2 1-0

[Event "Veterans-Women"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ioseliani, Nana"]
[Black "Hort, Vlastimil"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1994.06.??"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 042"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Nxe4 7. d4 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 Be7 11. Bc2 Bg4 12. h3 (12. Re1 O-O (12... Qd7 13. Nf1
Rd8 14. Ne3 Bh5 15. b4 (15. Nf5 O-O 16. h3 Ne6 17. Be3 Rfe8 18. g4 Bg6 19. a4
Bc5 $13 {Brodskij,M-Marin/Bucuresti/1994/1/4-1/4/33}) 15... Ne6 16. g4 Bg6 17.
Nf5 O-O 18. a4 d4 19. axb5 axb5 20. Be4 Rfe8 21. Qd3 Nb8 22. Bd2 c5 23. cxd4
Nxd4 24. N3xd4 Bxf5 25. Nxf5 Qxd3 26. Bxd3 Rxd3 27. Nxe7+ Rxe7 28. Ra8 Re8 29.
Bf4 $14 {Haba-Marin/Budapest (zt)/1993}) 13. Nb3 Ne4 $5 14. Bf4 Re8 $5 (14...
Bf5 $2 15. Nfd4 Nxd4 16. Nxd4 Bg6 17. Nc6 Qd7 18. Qxd5 $16) (14... f5 15. exf6
Nxf6 16. Qd3 $16 {Aljechin,A-Nimzowitsch,A/St.Petersburg/1914}) 15. Bxe4 dxe4
16. Rxe4 Qxd1+ 17. Rxd1 Bxf3 18. gxf3 Rad8 $13 {Kuczynski-Marin/Budapest (zt)/
1993/1/2-1/2/51}) 12... Bh5 13. g4 (13. Re1 O-O 14. Nb3 Ne4 15. Bf4 (15. Bxe4
dxe4 16. Qxd8 Raxd8 17. Nfd4 Nxe5 18. Rxe4 Bd6 19. f4 Nc4 20. g4 c5 21. gxh5
cxd4 22. Rxd4 Bc7 $44) 15... Bg6 $10) (13. Qe1 Ne6 14. Nh2 Bg6 15. Bxg6 fxg6
16. Nb3 g5 $13 {Aljechin,A-Rubinstein,A/Vilnius/1912}) 13... Bg6 14. Nb3 Qd7
15. Nbd4 Bxc2 16. Qxc2 Nxd4 17. Nxd4 h5 $5 18. f3 Ne6 19. Kg2 c5 20. Nxe6 Qxe6
21. Bf4 Rd8 22. Rfd1 Rd7 23. a4 O-O 24. axb5 axb5 25. Ra5 (25. Qf5 $32) 25...
Rb8 26. Qe2 c4 27. gxh5 b4 28. Kh2 Bd8 29. Ra2 Bc7 30. h6 g6 $15 31. Re1 $2 d4
$17 32. cxb4 Rxb4 33. Ra8+ Kh7 34. Bg5 d3 35. Qd2 Bxe5+ 36. f4 Rxb2 37. fxe5
Rxd2+ 38. Bxd2 c3 39. Bg5 d2 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens op"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1995.01.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Almasi, Zoltan"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1995.01.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 046"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Ernst Ftacnik} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5
7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. Be3 Be7 10. c3 O-O 11. Nbd2 Qd7 12. Bc2 (12. Nxe4 dxe4
13. Qxd7 Bxd7 14. e6 Bxe6 15. Bxe6 fxe6 16. Nd2 Ne5 17. Nxe4 Nd3 $10 {Ravi,
T-Dridi,A/Moscow (ol)/1994}) (12. Re1 Kh8 13. Nxe4 (13. Qe2 f5 14. exf6 Nxf6
15. Bg5 Bg8 $15 {Stisis,Y-Mikhalevski,A/ISR-ch/1992}) (13. Bc2 f5 14. exf6 Nxf6
15. Nb3 Bg4 16. Bc5 Bd6 $13 {Sanchez Aleyra,J-Mikhalevski,A/Biel/1992}) 13...
dxe4 14. Qxd7 Bxd7 15. Red1 Rad8 16. Ng5 Nxe5 17. Nxe4 Bc8 $10 {Gurevich,
G-Mikhalevski,A/ISR-ch/1992}) 12... f5 13. exf6 Nxf6 14. Qb1 Kh8 15. Ng5 Ng4 $1
$146 (15... Bg8 16. Bf5 Qd6 (16... Qd8 {Ernst} 17. Ndf3 Bd6 18. Qc2 Qe7 19.
