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Главная страница Справка Коды ЭШД C00 - C99 C87

Коды ЭШД

C84 C85 C86

C87

C88 C89 C90

C87

Код энциклопедии шахматных дебютов (ЭШД)

Описание

RU: Испанская партия
EN: Closed Ruy Lopez: Steinitz-type lines after 6 Re1 d6

Ходы

1. e4 e5 2. Кf3 Кc6 3. Сb5 a6 4. Сa4 Кf6 5. 0-0 Сe7 6. Лe1 d6

Дебюты

Дебют королевского коня , Испанская партия

[Event "GRE-chT 31st"]
[Site "Chalkidiki"]
[Date "2002.07.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kotronias, Vasilios"]
[Black "Atalik, Suat"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C87"]
[WhiteElo "2578"]
[BlackElo "2551"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "2002.07.05"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 d6 {This line was
championed by Janowski, and in our days by GM Ivan Sokolov of Netherlands.} 7.
c3 {This move is in my opinion the most cunning one.} (7. Bxc6+ bxc6 8. d4 exd4
9. Nxd4 Bd7 10. Nc3 O-O $13 {leads to an interesting game.}) 7... Bg4 ({
Castling transposes to Chigorin's Spanish.} 7... O-O 8. h3 b5 9. Bb3 (9. Bc2
Bb7 10. d4 exd4 11. Nxd4)) 8. d3 {Again the most principled move.} (8. h3 Bh5
9. d3 Qd7 (9... Nd7 10. Be3 h6 11. d4 b5 12. Bc2 Bg5 $1 $13) 10. Nbd2 g5 $5)
8... Nd7 {The normal move.} ({The following two variations are typically a la
Duras.} 8... b5 9. Bb3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. Nbd2 h6 12. Nf1 Nh7 13. Ne3 Be6 14.
d4 Bf6 15. Nd5 Ng5 16. Nxf6+ Qxf6 17. Nxg5 (17. Bxg5 hxg5 18. dxe5 Qh6 $40)
17... hxg5 18. dxc5 Qh6 19. h3 Bxh3) (8... h6 9. Nbd2 Nh7 10. Nf1 Bg5 11. Ne3
Bxe3 12. Bxe3 Ng5) 9. Nbd2 {That is not the only move in the position.} (9. Be3
$5 h6 (9... O-O 10. Nbd2 b5 11. Bc2 Nb6 12. h3 Bd7 13. Nf1) (9... Bxf3 10. Qxf3
Bg5 11. Nd2) 10. h3 (10. Nbd2 Bg5) 10... Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Bg5 12. Nd2 Nc5) 9...
Nc5 10. Bc2 Ne6 11. Nf1 (11. h3 Bh5 12. Nf1 Ng5 13. N1h2 (13. Bxg5 Bxg5 14. Ng3
Bxf3 15. Qxf3 g6 $14) 13... O-O 14. Be3 (14. g4 Bg6) 14... h6 15. d4 Bf6 $13)
11... Ng5 12. Bxg5 Bxg5 13. h3 Bxf3 $6 {There was no need to rush.} (13... Bh5
14. Ng3 Bxf3 15. Qxf3 g6 16. Rad1 Qf6 17. Qe2 {Topalov-Short,Novgorod 1996.}
Nd8 $5 18. Nf1 h5 19. Ba4+ Kf8 $13 {According to Nigel.}) 14. Qxf3 O-O 15. Rad1
g6 16. Ne3 $14 {Now the difference is obvious Ne3 is effectively placed there.}
Kg7 17. a3 {White wants to use b3-g6 diagonale for his bishop.} Qf6 18. Qe2 {
White should have kept the queen's.} (18. Qxf6+ Bxf6 19. Nd5 Rac8 20. d4 Ne7
$11) 18... Bxe3 19. Qxe3 Nd8 20. g3 $1 (20. d4 Ne6 21. g3 Rad8 $14) 20... Qe6 {
I was happy about this move.Though instead of capturing a2-g8 diagonal to
deploy the knight in a better square seems to have higher priority.} (20... Ne6
21. d4 (21. Bb3 Rad8 22. Rf1 c6 23. f4 d5 24. exd5 exf4 25. gxf4 cxd5 26. f5 d4
$132) 21... exd4 22. cxd4 c5 23. e5 dxe5 24. dxe5 Qe7 25. Be4 Rad8) 21. Kg2 f6
({Still black should not open the position.} 21... f5 22. exf5 Qxf5 (22... Qd5+
$2 23. Qe4) 23. Re2 Nc6 24. Bb3 $14) 22. d4 Nf7 23. f4 Rae8 24. Rd2 (24. Ba4
Re7) 24... exf4 25. Qxf4 {The better way to recapture on f4.} (25. gxf4 d5 26.
e5 fxe5 27. fxe5 Nd6 $11) 25... Ng5 $1 26. h4 $1 (26. g4 Qc4 27. Bd3 Qb3 28.
Rf2 Ne6 29. Qg3 g5 $13 {And the knight finds a square.}) 26... Nf7 27. Bd1 g5
$2 {Very risky.} (27... h5 28. g4 hxg4 ({I have only calculated} 28... g5 $6
29. Qg3 gxh4 30. Qxh4) 29. Bxg4 f5 30. Bh3 $1 (30. Bf3 fxe4 31. Qxe4 (31. Rxe4
Ne5) 31... Qf6 32. Qxe8 Rxe8 33. Rxe8 Qxh4 34. Rde2 Qg5+ 35. Kf2 Qh4+ $11)
30... Qf6 $1 {black has some counterattack on h4.} (30... d5 31. e5 Nd6 32. Kh2
Ne4 (32... Rh8 33. Rg1) 33. Rg2 $16) 31. Rde2 Rh8 (31... fxe4 32. Qxf6+ Kxf6
33. Rxe4 Rxe4 34. Rxe4 Nd8 35. Rf4+ Kg7 36. Rxf8 Kxf8 $14) 32. exf5 Rxe2+ 33.
Rxe2 Rxh4 34. Qg3 Qg5 $1 {threatening 35...Rh3!} 35. Re3 Rh6 $1 $11) 28. hxg5
fxg5 (28... Nxg5 29. Bg4 Qf7 30. Bf5 $16) 29. Qe3 $16 Qg6 30. Bc2 Nh6 31. e5
Qh5 32. Rh1 $2 {This I have of course seen.} ({But I have of course noticed
that even my big time combination does not work when I was daydreaming while
pushing g5.} 32. Qd3 $1 Ng4 (32... Rh8 33. Rde2 $16) 33. Rh1 Rf2+ 34. Kg1 $1
$18) 32... Qg4 33. Qd3 Rh8 $8 {A sad necessity.} (33... Nf5 34. Bd1 $18 {
catches the poor queen.}) 34. Re2 {Around here the Cypriot burned almost all
of his time and could not find any impressive follow up.} (34. Rdd1 $1 dxe5 35.
dxe5 Rd8 $8 (35... Rxe5 36. Qd7+ Qxd7 37. Rxd7+ Nf7 38. Bb3 Rf5 39. Rxc7 b5 40.
Rf1 Rxf1 41. Kxf1 Rf8 42. g4 Kf6 43. Bxf7 Rxf7 44. Rxf7+ Kxf7 45. b3 Ke6 46.
Ke2 Ke5 47. Ke3 a5 48. Kd3 $18 (48. a4 bxa4 49. bxa4 Kd5 50. Kd3 Kc5 51. c4 Kb4
52. Kd4 Kxa4 53. c5 (53. Kc3 $4 h6 54. Kd4 Kb3 55. c5 a4 56. c6 a3 57. c7 a2
58. c8=Q a1=Q+) 53... Kb5 54. Kd5 a4 55. c6 a3 56. c7 a2 57. c8=Q a1=Q 58. Qb7+
$18)) 36. Qe3 Nf5 37. Bxf5 Qxf5 {and black is still defending.}) 34... dxe5 35.
Re4 $2 {Another nervous reaction I sort of convinced that the Neo-Cypriot is
drifting away.} (35. Rxe5 Rxe5 36. dxe5 Qe6 $1 $16 (36... Nf7 $2 37. Rxh7+ Rxh7
38. Qxh7+ Kf8 39. Qe4 Qxe4+ 40. Bxe4 c6 41. Bf5 $1 $18)) 35... Qd7 36. Qe3 Nf7
37. dxe5 Qc6 38. Rf1 (38. Kh2 Qh6+ 39. Kg1 Qe6 40. Rh2 Re7 {And black is still
in the fight.}) 38... Nxe5 39. Qxg5+ (39. Rf5 Rhf8 40. Rxg5+ Kh8 $1 {And who
is pinning who?}) 39... Ng6 40. Qe3 $1 {A good move still putting black in
search for a good defense.Here around I was relieved because seems like the
worse is over.} Re5 $1 41. Qd4 Qd5 $1 42. Rf3 Rd8 $11 {And I started to lick
my chops already around here when we both get low on time.} 43. Kf2 $4 {
A terrible blunder.} ({I was calculating the clumsy looking exchanges for
white.} 43. Rxe5 Nxe5 44. Qxd5 Rxd5 45. Be4 Rb5 (45... Rd2+ 46. Rf2 Rxf2+ 47.
Kxf2 c6 48. b3 (48. Ke3 Nc4+ 49. Kd4 Nxb2) 48... h6 49. Ke3 Kf6 50. Kd4 b6 51.
c4 $14) 46. Rf2 Nc4 47. Bd3 Rc5 48. Re2 h5 $14) 43... Qxe4 $1 {This should
come as a shock.} 44. Qxe4 Rd2+ 45. Kf1 ({White can not step into the e line
with his majesty.} 45. Ke3 $4 Rxc2 $19) 45... Rxe4 46. Bxe4 Rxb2 $17 47. Rd3
Ne5 $1 {I started to play fast around here.There should be no rook ending for
white to go down!} 48. Rd5 Kf6 49. Bxh7 Rb3 50. a4 (50. Rc5 c6 {And the threat
is 51...b6! to catch the rook.} 51. g4 Nxg4 $19 {When pawns are only in one
wing white do not have any chances.}) 50... Rxc3 51. Kg2 b6 $2 {Still I could
not visualize which pawn configuration I should use for my queenside and
finally erred.} (51... Rc4 52. a5 c6 53. Rd8 Nf7 $19) 52. Rd4 $1 {A very good
defensive move.} a5 53. Rf4+ Kg7 54. Be4 c6 $1 {So blacks queenside is ready
to march.} 55. Rf5 Nf7 56. Bf3 Nd6 57. Rg5+ Kf6 58. Rg8 Nf7 $1 $15 {Tactics
are allowing black to support his queenside utmost.} 59. Rb8 Ne5 60. Be2 Rb3
61. Rf8+ $2 {Total collapse.} ({Whites only hope is to push his g pawn to have
black king away from the support of his pawns in queenside.} 61. g4 Rb2 62. Kf1
Kg5 63. Rg8+ (63. Rf8 Kh4) 63... Kf4 64. g5 Ke3 (64... Kg3 65. Ke1) 65. Re8
Rb1+ 66. Kg2 Kf4 $1 67. Kf2 Rb4 68. Rg8 Kf5 69. g6 Kf6 (69... Rf4+ 70. Kg3 Rxa4
71. g7 Kf6 72. Re8 Kxg7 73. Rxe5) 70. g7 Re4 71. Bd1 $11) 61... Ke7 62. Rb8 {
Oscillation without any consequences.} (62. Rf4 b5 63. axb5 cxb5 64. Rd4 Rb2
65. Kf1 Ke6 $19) 62... Rb4 63. Kh3 Kd6 64. g4 {Finally g pawn is forward but
it is kind of like late!} Kc7 65. Re8 $2 (65. Rg8 Rxa4 66. g5 {was the only
chance but even R+BvsR+3P type of endings are most likely not that tenacious
for white since his king is very far away from queenside.}) 65... Re4 $1 $19 {
That is the end of the story since white is losing his only trump g pawn.} 66.
Ba6 Nxg4 67. Rc8+ Kd6 {White will lose another pawn thus he decided to give up.
} 0-1

[Event "URS-ch41 Final"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.10.15"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Geller, Efim P"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C87"]
[Annotator "Belov,I"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1973.10.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[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 Be7 6. Re1 d6 (6... b5) 7. c3
O-O 8. d4 (8. h3 Bd7 9. d4 Re8 10. Nbd2 Bf8 $10) 8... Nd7 (8... b5 $5 9. Bb3 (
9. Bc2 $5) 9... Bg4) 9. Be3 $14 (9. Nbd2 Bf6 10. Nf1 Nb6 $10 {/\ Bg4/}) 9...
Bf6 10. Nbd2 Re8 (10... exd4 11. cxd4 Nb6 12. Bc2 $14) (10... Nb6 11. Bxc6 bxc6
12. dxe5 $16) 11. d5 Ne7 12. b4 $1 (12. c4 c5 $14) 12... g6 (12... Ng6 13. g3)
13. c4 c6 14. Rc1 $16 (14. c5 $6 dxc5 15. bxc5 (15. d6 b5 $13) 15... cxd5 16.
exd5 Nxd5 17. Ne4 Nxe3 18. Rxe3 Bg7 19. Rd3 Re7 $13) 14... Bg7 $6 (14... cxd5
15. cxd5 $16) 15. c5 $1 dxc5 16. bxc5 cxd5 17. exd5 Nxd5 18. Bg5 Ne7 (18... Bf6
19. Ne4 Bxg5 20. Nfxg5 Ne7 21. Bxd7 Bxd7 22. Qxd7 $18) (18... Qa5 19. Nc4 Qxc5
20. Ncxe5 $18) 19. Ne4 h6 20. Nd6 $1 hxg5 (20... Rf8 21. Bxe7 $18) 21. Nxf7 $3
$18 Qa5 (21... Kxf7 22. Nxg5+ Kf6 (22... Kg8 23. Bb3+ $18) (22... Kf8 23. Ne6+
$18) 23. Nh7+ Kf7 24. Bb3+ $18) 22. N7xg5 Rf8 23. Bxd7 Qxa2 24. Re2 Qa3 (24...
Qd5 25. Rd2) 25. Re3 Qb4 26. Bxc8 Raxc8 27. Qd7 Nf5 (27... Rfe8 28. Qe6+ Kh8
29. Nf7+ $18) 28. Qe6+ Kh8 29. Qxg6 1-0

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Parsippany"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ivanov, Alexander"]
[Black "Christiansen, Larry Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C87"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "Blatny,P"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1996.07.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 d6 7. c3 (7. Bxc6+
$142 bxc6 8. d4) 7... Bg4 $1 8. d3 Nd7 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. Bc2 Ne6 11. h3 Bh5 12.
Nf1 Ng5 13. N1h2 (13. Bxg5 Bxg5 14. Ng3 Bxf3 15. Qxf3 g6 $10 {Topalov-Short 
(Novgorod 1996)}) 13... Nxf3+ $6 (13... O-O $142) 14. Nxf3 O-O 15. g4 $5 Bg6
16. d4 exd4 $6 (16... h6 {/\ Be7-g5}) 17. Nxd4 $1 Nxd4 18. Qxd4 c6 (18... Bh4
$5) 19. f4 f6 20. f5 Bf7 21. Bf4 {/\ 22.Rad1} c5 (21... Qa5 $2 22. b4 $1) 22.
Qf2 Qb6 23. b3 Qc6 24. Rad1 $6 (24. c4 b5 25. Bd3 $14) 24... c4 $1 25. b4 a5
26. a3 axb4 27. axb4 Ra2 28. Re2 Re8 29. Red2 Bf8 30. Qg3 d5 $5 31. e5 fxe5 32.
Bxe5 Qb6+ (32... Ra3 $1 33. Qf4) 33. Bd4 Qh6 (33... Qd6 34. Qf3 $140 (34. Qxd6
Bxd6 {/\ 35...Be5}) 34... Qh6) 34. g5 Qh5 35. Rf1 (35. g6 Rxc2 $19) 35... Re2
36. Rxe2 Qxe2 37. Bd1 Qe4 38. Qg4 $1 Bd6 $6 (38... Rd2 $1 {/\ 39...B:b4}) 39.
Bf3 $1 Qd3 40. Bg2 Bh5 $4 41. f6 $3 (41. Qxh5 $2 Rxg2+ 42. Kxg2 Qg3+) (41. Qh4
Bh2+ $1 42. Kh1 (42. Kxh2 Qxf1) 42... Qxf1+ $1 43. Bxf1 Bf3+ 44. Bg2 Rxg2 $19)
(41. Bxd5+ Kf8 42. Bxc4 (42. Bxg7+ Kxg7 43. f6+ Kf8 44. Qc8+ Be8 $19) 42... Qd2
$1 43. Rf2 (43. Bxg7+ $2) 43... Qe1+ 44. Rf1 Bxg4 45. Rxe1 Bh2+ 46. Kf1 (46.
Kh1 Bf3#) 46... Bxh3#) 41... Bxg4 (41... Bh2+ 42. Kxh2 Bxg4 43. f7+ Kf8 44.
Bxg7+ $18) (41... Qxf1+ 42. Kxf1 Ra1+ 43. Kf2 Ra2+ 44. Ke3 Bxg4 (44... Bf4+ 45.
Kxf4) 45. Bxd5+ Kf8 46. fxg7+ Ke7 47. hxg4 $18) 42. Bxd5+ Be6 43. Bxe6+ Kf8 44.
fxg7+ Ke7 45. Bf6+ Kxe6 46. g8=Q+ Kd7 47. Qd8+ Kc6 48. Qe8+ $1 1-0

[Event "Zuerich"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "1959.06.04"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Gligoric, Svetozar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C87"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[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 d6 5. c3 Nf6 6. d4 Bd7 7. O-O Be7 (7... g6
8. Re1 $1 Qe7 9. dxe5 $1 dxe5 10. c4 $1 {/\ Nc3-d5!}) 8. Nbd2 O-O 9. Re1 Re8
10. a3 (10. h3 Bf8 11. Bc2 g6 12. Nf1 Bg7 13. Ng3 Qe7 14. Be3 Na5 15. b3 c5 {
Durasevic-Smyslov/Belgrad/1956}) 10... Bf8 11. b4 $2 (11. h3 g6 12. Bb3 Na5 13.
Ba2 {/\ 14.b4|^}) 11... d5 $1 {12... ed 13.e5 dc!} 12. Bxc6 (12. exd5 Nxd5 13.
Bxc6 Bxc6 14. Nxe5 Nxc3 15. Qc2 Nb5) 12... Bxc6 13. Nxe5 Nxe4 14. Nxe4 dxe4 15.
Qg4 $2 (15. Nxc6 $10) 15... Bd5 $1 16. Qg3 (16. c4 Be6 17. Qxe4 f6 18. Nf3 Bxc4
19. Qxb7 $4 Rxe1+ 20. Nxe1 Bd5 $19) 16... b5 17. Bf4 Rc8 18. f3 (18. a4 f6 19.
Ng4 Kh8 20. axb5 axb5 21. Ra5 Qd7 22. Ne3 Bg8 {/\ 23... g5}) 18... exf3 19. Ng4
Kh8 (19... fxg2 $4 20. Rxe8 Qxe8 21. Nf6+) (19... Rxe1+ 20. Rxe1 fxg2 21. Re8
Qxe8 22. Nf6+ Kh8 23. Nxe8 Rxe8) 20. gxf3 f6 21. h4 (21. Rxe8 Qxe8 22. Bxc7 Qc6
23. Bf4 Bxf3 $19) 21... Qd7 22. Ne3 Bf7 23. Kf2 c6 24. h5 (24. Rh1 Bh5 {
/\ 25... Qf7 26... Qb3}) 24... Bxh5 25. Rh1 Qf7 $1 (25... Bf7 26. Rxh7+ $3 Kxh7
27. Rh1+ Kg8 28. Ng4 Be7 (28... Qe7 $145 29. Nh6+ Kh8 30. Nxf7+) 29. Qh3 $3 Kf8
(29... Be6 $145 30. Qh7+ (30. Qh8+ $2 Kf7 31. Nh6+ Kg6 32. Rg1+ Bg4 $19) 30...
Kf8 31. Qg6 Bd8 (31... Bd6 32. Nxf6 $18) 32. Rh8+ Bg8 33. Nh6 $18) 30. Bh6 $3
Bg8 31. Bxg7+ Kxg7 32. Rg1 Kf8 33. Qh6+ Kf7 34. Ne5+ $18) 26. Qh3 Bg6 27. Qg4
Kg8 28. Qg1 Qe6 29. Qc1 Bd6 30. Ng2 Rcd8 31. Bxd6 Qxd6 32. Nf4 Bf7 33. Qd2 Re7
34. Rag1 Rde8 35. Qd3 g6 36. Qf5 Kf8 37. Qg4 g5 38. Nd3 Re2+ 39. Kf1 Bg6 (39...
Bc4 $1 $19) 40. Nf2 Qe7 41. Qg3 h5 42. Kg2 h4 0-1