Rfe1 $14 {Sax,G-Rodriguez,R/Moskva/1981} (19. Nh4 $5)) (16... Qe8 17. Ndf3 Bd6
18. Re1 Ne7 19. Be6 $16 {Sherzer,A-Mikhalevski,V/Mamia/1991}) 17. Nb3 g6 18.
Bh3 Nh5 19. Nd4 Nf4 20. Bxf4 Rxf4 21. Nge6 Rh4 $10 {Sziebert,A-Karsa,L/Hun-ch/
1993}) 16. Ngf3 (16. Nxh7 Qd6 (16... Rf5 $1 {Ftacnik} 17. h3 Nxe3 18. fxe3 g6
$17) (16... Rf5 $5) 17. g3 Nxe3 (17... Rg8 {Ernst} 18. Bf4 Qd8 19. h4 $13) 18.
fxe3 Rxf1+ 19. Nxf1 Ne5 {פh7}) 16... Qd6 $17 17. Re1 Rxf3 $5 18. Nxf3 Nce5 19.
Nd2 (19. Nxe5 Qxe5 20. g3 (20. h3 {Ftacnik} Qh2+ 21. Kf1 Rf8) (20. f4 Qh5 21.
h3 Nxe3 22. Rxe3 Bc5 23. Qe1 Bxh3 $17) 20... Qh5 21. h4 Bxh4 (21... g5 22. Bxg5
Bxg5 23. Rxe6 Bxh4 (23... Nxf2 24. Kxf2 $1 $18 (24. Qe1 $5 $40)) 24. Bg6 $1
hxg6 (24... Qg5 25. f4 $5) (24... Qh6 25. Bf5) 25. Qxg6 Qxg6 26. Rxg6 Ne5 27.
Re6 $18) 22. gxh4 Qxh4 23. Bf5 (23. Kf1 Rf8 24. Ke2 Rxf2+ $1 25. Bxf2 Qxf2+ 26.
Kd1 Ne3+ 27. Rxe3 Bg4+ $19) 23... Rf8 $19 (23... Rf8 {Ernst} 24. Bd4 $1 Qh2+
25. Kf1 Bxf5 (25... Qh3+ 26. Kg1 Qh2+ $10) 26. Qxf5 Qh1+ 27. Ke2 Qxe1+ 28. Rxe1
Rxf5 29. Kf1 h5 $1 (29... Kg8 30. Re7 Rf7 31. Re8+ Rf8 32. Re7 $10) 30. Re7 Rg5
$15)) 19... Nc4 20. Nf1 Rf8 21. Bd1 (21. g3 {Ftacnik} Ncxe3 22. fxe3 Qe5 $15) (
21. h3 {Ernst} Ncxe3 22. fxe3 Nf2 $44 (22... Rxf1+ $2 23. Kxf1 Qg3 24. hxg4 Bh4
25. Kg1 $16) (22... Bh4 $44)) 21... Ncxe3 22. fxe3 (22. Rxe3 {Ftacnik} Nxe3 23.
Nxe3 c5 $17) 22... Rxf1+ $1 23. Kxf1 Qxh2 24. Bf3 Ne5 25. Qd1 (25. Ke2 {Ftacnik
} Nxf3 26. Kxf3 Bh4 27. Rf1 Bg4+ $3 28. Kxg4 Qg3+ 29. Kf5 g6+ 30. Ke6 Qd6+ 31.
Kf7 Qe7#) 25... Bh4 26. Rc1 (26. a3 {Ftacnik} d4 27. cxd4 Bc4+ 28. Be2 Qh1#)
26... Bg4 (26... Bg4 27. Bxg4 Qh1+ 28. Ke2 Qxg2#) 0-1

[Event "Buenos Aires Najdorf"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ricardi, Pablo"]
[Black "Sorin, Ariel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1996.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 053"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. c3 Be7 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Bc2 f5 12. Nb3 Qd7 13. Nfd4 (13. Re1 a5 14. Bd3
Rab8 15. Qe2 a4 16. Nbd4 Nxd4 17. Nxd4 c6 18. f3 Nc5 19. Bc2 b4 20. Bd2 b3 $13
{Akopian,V-Krasenkov,M/Vilnius 1988/1/2-1/2 (99)}) 13... Nxd4 14. Nxd4 c5 15.
Nxe6 Qxe6 16. f3 Ng5 17. a4 g6 (17... Rad8 18. axb5 axb5 19. Kh1 Rd7 20. Qe2
Qc6 21. Bxg5 Bxg5 22. f4 Be7 23. Qf3 c4 24. h3 Bc5 25. Rfd1 $14 {1/2-1/2 Haba,
P-Unzicker,W/BL 9091 (1990) ;BL 1991 (38)}) (17... Qc6 18. axb5 axb5 19. Rxa8
Qxa8 20. Bxg5 Bxg5 21. f4 Be7 22. g4 fxg4 23. Qxg4 $40 {1-0 Martin Gonzalez,
A-Bevia,L/Benidorm op ;TD 89\06 1989 (29)}) 18. Kh1 (18. Qe2 b4 (18... c4) 19.
cxb4 c4 $14 {Kortchnoi/ECO}) 18... Qc6 (18... Kh8 19. Bxg5 Bxg5 20. f4 Be7 21.
Qf3 Rfd8 22. h3 b4 23. g4 $14 {Spangenberg,H-Sorin,A/Buenos Aires Najdorf (07)
;CBM 53_05 1996/1-0 (63)}) 19. Bxg5 Bxg5 20. f4 Be7 21. Qf3 Kh8 22. h3 Rad8 23.
Rfd1 Rd7 24. axb5 axb5 25. c4 $5 Rfd8 26. Ra5 (26. cxb5 Qb6 $13) 26... Qc7 $2 (
26... bxc4 $1 27. Ba4 Qb6 28. Bxd7 Qxa5 29. Qxd5 c3 30. bxc3 Qxc3 $13) 27. Rxb5
dxc4 28. Rxd7 Rxd7 29. e6 $1 Rd4 30. Rb7 Qd6 31. Rd7 $4 (31. Qe3 $16 {/\Rd7})
31... Qxe6 32. Qa8+ Kg7 33. Ra7 Rxf4 34. Ra1 Rf2 35. Qa4 Qe2 0-1

[Event "Lost Boys 5th"]
[Site "Antwerp"]
[Date "1997.08.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Winants,L"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1997.08.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 061"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 32]} 1. e4 {Mikhalevski,V. Novikov} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6
5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. Nbd2 {La continuation d'Ossip
Bernstein que l'on retrouve йgalement dans l'arsenal thйorique d'Anatoly
Karpov ou de Garry Kasparov. Les Blancs poursuivent le dйveloppement et
envisagent de chasser le Nй4 de son piйdestal. D'autres possibilitйs seraient:
a) 9.c3 le coup classique, qui permet de redйployer le Fou en c2; b) 9.Dй2
suivi de Td1 et c4: l'attaque Keres} Nc5 10. c3 Be7 {On pourrait aussi jouer
10... d4 immйdiatement. Mais, il faudrait alors disposer d'un remиde contre le
sacrifice de Zaпtsev. 11.Ng5!? qui avait offert une splendide victoire au
champion PCA sur Anand, lors du dernier championnat du monde.} 11. Bc2 d4 {
Une percйe typique dans cette ouverture. La position ne date d'ailleurs pas
d'hier puisque Capablanca en avait publiй une analyse dйtaillйe dиs 1914.} 12.
Nb3 {Mikhalevski,V: There are two more options:} ({Sur} 12. Ne4 {, le coups
jadis recommandй, il suivrait:} d3 $1 ({Aprиs} 12... dxc3 13. Nxc5 Bxc5 14. Be4
Qd7 15. bxc3 {les Blancs dйtiendraient l'avantage comme l'ont dйmontrй deux
parties entre Capablanca et Chajes jouйes а New York en 1915 et 1916.}) 13.