[Event "Leiden op-A 10th"]
[Site "Leiden"]
[Date "2016.07.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Pruijssers, Roeland"]
[Black "Postny, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C87"]
[WhiteElo "2463"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "151"]
[EventDate "2016.07.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 d6 7. c3 O-O 8. Re1
Bg4 9. Nbd2 Nd7 10. h3 Bh5 11. Bc2 Bg5 12. g4 Bxd2 13. Bxd2 Bg6 14. Bg5 f6 15.
Be3 Bf7 16. Nh4 g6 17. Qd2 Nb6 18. Bh6 Re8 19. Qe3 d5 20. Qg3 Kh8 21. g5 fxg5
22. Bxg5 Qd6 23. f4 dxe4 24. dxe4 exf4 25. Bxf4 Ne5 26. Rad1 Qe7 27. Bg5 Qc5+
28. Kh2 Nbd7 29. Rf1 Bc4 30. Rf4 Rf8 31. b3 Be6 32. b4 Qb5 33. Rd2 a5 34. a4
Qc4 35. Bh6 Rf7 36. Rxf7 Bxf7 37. Nf5 Re8 38. b5 Qc5 39. Bd1 Rg8 40. Nd4 Bc4 {
Nach der Zeitkontrolle bekamen beide Spieler zusätzliche 30 min Bedenkzeit
und konnten noch einmal intensiv über die Stellung nachdenken.} 41. Nf3 Re8
42. Nxe5 Nxe5 43. Qf4 {Droht ein tödliches Schach auf f6} Qe7 44. Bg5 Qe6 45.
Bf6+ (45. Qf6+ Qxf6 46. Bxf6+ Kg8 47. Rd8 Rxd8 48. Bxd8 $16 {Dieses Endspiel
anzustreben war ebenfalls eine gute Idee für Weiß.}) 45... Kg8 46. Rd4 {
Bedroht den Lc4, der nur wenig Rückzugsfelder hat.} Ba2 $6 {An einem besseren
Tag hätte Postny eine bessere Verteidigung gefunden:} (46... Rf8 $1 47. Qxe5
Rxf6 48. Rd8+ Rf8 49. Qxc7 Qxe4 $11) 47. c4 Nd7 (47... Rf8 $1 48. Qxe5 Qxf6 49.
Qxf6 Rxf6 $11) 48. Bg5 Ne5 49. c5 {Die Spieler waren erneut in Zeitnot - die
Fehlerquote stieg an.} Bb3 50. Be2 Rf8 51. Qg3 Bc4 52. Bd1 h5 $2 {Eine
vollkommen unnötige Schwächung.} 53. Bf4 $1 {Und schon muss sich Schwarz
wegen der Schwäche g6 Sorgen machen.} h4 $2 {verliert einfach einen Bauern.} (
53... Nd3 $5 54. Be2 Qf7 55. Bxd3 Bxd3 56. Rxd3 Qxf4 57. Qxf4 Rxf4 58. Rd8+ Kf7
59. Rd7+ Ke6 60. Rxc7 Rxe4 61. Rxb7 $16) 54. Qxh4 {Weiß hat nicht nur einen
Bauern mehr, sondern auch eine komplett gewonnene Stellung.} Bb3 55. Be2 Bc4
56. Bd1 Bb3 57. Be2 Bc4 58. Bxc4 Nxc4 59. Rd8 Re8 (59... c6 $5 {war besser,
doch auch danach hätte Weiß gewinnen müssen.}) 60. Bxc7 Kg7 61. Rxe8 Qxe8
62. e5 Ne3 63. Qf6+ Kg8 64. e6 Nd5 65. Qf7+ {Nach dieser eleganten
Vereinfachung ist der Rest Sache der Technik.} Qxf7 66. exf7+ Kxf7 67. Bxa5 Ke6
68. Kg3 Nf6 69. Bb6 Ne4+ 70. Kf4 Nc3 71. a5 Nxb5 72. c6 bxc6 73. a6 c5 74. a7
Nxa7 75. Bxa7 c4 76. Bd4 {Es passiert nicht so oft, dass in einer komplexen
Mittelspielstellung der stärkere Spieler vom schwächeren überspielt wird.}
1-0

[Event "Olympiad-32"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.10.01"]
[Round "14.1"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C87"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[Annotator "Chekhov,V"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[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 "Hungary"]
[BlackTeam "England"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "HUN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 d6 7. c3 Bg4 8. h3
Bh5 9. d4 (9. d3 Qd7 (9... Nd7 10. Nbd2 Nc5 11. Bxc6+ bxc6 12. Nf1 Ne6 13. Ng3
Bxf3 14. Qxf3 g6 15. Qd1 c5 16. Ne2 Bg5 17. d4 Bxc1 18. Rxc1 O-O $10 {
Ljubojevic,L-Kavalek,L/Torino/1982/0,5/28/}) 10. Nbd2 g5 11. Bxc6 Qxc6 12. d4
O-O-O 13. Qb3 g4 14. hxg4 Nxg4 15. Nc4 Rhg8 $132 {Cseshkovsky,V-Mikhalchishin,
A/Daugavpils/1978/0|1/84/}) 9... b5 (9... Nd7 10. Be3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 O-O 12. Nd2
Bg5 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14. Nc4 Bxe3 15. Qxe3 Re8 16. Na5 $14 {Tal,M-Spassky,B/
Leningrad/1962/0,5/19/}) 10. Bb3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 (11. gxf3 Na5 12. Bc2 Nh5 $132)
11... exd4 12. Qd3 dxc3 13. Qxc3 Qd7 14. Bh6 $6 (14. Bd5 Nxd5 15. exd5 Ne5 16.
f4 Ng6 17. Qxg7 O-O-O 18. Qxf7 Rde8 $146) 14... b4 $1 (14... gxh6 $2 15. Bd5
Ne5 16. Bxa8 O-O 17. Bd5 $16) 15. Qe3 gxh6 16. Ba4 Rb8 17. Nd2 Rb5 18. Bxb5
axb5 19. Nf3 Rg8 20. Kh1 Rg6 21. a4 (21. Rac1 $5) 21... bxa3 22. Rxa3 Nh5 23.
Ra8+ Nd8 24. Nd4 Bg5 25. Qf3 Ng7 26. Rb8 $6 (26. e5 $5 d5 27. Rb8 c6 28. Ra1
$44) 26... Nge6 $1 27. Nxb5 (27. Nf5 $5) 27... c6 28. Nc3 Qa7 29. Rb4 (29. Rc8
Qb7 $19) 29... Rf6 30. Qd1 Rxf2 31. e5 (31. Qxd6 Be7 $19) 31... d5 32. Qd3 Qc5
33. Rg4 Rxb2 34. h4 Rb3 35. hxg5 Rxc3 36. Qxh7 hxg5 $19 37. Qg8+ Qf8 38. Qh7
Qa3 39. Qb1 (39. Qg8+ Ke7 $19) 39... Rh3+ (39... Rh3+ 40. gxh3 (40. Kg1 Qc5+
41. Kf1 Rh1+ 42. Ke2 Nf4+ $19) 40... Qxh3+ 41. Kg1 Qxg4+ $19) 0-1

[Event "Buenos Aires"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1980.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Black "Larsen, Bent"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C87"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Chekhov,V"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1980.10.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 (5. Bxc6+ bxc6 6. d4 exd4 7. Qxd4
c5 8. Qd3 g6 9. O-O Bg7 10. e5 $1 $36 {Wahls,M-Piket,J/Hamburg/1991/1:0 (48)/
Inf 52/333/}) (5. O-O $5) 5... Nf6 (5... f5 $5 6. exf5 Bxf5 7. O-O Bd3 8. Re1 {
/\Bc2+/=/}) 6. d4 Bd7 7. Nbd2 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Re1 Kh8 $5 (9... Re8 $5) 10. a3
(10. Nf1 $1) 10... a5 11. Qc2 (11. Bxc6 Bxc6 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Nxe5 Bxe4) 11...
exd4 12. cxd4 d5 13. e5 Ng8 14. Nf1 $16 Qe8 (14... Bg4 15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. Qxc6
Bxf3 17. gxf3 $16) 15. Bb3 (15. Ne3 Nxe5 $1) 15... Be6 16. Ne3 Qd7 17. Ba4 (17.
Bd2 a4 $1 18. Bxa4 Nxd4) 17... Rfb8 18. Bb5 Bf8 19. Bd2 Nge7 20. Ng5 g6 21.
Nxe6 Qxe6 (21... fxe6 22. Rac1 {/\Ng4+/-/}) 22. Bc3 Bh6 (22... Nd8 $5 23. f4 f5
) 23. Rad1 b6 $2 (23... Rf8 $5) 24. Qa4 $1 Rf8 (24... Nd8 $4 25. Bd7 $18) 25.
Bd2 Nb8 (25... Bxe3 26. Bxe3 Nb8 27. Bg5 $18) 26. Nxd5 $1 $18 Bxd2 (26... Nxd5
27. Bxh6 Rg8 28. Bg5 c6 29. Bc4 $18) 27. Nxc7 Qc8 28. Nxa8 Bxe1 29. Nxb6 Qb7 (
29... Qe6 30. Nc4 $18) 30. Nc4 Qe4 31. Nd6 Bxf2+ 32. Kxf2 Nbc6 $4 33. d5 1-0

[Event "Match Keres-Euwe +6-5=3"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1939.12.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Euwe, Max"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C87"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[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 d6 6. Re1 (6. c3 Bd7 7. Re1 Be7
8. d4 O-O 9. Nbd2 Re8 10. h3 $14 {Steiner-Kmoch/Kecskemet/1929/}) (6. c4 {
Spielmann-Rubinstein/Meran/1924/}) (6. d4) 6... Bd7 7. c3 Be7 8. d4 O-O {
The e4-pawn is indirectly protected. Der Bauer e4 ist indirekt gedeckt.} 9.
Nbd2 exd4 {Romanovsky -> ><d3} (9... Re8 {/\ 10... Bf8} 10. Bxc6 Bxc6 11. dxe5
dxe5 12. Nxe5 Bxe4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Qxd8 Raxd8 15. Rxe4 $4 Rd1+ 16. Re1 Rxe1#)
10. cxd4 Nb4 11. Bb3 $6 {Varnusz} (11. Bxd7 $142) 11... c5 (11... Nd3 12. Re3
Nxc1 13. Rxc1 $16) 12. Nf1 Bb5 {/\ 13... Nd3, 13... c4,  >< f5} 13. Ng3 d5 $6 (
13... c4 $1 14. Bc2 Nxc2 $10 {Varnusz}) 14. e5 Ne4 (14... Nd7 $6 {>< d5}) 15.
Nxe4 dxe4 16. Rxe4 Bd3 17. Re3 c4 18. a3 $1 (18. Bd2 Nd5 $1) 18... cxb3 $1 (
18... Nc6 19. Rxd3 $1 $16 {Varnusz}) (18... Nd5 19. Rxd3 (19. Re1 b5 20. Bc2
Bxc2 21. Qxc2 Rc8) 19... cxd3 20. Qxd3 Qd7 21. Bg5 $16 {Keres}) 19. axb4 Bc4 $2
(19... Bc2 $1 20. Qe1 Rc8 {+/=/~/= Varnusz}) 20. Nd2 $1 Bd5 (20... Qxd4 $4 21.
Re4) 21. Nxb3 Bxb4 22. Rg3 f6 23. Bf4 (23. Bh6) 23... Kh8 24. Nc1 $1 Be7 25.
Qg4 g6 (25... Rf7 26. Nd3 $1 $16 {Varnusz} (26. e6 f5 27. Qe2 Rf8 28. Nd3 $40))
(25... Rg8 26. Rh3 {/\ 27... Rh7!}) 26. exf6 Bxf6 27. Be5 (27. Nd3 $5) 27...
Rc8 (27... Bxe5 28. dxe5 {+/-/+- White has an overwhelming pawn majority on
the kingside. WeiЯ hat auf dem Kцnigsflьgel eine erdrьckende Bauernmehrheit.})
28. Nd3 Rc4 (28... Rc2 29. h4 $1 $16) 29. h4 $1 (29. Nf4 $4 Bxe5 $1 $19) 29...
Qb6 {/\ 30... Be5 31.Ne5 Rd4} 30. Rd1 (30. Qg5 $6 Rxd4 31. Bxd4 Qxd4 $13) 30...
Rc2 (30... Bxe5 $2 31. Nxe5 Qxb2 32. Nxg6+ hxg6 33. Qxg6 Qxf2+ 34. Kh2 $18) 31.
h5 $1 Bxe5 32. dxe5 Be6 33. Qg5 Bf5 34. hxg6 Bxg6 (34... Qxg6 35. Qe7 Qf7 36.
Qxf7 Rxf7 37. Nf4 $18) 35. Qh6 Rg8 36. Rd2 $1 Rxd2 37. Qxd2 Rd8 38. Qh6 $1 Qc6
39. Nf4 Qc1+ 40. Kh2 Kg8 41. Rxg6+ hxg6 42. Qxg6+ (42. Qxg6+ Kh8 (42... Kf8 43.
Ne6+ Ke7 44. Qf6+ Kd7 45. Nxd8) 43. Qf6+ Kh7 44. Qf7+ Kh8 45. Ng6#) 1-0

[Event "Casuals Lasker-Janowski +8-0=2"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "1909.10.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Lasker, Emanuel"]
[Black "Janowski, Dawid Markelowicz"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C87"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1909.10.19"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[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 {! Alapin} 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O (5. Qe2 $1 Be7 6. c3
b5 $6 7. Bc2 $1 $14) 5... Be7 6. Re1 d6 (6... b5 $5 7. Bb3 d6 {/\ Bg4, Nd4 /\
Nc6-a5-b3} 8. c3 (8. d4 $2 Nxd4 9. Nxd4 exd4 10. Qxd4 c5 $19) 8... Na5 9. Bc2
c5 10. d4 Qc7 11. Nbd2 (11. a4 $1 b4 (11... Bb7 $6 12. Nbd2 O-O 13. dxc5 dxc5
14. Nf1 $16 {>< f5 Keres}) (11... Rb8 $6 12. axb5 axb5 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. Nbd2 (
14. Nxe5 $2 Qxe5 15. Rxa5 Ng4 $1 16. f4 Qc7 17. Rxb5 Rxb5 18. Ba4 O-O 19. Bxb5
c4 $17 {>> -> Matanovic}) 14... Nc6 15. Nf1 O-O 16. Ne3 Be6 17. Ng5 $16 {
Lцwenfisch-Liliental, Moskau 1939}) 12. cxb4 cxb4 13. Nbd2 O-O 14. h3 Be6 15.
Nf1 Rfc8 $14 16. Ne3 g6 17. b3 Nh5 18. Bb2 Bf6 19. Rc1 $14 {|^ Keres-Reshevski,
Stockholm ol 1937}) 11... O-O $1 12. h3 Bb7 13. Nf1 (13. dxe5 dxe5 14. Nh2 Rad8
15. Qf3 Bc8 16. Ndf1 Nc4 17. Ng3 g6 18. b3 Na5 19. Bh6 {Stein-Banik, USSR ch
1961}) 13... Rfc8 {/\ 14...cd} 14. d5 Nc4 15. b3 Nb6 16. Bg5 (16. Ng3 Ne8 17.
Nf5 Bf8 {/\ a6-a5-a4}) 16... Ne8 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. Ne3 g6 $10 {/\ a6-a5-a4}) 7.
Bxc6+ (7. d4 b5 8. dxe5 Nxe5 9. Nxe5 dxe5 10. Qxd8+ Bxd8 11. Bb3 Bb7 12. Nc3
$14 {/\ a4, Nd5}) 7... bxc6 8. d4 Nd7 {?} (8... exd4 9. Nxd4 Bd7 $14) 9. dxe5
dxe5 (9... Nxe5 $1 10. Nxe5 dxe5 11. Nc3 (11. Nd2 Be6 12. Nb3 Qb8 $10 {Barden})
11... O-O 12. Be3 Be6 $10 {Bronstein-Smyslov, USSR 1961}) 10. Nbd2 $1 f6 (10...
Bd6 11. Nc4 Qe7 12. Na5 c5 13. Nd2 $14 {Padevski-Gligoric, Tel Aviv ol 1964})
11. Nc4 a5 (11... Nb6 12. Qxd8+ Bxd8 13. Na5 $14 {Gligoric}) 12. Bd2 a4 13. Na5
Ra6 14. Qe2 Nc5 15. Red1 $2 (15. b4 axb3 16. axb3 $16 {+-}) 15... Be6 $1 16. b4
axb3 17. axb3 (17. cxb3 Qa8 18. b4 Nb7 19. Nxb7 Qxb7 20. a3 O-O {/\ Rfa8 >< a3}
) 17... Qa8 18. Bc3 Kf7 $1 (18... O-O $2 19. b4 Nd7 20. Nxc6 Rxa1 21. Nxe7+ Kf7
22. Rxa1 Qb7 23. Nf5 $18) 19. Nh4 (19. b4 Nd7 20. Nb3 Rxa1 21. Rxa1 Qb7 22. Na5
Qb6 $10) 19... g6 $6 {>= Rb8 /\ Bf8, Kg8} 20. Rf1 {20.g3 /\ Ng2, f4} Kg7 21. f4
exf4 22. Nf5+ {22.Rf4 /\ b4, e5} Bxf5 $1 23. exf5 Bd6 24. Nc4 Rxa1 25. Rxa1 Re8
26. Qf3 Qd8 27. Qxc6 Ne4 28. Nxd6 Qxd6 29. Qxd6 cxd6 30. Bd4 gxf5 31. Ra2 (31.
Ra7+ Kg6 32. Rc7 Nd2 33. Kf2 (33. b4 Re1+ 34. Kf2 Rb1 $10) 33... Ne4+ 34. Kf3
Nd2+ 35. Kf2 Ne4+ 36. Ke1 Ng5+ {/\ f3}) (31. b4 Rc8 32. b5 (32. c3 $2 Nxc3 $1
33. Rc1 Ne2+ $19) 32... Rc4 33. b6 $2 Rxd4 34. Rb1 Nc5 $15) (31. Kf1 Rc8 32. c3
$2 Nd2+ $15) (31. c3 Rc8 32. Rc1 Kf7 33. b4 Ke6 34. c4 Nd2 35. b5 $2 Rxc4 $15)
31... Kf7 32. c3 Ke6 33. Kf1 Rc8 34. Ke1 {34.Rc2 /\ Kf1-e2-f3} Rb8 (34... Nxc3
$2 35. Rc2 $18) 35. b4 Kd5 36. Ke2 Kc4 37. Ra6 Rg8 38. Kf3 Rg4 39. Ra5 Nd2+ 40.
Kf2 Ne4+ 41. Kf3 Ng5+ 42. Kf2 Ne4+ 43. Kf3 {Annotations - unless there is a
note to the contrary - by Alapin Anmerkungen - wenn nicht anders vermerkt -
von Alapin} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Ostend Masters"]
[Site "Ostend"]
[Date "1905.07.11"]
[Round "21"]
[White "Tarrasch, Siegbert"]
[Black "Janowski, Dawid Markelowicz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C87"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1905.06.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "26"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[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 Be7 6. Re1 d6 7. d4 Nd7 8. c3 (
8. dxe5 {Marco-Janowski/Ostende/1905/}) 8... O-O 9. Nbd2 f5 $2 10. exf5 exd4 (
10... Rxf5 11. Bb3+ Kh8 12. Bc2 (12. Be6 Rf8 13. d5 Ncb8 14. Ne4 $16 {/\ Ng5})
12... Rf8 13. dxe5 Ndxe5 (13... dxe5 14. Nc4 Bf6 15. Qd3 g6 16. Bh6 Re8 17.
Rad1 $16) 14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15. Rxe5 dxe5 16. Qh5 $18) 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. Nxd4 Ne5
13. N2f3 $1 (13. f4 c5 14. fxe5 cxd4 15. cxd4 dxe5 $17 {^^}) 13... Bf6 14. Qb3+
(14. Nxc6 $2 Nxc6 15. Qd5+ Kh8 16. Qxc6 Bxf5 $15) (14. Nxe5 dxe5 15. Nxc6 Qxd1
16. Rxd1 Bxf5 $17) 14... Kh8 15. Nxe5 dxe5 16. Ne6 $1 Bxe6 17. fxe6 Rb8 (17...
Qd5 18. Rd1) 18. Qc4 Qd5 19. Qxa6 Be7 20. Qe2 Qxe6 21. Be3 Bd6 22. Bd4 Qf5 23.
Ba7 Ra8 24. Be3 Rf6 25. a4 Rg6 26. a5 c5 27. a6 Qe4 28. g3 Be7 29. Qb5 Qc6 30.
Qxc6 Rxc6 31. a7 Bd6 32. b4 cxb4 33. cxb4 Kg8 (33... Bxb4 34. Reb1 Rc4 35. Ra4
c5 36. Bxc5 Rxc5 37. Raxb4 $18) 34. b5 Rc2 35. Reb1 Kf7 36. b6 cxb6 37. Rxb6
Bc7 38. Rb7 Rc6 (38... Ke6 39. Rab1 Bd6 $1 40. Rxg7 $18) 39. Rab1 {/\ 40.Rb8} (
39. Rc1 $1) 39... Ke6 40. Rb8 1-0

[Event "DSB Kongress-12 Meisterturnier plof"]
[Site "Munich"]
[Date "1900.08.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Schlechter, Carl"]
[Black "Pillsbury, Harry Nelson"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C87"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "1900.08.12"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "HCL"]
[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 d6 6. d4 Bd7 7. Re1 Be7 8. c3
O-O 9. Nbd2 Re8 10. d5 Nb8 11. Bc2 Rf8 12. Nf1 Ne8 13. h3 f5 14. exf5 Bxf5 15.
Bxf5 Rxf5 16. Ng3 Rf7 17. Ne4 $14 h6 18. c4 b6 19. Be3 a5 20. Kh2 Nd7 21. Rg1
$6 Nef6 22. Nfd2 Nxe4 23. Nxe4 Nf6 24. Ng3 Qd7 25. Qc2 Nh7 26. Ne4 Qf5 27. Rac1
Raf8 $11 (27... Bg5) 28. a3 Bh4 29. b4 axb4 30. axb4 Nf6 31. Nxf6+ (31. Nd2 Nh5
32. Qxf5 Rxf5 $11 33. g4 $2 Bxf2 34. gxf5 $2 Bxe3 $19) 31... Qxf6 32. f3 Bg5
$11 33. Qd2 e4 34. fxe4 Qe5+ 35. Kh1 Rf2 36. Qc3 Qxc3 37. Rxc3 Bxe3 38. Rxe3
Rc2 39. e5 (39. c5) 39... dxe5 40. Rxe5 Rxc4 $15 41. d6 cxd6 42. Rb5 Rc6 43.
Ra1 (43. Kh2) 43... Rf2 $17 44. Ra3 Rd2 45. Rf5 d5 46. Raf3 Rc1+ (46... Rd6 $17
) 47. Kh2 Rcc2 $11 48. Rf8+ Kh7 49. Rg3 Rc7 50. Rd8 (50. Rb8) 50... b5 51. Rb8
Rd7 52. Rxb5 $11 d4 53. Rf3 d3 {[#]} 54. Rc5 $2 (54. Rff5 $142 Rd6 (54... Re2
55. Rbd5 Ree7 56. Rfe5 Rxe5 57. Rxd7 $11) 55. Kg1 Rc6 56. Rbc5 Re6 57. Rf3 Ree2
58. Rg3 Rc2 59. Kh2 d2 60. Rd5 Kg8 61. Rd7 Kf8 62. b5 Rb2 $15) 54... Re2 $19
55. Rc3 d2 56. Rcd3 d1=Q 0-1

[Event "Berliner SG 70th Anniversary"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "1897.09.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Teichmann, Richard"]
[Black "Blackburne, Joseph Henry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C87"]
[Annotator "ChessBase/Harding"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "1897.09.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {1)Maizelis: Pawn Endings. 2)Harding,Tim: Blackburne. p.367} e5 2. Nf3
Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. d4 Bd7 6. c3 Nf6 7. O-O Be7 8. Re1 O-O 9. Nbd2 exd4
10. cxd4 h6 11. Nf1 d5 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Bc2 Bg4 14. Ng3 Nf6 15. Be3 Bb4 16.
Rf1 Qd5 17. Bb3 Qd7 18. h3 Be6 19. Rc1 Nd5 20. Ba4 b5 21. Bb3 f6 22. a3 Bd6 23.
Nf5 Nce7 24. Nxd6 Qxd6 25. Re1 Bf7 26. Qc2 Rac8 27. Nd2 c6 28. Ne4 Qc7 29. Nc5
a5 30. Qd3 Rfe8 31. Bd2 a4 32. Ba2 Nf4 33. Bxf4 Qxf4 34. g3 Qb8 35. Bxf7+ Kxf7
36. Qe2 Ng6 37. Qh5 Rxe1+ 38. Rxe1 Re8 39. Rxe8 Qxe8 40. Nd3 Kg8 41. Qf3 Qe6
42. Kg2 Ne7 43. Nb4 Qc4 44. Qe3 Kf7 45. h4 Nf5 46. Qc3 Nxd4 47. Qxc4+ bxc4 48.
Na2 Nb5 49. Nc3 Nxc3 50. bxc3 Ke6 51. f3 Kf5 52. Kf2 h5 53. Kg2 g5 54. Kh3 Ke5
55. hxg5 fxg5 56. Kg2 Kf5 {[%mdl 4096] Pawnending} 57. Kh2 Kf6 58. Kg2 (58. Kh3
Ke6 59. g4 h4 60. f4 gxf4 61. Kxh4 Ke5 62. g5 Ke4 63. g6 f3 64. g7 f2 65. g8=Q
f1=Q $19 {Maizelis}) 58... Kg6 59. Kh2 h4 60. Kh3 hxg3 61. Kxg3 Kf5 62. Kf2 Kf4
63. Ke2 Kg3 64. Ke3 c5 65. Ke2 Kg2 (65... Kg2 66. Ke3 Kf1 67. Ke4 Kf2 68. Kf5
Kxf3 69. Kxg5 Ke3 $19) 0-1

[Event "Piatigorsky Cup-01"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "1963.07.21"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Reshevsky, Samuel Herman"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C87"]
[Annotator "Dolmatov,S"]
[PlyCount "146"]
[EventDate "1963.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[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 Be7 6. Re1 d6 7. Bxc6+ (7. c3
Bg4 8. h3 Bh5 9. Bxc6+ bxc6 10. d4 $14) 7... bxc6 8. d4 Nd7 9. Nbd2 f6 10. Nc4
Nb6 (10... Nf8 11. Na5 Bd7 12. Qd3 Ne6 13. Be3 Qb8 14. c4 c5 15. dxc5 dxc5 $13
{Keres,P-Westerinen,H/Dortmund/1973/}) 11. Na5 Bd7 12. Qd3 (12. c4 $5 O-O 13.
Be3 Qe8 14. c5 Nc8 15. Rc1 $16 {Hasin,Ab-Littlewood,P/Hastings/1963/}) 12...
O-O 13. Be3 Kh8 14. Rad1 {/\15.de fe 16.Bb6 cb 17.Nb7 Qc7 18.Nd6+/-} (14. c4
exd4 15. Nxd4 c5 16. Nf5 Re8 17. a3 Bf8 18. b4 $14) 14... exd4 15. Nxd4 c5 16.
Nf5 Re8 17. b3 $6 (17. a3 $5 Bf8 18. c4 $14) 17... Bf8 18. Bc1 Be6 19. Ne3 Qd7
20. a4 c6 21. Nac4 Nxc4 22. Nxc4 Rad8 23. Nb6 Qb7 24. a5 d5 25. Bf4 $2 (25. c4
$5 dxc4 (25... d4 26. Bf4 $14) 26. Qxd8 Rxd8 27. Rxd8 Qe7 28. Red1 cxb3 29. Ba3
Bg8 30. f3 $13) 25... c4 $1 26. Qd2 (26. bxc4 Bb4 $17) (26. Nxc4 $6 dxc4 27.
Qxd8 Rxd8 28. Rxd8 Qe7 29. Red1 cxb3 30. cxb3 Bxb3 $15) 26... cxb3 27. cxb3 d4
28. b4 Bb3 29. Rb1 Qf7 $17 30. Bc7 Qxc7 31. Rxb3 f5 32. Qd3 (32. exf5 Rxe1+ 33.
Qxe1 d3 34. Qd2 Qe5 $17) 32... fxe4 33. Rxe4 Rxe4 34. Qxe4 c5 35. bxc5 Qxc5 $17
36. g3 Qxa5 37. Qd3 Qe1+ 38. Kg2 a5 39. Qf3 Qe6 40. Rb5 Bb4 41. Nd5 Qd7 42. Qd3
Qc6 43. f3 Bd2 44. Ne7 Qe8 45. Nd5 a4 46. Rc5 Be3 47. Qf5 d3 48. Rc3 Bd4 49.
Rxd3 Qe2+ 50. Kh3 g6 51. Qe4 (51. Qg5 Qe6+ 52. Kg2 Rxd5 $19) 51... Qxe4 52.
fxe4 Bb2 53. Nb4 Rxd3 $19 54. Nxd3 Kg7 55. Kg4 Kf6 56. Kf3 a3 57. Nb4 Ke5 58.
Ke3 Bd4+ 59. Kd3 Bc5 60. Na2 Bg1 61. h3 h5 62. Nb4 Bc5 63. Na2 Bf2 64. g4 h4
65. Nb4 Bc5 66. Na2 g5 67. Nc3 Ba7 68. Na2 Kf4 69. Nc3 Bb8 70. Kc2 Be5 71. Nd5+
Kg3 72. Kb3 Kxh3 73. Ne3 Kg3 0-1

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 15th"]
[Site "Gothenburg"]
[Date "2005.08.06"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Black "Mchedlishvili, Mikheil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C87"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2549"]
[Annotator "Erenburg,S"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2005.07.30"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 109"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Israel"]
[BlackTeam "Georgia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GEO"]

{[%mdl 8]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 (4... d6 5. O-O {0-1
Motylev,A-Timman,J/Gothenburg 2005/CBM 109_01/[Erenburg] (43)}) 5. O-O Be7 6.
Re1 (6. Bxc6 $5 {1/2-1/2 Sutovsky,E-Adams,M/Dortmund 2005/CBM 108_01/[Erenburg]
(51)}) 6... d6 {Quite a rare continuation in comparison to 6...b5. Black is
now threatening to eliminate white's light-squared bishop by b7-b5 with
following Na5.} (6... b5 {1/2-1/2 Vescovi,G-Ivanov,A/Buenos Aires 2005/CBM
109_01/[Erenburg] (32)}) 7. c3 {preparing the c2 square for the light-squared
bishop.} Bg4 {creating a pin, that will disturb white to take control over the
centre.} 8. h3 {trying to force black to define the position of his
light-squared bishop. Another attempt to fight for an advantage is} (8. d3 {
1-0 Comp Hydra-Adams,M/London 2005/CBM 108_01/[Erenburg] (41)}) 8... Bh5 9. d3
{Other theoretical possibilities are:} (9. Bxc6+ bxc6 10. d4 {0-1 Fedorchuk,
S-Romanishin,O/Ordzhonikidze 2001/CBM 086/[Wedberg] (47)}) (9. d4 b5 10. Bb3
Bxf3 11. Qxf3 exd4 12. Qd3 dxc3 13. Qxc3 Qd7 {0-1 Polgar,J-Short,N/Yerevan
1996/EXT 97/[Chekhov] (39)}) 9... O-O (9... Nd7 10. Be3 h6 11. Nbd2 Bg5 12. d4
$6 Bxe3 13. fxe3 O-O 14. Nf1 Bg6 15. Ng3 Nf6 $5 $146 16. Bc2 Re8 17. Qd2 Nh5
18. Qf2 Nxg3 19. Qxg3 Bh7 20. Re2 Qe7 21. Rf1 Rf8 22. Nd2 Rae8 $11 {1/2-1/2
Ponomariov,R-Adams,M/Bled (ol) 2002/ (48)}) ({More aggressive option is} 9...
Qd7 10. Nbd2 g5 11. Nf1 g4 12. hxg4 Bxg4 {[#]} 13. Ne3 Rg8 14. Kf1 h5 15. d4 b5
16. Bc2 h4 17. dxe5 Bxf3 18. Qxf3 Nxe5 19. Qf5 Nfg4 20. Nxg4 Nxg4 21. Bb3 Ne5
22. Bf4 Nc4 23. a4 Qxf5 24. exf5 Kd7 25. Re4 Rgb8 26. axb5 {1/2-1/2 Smirnov,
P-Aronian,L/Tripoli (m/2) 2004 (26)}) 10. Nbd2 Nd7 {transfering the knight to
e6 via c5.} 11. g4 {White occupies some space on the kingside, that, can
promise him good prospects for an initiative on the kingside. White tried also:
} (11. Nf1 Nc5 $5 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. Ng3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 Ne6 15. Nf5 Bf6 $5 $146
16. Qg4 Kh8 17. g3 Qd7 18. Be3 $14 {0-1 Alekseev,E-Kasimdzhanov,R/Skanderborg
2003 (40)}) (11. Bc2 Re8 12. g4 Bg6 13. Nf1 Nf8 14. Ne3 Ne6 15. Nd5 Rc8 16. b4
Nb8 17. d4 Nd7 18. Kh2 Bh4 19. Rf1 h6 $13 {1-0 Guseinov,G-Gunnarsson,A/15th
European Team Championship 2005 - 2005 (58)}) 11... Bg6 12. Nf1 {transfering
the knight to g3.} Nc5 {transfering the knight to e6 with the tempo.} ({
Less logical is} 12... Nb6 {, black's knight has nothing to do on b6...} 13.
Bxc6 (13. Bc2 $5) 13... bxc6 14. Ng3 Qd7 15. Kh2 f6 16. Nh4 Bf7 17. Ngf5 Bd8
18. Rg1 $13 {Zeit. 0-1 Fiedler,A-Klein,S/Braunfels 1996/EXT 99 (39)}) 13. Bc2
Ne6 {emphasizing the drawback of white's g2-g4 advance. The f4 spot is now
weakness in white's camp.} (13... d5 14. exd5 (14. Qe2 $5) 14... Qxd5 15. Ne3
Qd8 16. Nf5 Bf6 17. Be3 Ne6 18. Qd2 Re8 19. Kg2 h6 20. Rad1 Bxf5 21. gxf5 Nf8
22. Rg1 Qd7 23. d4 e4 24. Nh2 Qxf5 $15 {1/2-1/2 Bednarski,J-Kovacevic,V/Oslo
1973/MCD (60)}) 14. Ng3 Ng5 $1 $146 {Very strong novelty. Black, who suffers
from lack of space, forces white to change knights and dark-squared bishops.
Black has tried the following continuations in the preceding games, but faced
some problems to equalize the game:} (14... h6 15. Nf5 Bg5 16. Nxg5 hxg5 17.
Kg2 Nf4+ 18. Bxf4 exf4 19. d4 $14 {1-0 Nezad,H-Baena,A/Caleta ENG 2005/The
Week in Chess 534 (50)}) (14... Bf6 15. Nf5 h5 16. Qe2 hxg4 17. hxg4 Kh7 18.
Kg2 Rh8 19. Rh1+ Kg8 20. Bd2 $14 {1-0 Hermida Gonzalez,P-Garcia,M/Asturias
1992/EXT 2002 (53)}) (14... Nf4 15. Bxf4 exf4 16. Ne2 Bg5 17. Nxg5 (17. d4 $142
$1 $14) 17... Qxg5 18. Qd2 Ne5 19. Qxf4 Qxf4 20. Nxf4 Nf3+ $15 {/=. 0-1
Przytycka,J-Kaminska,P/Augustow 1997/EXT 2003 (60)}) 15. Kg2 (15. Nxg5 Bxg5 16.
Kg2 Bxc1 17. Rxc1 f6 $11) 15... Nxf3 16. Qxf3 Bg5 {After black succeeds to
change his most passive piece on the board, he should equalize.} 17. Bxg5 (17.
Rh1 Bxc1 18. Raxc1 f6 {[%cal Yg6f7,Yf7e6]} (18... Qh4 $6 19. b4 Nd8 20. Nf5 $36
) 19. Bb3+ Bf7 $11) 17... Qxg5 18. Rh1 {preparing the advance of "h" pawn.} ({
The pawn sacrifice doesn't lead to anything good for white:} 18. h4 $2 Qxh4 19.
Rh1 Qg5 $17 {Black's kingside is safely protected by light-squared bishop.})
18... Qd8 19. Qe3 {covering the dark squares, and preparing possible f2-f4
advance.} (19. h4 {is met by} f6 {and after} 20. h5 Bf7 21. Nf5 Be6 $11 {
black's position is very solid, and white hasn't concrete plan of development
initiative on the kingside.}) 19... f6 $1 {transfering the light-squared
bishop to g8-a2 diagonal.} 20. Bb3+ (20. Bb3+ Bf7 21. Bxf7+ Rxf7 22. Nf5 d5 $11
) ({White's only plan is adding the "f" pawn to the attack on the kingside:} 
20. f4 {, but after simple} Bf7 21. f5 d5 22. h4 Qd6 23. g5 Rad8 $132 {Black's
position on the kingside is solid, while, he has some good prospects in the
centre. White's problem is that he doesn't have enough pieces to attack
black's monarch.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2006.01.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C87"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[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 Be7 6. Re1 d6 {Very solid line,
which is often used by Adams.} 7. c3 Bg4 8. d3 Nd7 9. h3 Bh5 10. Be3 h6 11. g4
$5 $146 {Until this game White was playing 11.Nbd2 automatically, but after 11.
..Bg5 Black seems to be able to solve the opening problems without too many
worries.The idea behind Topalov's novelty is to capture on g5 with the knight
followed by d4.} (11. Nbd2 Bg5 12. Bxc6 (12. Nf1 Bxe3 13. fxe3 O-O 14. Ng3 Bg6
15. d4 Nf6 16. Bc2 Re8 17. Qd2 Nh5 18. Qf2 Nxg3 19. Qxg3 Bh7 20. Re2 Qe7 21.
Rf1 Rf8 $11 {Ponomariov,R-Adams,M/Bled 2002}) (12. Qe2 Bxe3 13. Qxe3 b5 (13...
O-O 14. b4 (14. Bxc6 bxc6 15. b4 a5 16. Nc4 axb4 17. cxb4 Bxf3 18. Qxf3 c5 $11
{Anand,V-Adams,M/Bastia 2005}) 14... Re8 15. a3 Nb6 16. Bxc6 bxc6 17. Nb3 d5
18. Nc5 $14 {Leko,P-Adams,M/Wijk aan Zee 2005}) 14. Bc2 O-O 15. Nf1 Re8 16. Ng3
Bg6 17. Rad1 Nb6 18. d4 exd4 19. Nxd4 Nxd4 20. cxd4 d5 21. Qc3 dxe4 22. Bxe4
Bxe4 23. Rxe4 Qd7 24. a3 {1/2-1/2 Leko,P-Adams,M/Moscow 2004}) 12... bxc6 13.
Qa4 Bxe3 14. Rxe3 c5 15. d4 exd4 16. cxd4 O-O 17. Qc2 Re8 18. Rae1 $14 {
Morozevich,A-Najer,E/Zagan 1997}) 11... Bg6 12. Nbd2 h5 $5 {Very logical way
to test the quality of Topalov's novelty. White is forced to play g5, so Black
gets good counterchanes on the kingside.} (12... Bg5 13. Nxg5 hxg5 14. Kg2 $14)
13. g5 Nb6 14. Bb3 h4 $5 {[%cal Gg6h5] Intending to disturb White by Bh5 in
the nearest future.} 15. a4 ({After} 15. d4 exd4 16. cxd4 d5 $1 $15 {Black
would've taken control over the light squares in the center.}) 15... d5 $1 {
An excellent move.} (15... a5) 16. a5 ({The continuation} 16. Bxb6 dxe4 17.
Bxc7 Qxc7 18. dxe4 O-O-O $44 {is too risky even for Topalov!}) 16... d4 17.
cxd4 {White doesn't really have a choice as after} (17. Bxd4 exd4 18. axb6 cxb6
19. cxd4 Nxd4 20. Nxd4 Qxd4 21. Nf3 Qd6 $15 {[%csl Rd3,Rg1,Rg5] Black gets a
very comfortable position.}) 17... exd4 18. Bf4 Nd7 19. Rc1 $5 {The positional
exchange sacrifice has become Topalov's favorite during the last couple of
years!} Nc5 20. Rxc5 Bxc5 21. Ba4 Kf8 $6 {I don't really like this move, but I
can understand Mamedyarov for not opting for} (21... Bd6 $1 22. e5 (22. Bxd6
cxd6 23. Qc1 Rc8 24. Nc4 O-O 25. Bxc6 Rxc6 26. Qf4 d5 27. exd5 Rc5 $17) 22...
Be7 23. e6 (23. Nb3 $6 O-O 24. Bxc6 bxc6 25. Nbxd4 Qd5 $15) 23... O-O 24. Bxc6
bxc6 25. Ne5 Qd5 26. Qg4 Rae8 $132 {with a very complex struggle, even though
Black should have at least equal chances in this line.}) 22. Bxc6 bxc6 23. Qa4
Kg8 $6 ({This time ...Bd6 was called for.} 23... Bd6 24. Bxd6+ Qxd6 25. Nc4 Qe6
26. Kh2 $13) 24. Qxc6 Bb4 25. Rc1 $1 $14 {[%csl Rc7,Rd4,Rg6] The simplest way
to advantage.} ({Another promising move was} 25. Ra1 $5 {keeping a pawn on a5.}
) 25... Bxa5 26. Nc4 Bb6 27. Nxb6 ({Less convincing looked} 27. Nfe5 Bh5 28.
Nd7 Kh7 29. Ndxb6 cxb6 30. Nxb6 Rb8 $132 {and things are not perfectly clear.})
27... cxb6 28. Bc7 Qc8 29. Kg2 b5 30. Nxd4 Qe8 31. Qxe8+ $6 {There was no need
to hurry with this move.} (31. f4 Qxc6 32. Nxc6 Kh7 33. f5 Bh5 34. Kf2 $16 {
[%csl Rh5][%cal Gd3d7,Gf2e3]}) 31... Rxe8 32. Ra1 $6 {Topalov obviously wanted
to deprive Black any counterplay by eliminating queenside pawns (which wasn't
very dangerous to put it mild), but by doing so he allowed Black real
counterchances after penetrating with the rook to the first rank.} (32. f4 $142
Rc8 33. Kf3 b4 34. f5 Bh5+ 35. Ke3 Kh7 36. Rc4 $16) 32... Rc8 33. Bd6 Kh7 34.
Rxa6 Rc1 35. Nxb5 Rd1 36. Ra3 Rc8 {[%cal Gc8c1,Gg6h5,Gd1g1]} 37. Bf4 {[%csl
Gc1] Otherwise White's king could've been in danger after Rcc1 and Bh5.} Rc2
38. Rb3 ({Also after b4 Black could save himself implementing an idea which
has been used in the game.} 38. b4 Rb2 39. Nd4 Rxd3 $1 (39... Rxb4 $6 40. Nf3
Rb7 41. Nxh4 Rd7 42. Nxg6 Kxg6 43. Ra6+ Kh7 44. h4 R1xd3 45. h5 $14) 40. Rxd3
Bxe4+ 41. Rf3 Rxb4 42. Be3 Kg6 $11) 38... Rxd3 $1 $11 {The saving sacrifice.
White can't get rid of the pin without giving up a piece, so it turns out to
be a draw.} 39. Rxd3 Bxe4+ 40. Rf3 Rxb2 41. Nd6 Bd5 42. Nf5 Rb4 $1 {[%csl Gh4]
The last touch. Black can't afford himslef to give up the pawn on h4 as White
would be able to play Kg3 afterwards.} 43. Bd6 (43. Be3 Ba8) 43... Ra4 44. Be7
Kg6 45. Nxh4+ Rxh4 46. Kg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Veterans-Women"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Arakhamia Grant, Ketevan"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C87"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[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 d6 5. c3 Nf6 6. d4 Bd7 7. O-O Be7 8. Re1
O-O 9. Nbd2 Re8 (9... exd4 10. cxd4 Nb4 11. Bxd7 Qxd7 $13) 10. h3 Bf8 11. Bc2
g6 12. Nf1 Bg7 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bh4 Qe7 15. Ne3 Qf8 $1 16. Nd5 (16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17.
Nd5 Bd8) 16... Nxd5 17. exd5 Na5 $1 18. dxe5 dxe5 19. Bg3 Qd6 20. a4 Rad8 21.
b3 Bc8 22. c4 c6 23. Qd2 b6 24. Rad1 cxd5 25. cxd5 (25. c5 $5 Qb8 $1) 25... Bb7
26. Re3 Rc8 (26... Bxd5 $2 27. Rd3 Qc6 28. Ne1 $16) 27. Bb1 Rc5 28. Rd3 Qd7 {
/\ e4} 29. b4 Nc4 30. Qa2 Rcc8 31. Nd2 Nd6 $1 32. Nf1 f5 33. R3d2 f4 $1 34. Bh2
(34. Bh4 g5 $19) 34... Qf7 $17 35. Qb3 Red8 36. Qf3 Nc4 37. Re2 Bxd5 38. Qg4
Be6 $1 39. Rxd8+ Rxd8 40. Qxg6 Qxg6 41. Bxg6 Rd4 (41... Rd1 42. Bxf4 $1) 42.
Re1 Bf8 43. b5 axb5 44. axb5 Kg7 45. Bc2 Bd7 46. g3 (46. Rb1 Na3) 46... Bxb5
47. gxf4 exf4 48. Re4 Rxe4 49. Bxe4 Bd6 50. Bd3 Na3 51. Bxb5 Nxb5 52. Nd2 Nd4
53. Kf1 Kg6 54. Nc4 Bc7 55. Nxb6 (55. Nd2 b5 $19) 55... Bxb6 56. Bxf4 Ne6 57.
Bd2 Bc7 58. Kg2 Bf4 59. Bc3 (59. Bxf4 Nxf4+ 60. Kg3 Kg5 61. h4+ Kf5 $19) 59...
Kf5 60. Bb4 Ke4 61. Ba5 h5 62. Bb4 Bc7 63. Bd2 Kd3 64. Be3 Ke2 65. Bc1 Bb6 (
65... Bb6 66. f4 Ng7 67. Kg3 Nf5+ $19) 0-1