Nxc5 dxc2 14. Qxd8+ Rxd8 {(l'idйe de Daniliuk)} 15. Nxe6 (15. Nxa6 Bc4 ({
Ou mкme} 15... Kd7 16. Bg5 Ra8 17. Bxe7 Rxa6 18. Ba3 Bd5 19. Rac1 Bxf3 20. gxf3
Nxe5 21. Rxc2 Nc4) 16. Re1 b4 17. Nxb4 (17. Nxc7+ Kd7 18. Nd2 Bxa2 19. Rxa2
Kxc7) 17... Nxb4 18. cxb4 Bxb4 19. Bg5 Bxe1 20. Bxd8 Bxf2+ 21. Kxf2 Kxd8 22.
Nd4 Re8 {et les Noirs sont bien}) 15... fxe6 16. Be3 Rd5 17. Rac1 Nxe5 18. Nxe5
Rxe5 19. Rxc2 Kf7 20. c4 b4 21. Rd1 Rd8 $11 {Avec йgalitй, Xie Jun-Z.Polgar
Championnat du monde fйminin, Jaen 1996}) 12... d3 13. Bb1 (13. Nxc5 dxc2 {
reviendrait aux variantes prйcйdentes.} (13... dxc2 {Mikhalevski,V} 14. Qxd8+
Rxd8 15. Nxe6 fxe6 16. Be3 O-O (16... Rd5 17. Rfc1 (17. Rac1 Nxe5 18. Nxe5 Rxe5
19. Rxc2 Kf7 {Xie Jun-Polgar,Zsu 1996}) 17... Nxe5 18. Nxe5 Rxe5 19. Rxc2 Kf7
20. a4 Rd8 21. g3 Red5 22. Kg2 Bc5 23. Bxc5 Rxc5 24. axb5 axb5 25. Re2 Rd6 26.
h4 h6 27. Rae1 Kf6 28. Re4 {1/2-1/2 Seibold,H-Pieper Emden,C/BL9091 1991}) 17.
Rac1 Rd5 18. c4 bxc4 19. Rxc2 Nxe5 20. Nxe5 Rxe5 21. Rxc4 $14 {1/2-1/2
Nevanlinna,R-Tuomala,T/Jyvaskyla op 1994 (49)})) 13... Nxb3 14. axb3 Bf5 15.
Be3 O-O (15... Bg6 {Mikhalevski,V} 16. Nd4 Nxe5 17. f4 c5 18. fxe5 cxd4 19.
Bxd4 $16 {1-0 Sawatzki,F-Pieper Emden,C/Karlsruhe 1997 (52)}) 16. Bd4 {'!'
Mikhalevski,V. Une nouveautй semble-t-il. Une partie Ulibin-Daniliuk, disputйe
cette annйe, а la coupe de Russie, avait continuй par:} (16. Nd4 Nxd4 17. cxd4
c5 {'!' Mikhalevski,V.} 18. Bxd3 cxd4 19. Bxd4 Qxd4 20. Bxf5 Qxb2 {etc.}) 16...
Qd5 17. Re1 {[%cal Ye1e3] 'N' Mikhalevski,V. Mikhalevski,V: /\Re3 and B:d3 La
prise du Pd3 aurait йvidemment entraоnй la chute de b3. C'est pourquoi Topalov
prйpare Rй3.} ({Au lieu de cela,} 17. b4 {йtait aisйment contrй par} Bxb4) (17.