[Event "Telechess ol2 8182"]
[Site "telex"]
[Date "1982.05.08"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Chandler, Murray G"]
[Black "Romanishin, Oleg M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C87"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "Fuchs,R"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1981.06.30"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "England"]
[BlackTeam "Soviet Union"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "URS"]

{Fernschach 6/1982 Seite 163} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O
Be7 6. Re1 d6 $6 7. Bxc6+ bxc6 8. d4 exd4 9. Nxd4 Bd7 10. Qf3 O-O 11. Nc3 Rb8
12. b3 Re8 13. h3 Bf8 14. Bg5 h6 $6 15. Bh4 g5 16. Bg3 Bg7 17. e5 $1 Nd5 $6 ({
Auch} 17... dxe5 18. Bxe5 {ist fьr den Nachziehenden nicht einfach.}) 18. Nxd5
dxe5 19. Nxc7 Qxc7 20. Nf5 Bxf5 $6 21. Qxf5 Rbd8 22. Rad1 Qa5 23. Kh2 Rd5 24.
c4 Rd2 $6 ({Hier sollte Schwarz lieber} 24... Rxd1 25. Rxd1 Qxa2 {versuchen,
wonach WeiЯ seine bssere Stellung ungleich schwerer realisiern kцnnte als beim
Partieverlauf. Doch wird der weitere Gang der Ereignisse ohnehin durch groЯe
Zeitnot des sowjetischen GroЯmeisters beeintrдchtigt.}) 25. Rxd2 Qxd2 26. Re3
$1 Qxa2 $6 27. Qd7 Re6 ({Auf} 27... Rf8 {folgt einfach} 28. Qxc6) 28. Qd8+ Kh7
29. Rf3 Rg6 $6 ({Wenn} 29... f6 $2 {so} 30. Qd7 $1 {mit Turmgewinn,}) ({
und auch} 29... Kg6 $6 30. Qg8 $1 Rf6 ({bzw. hier} 30... Re7 31. Bxe5 $1 Rxe5
32. Rxf7 {wдre fьr Schwarz aussichtslos.}) 31. Bxe5 $1) 30. Rxf7 g4 $6 31. Bxe5
$1 gxh3 32. Qd3 {time} 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-34"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2000.11.08"]
[Round "11.3"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Anastasian, Ashot"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C87"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2571"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "2000.10.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hungary"]
[BlackTeam "Armenia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "HUN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ARM"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 d6 7. Bxc6+ bxc6 8.
d4 exd4 9. Nxd4 Bd7 10. b3 O-O 11. Bb2 g6 12. Qf3 Nh5 13. e5 d5 14. Nd2 a5 15.
c4 c5 16. Ne2 d4 17. Nc1 Ra6 18. Nd3 Bc6 19. Qg4 a4 20. Ne4 Bxe4 21. Qxe4 Qa8
22. Qg4 Qc8 23. Qxc8 Rxc8 24. Ba3 Ra5 25. Reb1 g5 26. g3 axb3 27. axb3 Rb8 28.
Kf1 f6 29. Ke2 Kf7 30. Kd2 Ke6 31. exf6 Bd6 32. Kc2 Rba8 33. Bb2 Rxa1 34. Bxa1
Nxf6 35. Re1+ Kf5 36. f3 h5 37. b4 Ra2+ 38. Bb2 Nd7 39. b5 Ne5 40. Nxe5 Bxe5
41. Kb3 Ra8 42. g4+ Kf6 43. Bc1 Bd6 44. h3 Rh8 45. Kc2 hxg4 46. hxg4 Rh3 47.
Rf1 Be7 48. Kd3 Ke6 49. Re1+ Kd6 50. Ke4 Rh6 51. Rf1 Re6+ 52. Kd3 Rh6 53. f4
Rh4 54. Ke4 Ke6 55. f5+ Kf7 56. Rg1 Rh6 57. Bd2 Ke8 58. Be1 Rh2 59. Bg3 Re2+
60. Kd5 Kd7 61. Re1 Rxe1 62. Bxe1 Bd6 63. Bd2 Bf4 64. Bxf4 gxf4 {[#]
Verbundene Freibauern gegen gedeckten Freibauer} 65. Ke4 Ke7 66. Kxf4 Kf7 67.
g5 Ke7 68. f6+ Ke6 (68... Kf7 69. Kf5 d3 70. g6+ Kg8 71. Ke6 d2 72. f7+ Kg7 73.
Ke7 d1=Q 74. f8=Q+ Kxg6 75. Qf6+ Kh5 76. Qf5+ Kh4 77. Qxc5 $18) 69. Ke4 Kd7 70.
f7 Ke7 71. g6 Kf8 72. Kf5 Ke7 73. Kg5 (73. Kg5 d3 74. Kh6 d2 75. Kg7 d1=Q 76.
f8=Q+ Kd7 77. Qf5+ Kd6 78. Qd5+ Qxd5 79. cxd5 c4 80. Kf6 c3 81. g7 c2 82. g8=Q
c1=Q 83. Qd8+ Kc5 84. Qxc7+ $18) 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 2nd"]
[Site "Ohrid"]
[Date "2001.06.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C87"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2528"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2001.06.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 d6 7. Bxc6+ bxc6 8.
d4 exd4 9. Nxd4 Bd7 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Bf4 g6 12. h3 Nh5 13. Bh2 Ng7 14. Qd2 Ne6
15. Rad1 Bg5 16. f4 Bh4 17. Rf1 Nxd4 18. Qxd4 c5 19. Qd2 Bb5 20. Rf3 f5 21.
Qd5+ Kh8 22. Nxb5 axb5 23. e5 Qe8 24. Bg3 Bxg3 25. Rxg3 Rd8 26. Re1 c6 27. Qf3
dxe5 28. Rxe5 Qd7 29. Kh2 c4 30. b3 cxb3 31. cxb3 Rfe8 32. Rxe8+ Rxe8 33. Qc3+
Kg8 {[#] Leicht vorteilhafte Stellung fьr WeiЯ wegen der offenen schwarzen
Kцnigsstellung und der Mцglichkeit, mittels a4 einen entfernten Freibauern zu
bilden.} 34. Qd3 Qe6 (34... Qxd3 35. Rxd3 b4 $11) 35. a4 bxa4 36. bxa4 Qc8 {
Zu passiv} (36... c5 $142) 37. a5 Qc7 $2 38. Qd2 (38. Qxf5 $16) 38... Re7 39.
a6 Kg7 40. Rb3 $1 $18 Qa7 41. Qb2+ Kh6 42. Rb7 Qe3 43. Rxe7 Qxe7 44. Qb8 1-0

[Event "Leningrad Masters"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1933.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ilyin Zhenevsky, Alexander"]
[Black "Romanovsky, Peter Arsenievich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C87"]
[Annotator "Ilyin Zhenevsky,A"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1933.03.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 d6 7. c3 Bd7 {
The so-called Kecskemet Defence, which was once willingly adopted by Alekhine.}
8. d4 O-O 9. Nbd2 Be8 10. Nf1 {It's not easy to agree with V. I. Nenarokov who
here advocates 10.h3, a less up-to-date choice. (In his book 'Opening's
Course', p. 156)} Kh8 ({The line showed by Nenarokov} 10... exd4 11. cxd4 d5 $1
{(exclamation mark from Nenarokov)} 12. e5 Ne4 {looks less comfortable for
Black to me, as White can now answer with} 13. Bc2 {, getting prolific
attacking prospects on the King's flank.}) 11. Ng3 Nd7 12. Qe2 Bf6 ({If} 12...
f6 {, than} 13. Nf5 {, of course. The fact, that Black cannot play 12...f6, a
usual move in the opening adopted by him, makes the system chosen by White
doubtless a success.}) 13. Be3 {White is threatening 14.Nh5 now, so Black's
answer is naturally.} g6 14. Rad1 {White developed excellently and naturally,
whereas Black is cramped a bit.} Qe7 15. Bc2 Bg7 16. Ng5 {Preparing to break
open the centre by f2-f4.} f6 17. Nh3 Bf7 18. f4 {Threatening, amongst others,
19.f4-f5.} exf4 19. Nxf4 Rae8 ({Impossible is} 19... Bxa2 {, due to} 20. b3 Na5
21. Ra1 {winning a piece.}) 20. Qg4 {Now it became clear that White already
got a positionally winning position.} Nb6 21. h4 {Starting the final assault.}
Qd7 22. Qf3 d5 {Black puts up a fight as much as he can, but the position
already reached a stage when opening up the game can serve White only.} 23. h5
dxe4 24. Nxe4 gxh5 {A sad necessary. White not only threatend 25.hxg6, but
also 25.h6, followed by 26.Nxf6.} 25. Nxh5 Bd5 26. Qf4 Qf7 27. Neg3 Nc4 28. Bc1
Rxe1+ 29. Rxe1 Nd6 30. Qh4 {Threatening 31.Nf4.} f5 31. Rf1 Qe7 ({If} 31... Be6
{, than} 32. d5 Bxd5 33. Nxf5 {, crushing;}) ({if} 31... Ne7 {, than the
easiest would be} 32. Nxg7 Qxg7 33. Bh6 Qf6 34. Bg5 {and so on.}) 32. Bg5 Qf7 (
32... Qd7 {isn't possible because of} 33. Nf6 $1) 33. Nxf5 Qg6 34. Nf4 {
Black resigned. A logically consistent game, in which White's attack developed
naturally from a correctly played opening. (source: Shakmatny Ezhegodnik,
Moscow 1937, p.93, translated from the Russian)} 1-0

[Event "Match/Team URS-World 20,5-19,5"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1970.03.31"]
[Round "2.10"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Ivkov, Borislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C87"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "Keres/Ivkov"]
[PlyCount "151"]
[EventDate "1970.03.29"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Soviet Union"]
[BlackTeam "Soviet Union"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "URS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "URS"]
[TimeControl "40/9000:16/5400:0"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 d6 7. Bxc6+ bxc6 8.
d4 Nd7 (8... exd4 {Keres=:K}) 9. Nbd2 O-O $6 {Ivkov=:I} (9... f6 10. Nc4 Nb6
11. Na5 Bd7 {Keres-Reshevsky/Los Angeles/1963}) 10. Nc4 Bf6 11. Be3 $1 {I} (11.
c3 a5 $1 12. Qa4 exd4 13. cxd4 c5 14. e5 dxe5 15. dxe5 Be7 16. Rd1 $2 Qe8 17.
Qc6 Nb6 18. Qe4 f5 $17 {Smejkal-Ivkov/Prague/}) (11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Nfxe5 Bxe5
13. Nxe5 dxe5 14. Qxd8 Rxd8 {1/2-1/2 (14) Teichmann,R-Wolf,H Monte Carlo 1902})
11... Qe8 $146 (11... exd4 12. Bxd4 c5 13. Bxf6 Nxf6 14. e5 Ne8 15. Qd3 Be6 16.
Rad1 d5 17. Qa3 Qb8 18. Na5 Qb6 19. c4 dxc4 20. Ng5 Qb4 21. Qf3 Rd8 22. Qe4 g6
23. Nc6 Rxd1 24. Nxb4 Rxe1+ 25. Qxe1 cxb4 26. Qxb4 Ng7 27. Nxh7 Rd8 28. Nf6+
Kh8 29. h3 {1-0 (29) Muffang,A-Koltanowski,G The Hague 1928}) 12. Qd2 Qe6 13.
Qc3 $1 {I} Rb8 14. b3 Re8 15. Na5 (15. Rad1 {K/I}) 15... exd4 16. Bxd4 (16.
Nxd4 $2 c5 {K/I} (16... Qxe4 $2 17. Bd2 $1 {K})) 16... c5 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18.
Qxf6 gxf6 (18... Nxf6 19. e5 dxe5 20. Nxe5 $16 {K}) 19. Nd2 Ne5 20. f4 Ng6 21.
g3 Bd7 (21... f5 22. e5 dxe5 23. Nc6 Rb6 24. Nxe5 Nxe5 25. Rxe5 Rxe5 26. fxe5
f6 {I}) 22. Nac4 Bc6 23. Ne3 $1 {I} Kf8 (23... Bxe4 $2 24. Ng4 Kg7 25. Nxe4 f5
26. Ngf6 Re6 $2 27. Nh5+ {P ef6 K}) (23... Kh8 $142 {I}) 24. Kf2 Bxe4 $2 25. f5
(25. Nxe4 Rxe4 26. Nd5 {K}) 25... Bc6 $1 {K ? I} (25... Nh8 26. Nxe4 Rxe4 27.
Nc4 $1 {K}) (25... Bb7 $142 {I}) 26. fxg6 fxg6 27. Nec4 $2 {K/I} (27. c4 {
P d5 K/I}) 27... Kf7 28. a3 Rxe1 29. Rxe1 g5 30. Ne3 h5 31. Nf5 $2 {I} (31. c4
$142 {P d5 K}) 31... Re8 32. Rxe8 $2 {I} Bxe8 33. h4 $1 {K} d5 34. b4 (34. Ne3
Ke6 35. Nf3 {K}) 34... Bd7 35. Ne3 cxb4 36. axb4 gxh4 (36... Ke6 37. g4 hxg4
38. h5 c6 39. Nb3 Kf7 40. Nd4 {P ef5 I}) 37. gxh4 Ke6 38. Nf3 (38. Nb3 Ke5 39.
c3 {K}) 38... Kd6 39. c3 c5 40. Ke2 Kc6 41. Kd3 {adjourned} Be8 (41... d4 42.
cxd4 cxb4 43. Nc4 a5 44. d5+ {K/I}) (41... Kd6 42. bxc5+ Kxc5 43. Nd4 {P b3,
d4 K} Kd6 44. Nef5+ Ke5 45. Ng7 Bg4 (45... f5 46. Nxh5 f4 47. Nf3+ Kf5 48. Ke2)
46. Ke3 {K}) 42. bxc5 Kxc5 43. Nd4 Bg6+ 44. Kd2 a5 $1 45. Ng2 $1 (45. Nb3+ Kb5
46. Nxd5 Kc4 47. Nf4 Kxb3 48. Nxg6 a4 49. Kc1 $2 (49. Nf4 $3 a3 50. Ne2 f5 $3
51. Nc1+ Kc4 52. Kc2 f4 $10) 49... Kxc3 50. Nf4 Kd4 51. Nxh5 Ke5 $10 {I}) 45...
Kd6 (45... a4 46. Nf4 Be8 47. Nf5 {K}) 46. Nf4 Be8 47. Nd3 Bg6 $1 {I} 48. Nb5+
(48. Nf4 Be8 49. Nc2 {K}) 48... Kc6 49. Nf4 $2 {K/I} (49. Nd4+ $142 {I} Kd6 50.
Nf4 {K}) (49. Na3 Bxd3 50. Kxd3 Kc5 {K}) 49... Be8 $2 {K/I} (49... Kxb5 $1 {
!! I} 50. Nxg6 Kc4 $1 {I} 51. Nf4 d4 $1 {I} 52. Nxh5 $1 {I} (52. cxd4 Kxd4 53.
Nxh5 Ke5 $10 {K/I}) 52... dxc3+ 53. Kc2 a4 54. Nf4 a3 55. Kb1 Kb3 56. Ne2 a2+ (
56... c2+ 57. Ka1 (57. Kc1 a2 58. Nd4+ Kc4 59. Nxc2 Kd5 60. Kb2 Ke5 $10 {I})
57... f5 58. h5 f4 59. h6 f3 60. Nc1+ Kc4 $10 {I}) 57. Ka1 f5 58. h5 (58. Nd4+
Kc4 59. Nxf5 Kd3 $1) 58... f4 59. Nxc3 Kxc3 60. h6 f3 61. h7 f2 62. h8=Q+ Kd2
$10 {K}) 50. Na3 Kd6 51. Ke3 Ke5 52. Nc2 a4 53. Nd4 (53. Nd3+ Kf5 54. Kf3 Ke6
55. Nd4+ Kd6 {K}) 53... a3 (53... Kd6 $1 54. Nd3 Bg6 {K}) 54. Nd3+ Kd6 55. Nc2
a2 56. Ndb4 Bg6 (56... Ba4 $3 {I} 57. Na1 Kc5 58. Nxa2 Kc4 59. Kf4 (59. Kd2 d4
(59... f5 60. Nc1 d4 61. Ne2 $1 dxc3+ 62. Nxc3 Bd7) 60. cxd4 Kxd4 61. Nc3 Bd7 (
61... f5 62. Nxa4 Ke4 63. Nc2 Kf4 64. Ne3 $18) 62. Nc2+ {K}) 59... d4 $1 60.
cxd4 Kxd4 61. Nb4 $1 (61. Nc1 Kc3 62. Kf5 Kb2 63. Nab3 Be8 64. Kxf6 Kc2 65. Kg5
Kb2 (65... Bf7 $3 66. Ne2 $3 Kxb3 67. Nf4 Kc4 68. Nxh5 Kd5 69. Nf4+ Kd6 (69...
Ke5 $3 70. Ng6+ Ke6 71. h5 Bg8 $1 {P 72... f7= I}) 70. Kf6 $18) 66. Ne2 $3 Kxb3
67. Nf4 Kc4 68. Nxh5 Kc5 $1 69. Nf4 Kd6 70. Kf6 $18 {I}) (61. Kf5 Ke3 $10)
61... Kc3 62. Nd5+ Kb2 63. Nxf6 Kxa1 64. Nxh5 Kb2 65. Nf6 Kc3 66. h5 Kd4 67. h6
Bc2 68. Ng4 $3 Bb1 69. Kg5 Kd5 70. Kf6 Kd6 71. Ne5 Bh7 72. Kg7 $18 {I}) 57. Na1
Kc5 (57... Bb1 58. Kd4 {K}) (57... Ke5 58. Nxa2 f5 59. Nb3 f4+ $1 60. Kf2 {K})
58. Nb3+ $1 {K/I} Kc4 59. Nd2+ Kxc3 60. Nxa2+ Kb2 61. Nb4 Bf7 62. Kd4 Kc1 63.
Nf3 Kd1 64. Ke3 $1 {K} (64. Nxd5 Ke2 $1 {K}) 64... Bg8 65. Nd3 Kc2 66. Nf4 (66.
Nc5 {P d7 K}) 66... Bf7 67. Kd4 Kd1 68. Kd3 $1 Kc1 69. Ne2+ Kb2 70. Nc3 Bg8 (
70... Kc1 71. Kd4 {K}) 71. Kd4 Kc2 72. Nxd5 Bxd5 73. Kxd5 Kd3 74. Nd4 Ke3 75.
Nf5+ Kf4 76. Ke6 (76. Ke6 Kg4 77. Kxf6 Kf4 78. Nh6 {K}) 1-0

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 17th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2019.01.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Alekseenko, Kirill"]
[Black "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C87"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2019.01.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 188 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,97,25,36,22,28,33,21,20,10,22,8,5,-33,-15,-39,-2,-39,-6,-14,3,0,24,10,
27,16,22,20,24,22,19,17,35,-15,2,-24,-21,-44,-12,-24,-9,-7,0,-11,27,-32,10,14,
38,28,40,34,12,-8,-1,-14,-10,33,73,68,73,78,2,54,74,58,79,78,67,30,141,81,74,
-12,-29,-74,0,-58,-153,-160,-84,-84,-38,-70,-70,-70,34,32,30,30,30,35,68,65,
103,177,561,604,2068,2406]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 d6 5. O-O Be7
6. c3 O-O 7. Re1 a6 8. Ba4 Bg4 {A silly move, according to the classical
notion. Black doesn´t pressurise the d4 square (White´s pawn is on d3 and
not on d4), and this bishop will be forced to take on f3 or pushed away to the
passive g6 square. Surprisingly, some top players occasionally make this move,
perhaps finding some merits in the position of Black's bishop on g6.} 9. Nbd2
Nd7 {And this is a classic manoeuvre: the knight goes to c5 and then to e6 or,
alternatively, to b6.} 10. h3 Bh5 11. Bc2 ({The immediate} 11. Nf1 {is more
common.}) 11... Kh8 $146 {A new but hardly pithy move. Black can't push ...
f7-f5 in any case.} (11... Nc5 12. g4 Bg6 13. d4 Nd7 14. d5 Ncb8 15. Nf1 c6 {
0-1 (41) Pilnik,H-Darga,K Moscow 1956} 16. Ng3 $14 Nf6 $140 17. g5 Nh5 18. Nf5)
(11... Nb6 12. Nf1 d5 13. Ng3 Bg6 14. Qe2 (14. Bb3 $5) 14... Re8 15. Be3 Qd6
16. Bxb6 cxb6 17. h4 h6 18. Bb3 d4 19. cxd4 Nxd4 20. Nxd4 Qxd4 21. Qg4 $14 {
1-0 (45) So,W (2786)-Onischuk,A (2672) Saint Louis 2018}) (11... Bg5 12. g4
Bxd2 13. Bxd2 Bg6 14. d4 Ne7 15. Be3 Rc8 16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. Nd4 Nc4 18. Bc1 d5
19. Nf5 $14 {1/2 (25) Shomoev,A (2560)-Kuderinov,K (2459) Ulan Ude 2010}) (
11... h6 12. Nf1 Bg5 13. Bxg5 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 Qxg5 15. Ne3 g6 16. Rad1 h5 17. Nd5
Rac8 18. d4 $14 {0-1 (70) Van Foreest,J (2519)-Janssen,R (2464) Maastricht 2015
}) 12. g4 Bg6 13. Nf1 Nb6 14. Ng3 (14. Be3 $5 {like in So-Onischuk (see above)}
) ({or even} 14. a4 $5 a5 15. Be3) 14... d5 15. Qe2 f6 16. h4 Bf7 17. h5 $16 {
[%mdl 128] Black has brough his bishop into play but White has already
developed initiative on the kingside. Black has no good plan now.} dxe4 (17...
Bc5 18. Nh4) (17... Qd7 18. Nh4) 18. dxe4 Bc4 {A fruitless attempt.} 19. Qe3
Nd7 20. Nh4 Bc5 21. Qf3 Rf7 {[%cal Yd7f8]} 22. Bb3 {I am not sure about this
exchange. When Black's bishop is on c4, he can't bring his knight to e6 as the
bishop will be trapped after b2-b3.} ({Therefore the immediate} 22. Ngf5 $5 {
deserved attention.}) 22... Bxb3 23. axb3 Qe8 24. b4 Bb6 25. Ngf5 Nf8 26. Kh2
Ne6 27. Rg1 Ng5 (27... Qd8 $5 {preventing g4-g5.} 28. Rd1 Qe8 29. Rd5 $16) 28.
Qe2 Nd8 29. Bxg5 fxg5 30. Nf3 Ne6 {Black gives up the e5 pawn to obtain
counterplay but  it proves insufficient.} (30... h6 31. Rgd1 $16 {[%cal Rd1d5]}
) 31. Nxe5 Rf6 32. Nd3 g6 33. hxg6 hxg6 34. Rg3 $1 {[%mdl 512] Of course,
White is ready to sacrifice his knight.} Kg8 (34... gxf5 35. Rh3+ Kg7 36. gxf5
{with a decisive attack along the g- and h-files.}) 35. Rh3 Rd8 36. Rh1 $2 {
Attractive (White doubles his rooks along the h-file and prepares an invasion)
but wrong!} (36. Re1 $1 {was a good prophylactical move. If} Rxd3 37. Qxd3 Nf4
(37... gxf5 $2 38. exf5) {then} 38. Qc4+ Qe6 39. Qxe6+ Rxe6 40. Rh6 {, and the
e4 pawn is protected.}) (36. Rh6 {[%cal Re4e5] was less clear in view of} Qf8
$1 37. e5 Rxf5 38. Rxg6+ Ng7 39. gxf5 Qxf5 40. Rf6 Qxd3 $14) 36... Rxd3 $1 37.
Qxd3 Nf4 $2 {[%mdl 64]} (37... gxf5 $1 38. gxf5 (38. Kg1 Bxf2+) 38... Nf4 39.
Kg1 Bxf2+ $1 40. Kxf2 Nxd3+ 41. Ke3 Rf8 {, and White must give a perpetual:}
42. Rh8+ Kg7 43. R1h7+ Kf6 44. Rh6+ Kg7) 38. Kg1 $2 ({White should have played
} 38. Qc4+ Qe6 39. Qxe6+ Rxe6 40. Rh6 Rxe4 (40... Bxf2 41. Rf1 Bb6 42. Rd1 $1
gxf5 43. Rxe6 Nxe6 44. gxf5 $16) 41. Ng3 Re8 42. Kg1 Re1+ 43. Nf1 {,
consolidating his position and keeping a material advantage.}) 38... Bxf2+ 39.
Kxf2 Nxd3+ 40. Ke3 Rf8 {So, Black has won a queen, and White must look for a
rescue.} 41. Ne7+ $1 Kf7 (41... Qxe7 42. Rh8+ Kf7 43. R8h7+ Ke6 44. Rxe7+ Kxe7
45. Kxd3 Rf4 {with a probable draw.}) 42. Nd5 Qd8 $2 {After this move White is
on top once again.} (42... Qe5 $1 43. Rh7+ (43. Kxd3 Ke6) 43... Ke8 44. Kxd3 (
44. Re7+ Qxe7 45. Nxe7 Nf2 $1 46. Rh7 Nxg4+ 47. Kd4 Nf6 $19) 44... Rf3+ 45. Kd2
Rf7 46. Rxf7 Kxf7 47. Rh7+ Kf8 48. Rxc7 Qxe4 49. Ne3 Qh1 {- White should
probably survive with accurate play but it is not an easy task.}) 43. Rh7+ Ke6
44. Kxd3 Rf3+ $2 (44... Rf7 $8 {White has winning chances after} 45. Rxf7 Kxf7
46. Rh7+ Kg8 47. Rxc7 {but Black can hope for a perpetual after} Kf8 $1 (47...
Qd6 $143 48. Rxb7) 48. Kd4 (48. Rxb7 Qc8) 48... Qd6 {[%cal Yd6g3,Yd6h2] etc.})
45. Kd4 Rf4 (45... Rf7 {is too late:} 46. Rxf7 Kxf7 47. Rh7+ Kg8 48. Rxc7 Kf8
49. e5 {etc.}) 46. Re7+ Kd6 $4 {This move loses instantly.} (46... Qxe7 $8 47.
Nxe7 Kxe7 48. Kd5 Rxg4 49. Rh7+ {, and this rook endgame requires deep
analysis to find out whether White can win here or not.}) 47. Rhh7 c6 48. Nxf4
{[%cal Re4e5]} Qb6+ 49. Kd3 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 12th"]
[Site "Aix les Bains"]
[Date "2011.03.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Black "Stefansson, Hannes"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C87"]
[WhiteElo "2692"]
[BlackElo "2557"]
[Annotator "Marchand,A/Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2011.03.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 d6 7. c3 Bg4 8. d4
b5 9. Bc2 Bxf3 (9... O-O) 10. gxf3 (10. Qxf3 $5 exd4 11. Rd1 dxc3 12. Nxc3 O-O
13. Bf4 $44 {[%cal Ge4e5,Gd1d8]}) 10... Nh5 $132 {[%csl Gf4][%cal Ge7g5]} 11.
f4 $1 {Il faut jouer de maniиre dynamique avant que les Noirs n'aient le temps
de terminer le dйveloppement car la structure Noire est meilleure.} Nxf4 12.
Bxf4 exf4 13. e5 $146 {La prйparation de l'israйlien sur une de ses anciennes
parties} (13. Qf3 O-O 14. e5 Na5 15. e6 d5 16. Re5 Bd6 17. Qh3 g6 18. e7 Bxe7
19. Rh5 Bf6 20. Rxh7 Qc8 21. Nd2 Qxh3 22. Rxh3 Rfe8 23. Kf1 Re6 24. Re1 Rxe1+
25. Kxe1 Re8+ 26. Kd1 Kg7 27. Rf3 Rh8 {Sutovsky,E (2654)-Mastrovasilis,D (2563)
/Subotica 2008/CBM 126 Extra/0-1 (40)}) (13. Qg4 O-O 14. Qxf4 (14. Nd2)) 13...
d5 14. e6 (14. Nd2 Qd7 15. e6 $1 fxe6 16. Qg4 $36 {[%cal Gg4e6,Gg4g7]}) (14.
Qg4 {[%cal Gg4g7,Gg4f4]} O-O (14... g6 {[%csl Rf6,Rh6]} 15. e6 (15. Qxf4 Bg5)
15... O-O 16. Nd2 {[%cal Gd2f3]}) 15. Kh1 $1 {[%csl Rg7][%cal Ge1g1]}) 14... g6
15. Qf3 (15. exf7+ Kxf7 16. Qg4 Qc8) (15. Qg4 O-O 16. Nd2) 15... fxe6 (15...
O-O $2 16. Bb3 {[%csl Rd5]}) 16. Qh3 $36 {[%cal Gc2g6,Gh3h8,Gh3e6]} Rf8 17. a4
Rf6 (17... b4) 18. Nd2 b4 19. Nf3 b3 (19... Qd7 20. Qxh7 O-O-O $132) 20. Bd3
Qd6 (20... Qd7) 21. c4 $6 (21. Ne5 {[%csl Ge5]} Na5 (21... O-O-O 22. Bxa6+) 22.
Qxh7 $40) 21... dxc4 22. Bxc4 Nxd4 23. Nxd4 Qxd4 24. Bxe6 (24. Bxb3 f3 (24...
Qxb2 25. Rab1) 25. Rxe6 h5 26. Rae1 Rxe6 27. Qxe6 Qg4+ 28. Qxg4 hxg4 {[%cal
Ga8b8]}) 24... h5 25. Rad1 Qb4 26. Qf3 (26. Bd7+ $6 Kf8) 26... Rd8 27. Bxb3 Kf8
28. Rc1 Rb8 29. Rc3 Qa5 30. Rd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sofia MTel Masters 3rd"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "2007.05.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C87"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "187"]
[EventDate "2007.05.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 118"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 d6 {A curious
hybrid between the normal classical lines and the delayed Steinitz variation,
which has been relatively popularlately. Adams is the leading expert with
Black.} 7. c3 Bg4 8. h3 Bh5 {In the long run, the bishop will remain
relatively passive here (or on g6). However, the unpleasant pin along the
d1-h5 diagonal will allow Black improve the position of the other minor pieces.
Later, the light-squared bishop could be recycled with ...f6 and ...Bf7.} 9. d3
Nd7 10. Be3 h6 11. Nbd2 (11. g4 $5 {Topalov,V (2801)-Mamedyarov,S (2709)/Wijk
aan Zee 2006/CBM 111/[Finkel,A] (1/2-1/2, 46)}) 11... Bg5 {This is one of the
consequences of the pin: Black can exchange the dark-squared bishops.} 12. Bxc6
{A rather straightforward continuation.} ({Adams has had some experience
against the more restraiined} 12. Qe2 Bxe3 13. Qxe3 O-O ({It requires good
nerves to live with the permanent threat of Bxc6, spoiling Black's queenside
structure. However, removing this possibility with} 13... b5 {weakens the
queenside without eliminating the enemy bishop. The following game is a good
illustration.} 14. Bc2 O-O 15. Nf1 Bg6 16. Ng3 Nf6 17. b4 {Preparing the
activation of the bishop to b3, without fearing ...Na5.} d5 18. Bb3 d4 {
With his bishop on g6, Black has problems maintaining the tension in the
centre. The bold advance of the d-pawn would be OK for him only if... the
b-pawn was on its initial square!} 19. cxd4 exd4 20. Qd2 a5 21. a3 axb4 22.
axb4 Rxa1 23. Rxa1 Qe7 24. Rc1 $1 $16 {and Black could not defend his numerous
pawn weakneses in adequate way, Karjakin,S (2672)-Harikrishna,P (2674)/Cap
d'Agde 2006/CBM 115 (1-0, 36)}) 14. b4 {White gradually increases his
queenside pressure.} ({The immediate} 14. Bxc6 bxc6 {[%cal Yc6c5] does not
offer White too much. Black threatens to consolidate his centre with ...c5,
while after} 15. b4 {he gets rid of his isolated pawn with} a5 $1 $132 {
Anand,V (2788)-Adams,M (2718)/Bastia 2005/EXT 2006 (1/2-1/2, 34)}) 14... Re8
15. a3 {White makes all possible useful moves on the queenside, waiting for
Black to define his intentions.} Nb6 {Black probably felt that he cannot
improve his position further and forces White to make a concrete decision.} {
The only way to fight for an advantage.} 16. Bxc6 (16. Bb3 d5 $11) 16... bxc6
17. Nb3 {White has managed to prevent the freeing moves ...a5 and ...c5 and
hopes to get a static advantage.} d5 $3 {At first sight, this move seems like
a strategic suicide: Black gives up the control of the c5-square without a
fight. However, Adams correctly foresaw that the control of the only open file
(after a further ...dxe4) will allow him maintain the balance even. It was not
entirely clear how White would have made further progress if Black had adopted
a neutral policy, but it is better to clear matters as soon as possible than
endure a long suffering.} 18. Nc5 Nd7 19. Nxd7 Qxd7 20. Nd2 Qe6 21. Reb1 Rad8
22. Nb3 dxe4 23. Nc5 Qd5 24. dxe4 Qc4 25. f3 {White has to somewhat weaken his
kingside position in order to neutralise the bishop's action.} Rd6 $132 {
[%cal Yf7f6,Yh5f7,Ye8d8] Leko,P (2749)-Adams,M (2741)/Wijk aan Zee 2005/CBM
105 (1/2-1/2, 41)}) ({The slightly extravagant} 12. d4 Bxe3 13. fxe3 {fails to
bother Black, who enjoys high stability on dark squares. Besides, once the
e4-pawn has been indirectly weakened, the bishop's placement on g6 or h7 makes
a lot of sense.} O-O 14. Nf1 Bg6 15. Ng3 Nf6 16. Bc2 Re8 17. Qd2 Nh5 18. Qf2 (
18. Nf5 {is more ambitious, although after} Bxf5 19. exf5 e4 20. Nh2 Qh4 {
Black's stability is not shattered in any way.}) 18... Nxg3 19. Qxg3 Bh7 20.
Re2 Qe7 21. Rf1 Rf8 22. Nd2 Rae8 23. Ref2 Nd8 24. Bb1 Qg5 25. Qf3 Ne6 26. g3 {
Black has regrouped in optimal way and can open play already.} exd4 27. exd4
Qb5 28. b4 Ng5 29. Qg2 d5 30. e5 Bxb1 31. Rxb1 Qd3 32. Rc1 f6 $132 {Ponomariov,
R (2743)-Adams,M (2745)/Bled 2002/EXT 2003 (1/2-1/2, 48). Black already has a
light initiative.}) 12... bxc6 13. d4 $146 {White's play seems slightly less
refined than in the game Leko-Adams, but the idea is basically the same: to
prevent Black from arranging his pawns in optimal way, namely with ...c5.} ({
From this point of view,} 13. Qa4 {does not make too much sense: White
provokes the generally favourable advance of the c-pawn.} Bxe3 14. Rxe3 c5 15.
d4 exd4 16. cxd4 O-O 17. Qc2 Re8 18. Rae1 Bg6 $11 {Morozevich,A (2590)-Najer,E
(2515)/Zagan 1997/CBM 059 ext (1-0, 59)}) 13... Bxe3 14. Rxe3 O-O 15. b4 (15.
dxe5 {frees Black from all his worries after} Nxe5 $11) (15. g4 Bg6 16. dxe5
Nxe5 17. Nxe5 dxe5 {weakens the c5-square but also his own king's position.}
18. b4 Qh4 19. Nb3 Rfd8 20. Qf3 Rd6 $132) 15... a5 16. a3 axb4 ({There was no
need to hurry with this exchange, which offers White additional possibilities.
Adams probably overlooked Kamsky's 18th move. The immediate} 16... Qf6 $11 {
would have offered Black comfortable play, without the necessity of embarking
the kind of sharp lines from the game. But maybe sharp play was exactly what
Adams was striving for?!}) 17. axb4 Qf6 {Black completes his development by
connecting rooks and puts the slightly over-extended enemy centre under some
pressure.} 18. Ra5 $1 {A typical way to fight for the control of the a-file.
Besides, the e5-pawn is submitted to strong pressure.} exd4 {In view of the
potential threat dxe5 (eventually after g4) Black had to release the tension
in one of the critical points. It would hardly make sense to provide White
with a passed pawn by exchanging on a5, which makes the move played in the
game a reasonable choice.} 19. cxd4 c5 {Black does his best to question the
enemy rook's stability.} 20. Qa1 (20. Nb3 {[%cal Ya5h5]} cxd4 $1 $11 {[%csl
Ye3]}) 20... Nb6 21. e5 (21. dxc5 $4 Qxa1+ $1 $19) (21. bxc5 dxc5 {is likely
to transpose below.}) 21... Qg6 {A very interesting position. The whole board
is on fire, with several points of tension.} 22. dxc5 dxc5 23. g4 {Kamsky
found no better way to continue than "win" this bishop. It is true that other
continuations do not seem to offer him an advantage.} (23. bxc5 Rxa5 24. Qxa5
Ra8 25. Qb5 (25. Qb4 $2 Nd5 26. Qe4 Ra1+ 27. Kh2 Nxe3 $17) 25... Nd5 26. g4
Bxg4 27. hxg4 Qxg4+ 28. Kh2 $8 (28. Kf1 $2 Ra1+ 29. Re1 Qh3+ 30. Kg1 Nf4 31.
Qf1 Rxe1 32. Nxe1 Qg4+ 33. Kh2 Qh5+ 34. Kg3 Ne2+ 35. Kg2 Qg5+ 36. Kh1 Qxd2 $19)
{and now Black can choose between giving perpetual check and continuing
playing with} 28... Nxe3 29. fxe3 Ra3 $44) (23. Rea3 Bxf3 24. Nxf3 cxb4 25.
Rxa8 bxa3 26. Rxf8+ Kxf8 27. Qxa3+ Ke8 28. Qc5 Kd7 $11) 23... Bxg4 24. hxg4
Qxg4+ 25. Kf1 cxb4 $15 {With 3 pawns for a knight and the safer position of
the king, Black's chances are preferable. In the event of the exchange of
queens, his queenside pawns could become very threatening.} 26. Rxa8 Rxa8 27.
Qd4 Qxd4 28. Nxd4 c5 29. Nc6 Nd5 30. Re1 Ra6 31. Nd8 Ra2 32. Nc4 Rc2 33. Na5 c4
34. e6 fxe6 35. Nxe6 b3 36. Nd4 Ra2 37. Nxc4 Ra4 38. Re8+ Kh7 39. Nxb3 Rxc4 40.
Nd2 Rc2 41. Ne4 Nf4 42. f3 g5 43. Ra8 Rc6 44. Rd8 Kg6 45. Rd6+ Rxd6 46. Nxd6 h5
47. Kf2 h4 48. Ne4 Kf5 49. Nd6+ Ke5 50. Nf7+ Kf6 51. Nd6 Nd5 52. Ne4+ Kf5 53.
Nc5 Ke5 54. Nd7+ Kd4 55. Nf8 Nf4 56. Nh7 Ne6 57. Nf6 Ke5 58. Ng4+ Kf5 59. Ke3
Nf4 60. Nh6+ Kg6 61. Ng4 Nd5+ 62. Ke2 Kf5 63. Nf2 Ke5 64. Kf1 Nf4 65. Ng4+ Kd4
66. Kf2 Nd3+ 67. Ke2 Ne5 68. Nf2 Ng6 69. Ng4 Kd5 70. Kf2 Ne5 71. Nf6+ Ke6 72.
Ne4 Kf5 73. Nc5 Nc4 74. Nd3 Ne5 75. Nc5 Nc6 76. Nd3 Nd4 77. Nc5 Ne6 78. Nd3 Nf4
79. Nb4 Ke6 80. Nc6 Nd5 81. Nd4+ Kd6 82. Nb3 Nf4 83. Nd4 Ke5 84. Nc6+ Ke6 85.
Nd4+ Kd5 86. Nf5 Ke5 87. Ne3 Nd3+ 88. Kg2 Nf4+ 89. Kf2 Ne6 90. Nc2 Nc5 91. Ne3
Ne6 92. Nc2 Nd4 93. Nb4 Ne6 94. Nc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates sf"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "2007.06.03"]
[Round "1.7"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C87"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2007.05.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 d6 7. c3 Bg4 8. d3
Nd7 9. h3 Bh5 10. Be3 h6 11. g4 (11. Nbd2 {Kamsky,G (2705)-Adams,M (2734)/
Sofia 2007/CBM 118/[Marin] (1/2-1/2, 94)}) 11... Bg6 12. Nbd2 Bg5 (12... h5 $5
{Topalov,V (2801)-Mamedyarov,S (2709)/Wijk aan Zee 2006/CBM 111/[Finkel,A] (1/
2-1/2, 46)}) 13. Nxg5 $5 {An ambitious decision. White opens the h-file for
the enemy rook, hoping to maintain things under control on this wing and take
advantage of his mighty dark-squared bishop in the event of mass
simplifications.} hxg5 14. Kg2 f6 15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. b4 Nf8 {[%csl Gf4,Rh3]
[%cal Yf8e6] The knight is heading for the optimal e6-square.} 17. Nb3 Ne6 18.
Na5 Qd7 19. Qa4 c5 {This is the natural answer.} ({However, the paradoxical} 
19... d5 {deserves attention, too. Black willingly weakens the c5-square, but
gets dynamic compensation in the centre. Adams had successfully employed such
a defensive (or counter-attacking) method in the same variation but a
different position in Leko,P (2749)-Adams,M (2741)/Wijk aan Zee 2005/CBM 105 
(1/2-1/2, 41).} 20. f3 d4 21. cxd4 exd4 22. Bd2 {White's structure is more
compact and he would probably have an advantage if the h-file was not open.} c5
23. Qxd7+ Kxd7 24. a3 Bf7 25. Rec1 Rab8 26. Rab1 ({The careless} 26. Nb3 $6 {
allows Black to prove the dynamic potential of his position:} cxb4 27. axb4
Rxb4 $1 28. Bxb4 Nf4+ 29. Kf1 Bxb3 $40) 26... cxb4 27. axb4 Rb5 $132 {It is
not easy for White to strengthen his position, because he has to permanently
care about the h3-pawn, the f4-square and the possibility of Black's pawn
break ...c5, which could put in danger the d3-pawn.}) 20. Qxd7+ Kxd7 21. bxc5
dxc5 {Black has relative stability in the centre, but his position has an
organic defect: his bishop cannot be activated easily. This happens for two
main reasons. The compact white structure is placed on light squares. At the
same time, Black's own knight, whose presence on e6 is essential, obstructs
the a2-g8 diagonal. In principle, White's position is easier to handle and
might be even microscopically better, but the weakness of the h3-pawn and of
the f4-square restricts his chances for more. However, Black's task to
permanently choose between 2-3 evils proved too difficult for a rapid game.}
22. f3 Rab8 23. Nb3 Bf7 $5 {Adams decides to accept the reduction of his
influence in the centre for the sake of opening an important diagonal for his
bishop.} (23... Kd6 24. d4 cxd4 25. cxd4 exd4 26. Nxd4 Nxd4 27. Bxd4 c5 28. Bc3
({After} 28. e5+ Kd5 29. Bc3 Rb6 {Black seems to be holding. Besides, his
bishop can breathe finally.}) 28... Ke7 29. Rab1 Bf7 {still looks more
pleasant for White, because of his better structure, but should be close to
equality because of the presence of opposite coloured bishops and reduced
amount of material.}) 24. Nxc5+ Nxc5 25. Bxc5 Rb2+ 26. Kg3 Bxa2 27. d4 exd4 28.
cxd4 Bc4 ({Maybe Black should have taken advantage of one of his newly created
trumps-the passed a-pawn:} 28... a5 $5 {[%cal Ya5a4,Ya2b3]}) 29. d5 Rhb8 30.
Rac1 Re2 31. Rxe2 Bxe2 32. Rc2 Bd3 33. Rc3 Bf1 34. h4 gxh4+ 35. Kxh4 Rh8+ 36.
Kg3 {White's superiority in the centre looks impressive, but the reduced
material left on board and the opposite bishops make his winning chances
questionable.} g5 $2 {But this is too much. The f6-square is chronically weak
now.} 37. Bd4 $16 {[%csl Gf6]} Rh6 38. Rc6 Ke7 39. Rxc7+ Ke8 40. Rc6 Kf7 41.
Rb6 Rg6 42. Rb7+ Ke8 43. d6 Bb5 44. Re7+ Kd8 45. Bb6+ Kc8 46. Rc7+ Kb8 47. Ba7+
Ka8 48. d7 1-0