Bxd3 {Mikhalevski,V} Bxd3 18. Qxd3 Qxb3 19. Qe4 Nxd4 20. Nxd4 Qxb2 21. Nf5 Rae8
22. Rxa6 Qxc3 23. Rc6 Bc5 24. Qg4 g6 25. Nh6+ Kg7 26. Nf5+ Kh8 27. Qg5 Bxf2+
28. Rxf2 Qxc6 $19 {0-1 Maus,S-Pieper Emden,C/BL8889 1989/BL 80 (36)}) 17...
Rfd8 ({Un renforcement possible serait} 17... d2 $5 {et maintenant:} 18. Nxd2 (
18. Re2 Bxb1 19. Rxb1 Nxd4 20. Nxd4 (20. cxd4 Bb4) 20... Bg5 21. Nf3 Bh6 {
et les Noirs se portent а merveille}) (18. Qxd2 Bxb1 19. Raxb1 Qxb3) 18... Bxb1
({ou} 18... Nxd4) 19. Nxb1 Nxd4 20. cxd4 b4 $1 {(enfermant le Cavalier). Avec
un excellent contre-jeu}) 18. Re3 Nxd4 (18... Be4 {Mikhalevski,V} 19. Bxd3 Bxf3
20. Qxf3 Qxf3 (20... Nxd4 21. Qxd5 Rxd5 22. cxd4 $14) 21. Rxf3 Nxd4 22. cxd4
Rxd4 $140 23. Bxb5) 19. cxd4 (19. Nxd4 $6 {Mikhalevski,V} Bg6 20. b4 Bg5) 19...
c5 (19... Be4 $2 {Mikhalevski,V} 20. Bxd3 Bxf3 21. Qxf3 Qxd4 $2 22. Bxh7+ $1
Kxh7 23. Qh5+ Kg8 24. Rh3 $18) 20. Bxd3 cxd4 {Les Noirs sont parvenus а
conserver l'йquilibre matйriel, mais leur position prйsente encore quelque
danger car le pion d4 est vulnйrable.} 21. Re2 {'!' Mikhalevski,V. Mikhalevski,
V: Very intresting position has arised.In the beginning it looks like 'Black
is OK',but white has a simple plan.He exchanges bishops,put his knight on d3
and white has clear advantage.Look at the position after 25 moves.Now
everything is clear.The knight on d3 is much stonger than black's bishop,pawn
on d4 is blocked and c-file is open for the white rooks.} Qe6 (21... Bxd3 $1 {
Mikhalevski,V Black had to put white's queen on d3.Piket probably had
forgotten that the queen is not as good blocker as the knight is.} 22. Qxd3
Rac8) 22. h3 $1 {[%cal Yd3f5,Yf3e1,Ye1d3] Mikhalevski,V: White is preparing
Ne1.It wasn't so good immediately because of 22...Bg4. [#] Un coup d'apparence
anodine, mais extrкmement venimeux du point de vue stratйgique. Pour le
comprendre, il faut avant tout rйaliser que le plan des Blancs consiste ici а
йchanger le Bf5, pour conduire ensuite le Nf3 vers la case de blocage (d3) et
laisser ainsi les Noirs avec le mauvais Bй7.} ({Toutefois,} 22. Ne1 {
immйdiatement, йtait rйfutй par} Bg4 23. f3 Bh5 {suivi йventuellement de Bg5-й3
}) ({et} 22. Bxf5 Qxf5 23. Nxd4 Qf4 24. Rd2 Qxe5 25. Nc6 Rxd2 26. Qxd2 Bg5 $11
{conduisait а l'йgalitй.}) 22... Rd5 $2 {Mikhalevski,V: Now black missed the
last chance to play Piket a sous-estimй le danger.} ({Il йtait nettement
prйfйrable de jouer} 22... Bb4 {[%csl Ge1] afin d'empкcher le transfert du
Cavalier blanc vers d3.} {Par exemple,} 23. Rc1 ({si} 23. Bxf5 Qxf5 24. Nxd4
Qf4) 23... Rac8 24. Bxf5 Qxf5 25. Rxc8 Qxc8 26. Nxd4 $4 Qd7 27. Re4 Bc5 {
et les Noirs gagnent.}) (22... Bxd3 $1 {Mikhalevski,V and after} 23. Qxd3 Rd5
$1) 23. Ne1 $1 {Mikhalevski,V: Now black is hopeless against B:f5 and Nd3.} a5
({Surtout pas} 23... Rxe5 $2 24. Rxe5 Qxe5 25. Qf3 $18 {avec attaque double.})
24. Bxf5 Qxf5 25. Nd3 {'+/-' Mikhalevski,V.} h5 26. Rc2 {Mikhalevski,V: Now
the c-file is also in the white's hands. Topalov a remarquablement manoeuvrй
et son avantage est dйsormais йvident: il domine la colonne -c- et le Fй7
manque de perspectives.} f6 {Mikhalevski,V: The situation on the board has
changed very quickly and black is in the panic.} 27. exf6 Bxf6 28. Qe2 Ra7 29.