[Event "Geneva FIDE GP"]
[Site "Geneva"]
[Date "2017.07.12"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Inarkiev, Ernesto"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C87"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[Annotator "Mekhitarian,K"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2017.07.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 $5 {I have played
many games in this system, and I think it's a great way to play more flexibly
against the Ruy Lopez, without entering forced lines with the standard 6.Re1.}
d6 (6... b5 {is the most common reply} 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4 {is the move I have
always liked, trying to play c3-Bc2 quickly, without allowing Na5-c5 (which
Black may still play, but he needs to take some care)} (8. a3 {but this is the
current fashion, with numerous games, and a very important recent one} O-O 9.
Nc3 {Here Black has played seven different moves in high-level games! just to
show how rich the position is} Nb8 10. Ne2 Nbd7 11. c3 Bb7 12. Ng3 c5 13. Re1
Rc8 14. Nf5 c4 15. dxc4 Bxe4 16. Nxe7+ Qxe7 17. cxb5 axb5 18. Bg5 Nc5 19. Ba2
h6 20. Bh4 g5 21. Bg3 Bh7 22. Qe2 Kg7 23. Rad1 Nfe4 24. Rd5 f5 25. Rxe5 $1 {
a very creative approach by the ex-world champion. He ended up winning the
game on the 42nd move} dxe5 26. Bxe5+ Nf6 27. Qxb5 $40 {1-0 (42) Kramnik,V 
(2811)-Harikrishna,P (2755) Shamkir 2017}) 8... Bd7 9. c3 Na5 (9... O-O 10. Bc2
$1 {stopping Na5-c5, is the main idea. We will get a position very similar to
this current game} Re8 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. Re1 b4 13. a5 g6 14. Bb3 Be6 15. Ba4
Bd7 16. Nf1 $13 {1/2-1/2 (116) Caruana,F (2794)-Svidler, P (2757) Moscow 2016,
with interesting play.}) 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qb8 $1 {an important move to defend
the a8-rook - this was played in the 4th round} (11... Qc7 $6 12. axb5 {
and Black is forced to take with the bishop to avoid b2-b4} Bxb5 13. Re1 $16)
12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4 (13. Bxf6 {this move has been tried three times} Bxf6 14.
axb5 $6 (14. dxe5 dxe5 15. Qd5 Qc8 $5 (15... Nb7 $5 16. axb5 Be6 17. Qc6+ Bd7
18. Qd5 Be6 19. Qd1 axb5 20. Rxa8 Qxa8 21. Na3 Qa5 (21... b4 $5) 22. Nxb5 $1
Bc4 23. Nd6+ Nxd6 24. Qxd6 Bxf1 25. Kxf1 Qb5+ 26. Ke1 $44 {1-0 (61) Navara,D 
(2703)-Caruana,F (2779) Rhodes 2013  with good compensation; Navara went on to
win the game.}) 16. Nxe5 Be6 17. Qd6 Be7 $6 (17... b4 $1 $44) 18. Qd1 Qc7 19.
axb5 axb5 20. Nf3 O-O 21. Nbd2 $16 {1-0 (59) Khairullin,I (2629)-Gustafsson,J 
(2629) Bangkok 2016 and White slowly consolidated.}) 14... axb5 15. dxc5 dxc5
16. Qd5 {now it simply fails for White, and Black achieves an advantage} Qc8
17. b4 (17. Nxe5 $2 {now this loses} Be6 18. Qd6 Ra6 $1 $19 {winning the
knight, this is the difference}) 17... Be6 18. Qxc5 Qxc5 19. bxc5 Kd7 $1 20.
Na3 Kc6 21. Rab1 Rhb8 $17 {0-1 (63) Morozevich,A (2683) -Vitiugov,N (2718)
Novi Sad 2016, with a big advantage in the endgame.}) 13... Be6 14. Nbd2 O-O
15. Re1 (15. h3 {also didn't create problems for Black} Rc8 16. Bg3 cxd4 17.
cxd4 Nh5 $1 18. Bh2 Nf4 19. axb5 axb5 20. Bxf4 exf4 21. Bd3 Nc4 22. Qe2 Rxa1
23. Rxa1 Bf6 $132 {1/2-1/2 (39) Ponomariov,R (2742)-Caruana,F (2774)
Thessaloniki 2013, and Caruana found enough counterplay.}) 15... cxd4 16. cxd4
Rc8 17. h3 Nc6 $1 {after major simplifications, equality prevailed} 18. axb5
axb5 19. Rxa8 Qxa8 20. Bxf6 Bxf6 21. d5 Nb4 22. dxe6 Nxc2 23. exf7+ Kxf7 $11 {
1/2-1/2 (30) Grischuk,A (2761) -Aronian,L (2809) Geneva SUI 2017}) 7. c3 {
allowing him to bring the bishop directly to c2 whenever it's needed.} O-O 8.
h3 Re8 9. Re1 Bf8 10. Nbd2 (10. c4 $5 {An original try from the 2016 world
title challenger. It has been repeated five times already in practice. The
idea is to have harmonious development (Nc3 especially), at the same time
avoiding ...b5. Naturally, the d4-square gets weakened, but h3 is very
important to avoid ...Bg4} Nd7 11. Be3 Ne7 12. Nc3 c6 13. b4 $1 Ng6 14. Bb3 h6
15. a3 (15. d4 $1 $14 {was a very natural way to claim an advantage}) 15... Nf6
16. Ra2 (16. c5 $5 $14) 16... a5 17. Qb1 Nh5 18. Ne2 Qf6 $36 {1-0 (51)
Karjakin,S (2769)-Amin,B (2661) Baku 2016; followed by ...Nhf4. With a couple
of imprecise moves, Karjakin handed over the initiative to Black, but ended up
winning the game.}) 10... b5 11. Bc2 h6 (11... Bb7 {is a good move that was
played against me, and I reacted so poorly that in a few moves I had a bishop
locked in on b1!} 12. a4 $5 (12. d4 $1 {transposes to a Zaitsev line, with the
correct tempi, because even though White played d3 and d4, he also brought the
bishop to c2 (without Bb3)}) 12... h6 13. Nf1 (13. b4 $1 $14 {with the idea of
Nb3}) 13... d5 $1 {Black is doing fine already} 14. Qe2 (14. exd5 Nxd5 15. axb5
axb5 16. Rxa8 Qxa8 17. d4 $11 {should lead to massive simplifications}) 14...
b4 15. Ng3 (15. a5 $1 $13 {an important move, to avoid my opponent's plan})
15... Na5 $1 {suddenly I have problems to avoid b3, and cxb4 (although
probably necessary), looks ugly as well} 16. Nf5 $2 (16. cxb4 Bxb4 17. Bd2 Bxd2
18. Qxd2 dxe4 19. dxe4 Qxd2 20. Nxd2 Rad8 $36 {and Black has a slight
initiative}) 16... b3 17. Bb1 Bc8 18. N3h4 d4 19. cxd4 exd4 $17 {0-1 (42)
Mekhitarian,K (2544)-Vajda,L (2617) Albena 2013, and it's clear I lost the
game without a chance :).}) 12. a4 b4 13. a5 $1 {A good move to win space on
the queenside - not only the weakness on a6 is now fixed, but most importantly,
there is no ...Na5 anymore (after ...Rb8 let's say).} Rb8 14. Nc4 g6 $6 {
It feels like Black has to play in the centre before White comfortably plays
d4.} (14... Bd7 {was the precedent} 15. Bd2 bxc3 16. bxc3 Qc8 17. Nh2 (17. d4
$5 $14 {was more logical and direct, White keeps a small edge always}) 17...
Be6 18. Ba4 Qb7 19. Ng4 Nxg4 20. hxg4 Red8 $1 (20... Bxc4 $2 {this is not
something White should be worried about, because the light squares become a
big problem, and ...d5 will never be played} 21. dxc4 Re6 22. g5 $5 $16) 21.
Bc2 d5 22. exd5 Bxd5 23. Ne3 (23. g5 $5 $40) 23... Bb3 (23... Be6 $11) 24. Rb1
Bxc2 25. Qxc2 Qa8 $11 {1-0 (41) Naiditsch,A (2689)-Lenic,L (2625) Reykjavik
2015}) (14... bxc3 15. bxc3 d5 {is a typical reaction in these positions, but
White always has something to play for} 16. exd5 Nxd5 (16... Qxd5 $5) 17. Bd2
f6 18. d4 $5 exd4 19. Rxe8 Qxe8 20. Nxd4 Nxd4 21. cxd4 $40 {and White has
propects for an attack on the kingside, with a move like Qf3.}) (14... d5 $5 {
is also possible.}) 15. Bd2 bxc3 16. bxc3 Bg7 17. d4 $1 $14 exd4 18. cxd4 Nb4
$6 (18... d5 $1 {was good, trying to exchange a pair of rooks or a pair of
knights} 19. Nce5 $1 (19. exd5 $6 Rxe1+ 20. Qxe1 Qxd5 $11 {and Black is doing
ok}) 19... Nxe5 20. Nxe5 Bb7 21. Ba4 Re6 {looks weird, but whenever White
plays exd5, Black is fine} 22. Rb1 $1 Ba8 $1 $13 {with an unclear position} (
22... Nxe4 $2 23. Nd7 $1 Bxd4 24. Be3 $16)) 19. Bb1 d5 20. Nce5 $1 {
Threatening Bxb4 followed by Nc6.} Re6 (20... dxe4 21. Bxb4 Rxb4 (21... exf3
22. Nc6 $18) 22. Ba2 $1 {nice move} (22. Nc6 $2 Qd6 $1 23. Nxb4 exf3 24. Rxe8+
Nxe8 {and Black has amazing compensation} 25. Qe1 {forced, to defend b4 and
win a tempo on e8} Nf6 $17) 22... exf3 23. Bxf7+ $40 {with a very strong
attack.}) 21. exd5 Nfxd5 22. Qc1 $1 $16 Qf8 23. Be4 {White has a very strong
initiative, safer and better placed pieces.} Rb5 (23... f5 $5 {an ugly
positional move, but perhaps White's initiative had to be parried somehow} 24.
Bxd5 Nxd5 25. Qc4 Rb5 {trying to stabilise with ...Qe8} 26. Rab1 Qe8 27. Rxb5
Qxb5 28. Qa2 {threatening Rb1 with deadly effect} Qb7 29. Rc1 $16 {Black still
has problems to coordinate.}) 24. Rb1 c6 (24... f5 {allows a different idea now
} 25. Bxb4 $1 Nxb4 26. Bc2 $1 Nxc2 27. Qxc2 Rxb1 28. Rxb1 {and Black remains
in deep trouble:} Qd6 29. Qb3 $1 Kh7 30. Rc1 Bd7 31. Qb7 $18) 25. Qc4 Qd6 26.
Rb3 $1 {The rook will swing over to the kingside in many lines.} Bf8 27. h4 $5
{Bringing another soldier to the battle, more logical than the unclear 27.
Nxf7!?} (27. Nxf7 $5 {shows White's potential on the kingside} Kxf7 28. Ne5+
Kg8 (28... Rxe5 {doesn't help} 29. dxe5 Qe6 30. Rf3+ Kg7 (30... Ke8 31. Bb1 $1
$18 {followed by the devastating Rf6!}) 31. Bxg6 $1 $18 {f8 falls or White
wins the queen with Rg3}) 29. Bxg6 Rf6 (29... Rxg6 30. Nxg6 Qxg6 31. Rg3 Qxg3
32. fxg3 $18 {should be equally hopeless, with such an open king}) 30. Rg3 Bg7
31. Be4 {threatening Bxb4 Rxb4 Bxd5+! winning a piece} Be6 32. Qc1 $40 {
the attack continues, and should be more than enough since he already has two
pawns for the piece.}) 27... c5 $2 {Black's position was already vulnerable
with the pawn on c6, now it totally collapses - ...cxd4 is not even a threat,
because the c8-bishop is hanging.} (27... Nf6 {The position is difficult
anyway, but this was the last chance for Black to try some regrouping; it
turns out that the knight on d5 is not ideally placed} 28. Bb1 Qd5 29. Qc3 $1 {
threatening Bxh6 and Rxb4} Re8 (29... h5 $2 30. Ng5 Re7 31. Ne4 $16) 30. Bxh6
Be6 31. Rb2 Bxh6 32. Rxb4 $16) 28. h5 $1 $18 g5 29. Bf5 (29. Bxg5 hxg5 30. Nxg5
$18 {was also devastating, followed by Rg3 and taking on f7.}) 29... Ne7 30.
dxc5 $1 Rxc5 31. Bxb4 $18 Nxf5 32. Bxc5 Qxc5 33. Qxc5 Bxc5 34. Rc3 {A fine
game by Nepo, now at 3.5/6, trailing by half a point the current three leaders:
Radjabov, Grischuk and Harikrishna!} 1-0

[Event "Norway Chess 4th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2016.04.24"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Grandelius, Nils"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C87"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2649"]
[Annotator "Pavlovic,M"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2016.04.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[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 Be7 6. d3 {A popular idea
avoiding lots of theory and heading for positional play.} d6 7. c3 O-O 8. Re1
Re8 9. Nbd2 Bf8 10. h3 b5 11. Bc2 {Usually White has to retreat to b3, but the
idea of this line is to sidestep ...b5 with Bc2 at once which helps him to get
in d3-d4. The downside is that the bishop on b3 is aiming at f7 and thus gives
Black certain problems that he needs to solve with some preparatory moves like
...h6 for instance.} Ne7 {Black has various ideas here, I will give few
interesting examples:} (11... g6 12. Nf1 Bg7 13. Ng3 Nb8 14. d4 Nbd7 {with a
Breyer type of position.} 15. b3 (15. d5 Bb7 16. b3 Qe7 17. c4 c6 18. Bg5 cxd5
19. cxd5 h6 20. Be3 Rec8 21. Rc1 Nc5 22. b4 Ncd7 23. Nd2 $14 {1-0 (70) Delchev,
A (2606)-Zisiadis,D (2005) Paleochora 2015}) 15... c5 16. d5 Qc7 17. Bg5 h6 18.
Be3 a5 19. Nh2 Kh7 20. Qd2 b4 21. c4 a4 22. Rad1 Qd8 23. Bb1 Re7 24. Rf1 Qh8
$13 {1/2-1/2 (71) Sengupta,D (2563)-Kovalenko,I (2680) Al-Ain 2015}) (11... Bb7
12. Nf1 Nb8 13. Ng3 Nbd7 14. d4 g6 {Another way of getting a Breyer type of
position.} 15. Bg5 h6 16. Bd2 Bg7 17. Rc1 c6 18. Bb1 Qc7 19. h4 h5 20. Bg5 Nh7
21. Be3 Ndf6 22. Nh2 Rad8 $13 {0-1 (45) Najer,E (2628)-Bruzon Batista,L (2691)
Internet 2013}) 12. d4 Ng6 13. Nf1 exd4 {This looks like a new idea in this
position, but the motif is known.} (13... Bb7 14. Ng3 h6 15. a4 c6 16. Be3 Qc7
17. axb5 axb5 18. Rxa8 Rxa8 19. Nh2 Re8 20. Ng4 Nxg4 21. hxg4 $14 {1-0 (40)
Gharamian,T (2661)-Butnorius,A (2400) Cappelle la Grande 2013}) 14. cxd4 c5 15.
d5 {This kind of Benoni structure is known and Black often employs it.} Nd7 16.
Ng3 a5 17. Be3 a4 18. Bd3 Rb8 19. Bf1 {Interesting play by Topalov, usually
players are happy with the bishop on c2 in the Ruy Lopez, but Topalov wants to
keep an eye on the queenside as well.} Nde5 {The problem of the black position
is typical: both black knights are heading for the same square which is
usually bad.} ({Another idea is to put pressure on e4:} 19... Nf6 20. Qc2 Bd7
21. Nd2 {[%cal Gf2f4,Gd2f3] White is heading for f4.} Be7 22. f4 h5 23. Nf3 h4
24. Nh1 Nh5 $13) 20. Nd2 $1 {Exchanging one knight would help Black immensly
and Topalov knows that.} Be7 21. b3 axb3 $6 {Such decisions to open or not are
not easy to solve during the game, but in this case it helps White because
soon he will be able to get on to the a-file.} (21... a3 {keeping the position
a bit closed was a safer option.}) 22. axb3 Bg5 23. Nh5 $1 Bxe3 24. Rxe3 Nd7
25. Ra7 Re5 26. Be2 Ndf8 27. Qa1 {White is clearly better. In just few moves
all white pieces have started to get the best squares.} Qh4 28. Ng3 Qd8 29. Bg4
$1 {It is of crucial importance to get the f5-square for the knight.} Re7 30.
Rxe7 Nxe7 31. Bxc8 Rxc8 32. Nh5 f6 33. Rg3 Neg6 34. Qa6 Qd7 35. f4 {With f5 to
come next, Black is simply lost.} c4 36. bxc4 bxc4 37. Nxc4 f5 38. Nxd6 Rc1+
39. Kh2 fxe4 40. f5 e3 41. fxg6 hxg6 42. Nf4 1-0

[Event "RSFSR-ch12"]
[Site "Tula"]
[Date "1952.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Suetin, Alexey S"]
[Black "Aronin, Lev Solomonovich"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C87"]
[Annotator "Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1952.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 Bd7 (5... f5) 6. d4 (6. O-O Nge7
7. d4) 6... Nf6 7. Nbd2 (7. O-O Be7 8. Re1 $14) 7... Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Re1 exd4
(9... Re8) 10. cxd4 Nb4 11. Bxd7 (11. Bb3 c5 12. Nf1 Bb5 13. Ng3 d5 (13... c4
$142) 14. e5 $14 {Euwe,M-Keres,P NED m 3940 Netherlands 1939 (3) 1-0}) 11...
Qxd7 12. Nf1 d5 13. a3 Nc6 14. Ne5 $5 Qd8 (14... Nxe5 $2 15. dxe5) 15. Nxc6
bxc6 16. e5 $16 Nd7 17. Ne3 (17. b4 {[%csl Gc5]} a5) 17... f5 18. Qc2 f4 19.
Nf5 $36 {[%csl Gf5]} Bg5 20. e6 (20. h4 $1 Bxh4 21. e6 $18) 20... Qf6 21. exd7
(21. e7 Qxf5 (21... Rf7 22. e8=Q+) 22. exf8=Q+ Rxf8 23. Qxc6) 21... Qxf5 22.
Qxc6 Bf6 23. Bd2 f3 $6 24. Re8 Bxd4 25. Qxa8 $4 (25. g3 Qh3 26. Rxf8+ Rxf8 27.
Qxd5+ Kh8 28. Qxf3 $1 {[%csl Gd7]}) 25... Bxf2+ 26. Kxf2 fxg2+ 27. Ke3 Qf4+ 28.
Kd3 Qc4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Rohde op 09th"]
[Site "Sautron"]
[Date "2009.10.25"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bailet, Pierre"]
[Black "Maiorov, Nikita"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C87"]
[WhiteElo "2379"]
[BlackElo "2513"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2009.10.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/6000+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 d6 (6... b5 {
la grande ligne}) 7. c3 (7. Bxc6+ bxc6 8. d4) 7... Bg4 8. d3 Nd7 9. h3 (9. Nbd2
O-O 10. h3 Bh5 11. Nf1 Nc5 12. Bc2 Ne6 13. Ng3) 9... Bh5 10. Be3 (10. Nbd2 O-O
11. Nf1 Nc5 12. Bc2 Ne6 13. Ng3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 Bg5) 10... h6 11. Nbd2 Bg5 {
ADAMS est le spйcialiste de cette variante} 12. Qe2 (12. Nf1 Bxe3 {Fedorchuk,S
(2655)-Maiorov,N (2513) Porto San Giorgio op-A 21st 2009 (8) 1/2}) 12... Bxe3
13. Qxe3 O-O 14. d4 b5 {01H41 Tout йtait jouй а tempo par le GMI} 15. Bd1 Bg6
16. a4 $146 ({RR} 16. dxe5 Ncxe5 17. Nxe5 dxe5 18. b4 c5 19. bxc5 Nxc5 20. Qxc5
Qxd2 21. Bb3 Rac8 22. Qxe5 Rfe8 23. Qg3 Kh8 24. Rad1 Qxc3 25. Qxc3 Rxc3 26. f3
a5 27. Rd7 f6 28. Rb7 a4 29. Bd5 {1/2-1/2 Svidler,P (2690)-Adams,M (2745)/
Germany 2003/CBM 094}) 16... Re8 {01h34 MAIOROV devait avoir anticipй sur la
nouveautй car il a jouй vite.} 17. axb5 axb5 18. Be2 Rb8 19. dxe5 Ndxe5 20. Nd4
Nxd4 {01h21} 21. cxd4 $14 Nd7 22. Qf4 (22. Ra7 $5) (22. f3) 22... Nf6 $132 23.
Bf3 c5 24. Nb3 c4 25. Na5 (25. e5 dxe5 26. dxe5 Nd5) 25... Rb6 {53mns} 26. d5
Nd7 27. Nc6 Qf6 28. Qg3 Ne5 $1 {50mns} 29. Nxe5 Rxe5 30. Ra8+ Kh7 {50mns} 31.
Qg4 $6 Bh5 {[%csl Rf3,Rg4] 46} 32. Qc8 $2 (32. Qg3 $8) 32... Bxf3 33. gxf3 Qxf3
{43} 0-1