Rac1 Re7 30. Qd1 Kh7 31. Rc5 {Premier signe d'invasion. Les fantassins de
l'aile-Dame seront bientфt assiйgйs.} g6 {'?!' Mikhalevski,V.} (31... Red7 $142
{Novikov}) 32. Rxd5 Qxd5 33. Rc5 Qb7 34. Qc2 Bg7 $2 {Mikhalevski,V: Blunder in
strategicly lost position. [#] Prйcipite les йvйnements.} ({Pourtant aprиs} 
34... Kg7 35. Rc6 {suivi de Qc5, les Noirs seraient йgalement condamnйs.}) (
34... Qe4 35. Rxb5) 35. Rxh5+ $3 {et les Noirs abandonnиrent. Prendre la Tour
coыterait la Dame} 1-0

[Event "Interzonal-16"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Wolff,P"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1993.07.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 037"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Ernst} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 Be7 7. Re1
b5 (7... f5 {Ernst} 8. dxe5 O-O 9. Be3 Qe8 10. c3 Qg6 11. Nbd2 $16 {
Glek-Krasenkov/Moscowch/1989/}) 8. Bb3 $6 (8. Rxe4 d5 9. Nxe5 Nxe5 10. Rxe5 (
10. Bxb5+ $5 axb5 11. Rxe5 O-O 12. Nc3 c6 13. Re1 $14 {Parma, in ECO}) 10...
bxa4 11. Nc3 O-O 12. Rxd5 Bd6 13. Bg5 Qe8 {This is "all the rage" in this rare
line, and no doubt Piket had some ideas to justify Black's pawn sacrifice.})
8... d5 9. dxe5 Be6 10. c3 O-O {Black has cleverly transposed into the Open
Ruy where the R is misplaced on e1. Because of this, Black has fairly easy
equality, and in fact by trying to play "normally", White is soon much worse.}
11. Nbd2 $6 (11. Nd4 Nxe5 12. f3 Bd6 13. fxe4 Bg4 {Complicated and reputed to
be good for Black.}) (11. Bc2 $5) 11... Nc5 12. Bc2 $6 (12. Nd4 Nxd4 13. cxd4
Nd3 14. Re3 Nf4 15. Bc2 c5 $15 {ECO}) 12... d4 $1 $17 {This has been known to
be good for Black since Lasker-Tarrasch, St.Petersburg, 1914, and probably
even before!!} 13. cxd4 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 Qxd4 15. Qe2 (15. Nb3 {Ernst} Nxb3 16.
axb3 Qxd1 17. Rxd1 c5 $17 {Lasker-Tarrasch/Petersburg/1914/}) 15... Rad8 16.
Nf3 Qc4 17. Be3 $146 (17. Qxc4 Bxc4 18. Be3 Ne6 19. Be4 Bd5 20. Bxd5 Rxd5 $17 {
H.Johner-Euwe, Zurich,1934}) 17... Qxe2 18. Rxe2 Bc4 (18... Nd3 19. Nd4 $1) 19.
Rd2 Ne6 20. Bb3 $1 Bxb3 21. axb3 Bb4 22. Rxd8 Rxd8 23. Kf1 Rd3 24. Rxa6 h6 25.
Rc6 Kf8 26. Rc2 Rxb3 27. Ke2 c5 28. Nd2 Bxd2 29. Kxd2 Ke7 30. Kc1 (30. Bxc5+ {
Ernst} Nxc5 31. Rxc5 Rxb2+ 32. Ke3 $15) 30... c4 31. Rd2 c3 32. bxc3 Rxc3+ 33.