[Event "Bucharest Kings 6th"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2012.11.08"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C87"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2012.11.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 152"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 {These days this is
quite popular move on the highest level, designed to avoid tons of theory in
the main lines.} d6 7. c3 O-O 8. Re1 Bg4 9. Nbd2 Nd7 10. h3 Bh5 11. Bc2 (11.
Nf1 {allows Black to start activity in the centre:} Nc5 12. Bc2 (12. Bxc6 bxc6
13. g4 Bg6 14. Ng3 Ne6 15. Kg2 c5 $11 {Carlsen,M (2786)-Beliavsky,A (2619)
Dresden 2008}) 12... d5 13. Qe2 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 d4 $11 {Adams,M (2735)
-Kasimdzhanov,R (2679) Cala Mayor 2008}) 11... h6 {A new continuation in this
particular position. Like yesterday against Nisipeanu (19.h3), the Ukrainian
GM makes a useful waiting move, asking White to define his intentions.} (11...
Nc5 {has been played before, after which White can start playing aggressively
with} 12. g4 Bg6 13. d4 {winning a tempo by attacking the knight and Black has
nothing better than to retreat it back to d7.}) 12. a3 {Playing "cat and
mouse": for the moment Topalov is choosing a similar strategy, asking his
opponent to find another useful move.} Re8 {Ivanchuk doesn't have problems
with that: Black is not forced to hurry with playing Nd7-c5, since there are
sufficient other options.} 13. g4 {White can hardly claim to fight for
advantage without the pawn advance in the centre. And in order to play d3-d4
the ex-World Champion decides to go for this double-edged advance as well.} ({
The immediate} 13. d4 {would be a mistake in view of} exd4 14. g4 dxc3) ({But} 
13. Nf1 {was a very decent alternative}) 13... Bg6 14. d4 exd4 15. cxd4 d5 $1 {
A good "human" decision. In all cases Black's chances for a successful fight
for the supremacy in the centre is by no means worse.} 16. e5 {"When I went
for this, I missed that he can arrange his pieces so comfortably like in the
game and that White can be even worse" (Topalov)} (16. exd5 Bxc2 17. Qxc2 Na7 {
is also fine for Black.}) 16... Bxc2 17. Qxc2 Nf8 {The knight comes to e6,
blockading e5 and underlining the weakness of pawn on d4.} 18. Nf1 {Ideally
White would like to bring this knight to f5 and create some attack, but Black
will mobilise his forces very quickly and start his own counterplay on the
kingside, exploiting the weaknesses created by the advance of the white g-pawn.
} Ne6 19. Be3 Bg5 20. Rad1 (20. Nxg5 hxg5 21. Rad1 f6 {offers Black great play
as well.}) 20... f6 $1 21. Qb3 Na5 22. Qc3 ({After} 22. Qb4 {Black plays} Nc4 {
as well and} ({Better than} 22... c6 23. h4 Bxe3 24. Nxe3 $14) 23. Qxb7 {
favours Black after} Rb8 $17) 22... Nc4 23. h4 Bxe3 24. Nxe3 Nxe3 25. Qxe3 c6 (
25... fxe5 26. Qxe5 c6 27. Re3 $11) 26. h5 Rf8 27. exf6 Qxf6 {Ivanchuk has
managed to achieve a slight advantage. Almost at every move White has several
options, but there is no clear equality, which means that Topalov is always
forced to defend a slightly inferior position. However, in spite of the many
remaining moves, the game never crossed the line of just a minimal advantage
for Black.} 28. Ne5 {Topalov prefers to keep the knights, possibly hoping that
in a more complicated position time can play its role (Ivanchuk had less than
10 minutes left at this moment).} (28. Qxe6+ Qxe6 29. Rxe6 Rxf3 30. Re7 Raf8
$15) 28... Qh4 29. Qg3 Qxg3+ 30. fxg3 {Black's structural advantage is not
enough for real winning chances.} Ng5 31. Kg2 Ne4 32. Rf1 Rxf1 33. Rxf1 Re8 (
33... Rf8 34. Rf5 $1) 34. Nd7 Rd8 35. Ne5 Re8 36. Nd7 a5 {Obviously, being at
no risk himself Ivanchuk prefers to keep the game going.} (36... Rd8 37. Ne5
Re8 {would have been a draw due to the threefold repetition.}) 37. a4 Ng5 38.
Ne5 Rf8 39. Rf5 $1 {White is ready to exchange rooks only if it improves his
pawn structure.} (39. Rf4 $2 Ne6 40. Rxf8+ Kxf8 {and the knight endgame is
lost for White}) 39... Ne4 (39... Ne6 40. Nf3) 40. Kf3 Re8 41. Kg2 Nd6 42. Rf2
Re7 43. b3 Re8 44. Rc2 Nf7 45. Nf3 Kf8 46. Rf2 Kg8 (46... Ke7 47. Nh4 $1) 47.
Rc2 Kh7 ({The complications after} 47... Re3 48. Rc5 Rxb3 49. Rxa5 {will most
likely lead to a draw as well.}) 48. Rc5 Re2+ 49. Kf1 Re3 50. Kg2 Ng5 (50...
Rxb3 51. Rxa5 $11) 51. Nxg5+ hxg5 52. Rxa5 Rxb3 53. Ra7 g6 54. a5 Kh6 55. Ra8 (
55. a6 bxa6 56. Rxa6 Rc3 57. hxg6 Kxg6 58. Ra7 Kf6 59. Rc7 {is also possible.})
55... gxh5 56. Rh8+ Kg7 57. Rb8 Rb5 (57... hxg4 $2 58. a6) (57... h4 58. gxh4
gxh4 59. Kh2 $1 $11 (59. a6 $4 {loses here:} Rg3+ 60. Kh2 bxa6)) 58. gxh5 g4
59. Kf2 Kh6 60. Ke3 Kxh5 61. Kf4 Kg6 62. Kxg4 Rxa5 63. Kf4 c5 64. dxc5 Rxc5 65.
Rxb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg Four Masters"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1895.12.15"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Lasker, Emanuel"]
[Black "Steinitz, William"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C87"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1895.12.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "Tournaments"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. d4 Bd7 6. c3 Nf6 7. Nbd2 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Re1 Re8 10. Nf1 Bf8 11. Ng3 g6 12. h3 Bg7 13. Bc2 Bc8 14. d5 Ne7 15. Be3
Rf8 16. Qd2 Ne8 17. Bh6 Kh8 18. Rad1 {The final point in White's central
strategy - Lasker finished the development of all his pieces and is ready now
for active and concrete actions.} Ng8 19. Bxg7+ Nxg7 20. c4 f5 {In the end
this will only help White to open up the position, but on the other hand Black
must look for counterplay. A passive play is even more hopeless - White will
gain more space advantage by advancing his c-pawn and Black will lack
available squares for his pieces.} 21. Qc3 fxe4 22. Bxe4 Nf6 23. Qe3 Nxe4 24.
Nxe4 Rf4 25. c5 Bf5 $2 (25... Kg8 $16) 26. Nfg5 $1 {[%csl Rf4][%cal Rg2g3]} Qd7
{White has achieved a strategically winning position: he has a space advantage
thanks to the advanced pawns on c5 and d5; a better control over important
square e4; and all his pieces, including rooks are ready for action. Lasker
had several ways here, but he chose the most effective one, which required
great imagination.} 27. Qxf4 $3 {This spectacular move is the shortest way to
victory. Suddenly black king is being theatened by two white knights.} (27. Nf6
Qe7 28. Qxf4 Qxf6 {is also winning of course, but the move chosen by Lasker is
stronger,}) 27... exf4 28. Nf6 {Now becomes clear that it is impossible both
to save the queen and keep under control square f7.} Ne6 (28... Rd8 29. Nxd7
Rxd7 30. c6 $1 bxc6 31. dxc6 {Spectacular position: Black lost his queen on
square d7 and now he loses his rook there too!}) 29. Nxd7 Nxg5 30. Re7 Kg8 31.
Nf6+ Kf8 32. Rxc7 1-0

[Event "Novgorod 3rd"]
[Site "Novgorod"]
[Date "1996.07.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C87"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[Annotator "Short,N"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1996.07.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 054"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 d6 7. c3 Bg4 8. d3
Nd7 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. Bc2 Ne6 $1 11. h3 Bh5 12. Nf1 (12. g4 Bg6 13. Nf1 h5 $132)
12... Ng5 13. Bxg5 (13. N1h2 $5) 13... Bxg5 14. Ng3 Bxf3 15. Qxf3 g6 $10 16.
Rad1 Qf6 17. Qe2 O-O (17... Nd8 $5 {Xf4 /\} 18. Nf1 h5 (18... Ne6 $6 19. g3)
19. Ba4+ Kf8 $13) 18. Nf1 Qg7 19. Nh2 f5 20. Nf3 Bf6 21. d4 exd4 22. cxd4 Rae8
23. Qc4+ Kh8 $6 (23... Qf7 $1 {/\} 24. Qxf7+ Kxf7 25. exf5 Nxd4 26. Nxd4 Rxe1+
27. Rxe1 Bxd4 $10) 24. Kf1 $1 (24. exf5 Rxe1+ 25. Rxe1 Nxd4 {Xf2}) 24... fxe4
25. Bxe4 $14 Nd8 26. b4 Re7 27. Re3 $1 Rfe8 $2 (27... Qf7 $142 $1 28. Bd5 Qg7 {
/\c7-c6}) 28. Rde1 $16 Qh6 (28... Qf7 $2 29. Bd5 Qg7 30. Qxc7 $1 $18) 29. a4 c6
$5 (29... Qg7 30. g3 Qh6 31. Kg2 Qg7 32. b5 $16) 30. d5 b5 31. axb5 $2 (31. Qa2
$1 cxd5 32. Qxd5 bxa4 33. Qxd6 $16) 31... cxb5 32. Qa2 Qg7 $2 (32... Nf7 $1 33.
Qxa6 Ng5 $1 34. Qxd6 Nxe4 35. Rxe4 Rxe4 36. Rxe4 Rxe4 37. Qxf6+ Qg7 $10) 33.
Qxa6 Bc3 34. Rc1 (34. R1e2 $142 Bxb4 35. Qxb5 Qa1+ $8 (35... Bc5 36. Bxg6 $1
$18) 36. Ne1 Bxe1 (36... Bc5 37. Bxg6) 37. Rxe1 Qf6 $14) 34... Bxb4 35. Qxb5
Bc5 $44 36. Re2 Qf6 (36... Rxe4 $2 37. Qxe8+ Rxe8 38. Rxe8+ Qg8 39. Rxg8+ $18)
37. Bd3 Rxe2 38. Bxe2 Re4 $138 39. Bd3 Re7 40. Qa6 Ra7 41. Qc4 Nf7 (41... Ra3
$142) 42. Qc3 Ne5 43. Qb2 $1 Re7 44. Re1 Kg7 $6 (44... Kg8) 45. Nd4 $1 h5 $1 (
45... Nxd3 $2 46. Rxe7+ Kf8 (46... Qxe7 47. Nf5+ Kf8 48. Qh8+ Kf7 49. Nh6#) 47.
Ne6+ $1 Kxe7 48. Qb7+ Ke8 49. Qc8+ Ke7 50. Qd8+ Kf7 51. Qf8#) (45... Kf7 46.
Nc6 Nxc6 47. Qxf6+ Kxf6 48. dxc6 $16) 46. Nf3 (46. Bb1 $5 Bxd4 47. Qxd4 Rf7 $44
) 46... Rf7 (46... Bxf2 $1 47. Qxf2 (47. Rxe5 dxe5 48. Kxf2 e4 49. Qxf6+ Kxf6
50. d6 Re6 {/\} 51. d7 Ke7 52. Bc4 Rf6 $17) 47... Nxd3 48. Rxe7+ Qxe7 49. Qd4+
Ne5 $10) 47. Be4 Nxf3 48. Qxf6+ Kxf6 49. Bxf3 Re7 50. Rb1 Ra7 51. Rb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg International Preliminary"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1914.05.07"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Lasker, Emanuel"]
[Black "Gunsberg, Isidor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C87"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[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 d6 {The so called
deferred Steinitz Defence. It leads to solid, but rather passive positions.
It's most distinguished practitioner was Alekhine in the late twenties and
early thirties, i.e. after he became world champion, later it was occasionally
used by Keres. Tarrasch,S: 'Diese Verteidigung geht meist bald in die mit Bd7
ьber; in beiden wird der schwarze Kцnigslдufer eingesperrt, wodurch Schwarz
ein beengtes Spiel erhдlt.'} 6. Re1 {Tarrasch,S: 'Dies ist hier nicht nur ein
einfacher Entwicklungs und Deckungszug, sondern der Zug pariert die Drohung,
mit b7-b5 und Na5 den Lдufer vorteilhaft zu tauschen. WeiЯ kann nдmlich dann 
(ausnahmsweise!) d2-d4 spielen, was sonst in diesen Stellungen wegen ed nebst
Einsperrung des Lдufers durch c7-c5-c4 nicht angeht, nдmlich b7-b5 Bb3 Na5
d2-d4! ed? e4-e5 de Nxe5 und gewinnt durch die Doppeldrohung, die auch durch
Be6 nicht zu parieren ist wegen Nxf7.'} Bd7 {Tarrasch,S: 'Diesen Zug konnte
Schwarz sparen.'} (6... Be7 {is more flexible, as after} 7. c4 {Black can
advantageously play} (7. c3 {will probably transpose into the game.}) 7... Bg4
$1) 7. c3 {The main line, which is even nowadays considered White's best
chance to get an advantage out of the opening.} (7. d4 b5 {forces an immediate
release of the [+] tension with} 8. dxe5 (8. Bb3 $6 Nxd4 9. Nxd4 exd4 10. Qxd4
$4 c5 {[%cal Rc5c4] /\c4-+}) 8... Nxe5 9. Nxe5 dxe5 $11) (7. c4 Be7 8. Nc3 O-O
9. d4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 exd4 11. Qxd4 Bxa4 12. Nxa4 Nd7 13. Bf4 b5 14. cxb5 axb5
15. Nc3 Bf6 16. Qd2 Bxc3 17. Qxc3 Re8 $11 18. e5 Nxe5 19. Bxe5 Rxe5 20. Rxe5
dxe5 21. Qxe5 Rxa2 22. Re1 g6 23. Qxb5 Qd4 {1/2,Ebeling,M-Klovans,J/Espoo/1992/
}) 7... Be7 8. d4 O-O 9. Nbd2 {Tarrasch,S: 'Das ist die fatale Folge des Zuges
c2-c3. Da dem Springer das Feld c3 genommen ist, so muß er drei Züge machen,
um einigermaßen gut postiert zu sein. Deshalb würde ich Bg5 nebst Nd2
vorziehen und den Springer zunächst auf d2 stehen lassen; oder vielleicht
noch besser den Damenläufer nach e3 entwickeln und deshalb zuerst mit Bc2 den
Königsbauern decken und nach Be3 den Damenspringer herausbringen. Alsdann,
nach vollendeter Entwicklung, ist, wenn keine andere Indikation vorliegt, eher
Zeit zu Rösselsprüngen.'} b5 {The main branching point of this line. Black
has a lot of alternatives to the text:} ({Alekhine introduced} 9... Kh8 {
into practice:} 10. h3 Be8 11. Bxc6 Bxc6 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Nxe5 Bxe4 14. Nxe4
Qxd1 15. Rxd1 Nxe4 16. Rd7 Bc5 17. Be3 Bxe3 18. fxe3 f6 19. Nc4 Rac8 20. Rad1
Kg8 21. Na5 Nd6 22. c4 b6 23. Nc6 Rf7 24. Ne7+ Kf8 25. Nxc8 Rxd7 26. Nxd6 cxd6
$11 {Steiner,L-Alekhine,A/Kecskemet/1927/}) ({Another move, tested by Alekhine,
is} 9... Be8 {The idea is to further strengthen e5 with Nd7 and possibly later
activate the B with f6, Bg6(h5). But all this is rather artificial and the
idea lost most of it's fans after following the brilliant game:} 10. Bb3 Nd7
11. Nf1 Bf6 12. Ne3 Ne7 13. Ng4 Ng6 14. g3 $1 Be7 15. h4 Nf6 16. Ng5 h6 17.
Nxf6+ Bxf6 18. Qh5 Nh8 19. dxe5 dxe5 20. Be3 Qe7 21. Bd5 c6 22. Bb3 Bd7 23.
Rad1 Rad8 24. Rd2 Bc8 25. Red1 Rxd2 26. Rxd2 Qc7 27. Bc5 Rd8 28. Rxd8+ Bxd8 29.
Nxf7 $1 Nxf7 30. Bb6 $3 Qd7 31. Bxd8 Kh7 32. Bxf7 Qxd8 33. Qg6+ {1-0,Smyslov,
V-Liublinsky,V/URS-ch Moscow/ 1949/}) ({A later attempt was} 9... Re8 10. Nf1
h6 11. Ng3 Bf8 12. Bd2 $5 b5 13. Bc2 Na5 14. b3 c5 15. d5 Nh7 16. h3 Be7 17.
Nf5 Nb7 18. a4 bxa4 $6 19. b4 $1 $36 a5 20. Bxa4 axb4 21. cxb4 Bf8 $2 (21...
Qc7 $142 $16) 22. Bc6 $1 Qc7 23. b5 Nf6 24. Qc2 Reb8 25. Ne3 Bc8 26. Nc4 Be7
27. b6 Qd8 28. Ra7 $18 {Karpov,A-Westerinen,H/Nice olm/1974/}) 10. Bb3 ({
Probably even more accurate is} 10. Bc2 $142 $5 Re8 ({The idea from the game
is even more dubious here:} 10... exd4 $6 11. cxd4 Nb4 (11... Bg4 12. e5 $1 $16
{[%cal Rc2h7,Rd1c2] /\Bh7!,Qc2}) 12. Bb1 {is advantageous for White.}) 11. h3
Bf8 12. Nf1 h6 13. N3h2 Qb8 14. Ng3 a5 15. Kh1 a4 16. f4 Ra6 17. Rf1 Qd8 18.
Nf3 Qe7 19. Bd3 Rb6 20. Be3 $16 {Sax,G-Hort,V/Linares/1983/ Black again can't
maintain the e5 outpost.}) 10... exd4 $6 {The whole line is based on
reinforcing e5, so this move makes a strange impression-Black's activity will
be only temporary. Tarrasch,S: 'Sehr gut gespielt! Schwarz gibt das Zentrum
auf, besetzt es aber sofort wieder und erlangt damit recht gutes Spiel.'} (
10... h6 11. Nf1 Re8 12. Ng3 Bf8 13. h3 Na5 14. Bc2 Nc4 (14... c5 $142 $14) 15.
b3 Nb6 16. Be3 c5 17. Nh2 cxd4 18. cxd4 Rc8 19. d5 Na8 20. Qd2 Qc7 21. Bd3 Qc3
22. Qe2 Qb4 23. a4 $1 $16 {Sigurjonsson,G-Andersson,U/Raach zt/1969/}) (10...
Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 12. d5 $1 Na5 13. Bc2 {[%csl Rh5][%cal Yd2f1,Yf1g3] only
misplaces Black's B.}) 11. cxd4 Bg4 {Tarrasch,S: '!'} (11... Nb4 12. e5 $1 Ne8
13. Ne4 $36) 12. Nf1 {Tarrasch,S: 'Es gibt nichts besseres.'} ({Mit} 12. h3 {
Tarrasch,S erreicht Weiß nichts, denn der Läufer geht nach h5.}) 12... d5 $5
{Tarrasch,S: '!'} (12... Bxf3 13. gxf3 $16 {[%csl Gb3,Gc1,Gd4,Ge4,Gf3] ^^[+]})
13. e5 Ne4 {Tarrasch,S: 'Die Stellung hat nun eine groЯe Дhnlichkeit mit
derjenigen, die zu der Breslauer Variante fьhrt. Die weiЯen Figuren sind sich
gegenseitig im Wege, Schwarz steht gut.'} 14. Ne3 (14. Ng3 Bxf3 15. gxf3 Ng5
16. f4 Bb4 $5 17. fxg5 Bxe1 18. Qxe1 Nxd4 $44) 14... Be6 15. Qc2 {This move
gives Black a tempo to create some <=>. Tarrasch,S: 'Ein sehr verschmitzter
Zug.'} (15. a3 $142 $1 f5 (15... f6 $2 16. Qc2 $16) 16. exf6 (16. g3 Qd7 17.
Ng2 Na5 18. Ba2 c5 $132) 16... Bxf6 (16... Nxf6 17. Ng5 $36) 17. Nxd5 Bxd5 18.
Rxe4 Kh8 19. Bxd5 Qxd5 20. Qd3 $14 {/+/-}) 15... Nb4 16. Qb1 {Tarrasch,S:
'Weiß steht nun gewiß nicht gut, aber er hat zwei Drohungen, eine offene und
eine versteckte, und die letztere wird von Schwarz übersehen. Die offene ist:
Opfer auf d5 nebst Rückgewinn des Springers e4, und diese wird vom Gegner
pariert. Aber ganz gleich, ob er die eine oder andere Drohung sah oder nicht
sah: er mußte jetzt den rückständigen c-Bauern vorbringen, womit er ein
vortreffliches, ja das überlegene Spiel erlangt hätte, z. B. c7-c5 a2-a3
c5-c4 ab cb. Oder (statt a2-a3) Nxd5 Bxd5 Bxd5 Qxd5 Qxe4 Qxe4 Rxe4 Rd8 und
gewinnt den Bauern mit Vorteil zurück, da dc wegen Nc2 nebst Rd1+ zum Verlust
führt. Oder (statt Qxe4) Rxe4 cd Rxd4 Qc5 nebst Nc2. Oder (statt Rxd4) Nxd4
Rac8 Bd2 Nc2. Schwarz hat immer eine brillante Entwicklung und guten Angriff.'}
f5 $2 {[%mdl 8192] Gunsberg defends against the Nxd5 threat, but completely
overlooks White's other idea. Necessary was} (16... c5 $5 {[]} 17. Nxd5 (17. a3
$2 c4 $15) (17. dxc5 Nxc5 $5 $36 (17... Bxc5 18. a3 Nc6 19. Bc2 $13)) 17...
Bxd5 18. Bxd5 Qxd5 19. Rxe4 (19. Qxe4 $6 Rad8 $44) 19... c4 20. Re2 Nd3 21. Be3
$14 {/~~ Despite White's extra central P the outcome is open because of the
strong light-square blockade.}) (16... Ng5 17. Nxg5 Bxg5 18. a3 Nc6 19. Qd3 $16
) 17. a3 Nc6 18. Qa2 $1 $18 {[%csl Rd5] Now the Pd5 is defenceless and Black's
position falls apart. Tarrasch,S: 'Das ist die sehr versteckte zweite Drohzъng.
Der Punkt d5, der Schlьssel der schwarzen Stellung, wird jetzt erobert und
damit ist alles aus.'} Ng5 19. Nxg5 Bxg5 20. Bxd5 Bxd5 21. Nxd5 Kh8 (21... Bxc1
$2 22. Ne7+ Kh8 23. Nxc6 $18) 22. f4 Bh4 23. Rd1 Qe8 {Tarrasch,S: 'Noch ein
letzter Versuch mit unzulдnglichen Mitteln.'} 24. Be3 {Tarrasch,S: 'WeiЯ
konnte auch gleich auf c7 schlagen.'} Rd8 (24... Qh5 25. Nxc7 Qe2 26. Qb3 $18)
25. Nxc7 Qh5 26. b4 {[%csl Gd5,Ge5][%cal Rd4d5] /\d5,[+]o^ Stops any tricks
with Qe2, but also Tarrasch,S: 'Um Qe2 zu verhindern. Schwarz gibt auf.'} (26.
Ne6 Qe2 27. Qb3 Na5 28. Qd3 $18 {was good enough.}) 1-0