Kb2 Rc4 34. Rd6 f5 35. g3 g5 36. Rb6 f4 37. Rb7+ Ke8 38. gxf4 gxf4 39. Bd2 Re4
40. Rxb5 Re2 41. Kc3 Rxf2 42. h4 Rh2 43. Rb6 {Tough defense by Kiril Georgiev!}
1/2-1/2

[Event "SWE-ch"]
[Site "Linkoping"]
[Date "2001.07.10"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Couso, Luis"]
[Black "Wedberg, Tom Birger"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2324"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "Ziegler,A"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[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. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 {Nu stеr vit infцr ett vдgskдl. Fцrutom det klassiska textdraget.} 9. c3 ({
Finns дven det moderna:} 9. Be3 {samt det som Kasparov fцredrar:}) (9. Nbd2)
9... Be7 10. Nbd2 Nc5 11. Bc2 Bg4 12. h3 (12. Re1 {Дr nеgot bдttre, tror man
idag.} Qd7 13. Nf1 Rd8 14. Ne3 Bh5 15. b4 Ne6 16. g4 Bg6 17. Nf5 O-O 18. a4 {
Som i Khalifman-Marin i Olympiaden i fjol, eller Haba-Marin, Budapest ,1993,
med nеgon form av press fцr vit.}) 12... Bh5 13. g4 ({Enligt Tom leder} 13. Re1
O-O 14. Nb3 Ne4 15. Bf4 Bg6 {Till utjдmning.}) (13. Qe1 Ne6 14. Nh2 Bg6 15.
Bxg6 fxg6 {'!'} 16. Nb3 g5 {Med oklart spel Aljechin - Rubinstein, Vilnius,
1912}) 13... Bg6 14. Nb3 Qd7 15. Nbd4 Bxc2 16. Qxc2 h5 ({Tom har kommenterar
partiet mellan Ioselani och Hort, frеn Monaco 1994. Hдr avviker han. Mеhдnda
har han vдntat pе detta tillfдlle i sju еr?} 16... Nxd4 17. Nxd4 h5 $5 18. f3
Ne6 19. Kg2 c5 20. Nxe6 Qxe6 {Svart stеr inte sдmre.}) 17. Qf5 Nxd4 18. Nxd4
hxg4 19. hxg4 g6 20. Qxd7+ Kxd7 {[#] Tom, som дr Sveriges kung i цppna spel
har gjort det igen. Fцrdel som svart efter blott 20 drag.} 21. Kg2 (21. Nf3 Nd3
22. Kg2 c5 23. Rd1 c4 {Дr bдttre дn partiet fцr vit, men svart stеr цverlдgset.
}) 21... Rh4 22. Bf4 Rxg4+ (22... Nd3 $5 23. Bg3 Rxg4 24. f3 Rg5 {Pеminner om
partiet men med den skillnaden att vit har nеgot svagare kungsstдllning.}) 23.
Kf3 Rh4 24. Rfd1 Rah8 25. Bg3 R4h5 26. Nb3 c6 27. Nxc5+ Bxc5 28. b4 Bb6 29. a4
{Luis fцrsvarar sig bra.} Kc8 {Svart stod infцr svеra val, och beslцt sig fцr
att ge upp kontrollen цver e6-fдltet till fцrmеn fцr damflygeln.} 30. Re1 Kb7
$6 (30... Re8 {Var sдkrare.}) 31. e6 Rf8 32. axb5 fxe6+ 33. Kg2 e5 34. bxc6+ $6
(34. bxa6+ Ka7 35. Rxe5 Rxe5 36. Bxe5 Rxf2+ 37. Kg3 {Дr remi.}) 34... Kxc6 35.
Rxa6 $6 (35. f3) 35... Kb5 36. Ra2 $6 (36. Rxb6+ Kxb6 37. Bxe5 {Ger goda
chanser till remi.}) 36... e4 {Nu har svart greppet igen tack vare den svaga
c3-bonden.} 37. Rd1 ({Det var bдttre att gardera bonden direkt, дven om det
sannolikt inte hade дndrat resultatet.} 37. Rc2) 37... Rf3 38. Ra3 Rhf5 39. Rd2
d4 40. Rc2 d3 41. Rca2 Kc4 42. b5 Rxb5 43. Ra4+ Kxc3 44. R2a3+ Kc2 45. Rxe4 d2
46. Ra1 Rd3 47. Rc4+ Kb3 0-1