[Event "Zug FIDE GP"]
[Site "Zug"]
[Date "2013.04.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C87"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[Annotator "Szabo,Kr"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "2013.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 d6 7. c3 Bg4 {
This move is not so popular nowadays.} (7... O-O {is more common.}) 8. Re1 {
This may also arise via C87 6.Re1 d6 7.c3 Bg4 8.d3.} Nd7 {Immediately
transferring the N to the <<.} (8... O-O {is the main alternative.}) 9. h3 ({
The another lines are} 9. Be3) ({and} 9. Nbd2) 9... Bh5 ({Black's main plan is
} 9... Bxf3 10. Qxf3 {and} Bg5 {to exchange the dark-squared B} 11. Be3 {
is similar to the game.} (11. Qg3 {looks more ambitious, but after} Bxc1 12.
Qxg7 Bxb2 13. Qxh8+ Ke7 (13... Nf8 $6 14. Nd2 Bxa1 15. Rxa1 Qg5 16. Nf3 {
with some pressure.}) 14. Qxd8+ Nxd8 15. Nd2 Bxa1 16. Rxa1 $11 {Black is
closer to an equal endgame.})) 10. Be3 (10. Nbd2 {is also possible, but first
White develops his B.}) 10... b5 ({7 years ago, Topalov had a game with} 10...
h6 11. g4 Bg6 12. Nbd2 h5 13. g5 Nb6 14. Bb3 h4 15. a4 d5 $1 16. a5 d4 17. cxd4
exd4 18. Bf4 Nd7 $13 {Topalov-Mamedyarov, Wijk aan Zee 2006; with a very
unclear struggle.}) 11. Bc2 (11. Bb3 {is another alternative keeping the B on
the a2-g8 diagonal.}) 11... Nb6 $146 (11... h6 {preparing Bg5} 12. Nbd2 Bg5 13.
Nf1 Qf6 14. g4 Bg6 15. Nxg5 hxg5 16. Qd2 Qf3 17. Ng3 Rxh3 18. Bd1 Rxg3+ 19.
fxg3 Qxg3+ 20. Kf1 Nc5 $44 {Palac-I.Sokolov, Sibenik 2011}) 12. Nbd2 O-O 13.
Nf1 Rb8 {It lookes like a strange move, but Black protects his N and prepares
for d5.} ({The immediate} 13... d5 $6 {could have been met by} 14. Bxb6 $1 cxb6
15. d4 $1 exd4 16. exd5 Na5 (16... Qxd5 17. Be4 $18 {loses a piece.}) 17. Ng3
Bxf3 18. Qxf3 Bf6 (18... dxc3 $2 19. Qe4 $18) 19. Ne4 $16 {and White is better.
}) 14. Ng3 (14. a3 $5 {is a very interesting prophylactic move. White prepares
for Bb3 and in the event of Na5 he can reply with Ba2.} Bxf3 ({in the event of
} 14... d5 15. Bxb6 Rxb6 16. exd5 Qxd5 17. Ne3 Qd8 18. Bb3 {White is very
active. The b3 B and e3 N work well together.}) 15. Qxf3 Bg5 16. Bb3 (16. b4 $5
) 16... Na5 17. Ba2 $14 {showing the main idea of a3.}) 14... Bxf3 15. Qxf3 Bg5
16. Nf5 Bxe3 17. Nxe3 ({After} 17. fxe3 {the white P wouldn't be so flexible.})
17... Ne7 18. d4 c5 19. dxe5 dxe5 20. h4 $5 {A very ambitious move. It
prevents Ng6 and causes some unpleasant problems for Black to avoid h5-h6.} Qd6
21. Red1 Qe6 22. a4 $1 {A very good move. Since Black is preventing White's
h5-h6 threats, Topalov suddenly starts to play on the queenside.} Rfd8 ({
In the case of} 22... Nxa4 23. Bxa4 bxa4 24. Rxa4 Rxb2 25. Nc4 $36 {followed
by Rd6 with a strong initiative.}) 23. axb5 axb5 24. Rxd8+ Rxd8 25. Ra6 Qc6 26.
c4 $1 b4 27. Ba4 $1 {Topalov improves his B and protects his Q side with Bb5.}
({The computer suggests} 27. Nd5 {, but after} Nexd5 28. exd5 Qb7 29. Ra1 Ra8
30. Rxa8+ Qxa8 {Black can hold the position.}) 27... Qb7 28. Bb5 Nbc8 29. Ng4
Nd6 30. Nxe5 Qxe4 31. Qxe4 Nxe4 32. f3 Ng3 33. Kf2 {White's advantage is
undeniable, as all of his pieces are more active than Black's and the B is
also stronger than the N.} Ngf5 (33... Nh1+ 34. Ke1 $14) 34. h5 f6 35. Nd7 Rc8
36. Ba4 $1 {Threatening with Ra5.} Nd4 37. h6 $1 f5 38. Ke3 (38. hxg7 Kxg7 39.
Ke3 b3 {transposes to the game.}) 38... b3 ({If} 38... gxh6 39. Nxc5 Nxf3 40.
gxf3 (40. Kxf3 Rxc5 41. Rb6 $16) 40... Rxc5 41. Kd4 Rc8 42. c5 $16 {then White
is also better.}) 39. hxg7 Kxg7 40. Kd3 Nc2 41. Kc3 f4 42. Ra7 Kg6 43. Bxb3 $18
Ne3 44. Nxc5 $1 N7f5 45. Ra6+ Kh5 46. Ne6 Kh4 47. Nxf4 Kg3 48. Nd3 Kxg2 49. c5
Kxf3 50. Be6 Rd8 51. Bxf5 Nxf5 52. Rf6 Ke4 53. Re6+ Kf3 54. b4 h5 55. Ne5+ Kf4
56. Nf7 Rf8 57. Nd6 Nxd6 58. Rxd6 Rh8 59. b5 h4 60. b6 h3 61. b7 h2 62. Rd1 Ke4
63. Kc2 $1 {A very good practical move.} ({Topalov avoids the Q vs R ending.
After} 63. c6 h1=Q 64. Rxh1 Rxh1 65. b8=Q Rc1+ 66. Kd2 Rxc6 {which is also
winning, but the text move is easier.}) 63... Rg8 64. c6 Rg2+ 65. Kc3 Rg3+ 66.
Kc4 Rg1 67. b8=Q h1=Q 68. Rd4+ Kf5 69. Qf4+ Kg6 70. Rd6+ Kh7 71. Qf5+ Kh8 72.
Qf8+ 1-0

[Event "Kassel"]
[Site "Kassel"]
[Date "1947.05.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Unzicker, Wolfgang"]
[Black "Bogoljubow, Efim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C87"]
[Annotator "Teschner,R"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1947.05.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[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 d6 6. c3 Be7 7. d4 O-O 8. Re1
b5 9. Bc2 Bg4 10. d5 Nb8 11. h3 Bh5 (11... Bxf3 $142 12. Qxf3 Nbd7 13. a4 Rb8)
12. a4 bxa4 (12... Nbd7) 13. Bxa4 Nfd7 (13... Nbd7 14. Bc6 $16) 14. b4 Nb6 15.
Bb3 N8d7 16. Nbd2 Qc8 17. Bb2 Bg5 18. Nc4 Nxc4 19. Bxc4 Nb6 20. Bd3 Bxf3 21.
Qxf3 f5 {Verwirrungstaktik! Bei ruhigem Spiel wьrde sich der weisse Druck
gegen a6 verstдrken} 22. exf5 Qb7 23. Ra5 Nd7 24. Qh5 Bd2 25. Re2 Bh6 26. g4
Nf6 27. Qh4 Bf4 28. g5 Nxd5 29. f6 g6 30. Qg4 c6 31. h4 Kh8 32. Qf3 Qd7 33. Be4
h6 34. c4 $1 Nxb4 35. Bxg6 Rg8 36. Qxf4 (36. Qh5 $2 Rxg6 $1 $19) (36. Bb1 $142
$1) 36... Rxg6 (36... exf4 $2 37. f7+ Rg7 38. gxh6 $18) 37. Qe4 Rag8 38. f4
Qg4+ 39. Rg2 Qxh4 40. Ra1 $2 (40. f7 Rf8 41. Qxg6 Qe1+ $11) 40... Rxg5 $1 {
Nun triumphiert die Routine des Altmeisters} 41. Rxg5 Rxg5+ 42. Kf1 Qh3+ 43.
Ke1 Rg1+ 44. Kd2 Rg2+ 0-1

[Event "ARM-ROW m"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2004.06.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C87"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2004.06.10"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Armenia"]
[BlackTeam "Rest of the World"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 d6 7. c3 Bg4 8. d3
Nd7 (8... Qd7 {Aiming to castle Q-side and launch a blitz on the K-side with
g5 is sly but not as sound as the move in our game.} 9. Nbd2 g5 10. Nf1 Rg8 11.
Ne3 h5 12. d4 b5 13. Bb3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 exd4 15. Nd5 $36 {1-0 Hellers,
F-Mortensen,E/Thessaloniki 1988/TD (23)}) (8... O-O {Solid, but not as pointed
as the alternatives, e.g.:} 9. Nbd2 Re8 10. h3 Bd7 11. Nf1 Bf8 12. Bg5 h6 13.
Bh4 g6 14. Bc2 Bg7 15. Qd2 Qe7 16. d4 {with a rather typical closed Ruy Lopez
situation - White has a slight pull but nothing dramatic. 1/2-1/2 Ponomariov,
R-Aronian,L/Lausanne 2001/CBM 82 ext (70)}) 9. Be3 h6 $5 {[%mdl 4] Planning
some exchanges starting with Bg5. Itґs important to do this before castling,
because White will be reluctant to open the h-file with the R still on h8.} 10.
h3 (10. Nbd2 Bg5 11. Qe2 (11. Bxc6 $5 bxc6 12. d4 {[%cal Yd1a4] has been
suggested as an improvement.}) 11... Bxe3 12. Qxe3 O-O 13. h3 Bh5 14. d4 b5 15.
Bd1 Bg6 16. dxe5 Ncxe5 17. Nxe5 dxe5 18. b4 c5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Svidler,P-Adams,M/
Germany 2003/CBM 94 (29)}) 10... Bh5 11. Nbd2 Bg5 12. Qe2 (12. Nf1 Bxe3 13.
fxe3 O-O 14. Ng3 Bg6 15. d4 b5 16. Bc2 Nb6 17. Qe2 $11 {0-1 Iordachescu,
V-Ehlvest,J/Elista 1998/CBM 66 ext (56)}) (12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. d4 {with the idea
of playing against the weak P:s on the black Q-side.} Bxe3 14. Rxe3 O-O 15. Qa4
exd4 16. cxd4 (16. Nxd4 c5 17. Nf5 Re8) 16... c5 $132) 12... Bxe3 {The
exchange of B:s eases Blacks game considerably. White hasnґt managed to get
any advantage in any of the games with this line.} (12... O-O 13. Nf1 Bxe3 14.
fxe3 Bg6 15. Ng3 Nb6 16. Bxc6 bxc6 17. d4 exd4 18. cxd4 Nd7 19. b4 a5 $11 {
0-1 Sandipan,C-Harikrishna,P/ch-IND National A, Calicut IND 2003 (39)}) 13.
Qxe3 b5 14. Bc2 O-O 15. Nf1 (15. d4) 15... Re8 16. Ng3 Bg6 17. Rad1 Nb6 18. d4
exd4 19. Nxd4 Nxd4 20. cxd4 d5 {The exchanges leads to a fairly equal game.}
21. Qc3 dxe4 22. Bxe4 Bxe4 23. Rxe4 Qd7 24. a3 1/2-1/2

[Event "UKR-ch"]
[Site "Ordzhonikidze"]
[Date "2001.09.16"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Fedorchuk, Sergey A"]
[Black "Romanishin, Oleg M"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C87"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2579"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2001.09.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 d6 {This played
quite a lot now. White must decide if and when to take on c6. An immediate
Bxc6 leads to the Steinitz defence.} 7. c3 (7. Bxc6+ bxc6 8. d4 {is the
Steinitz defence with an extra a6 thrown in.}) 7... Bg4 8. h3 Bh5 9. Bxc6+ (9.
d3 Qd7 10. Nbd2 g5 $5 {this is the point of this old line} 11. Bxc6 Qxc6 (11...
bxc6 12. d4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Savon,V-Balashov,Y/Riga 1970/URS-ch (26)}) 12. g4 (12.
d4 O-O-O 13. Qb3 g4 14. hxg4 Nxg4 15. Nc4 Rhg8 $40 {0-1 Tseshkovsky,
V-Mikhalchishin,A/Daugavpils 1978/MCD (84)}) 12... Bg6 13. Nf1 h5 $36 {Wedberg,
T-Sokolov,I/SWE team ch 2001 (15)}) 9... bxc6 10. d4 exd4 11. cxd4 O-O 12. Nbd2
{The N is better on the natural c3 square.} (12. Nc3 Re8 13. Bf4 Qd7 14. Rc1 h6
15. Qd3 $14 {1-0 Tal,M-Kuijpers,F/Moscow 1963/MCL (37)}) 12... d5 $1 (12... Re8
13. Qc2 Qd7 (13... c5 14. dxc5 d5 15. e5 Bg6 16. Qc3 Ne4 17. Nxe4 dxe4 18. Nd4
Qd5 19. Nb3 $14 {1-0 Shamkovich,L-Spassky,B/Baku 1961/URS-ch (62)}) 14. b3 Bf8
15. Bb2 a5 16. Rac1 $14 {1/2-1/2 Dake,A-Plater,K/Krakow 1938/EXT 99 (42)}) 13.
e5 Nd7 14. Nb3 (14. Nf1 c5 $132) 14... a5 $1 15. Bd2 a4 16. Na5 Ra6 17. Qxa4
Bxf3 18. gxf3 c5 19. Qc2 Qa8 20. b4 cxb4 21. Qxc7 Nxe5 22. Qxe5 Bd6 23. Qf5
Rxa5 $17 {The opening has been a clear succes for Black.} 24. Rab1 Rxa2 25.
Bxb4 Bxb4 26. Rxb4 Ra6 27. Reb1 Rg6+ 28. Kh1 Rf6 29. Qg4 Qd8 30. Rg1 g6 31.
Rgb1 Qd6 32. Kg2 Rf4 33. Qg5 Rf5 34. Qe3 Qd8 35. Rb7 Qh4 36. Rb8 Rg5+ 37. Kh2
Rh5 $1 38. f4 Rf5 $19 39. Kg2 Qxf4 40. Qxf4 Rxf4 41. R8b7 Rxd4 42. Rd7 Re8 43.
Rb3 Kf8 44. Kg3 Re7 45. Rd8+ Kg7 46. Kf3 Re6 47. Rd7 Rf6+ 0-1

[Event "Madrid Magistral 6th"]
[Site "Madrid"]
[Date "1997.05.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C87"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "1997.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 059"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Topalov plays this game in a very low key, slow, positional style. But his
handling of the positional problems is fresh and free of preconceptions.} 1. e4
{Hecht} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 d6 7. Bxc6+ bxc6
8. d4 exd4 9. Nxd4 Bd7 10. Nc3 O-O 11. h3 c5 (11... Rb8 12. Qf3 c5 13. Nf5 Bxf5
14. Qxf5 Qd7 15. Nd5 Qd8 16. Nxe7+ Qxe7 17. b3 Nd7 18. Bb2 $14 {Siepelt,
H-Stobik,D/BL2-S 1996/BL2/1-0 (77)}) 12. Nf3 $146 (12. Nde2 Be6 (12... Bc6 13.
Ng3 Re8 14. Nf5 Bf8 15. Qf3 Bd7 16. Bg5 Bxf5 17. exf5 Be7 18. Re2 $14 {Adamson,
R-Stetson,R/Webb op 1989/EXT 89op2/1-0 (52)}) 13. Nf4 Nd7 14. Ncd5 Bf6 15.
Nxf6+ Qxf6 16. Nh5 Qe7 $11 {1-0 Soltis,A-Haririan,B/Boston op 1988/EXT 88op2 
(35)}) 12... Re8 13. e5 dxe5 14. Nxe5 Bd6 15. Bf4 Bf5 16. Rc1 {Very cool
defence of c2, but its good becase its the only weakness in Whites position.}
Re6 17. Qf3 Qe8 18. Nd3 c4 19. Rxe6 Bxe6 20. Ne5 Rb8 21. Re1 Qf8 (21... Rxb2
22. Nxc4 Rxc2 23. Bxd6 cxd6 24. Qd3 $16) 22. b3 cxb3 23. axb3 $14 Re8 24. Nd3
c5 25. Bxd6 Qxd6 26. Qf4 Qxf4 27. Nxf4 Bf5 28. Rc1 $1 {Again, this funny R
move. Now the threat is g4, kicking the B, then Ra1 is coming.} c4 (28... h5
29. Nfd5 Nxd5 30. Nxd5 Be6 31. Nc7 $1 (31. Ne3 f5 $132) 31... Rc8 32. Nxe6 fxe6
33. Ra1 Rc6 34. Kf1 c4 35. b4 c3 36. Ke2 Rc4 37. Rxa6 Rxb4 38. Kd3 $16) (28...
Re5 29. g4 g5 30. Ng2 $16) 29. bxc4 Rc8 30. Ncd5 $1 {Black is not going to get
his P back after this.} Nxd5 31. Nxd5 Kf8 32. Ra1 Bxc2 33. Nb6 Rc7 (33... Rc6
34. Rxa6 Ke8 35. Ra8+ Ke7 36. Nd5+ Kd6 37. Ne3 Bb3 38. Rg8 $16) 34. Rxa6 g6 35.
f3 Kg7 36. Ra3 Rc6 37. Rc3 Rxb6 38. Rxc2 Kf6 39. Kf2 Ke5 40. Re2+ Kd6 41. Kg3
Rc6 42. Rd2+ Ke5 43. Rd5+ Ke6 44. Rd4 Ra6 45. Re4+ Kd6 46. h4 Ra2 47. c5+ Kd7
48. c6+ Kd6 49. Rc4 Kc7 50. Rf4 f5 51. Rc4 h5 52. Rc5 Ra4 53. Re5 f4+ 54. Kh3
Rd4 55. Re6 $18 Rd6 56. Rxd6 Kxd6 {Hecht: WeiЯ benutzt die momentane
Abwesenheit des schwarzen Kцnigs zum Gewinn eines Bauern....} 57. g3 Kxc6 58.
gxf4 {[#] Wie schon im Endspiel Izeta-Frois/EU-chT Pula/1997/ gewinnt WeiЯ
trotz der schlechten Bauernstellung durch vorsichtiges Herumspielen seines
Kцnigs um den Doppelbauern zur Mitte. Danach gewinnt er leicht infolge
Zugzwang oder Damengewinn.} Kd5 59. Kg3 Ke6 (59... Kd4 {Hecht} 60. f5 Ke5 61.
fxg6 Kf6 62. Kf4 Kxg6 63. Ke5 $18) 60. Kf2 Kf6 61. Ke2 Ke6 62. Kd3 Kd5 63. Ke3
Ke6 64. Ke4 Kf6 65. f5 g5 (65... gxf5+ 66. Kf4 $18 (66. Kd5 {Hecht} f4 67. Ke4
Ke6 68. Kxf4 Kf6 69. Ke4 Ke6 70. f4 Kf6 71. f5 Kf7 72. Ke5 Ke7 73. f6+ Kf7 74.
Kf5 Kf8 75. Kg6 Kg8 76. Kxh5 Kf7 77. Kg5 $18) (66. Kf4 Ke6 67. Kg5 Ke5 68. Kxh5
Kf4 69. Kg6 $18)) 66. hxg5+ Kxg5 67. Ke5 h4 68. f6 Kg6 (68... h3 {Hecht} 69. f7
h2 70. f8=Q h1=Q 71. Qg7+ Kh4 72. Qh6+ $18) 69. Ke6 1-0